Deaths in May 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2016.

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

May 2016

1

* Hamzat Ahmadu, 91–92, Nigerian diplomat, Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Netherlands, Cameroon, the Bahamas, and the United States.
* Richard Gilpin, 76, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Totnes (1996–2005).
* Jean-Marie Girault, 90, French politician, Mayor of Caen (1970–2001).
* Solomon W. Golomb, 83, American mathematician and engineer.
*Madeleine Lebeau, 92, French actress ('' Casablanca'', ''8½''), complications from a broken thigh bone.
* Merv Lincoln, 82, Australian Olympic middle-distance runner (1956, 1960).
*Sydney Onayemi, 78, Nigerian-born Swedish DJ.
*Doug Raney, 59, American jazz guitarist, heart failure.
* Swasti Mitter, 76, Indian development economist.

2

* Balwantrai Bhatt, 94, Indian composer and musician.
* Basil Blackshaw, 84, Northern Irish artist.
* Tobias de Boer, 85, Dutch scientist.
*Jonathan Cainer, 58, British astrologer ('' Daily Mail''), heart failure.
* Richard Davis, 66, English radio astronomer.
* Walter Dürst, 89, Swiss ice hockey player, Olympic bronze medalist ( 1948).
* Mozibur Rahman Fakir, 69, Bangladeshi politician, cardiac arrest.
*Al Ferrari, 82, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks, Chicago Zephyrs).
* John Kaye, 60, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (since 2007), cancer.
*Jacky Lee, 77, American football player (Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs), Alzheimer's disease.
* Balraj Madhok, 96, Indian politician, President of Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1966–1967).
* Tomohiro Matsu, 43, Japanese light novel writer ('' Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!'', '' Mayoi Neko Overrun!''), liver cancer.
* Paul McDowell, 84, British actor and singer (The Temperance Seven).
* Myles McKeon, 97, Irish-born Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bunbury (1969–1982).
*Roger Millward, 68, British rugby league player (Hull Kingston Rovers, Castleford Tigers, national team).
* Karel Pečko, 95, Slovenian artist.
* Stasys Petronaitis, 83, Lithuanian actor.
*Afeni Shakur, 69, American businesswoman (Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, Amaru Entertainment, Makaveli Branded) and political activist ( Black Panthers).
*Fernando Soto Aparicio, 82, Colombian author.
*Wilfried Straub, 77, German football official.
*Gordie Sundin, 78, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).

3

*Charlie Beamon, 81, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
*Paul Boutelle, 81, American politician, Socialist Workers candidate for U.S. Vice President (1968), kidney cancer.
*Ian Deans, 78, Canadian politician, MP (1980–1986), Parkinson's disease.
* Kristian Ealey, 38, British actor (''Brookside'', ''Hollyoaks'').
* Fan Lichu, 82, Chinese bridge structural engineer and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).
*Abel Fernandez, 85, American actor (''The Untouchables'', '' Pork Chop Hill'').
*Marianne Gaba, 76, American model and actress (''Missile to the Moon'', '' The Choppers'', ''The Beverly Hillbillies''), brain cancer.
* Gao Shan, 53, Chinese geochemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Science).
* Tadeusz Gocłowski, 84, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Gdańsk (1992–2008), stroke.
* Sarah D. Grant, 72, American judge.
* Sunil Gudge, 56, Indian cricketer ( Maharashtra), heart attack.
*Kaname Harada, 99, Japanese World War II flying ace, multiple organ failure.
*Frank Levingston, 110, American supercentenarian, nation's oldest World War II veteran.
* Thomas W. Libous, 63, American politician, member of the New York State Senate (1989–2015), cancer.
* Karol Machata, 88, Slovak actor ('' St. Peter's Umbrella'').
* Graeme McCall, 78, Australian Olympic rower.
* Allan L. McCutcheon, 66, American sociologist and statistician.
* Nicolas Noxon, 79, American filmmaker (''Secrets of the Titanic''), pancreatic cancer.
*Ian Quigley, 84, New Zealand politician, MP for Otago Central (1972–1975).
* Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, 81, Swedish artist ('' Non-Violence''), pneumonia.
*Ian Sander, 68, American producer and director ('' Ghost Whisperer'', '' Profiler'', ''I'll Fly Away''), heart attack.
* Domingo Siazon Jr., 76, Philippine politician and diplomat, Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1995–2001), ambassador to Austria and Japan.
*Jadranka Stojaković, 65, Bosnian singer-songwriter, motor neuron disease.
*Gordon Strachan, 68, Scottish rugby union player, cardiac amyloidosis.
* Janusz Tazbir, 87, Polish historian.

4

*Tutty Alawiyah, 74, Indonesian politician, Minister for Women's Affairs (1998–1999).
*Ángel de Andrés López, 64, Spanish actor ('' What Have I Done to Deserve This?'', '' 800 Bullets'', ''Taxi'').
*Blas Avena, 32, American mixed martial artist ( WEC), suicide.
* Sir Jack Baer, 91, British art dealer.
*Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 69, Burundian politician, President (1976–1987).
* Bob Bennett, 82, American politician, U.S. Senator from Utah (1993–2011), pancreatic cancer and stroke.
* Gaetan Boucher, 59, Canadian-born Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1988), ( HC Villars).
*Karl Butzer, 81, German-born American geographer.
* Michael Caborn-Waterfield, 86, British businessman ( Ann Summers).
*Giuseppe Faraca, 56, Italian racing cyclist.
* Howard King, 83, American public address announcer (Michigan Stadium).
* Olle Ljungström, 54, Swedish singer and guitarist.
*Ursula Mamlok, 93, German-born American composer.
* James Oyedeji, 63, Ghanaian sports historian.
* Paul A. Paddock, 41, American artist.
* Jordan Parsons, 25, American mixed martial artist ( Bellator), traffic collision.
*Rita Renoir, 82, French strip-teaser and actress.
* Friedrich Schattleitner, 92, Austrian Olympic sport shooter (1968).
*Ret Turner, 87, American fashion designer ( Cher, Dolly Parton, Carol Burnett).
*Adlan Varayev, 54, Russian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1988), drowned.
* John Wright, 75, British Army officer and polo administrator.

5

* Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar, 56, Malaysian politician, MP (since 2013), Chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Board, helicopter crash.
*Benito Cocchi, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola (1996–2010).
* Bentot Jr., 46, Filipino actor.
* Rollin Dart, 90, American banker ( Dart National Bank).
*Matt Irwin, 36, British celebrity photographer, suicide.
*Noriah Kasnon, 52, Malaysian politician, MP (since 2004), helicopter crash.
*Sylvia Kauders, 94, American actress ('' Inside Llewyn Davis'', ''Witness'', ''Predator 2''), heart attack.
*Bill MacDermott, 79, American CFL coach ( Edmonton Eskimos).
*Anne Atai Omoruto, 59, Ugandan physician, cancer.
* Romalı Perihan, 74, Turkish actress and singer.
* Fred C. Robinson, 85, American academic.
*Siné, 87, French political cartoonist.
*Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby, 88, Burmese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Yangon (1971–2002).
*Isao Tomita, 84, Japanese synthesizer musician, composer and arranger ('' Snowflakes Are Dancing''), heart failure.
* Martha Seim Valeur, 93, Norwegian politician, Deputy MP (1993–1997).
* Nancy Zahniser, 67, American pharmacologist, glioblastoma.

6

* Klaus Ampler, 75, German Olympic racing cyclist (1968).
* Johannes Bauer, 61, German trombonist.
*Nico de Bree, 71, Dutch footballer (NEC, Anderlecht), cancer.
* Scott Burgess, 57, Australian actor, ('' Water Rats''), heart attack.
* Patrick Ekeng, 26, Cameroonian footballer ( Le Mans, Dinamo București, national team), heart attack.
*Dick Estell, 90, American radio host (''The Radio Reader'').
*Roberta Gellis, 88, American author.
*Reg Grundy, 92, Australian television production mogul (Reg Grundy Organisation).
* David Hall, 85, American politician, Governor of Oklahoma (1971–1975), stroke.
*Lakshmi Holmström, 81, Indian-born British author and translator.
*Margot Honecker, 89, East German politician, Minister of People's Education (1963–1989), First Lady (1976–1989).
*Johnny Joannou, 76, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1976–1983, 1998–2016) and Senate (1984–1992), lung cancer.
*Candye Kane, 54, American blues singer-songwriter and pornographic actress, pancreatic cancer.
* Li Wanheng, 92, Chinese soldier, commander of the 67th Army of the People's Liberation Army (1981–1983).
*George Mandler, 91, American psychologist.
*Pierre, 33, American penguin, renal failure.
*Larry Pinto de Faria, 83, Brazilian footballer (Sport Club Internacional).
*Niklaus Schilling, 72, Swiss filmmaker (''The Expulsion from Paradise'').
* Kōjō Tanaka, 91, Japanese photographer.
*Abu Waheeb, 29–30, Iraqi field commander (ISIL) and prison escapee (Camp Bucca), airstrike.
*Christopher Wathes, 64, British research scientist.
* Valeriy Zuyev, 63, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv) and manager.

7

*Fernando Álvarez de Miranda, 92, Spanish politician, President of the Congress of Deputies (1977–1979).
* Comply or Die, 16, British thoroughbred racehorse, won the Grand National (2008).
*Ann Day, 77, American politician, member of the Arizona Senate (1990–2000), traffic collision.
* Merritt Green, 85, American lawyer and judge.
*Michael S. Harper, 78, American poet.
* Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh, 39, Iranian politician, traffic collision.
*John Krish, 92, British film director.
* Gonzalo López Marañon, 82, Spanish-born Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (1970–2010).
*José Roberto Marques, 70, Brazilian footballer (São Paulo).
* Chris Mitchell, 27, Scottish footballer ( Queen of the South, Clyde), suicide by jumping in front of train.
* Bernardo Ribeiro, 26, Brazilian footballer ( Skënderbeu, Newcastle Jets, IFK Mariehamn), cardiac arrest.
* George Ross, 73, Scottish footballer ( Preston North End).
* John Stabb, 54, American punk singer (Government Issue), stomach cancer.
*Nikita Struve, 85, French literary critic and publisher.
* Anne van den Ban, 88, Dutch agricultural economist.
* Khurram Zaki, 40, Pakistani rights activist, shot.

8

* Tom M. Apostol, 92, American analytic number theorist and professor.
*Philippe Beaussant, 86, French author.
* John Bradshaw, 82, American self-help writer, heart failure.
*Tonita Castro, 63, Mexican-born American actress ('' Dads'', ''Funny People'', '' The Book of Life''), stomach cancer.
* Louisa Chase, 65, American painter.
* Sir Iain Glidewell, 91, British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal (1985–1995).
*Ken Gorgal, 87, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears).
*Gareth Gwenlan, 79, British television producer (''Only Fools and Horses'').
* Joan Helpern, 89, American shoe designer.
* Nick Lashaway, 28, American actor (''Girls'', ''In Time'', '' The Last Song''), traffic collision.
*Elisa Mainardi, 85, Italian actress (''Fellini Satyricon'').
* Wolfgang Patzke, 57, German footballer.
* Geneviève Salbaing, 94, French-born Canadian dancer and choreographer.
*William Schallert, 93, American actor (''The Patty Duke Show'', ''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'', '' In the Heat of the Night''), President of SAG (1979–1981).
*Rajesh Nandini Singh, 59, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha (2009–2014), heart attack.
* Friedrich von Huene, 87, German-born American woodwind maker.
*John Young, 67, American baseball player ( Detroit Tigers), founder of Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities.
* Thomas Zhang Huai-xin, 90, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jixian (since 1981).

9

*Chuck Curtis, 80, American football coach (University of Texas at Arlington).
*Andi Muhammad Ghalib, 69, Indonesian politician, Attorney General (1998–1999), Ambassador to India (2008–2013).
* Rex Hughes, 77, American basketball coach (Sacramento Kings).
*Walther Leisler Kiep, 90, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1965–1976, 1980–1982).
*Sandy Lewis, 85, Australian politician.
*Bill MacIlwraith, 88, British playwright and screenwriter ('' Two's Company'').
* Karl Maramorosch, 101, Austrian-born American virologist, entomologist and plant pathologist.
*Dennis Nineham, 94, British theologian.
*Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao, 92, Indian politician.
*Kelly Stearne, 57, Canadian curler.
* Gijs Verdick, 21, Dutch professional cyclist, heart attack.
* Ronald W. Walker, 76, American historian, lymphoma.
*John Warr, 88, English cricketer.

10

*Mustafa Badreddine, 55, Lebanese military commander ( Hezbollah, Syrian Civil War), convicted planner of 1983 Kuwait bombings, explosion.
* Heinz-Georg Baus, 82, German billionaire and businessman, owner of Bauhaus AG.
*Jack Boothman, 79, Irish sports administrator, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1994–1997).
* Sally Brampton, 60, British writer and magazine editor (''Elle''), suicide by drowning.
* Sarah Corp, 41, British television producer, lung cancer.
* Nicholas Fisk, 92, British children's author.
* Carlos García y García, 88, Peruvian politician, Second Vice President (1990–1992).
* Louis van Gasteren, 93, Dutch filmmaker and artist.
* Gene Gutowski, 90, Polish-born American film producer ('' The Pianist'', ''The Fearless Vampire Killers'', '' Cul-de-sac''), pneumonia.
*Ilkka Hanski, 63, Finnish ecologist.
* Kang Young-hoon, 93, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1988–1990).
* Mark Lane, 89, American lawyer, author ('' Rush to Judgment'', ''Plausible Denial'') and screenwriter ('' Executive Action''), heart attack.
*Thomas Luckmann, 88, Slovene-born American sociologist (''The Social Construction of Reality'').
* François Morellet, 90, French painter, sculptor and light artist.
* Betty Sabo, 87, American artist.
* Shi Ping, 82, Chinese aircraft designer (Hongdu JL-8) and academic (Chinese Academy of Engineering).
*Steve Smith, 26, Canadian mountain biker, race collision.
*Riki Sorsa, 63, Finnish singer (" Reggae OK"), cancer.
*Margaret Walker, 91, British sprinter.

11

*Peter Behrens, 68, German drummer ( Trio), multiple organ failure.
* Bobby Carroll, 77, Scottish footballer ( Celtic).
*Tony Cozier, 75, Barbadian cricket writer and commentator.
*Katherine Dunn, 70, American writer (''Geek Love''), lung cancer.
* Abdul Baqi Jammoh, 93–94, Jordanian politician, Senator (1997–2001).
* David King, 73, British graphic designer, art collector and writer (''The Commissar Vanishes'').
*Promode Mankin, 77, Bangladeshi politician.
* Anton Muheim, 99, Swiss politician, President of the National Council (1973–1974).
*Motiur Rahman Nizami, 73, Bangladeshi politician and convicted war criminal, leader of Jamaat (since 2000), MP for Pabna (1991–1996, 2001–2006), execution by hanging.
* Herman Obermayer, 91, American journalist and publisher ('' Northern Virginia Sun'').
* Jim Pothecary, 82, South African cricketer (Western Province, national team).
*Michael Ratner, 72, American lawyer, won right of ''habeas corpus'' for Guantanamo Bay detainees, complications from cancer.
* Majid al-Shibl, 80–81, Saudi Arabian announcer.
*Joe Temperley, 86, Scottish saxophonist (Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), cancer.
* Jack L. Treynor, 86, American economist.

12

*Mike Agostini, 81, Trinidadian-born Australian Olympic sprinter (1956), Commonwealth Games gold medalist ( 1954).
* Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, 91, Serbian royal.
* Denise Bernot, 94, French academic.
* Sidney Brazier, 96, British army bomb disposal officer.
*Ulf Grenander, 92, Swedish statistician.
* Denis Hardy, 80, Canadian politician, Vice President of the National Assembly of Quebec (1970–1973).
* Susannah Mushatt Jones, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person.
*Bohumil Kubát, 81, Czech wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).
*Julius La Rosa, 86, American pop singer (" Anywhere I Wander", "Eh, Cumpari!") and actor ('' Another World'').
*Del Latta, 96, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th congressional district (1959–1989).
* Peter J. Liacouras, 85, American academic, President of Temple University (1981–2000).
* Giuseppe Maiani, 92, Sammarinese politician, Captain Regent (1955–1956, 1982).
* Tapio Mäkelä, 89, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist (1952).
* Giovanni Migliorati, 73, Italian-born Ethiopian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (since 2009).
*Yukio Ninagawa, 80, Japanese film and theatre director, pneumonia.
*Raghunath Patnaik, 89, Indian politician, heart disease.
* Georges Sesia, 91, French footballer.
* Hugh Smith, 81, American football player (Washington Redskins).

13

*Seiji Arikawa, 86, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1990–1993).
*Bill Backer, 89, American advertising executive (McCann Erickson) and songwriter ("I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)").
* Ondrej Binder, 46, Slovak politician, member of the National Council (2016), traffic collision.
*Buster Cooper, 87, American jazz trombonist, prostate cancer.
* Karl Eigen, 88, German farmer and politician, member of the Bundestag (1972–1976, 1980–1990).
*Sammy Ellis, 75, American baseball player ( Cincinnati Reds), cancer.
* Rodrigo Espíndola, 26, Argentine footballer ( Nueva Chicago), shot.
* Makiko Futaki, 57, Japanese animator ('' Akira'', ''Spirited Away'', ''My Neighbour Totoro'').
* David McNiven Garner, 87, New Zealand oceanographer.
* Blanche Hartman, 90, American Buddhist abbess.
* W. K. Hastings, 85, Canadian statistician.
* Doina Florica Ignat, 78, Romanian historian and politician, Senator (1992–1996).
*John Imbrie, 90, American paleoceanographer.
*Paul Jetton, 51, American football player ( Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints).
* Lauri Kähkönen, 69, Finnish politician, MP for North Karelia (1999–2011).
*Rabbit Kekai, 95, American surfer.
* Jan Korger, 78, Czech physician and politician, member of the House of Peoples of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia (1992).
* Engelbert Kraus, 81, German footballer (Kickers Offenbach).
* Mikio Kudō, 55, Japanese baseball player, liver failure.
*Dick McAuliffe, 76, American baseball player ( Detroit Tigers), World Series winner (1968), Alzheimer's disease.
* Howard Meeks, 83, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Western Michigan (1984–1988).
* Fredrik Norén, 75, Swedish jazz drummer.
*Pinuccio Sciola, 74, Italian sculptor and muralist.
* James M. Shuart, 85, American academic administrator, President of Hofstra University (1976–2001), heart disease.
*Baba Hardev Singh, 62, Indian spiritual guru, traffic collision.
* Murray A. Straus, 89, American sociologist and professor (University of New Hampshire).

14

* Larry Barnes, 84, American football player.
*Tony Barrow, 80, British press officer (The Beatles).
* Balázs Birtalan, 46, Hungarian author, cancer.
*Darwyn Cooke, 53, Canadian comic book artist (''Catwoman'', ''The Spirit'', '' DC: The New Frontier''), cancer.
* John Coyle, 83, Scottish footballer (Dundee United).
*Ron Henry, 79, American baseball player ( Minnesota Twins), cardiovascular and renal disease.
* Jesús Leguina, 73–74, Spanish jurist, justice of the Constitutional Court (1986–1992) and director of the Bank of Spain (1994–2001).
* Valerie Lush, 97, British actress.
* Jaroslav Malina, 78, Czech scenographer and painter, heart attack.
*Lasse Mårtenson, 81, Finnish singer (" Laiskotellen"), cerebral hemorrhage.
* Malachi Mitchell-Thomas, 20, English motorcycle racer, injuries sustained in race collision.
* Banza Mukalay, 63, Congolese politician, Minister of Culture (since 2014).
*Christy O'Connor Snr, 91, Irish golfer.
* Marjet Ockels, 72, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1991–1994).
*Kenneth Painter, 81, English archaeologist and curator.
* Johnny Seay, 75, American country music singer.
*Paul Smoker, 75, American jazz trumpeter.
* Monteagle Stearns, 91, American diplomat, Ambassador to Greece (1981–1985) and Ivory Coast (1976–1979).
* Charles R. Stelck, 98, Canadian geologist.
*Neculai Alexandru Ursu, 89, Romanian linguist, philologist and literary historian.
*André Wicky, 87, Swiss racing driver and team owner.
*Alvise Zorzi, 93, Italian journalist and author.

15

* Hakkı Akansel, 92, Turkish military officer and politician, Mayor of Istanbul (1980–1981).
* Oya Aydoğan, 59, Turkish actress, model and television presenter, aortic aneurysm.
*Erika Berger, 76, German television presenter and author.
* André Brahic, 73, French astrophysicist, discovered rings of Neptune, cancer.
*Ghulam Sadiq Khan, 76, Indian classical vocalist.
* Robert C. T. Lee, 92, Chinese-born American veterinarian.
*Jane Little, 87, American musician (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra).
*Clovis Maksoud, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador of the Arab League to the United Nations (1979–1990) and the United States (1979–1990), cerebral hemorrhage.
* Bobby McIlvenny, 89, Northern Irish footballer (Oldham Athletic).
* Cauby Peixoto, 85, Brazilian singer, pneumonia.
* Ken Ramos, 48, American baseball player ( Houston Astros), suicide by gunshot.
*Michael Roberds, 52, Canadian actor (''The New Addams Family'', ''Elf'', ''Hot Tub Time Machine'').
*Marion Tournon-Branly, 91, French architect.

16

* Hussein Sheikh Abdirahman, 75, Somali politician, Minister of Defense (1989–1990). (death announced on this date)
* Sir Gavyn Farr Arthur, 64, British judge, Lord Mayor of London (2002–2003).
* Moidele Bickel, 79, German costume designer ('' La Reine Margot'').
* Anthony Bird, 85, British Anglican priest and academic.
*Ken Cameron, 74, Scottish trade union leader.
*Giovanni Coppa, 90, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio (1979–2001).
* Camille DesRosiers, 87, Canadian-born Tuvaluan Roman Catholic prelate, Superior of Funafuti (1986–2010).
*Huguette Dreyfus, 87, French harpsichordist.
* Robert Freeman, 82, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1980–1988).
*Romaldo Giurgola, 95, Italian-born American-Australian architect (Parliament House, Canberra).
* Aar de Goede, 87, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1967–1973), State Secretary of Finance (1973–1977), member of the European Parliament (1979–1984).
*Mitsuo Horiuchi, 86, Japanese politician.
* Sadek Khan, 82, Bangladeshi journalist and filmmaker.
*François Maistre, 91, French actor (''Angélique, Marquise des Anges'', ''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'').
*Jim McMillian, 68, American basketball player ( Los Angeles Lakers, Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks), NBA champion (1972), complications from heart failure.
* Julia Meade, 90, American actress (''The Ed Sullivan Show'', ''Pillow Talk'').
* Gillian Mears, 51, Australian writer ('' Foal's Bread''), multiple sclerosis.
*Emilio Navaira, 53, American country and Tejano singer ('' Life Is Good''), heart failure.
*Noriko Nishimoto, 75, Japanese-born Australian puppeteer, cancer.
* Michael Pope, 89, British Olympic hurdler.
* Mamie Rallins, 74, American hurdler, traffic collision.
* David Rendel, 67, British politician, MP for Newbury (1993–2005), cancer.
* Bjarne Saltnes, 82, Norwegian politician.
* Ivaylo Sharankov, 82, Bulgarian Olympic swimmer.
* Deepak Shodhan, 87, Indian cricketer, lung cancer.
*Lino Toffolo, 81, Italian actor (''Yuppi du'', '' Brancaleone at the Crusades'') and singer.
*Jack Unruh, 80, American commercial illustrator.
*Oscar Whitbread, 86, English-born Australian television producer.

17

* Seán Ardagh, 68, Irish politician, TD (1997–2011).
*Guy Clark, 74, American folk singer-songwriter (" Desperados Waiting for a Train", " Workbench Songs", " My Favorite Picture of You"), Grammy winner (2014), cancer.
* Benjamin de Roo, 76, Dutch-born Australian Olympic gymnast (1960, 1964).
* Vinjamuri Seetha Devi, Indian folk singer.
* Paulo Emilio, 80, Brazilian football manager.
* Kim Jae-soon, 92, South Korean politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1988–1990).
* Ed Kolenovsky, 87, American photographer (''Associated Press'').
* Alexandru Lăpușan, 61, Romanian politician, mayor of Dej (1991), MP (1992–1994) and Minister of Agriculture (1992–1996).
* Edmund V. Ludwig, 87, American federal judge, member of the District Court for the E.D. of Pennsylvania (since 1985).
*Yūko Mizutani, 51, Japanese voice actress ('' Digimon'', '' Black Jack'', ''Tenchi Muyo!''), breast cancer.
*Xavier de Planhol, 90, French geographer.
*Arthur Provis, 91, English cinematographer and producer.
*Müzahir Sille, 84, Turkish wrestler, Olympic champion (1960).
*Yuri Volkov, HC Dynamo Moscow, national team).

18

* Elaine Abraham, 86, American Tlingit elder and nurse.
* Luis H. Álvarez, 96, Mexican industrialist and politician, President of the National Action Party (1987–1993).
*Ethel Bush, 100, British police officer.
*Eduardo Castrillo, 73, Filipino sculptor, cancer.
*Adrian Flowers, 89, British photographer.
* Astrid Gunnestad, 77, Norwegian journalist.
* Ida Pedanda Gede Made Gunung, 63, Indonesian Hindu priest.
* Zygmunt Kukla, 68, Polish footballer.
* Adán Nigaglioni Loyola, 86, Puerto Rican doctor and educator.
* Kornél Pajor, 92, Hungarian Olympic speed skater ( 1948), world champion ( 1949).
* Sutham Phanthusak, 69, Thai businessman and politician.
*Michael Reichmann, 71, Canadian photographer and blogger.
* Boris Schnaiderman, 99, Ukrainian-born Brazilian translator, writer and essayist.
*Fritz Stern, 90, German-born American historian.
*Susan Tolchin, 75, American political scientist, ovarian cancer.
*Ian Watkin, 76, New Zealand actor ('' Braindead'', '' Sleeping Dogs'', '' Charlotte's Web'').
* Doris Yankelewitz Berger, 82, Costa Rican artist and politician, First Lady (1982–1986).

19

*Alexandre Astruc, 92, French film critic and director.
*Irving Benson, 102, American actor and comedian.
*Cook, 15, Spanish Jack Russell Terrier dog actor (''Aquí no hay quien viva'', ''La que se avecina'', TV commercials of Loterías y Apuestas del Estado), cardiac arrest.
* Ronald C. Davidson, 74, Canadian physicist, complications from pneumonia.
*Jan Deutsch, 80, American philosopher and legal scholar.
* George Forty, 88, British Army officer and author.
*Jim Ray Hart, 74, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
* Hugh Honour, 88, British art historian.
*Hu Hongwen, 91, Chinese organic chemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).
* Cindy Nicholas, 58, Canadian long distance swimmer and politician, liver cancer.
*Rogelio Ordoñez, 75, Filipino author, liver cancer.
* N. S. Palanisamy, 75, Indian politician, complications from kidney failure.
* Laxminarayan Pandey, 88, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha for Mandsaur (1971–1979, 1989–2009).
*Marco Pannella, 86, Italian politician and civil rights activist, MEP (1979–2009).
*Morley Safer, 84, Canadian-born American journalist ('' 60 Minutes''), pneumonia.
* John Sisko, 57, American sculptor.
* Donald Snelgrove, 91, British Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Hull (1981–1994).
*Alan Young, 96, English-born Canadian-American actor (''Mister Ed'', ''The Time Machine'', ''DuckTales'').

20

*Gert Bals, 79, Dutch footballer ( PSV, Ajax).
* Glen Clegg, 82, Canadian politician.
*Patricia M. Derian, 86, American human rights activist, Alzheimer's disease.
* Vasile Duță, 60, Romanian lawyer and politician, Senator (2000–2004), lung cancer.
* John David Jackson, 91, Canadian physicist.
*Gabriel, 75, Russian prelate, Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church.
* Brandon Grove, 87, American diplomat, ambassador to East Germany and Zaire, cancer.
* Rosanna Huffman, 77, American actress (''Babe'', ''Oliver & Company'', '' Murder, She Wrote''), pancreatic cancer.
*Kang Sok-ju, 76, North Korean diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister (2007), esophageal cancer.
* Pranlal Kharsani, 89, Indian actor.
*Kho Jabing, 32, Malaysian convicted murderer, executed by hanging.
*Tsuyoshi Makino, 70, Japanese author, critic and social activist.
* Joe McDonagh, 62, Irish sports administrator, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1997–2000).
* Audrey Purton, 90, British Women's Royal Army Corps officer.
*Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo, 84, Spanish journalist and athlete.
* Ádám Rajhona, 72, Hungarian actor.
* Lucille Stone, 90, American baseball player ( All-American Girls Professional Baseball League), complications from hydrocephalus.
* Albert M. Sackett, 95, American Navy rear admiral.
* Yagya Datt Sharma, 80, Indian politician, member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
* Robyn Sisman, 66, American-born British publisher and author.
* Bogdan Ulmu, 65, Romanian theatre director, writer and publicist.
* Wheelock Whitney, Jr., 89, American sports executive ( Minnesota Twins, Minnesota North Stars, Minnesota Vikings).

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*Gaston Berghmans, 90, Belgian comedian and actor (''The Silent Hedonist'').
* Lorne Clarke, 87, Canadian lawyer, Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court (1985–1998).
* Andrea Maria Erba, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Velletri-Segni (1988–2006).
* Jane Fawcett, 95, British codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II, key figure in the sinking of the ''Bismarck''.
* Sir Denys Henderson, 83, British businessman, chairman of ICI (1987–1995).
*Homeboykris, 9, American racehorse.
* Eddie Keizan, 71, South African racing driver.
* Tony Kriletich, 72, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team).
* Alan Lewis, 61, British footballer (Reading, Derby County, Peterborough United).
*Akhtar Mansour, c. 48, Afghan Islamist, Minister of the Emirate for Aviation and Tourism (1996–2001), leader of the Taliban (since 2015), airstrike.
*Nick Menza, 51, German-born American drummer ( Megadeth), heart failure.
*Germán Serrano Pinto, 76, Costa Rican politician, Vice President (1990–1994).
* Norman Tait, 75, Canadian First Nations artist, cancer.
* Sándor Tarics, 102, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic gold medalist (1936).

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* Lucjan Avgustini, 52, Albanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sapë (since 2006).
*Adolf Born, 85, Czech painter, illustrator, caricaturist and filmmaker.
*Malvina Cheek, 100, British war artist.
* Merv Cowan, 91, Australian WANFL footballer.
*Tom DeLeone, 65, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals), brain cancer.
* Intikhab, 22, American racehorse, heart disease.
* John Lyons, 90, British trade union leader.
* José Luis Romo Martín, 62, Mexican artist.
* Alexis Navarro, 69, Venezuelan politician and diplomat, Governor of Nueva Esparta (2000–2004), Ambassador to Russia (2005–2008), heart attack.
* Yasushi Niki, 90, Japanese baseball player.
*Leonorilda Ochoa, 76, Mexican actress (''Los Beverly de Peralvillo''), Alzheimer's disease.
*Subhash Pal, 40, Indian mountaineer.
* Arulraj Rosli, 75, Malaysian Olympic racing cyclist (1964).
*Velimir Sombolac, 77, Serbian-Yugoslav football player, Olympic champion (1960) and manager.
* George Wildman, 88, American cartoonist.
* Bata Živojinović, 82, Serbian actor (''Walter Defends Sarajevo''), complications from gangrene.

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* Nurjahan Begum, 90, Bangladeshi journalist.
*Jo Beverley, 68, British-born Canadian writer, cancer.
* John Brophy, 83, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ( Birmingham Bulls, Toronto Maple Leafs, Hampton Roads Admirals), namesake of John Brophy Award.
* Joe Fleishaker, 62, American actor ('' Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV'', '' Late Show with David Letterman''), heart attack.
* Vera Henriksen, 89, Norwegian writer.
* Cedric McKinnon, 48, American football player ( Cleveland Thunderbolts, Tampa Bay Storm).
* Zdeněk Mézl, 81, Czech print-maker.
* Sir Reginald Palmer, 93, Grenadian politician, Governor-General (1992–1996).
* Nanette Rainone, 73, American feminist and reporter.
* Arne Sandnes, 92, Norwegian politician.

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* Ray Ash, 79, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
*Suzanne Corkin, 79, American neuroscientist, liver cancer.
* Adelina Dematti de Alaye, 88, Argentinian human rights activist, founder of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.
* Khaleda Ekram, 65, Bangladeshi architect, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
*Lewis Fiander, 78, Australian actor ('' Pride and Prejudice'', '' Who Can Kill a Child?'', ''Bangkok Hilton''), stroke.
* Maycie Herrington, 97, American historian and social worker.
*Buck Kartalian, 93, American actor (''Planet of the Apes'', ''Cool Hand Luke'', ''The Rock (film), The Rock'').
*Malik Iqbal Mehdi Khan, 64, Pakistani politician, National Assembly of Pakistan, MP (since 2013), liver disease.
*Burt Kwouk, 85, British actor (''The Pink Panther (film series), The Pink Panther'', ''Last of the Summer Wine'', ''Goldfinger (film), Goldfinger''), cancer.
*Frankie Laine (wrestler), Frankie Laine, 73, Canadian professional wrestler, multiple sclerosis.
*Mell Lazarus, 89, American cartoonist (''Miss Peach'', ''Momma'').
*Anne-Marie Nzié, 84, Cameroonian singer.
*Hughes Oliphant Old, 83, American theologian.
*Leo Proost, 82, Belgian racing cyclist.
*Jorma Salmi, 83, Finnish Olympic ice hockey player (1960 Winter Olympics, 1960), (Ilves, Frölunda HC).
*Berrick Saul, 91, British economist and academic administrator.
*Soita Shitanda, 56, Kenyan politician, Parliament of Kenya, MP from Malava Constituency, Malava (since 1997).
*Bé Udink, 90, Dutch politician and CEO.

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*Giacomo Barabino, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Ventimiglia-San Remo (1988–2004).
*Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul, 82, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (1999–2008).
*Cassandra Butts, 50, American lawyer.
*Lloyd Campbell (curler), Lloyd Campbell, 101, Canadian curler.
*Nancy Dow, 79, American actress (''The Ice House (1969 film), The Ice House'') and model.
*Ian Gibson (footballer, born 1943), Ian Gibson, 73, Scottish footballer (Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City, Coventry City F.C., Coventry City, Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough).
*Gyula Kosice, 92, Czechoslovakian-born Argentine poet and sculptor.
*Ku Chin-shui, 56, Taiwanese Olympic decathlete (1984 Summer Olympics, 1984), plasma cell leukemia.
*Per Øien, 78, Norwegian flutist.
*Valentin Petry, 88, German racing cyclist.
*Bob Sorenson, 92, New Zealand rugby union player and coach (Auckland rugby union team, Auckland), and cricketer (Auckland cricket team, Auckland).
*Peggy Spencer, 95, British dancer.
*József Tempfli, 85, Romanian-Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare, Oradea Mare (1990–2008).
*John Webster (theologian), John Webster, 60, British theologian.
*Yang Jiang, 104, Chinese playwright, author, and translator.

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*Kazimierz Barburski, 73, Polish fencer, Olympic bronze medalist (Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée, 1968).
*Loris Francesco Capovilla, 100, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Prelate of Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Loreto, Loreto (1971–1988).
*Esad Čolaković, 46, Macedonian footballer (FK Sloga Jugomagnat).
*Ted Dumitru, 76, Romanian football manager (Kaizer Chiefs F.C., Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns F.C., Mamelodi Sundowns, New York Apollo), heart attack.
*Steve Edwards (physicist), Steve Edwards, 85, American professor.
*Hedy Epstein, 91, German-born American Holocaust survivor and political activist (International Solidarity Movement), cancer.
*Lou Grasmick, 91, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies) and businessman.
*Noel Harding, 69, Canadian contemporary artist, heart failure.
*Murder of Iana Kasian, Iana Kasian, 30, Ukrainian prosecutor and murder victim.
*Robert O'Hearn, 94, American set designer.
*Gustav Meier, 86, Swiss-born American conductor, cancer.
*Wanaro N'Godrella, 66, French tennis player.
*Angela Paton, 86, American actress (''Groundhog Day (film), Groundhog Day'', ''American Wedding'', ''Lolita (1997 film), Lolita''), heart attack.
*Arturo Pomar, 84, Spanish chess grandmaster.
*Coe Swobe, 87, American politician, member of the Nevada Senate (1966–1974).
*Bob Williams (quarterback), Bob Williams, 86, American football player ( Chicago Bears).

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*Chen Nengkuan, 93, Chinese metal and detonation physicist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).
*Michael Dann, 94, American television executive (CBS).
*Jean-Claude Decaux, 78, French billionaire advertiser, CEO of JCDecaux.
*Louise Erickson (baseball), Louise Erickson, 86, American baseball player (Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches).
*Gaylord T. Gunhus, 76, American army officer, Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army (1999–2003).
*Gerhard Harpers, 88, German footballer (SV Sodingen, Sodingen, Germany national football team, national team).
*Kai G. Henriksen, 60, Norwegian businessman (Vinmonopolet).
*R. G. Jadhav, 83, Indian literary critic.
*František Jakubec, 60, Czech football player.
*Marshall "Rock" Jones, 75, American bass player (Ohio Players).
*George Klir, 84, Czech computer scientist.
*Bonnie Law, 47, Hong Kong singer and actress (''Happy Ghost''), heart attack.
*Leroidesanimaux, 15, Brazilian-born American racehorse, Eclipse Award winner, complications from accident.
*Petro Herkulan Malchuk, 50, Moldovan-born Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Kyiv-Zhytomyr (since 2011), heart attack.
*Jaap Metz, 74, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1982–1986).
*Frank Modell, 98, American cartoonist (''The New Yorker'').
*Henrietta Phipps, 84, British landscape gardener.
*La Ferne Price, 90, American ballplayer ( All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).
*Girolamo Prigione, 94, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio (1968–1997).
*Ivor Robinson (physicist), Ivor Robinson, 92, British-born American physicist.
*Rocco Sollecito, 67, Italian-born Canadian gangster (Rizzuto crime family), shot.
*Wang Shizhen (physician), Wang Shizhen, 100, Chinese nuclear medicine physician and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Father of Chinese nuclear medicine.
*Wang You-theng, 89, Taiwanese entrepreneur (Rebar (Taiwan), Rebar), traffic collision.
*Morton White, 99, American philosopher and historian.

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*Giorgio Albertazzi, 92, Italian actor (''Last Year at Marienbad'') and film director.
*Stanley Burke, 93, Canadian television journalist (''The National (CBC), The National News'').
*David Cañada, 41, Spanish cyclist, race collision.
*Alexander DeConde, 95, American historian.
*Bryce Dejean-Jones, 23, American basketball player (New Orleans Pelicans), shot.
*Peter DeTroy, 68, American attorney, heart attack.
*M. Brendan Fleming, 90, American politician, Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (1982–1984).
*John Willison Green, 89, Canadian journalist.
*Harambe, 17, American-bred western lowland gorilla, shot.
*C. Michael Harper, 88, American executive (ConAgra Foods).
*Christian Kay, 76, British lexicographer.
*Joanneke Kruijsen, 47, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (2003–2006).
*Marion Lambert, 73, Belgian-born Swiss art collector, injuries sustained in traffic collision.
*Michael McCurdy, 74, American illustrator and publisher.
*Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen, 89, British barrister and life peer.
*Eddie O'Hara (British politician), Eddie O'Hara, 78, British politician, Parliament of the United Kingdom, MP for Knowsley South (1990–2010).
*Wolf-Dieter Oschlies, 63, German Olympic rower.
*Floyd Robinson (singer), Floyd Robinson, 83, American country singer.
*Devarakonda Vittal Rao, 68, Indian politician.

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*Kenne Fant, 93, Swedish actor, director and author, President of AB Svensk Filmindustri, Svensk Filmindustri (1963–1980).
*T. Marshall Hahn, 89, American academic administrator, President of Virginia Tech (1962–1974).
*Henryk Kempny, 82, Polish footballer.
*Ralph Ketner, 95, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Food Lion, colon cancer.
*Svetozar Koljević, 85, Serbian author, historian, translator and professor.
*Mathew Mattam, 65, Indian Malayalam author.
*Don McNay, 57, American financial author.
*Edward Morris (historian), Edward Morris, 75, British art historian.
*K. P. Noorudeen, 76, Indian politician, cerebral hemorrhage.
*André Rousselet, 93, French businessman and politician, member of the National Assembly (France), National Assembly (1967–1968).
*David Tod Roy, 83, American sinologist and translator (Jin Ping Mei).

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*Jan Aas, 72, Norwegian footballer (Fredrikstad FK, Fredrikstad).
*Gérson Bergher, 91, Brazilian politician.
*Boniface Choi Ki-San, 68, South Korean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Incheon, Incheon (since 2002).
*Javare Gowda, 100, Indian writer, heart failure.
*James Knepper, 84, American politician.
*Tom Lysiak, 63, Canadian ice hockey player (Atlanta Flames, Chicago Blackhawks), leukemia.
*Rick MacLeish, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers), meningitis and multiple organ failure.
*Erkin Vohidov, 79, Uzbek poet, playwright and translator.

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*Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician), Mohamed Abdelaziz, 68, Sahrawi politician, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, President (since 1976), lung cancer.
*Corry Brokken, 83, Dutch singer ("Net als toen"), Eurovision Song Contest 1957 winner.
*Jules Browde, 97, South African lawyer and human-rights activist.
*James Campbell (historian), James Campbell, 81, English historian.
*Jan Crouch, 78, American televangelist and broadcasting executive (Trinity Broadcasting Network), complications from a stroke.
*Olav Djupvik, 85, Norwegian politician.
*Reshad Feild, 82, English mystic and musician (The Springfields).
*Sergio Adolfo Govi, 81, Italian Central African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Bossangoa, Bossangoa (1978–1995).
*Antonio Imbert Barrera, 95, Dominican politician, President of the Dominican Republic, President (1965).
*Carla Lane, 87, English television writer (''The Liver Birds'', ''Butterflies (TV series), Butterflies'', ''Bread (TV series), Bread'').
*Gene Logsdon, 84, American farmer and author.
*Rupert Neudeck, 77, German journalist and humanitarian (Cap Anamur), complications from heart surgery.
*Peter Owen (publisher), Peter Owen, 89, German-born British publisher.
*Rudra Madhab Ray, 78, Indian politician, kidney disease.
*Ghislaine Roquet, 90, Canadian nun and academic.
*Pam Royds, 91, British publisher.Pam Royds obituary
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