Deaths In February 2017

The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2017.

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.

February 2017

1

*E. Ahamed, 78, Indian politician, Minister of External Affairs (2004–2014), heart attack.
* Anne Arrasmith, 70, American artist and curator.
* Keith Barber, 72–73, British geographer.
*Asim Basu, 81, Indian theatre director, lung infection.
*David Peter Battaglia, 86, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1977–1995).
* Lars-Erik Berenett, 74, Swedish actor (''Jordskott'', ''Skilda världar'').
*Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarapuava (1986–1992) and Archbishop of Londrina (1992–2006), surgical complications.
*Mark Brownson, 41, American baseball player (Colorado Rockies).
* Desmond Carrington, 90, British actor ('' Emergency – Ward 10'') and broadcaster.
*Robert Dahlqvist, 40, Swedish rock singer and guitarist ( The Hellacopters, Dundertåget), drowning as a result of a seizure.
*Constantin Dinulescu, 85, Romanian footballer (AS Progresul București).
* Sandy Gandhi, 59, Indian-born Australian comedian.
*Stig Grybe, 88, Swedish actor (''Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High'').
*Cor van der Hoeven, 95, Dutch footballer ( Ajax).
*William Melvin Kelley, 79, American novelist, complications from kidney failure.
* Basilio Lami Dozo, 88, Argentine military officer.
*Carter Manny, 98, American architect.
* Sir Ken Morrison, 85, British businessman, president of Morrisons.
* Oskar A. Munch, 88, Norwegian businessman ( ABB Group).
*Bernardine Portenski, 67, New Zealand long-distance runner, ovarian cancer.
*Alma Redlinger, 92, Romanian painter.
*Edward Tipper, 95, American World War II veteran (Easy Company), depicted in '' Band of Brothers''.
* Étienne Tshisekedi, 84, Congolese politician, Prime Minister (1991, 1992–1993, 1997), pulmonary embolism.
*Antoon Verschoot, 91, Belgian bugler.
* Esther K. Walling, 76, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1983–1989), cancer.
*A. N. Yiannopoulos, 88, Greek-born American legal academic.

2

*Gordon Aikman, 31, British ALS campaigner, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
*José Antonio Alonso, 56, Spanish politician, Minister of the Interior (2004–2006) and Defence (2006–2008), lung cancer.
*Alvin Baldus, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district (1975–1981) and the Wisconsin State Assembly (1966–1975, 1989–1997).
*Angelo Bissessarsingh, 34, Trinidadian historian and author, pancreatic cancer.
*Tom Drake, 86, American wrestler and politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1960–1992), Speaker (1983–1987).
* John Hilton, 74, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions), fall.
*Bertram Kostant, 88, American mathematician.
*Max Lüscher, 93, Swiss psychotherapist.
*George Maderos, 83, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
* Predrag Matvejević, 84, Bosnian-Croatian writer and literature professor.
* Peter McArthur, 79, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Ringwood (1976–1982).
*Perry McGriff, 79, American football player and politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2000–2002).
*Shunichiro Okano, 85, Japanese football player, manager ( national team) and sports executive, lung cancer.
*Miltos Papapostolou, 81, Greek football player and manager ( AEK Athens, national team).
*Ruan Posheng, 100, Chinese politician, member of the National People's Congress (1979–1988).
*Jeff Sauer, 73, American ice hockey coach ( Wisconsin Badgers), pancreatic cancer.
*Seymour Jonathan Singer, 92, American cell biologist.
* Su Hongjun, 76, Chinese astronomer.
* Gonzalo Taboada, 88, Spanish Olympic bobsledder (1956).

3

*Dritëro Agolli, 85, Albanian writer, pulmonary disease.
* Zoya Bulgakova, 102, Russian actress.
* Earl H. Carroll, 91, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (1980–1994).
*Carmelo Cassati, 92, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (1990–1999).
*Marjorie Corcoran, 66, American particle physicist, traffic collision.
* Anthony French, 96, British-American physicist, contributor to the Manhattan Project.
* Joseph Green, 82, American academic and theatre producer.
* Joe Grima, 80, Maltese politician and broadcaster (Radio Malta).
* Yoshiro Hayashi, 89, Japanese politician, Minister of Finance (1992–1993), multiple organ failure.
* John M. Hayes, 76, American geochemist, pulmonary fibrosis.
*Roy Heenan, 81, Canadian lawyer and academic, founder of Heenan Blaikie.
*Colin Hutton, 90, English rugby league player (Widnes, Hull F.C.), manager and executive ( Hull Kingston Rovers).
*Hassan Joharchi, 48, Iranian actor, liver disease.
*Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, 66, Brazilian trade unionist, First Lady (2003–2010), stroke.
* Richard Lyon, 93, American admiral and politician, Mayor of Oceanside, California (1992–2000).
*Shumon Miura, 91, Japanese Third Generation author, pneumonia.
*Benny Perrin, 57, American football player ( St. Louis Cardinals), suicide by gunshot.
*Lou Rowan, 91, Australian Test cricket umpire.
*Lorenzo Servitje, 98, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Grupo Bimbo.
*Martin Gotthard Schneider, 86, German theologian, cantor and church music composer.
* Bob Stewart, 66, Canadian ice hockey player ( California Golden Seals, St. Louis Blues).
* Don Trousdell, 79, American artist.
*Michael Whinney, 86, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Southwell (1985–1988).

4

* Neil Betts, 90, Australian rugby union player (Queensland, Wallabies).
* Antonio Casale, 84, Italian actor ('' The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'', ''Le salamandre'').
*Gervase de Peyer, 90, British clarinetist.
* García de Andoin, 83, Spanish football player and manager.
*John Gay, 92, American screenwriter (''Run Silent, Run Deep'', '' Separate Tables'').
*Basil Hetzel, 94, Australian medical researcher, iodine deficiency campaigner.
* Hans van der Hoek, 83, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord).
*John Howes, 92, American professor of Asian studies.
*Steve Lang, 67, Canadian bass guitarist ( April Wine), complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Margaret Mungherera, 59, Ugandan physician, President of the World Medical Association (2013–2014), cancer.
* Sir Kenneth Newman, 90, British police officer, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (1982–1987).
*Ivor Noël Hume, 89, British archaeologist (Wolstenholme Towne).
* David Phillips, 60, American cinematographer ('' The Basketball Diaries'', ''Saturday Night Live'').
* Tim Piazza, 19, American student, injuries sustained in a hazing.
*Bano Qudsia, 88, Pakistani writer ('' Raja Gidh'').
*Noel Simms, 82, Jamaican reggae percussionist and singer, lung cancer.
* Marc Spitz, 47, American writer (''We Got the Neutron Bomb'', '' Bowie: A Biography'') and music journalist (''Spin'').
* Georgy Taratorkin, 72, Russian stage and film actor.
* Yang Shiming, 92, Chinese thermodynamicist.

5

*Irma Adelman, 86, Romanian-born American economist.
* Rahila Al Riyami, Omani politician.
* García de Andoin, 83, Spanish football player and manager (Espanyol).
* David Axelrod, 85, American arranger, composer and producer, lung cancer.
*Ron Billingsley, 71, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Houston Oilers).
*Ray Christensen, 92, American sportscaster ( WCCO), upper respiratory infection.
* Betty Collette, 86, American veterinary pathologist.
* Glen Dudbridge, 78–79, British sinologist.
*Sonny Geraci, 70, American singer ( The Outsiders, Climax).
*Gila Goldstein, 69, Italian-born Israeli actress, singer and transgender rights activist, stroke.
* Luis Gómez-Montejano, 94, Spanish football executive, President of Real Madrid (2006).
*Björn Granath, 70, Swedish actor ('' Madicken'', '' Pelle the Conqueror'', '' The American'').
* Carroll Izard, 93, American psychologist.
*Kálmán Katona, 69, Hungarian politician.
*Thomas Lux, 70, American poet, lung cancer.
*Gopalkrishna P. Nayak, 89, Indian writer.
* James Sankowski, 67, American ceramic artist.
* Suranjit Sengupta, 71, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 1979).
* Harry Sullivan, 84, Australian VFL footballer (Carlton, Collingwood).

6

*Ivar Aronsson, 88, Swedish rower, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
* Boy Asistio, 80, Filipino politician, Mayor of Caloocan (1980–1986, 1988–1995).
*Len Bosman, 93, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives for St George (1963–1969).
* Bill Britton, 82, Canadian football player ( BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders).
* Irwin Corey, 102, American comedian ('' The Steve Allen Show'') and actor.
*David Culver, 92, Canadian businessman ( Alcan).
*Christine Dolce, 35, American model, liver failure.
*Marc Drogin, 80, American writer and illustrator.
* Raymond Clare Edwards, 96, Canadian politician.
* José Gea Escolano, 87, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ibiza (1976–1987) and Mondoñedo-Ferrol (1987–2005).
* Neil Gehrels, 64, American astronomer, pancreatic cancer.
* Stan Jones, 67, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1974–1990).
* Inge Keller, 93, German actress (''The Last Year'', ''Aimée & Jaguar'', ''Lola and Billy the Kid'').
*Djelloul Khatib, 80, Algerian independence activist and politician.
*Alec McCowen, 91, English actor ('' A Night to Remember'', ''Frenzy'', '' Gangs of New York'').
*Frances Prince, 79, American politician.
*Ted Proud, 86, British postal historian.
*Vacys Reimeris, 95, Lithuanian poet.
*Luis Santamarina, 74, Spanish Olympic bicycle racer (1964) .
* Roy Forge Smith, 87, British production designer (''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'', ''Ghost Whisperer'', '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'').
* Raymond Smullyan, 97, American mathematician and philosopher.
* Deborah Lynn Steinberg, 55, American-British academic, author, educator and sociologist, breast cancer.
* Albert Stubblebine, 87, American major general.
*Roger Walkowiak, 89, French racing cyclist, Tour de France winner (1956).
* Joost van der Westhuizen, 45, South African rugby union player (Bulls, Blue Bulls, South Africa national rugby team, national team), motor neuron disease.
*Ritchie Yorke, 73, Australian music journalist, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

7

*Svend Asmussen, 100, Danish jazz violinist.
*Matt Baker (horse trainer), Matt Baker, 61, American horse trainer and jockey.
*Pat Beard, 69, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1983–1994), complications from exposure to Agent Orange.
*Valeriu Bularca, 85, Romanian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964).
*Andrew Davison (American football), Andrew Davison, 37, American football player (New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys).
*Sotsha Dlamini, 76, Swazi politician, List of Prime Ministers of Swaziland, Prime Minister (1986–1989), fall.
*Smail Hamdani, 86, Algerian politician, Prime Minister of Algeria, Prime Minister (1998–1999).
*Richard Hatch (actor), Richard Hatch, 71, American actor (''Battlestar Galactica'', ''The Streets of San Francisco'', ''All My Children''), pancreatic cancer.
*Michael Henshall, 88, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Warrington (1976–1996).
*Huang Mulan, 110, Chinese secret agent.
*Loukianos Kilaidonis, 73, Greek singer-songwriter, respiratory infection.
*Martti Laitinen, 87, Finnish footballer.
*Sidney H. Liebson, 96, American scientist.
*Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, 93, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca, Cuenca (1981–2000).
*Norah McClintock, 59, Canadian author, ovarian cancer.
*Miho Nakayama (comedian), Miho Nakayama, 78, Japanese comedian.
*Nilawan Pintong, 101, Thai writer.
*Gianfranco Plenizio, 76, Italian composer and conductor (''Hotel Rwanda'').
*Antonín Přidal, 81, Czech writer and translator.
*Hans Rosling, 68, Swedish academic, professor of International Health and co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation, pancreatic cancer.
*John Salt (bishop), John Salt, 75, British Anglican bishop, Diocese of St Helena (1999–2011).
*Tzvetan Todorov, 77, Bulgarian-French philosopher.
*Richard B. Wright, 79, Canadian novelist (''Clara Callan'').

8

*Ljubiša Beara, 77, Bosnian military officer and convicted war criminal.
*Timothy Behrens, 79, British painter.
*Alvin C. Bush, 93, American politician.
*Viktor Chanov, 57, Ukrainian footballer, beaten.
*Richard DuFour, 69, American educational researcher, cancer.
*Georges El-Murr, 86, Lebanese-born Jordanian Melkite Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia in Amman, Petra and Philadelphia (1992–2007) and Patriarchal Exarch of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq, Iraq (1997–2004).
*Giorgio Giacomelli, 87, Italian diplomat.
*Kjell Heggelund, 84, Norwegian writer and editor.
*Arthur Hyman, 95, American academic.
*Elihu Lauterpacht, Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, 88, British lawyer.
*Peter Mansfield, Sir Peter Mansfield, 83, English physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2003).
*Rina Matsuno, 18, Japanese pop singer (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku), lethal arrhythmia.
*Brendan McGahon, 80, Irish politician, Teachta Dála, TD (1982–2002).
*Patrick Mumbure Mutume, 73, Zimbabwean Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Mutare, Mutare (since 1979).
*Mohamud Muse Hersi, Somali politician, 79–80, President of Puntland (2005–2009).
*Ólöf Nordal, 50, Icelandic politician, Minister of the Interior (Iceland), Minister of the Interior (2014–2017), cancer.
*Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, 45, British socialite and television presenter, perforated ulcer and peritonitis.
*José Luis Pérez de Arteaga, 66, Spanish music critic, musicologist and journalist.
*Tom Raworth, 78, British poet and publisher.
*Tony Särkkä, 44, Swedish multi-instrumentalist (Abruptum, Ophthalamia).
*Alan Simpson (scriptwriter), Alan Simpson, 87, British comedy scriptwriter (''Hancock's Half Hour'', ''Comedy Playhouse'', ''Steptoe and Son''), lung disease.
*Steve Sumner, 61, English-born New Zealand footballer (Christchurch United, Manurewa AFC, Manurewa, New Zealand national football team, national team), prostate cancer.
*Mikhail Tolstykh, 36, Ukrainian Donetsk People's Republic, DPR separatist commander (War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbass), rocket launcher explosion.
*Yoshio Tsuchiya, 89, Japanese actor (''Seven Samurai'', ''The Human Vapor'', ''Funeral Parade of Roses'').
*Jan Vansina, 87, Belgian historian and professor (University of Wisconsin–Madison).
*John Wells (British politician, born 1925), Sir John Wells, 91, British politician, Member of parliament, MP (1959–1987), complications from a fall.

9

*Serge Baguet, 47, Belgian racing cyclist, colon cancer.
*Walter Brasch, 71, American journalist.
*Donald Leslie Brothers, 93, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1958–1972).
*Chen Hsing-ling, 92, Taiwanese military officer, head of the Republic of China Air Force, Air Force and Republic of China Armed Forces, Armed Forces.
*Marcel Dandeneau, 85, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1975–1979), cancer.
*Radu Gabrea, 79, Romanian film director (''Călătoria lui Gruber'') and screenwriter.
*Claude Geffré, 91, French Roman Catholic theologian.
*Barbara Gelb, 91, American biographer, playwright and journalist.
*Kenneth Harrap, 85, British biochemist.
*Piet Keizer, 73, Dutch footballer ( Ajax, Netherlands national football team, national team), lung cancer.
*Josefina Leiner, 88, Mexican actress.
*Packy (elephant), Packy, 54, American-born Asian elephant, euthanized.
*Simon Porter (cricketer), Simon Porter, 66, English cricket player and administrator (Oxfordshire County Cricket Club, Oxfordshire).
*André Salvat, 96, French Army colonel.
*Warren Unna, 93, American journalist (''The Washington Post''), congestive heart failure.

10

*Wiesław Adamski, 69, Polish sculptor, stroke.
*Roger Boas, 95, American politician, Chief administrative officer, Chief Administrative Officer of San Francisco (1977-1986).
*Albert Boscov, 87, American businessman (Boscov's), pancreatic cancer.
*Edward Bryant, 71, American science fiction and horror writer.
*Miles Cahn, 95, American businessman, co-founder of Coach, Inc.
*H. R. Crawford, 78, American real estate developer and politician, prostate cancer.
*Peter Farrer, 90, English author and cross-dresser.
*Maxine Grimm, 102, American religious figure (Latter-day Saints).
*Larry Hickman, 81, American football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Green Bay Packers).
*Max Hooper (naturalist), Max Hooper, 82, English naturalist.
*Mike Ilitch, 87, American businessman (Little Caesars, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers).
*Dahlov Ipcar, 99, American painter and author.
*Piet Keizer, 73, Dutch footballer (AFC Ajax).
*Ben Martin (photographer), Ben Martin, 86, American photographer, complications from pulmonary fibrosis.
*Hal Moore, 94, American lieutenant general and author (''We Were Soldiers Once… And Young'').
*Yuriy Poyarkov, 80, Ukrainian volleyball player, Olympic champion (Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 1964, Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 1968).
*Royal Delta, 9, American racehorse, foaling complications.
*Bob Sweetan, 76, Canadian professional wrestler.
*Charles Truman, 67, British art historian.
*Wang Lin (qigong master), Wang Lin, 64, Chinese qigong master, multiple organ failure.
*Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, 78, Japanese swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956, Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960), pneumonia.

11

*Danièle Djamila Amrane-Minne, 77, French-Algerian political activist, academic and writer.
*Bruno A. Boley, 92, Italian-born American engineer.
*Joseph Bonnar, 68, English rugby league player.
*Jeremy Geathers, 30, American arena football player (Spokane Shock, Orlando Predators), traffic collision.
*Chavo Guerrero Sr., 68, American professional wrestler (NWA Hollywood Wrestling, NWA, American Wrestling Association, AWA, WWE), liver cancer.
*Eivind Hjelmtveit, 90, Norwegian cultural administrator (Riksteatret, Oslo Kino).
*Knut Kleve, 90, Norwegian philologist.
*Vasily Kudinov, 47, Russian handball player, Olympic champion (Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 1992, Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2000).
*Allan Juel Larsen, 85, Danish Olympic cyclist.
*Howard Leeds, 97, Canadian-born American television producer and writer (''The Brady Bunch'', ''Silver Spoons'', ''Diff'rent Strokes'').
*Harvey Lichtenstein, 87, American arts administrator (Brooklyn Academy of Music), complications from a stroke.
*Kurt Marti, 96, Swiss poet and theologian.
*Fab Melo, 26, Brazilian basketball player (Boston Celtics).
*M. Mike Miller, 87, American travel writer and politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1971–1987).
*Piet Rentmeester, 78, Dutch racing cyclist.
*Jaap Rijks, 97, Dutch Olympic equestrian (Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948).
*Jarmila Šuláková, 87, Czech folk singer.
*Jiro Taniguchi, 69, Japanese manga artist (''A Distant Neighborhood'').
*Juan Ulloa, 82, Costa Rican footballer (Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, Alajuelense, Costa Rica national football team, national team).
*Jozef Zlatňanský, 89, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Mons Faliscus (since 1997) and Secretary of Interdicasterial Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe, ICCEE (1997–2004).

12

*Dave Adolph, 79, American football coach (Cleveland Browns, History of the San Diego Chargers, San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Raiders), cancer.
*Sam Arday, 71, Ghanaian football coach (Ghana national football team, national team).
*Herminio Bautista, 82, Filipino actor and director (''Bagets''), member of Quezon City, Quezon City Council (1988–1991).
*Jay Bontatibus, 52, American actor (''The Young and the Restless'', ''General Hospital''), cancer.
*Stacy Bromberg, 60, American woman darts player, world champion (2010 PDC Women's World Darts Championship, 2010), cancer.
*Barbara Carroll, 92, American jazz pianist.
*Sara Coward, 69, British actress (''The Archers''), breast cancer.
*Damian (musician), Damian, 52, British pop singer, cancer.
*Nancy Diamond, 75, Canadian politician, Mayor of Oshawa, Ontario (1991–2003).
*Åsleik Engmark, 51, Norwegian actor and comedian.
*Hector Fautario, 92, Argentine Air Force officer.
*Al Jarreau, 76, American jazz and R&B singer ("Moonlighting (theme song), Moonlighting", "Since I Fell for You", "We Are the World"), seven-time Grammy Award, Grammy winner, respiratory failure.
*Hamida Khuhro, 80, Pakistani politician, writer, professor and historian.
*Sione Lauaki, 35, Tongan-born New Zealand rugby union player (Chiefs (Super rugby franchise), Chiefs, New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand national team), kidney failure.
*Yitzhak Livni, 82, Israeli media executive and writer.
*Alice Ludes, 104, American singer.
*Albert Malbois, 101, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes, Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes (1966–1977).
*Anna Marguerite McCann, 83, American archaeologist and art historian.
*Quentin Moses, 33, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Arizona Cardinals), house fire.
*Bobby Murdoch (footballer, born 1936), Bobby Murdoch, 81, English footballer (Liverpool F.C., Liverpool).
*Giusto Pio, 91, Italian violinist and songwriter ("I treni di Tozeur").
*Ren Xinmin, 101, Chinese rocket scientist.
*Clint Roberts (politician), Clint Roberts, 82, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota's 2nd congressional district (1981–1983), Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD.
*David Seals, 69, American author and screenwriter (''Powwow Highway'').
*Krystyna Sienkiewicz, 81, Polish actress and singer.

13

*Ricardo Arias Calderón, 83, Panamanian politician, Vice President of Panama, Vice President (1990–1992).
*Aage Birch, 90, Danish sailor, Olympic silver medalist (Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Dragon, 1968).
*Edward E. David Jr., 92, American electrical engineer, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology (1970–1973).
*Melvin Defleur, 93, American mass communications scholar.
*Harold Denton, 80, American public servant, Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
*Raymond Dugrand, 92, French geographer.
*E-Dubble, 34, American rap artist, infection.
*Mostafa El-Abbadi, 88, Egyptian historian, heart failure.
*Fame and Glory, 11, Irish racehorse, winner of the Irish Derby and Ascot Gold Cup, heart attack.
*Paulo Henrique Filho, 52, Brazilian footballer.
*Jan Grabowski (speedway rider), Jan Grabowski, 66, Polish speedway rider.
*Aileen Hernandez, 90, American union organizer and women's rights activist, National Organization for Women, President of the National Organization for Women (1970–1971).
*Gerald Hirschfeld, 95, American cinematographer (''Young Frankenstein'', ''Fail Safe (1964 film), Fail Safe'').
*Giorgos Ioannou, 90, Greek artist.
*Kim Jong-nam, 45, North Korean political figure, member of Kim dynasty (North Korea), Kim dynasty, poisoned.
*Bruce Lansbury, 87, British-American television producer (''Murder, She Wrote'', ''The Wild Wild West'', ''Knight Rider (1982 TV series), Knight Rider'') and screenwriter, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
*Lucky Pulpit, 16, American racehorse, heart attack.
*John Rote, 88, American hockey player.
*J. Glenn Schneider, 81, American educator and politician.
*Salma Siddiqui, 85, Indian novelist.
*Darrell K. Smith, 55, American football player (Toronto Argonauts), cancer.
*Momo Wandel Soumah (footballer), Momo Wandel Soumah, 39, Guinean footballer.
*Seijun Suzuki, 93, Japanese director and screenwriter.
*Satya Pal Wahi, 88, Indian corporate executive (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation).
*Rebecca Welles, 89, American actress.

14

*Anne Aaserud, 74, Norwegian art historian.
*Mikhail Agranovich (mathematician), Mikhail Agranovich, 86, Russian mathematician.
*B. B. Bhattacharya, 71, Indian economist and professor, cardiac arrest.
*Cipriano Chemello, 71, Italian racing cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist (Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit, 1968).
*Adrien Duvillard (alpine skier born 1934), Adrien Duvillard, 82, French Olympic skier (Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom, 1956, Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom, 1960).
*Siegfried Herrmann, 84, German Olympic long-distance runner (Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres, 1956, Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres, 1964).
*Ríkharður Jónsson, 87, Icelandic footballer.
*Jiří Lanský, 83, Czech Olympic high jumper (1960 Summer Olympics, 1960), European championship silver medalist (1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, 1954, 1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, 1958).
*Elisabeth Lichtenberger, 91, Austrian geographer.
*Molly Mahood, 97, British literary scholar.
*Joseph Neal, 66, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (since 1993).
*Paul Nguyên Van Hòa, 85, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Phan Thiết, Phan Thiết (1975) and Roman Catholic Diocese of Nha Trang, Nha Trang (1975–2009).
*Deanna Summers, 76, American songwriter ("Goodbye Priscilla (Bye Bye Baby Blue)").
*Odd Tandberg, 92, Norwegian painter.
*Hans Trass, 88, Estonian botanist.
*Casimir Wang Mi-lu, 74, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Qinzhou, Qinzhou (1981–2003).
*John Watkinson (chemist), John Watkinson, 84, New Zealand soil chemist.
*George Herbert Weiss, 86, American mathematician.
*Walter Wheeler (politician), Walter Wheeler, 91, American politician.

15

*Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra, 67, Portuguese royal.
*Rich Ingold, 53, American arena football player and coach (Washington Commandos, Quad City Steamwheelers, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers).
*Manfred Kaiser, 88, German football player and manager (BSG Wismut Gera, Wismut Gera).
*Margareta Kjellin, 68, Swedish politician, Riksdagen, MP (since 2006), lung cancer.
*Olavi Luoto, 90, Finnish Olympian.
*Stuart McLean, 68, Canadian radio broadcaster (''The Vinyl Cafe''), melanoma.
*Michèle McQuigg, 69, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1998–2008).
*Roy Proverbs, 84, English footballer (Gillingham F.C., Gillingham).
*Gelek Rimpoche, 77, Tibetan-born American Buddhist teacher.
*José Solé, 87, Mexican stage actor and director.
*Tadeusz Swietochowski, 84, Polish-American historian.
*Loren Wiseman, 65, American game designer (Game Designers' Workshop), heart attack.

16

*Cordelia Agbebaku, 55, Nigerian academic administrator.
*Josef Augusta (ice hockey), Josef Augusta, 70, Czech ice hockey player and coach, Olympic silver medalist (Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics, 1976), pancreatic cancer.
*William Beck (alpine skier), William Beck, 87, American Olympic skier.
*Dick Bruna, 89, Dutch author and illustrator (''Miffy'').
*Les Cocker (footballer, born 1939), Les Cocker, 77, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton).
*Teresa del Conde, 82, Mexican art historian and critic.
*Norman Thomas di Giovanni, 83, American editor and translator.
*Ross Greenberg, 60, American journalist and antivirus pioneer, pneumonia and multiple sclerosis.
*Bengt Gustavsson, 89, Swedish football player and manager.
*Hamish Hardie, 88, British Olympic sailor.
*Isahak Isahakyan, 83, Armenian banker, chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia, Central Bank (1986–1994).
*Jannis Kounellis, 80, Greek-Italian artist.
*Elsa Marston, 83, American author.
*Osmond P. Martin, 86, Belizean Roman Catholic Prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize City-Belmopan (1983–2006).
*Dimitris Mytaras, 83, Greek painter.
*Pericoma Okoye, 81–82, Nigerian singer.
*Ali Osman (composer), Ali Osman, 58–59, Sudanese composer and conductor.
*Richard Pankhurst (Ethiopianist), Richard Pankhurst, 89, British academic.
*Peter Richardson (cricketer), Peter Richardson, 85, English cricketer (Worcestershire County Cricket Club, Worcestershire, Kent County Cricket Club, Kent, England cricket team, national team).
*Krishnaraj Sriram, 43, Indian cricketer, cardiac arrest.
*George Steele, 79, American professional wrestler (WWE, WWF) and actor (''Ed Wood (film), Ed Wood''), renal failure.
*Jerome Tuccille, 80, American writer and activist.
*Wang Ben-hu, 63, Taiwanese television presenter, cancer.
*Duke Washington, 83, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), pneumonia.
*Ep Wieldraaijer, 89, Dutch politician, member of House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives (1963–1974).

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*Alan Aldridge, 73, British graphic designer (The Who, Elton John).
*Charles L. Bartlett (journalist), Charles L. Bartlett, 95, American journalist (''Chattanooga Times''), Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, Pulitzer Prize winner (1956), heart ailment.
*Evangelos Basiakos, 63, Greek politician, Parliament of Greece, MP (since 1989), heart attack.
*Nicole Bass, 52, American bodybuilder and professional wrestler (WWE, WWF, Extreme Championship Wrestling, ECW, Xtreme Pro Wrestling, XPW), stroke.
*David Braine (philosopher), David Braine, 76, British philosopher.
*Helmut Brenner, 60, Austrian musicologist.
*P. Michael Conneally, 85, American geneticist.
*Lars Engberg, 74, Danish politician, List of lord mayors of Copenhagen, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen (2004–2005).
*Tore Eriksson, 79, Swedish biathlete, Olympic bronze medalist (Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics, 1968).
*Just Faaland, 95, Norwegian economist.
*Warren Frost, 91, American actor (''Twin Peaks'', ''Matlock (TV series), Matlock'', ''Seinfeld'').
*Börge Hellström, 59, Swedish writer (Roslund/Hellström), cancer.
*Tomislav Ivančić, 78, Croatian Roman Catholic theologian and academic.
*Cecil J. Kempf, 89, American military officer, Chief of United States Navy Reserve (1983–1987).
*Emmanuelle Khanh, 79, French stylist and fashion designer, pancreatic cancer.
*Kim Ji-young (actress, born 1938), Kim Ji-young, 78, South Korean actress (''The Crucible (2011 film), Silenced'', ''Arahan'', ''Too Beautiful to Lie'').
*Louis Quatorze (horse), Louis Quatorze, 24, American thoroughbred racehorse and sire, heart attack.
*Theodore J. Lowi, 85, American political scientist.
*Robert H. Michel, 93, American politician, United States House of Representatives, U.S Representative from Illinois's 18th congressional district, Illinois's 18th district (1957–1995), pneumonia.
*Leonard Myers (American football), Leonard Myers, 38, American football player (New England Patriots), cancer.
*Isarapong Noonpakdee, 83, Thai army officer, List of Commanders of the Royal Thai Army, Commander of the Royal Thai Army (1992).
*Michael Novak, 83, American Roman Catholic theologian, complications from colon cancer.
*Russ Prior, 67, Canadian Olympic weightlifter (1976 Summer Olympics, 1976), world championship bronze medalist (1976 World Weightlifting Championships, 1976).
*Tom Regan, 78, American philosopher and animal rights advocate, pneumonia.
*Andrew Schneider (journalist), Andrew Schneider, 74, American journalist (''Pittsburgh Press'', ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer''), Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting, Pulitzer Prize winner (1986, 1987), heart failure.
*Hank Searls, 94, American author and screenwriter.
*Ved Prakash Sharma, 61, Indian writer, lung cancer.
*Peter Skellern, 69, English singer-songwriter, brain cancer.
*Niki Stajković, 57, Austrian Olympic diver (1972 Summer Olympics, 1972,1976 Summer Olympics, 1976,1980 Summer Olympics, 1980,1988 Summer Olympics, 1988,1992 Summer Olympics, 1992), European championship silver medalist (1987 European Aquatics Championships, 1987), heart failure.
*James Stevenson (illustrator), James Stevenson, 87, American illustrator and author.
*Su Qiang, 85, Chinese inorganic chemist.
*Thomas Sweeney (rugby union), Thomas Sweeney, 87, Australian rugby union player.
*Michael Tuchner, 82, British film and theatre director.
*Marko Veselica, 81, Croatian politician, economist and convicted dissident.
*Tony Vinson, 81, Australian social scientist.
*Nicholas Wall (judge), Sir Nicholas Wall, 71, English judge, President of the Family Division (2010–2012).
*Magnus Wenninger, 97, American mathematician and author.

18

*Omar Abdel-Rahman, 78, Egyptian Muslim leader and convicted terrorist.
*Victor Arbekov, 74, Russian motocross racer, Motocross World Championship, world champion (1965).
*Jambuwantrao Dhote, 77, Indian politician, cardiac arrest.
*Nick Dupree, 34, American disability rights activist, sepsis and cardiac failure.
*Lyla Elliott, 82, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (1971–1986), cancer.
*Gene Hatfield, 91, American artist.
*Roger Hynd, 75, Scottish football player (Rangers F.C., Rangers, Birmingham City) and manager (Motherwell F.C., Motherwell).
*Kris Kaspersky, 40, Russian computer security researcher, injuries sustained in skydiving accident.
*Ivan Koloff, 74, Canadian professional wrestler (WWE, WWF, National Wrestling Alliance, NWA), liver cancer.
*Erland Kops, 80, Danish badminton player, European championship silver medalist (1970 European Badminton Championships, 1970).
*Tom Larson (Wisconsin politician), Tom Larson, 69, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (2011–2016), lung cancer.
*Norma McCorvey, 69, American political activist, plaintiff in U.S. Supreme Court case ''Roe v. Wade''.
*Henk Nienhuis, 75, Dutch football player and manager (SC Veendam, Veendam).
*Michael Ogio, Sir Michael Ogio, 74, Papua New Guinean politician, Governor-General of Papua New Guinea, Governor-General (since 2010).
*Nadiya Olizarenko, 63, Ukrainian track athlete, Olympic champion (Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres, 1980).
*Samuel Poyntz, 90, Irish prelate, Bishop of Connor (1987–1995).
*John Ross (chemist), John Ross, 90, Austrian-born American chemist.
*Richard Schickel, 84, American film critic (''Time (magazine), Time''), complications from a series of strokes.
*Lawrence F. Snowden, 95, American military officer.
*Pasquale Squitieri, 78, Italian film director and screenwriter.
*Clyde Stubblefield, 73, American drummer (James Brown), kidney failure.
*Sulamani, 17, Irish racehorse, euthanized.
*Alan Thompson (British politician), Alan Thompson, 92, British academic and politician, MP for Dunfermline Burghs (UK Parliament constituency), Dunfermline Burghs (1959–1964).
*Dan Vickerman, 37, South African-born Australian rugby union footballer (ACT Brumbies, Brumbies, New South Wales Waratahs, Waratahs, Australia national rugby union team, national team), suicide.
*Carmen Delgado Votaw, 81, Puerto Rican civil rights activist.

19

*Alejandro Atchugarry, 64, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Economy and Finance (2002–2003), aneurysm.
*Shibaji Banerjee, 60s, Indian footballer (Mohun Bagan A.C., Mohun Bagan), heart attack.
*Xavier Beulin, 58, French agribusiness executive (Avril Group, Avril), heart attack.
*Charismatic (horse), Charismatic, 20, American racehorse, winner of the 1999 Kentucky Derby and the 1999 Preakness Stakes, pelvic hemorrhage.
*Richard J. Coffee, 92, American politician, Chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee (1977–1981).
*Larry Coryell, 73, American jazz guitarist, heart failure.
*Don Dixon, Baron Dixon, 87, British politician, MP for Jarrow (UK Parliament constituency), Jarrow (1979–1997).
*Dean Ehlers, 87, American college basketball coach (Memphis Tigers men's basketball, Memphis, James Madison Dukes men's basketball, James Madison).
*Kaci Kullmann Five, 65, Norwegian politician, Storting (1981–1997) and Chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (since 2015), breast cancer.
*Anthony Forbes, 79, British stockbroker (Cazenove (stock broker), Cazenove).
*Karla M. Gray, 69, American state judge, Associate Justice (1991–2000) and Chief Justice (2001–2008) of the Montana Supreme Court, cancer.
*Darryl Hammond, 49, American arena football player (St. Louis Stampede, Nashville Kats, Georgia Force), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
*Kyoko Hayashi, 86, Japanese author.
*Altamas Kabir, 68, Indian judge, Chief Justice of India, Chief Justice (2012–2013).
*Hillar Kärner, 81, Estonian chess player.
*Jørgen Kieler, 97, Danish physician and Holger Danske (resistance group), World War II resistance member.
*Harry MacPherson, 90, American baseball player (Boston Braves (baseball), Boston Braves).
*Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe, 90, Tongan royal, List of consorts of Tonga, Queen Consort (1965–2006), Queen Mother (since 2006).
*Paul McCarthy (footballer), Paul McCarthy, 45, Irish footballer (Wycombe Wanderers F.C., Wycombe Wanderers, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion).
*Igor Shafarevich, 93, Ukrainian-born Russian mathematician.
*Saadi Simawe, 70, Iraqi-born American author.
*Renate Simson, 82, American scholar of African-American literature.
*Danuta Szaflarska, 102, Polish actress.
*Bob White (trade unionist), Bob White, 81, Canadian trade unionist.
*Chris Wiggins, 86, English-born Canadian voice actor (''Babar (TV series), Babar'', ''Friday the 13th: The Series'', ''The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar'').
*Nancy Willard, 80, American writer.
*John S. Wold, 100, American politician, United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming's at-large congressional district (1969–1971).
*Marilyn B. Young, 79, American historian.
*Roman Zhuravskyi, 68, Ukrainian footballer (Dynamo Kyiv, Karpaty Lviv).

20

*Benjamin F. Bailar, 82, American civil servant, United States Postmaster General, Postmaster General (1975–1978).
*Ilene Berns, 73, American record executive (Bang Records).
*George L. Blackburn, 81, American surgeon, clinician, researcher and author.
*Jaroslava Blažková, 83, Slovak writer.
*Brenda Buttner, 55, American news correspondent (Fox News), cancer.
*Vitaly Churkin, 64, Russian diplomat, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (since 2006), Ambassador to List of ambassadors of Russia to Belgium, Belgium (1994–1998) and child actor (''A Mother's Heart''), heart failure.
*Timothy A. Cohn, 59, American hydrologist, mantle cell lymphoma.
*Mildred Dresselhaus, 86, American nanotechnologist.
*José Fernandes Fafe, 90, Portuguese diplomat and writer.
*Jamie Fox, 62, American politician and political strategist, New Jersey Department of Transportation, New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation (2014–2015), heart failure.
*Steve Hewlett (journalist), Steve Hewlett, 58, British journalist (''The Guardian'') and radio presenter (''The Media Show''), oesophageal cancer.
*Huang Feili, 99, Chinese musician and conductor.
*Sofía Ímber, 92, Romanian-born Venezuelan journalist.
*Antony Mitradas, 103, Indian film director.
*Fenton Mole, 91, American baseball player (New York Yankees).
*Leo Murphy (Gaelic footballer), Leo Murphy, 78, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer.
*Cyril Pavlov, 97, Russian religious leader (Russian Orthodox Church).
*Eric Smith (artist), Eric Smith, 97, Australian artist.
*Suthan Suthersan, 60, Sri Lankan-born American environmental engineer.
*André Vlayen, 85, Belgian racing cyclist.

21

*Max Angus, 102, Australian painter.
*Kenneth Arrow, 95, American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate (1972).
*Brunella Bovo, 84, Italian actress (''Miracle in Milan'', ''The White Sheik'').
*Regina Branner, 85, Austrian Olympic athlete.
*Enzo Carella, 65, Italian singer-songwriter.
*Jeanne Martin Cissé, 90, Guinean teacher and politician.
*Douglas Coe, 88, American evangelical leader.
*Desmond Connell, 90, Irish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin (1988–2004).
*Ion Croitoru, 53, Canadian professional wrestler (Smokey Mountain Wrestling, SMW, American Wrestling Association, AWA, WWE, WWF) and convicted criminal.
*Frank Delaney, 74, Irish author and journalist.
*Jamal Udeen Al-Harith, 50, British terrorist, suicide bombing. (death announced on this date)
*Cosmo Haskard, Sir Cosmo Haskard, 100, Irish-born British colonial administrator, List of Governors of the Falkland Islands, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1964–1970).
*Joy Hruby, 89, Australian actress (''Brides of Christ'') and television presenter.
*Jean-Pierre Jorris, 91, French stage actor.
*Salome Karwah, 28, Liberian nurse and ebola survivor, co-Time Person of the Year, ''Time'' Person of the Year (2014), complications from childbirth.
*Edwin Kessler, 88, American atmospheric scientist.
*Long John (bull), Long John, 6, American bucking bull.
*Michael Palmer (British Army officer), Sir Michael Palmer, 88, British Army officer, Defence Services Secretary (1982–1985).
*Graciela Paraskevaidis, 76, Argentine writer and composer.
*Ruth L. Ratny, 89, American journalist and screenwriter, heart failure.
*David Rhoads, 84, American Olympian.
*Garel Rhys, 76, British economist and motor industry academic.
*Setrak Sarkissian, 80–81, Lebanese tabla player.
*Stanisław Skrowaczewski, 93, Polish-American conductor and composer.

22

*David Bárcena Ríos, 75, Mexican Olympic pentathlete (Modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964, Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968), equestrian (Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972, Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976), and bronze medallist (Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980).
*Ronald Blackwood, 91, Jamaican-born American politician, Mayor of Mount Vernon, New York (1985–1996), first elected black mayor in New York (state), New York state, Parkinson's disease.
*Kim Chance, 70, Australian politician and farmer, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (1992–2009).
*Gordon Gray Currie, 93, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1982–1986).
*Ricardo Domínguez, 31, Mexican welterweight boxer, colon cancer.
*Eni Faleomavaega, 73, American Samoan politician and attorney, American Samoa's at-large congressional district, Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives (1989–2015), Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa, Lieutenant Governor (1985–1989).
*John Fieldsend, Sir John Fieldsend, 95, British Zimbabwean judge.
*Trevor D. Ford, 91, British geologist.
*Ed Garvey, 76, American labor attorney, National Football League Players Association, NFLPA executive director and counsel (1970–1983).
*J. Karl Hedrick, 72, American mechanical engineer, lung cancer.
*Clifford Kinvig, 82, British military historian.
*Fritz Koenig, 92, German sculptor, creator of ''The Sphere'' at the World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center.
*Nikos Koundouros, 90, Greek film director (''O Drakos'').
*Roberto Lamarca, 57, Venezuelan actor (''Por estas calles''), pulmonary illness.
*Marcus Leyrer, 87, Austrian Olympic fencer (1964).
*Ralph A. Loveys, 87, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1983–1989).
*John McCormack (ice hockey), John McCormack, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens).
*Dag Østerberg, 78, Norwegian sociologist, philosopher and musicologist.
*Aleksei Petrenko, 78, Ukrainian-born Russian actor (''Agony (1982 film), Agony'', ''World War II: Behind Closed Doors'').
*Stephen Rhodes (radio presenter), Stephen Rhodes, 66, Irish radio presenter (BBC Three Counties Radio), motor neurone disease.
*George Weedon (gymnast), George Weedon, 96, British Olympic gymnast (1948 Summer Olympics, 1948, 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952).
*Bill Woodson, 99, American voice actor (''This Is Your FBI'', ''Super Friends'').

23

*Antonio Borghesi, 67, Italian politician.
*Ward Chamberlin, 95, American public broadcasting executive (WETA-TV, WETA), dementia.
*Alan Colmes, 66, American political commentator (Fox News), lymphoma.
*Don Cousens, 78, Canadian politician, Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Ontario MPP (1981–1994), Mayor of Markham, Ontario.
*Bernie Custis, 88, American Canadian Football League, CFL player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders), member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
*Bengt Fahlström, 78, Swedish journalist and television presenter, pneumonia.
*Vic Fair, 78, British graphic designer.
*Charles M. Herzfeld, 91, Austrian-born American scientist.
*Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones, 92, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Victoria, Ciudad Victoria (1974–1985).
*Derek Ibbotson, 84, British runner, Olympic bronze medalist (Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956).
*David Keightley, 84, American sinologist.
*Armin Medosch, 54, Austrian arts journalist, cancer.
*Maurice Mewis, 87, Belgian Olympic wrestler.
*Yashpal Mohanty, 38, Indian cricketer.
*Sabine Oberhauser, 53, Austrian physician and politician, Minister of Health (since 2014) and Women's Affairs (since 2016), abdominal cancer.
*Horace Parlan, 86, American-born Danish jazz pianist.
*Óscar Salas Moya, 80, Bolivian politician and trade unionist, complications from pulmonary fibrosis.
*Ivo Svoboda (politician), Ivo Svoboda, 68, Czech politician, Finance Minister of the Czech Republic, Finance Minister (1998–1999).
*Richard Tilghman, 97, American politician.
*David Waddington, Baron Waddington, 87, British politician, Home Secretary (1989–1990), Leader of the House of Lords (1990–1992), Governor of Bermuda (1992–1997).
*Leon Ware, 77, American musician, record producer, and songwriter ("I Want You (Marvin Gaye song), I Want You", "I Wanna Be Where You Are"), complications from prostate cancer.
*Zander Wedderburn, 81, British psychologist.

24

*Faye Glenn Abdellah, 97, American nursing researcher and admiral.
*Aldona Aleškevičienė-Statulevičienė, 81, Lithuanian mathematician.
*Araldo Cossutta, 92, American architect.
*Daryl (magician), Daryl, 61, American magician, suicide by hanging.
*Carl Lodewijk Ebeling, 93, Dutch linguist.
*Nderitu Gachagua, 63, Kenyan politician, Governor of Nyeri County (since 2013), pancreatic cancer.
*Ronald T. Halverson, 80, American religious leader (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, LDS Church) and politician.
*Fumio Karashima, 68, Japanese jazz pianist, cancer.
*Lee Tsuntung, 100, Chinese Olympic basketball player (1948 Summer Olympics, 1948).
*Gustaw Lutkiewicz, 92, Polish actor (''A Year of the Quiet Sun'').
*Leigh Markopoulos, 48, German-born American art critic and curator.
*Fred Oldfield, 98, American painter.
*Vito Ortelli, 95, Italian racing cyclist.
*Ren Hang (photographer), Ren Hang, 29, Chinese photographer, suicide.
*Tom Ryan (Australian footballer), Tom Ryan, 92, Australian football player.
*Miriam Tlali, 83, South African author.
*Xie Xuejin, 93, Chinese geochemist.

25

*Hassan Al-Jundi, 78, Moroccan author, playwright and actor (''The Message (1976 film), The Message'').
*Abdullah Balak, 79, Turkish composer.
*Hassan Daaboul, Syrian general, head of military intelligence, bombing.
*Neil Fingleton, 36, English basketball player, actor and stuntman (''Game of Thrones'', ''47 Ronin (2013 film), 47 Ronin'', ''Avengers: Age of Ultron''), heart failure.
*Shifa Zikri Ibrahim, 30, Iraqi journalist (Rudaw Media Network, Rudaw), bombing.
*Jan Hoem, 77, Norwegian demographer.
*Scott Lew, 48, American screenwriter (''Sexy Evil Genius'', ''Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas''), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
*Bobby Lumley, 84, English footballer (Hartlepool United F.C., Hartlepool United, Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic).
*Eric Miller (record producer), Eric Miller, 75, American record producer (Pablo Records), heart attack.
*Carlos Miloc, 85, Uruguayan football coach (Tigres UANL).
*Toshio Nakanishi, 61, Japanese musician (Plastics (band), Plastics), esophageal cancer.
*Elli Norkett, 20, Welsh rugby player (Wales women's national rugby union team, national team), traffic collision.
*Bill Paxton, 61, American actor (''Apollo 13 (film), Apollo 13'', ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'', ''Big Love''), stroke as a complication from heart surgery.
*Don Payne (musician), Don Payne, 84, American jazz bassist.
*Chez Pazienza, 47, American journalist, author and television producer.
*Jack Pope, 103, American judge, attorney and author, List of justices of the Texas Supreme Court#Chief Justice, Place 1, Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1982–1985).
*Dorothy P. Rice, 94, American economist, complications from a fall.
*Boaz Vaadia, 65, Israeli-born American sculptor, pancreatic cancer.
*Lloyd Williams (rugby union, born 1933), Lloyd Williams, 83, Welsh rugby player (Cardiff RFC, Cardiff, Wales national rugby union team, national team).

26

*Abu Khayr al-Masri, 59, Egyptian deputy leader of al-Qaeda, drone strike.
*Katalin Berek, 86, Hungarian actress (''Adoption (film), Adoption'').
*Cabral (horse), Cabral, 16, Polish-born British dressage horse, Paralympic gold winner (Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, 2012), euthanized.
*Jay Cronley, 73, American writer (''Tulsa World'').
*Ludvig Faddeev, 82, Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician (Faddeev equations, Faddeev-Popov ghost).
*Guðjón Finnbogason, 89, Icelandic footballe

*L. R. Ford Jr., 89, American mathematician.
*Eugene Garfield, 91, American linguist.
*Ned Garver, 91, American baseball pitcher (St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics).
*Sunny Hale, 48, American polo player, complications from breast cancer.
*Preben Hertoft, 89, Danish sexologist.
*Louis S. Kahnweiler, 97, American property developer.
*Aristides Kalantzakis, 89, Greek politician, Ministry of Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity (Greece), Minister of Labor (1990–1993), Ministry for Trade (Greece), Minister of Trade (1980–1981).
*Gerald Kaufman, Sir Gerald Kaufman, 86, British politician, MP for Manchester Ardwick (UK Parliament constituency), Manchester Ardwick (1970–1983) and Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency), Manchester Gorton (since 1983), Father of the House (since 2015).
*Stephen Lodge (screenwriter), Stephen Lodge, 74, American screenwriter.
*Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard, 89, French Olympic runner (Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952, Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956).
*Essa Moosa, 81, South African judge and anti-apartheid activist.
*Abdul Salam (Taliban governor), Abdul Salam, 48–49, Afghan Taliban-recognized Governor of Kunduz Province, Kunduz, drone strike.
*Mushi Santappa, 93, Indian chemist.
*Irvine Sellar, 82, English property developer (The Shard).
*Ray Stokes, 92, Australian footballer.
*Joseph Wapner, 97, American judge (Los Angeles County Superior Court) and television personality (''The People's Court'', ''Judge Wapner's Animal Court''), respiratory failure.

27

*Lyn Barnett, New Zealand-born Australian pop singer. (body discovered on this date)
*Zvjezdan Cvetković, 56, Croatian football player and manager.
*Marcel De Corte, 87, Belgian footballer (R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht, Belgium national football team, national team).
*John Harlan (announcer), John Harlan, 91, American radio and television personality (''Password (American game show), Password'', ''Name That Tune'').
*Arvo Krikmann, 77, Estonian folklorist and academic.
*Liu Zemin, 72, Chinese politician.
*Syd Lowdon, 81, English rugby league player (Whitehaven R.L.F.C., Whitehaven, Workington Town, Cumbria rugby league team, Cumberland).
*Peter Mathews (politician), Peter Mathews, 65, Irish politician, Teachta Dála, TD (2011–2016), oesophageal cancer.
*Eigil Nansen, 85, Norwegian human rights activist.
*Carlos Humberto Romero, 92, Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador, President (1977–1979).
*P. Shiv Shankar, 87, Indian politician, Governor of List of governors of Sikkim, Sikkim (1994–1995) and List of governors of Kerala, Kerala (1995–1996).
*Sin Kek Tong, 72, Singaporean politician, founder of the Singapore People's Party.
*Sam Summerlin, 89, American foreign correspondent (Associated Press), complications from Parkinson's disease.
*Jórunn Viðar, 98, Icelandic pianist and composer.
*Alex Young (footballer, born 1937), Alex Young, 80, Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian F.C., Hearts, Everton F.C., Everton, Scotland national football team, national team).
*Eva Maria Zuk, 71, Polish-born Mexican pianist.

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*Yuri Abramovich, 81, Ukrainian-born Russian test pilot.
*A. Welford Castleman Jr., 81, American physicist and chemist.
*Walker Connor, 90, American political scientist.
*Simeon Datumanong, 81, Filipino politician.
*Donald Easten, 98, British Army officer, recipient of the Military Cross.
*Leone di Lernia, 78, Italian radio host, singer and composer, liver cancer.
*Peter Feil, 69, Swedish Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Olympic swimmer (1968).
*Daphne Lorraine Gum, 101, Australian educator.
*Spencer Hays, 80, American art collector.
*Jarle Høysæter, 83, Norwegian television journalist.
*Marian Javits, 92, American arts patron.
*Paul Kangas, 79, American broadcaster (''Nightly Business Report''), complications from Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer.
*Gabriel Konertz, 62, German Olympic rower (Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four, 1976).
*Carl Adam Lewenhaupt, 69, Swedish count.
*Ric Marlow, 91, American songwriter ("A Taste of Honey (song), A Taste of Honey") and actor (''Bonanza'', ''Magnum, P.I.'', ''Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series), Hawaii Five-O'').
*James McGrath (Canadian politician), James McGrath, 85, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (1986–1991), Parliament of Canada, MP (1957–1963, 1968–1986).
*Douglas Milmine, 95, British Anglican prelate, Anglican Church of South America, Bishop of Paraguay (1973–1985).
*Nicholas Mosley, 93, British novelist and biographer.
*Joseph A. Panuska, 89, American educator, President of the University of Scranton (1982–1998).
*Claude Pascal, 96, French composer.
*Pierre Pascau, 78, Mauritian-Canadian journalist.
*Vladimir Petrov (ice hockey), Vladimir Petrov, 69, Russian ice hockey player, Olympic champion (Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics, 1972, Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics, 1976) and silver medalist (Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics, 1980).
*Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira, 90, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ipameri, Ipameri (1975–1985) and Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goiânia, Goiânia (1985–2002).
*Dave Rosenfield, 87, American baseball manager (Norfolk Tides).
*Haji Abdul Salam, 69, Indian politician.
*Elisabeth Waldheim, 94, Austrian political figure, First Lady of Austria, First Lady (1986–1992).
*James Walker (actor), James Walker, 76, British actor (''Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film), Nineteen Eighty-Four'', ''Empire of the Sun (film), Empire of the Sun'').
*William Wightman (Canadian politician), William Wightman, 87, Canadian politician.William WIGHTMAN Obituary
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