Deaths in April 2016
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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2016.
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.
April 2016
1
- Karl-Robert Ameln, 96, Swedish sailor (1948 and 1952 Olympics).[1]
- Aleksander Arkuszyński, 98, Polish brigadier general, WWII veteran.[2]
- Pratyusha Banerjee, 24, Indian actress, suicide by hanging.[3]
- Alan Carter, 86, British civil servant, Director of Immigration of Hong Kong (1983–1989).[4]
- Tom Coughlin, 67, American business executive and convicted fraudster (Walmart).[5]
- George Curry, 71, American football coach, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[6]
- Mame Younousse Dieng, 76, Senegalese writer.[7]
- Alberto Fontanesi, 87, Italian footballer.[8]
- Artur Górski, 46, Polish politician, member of Sejm (since 2005), leukemia.[9]
- Kao Ching-yuen, 87, Taiwanese businessman (Uni-President Enterprises Corporation).[10] (death announced on this date)
- Richard S. Kem, 89, American army Major-General.[11]
- Emil Keres, 90, Hungarian actor and theatre director.[12]
- Clarence Makwetu, 88, South African politician.[13]
- Herbert Theodore Milburn, 84, American judge.[14]
- John Minney, 76, English cricketer (Cambridge University, Northamptonshire).[15]
- Wiebe Nijenhuis, 61, Dutch sportsman.[16]
- Carl Nordling, 85, Swedish physicist.[17]
- Constance-Anne Parker, 94, British sculptor.[18]
- Marjorie Peters, 97, American baseball player (AAGBPL).[19]
- Geoff Portz, 85, British professional wrestler.[20]
- Fausto Puccini, 83, Italian Olympic equestrian.[21]
- Patricia Thompson, 89, American philosopher.[22]
- André Villers, 85, French photographer.[23]
- Tony Whittaker, 83, British solicitor and politician.[24]
- Ron Wicks, 76, Canadian NHL ice hockey referee, liver cancer.[25]
2
- Gato Barbieri, 83, Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.[26]
- Rick Bartow, 69, American artist, heart failure.[27]
- Don Beery, 96, American basketball player.[28]
- Moreese Bickham, 98, American convicted murderer and anti-death penalty activist.[29]
- Sergio Ferrari, 72, Italian footballer.[30]
- Gallieno Ferri, 87, Italian comic book artist (Zagor, Mister No).[31]
- Rona M. Fields, 83, American psychologist.[32]
- Boris Hybner, 74, Czech actor and mime artist.[33]
- Gareth Jones, 85, British legal academic.[34]
- Martin Lampkin, 65, English motorcycle trials rider, cancer.[35]
- Nabil Nosair, 77, Egyptian footballer (Zamalek).[36]
- Amber Rayne, 31, American pornographic actress, accidental drug overdose.[37]
- Dennis Riggin, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).[38]
- László Sárosi, 84, Hungarian football player and coach.[39]
- Aleksandar Vasin, 82, Serbian Olympic fencer.[40]
- Thomas Zeng Jing-mu, 95, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Yujiang (1988–2012).[41]
- Soldiers killed in the Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes:
- Robert Abajyan, 19, Armenian (Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army).[42]
- Samid Imanov, 34–35, Azerbaijani (Special Forces).[43]
- Samir Kachayev, 22, Azerbaijani.[44]
- Murad Mirzayev, 40, Azerbaijani (Special Forces).[45]
- Kyaram Sloyan, 19, Armenian (Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army).[46]
3
- Abu Firas al-Suri, 65, Syrian al-Nusra Front senior official, air strike.[47]
- Phanor Arizabaleta-Arzayus, 78, Colombian criminal, heart attack.[48]
- John C. Baldwin, 67, American cardiac surgeon, drowned.[49]
- John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard, 92, British peer.[50]
- Erik Bauersfeld, 93, American radio dramatist (KPFA) and voice actor (Star Wars, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Crimson Peak).[51]
- Jesse L. Cooksey, 83, American politician.[52]
- Ward Crutchfield, 87, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1985–2007).[53]
- Bob Ellis, 73, Australian writer (Newsfront, My First Wife) and journalist, liver cancer.[54]
- Bas van Erp, 36, Dutch wheelchair tennis player, Paralympic bronze medalist (2004).[55]
- Leopoldo Flores, 82, Mexican artist.[56]
- Don Francks, 84, Canadian jazz vocalist and actor (La Femme Nikita, Inspector Gadget, I'm Not There), lung cancer.[57]
- Robert Guinan, 82, American painter, lymphoma.[58]
- Lars Gustafsson, 79, Swedish writer and scholar.[59]
- Rowley Habib, 82, New Zealand writer.[60]
- Henry Harpending, 72, American anthropologist, stroke.[61]
- Bill Henderson, 90, American jazz vocalist and actor (Clue, City Slickers, White Men Can't Jump), cancer.[62]
- Dick Hodgins Jr., 84, American cartoonist.[63]
- Ross Honsberger, 87, Canadian mathematician.[64]
- Stephen Jacobsen, 75, American bioengineer.[65]
- Alex de Jesús, 33, Puerto Rican professional and Olympic lightweight boxer (2004), shot.[66]
- Cesare Maldini, 84, Italian football player and manager.[67]
- Joe Medicine Crow, 102, American Crow historian.[68]
- Ronald Mulkearns, 85, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ballarat (1971–1997), colon cancer.[69]
- Don Narrell, 87, American football player (Edmonton Eskimos).[70]
- Whai Ngata, 74, New Zealand Māori broadcaster, journalist and lexicographer.[71]
- Noh Jin-kyu, 23, South Korean short track speed skater, world champion (2011, 2012), osteosarcoma.[72]
- Lola Novaković, 80, Serbian singer.[73]
- Ian Robinson, 69, Zimbabwean cricket umpire, lung cancer.[74]
- Jules Schelvis, 95, Dutch historian and Holocaust survivor.[75]
- Kōji Wada, 42, Japanese singer ("Butter-Fly", "All of My Mind"), nasopharynx cancer.[76]
- John Waite, 74, English footballer (Grimsby Town).[77]
- Clarence Clifton Young, 93, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada's at-large congressional district (1953–1957), Nevada Senate (1966–1980) and Supreme Court (1985–2002).[78]
4
- Ranjan Baindoor, 66, Indian cricketer.[79]
- Jarle Bondevik, 81, Norwegian philologist.[80]
- Archie Dees, 80, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, Detroit Pistons).[81]
- Eric Dott, 89, American game designer.[82]
- Aubrey Finlay, 78, Irish cricketer.[83]
- Georgi Hristakiev, 71, Bulgarian footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).[84]
- Shahidul Islam Khokon, 59, Bangladeshi filmmaker, motor neuron disease.[85]
- Doug Kraner, 65, American production designer (Uncle Buck, Lean on Me, Miracle on 34th Street), cancer.[86]
- Rita Lafontaine, 76, Canadian actress, complications following surgery.[87]
- Chus Lampreave, 85, Spanish actress (Belle Époque, Volver).[88]
- Carlo Mastrangelo, 78, American bassist and doo-wop singer (The Belmonts).[89]
- Getatchew Mekurya, 81, Ethiopian jazz saxophonist.[90]
- John Miller, 68, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate (since 2008).[91]
- Royston Nash, 82, English conductor (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company).[92]
- George Radosevich, 88, American football player (Baltimore Colts).[93]
- Mike Sandlock, 100, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).[94]
- Abe Segal, 85, South African tennis player, cancer.[95]
- Song Soo-kwon, 76, South Korean writer.[96]
- Ted Toles Jr., 90, American baseball player.[97]
- Geoff Vanderfeen, 86, Australian rules footballer (Footscray).[98]
- Ken Waterhouse, 86, English footballer (Preston North End, Rotherham United).[99]
5
- Monica Asman, 95, American nun and research scientist.[100]
- John Carlson, 82, American sportscaster.[101]
- Richard G. Dupont, 72, American politician.[102]
- Michael Earls-Davis, 95, English cricketer.[103]
- Zyta Gilowska, 66, Polish politician, Minister of Finance (2006, 2007), Deputy Prime Minister (2006, 2007).[104]
- Roman Gribbs, 90, American politician, Mayor of Detroit (1970–1974).[105]
- Leon Haywood, 74, American funk and soul singer.[106]
- Ed Johnson, 71, American basketball player.[107]
- Koço Kasapoğlu, 80, Turkish footballer.[108]
- George Gelaga King, Sierra Leonean judge.[109]
- Zena Latto, 90, American jazz saxophonist.[110]
- Kerrie Lester, 62, Australian painter, leukaemia.[111]
- Elsie Morison, 91, Australian soprano.[112]
- E. M. Nathanson, 88, American author (The Dirty Dozen), heart failure.[113]
- Cornel Patrichi, 72, Romanian ballet dancer, choreographer and actor, lung cancer.[114]
- Mick Sullivan, 82, English rugby league footballer (Wigan), world champion (1954, 1960).[115]
- Ahmed Refai Taha, 61, Egyptian terrorist, leader of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, air strike.[116]
- Barbara Turner, 79, American actress (Soldier Blue) and screenwriter (Pollock, The Company).[117]
- Frank Wainright, 48, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens), NFL champion (2000).[118]
6
- Orison Rudolph Aggrey, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador to the Gambia (1973–1977), Senegal (1973–1977) and Romania (1977–1981).[119]
- Joe Freeman Britt, 80, American attorney and death penalty advocate.[120]
- Marjorie V. Butcher, 90, American mathematician.[121]
- Dennis Davis, 64, American drummer (David Bowie, Stevie Wonder), cancer.[122]
- Jaime Pedro Gonçalves, 79, Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Beira (1976–2012).[123]
- Adrian Greenwood, 42, British art dealer and author, stabbed.[124]
- Merle Haggard, 79, American singer-songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn"), Grammy winner (1984, 1998, 1999), complications from pneumonia.[125]
- Darrell Hogan, 89, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[126]
- Wolfgang Horak, 63, German Olympic rower.[127]
- Bernd Hoss, 76, German football manager.[128]
- Garry Jones, 65, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers).[129]
- Esa Kervinen, 86, Finnish Olympic sport shooter.[130]
- Joel Kurtzman, 68, American economist, cancer.[131]
- Robert MacCrate, 94, American lawyer, President of the American Bar Association (1987–1988).[132]
- Tomohiro Osawa, 47, Japanese Olympic sprinter.[133]
- Ogden Mills Phipps, 75, American horse breeder.[134]
- Norm Rowe, 90, Canadian Olympic rower.[135]
- Prasan Suvannasith, 82, Thai Olympic footballer.[136]
- Sherwyn Thorson, 75, American football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).[137]
- Josef Toms, 94, Czech Olympic basketball player.[138]
- Pablo Lucio Vasquez, 38, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[139]
- Murray Wier, 89, American basketball player (Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Waterloo Hawks).[140]
7
- László Bárczay, 80, Hungarian chess Grandmaster (FIDE, ICCF).[141]
- Freda Briggs, 85, English-born Australian professor and child protection expert, Senior Australian of the Year (2000).[142]
- A. V. Christie, 53, American poet, breast cancer.[143]
- Frank E. Denholm, 92, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota's 1st congressional district (1971–1975).[144]
- Marcel Dubé, 86, Canadian playwright.[145]
- Hendrikje Fitz, 54, German actress (In aller Freundschaft), cancer.[146]
- Theodore van Houten, 63, Dutch–British author and journalist.[147]
- John J. Johnson, 89, American politician.[148]
- Vladimir Kagan, 88, American furniture designer.[149]
- Cyril Edel Leonoff, 91, Canadian civil engineer and historian.[150]
- Harry Mazer, 90, American author.[151]
- Carlo Monti, 96, Italian athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).[152]
- Blackjack Mulligan, 73, American professional wrestler (WWWF, JCP, CWF).[153]
- Barbara Sosgórnik, 81, Polish Olympic hurdler.[154]
- Charles Thomas, 87, British archaeologist.[155]
- Jimmie Van Zant, 59, American singer, songwriter and guitarist, liver cancer.[156]
- Chuck Waseleski, 61, American baseball statistician (Boston Red Sox).[157]
- Ruth Westbrook, 85, English cricket player and coach (national team).[158]
- Sir John Yocklunn, 82, Australian–Papua New Guinean librarian and government advisor.[159]
8
- Nicolas Abu Samah, 76–77, Lebanese actor and director.[160]
- Dick Alban, 87, American football player (Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers).[161]
- Mircea Albulescu, 81, Romanian actor and writer, heart failure.[162]
- Harry Apted, 90, Fijian cricketer.[163]
- Victoria Chitepo, 88, Zimbabwean politician.[164]
- Anatol Ciobanu, 81, Moldovan linguist, writer and university professor.[165]
- Richard D. Dean, 86, American brigadier general.[166]
- David Dore, 75, Canadian figure skating competitor, judge and official, President (1980–1984) and Director General (1986–2004) of the CFSA.[167]
- Phoebus Dhrymes, 82, American economist.[168]
- Doug France, 62, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).[169]
- Paul Fung Jr., 93, American cartoonist (Blondie).[170]
- Mildred Gordon, 92, British politician, MP for Bow and Poplar (1987–1997).[171]
- William Hamilton, 76, American cartoonist, traffic collision.[172]
- Jack Hammer, 90, American musician and songwriter ("Great Balls of Fire").[173]
- Charles Hirsch, 79, American forensic pathologist.[174]
- Mimi Hirsh, 68, American author.[175]
- Julien Hoferlin, 49, Belgian tennis coach (national team), cancer.[176]
- George Ilsley, 88, Australian football player (Carlton).[177]
- Grace Lotowycz, 99, American botanist.[178]
- Fred Middleton, 85, English footballer (Lincoln City).[179]
- Elizabeth Roemer, 87, American astronomer.[180]
- Erich Rudorffer, 98, German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II.[181]
- Gene Salvay, 96, American aircraft engineer.[182]
- David Swift, 85, British actor (Drop the Dead Donkey).[183]
- Mehmetbulent Torpil, 50, Turkish Olympic sport shooter.[184]
- Wei Chueh, 88, Taiwanese Buddhist monk, founder of the Chung Tai Shan.[185]
- Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester, 74, British peer, member of the House of Lords (1968–1999).[186]
9
- Frederic W. Allen, 89, American judge.[187]
- Arthur Anderson, 93, American actor (Courage the Cowardly Dog, Midnight Cowboy), voice of Lucky Charms leprechaun.[188]
- Frank Baron, 93, Dominican politician.[189]
- Paul E. Bierley, 90, American music historian.[190]
- Duane Clarridge, 83, American CIA official, complications from esophageal cancer.[191]
- Tony Conrad, 76, American avant-garde musician, composer, video artist and professor (University at Buffalo), pneumonia.[192]
- Juris Ekmanis, 74, Latvian academic, President of Latvian Academy of Sciences (2004–2012).[193]
- Finn Hodt, 96, Norwegian Olympic speed skating competitor (1956) and coach.[194]
- J. Vinton Lawrence, 76, American CIA paramilitary officer, acute myeloid leukemia.[195]
- Bea Maddock, 81, Australian artist.[196]
- Lucas Martínez Lara, 70, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Matehuala (since 2006).[197]
- Patrick J. O'Donnell, 68, Scottish academic.[198]
- Martin Roberts, 48, English rugby union player (Gloucester Rugby).[199]
- Derrick Rochester, 76, Jamaican politician and trade unionist, MP for South East St Elizabeth (1972–1980, 1989–2002), member of the Senate (1980–1983).[200]
- Harriet Shorr, 76, American artist and writer.[201]
- Will Smith, 34, American football player (New Orleans Saints), Super Bowl champion (2010), shot.[202]
10
- Connie M. Borror, 49, American statistician and industrial engineer.[203]
- Alec Crikis, 71, Australian Olympic sports shooter.[204]
- John Ferrone, 91, American book editor (The Color Purple), complications from Parkinson's disease.[205]
- Louis Gladstone, 88, American politician.[206]
- Nicholas Hood, 92, American politician and civil rights activist, Detroit City Councilman (1965–1993).[207]
- Irene Maguire, 86, American figure skater, heart failure.[208]
- Jesse Mann, 93, American philosopher.[209]
- Howard Marks, 70, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer and legalisation campaigner, colorectal cancer.[210]
- Thomas Kwaku Mensah, 81, Ghanaian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Obuasi (1995–2008) and Archbishop of Kumasi (2008–2012).[211]
- Wayne Southwick, 93, American surgeon and academic.[212]
- Henryk Średnicki, 61, Polish Olympic boxer (1976, 1980), amateur World Champion (1978).[213]
- N. H. Wadia, 91, Indian neurologist.[214]
11
- Tony Ayers, 82, Australian public servant.[215]
- Helen Bailey, 51, British author, suffocated.[216]
- Doug Banks, 57, American radio personality (The Doug Banks Radio Show), diabetes.[217]
- Elsie Charles Basque, 99, Canadian Mi’kmaq educator.[218]
- João Carvalho, 28, Portuguese mixed martial arts fighter, injuries sustained in match.[219]
- Suzanne Clauser, 86, American television writer (Bonanza).[220]
- Albert Filozov, 78, Russian actor.[221]
- Emile Ford, 78, Saint Lucian singer ("What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?") and sound engineer.[222]
- Hokie Gajan, 56, American football player and broadcaster (New Orleans Saints), liposarcoma.[223]
- Mohsen Gheytaslou, 25–26, Iranian soldier (65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade).[224]
- Ruth Gilbert, 99, New Zealand poet.[225]
- Yura Halim, 92, Bruneian politician, Chief Minister (1967–1972) and lyricist (national anthem).[226]
- Anne Gould Hauberg, 98, American arts patron, founder of the Pilchuck Glass School.[227]
- Alan Hurd, 78, English cricketer.[228]
- Peter J. Jannetta, 84, American neurosurgeon (Allegheny General Hospital).[229]
- Dame Marion Kettlewell, 102, British naval officer, Director of the Wrens (1966–1970).[230]
- Huntly D. Millar, 88, Canadian medical technology executive.[231]
- Miss Shangay Lily, 53, Spanish drag queen, pancreatic cancer.[232]
- Édgar Perea, 81, Colombian politician and football commentator.[233]
- Steve Quinn, 64, British rugby league player (York, Featherstone Rovers).[234]
- Richard Ransom, 96, American businessman (Hickory Farms).[235]
- Ed Snider, 83, American sports executive (Comcast Spectacor, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia 76ers), bladder cancer.[236]
- A. R. Surendran, Sri Lankan lawyer, President's Counsel (2004).[237]
- Bounama Touré, 63, Senegalese Olympic wrestler.[238]
12
- Ruthven Blackburn, 102, Australian physician.[239]
- James Bond, 70, Australian navy officer.[240]
- Aquilino Bonfanti, 73, Italian footballer.[241]
- Robbie Brennan, 68–69, Irish musician (Skid Row, Auto Da Fé, Grand Slam).[242]
- Hector A. Cafferata Jr., 86, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.[243]
- Paul Carey, 88, American radio broadcaster (Detroit Tigers), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[244]
- Gianroberto Casaleggio, 61, Italian entrepreneur, co-founder of Five Star Movement.[245]
- Pedro de Felipe, 71, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Espanyol).[246]
- David Gest, 62, American TV producer (Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special) and reality show contestant (I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, Celebrity Big Brother UK), stroke.[247]
- Gib Guilbeau, 78, American musician (The Flying Burrito Brothers) and composer (Boxcar Bertha).[248]
- Anne Jackson, 90, American actress (The Shining, Folks!, Dirty Dingus Magee).[249]
- Bryce Jordan, 91, American academic administrator, President of the Pennsylvania State University (1983–1990).[250]
- Alexander Kanengoni, 65, Zimbabwean writer, heart failure.[251]
- Alan Loveday, 88, New Zealand-born British violinist (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields).[252]
- Balls Mahoney, 44, American professional wrestler (ECW, WWE, SMW), heart attack.[253]
- André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo, 85, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Popokabaka (1979–1993).[254]
- Tōru Ōhira, 86, Japanese voice actor (Super Sentai, One Piece).[255]
- Tibor Ordina, 45, Hungarian Olympic track and field athlete (1996), brain cancer.[256]
- Tomaž Pandur, 53, Slovenian theatre director.[257]
- Vagn Peitersen, 91, Danish Olympic field hockey player.[258]
- Spec Richardson, 93, American baseball executive (Houston Astros).[259]
- Agha Saleem, 81, Pakistani writer.[260]
- Sir Arnold Wesker, 83, British playwright.[261]
- Said Zahari, 88, Singaporean journalist and political prisoner.[262]
13
- Srinivas Aravamudan, 54, Indian-born British academic.[263]
- Márton Balázs, 86, Romanian mathematician.[264]
- Jackie Carter, 62, American children's author, lymphoma.[265]
- Julio García Espinosa, 89, Cuban film director and screenwriter (The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin).[266]
- Nuri Gezerdaa, 56, Abkhaz politician.[267]
- Kurtis Haiu, 31, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, Blues), bone cancer.[268]
- Earl B. Hunt, 83, American psychologist.[269]
- Matthias Joseph Isuja, 86, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dodoma (1972–2005).[270]
- Lyle Jones, 92, American psychologist.[271]
- Robert W. Lundeen, 94, American executive (Tektronix).[272]
- Mariano Mores, 98, Argentine tango composer and pianist.[273]
- Eeti Nieminen, 89, Finnish Olympic Nordic skier (1952).[274]
- Rex Patterson, 89, Australian politician, MP for Dawson (1966–1975).[275]
- Jock Scot, 63, Scottish poet and recording artist, cancer.[276]
- Manouchehr Sotoudeh, 102, Iranian geographer and scholar of Persian literature, lung infection.[277]
- Jeremy Steig, 73, American jazz flutist.[278]
- Gareth Thomas, 71, Welsh actor (Blake's 7, Children of the Stones, Star Maidens), heart failure.[279]
- Gwyn Thomas, 79, Welsh poet and academic, National Poet (2006–2008).[280]
- Ray Thornton, 87, American attorney and politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas's 4th and 2nd congressional districts (1973–1979, 1991–1997).[281]
- Nera White, 80, American Hall of Fame basketball player.[282]
- Bernard B. Wolfe, 101, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1965–1974).[283]
- Pete Yellin, 74, American jazz saxophonist and educator.[284]
- Sayed Zayan, 72, Egyptian actor.[285]
14
- Nguyễn Ánh 9, 76, Vietnamese songwriter and pianist.[286]
- Ahmed Brahim, 69, Tunisian politician.[287]
- David Collischon, 78, British executive (Filofax).[288]
- Rada Dyson-Hudson, 85, American anthropologist.[289]
- Martin Fitzmaurice, 75, English darts personality.[290]
- Gaetano Gagliano, 98, Canadian entrepreneur.[291]
- Francesco Guarraci, 61, Italian-born American mobster.[292]
- Hector Hatch, 80, Fijian boxer (1956 Olympics), politician and civil servant.[293]
- Fred Hayman, 90, Swiss-born American fashion retailer (Giorgio Beverly Hills) and entrepreneur, helped develop Rodeo Drive.[294]
- Mary Holda, 100, American baseball player (South Bend Blue Sox).[295]
- James W. Huston, 62, American author and lawyer.[296]
- Dan Ireland, 57, Canadian-born American film producer and director (Jolene, The Whole Wide World, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont).[297]
- Ilija Ivezić, 89, Croatian film actor (Last of the Renegades, The Golden Years, Marshal Tito's Spirit).[298]
- Colin Knight, 81, New Zealand educationalist, principal of Christchurch Teachers' College (1986–1995).[299]
- Liang Sili, 91, Chinese missile control scientist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences), vice-president of the International Astronautical Federation.[300]
- Sir David MacKay, 48, British author, physicist and professor (University of Cambridge), stomach cancer.[301]
- Rod Reyes, 80, Filipino broadcast executive and journalist (The Standard), heart failure.[302]
- Phil Sayer, 62, British voice artist, oesophageal cancer.[303]
- Malick Sidibé, 80, Malian photographer.[304]
- Xu Caidong, 97, Chinese metallurgist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences), vice-governor of Guizhou.[305]
- Ron Theobald, 72, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers).[306]
- Carl M. Vogel, 61, American politician, member of the Missouri Senate (2003–2011), pancreatic cancer.[307]
15
- Orville Gilbert Brim Jr., 93, American social psychologist.[308]
- Anne Grommerch, 45, French politician, member of the National Assembly (since 2008), Mayor of Thionville (since 2014), breast cancer.[309]
- Janet Hodgson, 56, English artist and filmmaker, cancer.[310]
- Peter Janson-Smith, 93, British literary agent (Ian Fleming).[311]
- Byrle Klinck, 81, Canadian Olympic ice hockey player, bronze medallist (1956).[312]
- Laura Liu, 49, American state judge, Cook County Circuit Court judge (2010–2014), Illinois Appellate Court judge (since 2014), breast cancer.[313]
- Frederick Mayer, 94, German-born American spy (OSS).[314]
- Derek Mayers, 81, English footballer (Preston North End).[315]
- A. A. Raiba, 94, Indian painter.[316]
- Harold Shillinglaw, 88, Australian football player and cricketer.[317]
- Morag Siller, 46, British actress (Emmerdale, Memphis Belle, Casualty), breast cancer.[318]
- Richard Smith, 84, British painter, heart failure.[319]
- Lars-Inge Svartenbrandt, 70, Swedish criminal, apartment fire.[320]
- Louis Van Geyt, 88, Belgian politician, chairman of Communist Party of Belgium (1972–1989).[321]
- Guy Woolfenden, 78, English composer and conductor.[322]
16
- Tom Benavidez, 77, American politician.[323]
- Ron Bonham, 73, American basketball player (Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers), NBA champion (1965, 1966).[324]
- Jeanette Bonnier, 82, Swedish media proprietor (Bonnier Group), journalist (Expressen) and author.[325]
- David R. Brown, 93, American computer scientist.[326]
- Miloud Chaabi, 86, Moroccan businessman.[327]
- Clare Crockett, 33, Northern Irish nun, earthquake.[328]
- Rod Daniel, 73, American film director (Teen Wolf, K-9, Beethoven's 2nd), Parkinson's disease.[329]
- Donald B. Easum, 92, American diplomat.[330]
- William M. Gray, 86, American meteorologist.[331]
- Guan Guangfu, 84, Chinese politician, Communist Party Chief of Hubei.[332]
- Bernhard Hassenstein, 93, German biologist and behaviorist.[333]
- Charlie Hodge, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks) and scout.[334]
- Clarence James, 84, Bermudian politician, Deputy Premier (1983–1989).[335]
- Maurice Kenny, 86, American poet, heart ailment and kidney failure.[336]
- Rubén Mendoza Ayala, 55, Mexican politician.[337]
- Nathanael Orr, 98, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1976–1984).[338]
- U Pandita, 94, Burmese Buddhist monk and meditation teacher.[339]
- Louis Pilot, 75, Luxembourgish football player (Fola Esch, Standard Liège, Royal Antwerp) and manager (national team).[340]
- Ilias Polatidis, 50, Greek politician.[341]
- Ismael Quintana, 78, Puerto Rican singer and composer.[342]
- Peter Rock, 70, Austrian-born Chilean rock musician.[343]
- Helmut Rohde, 90, German politician.[344]
- Kit West, 79, British special effects artist (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Dragonheart, Enemy at the Gates), Oscar winner (1982).[345]
17
- Ken Aldred, 70, Australian politician, MP for Henty (1975–1980), Bruce (1983–1990) and Deakin (1990–1996).[346]
- Tiga Bayles, 62, Australian radio presenter and indigenous rights activist, cancer.[347]
- Kong Bunchhoeun, 77, Cambodian author and songwriter, cancer.[348]
- Bettye Caldwell, 91, American educator (University of Arkansas at Little Rock) and child-development campaigner (NAEYC).[349]
- Bob Charles, 79, American-born Australian politician, MP for La Trobe (1990–2004).[350]
- Chyna, 46, American professional wrestler (WWF) and actress (1 Night in China, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Cougar Club), mixed drug intoxication.[351]
- William A. Enemark, 102, American major general.[352]
- Clifton C. Garvin, 94, American businessman, CEO of Exxon (1975–1986).[353]
- Luis Horacio Gomez González, 57, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (2014–2016).[354]
- Anthony Keane, 87, American Olympic fencer (1968).[355]
- Toshiro Konishi, 63, Japanese-born Peruvian chef, pioneer of Japanese cuisine in Lima, cancer.[356]
- Bruce Mansfield, 71, Australian radio and television personality, prostate cancer.[357]
- Scott Nimerfro, 54, American television writer and producer (Hannibal, Once Upon a Time, Pushing Daisies), angiosarcoma.[358]
- John R. Norton III, 87, American politician.[359]
- Constantine Papastephanou, 92, Syrian Eastern Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Baghdad and Kuwait (1969-2014).[360]
- Tyler Richards, 29, Canadian basketball player, shot.[361]
- Doris Roberts, 90, American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond, Remington Steele, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation), five-time Emmy winner, stroke.[362]
- Trần Phước Thọ, 23, Vietnamese footballer (Long An, U23 national team), traffic collision.[363]
- Nicolas Tikhomiroff, 89, French photographer.[364]
- Yang Hongxun, 84, Chinese architect, architectural historian, and archaeologist.[365]
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- Brian Asawa, 49, American opera singer, heart failure.[366]
- Paul Busiek, 93, American politician.[367]
- Yuri Bychkov, 84, Russian art historian.[368]
- William Campbell, 75, American business executive (Apple) and college football coach (Columbia University), cancer.[369]
- Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose, 78, British journalist.[370]
- Robert Christophe, 78, French Olympic swimmer (1956, 1960, 1964), European champion (1958, 1962).[371]
- Barry Davies, 71, British soldier and author, heart attack.[372]
- Rubén Héctor di Monte, 84, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján (2000–2007).[373]
- Marwan Dudin, 79–80, Jordanian politician, Minister of Agriculture (1980–1984) and Minister of State for the Occupied Territory Affairs (1986–1988).[374]
- Mikhail Farikh, 56, Russian helicopter pilot, helicopter crash.[375]
- Hugh Faulkner, 83, Canadian politician, MP for Peterborough (1965–1979), complications from surgery.[376]
- Ben-Zion Gold, 92, Polish-born American rabbi.[377]
- Cox Habbema, 72, Dutch actress, theater director and manager.[378]
- Eva Henning, 95, Swedish stage and movie actress.[379]
- Fritz Herkenrath, 87, German footballer (Rot-Weiss Essen).[380]
- Karina Huff, 55, British actress (The House of Clocks, Time for Loving, Voices from Beyond) and television personality, breast cancer.[381]
- Proverb Jacobs, 80, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants).[382]
- Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet, 99, Anglo-Irish aristocrat and media personality.[383]
- Larry Loyie, 82, Canadian Cree author and playwright.[384]
- Arnulfo Mejía Rojas, 59, Mexican architect and Catholic priest.[385]
- Johan van Minnen, 83, Dutch journalist and politician, member of the European Parliament (1979–1984).[386]
- Daniel Moore, 75, American poet, cancer.[387]
- Vladimir Nemukhin, 90, Russian painter (Bulldozer Exhibition).[388]
- Charles J. Pilliod Jr., 97, American business executive and diplomat, Ambassador to Mexico (1986–1989).[389]
- Guy Prather, 58, American football player (Green Bay Packers), cancer.[390]
- Fulvio Roiter, 89, Italian photographer, Prix Nadar winner (1956).[391]
- Guy Rouxel, 90, French footballer.[392]
- Pál Sajgó, 93, Hungarian cross country skier and biathlete.[393]
- Gert Schramm, 87, German Holocaust survivor.[394]
- Zoltán Szarka, 73, Hungarian football player and coach, Olympic champion (1968).[395]
- Tao Siju, 81, Chinese politician, minister of Public Security.[396]
- John Zemanek, 94, American architect.[397]
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- Gerasimos Arsenis, 84, Greek politician, Minister for National Defense (1993–1996) and National Education and Religious Affairs (1996–2000).[398]
- William Ávila, 59, Costa Rican footballer.[399]
- Patricio Aylwin, 97, Chilean politician, President (1990–1994).[400]
- Estelle Balet, 21, Swiss snowboarder, world champion (2015, 2016), avalanche.[401]
- Dud Beattie, 81, Australian rugby league footballer and selector (Queensland).[402]
- Errikos Belies, 66, Greek translator and poet.[403]
- Moysés Blás, 79, Brazilian Olympic basketball player.[404]
- Dorothy R. Burnley, 89, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly (1980–1984).[405]
- Eloy Casados, 66, American actor (Ishi: The Last of His Tribe, Walker, Texas Ranger).[406]
- Russell Dove, 87, Australian Olympic sports shooter (1972).[407]
- Harry Elderfield, 72, British geochemist and professor (University of Cambridge).[408]
- Ronit Elkabetz, 51, Israeli actress and film director (Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem), lung cancer.[409]
- Solveig Ericsson, 84, Swedish Olympic athlete.[410]
- Karl-Heinz von Hassel, 77, German actor.[411]
- Walter Kohn, 93, Austrian-born American theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate (1998), jaw cancer.[412]
- Lord Tanamo, 81, Jamaican ska and mento musician.[413]
- John McConathy, 86, American basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks, Northwestern State).[414]
- Mehrdad Oladi, 30, Iranian footballer (Malavan), heart attack.[415]
- Milt Pappas, 76, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs).[416]
- Billy Redmayne, 25, Manx motorcycle racer, race collision.[417]
- Igor Volchok, 84, Russian football manager.[418]
- Pete Zorn, 65, American musician (Steeleye Span, Richard Thompson, The Albion Band), cancer.[419]
20
- Solomon Blatt Jr., 94, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for South Carolina (since 1971).[420]
- Cynthia Cooke, 96, British nurse, Matron-in-Chief of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (1973–1976).[421]
- Velda González, 83, Puerto Rican actress and politician.[422]
- Guy Hamilton, 93, French-born British film director (Goldfinger, Battle of Britain, Evil Under the Sun).[423]
- Avril Henry, 81, British academic, suicide.[424]
- Dame Leonie Kramer, 91, Australian academic, author and university administrator.[425]
- Attila Özdemiroğlu, 73, Turkish composer, lung cancer.[426]
- Solly Pandor, 58, Zambian football manager.[427]
- Harry Perkowski, 93, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds).[428]
- Qi Benyu, 85, Chinese politician and propagandist, cancer.[429]
- Paul Selge, 94, American football player and coach.[430]
- Paul Stahl, 75, Canadian Olympic sprint canoer.[431]
- Richard Stansberry, 87, American politician.[432]
- Jack Tafari, 69, British activist, liver failure.[433]
- Giannis Voglis, 78, Greek actor.[434]
- Mohamad Khadim Al Wajih, Yemeni politician.[435]
- Dwayne Washington, 52, American basketball player (New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat, Syracuse University), brain cancer.[436]
- Vern Wilson, 85, American Olympic athlete.[437]
- Victoria Wood, 62, British comedian, writer and actor (Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, dinnerladies, Housewife, 49), cancer.[438]
- Sakumi Yoshino, 57, Japanese manga artist.[439]
- Yu Songlie, 95, Chinese agricultural scientist, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).[440]
21
- Frederick Bruce-Lyle, 62, Ghanaian-born Saint Vincentian judge in the Caribbean.[441]
- Valeriu Cotea, 89, Romanian oenologist, member of Romanian Academy, cardiac arrest.[442]
- Norbert Esnault, 87, French cyclist.[443]
- Nade Haley, 68, American artist.[444]
- Levi Karuhanga, 60, Ugandan major general.[445]
- Per-Simon Kildal, 64, Swedish antenna specialist.[446]
- Irvin Kipper, 99, American bomber pilot.[447]
- Hans Koschnick, 87, German politician and diplomat, Bremen Senate president and mayor (1967–1985), President of the Bundesrat (1970–1971, 1981–1982), MP (1987–1998).[448]
- Marco Leto, 85, Italian film and television director (Black Holiday, Al piacere di rivederla).[449]
- Franz Lorette, 80, Belgian Olympic hockey player.[450]
- Lonnie Mack, 74, American singer-guitarist (The Wham of that Memphis Man).[451]
- Toshio Mashima, 67, Japanese composer, cancer.[452]
- D. B. Nihalsinghe, 77, Sri Lankan filmmaker (Welikathara).[453]
- Utako Okamoto, 98, Japanese medical scientist.[454]
- Ferenc Paragi, 62, Hungarian Olympic javelin thrower (1976, 1980), world record holder (1980–1983).[455]
- Prince, 57, American musician ("When Doves Cry", "Little Red Corvette", "Purple Rain") and actor, Oscar (1984) and four-time Grammy winner, accidental fentanyl overdose.[456]
- Peter Ruckman, 94, American Independent Baptist pastor.[457]
- Smoke Glacken, 22, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Hopeful Stakes (1996).[458]
- Dene Smuts, 66, South African politician, MP (1989–2014).[459]
- John D. Travis, 75, American politician.[460]
- John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant, 93, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1989).[461]
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- David Beresford, 68, British journalist.[462]
- Yvon Charbonneau, 75, Canadian politician, stroke.[463]
- Rudolph Chimelli, 87, German journalist and author.[464]
- Isabelle Dinoire, 49, French mauled woman, first person to undergo a partial face transplant.[465]
- Rex Fell, 71, New Zealand Thoroughbred breeder.[466]
- Ojārs Grīnbergs, 73, Latvian singer, lung cancer.[467]
- Roger Khawam, 94, Egyptian antique dealer and Egyptologist.[468]
- John Lumsden, 55, Scottish footballer (Stoke City).[469]
- Ayah Pin, 74, Malaysian cult leader (Sky Kingdom).[470]
- Robert Price, 83, American attorney and political campaign manager.[471]
- Jory Prum, 41, American audio engineer and video game developer (Adaptation, The Walking Dead, Brütal Legend), traffic collision.[472]
- Manfred Rein, 68, Austrian politician (ÖVP).[473]
- Peter Sellers, 94, New Zealand sports broadcaster.[474]
- Soran Singh, Pakistani politician, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly (since 2013), shot.[475]
- Sir Denys Wilkinson, 93, British nuclear physicist.[476]
- Anne Wolden-Ræthinge, 86, Danish author and journalist.[477]
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- Ron Brace, 29, American football player (Boston College, New England Patriots), apparent heart attack.[478]
- Alfons Van den Brande, 88, Belgian cyclist.[479]
- Carla Braan, 54, Dutch Olympic gymnast.[480]
- John Collins, 93, Canadian politician.[481]
- Gerald Crosier, 82, American politician.[482]
- Errol Crossan, 85, Canadian soccer player (Norwich City).[483]
- Attila Ferjáncz, 69, Hungarian racing driver, Hungarian Rally champion (1976–1982, 1985, 1990).[484]
- Patrick George, 92, English painter.[485]
- Luis González Seara, 79, Spanish politician.[486]
- Inge King, 100, German-born Australian sculptor.[487]
- Vjatšeslav Kobrin, 58, Russian guitarist and songwriter.[488]
- Tom Muecke, 52, American CFL player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos), heart attack.[489]
- Tony Munro, 52, Australian sports journalist, stroke.[490]
- Sir Richard Parsons, 88, British diplomat, Ambassador to Hungary, Spain and Sweden.[491]
- Jacques Perry, 94, French novelist.[492]
- Maurice Peston, Baron Peston, 85, English economist and politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1987).[493]
- Miguel Picazo, 89, Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor (La Tía Tula).[494]
- John Steven Satterthwaite, 87, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lismore (1971–2001).[495]
- Bill Sevesi, 92, Tongan-born New Zealand musician.[496]
- Madeleine Sherwood, 93, Canadian actress (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Flying Nun, Sweet Bird of Youth).[497]
- Banharn Silpa-archa, 83, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996), asthma.[498]
- Horace Ward, 88, American judge.[499]
- Koji Yamamoto, 64, Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants, Lotte Marines).[500]
- Paul Hisao Yasuda, 94, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Osaka (1978–1997).[501]
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- Janette Ahrens, 90, American figure skater.[502]
- Zafar Ishaq Ansari, 84, Pakistani Islamic scholar, heart attack.[503]
- Paul Annear, 68, New Zealand jeweller.[504]
- Chen Shilu, 95, Chinese flight mechanic, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).[505]
- Manuel de la Torre, 94, Spanish-born American golf player and instructor.[506]
- Robert Dolan, 87, American marine geologist.[507]
- Walter Jackson Freeman III, 89, American biologist.[508]
- Ivan Goodingham, 90, Australian rules footballer (Essendon).[509]
- Wouter van Harselaar, 86, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1968–1971).[510]
- Perry Hooper Sr., 91, American judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama (1995–2001).[511]
- Steve Julian, 57, American radio host (KPCC), brain cancer.[512]
- Kiviaq, 80, Canadian lawyer, politician, boxer and football player, cancer.[513]
- Tommy Kono, 85, American weightlifter, Olympic champion (1952, 1956), world champion (1953–1959), complications from liver disease.[514]
- Thinle Lhondup, 72, Nepalese actor (Himalaya), fall.[515]
- Benjamin Manglona, 78, Northern Mariana Islands politician, Lieutenant Governor (1990–1994), stroke.[516]
- Zippy Morocco, 86, American athlete, suicide.[517]
- Ricardo Torres Origel, 59, Mexican politician.[518]
- Lizette Parker, 44, American politician, Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey (since 2014), respiratory illness.[519]
- Billy Paul, 81, American R&B singer ("Me and Mrs. Jones"), pancreatic cancer.[520]
- George Pieterson, 74, Dutch clarinetist.[521]
- Terry Redlin, 78, American artist, Alzheimer's disease.[522]
- Klaus Siebert, 60, German biathlon athlete and coach, world champion (1978, 1979), Olympic silver medalist (1980).[523]
- Papa Wemba, 66, Congolese singer, seizure.[524]
- George Alexis Weymouth, 79, American artist and conservationist, heart failure.[525]
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- Bill Allison, 85, American actor (Casino).[526]
- Dumitru Antonescu, 71, Romanian footballer (Farul Constanța).[527]
- Remo Belli, 88, American drummer, developed the synthetic drumhead (Remo), complications of pneumonia.[528]
- Joe Blahak, 65, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).[529]
- Nicolae Esinencu, 76, Moldovan screenwriter and writer.[530]
- Göte Gåård, 84, Swedish Olympic sports shooter.[531]
- Mel George, 80, American professor and twice interim president of the University of Missouri.[532]
- Martin Gray, 93, Polish Holocaust survivor and writer.[533]
- Michal Hornstein, 95, Polish-born Canadian executive.[534]
- Tom Lewis, 94, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales (1975–1976).[535]
- Patrick Fabionn Lopes, 35, Brazilian football player, brain aneurysm.[536]
- Xulhaz Mannan, 39, Bangladeshi editor, stabbed.[537]
- Mei Baojiu, 82, Chinese Peking opera artist, bronchospasm.[538]
- Poornima Arvind Pakvasa, 102, Indian social worker.[539]
- Neculai Rățoi, 77, Romanian politician, mayor of Pașcani (1981–2008).[540]
- John Ridsdel, 68, Canadian journalist (Calgary Herald), businessman (Petro-Canada) and Abu Sayyaf hostage, beheaded.[541]
- Horst Sachs, 89, German mathematician.[542]
- Samantha Schubert, 47, Malaysian actress and beauty queen, Miss Malaysia (1991), pancreatic cancer.[543]
- Rudolf Wessely, 91, Austrian actor.[544]
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- Raymond Casey, 98, British geologist and philatelist.[545]
- Vincent Darius, 60, Grenadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint George's in Grenada (since 2002), pneumonia.[546]
- John Eiseman, 90, American Olympic sprint canoer.[547]
- Arne Elsholtz, 71, German voice actor.[548]
- Mark Farmer, 53, British actor (Grange Hill, Minder, Johnny Jarvis), cancer.[549]
- Winston Hill, 74, American football player (New York Jets), Super Bowl winner (1968).[550]
- William H. Jarvis, 85, Canadian politician.[551]
- Amanullah Khan, 82, Pakistani Kashmir separatism activist (JKLF), COPD.[552]
- Lucy Kibaki, 82, Kenyan teacher and socialite, First Lady (2002–2013).[553]
- Ken Maeda, 44, Japanese comedian and actor, cardiopulmonary arrest.[554]
- M. H. Mohamed, 94, Sri Lankan politician.[555]
- Álvaro Pérez Treviño, 85, Mexican politician.[556]
- Peter Propping, 73, German geneticist.[557]
- Ozzie Silna, 83, American basketball owner (Spirits of St. Louis), cancer.[558]
- Martin Szipál, 91, Hungarian photographer, prostate cancer.[559]
- Masako Togawa, 85, Japanese feminist, singer, actress and novelist.[560]
- Dorothy Warburton, 80, Canadian geneticist.[561]
- James H. Ware, 74, American biostatistician, cancer.[562]
- Stephen Wheatcroft, 94, British economist.[563]
- Willie L. Williams, 72, American police commissioner (Los Angeles, Philadelphia).[564]
- Harry Wu, 79, Chinese human rights activist, founder of the Laogai Research Foundation.[565]
- Vladimir Yulygin, 80, Russian football player and coach.[566]
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- James Arvaluk, 68, Canadian politician.[567]
- Edward H. Burtt Jr., 68, American ornithologist.[568]
- James Carroll, 60, American-born Canadian actor (Wind at My Back, Red Dead Redemption, Death to Smoochy), small cell lung cancer.[569]
- Harold Cohen, 87, British computer artist (AARON).[570]
- Angela Flanders, 88, British perfumer.[571]
- Viktor Gavrikov, 58, Lithuanian-Swiss chess Grandmaster.[572]
- Herta Groves, 96, Austrian-born British milliner, traffic collision.[573]
- Ivanelle Hoe, 78, American swimmer.[574]
- Philip Kives, 87, Canadian marketing entrepreneur, founder of K-tel.[575]
- Julio Xavier Labayen, 89, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, territorial prelate of Infanta (1966–2003).[576]
- Liu Lianman, 82, Chinese mountain climber, made the first ascent of Muztagh Ata.[577]
- Umberto Magnani, 75, Brazilian theater producer and actor (História de Amor, Cabocla, Páginas da Vida), stroke.[578]
- Robert C. Mathis, 88, American air force general.[579]
- Chris Parkinson, 74, New Zealand broadcaster, co-founder of Radio Hauraki.[580]
- Ray Salazar, 85, American politician, Mayor of El Paso, Texas (1977–1979).[581]
- Gabriele Sima, 61, Austrian opera singer.[582]
- Toms, 87, Indian cartoonist (Boban and Molly).[583]
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- Anderson Agiru, 54, Papua New Guinean politician.[584]
- Óscar Álvarez, 67, Argentine footballer (Panathinaikos).[585]
- Sir Edward Ashmore, 96, British officer in the Royal Navy, First Sea Lord (1974–1977).[586]
- Conrad Burns, 81, American politician, Senator from Montana (1989–2007).[587]
- Enrique Cal Pardo, 93, Spanish priest, teacher and writer.[588]
- Ed Davender, 49, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats).[589]
- Jenny Diski, 68, English writer (Nothing Natural, Rainforest, London Review of Books), lung cancer.[590]
- Joe Durham, 84, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals).[591]
- Igor Fesunenko, 83, Russian journalist, foreign affairs writer and teacher (MGIMO).
- Charles Gatewood, 73, American photographer, suicide by jumping.[592]
- Fredrik Grønningsæter, 92, Norwegian priest, Bishop of Sør-Hålogaland (1982–1992).[593]
- René Hausman, 80, Belgian comic book writer and illustrator.[594]
- Barry Howard, 78, English actor (Hi-de-Hi!), blood cancer.[595]
- Georg Kronawitter, 88, German politician, Mayor of Munich (1972–1978, 1984–1993).[596]
- Ingram Olkin, 91, American statistics professor, colorectal cancer.[597]
- David Page, 55, Australian composer, musical director of Bangarra Dance Theatre.[598]
- Mohamed Roushdi, 94, Egyptian gymnast.[599]
- Blackie Sherrod, 96, American sportswriter.[600]
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- Tim Bacon, 52, British restaurateur and actor.[601]
- Alyson Bailes, 67, British diplomat, Ambassador to Finland (2000–2002).[602]
- DeCorsey E. Bolden, 91, American politician.[603]
- Sherry Cassuto, 59, American Olympic rower.[604]
- Chen Zhongshi, 73, Chinese writer, oral cancer.[605]
- Jok Church, 66, American cartoonist (You Can with Beakman and Jax).[606]
- Renato Corona, 67, Filipino jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (2010–2012), complications from a heart attack.[607]
- Patrick Deuel, 54, American reality TV star.[608]
- Erediauwa, 92, Nigerian traditional royal, Oba of Benin (since 1979).[609] (death announced on this date)
- Harry Falk, 83, American television director (Three's a Crowd, The Streets of San Francisco, The Colbys).[610]
- Bob Fitch, 76, American photojournalist.[611]
- Sarah Gordon, 52, Irish Olympic equestrian.[612]
- Dmytro Hnatyuk, 91, Ukrainian baritone opera singer.[613]
- Hilarius Moa Nurak, 73, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang (since 1987).[614]
- Dave Robinson, 67, English footballer (Birmingham City, Walsall).[615] (death announced on this date)
- Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, 86, Tibetan Buddhist teacher.[616]
- Don White, 89, American stock car racing driver.[617]
- Wojciech Zagórski, 87, Polish actor.[618]
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- Daniel Aaron, 103, American writer and academic (Harvard University), co-founder of the Library of America.[619]
- Michael Edward Ash, 88, British brewer.[620]
- Viktor Barinov, 77, Russian Olympic rower.[621]
- Daniel Berrigan, 94, American Jesuit priest, poet, peace activist and ex-convict (Catonsville Nine).[622]
- Wayne Crawford, 69, American actor, writer and producer (Valley Girl, Jake Speed).[623]
- Alphonsus F. D'Souza, 76, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Raiganj (since 1987), heart attack.[624]
- Franco Di Giacomo, 83, Italian cinematographer.[625]
- Marisol Escobar, 85, French-born American sculptor.[626]
- Uwe Friedrichsen, 81, German actor (Faust, Schwarz Rot Gold, Sesamstraße).[627]
- Guido Gillarduzzi, 76, Italian Olympic speed skater.[628]
- Fritz Janschka, 97, Austrian-born American artist.[629]
- Sir Harry Kroto, 76, British chemist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1996).[630]
- Réjean Lafrenière, 80, Canadian politician, member of the Quebec National Assembly (1989–2007).[631]
- Ellen Niit, 87, Estonian children's writer, poet and translator.[632]
- Scott Rains, 59, American travel writer, brain tumor.[633]
- Phil Ryan, 69, Welsh keyboardist (Man).[634]
- Tracy Scott, 46, American script supervisor (Whiplash, Concussion, Garden State), cancer.[635]
- Jervis Stokes, 88, Australian rules footballer (Richmond).[636]
- Peter Thomas, 91, American narrator (Nova, Forensic Files).[637]
- Vasily Zvyagintsev, 71, Russian science fiction author.[638]