Deaths in October 2014
The following is a list of notable deaths in October 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.
October 2014
1
- Lynsey de Paul, 66, English singer-songwriter, brain haemorrhage.
- Sir Maurice Hodgson, 94, British business executive.
- Shlomo Lahat, 86, Israeli general and politician, Mayor of Tel Aviv, lung infection.
- José Martínez, 72, Cuban baseball player, coach and executive.
- Oluremi Oyo, 61, Nigerian journalist, cancer.
- Charlie Paulk, 68, American basketball player, heart attack.
- Matilde Pérez, 97, Chilean painter and kinetic artist.
- Jerome Reppa, 89, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives.
- Hans Sauter, 89, Austrian Olympic gymnast.
- George Savage, 72, British politician, MLA for Upper Bann.
- Robert Serra, 27, Venezuelan politician, MLA for Caracas, stabbed.
- Guido van Gheluwe, 88, Belgian lawyer, founded Orde van den Prince.
- Bob Young, 81, Scottish cricketer.
2
- Fyodor Bogdanovsky, 84, Russian weightlifter, Olympic champion.
- André Buffière, 91, French Olympic basketball player.
- Robert Flower, 59, Australian Hall of Fame VFL footballer.
- Michael Goldberg, 55, American screenwriter, brain and sinus cancer.
- Joanne M. Holden, 68, American nutritionist, cancer.
- Vaughn O. Lang, 86, American Army lieutenant general.
- György Lázár, 90, Hungarian politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers.
- Carlos Lopez, 25, American stunt performer, fall.
- N. Mahalingam, 91, Indian businessman.
- Pedro Peña, 88, Spanish actor, Alzheimer's disease.
- Carolyn Rovee-Collier, 72, American professor of psychology, breast cancer and multiple sclerosis.
- Yoshikazu Sakamoto, 87, Japanese political scientist, heart failure.
- Fred Sommers, 91, American philosopher.
- The Spaceape, 44, British poet and disc jockey, cancer.
3
- Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby, 83, British aristocrat and politician.
- Peer Augustinski, 74, German actor and German-language dub artist, complications from epilepsy.
- Nati Cano, 81, Mexican-born American mariachi musician, recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship.
- Comer Cottrell, 82, American businessman and baseball team part-owner.
- Bill Fiore, 74, American actor.
- 'Elisiva Fusipala Vaha'i, 65, Tongan royal.
- Ewen Gilmour, 51, New Zealand comedian.
- Benedict Groeschel, 81, American Roman Catholic priest, author and television host, a founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal.
- Alan Henning, 47, British humanitarian aid worker and ISIS hostage, beheading.
- Peter Knecht, 78, American defense attorney, cancer.
- Jean-Jacques Marcel, 83, French footballer.
- Kevin Metheny, 60, American radio executive, WGN, heart attack.
- Ward Ruyslinck, 85, Belgian author, Alzheimer's disease.
- Lori Sandri, 65, Brazilian football manager, brain tumor.
- Christopher van Wyk, 57, South African writer.
4
- Konrad Boehmer, 73, German-born Dutch composer and writer, stroke.
- Hugo Carvana, 77, Brazilian actor and director.
- Fyodor Cherenkov, 55, Russian footballer.
- Jean-Claude Duvalier, 63, Haitian politician, President, heart attack.
- Herman Mandui, 45, Papua New Guinean archaeologist.
- Joan Molina, 73, Spanish actor.
- Jewel Joseph Newman, 93, American politician and community organizer.
- Suhailah Noah, 82, Malaysian public figure, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, widow of Hussein Onn.
- Gholamali Pouratayi, 73, Iranian musician.
- Rajesh Sanghi, 42, Indian cricketer, heart attack.
- William Shija, 67, Tanzanian politician, Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
- Silver Deputy, 29, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
- Gertjie Williams, 73, South African cricketer.
5
- John Best, 74, British-born American soccer player, coach and manager, lung infection.
- Al Bruno, 87, American CFL player and coach, heart failure.
- David Chavchavadze, 90, British-born American author and CIA officer.
- Andrea de Cesaris, 55, Italian racing driver, traffic collision.
- Jimmy Feix, 83, American football player and coach.
- Anna Maria Gherardi, 74, Italian actress and voice actress.
- Regis Groff, 79, American politician, member of the Colorado Senate.
- Göte Hagström, 96, Swedish steeplechase runner, Olympic bronze medalist.
- Geoffrey Holder, 84, Trinidadian actor and Tony-winning director, pneumonia.
- Philip Howard, 80, British journalist.
- Ike Jones, 84, American producer and actor.
- Yuri Lyubimov, 97, Russian stage actor and director, founder of the Taganka Theatre.
- Anna Przybylska, 35, Polish actress, pancreatic cancer.
- Ronnie Spafford, 86, British army officer and philatelist.
- Jack Turner, 84, American basketball player.
- Misty Upham, 32, American actress, blunt force trauma.
- Tsai Wan-tsai, 85, Taiwanese financier.
- David Watson, 74, British-American actor, heart attack.
6
- Vic Braden, 85, American tennis player and instructor, heart attack.
- Feridun Buğeker, 81, Turkish footballer.
- Bill Campbell, 91, American sportscaster.
- Andrew Kerr, 80, British festival organiser.
- Johnny Midnight, 73, Filipino radio and television host, prostate cancer.
- Igor Mitoraj, 70, Polish sculptor.
- Diane Nyland, 70, Canadian actress, heart failure and COPD.
- Mikhail Potylchak, 42, Russian footballer, suicide by hanging.
- Marian Seldes, 86, American actress, Alzheimer's disease.
- Apiwan Wiriyachai, 65, Thai politician, lung cancer.
- Serhiy Zakarlyuka, 38, Ukrainian football player and manager, traffic collision.
7
- Walter Bockmayer, 66, German writer and film director, lung cancer.
- Federico Boido, 75, Italian actor and stuntman.
- Ugo Carrega, 79, Italian artist and poet.
- Cigar, 24, American thoroughbred racehorse, complications of neck surgery for osteoarthritis.
- Nuno Miguel Cerqueira Dias, 37, Portuguese swimmer.
- Nika Kiladze, 25, Georgian footballer, traffic collision.
- Richard Laws, 88, British zoologist, Director of the British Antarctic Survey, Master of St Edmund's College, Cambridge.
- Siegfried Lenz, 88, German writer.
- Angus Macleod, 63, British journalist and editor, cancer.
- Paul Margulies, 79, American philosopher and advertising executive.
- Nancy Merki, 88, American Olympic swimmer.
- Amos Mkhari, South African footballer.
- David Samuel, 92, British-Israeli scientist and peer.
- Zilpha Keatley Snyder, 87, American writer, stroke.
- Brad Stanius, 68, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
- Soviet Star, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
- Ivor Wilks, 86, British historian.
- Iva Withers, 97, Canadian-born American theatre actress and singer.
8
- Mark Bell, 43, British musician and house music producer, complications from surgery.
- Thomas Eric Duncan, 42, Liberian courier, first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, Ebola virus disease.
- Shon Harris, 46, American author.
- Morris Lurie, 75, Australian writer, cancer.
- Abdul Matin, 87, Bangladeshi language activist.
- Alden E. Matthews, 93, American missionary.
- Harden M. McConnell, 87, American chemistry professor.
- Angelo Mottola, 79, Italian Roman Catholic archbishop and diplomat.
- Helmut Ruge, 74, German comedian, actor, and cabaret writer.
- Jeen van den Berg, 86, Dutch Olympic speedskater, winner of the Elfstedentocht.
- Mike Waugh, 58, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, cancer.
9
- Les Angell, 92, English cricketer.
- Henning Bjerregaard, 87, Danish footballer.
- John Patrick Boles, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, titular bishop of Nova Sparsa.
- Boris Buzančić, 85, Croatian actor and politician.
- Sir Sydney Chapman, 78, English politician and architect, MP for Birmingham Handsworth and Chipping Barnet.
- Jan Hooks, 57, American comedian and actress, cancer.
- M. V. Kamath, 93, Indian journalist.
- Ana Karić, 73, Croatian actress.
- Carolyn Kizer, 89, American poet, Pulitzer Prize winner, complications of dementia.
- Matthias Koehl, 79, American neo-Nazi.
- Kim Koscki, 50, American stunt performer, cardiac arrest.
- Willy Matsanga, 45, Congolese politician.
- Ray Metzker, 83, American photographer.
- Peter A. Peyser, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House for New York's 25th and 23rd districts, Parkinson's disease.
- Tony Priday, 92, English bridge player.
- David Rayvern Allen, 76, English cricket historian, cancer.
- Style Scott, 58, Jamaican reggae drummer.
- Rita Shane, 78, American operatic soprano, pancreatic and liver cancer.
- Paul Allen Simmons, 93, American federal judge, U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
- Robert Sproull, 96, American educator and physicist.
- Sir Jocelyn Stevens, 82, English publishing executive.
- Connell Thode, 103, New Zealand naval officer and yachtsman.
- Victor Winding, 85, British actor.
10
- Olav Dale, 55, Norwegian composer and jazz saxophonist.
- Damiana Eugenio, 93, Filipino author and professor.
- Valeri Karpov, 43, Russian Olympic ice hockey player, world champion, head injury.
- Lari Ketner, 37, American basketball player, colon cancer.
- Pavel Landovský, 78, Czech actor and dissident, heart attack.
- Roy Law, 77, English footballer.
- Finn Lied, 98, Norwegian military researcher and politician.
- Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, 70, New Zealand art historian, curator and academic, pancreatic cancer.
- Geoff Miller, 72, Australian public servant.
- Amildo Morales, 76, Guatemalan politician, MP for Jalapa, attacked by a bull.
- Ed Nimmervoll, 67, Australian music journalist and author, brain cancer.
- Donald Rawson, 89, American historian and academic.
- Ichirō Satake, 86, Japanese mathematician, respiratory failure.
- Marianne Sjöblom, 80, Finnish Olympic fencer.
- John Westcott, 93, British computer scientist.
- Ernie Wiggs, 73, New Zealand rugby league player.
11
- Abbas Ali, 94, Indian politician and independence activist.
- Anita Cerquetti, 83, Italian soprano.
- Tanhum Cohen-Mintz, 75, Israeli basketball player, cancer.
- Elbert Drungo, 71, American football player, cancer.
- Walter Fitzgerald, 78, Canadian politician, Mayor of Halifax, MLA for Halifax Chebucto.
- Donald Gauf, 87, Canadian Olympic champion ice hockey player.
- Margaret Hillert, 94, American author.
- Jazil, 11, American thoroughbred racehorse, injuries sustained in paddock accident.
- Jason Jurman, 34, American actor.
- Brian Lemon, 77, British jazz pianist.
- Gary McLarty, 73, American stunt performer, traffic collision.
- Bob Orrison, 86, American stunt performer, traffic collision.
- Mats Rondin, 54, Swedish cellist and composer, heart attack.
- Carmelo Simeone, 81, Argentine footballer.
- Bob Such, 70, Australian politician, member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Fisher, brain tumour.
12
- Tony Hibbert, 96, British army officer.
- Louise Daniel Hutchinson, 86, American historian.
- Aki Jones, 31, American football player, car accident.
- Maurie Keane, 91, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Woronora.
- Tommy Lewis, 83, American football player.
- Lojze Logar, 70, Slovene artist.
- Tony Lynes, 85, British anti-poverty campaigner.
- Ali Mazrui, 81, Kenyan professor and political writer.
- Graham Miles, 73, English snooker player.
- Hussein Mjalli, 77, Jordanian lawyer and politician, involved in legal defence of Saddam Hussein, Justice Minister, heart attack.
- Enrique Santiago Petracchi, 78, Argentine lawyer and judge, member of the Supreme Court.
- Emilio Picasso, 87, Italian physicist.
- Robert Relf, 90, English political activist.
- Roberto Telch, 70, Argentine footballer, heart attack.
13
- Sir John Bradfield, 89, British biologist and entrepreneur, founder of Cambridge Science Park.
- Antonio Cafiero, 92, Argentine politician, Governor of Buenos Aires, Senator, pneumonia.
- Patricia Carson, 85, British historian and author.
- Mario Mellado García, 98, Mexican politician, Governor of Puebla.
- Elizabeth Norment, 61, American actress, cancer.
- Agnes Owens, 88, Scottish author.
- José Hernán Sánchez Porras, 70, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Military Ordinariate.
- Mohammad Sarengat, 74, Indonesian sprinter, Asian Games champion, complications from a stroke.
- Pontus Segerström, 33, Swedish footballer, cancer.
- Kapil Krishna Thakur, 74, Indian politician, MP for Bangaon.
- Deborah Warren, 55, Argentine actress, cancer.
14
- Art Best, 61, American football player.
- Mary Downer, 89, Australian arts patron.
- Encke, 5, American-bred British-trained thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
- Humberto Lara Gavidia, El Salvadoran baseball player.
- Ted Gullicksen, 60-61, American social justice activist.
- Doğan Güreş, 88, Turkish general and politician.
- A. H. Halsey, 91, British sociologist.
- Bertha George Harris, 101, American tribal elder and potter, was oldest member of the Catawba people.
- Paul Hubbert, 78, American educator and politician.
- Leonard Liggio, 81, American libertarian author.
- Ron Loewinsohn, 76, American poet.
- Oriel Malet, 91, British novelist.
- Heidrun Mohr-Mayer, 73, German jeweller and philanthropist.
- Paul Muenzer, 82, American school administrator and politician, Mayor of Naples, Florida, liver and pancreatic cancer.
- Joe H. Mulholland, 80, American politician, Mississippi State Senator, cancer.
- Bob Neilson, 91, New Zealand rugby league player.
- Paul J. Olscamp, 77, Canadian university administrator.
- Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, 39, American keyboardist, heart attack.
- Elizabeth Peña, 55, American actress, cirrhosis.
- Hans Ernst Schneider, 87, Swiss Olympic sprinter.
- John F. Stephenson, 77, Australian football player, plane crash.
- Dharmaraj Thapa, 92, Nepali folk singer.
- Walter Victor, 97, American sports photographer.
15
- Sir James Balderstone, 93, Australian businessman and company director.
- João Corso, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Campos.
- Marie Dubois, 77, French actress, multiple sclerosis.
- James Semple Kerr, 82, Australian architectural historian.
- Christian Kinck, 58, French Olympic weightlifter.
- Mile Krajina, 90, Croatian gusle player.
- José Refugio Mercado Díaz, 72, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Tehuantepec.
- Giovanni Reale, 83, Italian philosophy historian.
- Giorgio Rebuffi, 85, Italian comic book artist.
- Jiří Reynek, 85, Czech graphic artist, poet and translator.
- William Ronan, 101, American public servant, first chairman of MTA.
- Sabir Shaikh, 71, Indian politician.
- Sir Christopher Staughton, 81, British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal, President of the Court of Appeal of Gibraltar.
- Robert Tiernan, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House for Rhode Island's 2nd district.
- Nobby Wirkowski, 88, American football player and coach.
16
- Brian Bath, 67, South African cricketer.
- Ioannis Charalambopoulos, 95, Greek army officer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister.
- Patrick Paul D'Souza, 86, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Varanasi.
- James E. Defebaugh, 87, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
- Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat, 91, Turkish composer, painter, and poet.
- Allen Forte, 87, American music theorist and musicologist.
- Sumi Haru, 75, American actress, Interim President of the Screen Actors Guild, emphysema.
- Tim Hauser, 72, American musician, cardiac arrest.
- Seppo Kuusela, 80, Finnish basketball player.
- David Shepherd Nivison, 91, American sinologist.
- Shalom Schwarz, 63, Israeli footballer.
- John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, 88, British peer, custodian of Blenheim Palace.
17
- John Andrew, 83, British-born American Anglican priest.
- Edwards Barham, 77, American politician, Louisiana State Senator, plane crash.
- Gero Bisanz, 78, German football player and coach.
- Claude Brodin, 80, French Olympic fencer.
- Robert Donald Cohen, 81, British physician.
- Bill Diachuk, 85, Canadian politician, MLA.
- Masaru Emoto, 71, Japanese author.
- Hermione Hobhouse, 80, British architectural historian.
- Joseph Hogan, 77, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly.
- Vladimír Hrivnák, 69, Slovak football player and manager.
- Leigh Kamman, 92, American radio host.
- José Luis Lobato, 76, Mexican politician, Senator for Veracruz, shot.
- G. Dean Loucks, 79, American college football coach.
- Mikhail Marynich, 74, Belarusian politician.
- Anna Nakagawa, 49, Japanese actress, uterine cancer.
- Daisuke Oku, 38, Japanese footballer, traffic collision.
- Lawrence J. Quirk, 91, American writer, Hollywood reporter and film historian.
- Jon Ramstad, 89, Norwegian politician.
- Tom Shaw, 69, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Massachusetts, brain cancer.
- Berndt von Staden, 95, German diplomat, Ambassador to the United States.
18
- Robin Barbour, 93, Scottish minister and author.
- Joanne Borgella, 32, American singer and model, endometrial cancer.
- Paul Craft, 76, American musician and songwriter.
- Choi Soon-dal, 83, South Korean scientist.
- Efua Dorkenoo, 65, Ghanaian-born British campaigner against female genital mutilation, cancer.
- Sir Peter Downward, 90, British army general.
- Luigi Gnocchi, 81, Italian Olympic sprinter.
- Kenneth House, 78, English cricketer.
- Danny Light, 66, English footballer.
- Lou Lucier, 96, American baseball player.
- Rachel Makinson, 97, Australian research scientist.
- R. C. Mehta, 96, Indian musician and musicologist.
- Claude Ollier, 91, French nouveau roman author.
- Bruce Phillips, 85, Australian football player.
- Rick S. Piltz, 71, American climate analyst, metastasized liver cancer.
- Edward Regan, 84, American politician, New York State Comptroller.
- Mariano Lebrón Saviñón, 92, Dominican author and academic.
- Sidney Shapiro, 98, American-born Chinese author and translator.
- Melford Spiro, 94, American cultural anthropologist.
- Rebel Steiner, 87, American football player.
- Veandercross, 26, New Zealand Thoroughbred horse.
- Paul Henry Walsh, 77, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre.
- Mervyn Winfield, 81, English cricketer.
19
- A.F. Salahuddin Ahmed, 90, Bangladeshi historian.
- Horst Arndt, 80, German Olympic silver medallist rower.
- Frank Barnes, 88, American Major League Baseball player.
- William Barrington-Coupe, 83, Welsh record producer.
- Lynda Bellingham, 66, Canadian-born British actress, colon cancer.
- Gloria Casarez, 42, American civil rights activist, cancer.
- Kathryn Chaloner, 60, British-born American statistician, Professor of Biostatistics.
- Edward Donno, 79, American stunt performer.
- Stuart Gallacher, 68, Welsh rugby player and executive.
- John Holt, 67, Jamaican singer and songwriter, cancer.
- Ed Keegan, 75, American baseball player.
- James Levesque, 52, American bassist.
- Arnold Mitchell, 84, English footballer.
- Étienne Mourrut, 74, French politician, MP for Gard's 2nd constituency, Mayor of Le Grau-du-Roi.
- Francis Nkwain, 84, Cameroonian senator.
- Gerard Parkes, 90, Irish-born Canadian actor.
- Stephen Paulus, 65, American composer, complications from a stroke.
- Imre Pichler, 67, Hungarian politician, MP for Szigetvár.
- Don Ratcliffe, 79, English footballer.
- Raphael Ravenscroft, 60, British saxophonist and author, suspected heart attack.
- Miloslava Rezková, 64, Czech high jumper, Olympic champion.
- Jim Sharkey, 80, Scottish footballer.
- Serena Shim, 30, Lebanese-born American journalist, traffic collision.
- Ken Short, 87, Australian Anglican prelate, Assistant Bishop of Sydney.
- Bob Spear, 94, American naturalist, founder of Birds of Vermont Museum.
20
- Ox Baker, 80, American professional wrestler and actor, heart attack.
- Raymond Beadle, 70, American Hall of Fame drag racer, heart attack.
- Dennis Biodrowski, 74, American football player.
- Gerd Bonk, 63, German weightlifter, Olympic bronze and silver medalist.
- René Burri, 81, Swiss photographer, cancer.
- Lilli Carati, 58, Italian actress, brain tumor.
- L. M. Kit Carson, 73, American screenwriter and actor.
- Peter Daland, 93, American swimming coach.
- Jim Dunegan, 67, American baseball player.
- Robert Kevin Ellis, 60, British millionaire businessman, slashed.
- Rodney Fitch, 76, English designer, cancer.
- Sir John Hoskyns, 87, British businessman, policy advisor to Margaret Thatcher.
- Rajam Krishnan, 89, Indian writer.
- Ursula Lingen, 86, Austrian actress.
- Pete Livermore, 73, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly, heart attack.
- David Malcolm, 76, Australian judge, Chief Justice of Western Australia.
- Christophe de Margerie, 63, French businessman, CEO of Total S.A., plane crash.
- Pavle Merkù, 87, Slovene composer.
- Gary Plauche, 68, American murderer, stroke.
- Oscar de la Renta, 82, Dominican fashion designer, cancer.
- Tom Slade, Jr., 78, American lobbyist, Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, member of the Florida Legislature, heart failure.
- John Solomon, 82, English croquet player.
- Arthur Trestrail, 93, Trinidadian cricketer.
21
- Jim Barrett, Jr., 83, English footballer.
- Ben Bradlee, 93, American journalist, Executive Editor of The Washington Post, Alzheimer's disease.
- Chen Ziming, 62, Chinese democracy activist, pancreatic cancer.
- Johnny Lee Clary, 55, American professional wrestler, preacher and reformed Ku Klux Klan leader.
- Dale Dorman, 71, American radio disc jockey.
- Seth Gaaikema, 75, Dutch comedian and writer, heart failure.
- Nelson Bunker Hunt, 88, American oil company executive, cancer and dementia.
- Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, 83, Iranian politician, Acting Prime Minister, Minister of Interior, heart failure.
- George Kline, 93, American translator and philosopher.
- Yasumasa Narasaki, 86, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councilors, pneumonia.
- Jean Packard, 91, American politician.
- Tuna Scanlan, 80, Samoan boxer.
- Rudolf Schmid, 63, Austrian luger, Olympic bronze medalist, traffic collision.
- Peter Trotter, 58, Australian Paralympic wheelchair racer.
- Gough Whitlam, 98, Australian politician, Prime Minister.
- Catherine Mary Wisnicki, 95, Canadian architect.
22
- Murad Ashurly, 41, Azerbaijani mountaineer, fall from mountain.
- Anatoly Chertkov, 78, Russian footballer.
- Elizabeth Forbes, 90, British writer and musicologist.
- George Francis, 80, English footballer.
- John-Roger Hinkins, 80, American author and public speaker, founder of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness.
- Ashok Kumar, 72, Indian cinematographer and film director.
- Barry McSweeney, Irish scientist, Chief Science Advisor.
- Paul Nabor, 86, Belizean musician.
- John Postgate, 93, British microbiologist and writer, professor at University of Sussex.
- David Redfern, 78, English photographer, cancer.
- Sonia Rolt, 95, British canal conservationist.
- Rinnat Safin, 74, Soviet biathlete, Olympic champion.
23
- Ghulam Azam, 91, Bangladeshi convicted war criminal, Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami, stroke.
- Jeanne Black, 76, American country singer.
- John Bramlett, 73, American football player.
- Clarence Addison Brimmer, Jr., 92, American federal judge, Wyoming Attorney General.
- Sir Ronald Grierson, 93, British banker.
- Göran Johansson, 69, Swedish politician and union leader, Chairman of the Gothenburg Municipality Executive Board, cancer.
- Marianna Kaim, was a Polish long track speed skater.
- Terry Keenan, 53, American financial news anchor and journalist, cerebral hemorrhage.
- Frederic S. Lee, 64, American economist.
- Clyde T. Lusk, 81, American coast guard officer, Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard.
- Frank Mankiewicz, 90, American journalist and political adviser, press secretary to Robert F. Kennedy.
- Bernard Mayes, 85, British-born American broadcaster and academic.
- André Piters, 83, Belgian footballer.
- Joan Quigley, 87, American astrologer.
- Tullio Regge, 83, Italian theoretical physicist.
- Denma Locho Rinpoche, 86, Tibetan lama.
- Alvin Stardust, 72, English singer.
- Raleigh Trevelyan, 91, British author.
24
- Lorenzo Albacete, 73, American theologian and Roman Catholic priest.
- Kim Anderzon, 71, Swedish film and theatre actress, spinal cancer.
- Vic Ash, 84, English jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.
- Ted Beniades, 91, American actor.
- Jacksel M. Broughton, 89, American air force officer and fighter pilot.
- Reuben Cohen, 93, Canadian lawyer, Chancellor of Dalhousie University.
- Mike Dorsey, 84, English-born Australian actor.
- Allison J. Doupe, 60, Canadian neuroscientist, cancer.
- Martin Garratt, 34, English footballer.
- James F. Hastings, 88, American politician.
- Shirley Hooper, 78, American politician, Secretary of State of New Mexico.
- Gajanan Kathaley, 67, Indian cricketer.
- Gordon MacWilliam, 91, British Anglican priest.
- Pat McGlothin, 93, American baseball player.
- Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, 34, South African middle-distance runner, Olympic silver medalist, traffic collision.
- S. S. Rajendran, 86, Indian actor, lung infection.
- Creighton Leland Robertson, 70, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of South Dakota.
- Emily Ruto, 25, Kenyan cricketer, leukemia.
- Marcia Strassman, 66, American actress and singer, breast cancer.
- Malcolm Thompson, 68, English footballer.
- Tugela, 19, American-born Australian thoroughbred horse.
25
- Jack Bruce, 71, Scottish bassist and composer, liver disease.
- Ari Hoogenboom, 86, American historian.
- Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, 93, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Naha.
- Reyhaneh Jabbari, 26, Iranian convicted murderer, subject of international campaign against her execution, execution by hanging.
- Peter Maxey, 83, British diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations.
- Carlos Morales Troncoso, 74, Dominican politician, Vice President, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, leukemia.
- Sheila Shulman, 77, American-born British rabbi.
- David Somerset, 84, British banker, Chief Cashier of the Bank of England.
- Jim Stangeland, 92, American football player and coach.
26
- Genpei Akasegawa, 77, Japanese author and artist, sepsis.
- Vic Allen, 91, British academic, sociologist, historian and trade unionist.
- David Armstrong, 60, American photographer, liver cancer.
- Françoise Bertin, 89, French actress.
- Mo Collins, 38, American football player, kidney failure.
- Katrina Edwards, 46, American geomicrobiologist.
- Rémi Fraisse, 21, French botanist, hit by stun grenade.
- Germain Gagnon, 71, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Michael Hawkins, 86, British actor.
- Dudley Knowles, 67, British philosopher, cancer.
- Rod Love, 61, Canadian political strategist, cancer.
- Senzo Meyiwa, 27, South African footballer, shot.
- Brian Moore, 70, Australian rugby league player.
- Hisahiko Okazaki, 84, Japanese diplomat and political commentator.
- Oscar Orefici, 68, Italian journalist and writer.
- Manuel Revollo Crespo, 89, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bolivian Military.
- Jeff Robinson, 52, American baseball player.
- Gavin Smith, 59, American film studio executive, missing since 2012.
- Gordy Soltau, 89, American football player.
- Oscar Taveras, 22, Dominican baseball player, traffic collision.
- Antonio Terenghi, 92, Italian comic book artist.
- Sir Tay Wilson, 89, New Zealand sports official.
- Bob Wood, 93, American basketball player.
27
- Daniel Boulanger, 92, French actor and screenwriter.
- Norman Hansen, 90, American public official, Town Manager of Saugus, Massachusetts.
- Bob Kenney, 83, American basketball player, Olympic champion.
- Doug Laing, 83, Australian Olympic water polo player
- Kåre Langvik-Johannessen, 95, Norwegian philologist, literary historian and translator.
- Charles McCullough, 91, Northern Irish politician, member of the Senate.
- Ian Monro, 87, New Zealand naval officer.
- Chris Nance, 74, American conductor.
- William Orchard, 84, Australian Olympic water polo player and psychiatrist.
- Dan Peters, 60, American college basketball coach, pancreatic cancer.
- Lucio Sangermano, 82, Italian Olympic sprinter.
- Shin Hae-chul, 46, South Korean pop singer, heart attack.
- Leif Skiöld, 79, Swedish footballer and ice hockey player.
- Richard Stretch, 61, South African cricketer.
- Reidar Sundby, 88, Norwegian footballer.
- Starke Taylor, 92, American politician, Mayor of Dallas.
- Dub Williams, 87, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives.
28
- Ronald Norman Dalby, 85, Canadian engineer and academic administrator, Chancellor of the University of Alberta.
- Romualdas Granauskas, 75, Lithuanian writer.
- Mansour Hobeika, 72, Lebanese Maronite Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zahlé.
- Koichiro Kimura, 44, Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, pneumonia.
- Galway Kinnell, 87, American poet, Pulitzer Prize winner, leukemia.
- James William Lair, 90, American CIA case officer.
- Nedo Logli, 91, Italian cyclist.
- J. Ross Mackay, 98, Canadian geographer.
- Jim Paxson, Sr., 81, American basketball player.
- Michael Sata, 77, Zambian politician, President, heart attack.
- Hans Schneider, 87, Austrian-born American mathematician and journal editor, cancer.
- Clark S. Smith, 102, American politician.
- David Trendell, 50, British organist and musical director.
- Carroll Waller, 87, American historic preservationist, First Lady of Mississippi, restored the Mississippi Governor's Mansion, Alzheimer's disease.
- Charlie Watkins, 91, British audio engineer.
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- Alfred Biehle, 87, German politician.
- Don Bracken, 52, American football player, staph infection.
- Frans De Bruyn, 90, Belgian Flemish writer.
- Roger Freeman, 48, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives, colon cancer.
- Rainer Hasler, 56, Liechtenstein footballer.
- Roderick M. Hills, 83, American lawyer and business executive, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, surgical complications.
- Klas Ingesson, 46, Swedish footballer, multiple myeloma.
- Mary Jolliffe, 90, Canadian theatre publicist.
- H. Gary Morse, 77, American real estate developer.
- Rosa Posada, 74, Spanish politician.
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- Elijah Malok Aleng, 77, South Sudanese public servant.
- Renée Asherson, 99, English actress.
- Joe Brown, 85, English football player and manager.
- Geoffrey Clarke, 89, British artist.
- Xavier de Villepin, 88, French politician.
- Harcourt Dowsley, 95, Australian cricketer and football player.
- Juan Flavier, 79, Filipino politician, Secretary of Health, member of the Senate, multiple organ failure.
- John Forzani, 67, Canadian businessman and football player, heart attack.
- Bob Geigel, 90, American professional wrestler and promoter, Alzheimer's disease.
- Max Homer, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
- Mohamed Sheikh Ismail, 50s, Somali military commander, Chief of the Police Force.
- Amin Kamil, 90, Indian poet.
- Thomas Menino, 71, American politician, Mayor of Boston, cancer.
- Andy Natowich, 95, American football player.
- Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, 98, Australian radio broadcaster, founder of the ABC's Argonauts Club.
- Clay Stapleton, 93, American football player and coach.
- Christopher J. Turner, 81, British diplomat, Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands and Montserrat.
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- David Manker Abshire, 88, American diplomat, Permanent Representative to NATO.
- Michael Alsbury, 39, American test pilot and engineer, spaceplane crash.
- Armando Cavazzuti, 85, Italian footballer.
- Ciguli, 57, Bulgarian Chalga singer.
- Carlos Duque, 84, Panamanian politician.
- Ian Fraser, 81, English composer and conductor, cancer.
- Brad Halsey, 33, American baseball player, climbing fall.
- Sir Henry Harris, 89, Australian cell biologist.
- Käbi Laretei, 92, Estonian concert pianist.
- Mal MacDougall, 86, American advertising executive and speechwriter.
- Hitoshi Motoshima, 92, Japanese politician, Mayor of Nagasaki.
- Sofron Mudry, 90, Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk.
- Walter H. North, 81, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate.
- Pat Partridge, 81, British football referee.
- Jim Sauter, 71, American stock car racing driver.
- Bibbi Segerström, 71, Swedish Olympic swimmer.
- Renato Sellani, 88, Italian jazz pianist and composer.
- John V. Shields, 82, American chief executive.
- Ross H. Trower, 92, American naval officer, Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy.