Deaths in February 2018

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship, reason for notability, cause of death, and reference.

  February 2018

1

• Omar Aggad, 90, Palestinian-born Saudi Arabian investor and philanthropist.
• Haji Saifullah Khan Bangash, 70, Pakistani politician, Senator, heart failure.
• John Battaglia, 62, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• André Baudry, 95, French magazine editor.
• Niranjan Bhagat, 91, Indian poet, stroke.
• Hazar Khan Bijarani, 71, Pakistani politician, MP, shot.
• Cliff Bourland, 97, American sprinter, Olympic champion, complications from pneumonia.
• Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, 68, Cuban nuclear physicist and scientific adviser, suicide.
• Dino Cinel, 76, Italian-American priest and historian, stabbed.
• Dennis Edwards, 74, American Hall of Fame soul and R&B singer, complications from meningitis.
• Édouard Ferrand, 52, French politician, MEP.
• Sonia Gechtoff, 91, American painter.
• Germain Grisez, 88, French-American philosopher.
• Nicholas von Hoffman, 88, American journalist.
• Barys Kit, 107, Belarusian rocket scientist.
• Robert Larsson, 50, Swedish ice hockey player, complications from a heart attack.
• Li Kelin, 75, Chinese container transport executive.
• John Jacob Lavranos, 91, South African insurance broker and botanist.
• Patricia Lindop, 87, British radiation biologist.
• Michael O'Hara, 85, American Olympic volleyball player, Pan-American Games champion.
• Frank L. Oliver, 95, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
• Mowzey Radio, 33, Ugandan singer, head injury.
• Fariha Razzaq Haroon, Pakistani politician, shot.
• Sewall Shurtz, 84, American Olympic fencer.
• Palle Sørensen, 90, Danish convicted murderer.
• Alan Stout, 85, American composer.
• Su Bai, 95, Chinese archaeologist.
• William Whitehead, 86, Canadian writer.

  2

• Boaz Arad, 61, Israeli artist, suicide by hanging.
• Dave Barrett, 87, Canadian politician, Premier of British Columbia, Alzheimer's disease.
• Carlo Brugnami, 79, Italian racing cyclist.
• Sanford Diller, 89, American real estate developer and philanthropist.
• Derek Freeman, 93, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.
• Albina Girfanova, 61, Russian linguist and anthropologist.
• Tomás Gutiérrez, 77, Puerto Rican basketball player.
• Jon Huntsman Sr., 80, American chemical manufacturer and philanthropist, prostate cancer.
• Malcolm Jefferson, 71, British racehorse trainer.
• Paulo Roberto Morais Júnior, 33, Brazilian footballer, leukemia.
• Alan Maynard, 73, British health economist.
• Durk van der Mei, 93, Dutch politician, Secretary of State.
• Kingunge Ngombale–Mwiru, 87, Tanzanian politician, MP.
• Fábio Pereira de Azevedo, 41, Brazilian-born Togolese footballer, traffic collision.
• Joseph Polchinski, 63, American theoretical physicist, cancer.
• Ole Thestrup, 69, Danish actor, lung cancer.
• Melvyn Weiss, 82, American attorney, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

  3

• Bert Brown, 79, Canadian politician, Senator.
• Sam Cataldo, 80, American politician, member of the New Hampshire Senate, traffic collision.
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, 65, American jazz/pop drummer, prostate cancer.
• Pierre Conner, 85, American mathematician.
• Ted Corbett, 94, New Zealand organic chemist.
• Roy Dietzel, 87, American baseball player.
• Roman Filipov, 33, Russian fighter pilot, suicide by grenade explosion.
• Michael Gordon, 62, Australian journalist, heart attack.
• Michael Harner, 88, American anthropologist and author.
• Lakshmi Kanakala, 78, Indian actress, cardiac arrest.
• Federico Leardini, 38, Italian economic journalist, heart attack.
• Oswaldo Loureiro, 85, Brazilian actor.
• Bert Lundin, 96, Swedish union leader.
• Károly Palotai, 82, Hungarian football player and referee, Olympic champion.
• Ilse Petri, 99, German actress.
• Dirk Bernard Joseph Schouten, 95, Dutch economist.
• Alec Sehon, 93, Romanian-born Canadian immunologist.
• George Shadid, 88, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate.
• Hukum Singh, 79, Indian politician, MP.
• Bill Teale, 70, American educator.
• Rolf Zacher, 76, German actor.

  4

• Frank Allen, 91, Australian footballer, cancer.
• Zvi Arad, 75, Israeli mathematician.
• Majid Ariff, 80, Singaporean football player and coach.
• Alan Baker, 78, British mathematician, recipient of the Fields Medal, stroke.
• Etelka Barsi-Pataky, 76, Hungarian politician, MEP.
• Don Choate, 79, American baseball player, cancer.
• Jack Davis, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, dementia.
• Nicholas Dopuch, 88, American accounting researcher.
• Gregor Dorfmeister, 88, German writer and journalist.
• Martin Grüner, 88, German politician.
• Kenneth Haigh, 86, British actor.
• Hoàng Vân, 87, Vietnamese songwriter.
• Takuya Iwasaki, 88, Japanese Middle Eastern archaeologist and professor.
• Edwin Jackson, 26, American football player, traffic collision.
• John Mahoney, 77, English-American actor, complications from throat cancer.
• Esmond Bradley Martin, 76, American conservationist, stabbed.
• Nat Neujean, 95, Belgian sculptor.
• Séamus Pattison, 81, Irish politician, TD, Parkinson's disease.
• Laurin Pepper, 88, American football and baseball player.
• Wojciech Pokora, 83, Polish actor.
• Leif Rygg, 77, Norwegian fiddler, cancer.
• Irina Sanpiter, 60, Russian actress, leukemia.
• Jim Stillwagon, 68, American football player.
• T. Varagunam, 87, Sri Lankan academic and physician.

  5

• John Agitation, 90, Trinidadian comedian.
• Siddiq Baloch, 77, Pakistani journalist and political economist, pancreatic cancer.
• Caroline Brown, 64, British cellist, Krukenberg tumor.
• Chien Te-men, 74, Taiwanese actor.
• Richard Doughty, 57, English cricketer.
• Margot Duhalde, 97, Chilean pilot.
• Dovid Grossman, 71, American rabbi, traffic collision.
• Ladislav Kačáni, 86, Slovak football player and coach.
• Yoshihide Kozai, 89, Japanese astronomer, liver failure.
• Ken McPherson, 90, English footballer.
• Bob Morrow, 71, Canadian politician, Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario.
• Jeremy Nunley, 46, American football player, heart attack.
• Seán O'Connor, 82, Irish hurler and referee.
• Domingo Pillado, 90, Chilean footballer.
• Mathieu Riboulet, 57, French writer and film director, cancer.
• Francisco Rojas San Román, 59, Mexican trucker, motivational coach and politician, MP, shot.
• Zeno Roth, 61, German guitarist and songwriter.
• Sushma Shimkhada, 81–82, Nepali sculptor.
• Jockie Soerjoprajogo, 63, Indonesian musician and songwriter, complications from diabetes, cirrhosis and stroke.
• Ove Stokstad, 78, Norwegian artist and jazz musician.
• Hugh Wirth, 78, Australian veterinarian and animal welfare advocate.
• Norman Zabusky, 89, American physicist.

  6

• Fedora Alemán, 105, Venezuelan singer.
• Aljabr, 22, American racehorse, heart attack.
• Liliana Bodoc, 59, Argentine author, heart attack.
• Douglas Botting, 83, English explorer and author.
• Bernard Darmet, 72, French Olympic racing cyclist.
• Doug Guetzloe, 63, American political consultant.
• André Harvey, 75, American sculptor.
• Jao Tsung-I, 100, Chinese-born Hong Kong scholar, calligrapher and painter.
• Joe Knollenberg, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th and 11th congressional districts, Alzheimer's disease.
• Donald Lynden-Bell, 82, English astrophysicist, complications from a stroke.
• Muhiyidin Moye, 32, American political activist, shot.
• Madavoor Vasudevan Nair, 88, Indian Kathakali dancer.
• Débora Pérez Volpin, 50, Argentine journalist and politician, member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature, cardiac arrest.
• James W. Sire, 84, American author.
• Brunello Spinelli, 78, Italian water polo player, Olympic champion, traffic collision.
• Frida Topno, 92, Indian politician.
• John Anthony West, 85, American author and Egyptologist, cancer.
• Michael White, 58, British author and musician.

  7

• Brahim Akhiat, 77, Moroccan author.
• John Perry Barlow, 70, American writer, lyricist and internet activist, co-founder of Electronic Frontier Foundation.
• Nelson Cooke, 98, Australian cellist and teacher.
• Torsten Engberg, 83, Swedish military officer.
• Mickey Jones, 76, American drummer and actor.
• Waltraud Kretzschmar, 70, East German handball player, world champion, Olympic silver and bronze medalist.
• T. N. Krishnamurti, 85, Indian meteorologist.
• Ralph Lumenti, 81, American baseball player.
• Jill Messick, 50, American film producer and talent manager, suicide.
• Newton Morton, 88, American epidemiologist.
• Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, 96, Dutch Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jayapura, cancer.
• Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu, 70, Indian politician, dengue fever.
• Valerii Postoyanov, 76, Russian Olympic sport shooter.
• Nabi Şensoy, 72, Turkish diplomat, ambassador to the United States.
• Pat Torpey, 64, American drummer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Skule Waksvik, 90, Norwegian sculptor.
• Catherine G. Wolf, 70, American psychologist, sepsis caused by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

  8

• Ben Agajanian, 98, American football player, NFL Champion.
• Zarnigar Agakisiyeva, 72, Azerbaijani actress, heart failure.
• Jarrod Bannister, 33, Australian javelin thrower, Commonwealth Games champion.
• Carl K. Benhase, 88, American football coach.
• Paul Danblon, 86, Belgian journalist and composer.
• Agenor Girardi, 66, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of União da Vitória.
• Robert A. Gross, 90, American physicist and engineering scientist.
• Marie Gruber, 62, German actress, lung cancer.
• Don Hart, 87, Australian football player.
• Algia Mae Hinton, 88, American blues singer and guitarist.
• M. Cecil Mackey, 89, American academic administrator, President of Michigan State University.
• John Martinkovic, 91, American football player.
• Khalid Mehsud, 44, Pakistani terrorist, drone strike.
• Ebony Reigns, 20, Ghanaian singer, traffic collision.
• Carlos Robles Piquer, 92, Spanish diplomat and politician, Minister of Education and Science, Senator and MEP.
• Gary Seear, 65, New Zealand rugby union player, cancer.
• Kavous Seyed-Emami, 64, Iranian environmentalist, suicide by hanging.
• Lovebug Starski, 57, American rapper and disc jockey, heart attack.
• Sandra L. Townes, 73, American judge, cancer.

  9

• Ray Baum, 62, American politician, lawyer and lobbyist, member of the Oregon House of Representatives, cancer.
• Peter Hill Beer, 89, American judge.
• Reg E. Cathey, 59, American actor, Emmy winner, lung cancer.
• Michael Crouch, 84, Australian investor and water boiler manufacturer.
• Dolores Crow, 86, American politician and legislator, member of the Idaho House of Representatives.
• Antoine Culioli, 93, French linguist.
• Serge Daan, 77, Dutch zoologist.
• Jim Garrett, 87, American football player, coach and scout.
• John Gavin, 86, American actor and diplomat, Ambassador to Mexico, pneumonia.
• Nebojša Glogovac, 48, Serbian actor, cancer.
• István Hevesi, 86, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic champion.
• Jóhann Jóhannsson, 48, Icelandic film composer, accidental cocaine overdose.
• Bernard Koura, 94, French painter.
• Mordechai E. Kreinin, 88, Israeli-born American economist.
• Alfonso Lacadena, 53, Spanish Mesoamerican epigraphist and academic, cancer.
• Robert W. Lichtwardt, 93, Brazilian-born American mycologist.
• Craig MacGregor, 68, American bass guitarist, lung cancer.
• Neill McGeachy, 75, American college basketball coach and athletic director.
• Liam Miller, 36, Irish footballer, pancreatic cancer.
• Wally Moon, 87, American baseball player, World Series champion.
• Henryk Niedźwiedzki, 84, Polish boxer, Olympic bronze medalist.
• "Sunshine" Sonny Payne, 92, American radio presenter.
• Edward Pearce, 78, English political journalist and writer.
• Bruno Rossetti, 57, Italian sport shooter, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Anne Treisman, 82, British psychologist.
• Edward Vebell, 96, American fencer and illustrator.
• Keith M. Wilson, British historian.

  10

• Advent Bangun, 66, Indonesian karateka and actor, diabetes.
• Sir Alan Battersby, 92, British organic chemist.
• Jeff Bell, 74, American political consultant, presidential speechwriter and politician.
• Fran Bera, 93, American aviator.
• Troy Blakely, 68, American music executive and talent manager, cancer.
• Tina Louise Bomberry, 52, Canadian Mohawk actress.
• Walter Boucquet, 76, Belgian racing cyclist.
• Sir Lawrence Byford, 92, British police officer and author, Chief Inspector of Constabulary.
• Bevan Congdon, 79, New Zealand cricketer.
• Rosa Ferrer Obiols, 57, Andorran politician, MP, Mayor of Andorra la Vella and Minister of Health, Welfare and Occupation, cancer.
• Michiko Ishimure, 90, Japanese writer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Raimund Herincx, 90, British bass-baritone.
• Tamio Kawachi, 79, Japanese actor, cerebral infarction.
• Richard C. Lamb, 84, American astrophysicist.
• Stephen A. Mahin, 71, American structural engineer.
• Donald Mark, 91, American judge.
• William Merriweather Peña, 99, American architect.
• John Muir, 73, Australian judge.
• Myroslav Popovych, 87, Ukrainian philosopher.
• Ludmila Švédová, 81, Czech gymnast, Olympic silver medalist.
• Chris Stockwell, 60, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP and Speaker, cancer.
• V. Joseph Thomas, 76, Indian police chief.
• Peter Thonemann, 100, Australian-born British physicist.
• Calvin Edouard Ward, 92, American concert pianist.

  11

• Anthony Acevedo, 93, American soldier and diarist.
• Darien Boswell, 79, New Zealand rower.
• Sister Claire SMMI, 81, Indian Roman Catholic nun and artist.
• Michael Cohen, 80, American physician and anthropologist, pneumonia.
• Vic Damone, 89, American pop singer, complications from respiratory illness.
• Ramendra Narayan Debbarma, 68, Indian politician, MLA, stroke.
• Jon D. Fox, 70, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district, cancer.
• Parbati Ghose, 84, Indian actress and film director, first female filmmaker from Odisha.
• Asma Jahangir, 66, Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer, President of SCBAP and Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, heart attack.
• Lâm Ngươn Tánh, 89, Vietnamese military officer.
• Joseph MacNeil, 93, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint John, Archbishop of Edmonton.
• Jan Maxwell, 61, American actress and singer, meningitis complicated from breast cancer.
• Des Moroney, 82, Canadian-born Swedish ice hockey player and coach.
• Juozas Preikšas, 91, Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Panevėžys.
• Tom Rapp, 70, American singer-songwriter, cancer.
• Andy Rice, 77, American football player.
• Dick Scott, 76, English footballer.
• John Nanzip Shagaya, 75, Nigerian politician, Minister of Internal Affairs, traffic collision.
• Sir Nicholas Shehadie, 92, Australian rugby union player, Lord Mayor of Sydney.
• Sun Shu, 84, Chinese geologist, Director of the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Raymond Vautherin, 82, French-born Italian linguist.
• Qazi Wajid, 87, Pakistani actor and radio personality, heart attack.

  12

• Marty Allen, 95, American actor and comedian, complications from pneumonia.
• Mohammed Amin, 89, Indian politician and trade unionist.
• Weems Oliver Baskin III, 81, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.
• Jean-Jacques Béchio, 68, Ivorian politician.
• Martin van der Borgh, 83, Dutch racing cyclist.
• Dave Clark, 81, American Olympic pole vaulter, cancer.
• Bill Crider, 76, American author, cancer.
• Leo Falcam, 82, Micronesian politician, President of the Federated States of Micronesia, Vice President, Governor of Pohnpei.
• Giuseppe Galasso, 88, Italian historian and politician, Deputy.
• Jef Geys, 83, Belgian artist.
• Luo Haocai, 83, Chinese politician and legal scholar, chairman of China Zhi Gong Party.
• Abdul Manan Ismail, 69, Malaysian politician, fall.
• Louise Latham, 95, American actress.
• Jack Ludwig, 95, Canadian author.
• Ursula Marvin, 96, American planetary geologist.
• Grant McBride, 68, Australian politician, member of the Parliament of New South Wales, Alzheimer's disease.
• László Melis, 64, Hungarian composer and violinist.
• Alexander B. Morrison, 87, American religious leader, general authority of the LDS Church.
• Fethia Mzali, 90, Tunisian politician, country's first female government minister.
• Gerald Reaven, 89, American endocrinologist.
• Rudy Regalado, 87, American baseball player.
• Daryle Singletary, 46, American country music singer.
• Mogau Tshehla, 26, South African footballer, traffic collision.
• Françoise Xenakis, 87, French writer.

  13

• Edward M. Abroms, 82, American film editor, heart failure.
• Joseph Bonnel, 79, French footballer.
• Scott Boyer, 70, American singer, songwriter and musician.
• Carriega, 88, Spanish football coach.
• Chyskillz, 48, American hip hop producer.
• Danilinho, 32, Brazilian footballer, heart attack.
• Florin Diacu, 58, Romanian-born Canadian mathematician.
• Dobri Dobrev, 103, Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropist.
• James W. Downing, 104, American naval officer and author, commanding officer of, complications from heart surgery.
• Tito Francona, 84, American baseball player.
• Ernest Hecht, 88, Czechoslovakian-born British publisher.
• Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, 83, French-born Danish royal, Consort, complications from pneumonia.
• Sandra Love, 72, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly.
• Victor Milan, 63, American author, cancer.
• Geir Magnus Nyborg, 66, Norwegian theologian.
• Danko Radić, 65, Croatian basketball referee and coach.
• Carmela Rey, 86, Mexican singer and actress.
• John Robb, 85, Northern Irish politician and surgeon.
• Josefina Samper, 90, Spanish syndicalist, communist and feminist.
• George P. Steele, 93, American military officer.
• Nini Theilade, 102, Danish ballet dancer and choreographer.
• Peter Daniel Truman, 83, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

  14

• Zoltán Agócs, 79, Slovakian architect.
• Abolfazl Anvari, 80, Iranian wrestler, world championship bronze medalist.
• Lois Barker, 94, American baseball player.
• Lev Bayandin, 76, Russian politician, Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
• Lerone Bennett Jr., 89, American scholar and author, editor of Ebony, vascular dementia.
• Angus Black, 92, Scottish rugby player.
• Pyotr Bochek, 92, Ukrainian military officer, Hero of the Soviet Union.
• Don Carter, 84, American investor, founding owner of the Dallas Mavericks.
• Marty Dolin, 78, American-born Canadian politician, Manitoba MLA for Kildonan.
• Claes Elmstedt, 89, Swedish politician, MP, Minister for Communications.
• Nuray Hafiftaş, 53, Turkish folk singer.
• Billy Henderson, 89, American football coach.
• Walter W. Holland, 88, Czech-born British epidemiologist.
• Antoni Krauze, 78, Polish screenwriter and director.
• Jörg Kuebart, 83, German military officer.
• Ruud Lubbers, 78, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
• Arthur J. Moss, 86, American cardiologist.
• John Pitman, 77, American journalist.
• Bolla Bulli Ramaiah, 91, Indian politician.
• Morgan Tsvangirai, 65, Zimbabwean politician and opposition leader, Prime Minister, colorectal cancer.
• AnnMarie Wolpe, 87, South African feminist, sociologist and academic.

  15

• Abdilaqim Ademi, 48, Macedonian politician, MP and Minister of Education and Science.
• Lassie Lou Ahern, 97, American actress, complications from influenza.
• Abdon Alinovi, 94, Italian politician, deputy.
• Bibi Ballandi, 71, Italian television producer, colorectal cancer.
• Tosun Bayrak, 92, Turkish writer and artist.
• Ivar Belck-Olsen, 86, Norwegian politician.
• Tom Brewer, 86, American baseball player.
• Don J. Briel, 71, American theologian, leukemia.
• Leo Cahill, 89, American-Canadian football coach.
• Pier Paolo Capponi, 79, Italian actor.
• Steven Collins, 66, British-born American Buddhist studies scholar.
• Jacques Hébert, 97, French politician, Mayor of Cherbourg, Deputy.
• Geoff Jones, 87, Australian football player.
• Chuck Klausing, 92, American football player and Hall of Fame coach.
• Milan Křížek, 91, Czech composer.
• Iseabail Macleod, 81, Scottish lexicographer.
• Gian Paolo Mele, 73, Italian composer, choral director and musicologist.
• Samuel Mpasu, 72, Malawian politician and author, Speaker of the National Assembly, hypertension.
• Tamara Nizhnikova, 92, Belarusian singer, People's Artist of the USSR.
• J. Clay Smith Jr., 75, American jurist and author, chairman of the EEOC, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Daniel Vernet, 72, French journalist and author, heart attack.

  16

• Napoleon Abueva, 88, Filipino sculptor, National Artist for Visual Arts.
• Constance Bapela, South African politician, heart attack.
• Reidar Berg, 93, Norwegian bobsledder.
• Jim Bridwell, 73, American free climber, complications from hepatitis C.
• Little Sammy Davis, 89, American blues singer-songwriter and harmonicist.
• Hubert Doggart, 92, English cricketer.
• Charles W. Eriksen, 95, American psychologist.
• Kikuko Inoue, 93, Japanese Olympic equestrian
• Heli Lääts, 85, Estonian singer.
• Eleanor Winsor Leach, 80, American academic.
• Gochomu J. Mudzingwa, 101, Zimbabwean traditional ruler, Chief Wozhele, pneumonia.
• Harry R. Purkey, 83, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
• Hans Rinner, 54, Austrian football official, President of Bundesliga, cancer.
• Alexander Sevastian, 41, Russian-born Canadian accordionist, heart attack.
• Miroslav Šlouf, 69, Czech lobbyist, cirrhosis.
• Greg Smyth, 51, Canadian ice hockey player, cancer.
• Deryck Stapleton, 100, British Royal Air Force officer.
• Osvaldo Suárez, 83, Argentine long-distance runner, Pan-American Games champion.
• Mike Walker, 72, American gossip columnist.
• Jayadeva Yogendra, 88, Indian yoga guru.

  17

• Ya'akov Ben-Yezri, 90, Moroccan-born Israeli politician, member of Knesset and Minister of Health.
• Martin Buvik, 95, Norwegian politician, MP.
• Blas Calzada Terrados, 80, Spanish economist, Chairman of INE and President of CNMV, stomach cancer.
• Silvio Conrado, 72, Nicaraguan economist and banker, cardiac arrest.
• Jim Dickey, 83, American football coach.
• Beebe Freitas, 79, American pianist and vocal coach.
• Akinwunmi Isola, 78, Nigerian playwright and actor.
• Boyd Jarvis, 59, American music producer, cancer.
• Emmanuele Kanyama, 55, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dedza, complications from diabetes.
• Kenneth Kester, 81, American politician, member of the Colorado House of Representatives and Colorado Senate.
• Vasily Krylov, 71, Russian biologist.
• Gumercindo España Olivares, 83, Mexican toymaker.
• Miguel Pacheco, 86, Spanish racing cyclist.
• Peder Persson, 79, Swedish footballer.
• Mikey Post, 35, American actor.
• Dorothy Rungeling, 106, Canadian aviation pioneer.
• Rapee Sagarik, 95, Thai orchidologist.
• Mohamed Shahabuddeen, 86, Guyanese politician and judge, Vice President.
• Sampie Terreblanche, 84, South African economist and writer, brain cancer.
• Gerald Weiß, 58, German javelin thrower.

  18

• Rein Ahas, 51, Estonian geographer, heart attack.
• Abbas Alasgarov, 80, Azerbaijani civil engineer and politician.
• Günter Blobel, 81, German-born American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate, cancer.
• Peggy Cooper Cafritz, 70, American social activist and educator, co-founder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, complications from pneumonia.
• José Luis Elejalde, 67, Cuban footballer.
• Victor Franco, 87, French journalist.
• Sonia Graham, 88, British actress.
• Peirce F. Lewis, 90, American geographer.
• Didier Lockwood, 62, French jazz violinist, heart attack.
• Larry Lolley, 72, American state judge, member of the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal.
• Georgi Markov, 46, Bulgarian footballer, heart attack.
• John David Morley, 70, English writer and journalist.
• Nazif Mujić, 47, Bosnian actor.
• Kandiah Neelakandan, 70, Sri Lankan lawyer.
• Idrissa Ouédraogo, 64, Burkinabé film director.
• Pavel Panov, 67, Bulgarian football player and coach.
• Lee Harris Pomeroy, 85, American architect.
• K. S. Puttannaiah, 68, Indian politician, MLA for Pandavapura and Melukote, heart attack.
• Elmar Rojas, 75, Guatemalan artist.
• Eido Tai Shimano, 85, Japanese Buddhist monk.
• Ivor Smith, 92, British architect.
• Heiner Stadler, 75, German jazz musician and producer.
• Chinedu Udoji, 28, Nigerian footballer, traffic collision.
• Barbara Wersba, 85, American youth writer.

  19

• Hernán Alzamora, 90, Peruvian Olympic hurdler.
• Judy Blame, 58, English stylist and art director.
• Harry Blevins, 82, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate.
• Fred Carr, 71, American football player, dementia and prostate cancer.
• Max Desfor, 104, American photographer, Pulitzer Prize winner.
• Jean-Paul Faber, 87, French Olympic sports shooter
• Teresa Gisbert Carbonell, 91, Bolivian architect and art historian.
• Gundu Hanumantha Rao, 61, Indian actor and comedian.
• Floros Konstantinou, 65, Greek politician, economist and historian, Member of the Parliament of the Hellenes.
• Sergei Litvinov, 60, Russian hammer thrower, Olympic champion and silver medalist, world champion, heart attack.
• Thomas Lockhart, 82, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives.
• Robert McKim, 72, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives.
• Necton Mhura, 61, Malawian diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations and the United States, cancer.
• Catherine Nevin, 67, Irish murderer, brain tumour.
• Sir John Orr, 72, British police officer.
• Daniel Peredo, 48, Peruvian sports journalist, heart attack.
• Geoff Pimblett, 73, British rugby league player.
• Charles Pence Slichter, 94, American physicist.
• Larry Smith, 79, American puppeteer.
• Jim Springer, 91, American basketball player.
• Sir Peter Squire, 72, British Royal Air Force officer, Chief of the Air Staff.
• Stormin, 34, British grime musician, skin cancer.
• Sabah Tani, 49, Bangladeshi singer, low blood pressure.
• Yuriy Tyukalov, 87, Russian rower, Olympic champion.
• Zhang Junsheng, 81, Chinese politician and academic, cardiac arrest.

  20

• David Barons, 81, British racehorse trainer.
• Sonja Bata, 91, Swiss shoe museum curator and philanthropist.
• Lucien Bouchardeau, 56, Nigerien football referee, heart failure.
• John Boyd, 92, Scottish milliner.
• David Caron, 65, American legal scholar.
• Jiichiro Date, 66, Japanese wrestler, Olympic champion.
• Herbert Ehrenberg, 91, German politician, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.
• William H. Friedland, 94, American rural sociologist.
• Arnaud Geyre, 82, French racing cyclist, Olympic champion.
• B. K. Goyal, 82, Indian cardiologist, cardiac arrest.
• DeWitt Hale, 100, American politician, Member of the Texas House of Representatives.
• Joe Hung, 86, Taiwanese journalist and diplomat, Representative to Italy, heart and lung disease.
• Tōta Kaneko, 98, Japanese writer.
• Agnieszka Kotulanka, 61, Polish actress.
• Lionel March, 84, British mathematician, architect and digital artist.
• Howard McCurdy, 85, Canadian politician, MP for Windsor—Walkerville and Windsor—Tecumseh, cancer.
• Roy McDonald, 80, Canadian poet, author and musician.
• Sir Donald Murray, 95, Northern Irish jurist.
• Andrew Ranicki, 69, British mathematician, leukaemia.
• Irene Strong, 88, Canadian swimmer
• Waldo R. Tobler, 87, American geographer and cartographer.
• Zigmas Zinkevičius, 93, Lithuanian linguist-historian.

  21

• Valentin Afraimovich, 72, Russian mathematician.
• Ian Aitken, 90, British journalist and political commentator.
• Sergei Aleksandrov, 44, Russian footballer.
• Arthur Black, 74, Canadian radio broadcaster, pancreatic cancer.
• Lawrence D. Brown, 77, American statistician.
• Thomas M. Carsey, 52, American political scientist, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Emma Chambers, 53, English actress, heart attack.
• Kalyan Singh Chauhan, 58, Indian politician, MLA for Nathdwara, cancer.
• Chow Chee Keong, 69, Malaysian footballer, bladder cancer.
• John Cribb, 67, Australian triple murderer and rapist.
• Zelda D'Aprano, 90, Australian political activist.
• Harriet Fier, 67, American magazine and newspaper editor, breast cancer.
• Beryl Fletcher, 79, New Zealand novelist.
• Billy Graham, 99, American evangelist and Southern Baptist minister.
• Taïeb Louhichi, 69, Tunisian film director.
• Betty Miller, 91, American aviator, first female pilot to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.
• Ren Osugi, 66, Japanese actor, heart failure.
• John R. Schmidhauser, 96, American politician, member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 1st congressional district.
• Lokendra Singh, 41, Indian politician, MLA for Noorpur, traffic collision.
• Giuseppe Turini, 90, Italian politician, Senator.

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• Marilyn Fain Apseloff, 83, American children's writer.
• Errol Buddle, 89, Australian jazz musician.
• Serban Cantacuzino, 89, Romanian architect.
• Nanette Fabray, 97, American actress and singer, Tony and Emmy Award-winner.
• Valentin Falin, 91, Russian Soviet-era diplomat and politician.
• Forges, 76, Spanish cartoonist, pancreatic cancer.
• Billi Gordon, 63, American actor, model and neuroscientist.
• Euler Granda, 82, Ecuadorian poet, writer and psychiatrist.
• Jack Hamilton, 79, American baseball player.
• Bette Henritze, 93, American actress.
• Peter Kocot, 61, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
• Bence Lázár, 26, Hungarian footballer, leukemia.
• Li Ching, 69, Hong Kong actress.
• Gladys Maccabe, 99, Northern Irish artist.
• William Serrin, 78, American journalist, winner of Pulitzer Prize, heart attack.
• László Tahi Tóth, 74, Hungarian actor, stroke.
• Richard E. Taylor, 88, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
• Billy Wilson, 71, English footballer.

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• Dom Anile, 80, American football coach and executive.
• James Colby, 56, American actor.
• Graeme Gahan, 76, Australian footballer.
• Ali Teoman Germaner, 83–84, Turkish sculptor.
• Lewis Gilbert, 97, British film director.
• James Laxer, 76, Canadian political economist.
• Donovan McClelland, 69, Northern Ireland politician.
• Saichiro Misumi, 101, Japanese indologist.
• Allen B. Rosenstein, 97, American systems engineer.
• Celal Şahin, 92, Turkish musician and actor.
• Sir Kenneth Scott, 87, British diplomat and courtier.
• Teddi Siddall, 64, American actress.
• Jesus Varela, 90, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sorsogon.
• Wolfhart Westendorf, 93, German Egyptologist.
• Kunwar Bai Yadav, 106, Indian health activist.

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• Getulio Alviani, 78, Italian painter.
• Kalman Aron, 93, Holocaust survivor and artist.
• Shmuel Auerbach, 86, Israeli Haredi rabbi, heart disease.
• Eitan Avitsur, 76, Israeli composer and conductor.
• Judith Baxter, 62–63, British sociolinguist.
• Irwin Belk, 95, American politician, philanthropist and retail executive, member of the North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives.
• Wim Claes, 56, Belgian composer, songwriter and music producer.
• Sir Durward Knowles, 100, Bahamian sailor, Olympic champion, kidney failure.
• Ed Leede, 90, American basketball player.
• Bud Luckey, 83, American animator and voice actor.
• James McIntosh, 87, American rower, Olympic silver medalist.
• Folco Quilici, 87, Italian film director and screenwriter.
• Bhanu Kumar Shastri, 92, Indian politician.
• Sridevi, 54, Indian actress, accidental drowning.
• Óscar Julio Vian Morales, 70, Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala, cancer.
• Charles Byron Wilson, 88, American neurosurgeon, heart disease.
• Yang Rudai, 91, Chinese politician, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China.

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• Urban Bowman, 80, American-Canadian football coach, prostate cancer.
• Max Cole, 77, Australian football player.
• Dai Fudong, 89, Chinese architect, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Dan Fegan, 56, American basketball agent, traffic collision.
• Danny Florencio, 70, Filipino basketball player, heart attack.
• Ainsley Gotto, 72, Australian political secretary and interior designer, cancer.
• Michael Green, 91, British journalist and writer.
• Cynthia Heimel, 70, American columnist, author and humorist, complications from dementia.
• Richard Hundley, 86, American pianist and composer.
• Branko Kubala, 69, Czechoslovak-born Spanish footballer.
• Burton Leland, 69, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives, cancer.
• Leif Liljeroth, 93, Swedish actor.
• John C. Mula, 75, American art director and production designer.
• Nev Pask, 87, Australian property developer.
• Ram Punjabi, 89, Indian cricket umpire.
• Ola Thorleif Ruud, 91, Norwegian politician.
• Frank Sander, 90, American law professor.
• Noel Scott, 88, New Zealand politician, MP for Tongariro.
• Bruce Nelson Stratton, 74, American radio personality, throat cancer.
• Scott Westgarth, 31, British boxer, injuries sustained in match.
• Tsvetan Veselinov, 70, Bulgarian footballer, Olympic silver medalist.
• Penny Vincenzi, 78, British writer.

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• Joseph Achuzie, 88–89, Nigerian politician and secessionist Biafra military commander.
• Sir Richard Body, 90, English politician, MP for Boston and Skegness and Billericay.
• Ernest Bohr, 93, Danish lawyer and field hockey player.
• Mies Bouwman, 88, Dutch television presenter, pneumonia.
• Patrick Cusick, 98, American civil engineer and city planner, Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Regional Planning Association.
• Paul De Meo, 64, American screenwriter and producer.
• Jim Dobson, 78, American baseball player.
• Alan Geldard, 90, British cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Jim L. Gillis Jr., 101, American politician.
• Juan Hidalgo Codorniu, 90, Spanish composer.
• Sir Paul Jenkins, 63, British lawyer, Treasury Solicitor.
• Mariadas Kagithapu, 81, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam.
• Tatyana Karpova, 102, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR.
• Sean Lavery, 61, American ballet dancer.
• Li Boguang, 49, Chinese legal scholar and human rights activist, liver cancer.
• Giorgi Maisashvili, 55, Georgian economist and politician, cancer.
• Benjamin Melniker, 104, American film producer.
• Peter Miles, 89, English actor.
• Carmen A. Orechio, 91, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate.
• Thomas Pernes, 62, Austrian avant-garde composer.
• Michael J. Pikal, 78, American pharmaceutical scientist.
• Gary H. Posner, 74, American chemist, Parkinson's disease.
• Veljko Rus, 88, Slovenian sociologist.
• T. S. R. Subramanian, 79, Indian civil servant, Cabinet Secretary, chancellor of Shiv Nadar University.
• Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden, 90, British politician.

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• Gertrude Alderfer, 86, American baseball player.
• Joseph Bagobiri, 60, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kafanchan.
• Albert Benschop, 68, Dutch sociologist.
• William H. T. Bush, 79, American venture capitalist and financier.
• Lance Clark, 81, British shoemaker.
• Gabriel Cruz, 8, Spanish boy, suffocated.
• Steve Folkes, 59, Australian rugby league player, heart attack.
• Makoto Hirayama, 65, Japanese politician.
• M. Jaishankar, 41, Indian serial killer and rapist, suicide by throat-cutting.
• Henri Leonetti, 81, French footballer.
• Bill Lignante, 91, American comics artist.
• Luciano Benjamín Menéndez, 90, Argentine military officer, convicted murderer and human rights violator, cardiogenic shock.
• Keith Murdoch, 74, New Zealand rugby union player.
• Daniel Perlsweig, 91, American racehorse trainer, awarded Dogwood Dominion Award.
• Prabodh Panda, 72, Indian politician, heart attack.
• Quini, 68, Spanish footballer, heart attack.
• Hugo Santiago, 78, Argentine film director and actor.
• Jacqueline Vaudecrane, 104, French figure skater.
• Jan Vercruysse, 69, Belgian artist.

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• Chen Xiaolu, 71, Chinese businessman and princeling, heart attack.
• Barry Crimmins, 64, American comedian and social activist, cancer.
• Amand Dalem, 79, Belgian politician, Mayor of Rochefort, Senator, Minister of the Walloon Government, Governor of Namur.
• Kieron Durkan, 44, English footballer.
• Keith English, 50, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives, suicide by gunshot.
• Antonio García-Trevijano, 90, Spanish lawyer, politician, philosopher and anti-Francoist activist.
• Rogelio Guerra, 81, Mexican actor, complications from thrombus.
• Stefán Kristjánsson, 35, Icelandic chess grandmaster.
• Lye Siew Weng, 77, Malaysian politician, MLA for Air Itam and Air Putih, bone cancer.
• Marc L. Marks, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 24th district.
• Pierre Milza, 85, French historian.
• Albert Mkrtchyan, 81, Armenian theater director, film director, actor, screenwriter.
• John Muir, 70, Scottish footballer.
• Ratnavel Pandian, 89, Indian judge, member of the Supreme Court, chief justice of Madras High Court.
• Jayendra Saraswathi, 82, Indian guru, seer of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham.
• Gerhard Scherhorn, 88, German economist.
• Harvey Schmidt, 88, American musical theatre producer and writer.
• Naomi Siegmann, 84–85, American artist, pneumonia.
• Ștefan Tașnadi, 64, Romanian weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist.
• William R. Trotter, 74, American author and historian.
• Noble Villeneuve, 79, Canadian politician, MPP.
• Gjert Wilhelmsen, 91, Norwegian shipowner.