Deaths in November 2010

The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2010.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:


 * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

1

 * Tom Allison, 89, English footballer.
 * Mihai Chițac, 81, Romanian general, Minister of Interior (1989–1990), after long illness.
 * Julia Clements, 104, English flower arranger and author.
 * Monica Johnson, 64, American novelist and screenwriter (Lost in America, Modern Romance), esophageal cancer.
 * Herbert Krug, 73, German equestrian, Olympic gold medalist (1984), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Ed Litzenberger, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).
 * Charlie O'Donnell, 78, American announcer (Wheel of Fortune), heart failure.
 * Shannon Tavarez, 11, American actress (The Lion King), leukemia.
 * Gaston Vandermeerssche, 89, Belgian partisan, leader of World War II Dutch underground intelligence, subject of Gaston's War, natural causes.
 * Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, 88, British aristocrat and intelligence officer.

2

 * Bhikari Bal, 81, Indian singer.
 * Rudolf Barshai, 86, Russian conductor and viola player.
 * Sarah Doron, 88, Israeli politician and government minister.
 * Andy Irons, 32, American professional surfer.
 * Clyde King, 86, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds) and manager (New York Yankees).
 * Romualdas Krikščiūnas, 80, Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop and Apostolic Administrator of Panevėžys (1973–1983).
 * Kalim Sharafi, 85, Indian Bengali language singer.
 * Jule Sugarman, 83, American educator, creator and director of the Head Start Program, cancer.
 * Sumiko Watanabe, 93, Japanese Olympic sprinter.
 * Ken Yuasa, 95, Japanese World War II surgeon, heart failure.

3

 * Petros Hanna Issa Al-Harboli, 64, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic Bishop of Zakho (since 2001).
 * Kees Bakker, 79, Dutch zoologist.
 * Alfons Benedikter, 92, Austrian politician.
 * Jerry Bock, 81, American musical theater composer (Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello!), heart failure.
 * Kenneth Brown, 77, American academic, chairman of first undergraduate peace studies program in the United States (1980–2005).
 * Karen Chandler, 87, American singer.
 * Viktor Chernomyrdin, 72, Russian politician, Prime Minister (1992–1998), Ambassador to Ukraine (2001–2009), cancer.
 * Jim Clench, 61, Canadian bass guitarist (April Wine, Bachman–Turner Overdrive), lung cancer.
 * Bill Colvin, 75, Canadian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1956) ice hockey player.
 * Hotep Idris Galeta, 69, South African jazz pianist, composer and lecturer, asthma attack.
 * Purushottama Lal, 81, Indian writer.
 * Sonia Pottinger, 79, Jamaican record producer.
 * Pentti Uotinen, 79, Finnish Olympic ski jumper.
 * Dudley Williams, 73, British biochemist.

4

 * Sparky Anderson, 76, American baseball player and manager (Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers), member of Baseball Hall of Fame, complications from dementia.
 * Raúl Chávez, 71, Mexican footballer.
 * Ron Cockerill, 75, English footballer (Grimsby Town, Huddersfield Town), natural causes.
 * Jean Compagnon, 94, French Army General and author.
 * Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta, 76, Filipino poet, hypertension.
 * Antoine Duquesne, 69, Belgian politician.
 * Viola Fischerová, 75, Czech poet and translator.
 * James Freud, 51, Australian vocalist and bassist (Models) and solo artist, suicide.
 * John Greene, 90, American football player (Detroit Lions), after short illness.
 * Michelle Nicastro, 50, American singer, actress (When Harry Met Sally...) and voice actress (The Swan Princess), lung cancer.
 * Rudy Regalado, 67, Venezuelan percussionist and bandleader (El Chicano), complications of pneumonia.
 * Charles Reynolds, 78, American magician, liver cancer.
 * Noel Taylor, 97, American Emmy Award-winning costume designer.
 * Aleksandr Zõbin, 59, Soviet Olympic sailor.

5

 * Martin Baum, 86, American talent agent (Creative Artists Agency), President of ABC Pictures (1968–1971).
 * Jutta Burggraf, 58, German Roman Catholic theologian and professor (University of Navarre).
 * Antonio Cárdenas Guillén, 48, Mexican drug lord, shot.
 * Jill Clayburgh, 66, American actress (An Unmarried Woman, Ally McBeal, Dirty Sexy Money), chronic leukemia.
 * Hajo Herrmann, 97, German Luftwaffe bomber pilot and lawyer.
 * Charles McDowell, 84, American journalist and syndicated columnist, complications from a stroke.
 * Midge the Sea Lion, 25, American sea lion (Oklahoma City Zoo), euthanized.
 * Randy Miller, 39, American drummer (The Myriad), bone cancer.
 * Rozsika Parker, 64, British art historian and psychotherapist, cancer.
 * Adrian Păunescu, 67, Romanian author, poet and politician.
 * Martin Starkie, 87, British actor and writer.
 * David Steuart, 94, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1962–1977) and Leader of the Opposition (1971–1976), Senator (1975–1991).
 * Henriette van Lynden-Leijten, 60, Dutch diplomat, cancer.
 * Shirley Verrett, 79, American operatic mezzo-soprano, heart failure.

6

 * Fernando Bastos de Ávila, 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic priest, Vice-Chancellor (Pontifícia Universidade Católica), member of Academy of Letters, cancer.
 * Ezard Haußmann, 75, German actor, cancer.
 * Peter Hilton, 87, British mathematician.
 * Walter Isard, 91, American economist, founder of regional science.
 * Jo Myong-rok, 82, North Korean military official, First Vice-chairman of the National Defense Commission (since 2009), heart disease.
 * Motoichi Kumagai, 101, Japanese photographer.
 * Robert Lipshutz, 88, American politician, White House Counsel (1977–1979).
 * Siddhartha Shankar Ray, 90, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–1977), Governor of Punjab (1986–1989), renal failure.
 * Michael Seifert, 86, Soviet-born Nazi war criminal, complications from a fall.
 * Jay Van Noy, 82, American baseball player (1951 St. Louis Cardinals).

7

 * Kurt Baier, 93, Austrian philosopher.
 * George Estock, 86, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
 * Chris Goudge, 75, British Olympic athlete.
 * Domingo Maza Zavala, 88, Venezuelan economist, President of the Central Bank of Venezuela (1997–2004).
 * Yoshinobu Nishizaki, 75, Japanese anime producer (Space Battleship Yamato), fall from boat.
 * Smaro Stefanidou, 97, Greek actress, heart failure.
 * Hedy Stenuf, 88, Austrian Olympic figure skater.

8

 * András Ádám-Stolpa, 89, Hungarian tennis, basketball and ice hockey player.
 * Gregorio Barradas Miravete, 28, Mexican politician, Mayor-elect of Rodríguez Clara, Veracruz, shot.
 * Richard Bing, 101, German-born American cardiologist.
 * Fred Blankemeijer, 84, Dutch footballer.
 * Philip Carlo, 61, American crime author, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Quintin Dailey, 49, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle SuperSonics), cardiovascular disease.
 * Disque Deane, 89, American financier, pneumonia.
 * Jack Levine, 95, American artist.
 * Sam Holmes, 94, American Negro league baseball player.
 * Emilio Eduardo Massera, 85, Argentine admiral, member of the 1976 Argentine coup d'état, cardiovascular arrest.
 * Addison Powell, 89, American actor (Dark Shadows, The Thomas Crown Affair, Three Days of the Condor).
 * Mikhail Savitsky, 88, Belarusian painter.
 * George Solomos, 85, American editor and writer.
 * Jean White, 69, British pastor and missionary, pancreatic cancer.
 * Tim Womack, 76, English footballer (Derby County, Workington).

9

 * Elizabeth Carnegy, Baroness Carnegy of Lour, 85, British academic and life peer.
 * John Cunneen, 78, New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Christchurch (1995–2007).
 * Robin Day, 95, British furniture designer.
 * Robert Donatucci, 58, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 1980), sleep apnea.
 * Reginald Hollis, 78, Canadian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Montreal (1975–1990).
 * Albert Wesley Johnson, 87, Canadian civil servant, President of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1975–1982), after long illness.
 * Ektor Kaknavatos, 90, Greek poet.
 * Amos Lavi, 57, Israeli actor, lung cancer.
 * Herman Liebaers, 91, Belgian linguist.
 * Rolf Pettersson, 84, Swedish ice hockey player.
 * Lursakdi Sampatisiri, 91, Thai businesswoman and politician, first female Minister of Transport (1976–1977).

10

 * Georges Aeschlimann, 90, Swiss cyclist.
 * Mustafa Altıntaş, 71, Turkish footballer, cancer.
 * Dino De Laurentiis, 91, Italian film producer (Dune, Army of Darkness, Conan the Barbarian).
 * Theo Doyer, 54, Dutch Olympic field hockey player, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Jim Farry, 56, Scottish football administrator, Chief Executive of the Scottish Football Association (1990–1999), heart attack.
 * Phillip Hoffman, 80, American surfer, pulmonary disease.
 * Donald S. Kellermann, 83, American journalist and opinion researcher, liver cancer.
 * Andreas Kirchner, 57, German Olympic gold (1984) and bronze (1980) medal-winning bobsledder.
 * Attila Kovács, 70, Hungarian Olympic fencer.
 * Edmund Kuempel, 68, American politician, myocardial infarction.
 * Tiger Lance, 70, South African cricketer, injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
 * James Munnik, 57, South African cricketer.
 * Dave Niehaus, 75, American sportscaster (Seattle Mariners), 2008 Ford C. Frick Award recipient, heart attack.
 * Nicolo Rizzuto, 86, Italian-born Canadian mafia leader (Rizzuto crime family), shot.
 * Einar Sæter, 92, Norwegian triple jumper, resistance member, newspaper editor and writer.

11

 * Pankaj Advani, 45, Indian film director, editor, screenwriter, photographer, theatre director, and painter, cardiac arrest.
 * Carlos Edmundo de Ory, 87, Spanish poet, leukemia.
 * John Elliott, 66, American football player (New York Jets), cancer.
 * Daud Ibrahim, 63, Malaysian Olympic cyclist.
 * Carroll Pratt, 89, American sound engineer, pioneer of laugh track, natural causes.
 * Marie Osborne Yeats, 99, American silent movie actress.

12

 * Des Alwi, 82, Indonesian historian, businessman, and public intellectual, adopted son of Mohammad Hatta, heart failure.
 * Stanisław Bobak, 54, Polish Olympic ski jumper.
 * Ernst von Glasersfeld, 93, Austrian-born American philosopher (radical constructivism).
 * Henryk Górecki, 76, Polish composer (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), after long illness.
 * William Hohri, 83, American activist, source behind Civil Liberties Act of 1988, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Theodore W. Kheel, 96, American labor negotiator.
 * Karl Plutus, 106, Estonian jurist and centenarian.

13

 * Noah Augustine, 39, Canadian indigenous leader, road incident.
 * Farid Baghlani, 41–42, Iranian serial killer and rapist, hanged.
 * Luis García Berlanga, 89, Spanish film director, natural causes.
 * George Binks, 96, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics).
 * Winfried Brugger, 60, German academic lawyer.
 * Jim Deane, 82, Australian football player.
 * Norman Dennis, 81, British sociologist, leukaemia.
 * Witold Hatka, 71, Polish politician, traffic collision.
 * Ken Iman, 71, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams).
 * W. Henry Maxwell, 75, American politician and Baptist minister.
 * Claudio Obregón, 75, Mexican actor, respiratory failure.
 * Nathan Oliveira, 81, American painter.
 * D. V. S. Raju, 81, Indian film producer, short illness.
 * Allan Sandage, 84, American astronomer, pancreatic cancer.
 * Richard Van Genechten, 80, Belgian cyclist.

14

 * Hal Bamberger, 86, American baseball player (New York Giants).
 * Sir Gordon Bisson, 91, New Zealand jurist.
 * Vincent Broderick, 90, English cricketer.
 * Lew Carpenter, 78, American football player (Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles).
 * Eugenio Galliussi, 95, Italian cyclist.
 * Akira Mikazuki, 89, Japanese legal scholar and Minister of Justice.
 * Wes Santee, 78, American Olympic track athlete (1952 Summer Olympics), cancer.
 * Bobbi Sykes, 67, Australian Aboriginal rights activist.

15

 * Helen Boehm, 89, American businesswoman, complications from cancer and Parkinson's disease.
 * Ángel Cabrera, 71, Uruguayan footballer.
 * Nikol Ġużeppi Cauchi, 81, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gozo (1972–2005).
 * Moira Deady, 88, Irish actor (The Riordans, Glenroe).
 * Edmond Amran El Maleh, 93, Moroccan writer and intellectual.
 * Larry Evans, 78, American chess grandmaster and author, complications following gallbladder operation.
 * Paul Jiang Taoran, 84, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zhengding, heart disease.
 * Toswel Kaua, 63, Solomon Islands politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2007), after long illness.
 * Nimr al-Khatib, c. 92, Palestinian educator and writer.
 * Ed Kirkpatrick, 66, American baseball player (California Angels, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates), throat cancer.
 * Maria Dolors Maestre i Pal, 80–81, Andorran philanthropist.
 * W. Howard Lester, 75, American businessman, former CEO of Williams-Sonoma, Inc., cancer.
 * Sir Cassam Moollan, 84, Mauritian Chief Justice (1982–1988).
 * Imre Polyák, 78, Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler.
 * Hugh Prather, 72, American self-help author, apparent heart attack.
 * William Edwin Self, 89, American actor and television production manager (Batman, Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea), heart attack.

16

 * Louis Bisdee, 100, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1959–1981).
 * Paul Calello, 49, American investment banker, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
 * Britton Chance, 97, American biochemist, biophysicist and Olympic sailor.
 * Ronni Chasen, 64, American publicist (Hans Zimmer, Michael Douglas), shot.
 * Ragnhild Magerøy, 90, Norwegian writer.
 * Donald Nyrop, 98, American CEO of Northwest Airlines (1954–1976), Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
 * Mimi Perrin, 84, French jazz singer and pianist.
 * Ilie Savu, 90, Romanian footballer and coach, hepatic cirrhosis.
 * Wyngard Tracy, 58, Filipino talent manager, stroke.
 * Wong Tin-lam, 83, Chinese screenwriter, producer, director and actor, organ failure.

17

 * Giorgi Arsenishvili, 68, Georgian mathematician and politician, myocardial infarction.
 * Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, 87, Brazilian footballer.
 * Isabelle Caro, 28, French anorexic model.
 * Johnny Simpson, 88, New Zealand rugby player.
 * N. Viswanathan, 81, Indian actor, heart attack.

18

 * Freddy Beras-Goico, 69, Dominican television producer, comedian, writer and actor, gastric cancer.
 * Jochem Bobeldijk, 90, Dutch Olympic sprint canoer.
 * Jim Cruickshank, 69, Scottish footballer.
 * Brian G. Marsden, 73, British astronomer, after long illness.
 * Donald Mitchell, 55 Australian weightlifter.
 * Abraham Serfaty, 84, Moroccan pro-democracy activist.
 * Dito Shanidze, 73, Georgian Olympic silver medal-winning (1968, 1972) weightlifter.
 * Gaye Stewart, 87, Canadian ice hockey player.
 * Mackenzie Taylor, 32, British comedian, suicide.

19

 * 75 Cents, 77, Croatian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 2008).
 * Pat Burns, 58, Canadian ice hockey coach (Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils), lung cancer.
 * Byron Duckenfield, 93, British World War II Air Force pilot.
 * Piotr Hertel, 74, Polish composer.
 * Jamuna Nishad, 57, Indian politician, traffic collision.
 * Ole Bjørn Støle, 60, Norwegian judge.
 * Bob Wheeler, 58, American Olympic athlete.
 * Atama Zedkaia, 79, Marshallese tribal leader, paramount chief of Majuro.

20

 * Mir Shawkat Ali, 83, Bangladesh general.
 * Laurie Bembenek, 52, American convicted murderer, liver and kidney failure.
 * Roxana Briban, 39, Romanian soprano, apparent suicide.
 * Santha Devi, 85, Indian actress.
 * Chalmers Johnson, 79, American scholar and author.
 * Rob Lytle, 56, American football player (Michigan Wolverines, Denver Broncos), heart attack.
 * Robert Earl Maxwell, 86, American judge.
 * Danny McDevitt, 78, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
 * Little Smokey Smothers, 71, American blues guitarist and singer, natural causes.
 * Ruth Springford, 89, Canadian actress (5 Card Stud, Hangin' In), after short illness.
 * Heinz Weiss, 89, German actor (The Great Escape).
 * Jim Yardley, 64, English cricketer.

21

 * José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado, 67, Brazilian composer and pianist, pulmonary edema.
 * Rosaura Andreu, 92, American actress.
 * Theodore Bibb, 92, American jazz drummer.
 * Willis Burks II, 75, American actor (King of California, Law & Order).
 * Silverio Cavazos, 41, Mexican politician, Governor of Colima (2005–2009), shot.
 * Takaharu Kondo, 66, Japanese jurist, member of the Supreme Court, pneumonia.
 * Steve Kuczek, 85, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
 * Norris Church Mailer, 61, American author and model, gastrointestinal cancer.
 * David Nolan, 66, American political activist, Libertarian Party founder, stroke.
 * Prince Chunk, 10, American obese cat, heart disease.
 * Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, 95, American museum founder (DuSable Museum of African American History).
 * Raghavan Thirumulpad, 90, Indian Ayurvedic scholar and physician.

22

 * Kenneth Burton, 84, British biochemist.
 * Jean Cione, 82, American baseball player (Rockford Peaches).
 * Frank Fenner, 95, Australian scientist.
 * Julien Guiomar, 82, French film actor.
 * David Lam, 87, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (1988–1995), prostate cancer.
 * Len Lunde, 74, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, Edmonton Oilers), heart condition.
 * Winston Murray, 69, Guyanese politician, former Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Industry.
 * Urbano Navarrete Cortés, 90, Spanish Roman Catholic priest, Cardinal since 2007.
 * Tom Underwood, 56, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Oakland A's), pancreatic cancer.

23

 * Mauro Alice, 84, Brazilian film editor, pneumonia.
 * Nassos Daphnis, 96, Greek-born American artist, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Wolfgang Hellrigl, 69, German philatelist.
 * Joyce Howard, 88, British actress (The Night Has Eyes, They Met in the Dark), natural causes.
 * Pavel Lednyov, 67, Russian modern pentathlete.
 * Ingrid Pitt, 73, Polish-born British actress (The Vampire Lovers, Countess Dracula, Where Eagles Dare), heart failure.
 * Kananginak Pootoogook, 75, Canadian Inuit artist, complications from surgery.
 * Don Samuel, 86, American football player.
 * James Tyler, 70, American lutenist.
 * George Otto Wirz, 81, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Madison (1977–2004).

24

 * Thomas J. Ahrens, 74, American geophysicist.
 * Peter Christopherson, 55, British musician (Coil, Throbbing Gristle) and graphic artist (Hipgnosis), natural causes.
 * Annie Lee Cooper, 100, American civil rights activist.
 * A. Arthur Giddon, 101, American lawyer and jurist.
 * Huang Hua, 97, Chinese politician, Foreign Minister (1976–1982).
 * Valentin Ivakin, 80, Russian footballer and football manager.
 * Lim Chong Eu, 91, Malaysian politician, Chief Minister of Penang (1969–1990).
 * Molly Luft, 66, German prostitute, cancer.
 * Michael Samuels, 90, British philologist.
 * Andy Schoettle, 77, American Olympic sailor.
 * Sergio Valech, 83, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile (1973–2003).
 * Norm Winningstad, 85, American technology entrepreneur, founder of Floating Point Systems, suicide.

25

 * Charlie Atkinson, 77, English footballer, ill-health following a fall.
 * Alfred Balk, 80, American journalist, former editor of the Columbia Journalism Review, cancer.
 * Tony Dixon, 52, Irish disc jockey and blogger, after short illness. (death announced on this date)
 * Bernard Matthews, 80, British businessman (Bernard Matthews Farms).
 * Doris McCarthy, 100, Canadian artist.
 * James Morrison, 68, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1992–2010).
 * Yaroslav Pavulyak, 62, Ukrainian poet.
 * Colin Slee, 65, British Church of England prelate, Dean of Southwark Cathedral, pancreatic cancer.
 * Ann Southam, 73, Canadian composer.

26

 * Gavin Blyth, 41, British television producer, cancer.
 * R. N. DeArmond, 99, American historian.
 * James DiPaola, 57, American politician, Massachusetts House of Representatives (1993–1996), Sheriff of Middlesex County (1996–2010), suicide by gunshot.
 * Mohammad Anwar Elahee, 81, Mauritian footballer and manager.
 * Maria Hellwig, 90, German yodeler and folk musician.
 * Palle Huld, 98, Danish actor, believed to be inspiration for Tintin.
 * Umanosuke Iida, 49, Japanese animator (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, Hellsing), lung cancer.
 * Paraska Korolyuk, 71, Ukrainian political activist (Orange Revolution).
 * Mario Pacheco, 60, Spanish music producer and photographer.
 * Kevin Parry, 77, Australian businessman, traffic collision.
 * Purcell Powless, 84, American tribal leader, chairman of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin (1967–1990).
 * Marjory Saunders, 97, Canadian Olympic archer.
 * Vitthal Umap, 80, Indian musician.

27

 * Steve Hill, 70, English footballer.
 * Irvin Kershner, 87, American film director (The Empire Strikes Back, Never Say Never Again), lung cancer.
 * Bill Werle, 89, American baseball player (Pirates, Cardinals, Red Sox).

28

 * Jon D'Agostino, 81, Italian-born American comic book artist (Archie), bone cancer.
 * Syoziro Asahina, 97, Japanese entomologist.
 * Keir Clark, 100, Canadian politician, Prince Edward Island MLA for 3rd Kings (1948–1959; 1966–1970).
 * Samuel T. Cohen, 89, American physicist, inventor of the neutron bomb, cancer.
 * Cal Emery, 73, American baseball player and coach.
 * Giorgos Fountas, 86, Greek actor, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Svante Granlund, 89, Swedish ice hockey player.
 * Frank Hanna, 86, Australian rules footballer.
 * Vladimir Maslachenko, 74, Russian footballer, winner of the 1960 European Nations' Cup.
 * Gil McDougald, 82, American baseball player (New York Yankees), prostate cancer.
 * Katsuya Miyahira, 92, Japanese martial artist.
 * Leslie Nielsen, 84, Canadian-born American actor (Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Forbidden Planet), pneumonia.
 * Gene Polito, 92, American cinematographer (Futureworld, Up in Smoke, Lost in Space), esophageal cancer.
 * Mahaveer Prasad, 71, Indian politician, after long illness.
 * Renato Terra, 87, Italian actor and poet.

29

 * Bella Akhmadulina, 73, Russian poet.
 * Irena Anders, 90, Polish stage actress and singer.
 * El Hijo de Cien Caras, 34, Mexican professional wrestler, shot.
 * David Fleming, 70, British environmental writer
 * John Gerrish, 100, American composer.
 * Richard Goldman, 90, American philanthropist, founder of the Goldman Environmental Prize.
 * Bob Holcomb, 88, American politician, Mayor of San Bernardino, California (1971–1985, 1989–1993), heart failure.
 * Silvester Knipfer, 70, German Olympic sports shooter.
 * Pete Langelle, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
 * John Mantle, 64, Scottish Episcopalian prelate, Bishop of Brechin (2005–2010).
 * Al Masini, 80, American television producer, creator of Entertainment Tonight, Solid Gold and Star Search, melanoma.
 * Mario Monicelli, 95, Italian film director, suicide by jumping.
 * Steven Posner, 67, American corporate raider, boat collision.
 * Majid Shahriari, Iranian quantum physicist, car bomb.
 * Stephen Solarz, 70, American politician, U.S. Representative from New York (1975–1993), esophageal cancer.
 * Sir Maurice Wilkes, 97, British computer scientist.

30

 * Idris Ali, 70, Egyptian author.
 * Daya Mata, 96, American spiritual leader, Self-Realization Fellowship president (1955–2010).
 * Garry Gross, 73, American fashion photographer, heart attack.
 * Peter Hofmann, 66, German operatic tenor, dementia and Parkinson's disease.
 * Jim Kelley, 61, American sportswriter and television journalist (Sports Illustrated), pancreatic cancer.
 * Gabriela Kownacka, 58, Polish actress (Rodzina zastępcza), breast cancer.
 * Robert Potter, 101, British architect, Surveyor to the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral
 * Imre Sátori, 73, Hungarian footballer.
 * Dave Skrien, 81, American CFL football player (Roughriders, Blue Bombers) and coach (BC Lions, Roughriders), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Ted Sorel, 74, American actor (Guiding Light, Law & Order), complications from Lyme disease.
 * R. C. Stevens, 76, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators).
 * Monty Sunshine, 82, British clarinetist (Chris Barber Orchestra).