Deaths in February 2016

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

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
 * Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

1

 * Wasil Ahmad, 11, Afghan child soldier, shot.
 * Israr Ali, 88, Pakistani Test cricketer.
 * Ali Beratlıgil, 84, Turkish football player and coach.
 * Francis Buckley, 94, Canadian business executive (Buckley's).
 * Jon Bunch, 45, American rock musician (Sense Field, Further Seems Forever), suicide by drug overdose.
 * Miguel Gutiérrez, 84, Mexican footballer (Club Atlas).
 * Li Xiuren, 94, Chinese politician.
 * Murray Louis, 89, American modern dancer and choreographer.
 * Kelly McGarry, 33, New Zealand mountain biker, cardiac arrest.
 * Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, 85, Guatemalan military officer and politician, President (1983–1986).
 * Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech, 61, British peer, member of the House of Lords (1985–1999).
 * Bernard Piras, 73, French politician, member of the Senate for Drôme (1996–2014), Mayor of Bourg-lès-Valence (2001–2014), cancer.
 * Paul Pholeros, 62, Australian architect.
 * Jaime Powell, 63, Argentine paleontologist.
 * Tom Pugh, 78, English cricketer.
 * Kunigal Ramanath, 83, Indian actor.
 * Thomas Tigue, 70, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1981–2006), lung cancer.
 * Dušan Velkaverh, 72, Slovenian lyricist.
 * Sir Peter Whiteley, 95, British general in the Royal Marines, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (1979–1984).

2

 * Robert Beiner, 65, American television sports director.
 * Heinz Bohlen, 80, German microwave electronics and communications engineer (Bohlen–Pierce scale).
 * Seth Cardew, 81, English studio potter.
 * Abram Cohen, 91, American Olympic fencer (1956).
 * Bob Elliott, 92, American comedian (Bob and Ray) and actor (Get a Life), throat cancer.
 * Jim Goode, 71, American restaurateur.
 * Dag Gundersen, 88, Norwegian linguist and lexicographer.
 * Halling, 24, American racehorse.
 * Intizar Hussain, 92, Pakistani writer.
 * Chris Kenny, 78, Irish-born New Zealand boxing coach.
 * Luiz Felipe Lampreia, 74, Brazilian diplomat, Minister of External Relations (1995–2001).
 * Aldo Bufi Landi, 92, Italian actor (Four Flies on Grey Velvet, The Magliari, The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo).
 * Gérald Laniel, 91, Canadian politician, MP for Beauharnois—Salaberry (1962–1984).
 * Rebecca Masika Katsuva, 49, Congolese women's rights activist.
 * Mubeen Mughal, 23, Pakistani cricketer.
 * Yasushi Nirasawa, 52, Japanese concept designer and illustrator (Kamen Rider Kabuto, Hellboy, Soulcalibur), kidney failure.
 * Mike Oehler, 78, American author.
 * Manuel Tenenbaum, 81, Uruguayan historian, President of the Latin American Jewish Congress (1978–2007).
 * Marcus Turner, 59, New Zealand folk singer and television presenter.

3

 * Ernesto Alais, 86, Argentine Olympic sports shooter.
 * Joe Alaskey, 63, American voice actor (Looney Tunes, Rugrats, Casper), cancer.
 * Big Kap, 45, American hip hop DJ (Tunnel), heart attack.
 * Mark Farren, 33, Irish football player (Derry City), brain cancer.
 * Richie Giachetti, 76, American boxing trainer.
 * John Hirst, 73, Australian historian.
 * Balram Jakhar, 92, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1980–1989).
 * Michał Janiszewski, 89, Polish politician and army officer.
 * Brandon Astor Jones, 72, American criminal, execution by lethal injection.
 * József Kasza, 70, Serbian politician and economist.
 * Brad Kent, 61, Canadian musician (DOA, Avengers), complications from pneumonia.
 * Suat Mamat, 85, Turkish footballer (Galatasaray, national team).
 * K. S. Paripoornan, 83, Indian judge, multiple organ failure.
 * Valery Postnikov, 70, Russian ice hockey player and coach.
 * Mercedes Richards, 60, Jamaican astronomer and physicist.
 * John P. Riley Jr., 95, American ice hockey player (national team) and coach (1960 Olympic Champions US national team).
 * Edith Skom, 86, American novelist.
 * Alba Solís, 88, Argentine singer and actress.
 * Saulius Sondeckis, 87, Lithuanian violinist and conductor.
 * Andy Thompson, 91, Canadian politician, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party (1964–1966).
 * Arnold Weiberg-Aurdal, 90, Norwegian politician.

4

 * Leslie Bassett, 93, American composer, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music (1966).
 * Sonia Borg, 85, Austrian-born Australian screenwriter (Women of the Sun, Storm Boy).
 * Marlow Cook, 89, American politician, Senator from Kentucky (1968–1974), complications from a heart attack.
 * Don Davis, 82, American gun shop owner.
 * Joe Dowell, 76, American pop singer ("Wooden Heart"), heart attack.
 * William Gaskill, 85, British theatre director.
 * Harry Glasgow, 76, Scottish footballer (Clyde).
 * Harry Harpham, 61, British politician, MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (since 2015), cancer.
 * Bob Harrison, 78, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
 * Jimmie Haskell, 79, American composer and orchestrator (The Color Purple, Big, Land of the Lost).
 * Paddy Kehoe, 93, Irish Gaelic football and hurling manager and player.
 * Galina Leontyeva, 74, Russian volleyball player, Olympic champion (1968, 1972).
 * Katie May, 34, American model, stroke.
 * Kristine Miller, 90, American actress (I Walk Alone, Jungle Patrol, Too Late for Tears). (death announced on this date)
 * Dave Mirra, 41, American BMX rider, X Games winner (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005), suicide by gunshot.
 * Edgar Mitchell, 85, American astronaut (Apollo 14).
 * Sir Jeremy Morse, 87, British banker and crossword compiler.
 * Miguel Roa, 72, Spanish conductor.
 * Axl Rotten, 44, American professional wrestler (ECW), heroin overdose.
 * Haro Senft, 87, German filmmaker (Kahl).
 * David Sloan, 74, Northern Irish footballer (Scunthorpe United, Oxford United, Walsall).
 * Ulf Söderblom, 85, Finnish conductor.
 * Howard G. Swafford, 96, American politician.
 * Dimitris Tsaloumas, 94, Greek-born Australian poet.
 * Lorna Jorgenson Wendt, 72, American women's equality advocate.
 * Edgar Whitcomb, 98, American politician, Governor of Indiana (1969–1973).
 * Maurice White, 74, American songwriter and musician (Earth, Wind & Fire), complications from Parkinson's disease.

5

 * Markand Bhatt, 87, Indian theatre director and actor.
 * Bill Birchfield, 80, American politician, member of Florida House of Representatives for the 21st district (1971–1974).
 * Ciriaco Cañete, 96, Filipino martial artist, prostate cancer.
 * Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum, 86, American judge, District Court for the Southern District of New York (1986–1998), stroke.
 * Ray Colcord, 66, American film and television composer (Boy Meets World, The Facts of Life, Dinosaurs), pancreatic cancer.
 * Leo Foley, 87, American politician, Minnesota State Senator (1997–2011).
 * Bodil Malmsten, 71, Swedish poet and novelist.
 * John Lewis Mitchell, 97, British Royal Air Force pilot.
 * Tayeb Saddiki, 77, Moroccan playwright.
 * C. V. Subramanian, 91, Indian scientist.
 * Carl E. Wang, 85, Norwegian politician.

6

 * Milton V. Backman, 88, American historian.
 * Alastair Biggar, 69, Scottish rugby union player (national team, British and Irish Lions, London Scottish), cancer.
 * Jules Boes, 88, Belgian Olympic basketball player.
 * Luciano Conati, 65, Italian racing cyclist.
 * David John de Laubenfels, 90, American botanist.
 * Robin Chandler Duke, 92, American social advocate and diplomat, Ambassador to Norway (2000–2001).
 * Dan Gerson, 49, American screenwriter (Monsters, Inc., Big Hero 6, Chicken Little), brain cancer.
 * Winifred Green, 78, American civil rights activist.
 * Dan Hicks, 74, American singer-songwriter, liver cancer.
 * York Larese, 77, American basketball player (Chicago Packers, Philadelphia Warriors) and coach (New York Nets).
 * Anisa Makhlouf, 86, Syrian political matriarch, First Lady (1971–2000).
 * James Moore, 99, American baseball player (Newark Eagles).
 * Emanuel Parzen, 86, American statistician.
 * Sam Spence, 88, American composer (NFL Films).
 * Giacomo Tachis, 82, Italian oenologist (Super Tuscans).
 * Sudhir Tailang, 55, Indian cartoonist, brain cancer.
 * John L. Tishman, 90, American property developer (Tishman Realty & Construction).
 * Eddy Wally, 83, Belgian singer, cerebral hemorrhage.
 * David Weinrib, 91, American artist.

7

 * Juliette Benzoni, 95, French novelist.
 * Konstantinos Despotopoulos, 102, Greek philosopher and politician.
 * Andrew Glaze, 95, American poet.
 * Andrew Hintz, 52, New Zealand cricketer.
 * Dogomar Martínez, 86, Uruguayan Olympic boxer.
 * Emilyano Ochagaviya, 70, Russian theater actor.
 * Redding Pitt, 71, American attorney and politician.
 * Thomas Rea, 86, American dermatologist and leprosy researcher, cancer.
 * Roger Willemsen, 60, German author, essayist and TV presenter.

8

 * Sikiru Adesina, 44–45, Nigerian film actor and director.
 * Amelia Bence, 101, Argentine actress (The Gaucho War, A Sangre Fría, Alfonsina).
 * Jakov Bienenfeld, 67, Croatian executive.
 * Michael Brick, 41, American journalist and songwriter, colon cancer.
 * Charles C. Campbell, 68, American army general.
 * Ken Delo, 77, American singer (The Delo and Daly Show).
 * John Disley, 87, Welsh steeplechase runner, Olympic bronze medallist (1952) and co-founder of the London Marathon.
 * Johnny Duncan, 92, American actor (Batman and Robin).
 * Nida Fazli, 77, Indian poet, respiratory problems.
 * Giuliano Ferraris, 80, Italian Olympic ice hockey player (1956).
 * Luigi Ferrari Bravo, 82, Italian academic and judge, International Court of Justice (1995–1997).
 * Margaret Forster, 77, English novelist (Georgy Girl) and biographer, cancer.
 * Norman Hudis, 93, English screenwriter (Carry On).
 * August P. Mardesich, 95, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1950–1963) and Senate (1963–1978).
 * Samuel Rappaport, 83, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1971–1984).
 * Willie Richardson, 76, American football player (Jackson State, Baltimore Colts, Miami Dolphins).
 * Viggo Rivad, 93, Danish photographer.
 * Roy Señeres, 68, Filipino politician and diplomat, Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (1994–1998), complications of diabetes.
 * William Donald Stiehl, 90, American federal judge, District Court for the Southern District of Illinois (1986–1996).
 * William Stowe, 75, American rower, Olympic champion (1964).
 * Zdravko Tolimir, 67, Bosnian Serb military commander in the Bosnian War.
 * Violette Verdy, 82, French ballerina.
 * Leon Vilaincour, 92, Polish-born British painter.

9

 * J. B. Danquah-Adu, 50, Ghanaian politician and MP, stabbed.
 * Myer Bloom, 87, Canadian physicist.
 * Vittorio Di Prima, 74, Italian actor and voice actor.
 * Wayne England, 56, English artist (Magic: The Gathering).
 * Claudie Flament, 85, French Olympic hurdler.
 * Bob Halverson, 78, Australian politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1996–1998), MP (1984–1998), cancer.
 * Michael Hanlon, 51, British science journalist, heart attack.
 * Roy Harris, 82, British folk singer.
 * André van den Heuvel, 88, Dutch actor (Hamelen, De rode zwaan, Lifespan), two-time winner of the Louis d'Or.
 * Sushil Koirala, 76, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister (2014–2015), President of Congress (since 2010), pneumonia.
 * Edwin McDonough, 72, American actor (Kinsey, Reversal of Fortune).
 * Alethea McGrath, 95, Australian actress (Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Prisoner, Knowing).
 * Graham Moore, 74, Welsh footballer (Charlton Athletic, Cardiff City).
 * Quan Minyu, 12, Chinese singer, DIPG.
 * Edgar Riek, 95, Australian entomologist and wine pioneer.
 * Jagnandan Singh, 87, Kenyan Olympic hockey player.
 * Elizabeth Joan Smith, 88, Canadian politician, MPP for London South (1985–1990), brain injury from fall.
 * Donald E. Thorin, 81, American cinematographer (Thief, Purple Rain, Scent of a Woman).
 * Leslie Thornton, 90, English sculptor.
 * Jan Zoon, 92, Dutch politician, Senator (1969–1991).
 * Alexandru Vulpe, 84, Romanian historian, archaeologist and academician (Romanian Academy).
 * Nore Westin, 78, Swedish Olympic biathlete.

10

 * Jakob Aano, 95, Norwegian politician, MP (1965–1985).
 * David Boykett, 81, Australian rower, Olympic bronze medallist (1956).
 * Claude Jeancolas, 66, French author.
 * Ian Cowap, 65, English cricketer (Cheshire), cancer.
 * Yuriy Dumchev, 57, Russian Olympic Soviet discus thrower (1980, 1988), world record holder (1983–1986).
 * Leo Ehlen, 62, Dutch footballer (Roda JC).
 * Hildesuse Gaertner, 93, German alpine skier and politician.
 * Phil Gartside, 63, English businessman and football chairman (Bolton Wanderers), cancer.
 * Rafiqul Hossain, 80, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–1988).
 * Anatoli Ilyin, 84, Russian Soviet football player (Spartak Moscow), Olympic champion (1956).
 * Bayard Johnson, 63, American screenwriter (Tarzan and the Lost City), cancer.
 * Drew Lewis, 84, American business executive and politician, Secretary of Transportation (1981–1983), complications of pneumonia.
 * Asami Nagakiya, 30, Japanese musician, strangled.
 * Lennie Pond, 75, American race car driver, cancer.
 * Eliseo Prado, 86, Argentine footballer (national team, Club Atlético River Plate).
 * Christopher Rush, 50, American illustrator (Magic: The Gathering).
 * Günter Schröter, 88, German football player and coach.
 * John Spencer, 81, New Zealand businessman.
 * Fatima Surayya Bajia, 85, Pakistani novelist.
 * Richard Unis, 87, American judge, stroke.
 * Bob Wielinga, 70, Dutch academic.
 * Abdel-Bari Zamzami, 73, Moroccan religious leader, cancer.

11

 * Warner Batchelor, 81, Australian Olympic boxer.
 * Les Belshaw, 88, British rugby league player.
 * Sir Timothy Bevan, 88, British banker, chairman of Barclays (1981–1987).
 * Naushaba Burney, 83, Pakistani journalist.
 * Jakob Denzinger, 91, Croatian concentration camp guard.
 * John Gagnon, 84, American sociologist, pancreatic cancer.
 * Charles Garabedian, 92, American artist, prostate cancer.
 * William Haze, 49, American actor (One Tree Hill, The Punisher, Jeepers Creepers).
 * Thomas N. Hibbard, 86, American computer scientist.
 * Douglas Inman, 95, American oceanographer.
 * Jung Byung-tak, 75, South Korean football player and manager.
 * John Baptist Kakubi, 86, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mbarara (1969–1991).
 * Ellison Kelly, 80, American-born Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Toronto Argonauts), heart failure.
 * Philip A. Kuhn, 82, British-born American sinologist.
 * Warren Manzi, 60, American playwright (Perfect Crime), pneumonia.
 * Mildred Shapley Matthews, 100, American science writer.
 * Juan Mujica, 72, Uruguayan football player and manager.
 * Sohrab Rahimi, 53, Iranian-born Swedish poet.
 * Kevin Randleman, 44, American mixed martial artist, UFC Heavyweight Champion (1999–2000), pneumonia and heart failure.
 * Ferenc Rudas, 94, Hungarian football player and manager (Ferencvárosi TC).
 * Arthur Tunstall, 93, Australian sports administrator.
 * John Keith Wells, 94, American Marine platoon commander (2nd Battalion 28th Marines).
 * Kim Williams, 68, American songwriter ("Three Wooden Crosses").
 * Peter Wood, 90, English theatre director.
 * Zeng Xuelin, 86, Chinese football player and manager (Tianjin, national team).

12

 * Eddie Barry, 96, American ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
 * Kekuni Blaisdell, 90, American Hawaii sovereign activist and professor of medicine, respiratory failure.
 * Oscar Camilión, 86, Argentine lawyer and diplomat, Minister of Defense (1993–1996), Foreign Minister (1981).
 * Dominique D'Onofrio, 62, Italian-born Belgian football coach.
 * Kenny Easterday, 42, American actor and "man with half a body" due to sacral agenesis.
 * Braulio Manuel Fernández, 74, Mexican politician.
 * Robert Frederick Froehlke, 93, American lawyer, Secretary of the Army (1971–1973).
 * Bergljot Hobæk Haff, 90, Norwegian novelist.
 * Barbara Hardy, 92, British author.
 * Keith Jeffery, 64, Northern Irish historian.
 * Martin Jensen, 74, Norwegian triple jumper.
 * Giannis Kalaitzis, 70, Greek cartoonist and caricaturist.
 * Sossen Krohg, 92, Norwegian actress (Hotel Cæsar).
 * Johnny Lattner, 83, American football player (Notre Dame, Pittsburgh Steelers).
 * Yvonne Porcella, 79, American quilt artist.
 * Bennie Purcell, 86, American basketball player (Murray State University, Washington Generals) and tennis coach.
 * Henri Rey, 83, French Olympic basketball player.
 * Hugo Tassara, 92, Chilean football manager.
 * George Tipton, 84, American composer and arranger.
 * Yan Su, 85, Chinese playwright and lyricist, cerebral infarction.
 * Xymena Zaniewska-Chwedczuk, 91, Polish scenographer, architect and fashion designer.

13

 * Angela Bairstow, 73, English badminton player.
 * Nathan Barksdale, 54, American heroin dealer, dramatized in The Wire.
 * Yvonne Barr, 83, Irish virologist, discovered Epstein–Barr virus.
 * Avigdor Ben-Gal, 79, Israeli general, GOC Northern Command (1977–1981).
 * Flakey Dove, 30, British racehorse, winner of the 1994 Champion Hurdle, euthanized.
 * Robin Ghosh, 76, Bangladeshi composer.
 * Trifon Ivanov, 50, Bulgarian footballer (national team), heart attack.
 * Barry Jones, 74, New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Christchurch (since 2007).
 * O. N. V. Kurup, 84, Indian poet, recipient of the Jnanpith Award (2007).
 * Edward J. McCluskey, 86, American electrical engineer.
 * Rafael Moreno Valle, 98, Mexican military physician and politician, Governor of Puebla (1969–1972), Secretary of Health (1964–1968).
 * Giorgio Rossano, 76, Italian Olympic footballer (1960).
 * Slobodan Santrač, 69, Serbian football player (Yugoslavia) and manager, heart attack.
 * Antonin Scalia, 79, American judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (since 1986).
 * Mike Shepherdson, 85, Malaysian Olympic hockey player (1956) and cricketer (national team).
 * Bořek Šípek, 66, Czech architect and designer, cancer.
 * Bud Webster, 63, American science fiction and fantasy writer.
 * Sir Christopher Zeeman, 91, British mathematician.

14

 * Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, 87, British politician, MP for Orpington (1962–1970), acute myeloid leukaemia.
 * Peter Bottome, 78, Venezuelan businessman (Empresas 1BC).
 * Ali Brownlee, 56, English radio sports broadcaster (Middlesbrough F.C. on BBC Tees), bowel cancer.
 * Muriel Casals i Couturier, 70, Spanish economist and Catalan independence leader, President of Òmnium Cultural (2010-2015), Catalonia MP (since 2015), brain injury.
 * Joanne M. Cohoon, 61, American sociologist.
 * Max Gruenberg, 72, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1985–1993, since 2003).
 * Drewe Henley, 75, British actor (Star Wars, Hell Boats, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth), asphyxiation.
 * David Hey, 77, English historian, brain tumor.
 * Mitchell Higginbotham, 94, American World War II veteran, member of the Tuskegee Airmen.
 * Anselmo López, 81, Venezuelan bandola player.
 * Wiesław Rudkowski, 69, Polish boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1972).
 * Steven Stucky, 66, American classical music composer, brain tumor.
 * L. C. Ulmer, 87, American blues musician.

15

 * Paul Bannon, 59, Irish footballer (Carlisle United, Cork City).
 * Paulo Barreto Menezes, 90, Brazilian civil engineer and politician, Governor of Sergipe (1971–1975).
 * Piero Buscaroli, 85, Italian musicologist.
 * Alcibíades Colón, 96, Dominican baseball player.
 * Mary Dodson, 83, American art director (Murder, She Wrote, Full House, Taxi), complications from Parkinson's Disease.
 * Lewis Feild, 59, American rodeo cowboy, pancreatic cancer.
 * Edward T. Foote II, 78, American educator, President of the University of Miami (1981–2001).
 * George Gaynes, 98, Finnish-born American actor (Police Academy, Punky Brewster, Tootsie).
 * Constance Glube, 84, Canadian judge, Chief Justice of Nova Scotia (1998–2004).
 * Victor Goldbloom, 92, Canadian politician.
 * Abdul Rahman Al-Hanaqtah, 52–53, Jordanian politician, member of the House of Representatives (2007–2013).
 * Virgil Jester, 88, American baseball player (Boston Braves/Milwaukee Braves), pneumonia.
 * Jerzy Kroh, 91, Polish chemist.
 * Louis Lane, 92, American conductor.
 * Walter McGowan, 73, Scottish boxer, world champion (1966).
 * Muhayadin Mohamed, Somali politician, Defence Minister (2008), explosion.
 * Salman Natour, 67, Israeli Palestinian author.
 * W. F. H. Nicolaisen, 88, German-born Scottish scholar.
 * Joyce Paul, 78, American country music singer.
 * Carlos Quintero Arce, 96, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Hermosillo (1968–1996).
 * Hans Posthumus, 68, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord, NEC).
 * Jean Rabier, 88, French cinematographer (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg).
 * Fighton Simukonda, 58, Zambian football player (Nkana Red Devils) and manager (national team), diabetes.
 * Steve Thompson, 50, American football player.
 * Vanity, 57, Canadian singer (Vanity 6), actress (The Last Dragon), and evangelist, renal failure.

16

 * Alisa Bellettini, 61, American television producer, creator of House of Style.
 * Ronnie Blackman, 90, English footballer (Reading).
 * Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 93, Egyptian politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (1992–1996), complications from a fall.
 * Eugenio Carmi, 95, Italian painter and sculptor.
 * Fred V. Cherry, 87, American military pilot, POW during the Vietnam War, heart disease.
 * Mircea Costache II, 75, Romanian handball player (Dinamo București, national team) and coach (Algeria, Portugal), world champion (1961, 1964).
 * Srđan Dizdarević, 63, Bosnian diplomat and journalist.
 * Jack Elrod, 91, American cartoonist (Mark Trail).
 * Gustavo Julian Garcia, 43, American criminal, execution by lethal injection.
 * Douglas Haynes, 80, Canadian abstract painter.
 * Mahmudul Islam, 79, Bangladeshi lawyer, Attorney General (1998–2001).
 * Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, 96, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Villavicencio (1969–1994).
 * Mike Greenstein, 95, American strongman.
 * Lou Holland, 74, American football player (Chicago Bears, British Columbia Lions) and investment management executive, Grey Cup champion (1964).
 * Bernard Kirschenbaum, 91, American artist.
 * Herbert Louis, 87, American orthopedic surgeon.
 * Arman Manaryan, 86, Iranian-born Armenian film director.
 * Belinda Nash, 69, Canadian-born American historian, cancer.
 * Jim Pleass, 92, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan).
 * Jože Pogačnik, 83, Slovenian film director.
 * Charles Caldwell Ryrie, 90, American theologian.
 * Robert Walker, 87, American sailor, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (1975–1979).

17

 * Arthur J. Aasland, 82, Norwegian executive (Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk).
 * Gelu Barbu, 83, Romanian-born Spanish ballet dancer and choreographer.
 * Jesús Barrero, 57, Mexican actor and voice actor (Saint Seiya), lung cancer.
 * Eduardo Chirinos, 55, Peruvian poet.
 * Elias P. Demetracopoulos, 87, Greek journalist and activist, involved in the Watergate scandal.
 * François Fourquet, 76, French economist.
 * Andy Ganteaume, 95, Trinidadian cricketer (West Indies).
 * Alexander Gutman, 71, Russian film director (Journey Back to Youth).
 * Eddie Haigh, 80, British trade unionist.
 * Sophia Hawthorne, 39, New Zealand actress.
 * Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, 92, Egyptian journalist, kidney disease.
 * Noela Hjorth, 75, Australian artist.
 * Michael Jaharis, 87, American businessman and philanthropist.
 * Akbar Kakkattil, 61, Indian writer, lung cancer.
 * Archie Lang, 95, American actor (Dallas, General Hospital).
 * Liu Wan-lai, 89, Taiwanese translator.
 * Brock Pemberton, 62, American baseball player (New York Mets).
 * Tony Phillips, 56, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox), World Series champion (1989), heart attack.
 * George Redmond, 92, Irish politician.
 * Norbert Verougstraete, 81, Belgian Olympic cyclist.
 * Ray West, 90, American sound mixer (Star Wars, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Caddyshack), Oscar winner (1978).
 * Andrzej Żuławski, 75, Polish film director and writer, cancer.

18

 * Victorico Chaves, 83, Filipino sports administrator and politician.
 * Harold C. Conklin, 89, American anthropologist.
 * Jim Davenport, 82, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants), heart failure.
 * Sir Tony Durant, 88, British politician, MP (1974–1997).
 * Jo-Ann Episkenew, 63, Canadian author and indigenous rights activist.
 * Rosario Ferré, 77, Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist, First Lady (1970–1972).
 * Rudolf Fischer, 92, Romanian historian and linguist.
 * Paul Gordon, 52, American musician (New Radicals, The B-52's), complications from heart disease.
 * Brendan Healy, 59, English actor and musician, cancer.
 * Abdul Rashid Khan, 107, Indian Hindustani musician.
 * Bruce Lacey, 89, British artist and actor.
 * Horst Mittelstaedt, 92, German biologist.
 * Johnny Miller, 65, English footballer (Ipswich), cancer.
 * Tom Mullica, 67, American comedy magician and actor (Finding Forrester), complications from surgery.
 * Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar, 78, Indian religious scholar.
 * Pantelis Pantelidis, 32, Greek singer-songwriter, traffic collision.
 * Sigmund Pritchard, 86, Bahamian Olympic sailor.
 * Angela Raiola, 55, American television personality (Mob Wives, Big Ang), lung and throat cancer.
 * John Reinhardt, 95, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Nigeria (1971–1975).
 * Don Rossiter, 80, English footballer and politician.
 * Karl Stirner, 92, German-born American sculptor.
 * Thyge Thøgersen, 89, Danish Olympic runner.
 * Giorgio Tinazzi, 81, Italian footballer.
 * Yūko Tsushima, 68, Japanese author.
 * Arumugam Vijiaratnam, 94, Singaporean athlete and Olympic hockey player (1956).

19

 * Tamerlan Aguzarov, 52, Russian politician, Head of North Ossetia-Alania (since 2015), complications from pneumonia.
 * Humbert Allen Astredo, 86, American actor (Dark Shadows).
 * John Binotto, 96, American football player.
 * Mary Groves Bland, 80, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1981–1998) and Missouri Senate (1998–2005), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Din Joe Crowley, 70, Irish footballer (Rathmore, East Kerry).
 * Harald Devold, 51, Norwegian jazz musician, cancer.
 * Umberto Eco, 84, Italian philosopher and novelist (The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, Numero Zero), pancreatic cancer.
 * Ariel Forman, 72, Israeli actor and voice actor, lung cancer.
 * Freddie Goodwin, 82, English football player (Manchester United, Leeds) and manager (Birmingham).
 * Sir Anthony Hidden, 79, British judge.
 * Harper Lee, 89, American author (To Kill a Mockingbird).
 * Chiaki Morosawa, 56, Japanese anime screenwriter (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED), aortic dissection.
 * Sir William O'Brien, 99, British admiral, Naval Secretary (1964–1966).
 * Vi Subversa, 80, British musician (Poison Girls).
 * Mutsuo Tahara, 72, Japanese judge.
 * Charlie Tuna, 71, American radio personality.
 * Samuel Willenberg, 93, Polish-born Israeli sculptor and painter, last survivor of the Treblinka extermination camp prisoners' revolt.
 * Bruno Zuppiger, 63, Swiss politician.

20

 * Pia Bech Mathiesen, 54, Danish designer and businesswoman, cancer.
 * Fernando Cardenal, 82, Nicaraguan priest and politician, Minister of Education (1984–1990).
 * Kevin Collins, 69, American MLB baseball player (New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers).
 * Moisés Dagdug Lützow, 65, Mexican politician, stabbed.
 * Ove Verner Hansen, 83, Danish actor and opera singer, heart attack.
 * Kim Seong-jip, 97, South Korean weightlifter, Olympic bronze medalist (1948, 1952) and Asian Games champion (1954).
 * Steven Pirika Kama, 54, Papua New Guinean Bougainvillean politician, member of the National Parliament (since 2008).
 * Mike McCoy, 62, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
 * Peter Mondavi, 101, American wine producing pioneer.
 * José Moës, 92, Belgian footballer
 * Muhamed Mujić, 82, Bosnian Yugoslav footballer, Olympic silver medallist (1956).
 * Dave Needle, 68, American computer engineer.
 * Jon Rollason, 84, British actor (The Avengers, Coronation Street, Doctor Who).
 * Pradeep Shakthi, 60, Indian actor and restaurateur.
 * Renee Valente, 88, American film and television producer (A Storm in Summer), Emmy-winner (2001).
 * Xie Jialin, 95, Chinese physicist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).
 * Nando Yosu, 76, Spanish football player and manager (Racing de Santander), Alzheimer's disease.

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 * María Luisa Alcalá, 72, Mexican actress (El Chavo del Ocho, Dr. Cándido Pérez, Esmeralda).
 * Akbar Ali, 90, Indian Kannada poet.
 * Pascal Bentoiu, 88, Romanian composer.
 * Eric Brown, 97, British test pilot.
 * John Caldwell, 69, American comic strip artist and cartoonist (Mad), pancreatic cancer.
 * Roger Chorley, 2nd Baron Chorley, 85, British peer.
 * Chu Qing, 92, Chinese politician.
 * Vlasta Dalibor, 94, Czech-born British puppeteer (Pinky and Perky).
 * Jean-Pierre Detremmerie, 75, Belgian politician, suicide by hanging.
 * David Duffield, 84, British sports commentator and cyclist, fall.
 * George Robin Henderson, 74, Scottish mathematician.
 * Andrew Herxheimer, 90, German-born British clinical pharmacologist.
 * Patrick Hodgkinson, 85, British architect.
 * Nina Hole, 75, Danish artist.
 * Peter Marlow, 63, British news photographer, influenza contracted during a stem cell transplant.
 * Harry Hulmes, 88, American football executive.
 * Ivan M. Matheson, 89, American politician.
 * René Matte, 81, Canadian politician.
 * Kalanidhi Narayanan, 87, Indian classical dancer.
 * Miroslav Nemirov, 54, Russian poet, cancer.
 * Don Owen, 84, Canadian film director (The Ernie Game).
 * Albert Rhoton Jr., 83, American neurosurgeon.
 * Marcus George Singer, 90, American philosopher.
 * Debbie Smith, 60, American politician, member of the Nevada Senate (since 2012), brain cancer.
 * Richard Horner Thompson, 89, American army general.
 * Betty Jane Watson, 94, American actress and singer.

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 * Christian Berg-Nielsen, 95, Norwegian diplomat.
 * Barbara M. Clark, 76, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (since 1987).
 * Wesley A. Clark, 88, American computer engineer (LINC), atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
 * Cristiana Corsi, 39, Italian Olympic taekwondo martial artist (2000, 2004), European champion (2002).
 * Eileen Foley, 97, American politician, Mayor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (1968–1971, 1984–1985, 1988–1997), seven-term member of the New Hampshire Senate.
 * Yolande Fox, 87, American beauty queen (Miss America 1951) and operatic soprano, lung cancer.
 * Steve Harris, 52, American basketball player (Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, Detroit Pistons), colon cancer.
 * Sonny James, 87, American country singer-songwriter ("Young Love").
 * Cara McCollum, 24, American journalist and beauty queen, Miss New Jersey (2013), traffic collision.
 * Hans Reffert, 69, German musician and composer.
 * Douglas Slocombe, 103, British cinematographer (Indiana Jones, The Lion in Winter, Julia), complications from a fall.
 * Yochanan Sofer, 93, Hungarian-born Israeli rabbi, Rebbe of Erlau, pneumonia.
 * Lev Zbarsky, 84, Russian painter, lung cancer.

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 * Waqar Ahmed, 68, Pakistani cricketer (Punjab).
 * José Artecona, 83, Puerto Rican Olympic sports shooter.
 * Jaime Ornelas Camacho, 95, Portuguese politician, President of Madeira (1976–1978).
 * Rey Caney, 89, Cuban musician.
 * Ramón Castro Ruz, 91, Cuban farmer and quartermaster (Cuban Revolution).
 * Bill Carmody, 58, American Catholic priest, cancer.
 * Lies Cosijn, 84, Dutch ceramist.
 * Angel Gabriele, 60, American comic book artist and wrestler.
 * Valérie Guignabodet, 48, French film director, cardiac arrest.
 * László Gyöngyösi, 88, Hungarian Olympic swimmer.
 * Antanas Janauskas, 78, Lithuanian animated film director.
 * Slobodan Lang, 70, Croatian politician.
 * Peter Lustig, 78, German television presenter and author.
 * Luis Alberto Machado, 84, Venezuelan lawyer and politician.
 * Madison Marye, 90, American politician, member of the Senate of Virginia (1973–2002).
 * Jacqueline Mattson, 87, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets, Springfield Sallies).
 * Havo Molisale, 53, Ni-Vanuatu politician, member of Parliament (since 2008), Foreign Minister (2015–2016), Deputy Speaker (since 2016).
 * Burt Nodella, 91, American television producer (Get Smart).
 * Tosun Terzioğlu, 74, Turkish mathematician.
 * Joaquim Veà Baró, 57, Spanish Catalan primatologist.
 * Donald E. Williams, 74, American astronaut.

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 * A. K. N. Ahmed, 85, Bangladeshi economist and diplomat, Governor of Bangladesh Bank (1974–1976), Ambassador to Japan and South Korea, stroke.
 * Lennie Baker, 69, American musician and singer (Sha Na Na).
 * Ryszard Bender, 84, Polish politician and historian, Senator (2007–2011).
 * Adriana Benetti, 96, Italian actress (Four Steps in the Clouds, Teresa Venerdì, Before the Postman).
 * Carlos Cámara, 82, Dominican-born Mexican actor.
 * Miguel Ángel Coria, 78, Spanish composer.
 * Michael Atul D'Rozario, 90, Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Khulna (1970–2005).
 * Ronnie Edwards, 63, American politician and civil rights activist, pancreatic cancer.
 * Eddie Einhorn, 80, American broadcasting (TVS, CBS Sports, Sportsvision) and baseball (Chicago White Sox) executive, complications from a stroke.
 * Ken English, 89, New Zealand rugby league player (Wellington, national team).
 * Ragnar Gustafsson, 85, Swedish Olympic equestrian.
 * Rafael Iriondo, 97, Spanish international football player and manager.
 * Colin Low, 89, Canadian filmmaker (Universe).
 * Nabil Maleh, 79, Syrian film director.
 * Ladislav Matetić, 88, Croatian Olympic rower.
 * Jim McFadzean, 77, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock, Heart of Midlothian).
 * Peter van de Merwe, 74, Dutch footballer.
 * S. F. C. Milsom, 92, English barrister and legal historian.
 * Ove Bech Nielsen, 83, Danish footballer.
 * George C. Nichopoulos, 88, American physician.
 * Billie Nipper, 86, American painter.
 * Northern Spur, 25, Irish-born French and American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of Prix du Lys (1994) and Breeders' Cup Turf (1995). (death announced on this date)
 * James C. Russell, 87, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1962–1988), skin cancer.
 * Yordan Sokolov, 83, Bulgarian politician, Chairperson of the National Assembly (1997–2001).
 * Timber Country, 24, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of Preakness Stakes (1995).

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 * Sam Beall, 39, American restaurateur (Blackberry Farm) and resort executive, blunt force trauma while skiing.
 * Bob Bryant, 71, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (since 2005).
 * Tony Burton, 78, American actor (Rocky, Assault on Precinct 13, The Shining), pneumonia.
 * John Chilton, 83, British jazz musician and writer.
 * Jim Clark, 84, British film editor (The World Is Not Enough, The Killing Fields, Marathon Man), Oscar winner (1985).
 * Ian Davis, 77, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Essendon (1992–1996).
 * Brian Barnett Duff, 85, American judge and politician.
 * François Dupeyron, 65, French film director and screenwriter (The Officers' Ward).
 * Miloš Hájek, 94, Czech historian, signatory and spokesperson of Charter 77.
 * Bhavarlal Jain, 78, Indian businessman (Jain Irrigation Systems).
 * Sir Peter Kenilorea, 72, Solomon Islands politician, Prime Minister (1978–1981, 1984–1986).
 * John Kidd, 69, Australian athlete, Paralympic silver medallist (1976).
 * Gillis Lundgren, 86, Swedish furniture designer (IKEA).
 * Alfred E. Mann, 90, American entrepreneur.
 * Otto-Werner Mueller, 89, German conductor.
 * Irén Psota, 86, Hungarian actress.
 * Habib-ur-Rehman, 85, Pakistani actor, brain hemorrhage.
 * William Schaap, 75, American lawyer, author and publisher (CovertAction Quarterly), pulmonary disease.
 * Zdeněk Smetana, 90, Czech artist and animator.
 * Mark Young, 48, American wrestler (WWE).

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 * Mirza Mohammed Athar, 79, Indian Muslim cleric, pneumonia.
 * Andy Bathgate, 83, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings).
 * C. L. Blast, 81, American soul singer.
 * William Y. Cooper, 82, American artist.
 * Karl Dedecius, 94, Polish-born German translator.
 * Nina Dorda, 91, Russian singer.
 * Jack Forrest, 92, New Zealand rugby league player (West Coast, national team).
 * B. K. Garudachar, 99, Indian cricket player.
 * Don Getty, 82, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos) and politician, Premier of Alberta (1985–1992), heart failure.
 * Antony Gibbs, 90, British film editor (Tom Jones, Fiddler on the Roof, Dune).
 * Eri Klas, 76, Estonian conductor.
 * Ivan Kristoffersen, 85, Norwegian newspaper editor (Nordlys).
 * Loh I-Cheng, 92, Taiwanese diplomat, Ambassador to Guatemala and South Africa (1990–1996).
 * Michael S. Longuet-Higgins, 90, British mathematician and oceanographer (Cambridge University).
 * Juan Conway McNabb, 90, American-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chulucanas (1988–2000), heart failure.
 * Thadeo Ouano, 71, Filipino politician, mayor of Mandaue (1998–2007).
 * Robert Palladino, 83, American calligrapher and academic.
 * Robert Struble Jr., 72, American historian and author.

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 * Winston Blake, 75, Jamaican record producer.
 * Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, 58, Scottish aristocrat, cancer.
 * Dick Bradsell, 56, British bartender, brain cancer.
 * James Z. Davis, 72, American judge, member of the Utah Court of Appeals (1993–2015).
 * David Douglas, 52, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals, New England Patriots), brain cancer.
 * Yushu Kitano, 85, Japanese wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
 * Francisco Kraus Trujillo, 89, Spanish baritone.
 * Lúcio Lara, 86, Angolan politician.
 * Lee Khoon Choy, 92, Singaporean politician and diplomat, MLA (1959–1965), MP (1965–1984), ambassador to Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and Egypt.
 * Claude Parent, 93, French architect.
 * Vid Pečjak, 87, Slovene psychologist and writer.
 * Peter N. Perretti Jr., 84, American lawyer, Attorney General of New Jersey (1989–1990).
 * Rajesh Pillai, 41, Indian film director (Traffic), complications from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
 * Steven Rumbelow, 66, British theatre and film director (Autumn), sepsis.
 * Farajollah Salahshoor, 63, Iranian film director.
 * Anna-Leena Siikala, 73, Finnish academic.
 * Bob Spicer, 90, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics).
 * Rian Sukmawan, 30, Indonesian badminton player, heart attack.
 * Wiswa Warnapala, 79, Sri Lankan politician, MP (2004–2010).
 * Elmer Wingate, 88, American lacrosse and football player (Baltimore Colts), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Yi Cheol-seung, 93, South Korean politician.

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 * Sengai Aaliyan, 75, Sri Lankan author.
 * Don Battye, 77, Australian composer and television producer.
 * Didier Bellens, 60, Belgian businessman, CEO of Belgacom.
 * Delmer Berg, 100, American resistance fighter (Spanish Civil War), last known American member of XV International Brigade.
 * Moisés Julio Blanchoud, 92, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Salta (1984–1999).
 * Honey Chhaya, 85, Indian film director and actor (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel).
 * Stephen Clarkson, 78, Canadian political scientist and academic (University of Toronto), sepsis following influenza and pneumonia.
 * Paul Colinvaux, 85, British ecologist and author (Fates of Nations).
 * John Cameron, Lord Coulsfield, 81, Scottish judge (Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial), Senator of the College of Justice (1987–1992).
 * Bram Goldsmith, 93, American banker, CEO and Chairman of City National Bank, philanthropist.
 * John Johnson, 98, American athletics and football trainer (New York Giants).
 * John Jones, 91, English author and academic.
 * John Philip Kassebaum, 84, American attorney and art collector.
 * Frank Kelly, 77, Irish actor (Father Ted, Emmerdale, Evelyn), heart attack.
 * George Kennedy, 91, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, The Naked Gun, Airport), Oscar winner (1968), heart disease.
 * Kumarimuthu, 76, Indian comedian and film actor.
 * Jack Lindquist, 88, American child actor and theme park executive, President of Disneyland (1990–1993).
 * Raúl Sánchez, 82, Chilean footballer (national team).
 * Jan H van der Merwe, 94, South African physicist.
 * Craig Windham, 66, American radio broadcaster (National Public Radio), pulmonary embolism.
 * Liliane Wouters, 86, Belgian author.

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 * Alice Arlen, 75, American screenwriter (Silkwood, The Weight of Water).
 * Stuart Beck, 69, American-Palauan diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations for Palau (2003–2013), renal cancer.
 * Rudy Bukich, 85, American football player (Chicago Bears), NFL champion (1963).
 * Wenn V. Deramas, 49, Filipino film and television director, heart attack.
 * Helias Doundoulakis, 92, American Greek WWII resistance fighter.
 * Gil Hill, 84, American police officer, actor (Beverly Hills Cop) and politician (Detroit City Council), pneumonia.
 * John Hofsess, 77, Canadian writer and right to die activist.
 * Fernand Jourdenais, 82, Canadian politician.
 * Hannes Löhr, 73, German football player and manager.
 * Josefin Nilsson, 46, Swedish singer, enlarged heart and barbiturate overdose.
 * José Parra Martínez, 90, Spanish footballer (Espanyol).
 * Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, 80, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sendai (2000–2004) and Takamatsu (2004–2011).
 * Mumtaz Qadri, 30–31, Pakistani convicted murderer (Salmaan Taseer), execution by hanging.
 * Louise Rennison, 64, British author (Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging).
 * Conrad Santos, 81, Filipino-born Canadian politician, MLA for Burrows (1981–1988), Broadway (1990–1999) and Wellington (1999–2007).
 * Henry Snyder, 86, American historian.
 * Shōichi Ueno, 79, Japanese newspaper publisher (Asahi Shimbun) and philanthropist, lung cancer.
 * Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman, 90, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (1960–1999), mayor of Malegaon.
 * Ana Vieira, 76, Portuguese artist.
 * Ranginui Walker, 83, New Zealand academic and writer.