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Deaths in June 2013

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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2013.

Contents

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

  • Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

    • 1

  • Oliver Bernard, 87, English poet and translator.
  • William Cartwright, 92, American Emmy Award-winning film documentarian and editor, conservationist of the Watts Towers, natural causes.
  • Frank Dempsey, 88, American football player.
  • Jelena Genčić, 76, Serbian handball and tennis player and coach.
  • Mott Green, 47, American chocolatier, co-founder of the Grenada Chocolate Company, electrocuted.
  • Bill Gunston, 86, British aviation writer.
  • Ian P. Howard, 85, Canadian psychologist, cancer.
  • James Kelleher, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Sault Ste. Marie (1984–1988), member of the Senate (1990–2005), heart failure.
  • Atle Kittang, 72, Norwegian literary researcher and critic.
  • Hanfried Lenz, 97, German mathematician.
  • Joseph-André Motte, 88, French furniture designer.
  • Alixa Naff, 93, Lebanese-born American historian, expert on Arab immigration to the United States
  • Dorothy Napangardi, 60s, Australian indigenous artist, traffic collision.
  • Paul Olefsky, 87, American cellist (Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra).
  • Jane Purves, 63, Canadian politician and newspaper editor (Halifax Chronicle Herald), Nova Scotia MLA for Halifax Citadel (1999–2003), cancer.
  • Edward Cornelius Reed Jr., 88, American federal judge, District Court for Nevada (since 1979), natural causes.
  • Janie Thompson, 91, American missionary and academic.

    • 2

  • Mario Bernardi, 82, Canadian conductor and pianist.
  • Bruce Cathie, 83, New Zealand UFO author and theorist.
  • Marco Frascari, 68, Italian architect.
  • Chen Xitong, 84, Chinese politician, Mayor of Beijing (1983–1993), cancer.
  • Andrew Doughty, 96, British anaesthetist.
  • John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert, 86, British politician and life peer, MP for Dudley (1970–1974), Dudley East (1974–1997) and Minister for Transport (1975–1976).
  • Margaret Jackson, 96, British Special Operations Executive secretary.
  • Nick Keir, 60, Scottish musician.
  • Sverre Magelssen, 95, Norwegian priest.
  • Frank J. Magill, 86, American federal judge, member of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (1986–1997).
  • MickDeth, 35, American heavy metal bassist (Eighteen Visions, Bleeding Through), pre-existing heart condition.
  • Rob Morsberger, 53, American rock and roll singer and songwriter, glioblastoma.
  • Togrul Narimanbekov, 83, Azerbaijani artist
  • Ron Smith, 70, American football player (Chicago Bears), lung cancer.
  • Jalal Al-Din Taheri, 87, Iranian Islamic cleric.
  • Preston Ward, 85, American baseball player.
  • Keith Wilson, 96, American classical musician, teacher and conductor.
  • Mandawuy Yunupingu, 56, Australian musician (Yothu Yindi), kidney disease.

    • 3

  • Yves Bertrand, 69, French intelligence chief (Renseignements Généraux, 1992–2004).
  • Will D. Campbell, 88, American Baptist minister, civil rights leader, author and lecturer, complications of a stroke.
  • Atul Chitnis, 51, German-born Indian IT specialist, open source advocate and editor of PCQuest, intestinal cancer.
  • Józef Czyrek, 84, Polish politician.
  • G. R. Edmund, 82, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA for Tiruchendur and Tirunelveli, multiple organ failure.
  • Arnold Eidus, 90, American violinist.
  • Howard Grief, 73, Canadian–born Israeli attorney.
  • Shahnaz Himmeti, Afghani politician, MP for Herat, traffic collision.
  • Eugênio Izecksohn, 81, Brazilian herpetologist (Izecksohn's Toad), professor and author.
  • Deacon Jones, 74, American Hall of Fame football player (Los Angeles Rams), coined the term "sack", natural causes.
  • Farid Khan, Pakistani politician, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MLA for Hangu, shot.
  • Jiah Khan, 25, American-born Indian actress, suicide by hanging.
  • Frank Lautenberg, 89, American politician, member of the United States Senate for New Jersey (1982–2001, since 2003), complications of pneumonia.
  • Enrique Lizalde, 76, Mexican actor.
  • Stanley T. Walker, 90, American Olympic biathlete.

    • 4

  • Walt Arfons, 96, American land speed record holder.
  • Martin Arnold, 84, American journalist, editor and columnist (The New York Times), complications of Parkinson's disease.
  • Auguste Cazalet, 74, French politician, Senator for Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
  • Rudolph M. Clay, 77, American politician, member of the Indiana Senate (1972–1976), Mayor of Gary, Indiana (2006–2011), prostate cancer.
  • Joey Covington, 67, American musician (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna), traffic collision.
  • John Crawley, 73, American judge, member of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals (1995–2007).
  • Monti Davis, 54, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks).
  • Hermann Gunnarsson, 66, Icelandic broadcaster, footballer and handball player.
  • Pekka Hämäläinen, 74, Finnish football player and executive, President of the Football Association of Finland (1997–2009).
  • John B. Heilman, 92, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1953–1954).
  • Gaston Isabelle, 92, Canadian doctor and politician, MP for Hull—Aylmer (1968–1988).
  • Austin M. Lee, 93, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1956–1964), Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission (1991–2001).
  • Luo Meizhen, 127?, Chinese unverified claimant for world's oldest person, natural causes.
  • Sir Patrick Nairne, 91, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Security (1975–1981).
  • Zinia Pinto, 83, Indian Roman Catholic nun and educationalist.
  • Samani Pulepule, 89, Samoan religious leader, Chairman of the Samoan Assemblies of God.
  • S. Shamsuddin, 84, Singaporean actor.
  • Ben Tucker, 82, American jazz musician, traffic collision.
  • Will Wynn, 64, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), heart failure.

    • 5

  • Sir James Bottomley, 92, British diplomat, Ambassador to South Africa (1973–76).
  • Don Bowman, 75, American comedian, country singer and songwriter ("Just to Satisfy You").
  • Takkō Ishimori, 81, Japanese voice actor (One Piece, Magic Knight Rayearth).
  • Kampta Karran, 56, Guyanese sociologist and author.
  • Franz Kelch, 97, German singer.
  • Hermann Lotter, 73, German Olympic swimmer.
  • Helen McElhone, 80, British politician, MP for Glasgow Queen's Park (1982–83).
  • Scarlet Moon de Chevalier, 62, Brazilian actress, journalist and writer, multiple system atrophy.
  • Stanisław Nagy, 91, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of Santa Maria della Scala (since 2003).
  • Lonappan Nambadan, 77, Indian politician, kidney ailment.
  • Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, 80, Irish politician, TD for Longford–Westmeath (1957–61), President of Sinn Féin (1970–83) and Republican Sinn Féin (1987–2009).
  • Michel Ostyn, 88, Belgian sports scientist.
  • Balan Pandit, 86, Indian cricketer.
  • David Schwartz, 96, American violist and music instructor.
  • Annabel Tollman, 39, Belgian-born American fashion journalist and magazine editor, blood clot.
  • Katherine Woodville, 74, English-born American actress (Posse, The Informers), cancer.

    • 6

  • Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, 81, Danish cellist.
  • Elmer Guckert, 84, American baseball umpire.
  • Nada Inada, 83, Japanese psychiatrist and writer.
  • Jerome Karle, 94, American biochemist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1985), member of the Manhattan Project.
  • Elaine Laron, 83, American songwriter and lyricist (The Electric Company, Captain Kangaroo), pneumonia.
  • Rafael Marquina, 91, Spanish inventor, designer and architect.
  • Jeffrey Mathews, 70, South African cricketer.
  • Eugen Merzbacher, 92, German-born American physicist.
  • Gennady Nikolayev, 76, Russian Soviet Olympic swimmer.
  • Tom Sharpe, 85, British author (Porterhouse Blue, Wilt), complications from diabetes.
  • Maxine Stuart, 94, American actress (Kitten with a Whip, Days of Wine and Roses), natural causes.
  • Malcolm Todd, 73, British historian and archaeologist.
  • Esther Williams, 91, American swimmer (Billy Rose's Aquacade) and actress (Million Dollar Mermaid, Dangerous When Wet), natural causes.

    • 7

  • Rachel Abrams, 62, American writer, editor and artist, wife of Elliott Abrams, stomach cancer.
  • Ekkayuth Anchanbutr, 58, Thai businessman and political activist.
  • Lesley Cantwell, 26, New Zealand racewalker, suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage.
  • Mirosław Car, 52, Polish footballer.
  • Charlie Coles, 71, American basketball coach (Central Michigan University, 1985–1991; Miami University, 1996–2012).
  • Harvey Dunn, Jr., 81, Australian football player (Carlton).
  • Donna Hartley, 58, English Olympic runner (1980).
  • Ken Kinkor, 59, American pirate historian (Whydah Galley).
  • David Lyon, 72, British actor.
  • Pierre Mauroy, 84, French politician, Prime Minister (1981–1984), member of Senate for Nord (1992–2011), lung cancer.
  • J. V. Raghavulu, 82, Indian playback singer and musical director.
  • Richard Ramirez, 53, American serial killer, complications from B-cell lymphoma and hepatitis-C.
  • Malu Rocha, 65, Brazilian actress, prion.
  • Mark Starr, 50, American professional wrestler, heart attack.
  • Kenneth R. Shoulders, 86, American experimental physicist.
  • Joseph Michael Sullivan, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (1980–2005), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
  • Juan Ignacio Torres Landa, 57, Mexican politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1992), helicopter crash.

    • 8

  • John Boyd, 93, American science fiction author.
  • Paul Cellucci, 65, American politician and diplomat, Governor of Massachusetts (1997–2001), Ambassador to Canada (2001–2005), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Stumpy Cromer, 92, American comedian and dancer (Stump and Stumpy, DuBarry Was a Lady).
  • Nathan Dean, 79, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1962–1974) and Senate (1974–2004).
  • Niels Diffrient, 84, American industrial designer, cancer.
  • Beril Jents, 95, Australian fashion designer.
  • Yoram Kaniuk, 83, Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theater critic, cancer.
  • Taufiq Kiemas, 70, Indonesian politician, Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (since 2009).
  • Raymond McCormick, 82, Australian cricketer.
  • Angus MacKay, 86, British actor (Doctor Who).
  • Kyle Miller, 31, Canadian lacrosse player, cancer.
  • Hugh Murray, 90, British historian.
  • Ahad Rajabli, 51, Azerbaijani martial artist, world champion in sambo, suicide by hanging.
  • Eugene P. Ruehlmann, 88, American politician, Mayor of Cincinnati (1967–1971).
  • Richard J. Seitz, 95, American army officer.
  • Udham Singh, Indian Maoist militant, shot.
  • Willi Sitte, 92, German painter.
  • Evert Sodergren, 92, American studio furniture maker.
  • José Sosa, 60, Dominican baseball player (Houston Astros).
  • Derrick Townshend, 69, Zimbabwean cricketer. [1]
  • Arturo Vega, 65, Mexican-born American punk graphic designer and artistic director (The Ramones).
  • Philip White, 89, Canadian politician, Mayor of York, Ontario (1970–1978).

    • 9

  • Iain Banks, 59, Scottish author (The Wasp Factory), gallbladder cancer.
  • Bruno Bartoletti, 86, Italian conductor.
  • Martin Bernal, 76, British scholar, myelofibrosis.
  • Ralph Bogan, 90, American businessman and part-owner of the Atlanta Braves.
  • John Burke, 65, British rugby league player.
  • Darondo, 67, American soul singer, heart failure.
  • Wahab Dosunmu, 74, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate (1999–2003).
  • K. T. Francis, 73, Sri Lankan cricket umpire, complications of diabetes.
  • Ward Goodenough, 94, American anthropologist.
  • Franz Halberg, 93, Romanian biologist.
  • Walter Jens, 90, German writer and intellectual, dementia.
  • Harry Lewis, 93, American actor (Key Largo) and restaurateur, natural causes.
  • Noel McMahon, 97, New Zealand cricketer. [2]
  • Chechenol Mongush, 41, Russian Olympic wrestler (1996), strangled.
  • Solomon Oboh, 23, Nigerian footballer (Warri Wolves F.C.), traffic collision.
  • Christopher Pearson, 61, Australian journalist, political speech-writer, founder of the Adelaide Review. (death announced on this date)
  • Rudolf Pöder, 88, Austrian politician, President of the National Council (1989–1990).
  • Elías Querejeta, 78, Spanish film producer.
  • Zdeněk Rotrekl, 92, Czech poet.
  • Dilip Sarkar, 64, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA for Barabani, shot.
  • Seong Moy, 92, Chinese-born American painter and printmaker.
  • Edward Stevens, 80, American Olympic gold medal-winning rower (1952).
  • Joe Tereshinski, Sr., 89, American football player (Washington Redskins).

    • 10

  • Timothy Apiyo, 70s, Tanzanian politician and civil servant.
  • Doug Bailey, 79, American political consultant.
  • Jacques Bialski, 83, French politician, member of the Senate for Nord (1979–1997).
  • Valentin de Vargas, 79, American actor (Touch of Evil, Hatari!, To Live and Die in L.A.).
  • Allen Derr, 85, American lawyer, won Reed v. Reed sex discrimination case.
  • Bel'ange Epako, 18, Congolese footballer (CS Don Bosco), malaria.
  • Ralph Graves, 88, American writer, editor and news executive (Time, Life), kidney failure.
  • Franz Handlos, 73, German politician, MP for Deggendorf (1972–1987).
  • Petrus Kastenman, 88, Swedish Olympic equestrian (1956).
  • Alice Kundert, 92, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1990–1994), Secretary of State of South Dakota (1979–1987).
  • Louis-Paul M'Fédé, 52, Cameroonian footballer, lung infection.
  • Ali Maher, 55, Jordanian artist, architect and teacher.
  • Yehoshua Neuwirth, 86, Israeli Jewish scholar and clergy, compiled the Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchatah.
  • Hector Oaxaca Acosta, 87, Mexican news photographer (Associated Press).
  • Enrique Orizaola, 91, Spanish footballer.
  • M. K. Purushothaman, 51, Indian politician, Kerala MLA for Njarackal (2006–2011), heart attack.
  • Don Roby, 79, English footballer (Notts County F.C., Loughborough United).
  • Pete Vonachen, 87, American baseball team owner and executive (Peoria Chiefs).
  • Barbara Vucanovich, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada's 2nd district (1983–1997).

    • 11

  • Miller Barber, 82, American professional golfer, lymphoma.
  • Carl W. Bauer, 79, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1966–1972) and Senate (1972–1976).
  • Sir Henry Cecil, 70, British racehorse trainer, stomach cancer.
  • Robert Fogel, 86, American economic academic, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1993).
  • James Grimsley, Jr., 91, American military officer and academic, President of The Citadel (1980–1989).
  • Andreas Kilingaridis, 36, Russian-born Greek Olympic kayaker (2000, 2004, 2008), leukaemia.
  • Evelyn Kozak, 113, American supercentenarian, verified oldest Jewish person in history, verified seventh-oldest person, heart attack.
  • Olavio López Duque, 81, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Casanare (1977–1999).
  • Murray Mitchell, 90, American basketball player.
  • Rory Morrison, 48, British radio announcer and newsreader (BBC Radio 4), lymphoma.
  • Aleksandr Nalivkin, 26, Russian footballer, cancer.
  • Kristiāns Pelšs, 20, Latvian ice hockey player, drowning.
  • Stephen Porter, 87, American stage director.
  • Vidya Charan Shukla, 84, Indian politician, MP for Mahasamund, Minister of External Affairs (1990–1991), injuries sustained in a shooting.
  • Johnny Smith, 90, American jazz guitarist and songwriter ("Walk, Don't Run"), natural causes.
  • Thyra Thomson, 96, American politician, Secretary of State of Wyoming (1963–1987).
  • Jaakko Wallenius, 55, Finnish writer and journalist.
  • Billy Williams, 80, American baseball player (Seattle Pilots).

    • 12

  • Laslo Babits, 55, Canadian Olympic javelin thrower (1984).
  • Teresita Barajuen, 105, Spanish Roman Catholic laity, believed to hold record for longest service in cloister.
  • Elroy Chester, 44, American criminal, execution by lethal injection.
  • Fatai Rolling Dollar, 86, Nigerian musician.
  • John Groppo, 92, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1959–1985).
  • Hugo Gutierrez, Jr., 86, Filipino jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1982–1993), complications of diabetes.
  • Helen Brush Jenkins, 94, American news photographer (Los Angeles Daily News).
  • Michael Kasha, 92, American molecular biophysicist, complications of pneumonia.
  • Jiroemon Kimura, 116, Japanese supercentenarian, verified oldest man in history, oldest verified living person in the world, natural causes.
  • Jason Leffler, 37, American racing driver (NASCAR, IndyCar), blunt force neck injury from race collision.
  • José de Lima, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itumbiara (1973–1981) and Sete Lagoas (1981–1999).
  • Teodoro Matos Santana, 66, Brazilian footballer (São Paulo FC), pancreatic cancer.
  • Pa Odiase, 79, Nigerian composer ("Arise, O Compatriots").
  • Cheryl Peake, 47, British Olympic ice skater (1988).
  • Soh Hang-suen, 61, Hong Kong actress (Life Without Principle), complications of diabetes and stroke.
  • Gavin Taylor, 72, British television and concert film director, (The Tube, U2 at Red Rocks, Queen at Wembley), cancer.
  • Barry Till, 90, British scholar and educator.
  • Joseph A. Unanue, 88, American chief executive (Goya Foods).
  • Scott Winkler, 23, Norwegian ice hockey player (Dallas Stars).

    • 13

  • Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi, 41, Saudi World Cup footballer (1998), cardiac arrest.
  • David Deutsch, 84, American advertising executive, founder and CEO of Deutsch Inc. (1969–1989), natural causes.
  • Newton Lai, 62, Chinese Hong Kong actor, pneumonia.
  • Sam Most, 82, American jazz flautist, cancer.
  • Ajit Pandey, 75, Indian pop singer and politician, West Bengal MLA for Bowbazar, heart attack.
  • Edmund Pellegrino, 92, American bioethicist and academic, President of The Catholic University of America (1978–1982).
  • Kenji Utsumi, 75, Japanese voice actor (Fist of the North Star, Dragon Ball, Fullmetal Alchemist), cancerous peritonitis.
  • Albert White Hat, 74, American Lakota language teacher and activist.

    • 14

  • Betty Burstall, 87, Australian theatre director, founder of La Mama Theatre.
  • Rod Bushie, 60, Canadian Anishinaabe elder, Grand Chief of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (1997–2000), lung cancer.
  • Olav Sigurd Carlsen, 82, Norwegian politician.
  • Geraldine Decker, 82, American operatic mezzo-soprano (Seattle Opera, Metropolitan Opera).
  • Pa Dillon, 75, Irish hurler.
  • Al Green, 57, American professional wrestler (WCW), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  • Martin Lowson, 75, English aeronautical engineer.
  • Hugh Maguire, 86, Irish violinist.
  • Gene Mako, 97, American tennis player, doubles winner at US Open (1936, 1938) and Wimbledon (1937, 1938), inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame (1973).
  • Elroy Schwartz, 89, American television writer (Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch, Wonder Woman), complications from surgery.
  • Tom Tall, 75, American rockabilly singer.
  • Olwen Wymark, 81, American–born British dramatist.

    • 15

  • Kamu de Almeida, 73, Angolan diplomat, Ambassador to the Congo, Spain and Egypt.
  • Peride Celal, 97, Turkish author.
  • Satpal Dang, 93, Indian politician, Punjab MLA for Amritsar West (1967–1980).
  • Heinz Flohe, 65, German footballer (1. FC Köln), member of World Cup-winning team (1974), complications from a stroke.
  • Edgar Gilbert, 89, American mathematician.
  • José Froilán González, 90, Argentine racing driver, respiratory failure.
  • Joseph Hibbert, 65, Jamaican politician, MP for St. Andrew East Rural (2002–2011), Minister for Transport and Works, heart attack.
  • Helen Hughes, 84, Czechoslovakian-born Australian economist, complications following surgery.
  • Elena Ivashchenko, 28, Russian judoka, suicide by jumping from building.
  • Thomas Penfield Jackson, 76, American judge, member of the US District Court for D.C. (1982–2004), cancer.
  • Stanley A. Johnson, 88, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1968–1977).
  • Walter Kahn, 65, American record producer, kidney failure.
  • Sakaida Kakiemon XIV, 78, Japanese potter, Living National Treasure, cancer.
  • Stan Lopata, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), complications of a cardiac condition.
  • Manivannan, 58, Indian actor and director, heart attack.
  • Evaristo Márquez, 73, Colombian actor.
  • Dennis O'Rourke, 67, Australian documentary film maker, cancer.
  • Wangnia Pongte, 60, Indian footballer and politician, Arunachal Pradesh MLA for Changlang North (1990–2009), traffic collision.
  • Maurice Priestley, 80, British mathematician.
  • Harry Rozmiarek, 74, American veterinarian.
  • Paul Soros, 87, Hungarian-born American mechanical engineer and philanthropist.
  • Kenneth G. Wilson, 77, American physicist, winner Nobel Prize in Physics (1982), lymphoma.
  • Syd Young, 95, Australian footballer (South Melbourne).

    • 16

  • Sam Farber, 88, American industrial designer, co-founder of OXO, complications from a fall.
  • Peggy Fenton, 85, American baseball player.
  • T. Ed Garrison, Jr., 91, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1956–1967) and Senate (1967–1986), natural causes.
  • Frank Greenaway, 95, British museum curator.
  • Hans Hass, 94, Austrian diving pioneer.
  • Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, 63, Bangladesh poet and academic, heart attack.
  • Josip Kuže, 60, Croatian football player and manager (Dinamo Zagreb), leukaemia.
  • Richard Marlow, 74, English organist and choral director, Non-hodgkin lymphoma.
  • James Massey, 79, American information theorist, cancer.
  • Norman Ian MacKenzie, 91, British journalist and activist.
  • TKM Bava Musliyar, 82, Indian Muslim scholar and educationalist.
  • Maurice Nadeau, 102, French writer and editor.
  • Dwight Pattison, Indian musician.
  • Daya Perera, Sri Lankan diplomat and lawyer, Ambassador to the United Nations (1988–1991).
  • B. Raman, 77, Indian intelligence officer, co-founder of the Research and Analysis Wing, cancer.
  • Bernard Sahlins, 90, American comedy writer and theater owner, founder of The Second City.
  • D. M. Schurman, 88, Canadian historian.
  • Yousef Madani Tabrizi, 85, Iranian Grand Ayatollah.
  • Ottmar Walter, 89, German footballer (1. FC Kaiserslautern), member of 1954 World Cup-winning team.

    • 17

  • Michael Baigent, 65, New Zealand author (The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail), brain haemorrhage.
  • Carmen Carrozza, 91, Italian-born American accordionist.
  • Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, 82, Bangladeshi playwright and TV producer.
  • Pierre F. Côté, 85, Canadian civil servant, Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (1978–1997).
  • Bulbs Ehlers, 90, American basketball and baseball player.
  • Jim Goddard, 77, English film and television director (Fox).
  • Irwin Held, 87, American restaurateur (Barney's Beanery), natural causes.
  • James Holshouser, 78, American politician, Governor of North Carolina (1973–1977).
  • Fuller Kimbrell, 103, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1946–1955).
  • Werner Lang, 91, German automotive engineer.
  • Albert Legogie, 76, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate for Edo North, malaria.
  • Ma Xianda, 81, Chinese martial artist.
  • Peter Millar, 62, Scottish footballer (Motherwell), brain tumour.
  • Jalil Shahnaz, 92, Iranian maestro and Tar master, natural causes.
  • Ray Stone, 89, American politician and educator, Mayor of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (1986–1994).
  • Geoff Strong, 75, English footballer.
  • Tom Turner, 97, American Negro League baseball player.
  • Rafael Valek, 80, Colombian footballer.

    • 18

  • Brent F. Anderson, 80, American politician, Mayor of West Valley City, Utah (1987–1994).
  • Raghunath Bhattacharyya, 61, Indian judge, member of the Kolkata High Court (since 2010), COPD.
  • Hugh Burry, 82, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury).
  • Alastair Donaldson, 58, Scottish musician.
  • Vernon Fougère, 70, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Charlottetown (1991–2009).
  • Gene Freese, 79, American baseball player, complications of back surgery.
  • Garde Gardom, 88, Canadian politician, British Columbia MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey (1966–1986), Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (1995–2001).
  • Brian P. Goodman, 66, Canadian civil servant, Chair of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, heart arrhythmia.
  • Michael Hastings, 33, American journalist (Rolling Stone, Newsweek, BuzzFeed), traffic collision.
  • Jean Melzer, 87, Australian politician, Senator for Victoria (1974–1981).
  • Imran Khan Mohmand, Pakistani politician, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MLA for Mardan, bombing.
  • Dave Petitjean, 85, American Cajun humorist and actor, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  • Alfred Planyavsky, 89, Austrian double-bassist and music historian.
  • Michael Potter, 89, American cancer researcher, winner Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1984), acute myeloid leukemia.
  • Claudio Rocchi, 62, Italian progressive rock singer-songwriter and musician, degenerative disease.
  • Ramón Sáez Marzo, 73, Spanish racing cyclist.
  • Kukoi Sanyang, 61, Ivorian Gambian revolutionary.
  • Sir Colin Stansfield Smith, 80, English architect and cricketer.
  • Vijay Telang, 61, Indian cricket player (Vidarbha).
  • David Wall, 67, British ballet dancer, cancer.

    • 19

  • Edward Chininga, 58, Zimbabwean politician, MP for Guruve South, Minister of Mines and Mining Development (2000–2004), traffic collision.
  • Vince Flynn, 47, American author (Mitch Rapp), prostate cancer.
  • James Gandolfini, 51, American actor (The Sopranos, In the Loop, Crimson Tide), heart attack.
  • Parke Godwin, 84, American author, natural causes.
  • Michael Hodgman, 74, Australian federal and Tasmanian politician, MLC (1966–1974), MP (1975–1987), MHA (1992–1998, 2001–2010), emphysema.
  • Gyula Horn, 80, Hungarian politician, Prime Minister (1994–1998).
  • John Hughes, 78, Welsh ceramicist, creator of Grogg.
  • Dave Jennings, 61, American football player (New York Jets, New York Giants), complications from Parkinson's disease.
  • Danny Kravitz, 82, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), cancer.
  • Sait Maden, 82, Turkish translator, poet, painter and graphic designer, pneumonia after bypass surgery.
  • Alexandru Mușina, 58, Romanian poet.
  • Paul Mees, 52, Australian academic and lawyer, cancer.
  • Miguel Morayta, 105, Spanish-born Mexican film director.
  • Ólafur Rafnsson, 50, Icelandic sports executive, president of FIBA Europe and National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland.
  • Alfons Schilling, 79, Swiss painter, Parkinson's disease.
  • Kim Thompson, 56, American comic book editor and publisher (Fantagraphics Books), lung cancer.
  • Filip Topol, 48, Czech musician.
  • Slim Whitman, 90, American country singer-songwriter ("Indian Love Call", "Rose Marie"), heart failure.

    • 20

  • Diosa Costello, 100, American Puerto Rican actress and singer.
  • Franz Xaver Eder, 87, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Passau (1984–2001).
  • Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad, Somali militant (Al-Shabaab), shot.
  • Vern Pyles, 94, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1974–1980), heart disease and cancer.
  • Dicky Rutnagur, 82, Indian cricket journalist and author.
  • Ingvar Rydell, 91, Swedish Olympic footballer (1952).
  • Jean-Louis Scherrer, 78, French fashion designer.
  • Günter Seibold, 76, German footballer.
  • Philip Slater, 86, American sociologist and academic, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  • Jeffrey Smart, 91, Australian painter, renal failure.
  • John David Wilson, 93, English animator and producer (Grease, Lady and the Tramp, Peter Pan), dementia.
  • Wu Zhengyi, 97, Chinese botanist, winner of the State Science and Technology Prize (2007).
  • Pu Zoduha, 73, Indian politician, Mizoram MLA for Mamit (1987–1992), complications from hypertension and diabetes.

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  • Huáscar Aparicio, 41, Bolivian folk singer.
  • Charles L. Campbell, 82, American sound engineer (Back to the Future, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, The Rocketeer).
  • Mohan Lal Chakma, 101, Indian politician, Tripura MLA for Penchartal (1978–1983).
  • Diane Clare, 74, British actress (The Haunting).
  • N. Dennis, 85, Indian politician, MP for Nagercoil (1980–2003).
  • Jerry Dexter, 78, American voice actor (Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Josie and the Pussycats).
  • Paul Eggers, 94, American politician.
  • Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian, 93, Iranian architect.
  • Genaro García, 34, Mexican boxer, shot.
  • Margret Göbl, 74, German Olympic figure skater (1960).
  • Dame Barbara Goodman, 80, New Zealand politician.
  • James P. Gordon, 85, American physicist.
  • Marcelo Grassmann, 88, Brazilian engraver and draughtsman.
  • Bernard Hunt, 83, English professional golfer.
  • Ed Iacobucci, 59, Argentinian-born American technology executive, co-founder of Citrix Systems, pancreatic cancer.
  • Mary Love, 69, American soul and gospel singer.
  • Edgar Mann, 86, British Manx politician, Chairman of the Executive Council (1981–1985), complications of cancer.
  • Uzi Meshulam, 60, Israeli rabbi.
  • Milorad Mišković, 86, Serbian ballet dancer, Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
  • Alen Pamić, 23, Croatian footballer (NK Istra 1961), suspected cardiac arrest.
  • Sajid Qureshi, 53, Pakistani politician, Sindh MLA for Karachi, shot.
  • Elliott Reid, 93, American actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), heart failure.
  • Wendy Saddington, 64, Australian jazz and blues singer (Chain), oesophageal cancer.
  • Curtis W. Tarr, 88, American civil servant and academic, head of the Selective Service System during Vietnam, pneumonia.
  • Per Ung, 80, Norwegian sculptor, cancer.
  • Zhang Guangdou, 101, Chinese hydraulic engineer and educator.

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  • Cameron Baird, 32, Australian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient, shot.
  • Robert O. Cox, 95, American politician, Mayor of Fort Lauderdale (1986–1991).
  • Leandro Díaz, 85, Colombian music composer (Vallenato), acute kidney infection.
  • Beverly Fawell, 82, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1981–1983) and Illinois Senate (1983–1999), chronic heart failure.
  • Sergio Focardi, 80, Italian physicist.
  • Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, 68, Scottish politician and advocate, MP (1979–1987), Lord Advocate (1989–1992), Solicitor General (1982–1989).
  • Gary David Goldberg, 68, American TV writer (Family Ties, Spin City) and screenwriter (Must Love Dogs, Dad), brain cancer.
  • Alexander Grunauer, 91, Russian scientist.
  • Donald Hustad, 94, American evangelical church musician, academic and author.
  • Henning Larsen, 87, Danish architect, natural causes.
  • Loránd Lohinszky, 88, Hungarian actor and academic.
  • Deric Longden, 77, British author and screenwriter, cancer.
  • Allan Simonsen, 34, Danish racing driver, complications from a race collision during 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans.
  • Javier Tomeo, 80, Spanish writer, infection and diabetes.
  • Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay, 73, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Celaya (1988–2003), respiratory disease.
  • Soccor Velho, 29, Indian footballer, cardiac arrest.

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  • Pat Ashton, 82, English actress (The Benny Hill Show).
  • Bobby Bland, 83, American blues and soul singer ("Further Up the Road", "Turn On Your Love Light").
  • Frank Kelso, 79, American naval officer, Chief of Naval Operations (1990–1994), complications from a fall.
  • Kurt Leichtweiss, 86, German mathematician.
  • Little Willie Littlefield, 81, American pianist and singer, cancer.
  • Richard Matheson, 87, American author and screenwriter (I Am Legend, The Shrinking Man, The Twilight Zone).
  • Darryl Read, 61, British musician, poet and actor, motorcycle accident.
  • Sharon Stouder, 64, American triple gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer (1964).
  • Frank Stranahan, 90, American golfer, winner of The Amateur Championship (1948, 1950).
  • Meamea Thomas, 25, I-Kiribati Olympic weightlifter (2004), traffic collision.

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  • Mick Aston, 66, British archaeologist (Time Team).
  • Bill Atkinson, 68, English footballer (Torquay United F.C.).
  • Cleve Backster, 89, American polygraph expert.
  • Aníbal Barrow, 58, Honduran journalist and news anchor, shot.
  • John P. Clay, 78, American translator (Clay Sanskrit Library).
  • Emilio Colombo, 93, Italian politician, Prime Minister (1970–1972).
  • Jackie Fargo, 82, American professional wrestler, congenital heart disease.
  • Mauro Francaviglia, 60, Italian mathematician.
  • Dame Phyllis Friend, 90, British nursing officer.
  • Joannes Gijsen, 80, Dutch-Icelandic Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roermond (1972–1993) and Reykjavík (1996–2007), cancer.
  • William Hathaway, 89, American politician, member of the US House (1965–1973) and US Senate for Maine (1973–1979).
  • Lucky Isibor, 36, Nigerian footballer.
  • Puff Johnson, 40, American pop singer and songwriter, cervical cancer.
  • James Martin, 79, British author, computer scientist and businessman, suspected drowning.
  • Alan Myers, 58, American New Wave drummer (Devo), brain cancer.
  • John L. Nickels, 82, American judge, member of the Illinois Supreme Court (1992–1998).
  • Denham Price, 73, South African cricketer.
  • Andy Scott, 58, Canadian politician, MP for Fredericton (1993–2009), Solicitor General (1997–1998), cancer.
  • Vasile Tiţă, 85, Romanian Olympic boxer (1952).

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  • Gianfranco Baldazzi, 69, Italian lyricist, record producer, author and journalist.
  • Giuseppe Berton, 80, Italian missionary.
  • George Burditt, 89, American television writer and producer (Three's Company, Silver Spoons).
  • Jack Cantoni, 65, French rugby union player.
  • Sarah Charlesworth, 66, American conceptual artist and photographer, brain aneurysm.
  • Mark Fisher, 66, British stage designer and ceremony producer (2008, 2012 Summer Olympics).
  • Catherine Gibson, 82, Scottish Olympic swimmer (1948).
  • Robert E. Gilka, 96, American photographer and news executive, director of photography for National Geographic, complications of pneumonia.
  • Jim Hudson, 70, American football player (New York Jets), traumatic dementia encephalophathy.
  • Lau Kar-leung, 76, Chinese Hong Kong martial artist, action choreographer and film director (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), cancer.
  • William E. Morris, 92, American politician.
  • Harry Parker, 77, American Olympic rower (1960) and Olympic rowing coach (USRowing, Harvard University).
  • Taghi Rouhani, 93, Iranian news anchor.
  • Uma Shivakumar, 71, Indian actress.
  • Mildred Ladner Thompson, 95, American journalist (Wall Street Journal, Associated Press).
  • Green Wix Unthank, 90, American judge, member of the US District Court for Eastern Kentucky (1980–2012).

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  • James Allan, 84, Canadian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Keewatin (1974–1991).
  • Hervé Boussard, 47, French Olympic cyclist (1992), epileptic seizure.
  • Antonio Jasso, 78, Mexican footballer (national team, Club América).
  • Edward Huggins Johnstone, 91, Brazilian-born American judge, member of the US District Court for Western Kentucky (since 1977).
  • Adam Koppy, 40, American mechanical engineer, traffic collision.
  • K. Narayana Kurup, 86, Indian politician, Kerala MLA for Vazhoor (1963–1967, 1970–1980, 1984–2005).
  • Byron Looper, 48, American politician and criminal, cardiac ailment.
  • Dumitru Matcovschi, 73, Romanian-born Moldovan poet, complications from brain surgery.
  • Kimberly McCarthy, 52, American criminal, execution by lethal injection.
  • Justin Miller, 35, American baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants).
  • Nilton Pacheco, 92, Brazilian Olympic basketball player (1948).
  • Abdul Rahman Mokhtar, 55, Malaysian politician, Terengganu State Representative for Kuala Besut, lung cancer.
  • Marc Rich, 78, Belgian-born American tax evader, commodities trader and illegal oil broker (Iran Hostage Crisis), stroke.
  • Bert Stern, 83, American celebrity photographer (The Last Sitting) and documentary maker (Jazz on a Summer's Day).
  • Rawleigh Warner, Jr., 92, American oil executive, CEO and Chairman of Mobil (1969–1986), inclusion body myositis.
  • Subhash Yadav, 67, Indian politician, Madhya Pradesh MLA for Kasrawad (since 1993).

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  • Shafiq Badr, 87, Lebanese politician, MP for Chouf (1972–1992).
  • Stefano Borgonovo, 49, Italian footballer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Henrik Otto Donner, 73, Finnish composer and music industry executive.
  • Muhammad Emin Er, c. 99, Turkish Islamic scholar.
  • Josef Geryk, 70, Czech footballer (FC Spartak Trnava).
  • Dudley Knight, 73, American drama teacher.
  • Alain Mimoun, 92, French Olympic runner (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960) and marathon champion (1956).
  • James Njiru, Kenyan politician, cancer.
  • Bill Robertson, 75, American politician, Mayor of Minden, Louisiana (since 1991), complications from back surgery.
  • Ian Scott, 68, New Zealand painter.
  • A. C. Shanmughadas, 74, Indian politician, Kerala MLA for Balussery (1970–2003), cardiac arrest.

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  • D. João Alves, 87, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Coimbra (1976–2001).
  • Yiye Ávila, 87, American Puerto Rican televangelist, heart attack.
  • Thérèse Blondeau, 99, French Olympic swimmer (1936).
  • Ari Brynjolfsson, 86, Icelandic–born American physicist.
  • Bhavna Chikhalia, 59, Indian politician, MP for Junagadh (1991–2004), cardiac arrest.
  • George Hall Dixon, 92, American banker, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.
  • Fred Gibson, 101, Jamaican-born English cricketer.
  • Ted Hood, 86, American yacht skipper (Courageous), judge and official (US Sailing), inducted into America's Cup Hall of Fame (1993), heart failure and pneumonia.
  • Tamás Katona, 81, Hungarian politician and historian.
  • Peter Lehmann, 82, Australian vineyard owner and vintner, kidney disease.
  • Kenneth Minogue, 83, Australian academic and political scientist.
  • Matt Osborne, 55, American professional wrestler (Doink the Clown), accidental overdose of hydrocodone and morphine.
  • Jacques Planchard, 84, Belgian politician, Governor of Luxembourg (1976–1996).
  • F.D. Reeve, 84, American academic and author.
  • David Rubitsky, 96, American World War II veteran, disputed claimant for Medal of Honor.
  • Charlie L. Russell, 81, American playwright (Five on the Black Hand Side), brother of Bill Russell, gastric cancer.
  • John Stollery, 83, British engineer and academic.
  • Silvi Vrait, 62, Estonian singer ("Nagu merelaine") and actress, brain tumor.

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  • Khalnazar Agakhanov, 61, Turkmen diplomat and politician, Ambassador to Russia, Germany and Kazakhstan.
  • Marge Anderson, 81, American Chippewa tribal executive, Chief of the Mille Lacs (1991–2000, 2008–2012), natural causes.
  • Harisinh Pratapsinh Chavda, 83, Indian politician, MP for Banaskantha (2004–2008), Gujarat MLA for Danta (1975–1985).
  • Abdul Mutalib Mohamed Daud, 52, Malayasian journalist.
  • Peter Fitzgerald, 76, Irish footballer.
  • Jack Gotta, 83, American CFL and WFL football player, coach and general manager (Calgary Stampeders, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Birmingham Americans).
  • Sarah Guyard-Guillot, 31, French acrobat (Cirque du Soleil), fall.
  • Lou Guzzo, 94, American journalist (Seattle Times), editor (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) and commentator (KIRO-TV).
  • Margherita Hack, 91, Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer, suspected heart failure.
  • Gilma Jiménez, 57, Colombian politician, member of Senate for Bogota, cervical cancer.
  • Jim Kelly, 67, American martial artist and actor (Enter the Dragon), cancer.
  • Victor Lundin, 83, American actor (Robinson Crusoe on Mars).
  • David Moore, 79, British botanist specialising in South American flora and fauna.
  • Ryūtarō Nakamura, 58, Japanese animation director and storyboard artist (Serial Experiments Lain, Kino's Journey, Sakura Wars), pancreatic cancer.
  • Paul Smith, 91, American jazz pianist, heart failure.
  • Jørgen Sønstebø, 91, Norwegian politician.
  • Larry Townsend, 66, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 2008), cancer.
  • Kishorchandra Vankavala, 70, Indian politician, Gujarat MLA for Surat West (since 2007), lung cancer.

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  • Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, 96, British life peer, barrister and Colditz prisoner.
  • Akpor Pius Ewherido, 50, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate for Delta Central (since 2011), Delta MLA for Ughelli South (1999–2007), complications from a stroke.
  • Richard Fehr, 73, Swiss religious leader, Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church (1988–2005).
  • Juggie Heen, 82, American politician, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1963–1967, 1969–1971), pancreatic and liver cancer.
  • William Houle, 81, American Chippewa tribal executive, Chairman of the Fond du Lac (1974–1988), instrumental to Indian gaming in the United States.
  • Kathryn Morrison, 71, American politician, member of the Wisconsin Senate (1975–1979), breast cancer.
  • Thompson Oliha, 44, Nigerian footballer (Nigeria Super Eagles), complications from malaria.
  • Iván Ruttkay, 87, Hungarian Olympic speed skater (1948).
  • Sir Keith Seaman, 93, Australian viceroy, Governor of South Australia (1977–1982).

    • References

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