Deaths in August 2014
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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2014.
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.
August 2014
1
- Gretta Bader, 83, American portrait and bust sculptor, heart failure.[1]
- Valyantsin Byalkevich, 41, Belarusian football player and coach, aneurysm.[2]
- Godwin Chepkurgor, 45, Kenyan journalist, offered Bill Clinton dowry to marry Chelsea Clinton, injuries sustained in an elephant charge.[3]
- Chung Eun-yong, 91, South Korean policeman, instigated United States admission of role in No Gun Ri Massacre.[4]
- Norman Cornish, 94, English artist.[5]
- Rod de'Ath, 64, Welsh drummer (Rory Gallagher).[6]
- Jürgen Degenhardt, 83, German songwriter, actor, director and author, cancer.[7]
- Karen X. Gaylord, 92, American actress (The Three Stooges).[8]
- Don George, 80, American football player (BC Lions).[9]
- Catherine Gregg, 96, American philanthropist and environmentalist, First Lady of New Hampshire (1953–1955), restored the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion.[10]
- Michael Johns, 35, Australian singer-songwriter (American Idol), blood clot.[11]
- Jan Roar Leikvoll, 40, Norwegian author.[12]
- Hossein Maadani, 43, Iranian volleyball player and coach, pancreatic failure.[citation needed]
- Charles T. Payne, 89, American soldier.[13]
- Jewel Prestage, 82, American political scientist and author (A Portrait of Marginality).[14]
- Saeed Saleh, 74, Egyptian actor (Madrast Al-Mushaghebeen).[15]
- James Ditson Service, 88, Canadian politician.[16]
- Mike Smith, 59, British television and radio presenter (BBC Radio 1), complications from heart surgery.[17]
2
- Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder, 70, German Bundesliga referee.[18]
- Mariana Alarcón, 27, Argentine human rights activist.[19]
- James Anguilo, 74, Italian-American criminal.[20]
- Luciano Borgognoni, 62, Italian Olympic cyclist.[21]
- Brian Buckley, 78, Australian VFL football player (Carlton).[22]
- Chelsea Clark, 31, Canadian athlete, neuroblastoma.[23]
- Rosetta Hightower, 70, American R&B singer (The Orlons).[24]
- Ed Joyce, 81, American television executive, President of CBS News (1983–1985).[25]
- June Krauser, 88, American Hall of Fame swimmer, swimming official and rules writer, Parkinson's disease.[26]
- Eroni Kumana, 93, Solomon Islander fisherman, rescued John F. Kennedy after PT-109 sinking.[27]
- Billie Letts, 76, American novelist (Where the Heart Is), pneumonia.[28]
- Kate O'Hanlon, 83–84, British nurse.[29]
- Sir Alan Peacock, 92, British economist.[30]
- Barbara Prammer, 60, Austrian politician, Women's Affairs and Consumer Protection Minister (1997–2000), President of the National Council (since 2006), pancreatic cancer.[31]
- Sue Richards, 56, Canadian artist.[32]
- James Thompson, 49, American-born Finnish crime writer.[33]
- Pete Van Wieren, 69, American sports broadcaster (Atlanta Braves), cutaneous B-cell lymphoma.[34]
- Olga Voronets, 88, Russian mezzo-soprano folk singer.[35]
3
- Daladier Arismendi, 39, Colombian singer, stabbed.[36]
- George Ashe, 81, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Durham West (1977–1987), Mayor of Pickering (1973–1977), Parkinson's disease.[37]
- Miangul Aurangzeb, 86, Pakistani politician, Governor of Balochistan (1997–1999) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1999).[38]
- Charles Calhoun Jr., 83, American politician and judge, member of the Texas Senate.[39]
- Fernando Casimiro, 83, Portuguese Olympic sprinter.[40]
- Andrew Chatwood, 82, Canadian administrator and politician, heart failure.[41]
- Edward Clancy, 90, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Sydney (1983–2001).[42]
- Tony Clunn, 68, British army officer and archaeologist, rediscovered Kalkriese site of Varus's defeat by Arminius.[43]
- Cec Creedon, 92, Australian politician.[44]
- Dorothy Salisbury Davis, 98, American crime fiction writer, recipient of the Grand Master Award (1985).[45]
- Kenny Drew Jr., 56, American jazz pianist and composer.[46]
- Robert H. Ellsworth, 85, American art dealer.[47]
- Helmut Faeder, 79, German footballer (Hertha BSC, Hertha Zehlendorf).[48]
- Emmanuel Farber, 95, Canadian-American physician.[49]
- Christian Frémont, 72, French politician, chief of staff (Nicolas Sarkozy), Representative of the French Co-Prince of Andorra (2008–2012).[50]
- Richard J. Gambino, 79, American material scientist.[51]
- Yvette Giraud, 97, French singer and actress.[52]
- Wimper Guerrero, 32, Ecuadorian footballer, heart attack.[53]
- Jess Marlow, 84, American news broadcaster (KNBC, KCBS), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[54]
- James McClure, 88, Northern Irish politician, chairman of the Democratic Unionist Party.[55]
- Richard Newman, 89, Australian cricketer.[56]
- Steve Post, 70, American radio broadcaster (WNYC), colon and lung cancer.[57]
- Hal Sherbeck, 86, American football and baseball coach.[58]
- Charles Simeons, 92, British politician, MP for Luton (1970–1974).[59]
- David Smail, 76, British clinical psychologist.[60]
- Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira, 93, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Uberaba (1978–1996).[61]
- Lydia Yu-Jose, 70, Filipino political scientist, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[62]
4
- Ashraf Abbasi, 91, Pakistani politician.[63]
- James Brady, 73, American government official and gun control advocate, White House Press Secretary (1981–1989).[64]
- Hugh Calkins, 90, American lawyer and educator.[65]
- Rich Ceisler, 58, American stand-up comedian, Guillain–Barré syndrome.[66]
- Chester Crandell, 68, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (2011–2013) and Senate (since 2013), horseriding fall.[67]
- Julieka Ivanna Dhu, 22, Australian detainee, sepsis and pneumonia.[68]
- Barbara DeGenevieve, 67, American artist, cancer.[69]
- Irma Elizondo Ramírez, 68, Mexican politician, MP for Coahuila (since 2012), heart attack.[70]
- George Hilton, 89, American historian, heart failure.[71]
- Jake Hooker, 61, Israeli-born American pop musician (Arrows), co-writer ("I Love Rock 'n' Roll") and producer.[72]
- Erich E. Kunhardt, 65, Dominican-born American physicist.[73]
- Walter Massey, 85, Canadian actor (Arthur, Lassie, The Greatest Game Ever Played).[74]
- Rodolfo Motta, 70, Argentine football player and coach.[75]
- Rafael Santa Cruz, 53, Peruvian cajon musician and actor, heart attack.[76]
- Walter J. Sullivan, 91, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1951–1953), Mayor of Cambridge, heart failure.[77]
- Peter A. Vellucci, 71–72, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[78]
- Bill Wall, 83, American basketball executive.[79]
5
- Dmitri Anosov, 77, Russian mathematician.[80]
- Arvind Apte, 79, Indian cricketer, prostate cancer.[81]
- Joyce Baird, 85, Scottish medical researcher, Alzheimer's disease.[82]
- Diann Blakely, 57, American poet, lung disorder.[83]
- Elfriede Brüning, 103, German writer.[84]
- Marilyn Burns, 65, American actress (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre).[85]
- Ruth Sacks Caplin, 93, American screenwriter (Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont), heart ailment.[86]
- Scott Ciencin, 51, American adaption novelist (Godzilla, Kim Possible, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), blood clot.[87]
- John Crawford III, 22, American murder victim, shot.[88]
- Michael A. B. Deakin, 74-75, Australian mathematician and mathematics educator.[89]
- Hans V. Engström, 65, Swedish actor (Rederiet), liver failure.[90]
- Yakov Etinger, 84, Russian historian and political activist.[91]
- Harold J. Greene, 55, American military officer, Army commanding general of NSRDEC, shot.[92]
- Dave Hereora, 57, New Zealand politician, Labour Party list MP (2002–2008).[93]
- Edward Leffingwell, 72, American art critic and curator.[94]
- Khalil Morsi, 67, Egyptian actor.[95]
- Joe McManemin, 91, New Zealand athletics coach and sports administrator.[96]
- Angéla Németh, 68, Hungarian javelin thrower, Olympic (1968) and European (1969) champion.[97]
- Richard Olson, 85, American politician, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa (1972–1979), traffic collision.[98]
- Vladimir Orlov, 77, Russian novelist.[99]
- Chapman Pincher, 100, British journalist and historian.[100]
- Rodrigo de Triano, 25, English thoroughbred, Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt (1992), pneumonia.[101]
- Yoshiki Sasai, 52, Japanese biologist (RIKEN), apparent suicide by hanging.[102]
- Pran Kumar Sharma, 75, Indian cartoonist (Chacha Chaudhary), colon cancer.[103]
- Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, 87, American naval officer and physician, Surgeon General (1969–1973), complications from a stroke.[104]
- Ronnie Stonham, 87, British army officer and broadcasting adviser.[105]
- Emanuel Tanay, 86, American physician and Holocaust survivor, prostate cancer.[106]
6
- James L. Adams, 92, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1955–1974).[107]
- Ralph Bryans, 72, Northern Irish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, World Champion (1965).[108]
- Aloha Dalire, 64, American hula dancer, first Miss Aloha Hula winner (1971).[109]
- Imre Bajor, 57, Hungarian actor, brain tumor.[110]
- Ghaleb Barakat, 86, Jordanian diplomat and politician, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities (1967–1972).[111]
- Clem Comly, 59, American baseball researcher and author.[112]
- Julien Fourgeaud, 34, French entrepreneur, base jumping collision.[113]
- Brent Galloway, 70, American linguist.[114]
- Ananda W. P. Guruge, 85, Sri Lankan diplomat and academic.[115]
- John Woodland Hastings, 87, American biochemist, pioneer in antibiotics research, pulmonary fibrosis.[116]
- Stephen Heinemann, 75, American neuroscientist, complications from kidney failure.[117]
- Macarthur Job, 88, Australian aviation writer and air safety consultant.[118]
- Mara Lane, 84, Austrian-born British actress (Innocents in Paris, Susan Slept Here, Love from Paris).[119]
- Norman Lane, 94, Canadian Olympic bronze medallist* sprint canoer (1948*, 1952).[120]
- Li Hu, 40, Chinese HIV activist, complications from AIDS.[121]
- Ken Lucas, 73, American professional wrestler (NWA).[122]
- Antonio Marcilla, 80, Argentine Olympic boxer.[123]
- Frank Shipway, 79, British conductor.[124]
- Andrey Stenin, 33, Russian photojournalist.[125]
- Smita Talwalkar, 59, Indian film actress, producer (Tu Tithe Mee) and director, ovarian cancer.[126]
- Dharmesh Tiwari, 63, Indian actor (Mahabharat), cardiac arrest.[127]
- Jimmy Walsh, 83, British footballer.[128]
- David Weidman, 93, American animator (The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, Wacky Races) and silkscreen artist (Mad Men).[129]
7
- Claude Bertrand, 97, Canadian neurosurgeon.[130]
- Robin Brunyee, 75, English sprinter.[131]
- Dick Collver, 78, Canadian politician.[132]
- Cristina Deutekom, 82, Dutch coloratura soprano opera singer, fall.[133]
- Víctor Fayad, 59, Argentine politician, Mayor of Mendoza (since 2007), mediastinum cancer.[134]
- Walter R. Hanson, 83, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1971–1982).[135]
- Mary Healy, 60, American zoo executive, CEO and director of the Sacramento Zoo, cerebral aneurysm and heart attack.[136]
- Mitsuo Higashinaka, 90, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives for Osaka's 2nd District (1969–2000), lung cancer.[137]
- William Jones, 89, Uruguayan Olympic rower.[138]
- Michael Kerrigan, 61, British television director (Doctor Who, Coronation Street).[139]
- Suruli Manohar, Indian comic actor, cancer.[140]
- Perry Moss, 88, American football coach (Montreal Alouettes, Orlando Predators) and player (Green Bay Packers), complications from a neuromuscular disease.[141]
- Alberto Pérez Zabala, 89, Spanish footballer.[142]
- Harold Poole, 70, American bodybuilder.[143]
- Syed Rahim, 85, Indian cricketer.[144]
- Henry Stone, 93, American record company executive and record producer (TK Records).[145]
- Ayman Taha, Palestinian militant and spokesman (Hamas).[146]
- Ekanath K. Thakur, 73, Indian politician and finance executive, MP for Maharashtra (2002–2008), chairman of Saraswat Bank, cancer.[147]
- Voytek, 89, Polish-born British television director and production designer.[148]
- Sir Denys Williams, 84, Barbadian judge, member and Chief Judge of the Supreme Court, Acting Governor-General (1995–1996).[149]
8
- Martin V. B. Bostetter, 86, American judge.[150]
- Luciano Bux, 78, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi (2000–2011).[151]
- Edmund Collins, 83, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Darwin (1986–2007).[152]
- Menahem Golan, 85, Israeli director and producer (Operation Thunderbolt, The Delta Force, Masters of the Universe), recipient of the Israel Prize (1999).[153]
- Charles Keating, 72, English Emmy Award-winning actor (All My Children, Another World), lung cancer.[154]
- Viktor Kopyl, 54, Ukrainian footballer (Karpaty Lviv, Volyn Lutsk).[155]
- Leonardo Legaspi, 78, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Caceres (1983–2012), Rector of University of Santo Tomas, lung cancer.[156]
- Danny Murphy, 58, American actor (There's Something About Mary, Me, Myself & Irene), cancer.[157]
- J. J. Murphy, 86, Northern Irish actor (Mickybo and Me, Angela's Ashes, Game of Thrones).[158]
- Arthur Olsen, 100, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly.[159]
- Simon Scott, 47, British artist and musician.[160]
- Peter Sculthorpe, 85, Australian composer (Kakadu).[161]
- Åke W. Sjöberg, 90, Swedish assyriologist.[162]
- Michael K. Smith, 48, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1995–2011), heart attack.[163]
- Red Wilson, 85, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).[164]
9
- J. F. Ade Ajayi, 85, Nigerian academic and historian of Africa.[165]
- Andriy Bal, 56, Ukrainian football player (Soviet national team) and coach (national team), blood clot.[166]
- Michael Brown, 18, American student, shot.
- Manuel Caldeira, 87, Portuguese footballer.[167]
- Arthur G. Cohen, 84, American real estate developer (Crowne Plaza Hotel, Royalton Hotel, One Worldwide Plaza, Olympic Tower).[168]
- Mary A. Conroy, 82, American politician, hepatitis.[169]
- Jerome Ehlers, 55, Australian actor (Quigley Down Under, The Marine, The Great Raid), cancer.[170]
- Henry Ezeagwuna II, Nigerian royal, traditional leader of Issele-Uku, traffic collision.[171]
- J. E. Freeman, 68, American actor (Miller's Crossing, Alien Resurrection, Wild at Heart).[172]
- Charles Gelatt, 96, American businessman and philanthropist.[173]
- Trevor Boots Harris, 69, Jamaican entertainment journalist and broadcaster, heart attack.[174]
- Wayne Ison, 90, American aircraft designer (Team Mini-Max).[175]
- Merle G. Kearns, 76, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2001–2005) and Senate (1991–2000).[176]
- Alexander Kwapong, 87, Ghanaian academic, Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana.[177]
- Dave Lloyd, 77, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles).[178]
- Khayelihle Mathaba, South African royal and politician, KwaZulu-Natal MLA, chieftain of the eMacambini, traffic collision.[179]
- Ernest Meighan, 43, Belizean Olympic cyclist, shot.[180]
- Yasuyuki Nakai, 60, Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants), esophageal cancer.[181]
- Ed Nelson, 85, American actor (Gunsmoke, Murder, She Wrote, Peyton Place), heart failure.[182]
- George Nicholaw, 86, American radio executive (KNX).[183]
- Henry Pease, 69, Peruvian politician and political scientist, member of DCC (1992–1995) and Congress (1995–2006), cardiac arrest as a complication from cancer.[184]
- Stanley Reiter, 89, American economist.[185]
- Norris Stubbs, 65, Bahamian Olympic sprinter.[186]
- Emigdio Vasquez, 75, American muralist and pictorial artist, pneumonia.[187]
- Myrtle Young, 90, American potato chip collector, heart failure.[188]
10
- Constantin Alexandru, 60, Romanian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1980).[189]
- Gabriel Acosta Bendek, 83, Colombian politician, Senator (1994–2010), heart attack.[190]
- Peter Chippindale, 69, British newspaper journalist (The Guardian) and author.[191]
- Jim Command, 85, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).[192]
- Carlos Espejo, 90, Argentine Olympic swimmer.[193]
- Graham Gedye, 85, New Zealand cricketer (national team).[194]
- Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe, 91, American senior judge, member (since 1966) and Chief Judge (1972–1992) of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana.[195]
- Stanley Hochman, 89, American book publisher and editor.[196]
- John Kearney, 89, American sculptor.[197]
- Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra, 85, Moroccan royal.[198]
- Dotty Lynch, 69, American television journalist and editor (CBS News), melanoma.[199]
- Metakse, 88, Armenian poet, writer and translator.[200]
- Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, 101, British mathematician and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (1975–1976), mentor and advisor to Margaret Thatcher.[201]
- Ann Rowan, 85, Irish actress (The Riordans, Father Ted).[202]
- Shree Krishna Shrestha, 47, Nepalese actor, pneumonia.[203]
- Ima Wells, 77, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1993).[204]
- Bob Wiesler, 83, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Washington Senators).[205]
11
- Nadezhda Andreyeva, 55, Russian Soviet alpine skier.[206]
- Raquel Barros, 94, Chilean folklorist, fall.[207]
- Vladimir Beara, 85, Yugoslav football player (national team) and manager, Olympic silver medalist (1952).[208]
- Jean-Claude Brisville, 92, French writer, playwright, novelist and author for children.[209]
- Ralph B. Brown, 54, American sociologist, pancreatic cancer.[210]
- Djalma Cavalcante, 57, Brazilian football player and coach, heart attack.[211]
- Armando Círio, 98, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cascavel (1978–1995).[212]
- Vol Dooley, 87, American police sheriff.[213]
- Martin Erler, 93-94, German philatelist.[214]
- Sir Leonard Figg, 90, British diplomat, Ambassador to Ireland (1980–1983).[215]
- Raymond Gravel, 61, Canadian Québécois Roman Catholic priest and politician, MP for Repentigny (2006–2008), lung cancer.[216]
- Morkos Hakim, 83, Egyptian Coptic Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Sohag (1982–2003).[217]
- Sam Hall, 77, American Olympic silver-medalist diver (1960), politician and mercenary, member of the Ohio House of Representatives.[218]
- Liz Holzman, 61, American animation designer, producer and director (DuckTales, Animaniacs, The Smurfs), cancer.[219]
- Reshamlal Jangade, 90, Indian politician, MP for Bilaspur (1952–1961, 1989–1991), Madhya Pradesh MLA (1950–1952).[220]
- Maibam Kunjo, 73, Indian politician.[221]
- Rolf Larsen, 79, American judge, member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1978–1994), only justice ever impeached by Pennsylvania Senate, lung cancer.[222]
- Simon Leys, 78, Belgian diplomat, Australian sinologist and author (Chinese Shadows), cancer.[223]
- Frank E. Marble, 96, American aerospace engineer.[224]
- Marion Milne, 79, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1995–2001).[225]
- Stelio Nardin, 74, Italian footballer (Napoli).[226]
- Dame Julia Polak, 75, Argentinian-born British pathologist.[227]
- Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, 97, Polish artist, writer and blogger.[228]
- Franca Tamantini, 82, Italian actress.[229]
- Joe Viskocil, 61, American visual effects artist (Independence Day, Star Wars, The Terminator), Oscar winner (1997), complications from liver and kidney failure.[230]
- Robin Williams, 63, American actor (Good Will Hunting, Aladdin, Mork & Mindy) and comedian, Oscar winner (1998), suicide by hanging.[231]
12
- Carlos Abella y Ramallo, 80, Spanish diplomat, Ambassador to Kenya (1987–1991) and the Holy See (1996–2004).[232]
- Lauren Bacall, 89, American actress (Key Largo, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Written on the Wind), Tony winner (1970, 1981), stroke.[233]
- Purdy Crawford, 82, Canadian corporate lawyer and financier, CEO and chairman of Imasco, Allstream Inc. and Canada Trust.[234]
- Velva Darnell, 75, American country singer.[235]
- Daroji Eramma, 83-84, Indian folk singer.[236]
- Frank Eisenberg, 70, German Olympic athlete.[237]
- Samuel Olatunde Fadahunsi, 94, Nigerian civil engineer.[238]
- Jean Favier, 82, French historian, director of National Archives, president of the National Library.[239]
- Pierino Gelmini, 89, Italian Roman Catholic priest.[240]
- Hugh Harding, 88, Maltese judge.[241]
- Norman Hewitt, 86, American politician.[242]
- Javad Heyat, 89, Iranian surgeon and journalist.[243]
- Newt Hudson, 86, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1982–2002).[244]
- Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, 64, Japanese sumo wrestler, lung cancer.[245]
- Abel Laudonio, 75, Argentine actor and boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1960), stroke.[246]
- Gordon Mackenzie, 77, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics) and coach.[247]
- Arlene Martel, 78, American actress (Star Trek, Hogan's Heroes, The Twilight Zone), heart attack.[248]
- Kongō Masahiro, 65, Japanese sumo wrestler, pneumonia.[249]
- Lida Moser, 93, American photographer.[250]
- Frederick Gale Ruffner Jr., 88, American publisher.[251]
- Kazimierz Trampisz, 85, Polish Olympic footballer.[252]
13
- Hani Abbadi, Jordanian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1993–1997).[253]
- Bernard Blum, 75, French agricultural scientist, heart attack.[254]
- Pierre Boisson, 84, Monegasque Olympic sport shooter (1972, 1976, 1984).[255]
- Steve Brook, 80, British-born Australian satirical writer.[256]
- Frans Brüggen, 79, Dutch musician.[257]
- Eduardo Campos, 49, Brazilian politician, Minister of Science and Technology (2004–2005), Governor of Pernambuco (2007–2014), 2014 presidential candidate, plane crash.[258]
- Columba Domínguez, 85, Mexican actress (Pueblerina).[259]
- Martino Finotto, 80, Italian racing driver.[260]
- Edith Flagg, 94, Romanian-born American fashion designer, pioneer in the use of polyester.[261]
- Werner Franz, 92, German cabin boy (LZ 129 Hindenburg) and skating coach.[262]
- Frank W. Hirschi, 89, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1960–1996).[263]
- Buddy Jones, 77, American bluegrass musician.[264]
- Alan Landsburg, 81, American screenwriter, film producer (Jaws 3-D), racehorse owner and official, chairman of the California Horse Racing Board.[265]
- Eino Mäkinen, 88, Finnish Olympic weightlifter.[266]
- Fanny Morweiser, 74, German writer.[267]
- Ed Nather, 87, American astronomer.[268]
- Joel J. Nobel, 79, American physician.[269]
- James J. Schiro, 68, American executive (PricewaterhouseCoopers), multiple myeloma.[270]
- Rainer Schubert, 72, German Olympic hurdler.[271]
- Dorothy Schwieder, 80, American biographer and historian, lymphoma.[272]
- Süleyman Seba, 88, Turkish football player and sport executive, president of Beşiktaş J.K., respiratory tract infection.[273]
- Jack Shallcrass, 91, New Zealand author, educator, and humanist.[274]
- Robert Bruce Smith IV, 69, American music expert, writer, historian, and poet, traffic collision.[275]
- Milton Moore Snodgrass, 81, American author.[276]
- Tadashi Takamura, 81, Japanese photographer.[277]
- Terence Todman, 88, American diplomat, Ambassador to Chad, Guinea, Costa Rica, Spain, Denmark and Argentina.[278]
- Kurt Tschenscher, 85, German football referee.[279]
- Frank Udvari, 90, Canadian Hall of Fame NHL referee.[280]
- Tom Veen, 72, Dutch politician, member of the States of Gelderland (1974–1981) and Senate of the Netherlands (1979–1983).[281]
- Alan Woolworth, 89, American archaeologist.[282]
14
- Kaija Aarikka, 85, Finnish designer.[283]
- Paul Aldread, 67, English footballer.[284]
- Ronnie Alsup, 59, American paralympic athlete and standing volleyball player.[285]
- Mariana Briski, 48, Argentine actress, breast and lung cancer.[286]
- Emile Capgras, 88, Martinican politician, President of the Regional Council (1992–1998).[287]
- Pedro Caino, 58, Argentine Olympic cyclist.[288]
- Rory Chappell, 55, South African tennis player.[289]
- John Cinicola, 85, American basketball coach (Duquesne Dukes), cancer.[290]
- Madeleine Collinson, 62, Maltese actress.[291]
- Leonard Fein, 80, American Jewish activist, academic, editor (Moment), columnist (Forward) and author, founder of MAZON and Moment.[292]
- Vernon F. Gallagher, 99, American Roman Catholic priest.[293]
- Gregory Grossman, 93, Soviet-born American economist and scholar.[294]
- Ada Haug Grythe, 79, Norwegian journalist.[295]
- Géza Gulyás, 85, Hungarian footballer (Ferencváros).[296]
- Javier Guzmán, 69, Mexican footballer (Cruz Azul, national team), diabetes.[297]
- George V. Hansen, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House for Idaho's 2nd district (1965–1969, 1975–1985).[298]
- Peter M. Harman, 70, British historian.[299]
- Jeremiah Healy, 66, American crime novelist[300]
- Josef Kapín, 69, Czech Olympic boxer.[301]
- Stephen Lee, 58, American actor (The Negotiator, Nash Bridges, WarGames), heart attack.[302]
- George Linton, 57, Barbadian cricketer (national team) and coach.[303]
- Rivka Bertisch Meir, 72, Argentine-American psychologist, mental health counselor, and psychotherapist.[304]
- Rick Parashar, 50, American record producer (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Alice in Chains), blood clot.[305]
- Mervyn Susser, 92, South African activist and epidemiologist.[306]
15
- Jay Adams, 53, American skateboarder, heart attack.[307]
- Licia Albanese, 105, Italian-born American operatic soprano.[308]
- John Blake Jr., 67, American jazz violinist, multiple myeloma.[309]
- Pierre Bussières, 81, Canadian politician.[310]
- James Cama, 56, American martial artist and teacher.[311]
- Jim Carrigan, 84, American senior judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Colorado (1979–1995) and the Colorado Supreme Court (1976–1979).[312]
- Timothy Cathcart, 20, Northern Irish rally driver, race collision.[313]
- Chen Kuei-miao, 81, Taiwanese politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1990–1998), co-founder of the New Party.[314]
- Piet de Ruiter, 75, Dutch politician and editor, member of the House of Representatives (1971–1976).[315]
- Jan Ekier, 100, Polish pianist, composer and competition judge, Chopin authority, a winner of the Chopin Competition (1937), recipient of the Order of the White Eagle (2010).[316]
- Barbara Funkhouser, 84, American newspaper journalist and journalism academic, editor of the El Paso Times (1980–1986).[317]
- James Freeman Gilbert, 83, American geophysicist.[318]
- Sylvia Hassenfeld, 93, American activist and philanthropist.[319]
- Ken Hawley, 87, British industrial historian.[320]
- Lynn Hovland, 98, American football player and coach.[321]
- Sulejman Kupusović, 63, Bosnian film director.[322]
- Jerry Lumpe, 81, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees).[323]
- Amitava Nandy, 71, Indian politician, MP for Dum Dum (2004–2009), cancer.[324]
- Svein Nymo, 61, Norwegian violinist and composer.[325]
- Bruno Petroni, 72, Italian footballer.[326]
- Ferdinando Riva, 84, Swiss footballer.[327]
- Joseph T. Walsh, 84, American judge, member of the Delaware Supreme Court (1985–2003), cancer.[328]
- Dare Wilson, 95, British army major general (SAS), Military Cross recipient.[329]
16
- Patrick Aziza, 66, Nigerian military officer and political leader, Military Governor of Kebbi (1991–1992), cancer.[330]
- Kevin Barry, 78, New Zealand rugby union player (Thames Valley, national team).[331]
- Besim Bokshi, 83, Albanian poet, linguist and philologist.[332]
- Fannie Mae Clackum, 85, American soldier.
- Bernard F. Fisher, 87, American air force officer, Medal of Honor recipient.[333]
- Liam Flood, 71, Irish bookmaker and poker player.[334]
- Adrián Gaona, 40, Mexican journalist, murdered.[335] (death announced on this date)
- David Glass, 77, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1977–1981).[336]
- Raul Goco, 84, Filipino jurist and diplomat, Solicitor General (1992–1996), Ambassador to Canada, pneumonia and renal failure.[337]
- Mustafa Hussein, 79, Egyptian cartoonist and journalist, cancer.[338]
- Gary Ilman, 71, American Olympic swimmer.[339]
- Deirdre Eberly Lashgari, 73, American literary critic and editor.[340]
- Andy MacMillan, 85, Scottish architect [341]
- Mike Matarazzo, 48, American bodybuilder, heart problems.[342]
- Njoroge Mungai, 88, Kenyan politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1969–1974).[343]
- Vsevolod Nestayko, 84, Ukrainian children's writer.[344]
- Shaken Niyazbekov, 75, Kazakhstani artist, designed the national flag.[345]
- Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, 53, Italian-born South African politician, MP (since 2009), lung cancer.[346]
- Peter Scholl-Latour, 90, German newspaper and television journalist, Middle East correspondent and author.[347]
- Fernand St Germain, 86, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Rhode Island's 1st district (1961–1989).[348]
- Tsang Shu-ki, 64, Hong Kong economist and social activist (Meeting Point).[349]
17
- Abdullah Yeop Noordin, 74, Malaysian football player.[350]
- Emilia Castro de Barish, 98, Costa Rican diplomat.[351]
- Rosalba Rincon Castell, 79, Colombian fencing coach.[352]
- Dragoljub Čirić, 78, Serbian chess player.[353]
- Sammy Conn, 52, Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians, Falkirk), motor neurone disease.[354]
- Christian Cuch, 70, French cyclist.[355]
- Caterina De Nave, 67, New Zealand television and film producer (Shortland Street).[356]
- Ger van Elk, 73, Dutch artist.[357]
- Cliff Frazier, 61, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs) and actor (North Dallas Forty, House Party), lung cancer.[358]
- Michael A. Hoey, 79, British producer, director and screenwriter (Fame, Falcon Crest).[359]
- Arend van 't Hoft, 80, Dutch Olympic cyclist.[360]
- Ricardo Izurieta, 71, Chilean military officer, Army Commander-in-chief (1998–2002).[361]
- Raymond Kalinowski, 72, American politician.[362]
- Børre Knudsen, 76, Norwegian minister and anti-abortion activist.[363]
- Pierre Lagaillarde, 83, French politician, a founder of the OAS.[364]
- Wolfgang Leonhard, 93, German historian, last living member of the Ulbricht Group.[365]
- Rebecca Lepkoff, 98, American photographer.[366]
- Marie Little, 81, Australian sport administrator.[367]
- Sophie Masloff, 96, American politician, Mayor of Pittsburgh (1988–1994).[368]
- Royall T. Moore, 83, American-born British mycologist.[369]
- Miodrag Pavlović, 85, Serbian poet, writer and critic.[370]
- Bill Pickering, 93, English swimmer.[371]
- Sérgio Rodrigues, 84, Brazilian Olympic swimmer and water polo player.[372]
- David Russell, 75, South African Anglican prelate, Bishop of Grahamstown (1987–2004).[373]
- Nicholas Russell, 6th Earl Russell, 45, British aristocrat and disability rights campaigner, thrombosis.[374]
- Anatoliy Samotsvetov, 81, Russian Olympic hammer thrower.[375]
- Joanie Spina, 61, American magician.[376]
- Eliaba James Surur, 83, Sudanese politician.[377]
- Dick Teed, 88, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).[378]
- Pierre Vassiliu, 76, Swiss-born French singer.[379]
18
- Suzie d'Auvergne, 71, Saint Lucian barrister and jurist, High Court judge (1990–2004).[380]
- Drew Bernstein, 51, American punk, goth, fetish fashion designer and musician, suicide.[381]
- Ricardo Cabot Boix, 97, Spanish Olympic field hockey player.[382]
- Enoch Callaway, 90, American psychiatrist.[383]
- Per Engebretsen, 67, Norwegian civil servant.[384]
- Gordon Faber, 83, American politician.[385]
- Frank Fossella, 88, American politician.[386]
- Sam Galbraith, 68, British politician, MP and MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden.[387]
- James Alexander Gordon, 78, British radio broadcaster (BBC Radio 5 Live).[388]
- Elmer Gray, 91, American baseball scout.[389]
- Lawrence N. Guarino, 92, American Air Force colonel, prisoner of war.[390]
- Drew Hutton, 60, Canadian politician.[391]
- Hashim Khan, 100, Pakistani squash player, heart failure.[392]
- Jim Jeffords, 80, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Vermont's at-large district (1975–1989), Senator for Vermont (1989–2007).[393]
- Levente Lengyel, 81, Hungarian chess player.[394]
- Hans-Joachim Merker, 84, German physician and anatomist.[395]
- Jean Nicolay, 76, Belgian footballer, winner of the Belgian Golden Shoe (1963).[396]
- Paul Nguyên Thanh Hoan, 74, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiêt (2001–2009).[397]
- Don Pardo, 96, American radio and television announcer (Saturday Night Live, Jeopardy!).[398]
- Nobuyuki Sekiyama, 80, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives for Niigata's 1st district (1983–1996), stomach cancer.[399]
- Doug Williams, 91, Australian footballer (Carlton).[400]
19
- Ameyo Adadevoh, 57, Nigerian physician, Ebola virus disease.[401]
- Samih al-Qasim, 75, Palestinian Druze poet and journalist, cancer.[402]
- Elaine M. Alphin, 58, American author.[403]
- Carlos Arango, 86, Colombian footballer.[404]
- Joginder Singh Bakshi, 81, Indian lieutenant general.[405]
- Mercedes Baptista, 93, Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer, diabetes.[406]
- M. J. Bayarri, 57, Spanish statistician.[407]
- Jacques Beaulieu, 82, Canadian physicist.[408]
- Simin Behbahani, 87, Iranian writer and poet.[409]
- Manuel da Costa, 68, Portuguese Olympic equestrian.[410]
- Richard Dauenhauer, 72, American poet, historian and translator, expert on Tlingit history and language, pancreatic cancer.[411]
- Linda Dégh, 94, Hungarian-born American folklorist and academic.[412]
- Joe Edwards, 59, American politician.[413]
- Francisco García Escalero, 66, Spanish serial killer.[414]
- James Foley, 40, American photojournalist, beheading.[415] (death reported on this date)
- Tom Forehand, 67, American politician, cancer.[416]
- Yves Fortier, 100, Canadian geologist.[417]
- Sam Foster, 82, British politician, MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone (1998–2003).[418]
- Hayk Ghazaryan, 83, Armenian historian.[419]
- Bob Glading, 94, New Zealand golfer, winner of New Zealand Open (1946, 1947).[420]
- Brian G. Hutton, 79, American actor (King Creole) and film director (Kelly's Heroes, Where Eagles Dare), complications from a heart attack.[421]
- Grantland Johnson, 65, American politician.[422]
- Gladys Keating, 91, American civic activist and politician.[423]
- Kåre Kolberg, 78, Norwegian composer.[424]
- Adyar K. Lakshman, 80, Indian dancer.[425]
- Geoffrey Leech, 78, British linguist.[426]
- Candida Lycett Green, 71, British author, pancreatic cancer.[427]
- Jackie Mayo, 89, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).[428]
- George Munroe, 92, American basketball player (St. Louis Bombers, Boston Celtics).[429]
- Dinu Patriciu, 64, Romanian businessman and politician, liver disease.[430]
- Tom Pevsner, 87, German-born British film producer (GoldenEye, Julia).[431]
- Henry Plée, 91, French karate master.[432]
- Odessa Sathyan, 56, Indian documentary filmmaker, pancreatic cancer.[433]
- David St John Thomas, 84, English publisher and writer.[434]
- Deborah Sussman, 83, American graphic designer and artist, breast cancer.[435]
- Walter Thirring, 87, Austrian physicist.[436]
- Maruxa Vilalta, 81, Mexican playwright and theatre director.[437]
- Jean-Pierre Voisin, 81, Swiss Olympic basketball player.[438]
- Gershon Yankelewitz, 104, Belarusian-born American rabbi.[439]
20
- Eric Barber, 72, Irish footballer (Shelbourne).[440]
- Laurie Baymarrwangga, 96-97, Australian Aboriginal traditional owner.[441]
- Tamás Beck, 85, Hungarian politician, Minister of Trade (1988–1990).[442]
- Anton Buslov, 30, Russian blogger and magazine columnist (The New Times).[443]
- Lois Mai Chan, 80, American librarian, professor and author.[444]
- Boris Dubin, 67, Russian sociologist and translator.[445]
- Joseph J. Fauliso, 98, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1980–1991).[446]
- Morteza Hosseini Fayaz, 85, Iraqi Twelver Marja'.[447]
- Ken Griffiths, 69, New Zealand-born British photographer, complications from motor neuron disease.[448]
- Christian Guilbert, 86, French Olympic rower.[449]
- Herm Hedderick, 84, American basketball player (New York Knicks).[450]
- B. K. S. Iyengar, 95, Indian yogi, founder of Iyengar Yoga, heart attack and renal failure.[451]
- Nafe Katter, 86, American actor and stage director.[452]
- Buddy MacMaster, 89, Canadian fiddler.[453]
- Margaret Marks, 96, New Zealand cricketer.[454]
- John Bryce McLeod, 84, British mathematician.[455]
- Aiko Miyawaki, 84, Japanese sculptor, pancreatic cancer.[456]
- Rudy Ortiz, 51, Guatemalan military officer, head of the military, helicopter crash.[457]
- José Luis Saldívar, 60, Mexican football player (Monterrey) and coach (Cruz Azul), cardiac arrest.[458]
- Earleen Sizemore, 76, American politician.[459]
- Sava Stojkov, 89, Serbian painter.[460]
- Edmund Szoka, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, cardinal, Archbishop of Detroit (1981–1990), President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (1997–2006).[461]
- Jan Thorstensen, 81, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier (1956).[462]
- Andrew F. Wissemann, 86, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Western Massachusetts.[463]
21
- Raed al Atar, c. 40, Palestinian militant (Hamas), missile strike.[464]
- Gerry Anderson, 69, British broadcaster (BBC Northern Ireland).[465]
- Helen Bamber, 89, British psychotherapist.[466]
- Don Clark, 96, English footballer (Bristol City).[467]
- Robert E. Connick, 97, American professor emeritus (UC Berkeley).[468]
- Mohammad Dabbas, 86–87, Jordanian politician, Minister of Finance (1976–1979).[469]
- Joan Erbe, 87, American artist.[470]
- Karen Gale, 65, American neuroscientist.[471]
- Peter Handrinos, 42, American author.[472]
- Robert Hansen, 75, American convicted serial killer.[473]
- Robert Herkes, 83, American politician, member of the Hawaii State Legislature.[474]
- Glyn Jenkins, 87, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1970–1982).[475]
- John Macklin, 66, British Hispanist.[476]
- Maximum Capacity, 46, American professional wrestler, colorectal cancer.[477]
- Steven R. Nagel, 67, American astronaut, melanoma.[478]
- Jean Redpath, 77, Scottish folk singer-songwriter, cancer.[479]
- Albert Reynolds, 81, Irish politician, Taoiseach (1992–1994).[480]
- Mary Thomas, 70, American Pima politician, first female Governor of the Gila River Indian Community (1994–2000).[481]
- Verna Vels, 81, South African screenwriter and programme director.[482]
- Robert Wiemer, 76, American television director (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Superboy, The Night Train to Kathmandu).[483]
22
- Abu Mosa, Islamic State press officer, air strike.[484]
- John Fellows Akers, 79, American businessman, President (1983–1989) and CEO (1985–1993) of IBM.[485]
- U. R. Ananthamurthy, 81, Indian writer, cardiac arrest and renal failure.[486]
- Lekhraj Bachani, 85, Indian politician, member of the Rajya Sabha (2000–2006).[487]
- Donald A. Beattie, 83, American aerospace scientist.[488]
- John Binienda, 67, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (since 1986), diabetes and kidney disease.[489]
- Jean Sutherland Boggs, 92, Canadian art historian, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1979–1982).[490]
- Winifred Dawson, 85, English librarian and biographer, stroke.[491]
- Sir Philip Dowson, 90, British architect.[492]
- Bohumila Grögerová, 93, Czech poet, recipient of the Magnesia Litera (2009).[493]
- Jack Harris, 91, Australian golf player.[494]
- Stella K. Hershan, 99, Austrian-American novelist.[495]
- Franz Hillenkamp, 78, German scientist.[496]
- Richard Holden, 67, American highway patrolman.[497]
- Peter Hopkirk, 83, British journalist and author (The Great Game).[498]
- Jean-Marie Joubert, 82, French Olympic cyclist.[499]
- Emmanuel Kriaras, 107, Greek lexicographer and philologist, heart attack.[500]
- Pete Ladygo, 86, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[501]
- Noella Leduc, 80, American baseball player (AAGPBL).[502]
- Helen Mason, 99, New Zealand potter.[503]
- Nariman Mehta, 94, Indian-born American pharmacologist.[504]
- Roy Andrew Miller, 89, American linguist.[505]
- John Miscovich, 96, American inventor and gold miner.[506]
- Bruce L. Monks, 90, American politician.[507]
- Renato Mori, 79, Italian actor and voice actor. (La Piovra)[508]
- Douglas Sang Hue, 82, Jamaican cricket umpire.[509]
- John Satterwhite, 71, American Olympic shooter (1976).[510]
- Amy Shuman, 89, American baseball player.[511]
- Adel Smith, 54, Italian Muslim activist.[512]
- John Sperling, 93, American businessman, founder of the University of Phoenix.[513]
- John S. Waugh, 85, American chemist and professor (MIT), recipient of the Irving Langmuir Award (1976) and the Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1983).[514]
- Ed Whitaker, 76, American stock car team owner.[515]
23
- Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, 24, Cameroonian footballer (Douala AC, Perak FA, JS Kabylie), head injury from projectile.[516]
- Jaime Giraldo Ángel, 84, Colombian politician and psychologist, Minister of Justice (1990–1991).[517]
- Sally Buck, 83, American baseball team part-owner (Philadelphia Phillies).[518]
- Jack Edwards, 83, Australian football player (North Melbourne).[519]
- Dursun Ali Eğribaş, 81, Turkish Olympic wrestler (1956).[520]
- Michael Field, 81, American gastroenterologist.[521]
- Inga Juuso, 68, Norwegian singer and actress.[522]
- Annefleur Kalvenhaar, 20, Dutch cross-country cyclist, European Cyclo-cross under-23 champion (2013), race collision.[523]
- Dan Magill, 93, American college tennis coach and sports information director (Georgia Bulldogs).[524]
- Hajo Meyer, 90, German-Dutch physicist and Holocaust survivor.[525]
- William Thomson Newnham, 91, Canadian educationalist, President of Seneca College.[526]
- Adnan Omran, 57–58, Syrian general, landmine.[527]
- Ahti Pekkala, 89, Finnish politician, Speaker of the Parliament (1978–1979), Governor of Oulu Province (1986–1991).[528]
- Jindřich Pokorný, 87, Czech translator.[529]
- Marcel Rigout, 86, French politician.[530]
- Philippine de Rothschild, 80, French winemaker.[531]
- Bobo Sikorski, 87, Canadian football player (BC Lions).[532]
- Birgitta Stenberg, 82, Swedish author, illustrator and translator, hepatocellular carcinoma.[533]
- Jaume Vallcorba Plana, 64, Spanish philologist and publisher.[534]
- Elsa Wiezell, 87, Paraguayan poet.[535]
24
- Richard Attenborough, 90, English actor (The Great Escape, Jurassic Park) and film director (Gandhi), Oscar winner (1983).[536]
- Greg Corbett, 41, American banjo player.[537]
- Alexander Monteith Currie, 86, British university administrator.[538]
- Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, 86, Brazilian businessman, CEO of the Votorantim Group, heart failure.[539]
- Aldo Donati, 66, Italian singer, composer and television personality, cerebral hemorrhage.[540]
- Bekir Sıtkı Erdoğan, 88, Turkish poet and songwriter.[541]
- Eduard Giray, 65, German Olympic wrestler.[542]
- Noël Lajoie, 86, French cyclist.[543]
- Harold G. Maier, 77, American legal scholar.[544]
- Douglas McCain, 33, American Islamic militant (ISIS).[545]
- K. Mohan, 89, Indian film producer (Pasamalar).[546]
- Merton Sandler, 88, British chemical pathologist.[547]
- Leonid Stadnyk, 44, Ukrainian farmer, world's tallest man claimant, brain haemorrhage.[548]
- Arthur Wade, 95, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Newcastle (1968–1988).[549]
- Eduardo White, 50, Mozambican writer.[550]
- Enrique Zileri, 83, Peruvian publisher.[551]
25
- Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan, 89, Swedish psychologist.[552]
- Anne Borsay, 59, British medical historian.[553]
- John Brandon, 85, American actor (The Bold and the Beautiful, Dynasty, Scarface).[554]
- Csaba Csutorás, 76, Hungarian Olympic sprinter (1960, 1964).[555]
- William Greaves, 87, American documentary filmmaker (Symbiopsychotaxiplasm).[556]
- Ramón Echarren Istúriz, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Canarias (1978–2005).[557]
- Hildur Krog, 92, Norwegian botanist.[558]
- Martin Magga, 60, Solomon Islander politician, MP for Temotu Pele (since 2010).[559]
- Alfredo Martini, 93, Italian cyclist and coach (national team).[560]
- Marcel Masse, 78, Canadian politician, MP for Frontenac (1984–1993), MNA for Montcalm (1966–1973).[561]
- Karl Molitor, 94, Swiss alpine skier, Olympic silver and bronze medalist (1948).[562]
- Lars Mortimer, 68, Swedish comic artist.[563]
- Nico M. M. Nibbering, 76, Dutch chemist.[564]
- Carla Rotolo, 73, American folk music researcher.[565]
- Len Terry, 90, English motorsport engineer, (Lotus, BRM).[566]
- Uziah Thompson, 78, Jamaican percussionist, heart attack.[567]
- Bob Warren, 68, American basketball player.[568]
- Arthur Henry White, 90, American business consultant.[569]
- John Wu Shi-zhen, 93, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Nanchang (1990–2011).[570]
26
- Christian Bourquin, 59, French politician, President of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon (since 2010), cancer.[571]
- Carlos de la Madrid Virgen, 74, Mexican politician, Governor of Colima (1991–1997).[572]
- Simon Featherstone, 56, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Malaysia (2010–2014), Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein (2004–2008).[573]
- Peter Bacon Hales, 63, American historian and photographer, traffic collision.[574]
- Darrell Lynn Judge, 79, American physicist.[575]
- Caroline Kellett, 54, British fashion journalist.[576]
- Sir Douglas Morpeth, 90, British accountant.[577]
- John Joseph Nevins, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Venice in Florida (1984–2007).[578]
- Dalton Paranaguá, 87, Brazilian politician, mayor of Londrina (1969–1973).[579]
- Jim Petrie, 82, British cartoonist (Minnie the Minx).[580]
- Chūsei Sone, 76, Japanese film director (Angel Guts: Red Classroom), pneumonia.[581]
- David E. Sorensen, 81, American Latter-day Saints leader.[582]
- Bob Wilson, 88, American basketball player.[583]
- Masakane Yonekura, 80, Japanese actor and stage director, abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture.[584]
27
- Givi Agrba, 77, Abkhazian politician.[585]
- Amadou Balaké, 70, Burkinabé singer.[586]
- Jean-François Beltramini, 66, French footballer.[587]
- Yehezkel Braun, 92, Israeli composer.[588]
- Jim Briscoe, 90, English footballer.[589]
- Al Carrell, 88, American home improvement expert and columnist, pneumonia.[590]
- Frank Corner, 94, New Zealand diplomat.[591]
- Roy Crimmins, 85, English jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.[592]
- Jacques Friedel, 93, French physicist.[593]
- Gábor Gabos, 84, Hungarian pianist.[594]
- Jan Groth, 68, Norwegian singer (Aunt Mary, Just 4 Fun), cancer.[595]
- Bobby Kinloch, 79, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).[596]
- Guy Lacroix, 76, Canadian politician, heart attack.[597]
- Herbert Lottman, 87, American biographer.[598]
- Richard Luke, 66, Australian rules footballer (South Melbourne).[599]
- Alfredo Chavez Marquez, 92, American federal judge.[600]
- Jimmy Nesbitt, 79, Northern Irish police detective, investigated Shankill Butchers.[601]
- Peret, 79, Spanish singer, guitarist and composer, lung cancer.[602]
- Valeri Petrov, 94, Bulgarian poet, screenwriter (Yo Ho Ho), playwright and translator, stroke.[603]
- Benno Pludra, 88, German children's author.[604]
- Orlando Polmonari, 90, Italian Olympic gymnast (1960).[605]
- Victor J. Stenger, 79, American physicist and author, aortic aneurysm.[606]
- Marjorie Strider, 83, American artist.[607]
- Sandy Wilson, 90, English composer and lyricist (The Boy Friend).[608]
- Xia Peisu, 91, Chinese computer scientist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[609]
28
- Ali al-Sayyed, 29, Lebanese soldier, decapitated.[610] (death announced on this date)
- France Anglade, 72, French actress.
- Margaret E. Bailey, 98, American nurse.[611]
- Joe Bethancourt, 68, American folk musician.[612]
- Pierre Brabant, 89, Canadian composer and pianist.[613]
- Yondani Butt, 69, Chinese conductor (music).[614]
- Roberto Cairo, 51, Spanish actor (Cuéntame cómo pasó), lung cancer.[615]
- Roger Clarke, 74, Jamaican politician, Minister of Agriculture (since 2012).[616]
- G. Bradford Cook, 77, American lawyer.[617]
- Glenn Cornick, 67, British bassist (Jethro Tull), heart failure.[618]
- Andrew Cray, 28, American activist and political figure, oral cancer.[619]
- Carlos Alberto Etcheverry, 81, Argentine footballer.[620]
- Hal Finney, 58, American cryptographer and programmer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[621]
- Mary Featherstonhaugh Frampton, 86, British civil servant.[622]
- Hans Hoets, 93, Dutch World War II resistance fighter.[623]
- Hal Hunter, 82, American football coach (California Vulcans).[624]
- Ivan Ivančić, 76, Croatian Yugoslav Olympic shot putter (1972, 1976) and coach.[625]
- Andrew Kay, 95, American computer pioneer.[626]
- Bill Kerr, 92, South African-born Australian actor and comedian (Hancock's Half Hour).[627]
- Jack Kraft, 93, American college basketball coach (Villanova Wildcats, Rhode Island Rams).[628]
- Patrick le Rolland, 71, French Olympic equestrian.[629]
- Hans Möhr, 98, Swiss Olympic equestrian (1960, 1964).[630]
- David Murphy, 93, American CIA officer, heart failure.[631]
- Norihiro Nakajima, 64, Japanese manga artist, colorectal cancer.[632]
- Penelope Niven, 75, American academic and biographer, brain aneurysm.[633]
- Alan Reynolds, 88, British artist.[634]
- John Anthony Walker, 77, American naval officer, convicted of spying for the Soviet Union.[635]
- Fernando Zunzunegui, 70, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid).[636]
29
- Kurt Bachmann, 78, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1960).[637]
- Jane Baker, 91, British television writer (Doctor Who, Space: 1999, Watt on Earth).[638]
- David Bala, 67, Singaporean comedian and actor, heart disease.[639]
- Michael Banda, 84, Sri Lankan socialist activist.[640]
- Brasse Brännström, 69, Swedish actor (Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter), heart attack.[641]
- Greg Brown, 62, American painter.[642]
- Octavio Brunetti, 39, Argentine tango pianist.[643]
- Jesse Castete, 80, American football player.[644]
- Shamim Farooqui, 70, Indian poet.[645]
- Sir Jasper Hollom, 96, English banker, Chief Cashier of the Bank of England (1962–1966), Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (1970–1980).[646]
- George L. Little, 63, American costume designer (Apocalypse Now, Jarhead, The Hurt Locker).[647]
- Simon Akwali Okafor, 79, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Awka (1994–2010).[648]
- Ryūko Seihō, 73, Japanese sumo wrestler and actor, heart attack.[649]
- Eberhard Sengpiel, 73–74, German sound engineer.[650]
- Rosella Towne, 96, American actress (Yes My Darling Daughter).[651]
- Björn Waldegård, 70, Swedish rally driver, world champion (1979), cancer.[652]
30
- Lucien Bahuma, 57, Congolese army officer, heart attack.[653]
- Charles Bowden, 69, American writer.[654]
- Cherlynlavaughn Bradley, 62, American chemist.[655]
- Bipan Chandra, 86, Indian historian.[656]
- Igor Decraene, 18, Belgian cyclist, winner of the UCI Road World Championships – Junior men's time trial (2013), hit by train.[657]
- Shaban Demiraj, 94, Albanian albanologist and linguist.[658]
- Philippe Gurdjian, 69, French car racing promoter (French Grand Prix) and driver (24 Hours of Le Mans).[659]
- Mayumi Inaba, 64, Japanese writer, Tanizaki Prize recipient, pancreatic cancer.[660]
- Shlomo Kalo, 86, Israeli writer.[661]
- Doone Kennedy, 87, Australian politician, first female Lord Mayor of Hobart (1986–1996).[662]
- Teodoro Luña, 75, Peruvian Olympic footballer.[663]
- Victoria Mallory, 65, American singer and actress, pancreatic cancer.[664]
- Kirby McCauley, 72, American literary agent, renal failure.[665]
- Andrew V. McLaglen, 94, British film and television director (McLintock!, Gunsmoke, Rawhide).[666]
- Sir David Mitchell, 86, British politician, MP for Basingstoke (1964–1983) and North West Hampshire (1983–1997).[667]
- Dennis Nordfelt, 71, American politician.[668]
- Felipe Osterling, 82, Peruvian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice (1980–1981), Senator (1985–1992).[669]
- Jean-Pierre Perrinelle, 65, French Olympic hurdler.[670]
- Joseph E. Persico, 84, American writer.[671]
- Manuel Pertegaz, 96, Spanish fashion designer.[672]
- Bohumil Prošek, 85, Czech Olympic ice hockey player (1956).[673]
- Jack Wayman, 92, American businessman.[674]
- Ann Zwinger, 89, American natural history author.[675]
31
- Abdul Alim, 83, Bangladeshi politician.[676]
- Ștefan Andrei, 83, Romanian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1978–1985).[677]
- Bapu, 80, Indian film director and cartoonist, cardiac arrest.[678]
- Yves Carcelle, 66, French businessman, kidney cancer.[679]
- Bobbie Clarke, 74, British drummer, cancer.[680]
- Kenneth Clarke, Australian field hockey player.[681]
- Flip Fraser, 62, Jamaican-British journalist and playwright.[682]
- Stan Goldberg, 82, American comic book artist (Archie), stroke.[683]
- Josef Hrnčíř, 93, Czech conductor.[684]
- Lajos Kiss, 80, Hungarian canoer, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).[685]
- María Eugenia Llamas, 70, Mexican actress, cardiac arrest.[686]
- Leon Milo, 57, American composer and musician.[687]
- Viktor Radev, 77, Bulgarian Olympic basketball player (1956, 1960).[688]
- Peter Stursberg, 101, Canadian writer and broadcaster.[689]
- Carol Vadnais, 68, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, California Golden Seals, New York Rangers), cancer.[690]
- Jonathan Williams, 71, British racing driver.[691]