Deaths in January 2015

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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2015.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

January 2015[edit]

1[edit]

• Barbara Atkinson, 88, British actress (Z-Cars).^[1]
• Staryl C. Austin, 94, American air force brigadier general.^[2]
• Ulrich Beck, 70, German sociologist, heart attack.^[3]
• Fiona Cumming, 77, British television director (Doctor Who).^[4]
• Eric Cunningham, 65, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Wentworth North (1975–1984).^[5]
• Mario Cuomo, 82, American politician, Governor of New York (1983–1994), heart failure.^[6]
• Donna Douglas, 82, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies, Frankie and Johnny, The Twilight Zone), pancreatic cancer.^[7]
• Matthew Franjola, 72, American journalist (Associated Press) and photographer.^[8]
• Jeff Golub, 59, American guitarist, progressive supranuclear palsy.^[9]
• Jack Howell, 88, British physician.^[10]
• Omar Karami, 80, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister (1990–1992, 2004–2005).^[11]
• Bill Keating, 70, American football player (Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins) and attorney.^[12]
• Tore Helge Larsen, 69, Norwegian harness racer, cancer.^[13]
• Géry Leuliet, 104, French Roman Catholic prelate, world's oldest Catholic bishop, Bishop of Amiens (1963–1985).^[14]
• Boris Morukov, 64, Russian physician and cosmonaut, STS-106 mission specialist.^[15]
• Kjell Noreik, 85, Norwegian physician.^[16]
• Mrunalini Devi Puar, 83, Indian educator, Chancellor of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (since 1988).^[17]
• Ninón Sevilla, 93, Cuban-born Mexican actress (Aventurera, La usurpadora), heart attack.^[18]
• William Lloyd Standish, 84, American federal judge, District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania (1987–2002).^[19]
• Manasa Vaniqi, 62, Fijian civil servant and lieutenant colonel, Permanent Secretary for Sugar (since 2009).^[20]
• Miller Williams, 84, American poet, Alzheimer's disease.^[21]

2[edit]

• Per-Olof Åstrand, 92, Swedish physiologist.^[22]
• James A. Barlow, 91, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1983–1987).^[23]
• Charles Baur, 85, French politician, President of the Regional Council of Picardy (1976–1978, 1985–2004).^[24]
• Noel Cobb, 76, American-born British philosopher, psychologist and author.^[25]
• Little Jimmy Dickens, 94, American country music singer ("May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose"), cardiac arrest.^[26]
• Baldina Di Vittorio, 94, Italian politician.^[27]
• Danny Dunton, 90, English speedway rider and promoter.^[28]
• Maurice Fontaine, 95, French politician.^[29]
• Bob Gilmore, 53, British musicologist.^[30]
• Vasant Gowarikar, 81, Indian scientist and ISRO chairman, dengue and urinary tract infection.^[31]
• Basil Hansen, 88, Australian Olympic ice hockey player (1960).^[32]
• Lloyd House, 83, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1967–1968).^[33]
• Lam Pou-chuen, 63, Hong Kong dubbing artist (Doraemon), diabetes.^[34]
• Abu Anas al-Libi, 50, Libyan al-Qaeda member in United States custody, liver cancer.^[35]
• John McQuilten, 65, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Ballarat (1999–2006).^[36]
• Derek Minter, 82, British Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer.^[37]
• Arthur Neu, 81, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1973–1979), member of the Iowa Senate (1967–1973).^[38]
• Tihomir Novakov, 85, Serbian-born American physicist.^[39]
• Billy O'Neill, 85, Irish sportsman.^[40]
• István Pásztor, 89, Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1952).^[41]
• Dan Poulin, 57, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars), cancer.^[42]
• Arpád Račko, 84, Hungarian-born Slovak sculptor.^[43]
• Vincent Cartledge Reddish, 88, Scottish astronomer, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (1975–1980).^[44]
• Kristian Sundtoft, 77, Norwegian politician.^[45]

3[edit]

• Jamal Uddin Ahmad, 85, Bangladeshi politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1977–1982).^[46]
• Daniel Albright, 69, American academic.^[47]
• Martin Anderson, 78, American economist and political adviser.^[48]
• Adunni Bankole, 55, Nigerian businesswoman, heart attack.^[49]
• Edward Brooke, 95, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts (1967–1979).^[50]
• Bryan Caldwell, 54, American football player (Houston Oilers), Hodgkin's lymphoma.^[51]
• Paulinus Costa, 78, Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Dhaka (2005–2011), heart attack.^[52]
• Maher Hathout, 79, Egyptian-born American Islamic leader, cancer.^[53]
• Dwight Hooker, 86, American photographer (Playboy) and architect.^[54]
• Bill Jessup, 85, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).^[55]
• Rueben Philip Job, 86, American United Methodist prelate, Bishop of the Iowa episcopal area (1984–1992).^[56]
• Muath al-Kasasbeh, 26, Jordanian fighter pilot and ISIS hostage, burned alive.^[57]
• Roger Kitter, 65, British actor ('Allo 'Allo!) and entertainer, cancer.^[58]
• Olga Knyazeva, 60, Russian fencer, Olympic champion (1976).^[59]
• Willy Ovesen, 90, Norwegian civil servant.^[60]
• Terence Ranger, 85, British historian.^[61]
• Jaime Romero Móran, 21, Mexican gymnast, shot.^[62]
• Allie Sherman, 91, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (New York Giants).^[63]
• Jouko Törmänen, 60, Finnish ski jumper, Olympic champion (1980).^[64]

4[edit]

• Chang Sung-hwan, 94, South Korean lieutenant general and diplomat, Chief of Staff of the Air Force (1962–1964), natural causes.^[65]
• Elisabetta Catalano, 70, Italian fine-art photographer.^[66]
• Pino Daniele, 59, Italian singer and songwriter, heart attack.^[67]
• Chitresh Das, 70, Indian dancer, instructor and choreographer, aneurysm.^[68]
• Al Delugach, 89, American Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, mesothelioma.^[69]
• Lance Diamond, 69, American singer, heart complications.^[70]
• Jay Furman, 72, American real estate developer, cancer.^[71]
• He Zhenliang, 85, Chinese politician and diplomat.^[72]
• Dan Held, 53, Canadian ice hockey player.^[73]
• Gene Kemp, 88, British children's author (The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler).^[74]
• Haroldo Lara, 80, Brazilian Olympic swimmer (1952, 1956).^[75]
• Azizullah Lodin, 75–76, Afghan politician.^[76]
• John McPhee, 77, Scottish footballer (Blackpool, Motherwell).^[77]
• Stu Miller, 87, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles).^[78]
• Juan Isidro Moreno, 90, Dominican Republic poet.^[79]
• Hasan Hazer Moshar, 91, Iranian artist.^[80]
• Jack Parr, 78, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).^[81]
• Natalino Pescarolo, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fossano (1992–2005) and Cuneo (1999–2005).^[82]
• Hank Peters, 90, American baseball executive (Baltimore Orioles), complications from a stroke.^[83]
• Ahuti Prasad, 57, Indian actor, colon cancer.^[84]
• Ives Roqueta, 78, French Occitan author.^[85]
• Eli Sagan, 87, American clothing manufacturer, cultural anthropology author and Nixon Enemy.^[86]
• Stuart Scott, 49, American sports journalist (SportsCenter), appendix cancer.^[87]
• Michele Serros, 48, American novelist and poet, adenocarcinoma of the salivary gland.^[88]
• Nelson Torno, 87, Argentine Olympic sports shooter.^[89]
• Upendra Trivedi, 78, Indian actor and director.^[90]
• Richard D. Veltri, 79, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.^[91]
• René Vautier, 86, French film director (Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès).^[92]
• Bernard Williams, 72, British film producer (A Clockwork Orange, Daredevil, Flash Gordon), cancer.^[93]
• Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński, 70, Polish academic.^[94]
• János Zsombolyai, 75, Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter.^[95]

5[edit]

• Joy Ali, 36, Fijian middleweight boxer, suicide.^[96]
• Philippe Baillet, 74, French Olympic basketball player.^[97]
• Allan Beard, 95, British civil servant.^[98]
• Jean-Pierre Beltoise, 77, French Formula One racing driver, winner of the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix, stroke.^[99]
• Al Bendich, 85, American civil rights attorney.^[100]
• Khan Bonfils, 42, English actor (Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Batman Begins, Skyfall).^[101]
• Jim Burton, 53, Canadian ice hockey player (Hershey Bears) and coach, heart attack.^[102]
• Jack Calmes, 71, American inventor, executive and musician.^[103]
• Eylül Cansın, 24, Turkish transgender woman, suicide by jumping.^[104]
• Bobby Carter, 75, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1995–2002).^[105]
• William R. Catton, Jr., 88, American environmental sociologist.^[106]
• Arthur E. Chase, 84, American politician, member of the Massachusetts Senate (1991–1995).^[107]
• Albert Firth, 77, English rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity).^[108]
• Antonio Fuertes, 85, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Elche).^[109]
• Vadim Glovatsky, 45, Kazakhstani Olympic ice hockey player (1998), (Metallurg Magnitogorsk).^[110]
• Joe Haines, 91, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1981–1999).^[111]
• Ken Hale, 75, English football player and manager.^[112]
• Niels Hansen, 90, German diplomat.^[113]
• Milton Hebald, 97, American sculptor.^[114]
• Martin Joseph, 65, Trinidadian politician, Minister of National Security (2003–2010), drowned.^[115]
• Mustafa Kamal, 81, Bangladeshi judge, Chief Justice (1999), heart disease.^[116]
• Anthony Ledwith, 81, British chemist.^[117]
• Earl MacNaughton, 95, Canadian physicist.^[118]
• Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, 102, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (1968–1988).^[119]
• Harold Murphy, 76, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1993–2003).^[120]
• Ganesh Patro, 69, Indian playwright and screenwriter, cancer.^[121]
• Alfons Peeters, 71, Belgian footballer.^[122]
• Joan Peters, 78, American author (From Time Immemorial), complications from a stroke.^[123]
• King Sporty, 71, Jamaican-American reggae musician.^[124]
• Geoff Truett, 79, English footballer (Crystal Palace).^[125]

6[edit]

• Anton Amann, 58, Austrian chemist.^[126]
• Else M. Barth, 86, Norwegian philosopher.^[127]
• Vlastimil Bubník, 83, Czech ice hockey player and footballer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).^[128]
• Buffalo Tiger, 94, American politician, Chairman of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida (1962–1985).^[129]
• Joseph Djida, 69, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ngaoundéré (since 2000).^[130]
• Johannes de Villiers Graaff, 86, South African economist.^[131]
• Lawrence Gushee, 83, American musicologist.^[132]
• Jean Hendriks, 89, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (1981–1991).^[133]
• Francesca Hilton, 67, American actress and socialite, stroke.^[134]
• Ron Hovey, 82, Australian football player (Geelong).^[135]
• Arthur Jackson, 96, American sports shooter.^[136]
• Sir John Mason, 91, British meteorologist.^[137]
• George H. McKee, 91, American air force lieutenant general.^[138]
• Lance Percival, 81, British actor (That Was the Week That Was, The Beatles) and singer ("Shame and Scandal in the Family").^[139]
• Gilberto Perez, 71, Cuban-born American professor of film studies.^[140]
• Sanford E. Reisenbach, 82, American marketing executive (Warner Bros.).^[141]
• Patricia Roppel, 76, American historian and teacher, specialist in the history of Southeast Alaska, cancer.^[142]
• Thunder Rumble, 26, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications from colic.^[143]
• Alexandru Segal, 67, Romanian-born Brazilian economist and chess player.^[144]

7[edit]

• Subhas Anandan, 67, Indian-born Singaporean lawyer, heart failure.^[145]
• José Arias, 92, Spanish Olympic alpine skier (1948).^[146]
• Tim Arson, 38, American professional wrestler (WWC, ECW).^[147]
• Ricardo Bueno Fernández, 74, Spanish politician, member of the Senate (1977–1979, 1993–2000) and Congress of Deputies (2000–2004).^[148]
• John Burritt, 80, American Olympic biathlete.^[149]
• Gilbert Finn, 94, Canadian businessman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1987–1994).^[150]
• Michael Fisher, 68, British solicitor, cancer.^[151]
• Tadeusz Konwicki, 88, Polish writer and filmmaker.^[152]
• Mompati Merafhe, 78, Botswanan lieutenant general and politician, Vice President (2008–2012).^[153]
• Arch A. Moore, Jr., 91, American politician, Governor of West Virginia (1969–1977, 1985–1989).^[154]
• J. P. Parisé, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars), lung cancer.^[155]
• Jethro Pugh, 70, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).^[156]
• Archie Radebe, 55, South African footballer (AmaZulu) and coach.^[157]
• B. S. Abdur Rahman, 87, Indian business executive and philanthropist (B. S. Abdur Rahman University).^[158]
• David Rolfe, 50, Australian Paralympic swimmer, complications relating to heart surgery.^[159]
• Julio Scherer García, 88, Mexican journalist, septic shock.^[160]
• Herb Simpson, 94, American baseball player (Seattle Steelheads).^[161]
• Rod Taylor, 84, Australian actor (The Time Machine, The Birds, 101 Dalmatians, Inglourious Basterds), heart attack.^[162]
• Nancy Thomas, 96, British television producer (Monitor).^[163]
• Notable French people killed in the Charlie Hebdo shooting:^[164]
  • Cabu, 76, cartoonist
  • Elsa Cayat, 54, psychoanalyst and columnist
  • Charb, 47, caricaturist and journalist
  • Philippe Honoré, 73, cartoonist
  • Bernard Maris, 68, economist and journalist
  • Tignous, 57, cartoonist
  • Georges Wolinski, 80, cartoonist

8[edit]

• Fernando Argila, 92, Spanish footballer.^[165]
• William E. Boeing Jr., 92, American businessman.^[166]
• Andraé Crouch, 72, American gospel singer, heart attack.^[167]
• Kep Enderby, 88, Australian politician and judge, MP (1970–1975), Supreme Court Justice of New South Wales (1982–1992).^[168]
• Patsy Garrett, 93, American singer and actress (Benji, Nanny and the Professor, Room 222).^[169]
• Jean-Claude Gasigwa, 31, Rwandan tennis player (Davis Cup team).^[170]
• Peter Hill, 83, English footballer (Coventry City).^[171]
• Jenő Lasztovicza, 53, Hungarian politician, MP (since 1998).^[172]
• Curtis Lee, 75, American singer ("Pretty Little Angel Eyes"), cancer.^[173]
• Hubert Markl, 76, German biologist.^[174]
• Ray McFall, 88, British nightclub owner (The Cavern Club).^[175]
• Roy McKie, 93, American illustrator.^[176]
• Richard Meade, 76, British equestrian, three-time Olympic champion, cancer.^[177]
• Remo Pianezzi, 87, Swiss cyclist.^[178]
• Henryk Podlewski, 94, Polish psychiatrist.^[179]
• Leif Rantala, 67, Finnish linguist.^[180]
• Erbey Satterfield, 75, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives.^[181]
• Egil Toreng, 92, Norwegian newspaper editor and politician.^[182]
• Nelson Townsend, 73, American athletic director (Florida A&M), heart attack.^[183]

9[edit]

• Angelo Anquilletti, 71, Italian footballer (A.C. Milan, national team).^[184]
• Jasodhara Bagchi, 77, Indian feminist critic and academic.^[185]
• Amedy Coulibaly, 32, French jihadist, shot.^[186]
• Harry A. DeMaso, 93, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate (1967–1986).^[187]
• Samuel Goldwyn Jr., 88, American film producer (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Preacher's Wife), heart failure.^[188]
• Ah Chew Goo, 96, American basketball player and coach (University of Hawaii).^[189]
• Michel Jeury, 80, French science fiction author.^[190]
• Sonny Karnofsky, 92, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).^[191]
• Robert V. Keeley, 85, American diplomat, Ambassador to Mauritius (1976–1978), Zimbabwe (1980–1984) and Greece (1985–1989), stroke.^[192]
• Sarah Kemp, 77, Australian actress (Sons and Daughters), lung cancer.^[193]
• Chuck Locke, 82, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).^[194]
• Frans Molenaar, 74, Dutch fashion designer, complications from a fall.^[195]
• Józef Oleksy, 68, Polish politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996), cancer.^[196]
• Bud Paxson, 79, American media executive, co-founder of the Home Shopping Network, founder of Pax TV.^[197]
• Peder Pedersen, 69, Danish track cyclist, Olympic champion (1968).^[198]
• Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, 87, Malaysian politician, Chief Minister of Sarawak (1970–1981).^[199]
• Whitney Reed, 82, American tennis player.^[200]
• James L. Reveal, 73, American botanist.^[201]
• Robert Scott, 73, American author.^[202]
• Iqbal Sheikh, 80, Pakistani cricketer.^[203]
• Bud Sherman, 88, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1969–1984), member of the House of Commons (1965–1968).^[204]
• Miroslav Soviš, 60, Czech Olympic biathlete.^[205]
• Paul M. Starnes, 80, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1972–1990).^[206]
• Roy Tarpley, 50, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks).^[207]
• Christian Vannequé, 65, French sommelier and restaurateur.^[208]

10[edit]

• John Angus, 66, New Zealand children's rights advocate, children's commissioner (2009–2011).^[209]
• Jorgelina Aranda, 72, Argentine model and actress (Il Gaucho).^[210]
• Robert Berner, 79, American geologist and geochemist.^[211]
• Walter Berns, 95, American constitutional law and political philosophy professor.^[212]
• Frans Bolweg, 64, Dutch sailor and coach.^[213]
• Brian Clemens, 83, British screenwriter (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde) and television producer (The Avengers, The Professionals).^[214]
• Abed Daoudieh, 94, Jordanian politician, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Minister (1984).^[215]
• George Dickerson, 81, American actor (Blue Velvet, Hill Street Blues).^[216]
• James R. Dixon, 86, American herpetologist.^[217]
• Tim Drummond, 74, American bassist (Bob Dylan, Neil Young).^[218]
• Pierre-André Fournier, 71, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Rimouski (since 2008).^[219]
• Elemér Hankiss, 86, Hungarian sociologist.^[220]
• Maeve Hillery, 91, Irish physician.^[221]
• Jim Hogan, 81, Irish Olympic long-distance runner, European champion (1966).^[222]
• Harry V. Jaffa, 96, American political philosophy professor.^[223]
• Annis Jensen, 93, American roller derby skater.^[224]
• Frederik H. Kreuger, 86, Dutch high voltage scientist.^[225]
• Junior Malanda, 20, Belgian footballer (VfL Wolfsburg, national under-21 team), traffic collision.^[226]
• Marko Marin, 84, Slovenian theatre director and art historian.^[227]
• Slobodan Martinović, 70, Serbian chess player.^[228]
• Roger Moyer, 80, American politician, Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland (1965–1973), Parkinson's disease.^[229]
• Yoko Nagae Ceschina, 82, Japanese classical music philanthropist.^[230]
• Taylor Negron, 57, American comedian and actor (Angels in the Outfield, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Bio-Dome), liver cancer.^[231]
• Margit Nünke, 84, German fashion model, actress and beauty queen.^[232]
• Ged Peck, 67, English musician.^[233]
• Hugh Peery, 83, American Olympic wrestler.^[234]
• George Probert, 87, American jazz musician and music editor.^[235]
• Francesco Rosi, 92, Italian film director (The Mattei Affair, Christ Stopped at Eboli, Salvatore Giuliano).^[236]
• Francis Simard, 67, Canadian revolution activist and criminal, aneurysm.^[237]
• Hans Stoiber, 96, Austrian poet.^[238]
• Robert Stone, 77, American novelist (Dog Soldiers), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.^[239]
• Denis Tsygurov, 43, Russian professional ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings).^[240]
• Inge Vermeulen, 30, Brazilian-born Dutch field hockey player (national team), European champion (2009).^[241]
• Roger Wosahlo, 67, English footballer (Peterborough), cancer.^[242]

11[edit]

• Jenő Buzánszky, 89, Hungarian footballer (Dorogi FC, national team), Olympic champion (1952), last living member of the Golden Team.^[243]
• Gary Dighton, 46, British Olympic cyclist, suicide.^[244]
• Doriemus, 24, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, Melbourne Cup winner (1995), euthanised following paddock accident.^[245]
• Anita Ekberg, 83, Swedish-Italian actress (La Dolce Vita, Paris Holiday, Back from Eternity).^[246]
• Chashi Nazrul Islam, 73, Bangladeshi filmmaker (Ora Egaro Jon).^[247]
• Chic Littlewood, 84, British-born New Zealand television personality and actor (King Kong, 30 Days of Night).^[248]
• Albert McPherson, 87, English football player (Walsall) and coach (West Bromwich Albion).^[249]
• Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, 96, American professor emeritus (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) and neuroscientist.^[250]
• Fritz Pott, 75, German football player and coach.^[251]
• Bruno Visintin, 82, Italian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).^[252]
• Ryszard Zub, 80, Polish fencer, Olympic silver (1956, 1960) and bronze (1964) medalist.^[253]

12[edit]

• John Bayley, 89, British literary critic and writer.^[254]
• Bonnie Christensen, 63, American children's book author and illustrator, ovarian cancer.^[255]
• Germán Cobos, 87, Spanish actor.^[256]
• Trevor Colbourn, 87, Australian educator and academic, President of the University of Central Florida (1978–1989).^[257]
• James Naanman Daman, 58, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jalingo (2000–2007) and Shendam (since 2007).^[258]
• Stephen Gold, 58, British computer journalist, complications of heart surgery.^[259]
• Robert Gover, 85, American author.^[260]
• John Hill, 69, American game designer, heart failure.^[261]
• Akira Kinoshita, 78, Japanese photographer.^[262]
• Carl Long, 79, American baseball player.^[263]
• William C. Martel, 59, American political scientist, cancer.^[264]
• A. J. Masters, 64, American singer and songwriter, prostate cancer.^[265]
• Paul Morgan, 40, Welsh rugby union and league player.^[266]
• Elena Obraztsova, 75, Russian mezzo-soprano.^[267]
• Alex Omes, 43, American nightlife impresario, co-founder of Ultra Music Festival.^[268]
• V. B. Rajendra Prasad, 82, Indian film producer and director.^[269]
• Gabriel Ramushwana, 73, South African general, Head of State of Venda (1990–1994), colon cancer.^[270]
• Ed Skinner, 78, American politician and attorney, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1969–1973).^[271]
• Darrell Winfield, 85, American rancher and model, Marlboro Man (1968–1989).^[272]

13[edit]

• Robert Boon, 98, Dutch-born American actor (Queen of Blood, Verboten!, The Twilight Zone).^[273]
• Chuck Burr, 91, American football executive, general manager for the Miami Dolphins.^[274]
• Tony Ciprian, 82, New Zealand television sports presenter and producer.^[275]
• Doug Cunningham, 69, American football player (Ole Miss Rebels, San Francisco 49ers).^[276]
• Robert Dotson, 91, American flatfoot dancer.^[277]
• Ralph Faudree, 75, American mathematician.^[278]
• Frank Glazer, 99, American pianist and composer.^[279]
• Sir Jack Hayward, 91, English businessman, property developer and philanthropist, president of Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[280]
• Mark Juddery, 43, Australian author and journalist, cancer.^[281]
• H. Wesley Kenney, 89, American television director and producer (General Hospital, All in the Family, The Young and the Restless), cardiac arrest.^[282]
• Mike Marqusee, 61, American-born writer and activist, multiple myeloma.^[283]
• Frank Mazzola, 79, American film actor and editor (Rebel Without a Cause, Casablanca, The Hunchback of Notre Dame).^[284]
• Hara Patnaik, 56, Indian actor and film director, cancer.^[285]
• Ronnie Ronalde, 91, British music hall singer and siffleur.^[286]
• Isabel Rosado, 107, Puerto Rican independence activist (Puerto Rican Nationalist Party).^[287]
• John H. Rubel, 94, American defense electronics executive.^[288]
• Bill Thompson, 70, American talent manager, heart attack.^[289]
• Jane Wilson, 90, American painter.^[290]
• Keith Wright, 73, Australian politician and convicted child rapist, MP for Capricornia (1984–1993).^[291]
• Hillel Zaks, 85, Polish-born Israeli rabbi.^[292]

14[edit]

• Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, 71, Israeli rabbi.^[293]
• Bob Boyd, 84, American basketball coach (USC Trojans).^[294]
• Jerry Dempsey, 81, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1992–2006).^[295]
• Bill Dodd, 78, English footballer (Burnley F.C.).^[296]
• Lotte Hass, 86, Austrian model and underwater diver.^[297]
• Val Holten, 87, Australian cricketer.^[298]
• Danny Malloy, 84, Scottish footballer (Cardiff City, Dundee).^[299]
• Jerzy Holzer, 84, Polish historian.^[300]
• Susanto Pudjomartono, 71, Indonesian newspaper editor and diplomat, second chief editor of The Jakarta Post (1991–2003), Ambassador to Russia (2003–2008).^[301]
• Nélida Romero, 88, Argentine actress.^[302]
• Darren Shahlavi, 42, English actor (Night at the Museum, Watchmen, Ip Man 2) and martial artist, heart attack.^[303]
• Obrad Sretenović, 79, Croatian Olympic boxer.^[304]
• Layne Tom Jr., 87, American actor (Charlie Chan series).^[305]
• Warren Weinstein, 73, American economist, USAID contractor kidnapped by al-Qaeda, drone strike.^[306]
• Robert White, 88, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Paraguay (1977–1980) and El Salvador (1980–1981).^[307]
• Zhang Wannian, 86, Chinese general.^[308]

15[edit]

• Bai Jinian, 88, Chinese politician, party chief of Shaanxi Province.^[309]
• Jean-Claude Baker, 71, French-born American restaurateur, suicide.^[310]
• Ludmila Brožová-Polednová, 93, Czech prosecutor, participated in the show trial of Milada Horáková.^[311]
• Arnaldo Calveyra, 85, Argentine poet and novelist, heart attack.^[312]
• Eugene E. Covert, 88, American aeronautics engineer.^[313]
• Ervin Drake, 95, American songwriter ("It Was a Very Good Year", "I Believe", "Good Morning Heartache"), bladder cancer.^[314]
• Kim Fowley, 75, American record producer, band manager (The Runaways), impresario and musician, bladder cancer.^[315]
• Alan Hirschfield, 79, American film executive, CEO of Columbia Pictures (1973–1978), Chairman of 20th Century Fox (1982–1986).^[316]
• Mirko Holbus, 74, Serbian Olympic ice hockey player.^[317]
• Anwarul Iqbal, 64, Bangladeshi politician and police chief, cardiac arrest.^[318]
• Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa, 58, Scottish peer, hereditary chief of Clan Kennedy.^[319]
• Karel Lichtnégl, 78, Czech football player.^[320]
• Jean Lindenmann, 90, Swiss virologist and immunologist, co-discoverer of interferon.^[321]
• Rimma Markova, 89, Russian actress.^[322]
• Ray Nagel, 87, American football player (UCLA Bruins) and coach (Utah Utes, Iowa Hawkeyes).^[323]
• Chikao Ohtsuka, 85, Japanese voice actor (Lupin III, Sonic the Hedgehog, One Piece), ischemic heart failure.^[324]
• Raoul Pantin, 71, Trinidadian journalist, playwright, and screenwriter (Bim), survivor of the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt.^[325]
• Robert S. Pirie, 80, American lawyer.^[326]
• Ignacio Posada, 79, Colombian Olympic fencer.^[327]
• Harvey Sweetman, 93, New Zealand World War II pilot.^[328]
• Rameshwar Thakur, 88, Indian politician, Governor of Odisha (2004–2006), Andhra Pradesh (2006–2007) and Karnataka (2007–2009).^[329]
• Walter Westbrook, 93, South African artist.^[330]
• Bob Wilson, 85, American sportscaster (Boston Bruins).^[331]
• Joseph Mukasa Zuza, 59, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mzuzu (since 1995), traffic collision.^[332]

16[edit]

• Miriam Akavia, 87, Israeli writer.^[333]
• Sir Ian Athfield, 74, New Zealand architect, pneumonia.^[334]
• Mohamed Olow Barrow, Somali politician.^[335]
• Andrew Benson, 97, American biologist.^[336]
• José Carrasco, 71, Peruvian politician, Minister of Energy and Mines (1988–1989) and member of the Congress (2006–2011), lung cancer.^[337]
• Vivaldo Frota, 86, Brazilian politician, Governor of Amazonas (1990–1991).^[338]
• Ted Harrison, 88, British-born Canadian painter.^[339]
• Pedro María Iguaran, 74, Spanish footballer (Real Sociedad).^[340]
• Patrick Journoud, 50, French Olympic athlete (1988).^[341]
• Stuart Loory, 82, American journalist and media executive (CNN), lung cancer.^[342]
• Ray Lumpp, 91, American basketball player (New York Knicks), Olympic champion (1948).^[343]
• Luis Marsans, 84, Spanish painter.^[344]
• Louis Martin, 78, Jamaican-born British weightlifter, Olympic silver (1964) and bronze (1960) medallist.^[345]
• Ghelubhai Nayak, 91, Indian political activist.^[346]
• Walter Peregoy, 89, American animator (The Jungle Book, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, The Sword in the Stone).^[347]
• Tony Ridler, 59, Welsh darts player.^[348]
• Faith Seidenberg, 91, American attorney and civil rights activist.^[349]
• Yao Beina, 33, Chinese singer, breast cancer.^[350]

17[edit]

• Bruno Ballarini, 77, Italian footballer (Calcio Como).^[351]
• Walter Bauza, 75, Argentine Olympic sports shooter.^[352]
• Joseph Brannigan, 83, American politician, member of the Maine Senate (2006–2012).^[353]
• Marie Foucher-Creteau, 89, French Olympic swimmer.^[354]
• Ken Furphy, 83, English footballer and manager (Watford).^[355]
• Gobinda Halder, 84, Indian lyricist and composer, kidney failure.^[356]
• Faten Hamama, 83, Egyptian actress (The Angel of Mercy, Wajh al-Qamar).^[357]
• Don Harron, 90, Canadian comedian, actor and author (Hee Haw, The Big Revue), cancer.^[358]
• Kazumasa Hirai, 76, Japanese manga author (8 Man, Genma Taisen, Wolf Guy).^[359]
• Fritz C. Holte, 89, Norwegian economist.^[360]
• Justin Kili, 61, Papua New Guinean journalist and media personality.^[361]
• Rebecca D. Lockhart, 46, American politician, Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives (since 2011), Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.^[362]
• Henry Manne, 86, American law and economics academic.^[363]
• Roderick McDonald, 69, American basketball player (Utah Stars).^[364]
• Terence Miller, 96, British palaeontologist.^[365]
• Origa, 44, Russian singer (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), lung cancer.^[366]
• David E. Paulson, 83, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 28th District (1978–1986).^[367]
• Greg Plitt, 37, American fitness trainer (Work Out) and actor (Grudge Match, Terminator Salvation, Bobby), hit by train.^[368]
• Bill Sykes, 75, English author and chaplain.^[369]

18[edit]

• Mohammad Ali Allahdadi, 52, Iranian army general, airstrike.^[370]
• Vinay V. Deodhar, 66, Indian mathematician.^[371]
• Maurice Dumas, 87, Canadian politician, MP for Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel (1993–2000).^[372]
• Cynthia Layne, 51, American jazz singer, cancer.^[373]
• Grazia Livi, 84, Italian author and journalist, Viareggio Prize winner.^[374]
• D. C. McNeil, 87, Canadian politician.^[375]
• Alberto Nisman, 51, Argentine prosecutor (AMIA bombing), apparent suicide by gunshot.^[376]
• Paul O'Grady, 54, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1988–1996), cancer.^[377]
• Muna Obiekwe, 36, Nigerian actor, kidney disease.^[378]
• Dorothy Barnes Pelote, 85, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1993–2003).^[379]
• Pietro Pianta, 74, Italian footballer.^[380]
• June Randall, 87, British script supervisor (The Spy Who Loved Me, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining).^[381]
• Piet van der Sanden, 90, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1971–1972, 1973–1989), member of the European Parliament (1973–1974).^[382]
• Milt Schoon, 92, American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins).^[383]
• Harish Chandra Srivastava, 90, Indian politician.^[384]
• Yasuaki Taiho, 51, Taiwanese-born Japanese baseball player (Chunichi Dragons, Hanshin Tigers), acute myeloid leukemia.^[385]
• Dallas Taylor, 66, American drummer (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), complications of viral pneumonia and kidney disease.^[386]
• Christine Valmy, 88, Romanian-born American cosmetologist.^[387]
• Tony Verna, 81, American television producer, invented instant replay, leukemia.^[388]
• Kjell Arnljot Wig, 90, Norwegian media personality.^[389]

19[edit]

• John Bilezikjian, 66, Armenian oud musician, kidney disease.^[390]
• Rose Marie Brown, 95, American beauty pageant contestant, Miss Virginia (1939).^[391]
• Justin Capră, 81, Romanian inventor.^[392]
• Gordon Dickson, 83, Canadian Olympic marathon runner (1960).^[393]
• Adam Yahiye Gadahn, 36, American al-Qaeda operative, drone strike.^[394]
• Vera Gornostayeva, 85, Russian pianist and piano teacher.^[395]
• Michel Guimond, 61, Canadian politician, MP for Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord (1993–2011), heart failure.^[396]
• José María Hernández González, 88, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chilapa (1983–1989) and Netzahualcóyotl (1989–2003).^[397]
• Oscar Hayes, 47, American gospel musician.^[398]
• Arthit Kamlang-ek, 89, Thai general, Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (1983–1986).^[399]
• Vladimir Kesarev, 84, Russian footballer (Dynamo Moscow).^[400]
• Anne Kirkbride, 60, British actress (Coronation Street), breast cancer.^[401]
• Rajni Kothari, 85, Indian political scientist.^[402]
• Robert Manzon, 97, French Formula One driver, last surviving racer from first World Championship.^[403]
• Mark Marquess, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).^[404]
• Reinaldo Oliver, 82, Puerto Rican javelin thrower and Olympic athlete (1952, 1956).^[405]
• Karl H. Pribram, 95, Austrian-born American neuroscientist and educator, cancer.^[406]
• Bob Sadino, 81, Indonesian businessman.^[407]
• Ward Swingle, 87, American musician (The Swingle Singers, Les Double Six).^[408]
• Bob Symes, 90, British inventor and television presenter.^[409]
• Reies Tijerina, 88, American Chicano activist.^[410]
• Peter Wallenberg, Sr., 88, Swedish financier and industrialist, patriarch of the Wallenberg family.^[411]

20[edit]

• Canserbero, 26, Venezuelan rapper, suicide by jumping.^[412]
• James L. Fowler, 84, American military veteran, founded the Marine Corps Marathon.^[413]
• Edgar Froese, 70, German musician (Tangerine Dream), pulmonary embolism.^[414]
• Melvin Gordon, 95, American business executive, CEO of Tootsie Roll Industries (since 1962).^[415]
• Lawrence Hogben, 98, New Zealand meteorologist and naval officer.^[416]
• Anatol Hrytskievich, 85, Belarusian historian.^[417]
• Graeme Hugo, 68, Australian demographer and geographer, cancer.^[418]
• Herman E. Lauhoff, 81, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1974–1981).^[419]
• Rose Marie McCoy, 92, American songwriter ("It Hurts Me to My Heart", "Don't Be Angry", "Tryin' to Get to You", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine").^[420]
• Gloria D. Miklowitz, 87, American author.^[421]
• Wilfride Piollet, 71, French ballerina and choreographer, cancer.^[422]
• Peter Pontiac, 63, Dutch cartoonist, winner of the Stripschapprijs (1997), liver disease.^[423]
• Bette Rogge, 92, American radio and television presenter.^[424]
• William Roffler, 84, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), pneumonia.^[425]
• Hitoshi Saito, 54, Japanese judoka, Olympic champion (1984, 1988), bile duct cancer.^[426]
• Ricardo dos Santos, 24, Brazilian surfer, shot.^[427]
• Jerome Van Sistine, 89, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1977–1993).^[428]
• James Walker, 41, Australian television writer (Neighbours), diabetes.^[429]

21[edit]

• Abudureheman Abulikemu, 36, Chinese boxer.^[430]
• George Atkins, 82, American football player (Detroit Lions).^[431]
• Patricia Berjak, 75, South African botanist.^[432]
• Marcus Borg, 72, American Biblical scholar and theologian (Jesus Seminar), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.^[433]
• Leon Brittan, 75, British politician, Home Secretary (1983–1985), Vice-President of the European Commission (1999), cancer.^[434]
• Vince Camuto, 78, American footwear designer (Nine West), prostate cancer.^[435]
• Emmanuel Carter, 85, Trinidadian politician, President of the Senate (1990–1995), acting President (1990) during the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt.^[436]
• Frieda Dänzer, 84, Swiss Alpine skier, Olympic silver medalist (1956).^[437]
• George W. Downs, 68, American political scientist, heart failure.^[438]
• George Goodwin, 97, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner (1948).^[439]
• Harry Gordon, 89, Australian Olympic historian, journalist and newspaper editor.^[440]
• Martin Honeysett, 71, British cartoonist.^[441]
• Frank Hooley, 91, British politician, MP for Sheffield Heeley (1966–1970, 1974–1983).^[442]
• Waldemar Kmentt, 85, Austrian operatic tenor.^[443]
• Roy Noble Lee, 99, American judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1987–1993).^[444]
• Johnnie Lewis, 68, Liberian lawyer and politician, Chief Justice (2006–2012).^[445]
• Kemal Monteno, 66, Bosnian singer-songwriter, pneumonia and sepsis.^[446]
• Keith Rayner, 71, American cognitive psychologist.^[447]
• Marshall Schlom, 86, American script supervisor (Psycho, Perry Mason, Rain Man), complications from a fall.^[448]
• Chin Shunshin, 90, Japanese author.^[449]
• Pauline Yates, 85, English actress (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin).^[450]

22[edit]

• Don Bryant, 73, American baseball player (Houston Astros).^[451]
• Peggy Charren, 86, American children's television activist.^[452]
• Wendell Ford, 90, American politician, Governor of Kentucky (1971–1974), member of the U.S. Senate (1974–1999), lung cancer.^[453]
• Margaret Bloy Graham, 94, Canadian children's book illustrator (Harry the Dirty Dog).^[454]
• Joan Hinde, 81, English trumpeter and entertainer.^[455]
• René Jodoin, 94, Canadian animation director and producer.^[456]
• Tommy Mason, 75, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Los Angeles Rams).^[457]
• Fabrizio de Miranda, 88, Italian structural engineer and university professor.^[458]
• Franco Nicolazzi, 90, Italian politician, MP (1963–1990), Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (1985–1988).^[459]
• Kel O'Shea, 81, Australian rugby league player (Western Suburbs).^[460]
• Wayne Quinton, 94, American biomedical engineer.^[461]
• Dacia Valent, 51, Somali-born Italian politician, MEP (1989–1994), myocardial infarction.^[462]
• Lawrence Paul Zatkoff, 75, American federal judge, cancer.^[463]

23[edit]

• Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, 90, Saudi royal, King (since 2005), complications from pneumonia.^[464]
• Ernie Banks, 83, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Chicago Cubs), heart attack.^[465]
• Jalynn Bennett, 71, Canadian consultant and corporate director.^[466]
• Betty Jane Diener, 74, American politician, Virginia Secretary of Commerce (1982–1986), pulmonary fibrosis.^[467]
• Marc Dufour, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings).^[468]
• Prosper Ego, 87, Dutch activist, founder of the Oud-Strijders Legioen.^[469]
• Nol Heijerman, 74, Dutch footballer (Sparta).^[470]
• Simma Holt, 92, Canadian journalist and politician, MP for Vancouver Kingsway (1974–1979).^[471]
• Barrie Ingham, 82, English actor (The Great Mouse Detective, Doctor Who, A Challenge for Robin Hood).^[472]
• Nick Koback, 79, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).^[473]
• Svein Døvle Larssen, 86, Norwegian newspaper editor.^[474]
• Alexander Lastin, 38, Russian chess grandmaster.^[475]
• Pedro Lemebel, 62, Chilean writer, laryngeal cancer.^[476]
• Les McMahon, 84, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives for Sydney (1975–1983).^[477]
• Bud Miller, 91, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1971–1986).^[478]
• M. S. Narayana, 63, Indian Telugu actor, multiple organ failure.^[479]
• Leon Pense, 92, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).^[480]
• Jackie Selebi, 64, South African police officer, Commissioner (2000–2009), kidney disease.^[481]
• Frank Sims, 93, American baseball broadcaster.^[482]

24[edit]

• Stig Bergling, 77, Swedish secret service officer convicted of treason, Parkinson's disease and lung ailment.^[483]
• Robert Bonnaventure, 94, French cyclist.^[484]
• Peter Bridges, 89, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Southend (1972–1977), Coventry (1977–1983) and Warwick (1983–1990).^[485]
• Link Byfield, 63, Canadian conservative columnist, politician and publisher, oesophageal and liver cancer.^[486]
• Julio Canessa, 89, Chilean politician and general, member of the Government Junta (1983–1985), Senator (1998–2006).^[487]
• Otto Carius, 92, German World War II tank commander.^[488]
• Maria Cerra, 96, American Olympic fencer (1948).^[489]
• Aisha Chaudhary, 18, Indian motivational speaker and author, pulmonary fibrosis.^[490]
• Toller Cranston, 65, Canadian figure skater, Olympic bronze medallist (1976), heart attack.^[491]
• Maria Della Costa, 89, Brazilian actress (Brasileiras e Brasileiros), pulmonary edema.^[492]
• Floyd Dunn, 90, American electrical engineer.^[493]
• Johan Ferner, 87, Norwegian sailor, Olympic silver medalist (1952).^[494]
• Eric Fitzgibbon, 78, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Hunter (1984–1996).^[495]
• Joe Franklin, 88, American television and radio talk show host, prostate cancer.^[496]
• Wilfrido Garay, 71, Paraguayan footballer.^[497]
• Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet, 74, South African businessman and winemaker.^[498]
• Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade, 62, Somali politician and rebel soldier, diabetes.^[499]
• Frances Lennon, 102, British artist.^[500]
• Erkki Lyijynen, 89, Finnish Olympic rower.^[501]
• V. S. Raghavan, 90, Indian Tamil actor.^[502]
• Alfred H. Savage, 84, Canadian civil servant, manager of the Toronto Transit Commission (1981–1987).^[503]
• Joan Serra, 87, Spanish Olympic water polo player (1948, 1952).^[504]
• Fred Shank, 74, American nutritionist.^[505]
• Daniel R. Simpson, 87, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate, Lewy body dementia.^[506]
• Peter Westervelt, 95, American physicist.^[507]
• Toyoko Yoshino, 94, Japanese Olympic athlete.^[508]
• Tengku Ampuan Tua Intan Zaharah, 86, Malaysian royal, Raja Permaisuri Agong (1965–1970).^[509]

25[edit]

• Zulkifli Abdhir, 48, Malaysian terrorist and bomb maker, shot.^[510]
• Sir Robert Atkinson, 98, British businessman and naval officer.^[511]
• Sonny Berger, 92, American baseball player.^[512]
• Rose Cabat, 100, American studio ceramicist.^[513]
• Mari Ellis, 101, British writer and women's rights activist.^[514]
• Pauline Fisk, 66, British author, cancer.^[515]
• Demetrio González, 87, Spanish-born Mexican actor (Dos Corazones y un Cielo) and singer, complications from a stroke.^[516]
• Pierre Gosnat, 66, French politician, cancer.^[517]
• Godfrey Kalimugogo, 71, Ugandan writer.^[518]
• John Leggett, 97, American writer, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, pneumonia.^[519]
• Giancarlo Ligabue, 83, Italian palaeontologist (discoverer of Ligabueino), Forza Europa politician and businessman.^[520]
• Sarojini Mahishi, 88, Indian translator and politician.^[521]
• Richard McBrien, 78, American Roman Catholic priest and theologian.^[522]
• Bill Monbouquette, 78, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).^[523]
• Don O'Hearn, 86, Canadian ice hockey player.^[524]
• Demis Roussos, 68, Egyptian-born Greek singer ("Forever and Ever").^[525]
• Ian Towers, 74, English footballer (Burnley, Oldham Athletic).^[526]
• Ernst Träger, 88, German judge.^[527]

26[edit]

• R. J. Adams, 72, American actor (Rocky IV), heart attack.^[528]
• José Luis Allende, 88, Spanish Olympic sailor.^[529]
• Henk Bloemers, 69, Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven).^[530]
• Miguel Ángel Cascallana, 66, Spanish Olympic handball player (1972).^[531]
• Edwin A. Colvin, 87, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1975–1982).^[532]
• Cleven Goudeau, 83, American greeting card artist.^[533]
• Howard C. Hawkins, 82, American bicycle tool manufacturer (Park Tool).^[534]
• Stephen R. Johnson, 63, American television and music video director ("Sledgehammer"), cardiac complications.^[535]
• Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan, 91, Pakistani businesswoman and politician.^[536]
• R. K. Laxman, 93, Indian cartoonist, illustrator and humourist, multiple organ failure.^[537]
• Neil Levang, 83, American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show).^[538]
• Lucjan Lis, 64, Polish cyclist, Olympic silver medalist (1972).^[539]
• Lester McCumbers, 93, American fiddler.^[540]
• Valery Miloserdov, 63, Russian Olympic dual bronze medallist basketball player (1976, 1980).^[541]
• Sidewalk Sam, 75, American artist.^[542]
• Lee Spick, 34, English snooker player, liver-related illness.^[543]
• Charles Thomas, 82, American sprinter and athletics coach.^[544]
• Tom Uren, 93, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Reid (1958–1990).^[545]
• Rositsa Yanakieva, 60, Bulgarian politician and chemist, Vice-chairwoman of the National Assembly (since 2014), brain hemorrhage.^[546]

27[edit]

• Wilfred Agbonavbare, 48, Nigerian footballer (Rayo Vallecano, national team), cancer.^[547]
• Rafael Corrales Ayala, 89, Mexican politician, MP for Guanajuato (1949–1952, 1979–1982), Governor of Guanajuato (1985–1991).^[548]
• Rocky Bridges, 87, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators).^[549]
• Harriet Elizabeth Byrd, 88, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1981–1988) and Senate (1988–1992).^[550]
• Arturo Carmassi, 89, Italian sculptor and painter.^[551]
• Yves Chauvin, 84, Belgian-born French Nobel Prize-winning chemist (2005).^[552]
• Roger Cowley, 75, English physicist.^[553]
• Suzette Haden Elgin, 78, American science fiction author and linguist.^[554]
• Henk Faanhof, 92, Dutch Olympic (1948) and professional road bicycle racer.^[555]
• Roy Francis, 92, British naval officer and railway engineer.^[556]
• Ebbe Grims-land, 99, Swedish composer and viola player.^[557]
• Pierre Hernandez, 86, French boxer.^[558]
• Warren Hill, 54, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.^[559]
• Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar, 83, Estonian film director.^[560]
• David Landau, 67, British-born Israeli journalist and newspaper editor (Haaretz).^[561]
• John T. Myers, 87, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana (1967–1997).^[562]
• Ronnie O'Reilly, 63, Irish cricket umpire.^[563]
• José Pereira, 84, Indian Sanskrit scholar, historian and artist.^[564]
• Joe Rígoli, 78, Argentine actor and comedian (Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), heart failure.^[565]
• Joseph Rotman, 80, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, chancellor of The University of Western Ontario.^[566]
• Al Severinsen, 70, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres).^[567]
• Bob Shea, 90, American basketball player (Providence Steamrollers).^[568]
• Charles H. Townes, 99, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (1964).^[569]
• Gunnar Christie Wasberg, 91, Norwegian non-fiction writer.^[570]
• Charlie Williams, 67, American baseball player (New York Mets, San Francisco Giants), complications from heart surgery.^[571]
• Larry Winters, 58, American professional wrestler and trainer, heart attack.^[572]

28[edit]

• Suraj Abdurrahman, 60, Nigerian army officer.^[573]
• Egon Adler, 77, German Olympic silver medallist cyclist (1960).^[574]
• Arthur Alarcón, 89, American federal judge.^[575]
• Mala Aravindan, 76, Indian Malayalam actor.^[576]
• Francis Bennion, 92, British lawyer.^[577]
• Alberto Cardaccio, 65, Uruguayan footballer (Danubio, national team), traffic collision.^[578]
• Lionel Gilbert, 90, Australian historian, author, curator, lecturer, and biographer.^[579]
• Georg Guggemos, 88, German Olympic ice hockey player (1952).^[580]
• Don Jones, 91, American artist and art therapist.^[581]
• Tommie Manderson, 102, British make-up artist (Willow, Alien, The Killing Fields).^[582]
• Beric Morley, 71, British architectural historian.^[583]
• Neyko Nenov, 53, Bulgarian major general, Deputy Chief of Defence (since 2014), brain tumor.^[584]
• Jaswant Singh Rajput, 88, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion (1948,1952).^[585]
• Edward Saylor, 94, American World War II veteran, member of Doolittle's Raiders.^[586]
• Katharine Worth, 92, British drama academic.^[587]

29[edit]

• Maurizio Arcieri, 72, Italian singer (The New Dada, Krisma).^[588]
• Amparo Baró, 77, Spanish actress (7 Vidas, Siete mesas de billar francés), cancer.^[589]
• Subhash Ghisingh, 78, Indian politician (Gorkha National Liberation Front), cirrhosis and liver cancer.^[590]
• Walter Glechner, 75, Austrian footballer (Rapid Wien, national team).^[591]
• Bernice Gordon, 101, American crossword writer (The New York Times), heart failure.^[592]
• Terry Hollindrake, 80, English rugby league player.^[593]
• Kōno Taeko, 88, Japanese writer and critic, respiratory failure.^[594]
• Cedric Kushner, 66, South African-born American boxing promoter, heart attack.^[595]
• Noel Lister, 87, British businessman (MFI Group).^[596]
• Riichiro Manabe, 90, Japanese composer.^[597]
• José Martins da Silva, 78, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Porto Velho (1982–1997).^[598]
• Will McBride, 84, American photographer.^[599]
• Danny McCulloch, 69, English bassist (The Animals), heart failure.^[600]
• Colleen McCullough, 77, Australian author (The Thorn Birds), renal failure.^[601]
• Rod McKuen, 81, American poet, singer and songwriter ("Jean", "Seasons in the Sun"), respiratory arrest.^[602]
• Kel Nagle, 94, Australian golfer, British Open champion (1960).^[603]
• Paul Panhuysen, 80, Dutch composer.^[604]
• Derek S. Pugh, 84, British psychologist and business theorist.^[605]
• Dora Prince, 84, Argentine actress.^[606]
• Derek Robertson, 65, Scottish footballer (St. Johnstone), cancer.^[607]
• Doris Schoettler-Boll, 70, German artist.^[608]
• Tenkoko Sonoda, 96, Japanese politician, member of the Diet (1946–1952).^[609]
• Ole Sørensen, 77, Danish footballer.^[610]
• Peter Towe, 92, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1977–1981).^[611]
• Alexander Vraciu, 96, American World War II Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient.^[612]
• Len Wyatt, 95, New Zealand cricketer.^[613]
• Israel Yinon, 59, Israeli conductor.^[614]

30[edit]

• Richard Clark Barkley, 82, American diplomat, Ambassador to East Germany (1988–1990).^[615]
• Carl Boldt, 82, American basketball player (San Francisco Dons).^[616]
• Ricardo Bressani, 88, Guatemalan food scientist, heart attack.^[617]
• Carl Djerassi, 91, Austrian-American chemist, novelist and playwright, liver and bone cancer.^[618]
• Rose Frisch, 96, American biologist.^[619]
• Johnny Goodman, 87, British TV producer.^[620]
• Kenji Goto, 47, Japanese journalist and ISIS hostage, beheading.^[621]
• Harold Hassall, 85, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers).^[622]
• John Hopkins, 78, British photographer, activist, and promoter (Notting Hill Carnival, International Times).^[623]
• Stuart Inder, 88, Australian journalist and publisher, specialist in Pacific Islands affairs.^[624]
• Ülo Kaevats, 67, Estonian philosopher and politician, Secretary of State (1992–1995).^[625]
• Jack Kay, 63, American academic and college administrator.^[626]
• Geraldine McEwan, 82, British actress (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Agatha Christie's Marple), stroke.^[627]
• John McHugh, 84, American politician, Mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1990–1993), cancer.^[628]
• Howard Norris, 80, British rugby union player (Wales national team, British Lions).^[629]
• Richard Richards, 82, American politician, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1981–1983).^[630]
• Ben Schadler, 90, American basketball player.^[631]
• Jerry L. Smith, 71, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1972–1980) and Senate (1980–2004).^[632]
• Gerrit Voorting, 92, Dutch professional road bicycle racer, Olympic silver medalist (1948).^[633]
• Than Wyenn, 95, American actor (Imitation of Life, Splash, Being There).^[634]
• Zhelyu Zhelev, 79, Bulgarian politician, President (1990–1997).^[635]

31[edit]

• Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari, Yemeni militant, drone strike.^[636]
• Vasco Bendini, 93, Italian informalist painter.^[637]
• Robert Blees, 96, American film and television screenwriter and producer (Cattle Queen of Montana).^[638]
• José Manuel Lara Bosch, 68, Spanish media executive, CEO of Grupo Planeta (since 2003) and Atresmedia (since 2012), pancreatic cancer.^[639]
• Tomás Bulat, 50, Argentine economist and journalist, traffic collision.^[640]
• Earl Christensen, 95, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate (1959–1984).^[641]
• Don Covay, 78, American R&B singer and songwriter ("Chain of Fools").^[642]
• Vic Howe, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).^[643]
• William Klinger, 42, Croatian historian, shot.^[644]
• Udo Lattek, 80, German football coach (Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach).^[645]
• Gabrielle Poulin, 86, Canadian writer.^[646]
• Adalberto Arturo Rosat, 81, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Territorial Prelature of Aiquile (1986–2009).^[647]
• Michael Saward, 82, British Anglican priest and hymnist.^[648]
• Lizabeth Scott, 93, American actress (Dead Reckoning), congestive heart failure.^[649]
• Richard von Weizsäcker, 94, German politician, PresidentofWest Germany (1984–1990) and Germany (1990–1994).^[650]

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