Deaths in August 2016
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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 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.
August 2016
1
- Queen Anne of Romania, 92, French-born Romanian royal.[1]
- Frank Blas, 75, Guamanian politician, Lieutenant Governor (1987–1995), cancer.[2]
- Peter Paul Brennan, 75, American Old Catholic prelate, Archbishop of New York.[3]
- Donald J. Butz, 83, American major general.[4]
- Óscar Celli Gerbasi, 70, Venezuelan politician, Governor of Carabobo (1985–1989).[5]
- Alfred Dennis, 93, American actor (The Jerk, The Shootist, Get Shorty).[6]
- Dai Dower, 83, Welsh Olympic flyweight boxer (1952) and European champion (1955).[7]
- Trayan Dyankov, 40, Bulgarian football player and manager (FC Spartak Varna).[8]
- Andre Hajdu, 84, Hungarian-born Israeli composer and educator (Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University).[9]
- Mike Howell, 73, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins).[10]
- Yabezi Kiiza, 78, Ugandan politician, Prime Minister of Bunyoro (2009–2012).[11]
- Jonathan D. Krane, 65, American film producer (Face/Off, Look Who's Talking, Michael).[12]
- Harrie Langman, 85, Dutch politician, Minister of Economic Affairs (1971–1973).[13]
- Elaine Ling, 69, Hong Kong-born Canadian photographer, lung cancer.[14]
- Louis Marriott, 81, Jamaican actor, director, writer and broadcaster.[15]
- Jennifer Moyle, 95, British biochemist.[16]
- Jim Northrup, 73, American Ojibwe writer, kidney cancer.[17]
- Raimundo Ongaro, 91, Argentine union leader (CGTA).[18]
- Allen K. Ono, 82, American army lieutenant general.[19]
- Aydin Onur, 81, Turkish Olympic sprinter.[20]
- Sir Derek Oulton, 89, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery (1982–1989).[21]
- Michel Prévost, 90, French Olympic sport shooter.[22]
- Muneo Tokunaga, 71, Japanese Indologist.[23]
- George Brigars Williams, 87, Ghanaian actor.[24]
2
- Terence Bayler, 86, New Zealand actor (Monty Python's Life of Brian, Time Bandits, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone).[25]
- Jonathan Borwein, 65, Scottish mathematician.[26]
- Tony Chater, 86, British newspaper editor and communist activist.[27]
- Forbes Carlile, 95, Australian swimming coach and modern pentathlete.[28]
- Gordon Danby, 86, American physicist and inventor.[29]
- John Fox, 87, English cricketer.[30]
- James Martin Hayes, 92, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1967–1990).[31]
- David Huddleston, 85, American actor (The Big Lebowski, Blazing Saddles, Santa Claus: The Movie), heart and kidney disease.[32]
- Gert Kölli, 76, Austrian Olympian
- René Landry, 79, Canadian politician.[33]
- Robert Mabro, 81, Egyptian economist.[34]
- Franciszek Macharski, 89, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków (1979–2005).[35]
- Juan Carlos Mesa, 86, Argentine humorist.[36]
- Álvaro Pérez Intriago, 79, Ecuadorian politician, member of the National Congress (1984–1986, 1996–2002), Mayor of Quito (1978–1982).[37]
- Greg Stemrick, 64, American football player (Houston Oilers), heart attack.[38]
- Neil Wilkinson, 61, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers, Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra).[39]
- Ahmed Zewail, 70, Egyptian-American scientist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999).[40]
3
- Shahram Amiri, 38, Iranian nuclear scientist, execution by hanging.[41]
- Chris Amon, 73, New Zealand motor racing driver, cancer.[42]
- Mansueto Bianchi, 66, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Volterra (2000–2006) and Pistoia (2006–2014).[43]
- Elizabeth Colson, 99, American social anthropologist.[44]
- Russell Coughlin, 56, Welsh footballer (Carlisle, Plymouth, Swansea), traffic collision.[45]
- Louis Herman, 86, American marine biologist, bile duct cancer.[46]
- Mel Hurtig, 84, Canadian publisher and political activist, pneumonia.[47]
- Abdul Jeelani, 62, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers, Dallas Mavericks).[48]
- Blake Krikorian, 48, American businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Slingbox, heart attack.[49]
- Steve LaTourette, 62, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio's 14th district (1995–2013), pancreatic cancer.[50]
- Ricci Martin, 62, American musician.[51]
- Shakira Martin, 30, American-born Jamaican model and beauty queen, Miss Jamaica Universe (2011), sickle-cell disease.[52]
- Robert Rosencrans, 89, American businessman, chairman of C-SPAN.[53]
- Irving Sablosky, 92, American diplomat.[54]
- Elliot Tiber, 81, American artist and writer (Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life), stroke.[55]
4
- Jean Antone, 73, American professional wrestler (AWA, AJW, CSW).[56]
- Eugene Atkinson, 89, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district (1979–1983).[57]
- Bruce Burrell, 63, Australian murderer, liver and lung cancer.[58]
- Peggy Cramer, 79, American baseball player (AAGPBL).[59]
- David Dudley Dowd Jr., 87, American federal judge, member of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (1982–1996).[60]
- Saeed Madibo, Sudanese politician.[61]
- Patrice Munsel, 91, American coloratura soprano.[62]
- Albert Nicholas, 85, American businessman and philanthropist.[63]
- Robert Ramsay, 42, American baseball player (Seattle Mariners), seizure.[64]
- Snaffu Rigor, 69, Filipino singer and songwriter, lung cancer.[65]
- Craven C. Rogers Jr., 81, American air force lieutenant general.[66]
- Gaspar Saladino, 88, American comic book letterer (Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, Arkham Asylum).[67]
- Zinaida Sharko, 87, Russian stage actress.[68]
- Likas Tarigan, 92, Indonesian politician, member of the People's Consultative Assembly (1978–1988).[69]
- Charles Toubé, 58, Cameroonian footballer (Tonnerre Yaoundé, national team).[70]
- Ducksy Walsh, 50, Irish handball player.[71]
5
- Hans-Jürgen Appelrath, 64, German educator (University of Oldenburg).[72]
- David Attwooll, 67, British poet and publisher, Erdheim–Chester disease.[73]
- Shamim Ara, 78, Pakistani actress and director.[74]
- Alan Bates, 71, American physician and politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (2001–2005) and Senate (since 2005).[75]
- Mahim Bora, 92, Indian writer, brain haemorrhage.[76]
- Leslie Brown, 61, American historian, leukemia.[77]
- Sir Robin Chichester-Clark, 88, British politician, MP for Londonderry (1955–1974).[78]
- Joe Davis, 75, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Carlisle United).[79]
- Don Donnithorne, 90, New Zealand architect.[80]
- Joellyn Duesberry, 72, American landscape artist, pancreatic cancer.[81]
- Alphons Egli, 91, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (1983–1989).[82]
- Richard Fagan, 69, American songwriter and musician, liver cancer.[83]
- Harold Hillman, 85, British scientist, heart failure.[84]
- Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro, 74, Uruguayan politician, Minister of Defence (since 2011), respiratory problems.[85]
- Vander Lee, 50, Brazilian singer-songwriter.[86]
- Leovigildo López Fitoria, 89, Nicaraguan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Granada (1972–2003).[87]
- Ines Mandl, 98, Austrian-born American biochemist.[88]
- George E. Mendenhall, 99, American Biblical scholar.[89]
- Annet Nieuwenhuyzen, 85, Dutch actress.[90]
- Sir Leonard Peach, 83, British civil servant, Chief Executive of the National Health Service (1986–1989).[91]
- Stuart D. B. Picken, 74, Scottish philosopher, academic, and cleric.[92]
- Erling Ree-Pedersen, 94, Norwegian civil servant, Director of Tax Administration (1976–1982).[93]
- Salvador Q. Quizon, 91, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa (1979–2002).[94]
- John Alan Robinson, 86, British philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist.[95]
- Howard Kapnek Schachman, 97, American biochemist, pneumonia.[96]
6
- Mattie Adams, 92, American interior designer.[97]
- Guillermo Anderson, 54, Honduran singer, thyroid cancer.[98]
- Sid Applebaum, 92, American businessman, co-founder of Rainbow Foods.[99]
- José Becerra, 80, Mexican bantamweight boxer, world champion (1959–1960).[100]
- Philip Bialowitz, 90, Polish Holocaust survivor and resistance fighter.[101]
- Chow Lien-hwa, 96, Chinese Baptist minister and theologian.[102]
- Helen Delich Bentley, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Maryland's 2nd district (1985–1995), brain cancer.[103]
- Joani Blank, 79, American entrepreneur (Good Vibrations), Butterfly vibrator inventor, author and feminist sex educator.[104]
- Alfredo Bowman, 82, Honduran herbalist.[105]
- Art Demmas, 83, American football official.[106]
- Alan Dossor, 74, British theatre director.[107]
- Kenneth Durham, 62, British educationalist, headmaster of University College School.[108]
- Midget Farrelly, 71, Australian surfer, world champion (1965), stomach cancer.[109]
- Pete Fountain, 86, American clarinetist.[110]
- Sally Katary, 69, Canadian Egyptologist.[111]
- Ercole Lupinacci, 82, Italian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Lungro (1987–2010).[112]
- Temple Painter, 83, American harpsichordist and organist.[113]
- Ivo Pitanguy, 93, Brazilian plastic surgeon.[114]
- Brian Roberts, 71, Australian footballer (Richmond).[115]
- Mel Slack, 72, English footballer (Southend United, Cambridge United).[116]
- Samuel Robin Spark, 78, Scottish artist.[117]
- Vietnam Veedu Sundaram, 76, Indian screenwriter and film director.[118]
- Jacques Terzian, 94, American sculptor and furniture designer.[119]
- Norman Twain, 85, American stage and film producer (Lean on Me, Bajour, My Dog Tulip).[120]
- Michael Walter, 57, German Olympic luger (1984, 1988), world champion (1985).[121]
- Don Welch, 84, American poet and academic.[122]
- Jan Wilsgaard, 86, Norwegian-born Swedish automobile designer (Volvo).[123]
- Walter C. Young, 91, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1972–1992).[124]
7
- Pierre Bangoura, 77–78, Guinean footballer.[125]
- David M. Borden, 79, American jurist, Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1990–2007), pancreatic cancer.[126]
- John Boreland, 46, Northern Irish loyalist activist, shot.[127]
- Yuri Bregel, 90, Russian historian.[128]
- Larry Brink, 92, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).[129]
- Alfonso Bruno, 82, Venezuelan Olympic sprinter.[130]
- Gustavo Bueno, 91, Spanish philosopher.[131]
- Rodolfo Camacho, 40, Colombian-born Venezuelan cyclist, shot.[132]
- Bryan Clauson, 27, American racing driver, race collision.[133]
- Mito Croes, 70, Aruban politician.[134]
- Joe Duplin, 82, American sailor, world champion (1963).[135]
- H. F. Gierke III, 73, American judge.[136]
- Jack Günthard, 96, Swiss gymnast, Olympic champion (1952).[137]
- Anđelko Klobučar, 85, Croatian composer and organist.[138]
- Sagan Lewis, 62, American actress (St. Elsewhere, Homicide: Life on the Street), cancer.[139]
- Hans Ragnemalm, 76, Swedish judge and academic.[140]
- Sir Ron Scott, 88, New Zealand sports administrator.[141]
- Jack Sears, 86, British race and rally driver.[142]
- Peter Stein, 91, British legal scholar.[143]
- Roy Summersby, 81, English footballer (Crystal Palace, Millwall, Portsmouth).[144]
- B. E. Taylor, 65, American musician ("Vitamin L"), brain cancer.[145]
- Ivo Urbančič, 85, Slovenian philosopher.[146]
- Janus van der Zande, 91, Dutch Olympic marathon runner (1952).[147]
- Dolores Vargas, 80, Spanish singer, complications of leukemia.[148]
- Ruby Winters, 74, American soul singer ("Make Love to Me", "I Will").[149]
8
- M. Bernard Aidinoff, 87, American tax lawyer.[150]
- Nikola Anastasov, 84, Bulgarian actor.[151]
- Ali Baba, 76, Pakistani writer.[152]
- Mikhail Bariban, 67, Russian Olympic triple jumper (1972).[153]
- Doris Bohrer, 93, American intelligence operative.[154]
- Mike Brumley, 78, American baseball player (Washington Senators).[155]
- Makandal Daaga, 80, Trinidadian political activist.[156]
- Edward Daly, 82, Northern Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Derry (1974–1993).[157]
- Željko Kopanja, 61, Bosnian newspaper editor, heart attack.[158]
- Jyothi Lakshmi, 63, Indian actress, leukemia.[159]
- Vijaya Nandasiri, 72, Sri Lankan actor and dramatist.[160]
- Lin Shllaku, 78, Albanian footballer (Partizani Tirana, national team), lung disease.[161]
- Klaus Weber, 80, German biologist.[162]
- George Yarno, 58, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Atlanta Falcons, Houston Oilers), stomach cancer.[163]
9
- Bill Alsup, 78, American race car driver, crane accident.[164]
- Panchu Arunachalam, 76, Indian film writer (Kazhugu, Paayum Puli) and director (Manamagale Vaa), cardiac arrest.[165]
- Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendía, 76, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tarazona (1990–1995) and Vitoria (1995–2016).[166]
- Susan Baer, 65, American transportation executive, cancer.[167]
- Karl Bögelein, 89, German football player and coach (VfB Stuttgart).[168]
- Barendra Krushna Dhal, 77, Indian journalist.[169]
- Bill Dooley, 82, American football coach (North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Tech Hokies, Wake Forest Demon Deacons).[170]
- Robert Finch, 86, American yacht designer, brain hemorrhage.[171]
- Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, 64, British billionaire property developer, heart attack.[172]
- Fabio Garriba, 71, Italian actor (Slap the Monster on Page One).[173]
- Siegbert Horn, 66, German slalom canoeist, Olympic champion (1972).[174]
- Barry Jenner, 75, American actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dallas, Family Matters), acute myeloid leukemia.[175]
- Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi, 96, Pakistani politician, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (1978–1986).[176]
- Bob Kiley, 80, American public transport planner, Alzheimer's disease.[177]
- Jimmy Levine, 61–62, American R&B musician and record producer.[178]
- Jimmy D. Long, 84, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Legislature (1968–2000), traffic collision.[179]
- W. Carter Merbreier, 90, American television personality (Captain Noah and His Magical Ark).[180]
- Ernst Neizvestny, 91, Russian-American sculptor.[181]
- Fred Opert, 77, American racing driver and car dealer.[182]
- Kalikho Pul, 47, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (2016) and MLA for Hayuliang (since 1995), suicide by hanging.[183]
- Philippe Roberts-Jones, 91, Belgian art historian.[184]
- Wang Tuoh, 72, Taiwanese writer and politician, MLY for Keelung (1996–2008), complications of a heart attack.[185]
- Nathaniel Williams, Liberian politician.[186]
10
- Neill Armstrong, 90, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (Edmonton Eskimos, Chicago Bears).[187]
- John Bennett, 84, Irish hurler (Cork).[188]
- Des Calverley, 96, Australian football player (Fitzroy, Richmond).[189]
- Lovell Coleman, 78, American-born Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).[190]
- C. Welborn Daniel, 90, American politician and judge.[191]
- Walter Hollenweger, 89, Swiss theologian and author.[192]
- Donald Lee, 83, South African cricketer.[193]
- Ralph Mason, 77, English singer.[194]
- John H. Moore, 77, American anthropologist.[195]
- Kenneth Osterberger, 86, American politician, member of the Louisiana Senate (1972–1992).[196]
- Harold Peterman, 74, American politician, member of the Delaware House of Representatives (since 2011).[197]
- Steve Pivovar, 63, American sports journalist (Omaha World-Herald).[198]
- John Saunders, 61, Canadian-born American sports journalist (ESPN, The Sports Reporters) and broadcaster (ESPN on ABC).[199]
- Sasi Shanker, 57, Indian film director (Kunjikoonan).[200]
- Cynthia Szigeti, 66, American actress (National Lampoon's European Vacation, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.[201]
- James J. Tietjen, 83, American scientist and businessman.[202]
- Ideler Tonelli, 91, Argentine politician.[203]
- Gerhard Tötschinger, 70, Austrian actor, pulmonary embolism.[204]
- Tom Wilson, 72, American football player and coach (Texas A&M Aggies), cancer.[205]
11
- Hamdi Al Banbi, 80, Egyptian businessman and politician, Petroleum Minister (1991–1999).[206]
- Roly Bain, 62, English priest and clown.[207]
- Charles Bawden, 92, British Mongolist.[208]
- Leon Donohue, 77, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys).[209]
- James B. Dunn, 89, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1973–2000).[210]
- Joel Fallon, 85, American poet, cancer.[211]
- Elmo Fernando, 75, Sri Lankan broadcaster.[212]
- Paul Friedrich, 88, American anthropologist and linguist.[213]
- Hanif Mohammad, 81, Pakistani cricketer (national team).[214]
- Sigbjørn Ravnåsen, 74, Norwegian politician.[215]
- Francesco Sgalambro, 82, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cefalù (2000–2009).[216]
- Alan G. Sharp, 86, American major general.[217]
- Len Steckler, 88, American photographer, illustrator and filmmaker.[218]
- Thomas Steinbeck, 72, American writer and war photographer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[219]
- Sir Ian Turbott, 94, New Zealand diplomat, Administrator of Antigua (1958–1964) and Grenada (1964–1967).[220]
- Glenn Yarbrough, 86, American folk singer ("Baby the Rain Must Fall", "It's Gonna Be Fine", "San Francisco Bay Blues").[221]
12
- Keith Blunt, 77, English football coach (Sutton United, Malmö, Viking), cancer.[222]
- Paul Kraabel, 83, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1971–1975), subdural hematoma.[223]
- Juan Pedro de Miguel, 58, Spanish Olympic handball player (1980, 1984).[224]
- Gonzalo Monte-Manibog, 86, Filipino Olympic wrestler.[225]
- Dick Pappenheim, 87, Dutch Olympic alpine skier.[226]
- Alison Piepmeier, 43, American writer, brain cancer.[227]
- Ljubomir Popović, 81, Serbian painter.[228]
- Halambage Premasiri, 52, Sri Lankan cricket player and administrator.[229]
- Lou Rankin, 87, American sculptor.[230]
- F. William Summers, 83, American librarian and educator.[231]
- Sir Swinton Thomas, 85, British judge.[232]
- Ruby Wilson, 68, American blues, soul and gospel singer, heart attack.[233]
13
- Kenny Baker, 81, British actor (Star Wars, Time Bandits, Flash Gordon).[234]
- Ettore Bernabei, 95, Italian television director and producer.[235]
- Miguel Bortolini, 74, Mexican politician, cancer.[236]
- Connie Crothers, 75, American jazz pianist, cancer.[237]
- William E. Dunn, 90, American politician.[238]
- Patricia English, 84, British actress (The Avengers).[239]
- Pete Finney, 88, American sportswriter.[240]
- Gita Hall, 82, Swedish-American actress (The Gun Runners).[241]
- Allen Kelley, 83, American basketball player, Olympic champion (1960).[242]
- Pramukh Swami Maharaj, 94, Indian religious leader.[243]
- Françoise Mallet-Joris, 86, Belgian writer.[244]
- Emidio Massi, 94, Italian politician, President of Marche (1978–1990).[245]
- Jan Mielniczak, 61, Polish Olympic field hockey player.[246]
- S. P. Sarguna Pandian, 75, Indian politician.[247]
- Michel Richard, 68, French-born American chef, complications from a stroke.[248]
- Adi Sasono, 73, Indonesian politician, Minister of Cooperatives and Small Businesses (1998–1999).[249]
- Joyce Carol Thomas, 78, American poet, playwright, motivational speaker, and author.[250]
- Liam Tuohy, 83, Irish football player and manager (Shamrock Rovers, Newcastle United, national team).[251]
- Holger Ursin, 82, Norwegian physician.[252]
14
- Marion Christopher Barry, 36, American construction company owner, drug overdose.[253]
- Bi Chunfang, 89, Chinese Yue opera performer.[254]
- Neil Black, 84, English oboist.[255]
- María Julia Castillo Rodas, 81, Salvadoran surgeon and politician, President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador (1982–1985).[256]
- Raphael Cheenath, 81, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar (1985–2011).[257]
- Raphael Cheenath, 81, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar (1985–2011).[258]
- Paddy Deagan, 85, Australian rules footballer (South Melbourne).[259]
- DJ Official, 39, American hip hop musician, bone marrow cancer.[260]
- Fyvush Finkel, 93, American actor (Picket Fences, Boston Public, A Serious Man), Emmy winner (1994).[261]
- Christodoulos Floudas, 56, Greek-born American chemical engineer, heart attack.[262]
- Clive Follmer, 84, American basketball player.[263]
- Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, 89, British judge and law lord.[264]
- Aboud Jumbe, 96, Tanzanian politician, President of Zanzibar (1972–1984).[265]
- Hermann Kant, 90, German writer.[266]
- Ron Vander Kelen, 76, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Wisconsin Badgers), MVP of the 1963 Rose Bowl.[267]
- Horst Meyer, 90, Swiss physicist.[268]
- Ken Meyer, 91, American football coach (San Francisco 49ers).[269]
- Na. Muthukumar, 41, Indian lyricist, jaundice.[270]
- Edgar Peltenburg, 74, Canadian archaeologist.[271]
- Lorenzo Piani, 60, Italian singer and songwriter.[272]
- Sohail Qaiser, 51, Pakistani squash player, world champion (1985), cancer.[273]
- Yasumitsu Toyoda, 81, Japanese baseball player (Saitama Seibu Lions, Tokyo Yakult Swallows), pneumonia.[274]
- James Woolley, 49, American keyboardist (Nine Inch Nails, 2wo), Grammy winner (1993).[275]
15
- Hotaru Akane, 32, Japanese pornographic actress.[276]
- Dennis Akumu, 82, Kenyan politician, MP for Nyakach (1969–1973, 1992–1997).[277]
- Dick Assman, 82, Canadian gas station manager.[278]
- Dalian Atkinson, 48, English footballer (Ipswich Town, Aston Villa), tased.[279]
- Mauril Bélanger, 61, Canadian politician, MP for Ottawa—Vanier (since 1995), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[280]
- William R. Beyer, 93, American pilot.[281]
- Choo-Choo Coleman, 78, American baseball player (New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies), cancer.[282]
- Sarath de Abrew, 63, Sri Lankan judge.[283]
- Richard DeWall, 89, American cardiothoracic surgeon.[284]
- Solange Fasquelle, 83, French writer.[285]
- Stefan Henze, 35, German canoeist and coach, Olympic silver medalist (2004), traffic collision.[286]
- Joseph Hone, 79, Irish spy writer.[287]
- Bobby Hutcherson, 75, American jazz musician, emphysema.[288]
- Harold Kalina, 88, American politician.[289]
- Alison Kelly, 102, English art historian.[290]
- Bob Kindred, 76, American jazz saxophonist.[291]
- Monique Koeyers-Felida, 49, Curaçaoan politician, member of the Estates of Curaçao (2010–2015).[292]
- André Lacroix, 94, French Olympic modern pentathlete.[293]
- T. A. Razzaq, 58, Indian screenwriter (Perumazhakkalam).[294]
- Bambi Sheleg, 58, Chilean-born Israeli journalist and magazine editor, cancer.[295]
- Makhenkesi Stofile, 71, South African politician and diplomat, Premier of the Eastern Cape (1997–2004), Minister of Sport and Recreation (2004–2010), Ambassador to Germany (since 2011).[296]
- Richard Wackar, 88, American football and basketball coach (Rowan Profs).[297]
16
- Jean-Guy Allard, 68, Canadian journalist and author.[298]
- Bev Barnes, 65, Canadian Olympic basketball player.[299]
- Fred Barry, 68, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[300]
- Andrew Florent, 45, Australian tennis player, colorectal cancer.[301]
- Jorge García Isaza, 88, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro (1989–2003).[302]
- Charti Lal Goel, 89, Indian politician.[303]
- João Havelange, 100, Brazilian football executive, President of FIFA (1974–1998).[304]
- John McLaughlin, 89, American political commentator and television personality (The McLaughlin Group).[305]
- Jemma Redmond, 38, Irish biotechnologist.[306]
- Ksenya Ponomaryova, 54, Russian editor and media manager, throat cancer.[307]
- Luis Álvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro, 73, Brazilian businessman, President of Santos FC (2010–2014).[308]
- Richard Seminack, 74, American Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (since 2003), cancer.[309]
- Gurdial Singh, 83, Indian writer.[310]
- Ken Thornett, 78, Australian rugby league player (Parramatta Eels, national team, Leeds).[311]
- John Timoney, 68, Irish-born American police officer, chief of Miami Police Department (2003–2010), Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department (1998–2002), lung cancer.[312]
17
- George Anthan, 80, American journalist, cardiac arrest.[313]
- Steve Arlin, 70, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians).[314]
- James R. Bennett, 76, American politician, Secretary of State of Alabama (1993–2003, 2013–2015), cancer.[315]
- Thomas Cholmondeley, 48, Kenyan farmer and landowner, complications after surgery.[316]
- Baby Dalupan, 92, Filipino basketball coach (Crispa, Great Taste, Purefoods), pneumonia.[317]
- John Ellenby, 75, British computer scientist.[318]
- John Fischer, 86, Belgian-born American pianist and composer, stroke.[319]
- Katharine Blodgett Gebbie, 84, American astrophysicist.[320]
- Benson Ginsburg, 98, American behavioral geneticist.[321]
- Nachum Heiman, 82, Latvian-born Israeli composer, recipient of the Israel Prize (2009).[322]
- Arthur Hiller, 92, Canadian-born American film director (Love Story, The Hospital, The In-Laws), President of AMPAS (1993–1997).[323]
- Barry Hollowell, 68, Canadian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Calgary (1999–2005).[324]
- William Landles, 92, Scottish sculptor.[325]
- Jim Malmquist, 85, American football and ice hockey coach.[326]
- Víctor Mora, 85, Spanish comic book writer.[327]
- Barry Myers, 79, British advertising filmmaker.[328]
- Mool Singh, 63, Indian politician, Madhya Pradesh MLA for Raghogarh (1985–1989, 2008–2013), heart attack.[329]
- Renuka Sinha, 67, Indian politician, MP for Cooch Behar (since 2014), heart attack.[330]
- Shelby Westbrook, 94, American World War II pilot (Tuskegee Airmen).[331]
18
- René Bonino, 86, French Olympic sprinter (1952, 1956), silver medalist at 1954 European Championship.[332]
- Rovshan Janiyev, 41, Azerbaijani-Russian criminal, shot.[333]
- Machali, 20, Indian tigress.[334]
- Maxon Mbendera, 57, Malawian judge and chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission.[335]
- Jérôme Monod, 85, French political advisor.[336]
- Michael Napier Brown, 79, British actor, theatre director and playwright.[337]
- Ernst Nolte, 93, German historian.[338]
- Jan van Cauwelaert, 102, Belgian-Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Inongo (1954–1967).[339]
- John William Vessey Jr., 94, American military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1982–1985).[340]
- Esther Wertheimer, 89–90, Polish-born Canadian sculptor.[341]
19
- Trevor Baker, 94, British meteorologist.[342]
- Subrata Banerjee, 71, Indian cricket umpire.[343]
- Judes Bicaba, 69, Burkinabe Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dédougou (since 2005).[344]
- Peter Blundell Jones, 67, British architect and architectural historian.[345]
- Bob Cupp, 76, American golf course designer.[346]
- Adrian Enescu, 68, Romanian composer.[347]
- Jay S. Fishman, 63, American business executive, CEO of Travelers, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[348]
- John T. Flack, 87, American politician.[349]
- Donald Henderson, 87, American physician, smallpox eradication program director, broken hip complications.[350]
- Marco de Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 54, Spanish nobleman.[351]
- Éva Lindner, 90, Hungarian Olympic skater (1948).[352]
- Edward T. Maloney, 88, American aviation historian.[353]
- John Penn Mayberry, 77, American mathematical philosopher.[354]
- Colin O'Brien, 76, British photographer.[355]
- Lou Pearlman, 62, American record producer, music manager (Backstreet Boys, NSYNC) and convicted criminal, cardiac arrest.[356]
- Nina Ponomaryova, 87, Russian discus thrower, Olympic champion (1952, 1960).[357]
- Krzysztof Ptak, 62, Polish cinematographer (Pornografia).[358]
- William T. Quillen, 81, American politician.[359]
- Jack Riley, 80, American actor (The Bob Newhart Show, Rugrats, Spaceballs), pneumonia.[360]
- Horacio Salgán, 100, Argentine tango musician.[361]
- Mohammad Ali Samatar, 81, Somali politician, Prime Minister (1987–1990).[362]
- Bob Skelton, 81, New Zealand jockey, bowel cancer.[363]
- Danus Skene, 72, Scottish politician.[364]
- Derek Smith, 85, British jazz pianist.[365]
- Mira Stupica, 93, Serbian actress (Parada).[366]
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- Sam Bawlf, 72, Canadian politician and author, MLA (1976–1979).[367]
- Judith-Marie Bergan, 67, American actress, cancer.[368]
- Detlev Blanke, 75, German Esperantist.[369]
- Lilia Cuntapay, 81, Filipino actress (Shake, Rattle & Roll, Brokedown Palace, Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay).[370]
- George E. Curry, 69, American journalist, heart failure.[371]
- Daniela Dessì, 59, Italian opera singer, cancer.[372]
- Irving Fields, 101, American pianist.[373]
- Jim Gibbons, 79, American football player (Detroit Lions), double pneumonia.[374]
- Harry Gilmer, 90, American football player (Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions).[375]
- Richard P. Korf, 91, American mycologist.[376]
- Charles-Émile Loo, 94, French politician, member of the European Parliament (1979–1989) and the National Assembly (1967–1968, 1973–1978).[377]
- Eugeniusz Geno Malkowski, 73, Polish artist.[378]
- John J. McGlynn, 94, American politician.[379]
- Ignacio Padilla, 47, Mexican writer, traffic collision.[380]
- Joseph A. Palaia, 89, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1989–2008).[381]
- Richard Peaslee, 86, American composer.[382]
- Luis Rodolfo Peñaherrera Bermeo, 80, Ecuadorian artist.[383]
- Brian Rix, Baron Rix, 92, British actor (And the Same to You) and activist (Mencap).[384]
- Morton Schindel, 98, American film producer.[385]
- Louis Smith, 85, American jazz trumpeter.[386]
- Louis Stewart, 72, Irish jazz guitarist.[387]
- Percival Turnbull, 62, British archaeologist.[388]
- Morris Wessel, 98, American pediatrician.[389]
- M. K. Wren, 78, American science fiction writer.[390]
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- Headley Bennett, 85, Jamaican saxophonist.[391]
- Nick Derbyshire, 73, British architect.[392]
- Abd al-Rahman Fakhri, 79, Yemeni poet and literary critic.[393]
- Basia Frydman, 70, Polish-born Swedish actress (The Slingshot).[394]
- Peter deCourcy Hero, 73, American philanthropy consultant, esophageal cancer.[395]
- Morihiko Hiramatsu, 92, Japanese politician, Governor of Ōita Prefecture (1979–2003).[396]
- Karl Hischier, 91, Swiss Olympic cross-country skier (1952).[397]
- Sir Antony Jay, 86, English broadcaster, director and writer (Yes Minister).[398]
- Per Lønning, 88, Norwegian Lutheran bishop and politician, MP (1958–1965).[399]
- Marin Moraru, 79, Romanian actor.[400]
- Norma Moriceau, 72, Australian costume designer (Mad Max 2, Crocodile Dundee, Patriot Games).[401]
- Mario Novelli, 76, Italian actor.[402]
- Benet Rossell, 78, Spanish artist, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[403]
- Guido Schmidt-Chiari, 84, Austrian banker (Creditanstalt).[404]
- Rab Stewart, 54, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Motherwell, Falkirk).[405]
- Hanako Tokachi, 70, Japanese actress.[406]
22
- Farid Ali, 71, Bangladeshi actor.[407]
- Michael Brooks, 58, American basketball player (La Salle, San Diego Clippers, Indiana Pacers), stroke.[408]
- Jordi Carbonell, 92, Spanish politician, President of ERC (1996–2004).[409]
- Jackson B. Davis, 98, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Legislature (1956–1980).[410]
- Denise Favart, 92, French Olympic figure skater.[411]
- Girolamo Grillo, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia (1983–2006).[412]
- Paul Landreaux, 72, American college basketball coach (El Camino College, Saint Mary's)[413]
- Michael Leader, 77, British actor (EastEnders, Star Wars, Doctor Who).[414]
- Li Yinyuan, 97, Chinese physicist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).[415]
- Liu Dajun, 90, Chinese agricultural scientist, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).[416]
- Edward Malefakis, 84, American history professor.[417]
- V. S. Mani, 74, Indian legal scholar.[418]
- Don McIver, 80, New Zealand military officer, Chief of General Staff (1987–1989), director of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (1991–1999).[419]
- S. R. Nathan, 92, Singaporean politician, President (1999–2011), stroke.[420]
- Geneton Moraes Neto, 60, Brazilian writer and journalist, aortic aneurysm.[421]
- Jacqueline Pagnol, 95, French actress (Topaze).[422]
- Ramón Puig, 87, Cuban Olympic rower.[423]
- Diana Quer, 18, Spanish murder victim.[424]
- Charlie Sands, 68, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels).[425]
- Willie Smith, 84, American football coach.[426]
- Gilli Smyth, 83, English singer (Gong).[427]
- Toots Thielemans, 94, Belgian jazz guitarist, whistler and harmonica player (Man Bites Harmonica!).[428]
- Jane Thompson, 89, American designer and architect, cancer.[429]
23
- Andreas Barkoulis, 80, Greek actor.[430]
- Tekin Bilge, 85–86, Turkish Olympic footballer.[431]
- Barry Chamish, 64, Canadian-born Israeli writer.[432]
- Bryan Clutterbuck, 56, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers), colon cancer.[433]
- Dennis Hackett, 87, British journalist and editor (Queen, Nova, Today).[434]
- Mohammad Heydari, 79, Iranian musician and songwriter, cancer.[435]
- Steven Hill, 94, American actor (Mission: Impossible, Law & Order, The Firm).[436]
- Esther Jungreis, 80, Hungarian-born American religious leader, founder of Hineni, pneumonia.[437]
- Alexander Malta, 77, Swiss operatic bass-baritone.[438]
- William McAllister-Johnson, 77, Canadian academic.[439]
- André Melançon, 74, Canadian film director.[440]
- Berit Mørdre, 76, Norwegian cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1968).[441]
- Evita Muñoz, 79, Mexican actress, pneumonia.[442]
- Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe, 93, American World War II pilot ace and politician, mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi (1973–1981).[443]
- Gerald J. Oppenheimer, 94, American librarian and academic.[444]
- Tony Pasquesi, 83, American football player (Chicago Cardinals).[445]
- Joseph Chilton Pearce, 90, American author.[446]
- Aaron W. Plyler, 89, American politician.[447]
- Mercedes Pulido, 78, Venezuelan politician and diplomat.[448]
- Max Ritvo, 25, American poet, Ewing sarcoma.[449]
- Edgar Schoen, 91, American physician.[450]
- Reinhard Selten, 85, German economist, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1994).[451]
- Henri de Turenne, 94, French journalist and screenwriter.[452]
- Ria Vedder-Wubben, 65, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (2003–2011).[453]
- Elsie Wayne, 84, Canadian politician, MP from Saint John (1993–2004).[454]
- Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas (1983–2005).[455]
24
- Roy Baldwin, 89, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn).[456]
- Juan Bell, 48, Dominican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers), kidney illness.[457]
- Reed Benson, 88, American academic.[458]
- Joel Bergman, 80, American architect (The Mirage).[459]
- Neil Berry, 94, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns).[460]
- Michel Butor, 89, French writer.[461]
- Glen Evans, 80, New Zealand politician.[462]
- Tom Ganley, 73, American businessman and politician.[463]
- Gilles-Gaston Granger, 96, French analytic philosopher.[464]
- Glen Grout, 64, Canadian Olympic diver.[465]
- Laurence Higgins, 87, American Roman Catholic priest.[466]
- George Kaczender, 83, Hungarian-born Canadian film director (In Praise of Older Women).[467]
- Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai, 96, Indian politician, Governor of Haryana (2004–2009), Rajasthan (2007), West Bengal (1998–1999), and Bihar (1979–1985, 1993–1998).[468]
- Shūgorō Nakazato, 96, Japanese martial artist, aspiration pneumonia.[469]
- Walter Scheel, 97, German politician, President of West Germany (1974–1979), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1969–1974) and Vice-Chancellor (1969–1974).[470]
- Gregory P. Schmidt, 69, American politician, cancer.[471]
- Józef Szymański, 90, Polish Olympic bobsledder.[472]
- Roger Y. Tsien, 64, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (2008).[473]
- Miguel Varela, 76, Filipino businessman.[474]
- Henning Voscherau, 75, German politician, Mayor of Hamburg (1988–1997), brain tumor.[475]
- Nina Yeryomina, 82, Russian basketball player, world champion (1959).[476]
25
- Dame Margaret Anstee, 90, British diplomat, Director-General of the UN Office in Vienna (1987–1992).[477]
- Ted Banks, 82, American track and field coach.[478]
- Robert Todd Carroll, 71, American academic, scientific skeptic and writer (The Skeptic's Dictionary), cancer.[479]
- James Cronin, 84, American physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1980).[480]
- Paul Dade, 64, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres), cancer.[481]
- André Dehertoghe, 75, Belgian Olympic middle-distance runner (1968, 1972).[482]
- Maria Eugénia, 89, Portuguese actress.[483]
- Warren Hinckle, 77, American political journalist, pneumonia.[484]
- Rodolfo Illanes, 58, Bolivian politician, beaten.[485]
- Marvin Kaplan, 89, American actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Alice, The Great Race).[486]
- Anna Kurska, 87, Polish politician, member of the Senate (2001–2007).[487]
- Sergey Marchuk, 64, Russian speed skater, European champion (1978).[488]
- Wynona Mulcaster, 101, Canadian painter and teacher.[489]
- Josef Prokeš, 83, Czech Olympic skier.[490]
- Sonia Rykiel, 86, French fashion designer, Parkinson's disease.[491]
- Eddy Silitonga, 65, Indonesian singer.[492]
- G. Spencer-Brown, 93, English polymath.[493]
- Rudy Van Gelder, 91, American recording engineer.[494]
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- Peter Barry, 88, Irish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982–1987), Tánaiste (1987), TD (1969–1997).[495]
- Graham Cairns-Smith, 84, British scientist.[496]
- Paul Comi, 84, American actor (Cape Fear, The Towering Inferno, Rawhide).[497]
- Hatuey de Camps, 69, Dominican politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1979–1982), cancer.[498]
- Joe DeMaestri, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees).[499]
- James Doyle, 78, American politician, Mayor of Pawtucket, Rhode Island (1997–2011).[500]
- Bill Etra, 69, American inventor (Rutt/Etra Video Synthesizer), heart failure.[501]
- Harald Grønningen, 81, Norwegian cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1968).[502]
- Phyllis Harmon, 99, American cycling advocate.[503]
- Steve Korcheck, 84, American baseball player (Washington Senators) and college president (State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota), heart failure.[504]
- Winfried Menrad, 77, German politician, MEP (1989–2004).[505]
- J. Alec Motyer, 91, Irish-born British biblical scholar.[506]
- Michael Phillips, British ice dancer.[507] (death announced on this date)
- Anton Pronk, 75, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[508]
- Martyn Quayle, 57, Manx politician, member of the House of Keys (2001–2011), injuries sustained in a fall.[509]
- Davoud Rashidi, 83, Iranian actor.[510]
- Jānis Reinis, 55, Latvian actor.[511]
- Calie Reitz, 89, South African Olympic wrestler.[512]
- E. Parry Thomas, 95, American banker and businessman.[513]
- Jiří Tichý, 82, Czech football player.[514]
- Erika Wallner, 70, Argentine actress, kidney failure.[515]
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- Alcindo, 71, Brazilian footballer (Grêmio), diabetes.[516]
- Joy Browne, 71, American talk show host.[517]
- Ronnie Cope, 81, English football player and manager (Manchester United, Luton Town).[518]
- Tamim Chowdhury, 30, Bangladeshi-Canadian emir of ISIL in Bangladesh, shot.[519]
- Cookie, 83, Australian-born Major Mitchell's cockatoo, world's oldest parrot, euthanized.[520]
- Alan Cuthbert, 84, British pharmacologist.[521]
- Jaime Davidovich, 79, Argentine-American artist.[522]
- Leon Everitt, 69, American baseball player (San Diego Padres).[523]
- Jean-Paul Fouletier, 77, French Olympic weightlifter (1968, 1972).[524]
- Cesare Gelli, 83, Italian actor.[525]
- Bill Lenkaitis, 70, American football player (New England Patriots), brain cancer.[526]
- Zenzo Matsuyama, 91, Japanese screenwriter and director.[527]
- Edward Quick, 81, American politician.[528]
- Alan Smith, 77, English footballer (Torquay).[529]
- Hans Stenberg, 63, Swedish politician, MP (1991–2010).[530]
- Peter Stephens, 88, British journalist and newspaper editor.[531]
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- Ben Ada, 84, Guamanian politician.[532]
- Hubbard Alexander, 77, American football coach (Dallas Cowboys).[533]
- Sir Ronald Arculus, 93, British diplomat and businessman, Ambassador to Italy (1979–1983).[534]
- Henry Judd Baker, American actor.[535]
- Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, 80, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1984–2014), Defense Minister (2001–2002), kidney disease.[536]
- Mr. Fuji, 82, American professional wrestler and manager (WWF).[537]
- Juan Gabriel, 66, Mexican singer and songwriter, heart attack.[538]
- Lennart Häggroth, 76, Swedish ice hockey player, world champion (1962) and Olympic silver medalist (1964).[539]
- Joe R. Hicks, 75, American social activist.[540]
- Nate Hirsch, 68, American sports broadcaster (Georgia Southern Eagles).[541]
- William H. Lacy Jr., 71, American businessman, CEO of MGIC (1987–1999), respiratory failure.[542]
- Volodymyr Patyk, 89, Ukrainian artist.[543]
- Ken Purchase, 77, British politician, MP (1992–2010).[544]
- Shahid Qadri, 74, Bangladeshi poet, kidney disease.[545]
- Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, 86, Indian politician, Governor of Madhya Pradesh (1993–1998), Uttar Pradesh (1996, 1998), and Bihar (1991–1993).[546]
- Charles Z. Smith, 89, American judge, Justice of the Washington Supreme Court (1988–2002).[547]
- Darrell Ward, 52, American reality television personality (Ice Road Truckers), plane crash.[548]
29
- Erkin Alymbekov, 54, Kyrgyz politician.[549]
- Bronisław Baczko, 92, Polish philosopher.[550]
- Ken Black, 84, Canadian politician.[551]
- Joan Chambers, 86, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Ballarat South (1979–1982).[552]
- Michael Di Pasqua, 63, American jazz drummer.[553]
- Dee Dowis, 48, American football player (U.S. Air Force Academy), traffic collision.[554]
- Erwin Gabathuler, 83, Northern Irish nuclear physicist.[555]
- Nestor Ignat, 98, Romanian journalist.[556]
- Yunus Jaffery, 86, Indian Persian scholar.[557]
- Harry Jepson, 96, English rugby league administrator.[558]
- Tommaso Labranca, 54, Italian writer.[559]
- Ed Latter, 88, New Zealand military officer, politician, MP for Marlborough (1975–1978), and diplomat, High Commissioner to Canada (1980–1985).[560]
- Reg Matthewson, 77, English footballer (Sheffield United, Fulham).[561]
- Anne O'Brien, 60, Irish footballer (Reims, Lazio, Trani).[562]
- Dinanath Pathy, 74, Indian painter and art historian.[563]
- Ann Smyrner, 81, Danish actress (Reptilicus).[564]
- Vedat Türkali, 97, Turkish playwright, novelist and screenwriter, multiple organ dysfunction.[565]
- Gene Wilder, 83, American actor (The Producers, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Young Frankenstein) and screenwriter, Emmy winner (2003), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[566]
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- Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, 38/39, Syrian Islamist leader (ISIL in Syria), bombing.[567]
- Eleanor Barooshian, 66, American rock musician (The Cake).[568]
- Josip Bukal, 70, Bosnian footballer.[569]
- Věra Čáslavská, 74, Czech gymnast, Olympic champion (1964, 1968), pancreatic cancer.[570]
- Dan Dryden, 72, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (since 2011), cancer.[571]
- Dave Durie, 85, English footballer (Blackpool, Chester City).[572]
- Nabile Farès, 75, Algerian-born French novelist.[573]
- Hoot Hester, 65, American fiddle player, cancer.
- Frederick King, 93, Canadian politician, MP (1979–1988).[574]
- David Lavery, 67, American academic and television historian (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).[575]
- Doris McLemore, 89, American teacher, last fluent speaker of the Wichita language.[576]
- Marc Riboud, 93, French photographer.[577]
- Brian Robinson, 76, New Zealand inorganic chemist.[578]
- John Sacher, 76, British retailer (Marks & Spencer).[579]
- George R. Sprague, 78, American politician.[580]
- Joe Sutter, 95, American aeronautical engineer, chief designer of the Boeing 747.[581]
- Zoe Tynan, 18, English footballer, suicide by train.[582]
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- Antonino Fernández Rodríguez, 98, Spanish businessman.[583]
- James Hinesly, 82, American football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).[584]
- Nathan Lyons, 86, American photographer.[585]
- B. Daniel Riley, 70, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1999–2003, 2007–2011).[586]
- Myron Tribus, 94, American organizational theorist.[587]
- David H. Trump, 85, British archaeologist.[588]
- Brian Wildsmith, 86, English painter and children's book illustrator.[589]
- Miles Vaughan Williams, 98, British pharmacologist.[590]
- Mike Yakymyk, 93, Canadian football player (Regina/Saskatchewan Roughriders).[591]
- Kashmiri Lal Zakir, 97, Indian poet and novelist.[592]