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Deaths in November 2015

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

Contents

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

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

    • 1

  • Abdikarim Yusuf Adam, Somali military officer, Chief of Army (2015), shot.
  • Bill Ballantine, 78, British-born New Zealand marine biologist.
  • Ronald Desruelles, 60, Belgian athlete, suicide by hanging.
  • Thomas R. Fitzgerald, 74, American judge, Chief Justice (2008–2010) and member (2000–2010) of the Illinois Supreme Court, Parkinson's disease.
  • José Fonseca e Costa, 82, Portuguese film director (No Trace of Sin), pneumonia.
  • Anselmo Gouthier, 82, Italian politician.
  • Gloria Salguero Gross, 74, Salvadoran politician, President of the Legislative Assembly (1994–1997), cardiac arrest.
  • Stephen Hancock, 89, English actor (Coronation Street).
  • Afzal Khan Lala, 89, Pakistani politician, MP for Swat (1993–1997), complications from cirrhosis.
  • Houston McTear, 58, American sprinter, lung cancer.
  • Charles Duncan Michener, 97, American entomologist.
  • Brijmohan Lall Munjal, 92, Indian transportation manufacturing executive, co-founder of Hero Cycles and Hero MotoCorp.
  • Günter Schabowski, 86, German politician, editor-in-chief of Neues Deutschland, First Secretary of the East Berlin SED, prematurely announced the fall of the Berlin Wall.
  • Hayden Shell, 78, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Geelong West (1982–85) and Geelong (1985–92).
  • Rudolf Scheurer, 90, Swiss football referee.
  • Fred Thompson, 73, American politician and actor (Law & Order, Sinister, Cape Fear), U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1994–2003), minority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee, lymphoma.
  • A. Veluppillai, 78, Sri Lankan Tamil academic and author.

    • 2

  • Frank Budgen, 61, British commercial director (Tag, Mountain).
  • Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, 91, Polish art historian.
  • Mike Davies, 79, Welsh tennis player, mesothelioma.
  • Roy Dommett, 82, British engineer and rocket scientist.
  • Peter Donaldson, 70, Egyptian-born British newsreader and radio broadcaster (BBC Radio 4), cancer.
  • Christopher Duggan, 57, British historian.
  • Omar El-Hariri, c. 71, Libyan general, traffic collision.
  • Hashim Abdul Halim, 80, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA for Amdanga (1977–2006) and Entally (2006–2011), heart attack.
  • Karl Jaeger, 85, American educator, writer and artist.
  • Haruko Kato, 92, Japanese actress.
  • Alexey Kozlov, 80, Russian Soviet intelligence officer, Hero of the Russian Federation.
  • Neville Lakay, 77, South African cricketer.
  • Eddie Milner, 60, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants).
  • Tommy Overstreet, 78, American country singer.
  • Roméo Phillion, 76, Canadian prisoner, wrongly convicted of murder, COPD.
  • Miroslav Poljak, 71, Croatian water polo player, Olympic champion (1968).
  • Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao, 69, Indian actor, brain infection.
  • Arthur Shaw, 91, English footballer (Arsenal).
  • Donald Shell, 91, American computer scientist (Shellsort).
  • Barbara Snelling, 87, American politician, Vermont Lieutenant Governor (1993–1997), State Senator (1999–2002), and First Lady (1977–1985 and 1991).
  • Edward Soja, 75, American geographer.
  • David Stock, 76, American composer and conductor, blood disease.
  • Carlos Vargas Ferrer, 44, Puerto Rican politician, member of the P.R. House of Representatives, traffic collision following a heart attack.
  • Colin Welland, 81, British actor and screenwriter (Kes, Straw Dogs, Chariots of Fire), Oscar winner (1982).

    • 3

  • Peter Bayley, 94, English academic.
  • Adriana Campos, 36, Colombian actress (Vecinos), traffic collision.
  • Judy Cassab, 95, Austrian-born Australian painter and Holocaust survivor, only woman to win two Archibald Prizes (1960, 1967).
  • Ahmed Chalabi, 71, Iraqi politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2005–2006), President of the Governing Council (2003), Iraq War lobbyist, heart attack.
  • Howard Coble, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 6th congressional district (1985–2015), complications from surgery.
  • Csaba Fenyvesi, 72, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1968, 1972), cancer.
  • David Graham, 91, American casting director (Three's Company, Purple Rain).
  • Tom Graveney, 88, English cricketer (Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, England), Parkinson's disease.
  • Paul Gundani, 49, Zimbabwean footballer (national team), suspected malaria.
  • Chuck Hurston, 72, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills), cancer.
  • Sidney H. Lazard, 84, American bridge player.
  • S. Mahalingam, 89, Sri Lankan mechanical engineer and academic.
  • Fred McNeill, 63, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Lauretta Ngcobo, 84, South African author and activist.
  • Nils Nygaard, 83, Norwegian professor of law.
  • Dan Poynter, 78, American author, publisher, pioneer in self-publishing, acute myeloid leukemia and renal failure
  • Paul Rose, 79, British politician, MP for Manchester Blackley (1964–1979).
  • Fred J. Scollay, 92, American actor (Law & Order, Death Wish).
  • Katherine Stenholm, 98, American film director.
  • Lesley Vance, 76, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1994).

    • 4

  • Gülten Akın, 82, Turkish poet.
  • Ingo von Bredow, 75, German sailor, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).
  • Piotr Domaradzki, 69, Polish-born American journalist (Dziennik Związkowy), essayist and historian.
  • Ron Drzewiecki, 82, American football player (Chicago Bears).
  • René Girard, 91, French-American historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science.
  • Ian Greer, 82, British political lobbyist (Cash-for-questions affair).
  • Steve Hanson, 54, Australian rugby league player (North Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, New South Wales), heart attack.
  • Veikko Heinonen, 81, Finnish ski jumper.
  • Truman McGill Hobbs, 94, American judge, District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (1980–1991).
  • Károly Horváth, 65, Romanian–Hungarian composer and musician.
  • Ole Knapp, 83, Norwegian politician.
  • Melissa Mathison, 65, American screenwriter (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Black Stallion, Kundun), neuroendocrine cancer.
  • Marina Pankova, 52, Russian volleyball player, Olympic champion (1988).
  • Laila Pullinen, 82, Finnish sculptor.
  • Lee Robinson, 72, American politician, member of the Georgia Senate (1974–1982), Mayor of Macon (1987–1991), colon cancer.
  • Jerzy Sadek, 73, Polish footballer (Sparta Rotterdam, national team).
  • David Teeuwen, 45, American newspaper editor (USA Today), intestinal cancer.
  • Kostas Tsakonas, 72, Greek actor, cancer.

    • 5

  • James Achurch, 87, Australian Olympic javelin thrower (1956).
  • George Barris, 89, American custom car designer (Batmobile, Munster Koach), cancer.
  • Ritch Brinkley, 71, American actor (Murphy Brown, Cabin Boy, Beauty and the Beast).
  • Nora Brockstedt, 92, Norwegian singer.
  • Soma Edirisinghe, 76, Sri Lankan executive (EAP Holdings), film producer, philanthropist and social worker.
  • Pierre Gy, 91, French chemist and statistician.
  • Ehud Havazelet, 60, American author.
  • Theodore Cyrus Karp, 89, American musicologist.
  • Czesław Kiszczak, 90, Polish soldier and politician, last Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (1989) and Minister of Internal Affairs (1981–1990).
  • Ed Lechner, 95, American football player.
  • Mikhail Lesin, 57, Russian political advisor and media executive (Gazprom-Media), creator of Russia Today, blunt force head trauma.
  • Hans Mommsen, 85, German historian of Nazism and the Holocaust.
  • Lar O'Byrne, 91, Irish footballer (Shamrock Rovers).
  • Kjell Öhman, 72, Swedish musician.

    • 6

  • Brian Cadle, 67, Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg Jets).
  • Bobby Campbell, 78, English football player and manager.
  • José Ángel Espinoza, 96, Mexican singer, composer and actor.
  • Karel Mejta, 87, Czech rower.
  • Chuck Pyle, 70, American country-folk singer-songwriter.
  • Ri Ul-sol, 94, North Korean politician and military official, lung cancer. (death announced on this date)
  • Yveta Synek Graff, 81, Czech opera singer and vocal coach
  • Beni Veras, 80, Brazilian politician, Governor of Ceará (2002–2003).

    • 7

  • Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, 45, Indian director and poet, heart attack.
  • Fred Besana, 85, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
  • John Davis, 72, Australian science documentary filmmaker (ABC) and climber, first person to scale Ball's Pyramid, helicopter crash.
  • Carl-Åke Eriksson, 80, Swedish actor (Frostbite, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, The Simple-Minded Murderer).
  • Gladys-Marie Fry, 84, American folklorist and historian.
  • Pancho Guedes, 90, Portuguese architect and artist.
  • Gunnar Hansen, 68, Icelandic-born American actor (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), pancreatic cancer.
  • Eddie Hoh, 71, American rock drummer (The Mamas & the Papas, The Monkees, Donovan).
  • Yitzhak Navon, 94, Israeli politician, President (1978–1983).
  • David Shawcross, 74, English footballer (Manchester City, Stockport, Halifax).
  • Vincent Thomas, 93, American politician, Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia (1976–1984).
  • João Verle, 75, Brazilian politician, Mayor of Porto Alegre (2002–2004).
  • Carl L. Weschcke, 85, American publisher (Llewellyn Worldwide).

    • 8

  • Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani, 81, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (1998–2001).
  • Rhea Chiles, 84, American philanthropist, First Lady of Florida (1991–1998), founder of Florida House on Capitol Hill and the Polk Museum of Art.
  • Harry Clarke, 94, English footballer (Darlington) and cricketer.
  • Joseph Cure, 31, American ice hockey player and actor (Miracle), traffic collision.
  • Rod Davies, 85, British astronomer.
  • Andrei Eshpai, 90, Russian classical pianist, composer and scholar, stroke.
  • Luciano Gallino, 88, Italian sociologist.
  • Betty Groff, 80, American chef and cookbook author, expert on the Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine.
  • Aldo Guidolin, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
  • Om Prakash Mehra, 96, Indian military officer, Chief of Air Staff (1973–1976), Governor of Maharashtra (1980–1982) and Rajasthan (1985–1987).
  • Angad Paul, 45, British manufacturing executive and film producer (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, The Tournament), suicide by jumping.
  • Alfred Roussel, 94, Canadian politician.
  • Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, 73, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and political activist.
  • Dora van der Groen, 88, Belgian actress (Dokter Pulder zaait papavers).
  • Leon Vlok, 86, South African cricketer.
  • Abdul Razzak Abdul Wahid, 85, Iraqi poet.

    • 9

  • Selwyn Sese Ala, 29, ni-Vanuatu international footballer.
  • Jacqueline A. Berrien, 53, American lawyer, chairwoman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2010–2014).
  • Carol Doda, 78, American topless dancer, kidney failure.
  • Ernst Fuchs, 85, Austrian painter, co-founder of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.
  • Tommy Hanson, 29, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels), multiple organ failure.
  • Brian Keighley, 67, Scottish physician and medical unionist (BMA).
  • Byron Krieger, 95, American Olympic fencer (1952, 1956), burns.
  • Vito J. Lopez, 74, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1985–2013), cancer.
  • Sebastião do Rego Barros Netto, 75, Brazilian lawyer and diplomat, Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1990–1991), Russia (1991–1994) and Argentina (1999–2001), fall from building.
  • Remko Scha, 70, Dutch computer scientist and musician.
  • Yolanda Sonnabend, 80, British theatrical designer.
  • Andy White, 85, British drummer (The Beatles), stroke.
  • Mikhail Zubchuk, 47, Russian footballer (Saturn, Fakel).

    • 10

  • Gene Amdahl, 92, American computer architect and high-tech entrepreneur, pneumonia.
  • Vernon Ashley, 99, American Crow Creek chief.
  • David Atlas, 91, American meteorologist.
  • John Carlill, 90, British admiral, President of Royal Naval College, Greenwich (1980–1982).
  • Larry Chimbole, 96, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1974–1978).
  • Harold Collins, 90, Canadian politician, member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Gander (1967–1979).
  • Robert Craft, 92, American conductor and writer.
  • Pat Eddery, 63, Irish jockey, eleven-time Champion Jockey, four-time Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner, three-time Lester Award and Epsom Derby winner.
  • André Glucksmann, 78, French philosopher and writer.
  • Johannes Pujasumarta, 65, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Semarang (since 2010).
  • Bill Quinlan, 83, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
  • Klaus Roth, 90, German-born British mathematician, recipient of the Fields Medal (1958).
  • Helmut Schmidt, 96, German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982), complications from surgery.
  • Allen Toussaint, 77, American musician, producer, songwriter ("Fortune Teller", "Working in the Coal Mine", "Southern Nights") and arranger, heart attack.
  • Alix d'Unienville, 97, French wartime spy.
  • Tim Valentine, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 2nd district (1983–1995) and N.C. House (1955–1960), heart failure.
  • Laurent Vidal, 31, French Olympic triathlete (2008, 2012), heart attack.
  • Michael Wright, 35, American-Turkish basketball player, head injury.

    • 11

  • Nancy Charton, 95, South African Anglican priest.
  • Madeline DeFrees, 95, American poet.
  • Rita Gross, 72, American Buddhist feminist theologian and author.
  • Bob LaLonde, 93, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate (1989–1994).
  • Nathaniel Marston, 40, American actor (One Life to Live), spinal injuries from traffic collision.
  • Ole Sjølie, 92, Norwegian painter.
  • Tage Skou-Hansen, 90, Danish writer.
  • Scotty Stirling, 86, American journalist and sport executive (NBA, Oakland Raiders, Oakland Oaks).
  • Phil Taylor, 61, English drummer (Motörhead).
  • Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich, 81, Russian Soviet film director (d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers).

    • 12

  • Earl E. Anderson, 96, American Marine Corps general.
  • Graham Atkinson, 77, English cricketer (Lancashire, Somerset).
  • Lucian Bălan, 56, Romanian footballer (Baia Mare), suicide by drug overdose.
  • Anne-Marie Campora, 76, Monegasque politician, Mayor (1991–2003).
  • Philip Ciaccio, 88, American judge, member of the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal (1982–1997).
  • José Refugio Esparza Reyes, 94, Mexican politician, Governor of Aguascalientes (1974–1980).
  • Naila Faran, 37, Saudi doctor.
  • Márton Fülöp, 32, Hungarian footballer (Sunderland, national team), cancer.
  • Jihadi John, 27, Kuwaiti-born British Islamic State propagandist, drone strike.
  • Ellsworth Kalas, 92, American Methodist theologian.
  • Tom King, 91, American basketball player.
  • Marie Seznec Martinez, 57, French model, cancer.
  • Peter McLeavey, 79, New Zealand art dealer, Parkinson's disease.
  • Henry Rowen, 90, American national security expert, heart attack.
  • Aaron Shikler, 93, American artist, renal failure.
  • Jaspal Singh, 47, Indian cricketer.
  • Paul Stewart, 89, American historian, founder of the Black American West Museum and Heritage Center.
  • Pál Várhidi, 84, Hungarian football player (Újpesti Dózsa) and manager (Újpesti Dózsa, Vác, BEAC).
  • Travis Ward, 93, American oil magnate.

    • 13

  • Sam Adams, 87, Canadian football player (BC Lions).
  • Abu Nabil al-Anbari, Iraqi militant, leader of ISIL in Libya, airstrike.
  • Giorgio Bambini, 70, Italian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
  • Bruce Dayton, 97, American retail executive and philanthropist, President and Chairman of Target, founder of B. Dalton.
  • Glenn Goerke, 84, American academic.
  • John Gray, 68, New Zealand Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Te Waipounamu (1996–2015).
  • Betty Ann Grove, 86, American singer and actress.
  • Henk Visser, 83, Dutch long jumper.
  • Jennifer Willems, 68, Dutch actress.

    • 14

  • Hemanga Baruah, 49, Indian cricketer.
  • Gys van Beek, 96, Dutch-born American inventor.
  • Nick Bockwinkel, 80, American professional wrestler (AWA).
  • Berugo Carámbula, 70, Uruguayan actor (Son Amores) and comedian, complications from Parkinson's disease.
  • Alan Davison, 79, British inorganic chemist.
  • K. S. Gopalakrishnan, 86, Indian film director, screenwriter and producer.
  • Cyril Pius MacDonald, 87, Canadian politician.
  • Warren Mitchell, 89, British actor (Till Death Us Do Part, Death of a Salesman, The Price).
  • Hisham Nazer, 83, Saudi Arabian executive and diplomat.

    • 15

  • Kai Atō, 69, Japanese actor and TV personality.
  • Stephen Birmingham, 86, American author, lung cancer.
  • Kenneth Monroe Carr, 90, American vice admiral.
  • Carmen Castillo, 57, Dominican baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins), heart attack.
  • Dora Doll, 93, French actress (Manon, French Cancan, Julia).
  • Norm Ellenberger, 83, American college basketball coach (New Mexico Lobos).
  • George Genovese, 93, American baseball player (Washington Senators) and scout (San Francisco Giants).
  • Guo Jie, 103, Chinese Olympic athlete (1936).
  • Saeed Jaffrey, 86, Indian-born British actor (The Man Who Would Be King, Shatranj Ke Khilari, My Beautiful Laundrette).
  • Nicoletta Machiavelli, 71, Italian actress (Navajo Joe, The Hills Run Red, Bawdy Tales).
  • Vincent Margera, 59, American reality television personality (Viva La Bam, Jackass, CKY), kidney and liver failure.
  • Jackie McGugan, 76, Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Leeds United).
  • Moira Orfei, 83, Italian circus artist and actress (Scent of a Woman, Ursus, The Birds, the Bees and the Italians), stroke.
  • Cynthia Payne, 82, British brothel keeper.
  • Gisèle Prassinos, 95, French author.
  • Herbert Scarf, 85, American mathematician, heart failure.
  • John P. Schlegel, 72, American Jesuit and academic administrator, President of Creighton University (2000–2011) and the University of San Francisco (1991–2000), pancreatic cancer.
  • P. F. Sloan, 70, American singer and songwriter ("Secret Agent Man", "Eve of Destruction", "A Must to Avoid"), pancreatic cancer.
  • Heinz Stickel, 66, German footballer.
  • Said Tarabeek, 74, Egyptian actor.
  • Lauri Vaska, 90, American chemist.

    • 16

  • Yuliya Balykina, 31, Belarusian Olympic sprinter (2012), homicide. (body discovered on this date)
  • Ronald Bandell, 69, Dutch mayor.
  • David Canary, 77, American actor (All My Children, Bonanza).
  • Louise Cowan, 98, American educator.
  • Richard Cowan, 57, American opera singer and festival director.
  • Ricardo Ferrero, 60, Argentine football player and coach.
  • Nando Gazzolo, 87, Italian actor (West and Soda, The Hills Run Red, Django Shoots First).
  • Michael C. Gross, 70, American graphic designer and producer (Ghostbusters, Heavy Metal, Beethoven), cancer.
  • Jerzy Katlewicz, 88, Polish conductor and artistic director.
  • Wally Kincaid, 89, American Hall of Fame college baseball coach (Cerritos College).
  • Paul Laffoley, 80, American artist and architect, heart failure.
  • Bert Olmstead, 89, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs), complications from a stroke.
  • Mel Ryan, 82, English cricketer (Yorkshire).
  • Alton D. Slay, 91, American air force general.
  • Glee S. Smith, Jr., 94, American politician, member of the Kansas Senate (1957–1973).
  • Soviet Song, 15, Irish-bred racehorse, Cartier Champion Older Horse 2004, euthanized.
  • David Steen, 79, British newspaper and magazine photographer.
  • Barbara Thiering, 85, Australian theologian, writer and Biblical revisionist (Jesus the Man).

    • 17

  • Al Aarons, 83, American jazz trumpeter (Count Basie Orchestra).
  • Ishtiaq Ahmad, 74, Pakistani spy fiction author.
  • Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu, 63, Nigerian politician, Federal Minister of Education (2007–2008).
  • Ed Boykin, 83, American politician.
  • Donald Brian, 90, New Zealand cricketer.
  • Luiz de Carvalho, 90, Brazilian gospel singer.
  • Guy Buckingham, 94, British engineer and automobile designer (Nota).
  • Mario Cervi, 94, Italian essayist and journalist, co-founder of Il Giornale.
  • Pino Concialdi, 69, Italian painter.
  • Milton Crenchaw, 96, American aviator (Tuskegee Airmen), cardiovascular disease and pneumonia.
  • John Gainsford, 77, South African rugby union player (Springboks), cancer.
  • Drago Grubelnik, 39, Slovene Olympic alpine skier (1998, 2002, 2006), traffic collision.
  • Sir John Leahy, 87, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Australia (1984–1988).
  • Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi, 89, Iranian poet.
  • Pithukuli Murugadas, 95, Indian devotional singer.
  • Olaf H. Olsen, 87, Danish historian and archaeologist.
  • Terence Robbins, 81, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer.
  • Ashok Singhal, 89, Indian Hindu activist.
  • David VanLanding, 51, American rock singer (Michael Schenker Group, Crimson Glory), traffic collision.

    • 18

  • Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 28, Belgian suspected ringleader of the November 2015 Paris attacks, shot.
  • Bjørn Borgen, 78, Norwegian footballer (Fredrikstad, national team).
  • Charles Cawley, 75, American businessman (MBNA).
  • Fang Jing, 44, Chinese news anchor (CCTV), cancer.
  • Daniel Ferro, 94, American opera singer and vocal coach.
  • Wilbur Foss, 94, American politician and musician.
  • Dan Halldorson, 63, Canadian golfer, stroke.
  • Redvers Kyle, 86, South African-British television continuity announcer, voice-over artist and actor.
  • Jonah Lomu, 40, New Zealand rugby union player (All Blacks), heart attack.
  • Mack McCormick, 85, American musicologist and folklorist, esophageal cancer.
  • Lindela Ndlovu, Zimbabwean educator, Vice-Chancellor of National University of Science and Technology.
  • Norman C. Pickering, 99, American engineer and inventor.
  • James Prideaux, 88, American playwright and screenwriter, stroke.
  • Harold Searles, 97, American psychiatrist.
  • Jim Slater, 86, British financier.
  • André Valmy, 96, French actor.

    • 19

  • Armand, 69, Dutch protest singer.
  • Ricardo de la Cierva, 89, Spanish historian and politician, Culture Minister (1980) and Senator by Murcia (1977–1979).
  • Rex Cunningham, 91, New Zealand rugby league player.
  • Sir Naim Dangoor, 101, Iraqi-born British businessman and philanthropist.
  • Ann Downer, 54, American writer.
  • Allen E. Ertel, 78, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 17th district (1977–1983).
  • James Evans, 52, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
  • John Hall-Jones, 88, New Zealand historian.
  • János Herbst, 59, Hungarian footballer and politician, MP (1998–2002).
  • Ron Hynes, 64, Canadian folksinger ("Sonny's Dream"), throat cancer.
  • John A. Knauss, 90, American oceanographer.
  • Korrie Layun Rampan, 62, Indonesian author and politician.
  • Rex Reason, 86, German-born American actor (This Island Earth, The Creature Walks Among Us, The Roaring 20's).
  • Jim Stump, 83, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
  • R. K. Trivedi, 94, Indian politician, Governor of Gujarat (1986–1990).
  • Herman Wecke, 88, American soccer player.
  • Mal Whitfield, 91, American middle-distance runner, Olympic champion (1948, 1952) and aviator (Tuskegee Airmen).
  • John Eugene Zuccotti, 78, American businessman, namesake of Zuccotti Park.

    • 20

  • Peter Dimmock, 94, British broadcaster (Sportsview).
  • Vlatko Dulić, 72, Croatian actor and theatre director.
  • Miroslav Fiedler, 89, Czech mathematician.
  • Ronald Frankenberg, 86, British anthropologist.
  • Néstor Isella, 78, Argentine football player and coach.
  • Lex Jacoby, 85, Luxembourgian writer.
  • Austin H. Kiplinger, 97, American journalist.
  • Svetlana Kitova, 55, Russian middle-distance runner.
  • Agustin Mantilla, 70, Peruvian economist and politician.
  • Keith Michell, 88, Australian actor (The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Henry VIII and His Six Wives, Murder, She Wrote) and director.
  • Jan Monrad, 64, Danish comedian and entertainer.
  • Nguyen-Thien Dao, 75, Vietnamese-French composer.
  • Carlos Oroza, 92, Spanish poet.
  • Richard Owen, 92, American federal judge and composer.
  • Jim Perry, 82, American television emcee (Definition, Card Sharks, $ale of the Century), cancer.
  • Héctor Salva, 75, Uruguayan international footballer.
  • Nancy Sandars, 101, British archaeologist.
  • Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, 62, Japanese sumo wrestler, chairman of the Japan Sumo Association (2002–2008, since 2012), multiple organ failure.
  • Raymond van Schoor, 25, Namibian cricketer, stroke.

    • 21

  • Gregory H. Adamian, 89, American academic.
  • Gil Cardinal, 65, Canadian filmmaker.
  • Kerry Dineen, 63, American baseball player (New York Yankees).
  • Ameen Faheem, 76, Indian-born Pakistani politician, Commerce Minister (2008–2013) and poet, leukaemia.
  • Fan Xuji, 101, Chinese academic.
  • Bob Foster, 77, American boxer, world light heavyweight champion (1968–1974).
  • Linda Haglund, 59, Swedish Olympic sprinter (1972, 1976, 1980), cancer and pulmonary hemorrhage.
  • Adele Horin, 64, Australian writer and journalist, lung cancer.
  • Ken Johnson, 82, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros).
  • Paku Alam IX, 77, Indonesian prince and politician.
  • Tayva Patch, 62, American actress in Mormon cinema, complications from surgery.
  • Cavit Şadi Pehlivanoğlu, 88, Turkish politician, member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (1961–1996), complications from pneumonia.
  • Anthony Read, 80, British screenwriter (Doctor Who).
  • Red Cadeaux, 9, British-bred Australian racehorse, three-time runner-up in the Melbourne Cup, euthanized after race injury.
  • Germán Robles, 86, Spanish-Mexican actor.
  • Richard Russell, 91, American finance writer.
  • Joseph Silverstein, 83, American violinist and conductor, heart attack.
  • Zoran Ubavič, 50, Slovenian footballer.

    • 22

  • Hazel Adair, 95, British television writer (Crossroads, Compact, Emergency – Ward 10).
  • Abubakar Audu, 68, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kogi State (1992–1993, 1999–2003), heart attack.
  • Henson P. Barnes, 81, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1977–1992).
  • Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, 66, Bangladeshi politician and convicted war criminal, execution by hanging.
  • Howard E. Greer, 94, American vice admiral.
  • Jerzy Karasiński, 73, Polish footballer (Lech Poznań).
  • Kim Young-sam, 87, South Korean politician, President (1993–1998), heart failure.
  • Sipke van der Land, 78, Dutch presenter (NCRV).
  • Weslyn Mather, 70, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA for Edmonton-Mill Woods (2004–2008), skin infection.
  • Valentin Mogilny, 49, Ukrainian Soviet gymnast, heart attack.
  • Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, 67, Bangladeshi politician and convicted war criminal, execution by hanging.
  • Adele Morales, 90, American painter, pneumonia.
  • Nola, 41, Sudanese-born American and last surviving female northern white rhinoceros, euthanized.
  • Albert Pick, 93, German numismatist.
  • Alfredo Prucker, 89, Italian Nordic skier.
  • Ingeborg Sjöqvist, 103, Swedish Olympic diver (1932, 1936).
  • Robin Stewart, 69, British actor (Bless This House, Cromwell, The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires).
  • André Waignein, 73, Belgian composer.

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  • Jamiluddin Aali, 90, Pakistani Urdu poet.
  • Topazia Alliata, 102, Italian painter and writer.
  • Pierre Bernard, 73, French graphic artist and designer.
  • Manmeet Bhullar, 35, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (Calgary-Greenway) and cabinet minister, traffic collision.
  • Jerzy Browkin, 81, Polish mathematician.
  • Dan Fante, 71, American author and playwright.
  • Hazel Holt, 87, British novelist.
  • Steve Hrymnak, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks).
  • Kâmran İnan, 86, Turkish politician.
  • Jouni Kaipainen, 58, Finnish composer.
  • Alex Kersey-Brown, 73, Welsh rugby player, cancer.
  • Beatriz Lockhart, 71, Uruguayan pianist and composer.
  • Antônio Lomanto Júnior, 90, Brazilian politician, Governor of Bahia (1963–1967).
  • Sam Mardian, 96, American politician, Mayor of Phoenix (1960–1964).
  • Douglass North, 95, American economist and laureate of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1993), esophageal cancer.
  • Lev Okun, 86, Russian theoretical physicist.
  • Juan Quarterone, 80, Argentine football player and coach.
  • Kaladevanhalli Ramprasad, 81, Indian cricketer.
  • Cynthia Robinson, 71, American trumpeter and vocalist (Sly and the Family Stone), cancer.
  • Willie Royster, 61, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
  • Otto Schaden, 78, American Egyptologist.
  • Jim Sochor, 77, American football player and coach (UC Davis), cancer.
  • Ankie Stork, 94, Dutch World War II resistance fighter.
  • Yoram Tsafrir, 77, Israeli archaeologist.

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  • Sir Robert Ford, 91, British army general Adjutant-General to the Forces (1978–1981).
  • John Forrester, 66, British historian and philosopher of science.
  • Pierre Gabriel, 82, French mathematician (Gabriel's theorem).
  • Zdeněk Humhal, 81, Czech volleyball player, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
  • Al Markim, 88, American actor (Tom Corbett, Space Cadet).
  • Quincy Monk, 36, American football player (New York Giants, Houston Texans), cancer.
  • Mariam Mukhtar, 23, Pakistani fighter pilot, plane crash.
  • Heinz Oberhummer, 74, Austrian physicist.
  • A. S. Ponnammal, 89, Indian politician, cancer.
  • Aubrey Sheiham, 79, South African-born British dental epidemiologist.
  • Douglas W. Shorenstein, 60, American real estate developer, chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, cancer.
  • Niel Tupas, Sr., 82, Filipino politician, prostate cancer and heart failure.
  • Varduhi Varderesyan, 87, Romanian-born Armenian actress.
  • Aurora Venturini, 92, Argentine author.
  • Steven Vogel, 75, American biologist.
  • Steve Wildstrom, 68, American technology journalist (BusinessWeek), brain cancer.

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  • O'Neil Bell, 40, Jamaican cruiserweight boxer, undisputed champion (2006), shot.
  • Sir Jeremy Black, 83, British admiral.
  • Kerry Casey, 61, Australian actor, writer and director (George of the Jungle 2, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie).
  • Svein Christiansen, 74, Norwegian jazz drummer.
  • Gloria Contreras Roeniger, 81, Mexican dancer and choreographer.
  • Jean Corti, 86, French accordionist.
  • Judith Fitzgerald, 63, Canadian poet.
  • Eva Fuka, 88, Czech-born American photographer.
  • Lennart Hellsing, 96, Swedish author and translator.
  • Pierre-Yvon Lenoir, 79, French Olympic middle distance runner (1960).
  • Chris Martin, 42, British civil servant, Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (since 2012), cancer.
  • Beth Rogan, 84, British actress (Mysterious Island).
  • Inuwa Wada, 98, Nigerian politician.
  • Elmo Williams, 102, American editor and producer (High Noon, The Longest Day, Tora! Tora! Tora!), Oscar winner (1953).

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  • Amir Aczel, 65, Israeli-born American mathematician and scientist, cancer.
  • Ronnie Bright, 77, American bass singer (The Cadillacs, The Coasters, The Valentines).
  • Jorgo Bulo, 76, Albanian philologist and historian.
  • Eldzier Cortor, 99, American artist.
  • Tom Dublinski, 85, American football player.
  • Norbert Gastell, 86, German actor and voice actor (Homer Simpson).
  • Tommy Gilbert, 75, American professional wrestler (CWA/USWA) and referee (UWF).
  • Noboru Karashima, 82, Japanese historian.
  • Jerrold Kemp, 94, American academic.
  • Del Kennedy, 92, Australian football player (Footscray).
  • Guy Lewis, 93, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach (Houston Cougars).
  • Tom Moss, 87, American politician, Speaker (1991–2000) and member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1966–2002), heart attack.
  • George Pyne III, 74, American football player (Boston Patriots).
  • Jovan Šarčević, 49, Serbian footballer (FK Proleter Zrenjanin).
  • Sumiko Shirakawa, 80, Japanese voice actress (Doraemon, Sazae-san, Space Dandy).
  • Bill Stauffer, 85, American basketball player (Missouri Tigers), brain hemorrhage.
  • David Steinmetz, 79, American historian.
  • Bill Tucker, 73, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears).
  • H. Khekiho Zhimomi, 69, Indian politician, heart ailment.

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  • Humza Al-Hafeez, 84, American police officer and activist.
  • Ragnhild Barland, 81, Norwegian politician, member of Parliament (1985–1997).
  • Mark Behr, 52, Tanzanian-born South African author (The Smell of Apples).
  • José Benedito Simão, 64, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Assis (since 2009).
  • Ian Dargie, 84, English footballer (Brentford).
  • Luca De Filippo, 67, Italian actor and theatre director.
  • Esperanza Guisán, 75, Spanish philosopher.
  • Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, 94, Swedish actress (Brink of Life, The Touch, Shame).
  • V. Krishnaprasad, 69, Indian cricketer.
  • Alexander Kukarin, 22, Russian modern pentathlete, heart attack.
  • Mukund Sathe, 78, Indian cricketer.
  • Maurice Strong, 86, Canadian businessman and diplomat.
  • Garrett Swasey, 44, American police officer and junior ice dancing champion (1992), shot.
  • J. Randolph Tucker, Jr., 101, American politician and judge.
  • Xosé Neira Vilas, 87, Spanish author.
  • Philippe Washer, 91, Belgian tennis player.

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  • Mircea Anca, 55, Romanian actor and director, leukemia.
  • Aurèle Audet, 95, Canadian politician.
  • Yoka Berretty, 87, Dutch actress (Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas, The Silent Raid, Punk Lawyer).
  • Luc Bondy, 67, Swiss theater and opera director.
  • Gerry Byrne, 77, English footballer (Liverpool, national team), World Cup Champion (1966), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Marion Crecco, 85, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1986–2002).
  • Tahir Elçi, 49, Turkish pro-Kurdish lawyer, shot.
  • Federico O. Escaler, 93, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Prelate of Kidapawan (1976–1980) and Ipil (1980–1997).
  • Ivan Hlevnjak, 71, Croatian Yugoslav footballer.
  • Jean Joubert, 87, French author.
  • Doug Lennox, 77, Canadian actor and writer.
  • Lin Rong-San, 76, Taiwanese billionaire politician, publisher and businessman.
  • Marjorie Lord, 97, American film and television actress (The Danny Thomas Show).
  • Nauro Machado, 80, Brazilian poet.
  • José María Mendiluce, 64, Spanish politician and author.
  • Janez Strnad, 81, Slovene physicist.
  • Tomasz Tomczykiewicz, 54, Polish politician, member of Sejm (2001–2015), chronic kidney disease.
  • Olene Walker, 85, American politician, Governor (2003–2005) and Lieutenant Governor of Utah (1993–2003).

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  • Claire Aho, 90, Finnish photographer, fire.
  • Wayne Bickerton, 74, British songwriter ("Nothing but a Heartache", "Sugar Baby Love"), record producer, and music executive.
  • Ramón de los Santos, 66, Dominican baseball player (Houston Astros).
  • John Demarie, 70, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
  • Ottó Dóra, 53, Hungarian politician, Mayor of Salgótarján (since 2014).
  • Joseph F. Girzone, 85, American Catholic priest and author.
  • George Hadjinikos, 92, Greek musician.
  • Jonathan Janson, 85, British Olympic sailor.
  • Vasyl Lishchynskyi, 51, Ukrainian Paralympic athlete.
  • Tunku Abdul Malik, 86, Malaysian royal.
  • Joe Marston, 89, Australian soccer player (Preston North End) and manager (national team).
  • Joachim Carlos Martini, 84, Chilean-born German conductor (Junge Kantorei).
  • Christopher Middleton, 89, British poet and translator.
  • Buddy Moreno, 103, American musician and radio and television personality.
  • Otto Newman, 93, Austrian-born British sociologist.
  • Oʻtkir Sultonov, 76, Uzbek politician, Prime Minister (1995–2003).

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  • Meli Bainimarama, 70, Fijian businessman and permanent secretary.
  • Pío Caro Baroja, 87, Spanish director and writer.
  • Jack Brizendine, 71, American horse trainer.
  • Nigel Buxton, 91, British travel writer.
  • Charles Shipley Cox, 93, American oceanographic physicist.
  • Jean Deplace, 71, French cellist.
  • Bob Dustal, 80, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
  • Jack Fagan, 82, New Zealand rugby league player.
  • Greg Fisk, 70, American politician, Mayor of Juneau, Alaska (2015).
  • Minas Hatzisavvas, 67, Greek actor.
  • Gerrit Holdijk, 71, Dutch politician, Senator (1986–1987, 1991–2015), lung cancer.
  • Sabri Khan, 88, Indian sarangi player.
  • Marcus Klingberg, 97, Polish-born Israeli scientist and spy for the Soviet Union.
  • Brajraj Mahapatra, 94, Indian monarch, Raja of Tigiria State (1943–1947).
  • Fatema Mernissi, 75, Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist.
  • Shigeru Mizuki, 93, Japanese manga artist (GeGeGe no Kitarō, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, Showa: A History of Japan), heart attack.
  • Adolph Plummer, 77, American sprinter.
  • Eldar Ryazanov, 88, Russian film director (Carnival Night, The Irony of Fate, Promised Heaven), respiratory and heart failure.
  • Steve Shagan, 88, American novelist, screenwriter, and producer (Save the Tiger, Voyage of the Damned, Primal Fear).
  • David Simmons, 85, New Zealand ethnologist and historian.
  • Renzo Trivelli, 90, Italian politician.
  • Leslie Waddington, 81, British art dealer.

    • References

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