Deaths in June 2014
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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 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.
June 2014
1
- Salvador Anzelmo, 93, American lawyer and politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1960–1972).[1]
- Liliana Archibald, 86, English insurance broker, ruptured aortic aneurysm.[2]
- Andres Briner, 91, Swiss music historian, academic and art journalist.[3]
- Chang Feng-hsu, 85, Taiwanese politician, Pingtung County Magistrate (1964–1973), Mayor of Taipei (1972–1976), Minister of the Interior (1976–1978).[4]
- John Edwards Conway, 79, American senior and chief judge (District of New Mexico), and federal judge (FISA Court).[5]
- Ann B. Davis, 88, American actress (The Bob Cummings Show, The Brady Bunch, Lover Come Back), Emmy winner (1958, 1959), subdural hematoma from a fall.[6]
- Bibi Dawood, 87, South African anti-apartheid activist.[7]
- Dolfi Drimer, 79, Romanian chess player and engineer.[8]
- Brian Farmer, 80, English footballer (Birmingham City).[9]
- Heinrich Fasching, 85, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten (1993–2004).[10]
- Karlheinz Hackl, 65, Austrian actor (Sophie's Choice), malignant brain tumor.[11]
- John Hills, 53, British jockey and horse trainer, pancreatic cancer.[12]
- Yuri Kochiyama, 93, American internment camp detainee and civil rights activist.[13]
- Dhondutai Kulkarni, 86, Indian Jaipur-Atrauli gharana singer, recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1990).[14]
- Juhani Laakso, 72, Finnish Olympic shooter.[15]
- Jay Lake, 49, American author (Mainspring), colorectal cancer.[16]
- Timofei Moșneaga, 82, Moldovan physician and politician, minister of health (1994–1997).[17]
- Valentin Mankin, 75, Ukrainian Soviet sailor, Olympic triple champion (1968, 1972, 1980) and silver medalist (1976), cancer.[18]
- Lawrence G. Miller, 78, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (since 1991).[19]
- Tarō Naka, 92, Japanese poet, pneumonia.[20]
- Joseph Olita, 70, Kenyan actor (Rise and Fall of Idi Amin, Mississippi Masala), hypertension.[21]
- Antonio Rada, 77, Colombian World Cup footballer (1962), cancer.[22]
- Tom Rounds, 77, American radio production executive (American Top 40), complications from surgery.[23]
- Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, Iranian political prisoner, executed.[24]
- Jack Souther, 90, Canadian volcanologist.[25]
- Sir Hugo White, 74, British Navy officer, Governor of Gibraltar (1995–1997), admiral and Commander-in-Chief Fleet (1992–1995).[26]
2
- Kitty Baker, 101, American mathematics educator, heart failure.[27]
- Ramona Brooks, 63, American singer, cancer.[28]
- Ivica Brzić, 73, Serbian football player (FK Željezničar Sarajevo, FK Vojvodina) and manager (CA Osasuna, RCD Mallorca, Alianza Lima).[29]
- Max Charlesworth, 88, Australian philosopher.[30]
- Anjan Das, 62, Indian National Film Award-winning filmmaker (Faltu), liver cancer.[31]
- Ernie Eiffler, 88, Australian football player (Collingwood).[32]
- Donald Flores, 65, Northern Marianan politician, Mayor of Saipan (since 2010), stroke.[33]
- Anatol Grințescu, 74, Romanian Olympic water polo player.[34]
- Gennadi Gusarov, 77, Russian footballer.[35]
- Bill Harris, 69, Scottish geneticist.[36]
- James Keegstra, 80, Canadian teacher and politician.[37]
- James E. Keller, 71, American judge, member of the Kentucky Supreme Court (1999–2005), cancer.[38]
- Nikolay Khrenkov, 29, Russian Olympic bobsledder (2014), traffic collision.[39]
- Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang, 72, Vietnamese football player and manager, stroke.[40]
- Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, 90, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of Santa Maria (since 1985), Archbishop of Bangalore (1968–1971).[41]
- Maciej Łukaszczyk, 80, Polish pianist.[42]
- Weldon Myrick, 76, American steel guitar player (The Nashville A-Team, Area Code 615).[43]
- Johnny Ould, 74, British Olympic boxer.[44]
- Mame Reiley, 61, American political strategist, cancer.[45]
- Kuaima Riruako, 79, Namibian chieftain, Paramount Chief of the Herero (since 1978), Hereroland Political Representative to South Africa (1978–1980), hypertension.[46]
- Alexander Shulgin, 88, American pharmacologist and chemist, MDMA pioneer, liver cancer.[47]
- Tapan Sikdar, 69, Indian politician, MP for Dum Dum (1998–2004), kidney failure.[48]
- Marjorie Stapp, 92, American actress (The Blazing Trail, Problem Girls, Suicide Battalion).[49]
3
- Myles Ambrose, 87, American prosecutor and civil servant, commissioner for Customs and Border Patrol, heart failure.[50]
- S. D. Bandaranayake, 96, Sri Lankan politician.[51]
- Svyatoslav Belza, 72, Russian music and literary critic.[52]
- Gordon Bennett, 59, Australian artist.[53]
- Roy M. Goodman, 84, American politician, member of the New York Senate (1969–2002), respiratory failure.[54]
- Sir Eldon Griffiths, 89, British politician, MP for Bury St Edmunds (1964–1992), Minister for Sport (1970–1974).[55]
- Karl Harris, 34, English motorcycle racer, race collision.[56]
- Anthony Kelly, 85, British materials scientist.[57]
- Steve King, 56, American record producer and audio engineer (The Eminem Show), liver disease.[58]
- Elodie Lauten, 63, French-born American composer.[59]
- André Lochon, 81, French Olympic water polo player.[60]
- Virginia Luque, 86, Argentine singer and actress.[61]
- Kaneyasu Marutani, 94, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (1977–1989).[62]
- Basheer Mauladad, 82–83, Kenyan Asian leader.[63] (death announced on this date)
- Narendra Patni, 71, Indian chief executive, founded Patni Computer Systems, heart attack.[64]
- Gopinath Munde, 64, Indian politician, Minister of Rural Development (since 2014), MP (since 2009), Maharashtra MLA, DCM and Minister of Home Affairs, traffic collision.[65]
- Fritz Schwegler, 79, German artist and academic.[66]
- James Alan Shelton, 53, American bluegrass guitarist (Ralph Stanley), cancer.[67]
- David Yardley, 84, British legal scholar and public servant.[68]
4
- Neal Arden, 104, British actor.[69]
- Joseph Befe Ateba, 52, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kribi (since 2008).[70]
- John Baker, 86, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Salisbury (1982–1993).[71]
- Don Banfield, 97, Australian politician, Attorney-General of South Australia (1979).[72]
- Waldemar Beck, 93, German Olympic rower.[73]
- Tom Coleman, 85, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1981–1995).[74]
- George Ho, 94, American-born Chinese Hong Kong media owner (Commercial Television and Radio), recipient of the Gold Bauhinia Star (2001).[75]
- A. Walton Litz, 84, American literary historian.[76]
- Sheila Lumpe, 79, American politician.[77]
- Doc Neeson, 67, Australian musician (The Angels), malignant brain tumour.[78]
- Ed Negre, 86, American race-car driver and owner (NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt).[79]
- Chester Nez, 93, American Navajo code talker, last remaining Navajo who developed the code, recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal (2001), renal failure.[80]
- Thor Olsen, 84, Norwegian Olympic weightlifter.[81]
- William Schuelein, 86, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (1972–1992).[82]
- Cliff Severn, 88, British-born American cricketer (national team) and child actor (A Christmas Carol, How Green Was My Valley).[83]
- Nathan Shamuyarira, 85, Zimbabwean newspaper editor and politician, Minister of Information (1980–1987) and Foreign Affairs (1987–1995), chest infection.[84]
- Edward Sövik, 95, American architect and author.[85]
- Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, 94, British judge and law lord.[86]
- Martin Treacy, 78, Irish hurler (Kilkenny).[87]
- Otto van Verschuer, 86, Dutch baron, estate manager and politician, member of the States of Gelderland (1962–1978) and Executive (1965–1978).[88]
- Buddy Wentworth, 77, Namibian politician, recipient of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, heart disease.[89]
- Walter Winkler, 71, Polish footballer (Polonia Bytom, national team).[90]
- Don Zimmer, 83, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers) and manager (Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs), heart failure as a complication from cardiac surgery.[91]
5
- Bob Abrahamian, 35, American disc jockey and record collector, suicide.[92]
- Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, 42–43, Iraqi ISIL military commander.[93]
- Roger Ackling, 66, British sculptor, complications from motor neurone disease.[94]
- Maria Alquilar, 86, American ceramic artist.[95]
- Édouard Mwe di Malila Apenela, 76, Congolese businessman.[96]
- Hans Baars-Lindner, 88, German Olympic sailor (1960).[97]
- Ganiyu Akanbi Bello, 83, Nigerian community leader and businessman, murdered.[98]
- Nina Byers, 84, American physicist.[99]
- Christopher Burger, 78, South African cricketer.[100]
- Don Davis, 75, American musician, songwriter (Who's Making Love, Disco Lady) and Grammy Award-winning producer (You Don't Have to Be a Star).[101]
- Rolf Hachmann, 96, German archaeologist.[102]
- Matthew Washington Kennedy, 93, American pianist, complications from cancer.[103]
- Robert Kuwałek, 47, Polish historian.[104]
- Johnny Leach, 91, British table tennis player, World Table Tennis Champion (1949, 1951), team champion (1953), President of the ETTA.[105]
- Ismael Betancourt Lebron, 83, Puerto Rican police officer.[106]
- Edythe Lewis, 90, American disc jockey, complications from Alzheimer's disease.[107]
- Niall Lucy, 57, American writer and scholar, cancer.[108]
- Hana Orgoníková, 67, Czech politician, MP for the CSDP (since 1989).[109]
- Aaron Sachs, 90, American jazz musician.[110]
- Reiulf Steen, 80, Norwegian politician and diplomat, Minister of Transportation (1971–1972) and Commerce (1979–1981), MP for Oslo and Akershus (1977–1993), Ambassador to Chile (1992–1996).[111]
6
- Irene Awret, 93, German artist, author and Holocaust survivor.[112]
- Darío Barrio, 41, Spanish television chef, BASE jumping accident.[113]
- Douglas Bartles-Smith, 77, English Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Southwark (1985–2004).[114]
- Ado Bayero, 83, Nigerian chieftain, politician and diplomat, Emir of Kano (since 1963), Northern Region MLA, Ambassador to Senegal, cancer.[115]
- Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, 84, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Río Gallegos (1992–2005).[116]
- Tap Canutt, 81, American stunt performer and actor.[117]
- Joyce Mitchell Cook, 80, American philosopher.[118]
- Karen DeCrow, 76, American civil rights activist, lawyer and author, President of the National Organization for Women (1974–1977), melanoma.[119]
- Alain Desaever, 61, Belgian cyclist.[120]
- Mary Ellen Epps, 79, American politician.[121]
- Eric Hill, 86, British children's writer and illustrator (Spot the Dog).[122]
- Lee Hyla, 61, American composer.[123]
- David Lockwood, 85, British sociologist.[124]
- Brian Miller, 93, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1957–1986).[125]
- Sheldon Roberts, 87, American metallurgist.[126]
- Jerrold Schwaber, 67, American cell biologist.[127]
- Alexander Shilov, 84, Russian chemist.[128]
- Lorna Wing, 85, British psychiatrist, co-founder of the National Autistic Society, coined the term "Asperger syndrome".[129]
7
- Dora Akunyili, 59, Nigerian politician and academic, Federal Minister of Information and Communications (2008–2010), ovarian cancer.[130]
- Leonard Bawtree, 90, Canadian politician.[131]
- Natalia Bazhanova, 67, Russian orientalist.[132]
- Eugene Cotran, 75, English judge.[133]
- Alan Douglas, 82, American record producer (Jimi Hendrix) and sound engineer (Eric Clapton).[134]
- Dick Elliott, 78, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1982–1992) and Senate (1992–2012).[135]
- Kevin Elyot, 62, British scriptwriter (Clapham Junction) and playwright (My Night with Reg).[136]
- Fernandão, 36, Brazilian footballer (Sport Club Internacional, national team), helicopter crash.[137]
- E. W. Foy, 77, American basketball coach (Southeastern Louisiana Lions, McNeese State Cowboys).[138]
- Glenn Freeman, 80, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1970–1971, 1974–1977) and Senate (1996–2000).[139]
- Jurij Gustinčič, 92, Slovene journalist and writer.[140]
- Marjorie Haines, 85, American Olympic equestrian.[141]
- Anthony Herbert, 84, American army officer and whistleblower.[142]
- Jacques Herlin, 86, French character actor (Of Gods and Men).[143]
- Amy C. King, 85, American mathematician, house fire.[144]
- Jónas Kristjánsson, 90, Icelandic academic and novelist.[145]
- Juan María Leonardi Villasmil, 67, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Punto Fijo (since 1997).[146]
- Roger Mayne, 85, English photographer.[147]
- Epainette Mbeki, 98, South African anti-apartheid activist.[148]
- James McNair, 62, American writer and comedian, traffic collision.[149]
- Stephen A. Metcalf, 86, British missionary.[150]
- Hélcio Milito, 83, Brazilian musician.[151]
- Pierre Patry, 80, Canadian filmmaker.[152]
- Ida Schöpfer, 84, Swiss Olympic alpine skier.[153]
- Clara Schroth, 93, American gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).[154]
- Uday Singh, 75, Fijian politician.[155]
- Merv Thackeray, 88, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Keppel (1957–1960) and Rockhampton North (1960–1972).[156]
- Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, 91, Polish-born American philosopher.[157]
- David Tyshler, 86, Russian Soviet Olympic fencer (1956) and academic.[158]
- Norman Willis, 81, British trade unionist, General Secretary of the TUC (1984–1993).[159]
8
- Ruy Barbosa Popolizio, 94, Chilean businessman, oenologist and cathedratic, Minister of Agriculture (1963–1964), Rector of the University of Chile (1968–1969).[160]
- John Bartlett, 85, English cricketer.[161]
- Aman Ullah Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician.[162]
- Jan Deberitz, 64, Norwegian novelist.[163]
- Ken Doubleday, 88, Australian Olympic hurdler and triple jumper (1952, 1956).[164]
- Hans Kristian Eriksen, 81, Norwegian non-fiction writer, magazine editor, novelist and short story writer.[165]
- Jean Geissinger, 79, American baseball player (AAGPBL).[166]
- Alexander Imich, 111, Russian Congress Poland-born American chemist, parapsychologist and supercentenarian, oldest man in the world.[167]
- Eva Kløvstad, 92, Norwegian World War II resistance member (Milorg).[168]
- Veronica Lazăr, 76, Romanian-born Italian actress (Inferno, Last Tango in Paris, The Stendhal Syndrome).[169]
- Dennis Lewiston, 80, British cinematographer.[170]
- Harold Russell Maddock, 96, Australian jockey.[171]
- Shirley Marsh, 88, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (1973–1989).[172]
- J. Stanley Marshall, 91, American educator, President of Florida State University (1969–1976), complications from a heart attack.[173]
- Billy McCool, 69, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).[174]
- J. William Pope, 76, American politician and lawyer, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, cancer.[175]
- Celio Roncancio, 48, Colombian cyclist.[176]
- Ivo Vinco, 86, Italian opera singer.[177]
- Ben Whitaker, 79, British politician and global poverty campaigner, MP for Hampstead (1966–1970).[178]
- Yoshihito, Prince Katsura, 66, Japanese royal, acute heart failure.[citation needed]
9
- Bernard Agré, 88, Ivorian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of San Giovanni (since 2001), Archbishop of Abidjan (1994–2006).[179]
- Danilo Baroni, 92, Argentine lawyer and politician, Governor of Chaco (1987–1991).[180]
- Tapan Barua, Indian cricketer.[181]
- Harris Blake, 84, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (2003–2013), natural causes.[182]
- William A. Bradfield, 86, New Zealand astronomer.[183]
- Allan Brown, 89, Australian football player (Collingwood).[184]
- John Ferguson Browne, 93, Canadian politician, MP for Vancouver-Kingsway (1958–1962).[185]
- Edmund Bruggmann, 71, Swiss alpine skier, Olympic silver medalist (1972), complications from leukemia.[186]
- Alison Burton, 92, Australian tennis player.[187]
- Rex L. Carter, 88, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1953–1980) and Speaker (1973–1980).[188]
- Robert Cranston, 85, Indian Olympic boxer.[189]
- Junie Donlavey, 90, American Hall of Fame NASCAR team owner (Ken Schrader, Jody Ridley, Donlavey Racing), Alzheimer's disease.[190]
- Marit Svarva Henriksen, 89, Norwegian politician.[191]
- Reinhard Höppner, 65, German politician, Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt (1994–2002), cancer.[192]
- Kim Heungsou, 94, Japanese Korean-born South Korean harmonism artist.[193]
- Stuart Long, 50, American boxer and priest.[194]
- Rik Mayall, 56, English comedian, writer and actor (The Young Ones, Drop Dead Fred, Bottom), cardiac arrest.[195]
- Bosse Persson, 72, Swedish eccentric and political figure, founder of the Donald Duck Party.[196]
- Elsie Quarterman, 103, American plant ecologist.[197]
- Vitaly Shafranov, 84, Russian theoretical physicist.[198]
- Alicemarie Huber Stotler, 72, American senior judge, member (1984–2009) and Chief Judge (2005–2009) of the US District Court for Central California.[199]
- Scott Studenmund, 24, American staff sergeant, airstrike.[200]
- Gustave Tassell, 88, American fashion designer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.[201]
- Bob Welch, 57, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Oakland Athletics), Cy Young Award winner (1990), accidental fall.[202]
- Gerd Zacher, 84, German composer and author.[203]
10
- Toribio Aguilera, 73, Honduran economist and politician, MP for Cortés (1998–2014), lymphatic cancer.[204]
- Kamaluddin Ahmed, 75, Pakistani physicist, hepatitis.[205]
- Sebastián Alabanda, 63, Spanish footballer (Real Betis), heart attack.[206]
- Marcello Alencar, 88, Brazilian politician and lawyer, Governor of Rio de Janeiro (1995–1999), Mayor of Rio de Janeiro (1983–1986, 1989–1993).[207]
- Gemmell Alexander, 95, British military officer and colonial officer.[208]
- Robert Arthur Alexie, 56, Canadian Gwich'in politician and novelist, Chief (1989–1991), President of the Tribal Council, chief First Nations negotiator during 1992 land reform.[209]
- Frank Asaro, 86, American chemist.[210]
- Albert Baernstein II, 73, American mathematician.[211]
- Gabrielle Blunt, 95, British actress.[212]
- Vladimir Derer, 94, British politician, founder of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy.[213]
- Jay Disharoon, 65, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1976–1980) and Senate (1980–1988), traffic collision.[214]
- Julio García Estrada, 90, Mexican lawyer and academic.[215]
- Gary Gilmour, 62, Australian Test cricketer.[216]
- Robert M. Grant, 96, American theologian.[217]
- Jim Hazelton, 82, Australian aviator, prostate cancer.[218]
- Ian Horrocks, British RAF officer.[219]
- Jack Lee, 94, American politician and radio broadcaster, Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina (1971–1975), chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party.[220]
- Walter Lemos, 84, Argentine Olympic runner.[221]
- Khair Bakhsh Marri, 86, Pakistani Baloch nationalist leader and militant, leader of the BLA, complications from a brain haemorrhage.[222]
- Gerald N. McAllister, 91, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Oklahoma (1977–1989).[223]
- William Pannill, 87, American daffodil hybridizer, president of the American Horticultural Society.[224]
- Vithal Patil, 86, Indian cricketer.[225]
- Peder I. Ramsrud, 91, Norwegian politician.[226]
- Stuart Vaughan, 88, American theatre director, prostate cancer.[227]
- Alex Wedderspoon, 83, British Anglican priest, Dean of Guildford (1987–2001).[228]
- Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, 82, Dutch-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itaguaí (1980–1998).[229]
- Jack Woolf, 90, American educator, President of the University of Texas at Arlington (1959–1968).[230]
- Kin Maung Yin, 76, Burmese artist.[231]
11
- Horaţiu Badiţă, 37, Romanian Olympic swimmer.[232]
- Joe Becker, 82, American Olympic cyclist (1956).[233]
- Glenn Britt, 65, American businessman, melanoma.[234]
- Michael Brown, 93, American songwriter.[235]
- Ruby Dee, 91, American actress (Decoration Day, American Gangster, Do the Right Thing) and civil rights activist, Emmy winner (1991).[236]
- Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, 80, Spanish conductor and composer, cancer.[237]
- Charles Gautier, 69, French politician, Senator for Loire-Atlantique (2001–2011), colon cancer.[238]
- Carlyn Halde, 89, American medical mycologist.[239]
- Claude Horan, 96, American artist and surfer, coined the term "Steamer Lane".[240]
- Susan B. Horwitz, 59, American computer scientist, stomach cancer.[241]
- Kunie Iwahashi, 79, Japanese novelist, peritonitis.[242]
- Dan Knott, 95, Australian rules footballer (Collingwood, Richmond).[243]
- Mipham Chokyi Lodro, 61, Chinese Tibetan Buddhist teacher, 14th Shamarpa of the Karma Kagyu sect, heart attack.[244]
- Juan López Hita, 69, Spanish footballer (Algeciras, Sevilla).[245]
- Keshav Malik, 89, Indian poet and critic.[246]
- Benjamin Mophatlane, 41, South African information technology executive, CEO of Business Connexion Group (since 2007), cardiac arrest.[247]
- Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi, 89, Indian classical dancer and musician.[248]
- Gilles Ségal, 82, French actor and playwright.[249]
- Harilal Shah, 71, Kenyan cricket player (East Africa) and manager (national team), captain (1975).[250]
- Carlton Sherwood, 67, American soldier, journalist (1980 Pulitzer Prize team at Gannett) and filmmaker (Stolen Honor), heart failure.[251]
- Ernest Tursunov, 78, Kyrgyzstani poet and translator.[252]
- Paul Wingard, 84, American politician.[253]
12
- Richard Arnowitt, 86, American physicist.[254]
- Don Bennett, 80, English cricket player and coach (Middlesex).[255]
- Lilian Benningsen, 89, Austrian operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto.[256]
- Stephen Berg, 79, American poet.[257]
- Gabriel Bernal, 58, Mexican boxer, WBC Flyweight Champion (1984).[258]
- Horacio Cordero, 68, Argentine painter, sculptor and ceramicist.[259]
- Predhuman K Joseph Dhar, Indian author, social worker and a writer.[260]
- Nabil Hemani, 34, Algerian footballer (JS Kabylie, ES Sétif, national team), fall.[261]
- Dan Jacobson, 85, South African writer and academic.[262]
- Kefee, 34, Nigerian gospel singer, lung failure.[263]
- Julian Koenig, 93, American advertising copywriter.[264]
- Carla Laemmle, 104, American actress (The Phantom of the Opera, The Broadway Melody, Dracula), natural causes.[265]
- Gunnel Linde, 89, Swedish author.[266]
- Tom Lloyd-Evans, 73, British astronomer.[267]
- Donald Macaulay, Baron Macaulay of Bragar, 80, British politician and life peer.[268]
- Khagen Mahanta, 71, Indian folk singer, cardiac ailment.[269]
- Enzo Pastor, 32, Filipino race-car driver, shot.[270]
- Joe Pittman, 60, American baseball player (Houston Astros, San Diego Padres).[271]
- Shaktipada Rajguru, 92, Indian Bengali language writer.[272]
- Pat Rosier, 72, New Zealand writer.[273]
- Frank Schirrmacher, 54, German journalist, writer and newspaper publisher (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), heart attack.[274]
- Jimmy Scott, 88, American jazz singer.[275]
- Willie Sheelor, 86, American Negro league baseball player.[276]
- Paul Silva, 91, American biologist.[277]
- Gerald Westbury, 86, English surgeon.[278]
- Yoo Byung-eun, 73, Japanese-born South Korean religious leader and businessman.[279] (body found on this date)
13
- Robin Amis, 82, British author, poet, publisher, editor and translator.[280]
- Mark Ballinger, 65, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).[281]
- António Silva Cardoso, 86, Angolan politician.[282]
- Neville Charlton, 85, Australian rugby league footballer.[283]
- Michael Coetzee, 54, South African anti-apartheid activist and civil servant, cancer.[284]
- Mahdi Elmandjra, 81, Moroccan economist and futurologist.[285]
- Gyula Grosics, 88, Hungarian football player (Tatabánya, Budapest Honvéd, national team) and manager, Olympic champion (1952).[286]
- Willie Harvey, 84, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock).[287]
- Ralph Hennessy, 95, Canadian vice admiral.[288]
- John Michael Ingram, 83, British fashion designer.[289]
- Abdallah Kamal, 49, Egyptian newspaper journalist, editor, author and politician, MP, heart attack.[290]
- Jim Keays, 67, Australian rock musician (The Masters Apprentices), pneumonia as a complication of multiple myeloma.[291]
- David MacLennan, 65, Scottish actor and theatre producer, founded 7:84, motor neurone disease.[292]
- Chuck Noll, 82, American football player (Cleveland Browns) and Hall of Fame coach (Pittsburgh Steelers), most coached Super Bowl wins (IX, X, XIII, XIV), natural causes.[293]
- Robert Peters, 89, American poet, playwright, editor and stage actor, natural causes.[294]
- Richard Rockefeller, 65, American billionaire physician, plane crash.[295]
- Jack Roeser, 90, American engineer, manufacturing executive and political activist.[296]
- Sara Widén, 33, Swedish opera singer (Royal Swedish Opera), cancer.[297]
14
- Bob Campbell, 83, English wildlife photographer.[298]
- Alberto Cañas Escalante, 94, Costa Rican writer, journalist and politician, MP for San José (1962–1966, 1994–1998), complications following surgery.[299]
- Alex Chandre de Oliveira, 36, Brazilian footballer (Hangzhou Greentown), heart attack.[300]
- Ernie Cheatham, 84, American officer and football player.[301]
- Isabelle Collin Dufresne, 78, French-born American actress (I, a Man), artist, author and model (Andy Warhol), cancer.[302]
- Irene Forbes, 65, Cuban Olympic fencer (1972).[303]
- David Gardner-Medwin, 77, British physician, leukemia.[304]
- Magdolna Gulyás, 64, Hungarian Olympic basketball player.[305]
- Ágnes Gajdos-Hubai, 66, Hungarian Olympic volleyball player.[306]
- José Gómez, 70, Spanish Olympic cyclist (1968).[307]
- John Geoffrey Jones, 85, British judge.[308]
- Sam Kelly, 70, British actor ('Allo 'Allo!, Porridge), cancer.[309]
- Robert Lebeck, 85, German photojournalist.[310]
- Steve London, 83, American television and film actor and attorney.[311]
- Francis Matthews, 86, English film and television actor (Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Paul Temple, Heartbeat).[312]
- Jamie McEwan, 61, American Olympic bronze medallist slalom canoeist (1972).[313]
- Ivor Mendonca, 79, Guyanese cricketer (West Indies), throat and prostate cancer.[314]
- Terry Richards, 81, British actor and stuntman (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Princess Bride).[315]
- James E. Rogers, 75, American educator and media owner (KSNV-DT, IWCC), Chancellor of Nevada System of Higher Education (2005–2009), cancer.[316]
- Telangana Shakuntala, 63, Indian film and stage actress, cardiac arrest.[317]
- Seymour Slive, 93, American art historian.[318]
- Rodney Thomas, 41, American football player (Texas A&M Aggies, Tennessee Titans), heart attack.[319]
- Maria Wonenburger, 86, Spanish mathematician.[320]
15
- Fathia al-Assal, 81, Egyptian playwright and activist.[321]
- Jacques Bergerac, 87, French actor (Les Girls).[322]
- György Bokor, 85, Hungarian Olympic basketball player.[323]
- Giancarlo Danova, 75, Italian footballer.[324]
- Nalini Prava Deka, 70, Indian author.[325]
- Larry Dupree, 70, American football player, heart attack.[326]
- Ray Fox, 98, American Hall of Fame NASCAR engine builder and team owner (Junior Johnson, Cale Yarborough), pneumonia.[327]
- Sardar Fazlul Karim, 89, Pakistani-Bangladeshi politician, political prisoner, academic and literary translator, member of the CAP, multiple organ failure.[328]
- Casey Kasem, 82, American radio disc jockey (American Top 40) and voice actor (Scooby-Doo, Super Friends), Lewy body dementia.[329]
- Daniel Keyes, 86, American author (Flowers for Algernon), complications from pneumonia.[330]
- Andrei Kharlov, 45, Russian chess grandmaster.[331]
- Kutho, 61, Burmese comedian and film director.[332]
- John G. King, 88, English-born American physicist and professor (MIT), heart and renal failure.[333]
- Maury Meyers, 82, American politician, Mayor of Beaumont, Texas (1978–1982, 1986–1990), Parkinson's disease.[334]
- Olavi Nikkilä, 92, Finnish politician.[335]
- Nick Nostro, 83, Italian film director.[336]
- Petrus Oellibrandt, 78, Belgian racing cyclist.[337]
- Olli Partanen, 91, Finnish discus thrower.[338]
- Emile Riachi, 87, Lebanese orthopaedic surgeon.[339]
- Moise Safra, 79, Syrian-born Brazilian billionaire financier, founder and chairman of Banco Safra, Parkinson's disease.[340]
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- Charles Barsotti, 80, American cartoonist (The New Yorker), brain cancer.[341]
- César Benetti, 90, Argentine Olympic swimmer.[342]
- Plácido Bilbao, 73, Spanish footballer.[343]
- Pierre D'Archambeau, 87, Belgian-born American violinist.[344]
- Carol Kreeger Davidson, 85, American sculptor.[345]
- Yvonne Dold-Samplonius, 77, Dutch mathematician and historian.[346]
- Tony Gwynn, 54, American Hall of Fame baseball player (San Diego Padres), salivary gland cancer.[347]
- Thore Heramb, 97, Norwegian painter and illustrator.[348]
- Liselotte Marti, 58, Swiss Olympic gymnast.[349]
- Stephen A. Mikulak, 65, American politician.[350]
- Maria Perosino, 52, Italian author and art historian, tumor.[351]
- J. M. Rajaratnam, 86, Sri Lankan accountant and executive (Singer Corporation).[352]
- Cándido Muatetema Rivas, 54, Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister (2001–2004), Ambassador to Germany (since 2005).[353]
- Thérèse Vanier, 91, British doctor.[354]
- Stephen Walker, 86, Australian sculptor.[355]
17
- Yury Bayakovsky, 76, Soviet and Russian scientist.[356]
- Asher Ben-Natan, 93, Austrian-born Israeli diplomat, Director General of the Ministry of Defense (1959–1965), Ambassador to Germany (1965–1970) and France (1970–1974).[357]
- Haig Bosmajian, 86, American writer.[358]
- Patsy Byrne, 80, English actress (Blackadder II).[359]
- Éric Dewailly, 59, Canadian medical researcher, landslide.[360]
- Wolfram Dorn, 89, German politician.[361]
- Paul England, 85, Australian race car driver.[362]
- Ray Evans, 74, Australian business executive and political activist, co-founder of the Lavoisier Group.[363]
- Anthony Goldschmidt, 71, American graphic designer and poster artist (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Dark Knight, Cocoon), liver cancer.[364]
- Igor Korneluyk, 37, Russian state television correspondent, mortar strike.[365]
- Mario Llamas, 86, Mexican tennis player.[366]
- Stanley Marsh 3, 76, American artist and philanthropist, patron of Cadillac Ranch.[367]
- John McClure, 84, American Grammy Award-winning record producer.[368]
- Barry Moss, 74, American film casting director (Friday the 13th, Beavis and Butt-head Do America, The Cosby Show), heart failure.[369]
- Peter J. Notaro, 79, American judge, member of the New York Supreme Court (1991–2005), stroke.[370]
- Arnold S. Relman, 91, American physician, editor (New England Journal of Medicine) and health care activist, melanoma.[371]
- Jorge Romo, 90, Mexican footballer (national team).[372]
- Rodrigo Ruiz, 84, Costa Rican Olympic sports shooter.[373]
- Anton Voloshin, 25–26, Russian sound engineer, mortar strike.[374]
- Jeffry Wickham, 80, British actor (The Remains of the Day, Scoop, Ali G Indahouse).[375]
- Larry Zeidel, 86, Canadian hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers), complications from heart failure and kidney problems.[376]
18
- David Cobb, 93, British marine artist.[377]
- Leo De Maeyer, 86, Belgian physical chemist.[378]
- Lynn DeJac, 50, American exonerated prisoner, cancer.[379]
- Arque Dickerson, 91, American fighter pilot (Tuskegee Airmen).[380]
- Rezaul Bari Dina, 62, Bangladeshi politician.[381]
- Sergei Dolgov, 59, Ukrainian-Russian journalist, murdered.[382]
- Michael Frederick, 87, Barbadian cricketer.[383]
- John Ruthell Henry, 63, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.[384]
- Stephanie Kwolek, 90, American chemist, inventor of Kevlar.[385]
- Allan Maas, 91, Australian footballer (North Melbourne).[386]
- Johnny Mann, 85, American composer, Grammy Award-winning arranger ("Up, Up and Away") and singer (Alvin and the Chipmunks).[387]
- Claire Martin, 100, Canadian author.[388]
- Itche Menahem, 74–75, Israeli football player and manager.[389]
- John E. Miller, 85, American politician, member (1958–1998) and Speaker (1979–1980) of the Arkansas House of Representatives.[390]
- Márcio Moreira, 67, Brazilian advertising executive, complications from heart surgery.[391]
- James Nelson, 82, American sound editor (Five Easy Pieces, The Exorcist) and film producer (Star Wars).[392]
- Vladimir Popovkin, 56, Russian military officer, head of the Federal Space Agency (2011–2013).[393]
- Ces Renwick, 89, New Zealand cricketer.[394]
- Horace Silver, 85, American jazz pianist (Song for My Father, Blowin' the Blues Away), natural causes.[395]
- Luraine Tansey, 96, American slide librarian.[396]
19
- Tahira Asif, 52–53, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly (#52 Reserved Women's Sindh seat), shot.[397]
- Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt, 98, German army and air force officer, World War II Wehrmacht major awarded Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, general in the Bundeswehr.[398]
- Gerry Goffin, 75, American Hall of Fame lyricist ("Will You Love Me Tomorrow", "The Loco-Motion", "Go Away Little Girl", "Take Good Care of My Baby").[399]
- Charlotte Greig, 59, British novelist and singer.[400]
- Joe Kopnisky, 78, American football player and coach.[401]
- Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai, 88, Indian industrialist.[402]
- James A. Lantz, 92, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives, Speaker (1959–1961).[403]
- Marilyn Levy, 92, American chemist, heart failure.[404]
- Alan Moller, 64, American meteorologist and tornado chaser, Alzheimer's disease.[405]
- Daniel Nazareth, 66, Indian composer and conductor.[406]
- James Pitts, 93, American chemist, academic and civil servant, natural causes.[407]
- William Reid, 87, Scottish military historian.[408]
- Bill Renna, 89, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics/Kansas City Athletics).[409]
- John Schiffer, 68, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate (since 1993), liver cancer.[410]
- Avraham Shalom, 86, Austrian-born Israeli security official, Director of the Shin Bet (1980–1986), commander in the capture of Adolf Eichmann and the Bus 300 affair.[411]
- Ibrahim Touré, 28, Ivorian footballer (Misr El-Makasa SC, Al-Safa' SC), cancer.[412]
- Guy Trottier, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs), cancer.[413]
20
- Anne Arnold, 89, American sculptor.[414]
- Jim Bamber, 66, British cartoonist, cancer.[415]
- David Brown, 84, British musicologist.[416]
- Oberdan Cattani, 95, Brazilian footballer (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras).[417]
- Nev Cottrell, 87, Australian rugby union player.[418]
- Handel Greville, 92, Welsh rugby union player (national team).[419]
- Philip Hollom, 102, British ornithologist.[420]
- Florica Lavric, 52, Romanian rower, Olympic champion (1984), cancer.[421]
- Amalia Miranzo, 74, Spanish politician, Senator for Cuenca (1977–1986).[422]
- Tom Mooney, 79, American-born Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes) and coach.[423]
- Gerald Ratner, 100, American lawyer.[424]
- Norman Sheffield, 75, British rock drummer (The Hunters), recording facility co-owner (Trident Studios) and manager (Queen), cancer.[425]
- Murat Sökmenoğlu, 69, Turkish politician, MP for Hatay Province (1983–1989) and Istanbul (1999–2002).[426]
- Jaroslav Walter, 75, Czech ice hockey player (national team), Olympic bronze medalist (1964).[427]
21
- Tritobia Hayes Benjamin, 69, American art historian and educator.[428]
- Gerry Conlon, 60, Northern Irish author and human rights activist, Guildford Four member wrongfully convicted of the Guildford pub bombings, lung cancer.[429]
- Peter de Rome, 89, American filmmaker (Adam & Yves), natural causes.[430]
- Robert Gardner, 88, American anthropologist and documentary filmmaker.[431]
- John Heslop, 89, New Zealand surgeon and sports administrator.[432]
- Roland Hill, 93, German-born British journalist and biographer.[433]
- Yozo Ishikawa, 88, Japanese politician, Director General of the Defense Agency, member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo, acute respiratory failure.[434]
- Anthony Jacobs, Baron Jacobs, 82, British peer and automobile executive, Chairman of the BSM (1973–1990).[435]
- Walter Kieber, 83, Liechtenstein politician, Prime Minister (1974–1978).[436]
- Roman Laskowski, 78, Polish academic.[437]
- Standish Lawder, 78, American film director.[438]
- Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon, 81, British politician and life peer.[439]
- Rose Marie Muraro, 83, Brazilian sociologist.[440]
- Sir Philip Myers, 83, British police officer, Chief Constable of North Wales Police (1974–1982).[441]
- Jimmy C. Newman, 86, American country music singer, cancer.[442]
- Irajá Damiani Pinto, 94, Brazilian paleontologist.[443]
- Aleksandr Shadrin, 25, Uzbekistani footballer, gastric ulcer.[444]
- Bob Soleau, 73, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[445]
- Wong Ho Leng, 54, Malaysian politician, MP for Sibu (2010–2013), Sarawak MLA for Bukit Assek (1996–2001, since 2006), brain cancer.[446]
- Bruno Zumino, 91, Italian particle physicist (CERN, UC-B), developed Wess-Zumino and WZW models, recipient of the Max Planck Medal (1989) and Humboldt Prize (1992).[447]
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- Abdul Wahab Adam, 75, Ghanaian Islamic religious leader.[448]
- Fouad Ajami, 68, Lebanese-born American political scientist and author, prostate cancer.[449]
- Werner Biskup, 72, German footballer.[450]
- Felix Dennis, 67, British poet and publisher, founder of Dennis Publishing, throat cancer.[451]
- Rigoberto Guzmán, 82, Salvadoran football player and manager (national team), and teacher.[452]
- Teenie Hodges, 68, American rhythm and blues guitarist (Hi Rhythm Section) and songwriter ("Take Me to the River", "Love and Happiness"), complications from emphysema.[453]
- Lewis Kent, 86, Yugoslavian-born Australian politician.[454]
- Matin Ahmed Khan, 93, Pakistani academic, Dean and Director of the Institute of Business Administration (1972–1977).[455]
- Grzegorz Knapp, 35, Polish speedway and ice speedway rider, race collision.[456]
- Washington Malianga, 88, Zimbabwean militant and political activist, founding member of ZANU and ZANLA.[457]
- Rama Narayanan, 65, Indian film director, producer and politician, Tamil Nadu MLA for Karaikudi (1989–1994), kidney failure.[458]
- Jennifer Wynne Reeves, 51, American painter, brain tumor.[459]
- Steve Rossi, 82, American comedian (Allen & Rossi), cancer.[460]
- Chuck Tatum, 87, American soldier, World War II Marine Iwo Jima combatant, provided source material for The Pacific.[461]
- Grayce Uyehara, 94, American social worker and activist.[462]
- Arif Valiyev, 70, Azerbaijani politician, Chairman of the State Statistics Committee (since 1993).[463]
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- Conrad Brann, 88, German linguist.[464]
- Quinton-Steele Botes, 54, Namibian sports administrator, multiple myeloma.[465]
- Małgorzata Braunek, 67, Polish actress (The Big Night Bathe), cancer.[466]
- Nancy Garden, 76, American writer (Annie on My Mind) and LGBT activist, heart attack.[467]
- Lantra Fernando, 57, Sri Lankan cricketer.[468]
- Michael Intriligator, 76, American economist, melanoma.[469]
- Marie Jacq, 94, French politician.[470]
- Ichirō Komatsu, 63, Japanese civil servant and diplomat, Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau (2013–2014), Ambassador to France and Switzerland.[471]
- Euros Lewis, 72, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan, Sussex).[472]
- Michael K. Locke, 61, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (2002), traffic collision.[473]
- Paula Kent Meehan, 82, American hair products executive, newspaper owner (Beverly Hills Courier) and philanthropist, co-founder of Redken.[474]
- Charles R. Moore, 79, American Methodist minister, suicide by self-immolation.[475]
- I. N. Murthy, 89, Indian film director.[476]
- Glenn Percy, 85, American football coach (Ottawa University).[477]
- Steve Viksten, 53, American television writer (Hey Arnold!, Rugrats, The Simpsons) and voice actor, intracranial hemorrhage.[478]
- Magnus Wassén, 93, Swedish sailor, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).[479]
- Borys Yakovlev, 68, Ukrainian race walker.[480]
24
- Belfon Aboikoni, 74, Surinamese Saramaka chieftain.[481]
- Gladys Asmah, 74, Ghanaian politician.[482]
- Carlos F. Barbas III, 49, American biologist, cancer.[483]
- Sanedhip Bhimjee, 44, Mauritian dancer, pancreatic cancer.[484]
- John Clement, 85, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Niagara Falls (1971–1975).[485]
- Donald Allan Darling, 99, American statistician.[486]
- Jacqueline Jarrett Goodnow, 89, Australian cognitive psychologist.[487]
- Olga Kotelko, 95, Canadian athlete and book subject, intracranial brain hemorrhage.[488]
- Shogo Kubo, 54, Japanese-American skateboarder (Z-Boys), brain aneurysm.[489]
- Joachim Lambek, 91, German-born Canadian mathematician (Lambek–Moser theorem).[490]
- Marilyn Fisher Lundy, 89, American businesswoman and philanthropist.[491]
- Bhabini Mahato, Indian Bengali freedom fighter and activist.[492]
- Joanne Marrow, 69, American clinical psychologist, renal cell carcinoma.[493]
- Lee McBee, 63, American blues musician.[494]
- Mary Ellen McCaffree, 96, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1963–1971).[495]
- Paolo Salvati, 75, Italian painter.[496]
- Richard Sharp, 67, American automotive retail and electronics executive, CEO of Circuit City (1986–2000), founder of CarMax, complications from Alzheimer's disease.[497]
- David Taylor, 60, Scottish lawyer, Chief Executive of the SFA, General Secretary of UEFA.[498]
- Ramón José Velásquez, 97, Venezuelan politician, Acting President (1993–1994).[499]
- Chip Wadena, 75, American Ojibwe tribal executive, Chairman of the White Earth Indian Reservation (1976–1996).[500]
- Eli Wallach, 98, American actor (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Magnificent Seven, Baby Doll), Tony winner (1951).[501]
- Johnnie Mac Walters, 94, American civil servant and lawyer, Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1971–1973).[502]
25
- Viktor Blažič, 85, Slovene journalist and dissident.[503]
- Hubert Bourdy, 57, French equestrian, Olympic bronze medalist (1988, 1992).[504]
- Salwa Bughaighis, 51, Libyan human rights activist, revolutionary and lawyer, member of the National Transitional Council, shot.[505]
- Nigel Calder, 82, British science writer (New Scientist) and television screenwriter, recipient of the Kalinga Prize (1972).[506]
- Hirut Desta, 84, Ethiopian royal.[507]
- Johnny Fantham, 75, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday).[508]
- Derek Fielding, 84, Australian librarian and author.[509]
- Donald E. Fuoss, 91, American football and basketball coach.[510]
- Ragnhild Hilt, 68, Norwegian actress.[511]
- Sir Harry Hookway, 92, British civil servant, Chief Executive of the British Library (1973–1984).[512]
- Etta Hulme, 90, American editorial cartoonist (Fort Worth Star-Telegram).[513]
- Ann Mercy Hunt, 75, Welsh chemist and medical researcher.[514]
- Arvid Jacobsen, 75, Norwegian newspaper editor (Avisenes Nyhetsbyrå, Dagsavisen).[515]
- Ana María Matute, 88, Spanish writer, winner of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (2010), heart attack.[516]
- James Rogers Miller Jr., 83, American judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Maryland, heart failure.[517]
- A. C. Murali Mohan, 54, Indian actor, suicide by hanging.[518]
- Walter B. Parker, 87, American civil servant and policy advisor, investigated the Exxon Valdez oil spill.[519]
- Paul Patterson, 70, American neuroscientist and autism researcher, discovered further role of LIF in brain functioning.[520]
- Ivan Plyushch, 72, Ukrainian politician, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (1990, 1991–1994, 2000–2002), cancer.[521]
- Abdulalim A. Shabazz, 87, American mathematician.[522]
26
- Lidiya Alekseyeva, 89, Russian basketball player and Hall of Fame coach (national team), Olympic champion team (1976, 1980).[523]
- Howard Baker, 88, American politician and diplomat, Senator from Tennessee (1967–1985), Senate Majority Leader (1981–1985), White House Chief of Staff (1987–1988), complications from a stroke.[524]
- Terry Blair, 67, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (since 2009).[525]
- Barry Cole, 77, British poet.[526]
- Bernard Etkin, 96, Canadian scientist.[527]
- Bill Frank, 76, American Hall of Fame CFL football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).[528]
- Jay O. Glerum, 74, American theatre consultant and author.[529]
- Ron Hall, 68, Australian NTFA football player (Scottsdale), heart attack.[530]
- Nina Hoekman, 49, Ukrainian-born Dutch draughts player and coach, breast cancer.[531]
- Rollin King, 83, American airline executive, co-founder of Southwest Airlines, complications from a stroke.[532]
- Wolf Koenig, 86, German-born Canadian filmmaker (Lonely Boy).[533]
- Bob Mischak, 81, American football player (New York Giants, New York Titans, Oakland Raiders).[534]
- Mary Rodgers, 83, American composer (Once Upon a Mattress) and children's author (Freaky Friday), heart ailment.[535]
- Julius Rudel, 93, Austrian-born American Grammy Award-winning conductor and director (New York City Opera, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra).[536]
- Thomas Terputac, 87, American judge.[537]
- Vins, 70, Indian cartoonist.[538]
- Moacyr José Vitti, 73, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Curitiba (since 2004), heart attack.[539]
27
- José Emilio Amores, 95, Mexican cultural promoter and teacher.[540]
- Gilbert Ashwell, 97, American biochemist and medical researcher, pneumonia.[541]
- Edmond Blanchard, 60, Canadian politician and judge, New Brunswick MLA for Campbellton, Chief Justice of the CMAC.[542]
- Fred Brown, 70, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1974–1982).[543]
- Jim Bullions, 90, Scottish footballer.[544]
- John Dalgleish, 73, Australian footballer.[545]
- Joseph C. Flay, 82, American philosopher.[546]
- P. N. Furbank, 94, British writer and literary critic.[547]
- Miguel Ángel García Domínguez, 82, Mexican politician, MP (2003–2006).[548]
- Allen Grossman, 82, American poet (Bollingen Prize), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[549]
- Flor Hayes, 70, Irish Gaelic footballer (Cork).[550]
- Quintin Johnstone, 99, American legal scholar.[551]
- Tymon Mabaleka, 65, Zimbabwean footballer (national team).[552]
- Amaro Macedo, 100, Brazilian botanist and plant collector.[553]
- Leslie Manigat, 83, Haitian politician, President (1988), complications from a stroke.[554]
- Violet Milstead, 94, Canadian aviator.[555]
- Bernard Ferdinand Popp, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (1983–1993).[556]
- Petter Schramm, 58, Norwegian poet.[557]
- Rachid Solh, 88, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister (1974–1975, 1992), MP for Beirut (1960–1974).[558]
- Rex Whitehead, 65, Australian cricket umpire, complications from a stroke.[559]
- Bobby Womack, 70, American Hall of Fame R&B singer ("Harry Hippie") and songwriter ("I Can Understand It").[560]
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- Seymour Barab, 93, American composer and cellist.[561]
- Guido Boni, 80, Italian cyclist.[562]
- Jim Brosnan, 84, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs).[563]
- Joe Dooley, Irish hurler (Offaly).[564]
- Lois Geary, 84, American actress (The Last Stand, Silverado, The Astronaut Farmer).[565]
- Hedley Kett, 100, British World War II submariner.[566]
- Visitacao Lobo, 68, Indian footballer.[567]
- George Morrison, 86, American drama teacher.[568]
- Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría, 96, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Maturín (1958–1994).[569]
- Jeffrey Ressner, 56, American entertainment journalist (Rolling Stone, Time, Politico), heart failure.[570]
- Brian Roe, 75, British cricketer (Somerset).[571]
- Hussein Shire, 85, Ugandan-born Somali transportation and agricultural executive.[572]
- Melvin M. Spence, 87, American politician.[573]
- Meshach Taylor, 67, American actor (Designing Women, Mannequin, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide), colorectal cancer.[574]
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- Maher Abd al-Rashid, 72, Iraqi army general.[575]
- Sixto Batista Santana, 82, Cuban military officer and politician.[576]
- Barbara Brunton, 86, Australian actress.[577]
- Damian D'Oliveira, 53, South African-born English cricketer (Worcestershire), cancer.[578]
- Sir John Freeland, 86, British diplomat and lawyer.[579]
- Dermot Healy, 66, Irish poet, novelist and playwright.[580]
- Paul Horn, 84, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and new age musician.[581]
- Abul Hussain, 91, Bangladeshi poet.[582]
- Philip Lutzenkirchen, 23, American football player (Auburn Tigers), traffic collision.[583]
- Don Matheson, 84, American actor (Falcon Crest, General Hospital, Land of the Giants), lung cancer.[584]
- Sir Cameron Moffat, 84, British Army officer and doctor, Director General Army Medical Services (1984–1987), Surgeon-General (1985–1987).[585]
- Robin Neill, 82, Canadian economic historian.[586]
- Robert Reimann, 77, American rear admiral.[587]
- Walter Roberts, 97, Austrian-born American writer, lecturer, and government official.[588]
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- Pierre Bec, 92, French Occitan language poet and linguist.[589]
- Danny Canning, 88, Welsh footballer (Swansea Town).[590]
- Frank Cashen, 88, American baseball executive (Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets), complications from heart failure.[591]
- Anton Cassar, 90, Maltese journalist, founder and first editor of L-Orizzont.[592]
- Bobby Castillo, 59, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins), cancer.[593]
- Sultanul Kabir Chowdhury, 68, freedom fighter, lawyer and politician, heart disease.[594]
- Álvaro Corcuera, 56, Mexican Roman Catholic priest, Director of the Legion of Christ (2005–2012), brain tumor.[595]
- Alejandra Da Passano, 66, Argentine actress.[596]
- Gustavo Dávila, 28, Colombian footballer, drowning.[597]
- Alexander H. Flax, 93, American scientist and civil servant.[598]
- Christian Führer, 71, German Protestant pastor and political activist, an organiser of the Monday demonstrations in East Germany, respiratory failure.[599]
- Tomás Galfrascoli, 88, Argentine Olympian
- Bob Hastings, 89, American actor (McHale's Navy, The Munsters, Batman: The Animated Series), prostate cancer.[600]
- Richard Jencks, 93, American broadcasting executive, president of CBS Broadcast Group.[601]
- Kenny Kingston, 87, American psychic and variety show personality, cardiovascular disease.[602]
- Gianni Lancia, 89, Italian industrialist (Lancia).[603]
- Humberto Loayza, 88, Chilean Olympic boxer.[604]
- Piers Mackesy, 89, British historian.[605]
- Petero Mataca, 81, Fijian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Suva (1976–2012).[606]
- Matt's Scooter, 29, American Standardbred racehorse, euthanized.[607]
- Paul Mazursky, 84, American film director and screenwriter (An Unmarried Woman, Harry and Tonto, Moscow on the Hudson), pulmonary cardiac arrest.[608]
- Ed Messbarger, 82, American basketball coach (Angelo State Rams).[609]
- Peter Pragas, 87, Malaysian composer.[610]
- Jean-Pierre Renouard, 91, French writer, member of the Resistance.[611]
- Frank M. Robinson, 87, American science fiction writer (The Power) and speechwriter (Harvey Milk).[612]
- Maria Luisa Spaziani, 91, Italian poet.[613]
- Željko Šturanović, 54, Montenegrin politician, Prime Minister (2006–2008), lung cancer.[614]
- Jiří Švec, 78, Czech Olympic wrestler.[615]
- Hasan Tawfiq, 70, Egyptian poet and journalist.[616]
- Wei Shoukun, 106, Chinese metallurgist and physical chemist, Vice President of the University of Science and Technology Beijing.[617]