Deaths in April 2015

The following is a list of notable deaths in April 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.

1

 * Dave Ball, 65, British musician (Procol Harum), colorectal cancer.
 * Roel Cortez, 57, Filipino singer-songwriter, colon cancer.
 * Peter Diamandopoulos, 86, Greek-born American academic, President of Adelphi University (1985–1997).
 * Johnny Gardiner, 92, Canadian CFL football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
 * John Paul Hammerschmidt, 92, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives from Arkansas's 3rd district (1967–1993), heart and respiratory failure.
 * Sir John Ingram, 90, New Zealand engineer and businessman.
 * Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić, 89, Croatian water polo player, Olympic silver medalist for Yugoslavia (1952, 1956).
 * Eddie LeBaron, 85, American football player (Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys).
 * Cynthia Lennon, 75, British author, cancer.
 * Raul Loya, 76, American workers' rights activist.
 * Sandy Mason 75, American country music singer-songwriter, cancer.
 * Misao Okawa, 117, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest living person.
 * Nicolae Rainea, 81, Romanian football referee (FIFA World Cup (1974, 1978, 1982), UEFA Euro 1980 Final), pulmonary edema.
 * Paul D. Reynolds, 52, Canadian investment banker, CEO of Canaccord Genuity.
 * J. D. Smith, 83, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
 * Joseph Sweda, 89, American politician.
 * Robert Walker, 54, Canadian-born American animator (Aladdin, The Lion King) and film director (Brother Bear), heart attack.
 * Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu, 84, Nigerian politician and police officer, Inspector General of the Police (1976–1979).

2

 * Paule Anglim, 92, Canadian-born American art dealer (Gallery Paule Anglim).
 * Luis Delgado Aparicio, 74, Peruvian politician, MP (1995–2001), pancreatic cancer.
 * Natalia Bobrova, 36, Russian gymnast, stomach cancer.
 * Mick Brown, 77, New Zealand jurist.
 * Per Vilhelm Brüel, 100, Danish engineer.
 * Wally Cassell, 103, Italian-born American actor (White Heat).
 * Tom Coyne, 84, British news broadcaster and television presenter (Top Gear).
 * James de Beaujeu Domville, 81, French-born Canadian theatrical producer.
 * William Benedict Friend, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alexandria-Shreveport (1982–1986) and Shreveport (1986–2006).
 * Raúl Gorriti, 58, Peruvian footballer (national team).
 * Robert Blair Kaiser, 84, American journalist.
 * Dennis Marks, 66, British television producer and music director.
 * Ben Meisner, 76, Canadian broadcaster (CKPG), cancer.
 * Norman H. Nie, 72, American social scientist, lung cancer.
 * Hayley Okines, 17, British progeria campaigner, pneumonia.
 * Manoel de Oliveira, 106, Portuguese film director and screenwriter, heart failure.
 * Stanisław Pestka, 85, Polish Kashubian poet.
 * Joseph L. Reid, 92, American oceanographer.
 * Barbara Sass, 78, Polish film director and screenwriter.
 * Olga Sawicka, 83, Polish dancer and choreographer.
 * Doug Sax, 79, American audio mastering engineer, cancer.
 * Robert H. Schuller, 88, American televangelist (Hour of Power).
 * Alberto Ricardo da Silva, 71, East Timorese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Díli (2004–2015).
 * Steve Stevaert, 60, Belgian politician, Chairman of the SP.a (2003–2005), Governor of Limburg (2005–2009).
 * Abdelhadi Tazi, 94, Moroccan scholar and diplomat.
 * Tom Towles, 65, American actor (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Miami Vice, The Rock), complications from a stroke.
 * Jerzy Treder, 72, Polish philologist.
 * Eugene Vielle, 101, British air force officer and inventor.

3

 * Milton Berkes, 90, American politician.
 * Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett, 85, British hereditary peer and film producer.
 * Nigel Boocock, 77, British speedway rider.
 * Sarah Brady, 73, American gun control campaigner, pneumonia.
 * Bob Burns, 64, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd), traffic collision.
 * Sam Cathcart, 90, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), cancer.
 * John Darnton, 96, American football coach (Adrian Bulldogs).
 * Traute Foresti, 100, Austrian poet and actress.
 * Rocío García Gaytán, 55, Mexican politician, MP (1997–2000), cancer.
 * Osea Gavidi, 71, Fijian politician, indigenous chief and secessionist leader.
 * Mathias Gnädinger, 74, Swiss actor (The Boat Is Full, Journey of Hope), cardiac complications and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
 * Paul Grigoriu, 70, Romanian radio personality (SRR).
 * Michael Jandreau, 71, American Native leader, chairman of the Lower Brulé Sioux tribe, pneumonia and heart disease.
 * Kayahan, 66, Turkish musician, cancer.
 * Terdell Middleton, 59, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
 * Vivian Nathan, 98, American actress (Klute).
 * Mpok Nori, 84, Indonesian comedian.
 * Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas, 71, Lithuanian politician and poet, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
 * Luis María Pérez de Onraíta, 81, Spanish-born Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Malanje (1998–2012).
 * Chris Plumridge, 70, British golf writer.
 * Andrew Porter, 86, British music critic, pneumonia.
 * Christopher Reynolds, 92, British linguist.
 * Robert Rietti, 92, British-born Italian actor (Hannibal, The Omen).
 * Charlie Sumner, 84, American football player (Chicago Bears).
 * Shmuel Wosner, 101, Austrian-born Israeli Haredi rabbi.

4

 * Jaroslav Balcar, 62, Czechoslovak Olympic ski jumper (1976).
 * Ramón Barreto, 75, Uruguayan football referee (1974 FIFA World Cup).
 * Zdeněk Čihák, 82, Czech Olympic athlete.
 * Bill Ellerington, 91, English footballer (Southampton).
 * John Gogo, 83, Canadian politician.
 * Jamaluddin Jarjis, 63, Malaysian politician, MP for Rompin (since 1990), helicopter crash.
 * Elmer Lach, 97, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), stroke.
 * Donald N. Levine, 83, American sociologist.
 * Ira Lewis, 82, American actor and playwright (Chinese Coffee), complications following open heart surgery.
 * Elie Naasan, 83, Lebanese Olympic wrestler.
 * Ioan Pușcaș, 82, Romanian gastroenterologist.
 * Sir John Read, 97, British executive.
 * Klaus Rifbjerg, 83, Danish writer (Anna, I, Anna), recipient of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (1970).
 * Lisa Simon, 64, American director, producer and production assistant (Sesame Street, Wonder Pets, Blue Jasmine).
 * Marjorie Townsend, 85, American electrical engineer.
 * Dick Wood, 79, American football player (New York Jets).

5

 * Bauyrzhan Baimukhammedov, 67, Kazakh football player and coach.
 * Barbara Bergmann, 87, American feminist economist.
 * Fredric Brandt, 65, American dermatologist, suicide by hanging.
 * Juan Carlos Cáceres, 79, Argentine tango musician and painter, cancer.
 * Hugh Delano, 81, American sports journalist.
 * Richard Dysart, 86, American actor (L.A. Law, Being There, The Thing), Emmy winner (1992), cancer.
 * Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi, 84, Indian politician.
 * Ramnath Dhakal, 52, Nepalese politician, swine flu.
 * Maurice Fenner, 86, English cricketer.
 * Victor Gotbaum, 93, American labor leader, heart attack.
 * Tony Hutton, 82, British Royal Navy officer, organized the refugee evacuation effort following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
 * Sid Ali Kouiret, 82, Algerian actor.
 * Naken Kyrykbaev, 39, Kazakh footballer (Taraz).
 * Richard LaSalle, 97, American film composer.
 * Anne-Claude Leflaive, 59, French winemaker, cancer.
 * Norman B. Leventhal, 97, American property developer.
 * Don Looney, 98, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers).
 * Akira Machida, 78, Japanese judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (2002–2006).
 * Sargy Mann, 77, British painter.
 * Gordon Moyes, 76, Australian radio evangelist and politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (2002–2011).
 * Louis Miles Muggleton, 92, South African-born British physicist.
 * John Patton, 84, American politician.
 * Claudio Prieto, 80, Spanish composer.
 * Jehan Rajab, 81, Kuwaiti author.
 * Steve Rickard, 85, New Zealand professional wrestler.
 * Lon Simmons, 91, American sports broadcaster.
 * Francesco Smalto, 87, Italian fashion designer.
 * Gardner C. Taylor, 96, American preacher and civil rights activist.
 * Julie Wilson, 90, American singer and actress, stroke complications.
 * Yacoub Zaiadeen, 95, Jordanian politician.

6

 * Theodosios Balafas, 91, Greek Olympic pole vaulter (1948, 1952).
 * Hardijs Baumanis, 47, Latvian diplomat, Ambassador to Azerbaijan (since 2010) and Lithuania.
 * Giovanni Berlinguer, 90, Italian politician, MEP (2004–2009).
 * James Best, 88, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Ride Lonesome, The Twilight Zone), pneumonia.
 * Ray Charles, 96, American musician (The Perry Como Show, The Muppet Show,Three's Company), cancer.
 * Paul Dearing, 73, Australian Olympic silver medallist field hockey player (1968) and bronze medallist (1964).
 * Milton DeLugg, 96, American composer.
 * Walter H. Haas, 97, American astronomer.
 * David L. Kaplan, 91, American-born Canadian professor and conductor.
 * Eugène Moke Motsüri, 99, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (1970–1991).
 * Rie Muñoz, 93, American artist, stroke.
 * Romualdas Ozolas, 76, Lithuanian politician, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
 * John Papit, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers), stroke.
 * Art Powell, 78, American football player (Oakland Raiders).
 * Ben Powers, 64, American actor (Good Times), liver cancer.
 * Dollard St. Laurent, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks).
 * Dave Ulliott, 61, English professional poker player, colon cancer.
 * Alan Wilson, 94, English cricketer (Lancashire).

7

 * Patrick H. Adkins, 67, American fantasy author.
 * Tim Babcock, 95, American politician, Governor of Montana (1962–1969).
 * Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum, 87, Iraqi Shi'a Islamic leader and politician.
 * José Capellán, 34, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers), heart attack.
 * Harry Dowd, 76, English footballer (Manchester City).
 * Eugene Louis Faccuito, 90, American dancer and choreographer.
 * Stan Freberg, 88, American comedian and voice actor (Looney Tunes, Lady and the Tramp, Garfield and Friends), pneumonia.
 * Edward Gallenstein, 92, American wood carver and magazine editor (Chip Chats).
 * Jean Germain, 67, French politician, Mayor of Tours (1995–2014), suicide by gunshot.
 * Richard Henyekane, 31, South African footballer, traffic collision.
 * Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, 52, Bulgarian royal, lung infection.
 * Stanley Kutler, 80, American historian.
 * Geoffrey Lewis, 79, American actor (High Plains Drifter, Maverick, The Lawnmower Man), heart attack.
 * Boonkua Lourvanij, 84, Thai Olympic shooter.
 * Betty Lucas, 90, Australian actress (Prisoner, Taurus Rising, Richmond Hill).
 * Dickie Owen, 88, British actor (Zulu, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang).
 * Richard F. Post, 96, American physicist.
 * Maria Luisa Poumaillou, 61, Venezuelan-born French fashion consultant.
 * James B. Rhoads, 86, American public servant, Archivist of the United States (1968–1979).
 * Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty, 78, Indian judge.
 * Donald Smith, 81, English cricket player (Cheshire).
 * Rich Szaro, 67, Polish-born American football player (New Orleans Saints, New York Jet).
 * Janet Turner, 78, British architectural lighting designer.
 * Torrey Ward, 36, American basketball coach, plane crash.
 * Naomi Wilzig, 80, American writer and museum owner (World Erotic Art Museum Miami).

8

 * Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac, 98, French resistance member, civil servant and historian.
 * Abraham Eraly, 80, Indian historian and magazine editor.
 * Harry K. Fukuhara, 95, American army officer.
 * Nagore E. M. Hanifa, 89, Indian politician and playback singer.
 * Willie Honicutt, 82, American Negro league baseball player.
 * Graham Howarth, 99, English entomologist.
 * Rayson Huang, 94, Chinese chemist, vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (1972–1986).
 * Jayakanthan, 80, Indian Tamil author.
 * Sergei Lashchenko, 27, Ukrainian kickboxer, shot.
 * David Laventhol, 81, American newspaper editor and publisher, Parkinson's disease.
 * Nan Inger Östman, 92, Swedish children's book author.
 * Billy Ronson, 58, English footballer (Blackpool).
 * Giorgio Salvini, 94, Italian physicist and politician, Minister of University, Scientific Research and Technology (1995–1996).
 * Hermann Schweppenhäuser, 87, German philosopher.
 * Joel Shankle, 82, American hurdler, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
 * Joel Spira, 88, American inventor (solid-state lamp dimmer), co-founder of Lutron Electronics Company, heart attack.
 * Hilde Stavik, 52, Norwegian long-distance runner, cancer.
 * Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thero, 85, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk.
 * Ion Trewin, 71, British editor, publisher and author.
 * Lars Tunbjörk, 59, Swedish photographer.
 * Jean-Claude Turcotte, 78, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Montreal (1990–2012).
 * Ole Wackström, 82, Finnish Olympic racing cyclist (1968, 1972).

9

 * Paul Almond, 83, Canadian filmmaker (The Act of the Heart, Journey, Isabel) and television director (Seven Up!), heart disease.
 * Betty Tackaberry Blake, 94, American WWII aviator.
 * Nina Companeez, 77, French film director.
 * Alexander Dalgarno, 87, British physicist.
 * Ivan Doig, 75, American author, multiple myeloma.
 * Moira Gemmill, 55, British design director (Victoria and Albert Museum), traffic collision.
 * Jurgen Gothe, 70, German-born Canadian radio broadcaster (DiscDrive).
 * Charles Hamel, 84, American congressional aide and oil industry whistleblower.
 * Ray Harm, 87, American artist, prostate cancer.
 * Ghulam Rasool Kar, 94, Indian politician.
 * Kuo Ting-tsai, 78, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1993–2002), complications of cancer.
 * Bob McLean, 67, Australian winemaker, liver cancer.
 * Hrushikesh Moolgavkar, 94, Indian air chief marshal and Chief of Air Staff (1976–1978).
 * Vera Pap, 59, Hungarian actress.
 * Ron Payne, 89, Australian politician, member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Mitchell (1970–1989).
 * Elmo Noel Joseph Perera, 82, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop (1992–1995) and Bishop of Galle (1995–2004).
 * Narra Raghava Reddy, 92, Indian politician.
 * Hans Ring, 86, Swedish Olympic athlete.
 * Margaret Rule, 86, British archaeologist.
 * João Alves dos Santos, 58, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paranaguá (since 2006).
 * Rafael Soriano, 94, Cuban painter.
 * Alex Soto, 49, Puerto Rican actor and drag queen, heart attack.
 * Rogvold Sukhoverko, 74, Russian film and voice actor.
 * Johan B. Steen, 81, Norwegian biologist.
 * Tut Taylor, 91, American bluegrass musician (The Great Dobro Sessions).
 * John Toohey, 85, Australian jurist, High Court Justice (1987–1998).
 * Tsien Tsuen-hsuin, 105, Chinese-born American sinologist, professor, and librarian.
 * Sascha Weidner, 40, German artist, heart failure.

10

 * Andrzej Ajnenkiel, 84, Polish historian.
 * Richie Benaud, 84, Australian cricket captain and television commentator, skin cancer.
 * Raúl Héctor Castro, 98, Mexican-born American politician and diplomat, Governor of Arizona (1975–1977), Ambassador to El Salvador (1964–1968), Bolivia (1968–1969) and Argentina (1977–1980).
 * David Dank, 76, American politician, member of Oklahoma House of Representatives (since 2007), heart attack.
 * Peter de Giles, 88, British Olympic rower.
 * Desmond Digby, 82, New Zealand-born Australian theatre designer, children's book illustrator and painter.
 * Waltraud Falk, 85, German economist.
 * Eduardo Gauggel Medina, 48, Honduran lawyer and politician, MP (since 2014), shot.
 * Eduardo Gauggel Rivas, 61, Honduran lawyer and politician, member of the Supreme Court (1994–1998), shot.
 * Ray Graves, 96, American football player and coach.
 * Ronald Hambleton, 97, English-born Canadian broadcaster and music critic (Toronto Star).
 * Bárbara Heliodora, 91, Brazilian theatre critic.
 * Lauren Hill, 19, American college basketball player, pediatric cancer advocate, brain cancer.
 * Dorothy Jelicich, 87, New Zealand politician, MP for Hamilton West (1972–75).
 * Jin Youzhi, 96, Chinese royal.
 * Rustin R. Kimsey, 79, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Eastern Oregon.
 * Judith Malina, 88, German-born American actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Awakenings, The Addams Family) and director, lung disease.
 * Keith McCormack, 74, American singer and songwriter ("Sugar Shack"), stroke.
 * Bobby Moore, 56, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
 * Jim Mutscheller, 85, American football player (Baltimore Colts), kidney failure.
 * William S. Powell, 95, American historian.
 * Rocco Quattrocchi, 88, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives.
 * Rose Francine Rogombé, 72, Gabonese politician, Acting President (2009).
 * Ray Treacy, 68, Irish footballer (Charlton Athletic).
 * Peter Walsh, 80, Australian politician, Minister for Finance (1984–1990), Senator for Western Australia (1974–1993).

11

 * Charlie Beasley, 69, American basketball player.
 * Martin Tore Bjørndal, 70, Norwegian diplomat.
 * Nico Frijda, 87, Dutch psychologist.
 * Jimmy Gunn, 66, American football player (Chicago Bears), heart failure.
 * Guy Hannen, 90, British WWII army officer and auctioneer.
 * Helen Anne Henderson, 68, Canadian journalist and disability rights activist, complications from cancer.
 * Peter Jones, 95, British WWII army officer.
 * Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, 62, Bangladeshi politician and convicted war criminal, execution by hanging.
 * Sheila Kitzinger, 86, British natural childbirth activist.
 * Janusz Kurczab, 77, Polish Olympic fencer (1960), mountaineer and expedition leader.
 * François Maspero, 83, French writer and translator.
 * Viv Nicholson, 79, British football pools winner, complications of a stroke and dementia.
 * Heino Pulli, 77, Finnish ice hockey player.
 * Hanut Singh, 81, Indian army officer.
 * Tekena Tamuno, 83, Nigerian history professor.
 * Kyle Testerman, 80, American politician, Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee (1972–1975, 1984–1987).
 * Levi Watkins, 70, American heart surgeon, complications from a heart attack and a stroke.

12

 * Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh, 35, Saudi Arabian suspected terrorist, drone attack.
 * Aleksey Bochkov, 45, Russian Olympic cyclist (1992).
 * Paulo Brossard, 90, Brazilian jurist and politician, Minister of Justice (1986–1989), justice of the Supreme Federal Court (1989–1994).
 * Jože Ciuha, 90, Slovenian painter.
 * Patrice Dominguez, 65, French tennis player.
 * Alfred Eick, 99, German U-boat commander.
 * Bill Etches, 93, British WWII army officer (St Nazaire Raid).
 * Doug Gregory, 92, British Royal Air Force officer and stunt pilot, hit by car.
 * Claude Lanthier, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Lasalle (1984–1988).
 * André Mba Obame, 57, Gabonese politician.
 * Mario Wallenda, 74, American highwire artiste (The Flying Wallendas).

13

 * Bruce Alger, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 5th district (1955–1965), heart ailment.
 * Brice Bosnich, 78, Australian chemist.
 * Gerald Calabrese, 90, American politician and basketball player (Syracuse Nationals).
 * Ronnie Carroll, 80, Northern Irish singer and political candidate.
 * Noël De Pauw, 72, Belgian cyclist.
 * Tony Eldridge, 91, British Royal Navy officer (Chariot manned torpedo).
 * Eduardo Galeano, 74, Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist, lung cancer.
 * Claire Gordon, 74, British actress (Konga, Beat Girl), brain tumour.
 * Günter Grass, 87, German novelist (The Tin Drum), Nobel Prize laureate (1999), lung infection.
 * Mária Gulácsy, 73, Hungarian fencer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
 * Neal Horsley, 70, American anti-abortion activist.
 * Pat King, 68, Irish Gaelic football player and coach.
 * Thelma Coyne Long, 96, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player.
 * Joselyn Alejandra Niño, c. 20, Mexican suspected assassin, shot.
 * Neal Nitz, 61, American politician.
 * Anna-Lisa Ohlsson, 89, Swedish Olympic sprint canoeist (1952).
 * Bob Pinkalla, 86, American ten-pin bowler, heart failure.
 * Elizabeth Brown Pryor, 64, American author and historian, traffic collision.
 * Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caetité (1981–2002).
 * Rex Robinson, 89, British actor (Doctor Who, Yes Minister, Only Fools and Horses).
 * Haanii Shivraj, 29, Malaysian actress, cancer.
 * Serhiy Sukhobok, 50, Ukrainian journalist, shot.
 * Herb Trimpe, 75, American comic book artist (The Incredible Hulk, Thor), co-creator of Wolverine, heart attack.

14

 * Norman H. Bangerter, 82, American politician, Governor of Utah (1985–1993), stroke.
 * Klaus Bednarz, 72, German journalist and writer.
 * Homaro Cantu, 38, American chef, suicide by hanging.
 * Sheldon Galbraith, 92, Canadian figure skating coach.
 * Aref Gholizadeh, 77, Iranian international footballer.
 * Ameril Umbra Kato, 68, Filipino warlord, leader of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, heart attack.
 * Kō Kojima, 87, Japanese manga artist, cerebral hemorrhage.
 * M. Joseph Manning, 90, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1967–1997).
 * Zsuzsa Nádor, 87, Hungarian Olympic swimmer.
 * Leslie Peterson, 91, Canadian lawyer and politician, Attorney General of British Columbia (1968–1972).
 * Gordon Preston, 89, English mathematician.
 * Majid Rahnema, 91, Iranian diplomat and politician.
 * Mark Reeds, 55, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues, Hartford Whalers) and coach (Ottawa Senators), pneumonia.
 * Meir Rosenne, 84, Israeli lawyer and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1979–1983) and United States (1983–1987).
 * Kevin Rosier, 53, American super heavyweight kickboxing champion and mixed martial artist (UFC), heart attack.
 * Vilas Sarang, 73, Indian author.
 * Howie Schumm, 75, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).
 * Arnold Schütz, 80, German footballer (Werder Bremen).
 * Percy Sledge, 74, American R&B singer ("When a Man Loves a Woman"), liver cancer.
 * Alex Stevens, 79, American actor and stunt performer (Dark Shadows, Superman, Goodfellas).
 * Buddy Temple, 73, American businessman and politician.
 * Roberto Tucci, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, President of Vatican Radio (1985–2001), Cardinal-Priest of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (since 2001).
 * Kathrine Sorley Walker, 95, English ballet critic.
 * David Ward-Steinman, 78, American composer and music professor.

15

 * Sidney Abbott, 77, American feminist activist, fire.
 * Kinya Aikawa, 80, Japanese actor (Speed Racer, Naruhodo! The World), lung cancer.
 * Zaur Ardzinba, 65, Abkhazian politician.
 * Joseph A. Bennett, 47, British actor (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles), suicide by hanging.
 * Paul Clark, 67, American poker player.
 * Jonathan Crombie, 48, Canadian actor (Anne of Green Gables), brain haemorrhage.
 * Margaret Harrison, 96, Scottish peace campaigner.
 * Billy Ray Hearn, 85, American record label chairman, heart disease.
 * John Howard, 94, American optical physicist.
 * Oleg Kalashnikov, 52, Ukrainian politician, shot.
 * Felice Leonardo, 100, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti (1957–1991).
 * Alexander Nadson, 88, Belarusian religious leader, Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad (since 1986).
 * Luis Ortega Álvarez, 62, Spanish judge, member of the Constitutional Court of Spain (since 2011), heart attack.
 * Govindbhai Patel, 72, Indian filmmaker, cancer.
 * Margo Reed, 73, American jazz musician, complications from dementia.
 * Mykola Storozhenko, 86, Ukrainian painter.
 * Barbara Strauch, 63, American author and reporter (The New York Times), breast cancer.
 * Surya Bahadur Thapa, 88, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister (1955, 1963–1964, 1965–1969, 1979–1983, 1997–1998, 2003–2004), respiratory failure.
 * Gunilla Wolde, 75, Swedish writer and illustrator.

16

 * Ron Bailey, 88, New Zealand politician, MP for Heretaunga (1960–1981).
 * Driss Bamous, 73, Moroccan Olympic footballer (1964).
 * Valery Belousov, 66, Russian ice hockey player and coach.
 * Ollie Brown, 71, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants), mesothelioma.
 * Attaphol Buspakom, 53, Thai football player and coach, blood infection.
 * Oles Buzina, 45, Ukrainian journalist, shot.
 * Bhola Nath Chalise, 63, Nepalese economist, kidney ailments.
 * Alden G. Glauch, 95, American air force major general.
 * Tommy Graham, 72, Scottish politician.
 * Stanislav Gross, 45, Czech politician, Prime Minister (2004–2005), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Johnny Kemp, 55, Bahamian singer ("Just Got Paid"), fall.
 * Heino Kleiminger, 76, German footballer (F.C. Hansa Rostock, East Germany national team), cancer.
 * Eduard Koblmueller, 69, Austrian mountaineer, hypothermia.
 * Nimal Mendis, 81, Sri Lankan singer and songwriter.
 * Tommy Preston, 82, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).
 * Lee Remmel, 90, American public relations director (Green Bay Packers).
 * Smuggler, 12, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications from foaling.
 * Marjorie Elliott Sypher, 89, Canadian-born Costa Rican First Lady (1974–1978).
 * Giuseppe Zigaina, 91, Italian neorealist painter and author.

17

 * Renato Altissimo, 74, Italian politician, Minister of Health (1979–1980, 1981–1983), Minister of Trade and Industry (1983–1986).
 * Steve Beck, 58, English executive, chairman of York City F.C. (2003–2004).
 * Brian Couzens, 82, British music industry executive (Chandos Records).
 * Mariano Gago, 66, Portuguese physicist and politician, cancer.
 * Francis George, 78, American Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago (1997–2014), President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops (2007–2010), bladder cancer.
 * Peter Graham, 60, English cricketer.
 * Robert P. Griffin, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate from Michigan (1966–1977) and House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th district (1957–1966).
 * Jaroslav Holík, 72, Czech ice hockey player, world champion (1972).
 * Viktor Korshunov, 85, Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR.
 * Tore Bernitz Pedersen, 80, Norwegian cartoonist.
 * Hannes Lindemann, 92, German sailor.
 * Phil Lundgren, 75, British Olympic boxer.
 * Ray Nemec, 85, American baseball researcher and historian.
 * Scotty Probasco, 86, American businessman and philanthropist.
 * Don Quayle, 84, American broadcast journalist, President of NPR (1970–1973).
 * Jack Rieley, 72, American record producer and band manager (The Beach Boys).
 * Jeremiah J. Rodell, 93, American brigadier general and priest.
 * Keith Shackleton, 92, British painter and television presenter.
 * S. K. Sharma, 62, Indian cricket umpire.
 * Ann Stepan, 71, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1991–1993), lymphoma.
 * A. Alfred Taubman, 91, American real estate developer, philanthropist and football team owner (Michigan Panthers).
 * Greg Woodcroft, 44, Canadian wrestler.

18

 * Sir Christopher Bayly, 69, British historian.
 * Walter Conahan, 87, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1983–1989), cancer.
 * Francesco Dapiran, 94, Italian Olympic rower (1948).
 * Gunnar Gravdahl, 87, Norwegian politician, Mayor of Bærum (1989–1992).
 * Joe Hutter, 77, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives.
 * Joseph Lechleider, 82, American inventor (DSL).
 * Sir Roger Lobo, 91, Macanese-born Hong Kong businessman and politician, senior unofficial member of the Legislative Council (1980–1985), moved "Lobo Motion" (1984), cancer.
 * Mario Pirani, 89, Italian journalist (la Repubblica), economist, and writer.
 * William Schultz, 76, New Zealand rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs, national team).
 * Laverne Torczon, 79, American football player.
 * Leonid Vladimirsky, 94, Russian book illustrator.
 * Erwin Waldner, 82, German footballer (VfB Stuttgart, SPAL Ferrara).
 * L. Jean Willoughby, 89, American politician.

19

 * Richard Anthony, 77, Egyptian-born French singer.
 * Sir Raymond Carr, 96, British historian.
 * Haney Catchings, 66, American football coach (Prairie View A&M, Tuskegee), cancer.
 * Uche Chukwumerije, 75, Nigerian politician, Senator for Abia North (since 2003), lung cancer.
 * Margot Duke, Marchioness of Reading, 96, British aristocrat.
 * William Price Fox, 89, American novelist.
 * Lothar Friedrich, 84, German cyclist.
 * Eva Galambos, 87, American politician, Mayor of Sandy Springs, Georgia (2005–2014), cancer.
 * Freddie Gray, 25, American police suspect, severed spinal cord.
 * Aliaskhab Kebekov, 43, Dagestani-Russian Islamist leader, Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (since 2014), shot.
 * Sandra Mackey, 77, American writer (Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal).
 * István Marton, 72, Hungarian politician.
 * Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley, 91, British politician, MP for Barnsley (1953–1983) and Barnsley Central (1983–1987), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1976–1979).
 * Scott Mason, 55, American radio personality.
 * Tom McCabe, 60, Scottish politician, Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform (2004–2007).
 * Tony Morelli, 58, Canadian stunt performer (The X-Files, Smallville, Rise of the Planet of the Apes).
 * Hiroyuki Nishimoto, 88, Japanese voice actor (Moomin), aortic dissection.
 * Theodosia Okoh, 92, Ghanaian flag designer and sports administrator.
 * Michael J. D. Powell, 78, British mathematician.
 * Else Repål, 85, Norwegian politician.
 * Oktay Sinanoğlu, 80, Turkish scientist.
 * Bernard Stollman, 85, American record label founder (ESP-Disk), colon and spine cancer.
 * Elio Toaff, 99, Italian rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Rome (1951–2002).
 * Betty Willis, 91, American graphic designer (Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign).
 * Casimir Witucki, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins).

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 * Gilberto Almeida, 86, Ecuadorian painter.
 * Gary Brain, 72, New Zealand timpanist and conductor.
 * Doug Buffone, 70, American football player (Chicago Bears) and radio host.
 * Cláudio Cunha, 68, Brazilian actor.
 * Hassan El-Shazly, 71, Egyptian footballer (Tersana, national team).
 * Pedro Eugênio, 65, Brazilian politician, MP (1998–2014), complications from surgery.
 * Peter Howell, 96, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10, Shadowlands, The Prisoner).
 * Nobuo Kaiho, 73, Japanese Olympic basketball player.
 * Albert Kalonji, 85, Congolese politician, King of South Kasai.
 * Gábor Kucsera, 65, Hungarian Olympic swimmer.
 * Aharon Lichtenstein, 81, French-born American-Israeli rabbi, recipient of the Israel Prize (2014).
 * Bob Maloubier, 92, French secret agent.
 * Frederic Morton, 90, Austrian-born American writer.
 * Bob St. Clair, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (San Francisco 49ers).
 * Ibrahim Yusri, 65, Egyptian actor (The Terrorist), kidney failure.

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 * M. H. Abrams, 102, American literary critic.
 * Mykola Bahrov, 77, Ukrainian academician and politician.
 * Steve Byrnes, 56, American sports announcer (NASCAR on Fox), head and neck cancer.
 * Gideon Eilat, 91, Israeli soldier.
 * Betsy von Furstenberg, 83, German-born American actress (As the World Turns) and baroness, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Edan Milton Hughes, 80, American art dealer and author.
 * Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, 49, Tajik-Russian film director (Luna Papa).
 * Ferenc Konrád, 70, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic bronze (1968), silver (1972) and gold (1976) medalist.
 * Jim McCarthy, 90, Irish rugby union player (national team).
 * Sergei Mikhalev, 67, Russian ice hockey coach, traffic collision.
 * John Moshoeu, 49, South African footballer (Kaizer Chiefs, Giant Blackpool, national team), African Cup of Nations champion (1996), cancer.
 * Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Odisha (1980–1989, 1995–1999), Governor of Assam (2009–2014), heart attack.
 * Robert P. Patterson, Jr., 91, American federal judge.
 * Borisav Pisić, 66, Bosnian Yugoslav Olympic hurdler (1980).
 * Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters, 95, Canadian WWII tank commander.
 * Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi, 76, Egyptian poet.
 * Derek Vonberg, 93, British physicist. (death announced on this date)
 * Dave Walker, 73, English footballer (Burnley, Southampton).
 * Elizabeth Weaver, 74, American judge, Michigan Supreme Court Justice (1995–2010), Chief Justice (1991–2001).
 * Cindy Yang, 24, Taiwanese model and actress (First of May), suicide by helium inhalation.

22

 * Hugh Alan Anderson, 81, Canadian politician.
 * Dick Balharry, 77, British conservationist, cancer.
 * Peter B. Best, 76, British marine mammal expert.
 * Dorothy Custer, 103, American comedian.
 * Yoichi Funado, 71, Japanese novelist, thymic cancer.
 * Régis Ghesquière, 65, Belgian Olympic decathlete (1972), heart attack.
 * Alasdair Graham, 85, Canadian politician, Senator for Nova Scotia (1972–2004).
 * Nagare Hagiwara, 62, Japanese actor, traffic collision.
 * Imtiaz Alam Hanfi, 86, Pakistani banker.
 * Ronny Lee, 88, American guitarist and writer.
 * Audree Norton, 88, American actress.
 * Bernard Penfold, 98, British army major general, general manager of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (1972–1979).
 * Aideen O'Kelly, 74, Irish actress.
 * Páll Skúlason, 69, Icelandic philosopher.
 * Gennadi Vengerov, 55, Belarusian-born Soviet actor (Enemy at the Gates), lung and bone cancer.
 * Irene Woodall, 69, American magazine editor.

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 * Afzaal Ahmed, 66, Pakistani cricketer and umpire.
 * Aziz Asli, 77, Iranian footballer (Persepolis).
 * Dick Barone, 82, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
 * Desmond Boal, 85, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, MP for Belfast Shankill (1960–1972).
 * Frana Cardno, 74, New Zealand politician, Mayor of Southland District (1992–2013), bile duct cancer.
 * Sir Philip Carter, 87, British football director (Everton).
 * Richard Corliss, 71, American film critic (Time), stroke.
 * Alexander Eliot, 95, American writer.
 * Marie Herbst, 86, American politician, Mayor of Vernon, Connecticut (1979–1986), member of the Connecticut Senate (1987–1992).
 * George Horner, 91, Czech-born American pianist and physician.
 * Ray Jackson, 74, Australian aboriginal activist and Wiradjuri elder.
 * Pierre Claude Nolin, 64, Canadian politician, Speaker of the Senate (since 2014), pancreatic cancer.
 * Frank Porretta, 84, American tenor and musical theater actor.
 * Paul Ryan, 69, American actor, television host and correspondent (Entertainment Tonight), leukemia.
 * Jim Steffen, 78, American football player (Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins).
 * E. M. Subramaniam, 67, Indian Carnatic percussionist.
 * Sawyer Sweeten, 19, American actor (Everybody Loves Raymond), suicide by gunshot.
 * Francis Tsai, 48, American concept artist (Spider-Man, TMNT, The Bourne Conspiracy), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Sixto Valencia Burgos, 81, Mexican comic artist (Memín Pinguín, MAD).
 * Guillermo Zúñiga Martínez, 72, Mexican academic and politician, Mayor of Xalapa (1988–1991), MP for Veracruz (1994–1997).

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 * Władysław Bartoszewski, 93, Polish politician and resistance fighter, Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995, 2000–2001).
 * Ken Birch, 81, British footballer (Bangor City).
 * Thomas Joseph Connolly, 92, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Baker (1971–1999).
 * Rustum Ghazaleh, 61, Syrian military officer, head injury.
 * Ismail Hussain, 65, Indian politician, MP for Barpeta (2009–2014), cancer.
 * Horst-Peter Kretschmer, 59, German Olympic ice hockey player (1980, 1988).
 * Valentine Lamb, 76, British journalist (The Irish Field).
 * Frankie Lee, 73, American blues singer-songwriter.
 * Benjamin F. Logan, 87, American electrical engineer and bluegrass musician, heart attack.
 * Sabeen Mahmud, 39, Pakistani human rights activist, shot.
 * Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill, 83, British judge, barrister and peer.
 * Herbert Ninaus, 78, Austrian-born Australian international footballer.
 * Claudia Paz, 95, Chilean actress.
 * Max Rojas, 74, Mexican poet.
 * Raymond Roussin, 75, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gravelbourg (1995–1998) and Victoria (1999–2004), Archbishop of Vancouver (2004–2009).
 * Success Express, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
 * Sid Tepper, 96, American songwriter ("Red Roses for a Blue Lady").
 * George C. Young, 98, American lawyer and judge, heart attack.

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 * Karl-Otto Alberty, 81, German actor.
 * Colin Bloomfield, 33, British radio presenter (BBC Radio Derby), skin cancer.
 * Sujit Bose, 80, Indian cricketer.
 * Arthur Brittenden, 90, British newspaper editor (Daily Mail).
 * Wilfred Brown, 85, Australian cricketer.
 * Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester, 78, British nobleman.
 * Jim Fanning, 87, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) and manager (Montreal Expos).
 * Paolo Galletti, 78, Italian Olympic swimmer (1956, 1960).
 * Jiří Hledík, 86, Czech footballer (FC Hradec Králové).
 * Otakar Krámský, 55, Czech racing driver, triple European hillclimb champion (1995, 1997, 1998), training collision.
 * Don Mankiewicz, 93, American screenwriter (Star Trek, Ironside, Profiles in Courage), heart failure.
 * Ben Molar, 99, Argentine composer and musical producer.
 * Mike Phillips, 59, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats, FC Barcelona), fall.
 * Alfred Schreyer, 92, Ukrainian-born Polish fiddler and singer.
 * Christine Stewart, 74, Canadian politician, Secretary of State (1993–1997) and Minister of the Environment (1997–1999).
 * Richard West, 84, British journalist and author.
 * Notable deaths consequent to the April 2015 Nepal earthquake:
 * Dan Fredinburg, 33, American executive, head of privacy at Google.
 * Matthias Kuhle, 67, German geographer.

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 * Masudur Rahman Baidya, 46, Indian swimmer, heart attack.
 * Talal Akbar Bugti, 63, Pakistani tribal leader and politician, heart attack.
 * Edward T. Chambers, 85, American activist, director of the Industrial Areas Foundation (1972–2009), heart failure.
 * Hojatollah Khatib, 61, Iranian sports administrator (Persepolis), cancer.
 * Izatullo Khayoyev, 78, Tajik politician, Vice-President (1990–1991), Prime Minister (1991–1992).
 * Jayne Meadows, 95, American actress (I've Got a Secret, Undercurrent, Song of the Thin Man).
 * Józef Paczyński, 95, Polish WWII prisoner, barber of Rudolf Hoss.
 * Marcel Pronovost, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs).
 * Bill Valentine, 82, American baseball umpire.
 * Wang Guozhen, 58, Chinese poet, liver cancer.

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 * Jay Appleton, 95, British geographer.
 * Randy Bennett, 51, Canadian swimming coach, cancer.
 * Suzanne Crough, 52, American actress (The Partridge Family), arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.
 * David Fletcher, 90, English cricketer (Surrey).
 * Gene Fullmer, 83, American professional boxer, two-time middleweight world champion.
 * Verne Gagne, 89, American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter (AWA), Hall of Fame (2004, 2006).
 * Frank Henderson, 92, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (2004–2014).
 * Guy LeBlanc, 54, Canadian keyboard player (Nathan Mahl, Camel), kidney cancer.
 * Andrew Lesnie, 59, Australian cinematographer (The Lord of the Rings, I Am Legend, The Water Diviner), Oscar winner (2002), heart attack.
 * Harvey R. Miller, 82, American lawyer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Marty Napoleon, 93, American jazz pianist.
 * Lionel Repka, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (Fort Wayne Komets), liver cancer.
 * Alexander Rich, 90, American biologist.
 * Inês Etienne Romeu, 72, Brazilian political prisoner.
 * Abraham Rotstein, 86, Canadian economist.
 * Rolf Smedvig, 62, American classical trumpeter (Empire Brass), heart attack.
 * Chris Turner, 64, English football player and manager (Peterborough).
 * John Wimpenny, 92, English aeronautical engineer.

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 * Antônio Abujamra, 82, Brazilian actor and director.
 * Marcia Brown, 96, American writer and children's books illustrator.
 * Duri Camichel, 32, Swiss ice hockey player (EV Zug), traffic collision.
 * Glenn Dennis, 90, American ufologist.
 * Jack Ely, 71, American singer ("Louie Louie").
 * René Féret, 69, French actor and director (Solemn Communion).
 * Ashura Hara, 68, Japanese professional wrestler, pneumonia.
 * Keith Harris, 67, British ventriloquist (Orville the Duck, Cuddles the Monkey), cancer.
 * Michael J. Ingelido, 98, American Air Force major general, stroke.
 * Yoshihiko Osaki, 76, Japanese swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1960), pneumonia.
 * Vicente Piccio, Jr., 83, Filipino Air Force major general.
 * Einar Thorsteinn, 73, Icelandic architect.
 * James Watson, 78, British novelist.
 * Xu Guangxian, 94, Chinese chemist.

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 * Charles Benton, 84, American public digital media promoter, CEO of the Benton Foundation, cancer.
 * Carlos Calderón Fajardo, 69, Peruvian journalist and novelist.
 * Giovanni Canestri, 96, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cagliari (1984–1987) and Genoa (1987–1995).
 * Daniel During, 83, South African cricketer.
 * Gopulu, 90, Indian cartoonist (Ananda Vikatan).
 * Nicholas Gruner, 72, Canadian Roman Catholic priest, promoter of the message of Our Lady of Fatima, heart attack.
 * John G. Heyburn II, 66, American federal judge, Chief District Court Judge for the Western District of Kentucky (2001–2008), liver cancer.
 * Paul Hudak, 62, American professor of computer science, leukemia.
 * Milap Chand Jain, 86, Indian judge and politician, Governor of Rajasthan (1990).
 * Gary Liddell, 60, Scottish footballer (Grimsby Town, Heart of Midlothian).
 * Valmir Louruz, 71, Brazilian football manager (Juventude, Pelotas).
 * François Michelin, 88, French businessman, CEO of Michelin (1955–1999).
 * Vardan Militosyan, 64, Armenian Olympic silver medallist weightlifter (1976).
 * Jean Nidetch, 91, American businesswoman, founder of Weight Watchers.
 * Calvin Peete, 71, American golfer, Tournament Players champion (1985).
 * Philip Perlman, 95, American businessman and actor (Cheers).
 * Joe Pikula, 70, Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
 * Barbara Reynolds, 100, English scholar, lexicographer and translator.
 * Brian Sedgemore, 78, British politician, fall.
 * Dan Walker, 92, American politician, Governor of Illinois (1973–1977), heart failure.
 * Notable convicted drug traffickers executed by Indonesian firing squad:
 * Andrew Chan, 31, Australian (Bali Nine)
 * Rodrigo Gularte, 42, Brazilian
 * Myuran Sukumaran, 34, Australian (Bali Nine)

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 * Lennart Bodström, 87, Swedish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982–1985).
 * Sharon Callahan, 63, American Olympic athlete.
 * Bold Pilot, 22, Turkish thoroughbred racehorse.
 * Halina Daniec, 66, Polish Olympic gymnast.
 * Peter Dobkin Hall, 69, American author and historian, traffic collision.
 * David Fonseca, 60, Belizean politician, Mayor of Belize City (1999–2006), suicide by gunshot.
 * Adrian Gibson, 79, Australian politician, MP for Denison (1964–69).
 * Steven Goldmann, 53, Canadian music video and film director, cancer.
 * Rutger Gunnarsson, 69, Swedish bassist (ABBA, Elton John).
 * Ben E. King, 76, American soul and R&B singer ("Stand by Me"), coronary heart disease.
 * Gregory Mertens, 24, Belgian footballer, heart attack.
 * Patachou, 96, French singer and actress.
 * William Pfaff, 86, American author and columnist, heart attack.
 * Ronald Senator, 89, British composer, house fire.
 * Sky Classic, 28, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse.
 * Nigel Terry, 69, British actor (The Lion in Winter, Excalibur, Troy), emphysema.