Deaths in May 2017

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship, what subject was noted for, cause of death, and reference.

  May 2017

1

• Anatoly Aleksin, 92, Russian writer and poet.
• Richard Basciano, 91, American property developer.
• Katy Bødtger, 84, Danish singer, natural causes.
• Raul Costa Seibeb, 25, Namibian racing cyclist, winner of the National Road Race Championship, traffic collision.
• Yisrael Friedman, 93, Israeli rabbi and educator.
• Pierre Gaspard-Huit, 99, French film director and screenwriter.
• Roy Gater, 76, English footballer, Alzheimer's disease.
• Eugene Gendlin, 90, Austrian-born American philosopher.
• Bruce Hampton, 70, American musician and actor.
• Erkki Kurenniemi, 75, Finnish musician.
• Alice Langtry, 84, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
• Yuri Lobanov, 64, Tajik sprint canoeist, Olympic champion.
• Mike Lowry, 78, American politician, Governor of Washington and U.S. Representative from Washington's 7th congressional district, complications from a stroke.
• Sam Mele, 95, American baseball player and manager, natural causes.
• Janet Pilgrim, 82, American model.
• Karel Schoeman, 77, South African novelist, apparent suicide by dehydration.
• Sterling Seagrave, 80, American investigative journalist and author.
• Eduard Sekler, 96, Austrian architect and architectural historian.
• Betty Shannon, 95, American mathematician.
• Mohamed Talbi, 95, Tunisian historian.
• Stanley Weston, 84, American licensing agent and inventor of the action figure, creator of G.I. Joe and ThunderCats, complications from surgery.

  2

• John Bahen, 73, Australian footballer.
• Vincent Baggetta, 72, American actor.
• Harold Bedoya Pizarro, 78, Colombian military officer and politician, commander of the National Army, lymphoma.
• Michael Bore, 69, English cricketer.
• Abelardo Castillo, 82, Argentine writer.
• Cammy Duncan, 51, Scottish footballer, cancer.
• Michael Gurr, 55, Australian playwright.
• Hugo Judd, 77, Canadian-born New Zealand diplomat.
• Heinz Kessler, 97, German politician and military officer, East German Minister of National Defence.
• Toby Kimball, 74, American basketball player, inflammatory lung disease.
• Diane Lewis, 65, American architect, author and academic.
• Paul MacEwan, 74, Canadian politician.
• Gerry Martiniuk, 79, Canadian politician, MPP of Ontario from Cambridge, cancer.
• Anne Morrissy Merick, 83, American war correspondent and journalist, complications from dementia.
• Angelo Musitano, 39, Canadian mobster
• George Hugh Niederauer, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of San Francisco, lung cancer.
• A. R. Penck, 77, German artist, complications from a stroke.
• Eduardo Portella, 84, Brazilian essayist, author and politician, Minister of Education.
• Norma Procter, 89, English opera singer.
• T. Gary Rogers, 74, American entrepreneur.
• Leo K. Thorsness, 85, American air force officer and Medal of Honor recipient, member of the Washington Senate, leukemia.
• Romeo Vasquez, 78, Filipino actor, stroke.
• Moray Watson, 88, British actor.
• Barry Wood, 74, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Durban.
• Grigori Zhislin, 71, Russian violinist.

  3

• Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 90, Saudi prince, Governor of Mecca, Minister of Defense.
• Lukas Ammann, 104, Swiss actor, complications from surgery.
• John Bjørnebye, 76, Norwegian diplomat, ambassador to Japan and Belgium.
• Alma W. Byrd, 92, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.
• Godfrey Chidyausiku, 70, Zimbabwean judge and politician, complications from cancer.
• Georgie Collins, 91, Canadian actress and stage director.
• Attila Császár, 58, Hungarian sprint canoer, world championship bronze medalist.
• Paul Hanneman, 80, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives.
• Charles Hoffer, 87, American music educator and author.
• Casey Jones, 77, American blues drummer, cancer.
• Daliah Lavi, 74, Israeli actress, singer and model.
• Pat Marsh, 83, British ice hockey administrator.
• Giampaolo Medda, 89, Italian Olympic hockey player
• Papillon, 26, Irish racehorse, winner of the 2000 Grand National.
• Eva Pfarrhofer, 88, Austrian Olympic diver
• Doug Rollerson, 63, New Zealand rugby player, cancer.
• Bengt Rosén, 81, Swedish politician, MP.
• Saxa, 87, Jamaican-born British saxophonist.
• Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji, 31, Somali politician, shot.
• Irene Smart, 96, American politician and judge.
• Yumeji Tsukioka, 94, Japanese actress, pnuemonia.

  4

• Joseph Barnes, 102, Irish physician.
• William Baumol, 95, American economist.
• Bart Carlier, 87, Dutch footballer.
• Jay Carty, 75, American basketball player and evangelist, cancer.
• Milena Čelesnik, 83, Slovenian Olympic athlete
• Richard Dalby, 68, British ghost story editor, scholar and bookseller, diabetic ketoacidosis.
• William A. Davis Jr., 89, American engineer.
• François Gagnon, 95, Canadian politician.
• C. Jackson Grayson, 93, American businessman and writer.
• Glenna Sue Kidd, 83, American baseball player.
• Victor Lanoux, 80, French actor, complications from a stroke.
• D.G.H. Latzko, 93, Dutch mechanical engineer.
• Stephen McKenna, 78, British artist.
• Timo Mäkinen, 79, Finnish racing driver.
• Satsorupavathy Nathan, 80, Sri Lankan radio personality.
• Ruwen Ogien, 67, French philosopher.
• Richard Pennington, 69, American police officer, Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department.
• Rosie Scott, 69, New Zealand author, brain tumour.
• Edwin Sherin, 87, American director and producer.
• Beryl Te Wiata, 92, New Zealand actress.
• R. Lee Wrights, 58, American politician, activist and political consultant, Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee.

  5

• Clive Brooks, 67, British drummer.
• Buhe, 91, Chinese politician, Chairman of Inner Mongolia.
• Binyamin Elon, 62, Israeli politician and rabbi, Minister of Tourism and member of Knesset, complications from throat cancer.
• Corinne Erhel, 50, French politician, member of the National Assembly, heart attack.
• Amancio Escapa Aparicio, 79, Spanish-born Dominican Republic Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo.
• Almir Guineto, 70, Brazilian sambista, kidney disease and diabetes.
• Adolph Kiefer, 98, American swimmer, Olympic champion.
• Bernard Mitton, 62, South African tennis player.
• Quinn O'Hara, 76, Scottish-born American actress.
• Leila Seth, 86, Indian judge, Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, cardio-respiratory arrest.
• Rekha Sindhu, 22, Indian actress, traffic collision.
• Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, 64, Mauritanian politician, President, heart attack.
• Michael Wearing, 78, British television producer.
• Michael Zwack, 67, American painter and sculptor, lung cancer.

  6

• Youssef Anis Abi-Aad, 77, Syrian Maronite hierarch, Archbishop of Aleppo.
• Richard Howard Battey, 87, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.
• John Bennison, 92, Australian businessman.
• Tony Conwell, 85, English footballer.
• Jesús Galdeano, 85, Spanish racing cyclist.
• Tommy Henaughan, 86, American-born Scottish footballer.
• Steven Holcomb, 37, American bobsledder, Olympic champion, pulmonary edema.
• Val Jellay, 89, Australian actress, pneumonia.
• Rais Khan, 77, Pakistani sitarist.
• Peter Kivy, 82, American musicologist, cancer.
• Grzegorz Kosma, 60, Polish handball player.
• Mihir Kumar Nandi, 71, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer, cancer.
• Peter Noble, 72, English footballer.
• Peng Shaoyi, 99, Chinese physical chemist.
• Manuel Rodriguez Sr., 105, Filipino printmaker.
• John Schultz, 84, American writer.
• Marshall Julum Shakya, 76, Nepalese politician, complications from pneumonia, heart failure and septic shock.
• Min Bahadur Sherchan, 85, Nepalese mountaineer, suspected heart attack.
• Vasily Tarasyuk, 68, Russian politician, drowned.
• Henry Tempest, 93, English landowner, kidney failure.
• Jack Tilton, 66, American art dealer, cancer.
• Yves Velan, 91, French-born Swiss writer.

  7

• Yoshimitsu Banno, 86, Japanese director, cameraman and writer, subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Auguste Batina, 81, Congolese politician.
• Levon Panos Dabağyan, 83, Turkish writer and historian.
• Eivind Eckbo, 89, Norwegian politician, leader of Anders Lange's Party.
• Louise Emanuel, 63, South African-born British child psychotherapist.
• Peter T. Flawn, 91, American geologist and educator, President of University of Texas at Austin.
• Gran Apache, 58, Mexican professional wrestler, intestinal cancer.
• Mahendra Gupte, 86, Indian cricket umpire.
• Eduard Gutiérrez, 21, Colombian footballer, traffic collision.
• Elon Lages Lima, 87, Brazilian mathematician.
• Beppo Mauhart, 83, Austrian executive.
• Bob Mimm, 92, American racewalker, prostate cancer.
• Rod Monroe, 40, American football player, heart attack.
• Chuck Orsborn, 99, American college basketball coach and athletic administrator.
• Gholamreza Pahlavi, 93, Iranian prince.
• Dave Pell, 92, American jazz saxophonist.
• John Stroppa, 91, Canadian football player.
• Richard Summers, 95, British RAF air observer during the Battle of Britain.
• Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, 85, British historian and life peer.
• Hubertus Antonius van der Aa, 81, Dutch mycologist.
• Svend Wam, 71, Norwegian director.
• Lee Weissenborn, 88, American politician.
• Thomas A. White, 85, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio.
• Wu Wenjun, 97, Chinese mathematician and academician.

  8

• Faqir Aizazuddin, 81, Pakistani cricketer.
• Cécile DeWitt-Morette, 94, French mathematician and physicist.
• Dennis H. Farber, 71, American painter and photographer, complications from lung cancer and diabetes.
• George Irvine, 69, American basketball player and coach, cancer.
• Stefania Jabłońska, 96, Polish cancer researcher.
• Curt Lowens, 91, German-born American actor and Holocaust survivor, fall.
• Allan H. Meltzer, 89, American economist.
• J. David Molson, 88, Canadian business executive, president of the Montreal Canadiens.
• Lou Richards, 94, Australian footballer.
• Ulugbek Ruzimov, 48, Uzbekistani footballer, cirrhosis.
• Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, 90, British microbiologist and life peer, Member of the House of Lords.
• Nicolas Stacey, 89, English clergyman.
• Judith Stein, 77, American historian, lung cancer.
• James S. Sutterlin, 95, American diplomat.
• Juan Carlos Tedesco, 73, Argentine politician, Minister of Education.
• Mary Tsoni, 29, Greek actress and singer, suicide.
• Peter Vogel, 80, German artist.
• Clarence Williams, 70, American football player.

  9

• Hussein Ali Abdulle, 71, Somali football player and manager.
• Ron Atkey, 75, Canadian lawyer and politician, MP and Minister of Employment and Immigration.
• Armando Baptista-Bastos, 83, Portuguese author and journalist.
• Brian James Barnes, 84, Australian-born Papuan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Aitape and Archbishop of Port Moresby.
• Christopher Boykin, 45, American entertainer and musician, heart failure.
• Sal Cuevas, 62, American bassist.
• John Kivela, 47, American businessman and politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives, suicide by hanging.
• Zoran Madžirov, 49, Macedonian percussionist, traffic collision.
• Mathieu Maes, 73, Belgian cyclist.
• Jean Mailland, 80, French film director and author.
• Robert Miles, 47, Swiss-born Italian electronic dance musician and record producer, cancer.
• Arthur Moulin, 92, French politician, member of the National Assembly and Senate.
• Michael Parks, 77, American actor.
• Qian Qichen, 89, Chinese diplomat, Foreign Minister and Vice Premier.
• Wilburn K. Ross, 94, American WWII veteran, Medal of Honor recipient.
• John Valder, 85, Australian journalist and politician, kidney disease.
• Edward Lunn Young, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 6th congressional district.

  10

• Fozia Anjum, 77, Pakistani radio broadcaster and poet.
• Silvano Basagni, 78, Italian sport shooter, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Geoffrey Bayldon, 93, English actor.
• Emmanuèle Bernheim, 61, French author and screenwriter.
• Joy Byers, 82, American songwriter.
• Eloise E. Clark, American biologist, President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• Bill Ebery, 91, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
• Greg Forristall, 67, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives, cancer.
• Colette Guillaumin, 83, French feminist.
• Safet Halilović, 66, Bosnian politician, President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Ted Hibberd, 91, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic gold medalist.
• Douglas Netter, 95, American television producer.
• Rex Sanders, 94, British Royal Air Force officer.
• Gordon Simpson, 87, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
• Gaisi Takeuti, 91, Japanese mathematician.
• Nelson Xavier, 75, Brazilian actor, lung disease.

  11

• Alexander Bodunov, 65, Russian ice hockey player, world champion.
• William David Brohn, 84, American music arranger and orchestrator, Tony winner.
• Seaborn Buckalew Jr., 96, American jurist and politician, delegate to the Alaska constitutional convention, member of the Alaska House and Senate.
• Gabriel Chiramel, 102, Indian Roman Catholic priest, educationist, zoologist and author.
• Mark Colvin, 65, British-born Australian journalist and radio presenter, lung cancer.
• Clelio Darida, 90, Italian politician, Mayor of Rome and Minister of Justice.
• John F. Donahue, 92, American businessman.
• İbrahim Erkal, 50, Turkish singer-songwriter, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Nigel Forman, 74, British politician, MP for Carshalton and Wallington.
• Roland Gräf, 82, German cinematographer, film director and screenwriter.
• Elisabet Hermodsson, 89, Swedish artist and poet.
• Caroline Hussey, 75, Irish microbiologist.
• Yale Lary, 86, American football player, businessman and politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives.
• Charles A. McClenahan, 76, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates.
• Simpson Mutambanengwe, 87, Zimbabwean-Namibian judge, renal failure.
• Roger Sale, 84, American literary critic.
• Galina Shergova, 93, Russian writer.
• David Thomas, 74, Welsh Anglican prelate, Provincial Assistant Bishop of the Church in Wales.

  12

• Louis Boyer, 95, French politician, member of the Senate for Loiret and mayor of Gien.
• Antonio Candido, 98, Brazilian literary critic and sociologist.
• Alain Colmerauer, 76, French computer scientist.
• Bill Dowdy, 84, American jazz drummer.
• Brendan Duddy, 80, Northern Irish property developer, political activist, and peace negotiator.
• Michael Jackson, 48, American football player and politician, mayor of Tangipahoa, Louisiana, traffic collision.
• Sally Jacobsen, 70, American journalist, first female international editor of the Associated Press, cancer.
• Mauno Koivisto, 93, Finnish politician, President and Prime Minister, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Henri Termeer, 71, Dutch-born American biotechnology executive.
• George A. Thompson, 97, American geologist.
• Simon Vega, 81, American curator.
• Yu So-chow, 86, Chinese actress, pneumonia.
• Oleksandr Zadorozhnii, 57, Ukrainian lawyer, politician and scientist, member of Verkhovna Rada.
• Amotz Zahavi, 89, Israeli evolutionary biologist.

  13

• Oliviero Beha, 68, Italian journalist.
• Ron Bontemps, 90, American basketball player, Olympic gold medalist.
• Jimmy Copley, 63, English drummer, leukaemia.
• John Cygan, 63, American actor and comedian, cancer.
• Yanko Daucik, 76, Czech footballer.
• Janet Lewis-Jones, 67, British executive.
• Nancy Oestreich Lurie, 93, American anthropologist.
• Vera Martelli, 86, Italian sprinter
• Rachid Natouri, 71, Algerian footballer.
• Thomas H. Paterniti, 88, American politician, New Jersey Assemblyman and Senator.
• Marcel Pelletier, 89, Canadian ice hockey player and scout.
• Manuel Pradal, 53, French film director and screenwriter.
• Len Rohde, 79, American football player.
• Eberhard Spiecker, 85, German clergyman.
• Nicholas Tarling, 86, British-born New Zealand historian, academic and author.

  14

• Dilbagh Singh Athwal, 89, Indian geneticist and agriculturist.
• Edmund Bagwell, 50, British cartoonist, pancreatic cancer.
• Powers Boothe, 68, American actor, Emmy winner, heart attack due to pancreatic cancer.
• Frank Brian, 94, American basketball player.
• Bill Cox, 88, American football player.
• Thomas Vose Daily, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Brooklyn.
• Abdullah Nimar Darwish, 69, Israeli political activist and religious leader, founder of Islamic Movement in Israel.
• Chuck Davis, 80, American dancer and choreographer.
• Alain Defossé, 60, French novelist and translator.
• Jean Fritz, 101, American children's writer.
• Brad Grey, 59, American producer, chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, cancer.
• Bruce Hill, 67, American racing driver, esophageal cancer.
• Tom McClung, 60, American jazz pianist and composer, cancer.
• Steve Palermo, 67, American baseball umpire and supervisor, lung cancer.
• Silvan S. Schweber, 89, French-born American physicist and science historian.
• Peter W. Smith, 81, American investment banker and political operative.

  15

• Karl-Otto Apel, 95, German philosopher.
• Herbert R. Axelrod, 89, American ichthyologist and musical instrument collector.
• Graeme Barrow, 80, Australian author.
• Chu Ke-liang, 70, Taiwanese actor and comedian, liver failure.
• Felipe Ehrenberg, 73, Mexican artist, professor and publisher.
• Karlene Faith, 79, Canadian criminologist, aortic aneurysm.
• François Fortassin, 77, French politician, Senator.
• Nasser Givehchi, 85, Iranian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist.
• Koryne Kaneski Horbal, 80, American feminist and political activist, heart failure.
• Stan Kaluznick, 85, Canadian football player.
• Thomas James Kinsman, 72, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Takeshi Kusaka, 86, Japanese actor.
• Bob Kuzava, 93, American baseball player.
• Al Lawrence, 86, Australian long distance runner, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Ulrich Libbrecht, 88, Belgian philosopher.
• Subramanyan Ramaswamy, 77, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Puducherry.
• Neil Rolde, 85, American historian and politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives.
• David Saul, 77, Bermudian politician, Premier of Bermuda.
• Javier Valdez Cárdenas, 50, Mexican reporter, shot.
• Oleg Vidov, 73, Russian-American actor, complications from cancer.

  16

• Roy Ackerman, 75, English restaurateur.
• Bernard Bosson, 69, French politician, Minister of Transport, Tourism and Public Works.
• Alain Casabona, 66, French author.
• Ronnie Cocks, 73, Maltese footballer.
• Julian Abele Cook Jr., 86, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
• Eleanor Kieliszek, 91, American politician, Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey.
• Anne Kimbell, 84, American actress.
• Walter Kollmann, 84, Austrian footballer.
• Oleksiy Kruhliak, 41, Ukrainian Olympic fencer.
• Megan Lowe, 101, English cricketer.
• Gunnar Möller, 88, German actor.
• Outi Ojala, 70, Finnish politician, MEP, member of the Parliament of Finland, President of the Nordic Council.
• Glenn L. Pace, 77, American religious leader, general authority of the LDS Church.
• Doug Somers, 65, American professional wrestler.
• Rosa Speer, 94, American gospel singer.
• Emilio Lorenzo Stehle, 90, German-born Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados.
• James Zavitz, 94, Canadian Olympic sports shooter.

  17

• Aristeidis Alafouzos, 93, Greek shipping and media mogul.
• Michael Bliss, 76, Canadian historian and biographer.
• Roxcy Bolton, 90, American civil rights activist and feminist, founder of Women in Distress.
• Faruq Ahmed Choudhury, 84, Bangladeshi diplomat, Foreign Secretary, High Commissioner to India.
• Raúl Córdoba, 93, Mexican footballer.
• Liebe Sokol Diamond, 86, American pediatric orthopedic surgeon, lymphoma.
• Eustace Gibbs, 3rd Baron Wraxall, 87, British diplomat and aristocrat.
• Viktor Gorbatko, 82, Russian cosmonaut.
• Firuz Kazemzadeh, 92, Russian-born American historian.
• Rhodri Morgan, 77, British politician, MP for Cardiff West, Leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister.
• Tor Morisse, 69, Norwegian children's author and cartoonist.
• Moji Olaiya, 42, Nigerian actress, cardiac arrest.
• David A Ramey, 78, American artist.
• Gerhard Schreiber, 76, German military historian.
• Alan Swinbank, 72, British racehorse trainer.
• Unusual Heat, 27, American racehorse, euthanized.
• Todor Veselinović, 86, Serbian football player and manager, Olympic silver medalist.

  18

• Roger Ailes, 77, American television executive, Chairman and CEO of Fox News, subdural hematoma.
• Vadim Chernobrov, 51, Russian paranormal investigator.
• Chris Cornell, 52, American musician and songwriter, suicide by hanging.
• Dai Zijin, 101, Chinese WWII aviator.
• Anil Madhav Dave, 60, Indian politician, MP, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, cardiac arrest.
• Volodymyr Dudarenko, 71, Ukrainian football player and manager.
• Dame Di Ellis, 79, British rower.
• Jacque Fresco, 101, American futurist.
• Reema Lagoo, 58, Indian actress, heart attack.
• José Mercado Luna, 88, Mexican Olympic footballer.
• Jim McElreath, 89, American race car driver.
• Tatsuya Nōmi, 47, Japanese actor.
• Olev Olesk, 96, Estonian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile.
• Frankie Paul, 51, Jamaican singer, kidney failure.
• Daniele Piombi, 83, Italian television and radio presenter.
• Erwin Potts, 85, American businessman.
• Tor Fredrik Rasmussen, 91, Norwegian geographer.
• Eric Stevenson, 74, Scottish footballer, cancer.
• John Thompson, 88, British journalist and radio director.

  19

• Alex. E.K. Ashiabor, 86, Ghanaian economist, Governor of the Bank of Ghana.
• Donald Avenson, 72, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives.
• André Bach, 73, French general and historian.
• Chana Bloch, 77, American poet, cancer.
• Peter Bonsall-Boone, 78, Australian LGBT rights activist, cancer.
• Rich Buckler, 68, American comic book artist, cancer.
• Judy Burton, 69, American educationalist.
• David Bystroň, 34, Czech footballer, suicide by hanging.
• John Cavell, 100, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Southampton.
• Ben Cherski, 87, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Grady C. Cothen, 96, American religious leader and academic administrator, President of Oklahoma Baptist University.
• Corbett Cresswell, 84, English footballer.
• Hubertus Ernst, 100, Dutch Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Breda.
• Jan Fontein, 89, Dutch art historian.
• Stanley Greene, 68, American photojournalist, cancer.
• Roger Haudegand, 85, French basketball player.
• Kid Vinil, 62, Brazilian singer and record producer.
• Herbert L. Meschke, 89, American politician and judge, Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives and Senate.
• Ed Mierkowicz, 93, American baseball player.
• Nawshirwan Mustafa, 72, Iraqi Kurdish politician, general coordinator of the Movement for Change, lung cancer.
• Stanislav Petrov, 77, Russian Lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defense Forces, hypostatic pneumonia.
• Tommy Ross, 71, Scottish footballer.
• David Sánchez, 25, Mexican flyweight boxer, traffic collision.
• Reidar Torp, 94, Norwegian military officer.
• Mário Viegas Carrascalão, 80, East Timorese politician, Governor of East Timor during the Indonesian occupation.
• Wayne Walker, 80, American football player, sports broadcaster and director, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Steve Waterbury, 65, American baseball player.

  20

• Recep Adanır, 88, Turkish footballer.
• Albert Bouvet, 87, French racing cyclist.
• Joy Corning, 84, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, liver illness.
• Jimmy Dale, 81, British-born Canadian musician.
• Emile Degelin, 90, Belgian film director.
• Paul Falk, 95, German figure skater, Olympic Champion 1952.
• Victor Găureanu, 49, Romanian fencer, world championship bronze medalist.
• Claude Hipps, 90, American football player.
• Syed Abdullah Khalid, 75, Bangladeshi sculptor, complications from COPD.
• Abdul Rahim Khan Mandokhel, 84, Pakistani politician.
• Noel Kinsey, 91, Welsh footballer.
• Jayne Millington, 55, British RAF officer.
• Miguel Mykycej, 82, Ukrainian-born Argentine Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires.
• William Clifford Newman, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore.
• Michael Rank, 67, English journalist and translator.
• Jean E. Sammet, 89, American computer scientist.
• Natalia Shakhovskaya, 81, Russian cellist.
• Lisa Spoonauer, 44, American actress, accidental hydromorphone overdose.
• Roger Tassé, 85, Canadian civil servant, architect of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
• Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov, 65, Russian politician, President of the Udmurt Republic.
• James Weatherhead, 86, Scottish minister, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

  21

• Kenny Cordray, 62, American guitarist and songwriter, shot.
• Andrew Dallmeyer, 72, Scottish playwright and actor.
• Sir Paul Judge, 68, British businessman and political executive.
• Shulamit Kishik-Cohen, 100, Argentine-born Israeli spy.
• Leo Kristi, 67, Indonesian singer, kidney failure.
• Jimmy LaFave, 61, American folk singer, songwriter and guitarist, cancer.
• Sir Peter Marychurch, 89, British intelligence officer, Director of GCHQ.
• Tulsa Pittaway, 42, South African musician, traffic collision.
• Philippa Roles, 39, Welsh discus thrower.
• Wayne Simoneau, 82, American politician.
• Lars-Erik Skiöld, 65, Swedish wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Bill White, 77, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Larry Wright, 77, American cartoonist.

  22

• Graham Ayliffe, 91, English medical microbiologist.
• Barry Azzopardi, 70, British chemical engineer, cancer.
• William Carney, 74, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district, prostate cancer.
• Chan Yuk-shee, 72–73, Hong Kong economist and academic administrator, President of Lingnan University.
• Barbara Smith Conrad, 79, American opera singer.
• Manuel de Seabra, 85, Portuguese writer.
• Devil His Due, 28, American racehorse, euthanized.
• Oscar Fulloné, 78, Argentine football player and coach.
• John Gerard-Pearse, 93, British rear admiral.
• Gérard Girouard, 84, Canadian politician, lawyer and professor of law.
• Nicky Hayden, 35, American motorcycle racer, world champion, injuries from traffic collision.
• Denys Johnson-Davies, 94, English translator.
• Viktor Kupreichik, 67, Belarusian chess grandmaster.
• Helen Kwalwasser, 89, American violin soloist and teacher.
• Giovanni Lombardi, 90, Swiss civil engineer.
• Dina Merrill, 93, American actress, heiress and socialite, dementia.
• Leonhard Nagenrauft, 79, German luger, European champion.
• Vladimir Pereturin, 78, Russian football player and TV commentator.
• Mickey Roker, 84, American jazz drummer, lung cancer.
• Zbigniew Wodecki, 67, Polish singer, composer and musician.

  23

• Olivier de Berranger, 78, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint-Denis.
• Roger Boesche, 69, American political theorist.
• Charles Kofi Bucknor, 64, Ghanaian actor.
• Alexander Burdonsky, 75, Russian theatre director, cancer.
• Chandraswami, 66, Indian religious advisor, stroke.
• Stefano Farina, 54, Italian football referee.
• Ben Finney, 83, American anthropologist.
• Ernst Gebendinger, 91, Swiss gymnast, Olympic silver medalist.
• Denise Guénard, 83, French athlete.
• Cortez Kennedy, 48, American Hall of Fame football player.
• Peter Lawler, 65, American political scientist.
• Sir Roger Moore, 89, English actor, cancer.
• Viorel Morariu, 85, Romanian rugby union player, Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service recipient.
• Jerry Perenchio, 86, American businessman and producer, lung cancer.
• Robert Thalmann, 68, Swiss bicycle racer, heart attack.
• Patrick van Rensburg, 85, South African educationalist and anti-apartheid activist.
• Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram, 101, British Army officer.
• Kaoru Yosano, 78, Japanese politician, Chief Cabinet Secretary.

  24

• Ezekiel Anisi, 28, Papua New Guinean politician, MP for Ambunti-Dreikikir.
• Giovanni Bignami, 73, Italian astrophysicist, heart attack.
• Ann Birstein, 89, American writer.
• David Bobin, 71, British sports broadcaster.
• George Chesworth, 86, British Royal Air Force officer and Lord Lieutenant of Moray.
• Tom Gilbey, 79, British fashion designer, cancer.
• Claudia Hellmann, 93, German opera singer.
• William Duborgh Jensen, 82, Norwegian fashion designer.
• Denis Johnson, 67, American author, liver cancer.
• Bata Kameni, 75, Serbian actor and stunt performer.
• Paul Keetch, 56, British politician, MP for Hereford.
• Juliana Young Koo, 111, Chinese-born American diplomat.
• Jared Martin, 75, American actor, pancreatic cancer.
• Grace McCarthy, 89, Canadian politician, MLA for Vancouver-Little Mountain, brain tumor.
• Gil Portes, 71, Filipino film director.
• Sonny Randle, 81, American football player.
• Isabelle Rapin, 89, Swiss-born American neurologist, pneumonia.
• Ross Rhoads, 84, American pastor.
• Pierre Seron, 75, Belgian comic book artist.
• Sonny West, 78, American actor and stuntman, lung cancer.
• Beranton Whisenant, 37, American federal prosecutor.

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• Mohammed Bawa, 67, Nigerian military officer and politician, administrator of Ekiti State and Gombe State, complications from surgery.
• Jean-Paul Chifflet, 67, French banker, Director General of Crédit Agricole, fall from tractor.
• Marie Cosindas, 93, American photographer.
• Gina Fratini, 85, British fashion designer.
• Alexandros Goulandris, 90, Greek shipowner.
• Siri Gunasinghe, 92, Sri Lankan author and filmmaker.
• Robert E. Haebel, 89, American Marines major general.
• Earl Hagaman, 91, American-born New Zealand hotel magnate.
• Sir Alistair Horne, 91, British historian, journalist and spy.
• Eliezer Jaffe, 83, American-born Israeli sociologist.
• Eva Estrada Kalaw, 96, Filipino politician, Senator and Assemblywoman from Manila.
• Frédérick Leboyer, 98, French obstetrician and author.
• Miguel Méndez, 74, American legal scholar.
• Sister Joel Read, 91, American nun and academic administrator, president of Alverno College.
• Saucy Sylvia, 96, Canadian-born American comedian and singer.
• Ali Tanrıyar, 103, Turkish politician, Minister of the Interior and sports executive, President of Galatasary S.K..
• Emili Vicente, 52, Spanish football player and coach, traffic collision.
• Daniel Waley, 96, British historian.

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• Toni Bertorelli, 69, Italian actor.
• Sabzar Bhat, Indian militant commander, shot.
• Laura Biagiotti, 73, Italian fashion designer, heart attack.
• Zbigniew Brzezinski, 89, Polish-born American diplomat and political scientist, National Security Advisor.
• Jim Bunning, 85, American Hall of Fame baseball player and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senator, complications from a stroke.
• Robert Curtis, 27, American basketball player, shot.
• Kanwar Pal Singh Gill, 82, Indian police officer, Director general of police for Punjab.
• Clytie Jessop, 87, Australian artist, actress and film director.
• Manuel Mora y Araujo, 79, Argentine sociologist and political analyst.
• Derek Neilson, 58, Scottish footballer.
• Robert J. Parins, 98, American judge and sports executive, President of the Green Bay Packers.
• N. Periasamy, 78, Indian politician.
• Philip Szanto, 81, American pathologist.
• Zhao Liping, 65, Chinese politician, police chief and convicted murderer, executed.

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• Gregg Allman, 69, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter and musician, liver cancer.
• Kiran Ashar, 69, Indian cricketer.
• Thomas Bridges, 2nd Baron Bridges, 89, British diplomat, Ambassador to Italy
• Fishel Hershkowitz, 94, Ukrainian-born American Hasidic rabbi.
• Hyun Hong-choo, 76, South Korean diplomat, Ambassador to the United States.
• Robert McCarley, 79, American psychiatrist and dream researcher.
• Ludwig Preis, 45, German football coach.
• Don Robinson, 84, English rugby league player, world champion.

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• Ken Ackerman, 95, American radio announcer.
• Chris Brand, 74, British psychologist, hospital-acquired infection.
• Eric Broadley, 88, British race car builder and founder of Lola Cars.
• Elisabeth Chojnacka, 77, Polish harpsichordist.
• Frank Deford, 78, American sportswriter, novelist and radio broadcaster.
• Maury Dexter, 89, American director and producer.
• Ervin E. Dupper, 94, American politician, Member of the South Dakota Senate.
• Marcus Intalex, 45, British disc jockey and record producer.
• Lawrence Jenkins, 93, American World War II veteran and memoirist.
• David E. Kuhl, 87, American scientist.
• Werner Malitz, 90, German Olympic cyclist.
• Hugh McCabe, 62, Northern Irish Gaelic football manager and player.
• Benjamin Melendez, 65, American gang leader, complications from kidney disease.
• Pat Mullins, 79, American politician, traffic collision.
• Naison Ndlovu, 86, Zimbabwean politician, mayor of Bulawayo and Deputy Senate President, prostate cancer.
• John Noakes, 83, British television presenter, Alzheimer's disease.
• A. Vinayagamoorthy, 83, Sri Lankan politician, MP.
• Graham Webb, 73, British racing cyclist, road world champion.
• Yu Mingtao, 99, Chinese politician.

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• Michael A'Hearn, 76, American astronomer.
• Enitan Bababunmi, 76, Nigerian academic, Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University.
• Tapan Banerjee, 73, Indian cricketer.
• Ramon Campos Jr., 92, Filipino basketball player.
• Abbott Lowell Cummings, 94, American architectural historian.
• Bogdan Dochev, 80, Bulgarian football player and referee.
• Barbara Jaruzelska, 86, Polish academic, First Lady.
• David Lewiston, 88, British music collector, stroke.
• Konstantinos Mitsotakis, 98, Greek politician, Prime Minister.
• Manuel Noriega, 83, Panamanian dictator and military official, military ruler, complications from brain surgery.
• Tony Rudd, 93, British stockbroker.
• William J. L. Sladen, 96, Welsh naturalist.
• Nikolay Tatarinov, 89, Russian modern pentathlete, Olympic silver medalist.
• Mordechai Tzipori, 92, Israeli general and politician, Minister of Communications.
• Ananda Wedisinghe, 47, Sri Lankan motor cycle champion.

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• Sir Gordon Brunton, 95, British businessman.
• Wendell Burton, 69, American actor, brain cancer.
• Dibyo Previan Caesario, 24, Indonesian footballer.
• Ken Cooper, 80, American football player and coach.
• Tom Graham, 67, American football player, brain cancer.
• Robert Hammond, 67, Ghanaian footballer.
• Reinhold Hanning, 95, German Waffen-SS concentration camp guard and convicted war criminal.
• George W. Johnson, 88, American academic, president of George Mason University, complications from a fall.
• Daniel Kucera, 94, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Dubuque.
• José Carlos Melo, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Maceió.
• Robert Michael Morris, 77, American actor.
• Dominique Nohain, 91, French actor and theatre director.
• Molly Peters, 75, British actress.
• Dasari Narayana Rao, 75, Indian film director and politician.
• Valère Somé, 66, Burkinabé politician, scholar and revolutionary leader.
• John Taylor, 75, British politician, MP for Solihull.
• Bernt Torberntsson, 88, Swedish rower.
• Elena Verdugo, 92, American actress.

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• Jean-Marie Benoît Balla, 58, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bafia.
• Clifford Barker, 91, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Selby.
• Jiří Bělohlávek, 71, Czech conductor, cancer.
• Mimi Heinrich, 80, Danish actress and writer.
• Lubomyr Husar, 84, Ukrainian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych.
• Tino Insana, 69, American actor, cancer.
• Lyn James, 87, Welsh-born Australian actress.
• Mohamed Fadhel Khalil, Tunisian politician.
• Fred J. Koenekamp, 94, American cinematographer, Oscar winner.
• Fred Kummerow, 102, American biochemist.
• Susan B. Landau, 65, American producer and talent manager.
• Jerry Martinson, 74, American-born Taiwanese Jesuit priest, heart attack.
• John May, 67, American politician.
• Bern Nix, 69, American jazz guitarist.
• Parvathamma Rajkumar, 77, Indian film producer.
• Margaret Ray, 83, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Box Hill.
• Louis Riecke, 90, American Olympic weightlifter.
• Kathy Smith, 67–68, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Gosford, cancer.
• István Szondy, 91, Hungarian modern pentathlete and horse rider, Olympic champion.
• Diane Torr, 68, Canadian drag king, brain tumour.