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Deaths in February 2013

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The following is a list of notable deaths in February 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

  • Barney, 12, American Scottish Terrier, First Dog of President George W. Bush (2001–2009), lymphoma.
  • Rudolf Dašek, 79, Czech guitarist.
  • Helene Hale, 94, American politician, Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (2000–2006).
  • Rocky Harris, 80, Australian cricket umpire.
  • Sir Paul Holmes, 62, New Zealand broadcaster, prostate cancer and heart problems.
  • Ed Koch, 88, American politician, U.S. Representative from New York (1969–1977), Mayor of New York City (1978–1989), television judge (The People's Court), heart failure.
  • Shanu Lahiri, 85, Indian painter.
  • Louis Luyt, 80, South African rugby union administrator and politician.
  • Tony Palomo, 81, American Guamanian politician, historian and journalist.
  • Robin Sachs, 61, English actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Galaxy Quest, Babylon 5), heart attack.
  • Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, 86, Norwegian musicologist and composer.
  • Cecil Womack, 65, American musician and singer.
  • Vladimir Yengibaryan, 80, Armenian light welterweight boxer, Olympic gold medallist (1956) for the Soviet Union.

    • 2

  • Arlene Ackerman, 66, American educator and public schools superintendent, pancreatic cancer.
  • Michael D. Cohen, 67, American academic.
  • Edith Houghton, 100, American baseball player and scout, first female scout in Major League Baseball.
  • Abraham Iyambo, 52, Namibian politician, Minister of the Fisheries and Marine Resources (1997–2010); Minister of Education (since 2010).
  • John Kerr, 81, American actor (The Streets of San Francisco).
  • Chris Kyle, 38, American author and Navy SEAL sniper, most lethal in U.S. military history, shooting.
  • Sirajul Haq Memon, 79, Pakistani author, journalist and scholar, cardiac arrest.
  • Necdet Menzir, 68, Turkish bureaucrat and politician, Minister of Transport (1997–1998), respiratory failure.
  • Lino Oviedo, 69, Paraguayan politician and general, 2008; 2013 presidential candidate; leader of the National Union of Ethical Citizens, helicopter crash.
  • Pepper Paire, 88, American AAGPBL baseball player, inspiration for A League of Their Own.
  • P. Shanmugam, 85, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Puducherry (2000–2001), head injuries from a fall.
  • Jack Singer, 95, Canadian businessman and philanthropist.
  • Walt Sweeney, 71, American football player (San Diego Chargers), pancreatic cancer.
  • Kenneth W. Thompson, 91, American academic.
  • Guy F. Tozzoli, 90, American architect, lead designer of the World Trade Center.

    • 3

  • Wolfgang Abraham, 71, German footballer.
  • B. H. Born, 80, American basketball player (University of Kansas).
  • Cardiss Collins, 81, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois (1973–1997).
  • John Michael D'Arcy, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend (1985–2009), lung and brain cancer.
  • Steve Demeter, 78, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians), heart disease.
  • Deng Wei, 53, Chinese photographer.
  • Matija Duh, 23, Slovenian speedway rider, head injuries.
  • Joseph Egerega, 72, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Vicar of Bomadi (1997–2009).
  • Oscar Feltsman, 91, Russian composer.
  • Peter Gilmore, 81, British actor (The Onedin Line, Carry On, Doctor Who).
  • Ragnar Heurlin, 84, Swedish Olympic sprint canoer.
  • Ichikawa Danjūrō XII, 66, Japanese Kabuki actor, pneumonia.
  • Arpad Miklos, 45, Hungarian model and porn actor, suicide.
  • James Muri, 93, American World War II pilot.
  • David Oates, 50, British sports commentator (BBC Sport).
  • Zlatko Papec, 79, Croatian footballer.
  • Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena, 77, Togolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kara (1996–2009).
  • Mike Schwartz, 63, American pro-life activist.
  • Kåre Syrstad, 73, Norwegian farmers union leader.
  • Robert Anthony Welch, 65, Irish author and academic, cancer.
  • Jam Mohammad Yousaf, 58, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (2002–2007), cardiac arrest.

    • 4

  • Dirk Ballendorf, 73, American-born Guamanian historian.
  • Donald Byrd, 80, American jazz trumpeter.
  • Margaret Frazer, 66, American historical novelist, breast cancer.
  • Joe Gardner, 68, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (since 2007).
  • Richard E. Geis, 85, American science fiction writer.
  • Pat Halcox, 82, British jazz trumpeter.
  • John Baptist Liu Jingshan, 99, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ningxia (1984–2009).
  • Achilla Orru, 53, Ugandan musician.
  • Theresia van der Pant, 88, Dutch sculptor (Equestrian statue of Queen Wilhelmina).
  • Vernon Robert Pearson, 89, American jurist, Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice (1981–1989), hip surgery complications.
  • John M. Peters, 86, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1953–1955).
  • Reg Presley, 71, British singer (The Troggs) and songwriter ("Love Is All Around"), lung cancer.
  • Mohammad Ali Shah, 66, Pakistani surgeon and politician, Sindh Minister of Sports, heart attack.
  • P. W. Underwood, 81, American football coach (Southern Mississippi).
  • Essie Mae Washington-Williams, 87, American schoolteacher.

    • 5

  • Antonino Dos Santos Baptista, 79, Portuguese cyclist. [2]
  • Nel Büch, 81, Dutch Olympic sprinter (1952).
  • Stuart Freeborn, 98, English make-up artist (Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Superman).
  • Reinaldo Gargano, 78, Uruguayan politician, Senator (1985–2005, 2008–2010), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2008–2010), heart failure.
  • Gerry Hambling, 86, English film editor (Pink Floyd – The Wall, Midnight Express, In the Name of the Father).
  • Egil Hovland, 88, Norwegian composer.
  • Charles Longbottom, 82, British politician, MP for York (1959–1966).
  • Tom McGuigan, 91, New Zealand politician, MP for Lyttelton (1969–1975).
  • Marshall Miles, 86, American bridge player and author, complications from a heart attack.
  • Leda Mileva, 93, Bulgarian writer, translator and diplomat.
  • Bazy Tankersley, 91, American newspaper publisher and horse breeder.
  • Paul Tanner, 95, American trombonist, last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, complications from pneumonia.
  • Shelby Whitfield, 77, American sports announcer and author.
  • Klaus Wyrtki, 87, American oceanographer.
  • Derek Yalden, 72, British zoologist.

    • 6

  • Ronnie Allen, 74, American pool player.
  • Chokri Belaid, 48, Tunisian politician, assassination by shooting.
  • Menachem Elon, 89, Israeli jurist, justice on the Supreme Court (1977–1993).
  • Arthé Guimond, 81, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan (2000–2006).
  • Joseph Madec, 89, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon (1983–2000).
  • Alden Mason, 93, American artist.
  • Mo-Do, 46, Italian musician ("Eins, Zwei, Polizei"), apparent suicide.
  • Ira Rubin, 82, American professional bridge player.
  • Frank Stirrup, 88, English rugby league player. (death announced on this date)
  • Yahya Sulong, 84, Malaysian comedian and actor.
  • Betty Twarog, 85, American biochemist.
  • René Vestri, 74, French politician, Senator for Alpes-Maritimes (since 2008) and Mayor of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (since 2002).
  • Adrián Villagómez García, 61, Mexican politician, MP for Nuevo León (2003–2006).
  • Douglas Warren, 93, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes (1967–1994).

    • 7

  • William Anthony Hughes, 91, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Covington (1979–1995).
  • L. Brent Kington, 78, American blacksmith and educator.
  • Nic Knudtzon, 90, Norwegian telecommunications engineer.
  • Howard Lassoff, 57, American and Israeli basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv).
  • John Livermore, 94, American geologist.
  • Niki Marangou, 65, Cypriot writer and painter, traffic collision.
  • José Moustache, 80, Guadeloupean politician, President of the Regional Council (1983–1986).
  • Amedeus Msarikie, 81, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Moshi (1986–2007).
  • K. K. Nair, 82, Indian politician.
  • Aki Orr, 81, German–born Israeli politician and writer.
  • Krsto Papić, 79, Croatian screenwriter and film director (My Uncle's Legacy).
  • Peter Steen, 77, Danish actor.
  • Elvi Svendsen, 93, Danish Olympic swimmer.
  • József Tóth, 72, Hungarian geographer and academic, rector of the University of Pécs.
  • Jürgen Untermann, 84, German linguist.

    • 8

  • Elizabeth Alley, 58, American actress (Sunset Beach), brain aneurysm.
  • Sam Boaz, 95, American politician, member of Tennessee House of Representatives (1963–1967).
  • Ralph Braun, 72, American businessman, founder and CEO of Braun Corporation.
  • Chris Brinker, 42, American producer (The Boondock Saints) and director, aortic aneurysm.
  • Giovanni Cheli, 94, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations (1973–1986), natural causes.
  • Claude Covassi, 42, Swiss criminal and spy, drug overdose.
  • James DePreist, 76, American conductor, complications from heart attack.
  • Herbert C. Dessauer, 91, American biochemist.
  • Maureen Dragone, 93, American journalist and author.
  • Jan Ellis, 71, South African rugby player, cancer.
  • Ron Hansell, 82, English footballer
  • Kjell Hjertsson, 90, Swedish footballer.
  • Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, 90, American academic and author.
  • Patricia Hughes, 90, British radio announcer.
  • György Kézdy, 76, Hungarian actor.
  • Lyle Lahey, 81, American political cartoonist.
  • Ian Lister, 66, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Dunfermline Athletic).
  • Joseph Ma Xue-sheng, 89, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zhoucun (since 1997).
  • Mervyn McCord, 83, British army officer.
  • Jack Dale Mengenen, 91, Australian indigenous artist.
  • John Morris, 76, Australian politician, Senator for New South Wales (1985–1990).
  • Knut Nesbø, 51, Norwegian footballer (Molde, Lyn, Stabæk), guitarist (Di Derre) and sports reporter, cancer.
  • Renato Olivieri, 87, Italian giallo novelist.
  • Rushdi Said, 92, Egyptian geologist.
  • Dieter Schütte, 89, German publisher (M. DuMont Schauberg).
  • Nevin S. Scrimshaw, 95, American nutritionist.
  • Yodtong Senanan, 75, Thai Muay Thai master and trainer.
  • Alan Sharp, 79, Scottish screenwriter (Rob Roy, Night Moves).
  • Bill Smith, 88, American Olympic swimmer.
  • Jim Sweeney, 83, American football coach (Fresno State).
  • Elvie Villasanta, 85, Filipino comedian (Mommy Elvie's Problematic Show), breast cancer.

    • 9

  • Richard Artschwager, 89, American painter, sculptor and illustrator, stroke.
  • Robert Ashton, 88, British historian.
  • Gérard Asselin, 62, Canadian politician, MP for Charlevoix (1993–2004) and Manicouagan (2004–2011)
  • Mike Banks, 90, British mountaineer and Royal Marines officer.
  • Bremer Ehrler, 98, American politician, Secretary of State of Kentucky (1988–1992).
  • Keiko Fukuda, 99, Japanese-born American martial artist.
  • Afzal Guru, 43, Indian Islamist terrorist (2001 Indian Parliament attack), execution by hanging.
  • William Archibald Irwin, 92, Canadian Olympic skier.
  • Miles J. Jones, 60, American forensic pathologist.
  • Colin Laverty, 75, Australian doctor and art collector.
  • Mark Linz, 77, German publisher.
  • Leonardo Polo, 87, Spanish philosopher.
  • Phil Remington, 92, American motorsports engineer.
  • Jimmy Smyth, 82, Irish hurler (Clare, 1948–1967).
  • Richard Twiss, 58, American educator and author.
  • Kåre Valebrokk, 72, Norwegian journalist, editor and television executive (TV 2).

    • 10

  • Cornelis Bas, 85, Dutch mycologist.
  • W. Watts Biggers, 85, American novelist, creator of Underdog.
  • Sara Braverman, 95, Romanian-born Israeli Jewish Parachutists of Mandate Palestine member, co-founder of the IDF Women's Corps.
  • Marianne Brenton, 79, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1992–1998).
  • Pery Burge, 57, English artist.
  • Norman Crowder, 86, English priest, Archdeacon of Portsmouth (1985–1993).
  • Frank Farrelly, 81, American psychologist.
  • Baron Fielakepa, 51, Tongan government minister.
  • Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet, 68, British soldier and aristocrat.
  • David Hartman, 81, American-born Israeli rabbi and philosopher.
  • Lolong, Filipino-born saltwater crocodile, largest in captivity, pneumonia and cardiac arrest.
  • Krzysztof Michalski, 64, Polish philosopher.
  • Bill Roost, 88, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).
  • Thierry Rupert, 35, French basketball player, complications of a heart attack.
  • Jake Thies, 86, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
  • Eugenio Trías Sagnier, 70, Spanish philosopher.
  • Ikuzo Sakurai, 68, Japanese politician.
  • Petro Vlahos, 96, American visual effects inventor and designer.
  • Zhuang Zedong, 72, Chinese table tennis player, involved in ping-pong diplomacy.

    • 11

  • Tom Aspell, 62, New Zealand-born American foreign correspondent (NBC News), lung cancer.
  • Jim Boatwright, 61, American basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv), liver cancer.
  • Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez, 70, Costa Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ciudad Quesada (2008–2012).
  • Esther Buckley, 64, American educator, member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1983–1992), traffic collision.
  • Wayne Chernecki, 63, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, lung cancer.
  • Mark Dalby, 75, British prelate, Archdeacon of Rochdale (1991–2000).
  • Kelefa Diallo, 53, Guinean general, Army chief of staff, plane crash.
  • Kevin Gray, 54, American musical theatre actor (The Phantom of the Opera, The King and I), heart attack.
  • Yasuko Hatoyama, 90, Japanese political financier, MODS.
  • Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys, 81, British peer and landowner.
  • Rick Huxley, 72, English musician (The Dave Clark Five).
  • Vi Lloyd, 89, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1973–1981).
  • Teodor Lucuță, 57, Romanian footballer (Dinamo București), stroke and heart failure.
  • William D. Metz, 98, American historian.
  • Kevin Peek, 66, Australian musician (Sky), melanoma.
  • Erik Quistgaard, 91, Danish engineer, director general of the European Space Agency (1980–1984).
  • Brooke E. Sheldon, 81, American librarian.
  • Zoe Țapu, 78, Romanian agronomist.
  • Chrysler Thomas, 78, Grenadian politician, MP and Minister of Agriculture (1973–1979).
  • Rem Viakhirev, 78, Russian businessman, Chairman of Gazprom (1992–2001).
  • Pavlo Vigderhaus, 87, Ukrainian architect.
  • D. Vinayachandran, 66, Indian Malayalam poet.
  • Matthew White, 55, American basketball player (University of Pennsylvania), stabbing.
  • Alfred Zijai, 52, Albanian footballer (Flamurtari Vlorë).

    • 12

  • Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 72, Saudi royal, Governor of Riyadh Province (since 2011).
  • Bill Bell, 81, English businessman, Chairman of Port Vale F.C. (1987–2002).
  • Marion Bryden, 94, Canadian politician, MPP of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Beaches—Woodbine (1975–1990).
  • Barnaby Conrad, 90, American author, heart failure.
  • Mal Couch, 74, American theologian.
  • Christopher Dorner, 33, American murderer, suicide by gunshot.
  • Bobby Gore, 76, American gang leader and activist.
  • Brian Langford, 77, English cricketer (Somerset).
  • Jimmy Mulroy, 72, Irish Gaelic football player and manager, member of the Seanad Éireann (1987–1989).
  • Richard Orton, 72, British composer and academic.
  • C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao, 86, Indian civil servant.
  • Kurt Redel, 94, German musician and conductor.
  • Rita Ridley, 66, British middle-distance runner.
  • Frank Seator, 37, Liberian footballer.
  • Tarmizi Taher, 76, Indonesian naval officer and politician, Minister of Religious Affairs (1993–1998).
  • Yasushi Takahashi, 88, Japanese theoretical physicist.
  • Reginald Turnill, 97, British aerospace correspondent (BBC), heart failure.
  • Jim Tysinger, 91, American politician, member of the Georgia Senate (1969–1998), pneumonia.
  • Hennadiy Udovenko, 81, Ukrainian politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1994–1998), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1997–1998).

    • 13

  • John Ammonds, 88, British television producer.
  • Gabriele Basilico, 69, Italian photographer.
  • Gerry Day, 91, American film (The Black Hole) and television writer (Dennis the Menace).
  • George Finch, 82, British architect.
  • Izya Gershtein, 89, Kyrgyzstani film director.
  • John Holt, 53, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Indianapolis Colts).
  • Pieter Kooijmans, 79, Dutch jurist, diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–1994), Minister of State (since 2007).
  • Oswald LeWinter, 81, Austrian-born American writer.
  • David Lister, 82, British origami historian.
  • William T. Randall, 97, American Negro league baseball player.
  • Rita Ridley, 66, British runner. (death announced on this date)
  • Don Scott, 84, British Olympic silver-medalist boxer (1948), Parkinson's disease.
  • Robert Senelle, 94, Belgian academic and constitutionalist.
  • Yuko Tojo, 73, Japanese political activist, interstitial pneumonia.
  • Ivan Večenaj, 92, Croatian painter.
  • Stefan Wigger, 80, German television actor.
  • Georges Wohlfart, 62, Luxembourgian politician, Minister for Health (1998–1999).
  • Tibor Zsíros, 82, Hungarian basketball player and coach.

    • 14

  • Glenn Boyer, 89, American author and Wyatt Earp historian.
  • Mary Brave Bird, 58, American Lakota writer and activist.
  • Richard J. Collins, 98, American screenwriter (Bonanza, Matlock).
  • Luis Cruzado, 71, Peruvian footballer (Universitario).
  • Frank DiPaolo, 106, American political figure and restaurateur.
  • Ronald Dworkin, 81, American philosopher and legal scholar, leukemia.
  • Walt Easley, 55, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
  • Aleksander Gudzowaty, 74, Polish businessman and economist.
  • Goldie Harvey, 29, Nigerian R&B and pop singer and television personality, intracerebral hemorrhage.
  • Mark Kamins, 57, American disc jockey, discovered Madonna, heart failure.
  • Sir Montague Levine, 90, British coroner and physician.
  • Fernando Lyra, 74, Brazilian politician, Minister of Justice (1985–1986), cardiopathy.
  • Shadow Morton, 72, American songwriter ("Leader of the Pack") and record producer (The Shangri-Las, Vanilla Fudge), cancer.
  • Kenneth Nance, 71, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1968–1978), lung infection.
  • Friedrich Neznansky, 80, Russian writer.
  • Peter Olver, 95, British World War II fighter ace.
  • T. L. Osborn, 89, American televangelist and author.
  • Glenn Snyder, 88, American author and political scientist.
  • Reeva Steenkamp, 29, South African model, shot.
  • Tim Dog, 46, American rapper, complications of diabetes.
  • Kazuo Tsunoda, 94, Japanese fighter pilot.
  • Zdeněk Zikán, 75, Czech footballer.

    • 15

  • Hector Catling, 88, British archaeologist.
  • Cummin Clancy, 90, Irish Olympic discus thrower and businessman.
  • Kenneth Dement, 80, American attorney, College Football Hall of Fame player, Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents president.
  • Pat Derby, 70, British–born American animal trainer, throat cancer.
  • Alain Desrosières, French statistician.
  • Ian Fowler, 73, British journalist (Manchester Evening News), first person to link Moors Murders, Parkinson's disease.
  • Giovanni Narcis Hakkenberg, 89, Dutch Sea-lieutenant of the Royal Dutch Marines, decorated war hero and knight of the Military Order of William.
  • Earle Howard, 86, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1986–1994).
  • Carmelo Imbriani, 37, Italian football player (S.S.C. Napoli, Genoa C.F.C.) and manager (Benevento Calcio), lymphoma.
  • Sanan Kachornprasart, 77, Thai general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1990, 1998–2000, 2008–2011), blood infection.
  • Ivan Kazanets, 94, Ukrainian politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR (1963–1965); Minister of Ferrous Metallurgy of the Soviet Union.
  • Todor Kolev, 73, Bulgarian actor (The Goat Horn, The Hare Census, Toplo, King for a Day, Opasen char), lung cancer.
  • John A. MacNaughton, 67, Canadian financier and executive, Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  • Bill Morrison, 84, Australian politician, federal MP for St George (1969–1975, 1980–1984), Minister for Defence (1975).
  • Dattaji Nalawade, 77, Indian politician, Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1995–1999).
  • Tony Speller, 83, British politician, MP for North Devon (1979–1992).
  • Bill Steltemeier, 83, American executive, President (1980–2000), CEO (2000–2009), and Chairman (2000–2013) of Eternal Word Television Network.
  • Branford Taitt, 74, Barbadian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–1994), President of the Senate (2008–2012).

    • 16

  • John Ayldon, 69, British opera singer.
  • Claudette Boyer, 75, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Ottawa—Vanier (1999–2003), intracranial hemorrhage.
  • Ken Clark, 46, American football player (Indianapolis Colts, Nebraska Cornhuskers), heart attack.
  • Jan Dahm, 91, Norwegian World War II resistance member.
  • Benjamin Dy, 60, Filipino politician, Governor of Isabela (1992–2001), emphysema.
  • Colin Edwards, 21, Guyanese footballer, traffic collision.
  • Eric Ericson, 94, Swedish choral conductor and teacher.
  • Ken Gill, 80, British Anglican bishop, Bishop of Central Karnataka (South India; 1972–1980) and Assistant Bishop of Newcastle (England, 1980–1998)
  • Ennio Girolami, 78, Italian actor.
  • Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso, 77, Spanish-born Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Babahoyo (1994–2008).
  • Les McNichol, 80, New Zealand rugby league player.
  • Grigory Pomerants, 94, Russian philosopher and cultural theorist.
  • Paul Rice, 64, English cricketer.
  • Tony Sheridan, 72, English rock and roll singer, early collaborator with The Beatles.
  • Harald Siepermann, 50, German animator (Tarzan, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Enchanted), cancer.
  • Ernie Vossler, 84, American professional golfer and course designer, dementia.
  • Markus Zürcher, 66, Swiss artist.

    • 17

  • Derek Batey, 84, English quiz show host (Mr. & Mrs.).
  • William Bridges, 79, American author and business consultant, complications of Lewy body disease.
  • Richard Briers, 79, British actor (The Good Life, Ever Decreasing Circles, Peter Pan), emphysema.
  • Manoranjan Das, 89, Indian playwright.
  • Debbie Ford, 57, American author, cancer.
  • André Gingras, 46, Canadian dancer and choreographer, cancer.
  • Milan Gvero, 75, Bosnian Serb general (Army of Republika Srpska).
  • Phil Henderson, 44, American basketball player (Duke University).
  • Shmulik Kraus, 77, Israeli actor and pop rock singer, swine influenza.
  • Sophie Kurys, 87, American baseball player (Racine Belles), complications from surgery.
  • Tony Lorick, 71, American football player (Baltimore Colts, New Orleans Saints).
  • Georg Luck, 87, Swiss academic.
  • Mindy McCready, 37, American country music singer (Ten Thousand Angels), suicide by gunshot.
  • Luis Paulino Mora Mora, 68, Costa Rican jurist, President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica (since 1999), pneumonia and diabetes.
  • Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin, 89, Irish sports broadcaster.
  • Maretta Taylor, 78, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1990–2002).
  • Mike Westhues, 64, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
  • David Whitehouse, 71, British-born American museum executive (The Corning Museum of Glass), cancer.

    • 18

  • Ahmadullah Affandi, 90, Indian scout leader and footballer.
  • Kevin Ayers, 68, English psychedelic rock songwriter and musician (Soft Machine, Wilde Flowers).
  • Otto Beisheim, 89, German billionaire businessman, founder of Metro AG, suicide.
  • Kevin Black, 69, New Zealand radio broadcaster, suspected heart attack.
  • Jerry Buss, 80, American entrepreneur, owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, cancer and kidney failure.
  • Alger Chapman, Jr., 81, American finance executive, CEO and Chairman of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (1986–1997), heart failure.
  • Chu Hsing-yu, 56, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1993–2005), heart attack.
  • B. G. Dyess, 90, American politician, member of the Louisiana Senate (1996–2000).
  • Elspet Gray, Baroness Rix, 83, Scottish actress and philanthropist.
  • Damon Harris, 62, American soul and R&B singer (The Temptations), prostate cancer.
  • Godfrey Hewitt, 73, British evolutionary geneticist.
  • Chieko Honda, 49, Japanese voice actress (Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Here is Greenwood), cancer.
  • James Irvine, 54, British furniture designer.
  • Okey Isima, 56, Nigerian footballer.
  • Anthony Theodore Lobo, 75, Pakistani Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi (1993–2010).
  • Matt Mattox, 91, American jazz and ballet teacher.
  • Craig McKinley, 48, Canadian physician and aquanaut (NEEMO 7 mission).
  • Gustaf Adolf Neumann, 88, Austrian journalist.
  • Mikhail Pakhomov, 36, Russian politician.
  • Otfried Preußler, 89, German children's book author (The Robber Hotzenplotz). (German)
  • Haiyan Qian, 57, Chinese civil servant and diplomat.
  • Shayle R. Searle, 84, New Zealand-born American statistician, cancer.
  • Pep Simek, 86, American businessman, founder of Tombstone pizza.
  • Alan Westin, 83, American academic, cancer.
  • Hugh E. Wild, 94, American air force general.
  • Martin Zweig, 70, American financier.

    • 19

  • Armen Alchian, 98, American economist.
  • Pete D. Anderson, 81, American jockey and racehorse trainer.
  • George Aratani, American entrepreneur (Mikasa, Kenwood) and philanthropist, complications of pneumonia.
  • Eva Bergh, 86, Norwegian actress.
  • Ardyce Bohlke, 69, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (1991–2000), brain tumor.
  • John Brascia, 80, American dancer (White Christmas, Meet Me in Las Vegas), Parkinson's disease.
  • Joaquín Cordero, 89, Mexican actor.
  • Elmer Diedtrich, 85, American politician, member of South Dakota House of Representatives (1989–1992, 1999–2000) and Senate (2001–2002).
  • John Downie, 87, Scottish footballer.
  • Hans Ernback, 70, Swedish actor.
  • Gerhard Frey, 80, German financier and politician, Chairman of the German People's Union (1971–2009).
  • M. Hasan Ali Khan, 63, Bangladeshi naval officer, Chief of Naval Staff (2005–2007).
  • Elisa Lam, 21, Canadian student, accidental drowning, body discovered this date.
  • Lou Myers, 77, American actor (The Wedding Planner, A Different World).
  • Jon Odlum, 76, Saint Lucian politician.
  • Park Chul-soo, 64, South Korean film director, traffic collision.
  • Robert Coleman Richardson, 75, American physicist, winner of Nobel Prize for Physics (1996), complications following heart attack.
  • Donald Richie, 88, American-born Japanese film critic and cinematic author.
  • Hubert Schieth, 86, German football player and manager.
  • Mickey Stubblefield, 86, American baseball player (Kansas City Monarchs).
  • Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez, 83, Nicaraguan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jinotega (1982–2005).
  • Eugene Whelan, 88, Canadian politician, MP for Essex South (1962–1968), for Essex (1968–1984), Senator for SW Ontario (1996–1999), stroke complications.
  • Martin Wilk, 90, Canadian statistician.
  • Chip Woodrum, 74, American politician, member of the Virginia General Assembly for Roanoke (1980–2003).
  • Jane C. Wright, 93, American oncologist.

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  • Avraham Brandwein, 67, Israeli rabbi.
  • Kenji Eno, 42, Japanese video game developer (D, Real Sound), heart failure.
  • Jean Gauthier, 75, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins).
  • John Finbarr Jones, 83, Irish–born American academic.
  • Emma McDougall, 21, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers L.F.C.), cancer.
  • David S. McKay, 77, American astrobiologist (NASA).
  • Antonio Roma, 80, Argentine footballer.
  • Rex Scouten, 88, American civil servant, White House Chief Usher (1969–1986), White House Office of the Curator (1986–1997).
  • Yussef Sleman, 26, Syrian footballer (Al-Wathba SC), mortar attack.
  • Ozzie Sweet, 94, American film actor and sports photographer.
  • Osmo Antero Wiio, 85, Finnish academic and politician, MP (1975–1979).
  • Neil Wilson, 77, American baseball player.

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  • John Clappison, 75, English ceramic and glass designer.
  • Scott Clark, 43, American comic book artist (X-Men, Martian Manhunter, Deathstroke).
  • Raymond Cusick, 84, British TV designer (Doctor Who), heart failure.
  • Norbert Dorsey, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Orlando (1990–2004), cancer.
  • Patrick Ellis, 84, American academic, President of La Salle University (1977–1992) and CUA (1992–1998).
  • Nazem Ganjapour, 69, Iranian footballer.
  • Aleksei Yuryevich German, 74, Russian filmmaker.
  • Bob Godfrey, 91, British animator (Henry's Cat, Roobarb) and Academy Award-winning (1975) short film maker (Great).
  • Willi Gutmann, 85, Swiss sculptor.
  • Hasse Jeppson, 87, Swedish footballer.
  • Masahiro Kanagawa, 29, Japanese criminal, execution by hanging.
  • Kaoru Kobayashi, 44, Japanese criminal, execution by hanging.
  • Francisco José Madero González, 82, Mexican politician, Governor of Coahuila (1981).
  • Magic Slim, 75, American blues singer and guitarist.
  • Bruce Millan, 85, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (1976–1979), European Commissioner for Regional Policy (1989–1995), bronchopneumonia.
  • Dick Neal, Jr., 79, English footballer.
  • Louis F. Oberdorfer, 94, American judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (1977–2013), natural causes.
  • Glenn K. Otis, 83, American army general.
  • Filoteo Samaniego, 84, Ecuadorian translator and diplomat.
  • Yuriy Shulyatytskyi, 70, Ukrainian football coach.
  • Cleotha Staples, 78, American gospel singer (The Staple Singers), member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Del Tenney, 82, American actor and film director.
  • Tom Tipps, 90, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1952–1954) and Senate (1954–1962).
  • T. G. Venkatraman, 82, Indian politician.
  • Merlin Volzke, 87, American jockey and racing official.
  • Zheng Cao, 46, Chinese opera singer.

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  • Debi Austin, 62, American anti-smoking advocate, cancer.
  • Shu-Park Chan, 83, Chinese–born American academic, founded International Technological University.
  • P. Chuba Chang, 47, Indian politician, MLA for Tuensang Sadar-II (1998–2013).
  • Bob Corbin, 90, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1976–2000).
  • George Ives, 87, American actor (Bewitched, Green Acres, Perry Mason).
  • Atje Keulen-Deelstra, 74, Dutch speed skater.
  • Neil Mann, 88, Australian VFL football player and coach (Collingwood).
  • Jean-Louis Michon, 88, French academic.
  • Claude Monteux, 92, American flautist and conductor.
  • Enver Ören, 74, Turkish businessman, renal failure.
  • Mario Ramírez, 55, American baseball player (New York Mets, San Diego Padres).
  • Wolfgang Sawallisch, 89, German conductor and pianist.
  • Hari Shankar Singhania, 79, Indian industrialist.
  • Behsat Üvez, 53, Turkish singer and composer, lung cancer.

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  • José Gustavo Angel Ramírez, 78, Columbian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Mitú (1989–2009).
  • Benedict Ashley, 97, American theologian and philosopher.
  • Eugene Bookhammer, 94, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (1969–1977).
  • Joan Child, 91, Australian politician, MP for Henty (1974–1975, 1980–1990), first female Speaker of House of Representatives (1986–1989).
  • Jack Choquette, 84, American stock car racing driver.
  • Donald A. Haggar, 88, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1959–1960).
  • George A. Hamid, Jr., 94, American entertainment businessman.
  • Paul C. P. McIlhenny, 68, American businessman, CEO of Tabasco, heart attack.
  • Mary Ann McMorrow, 83, American judge, first female judge for Supreme Court of Illinois (1992–2006); first female Chief Justice (2002–2005).
  • Julien Ries, 92, Belgian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of Sant'Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia (since 2012).
  • Maurice Rosy, 85, Belgian comics writer.
  • Sonny Russo, 83, American jazz trombonist.
  • Lotika Sarkar, 90, Indian academic.
  • Sylvia Smith, 67, British writer.
  • Sir Richard Worsley, 89, British Army general.

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  • Roy Brown Jr., 96, American car design engineer (Edsel, Ford Consul, Ford Cortina), complications of Parkinson's disease and pneumonia.
  • Dave Charlton, 76, British-born South African racing driver.
  • John Driftmier, 30, Canadian television director, plane crash.
  • Sir Denis Forman, 95, British television executive, Chairman of Granada Television (1974–1987).
  • Ralph Hotere, 81, New Zealand artist, pneumonia.
  • Virgil Johnson, 77, American doo-wop singer (The Velvets).
  • Farideh Lashai, 68, Iranian contemporary artist, cancer.
  • Con Martin, 89, Irish Gaelic and association football player.
  • Alexis Nihon, Jr., 67, Canadian real estate businessman, Olympic wrestler for The Bahamas (1968), cancer.
  • Andrew Nisbet, Jr., 91, American politician and military officer, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1978–1982).
  • Seamus O'Connell, 83, English footballer.
  • Frank Joseph Polozola, 71, American federal judge, US District Court for Middle Louisiana (1980–2013), cancer.
  • Mahmoud Salem, 82, Egyptian author, cardiac dysfunction.
  • Tjokorda Ngurah Wim Sukawati, 90, Indonesian Balinese royal and diplomat.
  • Dick Yelvington, 84, American football player (New York Giants), 1956 NFL Champions.

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  • Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, Algerian al-Qaeda commander, military action.
  • Allan B. Calhamer, 81, American boardgame inventor (Diplomacy).
  • William J. Duffy, 96, American jurist and politician.
  • Herb Epp, 78, Canadian politician, MPP of the Ontario Legislature for Waterloo North (1977–1990).
  • Stewart "Dirk" Fischer, 88, American jazz musician and composer.
  • Samuel Kivuitu, 74, Kenyan election official and politician, MP for Parklands (1969–1974, 1983–1988), throat cancer.
  • C. Everett Koop, 96, American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator, Surgeon General of the United States (1982–1989).
  • Phillip Leishman, 61, New Zealand broadcaster, brain tumour.
  • Ralph P. Martin, 87, British New Testament scholar.
  • Carmen Montejo, 87, Cuban-born Mexican actress.
  • Ray O'Connor, 86, Australian politician, Premier of Western Australia (1982–1983).
  • Willy Rizzo, 84, Italian-born French news and celebrity photographer (Paris Match), and furniture designer.
  • Heikki Siren, 94, Finnish architect.
  • Dan Toler, 64, American musician (Allman Brothers Band), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Milan Velimirović, 60, Serbian chess problemist and publisher.

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  • Marie-Claire Alain, 86, French organist.
  • Randolph Bromery, 87, American educator, Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1971–1979).
  • Harold G. Clarke, 85, American judge, member of the Georgia Supreme Court (1979–1994), Chief Justice (1990–1994).
  • Giovanni D'Ascenzi, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sovana–Pitigliano–Orbetello (1975–1981) and Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (1981–1996).
  • Donald R. Deskins, 80, American football player (Oakland Raiders), geographer and sociologist.
  • Timothy Donaldson, 79, Bahamian banker, first Governor of the Central Bank (1974–1980), Ambassador to the United States, cancer.
  • Ronald Edwards, 95, South African cricketer. [3]
  • James Ferguson, 87, Canadian politician.
  • Jan Howard Finder, 73, American science fiction writer, renal and liver failure.
  • Bert Flugelman, 90, Australian sculptor, complications from polio.
  • Tom Griffin, 96, American aviator, member of the Doolittle Raid.
  • Stéphane Hessel, 95, German-born French author and diplomat, member of the French Resistance, survivor of Buchenwald, Mittelbau-Dora and Bergen-Belsen.
  • Adrian Hollis, 72, English correspondence chess grandmaster.
  • Huynh Van Cao, 85, Vietnamese politician and major general (Army of the Republic of Vietnam).
  • Simon Li, 90, Hong Kong judge and politician.
  • Marco McMillian, 33, American businessman and political candidate.
  • William Perehudoff, 94, Canadian painter.
  • Maya Jackson Randall, 33, American financial journalist (The Wall Street Journal), leukemia.
  • Eugene P. Sheehy, 90, American academic librarian.
  • Kaoru Shimamura, 43, Japanese voice actress, breast cancer.
  • Sung Chan-gyeong, 82, South Korean poet.
  • Donald Thompson, 85, American Olympic fencer and academic.
  • Dobrivoje Trivić, 69, Serbian footballer (FK Vojvodina, Toulouse FC, Olympique Lyonnais).

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  • María Asquerino, 87, Spanish film actress, respiratory failure.
  • Henri Caillavet, 99, French politician, gay rights and pro-choice advocate, Senator (1967–1983), MEP (1979–1984).
  • Van Cliburn, 78, American pianist, bone cancer.
  • Ramon Dekkers, 43, Dutch kickboxer, eight-time Muay Thai world champion.
  • David Dewaele, 36, French actor.
  • Robin M. Hochstrasser, 82, Scottish–born American chemist.
  • Doreen Kimura, 80, Canadian psychologist.
  • Molly Lefebure, 93, British writer.
  • Mike Marienthal, 89, American football player and coach (UCLA).
  • Walter Pierce, 93, American architect.
  • Dale Robertson, 89, American actor (Death Valley Days, Tales of Wells Fargo, Dynasty), lung cancer and pneumonia.
  • Richard Street, 70, American singer (The Monitors, The Temptations), pulmonary embolism.
  • Roy Stuart, 92, American football player.
  • Terry Twell, 66, English footballer.
  • Adolfo Zaldívar, 69, Chilean politician and lawyer, Senator (1994–2010), President of the Senate (2008–2009), Ambassador to Argentina (since 2010), pancreatic cancer.
  • Imants Ziedonis, 79, Latvian poet, natural causes.

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  • DJ Ajax, 41, Australian DJ.
  • Clarence Atwell Jr., 67, American Tachi Yokut tribal leader (1967–2009), cancer.
  • Theo Bos, 47, Dutch football player and coach, pancreatic cancer.
  • William Bennett, 56, American oboist (San Francisco Symphony), cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Pedro Treto Cisneros, 73, Mexican baseball commissioner.
  • Nancy Cooke de Herrera, 90, American socialite and author.
  • Daniel Darc, 53, French singer (Taxi Girl), drug overdose.
  • Yo-Yo Davalillo, 81, Venezuelan baseball player (Washington Senators).
  • Mosese Fotuaika, 20, New Zealand rugby league player (Wests Tigers).
  • Donald A. Glaser, 86, American physicist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize in Physics (1960).
  • Jean Marcel Honoré, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle, Archbishop of Tours (1981–1997).
  • Neil McCorkell, 100, English cricketer.
  • Moon Mullen, 96, American baseball (Philadelphia Phillies) and basketball player (University of Oregon).
  • Bruce Reynolds, 81, British criminal, mastermind of the Great Train Robbery.
  • Armando Trovajoli, 95, Italian film composer and pianist.
  • Jean Van Steen, 83, Belgian footballer.
  • Yulian Voronovskyi, 76, Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych (1993–2011).
  • Robert Weimar, 80, German academic.

    • References

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