Deaths in June 2011

The following is a list of notable deaths in June 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

 * Jaehoon Ahn, 70, North Korean-born American journalist and researcher, founding director of Radio Free Asia's Korean language service.
 * Cameron McVicar Batjer, 91, American lawyer.
 * Munir Dar, 76, Pakistani field hockey player, 1960 Olympic gold medalist.
 * Matt Fong, 57, American politician, California State Treasurer (1995–1999), skin cancer.
 * Frank Ponta, 75, Australian paralympian, after long illness.
 * Devi Prasad, 89, Indian artist and peace activist.
 * Haleh Sahabi, 54, Iranian humanitarian, daughter of Ezzatollah Sahabi, cardiac arrest.
 * Albert Wiggins, 76, American Olympic swimmer, aortic dissection.

2

 * Ray Bryant, 79, American jazz pianist, after long illness.
 * Mark Cooney, 60, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
 * Ron Dunn, 83, Australian rules footballer.
 * Willem Duys, 82, Dutch radio and television presenter and record producer, infection.
 * Josephine Hart, 69, Irish-born British novelist and poetry promoter, ovarian cancer.
 * Sir Philip Holland, 94, British politician, MP for Acton (1959–1964); Carlton (1966–1983) and Gedling (1983–1987).
 * Davorin Marčelja, 87, Croatian Olympic athlete.
 * Walter R. Peterson, Jr., 88, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (1969–1973), lung cancer.
 * Willie Phiri, 57, Zambian footballer.
 * Geronimo Pratt, 63, American political activist (Black Panther Party), heart attack.
 * Philip Rahtz, 90, British archaeologist.
 * Joel Rosenberg, 57, American science fiction author, heart attack.
 * Albertina Sisulu, 92, South African anti-apartheid activist.
 * Keith Smith, 93, Australian radio and television personality (The Pied Piper), children's writer.
 * Lavina Washines, 71, American tribal leader, first female leader of the Yakima Nation (2006–2008).

3

 * Lee J. Ames, 90, American artist and illustrator, heart failure.
 * James Arness, 88, American actor (Gunsmoke), natural causes.
 * Harry Bernstein, 101, British-born American author.
 * Wally Boag, 90, American performer (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue).
 * Marion Fuller Brown, 94, American politician and environmental activist.
 * Papa Joe Chevalier, 62, American sports talk radio host, stroke.
 * Bruce Crozier, 72, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Essex South (1993–1999) and Essex (since 1999), aortic aneurysm.
 * Andrew Gold, 59, American singer-songwriter ("Lonely Boy", "Thank You for Being a Friend"), heart attack.
 * Pat Jackson, 95, English film and television director.
 * John Henry Johnson, 81, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers) and Hall of Famer.
 * Miriam Karlin, 85, British actress and activist, cancer.
 * Ilyas Kashmiri, 47, Pakistani jihadist militant, leader of Harkatul Jihad al-Islami, drone strike.
 * Jack Kevorkian, 83, American physician and right to die activist, pulmonary thrombosis.
 * Bhajan Lal, 80, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Haryana (1979–1985; 1991–1996), cardiac arrest.
 * Peter Murphy, 88, Irish television presenter (RTÉ).
 * Sammy Ofer, 89, Israeli businessman, after long illness.
 * Ray Pahl, 75, British sociologist, cancer.
 * Jack Richardson, 89, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Ashfield (1952–1953).
 * Benny Spellman, 79, American R&B singer, respiratory failure.
 * Gus Tyler, 99, American socialist activist.
 * Jan van Roessel, 86, Dutch Olympic footballer (Willem II Tilburg).

4

 * Dimi Mint Abba, 52, Mauritanian singer, brain haemorrhage.
 * Dante Ambrosio, 59, Filipino ethnologist, astronomer, college professor, and activist.
 * Shibli al-Aysami, 86, Syrian politician and Arab nationalist figure.
 * Lilian Jackson Braun, 97, American author (Cat Who series), natural causes.
 * Claudio Bravo, 74, Chilean painter, epilepsy.
 * Tommy Brent, 88, American theatrical producer.
 * Gordon Colling, 78, British trade unionist, Chair of the Labour Party (1994–1995).
 * Lindsey Durlacher, 36, American Greco-Roman wrestler.
 * Lawrence Eagleburger, 80, American diplomat and politician, Secretary of State (1992–1993).
 * Curth Flatow, 91, German dramatist and screenwriter, natural causes.
 * Maurice Garrel, 88, French actor.
 * Donald Hewlett, 90, English actor, pneumonia.
 * Juan Francisco Luis, 70, U.S. Virgin Islands politician, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (1978–1987), Lieutenant Governor (1975–1978).
 * Rosenery Mello do Nascimento, 45, Brazilian model and Playboy Playmate, brain aneurysm.
 * Ian Mitchell, 86, English cricketer, natural causes.
 * Andreas P. Nielsen, 58, Danish author and composer, cancer.
 * Martin Rushent, 63, English record producer (Buzzcocks, Human League, The Stranglers).
 * Betty Taylor, 91, American performer (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue).
 * Misael Vilugrón, 73, Chilean boxer.
 * Felix Zandman, 83, American entrepreneur.

5

 * Mark H. Beaubien, Jr., 68, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (since 1997).
 * Léon Bollendorff, 96, Luxembourgian politician.
 * Scott Bostwick, 49, American football player and coach (Western Washington, Northwest Missouri State), heart attack.
 * Leon Botha, 26, South African artist and musical performer, progeria-related heart failure.
 * John Glasby, 82, British chemist and writer.
 * Azam Khan, 61, Bangladeshi pop singer, cancer.
 * Gordon Lorenz, 68, British songwriter.
 * Ludo Martens, 65, Belgian political activist.
 * Célestin Oliver, 80, French Olympic footballer.
 * Ken Purpur, 79, American ice hockey player.

6

 * John R. Alison, 98, American airman, launched the Allied Reoccupation of Burma during World War II.
 * Rafael Arnal, 96, Venezuelan Olympic shooter.
 * Zev Birger, 85, Israeli activist, traffic collision.
 * John Boswall, 91, British actor (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Rome).
 * Claudio Cavazza, 77, Italian entrepreneur, founder of Sigma-Tau pharmaceuticals.
 * Bill Closs, 89, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, Fort Wayne Pistons).
 * Declan Costello, 84, Irish politician, TD for Dublin North-West (1951–1969); Dublin South-West (1973–1977), Attorney General (1973–1977) and High Court judge.
 * Eleanor Dapkus, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League), breast cancer.
 * Dulce Figueiredo, 83, Brazilian First Lady (1979–1985), widow of João Figueiredo.
 * Werner Fischer, 70, Austrian Olympic sailor.
 * Benjamín González, 53, Spanish Olympic athlete, mountaineering accident. (body found on this date)
 * James A. Green, 80, American Pennsylvania Commissioner of Elections, Pennsylvania State Representative, Butler County Commissioner, Slippery Rock Borough Council member.
 * Stefan Kuryłowicz, 62, Polish architect, plane crash.
 * Amnon Niv, 81, Israeli architect.
 * Masashi Ohuchi, 67, Japanese weightlifter, Olympic silver (1968) and bronze (1964) medalist.
 * Shrek, 16, New Zealand celebrity sheep, euthanised.

7

 * Ana Fabricia Córdoba, about 52, Afro-Colombian human rights activist, assassination
 * Paul Dickson, 74, American football player (St. Louis Rams, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings), blood infection.
 * Angelino Fons, 75, Spanish film director.
 * Walid Gholmieh, 73, Lebanese musician, director of Conservatoire Libanais.
 * Genaro Hernández, 45, American former world super featherweight champion boxer, cancer.
 * Liam Kelly, 88, Irish republican and politician.
 * Kim Jun-Yop, 91, South Korean historian.
 * Vladimir Lavrov, 91, Soviet diplomat and ambassador.
 * José Pagán, 76, Puerto Rican baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Mietek Pemper, 91, Polish-born German Holocaust survivor, compiled and typed Oskar Schindler's list.
 * Nataraja Ramakrishna, 88, Indian dance guru, after long illness.
 * Maksud Sadikov, 48, Russian Islamic scholar and theologian, shot.
 * Jorge Semprún, 87, Spanish writer and politician.
 * Leonard B. Stern, 87, American television writer (Get Smart, The Honeymooners) and publisher (Mad Libs).
 * Edgar Tekere, 74, Zimbabwean politician, cancer.
 * Gavriel Tsifroni, 96, Israeli journalist.
 * Haim Yisraeli, 84, Israeli civil servant.

8

 * Anatole Abragam, 96, French physicist.
 * Larry Border, 60, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (since 1990), stroke.
 * Nasir Jalil, 56, Singaporean footballer.
 * George Landow, 67, American experimental filmmaker.
 * Clara Luper, 88, American civil rights activist, after long illness.
 * John Mackenzie, 83, Scottish film director (The Long Good Friday, Ruby).
 * Paul Massie, 78, Canadian BAFTA-winning actor and educator.
 * Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, 38?, Comorian al-Qaeda terrorist, planned 1998 United States embassy bombings, shot.
 * Jim Northrup, 71, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos, Baltimore Orioles), seizure.
 * Steve Popovich, 68, American record executive, founder of Cleveland International Records.
 * Alan Rubin, 68, American trumpeter (The Blues Brothers), lung cancer.
 * Roy Skelton, 79, British actor (Rainbow, Doctor Who), stroke.
 * Oliver Fiennes, 85, British Anglican priest, Dean of Lincoln (1969–1989).

9

 * Jameel Fakhri, 65, Pakistani actor, after long illness.
 * M. F. Husain, 95, Indian artist, heart attack.
 * Josip Katalinski, 63, Bosnian footballer, after long illness.
 * Tomoko Kawakami, 41, Japanese voice actress (Fushigi Yûgi, Revolutionary Girl Utena), ovarian cancer.
 * Ali Khodadadi, 64, Iranian carpet weaver, heart failure.
 * Mike Mitchell, 55, American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs), cancer.
 * Idwal Robling, 84, Welsh Olympic footballer and broadcaster.
 * Vladimir Shalin, 46, Russian football player and coach.
 * Billy Shipp, 80, American football player (New York Giants, Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes).
 * Ignazio Vella, 82, American artisanal cheesemaker and businessman, long illness.

10

 * Art Balinger, 96, American actor.
 * Jeanne Bice, 71, American entrepreneur and television personality.
 * Pam Brown, 58, American politician, Nebraska state senator (1995–2006), ovarian cancer.
 * Yuri Budanov, 47, Russian military officer and war criminal, shot.
 * Cosimo Caliandro, 29, Italian middle-distance runner, motorcycle collision.
 * Mary E. Clarke, 86, American army general.
 * Theo Dubois, 100, Canadian rower.
 * Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan, Somali politician, interior minister (since 2010), suicide bombing.
 * Kenny Hawkes, 42, British DJ and music producer, after short illness.
 * James P. Hosty, 86, American law-enforcement agent (FBI), prostate cancer.
 * Esmond Kentish, 94, Jamaican Test cricketer.
 * Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, 96, British author and soldier.
 * Brian Lenihan Jnr, 52, Irish politician, TD for Dublin West (since 1996) and Minister for Finance (2008–2011), pancreatic cancer.
 * Godfrey Myles, 42, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), stroke.
 * Franz Reitz, 82, German cyclist, National Champion (1957)
 * Jim Rodnunsky, 54, Canadian-born American cinematographer and technician, inventor of the Cablecam system, brain cancer.
 * Hoda Saber, 52, Iranian dissident, heart attack following a hunger strike.
 * Al Schwimmer, 94, American-born Israeli businessman, founder of Israel Aerospace Industries.
 * Barbara Starfield, 78, American paediatrician, advocate for primary health care.
 * Carol Stone, 96, American actress.
 * György Szabados, 71, Hungarian physician, pianist, and composer.

11

 * Tariq Alam Abro, 53, Pakistani writer, kidney failure.
 * Paul Alter, 89, American television director (Family Feud).
 * Giorgio Celli, 75, Italian entomologist and politician (The Greens–European Free Alliance).
 * Gustav Ciamaga, 81, Canadian composer, music educator and writer, cancer.
 * Robert Marie Jean Victor de Chevigny, 90, French-born Mauritanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nouakchott (1973–1995).
 * Jyotirmoy Dey, 56, Indian journalist, shot.
 * Gunnar Fischer, 100, Swedish cinematographer (The Seventh Seal).
 * Eliyahu M. Goldratt, 64, Israeli physicist and management guru.
 * Noel Granger, 79–80, Australian Olympic wrestler.
 * Kurt Nielsen, 80, Danish tennis player, only Dane to have played in a men's Grand Slam singles final.
 * Jaime Pieras Jr., 87, Puerto Rican jurist.
 * Graham B. Purcell, Jr., 92, American politician, U.S. Representative from Texas (1962–1973).
 * Seth Putnam, 43, American musician (Anal Cunt).
 * Wolfgang Reinhardt, 68, German Olympic silver medal-winning (1964) pole vaulter.
 * Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina, 89, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Formosa (1957–1978).
 * Darko Radovanović, 35, Serbian singer, traffic collision.
 * Vitali Silitski, 38, Belarusian political scientist, kidney cancer.
 * Jack Smith, 82, British artist.
 * William Carrington Thompson, 95, American politician and jurist, Virginia House of Delegates (1959–1968), Senate (1968–1973) and Supreme Court (1980–1983).
 * Edythe Scott Bagley, 86, American author, activist, educator and older sister of Coretta Scott King.

12

 * Les Abbott, 95, Australian rugby league footballer.
 * René Audet, 91, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliette (1968–1990).
 * Geoffrey Fisken, 95, New Zealand World War II flying ace.
 * Carl Gardner, 83, American singer (The Coasters).
 * Alan Haberman, 81, American grocer, first to use the barcode system, heart and lung disease.
 * John Hospers, 93, American philosopher, first Libertarian Party presidential nominee (1972).
 * Christopher Neame, 68, British film and TV producer and writer, aneurysm.
 * Kathryn Tucker Windham, 93, American author and journalist.
 * Sir John Wilton, 89, British diplomat.
 * Laura Ziskin, 61, American film producer (Pretty Woman, Spider-Man, What About Bob?), breast cancer.

13

 * David C. Baldus, 75, American educator and anti-death penalty activist, cancer.
 * Hugh John Beazley, 94, British Royal Air Force airman.
 * Johannes Kemperman, 86, Dutch mathematician.
 * King's Theatre, 20, Irish racehorse.
 * Germano Meneghel, 49, Brazilian vocalist (Olodum).
 * Jérôme Nday Kanyangu Lukundwe, 82, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kongolo (1971–2007).
 * Betty Neumar, 79, American murder suspect.
 * Romeo Olea, 49, Filipino radio journalist (DWEB), shot.
 * William J. Spahr, 89, American intelligence analyst (CIA) and author, pneumonia.
 * Burt Styler, 86, American screenwriter (The Carol Burnett Show, My Favorite Martian, All in the Family), heart failure.

14

 * Tom Addison, 75, American football player (New England Patriots).
 * Tayo Aderinokun, 56, Nigerian entrepreneur.
 * Milivoj Ašner, 98, Croatian-born Austrian Nazi war criminal.
 * Helen Clifton, 63, British Salvation Army commissioner.
 * Ambrose Griffiths, 82, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (1992–2004).
 * Asad Ali Khan, 74, Indian musician, recipient of the Padma Bhushan.
 * Augusto Ramírez Ocampo, 77, Colombian politician, Mayor of Bogotá (1982–1984), Foreign Minister (1984–1986), heart ailment.
 * Oscar Sambrano Urdaneta, 82, Venezuelan writer.
 * Peter Schamoni, 77, German film director.
 * Mack Self, 81, American rockabilly musician and songwriter.
 * Badi Uzzaman, 72, Indian-British actor (Eastern Promises, Another Year), chest infection.

15

 * Guy Amouretti, 85–86, French table tennis player.
 * Bob Banner, 89, American television producer and director (The Carol Burnett Show), Parkinson's disease.
 * Joko Beck, 94, American Zen Buddhist teacher, founder of the Ordinary Mind School, after long illness.
 * John Ehrman, 91, British historian.
 * Ted Gray, 86, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
 * Bill Haast, 100, American snake expert, director of the Miami Serpentarium.
 * Zack du Plessis, 61, South African actor (Orkney Snork Nie).
 * Linda Scheid, 68, American politician, Minnesota state senator (since 1997), ovarian cancer.
 * Sir Apenera Short, 95, Cook Islands politician, Queen's Representative (1990–2000).
 * Pavel Stolbov, 81, Russian gymnast, 1956 Olympic gold medalist.

16

 * Gerald Abramovitz, 82, South African architect and designer, assault-related injuries.
 * Kirby Allan, 83, American record producer, house fire.
 * James Allason, 98, British politician and soldier, MP for Hemel Hempstead (1959–1974).
 * Claudia Bryar, 93, American actress (Psycho II, The Shakiest Gun in the West).
 * Wild Man Fischer, 66, American street musician, heart failure.
 * Abrar Hussain, 46, Pakistani Olympic boxer, shot.
 * Yehuda Kiel, 94, Israeli educator and biblical scholar.
 * Östen Mäkitalo, 72, Swedish electrical engineer.
 * Dorice Reid, 67, Cook Islander tourism official and businesswoman, High Commissioner designate to New Zealand.
 * Twins Seven Seven, 67, Nigerian artist, complications of a stroke.

17

 * Colin Aamodt, 89, Australian football player.
 * Björn-Olof Alholm, 86, Finnish ambassador.
 * Kjell Bohlin, 82, Norwegian politician.
 * David Brockhoff, 83, Australian rugby union player and coach.
 * Jacquie de Creed, 54, British stuntwoman, air crash.
 * Betty Fox, 73, Canadian cancer research activist, founder of the Terry Fox Foundation.
 * Ben Grussendorf, 69, American politician, Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives (1985–1989; 1991–1993).
 * E. Philip Howrey, 73, American economist, bicycle accident.
 * Ruth M. Kirk, 81, American politician, Maryland House of Delegates (1983–2011).
 * Rex Mossop, 83, Australian rugby player and television commentator.
 * Fritz Semmelmann, 82, German footballer.
 * Nathan Sharon, 86, Israeli biochemist.
 * George M. White, 90, American architect, Architect of the Capitol (1971–1995), complications of Parkinson's disease.

18

 * Echendu Adiele, 32, Nigerian footballer.
 * Alan Bamford, 80, British academic.
 * Ulrich Biesinger, 77, German football player.
 * Yelena Bonner, 88, Russian human rights activist, after long illness.
 * Cheryl B, 38, American poet and performance artist.
 * Frederick Chiluba, 68, Zambian politician, President (1991–2002), heart attack.
 * Clarence Clemons, 69, American saxophonist (E Street Band) and singer ("You're a Friend Of Mine"), complications following a stroke.
 * A. Whitney Ellsworth, 75, American editor and publisher (The New York Review of Books), pancreatic cancer.
 * Karl Frei, 94, Swiss gymnast, 1948 Olympic gold medalist.
 * Brian Haw, 62, British peace activist, lung cancer.
 * Gustaf Kjellvander, 31, Swedish singer-songwriter.
 * Benedek Litkey, 69, Hungarian Olympic sailor.
 * Robin Nash, 84, British television producer.
 * Bob Pease, 70, American integrated circuit engineer.
 * John Perumattam, 89, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Ujjain (1968–1998).
 * Shlomo Pinto, 57, Israeli Paralympic athlete.

19

 * Don Diamond, 90, American actor (F Troop, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Zorro).
 * Tom Hungerford, 96, Australian author.
 * Rezső Kende, 102, Hungarian Olympic gymnast.
 * John Kerr, Sr., 67, Scottish-born Canadian soccer player.
 * Fernand Linssen, 82, Belgian Olympic sprinter.
 * Fyodor Grigoryevich Reshetnikov, 91, Russian physicist, chemist, and metallurgist, academician of RAS.

20

 * Alexander Abrosimov, 62, Russian mathematician and teacher.
 * Thomas N. Armstrong III, 78, American museum curator.
 * Ryan Dunn, 34, American reality television star (Jackass, Viva La Bam, CKY), car crash.
 * Safa Giray, 80, Turkish civil engineer and politician, 3-time minister.
 * Magomet Isayev, 83, Russian Esperantist, translator and linguist.
 * Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou, 97, Greek Olympic sprinter.
 * Ottilie Patterson, 79, Northern Irish singer.
 * Vladimir Pettay, 38, Russian football referee, plane crash.
 * Eric Swenson, 64, American businessman, co-founder of Thrasher, suicide by gunshot.
 * Robert H. Widmer, 95, American aeronautical engineer.

21

 * E. M. Broner, 83, American author, multiple organ failure.
 * Arthur Budgett, 95, British racehorse trainer.
 * Mark Gerard, 76, American racehorse trainer.
 * Anthony Herrera, 67, American actor (As the World Turns), cancer.
 * Kothapalli Jayashankar, 76, Indian educator and politician, after long illness.
 * Bruce Kinloch, 91, British soldier and game warden.
 * Robert Kroetsch, 83, Canadian novelist and poet, car crash.
 * Lucifer, 50, American wrestler.
 * Alena Reichová, 77, Czech Olympic gymnast.
 * Suresh Tendulkar, 72, Indian economist, cardiac arrest.

22

 * Sir John Agnew, 6th Baronet, 60, British landowner, prostate cancer.
 * Kader Asmal, 76, South African politician, heart attack.
 * Guy Coulombe, 75, Canadian civil servant, lung cancer.
 * Fanny de Sivers, 90, Estonian linguist and translator.
 * Carmelo Giaquinta, 81, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Resistencia (1993–2005).
 * Harley Hotchkiss, 83, Canadian businessman, member of Hockey Hall of Fame, prostate cancer.
 * Albert Johnson, 90, English footballer (Everton), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Robert Miller, 72, American art dealer, infection.
 * Sir Stephen Olver, 95, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Sierra Leone (1969–1972) and Cyprus (1973–1975)
 * Cyril Ornadel, 87, British conductor and composer.
 * Coşkun Özarı, 80, Turkish footballer and coach.
 * David Rayfiel, 87, American screenwriter (Out of Africa, Three Days of the Condor), heart failure.
 * Nataša Urbančič, 65, Slovene athlete.
 * Ken Vaughan, 76, Australian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1979–1995).
 * Mike Waterson, 70, British folk singer, cancer.
 * John Waite, 81, South African cricketer.
 * Zbyněk Zeman, 82, Czech historian.

23

 * Vladislav Achalov, 65, Russian general and activist.
 * J. Warren Bettis, 86, American jurist.
 * Gene Colan, 84, American comic book artist (Daredevil, Blade, Howard the Duck), complications from liver disease and a broken hip.
 * Gaye Delorme, 64, Canadian musician, heart attack.
 * Peter Falk, 83, American actor (Columbo, Pocketful of Miracles, The Princess Bride).
 * Stéphane Franke, 47, German athlete.
 * Len King, 86, Australian politician and jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia (1978–1995).
 * Dennis Marshall, 25, Costa Rican footballer, car crash.
 * Patricia Merbreier, 86, American actress and television personality (Captain Noah and His Magical Ark).
 * Basil Mitchell, 94, British philosopher.
 * Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, 97, French Egyptologist.
 * Arthur Motyer, 85, Canadian educator and writer.
 * Attilio Ruffini, 85, Italian politician, Minister of Defence (1977–1980) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980).
 * Fred Steiner, 88, American television composer (Perry Mason, Star Trek, The Twilight Zone).

24

 * Michelle Brunner, 57, British bridge player, writer and teacher, breast cancer.
 * Tomislav Ivić, 77, Croatian football coach (Ajax).
 * Richie Myers, 81, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), complications from a fall.
 * F. Gilman Spencer, 85, American Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper editor.
 * Richard Webster, 60, British historian and writer, heart failure.
 * A. H. Woodfull, 98, British product designer.

25

 * Friedrich Adrario, 92, German military officer in World War II, Iron Cross recipient.
 * Dorothea Austin, 89, Austrian-born American pianist and composer.
 * George Ballas, 85, American entrepreneur, inventor of the Weed Eater.
 * Nick Charles, 64, American sportscaster (CNN Sports Tonight), bladder cancer.
 * Anne Field, 85, British army officer.
 * Shelby Grant, 74, American actress (Our Man Flint, Fantastic Voyage, Medical Center), brain aneurysm.
 * Martin H. Greenberg, 70, American anthologist, cancer.
 * Jean Harris, 66, American politician and LGBT activist.
 * Jan Kułakowski, 80, Polish politician, Member of the European Parliament (2004–2009).
 * Viktor Mikhaylov, 77, Russian nuclear scientist.
 * J.O. Patterson, Jr., 76, American politician and religious leader, first black mayor of Memphis (1982).
 * Alice Playten, 63, American actress (Henry, Sweet Henry), heart failure.
 * Goff Richards, 66, English brass band arranger and composer, illness.
 * Betty Roberts, 88, American politician and jurist, Oregon Supreme Court (1982–1986), pulmonary fibrosis.
 * Paulo Renato Souza, 65, Brazilian politician, Minister of Education (1995–2002), heart attack.
 * Margaret Tyzack, 79, British actress (The First Churchills, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Match Point), short illness.

26

 * James Craig Anderson, 47, American murder victim, beaten and ran over.
 * Adalberto Escobar, 62, Paraguayan footballer
 * Edith Fellows, 88, American actress, natural causes.
 * Simon Heere Heeresma, 79, Dutch writer.
 * Jung Jung-suk, 28, South Korean women's football player.
 * Norma Lyon, 81, American farmer and butter sculpture artist.
 * Robert Morris, 78, American cryptographer, complications of dementia.
 * Sidney Hollis Radner, 91, American collector of Harry Houdini memorabilia.
 * Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, 66, British jurist, Supreme Court judge.
 * Christopher Shale, 56, British political aide.
 * Jan van Beveren, 63, Dutch footballer and coach.
 * Barry Wilkins, 64, Canadian hockey player (Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins), lung cancer.

27

 * William L. Adams, 97, American businessman.
 * Stuart Appelle, 65, American professor and writer.
 * Ken Bainbridge, 90, English footballer (West Ham). (death reported on this date)
 * Betty Callaway, 83, British ice skating trainer (Torvill and Dean).
 * Lorenzo Charles, 47, American basketball player (NC State, Atlanta Hawks), bus accident.
 * Mike Doyle, 64, English footballer (Manchester City), liver failure.
 * Owen Drake, 75, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives, cancer.
 * Orvin B. Fjare, 93, American politician, U.S. Representative from Montana (1955–1957).
 * Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz, 97, Israeli rabbi.
 * Thierry Martens, 69, Belgian science fiction, detective novels, and comics author.
 * Erling Olsen, 84, Danish politician, natural causes.
 * Richard Harding Poff, 87, American jurist and politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia (1953–1972).
 * Lura Lynn Ryan, 76, American First Lady of Illinois (1999–2003), cancer.
 * Elmer Sexauer, 85, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers), cardiac arrest.
 * Elaine Stewart, 81, American actress and model, after long illness.
 * Charles W. Whalen, Jr., 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1967–1979).
 * Maciej Zembaty, 67, Polish writer and singer.

28

 * Olav Askvik, 96, Norwegian politician.
 * Paul Baghdadlian, 57, Armenian-American singer-songwriter and businessman, lung cancer.
 * Billy Baldwin, 62, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, New York Mets).
 * Giorgio Bernardin, 83, Italian footballer.
 * Benton Flippen, 90, American fiddler, heart attack.
 * Howard Fox, 90, American baseball executive.
 * Richard Fox, 57, Irish-born British jockey and actor.
 * Osamu Kobayashi, 76, Japanese voice actor and executive director, pancreatic cancer.
 * Newt Loken, 92, American gymnastics coach (University of Michigan).
 * Ants Paju, 66, Estonian athlete, journalist and politician.
 * Angélico Vieira, 28, Portuguese actor (Morangos com Açúcar) and singer (D'ZRT), car accident.
 * Michael Wenning, 75, South African-born American minister, leukemia and kidney failure.

29

 * R. C. Alston, 78, English bibliographer.
 * Barbatana, 82, Brazilian football coach and player, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Billy Beck, 86, American actor and clown.
 * Larry Bogdanow, 64, American architect, brain tumor.
 * Billy Costello, 55, American former WBC world light welterweight champion boxer, lung cancer.
 * Carlos Diarte, 57, Paraguayan footballer, cancer.
 * David Dunseith, 76, British broadcaster (BBC Radio Ulster).
 * Stefano Gobbi, 81, Italian Roman Catholic priest, founder of the Marian Movement of Priests.
 * Kaya Köstepen, 76, Turkish footballer.
 * Domenico Pecile, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno (1983–1998).
 * K. D. Sethna, 106, Indian scholar and writer.

30

 * David G. Boschert, 63, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1999–2007), cancer.
 * Barry Bremen, 64, American marketing executive and sports imposter, cancer.
 * Karl Brommann, 90, German Waffen-SS officer, Iron Cross recipient.
 * Don Buddin, 77, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Houston Colt .45s, Detroit Tigers).
 * Preston Carpenter, 77, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins).
 * Christy Essien-Igbokwe, 50, Nigerian musician.
 * Dina Golan, 65, Israeli singer and actress, cancer.
 * Tom Kruse, 96, Australian outback mailman and documentary subject (The Back of Beyond).
 * Sir David Loram, 86, British admiral.
 * Ruth Roberts, 84, American songwriter ("Meet the Mets"), lung cancer.
 * Jimmy Roselli, 85, American singer, heart complications.
 * Jay Dee Springbett, 36, British-born Australian record industry executive and Australian Idol judge.
 * Georg Sterzinsky, 75, German Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Berlin (1989–2011), after long illness.
 * Sean Wight, 47, Scottish-born Australian football player, lung cancer.