Deaths in August 2012

The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2012.

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 (and language of reference, if not English).

1

 * Ülkü Adatepe, 79, Turkish adoptee, adopted daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, road accident.
 * Archie Baxter, 90, Australian footballer.
 * Joan Bernard, 94, British academic, first Principal of Trevelyan College, Durham.
 * Dorothy D'Anna, 94, American actress.
 * Sami Damian, 82, Romanian-born Jewish literary critic and essayist.
 * Don Erickson, 80, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
 * David Eyton-Jones, 88, British Army officer.
 * Liselotte Funcke, 94, German politician.
 * Aldo Maldera, 58, Italian footballer (AC Milan).
 * Riccardo Ruotolo, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo (1995–2004).
 * Abel Salinas, 82, Peruvian politician.
 * Douglas Townsend, 90, American composer and musicologist.
 * Barry Trapnell, 88, English cricketer and headmaster.
 * Keiko Tsushima, 86, Japanese actress (Seven Samurai), stomach cancer.
 * Gustavo Vassallo, 92, Argentine fencer.

2

 * Thor Axelsson, 91, Finnish sprint canoer.
 * Alistair Bell, 82, British judge and politician.
 * Jacques Caufrier, 70, Belgian Olympic water polo player (1960 and 1964).
 * Ruy de Freitas, 95, Brazilian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1948) basketball player, multiple organ failure.
 * Felix De Smedt, 88, Belgian pioneer judo teacher.
 * Amos Hakham, 91, Israeli Bible scholar, first winner of the International Bible Contest (1958).
 * Sir Gabriel Horn, 85, British biologist.
 * Magnus Isacsson, 64, Canadian documentary filmmaker (Maxime, McDuff & McDo), cancer.
 * Jimmy Jones, 82, American pop singer ("Handy Man", "Good Timin'").
 * Sir John Keegan, 78, British military historian and journalist.
 * Giovanni Lucchi, 69, Italian bow maker.
 * Jacques Marty, 72, French Olympic boxer.
 * Bernd Meier, 40, German footballer, heart attack.
 * Jean Merrill, 89, American children's author (The Pushcart War), cancer.
 * Marguerite Piazza, 90, American singer, heart failure.
 * Cesare Pinarello, 79, Italian Olympic dual bronze medallist racing cyclist (1952, 1956).
 * Gilbert Prouteau, 95, French poet and film director.
 * William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden, 82, British peer, cancer.
 * Jacques-Raymond Tremblay, 88, Canadian politician.
 * Mihaela Ursuleasa, 33, Romanian pianist, cerebral hemorrhage.
 * Herman van Ham, 81, Dutch head chef.

3

 * Jan Muhammad Baloch, 60, Pakistani Olympic boxer.
 * John Berry, 67, English speedway promoter (Ipswich Witches) and national team manager.
 * Garth Burkett, 85, Australian football player.
 * Fernando Cavaleiro, 95, Portuguese Olympic equestrian.
 * Chang Do-yong, 89, South Korean general, politician and professor, dementia.
 * Al Conway, 82, American football player and official.
 * Frank Evans, 90, American Negro league baseball player.
 * Martin Fleischmann, 85, Czech-born British chemist, complications of Parkinson's disease.
 * Giorgi Gomiashvili, 39, Georgian business executive and diplomat, suicide by gunshot.
 * Paul McCracken, 96, American economist, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1969–1971).
 * John Pritchard, 85, American basketball player.

4

 * István Andrássy, 85, Hungarian nematologist.
 * Johnnie Bassett, 76, American blues musician, cancer.
 * Josy Braun, 74, Luxembourgish writer, journalist and translator.
 * Abdul Matin Chowdhury, 78, Bangladeshi politician, old age complications.
 * Giuseppe Coco, 76, Italian comics artist and illustrator.
 * Brian Crozier, 94, British author and journalist.
 * Metin Erksan, 83, Turkish film director, renal failure.
 * Hanley Funderburk, 81, American academic administrator, President of Auburn University (1980–1983).
 * Con Houlihan, 86, Irish sports journalist.
 * John J. Phelan, Jr., 81, American financier and chief executive (New York Stock Exchange).
 * Bud Riley, 86, American CFL coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Hamilton Tiger-cats).
 * Arnie Risen, 87, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics, Rochester Royals), complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer.
 * Henry Scholberg, 91, American bibliographer.
 * Jimmy Thomson, 75, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic).

5

 * Erwin Axer, 95, Polish theatre director.
 * Michel Daerden, 62, Belgian politician, heart attack.
 * Benjamin W. Heineman, 98, American railroad executive.
 * Fred Matua, 28, American football player, heart failure.
 * Martin E. Segal, 96, Russian-born American entrepreneur (Film Society of Lincoln Center).
 * Sister Boom Boom, 57, American gay rights activist, member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, liver cancer.
 * Kirk Urso, 22, American soccer player, heart failure.
 * Chavela Vargas, 93, Costa Rican-born Mexican singer-songwriter, respiratory arrest.
 * Roland Charles Wagner, 51, French author, traffic collision.
 * Péter Zwack, 85, Hungarian businessman, philanthropist, diplomat and U.S. ambassador.
 * Manie van Zyl, 83, South African Olympic wrestler.

6

 * Míne Bean Uí Chribín, 84, Irish conservative campaigner.
 * Celso Blues Boy, 56, Brazilian singer and guitarist, laryngeal cancer.
 * Valentin Chernykh, 77, Russian screenwriter.
 * Douglas Alan Clark, 95, American pilot.
 * Richard Cragun, 67, American ballet dancer, heart attack.
 * Marvin Hamlisch, 68, American composer and arranger (The Way We Were, A Chorus Line, The Sting), EGOT winner, lung failure.
 * Robert Hughes, 74, Australian art critic and writer (The Fatal Shore).
 * Gerry Kearby, 65, American businessman, traffic collision.
 * Sir Bernard Lovell, 98, British astronomer.
 * Mark O'Donnell, 58, American playwright (Hairspray, Cry-Baby) and author, respiratory arrest.
 * Boris Razinsky, 79, Russian football player.
 * Ruggiero Ricci, 94, American violinist, heart failure.
 * Dan Roundfield, 59, American basketball player (Atlanta Hawks), drowning.
 * Shunpei Ueyama, 91, Japanese philosopher.
 * Godfried van den Boer, 78, Belgian footballer.
 * Eleftherios Veryvakis, 77, Greek politician.
 * Gregor W. Yeates, 68, New Zealand soil zoologist and ecologist.

7

 * Murtuz Alasgarov, 83, Azerbaijani politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1996–2005).
 * Fritzi Jane Courtney, 89, American actress.
 * George Crawford, 86, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Jika Jika (1985–1992).
 * Judith Crist, 90, American film critic.
 * Luc de Heusch, 85, Belgian filmmaker and academic.
 * Sabahattin Kalender, 93, Turkish composer.
 * Vladimir Kobzev, 52, Russian football player and coach, stroke.
 * Donald C. Paup, 73, American badminton player and academic.
 * Anna Piaggi, 81, Italian fashion writer.
 * Ranking Trevor, 60, Jamaican reggae musician, traffic collision.
 * Veljko Rogošić, 71, Croatian Olympic long-distance swimmer.
 * Hans Hammond Rossbach, 80, Norwegian politician.
 * Samala Sadasiva, 84, Indian writer.
 * Sir John Joseph Swaine, 80, Hong Kong politician and barrister, President of the Legislative Council (1993–1995).
 * Marvin Lee Wilson, 54, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
 * Mayer Zald, 81, American sociologist.
 * Dušan Zbavitel, 87, Czech Indologist.

8

 * Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, 86, German-born American physicist.
 * Japie Basson, 94, South African politician.
 * Hans Camenzind, 78, Swiss electronics engineer.
 * Aung Shwe Prue Chowdhury, 98, Bangladeshi politician.
 * Lou Costello, 76, English footballer.
 * András Domahidy, 92, Hungarian-Australian novelist and librarian.
 * Ruth Etchells, 81, English poet and college principal.
 * Sancho Gracia, 75, Spanish actor, lung cancer.
 * Azizul Haque, 93, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician.
 * Georgios Katsifaras, 77, Greek politician.
 * Surya Lesmana, 68, Indonesian football player and manager, heart attack.
 * Kurt Maetzig, 101, German film director.

9

 * José Aruego, 80, Filipino children's book author and illustrator.
 * Harry G. Barnes, Jr., 86, American diplomat.
 * Ralph W. Beiting, 88, American priest.
 * Max Bound, 87, Australian environmental activist and trade unionist.
 * Gerard Campbell, 92, American Jesuit and academic, President of Georgetown University (1964–1968).
 * Carnegie, 21, British-bred French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1994), euthanized (death announced on this date).
 * Ananda Dassanayake, 92, Sri Lankan politician.
 * Carl Davis, 77, American record producer ("Duke of Earl", "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"), lung disease.
 * Tom Dockrell, 88, American ice hockey player and coach.
 * Pyotr Fomenko, 80, Soviet and Russian film and theater director, teacher, and artistic director.
 * Gene F. Franklin, 85, American control theorist, professor emeritus of electrical engineering (Stanford University).
 * Al Freeman, Jr., 78, American actor (Malcolm X, My Sweet Charlie, One Life to Live) and professor.
 * Dale Olson, 78, American publicist, cancer.
 * David Rakoff, 47, Canadian-born American writer and actor (Capote, Strangers with Candy), cancer.
 * Hjalte Rasmussen, 71, Danish academic.
 * Carmen Belen Richardson, 81, Puerto Rican actress and comedian.
 * Jan Sawka, 65, Polish-born American artist and architect, heart attack.
 * Mel Stuart, 83, American film director (If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium; Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory), cancer.
 * Erol Togay, 62, Turkish footballer.

10

 * James Lloyd Abbot, Jr., 94, American U.S. Navy rear admiral.
 * Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar, 72, Jordanian academic.
 * Altay Sarsenuly Amanzholov, 78, Kazakh Turkologist.
 * Art Andrew, 81, United States Virgin Islands Olympic sailor.
 * William G. Bade, 88, American mathematician.
 * Robert C. Becklin, 86, American businessman and politician.
 * Billy Bootle, 86, English footballer.
 * Philippe Bugalski, 49, French rally driver, injuries from fall.
 * Suresh Dalal, 79, Indian poet and writer in Gujarati language, heart attack.
 * Amjad Hameed Khan Dasti, 94, Pakistani politician.
 * Ioan Dicezare, 95, Romanian WWII fighter pilot ace.
 * Joe Douse, 82, American Negro League baseball player.
 * Irving Fein, 101, American film and television producer, manager of Jack Benny and George Burns.
 * Madeleine Leininger, 87, American nursing theorist.
 * William W. Momyer, 95, American air force general, heart ailment.
 * Carlo Rambaldi, 86, Italian special effects artist (Alien, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), Oscar winner (1976, 1980, 1983).

11

 * Red Bastien, 81, American professional wrestler, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Carlo Curley, 59, American classical organist.
 * Michael Dokes, 54, American former WBA heavyweight champion boxer, liver cancer.
 * Marco Antonio Dorantes García, 76, Mexican football referee.
 * Beverly Milton Dyck, 78, Canadian politician, progressive supranuclear palsy.
 * Hans Einstein, 89, American physician.
 * Karl Fleming, 84, American journalist, respiratory complications.
 * Von Freeman, 88, American hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, heart failure.
 * Lucy Gallardo, 82, Argentine-born Mexican film and telenovela actress (How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
 * Hilary Gardner, 90, South African cricketer.
 * Heidi Holland, 64, Zimbabwean journalist and author, apparent suicide by hanging.
 * Shafaat Jamil, 72, Bangladesh Army officer.
 * Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, 84, Indian linguist.
 * R. Duncan Luce, 87, American cognitive scientist.
 * Henning Moritzen, 84, Danish actor, heart attack.
 * Dame Simone Prendergast, 82, British public servant and philanthropist.
 * Bill Rafferty, 68, American comedian and television host (Blockbusters, Card Sharks, Real People), heart failure.
 * Stuart Randall, Baron Randall of St Budeaux, 74, British politician, MP for Kingston upon Hull West (1983–1997).
 * Roger Sandall, 79, New Zealand anthropologist and writer.
 * Sid Waddell, 72, British darts commentator and author, bowel cancer.
 * Susan Weiner, 66, American politician, Mayor of Savannah (1992–1996), complications from surgery.

12

 * Eileen Beasley, 91, Welsh teacher and Welsh language campaigner, pancreatic cancer.
 * Ève Cournoyer, 43, Canadian singer-songwriter.
 * Prabuddha Dasgupta, 55, Indian fashion photographer, heart attack.
 * Alex Falconer, 72, Scottish politician, MEP for Mid Scotland and Fife (1984–1999).
 * Pedro Gasset, 88, Spanish Olympic field hockey player.
 * Jerry Grant, 77, American race car driver, liver failure and diabetes.
 * Dominic Hibberd, 71, English biographer, pneumonia-induced corticobasal degeneration.
 * Barbara Kimenye, 82, British-born Ugandan children's author.
 * Joe Kubert, 85, Polish-born American comic book artist (Sgt. Rock, Hawkman), multiple myeloma.
 * Jakov Labura, 74, Croatian Olympic rower.
 * Frank Martin, 73, American defense attorney and politician, Mayor of Columbus, Georgia (1991–1994), pancreatic cancer.
 * Robert W. McNitt, 97, American U.S. Navy rear admiral, dean of admissions at the U.S. Naval Academy, heart failure.
 * Édgar Morales Pérez, Mexican politician, mayor-elect of Matehuala, shooting.
 * Alf Morris, Baron Morris, 84, British politician and disability rights campaigner, MP for Manchester Wythenshawe (1964–1997).
 * Jackie Watters, 92, Scottish footballer (Celtic).

13

 * Hugo Bedau, 85, American philosopher, complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Beverly Bender, 94, American sculptor.
 * Helen Gurley Brown, 90, American author, publisher, and businesswoman; editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine (1965–1997).
 * Robert Bruce, 96, Scottish composer.
 * Jimmy Carr, 79, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
 * Dan Daniels, 90, American sportscaster.
 * Salvador Escudero, 69, Filipino politician, cancer.
 * E. X. Giroux, 88, U.S.-born Canadian writer.
 * Kathi Goertzen, 54, American journalist and television anchor (KOMO-TV), benign brain tumors.
 * Nellie Gray, 88, American anti-abortion activist and lawyer, natural causes. (body discovered on this date)
 * Ray Jordon, 75, Australian cricketer and football coach, cancer.
 * Deborah Scaling Kiley, 54, American shipwreck survivor, sailor, author, motivational speaker and businesswoman.
 * Hervé-Maria Le Cléac'h, 97, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Taiohae o Tefenuaenata (1973–1986).
 * W. Michael Mathes, 76, American historian, expert on the history of Baja California.
 * Johnny Munkhammar, 37, Swedish politician, MP (2010–2012) and writer, adenoid cystic carcinoma.
 * Johnny Pesky, 92, American baseball player, manager, and coach (Boston Red Sox).
 * Joan Roberts, 95, American musical theatre actress (Oklahoma!), heart failure.
 * Typhoon Tracy, 6, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Coolmore Classic (2009) and Futurity Stakes (2010).

14

 * Maja Bošković-Stulli, 89, Croatian historian, writer, publisher and academic.
 * Remy Charlip, 83, American dancer.
 * Colorspin, 29, French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare, suspected heart attack.
 * Vilasrao Deshmukh, 67, Indian politician, kidney and liver failure.
 * Svetozar Gligorić, 89, Serbian chess grandmaster, stroke.
 * Brian Green, 77, British football coach and player.
 * Svein Hansen, 69, Norwegian ice hockey player.
 * Sergey Kapitsa, 84, Russian physicist, demographer, and television host; son of Pyotr Kapitsa.
 * Billy Kerr, 67, Irish Olympic cyclist.
 * Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum, 66, American embroidery designer.
 * Charles Maynard, 42, Bahamian politician, chairman of the opposition Free National Movement (since 2012), apparent heart attack.
 * Anna Orso, 73, Italian actress.
 * Ron Palillo, 63, American actor (Welcome Back, Kotter), heart attack.
 * Al Rabin, 76, American producer and director (Days of Our Lives).
 * Rosemary Rice, 87, American radio and television actress (Archie Andrews, Mama).
 * Smoke, American donkey, therapy animal for the United States Marine Corps.
 * Phyllis Thaxter, 92, American actress (Superman, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Zhou Kehua, 42, Chinese criminal, shooting.

15

 * Elson Iazegi Beyruth, 70, Brazilian footballer, complications of diabetes.
 * Bob Birch, 56, American musician (Elton John), apparent suicide by gunshot.
 * Jeffery Boswall, 81, British naturalist and broadcaster, cancer.
 * Richard B. Brewer, 61, American chief executive officer (Myrexis), cancer.
 * Altamiro Carrilho, 87, Brazilian musician and composer, lung cancer.
 * Enzo Cavazzoni, 80, Italian Olympic water polo player.
 * Biff Elliot, 89, American actor (Alfred Hitchcock Presents, I, the Jury, The Enemy Below).
 * Joaquín Filba, 89, Spanish cyclist.
 * Punch Gunalan, 68, Malaysian badminton player, liver cancer.
 * Harry Harrison, 87, American science fiction writer (Make Room! Make Room!, The Stainless Steel Rat).
 * Henry Herx, 79, American film critic, complications from liver cancer.
 * Ralph Holman, 94, American biochemist.
 * Matthew Ianniello, 92, American mobster, member of the Genovese crime family.
 * Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski, 99, German graphic artist and postage stamp designer.
 * Müşfik Kenter, 79, Turkish theater actor, lung cancer.
 * Colleen B. Lemmon, 85, American Latter Day Saint counselor.
 * Ashok Mehta, 65, Indian cinematographer (Bandit Queen), lung cancer.
 * Carina Moberg, 46, Swedish politician, MP for Stockholm County (1994–2012), cancer.
 * Albert (Peto) Nicholas, 61, Cook Islands politician, heart attack.
 * Burl Osborne, 75, American publisher, chairman of the Associated Press (2002–2007), after short illness.
 * Mitchell Todd, 21, British rugby player (Nottingham), traffic collision.
 * Sir Ray Whitney, 81, British politician, MP for Wycombe (1978–2001).
 * Heinz Wittig, 74, German Olympic water polo player.
 * Arbën Xhaferi, 64, Macedonian politician and Albanian-rights activist, complications from a stroke.

16

 * Peter Joseph Bis, app. 61, American homeless man, heart attack.
 * Larry R. Brown, 69, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (since 2005), heart attack.
 * Candice Cohen-Ahnine, app. 35, French-born former Saudi royal, fall from apartment window.
 * T. G. Kamala Devi, 81, Indian actor and playback singer.
 * Evon Dickson, 77, New Zealand cricketer.
 * Akiva Ehrenfeld, 90, Austrian-born Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi.
 * Martine Franck, 74, Belgian photographer, bone marrow cancer.
 * Owsley Brown Frazier, 77, American philanthropist.
 * Jang Hyun-kyu, 30, South Korean footballer, suspected heart attack.
 * Phil Kelly, 73, Irish footballer.
 * William Kent, 93, American artist.
 * Constance Kgosiemang, 66, Namibian politician, paramount chief of the Tswana people, heart attack.
 * Lalla Amina of Morocco, 58, Moroccan royal, daughter of Mohammed V of Morocco, lung cancer.
 * Marvin Meyer, 64, American biblical scholar, cancer.
 * Abune Paulos, 76, Ethiopian patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, heart attack.
 * Bystrík Režucha, 77, Slovak conductor.
 * William Windom, 88, American actor (Murder She Wrote, To Kill a Mockingbird, Star Trek), heart failure.
 * Katsumi Yamauchi, 100, Japanese politician, mayor of Iwata, Shizuoka, natural causes.

17

 * Joan Bielski, 88, Australian activist.
 * Aase Bjerkholt, 97, Norwegian politician and government minister, Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs (1956–1963, 1963–1965).
 * Pál Bogár, 84, Hungarian Olympic basketball player.
 * Amparo Cuevas, 81, Spanish Roman Catholic seer.
 * Axel Edelstam, 88, Swedish diplomat.
 * Joey Kovar, 29, American reality TV star (The Real World: Hollywood, Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew), opiate intoxication.
 * Geoffrey Lees, 92, English cricketer and educator, prolonged illness.
 * John Lynch-Staunton, 82, Canadian politician, Senator (1990–2005), leader of the Conservative Party (2003–2004), heart attack.
 * Willem G. van Maanen, 91, Dutch journalist and writer.
 * Panos Markovic, 87, Greek football coach and player.
 * Lou Martin, 63, Northern Irish musician (Rory Gallagher).
 * Brian Oakley, 84, British civil servant and scientist.
 * Shirley W. Palmer-Ball, 82, American businessman and politician.
 * Veronique Peck, 80, French-born American arts patron, widow of Gregory Peck.
 * Victor Poor, 79, American engineer, co-developer of the microchip and various radio developments, cancer.
 * Patrick Ricard, 67, French entrepreneur (Pernod Ricard), complications from a heart attack.

18

 * Samuel Anderson, 82, Cuban Olympic hurdler.
 * Hisham al-Hayali, Iraqi politician, Governor of Diyala Governorate (2012), traffic collision.
 * Tayseer al-Mashhadani, Iraqi engineer and politician, traffic collision.
 * Alan Bateman, 76, Australian film producer and television screenwriter, cancer.
 * Harrison Begay, 94, American painter.
 * George Bowers, 68, American film editor (A League of Their Own, The Country Bears, Harlem Nights), complications following heart surgery.
 * Lourival Mendes França, Brazilian draughts player.
 * Robert B. Gaither, 83, American mechanical engineer.
 * Les Kaine, 76, Australian footballer (Hawthorn).
 * John Kovatch, 92, American football player (Washington Redskins).
 * Scott McKenzie, 73, American singer ("San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)") and songwriter ("Kokomo"), Guillain–Barré syndrome.
 * Ra. Ki. Rangarajan, 85, Indian Tamil language writer.
 * Jesse Robredo, 54, Filipino politician, Mayor of Naga City (1988–1998, 2001–2010), Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (since 2010), plane crash.
 * Eilif Straume, 83, Norwegian writer and critic.

19

 * Ghazi al-Sadiq, Sudanese politician, Minister of Guidance and Religious Endowments, plane crash.
 * Yuriy Avanesov, 77, Soviet football player and coach.
 * Doug Dench, 82, Australian football player.
 * Hellmut Geissner, 86, German scholar.
 * Donal Henahan, 91, American music critic.
 * Ivar Iversen, 97, Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist.
 * Laura Latini, 42, Italian voice actress, cancer.
 * Maïté Nahyr, 64, South African-born Belgian actress.
 * Samia Yusuf Omar, 21, Somali Olympic runner, drowning. (death announced on this date)
 * Tony Scott, 68, British film director (Top Gun, True Romance, Man on Fire) and producer, suicide by jumping.
 * Edmund Skellings, 80, American poet.

20

 * Agnes World, 17, American-bred, Japanese-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
 * Seweryn Chajtman, 93, Polish scientist.
 * Phyllis Diller, 95, American comedian and actress (The Pruitts of Southampton), natural causes.
 * Virginia Dwyer, 92, American actress (Another World, As the World Turns, Guiding Light).
 * Juan Edmunds Rapahango, 89, Chilean Rapa Nui politician.
 * Daryl Hine, 76, American poet, editor, and translator, intestinal blockage.
 * Jacob Matijevic, 64, American engineer (NASA).
 * Dom Mintoff, 96, Maltese politician, Prime Minister (1955–1958, 1971–1984), natural causes.
 * Len Quested, 87, English footballer.
 * Kapu Rajaiah, 87, Indian painter, complication of Parkinson's disease.
 * Alexander Saxton, 93, American novelist and historian.
 * Mika Yamamoto, 45, Japanese journalist, shooting.
 * Meles Zenawi, 57, Ethiopian politician, President (1991–1995), Prime Minister (since 1995), liver cancer.

21

 * Vinus van Baalen, 70, Dutch Olympic swimmer.
 * Paul Bassim, 89, Lebanese Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Beirut (1974–1999).
 * Joe Cunningham, 80–81, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer.
 * Tissa David, 91, Hungarian-born American animator (Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure), cancer.
 * John Davidson, 87, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate (1973–1993), natural causes.
 * Genoveva Dawson, 94, Argentine botanist, curator, teacher, and explorer.
 * Hans Josephsohn, 92, Swiss sculptor.
 * Delcia Kite, 88, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1976–1995).
 * Kyle Larsen, 62, American contract bridge player.
 * Georg Leber, 91, German politician, Minister of Defence (1972–1978).
 * Gary Mara, 50, Australian rugby league player (Balmain Tigers), traffic collision.
 * Taketoshi Naito, 86, Japanese actor.
 * Don Raleigh, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers), complications of a fall.
 * J. Frank Raley, 85, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (1963–1966), heart attack.
 * Roy Speer, 80, American businessman (Home Shopping Network).
 * Guy Spitaels, 80, Belgian politician, Leader of the Socialist Party (1981–1992), Minister-President of Wallonia (1992–1994), brain tumor.
 * William Thurston, 65, American mathematician, melanoma.
 * Sergio Toppi, 79, Italian cartoonist, cancer.
 * Ivan the Gorilla, 49–50, gorilla who didn't see his kind for 27 years, chest tumor.

22

 * Houcine Anafal, 59, Moroccan footballer, heart attack.
 * Bernie Anderson, 71, Australian footballer.
 * Nina Bawden, 87, British author (Carrie's War).
 * Larry Carp, 86, American attorney and diplomat.
 * David K. Cheng, 94, Chinese-born American professor.
 * Charles Flores, 41, Cuban-born American jazz bassist, throat cancer.
 * José Foralosso, 74, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Marabá (2000–2012), complications from a stroke.
 * Trevor French, Australian Paralympic swimmer.
 * Guy Landry Hazoumé, 72, Beninese politician and poet.
 * Paulino Matip Nhial, 69-70, South Sudanese military leader and politician, complications of diabetes.
 * Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, 88, Taiwanese Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Kaohsiung (1991–2006), pneumonia.
 * Martin Shikuku, 79, Kenyan politician, MP for Butere (1963–1975, 1979–1988, 1992–1997), cancer.
 * Jeffrey Stone, 85, American actor, model for Prince Charming in Cinderella.
 * András Szennay, 91, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Abbot of the Pannonhalma Archabbey (1973–1991).

23

 * Col Campbell, 78, Australian gardener, cancer.
 * Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang, 96, Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tainan (1966–1990).
 * Jean-Luc Delarue, 48, French television producer and host, stomach cancer.
 * Aubrey Dunn, Sr., 84, American politician, member of the New Mexico Senate (1965–1980), cancer.
 * James Fogle, 75, American author (Drugstore Cowboy), mesothelioma.
 * Byard Lancaster, 70, American jazz multi-instrumentalist, pancreatic cancer.
 * Howard Lee, 77, Bermudian Olympic sailor.
 * Edith Mastenbroek, 37, Dutch politician, Member of the European Parliament (2004–2008), cardiac arrest.
 * Bob Myrick, 59, American baseball player (New York Mets), heart attack.
 * Merv Neagle, 54, Australian AFL football player (Essendon), traffic collision.
 * Jerry Nelson, 78, American puppeteer (The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock), prostate cancer and COPD.
 * James Serrin, 85, American mathematician.
 * Josepha Sherman, 65, American science fiction author.
 * Steve Van Buren, 91, American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles), pneumonia.

24

 * Henry H. Black, 83, American marine.
 * Werner Braun, 86, German musicologist.
 * Cornelia Brierly, 99, American architect.
 * Bud Chamberlain, 92, American baseball player and realtor.
 * Dadullah, app. 47, Pakistani Taliban leader (Bajaur Agency), airstrike.
 * Richard William Davis, 70, American child murderer and rapist, natural causes.
 * Aleksander Donner, 65, Ukrainian handball coach.
 * Lijon Eknilang, 66, Marshallese anti–nuclear weapons activist. (death reported on this date)
 * Pauli Ellefsen, 76, Faroese politician, Prime Minister (1981–1985).
 * Sir Richard Evans, 84, British diplomat, Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (1984–1988).
 * Félix Miélli Venerando, 74, Brazilian footballer, 1970 FIFA World Cup winner, cardiac arrest.
 * Steve Franken, 80, American actor (Bewitched, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis), cancer.
 * Bud Goodall, 59, American scholar and writer, pancreatic cancer.
 * Gerd Greune, 63, German politician.
 * Zygmunt Kiszkurno, 91, Polish Olympic sport shooter.
 * Claire Malis, 69, American actress (One Life to Live, From Here to Eternity, The Facts of Life), heart failure and pneumonia.
 * Dale Sommers, 68, American radio personality, Addison's disease.
 * Maureen Toal, 82, Irish actress.
 * Krum Yanev, 83, Bulgarian Olympic footballer.

25

 * Florencio Amarilla, 77, Paraguayan footballer, coach and actor.
 * Neil Armstrong, 82, American astronaut, first person to walk on the Moon, complications from surgery.
 * R. Palmer Beasley, 76, American physician, public health educator, and epidemiologist, pancreatic cancer.
 * Ray Booty, 79, English cyclist, British Empire and Commonwealth Games gold medallist (1958), cancer.
 * Stephen Bradford, 48, English cricket player (Lincolnshire).
 * Willard C. Butcher, 85, American banker, cancer.
 * Joshua Casteel, 32, American soldier and playwright, lung cancer.
 * Stanley Crooks, 70, American tribal leader, Chairman of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (1992–2012), respiratory ailment.
 * Wisse Dekker, 88, Dutch businessman, traffic collision.
 * Georg Feuerstein, 65, German-born Canadian scholar of Hinduism.
 * Roger Fisher, 90, American academic.
 * Vesna Girardi-Jurkić, 68, Croatian archeologist and museologist.
 * Roberto González Barrera, 82, Mexican businessman, founder of Gruma, cancer.
 * Donald Gorrie, 79, Scottish politician, MSP for Central Scotland (1999–2007), MP for Edinburgh West (1997–2001).
 * Aurélio Granada Escudeiro, 92, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Angra (1979–1996), pneumonia.
 * Angkarn Kalayanapong, 86, Thai poet and artist, heart disease and diabetes.
 * Eduardo Koaik, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Piracicaba (1984–2002), cancer.
 * V. K. Lakshmanan, 80, Indian politician, MP for Coimbatore East (1991–2006).
 * Richard Norris, 80, British Olympic bronze medallist field hockey player (1952).
 * Emilio Pacione, 92, Scottish footballer (Dundee United).
 * Manola Saavedra, 76, Spanish-born Mexican actress.
 * Pontus Schultz, 40, Swedish journalist, ravine fall during 2012 Haute Route bicycle race.
 * Juan Valdez, 74, American land rights activist.

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 * Russ Alben, 82, American advertising executive.
 * Reginald Bartholomew, 76, American diplomat, cancer.
 * Jacques Bensimon, 69, Canadian film executive, cancer.
 * Gérard Bitsindou, 70, Congolese politician.
 * Viredo Espinosa, 83, Cuban artist, vascular disease.
 * Robert T. Gannett, 94, American politician and lawyer.
 * John Goldkamp, 64, American criminologist, multiple myeloma.
 * George Gunther, 92, American politician.
 * A. K. Hangal, 98, Indian actor, complications from a fall.
 * Countess Alix de Lannoy, 70, Belgian countess, mother of Stéphanie de Lannoy, stroke.
 * Peter L. Shelton, 67, American architect, cancer.
 * Karsten Anker Solhaug, 97, Norwegian salvationist.
 * Alan Steen, 90, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
 * Krzysztof Wilmanski, 72, Polish physicist, pancreatic cancer.

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 * Neville Alexander, 75, South African revolutionary and linguist, cancer.
 * Aurora Bautista, 86, Spanish film actress.
 * Malcolm Browne, 81, American journalist and photographer (1964 Pulitzer Prize), complications of Parkinson's disease.
 * Irwin Cohen, 60, American judoka, amyloidosis and myelodysplastic syndromes.
 * Tony Dumper, 88, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Dudley (1977–1993).
 * Richard L. Fisher, 64, American politician and energy executive, heart attack.
 * Art Heyman, 71, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers).
 * Allan Horsfall, 84, British gay rights activist.
 * Ivica Horvat, 86, Croatian football player and manager.
 * Richard Keyes, 81, American painter.
 * Sir Richard Kingsland, 95, Australian RAAF pilot and public servant.
 * Geliy Korzhev, 87, Russian painter.
 * Karl Lennert, 91, German physician and pathologist.
 * Leonard Linsky, 90, American philosopher.
 * Louis Ncamiso Ndlovu, 67, Swazi Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Manzini (1985–2012), heart failure.
 * Antoine Redin, 77, French footballer and football manager.
 * Aboud Rogo, 44, Kenyan Islamic cleric, shooting.
 * Russell Scott, 91, American clown and television host (Blinky's Fun Club), pneumonia.
 * Tomáš Sedláček, 94, Czech general, anti-Nazi resistance member, and political prisoner, melanoma.
 * Tao Wei, 46, Chinese football player and commentator, heart attack.
 * Roger J. White, 71, British-born American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Milwaukee (1985–2003), brain aneurysm.
 * Albert George Wilson, 94, American astronomer.

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 * Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed, 85, Bangladeshi physician and politician.
 * Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, 74, Russian Muslim Sufi leader, suicide bomb attack.
 * Sir Rhodes Boyson, 87, British educator, author and politician, MP for Brent North (1974–1997).
 * Norm Dussault, 86, American ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
 * Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Belluno-Feltre (1975–1996).
 * Eva Figes, 80, English author.
 * Shulamith Firestone, 67, Canadian-born American feminist writer (The Dialectic of Sex).
 * Dave Fredrickson, 85, American archaeologist, anthropologist, and folk singer.
 * William Pascal Kikoti, 55, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mpanda (since 2000), complications of high blood pressure.
 * Dick McBride, 84, American beat poet.
 * Saul Merin, 79, Israeli ophthalmologist.
 * K. Pankajakshan, 84, Indian politician, MLA in Kerala (1971–1977, 1980–1991), cardiac arrest.
 * Alfred Schmidt, 81, German philosopher.
 * Ramón Sota, 74, Spanish golfer, pneumonia.

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 * Said Aburish, 77, Palestinian journalist.
 * Margie Foote, 82, American politician.
 * Ruth Goldbloom, 88, Canadian philanthropist, co-founder of the Pier 21 museum, cancer.
 * Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, 59, British academic and author (The Occult Roots of Nazism), cancer.
 * Shoshichi Kobayashi, 80, Japanese mathematician.
 * Anne McKnight, 88, American opera singer.
 * Les Moss, 87, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns).
 * Daniel O'Keefe, 84, American author and editor (Reader's Digest), inventor of Festivus.
 * Sergei Ovchinnikov, 43, Russian volleyball coach (women's national team), suspected suicide by hanging.
 * Jeremy Pope, 76, New Zealand activist and lawyer.
 * Donald Edgar Tewes, 96, American businessman and politician, Representative from Wisconsin (1957–1959).
 * Valyra, 3, British-bred French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Prix de Diane (2012), euthanized.

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 * Bernardo Bonezzi, 48, Spanish film music composer.
 * Daire Brehan, 55, Irish broadcaster, actress and barrister, cancer.
 * L. Macon Epps, 92, American engineer, inventor, author and poet.
 * Gaeton Fonzi, 76, American investigative journalist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Kristian Fougner, 93, Norwegian engineer and resistance member.
 * Paul Friedrichs, 72, German motocross racer.
 * Bill Kini, 75, New Zealand boxer and rugby player, cancer.
 * Igor Kvasha, 79, Russian actor.
 * Carlos Larrañaga, 75, Spanish actor, cardiac decompensation.
 * Chris Lighty, 44, American talent manager, co-founder of Violator Entertainment, suicide by gunshot.
 * Nat Peeples, 86, American professional baseball player.
 * Don Richard Riso, 66, American teacher and author, cancer.
 * Jacek Sempoliński, 85, Polish painter, art professor, critic, and essayist.
 * Anton Skulberg, 90, Norwegian scientist and politician, MP for Østfold (1969–1972, 1974–1977).
 * Vidar Theisen, 79, Norwegian meteorologist and weather presenter, Parkinson's disease.
 * Gabriel Vahanian, 85, French Christian theologian.
 * Christopher Williams, 85, British Olympic bobsledder.
 * Xin Kegui, 61, Chinese academic and civil engineer.

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 * Cornelis Christiaan Berg, 78, Dutch botanist.
 * Max Bygraves, 89, British singer, variety performer, and TV game show host (Family Fortunes), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Lucas Luis Dónnelly, 91, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate.
 * Mark J. Dworkin, 66, Canadian writer.
 * Rajvinder Kaur Gill, 40, Canadian banker, strangulation.
 * Tom Keating, 69, American football player (Oakland Raiders), prostate cancer.
 * Alan M. Kriegsman, 84, American dance critic (1976 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism), heart disease.
 * Franz Kieslich, 99, German air force officer, awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
 * Kris Kin, 12, American-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of The Derby (2003), cervical fracture. (death announced on this date)
 * Joe Lewis, 68, American martial arts master, actor, brain tumor.
 * Carlo Maria Martini, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan (1979–2002), Parkinson's disease.
 * Frank B. McDonald, 87, American astrophysicist.
 * Pedro Medina Avendaño, 96, Colombian poet.
 * Steven Smith Mijiga, 74, Malawian civil servant, Post Master General.
 * A. Mathias Mundadan, 88, Indian priest.
 * Kashiram Rana, 74, Indian politician, MLA for Surat East (1975–1980) and MP for Surat (1989–2009), heart attack.
 * Heraldine Rock, 79, Saint Lucian educator and politician.
 * John C. Shabaz, 81, American judge and politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1964–1979).
 * Sergey Sokolov, 101, Soviet military commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union (1984–1987).
 * Theatrical, 30, Irish-bred American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf (1987), euthanized.
 * Edward Vincent, 78, American politician, first African-American Mayor of Inglewood, California (1983–1996), member of the California State Assembly (1996–2000).
 * Norbert Walter, 67, German economist.
 * Mahmoud El-Gohary, 74, Egyptian football player and coach, complications of a stroke.