Deaths in March 2014

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2014.

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

 * Khandokar Mahbub Uddin Ahmad, 88, Bangladeshi politician.
 * Ann Kiemel Anderson, 68, American religious speaker and author, cancer.
 * Jean Caplin, 84, English Olympic swimmer.
 * G. K. Chadha, 73, Indian economist, heart attack.
 * Nancy Charest, 54, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA for Matane (2003–2007), hypothermia.
 * J. W. Cole, 86, American football coach and player.
 * Prafulla Dahanukar, 80, Indian painter.
 * Dayuma, Huaorani convert to Christianity.
 * A. Richard Diebold Jr., 80, American linguistic anthropologist.
 * Philippe Ebly, 93, Belgian science fiction and fantasy writer.
 * Andy Gilpin, 93, Canadian Olympic champion ice hockey player (1948).
 * Zdeněk Hajný, 72, Czech artist.
 * Alan Heyman, 82, American-born South Korean traditional music scholar.
 * Eckart Höfling, 77, German Catholic priest and missionary.
 * Bangaru Laxman, 74, Indian politician, President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (2000–2001), cardiac arrest.
 * Les Layton, 92, American baseball player (New York Giants).
 * Donald Mahley, 71, American diplomat and army officer, representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, pancreatic cancer.
 * Dave O'Brien, 57, American collegiate athletic director (Long Beach State, Temple, Northeastern), cancer.
 * Dimitrios Pappos, 74, Greek Olympic skier.
 * Alain Resnais, 91, French film director (Night and Fog, Hiroshima mon amour).
 * Tommy Ed Roberts, 73, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1974–1978) and Senate (1994–2006).
 * Robert L. Spencer, 94, American fashion designer, heart attack.
 * Paul Tant, 68, Belgian politician, Mayor of Kruishoutem (1977–2009).
 * Gyula Tóth, 72, Hungarian footballer.
 * Werner Uebelmann, 92, Swiss entrepreneur and writer.
 * John Wilkinson, 73, British politician, MP for Bradford West (1970–1974) and Ruislip-Northwood (1979–2005).
 * Alejandro Zaffaroni, 91, Uruguayan-born American chemist and entrepreneur, dementia.

2

 * Ryhor Baradulin, 79, Belarusian poet.
 * Peter Bares, 78, German organist and composer.
 * Ted Bergmann, 93, American sports television and entertainment producer (NBC), complications following surgery.
 * Molly Bobak, 92, Canadian war artist, recipient of the Order of Canada (1995).
 * Bhuvnesh Chaturvedi, 85, Indian politician, State Minister (1993–1996), MP (1978–1996) and Rajasthan MLA for Kota (1972–1977).
 * Porky Chedwick, 96, American radio announcer.
 * Sal DeRosa, 82, Italian-born American soccer coach.
 * Gail Gilmore, 76, Canadian actress, lung cancer.
 * Stanley Grinstein, 86, American businessman, kidney disease.
 * Jacob Jervell, 88, Norwegian theologian, priest and author.
 * Justin Kaplan, 88, American biographer, Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography or Autobiography (1967), Parkinson's disease.
 * Benjamin Lambert, 77, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1978–1986) and Senate (1986–2008).
 * Rudolph Rummel, 81, American political scientist.
 * Stanley Rubin, 96, American film and television producer (Revenge, Bracken's World, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir).
 * Clément Sagna, 71, Senegalese Olympic athlete.
 * Scott Vanstone, 66, Canadian cryptographer, cancer.

3

 * Ali Anwar, 79, Bangladeshi litterateur and translator.
 * Robert Ashley, 83, American composer, complications from cirrhosis.
 * Christine Buchegger, 71, Austrian actress, complications from surgery.
 * George L. Caldwell, 81, American politician.
 * Martin Gutzwiller, 88, Swiss-born American physicist.
 * Bridget Hyem, 80, Australian Olympic equestrian.
 * Stan Koziol, 48, American soccer player, leukemia.
 * Kurt Chew-Een Lee, 88, American military officer, first Asian-American officer in the Marine Corps, recipient of the Navy Cross, suspected heart attack.
 * Curtis McClarin, 44, American actor (The Happening, Law & Order), brain aneurysm.
 * Harold Mowery, 84, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1976–1990) and Senate (1993–2004), pneumonia.
 * Sherwin B. Nuland, 83, American National Book Award-winning author and surgeon, prostate cancer.
 * F. Edward Osborne, 89, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1989–1990) and Senate (1991–1992).
 * William Pogue, 84, American astronaut (Skylab) and Air Force pilot (Thunderbirds).
 * Juan A. Rivero, 90, American Puerto Rican biologist, founder of the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo, cancer.
 * Billy Robinson, 74, British wrestler and trainer.
 * Joab Thomas, 81, American university administrator, Chancellor of NC State (1975–1981), President of the University of Alabama (1981–1988) and Penn State (1990–1995).
 * Aino-Maija Tikkanen, 86, Finnish actress (The Harvest Month, Mother of Mine), recipient of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1983).
 * Xu Chongde, 85, Chinese political scientist and professor.
 * Shōji Yasui, 85, Japanese actor (The Burmese Harp).

4

 * Veronica Anstey, 79, English amateur golfer.
 * Geneva G. Belford, 81, American computer scientist.
 * Richard W. Burkhardt, 95, American academic, President of Ball State University (1978).
 * Gary Carson, 64, American poker player, academic and author, complications from vascular and renal disease.
 * Jack Christie, 89, New Zealand musician.
 * Renato Cioni, 84, Italian operatic tenor.
 * Barrie Cooke, 83, English-born Irish artist.
 * Hollie Donan, 85, American football player.
 * László Fekete, 59, Hungarian footballer.
 * Mark Freidkin, 60, Russian writer.
 * Lawrence Patrick Henry, 79, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cape Town (1990–2009).
 * Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman, 90, British politician and barrister, MP for Lancaster (1970–1997) and MEP (1975–1984).
 * Jack Kinzler, 94, American aeronautical engineer, NASA technical director that helped save Skylab.
 * Chuck Kress, 92, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
 * John Wayne Mason, 90, American physiologist.
 * Maja Petrin, 41, Croatian television and stage actress, heart failure.
 * Boris Pustyntsev, 78, Russian human rights activist.
 * Wu Tianming, 74, Chinese film director and producer, heart attack.

5

 * Nana Abdullahi, 54, Nigerian judge, first female High Court judge in Jigawa (since 2010).
 * bartcop, 60, American blogger.
 * Iain Donald Campbell, 72, Scottish biophysicist.
 * Deep, Punjabi-American rap artist.
 * Sir Robin Dunn, 96, British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal (1980–1984).
 * Geoff Edwards, 83, American game show host (Starcade, Treasure Hunt) and actor (Petticoat Junction), pneumonia.
 * John Uzzell Edwards, 79, British painter.
 * Nigel Groom, 89, British author and perfume connoisseur.
 * Eli Hunt, 60, American Ojibwe politician, tribal chairman of Leech Lake Band (1996–2002).
 * Scott Kalvert, 49, American director (The Basketball Diaries), suicide.
 * Little Bridge, 8, New Zealand racehorse, colic.
 * Ernest Anthony Lowe, 85, British economist.
 * Alexander Macdonald, 95, Canadian politician, MP (1957–1958).
 * Ailsa McKay, 50, Scottish economist and government policy advisor, cancer.
 * Buck Melton, 90, American politician, author and lawyer, Mayor of Macon, Georgia (1975–1979).
 * Leopoldo María Panero, 65, Spanish poet.
 * Hank Rieger, 95, American television executive, President of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (1973–1975, 1977–1980).
 * Ros Saboeut, 72, Cambodian musician activist and film subject, complications from a fall.
 * Dave Sampson, 73, English rock singer.
 * Dov Schperling, 76, Latvian-born Israeli Zionist activist.
 * Luis Villoro, 91, Spanish-born Mexican philosopher and writer.

6

 * Joe Abbey, 88, American football player (Chicago Bears).
 * Alemayehu Atomsa, 45, Ethiopian politician, President of Oromia Region (2010–2014), typhoid fever.
 * Jean-Louis Bertucelli, 71, French film director (Ramparts of Clay, Docteur Françoise Gailland).
 * Christian Casadesus, 101, French actor.
 * Viking Olver Eriksen, 91, Norwegian nuclear physicist.
 * Maurice Faure, 92, French politician and diplomat, Interior Minister, Justice Minister, MP and Senator for Lot, last living signatory of the Treaty of Rome.
 * Jack Finlay, 92, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).
 * Martin Gottfried, 80, American drama critic and biographer, complications from pneumonia.
 * Sérgio Guerra, 66, Brazilian economist and politician, member of the Federal Senate (2003–2011), lung cancer.
 * Sven Hansell, 79, American musicologist.
 * Tony Herbert, 94, Irish politician (14th & 16th Senator) and hurler (Limerick).
 * Antonio Hidalgo, 71, Spanish footballer (Celta Vigo).
 * Gregory L. Hillhouse, 59, American inorganic chemist.
 * Gurth Hoyer-Millar, 84, Scottish sportsman.
 * Clarence C. Jamison, 95, American fighter pilot (Tuskegee Airmen).
 * Frank Jobe, 88, American orthopedic surgeon, invented Tommy John surgery.
 * Jojon, 66, Indonesian comedian, complications from cardiovascular disease.
 * David Koff, 74, American documentary film maker and political activist, suicide.
 * Barbro Kollberg, 96, Swedish actress.
 * Joe Lane, 78, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1979–1989), Speaker (1987–1989), Parkinson's disease.
 * Sheila MacRae, 92, English-born American actress (The Honeymooners).
 * Gwen Matthewman, 86, English speed knitter.
 * Jagat Singh Mehta, 91, Indian diplomat and author, Foreign Secretary (1976–1979), High Commissioner to Tanzania (1970–1974).
 * Ron Murphy, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins).
 * Martin Nesbitt, 67, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (2004–2014), stomach cancer.
 * Danny Pierce, 93, American artist.
 * Georgy Rogozin, 71, Russian army officer and academic.
 * Luis Rentería, 25, Panamanian footballer (Tauro), lupus.
 * Peter Ruber, 73, American author and editor.
 * Manlio Sgalambro, 89, Italian philosopher and writer.
 * Margaret Spufford, 78, British historian.
 * Marion Stein, 87, British pianist.
 * David Talmage, 94, American immunologist.
 * Tony Unger, 75, Rhodesian Olympic hockey player.

7

 * Lollu Sabha Balaji, 43, Indian comic actor.
 * Heiko Bellmann, 63, German biologist, writer and photographer.
 * Sir Richard Best, 80, British diplomat, Ambassador to Iceland (1989–1991).
 * Bob Charles, 72, English footballer (Southampton).
 * Hal Douglas, 89, American voice actor and announcer, pancreatic cancer.
 * Peter Dunn, 87, British engineer.
 * Musa Geshaev, 73, Chechen poet, literary critic, songwriter, and historian.
 * Sir Thomas Hinde, 88, British novelist.
 * Anatoly Kuznetsov, 83, Russian actor (White Sun of the Desert).
 * Peter Laker, 87, English cricketer (Sussex).
 * Barnet M. Levy, 97, American oral pathologist.
 * Arnulfo Mendoza, 59, Mexican artist and weaver, heart attack.
 * Tamás Nádas, 44, Hungarian aerobatics pilot and world champion air racer, plane crash.
 * Javier Naranjo Villegas, 95, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Santa Marta (1971–1980).
 * Ned O'Gorman, 84, American poet, pancreatic cancer.
 * Victor Shem-Tov, 99, Bulgarian-born Israeli politician, Health Minister (1970–1977), Chairman of Mapam.
 * Uwe Timm, 82, German writer.
 * Patti Wicks, 69, American jazz singer and pianist, heart failure.

8

 * Runa Akiyama, 59, Japanese voice actress, heart failure.
 * Tom Barrett, 79, English footballer.
 * Leo Bretholz, 93, Austrian-born American Holocaust survivor, activist and writer (Leap into Darkness).
 * Bud Bulling, 61, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners).
 * Jerry Corbitt, 71, American guitarist, harmonica player, singer, songwriter, and record producer, lung cancer.
 * Rowan Cronjé, 76, Rhodesian politician.
 * James Ellis, 82, Northern Irish actor (Z-Cars), stroke.
 * Buren Fowler, 54, American rock and roll guitarist (Drivin' N Cryin', R.E.M.).
 * William Guarnere, 90, American World War II non-commissioned officer and author, key figure in Band of Brothers.
 * Omar Ould Hamaha, 50, Malian Islamist militia commander, air strike.
 * Roy Higgins, 75, Australian jockey (Light Fingers, Red Handed), Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee (1987).
 * Wendy Hughes, 61, Australian AFI Award-winning actress (Careful, He Might Hear You), cancer.
 * Helmut Koenigsberger, 95, German-born British historian.
 * Evgeni Krasilnikov, 48, Russian Olympic silver-medalist volleyball player (1988).
 * Gerard Mortier, 70, Belgian opera director and administrator, pancreatic cancer.
 * Park Eun Ji, 35, South Korean politician.
 * Alan Rodgers, 54, American author and poet, winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction (1987).
 * Larry Scott, 75, American bodybuilder, Mr. Olympia (1965, 1966), Alzheimer's disease.
 * David Smith, 88, American Olympic champion sailor (1960).
 * Randolph W. Thrower, 100, American politician and jurist, Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1969–1971).

9

 * Rafael Aburto, 100, Spanish architect.
 * Françoise Adnet, 89, French figurative painter.
 * Elving Anderson, 92, American geneticist.
 * Franklin S. Billings Jr., 91, American politician (member and Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives) and judge (US District Court, Vermont Supreme Court).
 * Greg Brough, 62, Australian Olympic swimmer (1968), cancer.
 * John Christie, 84, Scottish footballer (Southampton, Walsall).
 * Lionel Seymour Craig, 85, Barbadian politician, MP for Saint James (1966–1986), Cabinet Minister (1976–1986).
 * Mike Dietsch, 72, Canadian politician, cancer.
 * Mohammed Fahim, 56–57, Afghan politician and military commander, Vice President (since 2009), heart attack.
 * William Clay Ford Sr., 88, American businessman (Ford Motor Company, Detroit Lions), pneumonia.
 * Valentin Fortunov, 56, Bulgarian writer, publisher and journalist.
 * Melba Hernández, 92, Cuban revolutionary, politician and diplomat, Ambassador to Vietnam and Cambodia, complications from diabetes.
 * Steve Hill, 60, American pastor and evangelist, melanoma.
 * Michael Jagosz, 48, American singer (L.A. Guns), aortic valvuolopathy.
 * Monika Kinley, 88, British art dealer, collector and curator.
 * Richard Liboff, 82, American physicist and author.
 * Husein Mehmedov, 90, Bulgarian Olympic silver-medalist wrestler (1956).
 * Nazario Moreno González, 44, Mexican drug lord, shot.
 * Carlos Moreno, 75, Argentine actor and director, heart attack.
 * Ebrahim Yazdan Panah, 75, Iranian Olympic middle-distance runner.
 * Guillo Pérez, 90, Dominican painter.
 * Justus Pfaue, 72, German author and screenwriter.
 * Joseph Sax, 78, American legal scholar, pioneer of environmental law, stroke.
 * James Schaffer, 104, American Christian leader.

10

 * Alias Ali, 75, Malaysian politician and newspaper editor (Bernama), MP for Hulu Terengganu (1978–1995), Chairman of Agro Bank, colon cancer.
 * Tom Ament, 76, American politician, Milwaukee County Executive (1992–2002).
 * Roldan Aquino, 65, Filipino actor, complications from a stroke.
 * Juan Balboa Boneke, 75, Equatorial Guinean politician and writer, kidney failure.
 * Olha Bura, 27, Ukrainian activist, blood infection.
 * Eileen Colgan, 80, Irish actress (Far and Away, My Left Foot, Angela's Ashes).
 * Francesco De Nittis, 80, Italian Roman Catholic prelate and diplomat, Apostolic Nuncio to PNG (1981–1985), El Salvador (1985–1990) and Uruguay (1990–1999).
 * Richard De Vere, 46, British illusionist (Blackpool Pleasure Beach), pneumonia and heart attack.
 * Guy Gauthier, 93, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
 * Ludomir Goździkiewicz, 78, Polish politician, member of the Sejm (1989–1991).
 * Ian Haig, 78, Australian diplomat.
 * Richard Hayes, 84, American singer and game show host.
 * Don Ingalls, 95, American television writer and producer (Fantasy Island, T. J. Hooker, 12 O'Clock High).
 * Patricia Laffan, 94, British actress, multiple organ failure.
 * Georges Lamia, 80, French footballer.
 * Konrad Lienert, 81, Austrian Olympic pair skater.
 * Samuel W. Lewis, 83, American diplomat, Ambassador to Israel (1977–1985).
 * Cynthia Lynn, 77, Latvian-born American actress (Hogan's Heroes), multiple organ failure.
 * Allen Maxwell, 70, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (2004–2010), Mayor of Monticello, Arkansas, heart attack.
 * Joe McGinniss, 71, American author and political journalist, prostate cancer.
 * Nicolás Mentxaka, 75, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao).
 * Matthew Power, 39, American journalist and magazine editor (Harper's Magazine), complications from heatstroke and exhaustion.
 * John Pring, 86, New Zealand rugby union referee.
 * Vince Radcliffe, 68, English footballer (Portsmouth).
 * Tom Shanahan, 89, American broadcaster and sportscaster.
 * Paul J. Sheehy, 79, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1965–1972) and Senate (1984–1991).
 * T. J. Turner, 35, American football player (New England Patriots), cancer.
 * John Baird Tyson, 85, British explorer and mountaineer.
 * Rob Williams, 52, American basketball player (Denver Nuggets), heart failure.
 * William H. Vernon, 69, American politician, member of the Delaware House of Representatives (1977–1981), cancer.

11

 * Dean Bailey, 47, Australian football player (Essendon) and coach (Melbourne), lung cancer.
 * Brett Borgen, 79, Norwegian writer.
 * Joel Brinkley, 61, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner for International Reporting (1980), pneumonia.
 * Len Buckeridge, 77, Australian billionaire construction executive, founder of Buckeridge Group of Companies, heart attack.
 * Christine Buckley, 67, Irish activist, breast cancer.
 * Marilyn Butler, 77, British literary critic and academic, Rector of Exeter College, Oxford (1993–2004).
 * Bob Crow, 52, British trade unionist, General Secretary of the RMT (since 2002), aneurysm and heart attack.
 * Vladislav David, 86, Czech lawyer and academic.
 * Elisabeth Dhanens, 98, Belgian art historian.
 * Berkin Elvan, 15, Turkish student, head trauma from projected tear-gas canister.
 * Ronald Gora, 80, American Olympic swimmer.
 * Nils Horner, 51, Swedish journalist (Sveriges Radio), shot.
 * Elroy Kahanek, 72, American songwriter.
 * Edmund Levy, 72, Israeli judge, member of the Supreme Court (2001–2012).
 * Our Conor, 4, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, fall.
 * G. S. Paramashivaiah, 95, Indian irrigation engineer.
 * John PiRoman, 62, American screenwriter and playwright.
 * Hermann Schleinhege, 98, German Luftwaffe ace during World War II and Iron Cross recipient.
 * Mehmooda Ali Shah, 94, Indian educationalist.
 * Marga Spiegel, 101, German writer.
 * Bobby Thompson, 74, American football player (Detroit Lions, Montreal Alouettes).
 * Doru Tureanu, 60, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player (1976, 1980).
 * David Yeagley, 62, American Comanche political writer.

12

 * Cecil Abbott, 89, Australian police chief, Commissioner of New South Wales Police (1981–1984).
 * Bahram Askerov, 80, Azerbaijani physicist.
 * Věra Chytilová, 85, Czech film director, recipient of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Medal of Merit and the Czech Lion award.
 * Phil Conley, 79, American Olympic athlete.
 * Myles Conte, 66, South African cricketer.
 * Richard Coogan, 99, American actor (Captain Video and His Video Rangers, The Californians).
 * Paul C. Donnelly, 90, American aerospace pioneer.
 * Med Flory, 87, American saxophonist (Supersax) and actor (Daniel Boone, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Lassie).
 * Jackie Gaughan, 93, American hotelier and casino owner (El Cortez, Las Vegas Club, The Western, Gold Spike).
 * Wil Jones, 75, American basketball player and coach, pancreatic cancer.
 * Art Kenney, 97, American baseball player (Boston Bees).
 * Bill Knott, 73, American poet.
 * Shawn Kuykendall, 32, American soccer player (D.C. United), thymic cancer.
 * René Llense, 100, French footballer.
 * Fortunatus M. Lukanima, 73, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Arusha (1989–1998).
 * Celmira Luzardo, 61, Colombian television actress.
 * Ola L. Mize, 82, American army officer, Korean War recipient of the Medal of Honor.
 * John Cullen Nugent, 93, Canadian artist, sculptor and photographer.
 * Kjell Nupen, 58, Norwegian artist, cancer.
 * Calvin Palmer, 73, English footballer, cancer.
 * José Policarpo, 78, Portuguese Roman Catholic cardinal, Patriarch of Lisbon (1998–2013), aortic aneurysm.
 * Jenny Romatowski, 86, American AAGPBL baseball player.
 * Zoja Rudnova, 67, Russian table tennis player.
 * David Sive, 91, American environmental lawyer.
 * Ray Still, 94, American classical oboist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra).
 * Jean Vallée, 72, Belgian songwriter and performer.

13

 * Reubin Askew, 85, American politician, Governor of Florida (1971–1979), member of the Florida House of Representatives (1958–1962) and Senate (1962–1971).
 * Bill Ballard, 67, Canadian concert promoter and sport franchise owner (Toronto Maple Leafs), cancer.
 * Chérifa, 88, Algerian singer-songwriter.
 * Angelo Martino Colombo, 78, Italian footballer.
 * Jan Erik Düring, 87, Norwegian director.
 * Benjamin Enríquez, 83, Filipino boxer.
 * Raymond Flood, 78, English cricketer (Hampshire).
 * Joseph Bacon Fraser Jr., 88, American real estate developer.
 * Paulo Goulart, 81, Brazilian actor, cancer.
 * Al Harewood, 90, American jazz drummer.
 * Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, 70, Northern Irish politician, member of the House of Lords, founder of the Norbrook Group, helicopter crash.
 * Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, 82, Sierra Leonean politician, President (1996–1997, 1998–2007).
 * S. Mallikarjunaiah, 82, Indian politician, MP for Tumkur (1991–2009), Karnataka MLA for Tumkur (1971–1991), heart attack.
 * Vince McGlone, 97, New Zealand seaman and television personality.
 * Icchokas Meras, 79, Lithuanian-born Israeli writer, recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize (2010).
 * Petar Miloševski, 40, Macedonian footballer (Enosis Neon Paralimni), traffic collision. ·
 * Serge Perrault, 93, French ballet dancer and teacher.
 * Pierre Prat, 84, French Olympic athlete.
 * Abby Singer, 96, American production manager (Remington Steele, St. Elsewhere), cancer.
 * Wang King-ho, 97, Taiwanese physician.
 * Henk Weerink, 77, Dutch football referee.
 * Janusz Zabłocki, 88, Polish politician and Catholic activist, MP (1965–1985).

14

 * John Agoglia, 76, American television executive (NBC), instrumental in decision to replace Johnny Carson with Jay Leno, cancer.
 * Tony Benn, 88, British politician, Minister of Technology (1966–1970), Secretary of State (1974–1979), MP for Bristol South East (1950–1960, 1963–1983) and Chesterfield (1984–2001).
 * Otakar Brousek Sr., 89, Czech actor.
 * Gary Burger, 72, American singer (The Monks), pancreatic cancer.
 * John Burgess, 82, British record producer and production company executive.
 * Cao Shunli, 52, Chinese human rights activist, complications from pneumonia.
 * Rodney M. Coe, 80, American medical sociologist.
 * Ted Cohen, 74, American philosopher.
 * Jiří Dadák, 88, Czechoslovakian Olympic hammer thrower.
 * John de Salis, 9th Count de Salis-Soglio, 66, British major.
 * Yves Delacour, 83, French Olympic rower (1956).
 * Richard Dermer, 74, American restaurateur, founder of Hideaway Pizza.
 * Jon Ewing, 77, Australian actor and director.
 * Hans Fogh, 76, Danish-born Canadian Olympic sailor.
 * Alec Gaskell, 81, English footballer.
 * Meir Har-Zion, 80, Israeli commando.
 * Vello Helk, 90, Estonian-born Danish historian.
 * Bill Icke, 93, Australian rules footballer (South Melbourne, Geelong).
 * Gašo Knežević, 60, Serbian academic and politician, Minister of Education (2001–2004).
 * Sam Lacey, 66, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).
 * Roger Leir, 80, American podiatric surgeon and ufologist.
 * Ioan Lewis, 84, Scottish anthropologist.
 * Hugh Lunghi, 93, British military interpreter (Winston Churchill), one of the last living Big Three participants, first British soldier to enter Hitler's bunker.
 * Warwick Parer, 77, Australian politician, Senator for Queensland (1984–2000), Minister for Resources and Energy (1996–1998).
 * Sam Peffer, 92, British commercial artist.
 * Werner Rackwitz, 84, German opera director and politician.
 * Bob Thomas, 92, American journalist (Associated Press) and biographer.
 * Manuel Torres Pastor, 83, Spanish footballer (Real Zaragoza, Real Madrid).
 * Ken Utsui, 82, Japanese actor (Super Giant).
 * Wesley Warren Jr., 50, American scrotal elephantiasis victim, heart attack.

15

 * Reşat Amet, 39, Crimean Tatar activist, murdered.
 * Maria Anzai, 60, Japanese singer.
 * Scott Asheton, 64, American drummer (The Stooges), heart attack.
 * David Brenner, 78, American comedian, cancer.
 * Charlotte Brooks, 95, American photographer (Look).
 * Andrew Kenneth Burroughs, 60, British consultant physician.
 * Bo Callaway, 86, American politician, Secretary of the Army, member of the US House of Representatives for Georgia, complications from a brain hemorrhage.
 * Mars Cramer, 85, Dutch economist.
 * Paddy Cronin, 88, Irish fiddler.
 * Huseyn Derya, 38, Azerbaijani rapper, traffic collision.
 * Clarissa Dickson Wright, 66, English celebrity chef and television personality (Two Fat Ladies).
 * H. Hugh Fudenberg, 85, American immunologist.
 * Everett L. Fullam, 82, American Episcopalian priest.
 * Robert C. Horton, 87, American mining engineer.
 * Miervaldis Jurševskis, 92, Latvian-Canadian chess player.
 * Jürgen Kurbjuhn, 73, German footballer (Hamburger SV).
 * Jesper Langballe, 74, Danish politician, MP for Viborg (2001–2011).
 * Jim Mikol, 75, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
 * Luca Moro, 41, Italian race car driver, brain tumor.
 * Cees Veerman, 70, Dutch singer and musician (The Cats).

16

 * George E. Barker, 83-84, British philatelist.
 * Gary Bettenhausen, 72, American race car driver.
 * Marc Blondel, 75, French trade union leader.
 * Markus Brüderlin, 55, Swiss art historian and curator.
 * Carlos Camus, 87, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Copiapó (1968–1976) and Linares (1976–2003).
 * Donald Crothers, 77, American chemist.
 * Lapiro de Mbanga, 56, Cameroonian musician, political and social activist, cancer.
 * DJ Edwin, 46, Australian DJ, remixer, songwriter and producer, heart attack.
 * Joseph Fan Zhongliang, 95, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate and confined dissident, Bishop of Shanghai (since 2000).
 * Sanjeeva Kaviratne, 47, Sri Lankan politician, member of the Central Provincial Council, MP for Matale District.
 * Dzintars Krišjānis, 55, Latvian Olympic rower.
 * Mitch Leigh, 86, American Tony Award-winning composer (Man of La Mancha), pneumonia as a complication of a stroke.
 * Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy, 77, Sierra Leonean poet, playwright, novelist and political prisoner.
 * Steve Moore, 64, British cartoonist and writer.
 * Frank Oliver, 65, New Zealand rugby player and coach.
 * Alexander Pochinok, 56, Russian economist, Minister of Taxes and Levies (1999–2000), Minister of Labor and Social Development (2000–2004), cardiac arrest.
 * Renzo Ranuzzi, 89, Italian Olympic basketball player.
 * Chuck Scherza, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, New York Rangers).
 * Cesare Segre, 85, Italian philologist, semiotician and literary critic.
 * Nicholas Spaeth, 64, American lawyer, North Dakota Attorney General (1985–1992).
 * Kenneth Wade, 81, British chemist.
 * Denké Kossi Wazo, 55, Togolese footballer.

17

 * Robert L. Belknap, 83, American scholar.
 * Mareike Carrière, 59, German actress, bladder cancer.
 * Jim Compton, 72, American journalist (NBC News), heart attack.
 * José Delicado Baeza, 87, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Valladolid (1975–2002).
 * Mercy Edirisinghe, 68, Sri Lankan actress and singer.
 * Charley Feeney, 89, American sportswriter.
 * Gene Feist, 91, American playwright and theatre director, co-founder of the Roundabout Theater Company.
 * Marek Galiński, 39, Polish Olympic cyclist (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008), traffic collision.
 * Joseph Kerman, 89, American musicologist.
 * Donald Michael Kraig, 62, American occultist author and practitioner, pancreatic cancer.
 * Paddy McGuigan, 74, Irish songwriter ("The Men Behind the Wire", "The Boys of the Old Brigade") and musician (The Barleycorn).
 * Rachel Lambert Mellon, 103, American horticulturalist and arts patron.
 * Oswald Morris, 98, British cinematographer (Fiddler on the Roof, The Guns of Navarone, Oliver!), Oscar winner (1972).
 * Antoni Opolski, 100, Polish physicist.
 * Mohamed Salah Jedidi, 76, Tunisian footballer (Club Africain).
 * L'Wren Scott, 49, American fashion designer and model, suicide by hanging.
 * Egon Sendler, 90, German-born French Jesuit priest and art historian.
 * James E. Stowers, 90, American investment management executive and philanthropist, founder of American Century Investments.
 * Roy Trantham, 73, American stock car racing driver, leukemia.
 * Quinto Vadi, 92, Italian Olympic gymnast (1948, 1952).

18

 * Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, 62, Nigerian academic and feminist scholar, kidney failure.
 * Jeffrey Anderson, 85, Canadian broadcaster, journalist and producer, CBC London bureau chief.
 * Jorge Arvizu, 81, Mexican voice actor, heart failure.
 * Karl Baumgartner, 65, Italian-born German film producer (Le Havre, Underground).
 * Albert Dormer, 88, British bridge player.
 * Kaiser Kalambo, 60, Zambian football player and coach, prostate cancer.
 * Derek Knee, 91, British military interpreter (Field Marshal Montgomery).
 * Serhiy Kokurin, 36, Ukrainian soldier, shot.
 * Sydney Kustu, 71, American microbiologist, suicide by poison.
 * Joe Lala, 66, American musician and actor (Monsters, Inc., On Deadly Ground), complications from lung cancer.
 * Tivadar Monostori, 77, Hungarian footballer (Dorogi FC).
 * Ahmad Narouei, 51, Iranian Sunni theologian, human rights activist and journalist.
 * Lucius Shepard, 70, American science fiction author.
 * Ara Shiraz, 72, Armenian architect and sculptor, complications from stroke.
 * Ben Staartjes, 85, Dutch Olympic sailor.
 * Raili Tuominen-Hämäläinen, 81, Finnish Olympic gymnast.

19

 * Robert Butler, 70, American artist, member of The Highwaymen, complications from diabetes.
 * Ken Forsse, 77, American inventor and television producer, creator of the Teddy Ruxpin, heart failure.
 * Rodney E. Gutzler, 67, American politician.
 * Patrick Joseph McGovern, 76, American technology executive, founder and chairman of IDG.
 * Ernest Mühlen, 87, Luxembourgian politician, MEP (1984–1989), MP (1989–1991).
 * Fred Phelps, 84, American pastor and anti-gay activist, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church.
 * Philip (Saliba), 82, Lebanese-born American Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of the AOCANA (since 1966).
 * Enric Ribelles, 80, Spanish footballer.
 * Heather Robertson, 72, Canadian journalist (Winnipeg Free Press) and author, cancer.
 * Robert S. Strauss, 95, American politician and diplomat, Ambassador to Russia (1991–1992).
 * László Szőke, 83, Hungarian footballer.
 * Hank Utley, 89, American author and historian, executive director of Boys Club.
 * Idly Walpoth, 93, Swiss Olympian
 * Lawrence Walsh, 102, American lawyer and judge, Independent Counsel for the Iran–Contra affair, member of the US District Court for Southern New York (1954–1957).
 * Joseph F. Weis Jr., 91, American judge, U.S. Court of Appeals – Third Circuit (1973–1988), U.S. District Court for Western Pennsylvania (1970–1973), kidney failure.

20

 * Ragesh Asthana, 51, Ugandan-born Indian actor, heart attack.
 * Hennie Aucamp, 80, South African poet, short story writer, cabaretist and academic.
 * Iñaki Azkuna, 71, Spanish Basque politician, Mayor of Bilbao (since 1999) and World Mayor (2012), prostate cancer.
 * Hilderaldo Bellini, 83, Brazilian footballer, two-time World Cup winner (1958, 1962), complications from a heart attack.
 * Andrzej Grzegorczyk, 91, Polish mathematician.
 * Judy Harrow, 69, American author and Wiccan priestess.
 * Dick Heller, 76, American sportswriter (The Washington Times).
 * Dennis Jackson, 82, English footballer (Aston Villa).
 * Thomas Jolley, 70, American anti–war protester.
 * Mohamed Mjid, 97, Moroccan politician.
 * Kristian Mosegaard, 83, Danish footballer.
 * Tonie Nathan, 91, American politician, first woman to receive an electoral vote in a presidential election, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Tommy O'Connell, 83, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills).
 * Ahmad Sardar, 40, Afghan journalist (Agence France-Presse), shot.
 * Khushwant Singh, 99, Indian journalist and author (Train to Pakistan).
 * William Toomath, 88, New Zealand architect.
 * Marc-Adélard Tremblay, 91, Canadian anthropologist.
 * Murray Weidenbaum, 87, American economist, Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers (1981–1982).

21

 * Deborah Backer, 54, Guyanese politician, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.
 * Qoriniasi Bale, 85, Fijian lawyer and politician, Attorney-General (1984–1987, 2001–2006).
 * David Beaglehole, 76, New Zealand physicist.
 * Bill Boedeker, 90, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
 * Jim Brasco, 83, American basketball player.
 * Jack Fleck, 92, American professional golfer, winner of the U.S. Open (1955).
 * Linda Gerard, 75, American cabaret artist, cancer.
 * Michael Henley, 76, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane (1995–2004).
 * Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, 80, Iraqi religious leader, Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church (since 1980).
 * Terry David Jones, 75, Canadian politician.
 * Vincent Lamberti, 86, American medical researcher, developed the original Dove Soap bar, complications from heart failure.
 * André Lavagne, 100, French composer.
 * Edward E. Masters, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador to Bangladesh (1976–1977) and Indonesia (1977–1981).
 * Simeon Oduoye, 68, Nigerian politician, Senator for Osun (2003–2007).
 * Kiril Pandov, 85, Bulgarian footballer (PFC Spartak Varna).
 * Kostis Papagiorgis, 66, Greek writer and translator.
 * Nenad Petrović, 88, Serbian writer.
 * James Rebhorn, 65, American actor (Scent of a Woman, Independence Day, Homeland), melanoma.
 * Oddvar Rønnestad, 78, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier.
 * Adrian Taylor, 60, American television news producer (60 Minutes, The Early Show), winner of the Peabody Award (2013), pancreatic cancer.
 * Sir Colin Turner, 92, British politician, MP for Woolwich West (1959–1964).
 * William Vahey, 64, American schoolteacher and child molester, suicide by stabbing.

22

 * Hermann Buhl, 78, German Olympic runner.
 * Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, 85, Indian Sahitya Akademi Award-winning author (The Boy who Talked to Trees).
 * Mickey Duff, 84, Polish-born British boxing manager and promoter, International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee (1999).
 * Kurt Rudolf Fischer, 92, Austrian philosopher.
 * Riina Gerretz, 74, Estonian pianist.
 * Hamza Abu al-Haija, 22, Palestinian militant (Hamas), shot.
 * Yngve A. A. Larsson, 97, Swedish pediatrician, professor of medicine and diabetologist.
 * Thor Listau, 75, Norwegian politician, Minister of Fisheries (1981–1985), MP for Finnmark (1973–1985).
 * Robert Meyers, 89, Canadian Olympic champion ice hockey player (1952).
 * Tasos Mitsopoulos, 48, Cypriot politician, Defence Minister (2014), MP (2006–2013), complications from a brain haemorrhage.
 * Ken Plant, 88, English footballer (Nuneaton Borough, Colchester United).
 * Lou Rell, 73, American Naval and commercial aviator, First Gentleman of Connecticut (2004–2011), cancer.
 * Siddakatte Chennappa Shetty, 62, Indian Yakshagana orator.
 * Patrice Wymore, 87, American actress (Ocean's 11, Tea for Two, The Big Trees) and philanthropist.

23

 * Abdul Hakim, Bangladeshi politician.
 * Ashley Booth, 76, Scottish footballer (St Johnstone, East Fife).
 * Carmelo Bossi, 74, Italian Olympic silver-medalist boxer (1960) and world junior middleweight champion (1970-1971).
 * Dave Brockie, 50, Canadian-born American heavy metal singer (Gwar), heroin overdose.
 * Jack Clancy, 79, Australian football player.
 * Bobby Croft, 68, Canadian basketball player (Kentucky Colonels, Texas Chaparrals), first Canadian to get a full scholarship to NCAA school for basketball.
 * Miller M. Duris, 86, American politician, Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (1973–1977).
 * Walter Ewbank, 96, British Anglican prelate, Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness (1971–1977), Archdeacon of Carlisle (1978–1984).
 * John M. Goshko, 80, American journalist (The Washington Post), kidney failure.
 * David Henshaw, 74, New Zealand cartoonist.
 * Roy Peter Martin, 83, British author.
 * Jürg Neuenschwander, 67, Swiss organist and composer, cerebral hemorrhage.
 * Peter Oakley, 86, British Internet vlogger, cancer.
 * B. Palaniappan, 83, Indian gynaecologist.
 * William Peters, 90, British diplomat and activist (Jubilee 2000).
 * Parviz C. Radji, 77, Iranian diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1976–1979).
 * Jaroslav Šerých, 86, Czech painter, printmaker and illustrator.
 * Miroslav Štěpán, 68, Czechoslovakian politician, member of the Central Committee for the Communist Party (1988–1989), complications from cancer.
 * Adolfo Suárez, 81, Spanish politician and lawyer, Prime Minister (1976–1981) and leader of Spanish transition to democracy, Duke of Suárez (since 1981), respiratory infection.

24

 * Giuseppe Agostino, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina (1973–1998) and Cosenza-Bisignano (1998–2004).
 * Geoff Bradford, 80, English guitarist.
 * Victor Hugo Caula, 86, Argentinian cameraman and director of photography.
 * Robert F. Coleman, 59, American mathematician.
 * Margaret di Menna, 90, New Zealand microbiologist.
 * Rusi Dinshaw, 86, Pakistani cricketer.
 * Gerald Lamb, 89, American politician.
 * Arne Løvlie, 83, Norwegian zoologist.
 * Jean-François Mattéi, 73, French philosopher.
 * Tom Mikula, 87, American football player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
 * Oleksandr Muzychko, 51, Ukrainian political activist, shot.
 * Bryan Orritt, 77, Welsh footballer (Birmingham City, Middlesbrough), stroke.
 * Kuldeep Pawar, 65, Indian actor, kidney failure.
 * Paulo Schroeber, 40, Brazilian guitarist (Almah), heart failure.
 * John Rowe Townsend, 91, British children's author (The Intruder).
 * David A. Trampier, 59, American fantasy gaming artist (Dungeons & Dragons).
 * Rodney Wilkes, 89, Trinidadian Olympic silver- and bronze-medalist weightlifter (1948, 1952).

25

 * Lorna Arnold, 98, British nuclear historian and author, stroke.
 * Harm de Blij, 78, Dutch-born American geographer.
 * Meredith Bordeaux, 101, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1979–1982).
 * Dil Bahadur Lama, 84, Nepali politician and police official, cardiac arrest.
 * Jeffery Dench, 85, British actor (First Knight).
 * Harley Dow, 88, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
 * Hank Lauricella, 83, American Hall of Fame football player (Tennessee Volunteers) and politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1966–1972) and Senate (1972–1996).
 * Eddie Lawrence, 95, American actor, comedian and singer.
 * Mon Levinson, 88, American sculptor.
 * Jon Lord, 57, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA for Calgary-Currie (2001–2004), heart attack.
 * Nicky McFadden, 51, Irish politician, TD for Longford–Westmeath (since 2011), complications from motor neurone disease.
 * Ángel César Mendoza Arámburo, 79, Mexican politician, Governor of Baja California Sur (1975–1981).
 * Nanda, 75, Indian actress (Teen Devian, Gumnaam, Chhoti Bahen), heart attack.
 * Frank O'Keeffe, 91, Irish Gaelic football player (Kerry).
 * Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi, 89, Iranian historian and author.
 * Reinhold Pommer, 79, German Olympic cyclist (1956).
 * Joseph Purtill, 86, American politician and judge, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1959–1961).
 * Jerry Roberts, 93, British wartime codebreaker, member of the Testery unit.
 * Sonny Ruberto, 68, American baseball player (San Diego Padres), cancer.
 * Jonathan Schell, 70, American author, journalist and anti-war activist, cancer.
 * Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran, 88, Indian Sahitya Akademi Award-winning author and literary critic.
 * Robert Slater, 70, American author and journalist, complications from influenza.
 * Ralph Wilson, 95, American Hall of Fame football team owner (Buffalo Bills) and racehorse breeder (Arazi), co-founder of the AFL.
 * Lode Wouters, 84, Belgian Olympic gold- and bronze-medalist cyclist (1948).

26

 * Roger Birkman, 95, American organizational psychologist.
 * George Bookasta, 96, American child actor, pneumonia.
 * Gangaram Choudhary, 92, Indian politician.
 * Chu Teh-Chun, 93, Chinese-born French painter.
 * Shun Lien Chuang, 59, American engineer.
 * John Garry Clifford, 72, American historian.
 * John Disney, 94, Australian ornithologist.
 * Warren Forma, 90, American documentary filmmaker and author.
 * Barbara Halloran Gibbons, 80, American cookbook author and columnist.
 * Dick Guidry, 84, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1950–1954, 1964–1976).
 * Ann Howard, 79, English mezzo-soprano, pulmonary embolism.
 * Tom Jones, 90, Australian politician, Member for Collie (1968–1989).
 * Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, 85, British politician, MP for Gainsborough (1956–1983).
 * Wolfgang Kirchgässner, 85, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (1979–1998).
 * Thomas Landauer, 81, American experimental psychologist.
 * George Lerchen, 91, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Redlegs).
 * Mark Stock, 62, American artist, enlarged heart.

27

 * Francine Beers, 89, American actress (Law & Order, Three Men and a Baby, Keeping the Faith).
 * Bertrando, 25, American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse (Woodward Stakes, Goodwood Breeder's Cup Handicap, Pacific Classic Stakes).
 * Al Cihocki, 89, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).
 * Kent Cochrane, 62, Canadian amnesiac, had one of the most studied human brains.
 * Max Coll, 82, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1972–2004), stroke.
 * John Cornes, 66, Australian rugby player.
 * Jean-Claude Colliard, 68, French political scientist and politician, member of the Constitutional Council (1998–2007).
 * Nevio de Zordo, 71, Italian Olympic silver-medalist bobsledder (1972).
 * Augustin Deleanu, 69, Romanian footballer (Dinamo București).
 * Richard N. Frye, 94, American scholar of Armenian studies.
 * Hal M. Lattimore, 93, American judge, member of the Texas Court of Appeals.
 * Per Lillo-Stenberg, 85, Norwegian actor.
 * Joseph Madachy, 87, American research chemist and mathematician, editor of Journal of Recreational Mathematics.
 * Derek Martinus, 82, British television director (Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Z-Cars), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Robert Ojo, 72, Nigerian Olympic sprinter.
 * Gina Pellón, 87, Cuban painter.
 * P. Ramdas, 83, Indian film director, winner of the J. C. Daniel Award (2007).
 * Joseph Rigano, 80, American actor (Casino, Mickey Blue Eyes, Analyze This), throat cancer.
 * James R. Schlesinger, 85, American government official, Director of the CIA (1973), Secretary of Defense (1973–1975), Secretary of Energy (1977–1979), pneumonia.
 * Michael Schofield, 94, British sociologist and campaigner.
 * Arsenio Valdez, 71, Paraguayan footballer.

28

 * GOK Ajayi, 82, Nigerian lawyer.
 * Mayada Ashraf, appr. 22, Egyptian journalist, shot.
 * Rawle Barrow, 79, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic sailor.
 * Carlos Miguel Benn, 89, Argentine yacht racer. (death announced on this date)
 * Jeremiah Denton, 89, American politician and military officer, Senator from Alabama (1981–1987), recipient of the Navy Cross, complications from a heart ailment.
 * Robin Gibson, 83, Australian architect (Queensland Cultural Centre). (death announced on this date)
 * Barbara Gray, 87, American politician.
 * Edwin Kagin, 73, American lawyer, national legal director for the American Atheists, heart disease.
 * Michael F. Lappert, 85, British chemist.
 * Billy "The Texan" Longley, 88, Australian criminal.
 * Sam McAughtry, 93, Northern Irish writer and broadcaster.
 * Godfrey Mdimi Mhogolo, 62, Tanzanian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Central Tanganyika (since 1989), lung infection.
 * Michael Putney, 67, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Townsville (since 2001), stomach cancer.
 * Lorenzo Semple Jr., 91, American screenwriter (Batman, Flash Gordon, Three Days of the Condor).
 * Avraham Yaski, 86, Romanian-born Israeli architect and academic, recipient of the Israel Prize (1982).

29

 * Hobart Alter, 80, American surfer and boat designer (Hobie cat).
 * Lelio Antoniotti, 86, Italian footballer.
 * Catherine Hayes Bailey, 92, American plant geneticist.
 * Roderick Bell, 66, Canadian diplomat.
 * Mark Chamberlain, 82, American educator, President of Rowan University (1969–1984).
 * Yosef Hamadani Cohen, 98, Iranian Jewish prelate, Chief Rabbi of Iran (since 1994).
 * Karl Spillman Forester, 73, American senior (former chief) judge, member of the US District Court for Eastern Kentucky (since 1988).
 * Elbert Gill, 82, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1966–1986).
 * Billy Mundi, 71, American drummer (The Mothers of Invention, Rhinoceros), complications from diabetes.
 * Marc Platt, 100, American dancer and actor (Oklahoma!, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers).
 * Oldřich Škácha, 72, Czech photographer and dissident.
 * Ron Stott, 76, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1975–1977), Mayor of North Syracuse, New York (1971–1974).
 * Birgitta Valberg, 97, Swedish actress.
 * Dane Witherspoon, 56, American actor (Santa Barbara, Capitol).

30

 * Muhammadu Kudu Abubakar, 52, Nigerian Emir of Agaie (since 2004).
 * Robert Billingham, 56, American Olympic silver medal-winning sailor (1988), official and skipper, member of 1992 America's Cup winning team.
 * Richard Black, 92, American commercial artist and landscape painter, creator of the Mr. Clean and Smokey Bear mascots.
 * Thomas Ryan Byrne, 91, American historian, economist, and diplomat.
 * Sean Cusack, 87, Irish soccer player.
 * Gerardo D'Ambrosio, 83, Italian politician and magistrate.
 * Michael Edmonds, 87, British artist, co-founder of 56 Group Wales.
 * Victor Gankin, 78, Russian-American scientist.
 * Sir David Gibbons, 85, Bermudian politician, Premier (1977–1982).
 * Jan de Graaff, 70, Dutch television journalist.
 * Keizō Kanie, 69, Japanese actor, stomach cancer.
 * Kate O'Mara, 74, English actress (Dynasty, Doctor Who, Howards' Way), ovarian cancer.
 * Alice Raftary, 86, American educator of blind adults.
 * Phuntsok Wangyal, 92, Chinese Tibetan politician, military leader and government critic, led invasion of Tibet (1950–1951).
 * Fred Stansfield, 96, Welsh international footballer.

31

 * Gonzalo Anes, 82, Spanish historian, Director of Real Academia de la Historia (since 1998).
 * Anthony Beattie, 69, British civil servant, complications from a fall.
 * Stanley L. Englebardt, 88, American journalist.
 * Irene Fernandez, 67, Malaysian advocate for women and migrant workers, heart failure.
 * Władysław Filipowiak, 87, Polish archaeologist and historian.
 * Bryan Gahol, 36, Filipino basketball player, traffic collision.
 * David Hannay, 74, Australian film producer.
 * Edmond Harjo, 96, American Seminole Code Talker during World War II, recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal (2013), heart attack.
 * Ben Johnson, 74, American Makah tribal politician and fisheries expert, heart attack.
 * Charles Keating, 90, American banker, key figure in the savings and loan crisis.
 * Frankie Knuckles, 59, American disc jockey and record producer, complications from diabetes.
 * Bob Larbey, 79, British comedy scriptwriter (Please Sir!, The Good Life, As Time Goes By).
 * Ferdinand Masset, 93, Swiss politician.
 * Jimmy Newton, 35-36, American Southern Ute tribal chief, Chairman of the Reservation (since 2011).
 * Bob Ringma, 85, Canadian politician and army officer.
 * Max Robinson, 81, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (1976–1979).
 * Hermann von Siebenthal, 79, Swiss Olympic equestrian.
 * Enrique Plancarte Solís, 43, Mexican drug lord, shot.
 * Roger Somville, 90, Belgian painter.
 * Asep Sunandar Sunarya, 58, Indonesian wayang golek puppeteer, heart attack.
 * Ahmet Yorulmaz, 81-82, Turkish writer.