Deaths in December 2016

This is a chronology of deaths in 2016. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here if they first have their own Wikipedia article. Notable persons without an article can be listed for one month after death to prompt creation of one. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

August

3

• Chris Amon, 73, New Zealand motor racing driver, cancer.
• Shakira Martin, 30, Jamaican model and beauty queen, Miss Jamaica Universe (2011), sickle-cell disease.

2

• Forbes Carlile, 95, Australian swimming coach and modern pentathlete.
• James Martin Hayes, 92, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1967–1990).
• Franciszek Macharski, 89, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków (1979–2005).
• Juan Carlos Mesa, 86, Argentine humorist.
• Neil Wilkinson, 61, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers, Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra).
• Ahmed Zewail, 70, Egyptian-American scientist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999).

1

• Anne of Romania, 92, French-born Romanian royal, queen consort of King Michael.
• Frank Blas, 75, Guamanian politician, Lieutenant Governor (1987–1995), cancer.
• Dai Dower, 83, Welsh flyweight boxer.
• Carol Druga, 50, American editor (Associated Press).
• Trayan Dyankov, 40, Bulgarian football player and manager (FC Spartak Varna).
• Andre Hajdu, 84, Hungarian-born Israeli composer and educator (Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University).
• Yabezi Kiiza, 78, Ugandan politician, Bunyoro Prime Minister (2009–2012).
• Jim Northrup, 73, American Ojibwe writer, cancer.
• Raimundo Ongaro, 91, Argentine union leader (CGTA).
• George Brigars Williams, 87, Ghanaian actor.

July

31

• Anwar Ali Cheema, 81, Pakistani politician.
• Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, 61, Japanese sumo wrestler, pancreatic cancer.
• Gwynn ap Gwilym, 61, Welsh author.
• Bobbie Heine Miller, 106, South African-born Australian tennis player.
• Bill Holdsworth, 87, English cricketer (Yorkshire).
• Fazil Iskander, 87, Soviet and Russian writer.
• es, 66, Argentine actress (Alborada, Amorcito corazón, Juro Que Te Amo).
• Destin Onka Malonga, 28, Congolese football player, fall.
• Mike Mohede, 32, Indonesian singer, heart attack.
• Eric Moon, 93, British-born American librarian.
• Seymour Papert, 88, South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist and educator.
• pt, 95, Portuguese sports coach, pneumonia.
• id, 61, Indonesian admiral.
• Sylvie Roy, 51, Canadian politician, MNA (since 2003).
• Angelika Schrobsdorff, 88, German writer.
• Ngapo Wehi, 82, New Zealand kapa haka performer, composer and choreographer.

30

• Gloria DeHaven, 91, American actress (Summer Stock, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Out to Sea), complications from a stroke.
• Peter Gossage, 69, New Zealand Maori author.
• András Hajnal, 85, Hungarian mathematician.
• Ignatius Huang Shou-cheng, 93, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Funing (since 2005).
• Patrick Lalor, 90, Irish hurler (Laois) and politician, TD (1961–1981), MEP (1979–1994). (death announced on this date)
• it, 63, Italian actress.
• John G. Rossi, 55, American major general.
• Jack Reid, 95, New Zealand politician, mayor of Arrowtown (1980–1986).
• Dave Schwartz, 63, American meteorologist (The Weather Channel), stomach cancer.
• Ritva Vepsä, 75, Finnish actress (Time of Roses).

29

• Antonio Armstrong, 42, American football player (Miami Dolphins, BC Lions), shot.
• Ken Barrie, 83, British voice actor (Postman Pat) and singer, liver cancer.
• Doris Benegas, 64, Venezuelan-born Spanish Basque politician, leader of the Castilian Left, abdominal tumor.
• Madhusudan Dhaky, 88, Indian architectural historian.
• Lucille Dumont, 97, Canadian singer.
• Zelda Fichandler, 91, American stage producer and director (Arena Stage), heart failure.
• Tommy George, c. 94, Australian Aboriginal elder.
• Vivean Gray, 92, British-born Australian actress (Neighbours, The Sullivans, Prisoner).
• Daasebre Gyamenah, 37, Ghanaian musician.
• it, 85, Italian stylist and jewelry designer.
• es, 74, Spanish flamenco singer.
• Danny Nykoluk, 82, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).
• de, 54, German percussionist.
• Suzanne Wright, 69, American disability advocate, co-founder of Autism Speaks, pancreatic cancer.

28

• Boualem Bessaïh, 86, Algerian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1988–1989).
• Conrad K. Cyr, 84, American federal judge, member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1989–1997) and the District Court for the District of Maine (1981–1989).
• Émile Derlin Zinsou, 98, Beninese politician, President (1968–1969).
• Mahasweta Devi, 90, Indian writer (Hajar Churashir Maa), blood infection and kidney failure.
• Doug Griffin, 69, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
• zh, 76, Chinese linguist and lexicographer.
• Patrick Jourdain, 73, British bridge player and journalist.
• Lachhu Maharaj, 71, Indian tabla player.
• Nandu Pol, 68, Indian actor.

27

• Idris Amadu, 72, Ghanaian banker and business mogul.
• Jean Briggs, 87, American-born Canadian anthropologist, expert in Inuit studies and language.
• Kenneth Brown, 89, South African politician, Mayor of Benoni (1972–1973, 1976–1977).
• Paco Cano, 103, Spanish photojournalist.
• LaVon Crosby, 92, American politician, member of the Nebraska Senate (1989–2000).
• Jack Davis, 91, American cartoonist and illustrator (Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, Georgia Bulldogs), co-founder of Mad.
• Jerry Doyle, 60, American talk show host and actor (Babylon 5), founder of EpicTimes.
• sk, 90, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava (1992–1996) and Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus (1996–2001).
• Piet de Jong, 101, Dutch politician and naval officer, Minister of Defence (1963–1967), Prime Minister (1967–1971).
• James Alan McPherson, 72, American writer (Elbow Room), awarded Pulitzer Prize (1978), pneumonia.
• Máximo Mosquera, 88, Peruvian footballer.
• fa, ‎86, Iranian Kurd politician and militant (Peshmerga).
• Robert Parente, 62, American film industry promoter for Miami, heart disease.
• Einojuhani Rautavaara, 87, Finnish composer, complications following hip surgery.
• Richard Riddiford, 65, New Zealand vintner.
• P. V. Parbrahma Sastry, 95, Indian archaeologist, brain haemorrhage.
• Ford Spinks, 89, American politician.
• Richard Thompson, 58, American cartoonist (Cul de Sac), Parkinson's disease.

26

• Roye Albrighton, 67, British rock guitarist and singer (Nektar).
• Barka Warduko Al-Mahdi, Libyan Tebu militant (Fezzan campaign), gangrene.
• Allan Barnes, 67, American jazz saxophonist (The Blackbyrds).
• Charles Bilezikian, 79, American retail executive, co-founder of the Christmas Tree Shops, pancreatic cancer.
• Henry Connor, 93, New Zealand botanist.
• Denis Dubourdieu, 67, French winemaker, brain cancer.
• John H. Flood, 77, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1981–1991).
• Jacques Hamel, 85, French Roman Catholic priest, stabbed.
• C.-H. Hermansson, 98, Swedish politician, MP (1963–1985), leader of the Left Party-Communists (1964–1975).
• Michael K. Jones, 52, American pastor and radio personality (WTLC).
• David A. Katz, 82, American judge, member of the US District Court for Northern Ohio (since 1994), cancer.
• he‎, 89, Mexican-Israeli industrialist.
• Mohamed Khan, 73, British-Egyptian film director (Ayyam El Sadat, Mr Karate, Before the Summer Crowds).
• Heinz Kiehl, 73, German wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).
• Maggie Macdonald, 63, Scottish Gaelic singer.
• Per G. Malm, 67, Swedish missionary, general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, cancer.
• fr, 90, French journalist.
• Forrest Mars Jr., 84, American billionaire businessman (Mars, Incorporated), heart attack.
• JT McNamara, 41, Irish jockey.
• Miss Cleo, 53, American television psychic, metastatic colon cancer.
• Jerry Molyneaux, 60, Irish Gaelic games administrator.
• Hiroko Nakamura, 72, Japanese classical pianist, colon cancer.
• Sandy Pearlman, 72, American record producer and band manager (Blue Öyster Cult, The Clash, Black Sabbath), pneumonia as a complication from a stroke.
• Pia Pera, 60, Italian novelist (Lo's Diary).
• Sylvia Peters, 90, British continuity announcer and actress (BBC TV).
• E. Melvin Porter, 86, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (1965–1987).
• Raasacharya Hargovind Sharma, 91, Indian Rasa lila dancer.
• Dave Syrett, 60, English footballer (Swindon, Mansfield, Peterborough), brain tumour.
• Sam Wheeler, 72, American land speed motorcycle racer (Ack Attack), test run crash.

25

• Jerzy Bahr, 72, Polish diplomat, Ambassador to Russia (2006–2010) and Ukraine (1997–2001), Director of the National Security Bureau (2005), cancer.
• Daphne Ceeney, 82, Australian paraplegic athlete, Paralympic champion (1960, 1964).
• Tom Clegg, 81, British television and film director.
• J. Harwood Cochrane, 103, American transportation executive, founder of Overnite Transportation.
• Eddie Collett, 58, British politician, Mayor of Blackpool (2013–2014), cancer.
• Artur Correia, 66, Portuguese footballer (Benfica, Sporting, national team), stroke.
• Bülent Eken, 92, Turkish football player (Galatasaray) and coach (national team).
• Pierre Fauchon, 87, French politician, member of the Senate for Loir-et-Cher (1992–2011).
• Finbarr Flood, 77, Irish football player and executive, MD of Guinness (since 1989), Chairman of Shelbourne F.C. and the Labour Court (1998–2003).
• Arundhati Ghose, 76, Indian diplomat, ambassador to the UN-Geneva, South Korea and Egypt, cancer.
• Halil İnalcık, 100, Turkish historian, multiple organ failure.
• Dwight Jones, 64, American basketball player (Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets), Olympic silver medalist (1972).
• Eric Kuhne, 64, American-born British architect, heart attack.
• Tim LaHaye, 90, American Christian author (Left Behind series), stroke.
• Tony Lentino, 42, New Zealand motorsport team owner, founder of Super Black Racing, cancer.
• Mollie Lowery, 70, American advocate for the homeless and mentally ill, cancer.
• James M. Nederlander, 94, American Broadway theater owner and producer (Nederlander Organization).
• Michael O'Hanlon, 45, Scottish bodybuilder, stabbed.
• Tom Peterson, 86, American retailer and television personality, Parkinson's disease.
• Steve Rawlings, 62, British construction executive, founder and CEO of Lakehouse.
• Franklin Van Antwerpen, 74, American judge, member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (since 2004).

24

• Magaji Abdullahi, 69, Nigerian politician, deputy governor of Kano.
• Mangal Bagh, 42-43, Pakistani militant leader (Lashkar-e-Islam), drone strike.
• Alastair Duncan, 63, British army officer, Chief of Staff for UNAMSIL (2001), perforated ulcer.
• Håkon Fimland, 72, Norwegian hurdler and politician.
• Keith Gemmell, 68, British musician (Audience, Stackridge, Pasadena Roof Orchestra), throat cancer.
• Abe Goldberg, 87, Polish-born Australian executive.
• Marto Gracias, 75, Indian footballer (national team, Salgaocar), heart attack.
• Frank Hodsoll, 78, American art historian, cancer.
• Jan Kmenta, 88, Czech-American econometrician.
• Bohuslav Kokotek, 67, Czech Lutheran clergyman and politician.
• Eliza Lawrence, 80, Canadian politician, MLA from the Northwest Territories (1983–1987).
• Khaba Mkhize, 70, South African journalist, first black regional manager for SABC.
• Steve Nagy, 97, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators).
• Marni Nixon, 86, American singer (The King and I, West Side Story, My Fair Lady) and actress (The Sound of Music), breast cancer.
• Horacio Olivo, 83, Puerto Rican actor and singer.
• Bishnodat Persaud, 82, Guyanese economist.
• Conrad Prebys, 82, American philanthropist, cancer.
• Peter Re, 97, American conductor (Bangor Symphony Orchestra, 1964–1975).
• Don Roberts, 83, American ice hockey coach (Gustavus Adolphus College), heart disease.
• Chris Costner Sizemore, 89, American writer, subject of The Three Faces of Eve, heart attack.
• id, 84, Indonesian Buddhist leader.
• Orest Subtelny, 75, Ukrainian-born Canadian historian.

23

• Seymour Abrahamson, 88, American geneticist and academic, Director of RERF (1986–1988), cancer.
• Neelabh Ashk, 70 Indian Hindi poet.
• Małgorzata Bartyzel, 60, Polish politician, member of the Sejm for Łódź (2005–2007)
• Bill Cotty, 69, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1994–2008), lung cancer.
• Carl Falck, 109, Norwegian businessman, nation's oldest living man.
• Thorbjörn Fälldin, 90, Swedish politician, Prime Minister (1976–1978, 1979–1982).
• Sam Foltz, 22, American football player (Nebraska Cornhuskers), traffic collision.
• Alan Goldberg, 75, Australian jurist, Judge of the Federal Court (1997–2010).
• Kate Granger, 34, British physician and fundraiser, desmoplastic small-round-cell tumor.
• Sheilla Lampkin, 70, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (since 2011), ovarian cancer.
• Mangala Moonesinghe, 84, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat, High Commissioner to the UK (2000–2002) and India (1995–2000, 2002–2005).
• Boy-Boy Mosia, 31, South African footballer (Juventus, Chelsea, AmaZulu).
• Joe Napolitano, 67, American television director (Quantum Leap, The X-Files) and assistant director (The Untouchables, Scarface), cancer.
• Al Orensanz, 74, American building restorer and director (Angel Orensanz Center).
• George Reznik, 86, Canadian jazz pianist.
• S. H. Raza, 94, Indian artist.
• Jean Ricardou, 84, French writer.
• Mike Sadler, 24, American football player (Michigan State Spartans), traffic collision.
• Harold Duane Vietor, 85, American judge, member of the US District Court for Southern Iowa (1979–2016), stroke.
• Peter Wenger, 72, Swiss footballer.
• Matt Zema, 56, Australian energy executive, CEO of AEMO, heart attack.

22

• Dave Bald Eagle, 97, American Lakota Chief and actor.
• Henrietta de Hoernle, 103, German-born American philanthropist and aristocrat.
• Bernard Dufour, 93, French painter.
• Abdelqadir Fassouk, Libyan photojournalist (Time, Associated Press), shot.
• Ursula Franklin, 94, German-born Canadian scientist and academic (University of Toronto).
• Julius Freeman, 89, American fighter pilot (Tuskegee Airmen), recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal, heart attack.
• Sir David Goodall, 84, British diplomat, High Commissioner to India (1987–1991).
• Lee Grant, 84, British-born New Zealand actress.
• Betty Guy, 95, American watercolor artist.
• Renata Hornstein, 88, Polish-born Canadian philanthropist (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts).
• Walid Juffali, 61, Saudi billionaire businessman (E. A. Juffali and Brothers) and diplomat, cancer.
• Tom Kensler, 64, American sports journalist (The Denver Post), complications from a brain aneurysm.
• Viktor Kryzhanivskyi, 66, Ukrainian painter and artist.
• Edgar Muenzer, 88, American violinist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra).
• Geir Myhre, 62, Norwegian ice hockey player and coach (national team).
• Evin Nolan, 86, Irish painter.
• es, 43, Mexican journalist, shot.
• Norma Levy Shapiro, 87, American judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania (since 1978).
• Shawshank tree, c. 180, North American white oak featured in The Shawshank Redemption.
• Mian Kuldeep Singh, 91, Indian politician, Himachal Pradesh MLA for Kot-Kehloor.
• Zeke Smith, 79, American football player (Auburn Tigers).
• Don Soderquist, 82, American retail executive and philanthropist, COO of Walmart (1988–1999), founder of Soderquist Center, complications from heart surgery.
• Thomas Sutherland, 85, Scottish-born American academic and Islamic jihad hostage.
• Jouko Turkka, 74, Finnish theatre director and writer.
• Samane Vignaket, 89, Laotian politician.

21

• Irene Bunis, 64, American wardrobe supervisor (Tony Awards telecasts, La Cage aux Folles, The Cherry Orchard).
• Milford Burriss, 79, American politician.
• Bill Cardille, 87, American television host (Chiller Theater, Night of the Living Dead, Studio Wrestling), cancer.
• Chor Yeok Eng, 86, Singaporean politician, MP for Bukit Timah (1966–1984).
• Tsering Chungtak, 31, Tibetan beauty queen, Miss Tibet 2006, heart attack.
• Tyrek Coger, 21, American basketball player (Oklahoma State University).
• Dick Donnelly, 74, Scottish footballer, journalist and radio broadcaster.
• Kay Draper, 60, British hang-gliding champion, member of the British national team, glider collision.
• John Garton, 74, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Plymouth (1996–2005).
• Roger Godement, 94, French mathematician.
• Tom Gould, 84, Canadian journalist and news anchor (CTV), cancer.
• Dennis Green, 67, American football coach (Minnesota Vikings, Arizona Cardinals, Northwestern Wildcats), heart attack.
• Joy Hardon, 94, Australian Olympic fencer (1956).
• William F. Hickey Jr., 87, American politician, member of the Connecticut Senate (1960–1970), mayor of Stamford (1963).
• Luc Hoffmann, 93, Swiss ornithologist and conservationist, co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund.
• Sid Hurst, 97, New Zealand farmer, chairman of Lincoln College Council (1980–1985).
• Jen Jacobs, 60, Australian cricketer (national team).
• Meraj Muhammad Khan, 77, Pakistani politician.
• Amnon Linn, 92, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1967–1969, 1973–1988).
• Thomas R. McCarthy, 82, American racehorse trainer and owner (General Quarters), melanoma.
• Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski, 94, Polish-born writer and inventor.
• Des Rea, 72, Northern Irish boxer.
• cy, 84, British actor (Branwen).
• Lewie Steinberg, 82, American Hall of Fame bassist (Booker T. & the M.G.'s), cancer.
• T. P. Subramanian, 76, Indian international basketball referee, pulmonary failure.
• ja, 83, Japanese equity investor and food manufacturing executive.
• Taylor Terrell, 24, American news anchor, accidental fall.
• Molly Turner, 93, American news anchor (WPLG).
• Harry Wade, 88, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1952).

20

• Dominique Arnaud, 60, French cyclist, cancer.
• Radu Beligan, 97, Romanian actor, director and essayist.
• Bijoya Chaudhuri, 90, Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer.
• Dick Corballis, 70, New Zealand English literature academic (Massey University).
• William Gaines, 82, American journalist (Chicago Tribune) and academic (University of Illinois), awarded Pulitzer Prize (1976, 1988), Parkinson's disease.
• André Isoir, 81, French organist.
• György Kéri, 66, Hungarian biochemist, Széchenyi Prize winner (2013).
• Egon Matijevic, 94, Croatian-born American chemist.
• Lawrence Minors, 73, Bermudian calypso bassist.
• Ray Moreton, 74, New Zealand rugby union player (Southland, Canterbury, national team).
• Simeon Ndlovu, 40, Zimbabwean football player (Hwange Colliery, Zimbabwe Saints).
• Cesar Odio, 58, American basketball player (Florida Southern Moccasins) and coach (Barry University), captain of 1981 Division II champion, leukemia.
• Adewale Oluwatayo, 65, Nigerian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Ifako-Ijaiye.
• Jim Pressdee, 83, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan).
• Mohammed Shahid, 56, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion (1980), liver and kidney disease.
• Pavel Sheremet, 44, Belarusian journalist, car bombing.
• Anthony D. Smith, 76, British historical sociologist.
• Mark Takai, 49, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Hawaii's 1st district (since 2015) and the Hawaii House of Representatives (1994–2015), pancreatic cancer.

19

• Bommi Baumann, 68, German author and political activist.
• Ray Bell, 90, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, national team).
• Betsy Bloomingdale, 93, American socialite and philanthropist, complications from a cardiac condition.
• Chief Zee, 75, American football mascot (Washington Redskins).
• Dimitri, 80, Swiss clown.
• Carlos Gorostiza, 96, Argentine playwright, theatre director and novelist.
• Carmen Hernández, 85, Spanish catechist, co-founder of the Neocatechumenal Way.
• Nev Hewitt, 95, Australian politician, Queensland MP for Mackenzie (1956–1972) and Auburn (1972–1980).
• ru, 70, Russian Airborne Troops officer, Hero of the Russian Federation.
• Garry Marshall, 81, American director, producer, writer and actor (Happy Days, Pretty Woman, Murphy Brown), pneumonia.
• Aldo Monti, 87, Mexican actor.
• Gordon Mowrer, 80, American politician, Mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (1974–1978, 1987).
• John Pidgeon, 69, British broadcaster and writer.
• Tamás Somló, 68, Hungarian musician and singer (Omega, Locomotiv GT), cancer.
• Mark Stogsdill, 68, American air force officer, commander of the 919th SOW and 94th Airlift Wing.

18

• Manuel G. Batshaw, 101, Canadian social worker, founder of Batshaw Youth and Family Centres.
• Mubarak Begum, 80, Indian playback singer.
• Richard Budge, 69, British businessman, prostate cancer.
• Uri Coronel, 69, Dutch sports director (Ajax Amsterdam).
• Medi Dinu, 107, Romanian painter.
• Bloeme Evers-Emden, 90, Dutch teacher, child psychologist and Holocaust survivor.
• de, 69, Swiss journalist and author.
• Randolph George, 92, Guyanese Anglican bishop.
• John Hope, 67, English footballer (Sheffield United).
• Karina Jensen, Danish singer (Cartoons), cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Agata Karczmarek, 52, Polish Olympic gymnast (1980) and long jumper (1988, 1992, 1996).
• John Kerr, 66, American editor and author (A Most Dangerous Method), lung cancer.
• James Kriel, 74, South African air force general.
• Heinz Lucas, 95, German football player and manager.
• Andreas Mavromatis, 83, Greek actor.
• Nikolaus Messmer, 61, Kazakh-born Kyrgyz Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan (since 2006).
• Jeffrey Montgomery, 63, American LGBT rights activist.
• Billy Name, 76, American photographer (Andy Warhol), heart failure.
• Dolliver Nelson, 84, Grenadian jurist, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (2002-2005).
• Byron Oliva, 46, Guatemalan army officer, convicted assassin of Juan José Gerardi Conedera, shot.
• Stewart Pearce, American opera executive (Metropolitan Opera), developer of Tessitura.
• Bobby Ramirez, 46, American rapper (Lighter Shade of Brown), cardiac arrest from heatstroke.
• Matilda Rapaport, 30, Swedish alpine free-skier, avalanche.
• Abu Wardah Santoso, 39, Indonesian militant leader (Mujahidin Indonesia Timur.
• Mladen Stilinović, 69, Croatian artist.
• Les Stocker, 73, British wildlife expert, founder of Tiggywinkles.
• Gugu Zulu, 38, South African rally car racer.

17

• Wendell Anderson, 83, American politician, Governor of Minnesota (1971–1976), Senator for Minnesota (1976–1978), Olympic silver medalist in ice hockey (1956), pneumonia.
• Achille Casanova, 74, Swiss politician.
• Aníbal José Chávez Frías, 60, Venezuelan politician, Mayor of Sabaneta (since 2004).
• Mel Durslag, 95, American sportswriter.
• Andrzej Grabarczyk, 52, Polish triple jumper.
• Harry Harvey, 92, American harness racer.
• Sérgio Henrique Ferreira, 82, Brazilian scientist.
• David Horowitz, 86, American show business publicist.
• Paul Johnson, 81, American ice hockey player, Olympic gold medalist (1960).
• Sherman Mellinkoff, 96, American physician and medical administrator (UCLA).
• James E. Nugent, 94, American politician, Texas Railroad Commissioner.
• Gary S. Paxton, 77, American record producer ("Monster Mash") and singer-songwriter (Skip & Flip, The Hollywood Argyles).
• Joan Sittenfield, 66, American talent manager (Judd Hirsch) and casting director (The Jeffersons, Taxi, Coach), cancer.
• fr, 100, French politician, MP for Bouches-du-Rhône (1945–1951).
• Fred Tomlinson, 90, British singer (The Two Ronnies, Monty Python's Flying Circus), composer ("The Lumberjack Song") and critic.
• Leslie Witt, 63, American radio host (WXRT-FM), complications from ovarian cancer.

16

• George Briggs, 91, American athletic director (Washington Huskies, 1956–1961).
• Bonnie Brown, 77, American country singer (The Browns), lung cancer.
• Mustafa Cambaz, Turkish photojournalist (Yeni Şafak), shot.
• Robert-Ralph Carmichael, 79, Canadian artist and designer (Loonie).
• fr, 90, Canadian comedian and actor (Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut).
• Francis M. Gibbons, 95, American biographer and religious leader (LDS Church).
• es, 49, Argentine football player and coach, leukemia.
• Bennie Lenox, 74, American basketball player (Texas A&M Aggies).
• MA Mannan, 84, Bangladeshi politician and neurologist.
• Gordon Massa, 80, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
• Robert Burren Morgan, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate for North Carolina (1975–1981), N.C. Senate (1955–1969) and Attorney General (1969–1974).
• es,72, Argentine illustrator, comics artist and screenwriter.
• E. C. Pielou, 92, Canadian statistical ecologist.
• Hugo Rietveld, 84, Dutch crystallographer.
• Zalman Shapiro, 96, American chemist, a developer of the Nautilus nuclear-powered submarine.
• Oleg Syrokvashko, 54, Belarusian football player and coach (Dinamo Brest).
• Richard K. Thompson, 73, American African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church prelate.
• Nate Thurmond, 74, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers), leukemia.
• Kasam Bapu Tirmizi, 86, Indian politician, Gujarat MLA for Gandhinagar (1980–1990).
• Thurston Twigg-Smith, 94, American businessman and philanthropist.
• Kazimieras Uoka, 65, Lithuanian politician.
• Alan Vega, 78, American singer and musician (Suicide).
• Claude Williamson, 89, American jazz pianist.

15

• Helen Bailey, 51, British author. (body discovered on this date)
• Qandeel Baloch, 26, Pakistani model and social media celebrity, strangled.
• Frank Barnett, 82, American politician, Governor of American Samoa (1976–1977).
• Janez Bernik, 82, Slovenian painter.
• Johnny Craviotto, 68, American rock drummer (The Ducks, Arlo Guthrie, Moby Grape).
• Karl E. Case, 69, American economist and academic, developed Case–Shiller index model, Parkinson's disease and multiple myeloma.
• Charles Davis, 83, American jazz saxophonist.
• Howard Dawson, 93, American judge.
• Duncan M. Gray Jr., 89, American Episcopalian prelate, Bishop of Mississippi (1974–1993).
• Eleanor Merrill, 82, American publisher (The Capital), magazine executive (The Washingtonian, Baltimore) and philanthropist, injuries sustained in a fall.
• Danny Nettey, 41, Ghanaian musician and songwriter.
• Jérôme Owono-Mimboe, 83, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Obala (1987–2009).
• Erik Petersen, 38, American punk rock musician (Mischief Brew).
• Roland Prince, 69, Antiguan jazz guitarist.
• Susan Renouf, 74, Australian socialite, ovarian cancer.
• Billy Marshall Stoneking, 68, Australian poet, playwright and filmmaker.
• Petru Soltan, 85, Moldovan mathematician and politician, MP (1990–1994).
• Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans, 75, British aristocrat and festival founder.
• Charles Utete, 77, Zimbabwean academic, politician and presidential adviser.

14

• Helena Benitez, 102, Filipino politician and educator, Senator (1967–1972).
• Eric Bergren, 62, American screenwriter (The Elephant Man, Frances), liver cancer.
• Roger Chanoine, 39, American football player (St. Louis Rams, Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars), pancreatic cancer.
• George Ramsay Cook, 84, Canadian historian, pancreatic cancer.
• Michael J. Elliott, 65, British journalist and magazine editor (Time, Newsweek, The Economist), cancer.
• Péter Esterházy, 66, Hungarian author, pancreatic cancer.
• Lisa Gaye, 81, American actress, singer and dancer (Rock Around the Clock, Drums Across the River).
• Miguel Gutiérrez, 75, Peruvian writer.
• Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31, Tunisian jihadist, perpetrator of 2016 Nice attack, shot.
• Tor Lian, 71, Norwegian sports official, president of the Norwegian Handball Federation (1985–1999).
• Atilio López, 91, Paraguayan football player and coach.
• Troy Mader, 60, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (2014–2015), fall from ATV.
• Sharon Runner, 62, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (2002–2008) and Senate (2011–2012, 2015–2016), complications from respiratory failure.
• Donald Stewart, 87, Australian judge, chairman of the National Crime Authority.
• Mike Strahler, 69, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers).
• Athanasius Atule Usuh, 71, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Makurdi (1989–2015).
• Hallard White, 87, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, national team), Alzheimer's disease.

13

• Collins Adeyemi, Nigerian actor and entertainment executive, Chairman of PMAN, typhoid fever.
• George Allen, 84, English footballer (Birmingham City).
• Héctor Babenco, 70, Argentine-born Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Ironweed, Carandiru), heart attack.
• Marion Campbell, 87, American football player and coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons).
• Garry N. Drummond, 78, American coal executive, Chairman and CEO of Drummond Company.
• Robert Fano, 98, Italian-born American computer scientist.
• Robert Foster, 53, Australian artist and industrial designer, traffic collision.
• Hollis L. Harris, 84, American airline executive, CEO of Continental Airlines (1990–1991) and Air Canada (1992–1996), President of Delta Airlines (1987–1990).
• Joel Jones, 78, American educator, President of Fort Lewis College (1988–1998), brain cancer.
• Claude Le Ber, 85, French racing cyclist.
• El Lebrijano, 74, Spanish flamenco singer.
• Hafsa Mossi, Burundian politician, Minister of Regional Integration, member of the East African Legislative Assembly (since 2012), shot.
• William Norris III, 79, American jurist, judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit (1981–2002).
• pt, 99, Brazilian politician, Governor of Rio de Janeiro (1961–1962).
• Bernardo Provenzano, 83, Italian criminal, head of the Corleonesi Mafia faction, complications from bladder cancer.
• Jack Riley, 97, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (Pittsburgh Penguins).
• Carolyn See, 82, American author, cancer.
• Demontez Stitt, 27, American basketball player (Clemson Tigers), suspected heart attack.
• Steven Young, British musician (Colourbox, MARRS) and songwriter ("Pump Up the Volume").
• Zygmunt Zimowski, 67, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Radom (2002–2009), President of the PCPCHCW (since 2009), pancreatic cancer.

12

• Lorenzo Amurri, 45, Italian author.
• Joseph Antic, 90, Indian field hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1960).
• Lloyd Berry, 89, Canadian actor (Jumanji, Scary Movie, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem).
• Jim Carmichael, 76, American politician.
• Galina Chesnokova, 82, Russian Soviet-era volleyball player (national team), European champion (1963).
• Seamon Glass, 90, American actor (This Is Not a Test, Deliverance, Perry Mason).
• Goran Hadžić, 57, Serbian politician and alleged war criminal, President of Krajina (1992–1994), brain cancer.
• Peter Johnson, 78, Australian rugby union player.
• Kenny Kramm, 55, American pharmacist, founded FLAVORx, sepsis.
• Alvera Mickelsen, 97, American academic and Christian woman's advocate, co-founder of Christians for Biblical Equality.
• Agha Nasir, 79, Indian-born Pakistani broadcaster.
• Kyosen Ōhashi, 82, Japanese television host and politician, acute respiratory failure.
• de, 41, German television presenter and author, liver cancer.
• Antonín Rükl, 83, Czech astronomer.
• Gregg Smith, 84, American conductor and composer, heart attack.
• Paul Wühr, 89, German author (Das falsche Buch).

11

• John Brademas, 89, American politician and educator, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Indiana's 3rd district (1959–1981), President of N.Y.U. (1981–1991).
• Edmond L. Browning, 87, American Episcopal bishop, 24th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (1985-1997).
• Emma Cohen, 69, Spanish actress (The Glass Ceiling, Voyage to Nowhere, The Grandfather), cancer.
• Frederick D’Souza, 81, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jhansi (1977–2012).
• Elaine Fantham, 83, British classicist.
• it, 77, Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist (Baba Yaga).
• Minerva Herrera, 87, Cuban folk singer.
• Jim Metzen, 72, American politician, member (since 1987) and President (2003–2011) of the Minnesota Senate, and House of Representatives (1975–1987), lung cancer.
• Robert Mason Pollock, 99, American screenwriter (Dynasty, The Colbys).
• David Sandler, 59, American industrial equipment executive, CEO of MSC Industrial Direct, pancreatic cancer.
• Sir Frederick Smith, 92, Barbadian barrister and politician, Attorney-General of Barbados (1966–1971).
• Kurt Svensson, 89, Swedish footballer, World Cup bronze medalist (1950).
• Jusztin Nándor Takács, 89, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Székesfehérvár (1991–2003).
• de, 44, German television presenter (ZDF).
• Scott Olin Wright, 93, American judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Western Missouri (since 1979).

10

• Erny Brenner, 84, Luxembourgian footballer.
• Robert E. Cooper Sr., 95, American judge, member of the Tennessee Supreme Court (1974–1990) and Court of Appeals (1960–1974).
• Amal Dutta, 86, Indian football player and manager.
• John Drysdale, British-born Somaliland diplomat, historian, and writer, founder of the Africa Research Bulletin.
• Anatoli Isayev, 83, Russian football player and manager, Olympic champion (1956).
• de, 93, German politician.
• Fida Hassnain, 93, Indian historian.
• de, 55, Swiss mountaineer, injuries from a fall.
• Alfred G. Knudson, 93, American geneticist.
• Atilla Manizade, 82, Turkish opera singer.
• Adrian Monger, 83, Australian rower, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
• Kem Ley, 45, Cambodian political analyst, shot.
• Rick Marroquin, 45, American lifestyle agent (CAA), complications from lung cancer.
• sv, 77, Swedish musician (Blå Tåget).
• Mark Ouma, 55, Ugandan sports journalist.
• James Pazhayattil, 81, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Irinjalakuda (1978–2010).
• David Stride, 58, English footballer (Chelsea).
• Jay Torrez, 35, American stuntman (Machete, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Sicario).
• Ed Ware, 88, American district attorney.
• Ye Xuanning, 77, Chinese politician.

9

• Norman Abbott, 93, American television director (Leave It to Beaver, Welcome Back, Kotter, The Jack Benny Program).
• Ron Allbright, 81, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).
• Johnny Barnes, 93, Bermudian entertainer.
• Víctor Barrio, 29, Spanish matador, gored.
• id, 81, Indonesian politician, Minister of Agrarian Affairs (1998–1999), Governor of West Sumatra (1987–1997), Mayor of Padang (1971–1983).
• Judy Canty, 84, Australian Olympic long jumper (1948).
• Geneviève Castrée, 34, Canadian musician and comic book artist, pancreatic cancer.
• Bill Guilfoile, 84, American public relations executive (Baseball Hall of Fame, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Vaughn Harper, 71, American radio DJ.
• Kalle Havulinna, 91, Finnish ice hockey player (Ilves).
• Gladys Hooper, 113, English supercentenarian, nation's oldest living person.
• Frank Johnson, 84, Australian footballer (Port Melbourne, South Melbourne).
• Guillermo Mejía, Salvadoran politician, Mayor of Tepetitán (since 2012), shot.
• Hugo Niebeling, 85, German filmmaker (Alvorada).
• Maralin Niska, 89, American soprano.
• Silvano Piovanelli, 92, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Florence (1983–2001).
• Sydney Schanberg, 82, American journalist (The New York Times), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1976).
• Fritzi Schwingl, 94, Austrian slalom and sprint canoeist, world champion (1949, 1951, 1953), Olympic bronze medalist (1948).
• Ray Spencer, 82, English footballer (Darlington, Torquay United).
• Carole Switala, 69, American singer and voice actress (Mister Roger's Neighbourhood).
• Matt Villines, 39, American director (Saturday Night Live), cancer.

8

• Javed Akhtar, 75, Pakistani cricket player and umpire.
• fr, 80, French composer and lyricist.
• Abdul Sattar Edhi, 88, Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, ascetic and humanitarian, founder of the Edhi Foundation.
• Harold A. Linstone, 92, German-born American mathematician and futurist.
• Turk Lown, 92, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds).
• William Lucas, 91, British actor (The Adventures of Black Beauty).
• Cicely Mayhew, 92, British diplomat.
• Jackie McInally, 76, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Hamilton Academical).
• William H. McNeill, 98, Canadian-American historian and author.
• Goldie Michelson, 113, Russian-born American supercentenarian, nation's oldest living person.
• Shettima Ali Monguno, 95, Nigerian politician.
• Jeffrey Nape, Papua New Guinean politician, acting Governor-General (2004, 2010), organ failure.
• Steve Owens, 59, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1990–1995).
• Pehin Dato Haji Sulaiman Bin Haji Awang Damit, 75, Bruneian army general.
• Paddy Phelan, 78, English cricketer (Essex). (death announced on this date)
• Howard Raiffa, 92, American academic.
• Jacques Rouffio, 87, French film director and screenwriter.
• Gerald Sherratt, 84, American university administrator, President of Southern Utah University (1982–1997).
• Vladimir Troyepolsky, 61, Russian television executive.

7

• Sally Beauman, 71, British writer (Rebecca's Tale, The Landscape of Love), pneumonia.
• Bruno Bonaldi, 71, Italian ski mountaineer, world champion (1975).
• Rokusuke Ei, 83, Japanese author and lyricist ("Sukiyaki").
• James Gilbert, 93, Scottish television producer (The Two Ronnies, Last of the Summer Wine).
• pt, 58, Brazilian actor (Super Xuxa contra Baixo Astral, Xuxa e os Duendes, Meu Bem, Meu Mal), Machado–Joseph disease.
• Leonard Lee, 77, Canadian businessman (Lee Valley Tools).
• Cinna Lomnitz, 90, German-born Chilean-Mexican geophysicist.
• id, 40, Indonesian businessman, Chief of General Elections Commission.
• Tom Marr, 73, American radio host (WCBM), complications from a stroke.
• Miisa, 46, Finnish singer, cancer.
• John O'Rourke, 71, English footballer (Middlesbrough, Ipswich Town), cancer.
• Anita Reeves, 68, Irish actress (Dancing at Lughnasa, Little Gem), cancer.
• Wolfram Siebeck, 87, German journalist and food critic.
• Om Prakash Sonik, 77, Indian composer, heart attack.
• Gaurav Tiwari, 31, Indian actor and paranormal investigator.

6

• Bukky Ajayi, 82, Nigerian actress (Mother of George).
• Marian Bergeson, 90, American politician, member of the California Senate (1984–1995).
• Larry Bock, 56, American investor.
• fr, 88, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Dijon (1989–2004).
• Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, 74, British publisher (Faber).
• Armando León Bejarano, 100, Mexican politician, Governor of Morelos (1976–1982).
• Norman MacAuley, 98, Canadian politician.
• John McMartin, 86, American actor (Sweet Charity, Kinsey, Law & Order), cancer.
• Duma Mdutyana, 55, South African army officer.
• Mike Moore, 59, American football player (Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders, Houston Oilers).
• Turgay Şeren, 84, Turkish footballer (Galatasaray).
• Umaru Shinkafi, 79, Nigerian politician and intelligence chief.
• Danny Smythe, 67, American drummer (The Box Tops).

5

• Sayed Hussein Anwari, 60, Afghan politician, MP (since 2005), Governor of Herat Province (2005–2009), cancer.
• William L. Armstrong, 79, American politician, Senator from Colorado (1979–1991), cancer.
• Rosaria Conte, 64, Italian social scientist.
• Nine Culliford, 86, Belgian cartoonist (The Smurfs).
• Beatrice de Cardi, 102, British archaeologist, complications from a fall.
• Alirio Díaz, 92, Venezuelan classical guitarist and composer.
• Mick Finucane, 93, Irish Gaelic football player (Kerry).
• John Baillie-Hamilton, 13th Earl of Haddington, 74, British aristocrat.
• Kari Hautala, 43, Finnish basketball player (Torpan Pojat), heart attack.
• David Jones, 66, British politician, member of the States of Guernsey (since 2000).
• Zdeněk Neubauer, 74, Czech philosopher and biologist.
• Gladys Nordenstrom, 92, American composer.
• Phonsie O'Brien, 86, Irish jockey and racehorse trainer.
• Rex Pickering, 79, New Zealand rugby union player (Waikato, national team).
• Cory Taylor, 61, Australian writer, melanoma.
• Brian White, 59, British politician, MP (1997–2005), cancer.
• Victor P. Whittaker, 97, British biochemist.
• Valentino Zeichen, 78, Italian poet and author.

4

• Romesh Chandra, 97, Indian activist and news editor (Communist Party of India), President of the World Peace Council (1977–1990).
• William Hawkins, 76, Canadian musician and poet.
• Abbas Kiarostami, 76, Iranian film director and screenwriter (Close-Up, Taste of Cherry, Certified Copy), gastrointestinal cancer.
• Ben Koufie, 84, Ghanaian football player, manager and administrator.
• Abner J. Mikva, 90, American politician and judge, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois (1969–1973, 1975–1979), U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1979–1994), complications from bladder cancer.
• Rondon Pacheco, 96, Brazilian politician, Governor of Minas Gerais (1971–1975), pneumonia.
• Geoffrey Shovelton, 80, English opera singer and illustrator.
• Elizabeth Spillius, 92, Canadian psychoanalyst.
• Steve Tupper, 75, Canadian sailor.

3

• Arturo, 31, American-born Argentine polar bear.
• Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, 88, British aristocrat, Seigneur of Sark (since 1974).
• Gilbert Bulawan, 29, Filipino basketball player (Blackwater Elite), heart attack.
• Lou Fontinato, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens).
• Jimmy Frizzell, 79, Scottish football player and manager.
• Tomohiko Kira, 56, Japanese guitarist and composer.
• John Middleton, 59, British footballer (Derby County, Nottingham Forest).
• Uma Shankar Mishra, 93, Indian politician.
• Noel Neill, 95, American actress (Superman).
• Mauricio Walerstein, 71, Mexican film director (Cuando quiero llorar no lloro, Españolas en París).
• Markus Werner, 71, Swiss writer (Zündels Abgang).
• Grant Wilmot, 59, Australian football player, heart attack.

2

• Caroline Aherne, 52, English comedian, actress and writer (The Royle Family, The Mrs Merton Show, The Fast Show), throat cancer.
• Roscoe Brown, 94, American World War II veteran, member of the Tuskegee Airmen.
• Kyle Calloway, 29, American football player (Buffalo Bills), struck by train.
• Chen Jinhua, 87, Chinese politician, Chairman of the State Planning Commission (1993–1998).
• Michael Cimino, 77, American screenwriter and director (The Deer Hunter, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Heaven's Gate).
• Roger Dumas, 84, French comedian and actor (That Man from Rio, Le Concert, The First Day of the Rest of Your Life).
• Horacio Etchegoyen, 97, Argentine psychoanalyst.
• Rudolf E. Kálmán, 86, Hungarian-born American electrical engineer (Kalman filter).
• Euan Lloyd, 92, British film producer (The Wild Geese, The Sea Wolves).
• Patrick Manning, 69, Trinidadian politician, Prime Minister (1991–1995, 2001–2010), acute myeloid leukemia.
• Alphie McCourt, 75, Irish-American writer.
• Carlos Morocho Hernández, 76, Venezuelan boxer.
• Robert Nye, 77, British poet.
• Michel Rocard, 85, French politician, Prime Minister (1988–1991).
• Flavio Romero de Velasco, 90, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Jalisco (1977–1983).
• Irineu Roque Scherer, 65, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Garanhuns (1998–2007) and Joinville (since 2007).
• Kapil Seth, 36, Indian cricketer, liver failure.
• Jack C. Taylor, 94, American billionaire businessman, founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
• Clifford Vaughs, 79, American civil rights activist, filmmaker and motorcycle builder (Easy Rider).
• Wilfred D. Webb, 95, American politician.
• Elie Wiesel, 87, Romanian-born American writer (Night), political activist and Holocaust survivor, Nobel Laureate (1986).

1

• Yves Bonnefoy, 93, French poet.
• Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere, 85, Indian writer.
• Robin Hardy, 86, British film director (The Wicker Man).
• Werner Meng, 68, German jurist.
• Imogen Skirving, 78, British hotelier, traffic collision.
• Frank Tuck, 84, Australian football player (Collingwood).

Earlier months

• Deaths in June 2016
• Deaths in May 2016
• Deaths in April 2016

• Deaths in March 2016
• Deaths in February 2016
• Deaths in January 2016

See also

• Deaths in 2015
• Deaths in 2014
• Deaths in 2013
• Deaths in 2012
• Deaths in 2011
• Deaths in 2010
• Deaths in 2009
• Deaths in 2008

• Deaths in 2007
• Deaths in 2006
• Deaths in 2005
• Deaths in 2004
• Deaths in 2003
• Deaths in 2002
• Deaths in 2001
• Deaths in 2000

• Deaths in 1999
• Deaths in 1998
• Deaths in 1997
• Deaths in 1996
• Deaths in 1995
• Deaths in 1994
• Deaths in 1993
• Deaths in 1992

• Deaths in 1991
• Deaths in 1990
• Deaths in 1989
• Deaths in 1988
• Deaths in 1987
• Deaths in 1986
• Deaths in 1985
• Deaths in 1984

External links

• The Guardian, UK obituaries
• The Telegraph obituaries
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, US obituaries
• The Washington Post obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries