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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2016. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: *Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.


June 2016


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William Harrison Bell William Harrison Bell (March 28, 1927 – June 1, 2016) was an American Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and a Professor of Surgery who is known for his contributions to the field of Orthognathic Surgery. Dr. Bell's groundbreaking research provided a ...
, 89, American surgeon. *
Leonard Boyle Leonard Eugene Boyle, OP, (13 November 1923 – 25 October 1999), was an Irish and Canadian scholar in medieval studies and palaeography. He was the first Irish and North American Prefect of the Vatican Library in Rome from 1984 to 1997. He ...
, 85, New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
(1983–2005). * Agostino Coletto, 88, Italian racing cyclist. * David Daniell, 87, English literary scholar. *
Roger Enrico Roger Anthony Enrico (November 11, 1944 – June 1, 2016) was an American businessman who is best known for his lengthy service as chief executive officer of PepsiCo. Early life Enrico was born on November 11, 1944, to Italian immigrants in the ...
, 71, American businessman (
PepsiCo PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market. It oversees the manuf ...
,
DreamWorks DreamWorks may refer to: * DreamWorks Pictures, an American film production company of Amblin ** DreamWorks Television, an American television production company and division of the film studio ** DreamWorks Records, an American record label and f ...
), snorkeling incident. *
Razak Khan Abdur Razzak Khan (28 March 1951 – 1 June 2016) was an Indian actor who has worked in Bollywood films. Khan was noted for supporting and comic roles. He was known for his comic role of Manikchand in the 1999 Abbas–Mustan directed film '' Ba ...
, 65, Indian film actor ('' Baadshah'', '' Hello Brother'', ''
Akhiyon Se Goli Maare Akhiyon Se Goli Maare () is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language comedy film, directed by Harmesh Malhotra, starring Govinda, Raveena Tandon, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Asrani and Johnny Lever. The film was released on 2 August 2002. The name of the f ...
''), heart attack. *
Boyce F. Martin Jr. Boyce Ficklen Martin Jr. (October 23, 1935 – June 1, 2016) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, Martin served as chief judge of the circuit f ...
, 80, American judge, Chief Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (in case citations, 6th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: * Eastern District of Kentucky * Western District of ...
(1996–2003), brain cancer. *
Grigore Obreja Grigore Obreja (November 6, 1967 – June 1, 2016) was a Romanian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996. Obre ...
, 48, Romanian sprint canoeist, world champion (
1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...
), Olympic bronze medallist (
1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...
). *
Kosit Panpiemras Kosit Panpiemras (28 May 1943 – 1 June 2016) was a Thai businessman and politician. He was chairman of Bangkok Bank, a leading Thai commercial bank, between 1999 and 2016. Following the 2006 Thailand coup, he was appointed advisor to the milita ...
, 73, Thai banker (
Bangkok Bank Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited ( th, ธนาคารกรุงเทพ, Royal Thai General System of Transcription, RTGS: Thanakhan Krung Thep) is one of the largest commercial banks in Thailand. Its branch network includes over 1,165 ...
), cancer. * Bob Rumball, 86, Canadian pastor and deaf rights advocate. * John Simpson, 89, Australian Olympic fencer. *
Dalpat Singh Paraste Dalpat Singh Paraste (30 May 1950 – 1 June 2016) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Shahdol constituency of Madhya Pradesh and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. He was four times MP from ...
, 66, Indian politician, MP for
Shahdol Shahdol is a city in Shahdol district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Shahdol district, The total geographical area of the district is . Demographics India census A census is the procedure o ...
(2004–2009), brain hemorrhage. *
David Spielberg David Spielberg (March 6, 1939 – June 1, 2016) was an American television and film actor. Early years Spielberg was born in Weslaco, Texas, and was a resident of Mercedes, Texas. His father was a Romanian-Jewish immigrant, and his mother was a ...
, 77, American actor (''
Christine Christine may refer to: People * Christine (name), a female given name Film * ''Christine'' (1958 film), based on Schnitzler's play ''Liebelei'' * ''Christine'' (1983 film), based on King's novel of the same name * ''Christine'' (1987 fil ...
'', '' Wiseguy'', '' ER''). * John Taylor, 87, British Anglican bishop and theologian. *
Wang Jui Wang Hsi-jui (; 25 July 1930 – 1 June 2016), known by his stage name Wang Jui (), was a Taiwanese actor. He won the Golden Bell Award three times. Wang died in Taipei of heart and lung failure on 1 June 2016 at the age of 85. Selected filmo ...
, 85, Taiwanese actor, Golden Bell winner (1991, 1997, 2014).


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Klaus Biemann Klaus Biemann (November 2, 1926 – June 2, 2016) was an Austrian-American professor of chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work centered on structural analysis in organic and biochemistry. He has been called the "father ...
, 89, Austrian-born American biochemist. *
Walter Curley Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Jr. (September 17, 1922 – June 2, 2016) was the 57th United States Ambassador to France from 1989 to 1993, and the United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1975 to 1977. Curley was New York City's Commissioner of Pub ...
, 93, American diplomat, Ambassador to Ireland (1975–1977) and
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
(1989–1993). * Alvin J. DeGrow, 90, American politician. * Donny Everett, 19, American baseball player (
Vanderbilt Commodores The Vanderbilt Commodores are the college athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt fields 16 varsity teams (6 men's teams and 10 women's team ...
), drowned. *
Fulvio Galimi Fulvio Galimi (11 January 1927 – 3 June 2016) was an Argentine fencer who practiced all three weapons: foil, épée and sabre. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He earned a silver medal in the individual foil event at the ...
, 89, Argentine Olympic fencer (
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
,
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 ...
). *
Darko Grubor Darko Grubor ( sr-Cyrl, Дарко Грубор; 16 October 1962 – 2 June 2016) was the general secretary of FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), someti ...
, 53, Serbian executive. *
Don Hardeman Donald Ray Hardeman (August 13, 1952 – June 2, 2016) was an American football running back in the National Football League. He has 5 sons, Don Hardeman Jr. (Hou), Eric Hardeman (Hou), Cedric Hardeman (Hou), Demetrius Hardeman (DC) and David Har ...
, 63, American football player. * Sir Tom Kibble, 83, British physicist. *
Wayne Kingery B. Wayne Kingery (June 5, 1927 – June 2, 2016) was an American football halfback and defensive back who played for the Baltimore Colts. He played college football at McNeese State University McNeese State University is a public university in ...
, 88, American football player (
Baltimore Colts The Baltimore Colts were a professional American football team that played in Baltimore from its founding in 1953 to 1984. The team now plays in Indianapolis, as the Indianapolis Colts. The team was named for Baltimore's history of horse breed ...
). * Pál Koczka, 77, Hungarian Olympic basketball player. * Keith Lawrence, 96, New Zealand-born British flight lieutenant during World War II, surviving member of
The Few The Few were the airmen of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the aviators of the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy (RN) who fought the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. The term comes from Winston Churchill's phrase "Never was so much owed by so ma ...
. *
Yevhen Lemeshko Yevhen Lemeshko ( uk, Євген Пилипович Лемешко; 11 December 1930 – 2 June 2016) was a Ukrainian football coach and chairman of the Council of Veteran Footballers. He started his football career as a player for FC Dynamo Kyiv, ...
, 85, Ukrainian football coach. *
Abderrahmane Meziani Abderrahmane Meziani (12 May 1942 – 2 June 2016) was a professional Algerian Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Life and career Born in Algiers on 12 May 1942, Abderrahmane Meziani began h ...
, 74, Algerian footballer (
USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its co ...
). *
Dan Henry Nicolson Dan Henry Nicolson (1933–2016) was a botanist known particularly for his work on the Araceae, and for his contributions to botanical nomenclature. He is honoured by the International Association for Plant Taxonomy with the ''Dan Nicolson Fund'' ...
, 82, American botanist. *
Andrzej Niemczyk Andrzej Ryszard Niemczyk (16 January 1944 – 2 June 2016) was a Polish volleyball player and coach. He was the coach of the Poland women's national volleyball team that competed at the 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship, and the 2005 ...
, 72, Polish volleyball coach, European champion (
2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...
,
2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...
). * Sir John Pidgeon, 89, Australian property developer. *
Ulrik Plesner Ulrik Adolph Plesner, usually known as Ulrik Plesner (17 May 1861 in Vedersø – 22 November 1933 in Skagen) was an innovative Danish architect who designed in a National Romantic style at the beginning of the 20th century. He is remembered in p ...
, 85, Danish architect. *
Lee Pfund Le Roy Herbert Pfund (October 18, 1919 – June 2, 2016) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Early life Pfund was born in Oak Park, Illinois. Baseball career On November 1, 1944 he was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the St. Louis Cardina ...
, 96, American baseball player (
Brooklyn Dodgers The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1884 as a member of the American Association (19th century), American Association before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the ...
) and college baseball and basketball coach ( Wheaton College). *
Willis Pyle Willis Acton Pyle (September 3, 1914 – June 2, 2016) was an American animator known for his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios, including ''Pinocchio'' (1940), ''Fantasia'' (1940), and ''Bambi'' (1942), as well as UPA's '' Mr. Magoo'', wher ...
, 101, American animator (''
Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...
'', ''
Bambi ''Bambi'' is a 1942 American animated drama film directed by David Hand (supervising a team of sequence directors), produced by Walt Disney and based on the 1923 book ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'' by Austrian author and hunter Felix Salten. ...
'', '' Mr. Magoo''). *
Brian Reidy Brian Thomas Reidy (27 January 1939 – 2 June 2016) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand. Playing career Reidy played for the Marist club and represented Auckland. He made his debut for the New Zealand national rugb ...
, 77, New Zealand rugby league player (
Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...
,
national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...
). *
Helen Renton Air Commodore Helen Ferguson Renton, (13 March 1931 – 2 June 2016) was a Scottish Royal Air Force officer. From 1980 to 1986, she served as Director of the Women's Royal Air Force. Early life and education Renton was born on 13 March 1931Th ...
, 85, British air force officer, director of the WRAF (1980–1986). *
Freddie Wadling Berndt Arvid Freddie Wadling (2 August 1951 – 2 June 2016) was a Swedish singer born in Gothenburg, whose over-thirty-year musical career extended from punk to classical ballads. Band member Wadling played bass in a number of bands during ...
, 64, Swedish singer and songwriter. * Häns'che Weiss, 64–65, German jazz guitarist.


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* Yevgeny Agureyev, 65, Russian field hockey player and administrator. *
Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, a ...
, 74, American boxer, Olympic gold medalist (
1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...
), three-time WBC world heavyweight champion (1964, 1974, 1978), septic shock. *
Balu Anand Balu Anand (1954 – 3 June 2016) was an Indian actor and director who worked in Tamil-language films (Kollywood). He appeared in over 100 films as an actor and directed several films, such as ''Naane Raja Naane Mandhiri'', ''Annanagar Mudhal T ...
, 61, Indian actor, heart attack. *
Szabolcs Baranyi Szabolcs Baranyi (31 January 1944 – 3 June 2016) was a professional tennis player from Hungary. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up in two doubles events, on both occasions partner ...
, 72, Hungarian tennis player. *
Sreten Asanović Sreten Asanović (22 February 1931 – 3 June 2016) was a Montenegrin author who established the short-story genre in that country. Asanović was born in Donji Kokoti, near Podgorica. He completed teacher-training school, focusing on preschool ed ...
, 85, Montenegrin author. *
Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen Adolph Cornelis 'Dolf' van Bruggen (9 July 1929 – 3 June 2016)Breure A. S. H. (5 June 2016"A.C. (Dolf) van Bruggen (1929-2016)" Bram's snailblog, accessed 5 June 2016. was a Dutch malacologist, entomologist, and botanist. His interest in the tro ...
, 86, Dutch malacologist. * Henry Childs, 65, American football player (
New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Since 1975, the te ...
), heart attack. *
Mac Cocker George Malcolm 'Mac' Cocker Cocker, Jarvis. ''Good Pop, Bad Pop'', London: Jonathan Cape, 2022, p. 320 (1941 – 3 June 2016) was an English-born Australian radio announcer, who worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio network for ...
, 74, English-born Australian radio presenter (
2JJ Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian Radio in Australia, radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greate ...
, 105.7 ABC Darwin). * Stephen Gasiorowicz, 87, American theoretical physicist. *
Vladimir Ivanovsky Vladimir Evgenevich Ivanovsky (; 9 May 1948 – 3 June 2016) was a Russian diplomat. He last served as the Russian Ambassador to Turkey (2007–2013). He had previously served as the Russian Ambassador to Macedonia (2000–2002) an ...
, 68, Russian diplomat, Ambassador to Turkey (2007–2013). *
Jocelyn Lovell Jocelyn Charles Bjorn Lovell (19 July 1950 – 3 June 2016) was a Canadian cyclist. He won dozens of Canadian national titles for track and road cycling in the 1970s and early 1980s, as well as gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and Pan Ame ...
, 65, Canadian Olympic cyclist (
1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...
,
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
,
1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
), Commonwealth (
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
) and Pan American Games (
1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...
,
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
) gold medalist. *
Sten Lundin Sten Lundin (20 November 1931 – 3 June 2016) was a Swedish professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1955 to 1966. Motocross career Lundin won the F.I.M. 500cc motocross world championship in 1959 ridi ...
, 84, Swedish motocross racer,
world champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
(1959, 1961). *
Leonard Marchand Leonard Stephen "Len" Marchand, (November 16, 1933 – June 3, 2016) was a Canadian politician. He was the first person of First Nations status to serve in the federal cabinet, after being the first Status Indian elected and serving as a Memb ...
, 82, Canadian politician, Minister of Environment (1976, 1977–1979), Senator (1984–1998), first Aboriginal federal cabinet minister. * Joseph Michel, 90, Belgian politician,
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
of the
Belgian Chamber of Representatives The Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: , french: link=no, Chambre des représentants, german: link=no, Abgeordnetenkammer) is one of the two chambers in the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Senate. It is considered ...
(1980–1981), Minister of the Interior (1974–1977, 1986–1988). *
Ken Morioka Ken Morioka ( ja, 森岡賢; March 15, 1967 – June 3, 2016) was a Japanese musician, keyboardist, composer, and music producer. He died of heart failure at the age of 49. In addition to being a member of influential synthpop group Soft Ballet, ...
, 49, Japanese musician and composer (
Soft Ballet Soft Ballet was a Japanese electronic group formed in 1987. The group consisted of three members, Maki Fujii, Ken Morioka, and Ryoichi Endo, though they employed extra support members for live shows. While Soft Ballet weren't necessarily chart topp ...
), heart failure. * Murray Murrell, 93, Australian football player ( Collingwood). *
Victor Reux Victor Reux (December 3, 1929 – June 3, 2016) was a French and Saint Pierre and Miquelon politician and teacher. He served in the French Senate, representing the overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, for nine years from October 1, ...
, 86, French
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon (), officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (french: link=no, Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon ), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in t ...
politician. *
Luis Salom Luis Jaime Salom Horrach (7 August 1991 – 3 June 2016) was a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Salom died after a practice accident at Circuit de Catalunya, when making contact with his bike and the wall after a high-speed accident. Racing ...
, 24, Spanish motorcycle racer, race collision. *
Sabam Siagian Sabam Pandapotan Siagian (4 May 1932  – 3 June 2016) was an Indonesian journalist. He served as the first editor in chief of ''The Jakarta Post''. Siagian departed the ''Jakarta Post'' in 1991 upon his appointment as Ambassador of Indone ...
, 84, Indonesian journalist, editor-in-chief of ''
The Jakarta Post ''The Jakarta Post'' is a daily English-language newspaper in Indonesia. The paper is owned by PT Niskala Media Tenggara and based in the nation's capital, Jakarta. ''The Jakarta Post'' started as a collaboration between four Indonesian med ...
'' (1983–1991), Ambassador to Australia (1991–1994). *
Arve Solstad Arve Solstad (15 November 1935 – 3 June 2016) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was born in Orkdal as a son of farmer Johan Solstad (1896–1989) and Marit Skauge (1910–2000). He finished his secondary education in Orkdal in 1955, worked one ...
, 80, Norwegian newspaper editor (''
Dagbladet ''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newsp ...
''). *
Dave Swarbrick David Cyril Eric Swarbrick (5 April 1941 – 3 June 2016) was an English folk musician and singer-songwriter. His style has been copied or developed by almost every British and many world folk violin players who have followed him. He was ...
, 75, British folk musician and singer-songwriter (
Fairport Convention Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater (with Frater replaced by Martin Lamble after their first gig.) They started o ...
), emphysema. *
Henrique N'zita Tiago Henrique N'zita Tiago (14 July 1927 – 3 June 2016) was President of the Armed Forces of Cabinda, a rebel group that fights for the independence of Cabinda from Angola. He died in Paris on 3 June 2016. It was reported that Tiago was 88 years ol ...
, 88, Angolan separatist politician, President of the Armed Forces of Cabinda.


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Gil Bartosh Gilbert C. Bartosh Sr. (May 21, 1930 – June 4, 2016) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) from 1974 to 1976, compiling a record of 6–28. Considered the g ...
, 86, American football player and coach. * Frank Brown, 79, American Olympic skier. *
Annie Castledine Ann "Annie" Castledine (26 February 1939 – 4 June 2016), was a British theatre director, teacher and dramaturg. Described in ''The Guardian'' as "one of the arts world's best-known secrets" who "shaped some of the most influential players in B ...
, 77, British theatre director. *
Eamonn Cooke "Captain" Eamonn Cooke (died 4 June 2016) was a former owner of pirate radio station Radio Dublin. He was a convicted paedophile, and a suspect in the disappearance of Philip Cairns. He assumed ownership of the station in 1977. Pirate radio As o ...
, 79, Irish DJ and criminal. *
Phyllis Curtin Phyllis Curtin (née Smith; December 3, 1921 – June 5, 2016) was an American soprano and academic teacher who had an active career in operas and concerts from the early 1950s through the 1980s. She is known for her creation of roles in ope ...
, 94, American soprano. *
Bobby Curtola Bobby or Bobbie may refer to: People * Bobby (given name), a list of names * Bobby (actress), from Bangladesh * Bobby (rapper) (born 1995), from South Korea * Bobby (screenwriter) (born 1983), Indian screenwriter * Bobby, old slang for a constab ...
, 73, Canadian singer. *
Sulabha Deshpande Sulabha Deshpande ( mr, सुलभा देशपांडे; 1937 – 4 June 2016) was an Indian actress and theatre director. Apart from Marathi theatre and Hindi theatre in Mumbai, she acted in over 73 mainstream Bollywood films. She als ...
, 79, Indian actress. *
István Halász István Halász (12 October 1951 – 4 June 2016) was a Hungarian football midfielder who played for Hungary in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
, 64, Hungarian footballer (
Tatabánya Tatabánya (; german: Totiserkolonie; sk, Banská Stará) is a City with county rights, city with county rights of 64,305 inhabitants in northwestern Hungary, in the Central Transdanubian region. It is the capital of Komárom-Esztergom County. L ...
, Vasas,
national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...
). * Antti Hyry, 84, Finnish writer. * Geirmund Ihle, 81, Norwegian politician, MP (1969–1981). *
Nicky Jennings Nicholas Jennings (18 January 1946 – 4 June 2016) was an English professional footballer whose 15-year career ran from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s. Born in Wellington, Somerset he played nearly 100 league games for his first club Plymo ...
, 70, English footballer (
Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...
,
Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...
). * Rodney Johnson, 88, Australian Olympic sports shooter. * Zoya Klyuchko, 83, Ukrainian entomologist. * Piero Leddi, 85, Italian painter. *
Erich Linemayr Erich Linemayr (24 January 1933 in Linz – 4 June 2016) was an Austrian football referee. He is known for having refereed three matches in the FIFA World Cup, two in 1974 and one in 1978. He also refereed two matches in the 1980 UEFA European F ...
, 83, Austrian football referee. *
Norman Longmate Norman Longmate (15 December 1925 – 4 June 2016) was an English author and social and military historian. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and Worcester College, Oxford, where he read Modern History. Author of 31 books, and of various r ...
, 90, English historian. * Sir Brian McGrath, 90, British courtier, private secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh. *
Carmen Pereira Carmen Maria de Araújo Pereira (22 September 1936 – 4 June 2016) was a Bissau-Guinean politician. She served three days as Acting President in 1984, becoming the first woman in this role in Africa and the only one in Guinea-Bissau's history. Sh ...
, 79, Bissau-Guinean politician, acting
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
(1984). *
Pulu Poumele Pulu Talo Poumele (January 31, 1972 – June 4, 2016) was an American football coach and offensive tackle who played in both the National Football League (NFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). Early and personal life Born in Oceanside, ...
, 44, American football player (
San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...
,
Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its ...
). * Alan Rathbone, 57, English rugby league player (
Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
,
Warrington Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...
). *
Bill Richmond Bill Richmond (5 August 1763 – 28 December 1829) was a British boxer, born into slavery in Richmondtown, New York. Although born in Colonial America, he lived for the majority of his life in England, where all his boxing contests took p ...
, 94, American screenwriter and producer (''
The Carol Burnett Show ''The Carol Burnett Show'' is an American variety/sketch comedy television show that originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 279 episodes, and again with nine episodes in fall 1991. It starred Carol Burnett, Harvey ...
'', ''
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'', ''
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''). * Farid Seiful-Mulyukov, 85, Uzbek-born Russian journalist and writer. * Bill Snowden, 81, New Zealand rugby league player ( Ponsonby,
national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...
). *
Nicola Tanda Nicola Tanda (Sorso, 22 December 1928 – London, 4 June 2016) was an Italian philologist and literary critic. He studied under Ungaretti and Sapegno at Rome. He was for over thirty years professor at the University of Sassari, first specialising ...
, 87, Italian literary critic and philologist. * William Wright, 85, American author. * Mustafa Zalmi, 92, Iraqi Kurdish Muslim scholar.


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* Loretta Abbott, 83, American dancer and choreographer. * Manohar Aich, 104, Indian bodybuilder, Mr. Universe (1952). *
Gianluca Buonanno Gianluca Buonanno (15 May 1966 – 5 June 2016) was an Italian politician born in Borgosesia. At the time of his death, Buonanno was mayor of Borgosesia, member of Lega Nord and MEP. Biography He was affiliated with the Italian Social Movement ...
, 50, Italian politician, MEP (since 2014), traffic collision. *
Jerome Bruner Jerome Seymour Bruner (October 1, 1915 – June 5, 2016) was an American psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology. Bruner was a senior research fellow ...
, 100, American psychologist. *
David Gilkey David P. Gilkey (January 5, 1966 – June 5, 2016) was a U.S. photojournalist for National Public Radio in the United States, for whom he covered disasters, epidemics and war. It was originally reported that Gilkey and his native Afghan handler ...
, 50, American photojournalist, grenade explosion. * Frank Griffin, 98, Irish judge. * Taomati Iuta, 77, I-Kiribati politician,
Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...
(1991–1994) and
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(2003, 2007–2015), diabetes. * David Lamb, 76, American war correspondent and journalist (''
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''). *
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, 32, Syrian military commander, shot. * Ortensia, 10, Australian thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. *
Jarbas Passarinho Jarbas Gonçalves Passarinho (11 January 1920 – 5 June 2016) was a Brazilian military officer and politician. Passarinho began his political career when he was appointed Governor of Pará. He served as head of several government ministries du ...
, 96, Brazilian politician,
Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a v ...
(1990–1992),
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(1981–1983), Governor of
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(1964–1966). *
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, 76, American political scientist. *
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official, pancreatic cancer. * Rick Speare, 68, Australian public health physician, traffic collision. *
Eleanor Zelliot Eleanor Zelliot (October 7, 1926 – June 5, 2016) was an American writer, professor of Carleton College and specialist on the history of India, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, women of Asia, Untouchability, Untouchables, and social movements. Zelliot ...
, 89, American scholar. *
Aleksei Zharkov Aleksei Dmitrievich Zharkov (russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Жарков; 27 March 1948 – 5 June 2016) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. He was a People's Artist of Russia (1994). Biography Aleksei Dmitrievich Zharko ...
, 68, Russian actor, liver disease.


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* Stuart Anderson, 93, American restaurateur (
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). *
Rhoda Blumberg Rhoda Blumberg (December 13, 1917 – June 6, 2016) was an American author of historical books for children. Early life She was born Rhoda Shapiro in Brooklyn, New York on December 13, 1917. Her mother was a founder of the Mizrachi Women's Organi ...
, 98, American author. *
Theresa Poh Lin Chan Chan Poh Lin (9 July 1943 – 6 June 2016), better known as Theresa Poh Lin Chan, was a Singaporean writer and teacher.Holden, Stephen ''The New York Times'', 29 September 2006. Born in Singapore, she was known in her youth as "the Helen Keller of ...
, 72, Singaporean writer and actress, lung cancer. *
Helen Fabela Chávez Helen Fabela Chávez (January 21, 1928 – June 6, 2016) was an American labor activist for the United Farm Workers of America (UFWA). Aside from her affiliation with the UFW, she was a second-generation Chicano, Chicana with a traditional upb ...
, 88, American labor unionist. *Hélio Garcia, 85, Brazilian politician, List of Governors of Minas Gerais, Governor of Minas Gerais (1984–1987, 1991–1995). *Harry Gregory (footballer, born 1943), Harry Gregory, 72, English footballer (Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic). *John Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton, 88, British army officer and peer. *Ayaz Jani, 48, Pakistani poet and journalist. *Viktor Korchnoi, 85, Russian-born Swiss chess player. *Basil McKenzie, 89, Jamaican Olympic sprinter. *Remi Nadeau, 95, American historian. *Federico José Pagura, 93, Argentinian Protestant minister, Bishop of the Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina. *Steve Pisanos, 96, Greek-born American air force officer. *Theresa Saldana, 61, American actress (''Raging Bull'', ''The Commish'', ''I Wanna Hold Your Hand (film), I Wanna Hold Your Hand''), renal failure. *Rolf Schweizer, 80, German composer. *Peter Shaffer, Sir Peter Shaffer, 90, British playwright (''Amadeus (play), Amadeus'', ''Equus (play), Equus'', ''Black Comedy (play), Black Comedy'') and screenwriter, Tony Award for Best Play, Tony (29th Tony Awards, 1975, 35th Tony Awards, 1981) and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Oscar winner (57th Academy Awards, 1985). *Kimbo Slice, 42, Bahamian-born American mixed martial artist (Bellator MMA, Bellator, Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC), boxer and actor (''Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh''), heart failure. *Keith Smith (cricketer), Keith Smith, 87, New Zealand cricketer. *Tunga (artist), Tunga, 64, Brazilian sculptor and performance artist, cancer. *André Warusfel, 79, French mathematician and writer. *Jimmy Williams (coach), Jimmy Williams, 90, Canadian baseball player and manager. *Héctor Zumbado, 84, Cuban writer and comedian.


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*Børge Bach, 71, Danish footballer (AaB Fodbold, AaB). *Bretagne (rescue dog), Bretagne, 16, American Golden Retriever rescue dog, euthanized after kidney failure. *Johnny Brooks, 84, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea F.C., Chelsea, Brentford F.C., Brentford). *John H. Eicher, 95, American scientist and author. *Tanju Gürsu, 77, Turkish actor and film director, respiratory failure. *Amber Gurung, 78, Nepalese musician and composer (Sayaun Thunga Phulka, national anthem). *Frans Harjawiyata, 84, Indonesian Roman Catholic abbot. *Robert Hall (New Brunswick politician), Robert Hall, 85, Canadian politician. *Leonard Hill (producer), Leonard Hill, 68, American television executive and writer, property developer. *Peter Jost, 95, British mechanical engineer. *Stephen Keshi, 54, Nigerian football player (R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht, RC Strasbourg Alsace, Strasbourg) and manager (Nigeria national football team, national team), heart attack. *Graham Latimer, Sir Graham Latimer, 90, New Zealand Māori leader and politician. *Marita Lindquist, 97, Finnish writer. *Thomas Perkins (businessman), Thomas Perkins, 84, American businessman (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers). *Anatoliy Polishchuk, 66, Soviet-Ukrainian volleyball player, Olympic silver medalist (Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976). *Rubén Quevedo, 37, Venezuelan baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers), heart attack. *Elayne Rapping, 77, American writer, breast cancer. *Sean Rooks, 46, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers), heart disease. *Didargylyç Urazow, 39, Turkmen footballer, stroke. *Bryan Wiedmeier, 56, American sports executive (Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns, National Football League Management Council, NFL Management Council), brain cancer. *Rod Zimmer, 73, Canadian politician, Senate of Canada, Senator for Manitoba (2005–2013), complications from esophageal cancer and pneumonia.


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*Smart Akraka, 82, Nigerian Olympic sprinter. *Pierre Aubert, 89, Swiss politician, President of the Swiss Confederation, President (1983, 1987). *Terje Fjærn, 73, Norwegian musician and conductor. *Sascha Lewandowski, 44, German football manager (Bayer Leverkusen, Union Berlin). *Qahhor Mahkamov, 84, Tajik politician, President of Tajikistan, President (1990–1991). *Philip Majerus, 79, American biochemist, prostate cancer. *Marina Malfatti, 83, Italian actress (''The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave'', ''The Red Queen Kills Seven Times'', ''Black Killer''). *Michael Manser, 87, British architect, complications from a stroke. *Ngala Mwendwa, 94, Kenyan politician. *William Smith (loyalist), William Smith, 62, Northern Irish paramilitary and politician. *Robert Sussman, 74, American anthropologist, stroke.


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*Hamza Ali, 20, English cricketer (Hampshire County Cricket Club, Hampshire), drowning. *Michael Baldasaro, 67, Canadian sect leader (Church of the Universe) and political candidate (Marijuana Party (Canada), Marijuana Party), cancer. *Stepan Bondarev, 93, Belarusian Soviet army general. *Alex Tamba Brima, 44, Sierra Leonean military commander (Armed Forces Revolutionary Council), convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Sierra Leone Civil War, Civil War. *Stéphane Dumas (astrophysicist), Stéphane Dumas, 46, Canadian astrophysicist, complications from influenza. *Carillo Gritti, 74, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Territorial Prelate of Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara, Itacoatiara (since 2000). *T. S. John, 76, Indian politician, chairman of the Kerala Congress. *J. Reilly Lewis, 71, American choral conductor and Baroque music specialist, heart attack. *James Lewis (Indiana politician), James Lewis, 85, American politician, member of the Indiana Senate (1974–1978, 1986–2010) and Indiana House of Representatives, House of Representatives (1970–1972). *Hassan Muhammad Makki, 82, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister of Yemen, Prime Minister (1974). *Panagiotis Mavrikos, 42, Greek newspaper publisher, traffic collision. *Bernard Shrimsley, 85, British newspaper editor (''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun'', ''News of the World''). *Brooks Thompson, 45, American basketball player (Orlando Magic) and coach (UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball, UTSA Roadrunners), multiple organ failure. *A. Gordon Wetmore, 84, American theologian, President of the Northwest Nazarene College (1983–1992). *Madeleen de Wijkerslooth de Weerdesteyn, 80, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (Netherlands), Senate (1980–1987) and Council of State (Netherlands), Council of State (1987–2002).


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*Shuaibu Amodu, 58, Nigerian football coach (Nigeria national football team). *Mary Feik, 92, American aviator. *Alexander Gorlov, 85, Russian mechanical engineer. *Alex Govan, 86, Scottish footballer (Plymouth Argyle, Birmingham City). *Christina Grimmie, 22, American singer-songwriter (''Find Me (Christina Grimmie EP), Find Me'') and talent show participant (''The Voice (U.S. season 6), The Voice''), shot. *Gopal Gurung, 80, Nepali politician and author. *Habib (singer), Habib, 68, Iranian singer, heart attack. *Margaret Vinci Heldt, 98, American hairstylist, creator of the beehive (hairstyle), beehive hairstyle. *Ambrose Hickey, 71, Irish Gaelic footballer (Offaly GAA). *Desmond Heeley, 85, British set and costume designer. *John Horgan (hurler), John Horgan, 66, Irish hurler (Cork GAA, Cork). *Gordie Howe, 88, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers). *Giannis Michalopoulos, 89, Greek actor. *Mimmo Palmara, 87, Italian actor (''A Long Ride from Hell'', ''Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis'', ''Hercules Unchained''). *Alfred Oftedal Telhaug, 81, Norwegian educationalist. *Giuseppe Virgili, 80, Italian footballer (ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina, Italy national football team, national team). *Derek Wilson (architect), Derek Wilson, 93, New Zealand architect and environmentalist.


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*Rudi Altig, 79, German cyclist, winner of the 1962 Vuelta a España, world champion (1966), cancer. *Asghar Bichareh, 89, Iranian photographer and actor. *Gilbert Blue, 82, American Catawba people, Catawba chief (1973–2007), mesothelioma. *Stacey Castor, 48, American convicted murderer, heart attack. *Chico Fernández, 84, Cuban baseball player (Detroit Tigers), complications from a stroke. *Paolo Leon, 81, Italian Post-Keynesian economics, post-Keynesian economist. *Inder Malhotra, 86, Indian journalist (''The Guardian''), editor (''The Statesman (India), The Statesman'', ''The Times of India'') and columnist. *Moonist, 5, American racehorse, complications of colic. *Alberto Remedios, 81, British operatic tenor. *Bryan Robinson (American football, born 1974), Bryan Robinson, 41, American football player (Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Arizona Cardinals), heart disease. *Trudi Roth, 86, Swiss actress, dementia. *Thomas Skidmore, 83, American historian. *Lars Skytøen, 86, Norwegian politician, Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norway), Minister of Industry (1979–1981). *Veijo Valtonen, 80, Finnish footballer.


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*Abdullah Ahmad, 79, Malaysian newspaper editor (''New Straits Times''), journalist and politician, cancer. *Georgia Apostolou, 43, Greek actress (''Erotas (TV series), Erotas''), heart attack. *David K. Backus, 63, American economist, leukemia. *Donald Carr, 89, English cricketer (Derbyshire County Cricket Club, Derbyshire, Oxford University Cricket Club, Oxford University, England cricket team, national team) and administrator (Marylebone Cricket Club, MCC, TCCB). *Michelle Cliff, 69, Jamaican-born American writer, liver failure. *Gordon Connell (actor), Gordon Connell, 93, American actor (''Hello, Dolly! (musical), Hello, Dolly!''). *Vladimir Dolgopolov, 54, Soviet and Russian football player (FC Zenit Saint Petersburg), complications from a stroke. *Robert F. Dorr, 76, American writer and diplomat, brain tumor. *Franco Faggi, 90, Italian rower, Olympic gold medalist (
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
). *Earl Faison, 77, American football player (
San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...
). *Dagfinn Gedde-Dahl, 79, Norwegian physician. *Gunnar Gran, 84, Norwegian media executive (NRK). *P. V. Guharaj, 91, Indian police surgeon. *Curley Johnson, 80, American football player (New York Jets), Super Bowl winner (Super Bowl III, 1969). *Danny Kopec, 62, American chess player, pancreatic cancer. *Harold La Borde, 82, Trinidadian sailor, fall. *Achyut Lahkar, 85, Indian actor and playwright. *Rodney Leach, Baron Leach of Fairford, 82, British banker and politician. *Tom Leppard, 80, British tattooed man. *Omar Mateen, 29, American mass murderer (Orlando nightclub shooting), shot. *Michu Meszaros, 76, Hungarian-born American actor (''ALF (TV series), ALF''). *Elín Ortiz, 81, Puerto Rican actor, comedian, and producer, Alzheimer's disease. *Fabrizio Pirovano, 56, Italian motorcycle road racer, tumour. *Alfonso Portugal, 82, Mexican footballer (Mexico national football team, national team). *Jerry Vaflor, 76, Filipino football player and coach, pneumonia. *George Voinovich, 79, American politician, United States Senate, Senator from Ohio (1999–2011), Governor of Ohio (1991–1998), Mayor of Cleveland (1980–1989). *Janet Waldo, 96, American actress and voice artist (''The Jetsons'', ''The Flintstones'', ''Wacky Races (1968 TV series), Wacky Races''). *Chris Warren (musician), Chris Warren, 49, American musician (World Wrestling Entertainment, WWF). *Cezary Wodziński, 57, Polish philosopher, historian, essayist and translator (Jagiellonian University, University of Warsaw).


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*Anahid Ajemian, 92, American violinist. *Uriah Asante, 24, Ghanaian footballer (Accra Hearts of Oak SC, Hearts of Oak), heart attack. *John Arnold Baker, 90, British judge and politician. *Irene Bauer, 71, Norwegian politician. *Tony Byrne (footballer, born 1946), Tony Byrne, 70, Irish footballer (Hereford F.C., Hereford, Southampton F.C., Southampton). *Tet Garcia, 75, Filipino politician. *Gladys Gunzer, 76, American sculptor. *Ofelya Hambardzumyan, 91, Armenian folk singer. *Oleg Karavaychuk, 88, Soviet and Russian composer. *Joshua Wanume Kibedi, 74, Ugandan diplomat and politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uganda), Foreign Minister (1971–1973), Ambassador to the United Nations (1986–1988). *Randy Jones (drummer), Randy Jones, 72, British-born American jazz musician (Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Maynard Ferguson), heart failure. *Ron Mason, 76, Canadian ice hockey coach and university administrator (Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey, Michigan State). *Mohammad Moniruzzaman Miah, 81, Bangladeshi academic. *Chips Moman, 79, American songwriter ("(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song") and record producer, Grammy Award, Grammy winner (18th Annual Grammy Awards, 1976). *Mudrarakshas, 82, Indian Hindi author. * Robert T. Paine (zoologist), Robert T. Paine, 83, American ecologist, acute myeloid leukemia. *Gregory Rabassa, 94, American literary translator (''Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar novel), Hopscotch''). *Gerald J. Wasserburg, 89, American geologist.


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*Lidia Biondi, 75, Italian actress (''Eat Pray Love'', ''Casanova (2005 film), Casanova'', ''Rome (TV series), Rome''). *Roger Breeze, 69, English veterinary scientist. *Robert Després, 91, Canadian businessman, lung cancer. *Anatol Dumitraș, 60, Moldovan singer, cancer. *Melvin Dwork, 94, American interior designer and gay rights activist. *Ronnie Claire Edwards, 83, American actress (''The Waltons'', ''The Dead Pool'', ''Designing Women''), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. *Anatoli Grishin (canoeist), Anatoli Grishin, 76, Russian sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres, 1964). *Ann Morgan Guilbert, 87, American actress (''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''The Nanny'', ''Grumpier Old Men''), cancer. *Per Hovdenakk, 80, Norwegian art historian. *Gertrude Kerbis, 89, American architect (O'Hare International Airport), liver cancer. *OJB Jezreel, 49, Nigerian singer and record producer, complications from kidney failure. *Gilles Lamontagne, 97, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1984–1990), Parliament of Canada, MP (1977–1984), Mayor of Quebec City (1965–1977). *Ali Lazrak, 68, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives (2002–2006), lung cancer. *Henry McCullough, 72, Northern Irish guitarist (Spooky Tooth, Wings (band), Wings, The Grease Band). *Samuel Mumbengegwi, 73, Zimbabwean politician. *Ken Orr, 77, American software engineer. *Irma Roy, 84, Argentine actress and politician, Argentine Chamber of Deputies, national deputy (1995–2005). *Ovie Scurlock, 97, American jockey. *Yumi Shirakawa, 79, Japanese actress (''Rodan (film), Rodan'', ''The Mysterians'', ''The H-Man'').


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*Somawansa Amarasinghe, 73, Sri Lankan politician, leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (1994–2014), stroke. *Anton Barten, 86, Dutch economist. *Claude Confortès, 88, French actor (''War of the Buttons (1962 film), War of the Buttons''). *Lois Duncan, 82, American writer (''I Know What You Did Last Summer (novel), I Know What You Did Last Summer'', ''Hotel for Dogs'', ''Who Killed My Daughter?''). *Aslam Farrukhi, 92, Pakistani writer and critic. *Gypsy Joe, 82, Puerto Rican professional wrestler (World Wrestling Council, WWC, Continental Wrestling Association, CWA, All Japan Pro Wrestling, AJPW). *David Hall (chemist), David Hall, 88, New Zealand chemistry academic (University of Auckland). *Roland Hardy, 90, British Olympic race walker (
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 ...
, 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956). *Bob Holman (academic), Bob Holman, 79, British academic (University of Bath) and community worker, motor neurone disease. *Joaquin Jackson, 80, American Texas Ranger. *Fred James (Canadian football), Fred James, 71, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders). *Ladislav Kupkovič, 80, Slovak composer and conductor. *Milorad Mandić, 55, Serbian actor (''Selo gori, a baba se češlja'', ''Pretty Village, Pretty Flame'', ''Klopka''), heart attack. *Hiroshi Minatoya, 72, Japanese judoka, world champion (1967 World Judo Championships, 1967, 1969 World Judo Championships, 1969). *Alavi Moulana, 84, Sri Lankan politician, Ministry of Labour and Trade Union Relations, Minister of Labour (2000–2001), List of Governors of Western Province, Governor of Western Province (2002–2015). *Harry Moule, 94, English cricketer (Worcestershire County Cricket Club, Worcestershire). *Richard Selzer, 87, American surgeon and author. *Giuseppe Spagnulo, 79, Italian sculptor. *A. C. Tirulokchandar, 86, Indian film director (''Iru Malargal'', ''Deiva Magan'', ''Athey Kangal (1967 film), Adhey Kangal''). *John Tremelling, 86, Australian Olympic sports shooter. *Elaina Marie Tuttle, 52, ornithologist and behavioral geneticist


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*Sulo Aittoniemi, 79, Finnish politician, Parliament of Finland, MP (1987–2003). *Bill Berkson, 76, American poet and art critic, heart attack. *Doug Cherry, 83, Canadian politician. *Jo Cox, 41, British politician, Parliament of the United Kingdom, MP for Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency), Batley and Spen (since 2015), shot and stabbed. *Manimala Devi, 84, Indian actress (''Kaa (1965 film), Kaa''). *Wayne Dowd, 74, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (1978–2000), cancer. *Anjan Dutta (politician), Anjan Dutta, 64, Indian politician. *Hans Lipschis, 96, Lithuanian-born German military officer. *Luděk Macela, 65, Czech footballer, Olympic gold medalist (Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980). *Irving Moskowitz, 88, American businessman and philanthropist. *Candy Ruff, 65, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1993–2009). *Pat Suggate, 94, British-born New Zealand geologist. *Jerome Teasley, 67, American drummer, complications from liver and lung cancer. *Charles Thompson (jazz), Charles Thompson, 98, American pianist.


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*Rubén Aguirre, 82, Mexican actor (''El Chavo del Ocho'', ''El Chapulín Colorado'', ''Chespirito (TV series), Chespirito''). *Willy Andresen, 94, Norwegian jazz pianist. *Attrell Cordes, 46, American rhythm and blues singer (P.M. Dawn), renal disease. *Angel Gelmi Bertocchi, 78, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochabamba, Cochabamba (1985–2013). *Audrey Disbury, 82, English cricketer. *Peter Feuchtwanger, 76, German-born British pianist, composer and piano teacher. *Thomas Ashley Graves Jr., 91, American academic, President of the College of William & Mary (1971–1985). *Bud Gregory, 90, Canadian politician. *Phil Hennigan, 70, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, New York Mets), lung cancer. *Sam Beaver King, 90, Jamaican-born British political activist, Mayor of Southwark (1983), co-founder of the Notting Hill Carnival. *Reidar Kvaal, 100, Norwegian World War II military officer. *Ron Lester, 45, American actor (''Varsity Blues (film), Varsity Blues'', ''Popular (TV series), Popular'', ''Good Burger''), liver and kidney failure. *David Morgenthaler, 96, American businessman (Morgenthaler Ventures). *Loretto Petrucci, 86, Italian racing cyclist. *Tenor Fly, 48, English rapper and ragga vocalist. *Wang Sichao, 77, Chinese astronomy scholar, cerebral hemorrhage.


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*Paul Cox (director), Paul Cox, 76, Dutch-born Australian film director (''My First Wife'', ''A Woman's Tale'', ''Exile (1994 film), Exile''), liver cancer. *Sharon Douglas, 95, American actress (''Fog Island''). *Susana Duijm, 79, Venezuelan beauty queen, Miss World winner (Miss World 1955, 1955). *Alejandro Jano Fuentes, 45, American singer (''La Voz... México''), shot. *Graham Gibbons, 96, Bermudian businessman and politician, Mayor of Hamilton, Bermuda (1972–1988). *Jim Harrison (artist and writer), Jim Harrison, 80, American writer and artist, heart attack. *Curt Hofstad, 70, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (since 2006), heart attack. *Väinö Huhtala, 80, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay, 1960). *Jeppiaar, 85, Indian educationist, founder and chancellor of Sathyabama University. *Sverre Kjelsberg, 69, Norwegian musician (The Pussycats (Norwegian band), The Pussycats). *William J. Livsey, 85, American army general. *Sibe Mardešić, 89, Croatian mathematician. *Rachel McCulloch, 74, American economist. *Vittorio Merloni, 83, Italian entrepreneur and industrialist, founder of Indesit Company. *Robert L. Moore (psychologist), Robert L. Moore, 73, American psychologist. *Kitty Rhoades, 65, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1999–2011), pneumonia. *Stanisław Romik, 90, Polish shooter. *Joe Schaffernoth, 78, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians), cancer. *Edith Turner (anthropologist), Edith Turner, 95, English-born American anthropologist. *Wu Jianmin, 77, Chinese diplomat, Ambassador to France and the Netherlands (1998–2003), traffic collision.


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*Mihnea Berindei, 68, Romanian-born French historian. *Nicolae Bocșan, 68, Romanian historian. *Nicolás García Uriburu, 78, Argentine artist and landscape architect. *Götz George, 77, German actor (''Tatort''). *Fan Ho, 84, Chinese photographer, film director and actor, pneumonia. *David Johnson (company director), David Johnson, 83, Australian-born American business executive (Campbell Soup Company). *John Love (scientist), John Love, 73, British-born Australian scientist. *Ricardo Obregón Cano, 99, Argentine politician, Governor of Córdoba (Argentine province), Governor of Córdoba (1973–1974). *Allan Paivio, 91, Canadian psychologist. *Ixora Rojas Paz, 60, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, president of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies, Chamber of Deputies (1998–1999). *Victor Stănculescu, 88, Romanian general and politician, Minister of National Defense (Romania), Minister of National Defence. *Norbert Thériault, 95, Canadian politician, Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, MLA (1960–1979) and Senate of Canada, Senator for New Brunswick (1979–1996). *Niki Tobi, 75, Nigerian judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Supreme Court (2002–2010). *Randolph Vigne, 87, South African political activist. *Anton Yelchin, 27, Soviet-born American actor (''Star Trek (2009 film), Star Trek'', ''Alpha Dog'', ''Fright Night (2011 film), Fright Night''), blunt traumatic asphyxia.


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*Ann Atwater, 80, American civil rights activist. *Frank Chapot, 84, American equestrian, Olympic silver medalist (Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960, Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972). *Fiqre Crockwell, 30, Bermudian cricket player, shot. *Eamonn Dolan, 48, Irish football player and coach, cancer. *Alvin Endt, 82, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1984–1999). *Benoîte Groult, 96, French journalist, writer and feminist activist. *Bill Ham, 79, American band manager (ZZ Top). *Hal Holman, 93, Australian artist. *Michał Józefczyk, 69, Polish Roman Catholic priest. *Aulis Kähkönen, 85, Finnish Olympic swimmer. *Willie Logie, 83, Scottish footballer (Rangers F.C., Rangers). *Ernesto Maceda, 81, Filipino politician, President of the Senate of the Philippines, Senate President (1996–1998), Senate of the Philippines, Senator (1971–1972, 1987–1998) and columnist, multiple organ failure. *Dan Maraya, 69, Nigerian griot. *Rich Olive, 66, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (2007–2011), cancer. *Edgard Pisani, 97, French politician, philosopher and writer, President of the Arab World Institute, AWI (1988–1995), High Commissioner of New Caledonia (1985), Ministry of Agriculture (France), Minister of Agriculture (1961–1966). *William Craig Rice, 61, American academic. *Chayito Valdez, 71, Mexican-born American folk singer and actress, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage. *James Victor (actor), James Victor, 76, American actor (''Stand and Deliver'', ''Zorro (1990 TV series), Zorro'').


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*Guda Anjaiah, 60, Indian poet, singer and lyricist, kidney ailment. *Jim Boyd (musician), Jim Boyd, 60, American singer-songwriter. *Karl Dallas, 85, British journalist, author and campaigner, cancer. *Dan Daniel (radio personality), Dan Daniel, 82, American radio personality (WMCA (AM), WMCA, WYNY (defunct), WYNY, WCBS-FM, WCBS). *Bryan Edwards (footballer, born 1930), Bryan Edwards, 85, British footballer (Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers). *Helen T. Edwards, 80, American physicist. *Pat Friday, 94, American singer. *Jack Fuller, 69, American journalist and publisher (Tribune Publishing), cancer. *Kunio Hatoyama, 67, Japanese politician. *Henk Hofland, 88, Dutch journalist, columnist and writer. *Al Howie, 70, Canadian long-distance runner. *Wayne Jackson (musician), Wayne Jackson, 74, American musician (The Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns), heart failure. *Pierre Lalonde, 75, Canadian singer and television host, complications from Parkinson's disease. *Kenworth Moffett, 81, American art curator (Boston Museum of Fine Arts), museum director (Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale) and writer. *Mohammed Nizamuddin, 83, Indian trade unionist and politician. *Jim Randell, 87, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Electoral district of Mirani, Mirani (1980–1994).


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*Joan Acker, 92, American sociologist. *John William Ashe, 61, Antiguan diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2013–2014), heart attack. *Vasily Bochkaryov, 67, Russian politician. *Steve French (singer), Steve French, 56, American gospel singer (Kingdom Heirs), suicide by jumping. *John Garrow, 87, British nutritionist and physician. *Luis Gutiérrez Martín, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Segovia, Segovia (1995–2007). *Mike Hart (singer/songwriter), Mike Hart, 72, British singer-songwriter. *David J. Hickson, 85, British organisational theorist. *Mohammad Kilani, Jordanian politician, Water Minister (1989). *Andrzej Kondratiuk, 79, Polish film director (''Hydrozagadka''), screenwriter, actor and cinematographer. *Roberto Lovera, 93, Uruguayan basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952). *Alan Mitchell (comics), Alan Mitchell, 55, English comics creator. *J. V. Ramana Murthi, 83, Indian actor. *Yaşar Nuri Öztürk, 71, Turkish theologian and politician, stomach cancer. *Harry Rabinowitz, 100, British music composer (''Reilly, Ace of Spies'') and conductor (''Chariots of Fire'', ''Cats (musical), Cats''). *Samir Roychoudhury, 82, Indian writer (Hungry Generation). *Tokia Russell, 38, Bermudian footballer, traffic collision. *Amjad Sabri, 45, Pakistani qawwali singer, shot.


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*Eoin Cameron, 65, Australian radio presenter (720 ABC Perth, 6WF) and politician, Parliament of Australia, MP for Division of Stirling, Stirling (1993–1998), heart attack. *Mike Flynn (editor), Mike Flynn, 48, American online journalist and conservative activist. *Arie Gluck, 86, Israeli Olympic runner (Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres, 1952). *James Green (historian), James Green, 71, American historian, leukemia. *Michael Herr, 76, American author (''Dispatches (book), Dispatches'') and screenwriter (''Full Metal Jacket'', ''Apocalypse Now''). *Shirley Fenton Huie, 91, Australian author. *Jin Yaqin, 91, Chinese actress (''You and Me (2005 film), You and Me''), cancer. *Shelley Moore, 84, British-born American jazz singer. *Stanley Mandelstam, 87, American theoretical physicist. *Peter Morley (filmmaker), Peter Morley, 91, German-born British filmmaker. *Stuart Nisbet, 82, American actor (''Casino (film), Casino'', ''In the Heat of the Night (film), In the Heat of the Night'', ''Bewitched''). *Ralph Stanley, 89, American bluegrass musician (The Stanley Brothers), Grammy Award, Grammy winner (44th Annual Grammy Awards#Country, 2002), skin cancer. *Peter Tennant (cricketer), Peter Tennant, 74, English cricketer. *Rane Vaskivuori, 49, Finnish designer.


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*Francisco Ivens de Sá Dias Branco, 81, Brazilian billionaire businessman. *Charles Chaynes, 90, French composer. *Tony Feher, 60, American sculptor, liver cancer. *Asım Can Gündüz, 60, Turkish rock guitarist, heart attack. *Steven Hancock, 58, British Olympic kayaker (Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres, 1980) and business executive (VidWrx Inc.), traffic collision. *Chaim Avrohom Horowitz, 83, American Chasidic rabbi of the Boston (Hasidic dynasty), Boston Hasidic dynasty. *Donald Jelinek, 82, American civil rights lawyer, lung disease. *Allah Dino Khaskheli, 50, Pakistani singer, traffic collision. *Andries Kinsbergen, 89, Belgian politician, Governor of Antwerp (province), Antwerp (1967–1993). *James Lee (defensive tackle), James Lee, 36, American football player (Green Bay Packers), complications from diabetes. *Kelly Mader, 64, American rancher and politician, heart attack. *Edoardo Müller, 78, Italian opera conductor. *Oscar Obert, 85, American handball player. *Greg Pierce, 66, Australian rugby league player and captain (Cronulla Sharks, Australia national rugby league team, national team), cancer. *Gerald Walpin, 84, American attorney and author. *Bernie Worrell, 72, American musician (Parliament-Funkadelic), lung cancer.


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*Raymond Bateman, 88, American politician, New Jersey Senate, New Jersey state senator (1968–1978). *Percy Beake, 99, Canadian-born British World War II fighter pilot. *Antonin Canavese, 87, French cyclist. *Nicole Courcel, 84, French actress (''Rendezvous in July'', ''Sundays and Cybele''). *Jack Cropp, 89, New Zealand yachtsman, Olympic gold medalist (Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956). *Bill Cunningham (American photographer), Bill Cunningham, 87, American fashion photographer (''The New York Times''). *Maurice G. Dantec, 57, French science fiction writer and musician. *Giuseppe Ferrara, 83, Italian film director (''The Moro Affair'', ''One Hundred Days in Palermo'', ''Giovanni Falcone (film), Giovanni Falcone''). *Steve Ferrughelli, 67, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes). *Shōichi Fujimori, 89, Japanese royal steward. *Jim Hickman (1960s outfielder), Jim Hickman, 79, American baseball player (New York Mets, Chicago Cubs). *Peter Hutton (filmmaker), Peter Hutton, 71, American film director, cancer. *Farrakh Khan, 77, Pakistani army general, Chief of General Staff (1991–1994). *Hal Lear, 81, American basketball player (Temple University). *Patrick Mayhew, Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden, 86, British barrister and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1992–1997). *Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo, 89, Indian writer, multiple organ failure. *Ben Patterson, 82, American artist and musician. *Julie Plawecki, 54, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (since 2015), heart attack. *Adam Small (writer), Adam Small, 79, South African writer and poet, complications from surgery. *Ermin Smrekar, 85, Italian architect. *Trevor Steedman, 62, British actor and stuntman (''Aliens (film), Aliens'', ''Snatch (film), Snatch'', ''Children of Men''), complications from a stroke. *Elliot Wolff, 61, American songwriter and music producer. (body discovered on this date)


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*Jürgen von Beckerath, 96, German Egyptologist. *Austin Clarke (novelist), Austin Clarke, 81, Canadian novelist (''The Polished Hoe''). *Sergei Cortez, 81, Chilean-born Belarusian composer. *Kristiina Elstelä, 73, Finnish actress. *Jona Goldrich, 88, Polish-born American real estate developer and philanthropist. *Barbara Goldsmith, 85, American author, heart failure. *Samuel L. Green Jr., 89, American pastor and bishop (Church of God in Christ). *Andrés Hernández Ros, 67, Spanish politician, President of the Region of Murcia (1982–1984). *Count and Countess de Hoernle, Henrietta Rach Hoernle, 103, German-born American philanthropist. *Ryan Jimmo, 34, Canadian mixed martial artist (Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC, Maximum Fighting Championship, MFC), vehicular homicide. *Kim Sung-min (actor), Kim Sung-min, 43, South Korean actor (''Miss Mermaid''), suicide by hanging. *Anatoliy Kutsev, 57, Moldovan-born Ukrainian football player, referee and manager (Ukraine women's national football team, women's national team). *Alexander Litaay, 67, Indonesian ambassador, Ambassador to Croatia (since 2016), heart attack. *Hazel Newhook, 101, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, MHA for Gander (electoral district), Gander (1979–1985), Mayor of Gander (1973–1977). *Kavalam Narayana Panicker, 88, Indian dramatist, theatre director and poet. *Mike Pedicin, 98, American jazz bandleader. *John J. Santucci, 85, American lawyer and politician, New York State Senate, New York state senator (1968–1976). *Gino Sovran, 91, Canadian basketball player (Toronto Huskies). *William C. Waterhouse, 74, American mathematician. *Rostislav Yankovsky, 86, Belarusian film and stage actor, People's Artist of the USSR (1978).


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*Franz Cibulka, 69, Austrian composer. *Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho, 92, Brazilian biologist. *Caçapava (footballer), Caçapava, 61, Brazilian footballer. *Elmer Cravalho, 90, American politician, Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1959–1967), Mayor of Maui (1969–1979). *Henry Sebastian D'Souza, 90, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta, Calcutta (1986–2002). *Xerxes Desai, 79, Indian executive (Titan Company, Titan). *Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, 83, Danish composer, cancer. *Harry Halbreich, 85, Belgian musicologist. *Dave Heath, 85, American photographer. *Grace Hollander, Dame Grace Hollander, 94, New Zealand community leader. *Aharon Ipalé, 74, Moroccan-born Israeli actor (''The Mummy (1999 film), The Mummy'', ''Fiddler on the Roof (film), Fiddler on the Roof'', ''Alias (TV series), Alias''), cancer. *George W. Miller (judge), George W. Miller, 75, American federal judge. *Oh Se-jong, 33, South Korean short track speed skater, Olympic champion (Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics, 2006), traffic collision. *Simon Ramo, 103, American engineer, businessman and author. *Mack Rice, 82, American songwriter ("Mustang Sally (song), Mustang Sally", "Respect Yourself") and singer, complications of Alzheimer's disease. *Edward D. Sheafer Jr., 75, American naval officer. *Bud Spencer, 86, Italian actor (''They Call Me Trinity'', ''Watch Out, We're Mad!'', ''Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure'') and swimmer. *Amar Suloev, 40, Armenian mixed martial artist, stomach cancer. *Alvin Toffler, 87, American writer and futurist (''Future Shock'', ''The Third Wave (Toffler book), The Third Wave'').


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*Leland Bardwell, 94, Irish poet, novelist and playwright. *Theo Dilissen, 62, Belgian basketball player and businessman. *Christer Ericsson, 74, Swedish businessman, drowning. *Freddie Gilroy, 80, Northern Irish bantamweight boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956). *Allan Greenshields, 90, Australian football player (Carlton Football Club, Carlton, St Kilda Football Club, St Kilda). *André Guelfi, 97, French racing driver (Formula One). *Darell Koons, 91, American painter. *George Matsumoto, 93, American architect. *Joseph Atsumi Misue, 80, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Hiroshima, Hiroshima (1985–2011). *Scotty Moore, 84, American guitarist (Elvis Presley). *Fabiane Niclotti, 31, Brazilian model, Miss Universo Brasil 2004. *Buddy Ryan, 85, American football head coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals) and defensive coordinator (Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers). *Michel Soutif, 94, French physicist. *Pat Summitt, 64, American basketball coach (Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball, Tennessee Lady Volunteers), dementia. *Zurlon Tipton, 26, American football player (Indianapolis Colts), shot. *Keith Vickerman, 83, British zoologist (University of Glasgow), Regius Professor of Zoology (1984–1998).


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*Elechi Amadi, 82, Nigerian writer. *Margaret Bakkes, 84, South African author. *Inocente Carreño, 96, Venezuelan composer. *James Cooley, 89, American mathematician. *Giuseppe De Andrea, 86, Italian-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Kuwait, and Yemen (2001–2005), Qatar (2003–2005). *John Farquharson (journalist), John Farquharson, 86, Australian journalist. *Gunnar Garbo, 92, Norwegian politician, Parliament of Norway, MP (1958–1973). *Stanley Gault, 90, American businessman, CEO of Rubbermaid and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Goodyear. *Robert Marie Gay, 89, Canadian-born Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale, Kabale (1996–2003). *Irving Gottesman, 85, American psychologist. *Carl Haas, 86, American car racing team owner. *Stan Harper, 94, American virtuoso harmonica player. *Jan Hettema, 82, South African Olympic cyclist (1956 Summer Olympics, 1956) and rally driver, shot. *Ojo Maduekwe, 71, Nigerian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nigeria), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2010). *Frode Nilsen, 92, Norwegian diplomat. *Veena Sahasrabuddhe, 67, Indian singer and composer. *Edward L. Salmon Jr., 82, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina (before 2012), South Carolina (1990–2008). *Douglas W. Schwartz, 86, American archaeologist. *Vasyl Slipak, 41, Ukrainian opera singer, shot. *K. G. Subramanyan, 92, Indian artist. *Arthur Underwood, 88, English cricketer. *Rob Wasserman, 64, American musician (David Grisman Quintet, RatDog, Lou Reed), cancer. *Xu Jiatun, 100, Chinese politician and dissident, Governor of Jiangsu (1977–1979).


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*Charlie Akers, 76, American Olympic biathlete. *Ann Cartwright DeCouto, 75, Bermudian politician, Deputy Premier (1989–1992). *Don Friedman, 81, American jazz pianist. *Paul T. Gillcrist, 87, American rear admiral. *Gian Corrado Gross, 74, Italian Olympic swimmer (1964 Summer Olympics, 1964). *Juan Habichuela, 83, Spanish flamenco guitarist. *Geoffrey Hill, Sir Geoffrey Hill, 84, British poet. *Quasar Khanh, 82, Vietnamese inventor and designer. *Al Libous, 88, American politician, Mayor of Binghamton, New York (1969–1981). *Tupay Loong, 69, Filipino politician, Governor of Sulu (1984–1996), liver cancer. *Martin Lundström, 98, Swedish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's 18 km, 1948). *Gordon Murray (puppeteer), Gordon Murray, 95, British puppeteer and television producer (''Trumpton'', ''Camberwick Green'', ''Chigley''). *Joe Scott (American football), Joe Scott, 90, American football player (New York Giants). *Robert Squires, 89, British vice admiral. *Thunder (luchador), Thunder, 35, Australian professional wrestler (Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, CMLL), stomach cancer. *Witold Zagórski, 85, Polish basketball player (Poland national basketball team, national team) and coach.


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