Deaths in June 2014
The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2014.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
June 2014
1
- Salvador Anzelmo, 93, American lawyer and politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
- Chang Feng-hsu, 85, Taiwanese politician, Pingtung County Magistrate, Mayor of Taipei, Minister of the Interior.
- John Edwards Conway, 79, American senior and chief judge, and federal judge.
- Ann B. Davis, 88, American actress, Emmy winner, subdural hematoma from a fall.
- Brian Farmer, 80, English footballer.
- Heinrich Fasching, 85, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten.
- Karlheinz Hackl, 65, Austrian actor, malignant brain tumor.
- John Hills, 53, British jockey and horse trainer, pancreatic cancer.
- Yuri Kochiyama, 93, American internment camp detainee and civil rights activist.
- Dhondutai Kulkarni, 86, Indian Jaipur-Atrauli gharana singer, recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
- Juhani Laakso, 72, Finnish Olympic shooter.
- Jay Lake, 49, American author, colorectal cancer.
- Valentin Mankin, 75, Ukrainian Soviet sailor, Olympic triple champion and silver medalist, cancer.
- Lawrence G. Miller, 78, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
- Tarō Naka, 92, Japanese poet, pneumonia.
- Joseph Olita, 70, Kenyan actor, hypertension.
- Antonio Rada, 77, Colombian World Cup footballer, cancer.
- Tom Rounds, 77, American radio production executive, complications from surgery.
- Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, Iranian political prisoner, executed.
- Jack Souther, 90, Canadian volcanologist.
- Sir Hugo White, 74, British Navy officer, Governor of Gibraltar, Admiral and Commander-in-Chief Fleet.
2
- Ramona Brooks, 63, American singer, cancer.
- Ivica Brzić, 73, Serbian football player and manager.
- Max Charlesworth, 88, Australian philosopher.
- Anjan Das, 62, Indian National Film Award-winning filmmaker, liver cancer.
- Ernie Eiffler, 88, Australian football player.
- Donald Flores, 65, Northern Marianan politician, Mayor of Saipan, stroke.
- Anatol Grinţescu, 74, Romanian Olympic water polo player.
- Gennadi Gusarov, 77, Russian footballer.
- James Keegstra, 80, Canadian teacher and politician.
- James E. Keller, 71, American judge, member of the Kentucky Supreme Court, cancer.
- Nikolay Khrenkov, 29, Russian Olympic bobsledder, traffic collision.
- Phạm Huỳnh Tam Lang, 72, Vietnamese football player and manager, stroke.
- Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, 90, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of Santa Maria, Archbishop of Bangalore.
- Maciej Łukaszczyk, 80, Polish pianist.
- Weldon Myrick, 76, American steel guitar player.
- Mame Reiley, 61, American political strategist, cancer.
- Kuaima Riruako, 79, Namibian chieftain, Paramount Chief of the Herero, Hereroland Political Representative to South Africa, hypertension.
- Alexander Shulgin, 88, American pharmacologist and chemist, MDMA pioneer, liver cancer.
- Tapan Sikdar, 69, Indian politician, MP for Dum Dum, kidney failure.
- Marjorie Stapp, 92, American actress.
3
- Myles Ambrose, 87, American prosecutor and civil servant, commissioner for Customs and Border Patrol, heart failure.
- Svyatoslav Belza, 72, Russian music and literary critic.
- Gordon Bennett, 59, Australian artist.
- Roy M. Goodman, 84, American politician, member of the New York Senate, respiratory failure.
- Sir Eldon Griffiths, 89, British politician, MP for Bury St Edmunds, Minister for Sport.
- Karl Harris, 34, English motorcycle racer, race collision.
- Elodie Lauten, 63, French-born American composer.
- André Lochon, 81, French Olympic water polo player
- Virginia Luque, 86, Argentine singer and actress.
- Kaneyasu Marutani, 94, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors.
- Basheer Mauladad, 82-83, Kenyan Asian leader.
- Narendra Patni, 71, Indian chief executive, founded Patni Computer Systems, heart attack.
- Gopinath Munde, 64, Indian politician, Minister of Rural Development, MP, Maharashtra MLA, DCM and Minister of Home Affairs, traffic collision.
- Fritz Schwegler, 79, German artist and academic.
- James Alan Shelton, 53, American bluegrass guitarist, cancer.
4
- Neal Arden, 104, British actor.
- Joseph Befe Ateba, 52, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kribi.
- John Baker, 86, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Salisbury.
- Don Banfield, 97, Australian politician, Attorney-General of South Australia.
- Waldemar Beck, 93, German Olympic rower.
- Tom Coleman, 85, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate.
- George Ho, 94, American-born Chinese Hong Kong media owner, recipient of the Gold Bauhinia Star.
- A. Walton Litz, 84, American literary historian.
- Doc Neeson, 67, Australian musician, malignant brain tumour.
- Ed Negre, 86, American race-car driver and owner.
- Chester Nez, 93, American Navajo code talker, last remaining Navajo who developed the code, recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal, renal failure.
- William Schuelein, 86, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate.
- Cliff Severn, 88, British-born American cricketer and child actor.
- Nathan Shamuyarira, 85, Zimbabwean newspaper editor and politician, Minister of Information and Foreign Affairs, chest infection.
- Edward Sövik, 95, American architect and author.
- Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, 94, British judge and law lord.
- Martin Treacy, 78, Irish hurler.
- Otto van Verschuer, 86, Dutch baron, estate manager and politician, member of the States of Gelderland and Executive.
- Buddy Wentworth, 77, Namibian politician, recipient of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, heart disease.
- Walter Winkler, 71, Polish footballer.
- Don Zimmer, 83, American baseball player and manager, heart failure as a complication from cardiac surgery.
5
- Bob Abrahamian, 35, American disc jockey and record collector, suicide.
- Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, 42-43, Iraqi ISIL military commander.
- Hans Baars-Lindner, 88, German Olympic sailor.
- Ganiyu Akanbi Bello, 83, Nigerian community leader and businessman, murdered.
- Nina Byers, 84, American physicist.
- Christopher Burger, 78, South African cricketer.
- Don Davis, 75, American musician, songwriter and Grammy Award-winning producer.
- Rolf Hachmann, 96, German archaeologist.
- Robert Kuwałek, 47, Polish historian.
- Johnny Leach, 91, British table tennis player, World Table Tennis Champion, team champion, President of the ETTA.
- Ismael Betancourt Lebron, 83, Puerto Rican police officer.
- Hana Orgoníková, 67, Czech politician, MP for the CSDP.
- Aaron Sachs, 90, American jazz musician.
- Reiulf Steen, 80, Norwegian politician and diplomat, Minister of Transportation and Commerce, MP for Oslo and Akershus, Ambassador to Chile.
6
- Darío Barrio, 41, Spanish television chef, BASE jumping accident.
- Douglas Bartles-Smith, 77, English Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Southwark.
- Ado Bayero, 83, Nigerian chieftain, politician and diplomat, Emir of Kano, Northern Region MLA, Ambassador to Senegal, cancer.
- Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, 84, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Río Gallegos.
- Tap Canutt, 81, American stunt performer and actor.
- Karen DeCrow, 76, American civil rights activist, lawyer and author, President of the National Organization for Women, melanoma.
- Alain Desaever, 61, Belgian cyclist.
- Eric Hill, 86, British children's writer and illustrator.
- Lee Hyla, 61, American composer.
- David Lockwood, 85, British sociologist.
- Brian Miller, 93, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council.
- Sheldon Roberts, 87, American metallurgist.
- Jerrold Schwaber, 67, American cell biologist.
- Alexander E. Shilov, 84, Russian chemist.
- Lorna Wing, 85, British psychiatrist, co-founder of the National Autistic Society, coined the term "Asperger syndrome".
7
- Dora Akunyili, 59, Nigerian politician and academic, Federal Minister of Information and Communications, ovarian cancer.
- Natalia E. Bazhanova, 67, Russian orientalist.
- Alan Douglas, 82, American record producer and sound engineer.
- Dick Elliott, 78, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and Senate.
- Kevin Elyot, 62, British scriptwriter and playwright.
- Fernandão, 36, Brazilian footballer, helicopter crash.
- E. W. Foy, 77, American basketball coach.
- Glenn Freeman, 80, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives and Senate.
- Jurij Gustinčič, 92, Slovene journalist and writer.
- Marjorie Haines, 85, American Olympic equestrian
- Anthony Herbert, 84, American army officer and whistleblower.
- Jacques Herlin, 86, French character actor.
- Melvin Irvin, 72, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, cancer.
- Jónas Kristjánsson, 90, Icelandic academic and novelist.
- Rafael A. Lecuona, 86, Cuban Olympic gymnast and American academic.
- Juan María Leonardi Villasmil, 67, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Punto Fijo.
- Roger Mayne, 85, English photographer.
- Epainette Mbeki, 98, South African anti-apartheid activist.
- James McNair, 63, American writer and comedian, traffic collision.
- Stephen A. Metcalf, 86, British missionary.
- Helcio Milito, 83, Brazilian musician.
- Pierre Patry, 80, Canadian filmmaker.
- Ida Schöpfer, 84, Swiss Olympic alpine skier.
- Clara Schroth, 93, American gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist.
- Uday Singh, 75, Fijian politician.
- Merv Thackeray, 88, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Keppel and Rockhampton North.
- Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, 91, Polish-born American philosopher.
- David Tyshler, 86, Russian Soviet Olympic fencer and academic.
- Norman Willis, 81, British trade unionist, General Secretary of the TUC.
8
- Ruy Barbosa Popolizio, 94, Chilean businessman, oenologist and cathedratic, Minister of Agriculture, Rector of the University of Chile.
- John Bartlett, 85, English cricketer.
- Ken Doubleday, 88, Australian Olympic hurdler and triple jumper.
- Jean Geissinger, 79, American baseball player.
- Alexander Imich, 111, Russian Congress Poland-born American chemist, parapsychologist and supercentenarian, oldest man in the world.
- Eva Kløvstad, 92, Norwegian World War II resistance member.
- Veronica Lazăr, 76, Romanian-born Italian actress.
- Dennis Lewiston, 80, British cinematographer.
- Harold Russell Maddock, 96, Australian jockey.
- Shirley Marsh, 88, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature.
- J. Stanley Marshall, 91, American educator, President of Florida State University, complications from a heart attack.
- Billy McCool, 69, American baseball player.
- J. William Pope, 76, American politician and lawyer, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, cancer.
- Celio Roncancio, 48, Colombian cyclist.
- Ivo Vinco, 86, Italian opera singer.
- Ben Whitaker, 79, British politician and global poverty campaigner, MP for Hampstead.
- Prince Katsura, 66, Japanese royal, acute heart failure.
9
- Bernard Agré, 88, Ivorian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of San Giovanni, Archbishop of Abidjan.
- Danilo Baroni, 92, Argentine lawyer and politician, Governor of Chaco.
- Tapan Barua, Indian cricketer.
- Harris Blake, 84, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate, natural causes.
- William A. Bradfield, 86, New Zealand astronomer.
- Alan Brown, 89, Australian football player.
- John Ferguson Browne, 93, Canadian politician, MP for Vancouver-Kingsway.
- Edmund Bruggmann, 71, Swiss alpine skier, Olympic silver medalist, complications from leukemia.
- Rex L. Carter, 88, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and Speaker.
- Robert Cranston, 85, Indian Olympic boxer.
- Junie Donlavey, 90, American Hall of Fame NASCAR team owner, Alzheimer's disease.
- Marit Svarva Henriksen, 89, Norwegian politician.
- Reinhard Höppner, 65, German politician, Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt, cancer.
- Kim Heungsou, 94, Japanese Korean-born South Korean harmonism artist.
- Rik Mayall, 56, English comedian, writer and actor, cardiac arrest.
- Bosse Persson, 72, Swedish eccentric and political figure, founder of the Donald Duck Party
- Elsie Quarterman, 103, American plant ecologist.
- Vitaly Shafranov, 84, Russian theoretical physicist.
- Alicemarie Huber Stotler, 72, American senior judge, member and Chief Judge of the US District Court for Central California.
- Gustave Tassell, 88, American fashion designer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
- Bob Welch, 57, American baseball player, Cy Young Award winner, accidental fall.
- Gerd Zacher, 84, German composer and author.
10
- Toribio Aguilera, 73, Honduran economist and politician, MP for Cortés, lymphatic cancer.
- Sebastián Alabanda, 63, Spanish footballer, heart attack.
- Marcello Alencar, 88, Brazilian politician and lawyer, Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro.
- Robert Arthur Alexie, 56, Canadian Gwich'in politician and novelist, Chief, President of the Tribal Council, chief First Nations negotiator during 1992 land reform.
- Gabrielle Blunt, 95, British actress.
- Vladimir Derer, 94, British politician, founder of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy.
- Jay Disharoon, 65, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and Senate, traffic collision.
- Julio García Estrada, 90, Mexican lawyer and academic.
- Gary Gilmour, 62, Australian Test cricketer.
- Robert M. Grant, 96, American theologian.
- Jim Hazelton, 82, Australian aviator, prostate cancer.
- Ian Horrocks, British RAF officer.
- Jack Lee, 94, American politician and radio broadcaster, Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party.
- Walter Lemos, 84, Argentine Olympic runner.
- Khair Bakhsh Marri, 86, Pakistani Baloch nationalist leader and militant, leader of the BLA, complications from a brain haemorrhage.
- Gerald N. McAllister, 91, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Oklahoma.
- William Pannill, 87, American daffodil hybridizer, president of the American Horticultural Society.
- Vithal Patil, 86, Indian cricketer.
- Peder I. Ramsrud, 91, Norwegian politician.
- Stuart Vaughan, 88, American theatre director, prostate cancer.
- Alex Wedderspoon, 83, British Anglican priest, Dean of Guildford.
- Vital João Geraldo Wilderink, 82, Dutch-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itaguaí.
- Jack Woolf, 90, American educator, President of the University of Texas at Arlington.
- Kin Maung Yin, 76, Burmese artist.
11
- Horaţiu Badiţă, 37, Romanian Olympic swimmer
- Joe Becker, 82, American Olympic cyclist.
- Michael Brown, 93, American songwriter.
- Ruby Dee, 91, American award-winning actress and civil rights activist, National Medal of Arts laureate.
- Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, 80, Spanish conductor and composer, cancer.
- Charles Gautier, 69, French politician, Senator for Loire-Atlantique, colon cancer.
- Claude Horan, 96, American ceramic, glass artist and surfer, coined the term "Steamer Lane".
- Susan B. Horwitz, 59, American computer scientist, stomach cancer.
- Dan Knott, 95, Australian rules footballer.
- Mipham Chokyi Lodro, 61, Chinese Tibetan Buddhist teacher, 14th Shamarpa of the Karma Kagyu sect, heart attack.
- Juan López Hita, 69, Spanish footballer.
- Keshav Malik, 89, Indian poet and critic.
- Benjamin Mophatlane, 41, South African information technology executive, CEO of Business Connexion Group, cardiac arrest.
- Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi, 89, Indian classical dancer and musician.
- Gilles Ségal, 82, French actor and playwright.
- Harilal Shah, 71, Kenyan cricket player and manager, Captain.
- Carlton Sherwood, 67, American soldier, journalist and filmmaker, heart failure.
- Ernest Tursunov, 78, Kyrgyzstani poet and translator.
12
- Richard Arnowitt, 86, American physicist.
- Don Bennett, 80, English cricket player and coach.
- Gabriel Bernal, 58, Mexican boxer, WBC Flyweight Champion.
- Nabil Hemani, 34, Algerian footballer, fall.
- Dan Jacobson, 85, South African writer and academic.
- Kefee, 34, Nigerian gospel singer, lung failure.
- Julian Koenig, 93, American advertising copywriter.
- Carla Laemmle, 104, American actress, natural causes.
- Gunnel Linde, 89, Swedish author.
- Donald Macaulay, Baron Macaulay of Bragar, 80, British politician and life peer.
- Khagen Mahanta, 71, Indian folk singer, cardiac ailment.
- Enzo Pastor, 32, Filipino race-car driver, shot.
- Joe Pittman, 60, American baseball player.
- Shaktipada Rajguru, 92, Indian Bengali language writer.
- Pat Rosier, 72, New Zealand writer.
- Frank Schirrmacher, 54, German journalist, writer and newspaper publisher, heart attack.
- Jimmy Scott, 88, American jazz singer.
- Willie Sheelor, 86, American Negro League baseball player.
- Paul Silva, 91, American biologist.
- Gerald Westbury, 86, English surgeon.
- Yoo Byung-eun, 73, Japanese-born South Korean religious leader and businessman.
13
- Mark Ballinger, 65, American baseball player.
- Michael Coetzee, 54, South African anti-apartheid activist and civil servant, cancer.
- Mahdi Elmandjra, 81, Moroccan economist and futurologist.
- Gyula Grosics, 88, Hungarian football player and manager, Olympic champion.
- Willie Harvey, 84, Scottish footballer.
- John Michael Ingram, 83, British fashion designer.
- Abdallah Kamal, 49, Egyptian newspaper journalist, editor, author and politician, MP, heart attack.
- Jim Keays, 67, Australian rock musician, pneumonia as a complication of multiple myeloma.
- David MacLennan, 65, Scottish actor and theatre producer, founded, motor neurone disease.
- Chuck Noll, 82, American football player and Hall of Fame coach, most coached Super Bowl wins, natural causes.
- Robert Peters, 89, American poet, playwright, editor and stage actor, natural causes.
- Richard Rockefeller, 65, American billionaire physician, plane crash.
- Jack Roeser, 90, American engineer, manufacturing executive and political activist.
- Sara Widén, 33, Swedish opera singer, cancer.
14
- Alberto Cañas Escalante, 94, Costa Rican writer, journalist and politician, MP for San José, complications following surgery.
- Alex Chandre de Oliveira, 36, Brazilian footballer, heart attack.
- Isabelle Collin Dufresne, 78, French-born American actress, artist, author and model, cancer.
- Irene Forbes, 65, Cuban Olympic fencer.
- Magdolna Gulyás, 64, Hungarian Olympic basketball player
- Ágnes Gajdos-Hubai, 66, Hungarian Olympic volleyball player.
- José Gómez, 70, Spanish Olympic cyclist.
- Sam Kelly, 70, British actor, cancer.
- Robert Lebeck, 85, German photojournalist.
- Steve London, 83, American television and film actor and attorney.
- Francis Matthews, 86, English film and television actor.
- Jamie McEwan, 61, American Olympic bronze medallist slalom canoeist.
- Ivor Mendonca, 79, Guyanese cricketer, throat and prostate cancer.
- Terry Richards, 81, British actor and stuntman.
- James E. Rogers, 75, American educator and media owner, Chancellor of Nevada System of Higher Education, cancer.
- Telangana Shakuntala, 63, Indian film and stage actress, cardiac arrest.
- Seymour Slive, 93, American art historian.
- Rodney Thomas, 41, American football player, heart attack.
- Maria Wonenburger, 86, Spanish mathematician.
15
- Jacques Bergerac, 87, French actor.
- Giancarlo Danova, 75, Italian footballer.
- Larry Dupree, 70, American football player, heart attack.
- Ray Fox, 98, American Hall of Fame NASCAR engine builder and team owner, pneumonia.
- Fazlul Karim, 89, Pakistani-Bangladeshi politician, political prisoner, academic and literary translator, member of the CAP, multiple organ failure.
- Casey Kasem, 82, American radio disc jockey and voice actor, Lewy body dementia.
- Daniel Keyes, 86, American author, complications from pneumonia.
- Andrei Kharlov, 45, Russian chess grandmaster.
- Kutho, 61, Burmese comedian and film director.
- John G. King, 88, English-born American physicist and professor, heart and renal failure.
- Maury Meyers, 82, American politician, Mayor of Beaumont, Texas, Parkinson's disease.
- Olavi Nikkilä, 92, Finnish politician.
- Nick Nostro, 83, Italian film director.
- Petrus Oellibrandt, 78, Belgian racing cyclist.
- Olli Partanen, 91, Finnish discus thrower.
- Emile Riachi, 87, Lebanese orthopaedic surgeon.
- Moise Safra, 79, Syrian-born Brazilian billionaire financier, founder and chairman of Banco Safra, Parkinson's disease.
16
- Charles Barsotti, 80, American cartoonist, brain cancer.
- Plácido Bilbao, 73, Spanish footballer.
- Pierre D'Archambeau, 87, Belgian-born American violinist.
- Tony Gwynn, 54, American Hall of Fame baseball player, salivary gland cancer.
- Thore Heramb, 97, Norwegian painter and illustrator.
- Liselotte Marti, 58, Swiss Olympic gymnast.
- Maria Perosino, 52, Italian author and art historian, tumor.
- J. M. Rajaratnam, 86, Sri Lankan accountant and executive.
- Cándido Muatetema Rivas, 54, Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister, Ambassador to Germany.
- Thérèse Vanier, 91, British doctor.
17
- Asher Ben-Natan, 93, Austrian-born Israeli diplomat, Director General of the Ministry of Defense, Ambassador to Germany and France.
- Patsy Byrne, 80, English actress.
- Éric Dewailly, 59, Canadian medical researcher, landslide.
- Paul England, 85, Australian race car driver.
- Ray Evans, 74, Australian business executive and political activist, co-founder of the Lavoisier Group.
- Anthony Goldschmidt, 71, American graphic designer and poster artist, liver cancer.
- Mario Llamas, 86, Mexican tennis player.
- Stanley Marsh 3, 76, American artist and philanthropist, patron of Cadillac Ranch.
- John McClure, 84, American Grammy Award-winning record producer.
- Barry Moss, 74, American film casting director, heart failure.
- Peter J. Notaro, 79, American judge, member of the New York Supreme Court, stroke.
- Arnold S. Relman, 91, American physician, editor and health care activist, melanoma.
- Jorge Romo, 90, Mexican footballer.
- Rodrigo Ruiz, 84, Costa Rican Olympic sports shooter
- Jeffry Wickham, 80, British actor.
- Larry Zeidel, 86, Canadian hockey player, complications from heart failure and kidney problems.
18
- David Cobb, 93, British marine artist.
- Lynn DeJac, 50, American exonerated prisoner, cancer.
- Michael Frederick, 87, Barbadian cricketer.
- Stephanie Kwolek, 90, American chemist, inventor of Kevlar.
- Johnny Mann, 85, American composer, Grammy Award-winning arranger and singer.
- Claire Martin, 100, Canadian author.
- Itche Menahem, 74-75, Israeli football player and manager.
- John E. Miller, 85, American politician, member and Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives.
- Márcio Moreira, 67, Brazilian advertising executive, complications from heart surgery.
- James Nelson, 82, American sound editor and film producer.
- Vladimir Popovkin, 56, Russian military officer, head of the Federal Space Agency.
- Ces Renwick, 89, New Zealand cricketer.
- Horace Silver, 85, American jazz pianist, natural causes.
- Luraine Tansey, 96, American slide librarian.
19
- Tahira Asif, 52-53, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly, shot.
- Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt, 98, German army and air force officer, World War II Wehrmacht major awarded Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, general in the Bundeswehr.
- Gerry Goffin, 75, American Hall of Fame lyricist.
- Charlotte Greig, 59, British novelist and singer.
- Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai, 88, Indian industrialist.
- James A. Lantz, 92, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives, Speaker.
- Alan Moller, 64, American meteorologist and tornado chaser, Alzheimer's disease.
- Daniel Nazareth, 66, Indian composer and conductor.
- James Pitts, 93, American chemist, academic and civil servant, natural causes.
- William Reid, 87, Scottish military historian.
- Bill Renna, 89, American baseball player.
- John Schiffer, 68, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate, liver cancer.
- Avraham Shalom, 86, Austrian-born Israeli security official, Director of the Shin Bet, commander in the capture of Adolf Eichmann and the Bus 300 affair.
- Ibrahim Touré, 28, Ivorian footballer, cancer.
- Guy Trottier, 73, Canadian ice hockey player, cancer.
20
- Anne Arnold, 89, American sculptor.
- Jim Bamber, 66, British cartoonist, cancer.
- David Brown, 84, British musicologist.
- Oberdan Cattani, 95, Brazilian footballer.
- Nev Cottrell, 87, Australian rugby union player.
- Handel Greville, 92, Welsh rugby union player.
- Philip Hollom, 102, British ornithologist.
- Florica Lavric, 52, Romanian rower, Olympic champion, cancer.
- Amalia Miranzo, 74, Spanish politician, Senator for Cuenca.
- Norman Sheffield, 75, British rock drummer, recording facility co-owner and manager, cancer.
- Murat Sökmenoğlu, 69, Turkish politician, MP for Hatay Province and Istanbul.
- Jaroslav Walter, 75, Czech ice hockey player, Olympic bronze medalist.
21
- Gerry Conlon, 60, Northern Irish author and human rights activist, Guildford Four member wrongfully convicted of the Guildford pub bombings, lung cancer.
- Reb Chaim Daskal, 53, Israeli religious figure.
- Peter de Rome, 89, American filmmaker, natural causes.
- Robert Gardner, 88, American anthropologist and documentary filmmaker.
- John Heslop, 89, New Zealand surgeon and sports administrator.
- Roland Hill, 93, German-born British journalist and biographer.
- Yozo Ishikawa, 88, Japanese politician, Director General of the Defense Agency, member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo, acute respiratory failure.
- Anthony Jacobs, Baron Jacobs, 82, British peer and automobile executive, Chairman of the BSM.
- Walter Kieber, 83, Liechtenstein politician, Prime Minister.
- Roman Laskowski, 78, Polish academic.
- Standish Lawder, 78, American film director.
- Doreen Miller, Baroness Miller of Hendon, 81, British politician and life peer.
- Rose Marie Muraro, 83, Brazilian sociologist.
- Sir Philip Myers, 83, British police officer, Chief Constable of North Wales Police.
- Jimmy C. Newman, 86, American country music singer, cancer.
- Irajá Damiani Pinto, 94, Brazilian paleontologist.
- Aleksandr Shadrin, 25, Uzbekistani footballer, gastric ulcer.
- Bob Soleau, 73, American football player.
- Wong Ho Leng, 54, Malaysian politician, MP for Sibu, Sarawak MLA for Bukit Assek, brain cancer.
- Bruno Zumino, 91, Italian particle physicist, developed Wess-Zumino and WZW models, recipient of the Max Planck Medal and Humboldt Prize.
22
- Abdul Wahab Adam, 75, Ghanaian Islamic religious leader.
- Fouad Ajami, 68, Lebanese-born American political scientist and author, prostate cancer.
- Felix Dennis, 67, British poet and publisher, founder of Dennis Publishing, throat cancer.
- Rigoberto Guzmán, 82, Salvadoran football player and manager, and teacher.
- Teenie Hodges, 68, American rhythm and blues guitarist and songwriter, complications from emphysema.
- Matin Ahmed Khan, 93, Pakistani academic, Dean and Director of the Institute of Business Administration.
- Grzegorz Knapp, 35, Polish speedway and ice speedway rider, race collision.
- Washington Malianga, 88, Zimbabwean militant and political activist, founding member of ZANU and ZANLA.
- Rama Narayanan, 65, Indian film director, producer and politician, Tamil Nadu MLA for Karaikudi, kidney failure.
- Jennifer Wynne Reeves, 51, American painter, brain tumor.
- Steve Rossi, 82, American comedian, cancer.
- Chuck Tatum, 87, American soldier, World War II Marine Iwo Jima combatant, provided source material for The Pacific.
- Arif Valiyev, 70, Azerbaijani politician, Chairman of the State Statistics Committee.
23
- Hayford Akrofi, 60, Ghanaian politician and architect, shot.
- Conrad Brann, 88, German linguist.
- Quinton-Steele Botes, 54, Namibian sports administrator, multiple myeloma.
- Małgorzata Braunek, 67, Polish actress, cancer.
- Nancy Garden, 76, American writer and LGBT activist, heart attack.
- Ichiro Komatsu, 63, Japanese civil servant and diplomat, Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau, Ambassador to France and Switzerland.
- Lantra Fernando, 57, Sri Lankan cricketer.
- Euros Lewis, 72, Welsh cricketer.
- Michael K. Locke, 61, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, traffic collision.
- Paula Kent Meehan, 82, American hair products executive, newspaper owner and philanthropist, co-founder of Redken.
- Charles R. Moore, 79, American Methodist minister, suicide.
- I. N. Murthy, 89, Indian film director.
- Glen Percy, 85, American football coach.
- Steve Viksten, 53, American television writer and voice actor, intracranial hemorrhage.
- Magnus Wassén, 93, Swedish sailor, Olympic bronze medalist.
- Boris Yakovlev, 68, Ukrainian race walker.
24
- Belfon Aboikoni, 74, Surinamese Saramaka chieftain.
- Sanedhip Bhimjee, 44, Mauritian dancer, pancreatic cancer.
- John Clement, 85, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Niagara Falls.
- Jacqueline Jarrett Goodnow, 89, Australian cognitive psychologist.
- Olga Kotelko, 95, Canadian athlete and book subject, intracranial brain hemorrhage.
- Joachim Lambek, 91, German-born Canadian mathematician.
- Lee McBee, 63, American blues musician.
- Paolo Salvati, 75, Italian painter.
- Richard Sharp, 67, American automotive retail and electronics executive, CEO of Circuit City, founder of CarMax, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
- David Taylor, 60, Scottish lawyer, Chief Executive of the SFA, General Secretary of UEFA.
- Ramón José Velásquez, 97, Venezuelan politician, Acting President.
- Chip Wadena, 75, American Ojibwe tribal executive, Chairman of the White Earth Indian Reservation.
- Eli Wallach, 98, American actor.
- Johnnie Mac Walters, 94, American civil servant and lawyer, Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
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- Viktor Blažič, 85, Slovene journalist and dissident.
- Hubert Bourdy, 57, French equestrian, Olympic bronze medalist.
- Salwa Bughaighis, 51, Libyan human rights activist, revolutionary and lawyer, member of the National Transitional Council, shot.
- Nigel Calder, 82, British science writer and television screenwriter, recipient of the Kalinga Prize.
- Hirut Desta, 84, Ethiopian royal.
- Johnny Fantham, 75, English footballer.
- Derek Fielding, 84, Australian librarian and author.
- Ragnhild Hilt, 68, Norwegian actress.
- Sir Harry Hookway, 92, British civil servant, Chief Executive of the British Library.
- Etta Hulme, 90, American editorial cartoonist.
- Arvid Jacobsen, 75, Norwegian newspaper editor.
- Ana María Matute, 88, Spanish writer, winner of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, heart attack.
- James Rogers Miller, Jr., 83, American judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Maryland, heart failure.
- A. C. Murali Mohan, 54, Indian actor, suicide by hanging.
- Walter B. Parker, 87, American civil servant and policy advisor, investigated the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
- Paul Patterson, 70, American neuroscientist and autism researcher, discovered further role of LIF in brain functioning.
- Ivan Plyushch, 72, Ukrainian politician, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, cancer.
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- Lidia Alexeyeva, 89, Russian basketball player and Hall of Fame coach, Olympic champion team.
- Howard Baker, 88, American politician and diplomat, Senator from Tennessee, Senate Majority Leader, White House Chief of Staff, complications from a stroke.
- Terry Blair, 67, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
- Barry Cole, 77, British poet.
- Bernard Etkin, 96, Canadian scientist.
- Bill Frank, 76, American Hall of Fame CFL football player.
- Ron Hall, 68, Australian NTFA football player, heart attack.
- Nina Hoekman, 49, Ukrainian-born Dutch draughts player and coach, breast cancer.
- Rollin King, 83, American airline executive, co-founder of Southwest Airlines, complications from a stroke.
- Wolf Koenig, 86, German-born Canadian filmmaker.
- Bob Mischak, 81, American football player.
- Mary Rodgers, 83, American composer and children's author, heart ailment.
- Julius Rudel, 93, Austrian-born American Grammy Award-winning conductor and director.
- Vins, 70, Indian cartoonist.
- Moacyr José Vitti, 73, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Curitiba, heart attack.
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- José Emilio Amores, 95, Mexican cultural promoter and teacher.
- Gilbert Ashwell, 97, American biochemist and medical researcher, pneumonia.
- Edmond Blanchard, 60, Canadian politician and judge, New Brunswick MLA for Campbellton, Chief Justice of the CMAC.
- Fred Brown, 70, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives.
- Jim Bullions, 90, Scottish footballer.
- P. N. Furbank, 94, British writer and literary critic.
- Miguel Ángel García Domínguez, 82, Mexican politician, MP.
- Allen Grossman, 82, American poet, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
- Flor Hayes, 70, Irish Gaelic footballer.
- Tymon Mabaleka, 65, Zimbabwean footballer.
- Amaro Macedo, 100, Brazilian botanist and plant collector.
- Leslie Manigat, 83, Haitian politician, President, complications from a stroke.
- Bernard Ferdinand Popp, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio.
- Petter Schramm, 58, Norwegian poet.
- Rachid Solh, 88, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister, MP for Beirut.
- Rex Whitehead, 65, Australian cricket umpire, complications from a stroke.
- Bobby Womack, 70, American Hall of Fame R&B singer and songwriter.
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- Seymour Barab, 93, American composer and cellist.
- Guido Boni, 80, Italian cyclist.
- Jim Brosnan, 84, American baseball player.
- Joe Dooley, Irish hurler.
- Lois Geary, 84, American actress.
- Hedley Kett, 100, British World War II submariner.
- Visitacao Lobo, 68, Indian footballer.
- George Morrison, 86, American drama teacher.
- Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría, 96, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Maturín.
- Jeffrey Ressner, 56, American entertainment journalist, heart failure.
- Brian Roe, 75, British cricketer.
- Hussein Shire, 85, Ugandan-born Somali transportation and agricultural executive.
- Meshach Taylor, 67, American actor, colorectal cancer.
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- Maher Abd al-Rashid, 72, Iraqi army general.
- Sixto Batista Santana, 82, Cuban military officer and politician.
- Damian D'Oliveira, 53, South African-born English cricketer, cancer.
- Dermot Healy, 66, Irish poet, novelist and playwright.
- Paul Horn, 84, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and new age musician.
- Abul Hussain, 91, Bangladeshi poet.
- Don Matheson, 84, American actor, lung cancer.
- Sir Cameron Moffat, 84, British Army officer and doctor, Director General Army Medical Services, Surgeon-General.
- Robin Neill, 82, Canadian economic historian.
- Walter Roberts, 97, Austrian-born American writer, lecturer, and government official.
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- Pierre Bec, 92, French Occitan language poet and linguist.
- Danny Canning, 88, Welsh footballer.
- Frank Cashen, 88, American baseball executive, complications from heart failure.
- Anton Cassar, 90, Maltese journalist, founder and first editor of L-Orizzont.
- Bobby Castillo, 59, American baseball player, cancer.
- Álvaro Corcuera, 56, Mexican Roman Catholic priest, Director of the Legion of Christ, brain tumor.
- Alejandra Da Passano, 66, Argentine actress.
- Gustavo Dávila, 28, Colombian footballer, drowning.
- Christian Führer, 71, German Protestant pastor and political activist, an organiser of the Monday demonstrations in East Germany, respiratory failure.
- Bob Hastings, 89, American actor, prostate cancer.
- Richard Jencks, 93, American broadcasting executive, president of CBS Broadcast Group.
- Kenny Kingston, 87, American psychic and variety show personality, cardiovascular disease.
- Gianni Lancia, 89, Italian industrialist.
- Humberto Loayza, 88, Chilean Olympic boxer.
- Piers Mackesy, 89, British historian.
- Petero Mataca, 81, Fijian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Suva.
- Matt's Scooter, 29, American Standardbred racehorse, euthanized.
- Paul Mazursky, 84, American film director and screenwriter, pulmonary cardiac arrest.
- Ed Messbarger, 82, American basketball coach.
- Peter Pragas, 87, Malaysian composer.
- Jean-Pierre Renouard, 91, French writer, member of the Resistance.
- Frank M. Robinson, 87, American science fiction writer and speechwriter.
- Maria Luisa Spaziani, 91, Italian poet.
- Željko Šturanović, 54, Montenegrin politician, Prime Minister, lung cancer.
- Hasan Tawfiq, 70, Egyptian poet and journalist.
- Wei Shoukun, 106, Chinese metallurgist and physical chemist, Vice President of the University of Science and Technology Beijing.