Deaths in January 2018

The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2018.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

January 2018

1

• Gert Brauer, 62, German footballer (Carl Zeiss Jena).
• Humberto Coutinho, 71, Brazilian physician and politician, President of the Legislative Assembly of Maranhão (since 2015), Mayor of Caxias (2005–2013), intestinal cancer.
• Peter Evans, 88, British musicologist.
• Philip Jacobson, 79, English journalist, meningitis.
• Milt Jamin, 78, American voice actor (Grand Theft Auto IV, The Big O, The Transformers).
• Jahn Otto Johansen, 83, Norwegian journalist.
• Robert Mann, 97, American violinist and composer, founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet.
• Régis Manon, 52, Gabonese footballer (Tours FC, FC 105 Libreville, Joué-lès-Tours).
• Dušan Mitošević, 68, Serbian football player (Radnički Niš, Smederevo, Nîmes) and manager, cancer.
• Mick Murphy, 99, Irish hurler.
• Ebrahim Nafae, 83, Egyptian journalist, cancer.
• Manuel Olivencia, 88, Spanish economist and diplomat, complications from a fall.
• Milton P. Rice, 97, American politician, Attorney General of Tennessee (1974).
• Mauro Staccioli, 80, Italian sculptor, complications from pneumonia.
• Jon Paul Steuer, 33, American actor (Grace Under Fire, Little Giants, Star Trek: The Next Generation) and singer, suicide by gunshot.
• Tim Sweeney, 88, Irish hurler (Galway).
• Katsuhikari Toshio, 75, Japanese sumo wrestler, bile duct cancer.
• Wolfgang Treu, 87, German cinematographer.
• Betty Willis, 76, American soul singer, strangled.

2

• Dee Ayuba, 31, British-Nigerian basketball player, heart attack.
• Małgorzata Bocheńska, 69, Polish journalist.
• Frank Buxton, 87, American actor (What's Up, Tiger Lily?), screenwriter and director (The Odd Couple, Happy Days).
• Tony Calder, 74, English music promoter and executive (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones), complications from pneumonia.
• Donna Carter, 73, Trinidadian politician, Senator, High Commissioner to South Africa.
• Alan Deakin, 76, English footballer (Aston Villa, Walsall, Tamworth).
• Giovanni Di Clemente, 69, Italian film producer.
• Marian Donat, 57, Polish Olympic judoka.
• Ronald R. Fieve, 87, American psychiatrist.
• Eugène Gerards, 77, Dutch football player and manager (SV Limburgia, Fortuna Sittard, OFI Crete).
• Rick Hall, 85, American record producer, songwriter and recording studio owner (FAME Studios), prostate cancer.
• Ferdinando Imposimato, 81, Italian judge.
• Durahim Jamaluddin, 36, Malaysian footballer, heart attack.
• Ali Kadhim, 69, Iraqi Olympic footballer (1980).
• Lawal Kaita, 85, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kaduna State (1983).
• Jyrgalbek Kalmamatov, 45, Kyrgyz politician, MP (since 2015), heart attack.
• Rosa Kavara, 59, Namibian politician.
• Guida Maria, 67, Portuguese actress, pancreatic cancer.
• Mike McCartney, 63, Scottish footballer (Carlisle United, Plymouth Argyle, Southampton).
• Ali Akbar Moinfar, 89, Iranian politician, MP (1980–1984), Minister of Petroleum (1979–1980).
• Thomas S. Monson, 90, American religious leader and writer, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (since 2008) and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (1995–2008).
• Armando Monteiro Filho, 92, Brazilian politician, Minister of Agriculture (1961–1962).
• Mountain Fiji, 60, American professional wrestler (GLOW).
• Michael Pfeiffer, 92, German football player (national team) and manager (Roda JC Kerkrade, Alemannia Aachen).
• Wilbur Plaugher, 95, American cowboy, rodeo clown and dog trainer.
• Felix Reilly, 84, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, East Fife).
• Sauryavong Savang, 80, Laotian prince.
• Željko Senečić, 84, Croatian film and television production designer.
• Radha Viswanathan, 83, Indian vocalist, pneumonia.
• Lyndon Wainwright, 98, British metrologist, ballroom dancer and author.
• Jim Wiste, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Vancouver Canucks).
• Betty Woodman, 87, American ceramic artist and sculptor, pneumonia.
• Ye Zhemin, 93, Chinese art historian.
• Yell Htwe Aung, 24, Burmese comedian and actor, injuries sustained in an assault.

3

• Mlungisi Bali, 27, South African rugby union player (Griffons, Border Bulldogs), stabbed.
• Donal Barrington, 89, Irish judge, member of the Supreme Court (1996–2000).
• Luigi Alberto Bianchi, 73, Italian violinist.
• Colin Brumby, 84, Australian composer and conductor.
• Valery Chalidze, 79, Russian-born American publisher.
• Philip Eden, 66, British meteorologist, broadcaster and author.
• Dolly Everett, 14, Australian cyberbullying victim, suicide.
• Stanley Hartt, 80, Canadian civil servant, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister (1989–1990), cancer.
• Heriberto Hermes, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cristalândia (1990–2009).
• Keorapetse Kgositsile, 79, South African poet and journalist.
• Aurelio Menéndez, 90, Spanish politician and lawyer, Minister of Education (1976–1977).
• Francis George Adeodatus Micallef, 89, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Vicar of Kuwait (1981–2005).
• Miroslav Miletić, 92, Croatian composer.
• Darci Miguel Monteiro, 49, Brazilian footballer (Volta Redonda Futebol Clube, Widzew Łódź, Antalyaspor), heart attack.
• Rob Picciolo, 64, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers) and coach (San Diego Padres), heart attack.
• Konrad Ragossnig, 85, Austrian classical guitarist.
• Alan Sagner, 97, American public servant and political fundraiser, chairman of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the CPB, cardiac amyloidosis.
• Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva, 87, Turkmen opera singer and music educator.
• Ambalavaner Sivanandan, 94, Sri Lankan author.
• Serafino Sprovieri, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Rossano-Cariati (1980–1991) and Benevento (1991–2006).
• Igor Strelbin, 43, Russian footballer (Dynamo Bryansk, FC Dynamo Makhachkala, Zenit Penza).

4

• Aharon Appelfeld, 85, Romanian-born Israeli writer.
• Ulhas Bapat, 67, Indian santoor player.
• Dick Bestwick, 87, American football coach (Virginia Cavaliers).
• Nicola Gordon Bowe, 69, British art historian.
• Johannes Brost, 71, Swedish actor (Rederiet, Black Jack, Stjärnhuset), throat cancer.
• Brendan Byrne, 93, American politician, Governor of New Jersey (1974–1982), lung infection.
• Papa Camara, 66, Guinean football player (Hafia) and coach (national team).
• Gerard Conley Sr., 88, American politician, member of the Maine Senate (1968–1984) and House of Representatives (1964–1968), Mayor of Portland (1970–1971).
• Joaquín Cortizo, 85, Spanish footballer.
• Carmen Cozza, 87, American baseball and football player (Miami Redhawks) and Hall of Fame coach (Yale Bulldogs).
• Bruce Halle, 87, American auto parts executive and philanthropist, founder of Discount Tire.
• Owen Hardy, 95, New Zealand WWII air force pilot.
• Lyli Herse, 89, French racing cyclist.
• Senichi Hoshino, 70, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player (Chunichi Dragons) and manager (Hanshin Tigers, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles), pancreatic cancer.
• Philipp Jenninger, 85, German politician, President of the Bundestag (1984–1988).
• Rafiatou Karimou, 71, Beninese politician and teacher, member of the National Assembly (1999–2006).
• Gail McIntosh, 62, New Zealand politician, MP for Lyttelton (1990–1993).
• Jack N. Merritt, 87, American army general.
• Emerante Morse, 99, Haitian dancer and folklorist.
• Raymond Robinson, 88, South African Olympian [1]
• Zubaida Tariq, 72, Pakistani chef, complications from a heart attack.
• Ray Thomas, 76, English singer-songwriter ("Veteran Cosmic Rocker", "For My Lady") and Hall of Fame musician (The Moody Blues), prostate cancer.
• Geoffrey Vaughan, 84, Australian rugby union player and pharmaceutical scientist.
• Vladimir Yankilevsky, 79, Russian artist.

5

• Antonio Valentín Angelillo, 80, Italian-Argentine football player (Inter Milan, A.S. Roma, Boca Juniors).
• Muntazir Baba, 68, Pakistani poet.
• Emanuel Barbara, 68, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malindi (since 2011).
• Thomas Bopp, 68, American astronomer, co-discoverer of Comet Hale–Bopp, liver failure.
• Aydın Boysan, 96, Turkish architect, multiple organ failure.
• Rasa Chughtai, 89, Indian-born Pakistani poet.
• Carlos Heitor Cony, 91, Brazilian journalist and writer, multiple organ failure.
• Robert Q. Crane, 91, American politician, Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts (1965–1991); member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1957–1964).
• Donald D. Evans, 90, Canadian philosopher.
• Jacques Genest, 98, Canadian physician and scientist.
• Carole Hart, 74, American television writer (Sesame Street), cancer.
• Bruce Hood, 81, Canadian hockey referee (NHL), prostate cancer.
• Henry Jean-Baptiste, 85, French politician, Deputy (1986–2002).
• Hans Werner Kettenbach, 89, German journalist and author.
• Asghar Khan, 96, Pakistani politician and military officer, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force (1957–1965).
• Marián Labuda, 73, Slovak actor.
• Norman Lamb, 82, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (1971–1988).
• John McIntyre, 89, American Olympian [2]
• Mick Murphy, 77, Irish hurler (Tipperary).
• Dhiraj Kumar Nath, 72, Bangladeshi diplomat, member of the Caretaker government panel.
• Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo, 80, Ugandan Anglican prelate, Archbishop of Uganda (1995–2004).
• Vincent Mojwok Nyiker, 84, Sudanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malakal (1979–2009).
• Münir Özkul, 92, Turkish actor.
• Carlo Pedretti, 89, Italian historian (Leonardo da Vinci).
• Sardar Ahmed Ali Khan Pitafi, 74, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh (2014–2017), cancer.
• Marina Ripa di Meana, 76, Italian writer, stylist and TV personality, cancer.
• Vassilios Sillis, 88, Greek Olympic athlete (1952, 1960).
• Barry Thomas, 80, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, Wellington, national team).
• Jerry Van Dyke, 86, American actor and comedian (My Mother the Car, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Coach), heart failure.
• Peter Wells, 88, British-born New Zealand Olympic athlete (1952, 1956).
• Gihan Wikramanayake, 57, Sri Lankan academic.
• John Young, 87, American astronaut (Apollo 16, STS-1), pneumonia.

6

• Horace Ashenfelter, 94, American athlete, Olympic champion (1952).
• Remídio José Bohn, 67, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul (since 2011).
• Elza Brandeisz, 110, Hungarian dancer and teacher, conferred Righteous Among the Nations.
• Max Collie, 86, Australian trombonist.
• Rita Crocker Clements, 86, American political organizer, First Lady of Texas (1979–1983, 1987–1991), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Walther Dürr, 85, German musicologist.
• Marjorie Holt, 97, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for Maryland's 4th District (1973–1987).
• Rod Hunter, 74, Canadian curler, world champion (1970, 1971).
• Bob Jenson, 86, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1997–2015).
• Elizabeth Meehan, 70, Scottish political scientist.
• Kapil Mohan, 88, Indian beverage and food executive (Old Monk, Mohan Meakin), cardiac arrest.
• William R. Ojala, 92, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1971–1974).
• Peter Preston, 79, British journalist, editor of The Guardian (1975–1995), melanoma.
• Baldev Raj, 70, Indian nuclear physicist.
• Jimmy Robinson, 67, American recording engineer (Led Zeppelin).
• Nigel Sims, 86, English footballer (Aston Villa, Wolverhampton, Peterborough).
• Greta Thyssen, 90, Danish-born American actress (Quiz Whizz, Pies and Guys, Sappy Bull Fighters), pneumonia.
• Dave Toschi, 86, American police detective (Zodiac Killer), pneumonia.
• Frank Varrichione, 85, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Rams).

7

• Meshary Al-Arada, 35, Kuwaiti singer and composer, traffic collision.
• Jim Anderton, 79, New Zealand politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1999–2002), MP (1984–2011) and Leader of the Progressive Party (2002–2012).
• Ed Bennett, 80, American Olympic sailor.
• Will Gay Bottje, 92, American composer.
• Joe Ellis Brown, 84, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1986–2006).
• Marley Caribu, 70, Japanese manga writer (Old Boy).
• Shiv Chopra, 84, Canadian microbiologist and human rights activist.
• Bryn Crossley, 59, Welsh jockey, seizure.
• Tom Dowling, 77, American football coach (Georgetown Tigers, Liberty Flames), pancreatic cancer.
• Noël Estcourt, 89, Rhodesian-born English rugby union player.
• France Gall, 70, French singer ("Laisse tomber les filles", "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", "Ella, elle l'a"), Eurovision winner (1965), cancer.
• Anna Mae Hays, 97, American military officer and nurse, Chief of Army Nurse Corps (1967–1971), first female U.S. General, complications from a heart attack.
• Markku Into, 72, Finnish poet.
• Tom Netherton, 70, American singer, pneumonia.
• Nico, 56, Swiss western lowland gorilla.
• Gustav Heiberg Simonsen, 82, Norwegian lawyer and politician.
• Buster Stiggs, 63, British-born New Zealand drummer (Suburban Reptiles, The Swingers, Models), complications from kidney disease and multiple myeloma.
• Antoni Subirà, 77, Spanish politician, member of Parliament of Catalonia (1980–1993) and co-founder of Democratic Convergence of Catalonia.
• Peter Sutherland, 71, Irish barrister and banker, Attorney General (1981–1982, 1982–1984), founding Director-General of the World Trade Organization (1993–1995).
• Chris Tsangarides, 61, British music producer (Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy), pneumonia and heart failure.
• Bjørg Vik, 82, Norwegian writer, co-founder of Sirene.
• Shrivallabh Vyas, 60, Indian actor (Lagaan).
• Saksham Yadav, 28, Indian powerlifter, traffic collision.
• Dick Young, 90, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Doug Young, 98, American voice actor (Quick Draw McGraw, The Flintstones, Jonny Quest).

8

• Hans Aabech, 69, Danish footballer (Skovshoved IF, national team).
• Agustín Bernal, 59, Mexican actor.
• Michael Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham, 79, British hereditary peer, company chairman (Pearson PLC), and environmentalist.
• Salvador Borrego, 102, Mexican journalist and conspiracy theorist.
• Bruce Cole, 79, American humanist, Chairman of the NEH (2001–2009), Presidential Citizens Medal recipient (2008).
• Gerald Degaetano, 53, Maltese athlete.
• Yvonne Englich, 38, German wrestler, cancer.
• Juan Carlos García, 29, Honduran footballer (Marathón, Olimpia, national team), leukemia.
• J. F. C. Harrison, 96, British historian and author.
• Paddy Harte, 86, Irish politician, TD (1961–1997).
• Claude Jean-Prost, 81, French Olympic ski jumper.
• Jenny Joseph, 85, English poet.
• Frank Kreith, 95, Austrian-born American mechanical engineer.
• Denise LaSalle, 78, American blues singer ("Trapped by a Thing Called Love").
• Vojtěch Lindaur, 60, Czech journalist, radio host (Radio Beat) and record producer.
• George Lindbeck, 94, American Lutheran theologian.
• James Makumbi, 75, Ugandan physician, politician and kidnap victim, MP and Minister of Health.
• Keith McKenzie, 95, Australian VFL football player and coach (North Melbourne, Carlton Football Club).
• Kynaston McShine, 82, American curator (MoMA).
• Kapil Mohan, 88, Indian entrepreneur.
• James N. Morgan, 99, American economist.
• Antonio Munguía, 75, Mexican footballer (Club Necaxa, Cruz Azul, national team).
• Chuck Murphy, 70, American prelate, bishop of the Anglican Mission in the Americas, brain cancer.
• Jackie Perry, 93, English rugby league footballer (Wakefield Trinity).
• Donnelly Rhodes, 80, Canadian actor (Soap, Battlestar Galactica, Da Vinci's Inquest), cancer.
• George Maxwell Richards, 86, Trinidadian politician, President (2003–2013), heart failure.
• Myron Rush, 96, American Kremlinologist, Cornell University professor, and CIA analyst, kidney failure.
• Wojciech Rydz, 85, Polish Olympic fencer (1952).
• David Sherwin, 75, British screenwriter (if...., O Lucky Man!, Britannia Hospital), sepsis.
• Ron Tandberg, 74, Australian cartoonist, oesophageal cancer.
• Charles H. Turner, 82, American attorney.
• Tricia Walker, 53, British author, breast cancer.

9

• Bob Bailey, 75, American baseball player (Montreal Expos, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers).
• Stan Bronson Jr., 89, American baseball batboy.
• Neave Brown, 88, American-born British architect, lung cancer.
• Theodore V. Buttrey Jr., 88, American numismatist.
• Maruja Callaved, 97, Spanish television director.
• Dreaming of Anna, 14, American racehorse, ruptured aorta.
• Guan De, 85, Chinese aeroelasticity engineer and aircraft designer.
• Brandon Hixon, 36, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (2012–2017), suicide by gunshot.
• Nicky Hoffmann, 77, Luxembourgian footballer.
• Heikki Kirkinen, 90, Finnish historian.
• Terence Marsh, 86, British production designer (Doctor Zhivago, Oliver!, The Shawshank Redemption), Oscar winner (1966, 1969), cancer.
• Valeri Matyunin, 57, Russian footballer (Dynamo Moscow, Dnepr Mogilev, Fakel Voronezh).
• Jean-Marc Mazzonetto, 34, French rugby union player (Stade Montois), traffic collision.
• Cheikh Sidy Mokhtar Mbacké, 93, Senegalese religious chief, Caliph of Mouride (since 2010).
• Vladimír Miko, 74, Slovak table tennis player.
• Joseph Wayne Miller, 36, American actor (Heavyweights).
• Robert Minlos, 86, Russian mathematician.
• Gerald Morkel, 76, South African politician, Premier of the Western Cape (1998–2001), Mayor of Cape Town (2001–2002).
• Odvar Nordli, 90, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister (1976–1981), prostate cancer.
• Yılmaz Onay, 80, Turkish author.
• Kato Ottio, 23, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer (national team), complications from heat stroke.
• Mario Perniola, 76, Italian philosopher.
• Ted Phillips, 84, English footballer (Ipswich Town, Leyton Orient, Colchester United), dementia.
• Victoriano Ríos Pérez, 87, Spanish politician, member (1987–1999, 2003–2004) and president (1987–1995) of the Parliament of the Canary Islands, Senator (1995–2003).
• Milton J. Rosenberg, 92, American psychology professor (University of Chicago) and radio host (WGN), pneumonia.
• Reza Sheikholeslami, 76, Iranian academic.
• Archie Styles, 78, English footballer (Wrexham, Stourbridge).
• Kurt Thalmann, 86, Swiss footballer (FC Basel).
• Alexander Vedernikov, 90, Russian singer and teacher, Bolshoi Theatre soloist (1958–1990), People's Artist of the USSR (1976).
• Yuan Chengye, 93, Chinese organic chemist.

10

• Rocky Agusta, 67, Italian race car driver.
• Damdinjavyn Bandi, 75, Mongolian Olympic boxer (1972, 1976).
• Victor Brooke, 3rd Viscount Alanbrooke, 85, British peer.
• Étienne Bally, 94, French Olympic sprinter (1948, 1952), European champion (1950).
• Eddie Clarke, 67, British guitarist (Motörhead, Fastway), pneumonia.
• Charles Davis, 90, American Olympic sports shooter (1972).
• Mikhail Derzhavin, 81, Russian actor.
• Urs Fankhauser, 74, Swiss Olympic rower (1968, 1972).
• Sir Angus Farquharson, 82, British public servant, Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire (1998–2010).
• David Fisher, 88, British television writer (Doctor Who, Dixon of Dock Green, Hammer House of Horror).
• Pierre Grillet, 85, French footballer (RC Paris).
• Gordon Hølmebakk, 89, Norwegian publishing editor.
• John Sherrill Houser, 82, American artist, heart failure.
• William B. Keene, 92, American judge (Los Angeles County Superior Court) and television personality (Divorce Court).
• Katherine Kellgren, 48, American narrator and actress, cancer.
• Tommy Lawrence, 77, Scottish footballer (Liverpool, Tranmere Rovers, national team).
• Tom Luken, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio's 1st and 2nd Districts (1974–1975, 1977–1991), Mayor of Cincinnati (1971–1972).
• Philippe Marchand, 78, French politician, Deputy (1978–1991), Minister of the Interior (1991–1992).
• John McGlashan, 50, Scottish footballer (Millwall, Peterborough, Rotherham).
• Novello Novelli, 87, Italian actor (The Pool Hustlers, Dear Goddamned Friends).
• Doreen Tracey, 74, English-born American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club), cancer and pneumonia.
• Celestine Ujang Jilan, 70, Malaysian politician, Speaker of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (1981–1987).
• Gordon Wills, 83, English footballer (Notts County, Leicester City).

11

• Doug Barnard Jr., 95, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 10th district (1977–1993).
• Gene Cole, 89, American athlete, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
• Raúl Antonio García, 55, Salvadoran footballer (Águila), lymphoma.
• Stephane Gauger, 48, Vietnamese-born American film director and screenwriter (Owl and the Sparrow, Powder Blue), stroke.
• Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr., 88, American lawyer.
• John W. Hennessey Jr, 92, American academic.
• Ednyfed Hudson Davies, 88, Welsh politician, MP for Conway (1966–1970) and Caerphilly (1979–1983).
• Jeremy Inkel, 34, Canadian electronic music programmer and keyboardist, complications from asthma.
• Sumiko Iwao, 83, Japanese psychologist, editor-in-chief of Japan Echo (1997–2007).
• Edgar Ray Killen, 92, American Ku Klux Klan leader and convicted murderer.
• Noemi Lapzeson, 77, Argentinian dancer and choreographer.
• Takis Loukanidis, 80, Greek footballer (Doxa Drama, Panathinaikos, national team).
• Jan Valentin Sæther, 73, Norwegian painter and priest.
• Giuseppe Secchi, 86, Italian footballer (Triestina, Udinese Calcio, A.C. Fanfulla 1874).
• Noel Thornton, 74, Australian rugby league player (Western Suburbs Magpies, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks).

12

• Rudy Árias, 86, Cuban baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
• Peter Batkin, 65, English auctioneer, stroke.
• Eddy Beugels, 73, Dutch cyclist.
• Lisa Chedekel, 57, American journalist, cancer.
• Bella Emberg, 80, British actress (The Russ Abbot Show, The Benny Hill Show, Bear Behaving Badly).
• Frankie Muse Freeman, 101, American civil rights attorney.
• Robert W. Hamilton, 86, American legal scholar.
• Keith Jackson, 89, American sportscaster (ABC Sports, Wide World of Sports).
• Jean-Louis Koszul, 97, French mathematician.
• Jim McNally, 86, American Olympic sports shooter.
• Ilkka Pastinen, 89, Finnish diplomat.
• Pierre Pincemaille, 61, French organist, lung cancer.
• Léon Ritzen, 78, Belgian footballer (R.W.D. Molenbeek, Beerschot, national team).
• Doodhnath Singh, 81, Indian writer, prostate cancer.
• Sir Keith Speed, 83, British politician, MP (1968–1974, 1974–1997), Navy Minister (1979–1981).
• John V. Tunney, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 38th district (1965–1971) and U.S. Senator (1971–1977), prostate cancer.
• Heinrich von Stietencron, 84, German indologist.
• Nasir Iqbal, 35, Pakistani footballer, traffic collision.

13

• Shaukat Abbas, 71, Pakistani cricketer.
• Dean Allen, 51, Canadian typographer and web developer.
• Bob Beak, 92, British Anglican prelate, Assistant Bishop of Marsabit (1984–1989).
• Greg Critser, 63, American writer, glioblastoma.
• Kaj Czarnecki, 81, Finnish Olympic fencer (1960).
• Hélder d'Oliveira, 83, Portuguese Olympic sailor.
• John Elder, 85, Australian football player.
• Otoniel Gonzaga, 75, Filipino opera singer.
• Doug Harvey, 87, American Hall of Fame baseball umpire.
• Mohammed Hazzaz, 72, Moroccan footballer (MAS Fez).
• Darmanto Jatman, 75, Indonesian poet.
• Emmett Johns, 89, Canadian Roman Catholic priest.
• Rick Jolly, 71, British Royal Navy surgeon.
• Byron Langley, 91, American politician.
• Jack Nel, 89, South African cricketer.
• Tzimis Panousis, 63, Greek singer, comedian and actor, heart attack.
• Jean Porter, 95, American actress (Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, Bathing Beauty, Cry Danger).
• Julio Rocha López, 67, Nicaraguan football administrator, President of the Nicaraguan Football Federation (1987–2012) and UNCAF (2003–2017).
• Aristeidis Roubanis, 85, Greek Olympic basketball player and javelin thrower (1952).
• Ernest H. Sanders, 99, German-born American music historian.
• Tad Schnugg, 73, American theater director.
• Walter Schuster, 88, Austrian alpine skier, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
• Emily Anne Staples, 88, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1977–1981).
• Naomi Stevens, 92, American actress (Vega$, The Apartment, Valley of the Dolls).
• Eliyahu Winograd, 91, Israeli judge.

14

• Geoffrey Best, 89, English historian.
• Barbara Cope, 67, American rock 'n' roll groupie, house fire.
• Sir John Cullen, 91, British chemical engineer.
• Paul Lustig Dunkel, 74, American flutist and conductor.
• Pablo García Baena, 96, Spanish poet.
• Dan Gurney, 86, American Hall of Fame racing driver (All American Racers), race car constructor (Eagle Mk1), and team owner (Eagle), pneumonia.
• George Haines, 96, American basketball player.
• Cecil Hoekstra, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
• Stan Hovdebo, 92, Canadian politician.
• Bill Hughes, 87, American jazz trombonist.
• Satnam Singh Kainth, 56, Indian politician, brain hemorrhage.
• Max Labovitch, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
• Erling Mandelmann, 82, Danish photographer.
• Spanky Manikan, 75, Filipino actor, lung cancer.
• Mario Martinez, 60, American weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist (1984).
• François Morel, 91, Canadian composer.
• Yosuke Natsuki, 81, Japanese actor (Storm Over the Pacific, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, The Return of Godzilla), kidney cancer.
• John Pierik, 68, Dutch Olympic shooter (1980, 1984).
• T. V. Rajeswar, 91, Indian police officer. Director of the Intelligence Bureau (1980–1983).
• Anton Regh, 77, German footballer (1. FC Köln).
• Cyrille Regis, 59, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Coventry City, Aston Villa), cardiac arrest.
• Samuel A. Schreiner Jr., 96, American writer.
• Milton Shadur, 93, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1980–1992).
• Marlene VerPlanck, 84, American jazz singer.
• Hugh Wilson, 74, American screenwriter and director (WKRP in Cincinnati, Police Academy, The First Wives Club), lung cancer and emphysema.

15

• Romana Acosta Bañuelos, 92, American public servant, Treasurer of the United States (1971–1974), pneumonia.
• Viktor Anpilov, 72, Russian politician and trade unionist, stroke.
• Sir James Ball, 84, British economist.
• Bob Barton, 76, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants), complications from dementia.
• Anshel Brusilow, 89, American violinist and conductor.
• Carl Emil Christiansen, 80, Danish footballer (Esbjerg fB).
• Bogusław Cygan, 53, Polish footballer (Górnik Zabrze, Stal Mielec, Lausanne Sports).
• Moussa Diagana, 71, Mauritanian writer.
• Marianne Eigenheer, 72, Swiss artist.
• Joe Frank, 79, French-born American radio personality (KPFA, KCRW, All Things Considered) and humorist.
• Joachim Gnilka, 89, German Roman Catholic theologian.
• Buddhadev Das Gupta, 84, Indian sarod player, heart attack.
• Edwin Hawkins, 74, American gospel pianist and singer ("Oh Happy Day", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"), multiple Grammy winner, pancreatic cancer.
• Raghunath Jha, 78, Indian politician.
• Dick King, 83, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1965–1994).
• Mathilde Krim, 91, Italian-born American HIV/AIDS researcher.
• Karl-Heinz Kunde, 80, German racing cyclist.
• Samson Kutateladze, 53, Georgian politician and brigadier general, MP (2008–2012), shot.
• Pitoy Moreno, 91, Filipino fashion designer.
• Ava Mukherjee, 88, Indian actress (Devdas, Detective Naani).
• Rosalia Nghidinwa, 65, Namibian politician, Minister of Immigration and Home Affairs (2005–2012) and Gender Equality and Child Welfare (2012–2015), cancer.
• Wendy Nicol, Baroness Nicol, 94, British politician and life peer, member of the House of Lords (since 1983).
• Omid Nooshin, 43, English director (Last Passenger).
• Dolores O'Riordan, 46, Irish singer and guitarist (The Cranberries, D.A.R.K.), drowning due to alcohol intoxication.
• Óscar Alberto Pérez, 36, Venezuelan actor, policeman and CICPC investigator, involved in Caracas helicopter incident, shot.
• Roderick Rijnders, 76, Dutch coxswain, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
• Gnani Sankaran, 64, Indian journalist and writer.
• William Scharf, 90, American artist.
• Mike Shanahan, 78, American professional sports team owner (St. Louis Blues).
• Terje Skarsfjord, 75, Norwegian football manager (Tromsø).
• Sujud Sutrisno, 64, Indonesian street drummer and singer.
• Wilse B. Webb, 97, American psychologist and sleep researcher.
• Peter Wyngarde, 90, British actor (Department S, Jason King, Flash Gordon).

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• Shammi Akhtar, 60, Bangladeshi playback singer, breast cancer.
• Bill Bain, 80, American management consultant, founder of Bain & Company.
• Joe Baker, 85, Australian marine scientist and rugby league player.
• George Bandy, 72, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1994), pulmonary and circulatory illness.
• Arthur Davidson, 89, British politician, MP for Accrington (1966–1983), complications from a fall.
• Rubén Oswaldo Díaz, 72, Argentine footballer (Racing Club, Atlético Madrid).
• Bradford Dillman, 87, American actor (Compulsion, The Way We Were, The Enforcer), complications from pneumonia.
• Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil, 67, Indian Syro-Malankala Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bathery (1996–2010) and Puthur (2010–2017).
• Jørgen Dobloug, 72, Norwegian artist.
• Ed Doolan, 76, Australian-born British radio presenter, complications of vascular dementia.
• LaFayette Duckett, 99, American politician.
• Rodney Fern, 69, English footballer (Leicester City, Chesterfield), dementia.
• Anatoly Glushenkov, 75, Russian politician, Governor of Smolensk Oblast (1993–1998).
• Kingdon Gould Jr., 94, American diplomat, Ambassador to Luxembourg (1969–1972) and the Netherlands (1973–1976), pneumonia.
• Peter Groeger, 84, German actor and director.
• Tyler Hilinski, 21, American football player (Washington State), suicide by gunshot.
• Dave Holland, 69, English drummer (Judas Priest, Trapeze).
• Madalena Iglésias, 78, Portuguese actress and singer.
• Oliver Ivanović, 64, Kosovar politician, shot.
• Eugeniusz Jureczko, 78, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Yokadouma (1991–2017).
• Liu Zhonghua, 101, Chinese navy admiral.
• Julie Beth Lovins, 72, American computational linguist.
• Eric Luoma, 88, Canadian Olympic cross-country skier (1964).
• Wilhelm Melliger, 64, Swiss equestrian, Olympic silver medalist (1996, 2000), stroke.
• John Monteith, 69, American actor, writer and director.
• Javiera Muñoz, 40, Swedish singer, anorexia nervosa.
• Timothy J. O'Connor Jr., 81, American politician, member (1969–1981) and Speaker (1975–1981) of the Vermont House of Representatives.
• Thomas Newman O'Neill Jr., 89, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1983–1996).
• Moya O'Sullivan, 91, Australian actress (Neighbours, Cop Shop, Hey Dad..!).
• Harold Rosen, 92, American politician, Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida (1974–1977).
• John Spellman, 91, American politician, Governor of Washington (1981–1985), pneumonia.
• Pål Spilling, 83, Norwegian computer scientist.
• Jo Jo White, 71, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, Kansas City Kings), Olympic champion (1968), pneumonia.

17

• Jahangir Amuzegar, 98, Iranian economist, academic and politician.
• John M. Andrist, 86, American journalist and politician, member of the North Dakota Senate (1993–2014), complications from a stroke.
• Roy Bennett, 60, Zimbabwean politician, MP (2000–2006), helicopter crash.
• John Bindernagel, 76, Canadian biologist and cryptozoologist, cancer.
• Landrum Bolling, 104, American political scientist and academic administrator, president of Earlham College (1958–1973).
• Paul Booth, 74, American political activist.
• Denis Cuspert, 41, German rapper and jihadist, airstrike.
• Guy Dupré, 89, French writer and publisher.
• Mark Genge, 90, English Anglican priest, Bishop of Central Newfoundland (1976–1990).
• Jerzy Gros, 72, Polish Olympic long-distance runner (1976).
• He Yousheng, 86, Chinese hydrodynamicist, member of the Academy of Engineering.
• Edwin Lins, 54, Austrian Olympic wrestler (1984, 1988).
• Ilir Luarasi, 63, Albanian footballer (Dinamo Tirana, national team).
• Ted McCoy, 92, New Zealand architect.
• Ed Moses, 91, American artist and painter.
• Arno Motulsky, 94, German-born American geneticist.
• Bénédicte Pesle, 90, French arts patron.
• Augusto Polo Campos, 85, Peruvian composer.
• Claude Prouvoyeur, 91, French politician, Senator (1983–1992), mayor of Dunkirk (1966–1989).
• Herbert Schmertz, 87, American public relations executive.
• Simon Shelton, 52, British actor (Teletubbies, Incredible Games), hypothermia.

18

• Ishfaq Ahmad, 87, Pakistani nuclear physicist and professor (Abdus Salam Centre for Physics).
• John Barton, 89, British theatre director, co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
• Luc Beyer de Ryke, 84, Belgian politician, MEP (1980–1989), aortic rupture.
• Bob Carlton, 67, British theatre director and writer (Return to the Forbidden Planet), cancer.
• Martine Époque, 75, French-born Canadian dance educator and choreographer.
• Eppie Gibson, 90, English rugby league player and coach (Whitehaven R.L.F.C.).
• Wallis Grahn, 72, Swedish actress (Rederiet).
• Ding Guangquan, 73, Chinese comedian.
• Kashinath, 67, Indian actor and director (Anubhava, Avale Nanna Hendthi, Avane Nanna Ganda), cancer.
• Chandi Lahiri, 88, Indian cartoonist.
• Julius Lester, 78, American writer (To Be a Slave) and educator.
• Lucas Mangope, 94, South African politician, President of Bophuthatswana (1977–1994).
• Carla Marangoni, 102, Italian gymnast, Olympic silver medalist (1928).
• Peter Mayle, 78, British author (A Year in Provence, A Good Year).
• Laurie Morgan, 87, British government official, Chief Minister of Guernsey (2004–2007).
• Steve Nisbett, 69, Nevisian-born British reggae drummer (Steel Pulse).
• Nancy Richler, 60, Canadian novelist, cancer.
• Edward C. Rochette, 90, American numismatist.
• Anthony Allen Shore, 55, American serial killer and rapist, execution by lethal injection.
• Henry Soles Jr., 82, American chaplain and author.
• Borys Steklyar, 95, Ukrainian military officer.
• Yasuo Tanaka, 86, Japanese astrophysicist.
• Mae Tischer, 89, American politician.
• Stansfield Turner, 94, American admiral, Director of Central Intelligence (1977–1981).
• Joseph Wang Yu-jung, 86, Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Taichung (1986–2009).
• Chick Webster, 97, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
• Barry Wilde, 89, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Parramatta (1976–1988).

19

• Dik Abed, 73, South African-born Dutch cricketer.
• Munnu Bhai, 84, Pakistani journalist.
• Harvey R. Blau, 82, American attorney and executive.
• Ute Bock, 75, Austrian educator and humanitarian.
• Lin Bolen, 76, American television executive and producer.
• James C. Browne, 83, American computer scientist.
• Anna Campori, 100, Italian actress (Neapolitan Turk, The Overtaxed).
• Geoffrey Caston, 91, British academic administrator and civil servant.
• Olivia Cole, 75, American actress (Roots, Backstairs at the White House, Brewster Place), Emmy Award winner (1977), heart attack.
• John Conboy, 83, American television producer (The Young and the Restless).
• Maurice Couture, 91, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Québec (1990–2002).
• Alain Devaquet, 75, French politician, Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research (1986) and MP (1978–1981, 1988–1997).
• Saqi Farooqi, 81, Pakistani poet.
• Red Fisher, 91, Canadian hockey journalist (Montreal Star, Montreal Gazette).
• Marcel Frémiot, 98, French composer and musicologist.
• Célio de Oliveira Goulart, 73, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of São João del Rei (since 2010).
• Pavel Kazankov, 91, Russian Olympic racewalker (1952).
• David M. Knight, 81, British historian of science.
• Ferdinand Knobloch, 101, Czech-Canadian psychiatrist.
• Ed LaForge, 82, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1994–2000), heart disease.
• Dorothy Malone, 93, American actress (Written on the Wind, Peyton Place, Too Much, Too Soon), Oscar winner (1956).
• Fredo Santana, 27, American rapper, kidney failure.
• Allison Shearmur, 54, American film producer (The Hunger Games, Rogue One, Cinderella), complications from lung cancer.
• Moose Stubing, 79, American baseball player (California Angels).
• Lutho Tapela, Zimbabwean politician, Senator (2005–2013).
• Sriniwas Tiwari, 93, Indian politician, Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1993–2003).
• Barbara Weil, 84, American artist.
• Leslie Wyche, 73, American community activist.

20

• Dame Beulah Bewley, 88, British physician.
• Paul Bocuse, 91, French chef, Parkinson's disease.
• Wendell Castle, 85, American furniture designer and artist.
• John Coleman, 83, American meteorologist, co-founder of The Weather Channel.
• William Cousins, 90, American judge (Illinois Appellate Court), Chicago City Council member (1967–1976).
• Terry Evans, 80, American blues and soul singer, songwriter and guitarist.
• Naomi Parker Fraley, 96, American naval machinist, inspiration for the "We Can Do It!" poster.
• Antonius Jan Glazemaker, 86, Dutch Old Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Utrecht (1982–2000).
• Bill Johnson, 57, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
• Jerry Keeling, 78, American-born Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders, Ottawa Rough Riders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
• Graeme Langlands, 76, Australian rugby league footballer (St. George Dragons, national team).
• Howard Lew Lewis, 76, English comedian and actor (Brush Strokes, Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, Chelmsford 123).
• Sylvester Carmel Magro, 76, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi (1997–2016).
• Tracey Moore, 76, English cricketer (Norfolk, Minor Counties North, Minor Counties East), cancer.
• Hasmukh Patel, 84, Indian architect.
• William Rees, 89, British veterinarian, Chief Veterinary Officer (1980–1988).
• Jim Rodford, 76, English bassist (Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies), injuries from a fall.
• Doron Rubin, 74, Israeli military officer.
• Harry Selby, 92, South African hunter.
• Bob Smith, 59, American comedian (Funny Gay Males) and author, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Miyako Sumiyoshi, 30, Japanese Olympic speed skater (2014).
• Jack Whitten, 78, American artist.

21

• Yves Afonso, 73, French actor (The Clockmaker, Weekend, One Deadly Summer).
• Gianni Bongioanni, 96, Italian film director and screenwriter.
• Chartchai Chionoi, 75, Thai boxer, WBC (1968–1969, 1970) and WBA World Flyweight Champion (1973–1974).
• Khagen Das, 79, Indian politician, MP for Tripura West (2002–2004, 2004–2014), heart attack.
• Bruno Giacosa, 88, Italian winemaker.
• Philippe Gondet, 75, French footballer (Nantes, Red Star, national team).
• Jock Haswell, 98, British military historian and intelligence officer.
• Tsukasa Hosaka, 80, Japanese footballer (Furukawa Electric), pneumonia.
• A. Dean Jeffs, 89, American politician.
• Jim Johannson, 53, American ice hockey player (Indianapolis Ice, Milwaukee Admirals) and executive (USA Hockey).
• Jun Tae-soo, 33, South Korean actor (All My Love For You).
• Lyle Mehrkens, 80, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1979–1982) and Senate (1983–1992).
• Jens Okking, 78, Danish actor (The Kingdom, One-Hand Clapping) and politician, MEP (1999–2003).
• Pasquale Panìco, 91, Italian politician, Senator (1979–1992).
• David Pithey, 81, South African cricketer.
• Jose Santos Rios, 78, Northern Mariana Island politician, Mayor of Saipan (1982–1986).
• Connie Sawyer, 105, American actress (Dumb and Dumber, Pineapple Express, When Harry Met Sally...), heart attack.
• Ken Seddon, 67, British chemist.
• Michael Selby, 82, British-born New Zealand geomorphologist.
• Paul Sun, 80, Taiwanese politician, Minister of Agriculture (1992–1996), pancreatic cancer.

22

• Jimmy Armfield, 82, English football player (Blackpool, national team) and manager (Leeds United), world champion (1966), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
• K. B. Asante, 93, Ghanaian diplomat, Ambassador to Switzerland (1967–1972) and the European Economic Community (1976–1978).
• Ian Bennett, 69, Canadian civil servant, President of the Royal Canadian Mint (2006–2014).
• Carl Blair, 85, American painter and sculptor.
• Andrew Carroll, 32, American ice hockey player (Idaho Steelheads, Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs), suicide by jumping.
• Shorty Castro, 89, Puerto Rican comedian, songwriter and entertainer, cancer.
• Kudzai Chimbaira, 32, Zimbabwean actor.
• Johnny Cowell, 92, Canadian trumpeter and arranger.
• Peter Diversi, 85, Australian rugby league footballer (North Sydney Bears, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles).
• Jack Doms, 91, New Zealand swimmer, British Empire and Commonwealth Games champion (1954).
• Dale Engstrom, 100, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1970–1972).
• Nolan Flemmer, 79, South African cricketer.
• Emilio Gastón, 83, Spanish poet and politician, MP (1977–1979) and Justicia de Aragón (1987–1993).
• Billy Hancock, 71, American musician.
• Reinier Kreijermaat, 82, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord, USV Elinkwijk, Xerxes/DHC).
• Ursula K. Le Guin, 88, American science fiction writer (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed).
• Ceylon Manohar, 73, Indian actor and playback singer ("Surangani").
• William Joseph McDonough, 83, American banker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (1993–2003).
• Dahiru Musdapher, 75, Nigerian justice, Chief Justice (2011–2012).
• Preston Shannon, 70, American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist, cancer.
• Kevin Tate, 74, New Zealand soil chemist.
• Annie Young, 75, American politician, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

23

• Anders Åberg, 72, Swedish sculptor and painter.
• Mohammed Al-Mfarah, 72, Saudi Arabian actor.
• Ruth Alas, 57, Estonian economist.
• Henry Dalzell-Payne, 88, British army general.
• Nepal Chandra Das, 73, Indian politician.
• Robert Dowdell, 85, American actor (Stoney Burke, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea).
• Robert Kisanga, 84, Tanzanian judge.
• Francisco Moreno Martínez, 86, Spanish cyclist.
• Hugh Masekela, 78, South African jazz trumpeter ("Grazing in the Grass", "Bring Him Back Home") and composer ("Soweto Blues"), prostate cancer.
• Nicanor Parra, 103, Chilean poet.
• Janno Reiljan, 68, Estonian economist and politician, MP (1999–2004), MEP (2004).
• Marcelo Romo, 76, Chilean actor (Enough Praying).
• Galen L. Stone, 96, American diplomat, Ambassador to Cyprus (1978–1981), lymphoma.
• Ezra Swerdlow, 64, American film producer (Spaceballs, 21 Jump Street, Zombieland), complications from pancreatic cancer and ALS.
• Sys NS, 61, Indonesian actor, director and politician, member of the People's Consultative Assembly (1999–2004).
• Wyatt Tee Walker, 88, American civil rights activist and pastor.
• Lari White, 52, American country singer ("Now I Know", "That's My Baby") and actress (Cast Away), peritoneal cancer.
• Richard Woollacott, 40, British racehorse trainer, suicide.

24

• Sergio Benedetti, 75, Italian art historian and curator.
• Bill Budness, 74, American football player (Oakland Raiders).
• Marcos Carvajal, 33, Venezuelan baseball player (Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins), pneumonia.
• Gonzalo Facio Segreda, 99, Costa Rican politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1970–1978), President of the Legislative Assembly (1953–1956), Ambassador to the United States (1956–1958, 1962–1966, 1990–1994).
• Renaud Gagneux, 70, French composer.
• Jack Ketchum, 71, American novelist (The Girl Next Door, Off Season) and screenwriter (Offspring), cancer.
• Aleksandrs Kublinskis, 81, Latvian composer.
• Krishna Kumari, 84, Indian actress (Pathala Bhairavi), bone marrow cancer.
• Bruce Light, 68, Australian football player (Port Adelaide).
• Sir Douglas Lowe, 95, British air chief marshal.
• Warren Miller, 93, American ski and snowboarding filmmaker.
• Julio Navarro, 82, Puerto Rican baseball player (Los Angeles Angels, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves), complications from Alzheimer's.
• Raymond Nimmer, 73, American legal scholar.
• Pedro Pérez Fernández, 68, Spanish economist.
• Matti Rissanen, 80, Finnish philologist.
• Mark E. Smith, 60, English singer and songwriter (The Fall), lung and kidney cancer.
• Jan Steeman, 74, Dutch comics artist (Roel Dijkstra, Noortje), kidney failure.
• Attila Verestóy, 63, Romanian politician and chemical engineer, Senator (since 1990).

25

• Claribel Alegría, 93, Nicaraguan poet.
• Shawkat Ali, 81, Bangladeshi author.
• Tommy Banks, 81, Canadian jazz pianist, composer and politician, Senator (2000–2011), Juno winner (1979), leukemia.
• Hope Black, 98, Australian marine biologist.
• Daniel M. Buechlein, 79, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Indianapolis (1992–2011).
• Walter Buckpesch, 93, German politician, Mayor of Offenbach am Main (1974–1980), MP (1983–1987).
• W. P. C. Davies, 89, English rugby union player (Harlequins, national team, British and Irish Lions).
• Neagu Djuvara, 101, Romanian historian, essayist and philosopher, pneumonia.
• Dan Foster, 87, American medical researcher.
• Steve Foster, 71, Australian singer-songwriter, lung cancer.
• Arnaud Giovaninetti, 50, French actor.
• Haripal Kaushik, 83, Indian field hockey player, Olympic gold medalist (1956, 1964), dementia.
• Sabar Koti, 58, Indian singer.
• Bill Logan, 83, American basketball player (Iowa Hawkeyes).
• Patrick Mazimhaka, 69, Rwandan politician.
• Floyd Miles, 74, American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
• John Morris, 91, American film composer (The Elephant Man, Blazing Saddles, Dirty Dancing), respiratory infection.
• Keith Pring, 74, Welsh footballer (Rotherham United, national team).
• Lyudmila Senchina, 67, Russian singer.
• Ghassan Shakaa, 74, Palestinian politician, Mayor of Nablus (1994–2004, 2012–2015).
• Giuseppe Vitucci, 67, Italian Olympic wrestler (1976).
• Cliff White, 72, British music journalist, cardiac arrest.
• Graham Williams, 72, New Zealand rugby union player (Wellington, national team).

26

• Shambhu Bhattacharya, 83, Indian actor.
• Kendall Carly Browne, 99, American actress (Dreamscape, Alligator).
• Buzz Clifford, 75, American singer ("Baby Sittin' Boogie") and songwriter, complications of influenza.
• Raphael Cruz, 31, American acrobat and actor (Iris), heart and lung failure.
• José Gabriel Diaz Cueva, 92, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Azogues (1968–1975).
• Supriya Devi, 85, Indian actress (Meghe Dhaka Tara), heart attack.
• Michael Gear, 83, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Doncaster (1993–1999).
• Elizabeth Hawley, 94, American journalist and Himalayan expedition historian.
• Joe M. Haynes, 81, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1985–2012).
• Von G. Keetch, 57, American religious leader, General Authority of the LDS Church (since 2015).
• Jacques Languirand, 86, Canadian radio host, writer and actor (Mars and April), Alzheimer's disease.
• Jack Law, 93, Australian footballer (Footscray).
• Alfred Léonard, 78, Belgian politician, MP (1985-1991), Mayor of Ferrières (1977–1992).
• Hiromu Nonaka, 92, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1983–2003), Chief Cabinet Secretary (1998–1999).
• Yukiaki Okabe, 76, Japanese swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964), pneumonia.
• John Salas, 70, Guamanian academic and politician, President of the University of Guam, member of the Legislature of Guam (1999–2003), complications of diabetes.
• Francisco Savín, 88, Mexican conductor and composer (Xalapa Symphony Orchestra).
• José Arturo Sierra, 72, Guatemalan judge, President of the Supreme Court (2013–2014), shot.
• So Chau Yim-ping, 90, Hong Kong executive and politician.
• Michael Wright, 105, Hong Kong architect, Director of Public Works (1963–69).
• Cyrus Yavneh, 76, American producer (24, Supernatural, Nothing Sacred), lung cancer.
• Isaiah Zeldin, 97, American Reform rabbi, founder of Stephen S. Wise Temple.
• Igor Zhukov, 81, Russian pianist.

27

• Robert McCormick Adams Jr., 91, American anthropologist.
• Niki Bettendorf, 81, Luxembourgian politician, MP (1990–2006).
• Fred van der Blij, 94, Dutch mathematician.
• Jerry Butler, 58, American pornographic actor, cancer.
• Barbara Calder, 93, British sailor, dementia.
• Peter Casey, 82, Irish horse trainer.
• Sir Alan Dawtry, 102, British local government official, chief executive of Westminster City Council (1956–1977).
• Maryo J. de los Reyes, 65, Filipino director (Magnifico), heart attack.
• Royal Galipeau, 71, Canadian politician, MP (2006–2015), multiple myeloma.
• Alfred Hübler, 60, German-born American physicist, lymphoma.
• Gurcharan Singh Kalkat, 91, Indian agricultural scientist.
• Ingvar Kamprad, 91, Swedish retail furniture-home design executive and philanthropist, founder of IKEA, pneumonia.
• Tomasz Mackiewicz, 42, Polish mountain climber.
• Göran Nicklasson, 75, Swedish footballer.
• Robert Parry, 68, American investigative journalist, complications of a stroke.
• Edmundo Pedro, 99, Portuguese politician and political prisoner (Tarrafal camp), member of the Assembly of the Republic (1976–1980, 1983–1985, 1987–1991).
• Dennis Peron, 72, American cannabis and LGBT activist, lung cancer.
• Tadashi Sawashima, 92, Japanese film director (Shinsengumi), multiple organ failure.
• Jerry Sneva, 68, American racing driver (CART).
• Mereoni Vibose, 66, Fijian athlete.
• Mort Walker, 94, American comics artist (Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois, Boner's Ark), pneumonia.
• John Wall, 85, British engineer and inventor (Crayford focuser).
• Lawrence Weiskrantz, 91, British psychologist.

28

• Hassa bint Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Emirati royal.
• Bhanu Gupta, 87, Indian musician.
• Ernest Hawkins, 91, American football coach (East Texas State).
• Hsu Hung-chih, 81, Taiwanese politician, Taoyuan County Magistrate (1981–1989), lung cancer.
• Jacquie Jones, 52, American filmmaker, cancer.
• Gennady Kazmin, 83, Russian politician.
• Rolf Lacour, 80, German Olympic wrestler (1964, 1968, 1972), world championship silver medalist (1965).
• Raymond Lory, 91, French politician.
• Antônio Agostinho Marochi, 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Presidente Prudente (1976–2002).
• József Merényi, 89, Hungarian Olympic speed skater (1952).
• Maxwell Valentine Noronha, 91, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Calicut (1980–2002).
• Dharmasena Pathiraja, 74, Sri Lankan film director and screenwriter.
• Ettore Peretti, 59, Italian politician, Deputy (2006–2008), heart attack.
• Robert Pincus-Witten, 82, American art critic, curator and art historian.
• Jan Ramberg, 85, Swedish lawyer.
• Dinesh Nandan Sahay, 81, Indian politician, Governor of Chhattisgarh (2000–2003) and Tripura (2003–2009).
• Coco Schumann, 93, German jazz guitarist.
• Ousmane Seck, 79, Senegalese politician, Minister of the Economy and Finance (1978–1983).
• Gene Sharp, 90, American political scientist and nonviolence advocate.
• Richard H. Tomlinson, 94, Canadian chemist and philanthropist.
• Ignacio Verdura, 86, Argentine Olympic equestrian (1960).
• Reg Webb, 70, British musician.
• Sergei Yakhontov, 91, Russian linguist.

29

• Paul Alcock, 64, English football referee, cancer.
• José Aristegui, 89, Spanish Olympic rower.
• John Bickersteth, 96, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bath and Wells (1975–1986).
• Asmund Bjørken, 84, Norwegian jazz saxophonist, accordionist and bukkehorn player.
• Ion Ciubuc, 74, Moldovan politician, Prime Minister (1997–1999).
• Aga Syed Mohammad Fazlullah, 70, Indian Islamic scholar and cleric.
• Alf Gooding, 85, Welsh executive (Catnic).
• Vic Keeble, 87, English footballer (Colchester, Newcastle, West Ham).
• Anthony Kemp, 78, English military historian.
• Hilton McConnico, 74, American designer.
• Rick McKay, 57, American filmmaker (Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There).
• Robert D. McWethy, 98, American submarine captain.
• Jinadasa Niyathapala, 88, Sri Lankan politician.
• Eddie Shaw, 80, American blues saxophonist, arranger and bandleader (Howlin' Wolf).
• Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood, 76, Scottish academic and life peer.
• Jay Switzer, 61, Canadian television executive (Citytv), brain cancer.
• Sir Cyril Taylor, 82, British educator.
• Clive van Ryneveld, 89, South African cricketer (national team).
• Marek Wisła, 60, Polish Olympic sprint canoer (1980).
• Ronald J. Wonnacott, 87, Canadian economist.

30

• Bjørn Boysen, 74, Norwegian organist.
• Sir Henry Brooke, 81, British lawyer and judge, Lord Justice of Appeal (1996–2006), complications from cardiac surgery.
• Romano Cagnoni, 82, Italian photographer.
• Ian R. Gibbons, 86, British biophysicist.
• Andreas Gruschke, 57, German author and sinologist.
• Hannah Hauxwell, 91, English farmer.
• John W. Kern III, 89, American judge, complications from pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.
• Charles E. Lindblom, 100, American academic.
• James McCray, 79, American opera singer and teacher.
• Pat McLoughney, 68, Irish hurler (Offaly GAA).
• Richard Murphy, 90, Irish poet.
• Joaquín Rojas, 79, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1968).
• Mark Salling, 35, American actor (Glee) and musician, suicide by hanging.
• Rolf Schafstall, 80, German football player and manager (MSV Duisburg, VfL Bochum, Bayer 05 Uerdingen).
• Clyde Scott, 93, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions) and hurdler, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
• Victor W. Sidel, 86, American physician.
• Elisabeth Sveri, 90, Norwegian military officer.
• Kevin Towers, 56, American baseball executive (San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks), thyroid cancer.
• Chintaman Vanaga, 67, Indian politician, heart attack.
• Terry Van Ginderen, 86, Belgian children's TV host (Kom Toch Eens Kijken), theatrical producer and music producer, pneumonia.
• Azeglio Vicini, 84, Italian football player (Sampdoria) and manager (Udinese, national team).
• Ron Walker, 78, Australian sports promoter, property developer and politician, Lord Mayor of Melbourne (1974–1976), melanoma.
• Philip Woodward, 98, British mathematician and radar engineer.
• Junji Yayoshi, 49, Japanese guitarist and record producer.
• Louis Zorich, 93, American actor (Mad About You, Brooklyn Bridge, The Muppets Take Manhattan).

31

• Dan Alon, 72, Israeli Olympic fencer (1972) and survivor of the Munich massacre, cancer.
• Haradin Bala, 60, Kosovan war criminal, cancer.
• Richard N. Berry, 102, American politician.
• Piet Bleeker, 89, Dutch long-distance runner.
• Pat Booth, 88, New Zealand investigative journalist (Arthur Allan Thomas case, Mr Asia crime syndicates).
• Rasual Butler, 38, American basketball player (Miami Heat, New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers), traffic collision.
• Erwin de Vries, 88, Surinamese painter and artist.
• Del Delker, 93, American gospel singer (Voice of Prophecy).
• Alexander Dick, 95, Australian cricketer.
• Gabriel Fackre, 91, American theologian.
• Oscar Gamble, 68, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies), ameloblastic carcinoma.
• Ann Gillis, 90, American actress (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Bambi, 2001: A Space Odyssey).
• Haim Gouri, 94, Israeli poet.
• Jack Halpern, 93, American chemist.
• Elizabeth Hartley, 75, American archaeologist and curator.
• Hennie Hollink, 86, Dutch football player and manager.
• Alf Humphreys, 64, Canadian actor (My Bloody Valentine, First Blood, Diary of a Wimpy Kid), brain cancer.
• Hwang Byungki, 81, South Korean gayageum player, pneumonia.
• Itokin, 38, Japanese MC and track maker, lung cancer.
• Leonid Kadeniuk, 67, Ukrainian first cosmonaut (STS-87).
• Peter King, 5th Earl of Lovelace, 66, British peer.
• Leah LaBelle, 31, Canadian-born American singer (American Idol), traffic collision.
• Olavi Mäenpää, 67, Finnish politician.
• István Marosi, 73, Hungarian Olympic handball player (1972).
• John Fitzallen Moore, 89, American physicist.
• William O'Connor, 47, American artist (Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering).
• Tadashi Sasaki, 102, Japanese engineer.

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