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The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2017. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.


September 2017


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S. Anitha Shanmugam Anitha (5 March 2000 – 1 September 2017) was a student from Tamil Nadu, India. She scored 1176/1200 in the 12th standard exams in the Tamil Nadu State Board. This would have secured her a medical seat, if only the State Board marks h ...
, 17, Indian student, suicide by hanging. *
Armando Aste Armando Aste (6 January 1926 – 1 September 2017) was one of the most influential Italian alpinists of the postwar period. Aste was born in Rovereto near Trento, Trentino. He led the first Italian ascent of the Eiger north face in 1962, toget ...
, 91, Italian alpinist. *
Shelley Berman Sheldon Leonard Berman (February 3, 1925 – September 1, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, writer, teacher, and lecturer. In his comedic career, he was awarded three gold records and he won the first Grammy Award for a spoken comedy reco ...
, 92, American comedian and actor (''
Curb Your Enthusiasm ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' is an American television sitcom produced and broadcast by HBO since October 15, 2000, and created by Larry David, who stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself. It follows David's life as a semi-retired televisio ...
'', ''
Meet the Fockers ''Meet the Fockers'' is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Jay Roach and the sequel to the 2000 film '' Meet the Parents''. The film stars Robert De Niro (who was also one of the film's producers), Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisan ...
'', '' You Don't Mess with the Zohan''), Alzheimer's disease. *
Vladimír Brabec Vladimír Brabec (15 May 1934 in Prague – 1 September 2017 in Nová Ves pod Pleší) was a Czech actor. Selected filmography *''Revolucni rok 1848'' (1949) - Student *''Krízová trojka'' (1952) - Boy *''Velké dobrodruzství'' (1952) - Cerv ...
, 83, Czech actor and voice actor (''
Thirty Cases of Major Zeman ''Thirty Cases of Major Zeman'' (''Třicet případů majora Zemana'') is a Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official attitude of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. The series were ...
'', ''
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'', '' Návštěvníci''). * Jackie Burkett, 80, American football player (
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), leukemia. * Jérôme Choquette, 89, Canadian lawyer and politician, MNA (1966–1976), pneumonia. * Verner Dalskov, 85, Danish politician, mayor of Odense (1973–1992). *
Ralph Dellor Ralph Dellor (1948 – 1 September 2017) was an English sports writer, journalist and TV and radio commentator, primarily on cricket. He was also a cricket coach.Isaac Fulwood Isaac "Ike" Fulwood Jr. (April 28, 1940 – September 1, 2017) was an American police officer who served as the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia from July 1989 until September 1992. Chief Fulwood inherited ...
, 77, American police officer, District of Columbia police chief (1989–1992). *
Bud George Camille "Bud" George (December 23, 1927 – September 1, 2017) was an American politician. Biography Born in Houtzdale, Pennsylvania on December 23, 1927, George graduated from Houtzdale High School in 1944, and then served in the United States N ...
, 89, American politician, member of the
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(1975–2013). * Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 87, British peer. *
Tony Hakaoro Tony Hakaoro (5 January 1964 - 1 September 2017) was a Cook Islands broadcaster and radio talk show host. Hakaoro hosted one of the country's most popular, daily radio talk shows, "Karangaranga," on Radio Cook Islands Radio Cook Islands (630 AM) ...
, 53, Cook Islands broadcaster and radio talk show host ('' Radio Cook Islands''), stroke. *
Hedley Jones Hedley H. G. Jones (12 November 1917 – 1 September 2017) was a Jamaican musician, audio engineer, inventor, trade unionist and writer. He designed and played one of the first solid-bodied electric guitars, designed and built Jamaica's first so ...
, 99, Jamaican musician, audio engineer and inventor. *
Alex Karczmar Alexander George Karczmar (May 9, 1917 – August 17, 2017), was a Polish-American neuroscientist and academic. He was tenured for 30 years (1956–1986) as professor and chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at ...
, 100, American neuroscientist. *
Elizabeth Kemp Elizabeth Kemp (November 5, 1951 – September 1, 2017) was an American actress and acting coach. She began her career on the television series ''Love of Life'' in 1973, after studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Actors ...
, 65, American actress ('' Love of Life'', ''
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'', '' He Knows You're Alone''), cancer. * Matthew Labine, 58, American soap opera writer (''
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''). * Peadar Lamb, 87, Irish actor ('' Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks'', ''
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'', '' Father Ted''). *
Paul Moreno Pablo (Paul) Cruz Moreno (April 28, 1931 – September 1, 2017) was State Representative for the 77th District of El Paso, Texas, USA. Early life and education He was born in Alamogordo, New Mexico but raised in El Paso's El Segundo Barrio, ...
, 86, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1967–2008). * Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, 85, English Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Arundel and Brighton (1977–2000) and Westminster (2000–2009). *
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, 74, American baseball player ( Los Angeles Angels,
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), cancer. *
Rick Shorter Rick Shorter (May 1, 1934 - September 1, 2017) was a songwriter, music producer, and author. During the 1960s when he was most active, he produced and arranged for a multitude of artists. They include Ciska Peters, Big Dee Irwin, and Galt MacDer ...
, 83, American folk singer, record producer and author, stroke. * Mick Softley, 77, British singer, songwriter and guitarist. * Štefan Vrablec, 92, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of
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(1998–2004). *
Gin D. Wong Gin Dan Wong (September 17, 1922 – September 1, 2017) was a Chinese-born American architect based in Los Angeles, California. During his career, he was the chief of the Architectural Guild for the School of Architecture and Fine Arts at U ...
, 94, Chinese-born American architect.


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* Shirish Atre-Pai, 87, Indian poet. * Marge Calhoun, 91, American surfer. * Viktor Cherepkov, 75, Russian politician, mayor of Vladivostok (1993–1994, 1996–1998), cancer. *
Eric Conn Eric Edward Conn (January 6, 1923 – September 2, 2017) was an American biochemist. His research focused on plant metabolism, specifically the intermediary metabolism of secondary plant products. Early life and education Eric Edward Conn was b ...
, 94, American biochemist. * Halim El-Dabh, 96, Egyptian-born American composer and ethnomusicologist. *
Sybil Flory Sybil Flory (née LeFleur; 8 April 1920 – 2 September 2017) was a pharmacist, seamstress and teacher. She was born in Burma to a Burmese mother and a French father. Her mother died in childbirth. The sisters had grown up with an elder brother an ...
, 97, Burmese-born British teacher. * Murray Lerner, 90, American documentarian and producer, Oscar winner (
1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
), kidney failure. *
María Cristina Orive María Cristina Orive (1930/1931 – 2 September 2017) was a Guatemalan photographer who has worked as a photojournalist. Together with Sara Facio, she founded the Buenos Aires publishing house La Azotea which specializes in publishing the work of L ...
, 86, Guatemalan photojournalist. *
Hugo Obwegeser Hugo Obwegeser (21 October 1920 – 2 September 2017) was an Austrian Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgeon and Plastic Surgeon who is known as the father of the modern orthognathic surgery. In his publication of 1970, he was the first surgeon to descri ...
, 96, Austrian oral and plastic surgeon, father of modern orthognathic surgery. *
Alberto Pérez Pérez Alberto Pérez Pérez (Montevideo, 15 June 1937 - 2 September 2017) was a Uruguayan legal scholar and human rights advocate. In the early 1970s he was Dean of the School of Law, University of the Republic. The civic-military dictatorship destitut ...
, 80, Uruguayan law scholar, judge of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR or IACtHR) is an international court based in San José, Costa Rica. Together with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, it was formed by the American Convention on Human Rights, a huma ...
. * Ian Powe, 84, British naval officer. * Sharad Rao, 60, Indian cricketer. *
Michael Simanowitz Michael Simanowitz (August 10, 1971 – September 2, 2017) was a Democratic New York State Assembly member from the borough of Queens. Election to New York State Assembly Simanowitz was a resident of the Electchester housing cooperative, ...
, 46, American politician, member of the
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(since 2011). * Lucky Varela, 82, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1987–2016). *
Drew Wahlroos Drew Edward Wahlroos (June 7, 1980 – September 2, 2017) was a professional American football linebacker. He played in the National Football League for the St. Louis Rams in 2004 and 2005. In two seasons with the Rams, Wahlross appeared in ...
, 37, American football player ( St. Louis Rams), suicide by gunshot. * Xiang Shouzhi, 99, Chinese general, commander of the
Nanjing Military Region The Nanjing Military Region () was one of the former seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covers all military and armed police located in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shanghai ...
(1982–1990) and the
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(1975–1977).


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Tom Amundsen Tom Amundsen (4 February 1943 – 3 September 2017) was a Norwegian sport rower and physician. Amundsen was born in Oslo in 1943. He started rowing while he studied medicine at the University of Oslo, and he belonged to Norske Studenters Rok ...
, 74, Norwegian Olympic rower (
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 ...
). *
John Ashbery John Lawrence Ashbery (July 28, 1927 – September 3, 2017) was an American poet and art critic. Ashbery is considered the most influential American poet of his time. Oxford University literary critic John Bayley wrote that Ashbery "sounded, in ...
, 90, American poet ('' Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror'') and art critic,
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winner (1976). * Walter Becker, 67, American
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musician (
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), songwriter and producer,
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winner (
2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
), esophageal cancer. * William Clauson, 87, Swedish-American singer. *
Joan Colom Joan Colom i Altemir (April 1921 – 3 September 2017) was a Spanish photographer renowned for his portraits of Barcelona's underworld and working class, especially in the infamous neighbourhood of Raval. Colom was born in Barcelona. He was a s ...
, 96, Spanish photographer. * John Byrne Cooke, 76, American author and musician, throat cancer. *
Luis Duarte Fernando Luis Duarte Mungi (10 April 1941 – 3 September 2017) was a Peruvian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Duarte's brothers, Enrique, Raúl, and Ricardo Ricardo is the Spanish and ...
, 76, Peruvian Olympic basketball player (
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 ...
). *
Roberto Hernandez Jr. Roberto Hernández Jr. or Roberto Hernandez Vazquez (25 January 1938 – 3 September 2017) was a Mexican journalist and sportscaster from Monterrey. He headed the sportscasting team of Multimedios Television, Multimedios Televisión and Radio and ...
, 79, Mexican journalist and sportscaster. * Jesús González, 58, Spanish Olympic rower. *
Dave Hlubek David Lawrence "Dave" Hlubek ( ; August 28, 1951 – September 2, 2017) was the American lead guitarist and founding member of the Southern rock band Molly Hatchet. Early life and education David Lawrence Hlubek was born in Jacksonville, Flori ...
, 66, American guitarist and songwriter ( Molly Hatchet), heart attack. * Victor Krasin, 88, Ukrainian-born Russian human rights activist, economist and Soviet dissident. *
Hans Nylund Hans Nylund (8 June 1939 – 3 September 2017) was a Norwegian footballer. He played in one match for the Norway national football team The Norway national football team ( no, Norges herrelandslag i fotball, or informally ''Landslaget'' ...
, 78, Norwegian footballe

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Piet Ouderland Piet Ouderland (17 March 1933 – 3 September 2017) was a Dutch footballer and basketball player. As a footballer, he played as a striker for Ajax, AZ Alkmaar and the Netherlands national team. For Ajax, he made 261 total appearances with the cl ...
, 84, Dutch footballer ( Ajax, national team) and basketball player ( national team). *
Sugar Ramos Ultiminio Ramos Zaqueira (2 December 1941 – 3 September 2017) was a Cuban-born Mexican professional boxer who was better known as Sugar Ramos. Ramos fought out of Mexico where he was adopted as a national hero. He was a world featherweight cha ...
, 75, Cuban-Mexican
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boxer, WBA/WBC featherweight champion (1963–1964), cancer. *
Larrington Walker Larrington St Anthony Walker (1946 – 3 September 2017) was a Jamaican-born British actor. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Walker emigrated to the UK in 1956. Walker starred in the British television drama Taboo, and starred in movies such as ''Sec ...
, 70, Jamaican-born British actor ('' Taboo''). *
John P. White John Patrick White (February 27, 1937 – September 3, 2017) was an American university professor and a government official who served in the Clinton Administration. Life and career White was born in Syracuse, New York in 1937 and received ...
, 80, American politician, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (1995–1997), Parkinson's disease. *
Peter Zobel Peter Zobel (18 June 1936 – 3 September 2017) was a Danish CEO of the insurance company Codan A/S. He was a lawyer, appointed Hofjægermester by the Royal Danish Court and owner of the estate, Bækkeskov in the south of Zealand. He was al ...
, 81, Danish Olympic equestrian (
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 ...
).


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* Sultan Ahmed, 64, Indian politician, MP for Entally (since 2009), heart attack. *
Badih Chaaban Badih Chabaan (c. 1960 - 4 September 2017) was a PR councilor in the Cape Town City Council (Subcouncil 17 (Athlone & District)). He was a member of the Africa Muslim Party (AMP) when he was named councilor in August 2006 but later crossed the fl ...
, 57, South African politician, Cape Town city councilor (2006–2015), cancer. * Don Cockburn, 87, Irish journalist, presenter and newsreader (
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). * David Consunji, 95, Filipino engineer and industrialist. *
Mountaga Diallo Mountaga Diallo (1942–4 September 2017) was a Senegalese diplomat and army general. He was an Ambassador of Senegal to Russia, presenting his credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 Octo ...
, 74–75, Senegalese diplomat and army officer, Force Commander of MONUSCO (2000–2004), Ambassador to Russia (since 2005). * Bob Kehoe, 89, American soccer player. * Jomde Kena, 49, Indian politician. *
John Wilson Lewis John Wilson Lewis (November 16, 1930 – September 4, 2017) was an American political scientist. He taught at Cornell University, before joining the faculty of Stanford University, where he became the William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics. ...
, 86, American political scientist. * Earl Lindo, 64, Jamaican reggae musician ( Bob Marley and the Wailers). * Lev Lipatov, 77, Russian nuclear and particle physicist. *
Abdullah Maute Abdullah Maute (died August 7, 2017) was a Moro militant who co-founded, along with his brother Omar Maute, a ''Dawlah Islamiyah'' (Islamic state) group in Mindanao, Philippines commonly known as the Maute group after their surname. On Septemb ...
, Filipino Islamist militant ( Maute group), airstrike. (death announced on this date) * Les McDonald, 84, British-Canadian triathlon competitor and administrator. * Harry Meshel, 93, American politician, member of the
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(1970–1993). * Gastone Moschin, 88, Italian actor ('' The Godfather Part II'', '' Caliber 9'', '' My Friends''), cardiomyopathy. *
José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco (March 30, 1921 – September 4, 2017) was a Mexican Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco was born in Atotonilco El Alto, Mexico and was ordained a priest on March 27, 1948. Velas ...
, 96, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tuxtla (1965–1988) and San Juan de los Lagos (1988–1999), respiratory complications.


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* Eloísa Álvarez, 61, Spanish politician, Mayor of Soria (1999–2003),
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(2004–2011) and
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for Soria (2011–2015). * Nicolaas Bloembergen, 97, Dutch-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (
1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
). *
Holger Czukay Holger Schüring (24 March 1938 – 5 September 2017), known professionally as Holger Czukay (), was a German musician best known as a co-founder of the krautrock group Can. Described as "successfully bridg ngthe gap between pop and the avant-g ...
, 79, German musician (
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). * Cedric Hassall, 97, New Zealand chemist. *
Robert Jenson Robert William Jenson (August 2, 1930 – September 5, 2017) was a leading American Lutheran and ecumenical theologian. Prior to his retirement in 2007, he spent seven years as the director of the Center for Theological Inquiry at Princeton Theol ...
, 87, American theologian. * Mike Lair, 71, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2009–2016), heart disease. * Gauri Lankesh, 55, Indian journalist and political activist, shot. *
Ma Kwang-soo Ma Kwang-soo (; 14 April 1951 − 5 September 2017) was a South Korean poet, professor in Korean literature, novelist and essayist. He died in an apparent suicide in September 2017. For most of his life, he taught at Yonsei University. He was impr ...
, 66, South Korean author. * Gina Mason, 57, American politician, member of the
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(since 2017). * Arno Rink, 76, German painter. * Hansford Rowe, 93, American actor (''
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'', '' Dante's Peak'', '' The Bonfire of the Vanities''), traffic collision. *
Bo Södersten Bo Södersten (5 June 1931 – 5 September 2017) was a Swedish economist and politician. A native of Dalarna County, Södersten attended Uppsala University and the Stockholm University, where he studied under Ingvar Svennilson. From 1961 to 1962 ...
, 86, Swedish professor and politician, MP (1979–1988). * Sir Terence Streeton, 87, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Bangladesh (1983–1989). * Tom Wright, 93, American baseball player ( Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox).


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* Derek Bourgeois, 75, English composer, cancer. * Sir Robert Bruce-Gardner, 74, British art conservator. * Carlo Caffarra, 79, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara–Comacchio (1995–2003) and Bologna (2003–2015). * Raúl Castañeda, 34, Mexican Olympic boxer (
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
), shot. *
Daniel Federman Daniel David Federman, (1928 – September 6, 2017) was an American endocrinologist and the Carl W. Walter Distinguished Professor of Medicine and the dean for medical education at Harvard Medical School. He helped change medical education at ...
, 89, American medical researcher. *
Walter Guralnick Walter Charles Guralnick, DMD (November 1916 – September 6, 2017) was a Boston-based dentist who helped launch dental insurance in Massachusetts. He was Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Emeritus, at Massachusetts General Hospital and ...
, 100, American dentist. *
Rosa Judge Rosa Judge MQR ( Micallef; 1919 – 6 September 2017) was a Maltese musician. She was educated at St Catherine's School in Sliema, Malta. Career In 1934 she was awarded the Gold Medal from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music fo ...
, 97, Maltese musician. * Peter Luck, 73, Australian journalist and television presenter ('' This Day Tonight''), Parkinson's disease. * Nicolae Lupescu, 76, Romanian football player (
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, Admira Wacker Wien, national team) and manager. * Şerif Mardin, 90, Turkish sociologist. * Jim McDaniels, 69, American basketball player ( Seattle SuperSonics,
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, Buffalo Braves), complications from diabetes. *
Eleanore Mikus Eleanore Mikus (July 25, 1927 - September 6, 2017) was an American artist who began painting in the late 1950s in the Abstract Expressionist mode. By the early 1960s, she was creating monochromatic paintings with geometric patterns that according ...
, 90, American artist. * Kate Millett, 82, American feminist writer ('' Sexual Politics''), cardiac arrest. * Mike Neville, 80, British television presenter ( BBC North East and Cumbria, ITV Tyne Tees), cancer. * Noel Picard, 78, Canadian ice hockey player ( Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Atlanta Flames). * Solomon Efimovich Shulman, 81, Belarusian writer and film director. * Dimitris Varos, 68, Greek journalist and poet. *
Hugo Wathne Hugo Wathne (25 September 1932 – 6 September 2017) was a Norwegian sculptor and art instructor. Biography Hugo Frank Wathne was born in Stavanger, Norway to Frank Ingolf Wathne and Birgit Rosenvold. His father was a painter and glass artist. ...
, 84, Norwegian sculptor. * Roy Williams, 80, American football player ( San Francisco 49ers). *
Lotfi A. Zadeh Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (; az, Lütfi Rəhim oğlu Ələsgərzadə; fa, لطفی علی‌عسکرزاده; 4 February 1921 – 6 September 2017) was a mathematician, computer scientist, electrical engineer, artificial intelligence researcher, an ...
, 96, Azerbaijani-born American mathematician, innovator of
fuzzy mathematics Fuzzy mathematics is the branch of mathematics including fuzzy set theory and fuzzy logic that deals with partial inclusion of elements in a set on a spectrum, as opposed to simple binary "yes" or "no" (0 or 1) inclusion. It started in 1965 ...
.


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* Türkân Akyol, 88, Turkish politician, physician and academic,
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(1971) and rector of University of Ankara (1980–1982). * Jeremiah Goodman, 94, American illustrator. * Terence Harvey, 72, British actor ('' Hollyoaks'', '' From Hell'', '' The Phantom of the Opera''). * Mike Hicks, 80, British politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party (1988–1998). * Tsunenori Kawai, 80, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (since 2004). *
Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his idiosyncratic art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit, rendering him one of ...
, 82, South Korean film director (''
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'') and professor ( Seoul Institute of the Arts), lung cancer. *
Mark P. Mahon Mark P. Mahon (April 24, 1930 – September 7, 2017) was an American politician. Mahon grew up in Winsted, Minnesota. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. In 1959, he moved to Bloomington, Minnesota and worked at Int ...
, 87, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1993–1998). * Gene Michael, 79, American baseball player, manager and executive ( New York Yankees), World Series winner (
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 ...
), heart attack. * Charles Owens, 85, American golfer. *
Jeanne Robert Jeanne Robert (11 August 1914 – 7 September 2017) was a member of the French Resistance. Robert began her opposition to the Nazis by helping allied troops to make their way to the Dunkirk evacuation; this included helping them to obtain false ...
, 103, French WWII resistance member. *
Roger Gordon Strand Roger Gordon Strand (April 28, 1934 – September 7, 2017) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Education and career Born in Peekskill, New York, Strand received a Bachelor of Arts ...
, 83, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (1985–2000). * Tomás Villanueva, 64, Spanish politician, Vice President of Castile and León region (2001–2003), heart attack. * Duncan Watt, 74, Zambian-born Singaporean broadcaster and author.


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* Ann Bagnall, 90, British cookbook publisher. *
Lawrence Bartell Lawrence Sims Bartell (23 February 1923, Ann Arbor, Michigan – 8 September 2017, Ann Arbor) was the Philip J. Elving Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Michigan. His research in physical chemistry focused on electron diffract ...
, 84, American physical chemist. * Pierre Bergé, 86, French businessman, co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent, myopathy. * Cory Cadden, 48, Canadian ice hockey player (
Knoxville Cherokees The Knoxville Cherokees were an East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) team based in Knoxville, Tennessee. History The franchise was formed in 1988 along with the ECHL. The team moved to Florence, South Carolina in 1997 and was renamed the Pee Dee Prid ...
). * Parzival Copes, 93, Canadian economist. * Isabelle Daniels, 80, American sprinter, Olympic bronze medalist (
1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
). *
A. Joseph DeNucci A. Joseph DeNucci (August 30, 1939 – September 8, 2017) was a middleweight boxer and the Auditor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Early life and career DeNucci started working at 10 in a bowling alley, picking up and racking pins. DeNu ...
, 78, American boxer and politician, Massachusetts State Auditor (1987–2011), complications from Alzheimer's disease. * Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd, 97, American political economist and activist. * Kevin Dynon, 92, Australian football player ( North Melbourne). *
Troy Gentry Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo founded by singers Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry, both Kentucky natives. They began performing together in the 1990s as part of two different bands with Montgomery's brother, John Michael Mo ...
, 50, American country singer ( Montgomery Gentry), helicopter crash. * Blake Heron, 35, American actor ('' Shiloh'', '' We Were Soldiers'', '' Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher''), accidental fentanyl overdose. * Connie Johnson, 40, Australian cancer research fundraiser, breast cancer. *
Harry M. Kuitert Harry M. Kuitert (November 11, 1924 in Drachten – September 8, 2017 in Amstelveen) was a theologian of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (GKN). Harry Kuitert - baptised Harminus Martinus - was a rector at Scharendijk ( Zeeland) and a stu ...
, 92, Dutch theologian ( Reformed Churches in the Netherlands). * Catherine Hardy Lavender, 87, American sprinter, Olympic gold medalist (
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 ...
). * Daniel McNeill, 70, American politician, member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...
(since 2013). * Toshihiko Nakajima, 55, Japanese voice actor ('' Cowboy Bebop'', '' Inuyasha'', '' Mobile Suit Gundam''). * Jerry Pournelle, 84, American science fiction author ( CoDominium) and journalist ('' Byte''). *
Karl Ravens Karl Ravens (29 June 1927 – 8 September 2017) was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He served as the Federal Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development for West Germany W ...
, 90, German politician, Federal Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development (1974–1978). *
Humberto Rosa Humberto Rosa may refer to: * Humberto Rosa (footballer) (1932–2017), Argentine football player and coach * Humberto Rosa (painter) Humberto Rosa (January 18, 1908 – 1948) was a Brazilian artist who worked in painting and drawing. He was part ...
, 85, Argentine-Italian football player. * Ljubiša Samardžić, 80, Serbian actor (''
Vruć vetar Vruć vetar (Serbian Cyrillic: Врућ ветар, en, Hot Wind) is one of the most popular Yugoslav TV series that aired in 1980. The show and movie cut from scenes of the show (Avanture Borivoja Šurdilovića (Serbian Cyrillic: Авантур ...
'') and director. *
José Antonio Souto José Antonio Souto Paz (9 October 1938 – 8 September 2017) was a Spanish jurist, academic and politician who served as the first democratic Mayor of Santiago de Compostela from 1979 to 1981 following Spain's transition to democracy. A jurist ...
, 78, Spanish jurist, academic and politician, Mayor of Santiago de Compostela (1979–1981). *
R. N. Sudarshan Rattihalli Nagendra Sudarshan (2 May 1939 – 8 September 2017) was an Indian actor and producer who had mainly worked in Kannada cinema. He had also acted in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Malayalam films. During a career spanning more than five de ...
, 78, Indian actor (''
Super Super may refer to: Computing * SUPER (computer program), or Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer, a video converter / player * Super (computer science), a keyword in object-oriented programming languages * Super key (keyboard butt ...
''), kidney disease. * Don Williams, 78, American
Hall of Fame A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...
country music singer (" Tulsa Time", " I Believe in You", " You're My Best Friend") and songwriter, emphysema.


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* Frank Aarebrot, 70, Norwegian political scientist, complications following a heart attack. * Gretta Chambers, 90, Canadian journalist ('' Montreal Gazette'') and Chancellor of McGill University (1991–1999). * Velasio de Paolis, 81, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (2008–2011), cancer. * Jim Donohue, 79, American baseball player ( Los Angeles Angels). * Michael Friedman, 41, American composer and lyricist ('' Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson''), complications from AIDS. * Sir Pat Goodman, 88, New Zealand businessman ( Goodman Fielder). * Mike Hodge, 70, American actor (''
Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on ...
'', ''
All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...
'', ''
Striking Distance ''Striking Distance'' is a 1993 American action thriller film starring Bruce Willis as Pittsburgh Police homicide detective Thomas Hardy. The film co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, and Tom Sizemore. It was directed by Rowdy Herringto ...
'') and union executive ( SAG-AFTRA). * Oscar E. Huber, 100, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1961–1972). *
Kenneka Jenkins Kenneka Jenkins (May 27, 1998 – September 9, 2017) was a 19-year-old student from Chicago, Illinois, who was found dead on September 9, 2017, inside a latched freezer of the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, Illinois, after attend ...
, 19, American teenager, hypothermia. * Geoffrey Maynard, 95, British economist. *
Otto Meitinger Otto Meitinger (8 May 1927 in Munich – 9 September 2017) was a German architect and preservationist. From 1987 to 1995 he was president of the Technical University Munich. Life Meitinger was born as son of the first municipal architect of Mu ...
, 90, German architect and preservationist, president of the Technical University of Munich (1987–1995). *
Harold Nutter Harold Lee Nutter CM, (29 December 1923 – 9 September 2017) was the 6th Bishop of Fredericton and later the 16th Metropolitan of Canada. He was born on December 29, 1923, educated at Mount Allison University and ordained Deacon in 1946 a ...
, 93, Canadian Anglican prelate,
Metropolitan of Canada The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, founded in 1860, forms one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. Despite modern use of the name ''Canada'', the ecclesiastical province covers only the former territory of Lower Can ...
(1980–1989). * Pierre Pilote, 85, Canadian ice hockey player ( Chicago Blackhawks). * Doug Sewell, 87, English golfer. * Wang Hairong, 78, Chinese politician.


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* Hans Alfredson, 86, Swedish actor ('' The Apple War''), film director ('' The Simple-Minded Murderer''), writer and comedian ('' Hasse & Tage''). * Xavier Atencio, 98, American animator, lyricist and Imagineer (
Pirates of the Caribbean ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' is a Disney media franchise encompassing numerous theme park rides, a series of films, and spin-off novels, as well as a number of related video games and other media publications. The franchise originated with th ...
, Haunted Mansion). *
Stephen Begley } Stephen Begley (4 April 1975 − 10 September 2017) was a Scottish rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors and Glasgow Hawks at the Lock position. Rugby union career Amateur career Beglay was born in Chatham, Kent, England and ...
, 42, Scottish rugby union player ( Glasgow Warriors). *
Luigi Maria Burruano Luigi Maria Burruano (20 October 1948 in Palermo – 10 September 2017 in Palermo) was an Italian actor. He began his career in Sicilian-language cabaret and theatre before turning his attention to films. Burruano was arrested in 2006 on ch ...
, 68, Italian actor ('' One Hundred Steps'', ''
The Return of Cagliostro ''The Return of Cagliostro'' ( it, Il ritorno di Cagliostro) is a List of Italian films of 2003, 2003 Cinema of Italy, Italian mockumentary-comedy film directed by Daniele Ciprì and Franco Maresco. For his performance in this film and in ''Break ...
'', '' Baarìa)'', cancer. *
Mel Didier Melvin Joffrion Didier Sr. (June 25, 1926 – September 10, 2017) was an American professional baseball pitcher in Minor League Baseball for two years (1948-49). However, he spent more than 60 years in pro ball as a scout and executive. Biograp ...
, 90, American baseball scout ( Toronto Blue Jays, Montreal Expos) and coach (
Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns are the athletic teams of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The college has been competing athletically since 1901. The Ragin' Cajuns compete in NCAA Division I, fielding 16 varsity teams. Nickname The uni ...
). * Nancy Dupree, 89, American historian ( modern Afghanistan). * E Thi, 47, Burmese fortune teller. * Sir David Ford, 82, British government official, Chief Secretary of Hong Kong (1986–1993). * Kenneth I. Gross, 78, American mathematician. * Harry Landers, 96, American actor ('' Ben Casey''). * René Laurentin, 99, French theologian. * Leila Mardanshina, 90, Russian oil and gas operator. * Kate Murtagh, 96, American actress ('' Breakfast at Tiffany's'', '' Doctor Detroit'', '' The Twilight Zone''). * James Morwood, 73, English classical scholar. * Don Ohlmeyer, 72, American entertainment executive ( NBC,
NBC Sports NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of Comcast. The division is responsible for sports broadcasts on the network, and its d ...
, ABC Sports), cancer. *
Jean Pruitt Jean Pruitt (17 October 1939 – 10 September 2017) was an American Maryknoll Sister operating in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She was best known for her activism in promoting Tanzanian art and defending Tanzanian children's rights. She worked with ...
, 77, American charity worker. *
Konstantins Pupurs Konstantīns Pupurs (March 5, 1964 in Riga, – September 10, 2017 in Riga) was a Latvian political scientist, historian, linguist and human rights group "Helsinki-86" activist during the Latvian Third Awakening, also known as the Singing Revoluti ...
, 53, Latvian political scientist. * B. V. Radha, 69, Indian actress (''
Thazhampoo ''Thazhampoo'' (; ) is a 1965 Indian Tamil-language film directed by N. S. Ramadass. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and K. R. Vijaya. It was released on 23 October 1965. Plot When Kandaswamy, an accountant, goes to his employer to ask for ...
''), heart attack. *
Rommel Sandoval Rommel Bigyan Sandoval (July 26, 1979 – September 10, 2017) was a Philippine Army officer commissioned as captain and a recipient of the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Medal of Valor. Sandoval was the Commanding officer o ...
, 38, Filipino Army officer, shot during Battle in Marawi. * Grigoris Varfis, 90, Greek politician,
MEP MEP may refer to: Organisations and politics * Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, a political party in Sri Lanka * Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956), a former political alliance in Sri Lanka * Maison européenne de la photographie, a photography centre ...
(1984–1985) and
Commissioner for Regional Policy The Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms is a portfolio within the European Commission. The current Commissioner is Elisa Ferreira. The portfolio is responsible for managing the regional policy of the European Union, such as the European Region ...
(1985–1989). *
Gerald Willet Gerald (Jerry) Leroy Willet (October 31, 1934 – September 10, 2017) was an American politician, businessman, and heavy equipment operator. Willet was born in Duluth, Minnesota. He grew up on a farm in rural Laporte, MN and graduated from Lap ...
, 82, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1971–1988). *
Len Wein Leonard Norman Wein (; June 12, 1948 – September 10, 2017) was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men ( ...
, 69, American comic book writer and editor ('' X-Men'', '' Swamp Thing'', '' Watchmen''), co-creator of Wolverine.


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* Abdul Halim of Kedah, 89, Malaysian sultan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1970–1975, 2011–2016),
Sultan of Kedah The Kedah Sultanate (كسلطانن قدح) is a Muslim dynasty located in the Malay Peninsula. It was originally an independent state, but became a British protectorate in 1909. Its monarchy was abolished after it was added to the Malayan Uni ...
(since 1958). *
Jan Brittin Janette Ann Brittin (4 July 1959 – 11 September 2017) was an English cricketer who played as a right-handed Batting (cricket), batter and right-arm Off spin, off break Bowler (cricket), bowler. She appeared in 27 Women's Test cricket, Tests ...
, 58, English cricketer, cancer. *
Alfonso Caycedo Alfonso Caycedo (in full: Alfonso Caycedo Lozano) (19 November 1932 in Bogota, Colombia – 11 September 2017) is the Founder of Sophrology, a form of self-development. Caycedo also founded ''Sofrocay'', the International Caycedian Sophrology ...
, 84, Colombian medical hypnotist. * Dan Currie, 82, American football player (
Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...
). * J. P. Donleavy, 91, Irish-American novelist and playwright ('' The Ginger Man'', ''
A Fairy Tale of New York ''A Fairy Tale of New York'' is a novel by Irish American writer J. P. Donleavy, published in 1973. The plot concerns Irish-American Cornelius Christian's return to New York after studying in Ireland. The novel was based on Donleavy's earlier wor ...
''). * Alfred Gadenne, 71, Belgian politician, mayor of Mouscron (since 2006), slit throat. * Sir Peter Hall, 86, British theatre, opera and film director, director of the National Theatre (1973–1988), dementia. * Virgil Howe, 41, British drummer ( Little Barrie). *
Bruce Laming Bruce Edric Laming (14 June 1938 – 11 September 2017) was an Australian Liberal Party politician in the Queensland parliament. Laming held the seat of Mooloolah from 1992 until 2001 and served as Shadow Public Works and Housing Minister an ...
, 79, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mooloolah (1992–2001), dementia. *
Mark LaMura Mark LaMura (October 18, 1948 – September 11, 2017) was an American actor. His name was occasionally spelled as Mark La Mura or Mark Lamura. Early years LaMura was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, one of six siblings born to Robert E. LaMur ...
, 68, American actor (''
All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 20 ...
'', ''
Something Borrowed Something may refer to: Philosophy and language *Something (concept) *Something, an English indefinite pronoun Music Albums *Something (Chairlift album), ''Something'' (Chairlift album), 2012 *Something (Shirley Bassey album), ''Something'' ...
'', '' City by the Sea''), lung cancer. * James Madison Lee, 90, American lieutenant general. *
Alberto Pagani Alberto Pagani (29 August 1938 – 11 September 2017) was an Italian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1972 when he finished second in the 500cc world championship, behind his MV Agusta teammate, Giacomo Agost ...
, 79, Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer ( Honda,
MV Agusta MV Agusta (, full name: MV AGUSTA Motor S.p.A., original name: Meccanica Verghera Agusta or MV) is a motorcycle manufacturer founded by Count Domenico Agusta on 19 January 1945 as one of the branches of the Agusta aircraft company near Milan in ...
). * Jeff Parker, 53, American ice hockey player ( Buffalo Sabres), heart and lung infections. * Arnold Sagalyn, 99, American journalist (''
Northern Virginia Sun The ''Northern Virginia Sun'' was a newspaper published in Arlington, Virginia, from the 1930s until 1998. For much of its life, it was a six-day-a-week broadsheet, published Monday through Saturday, that emphasized local news.Scott McCaffrey, "Th ...
''). * António Francisco dos Santos, 69, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Aveiro (2006–2014) and Porto (since 2014), heart attack. * Malcolm Templeton, 93, New Zealand diplomat, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1973–1978).


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* Frank Capp, 86, American jazz drummer. * John Chambers, 86, Australian cricketer. * Heiner Geißler, 87, German politician, Secretary General of the CDU (1977–1989), Federal Minister of Youth, Family and Health (1982–1985). * Alex Hawkins, 80, 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 ...
). *
Charles F. Knight Charles F. Knight (January 20, 1936 – September 12, 2017) was an American business executive. He was chairman emeritus of Emerson Electric Co. Biography Early life Charles F. Knight was born in Winnetka, Illinois in 1936. He graduated from ...
, 81, American businessman ( Emerson Electric), complications from Alzheimer's disease. * Siegfried Köhler, 94, German conductor ( Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden,
Royal Swedish Opera Royal Swedish Opera ( sv, Kungliga Operan) is an opera and ballet company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Location and environment The building is located in the center of Sweden's capital Stockholm in the borough of Norrmalm, on the eastern side ...
). * Allan MacEachen, 96, Canadian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1977–1979, 1980–1984), MP for
Inverness—Richmond Inverness—Richmond was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Inverness and Richmond—W ...
(1953–1958, 1962–1968) and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso (1968–1984). *
Bert McCann Robert Johnston McCann (15 October 1932 – 12 September 2017) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a wing half for Dundee North End, Dundee United, Queen's Park, Motherwell, Hamilton Academical and Scotland. McCann represented Scotland ...
, 84, Scottish footballer (
Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...
, national team). * Nicoletta Panni, 84, Italian opera singer. * Tudor Petruș, 67, Romanian Olympic fencer. *
Xohana Torres Xohana Torres Fernández (22 November 1929 – 12 September 2017) was a Spanish writer, poet, playwright, and member of the Royal Galician Academy whose best known works included the novel, ''Adiós, María'' (1971), which won the Galician literary ...
, 85, Spanish Galician language writer, poet, narrator and playwright. *
Gary I. Wadler Gary Irwin Wadler (January 12, 1939 – September 12, 2017) was an American internist with special expertise in the field of drug use in sports. The lead author of the book ''Drugs and the Athlete'', Wadler served on the World Anti-Doping Ag ...
, 78, American physician,
multiple system atrophy Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by autonomic dysfunction, tremors, slow movement, muscle rigidity, and postural instability (collectively known as parkinsonism) and ataxia. This is caused by progr ...
. * Edith Windsor, 88, American mathematician and activist, lead plaintiff in '' United States v. Windsor''.


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* Basi, 37, Chinese panda, world's oldest living, cirrhosis and renal failure. * David Bey, 60, American boxer, struck by steel sheet. * Peter Birch, 65, British actor ('' Casualty'', '' The House of Eliott''), esophageal cancer. * Pete Domenici, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate for New Mexico (1973–2009), complications from abdominal surgery. *
Per Fugelli Per Fugelli (7 December 1943 – 13 September 2017) was a Norwegian physician and professor of General Practice at the University of Bergen from 1984 to 1992, and social medicine at the University of Oslo from 1992 until his death in 2017. Early ...
, 73, Norwegian author, physician and professor of medicine, colorectal cancer. * Basil Gogos, 88, American magazine cover illustrator ('' Famous Monsters of Filmland''). * Slavko Goldstein, 89, Croatian journalist, screenwriter (''
Signal Over the City ''Signal Over the City'' ( sh, italic=yes, Signali nad gradom) is a 1960 Yugoslav film directed by Žika Mitrović. It is based on a screenplay by Slavko Goldstein. Plot In Karlovac in 1941, Tomo, a member of the Partisan headquarters, and Per ...
''), publisher and politician. * Grant Hart, 56, American singer, songwriter (" Turn On the News") and drummer ( Hüsker Dü), liver cancer. *
Saby Kamalich Saby Kamalich, born Sabina Fantoni Kamalich, (13 May 1939 in Lima, Peru – 13 September 2017 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Peruvian- Mexican actress, known for her work in television and film. Her father Antonio Fantoni was from Italy, and he ...
, 78, Peruvian film and television actress ('' Simplemente María''). *
Stewart Moss Stewart Moss (November 27, 1937 – September 13, 2017) was an American actor, writer, and director. Early years Moss was born in Chicago, Illinois, of Irish descent on his father's side and his mother was a daughter of immigrants from Italy. H ...
, 79, American actor, writer, and director. * Gary Otte, 45, American murderer and robber, execution by lethal injection. * Edwin H. Ragsdale, 87, American politician. *
Kazimierz Ryczan Kazimierz Ryczan (10 February 1939 – 13 September 2017) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on 16 June 1963, Ryczan was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kielce ( la ...
, 78, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Kielce Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the bank ...
(1993–2014). *
Robert Franz Schmidt Robert Franz Schmidt (16 September 1932 in Ludwigshafen – 13 September 2017) was a German physiologist and professor emeritus. From 1982 until 2000 he was the director of the Institute of Physiology at the University of Würzburg. Life Schmidt ...
, 84, German physiologist. * Frank Vincent, 80, American actor ('' The Sopranos'', '' Goodfellas'', '' Raging Bull''), complications during heart surgery. * Derek Wilkinson, 82, English footballer ( Sheffield Wednesday).


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* Wolfgang Bochow, 73, German badminton player. *
Arnold Chan Arnold Chan (June 10, 1967 – September 14, 2017) was a Canadian lawyer and politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Scarborough—Agincourt in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2014 by-election. Chan was a member of the Li ...
, 50, Canadian politician and lawyer, MP for Scarborough—Agincourt (since 2014), nasopharyngeal carcinoma. * George Englund, 91, American film producer and director (''
The Ugly American ''The Ugly American'' is a 1958 political novel by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer that depicts the failures of the U.S. diplomatic corps in Southeast Asia. The book caused a sensation in diplomatic circles and had major political implic ...
'', '' Zachariah''), fall. * Michael Freeman, 85, British orthopaedic surgeon. *
Marcel Herriot Marcel Paul Herriot (18 May 1934 – 14 September 2017) was a Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the peopl ...
, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Verdun (1987–1999) and Soissons (1999–2008). *
Ermalee Hickel Ermalee Hickel (September 11, 1925 – September 14, 2017) was an American public figure and philanthropist who served as the second and seventh First Lady of Alaska from 1966 to 1969 and again from 1990 to 1994. She was the wife of the former Go ...
, 92, American philanthropist, First Lady of Alaska (1966-1969, 1990-1994). * Wim Huis, 89, Dutch footballer ( Ajax). * John Humphreys, 85, Australian Olympic fencer (
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 ...
,
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 ...
). * Tommy Irvin, 88, American politician, Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture (1969–2011), member of the Georgia House of Representatives. *
Djibo Leyti Kâ Djibo Leyti Kâ (21 February 1948 – 14 September 2017) was a Senegalese politician and the Secretary-General of the Union for Democratic Renewal (URD). He was a prominent minister under President Abdou Diouf from 1981 to 1995 and founded the URD ...
, 69, Senegalese politician,
Foreign Minister A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...
(1991–1993). * Ata Kandó, 103, Hungarian-born Dutch photographer. *
Wolfgang Michels Wolfgang Michels (15 July 1951 – 14 September 2017) was a German singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. Biography Early years In May 1968, Michels recorded a song under pseudonym "One Plus None" and scored a No. 2 BBC radio hit with "De ...
, 66, German musician ( Percewood's Onagram). * Jan Niemiec, 76, Polish slalom canoeist (bronze medallist in 1961 World Championship). * Jack Teele, 87, American football executive. * Otto Wanz, 74, Austrian professional wrestler ( AWA, NJPW) and promoter (
CWA CWA or Cwa may refer to: Organisations * CWA Constructions, a Swiss manufacturer of gondolas and people mover cabins, a division of Doppelmayr Garaventa Group * Catch Wrestling Association, a former German professional wrestling promotion * Contin ...
).


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* Arthur Apfel, 94, British figure skater. * Violet Brown, 117, Jamaican supercentenarian, world's oldest living person. *
Alma Evans-Freke Alma Rae Evans-Freke (née Johnson; 30 October 1931 – 15 September 2017) was a New Zealand television personality, actor, producer, teacher and adjudicator of speech and drama and public speaking. She was the first female TV presenter in New Ze ...
, 85, New Zealand television presenter. *
Frode Granhus Frode Granhus (13 March 1965 – 15 September 2017) was a Norwegian author, best known for his series about investigator ''Rino Carlsen''. Biography He debuted in 2003 with ''Hevneren'', which went largely unnoticed. His breakthrough came in 2010 ...
, 52, Norwegian author. *
Mircea Ionescu-Quintus Mircea Ionescu-Quintus (; 18 March 1917 – 15 September 2017) was a Romanian politician who served as a senator and Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency ...
, 100, Ukrainian-born Romanian politician, Minister of Justice (1991–1992) and
President of the Senate President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate. It corresponds to the speaker in some other assemblies. The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for e ...
(2000), heart failure. *
Herbert W. Kalmbach Herbert Warren Kalmbach (October 19, 1921 – September 15, 2017) was an American attorney and banker. He served as the personal attorney to United States President Richard Nixon (1968–1973). He became embroiled in the Watergate scand ...
, 95, American attorney and banker, figure in the Watergate scandal. * Wolfgang Klein, 76, German lawyer, football director ( Hamburger SV), and Olympic long-jumper (
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 ...
). * Izidoro Kosinski, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Três Lagoas (1981–2009). * Myrna Lamb, 87, American playwright, heart disease. * Leon Mestel, 90, British astronomer and astrophysicist. * Albert Moses, 79, Sri Lankan actor. * Nan Rendong, 72, Chinese astronomer, founder of the Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, lung cancer. *
Dwijen Sharma Dwijen Sharma (29 May 1929 – 15 September 2017) was a Bangladeshi naturalist and science writer. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1987 and Ekushey Padak in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution in language and ...
, 88, Bangladeshi naturalist, kidney disease. *
Anthony Thomas Smith Anthony Thomas Smith QC (21 June 1935 – 15 September 2017) was a British lawyer and Liberal Party politician. Background Smith was born the son of Sydney Ernest Smith and Winston Victoria Smith. He was educated at Northampton, Stafford, and ...
, 82, British lawyer. *
Albert Speer Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (; ; 19 March 1905 – 1 September 1981) was a German architect who served as the Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II. A close ally of Adolf Hitler, he ...
, 83, German architect ( Expo 2000), complications from a fall. * Harry Dean Stanton, 91, American actor ('' Alien'', '' The Green Mile'', '' Big Love''). *
Hans Weinberger Hans F. Weinberger (September 27, 1928 in Vienna - September 15, 2017 in Durham, North Carolina) was an Austrian-American mathematician, known for his contributions to variational methods for eigenvalue problems, partial differential equations, and ...
, 88, Austrian-born American mathematician. * Geoff Wragg, 87, British horse trainer (
Teenoso Teenoso (7 April 1980 – 4 October 1999) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. After showing moderate form as a two-year-old, he improved in the spring of 1983 to win the Group Three Lingfield Derby Trial and the Epsom ...
,
Pentire Pentire (12 April 1992 – 20 November 2017) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Background Pentire was bred by Lord Halifax, he was purchased for 54,000 guineas by Mollers Racing, the racing stable Trust of brothers Eric and Budgi ...
).


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* Bautista Álvarez, 84, Spanish Galician nationalist politician, heart attack. *
Gerald Bernbaum Gerald Bernbaum FRSA (born 25 March 1936, died 16 September 2017) was an educationist and university administrator. He was Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of South Bank University (now London South Bank University), London, England. Bern ...
, 81, British academic administrator, Vice-Chancellor of
Southbank University London South Bank University (LSBU) is a public university in Elephant and Castle, London. It is based in the London Borough of Southwark, near the South Bank of the River Thames, from which it takes its name. Founded in 1892 as the Borough Po ...
(1993–2001), cancer. *
Penny Chenery Helen Bates "Penny" Chenery (January 27, 1922 – September 16, 2017) (married names: Penny Tweedy until 1974 and later Penny Ringquist until 1980) was an American sportswoman who bred and owned Secretariat, the 1973 winner of the Triple Crown. T ...
, 95, American racehorse owner and breeder ( Secretariat). * Ted Christopher, 59, American racecar driver (
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) (previously the NASCAR Winston Modified Tour and NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series from 1985 until 2005) is a modified stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR in the Modified Division. The Mod ...
), plane crash. * Ben Dorcy, 92, American roadie. * Steve Evans, 59, English rugby league player ( Hull FC, Featherstone Rovers). *
Mitchell Flint Mitchell Flint (June 27, 1923 – September 16, 2017) was an American lawyer and veteran aviator. He was a United States Navy fighter pilot during World War II, and later served as an American volunteer pilot in Israel's first fighter squadron du ...
, 94, American fighter pilot ( Navy, 101 Squadron). *
José Florencio Guzmán José Florencio Guzmán Correa (22 June 1929, Santiago, Chile – 16 September 2017) was a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as Minister of National Defense A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in c ...
, 88, Chilean lawyer and politician, Minister of National Defence (1998–1999). * Nicolaas Jouwe, 93, Papuan politician, vice-president of New Guinea Council (1961–1962). * Brenda Lewis, 96, American opera soprano and theatre actress. * Madge Meredith, 96, American actress ('' Child of Divorce'', '' The Falcon's Adventure''). * Fred Moore, 97, French colonel and politician, MP (1958–1962) and
Order of Liberation The Order of Liberation (french: Ordre de la Libération) is a French Order which was awarded to heroes of the Liberation of France during World War II. It is a very high honour, second only after the ''Légion d’Honneur'' (Legion of Honour ...
(2011). * Nabeel Qureshi, 34, American Christian apologist, stomach cancer. * Brendan Reilly, 38, Irish Gaelic football player ( Louth GAA). * Marcelo Rezende, 65, Brazilian journalist and television presenter ('' Linha Direta''), pancreatic and liver cancer. *
Petr Šabach Petr Šabach (August 23, 1951 – September 16, 2017) was a Czech writer. Works * ''Jak potopit Austrálii'' (1986) * ''Hovno hoří'' (1994) * ''Zvláštní problém Františka S.'' (1996) * ''Putování mořského koně'' (1998) * ''Babič ...
, 66, Czech writer (''
Babičky Babičky is a Czech novel, written by Petr Šabach Petr Šabach (August 23, 1951 – September 16, 2017) was a Czech writer. Works * ''Jak potopit Austrálii'' (1986) * ''Hovno hoří'' (1994) * ''Zvláštní problém Františka S.'' (1996) ...
''). *
Bucky Scribner William Charles "Bucky" Scribner (July 11, 1960 – September 16, 2017) was a professional American football punter in the National Football League. He played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks and was selected as the first-team punter on ...
, 57, American football player (
Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...
, Minnesota Vikings), brain cancer. * Arjan Singh, 98, Indian Air Force marshal, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi (1989–1990), heart attack. * Sven Oluf Sørensen, 96, Norwegian physicist. * Elżbieta Wierniuk, 66, Polish Olympic diver.


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*
Bonnie Angelo Veronica Estelle "Bonnie" Angelo (January 29, 1924 – September 17, 2017) was an American journalist and author. She was known for being the author of ''First Mothers''. During her more than a quarter-century with ''Time'', she served as a W ...
, 93, American journalist ('' Time''), complications from dementia. * Steve Baker, 79, American illusionist. * Eugenio Bersellini, 81, Italian football player and manager ( Inter Milan,
Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s ...
), pneumonia. * Cris Bolado, 47, Filipino basketball player ( Alaska Milkmen), traffic collision. * Gerd Bollmann, 69, German politician. *
Mahant Chandnath Mahant Chandnath (21 June 1956 – 17 September 2017) was an Indian politician and religious leader. He represented the Alwar Seat in the Parliament of India and was also the head of the Nath sect of Hinduism. He took deeksha from Mahant Shreyo ...
, 61, Indian politician, MP for
Alwar Alwar (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region (India), National Capital Region and the administrative headquarters of Alwar district, Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. ...
(since 2014), cancer. * Kirpal Singh Chugh, 84, Indian nephrologist. *
René Drucker Colín René Raúl Drucker Colín (15 May 1937 – 17 September 2017) was a Mexican scientist, investigator and journalist in the fields of physiology and neuroscience. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico. From 1985 through 1990, he was the Director o ...
, 80, Mexican scientist, researcher and journalist. *
Mary Fairfax Mary Elizabeth Fairfax, (formerly Symonds, born Marie Wein; 15 August 1922 – 17 September 2017) was a Polish-born Australian businesswoman and philanthropist. As the third wife of wealthy media proprietor Sir Warwick Oswald Fairfax, Warwick ...
, 95, Polish-born Australian philanthropist. * Suzan Farmer, 75, British actress ('' The Scarlet Blade'', '' Doctor in Clover'', ''
Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...
''). *
Bill Goodling William Franklin Goodling (December 5, 1927 – September 17, 2017) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. At the time of his death, he was the Chairman of the Board of the Goodling Institute for Rese ...
, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district (1975–2001). * Bobby Heenan, 72, American professional wrestler, manager and commentator ( WWF, AWA, WCW), organ failure. * Dave Hilton, 67, American baseball player ( San Diego Padres, Tokyo Yakult Swallows). * Bob Holland, 70, Australian cricketer ( New South Wales, national team), brain cancer. *
Per Kleiva Per Kleiva (1 April 1931 – 17 September 2017) was a Norwegian painter and graphic artist. Biography He was born in Torsken to schoolteacher Ivar Kleiva (1903–98) and Frida Pettersen (1905–63). He was married to Ida Drage. He grew up ...
, 84, Norwegian painter. *
Marc Klionsky Marc Klionsky (February 22, 1927 – September 17, 2017) was a Russian-American artist who worked in New York City from his immigration in 1974 until his passing in 2017. Klionsky developed a style of American Realism uniquely defined by his cl ...
, 90, Belarusian-born American painter. * Laudir de Oliveira, 77, Brazilian percussionist ( Sérgio Mendes, Marcos Valle, Chicago) and producer. *
Lucy Ozarin Lucy Dorothy Ozarin (August 18, 1914 – September 17, 2017) was a psychiatrist who served in the United States Navy. She was one of the first women psychiatrists commissioned in the Navy, and she was one of seven female Navy psychiatrists wh ...
, 103, American psychiatrist. * Buster Parnell, 83, Irish jockey. * Iftikhar Qaisar, 60, Pakistani actor. * Uwe Storch, 77, German mathematician. * Mohammed Taslimuddin, 74, Indian politician, MP for Araria (since 2014). * Lionel Wilson, 84, South African rugby union player ( Western Province, national team).


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Ronald E. Carrier Ronald E. Carrier (August 18, 1932 – September 18, 2017) was the fourth President of James Madison University (JMU), having served from 1971 to 1998. Carrier presided over JMU as it grew dramatically in size and in reputation. Carrier most rec ...
, 85, American educator, President of James Madison University (1971–1998). * Roger Cisneros, 93, American politician, member of the
Colorado Senate The Colorado Senate is the upper house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Colorado. It is composed of 35 members elected from single-member districts, with each district having a population of about 123, ...
(1965–1977), carbon monoxide poisoning. * Paul E. Gray, 85, American professor, President of MIT (1980–1990), Alzheimer's disease. *
Paul Horner Paul Horner (November 5, 1978 – September 18, 2017) was an American writer, comedian and contributor to fake news websites. The Associated Press, ''The Chicago Tribune'', PolitiFact and ''The Washington Post'' all called Horner a "hoax artis ...
, 38, American fake news writer and comedian, drug overdose. *
Qamar ul Islam Qamar ul Islam (27 January 1948 – 18 September 2017), generally referred to as Qamar Sab was an Indian politician who was the Six-term Member of the Karnataka Legislative assembly, one-term Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Kalaburag ...
, 69, Indian politician, Member of Karnataka Parliament (1978–1983, 1989–1996, 1999–2004, since 2008), heart attack. * Tony Laffey, 92, New Zealand footballer. *
Chuck Low Charles Lewis Low (July 21, 1928 – September 18, 2017) was an American actor. Low was born in New York City, to a Russian mother and Austrian-Polish father. He achieved his biggest success as Morris "Morrie" Kessler in the Martin Scorsese film ...
, 89, American actor ('' Goodfellas'', '' The Mission'', '' Sleepers''). * Jean Plaskie, 76, Belgian footballer (
Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...
, national team). *
Afzal Ahsan Randhawa Muhammad Afzal Ahsan Randhawa (Punjabi and ur, ‎, 1 September 1937 – 18 September 2017) was a Pakistani Punjabi language writer, poet, translator, playwright and a politician. He authored several short stories and novels in the Punjabi la ...
, 80, Pakistani writer. * Mark Selby, 56, American musician, cancer. * Zurab Sotkilava, 80, Georgian-Russian footballer ( Dinamo Tbilisi) and opera singer,
People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...
, pancreatic cancer. * Sydney Starkie, 91, English cricketer. * Pete Turner, 83, American photographer. *
Kenji Watanabe was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. His best Olympic result was the 7th place (2:14.70) in the Men's 200m Breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics i ...
, 48, Japanese Olympic swimmer (
1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
,
1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...
,
1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
). * Paul Wilson, 66, Scottish footballer (
Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...
, national team).


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* Sir Brian Barder, 83, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Nigeria (1988–1991) and
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
(1991–1994). *
Christine Butler Christine Margaret Butler (''née'' Smith; 14 December 1943 – 19 September 2017) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Castle Point, representing the Labour Party, between 1997 and 2001. Early life She attended Nels ...
, 73, British politician, MP for Castle Point (1997–2001), dementia. * Bernie Casey, 78, American actor ('' Revenge of the Nerds'', ''
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' is a 1989 American science fiction film, science fiction comedy film directed by Stephen Herek and written by Chris Matheson (screenwriter), Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. The first installment of the Bill & T ...
'') and football player ( San Francisco 49ers). * Else Marie Christiansen, 96, Norwegian speed skater. * Sir John Hunt, 88, British politician, MP for Bromley (1964–1974) and Ravensbourne (1974–1997). * Leonid Kharitonov, 84, Russian opera singer, soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble (1953–1972) and People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1986). * Jake LaMotta, 95, American
Hall of Fame A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...
boxer and comedian, inspiration for '' Raging Bull'', complications from pneumonia. * Maurice Lavigne, 86, French cyclist. *
Vasily Melnikov Vasily Melnikov (15 September 1943 – 19 September 2017) was a Soviet alpine skier. He competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: ...
, 74, Soviet Olympic skier. *
Massimo Natili Massimo Natili (28 July 1935 – 19 September 2017) was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 15 July 1961. He scored no championship points. Career Natili started in Formula On ...
, 82, Italian racing driver ( Formula One). * John Nicholson, 75, New Zealand racing driver ( Formula Atlantic). * Sigurður Pálsson, 69, Icelandic author, cancer. * José Salcedo, 68, Spanish film editor ('' Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'', '' Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead'', '' All About My Mother''), Goya winner (
1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
,
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 ...
,
2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
). * Johnny Sandlin, 72, American record producer ( The Allman Brothers Band), cancer. * David Shepherd, 86, British artist and conservationist, Parkinson's disease. *
Manuela Sykes Audrey Manuela Penelope Heather Sykes (24 January 1925 – 19 September 2017) was a British Liberal Party politician who later joined the Labour Party. Background and early life Born to Arthur Darrel Sykes and Baroness Manuela Ottilie Von Hunde ...
, 92, British politician and activist. * Helen J. Walker, 64, British space scientist.


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* Greg Antonacci, 70, American television producer (''
The Royal Family A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/ sultanas, or raja/ rani and sometimes their extended family. The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term ...
'') and actor ('' The Sopranos'', ''
Boardwalk Empire ''Boardwalk Empire'' is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and ...
''). *
Santanu Bhowmik Santanu Bhowmik (12 January 1989–20 September 2017) was a journalist murdered in the North-eastern state of Tripura in India while covering the '' raasta roko'' (road blockade) by Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT). Santanu work ...
, 28, Indian journalist, murdered. * Ken Dean, 90, English rugby league footballer ( Halifax). *
William J. Ely William Jonas Ely Jr. (December 29, 1911 – September 20, 2017) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. He was a 1933 graduate of the United States Military Academy and earned a master's degree in civil engineering from Cornell U ...
, 105, American army officer. * Richard Gendall, 93, British linguist and teacher. * GK, 60, Indian art director (''
Avvai Shanmughi ''Avvai Shanmugi'' is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by K. S. Ravikumar and co-written by Crazy Mohan. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Meena, with Gemini Ganesan, Nagesh, Heera, Manivannan, Nassar, Delhi Ganesh and Ann in su ...
'', ''
Arunachalam Arunachala(m) may refer to: * Arunachalam (name), an Indian name (including a list of persons with the name) * ''Arunachalam'' (film), a 1997 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Sundar C * Arunachala, a holy hill in Tamil Nadu, India * ...
'', ''
Chandramukhi ''Chandramukhi'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language comedy horror film written and directed by P. Vasu. A remake of Vasu's Kannada film ''Apthamitra'' (2004), which itself loosely based on the Malayalam film ''Manichitrathazhu'' (1993), the fi ...
'') * Mickey Harrington, 82, American baseball player (
Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...
). * Garry Hill, 70, American baseball player ( Atlanta Braves). *
Jimmy Magee Jimmy Magee (31 January 1935 – 20 September 2017) was an Irish sports broadcaster, known as The Memory Man, he spent over half a century in sports broadcasting, and presented radio and television coverage of the Olympic Games since 1968 and the ...
, 82, Irish sports broadcaster (
RTÉ (RTÉ) (; Irish language, Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the Public broadcaster, national broadcaster of Republic of Ireland, Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on RTÉ Television, telev ...
). *
Ene Mihkelson Ene Mihkelson (21 October 1944 in Tammeküla, Imavere Parish, Viljandi County – 20 September 2017 in Tartu) was an Estonian writer. She was a recipient of the Herder Prize and the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature. Education Mihkelson st ...
, 72, Estonian poet and novelist (''
Ahasveeruse uni ''Ahasveeruse uni'' is a 2001 novel by Estonian author Ene Mihkelson. The protagonist of the novel is a woman born in 1944, who during independence in the 1990s, looks through the Soviet era archives to find information about the fate of her par ...
''). * Ed Phillips, 73, American baseball player ( Boston Red Sox), cancer. * Lillian Ross, 99, American journalist ('' The New Yorker'') and author, stroke. *
Oskar Schulz Oskar Schulz (14 October 1923 – 20 September 2017) was an Austrian cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 48th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Four years later he was a member of the Austrian rel ...
, 93, Austrian Olympic cross country skier (
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 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
), mineralogist and petrologist. * Shakila, 82, Indian actress ('' Aar Paar'', '' C.I.D.'', '' Alibaba Aur 40 Chor''), heart attack. *
Arne Solli Arne Solli (6 April 1938 – 20 September 2017) was a Norwegian Army general who served as Chief of Defence of Norway (''Forsvarssjef'') from 31 October 1994 until 30 April 1999. In 1995 he was awarded the title of Commander of the Royal Norwegi ...
, 79, Norwegian military officer,
Chief of Defence The chief of defence (or head of defence) is the highest ranked commissioned officer of a nation's armed forces. The acronym CHOD is in common use within NATO and the European Union as a generic term for the highest national military position withi ...
(1994–1999). * Sir Teddy Taylor, 80, British politician, MP for Glasgow Cathcart (1964–1979) and Rochford and Southend East (1980–2005).


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* Edward Allington, 66, British sculptor. * David Beatson, 72–73, New Zealand broadcaster. * Liliane Bettencourt, 94, French cosmetics businesswoman ( L'Oréal) and socialite, world's richest woman (since 2015). * Johnny Burke, 77, Canadian country singer. *
Vera Burt Vera Esther Burt (; 14 January 1927 – 21 September 2017) was a New Zealand cricketer and field hockey player, representing her country in both sports. She went on to be hockey umpire, coach, and administrator. Early life and family Burt was b ...
, 90, New Zealand cricketer ( national team) and field hockey player ( national team), coach and administrator. * Juan Nicolás Callejas Arroyo, 73, Mexican politician,
Deputy Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spai ...
for Veracruz (1982–1985, 2000–2003, 2009–2012). *
Michael Colborne Michael Melville Colborne LVO (20 January 1934 – 21 September 2017) was born in Epsom, Surrey and attended school at Dorking County Grammar School The Ashcombe School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Dorking in ...
, 83, British Royal Navy officer and private secretary. * Warren Druetzler, 88, American Olympic athlete (
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 ...
). *
Larry J. McKinney Larry Jim McKinney (July 4, 1944 – September 21, 2017) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Education and career Born in South Bend, Indiana on July 4, 1944, McKinney re ...
, 73, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (1987–2009). * Maurice Nivat, 79, French computer scientist, co-father of theoretical computer science. * Evelyn Scott, 81, Australian Indigenous social activist, Chairwoman of the National Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation. *
William G. Stewart William Gladstone Stewart (15 July 1933 – 21 September 2017) was an English television producer, director, and television presenter, best known as the presenter and producer of the Channel 4 quiz show ''Fifteen to One'' from 1988 to 2003. Earl ...
, 84, British game show host ('' Fifteen to One'') and television producer.


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* Mohammed Mahdi Akef, 89, Egyptian religious and political leader, head of the
Muslim Brotherhood The Society of the Muslim Brothers ( ar, جماعة الإخوان المسلمين'' ''), better known as the Muslim Brotherhood ( ', is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan ...
(2004–2010), cancer. *
Mike Bright Mike Bright may refer to: * Mike Bright (volleyball), American volleyball player * Mike Bright (basketball) Michael C. Bright is an American former college basketball player. He played at Bucknell University between 1989 and 1993, where he set nu ...
, 79, American Olympic volleyball player (
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 ...
). * Mike Carr, 79, English keyboard player. *
Thelma Chalifoux Thelma J. Chalifoux (February 8, 1929 – September 22, 2017) was a Canadian teacher and senator. Biography Chalifoux was born in Calgary, Alberta on February 8, 1929. One of five children, her mother, Helené, helped support the family by tra ...
, 88, Canadian
Métis The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's three Prairie Provinces, as well as parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Northern United States. They have a shared history and culture which derives ...
teacher and politician,
Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
(1997–2004). * Dunc Fisher, 90, Canadian ice hockey player ( New York Rangers, Hershey Bears, Boston Bruins). * Gérard Haché, 92, Canadian politician, New Brunswick MLA (1967–1970). * Vagn Hedeager, 78, footballe

* Paavo Lonkila, 94, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (
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 ...
). *
Bill Michie William Michie (24 November 1935 – 22 September 2017) was a British politician. He was Labour Member of Parliament for Sheffield Heeley from 1983 to 2001, when he stood down. He was a member of the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs and of t ...
, 81, British politician, MP for
Sheffield Heeley Sheffield Heeley is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2015 by Louise Haigh, ...
(1983–2001), chest infection. * Shmuel Moreh, 84, Iraqi-born Israeli writer and Arabic professor (
Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
). *
Harold Pendleton Harold Pendleton (17 July 1924 – 22 September 2017) was a British music business executive and former club owner, who established the Marquee Club in London and the National Jazz Festival, the precursor of the Reading Rock Festival. Biograp ...
, 93, British music executive and club owner ( Marquee Club). * Rick Shaw, 78, American radio disc jockey ( WQAM, WBGG-FM, WAXY, WMXJ). *Elizete da Silva, 46, Brazilian heptathlete, South American Championships in Athletics, South American champion (2001 South American Championships in Athletics – Results#Heptathlon, 2001, 2005 South American Championships in Athletics – Results#Heptathlon, 2005, 2006 South American Championships in Athletics – Results#Heptathlon, 2006), traffic collision. *Börje Vestlund, 57, Swedish politician, Riksdag, MP (since 2002). *Sima Wali, 66, Afghan human rights advocate. *John Worsdale, 68, English footballer (Stoke City F.C., Stoke City, Lincoln City F.C., Lincoln City). *Daniel Yankelovich, 92, American social scientist, kidney failure. *Stan Zajdel, 90, American football player and coach.


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*Valery Asapov, 51, Russian army general, blast injury. *Charles Bradley (singer), Charles Bradley, 68, American singer ("Changes (Black Sabbath song), Changes"), stomach cancer. *Loreto Carbonell, 84, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1956 Summer Olympics, 1956), cardiac arrest. *Dorothy Eck, 93, American politician, member of the Montana Senate (1980–2000). *Seth Firkins, 36, American audio engineer (Future (rapper), Future, Jay-Z, Young Thug). *Caesar Giovannini, 92, American composer and pianist. *Harvey Jacobs, 87, American author. *Simon J. Kistemaker, 87, American theologian. *Aline Nistad, 63, Norwegian trombonist, cancer. *Charles Osborne (music writer), Charles Osborne, 89, Australian-born British music writer. *Elizabeth D. Phillips, 72, American educator and academic administrator, Provost of the University of Florida (1996–1999). *Samuel H. Young, 94, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 10th congressional district (1973–1975).


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*María Julia Alsogaray, 74, Argentine politician, Argentine Chamber of Deputies, MP for City of Buenos Aires (1985–1991) and Secretary of Environment of Argentina, Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (1991–1999), pancreatic cancer. *Washington Benavides, 87, Uruguayan poet, professor and musician. *Barbara Blaine, 61, American founder of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, SNAP, heart disease. *Tharald Brøvig Jr., 75, Norwegian shipowner. *Gisèle Casadesus, 103, French actress (''My Afternoons with Margueritte''). *Al Cannava, 93, American football player (
Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...
). *E.G.D. Cohen, 94, Dutch-American physicist. *Fiorenzo Crippa, 91, Italian cyclist. *Norman Dyhrenfurth, 99, Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker. *Jack Good (producer), Jack Good, 86, British producer. *Albert Innaurato, 70, American playwright. *Kito Lorenc, 79, German writer, stroke. *Orville Lynn Majors, 56, American serial killer, heart failure. *Manuel da Silva Martins, 90, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Setúbal, Setúbal (1975–1998). *Joseph M. McDade, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district (1963–1999). *Robert J. McFarlin, 87, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1967–1970; 1973–1974). *Kit Reed, 85, American science fiction and mystery writer, brain tumor. *Carlos Vidal Layseca, 85, Peruvian doctor, Ministry of Health (Peru), Minister of Health (1990–1991) and Rector of Cayetano Heredia University (1994–1999).


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*Joe Bailon, 94, American car customizer, creator of Candy apple red (color), candy apple red color. *M. Cherif Bassiouni, 79, Egyptian lawyer and human rights activist, multiple myeloma. *Richard Beckler, 77, American attorney. *Tony Booth (actor), Tony Booth, 85, British actor (''Till Death Us Do Part'', ''
Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...
'', ''The Contender (2000 film), The Contender''). *Nora Marks Dauenhauer, 90, American Tlingit author, poet, and scholar. *Liz Dawn, 77, British actress (''
Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...
'', ''Crown Court (TV series), Crown Court'', ''The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club''), emphysema. *Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 37, Egyptian woman, List of the heaviest people, world's heaviest, kidney failure and intestinal shock. *Helga Grebing, 87, German historian. *Anatoly Gromyko, 85, Russian scientist and diplomat. *Mathew Hu Xiande, 83, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (2000–2004) and Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningbo, Ningbo (since 2004). *Aneurin Jones, 87, Welsh painter. *Bobby Knutt, 71, British actor and comedian (''
Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...
'', ''Benidorm (British TV series), Benidorm'', ''Emmerdale''), heart attack. *Peter Lewis (politician), Peter Lewis, 75, Australian politician, Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly (2002–2005). *David Mainse, 81, Canadian televangelist. *Leonard Mashako Mamba, 66, Congolese politician, Ministry of Public Health (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Minister of Public Health (1997–2001) and Minister of Higher Education and Universities (2008–2012). *Tom Miller (ice hockey), Tom Miller, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders), cancer. *Grant H. Palmer, 77, American educator and writer (''An Insider's View of Mormon Origins''), cancer. *Clarence Purfeerst, 90, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1971–1991). *Tim Quill, 54, American actor (''Hamburger Hill'', ''Argo (2012 film), Argo'', ''JAG (TV series), JAG''), cancer. *Folke Rabe, 81, Swedish composer. *Charles Roff, 65, Scottish photographer. *Arun Sadhu, 76, Indian writer (''Sinhasan''), cardiomyopathy. *Joe Schaffer, 79, American football player (Buffalo Bills), progressive aphasia. *Freddy Shepherd, 76, English businessman, Chairman of Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United (1997–2007). *Joseph W. Schmitt, 101, American spacesuit technician. *Yoshitomo Tokugawa, 67, Japanese writer, head of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke (since 1993). *Jan Tříska, 80, Czech actor (''Andersonville (film), Andersonville'', ''2010 (film), 2010'', ''The People vs. Larry Flynt''), fall. *Jim Walrod, 56, American interior design consultant. *Elaine Hoffman Watts, 85, American drummer.


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*Mehmet Aksoy (filmmaker), Mehmet Aksoy, 32, British filmmaker, shot. *Anthony Allom, 78, English cricketer (Surrey County Cricket Club, Surrey). *Samuel Amirtham, 85, Indian Anglican prelate and theologian, Bishop of Diocese of South Kerala of the Church of South India, South Kerala (1990–1997). *Dominador Aytona, 99, Filipino politician, Senate of the Philippines, Senator (1965–1971). *Mario Bedogni, 93, Italian Olympic ice hockey player (Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics, 1948, Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics, 1956). *Ludmila Belousova, 81, Russian pair skater, Olympic champion (Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics#Pairs, 1964, Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics#Pairs, 1968). *Richard Boucher (footballer), Richard Boucher, 85, French footballer (Toulouse FC (1937), Toulouse). *Donnie Corker, 65, American transvestite entertainer. *James Craig (diplomat), Sir James Craig, 93, British diplomat, Ambassador to List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Syria, Syria (1976–1979) and List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia (1979–1984). *Robert Delpire, 91, French photographer, publisher and filmmaker. *Barry Dennen, 79, American actor (''Jesus Christ Superstar'', ''The Shining (film), The Shining'', ''The Dark Crystal''), complications from a fall. *Květa Fialová, 88, Czech actress (''Lemonade Joe'', ''Dinner for Adele'', ''The Phantom of Morrisville''). *Neville Furlong, 49, Irish rugby player (Ireland national rugby union team, national team), cancer. *Günter Halm, 95, German World War II military officer. *Augustine Hoey, 101, English priest. *Morton Kaplan, 96, American political scientist. *Fred Ryecraft, 78, English footballer (Brentford F.C.). *Sigmund Vangsnes, 91, Norwegian educationalist. *Rinse Zijlstra, 90, Dutch politician, House of Representatives (Netherlands), MP (1967–1973), Mayor of Smallingerland (1975-1981), and Senate (Netherlands), Senator (1983–1995).


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*Edmond Abelé, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Monaco, Monaco (1972–1980) and Roman Catholic Diocese of Digne, Digne (1980–1987). *K.R. Aravindakshan, 66, Indian politician. *Dwijen Bandyopadhyay, 68, Indian actor (''Jaatishwar''), heart attack. *Raymond Buckland, 83, English Wiccan writer. *CeDell Davis, 90, American blues musician. *Joy Fleming, 72, German singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1975). *Hans Gerschwiler, 96, Swiss figure skater, Olympic silver medalist (Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics, 1948). *Richard Greenbury, Sir Richard Greenbury, 81, British businessman, Chairman of Marks and Spencer (1988–1999). *Hiromi Hayakawa, 34, Japanese-born Mexican actress (''El Chema'') and singer (''La Academia''), liver hemorrhage during childbirth. *Hugh Hefner, 91, American magazine publisher (''Playboy''), businessman (Playboy Enterprises) and reality television personality (''The Girls Next Door''), cardiac arrest due to sepsis. *Anne Jeffreys, 94, American actress (''
General Hospital ''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the list of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running American soap opera in pro ...
'', ''Topper (TV series), Topper'', ''Dick Tracy (1945 film), Dick Tracy''). *Manuel Jiménez (archer), Manuel Jiménez, 77, Spanish Olympic archer. *Vann Johnson, 56, American singer, cancer. *Red Miller, 89, American football coach (Denver Broncos), complications from a stroke. *Stanley M. Rumbough Jr., 97, American businessman (Colgate-Palmolive). *Zuzana Růžičková, 90, Czech harpsichordist, cancer. *Antonio Spallino, 92, Italian fencer and politician, Olympic champion (Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil, 1956) and Mayor of Como (1970–1985). *Alfred Stepan, 81, American political scientist.


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*Aleksey Arifullin, 46, Russian footballer (FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow). *Jerry Balmuth, 93, American philosopher. *Chyung Jinkyu, 77, South Korean writer. *Makhan Lal Fotedar, 85, Indian politician. *Balys Gajauskas, 91, Lithuanian politician and prisoner of conscience, member of the Seimas (1990–1992). *Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, 90, Spanish film director and producer (''That Man in Istanbul'', ''The Summertime Killer'', ''They Came to Rob Las Vegas''). * Lee Hsin, 64, Taiwanese politician, member of the National Assembly (Republic of China), National Assembly (1996–1998) and the Taipei City Council (since 1998), suicide by jumping. *Marietta Marich, 87, American radio personality and actress (''Rushmore (film), Rushmore'', ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre''). *Donald Mitchell (writer), Donald Mitchell, 92, British musicologist. *Steven Marshall (Railtrack), Steven Marshall, 60, British chief executive (Railtrack). *Vann Molyvann, 90, Cambodian architect (Chaktomuk Conference Hall, Independence Monument (Cambodia), Independence Monument, Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium). *Daniel Pe'er, 74, Israeli television host, complications from a stroke. *Željko Perušić, 81, Croatian football player and manager. *Jürgen Roth, 71, German journalist. *Andreas Schmidt (actor), Andreas Schmidt, 53, German actor (''Summer in Berlin'', ''The Counterfeiters (2007 film), The Counterfeiters'') and director, cancer. *Spikeld, 23–24, Norwegian racehorse, euthanized. *Alan Thompson (broadcaster), Alan Thompson, 54, British broadcaster (BBC Radio Wales). *Benjamin Whitrow, 80, British actor (''Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series), Pride and Prejudice'', ''Chicken Run'', ''Quadrophenia (film), Quadrophenia''), brain hemorrhage


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*Abu Tahsin al-Salhi, 63, Iraqi sniper, shot. *Tom Alter, 67, Indian actor, skin cancer. *Joep Baartmans-van den Boogaart, 77, Dutch politician. *Keith Bush, 87, British army officer and intelligence analyst. *Lorenz Funk, 70, German ice hockey player and manager (EC Bad Tölz, BSC Preussen), Olympic bronze medalist (Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics, 1976), cancer. *Tim Hackworth, 84, British army officer. *Rolf Herings, 77, German Olympic javelin thrower (Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw, 1964, Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw, 1968) and football coach (1. FC Köln). *Tore Lindbekk, 84, Norwegian sociologist and politician. *Philippe Médard, 58, French handball player, Olympic bronze medalist (Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992). *Wiesław Michnikowski, 95, Polish actor. *Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris, 85, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kurunegala, Kurunegala (1987–2009). *Magdalena Ribbing, 77, Swedish etiquette expert, writer and journalist, complications from a fall. *Ryūji Saikachi, 89, Japanese voice actor (''Castle in the Sky'', ''Dragon Ball Z'', ''Anne of Green Gables (1979 TV series), Anne of Green Gables''), heart failure. *Jarvis Scott, 70, American Olympic sprinter (1968 Summer Olympics, 1968). *Ian Smith (New Zealand rugby player), Ian Smith, 76, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago Rugby Football Union, Otago, New Zealand national rugby union team, national team). *Dmitry Smolsky, 80, Belarusian composer and teacher (Belarusian State Academy of Music, Belarusian State Conservatory).


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*Alan K. Adlington, 92, Canadian economist. *Hortense Aka-Anghui, 83, Ivorian politician and pharmacist, National Assembly (Ivory Coast), MP (1965–1990), Mayoress of Port-Bouët (since 1980) and Minister of Women's Affairs (1986–1990). *Apex (musician), Apex, 36, British drum and bass music producer, suicide. *John Arenhold, 86, South African cricketer. *Elizabeth Baur, 69, American actress (''Ironside (1967 TV series), Ironside'', ''Lancer (TV series), Lancer'', ''The Boston Strangler (film), The Boston Strangler''). *Francis Harold Brown, 73, American geologist. *Alan Carroll, 84, British RAF officer and engineer. *Max Haines, 86, Canadian crime columnist and author, progressive supranuclear palsy. *Monty Hall, 96, Canadian-American game show host (''Let's Make a Deal''), heart failure. *Frank Hamblen, 70, American basketball coach (Milwaukee Bucks,
Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...
), heart attack. *Donald Malarkey, 96, American soldier (E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States), Easy Company), depicted in ''Band of Brothers (miniseries), Band of Brothers''. *Jimmy McDonnell, 90, Irish Gaelic footballer. *Glen Newey, 56, British political philosopher, boating accident. *Tom Paley, 89, American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers). *Lou Reda, 92, American documentary filmmaker. *Stig Stenholm, 78, Finnish physicist. *Joe Taruc, 70, Filipino news anchor and radio broadcaster (DZRH). *Gunnar Thoresen, 97, Norwegian footballer (Larvik Turn, Norway national football team, national team). *Joe Tiller, 74, American football coach (Wyoming Cowboys football, University of Wyoming, Purdue Boilermakers football, Purdue University). *Vladimir Voevodsky, 51, Russian-American mathematician, 2002 Fields Medal#List of Fields medalists, Fields medalist, aneurysm.Vladimir Voevodsky, Fields Medalist, Dies at 51
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