Deaths in December 2015
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2015.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
December 2015
[edit]1
[edit]- Edwar al-Kharrat, 89, Egyptian novelist, pneumonia.[1]
- Rob Blokzijl, 72, Dutch physicist and computer scientist.[2]
- Marc Breslow, 90, American game show director (The Price is Right, Match Game, Family Feud).[3]
- Joseph Engelberger, 90, American engineer and inventor.[4]
- Leoni Franco, 73, Uruguayan musician, composer and guitarist.[5]
- Robert E. Glennen, 82, American academic, President of Emporia State University (1985–1997).[6]
- Shirley Gunter, 81, American R&B singer.[7]
- William W. Joscelyn, 89, American politician.[8]
- John F. Kurtzke, 89, American neurologist.[9]
- Jim Loscutoff, 85, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), NBA champion (1957, 1959–1964), complications of pneumonia and Parkinson's disease.[10]
- Trevor Obst, 75, Australian football player (Port Adelaide).[11]
- Xavier Olea Muñoz, 92, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Guerrero (1975).[12]
- Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, 87, English-born Kenyan writer.[13]
- V. Ramachandran, 84, Indian civil servant.[14]
- Antonio Troyo Calderón, 92, Costa Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San José de Costa Rica (1979–2002).[15]
2
[edit]- Sandy Berger, 70, American political consultant, United States National Security Advisor (1997–2001), cancer.[16]
- Theodor Borchgrevink, 92, Norwegian civil engineer.[17]
- Bryony Brind, 55, English ballerina, heart attack.[18]
- John Eaton, 81, American composer, brain hemorrhage.[19]
- Gabriele Ferzetti, 90, Italian actor (L'Avventura, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Once Upon a Time in the West).[20]
- Ray Gandolf, 85, American sportscaster.[21]
- Shelby Highsmith, 86, American federal judge, adrenal cancer.[22]
- Sam Ibiam, 90, Nigerian footballer (national team).[23]
- Portia James, 62, American curator and historian.[24]
- Ferenc Juhász, 87, Hungarian poet.[25]
- Wim Kolijn, 71, Dutch politician.[26]
- Ernst Larsen, 89, Norwegian runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).[27]
- Bob Martyn, 85, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics).[28]
- Will McMillan, 71, American actor (General Hospital, The Crazies), producer, and director.[29]
- Joan L. Mitchell, 68, American computer scientist, co-inventor of JPEG.[30]
- Sir John Osborn, 92, British politician, Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam (1959–1987).[31]
- M. A. M. Ramaswamy, 84, Indian industrialist and politician.[32]
- John Rassias, 90, American language professor.[33]
- Wally Roker, 78, American R&B singer and music executive, complications following brain surgery.[34]
- George T. Sakato, 94, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.[35]
- A. Sheriff, 74, Indian screenwriter (Avalude Ravukal).[36]
- Thom Thomas, 80, American playwright, leukemia.[37]
- Anthony Valentine, 76, British actor (Colditz, Coronation Street, Escape to Athena), Parkinson's disease.[38]
- Luz Marina Zuluaga, 77, Colombian beauty queen, Miss Universe (1958).[39]
- Perpetrators of the 2015 San Bernardino attack shot dead by police:[40]
- Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, American.
- Tashfeen Malik, 29, Pakistani.
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[edit]- Omar Ali, 76, Bangladeshi poet.[41]
- Gladstone Anderson, 81, Jamaican musician.[42]
- Willie Burden, 64, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders) and sports administrator.[43]
- Roy Evans, 84, Welsh trade union leader.[44]
- Sunil Hettiarachchi, 78, Sri Lankan actor.[45]
- Eevi Huttunen, 93, Finnish speed skater, world champion (1951, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959), Olympic bronze medalist (1960).[46]
- Lawrence Pugh, 82, American businessman, chief executive of VF Corporation.[47]
- Shared Belief, 4, American racehorse, colic.[48]
- Arthur R. Taylor, 80, American businessman, president of CBS.[49]
- Scott Weiland, 48, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, The Wondergirls), accidental drug and alcohol overdose.[50]
- Howard West, 84, American television producer (Seinfeld).[51]
- Melvin Williams, 73, American drug trafficker and actor (The Wire), cancer.[52]
- Michael Wilson, 75, New Zealand cricketer.[53]
4
[edit]- Jaime Camino, 79, Spanish film director (The Long Winter, Lights and Shadows).[54]
- Erik De Vlaeminck, 70, Belgian cyclist, seven-time world-champion cyclo-cross (1966, 1968–1973).[55]
- Norman Engleback, 88, British architect.[56]
- John Glad, 73, American academic and translator.[57]
- Ricardo Guízar Díaz, 82, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (1996–2009).[58]
- Henry Hall, 87, British physicist.[59]
- Robert Loggia, 85, American actor (Jagged Edge, Scarface, Big), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[60]
- Rodney Milnes, 79, British opera critic.[61]
- Karen Montgomery, 66, American actress and film producer, breast cancer.[62]
- Irakli Ochiauri, 91, Georgian sculptor.[63]
- Takamasa Sakurai, 49, Japanese author and popular culture expert, proponent of anime for cultural exchange, hit by train.[64]
- Yossi Sarid, 75, Israeli politician, member of Knesset (1974–2006), Minister of Environment (1992–1996) and Education (1999–2000).[65]
- Dmitry Shumkov, 43, Russian lawyer and investor, asphyxiation.[66]
- Dag Skogheim, 87, Norwegian writer.[67]
- Lajos Takács, 91, Hungarian mathematician.[68]
- Xu Ming, 44, Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire.[69]
5
[edit]- Zafar Altaf, 74, Pakistani cricketer, administrator and civil servant, heart attack.[70]
- Willie Coburn, 74, Scottish footballer (St Johnstone).[71]
- Peter Cochrane, 96, Scottish World War II army officer.[72]
- Luigi Conti, 86, Italian-born Vatican diplomat, Apostolic nuncio (1975–2003).[73]
- Ray Crooke, 93, Australian artist, winner of the Archibald Prize (1969).[74]
- Kiki Divaris, 90, Greek fashion designer, complications from pneumonia.[75]
- Vic Eliason, 79, American Christian broadcaster, cancer.[76]
- Marty Feldman, 93, American football coach (Oakland Raiders) and Marine.[77]
- Markku Häkkinen, 69, Finnish botanist.[78]
- Yolande Henderson, 81, Pakistani teacher, intestinal cancer.[79]
- William McIlvanney, 79, Scottish novelist and poet.[80]
- Hack Meyers, 41, American professional wrestler (ECW), complications from brain surgery.[81]
- Marília Pêra, 72, Brazilian actress (Pixote, Better Days Ahead), lung cancer.[82]
- Dimitar Iliev Popov, 88, Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister (1990–1991).[83]
- Tibor Rubin, 86, Hungarian-born American Medal of Honor recipient and Holocaust survivor.[84]
- Wolfgang Sandner, 66, German physicist.[85]
- Siddhi Savetsila, 96, Thai politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980–1990), Deputy Prime Minister (1986).[86]
- Dave Scholz, 67, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers).[87]
- Horst Schuldes, 76, German Olympic ice hockey player (1960), (1964).[88]
- Franz Speta, 74, Austrian botanist.[89]
- Chuck Williams, 100, American business executive and author, founder of Williams Sonoma.[90]
- Bruce Yorke, 91, Canadian politician.[91]
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[edit]- Dale Anderson, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).[92]
- Ken Beatrice, 72, American radio personality (WMAL, WTEM), complications from pneumonia.[93]
- Ian Burns, 76, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen).[94]
- Max Hauri, 73, Swiss Olympic equestrian.[95]
- Mack Herron, 67, American football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, New England Patriots).[96]
- Ko Chun-hsiung, 70, Taiwanese actor (Eight Hundred Heroes, Attack Force Z), director and politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (2005–2008), lung cancer.[97]
- Franzl Lang, 84, German yodeler.[98]
- Liu Juying, 98, Chinese politician and army general.[99]
- Mariuccia Mandelli, 90, Italian fashion designer, founder of Krizia.[100]
- Mike Mangold, 60, American commercial and aerobatics pilot, world champion (2005, 2007), plane crash.[101]
- Mick McLaughlin, 72, Welsh footballer (Hereford United, Newport County).[102]
- John L. Myers, 68, American politician.[103]
- Jaafar Mohammed Saad, Yemeni politician and general, Governor of Aden (since 2015), car bombing.[104]
- Georg Smefjell, 78, Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player (1964), (1968).[105]
- Nicholas Smith, 81, British actor (Are You Being Served?, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Doctor Who), complications from a fall.[106]
- Zoltán Szabó, 86, Hungarian cardiac surgeon, performed nation's first successful heart transplant.[107]
- Tomi Taira, 87, Japanese actress, respiratory failure.[108]
- Holly Woodlawn, 69, Puerto Rican-born American actress and Warhol superstar, brain and liver cancer.[109]
- Wu Te-mei, 68, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1984–1996), kidney failure caused by diabetes.[110]
7
[edit]- Betty Bourke, 91, New Zealand health administrator.[111]
- Martin E. Brooks, 90, American actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Dallas).[112]
- Lolita Aniyar de Castro, 78, Venezuelan politician.[113]
- Horn Chen, 83, American businessman.[114]
- Heinz Fricke, 88, German conductor and music director.[115]
- Hoàng Hà Giang, 24, Vietnamese Taekwondo athlete, silver medalist at the 2006 Asian Games.[116]
- Gerhard Lenski, 91, American sociologist.[117]
- Rrok Mirdita, 76, Montenegrin-born Albanian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës (since 1992).[118]
- Virginia A. Myers, 88, American artist, professor and printmaker.[119]
- Kenneth Partridge, 89, English interior decorator.[120]
- Elaine Riley, 98, American actress.[121]
- Hyron Spinrad, 81, American astronomer.[122]
- Shirley Stelfox, 74, British actress (Emmerdale, Keeping Up Appearances, Coronation Street), cancer.[123]
- Jennifer Taylor, 80, Australian architect and academic.[124]
- Peter Westbury, 77, British racing driver.[125]
8
[edit]- Mattiwilda Dobbs, 90, American coloratura soprano, cancer.[126]
- Gus Gil, 76, Venezuelan baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Pilots).[127]
- Alan Hodgkinson, 79, English footballer (Sheffield United, national team).[128]
- Derek Hyatt, 84, English landscape painter.[129]
- Bonnie Lou, 91, American country singer, dementia.[130]
- Gary Marker, 72, American bassist (Rising Sons, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band) and recording engineer, stroke.[131]
- Johnny More, 81, English impressionist, leukaemia.[132]
- J. Hugh Nichols, 85, American politician.[133]
- Anthony Francis Sharma, 77, Nepalese Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Nepal (1984–2014).[134]
- Jokelyn Tienstra, 45, Dutch handball player, brain tumor.[135]
- Douglas Tompkins, 72, American conservationist and businessman, co-founder of The North Face and Esprit, hypothermia following kayak accident.[136]
- John Trudell, 69, American Indian activist and poet, cancer.[137]
- Elsie Tu, 102, English-born Hong Kong social activist, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1988–1995).[138]
- Ramashankar Yadav, 58, Indian poet and activist.[139]
9
[edit]- Soshana Afroyim, 88, Austrian painter.[140]
- Norman Breslow, 74, American statistician and medical researcher, prostate cancer.[141]
- John Cockerton, 88, British Anglican priest and academic.[142]
- Carlo Furno, 94, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal (since 1994) and Apostolic nuncio (1973–1995).[143]
- Robert Grant, 67, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1991–1994, 1997–2013).[144]
- Gheorghe Gruia, 75, Romanian handball player, world champion (1964, 1970), Olympic bronze medalist (1972).[145]
- Rusty Jones, 73, American jazz drummer.[146]
- Juvenal Juvêncio, 81, Brazilian lawyer and sports director.[147]
- Akiyuki Nosaka, 85, Japanese novelist (Grave of the Fireflies).[148]
- Igino Rizzi, 91, Italian Olympic ski jumper.[149]
- Henry Rowan, 92, American philanthropist and engineer.[150]
- Matthew Shija, 91, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kahama (1983–2001).[151]
- Julio Terrazas Sandoval, 79, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal (since 2001) and Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1991–2013).[152]
- Jenny Wormald, 73, Scottish historian.[153]
10
[edit]- Klaus Baumgartner, 77, Swiss politician.[154]
- Ian Bell, 59, Scottish journalist and author.[155]
- Rainer Bloss, 69, German electronic musician (Drive Inn).[156]
- Ron Bouchard, 67, American NASCAR driver, cancer.[157]
- Walter Fawcett, 86, Northern Irish cricketer.[158]
- Maurice Graham, 83, Australian rugby union player (New South Wales, New Zealand).[159]
- Denis Héroux, 75, Canadian film director and producer.[160]
- Dermot Patrick O'Mahony, 80, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (1975–1996).[161]
- Arnold Peralta, 26, Honduran footballer (national team, Rangers F.C.), shot.[162]
- Desmond Robinson, 87, British Olympic cyclist.[163]
- Dolph Schayes, 87, American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (Philadelphia 76ers), NBA champion (1955), cancer.[164]
- Barry Schweid, 83, American news correspondent (Associated Press), neurological disease.[165]
- Donald J. Stohr, 81, American federal judge, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri (1992–2006).[166]
11
[edit]- Mihai Adam, 75, Romanian footballer.[167]
- Harry Butler, 85, Australian naturalist and conservationist, cancer.[168]
- Samir Chakrabarti, 72, Indian cricketer.[169]
- Steve Chimombo, 70, Malawian writer.[170]
- Lloyd Dane, 90, American racing driver.[171]
- Neville De Souza, 87, Jamaican religious figure, Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands (1979–2000).[172]
- Jake Howard, 70, Australian rugby union player (national team).[173]
- Igor Kashintsev, 83, Soviet and Russian actor.[174]
- Abish Kekilbayev, 76, Kazakh politician and academic.[175]
- Sir Roderick McSween, 80, Scottish pathologist.[176]
- Altaff Mungrue, 81, Trinidadian-born English cricketer.[177]
- Jiří Paďour, 72, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of České Budějovice (2002–2014).[178]
- Gaston Salvatore, 74, Chilean writer.[179]
- H. Arnold Steinberg, 82, Canadian business and educational administrator, Chancellor of McGill University (2009–2014).[180]
- Hema Upadhyay, 43, Indian artist, bludgeoned.[181]
- John "Hot Rod" Williams, 53, American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns), prostate cancer.[182]
- Zyx, 65, Canadian cartoonist and publisher (Croc).[183]
12
[edit]- Luis Bermejo, 84, Spanish cartoonist and illustrator.[184]
- Terry Bledsoe, 81, American football executive and sportswriter.[185]
- Ignacio Carrau, 92, Spanish politician and lawyer.[186]
- Jon Gadsby, 62, British-born New Zealand writer and comedian (A Week of It), cancer.[187]
- Gösta Gärdin, 92, Swedish modern pentathlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).[188]
- Frans Geurtsen, 73, Dutch footballer (DWS, national team).[189]
- Sir Peter Gregson, 79, British civil servant.[190]
- Ken Johnson, 87, British Olympic steeplechase athlete (1952).[191]
- Sharad Anantrao Joshi, 80, Indian politician and social activist, prostate cancer.[192]
- Federico Kirbus, 84, Argentine author.[193]
- Evelyn S. Lieberman, 71, American public affairs professional, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (1996), pancreatic cancer.[194]
- I. Howard Marshall, 81, Scottish theologian, pancreatic cancer.[195]
- Yuri Marushkin, 71, Russian football player and manager.[196]
- Gene Ready, 74, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1977–1984), cancer.[197]
- John Scott-Scott, 81, British aerospace engineer.[198]
- Rose Siggins, 43, American actress (American Horror Story), infection.[199]
- Yashpal Singh, 94, Indian politician[200]
- Gregory Baker Wolfe, 93, American diplomat and academic.[201]
13
[edit]- Benedict Anderson, 79, American academic and writer (Imagined Communities), heart failure.[202]
- John Bannon, 72, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia (1982–1992), cancer.[203]
- Albert Bontridder, 94, Belgian architect and writer.[204]
- Luigi Creatore, 93, American songwriter and record producer, pneumonia.[205]
- James Gillies, 91, Canadian politician.[206]
- Marleen de Pater-van der Meer, 65, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (2001–2010).[207]
- Phil Pepe, 80, American sportswriter, heart attack.[208]
- Gretchen Quie, 88, American artist, First Lady of Minnesota (1979–1983), restored the Minnesota Governor's Residence, Parkinson's disease.[209]
- Peter Ryan, 92, Australian newspaper columnist.[210]
- Ed Sharkey, 88, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, BC Lions).[211]
- Donald Weinstein, 89, American historian.[212]
14
[edit]- Terry Backer, 61, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (since 1993), brain cancer.[213]
- Sian Blake, 43, British actress (EastEnders), stabbed.[214]
- Armando Cossutta, 89, Italian politician, member of the European Parliament (1999–2004).[215]
- Johnny Egan, 76, Irish Gaelic football player (Offaly).[216]
- Kathryn H. Kidd, 65, American author.[217]
- Herbert Kiesel, 84, Swiss bobsledder.[218]
- Joe Lancaster, 89, English football player and trainer.[219]
- Edmund Lyndeck, 90, American singer and actor (Big Daddy, Enchanted, Road Trip).[220]
- Scat Daddy, 11, American Thoroughbred racehorse.[221]
- Leander J. Shaw Jr., 85, American politician, Chief Justice of Florida Supreme Court (1990–1992).[222]
- Glen Sonmor, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers) and head coach (Minnesota North Stars), pneumonia.[223]
- Mick Twomey, 84, Australian football player (Collingwood).[224]
- Vadym Tyshchenko, 52, Ukrainian football player (Karpaty, Dnipro) and manager (Dnipro), Olympic champion (1988).[225]
- Lillian Vernon, 88, German-born American businesswoman, founder of Lillian Vernon.[226]
- Aleš Veselý, 80, Czech sculptor.[227]
15
[edit]- Tom Arden, 54, Australian-born British author, cancer.[228]
- Milton Ballantyne, 87, Australian politician, member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly (1974–1980).[229]
- André Bernard, 85, French cyclist.[230]
- Stella Doufexis, 47, German mezzo-soprano, cancer.[231]
- Licio Gelli, 96, Italian financier, Venerable Master of the Propaganda Due lodge.[232]
- Charles C. Lanham, 87, American politician, member of West Virginia Senate.[233]
- Ken Pogue, 81, Canadian actor (The 6th Day, The Dead Zone, Millennium), cancer.[234]
- Kathy Secker, 70, British television presenter.[235]
- Harry Zvi Tabor, 98, British-born Israeli physicist.[236]
- H. Paul Varley, 84, American historian.[237]
16
[edit]- Noboru Ando, 89, Japanese actor and yakuza.[238]
- Svein Bakke, 62, Norwegian footballer (Sogndal).[239]
- John Bates, 77, American college basketball coach (Maryland Eastern Shore, Coppin State), heart attack.[240]
- Patricia Brooker, 80, English television personality (The Only Way Is Essex) and author.[241]
- Peter Dickinson, 88, British author (Tulku, The Flight of Dragons, City of Gold).[242]
- Khodadad Mirza Farman Farmaian, 87, Iranian Qajar dynasty royal and banker.[243]
- Gabre Gabric, 101, Croatian-born Italian Olympic track and field athlete (1936), (1948).[244]
- Snuff Garrett, 76, American record producer, cancer.[245]
- Aafje Heynis, 91, Dutch contralto.[246]
- Brian Keeble, 77, English footballer (Grimsby Town, Darlington).[247]
- Bob Krause, 70, American college athletic director (Kansas State University), cancer.[248]
- Heinz-Otto Kreiss, 85, German-born Swedish mathematician.[249]
- Lizmark, 64, Mexican professional wrestler, respiratory failure.[250]
- Jim McAnany, 79, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs).[251]
- Anthony Muto, 81, American fashion designer, heart failure.[252]
- Zoulikha Nasri, 70, Moroccan politician, Secretary of State for National Cooperation (1997–1998).[253]
- George Earl Ortman, 89, American artist.[254]
- Ray Price, 78, American motorcycle builder and racer.[255]
- René Saorgin, 87, French organist.[256]
- Ilie Savel, 88, Romanian Olympic hurdler.[257]
- Harry Scott, 78, British boxer.[258]
- Joseph Tellechéa, 89, French footballer.[259]
- Enoch Thorsgard, 98, American politician.[260]
17
[edit]- Hal Brown, 91, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Colt .45s).[261]
- Serge Devèze, 59, French football manager.[262]
- Zaevion Dobson, 15, American football player, shot.[263]
- Börje Grönroos, 86, Finnish Olympic boxer.[264]
- Osamu Hayaishi, 95, Japanese biochemist.[265]
- Buckshot Hoffner, 91, American politician.[266]
- Vladimir Kostyukov, 61, Belarusian football coach and player (Dnepr Mogilev).[267]
- Kamal Ahmed Rizvi, 85, Pakistani actor and writer, heart attack.[268]
- Joseph Roduit, 76, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Abbot of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune (1999–2015).[269]
- Michael Wyschogrod, 87, German-born American Jewish theologian.[270]
18
[edit]- Luc Brewaeys, 56, Belgian composer and musician, cancer.[271]
- Florentino Broce, 72, Filipino football player and coach.[272]
- Slobodan Čašule, 70, Macedonian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2001–2002).[273]
- Yūzan Fujita, 66, Japanese politician, Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture (1993–2009).[274]
- Carl Furlonge, 83, Trinidadian cricketer.[275]
- Joe Gilmore, 93, British barman.[276]
- Evelio Hernández, 84, Cuban baseball player (Washington Senators).[277]
- Vittore Gottardi, 74, Swiss footballer.[278]
- Stuart Milton Hodgson, 91, Canadian politician, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (1967–1979).[279]
- Martin Jære, 95, Norwegian Olympic skier (1948).[280]
- Daifallah Masadeh, 76–77, Jordanian politician, State Minister for Legal Affairs (2000–2001).[281]
- Léon Mébiame, 81, Gabonese politician, Prime Minister (1975–1990).[282]
- Howell W. Melton, 92, American lawyer and judge.[283]
- Placidus Nkalanga, 96, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bukoba (1969–1973).[284]
- Phil Oestricher, 84, American test pilot.[285]
- Andreja Preger, 104, Hungarian-born Serbian pianist and Holocaust survivor.[286]
- Mogens Rukov, 72, Danish screenwriter.[287]
- Jesús Samper, 65, Spanish businessman, owner of Real Murcia (since 2001).[288]
- Helge Solum Larsen, 46, Norwegian politician, deputy leader of Venstre (2010–2012), aneurysm.[289]
- Jean-Luc Vilmouth, 63, French artist.[290]
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[edit]- Bets Borm-Luijkx, 97, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1980–1981).[291]
- Peter Broggs, 61, Jamaican reggae musician.[292]
- Douglas Dick, 95, American actor (Rope, Perry Mason).[293]
- Louis DiGiaimo, 77, American casting director (The Godfather, Homicide: Life on the Street) and film producer (Donnie Brasco), stroke.[294]
- Maurice Grace, 86, Australian Olympic rower.[295]
- Chris Harris, 67, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1985–1991) and Senate (1991–2013).[296]
- Jimmy Hill, 87, English footballer (Fulham) and manager (Coventry City), trade union leader (PFA) and TV presenter (Match of the Day), Alzheimer's disease.[297]
- Harry Hyams, 87, British property developer (Centre Point).[298]
- Greville Janner, 87, British politician, MP for Leicester North West (1970–1974) and Leicester West (1974–1997), Alzheimer's disease.[299]
- Stephen Jelicich, 92, Croatian-born New Zealand architect.[300]
- Mabuni Kenei, 97, Japanese martial arts expert.[301]
- Samir Kuntar, 53, Lebanese convicted murderer, member of Hezbollah, longest-held Lebanese prisoner in Israel, missile strike.[302]
- Alan Lee, 61, British cricket and horse racing journalist.[303]
- Madame Claude, 92, French procurer.[304]
- Kurt Masur, 88, German conductor, Parkinson's disease.[305]
- Dickie Moore, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), Stanley Cup winner (1953, 1956–1960), prostate cancer.[306]
- Carlos Païta, 83, Argentine conductor.[307]
- Ranganath, 66, Indian Telugu actor, suicide by hanging.[308]
- Selma Reis, 55, Brazilian actress and singer, brain cancer.[309]
- Ozell Sutton, 90, American civil rights activist.[310]
- Karin Söder, 87, Swedish politician, leader of the Centre Party (1985–1987), Minister for Health and Social Affairs (1979–1982), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1976–1978).[311]
- Dick Wathika, 42, Kenyan politician, Mayor of Nairobi (2004–2008).[312]
20
[edit]- Aldo Baito, 95, Italian cyclist.[313]
- George Burpo, 93, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).[314]
- Rudi Ceyssens, 53, Belgian Olympic cyclist.[315]
- Patricia Elliott, 77, American actress (A Little Night Music, One Life to Live), Tony Award winner (1973), leiomyosarcoma.[316]
- Gevorg Geodakyan, 87, Armenian musicologist.[317]
- Robert Hayling, 86, American civil rights activist.[318]
- Alain Jouffroy, 87, French surrealist poet and art critic.[319]
- Ray Mathews, 86, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[320]
- Angela McEwan, 81, American actress (Nebraska, Getting On), lung cancer.[321]
- Wayne Robinson, 85, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).[322]
- Kjell Bloch Sandved, 93, Norwegian-born American author and nature photographer.[323]
- Jim West, 61, Australian boxer, national flyweight/super featherweight and Commonwealth flyweight champion.[324]
21
[edit]- Rimma Bilunova, 75, Russian chess player and coach.[325]
- Dejan Brđović, 49, Serbian volleyball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1996).[326]
- Abune Dioskoros, 80, Eritrean prelate, Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (since 2007).[327]
- Sam Dockery, 86, American jazz pianist.[328]
- David Emms, 90, British educationalist.[329]
- Timothy Foote, 89, American editor and writer.[330]
- Jan Góra, 67, Polish Roman Catholic Dominican priest.[331]
- Jupiter Apple, 47, Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (TNT, Os Cascavelletes), multiple organ failure.[332]
- Vilgot Larsson, 83, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player (1956), (Leksands IF), world champion (1957).[333]
- Richelieu Levoyer, 85, Ecuadorian army general and politician.[334]
- Lim Eng Beng, 64, Filipino basketball player, liver cancer.[335]
- Bob Suci, 76, American football player (Houston Oilers, Boston Patriots).[336]
- Andrei Troschinsky, 37, Kazakhstani ice hockey player, Asian champion (1999), heart attack.[337]
- Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla, 90, Venezuelan philosopher.[338]
- Emmanuel Yarbrough, 51, American mixed martial artist.[339]
22
[edit]- Arlin Adams, 94, American judge.[340]
- Rolf Bossi, 92, German lawyer.[341]
- Carol Burns, 68, Australian actress (Prisoner), cancer.[342]
- Daisy Elliott, 98, American politician and realtor.[343]
- Derek Ezra, Baron Ezra, 96, British coal industry administrator, Chairman of the National Coal Board (1971–1982).[344]
- Nabil Al Fadl, 66, Kuwaiti politician.[345]
- Billy Glaze, 72, American serial killer, lung cancer.[346]
- Marijane Landis, 87, American broadcaster and television host (WGAL-TV).[347]
- Joseph Leopold Imesch, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliet (1979–2006).[348]
- José Jhonson, 76, Ecuadorian footballer.[349]
- Peter Lundblad, 65, Swedish singer ("Ta mig till havet"), prostate cancer.[350]
- V. S. Malimath, 86, Indian judge, Chief Justice of Karnataka (1984) and Kerala (1985–1991).[351]
- Riley Martin, 69, American author and radio host.[352]
- Brooke McCarter, 52, American model and actor (The Lost Boys, Thrashin', Wired), alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.[353]
- Freda Meissner-Blau, 88, Austrian politician, founder of The Greens – The Green Alternative.[354]
- Carson Van Osten, 70, American artist, Disney Legend.[355]
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[edit]- Hocine Aït Ahmed, 89, Algerian politician, founder and leader of Socialist Forces Front.[356]
- Carlos Cano, 60, Peruvian actor, cancer.[357]
- Chen Luyun, 38, Chinese basketball player, colon cancer.[358]
- Henry Crichton, 6th Earl Erne, 78, British peer.[359]
- Michael Earl, 56, American puppeteer (Sesame Street, Dinosaurs, Team America: World Police), colon cancer.[360]
- Alfred G. Gilman, 74, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate, pancreatic cancer.[361]
- Grégoire Haddad, 91, Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Beirut and Byblos (1968–1975).[362]
- Hatidža Hadžiosmanović, 78, Bosnian jurist, President of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[363]
- Don Howe, 80, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Arsenal, national team) and coach.[364]
- Ablie Jagne, 62, Gambian footballer (Real de Banjul, national team).[365]
- Joe Jamail, 90, American attorney and billionaire.[366]
- Jean-Marie Pelt, 82, French biologist.[367]
- Igor Persiantsev, 78, Russian figure skater.[368]
- Sławomir Pstrong, 39, Polish film and television director, screenwriter, and author of short stories.[369]
- Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, 89, Tibetan lama, Supreme Head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism (since 2012).[370]
- Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, 85, German-born American political scientist.[371]
- Bill Subritzky, 90, New Zealand property developer and evangelist.[372]
- Sir Brian Tovey, 89, British civil servant, Director of the Government Communications Headquarters (1978–1983).[373]
- Bülent Ulusu, 92, Turkish politician, Prime Minister (1980–1983).[374]
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[edit]- Romeo Anaya, 69, Mexican boxer, WBA Bantamweight Champion (1973).[375]
- László Bánhegyi, 84, Hungarian Olympic basketball player.[376]
- Turid Birkeland, 53, Norwegian politician, Minister of Culture (1996–1997), myelofibrosis.[377]
- Jim Carlton, 80, Australian politician, member of the Australian Parliament (1977–1994), Minister for Health (1982–1983).[378]
- Suprovat Chakravarty, 86, Indian Olympic cyclist (1952), heart attack.[379]
- David C. Clark, 89, American politician.[380]
- Michael W. Davidson, 65, American microscopist.[381]
- Eugène Dodeigne, 92, Belgian-born French sculptor.[382]
- Robert S. Folkenberg, 75, Puerto Rican Seventh-day Adventist leader, President of the General Conference (1990–1999).[383]
- Dennis Griffiths, 82, British newspaper executive (Evening Standard) and press historian.[384]
- William Guest, 74, American R&B singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips), heart failure.[385]
- Mel Holmes, 65, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[386]
- Ron Jacobs, 72, American basketball coach (Loyola Marymount University, Northern Cement, Philippine national team), complications from a stroke.[387]
- Jin Xiang, 80, Chinese composer and music critic.[388]
- Takeharu Kunimoto, 55, Japanese musician, acute respiratory failure.[389]
- Letty Jimenez Magsanoc, 74, Filipino journalist (Philippine Daily Inquirer), cardiac arrest.[390]
- Adriana Olguín, 104, Chilean lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice (1952).[391]
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[edit]- Manuel Agujetas, 76, Spanish flamenco singer.[392]
- Zahran Alloush, 44, Syrian rebel commander, founder of Jaysh al-Islam, airstrike.[393]
- Sir Clifford Boulton, 85, British public servant, Clerk of the House of Commons (1987–1994)[394]
- Ali Eid, 75, Lebanese politician, General Secretary of the Arab Democratic Party (since 1972).[395]
- George Evans, 74, Australian rugby league player (St. George).[396]
- Karen Friesicke, 53, German comedian and actress, suicide.[397]
- Leonid Gofshtein, 62, Israeli chess grandmaster.[398]
- Ottavio Jemma, 90, Italian screenwriter.[399]
- George Clayton Johnson, 86, American writer (Logan's Run, Ocean's 11, The Twilight Zone), prostate and bladder cancer.[400]
- Eric Philpott, 69, Irish Gaelic footballer (Cork).[401]
- Ignacio Rupérez, 72, Spanish author and diplomat, Ambassador to Iraq (2005–2008) and Honduras (2009–2010).[402]
- Acharya S, 54, American religious author, breast cancer.[403]
- Sadhana Shivdasani, 74, Indian film actress (Love in Simla, Woh Kaun Thi, Hum Dono).[404]
- Robert Spitzer, 83, American psychiatrist, heart disease.[405]
- Jason Wingreen, 95, American actor (Archie Bunker's Place, The Empire Strikes Back, Airplane!).[406]
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[edit]- Nasser al-Bahri, 43, Saudi-born Yemeni Islamist militant and bodyguard.[407]
- Tony Buffery, 76, British actor, comedian and writer.[408]
- Ogwyn Davies, 90, Welsh painter.[409]
- Bobby Dews, 76, American baseball player and coach (Atlanta Braves).[410]
- Ed Dobson, 65, British-born American theologian, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[411]
- Ståle Eskeland, 72, Norwegian jurist, cancer.[412]
- Robert Austin Larter, 90, Canadian politician.[413]
- Emory Melton, 92, American politician, Missouri State Senator (1972–1996).[414]
- William O'Callaghan, 94, Irish Army lieutenant general, Force Commander (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon).[415]
- Jim O'Toole, 78, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).[416]
- Mac Otten, 90, American basketball player (St. Louis Bombers).[417]
- Jamie Parsons, 74, American politician, Mayor of Juneau (1991–1994), cancer.[418]
- Frank B. Salisbury, 89, American plant physiologist.[419]
- Mary Scranton, 97, American community advocate and philanthropist, First Lady of Pennsylvania (1963–1967), Alzheimer's disease.[420]
- Marcel Seynaeve, 82, Belgian cyclist.[421]
- Tongdaeng, 17, Thai dog, pet of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.[422]
- Sten Wickbom, 84, Swedish politician, Governor of Kronoberg County (1988–1995), Minister for Justice (1983–1987).[423]
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[edit]- Naji al Jerf, 37, Syrian journalist and filmmaker, shot.[424]
- Christopher N. L. Brooke, 88, British medieval historian.[425]
- Stein Eriksen, 88, Norwegian alpine skier, Olympic champion (1952) and triple world champion (1954).[426]
- Franco Giacobini, 89, Italian actor.[427]
- Dave Henderson, 57, American baseball player (Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics), World Series champion (1989), heart attack.[428]
- Aidan Higgins, 88, Irish writer.[429]
- Ellsworth Kelly, 92, American artist.[430]
- Meadowlark Lemon, 83, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters).[431]
- Sidney Mintz, 93, American anthropologist.[432]
- Bill Mullins, 95, Irish horse rider.[433]
- Alfredo Pacheco, 33, Salvadoran footballer (FAS, New York Red Bulls, national team), shot.[434]
- Carlos Rosales Mendoza, 52, Mexican drug lord, founder of La Familia Michoacana.[435]
- Andy M. Stewart, 63, Scottish folk singer (Silly Wizard).[436]
- Roy Swinbourne, 86, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).[437]
- Gabriel Tambon, 85, French politician, Mayor of Le Castellet, Var (since 1965).[438]
- Brian Turner, 77, English cricketer.[439]
- Wilbur Volz, 91, American football player (Buffalo Bills).[440]
- Berenado Vunibobo, 83, Fijian politician and diplomat.[441]
- Haskell Wexler, 93, American cinematographer and director (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Medium Cool), Oscar winner (1966, 1976).[442]
- Stevie Wright, 68, English-born Australian singer (The Easybeats).[443]
- Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir, 66, Egyptian Coptic Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Ismayliah (1992–1994) and Luqsor (since 1994).[444]
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[edit]- Ann Arnold, 79, English artist.[445]
- Chris Barnard, 76, South African author, heart attack.[446]
- Robert O. Blake, 94, American diplomat, Ambassador to Mali (1970–1973), prostate cancer.[447]
- John Bradbury, 62, English drummer (The Specials).[448]
- Nancy Randall Clark, 77, American politician.[449]
- Rick Cluchey, 82, American playwright.[450]
- Bram de Does, 81, Dutch typographer.[451]
- Maggie Deahm, 77, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives for Macquarie (1993–1996).[452]
- Guru Josh, 51, Jersey musician, suicide.[453]
- Joe Houston, 89, American jazz and R&B saxophonist.[454]
- Eloy Inos, 66, Northern Mariana Islands politician, Governor (since 2013), Lieutenant Governor (2009–2013), complications after heart surgery.[455]
- Eiji Kimizuka, 63, Japanese general, Chief of Staff Ground Self-Defense Force (2011–2013), lung cancer.[456]
- Lemmy, 70, English rock musician (Motörhead, Hawkwind), complications from prostate cancer.[457]
- Tiffany Leong, 30, Malaysian actress, liver cancer.[458]
- Aura Lewis, 68, South African reggae singer.[459]
- Ian Murdock, 42, American software engineer, founder of the Debian Project, suicide by hanging.[460]
- Åge Nordkild, 63, Norwegian politician, member of the Sami Parliament (2001–2005, 2009–2013).[461]
- Tone Nyhagen, 52, Norwegian dancer.[462]
- Volney Peters, 87, American football player (Washington Redskins, Chicago Cardinals, Oakland Raiders).[463]
- Landon H. Rowland, 78, American businessman (Kansas City Southern Railway).[464]
- Pierre-Marie Rudelle, 83, French painter.[465]
- Allen Sapp, 87, Canadian painter.[466]
- Sylvester Stein, 95, South African writer and athlete.[467]
- Sean Whitesell, 52, American actor and television producer (Cold Case, House, Oz), cancer.[468]
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[edit]- Sabino Acquaviva, 88, Italian sociologist.[469]
- Billie Allen, 90, American actress, one of the first black performers on U.S. television.[470]
- Aslam Azhar, 83, Pakistani television executive.[471]
- Wanda Harper Bush, 84, American barrel racer, heart attack.[472]
- Tony Carroll, 74, American psychotherapist.[473]
- Patrick Curtin, 26, Irish Gaelic footballer (Kerry), head injuries after falling from a vehicle.[474]
- Edward Hugh, 67, British economist, gallbladder and liver cancer.[475]
- Kim Yang-gon, 73, North Korean senior politician, traffic collision.[476]
- Elżbieta Krzesińska, 81, Polish track and field athlete, Olympic champion (1956).[477]
- Om Prakash Malhotra, 93, Indian Army general.[478]
- Frank Malzone, 85, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, California Angels).[479]
- Master Blaster, 28–29, Ugandan dancehall musician, shot.[480]
- Ed Mayer, 84, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).[481]
- Pavel Srníček, 47, Czech footballer (Newcastle United, national team), European Championship runner-up (1996), complications from heart attack.[482]
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[edit]- George Andreadis, 79, Greek author.[483]
- Doug Atkins, 85, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints), NFL champion (1954, 1963).[484]
- Víctor Santiago Díaz, Puerto Rican politician, cancer.[485]
- Howard Davis, Jr., 59, American boxer, Olympic champion (1976), lung cancer.[486]
- Chatral Sangye Dorje, 102, Tibetan yogi.[487]
- George Elsey, 97, American military adviser.[488]
- Mangesh Padgaonkar, 86, Indian poet.[489]
- Howard Pawley, 81, Canadian politician, Premier of Manitoba (1981–1988).[490]
- Luis Silva Parra, 84, Ecuadorian jazz saxophonist.[491]
- Yuhanon Philoxenos, 74, Indian Syriac Orthodox bishop.[492]
- Zjef Vanuytsel, 70, Belgian folk and kleinkunst singer.[493]
- Fritz Wechselberger, 77, Austrian Olympic ice hockey player (1964).[494]
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[edit]- Roman Bartoszcze, 69, Polish politician.[495]
- Wesley Burrowes, 85, Irish playwright (Glenroe).[496]
- Natalie Cole, 65, American Grammy-winning singer ("This Will Be", "Sophisticated Lady", "Inseparable") and actress, heart failure.[497]
- Peter J. Costigan, 85, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1966–1974).[498]
- Bronislav Danda, 85, Czech ice hockey player, bronze medalist at the 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships.[499]
- Steve Gohouri, 34, Ivorian footballer (Wigan Athletic, national team).[500] (body found on this date)
- Geoffrey Hawthorn, 74, British sociologist.[501]
- Beth Howland, 74, American actress (Alice, The Love Boat, Company), lung cancer.[502]
- Marion James, 81, American blues singer.[503]
- Donal Leahy, 77, Irish footballer (Cork Celtic).[504]
- Marvin Panch, 89, American racing driver, natural causes.[505]
- Felix Pirani, 87, British theoretical physicist.[506]
- Dino Pompanin, 85, Italian Olympic skier.[507]
- Vern Rapp, 87, American baseball manager (St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds).[508]
- Dal Richards, 97, Canadian big band leader, prostate cancer.[509]
- Wayne Rogers, 82, American actor (M*A*S*H, Ghosts of Mississippi, House Calls), complications from pneumonia.[510]
- Daniel L. Ryan, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Springfield in Illinois (1983–1999).[511]
- Richard Sapper, 83, German industrial designer.[512]
- Peter Wight, 85, Guyanese-born English cricketer (Somerset) and umpire.[513]
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