The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2016.

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.

August 2016

1

• Queen Anne of Romania, 92, French-born Romanian royal.^[1]
• Frank Blas, 75, Guamanian politician, Lieutenant Governor (1987–1995), cancer.^[2]
• Peter Paul Brennan, 75, American Old Catholic prelate, Archbishop of New York.^[3]
• Oscar Celli Gerbasi, 70, Venezuelan politician, Governor of Carabobo (1985–1989).^[4]
• Dai Dower, 83, Welsh Olympic flyweight boxer (1952) and European champion (1955).^[5]
• Trayan Dyankov, 40, Bulgarian football player and manager (FC Spartak Varna).^[6]
• Andre Hajdu, 84, Hungarian-born Israeli composer and educator (Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University).^[7]
• Yabezi Kiiza, 78, Ugandan politician, Prime Minister of Bunyoro (2009–2012).^[8]
• Jonathan D. Krane, 65, American film producer (Face/Off, Look Who's Talking, Michael).^[9]
• Harrie Langman, 85, Dutch politician, Minister of Economic Affairs (1971–1973).^[10]
• Louis Marriott, 81, Jamaican actor, director, writer and broadcaster.^[11]
• Jim Northrup, 73, American Ojibwe writer, kidney cancer.^[12]
• Raimundo Ongaro, 91, Argentine union leader (CGTA).^[13]
• Allen K. Ono, 82, American army lieutenant general.^[14]
• Sir Derek Oulton, 89, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery (1982–1989).^[15]
• George Brigars Williams, 87, Ghanaian actor.^[16]

2

• Terence Bayler, 86, New Zealand actor (Monty Python's Life of Brian, Time Bandits, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone).^[17]
• Jonathan Borwein, 65, Scottish mathematician.^[18]
• Tony Chater, 86, British newspaper editor and communist activist.^[19]
• Forbes Carlile, 95, Australian swimming coach and modern pentathlete.^[20]
• Gordon Danby, 86, American physicist and inventor.^[21]
• John Fox, 87, English cricketer.^[22]
• James Martin Hayes, 92, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1967–1990).^[23]
• David Huddleston, 85, American actor (The Big Lebowski, Blazing Saddles, Santa Claus: The Movie), heart and kidney disease.^[24]
• Gert Kölli, 76, Austrian Olympian [1]
• René Landry, 79, Canadian politician.^[25]
• Robert Mabro, 81, Egyptian economist.^[26]
• Franciszek Macharski, 89, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków (1979–2005).^[27]
• Juan Carlos Mesa, 86, Argentine humorist.^[28]
• Álvaro Pérez Intriago, 79, Ecuadorian politician, member of the National Congress (1984–1986, 1996–2002), Mayor of Quito (1978–1982).^[29]
• Greg Stemrick, 64, American football player (Houston Oilers), heart attack.^[30]
• Neil Wilkinson, 61, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers, Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra).^[31]
• Ahmed Zewail, 70, Egyptian-American scientist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999).^[32]

3

• Shahram Amiri, 38, Iranian nuclear scientist, execution by hanging.^[33]
• Chris Amon, 73, New Zealand motor racing driver, cancer.^[34]
• Mansueto Bianchi, 66, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Volterra (2000–2006) and Pistoia (2006–2014).^[35]
• Elizabeth Colson, 99, American social anthropologist.^[36]
• Russell Coughlin, 56, Welsh footballer (Carlisle, Plymouth, Swansea), traffic collision.^[37]
• Louis Herman, 86, American marine biologist, bile duct cancer.^[38]
• Mel Hurtig, 84, Canadian publisher and political activist, pneumonia.^[39]
• Abdul Jeelani, 62, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers, Dallas Mavericks).^[40]
• Blake Krikorian, 48, American businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Slingbox, heart attack.^[41]
• Steve LaTourette, 62, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio's 14th district (1995–2013), pancreatic cancer.^[42]
• Ricci Martin, 62, American musician.^[43]
• Shakira Martin, 30, American-born Jamaican model and beauty queen, Miss Jamaica Universe (2011), sickle-cell disease.^[44]
• Robert Rosencrans, 89, American businessman, chairman of C-SPAN.^[45]
• Irving Sablosky, 92, American diplomat.^[46]
• Elliot Tiber, 81, American artist and writer (Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life), stroke.^[47]

4

• Jean Antone, 73, American professional wrestler (AWA, AJW, CSW).^[48]
• Eugene Atkinson, 89, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district (1979–1983).^[49]
• Bruce Burrell, 63, Australian murderer, liver and lung cancer.^[50]
• Peggy Cramer, 79, American baseball player (AAGPBL).^[51]
• David Dudley Dowd, Jr., 87, American federal judge, member of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (1982–1996).^[52]
• Patrice Munsel, 91, American coloratura soprano.^[53]
• Albert Nicholas, 85, American businessman and philanthropist.^[54]
• Robert Ramsay, 42, American baseball player (Seattle Mariners), seizure.^[55]
• Snaffu Rigor, 69, Filipino singer and songwriter, lung cancer.^[56]
• Craven C. Rogers Jr., 81, American air force lieutenant general.^[57]
• Gaspar Saladino, 88, American comic letterer (Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, Arkham Asylum).^[58]
• Zinaida Sharko, 87, Russian stage actress.^[59]
• Likas Tarigan, 92, Indonesian politician, member of the People's Consultative Assembly (1978–1988).^[60]
• Charles Toubé, 58, Cameroonian footballer (Tonnerre Yaoundé, national team).^[61]
• Ducksy Walsh, 50, Irish handball player.^[62]

5

• Hans-Jürgen Appelrath, 64, German educator (University of Oldenburg).^[63]
• David Attwooll, 67, British poet and publisher, Erdheim–Chester disease.^[64]
• Shamim Ara, 78, Pakistani actress and director.^[65]
• Alan Bates, 71, American physician and politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (2001–2005) and Senate (since 2005).^[66]
• Mahim Bora, 92, Indian writer, brain haemorrhage.^[67]
• Leslie Brown, 61, American historian, leukemia.^[68]
• Sir Robin Chichester-Clark, 88, British politician, MP for Londonderry (1955–1974).^[69]
• Joe Davis, 75, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Carlisle United).^[70]
• Don Donnithorne, 90, New Zealand architect.^[71]
• Joellyn Duesberry, 72, American landscape artist, pancreatic cancer.^[72]
• Alphons Egli, 91, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (1983–1989).^[73]
• Richard Fagan, 69, American songwriter and musician, liver cancer.^[74]
• Harold Hillman, 85, British scientist, heart failure.^[75]
• Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro, 74, Uruguayan politician, Minister of Defence (since 2011), respiratory problems.^[76]
• Vander Lee, 50, Brazilian singer-songwriter.^[77]
• Leovigildo López Fitoria, 89, Nicaraguan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Granada (1972–2003).^[78]
• Ines Mandl, 98, Austrian-born American biochemist.^[79]
• George E. Mendenhall, 99, American Biblical scholar.^[80]
• Annet Nieuwenhuyzen, 85, Dutch actress.^[81]
• Sir Leonard Peach, 83, British civil servant, Chief Executive of the National Health Service (1986–1989).^[82]
• Stuart D. B. Picken, 74, Scottish philosopher, academic, and cleric.^[83]
• Erling Ree-Pedersen, 94, Norwegian civil servant, Director of Tax Administration (1976–1982).^[84]
• Salvador Q. Quizon, 91, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa (1979–2002).^[85]
• John Alan Robinson, 86, British philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist.^[86]
• Howard Schachman, 97, American biochemist, pneumonia.^[87]

6

• Guillermo Anderson, 54, Honduran singer, thyroid cancer.^[88]
• Sid Applebaum, 92, American businessman, co-founder of Rainbow Foods.^[89]
• José Becerra, 80, Mexican bantamweight boxer, world champion (1959–1960).^[90]
• Philip Bialowitz, 90, Polish Holocaust survivor and resistance fighter.^[91]
• Chow Lien-hwa, 96, Chinese Baptist minister and theologian.^[92]
• Helen Delich Bentley, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Maryland's 2nd district (1985–1995), brain cancer.^[93]
• Joani Blank, 79, American entrepreneur (Good Vibrations), Butterfly vibrator inventor, author and feminist sex educator.^[94]
• Alfredo Bowman, 82, Honduran herbalist.^[95]
• Art Demmas, 83, American football official.^[96]
• Alan Dossor, 74, British theatre director.^[97]
• Kenneth Durham, 62, British educationalist, headmaster of University College School.^[98]
• Midget Farrelly, 71, Australian surfer, world champion (1965), stomach cancer.^[99]
• Pete Fountain, 86, American clarinetist.^[100]
• Ercole Lupinacci, 82, Italian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Lungro (1987–2010).^[101]
• Temple Painter, 83, American harpsichordist and organist.^[102]
• Ivo Pitanguy, 93, Brazilian plastic surgeon.^[103]
• Brian Roberts, 71, Australian footballer (Richmond).^[104]
• Mel Slack, 72, English footballer (Southend United, Cambridge United).^[105]
• Samuel Robin Spark, 78, Scottish artist.^[106]
• Vietnam Veedu Sundaram, 76, Indian screenwriter and film director.^[107]
• Norman Twain, 85, American stage and film producer (Lean on Me, Bajour, My Dog Tulip).^[108]
• Michael Walter, 57, German Olympic luger (1984, 1988), world champion (1985).^[109]
• Don Welch, 84, American poet and academic.^[110]
• Jan Wilsgaard, 86, Norwegian-born Swedish automobile designer (Volvo).^[111]
• Walter C. Young, 91, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1972–1992).^[112]

7

• David M. Borden, 79, American jurist, Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1990–2007), pancreatic cancer.^[113]
• John Boreland, 46, Northern Irish loyalist activist, shot.^[114]
• Yuri Bregel, 90, Russian historian.^[115]
• Larry Brink, 92, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).^[116]
• Gustavo Bueno, 91, Spanish philosopher.^[117]
• Rodolfo Camacho, 40, Colombian-born Venezuelan cyclist, shot.^[118]
• Bryan Clauson, 27, American racing driver, race collision.^[119]
• Mito Croes, 70, Aruban politician.^[120]
• Joe Duplin, 82, American sailor, world champion (1963).^[121]
• H. F. Gierke III, 73, American judge.^[122]
• Jack Günthard, 96, Swiss gymnast, Olympic champion (1952).^[123]
• Anđelko Klobučar, 85, Croatian composer and organist.^[124]
• Sagan Lewis, 62, American actress (St. Elsewhere, Homicide: Life on the Street), cancer.^[125]
• Hans Ragnemalm, 76, Swedish judge and academic.^[126]
• Sir Ron Scott, 88, New Zealand sports administrator.^[127]
• Jack Sears, 86, British race and rally driver.^[128]
• Peter Stein, 91, British legal scholar.^[129]
• Roy Summersby, 81, English footballer (Crystal Palace, Millwall, Portsmouth).^[130]
• B. E. Taylor, 65, American musician ("Vitamin L"), brain cancer.^[131]
• Ivo Urbančič, 85, Slovenian philosopher.^[132]
• Janus van der Zande, 91, Dutch Olympic marathon runner (1952).^[133]
• Dolores Vargas, 80, Spanish singer, complications of leukemia.^[134]
• Ruby Winters, 74, American soul singer ("Make Love to Me", "I Will").^[135]

8

• Nikola Anastasov, 84, Bulgarian actor.^[136]
• Ali Baba, 76, Pakistani writer.^[137]
• Mikhail Bariban, 67, Russian Olympic triple jumper (1972).^[138]
• Doris Bohrer, 93, American intelligence operative.^[139]
• Mike Brumley, 78, American baseball player (Washington Senators).^[140]
• Makandal Daaga, 80, Trinidadian political activist.^[141]
• Edward Daly, 82, Northern Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Derry (1974–1993).^[142]
• Željko Kopanja, 61, Bosnian newspaper editor, heart attack.^[143]
• Jyothi Lakshmi, 63, Indian actress, leukemia.^[144]
• Vijaya Nandasiri, 72, Sri Lankan actor and dramatist.^[145]
• Lin Shllaku, 78, Albanian footballer (Partizani Tirana, national team), lung disease.^[146]
• Klaus Weber, 80, German biologist.^[147]
• George Yarno, 58, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Atlanta Falcons, Houston Oilers), stomach cancer.^[148]

9

• Bill Alsup, 78, American race car driver, crane accident.^[149]
• Panchu Arunachalam, 76, Indian film writer (Kazhugu, Paayum Puli) and director (Manamagale Vaa), cardiac arrest.^[150]
• Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendía, 76, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tarazona (1990–1995) and Vitoria (1995–2016).^[151]
• Susan Baer, 65, American transportation executive, cancer.^[152]
• Karl Bögelein, 89, German football player and coach (VfB Stuttgart).^[153]
• Barendra Krushna Dhal, 77, Indian journalist.^[154]
• Bill Dooley, 82, American football coach (North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Tech Hokies, Wake Forest Demon Deacons).^[155]
• Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, 64, British billionaire property developer, heart attack.^[156]
• Fabio Garriba, 71, Italian actor (Slap the Monster on Page One).^[157]
• Siegbert Horn, 66, German slalom canoeist, Olympic champion (1972).^[158]
• Barry Jenner, 75, American actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dallas, Family Matters), acute myeloid leukemia.^[159]
• Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi, 96, Pakistani politician, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (1978–1986).^[160]
• Bob Kiley, 80, American public transport planner, Alzheimer's disease.^[161]
• Jimmy Levine, 61–62, American R&B musician and record producer.^[162]
• Jimmy D. Long, 84, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Legislature (1968–2000), traffic collision.^[163]
• W. Carter Merbreier, 90, American television personality (Captain Noah and His Magical Ark).^[164]
• Ernst Neizvestny, 91, Russian-American sculptor.^[165]
• Kalikho Pul, 47, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (2016) and MLA for Hayuliang (since 1995), suicide by hanging.^[166]
• Philippe Roberts-Jones, 91, Belgian art historian.^[167]
• Wang Tuoh, 72, Taiwanese writer and politician, MLY for Keelung (1996–2008), complications of a heart attack.^[168]

10

• Neill Armstrong, 90, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (Edmonton Eskimos, Chicago Bears).^[169]
• John Bennett, 84, Irish hurler (Cork).^[170]
• Des Calverley, 96, Australian football player (Fitzroy, Richmond).^[171]
• Lovell Coleman, 78, American-born Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).^[172]
• C. Welborn Daniel, 90, American politician and judge.^[173]
• Walter Hollenweger, 89, Swiss theologian and author.^[174]
• Donald Lee, 83, South African cricketer.^[175]
• John H. Moore, 77, American anthropologist.^[176]
• Kenneth Osterberger, 86, American politician, member of the Louisiana Senate (1972–1992).^[177]
• Harold Peterman, 74, American politician, member of the Delaware House of Representatives (since 2011).^[178]
• Steve Pivovar, 63, American sports journalist (Omaha World-Herald).^[179]
• John Saunders, 61, Canadian-born American sports journalist (ESPN, The Sports Reporters) and broadcaster (ESPN on ABC).^[180]
• Sasi Shanker, 57, Indian film director (Kunjikoonan).^[181]
• Cynthia Szigeti, 66, American actress (National Lampoon's European Vacation, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.^[182]
• James J. Tietjen, 83, American scientist and businessman.^[183]
• Ideler Tonelli, 91, Argentine politician.^[184]
• Gerhard Tötschinger, 70, Austrian actor, pulmonary embolism.^[185]
• Tom Wilson, 72, American football player and coach (Texas A&M Aggies), cancer.^[186]

11

• Hamdi Al Banbi, 80, Egyptian businessman and politician, Petroleum Minister (1991–1999).^[187]
• Roly Bain, 62, English priest and clown.^[188]
• Charles Bawden, 92, British Mongolist.^[189]
• Leon Donohue, 77, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys).^[190]
• James B. Dunn, 89, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1973–2000).^[191]
• Elmo Fernando, 75, Sri Lankan broadcaster.^[192]
• Paul Friedrich, 88, American anthropologist and linguist.^[193]
• Hanif Mohammad, 81, Pakistani cricketer (national team).^[194]
• Sigbjørn Ravnåsen, 74, Norwegian politician.^[195]
• Francesco Sgalambro, 82, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cefalù (2000–2009).^[196]
• Len Steckler, 88, American photographer, illustrator and filmmaker.^[197]
• Thomas Steinbeck, 72, American writer and war photographer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.^[198]
• Sir Ian Turbott, 94, New Zealand diplomat, Administrator of Antigua (1958–1964) and Grenada (1964–1967).^[199]
• Glenn Yarbrough, 86, American folk singer ("Baby the Rain Must Fall", "It's Gonna Be Fine", "San Francisco Bay Blues").^[200]

12

• Keith Blunt, 77, English football coach (Sutton United, Malmö, Viking), cancer.^[201]
• Paul Kraabel, 83, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1971–1975), subdural hematoma.^[202]
• Juan Pedro de Miguel, 58, Spanish Olympic handball player (1980, 1984).^[203]
• Gonzalo Monte-Manibog, 86, Filipino Olympic wrestler.^[204]
• Alison Piepmeier, 43, American writer, brain cancer.^[205]
• Ljubomir Popović, 81, Serbian painter.^[206]
• Halambage Premasiri, 52, Sri Lankan cricket player and administrator.^[207]
• Sir Swinton Thomas, 85, British judge.^[208]
• Ruby Wilson, 68, American blues, soul and gospel singer, heart attack.^[209]

13

• Kenny Baker, 81, British actor (Star Wars, Time Bandits, Flash Gordon).^[210]
• Ettore Bernabei, 95, Italian television director and producer.^[211]
• Miguel Bortolini, 74, Mexican politician, cancer.^[212]
• Connie Crothers, 75, American jazz pianist, cancer.^[213]
• Patricia English, 84, British actress (The Avengers).^[214]
• Gita Hall, 82, Swedish-American actress (The Gun Runners).^[215]
• Allen Kelley, 83, American basketball player, Olympic champion (1960).^[216]
• Pramukh Swami Maharaj, 94, Indian religious leader.^[217]
• Françoise Mallet-Joris, 86, Belgian writer.^[218]
• Emidio Massi, 94, Italian politician, President of Marche (1978–1990).^[219]
• S. P. Sarguna Pandian, 75, Indian politician.^[220]
• Michel Richard, 68, French-born American chef, complications from a stroke.^[221]
• Adi Sasono, 73, Indonesian politician, Minister of Cooperatives and Small Businesses (1998–1999).^[222]
• Joyce Carol Thomas, 78, American poet, playwright, motivational speaker, and author.^[223]
• Liam Tuohy, 83, Irish football player and manager (Shamrock Rovers, Newcastle United, national team).^[224]
• Holger Ursin, 82, Norwegian physician.^[225]

14

• Marion Christopher Barry, 36, American construction company owner, drug overdose.^[226]
• Bi Chunfang, 89, Chinese Yue opera performer.^[227]
• Neil Black, 84, English oboist.^[228]
• Raphael Cheenath, 81, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar (1985–2011).^[229]
• DJ Official, 39, American hip hop musician, bone marrow cancer.^[230]
• Fyvush Finkel, 93, American actor (Picket Fences, Boston Public, A Serious Man), Emmy winner (1994).^[231]
• Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, 89, British judge and law lord.^[232]
• Aboud Jumbe, 96, Tanzanian politician, President of Zanzibar (1972–1984).^[233]
• Hermann Kant, 90, German writer.^[234]
• Ron Vander Kelen, 76, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Wisconsin Badgers), MVP of the 1963 Rose Bowl.^[235]
• Horst Meyer, 90, Swiss physicist.^[236]
• Ken Meyer, 91, American football coach (San Francisco 49ers).^[237]
• Na. Muthukumar, 41, Indian lyricist, jaundice.^[238]
• Edgar Peltenburg, 74, Canadian archaeologist.^[239]
• Lorenzo Piani, 60, Italian singer and songwriter.^[240]
• Sohail Qaiser, 51, Pakistani squash player, world champion (1985), cancer.^[241]
• Yasumitsu Toyoda, 81, Japanese baseball player (Saitama Seibu Lions, Tokyo Yakult Swallows), pneumonia.^[242]
• James Woolley, 49, American keyboardist (Nine Inch Nails, 2wo), Grammy winner (1993).^[243]

15

• Hotaru Akane, 32, Japanese pornographic actress.^[244]
• Dennis Akumu, 82, Kenyan politician, MP for Nyakach (1969–1973, 1992–1997).^[245]
• Dick Assman, 82, Canadian gas station manager.^[246]
• Dalian Atkinson, 48, English footballer (Ipswich Town, Aston Villa), tased.^[247]
• Mauril Bélanger, 61, Canadian politician, MP for Ottawa—Vanier (since 1995), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.^[248]
• Choo-Choo Coleman, 78, American baseball player (New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies), cancer.^[249]
• Sarath de Abrew, 63, Sri Lankan judge.^[250]
• Solange Fasquelle, 83, French writer.^[251]
• Stefan Henze, 35, German canoeist and coach, Olympic silver medalist (2004), traffic collision.^[252]
• Joseph Hone, 79, Irish spy writer.^[253]
• Bobby Hutcherson, 75, American jazz musician, emphysema.^[254]
• Harold Kalina, 88, American politician.^[255]
• Alison Kelly, 102, English art historian.^[256]
• Monique Koeyers-Felida, 49, Curaçaoan politician, member of the Estates of Curaçao (2010–2015).^[257]
• T. A. Razzaq, 58, Indian screenwriter (Perumazhakkalam).^[258]
• Bambi Sheleg, 58, Chilean-born Israeli journalist and magazine editor, cancer.^[259]
• Makhenkesi Stofile, 71, South African politician and diplomat, Premier of the Eastern Cape (1997–2004), Minister of Sport and Recreation (2004–2010), Ambassador to Germany (since 2011).^[260]
• Richard Wackar, 88, American football and basketball coach (Rowan Profs).^[261]

16

• Jean-Guy Allard, 68, Canadian journalist and author.^{[citation needed]}
• Bev Barnes, 65, Canadian Olympic basketball player.^[262]
• Andrew Florent, 45, Australian tennis player, colorectal cancer.^[263]
• Jorge García Isaza, 88, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro (1989–2003).^[264]
• Charti Lal Goel, 89, Indian politician.^[265]
• João Havelange, 100, Brazilian football executive, President of FIFA (1974–1998).^[266]
• John McLaughlin, 89, American political commentator and television personality (The McLaughlin Group).^[267]
• Jemma Redmond, 38, Irish biotechnologist.^[268]
• Luis Álvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro, 73, Brazilian businessman, President of Santos FC (2010–2014).^[269]
• Richard Seminack, 74, American Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (since 2003), cancer.^[270]
• Gurdial Singh, 83, Indian writer.^[271]
• Ken Thornett, 78, Australian rugby league player (Parramatta Eels, national team, Leeds).^[272]
• John Timoney, 68, Irish-born American police officer, chief of Miami Police Department (2003–2010), Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department (1998–2002), lung cancer.^[273]

17

• George Anthan, 80, American journalist, cardiac arrest.^[274]
• Steve Arlin, 70, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians).^[275]
• James R. Bennett, 76, American politician, Secretary of State of Alabama (1993–2003, 2013–2015), cancer.^[276]
• Thomas Cholmondeley, 48, Kenyan farmer and landowner, complications after surgery.^[277]
• Baby Dalupan, 92, Filipino basketball coach (Crispa, Great Taste, Purefoods), pneumonia.^[278]
• John Ellenby, 75, British computer scientist.^[279]
• John Fischer, 86, Belgian-born American pianist and composer, stroke.^[280]
• Katharine Blodgett Gebbie, 84, American astrophysicist.^[281]
• Nachum Heiman, 82, Latvian-born Israeli composer, recipient of the Israel Prize (2009).^[282]
• Arthur Hiller, 92, Canadian-born American film director (Love Story, The Hospital, The In-Laws), President of AMPAS (1993–1997).^[283]
• Barry Hollowell, 68, Canadian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Calgary (1999–2005).^[284]
• William Landles, 92, Scottish sculptor.^[285]
• Víctor Mora, 85, Spanish comic book writer.^[286]
• Barry Myers, 79, British advertising filmmaker.^[287]
• Mool Singh, 63, Indian politician, Madhya Pradesh MLA for Raghogarh (1985–1989, 2008–2013), heart attack.^[288]
• Renuka Sinha, 67, Indian politician, MP for Cooch Behar (since 2014), heart attack.^[289]
• Shelby Westbrook, 94, American World War II pilot (Tuskegee Airmen).^[290]

18

• René Bonino, 86, French Olympic sprinter (1952, 1956), silver medalist at 1954 European Championship.^[291]
• Rovshan Janiyev, 41, Azerbaijani-Russian criminal, shot.^[292]
• Machali, 20, Indian tigress.^[293]
• Maxon Mbendera, 57, Malawian judge and chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission.^[294]
• Jérôme Monod, 85, French political advisor.^[295]
• Michael Napier Brown, 79, British actor, theatre director and playwright.^[296]
• Ernst Nolte, 93, German historian.^[297]
• Jan van Cauwelaert, 102, Belgian-Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Inongo (1954–1967).^[298]
• John William Vessey Jr., 94, American military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1982–1985).^[299]

19

• Trevor Baker, 94, British meteorologist.^[300]
• Subrata Banerjee, 71, Indian cricket umpire.^[301]
• Judes Bicaba, 69, Burkinabe Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dédougou (since 2005).^[302]
• Peter Blundell Jones, 67, British architect and architectural historian.^[303]
• Bob Cupp, 76, American golf course designer.^[304]
• Adrian Enescu, 68, Romanian composer.^[305]
• Anthony Evans, 73, South African cricketer.^[306]
• Jay S. Fishman, 63, American business executive, CEO of Travelers, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.^[307]
• Donald Henderson, 87, American physician, smallpox eradication program director, broken hip complications.^[308]
• Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 54, Spanish nobleman.^[309]
• Éva Lindner, 90, Hungarian Olympic skater (1948).^[310]
• Edward T. Maloney, 88, American aviation historian.^[311]
• John Penn Mayberry, 77, American mathematical philosopher.^[312]
• Colin O'Brien, 76, British photographer.^[313]
• Lou Pearlman, 62, American record producer, music manager (Backstreet Boys, NSYNC) and convicted criminal, cardiac arrest.^[314]
• Nina Ponomaryova, 87, Russian discus thrower, Olympic champion (1952, 1960).^[315]
• Krzysztof Ptak, 62, Polish cinematographer (Pornografia).^[316]
• Jack Riley, 80, American actor (The Bob Newhart Show, Rugrats, Spaceballs), pneumonia.^[317]
• Horacio Salgán, 100, Argentine tango musician.^[318]
• Mohammad Ali Samatar, 81, Somali politician, Prime Minister (1987–1990).^[319]
• Bob Skelton, 81, New Zealand jockey, bowel cancer.^[320]
• Danus Skene, 72, Scottish politician.^[321]
• Derek Smith, 85, British jazz pianist.^[322]
• Mira Stupica, 93, Serbian actress (Parada).^[323]

20

• Sam Bawlf, 72, Canadian politician and author, MLA (1976–1979).^[324]
• Judith-Marie Bergan, 67, American actress, cancer.^[325]
• Detlev Blanke, 75, German Esperantist.^[326]
• Lilia Cuntapay, 81, Filipino actress (Shake, Rattle & Roll, Brokedown Palace, Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay).^[327]
• George E. Curry, 69, American journalist, heart failure.^[328]
• Daniela Dessì, 59, Italian opera singer, cancer.^[329]
• Irving Fields, 101, American pianist.^[330]
• Jim Gibbons, 79, American football player (Detroit Lions), double pneumonia.^[331]
• Harry Gilmer, 90, American football player (Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions).^[332]
• Richard P. Korf, 91, American mycologist.^[333]
• Charles-Émile Loo, 94, French politician, member of the European Parliament (1979–1989) and the National Assembly (1967–1968, 1973–1978).^[334]
• Eugeniusz Geno Malkowski, 73, Polish artist.^[335]
• John J. McGlynn, 94, American politician.^[336]
• Ignacio Padilla, 47, Mexican writer, traffic collision.^[337]
• Joseph A. Palaia, 89, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1989–2008).^[338]
• Luis Rodolfo Peñaherrera Bermeo, 80, Ecuadorian artist.^[339]
• Brian Rix, Baron Rix, 92, British actor (And the Same to You) and activist (Mencap).^[340]
• Morton Schindel, 98, American film producer.^[341]
• Louis Smith, 85, American jazz trumpeter.^[342]
• Louis Stewart, 72, Irish jazz guitarist.^[343]
• Morris A. Wessel, 98, American pediatrician.^[344]
• M. K. Wren, 78, American science fiction writer.^[345]

21

• Headley Bennett, 85, Jamaican saxophonist.^[346]
• Abd al-Rahman Fakhri, 79, Yemeni poet and literary critic.^[347]
• Basia Frydman, 70, Polish-born Swedish actress (The Slingshot).^[348]
• Peter deCourcy Hero, 73, American philanthropy consultant, esophageal cancer.^[349]
• Morihiko Hiramatsu, 92, Japanese politician, Governor of Ōita Prefecture (1979–2003).^[350]
• Sir Antony Jay, 86, English broadcaster, director and writer (Yes Minister).^[351]
• Per Lønning, 88, Norwegian Lutheran bishop and politician, MP (1958–1965).^[352]
• Marin Moraru, 79, Romanian actor.^[353]
• Norma Moriceau, 72, Australian costume designer (Mad Max 2, "Crocodile" Dundee, Patriot Games).^[354]
• Mario Novelli, 76, Italian actor.^[355]
• Benet Rossell, 78, Spanish artist, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.^[356]
• Guido Schmidt-Chiari, 84, Austrian banker (Creditanstalt).^[357]
• Rab Stewart, 54, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Motherwell, Falkirk).^[358]
• Hanako Tokachi, 70, Japanese actress.^[359]

22

• Farid Ali, 71, Bangladeshi actor.^[360]
• Michael Brooks, 58, American basketball player (La Salle, San Diego Clippers, Indiana Pacers), stroke.^[361]
• Jordi Carbonell, 92, Spanish politician, President of ERC (1996–2004).^[362]
• Jackson B. Davis, 98, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Legislature (1956–1980).^[363]
• Girolamo Grillo, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia (1983–2006).^[364]
• Paul Landreaux, 72, American college basketball coach (El Camino College, Saint Mary's)^[365]
• Michael Leader, 78, British actor (EastEnders, Star Wars, Doctor Who).^[366]
• Li Yinyuan, 97, Chinese physicist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).^[367]
• Liu Dajun, 90, Chinese agricultural scientist, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).^[368]
• Edward Malefakis, 84, American history professor.^[369]
• V. S. Mani, 74, Indian legal scholar.^[370]
• Don McIver, 80, New Zealand military officer, Chief of General Staff (1987–1989), director of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (1991–1999).^[371]
• S. R. Nathan, 92, Singaporean politician, President (1999–2011), stroke.^[372]
• Geneton Moraes Neto, 60, Brazilian writer and journalist, aortic aneurysm.^[373]
• Jacqueline Pagnol, 95, French actress (Topaze).^[374]
• Diana Quer, 18, Spanish murder victim.^[375]
• Charlie Sands, 68, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels).^[376]
• Gilli Smyth, 83, English singer (Gong).^[377]
• Toots Thielemans, 94, Belgian jazz guitarist, whistler and harmonica player (Man Bites Harmonica!).^[378]
• Jane Thompson, 89, American designer and architect, cancer.^[379]

23

• Andreas Barkoulis, 80, Greek actor.^[380]
• Tekin Bilge, 85–86, Turkish Olympic footballer.^[381]
• Barry Chamish, 64, Canadian-born Israeli writer.^[382]
• Bryan Clutterbuck, 56, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers), colon cancer.^[383]
• Dennis Hackett, 87, British journalist and editor (Queen, Nova, Today).^[384]
• Mohammad Heydari, 79, Iranian musician and songwriter, cancer.^[385]
• Steven Hill, 94, American actor (Mission: Impossible, Law & Order, The Firm).^[386]
• Esther Jungreis, 80, Hungarian-born American religious leader, founder of Hineni, pneumonia.^[387]
• William McAllister-Johnson, 77, Canadian academic.^[388]
• André Melançon, 74, Canadian film director.^[389]
• Berit Mørdre, 76, Norwegian cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1968).^[390]
• Evita Muñoz, 79, Mexican actress, pneumonia.^[391]
• Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe, 93, American World War II pilot ace and politician, mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi (1973–1981).^[392]
• Gerald J. Oppenheimer, 94, American librarian and academic.^[393]
• Tony Pasquesi, 83, American football player (Chicago Cardinals).^[394]
• Joseph Chilton Pearce, 90, American author.^[395]
• Aaron W. Plyler, 89, American politician.^[396]
• Mercedes Pulido, 78, Venezuelan politician and diplomat.^[397]
• Edgar Schoen, 91, American physician.^[398]
• Reinhard Selten, 85, German economist, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1994).^[399]
• Henri de Turenne, 94, French journalist and screenwriter.^[400]
• Ria Vedder-Wubben, 65, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (2003–2011).^[401]
• Elsie Wayne, 84, Canadian politician, MP from Saint John (1993–2004).^[402]
• Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas (1983–2005).^[403]

24

• Juan Bell, 48, Dominican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers), kidney illness.^[404]
• Joel Bergman, 80, American architect (The Mirage).^[405]
• Neil Berry, 94, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns).^[406]
• Michel Butor, 89, French writer.^[407]
• Glen Evans, 80, New Zealand politician.^[408]
• Tom Ganley, 73, American businessman and politician.^[409]
• Gilles-Gaston Granger, 96, French analytic philosopher.^[410]
• Laurence Higgins, 87, American Roman Catholic priest.^[411]
• George Kaczender, 83, Hungarian-born Canadian film director (In Praise of Older Women).^[412]
• Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai, 96, Indian politician, Governor of Haryana (2004–2009), Rajasthan (2007), West Bengal (1998–1999), and Bihar (1979–1985, 1993–1998).^[413]
• Shūgorō Nakazato, 96, Japanese martial artist, aspiration pneumonia.^[414]
• Walter Scheel, 97, German politician, President of West Germany (1974–1979), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1969–1974) and Vice-Chancellor (1969–1974).^[415]
• Gregory P. Schmidt, 69, American politician, cancer.^[416]
• Józef Szymański, 90, Polish Olympic bobsledder.^[417]
• Roger Y. Tsien, 64, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (2008).^[418]
• Miguel Varela, 76, Filipino businessman.^[419]
• Henning Voscherau, 75, German politician, Mayor of Hamburg (1988–1997), brain tumor.^[420]
• Nina Yeryomina, 82, Russian basketball player, world champion (1959).^[421]

25

• Dame Margaret Anstee, 90, British diplomat, Director-General of the UN Office in Vienna (1987–1992).^[422]
• Robert Todd Carroll, 71, American academic, scientific skeptic and writer (The Skeptic's Dictionary), cancer.^[423]
• James Cronin, 84, American physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1980).^[424]
• Paul Dade, 64, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres), cancer.^[425]
• André Dehertoghe, 75, Belgian Olympic middle-distance runner (1968, 1972).^[426]
• Maria Eugénia, 89, Portuguese actress.^[427]
• Warren Hinckle, 77, American political journalist, pneumonia.^[428]
• Rodolfo Illanes, 58, Bolivian politician, beaten.^[429]
• Marvin Kaplan, 89, American actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Alice, The Great Race).^[430]
• Anna Kurska, 87, Polish politician, member of the Senate (2001–2007).^[431]
• Sergey Marchuk, 64, Russian speed skater, European champion (1978).^[432]
• Wynona Mulcaster, 101, Canadian painter and teacher.^[433]
• Josef Prokeš, 83, Czech Olympic skier.^[434]
• Sonia Rykiel, 86, French fashion designer, Parkinson's disease.^[435]
• Eddy Silitonga, 65, Indonesian singer.^[436]
• G. Spencer-Brown, 93, English polymath.^[437]
• Rudy Van Gelder, 91, American recording engineer.^[438]

26

• Peter Barry, 88, Irish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982–1987), Tánaiste (1987), TD (1969–1997).^[439]
• Graham Cairns-Smith, 84, British scientist.^[440]
• Paul Comi, 84, American actor (Cape Fear, The Towering Inferno, Rawhide).^[441]
• Hatuey de Camps, 69, Dominican politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1979–1982), cancer.^[442]
• Joe DeMaestri, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees).^[443]
• James Doyle, 78, American politician, Mayor of Pawtucket, Rhode Island (1997–2011).^[444]
• Bill Etra, 69, American inventor (Rutt/Etra Video Synthesizer), heart failure.^[445]
• Harald Grønningen, 81, Norwegian cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1968).^[446]
• Phyllis Harmon, 99, American cycling advocate.^[447]
• Steve Korcheck, 84, American baseball player (Washington Senators) and college president (State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota), heart failure.^[448]
• Winfried Menrad, 77, German politician, MEP (1989–2004).^[449]
• J. Alec Motyer, 91, Irish-born British biblical scholar.^[450]
• Michael Phillips, British ice dancer.^[451] (death announced on this date)
• Anton Pronk, 75, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.^[452]
• Martyn Quayle, 57, Manx politician, member of the House of Keys (2001–2011), injuries sustained in a fall.^[453]
• Davoud Rashidi, 83, Iranian actor.^[454]
• Jānis Reinis, 55, Latvian actor.^[455]
• E. Parry Thomas, 95, American banker and businessman.^[456]
• Jiří Tichý, 82, Czech football player.^[457]
• Erika Wallner, 70, Argentine actress, kidney failure.^[458]

27

• Alcindo, 71, Brazilian footballer (Grêmio), diabetes.^[459]
• Joy Browne, 71, American talk show host.^[460]
• Ronnie Cope, 81, English football player and manager (Manchester United, Luton Town).^[461]
• Tamim Chowdhury, 30, Bangladeshi-Canadian emir of ISIL in Bangladesh, shot.^[462]
• Cookie, 83, Australian-born Major Mitchell's cockatoo, world's oldest parrot, euthanized.^[463]
• Alan Cuthbert, 84, British pharmacologist.^[464]
• Jaime Davidovich, 79, Argentine-American artist.^[465]
• Leon Everitt, 69, American baseball player (San Diego Padres).^[466]
• Jean-Paul Fouletier, 77, French Olympic weightlifter (1968, 1972).^[467]
• Cesare Gelli, 83, Italian actor.^[468]
• Bill Lenkaitis, 70, American football player (New England Patriots), brain cancer.^[469]
• Zenzo Matsuyama, 91, Japanese screenwriter and director.^[470]
• Alan Smith, 77, English footballer (Torquay).^[471]
• Hans Stenberg, 63, Swedish politician, MP (1991–2010).^[472]
• Peter Stephens, 88, British journalist and newspaper editor.^[473]

28

• Hubbard Alexander, 77, American football coach (Dallas Cowboys).^[474]
• Sir Ronald Arculus, 93, British diplomat and businessman, Ambassador to Italy (1979–1983).^[475]
• Henry Judd Baker, American actor.^[476]
• Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, 80, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1984–2014), Defense Minister (2001–2002), kidney disease.^[477]
• Mr. Fuji, 82, American professional wrestler and manager (WWF).^[478]
• Juan Gabriel, 66, Mexican singer and songwriter, heart attack.^[479]
• Lennart Häggroth, 76, Swedish ice hockey player, world champion (1962) and Olympic silver medalist (1964).^[480]
• Joe R. Hicks, 75, American social activist.^[481]
• Nate Hirsch, 68, American sports broadcaster (Georgia Southern Eagles).^[482]
• William H. Lacy Jr., 71, American businessman, CEO of MGIC (1987–1999), respiratory failure.^[483]
• Volodymyr Patyk, 89, Ukrainian artist.^[484]
• Ken Purchase, 77, British politician, MP (1992–2010).^[485]
• Shahid Qadri, 74, Bangladeshi poet, kidney disease.^[486]
• Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, 86, Indian politician, Governor of Madhya Pradesh (1993–1998), Uttar Pradesh (1996, 1998), and Bihar (1991–1993).^[487]
• Charles Z. Smith, 89, American judge, Justice of the Washington Supreme Court (1988–2002).^[488]
• Darrell Ward, 52, American reality television personality (Ice Road Truckers), plane crash.^[489]

29

• Erkin Alymbekov, 54, Kyrgyz politician.^[490]
• Bronisław Baczko, 92, Polish philosopher.^[491]
• Ken Black, 84, Canadian politician.^[492]
• Joan Chambers, 86, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Ballarat South (1979–1982).^[493]
• Michael Di Pasqua, 63, American jazz drummer.^[494]
• Dee Dowis, 48, American football player (U.S. Air Force Academy), traffic collision.^[495]
• Erwin Gabathuler, 83, Northern Irish nuclear physicist.^[496]
• Nestor Ignat, 98, Romanian journalist.^[497]
• Yunus Jaffery, 86, Indian Persian scholar.^[498]
• Harry Jepson, 96, English rugby league administrator.^[499]
• Tommaso Labranca, 54, Italian writer.^[500]
• Edward Latter, 88, New Zealand military officer, politician, MP for Marlborough (1975–1978), and diplomat, High Commissioner to Canada (1980–1985).^[501]
• Reg Matthewson, 77, English footballer (Sheffield United, Fulham).^[502]
• Anne O'Brien, 60, Irish footballer (Reims, Lazio, Trani).^[503]
• Dinanath Pathy, 74, Indian painter and art historian.^[504]
• Ann Smyrner, 81, Danish actress (Reptilicus).^[505]
• Vedat Türkali, 97, Turkish playwright, novelist and screenwriter, multiple organ dysfunction.^[506]
• Gene Wilder, 83, American actor (The Producers, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Young Frankenstein) and screenwriter, Emmy winner (2003), complications from Alzheimer's disease.^[507]

30

• Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, 38/39, Syrian Islamist leader (ISIL in Syria), bombing.^[508]
• Eleanor Barooshian, 66, American rock musician (The Cake).^[509]
• Josip Bukal, 70, Bosnian footballer.^[510]
• Věra Čáslavská, 74, Czech gymnast, Olympic champion (1964, 1968), pancreatic cancer.^[511]
• Dan Dryden, 72, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (since 2011), cancer.^[512]
• Dave Durie, 85, English footballer (Blackpool, Chester City).^[513]
• Nabile Farès, 75, Algerian-born French novelist.^[514]
• Hoot Hester, 65, American fiddle player, cancer.
• Frederick King, 93, Canadian politician, MP (1979–1988).^[515]
• David Lavery, 67, American academic and television historian (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).^[516]
• Doris McLemore, 89, American teacher, last fluent speaker of the Wichita language.^[517]
• Marc Riboud, 93, French photographer.^[518]
• Brian Robinson, 76, New Zealand inorganic chemist.^[519]
• John Sacher, 76, British retailer (Marks & Spencer).^[520]
• Joe Sutter, 95, American aeronautical engineer, chief designer of the Boeing 747.^[521]

31

• Antonino Fernández Rodríguez, 98, Spanish businessman.^[522]
• Nathan Lyons, 86, American photographer.^[523]
• B. Daniel Riley, 70, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1999–2003, 2007–2011).^[524]
• Myron Tribus, 94, American organizational theorist.^[525]
• David H. Trump, 85, British archaeologist.^[526]
• Brian Wildsmith, 86, English painter and children's book illustrator.^[527]
• Miles Vaughan Williams, 98, British pharmacologist.^[528]
• Kashmiri Lal Zakir, 97, Indian poet and novelist.^[529]