Deaths in May 2015

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

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
 * Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

1

 * Stephen Milburn Anderson, 67, American film director, writer and producer, throat cancer.
 * Jamie Bishop, 44, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan).
 * Pete Brown, 80, American professional golfer.
 * José Canalejas, 90, Spanish actor (Django, The Ugly Ones, The Mercenary).
 * Ray Ceresino, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
 * Amitabha Chowdhury, 87, Indian journalist.
 * David Day, 63, Australian radio broadcaster (Triple M Adelaide).
 * Petro Didyk, 54, Ukrainian footballer, traffic collision.
 * Geoff Duke, 92, British motorcycle racer, six-time Grand Prix world champion.
 * Harry Geisinger, 81, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1969–1974, since 2005), leukemia.
 * Dave Goldberg, 47, American executive (SurveyMonkey, LAUNCH Media), head trauma from treadmill fall.
 * Vafa Guluzade, 74, Azerbaijani diplomat and political scientist.
 * Leonard Haber, 82, American psychologist, politician and radio show host, Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida (1977–1979).
 * John Hansen, 97, American politician.
 * Alexander Kok, 89, South African-born British cellist.
 * Amar Laskri, 73, Algerian film director.
 * Paul Walter Myers, 82, British classical record producer.
 * Phyllis Rutledge, 83, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1968–1972, 1988–1994).
 * María Elena Velasco, 74, Mexican actress, comedian and film producer (La India María), stomach cancer.
 * Bob Wareing, 84, British politician, MP for Liverpool West Derby (1983–2010).
 * Colin Whitaker, 82, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Oldham Athletic).
 * Grace Lee Whitney, 85, American actress (Star Trek, Irma la Douce, Some Like It Hot).
 * Beth Whittall, 78, Canadian Olympic swimmer (1956), double Pan American champion (1955).

2

 * Stuart Archer, 100, British army colonel, recipient of the George Cross (1941).
 * Michael Blake, 69, American author and screenwriter (Dances with Wolves), Oscar winner (1991).
 * Guy Carawan, 87, American folk singer and civil rights activist.
 * José María Castiñeira de Dios, 94, Argentine poet, pneumonia.
 * Sarah Correa, 22, Brazilian swimmer, South American Games champion (2010), hit by car.
 * Philip S. Goodman, 89, American director, screenwriter and producer (We Shall Return, Profiles in Courage).
 * Konstantyn K. Kuzminsky, 75, Russian performance poet.
 * Ma Shui-long, 75, Taiwanese composer.
 * John Mahaffy, 96, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers).
 * Ryan McHenry, 27, Scottish film director and social media personality (Vine), bone cancer.
 * Nick Mead, 93, British World War II Royal Navy officer.
 * Martin Nag, 88, Norwegian writer, stroke.
 * Rex Percy, 81, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, Balmain, national team).
 * Maya Plisetskaya, 89, Russian prima ballerina, heart attack.
 * Ruth Rendell, 85, English crime novelist (Inspector Wexford), stroke.
 * Bob Schmidt, 82, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Washington Senators, Cincinnati Reds).
 * Frank Snow, 74, American politician, lung cancer.
 * Norman Thaddeus Vane, 86, American screenwriter and film director (Frightmare).
 * Yu Pengnian, 93, Chinese real estate magnate and philanthropist.

3

 * Abdul Wahid Aresar, 65, Pakistani politician.
 * Revaz Chkheidze, 88, Georgian film director (Father of a Soldier, The Saplings).
 * Thomas A. Constantine, 76, American police superintendent, Administrator for the Drug Enforcement Administration (1994–1999).
 * John Elders, 84, English rugby union player (Leicester).
 * Margaret Garwood, 88, American opera composer, acute heart failure.
 * André Gruchet, 82, French Olympic cyclist (1956, 1960).
 * Alan Hall, 62, British cell biologist.
 * Bruce Barrymore Halpenny, 78, English military historian and author.
 * Danny Jones, 29, English rugby league footballer, heart attack.
 * Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, 84, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jalandhar (1971–2007).
 * Zoran Lalović, 65, Serbian musician.
 * Lu Ping, 87, Chinese politician and diplomat, cancer.
 * Harry Martin, 95, American judge.
 * Elizabeth Raybould, 89, British nurse and nursing educator.
 * Warren Smith, 99, American professional golfer.
 * Su Wenmao, 86, Chinese xiangsheng actor.
 * Per Sundberg, 65, Swedish Olympic fencer.
 * Abdul Basit Usman, 40–41, Filipino fugitive, shot.
 * Tung Jeong, 84, Chinese-born American physicist.

4

 * Eva Aeppli, 90, Swiss artist.
 * Ann Barr, 85, British writer (The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook).
 * William Bast, 84, American screenwriter and author, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Ellen Albertini Dow, 101, American actress (The Wedding Singer, Patch Adams, Wedding Crashers), pneumonia.
 * Zhivko Gospodinov, 57, Bulgarian footballer.
 * Jesús Hermida, 77, Spanish journalist and broadcaster, stroke.
 * Marv Hubbard, 68, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Detroit Lions), prostate cancer.
 * Claude LaForge, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Philadelphia Flyers, Montreal Canadiens).
 * Andrew Lewis, 44, Guyanese Olympic boxer (1992) and WBA welterweight champion (2001-2002), traffic collision.
 * Joshua Ozersky, 47, American food writer, drowned.
 * James Ritter, 84, American politician.
 * Matti Viljanen, 77, Finnish politician, MP (1979–1991).
 * William Willson, 93, British businessman (Aston Martin).
 * Vicente Joaquim Zico, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor Archbishop (1980–1990) and Archbishop of Belém do Pará (1990–2004).

5

 * Jobst Brandt, 80, American author and cyclist.
 * Michael Burns, 54, Irish Gaelic football player (Cork).
 * Jon Castañares, 90, Spanish economist and politician.
 * Gerard Davison, 47, Northern Irish Provisional IRA commander, shot.
 * Craig Gruber, 63, American rock musician (Rainbow, Bible Black), prostate cancer.
 * Oscar Holderer, 95, German-born American engineer, worked on Saturn V project.
 * Hans Jansen, 72, Dutch politician, MEP (since 2014), stroke.
 * Jimmy Jones, 87, English footballer.
 * Ralph Lainson, 88, British parasitologist.
 * Odd Lie, 88, Norwegian Olympic gymnast.
 * Bruce G. Lindsay, 68, American statistician, cancer.
 * Des O'Hagan, 81, Northern Irish politician (Workers' Party).

6

 * Novera Ahmed, 85, Bangladeshi sculptor.
 * Richard J. Bartlett, 89, American legislator, New York State Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts (1974–1979).
 * William Bronder, 84, American actor (Stand by Me, CHiPs).
 * Errol Brown, 71, Jamaican-born British singer (Hot Chocolate), liver cancer.
 * Jerome Cooper, 68, American jazz drummer, multiple myeloma.
 * Graham Harcourt, 81, British Olympic gymnast.
 * Nicolas Huỳnh Văn Nghi, 88, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết (1975–2005).
 * Denise McCluggage, 88, American racing car driver, journalist, author and photographer.
 * Michael O'Brien, 67, British historian of the Southern United States, cancer.
 * Anson D. Shupe, 67, American sociologist.
 * Janko Vranyczany-Dobrinović, 95, Croatian politician and diplomat.
 * Jim Wright, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 12th district (1955–1989), Speaker of the House (1987–1989).

7

 * Asim Thahit Abdullah al Khalaqi, 47, Saudi Arabian Guantanamo Bay detainee, kidney failure.
 * Michael Barratt Brown, 97, British economist and political activist.
 * Joey Brush, 59, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1996–2004), traffic collision.
 * Víctor de la Lama, 95, Mexican Olympian
 * Frank DiPascali, 58, American financier and fraudster, lung cancer.
 * John Dixon, 86, Australian cartoonist (Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors), stroke.
 * Sir Sam Edwards, 87, Welsh physicist.
 * Arieh Elias, 94, Israeli actor (Kazablan, The Boy Across the Street).
 * Sir Maurice Flanagan, 86, British businessman (Emirates).
 * Rigby Graham, 84, British painter.
 * Amalendu Guha, 91, Indian historian.
 * Thomas F. Lamb, 92, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania Senate (1969–1974) and House of Representatives (1959–1966).
 * Gilbert Lewis, 74, American actor (Pee-wee's Playhouse, Don Juan DeMarco, Candyman).
 * Józef Pazdur, 90, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław (1984–2000).
 * Jean de Croutte de Saint Martin, 82, French Olympic equestrian.

8

 * Zeki Alasya, 72, Turkish actor and director, liver disease.
 * Sir Edward Burgess, 87, British army general, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1984–1987).
 * Chuck Dow, 83, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1971–1980) and Senate (1983–1990).
 * Thomas Herlihy, 58, American politician, State Senator for Connecticut's 8th District (1999–2009).
 * Mwepu Ilunga, 66, Congolese footballer.
 * Menashe Kadishman, 82, Israeli artist, recipient of the Israel Prize (1995).
 * Adriana Maraž, 84, Slovene graphic artist.
 * Bob Sandberg, 93, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
 * Juan Schwanner, 94, Hungarian-Chilean football player and coach.
 * Atanas Semerdzhiev, 90, Bulgarian politician, vice-president (1990–1992).
 * Phil Skoglund, 77, New Zealand lawn bowls player, triples world champion (1988).
 * Myriam Yardeni, 83, Israeli historian.
 * Notable people killed in the 2015 Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 crash:
 * Leif Holger Larsen, 61, Norwegian diplomat, Ambassador to Pakistan (since 2014).
 * Domingo Lucenario, Jr., 54, Filipino diplomat, Ambassador to Pakistan (since 2013).

9

 * Buddy Corlett, 93, Canadian-born New Zealand softball and basketball player.
 * Russell Dermond, 78, American Olympic sprint canoer (1956).
 * Berry Avant Edenfield, 80, American federal judge and politician, U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Georgia (1978–2006), member of the Georgia State Senate (1965–1966), lung cancer.
 * Edward W. Estlow, 95, American football player, journalist and businessman (E. W. Scripps Company).
 * Kenan Evren, 97, Turkish military officer and coup leader, Chief of the General Staff (1978–1983), President (1980–1989).
 * Johnny Gimble, 88, American country music fiddler.
 * Igor Gorynin, 89, Russian metallurgist.
 * Ton Hartsuiker, 81, Dutch pianist and director of music academies.
 * Alexandre Lamfalussy, 86, Hungarian-born Belgian economist.
 * Lo Wing-lok, 60, Hong Kong politician, member of the Legislative Council for Medical (2000–2004), lung cancer.
 * Michael MacKellar, 76, Australian politician, MP for Warringah (1969–1994).
 * Odo Marquard, 87, German philosopher.
 * Đorđe Pavlić, 76, Serbian Yugoslav footballer.
 * Ragne Tangen, 88, Norwegian children's television presenter.
 * Elizabeth Wilson, 94, American actress (The Birds, The Graduate, 9 to 5), Tony Award winner (1972).
 * Christopher Wood, 79, English novelist and screenwriter (Moonraker, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, The Spy Who Loved Me).

10

 * Chukwuma Azikiwe, 75, Nigerian politician.
 * Ray Baillie, 80, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes), fall.
 * Ninad Bedekar, 65, Indian historian and writer.
 * Jack Body, 70, New Zealand composer.
 * Chris Burden, 69, American artist, melanoma.
 * Al Cartwright, 97, American sportswriter.
 * William T. Cooper, 81, Australian bird illustrator.
 * Mario Da Vinci, 73, Italian Canzone Napoletana singer and actor.
 * Jerry Dior, 82, American graphic designer, creator of the Major League Baseball logo, colorectal cancer.
 * Juan Emery, 82, Spanish footballer.
 * Luiz Henrique da Silveira, 75, Brazilian politician, Senator (since 2011), Governor of Santa Catarina (2003–2006, 2007–2010), Minister of Science and Technology (1987–1988), heart attack.
 * Kim Kyok-sik, 76, North Korean military officer, Defence Minister (2012–2013), acute respiratory failure.
 * Donald Neff, 84, American journalist and author, coronary heart disease and diabetes.
 * James F. Rinehart, 64, American academic.
 * Mario Rodríguez, 77, Argentine footballer (Chacarita Juniors, Independiente).
 * Jindřich Roudný, 91, Czech Olympic steeplechase athlete (1952).
 * Rachel Rosenthal, 88, French-born American performance artist, heart failure.
 * Victor Salvi, 95, American-born Italian harpist and harp maker.
 * Barbara Turnbull, 50, Canadian journalist and disability campaigner.
 * Davey Whitney, 85, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Alcorn State).

11

 * Maggie Black, 85, American ballet instructor, heart failure.
 * Alan Borovoy, 83, Canadian human rights activist and lawyer.
 * Donna Jean Christianson, 83, American politician, cancer.
 * Stan Cornyn, 81, American record label executive.
 * Pierre Daboval, 96, French artist.
 * Peter Füri, 77, Swiss footballer (Concordia Basel, F.C. Basel), heart failure.
 * Jef Geeraerts, 85, Belgian author, heart attack.
 * Kay Heim, 97, Canadian baseball player (Kenosha Comets).
 * John Hewie, 87, Scottish footballer (Charlton Athletic, Arcadia Shepherds).
 * Olavi Lanu, 89, Finnish sculptor.
 * Bob Light, 88, American college basketball coach (Appalachian State).
 * Frank Matich, 80, Australian racing car driver.
 * Leonardo Neher, 92, American diplomat.
 * Glen Orbik, 51, American artist.
 * Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou, 75, Iranian poet.
 * Gideon Singer, 88, Israeli actor and singer.
 * Eldridge Small, 65, American football player (New York Giants).
 * Frankie Sodano, 84, American Olympic boxer (1948).
 * Isobel Varley, 77, British tattooed woman, world's most tattooed senior, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Derek Walker, 85, British architect.
 * Sir John Watts, 93, Grenadian politician, President of the Senate (1988–1990, 1995–2004).
 * Richard W. Winder, 91, American LDS church elder.

12

 * Cecil Jones Attuquayefio, 70, Ghanaian football player and coach, throat cancer.
 * Tony Ayala Jr., 52, American light middleweight boxer.
 * Suchitra Bhattacharya, 65, Indian novelist, left ventricular failure.
 * Mervyn Burtch, 86, Welsh composer.
 * John Colenback, 79, American actor (As the World Turns), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
 * John Dewes, 88, English cricketer (Middlesex, national team).
 * Sir Peter Fry, 83, British politician, MP for Wellingborough (1969–1997).
 * Peter Gay, 91, German-born American historian.
 * Bill Guthridge, 77, American college basketball coach (University of North Carolina).
 * Rachel Jacobs, 39, American entrepreneur, injuries sustained in a train derailment.
 * Bobby Jameson, 70, American pop singer and songwriter.
 * Syd Lieberman, 71, American storyteller.
 * William MacDonald, 90, English-born Australian serial killer.
 * Evany José Metzker, 67, Brazilian journalist, homicide.
 * Saulat Mirza, 43–44, Pakistani convicted murderer and political activist, execution by hanging.
 * Ruth Mompati, 89, South African politician (1956 Women's March).
 * Robin Page, 82, British artist.
 * John Slater, 63, Canadian politician, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen (2009–2013).
 * Neranjan Wickremasinghe, 53, Sri Lankan politician.
 * Anthony C. Yu, 76, American translator (Journey to the West) and literature scholar, heart failure.
 * William Zinsser, 92, American writer.

13

 * Earl Averill, Jr., 83, American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels, Chicago Cubs).
 * Eric Bakie, 87, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Aberdeen).
 * Kathryn I. Bowers, 72, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1995–2005) and Senate (2005–2007).
 * Derek Davis, 67, Irish broadcaster (Live at 3).
 * Gill Dennis, 74, American screenwriter (Walk the Line, Return to Oz).
 * Robert Drasnin, 87, American composer and clarinet player, complications from a fall.
 * Lucy Fabery, 84, Puerto Rican jazz singer.
 * Romolo Ferri, 86, Italian motorcycle racer.
 * Joseph Fidel, 91, American politician.
 * Ed Fouhy, 80, American journalist and television news executive (ABC, CBS, NBC), complications from cancer.
 * George W. Haley, 89, American politician and diplomat.
 * Bert Hitchen, 76, English railway preservationist and racing cyclist.
 * Anna Levinson, 76, German zoologist.
 * Nina Otkalenko, 86, Russian athlete.
 * Bob Randall, c. 81, Australian Indigenous musician and author.
 * David Sackett, 80, Canadian physician.
 * Gainan Saidkhuzhin, 77, Russian Soviet Olympic cyclist (1960, 1964), heart attack.
 * Stanley Sproul, 95, American politician, Mayor of Augusta, Maine (1971–1974), member of the Maine House of Representatives (1973–1974).
 * Marisa Volpi, 86, Italian art historian and writer.

14

 * James H. Andreasen, 83, American judge.
 * Geraldo Majela de Castro, 84, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (1982–1988) and Archbishop of Montes Claros (1988–2007).
 * Charles Favre, 54, Swiss Olympic sailor.
 * B.B. King, 89, American Hall of Fame blues guitarist, singer and songwriter ("The Thrill Is Gone"), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Thomas Lothian, 86, American politician and academic.
 * Micheál O'Brien, 91, Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler (Meath).
 * Stanton J. Peale, 78, American astrophysicist.
 * Mariana Pfaelzer, 89, American federal judge, U.S. District Court Judge for the Central District of California (1978–1997).
 * Jean Pliya, 83, Beninese playwright and short story writer.
 * Franz Wright, 62, American poet, lung cancer.
 * Zdzisław Żygulski, Jr., 93, Polish art historian.

15

 * Ortheia Barnes, 70, American R&B and jazz singer, heart failure.
 * Elisabeth Bing, 100, German physical therapist, author and proponent of natural childbirth.
 * Jackie Brookner, 69, American artist, cancer.
 * Michael Campus, 80, American director, producer, and screenwriter (The Mack).
 * Samih Darwazah, 85, Jordanian executive (Hikma Pharmaceuticals).
 * Alfred DelBello, 80, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of New York (1983–1985), Westchester County Executive (1974–1982), Mayor of Yonkers, New York (1970–1974).
 * Tommy Dunne, 83, Irish international footballer.
 * Corey Hill, 36, American mixed martial artist (UFC), collapsed lung and heart attack.
 * Bob Hopkins, 80, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals) and coach (Seattle SuperSonics), heart and kidney failure.
 * John Jarvis-Smith, 93, British World War II naval officer and shipbroker.
 * Jacob Jensen, 89, Danish industrial designer.
 * Matulidi Jusoh, 57, Malaysian politician, MP for Dungun (2008–2013), diabetes.
 * André Jean René Lacrampe, 73, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ajaccio (1995–2003) and Archbishop of Besançon (2003–2013).
 * Claude Lajoie, 87, Canadian politician.
 * John Lo Schiavo, 90, American Jesuit and educator, President of University of San Francisco (1977–1991).
 * Flora MacNeil, 86, Scottish Gaelic singer.
 * Carlos Maggi, 92, Uruguayan writer (Generación del 45).
 * Valentina Maureira, 14, Chilean euthanasia advocate, cystic fibrosis.
 * Didi Petet, 58, Indonesian actor.
 * John Stephenson, 91, American voice actor (The Flintstones, The Transformers, Jonny Quest), Alzheimer's disease.
 * James Takemori, 89, American judo coach.
 * Donald Wrye, 77, American film director (Ice Castles).
 * Garo Yepremian, 70, Cypriot-born American football player (Miami Dolphins), brain cancer.
 * Renzo Zorzi, 68, Italian racing driver.

16

 * Jackie Basehart, 63, American-born Italian actor (The Inglorious Bastards).
 * Prashant Bhargava, 42, American filmmaker, cardiac arrest.
 * Nelson Doi, 93, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii (1974–1978).
 * Ernesto Estrada, 65, Filipino basketball player, heart attack.
 * Johannes Exner, 89, Danish architect.
 * Elias Gleizer, 81, Brazilian actor, circulatory failure.
 * Shikha Joshi, 40, Indian actress (B.A. Pass).
 * Adam Kilgarriff, 55, English linguist.
 * Moshe Levinger, 80, Israeli Orthodox rabbi.
 * Dean Potter, 43, American rock climber, BASE-jumping accident.
 * Adrian Robinson, 25, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Temple Owls), suicide by hanging.
 * Abu Sayyaf, Tunisian senior ISIS commander, head of oil operations, shot.
 * Peter Tallberg, 77, Finnish Olympic sailor (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1980) and IOC member.
 * Syd Tate, 90, Australian VFL football player (Geelong).
 * John Templeton, Jr., 75, American physician and philanthropist, brain cancer.
 * Raphael Tenthani, 43, Malawian journalist, traffic collision.
 * Dominik Tóth, 89, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (1990–2004).
 * Yeung Kwong, 89, Hong Kong pro-communist activist.
 * Ahmed Zanna, 60, Nigerian politician, Senator for Borno Central (since 2011).

17

 * Claude Carliez, 90, French fencer and stunt director (Moonraker, A View to a Kill).
 * Chinx, 31, American rapper, shot.
 * Óscar Collazos, 72, Colombian writer.
 * Sheshrao Deshmukh, 85, Indian politician.
 * Margaret Dunning, 104, American philanthropist, fall.
 * Rex Garner, 94, British actor and theatre director.
 * Leo Honkala, 82, Finnish wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
 * Keiji Matsumoto, 65, Japanese racing driver.
 * Nancy Masterton, 84, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives.
 * Michael Alfred Peszke, 83, Polish-born American psychiatrist and historian.
 * S. W. Schmitthenner, 87, American missionary, President of Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (1969–1981).
 * Gerald Steadman Smith, 85, Canadian artist.
 * Don Smoothey, 96, British actor and comedian.
 * Tranquility Bass, 47, American hip-hop musician.

18

 * Frank Pierpoint Appleby, 101, Canadian politician.
 * Norm Armstrong, 89, Australian football player.
 * Halldór Ásgrímsson, 67, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister (2004–2006), heart attack.
 * Tommy Bing, 83, English footballer (Margate).
 * Dewi Bridges, 81, Welsh Anglican prelate, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon (1988–1998).
 * Helen Davis, 88, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives and Senate.
 * Raymond Gosling, 88, British scientist.
 * Hasanuzzaman Khan, 88, Bangladeshi journalist.
 * Steiner Arvid Kvalø, 92, Norwegian politician.
 * Al Matsalla, 89, Canadian politician.
 * Dick Mountjoy, 83, American politician, Mayor of Monrovia, California (1968–1976), member of the California State Assembly (1978–1995) and Senate (1995–2000), heart attack.
 * Eli M. Pearce, 86, American chemist.
 * Harald Seeger, 93, German football player (1. FC Union Berlin) and manager.
 * Roland Sink, 89, American Olympic athlete.
 * Jean-François Théodore, 68, French executive (Euronext).
 * Elbert West, 47, American country music singer-songwriter ("Sticks and Stones").

19

 * Ahmad Alaskarov, 79, Azerbaijani football player and manager.
 * Jack Aspinwall, 82, British politician, MP (1979–1997), cancer.
 * Joseph J. Barnicke, 92, Canadian real estate magnate.
 * Joe Carr, 83, Scottish footballer (St Johnstone).
 * James Findlay, 60, Australian Olympic swimmer.
 * Sir Thomas Gault, 76, New Zealand jurist.
 * Edmond J. Gong, 84, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1963–1966) and Senate (1967–1971).
 * Gerald Götting, 91, German politician, President of the East German People's Chamber (1969–1976).
 * Fahd Jaradat, 84–85, Jordanian politician, Finance Minister (1970).
 * Bruce Lundvall, 79, American record executive (Blue Note Records), complications of Parkinson's disease.
 * Ted McWhinney, 91, Australian-born Canadian politician and academic.
 * Yevgeni Menshov, 68, Russian actor and presenter.
 * Burhan Muhammad, 57, Indonesian diplomat, Ambassador to Pakistan (since 2012), burns from helicopter crash.
 * Dale D. Myers, 93, American aerospace engineer, Deputy Administrator of NASA (1986–1989).
 * S. V. Raju, 81, Indian politician.
 * Happy Rockefeller, 88, American socialite and philanthropist, Second Lady of the United States (1974–1977), First Lady of New York (1963–1973).
 * State of Bengal, 50, Bangladeshi-born British DJ and music producer.
 * Roger J. Thomas, 73, American physicist.
 * Robert S. Wistrich, 70, Kazakh-born Israeli-British history professor, heart attack.

20

 * Edward Adeane, 75, British courtier, Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales (1979–1985).
 * Billy Baggett, 85, American football player (Dallas Texans).
 * Bob Belden, 58, American musician, heart attack.
 * Abdelaziz Bennani, 79, Moroccan army general.
 * Sir Brian Cubbon, 87, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary of the Home Office (1979–1988), heart attack.
 * Harald Eriksson, 93, Swedish cross-country skier, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
 * Eileen Gray, 95, British bicycle racer.
 * J. S. Harry, 76, Australian poet.
 * Ebba Hentze, 84, Faroese writer.
 * Kirsten Idebøen, 52, Norwegian financier (SpareBank 1).
 * Sir John Lea, 91, British Royal Navy vice-admiral.
 * Paul Liao, 67, Taiwanese entrepreneur, lung cancer.
 * Chifita Matafwali, 55, Zambian politician, member of the National Assembly for Bangweulu (since 2011).
 * Manfred Müller, 88, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (1972–1982) and Bishop of Regensburg (1982–2002).
 * Bob Priestley, 95, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
 * Jan Prochyra, 66, Polish actor.
 * Femi Robinson, 74, Nigerian actor (The Village Headmaster).
 * Sudha Shivpuri, 77, Indian actress (Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi), multiple organ failure.
 * Mary Ellen Trainor, 62, American actress (Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, The Goonies), pancreatic cancer.
 * Livien Ven, 81, Belgian Olympic rower.

21

 * Jassem Al-Kharafi, 75, Kuwaiti magnate and politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1999–2011), heart attack.
 * Zaya Avdysh, 69, Ukrainian football player and manager.
 * David Blake, 90, English cricketer (Hampshire).
 * César Boutteville, 97, Vietnamese-born French chess player.
 * Eduard Derzsei, 80, Romanian Olympic volleyball player.
 * Joaquim Durão, 84, Portuguese chess player.
 * Anne Duguël, 69, Belgian author.
 * Fred Gladding, 78, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros).
 * Ernie Hannigan, 72, Scottish footballer (Preston North End, Coventry City).
 * Louis Johnson, 60, American bassist (The Brothers Johnson, Michael Jackson).
 * Martin Kitcher, 53, British singer-songwriter.
 * James McDuffie, 85, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1975–1987).
 * Juan Molinar Horcasitas, 59, Mexican politician, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Marty Pasetta, 82, American television producer and director, traffic collision.
 * Annarita Sidoti, 44, Italian race walker, world champion (1997), breast cancer.
 * Ellen Tronnier, 87, American baseball player (South Bend Blue Sox).
 * Twinkle, 66, British singer-songwriter ("Terry"), cancer.
 * Alan Woodward, 68, English footballer (Sheffield United).

22

 * Albert Baciocco, 84, American vice admiral.
 * Marques Haynes, 89, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters).
 * Sir John Horlock, 87, British mechanical engineer and university vice-chancellor (Open University, University of Salford).
 * Kevin Hunt, 66, American football player.
 * Vladimir Katriuk, 93, Romanian-born Canadian alleged war criminal.
 * Alan Koch, 77, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators).
 * Michel Mortier, 90, French interior designer and architect.
 * John Mosley, 93, American football player (Colorado A&M Aggies) and World War II RAF officer (Tuskegee Airmen).
 * Radomir Naumov, 68, Serbian politician, Minister of Energy and Mining (2004–2007), Minister of Religion (2007–2008).
 * Aminah Robinson, 75, American artist.
 * Jean-Luc Sassus, 52, French football player, heart attack.
 * Byron Sherwin, 69, American rabbi and theology scholar.
 * Terry Sue-Patt, 50, British actor (Grange Hill). (body discovered on this date)
 * Michael Osborne Waddell, 92, British World War II army officer and Military Cross recipient.

23

 * Hugh Ambrose, 48, American historian and author (The Pacific), cancer.
 * Marcus Belgrave, 78, American jazz trumpeter, heart failure.
 * Leo Berman, 79, American businessman and politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1999–2013), lymphoma.
 * Hugh Boyle, 79, Irish golfer.
 * Moyra Caldecott, 87, South African-born British writer.
 * John Carter, 87, American actor (Barnaby Jones, Scarface, Law & Order), pneumonia.
 * Peter Corbett, 74, South African cricketer.
 * Trojan Darveniza, 93, Australian football player.
 * Zedi Feruzi, Burundian politician, shot.
 * Boody Gilbertson, 93, American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins).
 * Andy Hess, 91, American politician.
 * Yrjö Mäkelä, 88, Finnish Olympic athlete.
 * Anne Meara, 85, American comedian (Stiller and Meara) and actress (Archie Bunker's Place, The King of Queens, Like Mike).
 * Aleksey Mozgovoy, 40, Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist.
 * Alicia Nash, 82, Salvadoran-born American socialite and mental health care advocate, traffic collision.
 * John Forbes Nash, Jr., 86, American mathematician, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1994), subject of A Beautiful Mind, traffic collision.
 * Carl Nesjar, 94, Norwegian painter and sculptor.
 * Asbjørn Øksendal, 92, Norwegian writer.
 * Andres Ortiz, 28, Puerto Rican basketball player, traffic collision.
 * Ali Raymi, 41, Yemeni boxer, air strike.
 * Carole Seymour-Jones, 72, Welsh biographer.
 * Joseph Velikonja, 92, Slovene-born American geographer.
 * Carlos Irizarry Yunqué, 93, Puerto Rican judge, justice of the Supreme Court (1973–1986).

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 * Morris Beckman, 94, English writer and anti-fascist activist (43 Group).
 * Dean Carroll, 52, English rugby league footballer.
 * Krushna Ghoda, 61, Indian politician, MLA for Palghar (since 2014), heart attack.
 * Cristian Gómez, 27, Argentine footballer (Club Atlético Paraná), heart attack.
 * Vladimír Hagara, 71, Slovak footballer (FC Spartak Trnava).
 * John H. Kerr III, 79, American politician.
 * Sir Kenneth Jacobs, 97, Australian judge.
 * Krzysztof Kąkolewski, 85, Polish writer.
 * Tanith Lee, 67, British science fiction, horror and fantasy writer (Blake's 7), breast cancer.
 * Daniel Meltzer, 63, American lawyer, legal adviser to Barack Obama, cancer.
 * Guido Plante, 78, Canadian-born Honduran Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (2004–2005) and Bishop of Choluteca (2005–2012).
 * Pedro Roque, 47, Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler, world champion (1987), respiratory failure.
 * Michael W. Ryan, 66, American convicted murderer.
 * Jarmila Šťastná, 82, Czech Olympic speed skater.
 * Bharat Raj Upreti, 63, Nepali judge, justice of the Supreme Court (2009–2013), suicide by hanging.
 * Winged Love, 23, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, colic.

25

 * George Braden, 65, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (1979–1983), gastric cancer.
 * Dien Cornelissen, 91, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (1969–1971) and House of Representatives (1971–1972, 1973–1986).
 * Robert Lebel, 90, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Valleyfield (1976–2000).
 * Nathan J. Lindsay, 79, American major general (USAF) and astronaut.
 * Mary Ellen Mark, 75, American photographer, myelodysplastic syndrome.
 * Moc Morgan, 86, Welsh fly fisherman and naturalist.
 * John M. Murphy, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 16th (1963–1973) and 17th (1973–1981) districts.
 * Bill O'Herlihy, 76, Irish sports broadcaster (RTÉ Sport).
 * Jorge Salomão, 77, Brazilian Olympic boxer.
 * Wallace Sampson, 85, American critic of alternative medicine.
 * John Stubbs, 77, Australian political journalist.
 * Zhanna Yorkina, 76, Russian Soviet cosmonaut.

26

 * Vicente Aranda, 88, Spanish film director (Amantes).
 * Walter Byers, 93, American college athletics executive (NCAA), urinary tract infection.
 * Claudio Caligari, 67, Italian screenwriter and director (Toxic Love, The Scent of the Night).
 * Harold F. Clayton, 61, American sculptor, lung cancer.
 * William Davidson, 95, English cricketer (Sussex).
 * Gottfried Diener, 88, Swiss bobsledder, Olympic champion (1956).
 * Leo Drey, 98, American timber magnate.
 * Rocky Frisco, 77, American pianist (JJ Cale Band).
 * Thorbjørn Gjølstad, 72, Norwegian jurist and civil servant.
 * Franklin P. Hall, 76, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1976–2009).
 * Bob Hornery, 83, Australian actor (Neighbours, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, The Importance of Being Earnest).
 * Les Johnson, 90, Australian politician, MP for Hughes (1955–1966, 1969–1983).
 * Sverre Johan Juvik, 93, Norwegian politician.
 * Robert Kraft, 87, American astronomer.
 * João Lucas, 35, Portuguese footballer (Académica).
 * Ubirajara Ribeiro Martins, 82, Brazilian entomologist.
 * Edward Moylan, 91, American tennis player.
 * John Pinder, 70, New Zealand-born Australian comedy producer.
 * Cyril Roger, 93, English speedway rider.
 * Art Thieme, 73, American folk musician.
 * Aristidis Vlassis, 68, Greek painter.

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 * Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki, c. 71, Somali Islamist and Al-Shabaab leader, military leader of the Islamic Courts Union and Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya.
 * Erik Carlsson, 86, Swedish rally driver.
 * Nils Christie, 87, Norwegian criminologist.
 * Cotton Coulson, 63, American filmmaker and photographer (National Geographic), scuba diving accident.
 * Peter Celestine Elampassery, 76, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jammu-Srinagar (1998–2014).
 * Vittorio Paolo Fiorito, 74, Italian Hall of Fame basketball referee.
 * Bill Foster, 79, American college basketball coach (Miami Hurricanes, Clemson Tigers, Virginia Tech Hokies), Parkinson's disease.
 * S. Parker Gilbert, 81, American financier, President of Morgan Stanley (1983–1990).
 * Irvine B. Hill, 87, American politician, Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia (1974–1976).
 * Sir Gordon Hobday, 99, British scientist and industrialist.
 * Andy King, 58, English footballer (Everton), heart attack.
 * Karsten Lund, 71, Danish footballer (Vejle Boldklub).
 * Michael Martin, 83, American philosopher.
 * John Miller, 81, American football player (Washington Redskins).
 * William Newman, 80, American actor (Mrs. Doubtfire, The Tick), vascular dementia.
 * Liam Ryan, 79, Irish theologian and hurler (Limerick GAA).
 * Franca Sebastiani, 66, Italian singer, cancer.
 * John Siegal, 97, American football player (Chicago Bears).
 * Elisabeth Wiedemann, 89, German actress.
 * Zhang Jieqing, 102, Chinese politician and writer.

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 * John Buckner, 67, American politician, member of the Colorado House of Representatives (since 2013), sarcoidosis.
 * Jonas Čepulis, 75, Lithuanian heavyweight boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
 * Masayuki Imai, 54, Japanese actor, writer and director, colon cancer.
 * Esther Ghan Firestone, 90, Canadian cantor.
 * Steven Gerber, 66, American composer, cancer.
 * Johnny Keating, 87, British musician ("Theme from Z-Cars").
 * Skeeter Kell, 85, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
 * Ray Kennedy, 58, American jazz pianist, multiple sclerosis.
 * Gyles Longley, 96, British World War II army officer and Military Cross recipient.
 * Robert S. Morse, 90, American prelate, Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Christ the King.
 * Reynaldo Rey, 75, American actor and comedian (227, Friday, White Men Can't Jump), stroke.
 * Claire Kelly Schultz, 90, American information scientist.

29

 * Martha Bachem, 90, Austrian Olympic figure skater.
 * Arthur Bourns, 95, American chemist, President of McMaster University (1972–1980).
 * Henry Carr, 73, American track and field athlete, Olympic champion (1964), cancer.
 * Doris Hart, 89, American Hall of Fame tennis player.
 * Willie Horgan, 71, Irish hurling referee.
 * Tom Jones, 72, American racing driver.
 * Chris Kohlhase, 47, New Zealand softball player (national team) and coach (Samoa national team), Parkinson's disease.
 * Natalya Lagoda, 42, Ukrainian-born Russian singer and model (Playboy), bilateral pneumonia.
 * Rashid Massumi, 89, Iranian-born American cardiologist.
 * Wim van Norden, 97, Dutch journalist, director of Het Parool (1945–1979).
 * Betsy Palmer, 88, American actress (I've Got a Secret, Mister Roberts, Friday the 13th).
 * Bruno Pesaola, 89, Argentine-born Italian footballer.

30

 * Michel Arpin, 79, French Olympic skier.
 * Jim Bailey, 77, American singer, actor and impressionist (Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand).
 * Beau Biden, 46, American politician, Attorney General of Delaware (2007–2015), brain cancer.
 * Joël Champetier, 57, Canadian author, cancer.
 * Jake D'Arcy, 69, British actor (Still Game, Gregory's Girl, Outnumbered).
 * John Drinkall, 93, British diplomat, Ambassador to Afghanistan (1972–1976), High Commissioner to Jamaica (1976–1981).
 * Ingeborg Mueller Fernlund, 80, Swedish publisher.
 * Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, 91, British jurist and law lord.
 * Julie Harris, 94, British costume designer (A Hard Day's Night, Darling, Live and Let Die), Oscar winner (1966).
 * Ivan Kochergin, 79, Russian Olympic wrestler.
 * John L. Lumley, 84, American professor of aerospace engineering, brain cancer.
 * Tony McNamara, 85, English footballer (Everton, Liverpool).
 * Lennie Merullo, 98, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
 * Cornell Moss, 55, Bahamian Anglican prelate, Archbishop of Guyana (since 2009), heart failure.
 * L. Tom Perry, 92, American apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, thyroid cancer.
 * Michael Collins Piper, 54, American talk radio host and conspiracy theorist.
 * Azmat Rana, 63, Pakistani cricketer, cardiac arrest.
 * Somalatha Subasinghe, 78, Sri Lankan actress and theater director.
 * Alvin P. Wegeman, 88, American Nordic combined skier.

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 * Iain Campbell, 87, English cricketer and headmaster.
 * Nico Castel, 83, Portuguese-born American tenor.
 * Will Holt, 86, American songwriter ("Lemon Tree") and playwright (Over Here!), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Jonathan Howes, 78, American politician, Secretary of the NCDENR (1992–1997), Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina (1987–1991), heart disease.
 * Françoise-Hélène Jourda, 59, French architect.
 * Hiroshi Koizumi, 88, Japanese actor (Mothra, Atragon), pneumonia.
 * François Mahé, 84, French professional cyclist.
 * Frank McKinnon, 80, Canadian sports executive.
 * Pat Petersen, 55, American marathon runner, pancreatic cancer.
 * Christina Reid, 73, Northern Irish playwright.
 * Slim Richey, 77, American guitarist, lymphoma.
 * Mario Saliwa, 31, South African first-class cricketer.
 * Gladys Taylor, 97, Canadian writer and newspaper publisher.
 * Karl Wlaschek, 97, Austrian executive, founder of Billa.