Deaths in October 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in October 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.

October 2016

1

*Edda Heiðrún Backman, 58, Icelandic actress (''101 Reykjavík''), motor neurone disease.
* Brian Bell, 86, New Zealand ornithologist.
*Bobby Burnett, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills), pancreatic cancer.
*William Dumbrell, 90, Australian biblical scholar.
* David Herd, 82, Scottish footballer (Arsenal, Manchester United, national team).
*Anton Jeyanathan, 68, Sri Lankan politician, traffic collision.
* Jagoda Kaloper, 69, Croatian actress ('' W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism'').
*Erol Keskin, 89, Turkish footballer ( Fenerbahçe, Adaletspor, national team).
*Daphne Odjig, 97, Canadian First Nations artist.
* Vittorio Scantamburlo, 86, Italian football manager and scout.
*Roger Theder, 77, American football player and coach, Parkinson's disease.
*Lowell Thomas Jr., 92, English-born American film producer and politician, member of the Alaska Senate (1967–1974), Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (1974–1978).
*Toni Williams, 77, Cook Islands-born New Zealand singer.

2

* David Abdulai, 65, Ghanaian physician.
*Georg Apenes, 76, Norwegian politician and jurist.
*Walter Darby Bannard, 82, American painter.
*Betty Blayton-Taylor, 79, American artist, arts administrator, and co-founder of the Studio Museum in Harlem.
* Steve Byrd, 61, English guitarist ( Gillan, Kim Wilde), heart attack.
* Gordon Davidson, 83, American stage and film director.
* Pierre Durand Sr., 84, French Olympic equestrian.
*Mary Hesse, 91, British academician and educator.
*Ed McHugh, 86, American Olympic soccer player.
*Sir Neville Marriner, 92, British conductor (''Amadeus''), founder of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
* Bobby Molloy, 80, Irish politician, TD (1965–2002).
*Jeroen Oerlemans, 46, Dutch photojournalist, shot.
* Gary Reed, 60, American comic book writer (''Deadworld'', ''Baker Street''), heart attack.
*Thomas Round, 100, British opera singer.
*Hanna Zora, 77, Iraqi-born Iranian-Canadian Chaldean Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Ahwaz (1974–2011) and Mar Addai of Toronto (2011–2014).

3

* Cai Qirui, 102, Chinese chemist, educator and academician ( Chinese Academy of Sciences).
* Alain Chevallier, 68, French motorcycle designer, cancer.
* Ljupka Dimitrovska, 70, Macedonian-born Croatian singer.
*Isobel Finnerty, 86, Canadian politician, Senator (1999–2005).
* Anthony Goodman, 80, British medieval historian.
*K. David van Hoesen, 90, American bassoonist.
*Ahmad Salama Mabruk, 59, Egyptian leader of Jabhat al-Nusra, drone strike.
* Andrew Vicari, 84, British painter.
* Mário Wilson, 86, Portuguese football player and manager ( Sporting, Académica, Benfica).

4

* Gair Allie, 84, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), heart disease.
* Mario Almada, 94, Mexican actor ('' La Viuda Negra'').
* Kenneth Angell, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Burlington (1992–2005).
*Yusuf Arakkal, 70, Indian painter.
* Bertrand M. Bell, 86, American physician, key figure in the Libby Zion Law legislation, kidney failure.
*Terry Butler, 58, Australian rugby league player, lung cancer.
*Elaine Lustig Cohen, 89, American graphic designer.
*Caroline Crawley, 53, British singer and musician ( Shelleyan Orphan, This Mortal Coil).
*Stephen de Mowbray, 91, British counterintelligence officer.
* Melvin M. Grumbach, 90, American pediatrician.
*Brigitte Hamann, 76, German-Austrian historian and author.
*Pieter Hintjens, 53, Belgian software developer, euthanasia.
*Merfyn Jones, 85, Welsh footballer (Scunthorpe United, Crewe Alexandra, Chester City).
*Hso Khan Pha, 78, Burmese-born Canadian geologist and exiled prince of Yawnghwe.
*Ivan C. Lafayette, 86, American soldier, civic activist and politician.
*Fred Osam-Duodu, 78, Ghanaian football manager.
*Jim Parrott, 74, Canadian politician, MLA for Fundy-River Valley (2010–2014).
*Doug Slaten, 36, American baseball player.
* Bing Thom, 75, Hong Kong-born Canadian architect, brain aneurysm.
* Harsh Vardhan, 68, Indian politician.
* Donald H. White, 95, American composer.

5

* Girma Asmerom, 66, Eritrean politician.
*Georges Balandier, 95, French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist.
* Jarlath Carey, 74, Irish Gaelic football player.
* Pompeiu Hărășteanu, 81, Romanian opera singer.
* Dick Haugland, 73, American biochemist, brain cancer.
* Michal Kováč, 86, Slovak politician, President (1993–1998), complications of Parkinson's disease.
*György Márkus, 82, Hungarian philosopher.
*Luisa Massimo, 87, Italian pediatrician.
* Yasmin Modassir, Indian zoologist.
* Conxita Mora Jordana, 61, Andorran politician and businesswoman, Mayor of Andorra la Vella (1999-2003) and MP (2009-2011).
* Cameron Moore, 25, American basketball player ( Reyer Venezia Mestre).
* Arthur Z'ahidi Ngoma, 69, Congolese politician, vice-president of the transitional government (2003–2007).
* Donald M. Phillips, 87, Canadian politician, MLA for South Peace River.
* Josh Samman, 28, American mixed martial artist (UFC).
*Michiyo Yasuda, 77, Japanese animator ('' Spirited Away'', '' Grave of the Fireflies'', ''Princess Mononoke'').
* Brock Yates, 82, American automotive journalist ('' Car and Driver'') and screenwriter (''Smokey and the Bandit II'', ''The Cannonball Run''), Alzheimer's disease.

6

*Hans W. Becherer, 81, American businessman, president of John Deere (1987).
* James Colaianni, 94, American lay theologian.
* Peter Denton, 70, English footballer (Coventry, Luton).
* Walter Greiner, 80, German theoretical physicist.
* Hidipo Hamutenya, 77, Namibian politician, Foreign Minister (2002–2004).
* Alan Hodgson, 64, English cricketer (Northamptonshire).
*Heisnam Kanhailal, 75, Indian art theatre personality.
*Eva Lokko, Ghanaian engineer and politician.
*Tony Mottram, 96, British tennis player.
*Barbara Oliver Hagerman, 73, Canadian music teacher and public servant, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (2006–2011), cancer.
* George Pernicano, 98, American businessman, co-owner of the San Diego Chargers.
*Marina Sanaya, 57, Russian Olympic figure skater (1972).
*Fred Slaughter, 74, American college basketball player (UCLA).
*Nello Sforacchi, 94, Italian cyclis

*Mike Tomkies, 88, British nature writer.

7

*John Gleeson, 78, Australian Test cricketer.
*Ross Higgins, 85, Australian actor ('' Kingswood Country'', ''Bullpitt!'').
*Lyudmila Ivanova, 83, Russian actress (''Office Romance'').
*Barbara Kisseler, 67, German culture manager and politician.
* Frederick C. Neidhardt, 85, American microbiologist.
*Anne Pashley, 80, British athlete and opera singer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
*Gonzalo Peralta, 36, Argentine footballer ( Almirante Brown, Platense), cancer.
*Martha Roth, 84, Italian-born Mexican actress (''A Family Like Many Others'').
*Wolfgang Suschitzky, 104, Austro-Hungarian-born British photographer and cinematographer ('' Get Carter'').
*Alistair Urquhart, 97, Scottish author and soldier ( Gordon Highlanders).
* Bill Warren, 73, American film historian and critic.
* Rebecca Wilson, 54, Australian sports journalist, breast cancer.

8

* Peter Allen, 96, American radio broadcaster, host of Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts (1975–2004).
* Helmut Anschütz, 84, German Olympic fencer (1960).
* Guillaume Bieganski, 83, French footballer ( Lens).
*Stephen Bollenbach, 74, American businessman, CEO of Hilton (1996–2007).
*Lyn Chevli, 84, American underground comics artist ('' Tits & Clits Comix'').
* Don Ciccone, 70, American singer-songwriter and musician ( The Critters, The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells).
* Ray William Clough, 96, American engineer.
*Gary Dubin, 57, American actor ('' The Partridge Family'', '' The Aristocats'', '' Jaws 2''), bone cancer.
*Maximiliano Giusti, 25, Argentine footballer, traffic collision.
* Alina María Hernández, 46, Cuban-American transsexual actress.
* Mayer Hersh, 90, Polish survivor of Auschwitz.
*Dickie Jeeps, 84, English rugby union player ( Northampton Saints) and administrator ( Sports Council).
*Klaus Kertess, 76, American curator, art gallerist and writer, complications from Alzheimer's.
*Kuo Chin-fa, 72, Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer, cardiorespiratory failure.
* Wojciech Kurpiewski, 50, Polish sprint canoer, Olympic silver medalist (1992).
* Luc Mbassi, 58/59, Cameroonian Olympic footballer (1984).
*Michael Horace Miller, 88, British Royal Air Force officer.
* Jacob Neusner, 84, American academician and Judaica scholar.
* Stylianos Pattakos, 103, Greek military officer and coup leader, Deputy Prime Minister (1967–1973).
*Giovanni Scognamillo, 87, Turkish film critic.
* Pierre Tchernia, 88, French screenwriter and voice actor (''Asterix'').
*Anton Winkler, 62, German luger, Olympic bronze medalist (1980).

9

*Susan Aceron, 44, Canadian actress, voice actress and businesswoman (''Sailor Moon'', '' Beyblade'', '' The In-Laws''), nasopharynx cancer.
* René Avilés Fabila, 75, Mexican author, heart attack.
* Worth H. Bagley, 92, American admiral.
*Bored Nothing, 26, Australian musician, suicide.
*Mamadou Dembelé, 82, Malian physician and politician, Prime Minister (1986–1988).
* Santo DiPietro, 81, American businessman and politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1989–1996) and mayor of South Portland, Maine (1986–1987).
* Francis Duteil, 69, French Olympic cyclist.
* Donn Fendler, 90, American wilderness survivor.
* Sir Anthony Grant, 91, British politician, MP (1964–1997).
*David Konstant, 86, English Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Leeds (1985–2004).
* El Mongol, 86, Mexican professional wrestler ( GCW).
*Zara Nutley, 90, New Zealand-born British actress.
* Aaron Pryor, 60, American light-welterweight boxer, WBA/IBF world champion (1980–1985), heart disease.
* Bilge Tarhan, 75, Turkish Olympic footballer.
*Kenneth P. Thompson, 50, American lawyer, Kings County District Attorney (since 2014), cancer.
*Andrzej Wajda, 90, Polish film director (''Ashes and Diamonds'', ''Man of Iron'', '' Katyń''), pulmonary failure.

10

* Tony Adamowicz, 75, American racing driver (IMSA GT, Trans Am Series), brain cancer.
*Issa Bagayogo, 54, Malian musician.
* Leo Beranek, 102, American acoustics expert (BBN Technologies).
*Christian Erlandsen, 90, Norwegian politician, MP (1977–1985).
* Lorenzo Freeman, 52, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants).
*Parmeshwar Godrej, 70, Indian socialite, businesswoman, and AIDS activist.
*Gerry Gow, 64, Scottish footballer (Bristol City, Manchester City, Rotherham), cancer.
* Graham C. Greene, 80, British publisher (Jonathan Cape).
*Tamme Hanken, 56, German television personality ('' Der XXL-Ostfriese'').
*Marnix Kappers, 73, Dutch actor, suicide.
*Hans Petter Langtangen, 54, Norwegian computer scientist.
* Drew Nelson, 60, Northern Irish solicitor, politician, and Grand Secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.
* Eddie O'Hara, 80, Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Everton, Barnsley).
* Maulwi Saelan, 88, Indonesian Olympic footballer (1956).
*Ram Ekbal Singh Warsi, 94, Indian politician, MLA (1969–1972).
* Kazunari Tanaka, 49, Japanese voice actor ('' Gundam'', ''Planetes'', ''InuYasha''), intracerebral hemorrhage.
*John Vaughn, 88, American religious leader, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor (1979–1991).
*Gonzalo Vega, 69, Mexican actor (''Life Is Most Important'', ''The Place Without Limits'').

11

*David Antin, 84, American poet and performance artist.
* Tom Barnes, 70, American journalist (''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'').
* Patricia Barry, 93, American actress (''All My Children'', '' The Guiding Light'', ''Days of Our Lives'').
*Ricky Callan, 54, Scottish actor.
* Emerson Stephen Colaw, 94, American theologian and prelate, Bishop of the United Methodist Church.
* Richard Fry, 92, British WWII army officer.
*Matti Hagman, 61, Finnish ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, HIFK).
* Pia Hallström, 55, Swedish politician, MP for Värmland (since 2010), breast cancer.
*Lars Huldén, 90, Finnish writer and translator.
* Dick Israel, 68, Filipino actor, complications from a stroke.
*Steve Lemmens, 44, Belgian snooker player, suicide by train.
*Antero Lumme, 82, Finnish racing cyclist.
*Marju, 28, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. (death announced on this date)
*Jan Matocha, 93, Czechoslovak Olympic sprint canoer (1948, 1952).
* Peter Reynolds, 58, Welsh composer.
*Don Ringe, 70, American journalist and documentary filmmaker.
*Pero Simić, 70, Bosnian Serb journalist and historian.
*Teatao Teannaki, 80, I-Kiribati politician, Vice-President (1979–1991) and President (1991–1994), heart attack.
*Gurcharan Virk, 48, Indian Punjabi writer, director, lyricist and producer, heart attack.
* Ewen Whitaker, 94, British astronomer.

12

* Reinhart Ahlrichs, 76, German theoretical chemist.
*Des Ball, 69, Australian security and defence expert, cancer.
*Shahlyla Baloch, 20, Pakistani footballer ( national team), traffic collision.
* Robert Bateman, 80, American songwriter and record producer ("Please Mr. Postman"), heart attack.
*Beata Bergström, 95, Swedish photographer.
*Pietro Diana, 84, Italian artist.
*Frank Fischl, 89, American air force pilot and politician, Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania (1978–1982).
* Thomas Mikal Ford, 52, American actor (''Martin'', '' Harlem Nights'', ''Across the Tracks'') and comedian, stomach aneurysm.
*Jack Greenberg, 91, American lawyer and civil rights activist.
* Rick Gudex, 48, American politician, member of the Wisconsin Senate (since 2013), suicide by gunshot.
*Leo Harrison, 94, English cricketer (Hampshire).
*Ma Jiang Bao, 74, Chinese martial arts teacher.
* Renato Ongari, 81, Italian Olympic sprint canoeist (1960).
* Bryan Pearson, 82, British-born Canadian politician.
*Dylan Rieder, 28, American skateboarder and model, leukemia.
* Sonny Sanders, 77, American songwriter, arranger and record producer.
*Kemal Unakıtan, 70, Turkish politician, Minister of Finance (2002–2009).
*Fulton Walker, 58, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Raiders).
*Gerhard Wimberger, 93, Austrian composer.

13

*Bhumibol Adulyadej, 88, Thai monarch, King (since 1946)
* William Gilbert Chaloner, 87, British palaeobotanist.
*Delia Davin, 72, English pioneer of Chinese women's studies, cancer.
* Curt Engelhorn, 90, German billionaire businessman.
* Dario Fo, 90, Italian playwright, Nobel Literature Prize laureate (1997).
*Robert Haszeldine, 91, British chemist.
*Andrzej Kopiczyński, 82, Polish actor ('' Czterdziestolatek'').
* Richard A. Pittman, 71, American marine, recipient of the Medal of Honor.
* Booneua Prasertsuwan, 97, Thai politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1995–1996).
*Jim Prentice, 60, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (2014–2015), MP for Calgary Centre-North (2004–2010), plane crash.
*Primo Sentimenti, 89, Italian footballer (Lazio, Parma).
*Louis Stettner, 93, American photographer.
* Tonino Valerii, 82, Italian film director (''My Name Is Nobody'', ''A Girl Called Jules'', ''Sahara Cross'').

14

* Jean Alexander, 90, English actress (''Coronation Street'', '' Last of the Summer Wine'').
* Cirilo R. Almario, 85, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malolos (1977–1996).
*Lucy Baxley, 78, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Alabama (2003–2007).
*Klim Churyumov, 79, Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer, co-discoverer of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
* Brajbir Saran Das, 90, Indian politician, Chief administrative officer of Sikkim (1973-1974).
*Kathryn Adams Doty, 96, American actress ('' Saboteur'').
*Pierre Étaix, 87, French clown, comedian and film director (''Heureux Anniversaire'', ''Yo Yo'', ''Le Grand Amour''), Oscar winner (1963), complications from intestinal infection.
* Edward Gorman, 74, American writer, multiple myeloma.
*Kamal Habibollahi, 86, Iranian politician and admiral.
*Avis Higgs, 98, New Zealand artist.
*Thom Jones, 71, American writer.
* Helen Kelly, 52, New Zealand trade unionist, lung cancer.
*Brigit Pegeen Kelly, 65, American poet.
*Werner Lämmerhirt, 67, German singer-songwriter and guitarist.
*John Mone, 87, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paisley (1988–2004).
*Farouk Shousha, 80, Egyptian poet.
*Song Yeong, 76, South Korean writer.
* Aleksandr Syomin, 73, Soviet Azerbaijani footballer ( Neftçi).

15

* Doug Anderson, 89, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team).
*Marcel Berger, 89, French mathematician.
* Hans Bruggeman, 89, Dutch activist and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1963–1967).
*Dennis Byrd, 50, American football player (New York Jets), traffic collision.
* Colin George, 87, Welsh actor (''Coronation Street'') and director.
* Quentin Groves, 32, American football player ( Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders, Cleveland Browns), heart attack.
*Teodor Laço, 80, Albanian politician, diplomat and author.
*Jossy Mansur, 82, Aruban editor.
* Bruce Marshall, 54, American ice hockey coach (Connecticut Huskies, Franklin Pierce Ravens).
*Octagonal, 24, New Zealand-bred Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
* Frank Peers, 98, Canadian broadcaster and political scientist. (death announced on this date)
*Yangthang Rinpoche, 86, Indian Buddhist teacher.
* Barbara Romack, 83, American golfer.
* John Spanswick, 83, English cricketer (Kent).
*Haruo Tomiyama, 81, Japanese photographer.
* Per Rune Wølner, 67, Norwegian footballer (Strømsgodset), cancer.

16

*Mickey Byrne, 93, Irish hurler (Tipperary).
* Maggie Diaz, 91, American-born Australian photographer.
*Anthony Foley, 42, Irish rugby union player and coach (Munster), acute pulmonary oedema.
* Tony Golab, 97, Canadian football player (Ottawa Rough Riders).
*Calvin Gotlieb, 95, Canadian professor and computer scientist.
*Cecilia Hart, 68, American television and stage actress (''Paris''), ovarian cancer.
*Valerie Hunter Gordon, 94, British inventor of disposable nappies.
* Jia Jia, 38, Chinese giant panda, euthanized.
*Kigeli V, 80, Rwandan monarch, King (1959–1961).
*Ted V. Mikels, 87, American filmmaker (''Girl in Gold Boots'', ''The Astro-Zombies'', ''The Doll Squad''), colon cancer.
*Stephen Moorbath, 87, German-born British geologist.
* Arsen Pavlov, 33, Russian military officer, participant in the War in Donbass, IED explosion.
* George Peebles, 80, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline, Stirling Albion).
*Lucia Perillo, 58, American poet and novelist.
* Juras Požela, 34, Lithuanian politician, Minister of Health (since March 2016), pancreatitis.
*Juan Radrigán, 79, Chilean writer, cancer.
*Molly Rose, 95, British World War II aviator.
*Alfred P. Smyth, 74, Irish historian.
* Joseph A. Suozzi, 95, Italian-born American judge and politician.
* Geoffrey Yeh, 85, Hong Kong businessman.
*Viktor Zubkov, 79, Russian basketball player, Olympic silver medalist (1956, 1960).

17

*Rufin Anthony, 76, Pakistani Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi (since 2010).
* Eddie Applegate, 81, American actor ('' The Patty Duke Show'', '' Easy A'', ''A Ticklish Affair'').
*Sandra Bartky, 81, American feminist philosopher.
* Vincenzino Culicchia, 84, Italian politician.
*Laurie Dwyer, 77, Australian football player (North Melbourne).
*Teodor Kufel, 96, Polish general.
*Rolf Lamers, 89, German Olympic athlete.
*Cephas Msipa, 85, Zimbabwean politician.
*Edgar Munhall, 83, American art historian, pancreatic and lung cancer.
*Elena Santonja, 84, Spanish television presenter.
* Irwin Smigel, 92, American dentist, pneumonia.
* Charles J. Stewart, 93, American actor.
* Morris Stroud, 70, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), Super Bowl winner (1970).
* Rémy Vogel, 55, French footballer (Strasbourg).

18

*Anthony Addabbo, 56, American actor (''Guiding Light'', ''Generations'', ''The Bold & the Beautiful'').
* David Bunnell, 69, American businessman, writer and publisher (''PC Magazine'').
* Phil Chess, 95, Polish-born American record producer and company executive (Chess Records).
*Dave Colclough, 52, Welsh professional poker player, cancer.
* Alan Collins, 88, English sculptor.
*Anne Crookshank, 89, Irish art historian.
* Mike Daniels, 88, British jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
* Marianne de Trey, 102, British potter.
* Bobby Ellis, 84, Jamaican trumpeter, pneumonia-related illness.
*Francis Flood, 86, Irish racehorse trainer.
* Huw Jones, 82, Welsh Anglican bishop.
*Sergei Likhachev, 76, Azeri-born Russian tennis player and coach.
*William McKelvey, 82, British politician, MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (1983–1997).
*Fred Roots, 93, Canadian geologist.
* Gary Sprake, 71, Welsh footballer ( Leeds United, national team).
* Sir Sigmund Sternberg, 95, Hungarian-born British philanthropist, businessman and Labour Party donor.
* Turki bin Saud al-Kabir, Saudi prince and convicted murderer, executed by beheading.
*Ken Wiwa, 47, Nigerian journalist and author, stroke.

19

*Tommy Bartlett, 88, American tennis and basketball coach.
*Safet Berisha, 66, Albanian footballer (Partizani Tirana).
* Mark Birch, 67, British jockey.
* Radu Câmpeanu, 94, Romanian politician, Senator (1990–1992, 2004–2008).
* Milka Canić, 72, Serbian television presenter and academic.
*Yvette Chauviré, 99, French prima ballerina.
* Luis María Echeberría, 76, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao, national team).
* Joe Kirrene, 85, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
*Fergus O'Brien, 86, Irish politician, TD (1973–1992), Lord Mayor of Dublin (1980–1981).
*Rough Quest, 30, British racehorse, winner of the 1996 Grand National, euthanised.
* Pat Scott, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
* Mary Sheriff, 66, American art historian.
* Norman Sherry, 91, British author.
*Sammy Smyth, 91, Northern Irish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.).
* Giovanni Steffè, 88, Italian Olympic rower.

20

*Achieng Abura, 50s, Kenyan musician.
* Edward A. Allworth, 95, American historian.
*Henry J. M. Barnett, 94, Canadian physician.
*David Bellini, 43, Italian screenwriter ('' Un medico in famiglia''), lymphoma.
*Bob Blauner, 87, American sociologist.
*William G. Bowen, 83, American educator, President of Princeton University (1972–1988).
* Kenneth Brandt, 77, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1973-1990).
*Gail Cogdill, 79, American football player (Detroit Lions).
*Roy D'Andrade, 84, American psychological anthropologist.
*Uwe Dreher, 56, German footballer ( Stuttgarter Kickers).
*Seiji Hirao, 53, Japanese rugby union player and coach, bile duct cancer.
* Kaneta Kimotsuki, 80, Japanese voice actor (''Doraemon'', '' Anpanman''), pneumonia.
* Roger Lallemand, 84, Belgian lawyer and politician, President of the Senate (1988).
* Eric Harold Mansfield, 93, British aeronautical engineer.
* Michael Massee, 64, American actor (''The Crow'', '' 24'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man''), stomach cancer.
* Issifou Okoulou-Kantchati, 65, Togolese politician.
*Giorgos Pavlidis, 60, Greek politician, Governor of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (since 2014), cancer.
*Svetlana Penkina, 65, Belarusian actress.
*Benedict Read, 71, British art historian.
*Simone Schaller, 104, American hurdler.
* Stanley Silverstein, 91, American footwear manufacturer.
*Junko Tabei, 77, Japanese mountaineer, first woman to climb Mount Everest, peritoneal cancer.
*Mieke Telkamp, 82, Dutch singer.
* Robert Weber, 92, American cartoonist.

21

*Wally Argus, 95, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team).
* Paweł Baumann, 33, Polish Olympic sprint canoer (2004, 2008), world championship silver medalist (2006, 2007).
*Margaret Benyon, 76, British hologram artist.
* Dave Cash, 74, British radio presenter.
* Richard Cavendish, 86, British occult writer.
* Mary Keating Croce, 87, American politician.
*Ted Follows, 89, Canadian actor.
*Constantin Frățilă, 74, Romanian footballer (FC Dinamo București).
* Frans Jozef van der Heijden, 78, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1982–1998), euthanasia.
* Roy Jennings, 84, English footballer ( Brighton and Hove Albion).
* Dan Johnston, 77, American lawyer and politician.
*Satyadev Katare, 61, Indian politician.
*George Konik, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota Fighting Saints, Pittsburgh Penguins).
* Kenji Kosaka, 70, Japanese politician, Minister of Education (2005–2006).
* Manfred Krug, 79, German actor (''Tatort'', ''Liebling Kreuzberg''), singer, and author.
* Frenchy Martin, 69, Canadian professional wrestler and manager ( WWF), bladder cancer.
* Bob McCord, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings).
* Kevin Meaney, 60, American comedian and actor (''Big (film), Big'', ''Uncle Buck (1990 TV series), Uncle Buck'', ''Mad Jack the Pirate''), heart attack.
*Clément Michu, 79, French actor (''Commissaire Moulin'', ''Thierry la Fronde'').
*Paolo Micolini, 77, Italian politician.
*Moscow Flyer, 22, Irish racehorse, colic. (death announced on this date)
*Richard Nicoll, 39, British-Australian fashion designer, heart attack.
*Janet Patterson, 60, Australian costume designer (''The Piano'', ''Peter Pan (2003 film), Peter Pan'', ''Bright Star (film), Bright Star'').
*David Pope (basketball), David Pope, 54, American basketball player (Kansas City Kings, Seattle SuperSonics).
*Jerry Rullo, 93, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, Baltimore Bullets (1944–54), Baltimore Bullets).
*Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer, 87, British socialite and politician.
*C. Peter Wagner, 86, American theologian and religious leader (New Apostolic Reformation).
*Robert Windom, 86, American physician.

22

*Martin Aitchison, 96, British illustrator.
*Anthony Bryer, 78, British historian.
*José Oscar Barahona Castillo, 77, Salvadoran Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of San Vicente, San Vicente (1983–2005).
*Steve Dillon, 54, English comic book artist (''Preacher (comics), Preacher'', ''The Punisher (2000 series), The Punisher'', ''Judge Dredd''), appendicitis.
*Gordon Hamilton (scientist), Gordon Hamilton, 50, Scottish climate scientist, snowmobile crash.
*Gavin MacFadyen, 76, American investigative journalist (Centre for Investigative Journalism, CIJ) and filmmaker.
*Mehar Mittal, 80, Indian Punjabi actor and producer.
*Monarchos, 18, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 2001 Kentucky Derby.
*Antoon Postma, 87, Dutch anthropologist.
*Colin Snedeker, 80, British-born American chemist (Crayola), inventor of the crayon, washable crayon.
*Sheri S. Tepper, 87, American science fiction author.
*Frans Tutuhatunewa, 93, Indonesian politician, President in Exile of Republic of South Maluku (1993–2010).
*Bob Vanatta, 98, American college basketball coach (Missouri State Bears basketball, Missouri State, Memphis Tigers men's basketball, Memphis, Missouri Tigers men's basketball, Missouri).
*Valeriya Zaklunna, 74, Ukrainian actress and politician, Member of Verkhovna Rada (1998–2007).

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*Mike Bolan, 83, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1977–1981).
*Pete Burns, 57, English singer-songwriter (Dead or Alive (band), Dead or Alive), cardiac arrest.
*Jack Chick, 92, American cartoonist (Chick tracts) and fundamentalist Christian publisher.
*Tom Hayden, 76, American writer, politician and activist (Chicago Seven), member of the California State Senate (1992–2000).
*Mikijirō Hira, 82, Japanese actor (''Rampo (film), Rampo'', ''13 Assassins (2010 film), 13 Assassins'', ''Three Outlaw Samurai'').
*Nerses Hovhannisyan, 78, Armenian film director, actor and screenwriter.
*Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, 84, Qatari monarch, List of emirs of Qatar, Emir (1972–1995).
*William Löfqvist, 69, Swedish ice hockey player, Olympic bronze medalist (Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics, 1980).
*Harold Mann (boxer), Harold Mann, 78, Canadian boxer, Commonwealth Games gold medalist (1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1962).
*Jimmy Perry, 93, English actor and screenwriter (''Dad's Army'', ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'', ''Hi-de-Hi!'').
*Heinz Poenn, 82, Canadian Olympic slalom canoeist (Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1, 1972).
*Bob Saunders (politician), Bob Saunders, 87, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1969–1971, 1973–1976).
*Jerzy Szymczyk, 74, Polish Olympic volleyball player.
*Haguroiwa Tomomi, 70, Japanese sumo wrestler, kidney failure.
*Wim van der Voort, 93, Dutch speed skater, Olympic silver medalist (Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics, 1952).

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*Jorge Batlle, 88, Uruguayan politician, President of Uruguay, President (2000–2005), cerebral hemorrhage.
*Gwanda Chakuamba, 82, Malawian politician.
*Eddy Christiani, 98, Dutch musician and songwriter.
*Benjamin Creme, 93, Scottish artist, author and Western esotericism, esotericist.
*Roland Dobbs, 91, British physicist.
*Bill Duckworth (footballer, born 1918), Bill Duckworth, 98, Australian footballer.
*Herón Escobar, 62, Mexican politician, member of LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress, Congress (2009–2012).
*Bruce Goodluck, 83, Australian politician.
*Reinhard Häfner, 64, German footballer (Dynamo Dresden), Olympic champion (Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976).
*Bohdan Hawrylyshyn, 90, Ukrainian-born Canadian economist.
*Siv Holma, 64, Swedish politician, MP for Norrbotten County, Norrbotten (1998–2014), cancer.
*W. Dudley Johnson, 86, American surgeon.
*Hellmut von Leipzig, 95, German soldier.
*Harry Merlo, 91, American business and sports executive.
*Vic Rapp, 86, American-Canadian football coach (BC Lions).
*Eugeniusz Rudnik, 83, Polish composer and sound engineer.
*Rolf Heinrich Sabersky, 96, German-born American mechanical engineer.
*Jack Sellers, 72, American race car driver.
*Johan Stølan, 77, Norwegian politician.
*Felix Ungacta, 78, Guamanian politician, Mayor of Hagåtña, Guam, Hagåtña (1981–2005).
*Pierre Vallon, 89, French politician.
*Bobby Vee, 73, American pop singer ("Rubber Ball", "Take Good Care of My Baby", "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (song), The Night Has a Thousand Eyes") and actor, Alzheimer's disease.
*Charles Wolf Jr., 92, American economist, cardiac arrest.
*John P. Woodall, 81, British entomologist.

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*Margaret Ashcroft, 85, British television actress (''The Main Chance, The Brothers (1972 TV series), The Brothers'').
*Margit Bara, 88, Hungarian actress (''Jacob the Liar (1975 film), Jacob the Liar'').
*Kevin Curran (writer), Kevin Curran, 59, American television writer (''The Simpsons'', ''Married... with Children'', ''Late Night with David Letterman''), cancer.
*Howard Davies (director), Howard Davies, 71, British theatre and television director.
*Mel Haber, 80, American philanthropist, and hotel and restaurant proprietor.
*Safa Haeri, 79, Iranian-born French journalist.
*Mohamed Nadir Hamimid, 75, Algerian politician.
*Bob Hoover, 94, American Air Force test pilot.
*Bjørn Lidin Hansen, 27, Norwegian footballer (Tromsø IL, Tromsø, Lyn Fotball, Lyn), suicide.
*Burnet R. Maybank Jr., 92, American lawyer and politician, List of lieutenant governors of South Carolina, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (1959–1963).
*Krešo Omerzel, 59, Slovenian speedway rider and coach.
*Edouard Pliner, 80, Russian figure skating coach.
*Doug Pyzer, 93, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).
*Thomas Rentschler, 84, American politician.
*Vaino Spencer, 96, American judge.
*Jerzy Szacki, 87, Polish sociologist.
*Georges Thines, 93, Belgian scientist.
*Carlos Alberto Torres, 72, Brazilian football player and manager, world champion (1970 FIFA World Cup, 1970), heart attack.

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*Melis Abzalov, 77, Uzbek filmmaker (''Oʻtgan kunlar (film), Oʻtgan kunlar'').
*Raj Begum, 89, Indian singer.
*Melpomeni Çobani, 88, Albanian actress.
*Filomeno Codiñera, 77, Filipino baseball and softball player.
*Tim Couzens, 72, South African historian.
*Kent Frizzell, 87, American attorney and politician.
*Arne Hartman, 76, Finnish diplomat.
*Mark Johnson (umpire), Mark Johnson, 65, American baseball umpire.
*Gérard Lamy, 97, Canadian politician.
*Birger Larsen (director), Birger Larsen, 54, Danish film director (''Dance of the Polar Bears'').
*William Eteki Mboumoua, 83, Cameroonian politician and diplomat.
*Donald C. Pogue, 69, American federal judge, United States Court of International Trade, U.S. Court of International Trade (1995–2014).
*Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi, 93, Iranian grand ayatollah.
*Luciano Rispoli, 84, Italian television and radio writer and presenter.
*Samuele Schiavina, 45, Italian racing cyclist.
*Ali Hussein Shihab, 55, Iraqi footballer (Iraq national football team, national team).
*Jack H. Schofield, 93, American politician.
*Yuichi Takai, 84, Japanese writer, heart failure.
*Notable American crime victims, shot:
**Nehemiah Kauffman, 20
**Sydney Land, 21

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*João Lobo Antunes, 72, Portuguese neurosurgeon, melanoma.
*Victor Cannings, 97, English cricketer (Hampshire).Hampshire mourn the loss of two more post-war legends
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*René Chamussy, 80, French-Lebanese priest and rector.
*Jim Eddy, 80, American football coach (Saskatchewan Roughriders, Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys).
*Elda Grin, 88, Armenian writer and psychologist.
*Brian Hill (footballer, born 1941), Brian Hill, 75, English footballer (Coventry City F.C., Coventry City).
*Ruben Hovsepyan, 77, Armenian author and politician.
*Jolanda Insana, 79, Italian poet and translator, Viareggio Prize recipient.
*Fatim Jawara, 19, Gambian footballer (Gambia women's national football team, national team), drowned.
*Susan Lindquist, 67, American biologist, cancer.
*Frank Marchlewski, 73, American football player.
*Bill Miller (athlete), Bill Miller, 86, American javelin thrower, Olympic silver medalist (Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952).
*Nelson Pinedo, 88, Colombian singer (Sonora Matancera), stroke.
*Hazel Shermet, 96, American comedienne, actress (''Duffy's Tavern'', ''New Zoo Revue'', ''Jem (TV series), Jem'') and singer.
*Pentti Siimes, 87, Finnish actor (''The Unknown Soldier (1955 film), The Unknown Soldier'').
*Takahito, Prince Mikasa, 100, Japanese Imperial House of Japan, royal, heart failure.
*Francis Tong Hui, 83, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Yan’an, Yan’an (1999–2011).
*David Tyack, 85, American historian, Parkinson's disease.
*Bobby Wellins, 80, Scottish jazz saxophonist.
*John Zacherle, 98, American television and radio personality and voice actor.
*Vladimir Zemlyanikin, 83, Russian film and theater actor (''The House I Live In (1957 film), The House I Live In'').

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*Gillon Aitken, 78, English literary agent.
*Melhem Barakat, 71, Lebanese singer.
*Nicholas Brathwaite, Sir Nicholas Brathwaite, 91, Grenadian politician, Prime Minister of Grenada, Prime Minister (1990–1995), List of heads of government of Grenada#Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council (1983–1984), Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council (1983–1984).
*H. Kay Hedge, 88, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (1989-2001).
*Shashikala Kakodkar, 81, Indian politician.
*Angeline Kopka, 100, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (2002–2010, 2012–2014).
*Bumphen Luttimol, 86, Thai footballer
*Henk Zwartepoorte, 67, Dutch herpetologist.

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*Robert Belfanti, 68, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1979–2010).
*Norman Brokaw, 89, American talent agent (Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood, Andy Griffith).
*Nguyễn Văn Chính, 92, Vietnamese politician.
*Paul Demers, 60, Canadian singer-songwriter, mesothelioma.
*Roland Dyens, 61, French classical guitarist and composer.
*Tony Gauci, 75, Maltese businessman, witness in the Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie bombing case.
* Christiane Gilles, 86, French trade unionist
*Raymond Gilmour, 56 or 57, Northern Irish undercover agent, infiltrated Irish National Liberation Army, INLA and Provisional Irish Republican Army, PIRA. (death announced on this date)
*E. Lee Hennessee, 64, American hedge fund manager.
*John Hicks (American football), John Hicks, 65, American football player (New York Giants), diabetes.
*Francis Huxley, 93, British anthropologist.
*Stefan Jentsch, 61, German biologist.
*Dave Lanning, 78, English sports commentator.
*Paul Luebke, 70, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (since 1991), lymphoma.
*Thorvald Mellingen, 81, Norwegian engineer.
*Fernando Moresi, 46, Argentine Olympic field hockey player (1996 Summer Olympics, 1996), Pan American champion (Field hockey at the 1995 Pan American Games, 1995).
*Kalle Reichelt, 82, Norwegian physician.
*John D. Roberts, 98, American chemist.
*Geraldo Scarpone Caporale, 88, American-born Honduran Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Comayagua, Comayagua (1979–2004).
*Pen Sovan, 80, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister of Cambodia, Prime Minister (1981).
*Barry Stout, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1971–1976) and Pennsylvania Senate, Senate (1977–2010).
*Tom Weal, 87, New Zealand politician.

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*Törner Åhsman, 85, Swedish Olympic boxer (1956).
*Pablo Ansaldo, 81, Ecuadorian footballer.
*Reg Boorman, 80, New Zealand politician, New Zealand Parliament, MP for Wairarapa (New Zealand electorate), Wairarapa (1984–1988).
*Jack Braughton, 95, British Olympic long-distance runner (Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres, 1948).
*Fausto Cayambe, 40, Ecuadorian politician.
*James Galanos, 92, American fashion designer.
*Tammy Grimes, 82, American actress (''The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical), The Unsinkable Molly Brown'', ''High Spirits (musical), High Spirits'', ''Look After Lulu!'').
*Barney Hartman, 99, Canadian skeet shooter.
*Imre Józsa, 62, Hungarian actor.
*Betty Ann Kennedy, 86, American bridge player.
*Gil Krueger, 87, American football coach (Northern Michigan Wildcats, Northern Michigan).
*Don Marshall (actor), Don Marshall, 80, American actor (''Land of the Giants'', ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'').
*David Nash (rugby union), David Nash, 77, Welsh rugby union player.
*Otaru Salihu Ohize, 63, Nigerian politician.
*Curly Putman, 85, American songwriter ("Green, Green Grass of Home", "D-I-V-O-R-C-E", "He Stopped Loving Her Today").
*Simon Relph, 76, British film producer and assistant director (''Reds (film), Reds'', ''The Ploughman's Lunch''), pneumonia.
*René Velázquez Valenzuela, Mexican suspected hitman, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, shot.

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*Natalie Babbitt, 84, American children's author and illustrator (''Tuck Everlasting''), lung cancer.
*Eric Christiansen, 79, British medieval historian.
*Abdul Majid Cockar, 93, Kenyan judge, Chief Justice of Kenya, Chief Justice (1994–1997).
*Paul Detienne, 91, Belgian Jesuit priest, scholar and writer of Bengali literature.
*Silvio Gazzaniga, 95, Italian sculptor (FIFA World Cup Trophy).
*Jimmy Gray (cricketer), Jimmy Gray, 90, English cricketer (Hampshire).
*Andy Hill (politician), Andy Hill, 54, American politician, member of the Washington Senate (since 2011), lung cancer.
*Huo Xuan, 28, Chinese volleyball player (China women's national volleyball team, national team), heart attack.
*Gene La Rocque, 98, American rear admiral.
*Stanley Leavy, 101, American psychoanalyst.
*Ray Mabbutt, 80, English footballer, heart attack.
*Reynaldo Miravalles, 93, Cuban actor.
*Abdel Kader Morchid, 77–78, Moroccan footballer.
*Lionel Morrison, 81, South African-born British journalist and trade unionist.
*Number 16 (spider), Number 16, 43, Australian Armored trapdoor spider, trapdoor spider, longest-lived spider on record, parasitic wasp sting. (death discovered on this date)
*Klaus Schulten, 69, German-American physicist.
*Patrick Sharkey (boxer), Patrick Sharkey, 85, Irish Olympic boxer (Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956).
*Vladimir Zeldin, 101, Russian theater and film actor (''Desyat Negrityat''), People's Artist of the USSR.Скончался 101-летний актер Владимир Зельдин

References

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