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Deaths in October 2015

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The following is a list of notable deaths in October 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

  • Božo Bakota, 64, Croatian footballer (NK Zagreb, SK Sturm Graz).
  • Jacques Brodin, 68, French Olympic fencer.
  • Don Edwards, 100, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1963–1995).
  • Illtyd Harrington, 84, British politician.
  • Max Keeping, 73, Canadian broadcaster (CJOH), cancer.
  • Stanisław Kociołek, 82, Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1970).
  • Cal Neeman, 86, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies).
  • Hadi Norouzi, 30, Iranian footballer (Persepolis), heart attack.
  • Frans Pointl, 82, Dutch writer, nerve disease.
  • Jacob Pressman, 95, American Conservative rabbi, co-founder of American Jewish University.
  • Usnija Redžepova, 69, Macedonian singer, lung cancer.
  • Angelito Sarmiento, 68, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (1992–2001), heart attack.
  • Gottfried Schatz, 79, Austrian biochemist, cancer.
  • Johnny Strange, 23, American mountain climber and adventurer, wingsuit collision.
  • Jean-Jacques Tillmann, 80, Swiss sports journalist.
  • Joe Wark, 67, Scottish footballer (Motherwell), dementia.

    • 2

  • Willie Akins, 76, American jazz saxophonist, heart failure.
  • Naim Araidi, 65, Israeli Druze academic and poet, Ambassador to Norway (2012–2014), cancer.
  • Steve Camacho, 69, Guyanese cricketer (West Indies), cancer.
  • François Dagognet, 91, French philosopher.
  • Eric Arturo Delvalle, 78, Panamanian politician, President (1985–1988).
  • Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca, 89, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (1980–2000).
  • Brian Friel, 86, Irish dramatist (Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Dancing at Lughnasa, Translations).
  • Rodolfo Frigeri, 73, Argentine economist and politician, Minister of Economy and Public Finances (2001).
  • Coleridge Goode, 100, Jamaican-born British jazz bassist.
  • Arthur Lawson Johnston, 3rd Baron Luke, 82, British peer and politician.
  • Lindsay Kline, 81, Australian cricketer.
  • Serhiy Krulykovskyi, 69, Ukrainian footballer (Dynamo Kyiv).
  • Lubomír Lipský, 92, Czech actor, pneumonia.
  • Megateo, 39, Colombian criminal.
  • James Mutende, 53, Ugandan politician, State Minister of Industry (since 2011).
  • Johnny Paton, 92, Scottish football player (Brentford, Watford, Celtic), coach and manager (Arsenal 'A').
  • Alan Prince, 100, Canadian bureaucrat, Director of the Nuclear Safety Commission (1975–1978), oversaw the clean up of Kosmos 954.
  • Hal Schacker, 90, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
  • Andy Sperandeo, 70, American magazine editor (Model Railroader), cancer.
  • Jean-Noël Tassez, 59, French journalist.

    • 3

  • A. R. M. Abdul Cader, 78, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1989–2004).
  • Denis Healey, 98, British politician, Secretary of State for Defence (1964–1970), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1974–1979), heart attack.
  • Lloyd Hinchberger, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (New Haven Blades, Nashville Dixie Flyers).
  • Olga Hirshhorn, 95, American art collector.
  • Isao Hosoe, 73, Japanese designer.
  • Javed Iqbal, 90, Pakistani judge, Justice of the Supreme Court (1986–1989).
  • Muhammad Nawaz Khan, 71, Pakistani historian and writer.
  • Stewart McInnes, 78, Canadian lawyer and politician, member of Parliament (1984–1988), heart failure.
  • Barbara Meek, 81, American actress (Archie Bunker's Place), heart attack.
  • Raghavan Narasimhan, 78, Indian mathematician.
  • João Leithardt Neto, 57, Brazilian footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1984), liver cancer.
  • Paul R. Norby, 102, American Navy admiral.
  • Dave Pike, 77, American jazz musician, emphysema.
  • Arthur A. Small, 81, American lawyer and poet, kidney failure.
  • Masjchun Sofwan, 88, Indonesian Governor of Jambi (1979–1989).
  • Gerald Squires, 77, Canadian artist, cancer.
  • Christopher Tambling, 51, British composer and choirmaster, cancer.
  • William Taylor, 77, New Zealand children's writer and politician, Mayor of Ohakune (1981–1988).
  • Peter Tillers, 72, Latvian-born American legal scholar.
  • Franciszek Walicki, 94, Polish journalist.

    • 4

  • Yves Barsacq, 84, French film actor, pneumonia.
  • William A. Culpepper, 99, American judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit.
  • José Eduardo Dutra, 58, Brazilian businessman (Petrobras) and politician, Senator (since 1994), cancer.
  • Tove Fergo, 69, Danish politician, Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs (2001–2005), member of Folketinget (1994–2005), cancer.
  • Daniel Fletcher, 41, Australian AFL football player (Geelong), fall.
  • S. Malcolm Gillis, 74, American academic, President of Rice University (1993–2004), cancer.
  • Juan Carlos Ibáñez, 46, Argentine footballer (Independiente), beaten.
  • Jack McKee, 71, Northern Irish politician, Mayor of Larne (1984–1985).
  • J. Whyatt Mondesire, 66, American journalist and civil rights activist, brain aneurysm.
  • Eduardo Pavlovsky, 81, Argentine actor and playwright.
  • Edida Nageswara Rao, 81, Indian film producer (Sankarabharanam).
  • Job de Ruiter, 85, Dutch politician, Minister of Justice (1977–1981), Minister of Defence (1981–1986).
  • Sir John Severne, 90, British Royal Air Force officer.
  • Jim Thomas, 76, American CFL player (Edmonton Eskimos).
  • Neal Walk, 67, American basketball player (Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Jazz, New York Knicks).
  • Bob Whan, 82, Australian politician, MP for Eden-Monaro (1972–1975), cardiac arrest.
  • Oganes Zanazanyan, 68, Greek-born Armenian football player (Ararat Yerevan) and coach, Olympic bronze medalist (1972).

    • 5

  • Chantal Akerman, 65, Belgian film director (Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles), suicide.
  • Frank Albanese, 84, American boxer and actor (The Sopranos, Goodfellas), prostate cancer.
  • Joker Arroyo, 88, Filipino politician, Senator (2001–2013), heart attack.
  • Gösta Bergkvist, 95, Swedish runner.
  • Grace Lee Boggs, 100, American civil rights activist and author.
  • Larry Brezner, 73, American film producer (Good Morning Vietnam, Throw Momma From the Train, Ride Along), leukemia.
  • Michael Dean, 82, New Zealand broadcaster (Late Night Line-Up), dementia.
  • Ana Diosdado, 77, Argentine-born Spanish playwright and actress, cardiorespiratory failure.
  • Flavio Emoli, 81, Italian footballer (Juventus).
  • Mary Jane Farell, 95, American bridge player.
  • Joe Henson, 82, British farmer and conservationist.
  • Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, 77, Spanish nobleman.
  • Li Yongtai, 87, Chinese lieutenant general and politician.
  • Trevor Lloyd, 91, Welsh rugby union player.
  • Henning Mankell, 67, Swedish author (Kurt Wallander), cancer.
  • John O'Leary, 82, Irish politician, TD for Kerry South (1966–1997).
  • Anna Pump, 81, German-born American baker and cookbook author, vehicle-pedestrian collision.
  • Andrew Rubin, 69, American actor (Police Academy, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman), lung cancer.
  • Niall Rudd, 88, Irish-born British classical scholar.
  • Ales Savitsky, 91, Belarusian writer.
  • Jos Vandeloo, 90, Belgian author.
  • Peter Wespi, 72, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1964), cancer.

    • 6

  • Christine Arnothy, 84, Hungarian-French writer.
  • Duncan Bluck, 88, British businessman (Swire Group).
  • Kevin Corcoran, 66, American actor and producer (Old Yeller, Pete's Dragon, Sons of Anarchy), colorectal cancer.
  • Rich Davis, 89, American businessman, creator of KC Masterpiece barbecue sauce.
  • Charles Coulston Gillispie, 97, American historian, President of History of Science Society (1965–1966).
  • Árpád Göncz, 93, Hungarian writer and politician, President (1990–2000).
  • Smokey Johnson, 78, American drummer.
  • Stasys Povilaitis, 68, Lithuanian singer and poet.
  • Fernando Rainieri, 74–75, Dominican politician, minister of tourism.
  • Billy Joe Royal, 73, American pop and country singer ("Down in the Boondocks", "Cherry Hill Park", "Burned Like a Rocket").
  • Vladimir Shlapentokh, 88, Ukrainian-born American sociologist.
  • Sandra Spuzich, 78, American golfer.
  • William Stanley, 58, American mammalogist, director of collections at Field Museum.
  • Carmen Marina Torres, 58, Colombian actress.
  • Otto Tucker, 92, Canadian educationalist.
  • Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, 92, Peruvian historian and jurist.
  • Ivan Vidav, 97, Slovenian mathematician.

    • 7

  • Gene Allen, 97, American art director (My Fair Lady), President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (1983–1985).
  • Ray Appleton, 74, American jazz drummer, heart failure.
  • Pushpa Bhuyan, 69, Indian classical dancer.
  • Ângelo da Cunha Pinto, 66, Brazilian-Portuguese chemist.
  • Friedrich Diedrich, 80, German Roman Catholic theologian.
  • Dominique Dropsy, 63, French footballer (Valenciennes, Strasbourg, Bordeaux), leukemia.
  • Harry Gallatin, 88, American Hall of Fame basketball player (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons) and coach (New York Knicks, St. Louis Hawks), complications from surgery.
  • Hossein Hamadani, 60, Iranian military officer.
  • Hy Hollinger, 97, American journalist (Variety) and publicist (Paramount Pictures), international editor of The Hollywood Reporter (1992–2008).
  • Hasan Jamil, 63, Pakistani cricketer, cardiac arrest.
  • Kenneth Koe, 90, American chemist.
  • Elena Lucena, 101, Argentine film actress.
  • W. R. Mitchell, 87, British writer and editor (Dalesman).
  • Julius Muthamia, 81, Kenyan politician.
  • Maria Lúcia Prandi, 70, Brazilian academic and politician, cancer.
  • Charles P. West, 94, American politician, member of the Delaware House of Representatives (1956–1958, 1978–2002).
  • Helen Wilkes, 88, American businesswoman and politician, first female Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida (1978–1979), City Commissioner (1976–1988).
  • Arthur Woods, 86, New Zealand rugby union player (Southland, national team).
  • Clive Young, 67, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Dunwich (1999–2013), complications from surgery.
  • Gail Zappa, 70, American businesswoman, lung cancer.
  • Jurelang Zedkaia, 65, Marshallese Iroijlaplap and politician, President of the Marshall Islands (2009–2012), heart attack.

    • 8

  • Richard Davies, 89, Welsh character actor (Please Sir!), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Eric Dawe, 94, Canadian businessman and politician, member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly for Port de Grave (1962–1971, 1975–1979).
  • Jim Diamond, 64, Scottish singer-songwriter ("I Should Have Known Better").
  • Dennis Eichhorn, 70, American writer and comic book artist.
  • Tom Goode, 76, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
  • Enrique Gratas, 71, Argentine television presenter, lung cancer.
  • Dora Holzhandler, 87, French-born British painter.
  • Lindy Infante, 75, American football coach (Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts), pneumonia.
  • István Nemeskürty, 90, Hungarian writer and screenwriter.
  • Paul Prudhomme, 75, American chef, cookbook writer and restaurateur, recipient of the Order of Agricultural Merit (1980).
  • Elizabeth Ramsey, 83, Filipina comedian, singer and actress, hyperglycemic attack.
  • Massimo Scaglione, 84, Italian film director.
  • Hugh Scully, 72, British television presenter (Antiques Roadshow).
  • Sam K. Shimabukuro, 90, American Mormon bishop.
  • Jan Wallman, 93, American night club owner and producer.
  • Stephen B. Wiley, 86, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1973–1978).

    • 9

  • Ben Abraham, 90, Polish-born Brazilian Holocaust survivor, author and journalist.
  • Louise Alley, 88, American radio personality (KWKH) and advertising executive.
  • Jean Badal, 88, Hungarian cinematographer.
  • Ronald Brunskill, 86, British architectural historian.
  • Du Runsheng, 102, Chinese politician.
  • Ray Duncan, 84, American entrepreneur and winemaker (Silver Oak Cellars).
  • Gordon Honeycombe, 79, British newscaster, author and actor, leukaemia.
  • Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, 88, British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1979–1983), Foreign Secretary (1983–1989), heart attack.
  • Ravindra Jain, 71, Indian composer, kidney illness.
  • Julia Jones, 92, British scriptwriter (Quiet as a Nun, Our Mutual Friend).
  • Koopsta Knicca, 40, American rapper (Three 6 Mafia), stroke.
  • Blanca Magrassi Scagno, 92, Mexican women's rights activist.
  • Dave Meyers, 62, American basketball player (UCLA, Milwaukee Bucks), cancer.
  • Bruce Nazarian, 66, American musician (Brownsville Station) and producer.
  • Jerry Parr, 85, American Secret Service agent, extricated Ronald Reagan during assassination attempt, heart failure.
  • Tony Rafty, 99, Australian caricaturist, complications from pneumonia.
  • N. Ramani, 81, Indian flautist.
  • Larry Rosen, 75, American jazz producer, brain cancer.
  • Ronald Lampman Watts, 86, Canadian academic, Principal of Queen's University (1974–1984).
  • Eric Wright, 86, Canadian crime writer, kidney cancer.
  • Zdravko Zupan, 65, Yugoslav Serbian comic-book creator and historian.

    • 10

  • Alvin P. Adams Jr., 73, American diplomat, Ambassador to Peru (1993–1996), Haiti (1989–1992), and Djibouti (1983–1985), heart attack.
  • Sam Adams, Sr., 67, American football player (New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints).
  • Nuriyya Ahmadova, 64, Azerbaijani actress, heart attack.
  • Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, 62, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa (1999–2005).
  • Kane Ashcroft, 29, English footballer (York City), cancer.
  • Hilla Becher, 81, German photographer.
  • Wes Funk, 46, Canadian author.
  • Sophie el Goulli, 83, Tunisian writer and historian.
  • Garry Hancock, 61, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics).
  • Richard F. Heck, 84, American chemist, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2010).
  • Tord Johansson, 60, Swedish businessman.
  • Lyudmila Kedrina, 54, Russian Soviet alpine skier, cancer.
  • Steve Mackay, 66, American saxophonist (The Stooges), sepsis.
  • Manorama, 78, Indian Tamil actress, heart attack.
  • Sir David Penry-Davey, 73, British jurist.
  • Rochunga Pudaite, 88, Indian writer and translator.
  • Maggie Riley, 79, British actress (Hazell, Grange Hill).
  • Tex Rudloff, 89, American sound editor (Taxi Driver, The Buddy Holly Story, The Warriors).
  • Mahmoud Sehili, 84, Tunisian artist.
  • James Sites, 91, American novelist.
  • Elias Skaff, 67, Lebanese politician.
  • Sybil Stockdale, 90, American human rights activist, co-founder of National League of Families, Parkinson's disease.
  • Stan Stoker, 71, English cricketer.
  • Robbin Thompson, 66, American singer-songwriter (Steel Mill), cancer.

    • 11

  • Ali Barraud, 97, Burkinabe politician.
  • John Berg, 83, American art director and designer, pneumonia.
  • Dean Chance, 74, American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers) and boxing official, founder of the International Boxing Association, heart attack.
  • S. A. David, 91, Sri Lankan Tamil political activist.
  • Jack Drake, 81, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (since 1993).
  • David Hunt, 55, British racing driver.
  • Smokin' Joe Kubek, 58, American blues guitarist, heart attack.
  • Bob Minkler, 78, American sound mixer (Star Wars, Tron, Mask), Oscar winner (1978), respiratory failure.
  • Salvador Trane Modesto, 85, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Dumaguete (1978–1987) and San Carlos (1987–2005).
  • John Murphy, 56, Australian drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumental session musician, cancer.
  • Andrew Sayers, 58, British-born Australian curator, Director of the National Portrait Gallery (1998–2010), pancreatic cancer.
  • Dominga Velasco, 114, Mexican-born American supercentenarian, oldest-ever verified Mexican-born person.

    • 12

  • Sakit Aliyev, 49, Azerbaijani football player and coach (Turan IK).
  • Mary Adrian Barrett, 86, American Roman Catholic nun.
  • Anna Campbell Bliss, 90, American artist and architect.
  • Sergio Caprari, 83, Italian boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
  • Kevin Cass, 77, Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
  • Sam de Brito, 46, Australian author and columnist.
  • Peter Dougherty, 59, American music television executive, creator (Yo! MTV Raps) and video producer, heart attack.
  • Colleen Farrington, 79, American model and singer.
  • David Finnegan, 74, American attorney, talk show host and politician, lung cancer.
  • Ernestine Friedl, 95, American anthropologist.
  • Hal Hackady, 93, American lyricist and screenwriter.
  • Abdallah Kigoda, 61, Tanzanian politician, Minister of Industry and Trade (since 2012), cancer.
  • Levent Kırca, 67, Turkish actor, liver cancer.
  • Armin Kircher, 48, Austrian composer and conductor, heart failure.
  • Kazuo Kumakura, 88, Japanese actor.
  • Joan Leslie, 90, American actress (High Sierra, Sergeant York, Yankee Doodle Dandy).
  • Robert Leuci, 75, American police detective and writer, complications after surgery.
  • Joseph J. Minnick, 82, American politician, member of Maryland House of Delegates (1995–2015), blood disease.
  • George Mueller, 97, American space engineer, Associate Administrator of the NASA Office of Manned Space Flight (1963–1969).
  • Maksut Narikbaev, 75, Kazakh jurist, Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan (1996–2000).
  • Sophie Nogler, 91, Austrian Olympic alpine skier (1948).
  • Tom Ognibene, 72, American politician, member of the New York City Council (1992–2001), cancer.
  • Leo J. Reding, 91, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1975–1995).
  • Gennady Riger, 67, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1999–2003). (death announced on this date)
  • Laurence Smart, 87, Australian cricketer.

    • 13

  • Rosalyn Baxandall, 76, American historian and feminist activist, kidney cancer.
  • Arsenio Chirinos, 80, Venezuelan Olympic cyclist (1956, 1960).
  • Sir James Cruthers, 90, Australian business executive, pneumonia.
  • Duncan Druce, 76, English composer and musicologist.
  • Kyogon Hagiyama, 83, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives for Toyama Prefecture (1990–2009), heart failure.
  • Bruce Hyde, 74, American educator and actor (Star Trek), throat cancer.
  • Sue Lloyd-Roberts, 64, British television journalist (BBC, ITN), leukaemia.
  • Leif Mevik, 85, Norwegian diplomat.
  • Julien J. Studley, 88, Belgian-born American businessman.
  • Skatemaster Tate, 56, American musician and television show host, liver cancer.
  • K. Velayudam, 65, Sri Lankan politician and trade unionist, MP for Badulla (2001–2004, 2014–2015).
  • Michael Walsh, 88, British Army general and scouting leader, Chief Scout (1982–1988).
  • Michael John Wise, 97, British geographer.

    • 14

  • Nurlan Balgimbayev, 67, Kazakh politician, Prime Minister (1997–1999), cancer.
  • Bobby Braithwaite, 78, Northern Irish footballer (Linfield, Middlesbrough, national team).
  • Antonio Cedrés, 87, Spanish footballer (Real Betis).
  • Marianne Dickerson, 54, American long-distance runner.
  • José Luis García, 91, Mexican baseball player and manager (Tigres de Quintana Roo).
  • Peter Hermes, 93, German diplomat.
  • Mathieu Kérékou, 82, Beninese politician, President (1972–1991, 1996–2006).
  • Margaret Keyes, 97, American historian and preserver of historic buildings.
  • Florența Mihai, 60, Romanian tennis player, coach and official, Secretary General of the RTF (1984–1989), cancer.
  • Jordi Miralles, 53, Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of Catalonia (2003–2012), meningitis.
  • Bruce Mozert, 98, American photographer.
  • Sol Roper, 79, English rugby league player (Workington Town).
  • Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, 85, Indian admiral and politician, Chief of the Naval Staff (1984–1987), Governor of Sikkim (1990–1994).
  • Paul Taylor, 91, American philosopher.
  • Robert M. White, 92, American meteorologist, director of the National Weather Service (1963–1965), ESSA (1965–1970), NOAA (1970–1977), complications of dementia.
  • Miranda Yap, 67, Singaporean chemical engineer.

    • 15

  • Lennart Anderson, 87, American painter.
  • Robert D'Silva, 90, Pakistani Roman Catholic priest.
  • Sergei Filippenkov, 44, Russian football player (CSKA Moscow) and coach, heart attack.
  • Yoshihiko Funazaki, 70, Japanese writer.
  • Nate Huffman, 40, American basketball player (Toronto Raptors, Maccabi Tel Aviv), bladder cancer.
  • Harriet Klausner, 63, American book reviewer.
  • Don Livingstone, 67, Australian politician, Queensland MLA for Ipswich West (1989–1998, 2001–2006), stomach cancer.
  • Dölf Mettler, 81, Swiss yodeler and painter.
  • Joel Gustave Nana Ngongang, 33, Cameroonian LGBT rights activist.
  • Neill Sheridan, 93, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), pneumonia.
  • J. Robert Stassen, 88, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1973–1976), Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
  • Michael Stevens, 48, American television producer (Kennedy Center Honors), stomach cancer.
  • Stella Sutherland, 91, Scottish poet.
  • Kenneth D. Taylor, 81, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to Iran (1977–1980), awarded U.S. Congressional Gold Medal for role in "Canadian Caper", colorectal cancer.
  • Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, 83, Brazilian military officer, cancer.
  • Larry N. Vanderhoef, 74, American biochemist, Chancellor of UC Davis (1994–2009), complications from ischemic strokes.
  • Col Westaway, 79, Australian cricketer.
  • Tyrone Young, 55, American football player (New Orleans Saints), multiple myeloma.

    • 16

  • Ralph Andrews, 87, American television producer (You Don't Say!, Liar's Club, Lingo), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Mikhail Burtsev, 59, Russian Soviet fencer, six-time world champion, two-time Olympic champion (1976, 1980).
  • Richard J. Cardamone, 90, American judge, member of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (since 1981).
  • Francesc de Paula Burguera, 87, Spanish journalist and politician, member of the Congress of Deputies (1977–1979).
  • David Drew, 77, English ballet dancer.
  • Deo Filikunjombe, 43, Tanzanian politician, MP for Ludewa (2010–2015), helicopter crash.
  • James W. Fowler, 75, American theologian and pastoral psychologist, complications related to Alzheimer's disease.
  • Luciano García Alén, 87, Spanish physician and ethnographer.
  • Joseph E. Irenas, 75, American judge, member of the US District Court for New Jersey (since 1992), fall.
  • William James, 85, Australian soldier and military physician.
  • John Jennings, 61, American musician and music producer, kidney cancer.
  • Olimpo López, 97, Colombian pastry chef.
  • Barbara Orzechowska-Ryszel, 84, Polish Olympic fencer (1960).
  • Beny Primm, 87, American physician, HIV/AIDS researcher and activist, kidney disease.
  • Irwin Schiff, 87, American tax protester, lung cancer.
  • Memduh Ün, 95, Turkish film director.
  • Vera Williams, 88, American children's writer.
  • Julia Wilson-Dickson, 66, English dialect coach (Braveheart, The Theory of Everything, Chocolat), brain haemorrhage.

    • 17

  • Danièle Delorme, 89, French actress.
  • Johnny Hamilton, 66, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Rangers, St Johnstone).
  • Howard Kendall, 69, English football player and manager (Blackburn Rovers, Everton, Athletic Bilbao).
  • Anne-Marie Lizin, 66, Belgian politician, President of the Senate (2004–2007).
  • Morando Morandini, 91, Italian film critic and author.
  • Houston Ridge, 71, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
  • Peter Sands, 91, Irish politician.
  • Tom Smith, 67, American politician.
  • Emory Tate, 56, American chess player.
  • Rosa Tschudi, 91, Swiss chef and author.
  • Norman Vickar, 98, Canadian politician.

    • 18

  • Franklin April, 31, Namibian footballer, asthma attack.
  • André Bourgeois, 87, Belgian politician, Minister of Agriculture (1992–1995).
  • Ignazio Cannavò, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela (1986–1997).
  • Kallu Chidambaram, 67, Indian comedy actor.
  • Robert Dickerson, 91, Australian artist, cancer.
  • Gamal El-Ghitani, 70, Egyptian author, respiratory complications.
  • Robert W. Farquhar, 83, American NASA mission design specialist.
  • Walter S. Graf, 98, American cardiologist.
  • Brian Hurn, 76, Australian cricketer (South Australia).
  • Héctor Mario López Fuentes, 85, Guatemalan general, prostate cancer.
  • Ankaralı Namık, 38, Turkish folk singer, fall.
  • Tommy O'Keefe, 87, American basketball player (Washington Capitols, Baltimore Bullets) and coach (Georgetown Hoyas).
  • Anita Sarko, 68, American DJ and journalist, suicide by hanging.
  • Loren P. Thompson, 88, American politician.
  • Harry Verran, 85, Canadian politician, MP for South West Nova (1993–1997).
  • Frank Watkins, 47, American bassist (Obituary, Gorgoroth), cancer.
  • Paul West, 85, British-born American novelist and poet, pneumonia.

    • 19

  • Leon Bramlett, 92, American politician and football player (Navy Midshipmen).
  • Bill Collier, 94, Australian rugby league player (St. George Dragons).
  • Bill Daley, 96, American football player.
  • Ron Greener, 81, English footballer (Darlington).
  • Ena Kadic, 26, Bosnian-born Austrian model, fall.
  • Patricia Kern, 88, British mezzo-soprano and voice teacher.
  • Fleming Mackell, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins).
  • Alessandro Plotti, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Pisa (1986–2008).
  • Dick Sharples, 88, British scriptwriter.
  • Ali Treki, 78, Libyan diplomat, Foreign Minister (1976–1982, 1984–1986), President of the United Nations General Assembly (2009–2010).
  • D. C. Wilcutt, 92, American basketball player (St. Louis Bombers).
  • Roland R. Wright, 96, American Mormon missionary.

    • 20

  • Makis Dendrinos, 65, Greek basketball player and coach, complications from a heart attack.
  • Rufus Granderson, 79, American football player.
  • Arno Gruen, 92, German-born American psychologist.
  • Nel Karelse, 89, Dutch Olympic track-and-field athlete (1948).
  • Gilberto Jiménez Narváez, 78, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Riohacha (1996–2001).
  • Kazimierz Łaski, 93, Polish-born Austrian economist.
  • Yoná Magalhães, 80, Brazilian actress, complications following heart surgery.
  • Brian Oliver, 86, Australian Olympic athlete (1956).
  • Syed Zahoor Qasim, 88, Indian marine biologist.
  • Don Rendell, 89, English jazz musician.
  • Sir John Scott, 84, New Zealand medical researcher, President of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1997–2000).
  • Ian Steel, 86, Scottish racing cyclist.
  • K. S. L. Swamy, 77, Indian film director and singer, National Film Award for Best Children's Film (1989).
  • Jane Wardle, 64, British clinical psychologist.
  • Cory Wells, 74, American singer (Three Dog Night), complications from multiple myeloma.

    • 21

  • Peter Baldwin, 82, British actor (Coronation Street).
  • France Bučar, 92, Slovene politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1992).
  • Gregory Robert Choppin, 87, American nuclear chemist.
  • E. Virgil Conway, 85, American civil servant.
  • Marty Ingels, 79, American actor (I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, Pac-Man), stroke.
  • Suryanath U. Kamath, 78, Indian historian.
  • Francis Kiddle, 73, British philatelist, lung cancer.
  • Ossie Langfelder, 89, Austrian-born American politician, Mayor of Springfield, Illinois (1987–1995).
  • Rhoda Leonard, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
  • Michael Meacher, 75, British politician, MP for Oldham West (1970–1997) and Oldham West and Royton (since 1997).
  • Norman W. Moore, 92, British conservationist, researcher into the use of organochloride pesticides.
  • William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield, 85, Scottish nobleman and politician, appointed MEP (1973–1975).
  • Diana Pullein-Thompson, 90, British writer.
  • Jim Robertson, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics).
  • Yawar Saeed, 80, Pakistani cricket player and manager, brain tumour.
  • Anton Solomoukha, 69, Ukrainian-born French artist and photographer.
  • Sheldon Wolin, 93, American political theorist.

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  • Willem Aantjes, 92, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1959–1978).
  • Çetin Altan, 88, Turkish writer and politician, MP (1965–1969).
  • Murphy Anderson, 89, American comic book artist (Superman, Green Lantern), creator of Zatanna, heart failure.
  • John Backe, 83, American television executive, President and CEO of CBS (1977–1980), heart failure.
  • Scott Barr, 99, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1977–1983) and Senate (1983–1993).
  • Tien Feng, 87, Chinese actor.
  • Juan Ferrer, 60, Cuban judoka, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
  • Esther Geller, 93, American painter.
  • Jürgen Henkys, 85, German theologian.
  • Labh Janjua, 57, Indian singer-songwriter, suspected heart attack. (body discovered on this date)
  • Louis Jung, 98, French politician, Senator for Bas-Rhin (1952–1995).
  • Bryan Lowe, 89, English cricketer (Cheshire).
  • Jerome Kass, 78, American screenwriter (Queen of the Stardust Ballroom), prostate cancer.
  • Gorden Kelley, 77, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins).
  • Arnold Klein, 70, American dermatologist.
  • Tomás Torres Mercado, 54, Mexican politician, member of the Senate (2006–2012), plane crash.
  • Mark Murphy, 83, American jazz vocalist, complications from pneumonia.
  • Michael Margaret Stewart, 62, American lawyer, First Lady of Alaska (1986–1990), ovarian cancer.
  • Mohammad Daud Sultanzoy, 63, Afghan politician, shot.
  • John Tsitouris, 79, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Athletics).
  • Jorge Valls, 82, Cuban activist and poet.
  • Joshua Wheeler, 39, American army soldier, shot.

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  • Jake Bailey, 37, American make-up artist, suspected suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
  • Bill Berezowski, 87, Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Toronto Argonauts).
  • Leon Bibb, 93, American folk singer.
  • John Bossy, 82, British historian.
  • Michel Couriard, 61, British Channel Islander civil servant.
  • Roger De Clerck, 91, Belgian chief executive (Beaulieu International Group).
  • Arthur Gilbert, 94, British nonagenarian triathlete.
  • Reggie Hannah, 56, American basketball player, cancer.
  • Guðbjartur Hannesson, 65, Icelandic politician.
  • Antony Hignell, 87, British sportsman.
  • Krunoslav Hulak, 64, Croatian chess grandmaster, lung cancer.
  • Roar Johansen, 80, Norwegian footballer (Fredrikstad, national team).
  • Bill Keith, 75, American banjo player, cancer.
  • Albert Kish, 78, Hungarian-born Canadian film director.
  • Takis Papageorgopoulos, 81, Greek army general and politician.
  • Peter Price, 83, Scottish footballer (Ayr United, St Mirren).
  • Jim Roberts, 75, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues), cancer.
  • Fred Sands, 77, American real estate mogul, stroke.
  • Thomas G. Stemberg, 66, American office supply executive (Staples Inc.) and philanthropist, stomach cancer.
  • Paride Tumburus, 76, Italian footballer, heart attack.
  • Lyubov Tyurina, 72, Russian Soviet volleyball player, Olympic champion (1972).
  • Zhu Muzhi, 98, Chinese politician.

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  • Sir Michael Beetham, 92, British marshal of the air force, Chief of the Air Staff (1977–1982).
  • Carlos Bousoño, 92, Spanish poet and literary critic.
  • Alvin Bronstein, 87, American lawyer and prisoner rights activist, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  • Christopher Chapman, 88, Canadian writer, director, editor and cinematographer (A Place to Stand), creator of the multi-dynamic image technique.
  • Hasset Go, 29, Filipino chef, liver cancer.
  • Kirsty Howard, 20, British hospice fundraiser.
  • Shamshad Hussain, 69, Indian painter, liver cancer.
  • Margarita Khemlin, 55, Ukrainian author.
  • Edythe Kirchmaier, 107, American centenarian, oldest known Facebook user.
  • Ján Chryzostom Korec, 91, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Jesuit Cardinal and Bishop of Nitra (1990–2005).
  • Eteiwi Majali, 64–65, Jordanian politician, member of the House of Representatives (since 2013).
  • Maureen O'Hara, 95, Irish-American actress (How Green Was My Valley, Miracle on 34th Street, The Quiet Man).
  • Nat Peck, 90, American jazz trombonist.
  • Sandra Peterson, 79, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2005–2013).
  • Gaston Poulain, 88, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Périgueux (1988–2004).
  • William John Quinn, 104, American railroad executive.
  • Bhaskar Save, 93, Indian farmer and activist.
  • Thomas Sunesson, 56, Swedish footballer (Malmö FF).

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  • Cao Ying, 92, Chinese translator of Russian literature.
  • David Cesarani, 58, British Jewish historian, Holocaust specialist, complications from spinal surgery.
  • Fehmi Demir, 58, Turkish politician, leader of the Rights and Freedoms Party, traffic collision.
  • Wojciech Fangor, 92, Polish artist.
  • Pijush Ganguly, 50, Indian actor, multiple organ failure following traffic collision.
  • Ken Graveney, 90, English cricketer (Gloucestershire).
  • Marlo Henderson, 67, American session guitarist.
  • Lisa Jardine, 71, British early modern historian, cancer.
  • Vladimír Kobranov, 88, Czech ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
  • Cecil Lolo, 27, South African footballer (Ajax Cape Town), traffic collision.
  • Dennis Morgan, 63, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), heart attack.
  • Georg Müller, 64, German-born Norwegian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trondheim (1997–2009).
  • Flip Saunders, 60, American basketball coach (Detroit Pistons, Washington Wizards, Minnesota Timberwolves), lymphoma.
  • Lee Shaw, 89, American jazz pianist.
  • Matt Watson, 79, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock).
  • Basil Williams, 65, Jamaican cricketer (West Indies), heart attack.

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  • Willis Carto, 89, American white supremacist and Holocaust denier, founder of the American Free Press.
  • S. Barry Cooper, 72, British mathematician, computational theorist, author and activist.
  • Robert P. DeVecchi, 85, American rescue foundation executive, Director of International Rescue Committee.
  • Steve Goss, 65, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (2006–2010), cancer.
  • Zeke Hogeland, 89, American college basketball coach (Northern Iowa).
  • Penelope Houston, 88, British film critic, editor of Sight & Sound (1956–1990).
  • Leo Kadanoff, 78, American physicist (University of Chicago), President of American Physical Society (2006–2008), respiratory failure.
  • Robert Light, 88, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1985–1996).
  • Giuseppe Nazzaro, 77, Italian-born Syrian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (2002–2013).
  • David Rodriguez, 63, American singer-songwriter.
  • Sam Sarpong, 40, British-born American model and actor (Love Don't Cost a Thing, Farm House, Anchor Baby), suicide by jumping.
  • Ed Walker, 83, American radio personality (Joy Boys), cancer.

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  • Eric Allen, 66, American football player (Toronto Argonauts, Michigan State).
  • Mitzura Arghezi, 90, Romanian actress, journalist and politician, MP (1996–2004).
  • Helen Astin, 83, Greek-born American scholar and feminist.
  • Ayerdhal, 56, French author, cancer.
  • Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, 84, Indian pharmacologist.
  • Betsy Drake, 92, American actress and writer.
  • Philip French, 82, British film critic (The Observer) and BBC radio producer, heart attack.
  • Herbie Goins, 76, American R&B singer.
  • Henry Hook, 60, American crossword compiler.
  • Miyu Matsuki, 38, Japanese voice actress, lymphoma due to chronic active EBV infection.
  • Tshepo Ngwane, 39, South African actor.
  • Gulam Noon, Baron Noon, 79, Indian-born British food production businessman, chancellor of University of East London, liver cancer.
  • Noriyoshi Ohrai, 79, Japanese illustrator, pneumonia.
  • Stanley Philips, 95, English cricketer.
  • Rajendra Singh Rana, 54, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA for Deoband (2002–2007, 2012–2015), cancer.
  • Ralph Richeson, 63, American actor (Deadwood, Hancock), heart failure.
  • Yoshito Takamine, 89, American politician and labor leader, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1959–1984).
  • Tillman, 10, American skateboarding English bulldog, heart disease.
  • Irving Ungerman, 92, Canadian boxing manager (George Chuvalo, Clyde Gray), promoter, poultry executive and philanthropist, stroke.

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  • Peter Barrett, 59, Irish Anglican prelate, Bishop of Cashel and Ossory (2002–2006).
  • Jack A. Brown, 86, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1963–1974, 1987–1996, 2005–2011) and Senate (1999–2004).
  • Diane Charlemagne, 51, British singer (Urban Cookie Collective), cancer.
  • Joseph Dergham, 85, Lebanese-born Egyptian Maronite Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Cairo (1989–2005).
  • Nancy Dye, 56, American historian and educator, President of Oberlin College (1994–2007).
  • Bruce L. Edwards, 63, American literary scholar, expert on C.S. Lewis, ruptured aortic aneurysm.
  • Nicolás Fuentes, 74, Peruvian footballer (national team), pulmonary failure as a complication of diabetes.
  • Tom Hosier, 73, American college football coach (Eureka, Macalester, Winona State).
  • Attila Kálmán, 77, Hungarian educator and politician, MP (1990–1994).
  • Sir Gerry Neale, 74, British politician, MP for North Cornwall (1979–1992).
  • Gyang Pwajok, 48, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate for Plateau (2012–2015), complications from hepatocellular carcinoma.
  • Jorge Scarso, 99, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Patos de Minas (1967–1992).
  • Tadeusz Sobolewicz, 92, Polish actor and author, survivor of Nazi concentration camps.
  • Scott James Wells, 54, American actor and model.

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  • Nick Bolkovac, 87, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers) .
  • Per Brunvand, 78, Norwegian newspaper editor.
  • Luther Burden, 62, American basketball player (Virginia Squires, New York Knicks), heart failure.
  • Jacques Delécluse, 82, French percussionist.
  • Kenneth Gilbert, 84, British actor (Doctor Who, House of Cards).
  • Ernesto Herrera, 73, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (1998–2001) and Senate (1987–1998), heart attack.
  • Tassie Johnson, 77, Australian football player (Melbourne).
  • Peter Knott, 59, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Gilmore (1993–1996).
  • Lowell B. Komie, 87, American lawyer and author.
  • Boris Kristančič, 82, Slovene Olympic basketball player (1960) and coach.
  • Franz Thaler, 90, Italian author.
  • Ranko Žeravica, 85, Serbian basketball coach (Partizan).

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  • Guenther Boden, 80, German-born American endocrinologist.
  • Mel Daniels, 71, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Indiana Pacers).
  • Haliru Dantoro, 77, Nigerian traditional ruler and politician, Emir of Borgu (since 2000), member of the Senate (1993).
  • Zehra Deović, 76, Bosnian sevdalinka folk singer.
  • Wallace Dollase, 78, American horse trainer.
  • Joel Elkes, 101, American medical researcher.
  • Colin Hilton, 78, English cricketer (Lancashire).
  • John McCollum, 93, American opera singer.
  • Al Molinaro, 96, American actor (The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi), complications from infected gall bladder.
  • Lucídio Portela Nunes, 93, Brazilian politician, Governor of Piauí (1979–1983).
  • Wallace E. Oates, 78, American economist.
  • Sinan Şamil Sam, 41, German-born Turkish professional boxer, liver failure.
  • Norm Siebern, 82, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles).

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  • Ants Antson, 76, Estonian speed skater, Olympic champion (1964).
  • Thomas Blatt, 88, Polish writer and Holocaust survivor following escape from Sobibór, complications from dementia.
  • Sergio Donadoni, 101, Italian Egyptologist.
  • Patricia Farrar, 84, American educator, First Lady of South Dakota (1969–1971), Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia.
  • Ivan Frgić, 62, Serbian Yugoslav wrestler.
  • Howard Green, 90, Canadian-American physician and clinical researcher (MIT, Harvard Medical School), pioneer in skin regeneration, respiratory failure.
  • Hroar Hansen, 68, Norwegian politician, newspaper owner and editor (Morgenbladet).
  • Charles Herbert, 66, American actor (Wagon Train, 13 Ghosts, The Fly), heart attack.
  • Tadeusz Jodłowski, 90, Polish artist.
  • Pinky Kravitz, 88, American radio broadcaster (WOND).
  • Dick Lane, 88, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1966–1994), namesake of Dick Lane Bridge.
  • Colin Nicholson, 79, New Zealand lawyer and jurist, judge of the High Courts of New Zealand (1998–2009) and the Cook Islands (2005–2012).
  • Gregg Palmer, 88, American actor (Gunsmoke).
  • Ryūzō Saki, 78, Japanese writer, throat cancer.
  • Gus Savage, 90, American newspaper executive and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Illinois's 2nd district (1981–1993).
  • David Shugar, 100, Polish-born Canadian physicist.
  • Benjamin Drake Wright, 89, American psychometrician.
  • T. M. Wright, 68, American author, Parkinson's disease.

    • References

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