Deaths in February 2014
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The following is a list of notable deaths in February 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.
February 2014
1
- Floyd Adams Jr., 68, American politician, Mayor of Savannah, Georgia (1996–2003).[1]
- Antone S. Aguiar Jr., 84, American judge and politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1965–1982).[2]
- Orlanda Amarílis, 89, Cape Verdean author.[3]
- Luis Aragonés, 75, Spanish football player and manager.[4]
- Prospero Nale Arellano, 77, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Prelate of Libmanan (1989–2008).[5]
- Marie-Thérèse Assiga Ahanda, 72, Cameroonian novelist, chemist, and paramount chief.[6]
- Elisabetta Barbato, 92, Italian opera singer.[7]
- Stefan Bozhkov, 90, Bulgarian football player and manager.[8]
- John J. Cali, 95, American real estate developer.[9]
- Gunnar Hallkvist, 95, Swedish Olympic speed skater (1952).[10]
- Reg Harley, 88, Australian footballer (Williamstown, South Melbourne).[11]
- Tony Hateley, 72, English footballer (Notts County).[12]
- Ronald McLelland, 87, Canadian politician.[13]
- Vasily Petrov, 97, Russian military officer, Marshal of the Soviet Union.[14]
- Meine Pit, 82, Dutch politician, Senator (1987–1991, 1993–1999).[15]
- Dave Power, 85, Australian Olympic bronze-medalist athlete (1960).[16]
- Rene Ricard, 67, American poet, painter and art critic, cancer.[17]
- Luis Salvadores, 81, Chilean basketball player.[18]
- Maximilian Schell, 83, Austrian-Swiss actor (Judgment at Nuremberg, Julia, Deep Impact), Oscar winner (1962), pneumonia.[19]
- Ullal Thangal, 94, Indian Sunni Muslim scholar.[20]
- Henri Wassenbergh, 89, Dutch academic.[21]
- Gordon Zacks, 80, American businessman and presidential advisor, prostate cancer.[22]
2
- Barbara Adrian, 82, American visual artist.[23]
- Gerd Albrecht, 78, German conductor, chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic (1993–1996).[24]
- Frank Allen, 86, English footballer.[25]
- Leonora Amar, 87, Brazilian actress.[26]
- Tommy Aquino, 21, American motorcycle racer, training collision.[27]
- Tennent H. Bagley, 88, American CIA agent, cancer.[28]
- Karl Erik Bøhn, 48, Norwegian teacher, team handball player and coach, leukemia.[29]
- Keith Bradshaw, 74, Welsh rugby union player.[30]
- Nicholas Brooks, 73, English medieval historian.[31]
- Bunny Rugs, 65, Jamaican reggae musician (Third World), leukemia.[32]
- Benny Carter, 70, American contemporary visual artist.[33]
- Eduardo Coutinho, 80, Brazilian film director, stabbed.[34]
- Cecil Franks, 78, British politician, MP for Barrow and Furness (1983–1992).[35]
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, American actor (Capote, Magnolia, Doubt), Oscar winner (2006), acute mixed drug intoxication.[36]
- Werner Husemann, 94, German Luftwaffe night fighter pilot, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (1944).[37]
- Craig Lahiff, 66, Australian film director (Heaven's Burning, Ebbtide, Black and White).[38]
- J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, 83, Nigerian photographer.[39]
- Ladislav Pajerchin, 69, Slovak Olympic footballer.[40]
- Jiří Palko, 72, Czech Olympic rower.[41]
- Sibusiso Papa, 26, South African footballer, traffic collision.[42]
- Michel Pastor, 70, Monacan business executive, Chairman of AS Monaco FC (2004–2008), cancer.[43]
- Luis Raúl, 51, American Puerto Rican actor and comedian, bilateral pneumonia.[44]
- Mark E. Rogers, 61, American author and illustrator (The Adventures of Samurai Cat), heart attack.[45]
- Yves Ryan, 85, Canadian politician, Mayor of Montreal North (1963–2001), heart disease.[46]
- Beurt SerVaas, 94, American businessman and politician.[47]
- Alfredo Sinclair, 98, Panamanian artist, heart failure.[48]
- Eric O. Stork, 87, American civil servant (E.P.A.).[49]
- James Francis Tait, 88, English physicist and endocrinologist.[50]
- Al Vandeweghe, 93, American football player (Buffalo Bisons).[51]
- Nigel Walker, 54, English footballer (Newcastle United), cancer.[52]
- Cliff Williams, 74, Welsh rugby player.[53]
3
- Rosendo Álvarez Gastón, 87, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jaca (1984–1989) and Almería (1989–2002).[54]
- Louise Brough, 90, American Hall of Fame tennis player, ranked No. 1 (1955).[55]
- Richard Bull, 89, American actor (Little House on the Prairie, High Plains Drifter, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea).[56]
- Isaac de Vega, 93, Spanish Canarian writer.[57]
- Nel Garritsen, 80, Dutch Olympic swimmer (1952).[58]
- Louan Gideon, 58, American actress (The Secret World of Alex Mack, Search for Tomorrow, Airborne), cancer.[59]
- Óscar González, 23, Mexican super bantamweight and featherweight boxer, brain injury sustained in bout.[60]
- Mircea Grosaru, 61, Romanian politician and jurist, MP (since 2000), cardiac arrest.[61]
- Morton C. Hillman, 87, American politician.[62]
- Max Howell, 86, Australian educator and rugby union player, cancer.[63]
- Thomas P. Hughes, 90, American historian of technology.[64]
- Alister Leat, 28, New Zealand judoka, suicide.[65]
- Gloria Leonard, 73, American pornographic actress and magazine publisher (High Society), complications from a stroke.[66]
- Chiwanki Lyainga, 30, Zambian international footballer, stabbed.[67]
- Joan Mondale, 83, American arts advocate, Second Lady of the United States (1977–1981), Alzheimer's disease.[68]
- Helmut Niedermeyer, 87, Austrian businessman, heart attack.[69]
- John F. Rockart, 83, American organizational theorist.[70]
- Barry Rubin, 64, American-born Israeli academic and writer, cancer.[71]
- Ricardo Sepúlveda, 72, Chilean football player and manager.[72]
- Elyakum Shapirra, 87, Israeli conductor and accordionist.[73]
- Bill Sinkin, 100, American equality and alternative energy activist.[74]
- Pål Skjønberg, 94, Norwegian actor (Hunger).[75]
- Hiroyuki Suzuki, 68, Japanese architectural historian, pneumonia.[76]
- M. Elizabeth Tidball, 84, American physiologist.[77]
4
- Richard Aldridge, 68, British palaeontologist.[78]
- Keith Allen, 90, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (Philadelphia Flyers), dementia.[79]
- Baldomero Amarilla, 78, Paraguayan footballer.[80]
- Jim B. Baker, 72, American stage, film and television actor.[81]
- Eugenio Corti, 93, Italian writer (The Red Horse).[82]
- André Delattre, 82, French politician.[83]
- Khandaker Rashiduzzaman Dudu, 69, Bangladeshi politician.[84]
- William Harris, 48, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Green Bay Packers).[85]
- Howard Kupperman, 82, American politician, Mayor of Longport (1983–1992).[86]
- Pierre Lacaze, 88, French Olympic athlete.[87]
- Dennis Lota, 40, Zambian footballer.[88]
- Hubert Luthe, 86, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Essen (1991–2002).[89]
- R. Ellen Magenis, 89, American pediatrician and geneticist.[90]
- Ed McKitka, 75, Canadian politician, Mayor of Surrey, British Columbia (1975–1977), traffic collision.[91]
- Peter Moreth, 72, German politician.[92]
- Anirudh Lal Nagar, 83, Indian econometrician.[93]
- Takashi Okamura, 86, Japanese photographer, lung cancer.[94]
- Minus Polak, 85, Dutch politician and judge, member of the Senate (1976–1977) and Council of State (1985–1995), heart attack.[95]
- Hazel Sampson, 103, American Klallam elder and linguist, last native speaker of the Klallam language.[96]
- Ștefan Stoica, 37, Romanian politician, Senator (since 2012), cancer.[97]
- Józef Trojak, 47, Polish footballer, heart failure.[98]
- David Wasawo, 91, Kenyan zoologist.[99]
- Wu Ma, 71, Chinese-born Hong Kong actor and director, lung cancer.[100]
- Alfred S. Yue, 95, American engineer and professor emeritus.[101]
5
- Joop Ave, 79, Indonesian government official, Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications (1993–1998).[102]
- Suzanne Basso, 59, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[103]
- Carlos Borges, 82, Uruguayan footballer.[104]
- Robert A. Dahl, 98, American political scientist and professor emeritus (Yale University).[105]
- Gary Giles, 74, New Zealand cricketer.[106]
- Richard Hayman, 93, American conductor (St. Louis Symphony).[107]
- Samantha Juste, 69, British television personality (Top of the Pops), stroke.[108]
- Alfred Kadushin, 97, American social worker.[109]
- David Kipnis, 86, American endocrinologist.[110]
- Árpád Prandler, 83, Hungarian jurist, judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (2006–2013).[111]
- Mirkka Rekola, 82, Finnish writer.[112]
- Juthika Roy, 93, Indian bhajan singer.[113]
- Tom Sandberg, 60, Norwegian art photographer.[114]
- Edward B. Sell, 71, American taekwondo instructor, leukemia.[115]
- Rama Varma Kochaniyan Thampuran, 101, Indian royal (Cochin royal family).[116]
- Tzeni Vanou, 74, Greek singer, cancer.[117]
6
- Harmodio Arias Cerjack, 57, Panamanian politician, Foreign Minister (2003–2004).[118]
- Claire Betz, 93, American baseball team owner (Philadelphia Phillies).[119]
- Vasiľ Biľak, 96, Czechoslovak politician, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (1968–1988).[120]
- Cornelius Botha, 81, South African politician, Administrator of Natal Province (1990–1994), heart failure.[121]
- Harry de Jong, 81, Canadian politician.[122]
- Tommy Dixon, 84, English footballer (West Ham United).[123]
- Lester Goran, 85, American novelist (The Paratrooper of Mechanic Avenue).[124]
- Alison Jolly, 76, American primatologist and author.[125]
- Ralph Kiner, 91, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates) and announcer (New York Mets), natural causes.[126]
- Maxine Kumin, 88, American poet and author, Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry (1973).[127]
- Bob McQuillen, 90, American contra dance musician.[128]
- Tōru Mori, 78, Japanese baseball player, hepatocellular carcinoma.[129]
- Peter Philipp, 42, German writer and comedian.[130]
- Marty Plissner, 87, American political commentator (CBS News), coined "too close to call" phrase, lung cancer.[131]
- Marianne Seltsam, 81, German Olympic alpine skier.[132]
- Kevin Seymour, 55, American ADR director (Perfect Blue) and voice actor (Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell).[133]
- Sandeep Singh, 25, Indian cricketer, tractor accident.[134]
- Ingemar Ståhl, 75, Swedish economist.[135]
- John Vockler, 89, Australian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Polynesia (1962–1968).[136]
- Vaçe Zela, 74, Albanian singer and guitarist, recipient of the Merited Artist of Albania (1973) and the People's Artist of Albania (1977).[137]
7
- Ghayyur Akhtar, 68, Pakistani actor.[138]
- David Alexander-Sinclair, 86, British Army major general (1st Armoured Division).[139]
- Hans Andresen, 86, Danish Olympic cyclist.[140]
- Christopher Barry, 88, British television director (Doctor Who).[141]
- Terje Bergstad, 75, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.[142]
- Kenneth Francis Brown, 94, American Hawaiian politician.[143]
- S. M. H. Burney, 90, Indian civil servant.[144]
- Chriselliam, 3, Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, foot infection.[145]
- Claire Duhamel, 88, French actress (Stolen Kisses).[146]
- Elmer Edes, 76, American handball player.[147]
- Mohamed Guessous, 76, Moroccan sociologist and politician.[148]
- Hasjrul Harahap, 82, Indonesian government official, Minister of Forestry (1988–1993).[149]
- Daniel J. Harrington, 73, American Jesuit priest, biblical scholar and professor (Boston College), cancer.[150]
- Georgina Henry, 53, British journalist, deputy editor of The Guardian (1995–2006), sinus cancer.[151]
- Arthur J. Hubbard Sr., 102, American Navajo Code Talker and politician, Arizona State Senator (1972–1984).[152]
- Ernie Lyons, 99, Irish motorcycle racer.[153]
- Murray Mendenhall Jr., 88, American basketball player (Anderson Packers) and coach.[154]
- Hylton Mitchell, 87, Trinidad Olympic cyclist.[155]
- Doug Mohns, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Minnesota North Stars), myelodysplastic syndrome.[156]
- Bill Ritchie, 86, Canadian politician.[157]
- J. Mack Robinson, 90, American businessman and philanthropist.[158]
- Tado, 39, Filipino comedian, traffic collision.[159]
- Camille Wagner, 88, Luxembourgish footballer.[160]
8
- Terry Adkins, 60, American conceptual artist, heart failure.[161]
- Ernst Bakker, 67, Dutch politician, Mayor of Hilversum (1998–2011).[162]
- Richard Battin, 88, American electrical engineer (Apollo Guidance Computer).[163]
- Dick Berk, 74, American jazz drummer and bandleader.[164]
- Els Borst, 81, Dutch politician, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport (1994–2002), Deputy Prime Minister (1998–2002), Minister of State (since 2012), homicide.[165]
- Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire, 72, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hoima (since 1991).[166]
- Michael Denborough, 84, Australian medical researcher, founder of the Nuclear Disarmament Party.[167]
- Finbarr Dwyer, 67, Irish accordion player.[168]
- Newton Garver, 85, American philosopher.[169]
- Bernard Hedges, 86, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan).[170]
- Nancy Holt, 75, American land artist.[171]
- Keith Hughes, 45, American basketball player (Rutgers University).[172]
- John Ikataere, 70, Tuvaluan Roman Catholic prelate, Superior of Funafuti (since 2010).[173]
- Abdul Salam Kanaan, 83, Jordanian politician.[174]
- Philippe Mahut, 57, French footballer (national team), cancer.[175]
- Mike Melluish, 81, English cricket player and administrator, President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (1991–1992).[176]
- Andy Paton, 91, Scottish footballer.[177]
- Sir Richard Peirse, 82, British air vice marshal.[178]
- Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, 25, Brazilian footballer, traffic collision.[179]
- Thee Kian Wie, 78, Indonesian economist (LIPI).[180]
- Nishioka Tsuneo, 90, Japanese martial artist.[181]
- Arne Waldstein, 89, American politician.[182]
- Abe Woodson, 79, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[183]
9
- Pius Suh Awa, 83, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Buéa (1973–2006).[184]
- Gabriel Axel, 95, Danish film director (Babette's Feast) and actor, Oscar winner (1988).[185]
- Eric Bercovici, 80, American screenwriter and producer (Shōgun), heart attack.[186]
- Ranjit Bhatia, 77, Indian Olympic long-distance runner (1960).[187]
- Pete Camarata, 67, American labor activist.[188]
- Serafin R. Cuevas, 85, Filipino jurist, Secretary of Justice (1998–2000).[189]
- Valeria De Franciscis, 98, Italian actress.[190]
- William Goodreds, 93, English cricketer.[191]
- Jan Groenendijk, 67, Dutch footballer (Utrecht), esophageal cancer.[192]
- Joseph Harb, 74, Lebanese writer and poet.[193]
- Hal Herring, 89, American football player and coach.[194]
- Sir Graham Hills, 87, Scottish chemist.[195]
- Eddie Holding, 83, English football player and manager, prostate cancer.[196]
- Joe Katchik, 83, American football player (New York Titans).[197]
- Florentina López de Jesús, 74, Mexican weaver, heart attack.[198]
- La Cucaracha, 12, British Thoroughbred racehorse.[citation needed]
- Marius, 2, Danish giraffe, considered unsuitable for breeding, shot.[199]
- Roland Oliver, 90, British academic and professor emeritus.[200]
- Harald Øveraas, 86, Norwegian trade unionist.[201]
- Mauro Pane, 50, Italian racing driver and stuntman (Rush), traffic collision.[202]
- Antanas Račas, 73, Lithuanian politician.[203]
- Logan Scott-Bowden, 93, British military officer, first commander of the Ulster Defence Regiment (1970–1971).[204]
- Fazal Shahabuddin, 78, Bangladeshi poet and journalist.[205]
- Sverre Solberg, 54, Norwegian actor.[206]
- Sir John Stibbon, 79, British military officer, Master-General of the Ordnance (1987–1991).[207]
- Roger Tomlinson, 80, British geographer.[208]
- Norman Yates, 90, Canadian painter.[209]
- AKM Yusuf, 87, Bangladeshi politician.[210]
10
- Lochie Jo Allen, 96, American musician, teacher, and writer.[211]
- Dennis Baker, 86, American politician.[212]
- Robert Bell, 87, American politician and lawyer.[213]
- Jim Butler, 70, American football player, dementia.[214]
- Carlos Capriles Ayala, 90, Venezuelan historian and diplomat.[215]
- Len Chalmers, 77, English footballer (Leicester).[216]
- Mike Cottell, 82, British civil engineer.[217]
- William A. Edelstein, 69, American physicist, lung cancer.[218]
- Willard Hackerman, 95, American businessman.[219]
- Stuart Hall, 82, Jamaican-born British cultural theorist.[220]
- Gordon Harris, 73, English footballer, cancer.[221]
- Doug Jarrett, 69, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers), cancer.[222]
- Betty Jaynes, 68, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (James Madison University).[223]
- Olga Jevrić, 91, Serbian sculptor.[224]
- Alan R. Katritzky, 85, British chemist.[225]
- Albert Krajmer, 80, Slovak Olympic rower.[226]
- Nenad Lukić, 45, Serbian footballer (Obilić).[227]
- Ronnie Masterson, 87, Irish actress (Angela's Ashes).[228]
- Ian McNaught-Davis, 84, British television presenter and mountaineer, President of the UIAA (1995–2004).[229]
- Albin W. Norblad, 74, American attorney and jurist, Oregon Circuit Court Judge (since 1973), brain hemorrhage.[230]
- Christian Patria, 69, French politician, MP (2002–2005, 2007–2010).[231]
- Tomaž Pengov, 64, Slovenian singer-songwriter, guitarist, lutist and poet.[232]
- Len Pidduck, 88, British Olympic wrestler.[233]
- Bolesław Polnar, 61, Polish artist.[234]
- Boris Romanov, 76–77, Soviet Olympic cyclist.[235]
- Shirley Temple, 85, American actress (Heidi) and diplomat, Ambassador to Ghana (1974–1976); Czechoslovakia (1989–1992), COPD.[236]
- Pere Tena Garriga, 85, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (1993–2004).[237]
- Hōzan Yamamoto, 76, Japanese musician.[238]
11
- Roy Alvarez, 63, Filipino actor, cardiac arrest.[239]
- Aslan, 83, French artist.[240]
- Alice Babs, 90, Swedish singer and actress, Alzheimer's disease.[241]
- Tito Canepa, 97, Dominican painter.[242]
- Peter Desbarats, 80, Canadian author, playwright and journalist (The Globe and Mail).[243]
- Elisabeth Djurle, 83, Swedish priest.[244]
- John Fichter, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1993–2006).[245]
- Jürgen Freiwald, 73, German Olympic volleyball player.[246]
- Lewis Gunn, 95, Canadian cricketer.[247]
- Fernando González Pacheco, 81, Colombian television personality.[248]
- Stewart F. Hancock Jr., 91, American judge.[249]
- Léon Hégélé, 89, French Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Strasbourg (1985–2000).[250]
- Olga Jekyll, 95, New Zealand fencer.[251]
- Gregorio Jiménez de la Cruz, 42, Mexican journalist and photographer, murdered.[252] (death announced on this date)
- Max McLeary, 66, American minor league baseball umpire, cancer.[253]
- Amadou Meïté, 64, Ivorian Olympic sprinter (1972, 1976).[254]
- Seán Potts, 83, Irish musician (The Chieftains).[255]
- Stan Rickaby, 89, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion).[256]
- Skënder Sallaku, 79, Albanian comic and actor.[257]
- Kayman Sankar, 87, Guyanese rice farmer and politician.[258]
- Rolf Clemens Wagner, 69, German terrorist (Red Army Faction).[259]
- Emory Williams, 102, American businessman.[260]
12
- Alexander Abashian, 83, American particle physicist.[261]
- David Agiashvili, 64, Georgian film director and screenwriter.[262]
- Robert H. Babcock, 88, American historian.[263]
- Stewart W. Bainum Sr., 94, American businessman and philanthropist.[264]
- Luigi Balzarini, 78, Italian footballer.[265]
- Alberto Benavides de la Quintana, 93, Peruvian businessman and engineer.[266]
- Thomas Borcherding, 74, American economist.[267]
- Sid Caesar, 91, American comedian and actor (Your Show of Shows, Grease, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), Emmy winner (1952, 1957).[268]
- Aldo Colombini, 63, Italian magician.[269]
- Bassil Da Costa, 23, Venezuelan university student, shot.[270]
- Sir Diarmuid Downs, 91, British automotive engineer (Ricardo).[271]
- Maggie Estep, 50, American poet and writer (Love is a Dog From Hell), heart attack.[272]
- Santiago Feliú, 51, Cuban singer-songwriter, heart attack.[273]
- Jean-Louis Giasson, 74, Canadian-born Honduran Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Yoro (2005–2014).[274]
- Charles G. Hayes, 76, American gospel musician.[275]
- Masayuki Ishii, 84, Japanese Olympic sailor.[276]
- Theodor Kleine, 89, German Olympic canoer (1956).[277]
- John Pickstone, 69, British science historian.[278]
- John Poppitt, 91, British footballer.[279]
- Josef Röhrig, 88, German footballer (Köln).[280]
- Wilbur F. Simlik, 92, American major general.[281]
- Roger M. Spanswick, 74, British-born American biophysicist.[282]
- William Zeckendorf Jr., 84, American real estate developer.[283]
13
- Jim Beardall, 67, English footballer (Bury, Great Harwood, Blackburn Rovers).[284]
- Gordon Bell, 79, British cartoonist (The Dandy).[285]
- Lorna Casselton, 75, British biologist.[286]
- Tommy Cooke, 99, Irish hurler (Limerick).[287]
- Piero D'Inzeo, 90, Italian Olympic show jumper (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972), European champion (1959).[288]
- Drew Denson, 48, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox), complications from amyloidosis.[289]
- King Kester Emeneya, 57, Congolese singer, heart failure.[290]
- Horst Eylmann, 80, German politician.[291]
- Charles J. Fillmore, 84, American linguist.[292]
- Rose Finn-Kelcey, 68, British artist, motor neurone disease.[293]
- Seyed Kazem Ghiyassian, 74, Iranian footballer (Aboumoslem, Payam Mashhad).[294]
- Raymond Heimbecker, 91, Canadian cardiovascular surgeon.[295]
- Jimmy Jones, 85, Northern Irish footballer.[296]
- Ken Jones, 83, British actor (Porridge, The Squirrels), bowel cancer.[297]
- Jim Keysor, 86, American politician.[298]
- Balu Mahendra, 74, Indian National Film Award-winning filmmaker, cinematographer, screenwriter and editor (Kokila, Moondram Pirai), heart attack.[299]
- Georgy Martyniuk, 73, Russian actor, People's Artist of Russia (2003).[300]
- Ernest Mead, 95, American academic (University of Virginia).[301]
- John Mortimore, 80, English cricketer.[302]
- Louis Nganga a Ndzando, 90–91, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lisala (1964–1997).[303]
- Richard Møller Nielsen, 76, Danish football player and manager, brain tumour.[304]
- Zbigniew Romaszewski, 74, Polish politician, Senator (1989–2011).[305]
- Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, 74, Indian Sufi musician.[306]
- René Teulade, 82, French politician, Social Affairs Minister (1992–1993), Senator (since 2008).[307]
- Marty Thau, 75, American rock and roll entrepreneur and music producer, renal failure.[308]
- Michael J. Wagner, 72, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1974–1977) and Senate (1978–1994), cancer.[309]
- Ralph Waite, 85, American actor (The Waltons, Five Easy Pieces, Cliffhanger).[310]
- Ken'ichi Yamamoto, 57, Japanese novelist, winner of the Naoki Prize (2009), lung cancer.[311]
- Uanhenga Xitu, 89, Angolan writer and politician.[312]
14
- George Anastaplo, 88, American law professor (Loyola University Chicago School of Law), prostate cancer.[313]
- Francisco José Arnáiz Zarandona, 88, Spanish-born Dominican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (1988–2002).[314]
- Khodeza Azam, 76, Bangladeshi civil servant.[315]
- Durdy Bayramov, 75, Russian-Turkmen painter, liver cancer.[316]
- Marshall Browne, 78, Australian banking executive and crime novelist, cancer.[317]
- James Cahill, 87, American art historian, authority on Chinese art, prostate cancer.[318]
- Remo Capitani, 86, Italian actor (They Call Me Trinity).[319]
- James Condon, 90, Australian actor (Neighbours, Prisoner).[320]
- William Davila, 82, American soldier and businessman, Alzheimer's disease.[321]
- Bill Duff, 91, Scottish banker and Arabist.[322]
- Sir Thomas Finney, 91, English footballer (Preston North End).[323]
- Jim Fregosi, 71, American baseball player (California Angels) and manager (Philadelphia Phillies), complications from a stroke.[324]
- Robert M. Fresco, 83, American documentary filmmaker (Czechoslovakia 1968).[325]
- Martha Goldstein, 94, American harpsichordist.[326]
- Sally Gross, 60, South African anti-apartheid and intersex activist.[327]
- John Henson, 48, American puppeteer (The Muppets), heart attack.[328]
- Ferry Hoogendijk, 80, Dutch journalist (Elsevier) and politician, member of the House of Representatives (2002–2003).[329]
- Chad Kellogg, 42, American mountaineer, rock fall.[330]
- Chris Pearson, 82, Canadian politician, Premier of Yukon (1978–1985).[331]
- Yvon Petit, 68, French Olympic rower.[332]
- Benny Reynolds, 77, American rodeo performer, PRCA All-Around Cowboy Champion (1961), heart attack.[333]
- Patrick Scott, 93, Irish artist.[334]
- Mike Stepovich, 94, American politician, Governor of the Territory of Alaska (1957–1958), head injury following a fall.[335]
- Edward J. Walsh, 71, American journalist (The Washington Post), lung cancer.[336]
- John Wilson, 2nd Baron Moran, 89, British diplomat and peer.[337]
- Clifford Wright, 91, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Monmouth (1986–1991).[338]
15
- Corrado Benedetti, 57, Italian footballer.[339]
- Herbert Blöcker, 71, German Olympic equestrian (1992), cancer.[340]
- Cliff Bole, 76, American television director (MacGyver, T.J. Hooker, Star Trek: The Next Generation).[341]
- Federico Campbell, 72, Mexican writer, stroke following influenza.[342]
- Mary Grace Canfield, 89, American actress (Green Acres, Bewitched, General Hospital), lung cancer.[343]
- Jamie Coots, 41, American pastor, snake handler and reality television cast member, snakebite.[344]
- Robert Descharnes, 88, French photographer and filmmaker, collaborator with Salvador Dalí.[345]
- Thelma Estrin, 89, American computer scientist.[346]
- Jean-Marie Géhu, 83, French botanist.[347]
- Hans Gericke, 101, German architect and urban planner.[348]
- Charles Hammock, 72, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1973–1976).[349]
- Linda Harper, 71, American basketball coach.[350]
- Angelo Henderson, 51, American journalist (The Wall Street Journal) and radio personality (WCHB), Pulitzer Prize winner for Feature Writing (1999), coronary embolism.[351]
- Kim Eui-kon, 56, South Korean Olympic wrestler.[352]
- Jim Lacy, 87, American basketball player (Loyola University), melanoma.[353]
- Christopher Malcolm, 67, Scottish actor (The Empire Strikes Back, Highlander, Absolutely Fabulous), cancer.[354]
- Roy Oxlade, 85, British painter.[355]
- Rajendran Raja, 65, Indian-born American physicist, brain cancer.[356]
- Antonio Ravelo, 73, Venezuelan footballer.[357]
- Horst Rechelbacher, 72, Austrian-born American business executive, founder of Aveda, pancreatic cancer.[358]
- Oliver Reynolds, 92, South African cricketer.[359]
- Raghunath Seth, 83, Indian flautist and composer.[360]
- Enyu Valchev, 78, Bulgarian Olympic medalist freestyle wrestler (1960, 1964, 1968).[361]
- Dénes Zsigmondy, 91, Hungarian classical violinist and music educator.[362]
16
- Angela Baca, 86, American artist.[363]
- Sherwood Berg, 94, American educator and college administrator.[364]
- Ron Casey, 61, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2004–2012), complications from a fall.[365]
- George Coates, 90, Australian football player (Fitzroy).[366]
- Robert J. Conley, 73, American Cherokee author.[367]
- Dimitar Drazhev, 89, Bulgarian alpine skier (1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics).[368]
- Frank Espada, 83, American photojournalist.[369]
- Eisenhower Tree, 125, American loblolly pine (Augusta National Golf Club), damage from ice storm.[370] (death announced on this date)
- Ken Farragut, 85, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), complications from diabetes.[371]
- Raymond Louis Kennedy, 67, American singer-songwriter, musician and producer.[372]
- Charlie Kraak, 81, American basketball player (Indiana University).[373]
- Kralle Krawinkel, 66, German musician (Trio), lung cancer.[374]
- Jaroslav Krejčí, 98, Czech sociologist, academic and historian.[375]
- Emmet G. Lavery Jr., 86, American television executive and producer, natural causes.[376]
- Parasram Maderna, 87, Indian politician, Rajasthan MLA for Jodhpur (1957–2003), respiratory failure.[377]
- Jimmy T. Murakami, 80, American animator and film director (When the Wind Blows, The Snowman, Heavy Metal).[378]
- Mbulelo Mzamane, 65, South African writer and academic.[379]
- Jay S. Rosenblatt, 90, American psychoanalyst.[380]
- Matti Ruohola, 73, Finnish comic actor.[381]
- Israel Scheffler, 90, American philosopher.[382]
- Michael Shea, 67, American science fiction author (Polyphemus).[383]
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- Amarkant, 88, Indian writer.[384]
- Reza Barati, 23, Iranian architect and asylum-seeker, murdered.[385]
- Rollie Beale, 84, American racecar driver.[386]
- Breck Bednar, 14, English student, stabbed.[387]
- Joe Bell, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).[388]
- Howard Brenner, 84, American chemical engineer.[389]
- Richard N. Cabela, 77, American businessman, co-founder of Cabela's.[390]
- Bob Casale, 61, American guitarist (Devo) and film score engineer (Happy Gilmore, Rugrats), heart failure.[391]
- José Darcourt, 55, Cuban baseball player, colon cancer.[392][393]
- Makar Dhwaja Darogha, 81, Indian classical dancer.[394]
- Frank Farmer, 89, American writer and author.[395]
- Nancy Feldman, 91, American civil rights activist and educator.[396]
- Peter Florin, 92, German politician and diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (1987, 1988).[397]
- Ahmed Mirza Jamil, 92, Pakistani calligrapher.[398]
- Ian Kagedan, 58, Canadian public servant.[399]
- Per Källberg, 66, Swedish cinematographer.[400]
- Frankie Kao, 63, Taiwanese singer, leukemia.[401]
- Marcella May, 91, American figure skater.[402]
- James McNaughton, 51, Irish hurler (Antrim).[403]
- Tibor Perecsi, 72, Hungarian footballer.[404]
- Dick Reynolds, 86, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1973–1977).[405]
- Don Safran, 84, American screenwriter (Homework), heart failure.[406]
- Wolfgang Schulhoff, 74, German politician.[407]
- Kokichi Shimoinaba, 87, Japanese politician and police chief, Minister of Justice (1997–1998), sepsis.[408]
- Wayne Smith, 48, Jamaican reggae musician ("Sleng Teng").[409]
- R. K. Srikantan, 94, Indian Carnatic singer.[410]
- Denzil Thomas, 84, Welsh rugby union player.[411]
- Frank Wappat, 84, English radio personality (BBC Newcastle), heart failure.[412]
- Arthur M. Wolfe, 74, American astrophysicist, cancer.[413]
- Hanns Egon Wörlen, 98, German architect.[414]
18
- Forman S. Acton, 93, American computer scientist.[415]
- Isaiah Balat, 61, Nigerian politician, Senator for Kaduna South (2003–2007).[416]
- Gordon Bowra, 77, British surgeon (British Antarctic Survey).[417]
- Valeriy Brezdenyuk, 50, Ukrainian painter, shot.[418]
- Yudhistir Das, 90, Indian politician, Odisha MLA for Kissan Nagar (1990–2000), Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (1990–1995).[419]
- Peter Davies, 88, Welsh rugby player.[420]
- Antonina Dvoryanets, 61, Ukrainian engineer and political activist.[421]
- Ounsi el-Hajj, 77, Lebanese poet.[422]
- Mavis Gallant, 91, Canadian writer, Companion of the Order of Canada (1993).[423]
- Kristof Goddaert, 27, Belgian professional cyclist, traffic collision.[424]
- Al Greene, 59, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).[425]
- Cob Jarvis, 81, American college basketball player and head coach (University of Mississippi).[426]
- Gregory Kane, 62, American newspaper columnist (Baltimore Sun), cancer.[427]
- Buddy Leake, 80, American CFL football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).[428]
- George Lenne, 97, Australian football player (Melbourne).[429]
- Herbie Martin, 86, Irish cricketer.[430]
- Bernd Noske, 67, German musician (Birth Control).[431]
- Michael Peterson, 72, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1979–1990, since 2005).[432]
- Arthur Rowley, 80, English footballer (Liverpool).[433]
- Nikhil Baran Sengupta, 70, Indian art director, production designer and actor.[434]
- Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka, 100, Russian-born Latvian author of children's books.[435]
- Andrea Joyce Stone, 65, American Mayanist.[436]
- Malcolm Tierney, 75, British actor (Doctor Who, Star Wars, Braveheart), pulmonary fibrosis.[437]
- Joy Todd, American casting director (Prince of the City, Moscow on the Hudson, Gettysburg), natural causes.[438]
- Robbie van Graan, 74, South African cricketer.[439]
- Viscera, 43, American professional wrestler (WWE), heart attack.[440]
- Maria Franziska von Trapp, 99, Austrian-born American singer, portrayed in The Sound of Music.[441]
19
- Antonio Benítez, 62, Spanish footballer (Real Betis), complications from bladder cancer.[442]
- Norbert Beuls, 57, Belgian footballer.[443]
- Kresten Bjerre, 67, Danish footballer (Molenbeek), cancer.[444]
- Szilárd Borbély, 51, Hungarian academic, writer and poet.[445]
- Génesis Carmona, 22, Venezuelan pageant winner, shot.[446]
- Jean Charbonnel, 86, French politician.[447]
- Mick Cook, 76, Australian footballer.[448]
- Toshiko D'Elia, 84, Japanese-born American long-distance runner, brain cancer.[449]
- Simón Díaz, 85, Venezuelan singer and composer.[450]
- David W. Doyle, 89, British-born American author.[451]
- Dale Gardner, 65, American astronaut (STS-8, STS-51-A), brain aneurysm.[452]
- John Henderson, 84, British footballer (Workington Town).[453]
- Ced Hovey, 95, Australian footballer (Geelong).[454]
- Valeri Kubasov, 79, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 6, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project/Soyuz 19, Soyuz 36).[455]
- Graeme Lowans, 79, New Zealand cricketer.[456]
- Josefina Napravilová, 100, Czech social worker.[457]
- Duffy Power, 72, English blues and rock and roll singer.[458]
- P. R. Rajan, 75, Indian politician.[459]
- Ivor Robinson, 89, British bookbinder and craftsman.[460]
- Bernie Shannon, 85, Australian football player (Collingwood).[461]
- Miroslav Štandera, 95, Czech World War II fighter pilot (Royal Air Force, French Air Force), recipient of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.[462]
- Toni Ucci, 92, Italian actor and comedian.[463]
- Blanca Vela, 78, American politician, first female mayor of Brownsville, Texas (1999–2003).[464]
- Erich Vogt, 84, Canadian physicist.[465]
- Jim Weirich, 57, American computer scientist, developer of Rake.[466]
20
- Royce Abbey, 91, Australian businessperson.[467]
- Anthony Clifford Allison, 88, South African geneticist.[468]
- Rafael Addiego Bruno, 90, Uruguayan jurist and politician, Constitutional President (1985).[469]
- Walter D. Ehlers, 92, American World War II soldier, recipient of the Medal of Honor (1944).[470]
- Sir Samuel Falle, 95, British diplomat.[471]
- Antoinette Fouque, 77, French feminist psychoanalyst.[472]
- Roger Hill, 65, American actor (The Warriors, One Life to Live), heart attack.[473]
- Ustym Holodnyuk, 19, Ukrainian activist and Euromaidan, shot.[474]
- Tea Ista, 81, Finnish actress.[475]
- Ihor Kostenko, 22, Ukrainian journalist and student, shot.[476]
- Parvathi Krishnan, 94, Indian politician, MP for Coimbatore (1957–1962, 1974–1980).[477]
- Reghu Kumar, 60, Indian composer, complications from kidney treatment.[478]
- Lu Xuechang, 49, Chinese film director, natural causes.[479]
- Sir Ian McKay, 84, New Zealand judge and lawyer, Judge of the Court of Appeal (1991–1997).[480]
- Cuthbert A. Pattillo, 89, American Air Force military officer.[481]
- Jorge Polaco, 67, Argentine filmmaker (En el nombre del hijo, Kindergarten, Siempre es difícil volver a casa), cardiac arrest.[482]
- Peter A. Rona, 79, American oceanographer and professor (Rutgers University), multiple myeloma.[483]
- Roy Simmons, 57, American football player (New York Giants), complications from pneumonia.[484]
- Garrick Utley, 74, American television journalist (NBC News), prostate cancer.[485]
- Anthony Whitaker, 69, New Zealand herpetologist, heart attack.[486]
21
- Alphonse Arzel, 86, French politician, Senator for Finistère (1980–1998).[487]
- Paul Bitz, 90, American politician, Indiana State Senator (1954–1962).[488]
- Sakis Boulas, 59, Greek singer-songwriter and actor, cancer.[489]
- Veselin Branev, 81, Bulgarian film director, screenwriter, film critic and writer.[490]
- Stanley Brotman, 89, American senior judge, District Court Judge for New Jersey (1975–2013) and the Virgin Islands (1989–1992).[491]
- Donald F. Brown, 105, American archaeologist.[492]
- Bootsie Calhoun, 90, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1975–1977).[493]
- Gene Carmichael, 86, American politician, South Carolina State Senator (1981–1993).[494]
- Elaine Cassidy, 83, Australian politician.[495]
- Francesco Di Giacomo, 66, Italian singer (Banco del Mutuo Soccorso).[496]
- Rune Flodman, 87, Swedish Olympic shooter.[497]
- Héctor Maestri, 78, Cuban baseball player (Washington Senators).[498]
- Beatrix Miller, 89, British magazine editor (Vogue).[499]
- George Modelski, 88, American political scientist.[500]
- Roland Nilsson, 89, Swedish Olympic athlete (1948).[501]
- Eddie O'Brien, 83, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).[502]
- Elaine O'Brien, 58, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (since 2010), glioblastoma.[503]
- Georgette Rejewski, 104, Belgian-born Dutch actress.[504]
- Matthew Robinson, 28, Australian Paralympic snowboarder, skiing accident.[505]
- Đoko Rosić, 81, Serbian-born Bulgarian actor.[506]
- Cornelius Schnauber, 74, German-born American academic, complications from a heart attack.[507]
- Bob Sharpe, 88, British footballer (Darlington).[508]
- Ollie Speraw, 92, American politician.[509]
- John Strawson, 93, British Army officer.[510]
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- Maurice Bessinger, 84, American restaurateur.[511]
- William Chambliss, 80, American criminologist and sociologist.[512]
- Arduíno Colassanti, 78, Italian-born Brazilian actor.[513]
- Zsuzsa Csala, 80, Hungarian actress.[514]
- Richard Daugherty, 91, American archaeologist, led excavation of Ozette Indian Village, bone cancer.[515]
- Charlotte Dawson, 47, New Zealand-born Australian television personality, suicide by hanging.[516]
- Karuna Dharma, 73, American Buddhist scholar and nun, Alzheimer's disease.[517]
- Abdul-Karim Gharaybeh, 91, Jordanian historian, academic and politician, member of the Senate (2005–2007).[518]
- Lars Gjesdal, 87, American politician.[519]
- Sir Richard Ground, 63, English judge and jurist, Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands (1998–2004) and Bermuda (2004–2012).[520]
- Grigor Gurzadyan, 91, Armenian astronomer.[521]
- Edith Kramer, 98, Austrian artist.[522]
- Allan Le Nepveu, 86, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn).[523]
- Giancarlo Livraghi, 86, Italian author.[524]
- Roger Milner, 89, British actor.[525]
- Ivan Nagy, 70, Hungarian ballet dancer.[526]
- Sigbert Prais, 85, German-born British economist.[527]
- Liudmyla Sheremet, 71, Ukrainian anaesthesiologist and activist.[528]
- Fred Sunnen, 74, Luxembourgish politician.[529]
- Trebor Jay Tichenor, 74, American ragtime pianist and composer.[530]
- Leo Vroman, 98, Dutch-American hematologist, poet and illustrator.[531]
- Robert C. Wright, 69, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1981–1992), complications from Lyme disease and ALS.[532]
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- Carla Accardi, 89, Italian painter.[533]
- Ezio Bertuzzo, 61, Italian footballer.[534]
- Keith Bridges, 84, British rugby league player.[535]
- Charles Capps, 80, American Christian preacher.[536]
- John Christoforou, 92, British painter.[537]
- K. Alison Clarke-Stewart, 70, Canadian developmental psychologist.[538]
- G. Bhuvaraghan, 86, Indian politician, MP for Cuddalore (1977–1980), Tamil Nadu MLA for Vridhachalam (1962–1971, 1989–1991).[539]
- Ely Capacio, 58, Filipino basketball player, coach and executive, Board Governor of the Petron Blaze Boosters (since 2012), ruptured aneurysm.[540]
- Chip Damiani, 68, American drummer (The Remains), massive brain hemorrhage.[541]
- Penny DeHaven, 65, American country singer, cancer.[542]
- John Grant, 83, Scottish children's author.[543]
- Thomas M. Herbert, 86, American politician and judge (Supreme Court of Ohio).[544]
- Alice Herz-Sommer, 110, Czech-British supercentenarian, world's oldest Holocaust survivor, subject of The Lady in Number 6.[545]
- Roger Hilsman, 94, American government official, political scientist and author, Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1961–1963).[546]
- John Koerner, 100, Czech-born Canadian artist.[547]
- Hansi Knoteck, 99, German actress.[548]
- Peter Kremtz, 73, German Olympic rower.[549]
- Mike Parker, 84, British-born American typographer and software executive, helped popularize use of Helvetica.[550]
- Paul Pawlak Sr., 96, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1961–1969, 1975–1979).[551]
- Charlie Porter, 63, American mountaineer and climate change scientist, heart attack.[552]
- Piyush Sadhu, 36, Indian cricketer.[553]
- József Sátori, 87, Hungarian Olympic rower.[554]
- Samuel Sheinbein, 34, American-Israeli convicted murderer, shot.[555]
- William F. Thomas, 89, American newspaper editor (Los Angeles Times), oversaw 11 Pulitzer Prizes, natural causes.[556]
- Eugene M. Wescott, 82, American scientist, artist, and traditional dancer.[557]
- Norman Whiting, 93, English cricketer (Worcestershire).[558]
24
- Samuel Adesina, 56, Nigerian politician, Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, bladder cancer.[559]
- Chalmers Archer, 85, American author and professor.[560]
- Ralph Bahna, 71, American business executive, CEO of Cunard Line (1980–1989), Chairman of Priceline.com (2004–2013).[561]
- Franny Beecher, 92, American Hall of Fame guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets).[562]
- Michel Bensch, 89, Belgian footballer
- Wiel Bremen, 88, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1971–1981).[563]
- Naresh Chandra Chaki, 79, Indian politician, cancer.[564]
- Ted Connolly, 82, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), acute myelocytic leukemia.[565]
- Richard O. Culver Jr., 77, Americane Marine officer.[566]
- Lamar Davis, 92, American football player.[567]
- Jerry Denbo, 63, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1990–2007).[568]
- Eilert Eilertsen, 95, Norwegian politician and footballer.[569]
- Edwin Flavell, 91, English bomber pilot.[570]
- Neil Harrison, 64, Canadian Hall of Fame curler, world champion (1983, 1990), cancer.[571]
- Nicolae Herlea, 86, Romanian operatic baritone, recipient of the Order of the Star of Romania (2007).[572]
- Valerie V. Hunt, 97, American scientist.[573]
- Alexis Hunter, 65, New Zealand-born British painter and photographer, motor neurone disease.[574]
- Vasile Huțanu, 59, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player (1976).[575]
- Albert Kapikian, 83, Armenian-American virologist.[576]
- Prokash Karmakar, 81, Indian painter.[577]
- Christopher Luxmoore, 87, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bermuda (1984–1989).[578]
- Hamid Nawaz Khan, Pakistani military officer, Defence Secretary (2001–2005), Interior Minister (2007–2008).[579]
- Carlos Páez Vilaró, 90, Uruguayan artist.[580]
- Juan José Plans, 70, Spanish writer.[581]
- Harold Ramis, 69, American film director, screenwriter, and actor (Groundhog Day, Vacation, Ghostbusters), vasculitis.[582]
- Günter Reisch, 86, German film director.[583]
- Anna Reynolds, 82, English opera singer.[584]
- Alex Russell, 91, Northern Irish footballer.[585]
- Bhob Stewart, 76, American cartoonist and writer.[586]
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- Angèle Arsenault, 70, Canadian singer-songwriter, cancer.[587]
- Juanita Bartlett, 86, American television producer (The Rockford Files, Scarecrow and Mrs. King).[588]
- Pim Bekkering, 82, Dutch footballer.[589]
- Wilfried Brauer, 76, German computer scientist.[590]
- Günther Brennecke, 87, German Olympic field hockey player.[591]
- Jürgen Brümmer, 49, German Olympic gymnast (1988), suicide by jumping.[592]
- Peter Callander, 74, British songwriter and record producer, heart attack.[593]
- Orlando Castro Llanes, 88, Venezuelan banker.[594]
- Antonio Cermeño, 44, Venezuelan boxer, two-time world champion, shot.[595]
- Mário Coluna, 78, Portuguese footballer, pulmonary infection.[596]
- Ian Cuttler, 43, Mexican photographer and art director, traffic collision.[597]
- Quentin Elias, 39, French actor, model and singer (Alliage), heart attack.[598]
- Achille Giovannoni, 88, French Olympic rower.[599]
- Carlos Gracida, 53, Mexican polo player, brain injury from competition fall.[600]
- George Guerieri, 86, American politician, Mississippi State Senator (1980–1992).[601]
- John Heskett, 76, British design researcher and educator.[602]
- Edward A. Irving, 86, Canadian geologist.[603]
- Jim Lange, 81, American game show host and disc jockey (The Dating Game, Name That Tune), heart attack.[604]
- Paco de Lucía, 66, Spanish flamenco guitarist, heart attack.[605]
- Chokwe Lumumba, 66, American politician and lawyer, Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi (since 2013).[606]
- Tom Margerison, 90, British science journalist and broadcaster, founder of New Scientist.[607]
- David McKinney, 68, New Zealand author and journalist.[608]
- Gordon Nutt, 81, English footballer (Coventry City).[609]
- Carl A. Rouse, 87, American physicist.[610]
- Anthony Shacklady, 68, British Olympic wrestler.[611]
- Emil Simon, 77, Romanian conductor and composer, cancer.[612]
- Philip Smart, 53, Jamaican record producer, pancreatic cancer.[613]
- Rick Smoliak, 70, American college baseball head coach (Stony Brook University, Northwood University).[614]
- Lydia Stevens, 95, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1989–1993), pneumonia.[615]
- Martin E. Sullivan, 70, American museum director (National Portrait Gallery, Heard Museum), renal failure.[616]
- Dennis Turner, 71, British politician, MP for Wolverhampton South East (1987–2005).[617]
- Felix Würth, 90, Austrian Olympic long and triple jumper.[618]
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- K. S. Balachandran, 69, Sri Lankan actor.[619]
- Al Berard, 53–54, American Cajun musician, aneurysm.[620]
- Gian Luigi Berti, 83, Sammarinese politician.[621]
- Richard W. Boone, 86, American philanthropist.[622]
- Roger Booth, 80, English actor (Barry Lyndon, The Tomorrow People, Cutthroat Island).[623]
- Chua Sian Chin, 80, Singaporean politician, Health Minister (1968–1974), heart failure.[624]
- Howard Erskine-Hill, 77, English scholar.[625]
- Sorel Etrog, 80, Canadian sculptor, recipient of the Order of Canada (1994).[626]
- Wayne Frye, 83, American Olympic champion rower (1952).[627]
- Georges Hamel, 66, Canadian country music singer-songwriter.[628]
- Phyllis Krasilovsky, 87, American children's author, stroke.[629]
- Joseph P. Moorer, 91, American vice admiral.[630]
- Dezső Novák, 75, Hungarian Olympic champion football player (1964, 1968) and coach.[631]
- Frank Reed, 59, American soul singer (The Chi-Lites).[632]
- Bill Roetzheim, 85. American Olympic gymnast.[633]
- Frankie Sardo, 77, American rock and roll musician, cancer.[634]
- Michael Taylor, 47, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[635]
- Tim Wilson, 52, American stand-up comedian and country music singer, heart attack.[636]
- Irv Wisniewski, 89, American football and basketball player and coach.[637]
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- Aaron Allston, 53, American game designer (Dungeons & Dragons) and sci-fi author (X-Wing), heart failure.[638]
- Maurice Benitez, 86, American bishop.[639]
- Raymond James Boland, 82, Irish-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Birmingham (1988–1993) and Kansas City-St Joseph (1993–2005), lung cancer.[640]
- Bryan Clarke, 81, British geneticist.[641]
- Luis Díaz, 42, Cuban baseball player, heart attack.[642]
- John F. Godbee, 87, American politician.[643]
- Max Gors, 67, American judge, member of the South Dakota Supreme Court (2001–2002).[644]
- Jan Hoet, 77, Belgian art critic and curator, heart attack.[645]
- Tim Kehoe, 43, American author and toy inventor.[646]
- Assad Kotaite, 89, Lebanese administrator, Secretary-General and Council President of the International Civil Aviation Organization (1976–2006).[647]
- Eric Lockwood, 81, English rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity).[648]
- Huber Matos, 95, Cuban dissident, activist and writer, heart attack.[649]
- Olga Mutanda, 46, Ivorian Olympic sprinter.[650]
- Arnstein Øverkil, 76, Norwegian police chief and jurist.[651]
- Terry Rand, 79, American basketball player (Marquette Warriors), second round NBA draft pick (1956), heart attack.[652]
- Richard Sacher, 71, Czech politician, Czechoslovak Interior Minister (1989–1990), member of the Federal Assembly (1990–1992).[653]
- Wilford Scypion, 55, American boxer, Golden Gloves National Middleweight Champion (1978), complications from pneumonia.[654]
- Chuner Taksami, 83, Russian ethnographer.[655]
- Vicente T. Ximenes, 94, American civil rights activist.[656]
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- Guy Alexandre, 68, Haitian diplomat, ambassador to the Dominican Republic (1995–2003), heart attack.[657]
- Matthías Bjarnason, 92, Icelandic politician.[658]
- Juul Bjerke, 85, Norwegian economist.[659]
- Yvonne Busch, 84, American jazz musician.[660]
- Kevon Carter, 30, Trinidadian footballer, heart attack.[661]
- Hugo Brandt Corstius, 78, Dutch author.[662]
- Ophelia DeVore, 91, American businesswoman and model.[663]
- Ruth Frith, 104, Australian masters athlete.[664]
- Benjamín Galván Gómez, 41, Mexican politician and newspaper publisher, homicide.[665]
- Robert Holliday, 81, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1962–1968) and Senate (1969–1972, 1981–1994).[666]
- David Holmes, 87, British journalist and broadcaster, BBC News Political Editor (1975–1980).[667]
- Jerzy Kolendo, 80, Polish historian and archaeologist.[668]
- Lee Lorch, 98, American desegregation activist.[669]
- Michio Mado, 104, Japanese poet.[670]
- Ana María Moix, 66, Spanish writer, cancer.[671]
- Donald Murdoch, 90, New Zealand cricketer.[672]
- Karl Anton Rickenbacher, 73, Swiss conductor, heart attack.[673]
- C. R. Simha, 71, Indian actor and director, prostate cancer.[674]
- Gib Singleton, 78, American sculptor.[675]
- James Tague, 77, American writer, key witness to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.[676]
- Randy Trautman, 53, American football player (Washington Redskins, Calgary Stampeders).[677]
- Norman Yonemoto, 67, American video and visualization artist, stroke.[678]
- Nadeem al-Zaro, 82, Jordanian politician, minister of transport and minister of interior, mayor of Ramallah (1964–1969).[679]