Deaths in June 2018

The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2018.

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

 * Rudolf Beerbohm, 76, German Olympic equestrian.
 * Poldy Bird, 76, Argentine writer.
 * Jean-Claude Boulard, 75, French politician, Mayor of Le Mans (since 2001), Senator (2014–2017), and Deputy (1988–1993, 1997–2002).
 * Dhiraj Choudhury, 82, Indian painter.
 * Eddy Clearwater, 83, American blues singer and guitarist, heart failure.
 * Bob Clotworthy, 87, American Hall of Fame diver, Olympic champion (1956) and bronze medalist (1952).
 * Jill Ker Conway, 83, Australian-American academic and author, President of Smith College (1975–1985).
 * Giovanni Di Veroli, 85, Italian footballer.
 * Walter Eich, 93, Swiss footballer (Young Boys, national team).
 * Giancarlo Ghirardi, 82, Italian physicist, heart attack.
 * Egon Hoegen, 89, German voice actor.
 * Hilmar Hoffmann, 92, German film and culture academic.
 * Shakuntala Karandikar, 86, Indian biographer, essayist and philanthropist.
 * Maria Martika, 86, Greek actress.
 * Andrew Massey, 72, British-born American conductor, cancer.
 * Sam Moore, 88, American Bible publisher.
 * Malcolm Morley, 86, English painter.
 * Rouzan al-Najjar, 21, Palestinian nurse, shot.
 * John Julius Norwich, 88, British historian, travel writer and television personality.
 * Alejandro Peñaranda, 24, Colombian footballer, shot.
 * Carlo Peretti, 88, Italian water polo player, Olympic bronze medallist (1952).
 * William Edward Phipps, 96, American actor (Cinderella, The War of the Worlds, Five), complications from lung cancer.
 * Kostas Polychroniou, 81, Greek football player and manager (Olympiacos F.C., national team).
 * Lutz Pyritz, 60, German horse racing trainer and jockey.
 * Rockin' Rebel, 52, American professional wrestler (ECW, MEWF, CZW), suicide by gunshot.
 * Sinan Sakić, 61, Serbian turbo-folk singer.
 * Sanusi, 85, Indonesian Olympic cyclist (1960).
 * Michael Andrew Screech, 92, British Renaissance scholar.
 * René Séjourné, 88, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint-Flour (1990–2006).
 * Fred Van Dusen, 80, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).

2

 * Mary Baumgartner, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
 * Joe Berinson, 86, Australian politician, MHR for Perth (1969–1975), Minister for the Environment and Energy (1975), Attorney-General of Western Australia (1983–1993).
 * Paul D. Boyer, 99, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1997).
 * Monte Hill Davis, 86, American classical pianist.
 * Sir Desmond de Silva, 78, British lawyer.
 * André Desvages, 74, French Olympic racing cyclist (1964).
 * Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 89, Austrian ethologist.
 * Vida Ghahremani, 82, Iranian actress and producer.
 * Joel Grossman, 81, American political scientist, cancer.
 * Bruce Kison, 68, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels) and coach (Kansas City Royals), cancer.
 * Álvaro Lapuerta, 90, Spanish politician and prosecutor, member of Francoist Courts (1967–1977) and Deputy (1977–2004), complications from dementia.
 * Roger A. Madigan, 88, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1977–1984) and Senate (1985–2008).
 * Fernando Mazariegos, 80, Guatemalan chemist and inventor, Order of the Quetzal (2017), cardiac arrest.
 * Nick Meglin, 82, American magazine editor (Mad), heart attack.
 * Peter Milner, 98, British-Canadian neuroscientist.
 * Tony Morphett, 80, Australian screenwriter (Blue Heelers, Water Rats), heart attack.
 * John Ritchie, 70, Scottish football player (Brechin City, Bradford City, Cowdenbeath) and manager.
 * Irving Sandler, 92, American art critic, cancer.
 * William Simmons, 79, American anthropologist.
 * C. C. Torbert Jr., 88, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court (1977–1989).
 * Bernard E. Trainor, 89, American journalist and Marine Corps general.
 * Emil Wolf, 95, Czech-born American physicist.

3

 * Mustapha Akanbi, 85, Nigerian jurist, head of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (2000–2005).
 * Doug Altman, 69, British statistician, bowel cancer.
 * Alessandra Appiano, 59, Italian writer and journalist, suicide.
 * Robert Brylewski, 57, Polish singer-songwriter (Armia, Brygada Kryzys, Izrael), injuries sustained from an assault.
 * Frank Carlucci, 87, American politician, Secretary of Defense (1987–1989), National Security Advisor (1986–1987), complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Pamela Ann Davy, 84, Australian actress (Doctor Who, The Avengers, Amsterdam Affair).
 * Robert Forhan, 82, Canadian Olympic ice hockey player (1960) and politician, Mayor of Newmarket, Ontario (1971–1978).
 * Jerry Hopkins, 82, American journalist (Rolling Stone) and biographer (Elvis Presley, Jim Morrison).
 * Jek Yeun Thong, 87, Singaporean politician.
 * Johnnie Keyes, 78, American pornographic actor (Behind the Green Door), stroke.
 * Dadaji Ramaji Khobragade, 79, Indian farmer-scientist.
 * Don McComb, 84, American football player (Boston Patriots).
 * Kent McCray, 89, American television producer (Little House on the Prairie, Bonanza).
 * Leonid Nevedomsky, 78, Soviet-Russian actor (The Blue Bird, Monologue, Deadly Force), People's Artist of Russia.
 * Miguel Obando y Bravo, 92, Nicaraguan Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Managua (1970–2005), heart attack.
 * Sir John Thomson, 91, British diplomat, High Commissioner to India (1977–1982), Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1982–1987).
 * Mario Toros, 95, Italian politician, Deputy (1958–1972) and Senator (1972–1987).
 * Gilbert Trausch, 86, Luxembourgian historian.
 * Georg von Tiesenhausen, 104, German rocket scientist (Operation Paperclip, Lunar Roving Vehicle).
 * Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne, 99, Russian-born American author.

4

 * Michael J. Belton, 83, American astronomer.
 * Seán Calleary, 86, Irish politician, TD (1973–1992).
 * Dwight Clark, 61, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Jeffrey Coy, 66, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1983–2004).
 * Aleksey Desyatchikov, 85, Soviet Olympic athlete (1960).
 * Norman Edge, 84, American jazz double-bassist.
 * Mary Jane Fonder, 75, American convicted murderer, cardiac arrest.
 * Georgann Johnson, 91, American actress (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Murphy's Romance, Shoot the Moon).
 * Steve Kline, 70, American baseball player (New York Yankees).
 * Canel Konvur, 78, Turkish Olympic high jumper (1960).
 * J. B. Munro, 81, New Zealand politician and disability advocate, MP for Invercargill (1972–1975).
 * C. M. Newton, 88, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach (Alabama Crimson Tide, Vanderbilt Commodores) and administrator (Kentucky Wildcats).
 * Dragan Nikolić, 61, Bosnian Serb war criminal.
 * Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, 73, American poet and spoken word musician (The Last Poets), cancer.
 * Marc Ogeret, 86, French singer.
 * Harold Poynton, 82, English rugby league footballer (national team, Yorkshire, Wakefield Trinity).
 * Ahmed Said, 92, Egyptian radio broadcaster (Voice of the Arabs).
 * Abhimanyu Unnuth, 80, Mauritian writer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Chris Weller, 78, English footballer (Yeovil Yown).
 * Gareth Williams, 76, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City, Bolton Wanderers, Bury).

5

 * Yoshiaki Arata, 94, Japanese physicist.
 * Ira Berlin, 77, American historian, complications from multiple myeloma.
 * Jānis Bojārs, 62, Latvian shot putter, European championship silver medalist (1982).
 * Frank Bresee, 93, American radio actor and historian.
 * Brian Browne, 81, Canadian jazz pianist, lung and tracheal cancer.
 * Pierre Carniti, 81, Italian trade unionist and politician, Senator (1992–1994).
 * Bruce Coulter, 90, Canadian football player and coach (Montreal Alouettes, Bishop's Gaiters).
 * Kay de Villiers, 90, South African neurosurgeon.
 * Denman, 18, British racehorse, Cheltenham Gold Cup winner (2008).
 * Daša Drndić, 71, Croatian radio playwright (Radio Belgrade) and author, cancer.
 * Feng Ting-kuo, 67, Taiwanese politician, Taipei City Councilor (1985–1988), member of the National Assembly (1992–1996) and Legislative Yuan (1996–2008), cardiac arrest.
 * A. J. Holloway, 79, American politician, Mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi (1993–2015).
 * Hema Nalin Karunaratne, 54, Sri Lankan journalist, intra-ventricular haemorrhage.
 * Karl Fritz Lauer, 80, Romanian-German scientist.
 * Geoff Mason, 88, Australian football player (Melbourne).
 * Stacy Phillips, 73, American resophonic guitarist and fiddler.
 * Pedyr Prior, 65, British Cornish nationalist politician, Chairman of Mebyon Kernow (1985–1986), complications from prostate cancer and pulmonary fibrosis.
 * Darbara Singh, 57, Indian serial killer.
 * Kate Spade, 55, American fashion designer (Kate Spade New York), suicide by hanging.
 * David Spiller, 75, British pop artist.
 * Chuck Taylor, 76, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos).
 * Harry Walker, 103, English rugby union player (Coventry).

6

 * Tinus Bosselaar, 82, Dutch footballer (Sparta, Feyenoord, national team).
 * Luigi Campanella, 99, Italian Olympic wrestler (1948).
 * Mike Hammond, 72, Australian football player (Richmond).
 * Teddy Johnson, 98, English singer (Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson).
 * Ümit Kayıhan, 64, Turkish football player and manager.
 * George N. Leighton, 105, American judge (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois), pneumonia.
 * Mateja Matevski, 89, Macedonian poet.
 * David McFadden, 77, Canadian poet and travel writer.
 * Kira Muratova, 83, Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and actress.
 * Alan O'Neill, 47, Irish actor (Sons of Anarchy, Rebel Heart, Fair City), complications from head trauma.
 * Larry Owen, 63, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals).
 * Monique Papon, 83, French politician, Senator (2001–2011) and Deputy (1986–1997) for Loire-Atlantique.
 * Ralph Santolla, 51, American metal guitarist (Deicide, Obituary, Iced Earth), heart attack.
 * Red Schoendienst, 95, American Hall of Fame baseball player, manager, and coach (St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Milwaukee Braves).
 * Åke Wärnström, 92, Swedish Olympic boxer (1952).
 * H. H. Wieder, 99, Romanian-born American physicist.
 * Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx, 102, British poet, spouse of the prime minister (1964–1970, 1974–1976), stroke.
 * Ian Wrigley, 95, Australian Olympic sports shooter.
 * Franz M. Wuketits, 62, Austrian biologist and epistemologist.

7

 * Philippe de Baleine, 96, French author.
 * Rasul Bux Palejo, 88, Pakistani politician, scholar and writer, founder of Awami Tahreek.
 * Al Capps, 79, American record producer, arranger and composer.
 * David Douglas Duncan, 102, American photojournalist.
 * Minken Fosheim, 62, Norwegian actress (Karl & Co, Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen) and children's author, pancreatic cancer.
 * Fu Da-ren, 85, Taiwanese sports broadcaster, assisted suicide.
 * Geoff Gunney, 84, English rugby league player and coach (Hunslet).
 * Arie den Hartog, 77, Dutch road bicycle racer.
 * Amos Jordan, 96, American scholar and military officer.
 * José Marfil Peralta, 97, Spanish WWII soldier and Holocaust survivor.
 * Arthur Marshall, 83, Australian politician and tennis player, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (1993–2005).
 * Francis Smerecki, 68, French football player (Limoges) and manager (Guingamp, national youth team).
 * Peter Stringfellow, 77, English businessman and nightclub owner, cancer.
 * Viktor Tolmachev, 83, Russian airplane designer and engineer (Antonov).
 * Gena Turgel, 95, Polish author, Holocaust survivor and educator.
 * Cliff van Blerk, 79, Australian footballer.
 * Michaele Vollbracht, 70, American fashion designer, esophageal cancer.
 * Oulton Wade, Baron Wade of Chorlton, 85, British politician, member of the House of Lords (1990–2016).
 * Sir Neil Waters, 87, New Zealand chemist and university administrator, vice-chancellor of Massey University (1983–1995).
 * Stefan Weber, 71, Austrian singer.
 * Yao Baoqian, 93, Chinese People's Liberation Army officer, commander of the 24th Group Army.

8

 * Ibrahim Abiriga, 62, Ugandan politician and military officer, shot.
 * Per Ahlmark, 79, Swedish politician and writer, Deputy Prime Minister (1976–1978) and leader of the Liberal People's Party (1975–1978).
 * Helen Chatfield Black, 94, American conservationist.
 * Jack Borotsik, 68, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues).
 * Gérard Boulanger, 69, French lawyer and politician, cancer.
 * Anthony Bourdain, 61, American chef, author and television host (No Reservations, Parts Unknown, The Layover), four-time Emmy winner, suicide by hanging.
 * Vin Bruce, 86, American Cajun musician.
 * Maria Bueno, 78, Brazilian tennis player, Wimbledon winner (1959, 1960, 1964), mouth cancer.
 * Freddy Eugen, 77, Danish racing cyclist.
 * Eunice Gayson, 90, British actress (Dr. No, From Russia with Love, The Revenge of Frankenstein).
 * Danny Kirwan, 68, British Hall of Fame guitarist (Fleetwood Mac, Tramp), pneumonia.
 * Pat Lally, 92, Scottish politician, Lord Provost of Glasgow (1996–1999).
 * Liu Jianfu, 100, Chinese politician, police chief and vice mayor of Beijing.
 * Liu Yichang, 99, Hong Kong novelist, editor and publisher, a founder of Hong Kong's modern literature.
 * Jutta Nardenbach, 49, German footballer.
 * Thodoros Papadimitriou, 87, Greek sculptor.
 * Janko Pleterski, 95, Slovenian historian, politician and diplomat.
 * Gino Santercole, 77, Italian singer and songwriter, heart attack.
 * Leo Sarkisian, 97, American musicologist and broadcaster.
 * Henry Sharratt, 82, English rugby league player.
 * Theodore J. Sophocleus, 79, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1993–1995, since 1999).
 * Thomas Stuttaford, 87, British doctor and politician, MP (1970–1974).
 * Kandala Subrahmanyam, 97, Indian politician.

9

 * Joan Bernard Armstrong, 77, American judge.
 * Martin Birrane, 82, Irish businessman, racing driver and team owner (Lola Cars).
 * Françoise Bonnot, 78, French film editor (Z, Frida, Hanna K.), Oscar winner (1970).
 * Richard H. Bube, 90, American physicist, materials scientist and theistic evolutionist.
 * Deborah Cameron, 59, Australian journalist (The Sydney Morning Herald) and radio presenter (ABC Radio Sydney), cancer.
 * Kristine Ciesinski, 65, American opera singer, glider crash.
 * Ogobara Doumbo, 62, Malian scientist.
 * Robert Fine, 72–73, British sociologist.
 * Murray Fromson, 88, American journalist (CBS News) and professor (University of Southern California), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Crawford Gates, 96, American composer and conductor.
 * Lorraine Gordon, 95, American jazz club owner (Village Vanguard), stroke.
 * George Grubb, 82, British politician, Lord Provost of Edinburgh (2007–2012).
 * John Wesley Hanes III, 93, American civil servant.
 * Reinhard Hardegen, 105, German U-boat commander (Battle of the Atlantic).
 * Kenyatta Jones, 39, American football player (New England Patriots, Washington Redskins), cardiac arrest.
 * Clemens Kalischer, 97, American photojournalist.
 * Sylwester Kubica, 68, Polish Olympic gymnast (1968, 1972).
 * Lin Yu-lin, 81, Taiwanese real estate developer.
 * Lauri Linna, 87, Finnish politician, MP (1970–1975).
 * John McKenzie, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks).
 * Shantaram Naik, 72, Indian politician, member of the Rajya Sabha (2005–2017), heart attack.
 * Somaweera Senanayake, 74, Sri Lankan screenwriter, novelist and journalist, heart attack.
 * Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi, 97, Indian politician.
 * Bryan Todd, 80, English rugby league player.
 * Fadil Vokrri, 58, Kosovar football player (Prishtina, Yugoslavian national team), president of Football Federation of Kosovo (since 2008), cardiac arrest.
 * Zhang Junzhao, 65, Chinese film director and screenwriter (One and Eight, The Shining Arc).

10

 * Stan Anderson, 85, English football player (Sunderland, Newcastle United, Middlesbrough) and manager.
 * Sir Frederick Atkinson, 98, British civil servant, head of the Government Economic Service (1977–1979).
 * Douglas J. Bennet, 79, American diplomat and educator, President of Wesleyan University (1995–2007).
 * Neal E. Boyd, 42, American singer and reality show winner (America's Got Talent), heart and kidney failure and liver disease.
 * Dorothy Cotton, 88, American civil rights activist (Southern Christian Leadership Conference).
 * Nils Terje Dalseide, 66, Norwegian judge and civil servant.
 * Harold L. Dibble, 66, American archaeologist, pancreatic cancer.
 * Paddy Feeny, 87, British broadcaster (BBC World Service).
 * Howard Gardiner, 74, Zimbabwean cricketer.
 * Pavlos Giannakopoulos, 89, Greek businessman and sport administrator (Panathinaikos A.O.).
 * James Gips, 72, American technologist.
 * Ben Hills, 76, British-born Australian investigative journalist, cancer.
 * Hala bint D'aij Al Khalifa, Bahraini royal.
 * Ras Kimono, 60, Nigerian reggae musician.
 * Tom McEwen, 81, American drag racer, cardiopulmonary arrest.
 * Walter Pitman, 89, Canadian politician.
 * André Pourny, 89, French politician, Senator (1986–2004).
 * Liliana Ross, 79, Italian-born Chilean actress (La Colorina, Machos).
 * Edward Sadlowski, 79, American labor activist, complications from dementia.
 * Axel Schmidt, 79, Brazilian Olympic sailor (1968, 1972), Pan American champion (1959).
 * Christopher Stasheff, 74, American author (The Warlock in Spite of Himself, Starship Troupers, The Enchanter Reborn), complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Erling Storrusten, 94, Norwegian businessman.
 * Yirmiyahu Yovel, 82, Israeli philosopher.

11

 * Norma Bessouet, 77, Argentine artist.
 * Maria Butaciu, 78, Romanian folk singer.
 * John Coates, 85, Australian army general.
 * Wayne Dockery, 76, American jazz double bassist.
 * Irene Doutney, 69, Australian politician, cancer.
 * Oscar Furlong, 90, Argentine Olympic basketball player (1948, 1952), tennis player and coach, FIBA Basketball World Cup MVP (1950).
 * Bonaldo Giaiotti, 85, Italian opera singer.
 * Roilo Golez, 71, Filipino politician, Postmaster General and adviser to the National Security Council, heart attack.
 * Marcel Hénaff, 75, French philosopher and anthropologist.
 * Yvette Horner, 95, French accordionist.
 * Victoria Kalima, 45, Zambian politician, Minister of Gender (since 2016).
 * Roman Kłosowski, 89, Polish actor (Before Twilight).
 * Adel Mahmoud, 76, Egyptian-American infectious-disease expert credited with the HPV and rotavirus vaccines, brain hemorrhage.
 * A. M. Paraman, 91, Indian politician.
 * Rumen Petkov, 70, Bulgarian animator and director (Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory), Palme d'Or winner (1985).
 * John Shepherd, 86, English footballer (Millwall, Brighton & Hove Albion, Gillingham).
 * Larry Thomas, 70, American political advisor, cancer.

12

 * Ram Chander Bainda, 72, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha (1996–2004).
 * Yakov Brand, 63, Russian cardiac surgeon and TV presenter.
 * Robert Alan Browne, 86, American actor (Santa Barbara, Psycho).
 * Zé Carlos, 73, Brazilian footballer.
 * Patricia Adkins Chiti, British-born Italian musician and musicologist.
 * Jack Cuffe, 87, Australian footballer.
 * Helena Dunicz-Niwińska, 102, Polish violinist, translator and author.
 * Keith Fahnhorst, 66, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
 * Jon Hiseman, 73, English drummer (Colosseum, Colosseum II, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers), brain cancer.
 * Antônio Carlos Konder Reis, 94, Brazilian politician, Senator (1963–1975), Deputy (1955–1963, 1987–1991, 1998–2003), governor of Santa Catarina (1975–1979, 1994–1995).
 * Jarosław Kozidrak, 63, Polish guitarist, keyboardist and composer.
 * Jack Laxer, 91, American photographer.
 * Bhaiyyu Maharaj, 50, Indian spiritual guru, suicide by gunshot.
 * Al Meltzer, 89, American sportscaster.
 * Stephen Reid, 68, Canadian author and bank robber (The Stopwatch Gang), heart failure and complications of pneumonia.
 * Pandel Savic, 92, Macedonian-born American football player (Ohio State Buckeyes), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Freddy Sofian, 69, Indonesian artist.
 * Renato Vrbičić, 47, Croatian water polo player, Olympic silver medalist (1996), heart attack.

13

 * Myrtle Allen, 94, Irish chef, restaurateur (Ballymaloe House) and hotelier, Michelin star winner, pneumonia.
 * Benedetto Cottone, 100, Italian politician, Deputy (1953–1958, 1963–1976).
 * Arkangel de la Muerte, 52, Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL), heart attack.
 * Eurydice Dixon, 22, Australian comedian, strangulation.
 * Anne Donovan, 56, American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach, Olympic champion (1984, 1988, 2008), heart failure.
 * John Farley, 85, British pilot.
 * D. J. Fontana, 87, American Hall of Fame rock drummer (Elvis Presley).
 * Tom Gear, 69, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (2002–2010).
 * J. Alex Haller, 91, American pediatric surgeon (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine).
 * Rory Kiely, 84, Irish politician, Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann (2002–2007).
 * Ronald I. Meshbesher, 85, American lawyer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Milan Mrkusich, 93, New Zealand artist and designer.
 * Charles Vinci, 85, American weightlifter, Olympic champion (1956, 1960).

14

 * Robin Boyd, 94, Irish theologian and missionary.
 * Shujaat Bukhari, 50, Indian journalist, shot.
 * Gene Ceppetelli, 78, Canadian-born American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes).
 * Fazlullah, 43, Pakistani Sharia advocate and insurgent, leader of TNSM (since 2002) and TTP (since 2013), drone strike.
 * Yvonne Gilan, 86, British actress (Fawlty Towers, Chariots of Fire, Empire of the Sun), breast and lung cancer.
 * Stanislav Govorukhin, 82, Russian film director, screenwriter and politician.
 * Vincent R. Gray, 96, British-born New Zealand chemist and climate change denier.
 * Mongi Kooli, 88, Tunisian politician.
 * Steve Kuzmicich, 86, New Zealand statistician.
 * Archibald Montgomerie, 18th Earl of Eglinton, 78, British aristocrat.
 * Ed Roebuck, 86, American baseball player (Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies).
 * Ettore Romoli, 80, Italian politician, Senator (1994–1996) and Deputy (2001–2006).
 * Sonia Scurfield, 89, Canadian sports team owner (Calgary Flames), cancer.
 * Gunnar Vada, 91, Norwegian politician, MP (1977–1986).
 * Marta Weigle, 73, American folklorist and anthropologist.

15

 * Gerald Barnbaum, 84, American pharmacist and fraudster.
 * Nina Baym, 82, American literary critic and historian, complications from dementia.
 * Delia Bell, 83, American bluegrass singer.
 * Manuel José Bonnet, 81, Colombian soldier, academic (Del Rosario University) and politician, Commandant of the Army (1996–1997), Governor of Magdalena (2010–2012), cancer.
 * Milton Clark, 95, Australian footballer (Essendon, North Melbourne).
 * Joe DeNardo, 87, American meteorologist (WTAE).
 * Leslie Grantham, 71, English actor (EastEnders, Fort Boyard, The Paradise Club) and convicted murderer.
 * Enoch zu Guttenberg, 71, German conductor.
 * Frank Harden, 95, American radio announcer.
 * Arne Martin Klausen, 90, Norwegian social anthropologist.
 * Nick Knox, 60, American drummer (The Cramps, Electric Eels).
 * Joseph Li Mingshu, 93, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Qingdao (since 2000).
 * Buddy MacEachern, 77, Canadian politician, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Rita Marko, 98, Albanian politician.
 * Richard Millard, 103, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of California (1960-1978).
 * Matt Murphy, 88, American blues guitarist (The Blues Brothers & Howlin' Wolf).
 * Raoul Van Caenegem, 90, Belgian historian.
 * Darío Villalba, 79, Spanish painter, photographer and Olympic figure skater (1956).
 * Macdara Woods, 76, Irish poet.

16

 * María José Alcón, 57, Spanish jurist and politician, Valencia city councilor (1995–2009), fall.
 * Alvarito, 82, Spanish football player (Real Oviedo, Atlético Madrid), and manager (Shelbourne).
 * Martin Bregman, 92, American film producer (Scarface, Dog Day Afternoon, Carlito's Way), cerebral hemorrhage.
 * Cecile Cilliers, 85, South African writer.
 * Antonio Giuliano, 88, Italian classical archaeologist and historian.
 * Russell MacNeil, 87, Canadian politician.
 * Nicholas Mastromatteo, 84, American luger.
 * Syd Nomis, 76, South African rugby union player (Transvaal, national team), heart attack.
 * M. Azizur Rahman, 77, Canadian electrical engineer.
 * Gennady Rozhdestvensky, 87, Russian conductor.
 * Remo Segnana, 92, Italian politician, Senator (1968–1983).
 * Victor Shabangu, 48, Swazi Olympic athlete.
 * Ronnie Sheed, 71, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle).
 * George Stamatoyannopoulos, 84, Greek-born American medical researcher and geneticist.
 * Euan Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, 94, British politician, member of House of Lords (1959–1999).
 * Ken Wood, 88, Australian swimming coach.

17

 * John Blayney, 93, Irish judge and rugby union player.
 * Elizabeth Brackett, 76, American television journalist (Chicago Tonight, PBS NewsHour), neck injury from bicycle fall.
 * William Chong Wong, 67, Honduran economist and politician, Minister of Finance (2004–2006, 2010–2012), co-founder of Central American Technological University, respiratory failure.
 * Hellmut Fritzsche, 91, German-born American physicist, assisted suicide.
 * Troy Hurtubise, 54, Canadian inventor and conservationist, subject of Project Grizzly, traffic collision.
 * Derek Ingram, 93, English journalist.
 * Igor Muradyan, 61, Armenian political activist.
 * O. Timothy O'Meara, 90, American mathematician.
 * Rebecca Parris, 66, American jazz singer.
 * Aihud Pevsner, 92, American physicist.
 * Dutch Rennert, 88, American baseball umpire.
 * Stephen E. Robinson, 70, American religious scholar.
 * David Selberg, 23, Swedish ice hockey player (Luleå, Piteå), suicide.
 * Andrei Ivanovich Stepanov, 88, Soviet-born Russian diplomat and author.
 * Zhao Nanqi, 91, Korean-born Chinese general and politician, Director of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department.
 * Franco Zurlo, 77, Italian Olympic boxer, European bantamweight champion (1969–1971, 1977–1978).

18

 * Ahmad Ahmadi, 84, Iranian Islamic philosopher, heart attack.
 * Walter Bahr, 91, American Hall of Fame soccer player (Philadelphia Nationals, national team), complications from a broken hip.
 * Billy Connors, 76, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, New York Mets) and coach (New York Yankees).
 * Graham Davy, 81, New Zealand athlete and sports administrator.
 * Ivor Dennis, 86, Sri Lankan singer.
 * Upendra Devkota, 64, Nepalese neurosurgeon, gallbladder cancer.
 * Paul Gratzik, 82, German writer.
 * Ron Healey, 65, Irish footballer (Manchester City, Cardiff City, national team).
 * Go Kato, 80, Japanese actor, gallbladder cancer.
 * Theerasak Longji, 26, Thai murderer, execution by lethal injection.
 * Barry McDaniel, 87, American opera singer.
 * Gordon Norton, 93, Canadian yacht racer.
 * Kostas Politis, 76, Greek basketball coach (national team), EuroBasket champion (1987).
 * Claude Ramsey, 75, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1972–1978).
 * Felix Rappaport, 65, American casino operator (Foxwoods Casino), heart disease.
 * Maria Rohm, 72, Austrian actress (99 Women, Venus in Furs).
 * Billy Sammeth, 66, American talent manager (Dolly Parton, Cher, Joan Rivers), pancreatic cancer.
 * Bertha Sanseverino, 72, Uruguayan politician, member of the Departmental Board of Montevideo (1995–2004) and the Chamber of Representatives (since 2010).
 * Nathan Shaham, 93, Israeli writer.
 * Lawrence A. Skantze, 89, American military officer.
 * Marta Terry González, 87, Cuban librarian.
 * Big Van Vader, 63, American professional wrestler (NJPW, WWF) and football player (Los Angeles Rams), heart failure and pneumonia.
 * Richard Valeriani, 85, American NBC News correspondent.
 * Magalì Vettorazzo, 76, Italian Olympic pentathlete (1968).
 * Jimmy Wopo, 21, American rapper, shot.
 * XXXTentacion, 20, American rapper ("Look at Me", "Jocelyn Flores", "Sad!"), shot.

19

 * Stanley Cavell, 91, American philosopher, heart failure.
 * Ivan Drach, 81, Ukrainian poet, screenwriter and politician, member of Verkhovna Rada (1990–1994, 1998–2000, 2002–2006).
 * Efrén Echeverría, 86, Paraguayan musician, composer, and record collector.
 * Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, 83, Danish princess.
 * Katriina Elovirta, 57, Finnish football player and referee (FIFA, UEFA), Finnish Women's Cup champion (1990).
 * C. H. Gimingham, 95, British botanist.
 * Sergio Gonella, 85, Italian Hall of Fame football referee (1978 FIFA World Cup Final).
 * Hubert Green, 71, American Hall of Fame golfer, U.S. Open (1977) and PGA (1985) champion, throat cancer.
 * Stefan Kanfer, 85, American journalist (Time).
 * Bill Kenville, 87, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals, Detroit Pistons).
 * Chuck Klingbeil, 52, American football player (Miami Dolphins).
 * Koko, 46, western lowland gorilla known for her intelligence and capacity to understand sign language.
 * Paul John Marx, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kerema (Papua New Guinea) (1988–2010).
 * Don Mason, 73, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres).
 * Leonard McComb, 87, British painter.
 * Ángel Medardo Luzuriaga, 82, Ecuadorian Andean cumbia musician.
 * Ian Orme, 65, British-American microbiologist.
 * Bansi Quinteros, 41, Spanish keyboardist (GMS), blood cancer.
 * Gillian Raine, 91, British actress (Last of the Long-haired Boys, The Hour).
 * Nicholas Rudall, 78, British academic and theatre director, colon and liver cancer.
 * Jane Cronin Scanlon, 95, American mathematician.
 * Lowrell Simon, 75, American soul singer-songwriter (The Lost Generation).
 * Jack Stallings, 87, American baseball coach (Georgia Southern Eagles).
 * Nerella Venu Madhav, 85, Indian impressionist.
 * Frank Vickery, 67, Welsh playwright.
 * Peter Wilmot-Sitwell, 83, British stockbroker, stroke.

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 * Ken Albiston, 91, Australian footballer (Richmond, Melbourne).
 * David Bianco, 63–64, American record producer, engineer and mixer (Tom Petty, Teenage Fanclub, Bob Dylan), stroke.
 * Errikos Briolas, 84, Greek actor.
 * Dante Caputo, 74, Argentine diplomat and politician, President of the United Nations General Assembly (1988–1989), Minister of Foreign Relations (1983–1989).
 * Dick Danehe, 97, American football player (Los Angeles Dons).
 * Brian Donovan, 77, American journalist (Newsday), Pulitzer Prize winner (1970, 1995), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Robert Gilpin, 87, American political scientist.
 * Norman Godman, 81, Scottish politician, MP (1983–2001).
 * Sophie Gradon, 32, British reality television participant (Love Island) and beauty pageant winner (Miss Great Britain, 2009).
 * Francisco Griéguez, 99, Spanish WWII soldier and Holocaust survivor.
 * Lesandro Guzman-Feliz, 15, American homicide victim, stabbed.
 * Bill Hendon, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for North Carolina's 11th district (1981–1983, 1985–1987).
 * Hu Wei, 97, Chinese general, Deputy Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army (1974–1984).
 * Ernie Hunt, 75, English football player (Swindon Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry City), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Sándor Kányádi, 89, Hungarian poet and translator.
 * Don C. Laubman, 96, Canadian fighter pilot and flying ace.
 * Wolfgang Lippert, 80, German botanist.
 * Carroll Morgan, 70, Canadian Olympic boxer (1972), heart attack.
 * Willie Lee Rose, 91, American historian.
 * Bill Speakman, 90, British soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross.
 * Peter Thomson, 88, Australian Hall of Fame golfer, five-time British Open winner (1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965), complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Solveig Laila Thoresen, 87, Norwegian politician.
 * John Ward, 88, American sportscaster (Vol Network).
 * Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, 94, Pakistani banker, writer and humorist.

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 * William Acker, 90, American judge.
 * Grigory Barenblatt, 90, Russian mathematician.
 * Carlo Bernardini, 88, Italian politician, Senator (1976–1979).
 * Hassan El Glaoui, 93, Moroccan painter.
 * Édouard-Jean Empain, 80, French-Belgian industrialist (Schneider-Empain) and kidnapping victim.
 * H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr., 77, American philosopher.
 * Johnny Hubbard, 87, South African footballer (Rangers, Bury, Ayr United).
 * Oldřich Král, 87, Czech sinologist and translator.
 * Charles Krauthammer, 68, American political commentator (Fox News) and writer (The Washington Post), Pulitzer Prize winner (1987), small intestine cancer.
 * Felicia Langer, 87, Israeli-German human rights activist.
 * George Lindemann, 81, American businessman.
 * John Mack, 81, American civic leader, cancer.
 * Jamsheed Marker, 95, Pakistani diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1986–1989).
 * Elsa Massa, 93, Argentine human rights activist.
 * Armando Merodio, 82, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao).
 * Horaţiu Nicolau, 84, Romanian Olympic volleyball player.
 * Eric Stanley, 94, British literary scholar and historian.
 * Sir Laurence Street, 91, Australian judge, Chief Justice of New South Wales (1974–1988).
 * Hugh Stuckey, 89, Australian comedy and drama writer.
 * Bill Thompson, 80, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (2001–2011).
 * Yan Jizhou, 100, Chinese film director, winner of the Golden Rooster Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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 * Halina Aszkiełowicz-Wojno, 71, Polish volleyball player (national team), Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
 * Tony Bartirome, 86, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
 * Geoff Case, 82, Australian football player (Melbourne).
 * Steve Condous, 82, Australian politician, Lord Mayor of Adelaide (1987–1993), member of the South Australian House of Assembly (1993–2002).
 * James S. Denton, 66, American publisher and editor (World Affairs), prostate cancer.
 * Fred Kornet, 98, American Army lieutenant general.
 * Nahum Korzhavin, 92, Russian-American poet.
 * Olga Krzyżanowska, 88, Polish politician, Senator (2001–2005), Deputy Marshal of the Sejm (1993–1997).
 * Melanie Le Brocquy, 98, Irish sculptor.
 * Dick Leitsch, 83, American LGBT rights activist, liver cancer.
 * Dan Lindsley, 92, American geneticist.
 * Helli Louise, 68, Danish-English actress (Daddy, Darling).
 * Deanna Lund, 81, American actress (Land of the Giants), pancreatic cancer.
 * Jahi McMath, 17, American persistent vegetative state patient, liver failure.
 * Nandagopal, 84, Indian film journalist, editor and critic.
 * Rezső Nyers, 95, Hungarian politician, Minister of Finance (1960–1962), Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party president (1989).
 * Geoffrey Oryema, 65, Ugandan musician.
 * Vinnie Paul, 54, American drummer (Pantera, Damageplan, Hellyeah), heart attack.
 * Sally Pierone, 97, American artist and family counselor.
 * Waldir Pires, 91, Brazilian politician, Minister of Defence (2006–2007), Governor of Bahia (1987–1989).
 * Bagun Sumbrai, 94, Indian politician.

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 * Roland Baar, 53, German rower, Olympic silver (1996) and bronze medallist (1992), five-time world champion (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995), traffic collision.
 * Fred Chalenor, 62, American bassist.
 * Jacques Corriveau, 85, Canadian graphic design executive, convicted in Adscam scandal.
 * Alberto Fouillioux, 77, Chilean footballer (national team).
 * Donald Hall, 89, American poet, U.S. Poet Laureate (2006).
 * Ann Hopkins, 74, American business executive, plaintiff in Price Waterhouse v Hopkins.
 * Yavar Jamalov, 68, Azerbaijani politician, Minister of Defence Industry (since 2006).
 * Kim Jong-pil, 92, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1971–1975, 1998–2000).
 * Gisèle Lamoureux, 75, Canadian botanist and photographer.
 * Richard Lowitt, 96, American historian.
 * Dumitru Moțpan, 78, Moldovan politician, President of Parliament (1997–1998).
 * Phan Huy Lê, 84, Vietnamese historian, heart disease.
 * Douglas Rae, 87, Scottish businessman.
 * Violeta Rivas, 80, Argentine singer and actress, kidney failure.
 * Gazmend Sinani, 27, Kosovan basketball player (Leeds Force), traffic collision.
 * Ronald Spadafora, 63, American firefighter (FDNY Chief of Fire Prevention), supervised rescue and recovery following 9/11, acute myeloid leukemia.
 * Cyrus Tang, 88, Chinese-born American investor and philanthropist.
 * Koro Wētere, 83, New Zealand politician, MP for Western Maori (1969–1996), Minister of Māori Affairs (1984–1990).

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 * Xiomara Alfaro, 88, Cuban opera singer.
 * César Alvarenga, Paraguayan politician, Governor of San Pedro Department (1998–1999), heart attack.
 * Stanley Anderson, 78, American actor (The Drew Carey Show, Spider-Man, Red Dragon), brain cancer.
 * Keith Bosley, 80, British poet and translator.
 * G.S. Sachdev, 83, Indian bansuri player.
 * Salomón Cohen Levy, 91, Israeli-born Venezuelan civil engineer and mall developer (Centro Sambil).
 * Francesco Forleo, 76, Italian politician, Deputy (1987–1994), complications from dementia.
 * Frank Heart, 89, American Hall of Fame computer engineer, co-developer of the IMP, melanoma.
 * Dan Ingram, 83, American disc jockey (KBOX, WABC, WCBS-FM, WIL), complications from dementia.
 * Michael Lockwood, 74, British philosopher, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Darryl N. Johnson, 80, American diplomat.
 * Sergei Ogorodnikov, 32, Russian ice hockey player (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg), water bike accident.
 * Josip Pirmajer, 74, Slovenian football player and manager.
 * Jacques Saadé, 81, Lebanese-born French shipping executive, founder of CMA CGM.
 * David J. Simms, 85, Irish mathematician.
 * Chatri Sophonpanich, 85, Thai banker (Bangkok Bank).
 * Jens Kristian Thune, 82, Norwegian lawyer and executive.
 * Pavel Vranský, 97, Czech brigadier general and RAF radio operator, veteran of the siege of Tobruk, War Cross and Medal of Merit recipient.
 * Harald von Boehmer, 75, German immunologist.
 * Jim Washington, 66, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).

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 * Constance Adams, 53, American space architect and spaceport planner, colorectal cancer.
 * George Cakobau Jr., Fijian chief and politician.
 * Jesús Cardenal, 88, Spanish professor (University of the Basque Country) and lawyer, Attorney General (1997–2004).
 * Angelo Compagnoni, 96, Italian politician, Senator (1963-1972).
 * Tom Dickinson, 87, Australian cricketer.
 * Štefka Drolc, 94, Slovenian actress.
 * Paul Gérin-Lajoie, 98, Canadian lawyer and politician, MNA (1960–1969).
 * David Goldblatt, 87, South African photographer.
 * Tom Goosby, 79, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins).
 * Richard Benjamin Harrison, 77, American pawnbroker and reality television personality (Pawn Stars), complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Hiralal Jairam, 84, South African cricketer.
 * Yosh Kawano, 97, American baseball clubhouse manager (Chicago Cubs), complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * James M. Keck, 96, American air force lieutenant general.
 * Jessica Naiga, 53, Ugandan lawyer and judge.
 * Bo Nilsson, 81, Swedish composer.
 * John Frederick Pickering, 78, British economist and business consultant.

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 * Big Bill Bissonnette, 81, American jazz musician.
 * Dennis Creffield, 87, British painter.
 * Harold Davis, 85, Scottish football player (Rangers) and manager.
 * Andrey Dementyev, 89, Russian poet.
 * Henri Dirickx, 90, Belgian footballer (national team).
 * Fedor Frešo, 71, Slovak rock and jazz bassist (The Soulmen, Prúdy), heart failure.
 * José Luis Meilán Gil, 84, Spanish politician and academic.
 * Bernard Ginsborg, 93, British pharmacologist and physiologist.
 * Klaas Hendrikse, 69, Dutch pastor.
 * Ignatios Lappas, 72, Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop, Metropolis of Larissa and Tyrnavos (since 1994), heart failure.
 * Henri Namphy, 85, Haitian military officer and politician, President (1986–1988), lung cancer.
 * Sabina Ott, 62, American artist, cancer.
 * Daniel Pilon, 77, Canadian actor (Dallas, Ryan's Hope, Shoot 'Em Up).
 * Phil Rodgers, 80, American golfer, leukemia.
 * Joseph Seroussi, 85, Sudanese-born Romanian fashion designer.
 * Albert Sewell, 90, English football statistician.
 * Ed Simons, 101, American conductor.
 * Innocent Umezulike, 64, Nigerian jurist, chief judge of Enugu State.
 * Jennifer Welles, 81, American pornographic actress (Inside Jennifer Welles).

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 * Jack Carroll, 94, Australian rugby union player (national team).
 * Raffaele Farigu, 84, Italian politician, Deputy (1987–1994).
 * Johnny Guenther, 82, American ten-pin bowler.
 * Joe Jackson, 89, American band manager (The Jackson 5), patriarch of the Jackson family, pancreatic cancer.
 * Liz Jackson, 67, Australian journalist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Pearce Lane, 87, American Olympic boxer.
 * William McBride, 91, Australian doctor.
 * Ann Nardulli, 69, American endocrinologist, cancer.
 * Egil Olsen, 70, Norwegian footballer.
 * Paola Paternoster, 82, Italian Olympic discus (1956, 1960) and javelin (1956) thrower.
 * Corran Purdon, 97, British army major general.
 * Steve Soto, 54, American punk musician (Adolescents, Agent Orange, Legal Weapon).
 * Steven Hilliard Stern, 80, Canadian-born American director (The Devil and Max Devlin, Mazes and Monsters).
 * Vladimir Andreyevich Uspensky, 87, Russian mathematician, linguist, writer and doctor.
 * Alan White, 84, Australian football player (Carlton).

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 * Denis Akiyama, 66, Canadian actor (Pixels, X-Men, Johnny Mnemonic), cancer.
 * Martin Baddeley, 81, English Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Reigate (1996–2000).
 * Sam Bass, 73, Australian politician.
 * François Bluche, 92, French historian.
 * Goran Bunjevčević, 45, Serbian footballer, stroke.
 * Colin Butts, 58, British novelist, screenwriter and impresario, pancreatic cancer.
 * Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho, 93, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Maceió (1976–1984) and Teresina (1984–2001).
 * Carlos Campos, 88, Venezuelan politician, Governor of Anzoátegui.
 * Harlan Ellison, 84, American writer (A Boy and His Dog, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman) and screenwriter.
 * Jeffrey Elman, 70, American psycholinguist.
 * Rob Hiaasen, 59, American journalist, shot.
 * Hyon Ju-song, 56, North Korean military officer, execution by firing squad. (death reported on this date)
 * Abdul Kadir, 65–66, Guyanese politician and convicted conspirator (2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot), Mayor of Linden (1994–1996).
 * Mike Kilkenny, 73, Canadian baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
 * Domenico Losurdo, 76, Italian Marxist philosopher and historian (Liberalism: A Counter-History).
 * Russ McCubbin, 83, American actor and stuntman (High Plains Drifter, Sudden Impact, Matt Houston).
 * Christine Nöstlinger, 81, Austrian writer.
 * Elisha Obed, 66, Bahamian boxer, WBC light-middleweight champion (1975–1976).
 * Şarık Tara, 88, Turkish executive (Enka).
 * Keith Warburton, 89, Australian footballer (Carlton).

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 * Ai Weiren, 86, Chinese soldier, lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army.
 * Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, 67, Ghanaian economist and politician, Governor of the Bank of Ghana (2009–2012) and Vice-President (2012–2017).
 * Franz Beyer, 96, German violist and musicologist.
 * Matt Cappotelli, 38, American professional wrestler (OVW) and reality show winner (WWE Tough Enough), brain cancer.
 * Arvid Carlsson, 95, Swedish neuropharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (2000).
 * Steve Ditko, 90, American comic book writer and artist (Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Blue Beetle), heart attack.
 * Giuseppe Rocco Favale, 82, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vallo della Lucania (1989–2011).
 * Chantal Garrigues, 73, French actress (Soda).
 * Helen Griffin, 59, British actress (Twin Town, Doctor Who) and political activist.
 * Bill Hamel, 45, American composer and record producer.
 * Jónas Kristjánsson, 78, Icelandic writer and newspaper editor.
 * Jacques Madubost, 74, French high jumper, European champion (1966).
 * María Luisa Mendoza, 88, Mexican journalist, novelist and politician.
 * Liliane Montevecchi, 85, French-Italian dancer and actress (Nine, Grand Hotel, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days), Tony winner (1982).
 * Derrick O'Connor, 77, Irish actor (Lethal Weapon 2, Daredevil, Brazil), pneumonia.
 * Eugene Pitt, 80, American singer (The Jive Five), complications from diabetes.
 * Lawrence Rondon, 68, Trinidadian footballer.
 * Sir David Smith, 88, British botanist, Principal of the University of Edinburgh (1987–1994).
 * Irena Szewińska, 72, Soviet-born Polish Hall of Fame sprinter, Olympic champion (1964, 1968, 1976), cancer.
 * Omar Vergara, 75, Argentine Olympic fencer (1968, 1972, 1976).

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 * Nino Assirelli, 92, Italian racing cyclist.
 * Dagmar Burešová, 88, Czech lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice of Czechoslovakia, Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk recipient.
 * John E. Casida, 88, American entomologist and toxicologist.
 * Smoke Dawg, 21, Canadian rapper.
 * Juraj Halenár, 35, Slovak footballer (Slovan Bratislava), suicide.
 * Mike Heideman, 70, American basketball coach (Green Bay Phoenix), cancer.
 * Mark Irwin, 83, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, national team).
 * Johan J. Jakobsen, 81, Norwegian politician, Chairman of the Centre Party (1979–1991), Minister of Transport (1983–1986) and Local Government (1989–1990).
 * Billy Kinard, 84, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills) and coach (Ole Miss Rebels).
 * Timothy Murphy, 67, American poet.
 * Antonella Rebuzzi, 63, Italian politician, Senator (2006–2008), heart attack.
 * Fuat Sezgin, 93, Turkish Islamic science historian (Goethe University Frankfurt).
 * Roy de Silva, 80, Sri Lankan director (Re Daniel Dawal Migel), heart attack.
 * José Antonio Zaldúa, 76, Spanish footballer (F.C. Barcelona, national team, Real Valladolid).