Deaths in December 2012

The following is a list of notable deaths in December 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.

1

 * Ahmed Taib El Alj, 84, Moroccan writer.
 * Raymond Ausloos, 82, Belgian football player.
 * Jovan Belcher, 25, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), suicide by gunshot.
 * José Bénazéraf, 90, French film director and producer.
 * Arthur Chaskalson, 81, South African judge, Chief Justice (2001–2005), leukaemia.
 * Mitchell Cole, 27, English footballer (Southend United, Stevenage Borough), complications of a heart defect.
 * John Crigler, 76, American basketball player (University of Kentucky).
 * Steve Fox, 54, English footballer, cancer.
 * Chuck Gavin, 78, American football player.
 * Dee Harvey, 47, American R&B singer.
 * Rick Majerus, 64, American college basketball coach (University of Utah, Saint Louis University), heart failure.
 * Ezroy Millwood, 70, Jamaican transport businessman.
 * Gerard Parker, 76, American Cherokee tribal leader, Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (1995).
 * Rubén Pellanda, 65, Argentine politician.
 * Ed Price, 94, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1958–1966).
 * Ray Rosso, 96, Italian-born American football coach, natural causes.
 * Marcia Russell, 72, New Zealand journalist and news presenter.
 * Edouard Saouma, 86, Lebanese civil servant, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (1976–1993).
 * Bhim Bahadur Tamang, 78, Nepali politician, stroke.
 * Phil Taylor, 95, English footballer and coach (Liverpool).
 * Vidal Vega, 48, Paraguayan peasant leader, shooting.
 * Yoshinori Watanabe, 71, Japanese yakuza, fifth godfather of the Yamaguchi-gumi.
 * Reinhold Weege, 62, American television writer and producer (Barney Miller, Night Court), natural causes.
 * James R. Whelan, 79, American publisher (The Washington Times), multiple organ failure.
 * Karl-Heinz Wiebe, 96, German U-boat chief engineer during World War II and Iron Cross recipient.

2

 * Ron Auchettl, 66, Australian footballer.
 * Michael Crawford, 92, English cricketer.
 * Gitte Dæhlin, 56, Norwegian sculptor.
 * Preeti Ganguly, 59, Indian actress, cardiac arrest.
 * Michael A. Gorman, 62, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2003–2005), POEMS syndrome.
 * Tom Hendry, 83, Canadian playwright, founder of Manitoba Theatre Centre.
 * Hiroshi Kato, 77, Japanese aikido master.
 * Israel Keyes, 34, American alleged serial killer, suicide by hanging and lacerations.
 * Ehsan Naraghi, 86, Iranian sociologist and writer, Director of UNESCO's Youth Division (1980–1996), long illness.
 * Sylvester Odhiambo, Kenyan football coach (Muhoroni Youth F.C.).
 * Décio Pignatari, 85, Brazilian poet, essayist and translator, respiratory failure.
 * Azumir Veríssimo, 77, Brazilian footballer.
 * Szymon, 23, Australian musician, suicide.

3

 * Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, 74, Iraqi-born Lebanese Syrian Catholic hierarch, Archbishop-Procurator in Rome (since 1986).
 * Leo Rajendram Antony, 85, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa (1974–1983).
 * Amir Mahmud Anvar, 67, Iranian literary academic and poet.
 * Tommy Berggren, 62, Swedish footballer.
 * Ivan Boboshko, 83, Soviet football player and coach.
 * Georgy Borisenko, 90, Soviet correspondence chess grandmaster and chess theoretician.
 * Kuntal Chandra, 28, Bangladeshi cricketer, strangulation.
 * Bill Donckers, 61, American football player, lymphoma.
 * Christopher Erhardt, 53, American video game producer and academic.
 * Peter Johnson, Sr., 91, American trial lawyer and political power broker, pulmonary fibrosis.
 * Fyodor Khitruk, 95, Russian animator and animation director (The Story of a Crime).
 * Mohamed Mahroof, 62, Sri Lankan politician, MP for Colombo (2000–2010).
 * Diego Mendieta, 32, Paraguayan footballer, viral infection.
 * Carlomagno Meneses, 85, Peruvian Olympic boxer.
 * Eileen Moran, 60, American visual effects producer (The Lord of the Rings, Avatar, King Kong), cancer.
 * King G. Porter, 91, American politician, member of the Tennessee State Senate.
 * Sir Geoffrey Shakerley, 80, British photographer.
 * Janet Shaw, 46, Australian Paralympic bronze medal-winning (2004) cyclist and author, cancer.
 * Jeroen Willems, 50, Dutch actor and singer, cardiac arrest.

4

 * Alfredo Abon Lee, 85, Cuban military officer.
 * Narmada Akka, Indian communist, shot.
 * Grady Allen, 66, American football player (Atlanta Falcons), cardiac arrest.
 * José Alves da Costa, 73, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Corumbá (1991–1999).
 * Vasily Belov, 80, Russian writer, poet and dramatist.
 * Philippe Bena, 60, French Olympic fencer.
 * Jean Bollack, 89, French philosopher, philologist and literary critic.
 * Jack Brooks, 89, American politician, member of US House of Representatives (1953–1995) and Texas House of Representatives (1949–1953).
 * Miguel Calero, 41, Colombian footballer, cerebral thrombosis.
 * Rozina Cambos, 60, Israeli actress (The Human Resources Manager), leukemia.
 * James B. Cardwell, 90, American bureaucrat, complications of a broken hip.
 * Besse Cooper, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest person.
 * Anthony Deane-Drummond, 95, British army major general.
 * Massimo Giustetti, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pinerolo (1974–1975), Mondovi (1975–1986) and Biella (1986–2001).
 * Jonathan Harvey, 73, English composer, motor neurone disease.
 * Helen Johnson Houghton, 102, British racehorse trainer.
 * Eamon Kelly, 65, Irish criminal, shot.
 * Peter Kiesewetter, 67, German modern classical composer.
 * Miroslav Klůc, 90, Czech Olympic ice hockey (1956) forward and coach, member of Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, stroke.
 * Larry Lawrence, 63, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Edmonton Eskimos), edema.
 * Paul Marcotte, 84, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (2005–2007).
 * Branislav Milinković, 52, Serbian diplomat, ambassador to NATO and Austria, suicide by jumping.
 * Robert Monclar, 82, French Olympic basketball player.
 * Hilmar Moore, 92, American politician, longest-serving mayor in the United States, complications of a fall.
 * Tony Sweeney, 81, Irish sports writer and historian, heart attack.
 * Michael Till, 77, British Anglican priest, Dean of Winchester (1996–2005).
 * Ken Trickey, 79, American basketball coach (Oral Roberts University).
 * Gerrit van Dijk, 73, Dutch animator, long illness.
 * John Ward, 64, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), cancer.

5

 * Allah Bachayo Khoso, 77, Pakistani artist and Alghoza player.
 * Sammy Arena, 81, American singer, multiple organ failure.
 * Petrine Archer-Straw, 55, British art historian, sickle-cell disease.
 * Erwin Bischofberger, 76, Swedish Jesuit and medical practitioner.
 * Dave Brubeck, 91, American jazz pianist ("Take Five") and composer ("Blue Rondo à la Turk"), heart failure.
 * MC Buffalo, 41, Croatian rapper, stroke.
 * Carlos Francisco Chang Marín, 90, Panamanian painter, musician, journalist, and writer.
 * Evgeny Chubarov, 77, Russian painter, sculptor, and graphic artist.
 * Chen Wencong, 42, Singaporean actor, writer and producer, pneumonia.
 * Eduardo J. Corso, 92, Uruguayan journalist and lawyer.
 * Wilhelmus Demarteau, 95, Dutch-born Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Banjarmasin (1954–1983).
 * Enebeli Elebuwa, 66, Nigerian actor, stroke.
 * Peter Feltus, 70, American philatelist.
 * Francesco Fonti, 64, Italian criminal.
 * Kazbek Gekkiyev, 28, Russian journalist, shooting.
 * Frigyes Hollósi, 71, Hungarian actor.
 * Ignatius IV of Antioch, 92, Syrian Orthodox patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch (since 1979), stroke.
 * Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, 57, Japanese kabuki star, acute respiratory distress syndrome.
 * Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, 103, Australian philanthropist, widow of Sir Keith Murdoch, mother of Rupert Murdoch.
 * Yves Niaré, 35, French Olympic (2008) shot putter, traffic collision.
 * Oscar Niemeyer, 104, Brazilian architect, respiratory infection.
 * Eileen Pollock, 86, American television writer and producer (Dynasty, The Colbys).
 * Kaisa Sere, 58, Finnish computer scientist.
 * Doug Smith, 75, Scottish footballer and administrator (Dundee United).
 * Felix Weinberg, 84, Czech-born British physicist.

6

 * Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, 51, Equatorial Guinean politician, Prime Minister (2004–2006), heart attack.
 * Mike Boyette, 71, American professional wrestler, heart disease.
 * Jan Carew, 92, Guyanese writer and academic.
 * Ed Cassidy, 89, American musician (Spirit), cancer.
 * Eta Cohen, 96, English violin teacher and author.
 * Arnold C. Cooper, 79, American academic.
 * Bim Diederich, 90, Luxembourgian road bicycle racer.
 * David Favrholdt, 81, Danish philosopher.
 * Keitani Graham, 32, Micronesian Olympic (2012) Greco-Roman wrestler, heart attack.
 * Alice Harden, 64, American politician, Mississippi State Senator (since 1988).
 * Karine Kazinian, 57, Armenian diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom (since 2011), complications during surgery.
 * Jeffrey Koo Sr., 79, Taiwanese businessman and billionaire, chairman for Chinatrust Financial Holding Company.
 * Huw Lloyd-Langton, 61, British guitarist (Hawkwind, Widowmaker), throat cancer.
 * Reginald Norby, 78, Norwegian diplomat, Ambassador to France (1994–1998).
 * O-Six, 6, Yellowstone National Park gray wolf, shot.
 * Pulpit, 18, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1997 Fountain of Youth Stakes and Blue Grass Stakes.
 * Giovanni Sostero, 48, Italian astronomer, heart attack.
 * Pedro Vaz, 49, Uruguayan diplomat and lawyer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009–2010), Ambassador to Chile (since 2010), heart attack.

7

 * Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti, 46, Kuwaiti al-Qaeda leader, drone strike.
 * Duggan Anderson, 88, Australian football player (Swan Districts Football Club).
 * Olga Beaver, 70, Czech-American mathematician.
 * Marie Bennigsen-Broxup, 68, British orientalist.
 * Mikelis Brizga, 101, Australian businessman.
 * P. J. Carey, 59, American baseball coach (Colorado Rockies).
 * Chen Wen-yu, 88, Taiwanese horticulturist.
 * Thomas Cornell, 75, American artist and professor, cancer.
 * Armando Costa, 63, Canadian soccer coach and player.
 * Gilbert Durand, 91, French academic.
 * Ernest England, 85, Australian cricketer.
 * Ammar El Sherei, 64, Egyptian musical composer and performer, heart ailment.
 * Denis Houf, 80, Belgian footballer (Standard Liège).
 * William F. House, 89, American physician, developer of the cochlear implant, cancer.
 * Irene Hughes, 92, American psychic.
 * Nikola Ilić, 27, Serbian basketball player, cancer.
 * Armand Van De Kerkhove, 97, Belgian footballer
 * Roelof Kruisinga, 90, Dutch politician, Minister of Defence (1977–1978).
 * Art Larsen, 87, American tennis player.
 * Jeni Le Gon, 96, American dancer and actress (Amos 'n' Andy).
 * Rusty Mills, 49, American animator (Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, The Replacements), colon cancer.
 * Ralph Parr, 88, American fighter pilot, Korean War flying ace.
 * Marty Reisman, 82, American table tennis player, complications of heart and lung ailments.
 * Saul Steinberg, 73, American businessman and corporate raider.
 * Govindasamy Suppiah, 83, Singaporean football referee, diabetes.
 * Joseph R. Weisberger, 92, American judge, Chief Justice of Rhode Island Supreme Court (1993–2001).

8

 * Hermelindo Alberti, 87, Argentine sprinter.
 * Barry Altman, 63, American businessman, cancer.
 * Jerry Brown, 25, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), traffic collision.
 * Mary Griggs Burke, 96, American art collector, largest private collector of Japanese art outside Japan.
 * Arnold Dean, 82, American radio sports host and personality.
 * Vernice Ferguson, 84, American nurse and healthcare executive.
 * John Gowans, 78, British religious leader and musician, General of The Salvation Army (1999–2002).
 * Jagannathan, 74, Indian actor.
 * Yvonne Kennedy, 67, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1979).
 * Johnny Lira, 61, American lightweight boxer, liver disease.
 * Ambrose Madtha, 57, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Naissus, Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d'Ivoire (since 2008), traffic collision.
 * Charles Martin, 81, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate.
 * Khan Sarwar Murshid, 88, Bangladeshi educationist and intellectual, complications from stroke.
 * Walter Newman, 91, American civic leader and army veteran.
 * Bill Prest, 86, Australian politician, Queensland MLA for Port Curtis (1976–1992).
 * Hal Schaefer, 87, American jazz musician and vocal coach (Marilyn Monroe) involved in the Wrong-Door Raid.
 * Isaiah Shavitt, 87, Polish–born American theoretical chemist.
 * Mark Strizic, 84, Australian photographer.

9

 * Jenni Rivera, 43, American-born Mexican banda and norteño singer, plane crash.
 * Barbara Alby, 66, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1993–1998).
 * Håkon E. Andersen, 87, Norwegian bishop.
 * Mathews Mar Barnabas, 88, Indian Metropolitan of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
 * Michael Bürsch, 70, German politician.
 * Anna Czóbel, 94, Hungarian cinematographer.
 * Biswajit Das, 24, Bangladeshi tailor, murdered.
 * Jeanne Gervais, 90, Ivorian politician.
 * Anat Gov, 58, Israeli playwright and screenwriter, colorectal cancer.
 * Hiromori Kawashima, 90, Japanese sports administrator.
 * Ivan Ljavinec, 89, Ukrainian-born Czech Byzantine Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Exarch in the Czech Republic (1996–2003).
 * Sir Patrick Moore, 89, British astronomer and broadcaster (The Sky at Night), sepsis.
 * Alex Moulton, 92, British engineer and inventor (Moulton Bicycle).
 * Béla Nagy Abodi, 94, Hungarian painter.
 * André Nelis, 77, Belgian Olympic silver (1956) and bronze (1960) medal-winning sailor, cancer.
 * Ataa Oko, abt. 93, Ghanaian fantasy coffin artist.
 * Charles Rosen, 85, American pianist and author, cancer.
 * Riccardo Schicchi, 59, Italian pornographer, chronic kidney disease caused by type 2 diabetes.
 * Norman Joseph Woodland, 91, American inventor, co-creator of the bar code.

10

 * Iajuddin Ahmed, 81, Bangladeshi politician, President (2002–2009), heart and kidney disease.
 * Vladimir Bakulin, 73, Kazakhstani Olympic silver medal-winning (1968) wrestler.
 * Ashwini Bhatt, 76, Indian novelist.
 * Cliff Brown, 60, American football player (Notre Dame).
 * Antonio Cubillo, 82, Spanish politician, founder of Canary Islands Independence Movement.
 * Lisa Della Casa, 93, Swiss soprano.
 * Marla English, 77, American actress.
 * Ralph Frese, 86, American canoe maker and conservationist.
 * Ed Grady, 89, American actor (The Notebook, Dawson's Creek).
 * Albert O. Hirschman, 97, German-born American economist.
 * Hungargunn Bear It'n Mind, 9, Hungarian Vizsla, the Best in Show at Crufts in 2010.
 * Harry Iauko, Vanuatuan politician, MP for Tanna (2008–2012), complications of pneumonia.
 * Ibn Bey, 28, British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
 * Jacques Jullien, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beauvais (1978–1984), and Archbishop of Rennes (1985–1998).
 * Patricia Kennedy, 96, Australian stage, film, and television actress (My Brilliant Career, Return to Eden).
 * Ciarán Maher, 50, Irish Gaelic football player.
 * Roy Miles, 77, British art dealer.
 * Bob Munden, 70, American entertainer, heart failure.
 * Shoichi Ozawa, 83, Japanese actor and folk art researcher.
 * Paul Rauch, 82, American television producer (Another World, One Life to Live, Santa Barbara), complications of blood clots.
 * Tommy Roberts, 70, British fashion designer.
 * John Small, 66, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions).
 * Felix Stehling, 87, American restaurateur, co-founder of Taco Cabana, dementia.
 * Erwin Tomash, 91, American businessman (Dataproducts), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Birdsall S. Viault, 80, American academic.
 * Reginald James Wallace, 93, British civil servant, last Governor of the Gilbert Islands (1978–1979).

11

 * Angélica M. Arambarri, 67, Argentine botanist and mycologist.
 * Emilia Pisani Belserene, 89, American astronomer.
 * Toni Blankenheim, 90, German opera singer.
 * Lou Castagnola, 76, American athlete.
 * Genadiy Dulnev, 85, Russian academic.
 * Semiha Es, 100, Turkish photographer.
 * Antonie Hegerlíková, 89, Czech actress, Thalia Award winner (2004).
 * William B. Hopkins, 90, American politician, member of Virginia Senate (1960–1980), majority leader (1976–1980).
 * Pedro Reginaldo Lira, 97, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Francisco in Argentina (1961–1965), and Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (1967–1978).
 * B. B. Nimbalkar, 92, Indian cricketer.
 * Dindi Gowa Nyasulu, 68, Malawian politician, leader of AFORD, brain tumor.
 * Manuel Pardo, 56, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.
 * Gérard Rasquin, 85, Luxembourgian Olympic sprinter.
 * Alois Schnaubelt, 91, German Nazi soldier, awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (1944).
 * Ravi Shankar, 92, Indian musician, complications from heart surgery.
 * Walter Francis Sullivan, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Richmond (1974–2003), liver cancer.
 * Galina Vishnevskaya, 86, Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist.
 * Colleen Walker, 56, American golfer, won du Maurier Classic (1997), breast cancer.
 * Mendel Weinbach, 79, Polish-born Israeli rabbi.

12

 * Joe Allbritton, 87, American businessman, broadcaster and publisher.
 * Fazlul Haque Amini, 67, Bangladeshi Muslim scholar.
 * W. Rex Black, 92, American politician, member of the Utah Senate (1973–1997).
 * Cynthia Bolbach, 64, American lawyer, cancer.
 * Ray Briem, 82, American radio host (KABC), cancer.
 * Eddie "Guitar" Burns, 84, American Detroit blues musician, heart failure.
 * Manas Chakraborty, 70, Indian singer.
 * Ron Cooper, 80, British bicycle frame maker.
 * Alfred Delcourt, 83, Belgian football referee.
 * Richard Eyre, 83, British Anglican priest, Dean of Exeter (1981–1996).
 * Chris Fokma, 85, Dutch sculptor and ceramist.
 * Laurie Gallagher, 88, Australian footballer.
 * Else Marie Jakobsen, 85, Norwegian textile artist.
 * Walt Kirk, 88, American basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons, Milwaukee Hawks).
 * Don Medford, 95, American television director (Baretta, Dynasty, The F.B.I., The Fugitive).
 * N.M. Mohan, 63, Indian comic book writer and editor, heart attack.
 * Thomas Naylor, 76, American economist.
 * Uri Possen, 70, American economist.
 * Manju Bharat Ram, 66, Indian educationalist, cancer.
 * Augustin Sagna, 92, Senegalese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ziguinchor (1966–1995).
 * Nityanand Swami, 85, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2000–2001).
 * David Tait, 25, English rugby player, suspected suicide by fall from a building.

13

 * Willie Ackerman, 73, American drummer (Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Louis Armstrong).
 * Andreu Alfaro, 83, Spanish sculptor.
 * Donnie Andrews, 58, American criminal, inspiration for Omar Little on The Wire, complications of heart surgery.
 * Jaco de Bakker, 73, Dutch theoretical computer scientist.
 * Balthazar Bigirimana, 54-55, Burundian politician and diplomat.
 * Ian Black, 88, Scottish footballer.
 * Jan Blaha, 74, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop (1967–2012).
 * John Bradley, 87, American racer.
 * Alan Colquhoun, 91, English architect, historian, critic and teacher.
 * Gil Friesen, 75, American music and film executive, President of A&M Records (1965–1990), leukemia.
 * Jack Hanlon, 96, American child actor (Our Gang, The Shakedown, The General).
 * Maurice Herzog, 93, French climber and politician, Minister of Youth and Sport (1958–1963).
 * Natalya Kustinskaya, 74, Russian actress (Three Plus Two, Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession), complications from pneumonia.
 * Moshe Lazar, 84, American academic.
 * Newton Edward Miller, 93, American politician, member of the New Jersey House of Representatives (1981–1989).
 * Midori Miura, 64, Japanese translator of Russian, cancer.
 * T. Shanmugham, 92, Indian footballer and coach, respiratory ailment.
 * Rob Talbot, 89, New Zealand politician, MP for Ashburton (1966–1969, 1978–1987) and South Canterbury (1969–1978).
 * Abdesslam Yassine, 84, Moroccan political figure, complications of influenza.

14

 * Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye, 82, Nigerian Anglican prelate, Primate of the Church of Nigeria (1986–1999).
 * Leon Abrams, 89, British surgeon.
 * Claude Abravanel, 88, Swiss pianist and composer.
 * Richard Baum, 72, American China watcher.
 * Avrelija Cencič, 48, Slovenian university professor.
 * Alida Chelli, 69, Italian actress, cancer.
 * Ertuğ Ergin, 42, Turkish singer.
 * John Graham, 89, British army major general.
 * Edward Jones, 62, American politician, North Carolina State Senator (since 2007), pancreatic cancer.
 * Kenneth Kendall, 88, British television broadcaster (BBC News, Treasure Hunt), complications of a stroke.
 * Klaus Köste, 69, German Olympic champion (1972) gymnast, heart failure.
 * Hazel McIsaac, 79, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly member for St. George's (1975–1982), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Jitka Senecká, 72, Czech Olympic volleyball player.
 * Marion Stokes, 83, American television producer and civil rights activist.
 * Shōmei Tōmatsu, 82, Japanese photographer.
 * Victoria Leigh Soto, 27, American elementary school teacher, shot.

15

 * Mohammad Amin, 84, Indian historian.
 * Yury Anisimov, 74, Soviet Olympic sailor.
 * Owoye Andrew Azazi, 60, Nigerian general, National Security Adviser (2010–2012), helicopter crash.
 * Jamala al-Baidhani, 35, Yemeni activist, respiratory disease.
 * Dick Hafer, 85, American jazz saxophonist.
 * Bob Johnston, 83, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne).
 * C. Louis Kincannon, 72, American bureaucrat, Director of the U.S. Census Bureau (2002–2008), cancer.
 * Vincent Lafko, 67, Slovak Olympic silver medallist handball player (1972).
 * Bob Odell, 90, American football player, kidney disease.
 * Páidí Ó Sé, 57, Irish Gaelic football player and manager, suspected heart attack.
 * Bobby Jack Oliver, 76, American football player.
 * Ralph Pampena, 78, American police officer, Pittsburgh Police Chief (1987–1990), cancer.
 * Jeffrey Potter, 94, American author.
 * John Anderson Strong, 97, Scottish physician and academic.
 * Takeshi Urata, 65, Japanese astronomer.
 * Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, 64, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kaduna State (since 2010), helicopter crash.
 * Olga Zubarry, 83, Argentine film actress.

16

 * Charlesia Alexis, 78, Chagossian singer and activist.
 * Axel Anderson, 83, German-born Puerto Rican actor.
 * Robert W. Bazley, 87, American four-star general.
 * James Walker Benét, 98, American journalist, veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, son of William Rose Benét.
 * Petar Bozhilov, 49, Bulgarian canoer.
 * Sheila Casey (née McKinley), 71, Scottish singer, cancer.
 * John Chen Shi-zhong, 94, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Suifu (since 1985).
 * Peter Clarke, 77, British cartoonist.
 * Doyle Conner, 83, American politician, member of Florida House (1950–1960), Speaker (1958–1960), Florida Commissioner of Agriculture (1961–1991).
 * Febo Conti, 85, Italian television and radio presenter.
 * Duaine Counsell, 92, American football and baseball coach.
 * Robert Derleth, 90, American football player, complications of a stroke.
 * Andrzej Dłużniewski, 73, Polish sculptor.
 * George Duggan, 100, New Zealand Marist priest and writer.
 * Elwood V. Jensen, 92, American medical researcher, pneumonia.
 * Laurier LaPierre, 83, Canadian broadcaster and politician, Senator from Ontario (2001–2004).
 * Iñaki Lejarreta, 29, Spanish Olympic (2008) mountain biker, traffic collision.
 * Avraham Mor, 77, Israeli actor and voice actor, cancer.
 * Adam Ndlovu, 42, Zimbabwean footballer, traffic collision.
 * Enrique Oltuski, 82, Cuban politician and revolutionary, respiratory failure.
 * Nikolai Parshin, 83, Russian football player and manager.
 * Jim Patterson, 84, Scottish footballer.
 * Brian Sampson, 71, Australian rules football player.
 * Fan Vavřincová, 95, Czech author and screenwriter (Eva tropí hlouposti, Taková normální rodinka).
 * Josh Weston, 39, American gay porn actor, AIDS-related causes.
 * Jake Adam York, 40, American poet, stroke.

17

 * Charlie Adam, 50, Scottish footballer, suicide.
 * Richard Adams, 65, Filipino-born American gay rights activist, cancer.
 * Tony Charlton, 83, Australian sports broadcaster, bowel cancer.
 * Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy, 60, Nigerian-born British artist, cancer.
 * Wayne Ducheneaux, 76, American Native leader.
 * Manfred Feist, 82, German politician and party functionary.
 * Jack Frazer, 80, Canadian politician.
 * James Gower, 90, American Catholic priest and peace activist, co-founder of the College of the Atlantic.
 * Jesse Hill, 86, American civil rights leader and businessman.
 * Daniel Inouye, 88, American politician, Senator from Hawaii (since 1963), President pro tempore (since 2010), Medal of Honor recipient, respiratory failure.
 * Peter Kenen, 80, American academic, emphysema.
 * Arnaldo Mesa, 45, Cuban Olympic silver medal-winning (1996) boxer, stroke.
 * Frank Pastore, 55, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), injuries from a traffic collision.
 * Midge Richardson, 82, American magazine editor (Seventeen), natural causes.
 * Sir Colin Spedding, 87, British biologist and agricultural scientist.
 * Carroll S. Walsh, Jr., 91, American judge, New York Supreme Court (1978–1990), heart failure.

18

 * Skippy Baxter, 93, American figure skater.
 * Leman Çıdamlı, 80, Turkish actress, lung cancer.
 * Gabrielle Clerk, 89, Canadian psychologist.
 * Spencer Cox, 44, American HIV/AIDS activist, AIDS-related causes.
 * Joseph T. Doyle, 81, American judge and politician, cancer.
 * Sigmund Eisner, 92, American academic.
 * Albert Elias, 41, American sports agent.
 * Georgi Kaloyanchev, 87, Bulgarian actor (The Tied Up Balloon, Where Are You Going?).
 * Koko, 7, Australian canine actor (Red Dog), heart disease.
 * Ben Luján, 77, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (since 1975), Speaker (since 2001), lung cancer.
 * Frank Macchiarola, 71, American educator, New York City Schools Chancellor (1978–1983), liver cancer.
 * Bessie Moody-Lawrence, 71, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1993–2007), brain cancer.
 * Mustafa Ould Salek, 76, Mauritanian army officer and politician, Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery (1978–1979).
 * Keith Reilly, 77, Canadian curler.
 * Camil Samson, 77, Canadian politician, MNA for Rouyn-Noranda (1970–1981).
 * George Showell, 78, English footballer, ruptured stomach aortic artery.
 * Danny Steinmann, 70, American film director (Friday the 13th: A New Beginning).
 * Jim Whalen, 69, American football player (New England Patriots).
 * Kevin Williams, 42, American football player.
 * Sir Marcus Worsley, 5th Baronet, 87, English politician, MP for Keighley (1959–1964) and Chelsea (1966–1974).
 * Muriel T. Yacavone, 92, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1970–1982).

19

 * Bud Alper, 82, American sound engineer (Blade Runner, Rocky, The Crow).
 * Inez Andrews, 83, American gospel singer (The Caravans), cancer.
 * Mauricio García Araujo, 81, Venezuelan economist.
 * Bob Armstrong, 64, Australian policeman, cancer.
 * Sir Lawrie Barratt, 85, English businessman (Barratt Developments).
 * Robert Bork, 85, American legal scholar, jurist, and 1987 Supreme Court nominee, heart disease.
 * Alan Cowey, 77, British biochemist.
 * Paul Crauchet, 92, French actor.
 * Ian Crewes, 74, Australian footballer.
 * Garniss Curtis, 93, American geophysicist.
 * Colin Davis, 79, British racing driver, winner of 1964 Targa Florio.
 * Les Devonshire, 86, English footballer.
 * Pecker Dunne, 79, Irish musician.
 * Krzysztof Etmanowicz, 53, Polish football manager.
 * Daniel Gasman, 79, American historian.
 * Konrad Hischier, 77, Swiss Olympic skier.
 * Georges Jobé, 51, Belgian motocross rider, five-time FIM World Motocross Champion, leukemia.
 * Douglas Leiterman, 85, Canadian producer and journalist (This Hour Has Seven Days).
 * Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, 68, Israeli lieutenant general, Chief of Staff (1995–1998) and politician, Minister of Transportation and Tourism, cancer.
 * Larry Morris, 79, American football player (Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams), after long illness.
 * Keiji Nakazawa, 73, Japanese manga artist and writer (Barefoot Gen), lung cancer.
 * George O'Donnell, 83, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
 * Virginia Starcher, 82, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1986–1990).
 * Peter Struck, 69, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1980–2009), Minister of Defence (2002–2005), heart attack.
 * Piet de Visser, 81, Dutch politician.

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 * George Almones, 50, American basketball player, heart failure.
 * Mohammad Awad, 73, Jordanian footballer.
 * Bill Bell, 100, British army officer and lawyer.
 * Don Campbell, 87, Canadian ice hockey player.
 * Daniel Cazés, 73, Mexican anthropologist.
 * Stan Charlton, 83, English footballer (Leyton Orient, Arsenal).
 * Leslie Claudius, 85, Indian Olympic champion (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960) field hockey player, cirrhosis of the liver.
 * Richard Crandall, 64, American scientist, leukemia.
 * Niall FitzGerald, 81, Irish football player.
 * Robert Juniper, 83, Australian artist.
 * Eagle Keys, 89, American-born Canadian CFL football player (Montreal Alouettes, Edmonton Eskimos) and coach (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
 * Larry L. King, 83, American writer and playwright (Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), emphysema.
 * Chick Maggioli, 90, American football player.
 * Jimmy McCracklin, 91, American blues musician, diabetes and hypertension.
 * Victor Merzhanov, 93, Russian classical pianist.
 * Erich Peters, 92, Swedish Olympic gymnast.
 * Albert Renaud, 92, Canadian ice hockey player.
 * Thelma Reston, 75, Brazilian actress (Entranced Earth), breast cancer.
 * Kamil Sönmez, 65, Turkish singer and actor, State Artist, cerebral hemorrhage.
 * Dennis Stevens, 79, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Everton).
 * Jerome Whitehead, 56, American basketball player, gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

21

 * Sultan Ahmed, 74, Bangladeshi Navy admiral.
 * Vivian Anderson, 91, American baseball player (Milwaukee Chicks).
 * Boyd Bartley, 92, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
 * Jarl Borssén, 75, Swedish actor and comedian.
 * Thomas Bryant, 79, South African cricketer.
 * Margarita Costa Tenorio, 61, Spanish biologist.
 * Curtis Crider, 82, American racing driver.
 * Jishu Dasgupta, 53, Indian film and television producer, cardiac arrest.
 * Lee Dorman, 70, American bass guitarist (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond), natural causes.
 * David Lomon, 94, British military veteran, member of the International Brigade.
 * Shane McEntee, 56, Irish politician, TD for Meath (2005–2007) & Meath East (since 2007); Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (since 2011), suicide.
 * Thomas W. McGee, 88, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1963–1991) and Speaker (1975–1984).
 * Lotoala Metia, Tuvaluan politician, Minister for Finance, after long illness.
 * Seiso Moyo, 56, Zimbabwean politician, MP for Nketa, heart attack.
 * Daphne Oxenford, 93, English television and radio actress (Listen with Mother, Coronation Street).
 * Basil Robinson, 93, English-born Canadian cricketer.

22

 * Peter Anker, 85, Norwegian art historian and critic.
 * Bashir Ahmad Bilour, 69, Pakistani politician, bombing.
 * Paul Borowski, 75, German Olympic silver medallist sailor (1972).
 * Chuck Cherundolo, 96, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers), heart failure.
 * Charles Cleveland, 61, American basketball player.
 * Wattie Dick, 85, Scottish footballer (Accrington Stanley).
 * Neil Doolan, 79, Australian football player.
 * Ryan Freel, 36, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), suicide by gunshot.
 * Emidio Greco, 74, Italian film director and screenwriter.
 * Willy Blok Hanson, 98, Javanese-born Canadian dancer.
 * Rip Hawk, 82, American professional wrestler.
 * George Hazlett, 89, Scottish footballer.
 * Gary Johnson, 74, American baseball player and manager.
 * Květa Legátová, 93, Czech writer, novel filmed as Želary.
 * Barbara Lett-Simmons, 85, American politician.
 * Lim Keng Yaik, 73, Malaysian politician.
 * Bill McBride, 67, American politician, Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Florida (2002), heart attack.
 * Gerald Melling, 69, British-born New Zealand architect and writer.
 * Cliff Osmond, 75, American actor (Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, Kiss Me, Stupid), pancreatic cancer.
 * Robert Pew, 89, American businessman and philanthropist, CEO and Chairman of Steelcase.
 * Bolesław Proch, 60, Polish speedway rider, heart attack.
 * Arthur Quinlan, 92, Irish journalist (The Irish Times).
 * Robert Stevenson, 96, American musicologist.
 * Arkady Vorobyov, 88, Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion under-90 kg (1956, 1960).
 * Marva Whitney, 68, American singer, complications of pneumonia.

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 * Jerry Araos, 68, Filipino sculptor, landscape artist, and activist.
 * Eduardo Arnosi, 88, Argentine music critic and writer.
 * Emilio Ciolli, 79, Italian cyclist.
 * Abe Deutschendorf, 77, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1994–2006).
 * Dennis Greenland, 75, British soil scientist.
 * Jean Harris, 89, American convicted murderer, killer of Scarsdale Diet doctor Herman Tarnower.
 * Sylvia Hyman, 95, American ceramic artist.
 * Eduardo Maiorino, 33, Brazilian MMA fighter, heart attack.
 * Judy Nerat, 64, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2009–2011), cancer.
 * John Quimby, 77, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1962–1974), complications of pneumonia.
 * Mike Scaccia, 47, American heavy metal guitarist (Ministry, Rigor Mortis, Revolting Cocks), heart attack.
 * Pedro Toledo, 69, Puerto Rican public official, Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police Department (1993–2001, 2005–2009), cardiac arrest.
 * Cristian Tudor, 30, Romanian footballer, cirrhosis.
 * Klemens von Klemperer, 96, German-born American historian.
 * Evelyn Ward, 89, American television actress, mother of David Cassidy, Alzheimer's disease.

24

 * Anand Abhyankar, 48, Indian actor, traffic collision.
 * Hugh Aitken, 88, American composer.
 * Vilen Barskyi, 92, Ukrainian Soviet and German artist.
 * Richard Rodney Bennett, 76, English composer (Nicholas and Alexandra, Murder on the Orient Express).
 * Capital Steez, 19, American rapper, suicide by jumping.
 * Frank Christian, 60, American singer-songwriter.
 * Ray Collins, 76, American singer (The Mothers of Invention), cardiac arrest.
 * Brad Corbett, 75, American baseball owner (Texas Rangers, 1974–1980).
 * Guy Dodson, 75, New Zealand biochemist.
 * Charles Durning, 89, American actor (Evening Shade, Rescue Me, Dog Day Afternoon), natural causes.
 * Kimio Eto, 88, Japanese musician.
 * Earl Evans, 57, American basketball player.
 * Carolina Griño-Aquino, 89, Filipino judge, Supreme Court (1988–1993) and Court of Appeals.
 * Douglas Hamilton, 65, British journalist, drowned.
 * Lee Hartman, 82, American animator (The Mickey Mouse Club, Sleeping Beauty), dementia.
 * Jack Klugman, 90, American actor (Quincy, M.E., The Odd Couple, 12 Angry Men), Emmy winner (1964, 1971, 1973), prostate cancer.
 * Alexander Leaf, 92, American physician and research scientist.
 * Xavier Mabille, 79, Belgian historian and political scientist.
 * Dennis O'Driscoll, 58, Irish poet.
 * Elwyn Richardson, 87, New Zealand educator.

25

 * Sita bint Fahd Al Damir, 90, Saudi royal.
 * Erico Aumentado, 72, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives for Bohol (since 2010), pneumonia.
 * Jerzy Bereś, 82, Polish artist.
 * Sir Neville Bosworth, 94, British politician, Lord Mayor of Birmingham (1969–1970).
 * Augusto Bracca, 94, Venezuelan songwriter, respiratory arrest.
 * Frank Calabrese, Sr., 75, American mafia hitman (Family Secrets), suspected heart disease.
 * Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, 83, British aristocrat.
 * Jane Dixon, 75, American Episcopal prelate, Suffragan Bishop of Washington (1992–2002).
 * Peter Ebert, 94, German opera director.
 * Şerafettin Elçi, 74, Kurdish lawyer, politician, government minister and statesman, cancer.
 * Halfdan Hegtun, 94, Norwegian radio personality and politician.
 * Edward Hughes, 92, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Metuchen (1987–1997), cancer.
 * John Josephs, 88, English cricketer (Leicestershire).
 * Henry Ford Kamel, 51, Ghanaian politician, MP for Buem (since 2004).
 * Joe Krivak, 77, American football coach (University of Maryland), leukemia.
 * Mahmoud Larnaout, 67, Tunisian actor.
 * Rudolf Müller, 81, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Görlitz (1994–2006).
 * Othmar Schneider, 84, Austrian Olympic champion (1952) Alpine skier and marksman.
 * Turki bin Sultan, 53, Saudi royal, Deputy Minister of Culture and Information (since 2011), heart attack.
 * Lynn Watters, 96, Canadian Olympic sailor.
 * Jože Zidar, 85, Slovenian Olympic ski jumper.

26

 * Abdul Ghafoor Ahmed, 85, Pakistani politician and educator.
 * Gerry Anderson, 83, British producer, writer and director (Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Fontella Bass, 72, American singer ("Rescue Me"), complications from a heart attack.
 * Paul T. Bateman, 93, American number theorist.
 * Elizabeth Brewster, 90, Canadian poet and academic.
 * Chu Ting-shun, 84, Taiwanese folk musician and yueqin player.
 * Les Garnider, 89, Australian footballer.
 * Anton Geiser, 88, Yugoslav-born Nazi concentration camp guard.
 * E. Porter Hatcher Jr., 76, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1987–1999).
 * Hugh Lambie, 95, Australian Olympic rower.
 * Gerald McDermott, 71, American filmmaker and author.
 * Jean Perrot, 92, French archaeologist.
 * Irving Saraf, 80, Polish producer, editor and director (In the Shadow of the Stars, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Henri Strzelecki, 87, Polish-born British fashion designer, co-founder of Henri Lloyd.
 * Ibrahim Tannous, 83, Lebanese military commander.
 * Rebecca Tarbotton, 39, Canadian-born American environmental activist, director of Rainforest Action Network, drowning.

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 * Zuleika Alambert, 90, Brazilian writer, feminist, and politician.
 * Peter Anderson, 62, New Zealand cricketer.
 * Bernie Baxter, 83, Australian rules football player.
 * Valentin Boreyko, 79, Russian Olympic champion (1960) rower.
 * Harry Carey Jr., 91, American actor (Gremlins, Tombstone, The Searchers), natural causes.
 * Lloyd Charmers, 74, Jamaican singer and record producer, heart attack.
 * Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician.
 * Beatriz da Costa, 38, German artist, cancer.
 * Maurice Paul Delorme, 93, French Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (1975–1994).
 * Beth Finch, 91, American politician, first female Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina (1975–1981).
 * Hamid Ghodse, 74, Iranian-born British academic, expert in substance abuse and dependence, lung cancer.
 * Sohrab Hossain, 90, Bangladeshi singer, exponent of Nazrul Sangeet.
 * Ken Jones, 68, English footballer (Bradford Park Avenue, Southampton).
 * Paul Khoarai, 79, Mosotho Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Leribe (1970–2009).
 * Jorma Kortelainen, 80, Finnish Olympic silver medalist (1956) cross-country skier and rower, sepsis.
 * Tingye Li, 81, Chinese-born American physicist.
 * Edgar May, 83, Swiss-born American politician and Pulitzer prize-winning (1961) journalist, member of Vermont House of Representatives (1973–1983) and Senate (1983–1991), stroke.
 * Benny McLaughlin, 84, American footballer.
 * Jesco von Puttkamer, 79, German-born American aerospace engineer and NASA manager.
 * Albert Riederer, 67, American judge and civic leader, Missouri Court of Appeals (1997–1999), cancer.
 * Archie Roy, 88, Scottish astronomer and paranormal expert, pneumonia.
 * Jim Sandoval, 54, American baseball historian.
 * Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., 78, American general, Commander-in-Chief of United States Central Command (1988–1991), complications from pneumonia.
 * Noriko Sengoku, 90, Japanese actress (Seven Samurai).
 * Takashi Taniguchi, 65, Japanese voice actor.
 * Mlađa Veselinović, 97, Serbian actor.
 * Salt Walther, 65, American racecar driver.
 * Ivar Ytreland, 86, Norwegian politician.

28

 * Nicholas Ambraseys, 83, Greek engineering seismologist.
 * Fyodor Arkhipenko, 91, Soviet-Belarusian pilot.
 * Bogdan Baltazar, 73, Romanian banker, press secretary for Prime Minister Petre Roman, cancer.
 * Martin G. Barnes, 64, American politician, first African American mayor of Paterson, New Jersey (1997–2002).
 * Richard Lee Beasley, 82, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1960–1966), father of David M. Beasley.
 * Steve Bryles, 55, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (2001–2011), cancer.
 * John Carol Case, 89, British baritone.
 * Emilio Charles, Jr., 56, Mexican professional wrestler, kidney failure.
 * Jayne Cortez, 76, American poet and performance artist.
 * Mark Crispin, 56, American computer programmer.
 * John Diehl, 76, American football player.
 * Václav Drobný, 32, Czech footballer (Aston Villa, national team), bobsleigh collision.
 * Barrie Edgar, 93, English producer (Come Dancing, Gardeners' World), pneumonia.
 * Jon Finch, 70, English actor (Frenzy, Kingdom of Heaven).
 * Arnór Hannibalsson, 78, Icelandic philosopher and professor.
 * Frank Henderson, 84, American politician and judge, member of the South Dakota Senate (1965–1966, 1969–1970) and Supreme Court of South Dakota (1979–1994).
 * Tommy Keane, 44, Irish association football player.
 * Leif Krantz, 80, Swedish television producer and film director.
 * Dan Kraus, 89, American basketball player and FBI special agent, cancer.
 * Claude-Anne Lopez, 92, American author and scholar, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Lord Avie, 34, American thoroughbred racehorse, oldest living Eclipse Award winner (1980).
 * Arman Manukyan, 81, Turkish economist and writer, heart disease.
 * George Patterson, 92, Scottish missionary.
 * Fred Rehm, 91, American basketball player.
 * Emmanuel Scheffer, 88, German-born Israeli football coach, coached national team to only World Cup (1970).
 * Burdette Solum, 85, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1991–1992, 1998–2004).
 * Frankie Walsh, 76, Irish hurler (Waterford GAA).

29

 * Hugh Adam, 87, Scottish businessperson.
 * Aleksandra Akimova, 90, Russian pilot.
 * Bob Astles, 88, British-born Ugandan government adviser of Milton Obote and Idi Amin.
 * Mike Auldridge, 73, American bluegrass musician (The Seldom Scene), cancer.
 * Kevin Betson, 83, Australian footballer.
 * Henri Bortoft, 74, British philosopher.
 * Chu Chang-kyun, 91, South Korean businessperson.
 * Keith Crombie, 73, British music venue owner and promoter.
 * Tony Greig, 66, South African cricketer, England captain (1975–1977) and Australian Nine Network television commentator, heart attack.
 * Roland Griffiths-Marsh, 89, Australian soldier.
 * Patience Latting, 94, American politician, first female Mayor of Oklahoma City (1971–1983).
 * Edward Meneeley, 85, American artist.
 * Ian Norton, 75, English cricketer.
 * Ben Overton, 86, American judge, Supreme Court of Florida (1974–1999), complications following heart surgery.
 * William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg, 84, British journalist and life peer, Editor of The Times (1967–1981), oesophageal cancer.
 * Salvador Reyes Monteón, 76, Mexican footballer (C.D. Guadalajara, national team).
 * Paulo Rocha, 77, Portuguese film director.
 * Bruce Stark, 79, American cartoonist (New York Daily News), emphysema.
 * Ruth Ann Steinhagen, 83, American stalker, shot Eddie Waitkus, inspiration for The Natural, fall.
 * Ignacy Tokarczuk, 94, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Przemyśl (1965–1993).
 * Jean Topart, 90, French actor (Fantastic Planet).
 * Jeanne Vertefeuille, 80, American CIA official.

30

 * Maulana Bijligar, 85, Pakistani religious leader.
 * Gerry Brady, 87, Irish sports shooter.
 * Catarina Castor, 32, Guatemalan politician, first Ixil woman elected to Congress, plane crash.
 * Philip Coppens, 41, American author, cancer.
 * Dennis Ferguson, 64, Australian convicted child sex offender.
 * Beate Sirota Gordon, 89, Austrian-born American performing arts producer and women's rights advocate, drafted the Constitution of Japan.
 * Mike Hopkins, 53, New Zealand sound editor (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Transformers), drowning.
 * Arend Langenberg, 63, Dutch voice-over and radio presenter, rectal cancer.
 * Rita Levi-Montalcini, 103, Italian neurologist and senator for life, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1986), natural causes.
 * Göran Nilsson, 66, Swedish cinematographer.
 * Gloria Pall, 85, American actress, heart failure.
 * Sir Irvine Patnick, 83, British politician, MP for Sheffield Hallam (1987–1997), heart disease.
 * Sonam Topgyal, 71, Tibetan politician, Kalön Tripa (Prime Minister) of the Central Tibetan Administration (1997–2001), stomach cancer.
 * Andreu Vivo, 34, Spanish artistic gymnast, competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, heart attack while mountain climbing.
 * Carl Woese, 84, American biologist, winner of Leeuwenhoek Medal (1992), National Medal of Science (2000), complications from pancreatic cancer.

31

 * Elfriede Abbe, 93, American sculptor, wood engraver and botanical illustrator.
 * Larry Bowie, 73, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).
 * Moisès Broggi, 104, Spanish physician and pacifist.
 * Carmen Calleja, 63, Spanish politician.
 * Sergio de Castro, 90, French-Argentinian artist.
 * Béla Csécsei, 60, Hungarian politician, Mayor of Józsefváros (1993–2009).
 * Susana Dalmás, 64, Uruguayan politician, Senator (2010–2012), heart attack.
 * Jim Davenport, 54, American journalist (Associated Press), cancer.
 * Walter Hekster, 75, Dutch composer, clarinetist and conductor.
 * Konstantin Kobets, 73, Russian Soviet-era military commander.
 * Alasdair Liddell, 63, British health executive.
 * Velta Līne, 89, Latvian actress, Stalin Prize (1948, 1951), People's Artist (1973).
 * Annapurna Maharana, 95, Indian revolutionary figure and women's rights activist.
 * Jovette Marchessault, 74, Canadian writer and artist.
 * Tarak Mekki, 54, Tunisian politician, heart attack.
 * Alan Reece, 85, British engineer and businessman.
 * James B. Reuter, 96, American-born Filipino Roman Catholic priest and mass media advocate, complications from a stroke.
 * Jean-Henri Roger, 63, French film director.
 * Günter Rössler, 86, German photographer.
 * Yang Teng-kuei, 74, Taiwanese film producer (Fong Sai-yuk, A City of Sadness), stroke.