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Deaths in December 2014

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The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2014.

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

  • Mario Abramovich, 88, Argentine violinist and composer.
  • Jimmy Duncan, 83, Scottish footballer (Celtic).
  • Alberto Breccia Guzzo, 68, Uruguayan politician.
  • David Cooke, 59, British admiral, Commander Operations (2006–2009).
  • Sita Murt, 68, Spanish fashion designer and businesswoman, cancer.
  • Aco Petrović, 55, Serbian basketball coach.
  • Roberto Sagastume Pinto, 70, Guatemalan politician, Mayor of Esquipulas (1996–2000), Governor of Chiquimula (2001–2003), traffic collision.
  • Dimitrios Trichopoulos, 76, Greek-born American epidemiologist and oncologist, advanced the Mediterranean diet, heart attack.
  • Rocky Wood, 55, New Zealand-born Australian author, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    • 2

  • Don L. Anderson, 81, American geophysicist, cancer.
  • A. R. Antulay, 85, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Maharashtra (1980–1982).
  • Dominique Aubier, 92, French author.
  • Jean Béliveau, 83, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
  • Josie Cichockyj, 50, British wheelchair basketball player.
  • Gerry Fisher, 88, British cinematographer (Highlander, Running on Empty, Wise Blood).
  • Juan Flores, 71, American educator, professor of social and cultural analysis, Guillain–Barré syndrome.
  • Peter Furneaux, 79, English football club chairman and investor (Grimsby Town).
  • Andre Gill, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
  • Bobby Keys, 70, American saxophonist (The Rolling Stones), cirrhosis.
  • John Kotz, 84, British politician, Mayor of Hackney. (death announced on this date)
  • Don Laws, 85, American figure skater and coach, heart failure.
  • Carlos Mamery, 54, Puerto Rican music producer and television personality (Idol Puerto Rico), heart attack.
  • A. J. McNamara, 78, American legislator and federal judge, progressive supranuclear palsy.
  • Lyudmila Perepyolkina, 84, Russian actress.
  • Giampaolo Rugarli, 81, Italian novelist.
  • Jeff Truman, 57, Australian screenwriter and actor (Neighbours, Superman Returns, Home and Away).
  • Deven Verma, 77, Indian film actor.
  • Dennis Walaker, 73, American politician, Mayor of Fargo, North Dakota (since 2006), kidney cancer.

    • 3

  • Herman Badillo, 85, Puerto Rican-born American politician, member of the U.S. House from New York's 22nd (1971–1973) and 21st (1973–1977) districts, heart failure.
  • Jacques Barrot, 77, French politician, European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security (2008–2010).
  • Poppy Bermúdez, 86, Argentine-born Dominican chief executive (Bermúdez).
  • Nathaniel Branden, 84, Canadian-born American psychologist.
  • L. Stephen Coles, 73, American scientist, co-founder and the Executive Director of the Gerontology Research Group, pancreatic cancer.
  • Sjefke Janssen, 95, Dutch racing cyclist.
  • Vicente Leñero, 81, Mexican writer and journalist, pulmonary emphysema.
  • Ann Marcus, 93, American television screenwriter (Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, Peyton Place).
  • Vincent L. McKusick, 93, American attorney, Chief Justice of Maine (1977–1992).
  • Ian McLagan, 69, English keyboardist (Small Faces), stroke.
  • Alfredo Ernest Novak, 84, American-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paranaguá (1989–2006).
  • Patrick Edward O'Connor, 82, New Zealand-born Tokelauan Roman Catholic prelate, Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (1992–2011).
  • Luc Oursel, 55, French businessman, CEO of Areva (2011–2014).
  • Giulio Questi, 90, Italian director and screenwriter (Django Kill, La morte ha fatto l'uovo).
  • Walter Reyno, 79, Uruguayan actor, respiratory failure.
  • Jack Scott, 85, American college football coach.
  • James Stewart, 73, Canadian mathematician and violinist, multiple myeloma.
  • Jim Swink, 78, American football player (Dallas Texans), lymphoma.
  • Sergio Armando Valls, 73, Mexican judge, member of the Supreme Court (since 2004).

    • 4

  • Sitamadji Allarassem, 25, Chadian footballer.
  • Richard Bootzin, 74, American psychologist.
  • Nikolay Brusentsov, 89, Russian computer scientist.
  • Bryan Burwell, 59, American sportswriter, cancer.
  • Hroar Elvenes, 82, Norwegian speed skater.
  • Claudia Emerson, 57, American poet, complications of colon cancer.
  • Frank and Louie, 15, American-born Ragdoll cat, world's oldest diprosopus cat, euthanized.
  • Graeme Goodall, 82, Australian recording engineer and record label owner, co-founder of Island Records.
  • Jack Gregory, 87, American football coach (Rhode Island Rams).
  • Talât Sait Halman, 83, Turkish poet and academic, Minister of Culture and Tourism (1971).
  • V. R. Krishna Iyer, 100, Indian judge, member of the Supreme Court.
  • Lynne Kosky, 56, Australian politician, MLA for Altona (1996–2010), breast cancer.
  • Bob Montgomery, 77, American songwriter ("Heartbeat", "Misty Blue"), Parkinson's disease.
  • Aleksey Nasedkin, 72, Russian pianist and composer.
  • Hugo Niskanen, 94, Finnish Olympic long-distance runner (1952).
  • Jeremy Thorpe, 85, British politician, Leader of the Liberal Party (1967–1976), MP for North Devon (1959–1979), central figure in the Thorpe affair, Parkinson's disease.
  • Rudolf Vanmoerkerke, 90, Belgian businessman.

    • 5

  • Ernest C. Brace, 83, American pilot, longest civilian POW in Vietnam War.
  • Manuel De Sica, 65, Italian composer, heart attack.
  • Queen Fabiola of Belgium, 86, Spanish-born queen consort of King Baudouin.
  • Ralph Adam Fine, 73, American judge, member of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
  • Rod Graber, 84, American baseball player.
  • Jackie Healy-Rae, 83, Irish politician, TD for Kerry South (1997–2011).
  • Luis Herrera de la Fuente, 98, Mexican conductor and composer.
  • Koichi Kawakita, 72, Japanese special effects director (Godzilla vs. Biollante).
  • Arthur Leipzig, 96, American photographer.
  • Gil Marks, 62, American food writer and historian, lung cancer.
  • Dennis Marriott, 75, English cricketer.
  • Gennadi Poloka, 84, Russian Soviet-era film director.
  • Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi, 77, Spanish nobleman.
  • Silvio Zavala, 105, Mexican historian and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1966–1975).

    • 6

  • Ralph H. Baer, 92, American video game pioneer, inventor and engineer, developed the Magnavox Odyssey, recipient of the National Medal of Technology (2004).
  • Mick Barry, 95, Irish road bowler.
  • Robert T. Bennett, 75, American politician.
  • Jimmy Del Ray, 52, American professional wrestler (WWF, WCW), traffic collision.
  • Fred Hawkins, 91, American golfer.
  • Menis Koumandareas, 83, Greek writer.
  • Naphtali Lau-Lavie, 88, Israeli writer and diplomat.
  • Renato Mambor, 78, Italian painter.
  • Juan Antonio Merlos, 73, Salvadoran football player (Águila, national team) and manager.
  • Nick Nicolau, 81, American football coach.
  • Oscar Whisky, 9, Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, fall.
  • Takao Saito, 85, Japanese cinematographer, chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
  • Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah, 39, Saudi Arabian-born external operations chief (al-Qaeda), shot.
  • Luke Somers, 33, British-born American photojournalist and AQAP hostage, shot.
  • Emma Lou Thayne, 90, American Mormon poet.
  • István Varga, 71, Hungarian Olympic handball player.
  • Stella Young, 32, Australian comedian and disability advocate.

    • 7

  • Abdellah Baha, 60, Moroccan politician, Minister of State (since 2012), MP for Rabat (since 2002), hit by train.
  • Charlie Flowers, 77, American football player (Los Angeles Chargers, Ole Miss Rebels).
  • Brian Roy Goble, 57, Canadian musician (Subhumans), heart attack.
  • Irving Guttman, 86, Canadian opera director.
  • Carol Judge, 73, American healthcare advocate and registered nurse, First Lady of Montana (1973–1980), cancer.
  • Mark Lewis, 60, American storyteller, actor and teacher.
  • Norman Mair, 86, Scottish rugby union player and journalist.
  • Mango, 60, Italian singer-songwriter and musician, heart attack.
  • Eddie Rouse, 60, American character actor (American Gangster, Pineapple Express, Being Flynn), liver failure.
  • Grahanandan Singh, 88, Indian Olympic field hockey player.
  • Khalil Ullah Khan, 80, Bangladeshi film and television actor.
  • Tommy Todd, 88, Scottish footballer (Airdrie, Hamilton, Crewe, Derby and Rochdale).
  • Nikolai Vasenin, 95, Russian World War II veteran, Legion of Honour recipient.
  • Ken Weatherwax, 59, American actor (The Addams Family), heart attack.
  • Jerzy Wilim, 73, Polish footballer.

    • 8

  • Paul S. Amenta, 92, American politician, member of the Connecticut Senate.
  • James Brown, 83, Scottish cricketer.
  • Sobho Gianchandani, 94, Pakistani writer and social scientist, heart attack.
  • Tom Gosnell, 63, Canadian politician, Mayor of London, Ontario (1986–1994), cancer.
  • Buddy Hicks, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), complications from a fall.
  • Russ Kemmerer, 84, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox).
  • Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, 87, Indian carnatic vocalist, lung cancer.
  • Mango, 60, Italian singer, heart attack.
  • Ralph Maud, 85, Canadian literary scholar.
  • Knut Nystedt, 99, Norwegian orchestral and choral composer.
  • Brian Sullivan, 48, American lawyer and politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1997–2001), assistant district attorney of Barrow, Alaska, shot.
  • Elmārs Zemgalis, 91, Latvian-born American chess player.

    • 9

  • Dave Behrman, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos), pancreatic cancer.
  • Sacvan Bercovitch, 81, Canadian literary and cultural critic.
  • Ion Butmalai, 50, Moldovan politician, MP (since 2009), suicide by gunshot.
  • Frank Farrington, 88, Australian rugby league player and administrator (Newtown Jets).
  • José Feghali, 53, Brazilian pianist, suicide by gunshot.
  • Jane Freilicher, 90, American representational painter.
  • Stuart Hunt, 87, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives.
  • Robert Kinoshita, 100, American production designer (Lost in Space, Forbidden Planet).
  • Gerd Kirste, 96, Norwegian politician.
  • Jean-Marie Léyé, 82, Ni-Vanuatu politician, President (1994–1999).
  • Jorge María Mejía, 91, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives (1998–2003), Librarian of the Vatican Library (1998–2003).
  • Mary Ann Mobley, 77, American actress (Diff'rent Strokes, Falcon Crest) and television personality, Miss America (1959), breast cancer.
  • Lydia Mordkovitch, 70, Russian-born British violinist.
  • Blagoje Paunović, 67, Serbian football player and manager.
  • Karl Otto Pöhl, 85, German economist, President of the Bundesbank (1980–1991).
  • Lila Sapinsley, 92, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate (1973–1984).
  • Sheila Stewart, 77, Scottish singer, storyteller, and author.
  • Dave Theisen, 73, American football player (Toronto Argonauts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
  • Jože Toporišič, 88, Slovene linguist.
  • Clifford Wright, 87, Canadian politician, Mayor of Saskatoon (1976–1988), lung cancer.

    • 10

  • Ziad Abu Ein, 55, Palestinian politician, coronary blockage from heart hemorrhage.
  • Ralph Giordano, 91, German writer and publicist, complications from hip fracture.
  • Slađa Guduraš, 27, Bosnian singer and actress, traffic collision.
  • Catherine Hughes, 81, British diplomat and academic.
  • Donald Moffitt, 83, American science fiction author.
  • Raúl Gómez Ramírez, 50, Mexican politician, MP for Guanajuato (since 2012), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
  • Robert B. Oakley, 83, American diplomat, Ambassador to Zaire (1979–1982), Somalia (1982–1984) and Pakistan (1988–1991), Parkinson's disease.
  • Otto Pöggeler, 85, German philosopher.
  • Bob Solinger, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs).
  • Judy Baar Topinka, 70, American politician, Illinois Treasurer (1995–2007) and Comptroller (since 2011), complications related to a stroke.
  • Gerard Vianen, 70, Dutch racing cyclist, leukemia.
  • Robert Wolfe, 93, American historian, archivist and World War II veteran.
  • Martin Zijlstra, 70, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1989–2002).

    • 11

  • Tom Adams, 76, English actor (The Great Escape, Licensed to Kill, Doctor Who), cancer.
  • George Ardisson, 83, Italian actor (The Long Hair of Death, Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell).
  • Tim Black, 77, English family planning pioneer, founder of Marie Stopes International.
  • Benigno De Grandi, 90, Italian footballer (Palermo, A.C. Milan).
  • John D. Driggs, 87, American politician, Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona (1970–1974), established the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, pancreatitis.
  • Michel duCille, 58, American photojournalist (The Washington Post), heart attack.
  • Sergio Fiorentini, 80, Italian actor.
  • Patricia Gallaher, 77, Australian librarian.
  • Robert A. Johnson, 93, American politician.
  • Philip Knights, Baron Knights, 94, English police officer and peer, Chief Constable of the West Midlands (1975–1985).
  • Georges Lagrange, 85, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gap (1988–2003).
  • Mel Richardson, 86, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1988–1992) and Senate (1992–2008), cancer.
  • Dawn Sears, 53, American country musician (Nothin' but Good), lung cancer.
  • Gerald Sim, 89, English actor (Gandhi, Patriot Games, Frenzy).
  • Robert Taylor, 70, American animator, film director and screenwriter (The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  • Laszlo Varga, 89, Hungarian-born American cellist.
  • Hans Wallat, 85, German conductor and music director.

    • 12

  • John Baxter, 78, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).
  • Norman Bridwell, 86, American author and cartoonist (Clifford the Big Red Dog).
  • Peter Delisle, 79, English cricketer.
  • Phillip Edwards, 87, British admiral and bursar.
  • Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 73, English historian of mathematics and logic.
  • John Hampton, 61, American music engineer and producer, complications of cancer.
  • José María Lorant, 59, Argentine football player and coach.
  • Donald S. Malecki, 81, American author and insurance consultant.
  • Billy Milligan, 59, American criminal defendant diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, cancer.
  • John Persen, 73, Norwegian composer.
  • Herb Plews, 86, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
  • Mohammad Shahid, 66, Indian cricketer.
  • Yury Shutov, 68, Russian politician, in jail serving life term.
  • Vladimír Stibořík, 87, Czech sports shooter. [1]
  • Graham Turbott, 100, New Zealand ornithologist.
  • Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, 87, American composer.
  • Alan Ward, 79, New Zealand historian.
  • Dave West, 70, British businessman, stabbed.

    • 13

  • Ernst Albrecht, 84, German politician, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (1976–1990).
  • Mary Arden, 81, American actress.
  • Joan Barril, 62, Spanish writer and journalist, pneumonia.
  • Ina Bauer, 73, German figure skater.
  • Anthony Harold Birch, 90, British political scientist.
  • Bill Bonds, 82, American television news anchor (WXYZ-TV), heart attack.
  • Aaron Goldberg, 97, American botanist.
  • John Hickman, 87, New Zealand meteorologist.
  • Janis Martin, 75, American opera singer.
  • William E. May, 86, American theologian.
  • Andreas Schockenhoff, 57, German politician, MP (since 1990).
  • Martha Sigall, 97, American animator (Looney Tunes).
  • Phil Stern, 95, American photographer, emphysema and heart failure.
  • Brian Swatuk, 65, Canadian jockey, cancer.
  • Taitetsu Unno, 85, Japanese Shin Buddhist scholar and author.

    • 14

  • Angalifu, 44, Sudanese-born American rhinoceros, one of two remaining male northern white rhinoceros.
  • Fatima Bint Rashid Al Nuaimi, Emirati Ajman royal.
  • Anoushirvan Arjmand, 73, Iranian actor, heart attack.
  • Sy Berger, 91, American baseball promoter.
  • Joe Carr, 63, American bluegrass musician, stroke.
  • Theo Colborn, 87, American environmentalist and academic.
  • Irene Dalis, 89, American opera singer and impresario.
  • Bobo Faulkner, 73, English model and television personality, cancer.
  • Millie Kirkham, 91, American singer.
  • Louis Alphonse Koyagialo, 67, Congolese politician, Acting Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2012).
  • Doug Martin, 78, American college basketball coach (South Dakota Coyotes).
  • John McCraw, 89, New Zealand soil scientist.
  • Bess Myerson, 90, American model (Miss America 1945) and television actress.
  • Anthony Edward Pevec, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (1982–2001).
  • P. J. Sarma, 70, Indian actor and dubbing artist, heart attack.
  • Rohit Talwar, 49, Indian cricketer.
  • Fred Thurston, 80, American football player (Green Bay Packers), Alzheimer's disease and cancer.
  • Johnny Treadwell, 73, American football player (Texas Longhorns).

    • 15

  • Chakri, 40, Indian film composer and playback singer, heart attack.
  • Booth Colman, 91, American actor (Planet of the Apes, Norma Rae, Intolerable Cruelty).
  • David Garth, 84, American political consultant.
  • Michael Hare Duke, 89, Scottish Anglican bishop.
  • Mustapha Maarof, 79, Malaysian actor.
  • Nicolae Manea, 60, Romanian football player and manager, liver cancer.
  • Donald Metcalf, 85, Australian medical researcher, pancreatic cancer.
  • Ray Steadman-Allen, 92, British composer and Salvation Army officer.
  • Arthur Whyte, 93, Australian politician, President of the South Australian Legislative Council (1978–1985).
  • Fausto Zapata, 73, Mexican journalist, politician and diplomat, Governor of San Luis Potosí (1991), cancer.

    • 16

  • Phillip Archuleta, 65, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (since 2013), pneumonia.
  • Martin Brasier, 67, English palaeobiologist and astrobiologist, traffic collision.
  • Tim Cochran, 59, American mathematician.
  • Reidar Dørum, 89, Norwegian footballer (FK Ørn-Horten).
  • Maurice Duverger, 97, French jurist, sociologist and politician.
  • Jack Hazlett, 76, New Zealand rugby union player (Southland, national team).
  • Abdulmari Imao, 78, Filipino sculptor.
  • Karl-Heinz Kurras, 87, German police officer and Stasi member, killed Benno Ohnesorg.
  • Man Haron Monis, 50, Iranian self-styled Muslim cleric and hostage taker, shot.
  • Maximo Munzi, 57, Argentine cinematographer, pancreatic cancer.
  • Romie J. Palmer, 93, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives.
  • Wendy Rene, 67, American soul singer, complications from stroke.
  • Rock Scully, 73, American band manager (Grateful Dead), lung cancer.
  • Sultan Singh, 91, Indian politician, Governor of Tripura (1989–1990).
  • Ernie Terrell, 75, American heavyweight boxer, WBA champion (1965–1967).

    • 17

  • Ryan Bolden, 23, American baseball player, shot.
  • Chan Kwok-Hung, 51, Chinese cinematographer (Fly Me to Polaris, Skiptrace), drowned.
  • Stephen Youssef Doueihi, 87, Lebanese-born American Maronite Catholic hierarch, Bishop of St. Maron of Brooklyn (1997–2004).
  • Neville Featherstone-Griffin, 81, English cricketer (Surrey).
  • Clarke Fraser, 94, Canadian medical geneticist.
  • Fritz Rudolf Fries, 79, German writer.
  • Neil James, 53, English rugby league player.
  • Dieter Grau, 101, German-born American rocket scientist, NASA Quality Control Director for the Saturn V.
  • Richard C. Hottelet, 97, American broadcast journalist (Murrow's Boys).
  • Leonard Kent, 89, New Zealand cricketer.
  • Stephen J. Kopp, 63, American educator, President of Marshall University (since 2005), heart attack.
  • Oleh Lysheha, 65, Ukrainian poet, playwright and translator.
  • Daniel Sintentu Mpasi, 80, Namibian tribal leader, King of the Uukwangali.
  • Jarle Ofstad, 87, Norwegian physician.
  • Lowell Steward, 95, American World War II veteran, member of the Tuskegee Airmen.
  • Takeshi Taketsuru, 90, Japanese whisky distiller (Nikka).
  • Ivan Vekić, 76, Croatian politician.

    • 18

  • Donald J. Albosta, 89, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 10th district (1979–1985).
  • John Beedell, 81, New Zealand-born Canadian Olympic sprint canoer (1960).
  • Gideon Ben-Yisrael, 91, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset.
  • Franco Bomprezzi, 62, Italian journalist and writer.
  • Bill J. Dukes, 87, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1994–2010), Parkinson's disease.
  • Claude Frikart, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (1986–1997).
  • John Fry, 69, American record producer, founder of Ardent Studios, cardiac arrest.
  • Larry Henley, 77, American singer (The Newbeats) and songwriter ("Wind Beneath My Wings").
  • Bob Kelly, 74, American football player (Houston Oilers, Kansas City Chiefs, Cincinnati Bengals).
  • Ingvar Kjellson, 91, Swedish actor (Heja Roland!), pneumonia.
  • Virna Lisi, 78, Italian actress (How to Murder Your Wife, La Reine Margot), cancer.
  • Carleton Mabee, 99, American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.
  • Knud Pedersen, 88, Danish artist and resistance fighter.
  • Mandy Rice-Davies, 70, British model, figure in the Profumo affair, cancer.
  • Harold M. Schulweis, 89, American rabbi and activist.
  • Robert Simpson, 102, American meteorologist, co-developer of the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale.
  • Larry Smith, 63, American record producer (Run–D.M.C.).
  • Deral Teteak, 85, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
  • Tsang Siu-Fo, 91, Chinese police officer.
  • Ed Vereb, 80, American football player (Washington Redskins).
  • Ante Žanetić, 78, Croatian footballer, Olympic champion (1960).

    • 19

  • S. Balasubramanian, 77, Indian media executive (Ananda Vikatan), heart attack.
  • Philip Bradbourn, 63, British politician, MEP for West Midlands (since 1999).
  • Arthur Gardner, 104, American film and television producer (The Rifleman) and actor (All Quiet on the Western Front).
  • R. W. "Buzzy" Graham, 77, American businessman and politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1968–1972).
  • Pat Holton, 78, Scottish footballer (Motherwell, Hamilton Academical).
  • Barbara Jones, 62, Jamaican reggae/gospel singer, leukaemia.
  • Roberta Leigh, 87, British author and television producer (Space Patrol).
  • Igor Rodionov, 78, Russian general and politician, Minister of Defence (1996–1997).
  • Robert D. San Souci, 68, American children's author and screenwriter (Mulan).
  • Colin Strang, 2nd Baron Strang, 92, British philosopher and peer.
  • Dick Thornton, 75, American-born Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Toronto Argonauts), lung cancer.
  • Chunilal Vaidya, 97, Indian political activist.

    • 20

  • Lucio Abis, 88, Italian politician, President of Sardinia (1970), member of the Italian Senate (1972–1994).
  • Maqsudul Alam, 60, Bangladeshi scientist.
  • Joe Anderson, 86, British rugby league player (Castleford, Leeds, Featherstone Rovers), kidney cancer.
  • Seriki Audu, 23, Nigerian footballer (Lobi Stars), traffic collision.
  • Larry Auerbach, 91, American television director (Love of Life, One Life to Live, As the World Turns), complications of glioblastoma.
  • Ronnie Bedford, 83, American jazz drummer.
  • Donald Charlton Bradley, 90, British chemist.
  • Per-Ingvar Brånemark, 85, Swedish orthopedic surgeon, heart attack.
  • George Fisher, 90, American college basketball coach (Austin Peay).
  • John Freeman, 99, British politician, journalist, broadcaster and diplomat, MP for Watford (1945–1955), Ambassador to the United States (1969–1971).
  • Ranulph Glanville, 68, British architect and cybernetician.
  • James L. Kinsey, 80, American chemist.
  • Bob Lanier, 89, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Houston, Texas (1992–1998).
  • Brian Manley, 85, British engineer.
  • Sam Morris, 84, English footballer (Chester City).
  • William Lowell Putnam III, 90, American broadcasting executive (Springfield Television), Trustee Emeritus of the Lowell Observatory.
  • Gino Pellegrini, 73, Italian scenic designer (2001: A Space Odyssey, Mary Poppins, The Birds) and painter.
  • Miodrag B. Protić, 92, Serbian painter.
  • Derek Rencher, 82, English ballet dancer.
  • David Strudwick, 80, Australian cricketer.
  • Alberto Valdiri, 55, Colombian actor (Doña Bárbara, Yo soy Betty, la fea), heart attack.

    • 21

  • Morteza Ahmadi, 90, Iranian actor.
  • Anatole Beck, 84, American mathematician.
  • Jane Bown, 89, British photographer (The Observer).
  • Sonya Butt, 90, British Special Operations Executive agent.
  • Walter De Buck, 80, Belgian singer and sculptor, esophageal cancer.
  • Horacio Ferrer, 81, Uruguayan poet, broadcaster and tango lyricist, heart failure.
  • Chris Hall, 64, Canadian lacrosse coach (Calgary Roughnecks, Vancouver Stealth), throat cancer.
  • High Chaparral, 15, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, Epsom Derby winner (2002), euthanised.
  • Åke Johansson, 86, Swedish footballer (IFK Norrköping, national team).
  • Udo Jürgens, 80, Austrian composer and singer ("Reach for the Stars"), winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1966.
  • Bruce Lindahl, 95, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1965–1971).
  • Tom Nieporte, 86, American golfer.
  • Hans Riesel, 85, Swedish mathematician.
  • Sitor Situmorang, 91, Indonesian poet and writer.
  • Anna Stoehr, 114, American supercentenarian, oldest resident of Minnesota and world's oldest Facebook user.
  • Frank Truitt, 89, American basketball coach (LSU, Kent State).
  • Paul Walther, 87, American basketball player (University of Tennessee).
  • Billie Whitelaw, 82, English actress (The Omen, The Dark Crystal, Hot Fuzz).
  • Alan Williams, 84, British politician, MP for Swansea West (1964–2010), Father of the House (2005–2010).

    • 22

  • John Robert Beyster, 90, American physicist, founder of Science Applications International Corporation.
  • Christine Cavanaugh, 51, American voice actress (Rugrats, Dexter's Laboratory, Babe, Darkwing Duck).
  • Joe Cocker, 70, British singer ("With a Little Help from My Friends", "You Are So Beautiful", "Up Where We Belong"), lung cancer.
  • Ulpiano Cos Villa, 79, Cuban baseball broadcaster.
  • Chris Davidge, 85, British rower.
  • William J. Fishman, 93, British academic.
  • Nate Fox, 37, American basketball player, shot.
  • Vera Gebuhr, 98, Danish actress (Matador).
  • Richard Graydon, 92, British stuntman and stunt coordinator (James Bond, Batman).
  • Abd El Aziz Muhammad Hegazi, 91, Egyptian politician, Prime Minister (1974–1975).
  • Gertrude Kolar, 88, Austrian Olympic gymnast (1948, 1952).
  • Maurizio Lotti, 74, Italian politician.
  • Rosemary Lowe-McConnell, 93, British biologist.
  • Catherine N. Norton, 73, American librarian.
  • Moses Otolorin, 67, Nigerian footballer (Shooting Stars), cancer.
  • Madhavi Sardesai, 52, Indian academic and writer.
  • Joseph Sargent, 89, American film director (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, MacArthur, Jaws: The Revenge), heart disease.
  • Fritz Sdunek, 67, German professional boxing trainer (Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, Felix Sturm), heart attack.
  • Walter Edmund Smishek, 89, Polish-born Canadian politician.
  • Brandon Stoddard, 77, American television executive (ABC), bladder cancer.
  • Bernard Stone, 87, American politician, Chicago Alderman (1973–2011), complications from a fall.
  • G. Venkat Swamy, 85, Indian politician.

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  • Raymond L. Acosta, 89, American district court judge.
  • K. Balachander, 84, Indian director and producer, complications from urinary tract infection.
  • Jo Jo Benson, 76, American singer.
  • Johnny Bergh, 80, Norwegian producer, director and screenwriter.
  • Johnnie Colemon, 94, American theologian.
  • Luis Condomi, 66, Argentine footballer.
  • Raymond M. Durkin, 78, American politician, complications related to heart failure and emphysema.
  • Mike Elliott, 68, British comedian and actor (Goal!, Billy Elliot), cancer.
  • Rustom K. S. Ghandhi, 90, Indian admiral.
  • Guilford Glazer, 93, American real estate developer and philanthropist.
  • Robert V. Hogg, 90, American statistician.
  • Alphonse J. Jackson, 87, American educator and civil rights activist, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1972–1992).
  • Jeremy Lloyd, 84, British screenwriter (Are You Being Served?, 'Allo 'Allo!), pneumonia.
  • Edward H. Martin, 83, American admiral.
  • Robert McCabe, 86, American educator.
  • Přemek Podlaha, 76, Czech television personality.
  • John J. Powers, 96, American food scientist.
  • Nigel Priestley, 71, New Zealand earthquake engineer, cancer.
  • Debbie Purdy, 51, British campaigner for assisted suicide.
  • Hessel Rienks, 82, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1974–1989).
  • Craig Schiffer, 58, American financier (Lehman Brothers), avalanche.
  • Jerzy Semkow, 86, Polish-born French conductor.
  • John Kennett Starnes, 96, Canadian civil servant, diplomat and novelist.
  • Norman Wray, 91, American Roman Catholic missionary, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Robert Zoellner, 82, American investor and stamp collector.
  • João Nílson Zunino, 68, Brazilian executive, President of Avaí FC (2002–2013).

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  • Ekhlasuddin Ahmed, 74, Bangladeshi children's writer.
  • Mack Alston, 67, American football player (Washington Redskins).
  • Rubén Amorín, 87, Uruguayan football player and coach (Guatemala national team), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Leonard Beerman, 93, American Reform rabbi.
  • Giovanni Bersani, 100, Italian politician.
  • Jacqueline Briskin, 87, British-born American writer.
  • Buddy DeFranco, 91, American jazz clarinet player.
  • Reidar Floeng, 96, Norwegian politician.
  • Edward Greenspan, 70, Canadian lawyer, heart failure.
  • Robert Hall, 87, American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters).
  • Herbert Harris, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House from Virginia's 8th district (1975–1981).
  • Lee Israel, 75, American author and forger.
  • Owen H. Johnson, 85, American politician, member of the New York State Senate (1972–2012).
  • Yevgeny Korolkov, 84, Russian gymnast, Olympic champion (1952).
  • Krzysztof Krauze, 61, Polish film director (The Debt, Plac Zbawiciela), prostate cancer.
  • Sir George Lepping, 67, Solomon Islands politician, Governor-General (1988–1994).
  • Arthur Louis, 64, American-born British reggae cross-over musician (Knockin' on Heaven's Door).
  • Hidetoshi Nakamura, 60, Japanese voice actor (Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, To Love-Ru).
  • Alf Næsheim, 88, Norwegian artist and writer.
  • Barry Williams, 70, English spree killer.
  • Ramsey Muir Withers, 84, Canadian army officer, Chief of the Defence Staff (1980–1983), heart attack.

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  • Alberta Adams, 97, American blues singer.
  • N. L. Balakrishnan, 72, Indian actor and photographer.
  • Warren Brown, 85, Bermudian sailor and businessman.
  • Nand Chaturvedi, 91, Indian poet.
  • Dave Comer, 58, New Zealand film location scout (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit), cancer.
  • Louis Boutet de Monvel, 73, French mathematician.
  • Kjell Hanssen, 82, Norwegian politician.
  • Bernard Kay, 86, British actor (Doctor Who, Coronation Street, Doctor Zhivago).
  • Bruce Livingston, 87, Australian cricketer.
  • Mary F. Lyon, 89, British geneticist.
  • George Miller, 92, American politician, Mayor of Tucson, Arizona (1991–1999).
  • Ihor Nadein, 66, Ukrainian football player and coach.
  • Ricardo Porro, 89, Cuban-born architect.
  • David Ryall, 79, English actor (The Singing Detective, Harry Potter, The Elephant Man).
  • Jean Stogdon, 86, British campaigner and social worker (Grandparents Plus).
  • Tony Wilkinson, 66, British archaeologist.
  • Gleb Yakunin, 80, Russian priest and Soviet dissident.

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  • Samson Alcantara, 79, Filipino politician and academic.
  • Stanisław Barańczak, 68, Polish poet and academic.
  • Al Belletto, 86, American jazz musician.
  • Dick Dale, 88, American saxophonist and singer (The Lawrence Welk Show).
  • Roberto Delmastro, 69, Chilean politician, MP for Valdivia (1998–2010), lung cancer.
  • Rajan Devadas, 93, Indian photojournalist.
  • James B. Edwards, 87, American politician, Governor of South Carolina (1975–1979), United States Secretary of Energy (1981–1982), complications from a stroke.
  • Paul V. Gadola, 85, American judge, District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan (1988–2008).
  • Joe Macko, 86, American baseball player and manager.
  • Giuseppe Pittau, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Secretary of Congregation for Catholic Education (1998–2003).
  • Geoff Pullar, 79, English Test cricketer (Lancashire).
  • Rhodes Reason, 84, American actor (Star Trek, Annie, 77 Sunset Strip).
  • John Richardson, Jr., 93, American political activist, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (1969–1977).
  • Ken Riddington, 92, British television producer (House of Cards).
  • Andrew Thomson, 78, British academic and historian.
  • Leo Tindemans, 92, Belgian politician, Prime Minister (1974–1978), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1981–1989).

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  • Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, 75, American-born Israeli religious leader (African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem).
  • Fatima Aouam, 55, Moroccan Olympic runner (1988).
  • Tom Currigan, 94, American politician, Mayor of Denver (1963–1968).
  • Carl Neumann Degler, 93, American historian and author, Pulitzer Prize winner (1972).
  • Ulises Estrella, 75, Ecuadorian poet.
  • Claude Frank, 89, German-born American pianist, complications of dementia.
  • William P. Gerberding, 85, American educator, president of University of Washington.
  • Ron Henry, 80, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, national team).
  • Ronald Li, 85, Chinese stockbroker, Chairman of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1986–1987), cancer.
  • Kees Luesink, 61, Dutch politician, Mayor of Doesburg (since 2008).
  • Elaine Summers, 89, American choreographer (Judson Dance Theater) and filmmaker, complications of fall.
  • Karel Poma, 94, Belgian politician and minister of state, MP (1965–1985), Mayor of Wilrijk (1953–1958).
  • Erich Retter, 89, German footballer (VfB Stuttgart, West Germany national team).
  • Tomaž Šalamun, 73, Slovene poet.
  • Carol Stone, 60, British transgender priest, pancreatic cancer.
  • Bridget Turner, 75, British actress (Doctor Who, Casualty, Z-Cars).
  • Jacques Vandenhaute, 83, Belgian politician, Mayor of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (1983–2007).
  • John Webster, 89, British mycologist.

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  • Ruggero J. Aldisert, 95, American judge.
  • Chris Dyko, 48, American football player (Chicago Bears), traffic collision.
  • Leopoldo Federico, 87, Argentine tango musician.
  • Javier Fragoso, 72, Mexican footballer (Club América, national team).
  • Vahan Hovhannisyan, 58, Armenian politician.
  • Michio Kushi, 88, Japanese-born American scholar, pancreatic cancer.
  • Michael C. Murphy, 62, American politician and pastor.
  • Frankie Randall, 76, American singer and actor, lung cancer.
  • Lewis Rudolph, 95, American businessman, co-founder of Krispy Kreme.
  • Hamid Taqavi, 58–59, Iranian brigadier general, shot.
  • Merrill Womach, 87, American gospel singer.

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  • Hardo Aasmäe, 63, Estonian geographer, entrepreneur and politician.
  • Rashid Al Zlami, 88, Saudi Arabian poet.
  • Dorrit Dekk, 97, Czechoslovakian graphic designer.
  • Saiyid Hamid, 94, Indian educator, Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (1980–1985).
  • Hari Harilela, 92, Indian-born Hong Kong hotelier.
  • Odd Iversen, 69, Norwegian footballer (Rosenborg, national team).
  • Madhu Kaithapram, 44, Indian film director (Eakantham, Madhya Venal).
  • Jack E. McCoy, 85, American politician.
  • Jenny Pat, 33, Hong Kong art dealer, accidental drug overdose.
  • Juanito Remulla, Sr., 81, Filipino politician, Governor of Cavite (1979–1986), multiple organ failure.
  • Sir Ivor Richardson, 84, New Zealand jurist, President of the Court of Appeal (1996–2002).
  • Ulf Sand, 76, Norwegian politician.
  • Howard Schultz, 61, American television producer (Extreme Makeover, Dating Naked).
  • Samuel Sentini, 66, Honduran footballer (Olimpia, national team), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Leslie Silver, 89, British football executive, Chairman of Leeds United (1983–1996).
  • Paul Sprenger, 74, American attorney, heart attack.
  • Bob Usher, 89, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).
  • André Wohllebe, 52, German sprint canoer.

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  • Frank Atkinson, 90, British museum director (Beamish Museum).
  • Terry Becker, 93, American actor (The Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea).
  • Deborah Bone, 51, English mental health nurse, inspired Disco 2000, multiple myeloma.
  • Antonio Brack Egg, 74, Peruvian ecologist and politician, Minister of Environment (2008–2011).
  • Robert Conroy, 76, American science fiction author, winner of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, thymus cancer.
  • Philip Converse, 86, American political scientist.
  • Derek Coombs, 83, British politician, MP for Birmingham Yardley (1970–1974).
  • Roland de Corneille, 87, Canadian Anglican priest and politician.
  • Yolande Donlan, 94, American-born British actress.
  • George B. Fitch, 66, American politician, Mayor of Warrenton, Virginia (1998–2014), cancer.
  • Jim Galloway, 78, Scottish-born Canadian jazz clarinet and saxophone player.
  • Patrick Gowers, 78, English composer.
  • Marian Jurczyk, 79, Polish politician and trade union activist (Solidarity), Mayor of Szczecin (1998–2000, 2002–2006).
  • Beau Kazer, 63, Canadian actor (The Young and the Restless, Taxi Driver).
  • Igor Kiselyov, 35, Russian footballer (Biolog-Novokubansk Progress, Torpedo Moscow), heart failure.
  • Dick Loggere, 93, Dutch field hockey player.
  • J. B. Moraes, 81, Indian poet and writer.
  • Rosemary Mulligan, 73, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1993–2013).
  • Luise Rainer, 104, German-born American actress (The Great Ziegfeld, The Good Earth), Academy Award winner (1936, 1937), pneumonia.
  • Walter Roque, 77, Uruguayan football player (Uruguay national team) and coach (Venezuela national team).
  • Milton Rosen, 99, American rocket scientist and NASA executive, complications from prostate cancer.
  • T. E. Vasudevan, 97, Indian film producer (Snehaseema, Kavyamela).
  • B. G. Verghese, 87, Indian journalist and newspaper editor (Hindustan Times, The Indian Express).
  • Jan V. White, 86, American graphic designer.

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  • Giovanni Del Rio, 89, Italian politician, President of Sardinia (1967–1970, 1973–1976).
  • Jimmy Dunn, 91, Scottish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Derby County).
  • Edward Herrmann, 71, American actor (Gilmore Girls, Richie Rich, The Lost Boys), brain cancer.
  • Abdullah Hussain, 94, Malaysian novelist (Interlok).
  • Michael Kennedy, 88, British biographer, journalist and music critic.
  • Nejat Konuk, 86, Cypriot politician, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (1976–1978, 1983–1985).
  • Norbert Leser, 81, Austrian jurist, political scientist and social philosopher.
  • James McNaughton Hester, 90, American academic, President of New York University (1962–1975).
  • Romanus Orjinta, 33, Nigerian footballer.
  • Luis Oruezábal, 62, Argentine footballer (Vélez Sársfield, Granada, national team), Pan American Games champion (1971), carbon monoxide poisoning.
  • Norm Phelps, 75, American author and animal rights activist.
  • Washington Rodríguez, 70, Uruguayan Olympic boxer (1964).
  • Kamala Sinha, 82, Indian politician and diplomat.
  • S. Arthur Spiegel, 94, American federal judge.
  • Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, 99, British aristocrat and Army officer.

    • References

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