The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2014.

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.

May 2014

1

• John Allan, 86, Canadian naval officer.^[1]
• Adamu Atta, 86, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kwara State (1979–1983), member of the House of Representatives (1976–1979).^[2]
• Bjørn Barth, 83, Norwegian diplomat.^[3]
• Juan de Dios Castillo, 63, Mexican football player and coach (Cruz Azul, Honduras, El Salvador), skin cancer.^[4]
• Chou Meng-tieh, 92, Taiwanese poet and writer, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.^[5]
• Clive Clark, 73, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion).^[6]
• Mel Clark, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).^[7]
• Radhia Cousot, 66, French computer scientist.^[8]
• Arthur Cromarty, 94, American judge, member of the New York Supreme Court, heart failure.^[9]
• Helgi Daníelsson, 85, Icelandic footballer.^[10]
• Assi Dayan, 68, Israeli film director and actor.^[11]
• Mark Elvins, 74, British priest and author, Warden of Greyfriars, Oxford (2007–2008).^[12]
• Hellmut Federhofer, 102, Austrian musicologist.^[13]
• Gordon H. Fitzgerald, 87, Canadian politician and lawyer, Nova Scotia MLA for Halifax (1960–1970), Speaker (1969–1970).^[14]
• Juan Formell, 71, Cuban musician, composer and director (Los Van Van).^[15]
• Allen Kent, 92, American computer scientist.^[16]
• Spike Maynard, 71, American judge, member of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1996–2008).^[17]
• Peggy O'Shea, 91, American television writer (One Life to Live), complications from a stroke.^[18]
• John Wash Pam, 73, Nigerian politician, Senator for Plateau State, complications from prostate cancer.^[19]
• William F. Poe, 82, American politician, Mayor of Tampa, Florida (1974–1979).^[20]
• Paul Ramsay, 78, Australian billionaire health care (Ramsay Health Care), football (Sydney FC) and media (Prime Television) executive and philanthropist, heart attack.^[21]
• Peter Ruscuklic, 58, Australian VFL player (Fitzroy, Geelong).^[22]
• Heinz Schenk, 89, German television presenter and actor.^[23]
• Howard Smith, 77, American columnist (The Village Voice) and filmmaker (Marjoe), cancer.^[24]
• David Stoliar, 91, Romanian World War II soldier, sole survivor of the Struma disaster.^[25]
• Georg Stollenwerk, 83, German football player and coach (1. FC Köln).^[26]
• Kenneth Tomlinson, 69, American magazine editor (Reader's Digest) and media executive, chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, melanoma.^[27]
• Manfred von Richthofen, 80, German sports official, Director of the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (1994–2006).^[28]
• Paul Whetnall, 67, English badminton player and coach.^[29]
• Eli Woods, 91, English comedian and comic actor.^[30]
• Barbara Worley, 79, Australian sports administrator.^[31]
• Kōji Yada, 81, Japanese voice actor (One Piece, Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya), kidney failure.^[32]

2

• Tomás Balduino, 91, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Goiás (1967–1998).^[33]
• Sir Bill Benyon, 84, British politician, MP for Buckingham (1970–1983) and Milton Keynes (1983–1992).^[34]
• George Herbert Borts, 86, American economist.^[35]
• Chelokee, 10, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.^[36]
• Jaroslav Cihlář, 90, Czech Olympic cyclist.^[37]
• Jessica Cleaves, 65, American singer (The Friends of Distinction, Earth, Wind & Fire), complications from a stroke.^[38]
• Martin Dent, 88, British academic, co-founder of Jubilee 2000.^[39]
• George Digby, 96, American baseball scout (Boston Red Sox).^[40]
• John E. Dolibois, 95, American diplomat, Ambassador to Luxembourg (1981–1985), last survivor of Nuremberg trials interrogation team.^[41]
• John Dungs, 62, Nigerian military officer, Governor of Delta State (1996–1998).^[42]
• Elio Guzzanti, 93, Italian doctor and politician, Minister of Health (1995–1996).^[43]
• Anwar Ahmed Khan, 80, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic champion (1960) and dual silver medalist (1956, 1964).^[44]
• Andrey Korneyev, 40, Russian swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1996) and European aquatics champion (1995, 1997), stomach cancer.^[45]
• Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, 67, Iranian classical musician, cancer.^[46]
• Charles Marowitz, 80, American playwright, stage director and theatre critic, complications from Parkinson's disease.^[47]
• Moni Maker, 21, American trotter horse, Harness Horse of the Year (1998, 1999), complications from colic surgery.^[48]
• Marin Niculescu, 91, Romanian Olympic cyclist.^[49]
• Žarko Petan, 85, Slovene writer.^[50]
• Pom, 94, Belgian comic writer and artist.^[51]
• Nigel Stepney, 55, British Formula One mechanic (Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher), involved in 2007 Formula One espionage controversy, traffic collision.^[52]
• Pauline Wagner, 103, American actress and glamour girl.^[53]
• Efrem Zimbalist Jr., 95, American actor (The F.B.I., 77 Sunset Strip, Batman: The Animated Series).^[54]

3

• Agshin Alizadeh, 76, Soviet and Azerbaijani composer.^[55]
• Kofi Ansah, 62, Ghanaian fashion designer.^[56]
• Gary Becker, 83, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate in Economics (1992), complications following surgery.^[57]
• Les Carlson, 81, American-born Canadian actor (A Christmas Story, The Fly, The X-Files), cancer.^[58]
• Bruce Crabtree, 90, American architect and politician.^[59]
• Imre Danka, 83, Hungarian footballer.^[60]
• Vicki Darken, 91, Australian painter.^[61]
• James H. Daughdrill Jr., 80, American educator, President of Rhodes College (1973–1999).^[62]
• Dick Douglas, 82, Scottish politician, MP for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire (1970–1974), Dunfermline (1979–1983) and Dunfermline West (1983–1992).^[63]
• Bobby Gregg, 78, American drummer (Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel) and record producer.^[64]
• Ben Hoberman, 92, American radio executive (KABC, ABC Radio), pioneered talk radio format in the United States, complications from lung cancer.^[65]
• Francisco Icaza, 83, Mexican modernist artist and writer.^[66]
• Chet Jastremski, 73, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964) and 100-meter breaststroke world-record holder.^[67]
• Trine Krogh, 59, Norwegian Olympic swimmer (1972).^[68]
• Jim Oberstar, 79, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for Minnesota's 8th District (1975–2011).^[69]
• John Westergaard, 86, British sociologist.^[70]
• John Hartley Williams, 72, British poet, cancer.^[71]

4

• Jack Agüeros, 79, American community activist, Alzheimer's disease.^[72]
• Eddie Andreini, 77, American stunt pilot, air crash.^[73]
• Kojo Armah, 68, Ghanaian diplomat, lawyer and politician.^[74]
• Dick Ayers, 90, American comic book artist (Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos).^[75]
• Elena Baltacha, 30, Ukrainian-born British tennis player, liver cancer.^[76]
• William Bender, 83, American entertainment critic and magazine editor (Time), heart failure.^[77]
• Edgar Cortright, 90, American scientist and engineer.^[78]
• Pierre Derivery, 88, French Olympic sprint canoer.^[79]
• Alan J. Friedman, 71, American physicist, pancreatic cancer.^[80]
• Harrison G. Gough, 93, American psychologist.^[81]
• Mike Hawker, 77, English songwriter.^[82]
• Nestor Jacono, 89, Maltese Olympic sprinter (1948).^[83]
• Helga Königsdorf, 75, East German physicist and author, Parkinson's disease.^[84]
• Ross Lonsberry, 67, Canadian hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins), cancer.^[85]
• Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, 65, Central African politician, Prime Minister (1996–1997).^[86]
• Al Pease, 92, British-born Canadian Hall of Fame racing driver (Formula One).^[87]
• Andrew Quintero, 51, American scientist and entrepreneur (JumpStartFund), drowned.^[88]
• Tatiana Samoilova, 80, Soviet-born Russian actress (The Cranes Are Flying, Anna Karenina), People's Artist (1993), complications from a heart condition.^[89]
• Dana Seetahal, 58, Trinidadian politician and legal academic, MP (2002–2010), shot.^[90]
• Tony Settember, 87, Filipino-born American racing driver and engineer.^[91]
• Bohdan Skaradziński, 83, Polish writer and social activist.^[92]
• Phyllis Stern, 88, American professor and nursing theorist.^[93]
• William Worthy, 92, American newspaper journalist, challenged travel restrictions to Communist countries, complications from Alzheimer's disease.^[94]

5

• Timothy John Byford, 72, British-born Serbian television director, multiple myeloma.^[95]
• Butler Derrick, 77, American politician, member of the House of Representatives for South Carolina (1975–1995) and SC House of Representatives (1969–1975), cancer.^[96]
• Dave Diamond, 77, American radio disc jockey and rock music journalist, pneumonia.^[97]
• Gerhard Dommrich, 81, German Olympic sport shooter.^[98]
• Billy Frank Jr., 83, American Nisqually tribal fishing rights activist.^[99]
• Jean Gaven, 92, French film actor.^[100]
• Daniel R. Gernatt Sr., 97, American businessman.^[101]
• Elaine Green, 73, American television journalist (WCPO), recipient of the Peabody Award (1981).^[102]
• Harold Haering, 83, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, Senator (1983–1988).^[103]
• Amik Kasoruho, 81, Albanian author and publicist, pulmonary disease.^[104]
• Eduardo Mac Entyre, 85, Argentine artist.^[105]
• Lorne Maeck, 88, Canadian politician.^[106]
• István Major, 64, Hungarian Olympic high jumper (1972, 1976).^[107]
• Michael Otedola, 87, Nigerian politician, Governor of Lagos State (1999–2007), complications from a stroke.^[108]
• Sven Sønsteby, 80, Norwegian illustrator.^[109]
• Jackie Lynn Taylor, 88, American actress and television personality (Our Gang), Alzheimer's disease.^[110]
• Lynn R. Williams, 89, Canadian labor unionist, President of the United Steelworkers (1983–1994), Parkinson's disease.^[111]

6

• Wil Albeda, 88, Dutch politician, Minister of Social Affairs (1977–1981), member of the Senate (1966–1977, 1981–1983).^[112]
• Virginia Belmont, 92, American actress.^[113]
• William H. Dana, 83, American NASA test pilot (X-15 rocket), complications from Parkinson's disease.^[114]
• Georges Delahaie, 80, French sculptor.^[115]
• Roger Dimmock, 78, British rear admiral, Naval Secretary (1985–1987).^[116]
• Jimmy Ellis, 74, American boxer, WBA heavyweight champion (1968–1970), dementia.^[117]
• Billy Harrell, 85, American baseball (Cleveland Indians) and basketball player (Siena Saints).^[118]
• Antony Hopkins, 93, British composer, conductor and pianist.^[119]
• Larry Ivie, 77, American comic artist and writer, lung cancer.^[120]
• Maria Lassnig, 94, Austrian artist.^[121]
• Livio Maritano, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Acqui (1979–2000).^[122]
• Farley Mowat, 92, Canadian author (People of the Deer, Lost in the Barrens, Never Cry Wolf).^[123]
• Bill Nunn, 89, American editor (Pittsburgh Courier) and football executive (Pittsburgh Steelers), complications from a stroke.^[124]
• William Olvis, 56, American film and television music composer (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), throat cancer.^[125]
• Bud Osborn, 66, Canadian poet and activist.^[126]
• Học Phi, 101, Vietnamese dramatist and scriptwriter.^[127]
• Aziz Sattar, 88, Malaysian actor, complications from a heart attack.^[128]
• Leslie Thomas, 83, Welsh author (The Virgin Soldiers).^[129]
• Cedric Thornberry, 77, British lawyer, Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations.^[130]
• Lex Watson, 71, Australian LGBT rights activist and political scientist.^[131]
• Lois Rhame West, 92, American healthcare and physical fitness advocate (Muscular Dystrophy Association), First Lady of South Carolina (1971–1975).^[132]

7

• Al Bahathri, 32, American-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse.^[133] (death announced on this date)
• Nazim Al-Haqqani, 92, Cypriot Islamic Sufism prelate and scholar, multiple organ failure.^[134]
• G R 'Jock' Bryce, 93, British pilot.^[135]
• Raúl Baca Carbo, 82, Ecuadorian engineer and politician.^[136]
• Sir George Christie, 79, British opera manager (Glyndebourne Festival Opera).^[137]
• Stanford Darger, 93, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives.^[138]
• Manuel Jiménez de Parga, 85, Spanish politician.^[139]
• Pierre Descaves, 89, French politician.^[140]
• Dale Evans, 77, American football player.^[141]
• Tony Genaro, 72, American actor (Tremors, World Trade Center, The Mask of Zorro).^[142]
• Ramón Vega Hidalgo, 80, Chilean military officer and politician, Commander-in-chief of the Air Force (1991–1995).^[143]
• Zundel Kroizer, 89, Israeli rabbi.^[144]
• Edward Laufer, 75, Canadian music theorist and composer.^[145]
• Sir Neville McNamara, 91, Australian defence chief.^[146]
• Samrath Lal Meena, 79, Indian politician, Rajasthan MLA for Rajgarh, Speaker (1998–1999).^[147]
• William Meyers, 70, South African featherweight boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).^[148]
• Colin Pillinger, 70, British planetary scientist, brain haemorrhage.^[149]
• David Prentice, 77, British artist.^[150]
• Wilbur Rakestraw, 85, American race car driver (NASCAR), heart failure.^[151]
• Rashid Rehman, 55, Pakistani lawyer, shot.^[152]
• Elaine Sturtevant, 89, American pop and minimalist artist.^[153]
• Kelly E. Taggart, 81, American rear admiral and civil engineer, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps.^[154]
• Dick Welteroth, 86, American baseball player (Washington Senators).^[155]
• Martha Wilkinson, 72, American literacy campaigner, First Lady of Kentucky (1987–1991), natural causes.^[156]
• Lawrence Williams, 59, Guyanese finance official, Governor for the Bank of Guyana (since 2005), cancer.^[157]

8

• Bill Coughlin, 91, American newspaper journalist (Los Angeles Times), editor (Washington Daily News) and novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner for Public Service (1990).^[158]
• Roger L. Easton, 93, American scientist, inventor and designer of GPS.^[159]
• Jens Christian Hansen, 82, Norwegian geographer.^[160]
• Robert Hess, 78, American sculptor.^[161]
• George Kohut, 70, Ukrainian-born American camera operator (Batman Begins, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Fugitive).^[162]
• Yago Lamela, 36, Spanish Olympic athlete (2000, 2004), heart attack.^[163]
• Homero Leite Meira, 82, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itabuna (1978–1980) and Irecê (1980–1983).^[164]
• Beverly Long, 81, American actress (Rebel Without a Cause, Father Knows Best).^[165]
• Nancy Malone, 79, American television producer and director (Dynasty) and actress (Naked City), leukemia-induced pneumonia.^[166]
• Leo Marentette, 73, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos), heart attack.^[167]
• Charlie Mead, 93, Canadian baseball player (New York Giants).^[168]
• Harry Potter, 72, Australian television journalist (Ten Eyewitness News), cancer.^[169]
• Allan Potts, 79, New Zealand Olympic track and field coach, official and runner, President of Athletics New Zealand (2002–2003), bone cancer.^[170]
• Geoff Richards, 85, English footballer (West Brom), pneumonia.^[171]
• Jair Rodrigues, 75, Brazilian musician and singer, heart attack.^[172]
• Mercedes Salisachs, 97, Spanish writer.^[173]
• Vladimir Nikolaevich Smirnov, 67, Russian footballer.^[174]
• Robert D. Stuart Jr., 98, American food executive and diplomat, CEO of Quaker Oats Company (1966–1981), Ambassador to Norway (1984–1989), heart attack.^[175]
• Robert Symms, 83, American photographer.^[176]
• Joseph P. Teasdale, 78, American politician, Governor of Missouri (1977–1981), complications from pneumonia.^[177]
• Harry Weltman, 81, American basketball executive (Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets), complications from Alzheimer's disease.^[178]
• Alan Woodman, 58, Australian VFL football player (Geelong).^[179]
• Tommie Wright, 95, American pianist and composer (Florida State Seminoles fight song).^[180]

9

• Graeme Acton, 63, Australian cattle baron, injuries sustained in campdrafting accident.^[181]
• Giacomo Bini, 75, Italian Franciscan priest, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor (1997–2003).^[182]
• Eugen Dombois, 82, German lutenist and music teacher.^[183]
• Bob Duynstee, 93, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1956–1967) and State Secretary for Defence (1967–1971).^[184]
• Terry Farmer, 82, English footballer (Rotherham United, York City).^[185]
• Flossie Gomile-Chidyaonga, Malawian diplomat involved in leaked diplomatic cable controversy, High Commissioner to Tanzania (since 2011).^[186]
• Stephen Hall, 72, American politician.^[187]
• Bob Hoysted, 88, Australian racehorse trainer (Manikato, Rose of Kingston, Sydeston).^[188]
• Donald Kirkpatrick, 90, American academic and author.^[189]
• Harlan Mathews, 87, American politician, US Senator from Tennessee (1993–1994), brain cancer.^[190]
• Galindo Mellado Cruz, 41, Mexican drug lord, a founder of Los Zetas, shot.^[191]
• Jules Mutebutsi, 54, Congolese militant.^[192]
• Janaky Athi Nahappan, 89, Malaysian independence fighter, founding member of the MIC, pneumonia.^[193]
• Mel Patton, 89, American sprinter, double Olympic champion (1948) and world record holder for 100- and 220-yard dashes.^[194]
• N. Janardhana Reddy, 79, Indian politician, AP MLA (1989–1994) and Chief Minister (1990–1992), RS MP (1972–1978, 2009–2014), LS MP (1998–2009), liver disease.^[195]
• Selim Sesler, 57, Turkish clarinet player.^[196]
• Mary Stewart, 97, British novelist (Merlin series), heart failure.^[197]
• Frank Strazzeri, 84, American jazz pianist.^[198]
• Donald Tandy, 95, British actor (EastEnders).^[199]
• Joe Wilder, 92, American jazz trumpeter, heart failure.^[200]
• Jorge Zavala, 91, Ecuadorian politician.^[201]

10

• Carmen Alardín, 80, Mexican poet, writer and translator.^[202]
• Yeso Amalfi, 88, Brazilian footballer (Olympique de Marseille).^[203]
• Carmen Argibay, 74, Argentine judge, member of the Supreme Court (since 2005), heart attack.^[204]
• Marie Dean Arrington, 80, American convicted murderer.^[205]
• Miguel Brascó, 87, Argentine writer.^[206]
• Andrés Carrasco, 67, Argentine neurologist, challenged Monsanto over safety of glyphosate.^[207]
• Maurice Casey, 71, British scholar.^[208]
• Ronnie Caveness, 71, American football player (Arkansas Razorbacks), melanoma.^[209]
• José Cestero, 76, Puerto Rican basketball player.^[210]
• Brij Bihari Chaubey, 73, Indian academic.^[211]
• Gene Chyzowych, 79, Ukrainian-born American soccer player and coach (national team, New York Apollo), cancer.^[212]
• Rhoda Dorsey, 86, American historian and college president.^[213]
• Jadiel, 28, Puerto Rican singer.^[214]
• Lem Johns, 88, American Secret Service agent (Lyndon B. Johnson).^[215]
• Mari Kinsigo, 67, Estonian chess player.^[216]
• Patrick Lucey, 96, American politician and diplomat, Governor of Wisconsin (1971–1977), Ambassador to Mexico (1977–1979).^[217]
• Nash the Slash, 66, Canadian rock musician (FM).^[218]
• Lane Penn, 74, New Zealand rugby union executive, President of the NZRU (2001–2003).^[219]
• Gottlieb Perren, 88, Swiss Olympic skier.^[220]
• André Popp, 90, French composer.^[221]
• José Falcó Sanmartín, 97, Spanish fighter pilot.^[222]
• Patrick Woodroffe, 74, British fantasy, surrealist and record jacket artist, Pick's disease.^[223]
• Viktor Yerokhin, 74, Russian football coach and player.^[224]

11

• Sidney Blatt, 85, American psychotherapist.^[225]
• Ismail Boçari, 96–97, Albanian professor.^[226]
• Marcel Bon, 89, French mycologist.^[227]
• Yvonne Cartier, 86, New Zealand ballet dancer and instructor.^[228]
• Gérard Drainville, 83, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Amos (1978–2004).^[229]
• Thelma Eisen, 92, American baseball player (AAGPBL).^[230]
• Corinne Freeman, 87, American politician, Mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida (1977–1985), cancer.^[231]
• Ed Gagliardi, 62, American bass guitarist (Foreigner), cancer.^[232]
• Reg Gasnier, 74, Australian Hall of Fame rugby league player (St. George Dragons) and national team captain.^[233]
• Tarakant Jha, 86, Indian politician.^[234]
• Paul Kinsman, 83, Canadian politician, Nova Scotia MLA for West Kings (1963–1967), Kings South (1984).^[235]
• Barbara Knudson, 86, American actress (Meet Danny Wilson, The Jayhawkers!, The Cry Baby Killer).^[236]
• Kaare Kroppan, 81, Norwegian actor.^[237]
• Camille Lepage, 26, French photojournalist.^[238]
• Jeb Stuart Magruder, 79, American presidential aide (Richard Nixon), convicted for conspiracy to obstruct justice and wiretapping (Watergate scandal), complications from a stroke.^[239]
• Guy Morton Jr., 83, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).^[240]
• Celso Pereira de Almeida, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Porto Nacional (1976–1995) and Itumbiara (1995–1998).^[241]
• Margareta Pogonat, 81, Romanian actress.^[242]
• Sir David Rowlands, 66, British civil servant.^[243]
• Francisco Sobrino, 82, Spanish sculptor.^[244]
• Martin Špegelj, 86, Croatian politician and army officer, Minister of Defence (1990–1991).^[245]
• Harry Stopes-Roe, 90, British philosopher and humanist, Vice President of the British Humanist Association.^[246]
• Ivan Wingreen, 52, South African-born Australian cricketer, brain tumour.^[247]

12

• Babis Angourakis, 63, Greek politician, MP for Athens (1997–2000), MEP for the KKE (since 2009), aneurysm.^[248]
• Alan Bestic, 92, Irish journalist.^[249]
• Cornell Borchers, 89, Lithuanian-born German actress (The Big Lift, Istanbul).^[250]
• Isabel Carrasco, 59, Spanish politician, shot.^[251]
• Marco Cé, 88, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Patriarch of Venice (1978–2002).^[252]
• Petro Chernyaha, 68, Ukrainian scientist and public figure.^[253]
• Jacinto Convit, 100, Venezuelan physician, scientist and researcher, developed vaccines against leprosy and leishmaniasis.^[254]
• Lynne Cohen, 69, American-born Canadian photographer, lung cancer.^[255]
• Terry Cook, 66, Canadian archivist, cancer.^[256]
• Keith Crisco, 71, American politician, fall.^[257]
• William J.D. Escher, 82, American aerospace engineer.^[258]
• Billie Fleming, 100, English long-distance cyclist.^[259]
• H. R. Giger, 74, Swiss surrealist artist (Alien), Oscar winner (1980), injuries from a fall.^[260]
• Melvin J. Glimcher, 88, American biomedical engineer.^[261]
• Svetlana Grigoryan, 83, Armenian actress.^[262]
• Tom Hafey, 82, Australian AFL football player (Richmond) and coach (Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong, Sydney), cancer.^[263]
• Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy, 90, American judge, 6th Cir. Court of Appeals (1979–1999), member (1970–1979) and Chief Judge (1977–1979) of the US District Court of E. Mich.^[264]
• Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard, 68, Dutch politician, cancer.^[265]
• Ľudovít Lehen, 88, Slovakian painter and chess composer.^[266]
• Brian Marchinko, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders).^[267]
• Hugh McLeod, 81, Scottish rugby union player.^[268]
• Joe Mence, 93, British cricketer (Berkshire).^[269]
• Min Huifen, 69, Chinese erhu master and composer, cerebral hemorrhage.^[270]
• Daud Mirza, 45, Pakistani-born Norwegian actor.^[271]
• Pál Orosz, 80, Hungarian football player and coach, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).^[272]
• Ralph Peduto, 72, American actor (The Rock, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Godfather) and playwright, leukemia.^[273]
• Ruben T. Profugo, 76, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lucena (1982–2003).^[274]
• Sarat Pujari, 79, Indian actor, heart attack.^[275]
• Leroy Serisier, 86, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1970–1978).^[276]
• Hugh Smyth, 73, Northern Irish politician, Leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (1979–2002), Lord Mayor of Belfast (1994–1995).^[277]
• Sudhir, 70, Indian film actor (Satte Pe Satta).^[278]
• James Walston, 65, British political scientist, cancer.^[279]
• A. J. Watson, 90, American Hall of Fame race car builder and mechanic (Pat Flaherty).^[280]
• Lorenzo Zambrano, 70, Mexican building material executive, CEO of Cemex.^[281]

13

• Máximo Alcócer, 81, Bolivian footballer.^[282]
• David Malet Armstrong, 87, Australian philosopher.^[283]
• Martin Barreras, 49, American noncommissioned officer, Army Ranger Sergeant Major in charge of the rescue of Jessica Lynch, wounds sustained in combat.^[284]
• John Barritt, 98, British Bermudian politician, BMP for Devonshire South, Speaker (1979–1989).^[285]
• Malik Bendjelloul, 36, Swedish documentarian (Searching for Sugar Man), Oscar winner (2013), suicide.^[286]
• Gilles Cloutier, 85, Canadian physicist, Rector of the Université de Montréal (1985–1993).^[287]
• J. F. Coleman, 95, American military and test pilot (Convair XFY Pogo), winner of the Harmon Trophy (1954), natural causes.^[288]
• Fred Dunsmore, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg Maroons).^[289]
• Mary Lou Harkness, 88, American librarian.^[290]
• Hamad Khalaily, 85, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1981–1984).^[291]
• Miodrag Rakić, 39, Serbian politician.^[292]
• Altamiro Rossato, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Marabá (1985–1989), Archbishop of Porto Alegre (1991–2001).^[293]
• Mohammad Baqer Shirazi, 82, Iranian Grand Ayatollah.^[294]
• Rowena Spencer, 91, American pediatric surgeon.^[295]
• Ron Stevens, 64, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA for Calgary-Glenmore (1997–2009).^[296]
• Anthony Villanueva, 69, Filipino featherweight boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1964), heart attack.^[297]
• Tessa Watts, 68, British music video producer ("Sledgehammer"), pancreatic cancer.^[298]
• Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, 65, American neopagan, author and priestess (Church of All Worlds), multiple myeloma.^[299]

14

• Diane Barz, 70, American judge, first female member of the Montana Supreme Court (1989–1990), cancer.^[300]
• Hazel Rodney Blackman, 93, American fashion designer, quilter, and painter.^[301]
• Bruce Bowley, 92, Australian cricketer.^[302]
• Douglas Cummings, 67, British cellist (London Symphony Orchestra).^[303]
• John M. Fitzpatrick, 65, British urologist, subarachnoid haemorrhage.^[304]
• Gisela Kessler, 78, German trade unionist.^[305]
• Jeffrey Kruger, 83, British music business executive (Flamingo Club, Ember Records).^[306]
• Emanuel Raymond Lewis, 85, American librarian and author.^[307]
• Alexander Murray Macbeath, 90, British mathematician.^[308]
• Leonard Quilty, 94, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1958–1975).^[309]
• Sam W. Russell, 68, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1983–1992).^[310]
• Morvin Simon, 70, New Zealand Māori composer, kapa haka leader and historian.^[311]
• Warren Keith Sinclair, 90, New Zealand physicist.^[312]
• Martin Skowroneck, 87, German harpsichord builder.^[313]
• Stephen Sutton, 19, British charity fundraiser, colorectal cancer.^[314]
• Terry Wire, 73, British politician, Mayor of Northampton, cancer.^[315]

15

• Charles Angell, 84, American politician.^[316]
• George J. Armelagos, 77, American anthropologist, pancreatic cancer.^[317]
• Peter Ayerst, 93, British World War II fighter and test pilot (Supermarine Spitfire).^[318]
• Terry Bell, 69, English footballer (Reading).^[319]
• Hans Breidbach-Bernau, 93, Austrian Olympic writer 1948.^[320]
• Robert Burns, 77, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA for Maisonneuve (1970–1979).^[321]
• Jean-Luc Dehaene, 73, Belgian politician, Prime Minister (1992–1999), fall.^[322]
• M. B. Etheredge, 98, American politician and World War II army officer, awarded Texas Legislative Medal of Honor.^[323]
• Robert J. Flynn, 76, American naval officer, Vietnam War POW held in China (1967–1973).^[324]
• Greg Hughes, 75, Irish Gaelic football player (Offaly GAA).^[325]
• M B Manik, 43, Bangladeshi filmmaker, shot.^[326]
• Michael Mence, 70, British cricketer (Berkshire).^[269]
• Jan Mucha, 72, Polish speedway motorcycle rider, cancer.^[327]
• Jean Oury, 90, French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, pancreatic cancer.^[328]
• I. M. Jayarama Shetty, 63, Indian politician, MP for Udupi (1998–1999).^[329]
• Norifumi Suzuki, 80, Japanese film director (Torakku Yarō).^[330]
• Ed Swearingen, 88, American aeronautical engineer.^[331]
• Carlo Weber, 80, German architect (Auer+Weber+Assoziierte).^[332]
• Nahum Zolotov, 88, Israeli architect.^[333]
• Robert Zwanzig, 86, American physicist.^[334]

16

• Charlie Boney, 89, American architect.^[335]
• Benaouda Boudjellal, Algerian footballer.^[336]
• Vera Dajht-Kralj, 85, Croatian sculptor.^[337]
• Amalendu De, 84–85, Indian historian.^[338]
• Dehere, 23, American Thoroughbred racehorse.^[339]
• Chris Duckworth, 81, South African cricketer.^[340]
• Vito Favero, 81, Italian road racing cyclist.^[341]
• Allan Folsom, 72, American novelist (The Day After Tomorrow), metastatic melanoma.^[342]
• Nicola Ghiuselev, 77, Bulgarian operatic bass.^[343]
• Sandy Gilliam, 81, American football and baseball coach.^[344]
• Bud Hollowell, 71, American baseball player and manager.^[345]
• Zil-e-Huma, 70, Pakistani singer, renal disease and diabetes.^[346]
• Oleksiy Korobeinikov, 36, Ukrainian Olympic biathlete.^[347]
• Russi Mody, 96, Indian steel and airline executive, President of Tata Steel, Indian Airlines and Air India, recipient of the Padma Bhushan (1989).^[348]
• Aleksandr Shumeyko, Kyrgyzstani Soviet football manager.^[349]
• Clyde Snow, 86, American forensic anthropologist, cancer and emphysema.^[350]
• Viktor Sukhodrev, 81, Soviet-born Russian interpreter (Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev).^[351]
• Ruth Tarvydas, 66–67, Australian fashion designer, fall.^[352]
• Louise Wilson, 52, British fashion academic (Central Saint Martins).^[353]

17

• Catherine M. Abate, 66, American politician, member of the New York Senate (1994–1998), uterine cancer.^[354]
• David Abbott, 76, British advertising executive and copywriter.^[355]
• Hussein al-Imam, 63, Egyptian actor and musician.^[356]
• Ursula Benedix, 91, German politician.^[357]
• Jack Burke Jr., 82, American politician.^[358]
• Olivier Chesneau, 42, French astronomer.^[359]
• Gerald Edelman, 84, American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (1972), natural causes.^[360]
• Clarence Ellis, 71, American computer scientist.^[361]
• John Gardiner, 71, Australian Olympic basketball player.^[362]
• Jerry Henderson, 72, American basketball coach.^[363]
• Matt Kailey, 59, American author and transgender activist, heart failure.^[364]
• Jerrold E. Lomax, 87, American architect.^[365]
• Hiram Mann, 92, American military officer and pilot, Army Lt. Col. for the Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group.^[366]
• Bongani Masuku, 50, South African singer (Johnny Clegg), shot.^[367]
• Miss Beazley, 9, American-born Scottish terrier, co-First Dog (2005–2009), euthanized due to lymphoma.^[368]
• C. P. Krishnan Nair, 92, Indian hotelier, founder and chairman of The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts, recipient of the Padma Bhushan (2010).^[369]
• Paul Victor Obeng, 66, Ghanaian economic advisor, asthma.^[370]
• Bob Odom, 78, American politician and power broker.^[371]
• Anna Pollatou, 30, Greek rhythmic gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist (2000), traffic collision.^[372]
• Źmicier Sidarovič, 48, Belarusian musician, singer and piper.^[373]

• Notable Laotian people killed in the Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force An-74 crash:^[374]
  • Soukanh Mahalath, 59, Governor of Vientiane, Minister of Finance (2001–2006), Governor of the Bank of the Lao P.D.R. (1999–2001).
  • Douangchay Phichit, 70, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense (since 2001).
  • Thongbanh Sengaphone, 61, Minister of Public Security (since 2005).
  • Cheuang Sombounkhanh, Secretariat of the Central Party Committee, Governor of the Bank of the Lao P.D.R. (1997–1999).

18

• Per Almar Aas, 84, Norwegian politician.^[375]
• Lykourgos Angelopoulos, 73, Greek cantor (Greek Byzantine Choir).^[376]
• Arizal, 71, Indonesian director.^[377]
• Roland Ayers, 81, American painter.^[378]
• General Baker, 72, American labor unionist and politician.^[379]
• Dobrica Ćosić, 92, Serbian writer and politician, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–1993).^[380]
• Hans-Peter Dürr, 84, German physicist.^[381]
• Michel Feron, 91, Belgian Olympic alpine skier.^[382]
• Radu Florescu, 88, Romanian-born French historian, complications from pneumonia.^[383]
• André Goursolle, 82, French Olympic rower.^[384]
• Hussein Isaac, Syrian Major General.^[385]
• Kaiketsu Masateru, 66, Japanese sumo wrestler (Ozeki) and executive, Chairman of the Japan Sumo Association (2010–2012), ischemic heart disease.^[386]
• A. Malarmannan, 77, Indian politician.^[387]
• Don Meyer, 69, American basketball coach (Hamline Pipers, Lipscomb Bisons, Northern State Wolves), carcinoid cancer.^[388]
• Chukwuedu Nwokolo, 93, Nigerian doctor and medical researcher.^[389]
• Wubbo Ockels, 68, Dutch physicist and astronaut, first Dutch citizen in space, renal cell cancer.^[390]
• Francis T. Purcell, 95, American politician, member of the New York Assembly (1964–1965).^[391]
• Claude Lavoie Richer, 84, Canadian Olympic cross country skier (1952).^[392]
• Per Rollum, 85, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier (1952).^[393]
• Jerry Vale, 83, American singer ("Have You Looked into Your Heart", "The Star-Spangled Banner") and actor.^[394]
• Morris Weiss, 98, American cartoonist (Mickey Finn).^[395]
• Gordon Willis, 82, American cinematographer (The Godfather, Annie Hall, Manhattan), cancer.^[396]

19

• Michael Aldrich, 72, British inventor.^[397]
• Simon Andrews, 31, British motorcycle racer, head injuries sustained in a race collision.^[398]
• Sir Jack Brabham, 88, Australian racing driver, triple Formula One world champion (1959, 1960, 1966).^[399]
• Elombe Brath, 77, American activist.^[400]
• Peter Buchanan, 70, Australian judge.^[401]
• Count Suckle, 82, Jamaican-born British sound system operator and club owner, heart attack.^[402]
• Peter Curtin, 70, Australian actor.^[403]
• Franz-Paul Decker, 90, German-born Canadian conductor (Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Cologne Opera).^[404]
• Rabah Khaloufi, 71, French Olympic boxer.^[405]
• Eurico Dias Nogueira, 91, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Braga (1977–1999).^[406]
• Sam Greenlee, 83, American writer and filmmaker (The Spook Who Sat by the Door), natural causes.^[407]
• Vincent Harding, 82, American civil rights activist and speechwriter (Martin Luther King, Jr.), complications from a heart aneurysm.^[408]
• April Jace, 40, American athlete, shot.^[409]
• Sante Kimes, 79, American murderer.^[410]
• Gabriel Kolko, 81, American historian and author, passive euthanasia.^[411]
• Mario Missiroli, 80, Italian director.^[412]
• Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, 79, Polish boxer, Olympic silver (1960) and bronze medalist (1956, 1964).^[413]
• Christine Quinn-Brintnall, 62, American judge, member (2000–2014) and Chief Judge (2012–2013) of the Washington Court of Appeals, melanoma.^[414]
• Shekar, 48, Indian cartoonist.^[415]
• Antanas Šurna, 75, Lithuanian actor.^[416]

20

• Sandra Bem, 69, American psychologist, suicide by overdose.^[417]
• Ross Brown, 79, New Zealand rugby union player (Taranaki, national team).^[418]
• William Edgar Cohen, 72, American director.^[419]
• Robyn Denny, 83, British artist.^[420]
• Tadeusz Dominik, 86, Polish artist.^[421]
• Chhanda Gayen, 34, Indian mountain climber, avalanche.^[422]
• Arthur Gelb, 90, American newspaper editor and critic (The New York Times), complications from a stroke.^[423]
• Jim Gulley, 75, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1996–2010).^[424]
• Herbert Klausmeier, 98, American educational psychologist.^[425]
• Prince Rupert Loewenstein, 80, British-German financial adviser (The Rolling Stones), Bavarian aristocrat.^[426]
• Barbara Murray, 84, English actress (Passport to Pimlico, The Plane Makers), heart attack.^[427]
• Rupert Pate, 96, American football player (Chicago Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles).^[428]
• Charles W. Robinson, 94, American businessman and diplomat, Deputy Secretary of State (1976–1977).^[429]
• Phil Sharpe, 77, English cricketer (Yorkshire, national team).^[430]

21

• Poni Adams, 95, American actress (House of Dracula, Batman and Robin).^[431]
• Tunku Annuar, 74, Malaysian royal, heart attack.^[432]
• Samuel A. Beatty, 91, American judge, member of the Alabama Supreme Court.^[433]
• Mehroo Bengalee, 84, Indian academic.^[434]
• Bi Hao, 86–87, Chinese military commander.^[435]
• Paul-Émile Charbonneau, 92, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hull (1963–1973).^[436]
• Duncan Cole, 55, English-born New Zealand footballer (national team).^[437]
• Penny Dunbabin, 55, Australian field hockey player.^[438]
• Johnny Gray, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics/Kansas City Athletics).^[439]
• Mack Herewini, 74, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, New Zealand Māori, All Blacks).^[440]
• Susan J. Herlin, 74, American academic and Dagbon royal.^[441]
• James Jones, 87, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1987–1988).^[442]
• Abbas Kamandi, 62, Iranian Kurdish singer.^[443]
• Karl-Hans Kern, 81, German politician.^[444]
• Harmon Elwood Kirby, 80, American diplomat, Ambassador to Togo (1990–1994).^[445]
• Ray Kunze, 86, American mathematician.^[446]
• João Filgueiras Lima, 82, Brazilian architect, prostate cancer.^[447]
• Jaime Lusinchi, 89, Venezuelan politician, President (1984–1989).^[448]
• Hélène Pastor, 76–77, Monégasque heiress and businesswoman, injuries sustained in a shooting.^[449]
• Alireza Soleimani, 58, Iranian Olympic freestyle wrestler (1992), world champion (1989), heart attack.^[450]
• Than Nyein, 76, Burmese politician, founded the National Democratic Force, liver cancer.^[451]
• R. Umanath, 92, Indian politician and political leader (CPI(M)), MP for Pudukottai (1962–1971), Tamil Nadu MLA for Nagapattinam (1977–1984).^[452]
• Ruth Ziolkowski, 87, American museum executive, CEO of the Crazy Horse Memorial (since 1982), cancer.^[453]

22

• Farid Akasheh, 93, Jordanian politician, Minister of Social Development and Labour (1967), Minister of Health (1972–1973).^[454]
• Leonardo Andam, 55, Filipino pool player, motorcycle accident.^[455]
• Vyacheslav Artashin, 42, Russian rugby league footballer.^[456]
• Ted Blanchard, 84, Canadian politician.^[457]
• Sergio Bustamante, 79, Mexican actor, heart attack.^[458]
• Bobby Clark, American singer.^[459]
• Matthew Cowles, 69, American actor and playwright (All My Children, Shutter Island, Oz).^[460]
• Edward Howel Francis, 89, British geologist.^[461]
• Imre Gedővári, 62, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1988) and bronze medalist (1980).^[462]
• Alicia Ghiragossian, 77, Argentine poet and translator.^[463]
• Laurie Hill, 71, Australian VFL football player (Collingwood).^[464]
• Donald Levine, 86, American toy executive, developer of the first action figure and G. I. Joe, cancer.^[465]
• Wes Lofts, 71, Australian VFL football player and administrator (Carlton), emphysema.^[466]
• Dragoljub Velimirović, 72, Serbian chess grandmaster.^[467]
• Paolo Viganò, 64, Italian footballer.^[468]
• Saleh Wreikat, 74, Jordanian politician, MP for Amman's fifth district.^[469]

23

• Ranjith Abeysuriya, 82, Sri Lankan lawyer.^[470]
• Mikhail Alekseev, 64, Russian linguist.^[471]
• Joel Camargo, 67, Brazilian footballer (Santos), renal failure.^[472]
• Herman Dillon, 82, American Puyallup tribal executive, chairman and tribal leader, heart failure.^[473]
• Mona Freeman, 87, American film actress.^[474]
• Michael Gottlieb, 69, American film director and screenwriter (Mannequin, A Kid in King Arthur's Court, Mr. Nanny), traffic collision.^[475]
• Rolf Hermichen, 95, German Luftwaffe fighter ace, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.^[476]
• Richard Kolitsch, 24, German footballer, traffic collision.^[477]
• Vivi Krogh, 94, Norwegian political activist.^[478]
• Madhav Mantri, 92, Indian cricketer, was oldest-living Indian Test player, heart attack.^[479]
• John McCormack, 79, Scottish light middleweight boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1956) and European middleweight champion (1961-1962).^[480]
• Anand Modak, 63, Indian musician and film composer, heart attack.^[481]
• Gerald O'Leary, 81, American politician.^[482]
• Andy Olsen, 83, American baseball umpire.^[483]
• Nikolai Pastukhov, 91, Russian actor.^[484]
• Panagiotis Poikilidis, 49, Greek Olympic wrestler (1984, 1992, 1996), stroke as a complication of an aortic aneurysm.^[485]
• Uña Ramos, 80, Argentine musician.^[486]
• Walter Romberg, 85, East German politician, Minister of Finance (1990).^[487]
• Hugh Roy, 78, South African cricketer.^[488]
• John Satterthwaite, 88, English Anglican prelate, Bishop of Gibraltar (1970–1993).^[489]
• Ernst Strupler, 95, Swiss Olympic diver.^[490]

24

• Joe Aitcheson Jr., 85, American steeplechase jockey.^[491]
• Tariq Aziz Brisam, 68, Iraqi football player.^[492]
• Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat, 97, Indian author and politician, MP (1972–1978) and Rajasthan MLA (1962–1971) for Devgarh, recipient of Padma Shri (1984), lung infection.^[493]
• Stormé DeLarverie, 93, American LGBT activist, involved in the Stonewall Riots, dementia.^[494]
• Arthur Getagazhev, 38, Russian Ingush militant leader, shot.^[495]
• Billy Glide, 43, American pornographic actor, alcohol intoxication.^[496]
• Klaus Herm, 89, German actor.^[497]
• Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, 45, Iranian billionaire industrialist, convicted of embezzlement, execution by hanging.^[498]
• Maurizio Mannelli, 84, Italian Olympic water polo player (1952).^[499]
• Andrei Mironov, 60, Russian journalist and human rights activist, mortar attack.^[500]
• Steve Moore, 59, American comedian.^[501]
• Knowlton Nash, 86, Canadian journalist, author and news anchor (The National).^[502]
• Nitya Pibulsonggram, 72, Thai diplomat, Foreign Minister (2006–2008), Ambassador to the United States (1984–2000) and United Nations, stroke.^[503]
• Andrea Rocchelli, 30, Italian photojournalist, mortar attack.^[504]
• Conrad Rochat, 86, Swiss Olympic ski jumper.^[505]
• Mark Selbee, 45, American kickboxer, drowning.^[506]
• Roger Stanley, 71, American politician and informant, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1977–1982), informant in George Ryan corruption case.^[507]
• E. Don Taylor, 76, Jamaican Anglican prelate, Bishop of the Virgin Islands (1986–1994), Vicar of New York City (1994–2009), heart disease.^[508]
• John Vasconcellos, 82, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1966–1996) and Senate (1996–2004), organ failure.^[509]

25

• David Allen, 78, English cricketer (Gloucestershire, national team).^[510]
• Lila Ramkumar Bhargava, 92, Indian freedom fighter, social worker, and educationist.^[511]
• Tommy Blom, 67, Swedish radio host and singer (Tages).^[512]
• Lee Chamberlin, 76, American actress (The Electric Company, All My Children), cancer.^[513]
• John Cole, 81, South African cricketer.^[514]
• Marcel Côté, 71, Canadian economist and politician.^[515]
• Raymond Crisara, 93, American trumpeter.^[516]
• Peter Dunfield, 82, Canadian figure skater and Olympic coach (Elizabeth Manley).^[517]
• Bertha Gilkey, 65, American community activist, cancer.^[518]
• Wojciech Jaruzelski, 90, Polish military officer and politician, Prime Minister (1981–1985), Chairman of the Council of State (1985–1989), President (1989–1990).^[519]
• Herb Jeffries, 100, American actor and jazz and traditional pop singer, heart failure.^[520]
• Sir Toaripi Lauti, 85, Tuvaluan politician, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (1978–1981), Governor-General of Tuvalu (1990–1993).^[521]
• John Maginnis, 66, American political writer, commentator and journalist.^[522]
• Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani, 81, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Catamarca (1989–2007).^[523]
• Berniece Baker Miracle, 94, American writer.^[524]
• Matthew Saad Muhammad, 59, American Hall of Fame light heavyweight boxer, WBC champion (1979–1980), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.^[525]
• Jhonny Perozo, 29, Venezuelan footballer, shot.^[526]
• Sir Robert Porter, 90, Northern Irish politician, Minister of Home Affairs and Health and Social Services (1969), MP (NI) for Queen's University of Belfast (1966–1969) and Lagan Valley (1969–1973).^[527]
• Washington César Santos, 54, Brazilian footballer (national team), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.^[528]
• Malcolm Simmons, 68, British motorcycle speedway racer (Poole Pirates), World Team Cup Winner (1974, 1975, 1977), World Pairs Champion (1976, 1977, 1978), emphysema.^[529]
• Robert Steinberg, 92, American mathematician.^[530]
• Tang Yuhan, 101, Hong Kong oncologist.^[531]
• Bunny Yeager, 85, American model and photographer, heart failure.^[532]

26

• Albert Attalla, 82, American nuclear physicist.^[533]
• Tommy Baxter, 84, New Zealand rugby league footballer.^[534]
• Anna Berger, 91, American actress (Ghost World, The Sopranos, You Don't Mess with the Zohan).^[535]
• Francesco d'Avalos, 84, Italian conductor and composer.^[536]
• Baselios Marthoma Didymos I, 92, Indian Orthodox Church hierarch, Catholicos of The East and Malankara Metropolitan (2005–2010).^[537]
• Roland Dille, 89, American educator, President of Minn. St. Moorhead (1968–1994).^[538]
• Arthur E. Drumm, 84, American inventor, environmentalist, and military subcontractor.^[539]
• Mike Gordon, 60, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), acute myeloid leukemia.^[540]
• Sir John Gorman, 91, Northern Irish politician, MLA for North Down (1998–2003).^[541]
• Princess Jin Moyu, 95, Chinese Manchurian royal (Qing dynasty).^[542]
• Frances Kornbluth, 93, American painter.^[543]
• Robert L. Letsinger, 92, American biochemist.^[544]
• Ma Man-kei, 94, Chinese Macanese politician.^[545]
• Marcial Mes, 64, Belizean politician, first Mayan appointed to cabinet, member of the House of Representatives for Toledo West, traffic collision.^[546]
• William R. Roy, 88, American politician and physician, member of the U.S. House of Reps for Kansas's 2nd District (1971–1975), complications following heart surgery.^[547]
• Hooshang Seyhoun, 93, Iranian architect.^[548]
• Manuel Uribe, 48, Mexican obese man, was world's third-heaviest person, liver failure.^[549]
• Westmead Hawk, 10–11, English Greyhound, winner of the English Greyhound Derby (2005, 2006).^[550]
• Peter Williams, 56, South African cricketer.^[551]
• Shinichi Yamaji, 50, Japanese racing car driver.^[552]
• Yu Chen Yueh-ying, 87, Taiwanese politician and judge, MP for Kaohsiung (1982–1985).^[553]

27

• Dagfinn Aarskog, 85, Norwegian physician.^[554]
• Shehu Abubakar, 76, Nigerian chieftain, Emir of Gombe (since 1984).^[555]
• Giancarlo Bacci, 82, Italian footballer.^[556]
• Harold Baer Jr., 81, American judge, S.D.N.Y. federal judge (since 1994), New York Supreme Court justice (1982–1992), internal bleeding after a fall.^[557]
• Aurora Bretón, 65, Mexican Olympic archer (1972, 1984, 1988, 1992) and executive, President of the Mexican Archery Federation.^[558]
• Roy Clyde Clark, 93, American bishop.^[559]
• Hugh Austin Curtis, 81, Canadian politician, British Columbia MLA for Saanich and the Islands (1972–1986), cancer.^[560]
• Dejan Drakul, 26, Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player, cancer.^[561]
• Andor Elbert, 79, Canadian canoeist.^[562]
• Ruth Flowers, 74, British disc jockey.^[563]
• Robert Genn, 78, Canadian landscape artist.^[564]
• Jack Joyce, 71, American business executive (Nike, Inc.), co-founder of Rogue Ales.^[565]
• Kōji Kojima, 83, Japanese Olympic volleyball coach (1972), pneumonia.^[566]
• Lochsong, 26, British thoroughbred sprinter racehorse, Horse of the Year (1993), Champion Sprinter (1993, 1994), colic.^[567]
• Malcolm MacDonald, 66, Scottish music critic.^[568]
• Mosoeu Magalefa, 65, South African navy officer, Chief of Naval Staff (2005–2009).^[569]
• Miodrag Radulovacki, 81, Serbian medical research scientist.^[570]
• Alf Ramsøy, 88, Norwegian long-distance runner, cross-country skier and actor.^[571]
• Helma Sanders-Brahms, 73, German film director (Germany, Pale Mother).^[572]
• Sigmund Kvaløy Setreng, 79, Norwegian philosopher.^[573]
• Janice Scroggins, 58, American jazz pianist.^[574]
• Charles Swithinbank, 87, British glaciologist.^[575]
• Roberto Vargas, 84, American Puerto Rican baseball player (Milwaukee Braves).^[576]
• Massimo Vignelli, 83, Italian graphic designer (New York City Subway map, American Airlines).^[577]

28

• Maya Angelou, 86, American author (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings), poet ("On the Pulse of Morning") and civil rights activist.^[578]
• Fauzi Ayub, 47, Lebanese-Canadian militant (Hezbollah), FBI most wanted terrorist.^[579] (death announced on this date)
• Azlan Shah of Perak, 86, Malaysian royal, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1989–1994), Sultan of Perak (since 1984), Lord President of the Supreme Court (1982–1984), Chief Justice (1979–1982).^[580]
• Pierre Bernard, 81, French footballer.^[203]
• Rachel Berman, 68, American-born Canadian painter.^[581]
• Bert A. Betts, 90, American politician.^[582]
• Stan Crowther, 78, English footballer.^[583]
• Hernán Cruz Barnica, Honduran journalist, shot.^[584]
• Ciro de Quadros, 74, Brazilian physician, cancer.^[585]
• Christine Daure-Serfaty, 87, French human rights activist and writer.^[586]
• Oscar Dystel, 101, American book publishing executive (Bantam Books), pioneered mass marketing of paperbacks.^[587]
• Malcolm Glazer, 85, American real estate executive (First Allied Corporation) and sports franchise owner (Manchester United, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).^[588]
• Clara W. Hall, 83, American research chemist.^[589]
• Dave Herman, 78, American radio personality (WNEW-FM), aneurysm.^[590]
• Bob Houbregs, 82, Canadian Hall of Fame basketball player (University of Washington, Milwaukee Hawks, Detroit Pistons).^[591]
• Ertuğrul Işınbark, 73, Turkish stage magician.^[592]
• Isaac Kungwane, 43, South African football player (Kaizer Chiefs, national team) and commentator (SuperSport), complications from diabetes.^[593]
• David Nadien, 88, American violinist.^[594]
• Wyc Orr, 67, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1988–1992).^[595]
• Lawrence Paul, 79, Canadian Mi'kmaq politician, Chief and Chairman of Millbrook First Nation (1984–2012).^[596]
• Jāzeps Pīgoznis, 79, Latvian landscape artist and academic, recipient of the Order of the Three Stars (2011).^[597]
• Mordechai Piron, 92, Austrian-born Israeli chief military rabbi (Israel Defense Forces, 1969–1980).^[598]
• James K. Randall, 84, American composer.^[599]
• Jimmy Saxton, 74, American Hall of Fame football player (Texas Longhorns), dementia.^[600]
• Peter Van de Wetering, 82, Dutch-born American horticulturist (Park Avenue, United Nations Plaza).^[601]

29

• Bern Bennett, 92, American radio and television announcer.^[602]
• Karlheinz Böhm, 86, Austrian actor (Peeping Tom, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm).^[603]
• Christine Charbonneau, 70, Canadian singer and songwriter.^[604]
• Walter Jakob Gehring, 75, Swiss developmental biologist.^[605]
• Peter Glaser, 90, Czech-born American scientist and aerospace engineer.^[606]
• Maxine Greene, 96, American educational philosopher.^[607]
• Stefans Grové, 91, South African composer.^[608]
• Alfred Jaretzki III, 94, American surgeon and academic.^[609]
• Rafael Mendiluce, 74, Spanish footballer.^[610]
• Grigori Mints, 74, Russian philosopher and mathematician.^[611]
• Ian Norman, 75, Australian businessman and retail executive, co-founder of Harvey Norman.^[612]
• Miljenko Prohaska, 88, Croatian composer.^[613]
• William M. Roth, 97, American shipping executive (Matson, Inc.), conservationist (Ghirardelli Square) and diplomat, U.S. Trade Representative (1967–1969).^[614]
• Ken Schram, 66, American television (KOMO-TV) and radio journalist (KOMO-AM), infection.^[615]
• Tito Torbellino, 31, American banda singer and musician, shot.^[616]
• Willem van Asselt, 68, Dutch theologian, complications from a stroke.^[617]
• Felisa Vanoff, 89, American dancer, choreographer, and theatrical producer, cancer.^[618]

30

• Don Barry, 82, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).^[619]
• Brian Blackburn, 85, Australian Olympic gymnast.^[620]
• Hienadz Buraukin, 77, Belarusian poet, journalist and diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations (1990–1994), cancer.^[621]
• Henning Carlsen, 86, Danish Bodil Award-winning film director (Hunger, People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart).^[622]
• Robert Costello, 93, American TV and film producer, writer, and director.^[623]
• Richard Dürr, 75, Swiss footballer (Lausanne Sports).^[624]
• Tod Ensign, American military veterans' rights lawyer.^[625]
• Peter Hall, 86, New Zealand cricketer.^[626]
• Jacques-André Hochart, 65, French cyclist.^[627]
• Ron Kleemann, 76, American photorealist painter.^[628]
• Joan Lorring, 88, British Hong Kong-born American actress (The Corn Is Green, Three Strangers).^[629]
• Lyudmila Makarova, 92, Soviet-born Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR (1977).^[630]
• Hanna Maron, 90, German-born Israeli actress, recipient of the Israel Prize (1973).^[631]
• Brad Mooney, 83, American rear admiral, Chief of Naval Research (1983–1987).^[632]
• Satao, 45–46, Kenyan African elephant, poisoned arrow.^[633]
• Michael Szameit, 64, German science fiction writer.^[634]
• Idrissa Timta, 71–72, Nigerian chieftain, Emir of Gwoza (since 1981), shot.^[635]
• Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, 82, Greek naval officer, Admiral and Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff (1986–1989) and the National Intelligence Service (1993–1996).^[636]

31

• Mary Anthony, 97, American choreographer, modern dancer and dance teacher (Arthur Mitchell, Donald McKayle).^[637]
• Marilyn Beck, 85, American syndicated entertainment journalist and columnist, lung cancer.^[638]
• Jiří Bruder, 86, Czech actor.^[639]
• Jack Casley, 88, English football player (Torquay, Headington) and scout.^[640]
• Marinho Chagas, 62, Brazilian footballer (Botafogo, national team), gastrointestinal bleeding.^[641]
• Jack Dittmer, 86, American baseball player (Boston Braves/Milwaukee Braves).^[642]
• Joseph Dowling, 92, Irish politician.^[643]
• Hoss Ellington, 79, American race car driver and team owner (NASCAR), cancer.^[644]
• Esyllt Harker, 67, Welsh singer and actress, cancer.^[645]
• Martha Hyer, 89, American actress (Some Came Running, Sabrina).^[646]
• Lewis Katz, 72, American media (The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, YES Network) and sport franchise owner (New Jersey Nets and Devils), plane crash.^[647]
• Michael Kay, 86, American historian.^[648]
• Chuck Lumsden, 81, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).^[649]
• Pat McDonagh, 80, British-born Canadian fashion designer, cancer.^[650]
• Brajanath Ratha, 78, Indian Oriya poet.^[651]
• Margaret Rodgers, 75, Australian deaconess.^[652]
• Jon Sandsmark, 72, Norwegian textile artist.^[653]
• Steven H. Scheuer, 88, American film and television historian and critic, heart failure.^[654]
• Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, 91, British aristocrat.^[655]
• Sir Godfrey Taylor, 88, British local government leader.^[656]