Deaths in March 2024

March 2024

1

• Norman B. Anderson, 68, American scientist and academic, complications from knee surgery.
• Iris Apfel, 102, American businesswoman and designer.
• Chance Browne, 75, American cartoonist, pancreatic cancer.
• Ennio Calabria, 86, Italian painter and illustrator.
• Moisés Calleros, 34, Mexican boxer, cardiac arrest.
• Ch'ng Jit Koon, 90, Chinese-born Singaporean politician, MP.
• Jacqueline Duhême, 96, French illustrator and writer.
• Pauline Eisenstadt, 84, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives and Senate.
• Lynn Fainchtein, 61, Spanish music producer and film composer.
• Erling Folkvord, 74, Norwegian politician, MP.
• Gerald Gustafson, 95, American fighter pilot.
• Ataullah Hamidi, 69, Turkish politician, mayor of Batman and MP, heart attack.
• David Ananda Hart, 69, British theologian and Anglican priest.
• Tom James, 94, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives.
• David Johnson, 97, American photographer.
• Eric Jones, 87, British-Australian economic historian.
• Monique Journod, 88, French painter and lithographer.
• Farhan Khan, 23, Pakistani footballer, traffic collision.
• Charles Kurfess, 94, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
• João Maia, 82, Brazilian philosopher and politician, deputy.
• Andrés Miranda Hernández, 89, Spanish politician, president of the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife and member of the Cortes Españolas.
• Bjørn Pedersen, 90, Norwegian chemist.
• Péter Povázsay, 77, Hungarian Olympic canoeist.
• Tristram Powell, 83, English director, producer and screenwriter, leukaemia.
• Aziz Qureshi, 82, Indian politician, MP, governor of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
• Pit Schubert, 88, German non-fiction author and mountain climber.
• Sun Jun, 97, Chinese tunnel engineer.
• Jacques Tasso, 79, French rally racer.
• Akira Toriyama, 68, Japanese manga artist and video game artist, subdural hematoma.
• Allan Watson, 81, Welsh-born American football player.
• Carroll B. Williams Jr., 94, American research forester and entomologist.
• Don Wise, 81, American tenor saxophonist.
• Vladimir Yedalov, 69, Russian politician, senator.

2

• Jim Beard, 63, American keyboardist.
• Maurice Bembridge, 79, English golfer, cancer.
• Blues Boy Willie, 77, American blues musician, complications from a stroke.
• Nigel Brooks, 97, English composer, arranger and conductor.
• Monthian Buntan, 58, Thai politician, senator, member of the National Legislative Assembly.
• Janice Burgess, 72, American television writer, producer and executive, breast cancer.
• Azam Cheema, 70, Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, heart attack.
• W. C. Clark, 84, American blues musician.
• Mark Dodson, 64, American voice actor, heart attack.
• Ángel Duarte Valverde, 89, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician, deputy, governor of Guayas Province.
• Vladimir Dyachenko, 75, Russian politician, governor of Amur Oblast, senator.
• Tim Ecclestone, 76, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Mohammed Emami-Kashani, 92, Iranian politician, member of the Assembly of Experts.
• Eskendereya, 17, American Thoroughbred racehorse, heart failure.
• Wally Firth, 89, Canadian politician, MP.
• Leonard Everett Fisher, 99, American children's books illustrator.
• Alain Gerolami, 97, French government official, prefect of Mayenne, prefect of Seine-Maritime.
• Mark F. Giuliano, 62, American law enforcement official, deputy director of the FBI.
• Dan Haerle, 86, American jazz musician and pianist.
• Martin Herbster, 62, German Olympic wrestler.
• Howard Hiatt, 98, American medical researcher.
• Paul Houde, 69, Canadian actor and television and radio host, complications from brain surgery.
• Hwang Young-ha, 84, South Korean civil servant and politician, secretary general of the Board of Audit and Inspection.
• Jaclyn Jose, 60, Filipino actress, heart attack.
• Kenji Manabe, 88, Japanese pathologist and politician, member of the House of Councillors, director-general of the environmental agency.
• James Corson Niederman, 99, American epidemiologist.
• John Okafor, 62, Nigerian actor and comedian.
• Ørjar Øyen, 97, Norwegian academic and sociologist, rector of the University of Bergen.
• Søren Pape Poulsen, 52, Danish politician, MP and minister of justice, cerebral haemorrhage.
• Richard Plotz, 75, American Tolkien scholar, cancer.
• Antoine Predock, 87, American architect.
• Leena Rauhala, 82, Finnish politician, MP.
• Dinu Săraru, 92, Romanian novelist.
• Odd Selmer, 94, Norwegian journalist, novelist, and playwright.
• Lawrence Solan, 71, American academic.
• Tizway, 19, American Thoroughbred racehorse, heart attack.
• Nikola Vuljanić, 74, Croatian politician, MEP.
• Eugene Wijeysingha, 89–90, Malaysian-born Singaporean educator and historian.
• Kazbek Zankishiev, 31, Russian judoka.

3

• Hanne Andersen, 84, Danish politician, MP.
• Alexandre Baptista, 83, Portuguese footballer.
• Edward Bond, 89, British dramatist and theatre director.
• Zach Brewer, 44, American racecar driver.
• Betty Brodel, 104, American actress.
• Brian Canty, 92, British diplomat, governor of Anguilla.
• Juli Lynne Charlot, 101, American actress and fashion designer.
• Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadian jazz singer, television host and civic leader.
• Peter Conrad, 78, American sociologist, pneumonia.
• Carlos Díaz Medina, 88, Spanish politician, member of the Andalusian parliament, mayor of Cádiz.
• Ruxandra Dumitrescu, 46, Romanian-born Greek volleyball player, heart attack.
• Kenneth B. Eisenthal, 90, American physical chemist.
• Emmanuëlle, 81, Canadian singer.
• Roberto Fleitas, 91, Uruguayan football player and manager.
• Oscar Ghiglia, 85, Italian classical guitarist.
• Bob Harrison, 96, American basketball player.
• Brian Honeywood, 74, English footballer.
• Agbéyomé Kodjo, 69, Togolese politician, prime minister and president of the National Assembly, heart attack.
• Tetsuzan Kuroda, 73, Japanese swordfighter.
• Günther Leib, 96, German operatic baritone.
• Carl Madison, 93, American high school football coach.
• Dan McCartan, 84, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer, selector and manager.
• Mitch Molloy, 58, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Chris Mortensen, 72, American sports journalist, throat cancer.
• Walter Mößinger, 75, German Olympic artistic gymnast.
• Nakajima Natsu, 80, Japanese dancer.
• Eze V. B. C. Onyema III, 97, Nigerian traditional ruler of Ogwu-Ikpele.
• Ed Ott, 72, American baseball player, World Series champion.
• Morris Overstreet, 73, American jurist, judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, prostate cancer.
• Amjad Parvez, 78, Pakistani singer and writer.
• Suzy Platiel, 93, Algerian-born French ethnolinguist and Africanist.
• Presto, 31, German rapper, cancer.
• Bill Ramsay, 95, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader.
• Léon-Pierre Raybaud, 89, French legal historian and politician, mayor of Levens.
• Arnold L. Rheingold, 83, American chemist.
• Klaus Röhl, 90, German radiochemist and politician, MP.
• Félix Sabal Lecco, 64–65, Cameroonian drummer.
• Mounir Sabet, 87, Egyptian general and sports official, president of the Egyptian Olympic Committee.
• Makoto Shinohara, 92, Japanese composer, stomach cancer.
• Ian Strachan, 83, Scottish-born Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MHA.
• Claudio Tognolli, 60, Brazilian investigative journalist, complications from heart transplant.
• Paolino Tomaino, 86, Italian Roman Catholic priest and missionary.
• Jim Trujillo, 84, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, kidney failure.
• Atie Voorbij, 83, Dutch Olympic swimmer.
• U. L. Washington, 70, American baseball player, cancer.

4

• Michael Adie, 94, English Anglican clergyman, bishop of Guildford, pneumonia.
• Jimmy Anderson, 86, American college basketball coach.
• Oluremi Atanda, 84, Nigerian agricultural scientist.
• Barbara Balzerani, 75, Italian communist militant and convicted terrorist.
• Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, 82, French composer.
• Char-ron Dorsey, 46, American football player, complications from a stroke.
• Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talavera, 81, Chilean politician, senator, complications from a stroke.
• Francisco González Valer, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Washington.
• Tony Green, 85, British sports commentator and television announcer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Max Hardy, 40, American chef and restaurateur.
• James Hedges, 85, American politician.
• Michael Jenkins, 77, Australian writer, producer and film and television director.
• Peep Jöffert, 79, Estonian racing cyclist.
• Lewis Jones, 92, Welsh rugby union and rugby league player.
• Yazan al-Kafarneh, 10, Palestinian boy, malnourishment.
• Piotr Krupa, 87, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg and Pelplin.
• José León Asensio, 90, Dominican tobacco and beverage industry executive, chairman of Cervecería Nacional Dominicana and president of Grupo León Jimenes.
• Paryse Martin, 64, American-born Canadian artist, heart disease.
• Ramón Masats, 92, Spanish photographer.
• Kees Rijvers, 97, Dutch football player and manager.
• B. B. Seaton, 79, Jamaican singer, songwriter and record producer.
• Joe Shannon, 59, Irish chef and television presenter, cancer.
• Rafael Suissa, 89, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset.
• Tarako, 63, Japanese voice actress.
• Juan Verduzco, 78, Mexican actor.
• Amnon Weinstein, 84, Israeli luthier.

5

• Linda Balgord, 64, American actress and singer.
• John Behrent, 85, New Zealand cricketer.
• Elizabeth Bernays, 83–84, Australian entomologist.
• Vladimir Beryozov, 83, Russian military officer and politician, senator.
• Debra Byrd, 72, American singer and vocal coach.
• Patricia M. Collins, 96, American civic leader and politician, mayor of Caribou, Maine.
• Nesse Godin, 95, Lithuanian-born American Holocaust survivor.
• Kathy Goldman, 92, American anti-poverty activist.
• Guy Griffiths, 101, Australian rear admiral.
• Eric Guimbeau, 63, Mauritian businessman and politician, MNA, motorcycle accident.
• Vadym Hladun, 86, Ukrainian basketball player and coach.
• Sonia Hoey, 44, Irish association and Gaelic footballer, cervical cancer.
• N. K. Jose, 95, Indian historian.
• Haïm Kern, 93, German-born French sculptor, painter, and engraver.
• Wiesław Kondracki, 85, Polish engineer, economist, and politician, MP.
• Rolf Larcher, 89, Swiss rower, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Roberto Leoni, 83, Italian screenwriter and film director.
• Dagmar Loe, 101, Norwegian journalist.
• Steve Marsh, 99, Australian football player and coach.
• Ken J. Miller, 61, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
• Siphiwe Mkhonza, 45, South African footballer, kidney infection.
• Sidsel Mørck, 86, Norwegian writer.
• Marcello Norberth, 87, Italian photographer.
• Jack Parrington, 90, Canadian Olympic sprinter.
• Morton Povman, 93, American politician, member of the New York City Council, pancreatic cancer.
• Nadezhda Shaydenko, 71, Russian academic and politician, MP.
• Collin Small, 44, American man, shot
• Solihin G. P., 97, Indonesian military officer, governor of West Java, lung and kidney disease.
• Kari Juhani Sorri, 82, Finnish chess player.
• Richard Stone, 86, British anti-racism activist and medical doctor.
• Misha Suslov, 84, Russian cinematographer.
• Giuseppina Torello, 80, Italian middle-distance and cross-country runner.
• António-Pedro Vasconcelos, 84, Portuguese film director.
• Pavel Zajíček, 72, Czech poet, musician and visual artist, pneumonia.

6

• Faqir Chand Aggarwal, 91, Indian educator and politician, Haryana MLA, cardiac arrest.
• Seppo Ahokainen, 72, Finnish ice hockey player.
• Alfredo Baranda García, 79, Mexican lawyer, diplomat and politician, governor of the State of Mexico and federal consumer attorney.
• Cecilia Eckelmann Battistello, 73, Italian-born British container industry executive, chairman of Contship Italia Group.
• Jim Browner, 68, American football player.
• Jose Concepcion Jr., 92, Filipino businessman, activist, and politician, president of RFM Corporation, delegate to the 1971 constitutional convention, and secretary of trade and industry.
• Domício Coutinho, 92, Brazilian-born American author.
• Austen Robin Crapp, 90, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Aitape.
• Roger Davis, 85, American football player.
• Hreinn Friðfinnsson, 81, Icelandic artist.
• Ted Gray, 96, American politician, member of the Ohio Senate.
• Ray Grenald, 96, American architectural lighting designer, congestive heart failure.
• Barbara Joans, 89, American anthropologist, cardiopulmonary failure.
• Santosh Madhavan, 63, Indian religious leader and convicted sex offender, heart disease.
• Dick Monteith, 92, American politician, member of the California State Senate.
• Dimos Moutsis, 85, Greek singer-songwriter and composer.
• Martin Ndongo-Ebanga, 57, Cameroonian boxer, Olympic bronze medallist.
• Brian Nestande, 60, American politician, member of the California State Assembly.
• Larry H. Parker, 75, American personal injury lawyer.
• Pigcasso, 7, South African painting pig, rheumatoid arthritis.
• Nizam Rawther, 49, Indian scriptwriter and documentary filmmaker.
• Vikki Richards, 79, Trinidadian-born English actress.
• Dietrich Rusche, 87, German lawyer and politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament.
• Mohammed Al-Sharekh, 82, Kuwaiti businessman and author.
• Nick Sheridan, 32, Irish journalist and television presenter, brain aneurysm.
• Mitsuko Tabe, 91, Japanese artist.
• Rimas Tuminas, 72, Lithuanian theatre director.
• Claudio Velluti, 84, Italian basketball player.
• Margrit Weber-Röllin, 86, Swiss politician, member of the Cantonal Council of Schwyz.

7

• Biraj Adhikari, 63, Indian politician, founder of the Sikkim National People's Party.
• Pedro Altamiranda, 88, Panamanian singer.
• Lynne Barasch, 84, American illustrator and author.
• Jean-Baptiste Bordas, 86, French Olympic footballer.
• Jean-Paul Colonval, 84, Belgian football player and manager.
• Joe Cutajar, 83, Maltese singer.
• Connie Eaves, 79, Canadian biologist.
• Françoise Garner, 90, French soprano.
• David Granger, 69, Australian footballer.
• Patsy Healey, 84, British urban planner.
• Robert Heisner, 77, Martial arts expert and Christian minister.
• Roger T. Hughes, 82, Canadian jurist, justice of the Federal Court.
• John Isenbarger, 76, American football player.
• Ahmet Koç, 46, Turkish-born Belgian politician.
• John Kumah, 45, Ghanaian politician, MP.
• Steve Lawrence, 88, American singer and actor, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Daniel Martin, 72, French actor.
• Wayne Moses, 69, American football coach.
• Armistead Neely, 76, American tennis player.
• Minervino Pietra, 70, Portuguese football player and manager.
• Heinz A. Richter, 84, German historian and author.
• Jim Roddey, 91, American politician, Allegheny County chief executive.
• Richard Rosecrance, 93, American political scientist.
• Stéphane Rosse, 61, French cartoonist.
• Lucas Samaras, 87, Greek-born American photographer, sculptor and painter.
• Dennis L. Serrette, 83, American civil and labor rights activist.
• Son Myung-soon, 95, South Korean first lady.
• Nili Tal, 80, Israeli journalist and filmmaker.
• Margaret Tynes, 104, American opera singer.

8

• Milan Arnejčič, 81, Slovene footballer.
• Elizabeth Balgobin, 58, British charity administrator, cancer.
• Kosta Barka, 69, Albanian politician, MP.
• José María Benavides, 79, Spanish Olympic sailor.
• Brother Dege, 56, American musician.
• Guy Boutilier, 65, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA and mayor of Wood Buffalo and Fort McMurray.
• Ron Busniuk, 75, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Henry Chakava, 77, Kenyan publisher.
• Abdou Cherif, 52, Moroccan singer, heart attack.
• Diana Conti, 67, Argentine lawyer and politician, twice deputy, senator and member of the Council of Magistracy of the Nation.
• Darío Espínola, 56, Paraguayan footballer.
• Duncan Fearnley, 83, English cricketer and sporting goods manufacturer.
• Ernie Fields Jr., 89, American baritone saxophonist and session musician.
• Egon Fleischmann, 89, German Olympic cross-country skier.
• Michael Goodfellow, 83, British academic.
• David E. Harris, 89, American pilot.
• Jonathan Hunt, 85, New Zealand politician and diplomat, Postmaster-General, member and speaker of the House of Representatives.
• Greg Hyatt, 70, American political activist and attorney.
• Kali Kalo, 97, Greek actress.
• Herbert Kroemer, 95, German-American physicist, Nobel laureate.
• Tommy McAvoy, Baron McAvoy, 80, British politician, MP and member of the House of Lords.
• Kermit Moyer, 80, American author.
• George Newson, 91, English composer and pianist.
• Angelo Nicotra, 75, Italian actor and voice actor.
• Alexander Orlov, 85, Russian historian and author.
• Raymond Procter, 85, New Zealand cricketer.
• Dolly Sohi, 48, Indian actress, cervical cancer.
• Ľubomír Stankovský, 72, Slovak pop rock musician.
• Howard Stein, 95, American philosopher of science.
• Robert F. Trimble, 99, American major general.
• Raymond Uno, 93, American judge and civil rights activist.
• Ramya Wanigasekara, 73, Sri Lankan actress, singer, and radio broadcaster.
• William Whitworth, 87, American journalist and author.
• Zhu Nenghong, 84, Chinese astronomical optical telescope specialist.
• Rolf Zick, 102, German journalist.

9

• Antanas Bagdonavičius, 85, Lithuanian rower, Olympic silver medallist.
• John Barnett, 62, American aerospace engineer and whistleblower.
• Hamid Behbahani, 83, Iranian engineer and politician, minister of roads and transportation.
• Julie Robinson Belafonte, 95, American actress and costume designer.
• Joe Bodovitz, 93, American journalist and conservationist.
• Tony Braswell, 79, American politician, mayor of Pine Level, North Carolina.
• Mayte Carol, 82, Mexican actress.
• A. K. Dewdney, 82, Canadian mathematician, computer scientist and conspiracy theorist.
• Gerhard Dietrich, 81, German gymnast, Olympic bronze medallist.
• Nikolay Durakov, 89, Russian bandy player.
• Karl Galinsky, 82, American academic and historic researcher.
• Barbara Hillyer, 90, American academic and feminist.
• Malcolm Holcombe, 68, American singer-songwriter, respiratory failure.
• Jimmy Husband, 76, English footballer.
• Mukhamet Kharrasov, 75, Russian physicist.
• Phosum Khimhun, 64, Indian politician, Arunachal Pradesh MLA, heart attack.
• Lynn Kinnear, 64, British landscape architect, cancer.
• Claire Konold, 86, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives.
• Lance Nichols, 84, American baseball player and coach.
• Besar Nimani, 38, Kosovar-born German boxer, shot.
• José Oubrerie, 91, French architect, author and educator.
• Georgi Popov, 79, Bulgarian footballer.
• Vince Power, 76, Irish music festival promoter.
• Diamela Puentes, 43, Cuban Olympic softball player.
• Dave Ritchie, 85, American football coach.
• Raili Riuttala, 90, Finnish Olympic swimmer.
• Margaret Ann Stamey, 92, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives.
• Bernard Stoeser, 93, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives.
• Pedro Juan Texidor, 72, Puerto Rican actor, respiratory failure.
• Guy Touvron, 74, French trumpeter, heart attack.

10

• Percy Adlon, 88, German film director, screenwriter, and producer.
• Alta, 81, American poet.
• Khalid Batarfi, 43–46, Saudi militant, emir of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
• Hanspeter Bellingrodt, 80, Colombian Olympic shooter.
• Doug Blevins, 60, American college football coach.
• John Bond, 92, New Zealand rugby league player.
• Sam Bugri, 80, Ghanaian Olympic sprinter.
• Eric Carmen, 74, American musician, singer, and songwriter.
• Ernie Clark, 86, American football player.
• Roger Noel Cook, 77, British comics writer, musician, and magazine editor.
• Sergey Diomidov, 80, Uzbek gymnast, Olympic silver medallist.
• Carter Edwards, 82, Australian entertainer and radio presenter.
• Michel Ferlus, 88, French linguist and phonologist.
• Jerry Foley, 68, American television director, skiing accident.
• Mutsumi Inomata, 63, Japanese animator.
• Marwan Issa, 58, Palestinian militant, co-leader of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, airstrike.
• Ihsanul Karim, 73, Bangladeshi journalist.
• Margot Lemire, 77, Canadian writer, poet, and playwright.
• Georgy Luntovsky, 73, Russian banker and politician, deputy, deputy chairman of the Central Bank of Russia.
• Steve Maxwell, 59, Australian footballer.
• Svetlana Morgunova, 84, Russian television and radio host.
• Gigio Morra, 78, Italian actor.
• Myōbudani Kiyoshi, 86, Japanese sumo wrestler.
• Paul Nelson, American guitarist, record producer and songwriter, heart attack.
• Giandomenico Picco, 75, Italian diplomat.
• Yves Pillet, 84, French teacher and politician, deputy.
• Charles Kistner Pringle, 92, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.
• Ruby Lynn Reyner, 76, American singer and actress.
• Abubakar Sodangi, 70, Nigerian politician, senator.
• T. M. Stevens, 72, American bass guitarist, complications from dementia.
• Marc Tobaly, 74, Moroccan-born French guitarist and composer.
• Karl Wallinger, 66, Welsh musician and songwriter.
• John Wennberg, 89, American healthcare researcher.
• Wayne Wilson, 66, American football player.
• Yutaka Yoshie, 50, Japanese professional wrestler, arteriosclerosis.
• Yehuda Zisapel, 81, Israeli businessman and philanthropist.

11

• Paul Alexander, 78, American lawyer and paralytic polio survivor, complications from COVID-19.
• Mohammed Barakat, 39, Palestinian footballer, airstrike.
• Robert L. Barry, 89, American diplomat, ambassador to Bulgaria and Indonesia, complications from dementia.
• Charlie Bird, 74, Irish journalist and broadcaster, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Boss, 54, American rapper, kidney failure.
• Madeleine Chapsal, 98, French writer.
• Chien Tung-ming, 72, Taiwanese politician, MP.
• John O. Colvin, 77, American lawyer, judge of the U.S. Tax Court.
• Emilio Correa, 70, Cuban welterweight boxer, Olympic champion.
• Paul Denis, 81, Haitian politician, minister of justice and public security.
• Mulalo Doyoyo, 53, South African inventor.
• Hu Gabrielse, 98, Canadian geologist.
• Hannelore Gadatsch, 82, German television journalist and presenter.
• Marian Gołębiewski, 86, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Koszalin–Kołobrzeg and archbishop of Wrocław.
• Dick Jones, 82, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives.
• Surya Kiran, 49, Indian film actor and director, jaundice.
• Dorie Ladner, 81, American civil rights activist.
• Horace Lanfranchi, 88, French teacher and politician, president of the general council of Var.
• Lisa Larson, 92, Swedish ceramicist and designer.
• Mike McColl-Jones, 86, Australian television writer.
• Malachy McCourt, 92, American actor and politician.
• David Mixner, 77, American political activist and author, complications from COVID-19.
• Barbara Payne, 91, American baseball player.
• Tamar Pelleg-Sryck, 97, Israeli human rights activist.
• Fred Piper, 83–84, British cryptographer, progressive supranuclear palsy.
• Pete Rodriguez, 89, American pianist and bandleader.
• Paola Roldán, 42, Ecuadorian businesswoman, pro-euthanasia activist and philanthropist, complications from amyothropic lateral sclerosis.
• Auke Tellegen, 93–94, Dutch-born American psychologist.
• Miriam Weledji, 86, Cameroonian lawyer.
• Vadim Yankov, 89, Russian mathematician and political prisoner.

12

• Robyn Bernard, 64, American actress.
• Ernesto Dela Peña, 91, Filipino composer and lyricist.
• Robert M. Elton, 91, American lieutenant general.
• Terry Everett, 87, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Gottfried Feurstein, 85, Austrian economist and politician, MP.
• Sergio Giral, 87, Cuban-American film writer and director.
• Peter Glover, 78, English rugby union player.
• Pauge Harmon, 78, Irish Gaelic footballer.
• Nicholas Kiefer, 73, American economist.
• Michael Knott, 61, American singer-songwriter.
• John Lomax, 72, American journalist, pneumonia.
• Yong Soon Min, 70, South Korean-born American artist.
• Shani Mott, 47, American scholar, adrenal cancer.
• Einar Ólafsson, 96, Icelandic basketball player and coach.
• Arne Olsson, 93, Swedish Lutheran bishop.
• John Pease, 88, American sociologist.
• Bill Plummer, 76, American baseball player and coach, World Series champion, complications from a heart attack.
• Gani Qaliev, 85, Kazakh economist and politician, member of the Mäjilis.
• Maria Richwine, 71, Colombian-born American model and actress.
• Kim Rudd, 66, Canadian politician, MP, ovarian cancer.
• Bernard L. Schwartz, 98, American businessman, CEO of Loral Space & Communications.
• Sean Tallaire, 50, Canadian ice hockey player.
• James Whitbourn, 60, British composer and conductor, cancer.
• Wendy Witter, 88, British public servant.

13

• Stefan Abadzhiev, 89, Bulgarian footballer.
• Don Allen, 84, American football player.
• Dick Allix, 78, British drummer and darts official.
• Rosemary Aubert, 77, American-born Canadian author and poet.
• Pol de Beer, 89, Dutch politician, MP and senator.
• Rolf Blättler, 81, Swiss football player and manager.
• Jacques Donnay, 99, French politician, MEP, senator.
• Tommy Duncan, 87, Scottish football player and manager.
• Marcello Gandini, 85, Italian car designer.
• György Gát, 77, Hungarian television director and producer.
• Philippe de Gaulle, 102, French admiral and politician, senator.
• Notker Hammerstein, 93, German historian.
• Helga Haugen, 91, Norwegian politician, MP.
• Alvin Haymond, 81, American football player.
• Bill Jorgensen, 96, American news anchor.
• Natalia Kasatkina, 89, Russian ballerina and choreographer, blood clot.
• Julius Kohanyi, 91, Canadian film director and television producer.
• Gerald M. Levin, 84, American mass-media businessman, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Sylvain Luc, 58, French jazz guitarist.
• Ira Millstein, 97, American antitrust lawyer.
• Sadi Mohammad, 66, Bangladeshi singer and composer, suicide by hanging.
• Claude Mourthé, 92, French writer and film director.
• Neophyte, 78, Bulgarian Orthodox prelate, patriarch of All Bulgaria.
• Aribert Reimann, 88, German composer, pianist and accompanist.
• Kurt Rosenkranz, 96, Austrian adult educator.
• Hamdi al-Sayyid, 93, Egyptian cardiac surgeon and politician, MP.
• Matthias Schießleder, 87, German Olympic judoka.
• Steve Smith, 77, English football player and manager, dementia.
• Gerry Summers, 90, English football player, coach and manager.
• Dan Wakefield, 91, American novelist, journalist and screenwriter.
• Edwin Wilson, 101, American academic administrator and professor of English literature.
• Julia Wong Kcomt, 59, Peruvian writer and poet, cancer.

14

• Stephen Adams, 86, American businessman.
• Micheline Attoun, 87, French stage director.
• Lekan Balogun, 81, Nigerian politician and monarch, senator and Olubadan.
• Rashid Bawa, 83, Ghanaian diplomat and politician, MP.
• Walter Blum, 89, American Hall of Fame jockey, winner of the Belmont Stakes, lung cancer.
• David Breashears, 68, American mountaineer and filmmaker.
• Francis Carroll, 93, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn and bishop of Wagga Wagga, president of the ACBC.
• Lamara Chkonia, 93, Georgian operatic soprano.
• Frank Darcel, 65, French guitarist.
• Dahlman Davis, 83, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives.
• Madeleine Herman de Blic, 89, Belgian-born Indian social worker.
• Fred Faour, 59, American author and radio personality.
• Joan Gibbs, 70, American lawyer and activist, co-founder of Azalea: A Magazine by Third World Lesbians.
• Tom Gilmore Jr., 77, Australian politician, Queensland MLA.
• Ted Immers, 82, Dutch football player and manager.
• Byron Janis, 95, American classical pianist.
• Mal Lucas, 85, Welsh footballer.
• Mike Lude, 101, American football coach and baseball coach.
• Jean-Pierre Marty, 91, French pianist and conductor.
• Jim McAndrew, 80, American professional baseball player, World Series champion.
• Angela McCluskey, 64, Scottish singer and songwriter.
• Louis Minetti, 98, French farmer and politician, senator.
• Grant Page, 85, Australian stuntman and actor, traffic collision.
• Beth Peters, 92, American actress.
• Sven-Olof Sällström, 55, Swedish politician, MP, bile duct and liver cancer.
• Romão dos Santos, 56, Bissau-Guinean football player and manager.
• Léon Semmeling, 84, Belgian footballer.
• Costas Soukoulis, 73, Greek optical physicist.
• Arne Alsåker Spilde, 86, Norwegian farmer and politician, MP.
• Péter Szalay, 64, Hungarian jurist, member of the Constitutional Court.
• Minori Terada, 81, Japanese actor, lung cancer.
• Tsewang Choegyal Tethong, 88–89, Tibetan academic and politician.
• Frans de Waal, 75, Dutch primatologist and ethologist, stomach cancer.
• Paul Wallwork, 82, Samoan weightlifter and civil servant.
• Joshua Zak, 94, Israeli theoretical physicist and writer.
• Zheng Zhenxiang, 94, Chinese archaeologist.

15

• Howard Atlee, 97, American press agent, publicist and dog breeder.
• João da Bega, 80, Brazilian businessman and politician, Santa Catarina MLA.
• Emmet Bergin, 79, Irish actor.
• Hans Blum, 95, German singer-songwriter.
• Antônio Fernando Brochini, 77, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Jaboticabal and bishop of Itumbiara.
• Joe Camp, 84, American film director and writer.
• Maria Chwalibóg, 91, Polish actress.
• Paul Josef Cordes, 89, German Roman Catholic cardinal, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, vice president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and auxiliary bishop of Paderborn.
• Larry Damon, 90, American four-time Olympic cross-country skier and biathlete.
• Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba, 86, Togolese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Sokodé.
• Terry Gygar, 76, Australian academic and politician, Queensland MLA.
• Rolf Haikkola, 96, Finnish long-distance runner and coach.
• Salim Joubran, 76, Israeli jurist, justice of the Supreme Court.
• Francis Korn, 88, Argentine sociologist.
• Marian Król, 84, Polish agronomist and politician, MP.
• Tomasz Łubieński, 85, Polish journalist and writer.
• André Paradis, 84, French writer.
• Laxminarayan Ramdas, 90, Indian admiral, chief of naval staff.
• Aleksandr Shirvindt, 89, Russian stage and film actor and screenwriter.
• Josef Steinkogler, 69, Austrian business manager and politician, member of the Federal Council.
• William W. Tait, 95, American philosopher.
• Steve Tensi, 81, American football player.
• Ghulam Arieff Tipoo, 92, Bangladeshi jurist, chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal.
• Gordon Vance, 72, American politician, member of the Montana House of Representatives and Senate.
• Helmut von Verschuer, 97, German civil servant.
• Vasileios Vyzas, 86, Greek physician and politician, MP.

16

• Abdul Hyee, 71, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
• Sylvain Augier, 68, French radio and television presenter.
• Richard E. Benedick, 88, American diplomat, complications from dementia.
• Jean-Marie Borzeix, 82, French journalist, director of France Culture.
• Peter Brodrick, 86, English cricketer.
• Antônio Carlos Chamariz, 68, Brazilian businessman and politician, federal deputy.
• Jared Cohon, 76, American academic administrator, president of Carnegie Mellon University.
• Betty Cole Dukert, 96, American television producer, complications from Alzheimer's Disease.
• Dave Gunther, 86, American basketball player.
• John Hudson, 83, Australian Olympic rower.
• Werner Kaegi, 97, Swiss-French composer.
• Abul Kashem, 82, Bangladeshi politician, MP, respiratory failure.
• Nagamma Keshavamurthy, 90, Indian politician, Mysore MLA, Karnataka MLA.
• Addold Mossin, 104, Estonian neopaganist, World War II veteran and political activist.
• Roger Pfund, 80, Swiss graphic artist.
• Gary Rardon, 80, American serial killer.
• David Seidler, 86, British-American screenwriter, Oscar winner.
• Alan Sieroty, 93, American politician and attorney, member of the California State Assembly and Senate.
• Don Smerek, 66, American football player, cancer.
• Meeli Sööt, 86, Estonian stage, television and film actress.
• André Van Maldeghem, 86, Belgian football player and manager.

17

• Osvaldo Bender, 89, Brazilian businessman and politician, federal deputy.
• Ernesto Bergamasco, 74, Italian Olympic boxer.
• Ernest Bryll, 89, Polish poet, writer, and journalist, ambassador to Ireland.
• Cola Boyy, 34, American musician.
• Sandra Crouch, 81, American gospel singer and minister, Grammy winner.
• Steve Harley, 73, English musician, songwriter and producer, cancer.
• Timothy Hayward, 82, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives.
• Robin Hobbs, 81, English cricketer, complications from surgery.
• Nuno Júdice, 74, Portuguese essayist, poet and writer.
• Pinu Khan, 70, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
• Robert Klymasz, 87, Canadian folklorist.
• Slavka Kohout, 91, American figure skater and coach.
• Janusz Komender, 92, Polish doctor and politician, minister of health and welfare.
• István Lajtai, 79, Hungarian politician, MP.
• Niall McEneaney, 44, Irish hurler, traffic collision.
• Hennadiy Moskal, 73, Ukrainian politician, twice governor of Zakarpattia Oblast, governor of Luhansk Oblast and MP.
• Thierry Pelenga, 41–42, Central African warlord, leader of Anti-balaka.
• Cas Robinson, 88, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
• Emmet Stagg, 79, Irish politician, TD.
• Suh Chung-hwa, 91, South Korean military officer and politician, minister of the interior, MP.
• Thein Nyunt, 75, Burmese military officer, mayor of Naypyidaw and chairman of Naypyidaw Council, brain cancer.

18

• Carole-Marie Allard, 74, Canadian politician, MP.
• Daniel Barbu, 66, Romanian political scientist, senator and minister of culture.
• Ron Baynham, 94, English footballer.
• Claude Bisson, 92, Canadian jurist.
• Peter Bolliger, 86, Swiss rower, Olympic bronze medallist.
• Jean-Maurice Bonneau, 64, French equestrian and coach.
• Zonia Bowen, 97, British writer and linguist, founder of Merched y Wawr.
• Gloria Comesaña, 77, Spanish philosopher.
• Nicandro Díaz González, 60, Mexican telenovela producer.
• Rose Dugdale, 82, English paramilitary leader.
• François Dupuy, 76, French management scholar and consultant.
• Howell M. Estes III, 82, American general.
• Hugo Fernández, 93, Chilean Olympic basketball player.
• Geoffrey Fryer, 96, British biologist.
• George Garrett, 89, Canadian broadcast journalist.
• Jimmy Hastings, 85, British musician.
• Joan Hills, 92, British artist.
• Khalid, 60, Bangladeshi singer, heart attack.
• Konstantin Koltsov, 42, Belarusian ice hockey player, suicide by jumping.
• Peter Kunter, 82, German footballer.
• Jennifer Leak, 76, Canadian actress, progressive supranuclear palsy.
• Faiq Al-Mabhouh, 55, Palestinian crisis management administrator, killed.
• Angel Marin, 82, Bulgarian politician, vice president.
• Peter McAleese, 81, Scottish soldier and mercenary.
• Pearse McAuley, 59, Northern Irish paramilitary and convicted criminal.
• Roy McMurtry, 91, Canadian politician and lawyer, Ontario MPP and chief justice.
• Joana Neves, 37, Brazilian swimmer, Paralympic silver medallist, cardiac arrest.
• Mary Jane Phillips, 92, Canadian chemical engineer.
• Chavelita Pinzón, 93, Panamanian folklorist and singer.
• Parashu Pradhan, 80, Nepali author.
• James D. Robinson III, 88, American bank holding executive, CEO of American Express, respiratory failure.
• Joaquim Santos, 71, Portuguese rally driver.
• Kenjiro Shinozuka, 75, Japanese rally driver, pancreatic cancer.
• Chris Simon, 52, Canadian ice hockey player, Stanley Cup champion, suicide.
• Thomas P. Stafford, 93, American astronaut, liver cancer.
• Evan Stark, 82, American sociologist.
• Kenneth D. Stofferahn, 89, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives.
• Kevin Toney, 70, American jazz pianist and composer, cancer.
• Tone Vigeland, 85, Norwegian jewellery designer.
• James M. Ward, 72, American game designer and author.

19

• Raymond Boulanger, 76, Canadian bush pilot and drug trafficker, cancer.
• BrolyLegs, 35, American professional gamer.
• Margarita Cano, 92, Cuban-born American artist.
• Neeli Cherkovski, 78, American poet.
• Richard W. Conway, 92, American industrial engineer and computer scientist.
• Réda Dalil, 45, Moroccan journalist and writer, complications from surgery.
• Eberhard Dall'Asta, 84, German academic and politician, member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.
• Nat Dye, 86, American football player.
• Karla Erbová, 90, Czech poet, prose writer, and journalist.
• Léonard Forest, 96, Canadian filmmaker.
• Joachim Franke, 83, German speed skating coach, ice hockey player and coach.
• Takanori Fukushima, 81, Japanese neurosurgeon.
• Sebastian Haion, 51, Israeli soldier, killed.
• Simeon Jakovlevič, 98, Czech Orthodox prelate.
• Karl-Josef Jochem, 71, German police officer and politician, member of the Landtag of Saarland.
• Ersen Martin, 44, Turkish footballer, complications from an aortic rupture.
• Yves Michaud, 94, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA.
• Rod Oram, 73, British-born New Zealand journalist and commentator, traffic collision.
• Michael Senyimba, 86, Ugandan Anglican clergyman, bishop of Mukono.
• Hideki Seo, 49, Japanese-born French fashion designer and artist.
• Jean-Luc Seret, 72, French chess International Master.
• Martin Skaba, 88, German footballer.
• Neil Thimbleby, 84, New Zealand rugby union player.
• Vasily Utkin, 52, Russian sports reporter, author, and television host, pulmonary embolism.
• Jan de Vries, 80, Dutch footballer.
• M. Emmet Walsh, 88, American actor, cardiac arrest.
• Yang Shi'e, 92, Chinese underwater acoustic engineer.

20

• Nathan Agostinelli, 93, American politician, Connecticut state comptroller, mayor of Manchester, Connecticut.
• Saeed Ahmed, 86, Pakistani cricketer.
• Faramarz Aslani, 79, Iranian singer, guitarist and music producer, cancer.
• Rodney Bernstein, 86, Irish cricketer.
• Mark Blankfield, 73, American actor.
• Bennett Braun, 83, American psychiatrist.
• Jean Breaux, 65, American politician, member of the Indiana Senate.
• Carmen Cavalli, 86, American football player.
• Dianne Crittenden, 82, American casting director, cancer.
• Muhammad Alwi Dahlan, 90, Indonesian politician, minister of information.
• George Darko, 73, Ghanaian burger-highlife musician.
• Milton Diamond, 90, American academic.
• Sten Elfström, 81, Swedish actor.
• Alfred M. Gray Jr., 95, American military officer, commandant of the Marine Corps.
• Martin Greenfield, 95, American master tailor.
• Odell Jones, 71, American baseball player.
• Billy Kellock, 70, Scottish footballer.
• Gary Koepke, 68, American creative director, musician and painter, co-founder of Modernista!.
• Winai Kraibutr, 54, Thai actor, blood infection.
• Laetitia Krupa, 48, French political journalist.
• Laurence Levitan, 90, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates and Senate, congestive heart failure.
• Li Junxian, 96, Chinese chemist, heart failure.
• Phil Lowe, 74, English rugby league player and coach.
• Dumitru Macri, 92, Romanian football player and manager.
• Firmin Mattis, 94, French Olympic alpine skier.
• Cocky Mazzetti, 87, Italian singer.
• Agnes Muszyńska, 88, Polish-American mechanical engineer.
• North Light, 23, Irish-bred British Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
• António Pacheco, 57, Portuguese football player and manager, heart attack.
• Willie James Pye, 59, American murderer, lethal injection.
• Benoît Rayski, 86, French essayist and journalist.
• La Schelle Tarver, 65, American baseball player.
• Vernor Vinge, 79, American science fiction author, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Wang Shih-hsiung, 63, Taiwanese politician, MP, pancreatic cancer.

21

• Orlando Aravena, 81, Chilean football player and manager, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• David Attwood, 71, British film director, Alzheimer's disease.
• David Ben Avraham, 63, Palestinian Jewish convert, shot.
• Jean-Louis Biget, 86, French historian.
• Bob Birrell, 86, British Olympic hurdler.
• Ger Brady, 44, Irish Gaelic footballer, motor neurone disease.
• Pierre Cordier, 91, Belgian artist.
• Marcel Fernandez, 94, French racing cyclist.
• Lorraine Graves, 66, American ballerina.
• István Gyenesei, 75, Hungarian politician, minister of local government
• Ron Harper, 91, American actor.
• Kelly Hoare, 60, Australian politician, MP.
• Willie James Hodges, 63, American murderer.
• Hans Hamilton, 4th Baron HolmPatrick, 69, British hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords.
• David Jackson, 87, English footballer.
• Matthias Jarke, 71, German computer scientist.
• Markus Jooste, 63, South African businessman, CEO of Steinhoff International, suicide by gunshot.
• Daniel P. Jordan, 85, American historian.
• Lee Kee Hiong, 58, Malaysian politician, Selangor MLA, cancer.
• Hal Malchow, 72, American political consultant, assisted suicide.
• Mary Meyers, 78, American speed skater, Olympic silver medalist.
• Frédéric Mitterrand, 76, French politician, minister of culture and communication, cancer.
• Wolfgang Plottke, 83, German rower, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Richard Quinn, 79, American political consultant.
• Joseph J. Redden, 81, American lieutenant general.
• Christian Rodska, 78, English actor, cancer.
• Laurens van Rooyen, 88, Dutch pianist and composer.
• Zenaida Seva, Filipino astrologer and television presenter.
• Sarah-Ann Shaw, 90, American journalist and television reporter.
• Barry Silver, 67, American attorney, rabbi and politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives, colon cancer.
• Clemens Starck, 86, American poet.
• Monika Werner, 86, German politician, State Council member, MP, mayor of Hennigsdorf.
• Larry J. Young, 56, American psychiatrist, heart attack.

22

• Zafar Agha, 70, Indian journalist, cardiac arrest.
• Peter Bennett, 77, English footballer.
• Valdir Birigui, 80, Brazilian footballer.
• Paulo Konder Bornhausen, 94, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Santa Catarina MLA, multiple organ failure.
• Laurent de Brunhoff, 98, French author, complications from a stroke.
• Luigi Cimnaghi, 83, Italian Olympic gymnast and sports administrator.
• Eilish Cleary, 60, Irish-born Canadian physician and health advocate, ovarian cancer.
• Partha Sarathi Deb, 68, Indian actor, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Franz Dietl, 90, German Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Munich and Freising.
• Art Ellison, 80, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
• Francisco Gil Craviotto, 91, Spanish writer, journalist and translator.
• Martin L. Greenberg, 92, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate.
• Patricia Hall, 84, English novelist and journalist.
• Tibor Holéczy, 80, Hungarian Olympic cross-country skier.
• Bronco Lane, 78, British army officer and author, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Carl A. Parker, 89, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives and Senate.
• Erving Polster, 101, Czech psychologist, pioneer of Gestalt therapy.
• Alek Popov, 58, Bulgarian writer, essayist and scriptwriter.
• Damodar Rout, Indian politician, Odisha MLA.
• Leo Sanford, 94, American football player.
• Chuck Seelbach, 76, American baseball player.
• Ti Greg, Haitian gang leader, shot.
• Anne-Marie Trégouët, 99, French veteran.
• Peter Wilson, 81, British Olympic field hockey player.

23

• Peter Angelos, 94, American lawyer and baseball executive, owner of the Baltimore Orioles.
• Linda Bean, 82, American retailer.
• Fred Bednarski, 87, Polish-born American college football player.
• Daniel Beretta, 77, French actor.
• Edmund Bohan, 88, New Zealand historian.
• George Bruce, 81, English-born Canadian bishop.
• David Capper, 91, Northern Irish journalist.
• Leszek Długosz, 82, Polish actor, poet and composer.
• Brigitte García, 27, Ecuadorian politician, mayor of San Vicente, shot.
• Ulf Georgsson, 61, Swedish songwriter and drummer.
• Kumudini Hajong, 93–94, Bangladeshi revolutionary, indigenous and secular rights activist.
• Roberta Karmel, 86, American lawyer, pancreatic cancer.
• Benny Keister, 83, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, mayor of Dublin, Virginia.
• Shahryar Khan, 89, Pakistani diplomat, foreign secretary and chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
• Nicolae Manolescu, 84, Romanian literary critic.
• Paul Masnick, 92, Canadian ice hockey player.
• C. P. Mudalagiriyappa, 83, Indian politician, MP and Karnataka MLA.
• Eli Noyes, 81, American animator, complications from prostate cancer.
• Igor Ozim, 92, Slovene classical violinist and pedagogue.
• Maurizio Pollini, 82, Italian pianist.
• Rati Ram, 89, Indian-born American academic.
• Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, 79, Spanish businessman and sports executive, president of Real Betis.
• Mustafa Jaffer Sabodo, 81, Tanzanian economic consultant.
• Salim Salimov, 82, Azerbaijani politician, deputy.
• Serhiy Shevchenko, 66, Ukrainian football player and manager.
• Abdulah Sidran, 79, Bosnian poet and screenwriter.
• Mike Thaler, 87, American author and illustrator.
• Silvia Tortosa, 77, Spanish actress, cancer.

24

• George Abbey, 91, American engineer, director of the Johnson Space Center.
• Heather Allan, 82, New Zealand politician.
• Martin Bax, 90, British consultant paediatrician and publisher, founder of Ambit.
• Gullu Butt, Pakistani vandal.
• Denis Clavel, 81, French poet and politician, mayor of Arâches-la-Frasse.
• Malcolm Colmer, 79, British Anglican priest, archdeacon of Middlesex and Hereford.
• Samantha Davis, 53, British actress and philanthropist.
• Def Rhymz, 53, Surinamese-Dutch rapper, heart failure.
• Luis H. Ducoing Gamba, 86, Mexican politician, governor of Guanajuato.
• Ward Edwards, 94, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
• Péter Eötvös, 80, Hungarian composer and conductor.
• Alex Gitterman, 86, Polish-born American social work educator.
• Tina Gloriani, 88, Italian actress.
• Judith Hemmendinger, 100, German-born Israeli researcher and author.
• Anna 'Matlelima Hlalele, 94, Mosotho politician, fall.
• Aino Kapsta, 88, Estonian metalsmith and jeweler.
• Gerd Klamt, 81, German-born Austrian engineer and politician, member of the Federal Council.
• Gunilla Lundberg, 67, Swedish Olympic swimmer.
• Mike Mercer, 88, American football player.
• Philippe Minard, 62, French academic researcher and historian.
• Robert Moskowitz, 88, American painter, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Amaechi Muonagor, 61, Nigerian actor, kidney failure.
• Saravuth Parthipakoranchai, 76, Thai Olympic footballer.
• Marjorie Perloff, 92, American poetry scholar.
• Tomislav Peternek, 90, Serbian photographer and artist.
• Andrew Plympton, 74, Australian football executive, president of St Kilda, lung cancer.
• T. N. Prakash, 68, Indian writer.
• Violetta Quesada, 76, Cuban sprinter, Olympic silver medallist.
• Zoila Quiñones, 83, Mexican actress.
• Gordon Singleton, 67, Canadian Olympic cyclist, prostate cancer.
• Imogen Stuart, 96, German-Irish sculptor.
• Terence Suthers, 79, British conservator and museum curator.
• Howard Swenson, 93, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
• Margot Theben, 89, German politician, member of the Landtag of Brandenburg.
• John Tia, 69, Ghanaian politician, MP and minister for information.
• Herb Travenio, 91, American football player.
• José Agustín Valbuena Jáuregui, 96, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Valledupar.
• Lou Whittaker, 95, American mountaineer.
• Don Wright, 90, American cartoonist, Pulitzer Prize winner.
• Joyce Yakubowich, 70, Canadian Olympic sprinter.

25

• Laurent Achard, 59, French film director and screenwriter.
• Claude Alphandéry, 101, French resistance member, banker and economist.
• Ushio Amagatsu, 74, Japanese choreographer, heart failure.
• Humphrey Campbell, 66, Surinamese-Dutch singer, cancer.
• Michael Coady, 84, Irish poet.
• Chris Cross, 71, English musician and songwriter.
• Jonathan Diller, 31, American police officer, shot.
• Dave Forbes, 75, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Alesia Graf, 43, Belarusian-born German boxer, WIBF super-flyweight champion.
• Elisabeth Guttenberger, 98, German Holocaust survivor and human rights activist, witness at Frankfurt Auschwitz trials.
• L. Jane Hastings, 96, American architect.
• Ian Heads, 81, Australian rugby league historian, journalist and author.
• Lauri Heikkilä, 66, Finnish politician, MP.
• Andries Hoogerwerf, 92, Dutch political scientist and public administration scholar.
• Theodore W. McFarling, 94, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives.
• Maurice El Médiouni, 95, Algerian pianist, singer, and composer.
• Mahbod Moghadam, 41, American internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Genius, complications from a brain tumor.
• Philip Needleman, 85, American academic and pharmacologist.
• Ambrogio Pelagalli, 84, Italian footballer.
• Awuley Quaye, Ghanaian footballer.
• Estel Robirds, 89, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives.
• Nancy Valverde, 92, American LGBT rights activist.
• Diana Wall, 80, American environmental scientist and soil ecologist.
• Dean Wasson, 93, Canadian politician.
• Paula Weinstein, 78, American film producer.
• Fritz Wepper, 82, German actor.

26

• Hashimi El-Bahlul, 79, Libyan football player and manager.
• Lamine Bangura, 59, Sierra Leonean footballer, traffic collision.
• Kay Benbow, 62, British television executive.
• Gisela Birkemeyer, 92, German sprint runner, Olympic silver medallist.
• Michael Collins, 86, English footballer.
• Esther Coopersmith, 94, American diplomat, UNESCO goodwill ambassador, cancer.
• Peter Gardiner-Hill, 97, English cricketer.
• Gerhard Gepp, 83, Austrian illustrator, painter, and graphic designer.
• Enrico Giusti, 83, Italian mathematician.
• Danka Ilić, 1, Serbian girl, killed.
• Chandra Kumara Kandanarachchi, 76, Sri Lankan singer.
• Brigid Kelly, 40, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives, esophageal cancer.
• Andy Liu, 77, Canadian mathematician.
• Rajmund Miller, 69, Polish doctor and politician, MP, cancer.
• Slađana Milošević, 68, Serbian singer, songwriter and record producer, Sjögren syndrome.
• George Nicolescu, 74, Romanian musician.
• Wole Oguntokun, 56, Nigerian playwright.
• Richard Phelan, 86, American politician, president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, cancer.
• Richard Serra, 85, American visual artist, pneumonia.
• Lollu Sabha Seshu, 60, Indian actor, heart attack.
• Zahra Shojaei, 67, Iranian politician.
• Swami Smaranananda, 94, Indian Hindu leader, president of Ramakrishna Mission.
• Ana Starck-Stănișel, 89, Romanian handball player.
• Emmanuel Terray, 89, French anthropologist and political activist.
• André Van Herpe, 90, Belgian footballer.
• Giuliano Vangi, 93, Italian sculptor, leukemia.
• Pål Wessel, 64, Norwegian geologist.
• Ihor Yukhnovskyi, 98, Ukrainian physicist and politician, first deputy prime minister and MP.

27

• Namig Abbasov, 84, Azerbaijani diplomat and politician, minister of national security.
• Angelo Abenante, 96, Italian politician, senator and deputy.
• Fāṭimah al-Baqqālī, 50, Emirati calligrapher, decorator, and visual artist
• Andriy Antonyshchak, 54, Ukrainian politician, MP, complications from wounds sustained in action.
• Tuisugaletaua Sofara Aveau, 71, Samoan politician, MP.
• Robert Beerbohm, 71, American comic book historian, cancer.
• Eddy Braem, 80, Belgian footballer.
• Stein Bråten, 89, Norwegian sociologist and social psychologist.
• M. D. Bright, 68, American comic book artist.
• Choi Dae-shik, 59, South Korean footballer.
• Rance Cleaveland, 62, American computer scientist.
• Petra Deimer, 76, German marine biologist and nature conservationist.
• Aleksandr Domashev, 65, Russian Olympic field hockey player.
• Shagdaryn Dulmaa, 89–90, Mongolian poet and journalist.
• Paul Ernst, 88, Austrian Olympic biathlete.
• Harry E. Gallagher Jr., 92, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives.
• Reynaldo Garrido, 89, Cuban tennis player.
• George Gilbey, 40, English television personality and reality show contestant, fall.
• Avraham Grossman, 88, Israeli historian.
• Russell Hamer, 76–77, Sri Lankan cricketer.
• John Hargreaves, 78, English snooker player.
• Alfred Hassner, 93, Israeli organic chemist.
• Tony Heard, 86, South African journalist and author.
• Sara Japhet, 89, Israeli biblical scholar.
• Daniel Kahneman, 90, Israeli-American author, psychologist, and economist, Nobel laureate.
• Lou Kilzer, 73, American journalist.
• La Castou, 75, Swiss actress, singer, and dancer.
• Joe Lieberman, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate and Connecticut State Senate, Connecticut attorney general, complications from a fall.
• James R. McNutt, 89, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
• Thomas Mensah, 74, Ghanaian chemical engineer.
• James A. Moore, 58, American horror novelist, short story writer, and role-playing game author.
• Valerie O'Leary, 53, Irish scientist and researcher.
• Francisco Prat, 75, Chilean politician and businessman, senator and governor of Malleco Province.
• Karl Reger, 93, German Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Aachen.
• Stanisława Ryster, 81, Polish lawyer and television presenter.
• John Alfred Talent, 91, Australian geologist and paleontologist.
• Concepció Tarruella, 74, Spanish politician and nurse, deputy and member of the Catalan parliament.
• Georgios Terzopoulos, 93, Greek farmer and politician, MP.
• Carlos Tünnerman, 90, Nicaraguan lawyer, diplomat, and educator.

28

• Rahib Aliyev, 78, Azerbaijani actor.
• Ross J. Anderson, 67, British computer security researcher and author.
• Mukhtar Ansari, 60, Indian politician and gangster, Uttar Pradesh MLA, heart attack.
• Irena Bačiulytė, 85, Lithuanian rower.
• Désirée Bernard, 85, Guyanese jurist, Chief Justice of Guyana.
• Bunyan Bryant, 89, American academic, cancer.
• Chi Pang-yuan, 100, Taiwanese translator.
• Kurt Elimä, 84, Swedish Olympic ski jumper.
• A. Ganeshamurthi, 76, Indian politician, MP and once Tamil Nadu MLA, suicide by poisoning.
• Horațiu Giurgiu, 85, Romanian basketball player.
• Guy Goffette, 76, Belgian poet and writer.
• Mike Green, 75, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate, cancer.
• Tom Henry, 72, American politician, mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana, stomach cancer.
• Nozir Hossain, 75, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
• Isa Kasimi, 62, Latvian chess master.
• Robert J. LaFortune, 97, American politician, mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• Limestone Lad, 31, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Larry Lloyd, 75, English football player and manager.
• Yuri Lushchai, 42, Ukrainian Wikipedian.
• Ma Shitu, 109, Chinese writer and politician, deputy.
• Joseph P. Manning, 97, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
• Natalya Melyokhina, 61, Russian road cyclist.
• Mike Murray, 93, British cricketer and banker.
• Bill Neal, 92, American football player and coach.
• Luciano Ortelli, 67, Italian Olympic wrestler.
• Winston Register, 88, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives.
• Mark Spiro, 67, American songwriter and record producer, lung cancer.
• Deanna Syme Tewari, 85, Indian athlete.
• Raad Thabet, Palestinian militant, killed.
• Walt Wesley, 79, American basketball player, leukemia.
• Marian Zazeela, 83, American visual and musical artist.

29

• Jules Ajodhia, 79, Surinamese politician, vice president and minister of justice.
• Daniel Balaji, 48, Indian actor, heart attack.
• Habib Benmimoun, 66, Algerian footballer.
• George Henry Cassidy, 81, British Anglican prelate, bishop of Southwell and Nottingham.
• Gerry Conway, 76, English drummer and percussionist, complications from motor neurone disease.
• Simeone Di Cagno Abbrescia, 79, Italian politician, deputy and mayor of Bari.
• Katsura Funakoshi, 72, Japanese sculptor, lung cancer.
• Louis Gossett Jr., 87, American actor, Oscar winner, complications from COPD.
• Trevor Griffiths, 88, English screenwriter, heart failure.
• Carol Jennings, 70, British activist and campaigner, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Péter Juhász, 75, Hungarian footballer, Olympic silver medallist.
• Hugh Lawson, 82, American jurist, judge and chief judge of the U.S. District Court of Middle Georgia.
• Ray Lewis, 61, Guyanese-born British youth worker, deputy mayor of London.
• Emilio Lora-Tamayo, 73, Spanish physicist and academic, president of the Spanish National Research Council.
• Iain McChesney, 79, Scottish footballer.
• Hans Joachim Meyer, 87, German linguist and politician, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics 1995–2009
• Meenakshi Patil, 76, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA.
• Chance Perdomo, 27, American-British actor, traffic collision.
• Alf Petersson, 91, Swedish Olympic sprinter.
• Preto, 37, Brazilian footballer.
• Werner Schmidt, 92, Canadian politician, MP.
• Wayne Schurr, 86, American baseball player.
• Peter Shapiro, 71, American businessman and politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly, Essex County Executive, respiratory failure.
• Silver Cat, 53, Mexican professional wrestler.
• Michael Simmons, American Orthodox Anglican Communion prelate.
• Len Skowronski, 83, Canadian politician.
• Berndt Söderborg, 90, Swedish chess player.
• Evelyne Sossouhounto, 67, Beninese teacher and politician.
• Kenji Suzuki, 95, Japanese television announcer.
• Denny Walsh, 88, American journalist, Pulitzer prize winner.

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• Martín Almada, 87, Paraguayan lawyer and human rights activist.
• Casey Benjamin, 45, American musician, producer, and songwriter, blood clot.
• Peggy Blackford, 82, American diplomat, ambassador to Guinea-Bissau.
• Michael de la Bastide, 86, Trinidadian jurist, chief justice.
• Bill Delahunt, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Massachusetts House of Representatives.
• Dick Dowling, 85, Irish politician, senator and TD.
• Fred Gamble, 92, American racing driver.
• Quisqueya Henríquez, 58, Cuban-born Dominican artist.
• Ardeth G. Kapp, 93, Canadian cleric and writer.
• Yukiko Kato, 87, Japanese author, heart failure.
• Ulrike Koch, 73, German filmmaker.
• Víctor Legrotaglie, 86, Argentine football player and manager.
• Daniel C. Lynch, 82, American computer network engineer.
• James Ross MacDonald, 101, American physicist.
• Robert I. Marshall, 77, American politician, member of the Delaware Senate.
• Tim McGovern, 68, American visual effects artist, Oscar winner.
• Alex McGregor, 73, Scottish footballer.
• Lee Mroszak, 55, American DJ, complications from Guillain–Barré syndrome.
• Benoît Pelletier, 64, Canadian politician, Quebec MLA, minister of Aboriginial affairs.
• Daniel Piksiades, 91, Serbian poet.
• Lasse Sigurd Seim, 80, Norwegian diplomat.
• Hari Sen, 68, Indian academic historian.
• Song Wenhan, 84, Chinese lieutenant general.
• Géza Tordy, 85, Hungarian actor and film director.
• Les Twentyman, 76, Australian social campaigner.
• Vanhlupuii, 77, Indian Mizo vocalist, stroke and kidney disease.
• Mahmoud Khalil Zakzuk, Palestinian militant.

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• John F. Asmus, 87, American research physicist and art conservator.
• Barbara Baldavin, 85, American actress and casting director, heart failure.
• Paul Bence, 75, English football player and manager.
• Jonathan Bennett, 94, New Zealand-born British philosopher of language and metaphysics.
• Nigel Boston, 62, British-American mathematician.
• Terry Brown, 79, Solomon Islander Anglican prelate, bishop of Malaita.
• Paul Chantler, 64, British radio broadcaster, liver cancer.
• Hilbram Dunar, 48, Indonesian television presenter and radio broadcaster.
• Guylaine Guy, 94, Canadian singer and painter.
• Rob Kaman, 63, Dutch kickboxer and actor.
• Stephen Kiggundu, 46, Ugandan military officer, deputy commander of the Uganda Air Force, electrocuted.
• Tadeusz Kusy, 72, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor bishop and bishop of Kaga-Bandoro.
• F. A. Little Jr., 87, American jurist, judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
• Michael McMartin, 79, Canadian-Australian music entrepreneur and manager, cancer.
• Lionel Robberds, 84, Australian Olympic rower.
• Barbara Rush, 97, American actress.
• Nijolė Sadūnaitė, 85, Lithuanian Roman Catholic nun.
• David D. Schaaf, 84–85, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate.
• Pavel Svojanovský, 80, Czech rower, Olympic silver and bronze medallist.
• John Turtle, 87, Australian medical academic and endocrinologist.
• Jenny Vaughan, 55, British neurologist, cancer.