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Deaths in January 2015

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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2015.

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

  • Barbara Atkinson, 88, British actress (Z-Cars).
  • Staryl C. Austin, 94, American air force brigadier general.
  • Ulrich Beck, 70, German sociologist, heart attack.
  • Fiona Cumming, 77, British television director (Doctor Who).
  • Eric Cunningham, 65, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Wentworth North (1975–1984).
  • Mario Cuomo, 82, American politician, Governor of New York (1983–1994), heart failure.
  • Donna Douglas, 82, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies, Frankie and Johnny, The Twilight Zone), pancreatic cancer.
  • Matthew Franjola, 72, American journalist (Associated Press) and photographer.
  • Jeff Golub, 59, American guitarist, progressive supranuclear palsy.
  • Omar Karami, 80, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister (1990–1992, 2004–2005).
  • Bill Keating, 70, American football player (Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins) and attorney.
  • Tore Helge Larsen, 69, Norwegian harness racer.
  • Géry Leuliet, 104, French Roman Catholic prelate, world's oldest Catholic bishop, Bishop of Amiens (1963–1985).
  • Boris Morukov, 64, Russian physician and cosmonaut, STS-106 mission specialist.
  • Kjell Noreik, 85, Norwegian physician.
  • Mrunalini Devi Puar, 83, Indian educator, Chancellor of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (since 1988).
  • Ninón Sevilla, 93, Cuban-born Mexican actress (Aventurera), heart attack.
  • William Lloyd Standish, 84, American federal judge, District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania (1987–2002).
  • Manasa Vaniqi, 62, Fijian civil servant and lieutenant colonel, Permanent Secretary for Sugar (since 2009).
  • Miller Williams, 84, American poet, Alzheimer's disease.

    • 2

  • Per-Olof Åstrand, 92, Swedish physiologist.
  • James A. Barlow, 91, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1983–1987).
  • Charles Baur, 85, French politician, President of the Regional Council of Picardy (1976–1978, 1985–2004).
  • Noel Cobb, 76, American-born British philosopher, psychologist and author.
  • Little Jimmy Dickens, 94, American country music singer ("May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose"), cardiac arrest.
  • Baldina Di Vittorio, 94, Italian politician.
  • Danny Dunton, 90, English speedway rider and promoter.
  • Maurice Fontaine, 95, French politician.
  • Bob Gilmore, 53, British musicologist.
  • Vasant Gowarikar, 81, Indian scientist and ISRO chairman, dengue and urinary tract infection.
  • Basil Hansen, 88, Australian Olympic ice hockey player (1960).
  • Lloyd House, 83, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1967–1968).
  • Lam Pou-chuen, 63, Hong Kong dubbing artist (Doraemon), diabetes.
  • Abu Anas al-Libi, 50, Libyan al-Qaeda member in United States custody, liver cancer.
  • John McQuilten, 65, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Ballarat (1999–2006).
  • Derek Minter, 82, British Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer.
  • Arthur Neu, 81, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1973–1979), member of the Iowa Senate (1967–1973).
  • Tihomir Novakov, 85, Serbian-born American physicist.
  • István Pásztor, 89, Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1952).
  • Arpád Račko, 84, Hungarian-born Slovak sculptor.
  • Vincent Cartledge Reddish, 88, Scottish astronomer, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (1975–1980).
  • Kristian Sundtoft, 77, Norwegian politician.

    • 3

  • Jamal Uddin Ahmad, 85, Bangladeshi politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1977–1982).
  • Daniel Albright, 69, American academic.
  • Martin Anderson, 78, American economist and political adviser.
  • Adunni Bankole, 55, Nigerian businesswoman.
  • Edward Brooke, 95, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts (1967–1979).
  • Bryan Caldwell, 54, American football player (Houston Oilers), Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  • Paulinus Costa, 78, Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Dhaka (2005–2011), heart attack.
  • Maher Hathout, 79, Egyptian-born American Islamic leader, cancer.
  • Bill Jessup, 85, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
  • Rueben Philip Job, 86, American United Methodist prelate, Bishop of the Iowa Episcopal Area (1984–1992).
  • Muath al-Kasasbeh, 26, Jordanian fighter pilot and ISIS hostage, burned alive.
  • Roger Kitter, 65, British actor ('Allo 'Allo!) and entertainer, cancer.
  • Olga Knyazeva, 60, Russian fencer, Olympic champion (1976).
  • Bernice Madigan, 115, American supercentenarian, world's fifth-oldest person.
  • Willy Ovesen, 90, Norwegian civil servant.
  • Terence Ranger, 85, British historian.
  • Jaime Romero Móran, 22, Mexican gymnast, shot.
  • Allie Sherman, 91, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (New York Giants).
  • Jouko Törmänen, 60, Finnish ski jumper, Olympic champion (1980).

    • 4

  • Chang Sung-hwan, 94, South Korean general and diplomat, Chief of Staff of the Air Force (1962–1964).
  • Elisabetta Catalano, 70, Italian fine-art photographer.
  • Pino Daniele, 59, Italian singer and songwriter, heart attack.
  • Chitresh Das, 70, Indian dancer, instructor and choreographer, aneurysm.
  • Al Delugach, 89, American Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, mesothelioma.
  • Lance Diamond, 69, American singer.
  • Jay Furman, 72, American real estate developer, cancer.
  • He Zhenliang, 85, Chinese politician and diplomat.
  • Dan Held, 53, Canadian ice hockey player.
  • Gene Kemp, 88, British children's author (The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler).
  • Haroldo Lara, 80, Brazilian Olympic swimmer (1952, 1956).
  • Azizullah Lodin, 75–76, Afghan politician.
  • Gasan Magomedov, 20, Russian footballer (Anzhi-2), shot.
  • John McPhee, 77, Scottish footballer (Blackpool, Motherwell).
  • Stu Miller, 87, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles).
  • Juan Isidro Moreno, 90, Dominican Republic poet.
  • Hasan Hazer Moshar, 91, Iranian artist.
  • Jack Parr, 78, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).
  • Natalino Pescarolo, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fossano (1992–2005) and Cuneo (1999–2005).
  • Hank Peters, 90, American baseball executive (Baltimore Orioles), complications from a stroke.
  • Ahuti Prasad, 57, Indian actor, colon cancer.
  • Ives Roqueta, 78, French Occitan author.
  • Eli Sagan, 87, American clothing manufacturer, cultural anthropology author and Nixon Enemy.
  • Stuart Scott, 49, American sports journalist (SportsCenter), appendix cancer.
  • Michele Serros, 48, American novelist and poet, adenocarcinoma of the salivary gland.
  • Nelson Torno, 87, Argentine Olympic sports shooter.
  • Upendra Trivedi, 78, Indian actor and director.
  • Richard D. Veltri, 79, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
  • René Vautier, 86, French film director (Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès).
  • Bernard Williams, 72, British film producer (A Clockwork Orange, Daredevil, Flash Gordon), cancer.
  • Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński, 70, Polish academic.
  • János Zsombolyai, 75, Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter.

    • 5

  • Joy Ali, 36, Fijian middleweight boxer.
  • Jean-Pierre Beltoise, 77, French Formula One racing driver, winner of the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix, stroke.
  • Al Bendich, 85, American civil rights attorney.
  • Khan Bonfils, 42, English actor (Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Batman Begins, Skyfall).
  • Jim Burton, 53, Canadian ice hockey player (Hershey Bears) and coach, heart attack.
  • Jack Calmes, 71, American inventor, executive and musician.
  • Eylül Cansın, 24, Turkish transgender woman, suicide by jumping.
  • Bobby Carter, 75, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1995–2002).
  • William R. Catton, Jr., 88, American environmental sociologist.
  • Arthur E. Chase, 84, American politician, member of the Massachusetts Senate (1991–1995).
  • Albert Firth, 77, English rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity).
  • Antonio Fuertes, 85, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Elche).
  • Vadim Glovatsky, 45, Kazakhstani ice hockey player (Metallurg Magnitogorsk).
  • Joe Haines, 91, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1981–1999).
  • Ken Hale, 75, English football player and manager.
  • Niels Hansen, 90, German diplomat.
  • Milton Hebald, 97, American sculptor.
  • Martin Joseph, 65, Trinidadian politician, Minister of National Security (2003–2010), drowned.
  • Mustafa Kamal, 81, Bangladeshi judge, Chief Justice (1999), heart disease.
  • Anthony Ledwith, 81, British chemist.
  • Earl MacNaughton, 95, Canadian physicist.
  • Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, 102, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (1968–1988).
  • Harold Murphy, 76, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1993–2003).
  • Ganesh Patro, 69, Indian playwright and screenwriter, cancer.
  • Alfons Peeters, 71, Belgian footballer.
  • Joan Peters, 78, American author (From Time Immemorial), complications from a stroke.
  • King Sporty, 71, Jamaican-American reggae musician.
  • Geoff Truett, 79, English footballer (Crystal Palace).

    • 6

  • Anton Amann, 58, Austrian chemist.
  • Else M. Barth, 86, Norwegian philosopher.
  • Vlastimil Bubník, 83, Czech ice hockey player and footballer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).
  • Buffalo Tiger, 94, American politician, Chairman of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida (1962–1985).
  • Joseph Djida, 69, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ngaoundéré (since 2000).
  • Johannes de Villiers Graaff, 86, South African economist.
  • Lawrence Gushee, 83, American musicologist.
  • Jean Hendriks, 89, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (1981–1991).
  • Francesca Hilton, 67, American actress and socialite, stroke.
  • Ron Hovey, 82, Australian football player (Geelong).
  • Arthur Jackson, 96, American sports shooter.
  • Sir Basil John Mason, 91, British meteorologist.
  • George H. McKee, 91, American air force lieutenant general.
  • Lance Percival, 81, British actor (That Was the Week That Was, The Beatles) and singer ("Shame and Scandal in the Family").
  • Gilberto Perez, 71, Cuban-born American professor of film studies.
  • Sanford E. Reisenbach, 82, American marketing executive (Warner Bros.).
  • Patricia Roppel, 76, American historian and teacher, specialist in the history of Southeast Alaska, cancer.
  • Thunder Rumble, 26, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications from colic.
  • Alexandru Segal, 67, Romanian-born Brazilian economist and chess player.

    • 7

  • Subhas Anandan, 67, Indian-born Singaporean lawyer, heart failure.
  • José Arias, 92, Spanish Olympic alpine skier (1948).
  • Ricardo Bueno Fernández, 74, Spanish politician, member of the Senate (1977–1979, 1993–2000) and Congress of Deputies (2000–2004).
  • Gilbert Finn, 94, Canadian businessman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1987–1994).
  • Michael Fisher, 68, British solicitor, cancer.
  • Tadeusz Konwicki, 88, Polish writer and filmmaker.
  • Mompati Merafhe, 78, Botswanan general and politician, Vice President (2008–2012).
  • Arch A. Moore, Jr., 91, American politician, Governor of West Virginia (1969–1977, 1985–1989).
  • J. P. Parisé, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars), lung cancer.
  • Jethro Pugh, 70, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).
  • Archie Radebe, 55, South African footballer (AmaZulu) and coach.
  • B. S. Abdur Rahman, 87, Indian business executive and philanthropist (B. S. Abdur Rahman University).
  • Tim Roberts, 38, American professional wrestler (WWC, NWS, ECW).
  • David Rolfe, 50, Australian Paralympic swimmer, complications relating to heart surgery.
  • Julio Scherer García, 88, Mexican journalist, septic shock.
  • Herb Simpson, 94, American baseball player (Seattle Steelheads).
  • Rod Taylor, 84, Australian actor (The Time Machine, The Birds, 101 Dalmatians, Inglorious Basterds), heart attack.
  • Nancy Thomas, 96, British television producer (Monitor).
  • Notable French people killed in the Charlie Hebdo shooting:
  • Cabu, 76, cartoonist
  • Elsa Cayat, 54, psychoanalyst and columnist
  • Charb, 47, caricaturist and journalist
  • Philippe Honoré, 73, cartoonist
  • Bernard Maris, 68, economist and journalist
  • Mustapha Ourrad, 60, Algerian-born copyeditor
  • Tignous, 57, cartoonist
  • Georges Wolinski, 80, cartoonist

    • 8

  • William E. Boeing Jr., 92, American businessman.
  • Andraé Crouch, 72, American gospel singer.
  • Kep Enderby, 88, Australian politician and judge, MP (1970–1975), Supreme Court Justice of New South Wales (1982–1992).
  • Patsy Garrett, 93, American singer and actress (Benji, Nanny and the Professor, Room 222).
  • Jean-Claude Gasigwa, 31, Rwandan tennis player (Davis Cup team).
  • Peter Hill, 83, English footballer (Coventry City).
  • Jenő Lasztovicza, 53, Hungarian politician, MP (since 1998).
  • Curtis Lee, 75, American singer ("Pretty Little Angel Eyes"), cancer.
  • Hubert Markl, 76, German biologist.
  • Ray McFall, 88, British nightclub owner (The Cavern Club).
  • Roy McKie, 93, American illustrator.
  • Richard Meade, 76, British equestrian, three-time Olympic champion, cancer.
  • Leif Rantala, 67, Finnish linguist.
  • Erbey Satterfield, 75, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives.
  • Egil Toreng, 92, Norwegian newspaper editor and politician.
  • Nelson Townsend, 73, American athletic director (Florida A&M).

    • 9

  • Angelo Anquilletti, 71, Italian footballer (A.C. Milan, national team).
  • Jasodhara Bagchi, 77, Indian feminist critic and academic.
  • Amedy Coulibaly, 32, French jihadist, shot.
  • Harry A. DeMaso, 93, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate (1967–1986).
  • Samuel Goldwyn Jr., 88, American film producer (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World), heart failure.
  • Ah Chew Goo, 96, American basketball player and coach (University of Hawaii).
  • Michel Jeury, 80, French science fiction author.
  • Robert V. Keeley, 85, American diplomat, Ambassador to Mauritius (1976–1978), Zimbabwe (1980–1984) and Greece (1985–1989), stroke.
  • Sarah Kemp, 77, Australian actress (Sons and Daughters), lung cancer.
  • Chuck Locke, 82, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
  • Frans Molenaar, 74, Dutch fashion designer, complications from a fall.
  • Józef Oleksy, 68, Polish politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996), cancer.
  • Bud Paxson, 79, American media executive, co-founder of the Home Shopping Network, founder of Pax TV.
  • Peder Pedersen, 69, Danish Olympic cyclist.
  • Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, 87, Malaysian politician, Chief Minister of Sarawak (1970–1981).
  • Whitney Reed, 82, American tennis player.
  • James L. Reveal, 73, American botanist.
  • Robert Scott, 73, American author.
  • Iqbal Sheikh, 80, Pakistani cricketer.
  • Bud Sherman, 88, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1969–1984), member of the House of Commons (1965–1968).
  • Paul M. Starnes, 80, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1972–1990).
  • Roy Tarpley, 50, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks).
  • Christian Vanneque, 65, French sommelier and restaurateur.

    • 10

  • John Angus, 66, New Zealand children's rights advocate, Children's Commissioner (2009–2011).
  • Jorgelina Aranda, 72, Argentine model and actress (Il Gaucho).
  • Robert Berner, 79, American geologist and geochemist.
  • Walter Berns, 95, American constitutional law and political philosophy professor.
  • Frans Bolweg, 64, Dutch sailor and coach.
  • Brian Clemens, 83, British screenwriter (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde) and television producer (The Avengers, The Professionals).
  • Abed Daoudieh, 94, Jordanian politician, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Minister (1984).
  • George Dickerson, 81, American actor (Blue Velvet, Hill Street Blues).
  • James R. Dixon, 86, American herpetologist
  • Tim Drummond, 74, American bassist (Bob Dylan, Neil Young).
  • Pierre-André Fournier, 71, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Rimouski (since 2008).
  • Elemér Hankiss, 86, Hungarian sociologist.
  • Maeve Hillery, 91, Irish physician.
  • Jim Hogan, 81, Irish Olympic long-distance runner, European champion (1966).
  • Harry V. Jaffa, 96, American political philosophy professor.
  • Annis Jensen, 93, American roller derby skater.
  • Frederik H. Kreuger, 86, Dutch high voltage scientist.
  • Junior Malanda, 20, Belgian footballer (VfL Wolfsburg, national under-21 team), traffic collision.
  • Marko Marin, 84, Slovenian theatre director and art historian.
  • Slobodan Martinović, 70, Serbian chess player.
  • Roger Moyer, 80, American politician, Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland (1965–1973), Parkinson's disease.
  • Yoko Nagae Ceschina, 82, Japanese classical music philanthropist.
  • Taylor Negron, 57, American comedian and actor (Angels in the Outfield, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Bio-Dome), cancer.
  • Margit Nünke, 84, German fashion model, actress and beauty queen.
  • Ged Peck, 67, English musician.
  • George Probert, 87, American jazz musician and music editor.
  • Francesco Rosi, 92, Italian film director (The Mattei Affair, Christ Stopped at Eboli, Salvatore Giuliano).
  • Francis Simard, 67, Canadian revolution activist and criminal, aneurism.
  • Hans Stoiber, 96, Austrian poet.
  • Robert Stone, 77, American novelist (Dog Soldiers), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  • Denis Tsygurov, 43, Russian professional ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings).
  • Inge Vermeulen, 30, Brazilian-born Dutch field hockey player (national team), European champion (2009).
  • Roger Wosahlo, 67, English footballer (Peterborough), cancer.

    • 11

  • Jenő Buzánszky, 89, Hungarian footballer (Dorogi FC, national team), Olympic champion (1952), last living member of the Golden Team.
  • Gary Dighton, 46, British Olympic cyclist, suicide.
  • Doriemus, 24, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, Melbourne Cup winner (1995), euthanised following paddock accident.
  • Anita Ekberg, 83, Swedish-Italian actress (La Dolce Vita, Paris Holiday, Back from Eternity).
  • Chashi Nazrul Islam, 73, Bangladeshi filmmaker (Ora Egaro Jon).
  • Chic Littlewood, 84, British-born New Zealand television personality and actor (King Kong, 30 Days of Night).
  • Albert McPherson, 87, English football player (Walsall) and coach (West Bromwich Albion).
  • Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, 96, American professor emeritus (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) and neuroscientist.
  • Fritz Pott, 75, German football player and coach.
  • Bruno Visintin, 82, Italian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
  • Ryszard Zub, 80, Polish fencer, Olympic silver (1956, 1960) and bronze (1964) medalist.

    • 12

  • John Bayley, 89, British literary critic and writer.
  • Bonnie Christensen, 63, American children's book author and illustrator, ovarian cancer.
  • Germán Cobos, 87, Spanish actor.
  • Trevor Colbourn, 87, Australian educator and academic, President of the University of Central Florida (1978–1989).
  • James Naanman Daman, 58, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jalingo (2000–2007) and Shendam (since 2007).
  • Stephen Gold, 58, British computer journalist, complications of heart surgery.
  • Robert Gover, 85, American author.
  • John Hill, 69, American game designer.
  • Carl Long, 79, American baseball player.
  • William C. Martel, 59, American political scientist, cancer.
  • A. J. Masters, 64, American singer and songwriter, prostate cancer.
  • Paul Morgan, 40, Welsh rugby union and league player.
  • Elena Obraztsova, 75, Russian mezzo-soprano.
  • Alex Omes, 43, American nightlife impresario, co-founder of Ultra Music Festival.
  • Gabriel Ramushwana, 73, South African general, Head of State of Venda (1990–1994), colon cancer.
  • Ed Skinner, 78, American politician and attorney, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1969–1973).
  • Darrell Winfield, 85, American rancher and model, Marlboro Man (1968–1989).

    • 13

  • Robert Boon, 98, Dutch-born American actor (Queen of Blood, Verboten!, The Twilight Zone).
  • Tony Ciprian, 82, New Zealand television sports presenter and producer.
  • Doug Cunningham, 69, American football player (Ole Miss Rebels, San Francisco 49ers).
  • Ralph Faudree, 75, American mathematician.
  • Frank Glazer, 99, American pianist and composer.
  • Sir Jack Hayward, 91, English businessman, property developer and philanthropist, president of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
  • Mark Juddery, 43, Australian author and journalist, cancer.
  • H. Wesley Kenney, 89, American television director and producer (General Hospital, All in the Family, The Young and the Restless), cardiac arrest.
  • Mike Marqusee, 61, American-born writer and activist, multiple myeloma.
  • Frank Mazzola, 79, American film actor and editor (Rebel Without a Cause, Casablanca, The Hunchback of Notre Dame).
  • Hara Patnaik, 56, Indian actor and film director, cancer.
  • Ronnie Ronalde, 91, British music hall singer and siffleur.
  • Isabel Rosado, 107, Puerto Rican independence activist (Puerto Rican Nationalist Party).
  • John H. Rubel, 94, American defense electronics executive.
  • Bill Thompson, 70, American talent manager.
  • Jane Wilson, 90, American painter.
  • Keith Wright, 73, Australian politician and convicted child rapist, MP for Capricornia (1984–1993).
  • Hillel Zaks, 85, Polish-born Israeli rabbi.

    • 14

  • Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, 71, Israeli rabbi.
  • Bob Boyd, 84, American basketball coach (USC Trojans).
  • Jerry Dempsey, 81, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1992–2006).
  • Bill Dodd, 78, English footballer (Burnley F.C.).
  • Lotte Hass, 86, Austrian model and underwater diver.
  • Val Holten, 87, Australian cricketer.
  • Danny Malloy, 84, Scottish footballer (Cardiff City, Dundee).
  • Jerzy Holzer, 84, Polish historian.
  • Susanto Pudjomartono, 71, Indonesian newspaper editor and diplomat, second chief editor of The Jakarta Post (1991–2003), Ambassador to Russia (2003–2008).
  • Nélida Romero, 88, Argentine actress.
  • Darren Shahlavi, 42, English actor (Night at the Museum, Watchmen, Ip Man 2) and martial artist.
  • Layne Tom Jr., 87, American actor (Charlie Chan series).
  • Warren Weinstein, 73, American economist, USAID contractor kidnapped by al-Qaeda, drone strike.
  • Robert White, 88, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Paraguay (1977–1980) and El Salvador (1980–1981).
  • Zhang Wannian, 86, Chinese general.

    • 15

  • Bai Jinian, 88, Chinese politician, party chief of Shaanxi Province.
  • Jean-Claude Baker, 71, French-born American restaurateur, suicide.
  • Ludmila Brožová-Polednová, 93, Czech prosecutor, participated in the show trial of Milada Horáková.
  • Arnaldo Calveyra, 85, Argentine poet and novelist, heart attack.
  • Eugene E. Covert, 88, American aeronautics engineer.
  • Ervin Drake, 95, American songwriter ("It Was a Very Good Year", "I Believe", "Good Morning Heartache"), bladder cancer.
  • Kim Fowley, 75, American record producer, band manager (The Runaways), impresario and musician, bladder cancer.
  • Alan Hirschfield, 79, American film executive, CEO of Columbia Pictures (1973–1978), Chairman of 20th Century Fox (1982–1986).
  • Anwarul Iqbal, 64, Bangladeshi politician and police chief, cardiac arrest.
  • Archibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa, 58, Scottish peer, hereditary chief of Clan Kennedy.
  • Ethel Lang, 114, British supercentenarian, nation's oldest person (since 2013), last living Briton born during reign of Queen Victoria.
  • Karel Lichtnégl, 78, Czech football player.
  • Jean Lindenmann, 90, Swiss virologist and immunologist, co-discoverer of interferon.
  • Rimma Markova, 89, Russian actress.
  • Ray Nagel, 87, American football player (UCLA Bruins) and coach (Utah Utes, Iowa Hawkeyes).
  • Chikao Ohtsuka, 85, Japanese voice actor (Lupin III, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece), ischemic heart failure.
  • Raoul Pantin, 71, Trinidadian journalist, playwright, and screenwriter (Bim), survivor of the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt.
  • Robert S. Pirie, 80, American lawyer.
  • Ignacio Posada, 79, Colombian Olympic fencer.
  • Harvey Sweetman, 93, New Zealand World War II pilot.
  • Rameshwar Thakur, 88, Indian politician, Governor of Odisha (2004–2006), Andhra Pradesh (2006–2007) and Karnataka (2007–2009).
  • Walter Westbrook, 93, South African artist.
  • Bob Wilson, 85, American sportscaster (Boston Bruins).
  • Joseph Mukasa Zuza, 59, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mzuzu (since 1995), traffic collision.

    • 16

  • Miriam Akavia, 87, Israeli writer.
  • Sir Ian Athfield, 74, New Zealand architect.
  • Mohamed Olow Barrow, Somali politician.
  • Andrew Benson, 97, American biologist.
  • Vivaldo Frota, 86, Brazilian politician, Governor of Amazonas (1990–1991).
  • Ted Harrison, 88, British-born Canadian painter.
  • Pedro María Iguaran, 74, Spanish footballer (Real Sociedad).
  • Patrick Journoud, 50, French Olympic athlete (1988).
  • Stuart Loory, 82, American journalist and media executive (CNN), lung cancer.
  • Ray Lumpp, 91, American basketball player (New York Knicks), Olympic champion (1948).
  • Luis Marsans, 84, Spanish painter.
  • Louis Martin, 78, Jamaican-born British weightlifter, Olympic silver (1964) and bronze (1960) medallist.
  • Ghelubhai Nayak, 91, Indian political activist.
  • Walter Peregoy, 89, American animator (The Jungle Book, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, The Sword in the Stone).
  • Tony Ridler, 59, Welsh darts player.
  • Faith Seidenberg, 91, American attorney and civil rights activist.
  • Yao Beina, 33, Chinese singer, breast cancer.

    • 17

  • Bruno Ballarini, 77, Italian footballer (Calcio Como).
  • Joseph Brannigan, 83, American politician, member of the Maine Senate (2006–2012).
  • Ken Furphy, 83, English footballer and manager (Watford).
  • Gobinda Halder, 84, Indian lyricist and composer, kidney failure.
  • Faten Hamama, 83, Egyptian actress (The Angel of Mercy, Wajh al-Qamar).
  • Don Harron, 90, Canadian comedian, actor and author (Hee Haw, The Big Revue), cancer.
  • Kazumasa Hirai, 76, Japanese manga author (8 Man, Genma Taisen, Wolf Guy).
  • Fritz C. Holte, 89, Norwegian economist.
  • Justin Kili, 61, Papua New Guinean journalist and media personality.
  • Rebecca D. Lockhart, 46, American politician, Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives (since 2011), Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.
  • Henry Manne, 86, American law and economics academic.
  • Roderick McDonald, 69, American basketball player (Utah Stars).
  • Terence Miller, 96, British palaeontologist.
  • Origa, 44, Russian singer (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), lung cancer.
  • Mary Evelyn Parker, 94, American politician, Louisiana State Treasurer (1968–1987), complications from a heart attack.
  • David E. Paulson, 83, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 28th District (1978–1986).
  • Greg Plitt, 37, American fitness trainer (Work Out) and actor (Grudge Match, Terminator Salvation, Bobby), hit by train.
  • Bill Sykes, 75, English author and chaplain.

    • 18

  • Mohammad Ali Allahdadi, 52, Iranian army general, airstrike.
  • Dorothy Barnes Pelote, 85, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1993–2003).
  • José Carrasco, 70, Peruvian politician.
  • Vinay V. Deodhar, 66, Indian mathematician.
  • Maurice Dumas, 87, Canadian politician, MP for Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel (1993–2000).
  • Cynthia Layne, 51, American jazz singer, cancer.
  • Grazia Livi, 84, Italian author and journalist, Viareggio Prize winner.
  • D. C. McNeil, 87, Canadian politician.
  • Alberto Nisman, 51, Argentine prosecutor (AMIA bombing), apparent suicide by gunshot.
  • Paul O'Grady, 54, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1988–1996), cancer.
  • Muna Obiekwe, 36, Nigerian actor, kidney disease.
  • Pietro Pianta, 74, Italian footballer.
  • June Randall, 87, British script supervisor (The Spy Who Loved Me, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining).
  • Piet van der Sanden, 90, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1971–1972, 1973–1989), member of the European Parliament (1973–1974).
  • Milt Schoon, 92, American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins).
  • Harish Chandra Srivastava, 90, Indian politician.
  • Yasuaki Taiho, 51, Taiwanese-born Japanese baseball player (Chunichi Dragons, Hanshin Tigers), acute myeloid leukemia.
  • Dallas Taylor, 66, American drummer (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young).
  • Christine Valmy, 88, Romanian-born American cosmetologist.
  • Tony Verna, 81, American television producer, invented instant replay, leukemia.
  • Kjell Arnljot Wig, 90, Norwegian media personality.

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  • John Bilezikjian, 66, Armenian oud musician, kidney disease.
  • Rose Marie Brown, 95, American beauty pageant contestant, Miss Virginia (1939).
  • Justin Capră, 81, Romanian inventor.
  • Gordon Dickson, 83, Canadian marathon runner.
  • Adam Yahiye Gadahn, 36, American al-Qaeda operative, drone strike.
  • Vera Gornostayeva, 85, Russian pianist and piano teacher.
  • Michel Guimond, 61, Canadian politician, MP for Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord (1993–2011), heart failure.
  • José María Hernández González, 88, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chilapa (1983–1989) and Netzahualcóyotl (1989–2003).
  • Oscar Hayes, 47, American gospel musician.
  • Arthit Kamlang-ek, 89, Thai general, Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (1983–1986).
  • Vladimir Kesarev, 84, Russian footballer (Dynamo Moscow).
  • Anne Kirkbride, 60, British actress (Coronation Street), breast cancer.
  • Rajni Kothari, 85, Indian political scientist.
  • Robert Manzon, 97, French Formula One driver, last surviving racer from first World Championship.
  • Mark Marquess, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
  • Reinaldo Oliver, 82, Puerto Rican javelin thrower and Olympic athlete (1952, 1956).
  • Karl H. Pribram, 95, Austrian-born American neuroscientist and educator, cancer.
  • Bob Sadino, 81, Indonesian businessman.
  • Ward Swingle, 87, American musician (The Swingle Singers, Les Double Six).
  • Bob Symes, 90, British inventor and television presenter.
  • Reies Tijerina, 88, American Chicano activist.
  • Gene S. Walker, Sr., 88, American rancher and businessman.
  • Peter Wallenberg, Sr., 88, Swedish financier and industrialist, patriarch of the Wallenberg family.

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  • Canserbero, 26, Venezuelan rapper, suicide by jumping.
  • James L. Fowler, 84, American military veteran, founded the Marine Corps Marathon.
  • Edgar Froese, 70, German musician (Tangerine Dream), pulmonary embolism.
  • Melvin Gordon, 95, American business executive, CEO of Tootsie Roll Industries (since 1962).
  • Lawrence Hogben, 98, New Zealand meteorologist and naval officer.
  • Anatol Hrytskievich, 85, Belarusian historian.
  • Graeme Hugo, 68, Australian demographer and geographer, cancer.
  • Herman E. Lauhoff, 81, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1974–1981).
  • Rose Marie McCoy, 92, American songwriter ("It Hurts Me to My Heart", "Don't Be Angry", "Tryin' to Get to You", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine").
  • Gloria D. Miklowitz, 87, American author.
  • Wilfride Piollet, 71, French ballerina and choreographer, cancer.
  • Peter Pontiac, 63, Dutch cartoonist, winner of the Stripschapprijs (1997), liver disease.
  • Bette Rogge, 92, American radio and television presenter.
  • William Roffler, 84, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), pneumonia.
  • Hitoshi Saito, 54, Japanese judoka, Olympic champion (1984, 1988), bile duct cancer.
  • Ricardo dos Santos, 24, Brazilian surfer, shot.
  • Jerome Van Sistine, 89, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1977–1993).
  • James Walker, 41, Australian television writer (Neighbours), diabetes.

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  • George Atkins, 82, American football player (Detroit Lions).
  • Patricia Berjak, 75, South African botanist, short illness.
  • Marcus Borg, 72, American Biblical scholar and theologian (Jesus Seminar), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
  • Leon Brittan, 75, British politician, Home Secretary (1983–1985), Vice-President of the European Commission (1999), cancer.
  • Vince Camuto, 78, American footwear designer (Nine West), prostate cancer.
  • Emmanuel Carter, 85, Trinidadian politician, President of the Senate (1990–1995), acting President (1990) during the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt.
  • Frieda Dänzer, 84, Swiss Alpine skier, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
  • George W. Downs, 68, American political scientist, heart failure.
  • George Goodwin, 97, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner (1948).
  • Harry Gordon, 89, Australian Olympic historian, journalist and newspaper editor.
  • Martin Honeysett, 71, British cartoonist.
  • Frank Hooley, 91, British politician, MP for Sheffield Heeley (1966–1970, 1974–1983).
  • Waldemar Kmentt, 85, Austrian operatic tenor.
  • Roy Noble Lee, 99, American judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1987–1993).
  • Johnnie Lewis, 68, Liberian lawyer and politician, Chief Justice (2006–2012).
  • Kemal Monteno, 66, Bosnian singer-songwriter, pneumonia and sepsis.
  • Keith Rayner, 71, American cognitive psychologist.
  • Marshall Schlom, 86, American script supervisor (Psycho, Perry Mason, Rain Man), complications from a fall.
  • Chin Shunshin, 90, Japanese author.
  • Pauline Yates, 85, English actress (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin).

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  • Don Bryant, 73, American baseball player (Houston Astros).
  • Peggy Charren, 86, American children's television activist.
  • Wendell H. Ford, 90, American politician, Governor of Kentucky (1971–1974), member of the U.S. Senate (1974–1999), lung cancer.
  • Margaret Bloy Graham, 94, Canadian children's book illustrator (Harry the Dirty Dog).
  • Joan Hinde, 81, English trumpeter and entertainer.
  • René Jodoin, 94, Canadian animation director and producer.
  • Tommy Mason, 75, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Los Angeles Rams).
  • Fabrizio de Miranda, 88, Italian structural engineer and university professor.
  • Franco Nicolazzi, 90, Italian politician, MP (1963–1990), Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (1985–1988).
  • Kel O'Shea, 81, Australian rugby league player (Western Suburbs).
  • Wayne Quinton, 94, American biomedical engineer.
  • Dacia Valent, 51, Somali-born Italian politician, MEP (1989–1994), myocardial infarction.
  • Lawrence Paul Zatkoff, 75, American federal judge, cancer.

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  • Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, 90, Saudi royal, King (since 2005), complications from pneumonia.
  • Ernie Banks, 83, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Chicago Cubs), heart attack.
  • Jalynn Bennett, 71, Canadian consultant and corporate director.
  • Betty Jane Diener, 74, American politician, Virginia Secretary of Commerce (1982–1986), pulmonary fibrosis.
  • Marc Dufour, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings).
  • Prosper Ego, 87, Dutch activist, founder of the Oud-Strijders Legioen.
  • Nol Heijerman, 74, Dutch footballer (Sparta).
  • Simma Holt, 92, Canadian journalist and politician, MP for Vancouver Kingsway (1974–1979).
  • Barrie Ingham, 82, English actor (The Great Mouse Detective, Doctor Who, A Challenge for Robin Hood).
  • Nick Koback, 79, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
  • Svein Døvle Larssen, 86, Norwegian newspaper editor.
  • Alexander Lastin, 38, Russian chess grandmaster.
  • Pedro Lemebel, 62, Chilean writer, laryngeal cancer.
  • Les McMahon, 84, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives for Sydney (1975–1983).
  • Bud Miller, 91, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1971–1986).
  • M. S. Narayana, 63, Indian Telugu actor.
  • Jackie Selebi, 64, South African police officer, Commissioner (2000–2009), kidney disease.
  • Frank Sims, 93, American baseball broadcaster.

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  • Stig Bergling, 77, Swedish secret service officer convicted of treason, Parkinson's disease and lung ailment.
  • Robert Bonnaventure, 94, French cyclist.
  • Peter Bridges, 89, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Southend (1972–1977), Coventry (1977–1983) and Warwick (1983–1990).
  • Link Byfield, 63, Canadian conservative columnist, politician and publisher, oesophageal and liver cancer.
  • Julio Canessa, 89, Chilean politician and general, member of the Government Junta (1983–1985), Senator (1998–2006).
  • Otto Carius, 92, German World War II tank commander.
  • Maria Cerra, 96, American Olympic fencer (1948).
  • Aisha Chaudhary, 18, Indian motivational speaker and author.
  • Toller Cranston, 65, Canadian figure skater, Olympic bronze medallist (1976), heart attack.
  • Maria Della Costa, 89, Brazilian actress (Brasileiras e Brasileiros), pulmonary edema.
  • Floyd Dunn, 90, American electrical engineer.
  • Johan Ferner, 87, Norwegian sailor, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
  • Eric Fitzgibbon, 78, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Hunter (1984–1996).
  • Joe Franklin, 88, American television and radio talk show host, prostate cancer.
  • Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet, 74, South African businessman and winemaker.
  • Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade, 62, Somali politician and rebel soldier, diabetes.
  • Frances Lennon, 102, British artist.
  • V. S. Raghavan, 90, Indian Tamil actor.
  • Alfred H. Savage, 84, Canadian civil servant, manager of the Toronto Transit Commission (1981–1987).
  • Joan Serra, 87, Spanish Olympic water polo player (1948, 1952).
  • Fred Shank, 74, American nutritionist.
  • Daniel R. Simpson, 87, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate, Lewy body dementia.
  • Peter Westervelt, 95, American physicist.
  • Tengku Intan Zaharah, 86, Malaysian royal, Raja Permaisuri Agong (1965–1970).

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  • Zulkifli Abdhir, 48–49, Malaysian terrorist and bomb maker, shot.
  • Sir Robert Atkinson, 98, British businessman and naval officer.
  • Sonny Berger, 92, American baseball player.
  • Rose Cabat, 100, American studio ceramicist.
  • Mari Ellis, 101, British writer and women's rights activist.
  • Pauline Fisk, 66, British author, cancer.
  • Demetrio González, 87, Spanish-born Mexican actor (Dos Corazones y un Cielo) and singer, complications from a stroke.
  • Pierre Gosnat, 66, French politician, cancer.
  • Godfrey Kalimugogo, 71, Ugandan writer.
  • John Leggett, 97, American writer, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, pneumonia.
  • Giancarlo Ligabue, 83, Italian palaeontologist (discoverer of Ligabueino), Forza Europa politician and businessman.
  • Sarojini Mahishi, 88, Indian translator and politician.
  • Richard McBrien, 78, American Roman Catholic priest and theologian.
  • Bill Monbouquette, 78, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
  • Don O'Hearn, 86, Canadian ice hockey player.
  • Demis Roussos, 68, Egyptian-born Greek singer ("Forever and Ever").
  • Ian Towers, 74, English footballer (Burnley, Oldham Athletic).
  • Ernst Träger, 88, German judge.

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  • R. J. Adams, 72, American actor (Rocky IV).
  • Henk Bloemers, 69, Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven).
  • Miguel Ángel Cascallana, 66, Spanish Olympic handball player (1972).
  • Edwin A. Colvin, 87, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1975–1982).
  • Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau, 83, American greeting card artist.
  • Howard C. Hawkins, 82, American bicycle tool manufacturer (Park Tool).
  • Stephen R. Johnson, 63, American television and music video director ("Sledgehammer").
  • Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan, 91, Pakistani businesswoman and politician.
  • R. K. Laxman, 93, Indian cartoonist, illustrator and humourist, multiple organ failure.
  • Neil Levang, 83, American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show).
  • Lucjan Lis, 64, Polish cyclist, Olympic silver medalist (1972).
  • Lester McCumbers, 93, American fiddler.
  • Valery Miloserdov, 63, Russian Olympic basketball player.
  • Sidewalk Sam, 75, American artist.
  • Lee Spick, 34, English snooker player, liver-related illness.
  • Charles Thomas, 82, American sprinter and athletics coach.
  • Tom Uren, 93, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Reid (1958–1990).
  • Rositsa Yanakieva, 60, Bulgarian politician and chemist, Vice-Chairwoman of the National Assembly (since 2014), brain hemorrhage.

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  • Wilfred Agbonavbare, 48, Nigerian footballer (Rayo Vallecano, national team), cancer.
  • Rafael Corrales Ayala, 89, Mexican politician, MP for Guanajuato (1949–1952, 1979–1982), Governor of Guanajuato (1985–1991).
  • Rocky Bridges, 87, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators).
  • Harriet Elizabeth Byrd, 88, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1981–1988) and Senate (1988–1992).
  • Arturo Carmassi, 89, Italian sculptor and painter.
  • Roger Cowley, 75, English physicist.
  • Suzette Haden Elgin, 78, American science fiction author and linguist.
  • Henk Faanhof, 92, Dutch Olympic (1948) and professional road bicycle racer.
  • Roy Francis, 92, British naval officer and railway engineer.
  • Ebbe Grims-land, 99, Swedish composer and viola player.
  • Warren Hill, 54, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
  • Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar, 83, Estonian film director.
  • David Landau, 67, British-born Israeli journalist and newspaper editor (Haaretz).
  • John T. Myers, 87, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana (1967–1997).
  • Ronnie O'Reilly, 63, Irish cricket umpire.
  • José Pereira, 84, Indian Sanskrit scholar, historian and artist.
  • Joe Rígoli, 78, Argentine actor and comedian (Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), heart failure.
  • Joseph Rotman, 80, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, chancellor of The University of Western Ontario.
  • Al Severinsen, 70, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres).
  • Bob Shea, 90, American basketball player (Providence Steamrollers).
  • Charles H. Townes, 99, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (1964).
  • Gunnar Christie Wasberg, 91, Norwegian non-fiction writer.
  • Charlie Williams, 67, American baseball player (New York Mets, San Francisco Giants), complications from heart surgery.
  • Larry Winters, 58, American professional wrestler and trainer, heart attack.

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  • Suraj Abdurrahman, 60, Nigerian army officer.
  • Egon Adler, 77, German cyclist.
  • Arthur Lawrence Alarcon, 89, American federal judge.
  • Mala Aravindan, 76, Indian Malayalam actor.
  • Francis Bennion, 92, British lawyer.
  • Alberto Cardaccio, 65, Uruguayan footballer (Danubio, national team), traffic collision.
  • Yves Chauvin, 84, Belgian-born French Nobel Prize-winning chemist (2005).
  • Lionel Gilbert, 90, Australian historian, author, curator, lecturer, and biographer.
  • Don Jones, 91, American artist and art therapist.
  • Tommie Manderson, 102, British make-up artist (Willow, Alien, The Killing Fields).
  • Beric Morley, 71, British architectural historian.
  • Neyko Nenov, 53, Bulgarian general, Deputy Chief of Defence (since 2014), brain tumor.
  • Charles B. Peatross, 74, American jurist.
  • Jaswant Singh Rajput, 88, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion (1948).
  • Edward Saylor, 94, American World War II veteran, member of Doolittle's Raiders.
  • Katharine Worth, 92, British drama academic.

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  • Maurizio Arcieri, 72, Italian singer (The New Dada, Krisma).
  • Amparo Baró, 77, Spanish actress (Siete mesas de billar francés), cancer.
  • Subhash Ghisingh, 78, Indian politician (Gorkha National Liberation Front), cirrhosis and liver cancer.
  • Walter Glechner, 75, Austrian footballer (Rapid Wien, national team).
  • Bernice Gordon, 101, American crossword writer (The New York Times), heart failure.
  • Terry Hollindrake, 80, English rugby league player.
  • Taeko Kono, 88, Japanese writer and critic, respiratory failure.
  • Cedric Kushner, 66, South African-born American boxing promoter, heart attack.
  • Noel Lister, 87, British businessman (MFI Group).
  • Riichiro Manabe, 90, Japanese composer.
  • José Martins da Silva, 78, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Porto Velho (1982–1997).
  • Will McBride, 84, American photographer.
  • Danny McCulloch, 69, English bassist (The Animals), heart failure.
  • Colleen McCullough, 77, Australian author (The Thorn Birds), renal failure.
  • Rod McKuen, 81, American poet, singer and songwriter ("Jean", "Seasons in the Sun"), respiratory arrest.
  • Kel Nagle, 94, Australian golfer, British Open champion (1960).
  • Paul Panhuysen, 80, Dutch composer.
  • Derek S. Pugh, 84, British psychologist and business theorist.
  • Dora Prince, 84, Argentine actress.
  • Derek Robertson, 65, Scottish footballer (St. Johnstone), cancer.
  • Doris Schoettler-Boll, 70, German artist.
  • Tenkoko Sonoda, 96, Japanese politician, member of the Diet (1946–1952).
  • Ole Sørensen, 77, Danish footballer.
  • Peter Towe, 92, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1977–1981).
  • Alexander Vraciu, 96, American World War II Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient.
  • John Wyatt, 95, New Zealand cricketer.
  • Israel Yinon, 59, Israeli conductor.

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  • Richard Clark Barkley, 82, American diplomat, Ambassador to East Germany (1988–1990).
  • Carl Boldt, 82, American basketball player (San Francisco Dons).
  • Ricardo Bressani, 88, Guatemalan food scientist, heart attack.
  • Carl Djerassi, 91, Austrian-American chemist, novelist and playwright, liver and bone cancer.
  • Rose Frisch, 96, American biologist.
  • Johnny Goodman, 87, British TV producer.
  • Kenji Goto, 47, Japanese journalist and ISIS hostage, beheading.
  • Harold Hassall, 85, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers).
  • John Hopkins, 78, British photographer, activist, and promoter (Notting Hill Carnival, International Times).
  • Stuart Inder, 88, Australian journalist and publisher, specialist in Pacific Islands affairs.
  • Ülo Kaevats, 67, Estonian philosopher and politician, Secretary of State (1992–1995).
  • Jack Kay, 63, American academic and college administrator.
  • Geraldine McEwan, 82, British actress (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Agatha Christie's Marple), stroke.
  • John McHugh, 84, American politician, Mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1990–1993), cancer.
  • Howard Norris, 80, British rugby union player (Wales national team, British Lions).
  • Richard Richards, 82, American politician, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1981–1983).
  • Ben Schadler, 90, American basketball player.
  • Jerry L. Smith, 71, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1972–1980) and Senate (1980–2004).
  • Gerrit Voorting, 92, Dutch professional road bicycle racer, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
  • Than Wyenn, 95, American actor (Imitation of Life, Splash, Being There).
  • Zhelyu Zhelev, 79, Bulgarian politician, President (1990–1997).

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  • Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari, Yemeni militant, drone strike.
  • Vasco Bendini, 93, Italian informalist painter.
  • Robert Blees, 96, American film and television screenwriter and producer (Cattle Queen of Montana).
  • José Manuel Lara Bosch, 68, Spanish media executive, CEO of Grupo Planeta (since 2003) and Atresmedia (since 2012), pancreatic cancer.
  • Tomás Bulat, 50, Argentine economist and journalist, traffic collision.
  • Earl Christensen, 95, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate (1959–1984).
  • Don Covay, 78, American R&B singer and songwriter ("Chain of Fools").
  • Vic Howe, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
  • William Klinger, 42, Croatian historian, shot.
  • Udo Lattek, 80, German football coach (Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach).
  • Adalberto Arturo Rosat, 81, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Territorial Prelature of Aiquile (1986–2009).
  • Michael Saward, 82, British Anglican priest and hymnist.
  • Lizabeth Scott, 92, American actress (Dead Reckoning), congestive heart failure.
  • Richard von Weizsäcker, 94, German politician, President of West Germany (1984–1990) and Germany (1990–1994).

    • References

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