Deaths in April 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2016.

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

 * Karl-Robert Ameln, 96, Swedish sailor (1948 and 1952 Olympics).
 * Aleksander Arkuszyński, 98, Polish brigadier general, WWII veteran.
 * Pratyusha Banerjee, 24, Indian actress, suicide by hanging.
 * Alan Carter, 86, British civil servant, Director of Immigration of Hong Kong (1983–1989).
 * Tom Coughlin, 67, American business executive and convicted fraudster (Walmart).
 * George Curry, 71, American football coach, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Mame Younousse Dieng, 76, Senegalese writer.
 * Alberto Fontanesi, 87, Italian footballer.
 * Artur Górski, 46, Polish politician, member of Sejm (since 2005), leukemia.
 * Kao Ching-yuen, 87, Taiwanese businessman (Uni-President Enterprises Corporation). (death announced on this date)
 * Richard S. Kem, 89, American army Major-General.
 * Emil Keres, 90, Hungarian actor and theatre director.
 * Clarence Makwetu, 88, South African politician.
 * Herbert Theodore Milburn, 84, American judge.
 * John Minney, 76, English cricketer (Cambridge University, Northamptonshire).
 * Wiebe Nijenhuis, 61, Dutch sportsman.
 * Carl Nordling, 85, Swedish physicist.
 * Marjorie Peters, 97, American baseball player (AAGBPL).
 * Fausto Puccini, 83, Italian Olympic equestrian.
 * Patricia Thompson, 89, American philosopher.
 * André Villers, 85, French photographer.
 * Tony Whittaker, 83, British solicitor and politician.
 * Ron Wicks, 76, Canadian NHL ice hockey referee, liver cancer.

2

 * Gato Barbieri, 83, Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.
 * Rick Bartow, 69, American artist, heart failure.
 * Moreese Bickham, 98, American convicted murderer and anti-death penalty activist.
 * Sergio Ferrari, 72, Italian footballer.
 * Gallieno Ferri, 87, Italian comic book artist (Zagor, Mister No).
 * Boris Hybner, 74, Czech actor and mime artist.
 * Gareth Jones, 85, British legal academic.
 * Martin Lampkin, 65, English motorcycle trials rider, cancer.
 * Nabil Nosair, 77, Egyptian footballer (Zamalek).
 * Amber Rayne, 31, American pornographic actress, accidental drug overdose.
 * Dennis Riggin, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).
 * László Sárosi, 84, Hungarian football player and coach.
 * Thomas Zeng Jing-mu, 95, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Yujiang (1988–2012).
 * Soldiers killed in the Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes:
 * Robert Abajyan, 19, Armenian (Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army).
 * Samid Imanov, 34–35, Azerbaijani (Special Forces).
 * Samir Kachayev, 22, Azerbaijani.
 * Murad Mirzayev, 40, Azerbaijani (Special Forces).
 * Kyaram Sloyan, 19, Armenian (Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army).

3

 * Abu Firas al-Suri, 65, Syrian al-Nusra Front senior official, air strike.
 * Phanor Arizabaleta-Arzayus, 78, Colombian criminal, heart attack.
 * John C. Baldwin, 67, American cardiac surgeon, drowned.
 * John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard, 92, British peer.
 * Erik Bauersfeld, 93, American radio dramatist (KPFA) and voice actor (Star Wars, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Crimson Peak).
 * Ward Crutchfield, 87, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1985–2007).
 * Bob Ellis, 73, Australian writer (Newsfront, My First Wife) and journalist, liver cancer.
 * Bas van Erp, 36, Dutch wheelchair tennis player, Paralympic bronze medalist (2004).
 * Leopoldo Flores, 82, Mexican artist.
 * Don Francks, 84, Canadian jazz vocalist and actor (La Femme Nikita, Inspector Gadget, I'm Not There), lung cancer.
 * Robert Guinan, 82, American painter, lymphoma.
 * Lars Gustafsson, 79, Swedish writer and scholar.
 * Rowley Habib, 82, New Zealand writer.
 * Henry Harpending, 72, American anthropologist, stroke.
 * Bill Henderson, 90, American jazz vocalist and actor (Clue, City Slickers, White Men Can't Jump), cancer.
 * Dick Hodgins, Jr., 84, American cartoonist.
 * Ross Honsberger, 87, Canadian mathematician.
 * Stephen Jacobsen, 75, American bioengineer.
 * Alex de Jesús, 33, Puerto Rican professional and Olympic lightweight boxer (2004), shot.
 * Cesare Maldini, 84, Italian football player and manager.
 * Joe Medicine Crow, 102, American Crow historian.
 * Ronald Mulkearns, 85, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ballarat (1971–1997), colon cancer.
 * Whai Ngata, 74, New Zealand Māori broadcaster, journalist and lexicographer.
 * Noh Jin-kyu, 23, South Korean short track speed skater, world champion (2011, 2012), osteosarcoma.
 * Lola Novaković, 80, Serbian singer.
 * Ian Robinson, 69, Zimbabwean cricket umpire, lung cancer.
 * Jules Schelvis, 95, Dutch historian and Holocaust survivor.
 * Kōji Wada, 42, Japanese singer ("Butter-Fly", "All of My Mind"), nasopharynx cancer.
 * John Waite, 74, English footballer (Grimsby Town).
 * Clarence Clifton Young, 93, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada's at-large congressional district (1953–1957), Nevada Senate (1966–1980) and Supreme Court (1985–2002).

4

 * Ranjan Baindoor, 66, Indian cricketer.
 * Jarle Bondevik, 81, Norwegian philologist.
 * Archie Dees, 80, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, Detroit Pistons).
 * Eric Dott, 89, American game designer.
 * Georgi Hristakiev, 71, Bulgarian footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
 * Shahidul Islam Khokon, 59, Bangladeshi filmmaker, motor neuron disease.
 * Chus Lampreave, 85, Spanish actress (Belle Époque, Volver).
 * Carlo Mastrangelo, 78, American bassist and doo-wop singer (The Belmonts).
 * Getatchew Mekurya, 81, Ethiopian jazz saxophonist.
 * John Miller, 68, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate (since 2008).
 * Royston Nash, 82, English conductor (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company).
 * George Radosevich, 88, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
 * Mike Sandlock, 100, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
 * Abe Segal, 85, South African tennis player, cancer.
 * Song Soo-kwon, 76, South Korean writer.
 * Ken Waterhouse, 86, English footballer (Preston North End, Rotherham United).

5

 * John Carlson, 82, American sportscaster.
 * Michael Earls-Davis, 95, English cricketer.
 * Zyta Gilowska, 66, Polish politician, Minister of Finance (2006, 2007), Deputy Prime Minister (2006, 2007).
 * Roman Gribbs, 90, American politician, Mayor of Detroit (1970–1974).
 * Leon Haywood, 74, American funk and soul singer.
 * Ed Johnson, 71, American basketball player.
 * Koço Kasapoğlu, 80, Turkish footballer.
 * George Gelaga King, Sierra Leonean judge.
 * Zena Latto, 90, American jazz saxophonist.
 * Kerrie Lester, 62, Australian painter, leukaemia.
 * Elsie Morison, 91, Australian soprano.
 * E. M. Nathanson, 88, American author (The Dirty Dozen), heart failure.
 * Cornel Patrichi, 72, Romanian ballet dancer, choreographer and actor, lung cancer.
 * Mick Sullivan, 82, English rugby league footballer (Wigan), world champion (1954, 1960).
 * Ahmed Refai Taha, 61, Egyptian terrorist, leader of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, air strike.
 * Barbara Turner, 79, American actress (Soldier Blue) and screenwriter (Georgia, Pollock, The Company).
 * Frank Wainright, 48, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens), NFL champion (2000).

6

 * Orison Rudolph Aggrey, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador to the Gambia (1973–1977), Senegal (1973–1977) and Romania (1977–1981).
 * Joe Freeman Britt, 80, American attorney and death penalty advocate.
 * Dennis Davis, 64, American drummer (David Bowie, Stevie Wonder), cancer.
 * Jaime Pedro Gonçalves, 79, Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Beira (1976–2012).
 * Adrian Greenwood, 42, British art dealer and author, stabbed.
 * Merle Haggard, 79, American singer-songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn"), Grammy winner (1984, 1998, 1999), complications from pneumonia.
 * Darrell Hogan, 89, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
 * Bernd Hoss, 76, German football manager.
 * Garry Jones, 65, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers).
 * Joel Kurtzman, 68, American economist, cancer.
 * Robert MacCrate, 94, American lawyer, President of the American Bar Association (1987–1988).
 * Ogden Mills Phipps, 75, American horse breeder.
 * Josef Toms, 94, Czech Olympic basketball player.
 * Pablo Lucio Vasquez, 38, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
 * Murray Wier, 89, American basketball player (Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Waterloo Hawks).

7

 * László Bárczay, 80, Hungarian chess Grandmaster (FIDE, ICCF).
 * Freda Briggs, 85, English-born Australian professor and child protection expert, Senior Australian of the Year (2000).
 * A. V. Christie, 53, American poet, breast cancer.
 * Frank E. Denholm, 92, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota's 1st congressional district (1971–1975).
 * Marcel Dubé, 86, Canadian playwright.
 * Hendrikje Fitz, 54, German actress (In aller Freundschaft), cancer.
 * Theodore van Houten, 63, Dutch–British author and journalist.
 * Vladimir Kagan, 88, American furniture designer.
 * Cyril Edel Leonoff, 91, Canadian civil engineer and historian.
 * Carlo Monti, 96, Italian athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).
 * Blackjack Mulligan, 73, American professional wrestler (WWWF, JCP, CWF).
 * Charles Thomas, 87, British archaeologist.
 * Jimmie Van Zant, 59, American singer, songwriter and guitarist, liver cancer.
 * Chuck Waseleski, 61, American baseball statistician (Boston Red Sox).
 * Ruth Westbrook, 85, English cricket player and coach (national team).
 * Sir John Yocklunn, 82, Australian–Papua New Guinean librarian and government advisor.

8

 * Nicolas Abu Samah, 76–77, Lebanese actor and director.
 * Dick Alban, 87, American football player (Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers).
 * Mircea Albulescu, 81, Romanian actor and writer, heart failure.
 * Harry Apted, 90, Fijian cricketer.
 * Victoria Chitepo, 88, Zimbabwean politician.
 * Anatol Ciobanu, 81, Moldovan linguist, writer and university professor.
 * David Dore, 75, Canadian figure skating competitor, judge and official, President (1980–1984) and Director General (1986–2004) of the CFSA.
 * Phoebus Dhrymes, 82, American economist.
 * Doug France, 62, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).
 * Paul Fung Jr., 93, American cartoonist (Blondie).
 * Mildred Gordon, 92, British politician, MP for Bow and Poplar (1987–1997).
 * William Hamilton, 76, American cartoonist, traffic collision.
 * Jack Hammer, 90, American musician and songwriter ("Great Balls of Fire").
 * Charles Hirsch, 79, American forensic pathologist.
 * Julien Hoferlin, 49, Belgian tennis coach (national team), cancer.
 * George Ilsley, 88, Australian football player (Carlton).
 * Grace Lotowycz, 99, American botanist.
 * Fred Middleton, 85, English footballer (Lincoln City).
 * Elizabeth Roemer, 87, American astronomer.
 * Erich Rudorffer, 98, German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II.
 * Gene Salvay, 96, American aircraft engineer.
 * David Swift, 85, British actor (Drop the Dead Donkey).
 * Wei Chueh, 88, Taiwanese Buddhist monk, founder of the Chung Tai Shan.
 * Nigel Paulet, 18th Marquess of Winchester, 74, British peer, member of the House of Lords (1968–1999).

9

 * Frederic W. Allen, 89, American judge.
 * Arthur Anderson, 93, American actor (Courage the Cowardly Dog, Midnight Cowboy), voice of Lucky Charms leprechaun.
 * Frank Baron, 93, Dominican politician.
 * Duane Clarridge, 83, American CIA official, complications from esophageal cancer.
 * Tony Conrad, 76, American avant-garde musician, composer, video artist and professor (University at Buffalo), pneumonia.
 * Juris Ekmanis, 74, Latvian academic, President of Latvian Academy of Sciences (2004–2012).
 * Finn Hodt, 96, Norwegian Olympic speed skating competitor (1956) and coach.
 * J. Vinton Lawrence, 76, American CIA paramilitary officer, acute myeloid leukemia.
 * Bea Maddock, 81, Australian artist.
 * Lucas Martínez Lara, 70, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Matehuala (since 2006).
 * Patrick J. O'Donnell, 68, Scottish academic.
 * Martin Roberts, 48, English rugby union player (Gloucester Rugby).
 * Derrick Rochester, 76, Jamaican politician and trade unionist, MP for South East St Elizabeth (1972–1980, 1989–2002), member of the Senate (1980–1983).
 * Will Smith, 34, American football player (New Orleans Saints), Super Bowl champion (2010), shot.

10

 * Alec Crikis, 71, Australian Olympic sports shooter.
 * John Ferrone, 91, American book editor (The Color Purple), complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Louis Gladstone, 88, American politician.
 * Nicholas Hood, 92, American politician and civil rights activist, Detroit City Councilman (1965–1993).
 * Irene Maguire, 86, American figure skater, heart failure.
 * Howard Marks, 70, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer and legalisation campaigner, colorectal cancer.
 * Thomas Kwaku Mensah, 81, Ghanaian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Obuasi (1995–2008) and Archbishop of Kumasi (2008–2012).
 * Wayne Southwick, 93, American surgeon and academic.
 * Henryk Średnicki, 61, Polish Olympic boxer (1976, 1980), amateur World Champion (1978).
 * N. H. Wadia, 91, Indian neurologist.

11

 * Tony Ayers, 82, Australian public servant.
 * Helen Bailey, 51, British author, suffocated.
 * Doug Banks, 57, American radio personality (The Doug Banks Radio Show), diabetes.
 * João Carvalho, 28, Portuguese mixed martial arts fighter, injuries sustained in match.
 * Albert Filozov, 78, Russian actor.
 * Emile Ford, 78, Saint Lucian singer ("What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?") and sound engineer.
 * Hokie Gajan, 56, American football player and broadcaster (New Orleans Saints), liposarcoma.
 * Mohsen Gheytaslou, 25–26, Iranian soldier (65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade).
 * Ruth Gilbert, 99, New Zealand poet.
 * Yura Halim, 92, Bruneian politician, Chief Minister (1967–1972) and lyricist (national anthem).
 * Anne Gould Hauberg, 98, American arts patron, founder of the Pilchuck Glass School.
 * Alan Hurd, 78, English cricketer.
 * Peter J. Jannetta, 84, American neurosurgeon (Allegheny General Hospital).
 * Dame Marion Kettlewell, 102, British naval officer, Director of the Wrens (1966–1970).
 * Huntly D. Millar, 88, Canadian medical technology executive.
 * Miss Shangay Lily, 53, Spanish drag queen, pancreatic cancer.
 * Édgar Perea, 81, Colombian politician and football commentator.
 * Steve Quinn, 64, British rugby league player (York, Featherstone Rovers).
 * Richard Ransom, 96, American businessman (Hickory Farms).
 * Ed Snider, 83, American sports executive (Comcast Spectacor, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia 76ers), bladder cancer.
 * A. R. Surendran, Sri Lankan lawyer, President's Counsel (2004).
 * Bounama Touré, 63, Senegalese Olympic wrestler.

12

 * James Bond, 70, Australian navy officer.
 * Aquilino Bonfanti, 73, Italian footballer.
 * Robbie Brennan, 68–69, Irish musician (Skid Row, Auto Da Fé, Grand Slam).
 * Hector A. Cafferata Jr., 86, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
 * Paul Carey, 88, American radio broadcaster (Detroit Tigers), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
 * Gianroberto Casaleggio, 61, Italian entrepreneur, co-founder of Five Star Movement.
 * Pedro de Felipe, 71, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Espanyol).
 * David Gest, 62, American TV producer (Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special) and reality show contestant (I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!).
 * Gib Guilbeau, 78, American musician (The Flying Burrito Brothers) and composer (Boxcar Bertha).
 * Anne Jackson, 90, American actress (The Shining, Folks!, Dirty Dingus Magee).
 * Bryce Jordan, 91, American academic administrator, President of the Pennsylvania State University (1983–1990).
 * Alexander Kanengoni, 65, Zimbabwean writer, heart failure.
 * Alan Loveday, 88, New Zealand-born British violinist (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields).
 * Balls Mahoney, 44, American professional wrestler (ECW, WWE, SMW), heart attack.
 * André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo, 85, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Popokabaka (1979–1993).
 * Tōru Ōhira, 86, Japanese voice actor (Super Sentai, One Piece).
 * Tibor Ordina, 45, Hungarian Olympic track and field athlete (1996), brain cancer.
 * Tomaž Pandur, 53, Slovenian theatre director.
 * Spec Richardson, 93, American baseball executive (Houston Astros).
 * Agha Saleem, 81, Pakistani writer.
 * Sir Arnold Wesker, 83, British playwright.
 * Said Zahari, 88, Singaporean journalist and political prisoner.

13

 * Srinivas Aravamudan, 54, Indian-born British academic.
 * Márton Balázs, 86, Romanian mathematician.
 * Jackie Carter, 62, American children's author, lymphoma.
 * Julio García Espinosa, 89, Cuban film director and screenwriter (The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin).
 * Nuri Gezerdaa, 56, Abkhaz politician.
 * Kurtis Haiu, 31, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, Blues), bone cancer.
 * Earl B. Hunt, 83, American psychologist.
 * Matthias Joseph Isuja, 86, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dodoma (1972–2005).
 * Robert W. Lundeen, 94, American executive (Tektronix).
 * Mariano Mores, 98, Argentine tango composer and pianist.
 * Eeti Nieminen, 89, Finnish Olympic Nordic skier (1952).
 * Rex Patterson, 89, Australian politician, MP for Dawson (1966–1975).
 * Jock Scot, 63, Scottish poet and recording artist, cancer.
 * Manouchehr Sotoudeh, 102, Iranian geographer and scholar of Persian literature, lung infection.
 * Jeremy Steig, 73, American jazz flutist.
 * Gareth Thomas, 71, Welsh actor (Blake's 7, Children of the Stones, Star Maidens), heart failure.
 * Gwyn Thomas, 79, Welsh poet and academic, National Poet (2006–2008).
 * Ray Thornton, 87, American attorney and politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas's 4th and 2nd congressional districts (1973–1979, 1991–1997).
 * Nera White, 80, American Hall of Fame basketball player.
 * Bernard B. Wolfe, 101, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1965–1974).
 * Pete Yellin, 74, American jazz saxophonist and educator.
 * Sayed Zayan, 72, Egyptian actor.

14

 * Nguyen Anh 9, 76, Vietnamese songwriter and pianist.
 * Ahmed Brahim, 69, Tunisian politician.
 * David Collischon, 78, British executive (Filofax).
 * Martin Fitzmaurice, 75, English darts personality.
 * Gaetano Gagliano, 98, Canadian entrepreneur.
 * Francesco Guarraci, 61, Italian-born American mobster.
 * Hector Hatch, 80, Fijian boxer (1956 Olympics), politician and civil servant.
 * Fred Hayman, 90, Swiss-born American fashion retailer (Giorgio Beverly Hills) and entrepreneur, helped develop Rodeo Drive.
 * James W. Huston, 62, American author and lawyer.
 * Dan Ireland, 57, Canadian-born American film producer and director (Jolene, The Whole Wide World, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont).
 * Ilija Ivezić, 89, Croatian film actor (Last of the Renegades, The Golden Years, Marshal Tito's Spirit).
 * Colin Knight, 81, New Zealand educationalist, principal of Christchurch Teachers' College (1986–1995).
 * Liang Sili, 91, Chinese missile control scientist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences), vice-president of the International Astronautical Federation.
 * Sir David MacKay, 48, British author, physicist and professor (University of Cambridge), stomach cancer.
 * Rod Reyes, 80, Filipino broadcast executive and journalist (The Standard), heart failure.
 * Phil Sayer, 62, British voice artist, oesophageal cancer.
 * Malick Sidibé, 80, Malian photographer.
 * Xu Caidong, 97, Chinese metallurgist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences), vice-governor of Guizhou.
 * Ron Theobald, 72, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers).
 * Carl M. Vogel, 61, American politician, member of the Missouri Senate (2003–2011), pancreatic cancer.

15

 * Orville Gilbert Brim, Jr., 93, American social psychologist.
 * Anne Grommerch, 45, French politician, member of the National Assembly (since 2008), Mayor of Thionville (since 2014), breast cancer.
 * Byrle Klinck, 81, Canadian Olympic ice hockey player, bronze medallist (1956).
 * Laura Liu, 49, American state judge, Cook County Circuit Court judge (2010–2014), Illinois Appellate Court judge (since 2014), breast cancer.
 * Frederick Mayer, 94, German-born American spy (OSS).
 * Derek Mayers, 81, English footballer (Preston North End).
 * A. A. Raiba, 94, Indian painter.
 * Harold Shillinglaw, 88, Australian football player and cricketer.
 * Morag Siller, 46, British actress (Emmerdale, Memphis Belle, Casualty), breast cancer.
 * Richard Smith, 84, British painter, heart failure.
 * Lars-Inge Svartenbrandt, 70, Swedish criminal, apartment fire.
 * Louis Van Geyt, 88, Belgian politician, chairman of Communist Party of Belgium (1972–1989).
 * Guy Woolfenden, 78, English composer and conductor.

16

 * Muhammad Ayyub, 64, Saudi Arabian imam and Islamic scholar.
 * Ron Bonham, 73, American basketball player (Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers), NBA champion (1965, 1966).
 * Jeanette Bonnier, 82, Swedish media proprietor (Bonnier Group), journalist (Expressen) and author.
 * David R. Brown, 93, American computer scientist.
 * Miloud Chaabi, 86, Moroccan businessman.
 * Rod Daniel, 73, American film director (Teen Wolf, K-9, WKRP in Cincinnati), Parkinson's disease.
 * Donald B. Easum, 92, American diplomat.
 * William M. Gray, 86, American meteorologist.
 * Guan Guangfu, 84, Chinese politician, Communist Party Chief of Hubei.
 * Bernhard Hassenstein, 93, German biologist and behaviorist.
 * Charlie Hodge, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks) and scout.
 * Clarence James, 84, Bermudian politician, Deputy Premier (1983–1989).
 * Maurice Kenny, 86, American poet, heart ailment and kidney failure.
 * Rubén Mendoza Ayala, 55, Mexican politician.
 * Nathanael Orr, 98, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1976–1984).
 * U Pandita, 94, Burmese Buddhist monk and meditation teacher.
 * Louis Pilot, 75, Luxembourgian football player (Fola Esch, Standard Liège, Royal Antwerp) and manager (national team).
 * Ilias Polatidis, 50, Greek politician.
 * Ismael Quintana, 78, Puerto Rican singer and composer.
 * Peter Rock, 70, Austrian-born Chilean rock musician.
 * Helmut Rohde, 90, German politician.
 * Kit West, 79, British special effects artist (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Dragonheart, Enemy at the Gates), Oscar winner (1982).

17

 * Ken Aldred, 70, Australian politician, MP for Henty (1975–1980), Bruce (1983–1990) and Deakin (1990–1996).
 * Tiga Bayles, 62, Australian radio presenter and indigenous rights activist, cancer.
 * Kong Bunchhoeun, 77, Cambodian author and songwriter, cancer.
 * Bettye Caldwell, 91, American educator (University of Arkansas at Little Rock) and child-development campaigner (NAEYC).
 * Bob Charles, 79, American-born Australian politician, MP for La Trobe (1990–2004).
 * Chyna, 46, American professional wrestler (WWF) and actress (1 Night in China, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Cougar Club), mixed drug intoxication.
 * Clifton C. Garvin, 94, American businessman, CEO of Exxon (1975–1986).
 * Luis Horacio Gomez González, 57, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (2014–2016).
 * Anthony Keane, 87, American Olympic fencer (1968).
 * Toshiro Konishi, 63, Japanese-born Peruvian chef, pioneer of Japanese cuisine in Lima, cancer.
 * Bruce Mansfield, 71, Australian radio and television personality, prostate cancer.
 * Scott Nimerfro, 54, American writer and producer (Hannibal, Once Upon a Time, X-Men), angiosarcoma.
 * Constantine Papastephanou, 92, Syrian Eastern Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Baghdad and Kuwait (1969-2014).
 * Doris Roberts, 90, American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond, Remington Steele, Christmas Vacation), stroke.
 * Trần Phước Thọ, 23, Vietnamese footballer (Long An, U23 national team), traffic collision.
 * Nicolas Tikhomiroff, 89, French photographer.
 * Yang Hongxun, 84, Chinese architect, architectural historian, and archaeologist.

18

 * Brian Asawa, 49, American opera singer, heart failure.
 * Paul Busiek, 93, American politician.
 * Yuri Bychkov, 84, Russian art historian.
 * William Campbell, 75, American business executive (Apple) and college football coach (Columbia University), cancer.
 * Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose, 78, British journalist.
 * Robert Christophe, 78, French Olympic swimmer (1956, 1960, 1964), European champion (1958, 1962).
 * Barry Davies, 71, British soldier and author, heart attack.
 * Rubén Héctor di Monte, 84, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján (2000–2007).
 * Marwan Dudin, 79–80, Jordanian politician, Minister of Agriculture (1980–1984) and Minister of State for the Occupied Territory Affairs (1986–1988).
 * Hugh Faulkner, 83, Canadian politician, MP for Peterborough (1965–1979), complications from surgery.
 * Ben-Zion Gold, 92, Polish-born American rabbi.
 * Cox Habbema, 72, Dutch actress, theater director and manager.
 * Eva Henning, 95, Swedish stage and movie actress.
 * Fritz Herkenrath, 87, German footballer (Rot-Weiss Essen).
 * Karina Huff, 55, British actress (The House of Clocks, Time for Loving, Voices from Beyond) and television personality, breast cancer.
 * Proverb Jacobs, 80, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants).
 * Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet, 99, Anglo-Irish aristocrat and media personality.
 * Arnulfo Mejía Rojas, 59, Mexican architect and Catholic priest.
 * Johan van Minnen, 83, Dutch journalist and politician, member of the European Parliament (1979–1984).
 * Vladimir Nemukhin, 90, Russian painter (Bulldozer Exhibition).
 * Charles J. Pilliod Jr., 97, American business executive and diplomat, Ambassador to Mexico (1986–1989).
 * Guy Prather, 58, American football player (Green Bay Packers), cancer.
 * Fulvio Roiter, 89, Italian photographer, Prix Nadar winner (1956).
 * Pál Sajgó, 93, Hungarian cross country skier and biathlete.
 * Gert Schramm, 87, German Holocaust survivor.
 * Zoltán Szarka, 73, Hungarian football player and coach, Olympic champion (1968).
 * Tao Siju, 81, Chinese politician, minister of Public Security.

19

 * Gerasimos Arsenis, 84, Greek politician, Minister for National Defense (1993–1996) and National Education and Religious Affairs (1996–2000).
 * Patricio Aylwin, 97, Chilean politician, President (1990–1994).
 * Estelle Balet, 21, Swiss snowboarder, world champion (2015, 2016), avalanche.
 * Dud Beattie, 81, Australian rugby league footballer and selector (Queensland).
 * Errikos Belies, 66, Greek translator and poet.
 * Dorothy R. Burnley, 89, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly (1980–1984).
 * Eloy Casados, 66, American actor (Ishi: The Last of His Tribe, Walker, Texas Ranger).
 * Russell Dove, 87, Australian Olympic sports shooter (1972).
 * Harry Elderfield, 72, British geochemist and professor (University of Cambridge).
 * Ronit Elkabetz, 51, Israeli actress and film director (Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem), lung cancer.
 * Solveig Ericsson, 84, Swedish Olympic athlete.
 * Karl-Heinz von Hassel, 77, German actor.
 * Walter Kohn, 93, Austrian-born American theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate (1998), jaw cancer.
 * Lord Tanamo, 81, Jamaican ska and mento musician.
 * John McConathy, 86, American basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks, Northwestern State).
 * Mehrdad Oladi, 30, Iranian footballer (Malavan), heart attack.
 * Milt Pappas, 76, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs).
 * Billy Redmayne, 25, Manx motorcycle racer, race collision.
 * Igor Volchok, 84, Russian football manager.
 * Pete Zorn, 65, American musician (Steeleye Span, Richard Thompson, The Albion Band), cancer.

20

 * Solomon Blatt Jr., 94, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for South Carolina (since 1971).
 * Cynthia Cooke, 96, British nurse, Matron-in-Chief of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (1973–1976).
 * Velda González, 83, Puerto Rican actress and politician.
 * Guy Hamilton, 93, French-born British film director (James Bond, Battle of Britain, Evil Under the Sun).
 * Avril Henry, 81, British academic, suicide.
 * Dame Leonie Kramer, 91, Australian academic, author and university administrator.
 * Attila Özdemiroğlu, 73, Turkish composer, lung cancer.
 * Solly Pandor, 58, Zambian football manager.
 * Harry Perkowski, 93, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds).
 * Qi Benyu, 85, Chinese politician and propagandist, cancer.
 * Jack Tafari, 69, British activist, liver failure.
 * Giannis Voglis, 78, Greek actor.
 * Dwayne Washington, 52, American basketball player (New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat, Syracuse University), brain cancer.
 * Vern Wilson, 85, American Olympic athlete.
 * Victoria Wood, 62, British comedian and actress (New Faces, Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, dinnerladies), cancer.
 * Yu Songlie, 95, Chinese agricultural scientist, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).

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 * Frederick Bruce-Lyle, 62, Ghanaian-born Saint Vincentian judge in the Caribbean.
 * Valeriu Cotea, 89, Romanian oenologist, member of Romanian Academy, cardiac arrest.
 * Norbert Esnault, 87, French cyclist.
 * Nade Haley, 68, American artist.
 * Levi Karuhanga, 60, Ugandan major general.
 * Per-Simon Kildal, 64, Swedish antenna specialist.
 * Hans Koschnick, 87, German politician and diplomat, Bremen Senate president and mayor (1967–1985), President of the Bundesrat (1970–1971, 1981–1982), MP (1987–1998).
 * Marco Leto, 85, Italian film and television director (Black Holiday, Al piacere di rivederla).
 * Franz Lorette, 80, Belgian Olympic hockey player.
 * Lonnie Mack, 74, American singer-guitarist (The Wham of that Memphis Man).
 * Toshio Mashima, 67, Japanese composer, cancer.
 * D. B. Nihalsinghe, 77, Sri Lankan filmmaker (Welikathara).
 * Utako Okamoto, 98, Japanese medical scientist.
 * Ferenc Paragi, 62, Hungarian Olympic javelin thrower (1976, 1980), world record holder (1980–1983).
 * Prince, 57, American musician ("When Doves Cry", "Little Red Corvette", "Purple Rain") and actor, Oscar (1984) and four-time Grammy winner, accidental fentanyl overdose.
 * Peter Ruckman, 94, American Independent Baptist pastor.
 * Smoke Glacken, 22, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Hopeful Stakes (1996).
 * Dene Smuts, 66, South African politician, MP (1989–2014).
 * John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant, 93, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1989).

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 * David Beresford, 68, British journalist.
 * Yvon Charbonneau, 75, Canadian politician, stroke.
 * Rudolph Chimelli, 87, German journalist and author.
 * Isabelle Dinoire, 49, French mauled woman, first person to undergo a partial face transplant.
 * Rex Fell, 71, New Zealand Thoroughbred breeder.
 * Ojārs Grīnbergs, 73, Latvian singer, lung cancer.
 * Roger Khawam, 94, Egyptian antique dealer and Egyptologist.
 * John Lumsden, 55, Scottish footballer (Stoke City).
 * Ariffin Mohammed, 74, Malaysian cult leader (Sky Kingdom).
 * Robert Price, 83, American attorney and political campaign manager.
 * Jory Prum, 41, American audio engineer and video game developer (Adaptation, The Walking Dead, Brütal Legend), traffic collision.
 * Manfred Rein, 68, Austrian politician (ÖVP).
 * Peter Sellers, 94, New Zealand sports broadcaster.
 * Soran Singh, Pakistani politician, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly (since 2013), shot.
 * Sir Denys Wilkinson, 93, British nuclear physicist.
 * Anne Wolden-Ræthinge, 86, Danish author and journalist.

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 * Ron Brace, 29, American football player (Boston College, New England Patriots), apparent heart attack.
 * Alfons Van den Brande, 88, Belgian cyclist.
 * Carla Braan, 54, Dutch Olympic gymnast.
 * Errol Crossan, 85, Canadian soccer player (Norwich City).
 * Attila Ferjáncz, 69, Hungarian racing driver, Hungarian Rally champion (1976–1982, 1985, 1990).
 * Luis González Seara, 79, Spanish politician.
 * Inge King, 100, German-born Australian sculptor.
 * Vjatšeslav Kobrin, 58, Russian guitarist and songwriter.
 * Tom Muecke, 52, American CFL player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos), heart attack.
 * Tony Munro, 52, Australian sports journalist, stroke.
 * Sir Richard Parsons, 88, British diplomat, Ambassador to Hungary, Spain and Sweden.
 * Jacques Perry, 94, French novelist.
 * Maurice Peston, Baron Peston, 85, English economist and politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1987).
 * Miguel Picazo, 89, Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor (La Tía Tula).
 * John Steven Satterthwaite, 87, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lismore (1971–2001).
 * Bill Sevesi, 92, Tongan-born New Zealand musician.
 * Madeleine Sherwood, 93, Canadian actress (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Flying Nun).
 * Banharn Silpa-archa, 83, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996), asthma.
 * Horace Ward, 88, American judge.
 * Paul Hisao Yasuda, 94, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Osaka (1978–1997).

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 * Zafar Ishaq Ansari, 84, Pakistani Islamic scholar, heart attack.
 * Paul Annear, 68, New Zealand jeweller.
 * Nina Arkhipova, 94, Russian film and stage actress (Burnt by the Sun).
 * Chen Shilu, 95, Chinese flight mechanic, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).
 * Manuel de la Torre, 94, Spanish-born American golf player and instructor.
 * Robert Dolan, 87, American marine geologist.
 * Walter Jackson Freeman III, 89, American biologist.
 * Perry O. Hooper Sr., 91, American judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama (1995–2001).
 * Steve Julian, 57, American radio host (KPCC), brain cancer.
 * Kiviaq, 80, Canadian lawyer, politician, boxer and football player, cancer.
 * Tommy Kono, 85, American weightlifter, Olympic champion (1952, 1956), world champion (1953–1959), complications from liver disease.
 * Thinle Lhondup, 72, Nepalese actor (Himalaya), fall.
 * Benjamin Manglona, 78, Northern Mariana Islands politician, Lieutenant Governor (1990–1994), stroke.
 * Ricardo Torres Origel, 59, Mexican politician.
 * Lizette Parker, 44, American politician, Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey (since 2014), respiratory illness.
 * Billy Paul, 81, American R&B singer ("Me and Mrs. Jones"), pancreatic cancer.
 * George Pieterson, 74, Dutch clarinetist.
 * Terry Redlin, 78, American artist, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Klaus Siebert, 60, German biathlon athlete and coach, world champion (1978, 1979), Olympic silver medalist (1980).
 * Papa Wemba, 66, Congolese singer, seizure.
 * George Alexis Weymouth, 79, American artist and conservationist, heart failure.

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 * Dumitru Antonescu, 71, Romanian footballer (Farul Constanța).
 * Remo Belli, 88, American drummer, developed the synthetic drumhead (Remo), complications of pneumonia.
 * Joe Blahak, 65, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).
 * Nicolae Esinencu, 76, Moldovan screenwriter and writer.
 * Göte Gåård, 84, Swedish Olympic sports shooter.
 * Mel George, 80, American professor and twice interim president of the University of Missouri.
 * Martin Gray, 93, Polish Holocaust survivor and writer.
 * Michal Hornstein, 95, Polish-born Canadian executive.
 * Tom Lewis, 94, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales (1975–1976).
 * Patrick Fabionn Lopes, 35, Brazilian football player, brain aneurysm.
 * Xulhaz Mannan, 39, Bangladeshi editor, stabbed.
 * Mei Baojiu, 82, Chinese Peking opera artist, bronchospasm.
 * Poornima Arvind Pakvasa, 102, Indian social worker.
 * Neculai Rățoi, 77, Romanian politician, mayor of Pașcani (1981–2008).
 * John Ridsdel, 68, Canadian journalist (Calgary Herald), businessman (Petro-Canada) and Abu Sayyaf hostage, beheaded.
 * Horst Sachs, 89, German mathematician.
 * Samantha Schubert, 47, Malaysian actress and beauty queen, Miss Malaysia (1991), pancreatic cancer.
 * Rudolf Wessely, 91, Austrian actor.

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 * Raymond Casey, 98, British geologist and philatelist.
 * Vincent Darius, 60, Grenadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint George's in Grenada (since 2002), pneumonia.
 * Arne Elsholtz, 71, German voice actor.
 * Mark Farmer, 53, British actor (Grange Hill, Minder, Johnny Jarvis), cancer.
 * Winston Hill, 74, American football player (New York Jets), Super Bowl winner (1968).
 * William H. Jarvis, 85, Canadian politician.
 * Amanullah Khan, 82, Pakistani Kashmir separatism activist (JKLF), COPD.
 * Lucy Kibaki, 82, Kenyan teacher and socialite, First Lady (2002–2013).
 * M. H. Mohamed, 94, Sri Lankan politician.
 * Álvaro Pérez Treviño, 85, Mexican politician.
 * Peter Propping, 73, German geneticist.
 * Ozzie Silna, 83, American basketball owner (Spirits of St. Louis), cancer.
 * Martin Szipál, 91, Hungarian photographer, prostate cancer.
 * Masako Togawa, 85, Japanese feminist, singer, actress and novelist.
 * Dorothy Warburton, 80, Canadian geneticist.
 * James H. Ware, 74, American biostatistician, cancer.
 * Willie L. Williams, 72, American police commissioner (Los Angeles, Philadelphia).
 * Harry Wu, 79, Chinese human rights activist, founder of the Laogai Research Foundation.
 * Vladimir Yulygin, 80, Russian football player and coach.

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 * James Arvaluk, 68, Canadian politician.
 * James Carroll, 60, American-born Canadian actor (Wind at My Back, Red Dead Redemption, Death to Smoochy), small cell lung cancer.
 * Harold Cohen, 87, British computer artist (AARON).
 * Angela Flanders, 88, British perfumer.
 * Viktor Gavrikov, 58, Lithuanian-Swiss chess Grandmaster.
 * Herta Groves, 96, Austrian-born British milliner, traffic collision.
 * Philip Kives, 87, Canadian marketing entrepreneur, founder of K-tel.
 * Julio Xavier Labayen, 89, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, territorial prelate of Infanta (1966–2003).
 * Liu Lianman, 82, Chinese mountain climber, made the first ascent of Muztagh Ata.
 * Robert C. Mathis, 88, American air force general.
 * Chris Parkinson, 74, New Zealand broadcaster, co-founder of Radio Hauraki.
 * Ray Salazar, 85, American politician, Mayor of El Paso, Texas (1977–1979).
 * Gabriele Sima, 61, Austrian opera singer.
 * Toms, 87, Indian cartoonist (Boban and Molly).

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 * Anderson Agiru, 54, Papua New Guinean politician.
 * Óscar Marcelino Álvarez, 67, Argentine footballer (Panathinaikos).
 * Sir Edward Ashmore, 96, British officer in the Royal Navy, First Sea Lord (1974–1977).
 * Conrad Burns, 81, American politician, Senator from Montana (1989–2007).
 * Enrique Cal Pardo, 93, Spanish priest, teacher and writer.
 * Ed Davender, 49, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats).
 * Jenny Diski, 68, English writer (Nothing Natural, Rainforest, London Review of Books), lung cancer.
 * Joe Durham, 84, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals).
 * Igor Fesunenko, 83, Russian journalist, foreign affairs writer and teacher (MGIMO).
 * Charles Gatewood, 73, American photographer, suicide by jumping.
 * Fredrik Grønningsæter, 92, Norwegian priest, Bishop of Sør-Hålogaland (1982–1992).
 * René Hausman, 80, Belgian comic book writer and illustrator.
 * Barry Howard, 78, English actor (Hi-de-Hi!), blood cancer.
 * Georg Kronawitter, 88, German politician, Mayor of Munich (1972–1978, 1984–1993).
 * Ingram Olkin, 91, American statistics professor, colorectal cancer.
 * David Page, 55, Australian composer, musical director of Bangarra Dance Theatre.
 * Mohamed Roushdi, 94, Egyptian gymnast.
 * Blackie Sherrod, 96, American sportswriter.

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 * Tim Bacon, 52, British restaurateur and actor.
 * Alyson Bailes, 67, British diplomat, Ambassador to Finland (2000–2002).
 * Sherry Cassuto, 59, American Olympic rower.
 * Chen Zhongshi, 73, Chinese writer, oral cancer.
 * Jok Church, 66, American cartoonist (You Can with Beakman and Jax).
 * Renato Corona, 67, Filipino jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (2010–2012), complications from a heart attack.
 * Patrick Deuel, 54, American reality TV star.
 * Bob Fitch, 76, American photojournalist.
 * Erediauwa, 92, Nigerian traditional royal, Oba of Benin (since 1979). (death announced on this date)
 * Dmytro Hnatyuk, 91, Ukrainian baritone opera singer.
 * Hilarius Moa Nurak, 73, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang (since 1987).
 * Dave Robinson, 67, English footballer (Birmingham City, Walsall). (death announced on this date)
 * Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, 86, Tibetan Buddhist teacher.
 * Don White, 89, American stock car racing driver.
 * Wojciech Zagórski, 87, Polish actor.

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 * Daniel Aaron, 103, American writer and academic (Harvard University), co-founder of the Library of America.
 * Michael Edward Ash, 88, British brewer.
 * Daniel Berrigan, 94, American Jesuit priest, poet, peace activist and ex-convict (Catonsville Nine).
 * Wayne Crawford, 69, American actor, writer and producer (Valley Girl, Jake Speed).
 * Alphonsus F. D'Souza, 76, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Raiganj (since 1987), heart attack.
 * Franco Di Giacomo, 83, Italian cinematographer.
 * Marisol Escobar, 85, French-born American sculptor.
 * Uwe Friedrichsen, 81, German actor (Faust, Schwarz Rot Gold, Sesamstraße).
 * Guido Gillarduzzi, 76, Italian Olympic speed skater.
 * Fritz Janschka, 97, Austrian-born American artist.
 * Sir Harry Kroto, 76, British chemist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1996).
 * Réjean Lafrenière, 80, Canadian politician, member of the Quebec National Assembly (1989–2007).
 * Ellen Niit, 87, Estonian children's writer, poet and translator.
 * Scott Rains, 59, American travel writer, brain tumor.
 * Phil Ryan, 69, Welsh keyboardist (Man).
 * Tracy Scott, 46, American script supervisor (Whiplash, Concussion, Garden State), cancer.
 * Peter Thomas, 91, American narrator (Nova, Forensic Files).
 * Vasily Zvyagintsev, 71, Russian science fiction author.