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Deaths in January 2014

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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 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

  • Peter Austin, 92, British brewer (Ringwood Brewery).
  • Traian T. Coșovei, 59, Romanian poet.
  • Herman Pieter de Boer, 85, Dutch writer, lyricist and journalist.
  • Pete DeCoursey, 52, American political journalist, pancreatic and lung cancer.
  • Michael Glennon, 69, Australian Roman Catholic priest and convicted child molester, natural causes.
  • James H. Harless, 94, American industrialist and philanthropist.
  • Higashifushimi Kunihide, 103, Japanese Buddhist monk.
  • Milan Horvat, 94, Croatian conductor.
  • Jamal al-Jamal, 56, Palestinian diplomat, Ambassador to the Czech Republic (since 2013), injuries sustained in an explosion.
  • Jorge Jottar, 84, Chilean Olympic skeet shooter, heart attack.
  • Billy McColl, 62, Scottish actor (Doctor Who).
  • William Mgimwa, 63, Tanzanian politician, MP (since 2010), Minister of Finance (since 2012).
  • Therese Mills, 85, Trinidad journalist and editor.
  • Juanita Moore, 99, American actress (Imitation of Life, Disney's The Kid).
  • Jafar Namdar, 79, Iranian Olympic and World Cup football referee.
  • Dean Nyquist, 78, American politician and lawyer.
  • Josep Seguer, 90, Spanish footballer.
  • Cal Swenson, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg Jets).
  • Tabby Thomas, 84, American blues musician.
  • Sam Ulano, 93, American drummer.
  • Tokuo Yamashita, 94, Japanese politician, Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare

    • 2

  • Terry Biddlecombe, 72, English National Hunt jockey.
  • Jeanne Brabants, 93, Belgian dancer, choreographer and teacher.
  • Terry Magaoa Chapman, 68/69, Niuean civil servant.
  • Anne Dorte of Rosenborg, 66, Danish countess, respiratory illness.
  • Louis George, 63, Saint Lucian politician, Minister of Education (1982–1997).
  • Bernard Glasser, 89, American film producer (Return of the Fly, The Day of the Triffids).
  • Patrick Heron, 61, Irish author, cancer.
  • Elizabeth Jane Howard, 90, English novelist.
  • R. Crosby Kemper, Jr., 86, American banker and civic philanthropist.
  • Thomas Kurzhals, 60, German composer and musician (Stern-Combo Meißen, Karat).
  • Li Tai-hsiang, 72, Taiwanese composer and folk songwriter, multiple organ failure.
  • Ian Mackley, 71, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Ghana (1996–2000).
  • Dhananjay Mahato, 94, Indian politician.
  • Franciszek Malinowski, 82, Polish scholar and journalist.
  • Michael J. Matthews, 79, American politician and convicted criminal, Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (1982–1984).
  • Yōko Mitsui, 78, Japanese poet, liver failure.
  • Hal Newton, 80, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).
  • Harald Nugiseks, 92, Estonian war veteran and anti-communism activist.
  • Oiteyama Hirokuni, 75, Japanese sumo wrestler.
  • Dirk Sager, 73, German journalist.
  • Arnold A. Saltzman, 97, American businessman and diplomat.
  • Jay Traynor, 70, American singer (Jay and the Americans), liver cancer.

    • 3

  • Larry Arndt, 50, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics).
  • Guillermo Arriaga Fernández, 87, Mexican dancer, composer and choreographer, pneumonia.
  • Eric Barnes, 76, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra).
  • Sylvia Bassot, 73, French politician, member of the National Assembly (1996–2012).
  • Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y García-Menocal, 77, Cuban theologian and writer.
  • Leon de Wolff, 65, Dutch journalist and media consultant, multiple system atrophy.
  • Robert Diligent, 89, French journalist.
  • Phil Everly, 74, American singer and musician (The Everly Brothers), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  • Donald Forst, 81, American newspaper editor, cancer.
  • John M. Freeman, 80, American pediatric neurologist.
  • George Goodman, 83, American economics commentator, myelofibrosis.
  • László Helyey, 65, Hungarian actor.
  • Sir Michael Neubert, 80, British politician, MP for Romford (1974–1997).
  • Alicia Rhett, 98, American actress (Gone with the Wind) and portrait painter.
  • Jennie Robak, 81, American politician, Nebraska State Senator (1989–2003), traffic collision.
  • Wilson Allen Shoffner, 75, American soldier.
  • George Wilson, 93, Australian rules footballer.
  • Larry Vognild, 81, American politician, Washington State Senator (1978–1994), heart failure.
  • David Whitefield, 77, South African cricketer.
  • Yashiki Takajin, 64, Japanese singer-songwriter and television presenter, esophageal cancer.
  • Saul Zaentz, 92, American film producer (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, The English Patient, Amadeus), Alzheimer's disease.

    • 4

  • Bill Abington, 92, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1949–1953).
  • Ahmad A'zam, 64, Uzbek writer.
  • Caixa Eletronica, 9, American racehorse, training collision.
  • Mrinal Das, 66, Indian trade unionist, heart attack.
  • Irving Fishman, 92, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1963–1968), Senator (1971–1974).
  • Gabe Gabler, 83, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
  • Andy Holden, 65, English Olympic long distance runner (1972).
  • Shirley Jeffrey, 74, Australian marine biologist.
  • Chris Karras, 89, American painter.
  • Sergey Kozlov, 53, Russian football player and coach.
  • Jean Metellus, 76, Haitian poet and writer.
  • Josef Staribacher, 92, Austrian politician, pneumonia.

    • 5

  • M'hamed Benguettaf, 75, Algerian actor and playwright.
  • Philippe Boiry, 86, French pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia.
  • Jerry Coleman, 89, American baseball player, manager and broadcaster (Yankees, Padres) and Marine aviator, complications from brain bleeding and surgery.
  • Eusébio, 71, Portuguese footballer, top goalscorer at the 1966 World Cup, heart failure.
  • Arthur Gietzelt, 93, Australian politician, Senator for New South Wales (1971–1989), Minister for Veterans' Affairs (1983–1987).
  • Augusto Graziani, 80, Italian economist.
  • Slamet Gundono, 47, Indonesian puppeteer.
  • Brian Hart, 77, British racing driver and engineer.
  • Simon Hoggart, 67, English journalist, pancreatic cancer.
  • Govert Huijser, 82, Dutch general, Chief of the Defence Staff (1983–1988).
  • Annamária Kinde, 57, Romanian poet, journalist and editor.
  • Uday Kiran, 33, Indian film actor, suicide by hanging.
  • János Kristófi, 88, Romanian painter.
  • E. J. Lowe, 63, British philosopher.
  • Alma Muriel, 62, Mexican actress, heart attack.
  • Nelson Ned, 66, Brazilian singer, pneumonia.
  • Mogens E. Pedersen, 85, Danish journalist (Se og Hør).
  • Tom Quinn, 79, American actor (The Wire, Super 8, The Next Three Days), diabetes.
  • Rod Searle, 93, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1957–1981), Speaker (1979).
  • Sissel Sellæg, 85, Norwegian actress.
  • Endre Senkálszky, 99, Romanian actor and director.
  • K. P. Udayabhanu, 77, Indian playback singer.
  • David Maxwell Walker, 93, Scottish lawyer and academic.
  • Ray Williams, 86, Welsh rugby union player.
  • Carmen Zapata, 86, American actress (Sister Act, Santa Barbara).
  • Mustapha Zitouni, 85, French-Algerian footballer.

    • 6

  • Jim Appleby, 79, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers).
  • John Ash, 88, English ornithologist.
  • Bob Bolen, 87, American politician and businessman, Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas (1982–1991).
  • Don Chuy, 72, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles).
  • Herbert Fries, 88, German Oberfähnrich in the Fallschirmjäger during World War II.
  • Rashaad Galant, 66, South African cricketer.
  • Marina Ginestà, 94, French veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
  • Karel Gut, 86, Czech ice hockey player and manager, member of the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame.
  • Aitzaz Hasan, 17, Pakistani schoolboy, intercepted suicide bomber at school, injuries sustained in bombing.
  • Frank Illiano, 86, American criminal (Genovese crime family), infection.
  • Larry D. Mann, 91, Canadian-born American actor (Gunsmoke, Hill Street Blues, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer).
  • Pedro Mayorga, 93, Argentine Olympic equestrian and sports official.
  • Thomas Patrick Melady, 86, American educator and diplomat, Ambassador to Burundi (1969–1972), Uganda (1972–1973) and the Holy See (1989–1993).
  • Čika Mišo, 82, Bosnian shoeshiner, heart attack.
  • James Moorhouse, 90, British politician, Member of the European Parliament (1979–1999).
  • Hector Munro, 93, English cricketer.
  • Tesshin Okada, 21, Japanese boxer, subdural hematoma.
  • Carlos Padilla Velásquez, 79, Honduran football manager.
  • H. Owen Reed, 103, American composer, conductor and educator.
  • Bishop Robinson, 86, American police chief, Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department (1984–1987), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Julian Rotter, 97, American psychologist.
  • Lena Smedsaas, 62, Swedish journalist (TV4Nyheterna), cancer.
  • Mónica Spear, 29, Venezuelan actress and beauty pageant winner (Miss Venezuela 2004), shot.
  • Don Ward, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins).
  • Todd Williams, 35, American football player (Tennessee Titans).

    • 7

  • AKM Nazir Ahmed, 74, Bangladeshi politician.
  • Jerald C. Anderson, 79, American politician, Minnesota State Senator (1970–1980).
  • Alvin Aubert, 83, American poet.
  • Giuseppe Frascarelli, 90, Italian footballer (Ascoli).
  • Ivan Ladislav Galeta, 66, Croatian multimedia artist.
  • Paul Goggins, 60, British politician, MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East (since 1997), brain haemorrhage.
  • Maureen Gray, 65, American songwriter and doo-wop singer.
  • Bakhtiyar Gulamov, 64, Azerbaijani footballer.
  • Thomas V. Jones, 93, American businessman, CEO of Northrop Corporation (1960–1989), pulmonary fibrosis.
  • Willy Köstinger, 73, Austrian Olympic skier (1964).
  • Peter Moraites, 91, American politician.
  • Vilard Normcharoen, 51, Thai footballer (Thai Port).
  • Emiel Pauwels, 95, Belgian athlete.
  • Phil Ryan, 98, Australian football player and administrator (Hawthorn).
  • Sir Run Run Shaw, 106, Hong Kong media mogul (Shaw Brothers Studio) and philanthropist.
  • Sunshine Forever, 29, American racehorse.
  • Roy Warhurst, 87, English footballer (Birmingham City).

    • 8

  • Vicente T. Blaz, 85, American USMC general and politician, delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Guam (1985–1993).
  • Vishwanath Bondre, 77, Indian cricketer.
  • Charles Casali, 90, Swiss footballer (BSC Young Boys).
  • Maciej Dunal, 60, Polish actor and singer.
  • André Gernez, 90, French physician.
  • Madeline Gins, 72, American poet, painter and architect, cancer.
  • Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, 88, Dutch Olympic swimmer (1948, 1952).
  • Levon Khechoyan, 58, Armenian writer.
  • Josef Lammerz, 83, German composer and organist.
  • Jacques Lazarus, 97, Swiss-born French military officer, Jewish resistance leader in France during World War II.
  • Armen Mazmanyan, 53, Armenian theater director and actor.
  • Edward N. Ney, 88, American business executive and diplomat, CEO of Young & Rubicam (1970–1986), Ambassador to Canada (1989–1992).
  • Robert Pastor, 66, American academic and national security advisor.
  • Antonino P. Roman, 74, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (1998–2007), multiple organ failure.
  • Selçuk Uluergüven, 73, Turkish actor.

    • 9

  • Amiri Baraka, 79, American poet, writer and activist, Poet Laureate of New Jersey (2002–2003).
  • Charlie Bazzano, 90, Australian Olympic cyclist.
  • Rynn Berry, 68, American vegetarian activist and author, heart attack.
  • Roy Campbell, Jr., 61, American jazz trumpeter.
  • Cliff Carpenter, 98, American actor (Synecdoche, New York, Alan Wake).
  • Josep Maria Castellet, 87, Spanish writer, publisher and editor.
  • Bill Conlin, 79, American sports columnist (Philadelphia Daily News).
  • Lorella De Luca, 73, Italian actress, brain tumour.
  • Paul du Toit, 48, South African artist.
  • Luis García, 84, Venezuelan professional baseball player, cerebrovascular disease.
  • Yuri Golov, 77, Russian footballer.
  • Patrick J. Hannifin, 90, American naval officer.
  • Winfried Hassemer, 73, German judge and academic.
  • Michael Hemmingson, 47, American writer.
  • Chaudhry Aslam Khan, Pakistani police chief, bombing.
  • Salvador Llopis, 63, Spanish footballer.
  • Hans Lund-Andersen, 92, Norwegian mining engineer and businessperson.
  • Franklin McCain, 73, American civil rights leader, member of the Greensboro Four.
  • D. Harold McNamara, 90, American astronomer.
  • Albert McCann, 72, English footballer (Portsmouth).
  • Jean-Jacques Moreau, 90, French mathematician.
  • Dale T. Mortensen, 74, American economist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2010).
  • Eric Palante, 50, Belgian motorcycle rally rider, race collision.
  • Věra Tichánková, 93, Czech actress.
  • Bill Woodhouse, 77, American sprinter.
  • Marc Yor, 64, French mathematician.

    • 10

  • Joel Barkan, 72, American political scientist.
  • Sam Berns, 17, American high school student, progeria sufferer and documentary subject (Life According to Sam), progeria.
  • Ike Borsavage, 89, American basketball player.
  • Elliot W. Eisner, 80, American academic.
  • Kathryn Findlay, 60, British architect, brain tumour.
  • Aram Gharabekian, 58, Armenian conductor.
  • Anthony J. Hederman, 92, Irish judge, Attorney General (1977–1981).
  • Petr Hlaváček, 63, Czech academic and shoe expert.
  • Frouwke Laning-Boersema, 76, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1982–1994).
  • Margo Maeckelberghe, 81, British artist.
  • Marly Marley, 75, Brazilian vedette and actress, pancreatic cancer.
  • Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, 34, Cameroonian prisoner, imprisoned for homosexuality.
  • Zbigniew Messner, 84, Polish politician, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (1985–1988).
  • Donald Morton, 79, American oncologist, heart failure.
  • Salvatore Nicolosi, 91, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lipari (1963–1970) and Noto (1970–1998).
  • Ian Redford, 53, Scottish footballer.
  • Larry Speakes, 74, American journalist, de facto White House Press Secretary (1981–1987), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Hadi Thayeb, 91, Indonesian diplomat, co-founder of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Industry (1964–1966), Governor of Aceh (1981–1986).
  • Jack Tuell, 90, American Methodist minister and equal-rights advocate, Bishop of Los Angeles (1980–1992).
  • Allard van der Scheer, 85, Dutch actor.

    • 11

  • Keiko Awaji, 80, Japanese actress (Stray Dog, The Bridges at Toko-Ri), esophageal cancer.
  • Jophery Brown, 68, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) and stuntman (Die Hard, Predator, Oblivion).
  • Chai Trong-rong, 78, Taiwanese politician, stroke.
  • Zoltán Pál Dienes, 97, Hungarian mathematician and educationalist.
  • Bryan Fairfax, 88, Australian conductor.
  • Arnoldo Foà, 97, Italian film actor.
  • Vugar Gashimov, 27, Azerbaijani chess player.
  • Muhammad Habibur Rahman, 85, Bangladeshi judge and jurist, Chief Justice (1995), Chief Advisor (1996).
  • Michael Jacobs, 61, British writer, cancer.
  • Joe Junkin, 67, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
  • Dick Miller, 55, American basketball player.
  • Volodymyr Raskatov, 56, Ukrainian Soviet Olympic swimmer (1976).
  • Ariel Sharon, 85, Israeli politician and general, Minister of Defense (1981–1983), Prime Minister (2001–2006), heart failure.
  • Sitaram Singh, 65, Indian politician.
  • Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Agats (1969–2001).
  • Stanley Uys, 91, South African journalist, heart attack.
  • Jerome Willis, 85, British actor (Doctor Who, Space Precinct).
  • Mora Windt-Martini, 76, Romanian handball player.

    • 12

  • Heinz Angelmaier, 95, German soldier, Hauptmann in World War II, awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
  • Neal Barrett, Jr., 84, American author.
  • Alexandra Bastedo, 67, British actress (Batman Begins, The Champions) and animal welfare advocate, breast cancer.
  • Nick Bevan, 71, British rowing coach.
  • Connie Binsfeld, 89, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (1991–1999).
  • John Button, 70, British racing driver, suspected heart attack.
  • Halet Çambel, 97, Turkish Olympic fencer (1936) and archaeologist.
  • George Dement, 91, American innkeeper, restaurateur and politician, Mayor of Bossier City, Louisiana (1989–2005).
  • François Joseph Pierre Deniau, 77, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nevers (1998–2011).
  • William Feindel, 95, Canadian neurosurgeon.
  • Tony Harding, 72, British comics artist.
  • Ángel Herrero, 71, Spanish footballer, pulmonary edema.
  • Patrick Horsbrugh, 93, British architecture professor.
  • John Horsley, 93, British actor (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Box of Delights, You Rang, M'Lord?).
  • E. Holman Jones, 87, American newspaper publisher and politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1968–1972).
  • Burton Lifland, 84, American judge, pneumonia.
  • Frank Marth, 91, American actor (The Honeymooners, Hogan's Heroes), heart failure and Alzheimer's disease.
  • Robert H. Quinn, 85, American attorney and politician, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1967–1969), President of the NAAG (1974–1975).
  • Armando Rodriguez, 96, Cuban-born American grocer.
  • Sir Robert Scholey, 92, British business executive, Chairman of British Steel (1986–1992).
  • Zdenko Škrabalo, 84, Serbian-born Croatian academician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs (1992–1993).
  • Michael L. Strang, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado (1985–1987).
  • Tsunetoshi Tanaka, 88, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1969–1972, 1980–1996).
  • Gyula Török, 75, Hungarian Olympic champion boxer (1960).

    • 13

  • Don Asmonga, 85, American basketball player and teacher.
  • Ulysse Bozonnet, 92, French soldier and Olympic skier (1948).
  • Patricia Boyle, 76, American federal judge, U.S. District Court Justice (1978–1983), Michigan Supreme Court Justice (1983–1998), respiratory failure.
  • Bobby Collins, 82, Scottish footballer.
  • Anjali Devi, 86, Indian actress (Lava Kusa, Suvarna Sundari) and film producer.
  • Mihai Fotino, 83, Romanian actor (Codine).
  • Gatluak Deng Garang, 59, South Sudanese general and politician, Governor of Upper Nile (2008–2009), cancer.
  • Gary Grimshaw, 67, American rock concert graphic poster artist.
  • Amos Hadar, 90, Israeli politician.
  • Kees IJmkers, 89, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (1966–1967, 1969–1987).
  • Bruce Jones, 68, American surfboard shaper, heart attack.
  • Ronny Jordan, 51, English jazz guitarist.
  • Eric Khoo Heng-Pheng, 68, Malaysian scout leader.
  • Bennie Lands, 92, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1948).
  • Thomas McCloy, 86, Irish cricketer.
  • Norm Parker, 72, American college football coach, defensive coordinator of the Iowa Hawkeyes (1999–2011).
  • Randal Tye Thomas, 35, American politician, Mayor of Gun Barrel City, Texas (2000–2001).
  • Waldemar von Gazen, 96, German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
  • Menachem Zilberman, 67, Israeli comedian and songwriter, heart attack.

    • 14

  • Rex Adams, 85, English footballer.
  • Marian Ewurama Addy, Ghanaian scientist.
  • Issa Benyamin, 89, Iranian Assyrian calligrapher and educator.
  • Jon Bing, 69, Norwegian writer and legal scholar.
  • Alan Blackburn, 78, English footballer.
  • Pierre F. Brault, 74, Canadian composer.
  • Fernand Brosius, 79, Luxembourgian footballer (Spora Luxembourg).
  • Sir Nicholas Browne, 66, British diplomat, Ambassador to Iran (1999–2002) and Denmark (2003–2006).
  • Milutin Dostanić, 55, Serbian mathematician, cancer.
  • Juan Gelman, 83, Argentine poet, winner of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (2007), myelodysplastic syndrome.
  • Jerry Marciniak, 76, Canadian football player.
  • Eric James Mellon, 88, English ceramic artist.
  • Ole Moe, 95, Norwegian newspaper editor and politician.
  • Eric Paterson, 84, Canadian Olympic champion ice hockey player (1952).
  • Bernard Perlin, 95, American painter.
  • Esther Ann Reeser, 86, American baseball player (Springfield Sallies).
  • Richard Shepherd, 86, American film producer (Breakfast at Tiffany's), kidney failure.
  • St Nicholas Abbey, 6, Irish racehorse, euthanised due to complications from colic surgery.
  • Flavio Testi, 91, Italian composer and musicologist.
  • Michalis Vardanis, 78, Greek Army officer and lawyer, major figure in the resistance against the military junta.
  • Mae Young, 90, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler.

    • 15

  • Mallikarjun Bande, 39, Indian police officer, shot.
  • Curtis Bray, 43, American football player and coach.
  • Joan Brickhill, 89, South African actress and producer.
  • A. Lorne Campbell, 83, Canadian lawyer.
  • Namdeo Dhasal, 64, Indian poet and activist.
  • John Dobson, 98, American astronomer.
  • Don Engel, 84, American lawyer, leukemia.
  • Marion Faller, 72, American photographer.
  • José de Jesús García Ayala, 103, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Campeche (1967–1982).
  • Elena Gorokhova, 80, Russian painter.
  • Liam Hogan, 74, Irish hurler.
  • Karl Hudson-Phillips, 80, Trinidadian judge and politician, Attorney General (1969–1973).
  • Roger Lloyd-Pack, 69, English actor (Only Fools and Horses, The Vicar of Dibley, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), pancreatic cancer.
  • Gennadi Matveyev, 76, Russian football player and manager.
  • Tor Milde, 61, Norwegian journalist and writer (Verdens Gang).
  • Reid Patterson, 81, American Olympic swimmer (1956), Georgia Sports Hall of Fame inductee (1984).
  • Maya Romanoff, 72, American interior designer.
  • Stanford Tischler, 92, American film editor and producer (M*A*S*H).
  • Hiroshi Yoshino, 87, Japanese poet, pneumonia.

    • 16

  • Cosimo Antonelli, 87, Italian Olympic water polo player (1956).
  • Gary Arlington, 75, American author, editor and publisher, key figure in the underground comix movement.
  • Harvey Bernhard, 89, American film producer (The Goonies, The Omen, The Lost Boys).
  • Patrick Chabal, 63, political scientist.
  • John G. Cleary, 64, New Zealand computer scientist.
  • Douglas Davis, 80, American art critic and artist.
  • Ruth Duccini, 95, American actress (The Wizard of Oz), natural causes.
  • Wiley W. Hilburn, 75, American journalist, Chairman of the Department of Journalism at Louisiana Tech University (1968–2009).
  • Russell Johnson, 89, American actor (Gilligan's Island, The Twilight Zone), kidney failure.
  • Dave Madden, 82, Canadian-born American actor (Laugh In, The Partridge Family, Alice), heart and kidney failure.
  • Hiroo Onoda, 91, Japanese Imperial Army World War II intelligence officer, did not surrender until 1974.
  • Bence Rakaczki, 20, Hungarian footballer, leukemia.
  • Bud Spangler, 75, American jazz drummer.
  • José Sulaimán, 82, Mexican boxing official, President of the World Boxing Council (since 1975), International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee (2007).
  • Hal Sutherland, 84, American animator (Sleeping Beauty, Star Trek: The Animated Series), co-founder of Filmation.
  • Chris Ullo, 85, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1972–1988) and Senate (1988–2008), heart failure.
  • Stan Watson, 76, British footballer (Darlington).

    • 17

  • Nadia Boudesoque, 97, Mexican actress and Olympic fencer (1948), natural causes.
  • Salvador Breglia, 78, Paraguayan football player and coach.
  • Mohammed Burhanuddin, 98, Indian Islamic spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras, heart attack.
  • Frank Cockett, 97, British surgeon and art historian.
  • Niels Lauritz Dahl, 87, Norwegian diplomat.
  • Joe Evans, 97, American jazz alto saxophonist.
  • Holger Hansson, 86, Swedish Olympic bronze-medalist football player (1952) and coach.
  • Seizō Katō, 86, Japanese voice actor, bladder cancer.
  • Saizo Kishimoto, 85, Japanese yakuza (Yamaguchi-gumi).
  • Francine Lalonde, 73, Canadian politician, MP for Mercier (1993–2004) and La Pointe-de-l'Île (2004–2011), cancer.
  • Kong Le, 79, Laotian military leader.
  • James Lockhart, 80, American historian.
  • Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, 71, British businessman, politician and author, Treasurer of the Conservative Party (1975–1990).
  • John J. McGinty III, 73, American Marine Corps officer, recipient of the Medal of Honor.
  • Alexandros Petersen, American academic, writer and geopolitical energy specialist, bombing.
  • Sunanda Pushkar, 49, Indian-born Canadian businesswoman and entrepreneur, drug overdose.
  • Suchitra Sen, 82, Indian actress (Sharey Chuattor, Harano Sur, Deep Jwele Jaai), heart attack.

    • 18

  • Kathryn Abbe, 94, American photographer.
  • Robert A. Alberty, 92, American biophysical chemist.
  • Tommaso Bisagno, 78, Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1979–1994).
  • W. Robert Blair, 83, American lawyer, businessman and politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1967–1977).
  • Michael Botmang, 76, Nigerian politician, Governor of Plateau State (2006–2007), kidney disease.
  • Peadar Clohessy, 80, Irish politician, TD for Limerick East (1981–1982, 1987–1997).
  • Herbert Dodkins, 84, English Olympic footballer (1956).
  • Komla Dumor, 41, Ghanaian journalist and news presenter (BBC World News, Focus on Africa), heart attack.
  • Dennis Frederiksen, 62, American rock singer (Angel, Le Roux, Toto), liver cancer.
  • Andy Graver, 86, English footballer (Lincoln City).
  • Milan Kajkl, 63, Czech Olympic silver-medalist ice hockey player (1976).
  • Takao Iwami, 78, Japanese political pundit, pneumonia.
  • Trevor Jacobs, 67, English footballer. [1]
  • Sarah Marshall, 80, British actress (The Long, Hot Summer, Star Trek, Dave), cancer.
  • Eugenio Cruz Vargas, 90, Chilean poet and painter.
  • Frans Vermeyen, 70, Belgian footballer (Lierse, Royal Antwerp), stroke.

    • 19

  • Azaria Alon, 95, Ukrainian-born Israeli environmentalist.
  • Sir Christopher Chataway, 82, British athlete, broadcaster, politician and businessman, MP for Lewisham North (1959–1966) and Chichester (1969–1974), cancer.
  • Steven Fromholz, 68, American entertainer, singer and songwriter, Poet Laureate of Texas (2007), accidental shooting.
  • Aslan Gahramanly, 74, Azerbaijani playwright, renal failure.
  • Gordon Hessler, 88, British film director (Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park) and screenwriter.
  • Michał Joachimowski, 63, Polish Olympic triple jumper (1972, 1976).
  • Tim Jones, 57, Canadian paramedic.
  • Udo Kasemets, 94, Estonian-born Canadian composer.
  • Al Lerner, 94, American pianist and composer.
  • Erik Nord, 95, Norwegian politician.
  • Michael Sporn, 67, American film animator, pancreatic cancer.
  • Ben Starr, 92, American television producer (The Brady Bunch, All in the Family), creator (The Facts of Life, Silver Spoons), comedy writer and playwright.
  • Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, 85, Sri Lankan anthropologist.
  • Bert Williams, 93, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, national team).

    • 20

  • Claudio Abbado, 80, Italian conductor.
  • Wistin Abela, 80, Maltese politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1981–1983), Finance Minister (1983–1987).
  • Vern Benson, 89, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (Atlanta Braves).
  • Win Borden, 70, American politician, Minnesota State Senator (1971–1978).
  • Ubaldo Continiello, 72, Italian film composer.
  • Graeme Dallow, 84, New Zealand police officer.
  • Lance E. Davis, 85, American economic historian.
  • Armen Hovhannisyan, 19, Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh soldier, shot.
  • Kiyoharu Ishiwata, 73, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (1989–2001), heart failure.
  • James Jacks, 66, American film producer (The Mummy, Mallrats), heart attack.
  • José Isabel Jiménez, 98, Mexican baseball journalist.
  • Jumber Lominadze, 83, Georgian physicist.
  • John Mackey, 96, Irish-born New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Auckland (1974–1983).
  • Hans Meuer, 77, German computer scientist.
  • Otis G. Pike, 92, American politician, United States Representative from New York (1961–1979).
  • George Scott, 84, Scottish-born Canadian wrestler, lung cancer.
  • Pete Titanic, 93, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).
  • Jonas Trinkūnas, 74, Lithuanian ethnologist and religion folklorist, founder of Romuva.
  • Michael Vosse, 72-73, American writer and publicist.

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  • Manfred Bleskin, 64, German journalist and television news moderator.
  • Dieter Bortfeldt, 72, British graphic designer and philatelist.
  • G. Thompson Brown, 92, American missionary and theologian.
  • Tony Crook, 93, English racing driver.
  • Jocelyn Hay, 86, British broadcasting campaigner.
  • Tim Hosley, 66, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics).
  • Solomon Tilewa Johnson, 59, Gambian Anglican prelate, Archbishop of West Africa (since 2012).
  • Bill Kresse, 80, American cartoonist.
  • Warren Lamb, 90, British management consultant.
  • Natalie Myburgh, 73, South African Olympic swimmer (1956).
  • Wilford Moore, 94, American college football coach (McMurry Indians).
  • Marcel Ostiguy, 84, Canadian politician.[2]
  • Tony Pabón, 74, American singer, trumpeter and bandleader.
  • Joel L. Shin, 45, American lawyer and policy adviser.
  • Dick Shrider, 90, American college basketball coach and athletic director (Miami RedHawks).
  • Georgi Slavkov, 55, Bulgarian footballer, heart attack.
  • Rhonda Small, 88, Australian filmmaker.
  • Graham Stevenson, 58, English cricketer, complications from stroke.
  • Roar Woldum, 81, Norwegian Olympic swimmer.
  • George C. Wortley, 87, American politician, United States Representative from New York (1981–1989).

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  • Luis Ávalos, 67, Cuban-born American actor (The Electric Company), heart failure.
  • Arthur Bellamy, 71, English footballer.
  • Charles A. Berg, 87, American politician.
  • Martin S. Bergmann, 100, American psychology professor and actor (Crimes and Misdemeanors).
  • Fred Bertelmann, 88, German singer and actor.
  • Alice Besseling, 69, Dutch politician.
  • Patrick Brooking, 76, British army general.
  • Saidi Bwanamdogo, 45, Tanzanian politician, MP for Chalinze (since 2010).
  • Roy Cicala, 74, American record producer and sound engineer.
  • Chet Curtis, 74, American television anchor, pancreatic cancer.
  • François Deguelt, 81, French singer.
  • Robert Domergue, 92, French football player and manager.
  • Pierre Jalbert, 89, Canadian actor (Combat!) and skier, heart attack.
  • John Kabaireho, 91, Ugandan politician, Prime Minister of dependent Ankole Kingdom (1960–1963).
  • Manuel Leguineche, 72, Spanish journalist.
  • Carlo Mazzacurati, 57, Italian film director.
  • Serhiy Nigoyan, 20, Ukrainian protester (Euromaidan), shot.
  • Maziar Partow, 81, Iranian cinematographer, heart disease.
  • Akkineni Nageswara Rao, 90, Indian actor (Chenchu Lakshmi, Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddham, Premabhishekam) and film producer, Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1990), cancer.
  • Dhirubhai Thaker, 95, Indian Gujarati writer, multiple ailments.
  • Wando, 13, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, heart attack.

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  • Henri Ackermann, 91, Luxembourgian cyclist.
  • Ted Bottiger, 81, American politician, Washington State Senator (1973–1987), State Representative (1965–1972).
  • Robert Coldsnow, 89, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1965–1970).
  • Violetta Ferrari, 83, Hungarian actress.
  • Franz Gabl, 93, Austrian Olympic alpine skier (1948).
  • Moshe Gil, 92, Israeli historian.
  • Yuri Izrael, 83, Russian meteorologist.
  • Khin Yu May, 76, Burmese actress and singer.
  • Katsuyo Kobayashi, 76, Japanese food critic (Iron Chef), multiple organ failure.
  • Mille Markovic, 52, Yugoslav-born Swedish sex club owner, convicted criminal and boxer, shot.
  • Uroš Marović, 68, Yugoslav Olympic champion water polo player (1968).
  • Kazys Morkūnas, 88, Lithuanian stained glass artist.
  • Lew Massey, 57, American basketball player (Charlotte 49ers).
  • Ivar Moe, 91, Norwegian lawyer and politician.
  • Riz Ortolani, 87, Italian film composer.
  • Charlie Osgood, 87, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
  • Jan Pesman, 82, Dutch Olympic bronze-medalist speed skater (1960).
  • Eugene Schlickman, 84, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1964–1980).
  • S. Sriskandarajah, 60, Sri Lankan judge and lawyer.
  • Béla Várady, 60, Hungarian footballer.

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  • Shulamit Aloni, 85, Israeli politician, leader of the Meretz party.
  • Jay S. Amyx, 90, American politician, Mayor of Boise (1966–1974).
  • Knut Aukland, 84, Norwegian physiologist.
  • Igor Badamshin, 47, Russian cross-country skier, heart attack.
  • Curt Brasket, 81, American chess player.
  • Lisa Daniely, 84, British actress (The Invisible Man, Doctor Who, The First Churchills).
  • Abdelkader El Brazi, 49, Moroccan footballer.
  • Aguinaldo Fonseca, 91, Cape Verdean poet.
  • Joseph Kalite, Central African health minister, machete attack.
  • Sahal Mahfudz, 76, Indonesian spiritual leader (Nahdlatul Ulama).
  • Boyd Oxlade, 70, Australian author and screenwriter (Death in Brunswick), cancer.
  • Rafael Pineda Ponce, 83, Honduran educator and politician, President of the National Congress (1998–2002), kidney failure.
  • Maren-Sofie Røstvig, 93, Norwegian literary historian.

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  • Bruce Barmes, 84, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
  • Marcelino Bilbao Bilbao, 94, Spanish military officer.
  • John Cairns, 88, English cricketer.
  • Arthur Doyle, 69, American jazz musician.
  • Robert F. Goldsworthy, 96, American politician.
  • Eric Green, South African admiral, Flag Officer Fleet (1999–2005).
  • Heini Halberstam, 88, Czech-born British mathematician.
  • John R. Huizenga, 92, American physicist, heart failure.
  • Kurt Krenn, 77, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sankt Pölten (1991–2004).
  • Nasser Minachi, 82, Iranian politician.
  • John Robertson, 79, Canadian journalist.
  • Milan Ružić, 58, Croatian footballer.
  • Emanuel Saldaño, 28, Argentine cyclist, national road race champion (2011), traffic collision.
  • Dave Strack, 90, American basketball player and coach (Michigan Wolverines), pneumonia.
  • Gyula Sax, 62, Hungarian chess player, heart attack.
  • Pius Tirkey, 85, Indian politician, MLA for Alipurduars (1977–1996).
  • Morrie Turner, 90, American cartoonist (Wee Pals).
  • Dennis Wirgowski, 66, American football player (New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles).

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  • Stephen Clapp, 74, American violinist and music educator, Dean of the Juilliard School (1994–2007).
  • Renzo Colzi, 76, French Olympic cyclist (1956).
  • Ollie Conmy, 74, Irish footballer.
  • Tom Gola, 81, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors) and politician.
  • Paula Gruden, 92, Australian poet and translator.
  • Oleg Imrekov, 51, Russian football player and manager.
  • Paavo Kotila, 86, Finnish Olympic long-distance runner (1956).
  • Margery Mason, 100, English actress (The Princess Bride, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Love Actually).
  • John Farquhar Munro, 79, Scottish politician, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West (1999–2011).
  • Tom Nyuma, Sierra Leonean politician and military officer.
  • José Emilio Pacheco, 74, Mexican poet, essayist and novelist, winner of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (2009), heart attack.
  • Gino Polidori, 72, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2005–2010), prostate cancer.
  • Miguel Romero, 68–69, Spanish politician and activist.
  • Mario Santos, Jr., 73, American sheriff.
  • Karl Slym, 51, British business executive, Managing Director of Tata Motors (since 2012), self-defenestration.
  • Patrick D. Smith, 87, American author (A Land Remembered).
  • Ralph T. Troy, 79, American politician and mortgage banker, Mayor of Monroe, Louisiana (1972–1976), cancer.
  • Gerald B. Whitham, 86, British applied mathematician.
  • Rusty York, 78, American musician.
  • Doris Witiuk, 84, American AAGPBL baseball player (Racine Belles, Battle Creek Belles).

    • 27

  • Haji Bakr, Iraqi militant (ISIL). (death announced on this date)
  • Masako Bandō, 55, Japanese novelist, winner of the Naoki Prize (1996).
  • Georges Breitman, 93, French Olympic athlete.
  • Ann Carter, 77, American child actress (The Curse of the Cat People), ovarian cancer.
  • Stepan Chapman, 63, American author (The Troika).
  • Edmond Classen, 75, Dutch actor (Flodder 3, Lijmen/Het Been).
  • Brian Gibbs, 77, English footballer and manager.
  • Mahalingum Govender, 67/68, South African cricketer.
  • Richard Grossman, 92, American publisher.
  • Leen Jansen, 83, Dutch Olympic middleweight boxer (1952).
  • Dinesh Medh, 85/86, Indian cricketer.
  • Ichirō Nagai, 82, Japanese voice actor (Sazae-san, Space Battleship Yamato), heart attack.
  • R. A. Padmanabhan, 97, Indian journalist and historian.
  • Pete Seeger, 94, American folk singer and songwriter ("Turn! Turn! Turn!", "If I Had a Hammer").
  • Hashem Shabani, 32, Iranian activist, hanging.
  • Alan Townsend, 92, English cricket player (Warwickshire).
  • Masaaki Tsukada, 74, Japanese voice actor (Bleach, One Piece).
  • Epimaco Velasco, 79, Filipino politician, Director of the NBI (1992–1995).
  • Paul Zorner, 93, German night fighter pilot during World War II.

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  • John Bothwell, 87, Canadian Anglican bishop.
  • Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, 91, Ivorian artist.
  • John Cacavas, 83, American television score composer (Kojak, Hawaii Five-O).
  • Harry Gamble, 82, American football executive (Philadelphia Eagles) and head coach (Penn Quakers).
  • Gennady Grushevoy, 63, Belarusian philosopher and politician.
  • Dwight Gustafson, 83, American composer and conductor.
  • Pravin Hansraj, 75, Indian cricketer.
  • Gulzar Hussain, Indian police officer, shot.
  • Nigel Jenkins, 64, Welsh poet, pancreatic cancer.
  • Herb Kirsh, 84, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1978–2010).
  • John Kreamcheck, 88, American football player (Chicago Bears).
  • Sven Kullander, 78, Swedish physicist.
  • Fernand Leduc, 97, Canadian abstract painter, cancer.
  • Ted Nealon, 84, Irish journalist and politician, TD for Sligo–Leitrim (1981–1997).
  • Gudo Wafu Nishijima, 94, Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and teacher.
  • Jorge Obeid, 66, Argentine politician, Governor of Santa Fe (1995–1999, 2003–2007), pulmonary embolism.
  • Blas Piñar, 95, Spanish politician, founder of New Force.
  • Bill Pritchett, 92, Australian public servant, Secretary of the Department of Defence (1979–1984).
  • Kenneth Rose, 89, British journalist and author.
  • Kazuhiko Sakazaki, 76, Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants), stomach cancer.
  • Tom Sherak, 68, American film producer and studio executive, President of AMPAS (2009–2012), prostate cancer.
  • António Soares Carneiro, 86, Portuguese politician and military officer.
  • Barry Spacks, 82, American poet.
  • Sue Wallis, 56, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (since 2007).
  • Stevie Woods, 62, American R&B singer.

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  • Johnny Allen, 96, American music arranger (Shaft), complications from pneumonia.
  • Ashutosh, 68, Indian religious leader, suspected heart attack.
  • Biko, 30, American Olympic eventing horse (1996), euthanized.
  • François Cavanna, 90, French author and satirical newspaper editor.
  • Colonel Meow, 2, American Himalayan-Persian cat, Guinness World Record holder for longest fur.
  • Lars Andreas Larssen, 78, Norwegian actor, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Zoe MacKinnon, 55, Canadian Olympic field hockey player (1984), cancer.
  • Jim Mansfield, 74, Irish businessman.
  • Theodore Millon, 85, American psychologist, heart disease.
  • Aïché Nana, 77, Turkish showgirl and actress.
  • Vytautas Norkus, 93, Lithuanian-born American basketball player.
  • Robert Resnick, 91, American physicist, educator and author.
  • Jim Rone, 78, British Anglican clergy, Archdeacon of Wisbech (1984–1993).
  • Ildefonso P. Santos, Jr., Filipino landscape architect.
  • Tarit Kumar Sett, 83, Indian Olympic cyclist (1952).
  • Jack Stoddard, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
  • Tillamook Cheddar, 15, American artist dog
  • Piers Wedgwood, 4th Baron Wedgwood, 59, British aristocrat, cardiac failure.

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  • Jean Babilée, 90, French dancer and choreographer.
  • Stefan Bałuk, 100, Polish general and photographer.
  • Krzysztof Birula-Białynicki, 69, Polish Olympic ice hockey player (1972).
  • John Branthwaite, Australian Anglican priest.
  • John Carty, 63, Irish politician, TD for Mayo (2002–2007), Senator (2007–2011).
  • Danielle Downey, 33, American golfer and coach, traffic collision.
  • Greater, c. 83, Australian greater flamingo, world's oldest flamingo, euthanized.
  • Campbell Lane, 78, Canadian actor (Cool Runnings, The X-Files, Scary Movie 4), lung cancer.
  • The Mighty Hannibal, 74, American R&B, soul and funk singer, songwriter and record producer.
  • William Motzing, 77, American-born Australian composer, conductor and arranger.
  • Marioara Murărescu, 66, Romanian television producer.
  • Mr Tiz, 29, New Zealand racehorse.
  • Benedict John Osta, 82, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Patna (1980–2007).
  • Jim Parsley, 86, American stock car racing driver.
  • Cornelius Pasichny, 86, Canadian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Saskatoon (1996–1998) and Toronto (1998–2003).
  • Arthur Rankin, Jr., 89, American director, producer and writer, co-founder of Rankin/Bass Productions.
  • Helmut Röhrl, 86, German mathematician.
  • Suzanne Scotchmer, 64, American economist, intestinal cancer.
  • Bishwonath Upadhyaya, 83, Nepalese judge and jurist, Chief Justice (1991–1995), brain haemorrhage.

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  • Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin, 91, Nigerian-born British Olympic athlete (1948). (death announced on this date)
  • Inatio Akaruru, 76, Cook Islands politician.
  • Nina Andrycz, 101, Polish actress and poet.
  • Sebastian Barker, 68, British poet, cardiac arrest.
  • Deborah Blackwell, 63, American cable network executive (SOAPnet) and talent agent, Pick's disease.
  • Gundi Busch, 78, German world champion figure skater.
  • Emilio Del Giudice, 74, Italian biophysicist.
  • Bob DePratu, 74, American politician, member of the Montana Senate (1995–2004).
  • Francis M. Fesmire, 54, American cardiologist and emergency physician.
  • Mike Flanagan, 85, British-born Israeli soldier.
  • Anna Gordy Gaye, 92, American songwriter ("Baby, I'm for Real"), co-founder of Anna Records, natural causes.
  • Bruce Groves, 66, South African cricketer.
  • Carsten Hopstock, 89, Norwegian historian.
  • Jaime Huélamo, 65, Spanish Olympic cyclist (1972).
  • Abdirizak Haji Hussein, 89, Somali politician, Prime Minister (1964–1967).
  • Alexander Ivashkin, 65, Russian cellist, cancer.
  • Miklós Jancsó, 92, Hungarian director and screenwriter.
  • Joseph Willcox Jenkins, 85, American composer and academic.
  • Christopher Jones, 72, American actor (The Legend of Jesse James, Ryan's Daughter, The Looking Glass War), cancer.
  • Hans Methlie Michelsen, 93, Norwegian judge and Holocaust survivor, Attorney General of Norway (1962–1972).
  • Thomas Montemage, 87, American Olympic cyclist.
  • Baden Powell, 82, British footballer.
  • Sir David Price, 89, British politician, MP for Eastleigh (1955–1992).
  • Mike Reed, 39, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
  • Kenneth Saggers, 77, South African cricketer.
  • Giorgio Stracquadanio, 54, Italian politician and journalist, lung cancer.
  • Kura Strickland, 84, Cook Islands politician.
  • Wong Choon Wah, 66, Malaysian Olympic footballer (1972).

    • References

    Deaths in January 2014 Wikipedia
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