Deaths_in_April_2016
Deaths in April 2016
List of notable deaths in a month
The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2016.
Contents
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.
1
- Karl-Robert Ameln, 96, Swedish sailor (1948 and 1952 Olympics).[1]
- Aleksander Arkuszyński, 98, Polish brigadier general, WWII veteran.[2]
- Pratyusha Banerjee, 24, Indian actress, suicide by hanging.[3]
- Alan Carter, 86, British civil servant, Director of Immigration of Hong Kong (1983–1989).[4]
- Tom Coughlin, 67, American business executive and convicted fraudster (Walmart).[5]
- George Curry, 71, American football coach, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[6]
- Mame Younousse Dieng, 76, Senegalese writer.[7]
- Alberto Fontanesi, 87, Italian footballer.[8]
- Artur Górski, 46, Polish politician, member of Sejm (since 2005), leukemia.[9]
- Kao Ching-yuen, 87, Taiwanese businessman (Uni-President Enterprises Corporation).[10] (death announced on this date)
- Richard S. Kem, 89, American army Major-General.[11]
- Emil Keres, 90, Hungarian actor and theatre director.[12]
- Clarence Makwetu, 88, South African politician.[13]
- Herbert Theodore Milburn, 84, American judge.[14]
- John Minney, 76, English cricketer (Cambridge University, Northamptonshire).[15]
- Wiebe Nijenhuis, 61, Dutch sportsman.[16]
- Carl Nordling, 85, Swedish physicist.[17]
- Marjorie Peters, 97, American baseball player (AAGBPL).[18]
- Fausto Puccini, 83, Italian Olympic equestrian.[19]
- Patricia Thompson, 89, American philosopher.[20]
- André Villers, 85, French photographer.[21]
- Tony Whittaker, 83, British solicitor and politician.[22]
- Ron Wicks, 76, Canadian NHL ice hockey referee, liver cancer.[23]
2
- Gato Barbieri, 83, Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.[24]
- Rick Bartow, 69, American artist, heart failure.[25]
- Moreese Bickham, 98, American convicted murderer and anti-death penalty activist.[26]
- Sergio Ferrari, 72, Italian footballer.[27]
- Gallieno Ferri, 87, Italian comic book artist (Zagor, Mister No).[28]
- Boris Hybner, 74, Czech actor and mime artist.[29]
- Gareth Jones, 85, British legal academic.[30]
- Martin Lampkin, 65, English motorcycle trials rider, cancer.[31]
- Nabil Nosair, 77, Egyptian footballer (Zamalek).[32]
- Amber Rayne, 31, American pornographic actress, accidental drug overdose.[33]
- Dennis Riggin, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).[34]
- László Sárosi, 84, Hungarian football player and coach.[35]
- Thomas Zeng Jing-mu, 95, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Yujiang (1988–2012).[36]
- Soldiers killed in the Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes:
- Robert Abajyan, 19, Armenian (Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army).[37]
- Samid Imanov, 34–35, Azerbaijani (Special Forces).[38]
- Samir Kachayev, 22, Azerbaijani.[39]
- Murad Mirzayev, 40, Azerbaijani (Special Forces).[40]
- Kyaram Sloyan, 19, Armenian (Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army).[41]
3
- Abu Firas al-Suri, 65, Syrian al-Nusra Front senior official, air strike.[42]
- Phanor Arizabaleta-Arzayus, 78, Colombian criminal, heart attack.[43]
- John C. Baldwin, 67, American cardiac surgeon, drowned.[44]
- John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard, 92, British peer.[45]
- Erik Bauersfeld, 93, American radio dramatist (KPFA) and voice actor (Star Wars, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Crimson Peak).[46]
- Ward Crutchfield, 87, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1985–2007).[47]
- Bob Ellis, 73, Australian writer (Newsfront, My First Wife) and journalist, liver cancer.[48]
- Bas van Erp, 36, Dutch wheelchair tennis player, Paralympic bronze medalist (2004).[49]
- Leopoldo Flores, 82, Mexican artist.[50]
- Don Francks, 84, Canadian jazz vocalist and actor (La Femme Nikita, Inspector Gadget, I'm Not There), lung cancer.[51]
- Robert Guinan, 82, American painter, lymphoma.[52]
- Lars Gustafsson, 79, Swedish writer and scholar.[53]
- Rowley Habib, 82, New Zealand writer.[54]
- Henry Harpending, 72, American anthropologist, stroke.[55]
- Bill Henderson, 90, American jazz vocalist and actor (Clue, City Slickers, White Men Can't Jump), cancer.[56]
- Dick Hodgins, Jr., 84, American cartoonist.[57]
- Ross Honsberger, 87, Canadian mathematician.[58]
- Stephen Jacobsen, 75, American bioengineer.[59]
- Alex de Jesús, 33, Puerto Rican professional and Olympic lightweight boxer (2004), shot.[60]
- Cesare Maldini, 84, Italian football player and manager.[61]
- Joe Medicine Crow, 102, American Crow historian.[62]
- Ronald Mulkearns, 85, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ballarat (1971–1997), colon cancer.[63]
- Whai Ngata, 74, New Zealand Māori broadcaster, journalist and lexicographer.[64]
- Noh Jin-kyu, 23, South Korean short track speed skater, world champion (2011, 2012), osteosarcoma.[65]
- Lola Novaković, 80, Serbian singer.[66]
- Ian Robinson, 69, Zimbabwean cricket umpire, lung cancer.[67]
- Jules Schelvis, 95, Dutch historian and Holocaust survivor.[68]
- Kōji Wada, 42, Japanese singer ("Butter-Fly", "All of My Mind"), nasopharynx cancer.[69]
- John Waite, 74, English footballer (Grimsby Town).[70]
- Clarence Clifton Young, 93, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada's at-large congressional district (1953–1957), Nevada Senate (1966–1980) and Supreme Court (1985–2002).[71]
4
- Ranjan Baindoor, 66, Indian cricketer.[72]
- Jarle Bondevik, 81, Norwegian philologist.[73]
- Archie Dees, 80, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, Detroit Pistons).[74]
- Eric Dott, 89, American game designer.[75]
- Georgi Hristakiev, 71, Bulgarian footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).[76]
- Shahidul Islam Khokon, 59, Bangladeshi filmmaker, motor neuron disease.[77]
- Chus Lampreave, 85, Spanish actress (Belle Époque, Volver).[78]
- Carlo Mastrangelo, 78, American bassist and doo-wop singer (The Belmonts).[79]
- Getatchew Mekurya, 81, Ethiopian jazz saxophonist.[80]
- John Miller, 68, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate (since 2008).[81]
- Royston Nash, 82, English conductor (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company).[82]
- George Radosevich, 88, American football player (Baltimore Colts).[83]
- Mike Sandlock, 100, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).[84]
- Abe Segal, 85, South African tennis player, cancer.[85]
- Song Soo-kwon, 76, South Korean writer.[86]
- Ken Waterhouse, 86, English footballer (Preston North End, Rotherham United).[87]
5
- John Carlson, 82, American sportscaster.[88]
- Michael Earls-Davis, 95, English cricketer.[89]
- Zyta Gilowska, 66, Polish politician, Minister of Finance (2006, 2007), Deputy Prime Minister (2006, 2007).[90]
- Roman Gribbs, 90, American politician, Mayor of Detroit (1970–1974).[91]
- Leon Haywood, 74, American funk and soul singer.[92]
- Ed Johnson, 71, American basketball player.[93]
- Koço Kasapoğlu, 80, Turkish footballer.[94]
- George Gelaga King, Sierra Leonean judge.[95]
- Zena Latto, 90, American jazz saxophonist.[96]
- Kerrie Lester, 62, Australian painter, leukaemia.[97]
- Elsie Morison, 91, Australian soprano.[98]
- E. M. Nathanson, 88, American author (The Dirty Dozen), heart failure.[99]
- Cornel Patrichi, 72, Romanian ballet dancer, choreographer and actor, lung cancer.[100]
- Mick Sullivan, 82, English rugby league footballer (Wigan), world champion (1954, 1960).[101]
- Ahmed Refai Taha, 61, Egyptian terrorist, leader of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, air strike.[102]
- Barbara Turner, 79, American actress (Soldier Blue) and screenwriter (Georgia, Pollock, The Company).[103]
- Frank Wainright, 48, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens), NFL champion (2000).[104]
6
- Orison Rudolph Aggrey, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador to the Gambia (1973–1977), Senegal (1973–1977) and Romania (1977–1981).[105]
- Joe Freeman Britt, 80, American attorney and death penalty advocate.[106]
- Dennis Davis, 64, American drummer (David Bowie, Stevie Wonder), cancer.[107]
- Jaime Pedro Gonçalves, 79, Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Beira (1976–2012).[108]
- Adrian Greenwood, 42, British art dealer and author, stabbed.[109]
- Merle Haggard, 79, American singer-songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn"), Grammy winner (1984, 1998, 1999), complications from pneumonia.[110]
- Darrell Hogan, 89, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[111]
- Bernd Hoss, 76, German football manager.[112]
- Garry Jones, 65, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers).[113]
- Joel Kurtzman, 68, American economist, cancer.[114]
- Robert MacCrate, 94, American lawyer, President of the American Bar Association (1987–1988).[115]
- Ogden Mills Phipps, 75, American horse breeder.[116]
- Josef Toms, 94, Czech Olympic basketball player.[117]
- Pablo Lucio Vasquez, 38, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[118]
- Murray Wier, 89, American basketball player (Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Waterloo Hawks).[119]
7
- László Bárczay, 80, Hungarian chess Grandmaster (FIDE, ICCF).[120]
- Freda Briggs, 85, English-born Australian professor and child protection expert, Senior Australian of the Year (2000).[121]
- A. V. Christie, 53, American poet, breast cancer.[122]
- Frank E. Denholm, 92, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota's 1st congressional district (1971–1975).[123]
- Marcel Dubé, 86, Canadian playwright.[124]
- Hendrikje Fitz, 54, German actress (In aller Freundschaft), cancer.[125]
- Theodore van Houten, 63, Dutch–British author and journalist.[126]
- Vladimir Kagan, 88, American furniture designer.[127]
- Cyril Edel Leonoff, 91, Canadian civil engineer and historian.[128]
- Carlo Monti, 96, Italian athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).[129]
- Blackjack Mulligan, 73, American professional wrestler (WWWF, JCP, CWF).[130]
- Charles Thomas, 87, British archaeologist.[131]
- Jimmie Van Zant, 59, American singer, songwriter and guitarist, liver cancer.[132]
- Chuck Waseleski, 61, American baseball statistician (Boston Red Sox).[133]
- Ruth Westbrook, 85, English cricket player and coach (national team).[134]
- Sir John Yocklunn, 82, Australian–Papua New Guinean librarian and government advisor.[135]
8
- Nicolas Abu Samah, 76–77, Lebanese actor and director.[136]
- Dick Alban, 87, American football player (Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers).[137]
- Mircea Albulescu, 81, Romanian actor and writer, heart failure.[138]
- Harry Apted, 90, Fijian cricketer.[139]
- Victoria Chitepo, 88, Zimbabwean politician.[140]
- Anatol Ciobanu, 81, Moldovan linguist, writer and university professor.[141]
- David Dore, 75, Canadian figure skating competitor, judge and official, President (1980–1984) and Director General (1986–2004) of the CFSA.[142]
- Phoebus Dhrymes, 82, American economist.[143]
- Doug France, 62, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).[144]
- Paul Fung Jr., 93, American cartoonist (Blondie).[145]
- Mildred Gordon, 92, British politician, MP for Bow and Poplar (1987–1997).[146]
- William Hamilton, 76, American cartoonist, traffic collision.[147]
- Jack Hammer, 90, American musician and songwriter ("Great Balls of Fire").[148]
- Charles Hirsch, 79, American forensic pathologist.[149]
- Julien Hoferlin, 49, Belgian tennis coach (national team), cancer.[150]
- George Ilsley, 88, Australian football player (Carlton).[151]
- Grace Lotowycz, 99, American botanist.[152]
- Fred Middleton, 85, English footballer (Lincoln City).[153]
- Elizabeth Roemer, 87, American astronomer.[154]
- Erich Rudorffer, 98, German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II.[155]
- Gene Salvay, 96, American aircraft engineer.[156]
- David Swift, 85, British actor (Drop the Dead Donkey).[157]
- Wei Chueh, 88, Taiwanese Buddhist monk, founder of the Chung Tai Shan.[158]
- Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester, 74, British peer, member of the House of Lords (1968–1999).[159]
9
- Frederic W. Allen, 89, American judge.[160]
- Arthur Anderson, 93, American actor (Courage the Cowardly Dog, Midnight Cowboy), voice of Lucky Charms leprechaun.[161]
- Frank Baron, 93, Dominican politician.[162]
- Duane Clarridge, 83, American CIA official, complications from esophageal cancer.[163]
- Tony Conrad, 76, American avant-garde musician, composer, video artist and professor (University at Buffalo), pneumonia.[164]
- Juris Ekmanis, 74, Latvian academic, President of Latvian Academy of Sciences (2004–2012).[165]
- Finn Hodt, 96, Norwegian Olympic speed skating competitor (1956) and coach.[166]
- J. Vinton Lawrence, 76, American CIA paramilitary officer, acute myeloid leukemia.[167]
- Bea Maddock, 81, Australian artist.[168]
- Lucas Martínez Lara, 70, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Matehuala (since 2006).[169]
- Patrick J. O'Donnell, 68, Scottish academic.[170]
- Martin Roberts, 48, English rugby union player (Gloucester Rugby).[171]
- Derrick Rochester, 76, Jamaican politician and trade unionist, MP for South East St Elizabeth (1972–1980, 1989–2002), member of the Senate (1980–1983).[172]
- Will Smith, 34, American football player (New Orleans Saints), Super Bowl champion (2010), shot.[173]
10
- Alec Crikis, 71, Australian Olympic sports shooter.[174]
- John Ferrone, 91, American book editor (The Color Purple), complications from Parkinson's disease.[175]
- Louis Gladstone, 88, American politician.[176]
- Nicholas Hood, 92, American politician and civil rights activist, Detroit City Councilman (1965–1993).[177]
- Irene Maguire, 86, American figure skater, heart failure.[178]
- Howard Marks, 70, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer and legalisation campaigner, colorectal cancer.[179]
- Thomas Kwaku Mensah, 81, Ghanaian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Obuasi (1995–2008) and Archbishop of Kumasi (2008–2012).[180]
- Wayne Southwick, 93, American surgeon and academic.[181]
- Henryk Średnicki, 61, Polish Olympic boxer (1976, 1980), amateur World Champion (1978).[182]
- N. H. Wadia, 91, Indian neurologist.[183]
11
- Tony Ayers, 82, Australian public servant.[184]
- Helen Bailey, 51, British author, suffocated.[185]
- Doug Banks, 57, American radio personality (The Doug Banks Radio Show), diabetes.[186]
- João Carvalho, 28, Portuguese mixed martial arts fighter, injuries sustained in match.[187]
- Albert Filozov, 78, Russian actor.[188]
- Emile Ford, 78, Saint Lucian singer ("What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?") and sound engineer.[189]
- Hokie Gajan, 56, American football player and broadcaster (New Orleans Saints), liposarcoma.[190]
- Mohsen Gheytaslou, 25–26, Iranian soldier (65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade).[191]
- Ruth Gilbert, 99, New Zealand poet.[192]
- Yura Halim, 92, Bruneian politician, Chief Minister (1967–1972) and lyricist (national anthem).[193]
- Anne Gould Hauberg, 98, American arts patron, founder of the Pilchuck Glass School.[194]
- Alan Hurd, 78, English cricketer.[195]
- Peter J. Jannetta, 84, American neurosurgeon (Allegheny General Hospital).[196]
- Dame Marion Kettlewell, 102, British naval officer, Director of the Wrens (1966–1970).[197]
- Huntly D. Millar, 88, Canadian medical technology executive.[198]
- Miss Shangay Lily, 53, Spanish drag queen, pancreatic cancer.[199]
- Édgar Perea, 81, Colombian politician and football commentator.[200]
- Steve Quinn, 64, British rugby league player (York, Featherstone Rovers).[201]
- Richard Ransom, 96, American businessman (Hickory Farms).[202]
- Ed Snider, 83, American sports executive (Comcast Spectacor, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia 76ers), bladder cancer.[203]
- A. R. Surendran, Sri Lankan lawyer, President's Counsel (2004).[204]
- Bounama Touré, 63, Senegalese Olympic wrestler.[205]
12
- James Bond, 70, Australian navy officer.[206]
- Aquilino Bonfanti, 73, Italian footballer.[207]
- Robbie Brennan, 68–69, Irish musician (Skid Row, Auto Da Fé, Grand Slam).[208]
- Hector A. Cafferata Jr., 86, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.[209]
- Paul Carey, 88, American radio broadcaster (Detroit Tigers), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[210]
- Gianroberto Casaleggio, 61, Italian entrepreneur, co-founder of Five Star Movement.[211]
- Pedro de Felipe, 71, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Espanyol).[212]
- David Gest, 62, American TV producer (Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special) and reality show contestant (I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!).[213]
- Gib Guilbeau, 78, American musician (The Flying Burrito Brothers) and composer (Boxcar Bertha).[214]
- Anne Jackson, 90, American actress (The Shining, Folks!, Dirty Dingus Magee).[215]
- Bryce Jordan, 91, American academic administrator, President of the Pennsylvania State University (1983–1990).[216]
- Alexander Kanengoni, 65, Zimbabwean writer, heart failure.[217]
- Alan Loveday, 88, New Zealand-born British violinist (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields).[218]
- Balls Mahoney, 44, American professional wrestler (ECW, WWE, SMW), heart attack.[219]
- André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo, 85, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Popokabaka (1979–1993).[220]
- Tōru Ōhira, 86, Japanese voice actor (Super Sentai, One Piece).[221]
- Tibor Ordina, 45, Hungarian Olympic track and field athlete (1996), brain cancer.[222]
- Tomaž Pandur, 53, Slovenian theatre director.[223]
- Spec Richardson, 93, American baseball executive (Houston Astros).[224]
- Agha Saleem, 81, Pakistani writer.[225]
- Sir Arnold Wesker, 83, British playwright.[226]
- Said Zahari, 88, Singaporean journalist and political prisoner.[227]
13
- Srinivas Aravamudan, 54, Indian-born British academic.[228]
- Márton Balázs, 86, Romanian mathematician.[229]
- Jackie Carter, 62, American children's author, lymphoma.[230]
- Julio García Espinosa, 89, Cuban film director and screenwriter (The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin).[231]
- Nuri Gezerdaa, 56, Abkhaz politician.[232]
- Kurtis Haiu, 31, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, Blues), bone cancer.[233]
- Earl B. Hunt, 83, American psychologist.[234]
- Matthias Joseph Isuja, 86, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dodoma (1972–2005).[235]
- Robert W. Lundeen, 94, American executive (Tektronix).[236]
- Mariano Mores, 98, Argentine tango composer and pianist.[237]
- Eeti Nieminen, 89, Finnish Olympic Nordic skier (1952).[238]
- Rex Patterson, 89, Australian politician, MP for Dawson (1966–1975).[239]
- Jock Scot, 63, Scottish poet and recording artist, cancer.[240]
- Manouchehr Sotoudeh, 102, Iranian geographer and scholar of Persian literature, lung infection.[241]
- Jeremy Steig, 73, American jazz flutist.[242]
- Gareth Thomas, 71, Welsh actor (Blake's 7, Children of the Stones, Star Maidens), heart failure.[243]
- Gwyn Thomas, 79, Welsh poet and academic, National Poet (2006–2008).[244]
- Ray Thornton, 87, American attorney and politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas's 4th and 2nd congressional districts (1973–1979, 1991–1997).[245]
- Nera White, 80, American Hall of Fame basketball player.[246]
- Bernard B. Wolfe, 101, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1965–1974).[247]
- Pete Yellin, 74, American jazz saxophonist and educator.[248]
- Sayed Zayan, 72, Egyptian actor.[249]
14
- Nguyen Anh 9, 76, Vietnamese songwriter and pianist.[250]
- Ahmed Brahim, 69, Tunisian politician.[251]
- David Collischon, 78, British executive (Filofax).[252]
- Martin Fitzmaurice, 75, English darts personality.[253]
- Gaetano Gagliano, 98, Canadian entrepreneur.[254]
- Francesco Guarraci, 61, Italian-born American mobster.[255]
- Hector Hatch, 80, Fijian boxer (1956 Olympics), politician and civil servant.[256]
- Fred Hayman, 90, Swiss-born American fashion retailer (Giorgio Beverly Hills) and entrepreneur, helped develop Rodeo Drive.[257]
- James W. Huston, 62, American author and lawyer.[258]
- Dan Ireland, 57, Canadian-born American film producer and director (Jolene, The Whole Wide World, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont).[259]
- Ilija Ivezić, 89, Croatian film actor (Last of the Renegades, The Golden Years, Marshal Tito's Spirit).[260]
- Colin Knight, 81, New Zealand educationalist, principal of Christchurch Teachers' College (1986–1995).[261]
- Liang Sili, 91, Chinese missile control scientist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences), vice-president of the International Astronautical Federation.[262]
- Sir David MacKay, 48, British author, physicist and professor (University of Cambridge), stomach cancer.[263]
- Rod Reyes, 80, Filipino broadcast executive and journalist (The Standard), heart failure.[264]
- Phil Sayer, 62, British voice artist, oesophageal cancer.[265]
- Malick Sidibé, 80, Malian photographer.[266]
- Xu Caidong, 97, Chinese metallurgist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences), vice-governor of Guizhou.[267]
- Ron Theobald, 72, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers).[268]
- Carl M. Vogel, 61, American politician, member of the Missouri Senate (2003–2011), pancreatic cancer.[269]
15
- Orville Gilbert Brim, Jr., 93, American social psychologist.[270]
- Anne Grommerch, 45, French politician, member of the National Assembly (since 2008), Mayor of Thionville (since 2014), breast cancer.[271]
- Byrle Klinck, 81, Canadian Olympic ice hockey player, bronze medallist (1956).[272]
- Laura Liu, 49, American state judge, Cook County Circuit Court judge (2010–2014), Illinois Appellate Court judge (since 2014), breast cancer.[273]
- Frederick Mayer, 94, German-born American spy (OSS).[274]
- Derek Mayers, 81, English footballer (Preston North End).[275]
- A. A. Raiba, 94, Indian painter.[276]
- Harold Shillinglaw, 88, Australian football player and cricketer.[277]
- Morag Siller, 46, British actress (Emmerdale, Memphis Belle, Casualty), breast cancer.[278]
- Richard Smith, 84, British painter, heart failure.[279]
- Lars-Inge Svartenbrandt, 70, Swedish criminal, apartment fire.[280]
- Louis Van Geyt, 88, Belgian politician, chairman of Communist Party of Belgium (1972–1989).[281]
- Guy Woolfenden, 78, English composer and conductor.[282]
16
- Muhammad Ayyub, 64, Saudi Arabian imam and Islamic scholar.[citation needed]
- Ron Bonham, 73, American basketball player (Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers), NBA champion (1965, 1966).[283]
- Jeanette Bonnier, 82, Swedish media proprietor (Bonnier Group), journalist (Expressen) and author.[284]
- David R. Brown, 93, American computer scientist.[285]
- Miloud Chaabi, 86, Moroccan businessman.[286]
- Rod Daniel, 73, American film director (Teen Wolf, K-9, WKRP in Cincinnati), Parkinson's disease.[287]
- Donald B. Easum, 92, American diplomat.[288]
- William M. Gray, 86, American meteorologist.[289]
- Guan Guangfu, 84, Chinese politician, Communist Party Chief of Hubei.[290]
- Bernhard Hassenstein, 93, German biologist and behaviorist.[291]
- Charlie Hodge, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks) and scout.[292]
- Clarence James, 84, Bermudian politician, Deputy Premier (1983–1989).[293]
- Maurice Kenny, 86, American poet, heart ailment and kidney failure.[294]
- Rubén Mendoza Ayala, 55, Mexican politician.[295]
- Nathanael Orr, 98, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1976–1984).[296]
- U Pandita, 94, Burmese Buddhist monk and meditation teacher.[297]
- Louis Pilot, 75, Luxembourgian football player (Fola Esch, Standard Liège, Royal Antwerp) and manager (national team).[298]
- Ilias Polatidis, 50, Greek politician.[299]
- Ismael Quintana, 78, Puerto Rican singer and composer.[300]
- Peter Rock, 70, Austrian-born Chilean rock musician.[301]
- Helmut Rohde, 90, German politician.[302]
- Kit West, 79, British special effects artist (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Dragonheart, Enemy at the Gates), Oscar winner (1982).[303]
17
- Ken Aldred, 70, Australian politician, MP for Henty (1975–1980), Bruce (1983–1990) and Deakin (1990–1996).[304]
- Tiga Bayles, 62, Australian radio presenter and indigenous rights activist, cancer.[305]
- Kong Bunchhoeun, 77, Cambodian author and songwriter, cancer.[306]
- Bettye Caldwell, 91, American educator (University of Arkansas at Little Rock) and child-development campaigner (NAEYC).[307]
- Bob Charles, 79, American-born Australian politician, MP for La Trobe (1990–2004).[308]
- Chyna, 46, American professional wrestler (WWF) and actress (1 Night in China, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Cougar Club), mixed drug intoxication.[309]
- Clifton C. Garvin, 94, American businessman, CEO of Exxon (1975–1986).[310]
- Luis Horacio Gomez González, 57, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (2014–2016).[311]
- Anthony Keane, 87, American Olympic fencer (1968).[312]
- Toshiro Konishi, 63, Japanese-born Peruvian chef, pioneer of Japanese cuisine in Lima, cancer.[313]
- Bruce Mansfield, 71, Australian radio and television personality, prostate cancer.[314]
- Scott Nimerfro, 54, American writer and producer (Hannibal, Once Upon a Time, X-Men), angiosarcoma.[315]
- Constantine Papastephanou, 92, Syrian Eastern Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Baghdad and Kuwait (1969-2014).[316]
- Doris Roberts, 90, American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond, Remington Steele, Christmas Vacation), stroke.[317]
- Trần Phước Thọ, 23, Vietnamese footballer (Long An, U23 national team), traffic collision.[318]
- Nicolas Tikhomiroff, 89, French photographer.[319]
- Yang Hongxun, 84, Chinese architect, architectural historian, and archaeologist.[320]
18
- Brian Asawa, 49, American opera singer, heart failure.[321]
- Paul Busiek, 93, American politician.[322]
- Yuri Bychkov, 84, Russian art historian.[323]
- William Campbell, 75, American business executive (Apple) and college football coach (Columbia University), cancer.[324]
- Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose, 78, British journalist.[325]
- Robert Christophe, 78, French Olympic swimmer (1956, 1960, 1964), European champion (1958, 1962).[326]
- Barry Davies, 71, British soldier and author, heart attack.[327]
- Rubén Héctor di Monte, 84, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján (2000–2007).[328]
- Marwan Dudin, 79–80, Jordanian politician, Minister of Agriculture (1980–1984) and Minister of State for the Occupied Territory Affairs (1986–1988).[329]
- Hugh Faulkner, 83, Canadian politician, MP for Peterborough (1965–1979), complications from surgery.[330]
- Ben-Zion Gold, 92, Polish-born American rabbi.[331]
- Cox Habbema, 72, Dutch actress, theater director and manager.[332]
- Eva Henning, 95, Swedish stage and movie actress.[333]
- Fritz Herkenrath, 87, German footballer (Rot-Weiss Essen).[334]
- Karina Huff, 55, British actress (The House of Clocks, Time for Loving, Voices from Beyond) and television personality, breast cancer.[335]
- Proverb Jacobs, 80, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants).[336]
- Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet, 99, Anglo-Irish aristocrat and media personality.[337]
- Arnulfo Mejía Rojas, 59, Mexican architect and Catholic priest.[338]
- Johan van Minnen, 83, Dutch journalist and politician, member of the European Parliament (1979–1984).[339]
- Vladimir Nemukhin, 90, Russian painter (Bulldozer Exhibition).[340]
- Charles J. Pilliod Jr., 97, American business executive and diplomat, Ambassador to Mexico (1986–1989).[341]
- Guy Prather, 58, American football player (Green Bay Packers), cancer.[342]
- Fulvio Roiter, 89, Italian photographer, Prix Nadar winner (1956).[343]
- Pál Sajgó, 93, Hungarian cross country skier and biathlete.[344]
- Gert Schramm, 87, German Holocaust survivor.[345]
- Zoltán Szarka, 73, Hungarian football player and coach, Olympic champion (1968).[346]
- Tao Siju, 81, Chinese politician, minister of Public Security.[347]
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- Gerasimos Arsenis, 84, Greek politician, Minister for National Defense (1993–1996) and National Education and Religious Affairs (1996–2000).[348]
- Patricio Aylwin, 97, Chilean politician, President (1990–1994).[349]
- Estelle Balet, 21, Swiss snowboarder, world champion (2015, 2016), avalanche.[350]
- Dud Beattie, 81, Australian rugby league footballer and selector (Queensland).[351]
- Errikos Belies, 66, Greek translator and poet.[352]
- Dorothy R. Burnley, 89, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly (1980–1984).[353]
- Eloy Casados, 66, American actor (Ishi: The Last of His Tribe, Walker, Texas Ranger).[354]
- Russell Dove, 87, Australian Olympic sports shooter (1972).[355]
- Harry Elderfield, 72, British geochemist and professor (University of Cambridge).[356]
- Ronit Elkabetz, 51, Israeli actress and film director (Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem), lung cancer.[357]
- Solveig Ericsson, 84, Swedish Olympic athlete.[358]
- Karl-Heinz von Hassel, 77, German actor.[359]
- Walter Kohn, 93, Austrian-born American theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate (1998), jaw cancer.[360]
- Lord Tanamo, 81, Jamaican ska and mento musician.[361]
- John McConathy, 86, American basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks, Northwestern State).[362]
- Mehrdad Oladi, 30, Iranian footballer (Malavan), heart attack.[363]
- Milt Pappas, 76, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs).[364]
- Billy Redmayne, 25, Manx motorcycle racer, race collision.[365]
- Igor Volchok, 84, Russian football manager.[366]
- Pete Zorn, 65, American musician (Steeleye Span, Richard Thompson, The Albion Band), cancer.[367]
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- Solomon Blatt Jr., 94, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for South Carolina (since 1971).[368]
- Cynthia Cooke, 96, British nurse, Matron-in-Chief of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (1973–1976).[369]
- Velda González, 83, Puerto Rican actress and politician.[370]
- Guy Hamilton, 93, French-born British film director (James Bond, Battle of Britain, Evil Under the Sun).[371]
- Avril Henry, 81, British academic, suicide.[372]
- Dame Leonie Kramer, 91, Australian academic, author and university administrator.[373]
- Attila Özdemiroğlu, 73, Turkish composer, lung cancer.[374]
- Solly Pandor, 58, Zambian football manager.[375]
- Harry Perkowski, 93, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds).[376]
- Qi Benyu, 85, Chinese politician and propagandist, cancer.[377]
- Jack Tafari, 69, British activist, liver failure.[378]
- Giannis Voglis, 78, Greek actor.[379]
- Dwayne Washington, 52, American basketball player (New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat, Syracuse University), brain cancer.[380]
- Vern Wilson, 85, American Olympic athlete.[381]
- Victoria Wood, 62, British comedian and actress (New Faces, Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, dinnerladies), cancer.[382]
- Yu Songlie, 95, Chinese agricultural scientist, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).[383]
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- Frederick Bruce-Lyle, 62, Ghanaian-born Saint Vincentian judge in the Caribbean.[384]
- Valeriu Cotea, 89, Romanian oenologist, member of Romanian Academy, cardiac arrest.[385]
- Norbert Esnault, 87, French cyclist.[386]
- Nade Haley, 68, American artist.[387]
- Levi Karuhanga, 60, Ugandan major general.[388]
- Per-Simon Kildal, 64, Swedish antenna specialist.[389]
- Hans Koschnick, 87, German politician and diplomat, Bremen Senate president and mayor (1967–1985), President of the Bundesrat (1970–1971, 1981–1982), MP (1987–1998).[390]
- Marco Leto, 85, Italian film and television director (Black Holiday, Al piacere di rivederla).[391]
- Franz Lorette, 80, Belgian Olympic hockey player.[392]
- Lonnie Mack, 74, American singer-guitarist (The Wham of that Memphis Man).[393]
- Toshio Mashima, 67, Japanese composer, cancer.[394]
- D. B. Nihalsinghe, 77, Sri Lankan filmmaker (Welikathara).[395]
- Utako Okamoto, 98, Japanese medical scientist.[396]
- Ferenc Paragi, 62, Hungarian Olympic javelin thrower (1976, 1980), world record holder (1980–1983).[397]
- Prince, 57, American musician ("When Doves Cry", "Little Red Corvette", "Purple Rain") and actor, Oscar (1984) and four-time Grammy winner, accidental fentanyl overdose.[398]
- Peter Ruckman, 94, American Independent Baptist pastor.[399]
- Smoke Glacken, 22, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Hopeful Stakes (1996).[400]
- Dene Smuts, 66, South African politician, MP (1989–2014).[401]
- John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant, 93, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1989).[402]
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- David Beresford, 68, British journalist.[403]
- Yvon Charbonneau, 75, Canadian politician, stroke.[404]
- Rudolph Chimelli, 87, German journalist and author.[405]
- Isabelle Dinoire, 49, French mauled woman, first person to undergo a partial face transplant.[406]
- Rex Fell, 71, New Zealand Thoroughbred breeder.[407]
- Ojārs Grīnbergs, 73, Latvian singer, lung cancer.[408]
- Roger Khawam, 94, Egyptian antique dealer and Egyptologist.[409]
- John Lumsden, 55, Scottish footballer (Stoke City).[410]
- Ariffin Mohammed, 74, Malaysian cult leader (Sky Kingdom).[411]
- Robert Price, 83, American attorney and political campaign manager.[412]
- Jory Prum, 41, American audio engineer and video game developer (Adaptation, The Walking Dead, Brütal Legend), traffic collision.[413]
- Manfred Rein, 68, Austrian politician (ÖVP).[414]
- Peter Sellers, 94, New Zealand sports broadcaster.[415]
- Soran Singh, Pakistani politician, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly (since 2013), shot.[416]
- Sir Denys Wilkinson, 93, British nuclear physicist.[417]
- Anne Wolden-Ræthinge, 86, Danish author and journalist.[418]
23
- Ron Brace, 29, American football player (Boston College, New England Patriots), apparent heart attack.[419]
- Alfons Van den Brande, 88, Belgian cyclist.[420]
- Carla Braan, 54, Dutch Olympic gymnast.[421]
- Errol Crossan, 85, Canadian soccer player (Norwich City).[422]
- Attila Ferjáncz, 69, Hungarian racing driver, Hungarian Rally champion (1976–1982, 1985, 1990).[423]
- Luis González Seara, 79, Spanish politician.[424]
- Inge King, 100, German-born Australian sculptor.[425]
- Vjatšeslav Kobrin, 58, Russian guitarist and songwriter.[426]
- Tom Muecke, 52, American CFL player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos), heart attack.[427]
- Tony Munro, 52, Australian sports journalist, stroke.[428]
- Sir Richard Parsons, 88, British diplomat, Ambassador to Hungary, Spain and Sweden.[429]
- Jacques Perry, 94, French novelist.[430]
- Maurice Peston, Baron Peston, 85, English economist and politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1987).[431]
- Miguel Picazo, 89, Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor (La Tía Tula).[432]
- John Steven Satterthwaite, 87, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lismore (1971–2001).[433]
- Bill Sevesi, 92, Tongan-born New Zealand musician.[434]
- Madeleine Sherwood, 93, Canadian actress (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Flying Nun).[435]
- Banharn Silpa-archa, 83, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996), asthma.[436]
- Horace Ward, 88, American judge.[437]
- Paul Hisao Yasuda, 94, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Osaka (1978–1997).[438]
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- Zafar Ishaq Ansari, 84, Pakistani Islamic scholar, heart attack.[439]
- Paul Annear, 68, New Zealand jeweller.[440]
- Nina Arkhipova, 94, Russian film and stage actress (Burnt by the Sun).
- Chen Shilu, 95, Chinese flight mechanic, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).[441]
- Manuel de la Torre, 94, Spanish-born American golf player and instructor.[442]
- Robert Dolan, 87, American marine geologist.[443]
- Walter Jackson Freeman III, 89, American biologist.[444]
- Perry O. Hooper Sr., 91, American judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama (1995–2001).[445]
- Steve Julian, 57, American radio host (KPCC), brain cancer.[446]
- Kiviaq, 80, Canadian lawyer, politician, boxer and football player, cancer.[447]
- Tommy Kono, 85, American weightlifter, Olympic champion (1952, 1956), world champion (1953–1959), complications from liver disease.[448]
- Thinle Lhondup, 72, Nepalese actor (Himalaya), fall.[449]
- Benjamin Manglona, 78, Northern Mariana Islands politician, Lieutenant Governor (1990–1994), stroke.[450]
- Ricardo Torres Origel, 59, Mexican politician.[451]
- Lizette Parker, 44, American politician, Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey (since 2014), respiratory illness.[452]
- Billy Paul, 81, American R&B singer ("Me and Mrs. Jones"), pancreatic cancer.[453]
- George Pieterson, 74, Dutch clarinetist.[454]
- Terry Redlin, 78, American artist, Alzheimer's disease.[455]
- Klaus Siebert, 60, German biathlon athlete and coach, world champion (1978, 1979), Olympic silver medalist (1980).[456]
- Papa Wemba, 66, Congolese singer, seizure.[457]
- George Alexis Weymouth, 79, American artist and conservationist, heart failure.[458]
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- Dumitru Antonescu, 71, Romanian footballer (Farul Constanța).[459]
- Remo Belli, 88, American drummer, developed the synthetic drumhead (Remo), complications of pneumonia.[460]
- Joe Blahak, 65, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).[461]
- Nicolae Esinencu, 76, Moldovan screenwriter and writer.[462]
- Göte Gåård, 84, Swedish Olympic sports shooter.[463]
- Mel George, 80, American professor and twice interim president of the University of Missouri.[464]
- Martin Gray, 93, Polish Holocaust survivor and writer.[465]
- Michal Hornstein, 95, Polish-born Canadian executive.[466]
- Tom Lewis, 94, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales (1975–1976).[467]
- Patrick Fabionn Lopes, 35, Brazilian football player, brain aneurysm.[468]
- Xulhaz Mannan, 39, Bangladeshi editor, stabbed.[469]
- Mei Baojiu, 82, Chinese Peking opera artist, bronchospasm.[470]
- Poornima Arvind Pakvasa, 102, Indian social worker.[471]
- Neculai Rățoi, 77, Romanian politician, mayor of Pașcani (1981–2008).[472]
- John Ridsdel, 68, Canadian journalist (Calgary Herald), businessman (Petro-Canada) and Abu Sayyaf hostage, beheaded.[473]
- Horst Sachs, 89, German mathematician.[474]
- Samantha Schubert, 47, Malaysian actress and beauty queen, Miss Malaysia (1991), pancreatic cancer.[475]
- Rudolf Wessely, 91, Austrian actor.[476]
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- Raymond Casey, 98, British geologist and philatelist.[477]
- Vincent Darius, 60, Grenadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint George's in Grenada (since 2002), pneumonia.[478]
- Arne Elsholtz, 71, German voice actor.[479]
- Mark Farmer, 53, British actor (Grange Hill, Minder, Johnny Jarvis), cancer.[480]
- Winston Hill, 74, American football player (New York Jets), Super Bowl winner (1968).[481]
- William H. Jarvis, 85, Canadian politician.[482]
- Amanullah Khan, 82, Pakistani Kashmir separatism activist (JKLF), COPD.[483]
- Lucy Kibaki, 82, Kenyan teacher and socialite, First Lady (2002–2013).[484]
- M. H. Mohamed, 94, Sri Lankan politician.[485]
- Álvaro Pérez Treviño, 85, Mexican politician.[486]
- Peter Propping, 73, German geneticist.[487]
- Ozzie Silna, 83, American basketball owner (Spirits of St. Louis), cancer.[488]
- Martin Szipál, 91, Hungarian photographer, prostate cancer.[489]
- Masako Togawa, 85, Japanese feminist, singer, actress and novelist.[490]
- Dorothy Warburton, 80, Canadian geneticist.[491]
- James H. Ware, 74, American biostatistician, cancer.[492]
- Willie L. Williams, 72, American police commissioner (Los Angeles, Philadelphia).[493]
- Harry Wu, 79, Chinese human rights activist, founder of the Laogai Research Foundation.[494]
- Vladimir Yulygin, 80, Russian football player and coach.[495]
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- James Arvaluk, 68, Canadian politician.[496]
- James Carroll, 60, American-born Canadian actor (Wind at My Back, Red Dead Redemption, Death to Smoochy), small cell lung cancer.[497]
- Harold Cohen, 87, British computer artist (AARON).[498]
- Angela Flanders, 88, British perfumer.[499]
- Viktor Gavrikov, 58, Lithuanian-Swiss chess Grandmaster.[500]
- Herta Groves, 96, Austrian-born British milliner, traffic collision.[501]
- Philip Kives, 87, Canadian marketing entrepreneur, founder of K-tel.[502]
- Julio Xavier Labayen, 89, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, territorial prelate of Infanta (1966–2003).[503]
- Liu Lianman, 82, Chinese mountain climber, made the first ascent of Muztagh Ata.[504]
- Robert C. Mathis, 88, American air force general.[505]
- Chris Parkinson, 74, New Zealand broadcaster, co-founder of Radio Hauraki.[506]
- Ray Salazar, 85, American politician, Mayor of El Paso, Texas (1977–1979).[507]
- Gabriele Sima, 61, Austrian opera singer.[508]
- Toms, 87, Indian cartoonist (Boban and Molly).[509]
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- Anderson Agiru, 54, Papua New Guinean politician.[510]
- Óscar Marcelino Álvarez, 67, Argentine footballer (Panathinaikos).[511]
- Sir Edward Ashmore, 96, British officer in the Royal Navy, First Sea Lord (1974–1977).[512]
- Conrad Burns, 81, American politician, Senator from Montana (1989–2007).[513]
- Enrique Cal Pardo, 93, Spanish priest, teacher and writer.[514]
- Ed Davender, 49, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats).[515]
- Jenny Diski, 68, English writer (Nothing Natural, Rainforest, London Review of Books), lung cancer.[516]
- Joe Durham, 84, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals).[517]
- Igor Fesunenko, 83, Russian journalist, foreign affairs writer and teacher (MGIMO).
- Charles Gatewood, 73, American photographer, suicide by jumping.[518]
- Fredrik Grønningsæter, 92, Norwegian priest, Bishop of Sør-Hålogaland (1982–1992).[519]
- René Hausman, 80, Belgian comic book writer and illustrator.[520]
- Barry Howard, 78, English actor (Hi-de-Hi!), blood cancer.[521]
- Georg Kronawitter, 88, German politician, Mayor of Munich (1972–1978, 1984–1993).[522]
- Ingram Olkin, 91, American statistics professor, colorectal cancer.[523]
- David Page, 55, Australian composer, musical director of Bangarra Dance Theatre.[524]
- Mohamed Roushdi, 94, Egyptian gymnast.[525]
- Blackie Sherrod, 96, American sportswriter.[526]
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- Tim Bacon, 52, British restaurateur and actor.[527]
- Alyson Bailes, 67, British diplomat, Ambassador to Finland (2000–2002).[528]
- Sherry Cassuto, 59, American Olympic rower.[529]
- Chen Zhongshi, 73, Chinese writer, oral cancer.[530]
- Jok Church, 66, American cartoonist (You Can with Beakman and Jax).[531]
- Renato Corona, 67, Filipino jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (2010–2012), complications from a heart attack.[532]
- Patrick Deuel, 54, American reality TV star.[533]
- Bob Fitch, 76, American photojournalist.[534]
- Erediauwa, 92, Nigerian traditional royal, Oba of Benin (since 1979).[535] (death announced on this date)
- Dmytro Hnatyuk, 91, Ukrainian baritone opera singer.[536]
- Hilarius Moa Nurak, 73, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang (since 1987).[537]
- Dave Robinson, 67, English footballer (Birmingham City, Walsall).[538] (death announced on this date)
- Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, 86, Tibetan Buddhist teacher.[539]
- Don White, 89, American stock car racing driver.[540]
- Wojciech Zagórski, 87, Polish actor.[541]
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- Daniel Aaron, 103, American writer and academic (Harvard University), co-founder of the Library of America.[542]
- Michael Edward Ash, 88, British brewer.[543]
- Daniel Berrigan, 94, American Jesuit priest, poet, peace activist and ex-convict (Catonsville Nine).[544]
- Wayne Crawford, 69, American actor, writer and producer (Valley Girl, Jake Speed).[545]
- Alphonsus F. D'Souza, 76, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Raiganj (since 1987), heart attack.[546]
- Franco Di Giacomo, 83, Italian cinematographer.[547]
- Marisol Escobar, 85, French-born American sculptor.[548]
- Uwe Friedrichsen, 81, German actor (Faust, Schwarz Rot Gold, Sesamstraße).[549]
- Guido Gillarduzzi, 76, Italian Olympic speed skater.[550]
- Fritz Janschka, 97, Austrian-born American artist.[551]
- Sir Harry Kroto, 76, British chemist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1996).[552]
- Réjean Lafrenière, 80, Canadian politician, member of the Quebec National Assembly (1989–2007).[553]
- Ellen Niit, 87, Estonian children's writer, poet and translator.[554]
- Scott Rains, 59, American travel writer, brain tumor.[555]
- Phil Ryan, 69, Welsh keyboardist (Man).[556]
- Tracy Scott, 46, American script supervisor (Whiplash, Concussion, Garden State), cancer.[557]
- Peter Thomas, 91, American narrator (Nova, Forensic Files).[558]
- Vasily Zvyagintsev, 71, Russian science fiction author.[559]
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