User:Rusted AutoParts/Deaths in 2015

January 2015

1

• Barbara Atkinson, 88, British actress (Z-Cars).
• Staryl C. Austin, 94, American air force brigadier general.
• Ulrich Beck, 70, German sociologist, heart attack.
• Fiona Cumming, 77, British television director (Doctor Who).
• Eric Cunningham, 65, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Wentworth North (1975–1984).
• Mario Cuomo, 82, American politician, Governor of New York (1983–1994), heart failure.
• Donna Douglas, 82, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies, Frankie and Johnny, The Twilight Zone), pancreatic cancer.
• Matthew Franjola, 72, American journalist (Associated Press) and photographer.
• Jeff Golub, 59, American guitarist, progressive supranuclear palsy.
• Omar Karami, 80, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister (1990–1992, 2004–2005).
• Bill Keating, 70, American football player (Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins) and attorney.
• Tore Helge Larsen, 69, Norwegian harness racer.
• Géry Leuliet, 104, French Roman Catholic prelate, world's oldest Catholic bishop, Bishop of Amiens (1963–1985).
• Boris Morukov, 64, Russian physician and cosmonaut, STS-106 mission specialist.
• Kjell Noreik, 85, Norwegian physician.
• Mrunalini Devi Puar, 83, Indian educator, Chancellor of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (since 1988).
• Ninón Sevilla, 85, Cuban-born Mexican actress (Aventurera), heart attack.
• William Lloyd Standish, 84, American federal judge, District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania (1987–2002).and lieutenant colonel, Permanent Secretary for Sugar (since 2009).
• Miller Williams, 84, American poet, Alzheimer's disease.

2

• Per-Olof Åstrand, 92, Swedish physiologist.
• James A. Barlow, 91, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1983–1987).
• Charles Baur, 85, French politician, President of the Regional Council of Picardy (1976–1978, 1985–2004).
• Noel Cobb, 76, American-born British philosopher, psychologist and author.
• Little Jimmy Dickens, 94, American country music singer ("May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose"), cardiac arrest.
• Baldina Di Vittorio, 94, Italian politician.
• Danny Dunton, 90, English speedway rider and promoter.
• Maurice Fontaine, 95, French politician.
• Bob Gilmore, 53, British musicologist.
• Vasant Gowarikar, 81, Indian scientist and ISRO chairman, dengue and urinary tract infection.
• Basil Hansen, 88, Australian Olympic ice hockey player (1960).
• Lloyd House, 83, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1967–1968).
• Roger Kitter, 64, British actor ('Allo 'Allo!) and entertainer.
• Lam Pou-chuen, 63, Hong Kong dubbing artist (Doraemon), diabetes.
• Abu Anas al-Libi, 50, Libyan al-Qaeda member, liver cancer.
• John McQuilten, 65, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Ballarat (1999–2006).
• Derek Minter, 82, British Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer.
• Arthur Neu, 81, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1973–1979), member of the Iowa Senate (1967–1973).
• Tihomir Novakov, 85, Serbian-born American physicist.
• István Pásztor, 89, Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1952).
• Arpád Račko, 84, Hungarian-born Slovak sculptor.
• Vincent Cartledge Reddish, 86, Scottish astronomer, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (1975–1980).
• Kristian Sundtoft, 77, Norwegian politician.

3

• Jamal Uddin Ahmad, 85, Bangladeshi politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1977–1982).
• Daniel Albright, 69, American academic.
• Martin Anderson, 78, American economist and political adviser.
• Adunni Bankole, 55, Nigerian businesswoman.
• Edward Brooke, 95, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts (1967–1979).
• Bryan Caldwell, 54, American football player (Houston Oilers), Hodgkin's lymphoma.
• Paulinus Costa, 78, Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Dhaka (2005–2011), heart attack.
• Maher Hathout, 79, Egyptian-born American Islamic leader, cancer.
• Bill Jessup, 85, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
• Rueben Philip Job, 86, American United Methodist prelate, Bishop of the Iowa Episcopal Area (1984–1992).
• Muath al-Kasasbeh, 26, Jordanian fighter pilot and ISIS hostage, burned alive.
• Olga Knyazeva, 60, Russian fencer, Olympic champion (1976).
• Bernice Madigan, 115, American supercentenarian, world's fifth-oldest person.
• Willy Ovesen, 90, Norwegian civil servant.
• Allie Sherman, 91, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (New York Giants).
• Jouko Törmänen, 60, Finnish ski jumper, Olympic champion (1980).

4

• Chang Sung-hwan, 94, South Korean general and diplomat, Chief of Staff of the Air Force (1962–1964).
• Elisabetta Catalano, 70, Italian fine-art photographer.
• Pino Daniele, 59, Italian singer and songwriter, heart attack.
• Chitresh Das, 70, Indian dancer, instructor and choreographer, aneurysm.
• Al Delugach, 89, American Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, mesothelioma.
• Lance Diamond, 72, American singer.
• Jay Furman, 72, American real estate developer, cancer.
• He Zhenliang, 85, Chinese politician and diplomat.
• Gene Kemp, 88, British children's author (The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler).
• Haroldo Lara, 80, Brazilian Olympic swimmer (1952, 1956).
• Azizullah Lodin, c. 75, Afghan politician.
• Gasan Magomedov, 20, Russian footballer (Anzhi-2), shot.
• John McPhee, 77, Scottish footballer (Blackpool, Motherwell).
• Stu Miller, 87, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles).
• Juan Isidro Moreno, 90, Dominican Republic poet.
• Hasan Hazer Moshar, 91, Iranian artist.
• Jack Parr, 78, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).
• Natalino Pescarolo, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fossano (1992–2005) and Cuneo (1999–2005).
• Hank Peters, 90, American baseball executive (Baltimore Orioles), complications from a stroke.
• Ahuti Prasad, 57, Indian actor, colon cancer.
• Ives Roqueta, 78, French Occitian author.
• Eli Sagan, 87, American clothing manufacturer, cultural anthropology author and Nixon Enemy.
• Stuart Scott, 49, American sports journalist (SportsCenter), appendix cancer.
• Michele Serros, 48, American novelist and poet, malignancy of the salivary glands.
• Upendra Trivedi, 78, Indian actor and director.
• Richard D. Veltri, 79, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
• René Vautier, 86, French film director (Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès).
• Bernard Williams, 72, British film producer (A Clockwork Orange, Daredevil, Flash Gordon), cancer.
• Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński, 70, Polish academic.
• János Zsombolyai, 75, Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter.

5

• Joy Ali, 36, Fijian middleweight boxer.
• Jean-Pierre Beltoise, 77, French Formula One racing driver, winner of the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix, stroke.
• Al Bendich, 85, American civil rights attorney.
• Khan Bonfils, 42, English actor (Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Batman Begins, Skyfall).
• Jim Burton, 53, Canadian ice hockey player (Hershey Bears) and coach, heart attack.
• Jack Calmes, 71, American inventor, executive and musician.
• Eylül Cansın, 24, Turkish transgender woman, suicide by jumping.
• Bobby Carter, 75, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1995–2002).
• William R. Catton, Jr., 88, American environmental sociologist.
• Arthur E. Chase, 84, American politician, member of the Massachusetts Senate (1991–1995).
• Albert Firth, 77, English rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity).
• Antonio Fuertes, 85, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Elche).
• Vadim Glovatsky, 45, Kazakhstani ice hockey player (Metallurg Magnitogorsk).
• Joe Haines, 91, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1981–1999).
• Ken Hale, 75, English football player and manager.
• Niels Hansen, 90, German diplomat.
• Milton Hebald, 97, American sculptor.
• Dan Held, 53, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Martin Joseph, 65, Trinidadian politician, Minister of National Security (2003–2010), drowned.
• Mustafa Kamal, 79, Bangladeshi judge, Chief Justice (1999), heart disease.
• Earl MacNaughton, 95, Canadian physicist.
• Alfons Peeters, 71, Belgian footballer.
• King Sporty, 71, Jamaican-American reggae musician.
• Anthony Ledwith, 81, British chemist.
• Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, 102, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (1968–1988).
• Harold Murphy, 74, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives, (1993–2003).
• Ganesh Patro, 69, Indian playwright and screenwriter, cancer.
• Joan Peters, 78, American author (From Time Immemorial), complications from a stroke.
• Geoff Truett, 79, English footballer (Crystal Palace).

6

• Anton Amann, 58, Austrian chemist.
• Else M. Barth, 86, Norwegian philosopher.
• Vlastimil Bubník, 83, Czech ice hockey player and footballer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).
• Buffalo Tiger, 94, American politician, Chairman of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida (1962–1985).
• Joseph Djida, 69, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ngaoundéré (since 2000).
• Johannes de Villiers Graaff, 86, South African economist.
• Lawrence Gushee, 83, American musicologist.
• Francesca Hilton, 67, American actress and socialite, stroke.
• Ron Hovey, 82, Australian football player (Geelong).
• Arthur Jackson, 96, American sports shooter.
• Sir Basil John Mason, 91, British meteorologist.
• George H. McKee, 91, American air force lieutenant general.
• Lance Percival, 81, British actor (That Was the Week That Was, The Beatles) and singer ("Shame and Scandal in the Family").
• Gilberto Perez, Cuban-born American professor of film studies.
• Sanford E. Reisenbach, 82, American marketing executive (Warner Bros.).
• Patricia Roppel, 76, American historian and teacher, specialist in the history of Southeast Alaska, cancer.
• Alexandru Segal, 67, Romanian-born Brazilian economist and chess player.

7

• Subhas Anandan, 67, Indian-born Singaporean lawyer, heart failure.
• José Arias, 92, Spanish Olympic alpine skier (1948).
• Ricardo Bueno Fernández, 74, Spanish politician, member of the Senate (1977–1979, 1993–2000) and Congress of Deputies (2000–2004).
• Gilbert Finn, 94, Canadian businessman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1987–1994).
• Michael Fisher, 68, British solicitor, cancer.
• Tadeusz Konwicki, 88, Polish writer and filmmaker.
• Mompati Merafhe, 78, Botswanan general and politician, Vice President (2008–2012).
• Arch A. Moore, Jr., 91, American politician, Governor of West Virginia (1969–1977, 1985–1989).
• J. P. Parisé, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars), lung cancer.
• Jethro Pugh, 70, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).
• Archie Radebe, 55, South African footballer (AmaZulu) and coach.
• B. S. Abdur Rahman, 87, Indian business executive and philanthropist (B. S. Abdur Rahman University).
• Tim Roberts, 38, American professional wrestler (WWC, NWS, ECW).
• David Rolfe, 50, Australian Paralympic swimmer, complications relating to heart surgery.
• Julio Scherer García, 88, Mexican journalist, septic shock.
• Herb Simpson, 94, American baseball player (Seattle Steelheads).
• Rod Taylor, 84, Australian actor (The Time Machine, The Birds, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Inglourious Basterds), heart attack.
• Nancy Thomas, 96, British television producer (Monitor).

8

• William E. Boeing, Jr., 92, American businessman.
• Andraé Crouch, 72, American gospel singer.
• Kep Enderby, 88, Australian politician and judge, MP (1970–1975), Supreme Court Justice of New South Wales (1982–1992).
• Patsy Garrett, 93, American singer and actress (Benji, Nanny and the Professor, Room 222).
• Jean-Claude Gasigwa, 31, Rwandan tennis player (Davis Cup team).
• Peter Hill, 83, English footballer (Coventry City).
• Jenő Lasztovicza, 53, Hungarian politician, MP (since 1998).
• Curtis Lee, 75, American singer ("Pretty Little Angel Eyes"), cancer.
• Hubert Markl, 76, German biologist.
• Ray McFall, 88, British nightclub owner (The Cavern Club).
• Roy McKie, 93, American illustrator.
• Richard Meade, 76, British equestrian, three-time Olympic champion, cancer.
• Leif Rantala, 67, Finnish linguist.
• Erbey Satterfield, 75, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives.
• Egil Toreng, 92, Norwegian newspaper editor and politician.
• Nelson Townsend, 73, American athletic director (Florida A&M).

9

• Angelo Anquilletti, 71, Italian footballer (A.C. Milan, national team).
• Jasodhara Bagchi, 77, Indian feminist critic and academic.
• Amedy Coulibaly, 32, French jihadist, shot.
• Harry A. DeMaso, 93, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate (1967–1986).
• Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., 88, American film producer (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World), heart failure.
• Ah Chew Goo, 96, American basketball player and coach (University of Hawaii).
• Michel Jeury, 80, French science fiction author.
• Robert V. Keeley, 85, American diplomat, Ambassador to Mauritius (1976–1978), Zimbabwe (1980–1984) and Greece (1985–1989), stroke.
• Sarah Kemp, 69, Australian actress (Sons and Daughters), lung cancer.
• Chuck Locke, 82, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
• Frans Molenaar, 74, Dutch fashion designer, complications from a fall.
• Józef Oleksy, 68, Polish politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996), cancer.
• Bud Paxson, 79, American media executive, co-founder of the Home Shopping Network, founder of Pax TV.
• Peder Pedersen, 69, Danish Olympic cyclist.
• Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, 87, Malaysian politician, Chief Minister of Sarawak (1970–1981).
• Whitney Reed, 82, American tennis player.
• James L. Reveal, 73, American botanist.
• Robert Scott, 73, American author.
• Bud Sherman, 88, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1969–1984), member of the House of Commons (1965–1968).
• Paul M. Starnes, 80, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1972–1990).
• Roy Tarpley, 50, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks).
• Christian Vanneque, 65, French sommelier and restaurateur.

10

• John Angus, 66, New Zealand children's rights advocate, Children's Commissioner (2009–2011).
• Jorgelina Aranda, 72, Argentine model and actress (Il Gaucho).
• Robert Berner, 79, American geologist and geochemist.
• Walter Berns, 95, American constitutional law and political philosophy professor.
• Frans Bolweg, 64, Dutch sailor and coach.
• Catherine Cando, 19, Ecuadorian beauty pageant contestant, cerebral edema.
• Brian Clemens, 83, British screenwriter (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde) and television producer (The Avengers, The Professionals).
• Abed Daoudieh, Jordanian politician, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Minister (1984).
• George Dickerson, 81, American actor (Blue Velvet, Hill Street Blues).
• Tim Drummond, 74, American bassist (Bob Dylan, Neil Young).
• Pierre-André Fournier, 71, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Rimouski (since 2008).
• Elemér Hankiss, 86, Hungarian sociologist.
• Maeve Hillery, 91, Irish physician.
• Jim Hogan, 81, Irish Olympic long-distance runner, European champion (1966).
• Harry V. Jaffa, 96, American political philosophy professor.
• Annis Jensen, 93, American roller derby skater.
• Junior Malanda, 20, Belgian footballer (VfL Wolfsburg, national under-21 team), traffic collision.
• Marko Marin, 84, Slovenian theatre director and art historian.
• Slobodan Martinović, 70, Serbian chess player.
• Roger Moyer, 80, American politician, Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland (1965–1973), Parkinson's disease.
• Yoko Nagae Ceschina, 82, Japanese classical music philanthropist.
• Taylor Negron, 57, American comedian and actor (Angels in the Outfield, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Bio-Dome), cancer.
• Margit Nünke, 84, German fashion model, actress and beauty queen.
• George Probert, 87, American jazz musician and music editor.
• Francesco Rosi, 92, Italian film director (The Mattei Affair, Christ Stopped at Eboli, Salvatore Giuliano).
• Francis Simard, 67, Canadian revolution activist and criminal, aneurism.
• Hans Stoiber, 96, Austrian poet.
• Robert Stone, 77, American novelist (Dog Soldiers), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Denis Tsygurov, 43, Russian professional ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings).
• Roger Wosahlo, 67, English footballer (Peterborough), cancer.

11

• Jenő Buzánszky, 89, Hungarian footballer (Dorogi FC, national team), Olympic champion (1952), last living member of the Golden Team.
• Anita Ekberg, 83, Swedish-Italian actress (La Dolce Vita, Paris Holiday, Back from Eternity).
• Chashi Nazrul Islam, 73, Bangladeshi filmmaker (Ora Egaro Jon).
• Chic Littlewood, 84, British-born New Zealand television personality and actor (King Kong, 30 Days of Night).
• Albert McPherson, 87, English football player (Walsall) and coach (West Bromwich Albion).
• Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, 96, American professor emeritus (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) and neuroscientist.
• Fritz Pott, 75, German football player and coach.
• Bruno Visintin, 82, Italian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
• Ryszard Zub, 80, Polish fencer, Olympic silver (1956, 1960) and bronze (1964) medalist.

12

• John Bayley, 89, British literary critic and writer.
• Bonnie Christensen, 63, American children's book author and illustrator, ovarian cancer.
• Germán Cobos, 87, Spanish actor.
• Trevor Colbourn, 87, Australian educator and academic, President of the University of Central Florida (1978–1989).
• James Naanman Daman, 58, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jalingo (2000–2007) and Shendam (since 2007).
• Stephen Gold, 58, British computer journalist, complications of heart surgery.
• Robert Gover, 85, American author.
• John Hill, 69, American game designer.
• Carl Long, 79, American baseball player.
• William C. Martel, 59, American political scientist, cancer.
• A. J. Masters, 64, American singer and songwriter, prostate cancer.
• Paul Morgan, 40, Welsh rugby union and league player.
• Elena Obraztsova, 75, Russian mezzo-soprano.
• Alex Omes, 43, American nightlife impresario, co-founder of Ultra Music Festival.
• Gabriel Ramushwana, 73, South African general, Head of State of Venda (1990–1994), colon cancer.
• Ed Skinner, 78, American politician and attorney, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1969–1973).
• Inge Vermeulen, 30, Brazilian-born Dutch field hockey player (national team), European champion (2009).
• Darrell Winfield, 85, American rancher and model, Marlboro Man (1968–1989).

13

• Robert Boon, 98, Dutch-born American actor (Queen of Blood, Verboten!, The Twilight Zone).
• Tony Ciprian, 82, New Zealand television sports presenter and producer.
• Doug Cunningham, 69, American football player (Ole Miss Rebels, San Francisco 49ers).
• Ralph Faudree, 75, American mathematician.
• Frank Glazer, 99, American pianist and composer.
• Sir Jack Hayward, 91, English businessman, property developer and philanthropist, president of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
• Mark Juddery, 43, Australian author and journalist, cancer.
• H. Wesley Kenney, 89, American television director and producer (General Hospital, All in the Family, The Young and the Restless), cardiac arrest.
• Mike Marqusee, 61, American-born writer and activist, multiple myeloma.
• Frank Mazzola, 79, American film actor and editor (Rebel Without a Cause, Casablanca, The Hunchback of Notre Dame).
• Hara Patnaik, 56, Indian actor and film director, cancer.
• Ronnie Ronalde, 91, British music hall singer and siffleur.
• Isabel Rosado, 107, Puerto Rican independence activist (Puerto Rican Nationalist Party).
• John H. Rubel, 94, American defense electronics executive.
• Trevor Ward-Davies, 70, British bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), cancer.
• Bill Thompson, 70, American talent manager.
• Robert White, 88, American diplomat, Ambassador to Paraguay (1977–1980) and El Salvador (1980–1981).
• Jane Wilson, 90, American painter.
• Keith Wright, 73, Australian politician and convicted child rapist, MP for Capricornia (1984–1993).
• Hillel Zaks, 85, Polish-born Israeli rabbi.

14

• Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, 71, Israeli rabbi.
• Bob Boyd, 84, American basketball coach (USC Trojans).
• Jerry Dempsey, 81, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1992–2006).
• Bill Dodd, 78, English footballer (Burnley F.C.).
• Lotte Hass, 86, Austrian model and underwater diver.
• Val Holten, 87, Australian cricketer.
• Danny Malloy, 84, Scottish footballer (Cardiff City, Dundee).
• Jerzy Holzer, 84, Polish historian.
• Susanto Pudjomartono, 71, Indonesian newspaper editor and diplomat, second chief editor of The Jakarta Post (1991–2003), Ambassador to Russia (2003–2008).
• Nélida Romero, 88, Argentine actress.
• Darren Shahlavi, 42, English actor (Arrow, Night at the Museum, Watchmen) and martial artist.
• Layne Tom Jr., 87, American actor (Charlie Chan series).
• Warren Weinstein, 73, American economist, USAID contractor kidnapped by al-Qaeda, drone strike.
• Robert White, 88, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Paraguay (1977–1980) and El Salvador (1980–1981).
• Zhang Wannian, 86, Chinese general.

15

• Jean-Claude Baker, 71, French-born American restaurateur, suicide.
• Ludmila Brožová-Polednová, 93, Czech prosecutor, participated in the show trial of Milada Horáková.
• Arnaldo Calveyra, 85, Argentine poet and novelist, heart attack.
• Eugene E. Covert, 88, American aeronautics engineer.
• Ervin Drake, 95, American songwriter ("It Was a Very Good Year", "I Believe", "Good Morning Heartache"), bladder cancer.
• Kim Fowley, 75, American record producer, band manager (The Runaways), impresario and musician, bladder cancer.
• Alan Hirschfield, 79, American film executive, CEO of Columbia Pictures (1973–1978), Chairman of 20th Century Fox (1982–1986).
• Anwarul Iqbal, 64, Bangladeshi politician and police chief, cardiac arrest.
• Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa, 58, Scottish peer, hereditary chief of Clan Kennedy.
• Ethel Lang, 114, British supercentenarian, nation's oldest person (since 2013), last living Briton born during reign of Queen Victoria.
• Karel Lichtnégl, 78, Czech football player.
• Jean Lindenmann, 90, Swiss virologist and immunologist, co-discoverer of interferon.
• Rimma Markova, 89, Russian actress.
• Ray Nagel, 87, American football player (UCLA Bruins) and coach (Utah Utes, Iowa Hawkeyes).
• Chikao Ōtsuka, 85, Japanese voice actor (Lupin III, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece), ischemic heart failure.
• Raoul Pantin, 71, Trinidadian journalist, playwright, and screenwriter (Bim), survivor of the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt.
• Robert S. Pirie, 80, American lawyer.
• Ignacio Posada, 79, Colombian Olympic fencer.
• Harvey Sweetman, 93, New Zealand World War II pilot.
• Rameshwar Thakur, 88, Indian politician, Governor of Odisha (2004–2006), Andhra Pradesh (2006–2007) and Karnataka (2007–2009).
• Walter Westbrook, 93, South African artist.
• Bob Wilson, 85, American sportscaster (Boston Bruins).
• Joseph Mukasa Zuza, 59, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mzuzu (since 1995), traffic collision.

16

• Miriam Akavia, 87, Israeli writer.
• Sir Ian Athfield, 74, New Zealand architect.
• Mohamed Olow Barrow, Somali politician.
• Andrew Benson, 97, American biologist.
• Vivaldo Frota, 86, Brazilian politician, Governor of Amazonas (1990–1991).
• Ted Harrison, 88, British-born Canadian painter.
• Pedro María Iguaran, 74, Spanish footballer (Real Sociedad).
• Patrick Journoud, 50, French Olympic athlete (1988).
• Stuart Loory, 82, American journalist and media executive (CNN), lung cancer.
• Ray Lumpp, 91, American basketball player (New York Knicks), Olympic champion (1948).
• Luis Marsans, 84, Spanish painter.
• Louis Martin, 78, Jamaican-born British weightlifter, Olympic silver (1964) and bronze (1960) medalist.
• Ghelubhai Nayak, 91, Indian political activist.
• Walter Peregoy, 89, American animator (The Jungle Book, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, The Sword in the Stone).
• Tony Ridler, 59, Welsh darts player.
• Faith Seidenberg, 91, American attorney and civil rights activist.
• Yao Beina, 33, Chinese singer, breast cancer.

17

• Bruno Ballarini, 77, Italian footballer (Calcio Como).
• Joseph Brannigan, 83, American politician, member of the Maine Senate (2006–2012).
• Ken Furphy, 83, English footballer and manager (Watford).
• Gobinda Halder, 84, Indian lyricist and composer, kidney failure.
• Faten Hamama, 83, Egyptian actress (The Angel of Mercy, Wajh al-Qamar).
• Don Harron, 90, Canadian comedian, actor and author (Hee Haw, The Big Revue), cancer.
• Kazumasa Hirai, 76, Japanese manga author (8 Man, Genma Taisen, Wolf Guy).
• Fritz C. Holte, 89, Norwegian economist.
• Justin Kili, 61, Papua New Guinean journalist and media personality.
• Rebecca D. Lockhart, 46, American politician, Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives (since 2011), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
• Henry Manne, 86, American law and economics academic.
• Terence Miller, 96, British palaeontologist.
• Origa, 44, Russian singer (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), lung cancer.
• Mary Evelyn Parker, 94, American politician, Louisiana State Treasurer (1968–1987), complications from a heart attack.
• David E. Paulson, 83, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 28th District (1978–1986).
• Greg Plitt, 37, American fitness trainer (Work Out) and actor (Grudge Match, Terminator Salvation, Bobby), hit by train.
• Bill Sykes, 75, English author and chaplain.

18

• Mohammad Ali Allahdadi, 52, Iranian army general, airstrike.
• Dorothy Barnes Pelote, 85, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1993–2003).
• José Carrasco, 70, Peruvian politician.
• Vinay V. Deodhar, 66, Indian mathematician.
• Maurice Dumas, 87, Canadian politician, MP for Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel (1993–2000).
• Cynthia Layne, 51, American jazz singer, cancer.
• Grazia Livi, 84, Italian author and journalist, Viareggio Prize winner.
• D. C. McNeil, 87, Canadian politician.
• Alberto Nisman, 51, Argentine prosecutor (AMIA bombing), apparent suicide by gunshot.
• Paul O'Grady, 54, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1988–1996), cancer.
• Muna Obiekwe, 36, Nigerian actor, kidney disease.
• Pietro Pianta, 74, Italian footballer.
• June Randall, 87, British script supervisor (The Spy Who Loved Me, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining).
• Piet van der Sanden, 90, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1971–1972, 1973–1989), member of the European Parliament (1973–1974).
• Milt Schoon, 92, American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins).
• Harish Chandra Srivastava, 90, Indian politician.
• Yasuaki Taiho, 51, Taiwanese-born Japanese baseball player (Chunichi Dragons, Hanshin Tigers), acute myeloid leukemia.
• Dallas Taylor, 66, American drummer (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young).
• Christine Valmy, 88, Romanian-born American cosmetologist.
• Tony Verna, 81, American television producer, invented instant replay, leukemia.
• Kjell Arnljot Wig, 90, Norwegian media personality.

19

• John Bilezikjian, 66, Armenian oud musician, kidney disease.
• Rose Marie Brown, 95, American beauty pageant contestant, Miss Virginia (1939).
• Justin Capră, 81, Romanian inventor.
• Gordon Dickson, 83, Canadian marathon runner.
• Adam Yahiye Gadahn, 36, American al-Qaeda operative, drone strike.
• Vera Gornostayeva, 85, Russian pianist and piano teacher.
• Michel Guimond, 61, Canadian politician, MP for Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord (1993–2011), heart failure.
• José María Hernández González, 88, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chilapa (1983–1989) and Netzahualcóyotl (1989–2003).
• Oscar Hayes, 47, American gospel musician.
• Arthit Kamlang-ek, 89, Thai general, Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (1983–1986).
• Vladimir Kesarev, 84, Russian footballer (Dynamo Moscow).
• Anne Kirkbride, 60, British actress (Coronation Street), breast cancer.
• Rajni Kothari, 85, Indian political scientist.
• Robert Manzon, 97, French Formula One driver, last surviving racer from first World Championship.
• Mark Marquess, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
• Reinaldo Oliver, 82, Puerto Rican javelin thrower and Olympic athlete (1952, 1956).
• Karl H. Pribram, 95, Austrian-born American neuroscientist and educator, cancer.
• Bob Sadino, 81, Indonesian businessman.
• Ward Swingle, 87, American musician (The Swingle Singers, Les Double Six).
• Bob Symes, 90, British inventor and television presenter.
• Reies Tijerina, 88, American chicano activist.
• Gene S. Walker, Sr., 88, American rancher and businessman.
• Peter Wallenberg, Sr., 88, Swedish financier and industrialist, patriarch of the Wallenberg family.

20

• Canserbero, 26, Venezuelan rapper, suicide by jumping.
• James L. Fowler, 84, American military veteran, founded the Marine Corps Marathon.
• Edgar Froese, 70, German musician (Tangerine Dream), pulmonary embolism.
• Melvin Gordon, 95, American business executive, CEO of Tootsie Roll Industries (since 1962).
• Lawrence Hogben, 98, New Zealand meteorologist and naval officer.
• Anatol Hrytskievich, 85, Belarusian historian.
• Graeme Hugo, 68, Australian demographer and geographer, cancer.
• Herman E. Lauhoff, 81, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1974–1981).
• Rose Marie McCoy, 92, American songwriter ("It Hurts Me to My Heart", "Don't Be Angry", "Tryin' to Get to You", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine").
• Gloria D. Miklowitz, 87, American author.
• Wilfride Piollet, 71, French ballerina and choreographer, cancer.
• Peter Pontiac, 63, Dutch cartoonist, winner of the Stripschapprijs (1997), liver disease.
• Bette Rogge, 92, American radio and television presenter.
• William Roffler, 84, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), pneumonia.
• Hitoshi Saito, 54, Japanese judoka, Olympic champion (1984, 1988), bile duct cancer.
• Ricardo dos Santos, 24, Brazilian surfer, shot.
• Jerome Van Sistine, 89, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1977–1993).
• James Walker, 41, Australian television writer (Neighbours), diabetes.

21

• George Atkins, 82, American football player (Detroit Lions).
• Marcus Borg, 72, American Biblical scholar and theologian (Jesus Seminar), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
• Leon Brittan, 75, British politician, Home Secretary (1983–1985), Vice-President of the European Commission (1999), cancer.
• Vince Camuto, 78, American footwear designer (Nine West), prostate cancer.
• Emmanuel Carter, 85, Trinidadian politician, President of the Senate (1990–1995), acting President (1990) during the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt.
• Frieda Dänzer, 84, Swiss Alpine skier, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
• George W. Downs, 68, American political scientist, heart failure.
• George Goodwin, 97, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner (1948).
• Harry Gordon, 89, Australian Olympic historian, journalist and newspaper editor.
• Martin Honeysett, 71, British cartoonist.
• Frank Hooley, 91, British politician, MP for Sheffield Heeley (1966–1970, 1974–1983).
• Waldemar Kmentt, 85, Austrian operatic tenor.
• Roy Noble Lee, 99, American judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1987–1993).
• Johnnie Lewis, 68, Liberian lawyer and politician, Chief Justice (2006–2012).
• Kemal Monteno, 66, Bosnian singer-songwriter, pneumonia and sepsis.
• Keith Rayner, 71, American cognitive psychologist.
• Marshall Schlom, 86, American script supervisor (Psycho, Perry Mason, Rain Man), complications from a fall.
• Chin Shunshin, 90, Japanese author.
• Pauline Yates, 85, English actress (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin).

22

• Don Bryant, 73, American baseball player (Houston Astros).
• Peggy Charren, 86, American children's television activist.
• Wendell H. Ford, 90, American politician, Governor of Kentucky (1971–1974), member of the U.S. Senate (1974–1999), lung cancer.
• Margaret Bloy Graham, 94, Canadian children's book illustrator.
• Joan Hinde, 81, English trumpeter and entertainer.
• René Jodoin, 94, Canadian animation director and producer.
• Tommy Mason, 75, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Los Angeles Rams).
• Fabrizio de Miranda, 88, Italian structural engineer and university professor.
• Franco Nicolazzi, 90, Italian politician, MP (1963–1990), Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (1985–1988).
• Kel O'Shea, 81, Australian rugby league player (Western Suburbs).
• Wayne Quinton, 94, American biomedical engineer.
• Dacia Valent, 51, Somali-born Italian politician, MEP (1989–1994), myocardial infarction.
• Lawrence Paul Zatkoff, 75, American federal judge, cancer.

23

• Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, 90, Saudi royal, King (since 2005), complications from pneumonia.
• Ernie Banks, 83, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Chicago Cubs), heart attack.
• Jalynn Bennett, 71, Canadian consultant and corporate director.
• Betty Jane Diener, 74, American politician, Virginia Secretary of Commerce (1982–1986), pulmonary fibrosis.
• Marc Dufour, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings).
• Prosper Ego, 87, Dutch activist, founder of the Oud-Strijders Legioen.
• Nol Heijerman, 74, Dutch footballer (Sparta).
• Simma Holt, 92, Canadian journalist and politician, MP for Vancouver Kingsway (1974–1979).
• Barrie Ingham, 82, English actor (The Great Mouse Detective, Doctor Who, A Challenge for Robin Hood).
• Nick Koback, 79, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Svein Døvle Larssen, 86, Norwegian newspaper editor.
• Alexander Lastin, 38, Russian chess grandmaster.
• Pedro Lemebel, 62, Chilean writer, laryngeal cancer.
• Les McMahon, 84, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives for Sydney (1975–1983).
• Bud Miller, 91, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1971–1986).
• M. S. Narayana, 63, Indian Telugu actor.
• Jackie Selebi, 64, South African police officer, Commissioner (2000–2009), kidney disease.
• Frank Sims, 93, American baseball broadcaster.

24

• Stig Bergling, 77, Swedish secret service officer convicted of treason; Parkinson's disease and lung ailment.
• Robert Bonnaventure, 94, French cyclist.
• Peter Bridges, 89, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Southend (1972–1977), Coventry (1977–1983) and Warwick (1983–1990).
• Link Byfield, 63, Canadian conservative columnist, politician and publisher, esophageal and liver cancer.
• Julio Canessa, 89, Chilean politician and general, member of the Government Junta (1983–1985), Senator (1998–2006).
• Otto Carius, 92, German World War II tank commander.
• Maria Cerra, 96, American Olympic fencer (1948).
• Aisha Choudhary, Indian motivational speaker and author.
• Toller Cranston, 65, Canadian figure skater, Olympic bronze medalist (1976), heart attack.
• Maria Della Costa, 89, Brazilian actress (Brasileiras e Brasileiros), pulmonary edema.
• Floyd Dunn, 90, American electrical engineer.
• Johan Ferner, 87, Norwegian sailor, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
• Eric Fitzgibbon, 78, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Hunter (1984–1996).
• Joe Franklin, 88, American television and radio talk show host, prostate cancer.
• Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet, 74, South African businessman and winemaker.
• Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade, 62, Somali politician and rebel soldier, diabetes.
• Frances Lennon, 102, British artist.
• V. S. Raghavan, 90, Indian Tamil actor.
• Alfred H. Savage, 84, Canadian civil servant, manager of the Toronto Transit Commission (1981–1987).
• Joan Serra, 87, Spanish Olympic water polo player (1948, 1952).
• Fred Shank, 74, American nutritionist.
• Daniel R. Simpson, 87, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate, Lewy body dementia.
• Peter Westervelt, 95, American physicist.
• Tengku Intan Zaharah, 86, Malaysian royal, Raja Permaisuri Agong (1965–1970).

25

• Zulkifli Abdhir, 48-49, Malaysian terrorist and bomb maker, shot.
• Sir Robert Atkinson, 98, British businessman and naval officer.
• Rose Cabat, 100, American studio ceramicist.
• Mari Ellis, 101, British writer and women's rights activist.
• Pauline Fisk, 66. British author, cancer.
• Demetrio González, 87, Spanish-born Mexican actor (Dos Corazones y un Cielo) and singer, complications from a stroke.
• Pierre Gosnat, 66, French politician, cancer.
• Godfrey Kalimugogo, 71, Ugandan writer.
• John Leggett, 97, American writer, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, pneumonia.
• Giancarlo Ligabue, 83, Italian palaeontologist (discoverer of Ligabueino), Forza Europa politician and businessman.
• Sarojini Mahishi, 88, Indian translator and politician.
• Richard McBrien, 78, American Roman Catholic priest and theologian.
• Bill Monbouquette, 78, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
• Don O'Hearn, 86, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Demis Roussos, 68, Egyptian-born Greek singer ("Forever and Ever").
• Ian Towers, 74, English footballer (Burnley, Oldham Athletic).
• Ernst Träger, 88, German judge.

26

• R. J. Adams, 72, American actor (Rocky IV).
• Henk Bloemers, 69, Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven).
• Miguel Ángel Cascallana, 66, Spanish Olympic handball player (1972).
• Edwin A. Colvin, 87, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1975–1982).
• Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau, 83, American greeting card artist.
• Howard C. Hawkins, 82, American bicycle tool manufacturer (Park Tool).
• Stephen R. Johnson, 63, American television and music video director ("Sledgehammer").
• Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan, 91, Pakistani businesswoman and politician.
• R. K. Laxman, 93, Indian cartoonist, illustrator and humorist, multiple organ failure.
• Neil Levang, 83, American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show).
• Lucjan Lis, 64, Polish cyclist, Olympic silver medalist (1972).
• Lester McCumbers, 93, American fiddler.
• Sidewalk Sam, 75, American artist.
• Lee Spick, 34, English snooker player, liver-related illness.
• Charles Thomas, 82, American sprinter and athletics coach.
• Tom Uren, 93, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Reid (1958–1990).
• Rositsa Yanakieva, 60, Bulgarian politician and chemist, Vice-Chairwoman of the National Assembly (since 2014), brain hemorrhage.

27

• Wilfred Agbonavbare, 48, Nigerian footballer (Rayo Vallecano, national team), cancer.
• Rafael Corrales Ayala, 89, Mexican politician, MP for Guanajuato (1949–1952, 1979–1982), Governor of Guanajuato (1985–1991).
• Rocky Bridges, 87, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators).
• Harriet Elizabeth Byrd, 88, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1981–1988) and Senate (1988–1992).
• Arturo Carmassi, 89, Italian sculptor and painter.
• Roger Cowley, 75, English physicist.
• Suzette Haden Elgin, 78, American science fiction author and linguist.
• Henk Faanhof, 92, Dutch Olympic (1948) and professional road bicycle racer.
• Roy Francis, 92, British naval officer and railway engineer.
• Ebbe Grims-land, 99, Swedish composer and viola player.
• Warren Hill, 54, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar, 83, Estonian film director.
• David Landau, 67, British-born Israeli journalist and newspaper editor (Haaretz).
• John T. Myers, 87, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana (1967–1997).
• Ronnie O'Reilly, 63, Irish cricket umpire.
• José Pereira, 84, Indian Sanskrit scholar, historian and artist.
• Joe Rígoli, 78, Argentine actor and comedian (Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), heart failure.
• Joseph Rotman, 80, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, chancellor of The University of Western Ontario.
• Al Severinsen, 70, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres).
• Bob Shea, 90, American basketball player (Providence Steamrollers).
• Charles H. Townes, 99, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (1964).
• Gunnar Christie Wasberg, 91, Norwegian non-fiction writer.
• Charlie Williams, 67, American baseball player (New York Mets, San Francisco Giants), complications from heart surgery.
• Larry Winters, 58, American professional wrestler and trainer, heart attack.

28

• Suraj Abdurrahman, 60, Nigerian army officer.
• Egon Adler, 77, German cyclist.
• Arthur Lawrence Alarcon, 89, American federal judge.
• Mala Aravindan, 76, Indian Malayalam actor.
• Francis Bennion, 92, British lawyer.
• Alberto Cardaccio, 65, Uruguayan footballer (Danubio, national team), traffic collision.
• Yves Chauvin, 84, Belgian-born French Nobel Prize-winning chemist (2005).
• Lionel Gilbert, 90, Australian historian, author, curator, lecturer, and biographer.
• Don Jones, 91, American artist and art therapist.
• Tommie Manderson, 102, British make-up artist (Willow, Alien, The Killing Fields).
• Neyko Nenov, 53, Bulgarian general, Deputy Chief of Defence (since 2014), brain tumor.
• Charles B. Peatross, 74, American jurist.
• Jaswant Singh Rajput, 88, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion (1948).
• Edward Saylor, 94, American World War II veteran, member of Doolittle's Raiders.
• Katharine Worth, 92, British drama academic.

29

• Maurizio Arcieri, 72, Italian singer (The New Dada, Krisma).
• Amparo Baró, 77, Spanish actress (Siete mesas de billar francés), cancer.
• Subhash Ghisingh, 78, Indian politician (Gorkha National Liberation Front), cirrhosis and liver cancer.
• Walter Glechner, 75, Austrian footballer (Rapid Wien, national team).
• Bernice Gordon, 101, American crossword writer (The New York Times), heart failure.
• Terry Hollindrake, 80, English rugby league player.
• Taeko Kono, 88, Japanese writer and critic, respiratory failure.
• Cedric Kushner, 66, South African-born American boxing promoter, heart attack.
• Noel Lister, 87, British businessman (MFI Group).
• Riichiro Manabe, 90, Japanese composer.
• José Martins da Silva, 78, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Porto Velho (1982–1997).
• Will McBride, 84, American photographer.
• Danny McCulloch, 69, English bassist (The Animals), heart failure.
• Colleen McCullough, 77, Australian author (The Thorn Birds), renal failure.
• Rod McKuen, 81, American poet, singer and songwriter ("Jean", "Seasons in the Sun"), respiratory arrest.
• Kel Nagle, 94, Australian golfer, British Open champion (1960).
• Paul Panhuysen, 80, Dutch composer.
• Derek S. Pugh, 84, British psychologist and business theorist.
• Dora Prince, 84, Argentine actress.
• Derek Robertson, 65, Scottish footballer (St. Johnstone), cancer.
• Doris Schoettler-Boll, 70, German artist.
• Tenkoko Sonoda, 96, Japanese politician, member of the Diet (1946–1952).
• Ole Sørensen, 77, Danish footballer.
• Peter Towe, 92, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1977–1981).
• Alexander Vraciu, 96, American World War II Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient.
• Israel Yinon, 59, Israeli conductor.

30

• Richard Clark Barkley, 82, American diplomat, Ambassador to East Germany (1988–1990).
• Carl Boldt, 82, American basketball player (San Francisco Dons).
• Ricardo Bressani, 88, Guatemalan food scientist, heart attack.
• Carl Djerassi, 91, Austrian-American chemist, novelist and playwright, liver and bone cancer.
• Rose Frisch, 96, American biologist.
• Johnny Goodman, 87, British TV producer.
• Kenji Goto, 47, Japanese journalist and ISIS hostage, beheading.
• Harold Hassall, 85, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers).
• John Hopkins, 78, British photographer, activist, and promoter (Notting Hill Carnival, International Times).
• Stuart Inder, 88, Australian journalist and publisher, specialist in Pacific Islands affairs.
• Ülo Kaevats, 67, Estonian philosopher and politician, Secretary of State (1992–1995).
• Jack Kay, 63, American academic and college administrator.
• Geraldine McEwan, 82, British actress (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Agatha Christie's Marple), stroke.
• John McHugh, 84, American politician, Mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1990–1993), cancer.
• Howard Norris, 80, British rugby union player (Wales national team, British Lions).
• Richard Richards, 82, American politician, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1981–1983).
• Ben Schadler, 90, American basketball player.
• Jerry L. Smith, 71, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1972–1980) and Senate (1980–2004).
• Gerrit Voorting, 92, Dutch professional road bicycle racer, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
• Than Wyenn, 95, American actor (Imitation of Life, Splash, Being There).
• Zhelyu Zhelev, 79, Bulgarian politician, President (1990–1997).

31

• Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari, Yemeni militant, drone strike.
• Vasco Bendini, 93, Italian informalist painter.
• Robert Blees, 96, American film and television screenwriter and producer (Cattle Queen of Montana).
• José Manuel Lara Bosch, 68, Spanish media executive, CEO of Grupo Planeta (since 2003) and Atresmedia (since 2012), pancreatic cancer.
• Tomás Bulat, 50, Argentine economist and journalist, traffic collision.
• Earl Christensen, 95, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate (1959–1984).
• Don Covay, 76, American R&B singer and songwriter ("Chain of Fools").
• Vic Howe, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
• William Klinger, 42, Croatian historian, shot.
• Udo Lattek, 80, German football coach (Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach).
• Adalberto Arturo Rosat, 81, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Territorial Prelature of Aiquile (1986–2009).
• Michael Saward, 82, British Anglican priest and hymnist.
• Lizabeth Scott, 92, American actress (Dead Reckoning) and singer.
• Richard von Weizsäcker, 94, German politician, President of West Germany (1984–1990) and Germany (1990–1994).

February 2015

1

• Leonard Apt, 90, American pediatrician and ophthalmologist.
• Aldo Ciccolini, 89, Italian-born French pianist.
• Colum Corless, 92, Irish hurler (Galway).
• Anita Darian, 87, American singer, complications after intestinal surgery.
• Alby Duckmanton, 81, New Zealand cricket player (Canterbury) and administrator.
• William Garrison, 90, American geographer.
• Jean-Paul Gladu, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
• Sir Douglas Hague, 88, British economist.
• Patrick Aidan Heelan, 88, Irish physicist and philosopher of science.
• Ron Johnson, 76, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers), aneurysm.
• Julius Ludorf, 95, German football player and coach.
• Ann Mara, 85, American football team owner (New York Giants), complications from fall.
• Isa Munayev, 49, Chechen militant, killed in the Battle of Debaltseve.
• Patrick Ngcobo, 43, South African carnatic singer.
• Monty Oum, 33, American animator, writer and director (Red vs. Blue, RWBY), anaphylaxis.
• Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle, 91, British engineer and politician.
• Viktor Shekhovtsev, 74, Soviet footballer.
• Irving Singer, 89, American philosopher, professor and author.
• Jos Suijkerbuijk, 85, Dutch professional road bicycle racer.
• Marie-José Villiers, 98, British-born Belgian WWII spy and countess.

2

• Joseph Alfidi, 65, American pianist, composer and conductor.
• Helena Araújo, 81, Colombian writer.
• Christian Backer-Owe, 90, Norwegian artist.
• Dave Bergman, 61, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers), bile duct cancer.
• Tibor Bitskey, 85, Hungarian actor.
• Frank Borghi, 89, American Hall of Fame soccer player (national team).
• Johnny Campbell, 86, English footballer (Gateshead).
• Sandra Chalmers, 74, British broadcaster (Woman's Hour).
• Dalmo Gaspar, 82, Brazilian footballer (Santos).
• Joop Harmans, 93, Dutch Olympic cyclist (1948), national champion (1946).
• The Jacka, 37, American rapper, shot.
• Andriy Kuzmenko, 46, Ukrainian singer (Skryabin), traffic collision.
• Roy Little, 83, English footballer (Manchester City).
• Gloria Ricci Lothrop, 80, American historian, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia.
• Zane Musa, 36, American jazz saxophonist.
• Molade Okoya-Thomas, 79, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist.
• Karl-Erik Palmér, 85, Swedish footballer (Malmö, national team).
• Anand Shukla, 74, Indian cricketer.
• Stewart Stern, 92, American screenwriter (Rebel Without a Cause, Rachel, Rachel, Sybil), brain tumor.
• Henryk Szczepański, 81, Polish football player and coach.

3

• Samuel Adesina, Nigerian politician, Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly.
• Christophe Gbenye, 87, Congolese rebel leader.
• Sir Martin Gilbert, 78, British historian and biographer, member of the Iraq Inquiry panel.
• Mary Healy, 96, American singer and actress (The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T).
• Jim Letcavits, 79, American CFL player (Edmonton Eskimos, Montreal Alouettes), Alzheimer's disease.
• Walter Liedtke, 69, American art curator of European paintings (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), train crash.
• Sally Luther, 96, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1951–1962), leukemia.
• Vasu Malali, 48, Indian author and film director, cancer.
• Max Mangold, 92, German linguist.
• William Thomas McKinley, 76, American composer and jazz pianist.
• Carlos Noguera, 71, Venezuelan writer and psychologist.
• Ion Nunweiller, 79, Romanian football player and manager (Dinamo), triple Cupa României winner (1959, 1964, 1968).
• Andrew Patner, 55, American art critic and radio host.
• Michael Refalo, 78, Maltese politician and diplomat, Tourism Minister (1987–1995), High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (2005–2008).
• Ataúlfo Sánchez, 80, Argentine football player and coach.
• Nasim Hasan Shah, 85, Pakistani judge, Chief Justice (1993–1994).
• Charlie Sifford, 92, American Hall of Fame golfer, complications from a stroke.
• Koos Van Den Akker, 75, Dutch-born American fashion designer.
• Norman Yemm, 81, Australian actor (Homicide, Number 96, The Sullivans).

4

• Dmitriy Bagryanov, 47, Russian long jumper.
• Richard Bonehill, 67, British actor and stuntman (Doctor Who, Return of the Jedi, Flash Gordon).
• Ade Capone, 56, Italian cartoonist (Lazarus Ledd).
• Edmund Cranch, 91, American academic.
• Henry E. Emerson, 89, American army lieutenant general.
• Rune Ericson, 90, Swedish cinematographer.
• Celina González, 85, Cuban singer and songwriter.
• Wes Cooley, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon (1995–1997).
• Ernest Ferlita, 87, American playwright and professor of drama and speech.
• Fitzhugh L. Fulton, 89, American NASA research pilot.
• Astrid Gräfin von Hardenberg, 89, German baroness.
• Martin Green, 82, British writer and publisher.
• Robert E. Hanson, 67, American politician, North Dakota State Treasurer (1979–1980, 1985–1992).
• Donald M. Kerr, 69, American wildlife biologist and conservationist (High Desert Museum).
• Eduardo Laborde, 47, Argentine rugby union player (national team), traffic collision.
• Odete Lara, 85, Brazilian actress, heart attack.
• Stanisław Makowiecki, 72, Polish Olympic wrestler (1972).
• Albert L. Nash, 93, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
• Kristian Rambjør, 76, Norwegian executive, President of Norwegian State Railways (1990–1995).
• Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi, 45, Iraqi Al-Qaeda failed suicide bomber, execution by hanging.
• Jack Ruina, 91, American professor of electrical engineering.
• Monica Scattini, 59, Italian actress (Sentimental Maniacs, Nine, I'll Be Going Now), cancer.

5

• K. N. Choksy, 81, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, MP (1989–2010), Minister of Finance (2001–2004).
• Henri Coppens, 84, Belgian footballer, winner of the Golden Shoe (1954).
• Marisa Del Frate, 83, Italian actress, singer and television personality, cancer.
• Val Logsdon Fitch, 91, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1980).
• Garey Hayden, 70, American bridge player.
• Sir Gordon Linacre, 94, English newspaper executive and bomber pilot.
• George A. Lovejoy, 83, American politician, member of the New Hampshire Senate (1992–1996).
• Louise Maheux-Forcier, 85, Canadian author.
• Elmer Matthews, 87, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly.
• Anne Moody, 74, American author and civil rights activist.
• Herman Rosenblat, 85, Polish-born American writer.
• Mike Runnels, 69, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico (1983–1987).
• Jeffrey Segal, 94, British actor (Fawlty Towers, Z-Cars).
• Dagfinn Tveito, 88, Norwegian horticulturalist.
• Mario Verdial, 52, Honduran businessman, Chairman of Real España (since 2001), shot.

6

• André Brink, 79, South African novelist and playwright.
• D. Michael Collins, 70, American politician, Mayor of Toledo, Ohio (since 2014).
• Carl Cunningham-Cole, 72, British ceramic artist.
• Satwant Singh Dhaliwal, 82, Malaysian geneticist.
• Assia Djebar, 78, Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker, member of the Académie française.
• Norm Drucker, 94, American basketball referee.
• Kayla Mueller, 26, American activist, humanitarian aid worker, ISIS hostage.
• Alan Nunnelee, 56, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi (since 2011), brain cancer.
• Eliezer Shlomo Schick, 74, Israeli Hasidic rabbi.
• Tetaua Taitai, 67, I-Kiribati politician and physician, Leader of the Opposition.
• Kathrine Windfeld, 48, Danish film director (Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation), brain tumour.
• Ray Wolfinger, 83, American political scientist.
• Pedro León Zapata, 85, Venezuelan cartoonist, painter and writer.

7

• Richard Austin, 60, Jamaican cricketer.
• Billy Casper, 83, American Hall of Fame golfer, 51 career PGA Tour wins, complications from pneumonia.
• Donald H. Clausen, 91, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1963–1983).
• Nita Cunningham, 75, Australian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1998–2006).
• Joseph M. Gaydos, 88, American politician, member of the House of Representatives (1968–1993), Pennsylvania Senate (1967–1968).
• Darwin Gonnerman, 68, Canadian football player.
• Earl Johnson, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).
• Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, 84, British businessman and philanthropist, Labour life peer, heart attack.
• Adam Grad, 45, Polish footballer.
• René Lavand, 86, Argentine magician and illusionist.
• Joe B. Mauldin, 74, American bassist (The Crickets), cancer.
• George Muchai, Kenyan politician, MP for Kabete (since 2013), shot.
• Brian Reynolds, 82, English cricketer (Northamptonshire).
• Gilles Rhéaume, 63, Canadian Quebec independence activist.
• Bill Ritchie, 86, Canadian politician.
• Marshall Rosenberg, 80, American psychologist, creator of Nonviolent Communication.
• Joe Simenic, 91, American baseball researcher and historian.
• Dean Smith, 83, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (North Carolina).
• Gordon Stone, 100, Australian rugby union player.
• Paul E. Toms, 90, American author and pastor.
• John C. Whitehead, 92, American financier (Goldman Sachs) and civil servant, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (1985–1989).
• L. Pearce Williams, 87, American academic (Cornell University).

8

• John W. Baldwin, 85, American historian.
• Ola Bratteli, 68, Norwegian mathematician.
• Stan Cowan, 83, Scottish rugby league player (Hull).
• David Crews, 81, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1960–1968).
• Kenji Ekuan, 85, Japanese industrial designer (Kikkoman soy sauce dispenser), heart disorder.
• Vincent Valentine Ezeonyia, 73, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Aba (since 1990).
• Jesse Freitas, 63, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
• John Hart, 93, English ballet dancer and artistic director (Ballet West).
• Dave Hoyda, 57, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers).
• Debra A. Kemp, 57, American author (The Firebrand).
• Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, 75, Finnish parapsychologist.
• Nicholas Mackintosh, 79, British experimental psychologist.
• Andrew Rosenfeld, 52, British businessman.
• Clyde W. Sare, 78, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1959–1963).
• Müzeyyen Senar, 96, Turkish singer, pneumonia.
• Nick Sharkey, 71, English footballer (Sunderland).
• John J. Shea, Jr., 90, American physician.
• Oscar Stenström, 36, Finnish racing cyclist.
• Mario Vázquez Raña, 82, Mexican businessman and sports administrator, cancer.
• Sir David Watson, 65, British academic and educationalist (University of Oxford).
• Thom Wilson, American punk rock producer.
• Ralph Yelton, 88, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1977–1989).

9

• Abdul Rauf Aliza, 33, Afghan IS recruiter, Taliban commander, airstrike.
• Øyvind Bjorvatn, 83, Norwegian politician, leader of the Liberal People's Party (1982–1986).
• Horst Borcherding, 84, German footballer (Saarland national team).
• Ken Cunningham, 71, American college basketball player and coach.
• Roman Frister, 87, Polish-Israeli journalist and Holocaust survivor.
• Jon Jerde, 75, American architect.
• Marvin David Levy, 82, American composer.
• Liu Han, 49, Chinese billionaire mining tycoon, execution.
• Roy Harris, 83, British linguist.
• Apirana Mahuika, 80, New Zealand Māori leader (Ngāti Porou).
• Drew McDonald, 59, Scottish professional wrestler, cancer.
• Samuel H. Moffett, 98, American Korean theologian and missionary.
• Charlie O'Connell, 79, American roller derby skater.
• Valeri Poluyanov, 71, Russian Soviet-era footballer.
• Rex Ray, 58, American graphic designer and artist, lymphoma.
• Nadia Röthlisberger-Raspe, 42, Swiss curler, Olympic silver medalist (2002) and Paralympic coach, bone cancer.
• Claude Ruel, 76, Canadian ice hockey coach (Montreal Canadiens).
• Ed Sabol, 98, American filmmaker, founder of NFL Films.
• Jorge Sassi, 64, Argentine actor, renal failure.
• Richard Sher, 66, American broadcaster (Says You!).
• Grant Strate, 87, Canadian dancer, cancer.
• Melanie Tem, 65, American horror and dark fantasy author, breast cancer.
• Max Yalden, 84, Canadian civil servant and diplomat.

10

• Naseer Aruri, 81, Palestinian scholar and human rights activist, Parkinson's disease.
• Karl Josef Becker, 86, German Roman Catholic theologian, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire (since 2012).
• Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri, 94, Pakistani lawyer, author and politician.
• Daniel Brand, 79, American wrestler.
• Deng Liqun, 99, Chinese politician.
• Noel Davies, 81, British chief executive (Vickers).
• Bill Enyart, 67, American football player (Buffalo Bills), cancer.
• John Fox, 90, English composer and conductor.
• Matías Funes, 62, Honduran philosopher, professor, and presidential candidate, pancreatic cancer.
• Don Johnson, 88, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Washington Senators), kidney failure.
• Sir William Lawrence, 5th Baronet, 60, British aristocrat and politician.
• Corinne Le Poulain, 66, French actress, cancer.
• Bernard Marie, 96, French rugby league referee and politician, member of the National Assembly (1967–1981).
• Tom McQueen, 85, Scottish footballer (Accrington Stanley, Hibernian).
• Dane A. Miller, 68, American business executive.
• Anne Naysmith, 77, British concert pianist, traffic collision.
• Michael Raupach, 64, Australian climatologist.
• Pat Rogan, 78, Australian politician.
• Roman Sidorov, 59, Russian footballer.
• Robert Forrest Towns, 76, American football player.
• Manfred Wagner, 76, German footballer (1860 Munich).

11

• John Beresford, 8th Marquess of Waterford, 81, Irish aristocrat.
• Abel Costas Montaño, 94, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tarija (1974–1995).
• Anne Cuneo, 78, Swiss author and film director.
• Rudolf Fila, 82, Slovak painter.
• Gary Glick, 84, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Christopher Greener, 71, British basketball player and actor.
• Roger Hanin, 89, French actor and film director.
• Ray Hathaway, 98, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
• Tama Huata, 64, New Zealand Māori performing arts leader.
• Tancred Ibsen, Jr., 93, Norwegian diplomat.
• Gus Moffat, 66, English football player and coach.
• John E. Murray, Jr., 82, American educator, President of Duquesne University (1988–2001), heart attack.
• Ricardo Palacios, 74, Spanish film actor and director (The Man Called Noon, Socrates), heart failure.
• Bob Simon, 73, American television journalist (60 Minutes), traffic collision.
• Jerry Tarkanian, 84, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Long Beach State, UNLV, San Antonio Spurs, Fresno State).

12

• Idriss Arnaoud Ali, 69, Djiboutian politician.
• Sam Andrew, 73, American musician (Big Brother and the Holding Company), complication after open heart surgery.
• David Carr, 58, American columnist (The New York Times) and author, lung cancer.
• Movita Castaneda, 98, American actress (Mutiny on the Bounty), neck injury.
• John P. Craven, 90, American scientist.
• Désiré Dondeyne, 93, French composer.
• Rhonda Glenn, 68, American sportscaster (ESPN, ABC) and golf historian, cancer.
• Harvey Goldschmid, 74, American legal scholar and SEC commissioner.
• Alison Gordon, 72, Canadian sports journalist, lung ailment.
• Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek, 93, Dutch resistance fighter, recipient of the Military William Order.
• Christopher Horton, 76, New Zealand sharebroker.
• John-Edward Kelly, 56, American conductor and saxophonist.
• Jean Lechantre, 92, Belgian-born French international footballer.
• Mosie Lister, 93, American gospel music singer-songwriter (The Statesmen Quartet).
• Anthony Low, 87, British historian.
• Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, 84, Malaysian politician, Menteri Besar of Kelantan (1990–2013).
• Tomie Ohtake, 101, Japanese-born Brazilian artist, heart failure.
• Gary Owens, 80, American television announcer (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) and voice actor (Space Ghost, Garfield and Friends), diabetes.
• Richie Pratt, 71, American jazz drummer.
• Oliver Rackham, 75, British landscape ecologist.
• Ernest J. Sternglass, 91, American physicist and professor, heart failure.
• Steve Strange, 55, British musician (Visage), heart attack.
• Mike Thresh, 84, British plant pathologist.

13

• Faith Bandler, 96, Australian civil rights activist.
• Bob Bettisworth, 88, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1979–1985).
• Thomas Bhalerao, 82, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nashik (1987–2007).
• Stan Chambers, 91, American television reporter (KTLA).
• Geneviève Dormann, 81, French journalist and writer.
• John Robert Evans, 85, Canadian pediatrician and academic.
• Kete Ioane, 64, Cook Islands politician, MP for Vaipae-Tautu (1999–2010), Cabinet Minister (2008–2009).
• John McCabe, 75, British composer and pianist.
• Jim McCusker, 78, American football player.
• Magnus Mwalunyungu, 84, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi (1992–2005).
• Albert Nijenhuis, 88, Dutch-born American mathematician.
• Nguyễn Bá Thanh, 61, Vietnamese politician, member of Central Committee of the Communist Party.
• Kesava Reddy, 68, Indian novelist.
• Hugh Walters, 75, British actor (Doctor Who).
• Noah G. Willis, 75, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives.

14

• Keith Copeland, 68, American jazz drummer.
• Pamela Cundell, 95, English actress (Dad's Army, EastEnders, A Fantastic Fear of Everything).
• Bernd Dost, 75, German journalist.
• Michele Ferrero, 89, Italian businessman (Ferrero SpA).
• Sheila Girling, 90, British artist.
• Helen Glass, 97, Canadian nurse and administrator.
• Philip Godana, Kenyan politician, MP for Moyale, shot.
• John D. Hargreaves, 91, British historian.
• José María Hernández, 55, Spanish politician, President of the Provincial Deputation of Palencia (since 2011).
• Egon Horst, 76, German footballer (Schalke 04, Hamburger SV).
• Alan Howard, 77, English actor (The Lord of the Rings), pneumonia.
• Hulon, 58, American jazz saxophonist and physician.
• Louis Jourdan, 93, French actor (Letter from an Unknown Woman, Gigi, Octopussy).
• Asbjørn Kjønstad, 72, Norwegian legal scholar.
• Philip Levine, 87, American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, pancreatic cancer.
• Philippe Massoni, 79, French prefect, Representative Co-Prince of Andorra (2002–2007).
• Ammouri Mbarek, 63, Moroccan musician, cancer.
• Franjo Mihalić, 94, Croatian Yugoslav long distance runner, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
• Finn Nørgaard, 55, Danish film director, shot.
• Richard Perham, 77, English molecular biologist.
• Wim Ruska, 74, Dutch judoka, Olympic champion (1972).
• Hans Jürgen Teuteberg, 85, German historian.
• Gerson Veii, Namibian politician.

15

• Haron Amin, 46, Afghan diplomat, Ambassador to Japan (2004–2009), cancer.
• George Attla, 81, American sprint dog musher.
• Sergio Blanco, 66, Spanish singer (Sergio y Estíbaliz).
• Barbara Darling, 67, Australian Anglican prelate, stroke.
• Arnaud de Borchgrave, 88, American journalist (The Washington Times), bladder cancer.
• Eileen Essell, 92, English actress (Duplex, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Producers).
• Leo Jordan, 85, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1990–1999).
• Wendell Kim, 64, American baseball player and coach (Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox).
• Mikhail Koulakov, 82, Russian abstract painter.
• Bruce A. McIntosh, 85, Canadian astrophysicist.
• Steve Montador, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers).
• Jacob Stolt-Nielsen, 83, Norwegian businessman (Stolt-Nielsen).
• John Treadgold, 83, British Anglican priest, Dean of Chichester (1989–2001).

16

• Wilhelm Baumann, 89, German politician.
• Lasse Braun, 78, Italian pornographic film director and producer.
• Carlos de Castro, 35, Uruguayan footballer, complications from surgery.
• Gavin Clark, 46, British singer (UNKLE, Clayhill).
• John Davies, 76, Welsh historian.
• Robin Duff, 67, New Zealand education leader and gay rights activist, complications from surgery.
• Clyde Duncan, 54, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Brett Ewins, 59, British comic book artist (Judge Dredd, 2000 AD), emphysema.
• Lesley Gore, 68, American singer ("It's My Party", "Judy's Turn to Cry", "You Don't Own Me"), lung cancer.
• Celia Lashlie, 61, New Zealand prison officer, social justice advocate and author, pancreatic cancer.
• Alexander Melentyev, 60, Soviet Russian sport shooter, Olympic champion (1980).
• Geoff Morris, 66, English footballer (Walsall).
• Tynnetta Muhammad, 73, American journalist, member of the Nation of Islam.
• Uri Orbach, 54, Israeli writer, journalist and politician.
• R. R. Patil, 57, Indian politician, oral cancer.
• Rajinder Puri, 80, Indian cartoonist and political activist.
• Lorena Rojas, 44, Mexican actress (Como en el cine, El Cuerpo del Deseo), singer and songwriter, breast cancer.
• Jerzy Samp, 63, Polish historian.
• Olga Törös, 100, Hungarian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist (1936).
• Feliks Tych, 85, Polish historian, director of the Jewish Historical Institute (1995–2006).
• Sir Robert Wade-Gery, 85, British diplomat, High Commissioner to India (1982–1987).
• Evan Walker, 79, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne (1979–1992), Parkinson's disease.
• Heinrich Windelen, 93, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1957–1990).

17

• John Barrow, 79, American CFL football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
• Alberto Coramini, 70, Italian footballer.
• Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe, 79, Burmese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pyay (1975–2010).
• Richard Alan Enslen, 83, American federal judge, U.S. District Court Justice for the Western District of Michigan (since 1979).
• June Fairchild, 68, American actress (Up in Smoke), liver cancer.
• John Hurt Fisher, 95, American literary scholar.
• Andrzej Koszewski, 92, Polish composer.
• Antonio Lanfranchi, 68, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop-Abbot of Modena-Nonantola (since 2010).
• George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie, 95, British politician, Liberal Democrat life peer.
• Henri Martin, 87, French political activist (Henri Martin affair).
• Cathy Ubels-Veen, 86, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1982–1986).
• K. Swami Veerabahu, 66, Sri Lankan politician.

18

• Doug Armstrong, 83, New Zealand television sports presenter and politician, Mayor of Rodney District (1992–2000).
• Cass Ballenger, 88, American politician, member of United States House of Representatives from North Carolina (1986–2005).
• Mele Carroll, 50, American politician, member of Hawaii House of Representatives (2005–2015).
• Dave Cloud, 58, American musician.
• Claude Criquielion, 58, Belgian cyclist, UCI World Road Race champion (1984), complications from a stroke.
• Mark Fischer, 64, American intellectual property lawyer.
• Robert B. Fulton, 104, American Navy rear admiral.
• John Paul Jackson, 64, American writer and producer.
• Jerome Kersey, 52, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers), pulmonary embolism.
• Mats Olausson, 54, Swedish keyboard player (Yngwie Malmsteen).
• D. Ramanaidu, 78, Indian film producer, prostate cancer.
• Buck Rinehart, 68, American politician, Mayor of Columbus, Ohio (1984–1992), pancreatic cancer.
• Hans F. Zacher, 86, German academic, President of the Max Planck Society (1990—1996).

19

• Betty Lou Bredemus, 80, American stage actress and acting coach, lung cancer.
• Ivan Davidov, 71, Bulgarian footballer (PFC Slavia Sofia).
• Dennis Davis, 88, British mountaineer.
• Gérard Ducarouge, 73, French Formula One car designer.
• Peter Albert Dueck, 91, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1986–1993).
• Harold Johnson, 86, American boxer, NBA/World Light Heavyweight Champion (1961–1963).
• Yutaka Katayama, 105, Japanese automotive executive (Nissan).
• Erwin Marquit, 88, American physicist and Marxist philosopher.
• Nirad Mohapatra, 67, Indian film director (Maya Miriga).
• Rafael Orozco, 92, Mexican footballer (Guadalajara).
• Frank Prendergast, 81, Irish politician, TD (1982–1987), Mayor of Limerick (1977–1978, 1984–1985), cancer.
• Frank Ramírez, 65, Colombian actor (La estrategia del caracol, Metástasis), Parkinson's disease.
• Lisette Schulman, 63, Swedish television host and politician.
• Carol Severance, 71, American fantasy author.
• Mudaffar Sjah, 79, Indonesian politician, Sultan of Ternate (since 1975).
• Warren Thomson, 79, Australian pianist.
• Talus Taylor, 82, American writer, co-creator of the Barbapapa series.
• Harris Wittels, 30, American television producer and writer (Parks and Recreation, The Sarah Silverman Program).
• Gary Woods, 60, American baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs) and scout (Chicago White Sox), heart attack.

20

• Nael al-Ajlouni, Jordanian politician, Health Minister (1998).
• Ibrahim Biogradlić, 83, Bosnian Yugoslav footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
• Gérard Calvi, 92, French film score composer (Asterix the Gaul).
• Johanna Klink, 112, German supercentenarian, nation's oldest person.
• Errold La Frantz, 95, Australian cricket player, administrator, and commentator.
• Khalaf Masa'deh, Jordanian politician, Justice Minister (1999).
• Wayne Moore, 83, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist (1952).
• Patricia Norris, 83, American costume designer (12 Years a Slave, The Elephant Man, Scarface).
• Govind Pansare, 81, Indian political activist and author, shot.
• Thérèse Quentin, 85, French actress.
• Henry Segerstrom, 91, American entrepreneur.
• Dick Triptow, 92, American basketball player.
• Markku Tuokko, 63, Finnish Olympic discus thrower and shot putter (1976, 1980).
• John C. Willke, 89, American physician and anti-abortion activist.

21

• Mohamed El Gourch, 79, Moroccan cyclist, Tour du Maroc winner (1960, 1964, 1965), heart attack.
• Meredydd Evans, 95, Welsh professor, musician and television producer.
• Sami Farag, 79, Egyptian judge.
• Sir Anthony Grabham, 84, British surgeon and army officer.
• Aleksei Gubarev, 83, Russian Soviet-era cosmonaut.
• John Knapp-Fisher, 83, English painter.
• Mykhaylo Koman, 86, Ukrainian football player and coach (Dynamo Kyiv).
• Robert O. Marshall, 75, American convicted murderer, arranged contract killing of his wife.
• Paul Napier, 84, American actor (Dynasty).
• George Onorato, 86, American politician, member of the New York Senate (1983–2010).
• Christopher Price, 83, British politician, MP for Birmingham Perry Barr (1966–1970) and Lewisham West (1974–1983).
• Luca Ronconi, 81, Italian actor, theater director and opera director.
• Bruce Sinofsky, 58, American documentary filmmaker (Paradise Lost, Some Kind of Monster), diabetes.
• Sadeq Tabatabaei, 71, Iranian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1979–1980), lung cancer.
• Clark Terry, 94, American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.
• Daniel Topolski, 69, British rowing coach and commentator.
• Heinz Weifenbach, 75, German ice hockey executive.
• Bernardo Enrique Witte, 88, German-born Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of La Rioja (1977–1992) and Concepción (1992–2001).

22

• Erik Amundsen, 78, Norwegian jazz musician.
• Pasquale Carminucci, 77, Italian gymnast.
• Roger Cecil, 72, Welsh painter, hypothermia.
• Ivan Jones, 72, Australian rugby league player (South Sydney Rabbitohs).
• Dzhangir Kerimov, 91, Azerbaijani-born Russian legal scholar.
• Kim Kyung-roul, 34, South Korean professional billiards player.
• Chris Rainbow, 68, Scottish rock musician (The Alan Parsons Project).
• John Rucho, 92, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1973–1979).
• Carmine Schiavone, 71, Italian criminal, member of the Casalesi clan.

23

• James Aldridge, 96, Australian-born British writer (The Sea Eagle).
• Rana Bhagwandas, 72, Pakistani judge, acting Chief Justice (2007), cardiac arrest after heart ailment.
• Emidio Cavigioli, 89, Italian footballer.
• Bettine Moore Close, 90, American socialite.
• Haim Corfu, 94, Israeli politician, Transportation Minister (1981–1988).
• Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, 78, Tunisian politician.
• W. E. "Bill" Dykes, 89, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Senate (1976–1984).
• David Freeman, 86, English solicitor.
• Maria Golovnina, 34, Russian journalist, Reuters bureau chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
• Algimantas Kezys, 86, Lithuanian-born American photographer.
• Andy King, 72, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock).
• Jim King, 82, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Chicago Cubs).
• Jerry Lambert, 74, American jockey.
• Gerald Lockwood, 87, English rugby league player.
• Ted Roberts, 83, Australian screenwriter and producer.
• John Rowlands, 76, Welsh author and novelist.
• R. C. Sakthi, 76, Indian film director and actor.
• Dave Williams, 72, Welsh football player and coach (Newport County).
• Ben Woolf, 34, American actor (American Horror Story, Insidious), traffic collision.

24

• Rakhat Aliyev, 52, Kazakh politician and diplomat, hanging.
• Francis Némé Baïssari, 81, Lebanese Maronite Catholic hierarch, Auxiliary Bishop of Patriarch (1991–2011).
• Robert Belfour, 74, American blues musician.
• Joseph Beltrami, 83, Scottish lawyer.
• Mayandi Bharathi, 98, Indian political activist.
• Roland Gerber, 61, German football coach and player.
• Tyzen Hsiao, 77, Taiwanese composer.
• Maurice Hurley, 75, American television writer and producer (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Baywatch, Miami Vice).
• Irving Kahn, 109, American investor.
• Donald Keough, 88, American businessman, President of The Coca-Cola Company (1981–1993).
• Mefodiy Kudriakov, 65, Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Kyiv and Primate of the UAOC (since 2000).
• Dori J. Maynard, 56, American journalist.
• Dame Thea Muldoon, 87, New Zealand community servant.
• Mirjana Puhar, 19, Serbian-born American model and reality show contestant (America's Next Top Model), shot.
• Doug Ralph, 66, Australian environmentalist.
• Kluivert Roa, 14, Venezuelan student, shot.
• Said Sheikh Samatar, 71, Somali scholar and writer.
• Gary Sittler, 62, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Bertrice Small, 77, American author, renal failure.
• Geoffrey Owen Whittaker, 83, British civil servant, Governor of Anguilla (1987–1989).

25

• Hannes Baldauf, 76, German football player and coach.
• Harve Bennett, 84, American producer and writer (Star Trek, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Mod Squad).
• Robert Brisart, 61, Belgian philosopher.
• Ariel Camacho, 22, Mexican singer, traffic collision.
• Marie Cathcart, Countess Cathcart, 91, British peeress.
• Eugenie Clark, 92, American ichthyologist.
• Terry Gill, 75, British-born Australian actor ("Crocodile" Dundee, Prisoner, The Flying Doctors), lung cancer.
• Liu Dongdong, 69, Chinese general.
• Charles E. Rice, 83, American legal scholar and author.
• Giacomo Rondinella, 91, Italian singer and actor.
• Raymond Smallman, 85, British metallurgist.
• Marian Szeja, 73, Polish footballer, Olympic champion (1972).
• A. Vincent, 86, Indian cinematographer (Prem Nagar) and director (Bhargavi Nilayam).
• Victor Watson, 86, British executive (Waddingtons), Parkinson's disease.

26

• Jessica Ainscough, 30, Australian alternative therapy campaigner, cancer.
• Bob Braithwaite, 89, British Olympian trap shooter.
• Martha Cohen, 94, Canadian philanthropist.
• Anthony R. Cucci, 92, American politician, Mayor of Jersey City (1985–1989).
• Brian Cumby, 64, British shipwright.
• Ruth Denison, 92, German-born American Buddhist teacher, stroke.
• Oscar Díaz, 32, American welterweight boxer, head injury.
• Angelo Raffaele Dinardo, 83, Italian politician, President of Basilicata (1995–2000).
• Sadiq Fakir, 47, Pakistani singer, traffic collision.
• Monroe H. Freedman, 86, American professor of law, chronic lymphocytic lymphoma.
• Sheppard Frere, 98, British historian and archaeologist.
• Theodore Hesburgh, 97, American Roman Catholic priest, President of the University of Notre Dame (1952–1987).
• Nadia Hilou, 61, Israeli social worker and politician, first Arab-Christian member of Knesset (2006–2009).
• Per Olof Hulth, 71, Swedish astroparticle physicist.
• Meera Kosambi, 75, Indian sociologist.
• Earl Lloyd, 86, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals, Detroit Pistons).
• Branislav Martinović, 77, Serbian Olympic wrestler (1960, 1964).
• Curt Michel, 80, American astrophysicist.
• Franklin Quitugua, 81, Guamanian politician.
• Rowley Richards, 98, Australian WWII Army medical officer.
• Martin T. Smith, 80, American politician, member of the Mississippi Senate (1968–1988).
• Fritz J. Raddatz, 83, German feuilletonist, essayist, biographer and romancier.
• Avijit Roy, 42, Bangladeshi-American writer, stabbed.
• Tom Schweich, 54, American politician, State Auditor of Missouri (since 2011), suicide by gunshot.
• Hukam Singh, 89, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Haryana (1990–1991).
• Carlos Talbott, 95, American air force lieutenant general.

27

• Richard Bakalyan, 84, American character actor (Batman, Chinatown, The Fox and the Hound).
• Manfred Bayer, 86, German-born American microbiologist.
• Bob Benmosche, 70, American executive, President and CEO of American International Group (2009–2014), lung cancer.
• Malcolm Boyd, 91, American Episcopal priest, author, pneumonia.
• Mykhailo Chechetov, 61, Russian-born Ukrainian politician, member of Verkhovna Rada (1994–1998, 2006–2014), suicide by autodefenestration.
• Josefino Cenizal, 95, Filipino composer, director and actor.
• Tod Dockstader, 82, American sound artist and electronic music composer.
• John Fairchild, 87, American publisher and editor (Women's Wear Daily).
• Tim Ford, 63, American politician, Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1988–2004), heart attack.
• Paul Hutchison, 47, Australian cricketer.
• Jerome Kurtz, 83, American public servant, Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1977–1983), complications of surgery.
• Sue Landske, 77, American politician, member of the Indiana Senate (1984–2014), cancer.
• Boris Nemtsov, 55, Russian politician, Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1991–1997), First Deputy Prime Minister (1997–1998), Deputy Prime Minister (1998), shot.
• Leonard Nimoy, 83, American actor and director (Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Fringe), COPD.
• Natalia Revuelta Clews, 89, Cuban socialite.
• Julio César Strassera, 81, Argentine lawyer and jurist (Trial of the Juntas).
• Anna Szatkowska, 86, Polish resistance fighter.
• Yevgeni Titov, 51, Russian footballer.
• Bohdan Tomaszewski, 93, Polish sports commentator.
• Patrick Whitefield, 66, English permaculturist.

28

• Tom Bettis, 83, American football player (Green Bay Packers) and coach.
• William J. Bichsel, 86, American Jesuit priest and peace protester.
• Clifford Edmund Bosworth, 86, British oriental historian.
• Braulio Castillo, 81, Puerto Rican actor.
• P. T. De Silva, 86, Sri Lankan consultant physician.
• Sarah Foot, 75, British journalist and author.
• Gordie Gillespie, 88, American baseball, football and basketball coach.
• Alex Johnson, 72, American baseball player (California Angels, Cincinnati Reds), prostate cancer.
• Yaşar Kemal, 91, Turkish author, Légion d'honneur recipient.
• John Komba, 60, Tanzanian politician.
• Ezra Laderman, 90, American composer.
• J. Michael Lenihan, 71, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate (1990–2010), cancer.
• Anthony Mason, 48, American basketball player (New York Knicks), heart failure.
• Ed Modzelewski, 86, American football player (Cleveland Browns), heart failure.
• Thakin Tin Mya, 91, Burmese politician.
• William Röttger, 66, German label manager, music manager and gallery owner, cancer.
• Thomas J. Stanley, 71, American author (The Millionaire Next Door, The Millionaire Mind), traffic collision.
• Louis Sette, 68, American broadcaster and political candidate.
• Tracker Tilmouth, 62, Australian aboriginal activist, cancer.
• André Vallée, 84, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Military (1987–1996) and Hearst (1996–2005).
• Gigi Vesigna, 83, Italian journalist and writer.
• Orris George Walker, 72, American episcopal prelate, Bishop of Long Island (1991-2009).

March 2015

1

• Bob Armstrong, 82, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1963–1971) and Commissioner of the General Land Office (1971–1983).
• Malcolm Bennett, 56, British poet and author.
• William Bowyer, 88, British painter.
• John Clegg, 80, Australian archaeologist.
• Deedee Corradini, 70, American politician, Mayor of Salt Lake City (1992–2000), lung cancer.
• Suzanne Farrington, 81, British stage actress.
• Joshua Fishman, 88, American linguist.
• Orrin Keepnews, 91, American jazz record producer, executive and writer.
• Georg Kreisel, 91, Austrian mathematical logician.
• Anatoly Logunov, 88, Russian theoretical physicist and academician (Russian Academy of Sciences).
• Stuart McGrady, 29, Scottish footballer (Ayr United, Queen's Park).
• Jeff McKnight, 52, American baseball player (New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles), leukemia.
• Guram Minashvili, 79, Georgian basketball player, Olympic silver medalist (1960), three-time European champion (1957, 1959, 1963).
• Minnie Miñoso, 92, Cuban baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians), pulmonary artery dissection.
• Tony Reddin, 95, Irish hurler (Tipperary GAA).
• Atul Tandon, 67, Indian academic, heart attack.
• Raymond Toscanelli, 93, French footballer (Angers, Montpellier).
• Carel Visser, 86, Dutch sculptor.
• Daniel von Bargen, 64, American actor (Malcolm in the Middle, Philadelphia, Super Troopers).
• Thomas Philip Watson, 81, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (1972–1987).
• Chris Welp, 51, German basketball player (Washington Huskies), heart attack.
• Wolfram Wuttke, 53, German footballer, Olympic bronze medalist (1988).
• Matthew Young, 70, British civil servant and executive (Panini Group).

2

• Dennis Barker, 85, British journalist.
• Tom Butters, 89, Canadian politician.
• Leslie Chamberlain, 81, English rugby league player.
• Francisco González Ledesma, 87, Spanish novelist, comics writer and journalist, complications of a stroke.
• Bettina Graziani, 90, French fashion model.
• Beverly Hall, 68, Jamaican-born American educator, breast cancer.
• Dean Hess, 97, American minister and air force colonel.
• Lavkumar Khachar, 84, Indian ornithologist, prostate cancer.
• Joseph Kohnen, 74, Luxembourgian writer.
• Dave Mackay, 80, Scottish football player and manager (Tottenham Hotspur, Derby County).
• Jem Marsh, 84, British automotive engineer, co-founder of Marcos Engineering.
• Jenna McMahon, 89, American television writer (The Carol Burnett Show, The Facts of Life, Mama's Family), heart failure.
• Jay Morrish, 78, American golf course designer.
• Mal Peet, 67, British author and illustrator, cancer.
• Marc Taraskoff, 59, French illustrator and stamp designer.

3

• Kerry Ashby, 86, New Zealand rower.
• Lynn Borden, 77, American actress (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, Hazel).
• Ernest Braun, 89, Austrian-born British academic and author.
• André Brulé, 93, French racing cyclist.
• Gilles Cistac, 53, French-born Mozambican human rights lawyer, shot.
• Denis Coe, 86, British politician, MP for Middleton and Prestwich (1966–1970).
• M. Stanton Evans, 80, American journalist, author and educator, pancreatic cancer.
• Otto Kinne, 91, German marine biologist.
• Roy McCrohan, 84, English footballer (Norwich City).
• Octávio Mobiglia, 83, Brazilian Olympic swimmer (1952, 1956).
• John Mockler, 73, American politician, California Secretary of Education (2000–2002), pancreatic cancer.
• Joseph T. Palastra, Jr., 83, American army general.

4

• Stacey Arceneaux, 79, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks).
• Emory Bass, 89, American actor (Dark Shadows, 1776, Angie).
• Dušan Bilandžić, 90, Croatian historian and politician.
• Terry Fearnley, 81, Australian rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs) and coach (national team), cancer.
• George W. Grayson, 76, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 51st (1973–1981) and 97th (1983–2001) districts, heart attack.
• Ray Hatton, 83, British-born American author.
• Iwao Horiuchi, 73, Japanese wrestler.
• Karl-Alfred Jacobsson, 89, Swedish footballer (GAIS).
• Jørgen Jensen, 68, Danish Olympic cyclist (1968).
• William King, 90, American sculptor.
• Ninan Koshy, 81, Indian academic.
• Laxminarayana Mudiraj, 86, Indian politician, Mayor of Hyderabad (1969–1970).
• James Norick, 95, American politician, Mayor of Oklahoma City (1959–1963, 1967–1971).
• Jam Sebastian, 28, Filipino webcast personality, lung cancer.
• Steve Shea, 72, American baseball player (Houston Astros, Montreal Expos).
• John Simopoulos, 91, British philosopher.
• Jack Swanstrom, American educator and film director.

5

• Klaus Basikow, 77, German football player and manager.
• Vlada Divljan, 56, Serbian musician (Idoli).
• Edward Egan, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal, Bishop of Bridgeport (1988–2000), Archbishop of New York (2000–2009).
• Evelyn Furtsch, 100, American sprinter, Olympic gold medallist (1932).
• Katherine Godwin, 98, American teacher and educator, First Lady of Virginia (1966–1970, 1974–1978).
• Maigore Kallon, 89, Sierra Leonean politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1965–1967, 1996).
• John R. Keennan, 74, American baseball scout (Los Angeles Dodgers).
• Karina Kraushaar, 43, German actress, multiple organ failure.
• Umarali Quvvatov, 46, Tajikistani opposition politician and leader of Group 24, shot.
• Fred Latremouille, 69, Canadian radio host.
• Albert Maysles, 88, American documentary filmmaker (Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens).
• Jim McCann, 70, Irish musician (The Dubliners).
• ML Procise, 62, American sound engineer.
• Erling Sandene, 93, Norwegian judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1984–1991), County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (1966–1972).
• Dirk Shafer, 52, American model, actor and director (Man of the Year).
• Jerry Wilson, 78, American football player (Auburn Tigers, Philadelphia Eagles, Toronto Argonauts).

6

• Lisa Bonchek Adams, 45, American breast cancer advocate and blogger, breast cancer.
• Mick Clark, 78, English rugby league player (Leeds), Parkinson's disease.
• Fred Craddock, 86, American Christian minister, Parkinson's disease.
• Ram Sundar Das, 94, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Bihar (1979–1980).
• Arthur Gratias, 94, American politician.
• Paul John, 85, American tribal chief (Yupik peoples).
• Edward L. Keenan, 79, American historian.
• Ben Kingree, 80, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1967–1969).
• Kishore Te, 36, Indian film editor (Aadukalam), blood clot.
• Dan Lewis, 79, American football player (Detroit Lions), diabetes.
• Vasilios Magginas, 66, Greek politician, Minister of Employment (2007).
• Osi Rhys Osmond, 71, Welsh painter and television presenter, cancer.
• Andrew Oung, 64, Taiwanese businessman and politician, heart attack.
• Pheiroijam Parijat Singh, 72, Indian politician.
• Enrique "Coco" Vicéns, 88, Puerto Rican basketball player and politician.

7

• Gregorio Bundio, 86, Argentine football player and coach (El Salvador national team).
• Izola Curry, 98, American assailant, attempted to kill Martin Luther King Jr.
• Sir Derek Day, 87, British diplomat, Ambassador to Ethiopia (1975–1978) and High Commissioner to Canada (1984–1987).
• Trevor Griffin, 74, Australian politician, Attorney-General of South Australia (1979–1982, 1993–2001).
• Amalendu Guha, 91, Indian historian.
• Ray Hefferlin, 85, American physicist.
• G. Karthikeyan, 66, Indian politician, Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly (since 2011), liver cancer.
• F. Ray Keyser, Jr., 87, American politician, Governor of Vermont (1961–1963).
• Edmond Malinvaud, 91, French economist.
• Shinji Ogawa, 74, Japanese voice actor (The Rose of Versailles, Fist of the North Star), pneumonia.
• Glorianne Perrier, 85, American sprint canoer.
• Tomislav Radić, 74, Croatian film director.
• Brian Sutton-Smith, 90, New Zealand writer and play theorist, Alzheimer's disease.
• Yoshihiro Tatsumi, 79, Japanese manga author.
• Ross Turnbull, 74, Australian rugby union player (national team), cancer.
• Neil Young, 78, Canadian politician.

8

• Inezita Barroso, 90, Brazilian folk singer.
• Hans Bielenstein, 94, Swedish sinologist.
• Francisco Cacharro, 78, Spanish politician, President of the Provincial Deputation of Lugo (1983–2007).
• Brian Cahill, 84, Australian newsreader and politician.
• Bengt Hägglund, 94, Swedish theologian.
• Ernst Heincke, 83, German-born American Olympic sprint canoer (1968).
• Pavlo Khudzik, 29, Ukrainian footballer (Lviv, Zorya), complications after traffic collision.
• Maria Kryuchkova, 26, Russian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist (2004), embolism.
• Lars Larsson, 52, Swedish footballer and coach, cancer.
• Tjol Lategan, 89, South African rugby union player.
• Vinod Mehta, 73, Indian magazine and newspaper editor (The Pioneer, Outlook), multiple organ failure.
• Ivan Messmer, 83, Canadian politician.
• Sam Simon, 59, American writer, producer and director (The Simpsons, Cheers, The Drew Carey Show), colorectal cancer.
• Gerardo Sofovich, 77, Argentine actor, director and television presenter, heart failure.
• Lew Soloff, 71, American jazz trumpeter (Blood, Sweat & Tears), heart attack.

9

• H. H. ter Balkt, 76, Dutch poet.
• Jon Bridgman, 84, American historian.
• Jerry Brightman, 61, American pedal steel guitarist (Buck Owens).
• David B. Frohnmayer, 74, American attorney, Oregon Attorney General (1981–1991), President of the University of Oregon (1994–2009), prostate cancer.
• Gene Gene the Dancing Machine, 82, American stagehand and performer (The Gong Show), diabetes.
• Nkululeko Habedi, 38, South African rapper, stabbed.
• Jack Harte, 94, Irish politician, Senator (1973–1992).
• Lu Houmin, 86, Chinese photographer, cancer.
• Wayne Kemp, 73, American country music singer and songwriter.
• Otar Koberidze, 90, Georgian actor and film director.
• P. A. Sampath Kumar, 63, Indian New Testament scholar.
• Jiří Matoušek, 51, Czech mathematician.
• Stanislav Melnyk, 53, Ukrainian politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada (2006–2012), suicide by gunshot.
• Windell Middlebrooks, 36, American actor (Body of Proof, The Suite Life on Deck, Scrubs), pulmonary embolism.
• James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, 94, Northern Irish politician, UK MP for South Antrim (1970–1983) and Lagan Valley (1983–1997), member of the House of Lords (since 1997), leader of UUP (1979–1995).
• Jim Nelson, 77, Irish hurling manager (Antrim).
• Juanita Morrow Nelson, 91, American civil rights activist.
• Frei Otto, 89, German architect and structural engineer, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (2015).
• Rigoberto Paredes, 67, Honduran poet and essayist.
• Mukhammat Sabirov, 82, Russia engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Tatarstan (1991-1995).
• Lou Silverstone, 90, American comedy writer (Mad, Cracked).

10

• Fred Fredericks, 85, American cartoonist (Mandrake the Magician).
• Richard Glatzer, 63, American director, writer and producer (Still Alice, America's Next Top Model), ALS.
• Vic Harris, 69, British snooker player, pneumonia.
• Allan Lurie, 91, American voice actor (The Jetsons, Metal Gear Solid).
• Sadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik, 80, Indian politician.
• Tim Rucks, 54, American football player and coach (North Park, Carthage), heart attack.
• Meena Shah, 78, Indian badminton player.
• Claude Sitton, 89, American Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter, heart failure.
• Kenneth Smales, 87, British cricketer and football administrator.
• R. Marthanda Varma, 93, Indian neurosurgeon.
• Stuart Wagstaff, 90, British-born Australian entertainer, complications from pulmonary fibrosis.
• John Howard Wilson, 85, Scottish rugby union player.

11

• Walter Burkert, 84, German academic and author (Homo Necans).
• Tony Fenton, 53, Irish radio presenter, prostate cancer.
• Jimmy Greenspoon, 67, American keyboard player and composer (Three Dog Night), melanoma.
• Marni Hodgkin, 97, American-born British book editor.
• Martin H:son Holmdahl, 91, Swedish academic.
• Gerald Hurst, 77, American chemist and fire investigator.
• Georges Mamelonet, 60, Canadian politician, traffic collision.
• Al McCann, 85, Canadian sports broadcaster (CFRN).
• Don McLeod, 68, Canadian ice hockey player (Houston Aeros, Vancouver Blazers, Calgary Cowboys).
• Christopher Morris, 72, English accountant.
• Harri Pritchard Jones, 81, Welsh writer, critic and psychiatrist.
• Janice Rebibo, 65, American-born Israeli poet, cancer.
• Alejandro Rebollo Álvarez-Amandi, 80, Spanish lawyer, civil servant and politician, member of the Congress of Deputies (1986–1993).
• Carlo Ubaldo Rossi, 56, Italian composer and music producer, traffic collision.
• Inger Sitter, 85, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
• Ralph Taeger, 78, American actor (Hondo, Klondike, Acapulco).
• Arthur Thrall, 88, American painter and printmaker.
• Don Weeks, 76, American radio host (WGY).
• Dell Williams, 92, American businesswoman and actress.

12

• Harith al-Dhari, 74, Iraqi Sunni Arab cleric, chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars.
• Bob Anderson, 79, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
• Ray Arnett, 97, American choreographer and stage director (Liberace).
• Willie Barrow, 90, American civil rights activist.
• Erol Büyükburç, 79, Turkish composer and singer.
• Carl, Prince of Wied, 53, German royal, heart attack.
• Wolfgang Fikentscher, 86, German jurist.
• Michael Graves, 80, American architect.
• Magda Guzmán, 83, Mexican actress, heart attack.
• Eddie Hice, 85, American stuntman (Glory, Star Trek, Big Momma's House).
• Ada Jafri, 90, Pakistani Urdu poet.
• Oleksandr Peklushenko, 60, Ukrainian politician, governor of Zaporizhia Oblast.
• Odell Pollard, 87, American lawyer, chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party (1966–1970).
• Sir Terry Pratchett, 66, British author (Discworld), posterior cortical atrophy.
• Ron Przybylinski, 61, American meteorologist, cancer.
• Jim Rhodes, 69, English golf player.
• Robert L. Saucy, 84, American theologian.
• Siddalingaiah, 79, Indian film director (Bangaarada Manushya).
• Alice Teichova, 94, Austrian-born British economic historian.
• Sir Jerry Wiggin, 78, British politician, MP for Weston-super-Mare (1969–1997).

13

• Daevid Allen, 77, Australian musician (Soft Machine, Gong).
• Lilian Bader, 97, British WAAF aircraftwoman and teacher.
• Frank Chauvin, 81, Canadian humanitarian, lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• George Connell, 84, Canadian academic and biochemist, President of the University of Toronto (1984–1990).
• Irwin Hasen, 96, American cartoonist (Dondi).
• Suzette Jordan, 40, Indian anti-rape campaigner, meningoencephalitis.
• Gretchen Kafoury, 72, American civil servant and politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1977–1982).
• Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, 89, Polish paleobiologist, winner of the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science (2005).
• Ismaïla Manga, 67, Senegalese painter.
• Lance Mann, 84, Australian sprinter and football player.
• Paddington Mhondoro, 28, Zimbabwean cricketer, traffic collision.
• Meyera Oberndorf, 74, American politician, Mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia (1988–2009), Alzheimer's disease.
• Martin Petzoldt, 68, German theologian.
• Al Rosen, 91, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).
• Jack Lund Schofield, 91, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly (1970–1974) and Senate (1974–1978).
• Lia van Leer, 90, Romanian-born Israeli film archive pioneer.
• Maria Vicol, 79, Romanian foil fencer.

14

• Graham Avery, 85, New Zealand track cyclist.
• Helen Banks, 87, American animal welfare activist.
• Richard Brennan, 83, American restaurateur (Brennan Family Restaurants).
• Rene Cailliet, 97, American physician.
• L. S. Cousins, 72, British scholar in Buddhist studies.
• Nino Cristofori, 85, Italian senator, Minister of Labor and Social Security.
• Stuart Croft, 44, British filmmaker and educator, heart failure.
• Rosalind Dallas, 66, British television graphic designer.
• John C. Daniels, 78, American politician, Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut (1990–1993).
• Ana María Giunta, 72, Argentine actress, respiratory disease.
• Milton Huddart, 54, English rugby league footballer (Whitehaven), heart attack.
• Bodys Isek Kingelez, 67, Congolese sculptor.
• Ib Melchior, 97, Danish-born American author and screenwriter (Death Race 2000, Robinson Crusoe on Mars).
• Robert Plonsey, 90, American biomedical engineer.
• Valentin Rasputin, 77, Russian writer.
• Johan Chr. Schønheyder, 100, Norwegian orienteer and sports official.
• Joseph H. Young, 92, American federal judge.

15

• Antonio Betancort, 78, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, national team).
• Daniel Caldwell, 79, American actor and drama teacher, Alzheimer's disease.
• Collins Chabane, 54, South African politician, Minister of Public Service and Administration (since 2014), traffic collision.
• Robert Clatworthy, 87, British sculptor.
• Narayan Desai, 90, Indian Gandhian and writer.
• Luciano Ercoli, 85, Italian producer and film director (La morte accarezza a mezzanotte, The Police Can't Move).
• Sally Forrest, 86, American dancer and actress (Rawhide), cancer.
• Curtis Gans, 77, American activist and writer, lung cancer.
• Krishna Kalle, 74, Indian playback singer.
• Bob Parlocha, 76, American jazz radio personality, heart attack.
• Mike Porcaro, 59, American bassist (Toto), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Kavitha Prasad Rallabandi, 53, Indian poet and civil servant, heart and renal failure.
• Eusebiu Ștefănescu, 70, Romanian actor, brain cancer.
• Bob Toneff, 84, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins).
• Fritz Wegner, 90, Austrian-born British illustrator.

16

• Bruce Crump, 57, American rock drummer (Molly Hatchet).
• Miguel Donoso Pareja, 82, Ecuadorian writer, Parkinson's disease.
• Buddy Elias, 89, German-born Swiss actor (Sunshine, The Monuments Men).
• William B. Ewald, Jr., 89, American speechwriter (Dwight Eisenhower) and historian, respiratory failure.
• Andy Fraser, 62, British musician (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Free) and songwriter ("All Right Now", "Every Kinda People").
• Chet Giermak, 86, American basketball player (William & Mary), stroke.
• Jack Haley, 51, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls), heart disease.
• Jean Hardisty, 69, American political scientist.
• Arthur A. Hartman, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador to France (1977–1981) and the Soviet Union (1981–1987), complications after leg surgery.
• Norman Johnston, 96, American architect.
• Lev Fyodorovich Kuznetsov, 84, Soviet Olympic fencer.
• Marcella Leach, 89, American victim's rights activist.
• Jackson Kasanga Mulwa, Kenyan judge and politician, MP for Makueni (1969–1983).
• D. K. Ravi, 35, Indian IAS officer.
• Don Robertson, 92, American songwriter.
• Paul Rogers, 96, American WWII soldier (Easy Company).
• Allan Rowe, 58, Canadian politician, MLA for Dartmouth South (since 2013), aneurysm.
• Gustavo Selva, 88, Italian journalist and politician.
• Braydon Smith, 23, Australian boxer, WBC youth silver featherweight champion, brain haemorrhage following bout.
• Janet Taylor Spence, 91, American psychologist.
• Max Stenbeck, 30, American-born Swedish financier and businessman, complications from diabetes.
• Nazmi Yükselen, 89, Turkish folk singer.

17

• Ashley Adams, 59, Australian Paralympic shooter, traffic collision.
• Moustapha Alassane, 73, Nigerian film director.
• Bob Appleyard, 90, English cricketer (Yorkshire, national team).
• Deacon Chiu, 90, Hong Kong entrepreneur, founded Far East Bank.
• Fang Ziyi, 98, Chinese general.
• Raymond D. Fowler, 84, American psychologist.
• Antonio Dorado Soto, 83, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guadix (1970–1973), Cádiz y Ceuta (1973–1993) and Málaga (1993–2008).
• Marguerite Harbert, 91, American billionaire.
• Kuniyoshi Kaneko, 78, Japanese painter, illustrator and photographer, heart failure.
• Frank Perris, 83, Canadian motorcycle road racer.
• Alan Richardson, 74, Australian VFL footballer (Richmond, South Melbourne).
• Shaw Taylor, 90, British actor and TV presenter.
• Guido Zappa, 99, Italian mathematician.

18

• Ramesh Chandra Bhanja, 76, Indian Oriya poet.
• Samuel Charters, 85, American music historian and musician, myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Chiang Chung-ling, 92, Taiwanese general and politician, Minister of Defense (1994–1999), heart failure.
• Roy Doty, 92, American cartoonist and illustrator.
• Richard Gruenther, 90, American Olympic modern pentathlete (1948).
• Harry Heijnen, 74, Dutch footballer (ADO, national team).
• Thomas Hopko, 75, American Eastern Orthodox priest and theologian.
• Richard Impola, 91, Finnish-born American translator.
• H. Allen Jerkens, 85, American horse trainer.
• Grace Ogot, 84, Kenyan writer and politician.
• Providencia Paredes, 90, Dominican Republic-born American personal assistant of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
• Roberto Parga, 78, Uruguayan judge, member of the Supreme Court (2000–2007).
• Sir Don Rowlands, 88, New Zealand rower.
• Oleg Sakirkin, 49, Kazakh triple jumper.
• Lyle E. Schaller, 91, American church consultant and writer.
• Bernice Steadman, 89, American aviator, member of Mercury 13 team, co-founder of the International Women's Air & Space Museum.
• Zhao Dayu, 54, Chinese footballer (Guangzhou, national team), liver cancer.

19

• Michel Albert, 85, French economist.
• Margarete Bagshaw, 50, American artist, brain tumor.
• Carlos Mijares Bracho, 84, Mexican architect.
• Yosef Ben-Jochannan, 96, American writer and historian.
• Michael Brown, 65, American musician (The Left Banke) and songwriter ("Walk Away Renée").
• Marilyn Durham, 84, American author.
• Gus Douglass, 88, American politician, West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture (1965–1989, 1993–2013), fall.
• David Harrison, 88, English zoologist (Harrison Institute).
• Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, 91, Dutch sprint athlete, Olympic gold medalist (1948).
• Peter Katin, 84, British pianist.
• Leandra Becerra Lumbreras, 127?, Mexican longevity claimant, unverified oldest living person.
• Steve Mokone, 82, South African footballer (Heracles Almelo).
• Ken Owen, 80, South African journalist and editor.
• Irma Palmieri, 83, Venezuelan film and television actress.
• Safet Plakalo, 65, Bosnian playwright and poet.
• Stanislav Prýl, 72, Czech ice hockey player.
• Mordecai Roshwald, 93, Polish-born American author (Level 7).
• Danny Schechter, 72, American journalist and filmmaker.
• Joy Tamblin, 89, British WRAF officer.
• Eino Uusitalo, 90, Finnish politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1979–1982).
• Matthew Wuest, 35, Canadian sports reporter and entrepreneur, founder of CapGeek.

20

• Jim Berry, 83, American cartoonist (Berry's World).
• Eva Burrows, 85, Australian Salvation Army General (1986–1993).
• María del Socorro Bustamante, 70, Colombian lawyer and politician, Senator (1994–2002).
• Cincinnati Red, 40, American professional wrestler (EWF), heart attack.
• A. James Clark, 87, American billionaire engineer, heart failure.
• Mary Clarke, 91, British dance critic.
• Lisa Colagrossi, 49, American news anchor (WABC), brain aneurysm.
• Ellen Conford, 73, American children's writer, heart ailment.
• Daniel Donahue, 91, American baseball team owner (Atlanta Braves).
• Charles T. Epps, Jr., 70, American politician, heart attack.
• Malcolm Fraser, 84, Australian politician, Prime Minister (1975–1983).
• Walter Grauman, 93, American director (633 Squadron, Murder, She Wrote).
• Harley Hisner, 88, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
• Paul Jeffrey, 81, American jazz saxophonist.
• Robert Kastenmeier, 91, American politician, member of United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin (1959–1991), heart failure.
• Josef Mikoláš, 77, Czech ice hockey player, world championship silver medalist (1961).
• Eddie Mulheron, 72, Scottish footballer (Clyde, Durban United)
• Joe O'Malley, 83, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
• A. J. Pero, 55, American drummer (Twisted Sister, Adrenaline Mob), heart attack.
• Sir Russell Pettigrew, 94, New Zealand businessman and sports administrator.
• Shahir Krishnarao Sable, 92, Indian Marathi folk singer-songwriter.
• John Virgil Singleton, Jr., 97, American federal judge.
• Petr Vopěnka, 79, Czech mathematician and politician.
• Gregory Walcott, 87, American actor (Plan 9 from Outer Space, Norma Rae, Every Which Way but Loose).
• Gerald Lee Warren, 84, American journalist, White House deputy press secretary.
• Viktor Viktorovych Yanukovych, 33, Ukrainian politician, People's Deputy (2006–2014), drowned.

21

• Perro Aguayo Jr., 35, Mexican professional wrestler (AAA), stroke from vertebral artery dissection.
• Ishaya Bakut, 67, Nigerian military Governor of Benue State (1986–1987).
• Chuck Bednarik, 89, American NFL Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
• Miriam Bienstock, 92, American record company executive (Atlantic Records).
• James C. Binnicker, 76, American air force officer, Chief Master Sergeant (1986–1990).
• Betty Brey, 83, American Olympic swimmer (1956), heart attack.
• Milen Dobrev, 35, Bulgarian weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist (2004), heart attack.
• John Dymoke, 88, British noble, Queen's Champion.
• Hans Erni, 106, Swiss painter, designer and sculptor.
• Jack Ford, 67, American politician, Mayor of Toledo, Ohio (2002–2005).
• Malachy John Goltok, 49, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bauchi (since 2011).
• Jørgen Ingmann, 89, Danish musician ("Apache"), 1963 Eurovision Song Contest winner.
• Yusufali Kechery, 81, Indian poet and film producer.
• Vince Kendrick, 63, American football player (Atlanta Falcons), cancer.
• Arnošt Klimčík, 69, Czechoslovak Olympic handball player (1972).
• John Walter Guerrier Lund, 102, English psychologist.
• Hector Macpherson, Jr., 96, American politician, member of the Oregon Senate (1971–1974).
• Sir Hal Miller, 86, British politician, MP for Bromsgrove and Redditch (1974–1983) and Bromsgrove (1983–1992).
• Jack Peltason, 91, American scholar, President of the University of California (1992–1995), Parkinson's disease.
• Thomas Scallen, 89, American businessman.
• Sir James Spicer, 89, British politician, MP for West Dorset (1974–1997).
• Divaldo Suruagy, 78, Brazilian politician, Governor of Alagoas (1975–1978, 1983–1986, 1995–1997).
• Sharon Tandy, 71, South African singer.
• Jackie Trent, 74, English singer-songwriter and actress.
• Alberta Watson, 60, Canadian actress (La Femme Nikita, 24, The Prince and Me), cancer.
• Robert Williams, 89, English chemist.
• Warren Womble, 95, American basketball coach.

22

• Arkady Arkanov, 81, Russian writer and satirist.
• Petar Hadzi Boskov, 86, Macedonian sculptor.
• Horst Buhtz, 91, German football player (Torino) and manager.
• William Campbell, 79, American politician, member of the California Senate (1976–1990) and Assembly (1966–1974).
• Derek Chinnery, 89, English radio controller (BBC Radio 1).
• Anthony Garner, 88, British political organiser.
• Tom Koch, 89, American comedy writer (Mad).
• Helen Landis, 92, English singer and actress.
• George Neel, Jr., 84, American author and businessman.
• Peter Pišťanek, 54, Slovak writer, suicide by overdose.
• Norman Scribner, 79, American choral conductor.
• Julieta Marín Torres, 71, Mexican politician, MP for Puebla (2009–2012), lung cancer.

23

• Tahira Mazhar Ali, 91, Pakistani women's rights activist.
• Günter Asser, 89, German mathematician.
• Gian Vittorio Baldi, 84, Italian director and producer.
• Gary Dahl, 78, American entrepreneur, inventor of the Pet Rock, COPD.
• Roy Douglas, 107, British composer.
• Earl Harris, 73, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (since 1982).
• Herberto Hélder, 84, Portuguese poet.
• Søren Kam, 93, Danish Nazi war criminal.
• Lee Kuan Yew, 91, Singaporean politician, Prime Minister (1959–1990), pneumonia.
• Ted Lester, 92, English cricket player (Yorkshire).
• Lil' Chris, 24, British singer-songwriter, actor and television personality.
• Michael Laurence, 80, Australian actor and television producer (Return to Eden).
• Bobby Lowther, 91, American basketball player and athlete (LSU Tigers), All-American (1946).
• Carla Macelloni, 78, Italian actress (Anna of Brooklyn).
• Lajos Molnár, 68, Hungarian physician, Minister of Health (2006–2007).
• Ivan Nagy, 77, Hungarian-born American director.
• Nick Peters, 75, American journalist (Sacramento Bee) and baseball beat writer (San Francisco Giants), recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award (2009).
• Alan Seymour, 87, Australian playwright (The One Day of the Year).
• Steven Smith, 65, American tea company founder, liver cancer.
• LaVern Torgeson, 86, American football player (Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins).
• Frans Tumbuan, 76, Indonesian actor.
• Geoff Tunbridge, 82, Australian VFL football player (Melbourne).

24

• Yehuda Avner, 86, Israeli diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland (1983–1988), and Australia (1992–1996), cancer.
• Malli Mastan Babu, 40, Indian mountain climber, climbing incident.
• Nico Baracchi, 57, Swiss bobsledder.
• Bryan Bartley, 86, New Zealand engineer and inventor.
• Oleg Bryjak, 54, Kazakh-born German opera singer, plane crash.
• Richard Butson, 92, Canadian explorer and physician, recipient of the George Cross.
• Scott Clendenin, 47, American bassist (Death, Control Denied).
• Otto Frello, 90, Danish artist and illustrator.
• R. Geraint Gruffydd, 86, Welsh celtist.
• Jeff Hennessy, 85, American trampoline coach.
• Ian Isles, 96, British WWII army officer and actuary.
• Samuli Mansikka, 36, Finnish mountaineer, fall.
• Roger Mayer, 88, American film industry executive.
• Albert Probst, 83, German politician.
• Maria Radner, 33, German opera singer, plane crash.
• Louis Renner, 88, American Jesuit priest, historian and academic (University of Alaska Fairbanks), specialist in Catholic history in Alaska.
• Moncef Ben Salem, 62, Tunisian politician.
• Peter Stichbury, 91, New Zealand potter.
• Robert Folger Thorne, 94, American botanist.

25

• Indra Bania, 73, Indian actor.
• Dick Bond, 93, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1975–1987).
• George Fischbeck, 92, American television weatherman (KABC).
• Ivo Garrani, 91, Italian actor (Black Sunday, Hercules, Caliber 9).
• Martyn Goff, 91, British bookseller, administrator of the Man Booker Prize.
• Tommy Maher, 92, Irish hurler.
• Jimmy McGill, 68, Scottish footballer (Huddersfield Town, Hull City).
• Richard O. Moore, 95, American poet and filmmaker (Louisiana Diary).
• Jeannette Obstoj, 65, British lyricist (Break Every Rule).
• Jim Phillips, 79, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings).
• Pedro Reyes, 53, Spanish comedian, humorist and actor.
• Bill Slayback, 67, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
• Allen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere, 82, British industrialist and politician.
• Ron Suart, 94, English football player and manager (Chelsea).
• Joris Van Hauthem, 51, Belgian politician (Vlaams Belang), colorectal cancer.
• Loy Young, 92, American college football (Dickinson State) and basketball (Chadron State) coach.

26

• Ennio Appignanesi, 89, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo (1993–2001).
• Anne Bannister, 78, British psychotherapist.
• Friedrich L. Bauer, 90, German computer scientist.
• Dinkha IV, 79, Iraqi Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East (since 1976).
• Albert Irvin, 92, British abstract artist.
• Paty Ripple Kyndiah, 86, Indian politician.
• Alonso Llano Ruiz, 83, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Istmina-Tadó (1993–2010), leukemia.
• Karl Moik, 76, Austrian television presenter (Musikantenstadl).
• Ian Moir, 71, Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Wrexham), cancer.
• John Renbourn, 70, British guitarist (Pentangle), heart attack.
• Fred Robsahm, 71, Norwegian actor (Flashback).
• Luís Miguel Rocha, 39, Portuguese author, cancer.
• John D. States, 89, American doctor and automotive safety advocate, heart failure.
• J. Karen Thomas, 50, American actress (Drop Dead Diva, Nashville, Sunset Beach), multiple myeloma.
• Tomas Tranströmer, 83, Swedish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (2011), stroke.
• Naomi Weisstein, 76, American psychologist and writer.

27

• Craft Akard, 98, American politician.
• Daundre Barnaby, 24, Jamaican-born Canadian Olympic runner (2012), drowning.
• Rik Battaglia, 88, Italian actor (Duck, You Sucker!).
• Pauline Brockless, 85, English opera singer.
• B.J. Crosby, 63, American singer and actress (Smokey Joe's Cafe).
• Neville Denton, 80, New Zealand rugby league player.
• Claus Dunne, 70, Irish hurler (Kilkenny).
• Carlos Falchi, 70, Brazilian-born American accessories designer.
• William W. Hallo, 87, German-born American professor of assyriology and Babylonian literature.
• Johnny Helms, 80, American jazz trumpet player and bandleader.
• Hot Rod Hundley, 80, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers) and television broadcaster (Utah Jazz), Alzheimer's disease.
• Annelise Høegh, 66, Norwegian politician, MP for Oslo (1985–2001).
• Yusuf Mohamed Ismail, Somali diplomat, Ambassador to Switzerland (since 2008), permanent representative to the United Nations (since 2008), shot.
• Bob Lewis, 90, American politician, member of the Washington Senate (1973–1981).
• Fillie Lyckow, 80, Swedish actress (Du är inte klok Madicken, Varuhuset).
• Janet L. Norwood, 91, American statistician, Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (1979–1991), Alzheimer's disease.
• Michael Rush, 65, American museum director, pancreatic cancer.
• T. Sailo, 93, Indian brigadier and politician, Chief Minister of Mizoram (1978, 1979–1984), heart failure.
• Sarbi, 12, Australian war canine, brain cancer.
• Walter Schuck, 94, German WWII fighter ace.
• Anthony Scrivener, 79, British lawyer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Gertrud Sigurdsen, 92, Swedish politician, Minister of Social Affairs (1985–1989).
• Amaro Silva, 57, Canadian politician.
• Olga Syahputra, 32, Indonesian actor, comedian, singer and television host, meningitis.
• Mate Trojanović, 84, Croatian rower, Olympic gold medalist (1952).
• George Wang, 96, Taiwanese actor and producer, heart failure.
• Lincoln Wolfenstein, 92, American particle physicist, cancer.

28

• Richard L. Bare, 101, American director and producer (Green Acres, Maverick).
• Leon Bass, 90, American educator and WWII soldier.
• Sarla Birla, 91, Indian educationalist.
• Chuck Brayton, 89, American Collegiate Hall of Fame baseball player and coach (Washington State Cougars).
• Joseph Cassidy, 60, Canadian-born British Anglican priest and academic, Principal of St Chad's College.
• Denis Eadie, 98, British WWII army officer.
• Amos Ford, 98, Belizean-born British forester.
• Gerry Hardstaff, 75, English cricket player.
• Akhil Mehta, 27, Indian comedian, suicide by jumping.
• Dick Mills, 70, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), cancer.
• Miroslav Ondříček, 80, Czech cinematographer (Amadeus, Ragtime, A League of Their Own).
• Jerzy Orłowski, 90, Polish footballer.
• Gene Saks, 93, American stage and film director (The Odd Couple, Barefoot in the Park, Brighton Beach Memoirs), pneumonia.
• Víctor Sánchez, 20, Venezuelan baseball player (Seattle Mariners), head injury from boat propeller.
• Ronald Stevenson, 87, Scottish composer and pianist.
• Tuti Yusupova, 134?, Uzbekistani longevity claimant, unverified world's oldest person.

29

• Ayla Arslancan, 78, Turkish actress.
• Romany Bain, 91, British show business journalist.
• William Delafield Cook, 79, Australian artist.
• Carmen Lozano Dumler, 93, Puerto Rican United States Army officer.
• Jim LaRue, 89, American football player and coach (Arizona Wildcats).
• Juan Carlos Maccarone, 74, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chascomús (1996–1999) and Santiago del Estero (1999–2005).
• Jim Robison, 87, Australian VFL football player (Hawthorn).
• John Sheppard, 93, British car designer.
• Peter Tarsey, 77, British Olympic diver (1956), shot.
• Paul Torgersen, 83, American educator, President of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1993–2000).
• Anne Woods, 67, British world gurning champion.

30

• Aleck Che-Mponda, 79, Tanzanian politician and academic.
• Helmut Dietl, 70, German film director (Schtonk!), lung cancer.
• Messias Pereira Donato, 93, Brazilian jurist and academic.
• Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, 93, Dutch astronomer.
• Joan Kagezi, 47, Ugandan lawyer and prosecutor, shot.
• Phyllis R. Klotman, 90, American film theorist and archivist.
• Štěpán Kodeda, 27, Czech orienteering competitor, complications after traffic collision.
• John H. Makin, 71, American economist, cancer.
• Aniceto Molina, 75, Colombian cumbia musician, lung failure.
• Preston Ritter, 65, American drummer (The Electric Prunes).
• Roger Slifer, 60, American comic book author (Lobo) and writer (Transformers).
• Basil Soda, 47, Lebanese fashion designer, cancer.
• Trevor Williams, 76, British plant geneticist.
• Leon Wouters, 84, Belgian football player and coach.
• Robert Z'Dar, 64, American film actor and producer (Maniac Cop, Tango & Cash).

31

• Albino Bernardini, 97, Italian author and pedagogue.
• Billy Butler, 69, American soul singer.
• Betty Churcher, 84, Australian arts administrator and curator, director of the National Gallery of Australia (1990–1997), cancer.
• T. W. Edwards, Jr., 85, American politician.
• Cocoa Fujiwara, 31, Japanese manga author.
• Carlos Gaviria Díaz, 77, Colombian lawyer and politician, Magistrate of the Constitutional Court (1993–2001), Senator (2006–2010), presidential candidate (2006), respiratory infection.
• Andrew Getty, 47, American heir, intestinal bleeding.
• Riccardo Ingram, 48, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins), brain cancer.
• Ricky Marsh, 88, British journalist.
• Philip Potter, 93, Dominica Methodist church leader, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (1972–1984).
• Anthony Saxton, 80, British advertising executive.
• Michel Scheuer, 87, German sprint canoer, Olympic gold medallist (1956).
• Ralph Sharon, 91, English-born American pianist and bandleader (Tony Bennett).
• Klaus Tschira, 74, German physicist and entrepreneur, co-founder of SAP.
• Dalibor Vesely, 79, Czech-born British architectural historian.

April 2015

1

• Dave Ball, 65, British musician (Procol Harum), colorectal cancer.
• Roel Cortez, 47, Filipino singer-songwriter, colon cancer.
• Peter Diamandopoulos, 86, Greek-born American academic, President of Adelphi University (1985–1997).
• Johnny Gardiner, 92, Canadian CFL football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
• John Paul Hammerschmidt, 92, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas's 3rd district (1967–1993), heart and respiratory failure.
• Sir John Ingram, 90, New Zealand engineer and businessman.
• Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić, 89, Croatian water polo player, Olympic silver medalist for Yugoslavia (1952, 1956).
• Eddie LeBaron, 85, American football player (Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys).
• Cynthia Lennon, 75, British author, cancer.
• Raul Loya, 76, American workers' rights activist.
• Misao Okawa, 117, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest living person, heart failure.
• Nicolae Rainea, 81, Romanian football referee (FIFA World Cup (1974, 1978, 1982), UEFA Euro 1980 Final), pulmonary edema.
• Paul D. Reynolds, 52, Canadian investment banker, CEO of Canaccord Genuity.
• J. D. Smith, 83, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
• Joseph Sweda, 89, American politician.
• Robert Walker, 54, Canadian-born American animator and director (Aladdin, Brother Bear, Mulan, The Lion King), heart attack.
• Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu, 84, Nigerian politician and police officer, Inspector General of the Police (1976–1979).

2

• Paule Anglim, 92, Canadian-born American art dealer (Gallery Paule Anglim).
• Luis Delgado Aparicio, 74, Peruvian politician, MP (1995–2001), pancreatic cancer.
• Linsey Berardi, 22, American TV personality.
• Natalia Bobrova, 36, Russian gymnast, stomach cancer.
• Mick Brown, 77, New Zealand jurist.
• Per Vilhelm Brüel, 100, Danish engineer.
• Wally Cassell, 103, Italian-born American actor (White Heat).
• Tom Coyne, 84, British news broadcaster and television presenter (Top Gear).
• James de Beaujeu Domville, 81, French-born Canadian theatrical producer.
• William Benedict Friend, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alexandria-Shreveport (1982–1986) and Shreveport (1986–2006).
• Raúl Gorriti, 58, Peruvian footballer (national team).
• Robert Blair Kaiser, 84, American journalist.
• Dennis Marks, 66, British television producer and music director.
• Ben Meisner, 76, Canadian broadcaster (CKPG), cancer.
• Norman H. Nie, 72, American social scientist, lung cancer.
• Hayley Okines, 17, British progeria campaigner, pneumonia.
• Manoel de Oliveira, 106, Portuguese film director and screenwriter, heart failure.
• Stanisław Pestka, 85, Polish Kashubian poet.
• Joseph L. Reid, 92, American oceanographer.
• Barbara Sass, 78, Polish film director and screenwriter.
• Olga Sawicka, 83, Polish dancer and choreographer.
• Doug Sax, 79, American audio mastering engineer, cancer.
• Robert H. Schuller, 88, American televangelist (Hour of Power).
• Alberto Ricardo da Silva, 71, East Timorese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Díli (2004–2015).
• Steve Stevaert, 60, Belgian politician, Chairman of the SP.a (2003–2005), Governor of Limburg (2005–2009).
• Abdelhadi Tazi, 94, Moroccan scholar and diplomat.
• Tom Towles, 65, American actor (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Miami Vice, The Rock).
• Jerzy Treder, 72, Polish philologist.

3

• Milton Berkes, 90, American politician.
• Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett, 85, British hereditary peer and film producer.
• Nigel Boocock, 77, British speedway rider.
• Sarah Brady, 73, American gun control campaigner, pneumonia.
• Bob Burns, 64, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd), traffic collision.
• Sam Cathcart, 90, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), cancer.
• John Darnton, 96, American football coach (Adrian Bulldogs).
• Traute Foresti, 100, Austrian poet and actress.
• Rocío García Gaytán, 55, Mexican politician, MP (1997–2000), cancer.
• Mathias Gnädinger, 74, Swiss actor (The Boat Is Full, Journey of Hope).
• Paul Grigoriu, 70, Romanian radio personality (SRR).
• Michael Jandreau, 71, American Native leader, chairman of the Lower Brulé Sioux tribe, pneumonia and heart disease.
• Kayahan, 66, Turkish musician, cancer.
• Terdell Middleton, 59, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
• Vivian Nathan, 98, American actress (Klute).
• Mpok Nori, 84, Indonesian comedian.
• Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas, 71, Lithuanian politician and poet, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
• Luis María Pérez de Onraíta, 81, Spanish-born Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Malanje (1998–2012).
• Chris Plumridge, 70, British golf writer.
• Andrew Porter, 86, British music critic, pneumonia.
• Robert Rietti, 92, British-born Italian actor (Hannibal, The Omen).
• Charlie Sumner, 84, American football player.
• Shmuel Wosner, 101, Austrian-born Israeli Haredi rabbi.

4

• Jaroslav Balcar, 62, Czechoslovak ski jumper (1976).
• Ramón Barreto, 75, Uruguayan football referee (1974 FIFA World Cup).
• Bill Ellerington, 91, English footballer (Southampton).
• John Gogo, 83, Canadian politician.
• Jamaluddin Jarjis, 63, Malaysian politician, MP for Rompin (since 1990), helicopter crash.
• Elmer Lach, 97, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), stroke.
• Donald N. Levine, 83, American sociologist.
• Ira Lewis, 82, American actor and playwright (Chinese Coffee), complications following open heart surgery.
• Ioan Pușcaș, 82, Romanian gastroenterologist.
• Sir John Read, 97, British executive.
• Klaus Rifbjerg, 83, Danish writer (Anna, I, Anna), recipient of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (1970).
• Lisa Simon, 64, American director, producer and production assistant (Sesame Street, Wonder Pets, Blue Jasmine).
• Marjorie Townsend, 85, American electrical engineer.
• Dick Wood, 79, American football player (New York Jets).

5

• Bauyrzhan Baimukhammedov, 67, Kazakh football player and coach.
• Barbara Bergmann, 87, American feminist economist.
• Fredric Brandt, 65, American dermatologist, suicide by hanging.
• Juan Carlos Cáceres, 79, Argentine tango musician and painter, cancer.
• Hugh Delano, 81, American sports journalist.
• Richard Dysart, 86, American character actor (L.A. Law, Wall Street, The Thing).
• Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi, 84, Indian politician.
• Ramnath Dhakal, 52, Nepalese politician.
• Maurice Fenner, 86, English cricketer.
• Victor Gotbaum, 93, American labor leader, heart attack.
• Tony Hutton, 82, British Royal Navy officer, organized the refugee evacuation effort following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
• Sid Ali Kouiret, 82, Algerian actor.
• Naken Kyrykbaev, 39, Kazakh footballer (Taraz).
• Richard LaSalle, 97, American film score composer.
• Anne-Claude Leflaive, 59, French winemaker, cancer.
• Norman B. Leventhal, 97, American property developer.
• Don Looney, 98, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Akira Machida, 78, Japanese Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
• Sargy Mann, 77, British painter.
• Gordon Moyes, 76, Australian radio evangelist and politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (2002–2011).
• Louis Miles Muggleton, 92, South African-born British physicist.
• John Patton, 84, American politician.
• Claudio Prieto, 80, Spanish composer.
• Jehan Rajab, Kuwaiti author.
• Steve Rickard, 85, New Zealand professional wrestler.
• Lon Simmons, 91, American sports broadcaster.
• Francesco Smalto, 87, Italian fashion designer.
• Gardner C. Taylor, 96, American preacher and civil rights activist.
• Julie Wilson, 90, American singer and actress, stroke complications.
• Yacoub Zaiadeen, 95, Jordanian politician.

6

• Theodosios Balafas, 91, Greek Olympic pole vaulter (1948, 1952).
• Hardijs Baumanis, 47, Latvian diplomat, Ambassador to Azerbaijan (since 2010) and Lithuania.
• Giovanni Berlinguer, 90, Italian politician, MEP (2004–2009).
• James Best, 88, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Ride Lonesome, Sounder), pneumonia.
• Ray Charles, 96, American musician (The Perry Como Show, The Muppet Show), cancer.
• Paul Dearing, 73, Australian field hockey player.
• Milton DeLugg, 96, American composer.
• Walter H. Haas, 97, American astronomer.
• David L. Kaplan, 91, American professor and conductor.
• Eugène Moke Motsüri, 99, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (1970–1991).
• Rie Muñoz, 93, American artist, stroke.
• Romualdas Ozolas, 76, Lithuanian politician, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
• John Papit, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers), stroke.
• Art Powell, 78, American football player (Oakland Raiders).
• Ben Powers, 64, American actor (Good Times).
• Dollard St. Laurent, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks).
• Dave Ulliott, 61, English professional poker player, colon cancer.
• Gertrude Weaver, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person, pneumonia.
• Alan Wilson, 94, English cricketer (Lancashire).

7

• Patrick H. Adkins, 67, American fantasy author.
• Tim Babcock, 95, American politician, Governor of Montana (1962–1969).
• Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum, 88, Iraqi Shi'a Islamic leader and politician.
• José Capellán, 34, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers), heart attack.
• Harry Dowd, 76, English footballer (Manchester City).
• Eugene Louis Faccuito, 90, American dancer and choreographer.
• Stan Freberg, 88, American comedian and voice actor (Looney Tunes, Lady and the Tramp), pneumonia.
• Edward Gallenstein, 92, American wood carver and magazine editor (Chip Chats).
• Jean Germain, 67, French politician, Mayor of Tours (1995–2014), suicide by gunshot.
• Richard Henyekane, 31, South African footballer, traffic collision.
• Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, 52, Bulgarian royal, lung infection.
• Stanley Kutler, 80, American historian.
• Geoffrey Lewis, 79, American actor (High Plains Drifter, Maverick, The Lawnmower Man).
• Betty Lucas, 90, Australian actress (Prisoner, Taurus Rising, Richmond Hill).
• Dickie Owen, 88, British actor (Zulu, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang).
• Richard F. Post, 96, American physicist.
• Maria Luisa Poumaillou, 61, Venezuelan-born French fashion consultant.
• James B. Rhoads, 86, American public servant, Archivist of the United States (1968–1979).
• Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty, 78, Indian judge.
• Rich Szaro, 67, Polish-born American football player (New Orleans Saints, New York Jets).
• Janet Turner, 78, British architectural lighting designer.
• Torrey Ward, 36, American basketball coach, plane crash.
• Naomi Wilzig, 80, American writer and museum owner (World Erotic Art Museum Miami).

8

• Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac, 98, French resistant, civil servant and historian.
• Abraham Eraly, 80, Indian historian and magazine editor.
• Harry K. Fukuhara, 95, American army officer.
• Nagore E. M. Hanifa, 89, Indian politician and playback singer.
• Graham Howarth, 99, English entomologist.
• Rayson Huang, 94, Chinese chemist, vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (1972–1986).
• Jayakanthan, 80, Indian Tamil author.
• Sergei Lashchenko, 27, Ukrainian kickboxer, shot.
• David Laventhol, 81, American newspaper editor and publisher, Parkinson's disease.
• Nan Inger Östman, 92, Swedish children's book author.
• Billy Ronson, 58, English footballer (Blackpool F.C.).
• Hermann Schweppenhäuser, 87, German philosopher.
• Joel Shankle, 82, American hurdler, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
• Joel Spira, 88, American inventor (solid-state lamp dimmer), co-founder of Lutron Electronics Company, heart attack.
• Hilde Stavik, 52, Norwegian long-distance runner, cancer.
• Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thero, 85, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk.
• Ion Trewin, 71, British editor, publisher and author.
• Lars Tunbjörk, 59, Swedish photographer.
• Jean-Claude Turcotte, 78, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Montreal (1990–2012).
• Ole Wackström, 82, Finnish racing cyclist.

9

• Paul Almond, 83, Canadian filmmaker (The Act of the Heart, Journey, Isabel) and television director (Seven Up!), heart disease.
• Nina Companeez, 77, French film director.
• Alexander Dalgarno, 87, British physicist.
• Ivan Doig, 75, American author, multiple myeloma.
• Moira Gemmill, 55, British design director (Victoria and Albert Museum), traffic collision.
• Jurgen Gothe, 70, German-born Canadian radio broadcaster (DiscDrive).
• Charles Hamel, 84, American congressional aide and oil industry whistleblower.
• Ray Harm, 87, American artist, prostate cancer.
• Ghulam Rasool Kar, 94, Indian politician.
• Bob McLean, 67, Australian winemaker, liver cancer.
• Hrushikesh Moolgavkar, 94, Indian air chief marshal and Chief of Air Staff (1976–1978).
• Ron Payne, 89, Australian politician, member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Mitchell (1970–1989).
• Elmo Noel Joseph Perera, 82, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop (1992–1995) and Bishop of Galle (1995–2004).
• Narra Raghava Reddy, 92, Indian politician.
• Margaret Rule, 86, British archaeologist.
• João Alves dos Santos, 58, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paranaguá (since 2006).
• Rafael Soriano, 94, Cuban painter.
• Alex Soto, 49, Puerto Rican actor and drag queen, heart attack.
• Rogvold Sukhoverko, 74, Russian film and voice actor.
• Johan B. Steen, 81, Norwegian biologist.
• Tut Taylor, 91, American bluegrass musician (The Great Dobro Sessions).
• John Toohey, 85, Australian jurist, High Court Justice (1987–1998).
• Tsien Tsuen-hsuin, 105, Chinese-born American sinologist, professor, and librarian.
• Sascha Weidner, 40, German artist.

10

• Andrzej Ajnenkiel, 84, Polish historian.
• Richie Benaud, 84, Australian cricket captain and television commentator, skin cancer.
• Raúl Héctor Castro, 98, Mexican-born American politician and diplomat, Governor of Arizona (1975–1977), Ambassador to El Salvador (1964–1968), Bolivia (1968–1969) and Argentina (1977–1980).
• David Dank, 76, American politician, member of Oklahoma House of Representatives (since 2007), heart attack.
• Desmond Digby, 82, New Zealand-born Australian theatre designer, children's book illustrator and painter.
• Waltraud Falk, 85, German economist.
• Eduardo Gauggel Medina, 48, Honduran lawyer and politician, MP (since 2014), shot.
• Eduardo Gauggel Rivas, 70, Honduran lawyer and politician, member of the Supreme Court (1994–1998), shot.
• Ray Graves, 96, American football player and coach.
• Ronald Hambleton, 97, English-born Canadian broadcaster and music critic (Toronto Star).
• Bárbara Heliodora, 91, Brazilian theatre critic.
• Lauren Hill, 19, American college basketball player, pediatric cancer advocate, brain cancer.
• Dorothy Jelicich, 87, New Zealand politician, MP for Hamilton West (1972–75).
• Jin Youzhi, 96, Chinese royal.
• Rustin R. Kimsey, 79, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Eastern Oregon.
• Judith Malina, 88, German-born American actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Awakenings, The Addams Family) and director, lung disease.
• Keith McCormack, 74, American singer and songwriter ("Sugar Shack").
• Bobby Moore, 56, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
• Jim Mutscheller, 85, American football player (Baltimore Colts), kidney failure.
• William S. Powell, 95, American historian.
• Rocco Quattrocchi, 88, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives.
• Rose Francine Rogombé, 72, Gabonese politician, Acting President (2009).
• Ray Treacy, 68, Irish footballer (Charlton Athletic).
• Peter Walsh, 80, Australian politician, Minister for Finance (1984–1990), Senator for Western Australia (1974–1993).

11

• Charlie Beasley, 69, American basketball player.
• Martin Tore Bjørndal, 70, Norwegian diplomat.
• Gary Carswell, 45, Manx motorcyclist, crash during race practice.
• Nico Frijda, 87, Dutch psychologist.
• Jimmy Gunn, 66, American football player (Chicago Bears), heart failure.
• Guy Hannen, 90, British WWII army officer and auctioneer.
• Peter Jones, 95, British WWII army officer.
• Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, 62, Bangladeshi politician and convicted war criminal, execution by hanging.
• Sheila Kitzinger, 86, British natural childbirth activist.
• Janusz Kurczab, 77, Polish Olympic fencer (1960), mountaineer and expedition leader.
• François Maspero, 83, French writer and translator.
• Viv Nicholson, 79, British football pools winner, complications of a stroke and dementia.
• Heino Pulli, 77, Finnish ice hockey player.
• Hanut Singh Rathore, 81, Indian army officer.
• Tekena Tamuno, 83, Nigerian history professor.
• Kyle Testerman, 80, American politician, Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee (1972–1975, 1984–1987).
• Levi Watkins, 70, American heart surgeon, complications from a heart attack and a stroke.

12

• Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh, 35, Saudi Arabian suspected terrorist, drone attack.
• Paulo Brossard, 90, Brazilian jurist and politician, Minister of Justice (1986–1989), justice of the Supreme Federal Court (1989–1994).
• Jože Ciuha, 90, Slovenian painter.
• Patrice Dominguez, 65, French tennis player.
• Alfred Eick, 99, German U-boat commander.
• Bill Etches, 93, British WWII army officer (St Nazaire Raid).
• Doug Gregory, 92, British Royal Air Force officer and stunt pilot, hit by car.
• Claude Lanthier, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Lasalle (1984–1988).
• Walter Lee, 93, American politician.
• André Mba Obame, 57, Gabonese politician.
• Mario Wallenda, 74, American highwire artiste (The Flying Wallendas).

13

• Bruce Alger, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 5th district (1955–1965), heart ailment.
• Brice Bosnich, 78, Australian chemist.
• Gerald Calabrese, 90, American politician and basketball player (Syracuse Nationals), Mayor of Cliffside Park, New Jersey (since 1965).
• Ronnie Carroll, 80, Northern Irish singer and political candidate.
• Tony Eldridge, 91, British Royal Navy officer (Chariot manned torpedo).
• Mária Gulácsy, 73, Hungarian fencer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
• Neal Horsley, 70, American anti-abortion activist.
• Pat King, 68, Irish Gaelic football player and coach.
• Thelma Coyne Long, 96, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player.
• Eduardo Galeano, 74, Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist, lung cancer.
• Claire Gordon, 74, British actress (Konga, Beat Girl).
• Günter Grass, 87, German novelist (The Tin Drum), Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (1999), lung infection.
• Neal Nitz, 61, American politician.
• Bob Pinkalla, 86, American ten-pin bowler, heart failure.
• Elizabeth Brown Pryor, 64, American author and historian.
• Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caetité (1981–2002).
• Rex Robinson, 89, British actor (Doctor Who, Yes Minister, Only Fools and Horses).
• Haanii Shivraj, 29, Malaysian actress, cancer.
• Orma Slack, 112, Canadian supercentenarian, nation's oldest living person.
• Serhiy Sukhobok, 45, Ukrainian journalist, shot.
• Herb Trimpe, 75, American comic book artist (The Incredible Hulk, Thor), co-creator of Wolverine.

14

• Norman H. Bangerter, 82, American politician, Governor of Utah (1985–1993), stroke.
• Klaus Bednarz, 72, German journalist and writer.
• Homaro Cantu, 38, American chef, suicide by hanging.
• Sheldon Galbraith, 92, Canadian figure skating coach.
• Ameril Umbra Kato, 68, Filipino warlord, leader of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, heart attack.
• Kō Kojima, 87, Japanese manga artist, cerebral hemorrhage.
• M. Joseph Manning, 90, American politician, Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1967–1997).
• Leslie Peterson, 91, Canadian lawyer and politician, Attorney General of British Columbia (1968–1972).
• Gordon Preston, 89, English mathematician.
• Majid Rahnema, 91, Iranian diplomat and politician.
• Mark Reeds, 55, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues) and coach (Ottawa Senators), pneumonia.
• Meir Rosenne, 84, Israeli lawyer and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1979–1983) and United States (1983–1987).
• Kevin Rosier, 53, American super heavyweight kickboxing champion and mixed martial artist (UFC), heart attack.
• Vilas Sarang, 73, Indian author.
• Howie Schumm, 75, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).
• Arnold Schütz, 80, German footballer (Werder Bremen).
• Percy Sledge, 73, American R&B singer ("When a Man Loves a Woman"), liver cancer.
• Alex Stevens, 79, American actor and stunt performer (Dark Shadows, Superman, Goodfellas, Sesame Street).
• Buddy Temple, 73, American businessman and politician.
• Roberto Tucci, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, President of Vatican Radio (1985–2001), Cardinal-Priest of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (since 2001).
• Kathrine Sorley Walker, 95, English ballet critic.
• David Ward-Steinman, 78, American composer and music professor.

15

• Sidney Abbott, 77, American feminist activist, fire.
• Kinya Aikawa, 80, Japanese actor (Speed Racer, Naruhodo! The World), lung cancer.
• Zaur Ardzinba, 65, Abkhazian politician.
• Joseph A. Bennett, 44, British actor (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles), suicide by hanging.
• Jonathan Crombie, 48, Canadian actor (Anne of Green Gables), brain hemorrhage.
• Margaret Harrison, 96, Scottish peace campaigner.
• Billy Ray Hearn, 85, American record label chairman, heart disease.
• John Howard, 94, American optical physicist.
• Oleg Kalashnikov, 52, Ukrainian politician, shot.
• Felice Leonardo, 100, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti (1957–1991).
• Alexander Nadson, 88, Belarusian religious leader, Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad (since 1986).
• Luis Ortega Álvarez, 62, Spanish judge, member of the Constitutional Court of Spain (since 2011).
• Margo Reed, 73, American jazz musician, complications from dementia.
• Mykola Storozhenko, 86, Ukrainian painter.
• Barbara Strauch, 63, American author and reporter (The New York Times), breast cancer.
• Surya Bahadur Thapa, 88, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister (1963–1964, 1965–1969, 1979–1983, 1997–1998, 2003–2004), respiratory failure.
• Gunilla Wolde, 75, Swedish writer and illustrator.

16

• Ron Bailey, 88, New Zealand politician, MP for Heretaunga (1960–1981).
• Driss Bamous, 73, Moroccan footballer.
• Valery Belousov, 66, Russian ice hockey player and coach.
• Ollie Brown, 71, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants), mesothelioma.
• Attaphol Buspakom, 53, Thai football player and coach, blood infection.
• Oles Buzina, 45, Ukrainian journalist, shot.
• Alden G. Glauch, 95, American air force general.
• Stanislav Gross, 45, Czech politician, Prime Minister (2004–2005), amytrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Johnny Kemp, 55, Bahamian singer ("Just Got Paid"), fall.
• Heino Kleiminger, 76, German footballer (F.C. Hansa Rostock, East Germany national team), cancer.
• Eduard Koblmueller, 69, Austrian mountaineer, hypothermia.
• Nimal Mendis, 81, Sri Lankan singer and songwriter.
• Tommy Preston, 82, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).
• Lee Remmel, 90, American public relations director (Green Bay Packers).
• Smuggler, 13, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications from foaling.
• Marjorie Elliott Sypher, 89, Canadian-born Costan Rican First Lady (1974–1978).
• Giuseppe Zigaina, 91, Italian neorealist painter and author.

17

• Renato Altissimo, 74, Italian politician, Minister of Health (1979–1980, 1981–1983), Minister of Trade and Industry (1983–1986).
• Brian Couzens, 82, British music industry executive (Chandos Records).
• Mariano Gago, 66, Portuguese physicist and politician, cancer.
• Francis George, 78, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Chicago (1997–2014), President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops (2007–2010), bladder cancer.
• Peter Graham, 60, English cricketer.
• Robert P. Griffin, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate from Michigan (1966–1977) and House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th district (1957–1966).
• Jaroslav Holík, 72, Czech ice hockey player, world champion (1972).
• Viktor Korshunov, 85, Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR.
• Tore Bernitz Pedersen, 80, Norwegian cartoonist.
• Scotty Probasco, 86, American businessman and philanthropist.
• Don Quayle, 84, American broadcast journalist, President of NPR (1970–1973).
• Jack Rieley, 72, American record producer (The Beach Boys).
• Jeremiah J. Rodell, 93, American brigadier general and priest.
• Keith Shackleton, 92, British painter and television presenter.
• Ann Stepan, 71, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1991–1993).
• A. Alfred Taubman, 91, American real estate developer, philanthropist and football team owner (Michigan Panthers).

18

• Sir Christopher Bayly, 69, British historian.
• Walter Conahan, 87, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1983–1989), cancer.
• Francesco Dapiran, 94, Italian Olympic rower (1948).
• Gunnar Gravdahl, 87, Norwegian politician, Mayor of Bærum (1989–1992).
• Joe Hutter, 77, American politician, Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
• Joseph Lechleider, 82, American inventor (DSL).
• Sir Roger Lobo, 91, Macanese-born Hong Kong businessman and politician, senior unofficial member of the Legislative Council (1980–1985), moved "Lobo Motion" (1984), cancer.
• Mario Pirani, 89, Italian journalist (la Repubblica), economist, and writer.
• Bill Schultz, 76, New Zealand rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs, national team).
• Laverne Torczon, 79, American football player.
• Leonid Vladimirski, 94, Russian book illustrator.
• Erwin Waldner, 82, German footballer (VfB Stuttgart, SPAL Ferrara).

19

• Richard Anthony, 77, Egyptian-born French singer.
• Sir Raymond Carr, 96, British historian.
• Haney Catchings, 66, American football coach (Prairie View A&M, Tuskegee), cancer.
• Uche Chukwumerije, 75, Nigerian politician, Senator for Abia North (since 2003), lung cancer.
• Margot Duke, Marchioness of Reading, 96, British aristocrat.
• William Price Fox, 89, American novelist.
• Eva Galambos, 87, American politician, Mayor of Sandy Springs, Georgia (2005–2014), cancer.
• Freddie Gray, 25, American police suspect, severed spinal cord.
• Sandra Mackey, 77, American writer (Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal).
• István Marton, 72, Hungarian politician.
• Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley, 91, British politician, MP for Barnsley (1953–1983) and Barnsley Central (1983–1987), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1976–1979).
• Scott Mason, 55, American radio personality.
• Tom McCabe, 60, Scottish politician, Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform (2004–2007).
• Tony Morelli, 58, Canadian stunt performer (The X-Files, Smallville, Rise of the Planet of the Apes).
• Ali Abu Mukhammad, 43, Dagestani-Russian Islamist leader, Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (since 2014), shot.
• Hiroyuki Nishimoto, 88, Japanese voice actor (Moomin), aortic dissection.
• Theodosia Okoh, 92, Ghanaian flag designer and sports administrator.
• Michael J. D. Powell, 78, British mathematician.
• Else Repål, 85, Norwegian politician.
• Oktay Sinanoğlu, 80, Turkish scientist.
• Bernard Stollman, 85, American record label founder (ESP-Disk), colon and spine cancer.
• Elio Toaff, 99, Italian rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Rome (1951–2002).
• Betty Willis, 91, American graphic designer (Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign).
• Casimir Witucki, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins).

20

• Gilberto Almeida, 86, Ecuadorian painter.
• Gary Brain, 72, New Zealand timpanist and conductor.
• Doug Buffone, 70, American football player (Chicago Bears) and radio host.
• Cláudio Cunha, 68, Brazilian actor.
• Hassan El-Shazly, 71, Egyptian footballer (Tersana, national team).
• Pedro Eugênio, 65, Brazilian politician, MP (1998–2014), complications from surgery.
• Peter Howell, 96, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10, Shadowlands, The Prisoner).
• Albert Kalonji, 85, Congolese politician, King of South Kasai.
• Aharon Lichtenstein, 81, French-born American-Israeli rabbi, recipient of the Israel Prize (2014).
• Bob Maloubier, 92, French secret agent.
• Frederic Morton, 90, Austrian-born American writer.
• Bob St. Clair, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (San Francisco 49ers).
• Ibrahim Yusri, 65, Egyptian actor (The Terrorist), kidney failure.

21

• M. H. Abrams, 102, American literary critic.
• Mykola Bahrov, 77, Ukrainian academician and politician.
• Steve Byrnes, 56, American sports announcer (NASCAR on Fox), head and neck cancer.
• Gideon Eilat, 91, Israeli soldier.
• Betsy von Furstenberg, 83, German-born American actress (As the World Turns) and baroness, Alzheimer's disease.
• Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, 49, Tajik-Russian film director (Luna Papa).
• Ferenc Konrád, 70, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic bronze (1968), silver (1972) and gold (1976) medalist.
• Jim McCarthy, 90, Irish rugby union player (national team).
• Sergei Mikhalev, 67, Russian ice hockey coach, traffic collision.
• John Moshoeu, 49, South African footballer (Kaizer Chiefs, Giant Blackpool, national team), African Cup of Nations champion (1996), cancer.
• Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Odisha (1980–1989, 1995–1999), Governor of Assam (2009–2014), heart attack.
• Robert P. Patterson, Jr., 91, American federal judge.
• Borislav Pisić, 66, Yoguslav Olympic hurdler (1980).
• Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters, 95, Canadian WWII tank commander.
• Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi, 76, Egyptian poet.
• Dave Walker, 73, English footballer (Burnley, Southampton).
• Elizabeth Weaver, 74, American judge, Michigan Supreme Court Justice (1995–2010), Chief Justice (1991–2001).
• Cindy Yang, 24, Taiwanese model and actress (First of May), suicide by helium inhalation.

22

• Dick Balharry, 77, British conservationist, cancer.
• Dorothy Custer, 103, American comedian.
• Yoichi Funado, 71, Japanese novelist, thymic cancer.
• Régis Ghesquière, 65, Belgian decathlete, heart attack.
• Alasdair Graham, 85, Canadian politician, Senator for Nova Scotia (1972–2004).
• Nagare Hagiwara, 62, Japanese actor, traffic collision.
• Imtiaz Alam Hanfi, 86, Pakistani banker.
• Lois Lilienstein, 78, American actress (The Elephant Show) and singer (Sharon, Lois & Bram), endometrial cancer.
• Audree Norton, 88, American actress.
• Bernard Penfold, 98, British army general, general manager of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (1972–1979).
• Aideen O'Kelly, 74, Irish actress.
• Charles Scott, 67, American judge, District Attorney for Caddo Parish, Louisiana (since 2009).
• Páll Skúlason, 69, Icelandic philosopher.
• Gennadi Vengerov, 55, Belarusian-born Soviet actor (Enemy at the Gates), lung and bone cancer.
• Irene Woodall, 69, American magazine editor.

23

• Afzaal Ahmed, 66, Pakistani cricketer.
• Aziz Asli, 77, Iranian footballer (Persepolis).
• Desmond Boal, 85, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, MP for Belfast Shankill (1960–1972).
• Frana Cardno, 74, New Zealand politician, Mayor of Southland District (1992–2013), bile duct cancer.
• Sir Philip Carter, 87, British football director (Everton).
• Richard Corliss, 71, American film critic (Time), stroke.
• George Horner, 91, Czech-born American pianist and physician.
• Ray Jackson, 74, Australian aboriginal activist and Wiradjuri elder.
• Marie Herbst, 86, American politician, Mayor of Vernon, Connecticut (1979–1986), member of the Connecticut Senate (1987–1992).
• Pierre Claude Nolin, 64, Canadian politician, Speaker of the Senate (since 2014), cancer.
• Paul Ryan, 69, American actor, television host and correspondent (Entertainment Tonight), leukemia.
• Jim Steffen, 78, American football player (Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins).
• E. M. Subramaniam, 67, Indian Carnatic percussionist.
• Sawyer Sweeten, 19, American actor (Everybody Loves Raymond), suicide by gunshot.
• Francis Tsai, 48, American comic book, film and video game concept artist (Spider-Man, TMNT, The Bourne Conspiracy), ALS.
• Sixto Valencia Burgos, 81, Mexican comic artist (Memín Pinguín, MAD).
• Guillermo Zúñiga Martínez, 72, Mexican academic and politician, Mayor of Xalapa (1988–1991), MP for Veracruz (1994–1997).

24

• Władysław Bartoszewski, 93, Polish politician and resistance fighter, Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995, 2000–2001).
• Ken Birch, 81, British footballer (Bangor City).
• Thomas Joseph Connolly, 92, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Baker (1971–1999).
• Rustum Ghazaleh, 61, Syrian military officer, head injury.
• Ismail Hussain, 65, Indian politician, MP for Barpeta (2009–2014), cancer.
• Valentine Lamb, 76, British journalist (The Irish Field).
• Frankie Lee, 73, American blues singer-songwriter.
• Benjamin F. Logan, 87, American electrical engineer and bluegrass musician, heart attack.
• Sabeen Mahmud, 39, Pakistani human rights activist, shot.
• Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill, 83, British judge, barrister and peer.
• Herbert Ninaus, 78, Austrian-born Australian international footballer.
• Claudia Paz, 95, Chilean actress.
• Max Rojas, 74, Mexican poet.
• Raymond Roussin, 75, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gravelbourg (1995–1998) and Victoria (1999–2004), Archbishop of Vancouver (2004–2009).
• Success Express, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Sid Tepper, 96, American songwriter ("Red Roses for a Blue Lady").
• George C. Young, 98, American lawyer and judge, heart attack.

25

• Colin Bloomfield, 33, British radio presenter (BBC Radio Derby), skin cancer.
• Arthur Brittenden, 90, British newspaper editor (Daily Mail).
• Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester, 78, British nobleman.
• Jim Fanning, 87, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) and manager (Montreal Expos).
• Dan Fredinburg, 33, American executive, head of privacy at Google, injuries sustained in earthquake.
• Paolo Galletti, 78, Italian swimmer.
• Jiří Hledík, 86, Czech footballer (FC Hradec Králové).
• Otakar Krámský, 55, Czech racing driver, triple European hillclimb champion (1995, 1997, 1998), training collision.
• Matthias Kuhle, 67, German geographer, injuries sustained in earthquake.
• Don Mankiewicz, 93, American screenwriter (Star Trek, Ironside, Profiles in Courage), heart failure.
• Mike Phillips, 59, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats, FC Barcelona), fall.
• Alfred Schreyer, 92, Ukrainian-born Polish fiddler and singer.
• Christine Stewart, 74, Canadian politician, Secretary of State (1993–1997) and Minister of the Environment (1997–1999).
• Richard West, 84, British journalist and author.

26

• Masudur Rahman Baidya, 46, Indian swimmer, heart attack.
• Talal Akbar Bugti, 63, Pakistani tribal leader and politician, heart attack.
• Edward T. Chambers, 85, American activist, director of the Industrial Areas Foundation (1972–2009), heart failure.
• Hojatollah Khatib, 61, Iranian sports administrator (Persepolis), cancer.
• Izatullo Khayoyev, 78, Tajik politician, Vice-President (1990–1991), Prime Minister (1991–1992).
• Jayne Meadows, 95, American actress (I've Got a Secret, Undercurrent, Song of the Thin Man).
• Józef Paczyński, 95, Polish WWII prisoner, barber of Rudolf Hoss.
• Marcel Pronovost, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs).
• Bill Valentine, 82, American baseball umpire.
• Wang Guozhen, 58, Chinese poet, liver cancer.

27

• Jay Appleton, 95, British geographer.
• Randy Bennett, 51, Canadian swimming coach, cancer.
• Suzanne Crough, 52, American actress (The Partridge Family).
• David Fletcher, 90, English cricketer (Surrey).
• Gene Fullmer, 83, American professional boxer, two-time middleweight world champion.
• Verne Gagne, 89, American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter (AWA).
• Frank Henderson, 92, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (2004–2014).
• Guy LeBlanc, 54, Canadian keyboard player (Nathan Mahl, Camel), kidney cancer.
• Andrew Lesnie, 59, Australian cinematographer (The Lord of the Rings, I Am Legend, The Water Diviner), Oscar winner (2002), heart attack.
• Harvey R. Miller, 82, American lawyer, ALS.
• Marty Napoleon, 93, American jazz pianist.
• Lionel Repka, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (Fort Wayne Komets), liver cancer.
• Alexander Rich, 90, American biologist.
• Inês Etienne Romeu, 72, Brazilian political prisoner.
• Abraham Rotstein, 86, Canadian economist.
• Rolf Smedvig, 62, American classical trumpeter (Empire Brass), heart attack.
• Chris Turner, 64, English football player and manager (Peterborough).

28

• Antônio Abujamra, 82, Brazilian actor and director.
• Don Beckerleg, 81, American flight engineer.
• Marcia Brown, 96, American writer and children's books illustrator.
• Duri Camichel, 32, Swiss ice hockey player (EV Zug), traffic collision.
• Glenn Dennis, 90, American ufologist.
• Jack Ely, 71, American singer ("Louie Louie").
• Deng Minghe, 8, Chinese actor, leukemia.
• René Féret, 69, French actor and director (Solemn Communion).
• Ashura Hara, 68, Japanese professional wrestler, pneumonia.
• Keith Harris, 67, British ventriloquist (Orville the Duck, Cuddles the Monkey), cancer.
• Michael J. Ingelido, 98, American Air Force major general, stroke.
• Yoshihiko Osaki, 76, Japanese Olympic swimmer, silver medalist (1960), pneumonia.
• Vicente Piccio, Jr., 83, Philippine Air Force major general.
• James Watson, 78, British novelist.
• Einar Thorsteinn, 73, Icelandic architect.
• Xu Guangxian, 94, Chinese chemist.

29

• Charles Benton, 84, American public digital media promoter, CEO of the Benton Foundation, cancer.
• Carlos Calderón Fajardo, 69, Peruvian journalist and novelist.
• Giovanni Canestri, 96, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cagliari (1984–1987) and Genoa (1987–1995).
• Andrew Chan, 31, Australian drug trafficker (Bali Nine), execution by firing squad.
• Gopulu, 90, Indian cartoonist (Ananda Vikatan).
• Nicholas Gruner, 72, Canadian Roman Catholic priest, promoter of the message of Our Lady of Fatima, heart attack.
• Rodrigo Gularte, 42, Brazilian drug trafficker, execution by firing squad
• John G. Heyburn II, 66, American federal judge, Chief District Court Judge for the Western District of Kentucky (2001–2008), liver cancer.
• Paul Hudak, 62, American professor of computer science, leukemia.
• Milap Chand Jain, 86, Indian judge and politician, Governor of Rajasthan (1990).
• Gary Liddell, 60, Scottish footballer (Grimsby Town, Heart of Midlothian).
• Valmir Louruz, 71, Brazilian football manager (Juventude, Pelotas).
• François Michelin, 88, French businessman, CEO of Michelin (1955–1999).
• Vardan Militosyan, 64, Armenian weightlifter.
• Jean Nidetch, 91, American businesswoman, founder of Weight Watchers.
• Calvin Peete, 71, American golfer, Tournament Players champion (1985).
• Barbara Reynolds, 100, English scholar, lexicographer and translator.
• Brian Sedgemore, 78, British politician, fall.
• Myuran Sukumaran, 34, Australian drug trafficker (Bali Nine), execution by firing squad.
• Dan Walker, 92, American politician, Governor of Illinois (1973–1977), heart failure.

30

• Lennart Bodström, 87, Swedish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982–1985).
• Bold Pilot, 22, Turkish thoroughbred racehorse.
• Peter Dobkin Hall, 69, American author and historian, traffic collision.
• David Fonseca, 60, Belizean politician, Mayor of Belize City (1999–2006), suicide by gunshot.
• Steven Goldmann, 53, Canadian music video and film director, cancer.
• Rutger Gunnarsson, 69, Swedish bassist (ABBA, Elton John).
• Ben E. King, 76, American soul and R&B singer ("Stand by Me"), coronary heart disease.
• Gregory Mertens, 24, Belgian footballer, heart attack.
• Patachou, 96, French singer and actress.
• William Pfaff, 86, American author and columnist, heart attack.
• Ronald Senator, 89, British composer, house fire.
• Sky Classic, 28, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Nigel Terry, 69, British actor (The Lion in Winter, Excalibur, Troy), emphysema.

May 2015

1

• Stephen Milburn Anderson, 67, American film director, writer and producer, throat cancer.
• Jamie Bishop, 44, Welsh cricket player (Glamorgan).
• Pete Brown, 80, American professional golfer.
• José Canalejas, 90, Spanish actor (Django, The Ugly Ones, The Mercenary).
• Ray Ceresino, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
• Amitabha Chowdhury, 87, Indian journalist.
• Blanche Cobb, 114, American supercentenarian.
• David Day, 63, Australian radio broadcaster (5KA, Triple M).
• Petro Didyk, 54, Ukrainian footballer, traffic collision.
• Geoff Duke, 92, British motorcycle racer, six-time Grand Prix world champion.
• Harry Geisinger, 81, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1969–1974, since 2005), leukemia.
• Dave Goldberg, 47, American executive (SurveyMonkey, LAUNCH Media), head trauma from treadmill fall.
• Vafa Guluzade, 74, Azerbaijani diplomat and political scientist.
• Leonard Haber, 82, American psychologist, politician and radio show host, Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida (1977–1979).
• John Hansen, 97, American politician.
• Alexander Kok, 89, South African-born British cellist.
• Amar Laskri, 73, Algerian film director.
• Paul Walter Myers, 82, British classical record producer.
• Phyllis Rutledge, 83, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1968–1972, 1988–1994).
• R. Marthanda Varma, 86, Czech-born French academic, Secretary-General of the International Institute of Human Rights (1969–1980).
• María Elena Velasco, 74, Mexican actress, comedienne and film producer (La India María), stomach cancer.
• Colin Whitaker, 82, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Oldham Athletic).
• Grace Lee Whitney, 85, American actress (Star Trek, Irma la Douce, Some Like It Hot).
• Beth Whittall, 78, Canadian Olympic swimmer, double Pan American champion (1955).

2

• Stuart Archer, 100, British army colonel, recipient of the George Cross (1941).
• Michael Blake, 69, American author and screenwriter (Dances with Wolves).
• Guy Carawan, 87, American folk singer and civil rights activist.
• José María Castiñeira de Dios, 94, Argentine poet, pneumonia.
• Sarah Correa, 22, Brazilian swimmer, South American Games champion (2010), hit by car.
• Philip S. Goodman, 89, American director, screenwriter and producer (We Shall Return, Profiles in Courage).
• Konstantyn K. Kuzminsky, 75, Russian performance poet.
• Ma Shui-long, 75, Taiwanese composer.
• John Mahaffy, 96, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers).
• Ryan McHenry, 27, Scottish film director and social media personality (Vine), bone cancer.
• Nick Mead, 93, British WWII Royal Navy officer.
• Martin Nag, 88, Norwegian writer, stroke.
• Rex Percy, 81, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, Balmain, national team).
• Maya Plisetskaya, 89, Russian ballet dancer, heart attack.
• Ruth Rendell, 85, English crime novelist (Inspector Wexford), stroke.
• Frank Snow, 74, American politician, lung cancer.
• Norman Thaddeus Vane, 86, American screenwriter and film director (Frightmare).
• Yu Pengnian, 93, Chinese real estate magnate and philanthropist.

3

• Abdul Wahid Aresar, 65, Pakistani politician.
• Revaz Chkheidze, 88, Georgian film director (Father of a Soldier, The Saplings).
• Thomas A. Constantine, 76, American police superintendent, Administrator for the Drug Enforcement Administration (1994–1999).
• John Elders, 84, English rugby union player (Leicester).
• Alan Hall, 62, British cell biologist.
• Danny Jones, 29, Welsh international rugby league player, heart attack.
• Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, 84, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jalandhar (1971–2007).
• Zoran Lalović, 65, Serbian musician.
• Lu Ping, 87, Chinese politician and diplomat, cancer.
• Harry Martin, 95, American judge.
• Elizabeth Raybould, British nurse and nursing educator.
• Warren Smith, 99, American professional golfer.
• Su Wenmao, 86, Chinese xiangsheng actor.
• Abdul Basit Usman, 40–41, Filipino fugitive, shot.

4

• Eva Aeppli, 90, Swiss artist.
• Ann Barr, 85, British writer (The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook).
• William Bast, 84, American screenwriter and author, Alzheimer's disease.
• Ellen Albertini Dow, 101, American actress (The Wedding Singer, Patch Adams, Wedding Crashers), pneumonia.
• Zhivko Gospodinov, 57, Bulgarian footballer.
• Jesús Hermida, 77, Spanish journalist and broadcaster, stroke.
• Marv Hubbard, 68, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Detroit Lions), prostate cancer.
• Andrew Lewis, 44, Guyanese boxer, traffic collision.
• Joshua Ozersky, 47, American food writer.
• James Ritter, 84, American politician.
• Wes Schuck, 40, American film and music producer, colon cancer.
• Matti Viljanen, 77, Finnish politician, MP (1979–1991).
• William Wilson, 93, British businessman (Aston Martin).
• Vicente Joaquim Zico, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Archbishop (1980–1990) and Archbishop of Belém do Pará (1990–2004).

5

• Jobst Brandt, 80, American author and cyclist.
• Michael Burns, 54, Irish Gaelic football player (Cork).
• Jon Castañares, 90, Spanish economist and politician.
• Gerard Davison, 47, Northern Irish Provisional IRA commander, shot.
• Craig Gruber, 63, American rock musician (Rainbow, Bible Black, Raven Lord), prostate cancer.
• Oscar Holderer, 95, German-born American engineer, worked on Saturn V project.
• Hans Jansen, 72, Dutch politician, MEP (since 2014), stroke.
• Ralph Lainson, 88, British parasitologist.
• Bruce G. Lindsay, 68, American statistician, cancer.

6

• Novera Ahmed, 85, Bangladeshi sculptor.
• Richard J. Bartlett, 89, American legislator, New York State Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts (1974–1979).
• William Bronder, 84, American actor.
• Errol Brown, 71, Jamaican-born British singer (Hot Chocolate), liver cancer.
• Jerome Cooper, 68, American jazz drummer, multiple myeloma.
• Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi, 88, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết (1975–2005).
• Denise McCluggage, 88, American racing car driver and journalist.
• Michael O'Brien, 67, British historian of the Southern United States.
• Janko Vranyczany-Dobrinović, 95, Croatian politician and diplomat.
• Jim Wright, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 12th district (1955–1989), Speaker of the House (1987–1989).

7

• Joey Brush, 59, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1996–2004), traffic collision.
• Frank DiPascali, 58, American financier and fraudster, lung cancer.
• John Dixon, 86, Australian cartoonist (Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors), stroke.
• Sir Sam Edwards, 87, Welsh physicist.
• Sir Maurice Flanagan, 86, British businessman (Emirates).
• Rigby Graham, 84, British painter.
• Thomas F. Lamb, 92, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania Senate (1969–1974) and House of Representatives (1959–1966).
• Gilbert Lewis, 74, American actor (Pee-wee's Playhouse, Don Juan DeMarco, Candyman).
• Karsten Lund, 71, Danish footballer (Vejle Boldklub).
• Józef Pazdur, 90, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (1984–2000).

8

• Zeki Alasya, 72, Turkish actor and director, liver disease.
• Sir Edward Burgess, 87, British army general, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1984–1987).
• Chuck Dow, 83, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1971–1980) and Senate (1983–1990).
• Thomas Herlihy, 58, American politician, State Senator for Connecticut's 8th District (1999–2009).
• Mwepu Ilunga, 66, Congolese footballer.
• Menashe Kadishman, 82, Israeli artist, recipient of the Israel Prize (1995).
• Leif Holger Larsen, 61, Norwegian diplomat, Ambassador to Pakistan (since 2014), helicopter crash.
• Domingo Lucenario, Jr., 54, Filipino diplomat, Ambassador to Pakistan (since 2013), helicopter crash.
• Adriana Maraž, 84, Slovene graphic artist.
• Bob Sandberg, 93, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
• Juan Schwanner, 94, Hungarian-Chilean football player and coach.
• Atanas Semerdzhiev, 90, Bulgarian politician, Vice-President (1990–1992).
• Phil Skoglund, 77, New Zealand lawn bowls player, triples world champion (1988).

9

• Buddy Corlett, 93, Canadian-born New Zealand softball and basketball player.
• Russell Dermond, 78, American Olympic sprint canoer (1956).
• Berry Avant Edenfield, 80, American federal judge and politician, U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Georgia (1978–2006), member of the Georgia State Senate (1965–1966), lung cancer.
• Edward W. Estlow, 95, American football player, journalist and businessman (E. W. Scripps Company).
• Kenan Evren, 97, Turkish military officer and coup leader, Chief of the General Staff (1978–1983), President (1980–1989).
• Johnny Gimble, 88, American country music fiddler.
• Igor Gorynin, 89, Russian metallurgist.
• Ton Hartsuiker, 81, Dutch pianist and director of music academies.
• Alexandre Lamfalussy, 86, Hungarian-born Belgian economist.
• Lo Wing-lok, 60, Hong Kong politician, member of the Legislative Council for Medical (2000–2004), lung cancer.
• Michael MacKellar, 76, Australian politician, MP for Warringah (1969–1994).
• Odo Marquard, 87, German philosopher.
• Elizabeth Wilson, 94, American actress (The Birds, The Graduate, 9 to 5), Tony Award winner (1972).

10

• Ray Baillie, 80, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes), fall.
• Ninad Bedekar, 65, Indian historian and writer.
• Jack Body, 70, New Zealand composer.
• Chris Burden, 69, American artist, melanoma.
• William T. Cooper, 81, Australian bird illustrator.
• Mario Da Vinci, 73, Italian Canzone Napoletana singer and actor.
• Jerry Dior, 82, American graphic designer, creator of the Major League Baseball logo, colorectal cancer.
• Juan Emery, 82, Spanish footballer.
• Luiz Henrique da Silveira, 75, Brazilian politician, Senator (since 2011), Governor of Santa Catarina (2003–2006, 2007–2010), Minister of Science and Technology (1987–1988), heart attack.
• Kim Kyok-sik, 76, North Korean military officer, Defence Minister (2012–2013), acute respiratory failure.
• Donald Neff, 84, American journalist and author, coronary heart disease and diabetes.
• James F. Rinehart, 64, American academic.
• Mario Rodríguez, 77, Argentine footballer (Chacarita Juniors, Independiente).
• Jindřich Roudný, 91, Czech Olympic steeplechase athlete (1952).
• Rachel Rosenthal, 88, French-born American performance artist, heart failure.
• Victor Salvi, 95, American-born Italian harpist and harp maker.
• Davey Whitney, 85, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Alcorn State).

11

• Maggie Black, 85, American ballet instructor, heart failure.
• Alan Borovoy, 83, Canadian human rights activist and lawyer.
• Donna Jean Christianson, 83, American politician, cancer.
• Stan Cornyn, 81, American record label executive.
• Peter Füri, 77, Swiss footballer (Concordia Basel, F.C. Basel), heart failure.
• Jef Geeraerts, 85, Belgian author, heart attack.
• Kay Heim, 97, Canadian baseball player (Kenosha Comets).
• John Hewie, 87, Scottish footballer (Charlton Athletic).
• Bob Light, 88, American college basketball coach (Appalachian State).
• Frank Matich, 80, Australian racing car driver.
• Leonardo Neher, 92, American diplomat.
• Glen Orbik, 51, American artist.
• Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou, 75, Iranian poet.
• Isobel Varley, 77, British tattooed woman, world's most tattooed senior, Alzheimer's disease.
• Derek Walker, 85, British architect.
• Sir John Watts, 93, Grenadian politician, President of the Senate (1988–1990, 1995–2004).
• Richard W. Winder, 91, American LDS church elder.

12

• Olympe Amaury, 113, French supercentenarian, nation's oldest person.
• Cecil Jones Attuquayefio, 70, Ghanaian football player and coach, throat cancer.
• Tony Ayala, Jr., 52, American light middleweight boxer.
• Suchitra Bhattacharya, 65, Indian novelist, left ventricular failure.
• Mervyn Burtch, 86, Welsh composer.
• John Colenback, 79, American actor (As the World Turns).
• John Dewes, 88, English cricketer (Middlesex, national team).
• Sir Peter Fry, 83, British politician, MP for Wellingborough (1969–1997).
• Peter Gay, 91, German-born American historian.
• Bill Guthridge, 77, American college basketball coach (University of North Carolina).
• Rachel Jacobs, 39, American entrepreneur, injuries sustained in a train derailment.
• Bobby Jameson, 70, American pop singer and songwriter.
• Syd Lieberman, 71, American storyteller.
• William MacDonald, 90, English-born Australian serial killer.
• Saulat Mirza, Pakistani convicted murderer and political activist, execution by hanging.
• Ruth Mompati, 89, South African politician (1956 Women's March).
• Robin Page, 82, British artist.
• John Slater, 63, Canadian politician, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen (2009–2013).
• Neranjan Wickremasinghe, 53, Sri Lankan politician.
• Anthony C. Yu, 76, American translator (Journey to the West) and literature scholar, heart failure.
• William Zinsser, 92, American writer.

13

• Earl Averill, Jr., 83, American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels, Chicago Cubs).
• Eric Bakie, 87, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Aberdeen).
• Kathryn I. Bowers, 72, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1995–2005) and Senate (2005–2007).
• Derek Davis, 67, Irish broadcaster (Live at 3).
• Gill Dennis, 74, American screenwriter (Walk the Line, Return to Oz).
• Robert Drasnin, 87, American composer and clarinet player, complications from a fall.
• Lucy Fabery, 84, Puerto Rican jazz singer.
• Romolo Ferri, 86, Italian motorcycle racer.
• Joseph Fidel, 91, American politician.
• Ed Fouhy, 80, American journalist and television news executive (ABC, CBS, NBC), complications from cancer.
• George W. Haley, 89, American politician and diplomat.
• Anna Levinson, 76, German zoologist.
• Nina Otkalenko, 86, Russian athlete.
• Bob Randall, c. 80, Australian Indigenous musician and author.
• David Sackett, 80, Canadian physician.
• Gainan Saidkhuzhin, 77, Russian Soviet Olympic cyclist (1960, 1964), heart attack.
• Stanley Sproul, 95, American politician, Mayor of Augusta, Maine (1971–1974), member of the Maine House of Representatives (1973–1974).

14

• Geraldo Majela de Castro, 84, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (1982–1988) and Archbishop of Montes Claros (1988–2007).
• B.B. King, 89, American Hall of Fame blues guitarist, singer and songwriter ("The Thrill Is Gone"), stroke as complication from diabetes.
• Thomas Lothian, 86, American politician and academic.
• Micheál O'Brien, 91, Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler (Meath).
• Stanton J. Peale, 78, American astrophysicist.
• Mariana Pfaelzer, 89, American federal judge, U.S. District Court Judge for the Central District of California (1978–1997).
• Jean Pliya, 83, Beninese playwright and short story writer.
• Franz Wright, 62, American poet.
• Zdzisław Żygulski, Jr., 93, Polish art historian.

15

• Ortheia Barnes, 70, American R&B and jazz singer, heart failure.
• Elisabeth Bing, 100, German physical therapist, author and proponent of natural childbirth.
• Jackie Brookner, 69, American artist, cancer.
• Michael Campus, 80, American director, producer, and screenwriter (The Mack).
• Samih Darwazah, 85, Jordanian executive (Hikma Pharmaceuticals).
• Alfred DelBello, 80, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of New York (1983–1985), Westchester County Executive (1974–1982), Mayor of Yonkers, New York (1970–1974).
• Tommy Dunne, 83, Irish international footballer.
• Corey Hill, 36, American mixed martial artist (UFC), collapsed lung and heart attack.
• Bob Hopkins, 80, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals) and coach (Seattle SuperSonics), heart and kidney failure.
• John Jarvis-Smith, 93, British WWII naval officer and shipbroker.
• Jacob Jensen, 89, Danish industrial designer.
• Matulidi Jusoh, 57, Malaysian politician, MP for Dungun (2008–2013), diabetes.
• André Jean René Lacrampe, 73, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ajaccio (1995–2003) and Archbishop of Besançon (2003–2013).
• Claude Lajoie, 87, Canadian politician.
• John Lo Schiavo, 90, American Jesuit and educator, President of University of San Francisco (1977–1991).
• Flora MacNeil, 86, Scottish Gaelic singer.
• Carlos Maggi, 92, Uruguayan writer (Generación del 45).
• Valentina Maureira, 14, Chilean euthanasia advocate, cystic fibrosis.
• Didi Petet, 58, Indonesian actor.
• John Stephenson, 91, American voice actor (The Flintstones, Dragnet, Jonny Quest), Alzheimer's disease.
• James Takemori, 89, American judo coach.
• Donald Wrye, 77, American film director (Ice Castles).
• Garo Yepremian, 70, Cypriot-born American football player (Miami Dolphins), brain cancer.
• Renzo Zorzi, 68, Italian racing driver.

16

• Jackie Basehart, 63, American-born Italian actor (The Inglorious Bastards).
• Prashant Bhargava, 42, American filmmaker, cardiac arrest.
• Nelson Doi, 93, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii (1974–1978).
• Johannes Exner, 89, Danish architect.
• Elias Gleizer, 81, Brazilian actor, circulatory failure.
• Charlotte Klamroth, 111, German supercentenarian, nation's oldest person.
• Shikha Joshi, 40, Indian actress (B.A. Pass).
• Adam Kilgarriff, 55, English linguist.
• Moshe Levinger, 80, Israeli Orthodox rabbi.
• Dean Potter, 43, American rock climber, BASE-jumping accident.
• Adrian Robinson, 25, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Temple Owls), suicide by hanging.
• Abu Sayyaf, Tunisian senior ISIS commander, head of oil operations, shot.
• Peter Tallberg, 77, Finnish Olympic sailor (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1980) and IOC member.
• Syd Tate, 90, Australian VFL football player {Geelong).
• John Templeton, Jr., 75, American physician and philanthropist, brain cancer.
• Raphael Tenthani, 43, Malawian journalist, traffic collision.
• Dominik Tóth, 89, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (1990–2004).
• Yeung Kwong, 89, Hong Kong pro-communist activist.
• Ahmed Zanna, 60, Nigerian politician, Senator for Borno Central (since 2011).

17

• Claude Carliez, 90, French fencer and stunt director (Moonraker, A View to a Kill).
• Chinx, 31, American rapper, shot.
• Óscar Collazos, 72, Colombian writer.
• Margaret Dunning, 104, American philanthropist, fall.
• Leo Honkala, 82, Finnish wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
• Keiji Matsumoto, 65, Japanese racing driver.
• Nancy Masterton, 84, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives.
• Michael Alfred Peszke, 83, Polish-born American psychiatrist and historian.
• Gerald Steadman Smith, 85, Canadian artist.
• Don Smoothey, 96, British actor and comedian.
• Tranquility Bass, 47, American hip-hop musician.

18

• Frank Pierpoint Appleby, 101, Canadian politician.
• Norm Armstrong, 89, Australian football player.
• Halldór Ásgrímsson, 67, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister (2004–2006), heart attack.
• Tommy Bing, 83, English footballer (Margate).
• Dewi Bridges, 81, Welsh Anglican prelate, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon (1988–1998).
• Helen Davis, 88, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives and Senate.
• Raymond Gosling, 88, British scientist.
• Hasanuzzaman Khan, 88, Bangladeshi journalist.
• Steiner Arvid Kvalø, 92, Norwegian politician.
• Al Matsalla, 89, Canadian politician.
• Dick Mountjoy, 83, American politician, Mayor of Monrovia, California (1968–1976), member of the California State Assembly (1978–1995) and Senate (1995–2000), heart attack.
• T. J. Moran, 84, American restaurateur and philanthropist.
• Eli M. Pearce, 86, American chemist.
• Harald Seeger, 93, German football player (1. FC Union Berlin) and manager.
• Jean-François Théodore, 68, French executive (Euronext).
• Elbert West, 47, American country music singer-songwriter ("Sticks and Stones").

19

• Ahmad Alasgarov, 79, Azerbaijani football player and manager.
• Jack Aspinwall, 82, British politician, MP (1979–1997), cancer.
• Joseph J. Barnicke, 92, Canadian real estate magnate.
• Joe Carr, 83, Scottish footballer (St. Johnstone).
• Sir Thomas Gault, 76, New Zealand jurist.
• Edmond J. Gong, 84, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1963–1966) and Senate (1967–1971).
• Gerald Götting, 91, German politician, President of the East German People's Chamber (1969–1976).
• Fahd Jaradat, Jordanian politician, Finance Minister (1970).
• Bruce Lundvall, 79, American record executive (Blue Note Records), complications of Parkinson’s disease.
• Ted McWhinney, 91, Australian-born Canadian politician and academic.
• Evgeny Menshov, 68, Russian actor and presenter.
• Burhan Muhammad, 57, Indonesian diplomat, Ambassador to Pakistan (since 2012), burns from helicopter crash.
• Dale D. Myers, 93, American aerospace engineer, Deputy Administrator of NASA (1986–1989).
• Happy Rockefeller, 88, American socialite and philanthropist, Second Lady of the United States (1974–1977), First Lady of New York (1963–1973).
• State of Bengal, 50, Bangladeshi-born British DJ and music producer.
• Robert S. Wistrich, 70, Kazakh-born Israeli-British history professor, heart attack.

20

• Edward Adeane, 75, British courtier, Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales (1979–1985).
• Billy Baggett, 85, American football player (Dallas Texans).
• Bob Belden, 58, American musician, heart attack.
• Abdelaziz Bennani, 79, Moroccan army general.
• Sir Brian Cubbon, 87, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary of the Home Office (1979–1988), heart attack.
• Harald Eriksson, 93, Swedish cross-country skier, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
• Eileen Gray, 95, British bicycle racer.
• J. S. Harry, 76, Australian poet.
• Ebba Hentze, 84, Faroese writer.
• Kirsten Idebøen, 52, Norwegian financier (SpareBank 1).
• Paul Liao, 67, Taiwanese entrepreneur, lung cancer.
• Manfred Müller, 88, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (1972–1982) and Bishop of Regensburg (1982–2002).
• Bob Priestley, 95, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
• Jan Prochyra, 66, Polish actor.
• Femi Robinson, 74, Nigerian actor (The Village Headmaster).
• Sudha Shivpuri, 77, Indian actress (Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi), multiple organ failure.
• Mary Ellen Trainor, 62, American actress (Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, The Goonies), pancreatic cancer.

21

• Jassem Al-Kharafi, 75, Kuwaiti magnate and politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1999–2011), heart attack.
• Zaya Avdysh, 69, Ukrainian football player and manager.
• David Blake, 90, English cricketer (Hampshire).
• César Boutteville, 97, Vietnamese-born French chess player.
• Joaquim Durão, 84, Portuguese chess player.
• Anne Duguël, 69, Belgian author.
• Fred Gladding, 78, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros).
• Ernie Hannigan, 72, Scottish footballer (Preston North End, Coventry City).
• Louis Johnson, 60, American bassist (The Brothers Johnson, Michael Jackson).
• Martin Kitcher, 53, British singer-songwriter.
• James McDuffie, 85, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1975–1987).
• Juan Molinar Horcasitas, 59, Mexican politician, ALS.
• Marty Pasetta, 82, American television producer and director, traffic collision.
• Annarita Sidoti, 44, Italian race walker, world champion (1997), breast cancer.
• Twinkle, 66, British singer-songwriter ("Terry"), cancer.
• Alan Woodward, 68, English footballer (Sheffield United).

22

• Albert Baciocco, 84, American admiral.
• Marques Haynes, 89, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters).
• Sir John Horlock, 87, British mechanical engineer and university vice-chancellor (Open University, University of Salford).
• Kevin Hunt, 66, American football player.
• Vladimir Katriuk, 93, Romanian-born Canadian alleged war criminal.
• John Mosley, 93, American football player (Colorado A&M Aggies) and WWII RAF officer (Tuskegee Airmen).
• Radomir Naumov, 68, Serbian politician, Minister of Energy and Mining (2004–2007), Minister of Religion (2007–2008).
• Aminah Robinson, 75, American artist.
• Jean-Luc Sassus, 52, French football player, heart attack.
• Byron Sherwin, 69, American rabbi and theology scholar.
• Michael Osborne Waddell, 92, British WWII army officer.

23

• Hugh Ambrose, 48, American historian and author (The Pacific), cancer.
• Leo Berman, 79, American businessman and politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1999–2013), lymphoma.
• Hugh Boyle, 79, Irish golfer.
• Moyra Caldecott, 87, South African-born British writer.
• John Carter, 87, American actor (Barnaby Jones, Scarface, Law & Order), pneumonia.
• Trojan Darveniza, 93, Australian football player.
• Zedi Feruzi, Burundian politician, shot.
• Boody Gilbertson, 93, American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins)
• Andy Hess, 91, American politician.
• Anne Meara, 85, American comedian (Stiller and Meara) and actress (Archie Bunker's Place, The Boys from Brazil).
• Aleksey Mozgovoy, 40, Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist.
• Alicia Nash, 82, Salvadorian-born American socialite and mental health care advocate, traffic collision.
• John Forbes Nash, Jr., 86, American mathematician, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1994), subject of A Beautiful Mind, traffic collision.
• Carl Nesjar, 94, Norwegian painter and sculptor.
• Asbjørn Øksendal, 92, Norwegian writer.
• Andres Ortiz, 28, Puerto Rican basketball player (Mayaguez Indians), traffic collision.
• Ali Raymi, 41, Yemeni boxer, bombing.
• Carole Seymour-Jones, 72, Welsh biographer.
• Joseph Velikonja, 92, Slovene-born American geographer.
• Carlos Irizarry Yunqué, 93, Puerto Rican judge, justice of the Supreme Court (1973–1986).

24

• Morris Beckman, 94, English writer and anti-fascist activist (43 Group).
• Marcus Belgrave, 78, American jazz trumpeter, heart failure.
• Dean Carroll, 52, English rugby league footballer.
• Krushna Ghoda, 61, Indian politician, MLA for Palghar (since 2014), heart attack.
• Cristian Gómez, 27, Argentine footballer (Club Atlético Paraná), heart attack.
• Vladimír Hagara, 71, Slovak footballer (FC Spartak Trnava).
• John H. Kerr, III, 79, American politician.
• Sir Kenneth Jacobs, 97, Australian judge.
• Krzysztof Kąkolewski, 85, Polish writer.
• Tanith Lee, 67, British science fiction, horror and fantasy writer (Blake's 7).
• Daniel Meltzer, 63, American lawyer, legal adviser to Barack Obama, cancer.
• Guido Plante, 78, Canadian-born Honduran Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (2004–2005) and Bishop of Choluteca (2005–2012).
• Pedro Roque, 47, Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler, world champion (1987), respiratory failure.
• Michael W. Ryan, 66, American convicted murderer.
• Bharat Raj Upreti, 63, Nepali judge, justice of the Supreme Court (2009–2013), suicide by hanging.

25

• George Braden, 65, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (1979–1983), gastric cancer.
• Dien Cornelissen, 91, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (1969–1971) and House of Representatives (1971–1972, 1973–1986).
• Robert Lebel, 90, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Valleyfield (1976–2000).
• Mary Ellen Mark, 75, American photographer, myelodysplastic syndrome.
• John M. Murphy, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 16th (1963–1973) and 17th (1973–1981) districts.
• Bill O'Herlihy, 76, Irish sports broadcaster (RTÉ Sport).
• Wallace Sampson, 85, American critic of alternative medicine.

26

• Vicente Aranda, 88, Spanish film director (Amantes).
• Walter Byers, 93, American college athletics executive (NCAA), urinary tract infection.
• Claudio Caligari, 67, Italian screenwriter and director (Toxic Love, The Scent of the Night).
• Harold F. Clayton, 61, American sculptor, lung cancer.
• William Davidson. 95, English cricketer (Sussex).
• Gottfried Diener, 88, Swiss bobsledder, Olympic champion (1956).
• Leo Drey, 98, American timber magnate.
• Rocky Frisco, 77, American pianist (JJ Cale Band).
• Thorbjørn Gjølstad, 72, Norwegian jurist and civil servant.
• Franklin P. Hall, 76, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1976–2009).
• Bob Hornery, 83, Australian actor (Neighbours, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, The Importance of Being Earnest).
• Les Johnson, 90, Australian politician, MP for Hughes (1955–1966, 1969–1983).
• Robert Kraft, 87, American astronomer.
• João Lucas, 35, Portuguese footballer (Académica).
• Ubirajara Ribeiro Martins, 82, Brazilian entomologist.
• Edward Moylan, 91, American tennis player.
• John Pinder, 70, New Zealand-born Australian comedy producer.
• Art Thieme, 73, American folk musician.
• Aristidis Vlassis, 68, Greek painter.
• Dayton Waller, 90, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Shreveport (1968–1972).

27

• Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki, c. 71, Somali Islamist and Al-Shabaab leader, military leader of the Islamic Courts Union and Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya.
• Erik Carlsson, 86, Swedish rally driver.
• Nils Christie, 87, Norwegian criminologist.
• Cotton Coulson, 63, American filmmaker and photographer (National Geographic).
• Peter Celestine Elampassery, 76, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar (1998–2014).
• Vittorio Paolo Fiorito, 74, Italian Hall of Fame basketball referee.
• Bill Foster, 79, American college basketball coach (Miami Hurricanes, Clemson Tigers, Virginia Tech Hokies), Parkinson's disease.
• S. Parker Gilbert, 81, American financier, President of Morgan Stanley (1983–1990).
• Irvine B. Hill, 87, American politician, Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia (1974–1976).
• Sir Gordon Hobday, 99, British scientist and industrialist.
• Andy King, 58, English footballer (Everton), heart attack.
• Michael Martin, 83, American philosopher.
• William Newman, 80, American actor (Mrs. Doubtfire, The Tick), vascular dementia.
• Liam Ryan, 79, Irish theologian and hurler (Limerick GAA).
• John Siegal, 97, American football player (Chicago Bears).
• Elisabeth Wiedemann, 89, German actress.
• Zhang Jieqing, 102, Chinese politician and writer.

28

• John Buckner, 67, American politician, member of the Colorado House of Representatives (since 2013), sarcoidosis.
• Jonas Čepulis, 75, Lithuanian heavyweight boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
• Masayuki Imai, 54, Japanese actor, writer and director, colon cancer.
• Esther Ghan Firestone, 90, Canadian cantor.
• Steven Gerber, 66, American composer.
• Johnny Keating, 87, British musician ("Theme from Z-Cars").
• Skeeter Kell, 85, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
• Gyles Longley, 96, British WWII army officer.
• Robert S. Morse, 90, American prelate, Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Christ the King.
• Reynaldo Rey, 75, American actor and comedian (227, Friday, White Men Can't Jump), stroke.
• Michel Ximenes, 76, French politician.

29

• Arthur Bourns, 95, American chemist, President of McMaster University (1972–1980).
• Henry Carr, 73, American track and field athlete, Olympic champion (1964), cancer.
• Doris Hart, 89, American Hall of Fame tennis player.
• Willie Horgan, 71, Irish hurling referee.
• Chris Kohlhase, 47, New Zealand softball player (national team) and coach (Samoa national team).
• Natalya Lagoda, 42, Ukrainian-born Russian singer and model (Playboy), bilateral pneumonia.
• Rashid Massumi, 89, Iranian-born American cardiologist.
• Wim van Norden, 97, Dutch journalist, director of Het Parool (1945–1979).
• Betsy Palmer, 88, American actress (I've Got a Secret, Mister Roberts, Friday the 13th).
• Bruno Pesaola, 89, Argentine-born Italian footballer.

30

• Jim Bailey, 77, American singer, actor and impressionist (Judy Garland, Barbara Streisand).
• Beau Biden, 46, American politician, Attorney General of Delaware (2007–2015), brain cancer.
• Joël Champetier, 57, Canadian author.
• Jake D'Arcy, 69, British actor (Still Game, Gregory's Girl, Outnumbered).
• John Drinkall, 93, British diplomat, British Ambassador to Afghanistan (1972–1976) and High Commissioner to Jamaica (1976–1981).
• Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, 91, British jurist and law lord.
• Julie Harris, 94, British costume designer (A Hard Day's Night, Darling, Live and Let Die), Oscar winner (1966).
• John L. Lumley, 84, American professor of aerospace engineering, brain cancer.
• Tony McNamara, 85, English footballer (Everton, Liverpool).
• Lennie Merullo, 98, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
• Cornell Moss, 55, Bahamian Anglican prelate, Archbishop of Guyana (since 2009), heart failure.
• L. Tom Perry, 92, American apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, thyroid cancer.
• Azmat Rana, 63, Pakistani cricketer, cardiac arrest.
• Alvin P. Wegeman, 88, American nordic combined skier.

31

• Nico Castel, 83, Portuguese-born American tenor.
• Will Holt, 86, American songwriter ("Lemon Tree") and playwright (Over Here!), Alzheimer's disease.
• Jonathan Howes, 78, American politician, Secretary of the NCDENR (1992–1997), Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina (1987–1991), heart disease.
• Françoise-Hélène Jourda, 59, French architect.
• Hiroshi Koizumi, 88, Japanese actor (Mothra, Atragon), pneumonia.
• François Mahé, 84, French professional cyclist.
• Pat Petersen, 55, American marathon runner, pancreatic cancer.
• Christina Reid, 73, Northern Irish playwright.
• Slim Richey, 77, American guitarist, lymphoma.
• Mario Saliwa, 31, South African first-class cricketer.
• Rochelle Shoretz, 42, American civil servant, founder of Sharsheret, complications from breast cancer.
• Gladys Taylor, 97, Canadian writer and newspaper publisher.
• Karl Wlaschek, 97, Austrian executive, founder of Billa.

June 2015

1

• Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover, 77, German politician.
• An Jun Can, 31, Taiwanese singer (Comic Boyz) and actor, liver cancer.
• Katherine Chappell, 29, American visual effects editor (Game of Thrones, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Godzilla), lion attack.
• Jon Hensley, 31, American radio personality.
• Charles Jacob, 94, English stockbroker.
• Charles Kennedy, 55, British politician, Leader of the Liberal Democrats (1999–2006), MP (1983–2015), internal haemorrhage.
• Joan Kirner, 76, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (1990–1992), oesophageal cancer.
• Peter Kruse, 60, German psychologist.
• Nicholas Liverpool, 80, Dominican politician, President (2003–2012).
• Nobutaka Machimura, 70, Japanese politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (2014–2015), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2004–2006, 2007), cerebral infarction.
• Buck Moyer, 94, American Lutheran pastor, Bishop of the Virginia Synod (1976–1987).
• Jacques Parizeau, 84, Canadian politician, Premier of Quebec (1994–1996).
• Kirill Pokrovsky, 53, Russian composer.
• Serajur Rahman, 81, Bangladeshi journalist and broadcaster.
• Sonya Rapoport, 92, American conceptual and digital artist, pancreatic cancer.
• Jean Ritchie, 92, American folk singer and song collector.
• Tommy Rogers, 54, American professional wrestler (The Fantastics).
• Andy Scrivani, 98, American Olympic boxer (1936).
• Dolores Richard Spikes, 78, American mathematician.
• Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski, 85, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (1973–2006).
• Robert K. Zukowski, 85, American farmer and politician.

2

• Ifeoma Aggrey-Fynn, Nigerian media personality, shot.
• Claudio Angelini, 72, Italian political correspondent.
• Fernando de Araújo, 52, East Timorese politician, President of the National Parliament (2007–2012), Acting President (2008).
• Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, 80, Colombian-born Dutch artist.
• Martin Cole, 83, British sexologist.
• Alberto De Martino, 85, Italian film director (O.K. Connery, Holocaust 2000, The Pumaman).
• Walter Dexter, 83, Canadian ceramic artist.
• Giovan Battista Fabbri, 89, Italian football player and manager (Vicenza).
• Dennis Fidler, 76, English footballer (Halifax Town, Macclesfield Town).
• Gene Maddox, 76, American politician, Mayor of Clive, Iowa (1977–1992), member of the Iowa General Assembly (1993–2007).
• John Mellekas, 81, American football player (Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles).
• Eugen Mwaiposa, 54, Tanzanian politician, MP for Ukonga (since 2010).
• Bijoya Ray, 98, Indian actress, pneumonia.
• Antonia Gerena Rivera, 115, Puerto Rican supercentenarian, fifth oldest living person.
• Irwin Rose, 88, American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry (2004).
• Theo Saat, 87, Dutch Olympic sprinter (1952).
• Shockley Shoemake, 92, American politician.
• Silvio Spaccesi, 88, Italian actor and voice actor.
• Kenneth Tempest, 93, British WWII Royal Air Force navigator.
• Besim Üstünel, 88, Turkish academic and politician.
• Tsonyo Vasilev, 63, Bulgarian footballer.
• Carmine Vingo, 85, American heavyweight boxer.
• Herb Wakabayashi, 70, Canadian-born Japanese ice hockey player.
• Charls Walker, 91, American economist and lobbyist.
• Norm Weiss, 79, Canadian politician.
• Stephen Wojdak, 76, American lobbyist and politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1969–1976), respiratory failure.

3

• Avi Beker, 64, Israeli academic, secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress (2001–2003), cancer.
• Horst Brandstätter, 81, German company owner, founder of Playmobil.
• Thomas Flynn, 83, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Achonry (1976–2007).
• Bevo Francis, 82, American college basketball player (Rio Grande College).
• Margaret Juntwait, 58, American radio broadcaster, host of Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts (2004–2014), ovarian cancer.
• Eugene Kennedy, 86, American psychologist and theologian.
• Bud Kraehling, 96, American journalist and weatherman, cancer.
• Ricardo Morán, 74, Argentine actor.
• Nidoïsh Naisseline, 69, New Caledonian politician, President of Loyalty Islands Province (1995–1999).
• Imre Rapp, 77, Hungarian international football player.

4

• Bengt Berndtsson, 82, Swedish footballer (IFK Göteborg).
• Wayne Harris, 77, American Hall of Fame CFL football player (Calgary Stampeders).
• Charlie Morris, 88, British-born Australian naval officer and Olympic hammer thrower (1956).
• Marguerite Patten, 99, British cookery writer, home economist and broadcaster.
• Leonid Plyushch, 77, Ukrainian Soviet dissident and mathematician.
• Jørgen Ravn, 75, Danish footballer (Aberdeen).
• Roy Stroud, 90, English footballer (West Ham).
• Jabe Thomas, 85, American racecar driver (NASCAR), complications from Parkinson's Disease.
• Dame Anne Warburton, 87, British diplomat, Ambassador to Denmark (1976–1983), Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva (1983–1985), President of Lucy Cavendish College (1985–1994).
• Kurt Weber, 87, Polish cinematographer (Salto).
• Albert West, 65, Dutch singer (The Shuffles) and record producer.
• Hermann Zapf, 96, German typeface designer (Optima, Palatino, Zapfino).

5

• Mehmet Abbasoğlu, 59, Turkish Kurdish politician.
• Tariq Aziz, 79, Iraqi politician, Foreign Minister (1983–1991), heart attack.
• Eshel Ben-Jacob, 63, Israeli physicist.
• Alan Bond, 77, British-born Australian businessman and convicted fraudster, complications from heart surgery.
• Sadun Boro, 87, Turkish sailor, bladder cancer.
• Manuel Camacho Solís, 69, Mexican politician, Mayor of Mexico City (1988–1993), Foreign Minister (1993–1994), Senator (since 2012).
• Kazuo Chiba, 75, Japanese Aikido teacher.
• Jerry Collins, 34, Samoan-born New Zealand rugby union player (national team), traffic collision.
• Xavier de Roux, 74, French politician.
• Frits Dragstra, 87, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1972–1977).
• Giacomo Furia, 90, Italian actor (The Band of Honest Men, The Gold of Naples).
• Anita Hagen, 84, Canadian politician, cancer.
• Jane Briggs Hart, 93, American aviator, member of the Mercury 13, founding member of NOW, Alzheimer's disease.
• Ralph Hyde, 76, British curator.
• Jill Hyem, 78, British scriptwriter and actress.
• Julien Mawule Kouto, 68, Togolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Atakpamé (1993–2006).
• Colette Marchand, 90, French ballerina and actress (Moulin Rouge).
• Te Uruhina McGarvey-Tiakiwai, 87, New Zealand Māori elder.
• Worth McMillion, 88, American racing car driver.
• Paul A. Miller, 98, American academic, President of the Rochester Institute of Technology (1969–1979).
• Irving Mondschein, 91, American athlete and coach.
• Robbi Sapinggi, Malaysian mountain guide, earthquake.
• Lecretia Seales, 42, New Zealand lawyer and right-to-die campaigner, brain cancer.
• George Seitz, 73, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Keilor (1982–2010).
• Paolo Tullio, 65, Italian-born Irish Michelin Star-winning chef (Armstrong's Barn) and resident food critic (The Restaurant).
• Roger Vergé, 85, French chef, co-founder of Nouvelle Cuisine, complications of diabetes.
• Seth Winston, 64, American screenwriter and director (She's Out of Control, Session Man), Oscar winner (1992).

6

• Barry Albin-Dyer, 64, British undertaker, brain cancer.
• Aarthi Agarwal, 31, American Telugu cinema actress, heart attack.
• Pierre Brice, 86, French actor (Old Shatterhand, Mill of the Stone Women), pneumonia.
• Vincent Bugliosi, 80, American attorney and author (Helter Skelter), cancer.
• Callisto Cosulich, 92, Italian film critic, author and screenwriter (Planet of the Vampires).
• Jorge Galemire, 64, Uruguayan musician (Trelew).
• Ronnie Gilbert, 88, American singer-songwriter (The Weavers) and actress (Running on Empty).
• Colin Jackson, 68, Scottish footballer (Rangers, national team), leukaemia.
• Richard Johnson, 87, English actor (The Haunting, Julius Caesar, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas).
• Dieter Medicus, 86, German jurist.
• Nyla Murphy, 83, American politician, cancer.
• Steve Pritko, 94, American football player (Cleveland Rams).
• Feras Saied, 34, Syrian bodybuilder, traffic collision.
• Sergey Sharikov, 40, Russian sabre fencer, two-time Olympic champion (1996, 2000), traffic collision.
• Victoria Siegel, 18, American heiress and reality television personality (The Queen of Versailles).
• Ludvík Vaculík, 88, Czech writer and journalist.

7

• Sheikh Razzak Ali, 86, Bangladeshi politician.
• Ken Barrett, 77, English footballer (Aston Villa).
• Giuseppe Casarrubea, 69, Italian historian and author.
• Robert K. Casey, 83, American physician and politician.
• Ahmad Ghazi, 79, Iranian Kurdish writer and translator.
• Jimmy Goins, 66, American tribal politician, Chairman of the Lumbee Tribe (2004–2010), traffic collision.
• Hamid Golpira, 55, American-born Iranian journalist, lung cancer.
• Felicia Kentridge, 84, South African lawyer and anti-apartheid activist.
• Harold LeDoux, 88, American cartoonist (Judge Parker).
• Sir Christopher Lee, 93, British actor, voice artist, and singer (Dracula, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars), heart failure.
• Sean Pappas, 49, South African golfer, heart attack.
• Peter Petherick, 72, New Zealand cricketer (Otago, Wellington, national team).
• Gwilym Prichard, 84, Welsh painter.
• Cole Tucker, 61, American pornographic actor, complications from AIDS.
• Vasili Zhupikov, 61, Russian footballer.

8

• Archie Alleyne, 82, Canadian jazz drummer, cancer.
• Paul Bacon, 91, American book and album cover designer and jazz musician.
• Frank Cappuccino, 86, American boxing referee, Alzheimer's disease.
• Marie-Louise Carven, 105, French fashion designer.
• Aldo da Rosa, 97, Brazilian electrical engineer.
• Eugenia Davitashvili, 65, Russian faith healer.
• Mervin Field, 94, American opinion pollster.
• Jean Gruault, 90, French screenwriter (My American Uncle) and actor.
• Otakar Hořínek, 86, Czech sport shooter, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
• Valery Levental, 76, Russian theater stage designer.
• Elizabeth Peet McIntosh, 100, American spy, heart attack.
• Lynn Miles, 71, American human rights and Taiwan democracy activist, cancer.
• Tiki Nxumalo, 65, South African actor.
• Dasaradhi Rangacharya, 86, Indian writer and politician.
• David Rotem, 66, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu (2007–2015), heart attack.
• Chea Sim, 81, Cambodian politician, President of the Cambodian People's Party (since 1991).
• Laurie Thompson, 77, British translator.
• Peter van Wijmen, 76, Dutch lawyer, professor and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1998–2002).

9

• Finn Backer, 87, Norwegian Supreme Court judge.
• Larry Eschen, 94, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
• Hemant Kanitkar, 72, Indian Test cricketer.
• Igor Kostin, 78, Romanian-born Ukrainian photographer, took first pictures of Chernobyl disaster, traffic collision.
• James Last, 86, German composer and big band leader.
• Fred Anton Maier, 76, Norwegian speed skater, Olympic champion (1968), cancer.
• Amos Midzi, 62, Zimbabwean politician and diplomat.
• Vincent Musetto, 74, American film critic (New York Post), pancreatic cancer.
• Pumpkinhead, 39, American rapper.
• Rainer Riehn, 73, German composer and conductor.
• Alvin J. Salkind, 87, American chemical engineer.
• Sir Peter Williams, 80, New Zealand lawyer, prostate cancer.
• Pedro Zerolo, 55, Venezuelan-born Spanish politician, pancreatic cancer.

10

• David Bellotti, 71, British politician and football executive, MP for Eastbourne (1990–1992), CEO of Brighton & Hove Albion.
• Bonecrusher, 32, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Robert Chartoff, 81, American film producer (Rocky, Raging Bull, Ender's Game), Oscar winner (1977), pancreatic cancer.
• Larry Fisher (murderer), 65, Canadian convicted murderer (David Milgaard case).
• Johnny Fullam, 75, Irish footballer.
• Charles Wyndham Goodwyn, 81, British philatelist, Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection (1995–2003).
• Esther Harrison, 69, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives for the 41st District (since 2001).
• Hugo Höllenreiner, 81, Sinti Porajmos survivor.
• Wolfgang Jeschke, 78, German science fiction author (The Last Day of Creation).
• Héctor Pérez Plazola, 81, Mexican politician.
• Ray Reidy, 78, Irish priest and hurler (Tipperary).
• Judith St. George, 84, American author (So You Want to Be President?).
• Brian Taylor, 78, English footballer (Walsall, Shrewsbury Town).

11

• Jim Ed Brown, 81, American country singer (The Browns), lung cancer.
• Arshad Chaudhury, 65, Pakistani field hockey player.
• Ornette Coleman, 85, American saxophonist and free jazz pioneer.
• Jack King, 84, American public affairs officer (NASA), heart failure.
• Sarah Kyolaba, 59, Ugandan businesswoman.
• Sebastiano Mannironi, 84, Italian Olympic weightlifter (1956, 1960, 1964).
• Ian McKechnie, 73, Scottish footballer (Hull City).
• Ron Moody, 91, British actor (Oliver!, The Animals of Farthing Wood, EastEnders).
• Dusty Rhodes, 69, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler, booker (NWA, WCW, WWE) and promoter (TCW), kidney failure.
• James Robertson, 86, Scottish footballer (Brentford).⋅
• John Benjamin Stewart, 90, Canadian politician, MP for Antigonish—Guysborough (1962–1968).
• Charles Williams, 90, British Royal Navy rear admiral.

12

• Nasir al-Wuhayshi, 38, Yemeni Islamist militant, leader of AQAP, airstrike.
• Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino, 89, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, Minister of Health (1986–1988), Alzheimer's disease.
• Fernando Brant, 68, Brazilian poet and composer, complications of liver transplantation.
• Pierre Dolbeault, 90, French mathematician.
• Rick Ducommun, 62, Canadian actor (The 'Burbs, Scary Movie, Die Hard), complications from diabetes.
• Micol Fontana, 101, Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur (Sorelle Fontana).
• James Gowan, 91, British architect.
• Monica Lewis, 93, American singer and actress (Earthquake), voice of Chiquita Banana (since 1947).
• Frederick Pei Li, 75, Chinese-born American physician, Alzheimer's disease.
• José Messias, 86, Brazilian musician and television personality, multiple organ failure from kidney disease.
• Andrés Mora, 60, Mexican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians), pneumonia.
• Alain Nadaud, 66, French author and diplomat.
• Antoni Pitxot, 81, Spanish painter.
• Alexander Rondeli, 73, Georgian political scientist.
• Jacques Rosay, 66, French test pilot (Airbus).
• Nek Chand, 90, Indian artist.
• Max Spittle, 92, Australian VFL football player (Melbourne).
• Patrick Lennox Tierney, 101, American art historian and Japanologist.
• Sümer Tilmaç, 67, Turkish actor, heart attack.
• Ernest Tomlinson, 90, British composer.

13

• Big Time Sarah, 62, American blues singer.
• Buddy Boudreaux, 97, American jazz saxophonist and band leader.
• Allan Browne, 70, Australian jazz drummer.
• Tomás Ó Con Cheanainn, 94, Irish historian.
• Darius Dhlomo, 83, South African boxer, footballer and musician.
• Drs. P, 95, Swiss-born Dutch writer, composer and singer.
• Magnus Härenstam, 73, Swedish actor (Sällskapsresan, Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?, Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter) and comedian, spinal cancer.
• Junix Inocian, 64, Filipino actor (Sinbad, Mortdecai).
• Sheila Kaul, 100, Indian politician, Governor of Himachal Pradesh (1995–1996).
• Graham Lord, 72, British biographer (Jeffrey Bernard, Arthur Lowe, Joan Collins) and novelist, liver cancer.
• David Oniya, 30, Nigerian footballer, heart attack.
• Sergio Renán, 82, Argentine actor, director and screenwriter (The Truce).
• David C. Richardson, 101, American navy vice admiral.
• Walter Scheib, 61, American chef, White House Executive Chef (1994–2005), drowning.
• Mike Shrimpton, 74, New Zealand cricket player (national team) and coach (women's national team, 2000 Women's World Cup winner).
• Phillip Toyne, 67, Australian environmental and indigenous affairs activist, bowel cancer.
• George Winslow, 69, American child actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, My Pal Gus), heart attack.

14

• George Arthur, 46, Ghanaian football player and coach.
• Bob Bedell, 70, American basketball player.
• Hugo Blanco, 74, Venezuelan musician and composer ("Moliendo Café").
• John Carroll, 73, American newspaper editor (Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun), Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.
• Richard Cotton, 74, Australian geneticist (Human Variome Project).
• Anne Nicol Gaylor, 88, American atheism and reproductive rights advocate, co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, complications from a fall.
• Boris Godjunov, 74, Bulgarian singer.
• David Kennedy, 73, American film producer.
• Hilary Masters, 87, American author.
• Habibur Rahman Milon, 80, Bangladeshi journalist.
• Peter Prier, 73, German-born American violin maker.
• Qiao Shi, 90, Chinese politician, Chairman of the National People's Congress.
• Walter Weller, 75, Austrian conductor and violinist.
• Zito, 82, Brazilian footballer, World Cup-winning team member (1958, 1962), complications of a stroke.

15

• Alan Caruba, 77, American writer and public relations counselor.
• Wilfried David, 69, Belgian professional cyclist, 1973 Tour de France stage winner, traffic collision.
• Jean Doré, 70, Canadian politician, Mayor of Montreal (1986–1994), pancreatic cancer.
• Elisabeth Elliot, 88, American missionary and author.
• Alv Jakob Fostervoll, 83, Norwegian politician, Governor of Møre og Romsdal (1977–2002), Minister of Defence (1971–1972, 1973–1976).
• Jeanna Friske, 40, Russian singer (Blestyaschie), brain cancer.
• Daniel W. Gade, 78, American geographer.
• Kirk Kerkorian, 98, American businessman.
• Mighty Sam McClain, 72, American soul blues singer, stroke.
• António Marques Mendes, 81, Portuguese lawyer and politician.
• Jesús Moroles, 64, American sculptor, traffic collision.
• Rosalind Rowe, 82, English table tennis player.
• Harry Rowohlt, 70, German author.
• Blaze Starr, 83, American stripper, burlesque comedienne and club owner, subject of Blaze.
• Wu Kwok Hung, 66, Hong Kong international footballer, cancer.

16

• Stephen Blauner, 81, American manager and producer.
• Charles Correa, 84, Indian architect.
• Rosalind McGee, 77, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (2003–2008).
• William Pajaud, 89, American artist.
• Greg Parks, 48, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders).
• Tony Ranasinghe, 77, Sri Lankan actor (Hanthane Kathawa, Duhulu Malak, Ahasin Polawata).
• Bill Sirs, 95, British trade unionist.
• Jean Vautrin, 82, French writer, filmmaker and critic.

17

• Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira, 71, Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Minas (2004–2009).
• Nicola Badalucco, 86, Italian screenwriter (The Damned, Death in Venice, The Gold Rimmed Glasses) and journalist.
• Per Arne Bjerke, 63, Norwegian journalist and politician.
• Chang Ch'ung-ho, 101, Chinese-born American poet, calligrapher, and Kunqu opera singer.
• Ron Clarke, 78, Australian long distance runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1964), Mayor of the Gold Coast (2004–2012), kidney failure.
• John David Crow, 79, American Heisman Trophy-winning football player (Texas A&M, Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals) and coach (Northeast Louisiana).
• Süleyman Demirel, 90, Turkish politician, President (1993–2000), lung infection.
• Nelson Doubleday, Jr., 81, American publisher (Doubleday) and Major League Baseball team owner (New York Mets), pneumonia.
• Noah Hutchings, 92, American fundamentalist evangelist and radio personality.
• James B. Lee, Jr., 62, American investment banker, heart attack.
• Roberto M. Levingston, 95, Argentine politician, President (1970–1971).
• Clementa C. Pinckney, 41, American politician and pastor, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1997–2000) and Senate (since 2000), shot.
• Başar Sabuncu, 71, Turkish film director and screenwriter (Şalvar Davası).
• Vlastimir Đuza Stojiljković, 85, Serbian actor.
• Jeralean Talley, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person.
• Bryan Vaughan, 84, Australian politician and lawyer.

18

• Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore, 97, New Zealand surgeon.
• Martin Krampen, 86, German semiotician.
• Ralph J. Roberts, 95, American businessman, founder of Comcast.
• Jack Rollins, 100, American film producer (Annie Hall, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Irrational Man).
• John M. Stephens, 82, American cameraman (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) and cinematographer (Blacula, Sorcerer).
• Kazuya Tatekabe, 80, Japanese voice actor (Doraemon, Time Bokan, Yatterman), acute respiratory failure.
• Fredrik Fasting Torgersen, 80, Norwegian convicted murderer, complications of pneumonia.
• Jim Vandiver, 75, American racing driver.
• Danny Villanueva, 77, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Dallas Cowboys) and broadcasting executive, co-founder of Univision, complications from a stroke.
• Allen Weinstein, 77, American historian, Archivist of the United States (2005–2008), pneumonia.

19

• Jack Aeby, 91, American photographer.
• Jagjit Singh Anand, 93, Indian political activist and newspaper editor (Nawan Zamana).
• Phil Austin, 74, American comedian, writer, and musician (Firesign Theatre).
• Harold Battiste, 83, American jazz and R&B composer, arranger and musician (Sam Cooke, Sonny & Cher, Dr. John).
• Jeff Bradstreet, 60, American medical researcher.
• Jim Brailsford, 85, English cricketer (Derbyshire).
• Esther Clenott, 91, American politician, Mayor of Portland, Maine (1989–1990).
• Sir Harold Knight, 95, Australian economist, Governor of the Reserve Bank (1975–1982).
• Len Matarazzo, 86, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
• Earl Norem, 91, American comic book artist (Silver Surfer, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe).
• Rondal Partridge, 97, American photographer.
• Tukoji Rao Pawar, 51, Indian royal and politician, brain haemorrhage.
• Bruce Poulton, 88, American educator, Chancellor of North Carolina State University (1982–1989).
• Paul Quinn, 77, Australian rugby league player.
• James Salter, 90, American novelist.

20

• William Brantley Aycock, 99, American educator, fall.
• Bob Barry, Jr., 58, American sportscaster (KFOR), traffic collision.
• Ian Bradley, 77, British-born New Zealand naval officer and politician.
• Esther Brand, 92, South African athlete, Olympic champion (1952), complications of a fall.
• JoAnn Dean Killingsworth, 91, American actress and dancer (Lullaby of Broadway, Red Garters), first person to play Snow White at Disneyland, cancer.
• François Delapierre, 44, French politician, brain tumour.
• Harold Feinstein, 84, American photographer.
• Elson Floyd, 59, American educator, President of Washington State University (since 2007), complications from colon cancer.
• James Kerzman, 68, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1991–2009), tractor accident.
• Michael Kidson, 85, British schoolmaster (Eton College).
• Angelo Niculescu, 93, Romanian football player and manager.
• Gerhard A. Ritter, 86, German historian.
• Doug Rombough, 64, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Takanonami Sadahiro, 43, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach, heart failure.
• Miriam Schapiro, 91, Canadian-born American painter, sculptor and printmaker.
• Anthony Sydes, 74, American child actor (Miracle on 34th Street, Cheaper by the Dozen, Johnny Comes Flying Home).

21

• Robert Barritt, 88, Bermudian painter and politician, member of the House of Assembly (1985–1989) and Senate.
• Cora Combs, 92, American professional wrestler.
• Juan José Estrada, 51, Mexican boxer, WBA bantamweight champion (1988–1989), stabbed.
• Ezkimo, 35, Finnish hip hop musician.
• Dave Godfrey, 76, Canadian novelist and publisher, pancreatic cancer.
• Darryl Hamilton, 50, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers), shot.
• Roger Ishee, 85, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1997–2012).
• Tony Longo, 53, American actor (Mulholland Drive, Angels in the Outfield, Eraser).
• Veijo Meri, 86, Finnish author.
• Remo Remotti, 90, Italian actor (The Godfather Part III, Nine), playwright, painter, sculptor and poet.
• Jim Rowan, 79, Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians, Celtic, Partick Thistle).
• Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, 82, East German politician.
• Gunther Schuller, 89, American composer, conductor, historian and jazz musician, leukemia.
• Arved Viirlaid, 93, Estonian-Canadian writer.
• Wayne Wettlaufer, 71, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1995–2003), suspected heart attack.

22

• Laura Antonelli, 73, Italian actress (Malicious, Till Marriage Do Us Part, The Innocent), heart attack.
• Norm Berryman, 42, New Zealand rugby union player (national team), heart attack.
• Carlinhos, 77, Brazilian football player and coach (Flamengo).
• Constantin Cernăianu, 81, Romanian football player and coach.
• Joseph de Pasquale, 95, American violist.
• Armand DiMele, 75, American psychotherapist and radio broadcaster.
• Jimmy Doyle, 76, Irish hurler (Tipperary).
• Albert Evans, 46, American ballet dancer.
• Don Featherstone, 79, American artist and inventor of the plastic pink flamingo, Lewy body dementia.
• James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, 85, Scottish nobleman.
• James Horner, 61, American composer (Titanic, Field of Dreams, Apollo 13), Oscar winner (1998), plane crash.
• Albert Ilemobade, 74, Nigerian academic.
• Lyubov Kozyreva, 85, Russian Soviet cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist (1956).
• David E. Kyvig, 71, American Constitutional scholar, heart attack.
• Buddy Landel, 53, American professional wrestler (SMW, USWA, WCW).
• Donnie MacLeod, 76, Canadian politician.
• Gregorio Morales, 62, Spanish author.
• Robert Sowell, 54, American football player (Miami Dolphins).
• Dick Stanfel, 87, American football player (Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins) and coach (New Orleans Saints).
• Ted Whelan, 85, Australian football player (Port Adelaide).
• Gabriele Wohmann, 83, German author.

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• Jack Asher, 88, Scottish shinty player and referee.
• Sanjeet Bedi, Indian actor (Sanjivani).
• Praful Bidwai, 66, Indian journalist.
• Sharon Bryant, 54, American tribal politician, Chief of the Monacan Indian Nation (since 2011), liver cancer.
• Marujita Díaz, 83, Spanish singer and actress, complications from colon cancer.
• Miguel Facussé Barjum, 90, Honduran businessman and landowner.
• Tommy Hudspeth, 83, American football coach and administrator (Detroit Lions, Toronto Argonauts), cancer.
• Nirmala Joshi, 80, Indian Roman Catholic religious sister, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity (1997–2009).
• Thé Lau, 62, Dutch singer and guitarist (The Scene), lung cancer.
• Helmuth Lohner, 82, Austrian actor and theatre director.
• Elizabeth MacLennan, 77, Scottish actress, writer and stage practitioner (7:84), leukemia.
• Alex Mathew, 57, Indian actor (Thoovanathumbikal), heart attack.
• Donald Max, 58, Tanzanian politician, MP for Geita.
• Ben Mboi, 80, Indonesian politician, Governor of East Nusa Tenggara (1978–1988).
• Magali Noël, 83, Turkish-born French actress (Amarcord, La Dolce Vita) and singer.
• Pat Peppler, 93, American football coach and executive (Atlanta Falcons).
• Harvey Pollack, 93, American sport statistician, last surviving employee from first NBA season.
• Ajit Singh, 74, Indian-born British economist.
• Lonnie Spurrier, 83, American Olympic middle-distance runner (1956).
• Tom Stagg, 92, American judge, U.S. District Court Chief Judge for the Western District of Louisiana (1984–1991).
• Dick Van Patten, 86, American actor (Eight Is Enough, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights), complications from diabetes.
• Sir Chris Woodhead, 68, British educationalist, Chief Inspector for Ofsted (1994–2000), motor neurone disease.

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• Cristiano Araújo, 29, Brazilian singer and songwriter, traffic collision.
• Dileep Singh Bhuria, 71, Indian politician.
• Mario Biaggi, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1969–1988).
• Walter Browne, 66, Australian-born American chess Grandmaster, six-time U.S. champion.
• Marva Collins, 78, American educator.
• Susan Ahn Cuddy, 100, American Navy officer.
• John Joe Nerney, 93, Irish Gaelic footballer (Roscommon).
• John Palmer, 64, British criminal, shot.
• Robert Hugh Pickering, 82, Canadian politician and curler.
• E L Short, 89, American farmer, politician and businessman, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1969–1979) and Senate (1979–1983).

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• Lou Butera, 78, American pool player.
• Sir Graham Dorey, 82, Guernsey judge, Bailiff of Guernsey (1992–1999).
• Graham Gilchrist, 82, Australian football player (Carlton).
• Maravene Loeschke, 68, American college administrator (Towson University), adrenal cancer.
• Patrick Macnee, 93, English-American actor (The Avengers, This Is Spinal Tap, A View to a Kill).
• Hélène Monette, 55, Canadian poet, cancer.
• Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, 75, Egyptian-born Armenian Catholic hierarch, Patriarch-Catholicos of Cilicia (since 1999).
• Vithal Rao, 85, Indian ghazal singer.
• Alejandro Romay, 88, Argentine businessman (Canal 9).
• Jan de Voogd, 90, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1977–1981).
• Theodore Weesner, 79, American author.
• O'Kelley Whitaker, 88, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Central New York.

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• Paul Ambros, 82, German Hall of Fame ice hockey player (EV Füssen, unified team).
• Larry Carberry, 79, English footballer (Ipswich Town).
• Damion Cook, 36, American football player (Detroit Lions), heart attack.
• Jerome M. Hughes, 85, American politician, President of the Minnesota Senate (1983–1993).
• David McAlister, 64, British actor (Hollyoaks).
• Matti Makkonen, 63, Finnish telecommunications engineer.
• Richard Matt, 49, American convicted murderer and prison escapee, shot.
• Yevgeny Primakov, 85, Russian politician and diplomat, Prime Minister (1998–1999).
• Gustavo Sainz, 74, Mexican writer.
• Kája Saudek, 80, Czech comics illustrator.
• Kal Segrist, 84, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles).
• Shiv Singh, 76, Indian artist.
• Alexa Suelzer, 97, American author, educator and theologian.
• Chris Thompson, 63, American writer and producer (Laverne & Shirley, Bosom Buddies, Shake It Up!).
• Denis Thwaites, 70, English footballer (Birmingham City), shot.
• David Turner, 91, American rower, Olympic gold medalist (1948).
• Donald Wexler, 89, American architect.

27

• Jane Aaron, 67, American filmmaker and children's book illustrator (Sesame Street, Between the Lions), cancer.
• Zvi Elpeleg, 89, Polish-born Israeli diplomat and academic.
• Harvey McGregor, 89, British barrister, Warden of New College, Oxford (1985–1996).
• Ghias Mela, 53, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly from Sargodha (1997–1999, 2002–2007, 2008–2013), cardiac arrest.
• Boris Shilkov, 87, Russian speed skater, Olympic champion (1956).
• Chris Squire, 67, English bass guitarist (Yes), acute erythroid leukemia.
• Bronius Vyšniauskas, 92, Lithuanian sculptor.

28

• Ian Allan, 92, British publisher (Ian Allan Publishing).
• Pete Athas, 67, American football player (New York Giants), lymphoma.
• Goran Brajković, 36, Croatian football player, traffic collision.
• Robert C. Broward, 89, American architect.
• Jack Carter, 93, American comedian (Cavalcade of Stars) and actor (Dr. Kildare, Alligator), respiratory failure.
• Carlyle Crockwell, 83, Bermudian football referee.
• Edgar Dawson, 83, English rugby league player.
• Dietrich Haugk, 90, German film director and voice actor.
• Thomas P. Kennedy, 63, American politician.
• Joe Lobenstein, 88, German-born British politician.
• Liam Ó Murchú, 86, Irish broadcaster (RTÉ).
• Jope Seniloli, 76, Fijian politician, Vice-President (2001–2004).
• Sivuqaq, 21, American walrus and animal actor (50 First Dates), heart failure.
• Todor Slavov, 31, Bulgarian rally driver, race crash.
• Wally Stanowski, 96, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers).
• Ben J. Wattenberg, 81, American author and political commentator, complications from surgery.
• Bart Williams, 65, American documentary filmmaker and actor (MADtv), cancer.

29

• Hisham Barakat, 64, Egyptian prosecutor, car bombing.
• Forrest Behm, 95, American football player.
• Helge Ole Bergesen, 65, Norwegian political scientist and politician.
• Ladislav Chudík, 91, Slovak actor (Kawasaki's Rose).
• Willie Daniel, 77, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Rams).
• Glenn Ford, 65, American exonerated prisoner, wrongly convicted of murder, lung cancer.
• Kauto Star, 15, French-born British-trained racehorse, dual winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, euthanized.
• Josef Masopust, 84, Czech football player and manager (Dukla Prague, national team).
• Charles Pasqua, 88, French politician, Minister of the Interior (1986–1988, 1993–1995).
• Bruce Rowland, 74, British rock drummer (Fairport Convention).
• Jackson Vroman, 34, American-Lebanese basketball player (Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Hornets, Lebanese national team).

30

• Charles W. Bagnal, 81, American Army lieutenant general.
• Edward Burnham, 98, English actor (To Sir, with Love, 10 Rillington Place, Doctor Who).
• Robert Dewar, 70, English-born American computer scientist (AdaCore).
• Charles Harbutt, 79, American photographer.
• Eddy Louiss, 74, French jazz organist.
• K. P. P. Nambiar, 86, Indian industrialist.
• Paolo Piffarerio, 90, Italian animator and cartoonist (Alan Ford).
• Alex Scott, 85–86, Australian-British actor. (death reported on this date)
• Leonard Starr, 89, American cartoonist (ThunderCats).

July

1

• David P. Craig, 95, Australian chemist.
• Val Doonican, 88, Irish singer and television presenter.
• N. Ganesan, 82, Singaporean football administrator.
• Edward Greenfield, 86, English music critic and broadcaster.
• Lawrence Herkimer, 89, American cheerleading innovator.
• Jens S. Jensen, 69, Swedish photographer.
• Red Lane, 76, American country singer and songwriter ("'Til I Get It Right").
• Miloslava Misáková, 93, Czech Olympic gymnast (1948).
• Czesław Olech, 84, Polish mathematician.
• Victor de la Peña Pérez, 81, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Requena (1987–2005).
• Arthur Porter, 59, Canadian physician, lung cancer.
• Sergio Sollima, 94, Italian director and screenwriter (Face to Face, Sandokan, The Big Gundown).
• Dan Williams, 73, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 2010), leukemia.
• Sir Nicholas Winton, 106, British humanitarian, organised rescue of 669 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, respiratory failure.

2

• David Aronson, 91, Lithuanian-born American painter.
• Slavko Avsenik, 85, Slovenian composer and musician.
• Roy C. Bennett, 96, American songwriter.
• Sir Ronald Davison, 94, New Zealand judge, Chief Justice (1978–1989).
• Petro Korol, 74, Ukrainian Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion (1976).
• Tom Longo, 73, American football player.
• Archie McNair, 95, British entrepreneur.
• Michael Rauch, 69, American production manager, cameraman (Superman) and producer (Point Break), pancreatic cancer.
• Charlie Sanders, 68, American Hall of Fame football player (Detroit Lions), cancer.
• Bob Smalhout, 87, Dutch anesthesiologist and politician.
• Jim Weaver, 70, American football player (Penn State) and coach (Iowa State), Virginia Tech Hokies Director of Athletics (1997–2014), Parkinson's disease.
• John Whitman, 71, American businessman, complications from a brain injury.
• Jacobo Zabludovsky, 87, Mexican news anchor, stroke.

3

• Diana Douglas, 92, British Bermudian-American actress (The Indian Fighter, Days of Our Lives, Planes, Trains and Automobiles), cancer.
• Jhonathan Florez, 32, Colombian BASE jumper, wingsuit crash into mountain.
• Goran Gogić, 29, Serbian footballer.
• Ralph Lamb, 88, American lawman, Sheriff of Clark County, Nevada (1961–1978), depicted in Vegas.
• Arturo Longton, 67, Chilean politician, Governor of Marga Marga Province (2010-2012).
• Boyd K. Packer, 90, American apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President of the Quorum of the Twelve (since 2008).
• Amanda Peterson, 43, American actress (Can't Buy Me Love, Explorers, Annie).
• Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal, 73, Indian judge, Chief Justice (2005–2007).
• Jacques Sernas, 89, Lithuanian-born French actor (Helen of Troy, The Dirty Game, Midas Run).
• Charanjit Singh, 75, Indian musician.
• György Szabad, 90, Hungarian politician and historian, Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1994).
• Wayne Townsend, 88, American politician, Indiana State Senator (1970–1986).
• Phil Walsh, 55, Australian football player (Collingwood, Richmond, Brisbane Bears) and coach (Adelaide), stabbed.
• John A. Williams, 89, American writer.
• Franz-Josef Wolfframm, 80, German footballer.
• Peter Záboji, Hungarian angel investor and entrepreneur.

4

• Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed bin Jiluwi Al Saud, 84, Saudi Arabian politician, Governor of Northern Borders Region.
• Muhammad Baqir al-Muhri, 67, Kuwaiti ayatollah.
• Dave Barber, 60, American talk radio and television host, stroke and heart attack.
• Nedelcho Beronov, 86, Bulgarian jurist and politician, Chairman of the Constitutional Court (2003–2006).
• Carlo de Gavardo, 45, Chilean rally car and motorcycle racer, respiratory failure.
• William Conrad Gibbons, 88, American historian, complications of a stroke.
• Reynaldo González López, 66, Cuban sports administrator.
• John Hinds, 35, Irish motorcycle race doctor, anaesthetist and lecturer, motorcycle collision.
• Norbert Peters, 72, German scientist.
• Alan Walton, 79, British biochemist and venture capitalist.

5

• Andrew Alexander, 80, British journalist.
• Carlyle Crockwell, 83, Bermudian football referee.
• Archduchess Dorothea of Austria, 95, Bavarian princess.
• James Bonard Fowler, 81, American policeman and convicted manslaughterer.
• Blaine Gibson, 97, American animator and sculptor (Bambi, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan).
• Sir Philip Goodhart, 89, British politician, MP for Beckenham (1957–1992).
• Uffe Haagerup, 65, Danish mathematician, drowned.
• Piet Malan, 96, South African rugby union player.
• Sakari Momoi, 112, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest living man, kidney failure.
• Burt Shavitz, 80, American beekeeper and businessman, co-founder of Burt's Bees.
• Abderrahmane Soukhane, 78, Algerian football player.
• Jack Steadman, 86, American football executive (Kansas City Chiefs).
• Gordon Thompson, Jr., 85, American judge, cancer.

6

• Julio Angel, 69, Puerto Rican rock, pop and bolero singer, multiple myeloma.
• Michael Birck, 77, American executive (Tellabs).
• Camille Bob, 77, American rhythm and blues singer, cancer.
• Stan Carew, 64, Canadian radio broadcaster, musician and actor (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Trailer Park Boys).
• Terence Kelshaw, 78, English-born American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Rio Grande (1989–2004).
• Luigi Martella, 67, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi (since 2000), myocardial infarction.
• John Maxtone-Graham, 85, American maritime historian, respiratory failure.
• Bhattam Srirama Murthy, 89, Indian politician.
• Don Petrie, 93, Canadian soccer player and coach.
• Virginia Shehee, 91, American businesswoman and politician, member of the Louisiana State Senate (1976–1980).
• Kathleen Snavely, 113, Irish supercentenarian, oldest ever Irish-born person.
• Juli Soler, 66, Spanish restaurateur (elBulli), degenerative nerve disease.
• Jerry Weintraub, 77, American film producer (Ocean's Eleven, Diner, The Karate Kid), chairman and CEO of United Artists, heart attack.

7

• Maria Barroso, 90, Portuguese actress and politician, First Lady (1986–1996), complications from a fall.
• Keith Brown, 88, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1959-1967).
• Julia Buencamino, 15, Filipino actress (Oh My G!), suicide.
• Jean Délémontez, 97, French aircraft designer (Jodel).
• Masabumi Kikuchi, 75, Japanese jazz pianist.
• Pierre MacDonald, 79, Canadian politician, member of the National Assembly of Quebec (1985–1989).
• Bob MacKinnon, 87, American basketball coach (New Jersey Nets) and athletic director (Canisius Golden Griffins).
• Jaime Morey, 73, Spanish singer ("Amanece").
• Craig Norgate, 50, New Zealand businessman, CEO of Fonterra (2001–2003).

8

• Casimir Ehrnrooth, 84, Finnish executive.
• Irwin Keyes, 63, American actor (House of 1000 Corpses, The Jeffersons, The Flintstones), acromegaly.
• Arne Kotte, 80, Norwegian footballer.
• Paul Lioy, 68, American environmental scientist.
• Ernie Maresca, 76, American songwriter ("Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer") and singer.
• Ramiro Martinez, 91, Cuban sportscaster.
• Charles J. McCann, 89, American academic, president of The Evergreen State College.
• Harry Messel, 93, Canadian-born Australian physicist.
• Philippe Rochat, 61, Swiss chef.
• Lucita Soriano, 74, Filipino actress.
• Ken Stabler, 69, American football player (Oakland Raiders), colon cancer.
• James Tate, 71, American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
• Delroy Thompson, 63, Jamaican dancehall sound engineer (Tuff Gong) and producer (Mad Cobra), complications from heart attack and stroke.
• Yoash Tzidon, 88, Romanian-born Israeli politician.

9

• Christian Audigier, 57, French fashion designer (Ed Hardy, Von Dutch), myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 75, Saudi royal, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1975–2015).
• Jim Bede, 82, American aircraft designer, aneurysm.
• Caspar Bowden, 53, British privacy advocate, cancer.
• Seán Foran, 84, Irish Gaelic football player (Offaly).
• Bill Hunter, 95, British political activist and author.
• Michael Masser, 74, American songwriter ("Saving All My Love for You", "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)").
• Sriballav Panigrahi, 74, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha (1984–1989, 1991–1998).
• Tahsin Şahinkaya, 90, Turkish air force general, Commander (1978–1983).

10

• Diarmuid Mac an Adhastair, 71, Irish actor (Ros na Rún).
• David Bowman, 82, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Western New York (1987-1998).
• Ben Cook, 69, American radio host and sportswriter.
• Jimmy Murray, 82, Scottish footballer.
• Sardar Abdul Qayyum, 91, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
• Roger Rees, 71, Welsh-American actor (Cheers, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, The West Wing), Tony Award winner (1982), stomach cancer.
• Omar Sharif, 83, Egyptian actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl), heart attack.
• Jon Vickers, 88, Canadian heldentenor, Alzheimer's disease.

11

• Giacomo Biffi, 87, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna (1984–2003).
• Capo, 22, American rapper, shot.
• Patricia Crone, 69-70, Danish historian and author (Hagarism).
• Hussein Fatal, 38, American rapper (Outlawz), traffic collision.
• Satoru Iwata, 55, Japanese businessman, president and CEO of Nintendo (2002-2015), tumor in bile duct.
• André Leysen, 88, Belgian executive.
• Douglas Lithborn, 48, Swedish politician, Municipal Commissioner for Sollentuna (since 2010).
• P. Chendur Pandian, 65, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA for Kadayanallur (2011–2015).
• Thomas Piccirilli, 50, American writer, brain cancer.
• Bojan Udovič, 57, Yugoslav Olympic cyclist, traffic collision.

12

• Sergey Artsibashev, 63, Russian theatre director.
• Cheng Siwei, 80, Chinese economist, President of the China Democratic National Construction Association (1996–2007).
• Bosse Larsson, 81, Swedish television presenter (Allsång på Skansen), brain cancer.

13

• Sir John Buchanan, 72, New Zealand natural resource executive, CFO for BP (1996–2002), Director of BHP Billiton (2003–2015), Chairman of ARM Holdings.
• Glenn Houle, 87, American classical composer and conductor, traffic collision.
• Philipp Mißfelder, 35, German politician, member of the Bundestag (since 2005), pulmonary embolism.
• Arturo Paoli, 102, Italian Roman Catholic priest and missionary.
• Joan Sebastian, 64, Mexican singer and songwriter, bone cancer.
• Martin Litchfield West, 77, British classical scholar.
• Eric Wrixon, 68, Northern Irish keyboardist (Them, Thin Lizzy).
• Gerhard Zwerenz, 90, German writer and politician, member of the Bundestag (1994–1998).

14

• Yohanna Dickson, 64, Nigerian military officer, Governor of Taraba (1993–1997).
• George Gardner Fagg, 81, American federal judge.
• Wolf Gremm, 73, German film director and screenwriter, complications from cancer.
• Ismet Hadžić, 61, Bosnian footballer, cancer.
• Neil Lawrence, 61, Australian advertising executive.
• Mansour Nariman, 80, Iranian oud player.
• Franz Ferdinand Nentwig, 85, German opera baritone.
• Olaf Pooley, 101, English actor (Doctor Who, Sunday Night Theatre) and writer.
• Marlene Sanders, 84, American television news executive (ABC World News Tonight, CBS News) and journalist, cancer.
• Alby Schultz, 76, Australian politician, NSW MP for Burrinjuck (1988–1998), federal MP for Hume (1998–2013), cancer.
• Ildikó Schwarczenberger, 63, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1976).
• Dave Somerville, 81, Canadian-American singer (The Diamonds), cancer.
• M. S. Viswanathan, 87, Indian music composer and film scorer.

15

• Masahiko Aoki, 77, Japanese economist, lung disorder.
• Glennwood Branche, 62, American news executive and producer (ABC World News Tonight), leukemia.
• Phil Cayzer, 93, Australian rower.
• Alan Curtis, 80, American harpsichordist, conductor and scholar.
• Alexis FitzGerald, Jnr, 70, Irish politician, member of the Seanad Éireann (1982–1987) and Teachta Dála (1982), Lord Mayor of Dublin (1981–1982).
• Doug Layton, 81, American radio broadcaster (WAQY) and football announcer (Alabama Crimson Tide), implemented Beatles music ban in response to John Lennon's comments, stomach cancer.
• Gary Mack, 69, American JFK assassination expert and archivist (Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza), cancer.
• Curtis McCall, 59, American movie theater executive, founder and President of Marquee Cinemas, leukemia.
• Aubrey Morris, 89, British actor (A Clockwork Orange, Love and Death, The Wicker Man).
• Sheila Ramani, 80s, Indian actress, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Howard Rumsey, 97, American jazz double bassist.
• Wan Li, 98, Chinese politician, Chairman of the National People's Congress (1988–1993).
• Fred Wendorf, 90, American archaeologist.

16

• Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, 24, Kuwaiti-born Jordanian-American suspected killer (2015 Chattanooga shootings), shot.
• Michael J. Burns, 68, American banker, director of the Alaska Permanent Fund (2004–2015).
• Joseph Caprani, 95, Irish cricket player and umpire.
• Barbara H. Colby, 94, American CIA family benefit advocate, ex-wife of Director of Central Intelligence William Colby, heart attack.
• Alcides Ghiggia, 88, Uruguayan-Italian football player and manager (Peñarol), heart attack.
• Kinnie Gibson, American stuntman (RoboCop 2), hot air balloon racer and Powerhouse Rocketbelt marketer and designer, cancer.
• Sir Jack Goody, 95, British social anthropologist.
• Brian Hall, 68, Scottish footballer (Liverpool), leukaemia.
• Alan Kupperberg, 62, American comic book artist (The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man), thymus cancer.
• Jean Lacouture, 94, French journalist and historian.
• Jim Mayne, 64, Canadian politician, leader of Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party (1983–1989).
• V. Ramakrishna, 67, Indian playback singer and film scorer, cancer.
• Moreshwar Save, 85, Indian politician, MP for Aurangabad (1989–1996).
• Veikko Savela, 96, Finnish politician.
• W. Wilbert Welch, 97, American theologian.

Unknown Dates

• Allan Beard, 95, British civil servant.
• Roger Bordier, 92, French author.
• Caspar Bowden, 53, British privacy advocate, cancer.
• Scot Breithaupt, 57, American BMX cyclist.
• Xu Caihou, 71, Chinese general, Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission, bladder cancer.
• Pierre Daboval, 96, French artist.
• Lalo García, 43, Spanish basketball player (CB Valladolid, national team).
• Hugh Johnson, 70, Irish cinematographer (Eragon, G.I. Jane, The Chronicles of Riddick).
• Thomas Mayer, 88, American economist.
• Shlomo Moussaieff, 90, Israeli diamond merchant and antique collector.
• Kayla Mueller, 26, American activist, humanitarian aid worker, ISIS hostage.
• Roy Ralph, 94, English cricketer (Essex).
• Terry Sue-Patt, 50, British actor (Grange Hill).
• Joy Tamblin, 89, British WRAF officer.
• Ragne Tangen, 88, Norwegian children's television presenter.
• Fons van Wissen, 82, Dutch footballer (PSV Eindhoven, national team).

Incidents That Claimed Multiple Lives

• January 7 - Charlie Hebdo shooting
  • Cabu, 76, French cartoonist
  • Cabu, 76, French cartoonist
  • Elsa Cayat, 54, French psychoanalyst and columnist
  • Charb, 47, French caricaturist and journalist
  • Philippe Honoré, 73, French cartoonist
  • Bernard Maris, 68, French economist and journalist
  • Mustapha Ourrad, 60, Algerian-born French copyeditor
  • Tignous, 57, French cartoonist
  • Georges Wolinski, 80, French cartoonist
• March 9 - Villa Castelli helicopter collision
  • Florence Arthaud, 57, French sailor
  • Camille Muffat, 25, French swimmer, Olympic gold medalist (2012)
  • Alexis Vastine, 28, French boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (2008)