The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2018.

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.

October 2018

1

• Shirin Aliabadi, 45, Iranian visual artist, cancer.^[1]
• Charles Aznavour, 94, French-Armenian singer ("La Bohème", "She"), lyricist and actor (Shoot the Piano Player), complications from pulmonary edema.^[2]
• Peter C. Bjarkman, 77, American baseball historian and author.^[3]
• John H. Bryan, 81, American business executive and philanthropist (Millennium Park), CEO of Sara Lee (1975–2001), complications from lung cancer.^[4]
• Mario Castellazzi, 82, Italian footballer (Spezia, Catania, Livorno).^[5]
• Caroline Charrière, 57, Swiss composer, conductor and flautist.^[6]
• Stelvio Cipriani, 81, Italian composer, complications from a stroke.^[7]
• Ben Daglish, 52, British composer (The Last Ninja), lung cancer.^[8]
• Đỗ Mười, 101, Vietnamese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party (1991–1997), Prime Minister (1988–1991), respiratory and kidney failure.^[9]
• Carlos Ezquerra, 70, Spanish comics artist (Judge Dredd, Preacher, Strontium Dog), lung cancer.^[10]
• Michael Freedland, 83, British journalist and biographer.^[11]
• Jerry González, 69, American bandleader and trumpeter, heart attack.^[12]
• Francesco Greco, 75, Italian politician, Senator (1983–1994).^[13]
• Darryl Greenamyer, 82, American aviator and record holder.^[14]
• Ronnie Leitch, 64, Sri Lankan singer and actor (Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor, Re Daniel Dawal Migel, Onna Babo), heart attack.^[15]
• M. V. V. S. Murthi, 76, Indian academic, businessman and politician, founder of GITAM, MP for Visakhapatnam (1991–1996, 1999–2004), traffic collision.^[16]
• Donald Read, 88, British historian.^[17]
• Graciano Rocchigiani, 54, German boxer, WBC (1988–1989) and IBF world champion (1998–2000), traffic collision.^[18]
• Franco Sar, 84, Italian Olympic decathlete (1960, 1964), heart attack.^[19]
• Antoine Sfeir, 69, Lebanese journalist and professor.^[20]
• María Teresa Sosa, 88, Guatemalan politician and activist, First Lady (1982–1983).^[21]
• Chris Wilkins, 74, South African cricketer (Border, Derbyshire, Natal).^[22]
• Élaine Zakaïb, 59, Canadian politician, brain cancer.^[23]

2

• Wendy Atkin, 71, British epidemiologist.^[24]
• Smilja Avramov, 100, Serbian academic and educator.^[25]
• Balabhaskar, 40, Indian violinist, composer and record producer, heart attack.^[26]
• Ron Casey, 89, Australian broadcaster and sports journalist.^[27]
• Geoff Emerick, 72, English recording engineer (Abbey Road Studios, The Beatles), multi-Grammy winner, heart attack.^[28]
• Dorothy Hukill, 72, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2004–2012) and Senate (since 2012), cancer.^[29]
• Bob Jones, 91, American cartoonist and illustrator, pulmonary fibrosis.^[30]
• Thampi Kannanthanam, 64, Indian film director (Bhoomiyile Rajakkanmar).^[31]
• Roman Kartsev, 79, Russian actor (Heart of a Dog, Promised Heaven, Old Hags).
• Jamal Khashoggi, 59, Saudi Arabian journalist, strangled.^[32]
• Józef Kokot, 89, Polish footballer [1]
• Wilhelmus Luxemburg, 89, Dutch mathematician.^[33]
• Utu Abe Malae, American Samoan businessman, banker and politician.^[34]
• Cosimo Ennio Masiello, 88, Italian politician, Mayor of Brindisi (1987–1989) and Senator (1992–1994).^[35]
• Ceri Peach, 78, Welsh geographer.^[36]
• Hermenegildo Sábat, 85, Uruguayan comic book artist.^[37]
• José Lorenzo Sartori, 86, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (1994–2008).^[38]
• Ole E. Storlien, 83, Norwegian politician.^[39]
• Burhan Uray, 87, Chinese-Indonesian timber tycoon and philanthropist.^[40]

3

• Elisabeth Andersen, 98, Dutch actress.^[41]
• Jiří Bis, 77, Czech politician, Senator (2008–2014).^[42]
• Julien Bogaert, 94, Belgian Olympic sprint canoeist (1948).^[43]
• Fang Nanjiang, 75, Chinese novelist and major general of the People's Armed Police.^[44]
• David M. Fergusson, 74, British-born New Zealand psychologist, lung cancer.^[45]
• Wen Fong, 88, Chinese-American art historian, leukemia.^[46]
• Sir Roger Gibbs, 83, British financier.^[47]
• Heo Su-gyeong, 54, South Korean poet.^[48]
• Joseph Kamaru, 79, Kenyan benga musician and political activist, complications from Parkinson's disease.^[49]
• Saak Karapetyan, 58, Russian attorney, Deputy Attorney General, helicopter crash.^[50]
• Leon M. Lederman, 96, American experimental physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1988), dementia.^[51]
• Bent Lorentzen, 83, Danish composer.^[52]
• Marty Pattin, 75, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals).^[53]
• Hollie Pihl, 90, American judge.^[54]
• Hugo Raspoet, 77, Belgian singer and guitarist ("Helena", "Evviva Il Papa").^[55]
• Bror Stefenson, 89, Swedish navy admiral.^[56]
• Keiichiro Takahara, 87, Japanese businessman, founder of Unicharm.^[57]
• Antonio Valero, 86, Spanish footballer.^[58]
• John Von Ohlen, 77, American jazz drummer (Blue Wisp Big Band).^[59]
• Peter Wales, 89, English cricketer.^[60]
• Prosper Weil, 92, French lawyer.^[61]
• Edward E. Williams, 73, American economist.^[62]

4

• Dave Anderson, 89, American sportswriter (The New York Times), Pulitzer Prize winner (1981).^[63]
• Jeanne Ashworth, 80, American speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist (1960), pancreatic cancer.^[64]
• Jack Avina, 89, American college basketball coach (Portland Pilots).^[65]
• Hamiet Bluiett, 78, American jazz saxophonist, complications from a series of strokes.^[66]
• Kevin Ellison, 31, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Spokane Shock), traffic collision.^[67]
• Barrie Frost, 79, New Zealand-born Canadian psychologist and neuroscientist.^[68]
• Takumi Furukawa, 101, Japanese film director (Season of the Sun, Cruel Gun Story), heart failure.^[69]
• José Lluis, 80, Spanish Olympic basketball player (1960).^[70]
• Kurt Malangré, 84, German politician, Lord Mayor of Aachen (1973–1989) and MEP (1979–1999).^[71]
• Karl Mildenberger, 80, German boxer, European heavyweight champion (1964–1968).^[72]
• Walter Paine, 95, American journalist and publisher (Valley News).^[73]
• Bert Romp, 59, Dutch equestrian, Olympic champion (1992), kicked by horse.^[74]
• José Sacal, 74, Mexican surrealist sculptor.^[75]
• Neville Sayers, 91, Australian Olympic modern pentathlete (1956, 1960) and sports shooter (1960).^[76]
• Sir John Swinton, 93, British military officer.^[77]
• John Tyrrell, 76, British musicologist.^[78]
• Will Vinton, 70, American animator (The California Raisins, The Adventures of Mark Twain, Return to Oz), Oscar winner (1974), multiple myeloma.^[79]
• Scott Weir, 65, Scottish cricketer.^[80]
• Audrey Wells, 58, American film director and screenwriter (Under the Tuscan Sun, The Hate U Give, The Truth About Cats & Dogs), cancer.^[81]
• Konisi Yabaki, 77, Fijian politician, Minister for Fisheries and Forests (2001–2006).^[82]

5

• Wayne Berry, 86, American football player (New York Giants).^[83]
• John Deeble, 87, Australian health economist.^[84]
• Louis A. DeSimone, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (1981–1997).^[85]
• Frank Drum, 87, Australian footballer (Richmond).^[86]
• Jimmy Duquennoy, 23, Belgian racing cyclist, heart attack.^[87]
• Ray Galton, 88, British scriptwriter (Hancock's Half Hour, Steptoe and Son), dementia.^[88]
• Richard Horden, 73, British architect.^[89]
• Ed Kenney, 85, American singer and actor (Flower Drum Song).^[90]
• Grigorij Khizhnyak, 44, Ukrainian basketball player (Kyiv, Makedonikos, Dnipro), heart attack.^[91]
• Herbert Kleber, 84, American psychiatrist.^[92]
• Lin Xiao, 97, Chinese politician, Chairman of Henan People's Congress.^[93]
• Greg Marx, 68, American football player (Atlanta Falcons).^[94]
• Ivar Odnes, 55, Norwegian politician, MP (since 2017), cancer.^[95]
• Víctor Pey, 103, Spanish-Chilean engineer, counselor of Salvador Allende.^[96]
• Hege Skjeie, 63, Norwegian political scientist.^[97]
• Rudy Wowor, 74, Indonesian actor, prostate cancer.^[98]

6

• Don Askarian, 69, Armenian filmmaker.^[99]
• John Nicholson Black, 96, British academic and university administrator, Principal of Bedford College, London (1971–1981).^[100]
• Eef Brouwers, 79, Dutch journalist and spokesman, Director-general of the RVD (1995–2004).^[101]
• Montserrat Caballé, 85, Spanish opera singer, Grammy winner (1968), gallbladder infection.^[102]
• Tahir Chaudhry, Pakistani chef, cardiac arrest.^[103]
• Edwin-Michael Cortez, 66, American library science professor.^[104]
• James Cowan, 76, Australian author.^[105]
• Encosta De Lago, 25, Australian racehorse and sire.^[106]
• Lorna Cooke deVaron, 97, American choral conductor.^[107]
• Ira Gasman, 76, American playwright and lyricist, heart failure.^[108]
• Paul James, 87, American sportscaster (Utah Utes, BYU Cougars).^[109]
• George Kaftan, 90, American basketball player (Boston Celtics).^[110]
• Quentin Kenihan, 43, Australian disability advocate and actor (Mad Max: Fury Road), asthma attack.^[111]
• Wilf Malcolm, 84, New Zealand pure mathematician, vice-chancellor of the University of Waikato (1985–1994).^[112]
• Victoria Marinova, 30, Bulgarian journalist and television presenter, strangled.^[113]
• Bert Nederlof, 72, Dutch journalist and radio sports commentator.^[114]
• Ramon Neto da Costa, 31, Brazilian footballer (Figueirense), heart attack.^[115]
• Robert Pitofsky, 88, American legal scholar.^[116]
• Don Sandburg, 87, American actor (Bozo's Circus), complications from Alzheimer's disease.^[117]
• Michel Vovelle, 85, French historian.^[118]
• Scott Wilson, 76, American actor (The Walking Dead, In Cold Blood, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), complications from leukemia.^[119]

7

• René Bouin, 81, French politician, Deputy (2002–2007), Mayor of Chenillé-Changé (1977–2001).^[120]
• Boris Braun, 98, Croatian professor and Holocaust survivor.^[121]
• John Gagliardi, 91, American Hall of Fame college football coach (Saint John's Johnnies).^[122]
• Gibba, 93, Italian animator (Il nano e la strega).^[123]
• Betty Grissom, 91, American plaintiff winner against NASA contractor.^[124]
• Brian Hughes, 80, Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Atlanta Chiefs).^[125]
• Eija Krogerus, 86, Finnish bowler.^[126]
• Patrice L'Heureux, 46, Canadian boxer, heart attack.^[127]
• Kurt Leitner, 72, Austrian footballer[2]
• Nino Lombardo, 91, Italian politician, Deputy (1976–1994), heart failure.^[128]
• Peggy McCay, 90, American actress (Days of Our Lives, Love of Life, Murphy's Romance).^[129]
• Moi-Yo Miller, 104, Australian actress and illusionist, dementia.^[130]
• Ludo Monset, 72, Belgian politician, Senator (1991–1995), Mayor of Blankenberge (1995–2011).^[131]
• Peter Nyombi, 64, Ugandan politician, Attorney General (2011–2015), heart failure.^[132]
• John Odey, 58, Nigerian politician, Minister of Environment (since 2008), cancer.^[133]
• Moses Olaiya, 82, Nigerian actor, complications from a stroke.^[134]
• Oleg Pavlov, 48, Russian writer, heart attack.^[135]
• Marie M. Runyon, 103, American political activist and politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1975–1976).^[136]
• Natwar Thakkar, 86, Indian social worker.^[137]
• John Wicks, 65, British singer and songwriter (The Records).^[138]
• Celeste Yarnall, 74, American actress (Eve, The Mechanic, Star Trek), ovarian cancer.^[139]

8

• Fernando Albán Salazar, 56, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, Libertador Bolivarian Municipality councilman (since 2012).^[140]
• Shibly Aziz, 75, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Attorney General (1995–1996).^[141]
• Neville Chamberlain, 78, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Brechin (1997–2005).^[142]
• Tim Chandler, 58, American rock bassist (Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies, The Choir).^[143]
• Chris Curran, 44, Australian footballer (Collingwood).^[144]
• Dina Haroun, 44, Syrian actress (Maraya), lung infection.^[145]
• Alfred Holland, 91, British-born Australian Anglican bishop.^[146]
• Juan Heredia Moreno, 76, Spanish footballer (Mallorca).^[147]
• Arnold Kopelson, 83, American film producer (Platoon, The Fugitive, Seven), Oscar winner (1987).^[148]
• John Quinn, 85, American theoretical physicist.^[149]
• Geoff Smith, 76, Australian sprint cyclist, Olympic tandem (1960).^[150]
• George Taliaferro, 91, American professional (Baltimore Colts) and college Hall of Fame football player (Indiana Hoosiers), first African-American selected in an NFL Draft.^[151]
• Joseph Tydings, 90, American lawyer (Eisenstadt v. Baird) and politician, U.S. Senator from Maryland (1965–1971).^[152]
• Hiroshi Wajima, 70, Japanese sumo yokozuna (Hanakago stable) and professional wrestler (AJPW), throat cancer.^[153]
• David Wise, 88, American journalist (New York Herald-Tribune), pancreatic cancer.^[154]

9

• Carolyn Blanchard Allen, 97, American politician, Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1963–1970).^[155]
• Heiki Arike, 53, Estonian politician, Minister of the Interior (1993–1994).^[156]
• Robert Bausch, 73, American author, multiple myeloma.^[157]
• Tanvir Chowdhury, 41, Bangladeshi footballer (Abahani Ltd. Dhaka, Sheikh Russel KC).^[158]
• Robert W. Cox, 92, Canadian political scientist.^[159]
• Pat Gorman, 85, British actor (Doctor Who, The Nightmare Man).^[160]
• Thomas M. Hannigan, 78, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1978–1996).^[161]
• Anna Harvey, 74, British fashion editor (Vogue) and stylist (Princess Diana).^[162]
• Tony Hopper, 42, English footballer (Carlisle United), motor neurone disease.^[163]
• Diane Jergens, 83, American actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Bob Cummings Show, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color).^[164]
• George W. Landau, 98, American diplomat.^[165]
• Larry Larrañaga, 80, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1995–2018), Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease.^[166]
• Lü Junchang, 53, Chinese palaeontologist (Tongtianlong, Qianzhousaurus, Darwinopterus).^[167]
• Frank Padavan, 83, American politician, member of the New York Senate (1973–2010), heart attack.^[168]
• José Santiago, 90, Puerto Rican baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics).^[169]
• Warner Saunders, 83, American news anchor (WMAQ-TV, WBBM-TV).^[170]
• Werner Scheler, 95, German physician and pharmacologist, president of the East German Academy of Sciences (1979–1990).^[171]
• Alex Spanos, 95, American real estate developer and football team owner (Los Angeles Chargers), dementia.^[172]
• Thomas A. Steitz, 78, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (2009), pancreatic cancer.^[173]
• Venantino Venantini, 88, Italian actor (Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye, City of the Living Dead, Cannibal Ferox), complications from surgery.^[174]
• Carolyn Warner, 88, American politician, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction (1975–1987).^[175]
• William Wilbanks, 78, American criminologist.^[176]
• Roman Zabzaliuk, 58, Ukrainian politician, MP (2006–2014), cancer.^[177]

10

• Andie Airfix, 72, British graphic designer and album artist (Def Leppard, Metallica).^[178]
• Malcolm Andrews, 73–74, Australian writer.^[179]
• Yvan Blot, 70, French politician, MEP (1989–1994).^[180]
• Louis Brouillard, 97, American Roman Catholic priest.^[181]
• Achille Cutrera, 89, Italian politician, Senator (1987–1994).^[182]
• Raymond Danon, 88, French film producer (The Gardener of Argenteuil, Someone Behind the Door, Lovers Like Us).^[183]
• Denzil Davies, 80, British politician, MP (1970–2005).^[184]
• Frank Deem, 90, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1954–1962, 1988–1990, since 2014) and Senate (1964–1978, 1994–2010), pneumonia.^[185]
• Don Eddy, 71, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), pancreatic cancer.^[186]
• Laurence Forristal, 87, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ossory (1981–2007).^[187]
• Zíbia Gasparetto, 92, Brazilian spiritualist writer, pancreatic cancer.^[188]
• Theresa Hightower, 64, American jazz singer, colon cancer.^[189]
• Angelo Marino, 62, Italian art curator.^[190]
• Mary Midgley, 99, British moral philosopher.^[191]
• Raye Montague, 83, American naval engineer (Oliver Hazard Perry class), heart failure.^[192]
• Richard T. Morgan, 66, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1990–2006).^[193]
• Peter Ramseier, 73, Swiss footballer (Basel, national team).^[194]
• Bruce N. Whitman, 85, American aviation executive.^[195]
• Tex Winter, 96, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Kansas State Wildcats, Chicago Bulls), innovator of the triangle offense.^[196]

11

• G. D. Agrawal, 86, Indian environmental activist, starvation following hunger strike.^[197]
• Ireneo A. Amantillo, 83, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Cagayan de Oro (1976–1978) and Tandag (1978–2001), prostate cancer.^[198]
• Paul Andreu, 80, French architect (Charles de Gaulle Airport, National Grand Theatre of China).^[199]
• Fatos Arapi, 89, Albanian poet.^[200]
• Leif Axmyr, 80, Swedish double murderer.^[201]
• Marie Bignold, 91, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1984–1991).^[202]
• Charlie Crickmore, 76, English footballer (Hull City, Bournemouth, Notts County).^[203]
• Robert Dean, 89, American ufologist.^[204]
• Sir Doug Ellis, 94, English entrepreneur and football club chairman (Aston Villa).^[205]
• Milton Gendel, 99, American-Italian photographer and art critic (ARTnews).^[206]
• Carol Hall, 82, American composer and lyricist (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), complications from primary progressive aphasia.^[207]
• Labinot Harbuzi, 32, Swedish footballer (Malmö FF, S.B.V. Excelsior, Gençlerbirliği), heart attack.^[208]
• Duncan Johnson, 80, Canadian-born British DJ, complications from Parkinson's disease.^[209]
• Dieter Kemper, 81, German racing cyclist.^[210]
• Anatoli Levitin, 96, Russian painter and art educator.^[211]
• Pran Nevile, 95, Indian art historian.^[212]
• P. Chandrasekhara Rao, 82, Indian jurist.^[213]
• Yoshito Sengoku, 72, Japanese politician, Minister of Justice (2010–2011), lung cancer.^[214]
• Engelbert Siebler, 81, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Munich and Freising (1986–2012).^[215]
• Jimbo Simpson, 60, Northern Irish paramilitary (UDA), lung cancer.^[216]
• Greg Stafford, 70, American game designer (White Bear and Red Moon, King of Dragon Pass, HeroQuest).^[217]
• Hebe Uhart, 81, Argentine writer.^[218]

12

• Pik Botha, 86, South African politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1977–1994).^[219]
• George Castledine, 72, British nursing educator.^[220]
• Chang Chun-yen, 81, Taiwanese engineer, President of National Chiao Tung University, member of Academia Sinica, cancer.^[221]
• Colleen Conway-Welch, 74, American academic administrator (Vanderbilt School of Nursing), Nursing Living Legend, pancreatic cancer.^[222]
• Rudy Horn, 85, German juggler.^[223]
• Tom Jago, 93, British liquor executive and distiller, creator of Baileys Irish Cream.^[224]
• Kim Chang-ho, 49, South Korean mountaineer, fall.^[225]
• Takehisa Kosugi, 80, Japanese composer and violinist, esophageal cancer.^[226]
• Pat Leane, 88, Australian athlete, Olympic decathlon (1952 and 1956).^[227]
• Helen Neville, 72, Canadian-born American psychologist and neuroscientist.^[228]
• A. G. Russell, 85, American knife maker.^[229]
• Jan Jakob Tønseth, 71, Norwegian author.^[230]
• Raymond L. White, 74, American geneticist.^[231] (death announced on this date)
• Claude Zilberberg, 80, French semiotician.^[232]

13

• Jockin Arputham, 71, Indian urban planner and social worker.^[233]
• Jean Bienvenue, 90, Canadian politician.^[234]
• Fabien Eboussi Boulaga, 84, Cameroonian philosopher.^[235]
• François Jacques Bussini, 82, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Amiens (1985–1987).^[236]
• William Coors, 102, American brewer (Coors Brewing Company).^[237]
• Annapurna Devi, 91, Indian classical surbahar player.^[238]
• Robert W. Doran, 73, New Zealand computer scientist.^[239]
• Edgar S. Harris Jr., 93, American Air Force lieutenant general.^[240]
• Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, 77, British politician.^[241]
• Sue Hubbell, 83, American author, dementia.^[242]
• Parithi Ilamvazhuthi, 58, Indian politician, heart attack.^[243]
• Don Leo Jonathan, 87, American-Canadian Hall of Fame professional wrestler (NWA).^[244]
• Meher Kabir, 97, Bangladeshi academic and litterateur.^[245]
• János Konkoly, 78, Hungarian Olympic diver.^[246]
• Nikolai Pankin, 69, Russian breaststroke swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968) and swimming coach.^[247]
• Georgeta Pitica, 88, Romanian table tennis player, world champion (1961).^[248]
• Gerhard Prinzing, 75, German Olympic alpine skier (1968).^[249]
• Jim Taylor, 83, American Hall of Fame football player (Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints).^[250]
• Johannes Weertman, 93, American geophysicist.^[251]

14

• Vicente Almeida d'Eça, 100, Portuguese military officer, Governor of Cape Verde (1974–1975).^[252]
• Eduardo Arroyo, 81, Spanish painter, set designer and writer.^[253]
• Enrique Baliño, 90, Uruguayan basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).^[254]
• Patrick Baumann, 51, Swiss basketball executive, Secretary General of FIBA (since 2003), heart attack.^[255]
• Ahmed Boustila, 74, Algerian military officer, Commander of the Gendarmerie Nationale (2000–2015).^[256]
• Peter Brackley, 67, British football commentator, heart attack.^[257]
• Robert Bushby, 91, American aircraft designer (Mustang Aeronautics Mustang II).^[258]
• Tom Delahunty, 83, British-born New Zealand football referee, FIFA list (1969–1984).^[259]
• Milena Dravić, 78, Serbian actress (Destination Death, Special Treatment, St. George Shoots the Dragon).^[260]
• Per Theodor Haugen, 86, Norwegian actor (The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, Støv på hjernen).^[261]
• Germ Hofma, 93, Dutch footballer (Heerenveen, national team).^[262]
• Abdulaziz Jassim, 61, Qatari actor.^[263]
• H. G. Jones, 94, American archivist.^[264]
• Brian Kinsella, 64, Canadian ice hockey player (Washington Capitals).^[265]
• Donald Stovel Macdonald, 86, Canadian politician and diplomat, MP (1962–1978), Government House Leader (1968–1970), and High Commissioner in the UK (1988–1991).^[266]
• R. Burnett Miller, 95, American politician, Mayor of Sacramento, California (1982).^[267]
• Bengt Harding Olson, 81, Swedish politician, MP (1985–1998).^[268]
• Mel Ramos, 83, American artist, heart failure.^[269]
• Valeriy Shmarov, 74, Ukrainian politician, Minister of Defence (1994–1996).^[270]
• Dick Tinkham, 86, American basketball executive, co-founder of the American Basketball Association, muscular dystrophy.^[271]
• Wu Zhaonan, 92, Taiwanese xiangsheng comedian, multiple organ failure.^[272]

15

• Paul Allen, 65, American businessman and sports team owner (Seattle Seahawks, Portland Trail Blazers), co-founder of Microsoft, septic shock.^[273]
• William Edwin Beckel, 92, Canadian academic administrator, President of University of Lethbridge (1972–1979) and Carleton University (1979–1989).^[274]
• Cicely Berry, 92, British theatre director and voice coach.^[275]
• Mario Buatta, 82, American interior designer, pneumonia.^[276]
• Maximira Figueiredo, 79, Brazilian actress and voice actress, lung cancer.^[277]
• Shelley Hamlin, 69, American professional golfer, breast cancer.^[278]
• Eugeniusz Kamiński, 86, Polish actor.^[279]
• John Knox, 90, British chemist.^[280]
• Cindy Li, 43, American web designer, cancer.^[281]
• Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, 83, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Montería (1984–2001) and Neiva (2001–2012), fall.^[282]
• Michael H. O'Brien, 64, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 2007), heart attack.^[283]
• Arto Paasilinna, 76, Finnish novelist (The Year of the Hare), complications from a stroke.^[284]
• Nancy-Lou Patterson, 89, Canadian artist.^[285]
• Fernando Serena, 77, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Sant Andreu, national team).^[286]
• Bob Spoo, 80, American football coach (Eastern Illinois Panthers).^[287]
• Joe Stanka, 87, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Nankai Hawks).^[288]
• William Thompson, 96, American admiral, led development of United States Navy Memorial, complications from cancer.^[289]
• Jim Wiechers, 74, American professional golfer.^[290]

16

• Thomas Aisu, 64, Ugandan physician and educator, heart attack.^[291]
• Ismail Amat, 83, Chinese politician, Chairman of Xinjiang (1979–1985), State Councillor (1993–2003).^[292]
• Pierre Barlaguet, 86, French football player and manager (Nîmes).^[293]
• Oleh Bazylevych, 80, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv) and manager (national team).^[294]
• Joseph R. Cistone, 69, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saginaw (since 2009), lung cancer.^[295]
• David Helwig, 80, Canadian poet.^[296]
• Dave Hill, 80, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics), cancer.^[297]
• Dennis Hof, 72, American brothel owner (Moonlite BunnyRanch) and reality show personality (Cathouse: The Series).^[298]
• Even Hovdhaugen, 77, Norwegian linguist.^[299]
• Walter Dee Huddleston, 92, American politician, U.S. Senator from Kentucky (1973–1985).^[300]
• Sid Michaels Kavulich, 62, American sportscaster (WBRE-TV) and politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 2011), complications from heart surgery.^[301]
• Ian Kiernan, 78, Australian yachtsman and environmental campaigner (Clean Up Australia), cancer.^[302]
• Wayne Krenchicki, 64, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles).^[303]
• Berthold Leibinger, 87, German engineer and philanthropist.^[304]
• Albert Lexie, 76, American philanthropist.^[305]
• Giovanni Moretti, 94, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Vartana (since 1971), Apostolic Nuncio (1971–1999).^[306]
• Paul O'Brien, 64, British chemist.^[307]
• Dimitar Petrov, 93, Bulgarian film director (Porcupines Are Born Without Bristles, With Children at the Seaside, A Dog in a Drawer).^[308]
• Siona Shimshi, 79, Israeli artist.^[309]
• Lidija Sotlar, 89, Slovenian ballerina and teacher.^[310]
• Margaret Thorsborne, 91, Australian conservationist.^[311]
• Jacob Weinroth, 71, Israeli lawyer, cancer.^[312]
• Chuck Wilson, 70, American jazz saxophonist, liver failure.^[313]

17

• Enrique Bolín, 78, Spanish industrialist and politician, Mayor of Benalmádena (1966–1984, 1984, 1995–2007) and Senator (1986–1989).^[314]
• Carlos Boloña Behr, 68, Peruvian economist and politician, Minister of Economy and Finance (1991–1993, 2000).^[315]
• Sebastian Fischer, 90, German actor (The Dragon's Blood).^[316]
• Valters Frīdenbergs, 30, Latvian singer (Valters and Kaža), contestant in Eurovision Song Contest 2005, cancer.^[317]
• Leone Frollo, 87, Italian comic book artist (Biancaneve).^[318]
• Cornelius Gallagher, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 13th district (1959–1973).^[319]
• Ara Güler, 90, Turkish photojournalist, heart attack.^[320]
• Sir Ngātata Love, 81, New Zealand Māori leader.^[321]
• Jacques Monory, 94, French painter and filmmaker.^[322]
• Geoff Scott, 61, English football player (Stoke City, Leicester, Birmingham) and manager, cancer.^[323]
• Derrick Sherwin, 82, English television producer (Doctor Who, Paul Temple) and actor.^[324]
• Sir Thomas Thorp, 92, New Zealand jurist, judge of the High Court (1979–1996).^[325]
• Kōji Tsujitani, 56, Japanese voice actor (Inuyasha, Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor), stroke.^[326]
• Fritz Wittmann, 85, German politician, MP (1971–1994, 1996–1998), president of the Federation of Expellees (1994–1998).^[327]

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• Elihu Abrahams, 91, American theoretical physicist.^[328]
• Abdul Raziq Achakzai, 39, Afghan police officer, shot.^[329]
• Ayub Bachchu, 56, Bangladeshi singer-songwriter (Love Runs Blind), heart attack.^[330]
• Anthea Bell, 82, British literary translator (Asterix).^[331]
• Todd Bol, 62, American teacher and public bookcase proponent, creator of Little Free Library, pancreatic cancer.^[332]
• Dick Cole, 92, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).^[333]
• Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, 83, Sudanese military officer and politician, President (1985–1986).^[334]
• Jeff Hallebone, 89, Australian cricketer.^[335]
• Randolph Hokanson, 103, American classical pianist.^[336]
• Danny Leiner, 57, American film director (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Dude, Where's My Car?, The Great New Wonderful), lung cancer.^[337]
• Li Lianda, 84, Chinese pharmacologist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.^[338]
• Judit Magos-Havas, 67, Hungarian table tennis player.^[339]
• Izumi Maki, 49, Japanese Olympic long-distance runner (1992, 1996), breast cancer.^[340]
• Åke Ortmark, 89, Swedish radio journalist, author and television presenter.^[341]
• Hideo Osabe, 84, Japanese author, heart failure.^[342]
• Lisbeth Palme, 87, Swedish child psychologist and philanthropist.^[343]
• Dick Slater, 67, American professional wrestler (WCW, WWF, Mid-South).^[344]
• Darren Stewart, 52, Australian soccer player (Newcastle Breakers, Johor) and manager (Maldives national team).^[345]
• U Thuzana, 71, Burmese Buddhist monk, leader of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (1994–2010).^[346]
• N. D. Tiwari, 93, Indian politician, Minister of External Affairs (1986–1987) and Finance (1987–1988), multiple organ failure.^[347]

19

• Werner Cohn, 91–92, German-born Canadian sociologist.^[348]
• Charles Y. Glock, 99, American sociologist.^[349]
• Åge Hovengen, 90, Norwegian politician, MP (1977–1989).^[350]
• Takanobu Hozumi, 87, Japanese actor (The Demon, Mr. Baseball, The X from Outer Space), gallbladder cancer.^[351]
• Walter Knödel, 92, Austrian mathematician and computer scientist.^[352]
• Victor Marchetti, 88, American CIA agent and author (The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence), complications from dementia.^[353]
• Sir John McGrath, 73, New Zealand jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (2005–2015).^[354]
• Tom Meehan, 92, Australian footballer (St Kilda, Fitzroy).^[355]
• Dick Modzelewski, 87, American football player (Cleveland Browns, New York Giants).^[356]
• Tom Neville, 78–79, Irish hurler (Wexford).^[357]
• Patsy Dan Rodgers, 74, Irish painter and musician, King of Tory.^[358]
• Osamu Shimomura, 90, Japanese organic chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (2008).^[359]
• Bhola Singh, 79, Indian politician, MP (since 2014).^[360]
• Diana Sowle, 88, American actress (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Fallout 3, Clear and Present Danger).^[361]

20

• Jun Ashida, 88, Japanese fashion designer, pneumonia.^[362]
• Bruno Bertotti, 87, Italian physicist.^[363]
• Martin Bott, 92, British geologist.^[364]
• Gaétan Gervais, 74, Canadian historian and author, co-designer of the Franco-Ontarian flag.^[365]
• Gerard Houlton, 79, English cricketer.^[366]
• Marie Jepsen, 78, Danish politician, MEP.^[367]
• Wim Kok, 80, Dutch politician and trade union leader, Prime Minister (1994–2002), heart failure.^[368]
• Walter Kwok, 68, Hong Kong real estate developer (Sun Hung Kai Properties), complications from a stroke.^[369]
• Aubrey Manning, 88, English zoologist and broadcaster.^[370]
• Jon McMurray, 34, Canadian rapper and freeskier, fall.^[371]
• Ngok Wah, 76, Hong Kong actor (Come Drink with Me, Death Duel, Looking Back in Anger).^[372]
• P. B. Abdul Razak, 63, Indian politician, MLA (since 2011).^[373]
• Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, 93, Italian-born Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ndalatando (1990–2005).^[374]
• István Talabos, 62, Hungarian Olympic sports shooter.^[375]
• Charles Turbiville, 75, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (2005–2013, since 2017), stroke.^[376]
• Peter Velappan, 83, Malaysian football administrator and manager (national team).^[377]
• Zheng Xiaosong, 59, Chinese politician and diplomat, Director of the Macau Liaison Office (since 2017), Vice-Governor of Fujian Province, fall.^[378]

21

• Earl Bakken, 94, American pacemaker inventor (Medtronic) and museum founder (Bakken Museum).^[379]
• Ilie Balaci, 62, Romanian football player (Universitatea Craiova, Dinamo București, national team) and manager, heart attack.^[380]
• Seymour Crawford, 74, Irish politician, TD for Cavan-Monaghan (1992–2011).^[381]
• Matityahu Drobles, 87, Israeli politician, Knesset member (1972–1977).^[382]
• Harry L. Ettlinger, 92, American engineer, member of the Monuments Men, Congressional Gold Medal recipient.^[383]
• Robert Faurisson, 89, British-born French academic and Holocaust denier.^[384]
• Dee Hartford, 90, American actress.^[385]
• John Hill, 68, American football player (New Orleans Saints, New York Giants), pancreatic cancer.^[386]
• Idris Legbo Kutigi, 78, Nigerian lawyer, Chief Justice (2007–2009).^[387]
• François Montmaneix, 80, French poet and writer.^[388]
• Benedetto Vincenzo Nicotra, 85, Italian politician, Deputy (1983–1994).^[389]
• Jun-ichi Nishizawa, 92, Japanese electrical engineer.^[390]
• Joachim Rønneberg, 99, Norwegian broadcaster (NRK) and military officer (Commander of Operation Gunnerside).^[391]
• Harold Stevenson, 89, American painter.^[392]
• Tan Chin Nam, 92, Malaysian property developer and racehorse owner.^[393]
• Charles Wang, 74, Chinese-born American software developer (CA Technologies), philanthropist (Smile Train) and sports team owner (New York Islanders), lung cancer.^[394]
• Eleanor Witcombe, 95, Australian screenwriter (My Brilliant Career, The Getting of Wisdom).^[395]

22

• Gilberto Benetton, 77, Italian businessman, co-founder of Benetton Group, pneumonia.^[396]
• Frank Branch, 74, Canadian politician, Speaker (1987–1991) and member (1970–1995) of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, cancer.^[397]
• Terēzija Broka, 93, Latvian conductor and educator.^[398]
• Horacio Cardo, 74, Argentine painter and illustrator.^[399]
• Nikola Čupin, 79, Croatian Olympic rower.^[400]
• Raymond Fraser, 77, Canadian writer.^[401]
• Hank Greenwald, 83, American sportscaster (San Francisco Giants).^[402]
• Boris Kokorev, 59, Russian pistol shooter, Olympic champion (1996).^[403]
• Mahamadou Djeri Maïga, 46, Malian politician and Azawad separatist.^[404]
• Sarah Nyendwoha Ntiro, 93, Ugandan educator and activist.^[405]
• Friedrich Ostermann, 86, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (1981–2007).^[406]
• Silvio Palmieri, 60, Canadian composer.^[407]
• Eugene H. Peterson, 85, American clergyman and biblical scholar.^[408]
• Milad Petrušić, 85, Yugoslav Olympic hurdler.^[409]
• Robert Saladrigas, 78, Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic.^[410]
• Arthur Schnabel, 70, German judoka, Olympic bronze medalist (1984).^[411]
• José Varacka, 86, Argentine football player (River Plate, national team) and manager (Boca Juniors).^[412]

23

• Eladio Benítez, 79, Uruguayan footballer (Deportes Temuco, Rangers de Talca, national team).^[413]
• Skip Campbell, 69, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1996–2006), mayor of Coral Springs, Florida (since 2014).^[414]
• Melvin Cohn, 96, American immunologist, co-founder of the Salk Institute.^[415]
• Daniel Contet, 74, French tennis player.^[416]
• Tony Hoagland, 64, American poet, pancreatic cancer.^[417]
• John Hostettler, 93, English author.^[418]
• James Karen, 94, American actor (Poltergeist, The Return of the Living Dead, Nixon), cardiorespiratory arrest.^[419]
• Nicola Lapenta, 92, Italian politician, MP (1972–1987), President of the Antimafia Commission (1983).^[420]
• Mighty Shadow, 77, Trinidadian calypsonian, stroke.^[421]
• Francisco Nitsche, 87, Chilean footballer.^[422]
• Louis O'Neill, 93, Canadian writer, professor and politician, MNA (1976–1981).^[423]
• Rein Põder, 75, Estonian writer and publisher.^[424]
• Laurens van Ravens, 96, Dutch football referee.^[425]
• Alojz Rebula, 94, Italian-born Slovenian writer, playwright and essayist.^[426]
• Todd Reid, 34, Australian tennis player.^[427]
• Roberto Renzi, 95, Italian cartoonist (Tiramolla, Akim) and journalist.^[428]
• Rod Rust, 90, American football coach (New England Patriots, Montreal Alouettes).^[429]
• Max Webb, 101, Polish-born American real estate developer and philanthropist.^[430]

24

• Carmen Alborch, 70, Spanish feminist, writer and politician, Minister of Culture (1993–1996), cancer.^[431]
• Dame Beryl Beaurepaire, 95, Australian political activist.^[432]
• Darijan Božič, 85, Slovenian composer.^[433]
• Pat Farrelly, 83, Canadian Olympic athlete.^[434]
• Rudolf Gelbard, 87, Austrian Holocaust survivor.^[435]
• Anatoly Gladilin, 83, Russian writer.^[436]
• Keith Hunter, 66, New Zealand marine and freshwater chemist (University of Otago).^[437]
• John D. Lamond, 71, Australian film director (Australia After Dark, Felicity, Breakfast in Paris), complications from Parkinson's disease.^[438]
• Na Muthuswamy, 82, Indian theatre artist and playwright.^[439]
• Michael J. O'Connor, 89, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1971–1972) and Senate (1973–1977, 1981–1982).^[440]
• Hip Hop Pantsula, 38, South African rapper, suicide by hanging.^[441]
• Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina (1984–1985) and Città di Castello (1991–2007).^[442]
• Horst Schulze, 97, German actor and opera singer.^[443]
• Christine Stix-Hackl, 60, Austrian jurist, Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (2000–2006).^[444]
• Galeai Moaaliitele Tuufuli, 81, American Samoan politician, member of the American Samoa Senate (since 2013).^[445]
• Benny Valenzuela, 85, Mexican baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), renal failure.^[446]
• Wah Wah Watson, 67, American guitarist (The Funk Brothers).^[447]
• Tony Joe White, 75, American singer-songwriter ("Polk Salad Annie", "Rainy Night in Georgia"), heart attack.^[448]
• Haider Zaman Khan, 82, Pakistani politician.^[449]

25

• Sara Anzanello, 38, Italian volleyball player (national team), leukemia.^[450]
• Cheam Channy, 57, Cambodian politician, MP (1998–2005), brain tumour.^[451]
• Chen Tiemei, 83, Chinese archaeologist.^[452]
• Lindon Crow, 85, American football player (New York Giants, Chicago Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams), stroke.^[453]
• Martin Dalby, 76, Scottish composer.^[454]
• Sylvia Edwards, 81, American abstract artist.^[455]
• Sonny Fortune, 79, American jazz saxophonist, stroke.^[456]
• Ruth Gates, 56, British biologist, brain cancer.^[457]
• John Taylor Gatto, 82, American author and teacher, heart failure.^[458]
• Tyrone Gayle, 30, American political campaign staffer, colon cancer.^[459]
• Thomas Keating, 95, American Trappist monk.^[460]
• Dorothea Kreß, 94, German Olympic athlete.^[461]
• Li Yong, 50, Chinese television host (Lucky 52), cancer.^[462]
• Michael Metcalf, 85, British numismatist, heart attack.^[463]
• Borislav Pelević, 61, Serbian politician.^[464]
• Norman Sheil, 86, English racing cyclist.^[465]
• Shivinder Singh Sidhu, 89, Indian politician, Governor of Meghalaya (2007–2008) and Goa (2008–2011).^[466]
• Ulysses S. Washington, 98, American college football player (Virginia State) and coach (Delaware State).^[467]
• Elder Roma Wilson, 107, American gospel harmonica player and singer.^[468]
• John Ziegler Jr., 84, American ice hockey executive, President of the NHL (1977–1992).^[469]

26

• Marc Francina, 70, French politician, Deputy (2007–2017), Mayor of Évian-les-Bains (since 2014).^[470]
• Ana González de Recabarren, 93, Chilean human rights activist.^[471]
• Warren B. Hamilton, 93, American geologist.^[472]
• Nikolai Karachentsov, 73, Russian actor (Juno and Avos, The Dog in the Manger, A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989), kidney failure.^[473]
• György Károly, 65, Hungarian poet and writer, brain tumor.^[474]
• Valentin Masengo Mkinda, 77, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kabinda (since 1995).^[475]
• Russ Mobley, 84, American politician, member of the Kentucky General Assembly (2001–2009).^[476]
• Richard Murunga, 65, Kenyan boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1972).^[477]

27

• Angela Bianchini, 97, Italian author and literary critic.^[478]
• Richard L. Bloch, 89, American businessman and sports team owner (Phoenix Suns).^[479]
• Daniel Correa Freitas, 24, Brazilian footballer (Botafogo, São Paulo), stabbed.^[480]
• Perry Lee Dunn, 77, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Ole Miss Rebels, Dallas Cowboys).^[481]
• Kyoko Enami, 76, Japanese actress (Gamera vs. Barugon), pulmonary emphysema.^[482]
• Enrique Granados, 84, Spanish Olympic swimmer (1952).^[483]
• Freddie Hart, 91, American country musician and songwriter ("Easy Loving", "My Hang-Up Is You", "Got the All Overs for You (All Over Me)"), pneumonia.^[484]
• Fred Hess, 74, American tenor saxophonist.^[485]
• Sibtain Kassamali, 55, Kenyan cricketer.<ref[>https://africafederation.org/2020/01/21/obituary-marhum-sibtain-akber-kassamali/ Obituary. Marhum Sibtain Akbar Kassamali]</ref>
• Murray Khouri, 77, New Zealand-Australian clarinetist, complications of heart surgery.^[486]
• Madan Lal Khurana, 82, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Delhi (1993–1996), Governor of Rajasthan (2004).^[487]
• Denis Miéville, 72, Swiss mathematician and philosopher.^[488]
• Antônio Possamai, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ji-Paraná (1983–2007).^[489]
• Mario Segale, 84, American real estate developer, namesake of Nintendo's Mario.^[490]
• Ntozake Shange, 70, American poet and playwright (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf).^[491]
• Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 60, Thai duty-free retailer (King Power) and football club owner (Leicester City), helicopter crash.^[492]
• Yang Ziyuan, 90, Chinese politician, Mayor of Guangzhou (1988–1990).^[493]
• Todd Youth, 47, American punk and metal guitarist (Warzone, Murphy's Law, Danzig).^[494]

28

• Anthony Anenih, 85, Nigerian politician, Minister of Works and Housing (1999–2003).^[495]
• Mick Archer, 75, Irish hurler (St. Finbarr's) and Gaelic footballer (Cork).^[496]
• Luis Miguel Enciso Recio, 88, Spanish historian and politician, Senator (1977–1982).^[497]
• Peter Everwine, 88, American poet.^[498]
• David Fieldhouse, 93, English historian of the British Empire.^[499]
• Philippe Gildas, 82, French television and radio presenter.^[500]
• Richard Gill, 76, Australian conductor, colorectal and peritoneal cancer.^[501]
• I. John Hesselink, 90, American theologian.^[502]
• Konstantīns Konstantinovs, 40, Latvian powerlifter.^[503]
• Eldridge M. Moores, 80, American geologist.^[504]
• Vera Micaelsen, 43, Norwegian journalist and author, cervical cancer.^[505]
• Erno Polgar, 64, Hungarian writer, heart attack.^[506]
• Colin Sylvia, 32, Australian footballer (Melbourne, Fremantle), traffic collision.^[507]
• Bill Trumbo, 79, American college basketball coach, complications from Alzheimer's disease.^[508]
• Don S. Williams, 80, Canadian actor, director and producer. (The X-Files)^[509]

29

• Germán Aceros, 80, Colombian football player (national team) and manager.^[510]
• William F. Bernhard, 93, American cardiovascular surgeon, pneumonia.^[511]
• Gérald Bloncourt, 91, Haitian painter and photographer.^[512]
• Peter Brace, 94, British actor and stuntman (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Batman, Highlander).^[513]
• Bernard Bragg, 90, American actor, co-founder of the National Theatre of the Deaf.^[514]
• Sir Nigel Broomfield, 81, British diplomat, Ambassador to Germany (1993–1997).^[515]
• Klaas Bruinsma, 87, Dutch translator.^[516]
• Dave Duncan, 85, Scottish-born Canadian fantasy and science fiction author (West of January, The Cutting Edge), brain hemorrhage.^[517]
• Jimmy Farrar, 67, American rock singer (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country), heart attack.^[518]
• Franco Franchi, 95, Italian racing cyclist.^[519]
• Lodi Gyari, 69, Tibetan diplomat, liver cancer.^[520]
• Werner Holzer, 81, American Olympic wrestler.^[521]
• Mariama Keïta, 72, Nigerien journalist and feminist activist.^[522]
• Li Xifan, 90, Chinese literary scholar and redologist.^[523]
• Andrea Manfredi, 26, Italian racing cyclist, plane crash.^[524]
• M. S. Rajashekar, 75, Indian film director (Dhruva Thare, Hrudaya Hrudaya, Dakota Express), lung infection.^[525]
• John Roselius, 74, American actor (This Is Your Brain on Drugs, Con Air, JAG).^[526]
• Larry Snyder, 76, American jockey, cancer.^[527]
• Tuti Tursilawati, 34, Indonesian housekeeper and killer, executed by beheading.^[528]
• Wang Guangying, 99, Chinese entrepreneur and politician, founder of China Everbright Group, Vice-Chairman of the National People's Congress.^[529]
• Young Greatness, 34, American rapper ("Moolah"), shot.^[530]

30

• David Azulai, 64, Israeli politician, Minister of Religious Services (since 2015), member of the Knesset (1996–2018), cancer.^[531]
• Whitey Bulger, 89, American gangster (Winter Hill Gang) and convicted murderer, beaten.^[532]
• Yashwant Dev, 91, Indian poet and composer, pneumonia.^[533]
• Bill Fischer, 88, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Kansas City Athletics).^[534]
• María Irene Fornés, 88, Cuban-American playwright (Sarita, Fefu and Her Friends).^[535]
• Hardy Fox, 73, American composer and musician (The Residents).^[536]
• Jin Yong, 94, Hong Kong novelist (Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils), essayist and newspaper proprietor (Ming Pao).^[537]
• Rae Ann Kelsch, 58, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1991–2012), bacterial infection.^[538]
• Tadeusz Kraus, 86, Czech football player (Sparta Prague, national team) and manager (Aris Limassol).^[539]
• Frank Litsky, 92, American sports columnist (The New York Times).^[540]
• Erika Mahringer, 93, Austrian alpine skier, double Olympic bronze medalist (1948).^[541]
• Beverly McClellan, 49, American singer and reality talent show finalist (The Voice), endometrial cancer.^[542]
• Emil Paleček, 88, Czech chemist, discovered nucleic acids electrochemistry.^[543]
• Rico J. Puno, 65, Filipino pop singer, heart failure.^[544]
• Sangharakshita, 93, British Buddhist teacher and writer, founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community, pneumonia and sepsis.^[545]
• Set Them Free, 28, American racehorse.^[546]
• Götz Schulze, 54, German jurist and judge, heart attack.^[547]
• Bob Skoronski, 84, American football player (Green Bay Packers), complications from Alzheimer's disease.^[548]
• Steven L. Zinter, 68, American judge (South Dakota Supreme Court), complications from surgery.^[549]

31

• Enzo Apicella, 96, Italian cartoonist and designer.^[550]
• José Araújo, 46, Brazilian footballer (Vitória, FC Porto, Real Zaragoza), heart attack.^[551]
• Preston Bynum, 79, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (1969–1980), heart failure.^[552]
• Chen Chuangtian, 81, Chinese materials scientist (Academy of Sciences), discovered BBO and LBO.^[553]
• Louise DeSalvo, 76, American writer and literary scholar, breast cancer.^[554]
• Colin Edwynn, 85, British actor (Coronation Street, Emmerdale).^[555]
• Sir Thomas Eichelbaum, 87, German-born New Zealand jurist, Chief Justice (1989–1999).^[556]
• Johnny Graham, 73, Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Hibernian, Ayr United).^[557]
• Hou Fusheng, 94, Chinese petroleum engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.^[558]
• Yammie Lam, 55, Hong Kong actress (Witch from Nepal, The Greed of Man, Looking Back in Anger).^[559]
• Kenny Marks, 67, American Christian music singer, heart attack.^[560]
• Willie McCovey, 80, American Hall of Fame baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres), infection.^[561]
• Dana G. Mead, 82, American businessman.^[562]
• Jack Patera, 85, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Cardinals) and coach (Seattle Seahawks), pancreatic cancer.^[563]
• Teodoro Petkoff, 86, Venezuelan journalist and politician, Minister of the Central Office of Coordination and Planning (1996–1999).^[564]
• Hamdi Qandil, 82, Egyptian journalist.^[565]
• Ken Shellito, 78, English football player (Chelsea) and manager.^[566]
• Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale, 73, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1974).^[567]
• Mariasilvia Spolato, 83, Italian academic, LGBT activist and author, complications from a stroke.^[568]
• Tony Streather, 92, British army officer and mountaineer.^[569]
• Wolfgang Zuckermann, 96, German-born American harpsichord maker and sustainability activist.^[570]