Deaths in June 2015

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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 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.

June 2015[edit]

1[edit]

• Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover, 77, German politician.^[1]
• An Jun Can, 31, Taiwanese singer (Comic Boyz) and actor, liver cancer.^[2]
• Katherine Chappell, 29, American visual effects editor (Game of Thrones, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Godzilla), lion attack.^[3]
• Jon Hensley, 31, American radio personality, asphyxiation.^[4]
• Charles Jacob, 94, English stockbroker.^[5]
• Charles Kennedy, 55, British politician, Leader of the Liberal Democrats (1999–2006), MP (1983–2015), internal haemorrhage.^[6]
• Joan Kirner, 76, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (1990–1992), oesophageal cancer.^[7]
• Peter Kruse, 60, German psychologist, heart failure.^[8]
• Nicholas Liverpool, 80, Dominican politician, President (2003–2012).^[9]
• Nobutaka Machimura, 70, Japanese politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (2014–2015), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2004–2006, 2007), cerebral infarction.^[10]
• Buck Moyer, 94, American Lutheran pastor, Bishop of the Virginia Synod (1976–1987).^[11]
• Jacques Parizeau, 84, Canadian politician, Premier of Quebec (1994–1996).^[12]
• Kirill Pokrovsky, 53, Russian composer.^[13]
• Serajur Rahman, 81, Bangladeshi journalist and broadcaster.^[14]
• Sonya Rapoport, 92, American conceptual and digital artist, pancreatic cancer.^[15]
• Jean Ritchie, 92, American folk singer and song collector.^[16]
• Tommy Rogers, 54, American professional wrestler (The Fantastics).^[17]
• Andy Scrivani, 98, American Olympic boxer (1936).^[18]
• Dolores Richard Spikes, 78, American mathematician.^[19]
• Phili Viehoff, 90, Dutch politician, member of the European Parliament (1979–1989).^[20]
• Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski, 85, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (1973–2006).^[21]
• Robert K. Zukowski, 85, American farmer and politician.^[22]

2[edit]

• Ifeoma Aggrey-Fynn, 34, Nigerian media personality, shot.^[23]
• Claudio Angelini, 72, Italian political correspondent.^[24]
• Fernando de Araújo, 52, East Timorese politician, President of the National Parliament (2007–2012), Acting President (2008), stroke.^[25]
• Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, 80, Colombian-born Dutch artist.^[26]
• Shufti Chaudhri, 95, Pakistani World War II British Indian Army officer.^[27]
• Martin Cole, 83, British sexologist.^[28]
• Alberto De Martino, 85, Italian film director (O.K. Connery, Holocaust 2000, The Pumaman).^[29]
• Walter Dexter, 83, Canadian ceramic artist.^[30]
• Giovan Battista Fabbri, 89, Italian football player and manager (Vicenza).^[31]
• Ortho R. Fairbanks, 90, American sculptor.^[32]
• Dennis Fidler, 76, English footballer (Halifax Town, Macclesfield Town).^[33]
• Gene Maddox, 76, American politician, Mayor of Clive, Iowa (1977–1992), member of the Iowa General Assembly (1993–2007).^[34]
• Gordon S. Marshall, 95, American electronics entrepreneur and philanthropist.^[35]
• John Mellekas, 81, American football player (Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles).^[36]
• Eugen Mwaiposa, 54, Tanzanian politician, MP for Ukonga (since 2010).^[37]
• Clemens Nathan, 81, British humanitarian.^[38]
• Bijoya Ray, 98, Indian actress, pneumonia.^[39]
• Irwin Rose, 88, American biologist, Nobel laureate (2004).^[40]
• Theo Saat, 87, Dutch Olympic sprinter (1952).^[41]
• Shockley Shoemake, 92, American politician.^[42]
• Silvio Spaccesi, 88, Italian actor and voice actor.^[43]
• Kenneth Tempest, 93, British World War II Royal Air Force navigator.^[44]
• Besim Üstünel, 88, Turkish academic and politician.^[45]
• Tsonyo Vasilev, 63, Bulgarian footballer (CSKA Sofia).^[46]
• Carmine Vingo, 85, American heavyweight boxer.^[47]
• Herb Wakabayashi, 70, Canadian-born Japanese Olympic ice hockey player (1972, 1976, 1980).^[48]
• Charls Walker, 91, American economist and lobbyist.^[49]
• Norm Weiss, 79, Canadian politician.^[50]
• Stephen Wojdak, 76, American lobbyist and politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1969–1976), respiratory failure.^[51]

3[edit]

• Lester Bower, 67, American mass murderer, execution by lethal injection.^[52]
• Horst Brandstätter, 81, German company owner, founder of Playmobil.^[53]
• Thomas Flynn, 83, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Achonry (1976–2007).^[54]
• Bevo Francis, 82, American college basketball player (Rio Grande College).^[55]
• Leszek Hensler, 59, Polish Olympic hockey player.^[56]
• Margaret Juntwait, 58, American radio broadcaster, host of Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts (2004–2014), ovarian cancer.^[57]
• Eugene Kennedy, 86, American psychologist and theologian.^[58]
• Bud Kraehling, 96, American journalist and weatherman, cancer.^[59]
• Ricardo Morán, 74, Argentine actor.^[60]
• Nidoïsh Naisseline, 69, New Caledonian politician, President of Loyalty Islands Province (1995–1999).^[61]
• Fouad Qandil, 71, Egyptian author.^[62]
• Imre Rapp, 77, Hungarian international football player.^[63]

4[edit]

• Avi Beker, 64, Israeli academic, secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress (2001–2003).^[64]
• Bengt Berndtsson, 82, Swedish footballer (IFK Göteborg).^[65]
• Edith Hancke, 86, German actress.^[66]
• Wayne Harris, 77, American Hall of Fame CFL football player (Calgary Stampeders).^[67]
• Hugh Johnson, 69, Irish cinematographer (The Chronicles of Riddick, G.I. Jane, Eragon).^[68]
• Charlie Morris, 88, British-born Australian naval officer and Olympic hammer thrower (1956).^[69]
• Marguerite Patten, 99, British cookery writer, home economist and broadcaster.^[70]
• Leonid Plyushch, 77, Ukrainian Soviet dissident and mathematician.^[71]
• Jørgen Ravn, 75, Danish footballer (Aberdeen).^[72]
• Henry Sampson, American electrical engineer and inventor.^[73]
• Roy Stroud, 90, English footballer (West Ham).^[74]
• Jabe Thomas, 85, American racecar driver (NASCAR), complications from Parkinson's disease.^[75]
• Dame Anne Warburton, 87, British diplomat, Ambassador to Denmark (1976–1983), Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva (1983–1985), President of Lucy Cavendish College (1985–1994).^[76]
• Kurt Weber, 87, Polish cinematographer (Salto).^[77]
• Ray Weigh, 86, Welsh footballer.^[78]
• Albert West, 65, Dutch singer (The Shuffles) and record producer.^[79]
• Hermann Zapf, 96, German typeface designer (Optima, Palatino, Zapfino).^[80]

5[edit]

• Mehmet Abbasoğlu, 59, Turkish Kurdish politician, cancer.^[81]
• Govindrao Adik, 76, Indian politician.^[82]
• Tariq Aziz, 79, Iraqi politician, Foreign Minister (1983–1991), heart attack.^[83]
• Eshel Ben-Jacob, 63, Israeli physicist.^[84]
• Alan Bond, 77, British-born Australian businessman and convicted fraudster, complications from heart surgery.^[85]
• Sadun Boro, 87, Turkish sailor, bladder cancer.^[86]
• Manuel Camacho Solís, 69, Mexican politician, Mayor of Mexico City (1988–1993), Foreign Minister (1993–1994), Senator (since 2012).^[87]
• Kazuo Chiba, 75, Japanese Aikido teacher.^[88]
• Jerry Collins, 34, Samoan-born New Zealand rugby union player (national team), traffic collision.^[89]
• Xavier de Roux, 74, French politician.^[90]
• Frits Dragstra, 87, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1972–1977).^[91]
• Giacomo Furia, 90, Italian actor (The Band of Honest Men, The Gold of Naples).^[92]
• Anita Hagen, 84, Canadian politician, cancer.^[93]
• Jane Briggs Hart, 93, American aviator, member of the Mercury 13, founding member of NOW, Alzheimer's disease.^[94]
• Ralph Hyde, 76, British curator.^[95]
• Jill Hyem, 78, British scriptwriter and actress.^[96]
• Julien Mawule Kouto, 68, Togolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Atakpamé (1993–2006).^[97]
• Colette Marchand, 90, French ballerina and actress (Moulin Rouge).^[98]
• Te Uruhina McGarvey, 87, New Zealand Māori elder.^[99]
• Worth McMillion, 88, American racing car driver.^[100]
• Paul A. Miller, 98, American academic, President of the Rochester Institute of Technology (1969–1979).^[101]
• Irving Mondschein, 91, American Olympic athlete (1948) and coach.^[102]
• Lecretia Seales, 42, New Zealand lawyer and right-to-die campaigner, brain cancer.^[103]
• George Seitz, 73, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Keilor (1982–2010).^[104]
• Paolo Tullio, 65, Italian-born Irish Michelin Star-winning chef (Armstrong's Barn) and resident food critic (The Restaurant).^[105]
• Roger Vergé, 85, French chef, co-founder of Nouvelle Cuisine, complications of diabetes.^[106]
• Seth Winston, 64, American screenwriter and director (She's Out of Control, Session Man), Oscar winner (1992), heart attack.^[107]

6[edit]

• Barry Albin-Dyer, 64, British undertaker, brain cancer.^[108]
• Aarthi Agarwal, 31, American Telugu cinema actress, heart attack.^[109]
• Pierre Brice, 86, French actor (Old Shatterhand, Mill of the Stone Women), pneumonia.^[110]
• M. N. Buch, 80, Indian urban planner.^[111]
• Vincent Bugliosi, 80, American prosecuting attorney (Tate–LaBianca murders case) and author (Helter Skelter, Reclaiming History), cancer.^[112]
• Callisto Cosulich, 92, Italian film critic, author and screenwriter (Planet of the Vampires).^[113]
• Jorge Galemire, 64, Uruguayan musician (Trelew).^[114]
• Ronnie Gilbert, 88, American singer-songwriter (The Weavers) and actress (Running on Empty).^[115]
• Colin Jackson, 68, Scottish footballer (Rangers, national team), leukaemia.^[116]
• Richard Johnson, 87, English actor (The Haunting, Julius Caesar, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas).^[117]
• Dieter Medicus, 86, German jurist.^[118]
• Nyla Murphy, 83, American politician, bile duct cancer.^[119]
• Steve Nave, American actor and casting director, cancer.^[120]
• Steve Pritko, 94, American football player (Cleveland Rams).^[121]
• Feras Saied, 34, Syrian bodybuilder, traffic collision.^[122]
• Sergey Sharikov, 40, Russian sabre fencer, two-time Olympic champion (1996, 2000), traffic collision.^[123]
• Ludvík Vaculík, 88, Czech writer and journalist.^[124]
• John Williams, 87, American art historian.^[125]

7[edit]

• Sheikh Razzak Ali, 86, Bangladeshi politician.^[126]
• Ken Barrett, 77, English footballer (Aston Villa).^[127]
• Giuseppe Casarrubea, 69, Italian historian and author.^[128]
• Robert K. Casey, 83, American physician and politician.^[129]
• Ahmad Ghazi, 79, Iranian Kurdish writer and translator.^[130]
• Jimmy Goins, 66, American tribal politician, Chairman of the Lumbee Tribe (2004–2010), traffic collision.^[131]
• John Hurry, 95, British World War II air force officer.^[132]
• Felicia Kentridge, 84, South African lawyer and anti-apartheid activist, progressive supranuclear palsy.^[133]
• Harold LeDoux, 88, American cartoonist (Judge Parker).^[134]
• Sir Christopher Lee, 93, British actor (Dracula, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars), voice artist, and singer, heart failure.^[135]
• Michael Oliver, 89, British cardiologist.^[136]
• Sean Pappas, 49, South African golfer, heart attack.^[137]
• Peter Petherick, 72, New Zealand cricketer (Otago, Wellington, national team).^[138]
• Gwilym Prichard, 84, Welsh painter.^[139]
• Jane Riga, 41, Estonian mountain climber, avalanche.^[140]
• Cole Tucker, 61, American pornographic actor, complications from AIDS.^[141]
• Vasili Zhupikov, 61, Russian footballer.^[142]

8[edit]

• Archie Alleyne, 82, Canadian jazz drummer, cancer.^[143]
• Paul Bacon, 91, American book and album cover designer and jazz musician.^[144]
• Muhammad Sharif Butt, 89, Pakistani Olympic sprinter (1948, 1952, 1956).^[145]
• Frank Cappuccino, 86, American boxing referee, Alzheimer's disease.^[146]
• Marie-Louise Carven, 105, French fashion designer.^[147]
• Thomas Chambers, 83, South African cricketer.^[148]
• Aldo da Rosa, 97, Brazilian electrical engineer.^[149]
• Eugenia Davitashvili, 65, Russian faith healer.
• Mervin Field, 94, American opinion pollster.^[150]
• Jack Grimsley, 89, Australian musical director and composer.^[151]
• Jean Gruault, 90, French screenwriter (My American Uncle) and actor.^[152]
• Otakar Hořínek, 86, Czech sport shooter, Olympic silver medalist (1956).^[153]
• Bill Kindricks, 68, American football player.^[154]
• Valery Levental, 76, Russian theater stage designer.^[155]
• Elizabeth Peet McIntosh, 100, American spy, heart attack.^[156]
• Lynn Miles, 71, American human rights and Taiwan democracy activist, cancer.^[157]
• Tiki Nxumalo, 65, South African actor, asthma attack.^[158]
• Dasaradhi Rangacharya, 86, Indian writer and politician.^[159]
• Ivanka Raspopović, 85, Serbian modernist architect.^[160]
• David Rotem, 66, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu (2007–2015), cardiac arrest.^[161]
• Chea Sim, 81, Cambodian politician, President of the Senate (since 1999) and President of the Cambodian People's Party (since 1991).^[162]
• Laurie Thompson, 77, British translator.^[163]
• Peter van Wijmen, 76, Dutch lawyer, professor and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1998–2002).^[164]

9[edit]

• Finn Backer, 87, Norwegian Supreme Court judge.^[165]
• Larry Eschen, 94, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).^[166]
• Hemant Kanitkar, 72, Indian Test cricketer.^[167]
• Igor Kostin, 78, Romanian-born Ukrainian photographer, took first pictures of Chernobyl disaster, traffic collision.^[168]
• James Last, 86, German composer and big band leader.^[169]
• Fred Anton Maier, 76, Norwegian speed skater, Olympic champion (1968), cancer.^[170]
• Amos Midzi, 62, Zimbabwean politician and diplomat, poisoned.^[171]
• Vincent Musetto, 74, American film critic (New York Post), pancreatic cancer.^[172]
• Pumpkinhead, 39, American rapper.^[173]
• Rainer Riehn, 73, German composer and conductor.^[174]
• Alvin J. Salkind, 87, American chemical engineer.^[175]
• Sir Peter Williams, 80, New Zealand lawyer, prostate cancer.^[176]
• Pedro Zerolo, 55, Venezuelan-born Spanish politician, pancreatic cancer.^[177]

10[edit]

• David Bellotti, 71, British politician and football executive, MP for Eastbourne (1990–1992), CEO of Brighton & Hove Albion.^[178]
• Bonecrusher, 32, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized following laminitis.^[179]
• Robert Chartoff, 81, American film producer (Rocky, Raging Bull, Ender's Game), Oscar winner (1977), pancreatic cancer.^[180]
• Larry Fisher, 65, Canadian convicted murderer (David Milgaard case).^[181]
• Johnny Fullam, 75, Irish footballer (Shamrock Rovers).^[182]
• Michael Gallagher, 80, British politician and trade unionist, MEP (1979–1984).^[183]
• Charles Wyndham Goodwyn, 81, British philatelist, Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection (1995–2003).^[184]
• Elizabeth Griffin, 70, First Female Barrister in Montserrat. ^[185]
• Esther Harrison, 69, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives for the 41st District (since 2001).^[186]
• Hugo Höllenreiner, 81, German Sinti Porajmos survivor.^[187]
• Wolfgang Jeschke, 78, German science fiction author (The Last Day of Creation).^[188]
• Coetie Neethling, 82, South African cricketer.^[189]
• Héctor Pérez Plazola, 81, Mexican politician.^[190]
• Ray Reidy, 78, Irish priest and hurler (Tipperary).^[191]
• Henry E. Riggs, 80, American academic.^[192]
• Geoff Robinson, 71, English cricketer.^[193]
• Judith St. George, 84, American author (So You Want to Be President?).^[194]
• Brian Taylor, 78, English footballer (Walsall, Shrewsbury Town).^[195]

11[edit]

• Jim Ed Brown, 81, American country singer (The Browns), lung cancer.^[196]
• Arshad Chaudhry, 65, Pakistani Olympic bronze medallist field hockey player (1976).^[197]
• Ornette Coleman, 85, American saxophonist and free jazz pioneer, cardiac arrest.^[198]
• Vittorio De Angelis, 52, Italian voice actor, heart attack.^[199]
• Jack King, 84, American public affairs officer (NASA), heart failure.^[200]
• Sarah Kyolaba, 59, Ugandan businesswoman, cancer.^[201]
• Sebastiano Mannironi, 84, Italian Olympic weightlifter (1956, 1960, 1964).^[202]
• Ian McKechnie, 73, Scottish footballer (Hull City).^[203]
• Ron Moody, 91, British actor (Oliver!, The Animals of Farthing Wood, EastEnders).^[204]
• Mary Mulvihill, 55, Irish science writer.^[205]
• David Premack, 89, American psychologist (Premack's principle).^[206]
• Dusty Rhodes, 69, American professional wrestler, booker (NWA, WCW, WWE) and promoter (TCW), Hall of Fame (2007, 2010), kidney failure.^[207]
• James Robertson, 86, Scottish footballer (Brentford).^[208]
• Donald Sheldon, 85, American Olympic cyclist.^[209]
• John Benjamin Stewart, 90, Canadian politician, MP for Antigonish—Guysborough (1962–1968).^[210]
• Charles Williams, 90, British Royal Navy rear admiral.^[211]

12[edit]

• Nasir al-Wuhayshi, 38, Yemeni Islamist militant, leader of AQAP, airstrike.^[212]
• Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino, 89, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, Minister of Health (1986–1988), Alzheimer's disease.^[213]
• Fernando Brant, 68, Brazilian poet and composer, complications of liver transplantation.^[214]
• Nek Chand, 90, Indian artist.^[215]
• Pierre Dolbeault, 90, French mathematician.^[216]
• Rick Ducommun, 62, Canadian actor (The 'Burbs, Scary Movie, Die Hard), complications from diabetes.^[217]
• Micol Fontana, 101, Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur (Sorelle Fontana).^[218]
• James Gowan, 91, British architect.^[219]
• Monica Lewis, 93, American singer and actress (Earthquake), voice of Chiquita Banana (since 1947).^[220]
• Frederick Pei Li, 75, Chinese-born American physician, Alzheimer's disease.^[221]
• Thomas Mayer, 88, American economist.^[222]
• José Messias, 86, Brazilian musician and television personality, multiple organ failure from kidney disease.^[223]
• Andrés Mora, 60, Mexican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians), pneumonia.^[224]
• Alain Nadaud, 66, French author and diplomat.^[225]
• Antoni Pitxot, 81, Spanish painter.^[226]
• Alexander Rondeli, 73, Georgian political scientist.^[227]
• Jacques Rosay, 66, French test pilot (Airbus).^[228]
• Max Spittle, 92, Australian VFL football player (Melbourne).^[229]
• Patrick Lennox Tierney, 101, American art historian and Japanologist.^[230]
• Sümer Tilmaç, 67, Turkish actor, heart attack.^[231]
• Ernest Tomlinson, 90, British composer (Monty Python's Flying Circus).^[232]

13[edit]

• Big Time Sarah, 62, American blues singer.^[233]
• Buddy Boudreaux, 97, American jazz saxophonist and band leader.^[234]
• Allan Browne, 70, Australian jazz drummer.^[235]
• Tomás Ó Con Cheanainn, 94, Irish historian.^[236]
• Darius Dhlomo, 83, South African boxer, footballer and musician.^[237]
• Russell J. Donnelly, 85, Canadian physicist.^[238]
• Drs. P, 95, Swiss-born Dutch writer, composer and singer.^[239]
• Magnus Härenstam, 73, Swedish actor (Sällskapsresan, Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?, Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter) and comedian, spinal cancer.^[240]
• Junix Inocian, 64, Filipino actor (Sinbad, Mortdecai).^[241]
• Sheila Kaul, 100, Indian politician, Governor of Himachal Pradesh (1995–1996).^[242]
• Graham Lord, 72, British biographer (Jeffrey Bernard, Arthur Lowe, Joan Collins) and novelist, liver cancer.^[243]
• David Oniya, 30, Nigerian footballer, heart attack.^[244]
• Sergio Renán, 82, Argentine actor, director and screenwriter (The Truce).^[245]
• David C. Richardson, 101, American navy vice admiral.^[246]
• Walter Scheib, 61, American chef, White House Executive Chef (1994–2005), drowning.^[247]
• Mike Shrimpton, 74, New Zealand cricket player (national team) and coach (women's national team, 2000 Women's World Cup winner).^[248]
• Phillip Toyne, 67, Australian environmental and indigenous affairs activist, bowel cancer.^[249]
• George Winslow, 69, American child actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, My Pal Gus), heart attack.^[250]

14[edit]

• George Arthur, 46, Ghanaian football player and coach, cardiac arrest.^[251]
• Bob Bedell, 70, American basketball player.^[252]
• Hugo Blanco, 74, Venezuelan musician and composer ("Moliendo Café").^[253]
• John Carroll, 73, American newspaper editor (Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun), Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.^[254]
• Richard Cotton, 74, Australian geneticist (Human Variome Project).^[255]
• Harri Czepuck, 87, German journalist.^[256]
• Pasquale Foresi, 85, Italian priest and theologian.^[257]
• Anne Nicol Gaylor, 88, American atheism and reproductive rights advocate, co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, complications from a fall.^[258]
• Boris Godjunov, 74, Bulgarian singer.^[259]
• Phil Judd, 81, English rugby union player (Coventry).^[260]
• David Kennedy, 73, American film producer (Dark Shadows), complications following knee replacement surgery.^[261]
• Hilary Masters, 87, American author.^[262]
• Habibur Rahman Milon, 80, Bangladeshi journalist.^[263]
• Peter Prier, 73, German-born American violin maker.^[264]
• Edna Shavit, 80, Israeli academic professor (Tel Aviv University) and theatre director.^[265]
• Qiao Shi, 90, Chinese politician, Chairman of the National People's Congress.^[266]
• Godfrey Steyn, 80, South African cricketer.^[267]
• Walter Weller, 75, Austrian conductor and violinist.^[268]
• Zito, 82, Brazilian footballer, World Cup-winning team member (1958, 1962), complications of a stroke.^[269]

15[edit]

• Ali Awni al-Harzi, 29, Tunisian Islamic militant, air strike.^[270]
• Wendy Coburn, 51, Canadian artist and academic.^[271]
• Wilfried David, 69, Belgian professional cyclist, 1973 Tour de France stage winner, traffic collision.^[272]
• Jean Doré, 70, Canadian politician, Mayor of Montreal (1986–1994), pancreatic cancer.^[273]
• Gerry Duffy, 84, Irish cricketer.^[274]
• Elisabeth Elliot, 88, American missionary and author.^[275]
• Alv Jakob Fostervoll, 83, Norwegian politician, GovernorofMøre og Romsdal (1977–2002), Minister of Defence (1971–1972, 1973–1976).^[276]
• Jeanna Friske, 40, Russian singer (Blestyaschie), brain cancer.^[277]
• Daniel W. Gade, 78, American geographer.^[278]
• Howard Johnson, 89, English footballer (Sheffield United).^[279]
• Kirk Kerkorian, 98, American businessman.^[280]
• Magdalena Kopp, 67, German photographer and political activist.^[281]
• Mighty Sam McClain, 72, American soul blues singer, stroke.^[282]
• António Marques Mendes, 81, Portuguese lawyer and politician.^[283]
• Jesús Moroles, 64, American sculptor, traffic collision.^[284]
• Rosalind Rowe, 82, English table tennis player.^[285]
• Harry Rowohlt, 70, German author.^[286]
• Blaze Starr, 83, American stripper, burlesque comedian and club owner, subject of Blaze, heart failure.^[287]
• Wu Kwok Hung, 66, Hong Kong international footballer, laryngeal cancer.^[288]

16[edit]

• Stephen Blauner, 81, American manager and producer.^[289]
• Charles Correa, 84, Indian architect.^[290]
• Poul Jessen, 89, Danish Olympic gymnast.^[291]
• Rosalind McGee, 77, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (2003–2008).^[292]
• William Pajaud, 89, American artist.^[293]
• Greg Parks, 48, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders), Olympic silver medalist (1994).^[294]
• Tony Ranasinghe, 77, Sri Lankan actor (Hanthane Kathawa, Duhulu Malak, Ahasin Polawata).^[295]
• Bill Sirs, 95, British trade unionist.^[296]
• Catharni Stern, 89, British sculptor.^[297]
• Jean Vautrin, 82, French writer, filmmaker and critic.^[298]

17[edit]

• Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira, 71, Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Minas (2004–2009).^[299]
• Nicola Badalucco, 86, Italian screenwriter (The Damned, Death in Venice, The Gold Rimmed Glasses) and journalist.^[300]
• Per Arne Bjerke, 63, Norwegian journalist and politician.^[301]
• Chang Ch'ung-ho, 101, Chinese-born American poet, calligrapher, and Kunqu opera singer.^[302]
• Ron Clarke, 78, Australian long distance runner, Olympic bronze medallist (1964), Mayor of the Gold Coast (2004–2012), kidney failure.^[303]
• John David Crow, 79, American Heisman Trophy-winning football player (Texas A&M, Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals) and coach (Northeast Louisiana).^[304]
• Süleyman Demirel, 90, Turkish politician, President (1993–2000), lung infection.^[305]
• Nelson Doubleday, Jr., 81, American publisher (Doubleday) and Major League Baseball team owner (New York Mets), pneumonia.^[306]
• Noah Hutchings, 92, American fundamentalist evangelist and radio personality.^[307]
• Jimmy Lee, 62, American investment banker, heart attack.^[308]
• Roberto M. Levingston, 95, Argentine politician, President (1970–1971).^[309]
• Clementa C. Pinckney, 41, American politician and pastor, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1997–2000) and Senate (since 2000), shot.^[310]
• Madan Mohan Punchhi, 81, Indian jurist, Chief Justice of India (1998).^[311]
• Başar Sabuncu, 71, Turkish film director and screenwriter (Şalvar Davası).^[312]
• Vlastimir Đuza Stojiljković, 85, Serbian actor.^[313]
• Jeralean Talley, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person.^[314]
• Bryan Vaughan, 84, Australian politician and lawyer.^[315]
• Gumercindo Yudis, 71, Paraguayan footballer.^[316]

18[edit]

• Phil Austin, 74, American comedian, writer, and musician (Firesign Theatre), aneurysm.^[317]
• Edward J. Boling, 95, American academic.^[318]
• Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore, 97, New Zealand surgeon.^[319]
• Georges Kersaudy, 93–94, French translator.^[320]
• Martin Krampen, 86, German semiotician.^[321]
• Frances Kroll Ring, 99, American secretary and editor.^[322]
• Ralph J. Roberts, 95, American businessman, founder of Comcast.^[323]
• Jack Rollins, 100, American film producer (Annie Hall, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Irrational Man).^[324]
• John M. Stephens, 82, American cameraman (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) and cinematographer (Blacula, Sorcerer).^[325]
• Kazuya Tatekabe, 80, Japanese voice actor (Doraemon, Time Bokan, Yatterman), acute respiratory failure.^[326]
• Fredrik Fasting Torgersen, 80, Norwegian convicted murderer, complications of pneumonia.^[327]
• Jim Vandiver, 75, American racing driver.^[328]
• Danny Villanueva, 77, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Dallas Cowboys) and broadcasting executive, co-founder of Univision, complications from a stroke.^[329]
• Allen Weinstein, 77, American historian, Archivist of the United States (2005–2008), pneumonia.^[330]

19[edit]

• Jack Aeby, 91, American photographer.^[331]
• Jagjit Singh Anand, 93, Indian political activist and newspaper editor (Nawan Zamana).^[332]
• Harold Battiste, 83, American jazz and R&B composer, arranger and musician (Sam Cooke, Sonny & Cher, Dr. John).^[333]
• Joachim Boosfeld, 93, German officer in the Waffen-SS.^[334]
• Jeff Bradstreet, 60, American medical researcher, suicide.^[335]
• Jim Brailsford, 85, English cricketer (Derbyshire).^[336]
• Esther Clenott, 91, American politician, Mayor of Portland, Maine (1989–1990).^[337]
• Sir Harold Knight, 95, Australian economist, Governor of the Reserve Bank (1975–1982).^[338]
• Len Matarazzo, 86, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).^[339]
• Earl Norem, 91, American comic book artist (Silver Surfer, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe).^[340]
• Rondal Partridge, 97, American photographer.^[341]
• Tukoji Rao Pawar, 51, Indian royal and politician, brain haemorrhage.^[342]
• Bruce Poulton, 88, American educator, Chancellor of North Carolina State University (1982–1989).^[343]
• Paul Quinn, 77, Australian rugby league player.^[344]
• Venkoba Rao, 89, Indian cricketer.^[345]
• James Salter, 90, American novelist.^[346]
• Xie Tieli, 89, Chinese film director.^[347]

20[edit]

• Robert K. Abbett, 89, American artist and illustrator.^[348]
• William Brantley Aycock, 99, American educator, fall.^[349]
• Bob Barry, Jr., 58, American sportscaster (KFOR), traffic collision.^[350]
• Ian Bradley, 77, British-born New Zealand naval officer and politician.^[351]
• Esther Brand, 92, South African athlete, Olympic champion (1952), complications of a fall.^[352]
• JoAnn Dean Killingsworth, 91, American actress and dancer (Lullaby of Broadway, Red Garters), first person to play Snow WhiteatDisneyland, cancer.^[353]
• François Delapierre, 44, French politician, brain tumour.^[354]
• Harold Feinstein, 84, American photographer.^[355]
• Elson Floyd, 59, American educator, President of Washington State University (since 2007), complications from colon cancer.^[356]
• James Kerzman, 68, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1991–2009), tractor accident.^[357]
• Michael Kidson, 85, British schoolmaster (Eton College).^[358]
• Robert S. Neuman, 88, American abstract painter and print maker.^[359]
• Angelo Niculescu, 93, Romanian football player and manager.^[360]
• Gerhard A. Ritter, 86, German historian.^[361]
• Doug Rombough, 64, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres).^[362]
• Takanonami Sadahiro, 43, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach, heart failure.^[363]
• Miriam Schapiro, 91, Canadian-born American painter, sculptor and printmaker.^[364]
• Anthony Sydes, 74, American child actor (Miracle on 34th Street, Cheaper by the Dozen, Johnny Comes Flying Home).^[365]
• Takeover Target, 15, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised.^[366]
• Nan Waddy, 100, Australian psychiatrist.^[367]

21[edit]

• Robert Barritt, 88, Bermudian painter and politician, member of the House of Assembly (1985–1989) and Senate.^[368]
• Tseng Chung-ming, 60, Taiwanese politician, cirrhosis and lung cancer.^[369]
• Cora Combs, 92, American professional wrestler (NWA), complications from pneumonia.^[370]
• Reg Ellis, 97, Australian cricketer.^[371]
• Juan José Estrada, 51, Mexican boxer, WBA bantamweight champion (1988–1989), stabbed.^[372]
• Ezkimo, 35, Finnish hip hop musician.^[373]
• Dave Godfrey, 76, Canadian novelist and publisher, pancreatic cancer.^[374]
• Darryl Hamilton, 50, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets), shot.^[375]
• John Hoerr, 84, American journalist and historian.^[376]
• Roger Ishee, 85, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1997–2012).^[377]
• Tony Longo, 53, American actor (Mulholland Drive, Angels in the Outfield, Eraser), heart failure.^[378]
• Veijo Meri, 86, Finnish author.^[379]
• Remo Remotti, 90, Italian actor (The Godfather Part III, Nine), playwright, painter, sculptor and poet.^[380]
• Jim Rowan, 79, Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians, Celtic, Partick Thistle).^[381]
• Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, 82, East German politician.^[382]
• Gunther Schuller, 89, American composer, conductor, historian and jazz musician, leukemia.^[383]
• Lynn Steen, 74, American mathematician, heart failure.^[384]
• Stanisław Szczepaniak, 80, Polish Olympic biathlete.^[385]
• Carl Thompson, 33, Britain's heaviest man.^[386]
• Arved Viirlaid, 93, Estonian-Canadian writer.^[387]
• Dick Warwick, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (Penticton Vees).^[388]
• Wayne Wettlaufer, 71, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1995–2003), suspected heart attack.^[389]
• Jules Wright, 67, Australian-born British theatre director (Royal Court Theatre), breast cancer.^[390]

22[edit]

• Laura Antonelli, 73, Italian actress (Malicious, Till Marriage Do Us Part, The Innocent), heart attack.^[391]
• Norm Berryman, 42, New Zealand rugby union player (national team), heart attack.^[392]
• Carlinhos, 77, Brazilian football player and coach (Flamengo).^[393]
• James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, 85, Scottish nobleman.^[394]
• Constantin Cernăianu, 81, Romanian football player and coach.^[395]
• Malcolm Colledge, 75, British archaeologist.^[396]
• Joseph de Pasquale, 95, American violist.^[397]
• Armand DiMele, 75, American psychotherapist and radio broadcaster, complications from pneumonia.^[398]
• Jimmy Doyle, 76, Irish hurler (Tipperary).^[399]
• Albert Evans, 46, American ballet dancer.^[400]
• Don Featherstone, 79, American artist and inventor of the plastic pink flamingo, Lewy body dementia.^[401]
• James Horner, 61, American film composer (Titanic, Field of Dreams, Apollo 13), Oscar winner (1998), plane crash.^[402]
• Albert Ilemobade, 74, Nigerian academic, asphyxiation.^[403]
• Inge Ivarson, 97, Swedish film producer.^[404]
• Lyubov Kozyreva, 85, Russian Soviet cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist (1956).^[405]
• David E. Kyvig, 71, American Constitutional scholar, heart attack.^[406]
• Buddy Landel, 53, American professional wrestler (SMW, USWA, WCW), injuries sustained in traffic collision.^[407]
• Donnie MacLeod, 76, Canadian politician.^[408]
• Guy Marchand, 71, French Olympic wrestler.^[409]
• Gregorio Morales, 62, Spanish author.^[410]
• Robert Sowell, 54, American football player (Miami Dolphins), heart attack.^[411]
• Dick Stanfel, 87, American football player (Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins) and coach (New Orleans Saints).^[412]
• Tama, 16, Japanese calico cat, stationmaster at Kishi Station, heart failure.^[413]
• Ted Whelan, 85, Australian football player (Port Adelaide).^[414]
• Gabriele Wohmann, 83, German author.^[415]

23[edit]

• Jack Asher, 88, Scottish shinty player and referee.^[416]
• Sanjeet Bedi, Indian actor (Sanjivani).^[417]
• Praful Bidwai, 66, Indian journalist.^[418]
• Sharon Bryant, 54, American tribal politician, Chief of the Monacan Indian Nation (since 2011), liver cancer.^[419]
• Marujita Díaz, 83, Spanish singer and actress, complications from colon cancer.^[420]
• Miguel Facussé Barjum, 90, Honduran businessman and landowner.^[421]
• Tommy Hudspeth, 83, American football coach and administrator (Detroit Lions, Toronto Argonauts), cancer.^[422]
• Nirmala Joshi, 80, Indian Roman Catholic religious sister, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity (1997–2009).^[423]
• Thé Lau, 62, Dutch singer and guitarist (The Scene), lung cancer.^[424]
• Helmuth Lohner, 82, Austrian actor and theatre director.^[425]
• Elizabeth MacLennan, 77, Scottish actress, writer and stage practitioner (7:84), leukaemia.^[426]
• Alex Mathew, 57, Indian actor (Thoovanathumbikal), heart attack.^[427]
• Donald Max, 58, Tanzanian politician, MP for Geita.^[428]
• Ben Mboi, 80, Indonesian politician, Governor of East Nusa Tenggara (1978–1988).^[429]
• Domenico Moschella, 67, Canadian politician, Montreal City Councillor.^[430]
• Shusei Nagaoka, 78, Japanese illustrator.^[431]
• Magali Noël, 83, Turkish-born French actress (Amarcord, La Dolce Vita) and singer.^[432]
• Pat Peppler, 93, American football coach and executive (Atlanta Falcons).^[433]
• Jacques Perrier, 90, French Olympic silver medallist basketball player (1948).^[434]
• Harvey Pollack, 93, American sport statistician, last surviving employee from first NBA season.^[435]
• Ajit Singh, 74, Indian-born British economist.^[436]
• Lonnie Spurrier, 83, American Olympic middle-distance runner (1956).^[437]
• Tom Stagg, 92, American judge, U.S. District Court Chief Judge for the Western District of Louisiana (1984–1991).^[438]
• Dick Van Patten, 86, American actor (Eight Is Enough, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights), complications from diabetes.^[439]
• Sir Chris Woodhead, 68, British educationalist, Chief Inspector for Ofsted (1994–2000), motor neurone disease.^[440]

24[edit]

• Cristiano Araújo, 29, Brazilian singer and songwriter, traffic collision.^[441]
• Dileep Singh Bhuria, 71, Indian politician.^[442]
• Mario Biaggi, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1969–1988).^[443]
• Walter Browne, 66, Australian-born American chess Grandmaster, six-time U.S. champion.^[444]
• Marva Collins, 78, American educator.^[445]
• Susan Ahn Cuddy, 100, American Navy officer.^[446]
• Ruqaiya Hasan, 83, Indian linguist.^[447]
• João Lopes, 95, Portuguese Olympic equestrian.^[448]
• John Joe Nerney, 93, Irish Gaelic footballer (Roscommon).^[449]
• John Palmer, 64, British criminal, shot.^[450]
• Robert Hugh Pickering, 82, Canadian politician and curler.^[451]
• John Winn, 94, British army officer.^[452]

25[edit]

• Lou Butera, 78, American pool player, Parkinson's disease.^[453]
• Sir Graham Dorey, 82, Guernsey judge, Bailiff of Guernsey (1992–1999).^[454]
• Gordon Fearnley, 65, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).^[455]
• Graham Gilchrist, 82, Australian football player (Carlton).^[456]
• Hal Gould, 95, American photographer and gallery curator.^[457]
• Gunnar Kulldorff, 87, Swedish statistician.^[458]
• Maravene Loeschke, 68, American college administrator (Towson University), adrenal cancer.^[459]
• Patrick Macnee, 93, English-American actor (The Avengers, This Is Spinal Tap, A View to a Kill).^[460]
• Hélène Monette, 55, Canadian poet, cancer.^[461]
• Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, 75, Egyptian-born Armenian Catholic hierarch, Patriarch-Catholicos of Cilicia (since 1999).^[462]
• Vithal Rao, 85, Indian ghazal singer.^[463]
• Jamie Reid, 74, Canadian writer and activist.^[464]
• Alejandro Romay, 88, Argentine businessman (Canal 9).^[465]
• Alex Scott, 85, Australian-British actor.^[466]
• Jan de Voogd, 90, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1977–1981).^[467]
• Theodore Weesner, 79, American author.^[468]
• O'Kelley Whitaker, 88, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Central New York.^[469]

26[edit]

• Paul Ambros, 82, German Hall of Fame ice hockey player (EV Füssen, unified team).^[470]
• Pétur Blöndal, 71, Icelandic politician and mathematician.^[471]
• Roger Bordier, 92, French author.^[472] (death announced on this date)
• Larry Carberry, 79, English footballer (Ipswich Town).^[473]
• Damion Cook, 36, American football player (Detroit Lions), heart attack.^[474]
• Jerome M. Hughes, 85, American politician, President of the Minnesota Senate (1983–1993).^[475]
• David McAlister, 64, British actor (Hollyoaks, Doctor Who), cancer.^[476]
• Matti Makkonen, 63, Finnish telecommunications engineer.^[477]
• Richard Matt, 49, American convicted murderer and prison escapee, shot.^[478]
• Norman Poole, 95, British World War II paratrooper.^[479]
• Yevgeny Primakov, 85, Russian politician and diplomat, Prime Minister (1998–1999).^[480]
• Gustavo Sainz, 74, Mexican writer.^[481]
• Kája Saudek, 80, Czech comics illustrator.^[482]
• Kal Segrist, 84, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles).^[483]
• Shiv Singh, 76, Indian artist.^[484]
• Alexa Suelzer, 97, American author, educator and theologian.^[485]
• Chris Thompson, 63, American writer and producer (Laverne & Shirley, Bosom Buddies, Shake It Up!).^[486]
• Denis Thwaites, 70, English footballer (Birmingham City), shot.^[487]
• David Turner, 91, American rower, Olympic gold medalist (1948).^[488]
• Donald Wexler, 89, American architect.^[489]

27[edit]

• Jane Aaron, 67, American filmmaker and children's book illustrator (Sesame Street, Between the Lions), cancer.^[490]
• Eric Dunn, 85, New Zealand cricketer.^[491]
• Zvi Elpeleg, 89, Polish-born Israeli diplomat and academic.^[492]
• Elery Hamilton-Smith, 85, Australian academic and conservationist.^[493]
• Knut Helle, 84, Norwegian historian.^[494]
• Harvey McGregor, 89, British barrister, Warden of New College, Oxford (1985–1996).^[495]
• Ghias Mela, 53, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly from Sargodha (1997–1999, 2002–2007, 2008–2013), cardiac arrest.^[496]
• Boris Shilkov, 87, Russian speed skater, Olympic champion (1956).^[497]
• Chris Squire, 67, English bass guitarist (Yes), acute erythroid leukaemia.^[498]
• Bronius Vyšniauskas, 92, Lithuanian sculptor.^[499]

28[edit]

• Ian Allan, 92, British publisher (Ian Allan Publishing).^[500]
• Pete Athas, 67, American football player (New York Giants), lymphoma.^[501]
• Goran Brajković, 36, Croatian football player, traffic collision.^[502]
• Robert C. Broward, 89, American architect.^[503]
• Jack Carter, 93, American comedian (Cavalcade of Stars) and actor (Dr. Kildare, Alligator), respiratory failure.^[504]
• Carlyle Crockwell, 83, Bermudian football referee.^[505]
• Edgar Dawson, 83, British rugby league player.^[506]
• Dietrich Haugk, 90, German film director and voice actor.^[507]
• Louis Norberg Howard, 86, American mathematician.^[508]
• Thomas P. Kennedy, 63, American politician.^[509]
• Joe Lobenstein, 88, German-born British politician.^[510]
• Liam Ó Murchú, 86, Irish broadcaster (RTÉ).^[511]
• Jope Seniloli, 76, Fijian politician, Vice-President (2001–2004).^[512]
• Sivuqaq, 21, American walrus and animal actor (50 First Dates), heart failure.^[513]
• Todor Slavov, 31, Bulgarian rally driver, race crash.^[514]
• Wally Stanowski, 96, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers).^[515]
• Ben Wattenberg, 81, American author and political commentator, complications from surgery.^[516]
• Bart Williams, 65, American documentary filmmaker and actor (MADtv), cancer.^[517]

29[edit]

• Hisham Barakat, 64, Egyptian prosecutor, car bombing.^[518]
• Forrest Behm, 95, American football player.^[519]
• Helge Ole Bergesen, 65, Norwegian political scientist and politician, cancer.^[520]
• Ladislav Chudík, 91, Slovak actor (Kawasaki's Rose).^[521]
• Bill Cross, 97, British World War II soldier and Legion of honour recipient.^[522]
• Willie Daniel, 77, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Rams).^[523]
• Rabbe Grönblom, 65, Finnish chief executive, founder of Kotipizza.^[524]
• Kauto Star, 15, French-born British-trained racehorse, dual winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, euthanized.^[525]
• Clayton Kenny, 86, Canadian Olympic boxer (1952).^[526]
• Josef Masopust, 84, Czech football player and manager (Dukla Prague, national team).^[527]
• Joseph Bryan Nelson, 83, British ornithologist.^[528]
• Charles Pasqua, 88, French politician, Minister of the Interior (1986–1988, 1993–1995).^[529]
• Mujibar Rahman, 96, Bangladeshi medical scientist.^[530]
• Bruce Rowland, 74, British rock drummer (Fairport Convention).^[531]
• Jackson Vroman, 34, American-Lebanese basketball player (Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Hornets, Lebanese national team), drowned.^[532]

30[edit]

• Charles W. Bagnal, 81, American Army lieutenant general.^[533]
• Edward Burnham, 98, English actor (To Sir, with Love, 10 Rillington Place, Doctor Who).^[534]
• Robert Dewar, 70, English-born American computer scientist (AdaCore), cancer.^[535]
• Raymond Dot, 88, French Olympic gymnast.^[536]
• Reiner Hanschke, 74, German Olympic hockey player.^[537]
• Charles Harbutt, 79, American photographer, emphysema.^[538]
• Ronald Kissell, 82, Australian cricketer.^[539]
• Eddy Louiss, 74, French jazz organist.^[540]
• K. P. P. Nambiar, 86, Indian industrialist.^[541]
• Paolo Piffarerio, 90, Italian animator and cartoonist (Alan Ford).^[542]
• Arthur Porter, 59, Canadian physician, lung cancer.^[543]
• Leonard Starr, 89, American cartoonist (ThunderCats).^[544]
• Khosrow Shakeri Zand, 76, Iranian author and human rights activist.^[545]

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