Deaths in October 2019

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship, reason for notability, cause of death, and reference.

October 2019

1

• Gilbert Albert, 89, Swiss jeweller.
• Joseph Bismuth, 92, Tunisian politician, senator.
• Ed Chalpin, 84, American record executive and producer.
• Cain Hope Felder, 76, American theologian and author.
• Anders Ferm, 81, Swedish diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations.
• Karel Gott, 80, Czech singer, acute myeloid leukemia.
• Han Qiwei, 85, Chinese hydraulic engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Jouko Innanen, 66, Finnish cartoonist.
• Gertrude Newsome Jackson, 95, American community activist.
• Miguel León-Portilla, 93, Mexican anthropologist and historian.
• Michel Létourneau, 69, Canadian politician, MNA.
• Mikayla Martin, 22, Canadian athlete, injuries sustained in biking accident.
• C. K. Menon, 70, Indian transportation executive and philanthropist, complications from pneumonia.
• Fred Molyneux, 75, English footballer.
• Esther Takei Nishio, 94, American internee.
• Wolfgang Perner, 52, Austrian biathlete, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Walter C. Pitman III, 87, American geophysicist.
• Eric Pleskow, 95, Austrian-born American film producer, President of United Artists and Orion Pictures.
• Richard Scotton, 88, Australian health economist.
• Peter Sissons, 77, British journalist and broadcaster.
• Dick Soash, 78, American politician, member of the Colorado Senate.
• Arto Tchakmaktchian, 86, Egyptian-born Armenian-Canadian sculptor and painter.
• Gérald Tougas, 86, Canadian writer.
• Ruben A. Valdez, 82, American politician, member and Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives.
• Beverly Watkins, 80, American blues guitarist.
• Wen Chuanyuan, 101, Chinese aeronautical engineer, designed China's first UAV and first flight simulator.

2

• Dale Anderson, 66, Canadian Olympic boxer.
• Grazia Barcellona, 90, Italian Olympic skater.
• Michael Bauman, 69, American theologian.
• Bill Bidwill, 88, American football team owner.
• Cecil Butler, 82, American baseball player.
• Custom Made, 34, American eventing horse, Olympic gold medallist.
• Julie Gibson, 106, American actress and singer.
• Hans R. Griem, 90, German-American physicist.
• Robert Hickman, 76, Australian football player.
• Tiny Hill, 92, New Zealand rugby union player and selector.
• Giya Kancheli, 84, Georgian composer.
• Jafar Kashani, 74, Iranian footballer, heart attack.
• John Kirby, 79, American attorney, namesake of Kirby, myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Paul LeBlanc, 73, Canadian makeup artist, Oscar winner.
• Ed Maley, 87, American judoka.
• Robert Odle, 75, American public servant, cancer.
• Beth Palmer, 67, American bridge player, breast cancer.
• Isaac Promise, 31, Nigerian footballer, Olympic silver medallist, heart failure.
• Hanno Selg, 87, Estonian modern pentathlete, Olympic silver medallist.
• Kim Shattuck, 56, American singer, songwriter and musician, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi, 87, Indian nephrologist.
• Matthew Wong, 35, Canadian painter, suicide.
• Alan Zaslove, 91, American animation director and producer.
• Ezra Zilkha, 94, American financier and philanthropist.

3

• Márta Balogh, 76, Hungarian handball player, world champion.
• Vinnie Bell, 87, American inventor and guitarist.
• John Buchanan, 88, Canadian politician, MLA and Premier of Nova Scotia.
• Lewis Dauber, 70, American actor, liver cancer.
• Dana Fradon, 97, American cartoonist, liver cancer.
• Diogo Freitas do Amaral, 78, Portuguese politician, Acting Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence and Foreign Affairs.
• Philip Gips, 88, American graphic designer and film poster artist.
• Coluthur Gopalan, 100, Indian nutritionist.
• Hu Yamei, 96, Chinese physician and leukemia researcher, President of Beijing Children's Hospital.
• Percy Lewis, 90, Trinidadian-born British Olympic boxer.
• Stephen J. Lukasik, 88, American physicist, respiratory failure.
• Philip K. Lundeberg, 96, American naval historian and World War II veteran, last survivor of the USS Frederick C. Davis sinking.
• Hussein Adel Madani, Iraqi cartoonist and political activist, shot.
• Teresa Maryańska, 82, Polish paleontologist.
• A. Grace Lee Mims, 89, American singer and radio personality.
• Bob Nettle, 95, American politician.
• Ignacio Noguer Carmona, 88, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guadix and Huelva.
• Roger Taillibert, 93, French architect, complications from a fall.
• Wei Zhongquan, 81, Chinese satellite engineer, chief designer of the Fengyun-2 and Yaogan-1 satellites.

4

• Ed Ackerson, 54, American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer, pancreatic cancer.
• Peter Beckwith, 80, American Anglican prelate, Bishop of Springfield.
• Steve Bickerstaff, 73, American lawyer and legal scholar.
• Glen Brown, 75, Jamaican reggae musician and record producer.
• Mikhail Biryukov, 27, Russian tennis player, suicide
• Diahann Carroll, 84, American actress, Tony winner, cancer.
• Bryce Gaudry, 76, Australian politician, MLA, pancreatic cancer.
• Margaret Lyons, 95, Canadian radio executive, assisted suicide.
• Satya Priya Mahathero, 89, Bangladeshi Buddhist monk and social worker.
• Bill McKnight, 79, Canadian politician, MP.
• Stephen Moore, 81, British actor.
• Fred Ohene-Kena, 83, Ghanaian politician.
• Elmer Rees, 77, Welsh mathematician.
• Enno Röder, 83, German Olympic skier.
• Gerald Sacks, 86, American logician and mathematician.
• James Schmerer, 81, American television writer and producer, complications of a stroke.
• Alberto Testa, 96, Italian dancer and choreographer.
• Bob Tufts, 63, American baseball player, multiple myeloma.
• Zhang Guobao, 74, Chinese politician, Director of the National Energy Administration.
• Zhang Siying, 94, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

5

• Lee Botts, 91, American environmentalist.
• Dick Clark, 86, American politician.
• Dave Cummings, 79, American actor.
• Dolores Dorn, 85, American actress.
• Andy Etchebarren, 76, American baseball player.
• Amalia Fuentes, 79, Filipino actress, cardiac arrest.
• Marcello Giordani, 56, Italian operatic tenor, heart attack.
• Gary Goldschneider, 80, American astrologer and pianist.
• David Greaves, 73, English snooker player.
• Tony Hoar, 87, British racing cyclist, cancer.
• Larry Junstrom, 70, American bassist.
• Kang Laiyi, 83, Chinese epidemiologist.
• Henry Keizer, 58, Dutch politician, Chairman of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.
• Blaine Lindgren, 80, American sprinter, Olympic silver medalist.
• Roger Mayorga, 73, Nicaraguan footballer, heart attack.
• Eloy Pérez, 32, American boxer.
• Philip J. Prygoski, 71, American legal scholar.
• Vijay Sardeshmukh, 67, Indian classical vocalist, cancer.
• Sally Soames, 82, English photographer.
• Philippe Vandevelde, 62, Belgian comics writer, heart attack.

6

• Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Zamil, 77, Saudi Arabian oil executive, Chairman of Saudi International Petrochemical Company.
• Ginger Baker, 80, English Hall of Fame drummer, subject of Beware of Mr. Baker.
• Paul Bircher, 90, British rower, Olympic silver medallist.
• Yevgeny Bushmin, 61, Russian politician.
• Ciaran Carson, 70, Northern Irish poet, lung cancer.
• Vlasta Chramostová, 92, Czech actress.
• Seán Clohessy, 87, Irish hurler.
• Ezequiel Esperón, 23, Argentine footballer, fall.
• Joseph Gourmelon, 81, French politician, Deputy.
• Stuart Heydinger, 92, British photojournalist.
• Masaichi Kaneda, 86, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player and manager, sepsis.
• Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, 95, Tibetan Karma Kagyu lama, abbot of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra.
• Martin Lauer, 82, German athlete, Olympic champion.
• Neale Lavis, 89, Australian equestrian, Olympic champion.
• Eddie Lumsden, 83, Australian rugby league player.
• John Mbiti, 87, Kenyan-born Swiss scholar.
• Samvel Mnatsyan, 29, Russian ice hockey player, cancer.
• Bernard Muna, 79, Cameroonian politician, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, heart disease.
• Claude Ouimet, 58, Canadian actor, heart attack.
• Karen Pendleton, 73, American actress, heart attack.
• David Petel, 98, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset.
• Richard W. Pfeiffer, 70, American LGBT rights activist.
• Paul Gerhardt Rosenblatt, 91, American judge.
• S. A. Stepanek, 59, American poet.
• Stephen Swid, 78, American performance rights executive, complications from frontotemporal degeneration.
• Rip Taylor, 88, American actor and comedian.

7

• Ovide Alakannuark, 80, Canadian politician, MLA.
• Harvey Benge, 75, New Zealand photographer.
• Herman Berendsen, 85, Dutch chemist.
• Beppe Bigazzi, 86, Italian journalist and restaurateur.
• Chen Zhongyi, 96, Chinese civil engineering professor and politician, Vice Chairman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League.
• Warren William Eginton, 95, American judge.
• Abrar Fahad, 21, Bangladeshi student, murdered by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists.
• Arnold Heine, 93, New Zealand glaciologist and mountaineer.
• Barry Jackson, 82, English rugby union player.
• Willy Otto Jordan, 99, Brazilian Olympic swimmer.
• Ed Kalafat, 87, American basketball player.
• Krishnamoorthy, 55, Indian Tamil actor, heart attack.
• Janusz Kondratiuk, 76, Kazakh-born Polish film director.
• Jari Laukkanen, 57, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier.
• Tony Mulhearn, 80, British political campaigner, lung disease.
• Ulick O'Connor, 90, Irish writer.
• Stephen Okumu, 61, Kenyan Olympic boxer.
• Pepe Oneto, 77, Spanish journalist and writer.
• Eugène Saccomano, 83, French journalist.
• Eva Sisth, 78, Swedish Olympic sprint canoer.
• Wilson Sutherland, 84, British mathematician.
• Ella Vogelaar, 69, Dutch politician and trade union leader, Minister for Housing, Communities and Integration, suicide.
• Makoto Wada, 83, Japanese illustrator, essayist and film director, pneumonia.

8

• Eduard Admetlla i Lázaro, 95, Spanish scuba diver, designer and photographer.
• Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, 95, Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, complications from pneumonia.
• John Bennett, 77, Australian politician, Attorney-General of Tasmania.
• Litia Cakobau, 78, Fijian politician and tribal chief.
• Carlos Celdran, 46, Filipino cultural activist and performance artist, cardiac arrest.
• Ed Cray, 86, American journalist and biographer.
• Francis S. Currey, 94, American technical sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Molly Duncan, 74, Scottish saxophonist, cancer.
• Georgette Elgey, 90, French journalist and historian.
• Eberhard Ferstl, 86, German Olympic bronze medallist field hockey player.
• Ted Green, 79, Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
• Chip Healy, 72, American football player.
• Roland Janson, 80, Swedish actor.
• Ryan Nicholson, 47, Canadian film director and visual effects artist, brain cancer.
• Rosalie Passovoy, 89, American tennis player.
• Helen Shingler, 100, British actress.
• Harcharan Singh, 81, Indian cricketer.
• Raymond Squires, 93, Canadian politician.
• Helen Stother, 64, English cricketer.
• Sammy Taylor, 86, American baseball player.
• Michael Uhlmann, 79, American political scientist.
• Louis Waller, 84, Australian legal scholar.
• Split Waterman, 96, English speedway rider.
• Reg Watson, 93, Australian television producer and screenwriter.
• Quade Winter, 68, American composer and opera singer.
• Saadi Younis, 69, Iraqi footballer, heart attack.
• Talaat Zakaria, 59, Egyptian actor and comedian, inflammation of the brain.

9

• Richard Askey, 86, American mathematician, discoverer of Askey–Wilson polynomials, Askey scheme and Askey–Gasper inequality.
• Dorothea Buck, 102, German author.
• Éamonn Burns, 56, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer.
• John W. Corso, 89, American production designer.
• Robert W. Estill, 92, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of North Carolina.
• Reino Fagerlund, 65, Finnish Olympic judoka.
• Thomas Flanagan, 88, Irish-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio.
• Jill Freedman, 79, American photographer, cancer.
• Lorand Gaspar, 94, Hungarian-born French poet.
• Andrés Gimeno, 82, Spanish tennis player, French Open winner.
• Robert Guestier Goelet, 96, French-born American banker and philanthropist.
• Anne Hart, 84, Canadian author.
• Samuel Hynes, 95, American author, heart failure.
• Eugene F. Lynch, 87, American judge.
• James O. Mason, 89, American physician, public health administrator and Acting Surgeon General of the United States.
• David C. Meade, 79, American major general.
• Ion Moraru, 90, Moldovan writer and political activist.
• Filippo Penati, 66, Italian politician, President of the Province of Milano, Mayor of Sesto San Giovanni.
• Murray Rosenblatt, 93, American statistician and academic.
• John Baptist Sequeira, 89, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chikmagalur.
• Satnarine Sharma, 76, Trinidadian judge, Chief Justice.
• Erling Steineide, 81, Norwegian Olympic cross country skier.
• Jan Szyszko, 75, Polish politician, academic and forester, Minister of Environment.
• David Weisman, 77, American film producer and author.
• John Williams, 79, Australian football player.
• Yang Enze, 99, Chinese telecommunications engineer and academic, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof, 94, Polish-born French civil engineer and Esperantist.

10

• Moji Akinfenwa, 89, Nigerian politician, senator.
• Pierre Albrecht, 88, Swiss Olympic basketball player.
• Sir Desmond Cassidi, 94, British admiral, Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command.
• Ugo Colombo, 79, Italian racing cyclist.
• Marie Darby, 79, New Zealand marine biologist.
• Md. Golam Mostofa, 70, Bangladeshi freedom fighter.
• William J. Hamilton, 86, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly and Senate.
• Dominic Jala, 68, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Shillong, traffic collision.
• Richard Jeranian, 98, Armenian-born French painter and draftsman.
• Tarek Kamel, 57, Egyptian politician and computer engineer, cancer.
• Juliette Kaplan, 80, British actress, cancer.
• John Kirkham, 84, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Sherborne and Bishop to the Forces.
• Enrique Moreno, 63, Mexican-born American lawyer, complications from cancer.
• Trinidad Morgades Besari, 88, Equatorial Guinean writer.
• Marie-José Nat, 79, French actress, cancer.
• Jon Peterson, 65, American politician.
• Paul Polak, 86, American psychiatrist and entrepreneur, heart failure.
• Gordon Robertson, 93, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic champion.
• Miklós Szabó, 81, Hungarian sports shooter.
• Stuart Taylor, 72, English footballer.
• Joseph E. Tregoning, 78, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
• Tsai Ying-wen, 67, Taiwanese political scientist, gastroesophageal reflux disease.

11

• Sam Bobrick, 87, American television writer, stroke.
• Mac Christensen, 85, American clothier, president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
• Russell Doolittle, 88, American biochemist, complications from metastatic melanoma.
• Woodie Flowers, 76, American mechanical engineering professor.
• Robert Forster, 78, American actor, brain cancer.
• John Giorno, 82, American poet and performance artist, subject of Sleep, heart attack.
• Kadri Gopalnath, 69, Indian saxophonist, cardiac arrest.
• Joseph Helszajn, 85, Belgian-born British electrical engineer.
• Aubrey Kuruppu, 74, Sri Lankan cricketer.
• Alexei Leonov, 85, Russian cosmonaut, first person to walk in space.
• Ram Mohan, 88, Indian animator.
• Michael Mott, 88, British-born American poet, novelist and biographer.
• Ali Nakhjavani, 100, Azerbaijani-born Iranian Baháʼí Faith leader.
• Yoshinobu Nishioka, 96, Japanese art director.
• Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao, 71, Indian film historian and critic.
• Oriano Ripoli, 95, Italian politician, Mayor of Pisa.
• Heather Robson, 91, New Zealand badminton and tennis player.
• Ettore Spalletti, 79, Italian artist, heart attack.
• James Hart Stern, 55, American civil rights activist, cancer.
• Rita Thomson, 85, Scottish nurse.
• Richard Tracey, 71, Australian judge and military officer, Judge Advocate General, cancer.
• Gillian Trumper, 83, English-born Canadian politician and coroner, complications from renal failure.
• Walter G. Vincenti, 102, American engineer.
• Gundeboina Rammurthy Yadav, 71, Indian politician, MLA.

12

• Mel Aull, 90, Canadian football player.
• Kate Braverman, 70, American author, cardiac arrest.
• Joyce Cansfield, 90, British crossword compiler.
• E. A. Carmean, 74, American art curator and historian, cancer.
• Carlo Croccolo, 92, Italian actor, voice actor, director and screenwriter.
• Sara Danius, 57, Swedish literary critic and philosopher, member and Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, breast cancer.
• Ding Shisun, 92, Chinese mathematician and politician, President of Peking University, Chairman of the China Democratic League.
• Nanni Galli, 79, Italian racing driver.
• María Luisa García, 100, Spanish chef and cookbook author, proponent of Asturian cuisine.
• Bob Goin, 81, American college sports administrator, athletics director.
• Dallas Harms, 84, Canadian country musician.
• Jackie Hernández, 79, Cuban baseball player, World Series champion, cancer.
• James Hughes-Hallett, 70, British business executive.
• Hevrin Khalaf, 34, Syrian politician and activist, Secretary General of the Kurdish Future Movement in Syria, shot.
• Milcho Leviev, 81, Bulgarian jazz pianist.
• Ronald Markarian, 88, American major general.
• Emilio Nicolas Sr., 88, Mexican-born American television station owner.
• Glen Pettinger, 91, Canadian Olympic basketball player.
• Alison Prince, 88, British children's writer.
• Norman Schofield, 75, Scottish-American political scientist.
• Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, 83, Japanese sport shooter, Olympic bronze medallist, heart failure.

13

• John Algeo, 89, American linguist.
• William T. Allen, 75, American law academic.
• Hideo Azuma, 69, Japanese manga artist, esophageal cancer.
• Scotty Bowers, 96, American author and pimp.
• Bobby Del Greco, 86, American baseball player.
• Duan Qingbo, 55, Chinese archaeologist, Dean of the School of Cultural Heritage of Northwest University, kidney cancer.
• Raymond Fairchild, 80, American banjo player, heart attack.
• Helen Fix, 97, American politician.
• Jay Frank, 47, American music executive, founder of DigSin, cancer.
• Richard Huckle, 33, British convicted sex offender, strangled and stabbed.
• Charles Jencks, 80, American architect, cultural theorist and philanthropist, co-founder of Maggie's Centres.
• Mikheil Kobakhidze, 80, Georgian film director, screenwriter and composer.
• Sophia Kokosalaki, 47, Greek fashion designer, cancer.
• Ulrich Luz, 81, Swiss theologian.
• Vasim Mammadaliyev, 77, Azerbaijani theologian.
• Elias James Manning, 81, American-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Valença.
• Goran Marković, 33, Serbian-born Montenegrin footballer, fall.
• Adolfo Mexiac, 92, Mexican graphic artist.
• Włodzimierz Mucha, 63, Polish architect.
• Sucheta Nadkarni, 52, Indian management studies academic.
• Kanako Naito, 38, Japanese volleyball player.
• Theo Verbey, 60, Dutch composer.

14

• Harold Bloom, 89, American literary critic and writer.
• Bohdan Butenko, 88, Polish cartoonist.
• Steve Cash, 73, American singer-songwriter, author and harmonica player.
• Emmett Chappelle, 93, American scientist and World War II veteran, kidney failure.
• Charles Dausabea, 59, Solomon Islands politician, MP.
• Karen Lynn Davidson, 76, American Latter-day Saint hymn writer, pancreatic cancer.
• Buckwheat Donahue, 68, American sportsman and tourism promoter.
• Deborah Duchon, 70, American anthropologist, complications from glioblastoma.
• Francisco Figueredo, 59, Paraguayan Olympic athlete.
• Louis Frey Jr., 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Anke Fuchs, 82, German lawyer and politician, Federal Minister of Health and Vice President of the Bundestag.
• Danny Grant, 73, Canadian ice hockey player, Calder Memorial Trophy winner.
• Rosemary Harris, 96, British author.
• Igor Kaleshin, 67, Russian football player and manager.
• Barun Mazumder, 77, Indian journalist and writer.
• Lorne Main, 89, Canadian tennis player.
• Desmond Park, 83, New Zealand cricketer.
• Bernice Robinson, 92, American Olympic hurdler.
• Baby Saroja, 88, Indian actress.
• Renato Scrollavezza, 92, Italian luthier.
• Cooper Snyder, 91, American politician, member of the Ohio Senate.
• Jeffrey Spalding, 67, Canadian artist, stroke.
• Karola Stotz, 56, German philosopher.
• Sulli, 25, South Korean singer, songwriter and actress, suicide by hanging.
• Michael C. Thomas, 71, American entomologist.
• Gunnar Torvund, 71, Norwegian sculptor.
• John Wilson Nattubu Tsekooko, 76, Ugandan lawyer and judge.
• R. Tracy Walker, 82, American politician.
• Patrick Ward, 69, Australian actor.
• Bob Will, 94, American Olympic rower.
• Yvonne S. Wilson, 90, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives and Senate.

15

• Tamara Buciuceanu, 90, Romanian actress, heart disease.
• Cacho Castaña, 77, Argentine singer and actor, lung disease.
• John Cavanagh, 98, British neurobiologist.
• Andrew Cowan, 82, Scottish rally driver and team owner.
• Hossein Dehlavi, 92, Iranian composer.
• Robert Louis Dressler, 92, American botanist.
• Stefan Edlis, 94, Austrian-born American art collector and philanthropist.
• Mary Stuart Gile, 83, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
• Jiang Haokang, 84, Chinese aerospace engineer.
• R. Bruce Hoadley, 96, American materials scientist.
• Igo Kantor, 89, American film producer and post-production executive.
• Michael D. Reynolds, 65, American astronomer and educator.
• Song Soon-chun, 85, South Korean boxer, Olympic silver medallist.
• , 61, Argentine journalist, colon cancer.

16

• Bonnie Averbach, 85–86, American mathematician.
• Ed Beck, 83, American basketball player.
• Utpal Bhayani, 66, Indian playwright and critic.
• Paolo Bonaiuti, 79, Italian politician and journalist, MP.
• Bin Cheng, 98, Chinese-born British legal scholar, Dean of the UCL Faculty of Laws.
• John Clarke, 88, American actor, complications from pneumonia.
• David E. Carlson, 77, American physicist.
• Patrick Day, 27, American professional boxer, brain injuries sustained in bout.
• Bernard Fisher, 101, American surgeon, pioneer in breast cancer treatment.
• Yehezkel Flomin, 84, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset.
• Arline Friscia, 84, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly.
• Han Aiping, 57, Chinese Hall of Fame badminton player, lung cancer.
• Morton Mandel, 98, American industrial parts executive and philanthropist.
• Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly, 72, American genealogist, kidney cancer.
• Volodymyr Mulyava, 82, Ukrainian politician, MP.
• Ángel Pérez García, 62, Spanish football player and manager, cancer.
• Robert Ramage, 84, British organic chemist.
• Harold Scheub, 88, American professor and folklorist of African cultures.
• Andrey Smirnov, 62, Russian swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist.
• John Tate, 94, American mathematician, Abel Prize winner.

17

• Alicia Alonso, 98, Cuban prima ballerina, founder of the National Ballet.
• William Andre, 88, American Olympic fencer and pentathlete.
• Michael F. Armstrong, 86, American lawyer.
• Hildegard Bachert, 98, German-born American art dealer and gallery director.
• Michael Bowen, 89, British Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Southwark.
• Zev Braun, 91, American film and television producer.
• Elijah Cummings, 68, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Maryland House of Delegates.
• Alan Diamonstein, 88, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
• Rom Harré, 91, New Zealand-born British philosopher and psychologist.
• Procter Ralph Hug Jr., 88, American federal judge.
• David King, 71, British graphic designer, cancer.
• Bob Kingsley, 80, American Hall of Fame radio host, bladder cancer.
• Márta Kurtág, 92, Hungarian pianist.
• Bill Macy, 97, American actor.
• Göran Malmqvist, 95, Swedish linguist, sinologist and literary historian, member of the Swedish Academy.
• Lucretia W. McClure, 94, American medical librarian.
• Victor Mohica, 86, American actor.
• Ray Ogden, 77, American football player.
• Edmundo Rada, Venezuelan politician, shot.
• Ray Santos, 90, American saxophonist and composer.
• William Timberlake, 76, American psychologist.
• Wendy Williams, 84, British actress.

18

• Luiz Olavo Baptista, 81, Brazilian jurist.
• Sir John Boyd, 83, British diplomat, Ambassador to Japan.
• Thelma Childress, 93, American baseball player.
• Ed Clark, 93, American painter.
• Nicolás Díaz, 90, Chilean politician and cardiologist, senator and Mayor of Rancagua.
• James A. Donaldson, 78, American mathematician, heart disease.
• Michael Flaksman, 73, American cellist.
• Volker Hinz, 72, German photographer.
• Mark Hurd, 62, American technology executive, CEO of Hewlett-Packard and Oracle Corporation.
• Ahad Israfil, 47, American gunshot survivor.
• Rui Jordão, 67, Angolan-born Portuguese footballer, heart disease.
• Kalidas Karmakar, 73, Bangladeshi painter and printmaker.
• William Milliken, 97, American politician, Governor of Michigan.
• Lou Palmer, 84, American sportscaster, lung cancer.
• Mike Reilly, 77, American football player.
• Mikhail Semyonov, 80, Russian politician.
• Meir Shamgar, 94, Israeli lawyer and politician, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
• Victor Sheymov, 73, Russian cybersecurity innovator and KGB officer.
• Kamlesh Tiwari, 45, Indian politician, shot.
• Bruce Walton, 68, American football player.
• Zhao Yannian, 90, Chinese politician, Vice Minister of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission.

19

• Adma d'Heurle, 95, Lebanese-born American psychologist.
• Robert Chef d'Hôtel, 97, French Olympic sprinter.
• Erhard Eppler, 92, German politician, Minister for Economic Development.
• Margaret Gillett, 89, Australian-Canadian academic.
• Salvador Giner, 85, Spanish sociologist, President of the Institute of Catalan Studies.
• E. Bruce Heilman, 93, American educator and veterans advocate, President of the University of Richmond.
• Youssef Hourany, 88, Lebanese archaeologist and historian.
• Jakir Khan, 56, Bangladeshi film director, cancer.
• Ishmael Levenston, 79, Saban politician, member of the Island Council and founder of the Saba Labour Party.
• Joseph Lombardo, 90, American mobster, consigliere of the Chicago Outfit.
• Theodor Wonja Michael, 94, German Africanist and journalist.
• Mikhail Motsak, 69, Russian naval officer.
• Nathan Nurgitz, 85, Canadian politician.
• Deborah Orr, 57, Scottish journalist, breast cancer.
• Rini Price, 78, American painter.
• Carlos Suárez, 73, Spanish cinematographer, Goya Award winner.
• Alexander Volkov, 52, Russian tennis player.

20

• Herbert Chappell, 85, British conductor, composer and film-maker.
• Eric Cooper, 52, American baseball umpire, blood clot.
• Thomas D'Alesandro III, 90, American politician, Mayor of Baltimore, complications from a stroke.
• Arnold Gosewich, 85, Canadian literary agent, book publishing consultant and record industry executive.
• Sir Peter Graham, 85, British lawyer and parliamentary draftsman, First Parliamentary Counsel.
• Joseph Houssa, 89, Belgian politician, senator and Mayor of Spa.
• Huang Yong Ping, 65, Chinese-born French avant-garde installation artist and sculptor.
• Rufus E. Jones, 79, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
• Mohamed al-Amin Khalifa, 70, Sudanese military officer and politician, chairman of the National Transitional Council.
• Asbjørn Liland, 83, Norwegian politician.
• Norman Myers, 85, British environmentalist, dementia.
• Aquilino Pimentel Jr., 85, Filipino politician, President of the Senate and senator, lymphoma and pneumonia.
• Robert I. Price, 98, American vice admiral.
• Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez, 85, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín.
• Martin Tenni, 85, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
• Nick Tosches, 69, American journalist, music critic and writer.
• Dottie Wham, 94, American politician, member of the Colorado General Assembly.
• Mellony Wijesinghe, 17, Sri Lankan netball player, leukemia.

21

• Gilberto Aceves Navarro, 88, Mexican sculptor and painter.
• Willie Brown, 78, American Hall of Fame football player and coach.
• Michael Detlefsen, 71, American philosopher.
• John M. Downs, 82, American courtroom sketch artist, lymphoma.
• Josip Elic, 98, American actor, complications from a fall.
• Bengt Feldreich, 94, Swedish journalist and television host, pneumonia.
• Jerry Fogel, 83, American actor.
• Gerald Freihofner, 73, Austrian journalist.
• Mike Hebert, 75, American volleyball coach.
• Gillian Jagger, 88, British sculptor and painter.
• Nissim Karelitz, 93, Israeli rabbi, heart disease.
• Garry Koehler, 64, Australian country musician and songwriter, cancer.
• Taras Kutovy, 43, Ukrainian politician, MP and Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, helicopter crash.
• Kent Larsson, 67, Swedish Olympic rower.
• Lho Shin-yong, 89, South Korean politician, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• Ingo Maurer, 87, German industrial designer.
• Aila Meriluoto, 95, Finnish poet, writer and translator.
• Brian Noble, 83, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Shrewsbury.
• Reginald Tate, 65, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate.
• Florence Signaigo Wagner, 100, American botanist.
• Camille Zaidan, 75, Lebanese Maronite hierarch, Archbishop of Antelias.

22

• Christos Archontidis, 81, Greek football manager.
• George Brancato, 88, American football player and coach.
• Manfred Bruns, 85, German attorney and LGBT rights activist.
• Al Burton, 91, American television composer.
• Ed Cherney, 69, American recording engineer, record producer and Grammy winner, cancer.
• Chris, 9, Australian sheep, world record holder for heaviest fleece.
• Vicki Funk, 71, American botanist.
• Greetje Galliard, Dutch Olympic swimmer.
• Til Gardeniers-Berendsen, 94, Dutch politician, Minister of Social Work and of Health, member of the Council of State.
• Don Gruber, 89, American politician.
• Guo Dehong, 77, Chinese historian.
• Ole Henrik Laub, 81, Danish novelist, stomach cancer.
• Raymond Leppard, 92, British conductor, director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
• George Masso, 92, American jazz musician.
• Mike McClennan, 75, New Zealand rugby league player and coach.
• Dorylas Moreau, 72, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda.
• Sadako Ogata, 92, Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
• Lelio Orci, 82, Italian endocrinologist.
• Bachirou Osséni, 33, Beninese footballer.
• Rolando Panerai, 95, Italian baritone singer.
• Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, 72, American legal scholar and civil rights activist.
• Miguel Saiz, 70, Argentine politician, Governor of Río Negro.
• Marieke Vervoort, 40, Belgian wheelchair racer, Paralympic champion, assisted suicide.
• Hans Zender, 82, German conductor and composer.
• Zeng Rongsheng, 95, Chinese geophysicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Therese Zenz, 87, German sprint canoer, Olympic silver medallist.
• Jo Ann Zimmerman, 82, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa.

23

• Roberta Fiorentini, 70, Italian actress.
• Duncan Forbes, 78, Scottish footballer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Vicki Gregory, 51, British microbiologist, cancer.
• J. Rogers Hollingsworth, 87, American historian and sociologist.
• Ji Xiaocheng, 95, Chinese pediatrician, introduced perinatal medicine to China.
• Demetrio Jiménez Sánchez-Mariscal, 56, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Prelate of Cafayate.
• Santos Juliá, 79, Spanish historian and sociologist.
• James W. Montgomery, 98, American Episcopalian prelate, Bishop of Chicago.
• David O. Morgan, 74, British historian.
• Bernie Parrish, 83, American football player.
• George Proud, 80, Canadian politician, MP.
• Kingsley Rock, 81, Montserratian cricketer.
• Fides Romanin, 84, Italian Olympic cross country skier.
• Hansheinz Schneeberger, 93, Swiss violinist.
• Tom Stevens, 63, American politician, founder of the Objectivist Party.
• Francis A. Sullivan, 97, American theologian.
• Keyth Talley, 29, American sprinter.
• Phil Taylor, 88, English rugby player.
• Francis Tresham, 83, British game designer.
• Martin Vosseler, 71, Swiss renewable energy advocate, co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, traffic collision.
• Xiao Han, 92, Chinese politician and coal executive, Minister of Coal Industry, Chairman of China Huaneng Group and Shenhua Group.
• Xie Gaohua, 87, Chinese politician, Party Secretary of Yiwu, founded the Yiwu Market.
• Alfred Znamierowski, 79, Polish vexillologist.

24

• John W. Barker, 86, American historian.
• Michael Blumlein, 71, American writer and physician.
• Cookie Brinkman, 70, American football player.
• Janusz Brzozowski, 84, Polish-born Canadian computer scientist.
• Bucky Curtis, 90, American football player.
• Tomas Dy-Liacco, 98, Filipino-American electrical engineer.
• Walter Franco, 74, Brazilian singer and composer, stroke.
• Ray Jenkins, 89, American journalist.
• Leroy Johnson, 91, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate.
• John G. Keane, 89, American business executive and government official.
• Ron Rose, 75, American poker player.
• Patricia de Souza, 55, Peruvian writer.
• Norm Stoneburgh, 84, Canadian football player.
• George Tarasovic, 89, American football player.
• Ruth van Heyningen, 101, British biochemist.
• Kaoru Yachigusa, 88, Japanese actress, pancreatic cancer.

25

• Earl Balmer, 83, American racecar driver.
• John Allan Boyd, 89, Scottish footballer.
• Renzo Burini, 92, Italian footballer.
• Chou Wen-chung, 96, Chinese-born American composer.
• T. Loren Christianson, 93, American politician.
• Anwar Congo, 82, Indonesian gangster.
• Gerry Dalton, 84, Irish sculptor.
• Murray Feshbach, 90, American economist.
• Salvador Freixedo, 96, Spanish ufologist and priest.
• Peter H. Hassrick, 78, American artist and author, cancer.
• Hu Dujing, 106, Chinese plant physiologist, agronomist and educator.
• Victor J. Joos, 81, American politician.
• William Loren Katz, 92, American historian and author.
• Ghulam Mohammad Lot, 90, Pakistani politician, MPA, cardiac arrest.
• Rafael Ninyoles i Monllor, 76, Spanish Catalan sociolinguist.
• Dilip Parikh, 82, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Gujarat.
• Mário Sabino, 47, Brazilian Olympic judoka, shot.
• Humayun Kabir Sadhu, 37, Bangladeshi television director, screenwriter and actor, stroke.
• Vittorio Seghezzi, 95, Italian racing cyclist.
• Kafil Uddin Sonar, 75, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
• Carlo Strenger, 61, Swiss-Israeli psychologist and philosopher.
• Joe Sun, 76, American country singer.
• Don Valentine, 87, American venture capitalist.
• Janko Vučinić, 53, Montenegrin boxer and politician, MP and President of the Workers' Party.
• Rudolf G. Wagner, 77, German sinologist.
• Janet Yee, 85, Singaporean social worker.

26

• Paul André Albert, 93, American metallurgist.
• Paul Barrere, 71, American rock singer and guitarist, liver cancer.
• Enriqueta Basilio, 71, Mexican Olympic sprinter and hurdler.
• Clinton Bernard, 89, Trinidadian judge, Chief Justice.
• Raymond Ward Bissell, 83, American art historian.
• Daniel W. Dobberpuhl, 74, American electrical engineer.
• Jack Dunnett, 97, British politician and football administrator, MP for Nottingham Central and Nottingham East.
• Robert Evans, 89, American film producer and studio executive.
• Gao Di, 91, Chinese politician, Communist Party Secretary of Jilin.
• Edward J. Green, 71, American economist.
• John Howey, 87, American architect.
• Thangeswary Kathiraman, 67, Sri Lankan politician, MP.
• Mārtiņš Ķibilds, 45, Latvian journalist and television host.
• Chuck Meriwether, 63, American baseball umpire, cancer.
• V. Nanammal, 99, Indian yoga teacher, complications from a fall.
• Pan Handian, 98, Chinese legal scholar and translator.
• Gregory E. Pyle, 70, American politician, Chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
• Pascale Roberts, 89, French actress.
• Thaddeus Seymour, 91, American academic.
• John Stauffer, 94, American politician.
• John D. Turner, 81, American historian.
• Hiromi Yoshida, 70, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors, brain cancer.

27

• Walter Ausserdorfer, 80, Italian luger, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 48, Iraqi insurgent and cleric, Emir of the Islamic State of Iraq and Leader of ISIL, suicide by explosive vest.
• Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir, Saudi spokesman of ISIL, airstrike.
• Roger Ballenger, 69, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate, melanoma.
• Vladimir Bukovsky, 76, Russian-born British human rights activist and political dissident, heart attack.
• Tim Chambers, 54, American college baseball coach.
• Stephen P. Cohen, 83, American political scientist and security expert.
• John Conyers, 90, American politician, Dean and member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Kelly C. Crabb, 72, American sports and entertainment lawyer.
• John Crncich, 94, Canadian football player.
• Cécile Goldet, 105, French physician and politician, senator.
• Humayun Kabir, 67, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, deputy minister, MP, heart attack.
• Guido Lauri, 96, Italian dancer and choreographer.
• Johanna Lindsey, 67, American novelist, complications of treatment for lung cancer.
• Ivan Milat, 74, Australian serial killer, oesophageal and stomach cancer.
• Fred Overton, 80, American basketball coach.
• Anne Phelan, 71, Australian actress.
• Sir Malcolm Ross, 76, British royal courtier, Master of the Household of the Prince of Wales.
• Vladimir Rubin, 95, Russian composer, People's Artist.
• Kamal Sharma, 49, Indian politician, heart attack.
• Mary Spiller, 95, British horticulturist and teacher.
• Hans-Peter Uhl, 75, German politician, MP.
• Xi Enting, 73, Chinese table tennis player, world champion, thoracic aortic rupture.

28

• Safaa Al Sarai, 26, Iraqi human rights activist.
• Annick Alane, 94, French actress.
• Al Bianchi, 87, American basketball player, coach and general manager.
• Alfred L. Bright, 79, American artist and educator.
• Glen Cavaliero, 92, English poet and literary critic.
• Jean-Gabriel Diarra, 74, Malian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San.
• Ron Dunlap, 72, American basketball player.
• Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, 69, Greek-born American chemical engineer, cancer.
• Art Foley, 90, Irish hurler.
• Kay Hagan, 66, American politician, U.S. Senator, complications from Powassan virus.
• Piyare Jain, 97, Indian particle physicist.
• Zoltán Jeney, 76, Hungarian composer.
• Dean L. Larsen, 92, American Mormon historian.
• Mao Kao-wen, 83, Taiwanese chemist, politician, and diplomat, Minister of Education.
• Ken McCracken, New Zealand rugby league player, prostate cancer.
• Bert Mozley, 96, English footballer.
• Toivo Salonen, 86, Finnish speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Keith Schellenberg, 90, British Olympic bobsledder and luger.
• John Walker, 82, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives.

29

• Gerald Baliles, 79, American politician, Governor and Attorney General of Virginia, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, renal cell carcinoma.
• David Bostock, 83, British philosopher.
• Cong Weixi, 86, Chinese author.
• Claude Constantino, 80, Senegalese Olympic basketball player.
• Kaye Dening, 74, Australian tennis player.
• Kees Driehuis, 67, Dutch television presenter, cancer.
• Pat Griffin, 75, Irish Gaelic footballer.
• Jean E. Irving, 93, Canadian philanthropist.
• Hiroshi Kashiwagi, 96, American poet, playwright and actor.
• Johnny Joyce, 82, Irish football player.
• Richard Lennon, 72, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cleveland.
• Mustapha Matura, 79, Trinidadian playwright.
• Epineri Naituku, 56, Fijian rugby union player.
• Ignazio Paleari, 65, Italian racing cyclist.
• Charlie Taaffe, 69, American football coach, cancer.
• John Witherspoon, 77, American actor, heart attack.

30

• Russell Brookes, 74, British rally driver, British Rally champion.
• Georges Courtès, 94, French astronomer.
• Paul Crosby, 30, American basketball player, traffic collision.
• Barbara Sutton Curtis, 89, American jazz pianist.
• Meinrad Ernst, 94, Swiss Olympic wrestler.
• Ron Fairly, 81, American baseball player and broadcaster.
• Beatrice Faust, 80, Australian author and women's activist.
• Paul Geis, 66, American Olympic long-distance runner.
• Frank Giles, 100, British journalist and historian, editor of The Sunday Times.
• Jim Gregory, 83, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive.
• William J. Hughes, 87, American politician and diplomat, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, ambassador to Panama.
• Francis Xavier Irwin, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston.
• Sam Jankovich, 84, American sports administrator.
• Mobolaji Johnson, 83, Nigerian military officer, Governor of Lagos State.
• James Platz, 88, Canadian Olympic sport shooter.
• Geoff Saunders, 91, English runner.
• Bernard Slade, 89, Canadian playwright and television writer, complications from Lewy body dementia.
• Azam Taleghani, 76, Iranian politician and journalist, MP.
• J. Bob Traxler, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Michigan House of Representatives.
• Ercílio Turco, 81, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Limeira and Osasco, cancer.
• N. Venkatachala, 89, Indian judge, member of the Supreme Court.
• Paul Whelan, 75, Australian politician, NSW Minister for Police.

31

• Ebrahim Abadi, 85, Iranian actor.
• Anil Adhikari, 70, Indian politician, MLA, cancer.
• Robert I. Berdon, 89, American justice, Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
• Denis Bernard, 86, Irish Gaelic footballer.
• Enrico Braggiotti, 96, Monegasque banker, President of the Banca Commerciale Italiana.
• Archie Brennan, 87, Scottish tapestry weaver.
• Tarania Clarke, 20, Jamaican footballer, stabbed.
• Ann Crumb, 69, American actress and singer, ovarian cancer.
• Gurudas Dasgupta, 82, Indian politician, MP, lung cancer.
• Noble Frankland, 97, British historian.
• Geetanjali, 72, Indian actress, cardiac arrest.
• Florence Giorgetti, 75, French actress.
• Champak Jain, 52, Indian film producer.
• Tom MacIntyre, 87, Irish writer and poet.
• Raju Mavani, 62, Indian film producer, director, actor and screenplay writer, cancer.
• Roger Morin, 78, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Biloxi.
• Amjad Nasser, 64, Jordanian writer and poet.
• Jack O'Dell, 96, American civil rights activist.
• Silvio Padoin, 89, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pozzuoli.
• Ren Xuefeng, 54, Chinese politician, Party Secretary of Guangzhou, Deputy Party Secretary of Chongqing, fall.
• Giannis Spanos, 85, Greek composer.
• Vito Trause, 94, American soldier and prisoner of war.
• Antoon van der Steen, 83, Dutch racing cyclist.