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Deaths in May 2016

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The following is a list of notable deaths in May 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

  • Hamzat Ahmadu, 91–92, Nigerian diplomat, Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Netherlands, Cameroon, the Bahamas, and the United States.
  • Richard Gilpin, 76, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Totnes (1996–2005).
  • Jean-Marie Girault, 90, French politician, Mayor of Caen (1970–2001).
  • Solomon W. Golomb, 83, American mathematician and engineer.
  • Madeleine Lebeau, 92, French actress (Casablanca, 8½), complications from a broken thigh bone.
  • Merv Lincoln, 82, Australian middle-distance runner.
  • Sydney Onayemi, 78, Nigerian-born Swedish DJ.
  • Doug Raney, 59, American jazz guitarist.
  • Swasti Mitter, 76, Indian development economist.

    • 2

  • Balwantrai Bhatt, 94, Indian composer and musician.
  • Basil Blackshaw, 84, Northern Irish artist.
  • Tobias de Boer, 85, Dutch scientist.
  • Jonathan Cainer, 58, British astrologer (Daily Mail), heart failure.
  • Richard Davis, 66, English radio astronomer.
  • Walter Dürst, 89, Swiss ice hockey player, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).
  • Mozibur Rahman Fakir, 69, Bangladeshi politician.
  • Al Ferrari, 82, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks, Chicago Zephyrs).
  • Raphael Hostey, 23, British rapper and ISIL recruiter. (death announced on this date)
  • John Kaye, 60, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (since 2007), cancer.
  • Jacky Lee, 77, American football player (Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Balraj Madhok, 96, Indian politician, President of Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1966–1967).
  • Tomohiro Matsu, 43, Japanese light novel writer (Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!, Mayoi Neko Overrun!), liver cancer.
  • Paul McDowell, 84, British actor and singer (The Temperance Seven).
  • Myles McKeon, 97, Irish-born Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bunbury (1969–1982).
  • Roger Millward, 68, British rugby league player (Hull Kingston Rovers, Castleford Tigers, national team).
  • Karel Pečko, 95, Slovenian artist.
  • Stasys Petronaitis, 83, Lithuanian actor.
  • Afeni Shakur, 69, American businesswoman (Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, Amaru Entertainment, Makaveli Branded) and political activist (Black Panthers).
  • Fernando Soto Aparicio, 82, Colombian author.
  • Wilfried Straub, 77, German football official.
  • Gordie Sundin, 78, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).

    • 3

  • Charlie Beamon, 81, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
  • Paul Boutelle, 81, American politician, Socialist Workers candidate for U.S. Vice President (1968), kidney cancer.
  • Ian Deans, 78, Canadian politician, MP (1980–1986), Parkinson's disease.
  • Kristian Ealey, 38, British actor (Brookside, Hollyoaks).
  • Fan Lichu, 82, Chinese bridge structural engineer and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).
  • Abel Fernandez, 85, American actor (The Untouchables, Pork Chop Hill).
  • Marianne Gaba, 76, American model and actress (Missile to the Moon, The Choppers, The Beverly Hillbillies).
  • Gao Shan, 53, Chinese geochemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Science).
  • Tadeusz Gocłowski, 84, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Gdańsk (1992–2008), stroke.
  • Sarah D. Grant, 72, American judge.
  • Sunil Gudge, 56, Indian cricketer (Maharashtra), heart attack.
  • Kaname Harada, 99, Japanese World War II flying ace, multiple organ failure.
  • Frank Levingston, 110, American supercentenarian, nation's oldest World War II veteran.
  • Thomas W. Libous, 63, American politician, member of the New York State Senate (1989–2015), cancer.
  • Karol Machata, 88, Slovak actor (St. Peter's Umbrella).
  • Allan L. McCutcheon, 66, American sociologist and statistician.
  • Nicolas Noxon, 79, American filmmaker (Secrets of the Titanic), pancreatic cancer.
  • Ian Quigley, 84, New Zealand politician, MP for Otago Central (1972–1975).
  • Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, 81, Swedish artist (Non-Violence), pneumonia.
  • Ian Sander, 68, American producer and director (Ghost Whisperer, Profiler, I'll Fly Away), heart attack.
  • Domingo Siazon Jr., 76, Philippine politician and diplomat, Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1995–2001), ambassador to Austria and Japan.
  • Jadranka Stojaković, 65, Bosnian singer-songwriter, motor neuron disease.
  • Gordon Strachan, 68, Scottish rugby union player.
  • Janusz Tazbir, 87, Polish historian.
  • Dick Yoder, 79, American academic and politician, mayor of West Chester, Pennsylvania (2002–2010).

    • 4

  • Tutty Alawiyah, 74, Indonesian politician, Minister for Women's Affairs (1998–1999).
  • Ángel de Andrés López, 64, Spanish actor (What Have I Done to Deserve This?, 800 Bullets, Taxi).
  • Blas Avena, 32, American mixed martial artist (WEC), suicide.
  • Sir Jack Baer, 91, British art dealer
  • Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 69, Burundian politician, President (1976–1987).
  • Bob Bennett, 82, American politician, U.S. Senator from Utah (1993–2011), pancreatic cancer and stroke.
  • Gaetan Boucher, 59, Canadian-born Swiss ice hockey player (HC Villars).
  • Karl Butzer, 81, German-born American geographer.
  • Michael Caborn-Waterfield, 86, British businessman (Ann Summers).
  • Giuseppe Faraca, 56, Italian racing cyclist.
  • Howard King, 83, American public address announcer (Michigan Stadium).
  • Olle Ljungström, 54, Swedish singer and guitarist.
  • Ursula Mamlok, 93, German-born American composer.
  • James Oyedeji, 63, Ghanaian sports historian.
  • Paul A. Paddock, 41, American artist.
  • Jordan Parsons, 25, American mixed martial artist (Bellator), traffic collision.
  • Rita Renoir, 82, French strip-teaser and actress.
  • Friedrich Schattleitner, 92, Austrian sport shooter.
  • Ret Turner, 87, American fashion designer (Cher, Dolly Parton, Carol Burnett).
  • Adlan Varayev, 54, Russian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1988).
  • John Wright, 75, British Army officer and polo administrator.

    • 5

  • Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad, 56, Malaysian politician, MP (since 2013), Chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Board, helicopter crash.
  • Benito Cocchi, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola (1996–2010).
  • Bentot Jr., 46, Filipino actor.
  • Rollin Dart, 90, American banker (Dart National Bank).
  • Matt Irwin, 36, British celebrity photographer, suicide.
  • Jacob Juma, 43, Kenyan businessman.
  • Noriah Kasnon, 52, Malaysian politician, MP (since 2004), helicopter crash.
  • Sylvia Kauders, 94, American actress (Inside Llewyn Davis, Witness, Predator 2), heart attack.
  • Bill MacDermott, 79, American CFL coach (Edmonton Eskimos).
  • Anne Atai Omoruto, 59, Ugandan physician, cancer.
  • Romalı Perihan, 74, Turkish actress and singer.
  • Fred C. Robinson, 85, American academic.
  • Siné, 87, French political cartoonist.
  • Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby, 88, Burmese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Yangon (1971–2002).
  • Isao Tomita, 84, Japanese synthesizer musician, composer and arranger (Snowflakes Are Dancing), heart failure.
  • Martha Seim Valeur, 93, Norwegian politician, Deputy MP (1993–1997).
  • Nancy Zahniser, 67, American pharmacologist.

    • 6

  • Klaus Ampler, 75, German racing cyclist.
  • Hannes Bauer, 61, German trombonist.
  • Nico de Bree, 71, Dutch footballer (NEC, Anderlecht).
  • Scott Burgess, 57, Australian actor (Water Rats).
  • Patrick Ekeng, 26, Cameroonian footballer (Le Mans, Dinamo București, national team), heart attack.
  • Dick Estell, 90, American radio host (The Radio Reader).
  • Roberta Gellis, 88, American author.
  • Reg Grundy, 92, Australian television production mogul (Reg Grundy Organisation).
  • David Hall, 85, American politician, Governor of Oklahoma (1971–1975), stroke.
  • Lakshmi Holmström, 81, Indian-born British author and translator.
  • Margot Honecker, 89, East German politician, Minister of People's Education (1963–1989), First Lady (1976–1989).
  • Johnny Joannou, 76, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1976–1983, 1998–2016) and Senate (1984–1992), lung cancer.
  • Candye Kane, 54, American blues singer-songwriter and pornographic actress, pancreatic cancer.
  • Li Wanheng, 92, Chinese soldier, commander of the 67th Army of the People's Liberation Army (1981–1983).
  • George Mandler, 91, American psychologist.
  • Chris Mitchell, 27, Scottish footballer (Queen of the South, Clyde), struck by train.
  • Pierre, 33, American penguin, renal failure.
  • Larry Pinto de Faria, 83, Brazilian footballer (Sport Club Internacional).
  • Niklaus Schilling, 72, Swiss filmmaker (The Expulsion from Paradise).
  • Kōjō Tanaka, 91, Japanese photographer.
  • Abu Waheeb, 29–30, Iraqi field commander (ISIL) and prison escapee (Camp Bucca), airstrike.
  • Christopher Wathes, 64, British research scientist.
  • Valeriy Zuyev, 63, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv) and manager.

    • 7

  • Fernando Álvarez de Miranda, 92, Spanish politician, President of the Congress of Deputies (1977–1979).
  • Comply or Die, 17, British thoroughbred racehorse, won the Grand National (2008).
  • Ann Day, 77, American politician, member of the Arizona Senate (1990–2000), traffic collision.
  • Merritt Green, 85, American lawyer and judge.
  • Michael S. Harper, 78, American poet.
  • Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh, 39, Iranian politician, traffic collision.
  • John Krish, 92, British film director.
  • Gonzalo López Marañon, 82, Spanish-born Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (1970–2010).
  • José Roberto Marques, 70, Brazilian footballer (São Paulo).
  • Bernardo Ribeiro, 26, Brazilian footballer (Skënderbeu, Newcastle Jets, IFK Mariehamn).
  • George Ross, 73, Scottish footballer (Preston North End).
  • John Stabb, 54, American punk singer (Government Issue), stomach cancer.
  • Nikita Struve, 85, French literary critic and publisher.
  • Anne van den Ban, 88, Dutch agricultural economist.
  • Khurram Zaki, 40, Pakistani rights activist, shot.

    • 8

  • Tom M. Apostol, 92, American analytic number theorist and professor.
  • Philippe Beaussant, 86, French author.
  • John Bradshaw, 82, American self-help writer, heart failure.
  • Tonita Castro, 63, Mexican-born American actress (Dads, Funny People, The Book of Life), stomach cancer.
  • Louisa Chase, 65, American painter.
  • Sir Iain Glidewell, 91, British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal (1985–1995).
  • Ken Gorgal, 87, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears).
  • Gareth Gwenlan, 79, British television producer (Only Fools and Horses).
  • Joan Helpern, 89, American shoe designer.
  • Nick Lashaway, 28, American actor (Girls, In Time, The Last Song), traffic collision.
  • Elisa Mainardi, 85, Italian actress (Fellini Satyricon).
  • Wolfgang Patzke, 57, German footballer.
  • Geneviève Salbaing, 94, French-born Canadian dancer and choreographer.
  • William Schallert, 93, American actor (The Patty Duke Show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, In the Heat of the Night), President of SAG (1979–1981).
  • Rajesh Nandini Singh, 59, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha (2009–2014), heart attack.
  • Friedrich von Huene, 87, German-born American woodwind maker.
  • John Young, 67, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), founder of Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities.
  • Thomas Zhang Huai-xin, 90, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jixian (since 1981).

    • 9

  • Chuck Curtis, 80, American football coach (University of Texas at Arlington).
  • Andi Muhammad Ghalib, 69, Indonesian politician, Attorney General (1998–1999), Ambassador to India (2008–2013).
  • Rex Hughes, 77, American basketball coach.
  • Ravi Kanojia, 34, Indian photojournalist, electrocution.
  • Walther Leisler Kiep, 90, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1965–1976, 1980–1982).
  • Sandy Lewis, 85, Australian politician.
  • Bill MacIlwraith, 88, British playwright and screenwriter (Two's Company).
  • Karl Maramorosch, 101, Austrian-born American virologist, entomologist and plant pathologist.
  • Dennis Nineham, 94, British theologian.
  • Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao, 92, Indian politician.
  • Kelly Stearne, 57, Canadian curler.
  • Gijs Verdick, 21, Dutch professional cyclist, heart attack.
  • Ronald W. Walker, 76, American historian, lymphoma.
  • John Warr, 88, English cricketer.

    • 10

  • Mustafa Badreddine, 55, Lebanese military commander (Hezbollah, Syrian Civil War), convicted planner of 1983 Kuwait bombings, explosion.
  • Heinz-Georg Baus, 82, German billionaire and businessman, owner of Bauhaus AG.
  • Jack Boothman, 79, Irish sports administrator, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1994–1997).
  • Sally Brampton, 60, British writer and magazine editor (Elle), suicide by drowning.
  • Sarah Corp, 41, British television producer.
  • Nicholas Fisk, 92, British children's author.
  • Carlos García y García, Peruvian politician, Second Vice President (1990–1992).
  • Louis van Gasteren, 93, Dutch filmmaker and artist.
  • Gene Gutowski, 90, Polish-born American film producer (The Pianist, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Cul-de-sac), pneumonia.
  • Ilkka Hanski, 63, Finnish ecologist.
  • Kang Young-hoon, 93, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1988–1990).
  • Mark Lane, 89, American lawyer and author (Rush to Judgment), heart attack.
  • Thomas Luckmann, 88, Slovene-born American sociologist (The Social Construction of Reality).
  • François Morellet, 90, French painter, sculptor and light artist.
  • Betty Sabo, 87, American artist.
  • Shi Ping, 82, Chinese aircraft designer (Hongdu JL-8) and academic (Chinese Academy of Engineering).
  • Steve Smith, 26, Canadian mountain biker, race collision.
  • Riki Sorsa, 63, Finnish singer ("Reggae OK"), cancer.

    • 11

  • Peter Behrens, 68, German drummer (Trio), multiple organ failure.
  • Bobby Carroll, 77, Scottish footballer (Celtic).
  • Tony Cozier, 75, Barbadian cricket writer and commentator.
  • Katherine Dunn, 70, American writer (Geek Love), lung cancer.
  • Abdul Baqi Jammoh, 93–94, Jordanian politician, Senator (1997–2001).
  • David King, 73, British graphic designer, art collector and writer (The Commissar Vanishes).
  • Promode Mankin, 77, Bangladeshi politician.
  • Anton Muheim, 99, Swiss politician, President of the National Council (1973–1974).
  • Motiur Rahman Nizami, 73, Bangladeshi politician and convicted war criminal, leader of Jamaat (since 2000), MP for Pabna (1991–1996, 2001–2006), execution by hanging.
  • Herman Obermayer, 91, American journalist and publisher (Northern Virginia Sun).
  • Jim Pothecary, 82, South African cricketer (Western Province, national team).
  • Michael Ratner, 72, American lawyer, won right of habeas corpus for Guantanamo Bay detainees, complications from cancer.
  • Majid al-Shibl, 80–81, Saudi Arabian announcer.
  • Joe Temperley, 86, Scottish saxophonist (Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), cancer.
  • Jack L. Treynor, 86, American economist.

    • 12

  • Mike Agostini, 81, Trinidadian sprinter, Commonwealth Games gold medalist (1954).
  • Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, 91, Serbian royal.
  • Denise Bernot, 94, French academic.
  • Sidney Brazier, 96, British army bomb disposal officer.
  • Ulf Grenander, 92, Swedish statistician.
  • Denis Hardy, 80, Canadian politician, Vice President of the National Assembly of Quebec (1970–1973).
  • Susannah Mushatt Jones, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person.
  • Bohumil Kubát, 81, Czech wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).
  • Julius La Rosa, 86, American pop singer ("Anywhere I Wander", "Eh, Cumpari!") and actor (Another World).
  • Del Latta, 96, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th congressional district (1959–1989).
  • Peter J. Liacouras, 85, American academic, President of Temple University (1981–2000).
  • Giuseppe Maiani, 92, Sammarinese politician, Captain Regent (1955–1956, 1982).
  • Tapio Mäkelä, 89, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist (1952).
  • Giovanni Migliorati, 73, Italian-born Ethiopian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (since 2009).
  • Yukio Ninagawa, 80, Japanese film and theatre director, pneumonia.
  • Raghunath Patnaik, 89, Indian politician, heart disease.
  • Georges Sesia, 91, French footballer.
  • Hugh Smith, 81, American football player (Washington Redskins).

    • 13

  • Seiji Arikawa, 86, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1990–1993).
  • Bill Backer, 89, American advertising executive (McCann Erickson) and songwriter ("I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)").
  • Khamidbi M. Beshtoev, 73, Russian physicist.
  • Ondrej Binder, 46, Slovak politician, member of the National Council (2016), traffic collision.
  • Buster Cooper, 87, American jazz trombonist, prostate cancer.
  • Karl Eigen, 88, German farmer and politician, member of the Bundestag (1972–1976, 1980–1990).
  • Sammy Ellis, 75, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).
  • Rodrigo Espíndola, 26, Argentine footballer (Nueva Chicago), shot.
  • Makiko Futaki, 57, Japanese animator (Akira, Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro).
  • David McNiven Garner, 87, New Zealand oceanographer.
  • Blanche Hartman, 90, American Buddhist abbess.
  • W. K. Hastings, 85, Canadian statistician.
  • Doina Florica Ignat, 78, Romanian historian and politician, Senator (1992–1996).
  • John Imbrie, 90, American paleoceanographer.
  • Paul Jetton, 51, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints).
  • Lauri Kähkönen, 69, Finnish politician, MP for North Karelia (1999–2011).
  • Rabbit Kekai, 95, American surfer.
  • Jan Korger, 78, Czech physician and politician, member of the House of Peoples of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia (1992).
  • Engelbert Kraus, 81, German footballer (Kickers Offenbach).
  • Mikio Kudō, 55, Japanese baseball player.
  • Dick McAuliffe, 76, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), World Series winner (1968).
  • Howard Meeks, 83, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Western Michigan (1984–1988).
  • Pinuccio Sciola, 74, Italian sculptor and muralist.
  • James M. Shuart, 85, American academic administrator, President of Hofstra University (1976–2001), heart disease.
  • Baba Hardev Singh, 62, Indian spiritual guru, traffic collision.
  • Murray A. Straus, 89, American sociologist and professor (University of New Hampshire).

    • 14

  • Larry Barnes, 84, American football player.
  • Tony Barrow, 80, British press officer (The Beatles).
  • Balázs Birtalan, 46, Hungarian author.
  • Darwyn Cooke, 53, Canadian comic book artist (Catwoman, The Spirit, DC: The New Frontier), cancer.
  • John Coyle, 83, Scottish footballer (Dundee United).
  • Ron Henry, 79, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins), cardiovascular and renal disease.
  • Jesús Leguina, 73–74, Spanish jurist, justice of the Constitutional Court (1986–1992) and director of the Bank of Spain (1994–2001).
  • Valerie Lush, 97, British actress.
  • Jaroslav Malina, 78, Czech scenographer and painter, heart attack.
  • Lasse Mårtenson, 81, Finnish singer ("Laiskotellen"), cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Malachi Mitchell-Thomas, 20, English motorcycle racer.
  • Banza Mukalay, 63, Congolese politician, Minister of Culture (since 2014).
  • Christy O'Connor Snr, 91, Irish golfer.
  • Marjet Ockels, 72, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1991–1994).
  • Kenneth Painter, 81, English archaeologist and curator.
  • Johnny Seay, 75, American country music singer.
  • Paul Smoker, 75, American jazz trumpeter.
  • Monteagle Stearns, 91, American diplomat, Ambassador to Greece (1981–1985) and Ivory Coast (1976–1979).
  • Charles R. Stelck, 98, Canadian geologist.
  • Neculai Alexandru Ursu, 89, Romanian linguist, philologist and literary historian.
  • André Wicky, 87, Swiss racing driver and team owner.
  • Alvise Zorzi, 93, Italian journalist and author.

    • 15

  • İsmail Hakki Akansel, 92, Turkish military officer and politician, Mayor of Istanbul (1980–1981).
  • Oya Aydoğan, 59, Turkish actress, model and television presenter, aortic aneurysm.
  • Erika Berger, 76, German television presenter and author.
  • André Brahic, 73, French astrophysicist, discovered rings of Neptune, cancer.
  • Ghulam Sadiq Khan, 76, Indian classical vocalist.
  • Robert C. T. Lee, 92, Chinese-born American veterinarian.
  • Jane Little, 87, American musician (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra).
  • Clovis Maksoud, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador of the Arab League to the United Nations (1979–1990) and the United States (1979–1990), cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Bobby McIlvenny, 89, Northern Irish footballer (Oldham Athletic).
  • Cauby Peixoto, 85, Brazilian singer, pneumonia.
  • Ken Ramos, 48, American baseball player (Houston Astros), suicide by gunshot.
  • Michael Roberds, 52, Canadian actor (The New Addams Family, Elf, Hot Tub Time Machine).
  • Marion Tournon-Branly, 91, French architect.

    • 16

  • Hussein Sheikh Abdirahman, 75, Somali politician, Minister of Defense (1989–1990). (death announced on this date)
  • Sir Gavyn Farr Arthur, 64, British judge, Lord Mayor of London (2002–2003).
  • Moidele Bickel, 79, German costume designer (La Reine Margot).
  • Anthony Bird, 85, British Anglican priest and academic.
  • Ken Cameron, 74, Scottish trade union leader.
  • Giovanni Coppa, 90, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio (1979–2001).
  • Camille DesRosiers, 87, Canadian-born Tuvaluan Roman Catholic prelate, Superior of Funafuti (1986–2010).
  • Huguette Dreyfus, 87, French harpsichordist.
  • Robert Freeman, 82, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1980–1988).
  • Romaldo Giurgola, 95, Italian-born American-Australian architect (Parliament House, Canberra).
  • Aar de Goede, 87, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1967–1973), State Secretary of Finance (1973–1977), member of the European Parliament (1979–1984).
  • Mitsuo Horiuchi, 86, Japanese politician.
  • Sadek Khan, 82, Bangladeshi journalist and filmmaker.
  • François Maistre, 91, French actor (Angélique, Marquise des Anges, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie).
  • Jim McMillian, 68, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks), NBA champion (1972).
  • Julia Meade, 90, American actress (The Ed Sullivan Show, Pillow Talk).
  • Gillian Mears, 51, Australian writer (Foal's Bread).
  • Emilio Navaira, 53, American country and Tejano singer (Life Is Good), heart failure.
  • Noriko Nishimoto, 75, Japanese-born Australian puppeteer, cancer.
  • Fredrik Norén, 75, Swedish jazz drummer. (death announced on this date)
  • Mamie Rallins, 74, American hurdler, traffic collision.
  • David Rendel, 67, British politician, MP for Newbury (1993–2005), cancer.
  • Bjarne Saltnes, 82, Norwegian politician.
  • Deepak Shodhan, 87, Indian cricketer, lung cancer.
  • Lino Toffolo, 81, Italian actor (Yuppi du, Brancaleone at the Crusades) and singer.
  • Jack Unruh, 80, American commercial illustrator.
  • Oscar Whitbread, 86, English-born Australian television producer.

    • 17

  • Seán Ardagh, 68, Irish politician, TD (1997–2011).
  • Guy Clark, 74, American folk singer-songwriter ("Desperados Waiting for a Train", "Workbench Songs", "My Favorite Picture of You"), Grammy winner (2014), cancer.
  • Benjamin de Roo, 76, Dutch-born Australian gymnast.
  • Vinjamuri Seetha Devi, Indian folk singer.
  • Paulo Emilio, 80, Brazilian football manager.
  • Kim Jae-soon, 92, South Korean politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1988–1990).
  • Ed Kolenovsky, 87, American photographer (Associated Press).
  • Alexandru Lăpușan, 61, Romanian politician, mayor of Dej (1991), MP (1992–1994) and Minister of Agriculture (1992–1996).
  • Edmund V. Ludwig, 87, American federal judge, member of the District Court for the E.D. of Pennsylvania (since 1985).
  • Yūko Mizutani, 51, Japanese voice actress (Digimon, Black Jack, Tenchi Muyo!), breast cancer.
  • Xavier de Planhol, 90, French geographer.
  • Arthur Provis, 91, English cinematographer and producer.
  • Müzahir Sille, 84, Turkish wrestler, Olympic champion (1960).
  • Yuri Volkov, 79, Russian ice hockey player (Krylya Sovetov Moscow, HC Dynamo Moscow, national team).

    • 18

  • Elaine Abraham, 86, American Tlingit elder and nurse.
  • Luis H. Álvarez, 96, Mexican industrialist and politician, President of the National Action Party (1987–1993).
  • Ethel Bush, 100, British police officer.
  • Eduardo Castrillo, 73, Filipino sculptor, cancer.
  • Adrian Flowers, 89, British photographer.
  • Astrid Gunnestad, 77, Norwegian journalist.
  • Ida Pedanda Gede Made Gunung, 63, Indonesian Hindu priest.
  • Zygmunt Kukla, 68, Polish footballer.
  • Adán Nigaglioni Loyola, 86, Puerto Rican doctor and educator.
  • Kornél Pajor, 92, Hungarian speed skater, world champion (1949). (death announced on this date)
  • Sutham Phanthusak, 69, Thai businessman and politician.
  • Michael Reichmann, 71, Canadian photographer and blogger.
  • Boris Schnaiderman, 99, Ukrainian-born Brazilian translator, writer and essayist.
  • Fritz Stern, 90, German-born American historian.
  • Susan Tolchin, 75, American political scientist, ovarian cancer.
  • Ian Watkin, 76, New Zealand actor (Braindead, Sleeping Dogs, Charlotte's Web).
  • Doris Yankelewitz Berger, 82, Costa Rican artist and politician, First Lady (1982–1986).

    • 19

  • Alexandre Astruc, 92, French film critic and director.
  • Irving Benson, 102, American actor and comedian.
  • Ronald C. Davidson, 74, Canadian physicist, complications from pneumonia.
  • Jan Deutsch, 80, American philosopher and legal scholar.
  • George Forty, 88, British Army officer and author.
  • Jim Ray Hart, 74, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
  • Hugh Honour, 88, British art historian.
  • Hu Hongwen, 91, Chinese organic chemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).
  • Cindy Nicholas, 58, Canadian long distance swimmer and politician, liver cancer.
  • Rogelio Ordoñez, 75, Filipino author.
  • N. S. Palanisamy, 75, Indian politician.
  • Laxminarayan Pandey, 88, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha for Mandsaur (1971–1979, 1989–2009).
  • Marco Pannella, 86, Italian politician and civil rights activist, MEP (1979–2009).
  • Morley Safer, 84, Canadian-born American journalist (60 Minutes), pneumonia.
  • John Sisko, 57, American sculptor.
  • Donald Snelgrove, 91, British Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Hull (1981–1994).
  • Alan Young, 96, English-born Canadian-American actor (Mister Ed, The Time Machine, DuckTales).

    • 20

  • Gert Bals, 79, Dutch footballer (PSV, Ajax).
  • Glen Clegg, 82, Canadian politician.
  • Patricia M. Derian, 86, American human rights activist, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Vasile Duță, 60, Romanian lawyer and politician, Senator (2000–2004), lung cancer.
  • John David Jackson, 91, Canadian physicist.
  • Gabriel, 75, Russian prelate, Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church.
  • Brandon Grove, 87, American diplomat, ambassador to East Germany and Zaire, cancer.
  • Rosanna Huffman, 77, American actress (Babe, Oliver & Company, Murder, She Wrote), pancreatic cancer.
  • Kang Sok-ju, 76, North Korean diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister (2007), esophageal cancer.
  • Pranlal Kharsani, 89, Indian actor.
  • Tsuyoshi Makino, 70, Japanese author, critic and social activist.
  • Joe McDonagh, 62, Irish sports administrator, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1997–2000).
  • Audrey Purton, 90, British Women's Royal Army Corps officer.
  • Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo, 84, Spanish journalist and athlete.
  • Ádám Rajhona, 72, Hungarian actor.
  • Lucille Stone, 90, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League), complications from hydrocephalus.
  • Albert M. Sackett, 95, American Navy rear admiral.
  • Yagya Datt Sharma, 80, Indian politician, member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
  • Robyn Sisman, 66, American-born British publisher and author.
  • Bogdan Ulmu, 65, Romanian theatre director, writer and publicist.
  • Wheelock Whitney, Jr., 89, American sports executive (Minnesota Twins, Minnesota North Stars, Minnesota Vikings).

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  • Gaston Berghmans, 90, Belgian comedian and actor (The Silent Hedonist).
  • Lorne Clarke, 87, Canadian lawyer, Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court (1985–1998).
  • Andrea Maria Erba, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Velletri-Segni (1988–2006).
  • Jane Fawcett, 95, British codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II, key figure in the sinking of the Bismarck.
  • Sir Denys Henderson, 83, British businessman, chairman of ICI (1987–1995).
  • Homeboykris, 9, American racehorse.
  • Eddie Keizan, 71, South African racing driver.
  • Tony Kriletich, 72, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team).
  • Alan Lewis, 61, English footballer (Reading, Derby County, Peterborough United).
  • Akhtar Mansour, c. 48, Afghan Islamist, Minister of the Emirate for Aviation and Tourism (1996–2001), leader of the Taliban (since 2015), airstrike.
  • Nick Menza, 51, German-born American drummer (Megadeth), heart failure.
  • Germán Serrano Pinto, 76, Costa Rican politician, Vice President (1990–1994).
  • Norman Tait, 75, Canadian First Nations artist, cancer.
  • Sándor Tarics, 102, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic gold medalist (1936).

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  • Lucjan Avgustini, 52, Albanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sapë (since 2006).
  • Adolf Born, 85, Czech painter, illustrator, caricaturist and filmmaker.
  • Malvina Cheek, 100, British war artist.
  • Merv Cowan, 91, Australian WANFL footballer.
  • Tom DeLeone, 65, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals), brain cancer.
  • Intikhab, 22, American racehorse, heart disease.
  • John Lyons, 90, British trade union leader.
  • José Luis Romo Martín, 62, Mexican artist.
  • Alexis Navarro, 69, Venezuelan politician and diplomat, Governor of Nueva Esparta (2000–2004), Ambassador to Russia (2005–2008), heart attack.
  • Yasushi Niki, 90, Japanese baseball player.
  • Leonorilda Ochoa, 76, Mexican actress (Los Beverly de Peralvillo), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Subhash Pal, Indian mountaineer.
  • Arulraj Rosli, 75, Malaysian racing cyclist.
  • Velimir Sombolac, 77, Serbian Yugoslav football player and manager.
  • George Wildman, 88, American cartoonist.
  • Bata Živojinović, 82, Serbian actor (Walter Defends Sarajevo), complications from gangrene.

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  • Nurjahan Begum, 90, Bangladeshi journalist.
  • Jo Beverley, 68, British-born Canadian writer.
  • John Brophy, 83, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Birmingham Bulls, Toronto Maple Leafs, Hampton Roads Admirals), namesake of John Brophy Award.
  • Joe Fleishaker, 62, American actor (Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV, Late Show with David Letterman), heart attack.
  • Vera Henriksen, 89, Norwegian writer.
  • Richard Marcotte, 69, Canadian politician, Mayor of Mascouche (1992–2012), cancer.
  • Cedric McKinnon, 48, American football player (Cleveland Thunderbolts, Tampa Bay Storm).
  • Zdeněk Mézl, 81, Czech print-maker.
  • Sir Reginald Palmer, 93, Grenadian politician, Governor-General (1992–1996).
  • Nanette Rainone, 73, American feminist and reporter.
  • Arne Sandnes, 92, Norwegian politician.

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  • Suzanne Corkin, 79, American neuroscientist.
  • Adelina Dematti de Alaye, 88, Argentinian human rights activist, founder of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.
  • Khaleda Ekram, 65, Bangladeshi architect.
  • Lewis Fiander, 78, Australian actor (Pride and Prejudice, Who Can Kill a Child?, Bangkok Hilton), stroke.
  • Maycie Herrington, 97, American historian and social worker.
  • Buck Kartalian, 93, American actor (Planet of the Apes, Cool Hand Luke, The Rock).
  • Malik Iqbal Mehdi Khan, 64, Pakistani politician, MP (since 2013), liver disease.
  • Burt Kwouk, 85, British actor (The Pink Panther, Last of the Summer Wine, Goldfinger), cancer.
  • Frankie Laine, 73, Canadian professional wrestler
  • Mell Lazarus, 89, American cartoonist (Miss Peach, Momma).
  • Anne-Marie Nzié, 84, Cameroonian singer.
  • Hughes Oliphant Old, 83, American theologian.
  • Leo Proost, 82, Belgian racing cyclist.
  • Jorma Salmi, 83, Finnish ice hockey player (Ilves, Frölunda HC).
  • Soita Shitanda, 56, Kenyan politician, MP from Malava (since 1997).
  • Berend Jan Udink, 90, Dutch politician and CEO.

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  • Giacomo Barabino, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ventimiglia-San Remo (1988–2004).
  • Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul, 82, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (1999–2008).
  • Cassandra Butts, 50, American lawyer.
  • Lloyd Campbell, 101, Canadian curler.
  • Nancy Dow, 79, American actress (The Ice House) and model.
  • Ian Gibson, 73, Scottish footballer (Cardiff City, Coventry City, Middlesbrough).
  • Gyula Kosice, 92, Czechoslovakian-born Argentine poet and sculptor.
  • Ku Chin-shui, 56, Taiwanese decathlete, plasma cell leukemia.
  • Per Øien, 78, Norwegian flutist.
  • Valentin Petry, 88, German racing cyclist.
  • Bob Sorenson, 92, New Zealand rugby union player and coach (Auckland), and cricketer (Auckland).
  • Peggy Spencer, 95, British dancer.
  • József Tempfli, 85, Romanian-Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Oradea Mare (1990–2008).
  • John Webster, 60, British theologian.
  • Yang Jiang, 104, Chinese playwright, author, and translator.

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  • Kazimierz Barburski, 73, Polish fencer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
  • Loris Francesco Capovilla, 100, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Prelate of Loreto (1971–1988).
  • Esad Čolaković, 46, Macedonian footballer (FK Sloga Jugomagnat).
  • Ted Dumitru, 76, Romanian football manager (Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns, New York Apollo), heart attack.
  • Steve Edwards, 85, American professor.
  • Hedy Epstein, 91, German-born American Holocaust survivor and political activist (International Solidarity Movement), cancer.
  • Lou Grasmick, 91, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies) and businessman.
  • Noel Harding, 69, Canadian contemporary artist.
  • Joel Hastings, 46, Canadian pianist, heart attack.
  • Robert O'Hearn, 94, American set designer.
  • Gustav Meier, 86, Swiss-born American conductor, cancer.
  • Wanaro N'Godrella, 66, French tennis player.
  • Angela Paton, 86, American actress (Groundhog Day, American Wedding, Lolita), heart attack.
  • Arturo Pomar, 84, Spanish chess grandmaster.
  • Coe Swobe, 87, American politician, member of the Nevada Senate (1966–1974).
  • Bob Williams, 86, American football player (Chicago Bears).

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  • Chen Nengkuan, 93, Chinese metal and detonation physicist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).
  • Michael Dann, 94, American television executive (CBS).
  • Jean-Claude Decaux, 78, French billionaire advertiser, CEO of JCDecaux.
  • Louise Erickson, 86, American baseball player (Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches).
  • Gaylord T. Gunhus, 76, American army officer, Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army (1999–2003).
  • Gerhard Harpers, 88, German footballer (Sodingen, national team).
  • Kai G. Henriksen, 60, Norwegian businessman (Vinmonopolet).
  • R. G. Jadhav, 83, Indian literary critic.
  • František Jakubec, 60, Czech football player.
  • Marshall "Rock" Jones, 75, American bass player (Ohio Players).
  • George Klir, 84, Czech computer scientist.
  • Bonnie Law, 47, Hong Kong singer and actress (Happy Ghost).
  • Leroidesanimaux, 15, Brazilian-born American racehorse, Eclipse Award winner, complications from accident.
  • Petro Herkulan Malchuk, 50, Moldovan-born Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr (since 2011), heart attack.
  • Jaap Metz, 74, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1982–1986).
  • Frank Modell, 98, American cartoonist (The New Yorker).
  • Henrietta Phipps, 84, British landscape gardener.
  • La Ferne Price, 90, American ballplayer (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).
  • Girolamo Prigione, 94, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio (1968–1997).
  • Ivor Robinson, 92, British-born American physicist.
  • Rocco Sollecito, 67, Italian-born Canadian gangster (Rizzuto crime family), shot.
  • Wang Shizhen, 100, Chinese nuclear medicine physician and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Father of Chinese nuclear medicine.
  • Wang You-theng, 89, Taiwanese entrepreneur (Rebar), traffic collision.
  • Morton White, 99, American philosopher and historian.

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  • Giorgio Albertazzi, 92, Italian actor (Last Year at Marienbad) and film director.
  • Stanley Burke, 93, Canadian television journalist (The National News).
  • David Cañada, 41, Spanish cyclist, race collision.
  • Alexander DeConde, 95, American historian.
  • Bryce Dejean-Jones, 23, American basketball player (New Orleans Pelicans), shot.
  • Peter DeTroy, 68, American attorney.
  • M. Brendan Fleming, 90, American politician, Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (1982–1984).
  • John Willison Green, 89, Canadian journalist.
  • Harambe, 17, American-bred Western lowland gorilla, shot.
  • C. Michael Harper, 88, American executive (ConAgra Foods).
  • Christian Kay, 76, British lexicographer.
  • Joanneke Kruijsen, 47, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (2003–2006).
  • Marion Lambert, 73, Belgian-born Swiss art collector.
  • Michael McCurdy, 74, American illustrator and publisher.
  • Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen, 89, British barrister and life peer.
  • Eddie O'Hara, 78, British politician, MP for Knowsley South (1990–2010).
  • Floyd Robinson, 83, American country singer.
  • Devarakonda Vittal Rao, 68, Indian politician.

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  • Kenne Fant, 93, Swedish actor, director and author, President of Svensk Filmindustri (1963–1980).
  • T. Marshall Hahn, 89, American academic administrator, President of Virginia Tech (1962–1974).
  • Ralph Ketner, 95, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Food Lion, colon cancer.
  • Svetozar Koljević, 85, Serbian author, historian, translator and professor.
  • Mathew Mattam, 65, Indian Malayalam author.
  • Don McNay, 57, American financial author.
  • Edward Morris, 75, British art historian.
  • K. P. Noorudeen, 76, Indian politician, cerebral hemorrhage.
  • André Rousselet, 93, French businessman and politician, member of the National Assembly (1967–1968).
  • Berrick Saul, 91, British economist and academic administrator. (death announced on this date)

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  • Jan Aas, 72, Norwegian footballer (Fredrikstad).
  • Gérson Bergher, 91, Brazilian politician.
  • Boniface Choi Ki-San, 68, South Korean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Incheon (since 2002).
  • Javare Gowda, 100, Indian writer, heart failure.
  • James Knepper, 84, American politician.
  • Tom Lysiak, 63, Canadian ice hockey player (Atlanta Flames, Chicago Blackhawks), leukemia.
  • Rick MacLeish, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers).
  • Erkin Vohidov, 79, Uzbek poet, playwright and translator.

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  • Mohamed Abdelaziz, 68, Sahrawi politician, President (since 1976), lung cancer.
  • Corry Brokken, 83, Dutch singer ("Net als toen"), Eurovision Song Contest 1957 winner.
  • Jules Browde, 97, South African lawyer and human-rights activist.
  • James Campbell, 81, English historian.
  • Jan Crouch, 78, American televangelist and broadcasting executive (Trinity Broadcasting Network), complications from a stroke.
  • Olav Djupvik, 85, Norwegian politician.
  • Reshad Feild, 82, English mystic and musician (The Springfields).
  • Sergio Adolfo Govi, 81, Italian Central African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bossangoa (1978–1995).
  • Antonio Imbert Barrera, 95, Dominican politician, President (1965).
  • Carla Lane, 87, English television writer (The Liver Birds, Butterflies, Bread).
  • Gene Logsdon, 84, American farmer and author.
  • Rupert Neudeck, 77, German journalist and humanitarian (Cap Anamur).
  • Peter Owen, 89, German-born British publisher.
  • Rudra Madhab Ray, 78, Indian politician, kidney disease.
  • Ghislaine Roquet, 90, Canadian nun and academic.
  • David Tod Roy, 83, American sinologist and translator (Jin Ping Mei).
  • Pam Royds, 91, British publisher.

    • References

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