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

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

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

December 2016

1

• Sulabha Brahme, 84, Indian economist.^[1]
• Don Calfa, 76, American actor (The Return of the Living Dead, Weekend at Bernie's, Me, Myself and I).^[2]
• Elisabeth Carron, 94, American operatic soprano.^[3]
• Jacques Cohen, 86, Egyptian-born Israeli actor (HaMis'ada HaGdola), complications from pneumonia.^[4]
• Peter Corrigan, 75, Australian architect.^[5]
• Patricia Crampton, 90, English translator.^[6]
• Gérard Desrosiers, 97, Canadian physician.^[7]
• Jo-Anna Downey, 50, Canadian comedian, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.^[8]
• Inkulab, 72, Indian poet and political activist.^[9]
• Bor-ming Jahn, 76, Taiwanese geochemist.^[10]
• Helen Ketola, 85, American baseball player (AAGPBL).^[11]
• Barry Lloyd, 63, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan).^[12]
• Joe McKnight, 28, American football player (New York Jets), shot.^[13]
• Ljubo Sirc, 96, Slovene economist.^[14]
• Ousmane Sow, 81, Senegalese sculptor.^[15]
• Zekarias Yohannes, 91, Eritrean Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Asmara (1984–2001).^[16]

2

• Odeefuo Boa Amponsem III, 94, Ghanaian royal, King of Denkyira (since 1955).^[17]
• Coral Atkins, 80, English actress (A Family at War, Emmerdale), cancer.^[18]
• Lyle Bouck, 92, American military officer and war veteran (Battle of the Bulge), pneumonia.^[19]
• H. Keith H. Brodie, 77, American psychiatrist and educator, President of Duke University (1985–1993).^[20]
• Joan Chalmers, 88, Canadian philanthropist.^[21]
• Billy Chapin, 72, American child actor (The Night of the Hunter).^[22]
• Cherushii, 33, American electronic musician and radio host (KALX), injuries from fire.^[23]
• Paul de Wispelaere, 88, Belgian writer.^[24]
• Dejo Fayemi, 83, Nigerian footballer (national team).^[25]
• Barry Frank, 86, American pop singer (Sammy Kaye Orchestra).^[26]
• Mark Gray, 64, American country singer and songwriter (Take Me Down, The Closer You Get).^[27]
• Halvar Jonson, 75, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (1982–2004).^[28]
• Sammy Lee, 96, American diver, Olympic champion (1948, 1952), pneumonia.^[29]
• Ko. Si. Mani, 87, Indian politician.^[30]
• Gisela May, 92, German actress and singer (Berliner Ensemble).^[31]
• James Reiss, 75, American poet and novelist.^[32]
• Teri Rofkar, 60, American Tlingit weaver.^[33]
• Rocco Salini, 85, Italian politician, President of Abruzzo (1990–1992).^[34]
• Jean Stead, 90, British journalist (The Guardian).^[35]
• Bosco Tjan, 50, American professor and psychologist, stabbed.^[36]
• Tove Kari Viken, 74, Norwegian politician, MP (1989–1997).^[37]

3

• Harry Balk, 91, American record producer and record company executive.^[38]
• Willie Casey, 84, Irish Gaelic football player (Mayo).^[39]
• Dave Cropper, 70, British Olympic athlete.^[40]
• Susan Cummings, 86, German-born American actress, cardiogenic shock.^[41]
• Newman Darby, 88, American sailboard inventor.^[42]
• Gigliola Frazzoni, 93, Italian opera singer.^[43]
• Nikola Gigov, 79, Bulgarian author.^[44]
• Herbert Hardesty, 91, American jazz musician.^[45]
• Sir David Hay, 88, New Zealand cardiologist, anti-smoking campaigner.^[46]
• Arthur Latham, 86, British politician, MP for Paddington North (1969–1974) and Paddington (1974–1979), Leader of London Borough of Havering (1990–1996).^[47]
• Bengt Lindqvist, 80, Swedish politician, MP (1982–1995).^[48]
• Bhai Mahavir, 94, Indian politician, Governor of Madhya Pradesh (1998-2003).^[49]
• Nancy Mairs, 73, American writer.^[50]
• Brockway McMillan, 101, American government official and scientist, Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (1963–1965).^[51]
• Antonio Membrado, 81, Spanish classical guitarist.^[52]
• Kuforiji Olubi, 80, Nigerian businesswoman and politician.^[53]
• Rémy Pflimlin, 62, French businessman, CEO of France Télévisions, cancer.^[54]
• Leonard B. Sand, 88, American judge.^[55]
• Bekal Utsahi, 92, Indian poet and politician, MP (1986–1992), brain haemorrhage.^[56]

4

• Hiroshi Arakawa, 86, Japanese baseball player (Mainichi Orions), batting coach (Yomiuri Giants) and manager (Yakult Swallows), cardiac arrest.^[57]
• Byron Birdsall, 78, American watercolor painter, heart failure.^[58]
• Lady Moyra Browne, 98, British nursing administrator.^[59]
• Tadeusz Chmielewski, 89, Polish film director, screenwriter and producer.^[60]
• Leonard T. Connors, 87, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1982–2008).^[61]
• Kamarou Fassassi, 68, Beninese politician, Minister of Mines, Energy and Hydraulics (2001–2006).^[62]
• Julia Gomelskaya, 52, Ukrainian composer, traffic collision.^[63]
• Gotlib, 82, French comics artist (Gai-Luron, Les Dingodossiers, La Rubrique-à-Brac).^[64]
• Ferreira Gullar, 86, Brazilian writer, essayist and art critic, pneumonia.^[65]
• Radim Hladík, 69, Czech musician (Blue Effect), pulmonary fibrosis.^[66]
• Peter Latham, 91, British air vice marshal.^[67]
• Stu Locklin, 88, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).^[68]
• Jean-Loup Passek, 80, French film critic.^[69]
• Patricia Robins, 95, British novelist.^[70]
• Jack Rudin, 92, American real estate developer.^[71]
• John Swaab, 88, Dutch Olympic equestrian^[72]
• Margaret Whitton, 67, American actress (Major League, The Secret of My Success, Steaming), cancer.^[73]
• Tiina Wilén-Jäppinen, 53, Finnish politician, shot.^[74]

5

• Charles H. Belzile, 83, Canadian army general. Commander of the Canadian Army (1992–1996).^[75]
• Big Syke, 48, American rapper.^[76]
• Mogens Camre, 80, Danish politician, MP (1968–1987) and MEP (1999–2009).^[77]
• Geydar Dzhemal, 69, Russian Islamic revolutionist and activist.^[78]
• Julia Elena Fortún, 87, Bolivian anthropologist.^[79]
• Petros Fyssoun, 83, Greek actor.^[80]
• Jayalalithaa, 68, Indian politician and actress, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1991–1996, 2001, 2002–2006, 2011–2014, since 2015), heart attack.^[81]
• Mona Maraachli, 58, Lebanese singer, heart attack.^[82]
• Marcel Renaud, 90, French canoeist, Olympic silver medalist (1956).^[83]
• Larry Roberts, 53, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).^[84]
• Rashaan Salaam, 42, American football player (Chicago Bears), Heisman Trophy winner (1994), suicide by gunshot.^[85]
• Rodney Smith, 68, American photographer.^[86]
• Robert Sumner, 94, American Baptist pastor and author.^[87]
• Sfiso Ncwane, 37, South African singer, kidney failure.^[88]

6

• Bruno Bayen, 66, French novelist, playwright and theatre director.^[89]
• Adolf Burger, 99, Slovak-born Czech typographer, memoirist and Holocaust survivor.^[90]
• Brittany CoxXx, 38, American trans woman and performer.^[91]
• Dave Edwards, 76, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), heart illness.^[92]
• Lalit Mohan Gandhi, 65, Indian politician, fell from train.^[93]
• Jan Frøystein Halvorsen, 88, Norwegian Supreme Court Justice.^[94]
• Dave MacLaren, 82, Scottish football player and manager (Plymouth).^[95]
• Jacky Morael, 57, Belgian politician.^[96]
• Charles B. Reed, 75, American educator, Chancellor of State University System of Florida (1985–1998) and California State University (1998–2012).^[97]
• Chonosuke Takagi, 68, Japanese judoka, world champion (1973), heart attack.^[98]
• Peter Vaughan, 93, British actor (Game of Thrones, Brazil, The Remains of the Day), epilepsy.^[99]
• Jim Vickers, 93, Indian Olympic hurdler (1948).^[100]
• Luke Wendon, 90, British Olympic fencer.^[101]

7

• Warren Allmand, 84, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1965–1997) and Cabinet minister (1972–1979).^[102]
• Brian Bulless, 83, English footballer (Hull City).^[103]
• Ian Cartwright, 52, English footballer (Wolverhampton), renal and spinal cancer.^[104]
• Viktor Danilov, 89, Russian-born Belarusian Greek-Catholic priest and Soviet dissident.^[105]
• Paul Elvstrøm, 88, Danish yachtsman, Olympic champion (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960).^[106]
• Mohamed Tahar Fergani, 88, Algerian singer.^[107]
• Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, 95, German politician.^[108]
• Hui Yin-fat, 80, Hong Kong social worker and politician, MLC (1985–1995), MEC (1991–1992) and member of the PLC (1996–1998).^[109]
• Junaid Jamshed, 52, Pakistani musician, television personality and preacher, plane crash.^[110]
• Alex Johnstone, 55, Scottish politician, MSP for North East Scotland (since 1999), cancer.^[111]
• Mike Kelly, 74, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (2005–2011), plane crash.^[112]
• Phillip Knightley, 87, Australian journalist.^[113]
• Greg Lake, 69, English singer and musician (King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer), cancer.^[114]
• Martin Puhvel, 82, Estonian-born Canadian philologist.^[115]
• Cho Ramaswamy, 82, Indian actor (Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai) and lawyer, heart attack.^[116]
• Mick Roche, 73, Irish hurler (Tipperary).^[117]
• Helen Roseveare, 91, British Christian missionary.^[118]
• Romilly Squire of Rubislaw, 63, Scottish heraldic artist.^[119]
• Elliott Schwartz, 80, American composer.^[120]
• İsmet Sezgin, 88, Turkish politician, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence (1997–1999), multiple organ failure.^[121]
• Allan Stewart, 74, Scottish politician, MP for East Renfrewshire (1979–1983), Eastwood (1983–1997).^[122]
• Benny Woit, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).^[123]

8

• Joop Braakhekke, 75, Dutch restaurateur and television presenter, pancreatic cancer.^[124]
• Putsy Caballero, 89, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).^[125]
• Valdon Dowiyogo, 48, Nauruan politician, MP (since 2003).^[126]
• John Glenn, 95, American astronaut (Mercury-Atlas 6) and politician, U.S. Senator from Ohio (1974–1999).^[127]
• Gareth Griffiths, 85, Welsh rugby union player (Cardiff, national team).^[128]
• Peter Jackson, 90, British animal conservationist and journalist.^[129]
• Lélis Lara, 90, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itabira–Fabriciano (1996–2003).^[130]
• Joseph Mascolo, 87, American actor (Days of Our Lives, The Bold and the Beautiful, Jaws 2), complications from Alzheimer's disease.^[131]
• Thomas C. Oden, 85, American theologian.^[132]
• Dame Sheila Quinn, 96, British nurse, President of the Royal College of Nursing (1982–1986).^[133]
• Fred Secombe, 97, Welsh priest and writer.^[134]
• Sir Alan Urwick, 86, British diplomat and public servant, Ambassador to Egypt (1985–1987), High Commissioner to Canada (1987–1989), Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons (1989–1995).^[135]
• Peter van Straaten, 81, Dutch comics artist and political cartoonist (Vader & Zoon).^[136]
• Palani Vaughan, 72, American Hawaiian music singer.^[137]

9

• Romualdas Aleliūnas, 57, Lithuanian ceramics designer.^[138]
• Élcio Álvares, 84, Brazilian politician, Senator (1991–1994, 1995–1999), Minister of Defence (1999–2000), and Governor of Espírito Santo (1975–1979).^[139]
• Edwin Benson, 85, American teacher, last speaker of the Mandan language.^[140]
• Georgia Blain, 51, Australian writer, brain cancer.^[141]
• Lawrence Demmy, 85, British ice dancer, world champion 1952–1955.^[142]
• A. Ross Eckler Jr., 89, American logologist, statistician, and author.^[143]
• Alejandro González Jr., 23, Mexican bantamweight boxer, shot.^[144]
• Sergei Lemeshko, 44, Russian footballer (Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky).^[145]
• Mario Milano, 81, Italian-born Australian professional wrestler (NWA, WCW, AJPW).^[146]
• Nola Ochs, 105, American centenarian, world's oldest college graduate.^[147]
• Luke Owens, 83, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals).^[148]
• Jens Risom, 100, Danish-born American furniture designer.^[149]
• Franco Rosso, 75, Italian-born British film director (Babylon).^[150]
• Robert Scholes, 87, American literary critic and theorist.^[151]
• Rob Sherman, 63, American political activist, plane crash.^[152]
• William N. Small, 89, American admiral.^[153]
• P. Viswambharan, 91, Indian politician.^[154]
• Ronald Webster, 90, Anguillan politician, Chief Minister (1976–1977, 1980–1984).^[155]
• Günther Wilke, 91, German chemist.^[156]

10

• George Junus Aditjondro, 70, Indonesian academic and political dissident.^[157]
• Stefania Biegun, 81, Polish Olympic cross-country skier.^[158]
• Peter Brabrook, 79, English footballer (Chelsea, West Ham United).^[159]
• Felix Browder, 89, American mathematician.^[160]
• John Cordner, 87, Australian cricket and football player.^[161]
• T. Neil Davis, 84, American geophysicist and writer.^[162]
• Bill Dineen, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings) and coach.^[163]
• Wolfgang Eisenmenger, 86, German physicist.^[164]
• Damião Experiença, 81, Brazilian outsider musician.^[165]
• Étienne Fabre, 20, French racing cyclist, fall.^[166]
• Jean-Claude Frécon, 72, French politician, Senator from Loire (since 2001).^[167]
• James Gair, 88, American linguist.^[168]
• A. A. Gill, 62, British writer and restaurant critic (The Sunday Times), lung cancer.^[169]
• Gene Hamm, 93, American golf player and course designer.^[170]
• Ken Hechler, 102, American politician, U. S. Representative from West Virginia's 4th congressional district (1959–1977), Secretary of State of West Virginia (1985–2001), stroke.^[171]
• Hans-Eric Hellberg, 89, Swedish author (Kram) and journalist.^[172]
• Eric Hilton, 83, American hotelier and philanthropist.^[173]
• László Huzsvár, 85, Serbian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zrenjanin (1988–2007).^[174]
• Paul Shinichi Itonaga, 88, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kagoshima (1969–2005).^[175]
• Herm Johnson, 63, American race car driver, liver and renal failure.^[176]
• Rick Klassen, 57, Canadian football player (BC Lions), cancer.^[177]
• George Klein, 91, Hungarian-Swedish biologist.^[178]
• V. C. Kulandaiswamy, 87, Indian academic.^[179]
• Miles Lord, 97, American federal judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Minnesota (1966–1985), Attorney General of Minnesota (1955–1960).^[180]
• Ian McCaskill, 78, British meteorologist and weatherman.^[181]
• Tommy McCulloch, 82, Scottish footballer (Clyde).^[182]
• Sergey Mikaelyan, 93, Russian film director (Love by Request).^[183]
• John Montague, 87, Irish poet.^[184]
• John Newhouse, 87, American journalist and author.^[185]
• Luciano Nobili, 83, Italian footballer (Palermo, Reggiana, Pescara).^[186]
• Allan Prell, 79, American radio host (WBAL).^[187]
• William J. Richardson, 96, American philosopher.^[188]
• Alberto Seixas Santos, 80, Portuguese film director (Brandos Costumes).^[189]
• Balbir Singh Sidhu, 84, Kenyan Olympic hockey player.^[190]
• Robert Stiller, 88, Polish author and translator.^[191]
• William Usery Jr., 92, American politician, Secretary of Labor (1976–1977), heart failure.^[192]

11

• Sadiq Jalal al-Azm, 82, Syrian philosopher and academician.^[193]
• Sark Arslanian, 92, American football coach (Weber State Wildcats, Colorado State Rams).^[194]
• João Castelo, 79, Brazilian politician, Governor of Maranhão (1979–1982), complications from surgery.^[195]
• Harry Jones, 71, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), heart attack.^[196]
• Bob Krasnow, 82, American record label executive (Elektra Records), co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.^[197]
• Charlie McNeil, 53, Scottish footballer (Stirling).^[198]
• John Moffat, 97, British navy pilot.^[199]
• Marie Muhammad, 77, Indonesian politician, Finance Minister (1993–1998), brain cancer.^[200]
• Michael Nicholson, 79, British journalist and war correspondent.^[201]
• Sid O'Linn, 89, South African cricketer and footballer (Charlton Athletic).^[202]
• Kevin O'Morrison, 100, American playwright and actor (Charlie Wild, Private Detective, Sleepless in Seattle).^[203]
• Ramesh Prabhoo, 78, Indian politician, Mayor of Mumbai (1987–1988).^[204]
• Marion Pritchard, 96, Dutch-born American social worker and Righteous Among the Nations, cerebral arteriosclerosis.^[205]
• Esma Redžepova, 73, Macedonian Romani singer.^[206]
• Alan Sherlock, 78, Australian politician.^[207]
• Thressa Stadtman, 96, American biochemist.^[208]
• Roberto Vizcaíno, 59, Spanish tennis player and coach.^[209]

12

• Barrelhouse Chuck, 58, American blues musician, prostate cancer.^[210]
• E. R. Braithwaite, 104, Guyanese novelist (To Sir, With Love) and diplomat, heart failure.^[211]
• Myron H. Bright, 97, American judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1968–2016).^[212]
• Lucila Campos, 78, Peruvian singer.^[213]
• Gerard Clifford, 75, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh (1991–2013).^[214]
• Donald L. Corbin, 78, American judge, Arkansas Supreme Court (2005–2014), lung cancer.^[215]
• Jean-Claude Deret, 95, French screenwriter (Thierry la Fronde).^[216]
• Anne Deveson, 86, Australian writer and broadcaster, Alzheimer's disease.^[217]
• Jimbo Elrod, 62, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers), traffic collision.^[218]
• Jean Fisher, 74, British art critic and writer.^[219]
• Mark Fisher, 57, British musician (Matt Bianco).^[220]
• Robert Gomer, 92, Austrian-born American chemical physicist, complications from Parkinson's disease.^[221]
• Shirley Hazzard, 85, Australian-born American writer (The Bay of Noon, The Great Fire).^[222]
• Gustav Jahoda, 96, Austrian-born British psychologist.^[223]
• Ratan Kumar, 75, Pakistani actor (Boot Polish, Jagriti, Do Bigha Zamin).^[224]
• Lord Gyllene, 28, New Zealand-bred racehorse, winner of the 1997 Grand National.^[225]
• Jim Lowe, 93, American singer-songwriter ("Green Door").^[226]
• Jim Prior, Baron Prior, 89, British politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1981–1984) and Employment (1979–1981).^[227]
• Konrad Reuland, 29, American football player (Baltimore Ravens), brain aneurysm.^[228]
• Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, head of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (since 1994).^[229]
• Claus Ryskjær, 71, Danish humorist and actor.^[230]
• Bob Schnelker, 88, American football player (New York Giants) and coach.^[231]
• Leo Sharp, 92, American drug dealer.^[232]
• Charles Mwando Simba, 80, Congolese politician.^[233]
• Walter Swinburn, 55, British jockey, fall from window.^[234]
• Bob Thomas, 62, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (1989–2001), mesothelioma.^[235]
• Esther Wilkins, 100, American dentist.^[236]

13

• Ralph Brown, 90, American football player and coach.^[237]
• Lawrence Colburn, 67, American Vietnam War veteran, intervened to end the My Lai Massacre, cancer.^[238]
• Roy Harrover, 88, American architect, emphysema.^[239]
• Bob James, 83, American Olympic sailor.^[240]
• Hebe Charlotte Kohlbrugge, 102, Dutch theologian.^[241]
• Ahuva Ozeri, 68, Israeli singer, laryngeal cancer.^[242]
• Betsy Pecanins, 62, American-born Mexican singer, songwriter and record producer, stroke.^[243]
• Ralph Raico, 80, American historian.^[244]
• Thomas Schelling, 95, American economist and professor, Nobel Prize laureate (2005), complications from a hip fracture.^[245]
• Poul Søgaard, 93, Danish politician, MP (1960–1990) and Defence Minister (1977–1982).^[246]
• David Strangway, 82, Canadian geophysicist.^[247]
• Zubaida Tharwat, 76, Egyptian actress (There Is a Man In Our House).^[248]
• Alan Thicke, 69, Canadian actor (Growing Pains, Not Quite Human), talk show host (The Alan Thicke Show), and songwriter, ruptured aorta.^[249]
• Fernando Vignoli, 56, Brazilian painter and sculptor, sepsis.^[250]
• Andrzej Wasilewicz, 65, Polish stage and film actor (Nie ma mocnych), and director, Alzheimer's disease.^[251]
• Yevgeny Yufit, 55, Russian filmmaker.^[252]

14

• Chuck Allen, 77, American football player (San Diego Chargers).^[253]
• Paulo Evaristo Arns, 95, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal (since 1973) and Archbishop of São Paulo (1970–1998), complications from pneumonia.^[254]
• Fosco Becattini, 91, Italian footballer (Genoa).^[255]
• Shirley Dysart, 88, Canadian politician, MLA (1974–1995).^[256]
• Stephen Fienberg, 74, Canadian statistician.^[257]
• Bernard Fox, 89, Welsh actor (Titanic, Bewitched, The Mummy), heart failure.^[258]
• Harold Gilliam, 98, American environmental journalist.^[259]
• Garrett K. Gomez, 44, American jockey, drug overdose.^[260]
• Hurricane Run, 14, Irish racehorse, euthanized.^[261]
• Karel Husa, 95, Czech-born American composer.^[262]
• Halfdan T. Mahler, 93, Danish physician, Director-General of the World Health Organization (1973–1988).^[263]
• Michael Manning, 75, American Roman Catholic priest, complications of brain cancer.^[264]
• Tom Ong, 78, Filipino Olympic sport shooter (1972, 1976).^[265]
• Sadatoshi Ozato, 86, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1979–2005) and Minister of Labour (1990–91).^[266]
• Päivi Paunu, 70, Finnish singer, cancer.^[267]
• Jean-Paul Pier, 83, Luxembourgian mathematician ^[268]
• Ahmed Rateb, 67, Egyptian actor (The Yacoubian Building), stroke.^[269]
• Sir Dudley Smith, 90, British politician, MP for Brentford and Chiswick (1959–1966) and Warwick and Leamington (1968–1997).^[270]
• Reginald Stackhouse, 91, Canadian politician and academic.^[271]
• Harvey Stevens, 86, Australian footballer (Collingwood).^[272]
• Jeremy Summers, 85, British film and television director (The Protectors, The Saint).^[273]
• Gennady Tsygurov, 74, Russian ice hockey player (Traktor Chelyabinsk) and coach, cancer.^[274]
• Bunny Walters, 63, New Zealand singer ("Brandy").^[275]

15

• Albert Bennett, 72, English footballer (Rotherham United, Newcastle United, Norwich City).^[276]
• Howard Bingham, 77, American photographer and biographer (Muhammad Ali).^[277]
• Leanna Brown, 81, American politician.^[278]
• Beki İkala Erikli, 48, Turkish self-help author, shot.^[279]
• Shep Houghton, 102, American actor (The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Perry Mason).^[280]
• Shūji Iuchi, 66, Japanese anime director (Crush Gear Turbo, Mashin Hero Wataru).^[281]
• Fran Jeffries, 79, American actress and dancer (The Pink Panther).^[282]
• Osiride Pevarello, 96, Italian actor (Caligula, Ator 2 - L'invincibile Orion).^[283]
• Craig Sager, 65, American sportscaster (NBA on TNT), leukemia.^[284]
• Harley Saito, 48, Japanese professional wrestler, esophageal cancer.^[285]
• Dave Shepherd, 87, English jazz clarinetist.^[286]
• Bohdan Smoleń, 69, Polish comedian, singer and actor, lung infection.^[287]
• Ajit Varman, 69, Indian composer.^[288]
• Ron Ziel, 77, American railway historian.^[289]
• Mohamed Zouari, 49, Tunisian flight engineer, shot.^[290]

16

• David Berry, 73, American playwright (The Whales of August), heart attack.^[291]
• Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista, 86, Nepalese royal, King of Mustang (1965–2008), complications from pneumonia.^[292]
• Joyce Dalton, 83, Australian cricketer.^[293]
• Walter Hachborn, 95, Canadian businessman, co-founder of Home Hardware.^[294]
• Cecil Howard, 85, American pornographic film director.^[295]
• Bill Malenfant, 87, Canadian politician, MLA for Memramcook (1974–1982), Mayor of Dieppe, New Brunswick (1971–1977, 1983–1998).^[296]
• Faina Melnik, 71, Ukrainian-born Russian discus thrower, Olympic champion (1972).^[297]
• Saintly, 24, Australian racehorse, national champion (1997).^[298]
• Fred Swearingen, 95, American football official.^[299]
• Jim Williams, 90, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Florida (1975–1979).^[300]
• Ive Mažuran, 89, Croatian historian.^[301]

17

• Houshmand Almasi, 88, Iranian Olympic fencer (1964).^[302]
• Eric Defoort, 73, Belgian politician, President of the European Free Alliance (since 2010).^[303]
• Edmond Farhat, 83, Lebanese Maronite Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Nuncio (1989–2009).^[304]
• Benjamin A. Gilman, 94, American politician, Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York's 20th, 22nd and 26th congressional districts (1973–2003), complications from hip surgery.^[305]
• Bill Hanna, 86, American politician, Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana (1978–1982).^[306]
• Louis Harris, 95, American opinion polling entrepreneur, journalist, and author.^[307]
• Henry Heimlich, 96, American physician, inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, complications from a heart attack.^[308]
• Gordon Hunt, 87, American voice director (The Jetsons, Uncharted) and voice actor (Dilbert), Parkinson's disease.^[309]
• Leanid Marakou, 58, Belarusian journalist, writer and historian, brain cancer.^[310]
• Anne Ranasinghe, 91, German-born Sri Lankan poet.^[311]
• Ismoil Talbakov, 61, Tajik politician.^[312]

18

• Eddie Bailham, 75, Irish footballer (Shamrock Rovers, Wimbledon).^[313]
• Ken Baird, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Edmonton Oilers).^[314]
• Rolf Trygve Busch, 96, Norwegian diplomat, Ambassador to West Germany (1977–1982), to the United Kingdom (1982–1989).^[315]
• Enrique Cirules, 78, Cuban writer.^[316]
• Frank Crotty, 78, New Zealand rower.^[317]
• Brendan J. Dugan, 69, American academic administrator, President of St. Francis College (since 2008).^[318]
• Zsa Zsa Gabor, 99, Hungarian-born American actress (Moulin Rouge, Touch of Evil, Lili) and socialite, heart attack.^[319]
• Guinio Ganev, 88, Bulgarian politician.^[320]
• Bobby Guanzon, 68, Filipino journalist and politician, cardiac arrest.^[321]
• William H. Hudnut III, 84, American politician, Member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana's 11th congressional district (1973–1975), Mayor of Indianapolis (1976–1992).^[322]
• Sata Isobe, 72, Japanese volleyball player, Olympic champion (1964).^[323]
• Vibeke Knudsen, 68, Norwegian diplomat, ambassador to Colombia (2009–2016).^[324]
• Jack V. Lunzer, 92, Belgian-born British industrial diamond merchant and museum curator (Valmadonna Trust Library).^[325]
• China Machado, 86, Chinese fashion model, cardiac arrest.^[326]
• Léo Marjane, 104, French singer.^[327]
• Sonny Moran, 90, American college basketball coach (West Virginia).^[328]
• Herbert Nootbaar, 108, American businessman and philanthropist.^[329]
• Rachel Owen, 48, British academic and print-maker, cancer.^[330]
• Gustavo Quintero, 76, Colombian singer-songwriter.^{[citation needed]}
• Gordie Tapp, 94, Canadian country singer and entertainer (Hee Haw).^[331]
• Margit Tóth, 55, Hungarian Olympic artistic gymnast (1976).^[332]
• Heinz Ulzheimer, 90, German athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).^[333]
• Thomas Warburton, 98, Finnish writer and translator.^[334]

19

• Elizabeth Bell, 88, American composer.^[335]
• Ger Blok, 77, Dutch football manager (Honduras and Myanmar national teams).^[336]
• Lionel Blue, 86, British rabbi, journalist and broadcaster, complications from Parkinson's disease.^[337]
• Anne Borg, 80, Norwegian ballet dancer.^[338]
• Phil Gagliano, 74, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox).^[339]
• Hugh Iltis, 91, Czechoslovakian-born American botanist, complications of a vascular disease.^[340]
• Andrei Karlov, 62, Russian diplomat, Ambassador to Turkey (since 2013), shot.^[341]
• Annette Karmiloff-Smith, 78, British neuroscientist.^[342]
• Dick Latessa, 87, American actor (Hairspray, Promises, Promises, Stigmata), heart failure.^[343]
• Ville Lyytikäinen, 49, Finnish football coach (Atlantis FC).^[344]
• Anupam Mishra, 68, Indian author, journalist and environmentalist.^[345]
• Sir John Oakeley, 8th Baronet, 84, British Olympic yachtsman (1972).^[346]
• Jim Pettapiece, 79, Canadian curler, world champion (1970, 1971), cancer.^[347]
• Anique Poitras, 55, Canadian writer.^[348]
• Kishori Sinha, 91, Indian politician.^[349]
• Fidel Uriarte, 71, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao, national team).^[350]
• Christopher Young, 71, British rugby league player (Hull Kingston Rovers, Great Britain), complications from cancer and chest infection.^[351]

20

• Lawrence Borst, 89, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1967) and Senate (1969–2005).^[352]
• Robert Eddins, 28, American football player (Buffalo Bills), shot.^[353]
• Raymond Heacock, 88, American engineer.^[354]
• Toby Hemenway, 64, American author and educator, pancreatic cancer.^[355]
• El Hortelano, 62, Spanish painter.^[356]
• Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, 90, British politician, Secretary of State for Social Services (1979–1981), Industry (1981–1983), and Environment (1983–1985).^[357]
• Andrew Karpati Kennedy, 85, Hungarian-born British author and literary critic.^[358]
• Andrew Killgore, 97, American diplomat, Ambassador to Qatar (1977–1980).^[359]
• Michèle Morgan, 96, French film actress (Port of Shadows, Passage to Marseille, La Symphonie pastorale).^[360]
• Archie Norman, 104, British paediatrician.^[361]
• Dame Frances Patterson, 62, British judge.^[362]
• Paul Peter Porges, 89, American cartoonist (Mad).^[363]
• Jagannatha Varma, 77, Indian actor (Devasuram, Dolls).^[364]

21

• Mandell Berman, 99, American businessman and philanthropist.^[365]
• Corno, 64, Canadian artist, throat cancer.^[366]
• Deddie Davies, 78, British actress (The Railway Children, Stella) and musician (The Zimmers).^[367]
• Welington de Melo, 70, Brazilian mathematician.^[368]
• Sidney Drell, 90, American physicist.^[369]
• Rob Gray, 54, Canadian production designer (Falling Skies, Fido, Shadowhunters), cancer.^[370]
• Abdul Gafur Hali, 87, Bangladeshi singer, composer and lyricist.^[371][372]
• John Gwilliam, 93, Welsh rugby union player (national team).^[373]
• Robert Leo Hulseman, 84, American entrepreneur, inventor of the red solo cup.^[374]
• Bob Jeffery, 81, British Anglican priest, Dean of Worcester (1987–1996).^[375]
• Jaan Klõšeiko, 77, Estonian printmaker and photographer.^[376]
• Remigijus Morkevičius, 34, Lithuanian mixed martial artist and kickboxer, shot.^[377]
• Madame Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, 75, Vietnamese air hostess, First Lady of South Vietnam.^[378]
• Sir Nigel Nicholls, 78, British civil servant, Clerk of the Privy Council (1992–1998).^[379]
• Weston Noble, 94, American music educator and conductor, complications from a fall.^[380]
• Şehmus Özer, 36, Turkish footballer (Amed, Mardinspor), traffic collision.^[381]
• Vyacheslav Shalevich, 82, Russian actor (Seventeen Moments of Spring, The Master and Margarita).^[382]
• Betty Loo Taylor, 87, American jazz pianist.^[383]

22

• William Abitbol, 67, French politician.^[384]
• Carlos Averhoff, 69, Cuban jazz saxophonist.^[385]
• John Buckingham, 76, British jockey.^[386]
• Mocho Cota, 62, Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL).^[387]
• Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, 80, Russian-Georgian activist and politician.^[388]
• Solomon Levy, 80, Gibraltarian politician, Mayor of Gibraltar (2008–2009).^[389]
• Andre Martel, 70, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1998–2002, since 2012).^[390]
• Bill Price, 72, British record producer (Tom Jones, The Sex Pistols, The Clash).^[391]
• Sidney Percy Roberson, 79, British bodybuilder and director (The Sweeney).^[392]
• Philip Saville, 86, British television director and screenwriter.^{[citation needed]}
• Kenneth Snelson, 89, American sculptor (Needle Tower, Six Number Two), prostate cancer.^[393]
• Franca Sozzani, 66, Italian journalist, Editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia (since 1988).^[394]
• Sir Dwight Venner, 70, Vincentian banker.^[395]
• Lella Vignelli, 82, Italian designer, dementia.^[396]
• Lillian Walker, 93, American politician.^[397]
• Miruts Yifter, 72, Ethiopian long-distance runner, Olympic champion (1980), complications from collapsed lung.^[398]

23

• John Aitchison, 90, Scottish statistician.^[399]
• Anis Amri, 24, Tunisian terrorism suspect, shot.^[400]
• Joyce Appleby, 87, American historian.^[401]
• Claude Arnold, 92, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).^[402]
• Doug Coombs, 92, New Zealand geologist (University of Otago) and cricketer (Otago).^[403]
• Jean Gagnon, 75, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gaspé (2002–2016).^[404]
• Robert Hinde, 93, British zoologist, Master of St John's College, Cambridge (1989–1994).^[405]
• Meto Jovanovski, 88, Macedonian writer.^[406]
• Willa Kim, 99, American costume designer (The Will Rogers Follies).^[407]
• Jim Lehew, 79, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), congestive heart failure.^[408]
• James F. Merow, 84, American judge.^[409]
• Poul Pedersen, 84, Danish footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1960).^[410]
• Tim Pitsiulak, 49, Canadian artist, complications from pneumonia.^[411]
• Chetan Ramarao, 76, Indian actor.^[412]
• Andrés Rivera, 88, Argentine writer.^[413]
• Heinrich Schiff, 65, Austrian cellist.^[414]
• Piers Sellers, 61, British astronaut and meteorologist, pancreatic cancer.^[415]
• Luba Skořepová, 93, Czech actress.^[416]
• Vladimir Stupishin, 84, Russian diplomat, first Ambassador of Russia to Armenia (1992–1994).^[417]
• George Thompson, 88, Scottish politician, MP for Galloway (1974–1979).^[418]
• Vesna Vulović, 66, Serbian flight attendant, world record holder for longest fall.^[419]

24

• Edith Ackermann, 70, Swiss-born American psychologist.^[420]
• Richard Adams, 96, British author (Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, Shardik), complications from a blood disorder.^[421]
• Pape Badiane, 36, French basketball player (Chorale Roanne, Poitiers Basket 86, national team), traffic collision.^[422]
• John Barfield, 52, American baseball player (Texas Rangers), shot.^[423]
• Dinanath Bhargava, 89, Indian artist, cardiac ailment.^[424]
• Aloke Bhattacharjee, 63, Indian cricketer and umpire.^[425]
• Ron Broom, 91, New Zealand cricketer (Wellington).^[426]
• Philip Cannon, 87, British composer.^[427]
• Davis Earle, 79, Canadian physicist.^[428]
• Joseph Fitzmyer, 96, American Roman Catholic priest and professor (The Catholic University of America).^[429]
• Jeffrey Hayden, 90, American television director and producer (Peyton Place, The Donna Reed Show).^[430]
• Felix Krivin, 88, Ukrainian-Israeli writer and poet.^[431]
• Ted Meines, 95, Dutch military officer and veteran affairs activist.^[432]
• Rick Parfitt, 68, British singer, songwriter and guitarist (Status Quo), infection.^[433]
• Gil Parrondo, 95, Spanish art director and production designer (Patton, Nicholas and Alexandra, Travels with My Aunt), Oscar winner (1971, 1972).^[434]
• Edwin Reinecke, 92, American politician, Member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 27th congressional district (1965–1969) and Lieutenant Governor of California (1969–1974).^[435]
• Vasant Sarwate, 89, Indian cartoonist and author.^[436]
• Liz Smith, 95, English actress (The Royle Family, I Didn't Know You Cared, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).^[437]
• Bronson Thayer, 77, American banker and civil leader, prostate cancer.^[438]
• C. Howard Wilkins, Jr., 78, American businessman and diplomat, Ambassador to the Netherlands (1989–1992).^[439]
• George Williams, 81, British racewalker.^[440]
• Zhao Er-mi, 86, Chinese zoologist.^[441]
• Ben Xi, 22, Chinese singer.^[442][443]

25

• Aghakhan Abdullayev, 66, Azerbaijani folk singer.^[444]
• Sibylle Boden-Gerstner, 96, German costume designer and fashion writer.^[445]
• Lady Marion Fraser, 84, Scottish music educator.^[446]
• Sandra Giles, 84, American actress (Daddy-O).^[447]
• John Gregson, 92, British George Cross recipient.^[448]
• Karl Golser, 73, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone (2008–2011).^[449]
• Jim Malacko, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Lethbridge Maple Leafs).^[450]
• George Michael, 53, British singer (Wham!) and songwriter ("Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", "Careless Whisper", "Faith"), Grammy winner (1987, 1989), cardiomyopathy.^[451]
• Alphonse Mouzon, 68, American jazz drummer (Weather Report, The Eleventh House) and record label owner, neuroendocrine carcinoma.^[452]
• John Nike, 81, English businessman.^[453]
• Miriam Pirazzini, 98, Italian opera singer.^[454]
• Núria Pompeia, 85, Spanish cartoonist and feminist activist.^[455]
• Vera Rubin, 88, American astronomer, innovator of dark matter theory, dementia.^[456]
• Johnny Rutherford, 91, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).^[457]
• Léon-Raymond Soulier, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pamiers (1971–1987) and Limoges (1988–2000).^[458]
• Eliseo Subiela, 71, Argentine film director (Man Facing Southeast, The Adventures of God).^[459]
• Rafael Vardi, 94, Israeli general.^[460]
• Notable Russian people killed in the Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash:^[461]
  • Elizaveta Glinka, 54, humanitarian worker and charity activist.
  • Anton Gubankov, 51, scholar and journalist, Director of the Department of Culture (since 2013).
  • Valery Khalilov, 64, military band conductor.

26

• Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti, 30s, Kuwaiti ISIL commander.^[462]
• Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, Greek diplomat, Ambassador to Brazil, homicide.^[463]
• Ashot Anastasian, 52, Armenian chess grandmaster.^[464]
• John J. Benoit, 64, American politician, member of the California State Senate (2008–2009), pancreatic cancer.^[465]
• Joachim Calmeyer, 85, Norwegian actor (Kitchen Stories).^[466]
• Jaume Camprodon i Rovira, 90, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Girona (1973–2001).^[467]
• Duck Edwing, 82, American cartoonist (Mad).^[468]
• Frances Gabe, 101, American artist and inventor.^[469]
• Petr Hájek, 76, Czech mathematician.^[470]
• Ricky Harris, 54, American comedian and actor (Heat, Dope, Everybody Hates Chris), heart attack.^[471]
• George S. Irving, 94, American actor (Underdog, Me and My Girl, The Year Without a Santa Claus), heart failure.^[472]
• József Katona, 75, Hungarian Olympic swimmer (1960, 1964).^[473]
• Bujar Lako, 69, Albanian actor (Amsterdam Express).^[474]
• Antonio Martínez, 90, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1952).^[475]
• Seth J. McKee, 100, American military officer.^[476]
• Peter Nowell, 88, American cancer researcher.^[477]
• Luciano Panetti, 87, Italian football player and manager.^[478]
• Elvio Porta, 71, Italian screenwriter and film director (What if Gargiulo Finds Out?).^[479]
• Martin Reagan, 92, English football player and manager (women's national team).^[480]
• Buddha Sayami, 72, Nepalese politician and poet.^[481]
• Barbara Tarbuck, 74, American actress (General Hospital, Short Circuit, American Horror Story), Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.^[482]
• Mary Wondrausch, 93, British artist and potter.^[483]
• Ashot Yeghiazaryan, 73, Armenian diplomat and politician, Interim Minister of Foreign Affairs (1991).^[484]

27

• Chrissy Adams, 49, American attorney, Chief Solicitor for South Carolina Circuit Court Tenth Judicial Circuit (since 2005), cancer.^[485]
• Gloria Begué Cantón, 85, Spanish professor, senator and magistrate.^[486]
• Mariza Corrêa, 71, Brazilian anthropologist.^[487]
• Anthony Cronin, 88, Irish poet and novelist.^[488]
• Bruce DeHaven, 68, American football coach (Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers), prostate cancer.^[489]
• Jules Dervaes, 69, American urban homesteading leader, pulmonary embolism.^[490]
• Maurice Failevic, 83, French film director.^[491]
• Carrie Fisher, 60, American actress (Star Wars, When Harry Met Sally...), novelist and screenwriter (Postcards from the Edge), cardiac arrest.^[492]
• Claude Gensac, 89, French actress (Scènes de ménages).^[493]
• Heno Magee, 77, Irish playwright.^[494]
• Annanias Mathe, 40, Mozambican criminal.^[495]
• George A. Russell, 95, American educator, President of University of Missouri System (1991–1996).^[496]
• Hans Tietmeyer, 85, German economist, President of Deutsche Bundesbank (1993–1999).^[497]
• Ellen Watters, 28, Canadian racing cyclist, injuries sustained in a traffic collision.^[498]
• Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, 83, Sri Lankan politician, Prime Minister (2000–2001, 2005–2010).^[499]
• Chuck Wright, 97, American politician, Mayor of Topeka, Kansas (1965–1969).^[500]

28

• Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, 91, Uruguayan politician, President (1981–1985).^{[citation needed]}
• Pierre Barouh, 82, French actor (A Man and a Woman), writer and musician, heart attack.^[501]
• Lars Bilet, 89, Norwegian Olympic wrestler.^[502]
• Gilles Borrie, 91, Dutch politician and historian, Mayor of Sleen (1960–1968), Tiel (1968–1973), Rheden (1973–1979), and Eindhoven (1979–1987).^[503]
• Michel Déon, 97, French novelist and literary columnist, pulmonary embolism.^[504]
• Donya Fannizadeh, 49, Iranian puppeteer (Kolah Ghermezi), cancer.^[505]
• Minnevali Galiyev, 86, Russian Olympic skier.^[506]
• Lev Gor'kov, 87, Russian-born American physicist.^[507]
• Balozi Harvey, 76, American community activist.^[508]
• Annelise Hovmand, 92, Danish director and screenwriter (Be Dear to Me).^[509]
• Knut Kiesewetter, 75, German jazz musician, singer-songwriter and producer.^[510]
• Kyi Aye, 87, Burmese writer.^[511]
• Pan Pan, 31, Chinese-born giant panda.^[512]
• Sunder Lal Patwa, 92, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (1980, 1990–1992), heart attack.^[513]
• Bruce D. Porter, 64, American Mormon elder, member of the First Quorum of the Seventy (since 2003).^[514]
• Paul Powell, 83, American Baptist minister and educator, complications from a stroke.^[515]
• Debbie Reynolds, 84, American actress, dancer (Singin' in the Rain, The Unsinkable Molly Brown) and singer ("Tammy"), stroke.^[516]
• Edgar Robles, 39, Paraguayan footballer (Libertad).^[517]
• Marilyn Sachs, 89, American author.^[518]
• Jean-Christophe Victor, 69, French political scientist, heart attack.^[519]
• Bernard Zaslav, 90, American viola soloist.^[520]

29

• Raymond Burki, 67, Swiss cartoonist, cancer.^[521]
• Derick Burleson, 53, American academic and writer.^[522]
• Chris Cannizzaro, 78, American baseball player (New York Mets, San Diego Padres), emphysema.^[523]
• Laurie Carlos, 67, American performance artist, playwright and theater director, colon cancer.^[524]
• Keion Carpenter, 39, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Falcons), injuries sustained in a fall.^[525]
• Matt Carragher, 40, English footballer (Wigan, Port Vale), cancer.^[526]
• Arthur H. Cash, 94, American academic and biographer.^[527]
• Kamal Mani Dixit, 87, Nepalese writer.^[528]
• Uzama Douglas, 18, Nigerian footballer (Gombe United), shot.^[529]
• LaVell Edwards, 86, American football coach (BYU Cougars), complications from a broken hip.^[530]
• Pooran Farrokhzad, 83, Iranian writer, poet, playwright, and encyclopedist, cardiac arrest.^[531]
• Néstor Gonçalves, 80, Uruguayan footballer (Peñarol).^[532]
• Santi Ibáñez, 58, Spanish actor (El Cor de la Ciutat, Plats Bruts), lung cancer.^[533]
• F. Ross Johnson, 85, Canadian businessman (RJR Nabisco), pneumonia.^[534]
• John Kelly, 84, British boxer.^[535]
• Aleksander Koj, 81, Polish biochemist.^[536]
• Ferdinand Kübler, 97, Swiss racing cyclist, Tour de France winner (1950).^[537]
• Judith Mason, 78, South African painter.^[538]
• Jinpachi Nezu, 69, Japanese actor (Farewell to the Land), pneumonia.^[539]
• Maurice M. Paul, 84, American judge.^[540]
• Norman Rimmington, 93, English footballer (Hartlepool, Barnsley), kidney failure.^[541]
• William Salice, 83, Italian businessman and inventor (Kinder Surprise), stroke.^[542]
• Lucien Schaeffer, 88, French footballer (Valenciennes, RC Strasbourg).^[543]
• Gustav Schmidt, 90, German Olympic canoeist.^[544]
• Peter Tamm, 88, German publishing manager (Axel Springer Verlag).^[545]
• Olga Ulianova, 53, Russian-Chilean historian, cancer.^[546]
• Philip Wolfe, 89, American mathematician.^[547]
• Wacław Zalewski, 99, Polish construction engineer.^[548]

30

• Ad-Diba, 89, Egyptian football player (Al Ittihad Alexandria Club).^[549]
• Cara Rafaela, 23, American racehorse, euthanized.^[550] (death announced on this date)
• Rich Conaty, 62, American disc jockey, lymphoma.^[551]
• Thomas Ludger Dupré, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts (1995–2004).^{[citation needed]}
• Selig S. Harrison, 89, American journalist, blood disorder.^[552]
• Gabriel Jiménez Remus, 76, Mexican diplomat and politician, Ambassador to Cuba (2007–2013) and Spain (2001–2007), member of the Senate of the Republic (1994–2000) and Congress of Jalisco (1988–1991).^[553]
• George Kosana, 81, American actor (Night of the Living Dead).^[554]
• Con Linton, 78, New Zealand Olympic sailor.^[555]
• Jan Lutomski, 79, Polish Olympic swimmer (1960).^[556]
• Justo Mullor García, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio (1979–2000), President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (2000–2007).^[557]
• Judith Ortiz Cofer, 64, Puerto Rican-American writer, liver cancer.^[558]
• Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, 84, Indian politician.^[559]
• Gopal Rath, 71, Indian poet.^[560]
• Glen L. Rudd, 98, American general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[561]
• Huston Smith, 97, American religious scholar and author (The World's Religions).^[562]
• Matt Snorton, 74, American football player (Denver Broncos).^[563]
• Sutter Brown, 13, American Welsh Corgi belonging to Governor of California Jerry Brown.^[564]
• Allan Williams, 86, English businessman and promoter (The Beatles).^[565]
• Rose Wolfe, 100, Canadian social worker and philanthropist, chancellor of the University of Toronto.^[566]
• Tyrus Wong, 106, Chinese-born American artist and film production illustrator (Bambi, Around the World in 80 Days).^[567]

31

• James S. Ackerman, 97, American architectural historian.^[568]
• Imtiaz Ahmed, 88, Pakistani Test cricketer, chest infection.^[569]
• José Ángel Sánchez Asiaín, 87, Spanish economist.^[570]
• Raj Brar, 44, Indian singer and actor.^[571]
• William Christopher, 84, American actor (M*A*S*H, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Smurfs), small-cell carcinoma.^[572]
• Henning Christophersen, 77, Danish politician, Foreign Minister (1978–1979), Finance Minister (1982–1984), Vice-President of the European Commission (1985–1995).^[573]
• Sir Dennis Faulkner, 90, British officer in the Royal Navy.^[574]
• Peter Fernando, 77, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tuticorin (1999–2003) and Archbishop of Madurai (2003–2014).^[575]
• Edward Gamble, 81, Canadian Olympic archer.^[576]
• He Qun, 60, Chinese film director (Country Teachers), heart attack.^[577]
• Keiichi Ishizaka, 71, Japanese businessman (Universal Music Japan).^[578]
• Manjurul Islam Liton, 48, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 2009), shot.^[579]
• Henk Koning, 83, Dutch politician, MP (1967–1977, 1981–1982, 1986, 1989–1991).^[580]
• David Meltzer, 79, American poet and musician, stroke.^[581]
• Shirley Neil Pettis, 92, American politician, Member of the United States House of Representatives from California's 37th congressional district (1975–1979).^[582]
• Prince Dimitri Romanov, 90, Russian prince, banker, philanthropist, and author, claimant to the headship of the Imperial House of Russia.^[583]
• Orvis Sigler, 94, American college basketball coach (Army, Centenary).^[584]
• Eva Šuranová, 70, Hungarian-born Czechoslovak athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1972).^[585]
• Robert Taussat, 96, French historian and author.^[586]