Deaths in December 2011

The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2011.

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), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

1

 * Solomon Abera, 43, Eritrean journalist.
 * Shingo Araki, 72, Japanese animation artist and character designer (Yu-Gi-Oh!, Galaxy Express 999).
 * Eric Arnott, 82, British eye surgeon.
 * Arthur Beetson, 66, Australian rugby league footballer, first Indigenous Australian to captain a national team in any sport, heart attack.
 * Andrei Blaier, 78, Romanian film director and screenwriter, after long illness.
 * Martina Davis-Correia, 44, American civil rights activist, breast cancer.
 * Ragnhild Hveger, 90, Danish swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1936).
 * Ted Lapka, 91, American football player (Washington Redskins).
 * François Lesage, 82, French embroidery designer.
 * Bill McKinney, 80, American actor (Deliverance, The Outlaw Josey Wales, First Blood), esophageal cancer.
 * Mr. Ebbo, 37, Tanzanian rapper, leukemia.
 * Purificacion Quisumbing, 77, Filipino human rights advocate, Chairperson of Commission on Human Rights (2002–2008), multiple myeloma.
 * Louis Silverstein, 92, American artist and graphic designer.
 * Alan Sues, 85, American comic (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), heart attack.
 * Hippolyte Van den Bosch, 85, Belgian football player.
 * Christa Wolf, 82, German writer.
 * Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, 65, American psychoanalyst, biographer of Hannah Arendt, pulmonary embolism.

2

 * Robert Lawrence Balzer, 99, American wine journalist.
 * Bruno Bianchi, 56, French cartoonist and animator (Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats), co-creator of Inspector Gadget.
 * Laurent Fuahea, 84, Tongan-born Wallisian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (1974–2005).
 * Chiyono Hasegawa, 115, Japanese supercentenarian, nation's oldest person and world's second oldest living person.
 * Pavle Jurina, 57, Croatian handball player and coach.
 * Christopher Logue, 85, British poet.
 * David Montgomery, 84, American historian, brain hemorrhage.
 * Artur Quaresma, 94, Portuguese footballer.
 * Patrick Sheridan, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of New York (1990–2001).
 * Bill Tapia, 103, American ukulelist.
 * Howard Tate, 72, American soul singer.

3

 * Jalal Alamgir, 40, Bangladeshi academic, drowning.
 * Dev Anand, 88, Indian actor, cardiac arrest.
 * James A. Barclay, 88, Scottish Canadian engineer and executive, golfer, and golf historian, natural causes.
 * Louky Bersianik, 81, Canadian novelist.
 * Philip "Fatis" Burrell, 57, Jamaican record producer, stroke.
 * Ernst-Jürgen Dreyer, 77, German writer.
 * Sabri Godo, 82, Albanian politician, writer and scriptwriter, founder and president of the Republican Party of Albania, lung cancer.
 * Karl-Axel Karlsson, 72, Swedish Olympic sport shooter (1972, 1976).
 * Sam Loxton, 90, Australian cricketer (The Invincibles), Australian rules footballer and politician, Victorian MLA for Prahran (1955–1979).
 * Larry Rickles, 41, American Emmy Award-winning producer (Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project), pneumonia.
 * Rafael Rodríguez Barrera, 74, Mexican politician, Governor of Campeche (1973–1979), President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (1992–1993).
 * Rob Schroeder, 85, American racing driver.
 * Heinrich Sonne, 94, German Waffen-SS member, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

4

 * Ahmed Haji Abdirahman, 54, Somali cleric, preacher, and Islamic scholar known for his contributions to Dawah, Assassinated by Al-Shabab.
 * Mary Ellen Avery, 84, American pediatrician.
 * Antonio Barone, 72, Italian physicist.
 * Allan Cameron, 94, Scottish soldier and curler.
 * Ambika Charan Choudhury, 81, Indian writer.
 * Marion Dougherty, 88, American casting director (Full Metal Jacket, Batman, Midnight Cowboy).
 * Patricia C. Dunn, 58, American businesswoman, Chairman of Hewlett-Packard (2005–2006), ovarian cancer.
 * Adam Hanuszkiewicz, 87, Polish actor and theatre director.
 * Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, 63, Finnish crime fiction writer.
 * Besim Kabashi, 35, Albanian kickboxer, heart attack.
 * Dimitris Kaligeris, 62, Greek footballer (Panathinaikos F.C., Kalamata F.C.), traffic collision.
 * Alamein Kopu, 68, New Zealand politician, List MP (1996–1999).
 * Jim Malosky, 82, American football coach (Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs), respiratory failure.
 * Solange Pierre, 48, Dominican Republic human rights advocate, winner of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award (2006), heart attack.
 * RJ Rosales, 37, Filipino-born Australian singer and actor.
 * Sócrates, 57, Brazilian footballer, septic shock.
 * Hubert Sumlin, 80, American blues guitarist, heart failure.
 * Andrei Tverdokhlebov, 70, Soviet dissident.

5

 * Dan Biggers, 80, American actor (In the Heat of the Night, Glory, Elizabethtown).
 * Michel Descombey, 81, French choreographer.
 * Paul M. Doty, 91, American scientist.
 * Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, 75, Japanese politician, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (2006–2008), acute pneumonia.
 * Peter Gethin, 71, British Formula One driver (1970–1974).
 * Jorge Hourton, 85, French-born Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Temuco (1992–2001).
 * Anatoly Klebanov, 59, Soviet Olympic water polo player.
 * Gennady Logofet, 69, Russian footballer.
 * Joe Lonnett, 84, American baseball player and coach.
 * Dan Mills, 80, American animator (Family Guy, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe).
 * Daisy Myers, 86, African-American educator.
 * Pusuke, 26, Japanese dog, world's oldest known living dog at time of death.
 * Bill Stits, 80, American football player (Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Darrell K. Sweet, 77, American artist.
 * Georges Talbourdet, 60, French cyclist.
 * Violetta Villas, 73, Belgian-born Polish singer.
 * Celia, Viscountess Whitelaw of Penrith, 84, British ATS volunteer, philanthropist/charity worker and horticulturist.

6

 * Günter Altner, 75, German interdisciplanarily scientist.
 * Giancarlo Badessi, 83, Italian actor, heart attack.
 * John Banks, 89, American Negro league baseball player.
 * Brent Darby, 30, American basketball player (Ohio State University), blood clots.
 * Tony Fell, 79, British music publisher.
 * Ron Fletcher, 90, American dancer and pilates teacher, heart failure.
 * Dobie Gray, 71, American singer ("The 'In' Crowd", "Drift Away"), cancer.
 * Barbara Orbison, 61, German-born American record producer and music publisher, widow of Roy Orbison, pancreatic cancer.
 * Paul Ramírez, 25, Venezuelan footballer, stroke.
 * Lawrie Tierney, 52, Scottish footballer.

7

 * Pearse Cahill, 95, Irish aviation pioneer.
 * Peter Croker, 89, English footballer (Charlton Athletic).
 * Teresa Hsu, 113, Chinese-born Singaporean social worker and supercentenarian.
 * Tom Kennedy, 63, American film trailer producer.
 * Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio, 89, Portuguese general, Governor of Macau (1979–1981).
 * Harry Morgan, 96, American actor (M*A*S*H, Dragnet, December Bride), pneumonia.
 * Elizabeth Ann Ray, 98, American USAF officer.
 * Jerry Robinson, 89, American comic book artist (Batman), co-creator of Robin and The Joker.
 * T. A. Springer, 85, Dutch mathematician.

8

 * Gilbert Adair, 66, Scottish author, film critic and journalist, brain haemorrhage.
 * Mihai Botez, 89, Romanian Olympic gymnast.
 * Peter Brown, 77, English footballer.
 * Robert Brown, 61, American politician, Georgia State Senator (1991–2011), suicide by gunshot.
 * Lewis Bush, 42, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs), apparent heart attack.
 * Sir Zelman Cowen, 92, Australian constitutional lawyer and academic, 19th Governor-General of Australia (1977–1982).
 * Vinko Cuzzi, 72, Croatian footballer.
 * Ladislas de Hoyos, 72, French journalist and news anchor (TF1).
 * Đơn Dương, 54, Vietnamese-born American actor (We Were Soldiers), heart failure and brain hemorrhage.
 * Gene Huff, 82, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1967–1971) and State Senator (1971–1994), lung disease.
 * Peggy Makins, 95, British agony aunt.
 * Giorgio Mariani, 65, Italian footballer.
 * Minoru Miki, 81, Japanese composer.
 * Andrew Pataki, 84, American Eastern Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Parma for Ruthenian (1984–1995) and Passaic for Ruthenian (1995–2007).
 * Joe Restic, 85, American NCAA and CFL football coach (Harvard Crimson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
 * Charles Ritcheson, 86, American historian and diplomat.
 * Nakdimon Rogel, 86, Israeli journalist and broadcaster, author of the Nakdi Report.
 * Anthony Harbord-Hamond, 11th Baron Suffield, 89, British soldier and aristocrat.

9

 * Alf R. Bjercke, 90, Norwegian business magnate.
 * Jacques Debary, 97, French actor.
 * Pushpa Hans, 94, Indian playback singer and actress.
 * Davida Karol, 94, Israeli actress.
 * João Pereira dos Santos, 93, Brazilian martial artist (Capoeira).
 * Len Phillips, 89, English footballer (Portsmouth, England).
 * Richard J. Rabbitt, 76, American politician, Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives (1973–1977), heart failure.
 * Roy Tattersall, 89, British Test cricketer.
 * Myra Taylor, 94, American jazz singer.

10

 * Cary D. Allred, 64, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1980–1984) and North Carolina House of Representatives (1994–2009).
 * Jean Baucus, 94, American author, historian and arts patron, mother of Max Baucus.
 * Hamilton Bobby, 44, Indian footballer, heart attack.
 * Alan D.B. Clarke, 89, British psychologist.
 * John Gower, 70, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1973–1979).
 * Vida Jerman, 72, Croatian actress, lung cancer.
 * Albert Overhauser, 86, American physicist.
 * Stephen Schlossberg, 90, American union leader.
 * Ernst Specker, 91, Swiss mathematician (Kochen–Specker theorem).
 * Frank Stephens, 98, Australian surgeon.

11

 * Rodolfo Bottino, 52, Brazilian actor (Bambolê, Bebê a Bordo, O Homem do Futuro) and chef, pulmonary embolism.
 * Phillip Cottrell, 43, British born New Zealand journalist (BBC Scotland, Radio New Zealand), assaulted.
 * Mimi Darwish, 69, Egyptian Olympic footballer (1964).
 * John Patrick Foley, 76, American Roman Catholic Cardinal and Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, leukemia.
 * Susan Gordon, 62, American child actress (The Five Pennies, My Three Sons, The Twilight Zone), thyroid cancer.
 * J. Lynn Helms, 86, American Marine Corps officer, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (1981–1984), cardiopulmonary failure and pneumonia.
 * Mabel Holle, 91, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
 * Hans Heinz Holz, 84, German Marxist philosopher.
 * Harold Hopkins, 67, Australian actor (Don's Party, Gallipoli, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities), mesothelioma.
 * Eric Howlett, 84, American inventor.
 * Ke Yan, 82, Chinese poet and writer.
 * Ahmed İhsan Kırımlı, 91, Turkish doctor, politician, poet and philanthropist.
 * Leonida Lari, 62, Moldovan-born Romanian writer and politician, member of the Supreme Soviet (1989–1991) and Romanian Parliament (1992–2008), breast cancer.
 * Mario Miranda, 85, Indian cartoonist.
 * Bonnie Prudden, 97, American rock climber and physical fitness advocate.
 * M. S. Reddy, 87, Indian film producer, long illness.

12

 * Sunday Bada, 42, Nigerian Olympic sprinter, gold medalist (2000).
 * Clyde Conner, 78, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
 * John Gardner, 94, British classical music composer.
 * Heini Lohrer, 93, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1948).
 * Alberto de Mendoza, 88, Argentine actor (Horror Express).
 * Mălina Olinescu, 37, Romanian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1998), suicide.
 * Sir Robert Peliza, 91, Gibraltarian politician, Chief Minister (1969–1972).
 * Bert Schneider, 78, American film and television producer (Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Monkees), natural causes.
 * Merih Sezen, 93, Turkish Olympic fencer (1948).
 * Randy Stein, 58, American baseball player.
 * Gene Summers, 83, American architect (McCormick Place), liver disease.

13

 * David Allen, 74, Northern Irish politician, stroke.
 * Nordine Amrani, 33, Belgian-Moroccan terrorist, suicide by gunshot.
 * T. J. Bass, 79, American writer.
 * Graham Brown, 87, American actor (Malcolm X, The Muppets Take Manhattan), pulmonary failure.
 * Kabir Chowdhury, 88, Bangladeshi writer.
 * Russell Hoban, 86, American writer.
 * Park Tae-joon, 84, South Korean businessman, Prime Minister (2000), breathing difficulties.
 * Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, 69, German footballer.
 * Erica Wilson, 83, British-born American embroidery designer.

14

 * Roy Ash, 93, American businessman and public official, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1972–1975).
 * Graham Booth, 71, British politician, Member of the European Parliament for South West England (2002–2008).
 * Luigi Carpaneda, 86, Italian Olympic fencer, gold medalist (1956).
 * Boris Chertok, 99, Soviet and Russian rocket designer.
 * Pedro Febles, 53, Venezuelan footballer and manager. (Spanish)
 * Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, 75, German Olympic rower, gold medalist (1960).
 * Thomas C. Kelly, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Louisville (1981–2007).
 * Arthur King, 84, Canadian boxer.
 * Carol Murphy, 79, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1993–2002).
 * Mark Francis Schmitt, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Marquette (1978–1992).
 * Don Sharp, 90, Australian-born British film director (Hammer horror).
 * Joe Simon, 98, American comic book writer (Captain America, Fighting American, Prez).
 * Billie Jo Spears, 74, American country music singer ("Blanket on the Ground"), cancer.
 * George Whitman, 98, American bookstore proprietor (Shakespeare and Company), complications of a stroke.
 * James A. Zimble, 78, American Navy officer, Surgeon General of the United States Navy (1987–1991).

15

 * Eduardo Barreto, 57, Uruguayan comic book artist (Batman, Superman, Martian Manhunter).
 * Emmett L. Bennett, Jr., 93, American classicist whose cataloging of Linear B led to its decipherment.
 * Bob Brookmeyer, 81, American jazz valve trombonist, cardiopulmonary arrest.
 * Adriano Capuzzo, 84, Italian Olympic equestrian Adriano Capuzzo Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
 * Andy Carey, 80, American baseball player (New York Yankees).
 * Walter Giller, 84, German actor.
 * Christopher Hitchens, 62, British writer (God Is Not Great) and commentator (Vanity Fair), esophageal cancer.
 * Paula Hyman, 65, American professor of modern Jewish history (Yale University).
 * Ricardo Ibarra, 61, Argentine Olympic rower (1972, 1976, 1984).
 * Guy Ignolin, 75, French professional cyclist.
 * Gadzhimurat Kamalov, 46, Russian journalist, shot.
 * Herbert Kesel, 80, German Olympic rower.
 * Malik Nur Khan, 88, Pakistani air marshal, Chief of Air Staff (1965–1969) and Governor of West Pakistan (1969–1970).
 * Frank X. McDermott, 87, American politician, President of the New Jersey Senate (1967–1973).
 * James M. Quigley, 93, American politician, Representative from Pennsylvania (1955–1957; 1959–1961).
 * Jason Richards, 35, New Zealand race car driver (V8 Supercars), adrenocortical carcinoma.
 * Carmen Rupe, 75, New Zealand transsexual entertainer, kidney failure.
 * Fevzi Şeker, 49, Turkish wrestler, heart attack.
 * Mario Tovar González, 78, Mexican Olympic wrestler (1952–1968), respiratory complications.

16

 * Ulf Aas, 92, Norwegian illustrator.
 * Franghiz Ahmadova, 83, Azerbaijani operatic soprano and music teacher.
 * Robert Easton, 81, American dialect coach and actor (Working Girl, Pete's Dragon, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country).
 * Dan Frazer, 90, American actor (Kojak, As the World Turns), cardiac arrest.
 * Alice Glenn, 89, Irish politician, TD for Dublin Central (1981–1982; 1982–1987).
 * Chubee Kagita, 54, Japanese politician, heart failure.
 * Henry Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener, 92, British soldier and aristocrat.
 * Mark Kopytman, 82, Ukrainian-born Israeli composer.
 * Bert Muhly, 88, American politician and academic, Mayor of Santa Cruz, California (1974–1975), heart failure.
 * Patrick V. Murphy, 91, American police chief, New York City Police Commissioner (1970–1973), heart attack.
 * Michele O'Callaghan, 48, American makeup artist, cancer.
 * Te Paekiomeka Joy Ruha, 80, New Zealand Māori leader.
 * Keith W. Wilcox, 90, American architect and politician, member of LDS priesthood.
 * Nicol Williamson, 75, Scottish actor (Inadmissible Evidence, Spawn, Excalibur), esophageal cancer.

17

 * Charles Chester, 92, English rugby player.
 * Michael Gower Coleman, 72, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Port Elizabeth (1986–2011).
 * Eva Ekvall, 28, Venezuelan TV news anchor and model, Miss Venezuela 2000, breast cancer.
 * Cesária Évora, 70, Cape Verdean singer, heart failure.
 * Maurice Huggett, 66, English nightclub proprietor.
 * Kim Jong-il, 69 or 70, North Korean Supreme Leader (1994–2011), heart attack.
 * Harley Sewell, 80, American football player (Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams).
 * Marian Wohlwender, 89, American AAGPBL baseball player.
 * Erica Parsons, 13, American murder victim.

18

 * Doe Avedon, 86, American actress (The High and the Mighty) and model, pneumonia.
 * Cor Bakker, 93, Dutch cyclist.
 * Jean Boucher, 85, Canadian politician, Member of Parliament for Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie (1953–1958).
 * Henry E. Catto, Jr., 81, American public servant and diplomat, complications of leukemia.
 * Jeremy Doyle, 28, Australian wheelchair basketball player, Paralympic gold medalist (2009), bladder cancer.
 * Václav Havel, 75, Czech playwright and politician, President of Czechoslovakia (1989–1992) and the Czech Republic (1993–2003).
 * Warren Hellman, 77, American investor, founder of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festivals, complications from leukemia treatment.
 * Evans Knowles, 97, Canadian politician, Member of Parliament for Norfolk (1957–1962).
 * Ralph MacDonald, 67, American percussionist and songwriter, lung cancer.
 * Ted Markland, 78, American actor.
 * Donald Neilson, 75, English serial killer.
 * John Rex, 86, South African-born British sociologist.
 * Johnny Silvo, 75, British folk and blues singer.
 * Brian Sparkes, 70, Canadian biochemist.
 * Ronald Wolfe, 89, British sitcom writer (The Rag Trade, On the Buses), complications from a fall.
 * Marijan Žužej, 77, Croatian Olympic silver medal-winning (1956) water polo player.
 * Lorenzo de Rodas, 81, Spanish-Mexican actor.

19

 * George Athor, 49, South Sudanese rebel leader, shot.
 * Thomas H. Campbell III, 79, American politician.
 * Gerard Louis Goettel, 83, American senior judge of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
 * Luciano Magistrelli, 73, Italian Olympic footballer (1960), heart attack.
 * Kathleen Malach, 85, American AAGPBL baseball player.
 * Héctor Núñez, 75, Uruguayan footballer, after long illness.
 * William G. Robinson, 85, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
 * Ron Smith, 70, American radio host (WBAL), pancreatic cancer.

20

 * Robert Ader, 79, American psychologist, co-founder of psychoneuroimmunology.
 * Hana Andronikova, 44, Czech writer and playwright, cancer.
 * Sean Bonniwell, 71, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (The Music Machine), lung cancer.
 * Howard P. Boyd, 97, American naturalist.
 * Hugh Carless, 86, British diplomat and explorer.
 * Jack Goldman, 90, American physicist, chief scientist at Xerox Corporation.
 * Khalifa Kambi, 56, Gambian politician, Deputy Minister of Agriculture (since 2010).
 * George Lundy, 64, American priest and academic, President of Wheeling Jesuit University (2000–2003), stroke.
 * Yoshimitsu Morita, 61, Japanese film director (The Family Game), liver failure.
 * Tushar Ranganath, 37, Indian film director (Gulama), heart attack.
 * Barry Reckord, 85, Jamaican playwright.
 * Leopold Unger, 89, Polish journalist.
 * Kenchappa Varadaraj, 89, Indian Olympic footballer (1948).
 * Václav Zítek, 79, Czech opera singer.

21

 * Ann-Mari Adamsson, 77, Swedish actor.
 * Patrick Bashford, 82, Polish-born British professor of classical guitar.
 * Bud Bloomfield, 75, American baseball player.
 * Francis Braganza, 89, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Baroda (1987–1997).
 * John Chamberlain, 84, American sculptor.
 * P. K. Iyengar, 80, Indian nuclear scientist.
 * Alastair Maitland, 95, British diplomat.
 * Werner Otto, 102, German entrepreneur (Otto GmbH).
 * Olavi Rokka, 86, Finnish Olympic modern pentathlete, bronze medalist (1952).
 * Yevhen Rudakov, 69, Russian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1972) football goalkeeper.
 * Robert Simons, 89, English cricketer (Hertfordshire).
 * Jonathan Stephenson, 61, English-born Northern Irish politician.
 * Roberto Szidon, 70, Brazilian classical pianist, heart attack.
 * Umanosuke Ueda, 71, Japanese professional wrestler and actor, respiratory failure.
 * Jean-Pierre Urkia, 93, French-born Laotian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Paksé (1967–1975).
 * Yuval Zamir, 48, Israeli actor, voice actor, director and singer, diabetes.

22

 * Per Berlin, 90, Swedish Olympic silver (1952) and bronze (1956) medal-winning wrestler.
 * Richard Bessière, 88, French author.
 * Emanuel Bosák, 87, Czech sports official.
 * Bettye Danoff, 88, American golfer, founding member of the LPGA.
 * William Duell, 88, American singer and actor (1776, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Police Squad!).
 * Bennie Ellender, 86, American college football coach (Arkansas State, Tulane), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Michael von Grünau, 67, Canadian psychologist and neurophysiologist.
 * Vasant Ranjane, 74, Indian cricketer.
 * Rogelio Sánchez González, 90, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Colima (1972–1980).
 * Marion Segal Freed, 77, American film producer, editor and screenwriter.
 * Zithulele Sinqe, 48, South African Olympic long-distance runner, car accident.
 * Ernest A. Watkinson, 99, Canadian politician.

23

 * Merrill Kenneth Albert, 88, American author and trial lawyer, heart disease.
 * Denise Darcel, 87, French actress, aneurysm.
 * Neil Davids, 56, English footballer.
 * Cees van Dongen, 79, Dutch motorcycle road racer.
 * Evelyn Handler, 78, American academic, President of the University of New Hampshire (1980–1983) and Brandeis University (1983–1991), traffic collision.
 * Bill Klatt, 64, American ice hockey player (Minnesota Fighting Saints), leukemia.
 * Francis Nigel Lee, 77, British-born American theologian, motor neurone disease.
 * Tripuraneni Maharadhi, 82, Indian screenwriter.
 * Aydın Menderes, 65, Turkish politician, son of Adnan Menderes.
 * Norayr Musheghyan, 76, Armenian wrestler, coach and public activist, world champion (1958).
 * Abdur Razzaq, 69, Bangladeshi politician.
 * Bruce Ruxton, 85, Australian veterans' representative and advocate, President of the Victorian RSL (1979–2002).
 * Muhammad Afzal Zullah, 83, Pakistani jurist, Chief Justice (1990–1993).

24

 * Monte Amundsen, 81, American opera and musical singer.
 * M. Salah Baouendi, 74, Tunisian-born American mathematician.
 * Armando Brambilla, 69, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome (since 1994).
 * Sergio Buso, 61, Italian footballer and coach.
 * Peggy R. Cook, 73, American politician.
 * José Andrés Corral Arredondo, 65, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Parral (since 1992), heart attack.
 * Bernard Gert, 77, American philosopher.
 * Johannes Heesters, 108, Dutch actor and singer, stroke.
 * István Jutasi, 82, Hungarian Olympic sailor Olympedia – István Jutasi
 * Marvin Knopp, 78, American mathematician.
 * Zsuzsi Mary, 64, Hungarian pop singer, suicide.
 * Jody Rainwater, 92, American bluegrass musician and radio personality, heart disease.
 * John N. Ross, 91, Irish politician.
 * Lynn Samuels, 69, American radio personality (Sirius XM).
 * Walter Söhne, 98, German agronomist.
 * Henri Sitek, 82, Polish-French cyclist.
 * Vitaly Tseshkovsky, 67, Russian chess Grandmaster.

25

 * Alhaj Mutalib Baig, Afghan politician, suicide bombing.
 * Israel Baker, 92, American violinist and concertmaster, stroke.
 * Giorgio Bocca, 91, Italian essayist and journalist.
 * Ben Breedlove, 18, American Internet personality, cardiac arrest.
 * Sue Carroll, 58, British journalist, pancreatic cancer.
 * Adrienne Cooper, 65, American klezmer and Yiddish vocalist, adrenal cancer.
 * Satyadev Dubey, 75, Indian actor, playwright and director.
 * Thomas Finnegan, 86, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Killala (1987–2002).
 * Seán French, 80, Irish politician, Lord Mayor of Cork (1976) and TD (1967–1982).
 * Jack Fulbeck, 95, American poet and academic.
 * Habib Galhia, 70, Tunisian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).
 * Andrew Geller, 87, American architect, kidney failure.
 * Lex Gigeroff, 49, Canadian writer, actor and producer (Lexx), heart attack.
 * Khalil Ibrahim, 53–54, Sudanese Darfuri rebel leader, air strike.
 * Sir Roger Jowell, 69, British social statistician.
 * John Christoffel Kannemeyer, 72, South African writer, authority on Afrikaans literature.
 * Christophe Laigneau, 46, French footballer (Stade Lavallois).
 * Alexander Melnikov, 81, Soviet and Russian politician.
 * Sir Moses Pitakaka, 66, Solomon Islander politician, Governor-General (1994–1999).
 * George Robb, 85, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur F.C.), dementia.
 * Ferenc Schmidt, 70, Hungarian politician.
 * Jim Sherwood, 69, American musician (The Mothers of Invention).
 * Simms Taback, 79, American author, graphic artist and illustrator.

26

 * Kennan Adeang, 69, Nauruan politician, President (1986).
 * Houston Antwine, 72, American football player (Boston/New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles), AFL All-Star (1963–1968), heart failure.
 * Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., 71, Mexican actor (Zorro series), cancer.
 * Sarekoppa Bangarappa, 79, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Karnataka (1990–1992).
 * Joe Bodolai, 63, American comedy writer (Saturday Night Live) and producer, suicide by poisoning.
 * Sean Collins, 59, American surfer and surf forecaster (Surfline), heart attack.
 * Fred Fono, 49, Solomon Islander politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2006) and MP for Central Kwara'ae (1997–2010).
 * John Mackintosh Howie, 75, Scottish mathematician.
 * Kiyonori Kikutake, 83, Japanese architect.
 * Barbara Lea, 82, American jazz singer and actress, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Lloyd Madden, 93, American football player.
 * Wilhelm Noller, 92, German Luftwaffe member, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
 * Sam Rivers, 88, American jazz musician and composer, pneumonia.
 * James Rizzi, 61, American pop artist.
 * Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, 81, American-born Georgian aristocrat, New York City highway commissioner, esophageal cancer.

27

 * Frank Bourke, 89, Australian football player.
 * Catê, 38, Brazilian footballer, car accident.
 * Sir Clifford Darling, 89, Bahamian politician, Governor-General (1992–1995).
 * Sir Michael Dummett, 86, British philosopher.
 * Helen Frankenthaler, 83, American artist.
 * Julia Sampson Hayward, 77, American tennis player, won Australian Open doubles and mixed doubles (1963).
 * Rusty Hevelin, 89, American science fiction fanzine publisher.
 * Mykola Koltsov, 75, Russian-born Ukrainian footballer and youth trainer.
 * Ante Čedo Martinić, 51, Croatian actor (Ruža vjetrova), stomach cancer.
 * Meral Menderes, 78, Turkish opera singer.
 * Thinley Norbu, 81, Tibetan Buddhist writer and teacher.
 * Sir Iwan Raikes, 90, British vice admiral and naval secretary.
 * Betty Jane Rhodes, 90, American actress (The Arizona Raiders, Sweater Girl).
 * Martino Scarafile, 84, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Castellaneta (1985–2003).
 * Thomas Michael Shanahan, 77, American senior judge of the District Court for the District of Nebraska.
 * Dan Terry, 87, American jazz trumpeter and big band leader.
 * Anne Tyng, 91, American architect.
 * Dennis Utter, 72, American politician, Nebraska State Senator (since 2009).
 * Johnny Wilson, 82, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Detroit Red Wings).

28

 * James Earl Baumgartner, 68, American mathematician.
 * Bruce Fine, 74, American sports team part-owner.
 * Larry Hamilton, 60, American blues singer and songwriter.
 * Charlotte Kerr, 84, German film director and producer.
 * Razia Khan, 75, Bangladeshi writer and educationist.
 * Don Mueller, 84, American baseball player (New York Giants, Chicago White Sox), MLB All-Star (1954, 1955).
 * Hasan Mutlucan, 85, Turkish folk singer.
 * Lucia Rikaki, 50, Greek stage, film and television director, cancer.
 * Jon Roberts, 63, American drug trafficker, cancer.
 * Myron Roderick, 77, American Olympic wrestler (1956) and coach.
 * Kaye Stevens, 79, American singer and actress, breast cancer and blood clots.
 * Teruo Sugihara, 74, Japanese golfer, prostate cancer.

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 * Ivan Andonov, 77, Bulgarian film director and actor.
 * Paul Antaki, 84, Egyptian Melkite Catholic hierarch, Auxiliary Archbishop of Antioch (1968–2001).
 * Rosman García, 32, Venezuelan baseball player (Texas Rangers), traffic collision.
 * Leopold Hawelka, 100, Austrian coffee house owner (Café Hawelka).
 * John Robert Holmes, 84, Canadian politician, MP for Lambton—Kent (1972–1980).
 * Ron Howells, 84, Welsh footballer.
 * Ken Johnson, 80, English footballer.
 * Aamir Hayat Khan Rokhri, 55, Pakistani politician, heart attack.
 * Svein Krøvel, 65, Norwegian cinematographer.
 * Tyron Perez, 26, Filipino actor (StarStruck), shot.
 * Amichand Rajbansi, 69, South African politician, Minister without portfolio (1984–1988), Leader of the Minority Front (since 1994).
 * Bob Wasserman, 77, American police chief and politician, Mayor of Fremont, California (2004–2011), respiratory complications.
 * Milton Wong, 72, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, pancreatic cancer.

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 * Ted Beard, 90, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox).
 * Garnet Campbell, 84, Canadian curler.
 * Mike Colalillo, 86, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
 * Dezső Garas, 77, Hungarian actor.
 * Mona Guérin, 77, Haitian writer and playwright.
 * Muhammad Hamidullah Khan, 74, Bangladeshi politician.
 * Sir Robert Horton, 72, British businessman.
 * Kim Geun-tae, 64, South Korean politician, Minister of Health and Welfare (2004–2006), pneumonia and kidney failure.
 * Richard Lainhart, 58, American artist and composer, complications after surgery.
 * Ricardo Legorreta, 80, Mexican architect, UIA Gold Medal recipient, cancer.
 * Ronald Searle, 91, British cartoonist (St Trinian's School, Molesworth).
 * Doug Sellars, 50, Canadian television executive (Fox Sports Media Group, CBC Sports), heart attack.
 * Vasily Starodubtsev, 80, Russian politician, Governor of Tula Oblast (1997–2005), member of the Gang of Eight (1991).
 * Eleanor Ross Taylor, 91, American poet.
 * Mirko Tremaglia, 85, Italian politician, Minister without portfolio (2001–2006).
 * Eva Zeisel, 105, Hungarian-born American ceramic artist and designer.

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 * Kanati Allen, 64, American Olympic gymnast.
 * Murray Barnes, 57, Australian soccer player (Sydney Hakoah), national captain (1980–1981).
 * Celia Dale, 99, British crime writer.
 * Alfonso Gómez-Lobo, 71, Chilean-born American academic, professor of metaphysics and moral philosophy (Georgetown University).
 * Roy Greenwood, 80, English footballer (Crystal Palace F.C.).
 * Sir David Hirst, 86, British jurist.
 * Rex Jackson, 83, Australian politician and convicted criminal, New South Wales MLA for Bulli (1955–1971) and Heathcote (1971–1986).
 * Penny Jordan, 65, British romantic novelist.
 * Jerzy Kluger, 90, Polish businessman, bronchitis.
 * Stanley Kwan, 86, Hong Kong banker, creator of the Hang Seng Index, heart failure.
 * Glenn Lord, 80, American editor.
 * Michael Mann, 87, British Anglican prelate, Dean of Windsor (1976–1989).