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Deaths in August 2013

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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2013.

Contents

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

  • Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

    • 1

  • John Amis, 91, British broadcaster, classical music critic and writer.
  • John Blumsky, 84, New Zealand broadcaster and journalist.
  • Chua Boon Huat, 33, Malaysian field hockey player, traffic collision.
  • John Dengate, 74, Australian folk singer and songwriter.
  • Arthur J. England, Jr., 80, American judge, member of the Florida Supreme Court (1975–1981).
  • Mike Hinton, 57, American guitarist, cancer.
  • Dick Kazmaier, 82, American football player and businessman, winner of the Heisman Trophy (1951), heart and lung disease.
  • Gail Kobe, 81, American actress (Peyton Place, Gunsmoke) and producer (The Bold and the Beautiful).
  • Ritham Madubun, 42, Indonesian footballer, stroke.
  • Babe Martin, 93, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns).
  • Colin McAdam, 61, Scottish footballer.
  • P. V. Ranga Rao, 73, Indian politician, heart disease.
  • Toby Saks, 71, American cellist, founder of the Seattle Chamber Music Society, pancreatic cancer.
  • Wilford White, 84, American football player (Chicago Bears, Toronto Argonauts), natural causes.

    • 2

  • Patricia Anthony, 66, American science fiction author.
  • Julius L. Chambers, 76, American lawyer and civil rights activist.
  • V. Dakshinamoorthy, 93, Indian carnatic musician and music director.
  • Richard E. Dauch, 71, American automotive executive, co-founder of American Axle, cancer.
  • Kurt Ehrmann, 91, German footballer.
  • Ola Enstad, 70, Norwegian sculptor.
  • Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida, 97, Brazilian geologist.
  • George Hauptfuhrer, 87, American lawyer and basketball player.
  • Raymond E. Joslin, 76, American television executive (Hearst Corporation), stomach cancer.
  • Alla Kushnir, 71, Russian-born Israeli chess grandmaster.
  • Par Par Lay, 67, Burmese comedian and satirist, prostate cancer.
  • Quincy Murphy, 60, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (since 2002), cancer.
  • David Nalle, 88, American diplomat, writer and lecturer, editor of the Central Asia Monitor.
  • Joe F. Smith, 94, American politician, Mayor of Charleston, West Virginia (1980–1983), member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1997–2002).
  • Barbara Trentham, 68, American actress (Rollerball), complications from leukemia.
  • Pixie Williams, 85, New Zealand singer, complications from dementia, diabetes and Parkinson's disease.

    • 3

  • Yuri Brezhnev, 80, Russian Soviet politician.
  • John Coombs, 91, British racing driver and team owner.
  • Dixie Evans, 86, American burlesque dancer, stroke.
  • Jack English Hightower, 86, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1953–1955), Senator (1965–1974), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas (1975–1985).
  • Jack Hynes, 92, Scottish-born American footballer.
  • Marina Kalashnikova, Russian historian and journalist.
  • Eiichi Kawatei, 79, Japanese sports executive (ITF, ATF), led push to return tennis to Olympics in 1988, heart failure.
  • Samuel Lamb, 88, Chinese Christian pastor.
  • Rose Morat, 107, American centenarian and assault victim.
  • Joy Onaolapo, 30, Nigerian champion Paralympic weightlifter (2012). (death announced on this date)
  • John Palmer, 77, American journalist and news anchor (NBC News), pulmonary fibrosis.
  • Duane J. Roth, 63, American pharmaceutical and technology executive, CEO of CONNECT, complications from injuries in bicycle collision.
  • Dutch Savage, 78, American professional wrestler and promoter, complications from stroke.
  • Suthee Singhasaneh, 85, Thai politician, Senator and MP, Minister of Finance (1986–1988, 1991–1992).
  • Ronald Siwani, 32, South African cricketer.
  • Iryna Zhylenko, 72, Ukrainian poet.

    • 4

  • Betty Lee Babcock, 91, American politician, First Lady of Montana (1962–1969), member of Montana House of Representatives (1975–1977).
  • Keith H. Basso, 73, American anthropologist, cancer.
  • Sherko Bekas, 73, Iraqi Kurdish poet.
  • Yitzhak Berman, 100, Ukrainian-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1977–1984), Speaker (1980–1981), Minister of Energy and Water Resources (1981–1982).
  • John Billingham, 83, British-born American space executive (NASA), chief of life science at Ames Research Center.
  • Ronny Bruckner, 56, Belgian businessman.
  • Wilf Carter, 79, English footballer (Plymouth Argyle), cancer.
  • Inmaculada Cruz, 52, Spanish politician, member of the Senate (since 2011), cancer.
  • Art Donovan, 89, American football player (Baltimore Colts), inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame (1968), respiratory ailment.
  • Dominick Harrod, 72, British journalist, BBC economics correspondent, complications from a fall.
  • Bill Hoskyns, 82, British Olympic silver-medalist fencer (1960, 1964).
  • Norris Hoyt, 76, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1975–1983).
  • Daniel Kan, 86, Dutch mathematician.
  • Olavi J. Mattila, 94, Finnish politician.
  • David Plawecki, 65, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate (1970–1982).
  • Des Raj, 69, Indian cricket umpire.
  • Renato Ruggiero, 83, Italian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2001–2002), Director General of World Trade Organization (1995–1999).
  • Jasjit Singh, 79, Indian military officer, air commodore (Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses).
  • Tony Snell, 91, British RAF fighter pilot.
  • Stanisław Targosz, 65, Polish military officer, commanding general of the Polish Air Force (2005–2007).
  • Charles-Omer Valois, 89, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint-Jérôme (1977–1997).
  • Billy Ward, 20, Australian Olympic boxer (2012), suicide.
  • Kramer Williamson, 63, American sprint car racing driver, inducted into National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (2008), race collision.
  • Sir John Forster Woodward, 81, British military officer, Royal Navy admiral (Falklands War).
  • Tim Wright, 63, American bass guitarist (Pere Ubu, DNA), cancer.

    • 5

  • Ruth Asawa, 87, American sculptor, natural causes.
  • Malcolm Barrass, 88, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers), dementia.
  • İnal Batu, 76, Turkish politician and diplomat, Ambassador to the UN and Italy, MP (1997–1999).
  • Shawn Burr, 47, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks), complications from fall.
  • Jaime Luiz Coelho, 97, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop and Archbishop of Maringá (1956–1997).
  • George Duke, 67, American Grammy Award-winning jazz fusion keyboardist, chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
  • Willie Dunn, 71, Canadian Mi'kmaq folk singer, film maker, songwriter and First Nations activist.
  • Kenneth John Frost, 78, American astrophysicist.
  • Robert Häusser, 88, German photographer.
  • Lin Chieh-liang, 55, Taiwanese physician and toxicologist, pneumonia and multiple organ failure.
  • Hector Luisi, 94, Uruguayan politician, Foreign Minister (1967–1968), Ambassador to the United States (1985–1990).
  • Qaqambile Matanzima, 63, South African tribal leader and politician, stabbed.
  • Quraish Pur, 81, Pakistani scholar, writer and television host.
  • Roy Rubin, 87, American basketball coach (Philadelphia 76ers (1972–1973), Long Island University).
  • Frank Valdor, 75, German band leader.
  • May Song Vang, 62, Laotian-born American Hmong community leader, widow of General Vang Pao, complications from cancer.
  • Leonard Watson, 85, New Zealand cricketer.
  • Rob Wyda, 54, American judge, commander of U.S. Navy Reserve JAG Corps, heart attack.

    • 6

  • Steve Aizlewood, 60, Welsh footballer (Newport County, Portsmouth).
  • Dino Ballacci, 89, Italian football player and manager.
  • Ze'ev Ben-Haim, 105, Israeli linguist.
  • Marco Bucci, 52, Italian Olympic discus thrower (1984), heart attack.
  • Jeremy Geidt, 83, British-born American stage actor and acting coach (Harvard University), co-founder of the American Repertory Theater, heart attack.
  • John Kingsmill, 92, Australian author.
  • Lidia Korsakówna, 79, Polish actress.
  • Stan Lynde, 81, American cartoonist (Rick O'Shay, Latigo), cancer.
  • Earlene Roberts, 77, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1989–2005).
  • Mava Lee Thomas, 83, American baseball player (Fort Wayne Daisies), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Dave Wagstaffe, 70, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers).
  • Jerry Wolman, 86, American football team owner (Philadelphia Eagles, 1963–1969) and hockey team owner (Philadelphia Flyers).
  • Selçuk Yula, 53, Turkish footballer, heart attack.

    • 7

  • Samuel G. Armistead, 85, American linguist.
  • Zev Asher, 50, Canadian experimental musician and filmmaker, cancer.
  • David Braybrooke, 88, American political philosopher, complication following cancer surgery.
  • Roy Davies, 79, Welsh Anglican prelate, Bishop of Llandaff (1985–1999).
  • Thomas Fee, 82, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1970–1994).
  • Almir Kayumov, 48, Russian football player and referee.
  • David Leighton, 91, American Episcopalian prelate, Bishop of Maryland (1972–1985).
  • Elisabeth Maxwell, 92, French holocaust scholar, widow of Robert Maxwell.
  • Paul Mercier, 89, Canadian politician, MP for Blainville—Deux-Montagnes (1993–1997) and Terrebonne—Blainville (1997–2000).
  • Hiroshi Ogawa, 62, Japanese animator (Crayon Shin-chan, Lupin III), stomach cancer.
  • Anthony Pawson, 60, Canadian genetic researcher, expert in cell communication.
  • Margaret Pellegrini, 89, American actress (The Wizard of Oz), complications of a stroke.
  • Sean Sasser, 44, American HIV activist, educator and reality TV personality (The Real World: San Francisco), mesothelioma.
  • Pat Sheahan, 85, New Zealand Rugby Union player and publican.
  • Luís Gonzaga Ferreira da Silva, 90, Portuguese-born Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lichinga (1972–2003).
  • Abhay Pratap Singh, 76, Indian politician.
  • Keith Skillen, 65, English footballer (Workington A.F.C.), motor neurone disease.
  • Vasily Tikhonov, 55, Russian ice hockey coach, fall.
  • Meeli Truu, 67, Estonian architect.
  • Alexander Yagubkin, 52, Russian boxer, world amateur heavyweight champion (1982).

    • 8

  • Les Ascott, 91, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).
  • Chikondi Banda, 33, Malawian footballer, complications of malaria.
  • Karen Black, 74, American actress (Five Easy Pieces, Nashville, Easy Rider, The Great Gatsby), ampullary cancer.
  • Johannes Bluyssen, 87, Dutch Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Den Bosch (1966–1983).
  • Fernando Castro Pacheco, 95, Mexican artist and teacher.
  • Jack Clement, 82, American record and film producer, songwriter and singer (Sun Records, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, U2), liver cancer.
  • Al Coury, 78, American music executive, complications from a stroke.
  • Nicolae Gheorghe, 66, Romanian anthropologist and Roma activist, colon cancer.
  • Johnny Hamilton, 78, Scottish footballer.
  • Derek Hockridge, 79, British actor and translator (Asterix).
  • Jiří Krejčík, 95, Czech film director (Divine Emma), screenwriter and actor (Cosy Dens).
  • Igor Kurnosov, 28, Russian chess grandmaster, traffic collision.
  • Jimmy McColl, 88, Scottish Olympic footballer (1948).
  • Joseph M. McLaughlin, 80, American judge, member of the US District for Eastern NY (1981–1990), US Court of Appeals – Second Circuit (since 1990), pneumonia.
  • Barbara Mertz, 85, American mystery writer (The Last Camel Died at Noon).
  • John Rankine, 94, British science fiction author.
  • Regina Resnik, 90, American operatic mezzo-soprano.
  • Juana Marta Rodas, 88, Paraguayan ceramist.
  • Jaymala Shiledar, 86, Indian singer and actor, multiple organ failure.
  • Léon Aimé Taverdet, 90, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Langres (1981–1999).
  • Ios Teper, 98, Ukrainian-born Australian Soviet military officer, awarded Order of the Red Banner for Battle of Berlin.
  • James Sterling Young, 85, American historian and academic.

    • 9

  • Hezekiah Braxton, 79, American football player.
  • Harry Elliott, 89, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).
  • Eduardo Falú, 90, Argentine guitarist and composer.
  • Leo Fraser, 86, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1985–1991), Senate (1991–2001), leukemia.
  • Haji, 67, Canadian actress (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!).
  • Glen Hobbie, 77, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals).
  • Ruthe Jackson, 92, American community organizer and broadcaster.
  • Louis Killen, 79, British musician, folk singer (The Clancy Brothers) and songwriter, cancer.
  • Johnny Logan, 86, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates).
  • William Lynch, Jr., 72, American politician, complications related to kidney disease.
  • Brian Moll, 88, British-born Australian actor (A Country Practice, Street Fighter).
  • Ahmed Ishtiaq Mubarak, 65, Malaysian Olympic hurdler (1968, 1972, 1976) and coach.
  • Phill Nixon, 57, British darts player, cancer.
  • John Oakley, 88, New Zealand cricketer.
  • Urbano Tavares Rodrigues, 89, Portuguese academic and author.
  • John H. Ross, 95, American military officer, Reconnaissance Army Air Corps pilot decorated for the Battle of the Bulge.
  • Vladimir Vikulov, 67, Russian Olympic champion ice hockey player (1968, 1972).
  • Anup Lal Yadav, 100, Indian politician, MP for Saharsa, Bihar MLA for Triveniganj.

    • 10

  • Batile Alake, 78, Nigerian waka singer.
  • William P. Clark, Jr., 81, American civil servant, National Security Advisor (1982–1983), Secretary of the Interior (1983–1985), Parkinson's disease.
  • László Csatáry, 98, Hungarian police commander, convicted Nazi war criminal, pneumonia.
  • Jonathan Dawson, 71, Australian film maker, critic and historian.
  • Eydie Gormé, 84, American singer ("Blame It on the Bossa Nova").
  • David C. Jones, 92, American military officer, USAF general, Chief of Staff of the Air Force (1974–1978), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1978–1982), Parkinson's disease.
  • Somdet Kiaw, 85, Thai Buddhist prelate, acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, Abbot of Wat Saket (since 2004), blood infection.
  • Calvin Ledbetter, Jr., 84, American politician and academic, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (1967–1976).
  • Sir Quo-wei Lee, 95, Hong Kong banker, chairman of Hang Seng Bank Ltd., unofficial member of the Executive and Legislative Councils.
  • Ahmed Mustafa, 69, Pakistani cricketer.
  • Jody Payne, 77, American musician (Willie Nelson's Family), heart failure.
  • Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo, 87, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Quixadá (1971–1986) and Parnaíba (1986–2001).
  • Allan Sekula, 62, American artist, cancer.
  • Tan Ah Eng, 58, Malaysian politician, MP for Gelang Patah (2004–2012), brain cancer.
  • Bob Thomas, 87, American politician and newspaper columnist, member of the Nevada Assembly (1982–1988).
  • Amy Wallace, 58, American writer.

    • 11

  • Comrade Alipio, Peruvian guerrilla leader.
  • George Barasch, 102, American labor union leader.
  • Bob Bignall, 91, Australian Olympic soccer player (1956).
  • Penelope Casas, 70, American food author, pioneer of Spanish cuisine in the United States, complications from leukemia.
  • Raymond Delisle, 70, French racing cyclist.
  • Jean Bethke Elshtain, 72, American philosopher and academic, complications from heart failure.
  • Don Friedman, 83, American politician and radio talk show host, member of the Colorado House of Representatives (1962–1976).
  • Zafar Futehally, 93, Indian ornithologist and conservationist, lung failure.
  • Shirley Herz, 87, American Tony Award-winning publicist (2009), complications from a stroke.
  • David Howard, 76, English ballet teacher.
  • Matthew Kaufman, 70, British biologist.
  • Frank O'Reilly, 91, Irish businessman, banker and academic; Chancellor of the University of Dublin (1985–1998).
  • Denis Perera, 82, Sri Lankan army general and diplomat.
  • Henry Polic II, 68, American actor (When Things Were Rotten, Webster, Batman: The Animated Series), cancer.
  • Lamberto Puggelli, 75, Italian stage and opera director.
  • Gianni Rocca, 84, Italian Olympic sprinter (1948).
  • George Tall Chief, 96, American Sioux tribal leader, Chief of Osage Nation (1982–1990), National Native American Hall of Fame inductee.
  • Judit Temes, 82, Hungarian Olympic champion swimmer (1952).
  • Maung Wuntha, 68, Burmese writer and activist, cancer.

    • 12

  • Tereza de Arriaga, 98, Portuguese painter.
  • Hans-Ekkehard Bob, 96, German military pilot, World War II flying ace.
  • Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, 44, Dutch royal, complications following 2012 skiing accident.
  • F. Joseph Gossman, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Raleigh (1975–2006).
  • Jeffrey Gros, 75, American ecumenist and theologian.
  • I.B. Holley, Jr., 94, American military historian.
  • Pauline Maier, 75, American historian and academic, lung cancer
  • David McLetchie, 61, Scottish politician, MSP for Lothian (1999–2003, since 2011) and Edinburgh Pentlands (2003–2011), cancer.
  • Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov, 83, Russian writer and journalist
  • Paul O'Neill, 84, Canadian actor, writer, historian and broadcaster (CBC).
  • Ramon Pereira P., 94, Panamanian radio broadcaster.
  • Robert Trotter, 83, Scottish actor (Take the High Road), director and photographer.
  • Henny ter Weer, 91, Dutch Olympic fencer (1948).

    • 13

  • Anatoly Albul, 77, Russian Olympic bronze medalist wrestler (1960).
  • Kris Biantoro, 75, Indonesian actor and singer, kidney disease.
  • Lothar Bisky, 71, German politician, MEP (since 2009), MP for PDS (2005–2009), Landtag of Brandenburg (1990–2005).
  • Bert de Jong, 56, Dutch rally driver, cancer.
  • Tompall Glaser, 79, American country music singer.
  • Damon Intrabartolo, 39, American playwright (Bare: A Pop Opera) and orchestrator (Superman Returns, In Good Company).
  • Bertice Jacelon, 98, Trinidadian cricket umpire.
  • Laurence Kaapama, 29, Namibian footballer (Eleven Arrows, national team). (body discovered on this date)
  • Alfonso Lara, 67, Chilean footballer (Colo-Colo), cancer.
  • Rui Moreira Lima, 94, Brazilian military fighter pilot.
  • Jun Sadogawa, 34, Japanese manga author (Muteki Kanban Musume), suicide by hanging.
  • Aaron Selber, Jr., 85, American retail executive and philanthropist, heart failure.
  • Alyce Spotted Bear, 67, American Three Affiliated Tribes academic, politician and civil servant, National Advisory Council on Indian Education (since 2010), liver cancer.
  • Sir Michael Stoker, 95, British physician.
  • Sonatane Tuʻa Taumoepeau-Tupou, 70, Tongan politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister (2004–2009).
  • Jean Vincent, 82, French football player (Lille OSC, Stade de Reims) and coach (FC Nantes, Cameroon, Tunisia).

    • 14

  • Gia Allemand, 29, American model and reality television star (The Bachelor), suicide by hanging.
  • Stephen Easley, 60, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (2013), complications from an infection.
  • Vin Evans, 78, English cricketer (Durham).
  • Kevin Feeney, 61, Irish judge, member of the High Court (since 2006), suspected heart attack.
  • René Fernández Apaza, 89, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Sucre (1983–1988) and Cochabamba (1988–1999).
  • John Forfar, 96, British paediatrician and academic.
  • Jack Garfinkel, 95, American basketball player (Boston Celtics).
  • Jack Germond, 85, American journalist (Washington Star, The Baltimore Sun) and novelist, pulmonary disease.
  • Dilip Singh Judeo, 64, Indian politician, MP for Bilaspur (1989–1998), Chhattisgarh MLA for Kharasia (1988–1989).
  • Sándor Keresztes, 94, Hungarian diplomat and jurist, president of the Christian Democratic People's Party (1989–1990), MP (1947–1948, 1990, 1994–1998).
  • Lisa Robin Kelly, 43, American actress (That '70s Show), multiple drug intoxication.
  • Allen Lanier, 67, American rock keyboardist and guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult), complications from COPD.
  • Min Lu, 60, Burmese humorist, poet and writer, lung cancer.
  • Luciano Martino, 79, Italian film producer, director and screenwriter, pulmonary edema.
  • Iqbal Mirchi, 63, Indian underworld figure, heart attack.
  • Paddy Power, 84, Irish politician, MEP (1977–1979), TD for Kildare (1969–1989).
  • Mack Rankin, 83, American oilman and Texas Rangers part-owner.
  • Mark Sutton, 42, British stuntman, parachutist at 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, stunt wing-diving accident.

    • 15

  • Abdul Rahman Al-Sumait, 65, Kuwaiti Islamic scholar and medical practitioner.
  • S. M. Laljan Basha, 56, Indian politician, MP for Guntur (1991–1996) and Andhra Pradesh (2002–2008), traffic collision.
  • Jane Harvey, 88, American jazz singer, stomach cancer.
  • Peter Huttenlocher, 82, German-born American neuroscientist, pneumonia.
  • Beatrice Kozera, 92, American book character (On the Road), natural causes.
  • Bert Lance, 82, American civil servant and presidential advisor, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1977).
  • William S. Livingston, 93, American academic, President of the University of Texas at Austin (1992–1993).
  • Martin Manley, 60, American sports writer and statistician, suicide by gunshot.
  • Rosalía Mera, 69, Spanish textile executive (Inditex, Zara), complications from a stroke.
  • Sławomir Mrożek, 83, Polish playwright.
  • Selliah Ponnadurai, 78, Sri Lankan cricket umpire.
  • August Schellenberg, 77, Canadian-born American actor (Free Willy, Eight Below, The New World), lung cancer.
  • Marich Man Singh Shrestha, 71, Nepali politician, Prime Minister (1986–1990), lung cancer.
  • Robert R. Taylor, 73, Canadian wildlife photographer, cancer.
  • Jacques Vergès, 88, Thai-born French lawyer, heart attack.
  • Pat Wiggins, 73, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1998–2004) and Senate (2006–2010).

    • 16

  • Desh Azad, 75, Indian cricketer.
  • Roy Bonisteel, 83, Canadian journalist and television host, cancer.
  • Chris Hallam, 49, Welsh Paralympian swimmer and wheelchair racer, cancer.
  • Kalyan Mitter, 76, Indian cricket player and coach.
  • John Munro, 84, Australian cricket and football player.
  • Carlos Prada Sanmiguel, 73, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Duitama–Sogamoso (1994–2012).
  • David Rees, 95, British mathematician.
  • John Ryden, 82, Scottish footballer (Tottenham Hotspur F.C.).
  • Francesco Scaratti, 74, Italian footballer (A.S. Roma).
  • Ray B. Sitton, 89, American lieutenant general, Director of the Joint Staff (1976–1977).

    • 17

  • Mayavaram Saraswathi Ammal, 91, Indian classical flautist.
  • Stephen Antonakos, 86, Greek-born American painter and sculptor.
  • Bo Bing, 91, Chinese English grammar academic, respiratory failure.
  • Chow Yam-nam, 76, Thai mystic, respiratory disease.
  • Jim Clark, 88, Australian VFL footballer (Carlton Football Club).
  • John Connelly, 85, American college baseball head coach (Northeastern University).
  • Rod Craig, 55, American baseball player (Seattle Mariners), stabbed.
  • Thomas Crowley, 77, American politician, member of the Vermont Senate (1967–1991), complications from hip surgery.
  • Odilia Dank, 74, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1994–2006), cancer.
  • Devin Gray, 41, American basketball player (Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets), heart attack.
  • Jack Harshman, 86, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
  • Joseph Hoàng Văn Tiem, 74, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bui Chu (since 2001).
  • John Hollander, 83, American poet, pulmonary congestion.
  • Claus Jacobi, 86, German journalist, editor-in-chief of Der Spiegel (1962–1968).
  • David Landes, 89, American academic.
  • Kjell Lund, 86, Norwegian architect, songwriter and singer.
  • Frank Martínez, 89, American artist, complications from diabetes and renal disease.
  • Benjamin Mwila, 70, Zambian politician, Minister of Defence (1991–1997), MP for Luanshya, complications of malaria.
  • Thomas Nguyễn Văn Tân, 72, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vĩnh Long (since 2001).
  • Noel Pidding, 86, Australian rugby league player (St George Dragons).
  • Wallace H. Robinson, 93, American Marine Corps general.
  • Gus Winckel, 100, Dutch military pilot.

    • 18

  • Christopher Barton, 85, British Olympic rower (1948).
  • Florin Cioabă, 58, Romanian Romani Pentecostal minister, cardiac arrest.
  • Wes Dakus, 75, Canadian rockabilly musician.
  • Josephine D'Angelo, 88, American baseball player (South Bend Blue Sox).
  • Keith Dollery, 88, Australian cricketer.
  • Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 96, Spanish noble, Duchess of Medinaceli (since 1956).
  • Dezső Gyarmati, 85, Hungarian Olympic water polo champion (1952, 1956, 1964), silver medalist (1948), bronze medalist (1960) and coach.
  • Jean Kahn, 84, French Jewish community leader and human rights activist.
  • Edith Master, 80, American Olympic equestrian (1976).
  • Eyob Mekonnen, 37, Ethiopian reggae singer, complications from a stroke.
  • Tjostolv Moland, 32, Norwegian Army officer and private security contractor, suicide by hanging.
  • José Luis Montes, 57, Spanish football player and coach.
  • Albert Murray, 97, American literary and jazz critic, biographer and novelist.
  • Elaine Sortino, 64, American softball coach (University of Massachusetts), cancer.
  • Rolv Wesenlund, 76, Norwegian actor and comedian.

    • 19

  • Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 89–90, Saudi Arabian prince, second-oldest surviving son of King Abdulaziz.
  • Pat Delaney, 69, Irish hurler (Kilkenny GAA).
  • Russell S. Doughten, 86, American film producer (A Thief in the Night), renal failure.
  • Reha Eken, 88, Turkish footballer.
  • Abdelrahman El-Trabely, 23, Egyptian Olympic wrestler (2012), shot.
  • Abdul Rahim Hatef, 88, Afghan politician, President (1992).
  • Donna Hightower, 86, American singer.
  • Hoàng Cầm, 93, Vietnamese military officer, Senior Lieutenant General (1984–1992), recipient of the Medal of Ho Chi Minh.
  • Mike Tichafa Karakadzai, 56, Zimbabwean military officer and politician.
  • Mirko Kovač, 74, Montenegrin writer.
  • Wacław Kuźmicki, 92, Polish Olympic decathlete (1948).
  • William McDermott, 83, Irish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Huancavélica (1982–2005).
  • Stephenie McMillan, 71, British set decorator (The English Patient, Chocolat, Harry Potter), Oscar winner (1997), ovarian cancer.
  • Matti Murto, 64, Finnish Olympic ice hockey player (1972, 1976), esophageal cancer.
  • Sid Parnes, 91, American academic.
  • Fritz Rau, 83, German music promoter.
  • José Sarria, 90, American LGBT rights activist and drag queen, founder of the Imperial Court System.
  • Kenneth N. Stevens, 89, American computer scientist.
  • Olev Subbi, 83, Estonian artist.
  • Dagon Taya, 95, Burmese author and peace activist, natural causes.
  • Cedar Walton, 79, American jazz pianist.
  • Lee Thompson Young, 29, American actor (The Famous Jett Jackson, Friday Night Lights, Rizzoli & Isles), suicide by gunshot.

    • 20

  • Sathima Bea Benjamin, 76, South African jazz singer, wife of Abdullah Ibrahim.
  • Jim Brothers, 72, American sculptor, cancer.
  • Narendra Dabholkar, 67, Indian social activist, shot.
  • Don Hassler, 84, American jazz musician and businessman.
  • Wayne Hodgson, 54, New Zealand cricketer.
  • Mahmoud Hweimel, Jordanian politician, Member of the House of Representatives.
  • Leslie Jaeger, 87, British–born Canadian civil engineer and academic.
  • Bishun Khare, 80, Indian scientist (SETI Institute).
  • Ernest-Marie Laperrousaz, 89, French historian and archaeologist.
  • Elmore Leonard, 87, American author (Get Shorty, Three-Ten to Yuma), complications from a stroke.
  • Jimmy Mankins, 87, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1975–1983).
  • Marian McPartland, 95, British jazz pianist, writer, composer, and radio host (Piano Jazz).
  • John W. Morris, 91, American army general, Chief of Engineers (1976—1980).
  • Mun Kyong-jin, North Korean head of the Unhasu Orchestra, executed by firing squad.
  • Ewa Petelska, 92, Polish film director (Copernicus) and screenwriter.
  • Charles Pollock, 83, American furniture designer, fire.
  • Ted Post, 95, American director (Hang 'Em High, Magnum Force).
  • Jayant Salgaonkar, 84, Indian historian, academic and astrologer, founder of Kalnirnay almanac.
  • Costică Ștefănescu, 62, Romanian footballer (UEFA Euro 1984), suicide by self-defenestration.

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  • Jean Berkey, 74, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (2000–2004) and Senate (2004–2010).
  • Sid Bernstein, 95, American music producer and promoter, brought The Beatles and The Rolling Stones to the United States.
  • Wellington Burtnett, 82, American Olympic ice hockey player (1956).
  • Rodolfo Tan Cardoso, 75, Filipino chess player, heart attack.
  • C. Gordon Fullerton, 76, American astronaut and test pilot (ALT program, STS-3, STS-51-F), complications from a stroke.
  • David Gilhooly, 70, American ceramicist and printmaker, cancer.
  • Huw Jenkins, 68, Welsh cricket player (Glamorgan).
  • Matti Kasvio, 69, Finnish Olympic swimmer. [4]
  • Ulvis Katlaps, 45, Latvian ice hockey player, stomach cancer.
  • Fred Martin, 84, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen).
  • Enos Nkala, 81, Zimbabwean politician, Minister of Finance (1980–1983), Minister of Defense (1985–1988), multiple organ failure.
  • Lew Wood, 84, American television journalist (The Today Show, CBS News), kidney failure.

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  • Robert M. Bowman, 78, American air force officer.
  • Keiko Fuji, 62, Japanese singer and actress, fall.
  • Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen, 83, Danish badminton player.
  • Sir Geoffrey Inkin, 78, British soldier and public servant.
  • Petr Kment, 71, Czech Olympic bronze-medalist Greco-Roman wrestler (1968).
  • William McIlroy, 85, British secularist and atheist activist.
  • Ronald Motley, 68, American lawyer, led efforts against tobacco companies, complications of organ failure.
  • Jetty Paerl, 92, Dutch singer ("De vogels van Holland").
  • Paul Poberezny, 91, American aviation pioneer, aircraft designer and founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association, cancer.
  • Jim Ramsay, 83, Australian politician, Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Balwyn (1973–1988).
  • Andrea Servi, 29, Italian footballer.
  • Peter Waieng, 47, Papua New Guinean politician, Minister of Defence, stabbed.

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  • Alan Brown, 80, English cricketer (Northumberland).
  • Red Burns, 88, Canadian academic.
  • Richard J. Corman, 58, American railroad executive, owner and founder of R.J. Corman Railroad Group, multiple myeloma.
  • Stephen Crohn, 66, American medical research subject (HIV), suicide.
  • David Garrick, 67, English singer.
  • William Glasser, 88, American psychiatrist and developer of reality therapy, respiratory failure from pneumonia.
  • Charles Lisanby, 89, American production designer, complications from a fall.
  • Henry Maxwell, 81, New Zealand rugby league player (Point Chevalier Pirates).
  • Dean Meminger, 65, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks).
  • Konstanty Miodowicz, 62, Polish politician, member of the Sejm (since 1997), complications from neurosurgery.
  • Peter Needham, 81, South African cricketer.
  • Vesna Rožič, 26, Slovene chess player, peritoneal cancer.
  • Irwin Russell, 87, American entertainment lawyer (Michael Eisner, Jim Henson), complications from leukemia.
  • Nasser Sharify, 87, Iranian academic and librarian.
  • Gilbert Taylor, 99, British cinematographer (Star Wars, The Omen, Dr. Strangelove, Flash Gordon).
  • Javanshir Vakilov, 62, Azerbaijani diplomat and academic.
  • David Watkins, 87, British politician, MP for Consett (1966–1983).
  • Vadim Yusov, 84, Russian cinematographer (Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rublev, Solaris).
  • Tatyana Zaslavskaya, 85, Russian economic sociologist.

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  • Gerry Baker, 75, Scottish-American soccer player (Ipswich Town, Manchester City).
  • Ricardo Elizondo Elizondo, 63, Mexican writer, cancer.
  • Julie Harris, 87, American Tony Award-winning actress (The Belle of Amherst, East of Eden, Knots Landing), heart failure.
  • Alf Kaartvedt, 92, Norwegian historian.
  • Muriel Siebert, 84, American financial executive and philanthropist; first woman member of the New York Stock Exchange, cancer.
  • Newton de Sordi, 82, Brazilian World Cup champion footballer (1958), multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
  • Filippo Strofaldi, 73, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ischia (1997–2012).
  • P. W. Vidanagamage, 79, Sri Lankan cricket umpire.
  • Mike Winters, 82, British comedian.

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  • Ciril Bergles, 79, Slovene poet, essayist and translator.
  • António Borges, 63, Portuguese economist and banker, pancreatic cancer.
  • Robert J. Corts, 96, American politician and judge.
  • Domenico Crusco, 79, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi (1991–1999) and San Marco Argentano-Scalea (1999–2011).
  • William Froug, 91, American Emmy Award-winning television writer, producer (Bewitched, The Twilight Zone, Gilligan's Island).
  • Akio Hattori, 84, Japanese mathematician.
  • Bobby Hoff, 73, American poker player.
  • Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster, 80, British-born American information scientist.
  • Liu Fuzhi, 96, Chinese politician, Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (1988–1993).
  • Bill Nilsson, 80, Swedish motocross racer.
  • Rajko Pavlovec, 81, Slovenian geologist.
  • Raghunath Panigrahi, 79, Indian classical singer and music director.
  • Abdul Samad Abdulla, 67, Maldivian politician, Foreign Minister (since 2012), kidney failure.
  • Gylmar dos Santos Neves, 83, Brazilian World Cup champion footballer (1958, 1962), complications from a heart attack.
  • Karl-Wilhelm Welwei, 82, German historian.

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  • Hélie de Saint Marc, 91, French Resistance member and military officer, participant in 1961 Generals' Putsch.
  • John J. Gilligan, 92, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives for Ohio (1965–1967), Governor of Ohio (1971–1975), heart failure.
  • Kauko Hänninen, 83, Finnish Olympic rower (1956, 1960, 1964).
  • Henny Knoet, 71, Dutch designer (Efteling), cancer.
  • Luigi Lucchini, 94, Italian steel executive, President of Confindustria (1984–1988).
  • Gerard Murphy, 64, British actor (Batman Begins, Doctor Who, Waterworld), prostate cancer.
  • Bill Schmitz, 59, American football coach, United States Coast Guard Academy (1993–1996), Austin Peay University (1997–2002), suicide by jumping.
  • Jack Sinagra, 63, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1992–2002), Mayor of East Brunswick, New Jersey (1989–1991).
  • Sybille Verckist, 78, Belgian Olympic swimmer. [5]
  • Clyde A. Wheeler, 92, American politician and lobbyist.
  • George Whittaker, 93, Canadian politician.

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  • David Barker, 75, English physician and epidemiologist.
  • Zelmo Beaty, 73, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks, Utah Stars).
  • Helene Brandt, 77, American sculptor.
  • Chen Liting, 103, Chinese playwright and film director.
  • Kent Finell, 69, Swedish radio host (Svensktoppen).
  • Maxwell Fuller, 68, Australian chess master.
  • Carl Graffunder, 94, American modernist architect.
  • Magnhild Holmberg, 70, Norwegian politician.
  • Jean Jansem, 93, Turkish-born French painter of Armenian themes.
  • Chris Kennedy, 64, Australian film director (Doing Time for Patsy Cline, A Man's Gotta Do).
  • G. Kent Ketcher, 76, American politician, Mayor of Miami, Oklahoma.
  • Zoltán Kovács, 26, Hungarian footballer.
  • Anatoly Onoprienko, 54, Ukrainian serial killer and mass murderer, heart failure.
  • Bill Peach, 78, Australian journalist and television presenter, cancer.
  • Henry Rebello, 84, Indian Olympic triple jumper (1948) and sport administrator.
  • Héctor Sanabria, 27, Argentinian footballer (Deportivo Laferrere), heart attack.
  • Lucy Smith, 78, Norwegian academic, Rector of the University of Oslo (1993–1998), cancer.
  • Dave Thomas, 79, Welsh international golfer and golf course designer.

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  • Bernard Becker, 93, American ophthalmologist and glaucoma researcher (Washington University School of Medicine), lung cancer.
  • Lorella Cedroni, 52, Italian political philosopher.
  • John Bellany, 71, Scottish painter.
  • Matt Doust, 29, American-born Australian artist, epileptic seizure.
  • Edmund Fitzgerald, 87, American businessman.
  • Murray Gershenz, 91, American actor (The Hangover, I Love You, Man, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone) and entrepreneur, heart attack.
  • Ray Grebey, 85, American labor negotiator for Major League Baseball.
  • Gus, 27, American polar bear, euthanized. (death announced on this date)
  • László Gyetvai, 94, Hungarian footballer (Ferencváros, national team).
  • Francis Kajiya, 59, Zambian footballer.
  • Larry Pennell, 85, American actor (Bubba Ho-Tep).
  • Frank Pulli, 78, American baseball umpire, complications from Parkinson's disease.
  • Brian Smith, 57, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers).
  • Barry Stobart, 75, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
  • Aajonus Vonderplanitz, 66, American food activist, fall.
  • Rafael Díaz Ycaza, 87, Ecuadorian writer.

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  • Jack Beal, 82, American realist painter.
  • Artan Bushati, 49, Albanian football manager.
  • Peter Grzybowski, 59, Polish artist.
  • Joan L. Krajewski, 79, American politician, Member of the Philadelphia City Council (1980–2012), complications from COPD.
  • Robert MacEwen, 85, Scottish rugby player.
  • Darren Manzella, 36, American gay rights activist, traffic collision.
  • Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, 81, Zambian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chipata (1970–1996) and Cardinal Archbishop of Lusaka (1996–2006), cancer.
  • Cliff Morgan, 83, Welsh rugby player and broadcaster.
  • Bruce C. Murray, 81, American space scientist, Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1976–1982), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  • Steven Tari, 41–42, Papua New Guinean cult leader, slashed.
  • Are Vesterlid, 92, Norwegian architect.

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  • Alfredo Betancourt, 98, Salvadoran writer.
  • William C. Campbell, 90, American golfer, U.S. Amateur champion (1964), President of the United States Golf Association (1982–1983).
  • Howie Crittenden, 80, American basketball player (Murray State University).
  • Allan Gotthelf, 70, American philosopher.
  • Seamus Heaney, 74, Irish poet, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1995).
  • Romana Kryzanowska, 90, American Pilates instructor and author.
  • Leo Lewis, 80, American football player (Lincoln Blue Tigers, Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
  • John "Juke" Logan, 66, American blues harmonica player, complications from esophageal cancer.
  • Lotfi Mansouri, 84, Iranian opera director (Canadian Opera Company, San Francisco Opera).
  • Soledad Mexia, 114, Mexican-born American supercentenarian, oldest verified Mexican-born person ever and world's fifth-oldest person, natural causes.
  • Glenn Terrell, 93, American academic, President of Washington State University (1967–1985).

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  • William John Brennan, 75, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wagga Wagga (1984–2002).
  • Butler Blue II, 9, American English Bulldog, mascot of Butler University (2004–2013), dilated cardiomyopathy.
  • Alan Carrington, 79, British chemist.
  • Sir David Frost, 74, British broadcaster (That Was the Week That Was, The Frost Report, The Nixon Interviews), heart attack.
  • Jimmy Greenhalgh, 90, British football player and manager (Darlington F.C.).
  • LeRoy Martin, 84, American police officer, Chicago Police Department superintendent (1987–1992).
  • Donald W. Steinmetz, 88, American judge.
  • Jan Camiel Willems, 73, Belgian mathematician.

    • References

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