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Deaths in October 2016

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The following is a list of notable deaths in October 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

  • Néstor Ahuad, 76, Argentine politician, Governor of La Pampa Province (1987–1991).
  • Edda Heiðrún Backman, 58, Icelandic actress (101 Reykjavík), motor neurone disease.
  • Brian Bell, 86, New Zealand ornithologist.
  • Bobby Burnett, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills).
  • William Dumbrell, 90, Australian biblical scholar.
  • David Herd, 82, Scottish footballer (Arsenal, Manchester United, national team).
  • Anton Jeyanathan, 68, Sri Lankan politician, traffic collision.
  • Jagoda Kaloper, 69, Croatian actress (W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism).
  • Erol Keskin, 89, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe, Adaletspor, national team).
  • Daphne Odjig, 97, Canadian First Nations artist.
  • Vittorio Scantamburlo, 86, Italian football manager and scout.
  • Roger Theder, 77, American football player and coach, Parkinson's disease.
  • Lowell Thomas Jr., 92, English-born American film producer and politician, member of the Alaska Senate (1967–1974), Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (1974–1978).
  • Toni Williams, 77, Cook Islands-born New Zealand singer.

    • 2

  • David Abdulai, 65, Ghanaian physician.
  • Georg Apenes, 76, Norwegian politician and jurist.
  • Walter Darby Bannard, 82, American painter.
  • Steve Byrd, 61, English guitarist (Gillan, Kim Wilde), heart attack.
  • Gordon Davidson, 83, American stage and film director.
  • Mary Hesse, 91, British academician and educator.
  • Sir Neville Marriner, 92, British conductor (Amadeus), founder of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
  • Bobby Molloy, 80, Irish politician, TD (1965–2002).
  • Jeroen Oerlemans, 46, Dutch photojournalist, shot.
  • Gary Reed, 60, American comic book writer (Deadworld, Baker Street), heart attack.
  • Thomas Round, 100, British opera singer.
  • Hanna Zora, 77, Iraqi-born Iranian-Canadian Chaldean Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Ahwaz (1974–2011) and Mar Addai of Toronto (2011–2014).

    • 3

  • Cai Qirui, 102, Chinese chemist, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).
  • Alain Chevallier, 68, French motorcycle designer, cancer.
  • Ljupka Dimitrovska, 70, Macedonian-born Croatian singer.
  • Isobel Finnerty, 86, Canadian politician, Senator (1999–2005).
  • Anthony Goodman, 80, British medieval historian.
  • K. David van Hoesen, 90, American bassoonist.
  • Ahmad Salama Mabruk, 59, Egyptian leader of Jabhat al-Nusra.
  • Andrew Vicari, 84, British painter.
  • Mário Wilson, 86, Portuguese football player and manager (Sporting, Académica, Benfica).

    • 4

  • Gair Allie, 84, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), heart disease.
  • Mario Almada, 94, Mexican actor (La Viuda Negra).
  • Kenneth Angell, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Burlington (1992–2005).
  • Yusuf Arakkal, 70, Indian painter.
  • Bertrand M. Bell, 86, American physician, key figure in the Libby Zion Law legislation, kidney failure.
  • Terry Butler, 58, Australian rugby league player, lung cancer.
  • Elaine Lustig Cohen, 89, American graphic designer.
  • Caroline Crawley, 53, British singer and musician (Shelleyan Orphan, This Mortal Coil).
  • Stephen de Mowbray, 91, British counterintelligence officer.
  • Melvin M. Grumbach, 90, American pediatrician.
  • Brigitte Hamann, 76, German-Austrian historian and author.
  • Pieter Hintjens, 53, Belgian software developer, euthanasia.
  • Merfyn Jones, 85, Welsh footballer (Scunthorpe United, Crewe Alexandra, Chester City).
  • Hso Khan Pha, 78, Burmese-born Canadian geologist and exiled prince of Yawnghwe.
  • Ivan C. Lafayette, 86, American soldier, civic activist and politician.
  • Fred Osam-Duodu, 78, Ghanaian football manager.
  • Jim Parrott, 74, Canadian politician, MLA for Fundy-River Valley (2010–2014).
  • Ned Randolph, 74, American politician, Mayor of Alexandria, Louisiana (1986–2006).
  • Bing Thom, 75, Hong Kong-born Canadian architect, brain aneurysm.
  • Harsh Vardhan, 68, Indian politician.
  • Donald H. White, 95, American composer.

    • 5

  • Girma Asmerom, 66, Eritrean politician.
  • Georges Balandier, 95, French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist.
  • Jarlath Carey, 74, Irish Gaelic football player.
  • Pompeiu Hărășteanu, 81, Romanian opera singer.
  • Dick Haugland, 73, American biochemist.
  • Michal Kováč, 86, Slovakian politician, President (1993–1998), complications of Parkinson's disease.
  • György Márkus, 82, Hungarian philosopher.
  • Luisa Massimo, 87, Italian pediatrician.
  • Yasmin Modassir, Indian zoologist.
  • Cameron Moore, 25, American basketball player (Reyer Venezia Mestre).
  • Arthur Z'ahidi Ngoma, 69, Congolese politician, vice-president of the transitional government (2003–2007).
  • Donald M. Phillips, 87, Canadian politician, MLA for South Peace River.
  • Josh Samman, 28, American mixed martial artist.
  • Rod Temperton, 66, English keyboardist (Heatwave) and songwriter ("Rock with You", "Give Me the Night", "Thriller"), cancer. (death announced on this date)
  • Michiyo Yasuda, 77, Japanese animator (Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies, Princess Mononoke).
  • Brock Yates, 82, American automotive journalist (Car and Driver) and screenwriter (Smokey and the Bandit II, The Cannonball Run), Alzheimer's disease.

    • 6

  • Hans W. Becherer, 81, American businessman, president of John Deere (1987).
  • James Colaianni, 94, American lay theologian.
  • Peter Denton, 70, English footballer (Coventry, Luton).
  • Walter Greiner, 80, German theoretical physicist.
  • Hidipo Hamutenya, 77, Namibian politician, Foreign Minister (2002–2004).
  • Alan Hodgson, 64, English cricketer (Northamptonshire).
  • Heisnam Kanhailal, 75, Indian art theatre personality.
  • Eva Lokko, Ghanaian engineer and politician.
  • Tony Mottram, 96, British tennis player.
  • Barbara Oliver Hagerman, 73, Canadian music teacher and public servant, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (2006–2011), cancer.
  • George Pernicano, 98, American businessman, co-owner of the San Diego Chargers.
  • Marina Sanaya, 57, Russian Olympic figure skater (1972).
  • Fred Slaughter, 74, American college basketball player (UCLA).
  • Mike Tomkies, 88, British nature writer.

    • 7

  • John Gleeson, 78, Australian Test cricketer.
  • Ross Higgins, 86, Australian actor (Kingswood Country, Bullpitt!).
  • Lyudmila Ivanova, 83, Russian actress (Office Romance).
  • Frederick C. Neidhardt, 85, American microbiologist.
  • Anne Pashley, 80, British athlete and opera singer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
  • Gonzalo Peralta, 36, Argentine footballer (Almirante Brown, Platense), cancer.
  • Martha Roth, 84, Italian-born Mexican actress (A Family Like Many Others).
  • Wolfgang Suschitzky, 104, Austro-Hungarian-born British photographer and cinematographer (Get Carter).
  • Alistair Urquhart, 97, Scottish author and soldier (Gordon Highlanders).
  • Bill Warren, 73, American film historian and critic.
  • Rebecca Wilson, 54, Australian sports journalist, breast cancer.

    • 8

  • Peter Allen, 96, American radio broadcaster, host of Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts (1975–2004).
  • Helmut Anschütz, 84, German fencer.
  • Guillaume Bieganski, 83, French footballer (Lens).
  • Stephen Bollenbach, 74, American businessman, CEO of Hilton (1996–2007).
  • Lyn Chevli, 84, American underground comics artist (Tits & Clits Comix, Abortion Eve).
  • Don Ciccone, 70, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Critters, The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells).
  • Ray William Clough, 96, American engineer.
  • Gary Dubin, 57, American actor (The Partridge Family, The Aristocats, Jaws 2), bone cancer.
  • Maximiliano Giusti, 25, Argentine footballer, traffic collision.
  • Alina María Hernández, 46, Cuban-American transsexual actress.
  • Mayer Hersh, 90, Polish survivor of Auschwitz.
  • Dickie Jeeps, 84, English rugby union player (Northampton Saints) and administrator (Sports Council).
  • Klaus Kertess, 76, American curator, art gallerist and writer, complications from Alzheimer's.
  • Kuo Chin-fa, 72, Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer, cardiorespiratory failure.
  • Wojciech Kurpiewski, 50, Polish sprint canoer, Olympic silver medalist (1992).
  • Michael Horace Miller, 88, British Royal Air Force officer.
  • Jacob Neusner, 84, American academician and Judaica scholar.
  • Stylianos Pattakos, 103, Greek military officer and coup leader, Deputy Prime Minister (1967–1973).
  • Giovanni Scognamillo, 87, Turkish film critic.
  • Pierre Tchernia, 88, French screenwriter and voice actor (Asterix).
  • Anton Winkler, 62, German luger, Olympic bronze medalist (1980)

    • 9

  • Susan Aceron, 44, Canadian actress, voice actress and businesswoman (Sailor Moon, Beyblade, The In-Laws), nasopharynx cancer.
  • Worth H. Bagley, 92, American admiral.
  • Bored Nothing, 26, Australian musician, suicide.
  • Mamadou Dembelé, 82, Malian physician and politician, Prime Minister (1986–1988).
  • Santo DiPietro, 81, American businessman and politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1989–1996) and mayor of South Portland, Maine (1986–1987).
  • René Avilés Fabila, 75, Mexican author, heart attack.
  • Donn Fendler, 90, American wilderness survivor.
  • Angus Grant, 49, Scottish fiddler (Shooglenifty, Swamptrash).
  • Sir Anthony Grant, 91, British politician, MP (1964–1997).
  • David Konstant, 86, English Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Leeds (1985–2004).
  • El Mongol, 86, Mexican professional wrestler (GCW).
  • Zara Nutley, 90, New Zealand-born British actress.
  • Aaron Pryor, 60, American light-welterweight boxer, WBA/IBF world champion (1980–1985), heart disease.
  • Kenneth P. Thompson, 50, American lawyer, Kings County District Attorney (since 2014), cancer.
  • Andrzej Wajda, 90, Polish film director (Ashes and Diamonds, Man of Iron, Katyń), pulmonary failure.

    • 10

  • Tony Adamowicz, 75, American racing driver (IMSA GT, Trans Am Series), brain cancer.
  • Issa Bagayogo, 54, Malian musician.
  • Leo Beranek, 102, American acoustics expert (BBN Technologies).
  • Christian Erlandsen, 90, Norwegian politician, MP (1977–1985).
  • Lorenzo Freeman, 52, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants).
  • Parmeshwar Godrej, 70, Indian socialite, businesswoman, and AIDS activist.
  • Gerry Gow, 64, Scottish footballer (Bristol City, Manchester City, Rotherham), cancer.
  • Graham C. Greene, 80, British publisher (Jonathan Cape).
  • Tamme Hanken, 56, German television personality (Der XXL-Ostfriese).
  • Marnix Kappers, 73, Dutch actor, suicide.
  • Hans Petter Langtangen, 54, Norwegian computer scientist.
  • Drew Nelson, 60, Northern Irish solicitor, politician, and Grand Secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.
  • Eddie O'Hara, 80, Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Everton, Barnsley).
  • Ram Ekbal Singh Warsi, 94, Indian politician, MLA (1969–1972).
  • Kazunari Tanaka, 49, Japanese voice actor (Gundam, Planetes, InuYasha), intracerebral hemorrhage.
  • John Vaughn, 88, American religious leader, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor (1979–1991).
  • Gonzalo Vega, 69, Mexican actor (Life Is Most Important, The Place Without Limits).

    • 11

  • David Antin, 84, American poet and performance artist.
  • Tom Barnes, 70, American journalist (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).
  • Patricia Barry, 93, American actress (All My Children, The Guiding Light, Days of Our Lives).
  • Ricky Callan, 54, Scottish actor.
  • Emerson Stephen Colaw, 94, American theologian and prelate, Bishop of the United Methodist Church.
  • Richard Fry, 92, British WWII army officer.
  • Matti Hagman, 61, Finnish ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, HIFK).
  • Pia Hallström, 55, Swedish politician, MP for Värmland (since 2010), breast cancer.
  • Lars Huldén, 90, Finnish writer and translator.
  • Dick Israel, 68, Filipino actor, complications from a stroke.
  • Steve Lemmens, 44, Belgian snooker player.
  • Antero Lumme, 82, Finnish racing cyclist.
  • Marju, 28, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. (death announced on this date)
  • Jan Matocha, 93, Czechoslovak Olympic sprint canoer (1948, 1952).
  • Peter Reynolds, 58, Welsh composer.
  • Don Ringe, 70, American journalist and documentary filmmaker.
  • Pero Simić, 70, Bosnian Serb journalist and historian.
  • Teatao Teannaki, 80, I-Kiribati politician, Vice-President (1979–1991) and President (1991–1994), heart attack.
  • Gurcharan Virk, 48, Indian Punjabi writer, director, lyricist and producer, heart attack.
  • Ewen Whitaker, 94, British astronomer.

    • 12

  • Reinhart Ahlrichs, 76, German theoretical chemist.
  • Des Ball, 69, Australian security and defence expert, cancer.
  • Shahlyla Baloch, 20, Pakistani footballer (national team), traffic collision.
  • Robert Bateman, 80, American songwriter and record producer ("Please Mr. Postman"), heart attack.
  • Beata Bergström, 95, Swedish photographer.
  • Pietro Diana, 84, Italian artist.
  • Frank Fischl, 89, American air force pilot and politician, Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania (1978–1982).
  • Thomas Mikal Ford, 52, American actor (Martin, Harlem Nights, Across the Tracks) and comedian, stomach aneurysm.
  • Jack Greenberg, 91, American lawyer and civil rights activist.
  • Rick Gudex, 48, American politician, member of the Wisconsin Senate (since 2013), suicide by gunshot.
  • Leo Harrison, 94, English cricketer (Hampshire).
  • Ma Jiang Bao, 74, Chinese martial arts teacher.
  • Renato Ongari, 81, Italian sprint canoeist.
  • Bryan Pearson, 82, British-born Canadian politician.
  • Dylan Rieder, 28, American skateboarder and model, leukemia.
  • Sonny Sanders, 77, American songwriter, arranger and record producer.
  • Kemal Unakıtan, 70, Turkish politician, Minister of Finance (2002–2009).
  • Fulton Walker, 58, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Raiders).

    • 13

  • Bhumibol Adulyadej, 88, Thai monarch, King (since 1946), world's longest-serving head of state.
  • William Gilbert Chaloner, 87, British palaeobotanist.
  • Delia Davin, 72, English pioneer of Chinese women's studies, cancer.
  • Curt Engelhorn, 90, German billionaire businessman.
  • Dario Fo, 90, Italian playwright, Nobel Literature Prize laureate (1997).
  • Robert Haszeldine, 91, British chemist.
  • Andrzej Kopiczyński, 82, Polish actor (Czterdziestolatek).
  • Richard A. Pittman, 71, American Marine, recipient of the Medal of Honor.
  • Booneua Prasertsuwan, 97, Thai politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1995–1996).
  • Jim Prentice, 60, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (2014–2015), MP for Calgary Centre-North (2004–2010), plane crash.
  • Primo Sentimenti, 89, Italian footballer (Lazio, Parma).
  • Louis Stettner, 93, American photographer.
  • Tonino Valerii, 82, Italian film director (My Name Is Nobody, A Girl Called Jules, Sahara Cross).
  • Gerhard Wimberger, 93, Austrian composer. (death announced on this date)

    • 14

  • Jean Alexander, 90, English actress (Coronation Street, Last of the Summer Wine).
  • Cirilo R. Almario, 85, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malolos (1977–1996).
  • Lucy Baxley, 78, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Alabama (2003–2007).
  • Klim Churyumov, 79, Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer, co-discoverer of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
  • Kathryn Adams Doty, 96, American actress (Saboteur).
  • Pierre Étaix, 87, French clown, comedian and film director (Heureux Anniversaire, Yo Yo, Le Grand Amour), Oscar winner (1963), complications from intestinal infection.
  • Edward Gorman, 74, American writer, multiple myeloma.
  • Kamal Habibollahi, 86, Iranian politician and admiral.
  • Avis Higgs, 98, New Zealand artist.
  • Thom Jones, 71, American writer.
  • Helen Kelly, 52, New Zealand trade unionist, lung cancer.
  • Werner Lämmerhirt, 67, German singer-songwriter and guitarist.
  • John Mone, 87, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paisley (1988–2004).
  • Farouk Shousha, 80, Egyptian poet.
  • Song Yeong, 76, South Korean writer.
  • Aleksandr Syomin, 73, Soviet Azerbaijani footballer (Neftçi).

    • 15

  • Doug Anderson, 89, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team).
  • Marcel Berger, 89, French mathematician.
  • Hans Bruggeman, 89, Dutch activist and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1963–1967).
  • Dennis Byrd, 50, American football player (New York Jets), traffic collision.
  • Colin George, 87, Welsh actor (Coronation Street) and director.
  • Quentin Groves, 32, American football player (Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders, Cleveland Browns), heart attack.
  • Teodor Laço, 80, Albanian politician, diplomat and author.
  • Jossy Mansur, 82, Aruban editor.
  • Bruce Marshall, 54, American ice hockey coach (Connecticut Huskies, Franklin Pierce Ravens).
  • Octagonal, 24, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
  • Frank Peers, 98, Canadian broadcaster and political scientist. (death announced on this date)
  • Yangthang Rinpoche, 86, Indian Buddhist teacher.
  • Barbara Romack, 83, American golfer.
  • John Spanswick, 83, English cricketer (Kent).
  • Haruo Tomiyama, 81, Japanese photographer.
  • Per Rune Wølner, 67, Norwegian footballer (Strømsgodset), cancer.

    • 16

  • Mickey Byrne, 93, Irish hurler (Tipperary).
  • Maggie Diaz, 91, American-born Australian photographer.
  • Anthony Foley, 42, Irish rugby union player and coach (Munster), acute pulmonary oedema.
  • Tony Golab, 97, Canadian football player (Ottawa Rough Riders).
  • Calvin Gotlieb, 95, Canadian professor and computer scientist.
  • Cecilia Hart, 68, American television and stage actress (Paris), ovarian cancer.
  • Clyde C. Holloway, 72, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Louisiana's 8th district (1987–1993).
  • Valerie Hunter Gordon, 94, British inventor of disposable nappies.
  • Jia Jia, 38, Chinese giant panda, euthanized.
  • Kigeli V, 80, Rwandan monarch, King (1959–1961).
  • Ted V. Mikels, 87, American filmmaker (Girl in Gold Boots, The Astro-Zombies, The Doll Squad), colon cancer.
  • Stephen Moorbath, 87, German-born British geologist.
  • Arsen Pavlov, 33, Russian military officer, participant in the War in Donbass, IED explosion.
  • George Peebles, 80, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline, Stirling Albion).
  • Lucia Perillo, 58, American poet and novelist.
  • Juras Požela, 34, Lithuanian politician, Minister of Health (since March 2016), pancreatitis.
  • Juan Radrigán, 79, Chilean writer, cancer.
  • Molly Rose, 95, British World War II aviator.
  • Alfred P. Smyth, 74, Irish historian.
  • Joseph A. Suozzi, 95, Italian-born American judge and politician.
  • Geoffrey Yeh, 85, Hong Kong businessman.
  • Viktor Zubkov, 79, Russian basketball player, Olympic silver medalist (1956, 1960).

    • 17

  • Rufin Anthony, 76, Pakistani Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi (since 2010).
  • Eddie Applegate, 81, American actor (The Patty Duke Show, Easy A, A Ticklish Affair).
  • Sandra Bartky, 81, American feminist philosopher.
  • Vincenzino Culicchia, 84, Italian politician.
  • Laurie Dwyer, 77, Australian football player (North Melbourne).
  • Teodor Kufel, 96, Polish general.
  • Cephas Msipa, 85, Zimbabwean politician.
  • Edgar Munhall, 83, American art historian, pancreatic and lung cancer.
  • Elena Santonja, 84, Spanish television presenter.
  • Irwin Smigel, 92, American dentist, pneumonia.
  • Morris Stroud, 70, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), Super Bowl winner (1970).
  • Rémy Vogel, 55, French footballer (Strasbourg).

    • 18

  • Anthony Addabbo, 56, American actor (Guiding Light, Generations, The Bold & the Beautiful).
  • David Bunnell, 69, American businessman, writer and publisher (PC Magazine).
  • Phil Chess, 95, Polish-born American record producer and company executive (Chess Records).
  • Dave Colclough, 52, Welsh professional poker player, cancer.
  • Alan Collins, 88, English sculptor.
  • Anne Crookshank, 89, Irish art historian.
  • Mike Daniels, 88, British jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
  • Marianne de Trey, 102, British potter.
  • Bobby Ellis, 84, Jamaican trumpeter, pneumonia-related illness.
  • Francis Flood, 86, Irish racehorse trainer.
  • Huw Jones, 82, Welsh Anglican bishop.
  • Sergei Likhachev, 76, Azeri-born Russian tennis player and coach.
  • William McKelvey, 82, British politician, MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (1983–1997).
  • Fred Roots, 93, Canadian geologist.
  • Gary Sprake, 71, Welsh footballer (Leeds United, national team).
  • Sir Sigmund Sternberg, 95, Hungarian-born British philanthropist, businessman and Labour Party donor.
  • Turki bin Saud al-Kabir, Saudi prince and convicted murderer, executed by beheading.
  • Ken Wiwa, 47, Nigerian journalist and author.

    • 19

  • Tommy Bartlett, 88, American tennis and basketball coach.
  • Safet Berisha, 66, Albanian footballer (Partizani Tirana).
  • Mark Birch, 67, British jockey.
  • Radu Câmpeanu, 94, Romanian politician, Senator (1990–1992, 2004–2008).
  • Milka Canić, 72, Serbian television presenter and academic.
  • Yvette Chauviré, 99, French prima ballerina.
  • Luis María Echeberría, 76, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao, national team).
  • Joe Kirrene, 85, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
  • Fergus O'Brien, 86, Irish politician, TD (1973–1992), Lord Mayor of Dublin (1980–1981).
  • Rough Quest, 30, British racehorse, winner of the 1996 Grand National.
  • Patricia Scott, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
  • Mary Sheriff, 66, American art historian.
  • Norman Sherry, 91, British author.
  • Sammy Smyth, 91, Northern Irish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.).
  • Giovanni Steffè, 88, Italian Olympic rower.

    • 20

  • Achieng Abura, 50s, Kenyan musician.
  • Edward A. Allworth, 95, American historian.
  • Henry J. M. Barnett, 94, Canadian physician.
  • David Bellini, 43, Italian screenwriter (Un medico in famiglia), lymphoma.
  • Bob Blauner, 87, American sociologist.
  • William G. Bowen, 83, American educator, President of Princeton University (1972–1988).
  • Kenneth Brandt, 77, American politician.
  • Gail Cogdill, 79, American football player (Detroit Lions).
  • Roy D'Andrade, 84, American psychological anthropologist.
  • Uwe Dreher, 56, German footballer (Stuttgarter Kickers).
  • Seiji Hirao, 53, Japanese rugby union player and coach.
  • Brigit Pegeen Kelly, 65, American poet. (death announced on this date)
  • Kaneta Kimotsuki, 80, Japanese voice actor (Doraemon, Anpanman), pneumonia.
  • Roger Lallemand, 84, Belgian lawyer and politician, President of the Senate (1988).
  • Eric Harold Mansfield, 93, British aeronautical engineer.
  • Michael Massee, 64, American actor (The Crow, 24, The Amazing Spider-Man), stomach cancer.
  • Issifou Okoulou-Kantchati, 65, Togolese politician.
  • Giorgos Pavlidis, 60, Greek politician, Governor of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (since 2014), cancer.
  • Svetlana Penkina, 65, Belarusian actress. (body discovered on this date)
  • Benedict Read, 71, British art historian.
  • Simone Schaller, 104, American hurdler.
  • Stanley Silverstein, 91, American footwear manufacturer.
  • Junko Tabei, 77, Japanese mountaineer, peritoneal cancer.
  • Mieke Telkamp, 82, Dutch singer.
  • Robert Weber, 92, American cartoonist.

    • 21

  • Walter Argus, 95, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team).
  • Paweł Baumann, 33, Polish sprint canoer, world championship silver medalist (2006, 2007).
  • Margaret Benyon, 76, British hologram artist.
  • Dave Cash, 74, British radio presenter.
  • Richard Cavendish, 86, British occult writer.
  • Mary Keating Croce, 87, American politician.
  • Constantin Frățilă, 74, Romanian footballer (FC Dinamo București).
  • Frans Jozef van der Heijden, 78, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1982–1998), euthanasia.
  • Roy Jennings, 84, English footballer (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  • Dan Johnston, 77, American lawyer and politician.
  • Satyadev Katare, 61, Indian politician.
  • George Konik, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota Fighting Saints, Pittsburgh Penguins).
  • Kenji Kosaka, 70, Japanese politician, Minister of Education (2005–2006).
  • Manfred Krug, 79, German actor (Tatort, Liebling Kreuzberg), singer, and author.
  • Frenchy Martin, 69, Canadian professional wrestler and manager (WWF), bladder cancer.
  • Bob McCord, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings).
  • Kevin Meaney, 60, American comedian and actor (Big, Uncle Buck).
  • Clément Michu, 79, French actor (Commissaire Moulin, Thierry la Fronde).
  • Paolo Micolini, 77, Italian politician.
  • Moscow Flyer, 22, Irish racehorse. (death announced on this date)
  • Richard Nicoll, 39, British-Australian fashion designer, heart attack.
  • Janet Patterson, 59-60, Australian costume designer (The Piano, Peter Pan, Bright Star).
  • David Pope, 54, American basketball player (Kansas City Kings, Seattle SuperSonics).
  • Jerry Rullo, 93, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, Baltimore Bullets).
  • Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer, 87, British socialite and politician.
  • C. Peter Wagner, 86, American theologian and religious leader (New Apostolic Reformation).
  • Robert Windom, 86, American physician.

    • 22

  • Martin Aitchison, 96, British illustrator.
  • Anthony Bryer, 78, British historian.
  • José Oscar Barahona Castillo, 77, Salvadoran Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Vicente (1983–2005).
  • Steve Dillon, 54, English comic book artist (Preacher, The Punisher, Judge Dredd), appendicitis.
  • Gordon Hamilton, 50, Scottish climate scientist, snowmobile crash.
  • Gavin MacFadyen, 76, American investigative journalist (CIJ) and filmmaker.
  • Mehar Mittal, 80, Indian Punjabi actor and producer.
  • Monarchos, 18, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 2001 Kentucky Derby.
  • Antoon Postma, 87, Dutch anthropologist.
  • Colin Snedeker, 80, British-born American chemist (Crayola), inventor of the washable crayon.
  • Sheri S. Tepper, 87, American science fiction author.
  • Frans Tutuhatunewa, 93, Indonesian politician, President in Exile of Republic of South Maluku (1993–2010).
  • Bob Vanatta, 98, American college basketball coach (Missouri State, Memphis, Missouri).
  • Valeriya Zaklunna, 74, Ukrainian actress and politician, Member of Verkhovna Rada (1998–2007).

    • 23

  • Mike Bolan, 83, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1977–1981).
  • Pete Burns, 57, English singer-songwriter (Dead or Alive), cardiac arrest.
  • Jack Chick, 92, American cartoonist (Chick tracts) and fundamentalist Christian publisher.
  • Tom Hayden, 76, American writer, politician and activist (Chicago Seven), member of the California State Senate (1992–2000).
  • Mikijirō Hira, 82, Japanese actor (Rampo, 13 Assassins).
  • Nerses Hovhannisyan, 78, Armenian film director, actor and screenwriter.
  • Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, 84, Qatari monarch, Emir (1972–1995).
  • William Löfqvist, 69, Swedish ice hockey player, Olympic bronze medalist (1980).
  • Harold Mann, 78, Canadian boxer, Commonwealth Games gold medalist (1962).
  • Jimmy Perry, 93, English actor and screenwriter (Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-de-Hi!).
  • Heinz Poenn, 82, Canadian Olympic slalom canoeist (1972).
  • Bob Saunders, 87, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1969–1971, 1973–1976).
  • Haguroiwa Tomomi, 70, Japanese sumo wrestler, kidney failure.
  • Wim van der Voort, 93, Dutch speed skater, Olympic silver medalist (1952).

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  • Jorge Batlle, 88, Uruguayan politician, President (2000–2005), cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Gwanda Chakuamba, 82, Malawian politician.
  • Eddy Christiani, 98, Dutch musician and songwriter.
  • Benjamin Creme, 93, Scottish artist, author and esotericist.
  • Roland Dobbs, 91, British physicist.
  • Bill Duckworth, 98, Australian footballer.
  • Herón Escobar, 62, Mexican politician, member of Congress (2009–2012).
  • Bruce Goodluck, 83, Australian politician.
  • Reinhard Häfner, 64, German footballer (Dynamo Dresden), Olympic champion (1976).
  • Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, 90, Ukrainian-born Canadian economist.
  • Siv Holma, 64, Swedish politician, MP for Norrbotten (1998–2014), cancer.
  • W. Dudley Johnson, 86, American surgeon.
  • Hellmut von Leipzig, 95, German soldier.
  • Eric Loiselet, 56, French politician.
  • Harry Merlo, 91, American business and sports executive.
  • Eugeniusz Rudnik, 83, Polish composer and sound engineer.
  • Rolf Heinrich Sabersky, 96, German-born American mechanical engineer.
  • Jack Sellers, 72, American race car driver.
  • Johan Stølan, 77, Norwegian politician.
  • Felix Ungacta, 78, Guamanian politician, Mayor of Hagåtña (1981–2005).
  • Pierre Vallon, 89, French politician.
  • Bobby Vee, 73, American pop singer ("Rubber Ball", "Take Good Care of My Baby", "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes") and actor, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Charles Wolf Jr., 92, American economist, cardiac arrest.
  • John P. Woodall, 81, British entomologist.

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  • Margaret Ashcroft, 85, British television actress (The Main Chance, The Brothers).
  • Margit Bara, 88, Hungarian actress (Jacob the Liar).
  • Kevin Curran, 59, American television writer (The Simpsons, Married... with Children), cancer.
  • Howard Davies, 71, British theatre and television director.
  • Mel Haber, 80, American philanthropist, and hotel and restaurant proprietor.
  • Safa Haeri, 79, Iranian-born French journalist.
  • Mohamed Nadir Hamimid, 75, Algerian politician.
  • Bob Hoover, 94, American Air Force test pilot.
  • Bjørn Lidin Hansen, 27, Norwegian footballer (Tromsø, Lyn), suicide.
  • Burnet R. Maybank Jr., 92, American lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (1959–1963).
  • Krešo Omerzel, 59, Slovenian speedway rider and coach.
  • Edouard Pliner, 80, Russian figure skating coach.
  • Doug Pyzer, 93, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).
  • Thomas Rentschler, 84, American politician.
  • Vaino Spencer, 96, American judge.
  • Jerzy Szacki, 87, Polish sociologist.
  • Georges Thines, 93, Belgian scientist.
  • Carlos Alberto Torres, 72, Brazilian football player and manager, world champion (1970), heart attack.

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  • Melis Abzalov, 77, Uzbek filmmaker (Oʻtgan kunlar).
  • Raj Begum, 89, Indian singer.
  • Melpomeni Çobani, 88, Albanian actress.
  • Filomeno Codiñera, 77, Filipino baseball and softball player.
  • Tim Couzens, 72, South African historian.
  • Kent Frizzell, 87, American attorney and politician.
  • Mark Johnson, 65, American baseball umpire.
  • Gérard Lamy, 97, Canadian politician.
  • Birger Larsen, 54, Danish film director (Dance of the Polar Bears).
  • William Eteki Mboumoua, 83, Cameroonian politician and diplomat.
  • Donald C. Pogue, 69, American federal judge, U.S. Court of International Trade (1995–2014).
  • Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi, 93, Iranian grand ayatollah.
  • Vic Rapp, 86, American-Canadian football coach (BC Lions).
  • Luciano Rispoli, 84, Italian television and radio writer and presenter.
  • Samuele Schiavina, 45, Italian racing cyclist.
  • Ali Hussein Shihab, 55, Iraqi footballer (national team).
  • Yuichi Takai, 84, Japanese writer, heart failure.

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  • João Lobo Antunes, 72, Portuguese neurosurgeon, melanoma.
  • René Chamussy, 80, French-Lebanese priest and rector.
  • Jim Eddy, 80, American football coach (Saskatchewan Roughriders, Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys).
  • Elda Grin, 88, Armenian writer and psychologist.
  • Brian Hill, 75, English footballer (Coventry City).
  • Ruben Hovsepyan, 77, Armenian author and politician.
  • Jolanda Insana, 79, Italian poet and translator, Viareggio Prize recipient.
  • Fatim Jawara, 19, Gambian footballer (national team), drowned.
  • Susan Lindquist, 67, American biologist, cancer.
  • Frank Marchlewski, 73, American football player.
  • Bill Miller, 86, American javelin thrower, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
  • Nelson Pinedo, 88, Colombian singer (Sonora Matancera), stroke.'
  • Hazel Shermet, 96, American comedienne, actress (Duffy's Tavern, New Zoo Revue, Jem) and singer..
  • Pentti Siimes, 87, Finnish actor (The Unknown Soldier).
  • Takahito, Prince Mikasa, 100, Japanese royal, cardiac arrest.
  • Francis Tong Hui, 83, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Yan’an (1999–2011).
  • David Tyack, 85, American historian, Parkinson's disease.
  • Bobby Wellins, 80, Scottish jazz saxophonist.
  • John Zacherle, 98, American television and radio personality and voice actor.
  • Vladimir Zemlyanikin, 83, Russian film and theater actor (The House I Live In).

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  • Gillon Aitken, 78, English literary agent.
  • Melhem Barakat, 71, Lebanese singer.
  • Sir Nicholas Brathwaite, 91, Grenadian politician, Prime Minister (1990–1995), Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council (1983–1984).
  • H. Kay Hedge, 88, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (1989-2001).
  • Shashikala Kakodkar, 81, Indian politician.
  • Angeline Kopka, 100, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (2002–2010, 2012–2014).

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  • Robert Belfanti, 68, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1979–2010).
  • Norman Brokaw, 89, American talent agent (Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood, Andy Griffith).
  • Nguyễn Văn Chính, 92, Vietnamese politician.
  • Paul Demers, 60, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • Roland Dyens, 61, French classical guitarist and composer.
  • Tony Gauci, 75, Maltese businessman, witness in the Lockerbie bombing case.
  • Christiane Gilles, 86, French trade unionist
  • Raymond Gilmour, 56 or 57, Northern Irish undercover agent, infiltrated INLA and PIRA. (death announced on this date)
  • E. Lee Hennessee, 64, American hedge fund manager.
  • John Hicks, 65, American football player (New York Giants), diabetes.
  • Francis Huxley, 93, British anthropologist.
  • Stefan Jentsch, 61, German biologist.
  • Dave Lanning, 78, English sports commentator.
  • Paul Luebke, 70, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (since 1991), lymphoma.
  • Thorvald Mellingen, 81, Norwegian engineer.
  • Fernando Moresi, 46, Argentine field hockey player, Pan American champion (1995).
  • Kalle Reichelt, 82, Norwegian physician.
  • John D. Roberts, 98, American chemist.
  • Geraldo Scarpone Caporale, 88, American-born Honduran Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Comayagua (1979–2004).
  • Pen Sovan, 80, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister (1981).
  • Barry Stout, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1971–1976) and Senate (1977–2010).
  • Tom Weal, 87, New Zealand politician.

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  • Törner Åhsman, 85, Swedish boxer.
  • Reg Boorman, 80, New Zealand politician, MP for Wairarapa (1984–1988).
  • Jack Braughton, 95, British Olympic long distance runner (1948).
  • Fausto Cayambe, 40, Ecuadorian politician.
  • James Galanos, 92, American fashion designer.
  • Tammy Grimes, 82, American actress (The Unsinkable Molly Brown, High Spirits, Look After Lulu!).
  • Barney Hartman, 99, Canadian skeet shooter.
  • Imre Józsa, 62, Hungarian actor.
  • Betty Ann Kennedy, 86, American bridge player.
  • Gil Krueger, 87, American football coach (Northern Michigan).
  • David Nash, 77, Welsh rugby union player. (death announced on this date)
  • Don Marshall, 80, American actor (Land of the Giants, Star Trek).
  • Otaru Salihu Ohize, 63, Nigerian politician.
  • Curly Putman, 85, American songwriter ("Green, Green Grass of Home", "D-I-V-O-R-C-E", "He Stopped Loving Her Today").
  • Simon Relph, 76, British film producer and assistant director (Reds, The Ploughman's Lunch), pneumonia.

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  • Natalie Babbitt, 84, American children's author and illustrator (Tuck Everlasting), lung cancer.
  • Victor Cannings, 97, English cricketer (Hampshire). (death announced on this date)
  • Eric Christiansen, 79, British medieval historian.
  • Abdul Majid Cockar, 93, Kenyan judge, Chief Justice (1994–1997).
  • Paul Detienne, 91, Belgian Jesuit priest, scholar and writer of Bengali literature.
  • Silvio Gazzaniga, 95, Italian sculptor (FIFA World Cup Trophy).
  • Jimmy Gray, 90, English cricketer (Hampshire). (death announced on this date)
  • Andy Hill, 54, American politician, member of the Washington Senate (since 2011), lung cancer.
  • Huo Xuan, 28, Chinese volleyball player (national team), heart attack.
  • Gene La Rocque, 98, American rear admiral.
  • Stanley Leavy, 101, American psychoanalyst.
  • Ray Mabbutt, 80, English footballer, heart attack.
  • Reynaldo Miravalles, 93, Cuban actor.
  • Lionel Morrison, 81, South African-born British journalist and trade unionist.
  • Klaus Schulten, 69, German-American physicist.
  • Patrick Sharkey, 85, Irish Olympic boxer Boxing at the (1956).
  • Vladimir Zeldin, 101, Russian theater and film actor (Desyat Negrityat), People's Artist of the USSR.

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