Deaths in September 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in September 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

 * Raymond Daveluy, 89, Canadian composer, organist, music educator and arts administrator.
 * Thomas G. Doran, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rockford (1994–2012).
 * Frederick Drandua, 73, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Arua (1986–2009), diabetes.
 * Fred Hellerman, 89, American folk singer (The Weavers), guitarist, producer and songwriter.
 * Kerson Huang, 88, Chinese-born American theoretical physicist.
 * Ruth Hubbard, 92, Austrian-born American biologist.
 * Kacey Jones, 66, American singer-songwriter ("I'm the One Mama Warned You About"), producer and humorist, cancer.
 * Len Maddocks, 90, Australian cricketer.
 * Leif Mæhle, 89, Norwegian literary historian.
 * Zahid Malik, 78, Pakistani journalist and editor.
 * William Ole Ntimama, 88, Kenyan politician, MP (2007–2014).
 * Jon Polito, 65, American actor (Miller's Crossing, The Rocketeer, Homicide: Life on the Street), multiple myeloma.
 * Emilio Prini, 73, Italian artist.
 * Frans ten Bos, 79, Scottish rugby union player (national team).

2

 * Nalinidhar Bhattacharya, 94, Indian poet and literary critic.
 * Neville Crowe, 79, Australian footballer.
 * Gary D., 52, German trance producer and DJ, pulmonary embolism.
 * Blackie Gejeian, 90, American race car driver and hot rod builder.
 * Jerry Heller, 75, American music manager (N.W.A), heart attack.
 * John Hostetter, 69, American actor (Murphy Brown, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Heartbreak Ridge), complications from cancer.
 * Islam Karimov, 78, Uzbek politician, President (since 1991), stroke.
 * Gerald Lehner, 48, Austrian football referee.
 * Don Minnick, 85, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
 * Margrit Mondavi, 91, Swiss-born American businesswoman, Vice President of Cultural Affairs at Robert Mondavi Winery.
 * David Morgan, 56, Northern Irish television presenter and journalist.
 * Antonina Seredina, 87, Soviet Russian sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (1960).
 * Joseph Whitney, 87, British-born Canadian geographer.
 * Daniel Willems, 60, Belgian Olympic cyclist (1976).
 * Chilla Wilson, 85, Australian rugby union player.
 * Eileen Younghusband, 95, British World War II officer and author.

3

 * Jack Aiken, 98, Australian politician.
 * Mir Quasem Ali, 63, Bangladeshi businessman, politician and war criminal, execution by hanging.
 * Maria Isabel Barreno, 77, Portuguese writer.
 * Kalthoum Bornaz, 71, Tunisian screenwriter, film editor and director.
 * Jane Brick, 74, Swedish journalist, brain tumor.
 * Carlos Bulgheroni, 71, Argentine businessman, CEO of Bridas.
 * Claudio Olinto de Carvalho, 74, Brazilian football player and coach (Cagliari).
 * Anna Dewdney, 50, American children's author and illustrator, brain cancer.
 * John W. Drummond, 96, American politician, member of the South Carolina Senate (1966–2008).
 * Albert Hofstede, 75, American politician, Mayor of Minneapolis (1974–1975, 1978–1979), respiratory illness.
 * Sam F. Iacobellis, 87, American engineer.
 * Jaakko Kolmonen, 75, Finnish chef.
 * Pran Kurup, 49, Indian entrepreneur and author, heart failure.
 * Norman Kwong, 86, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Eskimos) and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (2005–2010).
 * Leslie H. Martinson, 101, American film and television director (Batman: The Movie, CHiPs, Fantasy Island).
 * Fred McFarlane, 55, American songwriter ("Show Me Love", "Don't Wanna Go Home"), record producer and musician.
 * Dabney Montgomery, 93, American pilot (Tuskegee Airmen), bodyguard of Martin Luther King Jr.
 * Jan Nilsen, 79, Norwegian footballer (Fredrikstad FK, national team).
 * Peter Oresick, 60, American poet, brain cancer.
 * Johnny Rebel, 77, American country singer.
 * Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, 79, American culinary anthropologist/griot, food writer and broadcaster on public media.
 * Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, 59, French mathematician.

4

 * Adam Bielański, 103, Polish chemist and professor.
 * Bob Bissonnette, 35, Venezuelan-born Canadian singer, ice hockey player (Hull Olympiques, Acadie–Bathurst Titan) and baseball team owner (Québec Capitales), helicopter crash.
 * Frank J. Barbaro, 88, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1973–1996), heart failure.
 * Gintautas Iešmantas, 86, Lithuanian politician.
 * Zvonko Ivezić, 67, Serbian footballer (Vojvodina, Sochaux, RC Paris).
 * Peter Janich, 74, German philosopher, cancer.
 * David Jenkins, 91, English cleric and theologian, Bishop of Durham (1984–1994).
 * Klaus Katzur, 73, German swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1972).
 * Novella Matveyeva, 81, Russian poet and singer-songwriter.
 * Richard Neville, 74, Australian writer and editor (Oz).
 * Isidore Okpewho, 74, Nigerian novelist and critic.
 * Cyril C. Perera, 93, Sri Lankan author.
 * Clifford S. Perlman, 90, American businessman, CEO of Caesars Palace.
 * Melvyn Pignon, 86, English field hockey player.
 * Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., 82, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1973–1995).
 * Zoran Šami, 67, Serbian politician, speaker at the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro.
 * Klaus Traube, 88, German mechanical engineer and anti-nuclear power activist.
 * Yang Jingnian, 107, Chinese economist.

5

 * John Ball, 81, English Anglican prelate, Assistant Bishop of Central Tanganyika.
 * Arif Beg, 81, Indian politician, Bharatiya Janta Party leader.
 * Gilbert Chapron, 83, French boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
 * She'ar Yashuv Cohen, 88, Israeli chief rabbi of Haifa.
 * Duane Graveline, 85, American astronaut.
 * Sir Fred Holliday, 80, British marine biologist.
 * Jaroslav Jareš, 86, Czech football player and manager (Slavia Prague).
 * Joe Hosteen Kellwood, 95, American World War II veteran, Navajo code talker.
 * George McLeod, 83, Scottish footballer.
 * Max Murray, 80, Scottish footballer (Rangers, West Bromwich Albion).
 * Hugh O'Brian, 91, American actor (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Shootist, Twins).
 * Rudolph T. Randa, 76, American judge, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (since 1992), brain cancer.
 * Donald Ranvaud, 62, Italian-born British journalist and film producer (The Constant Gardener, Central Station, City of God), heart attack.
 * Phyllis Schlafly, 92, American constitutional lawyer, conservative activist and author, cancer.
 * Karl Schlechta, 94, Austrian football player and coach (Austria Wien, Sturm Graz, Rapid Wien).
 * Lindsay Tuckett, 97, South African Test cricketer.
 * Israfil Yilmaz, 29, Turkish-born Dutch ISIS trainer, militant and blogger, airstrike.

6

 * Richard Beeman, 74, American historian, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Cary Blanchard, 47, American football player (Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets).
 * John Royston Coleman, 95, American university president (Haverford College), Parkinson's disease.
 * Emlyn Davies, 94, Welsh rugby union player (Swansea, Aberavon, national team).
 * H. Joel Deckard, 74, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana's 8th congressional district (1979–1983).
 * Raymond Hide, 87, British physicist.
 * Michael Ibru, 86, Nigerian businessman (Ibru Organization).
 * Edward J. Lofgren, 102, American physicist.
 * Nauyane Ariyadhamma Mahathera, 77, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and author.
 * Lewis Merenstein, 81, American record producer (Van Morrison), pneumonia.
 * Dave Pacey, 79, English footballer (Luton Town).
 * Alfredo Peña, 72, Venezuelan journalist and politician.
 * Bernard Planque, 84, French Olympic basketball player
 * Darren Seals, 29, American activist (Black Lives Matter), shot.
 * Andrzej Szymczak, 67, Polish handball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1976).
 * Robert Timberg, 76, American journalist (The Baltimore Sun) and writer (The Nightingale's Song).
 * Lilian Uchtenhagen, 87, Swiss economist and politician.
 * Koos van Ellinckhuijzen, 74, Namibian artist.
 * Offlee Wild, 16, American Thoroughbred racehorse, heart attack.

7

 * António Barbosa de Melo, 83, Portuguese lawyer and politician.
 * José Barluenga, 76, Spanish chemist.
 * D. J. Cameron, 83, New Zealand sports journalist.
 * Bobby Chacon, 64, American boxer, world champion (1974–1975, 1982–1983), fall.
 * Maria Costa, 89, Italian poet.
 * Clifford Curry, 79, American beach music and R&B singer ("She Shot a Hole in My Soul").
 * Bob Dailey, 63, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers), cancer.
 * Ignacy Dybała, 90, Polish footballer
 * Massimo Felisatti, 84, Italian author and screenwriter (Silent Action, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave).
 * Ken Higgs, 79, English cricketer.
 * Peter Kavanagh, 63, Canadian radio producer, creator of Canada Reads, heart attack.
 * Joseph Keller, 93, American mathematician.
 * Shyamala Pappu, 82, Indian lawyer.
 * Norbert Schemansky, 92, American weightlifter, Olympic champion (1952).
 * Jean-Louis Schneiter, 83, French politician, Mayor of Reims (1999–2008).
 * Farhang Sharif, 84–85, Iranian musician and tar player.
 * Graham Wiggins, 53, American musician.
 * Kitty Xu Ting, 25, Chinese actress, lymphoma.
 * Ye Xiushan, 81, Chinese philosopher.
 * Vincent Zhu Wei-Fang, 90, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Yongjia (since 2007).

8

 * Hannes Arch, 48, Austrian race pilot, world champion (2008), helicopter crash.
 * Johan Botha, 51, South African operatic tenor, cancer.
 * Inga Clendinnen, 82, Australian historian.
 * Jacques Dominati, 89, French politician.
 * Hazel Douglas, 92, British actress (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1).
 * Sir Trevor Jones, 89, British politician.
 * The Lady Chablis, 59, American actress (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), pneumonia.
 * Bert Llewellyn, 77, English footballer (Crewe, Port Vale, Wigan).
 * William J. McCormack, 83, Mauritian-born Canadian police chief (Toronto Police Service).
 * Antonio Nuzzi, 90, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia (1981–1988) and Teramo-Atri (1988–2002).
 * Dragiša Pešić, 62, Montenegrin politician, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (2001–2003).
 * Prince Buster, 78, Jamaican ska musician ("One Step Beyond", "Al Capone").
 * Roman Romanchuk, 37, Ukrainian-born Russian boxer and kickboxer, heart attack.
 * John Watts, 69, British politician, MP for Slough (1983–1997).
 * Greta Zimmer Friedman, 92, American dental assistant, subject in V-J Day in Times Square photo.

9

 * Chad Brown, 68, American football official (National Football League).
 * Sylvia Gore, 71, English football player (national team) and manager (Wales national team), cancer.
 * Luke Herrmann, 84, German-born British art historian.
 * James Blyden Jenkins-Johnston, 69, Sierra Leonean lawyer.
 * Koichi Kato, 77, Japanese politician, pneumonia.
 * Lord Littlebrook, 87, British midget wrestler, trainer and booking manager.
 * Zdeněk Měřínský, 68, Czech archeologist and historian.
 * Carl Miles, 98, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
 * Bill Nojay, 59, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (since 2013), suicide by gunshot.
 * Ben Press, 92, American tennis player, prostate cancer.
 * James Siang'a, 67, Kenyan football player and manager (Gor Mahia, national team), diabetes.
 * Mario Spezi, 71, Italian journalist and author (The Monster of Florence: A True Story).
 * James Stacy, 79, American actor (Lancer, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Something Wicked This Way Comes), anaphylaxis.

10

 * Robert Eugene Allen, 81, American business executive, CEO of AT&T (1988–1997), stroke.
 * Horst Bergmann, 78, German Olympic wrestler.
 * Giuliano Carnimeo, 84, Italian director (The Case of the Bloody Iris).
 * Pyotr Devyatkin, 39, Kazakhstani Olympic ice hockey player (1998).
 * Luis Eduardo González, 70, Uruguayan political scientist, cancer.
 * Mahmut Hekimoğlu, 60, Turkish actor and film producer, prostate cancer.
 * Väinö Koskela, 95, Finnish Olympic long-distance runner (1948, 1952), European championship bronze medalist (1950).
 * Jutta Limbach, 82, German jurist and politician, President of the Federal Constitutional Court (1994–2002).
 * Frank Masley, 56, American Olympic luger (1980, 1984, 1988), cancer.
 * Jure Radić, 62, Croatian civil engineer and politician, gastric cancer.
 * Chris Stone, 81, American recording studio owner (Record Plant) and entrepreneur, heart attack and stroke.
 * Mojmír Stuchlík, 86, Czech Olympic ski jumper
 * Vladimír Vacátko, 63, German Olympic ice hockey player (1980).
 * Joy Viado, 57, Filipino comedian and actress, heart attack.
 * Joe Zaleski, 89, American-born Canadian football player and coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).

11

 * İshak Alaton, 89, Turkish businessman (Alarko Holding), heart failure.
 * Valeri Alikov, 56, Russian Hill Mari poet.
 * Alexis Arquette, 47, American actress (The Wedding Singer, Pulp Fiction, Lords of Dogtown), cardiac arrest.
 * Geert Bekaert, 88, Belgian architectural critic.
 * Michel Bergerac, 84, French executive (Revlon).
 * Per Brandtzæg, 80, Norwegian physician.
 * Lawrence D. Cohen, 83, American attorney, politician and judge, Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota (1972–1976).
 * Louis E. Crandall, 87, American printer and entrepreneur (Legend City).
 * Beryl Crockford, 66, British rower, world champion (1985).
 * Nelson Davidyan, 66, Armenian Soviet wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1976).
 * Ben Idrissa Dermé, 34, Burkinabe footballer (Sheriff Tiraspol, CA Bastia), heart attack.
 * Mbaye-Jacques Diop, 80, Senegalese politician, member of the National Assembly (1983–2004), Mayor of Rufisque (1987–2002).
 * Gavin Frost, 86, British Wiccan author.
 * Let's Elope, 28, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, Melbourne Cup winner (1991).
 * Norman May, 88, Australian sports broadcaster.
 * Claude-Jean Philippe, 83, French film critic and filmmaker.
 * Bruno Poromaa, 80, Swedish politician, MP (1982–1994), municipal commissioner for Kiruna (1994–1998).
 * Dalmiro Sáenz, 90, Argentine playwright.
 * Ken Sparkes, 76, Australian radio broadcaster, heart attack.
 * Ricky Tosso, 56, Peruvian actor, cancer.
 * Lyn Wilde, 93, American singer and actress.

12

 * Gunnila Bernadotte, 93, Swedish countess.
 * Tor Brustad, 89, Norwegian biophysicist.
 * Ellen Burka, 95, Dutch-born Canadian figure skater and coach, Dutch national champion (1946, 1947).
 * Sándor Csoóri, 86, Hungarian poet, essayist, writer, and politician.
 * Edmund D. Edelman, 85, American politician.
 * Gerry Haywood, 70, English darts player.
 * Ali Javan, 89, Iranian-American physicist, heart attack.
 * Hidayat Inayat Khan, 99, English-French composer and conductor.
 * Peter Pettalia, 61, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (since 2011), traffic collision.
 * Tavin Pumarejo, 84, Puerto Rican actor, comedian and jíbaro singer.
 * Fred Quillan, 60, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), NFL champion (1981, 1984).
 * Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa, 92, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Macau (1976–1988).
 * Hans Rosander, 79, Swedish footballer (IFK Norrköping, national team), complications from heart surgery.
 * William San Bento, 69, American politician, member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (1993–2015).
 * Stanley Sheinbaum, 96, American peace and human rights activist.
 * Bob Wilkinson, 88, American football player (New York Giants), Parkinson's disease.

13

 * Denis Atkins, 77, English footballer (Bradford City).
 * Sunil Bardewa, 44, Nepalese pop singer.
 * Artyom Bezrodny, 37, Ukrainian-born Russian footballer (Spartak Moscow), heart attack.
 * Ottavio Bugatti, 87, Italian footballer (Napoli, Inter Milan).
 * Matt Gray, 80, Scottish footballer (Third Lanark, Manchester City).
 * Jack Hofsiss, 65, American stage director (The Elephant Man).
 * Judith Jacobs, 77, American legislator, fall.
 * Ermanno Rea, 89, Italian novelist, Viareggio Prize and Premio Campiello recipient.
 * Jonathan Riley-Smith, 78, English medieval historian.
 * Mike Roberts, 83, American radio sportscaster (New Mexico Lobos), cancer.
 * Gérard Rondeau, 63, French photographer, cancer.
 * Arnie Schmautz, 83, Canadian ice hockey player.
 * Unto Valpas, 72, Finnish politician, MP (1999–2011).

14

 * Valeriy Abramov, 60, Russian long-distance runner.
 * Dick Adams, 96, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
 * Don Buchla, 79, American synthesizer designer.
 * Agostino Cossia, 79, Italian Olympic boxer.
 * Max Dunbier, 78, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Campbelltown (1968–1971).
 * Sir George Engle, 90, British barrister and civil servant.
 * Lady Caroline Faber, 93, British aristocrat.
 * Eduard Gusev, 80, Russian Soviet Olympic cyclist (1956).
 * Kim McGuire, 60, American actress (Cry-Baby), pneumonia.
 * Karl Gunnar Persson, 73, Swedish economic historian.
 * Dennis Shryack, 80, American screenwriter (Turner & Hooch, Pale Rider, Code of Silence), heart failure.
 * Hilmar Thate, 85, German actor (Veronika Voss).
 * Dean White, 93, American billionaire advertiser and hotel developer.
 * Richard Whittington-Egan, 91, British writer and criminologist.
 * Gareth F. Williams, 61, Welsh author, cancer.

15

 * Vera Cosgrave, 90, Irish public figure.
 * Haron Din, 76, Malaysian politician, spiritual leader of PAS (since 2014), heart illness.
 * John Gudenus, 75, Austrian politician and convicted Holocaust denier.
 * Deborah S. Jin, 47, American physicist, cancer.
 * Greg Maher, 49, Irish Gaelic football player (Mayo).
 * Rose Mofford, 94, American politician, Governor of Arizona (1988–1991).
 * Domingos Montagner, 54, Brazilian actor (Velho Chico), drowning.
 * Robert H. Scott, 86, American lacrosse player and coach (Johns Hopkins Blue Jays).
 * Haakon Sørbye, 96, Norwegian engineer and resistance member.

16

 * Tarık Akan, 66, Turkish actor (Yol), cancer.
 * Edward Albee, 88, American playwright (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, A Delicate Balance, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?), Tony (1963, 2002) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1967, 1975, 1994).
 * Gabriele Amorth, 91, Italian Roman Catholic priest and exorcist, pulmonary disease.
 * Don Bass, 70, American professional wrestler (CWA), cancer.
 * Hagan Beggs, 79, Northern Irish-born Canadian actor (Danger Bay, Bordertown).
 * Bill Bossio, 88, American Olympic boxer.
 * Gilles Carpentier, 66, French author and editor.
 * Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, 95, Italian banker and politician, President (1999–2006) and Prime Minister (1993–1994), multiple organ failure.
 * Jerry Corbetta, 68, American musician (Sugarloaf), Pick's disease.
 * Teodoro González de León, 90, Mexican architect.
 * Reese Griffiths, 78, New Zealand rugby league player (West Coast, national team).
 * Dorothy Cann Hamilton, 67, American chef and businesswoman, CEO of the International Culinary Center, traffic collision.
 * Oļģerts Hehts, 84, Latvian basketball player.
 * Charles H. Henry, 79, American physicist.
 * Giancarlo Iliprandi, 91, Italian graphic designer.
 * P. Kannan, 77, Indian politician.
 * Todd Kimsey, 54, American actor (The Perfect Storm), lymphoma.
 * W. P. Kinsella, 81, Canadian writer (Shoeless Joe), euthanasia.
 * Norbert Kröcher, 66, German terrorist (2 June Movement), suicide by gunshot.
 * Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, 84, French-born American businessman (Louis Dreyfus Company).
 * Graeme MacKenzie, 81, Australian footballer, dementia.
 * António Mascarenhas Monteiro, 72, Cape Verdean politician, President (1991–2001).
 * John Bentley Mays, 75, Canadian journalist and novelist.
 * Marvin Mottet, 86, American Roman Catholic priest.
 * Gareth Powell, 82, Welsh writer.
 * Qiao Renliang, 28, Chinese singer and actor, suicide.
 * Severino Santiapichi, 90, Italian magistrate and writer.
 * Jean-Paul Sauthier, 74, French Olympic field hockey player
 * Joe Seng, 69, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (2001–2003) and Senate (since 2003), brain cancer.
 * Hovhannes Tcholakian, 97, Turkish Armenian Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Istanbul (1967–2015).
 * Bojja Tharakam, 77, Indian writer and social activist, brain tumour.
 * Wang Mingfang, 63, Chinese politician, Chairman of CPPCC of Anhui Province (2011–2016).

17

 * Theodore Wilbur Anderson, 98, American mathematician and statistician, heart failure.
 * Clarence Brooks, 65, American football coach (Baltimore Ravens), esophageal and stomach cancer.
 * Charmian Carr, 73, American actress and singer (The Sound of Music), complications from dementia.
 * Desmond Clarke, 74, Irish philosopher.
 * C. Martin Croker, 54, American voice actor and animator (Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Brak Show), sepsis.
 * Bahman Golbarnezhad, 48, Iranian Paralympic racing cyclist (2012, 2016), race collision.
 * Roman Ivanychuk, 87, Ukrainian writer.
 * Rune Larsson, 92, Swedish athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).
 * Carmelo Morelos, 85, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Zamboanga (1994–2006).
 * Hans Mühlethaler, 86, Swiss writer.
 * Sigge Parling, 86, Swedish footballer (Djurgården), World Cup silver medalist (1958).
 * Bob Suter, 88, Australian football player (Essendon).
 * Rose Warfman, 99, French Holocaust survivor and member of the French Resistance.

18

 * Stephanie Booth, 70, British hotelier, tractor collision.
 * Joe Browder, 78, American environmental activist, cancer.
 * Robert W. Cone, 59, American Army general, prostate cancer.
 * John J. Craighead, 100, American wildlife scientist.
 * Camille Dagenais, 95, Canadian engineer.
 * Sir Nicholas Fenn, 80, British diplomat, High Commissioner to India (1991–1996).
 * Robert L. Genillard, 87, Swiss businessman.
 * Mary Grant, 88, Ghanaian politician.
 * David Kyle, 97, American science fiction writer.
 * Lee Ho-cheol, 84, South Korean writer.
 * Mandoza, 38, South African kwaito musician, pharyngeal cancer.
 * Tom Mintier, 68, American television journalist (CNN).
 * Remigio Molina, 45, Argentine Olympic boxer (1992).
 * Joan Patricia Murphy, 79, American politician, member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (since 2002), breast cancer.
 * Oddvar Nes, 77, Norwegian linguist.
 * Rose Pak, 68, Chinese-born American political activist.
 * András Prékopa, 87, Hungarian mathematician.
 * Moïse Rahmani, 72, Belgian Sephardic author.
 * Hassan Sharif, 65, Emirati artist, cancer.
 * Tara Singh, 86, Indian sculptor.
 * Lamuel A. Stanislaus, 95, Grenadian dentist and diplomat.
 * Michel Vaxès, 75, French politician, member of the National Assembly for Bouches-du-Rhône (2007–2012).
 * Wolfhart Zimmermann, 88, German physicist.

19

 * Naser al-Raas, 33, Kuwaiti-born Canadian human rights activist, heart failure.
 * Burhanettin Bigalı, 89, Turkish general.
 * Karl Dietrich Bracher, 94, German political scientist and historian.
 * Bobby Breen, 88, Canadian-born American actor and singer.
 * Gerwald Claus-Brunner, 44, German politician, suicide.
 * Voula Damianakou, 102, Greek writer, translator.
 * Mike Fellows, 59, American politician, traffic collision.
 * Bill Glassford, 102, American football player and coach.
 * Amin Yunis al Husseini, 86, Jordanian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Social Welfare (1963–1965), Minister of Transport (1967–1970).
 * Jan O. Karlsson, 77, Swedish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (2003), Minister for International Development Cooperation, Migration and Asylum Policy (2002–2003).
 * Zerka T. Moreno, 99, Dutch-born American psychotherapist.
 * Annie Pootoogook, 47, Canadian Inuit artist, drowned.
 * Frank Raab, 95, American Naval officer and insurance executive.
 * Jorge Rubinetti, 71, Argentine chess master.
 * Fehmi Sağınoğlu, 78/79, Turkish footballer.
 * Allister Sparks, 83, South African writer, journalist and political commentator.
 * Frederick D. Tinsley, 76, American classical double bass player.
 * Boris Trakhtenbrot, 95, Russian-Israeli mathematician.
 * Amy van Singel, 66, American music journalist and radio host.
 * Bill Zucker, 60, American actor and comedian, heart attack.

20

 * Bill Barrett, 87, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska's 3rd congressional district (1991–2001).
 * Bernard Bergonzi, 87, British literary scholar.
 * Betty Birch, 93, English cricketer.
 * Curt Brunnqvist, 91, Swedish Olympic rower.
 * Jean Chabbert, 95, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Perpignan-Elne (1982–1996).
 * Alan Cousin, 78, Scottish footballer (Dundee, Hibernian, Falkirk).
 * Richie Dunn, 59, American ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Calgary Flames, Hartford Whalers).
 * Garry Edmundson, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
 * Jack Garman, 72, American computer engineer and NASA official, key figure in the Apollo 11 mission, bone marrow cancer.
 * Paule Gauthier, 72, Canadian lawyer.
 * Peter Leo Gerety, 104, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Portland (1969–1974) and Archbishop of Newark (1974–1986), world's oldest living Catholic bishop.
 * Erwin Hahn, 95, American physicist.
 * Curtis Hanson, 71, American film director and screenwriter (L.A. Confidential, 8 Mile, Wonder Boys), Oscar winner (1998).
 * Dennis M. Jones, 78, American businessman (Jones Pharma).
 * Terry Kohler, 82, American businessman, CEO of Vollrath (since 1982).
 * Clive Kolbe, 72, South African cricketer.
 * Yuri Korablin, 56, Russian politician and businessman, owner of Venezia F.C.
 * Agniva Lahiri, 37, Indian LGBT activist, liver failure.
 * Micki Marlo, 88, American singer and model.
 * David McCay, 72, South African cricketer.
 * Foil A. Miller, 100, American chemist and philatelist.
 * Geno Morosi, 96, American World War II veteran.
 * Edmund F. O'Connor, 94, American air force officer.
 * Victor Scheinman, 73, American inventor.
 * R. Heiner Schirmer, 74, German biochemist.
 * Jim Semple, 81, Northern Irish businessman.

21

 * Mahmadu Alphajor Bah, 40, Sierra Leonean footballer (Lokeren, Chunnam, Xiamen and national team), traffic collision.
 * Régis Barailla, 83, French politician, member of National Assembly (1983–1993).
 * Rosemary Barrow, 48, Welsh art historian.
 * Leonidas Donskis, 54, Lithuanian philosopher and politician.
 * Giuseppe Drago, 60, Italian politician, President of Sicily (1998), lung infection.
 * Ragnar Hvidsten, 89, Norwegian footballer (Sandefjord, Skeid, national team).
 * Shawty Lo, 40, American hip-hop musician (D4L), traffic collision.
 * John D. Loudermilk, 82, American singer and songwriter ("Tobacco Road", "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye", "Indian Reservation"), bone cancer.
 * John Mulvaney, 90, Australian archaeologist.
 * George T. Odom, 66, American actor (Straight Out of Brooklyn, The Hurricane, Law & Order).
 * Kalervo Rauhala, 85, Finnish wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
 * Jack Rawlings, 93, English footballer (Hayes, Hendon).
 * Earl Smith Jr., 51, American acid house musician (Phuture), complications from stroke.
 * Richard D. Trentlage, 87, American advertising executive and jingle writer (Oscar Mayer, V8, National Safety Council), heart failure.

22

 * Kjell Albin Abrahamson, 71, Swedish journalist (Sveriges Radio), stroke.
 * Walter Bush, 86, American Hall of Fame ice hockey administrator (USA Hockey).
 * Georges Fonghoro, 58, Malian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mopti (since 1999).
 * Leonard I. Garth, 95, American federal judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1973–1986), U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (1969–1973).
 * Joseph Harmatz, 91, Lithuanian World War II Jewish partisan fighter and anti-Nazi avenger.
 * Svein Gunnar Morgenlien, 94, Norwegian trade unionist and politician, MP (1975–1981).
 * George Hanson, 81, American basketball coach (Minnesota Golden Gophers)
 * Gian Luigi Rondi, 94, Italian screenwriter and film director.
 * John Siddons, 88, Australian politician, Senator (1981–1983, 1985–1987).
 * Ed Temple, 89, American track and field coach (Tennessee State Lady Tigers, women's Olympic team).

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 * Marcel Artelesa, 78, French footballer (Monaco, Marseille).
 * Yngve Brodd, 86, Swedish footballer (Toulouse, Sochaux-Montbéliard, IFK Göteborg).
 * David Coleman, 74, English footballer (Colchester United), cancer.
 * Peter Collingwood, 96, British-born Australian actor (Picnic at Hanging Rock).
 * Frances Dafoe, 86, Canadian pair skater, Olympic silver medalist (1956), world champion (1954, 1955).
 * Nan Fry, 71, American poet.
 * Arnold Green, 83, New Zealand rugby league player (West Coast, national team).
 * Carolyn Hardy, 86, British horticulturalist.
 * Larry Harmon, 75, American soccer coach.
 * Bill Johnson, 92, New Zealand actor.
 * Stephen Lawn, 50, British medical researcher, glioblastoma.
 * Rudi Lüttge, 93, German Olympic racewalker (1952).
 * Jeff Mackintosh, 45, Canadian graphic artist and game designer (Sailor Moon, Silver Age Sentinels), glioblastoma multiforme.
 * Max Mannheimer, 96, Czech-born German painter, author and Holocaust survivor.
 * Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, 77, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malang (1989–2016).
 * Michel Rousseau, 80, French cyclist, Olympic champion (1956).
 * Andrzej Tarkowski, 83, Polish embryologist.

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 * Christoph Albrecht, 86, German organist and conductor.
 * Donald Cartridge, 81, English cricketer (Hampshire).
 * Mel Charles, 81, Welsh footballer (Swansea, Arsenal, national team).
 * James Crowden, 88, British Olympic rower (1952).
 * Andy Gambucci, 87, American ice hockey player, Olympic silver medallist (1952).
 * Michael Kulich, 29, American adult entertainment executive.
 * Vladimir Kuzmichyov, 37, Russian footballer, traffic collision.
 * Wenche Lowzow, 90, Norwegian LGBT activist and politician, MP (1977–1985).
 * Arne Melchior, 91, Danish politician, MP (1973–1975, 1977–2001), Transport Minister (1982–86).
 * Klaus Moje, 79, German-Australian artist.
 * Bill Mollison, 88, Australian researcher, author, teacher and biologist.
 * Jack Nadel, 92, American entrepreneur and author.
 * Bill Nunn, 63, American actor (Do the Right Thing, Spider-Man, Sister Act), leukemia.
 * Matti Pulli, 83, Finnish ski jumping coach, Parkinson's disease.
 * Jacek Andrzej Rossakiewicz, 59, Polish painter.
 * Buckwheat Zydeco, 68, American accordionist and bandleader, lung cancer.

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 * Rudy Andabaker, 88, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
 * Jean Boissonnat, 87, French journalist.
 * David Budbill, 76, American poet and playwright, Parkinson's disease.
 * Henning Enoksen, 80, Danish footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1960).
 * José Fernández, 24, Cuban-born American baseball player (Miami Marlins), boat collision.
 * Dawn Hampton, 88, American cabaret and jazz singer, saxophonist, dancer and songwriter (Malcolm X).
 * Nahed Hattar, 56, Jordanian writer, shot.
 * Peter Henderson, 87, Australian public servant.
 * Hughie Jones, 89, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Loughborough (1986–1992).
 * Kashif, 59, American musician (B.T. Express) and record producer.
 * Hans Korte, 87, German actor (Spider's Web).
 * Hagen Liebing, 55, German musician (Die Ärzte), brain tumour.
 * K. Madhavan, 101, Indian politician.
 * René Marsiglia, 57, French football player and manager (Lille, Nice).
 * Victor Munden, 88, English cricketer (Leicestershire).
 * David Padilla, 89, Bolivian politician, President (1978–1979).
 * Arnold Palmer, 87, American Hall of Fame professional golfer.
 * Jean Shepard, 82, American honky tonk singer-songwriter ("A Dear John Letter", "Slippin' Away"), Parkinson's disease.
 * Sir Patrick Sissons, 71, British physician.
 * Joseph Sitruk, 71, Tunisian-born French rabbi.
 * Rod Temperton, 66, British songwriter ("Boogie Nights", "Always and Forever", "Thriller") and musician, cancer.
 * Robert Weinberg, 70, American science fiction author.
 * Anthony Xu Ji-wei, 81, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Taizhou (since 2010).

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 * Taz Anderson, 77, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons).
 * Richard Bishop, 66, American football player (New England Patriots).
 * Don Brothwell, 83, British archaeologist.
 * Giambattista Capretti, 70, Italian Olympic boxer (1968, 1972).
 * Joe Clay, 78, American rockabilly musician.
 * Jack Cotton, 91, American basketball player (Denver Nuggets).
 * Mark Dvoretsky, 68, Russian chess player and trainer.
 * Giacomo Fornoni, 76, Italian racing cyclist, Olympic gold medalist (1960).
 * Hans Hoffmeister, 80, German Olympic water polo player.
 * Etim Inyang, 84, Nigerian policeman.
 * Jack Kirrane, 88, American ice hockey player, Olympic gold medalist (1960).
 * Lee Kwang-jong, 52, South Korean football player and coach, leukemia.
 * Herschell Gordon Lewis, 90, American film director (Blood Feast, Two Thousand Maniacs!).
 * Jens Lothe, 84, Norwegian physicist.
 * Wilhelm Mohr, 99, Norwegian aviation officer.
 * Ioan Gyuri Pascu, 55, Romanian singer, producer, actor and comedian, heart attack.
 * Curtis Roosevelt, 86, American writer, heart attack.
 * Jan van Ruiten, 85, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (2002–2003).
 * Karel Růžička, 76, Czech jazz pianist, Anděl Award winner (1993).
 * Jackie Sewell, 89, English footballer (Notts County, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa).
 * Toughie, Panamanian frog, last surviving of the Rabbs fringe-limbed treefrog.

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 * Jamshid Amouzegar, 93, Iranian politician, Prime Minister (1977–1978), Minister of Finance (1965–1974).
 * Jef Billings, 71, American costume designer.
 * Jonathan David Brown, 60, American record producer and audio engineer.
 * Jacob Buksti, 69, Danish politician, Minister of Transport (2000–2001).
 * Randy Duncan, 79, American gridiron football player and lawyer.
 * Syed Shamsul Haque, 81, Bangladeshi poet and writer.
 * Ronald King Murray, Lord Murray, 94, Scottish politician and jurist, Lord Advocate (1974–1979).
 * Paddy O'Flaherty, 73, Northern Irish broadcaster.
 * Luis Ossio, 86, Bolivian politician, Vice President (1989–1993).
 * Sebastian Papaiani, 80, Romanian film and television actor.
 * Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa, 73, Malagasy Olympic athlete (1964, 1968, 1972).
 * Charles Schultze, 91, American economist and public policy analyst, complications from sepsis.
 * Hannan Shah, 74, Bangladeshi politician and army officer.
 * Serigne Abdou Thiam, 21, Qatari footballer (Al-Khor), cancer.
 * Haruko Wakita, 82, Japanese historian.
 * Rod Woodward, 72, Canadian football player (Ottawa Rough Riders).

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 * Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev, 32, Russian-born Azeri Olympic freestyle wrestler (2008) and ISIS terrorist, air strike.
 * Joseph V. Charyk, 96, Canadian-born American engineer, Under Secretary of the Air Force (1960–1963).
 * Seamus Dunne, 86, Irish footballer (Luton Town, national team).
 * Ann Emery, 86, British actress (Billy Elliot, Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde).
 * Johan Fischerström, 72, Swedish Olympic handball player.
 * Werner Friese, 70, German footballer (GDR national team).
 * Gary Glasberg, 50, American television producer and writer (NCIS, Crossing Jordan, Bones).
 * John F. Good, 80, American FBI agent who created the Abscam sting operation.
 * Graham Hawkins, 70, English football player (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers) and manager.
 * Michael Javaid, 65, Pakistani politician, heart attack.
 * Malcolm Lucas, 89, American judge, Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court (1987–1996), U.S. District Court Judge for the Central District of California (1971–1984).
 * Larkin Malloy, 62, American actor (The Edge of Night, Guiding Light, All My Children) and announcer, complications from a heart attack.
 * Sreten Mirković, 58, Serbian boxer, lung cancer.
 * Gloria Naylor, 66, American novelist (The Women of Brewster Place), heart attack.
 * Agnes Nixon, 93, American television writer and producer (One Life to Live, All My Children, Guiding Light).
 * Shimon Peres, 93, Polish-born Israeli statesman, President (2007–2014), Prime Minister (1977, 1984–1986, 1995–1996), Nobel Laureate (1994), stroke.
 * Timothy Pesci, 72, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1989-2000).
 * Max Walker, 68, Australian Test cricketer and football player, myeloma.

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 * Raúl Águila, 86, Chilean footballer.
 * Terence Brady, 77, British writer (Upstairs, Downstairs) and actor.
 * Cheng Yu-tung, 91, Hong Kong businessman (Chow Tai Fook).
 * Nora Dean, 72, Jamaican singer.
 * Miriam Defensor Santiago, 71, Filipino politician and judge, Senator (1995–2001, 2004–2016), International Criminal Court Judge (2012–2014), lung cancer.
 * Gilles Dubé, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens).
 * Hidden Lake, 23, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
 * Shirley Jaffe, 93, American painter and sculptor.
 * Jim Kilroy, 94, American sport-sailor and maxi yacht racer.
 * Joni Madraiwiwi, 59, Fijian lawyer and politician, Vice President of Fiji (2004–2006), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nauru (since 2014).
 * Herbert Martin, 91, German footballer (1. FC Saarbrücken, Saarland national team).
 * Sandra Morgen, 66, American feminist anthropologist.
 * Ashok Pai, 69, Indian psychiatrist and film producer, cardiac arrest.
 * Isabel Piczek, 88, Hungarian ecclesiastical artist.
 * Joseph Verner Reed Jr., 78, American banker and diplomat.
 * Mark Ricks, 92, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho (2006–2007) and State Senator (1979–1994).
 * Anthony Ryle, 89, English medical doctor.
 * Otto ter Haar, 73, Dutch Olympian
 * Laura Troschel, 71, Italian actress (Four Flies on Grey Velvet), singer, and model.
 * Ralph V. Whitworth, 60, American businessman, cancer.
 * Brahim Zniber, 96, Moroccan businessman and vintner.

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 * George Barris, 94, American photographer (Marilyn Monroe).
 * Ted Benoit, 69, French comics artist and graphic novelist.
 * Gordon Borrie, Baron Borrie, 85, English lawyer and life peer.
 * Charles Brading, 81, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1993–2000).
 * Oscar Brand, 96, Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter, author and radio broadcaster (WNYC).
 * Michael Casswell, 53, English guitarist, drowned.
 * Herawati Diah, 99, Indonesian journalist.
 * Paul Frantz, 89, French football player and manager (Strasbourg).
 * Frederic C. Hamilton, 89, American oilman and arts philanthropist.
 * Hanoi Hannah, 85, Vietnamese radio personality.
 * Arthur Harnden, 92, American sprinter, Olympic gold medalist (1948).
 * Bjarni Jónsson, 96, Icelandic mathematician.
 * Lilleba Lund Kvandal, 76, Norwegian opera singer.
 * Mike Towell, 25, Scottish professional boxer, injuries sustained in a bout.
 * Jim Zapp, 92, American baseball player (Baltimore Elite Giants).