Deaths in January 2018
The following is a list of notable deaths in January 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, reason for notability, cause of death, and reference.
January 2018
1
- Gert Brauer, 62, German footballer.
- Humberto Coutinho, 71, Brazilian physician and politician, President of the Legislative Assembly of Maranhão, Mayor of Caxias, intestinal cancer.
- Peter Evans, 88, British musicologist.
- Philip Jacobson, 79, English journalist, meningitis.
- Milton James, 78, American actor and voice actor.
- Jahn Otto Johansen, 83, Norwegian journalist.
- Robert Mann, 97, American violinist and composer, founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet.
- Régis Manon, 52, Gabonese footballer.
- Dušan Mitošević, 68, Serbian football player and manager, cancer.
- Mick Murphy, 99, Irish hurler.
- Ebrahim Nafae, 83, Egyptian journalist, cancer.
- Manuel Olivencia, 88, Spanish economist and diplomat, complications from a fall.
- Milton P. Rice, 97, American politician, Attorney General of Tennessee.
- Mauro Staccioli, 80, Italian sculptor, complications from pneumonia.
- Jon Paul Steuer, 33, American actor and singer, suicide by gunshot.
- Tim Sweeney, 88, Irish hurler.
- Katsuhikari Toshio, 75, Japanese sumo wrestler, bile duct cancer.
- Wolfgang Treu, 87, German cinematographer.
- Betty Willis, 76, American soul singer, strangled.
2
- Dee Ayuba, 31, British-Nigerian basketball player, heart attack.
- Małgorzata Bocheńska, 69, Polish journalist.
- Frank Buxton, 87, American actor, screenwriter and director.
- Tony Calder, 74, English music promoter and executive, complications from pneumonia.
- Donna Carter, 73, Trinidadian politician, Senator, High Commissioner to South Africa.
- Alan Deakin, 76, English footballer.
- Giovanni Di Clemente, 69, Italian film producer.
- Emily Dole, 60, American professional wrestler.
- Marian Donat, 57, Polish Olympic judoka.
- Ronald R. Fieve, 87, American psychiatrist.
- Eugène Gerards, 77, Dutch football player and manager.
- Rick Hall, 85, American record producer, songwriter and recording studio owner, prostate cancer.
- Ferdinando Imposimato, 81, Italian judge.
- Durahim Jamaluddin, 36, Malaysian footballer, heart attack.
- Ali Kadhim, 69, Iraqi Olympic footballer.
- Lawal Kaita, 85, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kaduna State.
- Jyrgalbek Kalmamatov, 45, Kyrgyz politician, MP, heart attack.
- Rosa Kavara, 59, Namibian politician.
- Guida Maria, 67, Portuguese actress, pancreatic cancer.
- Mike McCartney, 63, Scottish footballer.
- Ali Akbar Moinfar, 89, Iranian politician, MP, Minister of Petroleum.
- Thomas S. Monson, 90, American religious leader and writer, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
- Armando Monteiro Filho, 92, Brazilian politician, Minister of Agriculture.
- Michael Pfeiffer, 92, German football player and manager.
- Felix Reilly, 84, Scottish footballer.
- Sauryavong Savang, 80, Laotian prince.
- Željko Senečić, 84, Croatian film and television production designer.
- Radha Viswanathan, 83, Indian vocalist, pneumonia.
- Lyndon Wainwright, 98, British metrologist, ballroom dancer and author.
- Jim Wiste, 70, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Betty Woodman, 87, American ceramic artist and sculptor, pneumonia.
- Ye Zhemin, 93, Chinese art historian.
- Yell Htwe Aung, 24, Burmese comedian and actor, injuries sustained in an assault.
3
- Mlungisi Bali, 27, South African rugby union player, stabbed.
- Donal Barrington, 89, Irish judge, member of the Supreme Court.
- Fred Bass, 89, American bookseller, heart failure.
- Luigi Alberto Bianchi, 73, Italian violinist.
- Colin Brumby, 84, Australian composer and conductor.
- Valery Chalidze, 79, Russian-born American publisher.
- Philip Eden, 66, British meteorologist, broadcaster and author.
- Stanley Hartt, 80, Canadian civil servant, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, cancer.
- Heriberto Hermes, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cristalândia.
- Keorapetse Kgositsile, 79, South African poet and journalist.
- Aurelio Menéndez, 90, Spanish politician and lawyer, Minister of Education.
- Francis George Adeodatus Micallef, 89, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Vicar of Kuwait.
- Miroslav Miletić, 92, Croatian composer.
- Darci Miguel Monteiro, 49, Brazilian footballer, heart attack.
- Rob Picciolo, 64, American baseball player and coach, heart attack.
- Konrad Ragossnig, 85, Austrian classical guitarist.
- Alan Sagner, 97, American public servant and political fundraiser, chairman of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the CPB, cardiac amyloidosis.
- Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva, 87, Turkmen opera singer and music educator.
- Ambalavaner Sivanandan, 94, Sri Lankan author.
- Serafino Sprovieri, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Rossano-Cariati and Benevento.
- Igor Strelbin, 43, Russian footballer.
4
- Aharon Appelfeld, 85, Romanian-born Israeli writer.
- Ulhas Bapat, 67, Indian santoor player.
- Dick Bestwick, 87, American football coach.
- Nicola Gordon Bowe, 69, British art historian.
- Johannes Brost, 71, Swedish actor, throat cancer.
- Brendan Byrne, 93, American politician, Governor of New Jersey, lung infection.
- Papa Camara, 66, Guinean football player and coach.
- Gerard Conley Sr., 88, American politician, member of the Maine Senate and House of Representatives, Mayor of Portland.
- Joaquín Cortizo, 85, Spanish footballer.
- Carmen Cozza, 87, American baseball and football player and Hall of Fame coach.
- Bruce Halle, 87, American auto parts executive and philanthropist, founder of Discount Tire.
- Owen Hardy, 95, New Zealand WWII air force pilot.
- Lyli Herse, 89, French racing cyclist.
- Senichi Hoshino, 70, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player and manager, pancreatic cancer.
- Philipp Jenninger, 85, German politician, President of the Bundestag.
- Rafiatou Karimou, 71, Beninese politician and teacher, member of the National Assembly.
- Gail McIntosh, 62, New Zealand politician, MP for Lyttelton.
- Jack N. Merritt, 87, American army general.
- Emerante Morse, 99, Haitian dancer and folklorist.
- Zubaida Tariq, 72, Pakistani chef, complications from a heart attack.
- Ray Thomas, 76, English singer-songwriter and Hall of Fame musician, prostate cancer.
- Geoffrey Vaughan, 84, Australian rugby union player and pharmaceutical scientist.
- Vladimir Yankilevsky, 79, Russian artist.
5
- Antonio Valentín Angelillo, 80, Italian-Argentine football player.
- Muntazir Baba, 68, Pakistani poet.
- Emanuel Barbara, 68, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malindi.
- Thomas Bopp, 68, American astronomer, co-discoverer of Comet Hale–Bopp, liver failure.
- Aydın Boysan, 96, Turkish architect, multiple organ failure.
- Rasa Chughtai, 89, Indian-born Pakistani poet.
- Carlos Heitor Cony, 91, Brazilian journalist and writer, multiple organ failure.
- Robert Q. Crane, 91, American politician, Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts ; member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
- Donald D. Evans, 90, Canadian philosopher.
- Jacques Genest, 98, Canadian physician and scientist.
- Carole Hart, 74, American television writer, cancer.
- Bruce Hood, 81, Canadian hockey referee, prostate cancer.
- Henry Jean-Baptiste, 85, Martinique politician, Deputy.
- Hans Werner Kettenbach, 89, German journalist and author.
- Asghar Khan, 96, Pakistani politician and military officer, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force.
- Marián Labuda, 73, Slovak actor.
- Norman Lamb, 82, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate.
- Mick Murphy, 77, Irish hurler.
- Dhiraj Kumar Nath, 72, Bangladeshi diplomat, member of the Caretaker government panel.
- Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo, 80, Ugandan Anglican prelate, Archbishop of Uganda.
- Vincent Mojwok Nyiker, 84, Sudanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malakal.⋅
- Münir Özkul, 92, Turkish actor.
- Carlo Pedretti, 89, Italian historian.
- Sardar Ahmed Ali Khan Pitafi, 74, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, cancer.
- Marina Ripa di Meana, 76, Italian writer, stylist and TV personality, cancer.
- Vassilios Sillis, 88, Greek athlete.
- Barry Thomas, 80, New Zealand rugby union player.
- Jerry Van Dyke, 86, American actor and comedian, heart failure.
- Peter Wells, 88, British-born New Zealand athlete.
- Gihan Wikramanayake, 57, Sri Lankan academic.
- John Young, 87, American astronaut, pneumonia.
6
- Horace Ashenfelter, 94, American athlete, Olympic champion.
- Remídio José Bohn, 67, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul.
- Elza Brandeisz, 110, Hungarian dancer and teacher, conferred Righteous Among the Nations.
- Max Collie, 86, Australian trombonist.
- Rita Crocker Clements, 86, American political organizer, First Lady of Texas, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
- Walther Dürr, 85, German musicologist.
- Marjorie Holt, 97, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for Maryland's 4th District.
- Rod Hunter, 74, Canadian curler, world champion.
- Bob Jenson, 86, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives.
- Elizabeth Meehan, 70, Scottish political scientist.
- Kapil Mohan, 88, Indian beverage and food executive, cardiac arrest.
- William R. Ojala, 92, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
- Peter Preston, 79, British journalist, editor of The Guardian, melanoma.
- Baldev Raj, 70, Indian nuclear physicist.
- Jimmy Robinson, 67, American recording engineer.
- Nigel Sims, 86, English footballer.
- Greta Thyssen, 90, Danish-born American actress, pneumonia.
- Dave Toschi, 86, American police detective, pneumonia.
- Frank Varrichione, 85, American football player.
7
- Meshary Al-Arada, 35, Kuwaiti singer and composer, traffic collision.
- Jim Anderton, 79, New Zealand politician, Deputy Prime Minister, MP and Leader of the Progressive Party.
- Ed Bennett, 80, American Olympic sailor
- Will Gay Bottje, 92, American composer.
- Joe Ellis Brown, 84, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.
- Marley Carib, 70, Japanese manga writer.
- Shiv Chopra, 84, Canadian microbiologist and human rights activist.
- Bryn Crossley, 59, Welsh jockey, seizure.
- Tom Dowling, 77, American football coach, pancreatic cancer.
- Noël Estcourt, 89, Rhodesian-born English rugby union player.
- France Gall, 70, French singer, Eurovision winner, cancer.
- Anna Mae Hays, 97, American military officer and nurse, Chief of Army Nurse Corps, first female U.S. General, complications from a heart attack.
- Markku Into, 72, Finnish poet.
- Tom Netherton, 70, American singer, pneumonia.
- Nico, 56, Swiss western lowland gorilla.
- Gustav Heiberg Simonsen, 82, Norwegian lawyer and politician.
- Buster Stiggs, 63, British-born New Zealand drummer, complications from kidney disease and multiple myeloma.
- Antoni Subirà, 77, Spanish politician, member of Parliament of Catalonia and co-founder of Democratic Convergence of Catalonia.
- Peter Sutherland, 71, Irish barrister and banker, Attorney General, founding Director-General of the World Trade Organization.
- Chris Tsangarides, 61, British music producer, pneumonia and heart failure.
- Bjørg Vik, 82, Norwegian writer, co-founder of Sirene.
- Shrivallabh Vyas, 60, Indian actor.
- Saksham Yadav, 28, Indian powerlifter, traffic collision.
- Dick Young, 90, American baseball player.
- Doug Young, 98, American voice actor.
8
- Hans Aabech, 69, Danish footballer.
- Agustín Bernal, 59, Mexican actor.
- Michael Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham, 79, British hereditary peer, company chairman, and environmentalist.
- Salvador Borrego, 102, Mexican journalist and conspiracy theorist.
- Bruce Cole, 79, American humanist, Chairman of the NEH, Presidential Citizens Medal recipient.
- Gerald Degaetano, 53, Maltese athlete.
- Geoffrey G. Eichholz, 97, German-born American educational leader in health physics.
- Yvonne Englich, 38, German wrestler, cancer.
- Juan Carlos García, 29, Honduran footballer, leukemia.
- J. F. C. Harrison, 96, British historian and author.
- Paddy Harte, 86, Irish politician, TD.
- Claude Jean-Prost, 81, French Olympic ski jumper
- Jenny Joseph, 85, English poet.
- Frank Kreith, 95, Austrian-born American mechanical engineer.
- Denise LaSalle, 78, American blues singer.
- Vojtěch Lindaur, 60, Czech journalist, radio host and record producer.
- George Lindbeck, 94, American Lutheran theologian.
- James Makumbi, 75, Ugandan physician, politician and kidnap victim, MP and Minister of Health.
- Keith McKenzie, 95, Australian VFL football player and coach.
- Kynaston McShine, 82, American curator.
- Kapil Mohan, 88, Indian entrepreneur.
- James N. Morgan, 99, American economist.
- Antonio Munguía, 75, Mexican footballer.
- Chuck Murphy, 70, American prelate, bishop of the Anglican Mission in the Americas, brain cancer.
- Jackie Perry, 93, English rugby league footballer.
- Donnelly Rhodes, 80, Canadian actor, cancer.
- George Maxwell Richards, 86, Trinidadian politician, President, heart failure.
- Myron Rush, 96, American Kremlinologist, Cornell University professor, and CIA analyst, kidney failure.
- Wojciech Rydz, 85, Polish fencer.
- David Sherwin, 75, British screenwriter, sepsis.
- Ron Tandberg, 74, Australian cartoonist, oesophageal cancer.
- Charles H. Turner, 82, American attorney.
- Tricia Walker, 53, British author, breast cancer.
9
- Bob Bailey, 75, American baseball player.
- Stan Bronson Jr., 89, American baseball batboy.
- Neave Brown, 88, American-born British architect, lung cancer.
- Theodore V. Buttrey Jr., 88, American numismatist.
- Maruja Callaved, 97, Spanish television director.
- Dreaming of Anna, 14, American racehorse, ruptured aorta.
- Guan De, 85, Chinese aeroelasticity engineer and aircraft designer.
- Brandon Hixon, 36, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives, suicide by gunshot.
- Heikki Kirkinen, 90, Finnish historian.
- Terence Marsh, 86, British production designer, Oscar winner, cancer.
- Valeri Matyunin, 57, Russian footballer.
- Jean-Marc Mazzonetto, 34, French rugby union player, traffic collision.
- Cheikh Sidy Mokhtar Mbacké, 93, Senegalese religious chief, Caliph of Mouride.
- Vladimír Miko, 74, Slovak table tennis player.
- Joseph Wayne Miller, 36, American actor.
- Robert Minlos, 86, Russian mathematician.
- Gerald Morkel, 76, South African politician, Premier of the Western Cape, Mayor of Cape Town.
- Odvar Nordli, 90, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister, prostate cancer.
- Yılmaz Onay, 80, Turkish author.
- Kato Ottio, 23, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer, complications from heat stroke.
- Mario Perniola, 76, Italian philosopher.
- Ted Phillips, 84, English footballer, dementia.
- Victoriano Ríos Pérez, 87, Spanish politician, member and president of the Parliament of the Canary Islands, Senator.
- Milton J. Rosenberg, 92, American psychology professor and radio host, pneumonia.
- Reza Sheikholeslami, 76, Iranian academic.
- Archie Styles, 78, English footballer.
- Kurt Thalmann, 86, Swiss footballer.
- Alexander Vedernikov, 90, Russian singer and teacher, Bolshoi Theatre soloist, People's Artist of the USSR.
- Yuan Chengye, 93, Chinese organic chemist.
10
- Rocky Agusta, 67, Italian race car driver.
- Victor Brooke, 3rd Viscount Alanbrooke, 85, British peer.
- Étienne Bally, 94, French sprinter, European champion.
- Eddie Clarke, 67, British guitarist, pneumonia.
- Charles Davis, 90, American Olympic sports shooter.
- Mikhail Derzhavin, 81, Russian actor.
- Urs Fankhauser, 74, Swiss Olympic rower.
- Sir Angus Farquharson, 82, British public servant, Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire.
- David Fisher, 88, British television writer.
- Pierre Grillet, 85, French footballer.
- Gordon Hølmebakk, 89, Norwegian publishing editor.
- John Sherrill Houser, 82, American artist, heart failure.
- William B. Keene, 92, American judge and television personality
- Katherine Kellgren, 48, American narrator and actress, cancer.
- Tommy Lawrence, 77, Scottish footballer.
- Tom Luken, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio's 1st and 2nd Districts, Mayor of Cincinnati.
- Philippe Marchand, 78, French politician, Deputy, Minister of the Interior.
- John McGlashan, 50, Scottish footballer.
- Novello Novelli, 87, Italian actor.
- Doreen Tracey, 74, English-born American actress, cancer and pneumonia.
- Celestine Ujang Jilan, 70, Malaysian politician, Speaker of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly.
- Gordon Wills, 83, English footballer.
11
- Doug Barnard Jr., 95, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 10th district.
- Gene Cole, 89, American athlete, Olympic silver medalist.
- Raúl Antonio García, 55, Salvadoran footballer, lymphoma.
- Stephane Gauger, 48, Vietnamese-born American film director and screenwriter, stroke.
- Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr., 88, American lawyer.
- John W. Hennessey Jr, 92, American academic.
- Ednyfed Hudson Davies, 88, Welsh politician, MP for Conway and Caerphilly.
- Jeremy Inkel, 34, Canadian electronic music programmer and keyboardist.
- Sumiko Iwao, 83, Japanese psychologist, editor-in-chief of Japan Echo.
- Edgar Ray Killen, 92, American Ku Klux Klan leader and convicted murderer.
- Noemi Lapzeson, 77, Argentinian dancer and choreographer.
- Takis Loukanidis, 80, Greek footballer.
- Jan Valentin Sæther, 73, Norwegian painter and priest.
- Giuseppe Secchi, 86, Italian footballer.
- Noel Thornton, 74, Australian rugby league player.
12
- Rudy Árias, 86, Cuban baseball player.
- Peter Batkin, 65, English auctioneer.
- Eddy Beugels, 73, Dutch cyclist.
- Lisa Chedekel, 57, American journalist, cancer.
- Bella Emberg, 80, British actress.
- Frankie Muse Freeman, 101, American civil rights attorney.
- Robert W. Hamilton, 86, American legal scholar.
- Keith Jackson, 89, American sportscaster.
- Jean-Louis Koszul, 97, French mathematician.
- Jim McNally, 86, American Olympics sports shooter
- Ilkka Pastinen, 89, Finnish diplomat.
- Pierre Pincemaille, 61, French organist, lung cancer.
- Léon Ritzen, 78, Belgian footballer.
- Doodhnath Singh, 81, Indian writer, prostate cancer.
- Sir Keith Speed, 83, British politician, MP, Navy Minister.
- John V. Tunney, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 38th district and U.S. Senator, prostate cancer.
- Heinrich von Stietencron, 84, German indiologist.
13
- Dean Allen, 51, Canadian typographer and web developer.
- Bob Beak, 92, British Anglican prelate, Assistant Bishop of Marsabit.
- Greg Critser, 63, American writer, glioblastoma.
- Kaj Czarnecki, 81, Finnish Olympic fencer.
- Hélder d'Oliveira, 83, Portuguese Olympic sailor
- John Elder, 85, Australian football player.
- Otoniel Gonzaga, 75, Filipino opera singer.
- Doug Harvey, 87, American Hall of Fame baseball umpire.
- Mohammed Hazzaz, 72, Moroccan footballer.
- Darmanto Jatman, 75, Indonesian poet.
- Emmett Johns, 89, Canadian Roman Catholic priest.
- Rick Jolly, 71, British Royal Navy surgeon.
- Byron Langley, 91, American politician.
- Jack Nel, 89, South African cricketer.
- Tzimis Panousis, 63, Greek singer, comedian and actor, heart attack.
- Jean Porter, 95, American actress.
- Julio Rocha López, 67, Nicaraguan football administrator, President of the Nicaraguan Football Federation and UNCAF.
- Aristeidis Roubanis, 85, Greek basketball player.
- Ernest H. Sanders, 99, German-born American music historian.
- Tad Schnugg, 73, American theater director.
- Walter Schuster, 88, Austrian alpine skier, Olympic bronze medalist.
- Emily Anne Staples, 88, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate.
- Naomi Stevens, 92, American actress
- Eliyahu Winograd, 91, Israeli judge.
14
- Geoffrey Best, 89, English historian.
- Barbara Cope, 67, American rock 'n' roll groupie, house fire.
- Sir John Cullen, 91, British chemical engineer.
- Paul Lustig Dunkel, 74, American flutist and conductor.
- Pablo García Baena, 96, Spanish poet.
- Dan Gurney, 86, American Hall of Fame racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner, pneumonia.
- George Haines, 96, American basketball player.
- Cecil Hoekstra, 82, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Stan Hovdebo, 92, Canadian politician.
- Bill Hughes, 87, American jazz trombonist.
- Satnam Singh Kainth, 56, Indian politician, brain hemorrhage.
- Max Labovitch, 93, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Erling Mandelmann, 82, Danish photographer.
- Spanky Manikan, 75, Filipino actor, lung cancer.
- Mario Martinez, 60, American weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist.
- François Morel, 91, Canadian composer.
- Yosuke Natsuki, 81, Japanese actor, kidney cancer.
- John Pierik, 68, Dutch Olympic shooter.
- Anton Regh, 77, German footballer.
- Cyrille Regis, 59, English footballer, cardiac arrest.
- Samuel A. Schreiner Jr., 96, American writer.
- Milton Shadur, 93, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Marlene VerPlanck, 84, American jazz singer.
- Hugh Wilson, 74, American screenwriter and director, lung cancer and emphysema.
15
- Romana Acosta Bañuelos, 92, American public servant, Treasurer of the United States, pneumonia.
- Viktor Anpilov, 72, Russian politician and trade unionist, stroke.
- Sir James Ball, 84, British economist.
- Bob Barton, 76, American baseball player, complications from dementia.
- Anshel Brusilow, 89, American violinist and conductor.
- Carl Emil Christiansen, 80, Danish footballer.
- Bogusław Cygan, 53, Polish footballer.
- Moussa Diagana, 71, Mauritanian writer.
- Marianne Eigenheer, 72, Swiss artist.
- Joe Frank, 79, French-born American radio personality and humorist.
- Joachim Gnilka, 89, German Roman Catholic theologician.
- Buddhadev Das Gupta, 84, Indian sarod player, heart attack.
- Edwin Hawkins, 74, American gospel pianist and singer, multiple Grammy winner, pancreatic cancer.
- Raghunath Jha, 78, Indian politician.
- Dick King, 83, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives.
- Mathilde Krim, 91, Italian-born American HIV/AIDS researcher.
- Karl-Heinz Kunde, 80, German racing cyclist.
- Samson Kutateladze, 53, Georgian politician and brigadier general, MP, shot.
- Pitoy Moreno, 91, Filipino fashion designer.
- Ava Mukherjee, 88, Indian actress.
- Rosalia Nghidinwa, 65, Namibian politician, Minister of Immigration and Home Affairs and Gender Equality and Child Welfare, cancer.
- Wendy Nicol, Baroness Nicol, 94, British politician and life peer, member of the House of Lords.
- Omid Nooshin, 43, English director.
- Dolores O'Riordan, 46, Irish singer and guitarist, drowning due to alcohol intoxication.
- Óscar Alberto Pérez, 36, Venezuelan actor, policeman and CICPC investigator, involved in Caracas helicopter incident, shot.
- Roderick Rijnders, 76, Dutch coxswain, Olympic silver medalist.
- Gnani Sankaran, 64, Indian journalist and writer.
- William Scharf, 90, American artist.
- Mike Shanahan, 78, American professional sports team owner.
- Terje Skarsfjord, 75, Norwegian football manager.
- Sujud Sutrisno, 64, Indonesian street drummer and singer.
- Wilse B. Webb, 97, American psychologist and sleep researcher.
- Peter Wyngarde, 90, British actor.
16
- Shammi Akhtar, 60, Bangladeshi playback singer, breast cancer.
- Bill Bain, 80, American management consultant, founder of Bain & Company.
- Joe Baker, 85, Australian marine scientist and rugby league player.
- George Bandy, 72, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives, pulmonary and circulatory illness.
- Arthur Davidson, 89, British politician, MP for Accrington, complications from a fall.
- Rubén Oswaldo Díaz, 72, Argentine footballer.
- Bradford Dillman, 87, American actor, complications from pneumonia.
- Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil, 67, Indian Syro-Malankala Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bathery and Puthur.
- Jørgen Dobloug, 72, Norwegian artist.
- Ed Doolan, 76, Australian-born British radio presenter, complications of vascular dementia.
- LaFayette Duckett, 99, American politician.
- Rodney Fern, 69, English footballer, dementia.
- Anatoly Glushenkov, 75, Russian politician, Governor of Smolensk Oblast.
- Kingdon Gould Jr., 94, American diplomat, Ambassador to Luxembourg and the Netherlands, pneumonia.
- Peter Groeger, 84, German actor and director.
- Tyler Hilinski, 21, American football player, suicide by gunshot.
- Dave Holland, 69, English drummer.
- Madalena Iglésias, 78, Portuguese actress and singer.
- Oliver Ivanović, 64, Kosovar politician, shot.
- Eugeniusz Jureczko, 78, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Yokadouma.
- Liu Zhonghua, 101, Chinese navy admiral.
- Julie Beth Lovins, 72, American computational linguist.
- Eric Luoma, 88, Canadian cross-country skier.
- Wilhelm Melliger, 64, Swiss equestrian, Olympic silver medalist, stroke.
- John Monteith, 69, American actor, writer and director.
- Javiera Muñoz, 40, Swedish singer, anorexia nervosa.
- Timothy J. O'Connor Jr., 81, American politician, member and Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives.
- Thomas Newman O'Neill Jr., 89, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
- Moya O'Sullivan, 91, Australian actress
- Harold Rosen, 92, American politician, Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida.
- John Spellman, 91, American politician, Governor of Washington, pneumonia.
- Pål Spilling, 83, Norwegian computer scientist.
- Jo Jo White, 71, American Hall of Fame basketball player, Olympic champion, pneumonia.
17
- Jahangir Amuzegar, 98, Iranian economist, academic and politician.
- John M. Andrist, 86, American journalist and politician, member of the North Dakota Senate, complications from a stroke.
- Roy Bennett, 60, Zimbabwean politician, MP, helicopter crash.
- John Bindernagel, 76, Canadian biologist and cryptozoologist, cancer.
- Landrum Bolling, 104, American political scientist and academic administrator, president of Earlham College.
- Paul Booth, 74, American political activist.
- Charles Burnett III, 61, British-born American investor and land-speed record holder, helicopter crash.
- Denis Cuspert, 41, German rapper and jihadist, airstrike.
- Guy Dupré, 89, French writer and publisher.
- Jessica Falkholt, 29, Australian actress, injuries from a traffic collision.
- Mark Genge, 90, English Anglican priest, Bishop of Central Newfoundland.
- Jerzy Gros, 72, Polish long-distance runner.
- He Yousheng, 86, Chinese hydrodynamicist, member of the Academy of Engineering.
- Edwin Lins, 54, Austrian wrestler.
- Ilir Luarasi, 63, Albanian footballer.
- Ted McCoy, 92, New Zealand architect.
- Ed Moses, 91, American artist and painter.
- Arno Motulsky, 94, German-born American geneticist.
- Bénédicte Pesle, 90, French arts patron.
- Augusto Polo Campos, 85, Peruvian composer.
- Claude Prouvoyeur, 91, French politician, Senator, mayor of Dunkirk.
- Herbert Schmertz, 87, American public relations executive.
- Simon Shelton, 52, British actor, hypothermia.
18
- Ishfaq Ahmad, 87, Pakistani nuclear physicist and professor.
- John Barton, 89, British theatre director, co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- Luc Beyer de Ryke, 84, Belgian politician, MEP, aortic rupture.
- Bob Carlton, 67, British theatre director and writer, cancer.
- Martine Époque, 75, French-born Canadian dance educator and choreographer.
- Eppie Gibson, 90, English rugby league player and coach.
- Wallis Grahn, 72, Swedish actress.
- Ding Guangquan, 73, Chinese comedian.
- Kashinath, 67, Indian actor and director, cancer.
- Chandi Lahiri, 88, Indian cartoonist.
- Julius Lester, 78, American writer and educator.
- Lucas Mangope, 94, South African politician, President of Bophuthatswana.
- Clara Marangoni, 102, Italian gymnast, Olympic silver medalist.
- Peter Mayle, 78, British author.
- Laurie Morgan, 87, British government official, Chief Minister of Guernsey.
- Steve Nisbett, 69, Nevisian-born British reggae drummer.
- Nancy Richler, 60, Canadian novelist, cancer.
- Edward C. Rochette, 90, American numismatist.
- B. L. Shaw, 84, American educator and politician.
- Anthony Allen Shore, 55, American serial killer and rapist, execution by lethal injection.
- Henry Soles Jr., 82, American chaplain and author.
- Borys Steklyar, 95, Ukrainian military officer.
- Yasuo Tanaka, 86, Japanese astrophysicist.
- Mae Tischer, 89, American politician.
- Stansfield Turner, 94, American admiral, Director of Central Intelligence.
- Joseph Wang Yu-jung, 86, Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Taichung.
- Chick Webster, 97, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Barry Wilde, 89, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Parramatta.
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- Dik Abed, 73, South African-born Dutch cricketer.
- Munnu Bhai, 84, Pakistani journalist.
- Harvey R. Blau, 82, American attorney and executive.
- Ute Bock, 75, Austrian educator and humanitarian.
- Lin Bolen, 76, American television executive and producer.
- James C. Browne, 83, American computer scientist.
- Anna Campori, 100, Italian actress.
- Geoffrey Caston, 91, British academic administrator and civil servant.
- Olivia Cole, 75, American actress, Emmy Award winner, heart attack.
- John Conboy, 83, American television producer.
- Maurice Couture, 91, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Québec.
- Alain Devaquet, 75, French politician, Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research and MP.
- Saqi Farooqi, 81, Pakistani poet.
- Red Fisher, 91, Canadian hockey journalist.
- Marcel Frémiot, 98, French composer and musicologist.
- Célio de Oliveira Goulart, 73, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of São João del Rei.
- Pavel Kazankov, 91, Russian racewalker.
- David M. Knight, 81, British historian of science.
- Ferdinand Knobloch, 101, Czech-Canadian psychiatrist.
- Ed LaForge, 82, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives, heart disease.
- Dorothy Malone, 93, American actress, Oscar winner.
- Fredo Santana, 27, American rapper, kidney failure.
- Allison Shearmur, 54, American film producer, complications from lung cancer.
- Moose Stubing, 79, American baseball player.
- Lutho Tapela, Zimbabwean politician, Senator.
- Sriniwas Tiwari, 93, Indian politician, Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
- Barbara Weil, 84, American artist.
- Leslie Wyche, 73, American community activist.
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- Dame Beulah Bewley, 88, British physician.
- Paul Bocuse, 91, French chef, Parkinson's disease.
- Wendell Castle, 85, American furniture designer and artist.
- John Coleman, 83, American meteorologist, co-founder of The Weather Channel.
- William Cousins, 90, American judge, Chicago City Council member.
- Terry Evans, 80, American blues and soul singer, songwriter and guitarist.
- Naomi Parker Fraley, 96, American naval machinist, inspiration for the "We Can Do It!" poster.
- Antonius Jan Glazemaker, 86, Dutch Old Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Utrecht.
- Bill Johnson, 57, American baseball player.
- Jerry Keeling, 78, American-born Canadian football player.
- Graeme Langlands, 76, Australian rugby league footballer.
- Howard Lew Lewis, 76, English comedian and actor.
- Sylvester Carmel Magro, 76, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi.
- Tracey Moore, 76, English cricketer, cancer.
- Hasmukh Patel, 84, Indian architect.
- William Rees, 89, British veterinarian, Chief Veterinary Officer.
- Jim Rodford, 76, English bassist, injuries from a fall.
- Doron Rubin, 74, Israeli military officer.
- Harry Selby, 92, South African hunter.
- Bob Smith, 59, American comedian and author, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Miyako Sumiyoshi, 30, Japanese Olympic speed skater.
- Jack Whitten, 78, American artist.
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- Yves Afonso, 73, French actor.
- Gianni Bongioanni, 96, Italian film director and screenwriter.
- Chartchai Chionoi, 75, Thai boxer, WBC and WBA World Flyweight Champion.
- Khagen Das, 79, Indian politician, MP for Tripura West, heart attack.
- Bruno Giacosa, 88, Italian winemaker.
- Philippe Gondet, 75, French footballer.
- Jock Haswell, 98, British military historian and intelligence officer.
- Tsukasa Hosaka, 80, Japanese footballer, pneumonia.
- A. Dean Jeffs, 89, American politician.
- Jim Johannson, 53, American ice hockey player and executive.
- Jun Tae-soo, 33, South Korean actor.
- Lyle Mehrkens, 80, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate.
- Jens Okking, 78, Danish actor and politician, MEP.
- Pasquale Panìco, 91, Italian politician, Senator.
- David Pithey, 81, South African cricketer.
- Jose Santos Rios, 78, Northern Mariana Island politician, Mayor of Saipan.
- Connie Sawyer, 105, American actress, heart attack.
- Ken Seddon, 67, British chemist.
- Michael Selby, 82, British-born New Zealand geomorphologist.
- Paul Sun, 80, Taiwanese politician, Minister of Agriculture, pancreatic cancer.
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- Jimmy Armfield, 82, English football player and manager, world champion, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
- K. B. Asante, 93, Ghanaian diplomat, Ambassador to Switzerland and the European Economic Community.
- Ian Bennett, 69, Canadian civil servant, President of the Royal Canadian Mint.
- Carl Blair, 85, American painter and sculptor.
- Andrew Carroll, 32, American ice hockey player, suicide by jumping.
- Shorty Castro, 89, Puerto Rican comedian, songwriter and entertainer, cancer.
- Kudzai Chimbaira, 32, Zimbabwean actor.
- Johnny Cowell, 92, Canadian trumpeter and arranger.
- Peter Diversi, 85, Australian rugby league footballer.
- Jack Doms, 91, New Zealand swimmer, British Empire and Commonwealth Games champion.
- Dale Engstrom, 100, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
- Emilio Gastón, 83, Spanish poet and politician, MP and Justicia de Aragón.
- Billy Hancock, 71, American musician.
- Reinier Kreijermaat, 82, Dutch footballer.
- Ursula K. Le Guin, 88, American science fiction writer.
- Ceylon Manohar, 73, Indian actor and playback singer.
- William Joseph McDonough, 83, American banker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Dahiru Musdapher, 75, Nigerian justice, Chief Justice.
- Preston Shannon, 70, American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist, cancer.
- Kevin Tate, 74, New Zealand soil chemist.
- Annie Young, 75, American politician, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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- Anders Åberg, 72, Swedish sculptor and painter.
- Mohammed Al-Mfarah, 72, Saudi Arabian actor.
- Ruth Alas, 57, Estonian economist.
- Henry Dalzell-Payne, 88, British army general.
- Nepal Chandra Das, 73, Indian politician.
- Robert Dowdell, 85, American actor.
- Robert Kisanga, 84, Tanzanian judge.
- Hugh Masekela, 78, South African jazz trumpeter and composer, prostate cancer.
- Nicanor Parra, 103, Chilean poet.
- Marcelo Romo, 76, Chilean actor.
- Galen L. Stone, 96, American diplomat, Ambassador to Cyprus, lymphoma.
- Ezra Swerdlow, 64, American film producer, complications from pancreatic cancer and ALS.
- Sys NS, 61, Indonesian actor, director and politician, member of the People's Consultative Assembly.
- Wyatt Tee Walker, 88, American civil rights activist and pastor.
- Lari White, 52, American country singer and actress, peritoneal cancer.
- Richard Woollacott, 40, British racehorse trainer, suicide.
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- Sergio Benedetti, 75, Italian art historian and curator.
- Bill Budness, 74, American football player.
- Marcos Carvajal, 33, Venezuelan baseball player, pneumonia.
- Gonzalo Facio Segreda, 99, Costa Rican politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs, President of the Legislative Assembly, Ambassador to the United States.
- Renaud Gagneux, 70, French composer.
- Jack Ketchum, 71, American novelist and screenwriter, cancer.
- Aleksandrs Kublinskis, 81, Latvian composer.
- Krishna Kumari, 84, Indian actress, bone marrow cancer.
- Bruce Light, 68, Australian football player.
- Sir Douglas Lowe, 95, British air chief marshal.
- Warren Miller, 93, American ski and snowboarding filmmaker.
- Julio Navarro, 82, Puerto Rican baseball player, complications from Alzheimer's.
- Raymond Nimmer, 73, American legal scholar.
- Pedro Pérez Fernández, 68, Spanish economist.
- Matti Rissanen, 80, Finnish philologist.
- Mark E. Smith, 60, English singer and songwriter, lung and kidney cancer.
- Jan Steeman, 74, Dutch comics artist, kidney failure.
- Attila Verestóy, 63, Romanian politician and chemical engineer, Senator.
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- Claribel Alegría, 93, Nicaraguan poet.
- Shawkat Ali, 81, Bangladeshi author.
- Tommy Banks, 81, Canadian jazz pianist, composer and politician, Senator, Juno winner, leukemia.
- Hope Black, 98, Australian marine biologist.
- Daniel M. Buechlein, 79, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Indianapolis.
- Walter Buckpesch, 93, German politician, Mayor of Offenbach am Main, MP.
- W. P. C. Davies, 89, English rugby union player.
- Neagu Djuvara, 101, Romanian historian, essayist and philosopher, pneumonia.
- Dan Foster, 87, American medical researcher.
- Steve Foster, 71, Australian singer-songwriter, lung cancer.
- Arnaud Giovaninetti, 50, French actor.
- Haripal Kaushik, 83, Indian field hockey player, Olympic gold medalist, dementia.
- Sabar Koti, 58, Indian singer.
- Bill Logan, 83, American basketball player.
- Patrick Mazimhaka, 69, Rwandan politician.
- Floyd Miles, 74, American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
- John Morris, 91, American film composer, respiratory infection.
- Keith Pring, 74, Welsh footballer.
- Lyudmila Senchina, 67, Russian singer.
- Ghassan Shakaa, 74, Palestinian politician, Mayor of Nablus.
- Giuseppe Vitucci, 67, Italian wrestler
- Cliff White, 72, British music journalist, cardiac arrest.
- Graham Williams, 72, New Zealand rugby union player.
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- Shambhu Bhattacharya, 83, Indian actor.
- Kendall Carly Browne, 99, American actress.
- Buzz Clifford, 75, American singer and songwriter, complications of influenza.
- Raphael Cruz, 31, American acrobat and actor, heart and lung failure.
- José Gabriel Diaz Cueva, 92, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Azogues.
- Supriya Devi, 85, Indian actress, heart attack.
- Michael Gear, 83, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Doncaster.
- Elizabeth Hawley, 94, American journalist and Himalayan expedition historian.
- Joe M. Haynes, 81, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate.
- Von G. Keetch, 57, American religious leader, General Authority of the LDS Church.
- Jacques Languirand, 86, Canadian radio host, writer and actor, Alzheimer's disease.
- Jack Law, 93, Australian footballer.
- Alfred Léonard, 78, Belgian politician, MP, Mayor of Ferrières.
- Hiromu Nonaka, 92, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives, Chief Cabinet Secretary.
- Yukiaki Okabe, 76, Japanese swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, pneumonia.
- John Salas, 70, Guamanian academic and politician, President of the University of Guam, member of the Legislature of Guam, complications of diabetes.
- Francisco Savín, 88, Mexican conductor and composer.
- José Arturo Sierra, 72, Guatemalan judge, President of the Supreme Court, shot.
- So Chau Yim-ping, 90, Hong Kong executive and politician.
- Michael Wright, 105, Hong Kong architect, Director of Public Works.
- Cyrus Yavneh, 76, American producer, lung cancer.
- Isaiah Zeldin, 97, American Reform rabbi, founder of Stephen S. Wise Temple.
- Igor Zhukov, 81, Russian pianist.
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- Robert McCormick Adams Jr., 91, American anthropologist.
- Niki Bettendorf, 81, Luxembourgian politician, MP.
- Fred van der Blij, 94, Dutch mathematician.
- Jerry Butler, 58, American pornographic actor, cancer.
- Barbara Calder, 93, British sailor, dementia.
- Peter Casey, 82, Irish horse trainer.
- Sir Alan Dawtry, 102, British local government official, chief executive of Westminster City Council.
- Maryo J. de los Reyes, 65, Filipino director, heart attack.
- Royal Galipeau, 71, Canadian politician, MP, multiple myeloma.
- Alfred Hübler, 60, German-born American physicist, lymphoma.
- Gurcharan Singh Kalkat, 91, Indian agricultural scientist.
- Ingvar Kamprad, 91, Swedish retail furniture-home design executive and philanthropist, founder of IKEA, pneumonia.
- Tomasz Mackiewicz, 42, Polish mountain climber.
- Göran Nicklasson, 75, Swedish footballer.
- Robert Parry, 68, American investigative journalist, complications of a stroke.
- Edmundo Pedro, 99, Portuguese politician and political prisoner, member of the Assembly of the Republic.
- Dennis Peron, 72, American cannabis and LGBT activist, lung cancer.
- Tadashi Sawashima, 92, Japanese film director, multiple organ failure.
- Jerry Sneva, 68, American racing driver.
- Mereoni Vibose, 66, Fijian athlete.
- Mort Walker, 94, American comics artist, pneumonia.
- John Wall, 85, British engineer and inventor.
- Lawrence Weiskrantz, 91, British psychologist.
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- Hassa bint Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Emirati royal.
- Bhanu Gupta, 87, Indian musician.
- Ernest Hawkins, 91, American football coach.
- Hsu Hung-chih, 81, Taiwanese politician, Taoyuan County Magistrate, lung cancer.
- Jacquie Jones, 52, American filmmaker, cancer.
- Gennady Kazmin, 83, Russian politician.
- Rolf Lacour, 80, German wrestler, world championship silver medalist.
- Raymond Lory, 91, French politician.
- Antônio Agostinho Marochi, 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Presidente Prudente.
- Maxwell Valentine Noronha, 91, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Calicut.
- Dharmasena Pathiraja, 74, Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter.
- Ettore Peretti, 59, Italian politician, Deputy, heart attack.
- Robert Pincus-Witten, 82, American art critic, curator and art historian.
- Jan Ramberg, 85, Swedish lawyer.
- Dinesh Nandan Sahay, 81, Indian politician, Governor of Chhattisgarh and Tripura.
- Coco Schumann, 93, German jazz guitarist.
- Ousmane Seck, 79, Senegalese politician, Minister of the Economy and Finance.
- Gene Sharp, 90, American political scientist and nonviolence advocate.
- Richard H. Tomlinson, 94, Canadian chemist and philanthropist.
- Reg Webb, 70, British musician.
- Sergei Yakhontov, 91, Russian linguist.
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- Paul Alcock, 64, English football referee, cancer.
- José Aristegui, 89, Spanish Olympic rower.
- John Bickersteth, 96, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bath and Wells.
- Asmund Bjørken, 84, Norwegian jazz saxophonist, accordionist and bukkehorn player.
- Ion Ciubuc, 74, Moldovan politician, Prime Minister.
- Aga Syed Mohammad Fazlullah, 70, Indian Islamic scholar and cleric.
- Alf Gooding, 85, Welsh executive.
- Vic Keeble, 87, English footballer.
- Anthony Kemp, 78, English military historian.
- Hilton McConnico, 74, American designer.
- Rick McKay, 57, American filmmaker.
- Robert D. McWethy, 98, American submarine captain.
- Jinadasa Niyathapala, 88, Sri Lankan politician.
- Eddie Shaw, 80, American blues saxophonist, arranger and bandleader.
- Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood, 76, Scottish academic and life peer.
- Jay Switzer, 61, Canadian television executive, brain cancer.
- Sir Cyril Taylor, 82, British educator.
- Clive van Ryneveld, 89, South African cricketer.
- Marek Wisła, 60, Polish sprint canoer.
- Ronald J. Wonnacott, 87, Canadian economist.
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- Bjørn Boysen, 74, Norwegian organist.
- Sir Henry Brooke, 81, British lawyer and judge, Lord Justice of Appeal, complications from cardiac surgery.
- Romano Cagnoni, 82, Italian photographer.
- Ian R. Gibbons, 86, British biophysicist.
- Andreas Gruschke, 57, German author and sinologist.
- Hannah Hauxwell, 91, English farmer.
- John W. Kern III, 89, American judge, complications from pneumonia and Alzheimer.
- Charles E. Lindblom, 100, American academic.
- James McCray, 79, American opera singer and teacher.
- Pat McLoughney, 68, Irish hurler.
- Richard Murphy, 90, Irish poet.
- Joaquín Rojas, 79, Filipino Olympic basketball player.
- Mark Salling, 35, American actor and musician, suicide by hanging.
- Rolf Schafstall, 80, German football player and manager.
- Clyde Scott, 93, American football player and hurdler, Olympic silver medalist.
- Victor W. Sidel, 86, American physician.
- Elisabeth Sveri, 90, Norwegian military officer.
- Kevin Towers, 56, American baseball executive, thyroid cancer.
- Chintaman Vanaga, 61, Indian politician, heart attack.
- Terry Van Ginderen, 86, Belgian children's TV host, theatrical producer and music producer, pneumonia.
- Azeglio Vicini, 84, Italian football player and manager.
- Ron Walker, 78, Australian sports promoter, property developer and politician, Lord Mayor of Melbourne, melanoma.
- Philip Woodward, 98, British mathematician and radar engineer.
- Junji Yayoshi, 49, Japanese guitarist and record producer.
- Louis Zorich, 93, American actor.
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- Dan Alon, 72, Israeli Olympic fencer and survivor of the Munich massacre, cancer.
- Haradin Bala, 60, Kosovan war criminal, cancer.
- Richard N. Berry, 102, American politician.
- Piet Bleeker, 89, Dutch long-distance runner.
- Pat Booth, 88, New Zealand investigative journalist.
- Rasual Butler, 38, American basketball player, traffic collision.
- Erwin de Vries, 88, Surinamese painter and artist.
- Del Delker, 93, American gospel singer.
- Alexander Dick, 95, Australian cricketer.
- Gabriel Fackre, 91, American theologian.
- Oscar Gamble, 68, American baseball player, ameloblastic carcinoma.
- Ann Gillis, 90, American actress.
- Haim Gouri, 94, Israeli poet.
- Jack Halpern, 93, American chemist.
- Elizabeth Hartley, 75, American archaeologist and curator.
- Hennie Hollink, 86, Dutch football player and manager.
- Alf Humphreys, 64, Canadian actor, brain cancer.
- Hwang Byungki, 81, South Korean gayageum player, pneumonia.
- Itokin, 38, Japanese MC and track maker, lung cancer.
- Leonid Kadeniuk, 67, Ukrainian first cosmonaut.
- Peter King, 5th Earl of Lovelace, 66, British peer.
- Leah LaBelle, 31, Canadian-born American singer, traffic collision.
- Olavi Mäenpää, 67, Finnish politician.
- István Marosi, 73, Hungarian handball player.
- John Fitzallen Moore, 89, American physicist.
- William O'Connor, 47, American artist.
- Tadashi Sasaki, 102, Japanese engineer.