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Deaths in August 2016

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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2016.

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

  • Anne of Romania, 92, French-born Romanian royal, queen consort of King Michael.
  • Frank Blas, 75, Guamanian politician, Lieutenant Governor (1987–1995), cancer.
  • Peter Paul Brennan, 75, American Old Catholic prelate, Archbishop of New York.
  • Oscar Celli Gerbasi, 70, Venezuelan politician, Governor of Carabobo (1985–1989).
  • Dai Dower, 83, Welsh flyweight boxer.
  • Trayan Dyankov, 40, Bulgarian football player and manager (FC Spartak Varna).
  • Andre Hajdu, 84, Hungarian-born Israeli composer and educator (Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University).
  • Yabezi Kiiza, 78, Ugandan politician, Prime Minister of Bunyoro (2009–2012).
  • Jonathan D. Krane, 65, American film producer (Face/Off, Look Who's Talking, Michael).
  • Harrie Langman, 85, Dutch politician, Minister of Economic Affairs (1971–1973).
  • Louis Marriott, 81, Jamaican actor, director, writer and broadcaster.
  • Jim Northrup, 73, American Ojibwe writer, kidney cancer.
  • Raimundo Ongaro, 91, Argentine union leader (CGTA).
  • Allen K. Ono, 82, American army lieutenant general.
  • Sir Derek Oulton, 89, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery (1982–1989).
  • George Brigars Williams, 87, Ghanaian actor.

    • 2

  • Terence Bayler, 86, New Zealand actor (Monty Python's Life of Brian, Time Bandits, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone).
  • Jonathan Borwein, 65, Scottish mathematician.
  • Tony Chater, 86, British newspaper editor and communist activist.
  • Forbes Carlile, 95, Australian swimming coach and modern pentathlete.
  • Gordon Danby, 86, American physicist and inventor.
  • John Fox, 87, English cricketer.
  • James Martin Hayes, 92, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1967–1990).
  • David Huddleston, 85, American actor (The Big Lebowski, Blazing Saddles, Santa Claus: The Movie), heart and kidney disease.
  • René Landry, 79, Canadian politician.
  • Robert Mabro, 81, Egyptian economist.
  • Franciszek Macharski, 89, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków (1979–2005).
  • Juan Carlos Mesa, 86, Argentine humorist.
  • Álvaro Pérez Intriago, 79, Ecuadorian politician, member of the National Congress (1984–1986, 1996–2002), Mayor of Quito (1978–1982).
  • Greg Stemrick, 64, American football player (Houston Oilers), heart attack.
  • Neil Wilkinson, 61, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers, Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra).
  • Ahmed Zewail, 70, Egyptian-American scientist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999).

    • 3

  • Shahram Amiri, 38, Iranian nuclear scientist, execution by hanging.
  • Chris Amon, 73, New Zealand motor racing driver, cancer.
  • Mansueto Bianchi, 66, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Volterra (2000–2006) and Pistoia (2006–2014).
  • Elizabeth Colson, 99, American social anthropologist.
  • Russell Coughlin, 56, Welsh footballer (Carlisle, Plymouth, Swansea), traffic collision.
  • Louis Herman, 86, American marine biologist, bile duct cancer.
  • Mel Hurtig, 84, Canadian publisher and political activist, pneumonia.
  • Abdul Jeelani, 62, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers, Dallas Mavericks).
  • Blake Krikorian, 48, American businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Slingbox, heart attack.
  • Steve LaTourette, 62, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio's 14th district (1995–2013), pancreatic cancer.
  • Ricci Martin, 62, American musician.
  • Shakira Martin, 30, American-born Jamaican model and beauty queen, Miss Jamaica Universe (2011), sickle-cell disease.
  • Robert Rosencrans, 89, American businessman, chairman of C-SPAN.
  • Irving Sablosky, 92, American diplomat.
  • Elliot Tiber, 81, American artist and writer (Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life), stroke.

    • 4

  • Jean Antone, 73, American professional wrestler (AWA, AJW, CSW).
  • Eugene Atkinson, 89, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district (1979–1983).
  • Bruce Burrell, 63, Australian murderer, liver and lung cancer.
  • David Dudley Dowd, Jr., 87, American federal judge, member of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (1982–1996).
  • Patrice Munsel, 91, American coloratura soprano.
  • Albert Nicholas, 85, American businessman and philanthropist.
  • Robert Ramsay, 42, American baseball player (Seattle Mariners), seizure.
  • Snaffu Rigor, 69, Filipino singer and songwriter, lung cancer.
  • Craven C. Rogers Jr., 81, American air force lieutenant general.
  • Gaspar Saladino, 88, American comic letterer (Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, Arkham Asylum).
  • Zinaida Sharko, 87, Russian stage actress.
  • Likas Tarigan, 92, Indonesian politician, member of the People's Consultative Assembly (1978–1988).
  • Charles Toubé, 58, Cameroonian footballer (Tonnerre Yaoundé, national team).
  • Ducksy Walsh, 50, Irish handball player.

    • 5

  • Hans-Jürgen Appelrath, 64, German educator (University of Oldenburg).
  • David Attwooll, 67, British poet and publisher, Erdheim–Chester disease.
  • Shamim Ara, 78, Pakistani actress and director.
  • Alan Bates, 71, American physician and politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (2001–2005) and Senate (since 2005).
  • Mahim Bora, 92, Indian writer, brain haemorrhage.
  • Leslie Brown, 61, American historian, leukemia.
  • Sir Robin Chichester-Clark, 88, British politician, MP for Londonderry (1955–1974).
  • Joe Davis, 75, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Carlisle United).
  • Don Donnithorne, 90, New Zealand architect.
  • Joellyn Duesberry, 72, American landscape artist, pancreatic cancer.
  • Alphons Egli, 91, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (1983–1989).
  • Richard Fagan, 69, American songwriter and musician, liver cancer.
  • Harold Hillman, 85, British scientist, heart failure.
  • Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro, 74, Uruguayan politician, Minister of Defence (since 2011), respiratory problems.
  • Vander Lee, 50, Brazilian singer-songwriter.
  • Leovigildo López Fitoria, 89, Nicaraguan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Granada (1972–2003).
  • Ines Mandl, 98, Austrian-born American biochemist.
  • George E. Mendenhall, 99, American Biblical scholar.
  • Annet Nieuwenhuyzen, 85, Dutch actress.
  • Sir Leonard Peach, 83, British civil servant, Chief Executive of the National Health Service (1986–1989).
  • Stuart D. B. Picken, 74, Scottish philosopher, academic, and cleric
  • Erling Ree-Pedersen, 94, Norwegian civil servant, Director of Tax Administration (1976–1982).
  • Salvador Q. Quizon, 91, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa (1979–2002).
  • John Alan Robinson, 86, British philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist.
  • Howard Schachman, 97, American biochemist, pneumonia.

    • 6

  • Guillermo Anderson, 54, Honduran singer, thyroid cancer.
  • Sid Applebaum, 92, American businessman, co-founder of Rainbow Foods.
  • José Becerra, 80, Mexican bantamweight boxer, world champion (1959–1960).
  • Philip Bialowitz, 90, Polish Holocaust survivor and resistance fighter.
  • Chow Lien-hwa, 96, Chinese Baptist minister and theologian.
  • Helen Delich Bentley, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Maryland's 2nd district (1985–1995), brain cancer.
  • Joani Blank, 79, American entrepreneur (Good Vibrations), Butterfly vibrator inventor, author and feminist sex educator.
  • Alfredo Bowman, 82, Honduran herbalist.
  • Art Demmas, 83, American football official.
  • Alan Dossor, 74, British theatre director.
  • Kenneth Durham, 62, British educationalist, headmaster of University College School.
  • Midget Farrelly, 71, Australian surfer, world champion (1965), stomach cancer.
  • Pete Fountain, 86, American clarinetist.
  • Sally Katary, 70, American Egyptologist.
  • Ercole Lupinacci, 82, Italian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Lungro (1987–2010).
  • Temple Painter, 83, American harpsichordist and organist.
  • Ivo Pitanguy, 93, Brazilian plastic surgeon.
  • Brian Roberts, 71, Australian footballer (Richmond).
  • Mel Slack, 72, English footballer (Southend United, Cambridge United).
  • Samuel Robin Spark, 78, Scottish artist.
  • Vietnam Veedu Sundaram, 73, Indian screenwriter and film director.
  • Norman Twain, 85, American stage and film producer (Lean on Me, Bajour, My Dog Tulip).
  • Michael Walter, 57, German luger, world champion (1985).
  • Don Welch, 84, American poet and academic.
  • Jan Wilsgaard, 86, Norwegian-born Swedish automobile designer (Volvo).
  • Walter C. Young, 91, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1972–1992).

    • 7

  • David M. Borden, 79, American jurist, Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1990–2007), pancreatic cancer.
  • John Boreland, 46, Northern Irish loyalist activist, shot.
  • Yuri Bregel, 90, Russian historian.
  • Larry Brink, 92, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).
  • Gustavo Bueno, 91, Spanish philosopher.
  • Rodolfo Camacho, 40, Colombian-born Venezuelan cyclist, shot.
  • Bryan Clauson, 27, American racing driver, race collision.
  • Mito Croes, 70, Aruban politician.
  • Joe Duplin, 82, American sailor, world champion (1963).
  • H. F. Gierke III, 73, American judge.
  • Jack Günthard, 96, Swiss gymnast, Olympic champion (1952).
  • Anđelko Klobučar, 85, Croatian composer and organist.
  • Sagan Lewis, 62, American actress (St. Elsewhere, Homicide: Life on the Street), cancer.
  • Hans Ragnemalm, 76, Swedish judge and academic.
  • Sir Ronald Scott, 88, New Zealand sports administrator.
  • Jack Sears, 86, British race and rally driver.
  • Peter Stein, 91, British legal scholar.
  • Roy Summersby, 81, English footballer (Crystal Palace, Millwall, Portsmouth).
  • B. E. Taylor, 65, American musician ("Vitamin L"), brain cancer.
  • Ivo Urbančič, 85, Slovenian philosopher.
  • Janus van der Zande, 91, Dutch marathon runner.
  • Dolores Vargas, 80, Spanish singer, complications of leukemia.
  • Ruby Winters, 74, American soul singer ("Make Love to Me", "I Will").

    • 8

  • Nikola Anastasov, 84, Bulgarian actor.
  • Ali Baba, 76, Pakistani writer.
  • Mikhail Bariban, 67, Russian Olympic triple jumper (1972).
  • Doris Bohrer, 93, American intelligence operative.
  • Mike Brumley, 78, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
  • Makandal Daaga, 80, Trinidadian political activist.
  • Edward Daly, 82, Northern Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Derry (1974–1993).
  • Željko Kopanja, 61, Bosnian newspaper editor.
  • Jyothi Lakshmi, 63, Indian actress, leukemia.
  • Vijaya Nandasiri, 72, Sri Lankan actor and dramatist.
  • Klaus Weber, 80, German biologist.
  • George Yarno, 58, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Atlanta Falcons, Houston Oilers), stomach cancer.

    • 9

  • Bill Alsup, 78, American race car driver, crane accident.
  • Panchu Arunachalam, 76, Indian film writer (Kazhugu, Paayum Puli) and director (Manamagale Vaa), cardiac arrest.
  • Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendía, 76, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tarazona (1990–1995) and Vitoria (1995–2016).
  • Susan Baer, 65, American transportation executive, cancer.
  • Karl Bögelein, 89, German football player and coach (VfB Stuttgart).
  • Barendra Krushna Dhal, 77, Indian journalist.
  • Bill Dooley, 82, American football coach (North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Tech Hokies, Wake Forest Demon Deacons).
  • Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, 64, British billionaire property developer.
  • Fabio Garriba, 71, Italian actor (Slap the Monster on Page One).
  • Siegbert Horn, 66, German slalom canoeist, Olympic champion (1972), cancer.
  • Barry Jenner, 75, American actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dallas, Family Matters), acute myeloid leukemia.
  • Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi, 96, Pakistani politician, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (1978–1986).
  • Bob Kiley, 80, American public transport planner, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Jimmy Levine, 61/62, American R&B musician and record producer.
  • Jimmy D. Long, 84, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Legislature (1968–2000), traffic collision.
  • W. Carter Merbreier, 90, American television personality (Captain Noah and His Magical Ark).
  • Ernst Neizvestny, 91, Russian-American sculptor.
  • Kalikho Pul, 47, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (2016) and MLA for Hayuliang (since 1995), suicide by hanging.
  • Philippe Roberts-Jones, 91, Belgian art historian.
  • Wang Tuoh, 72, Taiwanese writer and politician, MLY for Keelung (1996–2008), complications of a heart attack.

    • 10

  • Neill Armstrong, 90, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (Edmonton Eskimos, Chicago Bears).
  • John Bennett, 84, Irish hurler (Cork).
  • Des Calverley, 96, Australian football player (Fitzroy, Richmond).
  • Lovell Coleman, 78, American-born Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).
  • C. Welborn Daniel, 90, American politician and judge.
  • Walter Hollenweger, 89, Swiss theologian and author.
  • Donald Lee, 83, South African cricketer.
  • John H. Moore, 77, American anthropologist.
  • Kenneth Osterberger, 86, American politician, member of the Louisiana Senate (1972–1992).
  • Harold Peterman, 74, American politician, member of the Delaware House of Representatives (since 2011).
  • Steve Pivovar, 63, American sports journalist (Omaha World-Herald).
  • John Saunders, 61, Canadian-born American sports journalist (ESPN, The Sports Reporters) and broadcaster (ESPN on ABC).
  • Sasi Shanker, 57, Indian film director (Kunjikoonan).
  • Cynthia Szigeti, 66, American actress (National Lampoon's European Vacation, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
  • James J. Tietjen, 83, American scientist and businessman.
  • Ideler Tonelli, 91, Argentine politician.
  • Gerhard Tötschinger, 70, Austrian actor.
  • Tom Wilson, 72, American football player and coach (Texas A&M Aggies), cancer.

    • 11

  • Hamdi Al Banbi, 80, Egyptian businessman and politician, Petroleum Minister (1991–1999).
  • Roly Bain, 62, English priest and clown.
  • Charles Bawden, 92, British Mongolist.
  • Leon Donohue, 77, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys).
  • James B. Dunn, 89, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1973–2000).
  • Elmo Fernando, 75, Sri Lankan broadcaster.
  • Paul Friedrich, 88, American anthropologist and linguist.
  • Hanif Mohammad, 81, Pakistani cricketer (national team).
  • Sigbjørn Ravnåsen, 74, Norwegian politician.
  • Francesco Sgalambro, 82, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cefalù (2000–2009).
  • Len Steckler, 88, American photographer, illustrator and filmmaker.
  • Thomas Steinbeck, 72, American writer and war photographer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  • Sir Ian Turbott, 94, New Zealand diplomat, Administrator of Antigua (1958–1964) and Grenada (1964–1967).
  • Glenn Yarbrough, 86, American folk singer ("Baby the Rain Must Fall", "It's Gonna Be Fine", "San Francisco Bay Blues").

    • 12

  • Keith Blunt, 77, English football coach (Sutton United, Malmö, Viking), cancer.
  • Paul Kraabel, 83, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1971–1975), subdural hematoma.
  • Juan Pedro de Miguel, 58, Spanish Olympic handball player (1980, 1984).
  • Alison Piepmeier, 43, American writer, brain cancer.
  • Ljubomir Popović, 81, Serbian painter.
  • Sir Swinton Thomas, 85, British judge.
  • Ruby Wilson, 68, American blues, soul and gospel singer, heart attack.

    • 13

  • Kenny Baker, 81, British actor (Star Wars, Time Bandits, Flash Gordon).
  • Ettore Bernabei, 95, Italian television director and producer.
  • Miguel Bortolini, 74, Mexican politician, cancer.
  • Connie Crothers, 75, American jazz pianist, cancer.
  • Patricia English, 84, British actress (The Avengers).
  • Gita Hall, 82, Swedish-American actress (The Gun Runners).
  • Allen Kelley, 83, American basketball player, Olympic champion (1960).
  • Pramukh Swami Maharaj, 94, Indian religious leader.
  • Françoise Mallet-Joris, 86, Belgian writer.
  • Emidio Massi, 94, Italian politician, President of Marche (1978–1990).
  • S. P. Sarguna Pandian, 75, Indian politician.
  • Michel Richard, 68, French-born American chef, complications from a stroke.
  • Adi Sasono, 73, Indonesian politician, Minister of Cooperatives and Small Businesses (1998–1999).
  • Joyce Carol Thomas, 78, American poet, playwright, motivational speaker, and author.
  • Liam Tuohy, 83, Irish football player and manager (Shamrock Rovers, Newcastle United, national team).
  • Holger Ursin, 82, Norwegian physician.

    • 14

  • Marion Christopher Barry, 36, American construction company owner, drug overdose.
  • Bi Chunfang, 89, Chinese Shaoxing opera performer.
  • Neil Black, 84, English oboist.
  • Raphael Cheenath, 81, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar (1985–2011).
  • DJ Official, 39, American hip hop musician, bone marrow cancer.
  • Fyvush Finkel, 93, American actor (Picket Fences, Boston Public, A Serious Man), Emmy winner (1994).
  • Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, 89, British judge and law lord.
  • Aboud Jumbe, 96, Tanzanian politician, President of Zanzibar (1972–1984).
  • Hermann Kant, 90, German writer.
  • Ron Vander Kelen, 76, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Wisconsin Badgers), MVP of the 1963 Rose Bowl.
  • Horst Meyer, 90, Swiss physicist.
  • Ken Meyer, 91, American football coach (San Francisco 49ers).
  • Na. Muthukumar, 41, Indian lyricist, jaundice.
  • Edgar Peltenburg, 74, Canadian archaeologist.
  • Lorenzo Piani, 60, Italian singer and songwriter.
  • Sohail Qaiser, 51, Pakistani squash player, world champion (1985), cancer.
  • Yasumitsu Toyoda, 81, Japanese baseball player (Saitama Seibu Lions, Tokyo Yakult Swallows), pneumonia.
  • James Woolley, 49, American keyboardist (Nine Inch Nails, 2wo), Grammy winner (1993).

    • 15

  • Hotaru Akane, 32, Japanese pornographic actress.
  • Dennis Akumu, 82, Kenyan politician, MP for Nyakach (1969–1973, 1992–1997).
  • Dick Assman, 82, Canadian gas station manager.
  • Dalian Atkinson, 48, English footballer (Ipswich Town, Aston Villa), tased.
  • Choo-Choo Coleman, 78, American baseball player (New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies), cancer.
  • Sarath de Abrew, 63, Sri Lankan judge.
  • Solange Fasquelle, 83, French writer.
  • Stefan Henze, 35, German canoeist and coach, Olympic silver medalist (2004), traffic collision.
  • Joseph Hone, 79, Irish spy writer.
  • Bobby Hutcherson, 75, American jazz musician, emphysema.
  • Harold Kalina, 88, American politician.
  • Alison Kelly, 102, English art historian.
  • Monique Koeyers-Felida, 49, Curaçaoan politician, member of the Estates of Curaçao (2010–2015).
  • T. A. Razzaq, 58, Indian screenwriter (Perumazhakkalam).
  • Bambi Sheleg, 58, Chilean-born Israeli journalist and magazine editor, cancer.
  • Makhenkesi Stofile, 71, South African politician and diplomat, Premier of the Eastern Cape (1997–2004), Minister of Sport and Recreation (2004–2010), Ambassador to Germany (since 2011).
  • Richard Wackar, 88, American football and basketball coach (Rowan Profs).

    • 16

  • Jean-Guy Allard, 68, Canadian journalist and author.
  • Mauril Bélanger, 61, Canadian politician, MP for Ottawa—Vanier (since 1995), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Andrew Florent, 45, Australian tennis player, colorectal cancer.
  • Jorge García Isaza, 88, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro (1989–2003).
  • Charti Lal Goel, 89, Indian politician.
  • João Havelange, 100, Brazilian football executive, President of FIFA (1974–1998).
  • John McLaughlin, 89, American political commentator and television personality (The McLaughlin Group).
  • Jemma Redmond, 38, Irish biotechnologist.
  • Luis Álvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro, 73, Brazilian businessman, President of Santos FC (2010–2014).
  • Richard Seminack, 74, American Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (since 2003), cancer.
  • Gurdial Singh, 83, Indian writer.
  • Ken Thornett, 78, Australian rugby league player (Parramatta Eels, national team, Leeds).
  • John Timoney, 68, Irish-born American police officer, chief of Miami Police Department (2003–2010), Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department (1998–2002), lung cancer.

    • 17

  • George Anthan, 80, American journalist, cardiac arrest.
  • Steve Arlin, 70, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians).
  • James R. Bennett, 76, American politician, Secretary of State of Alabama (1993–2003, 2013–2015), cancer.
  • Thomas P. G. Cholmondeley, 48, Kenyan farmer and landowner, complications after surgery.
  • Baby Dalupan, 92, Filipino basketball coach (Crispa, Great Taste, Purefoods), pneumonia.
  • John Ellenby, 75, British computer scientist.
  • John Fischer, 86, Belgian-born American pianist and composer, stroke.
  • Katharine Blodgett Gebbie, 84, American astrophysicist.
  • Nachum Heiman, 82, Latvian-born Israeli composer, recipient of the Israel Prize (2009).
  • Arthur Hiller, 92, Canadian-born American film director (Love Story, The Hospital, The In-Laws), President of AMPAS (1993–1997).
  • Barry Hollowell, 68, Canadian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Calgary (1999–2005).
  • William Landles, 92, Scottish sculptor.
  • Víctor Mora, 85, Spanish comic book writer.
  • Barry Myers, 79, British advertising filmmaker.
  • Mool Singh, 63, Indian politician, Madhya Pradesh MLA for Raghogarh (1985–1989, 2008–2013), heart attack.
  • Renuka Sinha, 67, Indian politician, MP for Cooch Behar (since 2014), heart attack.
  • Shelby Westbrook, 94, American World War II pilot (Tuskegee Airmen).

    • 18

  • René Bonino, 86, French Olympic sprinter (1952, 1956), silver medalist at 1954 European Championship.
  • Rovshan Janiyev, 41, Azerbaijani-Russian criminal, shot.
  • Machali, 20, Indian tigress.
  • Maxon Mbendera, 57, Malawian judge and chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission.
  • Jérôme Monod, 85, French political advisor.
  • Michael Napier Brown, 79, British actor, theatre director and playwright.
  • Ernst Nolte, 93, German historian.
  • Jan van Cauwelaert, 102, Belgian-Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Inongo (1954–1967).
  • John William Vessey Jr., 94, American military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1982–1985).

    • 19

  • Trevor Baker, 94, British meteorologist.
  • Subrata Banerjee, 71, Indian cricket umpire.
  • Judes Bicaba, 69, Burkinabe Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dédougou (since 2005).
  • Peter Blundell Jones, 67, British architect and architectural historian.
  • Adrian Enescu, 68, Romanian composer.
  • Anthony Evans, 73, South African cricketer.
  • Jay S. Fishman, 63, American business executive, CEO of Travelers, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Donald Henderson, 87, American physician, smallpox eradication program director, broken hip complications.
  • Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 54, Spanish nobleman.
  • Edward T. Maloney, 88, American aviation historian.
  • John Penn Mayberry, 77, American mathematical philosopher.
  • Colin O'Brien, 76, British photographer.
  • Lou Pearlman, 62, American record producer, music manager (Backstreet Boys, NSYNC) and convicted criminal.
  • Nina Ponomaryova, 87, Russian discus thrower, Olympic champion (1952, 1960).
  • Krzysztof Ptak, 62, Polish cinematographer (Pornografia).
  • Jack Riley, 80, American actor (The Bob Newhart Show, Rugrats, Spaceballs), pneumonia.
  • Horacio Salgán, 100, Argentine tango musician.
  • Mohammad Ali Samatar, 81, Somali politician, Prime Minister (1987–1990).
  • Bob Skelton, 81, New Zealand jockey, bowel cancer.
  • Danus Skene, 72, Scottish politician.
  • Derek Smith, 85, British jazz pianist.
  • Mira Stupica, 93, Serbian actress (Parada).

    • 20

  • Sam Bawlf, 72, Canadian politician and author, MLA (1976–1979).
  • Detlev Blanke, 75, German Esperantist.
  • Lilia Cuntapay, 81, Filipino actress (Shake, Rattle & Roll, Brokedown Palace, Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay).
  • George E. Curry, 69, American journalist.
  • Daniela Dessì, 59, Italian opera singer, cancer.
  • Irving Fields, 101, American pianist.
  • Jim Gibbons, 79, American football player (Detroit Lions), double pneumonia.
  • Harry Gilmer, 90, American football player (Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions).
  • Richard P. Korf, 91, American mycologist.
  • Charles-Émile Loo, 94, French politician, member of the European Parliament (1979–1989) and the National Assembly (1967–1968, 1973–1978).
  • Eugeniusz Geno Malkowski, 73, Polish artist.
  • John J. McGlynn, 94, American politician.
  • Ignacio Padilla, 47, Mexican writer, traffic collision.
  • Joseph A. Palaia, 89, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1989–2008).
  • Luis Rodolfo Peñaherrera Bermeo, 80, Ecuadorian artist.
  • Brian Rix, Baron Rix, 92, British actor (And the Same to You) and activist (Mencap).
  • Morton Schindel, 98, American film producer.
  • Louis Smith, 85, American jazz trumpeter.
  • Louis Stewart, 72, Irish jazz guitarist.
  • Morris A. Wessel, 98, American pediatrician.
  • M. K. Wren, 77/78, American science fiction writer.

    • 21

  • Headley Bennett, 85, Jamaican saxophonist.
  • Abd al-Rahman Fakhri, 79, Yemeni poet and literary critic.
  • Basia Frydman, 70, Polish-born Swedish actress (The Slingshot).
  • Peter deCourcy Hero, 73, American philanthropy consultant, esophageal cancer.
  • Morihiko Hiramatsu, 92, Japanese politician, Governor of Ōita Prefecture (1979–2003).
  • Sir Antony Jay, 86, English broadcaster, director and writer (Yes Minister).
  • Per Lønning, 88, Norwegian Lutheran bishop and politician, MP (1958–1965).
  • Marin Moraru, 79, Romanian actor.
  • Norma Moriceau, 72, Australian costume designer (Mad Max 2, "Crocodile" Dundee, Patriot Games).
  • Mario Novelli, 76, Italian actor.
  • Benet Rosell, 78, Spanish artist.
  • Guido Schmidt-Chiari, 84, Austrian banker (Creditanstalt).
  • Rab Stewart, 54, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Motherwell, Falkirk).
  • Hanako Tokachi, 70, Japanese actress.

    • 22

  • Farid Ali, 71, Bangladeshi actor.
  • Michael Brooks, 58, American basketball player (La Salle, San Diego Clippers, Indiana Pacers), stroke.
  • Jordi Carbonell, 92, Spanish politician, President of ERC (1996–2004).
  • Jackson B. Davis, 98, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Legislature (1956–1980).
  • Girolamo Grillo, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia (1983–2006).
  • Paul Landreaux, 72, American college basketball coach (El Camino College, Saint Mary's)
  • Michael Leader, 78, British actor (EastEnders, Star Wars, Doctor Who).
  • Li Yinyuan, 97, Chinese physicist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).
  • Liu Dajun, 90, Chinese agricultural scientist, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).
  • Edward Malefakis, 84, American history professor.
  • V. S. Mani, 74, Indian legal scholar.
  • Don McIver, 80, New Zealand military officer, Chief of General Staff (1987–1989), director of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (1991–1999).
  • S. R. Nathan, 92, Singaporean politician, President (1999–2011), stroke.
  • Geneton Moraes Neto, 60, Brazilian writer and journalist, aortic aneurysm.
  • Jacqueline Pagnol, 95, French actress (Topaze).
  • Charlie Sands, 68, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels).
  • Gilli Smyth, 83, English singer (Gong).
  • Toots Thielemans, 94, Belgian jazz guitarist, whistler and harmonica player (Man Bites Harmonica!).
  • Jane Thompson, 89, American designer and architect, cancer.

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  • Andreas Barkoulis, 80, Greek actor.
  • Barry Chamish, 64, Canadian-born Israeli writer.
  • Bryan Clutterbuck, 56, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers), colon cancer.
  • Dennis Hackett, 87, British journalist and editor (Queen, Nova, Today).
  • Mohammad Heydari, 79, Iranian musician and songwriter, cancer.
  • Steven Hill, 94, American actor (Mission: Impossible, Law & Order, The Firm).
  • Esther Jungreis, 80, Hungarian-born American religious leader, founder of Hineni, pneumonia.
  • William McAllister-Johnson, 77, Canadian academic.
  • André Melançon, 74, Canadian film director.
  • Berit Mørdre, 76, Norwegian cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1968).
  • Evita Muñoz, 79, Mexican actress, pneumonia.
  • Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe, 93, American World War II pilot ace and politician, mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi (1973–1981).
  • Gerald J. Oppenheimer, 94, American librarian and academic.
  • Tony Pasquesi, 83, American football player (Chicago Cardinals).
  • Joseph Chilton Pearce, 90, American author.
  • Aaron W. Plyler, 89, American politician.
  • Mercedes Pulido, 78, Venezuelan politician and diplomat.
  • Edgar Schoen, 91, American physician.
  • Reinhard Selten, 85, German economist, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1994).
  • Henri de Turenne, 94, French journalist and screenwriter.
  • Ria Vedder-Wubben, 65, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (2003–2011).
  • Elsie Wayne, 84, Canadian politician, MP from Saint John (1993–2004).
  • Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas (1983–2005).

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  • Juan Bell, 48, Dominican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers), kidney illness.
  • Joel Bergman, 80, American architect (The Mirage).
  • Neil Berry, 94, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns).
  • Michel Butor, 89, French writer.
  • Glen Evans, 80, New Zealand politician.
  • Tom Ganley, 73, American businessman and politician.
  • Gilles-Gaston Granger, 96, French analytic philosopher.
  • Laurence Higgins, 87, American Roman Catholic priest.
  • George Kaczender, 83, Hungarian-born Canadian film director (In Praise of Older Women).
  • Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai, 96, Indian politician, Governor of Haryana (2004–2009), Rajasthan (2007), West Bengal (1998–1999), and Bihar (1979–1985, 1993–1998).
  • Shūgorō Nakazato, 96, Japanese martial artist, aspiration pneumonia.
  • Walter Scheel, 97, German politician, President of West Germany (1974–1979), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1969–1974) and Vice-Chancellor (1969–1974).
  • Gregory P. Schmidt, 69, American politician, cancer.
  • Roger Y. Tsien, 64, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (2008).
  • Miguel Varela, 76, Filipino businessman.
  • Henning Voscherau, 75, German politician, Mayor of Hamburg (1988–1997), brain tumor.
  • Nina Yeryomina, 82, Russian basketball player, world champion (1959).

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  • Dame Margaret Anstee, 90, British diplomat, Director-General of the UN Office in Vienna (1987–1992).
  • Robert Todd Carroll, 71, American academic, scientific skeptic and writer (The Skeptic's Dictionary), cancer.
  • James Cronin, 84, American physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1980).
  • Paul Dade, 64, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres), cancer.
  • André Dehertoghe, 75, Belgian Olympic middle-distance runner (1968, 1972).
  • Maria Eugénia, 89, Portuguese actress.
  • Warren Hinckle, 77, American political journalist, pneumonia.
  • Rodolfo Illanes, 58, Bolivian politician, beaten.
  • Marvin Kaplan, 89, American actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Alice, The Great Race).
  • Anna Kurska, 87, Polish politician, member of the Senate (2001–2007).
  • Sergey Marchuk, 64, Russian speed skater, European champion (1978).
  • Wynona Mulcaster, 101, Canadian painter and teacher.
  • Sonia Rykiel, 86, French fashion designer.
  • Eddy Silitonga, 65, Indonesian singer.
  • G. Spencer-Brown, 93, English polymath.
  • Rudy Van Gelder, 91, American recording engineer.

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  • Peter Barry, 88, Irish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982–1987), Tánaiste (1987), TD (1969–1997).
  • Graham Cairns-Smith, 84, British scientist.
  • Paul Comi, 84, American actor (Cape Fear, The Towering Inferno, Rawhide).
  • Hatuey de Camps, 69, Dominican politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1979–1982), cancer.
  • Joe DeMaestri, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees).
  • James Doyle, 78, American politician, Mayor of Pawtucket, Rhode Island (1997–2011).
  • Bill Etra, 69, American inventor (Rutt/Etra Video Synthesizer), heart failure.
  • Harald Grønningen, 81, Norwegian cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1968).
  • Phyllis Harmon, 99, American cycling advocate.
  • Steve Korcheck, 84, American baseball player (Washington Senators) and college president (State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota), heart failure.
  • Winfried Menrad, 77, German politician, MEP (1989–2004).
  • J. Alec Motyer, 91, Irish-born British biblical scholar.
  • Michael Phillips, British ice dancer. (death announced on this date)
  • Anton Pronk, 75, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Martyn Quayle, 57, Manx politician, member of the House of Keys (2001–2011), injuries sustained in a fall.
  • Davoud Rashidi, 83, Iranian actor.
  • Jānis Reinis, 55, Latvian actor (Another Mother).
  • E. Parry Thomas, 95, American banker and businessman.
  • Jiří Tichý, 82, Czech football player.
  • Erika Wallner, 70, Argentine actress, kidney failure.

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  • Alcindo, 71, Brazilian footballer (Grêmio), diabetes.
  • Joy Browne, 71, American talk show host.
  • Ronnie Cope, 81, English football player and manager (Manchester United, Luton Town).
  • Tamim Chowdhury, 30, Bangladeshi-Canadian emir of ISIL in Bangladesh, shot.
  • Cookie, 83, Australian-born Major Mitchell's cockatoo, world's oldest parrot, euthanized.
  • Alan Cuthbert, 84, British pharmacologist.
  • Jaime Davidovich, 79, Argentine-American artist.
  • Leon Everitt, 69, American baseball player (San Diego Padres).
  • Jean-Paul Fouletier, 77, French weightlifter.
  • Cesare Gelli, 83, Italian actor.
  • Bill Lenkaitis, 70, American football player (New England Patriots), brain cancer.
  • Zenzo Matsuyama, 91, Japanese screenwriter and director.
  • Alan Smith, 77, English footballer (Torquay).
  • Hans Stenberg, 63, Swedish politician, MP (1991–2010).
  • Peter Stephens, 88, British journalist and newspaper editor.

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  • Hubbard Alexander, 77, American football coach (Dallas Cowboys).
  • Sir Ronald Arculus, 93, British diplomat and businessman, Ambassador to Italy (1979–1983).
  • Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, 80, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1984–2014), Defense Minister (2001–2002), kidney disease.
  • Mr. Fuji, 82, American professional wrestler and manager (WWF).
  • Juan Gabriel, 66, Mexican singer and songwriter, heart attack.
  • Lennart Häggroth, 76, Swedish ice hockey player, world champion (1962) and Olympic silver medalist (1964).
  • Joe R. Hicks, 75, American social activist.
  • Nate Hirsch, 68, American sports broadcaster (Georgia Southern Eagles).
  • William H. Lacy, 71, American businessman, CEO of MGIC (1987–1999), respiratory failure.
  • Volodymyr Patyk, 89, Ukrainian artist.
  • Ken Purchase, 77, British politician, MP (1992–2010).
  • Shahid Qadri, 74, Bangladeshi poet, kidney disease.
  • Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, 86, Indian politician, Governor of Madhya Pradesh (1993–1998), Uttar Pradesh (1996, 1998), and Bihar (1991–1993).
  • Charles Z. Smith, 89, American judge, Justice of the Washington Supreme Court (1988–2002).
  • Darrell Ward, 52, American reality television personality (Ice Road Truckers), plane crash.

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  • Bronisław Baczko, 92, Polish philosopher.
  • Ken Black, 84, Canadian politician.
  • Joan Chambers, 86, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Ballarat South (1979–1982).
  • Michael Di Pasqua, 63, American jazz drummer.
  • Dee Dowis, 48, American football player (U.S. Air Force Academy), traffic collision.
  • Erwin Gabathuler, 83, Northern Irish nuclear physicist.
  • Nestor Ignat, 98, Romanian journalist.
  • Yunus Jaffery, 86, Indian Persian scholar.
  • Harry Jepson, 96, English rugby league administrator.
  • Tommaso Labranca, 54, Italian writer.
  • Edward Latter, 88, New Zealand military officer, politician, MP for Marlborough (1975–1978), and diplomat, High Commissioner to Canada (1980–1985).
  • Reg Matthewson, 77, English footballer (Sheffield United, Fulham).
  • Anne O'Brien, 60, Irish footballer (Reims, Lazio, Trani).
  • Dinanath Pathy, 74, Indian painter and art historian.
  • Ann Smyrner, 81, Danish actress (Reptilicus).
  • Gene Wilder, 83, American actor (The Producers, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Young Frankenstein), screenwriter and author, complications of Alzheimer's disease.

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  • Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, 38/39, Syrian Islamist leader (ISIL in Syria), bombing.
  • Eleanor Barooshian, 66, American rock musician (The Cake).
  • Josip Bukal, 70, Bosnian footballer.
  • Věra Čáslavská, 74, Czech gymnast, Olympic champion (1964, 1968), pancreatic cancer.
  • Dan Dryden, 72, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (since 2011), cancer.
  • Dave Durie, 85, English footballer (Blackpool, Chester City).
  • Nabile Farès, 75, Algerian-born French novelist.
  • Hoot Hester, 65, American fiddle player, cancer.
  • Frederick King, 93, Canadian politician, MP (1979–1988).
  • David Lavery, 67, American academic and television historian (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
  • Doris McLemore, 89, American teacher, last fluent speaker of the Wichita language.
  • Marc Riboud, 93, French photographer.
  • Brian Robinson, 76, New Zealand inorganic chemist.
  • John Sacher, 76, British retailer (Marks & Spencer).
  • Joe Sutter, 95, American aeronautical engineer, chief designer of the Boeing 747.

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  • Raymond Daveluy, 89, Canadian composer, organist, music educator and arts administrator.
  • Antonino Fernández Rodríguez, 98, Spanish businessman.
  • Nathan Lyons, 86, American photographer.
  • B. Daniel Riley, 70, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1999–2003, 2007–2011).
  • Myron Tribus, 94, American organizational theorist.
  • David H. Trump, 85, British archaeologist.
  • Brian Wildsmith, 86, English painter and children's book illustrator.
  • Miles Vaughan Williams, 98, British pharmacologist.
  • Kashmiri Lal Zakir, 97, Indian poet and novelist.

    • References

    Deaths in August 2016 Wikipedia
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