Deaths in August 2017

The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2017.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
 * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.

1

 * Ana-Maria Avram, 55, Romanian composer.
 * Sir Patrick Bateson, 79, English biologist, Provost of King's College, Cambridge (1987–2003).
 * Pushpa Mittra Bhargava, 89, Indian scientist, writer, and administrator.
 * Sir John Blelloch, 86, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary at the Northern Ireland Office (1988–1990).
 * Jeffrey Brotman, 74, American businessman, co-founder of Costco, heart failure.
 * Hans Fahsl, 75, German Olympic athlete.
 * Ian Graham, 93, British Mayanist.
 * Daniel James III, 71, American Lieutenant General, Director of the Air National Guard (2002–2006), heart failure.
 * Jaroslav Konečný, 72, Czechoslovak Olympic handball player (1972).
 * Alfie Lorenzo, 78, Filipino talent manager, heart failure.
 * Mariann Mayberry, 52, American actress (War of the Worlds), ovarian cancer.
 * Goldy McJohn, 72, Canadian keyboardist (Steppenwolf), heart attack.
 * Harunur Rashid Khan Monno, 84, Bangladeshi industrialist and politician, MP (1991–2003).
 * Bud Moore, 75, American racing driver (NASCAR).
 * Phil Muntz, 83, Canadian-born American aerospace engineer, physicist and Canadian football player.
 * Shōgorō Nishimura, 87, Japanese film director (Moeru Tairiku, Cruel Female Love Suicide, Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon).
 * John Reaves, 67, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles).
 * Diana Reynell, 83, English grotto designer.
 * Patrick Thomas, 85, Australian conductor.
 * Eric Zumbrunnen, 52, American film editor (Being John Malkovich, Her, Adaptation), cancer.

2

 * Tore Bøgh, 93, Norwegian diplomat, Ambassador to Yugoslavia (1980–1988) and Portugal (1988–1992).
 * David Caldwell, 85, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen F.C.).
 * Wanda Chotomska, 87, Polish children's author and screenwriter (Jacek i Agatka).
 * Tony Cohen, 60, Australian record producer (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds).
 * Sir Alcon Copisarow, 97, British civil servant and management consultant.
 * Santosh Mohan Dev, 83, Indian politician, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (2005–2009).
 * Robin Eady, 76, British dermatologist.
 * Alexander Gerasimenko, 71, Belarusian diplomat and politician, Mayor of Minsk (1991–1995).
 * Marshall Goldman, 87, American economist.
 * Sir John Graham, 82, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team), sports administrator, and educator (Auckland Grammar School), cancer.
 * Duke Harris, 75, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars), complications from heart surgery.
 * David Ince, 96, British WWII RAF officer.
 * Judith Jones, 93, American book editor (Alfred A. Knopf) and publishing proponent (Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Mastering the Art of French Cooking).
 * Leonard H. Lavin, 97, American businessman (Alberto-Culver) and racehorse owner.
 * Daniel Licht, 60, American soundtrack composer (Dexter, Thinner, Dishonored) and musician, sarcoma.
 * Jim Marrs, 73, American journalist, author, and conspiracy theorist, heart attack.
 * Rosemary Reed Miller, 78, American historian and boutique owner.
 * Ara Parseghian, 94, American football player and coach (University of Notre Dame).
 * Paul Renton, 54, New Zealand rugby union player (Manawatu, Mid Canterbury, Hawke's Bay), suicide.
 * Erich Schwandt, 82, Canadian musician and musicologist.
 * Shen Daren, 89, Chinese politician, Communist Party Chief of Ningxia (1986–1989) and Jiangsu (1989–1993).
 * Ely Tacchella, 81, Swiss football player (national team).
 * Graham Wiltshire, 86, English cricket player and coach (Gloucestershire).

3

 * Émile Belcourt, 91, Canadian operatic tenor.
 * Giovanni Benedetti, 100, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Foligno (1976–1992).
 * David James Bowen, 91, Welsh academic (University of Wales, Aberystwyth).
 * Claudia Pinza Bozzolla, 92, Argentine-born American opera singer and teacher.
 * Kevin Carton, 83, Australian Olympic hockey player.
 * Ladislav Čisárik, 63, Slovak heraldic artist, co-designed the national coat of arms and flag.
 * Jacques Daoust, 69, Canadian politician, Québec Minister for Transport (2016) and MNA (2014–2016).
 * Bonaventura Duda, 93, Croatian Franciscan friar and theologian.
 * Richard Dudman, 99, American journalist (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Denver Post, Bangor Daily News).
 * Hans Fahsl, 75, German Olympic athlete.
 * Ty Hardin, 87, American actor (Bronco, Berserk!, Battle of the Bulge).
 * Robert Hardy, 91, British actor (All Creatures Great and Small, Harry Potter, Sense and Sensibility).
 * Julia Harrison, 97, American politician and activist, cancer.
 * Garry Hart, Baron Hart of Chilton, 77, British life peer, member of the House of Lords (since 2004), cancer.
 * Dickie Hemric, 83, American basketball player (Boston Celtics, Wake Forest Demon Deacons).
 * Souad Al-Humaidhi, 78, Kuwaiti businesswoman, banker and real estate developer (Bank Audi, Commercial Bank of Kuwait, Solidere).
 * Eberhard von Koerber, 79, German manager, Chairman of World Organization of the Scout Movement (2003–2006) and Co-President of Club of Rome (2007–2012).
 * Laurent Lavigne, 81, Canadian politician, MNA (1976–1985).
 * Dejan Miladinović, 68, Serbian opera director.
 * Ángel Nieto, 70, Spanish motorcycle racer, winner of 13 Grand Prix World Championships, cerebral edema.
 * Iwao Ōtani, 98, Japanese film recording engineer.
 * Alan Peckolick, 76, American graphic designer (Revlon).
 * Ioan Popa, 64, Romanian Olympic fencer (1976, 1980).
 * Çetin Şahiner, 82, Turkish Olympic hurdler.
 * Chandra Sathe, 69, Indian cricket umpire.

4

 * Émile Baffert, 92, French racing cyclist.
 * Richard Bonney, 70, English historian and priest.
 * Laurie Brokenshire, 64, English Royal Navy officer and magician, brain cancer.
 * Erling Brøndum, 87, Danish journalist and politician, Minister of Defence (1973–1975).
 * Gene Brown, 91, American professor emeritus.
 * Raffaele Calabro, 77, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Andria (1988–2016).
 * Bruno Canfora, 92, Italian jazz composer, conductor and music arranger.
 * John Frame, 86, Canadian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Yukon⋅(1968–1980).
 * Chuck Hay, 87, Scottish curler, world champion (1967).
 * Angel G. Jordan, 86, Spanish-born American computer engineer.
 * Walter Levin, 92, German-born American violinist (LaSalle Quartet).
 * Luiz Melodia, 66, Brazilian actor, singer and songwriter, bone marrow cancer.
 * Reijo Puiras, 65, Canadian Olympic cross-country skier (1976).
 * Waldemar Schreckenberger, 87, German lawyer, jurist and politician, Minister of Justice (1981–1982) and Chancellery Chief of Staff (1982–1984).
 * Jessy Serrata, 63, American Tejano musician, kidney cancer.
 * Bogusław Wolniewicz, 89, Polish philosopher, professor and journalist (Radio Maryja).

5

 * Dame Helen Alexander, 60, British businesswoman, President of CBI (2009–2011), Chairwoman of PLA (2010–2015) and Chancellor of University of Southampton (since 2011), cancer.
 * Irina Berezhna, 36, Ukrainian politician, People's Deputy (2007–2014), traffic collision.
 * Ralph Biasi, 69, Brazilian politician, Mayor of Americana (1973–1977) and Minister for Science and Technology (1988–1989).
 * Lee Blakeley, 45, British opera and theatre director, heart attack.
 * Patricia Bridges, 95, Australian golfer.
 * Joe Cilia, 79, Maltese footballer (Valletta, Rabat Ajax, national team).
 * Martin Clark, 78, British historian of Italy, complications of Parkinson's disease.
 * Theodore Frankel, 88, American mathematician.
 * Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann, 94, Dutch-born American art historian.
 * Doug Insole, 91, English cricketer (Essex, England).
 * Wojciech Krzemiński, 84, Polish astronomer.
 * Roy Lunn, 92, American automotive engineer, stroke.
 * Hélène Martini, 92, French nightclub owner (Folies Bergère).
 * Christian Millau, 88, French food critic and author.
 * Richard O'Brien, 60, American television director (Fox News), complications from injuries sustained in traffic collision.
 * William S. Patout III, 84, American sugar executive.
 * Marcelino Perelló Valls, 73, Mexican activist (Mexico 68) and journalist (Excélsior).
 * Doug Shave, 70, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (1989–2001).
 * George Bundy Smith, 80, American lawyer and judge, New York Supreme Court (1980–1992) and Court of Appeals (1992–2006).
 * Dionigi Tettamanzi, 83, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Milan (2002–2011), Genoa (1995–2002), and Ancona-Osimo (1989–1991).
 * Mark White, 77, American politician, Governor of Texas (1983–1987), Attorney General of Texas (1979–1983), heart attack.
 * Ernst Zündel, 78, German Holocaust denial publisher and pamphleteer (Samisdat Publishers).

6

 * Wolfgang H. Berger, 79, German-American oceanographer, geologist and micropaleontologist, emeritus professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
 * Arthur Boyars, 92, British poet and musicologist.
 * Nicole Bricq, 70, French politician, Deputy (1997–2002), Senator (2004–2012, since 2014), Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy (2012) and Foreign Trade (2012–2014), fall.
 * Betty Cuthbert, 79, Australian Hall of Fame athlete, fourfold Olympic champion (1956 (3), 1964), complications from multiple sclerosis.
 * Darren Daulton, 55, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins), World Series champion (1997), glioblastoma.
 * Hugh Heclo, 74, American political scientist.
 * Eugene Hlywa, 91, Ukrainian-born Australian psychologist.
 * Tim Homer, 43, New Zealand radio host.
 * Hinrich Lehmann-Grube, 84, German politician, Mayor of Leipzig (1990–1998), cancer.
 * Li Shengjiao, 82, Chinese diplomat, international jurist, educator and bilingual author.
 * Dick Locher, 88, American cartoonist (Dick Tracy), Pulitzer Prize winner (1983), Parkinson's disease.
 * David Maslanka, 73, American composer, colon cancer.
 * Daniel McKinnon, 90, American ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
 * Kevin McNamara, 82, British politician, MP for Hull North (1966–1974, 1983–2005) and Hull Central (1974–1983), pancreatic cancer.
 * Jack Rabinovitch, 87, Canadian real estate developer (Trizec Properties) and philanthropist, founder of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, fall.
 * Martin Roth, 62, German museologist, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum (2011–2016).

7

 * Vytautas Astrauskas, 86, Lithuanian politician, President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1987–1990).
 * Don Baylor, 68, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, California Angels) and manager (Colorado Rockies), World Series champion (1987), multiple myeloma.
 * Chantek, 39, American hybrid orangutan who learned American Sign Language, heart disease.
 * Tor Røste Fossen, 77, Norwegian football player and manager (Rosenborg, Start, national team).
 * David Heimbach, 78, American surgeon.
 * Michael A. Lehman, 74, American politician, member of the Wisconsin Assembly (1989–2005).
 * Haruo Nakajima, 88, Japanese actor (Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, Seven Samurai), pneumonia.
 * Sigmund Sobolewski, 94, Polish activist and Holocaust survivor, pneumonia.
 * Ralf Stemmann, 59, German-born American record producer and musician.
 * Patsy Ticer, 82, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate (1996–2011) and Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia (1991–1996), complications from a fall.
 * Kjellfred Weum, 77, Norwegian Olympic hurdler (1968).

8

 * Merv Agars, 92, Australian footballer (West Adelaide).
 * Arleta, 72, Greek singer, songwriter and book illustrator, stroke.
 * Rosemary Balmford, 83, Australian jurist.
 * Jean-Marie Berthier, 77, French poet, traffic collision.
 * Blanche Blackwell, 104, Jamaican socialite.
 * Julio César Bonino, 70, Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tacuarembó (since 1990).
 * Eugene Burger, 78, American magician, cancer.
 * Glen Campbell, 81, American singer ("Rhinestone Cowboy", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix") and actor (True Grit), Grammy winner (1967, 2015), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Barbara Cook, 89, American singer and actress (The Music Man, Sondheim on Sondheim, Candide), respiratory failure.
 * Roger Counsil, 82, American gymnastics coach.
 * Max De Pree, 92, American businessman (Herman Miller), cancer and kidney failure.
 * Mike Deakin, 83, English footballer (Crystal Palace).
 * Hashem El Madani, 88–89, Lebanese photographer.
 * Emerson H. Fly, 82, American academic administrator, president of the University of Tennessee system (2001–2002), Parkinson's disease.
 * Arlene Gottfried, 66, American photographer, breast cancer.
 * Pierre Jaubert, 88, French record producer.
 * Ken Kaiser, 72, American baseball umpire, American League (1977–1999), complications from diabetes.
 * Ke Jun, 100, Chinese metallurgist.
 * Dick MacPherson, 86, American football coach (UMass, Syracuse, New England Patriots).
 * Cathleen Synge Morawetz, 94, Canadian mathematician.
 * Pēteris Plakidis, 70, Latvian composer and pianist.
 * Rius, 83, Mexican intellectual, political cartoonist and writer.
 * Ken Roberts, 79, British rugby league player (Swinton, Halifax, Great Britain).
 * Gonzague Saint Bris, 69, French novelist and biographer, Prix Interallié winner (2002), traffic collision.
 * Janet Seidel, 62, Australian cabaret singer, jazz vocalist, pianist and music teacher (Sydney Girls High School), Bell Awards winner (2006), ovarian cancer.
 * Gyan Singh Sohanpal, 92, Indian politician, Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly (2011).
 * Zeny Zabala, 80, Filipina actress (Sampaguita Pictures).
 * Mattlan Zackhras, 47, Marshallese politician and diplomat, member of the Nitijela (since 2004), Minister in Assistance to the President of Marshall Islands (since 2016).
 * Jorge Zorreguieta, 89, Argentine businessman and politician, Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (1979–1981), leukemia.

9

 * Thomas A. Bird, 98, British WWII army officer and architect.
 * Jerry Campbell, 73, American football player (Ottawa Rough Riders, Calgary Stampeders), heart attack.
 * Romdhan Chatta, 77, Tunisian actor.
 * Ted Corbett, 82, English cricket writer (The Hindu).
 * Aubyn Curtiss, 92, American politician, member of the Montana House of Representatives (1977–1983; 1995–2002).
 * Patricio Echegaray, 70, Argentine politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Argentina (since 1986).
 * Patricia Giles, 88, Australian women's rights activist and politician, Senator for Western Australia (1981–1993), dementia.
 * Khine Htoo, 61, Burmese singer, pancreatic cancer.
 * Sanwar Lal Jat, 62, Indian politician, MP for Ajmer (since 2014), Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (2014–2016), kidney failure.
 * Beethoven Javier, 70, Uruguayan football player and coach.
 * Johno Johnson, 87, Australian politician, President of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1978–1991).
 * Tony Keady, 53, Irish hurler (Killimordaly), complications from a heart attack.
 * Kerk Kim Hock, 61, Malaysian politician, MP (1986–2004), complications from deep vein thrombosis.
 * Malle Leis, 77, Estonian painter.
 * Al McCandless, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 37th and 44th congressional districts (1983–1995).
 * Raymond Damase Ngollo, 81, Congolese general.
 * Marcel Rué, 90, Monegasque Olympic sports shooter.
 * Robert Joseph Shaheen, 80, American Maronite clergyman, Eparch of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (2000–2013).
 * Janie Shores, 85, American judge, Alabama Supreme Court (1974–1999), stroke.
 * Marián Varga, 70, Slovak organist and composer.
 * Danny Walton, 70, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins).
 * Wang Xiuyun, 72, Singaporean actress.
 * Peter Weibel, 66, German Olympic racing cyclist (1972, 1976), cancer.
 * Mac Wilson, 103, Australian football player.

10

 * Jim Chandler, 76, American author.
 * Miroslav Ćurčić, 55, Serbian footballer (FK Vojvodina).
 * Katalin Csőke, 60, Hungarian Olympic discus thrower (1980).
 * Sam Dryden, 67, American food security expert, multiple systems atrophy.
 * Alois Eisenträger, 90, German footballer.
 * Don Gross, 86, American baseball player (Cincinnati Redlegs, Pittsburgh Pirates).
 * Luciano Guerzoni, 82, Italian politician, President of Emilia-Romagna region (1987–1990) and Senator (1992–2006).
 * Chris Hesketh, 73, English rugby league player (Wigan, Salford, national team).
 * Inamul Haque Khan, 90, Pakistani air marshal and politician, Minister of Interior (1978), Housing and Works (1978–1982, 1997–1999), and Water and Power (1980–1981).
 * Barry Myers, 78, American baseball college coach.
 * Vijay Nambisan, 54, Indian poet.
 * Sheila Natusch, 91, New Zealand naturalist, writer and illustrator.
 * Jim Nevin, 86, Australian Olympic racing cyclist (1952, 1956).
 * Patrick O'Connell, 83, Irish actor.
 * Sitaram Panchal, 54, Indian actor (Peepli Live, Lajja, Slumdog Millionaire), kidney and lung cancer.
 * Zygfryd Perlicki, 85, Polish Olympic sailor (1972), (Copernicus).
 * Ruth Pfau, 87, German-Pakistani nun and physician.
 * T. Jack Thompson, 74, British historian, cancer.

11

 * Abdulhussain Abdulredha, 78, Kuwaiti actor and writer.
 * Luiz Vicente Bernetti, 83, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Apucarana (2005–2009).
 * Susan Brown, 79, British mathematician.
 * Segun Bucknor, 71, Nigerian musician, complications from multiple strokes.
 * Neil Chayet, 78, American lawyer and radio personality (WBZ), cancer.
 * Richard Gordon, 95, English physician and author (Doctor).
 * Yisrael Kristal, 113, Polish-Israeli supercentenarian and Holocaust survivor, world's oldest living man.
 * Jerry Janes, 82, Canadian football player (BC Lions).
 * Kent Lee, 94, American naval officer, Vice Admiral of the U.S. Navy.
 * Terele Pávez, 78, Spanish actress (Witching & Bitching, La Celestina, The Bar), Goya winner (2013), stroke.
 * Eugenio Polgovsky, 40, Mexican filmmaker.
 * Daisy Sweeney, 97, Canadian music teacher.
 * Kim Wall, 30, Swedish journalist (The New York Times, The Guardian, Time), homicide.

12

 * Nils G. Åsling, 89, Swedish entrepreneur, politician and farmer, Minister of Industry (1976–1978, 1979–1982).
 * Christopher Buxton, 88, English property developer.
 * Paul Casanova, 75, Cuban baseball player (Washington Senators, Atlanta Braves), cardiorespiratory complications.
 * Zdravko Hebel, 74, Croatian water polo player, Olympic champion (1968) and President of Croatian Olympic Committee (2000–2002).
 * Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim, 84, Sudanese writer and feminist.
 * Leo Kieffer, 86, American politician, member of the Maine Senate (1992–2000).
 * Bryan Murray, 74, Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager (Ottawa Senators, Washington Capitals, Detroit Red Wings), colon cancer.
 * Don Pettie, 90, Canadian Olympic sprinter.
 * Tudor Postelnicu, 85, Romanian politician, police officer and criminal, head of the Securitate (1978–1987), Minister of Internal Affairs (1987–1989).
 * John F. Russo, 84, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1974–1992), President of the Senate (1986–1990), esophageal cancer.

13

 * Aung Shwe, 99, Burmese politician and army general.
 * Harry Beitzel, 90, Australian football umpire and broadcaster.
 * Joseph Bologna, 82, American actor (Blame It on Rio, My Favorite Year, The Big Bus), pancreatic cancer.
 * Shobha Sen, 93, Indian actress, natural causes.
 * Reinhard Breymayer, 73, German philologist.
 * Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, 92, Italian-Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Puerto Montt (1988–2001).
 * Stephen Keynes, 89, English banker.
 * Sylvester Li Jian-tang, 91, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Taiyuan (1994–2013).
 * Nick Mantis, 81, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers, St. Louis Hawks, Chicago Zephyrs).
 * Basilio Martín Patino, 86, Spanish film and documentary director (Canciones para después de una guerra, Caudillo).
 * Victor Pemberton, 85, British writer and television producer (Doctor Who, Fraggle Rock, The Adventures of Black Beauty).
 * Paul Xie Ting-zhe, 86, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Xinjiang-Urumqi.

14

 * Leonard E. Baum, 85, American mathematician.
 * Andrzej Blumenfeld, 66, Polish actor (The Pianist, Delivery Man, The Witcher).
 * Frank Broyles, 92, American college football coach and athletic director (Arkansas Razorbacks), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Franklin Cleckley, 77, American state judge, member of the Supreme Court of West Virginia (1994–1996).
 * Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad, 41, Iranian weightlifter, World champion (2003), kidney infection.
 * Abdelkrim Ghallab, 97, Moroccan politician and writer.
 * Winston Green, 58, Jamaican dentist and politician, MP (since 2016).
 * Joi Harris, 40, American motorcycle racer and stuntwoman (Deadpool 2), motorcycle stunt accident.
 * Allan Hay, 88, Canadian chemist.
 * Benard Ighner, 72, American musician, record producer (Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?) and songwriter, lung cancer.
 * Robert Millman, 77, American physician.
 * Nubar Ozanyan, 61, Turkish Armenian militant, shot.
 * J. S. Parker, 72, New Zealand painter, lung cancer.
 * Lateef Raji, 54, Nigerian politician.
 * Thomas L. Saaty, 91, American mathematician.
 * Neil Smyth, 89, Australian cricketer.
 * Robert B. Stobaugh, 89, American economics writer.
 * Stephen Wooldridge, 39, Australian Olympic cyclist (2004) and world champion (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006), suicide.
 * Bhakti Yadav, 91, Indian doctor.

15

 * Abdirahman Barre, 79, Somali politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1987–1991), Minister of Finance (1987–1991) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1990).
 * Gunnar Birkerts, 92, Latvian-born American architect, heart failure.
 * Liam Devaney, 82, Irish hurler (Tipperary GAA).
 * Pavel Egorov, 69, Russian pianist, cancer.
 * Vern Ehlers, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 3rd congressional district (1993–2011).
 * Tui Flower, 91, New Zealand food writer.
 * Brian Gibson, 80, Australian politician, Senator for Tasmania (1993–2002), cancer.
 * Roger Hendrix, 74, American biologist.
 * Eberhard Jäckel, 88, German historian.
 * Kasatka, 41, American orca, euthanized.
 * Joe McGurn, 52, Scottish footballer (St Johnstone, Alloa Athletic, Stenhousemuir), cancer.
 * Mark Merlis, 67, American writer (An Arrow's Flight), pneumonia.
 * Paul Oliver, 90, British architecture and blues historian.
 * Diane Pearson, 85, British book editor (Transworld Publishers) and author.
 * Shanmugasundaram, 77, Indian actor (Karagattakaran).
 * Zhu Jian'er, 94, Chinese composer.

16

 * Peter Bird, 82, British computer scientist.
 * Jennifer Daniel, 81, Welsh actress (The Reptile, Kiss of the Vampire).
 * Vera Glagoleva, 61, Russian actress, People's Artist (2011), cancer.
 * Kira Golovko, 98, Russian actress, People's Artist (1957).
 * Tom Hawkins, 80, American basketball player (Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Los Angeles Lakers, Cincinnati Royals).
 * Mike Hennessey, 89, English music journalist and jazz pianist.
 * Ross Johnson, 77, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1978–1995) and Senate (1995–2004), cancer.
 * William Jones, 88, Canadian Olympic sport shooter.
 * Bill Lasseter, 76, Canadian football player (BC Lions).
 * Wayne Lotter, 51, South African elephant conservationist and anti-poaching activist, shot.
 * Peter Milward, 91, British Jesuit priest and literary scholar.
 * Patrick O'Flaherty, 78, Canadian historian and author.
 * John Ogston, 78, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen).
 * Nelia Penman, 101, British barrister and political activist.
 * Roger Pinto, 57, Bolivian politician, plane crash.
 * Jon Shepodd, 89, American actor (Lassie, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?).
 * David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort, 89, British peer, member of the House of Lords (1984–1999).
 * Vicente Sota, 93, Chilean politician, Deputy (1965–1969, 1990–1998) and President of the Chamber of Deputies (1994–1995).
 * John E. Tapscott, 87, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1967–1971) and Senate (1971–1973).
 * Michael Twomey, 83, Irish actor.
 * Bill Weick, 85, American wrestler and coach.
 * Lester Williams, 58, American football player (New England Patriots).

17

 * John Books, 76, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Parramatta (1988–1991).
 * Peter Byrne, 81, Canadian Olympic sailor.
 * Francis X. DiLorenzo, 75, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Honolulu (1994–2004) and Richmond (since 2004).
 * Joseph Grimberg, 84, Singaporean lawyer and judge.
 * Jim Hargrove, 72, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Cardinals), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Sonny Landham, 76, American actor (Predator, 48 Hrs., Lock Up), heart failure.
 * M. T. Liggett, 86, American folk sculptor.
 * Parker MacDonald, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota North Stars).
 * John Nderu, 71, Kenyan Olympic boxer.
 * Mohamed Refaat El-Saeed, 84, Egyptian politician and scholar.
 * Sirkka Selja, 97, Finnish poet.
 * Paulo Silvino, 78, Brazilian actor and humorist (A Praça É Nossa, Zorra Total), stomach cancer.
 * Fadwa Souleimane, 47, Syrian actress and activist, cancer.
 * Halwa Vasu, 54, Indian comic actor (Amaidhi Padai), liver failure.

18

 * Pertti Alaja, 65, Finnish footballer (Malmö), President of Football Association of Finland (since 2012), cancer.
 * Alfonso Azpiri, 70, Spanish videogame cover and comic artist.
 * Sonny Burgess, 88, American rockabilly guitarist, singer and songwriter.
 * Duncan Bush, 71, Welsh author.
 * Dave Creighton, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs).
 * Arthur J. Finkelstein, 72, American political consultant, lung cancer.
 * Sir Bruce Forsyth, 89, English television presenter (The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right, Strictly Come Dancing) and entertainer, bronchial pneumonia.
 * Vicente Iturat, 88, Spanish racing cyclist.
 * William Kretschmar, 84, American lawyer and politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1973–1998, 2000–2017).
 * Zoe Laskari, 72, Greek actress and beauty pageant winner (Miss Hellas 1959).
 * Mirosława Litmanowicz, 89, Polish chess player.
 * Liz MacKean, 52, British broadcast journalist (Newsnight), stroke.
 * Venero Mangano, 95, American bookmaker, racketeer and extortionist (Genovese crime family).
 * Roger D. McKellips, 94, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1977–1978, 1981–1994).
 * Lívia Mossóczy, 81, Hungarian table tennis player, World champion (1957).
 * Tadayoshi Nagashima, 66, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (since 2005), mayor of Yamakoshi, Niigata (2000–2005).
 * Duncan Russell, 59, English football manager (Mansfield Town), cancer.
 * Don Shepherd, 90, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan).
 * Sergio Zaniboni, 80, Italian comics artist (Diabolik).

19

 * Brian Aldiss, 92, British science fiction writer (Helliconia, Greybeard, Supertoys Last All Summer Long) and editor.
 * Charles R. Bentley, 87, American glaciologist.
 * Len Bracko, 73, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1993–1997).
 * Mario Roberto Cassari, 73, Italian Roman Catholic prelate and diplomat, Apostolic Nuncio to Malta (2015–2016) and South Africa (2012–2015).
 * Pyotr Deynekin, 79, Russian military officer, commander of the Russian Air Force (1992–1998), Hero of the Russian Federation (1997).
 * Salif Diallo, 60, Burkinabé politician, President of the National Assembly (since 2015).
 * Gérard Férey, 76, French chemist.
 * Janusz Głowacki, 78, Polish-American playwright, screenwriter and essayist.
 * Karl Otto Götz, 103, German artist, filmmaker, and writer.
 * Dick Gregory, 84, American comedian and civil rights activist, heart failure.
 * Gary O'Callaghan, 83, Australian radio broadcaster (2UE, 2SM).
 * Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat, 72, Cuban-born American politician and judge, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1994–1998) and the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court (2011–2017).
 * Alan Sayers, 101, New Zealand athlete, journalist and writer, British Empire Games bronze medalist (1938).
 * Ed Sharockman, 77, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), heart failure.
 * Shane Sieg, 34, American racing driver (NASCAR).
 * Concha Valdés Miranda, 89, Cuban composer.
 * Bea Wain, 100, American singer, heart failure.

20

 * Karin Bang, 88, Norwegian writer.
 * Velichko Cholakov, 35, Bulgarian weightlifter, European champion (2004), Olympic bronze medalist (2004).
 * Radoš Čubrić, 83, Serbian Yugoslav Olympic cyclist (1972).
 * Bernard Dunstan, 97, British artist.
 * Olivia Gant, 7, American child, starvation.
 * Harry Haureliuk, 70, Australian bodybuilder.
 * Margot Hielscher, 97, German singer and film actress.
 * Wilhelm Killmayer, 89, German composer, conductor and lecturer.
 * Fredell Lack, 95, American violinist.
 * Jerzy Leśniak, 60, Polish journalist and historian, heart attack.
 * Jerry Lewis, 91, American comedian (Martin and Lewis), actor (The Nutty Professor) and humanitarian (The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon), cardiomyopathy.
 * Sir Colin Meads, 81, New Zealand rugby union player, coach and manager (King Country, national team, Cavaliers), pancreatic cancer.
 * Nati Mistral, 88, Spanish actress and singer (Currito of the Cross, Cabaret, Mis tres amores).
 * Gary West, 57, Australian Olympic cyclist and cycling coach, motor neurone disease.
 * Gordon Williams, 83, Scottish writer (The Siege of Trencher's Farm).

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 * Arturo Corcuera, 81, Peruvian poet.
 * Dianne de Las Casas, 47, Filipino-born American author, house fire.
 * Josip Despot, 64, Croatian Olympic rower.
 * Réjean Ducharme, 76, Canadian novelist and playwright.
 * Greg Evers, 62, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2001–2010) and Senate (2010–2016), traffic collision.
 * Roberto Gottardi, 90, Italian architect.
 * Bill Green, 66, English football player (Hartlepool United, Chesterfield) and manager (Scunthorpe United).
 * Helmut Hofmann, 91, German Olympic boxer (1952).
 * Thomas Meehan, 88, American playwright (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray), Tony winner (1977), cancer.
 * Don Nichols, 92, American motorsport team owner.
 * Rikard Olsvik, 87, Norwegian politician, MP (1981–1993).
 * Helmut Piirimäe, 86, Estonian historian.
 * P. V. R. K. Prasad, 77, Indian civil servant.
 * Ron Previte, 73, American gangster.
 * Felo Ramírez, 94, Cuban-American sports broadcaster (Miami Marlins), complications from a fall.
 * Abdur Razzak, 75, Bangladeshi actor (Boro Bhalo Lok Chhilo), five-time winner of National Film Award for Best Actor.
 * Bajram Rexhepi, 63, Kosovar politician, Prime Minister (2002–2004), stroke.
 * Seija Simola, 72, Finnish singer.
 * Boris Spremo, 81, Yugoslav-born Canadian photojournalist (Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail), complications from multiple myeloma.
 * Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick, 92, British physician and thoracic specialist, first female president of the Royal College of Physicians.
 * Perch Zeytuntsyan, 79, Egyptian-born Armenian playwright, Minister of Culture (1990–1991).

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 * John Abercrombie, 72, American jazz guitarist, heart failure.
 * Nestor Assogba, 88, Beninese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Parakou (1976–1999) and Cotonou (1999–2005).
 * Alain Berbérian, 63, French film director and writer.
 * Feyyaz Berker, 91, Turkish executive (Tekfen Construction and Installation).
 * Thomas W. Blackwell, 58, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2005–2008).
 * Jim Blount, 82, American newspaper editor (Hamilton Journal-News) and historian.
 * Tim Bruxner, 94, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Tenterfield (1962–1981).
 * Attilio Cantoni, 86, Italian Olympic rower.
 * Tony deBrum, 72, Marshallese politician, Foreign Minister (1979–1987, 2008–2009, 2014–2016).
 * Gertrude Goodrich, 102, American painter and writer.
 * Michael J. C. Gordon, 69, British computer scientist.
 * Carol Hanson, 83, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1982–1994), Mayor of Boca Raton, Florida (1995–2001).
 * Rishang Keishing, 96, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Manipur (1980–1981, 1994–1997), multiple organ failure.
 * Matthew Kia Yen-wen, 92, Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Taipei (1978–1989), Bishop of Kiayi (1970–1974) and Hwalien (1974–1978).
 * Aloys Kontarsky, 86, German pianist, complications from a stroke.
 * Mario Milita, 94, Italian voice actor.
 * Pedro Pedrossian, 89, Brazilian politician, Governor of Mato Grosso (1966–1971) and Mato Grosso do Sul (1980–1983, 1991–1995).
 * Tim Poston, 72, English mathematician.
 * Tom Pritchard, 100, New Zealand cricketer (Wellington, Warwickshire, Kent).
 * Fejat Sejdić, 76, Serbian brass band leader.
 * Jim Whelan, 68, American politician, Mayor of Atlantic City (1990–2002), member of the New Jersey General Assembly (2006–2008) and Senate (since 2008), heart attack.

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 * Eduardo Angeloz, 85, Argentine politician, Governor of Córdoba (1983–1995) and Senator (1973–1976, 1995–2001).
 * Tjitze Baarda, 85, Dutch theologian.
 * Yossi Beinart, 61, Israeli economist, CEO of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (since 2014).
 * Binh Pho, 61, Vietnamese artist in wood.
 * Kevin Curran, 88, Zimbabwean cricketer.
 * Michael Dauncey, 97, British Army brigadier.
 * Viola Harris, 91, American actress (Deconstructing Harry, The Other Guys, Sex and the City 2).
 * Engelbert Jarek, 82, Polish footballer (Odra Opole).
 * George A. Keyworth II, 77, American physicist, prostate cancer.
 * Joe Klein, 75, American baseball executive (Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers), complications from heart surgery.
 * Ronan Leprohon, 78, French Breton nationalist politician.
 * Izak Parviz Nazarian, 88, Iranian-American businessman (Omninet).
 * Sean O'Callaghan, 63, Irish IRA member, informant and writer.
 * John Petty, 82, English Anglican priest.
 * Fiona Richardson, 50, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Northcote (since 2006), breast cancer.
 * Jack Rosenthal, 82, Israeli-born American journalist.
 * Jeannie Rousseau, 98, French Allied spy.
 * Ramananda Sengupta, 101, Indian cinematographer.
 * Francis Thompson, 92, British economic and social historian.
 * Susan Vreeland, 71, American author, complications from heart surgery.

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 * Cecil Andrus, 85, American politician, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1977–1981), Governor of Idaho (1971–1977, 1987–1995), lung cancer.
 * Mark Asay, 53, American white supremacist and spree killer, execution by lethal injection.
 * Michael Dougall Bell, 73, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to Israel (1990–1992, 1999–2003), liver cancer.
 * Axel Bernstein, 43, German politician, accidental fall.
 * Alan Boswell, 74, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Bolton Wanderers).
 * J. D. Disalvatore, 51, American LGBT film producer (Shelter), breast cancer.
 * Thomas Docking, 63, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Kansas (1983–1987), cancer.
 * Doug Everingham, 94, Australian politician and minister, Minister for Health and Aged Care (1972–1975) and MP (1967–1975, 1977–1984).
 * Pete Kuykendall, 79, American bluegrass musician.
 * Kai Linnilä, 75, Finnish writer and editor.
 * Larry Marshall, 75, Jamaican reggae singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Mary Montgomery, 60, American Olympic swimmer (1972).
 * Michael Quinn, 71, British chef (The Ritz).
 * Houssenaly Zahid Raza, Malaysian honorary consul, shot.
 * Charlie Robertson, 83, American politician, mayor of York, Pennsylvania (1994–2002).
 * Jay Thomas, 69, American actor (Cheers, Murphy Brown, Love & War) and radio talk show host, Emmy winner (1990, 1991), cancer.
 * Amelyn Veloso, 43, Filipino journalist and broadcaster (CNN Philippines), breast cancer.

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 * Martin Biles, 98, American Olympic javelin thrower (1948).
 * Enzo Dara, 78, Italian opera singer.
 * Sharry Konopski, 49, American model and actress, pneumonia.
 * Ed McGaa, 81, American air force pilot and author, complications of cancer.
 * Drew Morphett, 69, Australian sports broadcaster (ABC).
 * Margaret Moser, 63, American journalist, colon cancer.
 * Rich Piana, 45, American bodybuilder and Internet personality, complications from a heart attack and brain trauma.

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 * Dagobert Banzio, 60, Ivorian politician.
 * Dave Bumpstead, 81, English football player (Millwall, Bristol Rovers) and manager (Chelmsford City).
 * Christie Davies, 75, British sociologist.
 * Harry Dinnel, 76, American basketball player and coach (Anaheim Amigos).
 * Dámaso González, 68, Spanish bullfighter, pancreatic cancer.
 * Tobe Hooper, 74, American film director (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist, Salem's Lot).
 * Muzaffer İzgü, 83, Turkish children's writer and teacher, cancer.
 * Howard Kaminsky, 77, American publisher (Random House), heart attack.
 * Tomasz Konina, 45, Polish theatre and opera director and stage designer.
 * Léonard Lévesque, 82, Canadian politician, MNA (1976–1985).
 * Grzegorz Miecugow, 61, Polish newscaster (Wiadomości, Fakty TVN) and columnist (Szkło kontaktowe), cancer.
 * Josef Musil, 85, Czech volleyball player, Olympic silver (1964) and bronze (1968) medalist.
 * Wilson das Neves, 81, Brazilian percussionist and singer, cancer.
 * Bernard Pomerance, 76, American playwright (The Elephant Man), cancer.
 * Lacey Putney, 89, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1962–2014).
 * Alan Root, 80, British-born Kenyan filmmaker, glioblastoma.
 * Peter Ryalls, 79, British cyclist.
 * Larry Sherman, 94, American actor (Law & Order) and publicist (Donald Trump, New Jersey Generals).
 * Rick Sowieta, 63, Belgian-born Canadian football player, cancer.
 * Horacio White, 90, Argentine Olympic swimmer (1948).
 * Adam Wójcik, 47, Polish basketball player (Śląsk Wrocław), leukemia.

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 * Martin Azonhiho, Beninese politician, Minister for Defence (2006).
 * Ahmed Khan, 90, Indian Olympic footballer (1948, 1952).
 * Khalid Kharal, 78, Pakistani politician.
 * Maurice Rigobert Marie-Sainte, 89, Martinican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France (1972–2004).
 * James Dickson Phillips Jr., 94, American federal judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1978–1994).
 * José Maria Pires, 98, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Araçuaí (1957–1965) and Archbishop of Paraíba (1965–1995), pneumonia.
 * Yitzhak Pundak, 104, Polish-born Israeli military officer and diplomat.
 * Syd Silverman, 85, American publisher (Variety).
 * Helli Stehle, 109, Swiss actress and radio presenter.
 * Chris Winn, 90, English cricketer (Sussex, Oxford University).
 * Ebrahim Yazdi, 85, Iranian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1979), Deputy Prime Minister (1979), pancreatic cancer.
 * M. A. Zaher, 85, Bangladeshi geologist.

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 * Melissa Bell, 53, English singer (Soul II Soul).
 * Bobby Boyd, 79, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
 * Bruce Collingwood, 64, Canadian politician.
 * Muhammad Dandamayev, 88, Russian Babylon historian.
 * Mireille Darc, 79, French actress (Week End, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Icy Breasts) and model.
 * Willie Duggan, 67, Irish rugby union player (Blackrock College, national team, British and Irish Lions).
 * Tore Frängsmyr, 79, Swedish historian.
 * Jack Geddes, 92, Canadian curler.
 * Tsutomu Hata, 82, Japanese politician, Prime Minister (1994).
 * Jud Heathcote, 90, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Michigan State Spartans, Montana Grizzlies), national champion (1979).
 * Gulzar Khan, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly (since 2013).
 * Narendra Kumar, 77, Indian physicist.
 * Kirti Kumari, 50, Indian politician, MLA (since 2013), swine flu.
 * Angélica Mendoza de Ascarza, 87, Peruvian human rights activist.
 * Dean Mercer, 47, Australian ironman, four-time national champion (1989, 1995–1997), heart attack.
 * David Torrence, 31, Peruvian-American Olympic athlete (2016).

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 * Adnan Abu Amjad, 39–40, Syrian military officer.
 * Senarath Attanayake, 51, Sri Lankan politician.
 * A. H. M. Azwer, 80, Sri Lankan politician, MP (2010–2015).
 * Mahmud Kanti Bello, 72, Nigerian politician, Senator (2003–2011).
 * Evdokia Bobyleva, 98, Russian teacher.
 * Janine Charrat, 93, French ballerina and dance choreographer.
 * Kurt Dahlmann, 99, German pilot and journalist.
 * Larry Elgart, 95, American jazz bandleader.
 * Carlos Gereda y de Borbón, 70, Spanish aristocrat.
 * Harold Hurley, 87, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1960).
 * Otto Kandler, 96, German botanist and microbiologist.
 * Léon Konan Koffi, 88, Ivorian politician.
 * Dmitri Kogan, 38, Russian violinist, lymphoma.
 * Soledad Saieh, 45, Chilean businesswoman, film producer, and cultural manager, pulmonary edema.
 * Sir David Tang, 63, Hong Kong businessman (Shanghai Tang), liver cancer.

30

 * Elmer Acevedo, 68, Salvadoran Olympic footballer (1968), (C.D. FAS).
 * Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara, 70, Mauritanian politician, Prime Minister (1980–1981).
 * Marjorie Boulton, 93, British author and poet.
 * Alan Cassell, 85, Australian actor (Special Squad).
 * Richard Sui On Chang, 75, American Episcopal prelate, bishop of Hawaii (1997–2006).
 * Jennie Darlington, 93, Canadian polar explorer, heart illness.
 * Peter Diamondstone, 82, American lawyer and politician.
 * Hato Hasbún, 71, Salvadoran politician, heart attack.
 * Louise Hay, 90, American motivational author (You Can Heal Your Life).
 * Tessa Holyoake, 54, Scottish haematologist, cancer.
 * Abdul Jabbar, 79, Bangladeshi singer.
 * Efrain Loza, 78, Mexican Olympic footballer.
 * Alan MacDonald, 61, British production designer (The Queen, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Philomena).
 * Károly Makk, 91, Hungarian film director and screenwriter.
 * Rollie Massimino, 82, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Villanova Wildcats, UNLV Runnin' Rebels, Cleveland State Vikings), national champion (1985).
 * Tim Mickelson, 68, American rower, Olympic silver medalist (1972), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Sam Pivnik, 90, Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor, author and memoirist.
 * Skip Prokop, 73, Canadian drummer (Lighthouse, The Paupers) and disc jockey (CFNY-FM).
 * L. N. Shastri, 46, Indian playback singer, intestinal cancer.
 * Sumiteru Taniguchi, 88, Japanese anti-nuclear weapons activist, cancer.

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 * Richard Anderson, 91, American actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Forbidden Planet).
 * William Beik, 76, American historian.
 * John Bourchier, 87, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Bendigo (1972–1983).
 * Christopher Byworth, 78, British Anglican priest.
 * Janne Carlsson, 80, Swedish actor (Repmånad, Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?) and drummer (Hansson & Karlsson), liver cancer.
 * Mike Cockerill, 56, Australian soccer journalist, cancer.
 * Sir Edward du Cann, 93, British politician, MP for Taunton (1956–1987).
 * Marco Ferraro, 62, Canadian curler, brain cancer.
 * Egon Günther, 90, German film director and writer (Lotte in Weimar, Morenga, Her Third).
 * Dirk Hafemeister, 59, German equestrian, Olympic champion (1988), heart attack.
 * William Ives, 73, British executive.
 * Ann Jellicoe, 90, British dramatist.
 * Bernie Katz, 49, British night club manager (Groucho Club).
 * Norbert Kückelmann, 87, German film director (Man Under Suspicion).
 * Barry Liebmann, 63, American comedy writer (Mad), liver cancer.
 * Tormod MacGill-Eain, 80, Scottish comedian and singer.
 * Novella Nelson, 77, American actress and singer (A Perfect Murder, Birth, Antwone Fisher).
 * Jan Romare, 81, Swedish diplomat and comics artist.
 * Tamara Tchinarova, 98, French ballet dancer.