The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2012.

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.

December 2012

1

• Ahmed Taib El Alj, 84, Moroccan writer.^[1]
• Raymond Ausloos, 82, Belgian football player.^[2]
• Jovan Belcher, 25, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), suicide by gunshot.^[3]
• José Bénazéraf, 90, French film director and producer.^[4]
• Arthur Chaskalson, 81, South African judge, Chief Justice (2001–2005), leukaemia.^[5]
• Mitchell Cole, 27, English footballer (Southend United, Stevenage Borough), complications of a heart defect.^[6]
• John Crigler, 76, American basketball player (University of Kentucky).^[7]
• Steve Fox, 54, English footballer, cancer.^[8]
• Chuck Gavin, 78, American football player.^[9]
• Dee Harvey, 47, American R&B singer.^[10]
• Rick Majerus, 64, American college basketball coach (University of Utah, Saint Louis University), heart failure.^[11]
• Ezroy Millwood, 70, Jamaican transport businessman.^[12]
• Gerard Parker, 76, American Cherokee tribal leader, Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (1995).^[13]
• Rubén Pellanda, 65, Argentine politician.^[14]
• Ed Price, 94, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1958–1966).^[15]
• Ray Rosso, 96, Italian-born American football coach, natural causes.^[16]
• Marcia Russell, 72, New Zealand journalist and news presenter.^[17]
• Edouard Saouma, 86, Lebanese civil servant, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (1976–1993).^[18]
• Bhim Bahadur Tamang, 78, Nepali politician, stroke.^[19]
• Phil Taylor, 95, English footballer and coach (Liverpool).^[20]
• Vidal Vega, 48, Paraguayan peasant leader, shooting.^[21]
• Yoshinori Watanabe, 71, Japanese yakuza, fifth godfather of the Yamaguchi-gumi.^[22]
• Reinhold Weege, 62, American television writer and producer (Barney Miller, Night Court), natural causes.^[23]
• James R. Whelan, 79, American publisher (The Washington Times), multiple organ failure.^[24]
• Karl-Heinz Wiebe, 96, German U-boat chief engineer during World War II and Iron Cross recipient.^[25]

2

• Ron Auchettl, 66, Australian footballer.^[26]
• Michael Crawford, 92, English cricketer.^[27]
• Gitte Dæhlin, 56, Norwegian sculptor.^[28]
• Preeti Ganguly, 59, Indian actress, cardiac arrest.^[29]
• Michael A. Gorman, 62, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2003–2005), POEMS syndrome.^[30]
• Tom Hendry, 83, Canadian playwright, founder of Manitoba Theatre Centre.^[31]
• Hiroshi Kato, 77, Japanese aikido master.^[32]
• Israel Keyes, 34, American alleged serial killer, suicide by hanging and lacerations.^[33]
• Ehsan Naraghi, 86, Iranian sociologist and writer, Director of UNESCO's Youth Division (1980–1996), long illness.^[34]
• Sylvester Odhiambo, Kenyan football coach (Muhoroni Youth F.C.).^[35]
• Décio Pignatari, 85, Brazilian poet, essayist and translator, respiratory failure.^[36]
• Azumir Veríssimo, 77, Brazilian footballer.^[37]
• Szymon, 23, Australian musician, suicide.^[38]

3

• Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, 74, Iraqi-born Lebanese Syrian Catholic hierarch, Archbishop-Procurator in Rome (since 1986).^[39]
• Leo Rajendram Antony, 85, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa (1974–1983).^[40]
• Amir Mahmud Anvar, 67, Iranian literary academic and poet.^[41]
• Tommy Berggren, 62, Swedish footballer.^[42]
• Ivan Boboshko, 83, Soviet football player and coach.^[43]
• Georgy Borisenko, 90, Soviet correspondence chess grandmaster and chess theoretician.^[44]
• Kuntal Chandra, 28, Bangladeshi cricketer, strangulation.^[45]
• Bill Donckers, 61, American football player, lymphoma.^[46]
• Christopher Erhardt, 53, American video game producer and academic.^[47]
• Peter Johnson, Sr., 91, American trial lawyer and political power broker, pulmonary fibrosis.^[48]
• Fyodor Khitruk, 95, Russian animator and animation director (The Story of a Crime).^[49]
• Mohamed Mahroof, 62, Sri Lankan politician, MP for Colombo (2000–2010).^[50]
• Diego Mendieta, 32, Paraguayan footballer, viral infection.^[51]
• Carlomagno Meneses, 85, Peruvian Olympic boxer.^[52]
• Eileen Moran, 60, American visual effects producer (The Lord of the Rings, Avatar, King Kong), cancer.^[53]
• King G. Porter, 91, American politician, member of the Tennessee State Senate.^[54]
• Sir Geoffrey Shakerley, 80, British photographer.^[55]
• Janet Shaw, 46, Australian Paralympic bronze medal-winning (2004) cyclist and author, cancer.^[56]
• Jeroen Willems, 50, Dutch actor and singer, cardiac arrest.^[57]

4

• Alfredo Abon Lee, 85, Cuban military officer.^[58]
• Narmada Akka, Indian communist, shot.^[59]
• Grady Allen, 66, American football player (Atlanta Falcons), cardiac arrest.^[60]
• José Alves da Costa, 73, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Corumbá (1991–1999).^[61]
• Vasily Belov, 80, Russian writer, poet and dramatist.^[62]
• Philippe Bena, 60, French Olympic fencer.^[63]
• Jean Bollack, 89, French philosopher, philologist and literary critic.^[64]
• Jack Brooks, 89, American politician, member of US House of Representatives (1953–1995) and Texas House of Representatives (1949–1953).^[65]
• Miguel Calero, 41, Colombian footballer, cerebral thrombosis.^[66]
• Rozina Cambos, 60, Israeli actress (The Human Resources Manager), leukemia.^[67]
• James B. Cardwell, 90, American bureaucrat, complications of a broken hip.^[68]
• Besse Cooper, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest person.^[69]
• Anthony Deane-Drummond, 95, British army major general.^[70]
• Massimo Giustetti, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pinerolo (1974–1975), Mondovi (1975–1986) and Biella (1986–2001).^[71]
• Jonathan Harvey, 73, English composer, motor neurone disease.^[72]
• Helen Johnson Houghton, 102, British racehorse trainer.^[73]
• Eamon Kelly, 65, Irish criminal, shot.^[74]
• Peter Kiesewetter, 67, German modern classical composer.^[75]
• Miroslav Klůc, 90, Czech Olympic ice hockey (1956) forward and coach, member of Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, stroke.^[76]
• Larry Lawrence, 63, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Edmonton Eskimos), edema.^[77]
• Paul Marcotte, 84, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (2005–2007).^[78]
• Branislav Milinković, 52, Serbian diplomat, ambassador to NATO and Austria, suicide by jumping.^[79]
• Robert Monclar, 82, French Olympic basketball player.^[80]
• Hilmar Moore, 92, American politician, longest-serving mayor in the United States, complications of a fall.^[81]
• Tony Sweeney, 81, Irish sports writer and historian, heart attack.^[82]
• Michael Till, 77, British Anglican priest, Dean of Winchester (1996–2005).^[83]
• Ken Trickey, 79, American basketball coach (Oral Roberts University).^[84]
• Gerrit van Dijk, 73, Dutch animator, long illness.^[85]
• John Ward, 64, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), cancer.^[86]

5

• Allah Bachayo Khoso, 77, Pakistani artist and Alghoza player.^[87]
• Sammy Arena, 81, American singer, multiple organ failure.^[88]
• Petrine Archer-Straw, 55, British art historian, sickle-cell disease.^[89]
• Erwin Bischofberger, 76, Swedish Jesuit and medical practitioner.^[90]
• Dave Brubeck, 91, American jazz pianist ("Take Five") and composer ("Blue Rondo à la Turk"), heart failure.^[91]
• MC Buffalo, 41, Croatian rapper, stroke.^[92]
• Carlos Francisco Chang Marín, 90, Panamanian painter, musician, journalist, and writer.^[93]
• Evgeny Chubarov, 77, Russian painter, sculptor, and graphic artist.^[94]
• Chen Wencong, 42, Singaporean actor, writer and producer, pneumonia.^[95]
• Eduardo J. Corso, 92, Uruguayan journalist and lawyer.^[96]
• Wilhelmus Demarteau, 95, Dutch-born Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Banjarmasin (1954–1983).^[97]
• Enebeli Elebuwa, 66, Nigerian actor, stroke.^[98]
• Peter Feltus, 70, American philatelist.^[99]
• Francesco Fonti, 64, Italian criminal.^[100]
• Kazbek Gekkiyev, 28, Russian journalist, shooting.^[101]
• Frigyes Hollósi, 71, Hungarian actor.^[102]
• Ignatius IV of Antioch, 92, Syrian Orthodox patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch (since 1979), stroke.^[103]
• Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, 57, Japanese kabuki star, acute respiratory distress syndrome.^[104]
• Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, 103, Australian philanthropist, widow of Sir Keith Murdoch, mother of Rupert Murdoch.^[105]
• Yves Niaré, 35, French Olympic (2008) shot putter, traffic collision.^[106]
• Oscar Niemeyer, 104, Brazilian architect, respiratory infection.^[107]
• Eileen Pollock, 86, American television writer and producer (Dynasty, The Colbys).^[108]
• Kaisa Sere, 58, Finnish computer scientist.^[109]
• Doug Smith, 75, Scottish footballer and administrator (Dundee United).^[110]
• Felix Weinberg, 84, Czech-born British physicist.^[111]

6

• Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, 51, Equatorial Guinean politician, Prime Minister (2004–2006), heart attack.^[112]
• Mike Boyette, 71, American professional wrestler, heart disease.^[113]
• Jan Carew, 92, Guyanese writer and academic.^[114]
• Ed Cassidy, 89, American musician (Spirit), cancer.^[115]
• Eta Cohen, 96, English violin teacher and author.^[116]
• Arnold C. Cooper, 79, American academic.^[117]
• Bim Diederich, 90, Luxembourgian road bicycle racer.^[118]
• David Favrholdt, 81, Danish philosopher.^[119]
• Keitani Graham, 32, Micronesian Olympic (2012) Greco-Roman wrestler, heart attack.^[120]
• Alice Harden, 64, American politician, Mississippi State Senator (since 1988).^[121]
• Karine Kazinian, 57, Armenian diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom (since 2011), complications during surgery.^[122]
• Jeffrey Koo Sr., 79, Taiwanese businessman and billionaire, chairman for Chinatrust Financial Holding Company.^[123]
• Huw Lloyd-Langton, 61, British guitarist (Hawkwind, Widowmaker), throat cancer.^[124]
• Reginald Norby, 78, Norwegian diplomat, Ambassador to France (1994–1998).^[125]
• O-Six, 6, Yellowstone National Park gray wolf, shot.^[126]
• Pulpit, 18, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1997 Fountain of Youth Stakes and Blue Grass Stakes.^[127]
• Giovanni Sostero, 48, Italian astronomer, heart attack.^[128]
• Pedro Vaz, 49, Uruguayan diplomat and lawyer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009–2010), Ambassador to Chile (since 2010), heart attack.^[129]

7

• Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti, 46, Kuwaiti al-Qaeda leader, drone strike.^[130]
• Duggan Anderson, 88, Australian football player (Swan Districts Football Club).^[131]
• Olga Beaver, 70, Czech-American mathematician.^[132]
• Marie Bennigsen-Broxup, 68, British orientalist.^[133]
• Mikelis Brizga, 101, Australian businessman.^[134]
• P. J. Carey, 59, American baseball coach (Colorado Rockies).^[135]
• Chen Wen-yu, 88, Taiwanese horticulturist.^[136]
• Thomas Cornell, 75, American artist and professor, cancer.^[137]
• Armando Costa, 63, Canadian soccer coach and player.^[138]
• Gilbert Durand, 91, French academic.^[139]
• Ernest England, 85, Australian cricketer.^[140]
• Ammar El Sherei, 64, Egyptian musical composer and performer, heart ailment.^[141]
• Denis Houf, 80, Belgian footballer (Standard Liège).^[142]
• William F. House, 89, American physician, developer of the cochlear implant, cancer.^[143]
• Irene Hughes, 92, American psychic.^[144]
• Nikola Ilić, 27, Serbian basketball player, cancer.^[145]
• Armand Van De Kerkhove, 97, Belgian footballer [1]
• Roelof Kruisinga, 90, Dutch politician, Minister of Defence (1977–1978).^[146]
• Art Larsen, 87, American tennis player.^[147]
• Jeni Le Gon, 96, American dancer and actress (Amos 'n' Andy).^[148]
• Rusty Mills, 49, American animator (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, The Replacements), colon cancer.^[149]
• Ralph Parr, 88, American fighter pilot, Korean War flying ace.^[150]
• Marty Reisman, 82, American table tennis player, complications of heart and lung ailments.^[151]
• Saul Steinberg, 73, American businessman and corporate raider.^[152]
• Govindasamy Suppiah, 83, Singaporean football referee, diabetes.^[153]
• Joseph R. Weisberger, 92, American judge, Chief Justice of Rhode Island Supreme Court (1993–2001).^[154]

8

• Hermelindo Alberti, 87, Argentine sprinter.^[155]
• Barry Altman, 63, American businessman, cancer.^[156]
• Jerry Brown, 25, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), traffic collision.^[157]
• Mary Griggs Burke, 96, American art collector, largest private collector of Japanese art outside Japan.^[158]
• Arnold Dean, 82, American radio sports host and personality.^[159]
• Vernice Ferguson, 84, American nurse and healthcare executive.^[160]
• John Gowans, 78, British religious leader and musician, General of The Salvation Army (1999–2002).^[161]
• Jagannathan, 74, Indian actor.^[162]
• Yvonne Kennedy, 67, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1979).^[163]
• Johnny Lira, 61, American lightweight boxer, liver disease.^[164]
• Ambrose Madtha, 57, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Naissus, Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire (since 2008), traffic collision.^[165]
• Charles Martin, 81, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate.^[166]
• Khan Sarwar Murshid, 88, Bangladeshi educationist and intellectual, complications from stroke.^[167]
• Walter Newman, 91, American civic leader and army veteran.^[168]
• Bill Prest, 86, Australian politician, Queensland MLA for Port Curtis (1976–1992).^[169]
• Hal Schaefer, 87, American jazz musician and vocal coach (Marilyn Monroe) involved in the Wrong-Door Raid.^[170]
• Isaiah Shavitt, 87, Polish–born American theoretical chemist.^[171]
• Mark Strizic, 84, Australian photographer.^[172]

9

• Jenni Rivera, 43, American-born Mexican banda and norteño singer, plane crash.^[173]
• Barbara Alby, 66, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1993–1998).^[174]
• Håkon E. Andersen, 87, Norwegian bishop.^[175]
• Mathews Mar Barnabas, 88, Indian Metropolitan of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.^[176]
• Michael Bürsch, 70, German politician.^[177]
• Anna Czóbel, 94, Hungarian cinematographer.^[178]
• Biswajit Das, 24, Bangladeshi tailor, murdered.^[179]
• Jeanne Gervais, 90, Ivorian politician.^[180]
• Anat Gov, 58, Israeli playwright and screenwriter, colorectal cancer.^[181]
• Hiromori Kawashima, 90, Japanese sports administrator.^[182]
• Ivan Ljavinec, 89, Ukrainian-born Czech Byzantine Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Exarch in the Czech Republic (1996–2003).^[183]
• Sir Patrick Moore, 89, British astronomer and broadcaster (The Sky at Night), sepsis.^[184]
• Alex Moulton, 92, British engineer and inventor (Moulton Bicycle).^[185]
• Béla Nagy Abodi, 94, Hungarian painter.^[186]
• André Nelis, 77, Belgian Olympic silver (1956) and bronze (1960) medal-winning sailor, cancer.^[187]
• Ataa Oko, abt. 93, Ghanaian fantasy coffin artist.^[188]
• Charles Rosen, 85, American pianist and author, cancer.^[189]
• Riccardo Schicchi, 59, Italian pornographer, chronic kidney disease caused by type 2 diabetes.^[190]
• Norman Joseph Woodland, 91, American inventor, co-creator of the bar code.^[191]

10

• Iajuddin Ahmed, 81, Bangladeshi politician, President (2002–2009), heart and kidney disease.^[192]
• Vladimir Bakulin, 73, Kazakhstani Olympic silver medal-winning (1968) wrestler.^[193]
• Ashwini Bhatt, 76, Indian novelist.^[194]
• Cliff Brown, 60, American football player (Notre Dame).^[195]
• Antonio Cubillo, 82, Spanish politician, founder of Canary Islands Independence Movement.^[196]
• Lisa Della Casa, 93, Swiss soprano.^[197]
• Marla English, 77, American actress.^[198]
• Ralph Frese, 86, American canoe maker and conservationist.^[199]
• Ed Grady, 89, American actor (The Notebook, Dawson's Creek).^[200]
• Albert O. Hirschman, 97, German-born American economist.^[201]
• Hungargunn Bear It'n Mind, 9, Hungarian Vizsla, the Best in Show at Crufts in 2010.^[202]
• Harry Iauko, Vanuatuan politician, MP for Tanna (2008–2012), complications of pneumonia.^[203]
• Ibn Bey, 28, British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.^[204]
• Jacques Jullien, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beauvais (1978–1984), and Archbishop of Rennes (1985–1998).^[205]
• Patricia Kennedy, 96, Australian stage, film, and television actress (My Brilliant Career, Return to Eden).^[206]
• Ciarán Maher, 50, Irish Gaelic football player.^[207]
• Roy Miles, 77, British art dealer.^[208]
• Bob Munden, 70, American entertainer, heart failure.^[209]
• Shoichi Ozawa, 83, Japanese actor and folk art researcher.^[210]
• Paul Rauch, 82, American television producer (Another World, One Life to Live, Santa Barbara), complications of blood clots.^[211]
• Tommy Roberts, 70, British fashion designer.^[212]
• John Small, 66, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions).^[213]
• Felix Stehling, 87, American restaurateur, co-founder of Taco Cabana, dementia.^[214]
• Erwin Tomash, 91, American businessman (Dataproducts), Alzheimer's disease.^[215]
• Birdsall S. Viault, 80, American academic.^[216]
• Reginald James Wallace, 93, British civil servant, last Governor of the Gilbert Islands (1978–1979).^[217]

11

• Angélica M. Arambarri, 67, Argentine botanist and mycologist.^[218]
• Emilia Pisani Belserene, 89, American astronomer.^[219]
• Toni Blankenheim, 90, German opera singer.^[220]
• Lou Castagnola, 76, American athlete.^[221]
• Genadiy Dulnev, 85, Russian academic.^[222]
• Semiha Es, 100, Turkish photographer.^[223]
• Antonie Hegerlíková, 89, Czech actress, Thalia Award winner (2004).^[224]
• William B. Hopkins, 90, American politician, member of Virginia Senate (1960–1980), majority leader (1976–1980).^[225]
• Pedro Reginaldo Lira, 97, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Francisco in Argentina (1961–1965), and Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (1967–1978).^[226]
• B. B. Nimbalkar, 92, Indian cricketer.^[227]
• Dindi Gowa Nyasulu, 68, Malawian politician, leader of AFORD, brain tumor.^[228]
• Manuel Pardo, 56, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.^[229]
• Gérard Rasquin, 85, Luxembourgian Olympic sprinter.^[230]
• Alois Schnaubelt, 91, German Nazi soldier, awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (1944).^[231]
• Ravi Shankar, 92, Indian musician, complications from heart surgery.^[232]
• Walter Francis Sullivan, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Richmond (1974–2003), liver cancer.^[233]
• Galina Vishnevskaya, 86, Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist.^[234]
• Colleen Walker, 56, American golfer, won du Maurier Classic (1997), breast cancer.^[235]
• Mendel Weinbach, 79, Polish-born Israeli rabbi.^[236]

12

• Joe Allbritton, 87, American businessman, broadcaster and publisher.^[237]
• Fazlul Haque Amini, 67, Bangladeshi Muslim scholar.^[238]
• W. Rex Black, 92, American politician, member of the Utah Senate (1973–1997).^[239]
• Cynthia Bolbach, 64, American lawyer, cancer.^[240]
• Ray Briem, 82, American radio host (KABC), cancer.^[241]
• Eddie "Guitar" Burns, 84, American Detroit blues musician, heart failure.^[242]
• Manas Chakraborty, 70, Indian singer.^[243]
• Ron Cooper, 80, British bicycle frame maker.^[244]
• Alfred Delcourt, 83, Belgian football referee.^[245]
• Richard Eyre, 83, British Anglican priest, Dean of Exeter (1981–1996).^[246]
• Chris Fokma, 85, Dutch sculptor and ceramist.^[247]
• Laurie Gallagher, 88, Australian footballer.^[248]
• Else Marie Jakobsen, 85, Norwegian textile artist.^[249]
• Walt Kirk, 88, American basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons, Milwaukee Hawks).^[250]
• Don Medford, 95, American television director (Baretta, Dynasty, The F.B.I., The Fugitive).^[251]
• N.M. Mohan, 63, Indian comic book writer and editor, heart attack.^[252]
• Thomas Naylor, 76, American economist.^[253]
• Uri Possen, 70, American economist.^[254]
• Manju Bharat Ram, 66, Indian educationalist, cancer.^[255]
• Augustin Sagna, 92, Senegalese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ziguinchor (1966–1995).^[256]
• Nityanand Swami, 85, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2000–2001).^[257]
• David Tait, 25, English rugby player, suspected suicide by fall from a building.^[258]

13

• Willie Ackerman, 73, American drummer (Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Louis Armstrong).^[259]
• Andreu Alfaro, 83, Spanish sculptor.^[260]
• Donnie Andrews, 58, American criminal, inspiration for Omar Little on The Wire, complications of heart surgery.^[261]
• Jaco de Bakker, 73, Dutch theoretical computer scientist.^[262]
• Balthazar Bigirimana, 54-55, Burundian politician and diplomat.^[263]
• Ian Black, 88, Scottish footballer.^[264]
• Jan Blaha, 74, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop (1967–2012).^[265]
• John Bradley, 87, American racer.^[266]
• Alan Colquhoun, 91, English architect, historian, critic and teacher.^[267]
• Gil Friesen, 75, American music and film executive, President of A&M Records (1965–1990), leukemia.^[268]
• Jack Hanlon, 96, American child actor (Our Gang, The Shakedown, The General).^[269]
• Maurice Herzog, 93, French climber and politician, Minister of Youth and Sport (1958–1963).^[270]
• Natalya Kustinskaya, 74, Russian actress (Three Plus Two, Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession), complications from pneumonia.^[271]
• Moshe Lazar, 84, American academic.^[272]
• Newton Edward Miller, 93, American politician, member of the New Jersey House of Representatives (1981–1989).^[273]
• Midori Miura, 64, Japanese translator of Russian, cancer.^[274]
• T. Shanmugham, 92, Indian footballer and coach, respiratory ailment.^[275]
• Rob Talbot, 89, New Zealand politician, MP for Ashburton (1966–1969, 1978–1987) and South Canterbury (1969–1978).^[276]
• Abdesslam Yassine, 84, Moroccan political figure, complications of influenza.^[277]

14

• Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye, 82, Nigerian Anglican prelate, Primate of the Church of Nigeria (1986–1999).^[278]
• Leon Abrams, 89, British surgeon.^[279]
• Claude Abravanel, 88, Swiss pianist and composer.^[280]
• Richard Baum, 72, American China watcher.^[281]
• Avrelija Cencič, 48, Slovenian university professor.^[282]
• Alida Chelli, 69, Italian actress, cancer.^[283]
• Ertuğ Ergin, 42, Turkish singer.^[284]
• John Graham, 89, British army major general.^[285]
• Edward Jones, 62, American politician, North Carolina State Senator (since 2007), pancreatic cancer.^[286]
• Kenneth Kendall, 88, British television broadcaster (BBC News, Treasure Hunt), complications of a stroke.^[287]
• Klaus Köste, 69, German Olympic champion (1972) gymnast, heart failure.^[288]
• Hazel McIsaac, 79, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly member for St. George's (1975–1982), Alzheimer's disease.^[289]
• Jitka Senecká, 72, Czech Olympic volleyball player.^[290]
• Marion Stokes, 83, American television producer and civil rights activist.^[291]
• Shōmei Tōmatsu, 82, Japanese photographer.^[292]
• Victoria Leigh Soto, 27, American elementary school teacher, shot.^[293]

15

• Mohammad Amin, 84, Indian historian.^[294]
• Yury Anisimov, 74, Soviet Olympic sailor.^[295]
• Owoye Andrew Azazi, 60, Nigerian general, National Security Adviser (2010–2012), helicopter crash.^[296]
• Jamala al-Baidhani, 35, Yemeni activist, respiratory disease.^[297]
• Dick Hafer, 85, American jazz saxophonist.^[298]
• Bob Johnston, 83, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne).^[299]
• C. Louis Kincannon, 72, American bureaucrat, Director of the U.S. Census Bureau (2002–2008), cancer.^[300]
• Vincent Lafko, 67, Slovak Olympic silver medallist handball player (1972).^[301]
• Bob Odell, 90, American football player, kidney disease.^[302]
• Páidí Ó Sé, 57, Irish Gaelic football player and manager, suspected heart attack.^[303]
• Bobby Jack Oliver, 76, American football player.^[304]
• Ralph Pampena, 78, American police officer, Pittsburgh Police Chief (1987–1990), cancer.^[305]
• Jeffrey Potter, 94, American author.^[306]
• John Anderson Strong, 97, Scottish physician and academic.^[307]
• Takeshi Urata, 65, Japanese astronomer.^[308]
• Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, 64, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kaduna State (since 2010), helicopter crash.^[309]
• Olga Zubarry, 83, Argentine film actress.^[310]

16

• Charlesia Alexis, 78, Chagossian singer and activist.^[311]
• Axel Anderson, 83, German-born Puerto Rican actor.^[312]
• Robert W. Bazley, 87, American four-star general.^[313]
• James Walker Benét, 98, American journalist, veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, son of William Rose Benét.^[314]
• Petar Bozhilov, 49, Bulgarian canoer.^[315]
• Sheila Casey (née McKinley), 71, Scottish singer, cancer.^[316]
• John Chen Shi-zhong, 94, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Suifu (since 1985).^[317]
• Peter Clarke, 77, British cartoonist.^[318]
• Doyle Conner, 83, American politician, member of Florida House (1950–1960), Speaker (1958–1960), Florida Commissioner of Agriculture (1961–1991).^[319]
• Febo Conti, 85, Italian television and radio presenter.^[320]
• Duaine Counsell, 92, American football and baseball coach.^[321]
• Robert Derleth, 90, American football player, complications of a stroke.^[322]
• Andrzej Dłużniewski, 73, Polish sculptor.^[323]
• George Duggan, 100, New Zealand Marist priest and writer.^[324]
• Elwood V. Jensen, 92, American medical researcher, pneumonia.^[325]
• Laurier LaPierre, 83, Canadian broadcaster and politician, Senator from Ontario (2001–2004).^[326]
• Iñaki Lejarreta, 29, Spanish Olympic (2008) mountain biker, traffic collision.^[327]
• Avraham Mor, 77, Israeli actor and voice actor, cancer.^[328]
• Adam Ndlovu, 42, Zimbabwean footballer, traffic collision.^[329]
• Enrique Oltuski, 82, Cuban politician and revolutionary, respiratory failure.^[330]
• Nikolai Parshin, 83, Russian football player and manager.^[331]
• Jim Patterson, 84, Scottish footballer.^[332]
• Brian Sampson, 71, Australian rules football player.^[333]
• Fan Vavřincová, 95, Czech author and screenwriter (Eva tropí hlouposti, Taková normální rodinka).^[334]
• Josh Weston, 39, American gay porn actor, AIDS-related causes.^[335]
• Jake Adam York, 40, American poet, stroke.^[336]

17

• Charlie Adam, 50, Scottish footballer, suicide.^[337]
• Richard Adams, 65, Filipino-born American gay rights activist, cancer.^[338]
• Tony Charlton, 83, Australian sports broadcaster, bowel cancer.^[339]
• Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy, 60, Nigerian-born British artist, cancer.^[340]
• Wayne Ducheneaux, 76, American Native leader.^[341]
• Manfred Feist, 82, German politician and party functionary.^[342]
• Jack Frazer, 80, Canadian politician.^[343]
• James Gower, 90, American Catholic priest and peace activist, co-founder of the College of the Atlantic.^[344]
• Jesse Hill, 86, American civil rights leader and businessman.^[345]
• Daniel Inouye, 88, American politician, Senator from Hawaii (since 1963), President pro tempore (since 2010), Medal of Honor recipient, respiratory failure.^[346]
• Peter Kenen, 80, American academic, emphysema.^[347]
• Arnaldo Mesa, 45, Cuban Olympic silver medal-winning (1996) boxer, stroke.^[348]
• Frank Pastore, 55, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), injuries from a traffic collision.^[349]
• Midge Richardson, 82, American magazine editor (Seventeen), natural causes.^[350]
• Sir Colin Spedding, 87, British biologist and agricultural scientist.^[351]
• Carroll S. Walsh, Jr., 91, American judge, New York Supreme Court (1978–1990), heart failure.^[352]

18

• Skippy Baxter, 93, American figure skater.^[353]
• Leman Çıdamlı, 80, Turkish actress, lung cancer.^[354]
• Gabrielle Clerk, 89, Canadian psychologist.^[355]
• Spencer Cox, 44, American HIV/AIDS activist, AIDS-related causes.^[356]
• Joseph T. Doyle, 81, American judge and politician, cancer.^[357]
• Sigmund Eisner, 92, American academic.^[358]
• Albert Elias, 41, American sports agent.^[359]
• Georgi Kaloyanchev, 87, Bulgarian actor (The Tied Up Balloon, Where Are You Going?).^[360]
• Koko, 7, Australian canine actor (Red Dog), heart disease.^[361]
• Ben Luján, 77, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (since 1975), Speaker (since 2001), lung cancer.^[362]
• Frank Macchiarola, 71, American educator, New York City Schools Chancellor (1978–1983), liver cancer.^[363]
• Bessie Moody-Lawrence, 71, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1993–2007), brain cancer.^[364]
• Mustafa Ould Salek, 76, Mauritanian army officer and politician, Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery (1978–1979).^[365]
• Keith Reilly, 77, Canadian curler.^[366]
• Camil Samson, 77, Canadian politician, MNA for Rouyn-Noranda (1970–1981).^[367]
• George Showell, 78, English footballer, ruptured stomach aortic artery.^[368]
• Danny Steinmann, 70, American film director (Friday the 13th: A New Beginning).^[369]
• Jim Whalen, 69, American football player (New England Patriots).^[370]
• Kevin Williams, 42, American football player.^[371]
• Sir Marcus Worsley, 5th Baronet, 87, English politician, MP for Keighley (1959–1964) and Chelsea (1966–1974).^[372]
• Muriel T. Yacavone, 92, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1970–1982).^[373]

19

• Bud Alper, 82, American sound engineer (Blade Runner, Rocky, The Crow).^[374]
• Inez Andrews, 83, American gospel singer (The Caravans), cancer.^[375]
• Mauricio García Araujo, 81, Venezuelan economist.^[376]
• Bob Armstrong, 64, Australian policeman, cancer.^[377]
• Sir Lawrie Barratt, 85, English businessman (Barratt Developments).^[378]
• Robert Bork, 85, American legal scholar, jurist, and 1987 Supreme Court nominee, heart disease.^[379]
• Alan Cowey, 77, British biochemist.^[380]
• Paul Crauchet, 92, French actor.^[381]
• Ian Crewes, 74, Australian footballer.^[382]
• Garniss Curtis, 93, American geophysicist.^[383]
• Colin Davis, 79, British racing driver, winner of 1964 Targa Florio.^[384]
• Les Devonshire, 86, English footballer.^[385]
• Pecker Dunne, 79, Irish musician.^[386]
• Krzysztof Etmanowicz, 53, Polish football manager.^[387]
• Daniel Gasman, 79, American historian.^[388]
• Konrad Hischier, 77, Swiss Olympic skier.^[389]
• Georges Jobé, 51, Belgian motocross rider, five-time FIM World Motocross Champion, leukemia.^[390]
• Douglas Leiterman, 85, Canadian producer and journalist (This Hour Has Seven Days).^[391]
• Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, 68, Israeli lieutenant general, Chief of Staff (1995–1998) and politician, Minister of Transportation and Tourism, cancer.^[392]
• Larry Morris, 79, American football player (Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams), after long illness.^[393]
• Keiji Nakazawa, 73, Japanese manga artist and writer (Barefoot Gen), lung cancer.^[394]
• George O'Donnell, 83, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).^[395]
• Virginia Starcher, 82, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1986–1990).^[396]
• Peter Struck, 69, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1980–2009), Minister of Defence (2002–2005), heart attack.^[397]
• Piet de Visser, 81, Dutch politician.^[398]

20

• George Almones, 50, American basketball player, heart failure.^[399]
• Mohammad Awad, 73, Jordanian footballer.^[400]
• Bill Bell, 100, British army officer and lawyer.^[401]
• Don Campbell, 87, Canadian ice hockey player.^[402]
• Daniel Cazés, 73, Mexican anthropologist.^[403]
• Stan Charlton, 83, English footballer (Leyton Orient, Arsenal).^[404]
• Leslie Claudius, 85, Indian Olympic champion (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960) field hockey player, cirrhosis of the liver.^[405]
• Richard Crandall, 64, American scientist, leukemia.^[406]
• Niall FitzGerald, 81, Irish football player.^[407]
• Robert Juniper, 83, Australian artist.^[408]
• Eagle Keys, 89, American-born Canadian CFL football player (Montreal Alouettes, Edmonton Eskimos) and coach (Saskatchewan Roughriders).^[409]
• Larry L. King, 83, American writer and playwright (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), emphysema.^[410]
• Chick Maggioli, 90, American football player.^[411]
• Jimmy McCracklin, 91, American blues musician, diabetes and hypertension.^[412]
• Victor Merzhanov, 93, Russian classical pianist.^[413]
• Erich Peters, 92, Swedish Olympic gymnast.^[414]
• Albert Renaud, 92, Canadian ice hockey player.^[415]
• Thelma Reston, 75, Brazilian actress (Entranced Earth), breast cancer.^[416]
• Kamil Sönmez, 65, Turkish singer and actor, State Artist, cerebral hemorrhage.^[417]
• Dennis Stevens, 79, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Everton).^[418]
• Jerome Whitehead, 56, American basketball player, gastrointestinal hemorrhage.^[419]

21

• Sultan Ahmed, 74, Bangladeshi Navy admiral.^[420]
• Vivian Anderson, 91, American baseball player (Milwaukee Chicks).^[421]
• Boyd Bartley, 92, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).^[422]
• Jarl Borssén, 75, Swedish actor and comedian.^[423]
• Thomas Bryant, 79, South African cricketer.^[424]
• Margarita Costa Tenorio, 61, Spanish biologist.^[425]
• Curtis Crider, 82, American racing driver.^[426]
• Jishu Dasgupta, 53, Indian film and television producer, cardiac arrest.^[427]
• Lee Dorman, 70, American bass guitarist (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond), natural causes.^[428]
• David Lomon, 94, British military veteran, member of the International Brigade.^[429]
• Shane McEntee, 56, Irish politician, TD for Meath (2005–2007) & Meath East (since 2007); Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (since 2011), suicide.^[430]
• Thomas W. McGee, 88, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1963–1991) and Speaker (1975–1984).^[431]
• Lotoala Metia, Tuvaluan politician, Minister for Finance, after long illness.^[432]
• Seiso Moyo, 56, Zimbabwean politician, MP for Nketa, heart attack.^[433]
• Daphne Oxenford, 93, English television and radio actress (Listen with Mother, Coronation Street).^[434]
• Basil Robinson, 93, English-born Canadian cricketer.^[435]

22

• Peter Anker, 85, Norwegian art historian and critic.^[436]
• Bashir Ahmad Bilour, 69, Pakistani politician, bombing.^[437]
• Paul Borowski, 75, German Olympic silver medallist sailor (1972).^[438]
• Chuck Cherundolo, 96, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers), heart failure.^[439]
• Charles Cleveland, 61, American basketball player.^[440]
• Wattie Dick, 85, Scottish footballer (Accrington Stanley).^[441]
• Neil Doolan, 79, Australian football player.^[442]
• Ryan Freel, 36, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), suicide by gunshot.^[443]
• Emidio Greco, 74, Italian film director and screenwriter.^[444]
• Willy Blok Hanson, 98, Javanese-born Canadian dancer.^[445]
• Rip Hawk, 82, American professional wrestler.^[446]
• George Hazlett, 89, Scottish footballer.^[447]
• Gary Johnson, 74, American baseball player and manager.^[448]
• Květa Legátová, 93, Czech writer, novel filmed as Želary.^[449]
• Barbara Lett-Simmons, 85, American politician.^[450]
• Lim Keng Yaik, 73, Malaysian politician.^[451]
• Bill McBride, 67, American politician, Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Florida (2002), heart attack.^[452]
• Gerald Melling, 69, British-born New Zealand architect and writer.^[453]
• Cliff Osmond, 75, American actor (Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, Kiss Me, Stupid), pancreatic cancer.^[454]
• Robert Pew, 89, American businessman and philanthropist, CEO and Chairman of Steelcase.^[455]
• Bolesław Proch, 60, Polish speedway rider, heart attack.^[456]
• Arthur Quinlan, 92, Irish journalist (The Irish Times).^[457]
• Robert Stevenson, 96, American musicologist.^[458]
• Arkady Vorobyov, 88, Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion under-90 kg (1956, 1960).^[459]
• Marva Whitney, 68, American singer, complications of pneumonia.^[460]

23

• Jerry Araos, 68, Filipino sculptor, landscape artist, and activist.^[461]
• Eduardo Arnosi, 88, Argentine music critic and writer.^[462]
• Emilio Ciolli, 79, Italian cyclist.^[463]
• Abe Deutschendorf, 77, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1994–2006).^[464]
• Dennis Greenland, 75, British soil scientist.^[465]
• Jean Harris, 89, American convicted murderer, killer of Scarsdale Diet doctor Herman Tarnower.^[466]
• Sylvia Hyman, 95, American ceramic artist.^[467]
• Eduardo Maiorino, 33, Brazilian MMA fighter, heart attack.^[468]
• Judy Nerat, 64, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2009–2011), cancer.^[469]
• John Quimby, 77, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1962–1974), complications of pneumonia.^[470]
• Mike Scaccia, 47, American heavy metal guitarist (Ministry, Rigor Mortis, Revolting Cocks), heart attack.^[471]
• Pedro Toledo, 69, Puerto Rican public official, Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police Department (1993–2001, 2005–2009), cardiac arrest.^[472]
• Cristian Tudor, 30, Romanian footballer, cirrhosis.^[473]
• Klemens von Klemperer, 96, German-born American historian.^[474]
• Evelyn Ward, 89, American television actress, mother of David Cassidy, Alzheimer's disease.^[475]

24

• Anand Abhyankar, 48, Indian actor, traffic collision.^[476]
• Hugh Aitken, 88, American composer.^[477]
• Vilen Barskyi, 92, Ukrainian Soviet and German artist.^[478]
• Richard Rodney Bennett, 76, English composer (Nicholas and Alexandra, Murder on the Orient Express).^[479]
• Capital Steez, 19, American rapper, suicide by jumping .^[480]
• Frank Christian, 60, American singer-songwriter.^[481]
• Ray Collins, 76, American singer (The Mothers of Invention), cardiac arrest.^[482]
• Brad Corbett, 75, American baseball owner (Texas Rangers, 1974–1980).^[483]
• Guy Dodson, 75, New Zealand biochemist.^[484]
• Charles Durning, 89, American actor (Evening Shade, Rescue Me, Dog Day Afternoon), natural causes.^[485]
• Kimio Eto, 88, Japanese musician.^[486]
• Earl Evans, 57, American basketball player.^[487]
• Carolina Griño-Aquino, 89, Filipino judge, Supreme Court (1988–1993) and Court of Appeals.^[488]
• Douglas Hamilton, 65, British journalist, drowned.^[489]
• Lee Hartman, 82, American animator (The Mickey Mouse Club, Sleeping Beauty), dementia.^[490]
• Jack Klugman, 90, American actor (Quincy, M.E., The Odd Couple, 12 Angry Men), Emmy winner (1964, 1971, 1973), prostate cancer.^[491]
• Alexander Leaf, 92, American physician and research scientist.^[492]
• Xavier Mabille, 79, Belgian historian and political scientist.^[493]
• Dennis O'Driscoll, 58, Irish poet.^[494]
• Elwyn Richardson, 87, New Zealand educator.^[495]

25

• Sita bint Fahd Al Damir, 90, Saudi royal.^[496]
• Erico Aumentado, 72, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives for Bohol (since 2010), pneumonia.^[497]
• Jerzy Bereś, 82, Polish artist.^[498]
• Sir Neville Bosworth, 94, British politician, Lord Mayor of Birmingham (1969–1970).^[499]
• Augusto Bracca, 94, Venezuelan songwriter, respiratory arrest.^[500]
• Frank Calabrese, Sr., 75, American mafia hitman (Family Secrets), suspected heart disease.^[501]
• Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, 83, British aristocrat.^[502]
• Jane Dixon, 75, American Episcopal prelate, Suffragan Bishop of Washington (1992–2002).^[503]
• Peter Ebert, 94, German opera director.^[504]
• Şerafettin Elçi, 74, Kurdish lawyer, politician, government minister and statesman, cancer.^[505]
• Halfdan Hegtun, 94, Norwegian radio personality and politician.^[506]
• Edward Hughes, 92, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Metuchen (1987–1997), cancer.^[507]
• John Josephs, 88, English cricketer (Leicestershire).^[508]
• Henry Ford Kamel, 51, Ghanaian politician, MP for Buem (since 2004).^[509]
• Joe Krivak, 77, American football coach (University of Maryland), leukemia.^[510]
• Mahmoud Larnaout, 67, Tunisian actor.^[511]
• Rudolf Müller, 81, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Görlitz (1994–2006).^[512]
• Othmar Schneider, 84, Austrian Olympic champion (1952) Alpine skier and marksman.^[513]
• Turki bin Sultan, 53, Saudi royal, Deputy Minister of Culture and Information (since 2011), heart attack.^[514]
• Lynn Watters, 96, Canadian Olympic sailor.^[515]
• Jože Zidar, 85, Slovenian Olympic ski jumper.^[516]

26

• Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed, 85, Pakistani politician and educator.^[517]
• Gerry Anderson, 83, British producer, writer and director (Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons), Alzheimer's disease.^[518]
• Fontella Bass, 72, American singer ("Rescue Me"), complications from a heart attack.^[519]
• Paul T. Bateman, 93, American number theorist.^[520]
• Elizabeth Brewster, 90, Canadian poet and academic.^[521]
• Chu Ting-shun, 84, Taiwanese folk musician and yueqin player.^[522]
• Les Garnider, 89, Australian footballer.^[523]
• Anton Geiser, 88, Yugoslav-born Nazi concentration camp guard.^[524]
• E. Porter Hatcher Jr., 76, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1987–1999).^[525]
• Hugh Lambie, 95, Australian Olympic rower.^[526]
• Gerald McDermott, 71, American filmmaker and author.^[527]
• Jean Perrot, 92, French archaeologist.^[528]
• Irving Saraf, 80, Polish producer, editor and director (In the Shadow of the Stars, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.^[529]
• Henri Strzelecki, 87, Polish-born British fashion designer, co-founder of Henri Lloyd.^[530]
• Ibrahim Tannous, 83, Lebanese military commander.^[531]
• Rebecca Tarbotton, 39, Canadian-born American environmental activist, director of Rainforest Action Network, drowning.^[532]

27

• Zuleika Alambert, 90, Brazilian writer, feminist, and politician.^[533]
• Peter Anderson, 62, New Zealand cricketer.^[534]
• Bernie Baxter, 83, Australian rules football player.^[535]
• Valentin Boreyko, 79, Russian Olympic champion (1960) rower.^[536]
• Harry Carey Jr., 91, American actor (Gremlins, Tombstone, The Searchers), natural causes.^[537]
• Lloyd Charmers, 74, Jamaican singer and record producer, heart attack.^[538]
• Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician.^[539]
• Beatriz da Costa, 38, German artist, cancer.^[540]
• Maurice Paul Delorme, 93, French Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (1975–1994).^[541]
• Beth Finch, 91, American politician, first female Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina (1975–1981).^[542]
• Hamid Ghodse, 74, Iranian-born British academic, expert in substance abuse and dependence, lung cancer.^[543]
• Sohrab Hossain, 90, Bangladeshi singer, exponent of Nazrul Sangeet.^[544]
• Ken Jones, 68, English footballer (Bradford Park Avenue, Southampton).^[545]
• Paul Khoarai, 79, Mosotho Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Leribe (1970–2009).^[546]
• Jorma Kortelainen, 80, Finnish Olympic silver medalist (1956) cross-country skier and rower, sepsis.^[547]
• Tingye Li, 81, Chinese-born American physicist.^[548]
• Edgar May, 83, Swiss-born American politician and Pulitzer prize-winning (1961) journalist, member of Vermont House of Representatives (1973–1983) and Senate (1983–1991), stroke.^[549]
• Benny McLaughlin, 84, American footballer.^[550]
• Jesco von Puttkamer, 79, German-born American aerospace engineer and NASA manager.^[551]
• Albert Riederer, 67, American judge and civic leader, Missouri Court of Appeals (1997–1999), cancer.^[552]
• Archie Roy, 88, Scottish astronomer and paranormal expert, pneumonia.^[553]
• Jim Sandoval, 54, American baseball historian.^[554]
• Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., 78, American general, Commander-in-Chief of United States Central Command (1988–1991), complications from pneumonia.^[555]
• Noriko Sengoku, 90, Japanese actress (Seven Samurai).^[556]
• Takashi Taniguchi, 65, Japanese voice actor.^[557]
• Mlađa Veselinović, 97, Serbian actor.^[558]
• Salt Walther, 65, American racecar driver.^[559]
• Ivar Ytreland, 86, Norwegian politician.^[560]

28

• Nicholas Ambraseys, 83, Greek engineering seismologist.^[561]
• Fyodor Arkhipenko, 91, Soviet-Belarusian pilot.^[562]
• Bogdan Baltazar, 73, Romanian banker, press secretary for Prime Minister Petre Roman, cancer.^[563]
• Martin G. Barnes, 64, American politician, first African American mayor of Paterson, New Jersey (1997–2002).^[564]
• Richard Lee Beasley, 82, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1960–1966), father of David M. Beasley.^[565]
• Steve Bryles, 55, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (2001–2011), cancer.^[566]
• John Carol Case, 89, British baritone.^[567]
• Emilio Charles, Jr., 56, Mexican professional wrestler, kidney failure.^[568]
• Jayne Cortez, 76, American poet and performance artist.^[569]
• Mark Crispin, 56, American computer programmer.^[570]
• John Diehl, 76, American football player.^[571]
• Václav Drobný, 32, Czech footballer (Aston Villa, national team), bobsleigh collision.^[572]
• Barrie Edgar, 93, English producer (Come Dancing, Gardeners' World), pneumonia.^[573]
• Jon Finch, 70, English actor (Frenzy, Kingdom of Heaven).^[574]
• Arnór Hannibalsson, 78, Icelandic philosopher and professor.^[575]
• Frank Henderson, 84, American politician and judge, member of the South Dakota Senate (1965–1966, 1969–1970) and Supreme Court of South Dakota (1979–1994).^[576]
• Tommy Keane, 44, Irish association football player.^[577]
• Leif Krantz, 80, Swedish television producer and film director.^[578]
• Dan Kraus, 89, American basketball player and FBI special agent, cancer.^[579]
• Claude-Anne Lopez, 92, American author and scholar, Alzheimer's disease.^[580]
• Lord Avie, 34, American thoroughbred racehorse, oldest living Eclipse Award winner (1980).^[581]
• Arman Manukyan, 81, Turkish economist and writer, heart disease.^[582]
• George Patterson, 92, Scottish missionary.^[583]
• Fred Rehm, 91, American basketball player.^[584]
• Emmanuel Scheffer, 88, German-born Israeli football coach, coached national team to only World Cup (1970).^[585]
• Burdette Solum, 85, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1991–1992, 1998–2004).^[586]
• Frankie Walsh, 76, Irish hurler (Waterford GAA).^[587]

29

• Hugh Adam, 87, Scottish businessperson.^[588]
• Aleksandra Akimova, 90, Russian pilot.^[589]
• Bob Astles, 88, British-born Ugandan government adviser of Milton Obote and Idi Amin.^[590]
• Mike Auldridge, 73, American bluegrass musician (The Seldom Scene), cancer.^[591]
• Kevin Betson, 83, Australian footballer.^[592]
• Henri Bortoft, 74, British philosopher.^[593]
• Chu Chang-kyun, 91, South Korean businessperson.^[594]
• Keith Crombie, 73, British music venue owner and promoter.^[595]
• Tony Greig, 66, South African cricketer, England captain (1975–1977) and Australian Nine Network television commentator, heart attack.^[596]
• Roland Griffiths-Marsh, 89, Australian soldier.^[597]
• Patience Latting, 94, American politician, first female Mayor of Oklahoma City (1971–1983).^[598]
• Edward Meneeley, 85, American artist.^[599]
• Ian Norton, 75, English cricketer.^[600]
• Ben Overton, 86, American judge, Supreme Court of Florida (1974–1999), complications following heart surgery.^[601]
• William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg, 84, British journalist and life peer, Editor of The Times (1967–1981), oesophageal cancer.^[602]
• Salvador Reyes Monteón, 76, Mexican footballer (C.D. Guadalajara, national team).^[603]
• Paulo Rocha, 77, Portuguese film director.^[604]
• Bruce Stark, 79, American cartoonist (New York Daily News), emphysema.^[605]
• Ruth Ann Steinhagen, 83, American stalker, shot Eddie Waitkus, inspiration for The Natural, fall.^[606]
• Ignacy Tokarczuk, 94, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Przemyśl (1965–1993).^[607]
• Jean Topart, 90, French actor (Fantastic Planet).^[608]
• Jeanne Vertefeuille, 80, American CIA official.^[609]

30

• Maulana Bijligar, 85, Pakistani religious leader.^[610]
• Gerry Brady, 87, Irish sports shooter.^[611]
• Catarina Castor, 32, Guatemalan politician, first Ixil woman elected to Congress, plane crash.^[612]
• Philip Coppens, 41, American author, cancer.^[613]
• Dennis Ferguson, 64, Australian convicted child sex offender.^[614]
• Beate Sirota Gordon, 89, Austrian-born American performing arts producer and women's rights advocate, drafted the Constitution of Japan.^[615]
• Mike Hopkins, 53, New Zealand sound editor (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Transformers), drowning.^[616]
• Arend Langenberg, 63, Dutch voice-over and radio presenter, rectal cancer.^[617]
• Rita Levi-Montalcini, 103, Italian neurologist and senator for life, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1986), natural causes.^[618]
• Göran Nilsson, 66, Swedish cinematographer.^[619]
• Gloria Pall, 85, American actress, heart failure.^[620]
• Sir Irvine Patnick, 83, British politician, MP for Sheffield Hallam (1987–1997), heart disease.^[621]
• Sonam Topgyal, 71, Tibetan politician, Kalön Tripa (Prime Minister) of the Central Tibetan Administration (1997–2001), stomach cancer.^[622]
• Andreu Vivo, 34, Spanish artistic gymnast, competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, heart attack while mountain climbing.^[623]
• Carl Woese, 84, American biologist, winner of Leeuwenhoek Medal (1992), National Medal of Science (2000), complications from pancreatic cancer.^[624]

31

• Elfriede Abbe, 93, American sculptor, wood engraver and botanical illustrator.^[625]
• Larry Bowie, 73, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).^[626]
• Moisès Broggi, 104, Spanish physician and pacifist.^[627]
• Carmen Calleja, 63, Spanish politician.^[628]
• Sergio de Castro, 90, French-Argentinian artist.^[629]
• Béla Csécsei, 60, Hungarian politician, Mayor of Józsefváros (1993–2009).^[630]
• Susana Dalmás, 64, Uruguayan politician, Senator (2010–2012), heart attack.^[631]
• Jim Davenport, 54, American journalist (Associated Press), cancer.^[632]
• Walter Hekster, 75, Dutch composer, clarinetist and conductor.^[633]
• Konstantin Kobets, 73, Russian Soviet-era military commander.^[634]
• Alasdair Liddell, 63, British health executive.^[635]
• Velta Līne, 89, Latvian actress, Stalin Prize (1948, 1951), People's Artist (1973).^[636]
• Annapurna Maharana, 95, Indian revolutionary figure and women's rights activist.^[637]
• Jovette Marchessault, 74, Canadian writer and artist.^[638]
• Tarak Mekki, 54, Tunisian politician, heart attack.^[639]
• Alan Reece, 85, British engineer and businessman.^[640]
• James B. Reuter, 96, American-born Filipino Roman Catholic priest and mass media advocate, complications from a stroke.^[641]
• Jean-Henri Roger, 63, French film director.^[642]
• Günter Rössler, 86, German photographer.^[643]
• Yang Teng-kuei, 74, Taiwanese film producer (Fong Sai-yuk, A City of Sadness), stroke.^[644]