The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2017.

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

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

April 2017

1

• Talaat al-Shayeb, 74, Egyptian author, translator and intellectual.^[1]
• Sharon Ambrose, 77, American politician, member of the Council of the District of Columbia (1997–2007).^[2]
• Alberto Assirelli, 80, Italian cyclist.^[3]
• Gary Austin, 75, American theatre writer and director (The Groundlings), lung cancer.^[4]
• Parv Bancil, 50, British playwright.^[5]
• Lonnie Brooks, 83, American blues guitarist and singer.^[6]
• Antonio Ciliberti, 82, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Locri-Gerace (1988–1993), Archbishop of Matera-Irsina (1993–2003) and Catanzaro-Squillace (2003–2011).^[7]
• Bob Cunningham, 82, American jazz bassist.^[8]
• Gösta Ekman, 77, Swedish actor and director (Jönssonligan, Martin Beck).^[9]
• Nelson Elliott, 91, Canadian politician.^[10]
• Darcus Howe, 74, Trinidadian-born British civil rights activist, member of the Mangrove Nine.^[11]
• Ikutaro Kakehashi, 87, Japanese engineer and entrepreneur, founder of Ace Tone and Roland Corporation.^[12]
• Kim Jong-gil, 90, South Korean poet.^[13]
• Frederick Bernard Lacey, 96, American jurist, U.S. Attorney (1969–1971) and judge for the District Court for the District of New Jersey (1971–1986).^[14]
• Antonio Lamela, 90, Spanish architect (Torres de Colón, Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport).^[15]
• Sir Peter Lawler, 96, Australian public servant and diplomat, Secretary of the Department of Administrative Services (1975–1983), Ambassador to the Holy See and Ireland.^[16]
• Stuart Markland, 69, Scottish footballer (Berwick Rangers, Dundee United, Montrose).^[17]
• Wycliffe Noble, 91, British architect and musician (The Joystrings).^[18]
• Ray Pelfrey, 89, American football player (Green Bay Packers), complications from hip surgery.^[19]
• William Pinch, 76, American mineralogist.^[20]
• Louis Sarno, 62, American musicologist and author, liver disease.^[21]
• Burton Watson, 91, American translator.^[22]
• Yevgeny Yevtushenko, 84, Russian poet (Babi Yar).^[23]

2

• Sam Ard, 78, American racecar driver.^[24]
• Stan Beal, 92, Australian football player.^[25]
• Vivienne de Silva Boralessa, 86, Sri Lankan singer.^[26]
• Ken Donnelly, 66, American politician, member of the Massachusetts State Senate (since 2009), complications from a brain tumor.^[27]
• André Drouin, 70, Canadian politician, cancer.^[28]
• Alma Delia Fuentes, 80, Mexican actress.^[29]
• Hate Man, 80, American writer, heart failure.^[30]
• Ravi Jayewardene, 80, Sri Lankan army officer and Olympic sports shooter (1964).^[31]
• Rhubarb Jones, 65, American country disc jockey and professional wrestling ring announcer (WCW), heart attack.^[32]
• Leonard Litwin, 102, American real estate developer.^[33]
• Rafael Molina Morillo, 87, Dominican newspaper editor and diplomat.^[34]
• Konrad Repgen, 93, German historian.^[35]
• Michèle Rosier, 86, French fashion designer, film director, documentary maker and screenwriter.^[36]
• Julio Rotemberg, 63, Argentine-born American economist, cancer.^[37]
• Gerard Washnitzer, 90, American mathematician.^[38]
• D. B. H. Wildish, 102, British Royal Navy vice admiral.^[39]
• Jeremy Wilson, 72, British editor, publisher and writer.^[40]

3

• Kishori Amonkar, 84, Indian classical singer.^[41]
• Michel Arrivé, 80, French linguist and novelist.^[42]
• Bruno Burrini, 85, Italian Olympic alpine skier.^[43]
• John Chrispinsson, 60, Swedish journalist, heart attack.^[44]
• John Cockburn, 79, British test pilot.^[45]
• Azim Daudpota, 83, Pakistani military officer and politician, Commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe (1983–1986), Governor of Sindh (1999–2000).^[46]
• Abraham S. Fischler, 89, American academic, President of Nova Southeastern University (1970–1992).^[47]
• Davuldena Gnanissara Thero, 101, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, Supreme Mahanayaka of Amarapura Nikaya.^[48]
• Sergio González Rodríguez, 67, Mexican journalist, heart attack.^[49]
• Leif Klette, 89, Norwegian Olympic fencer (1952, 1960).^[50]
• John T. Knox, 92, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1960–1980).^[51]
• Denis Mahony, 88, Irish Gaelic footballer (Dublin).^[52]
• Tomairangi Paki, 64, New Zealand Māori kapa haka leader.^[53]
• Bruce Palmer, 81, New Zealand lawyer and jurist.^[54]
• Enrico Quarantelli, 92, American sociologist.^[55]
• Kathleen Ridder, 94, American philanthropist, educator, writer, and equality for women activist.^[56]
• Roy Sievers, 90, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox).^[57]
• Thomas Tackaberry, 93, American military officer.^[58]
• Gary W. Thomas, 79, American judge.^[59]
• Bill Tinnock, 86, New Zealand Olympic rower (1952), British Empire Games silver medalist (1950, 1954).^[60]
• Stella Turk, 92, British zoologist, naturalist, and conservationist.^[61]
• Eva von Gamm, 84, German figure skater.^[62]
• William Walaska, 71, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate (1995–2017), cancer.^[63]

4

• Tobias Barry, 92, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1960–1974).^[64]
• Samir Farid, 73, Egyptian film critic.^[65]
• Clóvis Frainer, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manaus (1985–1991) and Juiz de Fora (1991–2001).^[66]
• George Mostow, 93, American mathematician.^[67]
• Mária Pozsonec, 77, Slovenian politician, MP (1990–2008).^[68]
• Raymond Reisser, 85, French racing cyclist.^[69]
• Giovanni Sartori, 92, Italian political scientist and journalist (Corriere della Sera), throat cancer.^[70]
• Frank Schepke, 81, German rower, Olympic champion (1960).^[71]
• Karl Stotz, 90, Austrian football player and manager.^[72]
• Fernand Tardy, 97, French soldier, politician, and author.^[73]
• Mike Taylor, 82, British racing driver, cancer.^[74]

5

• Attilio Benfatto, 74, Italian bicycle racer, world championship bronze medalist (1966).^[75]
• Arthur Bisguier, 87, American chess grandmaster and writer, respiratory failure.^[76]
• John Chittick, 69, American HIV/AIDS activist.^[77]
• Paul G. Comba, 91, Italian-American computer scientist and astronomer.^[78]
• Walter de Camp, 70, Finnish writer.^[79]
• David Gove, 38, American ice hockey player (Carolina Hurricanes) and coach (Wheeling Nailers), heroin overdose.^[80]
• Huang Yi, 65, Hong Kong author, stroke.^[81]
• Ryo Kagawa, 69, Japanese folk singer, leukemia.^[82]
• Margaret Kenyatta, 89, Kenyan politician and diplomat, mayor of Nairobi (1970–1976).^[83]
• Alma Soller McLay, 97, American stenographer (Nuremberg trials).^[84]
• Bernard Millant, 87, French bow maker, archetier and luthier.^[85]
• Hans Heinz Moser, 80, Swiss actor (Grounding).^[86]
• Paul O'Neill, 61, American producer, composer and songwriter (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), prescription medication reaction.^[87]
• Makoto Ōoka, 86, Japanese poet and literary critic.^[88]
• María Luisa Ozaita, 77, Spanish composer.^[89]
• Tim Parnell, 84, British racing driver (Formula One).^[90]
• Memè Perlini, 69, Italian actor and director (A Fistful of Dynamite, The Grand Duel), suicide by defenestration.^[91]
• Steve Sandor, 79, American actor (Fire and Ice, Stryker, Star Trek).^[92]
• Atanase Sciotnic, 75, Romanian sprint canoeist, Olympic silver medalist (1972).^[93]
• Ameer Bux Shar, 56, Pakistani author.^[94]
• Dennis Shaw, 86, English cricketer (Warwickshire).^[95]
• Ilkka Sinisalo, 58, Finnish ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers, HIFK, Los Angeles Kings), prostate cancer.^[96]
• George Snyder, 88, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (1959–1974).^[97]
• Helen Szamuely, 66, Russian-born British political activist.^[98]

6

• Stan Anslow, 85, English footballer (Millwall).^[99]
• Frank Attkisson, 61, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2000–2008), Mayor of Kissimmee, Florida (1996–2000), traffic collision.^[100]
• Gordon Carton, 95, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1963–1975).^[101]
• Bob Cerv, 91, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics).^[102]
• John Fraser, 82, British politician, MP (1966–1997).^[103]
• Ronald Gatski, 82, American politician.^[104]
• Armand Gatti, 93, Monégasque-born French playwright, poet and journalist.^[105]
• Libuše Havelková, 92, Czech actress (Closely Watched Trains) and educator, Vice-Dean of Faculty of Theatre in Prague.^[106]
• Newton Holanda Gurgel, 93, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Crato (1993–2001).^[107]
• Imperial Commander, 16, Irish racehorse, heart attack.^[108]
• Michael McPartland, 77, British Roman Catholic priest.^[109]
• Bona Medeiros, 86, Brazilian politician, Governor of Piauí (1986–1987).^[110]
• Hugh Montgomery, 93, American intelligence officer.^[111]
• David Peel, 73, American singer and political activist, complications from a heart attack.^[112]
• Jack Pinoteau, 93, French film director.^[113]
• Don Rickles, 90, American comedian and actor (Toy Story, Casino, Kelly's Heroes), kidney failure.^[114]
• Rolf Sagen, 76, Norwegian author.^[115]
• Peter Savaryn, 90, Ukrainian-born Canadian lawyer.^[116]
• Clyde See, 75, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1974–1984).^[117]
• Jerzy Vetulani, 81, Polish neuroscientist.^[118]

7

• Alicia Agut, 87, Spanish actress, respiratory complications.^[119]
• Robert B. Baldwin, 93, American vice admiral.^[120]
• Joan Baker, 94, British painter.^[121]
• Relja Bašić, 87, Croatian actor (One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away).^[122]
• Arturo García Bustos, 90, Mexican painter.^[123]
• Sir Andy Chande, 88, Tanzanian executive and Freemason.^[124]
• Walter DeVerter, 81, American politician.^[125]
• Bill DuBois Sr., 100, American farmer and lobbyist.^[126]
• S. M. Ganapathy, 85, Indian temple architect and sculptor.^[127]
• John Glick, 78, American pottery artist.^[128]
• Marthe Gosteli, 99, Swiss women's rights activist, complications from a fall.^[129]
• Ray Guillery, 87, German-born British neuroscientist.^[130]
• Peter Isaacson, 96, Australian media publisher.^[131]
• Derrick Jensen, 60, American football player (Oakland Raiders), Super Bowl champion (1980, 1983), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.^[132]
• Robin Kay, 97, New Zealand painter and historian.^[133]
• Patricia McKissack, 72, American children's writer.^[134]
• Christopher Morahan, 87, English stage and television director (The Jewel in the Crown).^[135]
• Mary Mumford, 15th Lady Herries of Terregles, 76, Scottish peeress.^[136]
• Glenn O'Brien, 70, American journalist and editor (Rolling Stone, Interview), complications from pneumonia.^[137]
• Craig Payne, 55, American boxer.^[138]
• Tim Pigott-Smith, 70, English actor (The Jewel in the Crown, Clash of the Titans, V for Vendetta).^[139]
• John Salmon, 86, British advertising executive.^[140]
• Ben Speer, 86, American musician (Speer Family).^[141]
• Nicolae Șerban Tanașoca, 75, Romanian historian and philologist.^[142]
• Frans Widerberg, 82, Norwegian painter.^[143]

8

• Alicia Appleman-Jurman, 86, Polish-born Israeli-American memoirist.^[144]
• Stephen Caracappa, 75, American NYPD police detective and organized crime operative, cancer.^[145]
• Fishman, 66, Mexican professional wrestler (UWA, AAA, EMLL), heart attack.^[146]
• Fabrizia Baduel Glorioso, 89, Italian politician and trade unionist, president of EESC (1978–1979), MEP (1979–1984).^[147]
• Georgy Grechko, 85, Russian cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, heart failure.^[148]
• Eugene Lang, 98, American philanthropist.^[149]
• Brian Matthew, 88, English TV and radio presenter (Saturday Club, Thank Your Lucky Stars, Sounds of the 60s).^[150]
• Sir Douglas Myers, 78, New Zealand businessman (Lion Nathan), cancer.^[151]
• Vasantha Obeysekera, 79, Sri Lankan filmmaker.^[152]
• Rita Orlandi-Malaspina, 79, Italian opera singer.^[153]
• Park Nam-ok, 94, South Korean film director.^[154]
• David Perry, 79, English rugby union player.^[155]
• Kim Plainfield, 63, American jazz drummer.^[156]
• Mahmoodur Rahman, 75, Indian academic administrator, Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, cardiac arrest.^[157]
• Donald Sarason, 84, American mathematician.^[158]
• Anri Volokhonsky, 81, Russian poet.^[159]

9

• Knut Borge, 67, Norwegian journalist and entertainer.^[160]
• Carme Chacón, 46, Spanish politician, Minister of Housing (2007–2008) and Defence (2008–2011), heart illness.^[161]
• John Clarke, 68, Australian-New Zealand satirist (Fred Dagg, The Games).^[162]
• Jonny Forsström, 73, Swedish artist.^[163]
• Richard Kenneth Fox, 91, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago (1977–1979).^[164]
• Peter Hansen, 95, American actor (When Worlds Collide, General Hospital, Dragonfly).^[165]
• Harry Huskey, 101, American computer scientist (ENIAC).^[166]
• Margarita Isabel, 75, Mexican actress (Cronos), emphysema.^[167]
• Kim Young-ae, 65, South Korean actress (The Attorney), pancreatic cancer.^[168]
• Dieter Kottysch, 73, German light middleweight boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1972).^[169]
• Édouard Le Jeune, 96, French Resistance member and senator.^[170]
• Fouad Naffah, 92, Lebanese politician.^[171]
• Peter Par Jiek, South Sudanese military officer, shot.^[172]
• Jean Périmony, 86, French actor and theatre director.^[173]
• Stan Robinson, 80, British jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist.^[174]
• Giorgio Bàrberi Squarotti, 87, Italian literary critic.^[175]
• Bill Sutherland, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets).^[176]
• Bob Wootton, 75, American country guitarist (Johnny Cash, Tennessee Three).^[177]
• Jean Worthley, 92, American naturalist and television presenter (Hodgepodge Lodge).^[178]

10

• Jack Ahearn, 92, Australian motorcycle road racer.^[179]
• Givi Berikashvili, 83, Georgian actor, respiratory failure.^[180]
• Al Besselink, 93, American professional golfer.^[181]
• Arthur James Boucot, 92, American paleontologist.^[182]
• Raymond Chang, 77, Hong Kong-born American chemist.^[183]
• Bab Christensen, 89, Norwegian actress.^[184]
• Sir Arnold Clark, 89, Scottish businessman (Arnold Clark Group).^[185]
• Spike Dykes, 79, American football coach (Texas Tech Red Raiders), heart attack.^[186]
• Blossom Elfman, 91, American novelist.^[187]
• Jan Faiks, 71, American politician, member of the Alaska Senate (1983–1991) and president (1987–1989), brain cancer.^[188]
• Fred Furniss, 94, British footballer (Sheffield United F.C.).^[189]
• Michael Gannon, 89, American historian and academic.^[190]
• Linda Hopkins, 92, American actress (Purlie, Me and Bessie) and singer ("Shake a Hand"), Tony winner (1972).^[191]
• Dennis F. Kinlaw, 94, American academic, president of Asbury University (1968–81, 1986–91).^[192]
• Kirill Kovaldzhi, 87, Russian author.^[193]
• Vuk Kulenovic, 70, Yugoslavian-born American composer.^[194]
• David Parry-Jones, 83, Welsh TV presenter and writer (BBC), Alzheimer's disease.^[195]
• Larry Reisbig, 77, American football player (Washington State Cougars) and coach (Long Beach State 49ers).^[196]
• Carlo Riva, 95, Italian motorboat designer.^[197]
• Larry Sharpe, 66, American professional wrestler (NWA) and trainer, liver disease.^[198]
• Margaret Towner, 96, British actress (Derek, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace).^[199]

11

• Michael Ballhaus, 81, German cinematographer (Goodfellas, Air Force One, Broadcast News).^[200]
• Martin J. Beckmann, 92, German economist.^[201]
• Frederick H. Borsch, 81, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Los Angeles (1988–2002), myelodysplastic syndrome.^[202]
• Edward Francis, 86, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sivagangai (1987–2005).^[203]
• Samir Frangieh, 71, Lebanese politician, MP (2005–2009), cancer.^[204]
• J. Geils, 71, American guitarist (The J. Geils Band).^[205]
• José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, 86, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Huaraz (1987–1996) and Lurin (1996–2006).^[206]
• Shantanu Kaiser, 62, Bangladeshi poet and essayist.^[207]
• Dorothy Mengering, 95, American television personality (Late Night with David Letterman, Late Show with David Letterman).^[208]
• Tom Modrak, 74, American sports executive (Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills), neurological disease.^[209]
• Chaïm Nissim, 68, Israeli-born Swiss anti-nuclear activist and politician, assisted suicide.^[210]
• Joyce Pipkin, 93, American football player.^[211]
• Margit Schumann, 64, German luger, Olympic gold medalist (1976).^[212]
• Toby Smith, 46, British keyboardist (Jamiroquai), cancer.^[213]
• Mark Wainberg, 71, Canadian medical researcher, co-discoverer of lamivudine, asthma.^[214]

12

• Sheila Abdus-Salaam, 65, American judge, member of the New York Court of Appeals (since 2013), suicide by drowning.^[215]
• Ramesh Chandra Agarwal, 72, Indian newspaper publisher (Dainik Bhaskar), heart attack.^[216]
• Jean Bernabé, 75, French writer.^[217]
• Kathleen Cassello, 58, American operatic soprano.^[218]
• Tom Coyne, 62, American Grammy award-winning music engineer (21, 1989, 25), multiple myeloma.^[219]
• Akhilesh Das, 56, Indian politician and sporting executive, member of the Rajya Sabha (1996–2014), mayor of Lucknow (1993–1995), heart attack.^[220]
• Angel Espinosa, 50, Cuban Olympic boxer (1992), world amateur champion (1986).^[221]
• Tony Figueira, 57, Angolan-born Namibian photographer, multiple myeloma.^[222]
• William Norman Grigg, 54, American author, journalist, and libertarian activist, heart attack.^[223]
• Geoff Grover, 73, Australian footballer (Port Melbourne).^[224]
• Mufti Abdul Hannan, Bangladeshi terrorist, execution by hanging.^[225]
• Wayne Hardin, 91, American college football player (Pacific) and coach (Navy, Temple), stroke.^[226]
• Peggy Hayama, 83, Japanese singer, pneumonia.^[227]
• Toshio Matsumoto, 85, Japanese film director (Funeral Parade of Roses), intestinal obstruction.^[228]
• Chimwala Munilall, 68, Guyanese cricketer.^[229]
• Charlie Murphy, 57, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (Chappelle's Show, Norbit, The Boondocks), leukemia.^[230]

13

• Vic Barnhart, 94, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).^[231]
• Zareh Baronian, 75, Armenian theologian and abbot.^[232]
• K. S. Chandrasekharan, 96, Indian-Swiss mathematician.^[233]
• José Miguel Class, 78, Puerto Rican singer.^[234]
• Dennis Edwards Jr., 95, American judge (New York Supreme Court).^[235]
• Fred Goldsmith, 84, Australian VFL footballer (South Melbourne).^[236]
• Daniel Guice, 92, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1956–1960), mayor of Biloxi (1961–1973).^[237]
• Roger Highfield, 95, English historian.^[238]
• Nona Liddell, 89, British violinist.^[239]
• Robert Marta, 73, American film camera operator (The Jerk, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, The Golden Child), President of the Society of Operating Cameramen.^[240]
• David Mwiraria, 78, Kenyan politician, MP for North Imenti (1992–2007), Minister of Finance (2003–2006), bone cancer.^[241]
• Eric Pringle, 81, British scriptwriter and author.^[242]
• Vakhtang Rcheulishvili, 63, Georgian physicist, construction executive and politician, MP (1992–2003), cancer.^[243]
• Georges Rol, 90, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Angouleme (1975–1993).^[244]
• Dan Rooney, 84, American football executive and diplomat, Chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers (since 2003), Ambassador to Ireland (2009–2012), member of the Hall of Fame (2000).^[245]
• Jim Scott, 78, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1991–2013), complications from Alzheimer's disease.^[246]
• Norio Shioyama, 77, Japanese animation director (Inuyasha, Tiger Mask), fire.^[247]
• Robert Taylor, 85, American computer scientist and internet pioneer, recipient of the National Medal of Technology and the Draper Prize, complications from Parkinson's disease.^[248]
• Imre Tóth, 68, Hungarian Olympic boxer.^[249]
• Ralph Votrian, 82, American actor.^[250]

14

• Robert H. Abel, 75, American author.^[251]
• Carol Cuffy-Dowlat, 59, Trinidadian politician and radio host, Senator (1995–2000).^[252]
• John Thomas Curtin, 95, American jurist, member of the U.S. District Court for Western New York (1967–1989).^[253]
• Martín Elías, 26, Colombian vallenato singer, traffic collision.^[254]
• Henry Hillman, 98, American venture capitalist and philanthropist.^[255]
• George William Jones, 79, British political scientist and author.^[256]
• Bruce Langhorne, 78, American folk musician (Bob Dylan) and film scorer (The Hired Hand), inspiration for "Mr. Tambourine Man", complications from a stroke.^[257]
• Bill Mitchell, 65, British theatre director, cancer.^[258]
• Hein-Direck Neu, 73, German Olympic discus thrower (1968, 1972, 1976).^[259]
• Hugh Pitts, 83, American football player.^[260]
• Wilhelm Sachsenmaier, 90, Austrian Olympic sports shooter (1952, 1960).^[261]
• Girish Chandra Saxena, 89, Indian politician, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (1990–1993, 1998–2003).^[262]
• James Smith, 97, Canadian politician, Commissioner of Yukon (1966–1976).^[263]
• Patti Smith, 70, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (2001–2009).^[264]
• John Woodburn, 80, British racing cyclist.^[265]

15

• David Brumbaugh, 56, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (since 2011).^[266]
• Johnny Carlyle, 87, Scottish ice hockey player (Nottingham Panthers).^[267]
• Alberto Carneiro, 79, Portuguese sculptor.^[268]
• Dorothy Dorow, 86, English soprano.^[269]
• Amílcar Henríquez, 33, Panamanian footballer (Árabe Unido, national team), shot.^[270]
• Allan Holdsworth, 70, British guitarist and composer (Bruford, U.K., Soft Machine), heart attack.^[271]
• Matt Holt, 39, American singer and musician (Nothingface).^[272]
• Clifton James, 96, American actor (Live and Let Die, Cool Hand Luke, Eight Men Out), complications from diabetes.^[273]
• Aref Lorestani, 45, Iranian actor, heart attack.^[274]
• Emma Morano, 117, Italian supercentenarian, verified world's oldest living person, last-known surviving person born in the 1800s.^[275]
• Sylvia Moy, 78, American songwriter ("Uptight (Everything's Alright)", "I Was Made to Love Her", "My Cherie Amour") and record producer.^[276]
• Leonard Reiffel, 89, American physicist, inventor of telestrator.^[277]
• Matt Stephens, 91, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (1971–1989).^[278]
• Alfonso Yuchengco, 94, Filipino industrialist and diplomat.^[279]

16

• George Bălăiță, 81, Romanian author.^[280]
• Michael Bogdanov, 78, British theatre director, heart attack.^[281]
• Gianni Boncompagni, 84, Italian television and radio presenter (Discoring).^[282]
• Rosemary Frankau, 84, British actress (Terry and June).^[283]
• Robert Godwin, 74, American retiree, victim of random killing, shot.^[284]
• Ed Havrot, 89, Canadian politician.^[285]
• Satrio Budihardjo Joedono, 84, Indonesian economist, Chairman of the Audit Board (1998–2004).^[286]
• Spartaco Landini, 73, Italian footballer (Inter Milan, Napoli).^[287]
• Moses Paukan, 83, American Yup'ik politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1968–1971).^[288]

17

• Guy Ébrard, 90, French politician.^[289]
• Vimala Gowda, 63, Indian politician, member of Karnataka Legislative Council (2011–2014).^[290]
• Claude Frioux, 85, French academic.^[291]
• Robert B. Hibbs, 84, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of West Texas.^[292]
• Dawson Mathis, 76, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 2nd district (1971–1981).^[293]
• Joe McCorquodale, 96, American politician, member (1959–1983) and speaker (1971–1983) of the Alabama House of Representatives.^[294]
• Devineni Nehru, 65, Indian politician, member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1983–1999, 2004–2009), heart attack.^[295]
• John T. Noonan Jr., 90, American jurist, member of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (since 1985).^[296]
• Michael Perham, 69, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Gloucester (2004–2014).^[297]
• Rosey, 47, Samoan-American professional wrestler (WWE, AJPW, FMW), heart failure.^[298]
• Sean Scanlan, 68, Scottish actor.^[299]
• Nicolle Van Den Broeck, 70, Belgian racing cyclist, Road Race World Champion (1973).^[300]
• Trish Vradenburg, 70, American screenwriter (Designing Women, Kate & Allie, Family Ties), heart attack.^[301]
• Shōichi Watanabe, 86, Japanese scholar and historical revisionist, heart failure.^[302]
• Othman Wok, 92, Singaporean politician, Minister for Social Affairs (1963–1977).^[303]

18

• Vic Albury, 69, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins).^[304]
• Bill Anderson, 80, American football player (Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers) and broadcaster (Vol Network).^[305]
• David Ball, 90, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Albany (1984–1998).^[306]
• Amedeo Benedetti, 62, Italian author.^[307]
• Augustin Bubník, 88, Czech Olympic ice hockey player, silver medallist (1948), coach and politician, MP (1998–2002).^[308]
• David Chandler, 72, American physical chemist.^[309]
• Frank Dostal, 71, German music producer and songwriter (Yes Sir, I Can Boogie).^[310]
• Raymond Han, 85, American painter.^[311]
• Barkley L. Hendricks, 72, American painter.^[312]
• Dorrance Hill Hamilton, 88, American philanthropist, heiress of Campbell Soup Company.^[313]
• Gordon Langford, 86, English composer.^[314]
• Li Yih-yuan, 85, Taiwanese anthropologist, complications of pneumonia.^[315]
• Mihalj Mesaroš, 81, Serbian footballer (Partizan, San Diego Toros).^[316]
• Jean Miot, 77, French journalist.^[317]
• Ron Moeser, 74, Canadian politician, lymphoma.^[318]
• Yvonne Monlaur, 77, French actress (Three Strangers in Rome, Circus of Horrors, The Brides of Dracula).^[319]
• Jaak Panksepp, 73, Estonian-born American neuroscientist, cancer.^[320]
• Diego Rafecas, 46, Argentine actor and film director.^[321]
• David H. Rodgers, 93, American politician, Mayor of Spokane, Washington (1967–1978).^[322]
• J. C. Spink, 45, American producer (A History of Violence, The Hangover, The Butterfly Effect), accidental drug overdose.^[323]
• Digby Taylor, 75, New Zealand sailor.^[324]

19

• Jill Amos, 89, New Zealand politician and community leader.^[325]
• Nikolay Andrushchenko, 73, Russian journalist, injuries sustained in a beating.^[326]
• Antun Bogetić, 94, Croatian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Poreč-Pula (1984–1997).^[327]
• Farouk Chanchoun, 61, Iraqi Olympic boxer.^[328]
• Dick Contino, 87, American accordionist.^[329]
• Delbert Daisey, 89, American waterfowl decoy maker.^[330]
• Tom Fleming, 65, American long-distance runner, heart attack.^[331]
• Phil Gray, 69, Australian politician.^[332]
• Aaron Hernandez, 27, American football player (New England Patriots) and convicted murderer, suicide by hanging.^[333]
• Eddie Macon, 90, American football player (Chicago Bears, Oakland Raiders).^[334]
• Carl Manner, 87, Austrian businessman (Manner confectionery).^[335]
• Sven Pettersson, 89, Swedish Olympic ski jumper (1956).^[336]
• Lyda Ann Thomas, 80, American politician, Mayor of Galveston, Texas (2004–2010).^[337]
• Yip Kai Foon, 55, Hong Kong gangster, cancer.^[338]
• Bohdan Zip, 88, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1982–1986).^[339]

20

• Magdalena Abakanowicz, 86, Polish sculptor.^[340]
• Alexander Bílek, 76, Czech Olympic racewalker.^[341]
• William F. Clayton, 93, American politician and attorney.^[342]
• Jay Dickey, 77, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 4th congressional district (1993–2001).^[343]
• David Dougherty, 50, New Zealand man wrongfully convicted of rape and abduction.^[344]
• Vic Elmes, 69, British musician (Christie).^[345]
• Sir Ewen Fergusson, 84, British diplomat, Ambassador to South Africa (1982–1984) and France (1987–1992).^[346]
• Roberto Ferreiro, 81, Argentine footballer (Independiente, River Plate, national team) and manager.^[347]
• John Freely, 90, American author and physics professor.^[348]
• Cuba Gooding Sr., 72, American soul singer (The Main Ingredient).^[349]
• Craufurd Goodwin, 82, Canadian-born American economist and historian.^[350]
• Paul Hébert, 92, Canadian actor and theatre director.^[351]
• Jari Helle, 54, Finnish ice hockey player and coach (HC Bolzano).^[352]
• Lawrence Hogan, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 5th congressional district (1969–1975).^[353]
• Sir Geoffrey Holland, 78, British civil servant.^[354]
• Trustin Howard, 93, American singer, actor and writer (The Joey Bishop Show, This Is Your Life), complications from a fall.^[355]
• Eric Ingham, 72, British rugby league player.^[356]
• Jang Deok-jin, 82, South Korean politician, Minister of Agriculture.^[357]
• Philip Kgosana, 80, South African anti-apartheid activist.^[358]
• Kojo Laing, 70, Ghanaian novelist.^[359]
• Ledell Lee, 51, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.^[360]
• Fernand Leischen, 97, Luxembourgian Olympic fencer (1948, 1952, 1956).^[361]
• Germaine Mason, 34, Jamaican-born British high jumper, Olympic silver medalist (2008), traffic collision.^[362]
• John McMillan, 78, Australian footballer (St Kilda).^[363]
• Sandy McNicol, 72, New Zealand rugby union player (Wanganui, national team).^[364]
• Marlys Millhiser, 78, American writer.^[365]
• Skeeter Swift, 70, American basketball player (New Orleans Buccaneers, Pittsburgh Condors, San Antonio Spurs) and coach (Liberty Flames).^[366]
• Robin Thorne, 87, S. African cricketer.^[367]
• Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi, 97, Chinese Patriotic Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Guiyang (1988–2014).^[368]

21

• Lucky Akhand, 60, Bangladeshi singer-composer, lung cancer.^[369]
• Cecilia Alvear, 77, Ecuadorian-born American journalist (NBC News), breast cancer.^[370]
• Phillip Ayeni, 68, Nigerian military officer, administrator of Bayelsa State (1996–1997).^[371]
• Eric Barnard, 92, Australian politician.^[372]
• Alexei Bolshakov, 77, Russian politician.^[373]
• Danzel Becker, 69, South African cricketer and umpire.^[374]
• Carl Christ, 93, American economist.^[375]
• Cape Cross, 23, Irish-bred racehorse and sire, euthanized.^[376]
• Ugo Ehiogu, 44, English football player (Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, national team) and coach, heart attack.^[377]
• Maria Zhorella Fedorova, 101, Austrian-born American opera singer and teacher.^[378]
• Wolfgang Fürniß, 72, German politician.^[379]
• Sandy Gallin, 76, American talent agent (Michael Jackson) and producer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Father of the Bride), multiple myeloma.^[380]
• John Grinold, 81, American college athletic director (Northeastern University).^[381]
• Kristine Jepson, 54, American mezzo-soprano, cancer.^[382]
• Gerry Jones, 84, Australian politician.^[383]
• Sean McEniff, 81, Irish politician and businessman.^[384]
• Enrico Medioli, 92, Italian screenwriter (Once Upon a Time in America, The Damned, The Leopard).^[385]
• Onuora Nzekwu, 89, Nigerian writer.^[386]
• Stathis Psaltis, 66, Greek comedian, lung cancer.^[387]
• Robert H. Shaffer, 101, American academic.^[388]
• Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin, 80, Tibetan Lama, 103rd Ganden Tripa.^[389]

22

• Miguel Abensour, 78, French philosopher.^[390]
• Hector Acebes, 96, American photographer.^[391]
• Jeff Butler, 83, English football manager (Kaizer Chiefs, South Africa national team).^[392]
• Hubert Dreyfus, 87, American philosopher, cancer.^[393]
• Henning Eichberg, 74, German sociologist.^[394]
• Bjarte Eikeset, 80, Norwegian lawyer, judge and politician, traffic collision.^[395]
• Olga Hegedus, 96, British cellist.^[396]
• Götz Heidelberg, 94, German engineer.^[397]
• William Hjortsberg, 76, American novelist and screenwriter (Legend, Falling Angel), pancreatic cancer.^[398]
• Vladimir Kamirski, 74, Polish-Australian conductor.^[399]
• Jess Kersey, 76, American basketball official (ABA, NBA), cancer.^[400]
• Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, 84, Scottish jurist, Senator of the College of Justice.^[401]
• Alvin H. Kukuk, 79, American politician.^[402]
• Lee Chi-chun, 74, Taiwanese radio presenter.^[403]
• Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard, 46, French Olympic alpine skier (1992, 1994, 1998).^[404]
• Cleber Leite, 47, Brazilian Olympic rower.^[405]
• Erin Moran, 56, American actress (Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi, Galaxy of Terror), tonsil cancer.^[406]
• Peter Moss, 78, British colonial administrator, park ranger, and pioneer of eco-tourism.^[407]
• Hiroshi Nakai, 74, Japanese politician, stomach cancer.^[408]
• Attilio Nicora, 80, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Verona (1992–1997), President of Patrimony of the Apostolic See (2002–2011).^[409]
• Sir Julian Priestley, 66, British civil servant, Secretary General of the European Parliament (1997–2007), cancer.^[410]
• Witold Pyrkosz, 90, Polish actor (M jak miłość, Janosik, Czterej pancerni i pies).^[411]
• Gustavo Rojo, 93, Uruguayan actor (Tarzan and the Mermaids, The Evil Forest, The Valley of Gwangi).^[412]
• Hans-Heinrich Sander, 72, German politician.^[413]
• Michele Scarponi, 37, Italian racing cyclist, 2011 Giro d'Italia winner, traffic collision.^[414]
• Pere Tàpias, 70, Spanish food writer and radio presenter.^[415]
• Peter Wells, 80, British medical physicist.^[416]

23

• Isiaka Adeleke, 62, Nigerian politician, Governor of Osun State (1992–1993), heart attack.^[417]
• Jerry Adriani, 70, Brazilian singer and actor, cancer.^[418]
• Inga Ålenius, 78, Swedish actress (Hem till byn, Fanny and Alexander, In Bed with Santa).^[419]
• Leo Baxendale, 86, British comics artist (The Bash Street Kids, Minnie the Minx, Little Plum).^[420]
• Chris Bearde, 80, Australian comedy writer and producer (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, The Gong Show), heart attack.^[421]
• Jaynne Bittner, 91, American baseball player (Grand Rapids Chicks, Fort Wayne Daisies).^[422]
• Anne Pippin Burnett, 91, American classics scholar.^[423]
• Henry Chung, 98, Chinese-American diplomat.^[424]
• Kathleen Crowley, 87, American actress (Robert Montgomery Presents, Maverick, Downhill Racer).^[425]
• Ana Delfosse, 85, Chilean-born American race-car driver and mechanic.^[426]
• Mickey Dewar, 61, Australian historian, motor neuron disease.^[427]
• Imre Földi, 78, Hungarian weightlifter, Olympic champion (1972).^[428]
• Charles Foster, 94, English-born Canadian writer and publicist.^[429]
• Noritoshi Kanai, 94, Japanese-born American executive.^[430]
• Adalbert Korponai, 51, Ukrainian footballer (Kremin Kremenchuk, Metalist Kharkiv), colon cancer.^[431]
• Kate O'Beirne, 67, American political columnist, editor (National Review), and commentator (Capital Gang), lung cancer.^[432]
• Eva Picardi, 69, Italian philosopher.^[433]
• František Rajtoral, 31, Czech footballer (Baník Ostrava, Viktoria Plzeň, national team), suicide by hanging.^[434]
• Luis Pércovich Roca, 85, Peruvian politician, Prime Minister (1984–1985).^[435]
• Johnny Roe, 79, Irish jockey.^[436]
• Ken Sears, 83, American basketball player (New York Knicks, San Francisco Warriors).^[437]
• Erdoğan Teziç, 81, Turkish academic.^[438]
• Chriet Titulaer, 73, Dutch astronomer, television presenter, and science and technology writer.^[439]
• Michael Williams, Baron Williams of Baglan, 67, British peer and diplomat, pancreatic cancer.^[440]

24

• Glory Annen, 64, Canadian actress (Felicity).^[441]
• Benjamin Barber, 77, American political theorist and author (Jihad vs. McWorld), pancreatic cancer.^[442]
• František Brůna, 72, Czech handball player (national team), Olympic silver medalist (1972).^[443]
• Xavier Corberó, 81, Spanish sculptor.^[444]
• Agustín Edwards Eastman, 89, French-born Chilean newspaper publisher, owner of El Mercurio.^[445]
• Phil Edwards, 67, British Olympic racing cyclist (1972).^[446]
• Agnes Giebel, 95, German soprano.^[447]
• Don Gordon, 90, American actor (Bullitt, Papillon, The Towering Inferno).^[448]
• Jack Harold Jones, 52, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.^[449]
• Dagmar Lerchová, 86, Czech Olympic figure skater (1948).^[450]
• Michael Mantenuto, 35, American actor (Miracle) and military officer, suicide by gunshot.^[451]
• Robert M. Pirsig, 88, American writer and philosopher (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance).^[452]
• Osmund Reynolds, 84, British paediatrician.^[453]
• Bradley Sack, 81, American researcher, aneurysm.^[454]
• Nicholas Sand, 75, American chemist, heart attack.^[455]
• Evangelina Villegas, 92, Mexican biochemist.^[456]

25

• Adolf Bachura, 84, Austrian Olympic ice hockey player (1964).^[457]
• Calep Emphrey Jr., 67, American drummer (B.B. King).^[458]
• Rolf Fjeldvær, 91, Norwegian politician, MP (1965–1981).^[459]
• Hsieh Chin-ting, 81, Taiwanese politician, Miaoli County Magistrate (1981–1989).^[460]
• Chris Gollon, 64, British painter.^[461]
• Amol Jichkar, 38, Indian cricketer.^[462]
• Sasha Lakovic, 45, Canadian ice hockey player (New Jersey Devils), brain cancer.^[463]
• Erik Martin, 81, German songwriter and editor (Muschelhaufen).^[464]
• Philippe Mestre, 89, French media executive and politician, member of the National Assembly (1981–1993), Minister of Veteran Affairs and War Victims (1993–1995).^[465]
• Elena Rzhevskaya, 97, Belarusian-born Russian writer.^[466]
• Issa Samb, 71, Senegalese artist.^[467]
• Munyua Waiyaki, 90, Kenyan politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1974–1979).^[468]

26

• Moïse Brou Apanga, 35, Ivorian-born Gabonese footballer, heart attack.^[469]
• Raj Bagri, Baron Bagri, 86, Indian-born British businessman (London Metal Exchange).^[470]
• Prince Bartholomew, 77, Trinidadian cricketer (national team).^[471]
• Babalola Borishade, 71, Nigerian politician, lung and heart disease.^[472]
• Jonathan Demme, 73, American film director (The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Rachel Getting Married), Oscar winner (1992), complications from esophageal cancer and heart disease.^[473]
• Charles Eugster, 97, British Masters athlete.^[474]
• Tom Forkner, 98, American businessman and lawyer, co-founder of Waffle House.^[475]
• Andrew G. Frommelt, 95, American politician.^[476]
• James Knoll Gardner, 76, American jurist, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (since 2002).^[477]
• Robert Hilder, 67, American jurist, esophageal cancer.^[478]
• Chet Kalm, 91, American artist, pneumonia.^[479]
• Dennis Karjala, 77, American law professor.^[480]
• William L. Kirk, 84, American air force general.^[481]
• Daniel Francis Merriam, 90, American geologist.^[482]
• Bill Page, 91, American reed player and band leader.^[483]
• Margit Pörtner, 45, Danish curler, European champion (1994), Olympic silver medalist (1998).^[484]
• Harold Van Heuvelen, 98, American composer and teacher.^[485]
• Andreas von der Meden, 74, German actor, voice actor and musician.^[486]
• Peter Venables, 94, British psychologist.^[487]
• Ronald Karslake Starr Wood, 98, British plant pathologist.^[488]

27

• Vito Acconci, 77, American artist and architectural designer, stroke.^[489]
• Amberleigh House, 25, Irish racehorse, winner of 2004 Grand National, complications from colic.^[490]
• Nikolai Arefyev, 37, Russian footballer.^[491]
• Eduard Brunner, 77, Swiss clarinetist.^[492]
• Vinu Chakravarthy, 71, Indian actor.^[493]
• Chen Tingru, 103, Chinese WWII army officer.^[494]
• Luis Dogliotti, 79, Uruguayan footballer.^[495]
• Jan Flinik, 84, Polish Olympic field hockey player (1952, 1960).^[496]
• Peter George, 75, Canadian economist, President of McMaster University (1995–2010).^[497]
• Vitaliy Kalynychenko, 79, Soviet-born American human rights activist (Ukrainian Helsinki Group).^[498]
• Vinod Khanna, 70, Indian actor (Mere Apne, Amar Akbar Anthony, Suryaa: An Awakening) and politician, member of the Lok Sabha for Gurdaspur (1997–2009; since 2014), bladder cancer.^[499]
• Joe Leonard, 84, American motorcycle racer and racecar driver.^[500]
• Lin Yi-han, 26, Taiwanese novelist, suicide by hanging.^[501]
• Robin Millhouse, 87, Australian judge and politician.^[502]
• Alexia Pickering, 86, New Zealand disabilities rights campaigner.^[503]
• Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, 79, Japanese sumo wrestler, pneumonia.^[504]
• Peter Spier, 89, Dutch-born American illustrator and children's writer.^[505]
• Kenneth Williams, 38, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.^[506]
• Julius Youngner, 96, American virologist.^[507]

28

• Lothar Beckert, 85, German Olympic long-distance runner (1956, 1960).^[508]
• Brazo de Oro, 57, Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL, UWA, NWA), heart attack.^[509]
• Joanna Brouk, 68, American electronic musician and composer.^[510]
• Ken Breitenbach, 62, Canadian ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres), cancer.^[511]
• Ion Degen, 91, Ukrainian-born Israeli writer, doctor and medical scientist.^[512]
• Mariano Gagnon, 87, American missionary.^[513]
• Richard Haynes, 90, American lawyer.^[514]
• Danny Killeen, 84, American Olympic sailor.^[515]
• Janelle Kirtley, 73, American water skier, world champion (1961).^[516]
• Maurice Lauze, 94, French racing cyclist (1948 Tour de France).^[517]
• Edouard Mathos, 68, Central African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bambari (since 2004).^[518]
• Luis Olmo, 97, Puerto Rican baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers), double pneumonia and complications from Alzheimer's disease.^[519]
• Billy Scott, 68, American race car driver.^[520]
• John Shifflett, 64, American jazz musician, pancreatic cancer.^[521]
• Donie Shine, 65, Irish football player (Clann na nGael, Roscommon) and manager.^[522]
• Patrick Thaddeus, 84, American astronomer.^[523]
• Francis Travis, 95, American-born Swiss orchestral conductor.^[524]
• Andrew Tyler, 70, British animal rights campaigner and music journalist.^[525]
• Sir John Whitmore, 79, British racing driver and executive coach.^[526]

29

• Diego Natale Bona, 90, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1985–1994) and Saluzzo (1994–2003).^[527]
• Sonika Chauhan, 27, Indian actress and model, car crash.^[528]
• Jonathan Dele, 70, Nigerian Olympic boxer (1968).^[529]
• Jordan Edwards, 15, American victim of police shooting, shot.^[530]
• George Genyk, 78, American college football player (University of Michigan) and coach, cancer.^[531]
• Vehid Gunić, 76, Bosnian journalist.^[532]
• William M. Hoffman, 78, American playwright (As Is).^[533]
• Saeed Karimian, 45, Iranian media activist, director-general of GEM TV, shot.^[534]
• Ernie Kell, 88, American politician, Mayor of Long Beach (1984–1994), cancer.^[535]
• Herbert Nkabiti, 36, Botswanan welterweight boxer, head injuries sustained in a fight.^[536]
• Lidia Pitteri, 83, Italian Olympic gymnast (1952).^[537]
• R. Vidyasagar Rao, 77, Indian irrigation engineer, bladder cancer.^[538]
• Mátyás Usztics, 68, Hungarian actor.^[539]
• Edward D. White Jr., 92, American architect.^[540]

30

• Leone Bagnall, 83, Canadian politician.^[541]
• Belchior, 70, Brazilian singer and composer.^[542]
• Clifford Brewer, 104, British surgeon.^[543]
• Anna Lee Carroll, 86, American actress (Not of This Earth, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Marlowe).^[544]
• Mbah Gotho, 146 (claimed), Indonesian longevity claimant, oldest unverified living person, heart failure.^[545]
• Lorna Gray, 99, American actress (O, My Darling Clementine, Captain America, Oh! Susanna).^[546]
• Howard Hart, 76, American CIA officer.^[547]
• Esad Hećimović, 53, Bosnian investigative journalist.^[548]
• Preston Henn, 86, American entrepreneur (Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop) and racing driver.^[549]
• Jayson Hinder, 51, Australian politician, member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly (2016), traffic collision.^[550]
• Jack Imel, 84, American entertainer.^[551]
• Jidéhem, 81, Belgian comics artist (Sophie).^[552]
• Archduke Joseph Árpád of Austria, 84, Austro-Hungarian royal, Captain General of the Order of Vitéz (since 1977).^[553]
• Ray Kogovsek, 75, American politician, member of the Colorado Senate (1970–1978) and the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 3rd congressional district (1979–1985).^[554]
• Borys Oliynyk, 81, Ukrainian author, poet, translator and politician, member of Verkhovna Rada (1992–2006).^[555]
• Anders Omholt, 90, Norwegian physicist.^[556]
• Tam Spiva, 84, American television writer (The Brady Bunch).^[557]
• Ueli Steck, 40, Swiss rock climber and mountaineer, climbing fall.^[558]
• Jean Stein, 83, American author and editor (The Paris Review), suicide by jumping.^[559]