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Deaths in March 2016

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The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2016.

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

  • Coca Crystal, 68, American television personality and political activist, respiratory failure.
  • Adam Dziewonski, 79, Polish-born American geophysicist.
  • Ítalo Estupiñán, 64, Ecuadorian footballer (Toluca), cardiac arrest.
  • Ilir Hoti, 58, Albanian economist and banker.
  • Gary Hutzel, 60, American visual effects supervisor (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Defiance), heart attack.
  • Nestori Kaasalainen, 101, Finnish politician.
  • Jim Kimsey, 76, American technology executive, co-founder and CEO of AOL, melanoma.
  • Martin Legassick, 75, South African historian and activist, cancer.
  • Peter Mathias, 88, British economic historian.
  • Gayle McCormick, 67, American singer (Smith), cancer.
  • Jean Miotte, 90, French abstract painter.
  • Louise Plowright, 59, British actress (Mamma Mia!, EastEnders, Families), pancreatic cancer.
  • Frank Terpil, 76, American CIA agent and arms dealer.
  • Georgios Tsakanikas, 81, Greek shot putter.
  • Tony Warren, 79, English television screenwriter and producer (Coronation Street).
  • Martha Wright, 92, American actress (South Pacific, The Sound of Music, Goodyear Television Playhouse) and singer.
  • 2

  • Janusz Bolonek, 77, Polish Roman Catholic prelate and diplomat, Apostolic nuncio (1989–2013).
  • Chandra Ranaraja, 77, Sri Lankan politician.
  • Robert Del Tufo, 82, American attorney, New Jersey Attorney General (1990–1993), lung cancer.
  • Noémia Delgado, 82, Portuguese television and film director.
  • Tony Dyson, 68, British film prop designer (R2-D2).
  • James Anthony Gaffney, 87, British civil engineer.
  • Roger Hickman, 61, Australian yachtsman, winner of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race (Handicap, 2014), brain cancer.
  • Rosemary Hinkfuss, 84, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1988–1994).
  • Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, 83, German royal and art historian.
  • Dick Hudson, 75, American football player (Buffalo Bills).
  • Marion Patrick Jones, 85, Trinidadian writer.
  • Arthur Keily, 94, British marathon runner.
  • Benoît Lacroix, 100, Canadian Dominican priest and historian.
  • Ghais Malik, 85, Egyptian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Egypt (1984–2000).
  • Aubrey McClendon, 56, American energy and basketball executive, CEO of Chesapeake Energy, part-owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder, traffic collision.
  • James Barrett McNulty, 71, American politician, Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania (1982–1986), cancer and cardiac disorder.
  • Allan Michaelsen, 68, Danish football player and coach, brain cancer.
  • Sergio Ricossa, 88, Italian economist.
  • Reid Scott, 89, Canadian politician and judge.
  • Kalidas Shrestha, 93, Nepali artist and academic, pneumonia as a complication from a kidney infection.
  • Don Walsh, 81, Australian football player (Collingwood).
  • Paul Webley, 62, British educator, president of SOAS, University of London (2006–2015), cancer.
  • Władysław Wojtakajtis, 67, Polish Olympic swimmer.
  • R. Tom Zuidema, 88, American anthropologist.
  • 3

  • Ralph Baruch, 92, German-born American media mogul (Viacom).
  • Per Beskow, 89, Swedish biblical scholar.
  • Lord James Blears, 92, British professional wrestler.
  • Rooney L. Bowen, 82, American politician.
  • Jack Buckalew, 83, American politician, member of the West Virginia Senate (1995–1998).
  • Berta Cáceres, 42, Honduran indigenous leader, shot.
  • Anthony Carrigan, 35, British academic, cancer.
  • Gavin Christopher, 66, American R&B/hip-hop musician, songwriter and producer, heart failure.
  • Martin Crowe, 53, New Zealand cricketer (national team), lymphoma.
  • Marcello De Cecco, 76, Italian economist.
  • Sir Andrew Derbyshire, 92, British architect.
  • Sophie Dessus, 60, French politician, member of the National Assembly for Corrèze's 1st Constituency (since 2012), cancer.
  • Ashok Ghosh, 94, Indian politician, General Secretary of All India Forward Bloc (since 1946), lower respiratory tract infection.
  • Yves Guéna, 93, French politician, President of the Constitutional Council (2000–2004), High Commissioner of Ivory Coast (1960).
  • Hayabusa, 47, Japanese professional wrestler (Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling), brain hemorrhage.
  • Henry R. Horsey, 91, American judge, member of the Delaware Supreme Court (1978–1994).
  • Thanat Khoman, 101, Thai politician, Foreign Minister (1959–1971).
  • Laura Knaperek, 60, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1995–2006), ovarian cancer.
  • Natalya Krachkovskaya, 77, Russian actress (Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future), heart attack.
  • Ted McCaskill, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Los Angeles Sharks).
  • Michael MccGwire, 91, British foreign policy analyst.
  • William O'Brien, 71, American police officer, Chief of Police for Miami (1998–2000), resigned after Elián González custody battle raid, throat cancer.
  • Tome Serafimovski, 80, Macedonian sculptor.
  • Sarah Tait, 33, Australian rower, world champion (2005), Olympic silver medallist (2012), cervical cancer.
  • Jim Thistle, 61, Canadian lawyer, negotiated Atlantic Accord (1985), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Retta Ward, 62, American health official and teacher, Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health (since 2013).
  • Mike Widger, 67, American CFL football player (Montreal Alouettes, Ottawa Rough Riders), Grey Cup Champion (1970, 1974).
  • 4

  • Taha Jabir Alalwani, 81, Iraqi-born American Islamic theologian.
  • Bankroll Fresh, 28, American rapper, shot.
  • John Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa, 88, Welsh politician and boxing executive, president of the British Boxing Board of Control and Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.
  • Jerry Dolyn Brown, 73, American pottery artist.
  • Theodor Cazaban, 95, French writer.
  • Bud Collins, 86, American sports journalist.
  • Pat Conroy, 70, American author (The Prince of Tides, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline), pancreatic cancer.
  • Pirro Cuniberti, 92, Italian artist.
  • Joey Feek, 40, American country singer (Joey + Rory), cervical cancer.
  • Vincenzo Franco, 98, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro (1974–1981) and Archbishop of Otranto (1981–1993).
  • David M. Gates, 94, American ecologist.
  • Ge Cunzhuang, 87, Chinese actor, heart failure.
  • Adriana Innocenti, 89, Italian actress (Eye of the Cat, Lobster for Breakfast, The Cat).
  • Ekrem Jevrić, 54, Montenegrin singer, heart attack.
  • Thea Knutzen, 85, Norwegian politician, MP (1985–1993).
  • Yuri Kuznetsov, 83, Azerbaijani Soviet football player and coach (Neftchi).
  • Enriquito López, 60, Dominican Republic politician, member of the Senate (2000–2004).
  • Domenico Maselli, 82, Italian politician.
  • Bill Michael, 81, American football coach (UTEP, 1977–1981).
  • Thomas G. Morris, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for New Mexico's at-large district (1959–1969) and New Mexico House (1953–1958).
  • Julio Lacarte Muró, 97, Uruguayan diplomat and politician.
  • Morgan F. Murphy, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 3rd congressional district (1971–1981), prostate cancer.
  • George Ndung’u Mwicigi, 83, Kenyan politician.
  • P. K. Nair, 82, Indian film archivist.
  • Ramón Palomares, 80, Venezuelan poet.
  • William H. Plackett, 78, American naval non-commissioned officer, 6th MCPON (1985–1988).
  • Jane Plant, 71, British geochemist.
  • Joseph Rwegasira, 81, Tanzanian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–1995), Ambassador to Zambia.
  • P. A. Sangma, 68, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1996–1998), Chief Minister of Meghalaya (1988–1990), heart attack.
  • Marilyn Stokstad, 87, American art historian.
  • Harry Turbott, 85, New Zealand architect and landscape architect.
  • Abbas Vaez-Tabasi, 80, Iranian cleric, Grand Imam of Ali al-Ridha mosque (since 1979), cancer.
  • Vladimir Yumin, 64, Russian Soviet wrestler, Olympic champion (1976), heart attack.
  • Zhou Xiaoyan, 98, Chinese vocal pedagogue and classical soprano.
  • 5

  • David Abbott, 81, British-born New Zealand cricket umpire, cancer.
  • Hassan Al-Turabi, 84, Sudanese Islamic spiritual leader, member of the National Assembly.
  • Giorgio Ariani, 74, Italian comedian and actor (Pinocchio).
  • Antoni Asunción, 64, Spanish politician, Minister of Interior (1993–1994).
  • Caesar Belser, 71, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), Super Bowl winner (1970), lung cancer.
  • Julio César Chalar, Uruguayan lawyer and judge.
  • Paul Couch, 51, Australian footballer (Geelong), heart attack.
  • James Douglas, 86, American actor (As the World Turns, Peyton Place, G.I. Blues).
  • Helle-Vibeke Erichsen, 76, Danish artist.
  • Sture Eskilsson, 85, Swedish economist.
  • John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, 85, British politician, MP for Newton (1974–1983) and St Helens North (1983–1997).
  • Even Hansen, 92, Norwegian footballer (Odd, national team).
  • Nikolaus Harnoncourt, 86, Austrian conductor and cellist (Vienna Symphony), founder of Concentus Musicus Wien.
  • Alan Henry, 68, British motorsport journalist.
  • Henry Hobhouse, 91, British author (Seeds of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankind).
  • Chip Hooper, 53, American musical agent (Dave Matthews, Phish), cancer.
  • Jim MacNeill, 87, Canadian environmentalist and senior Cabinet adviser, pneumonia.
  • Lester Menke, 97, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1973–1985).
  • Harriet Cornelia Mills, 95, American academic and sinologist.
  • John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton, 88, British aristocrat.
  • Robert Redbird, 76, American Kiowa artist, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Rafael Squirru, 90, Argentine author.
  • Panayiotis Tetsis, 91, Greek painter.
  • Ray Tomlinson, 74, American computer programmer, invented system to send first email and assigned use of @ sign, heart attack.
  • Stephen H. Webb, 54, American theologian.
  • Al Wistert, 95, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Michigan Wolverines), NFL Champion (1948, 1949).
  • 6

  • Barbara Almond, 77, American psychiatrist.
  • Wally Bragg, 86, English footballer (Brentford).
  • Jerry Bridges, 86, American evangelical Christian author, speaker and administrator (The Navigators).
  • Joan Brown, 90, British potter.
  • Elizabeth Garrett, 52, American educator, president of Cornell University (since 2015), colon cancer.
  • Znaur Gassiev, 90, South Ossetian politician.
  • Paolo Giglio, 89, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate and diplomat, Apostolic nuncio (1986–2002).
  • D. G. Jones, 87, Canadian poet.
  • Arto Koivisto, 85, Finnish basketball player.
  • Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba, 75, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bokungu–Ikela (1982–1991) and Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro (since 1991).
  • Kalabhavan Mani, 45, Indian actor and singer, liver cirrhosis and methyl alcohol poisoning.
  • Ernest George Mardon, 87, British-born Canadian historian.
  • James Ocholi, 55, Nigerian politician, traffic collision.
  • Francis Pasion, 38, Filipino director (On the Wings of Love), heart attack.
  • Aldo Ralli, 80, Italian actor (Il Divo, Crime in Formula One).
  • Nancy Reagan, 94, American First Lady (1981–1989) and actress (Hellcats of the Navy, Donovan's Brain, The Next Voice You Hear...), heart failure.
  • Gaspar Rosety, 57, Spanish journalist.
  • María Rostworowski, 100, Peruvian historian.
  • Harold H. Saunders, 85, American diplomat, prostate cancer.
  • Elwyn L. Simons, 87, American paleontologist.
  • Gary Smalley, 75, American family counselor, Christian and relationship author, complications from heart and kidney disease.
  • Elizabeth Strohfus, 96, American military pilot (WASP), recipient of two Congressional Gold Medals, complications from a fall.
  • Akira Tago, 90, Japanese psychologist.
  • Sheila Varian, 78, American horse breeder (Arabian horses), ovarian cancer.
  • 7

  • Raymond Conway Benjamin, 91, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Townsville (1984–2000).
  • Leonard Berney, 95, British military officer, a liberator of Bergen-Belsen, heart attack.
  • Gary Braasch, 70, American environmental photographer.
  • Joe Cabot, 94, American jazz musician and band leader.
  • Bill Cooper, 87, British sailor.
  • Scott Goodall, 80, British comic book writer (Fishboy).
  • Adrian Hardiman, 64, Irish judge, member of the Supreme Court (since 2000).
  • Bobby Johns, 83, American race car driver (NASCAR, Indianapolis 500).
  • Steve Kraly, 86, American baseball player (New York Yankees), World Series Champion (1953).
  • Béla Kuharszki, 75, Hungarian footballer (Újpesti Dózsa).
  • Min Enze, 92, Chinese chemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences and Engineering).
  • Khalid Mahmood Mithu, 55, Bangladeshi film director (Gohine Shobdo), falling tree.
  • Jean-Bernard Raimond, 90, French politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1986–1988), ambassador to Morocco, Poland, the Soviet Union and the Vatican.
  • Des O'Reilly, 61, Australian rugby league player (Sydney Roosters).
  • Paul Ryan, 66, American comic artist (Fantastic Four, Superman, The Phantom).
  • Michael White, 80, Scottish film and theatre producer (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Tony winner (1971), heart failure.
  • Quentin Young, 93, American physician.
  • 8

  • Mohamed Allek, 42, Algerian athlete, Paralympic champion (1996, 2000).
  • Luigi Corioni, 78, Italian bathroom furnishings and football executive (Brescia Calcio, A.C. Milan, Bologna).
  • Richard Davalos, 85, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, East of Eden, Kelly's Heroes).
  • Dieter Fänger, 90, German fencer.
  • Aldo Ferrer, 88, Argentine economist.
  • Ross Hannaford, 65, Australian musician (Daddy Cool), cancer.
  • Jerome Heckenkamp, 36, Australian-born American computer hacker.
  • Ron Jacobs, 78, American broadcaster, co-creator of American Top 40.
  • David S. Johnson, 70, American computer scientist.
  • John Jones, 90, British Olympic water polo player (1952, 1956).
  • Esko Karhunen, 88, Finnish basketball player and contributor.
  • Sir George Martin, 90, British Hall of Fame record producer (The Beatles), composer, arranger and engineer, six-time Grammy Award winner.
  • Claus Ogerman, 86, German jazz conductor and arranger.
  • Saji Paravoor, 48, Indian film director.
  • M. V. Rao, 88, Indian agricultural scientist.
  • Alfred E. Senn, 83, American historian and academic, awarded Order of Vytautas the Great for service to Lithuania.
  • 9

  • Bruno Agostinelli, 28, Canadian tennis player (Davis Cup), traffic collision.
  • Sergio Arellano Stark, 94, Chilean military officer, leader of the Caravan of Death, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Galagama Sri Aththadassi Thera, 94, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, Mahanayaka of the Asgiriya Chapter of Siyam Nikaya (since 2015).
  • Lawrence E. Bennett, 92, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1983–1994).
  • Karen Carroll, 58, American blues singer.
  • Jon English, 66, English-born Australian musician and actor (Against the Wind), complications from surgery.
  • Léon Francioli, 69, Swiss double bass player.
  • Ray Griff, 75, Canadian country music singer ("If I Let Her Come In") and songwriter ("Canadian Pacific"), complications of pneumonia from surgery.
  • John Gutfreund, 86, American investor (Salomon Brothers), complications from pneumonia.
  • Robert Horton, 91, American actor (Wagon Train).
  • William Russell Houck, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jackson (1984–2003), complications from heart surgery.
  • Giancarlo Ibarguen, 53, Guatemalan businessman and academic, president of Universidad Francisco Marroquín (2003–2013).
  • Gary Jeter, 61, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants).
  • Ralph S. Larsen, 77, American consumer products executive, CEO and Chairman of Johnson & Johnson, cardiac arrest.
  • Clyde Lovellette, 86, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers, St. Louis Hawks, Boston Celtics), NBA champion (1954, 1963, 1964), Olympic champion (1952), cancer.
  • James McNamara, 76, Irish long-distance runner, M50 10000 metre world record holder (1989–1991).
  • John Pennebaker, 72, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1975–1992).
  • Reinhold Remmert, 85, German mathematician.
  • Ivan Rohrt, 95, Australian sports administrator, President of Carlton Football Club (1974–1977).
  • Tina St. Claire, 31, American artist, cancer.
  • Ted Szilva, 81, Canadian monument creator (Big Nickel).
  • Naná Vasconcelos, 71, Brazilian jazz percussionist and vocalist, eight-time Grammy Award winner, lung cancer.
  • Bill Wade, 85, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Chicago Bears), NFL Champion (1963).
  • Coy Wayne Wesbrook, 58, American convicted mass murderer, execution by lethal injection.
  • 10

  • Sir Ken Adam, 95, German-born British production designer (Dr. Strangelove, James Bond, The Madness of King George), Oscar winner (1975, 1994).
  • Ernestine Anderson, 87, American jazz vocalist.
  • Joan Bates, 86, British Sealandic princess.
  • Anita Brookner, 87, British novelist (Hotel du Lac) and art historian, Man Booker Prize winner (1984).
  • Daniel Buess, 40, Swiss drummer.
  • Fangge Dupan, 89, Taiwanese poet.
  • William Dyke, 85, American politician, mayor of Madison, Wisconsin (1969–1973), complications from pancreatic cancer.
  • Claude Estier, 90, French politician and journalist, member of the National Assembly for Paris (1967–1968, 1981–1986), MEP for France (1979–1981).
  • Bill Gadsby, 88, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers).
  • Andrew Gotianun, 88, Filipino real estate and financial sector executive, founder of Filinvest.
  • Gogi Grant, 91, American pop singer ("The Wayward Wind").
  • Andreas Henrisusanta, 80, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tanjungkarang (1976–2012).
  • Mohammad Irfan, 64, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA for Bilari (since 2012), traffic collision.
  • Hans Kleefeld, 86, Canadian graphic designer (Air Canada, TD Bank).
  • Kostas Koutsomytis, 77, Greek film director and screenwriter.
  • Roberts Bishop Owen, 90, American lawyer and diplomat.
  • Roberto Perfumo, 73, Argentine footballer (Racing Club, Cruzeiro, national team), fall.
  • Jovito Salonga, 95, Filipino politician, Senate President (1987–1992), cardiac arrest.
  • 11

  • Tita Kovač Artemis, 85, Slovene-born Greek chemist and writer.
  • Joe Ascione, 54, American jazz drummer.
  • Ben Bagdikian, 96, Armenian-American educator and journalist.
  • Iolanda Balaș, 79, Romanian high jumper, Olympic champion (1960, 1964), director of the FRA (1988–2005), complications from a gastric disorder.
  • Sel Belsham, 85, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team) and cricketer (Auckland).
  • François-Eudes Chanfrault, 41, French composer (The Hills Have Eyes, High Tension).
  • Antonio Cabangon Chua, 81, Filipino real estate, financial executive and diplomat, Ambassador to Laos, founder of Citystate Savings Bank.
  • Deva Dassy, 104, French opera singer.
  • Geoffrey Eglinton, 88, British chemist.
  • Shawn Elliott, 79, American singer and actor (The Dead Pool, Broken City, Law & Order).
  • Keith Emerson, 71, English progressive rock keyboardist (The Nice; Emerson, Lake & Palmer), suicide by gunshot.
  • Rómulo Macció, 84, Argentine painter.
  • Doreen Massey, 72, British geographer.
  • Nicole Maurey, 89, French actress.
  • Louis Meyers, 60, American festival organizer, co-founder of South by Southwest, director of Folk Alliance International, suspected heart attack.
  • Brenda Naylor, 89, British sculptor.
  • Dragan Nikolić, 72, Serbian actor.
  • Vasco Nunes, 41, Portuguese cinematographer and cameraman (Planet B-Boy, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Rampart).
  • Gerard Reedy, 76, American Jesuit priest and academic, president of the College of the Holy Cross (1994–1998).
  • Billy Ritchie, 79, Scottish footballer (Rangers, Partick Thistle).
  • Ruth Terry, 95, American singer and actress (Pistol Packin' Mama).
  • Lawrence Van Gelder, 83, American newspaper journalist (The New York Times), leiomyosarcoma.
  • 12

  • Mo Abbaro, 82, Sudanese-born British potter.
  • Christopher Armishaw, 63, English cricketer (Derbyshire).
  • Rafiq Azad, 74, Bangladeshi poet, stroke.
  • Annastasia Batikis, 88, American baseball player (Racine Belles).
  • Tommy Brown, 84, American R&B singer.
  • John Caldwell, 87, Australian demographer.
  • Donnie Duncan, 75, American football coach (Iowa State), cancer.
  • Erik Duval, 50, Belgian computer scientist.
  • Richard Fowler, 67–68, American naturalist and wilderness guide.
  • Eliot Gant, 89, American executive (Gant).
  • Verena Huber-Dyson, 92, American mathematician.
  • Morton Hunt, 96, American psychologist and science writer.
  • Felix Ibru, 80, Nigerian politician, Governor of Delta State (1992–1993).
  • Harry Kartz, 102, British businessman, Aston Villa chairman (1978–1980).
  • Mohammed Khalfan Bin Kharbash, 60, Emirati politician, Minister of State for Finance and Industry Affairs (1997–2007).
  • Pierce Lively, 94, American federal judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1972–1989).
  • Carlos Ozores, 76, Panamanian politician, Vice President (1984; 1989).
  • Rudolf Sarközi, 71, Austrian Romani activist.
  • Lloyd Shapley, 92, American mathematician and economist, laureate of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2012).
  • Helmut Veith, 45, Austrian computer scientist.
  • Bill Whitby, 72, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins).
  • 13

  • Trent Baker, 25, Australian baseball player (Brisbane Bandits).
  • Ken Broderick, 74, Canadian ice hockey player (Edmonton Oilers, Boston Bruins), Olympic bronze medallist (1968).
  • Adrienne Corri, 85, British actress (Doctor Zhivago, A Clockwork Orange, Doctor Who), heart failure.
  • Masanobu Deme, 83, Japanese film director (Station to Heaven, Baruto no Gakuen).
  • Darryl Hunt, 50, American justice reform activist, apparent suicide by gunshot.
  • Lord Michael Jones, 68, Scottish judge.
  • Sidney Mear, 97, American trumpeter.
  • Bo Nat Khann Mway, 55, Burmese Karen military officer, commander-in-chief of DKBA, neck cancer.
  • Keith Ollerenshaw, 87, Australian long-distance runner.
  • Beatriz Canedo Patiño, 66, Bolivian fashion designer.
  • Henry Porter, 94, Canadian vice-admiral, Commander Maritime Command (1970–1971).
  • Sai Prashanth, 30, Indian actor, suspected suicide by poison.
  • Hilary Putnam, 89, American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist.
  • Jon Roehlk, 54, American arena football player.
  • Martin Olav Sabo, 78, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Minnesota's 5th district (1979–2007).
  • József Verebes, 74, Hungarian football player and coach.
  • 14

  • Mónica Arriola Gordillo, 44, Mexican politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (2006–2009), cancer.
  • Nicolau Breyner, 75, Portuguese playwright, director and actor.
  • John W. Cahn, 88, German-born American metallurgist, awarded National Medal of Science (1998), namesake of Cahn–Hilliard equation, leukemia.
  • Patrick Cain, 53, American football player (Detroit Lions), lung cancer.
  • Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, 81, English composer and conductor, Master of the Queen's Music (2004–2014), leukaemia.
  • Lilly Dubowitz, 85, Hungarian-born British paediatrician.
  • Virgilio Elizondo, 80, American Roman Catholic priest and theologian, suicide by gunshot.
  • Surangani Ellawala, 76, Sri Lankan politician, Governor of the Central Province (2015–2016).
  • Riccardo Garrone, 89, Italian actor (La Dolce Vita, The Yellow Rolls-Royce, Swordsman of Siena).
  • Tamara Grigsby, 41, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (2004–2012).
  • Geoffrey Hartman, 86, German-born American literary critic.
  • Lloyd R. Leavitt, Jr., 87, American air force lieutenant general.
  • Peter Lerche, 88, German jurist.
  • Ahmed Baba Miské, 80, Mauritanian politician and diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1964–1966), Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1964–1966).
  • Leilani Muir, 71, Canadian human rights activist.
  • Hans-Martin Pawlowski, 84, German lawyer and academic.
  • June Peppas, 86, American AAGPBL baseball player (Kalamazoo Lassies).
  • Suranimala Rajapaksha, 67, Sri Lankan politician and minister, MP (1994–2004).
  • Vic Schwenk, 91, American football player and coach.
  • Davy Walsh, 92, Irish footballer.
  • Arkangelo Bari Wanji, 80, South Sudanese politician and academic, member of the National Assembly (since 2010).
  • 15

  • Jacqueline Alduy, 91, French politician.
  • Sylvia Anderson, 88, British television producer and voice actress (Thunderbirds).
  • André Bénard, 93, French oil and transit executive, co-chairman of the Eurotunnel.
  • Better Loosen Up, 30, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Japan Cup and Racehorse of the Year (1990), euthanised.
  • Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs, 94, British historian, codebreaker and life peer.
  • Richard Burke, 83, Irish politician, member of the Dáil Éireann for Dublin County South and Dublin West, European Commissioner (1977–1980, 1982–1984).
  • Robert Carrickford, 88, Irish actor (The Irish R.M., Glenroe).
  • Daryl Coley, 60, American gospel singer.
  • Jean Defraigne, 86, Dutch-born Belgian politician, member of the Chamber of Representatives (1965–1974, 1977–1989) and Senate (1974–1977).
  • Ryo Fukui, 67, Japanese pianist.
  • Ralph C. Johnson, 62, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (since 2015), complications from a stroke.
  • Serge Kampf, 81, French consulting executive, founder and chairman of Capgemini.
  • Paul Lange, 85, German sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (1960).
  • Prince Mfanasibili of Swaziland, 77, Swazi royal.
  • Lincoln Myers, 66, Trinidadian politician, Environment and National Service minister and MP for St Ann's East.
  • John Ene Okon, 47, Nigerian football player and coach (national team).
  • Earline W. Parmon, 72, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2002–2012) and Senate (2012–2015).
  • Alice Pollitt, 86, American AAGPBL baseball player (Rockford Peaches).
  • Jan Pronk, 97, Dutch cyclist, world champion in motor-paced racing (1951).
  • Seru Rabeni, 37, Fijian rugby union player (national team, Leicester Tigers), suspected heart attack.
  • Sebastian Rahtz, 61, British digital humanities researcher, brain cancer.
  • Lyubka Rondova, 79, Bulgarian folk singer.
  • Thanh Tùng, 67, Vietnamese songwriter.
  • Vladimir Yurin, 68, Russian football coach and player (FC Torpedo Moscow).
  • 16

  • Wilson Ndolo Ayah, 84, Kenyan diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister (1990–1993), MP for Kisumu (1992–1997).
  • William B. Bader, 84, American civil servant, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (1999–2001).
  • Vladimiras Beriozovas, 86, Lithuanian politician, member of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR (1985–1990), Seimas for Kėdainiai (1990–1992).
  • Oleg Eremeev, 93, Soviet Russian painter.
  • Alexander Esenin-Volpin, 91, Soviet-born American poet and mathematician.
  • Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan, 76, Indian shehnai musician, kidney disease.
  • Garry Lefebvre, 71, Canadian CFL football player (Edmonton Eskimos).
  • George McLean, 92, Canadian journalist and news anchor (The National).
  • George Menzies, 85, New Zealand rugby league player and coach (West Coast, national team).
  • Gene Short, 62, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics, New York Knicks), bronze medalist at the 1974 FIBA World Championship.
  • Frank Sinatra Jr., 72, American singer (That Face!) and actor (Hollywood Homicide), heart attack.
  • Brian Smyth, 91, Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler (Meath).
  • Alan Spavin, 74, English footballer (Preston North End, Dundalk).
  • Georges Tarabichi, 77, Syrian writer and translator.
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  • Ralph David Abernathy III, 56, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1988–1992) and State Senate (1992–1998), liver cancer.
  • Bandar bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 90, Saudi royal.
  • Shozo Awazu, 92, Japanese judoka.
  • André Boerstra, 91, Dutch field hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1952), bronze medalist (1948).
  • E.L. Boteler, 96, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1956–1972).
  • Claudine K. Brown, 67, American museum director (Smithsonian Institution).
  • Meir Dagan, 71, Israeli military officer and intelligence official, Director of Mossad (2002–2011), cancer.
  • Paul Daniels, 77, British magician (The Paul Daniels Magic Show), brain tumour.
  • Larry Drake, 67, American actor (L.A. Law, Johnny Bravo, Darkman), Emmy winner (1988, 1989), blood cancer.
  • Gaúcho, 52, Brazilian football coach and player (Flamengo), prostate cancer.
  • Léonie Geisendorf, 101, Polish-born Swedish architect.
  • Charles Kaufman, 87, American educator (Mannes College of Music), acute myeloid leukemia.
  • Trần Lập, 42, Vietnamese rock singer, colorectal cancer.
  • Zoltán Kamondi, 55, Hungarian film director (Paths of Death and Angels).
  • Marian Kociniak, 80, Polish actor (How I Unleashed World War II).
  • Subrata Maitra, 59, Indian cardiologist, brain cancer.
  • Solomon Marcus, 91, Romanian mathematician.
  • Sandy McDonald, 78, Scottish Christian minister, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (1997–1998), pulmonary fibrosis.
  • David McSkimming, 66, Australian pianist, opera repetiteur and vocal coach, motor neurone disease.
  • Cliff Michelmore, 96, British television presenter and producer.
  • Frederick Moore, 85, English cricketer (Lancashire).
  • Trevor J. Phillips, 89, British-born American philosopher.
  • Alexander Prokhorenko, 25, Russian soldier.
  • Jean Prodromidès, 88, French composer.
  • Eliezer Ronen, 84, Mexican-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1974–1977).
  • Ilkka Ruohonen, 57, Finnish cultural anthropologist and documentary film maker.
  • Jun Shiraoka, 71, Japanese photographer.
  • Pat Sobeski, 64, Canadian politician, MP for Cambridge (1988–1993).
  • Angela Stevens, 90, American actress (He Cooked His Goose, Creature with the Atom Brain).
  • Steve Young, 73, American outlaw country music singer–songwriter ("Seven Bridges Road").
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  • Miguel Hernández Agosto, 88, Puerto Rican politician, President of the Senate (1981–1992).
  • José Carlos Avellar, 79, Brazilian film critic (Jornal do Brasil).
  • Melody Millicent Danquah, 79, Ghanaian air force pilot.
  • Charlie Davis, 89, American baseball player (Memphis Red Sox).
  • David Egan, 61, American musician, lung cancer.
  • Adnan Abu Hassan, 57, Malaysian composer, stroke, diabetes and kidney failure.
  • Barry Hines, 76, English author (A Kestrel for a Knave), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Șerban Iliescu, 60, Romanian linguist and journalist.
  • Kong Jaw-sheng, 60, Taiwanese bank executive, chairman of the FSC (2004–2006), heart attack.
  • Cherylene Lee, 60, American actress (Donovan's Reef), breast cancer.
  • Ned Miller, 90, American country singer-songwriter.
  • Jan Němec, 79, Czech film director (A Report on the Party and the Guests) and screenwriter.
  • Murray Newman, 92, American-born Canadian curator and zoologist, founding director of the Vancouver Aquarium (1955–1993), stroke.
  • Fred Richards, 88, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
  • Allan Rocher, 80, Australian politician, Senator (1977–1981) and MP (1981–1998), Consul-General in Los Angeles.
  • Joe Santos, 84, American actor (The Rockford Files, The Sopranos, The Last Boy Scout), heart attack.
  • Lothar Späth, 78, German politician, Minister President of Baden-Württemberg (1978–1991), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Les Tanyuk, 77, Ukrainian theatre and film director and politician, MP (1990–2007).
  • John Urry, 69, British sociologist.
  • Tray Walker, 23, American football player (Baltimore Ravens), dirt bike collision.
  • Guido Westerwelle, 54, German politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (2009–2013) and Vice-Chancellor (2009–2011), leukemia.
  • Harold Zisla, 90, American painter.
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  • Bob Adelman, 85, American photographer (African-American Civil Rights Movement).
  • Roger Agnelli, 56, Brazilian bank and mining executive, CEO of Vale S.A. (2001–2011), plane crash.
  • José Artetxe, 85, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao).
  • Zygmunt Bogdziewicz, 74, Polish sports shooter.
  • John Cannon, 35, Canadian rugby union player (national team), suspected heart attack.
  • Pavel Chernev, 46, Bulgarian politician, member of the National Assembly (2005–2009), heart attack.
  • Martha Ehlin, 38, Swedish organisation founder, cancer.
  • Graham Fortune, 74, New Zealand diplomat and public servant, permanent representative to the UN in Geneva (1987–1990), High Commissioner to Australia (1994–1999).
  • David Green, 76, Welsh cricketer (Lancashire, Gloucestershire).
  • José Ramón Herrero Merediz, 85, Spanish politician, member of the Senate (1982–1996) and European Parliament (1986–1987).
  • Jack Mansell, 88, British football player and coach.
  • Jerry Taylor, 78, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (2001–2005) and Senate (2005–2012), Mayor of Pine Bluff (1992–2000), PSP.
  • Wong Lam, 96, Hong Kong politician, unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1976–1985).
  • Zeinab Elobeid Yousif, 63–64, Sudanese aircraft engineer.
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  • Jack Boxley, 84, English footballer (Bristol City, Coventry City).
  • Sándor Csjef, 65, Hungarian boxer, European champion (1973), hit by train.
  • Parveen Sultana Diti, 50, Bangladeshi actress, cancer.
  • Don Filleul, 90, Jersey politician, member of the States for Saint Helier No 1 (1978–1987), chairman of Jersey Heritage.
  • Robert J. Healey, 58, American politician, political activist and attorney, suspected heart attack.
  • Gayle Hopkins, 74, American Olympic long jumper (1964).
  • Anker Jørgensen, 93, Danish politician, Prime Minister (1972–1973, 1975–1982).
  • Jacob Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, 70, Ghanaian politician, member of the Kufuor government (2001–2007), leukemia.
  • Odo Fusi Pecci, 95, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Senigallia (1971–1997).
  • Paddy Philpott, 79, Irish hurler (Cork).
  • Cedric Ritchie, 88, Canadian banker, CEO of Scotiabank.
  • Stanley South, 88, American archaeologist.
  • Matt Suderman, 33, Canadian ice hockey player (Saskatoon Blades, Arizona Sundogs, Hull Stingrays).
  • Sveinung Valle, 57, Norwegian politician.
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  • Robert McNeill Alexander, 81, British zoologist.
  • Film News Anandan, 88, Indian film historian.
  • Leroy Blunt, 94, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1979–1986), complications from stroke.
  • Peter Brown, 80, American actor (Lawman, Laredo, Foxy Brown).
  • Leon Charney, 77, American real estate tycoon and talk show host.
  • Alphonse Liguori Chaupa, 56, Papua New Guinean Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kimbe (2003–2008).
  • Jean Cornelis, 74, Belgian footballer (R.S.C. Anderlecht), complications following a heart attack.
  • Tomás de Mattos, 68, Uruguayan author, stroke.
  • Andrew Grove, 79, Hungarian-born American electronic executive, CEO and chairman of Intel Corporation, Parkinson's disease.
  • Ricardo Larraín, 58, Chilean film director (The Frontier).
  • Joseph Mercieca, 87, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Malta (1976–2006).
  • Paolo Maria Napolitano, 71, Italian judge, member of the Constitutional Court (2006–2015).
  • Carolyn Squires, 75, American politician, member of the Montana Senate (2002–2010) and House of Representatives (2010–2014).
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  • André Adam, 79, Belgian diplomat, Ambassador to Algeria (1986–1990), Zaire (1990–1991), United States (1994–1998), Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1998–2001), injuries sustained in Brussels Airport bombings.
  • Ibrahim El Bakraoui, 29, Belgian terrorist (2016 Brussels bombings).
  • Khalid El Bakraoui, 27, Belgian terrorist (2016 Brussels bombings).
  • Richard Bradford, 81, American actor (Man in a Suitcase, The Untouchables, Cagney & Lacey).
  • André Brincourt, 95, French author.
  • Petra Davies, 85, British actress.
  • Glen Dawson, 103, American rock climber and mountaineer.
  • Javier de Nicoló, 87, Italian-born Colombian priest.
  • Santiago J. Erevia, 69, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Rob Ford, 46, Canadian politician, Mayor of Toronto (2010–2014), liposarcoma.
  • Rita Gam, 88, American actress (The Thief, Klute, No Exit) and filmmaker, respiratory failure.
  • Cecil Hechanova, 84, Filipino sports administrator (Philippine Sports Commission).
  • Aarne Honkavaara, 91, Finnish ice hockey player and coach (national team).
  • Magsud Ibrahimbeyov, 80, Azerbaijani writer and politician, member of the National Assembly.
  • Norm Johnson, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks).
  • Najim Laachraoui, 24, Moroccan-born Belgian terrorist (2016 Brussels bombings).
  • Harold J. Morowitz, 88, American biophysicist.
  • Konstantin Ozgan, 76, Georgian Abkhaz politician.
  • Phife Dawg, 45, American rap musician (A Tribe Called Quest), complications from diabetes.
  • James M. Robinson, 91, American biblical scholar.
  • David Smyrl, 80, American actor (Sesame Street, The Preacher's Wife, The Cosby Show), lung cancer.
  • Song Wencong, 85, Chinese aircraft designer (Chengdu J-10) and academic (Chinese Academy of Engineering).
  • Joseph Toppo, 72, Indian politician, MP for Tezpur (2009–2014), Assam MLA for Sonitpur (1996–2009), complications from a stroke.
  • Adam Kelly Ward, 33, American criminal, execution by lethal injection.
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  • David Blackburn, 76, British artist.
  • Gloria Galeano Garcés, 57, Colombian plant systematist.
  • Joe Garagiola Sr., 90, American baseball player (Cardinals, Cubs, Pirates) and Hall of Fame sportscaster (MLB GOTW), World Series champion (1946).
  • Sir Richard George, 71, British food manufacturer (Weetabix Limited).
  • Gegham Grigoryan, 65, Armenian opera singer.
  • Ruth Inge Hardison, 102, American sculptor, artist and photographer.
  • Jim Hillyer, 41, Canadian politician, MP for Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner (since 2011), apparent heart attack.
  • Ken Howard, 71, American actor (1776, The White Shadow, J. Edgar), President of SAG/SAG-AFTRA (2009–2016), Emmy winner (1981, 2009).
  • John McKibbin, 69, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1974–1978), plane crash.
  • Aharon Megged, 95, Polish-born Israeli author.
  • Sir Peter Moores, 83, British businessman, Littlewoods chairman (1977–1980).
  • Rangy Nanan, 62, Trinidadian cricket player (West Indies, national team).
  • J. Russell Nelson, 86, American educator, President of Arizona State University (1981–1989), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  • Emanuele Nicosia, 63, Italian automobile designer.
  • Jimmy Riley, 68, Jamaican reggae musician, cancer.
  • Jim Roselle, 89, American radio broadcaster (WJTN).
  • Arie Smit, 99, Dutch-born Indonesian painter.
  • Fernando Solana, 85, Mexican diplomat and politician, member of the Senate for Mexico City (1994–2000), Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1988–1993), negotiated NAFTA.
  • Tom Whedon, 83, American television writer (The Golden Girls, The Electric Company, Alice).
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  • Julius Adams, 67, American football player (New England Patriots).
  • Maggie Blye, 73, American actress (The Italian Job), cancer.
  • Roger Cicero, 45, German jazz and pop musician, stroke.
  • Johan Cruyff, 68, Dutch football player and manager (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Feyenoord, national team), lung cancer.
  • Earl Hamner Jr., 92, American television writer and producer (Falcon Crest, The Waltons, The Twilight Zone), cancer.
  • Esther Herlitz, 94, Israeli diplomat and politician, Ambassador to Denmark (1966–1971), country's first female ambassador.
  • Marie-Claire Kirkland, 91, Canadian politician and judge, first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
  • Tibor R. Machan, 77, Hungarian-American philosopher.
  • Mae-Wan Ho, 74, Hong Kong geneticist.
  • Timothée Modibo-Nzockena, 66, Congolese-born Gabonese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Franceville (since 1996).
  • Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton Jr., 86, American politician.
  • Leonard L. Northrup Jr., 98, American engineer.
  • V. D. Rajappan, 70, Indian actor.
  • Proloy Saha, 47, Indian footballer (East Bengal, national team), traffic collision.
  • Nicholas Scoppetta, 84, American civil servant, New York City Fire Commissioner (2002–2009).
  • Garry Shandling, 66, American comedian, actor and writer (The Larry Sanders Show, Iron Man 2, Over the Hedge), pulmonary thrombosis.
  • Brendan Sloan, 67, Northern Irish Gaelic football player (Down).
  • Tạ Chí Đại Trường, 77, Vietnamese historian.
  • Kevin Turner, 46, American football player (New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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  • Abu Ali al-Anbari, 57–59, Iraqi militant, commander of ISIL, bombing.
  • Ken Barr, 83, Scottish artist.
  • Shannon Bolin, 99, American actress and singer.
  • Terry Brain, 60, British animator (The Trap Door), cancer.
  • Lalmuni Chaubey, 73, Indian politician, MP (1996–2009).
  • Angela Goodwin, 90, Italian actress (My Friends, Julia and Julia, Come Have Coffee with Us).
  • Kazuko Hirabayashi, 82, Japanese choreographer.
  • Tofig Ismayilov, 76, Azerbaijani film director, screenwriter and film scholar.
  • Ross Jennings, 71, New Zealand television producer (Police Ten 7, Melody Rules), cancer.
  • John Morphett, 83, Australian architect.
  • Paolo Poli, 86, Italian theater actor.
  • David H. Porter, 80, American academic.
  • Imre Pozsgay, 82, Hungarian politician, MP (1983–1994).
  • Jishnu Raghavan, 36, Indian film actor, throat and lung cancer.
  • Josef Anton Riedl, 86, German composer.
  • Clodomir Santos de Morais, 87, Brazilian sociologist.
  • Ellen Seligman, American-born Canadian publisher.
  • David Snellgrove, 95, British Tibetologist.
  • Lester Thurow, 78, American political economist.
  • Adam Żurowski, 86, Polish geodesist.
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  • Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg, 93, German royalty.
  • Lucas Gomes Arcanjo, 44, Brazilian police officer and political activist.
  • David Baker, 84, American jazz musician.
  • Raúl Cárdenas, 86, Mexican football player (Zacatepec) and coach (Cruz Azul, national team).
  • Michel Duc-Goninaz, 82, French Esperantist.
  • Jennifer Frey, 47, American sportswriter.
  • Francisco García Moreno, 68, Mexican Olympic water polo player (1968, 1972, 1976), 1975 Pan American Games champion, shot.
  • Norm Hadley, 51, Canadian rugby union player (London Wasps).
  • Jim Harrison, 78, American author and screenwriter (Legends of the Fall, Wolf).
  • Yoshimi Katayama, 75, Japanese racing driver.
  • Marinko Madžgalj, 37, Serbian actor, singer and television presenter.
  • Radu Mareș, 75, Romanian prose writer and journalist.
  • Raymond Menmuir, 85, Australian television director.
  • Bernard Neal, 93, British structural engineer and croquet player.
  • Paddy O'Brien, 91, Irish Gaelic football player (Meath).
  • Igor Pashkevich, 44, Soviet-born Russian Olympic figure skater (1994, 1998), 1990 World Juniors champion.
  • Alfredo Sabbadin, 80, Italian cyclist.
  • Joe Shepley, 85, American jazz trumpeter.
  • Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, 100, Dutch-born Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Amboina (1965–1994).
  • Donald Stoltenberg, 88, American painter.
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  • Aduke Alakija, 95, Nigerian diplomat, ambassador to Sweden (1984–1987).
  • Mother Angelica, 92, American Poor Clare nun, founder of the Eternal Word Television Network.
  • Vince Boryla, 89, American basketball player and coach (New York Knicks), and general manager (Denver Nuggets), Olympic champion (1948).
  • Judy-Joy Davies, 87, Australian swimmer and journalist, Olympic bronze medallist (1948).
  • Alain Decaux, 90, French historian, member of the Académie française.
  • Antoine Demoitié, 25, Belgian cyclist, race collision.
  • Abel Dhaira, 28, Ugandan footballer (national team), abdominal cancer.
  • Eric Engberg, 74, American news correspondent.
  • Silvio Fogel, 66, Argentine footballer (Puebla), heart attack.
  • Toni Grant, 73, American radio host and psychologist.
  • Curtis Hertel, 63, American politician, member (1981–1998) and Speaker (1997–1998) of the Michigan House of Representatives.
  • Gilbert Horn Sr., 92, American Assiniboine soldier and code talker (Merrill's Marauders).
  • Vic Peters, 60, Canadian curler, 1992 Labatt Brier champion, cancer.
  • Anatoly Savin, 95, Soviet and Russian weapons designer, Hero of Socialist Labour.
  • Henk Schueler, 93, Dutch speed skater.
  • Frank Torley, 75, New Zealand television presenter and producer (Country Calendar, Top Town), cancer.
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  • Gilson Alvaristo, 59, Brazilian professional cyclist.
  • Wally Crouter, 92, Canadian radio broadcaster (CFRB).
  • Bogdan Denitch, 86, American sociologist.
  • Peggy Fortnum, 96, English illustrator (Paddington Bear).
  • Yvette Francis-McBarnette, 89, Jamaican-born American pediatrician.
  • Nicholas Gargano, 81, British welterweight boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (1956).
  • Igor Khait, 52, American animation producer (The Lego Movie, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Brother Bear), pancreatic cancer.
  • Manzoor Mirza, 85, Pakistani economist.
  • Petru Mocanu, 85, Romanian mathematician.
  • Daan Myngheer, 22, Belgian professional cyclist, heart attack.
  • James Noble, 94, American actor (Benson, 10, Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again), complications from a stroke.
  • Edmund Piątkowski, 80, Polish discus thrower.
  • W. Ward Reynoldson, 95, American judge, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court (1978–1987).
  • Josef Simon, 85, German philosopher.
  • Mostafa Kamal Tolba, 93, Egyptian scientist, Executive Director of UNEP (1975–1992), President of Egyptian Olympic Committee (1971–1972).
  • Arthur W. Walker, 63, South African Air Force helicopter pilot.
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  • Baxter LePage, 11, American dog, first dog of Maine (since 2011).
  • Grahame Bowen, 69, Australian rugby league player (St. George Dragons, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks).
  • Maxime Camara, 73, Guinean international footballer.
  • Raymond F. Clevenger, 89, American politician, Member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 11th congressional district (1965-1967).
  • Jean-Pierre Coffe, 78, French television presenter and food critic.
  • Yelena Donskaya, 100, Russian Soviet sports shooter, world champion (1958, 1962).
  • Patty Duke, 69, American actress (The Miracle Worker, The Patty Duke Show, Valley of the Dolls), President of SAG (1985–1988), Oscar winner (1962), sepsis.
  • Frank De Felitta, 94, American author and screenwriter (Audrey Rose).
  • Donald Harris, 84, American composer.
  • Nil Hilevich, 84, Belarusian poet, cancer.
  • Francis Kane, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).
  • Jaya Krishna, 67, Indian film producer (Mana Voori Pandavulu).
  • Jean Lapierre, 59, Canadian politician, Minister of Transport (2004–2006) and broadcaster (CKAC), plane crash.
  • Zafar Mahmud, 92–93, Indian pilot. (death announced on this date)
  • Nana Mchedlidze, 90, Georgian actress and film director.
  • Oscar Páez Garcete, 78, Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Pedro (1978–1993) and Alto Paraná (1993–2000).
  • Steven Sample, 75, American educator, President of the University at Buffalo (1982–1991) and the University of Southern California (1991–2010).
  • Gabriel Singson, 87, Filipino banker, Governor of the Bangko Sentral (1993–1999).
  • John Wittenborn, 80, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles), NFL champion (1960).
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  • Anne Aasheim, 53, Norwegian newspaper editor (Dagbladet), lung cancer.
  • Francisco Algora, 67, Spanish actor.
  • Jacques Bihozagara, 71, Rwandan politician and diplomat.
  • Vladimir Braginsky, 84, Russian physicist.
  • Howard Cable, 95, Canadian conductor, composer and arranger.
  • Denys Carnill, 90, British field hockey player, Olympic bronze medallist (1952).
  • Gordon Guyer, 89, American educator, President of Michigan State University (1992–1993).
  • Shirley Hufstedler, 90, American lawyer and judge, Secretary of Education (1979–1981).
  • Mohammad Ferdous Khan, 96, Bangladeshi educationist and politician.
  • John King, 77, English football player and manager (Tranmere).
  • Marianne Krencsey, 84, Hungarian actress.
  • Bernard Lamarre, 84, Canadian soil mechanics engineer and businessman, CEO of Lavalin (1962–1991).
  • Seymour Lazar, 88, American lawyer.
  • Frankie Michaels, 60, American actor and singer, Tony winner (1966).
  • Bajina Ramprasad, 75, Indian cricketer.
  • Donald Rickard, 88, American diplomat.
  • J. Thomas Rosch, 76, American lawyer, Commissioner of Federal Trade Commission (2006–2013), complications of Parkinson's disease.
  • Bill Rosendahl, 70, American politician, member of the Los Angeles City Council (2005–2013), cancer.
  • Ralph Seitsinger, 100, American politician and businessman, Mayor of El Paso, Texas (1961–1963).
  • Ilmari Susiluoto, 68, Finnish political scientist.
  • Gianmaria Testa, 57, Italian singer-songwriter.
  • Paul Thyness, 85, Norwegian politician.
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  • Orlando Álvarez, 64, Puerto Rican baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels), complications from diabetes.
  • Aníbal Alzate, 83, Colombian footballer.
  • Warren E. Barry, 82, American politician.
  • Werner Baer, 85, American economist.
  • Béla Biszku, 94, Hungarian politician, Minister of the Interior (1957–1961).
  • Ian Britton, 61, Scottish football player (Chelsea, Blackpool, Burnley) and manager (Nelson).
  • Tom Butters, 77, American college sports administrator (Duke Blue Devils) and baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
  • Giorgio Calabrese, 86, Italian songwriter.
  • Ronnie Corbett, 85, British comedian and actor (The Two Ronnies, The Frost Report, Casino Royale).
  • Georges Cottier, 93, Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal.
  • Amaury Epaminondas, 80, Brazilian footballer (São Paulo F.C., Deportivo Toluca F.C.).
  • Sir Robert Finch, 71, British businessman, Lord Mayor of London (2003).
  • Edgar Fredricks, 73, American politician.
  • Hans-Dietrich Genscher, 89, German politician, Minister of the Interior (1969–1974) and Foreign Affairs (1974–1982; 1982–1992), Vice Chancellor (1974–1982; 1982–1992), heart failure.
  • Dame Zaha Hadid, 65, Iraqi-born British architect, heart attack.
  • Imre Kertész, 86, Hungarian writer, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2002), complications from Parkinson's disease.
  • Leonard Mayaen, 63, Filipino politician, Governor of Mountain Province (1998–2001, since 2010), cardiac arrest.
  • Fernando Mendes, 78, Portuguese football player and manager (Sporting CP).
  • Ken Moore, 90, Canadian football player.
  • Eugene Parker, 60, American sports agent.
  • Terry Plumeri, 71, American musician, conductor and composer, homicide.
  • Khuzaima Qutbuddin, 75, Indian Islamic leader.
  • Denise Robertson, 83, British writer and television broadcaster (This Morning), pancreatic cancer.
  • Bill Robinson, 87, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
  • Bertil Roos, 72, Swedish racing driver and instructor.
  • Robert M. Sayre, 91, American diplomat.
  • Jimmy Toner, 92, Scottish footballer (Dundee, Leeds United).
  • Kris Travis, 32, English wrestler.
  • Gheorghe Vrabie, 77, Moldovan artist, designer of the coat of arms, seal of Chișinău and the leu.
  • Ward Wettlaufer, 80, American golfer.
  • Douglas Wilmer, 96, English actor (Sherlock Holmes, Octopussy, Jason and the Argonauts).
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