Deaths in October 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2016.

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

 * Edda Heiðrún Backman, 58, Icelandic actress (101 Reykjavík), motor neurone disease.
 * Brian Bell, 86, New Zealand ornithologist.
 * Bobby Burnett, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills), pancreatic cancer.
 * William Dumbrell, 90, Australian biblical scholar.
 * David Herd, 82, Scottish footballer (Arsenal, Manchester United, national team).
 * Anton Jeyanathan, 68, Sri Lankan politician, traffic collision.
 * Jagoda Kaloper, 69, Croatian actress (W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism).
 * Erol Keskin, 89, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe, Adaletspor, national team).
 * Daphne Odjig, 97, Canadian First Nations artist.
 * Vittorio Scantamburlo, 86, Italian football manager and scout.
 * Roger Theder, 77, American football player and coach, Parkinson's disease.
 * Lowell Thomas Jr., 92, English-born American film producer and politician, member of the Alaska Senate (1967–1974), Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (1974–1978).
 * Toni Williams, 77, Cook Islands-born New Zealand singer.

2

 * David Abdulai, 65, Ghanaian physician.
 * Georg Apenes, 76, Norwegian politician and jurist.
 * Walter Darby Bannard, 82, American painter.
 * Betty Blayton-Taylor, 79, American artist, arts administrator, and co-founder of the Studio Museum in Harlem.
 * Steve Byrd, 61, English guitarist (Gillan, Kim Wilde), heart attack.
 * Gordon Davidson, 83, American stage and film director.
 * Pierre Durand Sr., 84, French Olympic equestrian.
 * Mary Hesse, 91, British academician and educator.
 * Ed McHugh, 86, American Olympic soccer player.
 * Sir Neville Marriner, 92, British conductor (Amadeus), founder of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
 * Bobby Molloy, 80, Irish politician, TD (1965–2002).
 * Jeroen Oerlemans, 46, Dutch photojournalist, shot.
 * Gary Reed, 60, American comic book writer (Deadworld, Baker Street), heart attack.
 * Thomas Round, 100, British opera singer.
 * Hanna Zora, 77, Iraqi-born Iranian-Canadian Chaldean Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Ahwaz (1974–2011) and Mar Addai of Toronto (2011–2014).

3

 * Cai Qirui, 102, Chinese chemist, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).
 * Alain Chevallier, 68, French motorcycle designer, cancer.
 * Ljupka Dimitrovska, 70, Macedonian-born Croatian singer.
 * Isobel Finnerty, 86, Canadian politician, Senator (1999–2005).
 * Anthony Goodman, 80, British medieval historian.
 * K. David van Hoesen, 90, American bassoonist.
 * Ahmad Salama Mabruk, 59, Egyptian leader of Jabhat al-Nusra, drone strike.
 * Andrew Vicari, 84, British painter.
 * Mário Wilson, 86, Portuguese football player and manager (Sporting, Académica, Benfica).

4

 * Gair Allie, 84, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), heart disease.
 * Mario Almada, 94, Mexican actor (La Viuda Negra).
 * Kenneth Angell, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Burlington (1992–2005).
 * Yusuf Arakkal, 70, Indian painter.
 * Bertrand M. Bell, 86, American physician, key figure in the Libby Zion Law legislation, kidney failure.
 * Terry Butler, 58, Australian rugby league player, lung cancer.
 * Elaine Lustig Cohen, 89, American graphic designer.
 * Caroline Crawley, 53, British singer and musician (Shelleyan Orphan, This Mortal Coil).
 * Stephen de Mowbray, 91, British counterintelligence officer.
 * Melvin M. Grumbach, 90, American pediatrician.
 * Brigitte Hamann, 76, German-Austrian historian and author.
 * Pieter Hintjens, 53, Belgian software developer, euthanasia.
 * Merfyn Jones, 85, Welsh footballer (Scunthorpe United, Crewe Alexandra, Chester City).
 * Hso Khan Pha, 78, Burmese-born Canadian geologist and exiled prince of Yawnghwe.
 * Ivan C. Lafayette, 86, American soldier, civic activist and politician.
 * Fred Osam-Duodu, 78, Ghanaian football manager.
 * Jim Parrott, 74, Canadian politician, MLA for Fundy-River Valley (2010–2014).
 * Doug Slaten, 36, American baseball player.
 * Bing Thom, 75, Hong Kong-born Canadian architect, brain aneurysm.
 * Harsh Vardhan, 68, Indian politician.
 * Donald H. White, 95, American composer.

5

 * Girma Asmerom, 66, Eritrean politician.
 * Georges Balandier, 95, French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist.
 * Jarlath Carey, 74, Irish Gaelic football player.
 * Pompeiu Hărășteanu, 81, Romanian opera singer.
 * Dick Haugland, 73, American biochemist, brain cancer.
 * Michal Kováč, 86, Slovak politician, President (1993–1998), complications of Parkinson's disease.
 * György Márkus, 82, Hungarian philosopher.
 * Luisa Massimo, 87, Italian pediatrician.
 * Yasmin Modassir, Indian zoologist.
 * Conxita Mora Jordana, 61, Andorran politician and businesswoman, Mayor of Andorra la Vella (1999-2003) and MP (2009-2011).
 * Cameron Moore, 25, American basketball player (Reyer Venezia Mestre).
 * Arthur Z'ahidi Ngoma, 69, Congolese politician, vice-president of the transitional government (2003–2007).
 * Donald M. Phillips, 87, Canadian politician, MLA for South Peace River.
 * Josh Samman, 28, American mixed martial artist (UFC).
 * Michiyo Yasuda, 77, Japanese animator (Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies, Princess Mononoke).
 * Brock Yates, 82, American automotive journalist (Car and Driver) and screenwriter (Smokey and the Bandit II, The Cannonball Run), Alzheimer's disease.

6

 * Hans W. Becherer, 81, American businessman, president of John Deere (1987).
 * James Colaianni, 94, American lay theologian.
 * Peter Denton, 70, English footballer (Coventry, Luton).
 * Walter Greiner, 80, German theoretical physicist.
 * Hidipo Hamutenya, 77, Namibian politician, Foreign Minister (2002–2004).
 * Alan Hodgson, 64, English cricketer (Northamptonshire).
 * Heisnam Kanhailal, 75, Indian art theatre personality.
 * Eva Lokko, Ghanaian engineer and politician.
 * Tony Mottram, 96, British tennis player.
 * Barbara Oliver Hagerman, 73, Canadian music teacher and public servant, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (2006–2011), cancer.
 * George Pernicano, 98, American businessman, co-owner of the San Diego Chargers.
 * Marina Sanaya, 57, Russian Olympic figure skater (1972).
 * Fred Slaughter, 74, American college basketball player (UCLA).
 * Nello Sforacchi, 94, Italian cyclist
 * Mike Tomkies, 88, British nature writer.

7

 * John Gleeson, 78, Australian Test cricketer.
 * Ross Higgins, 85, Australian actor (Kingswood Country, Bullpitt!).
 * Lyudmila Ivanova, 83, Russian actress (Office Romance).
 * Barbara Kisseler, 67, German culture manager and politician.
 * Frederick C. Neidhardt, 85, American microbiologist.
 * Anne Pashley, 80, British athlete and opera singer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
 * Gonzalo Peralta, 36, Argentine footballer (Almirante Brown, Platense), cancer.
 * Martha Roth, 84, Italian-born Mexican actress (A Family Like Many Others).
 * Wolfgang Suschitzky, 104, Austro-Hungarian-born British photographer and cinematographer (Get Carter).
 * Alistair Urquhart, 97, Scottish author and soldier (Gordon Highlanders).
 * Bill Warren, 73, American film historian and critic.
 * Rebecca Wilson, 54, Australian sports journalist, breast cancer.

8

 * Peter Allen, 96, American radio broadcaster, host of Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts (1975–2004).
 * Helmut Anschütz, 84, German Olympic fencer (1960).
 * Guillaume Bieganski, 83, French footballer (Lens).
 * Stephen Bollenbach, 74, American businessman, CEO of Hilton (1996–2007).
 * Lyn Chevli, 84, American underground comics artist (Tits & Clits Comix).
 * Don Ciccone, 70, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Critters, The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells).
 * Ray William Clough, 96, American engineer.
 * Gary Dubin, 57, American actor (The Partridge Family, The Aristocats, Jaws 2), bone cancer.
 * Maximiliano Giusti, 25, Argentine footballer, traffic collision.
 * Alina María Hernández, 46, Cuban-American transsexual actress.
 * Mayer Hersh, 90, Polish survivor of Auschwitz.
 * Dickie Jeeps, 84, English rugby union player (Northampton Saints) and administrator (Sports Council).
 * Klaus Kertess, 76, American curator, art gallerist and writer, complications from Alzheimer's.
 * Kuo Chin-fa, 72, Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer, cardiorespiratory failure.
 * Wojciech Kurpiewski, 50, Polish sprint canoer, Olympic silver medalist (1992).
 * Luc Mbassi, 58/59, Cameroonian Olympic footballer (1984).
 * Michael Horace Miller, 88, British Royal Air Force officer.
 * Jacob Neusner, 84, American academician and Judaica scholar.
 * Stylianos Pattakos, 103, Greek military officer and coup leader, Deputy Prime Minister (1967–1973).
 * Giovanni Scognamillo, 87, Turkish film critic.
 * Pierre Tchernia, 88, French screenwriter and voice actor (Asterix).
 * Anton Winkler, 62, German luger, Olympic bronze medalist (1980).

9

 * Susan Aceron, 44, Canadian actress, voice actress and businesswoman (Sailor Moon, Beyblade, The In-Laws), nasopharynx cancer.
 * René Avilés Fabila, 75, Mexican author, heart attack.
 * Worth H. Bagley, 92, American admiral.
 * Bored Nothing, 26, Australian musician, suicide.
 * Mamadou Dembelé, 82, Malian physician and politician, Prime Minister (1986–1988).
 * Santo DiPietro, 81, American businessman and politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1989–1996) and mayor of South Portland, Maine (1986–1987).
 * Francis Duteil, 69, French Olympic cyclist.
 * Donn Fendler, 90, American wilderness survivor.
 * Sir Anthony Grant, 91, British politician, MP (1964–1997).
 * David Konstant, 86, English Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Leeds (1985–2004).
 * El Mongol, 86, Mexican professional wrestler (GCW).
 * Zara Nutley, 90, New Zealand-born British actress.
 * Aaron Pryor, 60, American light-welterweight boxer, WBA/IBF world champion (1980–1985), heart disease.
 * Bilge Tarhan, 75, Turkish Olympic footballer.
 * Kenneth P. Thompson, 50, American lawyer, Kings County District Attorney (since 2014), cancer.
 * Andrzej Wajda, 90, Polish film director (Ashes and Diamonds, Man of Iron, Katyń), pulmonary failure.

10

 * Tony Adamowicz, 75, American racing driver (IMSA GT, Trans Am Series), brain cancer.
 * Issa Bagayogo, 54, Malian musician.
 * Leo Beranek, 102, American acoustics expert (BBN Technologies).
 * Christian Erlandsen, 90, Norwegian politician, MP (1977–1985).
 * Lorenzo Freeman, 52, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants).
 * Parmeshwar Godrej, 70, Indian socialite, businesswoman, and AIDS activist.
 * Gerry Gow, 64, Scottish footballer (Bristol City, Manchester City, Rotherham), cancer.
 * Graham C. Greene, 80, British publisher (Jonathan Cape).
 * Tamme Hanken, 56, German television personality (Der XXL-Ostfriese).
 * Marnix Kappers, 73, Dutch actor, suicide.
 * Hans Petter Langtangen, 54, Norwegian computer scientist.
 * Drew Nelson, 60, Northern Irish solicitor, politician, and Grand Secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.
 * Eddie O'Hara, 80, Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Everton, Barnsley).
 * Maulwi Saelan, 88, Indonesian Olympic footballer (1956).
 * Ram Ekbal Singh Warsi, 94, Indian politician, MLA (1969–1972).
 * Kazunari Tanaka, 49, Japanese voice actor (Gundam, Planetes, InuYasha), intracerebral hemorrhage.
 * John Vaughn, 88, American religious leader, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor (1979–1991).
 * Gonzalo Vega, 69, Mexican actor (Life Is Most Important, The Place Without Limits).

11

 * David Antin, 84, American poet and performance artist.
 * Tom Barnes, 70, American journalist (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).
 * Patricia Barry, 93, American actress (All My Children, The Guiding Light, Days of Our Lives).
 * Ricky Callan, 54, Scottish actor.
 * Emerson Stephen Colaw, 94, American theologian and prelate, Bishop of the United Methodist Church.
 * Richard Fry, 92, British WWII army officer.
 * Matti Hagman, 61, Finnish ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, HIFK).
 * Pia Hallström, 55, Swedish politician, MP for Värmland (since 2010), breast cancer.
 * Lars Huldén, 90, Finnish writer and translator.
 * Dick Israel, 68, Filipino actor, complications from a stroke.
 * Steve Lemmens, 44, Belgian snooker player, suicide.
 * Antero Lumme, 82, Finnish racing cyclist.
 * Marju, 28, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. (death announced on this date)
 * Jan Matocha, 93, Czechoslovak Olympic sprint canoer (1948, 1952).
 * Peter Reynolds, 58, Welsh composer.
 * Don Ringe, 70, American journalist and documentary filmmaker.
 * Pero Simić, 70, Bosnian Serb journalist and historian.
 * Teatao Teannaki, 80, I-Kiribati politician, Vice-President (1979–1991) and President (1991–1994), heart attack.
 * Gurcharan Virk, 48, Indian Punjabi writer, director, lyricist and producer, heart attack.
 * Ewen Whitaker, 94, British astronomer.

12

 * Reinhart Ahlrichs, 76, German theoretical chemist.
 * Des Ball, 69, Australian security and defence expert, cancer.
 * Shahlyla Baloch, 20, Pakistani footballer (national team), traffic collision.
 * Robert Bateman, 80, American songwriter and record producer ("Please Mr. Postman"), heart attack.
 * Beata Bergström, 95, Swedish photographer.
 * Pietro Diana, 84, Italian artist.
 * Frank Fischl, 89, American air force pilot and politician, Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania (1978–1982).
 * Thomas Mikal Ford, 52, American actor (Martin, Harlem Nights, Across the Tracks) and comedian, stomach aneurysm.
 * Jack Greenberg, 91, American lawyer and civil rights activist.
 * Rick Gudex, 48, American politician, member of the Wisconsin Senate (since 2013), suicide by gunshot.
 * Leo Harrison, 94, English cricketer (Hampshire).
 * Ma Jiang Bao, 74, Chinese martial arts teacher.
 * Renato Ongari, 81, Italian Olympic sprint canoeist (1960).
 * Bryan Pearson, 82, British-born Canadian politician.
 * Dylan Rieder, 28, American skateboarder and model, leukemia.
 * Sonny Sanders, 77, American songwriter, arranger and record producer.
 * Kemal Unakıtan, 70, Turkish politician, Minister of Finance (2002–2009).
 * Fulton Walker, 58, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Raiders).
 * Gerhard Wimberger, 93, Austrian composer.

13

 * Bhumibol Adulyadej, 88, Thai monarch, King (since 1946)
 * William Gilbert Chaloner, 87, British palaeobotanist.
 * Delia Davin, 72, English pioneer of Chinese women's studies, cancer.
 * Curt Engelhorn, 90, German billionaire businessman.
 * Dario Fo, 90, Italian playwright, Nobel Literature Prize laureate (1997).
 * Robert Haszeldine, 91, British chemist.
 * Andrzej Kopiczyński, 82, Polish actor (Czterdziestolatek).
 * Richard A. Pittman, 71, American marine, recipient of the Medal of Honor.
 * Booneua Prasertsuwan, 97, Thai politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1995–1996).
 * Jim Prentice, 60, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (2014–2015), MP for Calgary Centre-North (2004–2010), plane crash.
 * Primo Sentimenti, 89, Italian footballer (Lazio, Parma).
 * Louis Stettner, 93, American photographer.
 * Tonino Valerii, 82, Italian film director (My Name Is Nobody, A Girl Called Jules, Sahara Cross).

14

 * Jean Alexander, 90, English actress (Coronation Street, Last of the Summer Wine).
 * Cirilo R. Almario, 85, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malolos (1977–1996).
 * Lucy Baxley, 78, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Alabama (2003–2007).
 * Klim Churyumov, 79, Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer, co-discoverer of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
 * Brajbir Saran Das, 90, Indian politician, Chief administrative officer of Sikkim (1973-1974).
 * Kathryn Adams Doty, 96, American actress (Saboteur).
 * Pierre Étaix, 87, French clown, comedian and film director (Heureux Anniversaire, Yo Yo, Le Grand Amour), Oscar winner (1963), complications from intestinal infection.
 * Edward Gorman, 74, American writer, multiple myeloma.
 * Kamal Habibollahi, 86, Iranian politician and admiral.
 * Avis Higgs, 98, New Zealand artist.
 * Thom Jones, 71, American writer.
 * Helen Kelly, 52, New Zealand trade unionist, lung cancer.
 * Brigit Pegeen Kelly, 65, American poet.
 * Werner Lämmerhirt, 67, German singer-songwriter and guitarist.
 * John Mone, 87, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paisley (1988–2004).
 * Farouk Shousha, 80, Egyptian poet.
 * Song Yeong, 76, South Korean writer.
 * Aleksandr Syomin, 73, Soviet Azerbaijani footballer (Neftçi).

15

 * Doug Anderson, 89, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team).
 * Marcel Berger, 89, French mathematician.
 * Hans Bruggeman, 89, Dutch activist and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1963–1967).
 * Dennis Byrd, 50, American football player (New York Jets), traffic collision.
 * Colin George, 87, Welsh actor (Coronation Street) and director.
 * Quentin Groves, 32, American football player (Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders, Cleveland Browns), heart attack.
 * Teodor Laço, 80, Albanian politician, diplomat and author.
 * Jossy Mansur, 82, Aruban editor.
 * Bruce Marshall, 54, American ice hockey coach (Connecticut Huskies, Franklin Pierce Ravens).
 * Octagonal, 24, New Zealand-bred Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
 * Frank Peers, 98, Canadian broadcaster and political scientist. (death announced on this date)
 * Yangthang Rinpoche, 86, Indian Buddhist teacher.
 * Barbara Romack, 83, American golfer.
 * John Spanswick, 83, English cricketer (Kent).
 * Haruo Tomiyama, 81, Japanese photographer.
 * Per Rune Wølner, 67, Norwegian footballer (Strømsgodset), cancer.

16

 * Mickey Byrne, 93, Irish hurler (Tipperary).
 * Maggie Diaz, 91, American-born Australian photographer.
 * Anthony Foley, 42, Irish rugby union player and coach (Munster), acute pulmonary oedema.
 * Tony Golab, 97, Canadian football player (Ottawa Rough Riders).
 * Calvin Gotlieb, 95, Canadian professor and computer scientist.
 * Cecilia Hart, 68, American television and stage actress (Paris), ovarian cancer.
 * Valerie Hunter Gordon, 94, British inventor of disposable nappies.
 * Jia Jia, 38, Chinese giant panda, euthanized.
 * Kigeli V, 80, Rwandan monarch, King (1959–1961).
 * Ted V. Mikels, 87, American filmmaker (Girl in Gold Boots, The Astro-Zombies, The Doll Squad), colon cancer.
 * Stephen Moorbath, 87, German-born British geologist.
 * Arsen Pavlov, 33, Russian military officer, participant in the War in Donbass, IED explosion.
 * George Peebles, 80, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline, Stirling Albion).
 * Lucia Perillo, 58, American poet and novelist.
 * Juras Požela, 34, Lithuanian politician, Minister of Health (since March 2016), pancreatitis.
 * Juan Radrigán, 79, Chilean writer, cancer.
 * Molly Rose, 95, British World War II aviator.
 * Alfred P. Smyth, 74, Irish historian.
 * Joseph A. Suozzi, 95, Italian-born American judge and politician.
 * Geoffrey Yeh, 85, Hong Kong businessman.
 * Viktor Zubkov, 79, Russian basketball player, Olympic silver medalist (1956, 1960).

17

 * Rufin Anthony, 76, Pakistani Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi (since 2010).
 * Eddie Applegate, 81, American actor (The Patty Duke Show, Easy A, A Ticklish Affair).
 * Sandra Bartky, 81, American feminist philosopher.
 * Vincenzino Culicchia, 84, Italian politician.
 * Laurie Dwyer, 77, Australian football player (North Melbourne).
 * Teodor Kufel, 96, Polish general.
 * Rolf Lamers, 89, German Olympic athlete.
 * Cephas Msipa, 85, Zimbabwean politician.
 * Edgar Munhall, 83, American art historian, pancreatic and lung cancer.
 * Elena Santonja, 84, Spanish television presenter.
 * Irwin Smigel, 92, American dentist, pneumonia.
 * Charles J. Stewart, 93, American actor.
 * Morris Stroud, 70, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), Super Bowl winner (1970).
 * Rémy Vogel, 55, French footballer (Strasbourg).

18

 * Anthony Addabbo, 56, American actor (Guiding Light, Generations, The Bold & the Beautiful).
 * David Bunnell, 69, American businessman, writer and publisher (PC Magazine).
 * Phil Chess, 95, Polish-born American record producer and company executive (Chess Records).
 * Dave Colclough, 52, Welsh professional poker player, cancer.
 * Alan Collins, 88, English sculptor.
 * Anne Crookshank, 89, Irish art historian.
 * Mike Daniels, 88, British jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
 * Marianne de Trey, 102, British potter.
 * Bobby Ellis, 84, Jamaican trumpeter, pneumonia-related illness.
 * Francis Flood, 86, Irish racehorse trainer.
 * Huw Jones, 82, Welsh Anglican bishop.
 * Sergei Likhachev, 76, Azeri-born Russian tennis player and coach.
 * William McKelvey, 82, British politician, MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (1983–1997).
 * Fred Roots, 93, Canadian geologist.
 * Gary Sprake, 71, Welsh footballer (Leeds United, national team).
 * Sir Sigmund Sternberg, 95, Hungarian-born British philanthropist, businessman and Labour Party donor.
 * Turki bin Saud al-Kabir, Saudi prince and convicted murderer, executed by beheading.
 * Ken Wiwa, 47, Nigerian journalist and author, stroke.

19

 * Tommy Bartlett, 88, American tennis and basketball coach.
 * Safet Berisha, 66, Albanian footballer (Partizani Tirana).
 * Mark Birch, 67, British jockey.
 * Radu Câmpeanu, 94, Romanian politician, Senator (1990–1992, 2004–2008).
 * Milka Canić, 72, Serbian television presenter and academic.
 * Yvette Chauviré, 99, French prima ballerina.
 * Luis María Echeberría, 76, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao, national team).
 * Joe Kirrene, 85, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
 * Fergus O'Brien, 86, Irish politician, TD (1973–1992), Lord Mayor of Dublin (1980–1981).
 * Rough Quest, 30, British racehorse, winner of the 1996 Grand National, euthanised.
 * Pat Scott, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
 * Mary Sheriff, 66, American art historian.
 * Norman Sherry, 91, British author.
 * Sammy Smyth, 91, Northern Irish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.).
 * Giovanni Steffè, 88, Italian Olympic rower.

20

 * Achieng Abura, 50s, Kenyan musician.
 * Edward A. Allworth, 95, American historian.
 * Henry J. M. Barnett, 94, Canadian physician.
 * David Bellini, 43, Italian screenwriter (Un medico in famiglia), lymphoma.
 * Bob Blauner, 87, American sociologist.
 * William G. Bowen, 83, American educator, President of Princeton University (1972–1988).
 * Kenneth Brandt, 77, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1973-1990).
 * Gail Cogdill, 79, American football player (Detroit Lions).
 * Roy D'Andrade, 84, American psychological anthropologist.
 * Uwe Dreher, 56, German footballer (Stuttgarter Kickers).
 * Seiji Hirao, 53, Japanese rugby union player and coach, bile duct cancer.
 * Kaneta Kimotsuki, 80, Japanese voice actor (Doraemon, Anpanman), pneumonia.
 * Roger Lallemand, 84, Belgian lawyer and politician, President of the Senate (1988).
 * Eric Harold Mansfield, 93, British aeronautical engineer.
 * Michael Massee, 64, American actor (The Crow, 24, The Amazing Spider-Man), stomach cancer.
 * Issifou Okoulou-Kantchati, 65, Togolese politician.
 * Giorgos Pavlidis, 60, Greek politician, Governor of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (since 2014), cancer.
 * Svetlana Penkina, 65, Belarusian actress.
 * Benedict Read, 71, British art historian.
 * Simone Schaller, 104, American hurdler.
 * Stanley Silverstein, 91, American footwear manufacturer.
 * Junko Tabei, 77, Japanese mountaineer, first woman to climb Mount Everest, peritoneal cancer.
 * Mieke Telkamp, 82, Dutch singer.
 * Robert Weber, 92, American cartoonist.

21

 * Wally Argus, 95, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team).
 * Paweł Baumann, 33, Polish Olympic sprint canoer (2004, 2008), world championship silver medalist (2006, 2007).
 * Margaret Benyon, 76, British hologram artist.
 * Dave Cash, 74, British radio presenter.
 * Richard Cavendish, 86, British occult writer.
 * Mary Keating Croce, 87, American politician.
 * Ted Follows, 89, Canadian actor.
 * Constantin Frățilă, 74, Romanian footballer (FC Dinamo București).
 * Frans Jozef van der Heijden, 78, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1982–1998), euthanasia.
 * Roy Jennings, 84, English footballer (Brighton and Hove Albion).
 * Dan Johnston, 77, American lawyer and politician.
 * Satyadev Katare, 61, Indian politician.
 * George Konik, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota Fighting Saints, Pittsburgh Penguins).
 * Kenji Kosaka, 70, Japanese politician, Minister of Education (2005–2006).
 * Manfred Krug, 79, German actor (Tatort, Liebling Kreuzberg), singer, and author.
 * Frenchy Martin, 69, Canadian professional wrestler and manager (WWF), bladder cancer.
 * Bob McCord, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings).
 * Kevin Meaney, 60, American comedian and actor (Big, Uncle Buck, Mad Jack the Pirate), heart attack.
 * Clément Michu, 79, French actor (Commissaire Moulin, Thierry la Fronde).
 * Paolo Micolini, 77, Italian politician.
 * Moscow Flyer, 22, Irish racehorse, colic. (death announced on this date)
 * Richard Nicoll, 39, British-Australian fashion designer, heart attack.
 * Janet Patterson, 60, Australian costume designer (The Piano, Peter Pan, Bright Star).
 * David Pope, 54, American basketball player (Kansas City Kings, Seattle SuperSonics).
 * Jerry Rullo, 93, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, Baltimore Bullets).
 * Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer, 87, British socialite and politician.
 * C. Peter Wagner, 86, American theologian and religious leader (New Apostolic Reformation).
 * Robert Windom, 86, American physician.

22

 * Martin Aitchison, 96, British illustrator.
 * Anthony Bryer, 78, British historian.
 * José Oscar Barahona Castillo, 77, Salvadoran Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Vicente (1983–2005).
 * Steve Dillon, 54, English comic book artist (Preacher, The Punisher, Judge Dredd), appendicitis.
 * Gordon Hamilton, 50, Scottish climate scientist, snowmobile crash.
 * Gavin MacFadyen, 76, American investigative journalist (CIJ) and filmmaker.
 * Mehar Mittal, 80, Indian Punjabi actor and producer.
 * Monarchos, 18, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 2001 Kentucky Derby.
 * Antoon Postma, 87, Dutch anthropologist.
 * Colin Snedeker, 80, British-born American chemist (Crayola), inventor of the washable crayon.
 * Sheri S. Tepper, 87, American science fiction author.
 * Frans Tutuhatunewa, 93, Indonesian politician, President in Exile of Republic of South Maluku (1993–2010).
 * Bob Vanatta, 98, American college basketball coach (Missouri State, Memphis, Missouri).
 * Valeriya Zaklunna, 74, Ukrainian actress and politician, Member of Verkhovna Rada (1998–2007).

23

 * Mike Bolan, 83, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1977–1981).
 * Pete Burns, 57, English singer-songwriter (Dead or Alive), cardiac arrest.
 * Jack Chick, 92, American cartoonist (Chick tracts) and fundamentalist Christian publisher.
 * Tom Hayden, 76, American writer, politician and activist (Chicago Seven), member of the California State Senate (1992–2000).
 * Mikijirō Hira, 82, Japanese actor (Rampo, 13 Assassins, Three Outlaw Samurai).
 * Nerses Hovhannisyan, 78, Armenian film director, actor and screenwriter.
 * Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, 84, Qatari monarch, Emir (1972–1995).
 * William Löfqvist, 69, Swedish ice hockey player, Olympic bronze medalist (1980).
 * Harold Mann, 78, Canadian boxer, Commonwealth Games gold medalist (1962).
 * Jimmy Perry, 93, English actor and screenwriter (Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Hi-de-Hi!).
 * Heinz Poenn, 82, Canadian Olympic slalom canoeist (1972).
 * Bob Saunders, 87, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1969–1971, 1973–1976).
 * Jerzy Szymczyk, 74, Polish Olympic volleyball player.
 * Haguroiwa Tomomi, 70, Japanese sumo wrestler, kidney failure.
 * Wim van der Voort, 93, Dutch speed skater, Olympic silver medalist (1952).

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 * Jorge Batlle, 88, Uruguayan politician, President (2000–2005), cerebral hemorrhage.
 * Gwanda Chakuamba, 82, Malawian politician.
 * Eddy Christiani, 98, Dutch musician and songwriter.
 * Benjamin Creme, 93, Scottish artist, author and esotericist.
 * Roland Dobbs, 91, British physicist.
 * Bill Duckworth, 98, Australian footballer.
 * Herón Escobar, 62, Mexican politician, member of Congress (2009–2012).
 * Bruce Goodluck, 83, Australian politician.
 * Reinhard Häfner, 64, German footballer (Dynamo Dresden), Olympic champion (1976).
 * Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, 90, Ukrainian-born Canadian economist.
 * Siv Holma, 64, Swedish politician, MP for Norrbotten (1998–2014), cancer.
 * W. Dudley Johnson, 86, American surgeon.
 * Hellmut von Leipzig, 95, German soldier.
 * Harry Merlo, 91, American business and sports executive.
 * Vic Rapp, 86, American-Canadian football coach (BC Lions).
 * Eugeniusz Rudnik, 83, Polish composer and sound engineer.
 * Rolf Heinrich Sabersky, 96, German-born American mechanical engineer.
 * Jack Sellers, 72, American race car driver.
 * Johan Stølan, 77, Norwegian politician.
 * Felix Ungacta, 78, Guamanian politician, Mayor of Hagåtña (1981–2005).
 * Pierre Vallon, 89, French politician.
 * Bobby Vee, 73, American pop singer ("Rubber Ball", "Take Good Care of My Baby", "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes") and actor, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Charles Wolf Jr., 92, American economist, cardiac arrest.
 * John P. Woodall, 81, British entomologist.

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 * Margaret Ashcroft, 85, British television actress (The Main Chance, The Brothers).
 * Margit Bara, 88, Hungarian actress (Jacob the Liar).
 * Kevin Curran, 59, American television writer (The Simpsons, Married... with Children, Late Night with David Letterman), cancer.
 * Howard Davies, 71, British theatre and television director.
 * Mel Haber, 80, American philanthropist, and hotel and restaurant proprietor.
 * Safa Haeri, 79, Iranian-born French journalist.
 * Mohamed Nadir Hamimid, 75, Algerian politician.
 * Bob Hoover, 94, American Air Force test pilot.
 * Bjørn Lidin Hansen, 27, Norwegian footballer (Tromsø, Lyn), suicide.
 * Burnet R. Maybank Jr., 92, American lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (1959–1963).
 * Krešo Omerzel, 59, Slovenian speedway rider and coach.
 * Edouard Pliner, 80, Russian figure skating coach.
 * Doug Pyzer, 93, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).
 * Thomas Rentschler, 84, American politician.
 * Vaino Spencer, 96, American judge.
 * Jerzy Szacki, 87, Polish sociologist.
 * Georges Thines, 93, Belgian scientist.
 * Carlos Alberto Torres, 72, Brazilian football player and manager, world champion (1970), heart attack.

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 * Melis Abzalov, 77, Uzbek filmmaker (Oʻtgan kunlar).
 * Raj Begum, 89, Indian singer.
 * Melpomeni Çobani, 88, Albanian actress.
 * Filomeno Codiñera, 77, Filipino baseball and softball player.
 * Tim Couzens, 72, South African historian.
 * Kent Frizzell, 87, American attorney and politician.
 * Arne Hartman, 76, Finnish diplomat.
 * Mark Johnson, 65, American baseball umpire.
 * Gérard Lamy, 97, Canadian politician.
 * Birger Larsen, 54, Danish film director (Dance of the Polar Bears).
 * William Eteki Mboumoua, 83, Cameroonian politician and diplomat.
 * Donald C. Pogue, 69, American federal judge, U.S. Court of International Trade (1995–2014).
 * Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi, 93, Iranian grand ayatollah.
 * Luciano Rispoli, 84, Italian television and radio writer and presenter.
 * Samuele Schiavina, 45, Italian racing cyclist.
 * Ali Hussein Shihab, 55, Iraqi footballer (national team).
 * Jack H. Schofield, 93, American politician.
 * Yuichi Takai, 84, Japanese writer, heart failure.
 * Notable American crime victims, shot:
 * Nehemiah Kauffman, 20
 * Sydney Land, 21

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 * João Lobo Antunes, 72, Portuguese neurosurgeon, melanoma.
 * Victor Cannings, 97, English cricketer (Hampshire).
 * René Chamussy, 80, French-Lebanese priest and rector.
 * Jim Eddy, 80, American football coach (Saskatchewan Roughriders, Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys).
 * Elda Grin, 88, Armenian writer and psychologist.
 * Brian Hill, 75, English footballer (Coventry City).
 * Ruben Hovsepyan, 77, Armenian author and politician.
 * Jolanda Insana, 79, Italian poet and translator, Viareggio Prize recipient.
 * Fatim Jawara, 19, Gambian footballer (national team), drowned.
 * Susan Lindquist, 67, American biologist, cancer.
 * Frank Marchlewski, 73, American football player.
 * Bill Miller, 86, American javelin thrower, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
 * Nelson Pinedo, 88, Colombian singer (Sonora Matancera), stroke.
 * Hazel Shermet, 96, American comedienne, actress (Duffy's Tavern, New Zoo Revue, Jem) and singer.
 * Pentti Siimes, 87, Finnish actor (The Unknown Soldier).
 * Takahito, Prince Mikasa, 100, Japanese royal, heart failure.
 * Francis Tong Hui, 83, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Yan’an (1999–2011).
 * David Tyack, 85, American historian, Parkinson's disease.
 * Bobby Wellins, 80, Scottish jazz saxophonist.
 * John Zacherle, 98, American television and radio personality and voice actor.
 * Vladimir Zemlyanikin, 83, Russian film and theater actor (The House I Live In).

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 * Gillon Aitken, 78, English literary agent.
 * Melhem Barakat, 71, Lebanese singer.
 * Sir Nicholas Brathwaite, 91, Grenadian politician, Prime Minister (1990–1995), Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council (1983–1984).
 * H. Kay Hedge, 88, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (1989-2001).
 * Shashikala Kakodkar, 81, Indian politician.
 * Angeline Kopka, 100, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (2002–2010, 2012–2014).
 * Bumphen Luttimol, 86, Thai footballer
 * Henk Zwartepoorte, 67, Dutch herpetologist.

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 * Robert Belfanti, 68, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1979–2010).
 * Norman Brokaw, 89, American talent agent (Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood, Andy Griffith).
 * Nguyễn Văn Chính, 92, Vietnamese politician.
 * Paul Demers, 60, Canadian singer-songwriter, mesothelioma.
 * Roland Dyens, 61, French classical guitarist and composer.
 * Tony Gauci, 75, Maltese businessman, witness in the Lockerbie bombing case.
 * Christiane Gilles, 86, French trade unionist
 * Raymond Gilmour, 56 or 57, Northern Irish undercover agent, infiltrated INLA and PIRA. (death announced on this date)
 * E. Lee Hennessee, 64, American hedge fund manager.
 * John Hicks, 65, American football player (New York Giants), diabetes.
 * Francis Huxley, 93, British anthropologist.
 * Stefan Jentsch, 61, German biologist.
 * Dave Lanning, 78, English sports commentator.
 * Paul Luebke, 70, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (since 1991), lymphoma.
 * Thorvald Mellingen, 81, Norwegian engineer.
 * Fernando Moresi, 46, Argentine Olympic field hockey player (1996), Pan American champion (1995).
 * Kalle Reichelt, 82, Norwegian physician.
 * John D. Roberts, 98, American chemist.
 * Geraldo Scarpone Caporale, 88, American-born Honduran Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Comayagua (1979–2004).
 * Pen Sovan, 80, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister (1981).
 * Barry Stout, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1971–1976) and Senate (1977–2010).
 * Tom Weal, 87, New Zealand politician.

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 * Törner Åhsman, 85, Swedish Olympic boxer (1956).
 * Pablo Ansaldo, 81, Ecuadorian footballer.
 * Reg Boorman, 80, New Zealand politician, MP for Wairarapa (1984–1988).
 * Jack Braughton, 95, British Olympic long-distance runner (1948).
 * Fausto Cayambe, 40, Ecuadorian politician.
 * James Galanos, 92, American fashion designer.
 * Tammy Grimes, 82, American actress (The Unsinkable Molly Brown, High Spirits, Look After Lulu!).
 * Barney Hartman, 99, Canadian skeet shooter.
 * Imre Józsa, 62, Hungarian actor.
 * Betty Ann Kennedy, 86, American bridge player.
 * Gil Krueger, 87, American football coach (Northern Michigan).
 * Don Marshall, 80, American actor (Land of the Giants, Star Trek).
 * David Nash, 77, Welsh rugby union player.
 * Otaru Salihu Ohize, 63, Nigerian politician.
 * Curly Putman, 85, American songwriter ("Green, Green Grass of Home", "D-I-V-O-R-C-E", "He Stopped Loving Her Today").
 * Simon Relph, 76, British film producer and assistant director (Reds, The Ploughman's Lunch), pneumonia.
 * René Velázquez Valenzuela, Mexican suspected hitman, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, shot.

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 * Natalie Babbitt, 84, American children's author and illustrator (Tuck Everlasting), lung cancer.
 * Eric Christiansen, 79, British medieval historian.
 * Abdul Majid Cockar, 93, Kenyan judge, Chief Justice (1994–1997).
 * Paul Detienne, 91, Belgian Jesuit priest, scholar and writer of Bengali literature.
 * Silvio Gazzaniga, 95, Italian sculptor (FIFA World Cup Trophy).
 * Jimmy Gray, 90, English cricketer (Hampshire).
 * Andy Hill, 54, American politician, member of the Washington Senate (since 2011), lung cancer.
 * Huo Xuan, 28, Chinese volleyball player (national team), heart attack.
 * Gene La Rocque, 98, American rear admiral.
 * Stanley Leavy, 101, American psychoanalyst.
 * Ray Mabbutt, 80, English footballer, heart attack.
 * Reynaldo Miravalles, 93, Cuban actor.
 * Abdel Kader Morchid, 77–78, Moroccan footballer.
 * Lionel Morrison, 81, South African-born British journalist and trade unionist.
 * Number 16, 43, Australian trapdoor spider, longest-lived spider on record, parasitic wasp sting. (death discovered on this date)
 * Klaus Schulten, 69, German-American physicist.
 * Patrick Sharkey, 85, Irish Olympic boxer (1956).
 * Vladimir Zeldin, 101, Russian theater and film actor (Desyat Negrityat), People's Artist of the USSR.