Deaths in June 2023

June 2023

1

• Billy Ray Adams, 84, American football player.
• Ronald L. Baker, 85, American folklorist.
• Michael Batayeh, 52, American actor, asphyxiation.
• Anatoly Bolshakov, 92, Russian politician, member of the Soviet of Nationalities.
• Margit Carstensen, 83, German actress.
• Pacho El Antifeka, 42, Puerto Rican rapper, shot.
• Gerhart Hecker, 89, Hungarian Olympic runner.
• David Jones, 83, British athlete, Olympic bronze medallist, liver cancer.
• Grégor Marchand, 55, French academic and archeologist.
• Jim Melchert, 92, American artist.
• Pedro Messone, 88, Chilean singer, composer and actor.
• Bobby Morgan, 96, American baseball player.
• Lamar Morris, 84, American country singer.
• Jack Potts, 87, Australian rugby union player.
• Una Power, 79-80, English-born Irish card reader and author, Lewy body dementia.
• Philippe Pozzo di Borgo, 72, French businessman, subject of The Intouchables.
• Robert Rigot, 93, French sculptor.
• Reinhold Senn, 86, Austrian luger, Olympic silver medallist.
• Anna Shay, 62, Japanese-born American socialite, businesswoman and television personality, stroke.
• Roger Squires, 91, British crossword compiler.
• John Sullivan, 82, American baseball player and coach.
• Cynthia Weil, 82, American Hall of Fame songwriter, Grammy winner.
• Jeff Worthington, 62, American Paralympic athlete.

2

• Natasha Al-Maani, 64, Jordanian artist.
• Muhammad Afsarul Ameen, 71, Bangladeshi politician, MP and minister of primary and mass education, lung cancer.
• Bob Bolin, 84, American baseball player.
• Walter Bradley, 77, Canadian politician, Prince Edward Island MLA.
• Mike Crawhall, 85, English cricketer.
• Jean-Camille DeGrâce, 81, Canadian educator and politician, New Brunswick MLA.
• Michail Kostarakos, 67, Greek military officer, chief of the general staff and chairman of the European Union Military Committee.
• Hillar Liitoja, 68, Canadian playwright and theatre director.
• Willie Marshall, 91, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Bob Menne, 81, American golfer.
• Achille Ottaviani, 72, Italian journalist and politician, senator.
• Jacques Rozier, 96, French film director and screenwriter.
• Kaija Saariaho, 70, Finnish composer, glioblastoma.
• Reno Salvail, 75, Canadian artist, photographer, and author.
• Vladyslav Savieliev, 26, Ukrainian military pilot, military combat.
• Beverly Shade, 87, American professional wrestler, complications from lung cancer.
• Yukiko Takayama, 83, Japanese screenwriter.

3

• Byron Barton, 92, American writer and illustrator.
• Paul Geoffrey, 68, British-born American actor, cancer.
• Jim Hines, 76, American sprinter and football player, Olympic champion.
• Aamir Raza Husain, 66, Indian theatre actor and director.
• Conor O'Brien, 18th Baron Inchiquin, 79, English-born Irish peer.
• Khalid Kishtainy, 93, Iraqi writer and satirist.
• Aleksandr Maleyev, 75, Russian artistic gymnast, Olympic silver medallist.
• Steve Mills, 65, American juggler.
• Totto Osvold, 81, Norwegian radio broadcaster.
• Dionysius Pantelić, 90, Serbian Eastern Orthodox theologian and archimandrite.
• John Regala, 55, Filipino actor, complications from cirrhosis.
• Mario Sábato, 78, Argentine film director and screenwriter.
• Michael Sheehan, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Lubbock and archbishop of Santa Fe.
• Janice Wainwright, 82, British fashion designer.
• Josser Watling, 98, English footballer.
• Marta Zabaleta, 85, Argentinian-British economist, social scientist and writer.

4

• Mariano Arana, 90, Uruguayan politician, intendant of Montevideo and minister of housing, territorial planning and environment.
• Iliyas Azmi, 88, Indian politician, MP.
• Bill Beck, 61, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, heart attack.
• Selahattin Çetiner, 100, Turkish military officer and politician, minister of interior.
• Germán Chaves, 28, Colombian racing cyclist, traffic collision.
• Roger Craig, 93, American baseball player and manager, four-time World Series champion.
• Zola Dabula, 66, South African military officer, surgeon general of the SAMHS.
• David Emery, 76, British sports journalist.
• Bartolomé Gamundi, 84, Puerto Rican businessman and politician, secretary of the department of economic development and commerce, cancer.
• Macram Max Gassis, 84, Sudanese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of El Obeid.
• John Glenn, 93, American baseball player.
• Pierre Gruneberg, 92, German-born French ski and swim instructor.
• Norma Hunt, 85, American businesswoman, owner of the Kansas City Chiefs.
• Józef Klasa, 91, Polish politician, MP.
• Leon Kovalsky, 83, Russian politician, chairman of the Samara Regional Duma.
• Luciana Lagorara, 86, Italian Olympic gymnast.
• Sulochana Latkar, 94, Indian actress, respiratory failure.
• Dora María, 89, Mexican folk singer, respiratory arrest.
• Luigi Marrucci, 78, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia.
• Perry McCarty, 91, American environmental engineer.
• Mochtar Pabottingi, 77, Indonesian writer, heart attack.
• Zdeněk Pouzar, 91, Czech mycologist.
• Scott Schinder, 61, American music critic and journalist.
• Sharari al-Shakhanbeh, 80, Jordanian politician, minister of agriculture, senator.
• George Winston, 74, American pianist, Grammy winner, cancer.

5

• Henry E. Allison, 86, American philosopher.
• Aud Blattmann, 85, Norwegian politician, MP.
• Elspeth Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Pittenweem, 83, British baroness, heart attack.
• Giorgos Georgiou, 71, Greek television host and radio broadcaster, cancer.
• Astrud Gilberto, 83, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer, Grammy winner.
• W. J. Gobrecht, 92, American football player and basketball player.
• Robert Hanssen, 79, American FBI agent and convicted spy, colon cancer.
• Jimmy Hotz, 69, American inventor and record producer, heart attack.
• Tina Joemat-Pettersson, 59, South African politician, minister of energy and agriculture, twice MP.
• Paul Judson, 89, American basketball player.
• Mads Lundby Hansen, 53, Danish economist.
• Anatoly Makarenko, 86, Russian engineer and politician, member of the Supreme Soviet of Russia.
• Vadim Malakhatko, 46, Ukrainian-Belgian chess grandmaster, heart attack.
• Jennifer A. McMahon, 67, Australian philosopher.
• Ron Miller, 78, American fencing coach.
• Mohamed Moatassim, 67, Moroccan scholar and politician, advisor to Mohammed VI.
• John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, 91, British politician, attorney general for England and Wales, MP and member of the House of Lords.
• Bob Munn, 83, Australian footballer.
• Robert J. O'Conor Jr., 88, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Southern Texas.
• Lilita Ozoliņa, 75, Latvian actress.
• Robert Pack, 94, American poet.
• Gufi Paintal, 78, Indian actor.
• Ahmed Emad El-Din Radi, 67, Egyptian doctor and politician, minister of health.
• Egor Shuppe, 52, Russian-British businessman and venture investor, co-founder of Cityline.
• Kollam Sudhi, 39, Indian actor, traffic collision.
• Jack Whitford, 99, British Olympic gymnast.

6

• Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, Afghan politician, acting governor of Badakhshan, car bomb.
• Rustam Ali, 103, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
• Béla Andrásfai, 92, Hungarian mathematician.
• Jack Baldschun, 86, American baseball player, leukemia.
• Linda Burdette, 74, American gymnastics coach.
• Thomas G. Carruthers, 94, American politician, member of the Connecticut State Senate.
• Pat Casey, 29, American BMX rider, motorcycle crash.
• Kevin Considine, 93, Australian rugby league player, cancer.
• Pat Cooper, 93, American actor and comedian.
• Paul Eckstein, 59, American television writer and producer.
• Gints Freimanis, 38, Latvian footballer.
• Françoise Gilot, 101, French painter.
• Waldo Grant, 76, American serial killer.
• Peter Henrici, 95, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate and philosopher, auxiliary bishop of Chur.
• Tom Herzfeld, 87, Australian politician, Western Australia MLA.
• William Howarth, 82, American writer and professor.
• Árni Johnsen, 79, Icelandic journalist and politician, member of the Althing.
• Lino Jordan, 79, Italian Olympic biathlete.
• Pavel Lebeda, 82, Czech physician and politician, senator.
• Lu Yuanjiu, 103, Chinese physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Engineering.
• Virginia Marí, 60, Spanish politician, mayor of Ibiza and member of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands, lung cancer.
• Jim May, 88, Australian chemical engineer.
• Teddy McCarthy, 57, Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer.
• John McCoy, 79, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives and Senate.
• Mike McFarlane, 63, English sprinter, Olympic silver medallist, heart attack.
• Tony McPhee, 79, English guitarist, complications from a fall.
• Everett Mendelsohn, 91, American academic and historian.
• Sankaranarayana Menon, 94, Indian Kalaripayattu teacher.
• Tony Murray, 103, French-born British businessman.
• Noreen Nash, 99, American actress.
• Neal Petties, 82, American football player.
• Richard E. Snyder, 90, American publishing executive, heart failure.
• William Spriggs, 68, American economist, stroke.

7

• Aud-Inger Aure, 80, Norwegian politician, minister of justice.
• Kenneth P. Bergquist, 78, American brigadier general.
• Billy Bischoff Jr., 85, Australian rugby league player.
• Marino Busdachin, 66, Italian human rights activist.
• Irma Capece Minutolo, 87, Italian operatic singer and actress.
• Banani Ghosh, Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer.
• Saskia Hamilton, 56, American poet, cancer.
• Eva Hög, 95, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier.
• Niel Immelman, 78, South African pianist, heart failure.
• The Iron Sheik, 80, Iranian-born American Hall of Fame professional wrestler, cardiac arrest.
• Tom Jolls, 89, American television personality.
• Richard W. Kloubec, 92, American politician, member and speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives.
• Don Lancaster, 83, American author.
• Lim Kean Chye, 103, Malaysian lawyer and independence activist.
• Stefan Ljungqvist, 74, Swedish opera singer and actor.
• Kato Lubwama, 52, Ugandan filmmaker, musician, and politician, MP.
• Phyllis W. McQuaid, 95, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate.
• Sir Ivan Menezes, 63, Indian-born American-British beverage industry executive, CEO of Diageo, complications from stomach ulcer surgery.
• Red Morrison, 91, American basketball player.
• Leonardo Nierman, 90, Mexican artist.
• Annie Okonkwo, 63, Nigerian politician, senator.
• Karol Pinkas, 73, Polish chess International Master.
• Miroslav Řepa, 93, Czech architect.
• Ethna Rouse, 85, New Zealand cricketer.
• Baena Soares, 92, Brazilian diplomat, secretary general of the Organization of American States.
• Lisl Steiner, 95, Austrian-American photographer, photojournalist, and documentary filmmaker.
• Valentin Tatarchuk, 85, Russian politician, deputy.
• Eve Tetaz, 91, American anti-war activist.

8

• Klaus Beer, 80, German long jumper, Olympic silver medallist.
• Robert Holmes Bell, 79, American jurist, judge and chief judge of the U.S. District Court for Western Michigan.
• Peter Belli, 79, Danish singer and actor.
• Djaffar Bensetti, 60, Algerian trumpeter and saxophonist.
• Guido Bodrato, 90, Italian politician, minister of public education, deputy and MEP.
• Charles Kimberlin Brain, 92, South African paleontologist, director of the Transvaal Museum.
• Melvin D. Close Jr., 89, American politician.
• Paul Coghlan, 79, Irish politician, senator and leas-chathaoirleach.
• Alan Dowding, 94, Australian cricketer.
• Charles Elworthy, 61, New Zealand economist and social scientist.
• Fields of Omagh, 25, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Julie Garwood, 78, American author.
• Wade Goodwyn, 63, American news journalist, cancer.
• Pavel Gurkalov, 84, Russian politician, senator.
• Riaz Haider, 88, Indian-born American cardiologist.
• Véronique Jardin, 56, French Olympic swimmer.
• Louis LeBel, 83, Canadian jurist, puisne justice of the supreme court.
• Renato Longo, 85, Italian Hall of Fame cyclo-cross racer.
• István Maróthy, 80, Hungarian Olympic wrestler.
• Ian McGinty, 38, American comic book writer and artist.
• Wayne L. Nicholson, 65, American microbiologist and scientist.
• Domingo Perurena, 79, Spanish road racing cyclist.
• Maria Peschek, 69, German cabaret artist, actress and playwright, heart attack.
• Oscar Pezoa, 90, Argentine Olympic cyclist.
• Rale Rasic, 87, Yugoslav-born Australian football player and manager.
• Pat Robertson, 93, American televangelist, founder of CBN and Regent University.
• Jorge Roldán, 82, Guatemalan football player and manager.
• Mari Ruti, 59, Finnish-born Canadian philosopher.
• Carlos Sada, 70, Mexican politician and diplomat, ambassador to the United States.
• André Simon, 35, Antiguan road racing cyclist, traffic collision.
• Craig Stewart, 66, Australian football player.
• Marlene van Staden, 42, South African politician, mayor of Modimolle–Mookgophong, cancer.
• Nugroho Wisnumurti, 83, Indonesian diplomat, permanent representative to the UN in Geneva and president of the UN Security Council.

9

• Camilla Ah Kin, 58, Australian actress.
• Ahn Yeong-gi, 87, South Korean doctor and politician, MNA.
• Jim Allen, 100, New Zealand visual artist, AFNZ Icon.
• Laurent W. Belanger, 92, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives.
• Roger Boon, 88, New Zealand rugby union player and coach.
• Barbara Borys-Damięcka, 85, Polish theatre director and politician, senator.
• Ndoye Douts, 50, Senegalese plastic artist.
• Dinah Faust, 96, German-born French actress and singer.
• Carlos Gamou, 63, Uruguayan politician, deputy.
• Otis Grand, 73, Lebanese-born American blues musician.
• Muhammed Gwady, 64, Egyptian writer and philosopher.
• Paul D. Hanson, 83, American biblical scholar.
• Esme Harris, 90, British Olympic diver.
• Yumie Hiraiwa, 91, Japanese author, pneumonia.
• George Isaac, 85, Egyptian political activist, co-founder of Kefaya.
• Yoshikazu Kawaguchi, 84, Japanese natural farmer.
• Denis Kessler, 71, French businessman, CEO of SCOR SE.
• Serajul Alam Khan, 82, Bangladeshi philosopher and political activist, founder of JASAD and co-founder of Mujib Bahini, respiratory failure.
• Daniel Mandon, 84, French politician, deputy.
• Floyd Martin, 93, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic silver medallist.
• Helmar Müller, 83, German runner, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Firouz Naderi, 77, Iranian-American scientist.
• Wladimir Pomar, 86, Brazilian journalist, author, and activist.
• Siddiqur Rahman, 78, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
• Ron Richard, 75, American politician, member and speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, member of the Missouri Senate, complications from bladder cancer.
• Michael Shirima, 80, Tanzanian businessman, founder of Precision Air.
• Vasile Tonoiu, 82, Romanian philosopher.
• Alain Touraine, 97, French sociologist.
• Alton Waldon, 86, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly, State Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives.
• John F. Wood Jr., 87, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates.

10

• Hassana Alidou, 60, Nigerien diplomat, ambassador to the United States.
• Clive Barker, 78, South African football player and manager, complications from Lewy body dementia.
• Thelma Bates, 93, British oncologist.
• Étienne De Beule, 69, Belgian racing cyclist.
• Ken Hansen, 71, American politician, member of the Montana Senate.
• Kiyomi Hayama, 78, Japanese choreographer.
• Don Hood, 73, American baseball player.
• Ted Kaczynski, 81, American mathematician and domestic terrorist, suicide by hanging.
• Fakhri Khorvash, 94, Iranian actress.
• Eric Kokish, 76, Canadian bridge player.
• Virgil Luken, 80, American Olympic swimmer.
• A. Mangalam, 97, Singaporean-born Malaysian nun and human rights activist.
• Yannis Markopoulos, 84, Greek composer, cancer.
• Hans Mössmer, 91, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player.
• Jari Niinimäki, 65, Finnish footballer.
• Nuccio Ordine, 64, Italian literary scholar and philosopher, stroke.
• Park Je-chun, 78, South Korean poet.
• Roger Payne, 88, American biologist, environmentalist and record producer.
• Berdibek Saparbayev, 70, Kazakh politician, deputy prime minister and twice minister of labour and social protection of the population.
• John Spadavecchia, 84, Italian-born American poker player.
• Adrian Sprott, 61, Scottish footballer.
• Jim Turner, 82, American football player, heart failure.

11

• David Anderson, 97, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
• Mikio Aoki, 89, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors, chief cabinet secretary, and acting prime minister.
• J. C. Arban, 89, American football coach.
• László Balogh, 93, Hungarian painter.
• Charles Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan, 86, British peer and football administrator, chairman of Chelsea.
• Stanley Clinton-Davis, Baron Clinton-Davis, 94, British politician, [Minister of State for Trade Policy|minister of state for Minister for Trade and Tourism|trade policy], MP and member of the House of Lords.
• Mangal Dhillon, 64, Indian actor, cancer.
• David Gilmour, 91, Canadian businessman, founder of Fiji Water.
• Panagiotis Hadjinikolaou, 90, Greek dentist and politician, MP.
• Charles Hessenthaler, 75, American politician.
• Suna Kan, 86, Turkish violinist.
• Franz S. Leichter, 92, Austrian-born American politician, member of the New York State Assembly and Senate, pneumonia and renal failure.
• Liu Shouren, 89, Chinese scientist, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Sadao Nakajima, 88, Japanese film director, pneumonia.
• John Nkemngong Nkengasong, 64, Cameroonian playwright, novelist, and poet.
• Michael A. Noonan, 82, Irish-born New Zealand television writer.
• Jesús Ruiz, Spanish politician, deputy, complications from COVID-19.
• Magda Saleh, 79, Egyptian ballerina.
• Anatoly Sedykh, 60, Russian serial killer, suicide.
• János Söre, 88, Hungarian Olympic cyclist.
• Jean Wicki, 89, Swiss bobsledder, Olympic champion.
• Danny Young, 51, American baseball player.
• Rob Young, 76, Canadian sound engineer, complications from a fall.

12

• Silvio Berlusconi, 86, Italian politician, three-time prime minister, MP and twice MEP, leukemia.
• Rodolfo Biazon, 88, Filipino military officer and politician, chief of staff, member of the House of Representatives and twice senator, lung cancer.
• Michael Catt, 70, American pastor and film producer, complications from prostate cancer.
• Carol Higgins Clark, 66, American mystery author and actress, appendix cancer.
• Paolo Di Paolo, 98, Italian photographer.
• Jack Earls, 90, American singer.
• Meindert Fennema, 77, Dutch political scientist.
• John Fru Ndi, 81, Cameroonian politician and opposition activist, chairman of the Social Democratic Front.
• Patrick Gasienica, 24, American Olympic ski jumper, traffic collision.
• Mette Gjerskov, 56, Danish politician, [Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (Denmark)|minister for food, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (South Africa)|agriculture and fisheries] and MP, nerve inflammation.
• Harvey Glance, 66, American sprinter, Olympic champion, cardiac arrest.
• Sergey Goryachev, 52, Russian major general, missile strike.
• Kazan Khan, Indian actor, heart attack.
• Ronnie Knight, 89, English nightclub owner and convicted robber, pneumonia.
• Reggie Moore, 42, American-born Angolan basketball player.
• Douglas Nonis, 86, Malaysian Olympic field hockey player.
• Francesco Nuti, 68, Italian film director, actor, and comedian.
• John Romita Sr., 93, American comic book artist, co-creator of Wolverine.
• Stan Savran, 76, American sports media personality, lung cancer.
• Richard Severo, 90, American science journalist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Shigeru Sugishita, 97, Japanese baseball player and coach, pneumonia.
• William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby, 95, British peer, member of the House of Lords.
• Jane Resh Thomas, 86, American children's writer and critic.
• Treat Williams, 71, American actor, traffic collision.
• Vyacheslav Zaytsev, 70, Russian volleyball player, Olympic champion.

13

• Dennis Argall, 79, Australian diplomat, ambassador to China.
• David M. Bartley, 88, American politician, member and speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
• Philippe Borer, 68, Swiss violinist.
• Pierre Cabanes, 92, French historian and epigraphist.
• Christy Dignam, 63, Irish singer, cancer.
• Edward Fredkin, 88, American physicist, computer scientist and businessman.
• Lonnie Hammargren, 85, American neurosurgeon and politician, lieutenant governor of Nevada.
• Louis Holmes, 38, American football player.
• Huang Yongyu, 98, Chinese painter.
• Bret Hudson, 49, Australian Olympic gymnast.
• Nick Kaiser, 68, British cosmologist, heart failure.
• Simpson Kalisher, 96, American photojournalist.
• Nahim Khadi, 75, Sierra Leonean footballer, president of the Sierra Leone Football Association.
• April Kingsley, 82, American art critic, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Eina Kwon, 34, American restaurant owner, shot.
• Viktor Lisitsky, 83, Russian gymnast, five-time Olympic silver medallist.
• Jean-Pierre Marongiu, 66, French businessman and writer.
• Cormac McCarthy, 89, American novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner.
• Curtis L. Meinert, 88, American epidemiologist.
• Joachim N'Dayen, 88, Central African Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Bangui.
• Constantin Nicolescu, 77, Romanian politician, senator, cancer.
• Paul Rendall, 69, English rugby union player, complications from motor neuron disease.

14

• Khamis Abakar, Sudanese politician, governor of West Darfur, assassinated.
• Afeez Agoro, 47, Nigerian record holder, country's tallest person, complications from acromegaly.
• Ámundi Ámundason, 78, Icelandic talent agent and music publisher.
• Charles L. Blockson, 89, American historian, author, and bibliophile.
• Henri Boulad, 91, Egyptian-Hungarian Jesuit priest and human rights activist.
• Muriel Spurgeon Carder, 100, British-born Canadian Baptist minister.
• Mavis Cheek, 75, English novelist.
• Raimondo Crociani, 77, Italian film editor.
• Joaquín Espert, 84, Spanish politician, president of La Rioja.
• James E. Faller, 89, American physicist.
• Luisa Gándara, 69, Puerto Rican politician, first lady and member of the House of Representatives, breast cancer.
• Robert Gottlieb, 92, American writer and editor.
• John Hollins, 76, English football player and manager, heart failure.
• Charles Huband, 91, Canadian politician and judge, leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party and judge of the Manitoba Court of Appeal.
• Roman Jackiw, 83, American theoretical physicist, Dirac Medalist.
• Homer Jones, 82, American football player, lung cancer.
• George Leslie, 86, Scottish politician.
• Vincentius Sonny Loho, 66, Indonesian accountant and bureaucrat.
• Charles C. Lovell, 93, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Montana.
• Warren McGraw, 84, American lawyer, politician, and judge, justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
• Titus Okere, 94, Nigerian footballer.
• K. R. Parthasarathy, 86, Indian statistician.
• John Pelling, 87, British Olympic fencer.
• Anne Pellowski, 89, Polish-American educator and author.
• Henry Petroski, 81, American engineer and professor.
• Jordi Porta i Ribalta, 86, Spanish Catalan cultural activist, president of Òmnium Cultural.
• Kjell Rasmussen, 95, Norwegian diplomat, ambassador to Greece, Libya, and Finland.
• Sharda, 85, Indian playback singer.
• Vladimir Shmelyov, 76, Russian modern pentathlete, Olympic champion.
• Nikolay Sviridov, 84, Russian Olympic long-distance runner.
• Dmitri Tarasov, 44, Russian ice hockey player.
• Maurice Taylor, 97, British Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Galloway.

15

• David P. Calleo, 88, American political scientist.
• Gheorghe Dungu, 94, Romanian footballer.
• Beatrix Eypeltauer, 93, Austrian politician, member of the National Council.
• Ruth Fitzpatrick, 90, American Roman Catholic activist.
• Patrick Guzman, 55, Canadian-Filipino actor, heart attack.
• Jon Haggins, 79, American fashion designer.
• Sir James Hardy, 90, Australian winemaker and Olympic sailor.
• Glenda Jackson, 87, English actress and politician, MP, Oscar winner.
• Avtar Singh Khanda, Khalistani independence activist, died in disputed circumstances.
• Antonio Jiménez Quiles, 88, Spanish road cyclist.
• Bill McKim, 81, British Olympic middle-distance runner.
• Gordon McQueen, 70, Scottish football player and manager, complications from dementia.
• William C. Roberts, 90, American cardiologist.
• Donald Triplett, 89, American medical figure, first person diagnosed with autism, cancer.
• Bohdan Urbankowski, 80, Polish writer.

16

• Bob Brown, 81, American Hall of Fame football player, complications from a stroke.
• Norman Burtenshaw, 97, English football referee.
• Anadi Charan Das, 88, Indian politician, MP.
• Nicola De Angelis, 84, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Toronto and bishop of Peterborough.
• Peter Dickinson, 88, English composer and musicologist.
• Daniel Ellsberg, 92, American whistleblower, pancreatic cancer.
• Sir Ben Helfgott, 93, Polish-born British Holocaust survivor and Olympic weightlifter.
• Noriko Kamakura, 83, Japanese occupational therapist and medical researcher.
• Manabu Kitabeppu, 65, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player, leukemia.
• Gennady Kulik, 88, Russian politician, minister of agriculture, [First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia|first Congress of Deputies|deputy prime minister] and twice MP.
• Micael Lundmark, 36, Swedish Olympic snowboarder, drowned.
• Gino Mäder, 26, Swiss Olympic road cyclist, race collision.
• Armand de Mestral, 81, Canadian legal scholar, multiple myeloma.
• Rita Reif, 94, American newspaper columnist and author.
• Bruce Roberts, 93, American photographer and author.
• Alfredo Rojas, 86, Argentine footballer, heart attack.
• Norman R. Stone Jr., 87, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates and Senate.
• Angela Thorne, 84, British actress.
• Dave Viti, 83, American football player.
• Paxton Whitehead, 85, English actor, complications from a fall.
• Hanna Zembrzuska, 88, Polish actress.

17

• Sri Adiningsih, 62, Indonesian economics professor, chairperson of the Presidential Advisory Council.
• Stella Arach-Amoko, 69, Ugandan judge, justice of the Supreme Court.
• Sir Bhinod Bacha, 80, Mauritian civil servant, traffic collision.
• Oleg Betin, 72, Russian politician, head of Tambov Oblast, cancer.
• Michael Dargan, 94, Irish cricketer.
• Clark Haggans, 46, American football player.
• Yngve Hågensen, 84, Norwegian trade unionist, leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.
• Sir Michael Hopkins, 88, English architect, complications from vascular dementia.
• James R. Hurley, 91, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly and Senate.
• Bill James, 93, Welsh novelist.
• Subramanyan Chenna Keshu, 97, Indian air force officer and engineer.
• Grigory Klinishov, 92, Russian physicist, co-creator of the RDS-37 hydrogen bomb, suicide.
• Maria Lampadaridou-Pothou, 89, Greek novelist, poet, and playwright.
• Dave Maclean, 78, Brazilian singer-songwriter.
• Gus Newport, 88, American politician, mayor of Berkeley, California.
• Siobhan O'Sullivan, 49, Australian political scientist and political theorist, ovarian cancer.
• Naum Prifti, 91, Albanian writer, screenwriter and essayist.
• Nicky Singer, 66, English novelist, stroke.
• Walter Stamm, 81, Austrian footballer.

18

• Sher Muhammad Baloch, Pakistani politician, MNA.
• Paul Barber, 80, English cheesemaker.
• Sheldon Bergstrom, 51, Canadian actor.
• Juan Alfredo Biaggi Lama, 71, Dominican lawyer, academic and judge, heart attack.
• Big Pokey, 48, American rapper.
• Jim Brandenburg, 87, American college basketball coach.
• Jellie Brouwer, 59, Dutch journalist and radio presenter, cancer.
• Cameron Buchanan, 76, Scottish politician, MSP.
• Gérard Charasse, 79, French politician, deputy.
• Wenceslas Compaoré, 88, Burkinabé Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Manga.
• Christian Espiritu, 89, Filipino fashion designer.
• Isabel da Costa Ferreira, 49, East Timorese human rights activist, first lady, cancer.
• Kent Ford, 92, American astronomer.
• Anders Ruben Forsblom, 91, Finnish Olympic cyclist.
• Dick Hall, 92, American baseball player, multiple myeloma and heart failure.
• Lim Ji-hye, 37, South Korean model and YouTuber.
• Sir Robert Malpas, 95, British engineer and businessman.
• Adriano Mazzoletti, 87, Italian musicologist.
• Nasrollah Nasehpour, 82, Iranian musician.
• Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 46, Indian Sikh separatist, shot.
• Graziano Origa, 70, Italian comic book artist.
• Poojappura Ravi, 82, Indian actor and comedian.
• Anastasia-Patricia Rubinska, 27, Polish hotel worker, strangled.
• Charley Scales, 85, American football player.
• Bernd Schroeder, 79, German writer.
• Geoffrey Stevens, 83, Canadian journalist, heart attack.
• Cornel Țăranu, 88, Romanian composer.
• Teresa Taylor, 60, American drummer and actress, lung disease.
• David Walker, 66, British air marshal, brain cancer.
• Wan Sha Lang, 74, Taiwanese singer.
• Sabine Wils, 64, German politician, MEP.
• Rosario Zúñiga, 59, Mexican actress.
• Notable people killed in the Titan submersible implosion:
• * Shahzada Dawood, 48, Pakistani-British businessman
• * Hamish Harding, 58, British businessman
• * Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, French navy commander and explorer
• * Stockton Rush, 61, American businessman, CEO and founder of OceanGate

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• Billy Bales, 94, English motorcycle speedway rider.
• Michael A. Banks, 72, American writer.
• Karolis Chvedukas, 32, Lithuanian footballer.
• Gabriella Csapó-Fekete, 68, Hungarian Olympic volleyball player.
• George Frazier, 68, American baseball player.
• Liviu Hodorcă, 61, Romanian rugby union player.
• Tay Li Leng, 41, Malaysian Olympic swimmer.
• Bernie Massey, 83, Australian footballer.
• Jim McCourt, 79, Irish boxer, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Gerald C. Meyers, 94, American businessman, CEO of American Motors Corporation.
• Max Morath, 96, American ragtime pianist, television presenter and author.
• Diane Rowe, 90, English table tennis player, cancer.
• Gabriele Schnaut, 72, German opera singer.
• Gaetano Troja, 78, Italian footballer, complications from diabetes.

20

• Choi Sung-bong, 33, South Korean singer, suicide.
• Sylvester da Cunha, 92, Indian advertising professional.
• Robert Elegant, 95, American-British author and journalist.
• Rogelio Esquivel Medina, 83, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of México.
• Phyllis Gomda Hsi, 85, Taiwanese vocalist, complications from a fall.
• Rohana Jalil, 68, Malaysian singer.
• M. A. Kuttappan, 76, Indian politician, Kerala MLA.
• Brison Manor, 70, American football player.
• Vyacheslav Nagovitsin, 83, Russian composer.
• Rosalía Peredo, 71, Mexican politician and social activist, deputy and senator.
• Zain Safar-ud-Din, 85, Malaysian Olympic cyclist.
• Luís Saias, 98, Portuguese politician, minister of agriculture.
• H. Lee Sarokin, 94, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court of New Jersey and Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
• Claude Sarraute, 95, French writer and journalist.
• Doris Stockhausen, 99, German music pedagogue.
• John Waddington, 63, English guitarist.
• Ray Wheatley, 74, Australian boxer and Hall of Fame official.
• Paolo Zavallone, 90, Italian singer and composer.

21

• Bruce Bourke, 94, Australian Olympic swimmer.
• Paul Cardona, 70, Maltese Roman Catholic clergyman.
• Russell H. Dilday, 92, American pastor, president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
• Ali Duba, 89, Syrian intelligence officer, head of the Military Intelligence Directorate.
• Guillermo Escalada, 87, Uruguayan footballer.
• Winnie Ewing, 93, Scottish politician, MP, MEP.
• Gaea Pelefoti Failautusi, 83, American Samoan politician, senator.
• Warren Ford, 90, British tea researcher, complications following hip surgery.
• Daniel Fuller, 97, American theologian and academic.
• Gerald T. Hagino, 73, American politician, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives and senate.
• Lucia Hippolito, 72, Brazilian political scientist, journalist and historian.
• Vigen Khachatryan, 71, Armenian politician, governor of Lori Province, MP.
• Cedric Killings, 45, American football player, pancreatic cancer.
• Mijo Lončarić, 81, Croatian linguist.
• Peter Makuck, 82, American poet and short story writer.
• Manny the Frenchie, 12, American French Bulldog.
• Joanne McComb, 90, American baseball player.
• Ronnie Nolan, 89, Irish footballer.
• Mario Perani, 86, Italian politician, deputy.
• Tom Roper, 78, Australian politician, Victoria MP.
• Venetia Stanley-Smith, 72, British-born Japanese herbalist, aspiration pneumonia.
• Vytautas Šustauskas, 78, Lithuanian politician, MP.
• Vũ Khoan, 85, Vietnamese politician, deputy prime minister.
• George Winterling, 91, American television meteorologist.
• Robin F. Wynne, 70, American jurist, associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.

22

• Peter Allan, 87, Australian cricketer.
• Robert Black, 67, American bassist, colon cancer.
• Peter Brötzmann, 82, German jazz saxophonist.
• Cora Cohen, 79, American artist.
• Stéphane Demol, 57, Belgian footballer, cardiac arrest.
• Ben Heaton, 33, English rugby league player.
• Michael Horodniceanu, 78, Romanian-born American engineer, pancreatic cancer.
• Horst-Dieter Höttges, 79, German footballer, world champion, European champion, complications from dementia.
• Volodymyr Hryshchenko, 77, Ukrainian engineer and politician, acting mayor of Zaporizhzhia.
• Jacques Ishaq, 85, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic hierarch, archbishop of Arbil and curial bishop of the Chaldean Patriarchate.
• Harry Markowitz, 95, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate, pneumonia and sepsis.
• Mohammad Masduki, 78, Indonesian politician, mayor of Depok, vice governor of Banten.
• Roger Masters, 90, American political philosopher.
• Shyqri Nimani, 82, Albanian graphic designer.
• Della Pascoe, 74, British Olympic sprinter, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Victor Pușcaș, 79, Moldovan politician and jurist, MP and president of the Constitutional Court.
• Marion Reid, 94, Canadian politician, MLA and lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island.
• Stevanus Vreeke Runtu, 64, Indonesian politician, regent of Minahasa.
• P. Sabanayagam, 101, Indian Administrative Service officer.
• James Shepherd, 86, English cornetist and bandleader.
• Dave Wilkes, 59, English footballer.
• Zhong Xunzheng, 93, Chinese architect.

23

• Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani Araghi, 82, Iranian Shia cleric and politician, MP.
• Margia Dean, 101, American beauty queen and actress.
• Penny Ann Early, 80, American jockey and basketball player, suicide.
• Harold Elletson, 62, British politician, MP, pulmonary embolism.
• Arlette Faidiga, 84, Italian Olympic swimmer.
• Frederic Forrest, 86, American actor.
• Rocky Gattellari, 81, Italian-Australian Olympic boxer.
• Saundra Graham, 81, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
• Sheldon Harnick, 99, American lyricist and songwriter.
• Georg Indrevik, 83, Norwegian politician, MP.
• Jimmy Kim, 56, American taekwondo practitioner, Olympic champion, complications from dermatomyositis.
• Omer Léger, 92, American-born Canadian politician, New Brunswick MLA.
• Branko Lukovac, 79, Montenegrin politician, minister of foreign affairs.
• Jesse McReynolds, 93, American bluegrass musician.
• Malcolm Mowbray, 74, British film director and screenwriter.
• Kunto Ojansivu, 63, Finnish actor.
• Keith Ovenden, 79, British-born New Zealand political scientist, writer, and social commentator.
• Donna Pope, 91, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives and director of the United States Mint.
• Lee Rauch, 58, American drummer.
• Bev Risman, 85, English rugby union and league player and coach.
• Paul de Senneville, 89, French composer and music producer.
• Manamourou Silikam, 49, Cameroonian politician, MP.
• Betta St. John, 93, American actress.
• Amy Uyematsu, 75, American poet, breast cancer.
• Peter Wiesinger, 85, Austrian philologist.
• Sergo Yeritsyan, 66, Armenian journalist and politician, MP.

24

• George Andreadis, 81, Greek Olympic sailor.
• Claude Barzotti, 69, Belgian singer.
• Ian Browne, 92, Australian cyclist, Olympic champion.
• Raymond Cassagnol, 102, Haitian Air Force officer.
• S. M. Cyril, 86, Irish-born Indian educator.
• Dahrran Diedrick, 44, Canadian football player, cancer.
• Tony Halmshaw, 77, English rugby league player.
• Dodie Heath, 96, American actress.
• Roefie Hueting, 93, Dutch economist and pianist.
• Margaret Irvine, 75, British crossword compiler.
• Lena Kourkoutis, 44, American physicist, colon cancer.
• Ólafur Laufdal, 78, Icelandic restaurateur and hotelier.
• James Leavey, 75, British writer, journalist and editor.
• Desmond Junaidi Mahesa, 57, Indonesian politician, MP.
• Alain Marion, 76, Canadian sport shooter.
• Margaret McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh, 61, British politician, member of the House of Lords, glioblastoma.
• Robert "Say" McIntosh, 79, American political activist.
• David Richards, 82, American theater critic and novelist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Cédric Roussel, 45, Belgian footballer, heart attack.
• Dean Smith, 91, American track and field athlete, Olympic champion, stuntman, and actor.
• Taufa Vakatale, 85, Fijian politician, president of the Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei.
• Gary M. Williamson, 86, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives.
• Rachel Yakar, 87, French soprano.
• Sir Ti-liang Yang, 93, Hong Kong jurist, chief justice.

25

• Hugo Blanco, 88, Peruvian politician and writer, MP.
• David Bohrman, 69, American television executive, complications following hip surgery.
• Wilhelm Büsing, 102, German equestrian, Olympic silver medallist.
• Eddie Chin, 74, Singaporean-born Malaysian-British bass guitarist.
• Simon Crean, 74, Australian politician and trade unionist, minister for trade and the arts, and MP.
• James Crown, 70, American businessman, racing collision.
• Tapas Das, 68, Indian singer-songwriter, lung cancer.
• Karl Goddard, 55, English footballer.
• John B. Goodenough, 100, American materials scientist, Nobel Prize laureate.
• Elizabeth Greene, 82, Canadian Olympic alpine skier.
• James W. Griffin, 89, American politician.
• Leo Insam, 48, Italian Olympic ice hockey player.
• Mike Kellogg, 81, American radio broadcaster and writer.
• Dame Ann Leslie, 82, British journalist.
• Richard Ravitch, 89, American businessman and politician, lieutenant governor of New York.
• Raj Karan Singh, 87, Indian politician, MP.
• José Antonio Sistiaga, 91, Spanish filmmaker.
• Edward Turay, 77, Sierra Leonean diplomat, high commissioner to the United Kingdom.
• Peg Yorkin, 96, American philanthropist, co-founder of the Feminist Majority Foundation.
• Ján Zvonár, 72, Slovak physician and politician, MP.

26

• Dharam Ablashi, 91, Indian-born American biomedical researcher.
• David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, 97, Scottish peer, lord chamberlain.
• Robin Aisher, 89, British sailor, Olympic bronze medallist.
• Óscar Arizaga, 65, Peruvian footballer.
• Richard B. Bernstein, 67, American constitutional historian.
• Tom Beynon, 81, Canadian football player, Grey Cup champion.
• Dick Biondi, 90, American disc jockey.
• Tony Bouza, 94, Spanish-born American police chief.
• Craig Brown, 82, Scottish football player and manager.
• Florence Chenoweth, 78, Liberian politician and agriculture specialist, minister of agriculture.
• John Cockbill, 83, Australian Olympic rower.
• Nicolas Coster, 89, British-American actor.
• C. V. Dev, 83, Indian actor.
• Hardwar Dubey, 73, Indian politician, MP and Uttar Pradesh MLA.
• Emanuil Dyulgerov, 68, Bulgarian Olympic hammer thrower.
• Raanan Gissin, 74, Israeli political scientist.
• Tom Gullick, 92, English birdwatcher and tour operator.
• Juha Hernesniemi, 75, Finnish neurosurgeon.
• Ulysses Hollimon, 92, American baseball player.
• Ysabelle Lacamp, 68, French writer, singer, and actress.
• Carroll Leavell, 86, American politician, member of the New Mexico Senate.
• Sanjoy K. Mitter, 89, Indian-born American electrical engineer and control theorist.
• Rob Palmer, 66, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Scott Pelluer, 64, American football player and coach, cardiac arrest.
• Salim Saadi, 86, Algerian politician.
• Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, 86, Barbadian politician, prime minister.
• Vladimir Sedov, 35, Kazakh Olympic weightlifter, suicide.
• Mike Spivey, 69, American football player.
• François Thibodeau, 83, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Edmundston.
• Max Wieczorek, 84, Canadian Olympic rower.

27

• Peter Bieri, 79, Swiss writer and philosopher.
• Marie-Joseph Bissonnier, 82, French dental surgeon and politician, president of the General Council of Ille-et-Vilaine.
• Joana Brito, 76, Mexican actress and voiceover artist.
• Monte Cazazza, 68, American artist and composer.
• Alice Cleveland, 74, American television personality.
• Jack H. Cole, 87, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
• Evelyn Boyd Granville, 99, American academic.
• Dewey L. Hill, 97, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
• Graeme John, 80, Australian football player, coach and administrator.
• Anne Leahy, 97, New Zealand archaeologist.
• Avtar Lit, 73, British businessman, owner and chairman of Sunrise Radio Group.
• Italo Lupi, 89, Italian graphic designer.
• Ryan Mallett, 35, American football player, drowned.
• Nahel Merzouk, 17, French motorist, shot.
• Claude Miller, 79, Canadian Anglican bishop, metropolitan of Canada and bishop of Fredericton.
• Lloyd John Muller, 86, Canadian politician.
• P. Chitran Namboodirippad, 103, Indian writer and educationist.
• Bobby Osborne, 91, American bluegrass musician.
• Rudolf Pardede, 81, Indonesian businessman and politician, governor of North Sumatra, senator.
• Janie Park, 76, American biologist.
• Daniel N. Paul, 84, Canadian author, cancer.
• Carmen Sevilla, 92, Spanish actress, singer and dancer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Robert Sherman, 90, American radio broadcaster, author, and music critic.
• C. V. Shivashankar, 90, Indian film director, heart attack.
• Cok Budi Suryawan, 65, Indonesian politician, regent of Gianyar.
• Max Thompson, 66, English footballer.
• Lilli Vincenz, 85, German-born American gay rights activist.

28

• Soumia Benkhaldoun, 60, Moroccan women's rights activist.
• Harland Carl, 91, American football player.
• Willie Carrick, 70, Irish football player and manager.
• Jean-Michel Cazes, 88, French winemaker and insurance executive.
• Rabiatou Sérah Diallo, 73, Guinean trade unionist, secretary-general of the CNTG.
• Talina Fernández, 78, Mexican television presenter and actress.
• Nina Hallowell, 65, British medical sociologist.
• Sue Johanson, 93, Canadian sex educator.
• Harry Klugmann, 82, German equestrian, Olympic bronze medallist.
• William Marshall, 87, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MHA.
• Corazon Nuñez Malanyaon, 73, Filipino politician, lawyer, and accountant, governor of Davao Oriental, twice member of the House of Representatives.
• Iyabo Oko, 62, Nigerian actress.
• Jerry Okorodudu, 64, Nigerian Olympic boxer, complications from a foot ulcer.
• Matt Rendell, 64, Australian footballer (West Torrens, Fitzroy, Brisbane), heart attack.
• Kenneth Riegel, 85, American opera tenor.
• Bob Shannon, 74, American radio disc jockey.
• Ralph Sutherland, 97, Canadian civil servant.
• Gary Varner, 66, American philosopher, cancer.
• Dietrich Wagner, 78, German engineer and protester.
• Lowell Weicker, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, governor of Connecticut.

29

• Mohammad Majid Ali, 29, Pakistani snooker player, suicide.
• Alan Arkin, 89, American actor, Oscar winner, heart failure.
• Bea Ballintijn, 100, Norwegian Olympic swimmer.
• Clarence Barlow, 77, British composer, complications from a fall.
• Inoslav Bešker, 73, Croatian-Italian journalist and academic.
• Sai Chand, 39, Indian folk singer.
• Judi Farr, 84, Australian actress.
• Michael Dennis Feit, 80, American physicist.
• Dame Phyllis Guthardt, 93, New Zealand Methodist minister and women's leader, chancellor of the University of Canterbury.
• Gerald Hine-Haycock, 72, British broadcaster and journalist.
• Peter Horbury, 73, British car designer.
• Marty Huff, 74, American football player.
• Don Kennedy, 93, American radio broadcaster, television personality, and voice actor.
• Christine King Farris, 95, American civil rights activist.
• Marvin Kitman, 93, American television critic and humorist, cancer.
• Charles T. Knight, 91, American sound engineer.
• Jack Laub, 97, American basketball player and pharmaceutical executive.
• Betty Jane Long, 95, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.
• Bob Mattson, 92, American swimmer.
• Hipólito Mora, 67, Mexican farmer and politician, shot.
• Stephen Owen, 74, Canadian politician, MP.
• Alysson Paolinelli, 86, Brazilian agronomic engineer, minister of agriculture.
• Barry Phillips-Moore, 85, Australian tennis player.
• Gary Podesto, 81, American politician, mayor of Stockton, California.
• Tasniya Punyagupta, 100, Thai educator, headmistress of the Chitralada School.
• Mita Rahman, 65, Bangladeshi-British actress, pancreatic cancer.
• Hugh Saddler, 79, Australian energy economist and writer.
• Sir Tapley Seaton, 72, Saint Kitts and Nevis politician, governor-general.
• Shakeel, 85, Pakistani actor.
• Lilian Terry, 92, Italian jazz singer.
• Angel Wagenstein, 100, Bulgarian screenwriter.
• Anita Wood, 85, American singer and actress, pneumonia.

30

• Gordon Briscoe, 84, Australian academic and Aboriginal activist.
• Rudy Chmura, 91, American politician.
• Eva Maria Daniels, 43, Icelandic film producer, cancer.
• Droz, 54, American professional wrestler and football player.
• Farimah Farjami, 71, Iranian actress.
• Bob Fernley, 70, British motorsport manager and businessman, bladder cancer.
• Rick Froberg, 55, American musician.
• Alexander Gianniris, 63, Greek Eastern Orthodox prelate, primate of the Orthodox Archdiocese of Nigeria.
• Kirk Howard, 80, Canadian book publisher.
• Ruth Anker Høyer, 78, Danish-born Norwegian jurist and women's rights leader.
• Lawrence W. Jones, 97, American physicist and academic.
• Murat Karagöz, 55, Turkish diplomat, ambassador to Mongolia, Jordan, and Portugal, heart attack.
• Michael Kauffmann, 92, English art historian.
• Laird Koenig, 95, American author and screenwriter.
• Józef Kozioł, 84, Polish politician and economist, MP, deputy prime minister and minister of the environmental protection and natural resources.
• Jo Lindner, 30, German bodybuilder, aneurysm.
• Lord Creator, 87, Trinidadian-born Jamaican singer-songwriter.
• Carlos Alberto Montaner, 80, Cuban-born Spanish writer, neurodegenerative illness.
• Micere Githae Mugo, 81, Kenyan playwright and poet.
• Vahidin Musemić, 76, Bosnian footballer.
• Gail North-Saunders, 79, Bahamian historian.
• Ron Pretty, 82, Australian poet.
• Bir Devinder Singh, 73, Indian politician, deputy speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, cancer.
• Valentina Zazdravnykh, 68, Russian field hockey player, Olympic bronze medallist.