Deaths in March 2012

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2012.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
 * Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).

1

 * Blagoje Adžić, 79, Serbian politician.
 * Eddie Allen, 93, American football player.
 * Phillip R. Allen, 72, American actor (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, The Bad News Bears).
 * Alice Arden, 97, American Olympic (1936) high jumper.
 * Henryk Bałuszyński, 39, Polish footballer, heart attack.
 * Luigi Bazzoni, 82, Italian film director (Pride and Vengeance, The Fifth Cord).
 * Andrew Breitbart, 43, American publisher and political commentator, heart attack.
 * Jerome Courtland, 85, American actor, director, and producer (Escape to Witch Mountain, Tokyo Joe), heart disease.
 * Lucio Dalla, 68, Italian singer-songwriter and musician, heart attack.
 * Jack Fouts, 86, American football player and coach.
 * Peter Graeme, 90, British oboist.
 * Paul Hürlimann, 78, Swiss Olympic equestrian.
 * Fathulla Jameel, 69, Maldivian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1978–2005), heart disease.
 * 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu, 80, Tibetan-born Mongolian Buddhist spiritual leader.
 * Archie Kalokerinos, 85, Greek-Australian physician.
 * Thomas J. Lydon, 84, American federal judge, sepsis and car accident complications.
 * Altamir Heitor Martins, 32, Brazilian footballer (BEC Tero Sasana F.C.).
 * Gemma McCluskie, 29, British actress (EastEnders), blunt force trauma.
 * Germano Mosconi, 79, Italian sportswriter and news presenter.
 * Callan Pinckney, 72, American fitness professional, created Callanetics.
 * Randy Primas, 62, American politician, Mayor of Camden, New Jersey (1981–1990), bone marrow cancer.
 * Conrad Soares, 72, Bermudan Olympic sailor.

2

 * Lawrence Anthony, 61, South African conservationist and environmentalist, heart attack.
 * Van T. Barfoot, 92, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, head injuries from a fall.
 * Gerry Bridgwood, 67, English footballer (Stoke City), heart attack.
 * Nydia Ecury, 86, Aruban-Dutch writer, translator and actress, Alzheimer's disease.
 * George Firestone, 80, American politician, Secretary of State of Florida (1978–1987), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Doug Furnas, 52, American professional wrestler, heart disease.
 * Vera Galushka-Duyunova, 66, Russian volleyball player, cardiac arrest.
 * Brajamohan Jamatia, 106, Indian politician.
 * Sir Keith Jones, 100, Australian medical practitioner and surgeon.
 * Gary Kubly, 68, American politician, Minnesota State Senator (since 2002), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Rui Maia, 86, Portuguese Olympian
 * José Adolfo Mojica Morales, 75, Salvadoran Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sonsonate (1989–2011).
 * John Panelli, 85, American football player (Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals).
 * George Reynolds, 83, Australian racing driver.
 * Gérard Rinaldi, 69, French actor and singer (Les Charlots), lymphoma.
 * Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, 82, British politician and author, Leader of the House of Commons (1979–1981).
 * Stan Stearns, 76, American photographer (John F. Kennedy, Jr. salute), lung cancer.
 * Frits Wijngaard, 85, Dutch Olympic boxer.
 * James Q. Wilson, 80, American political scientist, co-author of the broken windows theory, leukemia.
 * Isagani Yambot, 77, Filipino journalist, publisher of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (since 1994), heart attack.

3

 * Fritz Baier, 88, German politician.
 * Viv Bingham, 79, British political activist.
 * Irvin Borish, 99, American optometrist.
 * Steve Bridges, 48, American impressionist (George W. Bush), anaphylaxis.
 * Dave Charnley, 76, British former European lightweight champion boxer.
 * Leonardo Cimino, 94, American actor (Moonstruck, Dune, Hudson Hawk), COPD.
 * Mike Darby, 69, Australian football player.
 * A R Shamsud Doha, 83, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1982–1984).
 * Henryk Grabowski, 82, Polish Olympic athlete.
 * Anthony Grainger, 36, English police victim, shot.
 * Lloyd Hittle, 88, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
 * Per J. Husabø, 83, Norwegian politician.
 * Lutfullah Khan, 95, Pakistani writer and sound archivist.
 * Franklin McMahon, 90, American artist and reporter.
 * Ralph McQuarrie, 82, American conceptual designer and illustrator (Star Wars, Cocoon, Raiders of the Lost Ark), Oscar winner (1986).
 * Frank Marocco, 81, American accordionist, arranger and composer.
 * Ronnie Montrose, 64, American guitarist (Montrose), suicide.
 * Jim Obradovich, 62, American baseball player (Houston Astros).
 * Norris Stevenson, 72, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Edmonton Eskimos, BC Lions), cancer.
 * Kason Sugioka, 98, Japanese calligrapher, Order of Culture recipient, heart failure.
 * Alex Webster, 80, American football player (New York Giants, Montreal Alouettes) and coach (New York Giants).

4

 * Ali Ahmed Abdi, 26, Somali journalist, shot.
 * Maurice De Muer, 90, French cyclist and sports director.
 * Christopher Joseph Earl, 86, British neurologist.
 * Felícia Fuster, 91, Spanish Catalan painter and poet.
 * William E. Galbraith, 86, American businessman.
 * Bill Green, 50, American sprinter, cancer.
 * Robert Brendon Keating, 87, American diplomat, Ambassador to Madagascar and the Comoros (1983–1986), pneumonia.
 * Paul McBride, 46, British lawyer.
 * Pete McCaffrey, 74, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1964) basketball player.
 * Don Mincher, 73, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Oakland Athletics), President of the Southern League (2000–2011).
 * Runako Morton, 33, Nevisian Test cricketer (West Indies), traffic collision.
 * John C. Reiss, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trenton (1980–1997).
 * Shmuel Tankus, 97, Israeli naval officer, fifth commander of the Navy.
 * Joan Taylor, 82, American actress (Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, The Rifleman), natural causes.

5

 * Don Andrews, 82, Australian guitarist.
 * Yehuda Ben-Haim, 56, Israeli Olympic boxer.
 * Jörg Balke, 75, German Olympic athlete.
 * Sobha Brahma, 82, Indian painter and sculptor.
 * Willard Cochrane, 97, American agricultural economist.
 * Rafael Corporán de los Santos, 71, Dominican television producer, host, and politician, Mayor of Distrito Nacional (1990–1994), heart attack.
 * Fernando Da Silva, 91, American painter.
 * Paul Haines, 41, New Zealand writer, cancer.
 * Zahir Howaida, 67, Afghan singer.
 * William Heirens, 83, American serial killer.
 * Rushworth Kidder, 67, American ethicist and writer, natural causes.
 * Godwin Kotey, 46–47, Ghanaian actor, producer, educator, playwright and director, leukemia.
 * Marian Kuszewski, 78, Polish Olympic silver medal-winning (1956, 1960) fencer.
 * Roland Lakes, 72, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants).
 * Philip Madoc, 77, Welsh actor (Dad's Army, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George).
 * Maurice Pechet, 94, American academic.
 * Ken Shipp, 83, American football coach.
 * William O. Wooldridge, 89, American army officer.

6

 * Marcos Alonso, 78, Spanish football player (Real Madrid).
 * Francisco Xavier do Amaral, 75, East Timorese politician, President (1975).
 * Jaap Boersma, 82, Dutch politician, Minister of Social Affairs (1971–1977), Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (1973).
 * Jan Dawidziuk, 74, Polish-born American bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church.
 * Antonio Garzya, 85, Italian professor.
 * Lucia Mannucci, 91, Italian singer.
 * Maurice Moyer, 93, American clergyman and civil rights leader.
 * Donald M. Payne, 77, American politician, U.S. Representative from New Jersey (since 1989), colon cancer.
 * Frederick M. Reed, 87, American politician, Attorney General of Vermont (1957–1960).
 * Robert B. Sherman, 86, American songwriter and composer (Mary Poppins, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Oscar winner (1965).
 * Nejiko Suwa, 92, Japanese violinist.
 * Arthur A. Vogel, 88, American bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri.
 * Helen Walulik, 82, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).
 * Sayuri Yamauchi, 55, Japanese voice actress (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Crayon Shin-chan), cancer.

7

 * Jeanne Achterberg, 69, American psychologist, breast cancer.
 * Cris Alexander, 92, American actor and photographer.
 * Gary DeCramer, 67, American politician, Minnesota state senator (1983–1993).
 * Tony Drake, 89, English hiker.
 * Harold K. Forsen, 79, American nuclear engineer.
 * Gherardo Gnoli, 74, Italian historian.
 * Dave Hrechkosy, 60, Canadian ice hockey player (California Golden Seals, St. Louis Blues), brain cancer.
 * Sir Raymond Lygo, 87, British admiral and businessman.
 * Félicien Marceau, 98, French novelist, member of the Académie française.
 * Marcel Mouchel, 85, French footballer and manager.
 * Greg Novak, 61, American writer and wargame designer.
 * Big Walter Price, 97, American blues singer, songwriter and pianist.
 * Włodzimierz Smolarek, 54, Polish footballer.
 * Pierre Tornade, 82, French actor.
 * Ramaz Urushadze, 72, Georgian footballer.
 * Aníbal Villacís, 85, Ecuadorian painter.

8

 * Corinna Adam, 75, British journalist, homefire.
 * Kristin Bølgen Bronebakk, 61, Norwegian civil servant.
 * LaVerne Carter, 86, American bowler, heart failure.
 * S. Henry Cho, 77, Korean martial arts instructor.
 * Pat Claridge, 73, Canadian football player, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Leslie Cochran, 60, American street personality, activist, and politician, head trauma.
 * Simin Daneshvar, 90, Iranian academic, novelist, fiction writer and translator.
 * Ursula Dronke, 91, British medievalist.
 * Mike Fetchick, 89, American golfer.
 * Compton Gonsalves, 85, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic cyclist.
 * Bugs Henderson, 68, American blues guitarist, cancer.
 * Charlie Hoag, 81, American Olympic gold medal-winning basketball player (1952).
 * Scott Huey, 88, Northern Irish cricketer.
 * Elena Libera, 94, Italian Olympic (1948) fencer.
 * Minoru Mori, 77, Japanese businessperson, chairman and executive director of the Mori Building Company, founder of the Mori Art Museum, heart failure.
 * Elio Pagliarani, 84, Italian poet and literary critic.
 * Jens Petersen, 70, Danish footballer and manager.
 * Steven Rubenstein, 49, American anthropologist. (body discovered on this date)
 * Mick Walker, 69, British motorcycling writer.

9

 * Peter Bergman, 72, American comedian (The Firesign Theater), leukemia.
 * Dennis Bowen, 61, American actor (Caddyshack II; Welcome Back, Kotter).
 * Brian Bromley, 65, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth).
 * Herb Carnegie, 92, Canadian ice hockey player.
 * Anton Crișan, 70, Romanian ice hockey player.
 * Harry Dagnall, 97, British philatelist.
 * Willye Dennis, 85, American civil rights activist and politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1992–1999).
 * Fotis Mavriplis, 92, Greek Olympic skier.
 * John Holt, 82, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1972–1984).
 * Thomas Locker, 74, American author and painter.
 * Joy Mukherjee, 73, Indian actor.
 * Zuhir al-Qaisi, 49, Palestinian militant leader, Secretary General of the Popular Resistance Committees (since 2011), air strike.
 * Selma Rubin, 96, American activist and environmentalist.
 * Jose Tomas Sanchez, 91, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal Priest of San Pio V a Villa Carpegna (1991–2012).
 * Terry Teene, 70, American singer and clown, injuries from a traffic collision.
 * Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton, 84, British academic and politician.
 * Harry Wendelstedt, 73, American baseball umpire (1966–1998), brain tumor.
 * Widjojo Nitisastro, 84, Indonesian economist and government minister.

10

 * Sukumar Barman, 60, Indian politician.
 * George Beattie, 86, Scottish footballer.
 * Bert R. Bulkin, 82, American aeronautical engineer.
 * Dorrit Cohn, 87, American academic.
 * Wim De Smet, 79, Flemish zoologist.
 * Amina El Filali, 16, Moroccan rape victim, suicide by poisoning.
 * Elmer L. Gaden, 88, American biochemist.
 * Jean Giraud, 73, French comic book artist (Blueberry, Métal Hurlant) and film production designer (Tron, Alien), cancer.
 * Julio César González, 35, Mexican Olympic boxer and former world light heavyweight champion, injuries from a hit and run.
 * Robert A. Howie, 88, English petrologist.
 * Jay McMullen, 90, American journalist (CBS News).
 * Hermín Negrón Santana, 74, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (since 1981).
 * R. I. Page, 87, British historian and runologist.
 * Mykola Plaviuk, 86, Ukrainian politician, last President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1989–1992).
 * Uttamrao Deorao Patil, 67, Indian politician.
 * Frank Sherwood Rowland, 84, American chemistry professor, Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1995), Parkinson's disease.
 * Domna Samiou, 83, Greek singer and traditional music researcher.
 * Tony Silipo, 54, Canadian politician, Ontario Minister of Education (1991–1993) and MPP for Dovercourt (1990–1999), brain tumor.
 * Jammu Siltavuori, 85, Finnish murderer and sex offender.
 * Ruth-Marie Stewart, 84, American Olympic skier.
 * John G. Taylor, 80, British physicist.
 * Tan Boon Teik, 83, Singaporean lawyer, Attorney-General (1967–1992), internal bleeding.
 * Jack Watson, 90, English cricketer, football coach and scout.


 * Richard White, 86, New Zealand rugby union player.
 * Ethel Winter, 87, American dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company and teacher at the Juilliard School.
 * Nick Zoricic, 29, Canadian ski cross racer, brain injuries from race crash.

11

 * Henry Adefope, 85, Nigerian politician, Foreign Minister (1978–1979).
 * Hub Andrews, 89, American baseball player (New York Giants).
 * Gian Nicola Babini, 67, Italian scientist.
 * Faith Brook, 90, British actress.
 * Sid Couchey, 92, American comic book artist (Richie Rich, Little Lotta, Little Dot), Burkitt's lymphoma.
 * Alba Encarnación, 56, Puerto Rican activist and teacher.
 * Wayne Frazier, 73, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs).
 * Hans G. Helms, 79, German experimental writer.
 * Philip Jenkinson, 76, English television presenter.
 * María Teresa López Beltrán, 61, Spanish medievalist and academic (University of Málaga).
 * Tom Manastersky, 83, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes, Saskatchewan Roughriders) and hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
 * Bogusław Mec, 65, Polish singer, songwriter, composer, and artist.
 * James B. Morehead, 95, American World War II flying ace, stroke complications.
 * Noverre, 14, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Sussex Stakes (2001). (death announced on this date)
 * Lanier W. Phillips, 88, American civil rights activist.
 * Gösta Schwarck, 96, Danish composer and businessman.
 * John Souza, 91, American soccer player (1950 World Cup, 1948 and 1952 Olympics).
 * Leon Spencer, 66, American jazz organist.
 * Ghiath Tayfour, 42-43, Syrian boxing champion, shot.
 * Ian Turpie, 68, Australian actor and game show host, throat cancer.
 * Miomir Vukobratović, 81, Serbian mechanical engineer.
 * Tahira Wasti, 68, Pakistani actor.

12

 * Mark Aguhar, 24, American activist, writer and multimedia fine artist, suicide.
 * Niels Baunsøe, 72, Danish Olympic cyclist.
 * Robert Parke Cameron, 91, Canadian diplomat.
 * Samuel Glazer, 89, American entrepreneur and businessman, co-developer of Mr. Coffee, leukemia.
 * Junus Effendi Habibie, 74, Indonesian diplomat.
 * Dick Harter, 81, American basketball coach (Charlotte Hornets, University of Oregon), cancer.
 * Michael Hossack, 65, American drummer (The Doobie Brothers), cancer.
 * Friedhelm Konietzka, 73, German-born Swiss football player and manager, assisted suicide.
 * Erling Stuer Lauridsen, 95, Danish Olympic wrestler.
 * Augustin Misago, 69, Rwandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gikongoro (since 1992).
 * Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil, 67, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador (since 2002).
 * Tom Murrin, 73, American performance artist and playwright.
 * Madeleine Parent, 93, Canadian union leader and women's rights activist.
 * Jean-Pierre Salignon, 84, French Olympic basketball player.
 * Douglas Scott, 91, Australian politician, member of the Australian Senate (1970, 1974–1985).

13

 * Vernon Ahmadjian, 81, American lichenologist.
 * Abdullah al-Dahdouh, 45–46, Moroccan Muslim, murdered.
 * Keith Bannister, 89, English footballer.
 * Michael P. Barnett, 82, British theoretical chemist and computer scientist.
 * Bengt Beckman, 86, Swedish mathematician.
 * Derek Bridge, 90, English cricketer.
 * Harvey T. Carter, 83, American rock climber.
 * Domitila Chúngara, 74, Bolivian labor leader and feminist, lung cancer.
 * Bodjie Dasig, 48, Filipino singer and songwriter, cancer.
 * Della Davidson, 60, American modern dancer, choreographer, and dance professor, breast cancer.
 * Julius Depaoli, 88, Austrian Olympic water polo player.
 * Michel Duchaussoy, 73, French actor, cardiac arrest.
 * Jock Hobbs, 52, New Zealand rugby union player and administrator, leukaemia.
 * Frank Jordan, 79, Australian Olympic (1952) water polo player.
 * Tom Johnson, 89, American astronomer and businessman, founder of Celestron.
 * Noel Luces, 63, Trinidadian Olympic (1968) cyclist, stroke.
 * Hans Ludvig Martensen, 84, Danish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Copenhagen (1965–1995).
 * Eileen McDonough, 49, American child actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Waltons).
 * Grete Nordrå, 87, Norwegian actress.
 * Karl Roy, 43, Filipino singer (Kapatid, P.O.T.), cardiac arrest.
 * Lyudmila Shagalova, 88, Russian film actress (The Young Guard, Balzaminov's Marriage).
 * Amusa Shittu, 75, Nigerian footballer, effects of a stroke.
 * Jacques Villiers, 87, French aerospace engineer.

14

 * Gretl Aicher, 84, Austrian artistic director.
 * Liesbeth Baarveld-Schlaman, 77, Dutch politician.
 * Ray Barlow, 85, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion).
 * Vladimir Buslaev, 74, Russian mathematical physicist.
 * Valentīna Butāne, 82, Latvian singer.
 * Matthew G. Carter, 98, American politician and housing activist, Mayor of Montclair, New Jersey (1968–1972), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Josie DeCarlo, 88, French model, inspiration for Josie of Josie and the Pussycats.
 * Kihachi Enomoto, 75, Japanese baseball player, colon cancer.
 * Himanish Goswami, 85, Indian writer and cartoonist, prostate cancer.
 * Ernst-Günter Habig, 76, German Olympic footballer, stroke.
 * Eddie King, 73, American Chicago blues musician.
 * Carl Rattray, 82, Jamaican jurist and politician, Attorney General (1989–1993) and president of the Court of Appeal (1993–1999).
 * Marcel Rohrbach, 78, French cyclist.
 * Pierre Schoendoerffer, 83, French director (The Anderson Platoon), surgical complications.
 * Margareta Sjöstedt, 88, Swedish-born Austrian singer and actress.
 * Ted L. Strickland, 79, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (1973–1975).
 * Ċensu Tabone, 98, Maltese politician, President (1989–1994) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (1987–1989).

15

 * Alice Amsden, 68, American economist and MIT professor.
 * Edvard Hagerup Bull, 89, Norwegian composer.
 * Abel Chennouf, 25, French soldier, shot.
 * Mervyn Davies, 65, Welsh rugby union player, cancer.
 * Bob Day, 67, American Olympic (1968) distance runner, bladder cancer.
 * Baby Falak, 2, Indian baby, cardiac arrest.
 * Eb Gaines, 84, American businessman and diplomat, Consul General to Bermuda (1989–1992).
 * Lily Garafulic, 97, Chilean sculptor and professor.
 * Luis Gonzales, 81, Filipino actor, pneumonia.
 * Bernardino González Ruíz, 101, Panamanian politician, President (1963).
 * Fran Matera, 87, American comic strip artist (Steve Roper and Mike Nomad).
 * Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier, 81, British soldier and courtier.
 * Dave Philley, 91, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics).
 * Pepe Rubio, 80, Spanish actor.
 * Jean-Marie Souriau, 89, French mathematician.
 * Joe Stanley, 104, American World War II pilot, commander of Eglin Air Force Base.

16

 * Aziz Ab'Sáber, 87, Brazilian geologist, heart attack.
 * Georges Aber, 81, French singer-songwriter.
 * Alexander of Liechtenstein, 82, Liechtenstein royal.
 * Lee Balterman, 91, American photographer.
 * M. A. R. Barker, 83, American professor, fantasy novelist, and role-playing game creator.
 * Estanislau Basora, 85, Spanish footballer.
 * John Billman, 92, American football player (Minnesota Gophers, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Rockets).
 * Bijan Choudhury, 80–81, Indian painter.
 * Giancarlo Cobelli, 82, Italian actor and stage director.
 * Ed Dahler, 86, American basketball player.
 * Ray Gariepy, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs).
 * John Ghindia, 86, American football player (University of Michigan).
 * Robert Hails, 89, American air force lieutenant general, vice commander of Tactical Air Command.
 * Robert L. Hall, 85, American anthropologist, authority on Native American culture, complications from carcinoid cancer.
 * Donald E. Hillman, 93, American World War II flying ace.
 * Irvin Iffla, 88, Jamaican cricketer.
 * Eldon Nelson, 85, American jockey.
 * Bronislav Poloczek, 72, Czech theatre and television actor.
 * Peter Serracino Inglott, 75, Maltese philosopher.
 * Anita Steckel, 82, American feminist artist.
 * Takaaki Yoshimoto, 87, Japanese poet, critic, and professor (Tokyo Institute of Technology), pneumonia.
 * Dieter Zechlin, 85, German pianist.

17

 * Patience Abbe, 87, American children's author.
 * Paul Boyer, 76, American historian.
 * Rubí Cerioni, 84, Argentine footballer.
 * Bernard Cohen, 87, American nuclear physicist.
 * Matt Conte, 85, American football player and coach.
 * John Cowles, Jr., 82, American businessman and philanthropist, lung cancer.
 * Bert Demarco, 87, Scottish snooker player and billiard hall owner, stroke.
 * John Demjanjuk, 91, Ukrainian Nazi war criminal, natural causes.
 * René Fontaine, 78, Canadian politician, Minister of Northern Development (1987–1990).
 * John T. Henley, 90, American politician, President pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate (1975–1978).
 * Famara Jatta, 53, Gambian government minister and economist, Governor of the Central Bank (2003–2007).
 * Jaye Radisich, 35, Australian politician, Western Australian MLA for Swan Hills (2001–2008), cancer.
 * Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, 88, Egyptian Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (since 1971), prostate cancer.
 * Ron Stewart, 79, Canadian ice hockey player.
 * Ngaire Thomas, 69, New Zealand author.
 * Margaret Whitlam, 92, Australian swimmer and activist, wife of Gough Whitlam, complications from a fall.
 * Chaleo Yoovidhya, 88, Thai businessman (Red Bull), natural causes.
 * Fakhra Younus, 33, Pakistani acid attack victim, suicide by jumping.

18

 * Imra Agotić, 69, Croatian major general, commander of the Air Force.
 * Khelifi Ahmed, 90–91, Algerian singer.
 * Haim Alexander, 96, German-born Israeli composer.
 * Furman Bisher, 93, American sports writer (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), heart attack.
 * William R. Charette, 79, American Medal of Honor recipient.
 * Shirley May France, 79, American swimmer.
 * António Leitão, 51, Portuguese Olympic bronze medal-winning (1984) athlete, iron overload.
 * Bob McConnell, 87, American baseball author and researcher, founding member of Society for American Baseball Research.
 * William G. Moore Jr., 91, American Air Force general.
 * Alan Pegler, 91, British railway preservationist.
 * Claudia Pía Baudracco, 41, Argentine women, sexual minorities and LGTBI rights activist.
 * Anargyros Printezis, 74, Greek Eastern Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Exarch of Greece (1975–2008).
 * Nigel Rusted, 104, Canadian physician.
 * István Suti, 72, Hungarian Olympic equestrian.
 * George Tupou V, 63, Tongan King (since 2006).
 * Eric Watson, 56, British photographer, heart attack.
 * Jalal Zolfonun, 74, Iranian setar player and composer, heart disease.

19

 * Verica Barać, 56, Serbian lawyer, cancer.
 * Dante Benvenuti, 86, Argentine Olympic cyclist.
 * Hanne Borchsenius, 76, Danish actress.
 * Jim Case, 84, American television director and producer.
 * Jagbir Singh Chhina, 92, Indian freedom fighter.
 * Gene DeWeese, 78, American author.
 * Donald Brown Engley, 94, American librarian.
 * Ulu Grosbard, 83, Belgian-born American theatre and film director (The Subject Was Roses, American Buffalo).
 * William J. Hibbler, 65, American federal judge, District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (since 1999).
 * Anton Jude, 51, Sri Lankan actor, cardiac arrest.
 * Sanford N. McDonnell, 89, American businessman (McDonnell Douglas), pancreatic cancer.
 * Paul Peter Mostoway, 81, Canadian politician.
 * Hugo Munthe-Kaas, 90, Norwegian resistance fighter and politician.
 * Karl-Heinz Spickenagel, 80, German footballer.
 * George Topolnisky, 95, Canadian politician.
 * Knut Erik Tranøy, 93, Norwegian philosopher.

20

 * Erlom Akhvlediani, 78, Georgian writer.
 * Guy Boucher, 68, French Canadian actor, singer and radio and TV presenter.
 * Daishin Noboru, 74, Japanese sumo wrestler.
 * Ottorino Enzo, 85, Italian rower.
 * Bill Glasson, 87, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Gregory (1974–1989).
 * Lincoln Hall, 56, Australian mountaineer and author, mesothelioma.
 * Ralph P. Hummel, 74, American political scientist.
 * Noboru Ishiguro, 73, Japanese animator and animation director (Space Battleship Yamato, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Megazone 23).
 * Ante Jurić, 89, Croatian Roman Catholic prelate, Metropolitan Archbishop of Split and Makarska (1988–2000).
 * Abdul Rahman Orfalli, 23, Syrian protest organizer, bombing.
 * Mel Parnell, 89, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), cancer.
 * Frits de Ruijter, 94, Dutch Olympic athlete.
 * Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, 101, Polish-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva.
 * Jim Stynes, 45, Irish-born Australian football player, cancer.
 * Allen Tolmich, 93, American athlete, Amateur Athletic Union hurdle champion (1937, 1939, 1940, 1941).
 * Bernard Zadi Zaourou, 73, Ivorian politician and author, heart complications.

21

 * Shaima Alawadi, 32, American murder victim, head trauma.
 * Lacy Banks, 68, American sports columnist (Chicago Sun-Times) and author, heart disease.
 * Rekia Boyd, 22, American police victim, shot.
 * Christine Brooke-Rose, 89, British writer and literary critic.
 * John George Chedid, 88, Lebanese-born American Maronite hierarch, first Bishop of Our Lady of Los Angeles (1994–2000).
 * Albrecht Dietz, 86, German entrepreneur and scientist.
 * Judy Egerton, 83, Australian-born British art historian and curator.
 * Ron Erhardt, 81, American football coach (New England Patriots, New York Giants, New York Jets).
 * Elisabeth Ettlinger, 96, German-born Swiss archaeologist and academic.
 * Robert Fuest, 84, English film director.
 * Bruno Giacometti, 104, Swiss architect, brother of Alberto and Diego Giacometti.
 * Tonino Guerra, 92, Italian poet and screenwriter (L'Avventura, Blowup, Amarcord).
 * Irving Louis Horowitz, 82, American sociologist (Rutgers University, Washington University), surgical complications.
 * Mohamed Kassas, 91, Egyptian botanist and environmentalist.
 * Murray Lender, 81, American entrepreneur (Lender's Bagels), complications from a fall.
 * José Matanhy de Saldanha, 63, Indian politician and social activist, heart attack.
 * Yuri Razuvaev, 66, Russian chess player and trainer.
 * Marina Salye, 77, Russian geologist and politician, heart attack.
 * Shao Xianghua, 99, Chinese scientist.
 * Derick Thomson, 90, Scottish poet.
 * Kåre Tveter, 90, Norwegian painter and illustrator.

22

 * Joe Blanchard, 83, American football player (Edmonton Eskimos), professional wrestler and promoter, squamous-cell carcinoma.
 * C. K. Chandrappan, 76, Indian politician, Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Kerala), member of the Lok Sabha (1977–1980; 2004–2010), cancer.
 * Samuel Collins, 88, American politician.
 * Ted Cutting, 85, British automotive engineer, designed Aston Martin DBR1.
 * Dhaval Dhairyawan, 32, Indian photographer, after a long illness.
 * Hernán Elizondo Arce, 90, Costa Rican novelist and poet.
 * Demir Gökgöl, 74, Turkish-born German actor.
 * Harry Gunnarsson, 82, Swedish Olympic boxer.
 * Johnny McCauley, 86, Irish singer-songwriter.
 * Vimal Mundada, 49, Indian politician, cancer.
 * Nagnath Naikwadi, 89, Indian independence activist and social worker.
 * Jackson Narcomey, 70, American painter.
 * Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud, 80, Sudanese politician, Secretary General of the Sudanese Communist Party (since 1971).
 * Kirsten Passer, 82, Danish actress.
 * John Payton, 65, American civil rights attorney (Gratz v. Bollinger).
 * Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, 86, British nobleman.
 * Edward Sismore, 90, British RAF officer (Air Commodore) and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient.
 * Mickey Sullivan, 80, American baseball coach.
 * David Waltz, 68, American computer scientist.
 * Neil L. Whitehead, 56, English anthropologist.

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 * Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, 77, Somali politician, President (2004–2008), liver failure.
 * Chico Anysio, 80, Brazilian comedian, renal and pulmonary failure.
 * Jean-Yves Besselat, 68, French politician.
 * Harold Blitman, 82, American basketball coach.
 * Jim Duffy, 75, American animator (Rugrats, The Smurfs), cancer.
 * Jack Ellena, 80, American football player.
 * Hynek Hromada, 76, Czech sports shooter.
 * Witold Lesiewicz, 89, Polish film director.
 * Eric Lowen, 60, American singer and songwriter ("We Belong", "Everything I Wanted"), complications from ALS.
 * Péter Pázmándy, 73, Hungarian-born Swiss footballer and coach.
 * Naji Talib, 94, Iraqi politician, Prime Minister (1966–1967).
 * Lonnie Wright, 68, American football (Denver Broncos) and basketball (Denver Rockets) player, heart failure.

24

 * Iqbal Bahu, 68, Pakistani singer, cardiac arrest.
 * Dennis Bennett, 72, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox).
 * Vigor Bovolenta, 37, Italian Olympic silver medal-winning (1996) volleyball player, heart attack.
 * Sir Paul Callaghan, 64, New Zealand physicist, colon cancer.
 * Henry Clark, 82, Northern Irish politician, MP for Antrim, North (1959–1970).
 * Bill Cutler, 92, American baseball executive.
 * Hertha Engelbrecht, 89, German lawyer.
 * Pierre Gérald, 105, French actor.
 * Vince Lovegrove, 65, Australian musician and journalist, car accident.
 * Marion Marlowe, 83, American singer and stage actress, natural causes.
 * Edward Henryk Materski, 89, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Radom (1992–1999).
 * Nick Noble, 85, American pop and country singer ("The Tip of My Fingers", "Moonlight Swim").
 * Jose Prakash, 86, Indian actor, heart failure.
 * Wolfgang Rennert, 89, German conductor.
 * Jocky Wilson, 62, Scottish darts player.

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 * Raymond Bley, 73, Luxembourgish Olympic cyclist.
 * Priscilla Buckley, 90, American writer, managing editor of National Review, sister of William F. Buckley, Jr.
 * Hal E. Chester, 91, American film producer and former child actor.
 * John Crosfield, 96, British businessman.
 * Bob DeCourcy, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
 * Tony Gordon, 63, New Zealand rugby league player and coach.
 * Edd Gould, 23, British animator and creator of Eddsworld, leukemia.
 * Russell C. Jordan Jr., 85, American politician.
 * Mona Shourie Kapoor, 48, Indian television producer, cancer.
 * Ben-Zion Leitner, 85, Israeli soldier, Medal of Valor recipient.
 * Lex, 12, American Marine service dog, awarded honorary Purple Heart, cancer.
 * Tom Lodge, 75, British radio DJ, cancer.
 * Ralph Maxwell, 78, New Zealand politician, MP for Waitakere (1978–1984) and Titirangi (1984–1990).
 * Roger Molander, 71, American anti-nuclear activist, complications from liver cancer.
 * Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, 74, British politician, Leader of the House of Commons (1992–1997), MP for Braintree (1974–1997).
 * Nathalie Perrey, 83, French actress.
 * Larry Stevenson, 81, American skateboard innovator, pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.
 * Bertil Ströberg, 79, Swedish Air Force officer and spy, cancer.
 * Bert Sugar, 74, American boxing writer and historian, cardiac arrest.
 * Antonio Tabucchi, 68, Italian novelist (Indian Nocturne, Pereira Maintains).
 * Bill Weston, 70, British stunt performer (Saving Private Ryan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Titanic).
 * Achim Wunderlich, 88, German army officer, awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

26

 * Susana Agüero, 68, Argentine ballet dancer.
 * Sisto Averno, 86, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
 * Michael Begley, 79, Irish politician, TD for Kerry South (1969–1989).
 * Thomas M. Cover, 73, American information theorist.
 * David Craighead, 88, American organist.
 * Manik Sitaram Godghate, 74, Indian poet.
 * Jay Holt, 88, American Olympic wrestler.
 * Edmond Jacobs, 83, Luxembourgish cyclist.
 * Helmer Ringgren, 94, Swedish theologian.
 * Stella Tanner, 87, British actress.

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 * Dale Baker, 73, Australian politician, South Australian MHA for MacKillop (1985–1997); Leader of the Opposition (1990–1992), motor neurone disease.
 * Sohen Biln, 72, Canadian Olympic rower.
 * Hugo Biermann, 95, South African admiral.
 * Roger Cooke, 71, American artist and muralist.
 * Millôr Fernandes, 87, Brazilian cartoonist, humorist, and playwright, multiple organ failure.
 * Ademilde Fonseca, 91, Brazilian Choro singer.
 * Marc Gervais, 82, Canadian Jesuit, writer, and film professor, complications of dementia.
 * Larry Haws, 72, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2006–2010), brain cancer.
 * Harold G. Hillam, 77, American leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
 * Anatoly Kikin, 71, Soviet and Russian footballer and coach.
 * Hilton Kramer, 84, American art critic, co-founder of The New Criterion.
 * Adrienne Rich, 82, American feminist poet and essayist, complications of rheumatoid arthritis.
 * Warren Stevens, 92, American actor (Forbidden Planet, The Barefoot Contessa), lung disease.
 * Micah True, 58, American ultramarathon runner.
 * Garry Walberg, 90, American actor (Quincy, M.E., The Odd Couple), COPD and heart failure.
 * Daniel Zamudio, 24, Chilean homosexual, beaten.
 * Alim Zankishiev, 30, Russian insurgent, leader in the Caucasus Emirate, killed.

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 * Fred Anderson, 78, Australian rugby league player.
 * John Arden, 81, English playwright.
 * Alexander Arutiunian, 91, Armenian composer.
 * Etel Billig, 79, American actress, brain aneurysm.
 * Leonard Braithwaite, 88, Canadian lawyer and politician.
 * Walker Calhoun, 93, Cherokee musician, dancer, and teacher.
 * Jacques Carelman, 83, French painter, illustrator and designer.
 * Harry Crews, 76, American author, neuropathy.
 * T. Damodaran, 77, Indian screenwriter.
 * Ruth M. Davis, 83, American computer scientist and civil servant.
 * Hans van den Doel, 74, Dutch economist and politician, Member of the House of Representatives (1967–1973).
 * Joy G. Dryfoos, 86, American sociologist, cardiac arrest.
 * Alberto María Fonrouge, 99, Argentine politician and lawyer.
 * Jerry McCain, 81, American blues musician.
 * Willie May, 75, American Olympic hurdle medalist (1960), amyloidosis.
 * Erkki Nordberg, 65, Finnish colonel and war correspondent.
 * Brian Phillips, 80, English footballer (Mansfield Town).
 * William Sampson, 52, Canadian author, heart attack.
 * Earl Scruggs, 88, American bluegrass musician, natural causes.
 * Sergei Solnechnikov, 31, Russian military officer, grenade explosion.
 * Eduard Steinberg, 76, Russian painter, cancer.
 * Neil Travis, 75, American film editor (Dances with Wolves, Stepmom, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines), Oscar winner (1991).
 * Addie L. Wyatt, 88, American labor and civil rights leader, long illness.

29

 * Mortimer H. Appley, 90, American psychologist and academic administrator.
 * P. S. Appu, 83, Indian civil servant.
 * Luke Askew, 80, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Easy Rider, The Green Berets).
 * Ioannis Banias, 72, Greek politician.
 * Borgia, 18, German racehorse, euthanized.
 * Jonathan Bowden, 49, British politician.
 * William Brett, Baron Brett, 70, British trade unionist and politician.
 * Liv Buck, 83, Norwegian trade unionist.
 * Olimpia Cavalli, 81, Italian actress (Vanina Vanini, The Thursday, His Women).
 * John S. Chase, 87, American architect.
 * Pap Cheyassin Secka, 69, Gambian politician.
 * Paulino Reale Chirina, 88, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Venado Tuerto (1989–2000).
 * Gerald Estrin, 90, American computer science pioneer.
 * Albert Hadley, 91, American interior decorator, cancer.
 * Bill Jenkins, 81, American NHRA drag racer.
 * Hone Kaa, 71, New Zealand church leader, cancer.
 * Kenneth Libo, 74, American historian of Jewish immigration.
 * Oksana Makar, 18, Ukrainian rape and murder victim.
 * John Mallison, 82, Australian pastor.
 * Montjeu, 16, Irish racehorse, sepsis.
 * Ray Narleski, 83, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians), natural causes.
 * Joel Olson, 45, American political science professor.
 * Michael Peterson, 59, Australian surfer, heart attack.
 * Frank H. Strickler, 92, American defense lawyer.
 * David Walter, 64, British journalist, cancer.

30

 * Janet Anderson Perkin, 90, Canadian baseball player and curler.
 * Raja Ashman Shah, 53, Malaysian royal, son of the Sultan of Perak, asthma attack.
 * Rex Babin, 49, American cartoonist (The Sacramento Bee), cancer.
 * Robert Beezer, 83, American federal judge, lung cancer.
 * Jorge Carpizo McGregor, 67, Mexican jurist, complications from surgery.
 * James Chowning Davies, 93, American sociologist.
 * Ron Gaunt, 78, Australian cricketer.
 * Kees Guyt, 58, Dutch footballer (AZ'67).
 * Rich Jeffries, 73, American television announcer (The Price Is Right).
 * Aquila Berlas Kiani, 90–91, Indian academic.
 * Barry Kitchener, 64, English footballer (Millwall), cancer.
 * Viktor Kosichkin, 74, Russian Olympic speed skating gold and silver medalist (1960).
 * Francesco Mancini, 43, Italian footballer (Foggia), heart attack.
 * Addie Morrow, 83, Northern Irish politician.
 * Emrys Roberts, 82, Welsh poet and author, Archdruid of Wales (1987–1990).
 * Granville Semmes, 84, American entrepreneur, founder of 1-800-Flowers.
 * Leonid Shebarshin, 77, Russian KGB interim Chairman (1991), suicide.
 * Tenga Rinpoche, 80, Tibetan lama.
 * Yiannis Vasiliadis, 88, Greek politician and admiral, Minister of Public Order (1990–1991).
 * Erich Wenk, 86, German bass-baritone.

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 * Judith Adams, 68, New Zealand-born Australian politician, Senator for Western Australia (since 2005), breast cancer.
 * Beatrice Brumby, 98, Australian pastoral and tourism pioneer.
 * G. Emerson Cole, 93, American radio broadcaster.
 * Dale R. Corson, 97, American physicist, President of Cornell University (1969–1977), heart failure.
 * Cosmas Desmond, 76, South African priest and activist.
 * Grand Slam, 17, American thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1997 Belmont Futurity Stakes and Champagne Stakes, heart failure.
 * Bernard Gruenke, 99, American stained glass artist.
 * Lise London, 96, French resistance fighter, widow of Artur London.
 * Jerry Lynch, 81, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds), prostate cancer.
 * Galina Savenko, 46, Russian Olympic sprint canoer.
 * Alberto Sughi, 83, Italian painter.
 * Halbert White, 61, American economist, cancer.