The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2012. 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 (and language of reference, if not English).

January 2012

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* Gary Ablett, 46, English footballer ( Liverpool, Everton, Birmingham City), non-Hodgkin lymphoma. * Bob Anderson, 89, British Olympic fencer (

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

) and fight choreographer (''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...

'', '' The Lord of the Rings'', '' The Princess Bride''). *

Alfredo Battisti Alfredo Battisi (17 January 1925 – 1 January 2012) was the Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Udine, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It i ...

, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Udine (1972–2000). * Jorge Andrés Martínez Boero, 38, Argentine motorcycle racer, Dakar Rally crash. *

Elizabeth Brumfiel Elizabeth M. Brumfiel (born Elizabeth Stern; March 10, 1945 – January 1, 2012) was an American archaeologist who taught at Northwestern University and Albion College. She had been a president of the American Anthropological Association. Early ...

, 66, American archaeologist. *

Frank Cioffi : ''Frank L. Cioffi, of Baruch College is Frank Cioffi's nephew.''

, 83, American philosopher. * Diego Cuenca, 84, Spanish footballer. *

Alvin Devane Alvin Earl DeVane (November 2, 1923 – January 1, 2012) was a former Army Air Forces sergeant and a retired Austin Police lieutenant. A street in Austin, Texas is named for him, since its opening in 1984. He was an amateur radio operator, ...

, 88, American soldier. * Marino Di Teana, 91, Italian Argentine sculptor. * Hilda Feste, 98, Norwegian woman, murdered. *

Ingeborg Finke-Siegmund Ingeborg Finke-Siegmund, born ''Siegmund'', (4 December 1919 – 1 January 2012) was a German pianist and piano teacher. Life Finke-Siegmund was born in 1919 into a largeGerhard Böhm: ''Die Pianistin Ingeborg Finke-Sigmund wird heute 80''. In ...

, 92, German pianist and piano teacher. * Anders Frandsen, 51, Danish singer and television presenter. *

Rebecca Fromer Rebecca Camhi Fromer (January 16, 1927 – January 1, 2012) was an American playwright, historian and poet. Fromer co-founded the Judah L. Magnes Museum of Berkeley, California, in 1961 with her husband, Seymour Fromer. The museum, which is now ca ...

, 84, American historian and writer, co-founder of the

Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, formerly known as the Judah L. Magnes Museum from 1961 until its reopening in 2012, is a museum of Jewish history, art, and culture in Berkeley, California. The museum, which was founded in 1961 by Se ...

. *

Kiro Gligorov Kiro Gligorov ( mk, Киро Глигоров, ; 3 May 1917 – 1 January 2012) was a Macedonian politician who served as the first President of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) from 1991 to 1999. Early life He was born in Štip, ...

, 94, Macedonian politician, first democratically elected President (1991–1999). *

Jan Groover Jan Groover (April 24, 1943 – January 1, 2012) was an American photographer. She received numerous one-person shows, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which holds some of her work in its permanent collection. Early life Groov ...

, 68, American photographer. *

Hermann Guggiari Hermann Guggiari (20 March 1924 – 1 January 2012) was a Paraguayan engineer and sculptor. Childhood and youth Guggiari was born in Asunción, Paraguay the son of Ana Brun and Pedro Bruno Guggiari, considered by many the most remarkable amo ...

, 87, Paraguayan engineer and sculptor. *

Frank Horwill Frank J. Horwill (19 June 1927 – 1 January 2012) was a UK Athletics senior level 4 coach most famous for founding the British Milers' Club (BMC) and for formulating the Five Pace Training Theory which is widely used for coaching middle-distan ...

, 84, British athletics coach. * Ed Jenkins, 78, American politician, Representative from Georgia (1977–1993). * Alessandro Liberati, 57, Italian medical researcher, cancer. * Nay Win Maung, 49, Burmese physician and pro-democracy activist, heart attack. *

Fred Milano Fred Milano (August 26, 1939 – January 1, 2012) was an American doo-wop singer of Italian descent. Born in the Bronx, New York, he was a member (second tenor) of The Belmonts who became successful in the late 1950s as Dion and the Belmonts, and ...

, 72, American doo-wop singer ( The Belmonts,

Dion and the Belmonts Dion and the Belmonts were an American vocal trio prominent throughout the 1950s. All of its members were from the Bronx, New York City. In 1957, Dion DiMucci joined the vocal group the Belmonts. The established trio of Angelo D'Aleo, Carlo M ...

), lung cancer. * Tommy Mont, 89, American

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coach and

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...

player, heart failure. *

Marcelle Narbonne French supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from France who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. , the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 161 French supercentenarians. France was home ...

, 113, French supercentenarian, oldest European living person. *

Carlos Soria Carlos Ernesto Soria (March 1, 1949January 1, 2012) was an Argentine lawyer and Justicialist Party politician. He died in the early hours of January 1, 2012, from a gunshot wound, at his farm, after the New Year celebrations. Soria was the govern ...

, 63, Argentine politician, Secretary of Intelligence (2002), Governor of Río Negro (since 2011), shot. *

Yafa Yarkoni Yafa Yarkoni ( he, יפה ירקוני, also Yaffa Yarqoni, 24 December 1925 – 1 January 2012) was an Israeli singer, winner of the Israel Prize in 1998 for Hebrew song. She was dubbed Israel's "songstress of the wars" due to her frequent perfo ...

, 86, Israeli singer, Alzheimer's disease.

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* Beatriz Bandeira, 102, Brazilian communist, human rights activist, poet and writer. * Ian Bargh, 76, British-born Canadian jazz pianist, lung cancer. * Alicia Baro, 93, American human rights activist. * David W. Barron, 76, British computer scientist. * Peg Belson, 90, British health activist. *

Ivan Călin Ivan Petrovich Calin (russian: Иван Петрович Калин; 10 March 1935 – 2 January 2012) was a Soviet and Moldavian agronomist-scholar, political scientist, diplomat and politician. Biography Calin was born in the small village ...

, 76, Moldovan politician, Acting President of the Moldovan Parliament (2009). *

William P. Carey William Polk Carey (May 11, 1930 – January 2, 2012) was an American philanthropist and businessman. He was the founder of W. P. Carey & Co., a corporate real estate financing firm headquartered in New York City, and donated the funds to es ...

, 81, American businessman ( W. P. Carey & Co.) and philanthropist. *

Joseph Henry Condon Joseph Henry 'Joe' Condon (born February 15, 1935 January 2, 2012) was an American computer scientist, engineer and physicist, who spent most of his career at Bell Labs. The son of Edward Condon (a distinguished American nuclear physicist, pion ...

, 76, American computer scientist, engineer and physicist. *

Ioan Drăgan Ioan Drăgan (2 December 1965 – 2 January 2012) was a Romanian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American foo ...

, 46, Romanian footballer ( FC Brașov), colorectal cancer. *

Vivi Friedman Vivi Friedman (May 20, 1967 – January 2, 2012) was a Finnish film director. She produced the majority of her work in the United States. During her career she worked on advertisements and short films and directed a feature-length film, ''The F ...

, 44, Finnish film director, cancer. * Silvana Gallardo, 58, American actress ('' MacGyver'', ''

Starsky and Hutch ''Starsky & Hutch'' is an American action television series, which consisted of a 72-minute pilot movie (originally aired as a ''Movie of the Week'' entry) and 92 episodes of 50 minutes each. The show was created by William Blinn (inspired by th ...

'', '' Babylon 5''), cancer. *

Liv Godin Liv Kyllingstad Godin (5 March 1918 – 2 January 2012) was a Norwegian missionary in DR Congo. She was born in Gjesdal. After taking a teacher's education, she worked as a teacher in her native Ålgård from 1966 to 1986. She had already served a ...

, 93, Norwegian missionary. * Yoshiro Hayashi, 89, Japanese golfer. * Gordon Hirabayashi, 93, American civil rights activist (''

Hirabayashi v. United States ''Hirabayashi v. United States'', 320 U.S. 81 (1943), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court held that the application of curfews against members of a minority group were constitutional when the nati ...

''). * Jim Huber, 67, American sports commentator ( CNN, TNT). *

Anatoly Kolesov Anatoly Ivanovich Kolesov (russian: Анатолий Иванович Колесов, 18 January 1938 – 2 January 2012) was a Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler and coach. He won the world welterweight title in 1962, 1963 and 1965 and an Olympic gol ...

, 73, Russian wrestler, Olympic gold medalist (1964). *

Howie Koplitz Howard Dean Koplitz (May 4, 1938 – January 2, 2012) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 54 games, 19 as a starter, over parts of five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) (–; –) for the Detroit Tigers and Washi ...

, 73, American baseball player (

Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...

, Washington Senators). * Helmut Müller-Brühl, 78, German conductor. *

Larry Reinhardt Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (July 7, 1948 – January 2, 2012) was an American rock guitarist who played with Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond. At one time Reinhardt was known by the nicknames "El Rhino" and "Ryno". Early history Born in Florida, Un ...

, 63, American rock guitarist ( Iron Butterfly,

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), liver cirrhosis. *

Alan Rowlands Alan Rowlands (1 March 1929 – 2 January 2012) was an English pianist (though born in Swansea, Wales) who made notable contributions to British musical life both as a teacher and as a performer. He obtained a degree in chemistry at Jesus Col ...

, 82, English pianist. * Ambjørg Sælthun, 89, Norwegian politician. *

Otto Scrinzi Otto Scrinzi (5 February 1918 in Lienz, Tirol – 2 January 2012 in Moosburg, Austria), was an Austrian neurologist, journalist and politician ( VdU/ FPÖ). During the Austrian ''Anschluss'' with Nazi Germany and World War II, Scrinzi was a me ...

, 93, Austrian journalist and politician. * Hans Schepers, 81, German Olympic water polo player. *

Paulo Rodrigues da Silva Paulo Rodrigues da Silva (10 November 1986 – 2 January 2012) was a Brazilian professional footballer, who played as a striker for the Czech club Viktoria Plzeň. He died on 2 January 2012 following a car crash near Bohutín (Příbram District) ...

, 25, Brazilian footballer, car crash. *

H. Edwin Young Hugh Edwin Young (May 3, 1917 – January 2, 2012) served as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1968 to 1977 and President of the University of Wisconsin System from 1977 to 1980. An economist, Young graduated from the Universit ...

, 94, American economist, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1968–1977).

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Charles W. Bailey II Charles Waldo Bailey II (April 28, 1929January 3, 2012) was an American journalist, newspaper editor and novelist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of John Washburn Bailey and Catherine (née Smith), he graduated from Harvard University in ...

, 81, American journalist and novelist ('' Seven Days in May''), Parkinson's disease. * Gene Bartow, 81, American college basketball coach ( UAB, UCLA), stomach cancer. * Gordon Buttrey, 85, Canadian ice hockey player. *

Robert L. Carter Robert Lee Carter (March 11, 1917 – January 3, 2012) was an American lawyer, civil rights activist and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Personal history and early life ...

, 94, American civil rights activist (''

Sweatt v. Painter ''Sweatt v. Painter'', 339 U.S. 629 (1950), was a U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case ''Plessy v. Ferguson''. The case was influential in the lan ...

'') and judge, complications from a stroke. * Minnie Sue Coleman, 85, American artist. *

Ray Costict Ray Costict (March 19, 1955 – January 3, 2012) was a linebacker for the New England Patriots from 1977 to 1979. Costict played collegiately at Mississippi State Bulldogs football, Mississippi State before being selected in the 11th round by the ...

, 56, American football player (

New England Patriots The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East divisio ...

). *

Miguel Couturier Miguel Couturier (29 September 1950 – 3 January 2012) was a Mexican actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1983 and 2012. He died on 12 January 2012 from a pancreatic cancer. His son Andrés Couturier is als ...

, 61, Mexican actor ('' Miss Bala'', '' Once Upon a Time in Mexico''), cancer. * Ellen Currie, 81, American writer and advertising executive. * Willi Entenmann, 68, German

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player and coach, heart attack. *

Juan Escudero Juan Escudero Bueno (25 September 1920 – 3 January 2012) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Athletic Aviación de Madrid, winning the La Liga in 1940 and 1941 Events Below, the events of World War II h ...

, 91, Spanish footballer. * Margaret Feeny, 94, British councillor. *

Fong Fei-fei Fong Fei-Fei (), born Lim Chiu-Luan (; 20 August 1953 – 3 January 2012), was a Taiwanese singer, host and actress. As one of the biggest pop singers in Taiwan, she was known for her melodic love songs, unique personal stage style and broad voca ...

, 60, Taiwanese singer and actress, lung cancer. *

Lars Lennart Forsberg Lars Lennart Forsberg (31 July 1933 – 3 January 2012) was a Swedish film director and screenwriter. At the 7th Guldbagge Awards his film ''Mistreatment'' won the awards for Best Film and Best Director. He directed 20 films between 1969 ...

, 78, Swedish film director. * Mounir Fourar, 39, Algerian man, one of the tallest men in the world. *

Bryan Hickman Bryan Hickman (January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2012) was an American football linebacker. He played collegiately at Kansas State and had a brief professional career before suffering a career ending knee injury. High school Hickman attended North ...

, 30, American football linebacker, suicide. *

John David Lewis John David Lewis (March 17, 1955 – January 3, 2012) was a political scientist, historian and Objectivist scholar who held the post of visiting associate professor in the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program at Duke University from 2008 ...

, 56, American political scientist. *

Winifred Milius Lubell Winifred Milius Lubell (June 14, 1914 – January 3, 2012) was an American illustrator, artist and writer. In her early adult years, Milius was active in the Communist Party of the United States and an advocate for social justice. She began her ...

, 97, American illustrator and writer, heart failure. * Joaquín Martínez, 81, Mexican-born American actor ('' Jeremiah Johnson'', '' Die Another Day''), pancreatic cancer. * Osamu Matsubara, 94, Japanese businessman, chairman of Books Kinokuniya, heart failure. * Stepan Oshchepkov, 77, Russian canoeist, Olympic gold medalist (

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

). * Mikhail Romadin, 71, Russian artist. * Josef Škvorecký, 87, Czech writer and publisher, cancer. *

Miguel Terekhov Miguel Terekhov (August 22, 1928 – January 3, 2012) was a Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and ballet instructor. Terekhov and his wife, Yvonne Chouteau, one of the Five Moons, a group of Native American ballet dancers, founded the Schoo ...

, 83, Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and teacher, complications of lung fibrosis. * Jenny Tomasin, 75, British actress (''

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''), hypertensive heart disease. * Wylie Vale, 70, American endocrinologist. * Vicar, 77, Chilean cartoonist. * Bob Weston, 64, British guitarist and songwriter (

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), gastrointestinal hemorrhage. (body found on this date) *

Harold Zirin Harold "Hal" Zirin (October 7, 1929 – January 3, 2012) was an American solar astronomer also known as Captain Corona to a generation of Caltech Astronomy students. Life ''Most content from 1998 interview with Zirin'' Born in 1929 to immigran ...

, 82, American astronomer.

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Eve Arnold Eve Arnold, OBE (honorary), FRPS (honorary) (née Cohen; April 21, 1912January 4, 2012) was an American photojournalist, long-resident in the UK. She joined Magnum Photos agency in 1951, and became a full member in 1957. She was the first woma ...

, 99, American photographer. * Ruben Ayala, 89, American politician, California State Senator (1974–1998), first elected Mayor of Chino, California (1964–1966). *

Jiří Bárta Jiří Bárta (19 June 1935 – 4 January 2012) was a Czech pianist and composer. Biography Jiří Bárta was born in Šumice, Uherské Hradiště District. In his youth, he studied piano with organist and composer Emil Hába (1900–1982). He ...

, 76, Czech pianist and composer. *

Totti Bergh Theodor Christian Frølich Bergh known as Totti Bergh (5 December 1935 in Oslo – 4 January 2012 in Oslo) was a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), the younger brother of the jazz journalist Johannes (Johs.) Bergh (1932–2001). He was married ...

, 76, Norwegian jazz saxophonist. * C.O.D., American musician, stroke. *

James F. Crow James Franklin Crow (January 18, 1916 – January 4, 2012) was Professor Emeritus of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a prominent population geneticist whose career spanned from the modern synthesis to the genomic era. Some o ...

, 95, American geneticist. *

Angela von den Driesch Angela von den Driesch (11 July 1934 – 4 January 2012) was a German archaeologist and veterinarian. She was a professor and former director of the ''Institut für Paläoanatomie, Domestikationsforschung und Geschichte der Tiermedizin'' at the ...

, 77, German archaeologist and veterinarian. * Stephen M. DuBrul Jr., 82, American businessman. * Harry Fowler, 85, British character actor. *

Gatewood Galbraith Louis Gatewood Galbraith (January 23, 1947 – January 4, 2012) was an American author and Attorneys in the United States, attorney from the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. He was a five-time political candidate for governor of Kentucky. Early l ...

, 64, American lawyer and author, complications from chronic emphysema. *

Sinake Giregire Sir Sinake Giregire ( 19374 January 2012) was a Papua New Guinean businessman and politician. Giregire was born at Gimisaveh village in the Asaro Valley. He began his education at the Asaroka Lutheran School before moving to Finschhafen in Moro ...

, 74, Papua New Guinean businessman and politician. * Sir Archibald Glenn, 100, Australian industrialist, Chancellor of La Trobe University. *

Patricia Mather Patricia Mather (née Kott) (12 December 1925 – 4 January 2012) was an Australian zoologist and taxonomist known for her research into sea squirts. She became a leader in Australian marine science and internationally achieved status through he ...

, 88, Australian zoologist. * Kerry McGregor, 37, British singer and reality contestant ''( The X Factor)'', bladder cancer. * Bob McKenzie, 83, Australian football player. * Kalpana Mohan, 65, Indian actress. * Carmen Naranjo, 83, Costa Rican novelist, poet and essayist, cancer. *

Hisako Ōishi was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). She was born in Etajima, Hiroshima, grew up in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture and a graduate of Yokohama National ...

, 75, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors, respiratory failure. * Rod Robbie, 83, Canadian architect. *

Xaver Unsinn Xaver Unsinn (29 November 1929 – 4 January 2012) was a German ice hockey player and coach. His greatest success was winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics as coach of the Germany men's national ice hockey team, German national tea ...

, 82, German Olympic ice hockey player and coach. *

Hans Wahli Hans Wahli (11 January 1927 – 4 January 2012) was a Swiss athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska som ...

, 84, Swiss Olympic athlete. * David Wheeler, 86, American theatrical director.

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* Richard Alf, 59, American businessman, co-founder and chairman of San Diego Comic-Con, pancreatic cancer. *

François-Marie Algoud François Marie Algoud (July 1, 1920 – January 5, 2012) was a French royalist and Roman Catholic author, who was affiliated with Action Française. Publications * ''Guide jeunesse : 1000 mouvements, associations, organismes, centres, foyers ...

, 91, French royalist and author. *

Selwyn Baptiste Selwyn Baptiste (10 July 1936 – 5 January 2012) was a Trinidad and Tobago-born pioneer of the introduction of the steel drum into Britain, forming the country's second steel band in 1967, and early organizer of London's Notting Hill Carnival. An ...

, 75, Trinidadian-born British musician and festival organiser. * Sigurður Bjarnason, 96, Icelandic politician and diplomat. *

Gordon W. Bowie Gordon W. Bowie (May 31, 1944 – January 5, 2012), bass trombonist, composer and conductor, was director of thMontgomery Village Community Bandin Montgomery County, Maryland. He was bass trombonist for the Virginia Grand Military Band, Legacy Bras ...

, 67, American musician. * Don Carter, 85, American professional bowler, complication from pneumonia and emphysema. * Samson H. Chowdhury, 86, Bangladeshi businessman. *

George Dargo George Dargo (July 22, 1935 – January 5, 2012) was an American legal scholar who specializes in American legal history and the legal system of Louisiana. He was a longtime law professor at New England Law Boston. Biography Dargo grew up in ...

, 76, American legal scholar, skin cancer. * Mirtha Dermisache, 71, Argentine artist. *

Hilmar Duerbeck Hilmar Willi Duerbeck (19 July 1948 – 5 January 2012) was a German astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomi ...

, 63, German astronomer. *

Idwal Fisher Idwal Fisher (3 February 1935 – 5 January 2012) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Swansea RFC, in the back row, and representative level rugby ...

, 76, Welsh rugby player. * Thelma Forbes, 101, Canadian politician. * Hikaru Hayashi, 80, Japanese composer. * Frank Ackerman Hill, 92, American U.S. Air Force officer, commander of the 33rd Air Division. * Frederica Sagor Maas, 111, American silent film screenwriter (''

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''), playwright, memoirist and author. *Isaac Díaz Pardo, 91, Spanish artist. *Amit Saigal, 46, Indian rock magazine publisher, concert promoter and musician, drowned. *Alexander Sizonenko, 52, Russian basketball player, world's tallest person (1991).

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*Kenneth Andrews (historian), Kenneth Andrews, 90, British historian. *Louise Gibson Annand, 96, Scottish artist. *James R. Arnold, 88, American space scientist. *Tom Ardolino, 56, American drummer (NRBQ). *Roger Boisjoly, 73, American aerospace engineer, anticipated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, cancer. *Azer Bülbül, 44, Turkish singer and actor, heart attack. *Harlin Butterley, 84, Australian Anglican priest and Dean of Hobart from 1972 to 1980. *Gabriel Cadis, 60, Israeli attorney, chairman of the Jaffa Orthodox Church Association, stabbed. *John Celardo, 93, American comic strip artist (''Tarzan (comics), Tarzan'', ''Buz Sawyer''). *Harry Fearnley (footballer born 1923), Harry Fearnley, 88, English footballer. *Bob Holness, 83, South African-born British quiz show host and actor (''Blockbusters (UK game show), Blockbusters''). *Eleutherios Katsaitis, 82, Greek-born British Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Orthodox hierarch, Auxiliary Bishop of Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, Archdiocese of Great Britain (1987–1994), smothered. *W. Francis McBeth, 78, American composer. *Frank James McGarr, 90, American former senior (and chief) judge of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. *Basil Payne, 88, Irish poet. *Ellen Pence, 63, American sociologist and social activist, creator of the Duluth model, Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, breast cancer. *Thomas Virgil Pittman, 95, American senior (former chief) judge of the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama and judge for the Middle District of Alabama. *Sybil Plumlee, 100, American teacher and police officer. *Spike Pola, 97, Australian football player. *John Pollock (author), John Pollock, 87, English author. *Louis Rech, 85, Italian-born Luxembourgish politician, List of mayors of Dudelange, Mayor of Dudelange (1985–1993). *Clive Shell, 64, Welsh international rugby player.

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*Ibrahim Aslan, 77, Egyptian novelist and short story writer, heart failure. *Tony Blankley, 63, British-born American commentator, newspaper editor and child actor, stomach cancer. *Karen Ramey Burns, 64, American forensic anthropologist. *Glenn Cox, 80, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics). *Bert Daikeler, 83, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. *George Gabin, 80, American artist and art educator. *Francella Mary Griggs, 91, American nun, advocated for federal recognition of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. *George Livingston, 78, American politician, first elected black mayor of Richmond, California (1985–1993), diabetes. *Hideaki Nitani, 81, Japanese actor (''Tokyo Drifter''), pneumonia. *Charlie Pawsey, 88, English rugby league player. *Henri Puppo, 98, French cyclist. *Herbert Wilf, 80, American mathematician.

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*Jan Håkan Åberg, 95, Swedish organist and composer. *Dave Alexander (blues musician), Dave Alexander, 73, American blues singer and pianist, suicide by gunshot. *Artax (horse), Artax, 17, American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1999 Breeders' Cup Sprint, Carter Handicap and Vosburgh Stakes. *Franz Berger (wrestler), Franz Berger, 71, Austrian Olympic wrestler. *Andrea Bosic, 92, Italian actor. *Françoise Christophe, 88, French actress. *Herb Clarke (weatherman), Herb Clarke, 84, American television weatherman (WCAU-TV), National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, NATAS Governor's Award winner (2007), Alzheimer's disease. *Franz Dorfer, 61, Austrian Olympic boxer (1976). *Gunnar Dyrberg, 90, Danish resistance fighter, head of Holger Danske (resistance group), Holger Danske (1943–1945). *Edarem, 79, American television presenter and internet celebrity. *Israel Getzler, 91, Jewish-British historian. *T. J. Hamblin, 68, British haematologist, cancer. *Svetlana Kharitonova, 79, Russian actress, after long illness. *Dmitry Machinsky, 74, Russian archaeologist. *John Madin, 87, English architect. *Charles Morris (British politician), Charles Morris, 85, British politician, MP for Manchester Openshaw (UK Parliament constituency), Manchester Openshaw (1963–1983). *Clarence C. Pope, 81, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth (Episcopal Church), Fort Worth (1986–1994). *Graham Rathbone, 69, Welsh footballer, dementia. *Bernhard Schrader, 80, German theoretical chemist. *Alexis Weissenberg, 82, Bulgarian-born French pianist.

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*Rebeca Anchondo Fernández, 85, Mexican politician. *Tubby Bacon, 81, American baseball team owner (Milwaukee Braves) and oenophile. *Louis Boekhout, 92, Dutch-born Canadian painter. *Paul Rice Camp, 92, American academic. *Ron Caron, 82, Canadian ice hockey administrator, General Manager of the St. Louis Blues (1983–1993, 1996). *Ernie Carson, 74, American jazz musician. *Jock Collaquo, 77, Hong Kong hockey player. *Brian Curvis, 74, Welsh former Commonwealth welterweight champion boxer, leukaemia. *Alex DeCroce, 75, American politician, New Jersey General Assembly Minority Leader (since 2004). *Bill Dickie (association football), Bill Dickie, 82, Scottish football administrator. *Ruth Fernández, 92, Puerto Rican contralto and politician, Senate of Puerto Rico, Senator (1973–1981). *Takashi Fujinama, 80, Japanese translator, pneumonia. *Bridie Gallagher, 87, Irish singer. *Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, 101, Swiss geologist. *Floro Garrido, 59, Spanish soccer player and manager, multiple organ failure. *Francis Golffing, 101, Austrian-American poet, essayist, teacher, and translator. *Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h, 85, French philologist, specializing in Celtic studies. *Junsaku Koizumi, 87, Japanese painter and pottery artist, pneumonia. *Mae Laborde, 102, American actress (''Pineapple Express (film), Pineapple Express'', ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia''). *Vern McGrew, 82, American Olympic athlete. *Robert Nelson (filmmaker), Robert Nelson, 81, American filmmaker, cancer. *John Both Puok, 48, South Sudanese politician. *Salvador A. Rodolfo, Sr., 92, Filipino war hero, leukemia. *William G. Roll, 85, American psychologist and parapsychologist. *Malam Bacai Sanhá, 64, Guinea-Bissauan politician, List of heads of state of Guinea-Bissau, President (1999–2000; since 2009). *Larry Solway, 83, Canadian radio personality and author. *László Szekeres, 90, Hungarian physician. *Pyotr Vasilevsky, 55, Belarusian football player and coach. *Aldo Zenhäusern, 60, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1976).

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*Fred Bateman, 74, American economic historian. *Paul Antoine Bohoun Bouabré, 54, Ivorian politician and economist, kidney problems. *Alfonso de Bourbon, 79, American claimant of Spanish royalty, traffic accident. *Jim Congrove, 65, American politician, heart complications. *Maurice Dantin, 82, American attorney and politician. *Azeem Daultana, 32, Pakistani politician, Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly, road accident. *José Freire de Oliveira Neto, 83, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Mossoró, Mossoró (1984–2004). *Vince Gibson, 78, American college football coach. *Jack Heron (basketball), Jack Heron, 85, American college basketball coach (Sacramento State University). *Kyra T. Inachin, 43, German historian. *Lila Kaye, 82, British actress. *Isi Metzstein, 83, German-born British architect. *Jean Pigott, 87, Canadian politician and businesswoman, MP for Ottawa—Carleton (electoral district), Ottawa—Carleton (1976–1979). *Pir of Pagaro VII, 83, Pakistani politician and spiritual leader, heart attack. *Cliff Portwood, 74, English footballer and singer, lung disease. *Alfred Pyka, 77, German footballer. *Mary Raftery, 54, Irish journalist (''States of Fear''). *Takao Sakurai, 70, Japanese boxer, Olympic gold medalist (

), esophageal cancer. *Gevork Vartanian, 87, Soviet intelligence agent, Hero of the Soviet Union.

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*Fatima al-Aqel, 54, Yemeni human rights activist. *Sarah E. Beard, 90, American medical researcher. *Richard Bruno, 87, American costume designer (''Raging Bull'', ''Goodfellas'', ''The Color of Money''), kidney failure. *Frank Cook (politician), Frank Cook, 76, British politician, MP for Stockton North (UK Parliament constituency), Stockton North (1983–2010), lung cancer. *Bohumil Golián, 81, Slovak volleyball player, Olympic silver (

) and bronze (1968 Summer Olympics, 1968) medalist. * Gilles Jacquier, 43, French journalist, 2003 recipient of the Albert Londres Prize, grenade attack. * Edgar Kaiser, Jr, 69, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, owner of the Denver Broncos (1981–1984). * V. Madhusudhana Rao, 88, Indian film director. * Mario Maranzana, 82, Italian actor and voice actor. * Chuck Metcalf, 81, American double-bassist. *Wally Osterkorn, 83, American basketball player. *Steven Rawlings, 49, British astrophysicist. *Ivor Rees (bishop), Ivor Rees, 85, Welsh Anglican prelate, Bishop of St David's (1991–1995). *Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, 32, Iranian nuclear scientist, car bomb. *Christoffer Selbekk, 72, Norwegian businessman and ski jumper. *Colm Tucker, 59, Irish rugby union player. *David Whitaker (composer), David Whitaker, 80, English composer and songwriter. *Ross Wightman, 82, New Zealand rugby union player.

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*Bjørn G. Andersen, 87, Norwegian geologist. *John Beech Austin, 94, British aviator. *Sadao Bekku, 89, Japanese composer, pneumonia. *Glenda Dickerson, 66, American theatre director. *Brian C. Downey, 61, Canadian politician. *Basil Gordon, 80, American mathematician. *Reginald Hill, 75, British crime writer (''Dalziel and Pascoe''). *Natalee Holloway, 18 (in 2005), American student, missing since 2005. (Declared death in absentia, declared legally dead on this date) *Bill Janklow, 72, American politician, South Dakota Attorney General, Attorney General (1975–1979) and Governor of South Dakota (1979–1987, 1995–2003); List of United States Representatives from South Dakota, U.S. Representative (2003–2004), brain cancer. *Shiv Kumari of Kotah, 95, Indian Hindu royal. *MS-1 (wrestler), MS-1, 55, Mexican professional wrestler, car accident. *Charles H. Price II, 80, American businessman and diplomat. *Hannes Råstam, 56, Swedish journalist. *Rosalind Runcie, 79, British pianist, widow of Robert Runcie. *Rubina Shergill, 29, Indian television actress. *Jim Stanley (American football), Jim Stanley, 76, American football coach (Oklahoma State Cowboys football, Oklahoma State Cowboys), cancer. *John G. Watkins, 98, American psychologist. *Jorge Wilmot, 83, Mexican potter.

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*Anton Blom, 87, Norwegian journalist. *Rauf Denktaş, 87, Cypriot politician, founder and first president of the Northern Cyprus, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, multiple organ failure. *Guido Dessauer, 96, German paper engineer and art collector. *Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, 93, Welsh composer. *Felipe Fernández, 78, Argentine basketball player. *Morgan Jones (actor, born 1928), Morgan Jones, 83, American actor (''The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series), The Twilight Zone''). *Lefter Küçükandonyadis, 86, Turkish Olympic footballer (Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe) and coach, pneumonia. *Oscar Valentín Leal Caal, 41, Guatemalan politician, Congress of Guatemala, Congressman (since 2008), shot. *Artie Levine, 86, American boxer. *Billie Love, 88, British actress and photographer. *Armand Mercier, 78, American politician, List of mayors and city managers of Lowell, Massachusetts, Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (2004–2006). *Curt Meyer-Clason, 101, German writer and translator. *Miljan Miljanić, 81, Serbian footballer, coach and administrator. *Abdollah Mojtabavi, 87, Iranian wrestler. *Richard Threlkeld, 74, American television journalist (CBS News), traffic collision. *Bob Wright (Utah politician), Bob Wright, 76, American biographer and politician, Chairman of the Utah Republican Party (1977–1979), Alzheimer's disease. *Andrzej Krzysztof Wróblewski, 76, Polish journalist.

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*Howard H. Bell, 98, American historian. *Charles E. Bishop, 90, American academic. *Janey Buchan, 85, Scottish politician, Member of the European Parliament, MEP for Glasgow (European Parliament constituency), Glasgow (1979–1994). *Anthony J. Calio, 82, American physicist and businessman, congestive heart failure and lung cancer. *Mircea Ciumara, 68, Romanian politician, Ministry of Public Finance (Romania), Minister of Finance (1996–1997), cancer. *Joseph T. Collins, 72, American herpetologist. *Carol Creiniceanu, 72, Romanian football player. *Ekuikui IV, 98, Angolan king of Bailundo (kingdom), Bailundo, disease. *Dan Evins, 76, American entrepreneur, founder of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. *Robbie France, 52, British drummer (Skunk Anansie, Diamond Head (English band), Diamond Head, UFO (band), UFO), ruptured aorta. *Charles Howard (Marist Brother), Charles Howard, 87, Australian Roman Catholic leader, Superior General of the Marist Brothers (1985–1993). *Pearse Hutchinson, 84, Irish broadcaster and writer, member of Aosdána. *Arfa Karim, 16, Pakistani student, world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (2004–2008), idiopathic epilepsy seizures. *Lasse Kolstad, 90, Norwegian actor. *Antonio Mistrorigo, 99, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Treviso, Treviso (1958–1988). *Giampiero Moretti, 71, Italian racing driver, winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona (1998), founder of Momo (company), Momo. *Kaoru Nishimoto, 88, Japanese shogi player, pneumonia. *Mila Parély, 94, French actress. *Finn Pedersen, 86, Danish Olympic gold medal-winning (1948 Summer Olympics, 1948) rower. *Lesley Strathie, Dame Lesley Strathie, 56, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to HM Revenue and Customs (2008–2011), cancer. *Txillardegi, 82, Spanish writer and politician. *Rosy Varte, 88, French actress. *Zelemkhan Zangiyev, 37, Russian footballer.

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*Mika Ahola, 37, Finnish enduro rider, motorcycle crash. *Richard Bader, 80, Canadian quantum chemist. *Ali Irsan, Gelareh Bagherzadeh, 30, Iranian student, shot. *Ed Derwinski, 85, American politician, United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from United States congressional delegations from Illinois, Illinois (1959–1983); United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (1989–1992), merkel cell carcinoma. * Claes Egnell, 95, Swedish sport shooter and Olympic silver medal-winning (

) pentathlete. *Manuel Fraga, 89, Spanish politician, President of the Xunta of Galicia (1990–2005), founder of the People's Party (Spain), People's Party and co-father of 1978 Spanish Constitution, Spanish Constitution, heart failure. *Robert Freer (RAF officer), Sir Robert Freer, 88, British military officer, Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command (1978–1980). *Carlo Fruttero, 85, Italian writer. *Ben Hana, 54, New Zealand vagrant. *Eisuke Hinode, 70, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors, gall bladder cancer. *Eduard Ivanov, 73, Soviet ice hockey player, World and Olympic champion. *Samuel Jaskilka, 92, American Marine Corps general, pneumonia. *Matteo La Grua, 97, Italian priest and exorcist. *Pirkko Länsivuori, 85, Finnish Olympic sprinter. *Michael Mussa, 67, American economist, heart failure. *Samuel B. Nunez, Jr., 81, American politician, President of the Louisiana State Senate (1983–1988; 1990–1996). *Ib Spang Olsen, 90, Danish cartoonist and author, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award. *Chris Pavlou, 72, Australian football player. *Jerry Poteet, 75, American martial arts instructor. *Rafael Rincón González, 89, Venezuelan musician. *Jack Roberts (climber), Jack Roberts, 58, American rock climbing, climber, fall. *Hulett C. Smith, 93, American politician, Governor of West Virginia (1965–1969). *Peter Veness, 27, Australian journalist, brain cancer. *Homai Vyarawalla, 98, Indian photojournalist, first Indian woman to work as a photojournalist. *Victor Yngve, 91, American linguist.

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*Mohammed al-Awwad, 53–54, Syrian general, shot. *Joe Bygraves, 80, Jamaican born British former British Empire heavyweight champion boxer. *Juan Carlos (footballer, born 1945), Juan Carlos, 66, Spanish footballer. *Jimmy Castor, 71, American funk and R&B saxophonist ("Troglodyte (Cave Man)"), heart failure. *L. Ted Coneybeare, 86, Canadian TV producer and educational consultant. *Mike Current, 66, American football player (Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), apparent suicide by gunshot. *Efron Etkin, 59, Israeli actor and voice actor, cancer. *Sigursteinn Gíslason, 43, Icelandic football player and manager, cancer. *Pierre Goubert, 96, French historian. *Lorna Kesterson, 86, American newspaper editor and journalist (''Henderson Home News''), Mayor of Henderson, Nevada (1985–1993). *Dave Lee (comedian), Dave Lee, 64, British comedian, cancer. *Gustav Leonhardt, 83, Dutch harpsichordist and conductor. *David Phiri, 74, Zambian businessman, Governor of the Bank of Zambia. *The Senator (tree), The Senator, c. 3500, American pond cypress tree, largest in the world, fire. *Valentine Rusantsov, 72, Russian hierarch, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (1996–2012). *Viktor Vitali, 91, German army officer, awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Knight's Cross.

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*Mukarram Khan Atif, Pakistani journalist and reporter, shot. *Kearney Barton, 80, American record producer. *Colin Campbell (Canadian bishop), Colin Campbell, 80, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish, Antigonish (1986–2002). *F. Elwood Davis, 96, American lawyer. *Aengus Fanning, 69, Irish journalist, editor of the ''Sunday Independent (Ireland), Sunday Independent'', cancer. *Janet Folkes, 52, English academic, cancer. *Carlos Guirao, 57, Spanish musician. *Julius Meimberg, 95, German air force pilot (Luftwaffe), recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. *Johnny Otis, 90, American R&B singer-songwriter. *Piet Römer, 83, Dutch actor (''Baantjer''). *Mohamed Rouicha, 61, Moroccan folk singer. * R. W. Schambach, 85, American evangelist, heart failure. * Marty Springstead, 74, American baseball umpire, heart attack. * Tom Tellefsen, 80, Norwegian actor. *Uncle Chichi, 24–26, American dog, unofficial world's oldest dog (2011–2012).

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*Karen Brazell, 73, American academic, professor and translator of Japanese. *Tom Cowie, Sir Tom Cowie, 89, British entrepreneur. *Thérèse Delpech, 63, French nuclear proliferation expert, apparent heart attack. *Carlos Figueroa (equestrian), Carlos Figueroa, 80, Spanish Olympic equestrian. *Ray Finch (potter), Ray Finch, 97, British studio potter. *Tom Gilmartin (politician), Tom Gilmartin, 87, American politician. *Mel Goldstein, 66, American television meteorologist (WTNH), multiple myeloma. *Anthony Gonsalves, 84, Indian film music composer. *Georg Lassen, 96, German naval officer, World War II U-boat commander. *Joseph Noiret, 84, French poet. *Yuri Rasovsky, 67, American writer and producer, esophageal cancer. *Giuseppe Vedovato, 99, Italian politician.

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*Peter Åslin, 49, Swedish ice hockey player, Olympic bronze medal-winner (1988 Winter Olympics, 1988), stroke. *Giancarlo Bigazzi, 71, Italian composer ("Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song), Gloria", "Self Control (Raf song), Self Control", "No Me Ames"). *Sarah Burke, 29, Canadian freestyle skier, world champion (2005), cardiac arrest following skiing accident. *Maurice Casey (judge), Maurice Casey, 88, New Zealand judge. *Elena Catena, 91, Spanish academic and feminist. *Rudi van Dantzig, 78, Dutch choreographer. *Giovanni De Andrea, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, vice-president of Labour Office of the Apostolic See (1989–2007). *Peter de Francia, 90, British artist. *Charles Fecher, 94, American author. *Colonel Stone Johnson, 93, American civil rights activist. *Beverly McDermott, 85, American casting director (''Cocoon (film), Cocoon'', ''Scarface (1983 film), Scarface'', ''Lenny (film), Lenny''). * Gene Methvin, 77, American journalist and magazine editor. *Patrick Geoffrey O'Neill, 87, British academic. *Gert Puzicha, 67, German boxer. *Winston Riley, 65, Jamaican reggae musician and producer, complications of shooting. *On Sarig, 85, Israeli children's book author. *Errol Scorcher, 55, Jamaican reggae disc jockey, ruptured blood vessel. *Richard Sheirer, 65, American public servant, officer-in-charge of the rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks, pulmonary edema. *Gilbert Temmerman, 83, Belgian politician, Belgian Federal Parliament, MP (1971–1989), List of mayors of Ghent, Mayor of Ghent (1989–1994), Minister of State (Belgium), Minister of State. *Jacqueline Grennan Wexler, 85, American Roman Catholic nun and university president.

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*Enenche Akogwu, 31, Nigerian journalist and cameraman, shot. *John F. Baker, Jr., 66, American Medal of Honor recipient. *Billy 'Silver Dollar' Baxter, 85, American film producer. *Ruthilde Boesch, 94, Austrian singer. *Edna Bourque, 96, Canadian volunteer. *Larry Butler (producer), Larry Butler, 69, American music producer. *Stella Cunliffe, 95, British statistician. *Peter Collins Dorsey, 80, American jurist. *Lucy Faulkner, 87, Northern Irish journalist. *Dolores Guinness, 75, German baroness and socialite. *Etta James, 73, American blues singer ("At Last"), leukemia. *Nikhat Kazmi, 53, Indian film critic, breast cancer. *Ioannis Kefalogiannis, 79, Greek politician, Hellenic Parliament, MP (1958–1964; 1974–2004) and Ministry of the Interior (Greece), Minister of the Interior (1992–1993). *John Levy (musician), John Levy, 99, American jazz double-bassist and manager. *Bill Mardo, 88, American sportswriter, Parkinson's disease. *M. I. Markose, 89, Indian politician. *Marion Mathie, 86, British actress (''Lolita (1962 film), Lolita''). *Mario Pastega, 95, American businessman and philanthropist. *Jiří Raška, 70, Czech ski jumper, Olympic gold medalist (1968 Winter Olympics, 1968), heart disease. *Margaret Renwick, 88, Canadian politician. *Alejandro Rodriguez (psychiatrist), Alejandro Rodriguez, 93, American psychiatrist and academic. *Robert Fortune Sanchez, 77, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santa Fe (1977–1993), Alzheimer's disease. *Edna Sheen, 67, American makeup artist (''Philadelphia (film), Philadelphia'', ''Courage Under Fire'', ''Akeelah and the Bee''). *Patrick Shovelton, 92, British civil servant and obituarist. *Dudley Thompson, 95, Jamaican politician and diplomat. *Michael Welsh (Labour politician), Michael Welsh, 85, English politician, Member of Parliament (1979–1992). *Walter Whitehurst, 77, English footballer.

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* Daniel Alba, 71, Mexican Olympic wrestler. *Bilal al-Berjawi, 27, Lebanese terrorist, drone strike. * Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 68, Kuwaiti royal, diplomat and politician. *Stan Austman, 75, Canadian curler, cancer. *Albert Pavlovich Baskakov, Albert Baskakov, 83, Russian physicist. * J. R. Boone, 86, American football player (Chicago Bears). * Roy John Britten, 92, American molecular biologist. * Cliff Chambers, 90, American baseball player. *Chea Soth, 83, Cambodian politician. * Vincenzo Consolo, 78, Italian writer. * Emmanuel Cooper, 73, British potter and writer. * Ernie Gregory, 90, English footballer. * Gerre Hancock, 77, American organist. * Troy Herriage, 81, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics). * Jonathan Idema, 55, American scam artist, complications from AIDS. * Eiko Ishioka, 72, Japanese costume designer (''Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film), Bram Stoker's Dracula'', ''Immortals (2011 film), Immortals'', ''The Cell (film), The Cell''), Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Oscar winner (65th Academy Awards, 1993), pancreatic cancer. * Irena Jarocka, 65, Polish singer. *John D. Lowry, 79, Canadian film restorer. *Una Mulzac, 88, American bookseller. *Salma Mumtaz, 85, Pakistani actress, diabetes. *Jeffrey Ntuka, 26, South African footballer, stabbed. *Vasco Ramires Sr., 72, Portuguese Olympic equestrian. *Tang Xiaodan, 101, Chinese film director. *Jodie-Anne White, 44, Australian dancer and choreographer, artistic director of the Ballet Theatre of Queensland, cancer. *Slavko Ziherl, 66, Slovenian psychiatrist and politician.

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*Massimo Baistrocchi, 69, Italian diplomat and writer, Ambassador to Namibia (2001–2004), heart attack. *Sarah Cullen, 62, British radio and television journalist. *Jesus Elbinias, 82, Filipino judge. *Roy Ewans, 94, British aerodynamicist. *Alfred Gescheidt, 85, American photographer, cancer. *Earle R. Gister, 77, American acting teacher. *Rita Gorr, 85, Belgian opera singer. *André Green (psychoanalyst), André Green, 84, French psychoanalyst. *Jim Irwin (sportscaster), Jim Irwin, 77, American sportscaster (WTMJ (AM), WTMJ), voice of the Green Bay Packers, complications from kidney cancer. *Moisés Kaiman, 97, Polish-born Mexican rabbi. *Simon Marsden, Sir Simon Marsden, 63, British photographer. *Andy Musser, 74, American sportscaster (Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia 76ers). *Joe Paterno, 85, American college football coach (Penn State Nittany Lions football, Penn State Nittany Lions), lung cancer. *Yauhen Shatokhin, 64, Belarusian painter and political activist. *Pierre Sudreau, 92, French politician, inspired ''The Little Prince''. *Clarence Tillenius, 98, Canadian artist and conservationist. *Dick Tufeld, 85, American voice actor and announcer, voice of Robot B-9 on ''Lost in Space''.

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* David Atkinson (politician), David Atkinson, 71, British politician, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, MP for Bournemouth East (UK Parliament constituency), Bournemouth East (1977–2005), bowel cancer. *Jeanne Quint Benoliel, 92, American nurse. *Viviana Bontacchio, 52, Italian football player. *Amol Bose, 69, Bangladeshi actor, heart attack. * Wesley E. Brown, 104, American jurist, senior (former chief) judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, District Court for Kansas (since 1962). * Anthony Capo, 52, American mobster-turned-informant (DeCavalcante crime family), heart attack. * Marge Carey, 73, British union leader, President of USDAW (1997–2006), motor neurone disease. * Arne Christiansen, 85, Norwegian judge. *Ovidiu Constantinescu, 79, Romanian mycologist. * Marcel De Boodt, 85, Belgian academic. * Erik Haaest, 76, Danish journalist and author. *Jugal Kishore (physician), Jugal Kishore, 98, Indian physician. * Maurice Meisner, 80, American historian. * Miloš Pojar, 71, Czech author and diplomat. * Bingham Ray, 57, American independent film executive, complications from strokes. * Bill Robb, 84, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Electoral district of Miranda, Miranda (1978–1984). * Gerhard Schröder (television executive), Gerhard Schröder, 90, German television executive. *Slacker (producer), Slacker, British electronic music producer. *Stig Vig, 63, Swedish singer (Dag Vag).

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*Kurt Adolff, 90, German racing driver. *Theodoros Angelopoulos, 76, Greek film director, hit by motorcycle. *Sukumar Azhikode, 85, Indian writer, critic, and orator, cancer. *Death of Jane Bashara, Jane Bashara, 56, American marketing manager, strangulation. *James C. Bliss, 78, American electrical engineer and entrepreneur. *Antony Barrington Brown, 84, British designer, photographer and explorer. *James Farentino, 73, American actor (''Dynasty (1981 TV series), Dynasty'', ''ER (TV series), ER'', ''Melrose Place''), sequelae from hip fracture. *J. Joseph Garrahy, 81, American politician, List of Governors of Rhode Island, Governor of Rhode Island (1977–1985). *Vadim Glowna, 70, German actor and film director. *Paul S. Goodman, 74, American organizational theorist. *Arild Haaland, 92, Norwegian philosopher. *Carolina Isakson Proctor, 81, Colombian First Lady (1986–1990). *Moira Milton, 88, Scottish amateur golfer. *Patricia Neway, 92, American operatic soprano and musical theatre actress ''(The Sound of Music)'', Tony Award-winner. *W. Allen Pepper, Jr., 70, American jurist, federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Northern District of Mississippi (since 1999), heart attack. *Bruce Riutta, 67, American Olympic ice hockey player, complications from heart surgery. *Stig Sæterbakken, 46, Norwegian writer. *Pierre Sinibaldi, 87, French footballer and manager. *William Crossley, 3rd Baron Somerleyton, 83, British aristocrat and courtier, Master of the Horse (1991– 1999). *Carleton B. Swift Jr., 92, American intelligence officer. *Gyula Tarr, 80, Hungarian Olympic wrestler. *Althea Wynne, 75, British sculptor.

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*Alfred Ball, Sir Alfred Ball, 91, British air marshal. *Death of Jane Bashara, Jane Bashara, 56, American marketing manager, strangulation. *Paavo Berglund, 82, Finnish conductor. *Josef Brunner, 83, German politician. *Veronica Carstens, 88, German List of spouses of German presidents and chancellors, First Lady (1979–1984). *Carlos Escarrá, 57, Venezuelan politician, Attorney General (since 2011), heart attack. *Emil Hossu, 70, Romanian actor, cardiac arrest. *Kazimierz Jasiński, 65, Polish Olympic cyclist, cancer. *Jacques Maisonrouge, 87, French businessman, chairman of IBM, IBM World Trade Corporation. *Mabel Manzotti, 73, Argentine actress (''Besos en la Frente'', ''Vidas robadas (Argentine TV series), Vidas robadas''), complications from a stroke. *Len McIntyre, 78, British rugby league player. *Andrew MacNaughtan, 47, Canadian photographer. *Merab Megreladze, 55, Georgian football player. *Abid Ali Nazish, 40, Afghan actor, shot. *Franco Pacini, 72, Italian astronomer. *Émile Paganon, 95, French skier. *Mark Reale, 56, American heavy metal guitarist (Riot (band), Riot), Crohn's disease. *Nick Santino, 47, American actor, suicide by drug overdose. *Mary Semans, 91, American heiress and philanthropist. *Robert Sheran, 96, American politician and judge. *Charles Stanmore, 87, Australian Olympic fencer. *Kosta Tsonev, 82, Bulgarian actor. *Jean Wells, 56, American game designer. *Alexander Zhitinsky, 71, Russian writer.

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*Ian Abercrombie, 77, British actor (''Seinfeld'', ''Army of Darkness'', ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series), Star Wars: The Clone Wars''), kidney failure. *Dimitra Arliss, 79, American actress (''The Sting'', ''General Hospital'', ''Xanadu (film), Xanadu''), complications from a stroke. *Iggy Arroyo, 60, Filipino politician, House of Representatives of the Philippines, Representative from the Legislative districts of Negros Occidental#5th District, 5th District of Negros Occidental (since 2004), cardiac arrest. *Alfredo Avelín, 84, Argentine politician, Governor of San Juan Province, Argentina, San Juan (1999–2002), multiple organ failure. *Valentin Blazhes, 75, Soviet and Russian folklorist and literary scholar. *Bud Byerly, 91, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds). *Kartar Singh Duggal, 94, Indian writer. *Alex Eadie, 91, British politician, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, MP for Midlothian (UK Parliament constituency), Midlothian (1966–1992). *M. O. H. Farook, 74, Indian politician and diplomat, List of Governors of Kerala, Governor of Kerala (since 2011). *Clare Fischer, 83, American composer. *Robert Hegyes, 60, American actor (''Welcome Back, Kotter''; ''Cagney & Lacey''), heart attack. *Seui Laau, 69, American Samoan politician. *Roberto Mieres, 87, Argentine racing driver. *Miguel Nazar Haro, 87, Mexican intelligence chief, head of the Dirección Federal de Seguridad (1978–1982). *Stan Smith (Australian footballer born 1932), Stan Smith, 79, Australian Australian Football League, VFL football player. *Colin Tarrant, 59, British actor (''The Bill''), suicide by exsanguination. *Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver, 86, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponce, Ponce (1964–2000). *Robert Turner (composer), Robert Turner, 91, Canadian composer.

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*Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi, 80, Iraqi politician, Minister of Finance (1995–2003). *Russ Arnold, 90, American bridge player. *Fernanza Burgess, 51, American football player. *Tom Campbell (Canadian politician), Tom Campbell, 84, Canadian politician, List of mayors of Vancouver, Mayor of Vancouver (1967–1972). *Chen Chuanxi, 95, Chinese conductor. *Greg Cook, 65, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals), complications from pneumonia. *Kay Davis, 91, American jazz singer. *Reza de Wet, 59, South African playwright, leukaemia. *Ted Dicks, 83, English composer. *Thomas Fennell (politician), Thomas Fennell, 84, Canadian politician. *Jeannette Hamby, 78, American politician, Oregon State Senate, Oregon State Senator (1983–1999), stroke complications and cancer. *Deepika Joshi-Shah, 35, Indian singer and voice actress. *Todd Lynn, 47, American stand-up comedian and actor (''My Wife and Kids''). *James Metcalf (artist), James Metcalf, 86, American sculptor. *Richard K. Olney, 64, American physician, pioneer in clinical research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. *Hermano Pablo, 90, American evangelist and broadcaster. *Bogusława Pietkiewicz, 67, Polish Olympic diver. *István Rózsavölgyi, 82, Hungarian runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1960), heart problems. *Juan Sarrachini, 65, Argentine footballer. *Kazimierz Smoleń, 91, Polish museum director and Holocaust survivor. *Kevin White (politician), Kevin White, 82, American politician, List of mayors of Boston, Mayor of Boston (1968–1984). *Yevgeny Yepov, 23, Russian soldier, Hero of the Russian Federation, grenade explosion.

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*Bob Armstrong (ice hockey, born 1961), Bob Armstrong, 50, American ice hockey player. *Diana Bliss, 57, Australian public relations consultant and theatre producer, wife of Alan Bond (businessman), Alan Bond. *Joseph Curran (basketball), Joseph Curran, 89, American college basketball coach (Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball, Canisius). *Don Fullmer, 72, American boxer, lymphoid leukemia. *Keriman Halis Ece, 98, Turkish beauty pageant queen, pianist and fashion model, Miss Turkey 1932. *Roman Juszkiewicz, 59, Polish astrophysicist. *Chand Mal Lodha, 93, Indian judge. *Andrew McMillan (writer), Andrew McMillan, 54, Australian writer and music journalist. *Paul F. O'Rourke, 87, American politician. *Don Starkell, 79, Canadian adventurist and author.

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*Karin Aasma, 85, Estonian-Swedish art historian. *Lee Adler (preservationist), Lee Adler, 88, American historic preservationist. He was named for his paternal grandfather, Leopold I, a native of Austria. *Yomi Bankole, 52, Nigerian table tennis player. *L. Basavaraju, 92, Indian scholar. *Damien Bona, 56, American journalist, writer and film historian, heart attack. *Henrique da Silva Horta, 91, Portuguese vice admiral and colonial administrator. *John H. Davis (author), John H. Davis, 82, American author, Alzheimer's disease. *Tatiana Dorofeeva (linguist), Tatiana Dorofeeva, 64, Russian linguist, orientalist and translator. *Predrag Dragić, 66, Serbian writer. *Nijaz Duraković, 63, Bosnian author and politician. *Ranjit Singh Dyal, 83, Indian Army general. *Borys Fedorenko, 65, Ukrainian painter. *Hellen Huisman, 74, Dutch voice actress. *François Migault, 67, French racing driver. *Syed Abu Nasar, 79, Indian professor of electrical engineering. *Kell Osborne, 72, American singer. *Goody Petronelli, 88, American boxing trainer and manager (Marvin Hagler). *John Rich (director), John Rich, 86, American television director (''All in the Family, Benson (TV series), Benson, The Dick Van Dyke Show''), heart failure. *Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 93, Italian politician, Italian Minister of the Interior, Minister of the Interior (1983–1987); President of Italy, President (1992–1999) and Italian Senate, Lifetime Senator (since 1999). *Gabriel Lawrence Sengol, 83, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Tiruchirapalli, Tiruchirapalli (1990–1997). *J. O. Urmson, 96, British philosopher. *Camilla Williams, 92, American opera singer, complications from cancer.

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*Eladio Acosta Arteaga, 95, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe de Antioquia, Santa Fe de Antioquia (1988–1992). *Rolf Appel, 90, German chemist. *Frank Aschenbrenner, 86, German-born American football player (Chicago Hornets, Montreal Alouettes). *Don Blenkarn, 81, Canadian politician, MP for Peel South, Mississauga (1972–1974) and Mississauga South (1979–1993). *Terence Cowley, 83, Australian cricketer. *Klaus Goldschlag, 89, Canadian ambassador. *Helmi Höhle, 87, German Olympic fencer. *George Lambert (pentathlete), George Lambert, 83, American Olympic silver (1956 Summer Olympics, 1956) and bronze (1960 Summer Olympics, 1960) medal-winning modern pentathlete. *Abdelhamid Mehri, 85, Algerian resistance fighter and politician. *Doeschka Meijsing, 64, Dutch novelist. *Michael D. Ryan, 66, American jurist, List of Justices of the Arizona Supreme Court, Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court (2002–2010), apparent heart attack. *Idichapuli Selvaraj, 73, Indian actor. *Frederick Treves (actor), Frederick Treves, 86, British actor (''The Elephant Man (film), The Elephant Man''). *Johann Carl Vogel, 79, South African physicist. *Bill Wallace (author), Bill Wallace, 64, American author.

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*Stefano Angeleri, 85, Italian footballer and coach. *Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, 90, Dutch-born South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Aliwal, Aliwal (1973–1981). *Mani Ram Bagri, 91, Indian politician. *Rick Behenna, 51, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians), cancer. *Anthony Bevilacqua, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia (1988–2003). *Leslie Carter, 25, American singer and reality star (''House of Carters''), sister of Nick Carter (musician), Nick and Aaron Carter, drug overdose. *H. John Caulfield, 75, American optical physicist. *Bob Citron, 79, American entrepreneur and aerospace engineer, prostate cancer. *Tristram P. Coffin, 89, American folklorist. *Zelda Curtis, 88, British journalist and feminist. *Stacy Doris, 49, American poet, cancer. *Felicia Eze, 37, Nigerian Olympic footballer. *Ayelet Galena, 2, American child, born with dyskeratosis congenita, lung complications. *Juan Carlos Gené, 82, Argentine actor and playwright. *John Hughes (counselor), John Hughes, 66, American drug counselor. *Mikel Japp, 59, Welsh musician and songwriter. *Siddika Kabir, 80, Bangladeshi teacher, television show host and cookbook author. *Petros Karatroupkos, 82, Greek-born Zambian Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Orthodox hierarch, Bishop of Zambia (2001–2003). *Mike Kelley (artist), Mike Kelley, 57, American artist and musician (Destroy All Monsters (band), Destroy All Monsters), suicide. (body found on this date) *Bob LaPointe, 66, American high school and college football coach. *Peadar Maher, 87, Irish politician, Teachta Dála, TD for Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency), Laois–Offaly (1951–1961). *Clara Nomee, 73, American politician, first female Chairpersons of the Crow Nation, Chairperson of the Crow Nation (1990–2000). *Sid Ottewell, 92, English footballer (Nottingham Forest F.C.). *Al Rio, 49, Brazilian comic book artist, suicide by hanging. *Antonio Segura, 64, Spanish comics writer. *King Stitt, 71, Jamaican singer, complications from prostate cancer and diabetes. *Dorothea Tanning, 101, American surrealist painter, printmaker and sculptor. *Bob Thalman, 89, American football player and coach.

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