Deaths in June 2015

The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2015.

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

 * Alexandra Prinzessin von Hannover, 77, German politician.
 * An Jun Can, 31, Taiwanese singer (Comic Boyz) and actor, liver cancer.
 * Katherine Chappell, 29, American visual effects editor (Game of Thrones, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Godzilla), lion attack.
 * Jon Hensley, 31, American radio personality, asphyxiation.
 * Charles Jacob, 94, English stockbroker.
 * Charles Kennedy, 55, British politician, Leader of the Liberal Democrats (1999–2006), MP (1983–2015), internal haemorrhage.
 * Joan Kirner, 76, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (1990–1992), oesophageal cancer.
 * Peter Kruse, 60, German psychologist, heart failure.
 * Nicholas Liverpool, 80, Dominican politician, President (2003–2012).
 * Nobutaka Machimura, 70, Japanese politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (2014–2015), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2004–2006, 2007), cerebral infarction.
 * Buck Moyer, 94, American Lutheran pastor, Bishop of the Virginia Synod (1976–1987).
 * Jacques Parizeau, 84, Canadian politician, Premier of Quebec (1994–1996).
 * Kirill Pokrovsky, 53, Russian composer.
 * Serajur Rahman, 81, Bangladeshi journalist and broadcaster.
 * Sonya Rapoport, 92, American conceptual and digital artist, pancreatic cancer.
 * Jean Ritchie, 92, American folk singer and song collector.
 * Tommy Rogers, 54, American professional wrestler (The Fantastics).
 * Andy Scrivani, 98, American Olympic boxer (1936).
 * Dolores Richard Spikes, 78, American mathematician.
 * Phili Viehoff, 90, Dutch politician, member of the European Parliament (1979–1989).
 * Tadeusz Józef Zawistowski, 85, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża (1973–2006).
 * Robert K. Zukowski, 85, American farmer and politician.

2

 * Ifeoma Aggrey-Fynn, 34, Nigerian media personality, shot.
 * Claudio Angelini, 72, Italian political correspondent.
 * Fernando de Araújo, 52, East Timorese politician, President of the National Parliament (2007–2012), Acting President (2008), stroke.
 * Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, 80, Colombian-born Dutch artist.
 * Shufti Chaudhri, 95, Pakistani World War II British Indian Army officer.
 * Martin Cole, 83, British sexologist.
 * Alberto De Martino, 85, Italian film director (O.K. Connery, Holocaust 2000, The Pumaman).
 * Walter Dexter, 83, Canadian ceramic artist.
 * Giovan Battista Fabbri, 89, Italian football player and manager (Vicenza).
 * Ortho R. Fairbanks, 90, American sculptor.
 * Dennis Fidler, 76, English footballer (Halifax Town, Macclesfield Town).
 * Gene Maddox, 76, American politician, Mayor of Clive, Iowa (1977–1992), member of the Iowa General Assembly (1993–2007).
 * Gordon S. Marshall, 95, American electronics entrepreneur and philanthropist.
 * John Mellekas, 81, American football player (Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles).
 * Eugen Mwaiposa, 54, Tanzanian politician, MP for Ukonga (since 2010).
 * Clemens Nathan, 81, British humanitarian.
 * Bijoya Ray, 98, Indian actress, pneumonia.
 * Irwin Rose, 88, American biologist, Nobel laureate (2004).
 * Theo Saat, 87, Dutch Olympic sprinter (1952).
 * Shockley Shoemake, 92, American politician.
 * Silvio Spaccesi, 88, Italian actor and voice actor.
 * Kenneth Tempest, 93, British World War II Royal Air Force navigator.
 * Besim Üstünel, 88, Turkish academic and politician.
 * Tsonyo Vasilev, 63, Bulgarian footballer (CSKA Sofia).
 * Carmine Vingo, 85, American heavyweight boxer.
 * Herb Wakabayashi, 70, Canadian-born Japanese Olympic ice hockey player (1972, 1976, 1980).
 * Charls Walker, 91, American economist and lobbyist.
 * Norm Weiss, 79, Canadian politician.
 * Stephen Wojdak, 76, American lobbyist and politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1969–1976), respiratory failure.

3

 * Lester Bower, 67, American mass murderer, execution by lethal injection.
 * Horst Brandstätter, 81, German company owner, founder of Playmobil.
 * Thomas Flynn, 83, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Achonry (1976–2007).
 * Bevo Francis, 82, American college basketball player (Rio Grande College).
 * Leszek Hensler, 59, Polish Olympic hockey player.
 * Margaret Juntwait, 58, American radio broadcaster, host of Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts (2004–2014), ovarian cancer.
 * Eugene Kennedy, 86, American psychologist and theologian.
 * Bud Kraehling, 96, American journalist and weatherman, cancer.
 * Ricardo Morán, 74, Argentine actor.
 * Nidoïsh Naisseline, 69, New Caledonian politician, President of Loyalty Islands Province (1995–1999).
 * Fouad Qandil, 71, Egyptian author.
 * Imre Rapp, 77, Hungarian international football player.

4

 * Avi Beker, 64, Israeli academic, secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress (2001–2003).
 * Bengt Berndtsson, 82, Swedish footballer (IFK Göteborg).
 * Edith Hancke, 86, German actress.
 * Wayne Harris, 77, American Hall of Fame CFL football player (Calgary Stampeders).
 * Hugh Johnson, 69, Irish cinematographer (The Chronicles of Riddick, G.I. Jane, Eragon).
 * Charlie Morris, 88, British-born Australian naval officer and Olympic hammer thrower (1956).
 * Marguerite Patten, 99, British cookery writer, home economist and broadcaster.
 * Leonid Plyushch, 77, Ukrainian Soviet dissident and mathematician.
 * Jørgen Ravn, 75, Danish footballer (Aberdeen).
 * Henry Sampson, American electrical engineer and inventor.
 * Roy Stroud, 90, English footballer (West Ham).
 * Jabe Thomas, 85, American racecar driver (NASCAR), complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Dame Anne Warburton, 87, British diplomat, Ambassador to Denmark (1976–1983), Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva (1983–1985), President of Lucy Cavendish College (1985–1994).
 * Kurt Weber, 87, Polish cinematographer (Salto).
 * Ray Weigh, 86, Welsh footballer.
 * Albert West, 65, Dutch singer (The Shuffles) and record producer.
 * Hermann Zapf, 96, German typeface designer (Optima, Palatino, Zapfino).

5

 * Mehmet Abbasoğlu, 59, Turkish Kurdish politician, cancer.
 * Govindrao Adik, 76, Indian politician.
 * Tariq Aziz, 79, Iraqi politician, Foreign Minister (1983–1991), heart attack.
 * Eshel Ben-Jacob, 63, Israeli physicist.
 * Alan Bond, 77, British-born Australian businessman and convicted fraudster, complications from heart surgery.
 * Sadun Boro, 87, Turkish sailor, bladder cancer.
 * Manuel Camacho Solís, 69, Mexican politician, Mayor of Mexico City (1988–1993), Foreign Minister (1993–1994), Senator (since 2012).
 * Kazuo Chiba, 75, Japanese Aikido teacher.
 * Jerry Collins, 34, Samoan-born New Zealand rugby union player (national team), traffic collision.
 * Xavier de Roux, 74, French politician.
 * Frits Dragstra, 87, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1972–1977).
 * Giacomo Furia, 90, Italian actor (The Band of Honest Men, The Gold of Naples).
 * Anita Hagen, 84, Canadian politician, cancer.
 * Jane Briggs Hart, 93, American aviator, member of the Mercury 13, founding member of NOW, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Ralph Hyde, 76, British curator.
 * Jill Hyem, 78, British scriptwriter and actress.
 * Julien Mawule Kouto, 68, Togolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Atakpamé (1993–2006).
 * Colette Marchand, 90, French ballerina and actress (Moulin Rouge).
 * Te Uruhina McGarvey, 87, New Zealand Māori elder.
 * Worth McMillion, 88, American racing car driver.
 * Paul A. Miller, 98, American academic, President of the Rochester Institute of Technology (1969–1979).
 * Irving Mondschein, 91, American Olympic athlete (1948) and coach.
 * Lecretia Seales, 42, New Zealand lawyer and right-to-die campaigner, brain cancer.
 * George Seitz, 73, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Keilor (1982–2010).
 * Paolo Tullio, 65, Italian-born Irish Michelin Star-winning chef (Armstrong's Barn) and resident food critic (The Restaurant).
 * Roger Vergé, 85, French chef, co-founder of Nouvelle Cuisine, complications of diabetes.
 * Seth Winston, 64, American screenwriter and director (She's Out of Control, Session Man), Oscar winner (1992), heart attack.

6

 * Barry Albin-Dyer, 64, British undertaker, brain cancer.
 * Aarthi Agarwal, 31, American Telugu cinema actress, heart attack.
 * Pierre Brice, 86, French actor (Old Shatterhand, Mill of the Stone Women), pneumonia.
 * M. N. Buch, 80, Indian urban planner.
 * Vincent Bugliosi, 80, American prosecuting attorney (Tate–LaBianca murders case) and author (Helter Skelter, Reclaiming History), cancer.
 * Callisto Cosulich, 92, Italian film critic, author and screenwriter (Planet of the Vampires).
 * Jorge Galemire, 64, Uruguayan musician (Trelew).
 * Ronnie Gilbert, 88, American singer-songwriter (The Weavers) and actress (Running on Empty).
 * Colin Jackson, 68, Scottish footballer (Rangers, national team), leukaemia.
 * Richard Johnson, 87, English actor (The Haunting, Julius Caesar, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas).
 * Dieter Medicus, 86, German jurist.
 * Nyla Murphy, 83, American politician, bile duct cancer.
 * Steve Nave, American actor and casting director, cancer.
 * Steve Pritko, 94, American football player (Cleveland Rams).
 * Feras Saied, 34, Syrian bodybuilder, traffic collision.
 * Sergey Sharikov, 40, Russian sabre fencer, two-time Olympic champion (1996, 2000), traffic collision.
 * Ludvík Vaculík, 88, Czech writer and journalist.
 * John Williams, 87, American art historian.

7

 * Sheikh Razzak Ali, 86, Bangladeshi politician.
 * Ken Barrett, 77, English footballer (Aston Villa).
 * Giuseppe Casarrubea, 69, Italian historian and author.
 * Robert K. Casey, 83, American physician and politician.
 * Ahmad Ghazi, 79, Iranian Kurdish writer and translator.
 * Jimmy Goins, 66, American tribal politician, Chairman of the Lumbee Tribe (2004–2010), traffic collision.
 * John Hurry, 95, British World War II air force officer.
 * Felicia Kentridge, 84, South African lawyer and anti-apartheid activist, progressive supranuclear palsy.
 * Harold LeDoux, 88, American cartoonist (Judge Parker).
 * Sir Christopher Lee, 93, British actor (Dracula, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars), voice artist, and singer, heart failure.
 * Michael Oliver, 89, British cardiologist.
 * Sean Pappas, 49, South African golfer, heart attack.
 * Peter Petherick, 72, New Zealand cricketer (Otago, Wellington, national team).
 * Gwilym Prichard, 84, Welsh painter.
 * Jane Riga, 41, Estonian mountain climber, avalanche.
 * Cole Tucker, 61, American pornographic actor, complications from AIDS.
 * Vasili Zhupikov, 61, Russian footballer.

8

 * Archie Alleyne, 82, Canadian jazz drummer, cancer.
 * Paul Bacon, 91, American book and album cover designer and jazz musician.
 * Muhammad Sharif Butt, 89, Pakistani Olympic sprinter (1948, 1952, 1956).
 * Frank Cappuccino, 86, American boxing referee, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Marie-Louise Carven, 105, French fashion designer.
 * Thomas Chambers, 83, South African cricketer.
 * Aldo da Rosa, 97, Brazilian electrical engineer.
 * Eugenia Davitashvili, 65, Russian faith healer.
 * Mervin Field, 94, American opinion pollster.
 * Jack Grimsley, 89, Australian musical director and composer.
 * Jean Gruault, 90, French screenwriter (My American Uncle) and actor.
 * Otakar Hořínek, 86, Czech sport shooter, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
 * Bill Kindricks, 68, American football player.
 * Valery Levental, 76, Russian theater stage designer.
 * Elizabeth Peet McIntosh, 100, American spy, heart attack.
 * Lynn Miles, 71, American human rights and Taiwan democracy activist, cancer.
 * Tiki Nxumalo, 65, South African actor, asthma attack.
 * Dasaradhi Rangacharya, 86, Indian writer and politician.
 * Ivanka Raspopović, 85, Serbian modernist architect.
 * David Rotem, 66, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu (2007–2015), cardiac arrest.
 * Chea Sim, 81, Cambodian politician, President of the Senate (since 1999) and President of the Cambodian People's Party (since 1991).
 * Laurie Thompson, 77, British translator.
 * Peter van Wijmen, 76, Dutch lawyer, professor and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1998–2002).

9

 * Finn Backer, 87, Norwegian Supreme Court judge.
 * Larry Eschen, 94, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
 * Hemant Kanitkar, 72, Indian Test cricketer.
 * Igor Kostin, 78, Romanian-born Ukrainian photographer, took first pictures of Chernobyl disaster, traffic collision.
 * James Last, 86, German composer and big band leader.
 * Fred Anton Maier, 76, Norwegian speed skater, Olympic champion (1968), cancer.
 * Amos Midzi, 62, Zimbabwean politician and diplomat, poisoned.
 * Vincent Musetto, 74, American film critic (New York Post), pancreatic cancer.
 * Pumpkinhead, 39, American rapper.
 * Rainer Riehn, 73, German composer and conductor.
 * Alvin J. Salkind, 87, American chemical engineer.
 * Sir Peter Williams, 80, New Zealand lawyer, prostate cancer.
 * Pedro Zerolo, 55, Venezuelan-born Spanish politician, pancreatic cancer.

10

 * David Bellotti, 71, British politician and football executive, MP for Eastbourne (1990–1992), CEO of Brighton & Hove Albion.
 * Bonecrusher, 32, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized following laminitis.
 * Robert Chartoff, 81, American film producer (Rocky, Raging Bull, Ender's Game), Oscar winner (1977), pancreatic cancer.
 * Larry Fisher, 65, Canadian convicted murderer (David Milgaard case).
 * Johnny Fullam, 75, Irish footballer (Shamrock Rovers).
 * Michael Gallagher, 80, British politician and trade unionist, MEP (1979–1984).
 * Charles Wyndham Goodwyn, 81, British philatelist, Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection (1995–2003).
 * Elizabeth Griffin, 70, First Female Barrister in Montserrat.
 * Esther Harrison, 69, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives for the 41st District (since 2001).
 * Hugo Höllenreiner, 81, German Sinti Porajmos survivor.
 * Wolfgang Jeschke, 78, German science fiction author (The Last Day of Creation).
 * Coetie Neethling, 82, South African cricketer.
 * Héctor Pérez Plazola, 81, Mexican politician.
 * Ray Reidy, 78, Irish priest and hurler (Tipperary).
 * Henry E. Riggs, 80, American academic.
 * Geoff Robinson, 71, English cricketer.
 * Judith St. George, 84, American author (So You Want to Be President?).
 * Brian Taylor, 78, English footballer (Walsall, Shrewsbury Town).

11

 * Jim Ed Brown, 81, American country singer (The Browns), lung cancer.
 * Arshad Chaudhry, 65, Pakistani Olympic bronze medallist field hockey player (1976).
 * Ornette Coleman, 85, American saxophonist and free jazz pioneer, cardiac arrest.
 * Vittorio De Angelis, 52, Italian voice actor, heart attack.
 * Jack King, 84, American public affairs officer (NASA), heart failure.
 * Sarah Kyolaba, 59, Ugandan businesswoman, cancer.
 * Sebastiano Mannironi, 84, Italian Olympic weightlifter (1956, 1960, 1964).
 * Ian McKechnie, 73, Scottish footballer (Hull City).
 * Ron Moody, 91, British actor (Oliver!, The Animals of Farthing Wood, EastEnders).
 * Mary Mulvihill, 55, Irish science writer.
 * David Premack, 89, American psychologist (Premack's principle).
 * Dusty Rhodes, 69, American professional wrestler, booker (NWA, WCW, WWE) and promoter (TCW), Hall of Fame (2007, 2010), kidney failure.
 * James Robertson, 86, Scottish footballer (Brentford).
 * Donald Sheldon, 85, American Olympic cyclist.
 * John Benjamin Stewart, 90, Canadian politician, MP for Antigonish—Guysborough (1962–1968).
 * Charles Williams, 90, British Royal Navy rear admiral.

12

 * Nasir al-Wuhayshi, 38, Yemeni Islamist militant, leader of AQAP, airstrike.
 * Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino, 89, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, Minister of Health (1986–1988), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Fernando Brant, 68, Brazilian poet and composer, complications of liver transplantation.
 * Nek Chand, 90, Indian artist.
 * Pierre Dolbeault, 90, French mathematician.
 * Rick Ducommun, 62, Canadian actor (The 'Burbs, Scary Movie, Die Hard), complications from diabetes.
 * Micol Fontana, 101, Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur (Sorelle Fontana).
 * James Gowan, 91, British architect.
 * Monica Lewis, 93, American singer and actress (Earthquake), voice of Chiquita Banana (since 1947).
 * Frederick Pei Li, 75, Chinese-born American physician, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Thomas Mayer, 88, American economist.
 * José Messias, 86, Brazilian musician and television personality, multiple organ failure from kidney disease.
 * Andrés Mora, 60, Mexican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians), pneumonia.
 * Alain Nadaud, 66, French author and diplomat.
 * Antoni Pitxot, 81, Spanish painter.
 * Alexander Rondeli, 73, Georgian political scientist.
 * Jacques Rosay, 66, French test pilot (Airbus).
 * Max Spittle, 92, Australian VFL football player (Melbourne).
 * Patrick Lennox Tierney, 101, American art historian and Japanologist.
 * Sümer Tilmaç, 67, Turkish actor, heart attack.
 * Ernest Tomlinson, 90, British composer (Monty Python's Flying Circus).

13

 * Big Time Sarah, 62, American blues singer.
 * Buddy Boudreaux, 97, American jazz saxophonist and band leader.
 * Allan Browne, 70, Australian jazz drummer.
 * Tomás Ó Con Cheanainn, 94, Irish historian.
 * Darius Dhlomo, 83, South African boxer, footballer and musician.
 * Russell J. Donnelly, 85, Canadian physicist.
 * Drs. P, 95, Swiss-born Dutch writer, composer and singer.
 * Magnus Härenstam, 73, Swedish actor (Sällskapsresan, Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?, Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter) and comedian, spinal cancer.
 * Junix Inocian, 64, Filipino actor (Sinbad, Mortdecai).
 * Sheila Kaul, 100, Indian politician, Governor of Himachal Pradesh (1995–1996).
 * Graham Lord, 72, British biographer (Jeffrey Bernard, Arthur Lowe, Joan Collins) and novelist, liver cancer.
 * David Oniya, 30, Nigerian footballer, heart attack.
 * Sergio Renán, 82, Argentine actor, director and screenwriter (The Truce).
 * David C. Richardson, 101, American navy vice admiral.
 * Walter Scheib, 61, American chef, White House Executive Chef (1994–2005), drowning.
 * Mike Shrimpton, 74, New Zealand cricket player (national team) and coach (women's national team, 2000 Women's World Cup winner).
 * Phillip Toyne, 67, Australian environmental and indigenous affairs activist, bowel cancer.
 * George Winslow, 69, American child actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, My Pal Gus), heart attack.

14

 * George Arthur, 46, Ghanaian football player and coach, cardiac arrest.
 * Bob Bedell, 70, American basketball player.
 * Hugo Blanco, 74, Venezuelan musician and composer ("Moliendo Café").
 * John Carroll, 73, American newspaper editor (Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun), Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.
 * Richard Cotton, 74, Australian geneticist (Human Variome Project).
 * Harri Czepuck, 87, German journalist.
 * Pasquale Foresi, 85, Italian priest and theologian.
 * Anne Nicol Gaylor, 88, American atheism and reproductive rights advocate, co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, complications from a fall.
 * Boris Godjunov, 74, Bulgarian singer.
 * Phil Judd, 81, English rugby union player (Coventry).
 * David Kennedy, 73, American film producer (Dark Shadows), complications following knee replacement surgery.
 * Hilary Masters, 87, American author.
 * Habibur Rahman Milon, 80, Bangladeshi journalist.
 * Peter Prier, 73, German-born American violin maker.
 * Edna Shavit, 80, Israeli academic professor (Tel Aviv University) and theatre director.
 * Qiao Shi, 90, Chinese politician, Chairman of the National People's Congress.
 * Godfrey Steyn, 80, South African cricketer.
 * Walter Weller, 75, Austrian conductor and violinist.
 * Zito, 82, Brazilian footballer, World Cup-winning team member (1958, 1962), complications of a stroke.

15

 * Ali Awni al-Harzi, 29, Tunisian Islamic militant, air strike.
 * Wendy Coburn, 51, Canadian artist and academic.
 * Wilfried David, 69, Belgian professional cyclist, 1973 Tour de France stage winner, traffic collision.
 * Jean Doré, 70, Canadian politician, Mayor of Montreal (1986–1994), pancreatic cancer.
 * Gerry Duffy, 84, Irish cricketer.
 * Elisabeth Elliot, 88, American missionary and author.
 * Alv Jakob Fostervoll, 83, Norwegian politician, Governor of Møre og Romsdal (1977–2002), Minister of Defence (1971–1972, 1973–1976).
 * Jeanna Friske, 40, Russian singer (Blestyaschie), brain cancer.
 * Daniel W. Gade, 78, American geographer.
 * Howard Johnson, 89, English footballer (Sheffield United).
 * Kirk Kerkorian, 98, American businessman.
 * Magdalena Kopp, 67, German photographer and political activist.
 * Mighty Sam McClain, 72, American soul blues singer, stroke.
 * António Marques Mendes, 81, Portuguese lawyer and politician.
 * Jesús Moroles, 64, American sculptor, traffic collision.
 * Rosalind Rowe, 82, English table tennis player.
 * Harry Rowohlt, 70, German author.
 * Blaze Starr, 83, American stripper, burlesque comedian and club owner, subject of Blaze, heart failure.
 * Wu Kwok Hung, 66, Hong Kong international footballer, laryngeal cancer.

16

 * Stephen Blauner, 81, American manager and producer.
 * Charles Correa, 84, Indian architect.
 * Poul Jessen, 89, Danish Olympic gymnast.
 * Rosalind McGee, 77, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (2003–2008).
 * William Pajaud, 89, American artist.
 * Greg Parks, 48, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders), Olympic silver medalist (1994).
 * Tony Ranasinghe, 77, Sri Lankan actor (Hanthane Kathawa, Duhulu Malak, Ahasin Polawata).
 * Bill Sirs, 95, British trade unionist.
 * Catharni Stern, 89, British sculptor.
 * Jean Vautrin, 82, French writer, filmmaker and critic.

17

 * Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira, 71, Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Minas (2004–2009).
 * Nicola Badalucco, 86, Italian screenwriter (The Damned, Death in Venice, The Gold Rimmed Glasses) and journalist.
 * Per Arne Bjerke, 63, Norwegian journalist and politician.
 * Chang Ch'ung-ho, 101, Chinese-born American poet, calligrapher, and Kunqu opera singer.
 * Ron Clarke, 78, Australian long distance runner, Olympic bronze medallist (1964), Mayor of the Gold Coast (2004–2012), kidney failure.
 * John David Crow, 79, American Heisman Trophy-winning football player (Texas A&M, Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals) and coach (Northeast Louisiana).
 * Süleyman Demirel, 90, Turkish politician, President (1993–2000), lung infection.
 * Nelson Doubleday, Jr., 81, American publisher (Doubleday) and Major League Baseball team owner (New York Mets), pneumonia.
 * Noah Hutchings, 92, American fundamentalist evangelist and radio personality.
 * Jimmy Lee, 62, American investment banker, heart attack.
 * Roberto M. Levingston, 95, Argentine politician, President (1970–1971).
 * Clementa C. Pinckney, 41, American politician and pastor, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1997–2000) and Senate (since 2000), shot.
 * Madan Mohan Punchhi, 81, Indian jurist, Chief Justice of India (1998).
 * Başar Sabuncu, 71, Turkish film director and screenwriter (Şalvar Davası).
 * Vlastimir Đuza Stojiljković, 85, Serbian actor.
 * Jeralean Talley, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person.
 * Bryan Vaughan, 84, Australian politician and lawyer.
 * Gumercindo Yudis, 71, Paraguayan footballer.

18

 * Phil Austin, 74, American comedian, writer, and musician (Firesign Theatre), aneurysm.
 * Edward J. Boling, 95, American academic.
 * Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore, 97, New Zealand surgeon.
 * Georges Kersaudy, 93–94, French translator.
 * Martin Krampen, 86, German semiotician.
 * Frances Kroll Ring, 99, American secretary and editor.
 * Ralph J. Roberts, 95, American businessman, founder of Comcast.
 * Jack Rollins, 100, American film producer (Annie Hall, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Irrational Man).
 * John M. Stephens, 82, American cameraman (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) and cinematographer (Blacula, Sorcerer).
 * Kazuya Tatekabe, 80, Japanese voice actor (Doraemon, Time Bokan, Yatterman), acute respiratory failure.
 * Fredrik Fasting Torgersen, 80, Norwegian convicted murderer, complications of pneumonia.
 * Jim Vandiver, 75, American racing driver.
 * Danny Villanueva, 77, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Dallas Cowboys) and broadcasting executive, co-founder of Univision, complications from a stroke.
 * Allen Weinstein, 77, American historian, Archivist of the United States (2005–2008), pneumonia.

19

 * Jack Aeby, 91, American photographer.
 * Jagjit Singh Anand, 93, Indian political activist and newspaper editor (Nawan Zamana).
 * Harold Battiste, 83, American jazz and R&B composer, arranger and musician (Sam Cooke, Sonny & Cher, Dr. John).
 * Joachim Boosfeld, 93, German officer in the Waffen-SS.
 * Jeff Bradstreet, 60, American medical researcher, suicide.
 * Jim Brailsford, 85, English cricketer (Derbyshire).
 * Esther Clenott, 91, American politician, Mayor of Portland, Maine (1989–1990).
 * Sir Harold Knight, 95, Australian economist, Governor of the Reserve Bank (1975–1982).
 * Len Matarazzo, 86, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
 * Earl Norem, 91, American comic book artist (Silver Surfer, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe).
 * Rondal Partridge, 97, American photographer.
 * Tukoji Rao Pawar, 51, Indian royal and politician, brain haemorrhage.
 * Bruce Poulton, 88, American educator, Chancellor of North Carolina State University (1982–1989).
 * Paul Quinn, 77, Australian rugby league player.
 * Venkoba Rao, 89, Indian cricketer.
 * James Salter, 90, American novelist.
 * Xie Tieli, 89, Chinese film director.

20

 * Robert K. Abbett, 89, American artist and illustrator.
 * William Brantley Aycock, 99, American educator, fall.
 * Bob Barry, Jr., 58, American sportscaster (KFOR), traffic collision.
 * Ian Bradley, 77, British-born New Zealand naval officer and politician.
 * Esther Brand, 92, South African athlete, Olympic champion (1952), complications of a fall.
 * JoAnn Dean Killingsworth, 91, American actress and dancer (Lullaby of Broadway, Red Garters), first person to play Snow White at Disneyland, cancer.
 * François Delapierre, 44, French politician, brain tumour.
 * Harold Feinstein, 84, American photographer.
 * Elson Floyd, 59, American educator, President of Washington State University (since 2007), complications from colon cancer.
 * James Kerzman, 68, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1991–2009), tractor accident.
 * Michael Kidson, 85, British schoolmaster (Eton College).
 * Robert S. Neuman, 88, American abstract painter and print maker.
 * Angelo Niculescu, 93, Romanian football player and manager.
 * Gerhard A. Ritter, 86, German historian.
 * Doug Rombough, 64, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres).
 * Takanonami Sadahiro, 43, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach, heart failure.
 * Miriam Schapiro, 91, Canadian-born American painter, sculptor and printmaker.
 * Anthony Sydes, 74, American child actor (Miracle on 34th Street, Cheaper by the Dozen, Johnny Comes Flying Home).
 * Takeover Target, 15, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised.
 * Nan Waddy, 100, Australian psychiatrist.

21

 * Robert Barritt, 88, Bermudian painter and politician, member of the House of Assembly (1985–1989) and Senate.
 * Tseng Chung-ming, 60, Taiwanese politician, cirrhosis and lung cancer.
 * Cora Combs, 92, American professional wrestler (NWA), complications from pneumonia.
 * Reg Ellis, 97, Australian cricketer.
 * Juan José Estrada, 51, Mexican boxer, WBA bantamweight champion (1988–1989), stabbed.
 * Ezkimo, 35, Finnish hip hop musician.
 * Dave Godfrey, 76, Canadian novelist and publisher, pancreatic cancer.
 * Darryl Hamilton, 50, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets), shot.
 * John Hoerr, 84, American journalist and historian.
 * Roger Ishee, 85, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1997–2012).
 * Tony Longo, 53, American actor (Mulholland Drive, Angels in the Outfield, Eraser), heart failure.
 * Veijo Meri, 86, Finnish author.
 * Remo Remotti, 90, Italian actor (The Godfather Part III, Nine), playwright, painter, sculptor and poet.
 * Jim Rowan, 79, Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians, Celtic, Partick Thistle).
 * Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, 82, East German politician.
 * Gunther Schuller, 89, American composer, conductor, historian and jazz musician, leukemia.
 * Lynn Steen, 74, American mathematician, heart failure.
 * Stanisław Szczepaniak, 80, Polish Olympic biathlete.
 * Carl Thompson, 33, Britain's heaviest man.
 * Arved Viirlaid, 93, Estonian-Canadian writer.
 * Dick Warwick, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (Penticton Vees).
 * Wayne Wettlaufer, 71, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1995–2003), suspected heart attack.
 * Jules Wright, 67, Australian-born British theatre director (Royal Court Theatre), breast cancer.

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 * Laura Antonelli, 73, Italian actress (Malicious, Till Marriage Do Us Part, The Innocent), heart attack.
 * Norm Berryman, 42, New Zealand rugby union player (national team), heart attack.
 * Carlinhos, 77, Brazilian football player and coach (Flamengo).
 * James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, 85, Scottish nobleman.
 * Constantin Cernăianu, 81, Romanian football player and coach.
 * Malcolm Colledge, 75, British archaeologist.
 * Joseph de Pasquale, 95, American violist.
 * Armand DiMele, 75, American psychotherapist and radio broadcaster, complications from pneumonia.
 * Jimmy Doyle, 76, Irish hurler (Tipperary).
 * Albert Evans, 46, American ballet dancer.
 * Don Featherstone, 79, American artist and inventor of the plastic pink flamingo, Lewy body dementia.
 * James Horner, 61, American film composer (Titanic, Field of Dreams, Apollo 13), Oscar winner (1998), plane crash.
 * Albert Ilemobade, 74, Nigerian academic, asphyxiation.
 * Inge Ivarson, 97, Swedish film producer.
 * Lyubov Kozyreva, 85, Russian Soviet cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist (1956).
 * David E. Kyvig, 71, American Constitutional scholar, heart attack.
 * Buddy Landel, 53, American professional wrestler (SMW, USWA, WCW), injuries sustained in traffic collision.
 * Donnie MacLeod, 76, Canadian politician.
 * Guy Marchand, 71, French Olympic wrestler.
 * Gregorio Morales, 62, Spanish author.
 * Robert Sowell, 54, American football player (Miami Dolphins), heart attack.
 * Dick Stanfel, 87, American football player (Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins) and coach (New Orleans Saints).
 * Tama, 16, Japanese calico cat, stationmaster at Kishi Station, heart failure.
 * Ted Whelan, 85, Australian football player (Port Adelaide).
 * Gabriele Wohmann, 83, German author.

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 * Jack Asher, 88, Scottish shinty player and referee.
 * Sanjeet Bedi, Indian actor (Sanjivani).
 * Praful Bidwai, 66, Indian journalist.
 * Sharon Bryant, 54, American tribal politician, Chief of the Monacan Indian Nation (since 2011), liver cancer.
 * Marujita Díaz, 83, Spanish singer and actress, complications from colon cancer.
 * Miguel Facussé Barjum, 90, Honduran businessman and landowner.
 * Tommy Hudspeth, 83, American football coach and administrator (Detroit Lions, Toronto Argonauts), cancer.
 * Nirmala Joshi, 80, Indian Roman Catholic religious sister, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity (1997–2009).
 * Thé Lau, 62, Dutch singer and guitarist (The Scene), lung cancer.
 * Helmuth Lohner, 82, Austrian actor and theatre director.
 * Elizabeth MacLennan, 77, Scottish actress, writer and stage practitioner (7:84), leukaemia.
 * Alex Mathew, 57, Indian actor (Thoovanathumbikal), heart attack.
 * Donald Max, 58, Tanzanian politician, MP for Geita.
 * Ben Mboi, 80, Indonesian politician, Governor of East Nusa Tenggara (1978–1988).
 * Domenico Moschella, 67, Canadian politician, Montreal City Councillor.
 * Shusei Nagaoka, 78, Japanese illustrator.
 * Magali Noël, 83, Turkish-born French actress (Amarcord, La Dolce Vita) and singer.
 * Pat Peppler, 93, American football coach and executive (Atlanta Falcons).
 * Jacques Perrier, 90, French Olympic silver medallist basketball player (1948).
 * Harvey Pollack, 93, American sport statistician, last surviving employee from first NBA season.
 * Ajit Singh, 74, Indian-born British economist.
 * Lonnie Spurrier, 83, American Olympic middle-distance runner (1956).
 * Tom Stagg, 92, American judge, U.S. District Court Chief Judge for the Western District of Louisiana (1984–1991).
 * Dick Van Patten, 86, American actor (Eight Is Enough, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights), complications from diabetes.
 * Sir Chris Woodhead, 68, British educationalist, Chief Inspector for Ofsted (1994–2000), motor neurone disease.

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 * Cristiano Araújo, 29, Brazilian singer and songwriter, traffic collision.
 * Dileep Singh Bhuria, 71, Indian politician.
 * Mario Biaggi, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1969–1988).
 * Walter Browne, 66, Australian-born American chess Grandmaster, six-time U.S. champion.
 * Marva Collins, 78, American educator.
 * Susan Ahn Cuddy, 100, American Navy officer.
 * Ruqaiya Hasan, 83, Indian linguist.
 * João Lopes, 95, Portuguese Olympic equestrian.
 * John Joe Nerney, 93, Irish Gaelic footballer (Roscommon).
 * John Palmer, 64, British criminal, shot.
 * Robert Hugh Pickering, 82, Canadian politician and curler.
 * John Winn, 94, British army officer.

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 * Lou Butera, 78, American pool player, Parkinson's disease.
 * Sir Graham Dorey, 82, Guernsey judge, Bailiff of Guernsey (1992–1999).
 * Gordon Fearnley, 65, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).
 * Graham Gilchrist, 82, Australian football player (Carlton).
 * Hal Gould, 95, American photographer and gallery curator.
 * Gunnar Kulldorff, 87, Swedish statistician.
 * Maravene Loeschke, 68, American college administrator (Towson University), adrenal cancer.
 * Patrick Macnee, 93, English-American actor (The Avengers, This Is Spinal Tap, A View to a Kill).
 * Hélène Monette, 55, Canadian poet, cancer.
 * Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, 75, Egyptian-born Armenian Catholic hierarch, Patriarch-Catholicos of Cilicia (since 1999).
 * Vithal Rao, 85, Indian ghazal singer.
 * Jamie Reid, 74, Canadian writer and activist.
 * Alejandro Romay, 88, Argentine businessman (Canal 9).
 * Alex Scott, 85, Australian-British actor.
 * Jan de Voogd, 90, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1977–1981).
 * Theodore Weesner, 79, American author.
 * O'Kelley Whitaker, 88, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Central New York.

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 * Paul Ambros, 82, German Hall of Fame ice hockey player (EV Füssen, unified team).
 * Pétur Blöndal, 71, Icelandic politician and mathematician.
 * Roger Bordier, 92, French author. (death announced on this date)
 * Larry Carberry, 79, English footballer (Ipswich Town).
 * Damion Cook, 36, American football player (Detroit Lions), heart attack.
 * Jerome M. Hughes, 85, American politician, President of the Minnesota Senate (1983–1993).
 * David McAlister, 64, British actor (Hollyoaks, Doctor Who), cancer.
 * Matti Makkonen, 63, Finnish telecommunications engineer.
 * Richard Matt, 49, American convicted murderer and prison escapee, shot.
 * Norman Poole, 95, British World War II paratrooper.
 * Yevgeny Primakov, 85, Russian politician and diplomat, Prime Minister (1998–1999).
 * Gustavo Sainz, 74, Mexican writer.
 * Kája Saudek, 80, Czech comics illustrator.
 * Kal Segrist, 84, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles).
 * Shiv Singh, 76, Indian artist.
 * Alexa Suelzer, 97, American author, educator and theologian.
 * Chris Thompson, 63, American writer and producer (Laverne & Shirley, Bosom Buddies, Shake It Up!).
 * Denis Thwaites, 70, English footballer (Birmingham City), shot.
 * David Turner, 91, American rower, Olympic gold medalist (1948).
 * Donald Wexler, 89, American architect.

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 * Jane Aaron, 67, American filmmaker and children's book illustrator (Sesame Street, Between the Lions), cancer.
 * Eric Dunn, 85, New Zealand cricketer.
 * Zvi Elpeleg, 89, Polish-born Israeli diplomat and academic.
 * Elery Hamilton-Smith, 85, Australian academic and conservationist.
 * Knut Helle, 84, Norwegian historian.
 * Harvey McGregor, 89, British barrister, Warden of New College, Oxford (1985–1996).
 * Ghias Mela, 53, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly from Sargodha (1997–1999, 2002–2007, 2008–2013), cardiac arrest.
 * Boris Shilkov, 87, Russian speed skater, Olympic champion (1956).
 * Chris Squire, 67, English bass guitarist (Yes), acute erythroid leukaemia.
 * Bronius Vyšniauskas, 92, Lithuanian sculptor.

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 * Ian Allan, 92, British publisher (Ian Allan Publishing).
 * Pete Athas, 67, American football player (New York Giants), lymphoma.
 * Goran Brajković, 36, Croatian football player, traffic collision.
 * Robert C. Broward, 89, American architect.
 * Jack Carter, 93, American comedian (Cavalcade of Stars) and actor (Dr. Kildare, Alligator), respiratory failure.
 * Carlyle Crockwell, 83, Bermudian football referee.
 * Edgar Dawson, 83, British rugby league player.
 * Dietrich Haugk, 90, German film director and voice actor.
 * Louis Norberg Howard, 86, American mathematician.
 * Thomas P. Kennedy, 63, American politician.
 * Joe Lobenstein, 88, German-born British politician.
 * Liam Ó Murchú, 86, Irish broadcaster (RTÉ).
 * Jope Seniloli, 76, Fijian politician, Vice-President (2001–2004).
 * Sivuqaq, 21, American walrus and animal actor (50 First Dates), heart failure.
 * Todor Slavov, 31, Bulgarian rally driver, race crash.
 * Wally Stanowski, 96, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers).
 * Ben Wattenberg, 81, American author and political commentator, complications from surgery.
 * Bart Williams, 65, American documentary filmmaker and actor (MADtv), cancer.

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 * Hisham Barakat, 64, Egyptian prosecutor, car bombing.
 * Forrest Behm, 95, American football player.
 * Helge Ole Bergesen, 65, Norwegian political scientist and politician, cancer.
 * Ladislav Chudík, 91, Slovak actor (Kawasaki's Rose).
 * Bill Cross, 97, British World War II soldier and Legion of honour recipient.
 * Willie Daniel, 77, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Rams).
 * Rabbe Grönblom, 65, Finnish chief executive, founder of Kotipizza.
 * Kauto Star, 15, French-born British-trained racehorse, dual winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, euthanized.
 * Clayton Kenny, 86, Canadian Olympic boxer (1952).
 * Josef Masopust, 84, Czech football player and manager (Dukla Prague, national team).
 * Joseph Bryan Nelson, 83, British ornithologist.
 * Charles Pasqua, 88, French politician, Minister of the Interior (1986–1988, 1993–1995).
 * Mujibar Rahman, 96, Bangladeshi medical scientist.
 * Bruce Rowland, 74, British rock drummer (Fairport Convention).
 * Jackson Vroman, 34, American-Lebanese basketball player (Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Hornets, Lebanese national team), drowned.

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 * Charles W. Bagnal, 81, American Army lieutenant general.
 * Edward Burnham, 98, English actor (To Sir, with Love, 10 Rillington Place, Doctor Who).
 * Robert Dewar, 70, English-born American computer scientist (AdaCore), cancer.
 * Raymond Dot, 88, French Olympic gymnast.
 * Reiner Hanschke, 74, German Olympic hockey player.
 * Charles Harbutt, 79, American photographer, emphysema.
 * Ronald Kissell, 82, Australian cricketer.
 * Eddy Louiss, 74, French jazz organist.
 * K. P. P. Nambiar, 86, Indian industrialist.
 * Paolo Piffarerio, 90, Italian animator and cartoonist (Alan Ford).
 * Arthur Porter, 59, Canadian physician, lung cancer.
 * Leonard Starr, 89, American cartoonist (ThunderCats).
 * Khosrow Shakeri Zand, 76, Iranian author and human rights activist.