Deaths in 2017

This is a chronology of deaths in 2017. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym.

A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.

December

3

• Ivan Chermayeff, 85, American graphic designer (Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv).
• Kalachand Darbesh, 84, Indian singer.
• Thomas Finlay, 95, Irish judge and politician, TD (1954–1957), Chief Justice (1985–1994).
• Patrick Henry, 64, French murderer, lung cancer.
• Kjell Opseth, 81, Norwegian politician, Minister of Transport and Communications (1990–1996).
• Basclay Zapata, 71, Chilean military officer.

2

• Jean Barthe, 85, French rugby league and rugby union (FC Lourdes) player.
• Lowell Hawthorne, 57, Jamaican-born American entrepreneur (Golden Krust), suicide by gunshot.
• Norihiko Hashida, 72, Japanese folk singer-songwriter (The Folk Crusaders).
• Riz Ali Khajavi, 86, Iranian folk hero, kidney failure.
• Jerzy Kłoczowski, 92, Polish historian, professor (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) and member of the Senate (1990–1991).
• Ulli Lommel, 72, German actor and director (The Boogeyman), heart failure.
• Mundell Lowe, 95, American jazz guitarist and composer.
• Marianne Means, 83, American political journalist and columnist, complications from colon cancer.
• Edwin Mosquera, 32, Colombian weightlifter, Pan American champion (2008, 2010), shot.
• Iva Ritschelová, 53, Czech economist and academic, president of the Czech Statistical Office.
• Mekkawi Said, 61, Egyptian novelist and short story writer.
• Ewald Schurer, 63, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1998–2002, since 2005).
• Nava Semel, 63, Israeli author and playwright, cancer.

1

• Taher Ahmadzadeh, 96, Iranian politician, Governor of Khorasan Province (1979).
• Adarsh Sein Anand, 81, Indian judge, Chief Justice (1998–2001), Madras High Court (1989–1992), and Jammu and Kashmir High Court (1985–1989).
• Enrico Castellani, 87, Italian painter.
• Gilbert Chabroux, 83, French politician, Senator (1995–2004).
• Åshild Hauan, 76, Norwegian politician, MP (1981–1993).
• Hans Kaldoja, 75, Estonian actor.
• Philipp Graf Lerchenfeld, 65, German politician, member of the Bundestag (2013–2017) and the Landtag of Bavaria (2003–2013), lung cancer.
• Maelé, 59, Equatorial Guinean singer.
• Omar Manap, 85, Malaysian badminton player (national team), Thomas Cup winner (1967).
• Gowdagere Nagappa, 93, Indian politician.
• Ruben Rozendaal, 61, Surinamese soldier (1980 coup d'état).
• Fredy Schmidtke, 56, German track cyclist, Olympic champion (1984), heart attack.
• Abba Siddick, 92, Chadian politician and revolutionary.
• Perry Wallace, 69, American basketball player (Vanderbilt University) and jurist.
• Les Whitten, 89, American investigative reporter (Radio Free Europe, The Washington Post).

November

30

• Kalabhavan Abi, 52, Indian actor and comedian, leukaemia.
• Linda Abromson, 78, American politician, Mayor of Portland, Maine (1982–1983), complications from heart surgery.
• Orlin Backes, 82, American politician, Mayor of Minot, North Dakota (1994–1998), cancer.
• Sol Bellear, 66, Australian Aboriginal rights activist.
• Robert Boelens, 92, American politician, mayor of Grand Rapids (1970–1971).
• Sreerupa Bose, 66, Indian cricketer.
• Harold Carter, 92, Welsh geographer. (death announced on this date)
• Habibollah Chaichian, 94, Iranian poet.
• Russell Evans, 52, English cricket player and umpire.
• Robert J. Farley, 69, American actor, co-founder of Georgia Ensemble Theatre and Conservatory.
• Dick Gernert, 89, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
• Colin Groves, 75, British-born Australian biologist and professor (Australian National University).
• Annisul Huq, 65, Bangladeshi businessman, mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (since 2015).
• Gary Ingram, 84, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1973–1980, 2012), cancer.
• Alain Jessua, 85, French film director and screenwriter (Léon la lune, The Killing Game).
• Andre Lacy, 78, American packaging executive and philanthropist (Butler University), motorcycle collision.
• Mauro Maugeri, 58, Italian waterpolo player and coach.
• Jim Nabors, 87, American actor (Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Andy Griffith Show, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) and singer.
• Zé Pedro, 61, Portuguese guitarist (Xutos & Pontapés).
• Surin Pitsuwan, 68, Thai diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1997–2001) and Secretary General of ASEAN (2008–2012), heart attack.
• Marina Popovich, 86, Soviet test pilot.
• Vincent Scully, 97, American architecture historian, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Ana Maria Nascimento e Silva, 65, Brazilian actress (Quatro por Quatro, Zazá, Jamais Te Esquecerei), breast cancer.
• Ben Sylliboy, 76, Canadian Waycobah grand chief, spiritual leader of Mi'kmaq (since 1991).
• Akram Zaki, 86, Pakistani politician and diplomat, cardiac illness.

29

• Maria Luisa Altieri Biagi, 87, Italian linguist.
• E. Chandrasekharan Nair, 88, Indian politician.
• Willie John Daly, 92, Irish hurler.
• Belmiro de Azevedo, 79, Portuguese lumber manufacturing executive, founder of Sonae.
• Jerry Fodor, 82, American philosopher and cognitive scientist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Aminul Islam, 82, Bangladeshi academic.
• Tomáš Ježek, 77, Czech economist and politician, member of the Czech National Council (1990–1992) and Chamber of Deputies (1993–1996).
• Gencay Kasapçı, 84, Turkish painter.
• Charles E. Merrill Jr., 97, American educator (founder of Commonwealth School), author and philanthropist.
• Véronique Nordey, 78, French actress, cancer.
• Slobodan Praljak, 72, Croatian military officer and war criminal, suicide by cyanide poisoning.
• Verena Stefan, 70, Swiss-born Canadian writer.
• Ján Strausz, 75, Slovak footballer.
• László Szabó, 62, Hungarian Olympic handball player (1980, 1988).
• P. Vallalperuman, 67, Indian politician, heart illness.
• Robert Walker, 80, American blues musician, cancer.

28

• Sir Peter Burt, 73, Scottish businessman, chief executive (1996–2001) and Governor (2001–2003) of Bank of Scotland, chairman of ITV plc (2004–2007).
• Joseph N. Crowley, 84, American academic administrator, President of University of Nevada, Reno (1978–2001), pneumonia.
• Magín Díaz, 94, Colombian folk singer and songwriter, Latin Grammy winner (2017).
• Patrícia Gabancho, 65, Argentine-born Spanish writer and journalist, lung cancer.
• Fritz Graf, 94, American National Football League official.
• Rafael Llano Cifuentes, 84, Mexican-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nova Friburgo (2004–2010).
• Clarrie Millar, 92, Australian politician, MP for Wide Bay (1974–1990).
• Don Moore, 89, American judge and politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1956–1958, 1964–1966) and Senate (1966–1970).
• Wayne Mosley, 70, American restaurateur (Rocky Rococo).
• Shadia, 86, Egyptian actress and singer, stroke.
• Zdeněk Šreiner, 63, Czech footballer (Baník Ostrava), Olympic champion (1980).
• Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, 85, South African-born British jurist and life peer, Law Lord (1995–2005).
• Thodupuzha Vasanthi, 65, Indian actress, cancer.

27

• Robert Batailly, 83, French politician, MEP (1989).
• Narayanrao Bodas, 85, Indian singer.
• Loïc Bouvard, 88, French politician, MP (1988–2012).
• Dermot Drummy, 56, English football player (Blackpool) and coach (Chelsea Academy, Crawley Town).
• Frédéric François, 85, Belgian journalist.
• Arnold G. Fredrickson, 85, American chemical engineer.
• Bill Harris, 83, American politician, member (2000–2010) and President (2005–2010) of the Ohio Senate.
• James Kisicki, 79, American actor (The Shawshank Redemption).
• Bud Moore, 92, American NASCAR Hall of Fame team owner (Bud Moore Engineering).
• Robert A. Moss, 77, American chemist.
• Robert Popwell, 70, American bass guitarist (The Young Rascals, The Crusaders).
• José María Romero de Tejada, 69, Spanish jurist and prosecutor, Attorney General of Catalonia (since 2013), complications from leukemia.
• Warren Spannaus, 86, American lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Minnesota (1971–1983), complications from cancer.
• Cristina Stamate, 71, Romanian actress, stroke.
• Bob van den Born, 90, Dutch comics artist and cartoonist.

26

• Oluyemi Adeniji, 83, Nigerian diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2003–2006).
• Khawaja Akmal, Pakistani actor and comedian, heart attack.
• Oscar Alem, 76, Argentine pianist and composer.
• Ruth Bancroft, 109, American landscape architect, creator of Ruth Bancroft Garden.
• Paul Boccara, 85, French economist and politician.
• Patrick Bourgeois, 54, Canadian musician (Les B.B.), cancer.
• Henri Burin des Roziers, 87, French Dominican priest and anti-slavery activist in Brazil.
• José Doth de Oliveira, 79, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Iguatu (2000–2009), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Garnett Thomas Eisele, 94, American judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Arkansas (1970–1991).
• Vicente García Bernal, 88, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (1988–2005).
• Armando Hart, 87, Cuban politician and revolutionary, leader of 26th of July Movement and minister of Education (1959–1965) and Culture (1976–1997), respiratory failure.
• Hou Bo, 93, Chinese photographer.
• Georg Iggers, 90, American historian and civil rights advocate, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage.
• Rahija Khanam Jhunu, 74, Bangladeshi dancer.
• Mick Martyn, 81, English rugby league footballer (Leigh).
• Christian Vicente Noel, 80, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Talibon (1986–2014).
• José Pedro Pozzi, 92, Italian-born Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro (1993–2003).
• Walter Reyes, 36, American football player (Syracuse Orange).
• Eliezer Spiegel, 95, Israeli football player and manager.
• Timothy Stamps, 81, Welsh-born Zimbabwean politician, Minister of Health (1986–2002), lung infection.
• Fons Vergote, 73, Belgian politician, MP (1991–1995) and Senator (1995–1999).
• Peggy Vining, 88, American poet.
• W. Marvin Watson, 93, American presidential advisor, White House Chief of Staff (1963–1968) and Postmaster General (1968–1969).

25

• John Black, 84, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1994–1996).
• Enrico Boccadoro, 42, Italian singer and songwriter.
• Bertha Calloway, 92, American historian and museologist, founder of Great Plains Black History Museum, pneumonia.
• Steve Doszpot, 69, Hungarian-born Australian politician, member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly (since 2008), liver cancer.
• Fonono Dube, 89, Swazi brigadier general, commander of the USDF (1983–2000).
• Sotir Ferrara, 79, Italian Italo-Albanian Greek Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi (1988–2013).
• Edward Fudge, 73, American theologian.
• Jesús Gómez, 76, Mexican equestrian, Olympic bronze medalist (1980).
• Ken Gray, 81, American football player (Chicago Cardinals, Houston Oilers).
• Rosario Green, 76, Mexican economist, diplomat and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1998–2000) and Senator (2006–2012).
• Rance Howard, 89, American actor (Apollo 13, Ed Wood, Frost/Nixon), heart failure.
• Robert Howie, 88, Canadian politician.
• Rosendo Huesca Pacheco, 85, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (1977–2009).
• Steve "Snapper" Jones, 75, American basketball player (New Orleans Buccaneers, Dallas Chaparrals, Portland Trail Blazers) and analyst (NBA on NBC).
• Anna Kuzmina, 84, Russian Yakut actress.
• Biddy White Lennon, 72, Irish actress (The Riordans) and food writer.
• John M. Lewellen, 87, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (1999–2004).
• Bogdan Maglich, 89, Yugoslav-born American nuclear physicist.
• Julio Oscar Mechoso, 62, American actor (Planet Terror, Jurassic Park III, Bad Boys), heart attack.
• Harry Pregerson, 94, American judge, member of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1979–2015) and U.S. District Court for Central California (1967–1979).
• Anthony Senerchia, 46, American disability activist, inspiration for the Ice Bucket Challenge, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Vladimir Shkurikhin, 59, Russian volleyball player, Olympic silver medalist (1988).
• Louis Verbeeck, 84, Belgian writer.

24

• Ángel Berni, 86, Paraguayan footballer.
• Heribert Calleen, 93, German sculptor.
• Pedro Rolo Duarte, 53, Portuguese journalist (Visão, Diário de Notícias), stomach cancer.
• Wesley L. Fox, 86, American Marine Corps colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (1971).
• Gerald Fridman, 89, Canadian legal scholar.
• Neil Gillman, 84, Canadian-born American rabbi and philosopher, cancer.
• Miguel Alfredo González, 34, Cuban baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), traffic collision.
• Steve Hutchins, 61, Australian politician, Senator (1998–2011), cancer.
• Stephen Knapp, 70, American artist.
• Lowen Kruse, 88, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (2001–2009), cancer.
• Mitch Margo, 70, American singer and songwriter (The Tokens).
• Jaime Ortí, 70, Spanish businessman.
• Cornel Pelmuș, 84, Romanian Olympic fencer (1960).
• John A. Pierce, 92, American medical researcher.
• Clotilde Rosa, 87, Portuguese harpist, music educator and composer.
• Hermann Schwörer, 95, German businessman and politician, MEP (1970–1979).
• Gaetan Serré, 79, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons (1968–1972).
• Gabriel Simo, 80, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Douala (1987–1994) and Bafoussam (1994–2013).
• John Thierry, 46, American football player (Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers), heart attack.

23

• François Aquin, 88, Canadian politician, Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (1966–1969).
• Tullio Baraglia, 83, Italian rower, Olympic silver (1960) and bronze medalist (1968).
• Donal Creed, 93, Irish politician, TD (1965–1989) and MEP (1973–1977), Alzheimer's disease.
• Gerald Doucet, 80, Canadian politician.
• Nikolai Godovikov, 67, Russian actor (White Sun of the Desert), cancer.
• Allan Harris, 74, English footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Chelsea).
• Anthony Harvey, 87, British director (The Lion in Winter) and film editor (Dr. Strangelove, Lolita).
• Laeticia Kikonyogo, 77, Ugandan judge, member of the Supreme Court, heart attack.
• Carol Neblett, 71, American operatic soprano.
• Paul Paviot, 91, French film director.
• Osborne Riviere, 84–85, Dominican politician, Acting Prime Minister (2004).
• Joe Schipp, 85, Australian politician, businessman and grazier, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wagga Wagga (1975–1999).
• Bari Siddiqui, 63, Bangladeshi singer and songwriter, kidney disease.
• Dimitri Sjöberg, 37, Finnish tango singer.
• Craig Tieszen, 68, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (2009–2017) and House of Representatives (since 2017), drowned.
• Ingrid I. Willoch, 74, Norwegian politician, MP (1981–1993).
• Manjit Wolstenholme, 53, British businesswoman (Future Publishing, Unite Group, Provident Financial).
• Zhang Yang, 66, Chinese general, suicide by hanging.

22

• Jean Anglade, 102, French writer.
• George Avakian, 98, American record producer and executive (Columbia Records).
• Norman Baker, 89, American explorer, plane crash.
• Salvador E. Casellas, 82, Puerto Rican judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico (1994–2005).
• Akhmed Chatayev, 37, Russian jihadist, shot.
• John Coates Jr., 79, American jazz pianist.
• Mona Fong, 83, Hong Kong film producer (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin).
• Andrzej Wincenty Górski, 97, Polish academic.
• Samuel P. Hays, 96, American historian.
• Jon Hendricks, 96, American jazz singer and songwriter (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross).
• Maurice Hinchey, 79, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for New York's 26th (1993–2003) and 22nd district (2003–2013), frontotemporal dementia.
• Imre Hollai, 92, Hungarian diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (1982–83).
• Dmitri Hvorostovsky, 55, Russian opera singer, brain cancer.
• Bobi Jones, 88, Welsh author and academic.
• Shawn Jones, 32, American gospel singer, apparent heart attack.
• Vartan Kechichian, 84, Syrian-born Armenian Catholic hierarch, Coadjutor Archbishop of Eastern Europe for Armenians (2001–2005).
• Tommy Keene, 59, American singer and songwriter.
• Cees Kornelis, 71, Dutch footballer (N.E.C., PEC Zwolle, De Graafschap).
• Otto Luttrop, 78, German football player and coach.
• Juan Luis Maurás, 95, Chilean politician, President of the Senate (1966) and the Chamber of Deputies (1958).
• Charles C. McDonald, 84, American USAF general.
• Biju Phukan, 69, Indian actor, heart disease.
• Stela Popescu, 81, Romanian actress (Uncle Marin, the Billionaire).
• Stefan Radt, 90, Dutch classicist, professor at the University of Groningen (1967–1987).
• Bobbie L. Sterne, 97, American politician, Mayor of Cincinnati (1975–1976, 1978–1979).
• Edward C. Taylor, 94, American chemist.
• Ed Uhlir, 73, American architect, multiple myeloma.

21

• Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury, 99, British life peer, Member of the House of Lords (1992–2016).
• Buzz Belmondo, 70, American comedian and actor (Out of This World, Baywatch, Faster), leukemia.
• Peter Berling, 83, German actor and writer (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, The Name of the Rose).
• Rodney Bewes, 79, British actor (The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?) and writer (Dear Mother...Love Albert).
• Sudip Datta Bhaumik, Indian journalist, shot.
• Harry Blamires, 101, British Anglican theologian, literary critic, and novelist.
• David Cassidy, 67, American pop singer ("Cherish", "How Can I Be Sure") and actor (The Partridge Family), liver failure.
• Wayne Cochran, 78, American soul singer and songwriter ("Last Kiss"), cancer.
• Milein Cosman, 96, German-born British artist.
• Hugh Currie, 92, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
• Dan Fitzgerald, 88, American actor (The Final Countdown, Go for It, Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach).
• Luis Garisto, 71, Uruguayan football player (Cobreloa, national team) and coach (Peñarol, Club Atlas, Deportivo Toluca F.C.).
• Iola Gregory, 71, Welsh actress (Pobol y Cwm).
• Huang Suying, 98, Chinese actress.
• Valentin Huot, 88, French racing cyclist.
• Keith Muxlow, 84, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1981–1992).
• Andrew Jonathan Nok, 55, Nigerian biochemist.
• László Pál, 75, Hungarian politician, Minister of Industry and Trade (1994–95).
• Julio Rodríguez Villanueva, 89, Spanish microbiologist and academic, rector of University of Salamanca (1972–1979).
• Ann Sloat, 89, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1984–1985).
• Masao Sugiuchi, 97, Japanese Go player.
• Dik Wessels, 71, Dutch entrepreneur.
• Joseph White, 84, American psychologist and civil rights activist, heart attack.

20

• István Almási, 73, Hungarian politician, mayor of Hódmezővásárhely (since 2012).
• Dieter Bellmann, 77, German actor and director.
• Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, 72, Indian politician, MP (1971–1977, 1984–1989, 1996–1998, 1999–2009), Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Information and Broadcasting (2004–2008).
• Eugene Domack, 61, American geologist.
• Terry Glenn, 43, American football player (New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys), traffic collision.
• John Gordon, 92, English author (The Giant Under The Snow), Alzheimer’s disease.
• Amir Hamed, 55, Uruguayan writer and translator, cancer.
• Jean Hearn, 96, Australian politician, Senator (1980–1985).
• Ismaïl Khelil, 85, Tunisian diplomat and politician, Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia (1987–1990), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1990) and Ambassador to the United States (1991).
• István Konkoly, 87, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Szombathely (1987–2006).
• Raimo Lindholm, 86, Finnish Olympic basketball player (1952, 1964).
• Víctor Hipólito Martínez, 92, Argentine lawyer and politician, Vice President (1983–1989).
• Ernestine Petras, 93, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
• Stelio Posar, 84, Italian basketball player.
• K. V. L. Narayan Rao, 63, Indian television executive (NDTV).
• Jack E. Robinson III, 57, American politician.
• Laila Sari, 82, Indonesian singer and actress (Wadjah Seorang Laki-laki).
• Alan Walker, 79, British paleoanthropologist, discoverer of "the Black Skull".
• Janusz Wójcik, 64, Polish politician, football player (Gwardia, Hutnik Warszawa) and coach, member of the Sejm (2005–2007).
• Izabella Zielińska, 106, Polish pianist and educator.

19

• Claudio Báez, 69, Mexican actor and singer.
• Peter Baldwin, 86, American actor and director (The Wonder Years, Sanford and Son, Newhart), Emmy winner (1989).
• Ronnie Butler, 80, Bahamian singer and entertainer, cancer.
• Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, 92, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and Vatican diplomat, Apostolic Nuncio (1977–2001).
• Moussa Moumouni Djermakoye, 73, Nigerien politician.
• Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, 85, Nigerian politician, Vice President (1979–1983).
• Lutz Kayser, 78, German aircraft manufacturer, rocket engineer and aviation technician.
• Rita Koiral, 58, Indian actress, cancer.
• Aleksandër Lalo, 68, Albanian composer, heart attack.
• Charles Manson, 83, American criminal (Tate murders), songwriter (Lie: The Love and Terror Cult) and cult leader (Manson Family).
• Fernando Matthei, 92, Chilean air force general, Commander-in-Chief (1978–1991).
• Milan Moguš, 90, Croatian linguist and academician.
• Warren "Pete" Moore, 78, American Hall of Fame singer (The Miracles), songwriter ("The Tracks of My Tears", "Ain't That Peculiar"), record producer and arranger.
• Jana Novotná, 49, Czech tennis player, cancer.
• Della Reese, 86, American actress (Touched by an Angel, Chico and the Man) and singer ("Don't You Know?").
• Tai Chen-yao, 69, Taiwanese politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1990–1996, 1999–2002), pancreatic cancer.
• Mel Tillis, 85, American Hall of Fame country music singer-songwriter ("I Ain't Never", "Coca-Cola Cowboy") and actor (The Cannonball Run), respiratory failure due to diverticulitis.
• Elias Tolentino, 75, Filipino basketball player.
• Kenneth Verwimp, 24, Belgian boccia player, Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

18

• Azzedine Alaïa, 77, Tunisian-French fashion designer.
• Giorgio Antonucci, 84, Italian physician.
• Bob Borkowski, 91, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers).
• Flawless Sabrina, 78, American drag queen and trans rights activist.
• Joel N. Franklin, 87, American mathematician.
• Daniel Hegarty, 31, British motorcycle racer, race crash.
• William Hoeveler, 95, American judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Southern Florida (1977–1991).
• Fotis Kafatos, 77, Greek biologist, founder and president of European Research Council (2005–2010).
• José Manuel Maza, 66, Spanish lawyer, Attorney General (since 2016), kidney infection.
• Commins Menapi, 40, Solomon Islands footballer (Sydney United, Waitakere, national team).
• Mark Milsome, 54, British cinematographer and camera operator (Saving Private Ryan, Sherlock, The Theory of Everything).
• John Murray, 93, British Olympic ice hockey player (1948).
• Youssouf Ouédraogo, 64, Burkinabé politician, Prime Minister (1992–1994).
• Friedel Rausch, 77, German football player (Schalke 04) and manager, skin cancer.
• Ben Riley, 84, American jazz drummer (Thelonious Monk, Kenny Barron, Sphere).
• Bill Roberson, 59, American actor (Forrest Gump, Patch Adams, The Patriot).
• Gillian Rolton, 61, Australian equestrian, Olympic champion (1992, 1996), endometrial cancer.
• Pancho Segura, 96, Ecuadorian tennis player, Parkinson's disease.
• Ken Shapiro, 75, American writer, producer, film director, and actor (Texaco Star Theatre, The Groove Tube, Modern Problems), cancer.
• Simon Speirs, 60, British sailor.
• Peter Spufford, 83, British historian.
• Naim Süleymanoğlu, 50, Bulgarian-Turkish weightlifter, Olympic champion (1988, 1992, 1996), liver disease.
• Malcolm Young, 64, Scottish-born Australian Hall of Fame guitarist and songwriter (AC/DC), dementia.
• Frans Zwartjes, 90, Dutch film director and artist.

17

• J. C. Caroline, 84, American football player (Chicago Bears).
• Djohan Effendi, 78, Indonesian politician and activist, Secretary of State (2000–2001).
• Aijalon Gomes, 38, American teacher, imprisoned by the Government of North Korea in 2010.
• Bert Hohol, 94, Canadian politician.
• Lilli Hornig, 96, Czech-American scientist, feminist activist.
• Earle Hyman, 91, American actor (The Cosby Show, ThunderCats, The Lady from Dubuque).
• Erich Kukk, 89, Estonian phycologist and conservationist.
• Patrick Lang, 65, American racing photographer.
• Lucas Li Jing-feng, 95, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (1980–1983) and Bishop of Fengxiang (since 1983).
• Donald McClure, 97, American chemist.
• Ulrich Petersen, 89, Peruvian-born American geologist.
• Bill Pitt, 80, British politician, MP for Croydon North West (1981–1983).
• Robert D. Raiford, 89, American news anchor (WCNC-TV, CBS News Radio) and actor (The Handmaid's Tale, Super Mario Bros., Matlock).
• Salvatore Riina, 87, Italian mobster, capo of the Sicilian Mafia, sepsis.
• Aleksandr Salnikov, 68, Ukrainian basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1976, 1980).
• Howard Bruner Schaffer, 88, American diplomat, Ambassador to Bangladesh (1984–1987).
• Joey Scinta, 69, American musician.
• Les Tonks, 75, English rugby league footballer (Featherstone Rovers).
• Hans-Heinrich Voigt, 96, German astronomer.
• Rikard Wolff, 59, Swedish actor (House of Angels) and singer ("Pojken på månen"), pulmonary emphysema.
• Óscar Zamora Medinaceli, 83, Bolivian politician, complications from a stroke.

16

• Camilo Rodolfo Cervino, 91, Argentine footballer.
• Wabi Daněk, 70, Czech folk musician.
• Dik Mik, 72–73, English keyboard player (Hawkwind).
• Michelle Dumon, 96, Belgian WWII resistance agent (Comet line).
• Tobias Enverga, 61, Filipino-born Canadian politician, Senator (since 2012).
• Tommy Farrer, 94, English footballer (Bishop Auckland).
• Wal Fife, 88, Australian politician and businessman, MP (1975–1993) and Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs (1977–1979), Education (1979–1982) and Aviation (1982–1983).
• John Gambino, 77, Italian-born American mobster.
• Gary the Goat, 6, Australian comedic goat, euthanised.
• Adalberto Giazotto, 77, Italian physicist.
• Robert Hirsch, 92, French comedian and actor (Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre; Le Misanthrope; The Caretaker), César Award winner (1990).
• Hsiao Teng-tzang, 83, Taiwanese politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1973–1986), Minister of Justice (1988–1989).
• Franciszek Kornicki, 100, Polish fighter pilot, commander of the No. 308 and the No. 317 Fighter Squadrons.
• Gianluca Mattioli, 49, Italian basketball referee.
• William Mayer, 91, American composer.
• Erik Meijs, 26, Dutch badminton player, car crash.
• Al Neil, 93, Canadian musician and artist.
• Ferdie Pacheco, 89, American physician and boxing cornerman (Muhammad Ali).
• Mohammad Poursattar, 78, Iranian actor (Caravans, The Messiah, Prophet Joseph).
• Kenneth Ryskamp, 85, American judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Southern Florida (since 1986).
• Jack Stauffacher, 96, American printer and typographer.
• Jimmy Steele, 55, British dentist, brain cancer.
• Greg Standridge, 50, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (since 2015), cancer.
• Hiromi Tsuru, 57, Japanese voice actress (Dragon Ball, Metal Gear Solid, Ghost Sweeper Mikami), aortic dissection.
• Ann Wedgeworth, 83, American actress (Three's Company, Evening Shade, Steel Magnolias), Tony winner (1978).

15

• Luis Bacalov, 84, Argentine-born Italian composer (Il Postino), Oscar winner (1996), stroke.
• Jill Barklem, 66, British writer and illustrator (Brambly Hedge).
• Keith Barron, 83, English actor (Duty Free, The Odd Man, The Nigel Barton Plays).
• David S. Cunningham Jr., 82, American politician, Los Angeles City Councilman (1973–1987) cancer.
• Sister Dame Pauline Engel, 87, New Zealand nun and educator (Carmel College).
• Bonnie Flower, 63, American singer (Wendy and Bonnie).
• Françoise Héritier, 84, French anthropologist, ethnologist and feminist.
• Robert G. Jahn, 87, American physicist and parapsychologist.
• Frans Krajcberg, 96, Polish-born Brazilian artist.
• Lil Peep, 21, American singer and rapper, drug overdose.
• Joy Lofthouse, 94, English World War II pilot.
• Moana Manley, 82, New Zealand swimmer and beauty queen, Miss New Zealand (1954), complications from stroke.
• J. Steve Mostyn, 46, American lawyer and philanthropist, suicide.
• Kunwar Narayan, 90, Indian poet.
• Hamad Ndikumana, 39, Rwandan footballer.
• Eric P. Newman, 106, American numismatist.
• Bert Ormond, 86, Scottish-born New Zealand footballer (Falkirk).
• Julian Simpson, 30, Australian diplomat, fall from balcony.
• Jaroslav Šmíd, 47, Czech actor.
• Michael H. Smith, 79, American ecologist, director of Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (1973–1999).
• Jaroslav Vanek, 87, Czech-born American economist.

14

• Ruth Bondy, 94, Czech-born Israeli journalist and Holocaust survivor.
• Bill Cashmore, 56, British actor (Brass Eye, Fist of Fun).
• Grahame Chevalier, 80, South African cricketer (Western Province).
• Hans Hoekman, 70, Dutch actor.
• Abdul Mannan Hossain, 65, Indian politician, MP (2004–2014).
• Hou Zongbin, 88, Chinese politician, Governor of Shaanxi (1990–1992).
• Toivo Jaatinen, 91, Finnish sculptor.
• Albert C. Ledner, 93, American architect.
• Little Mama, c.79, African-born chimpanzee (Lion Country Safari), oldest on record, kidney failure.
• Uwe Reinhardt, 80, German-born Canadian-American economist (Princeton University).
• Jean-Pierre Schmitz, 85, Luxembourgian road bicycle racer.
• Wolfgang Schreyer, 89, German writer.
• Vitali Shapovalov, 78, Russian actor (Lenin in Paris, Dead Souls, Deja Vu).
• Shyama, 82, Indian actress.
• Gunnar Uldall, 76, German politician.
• Nancy Zieman, 64, American writer and television host (Sewing with Nancy), cancer.

13

• Jeff Capel II, 64, American college basketball coach (North Carolina A&T, Old Dominion), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Bobby Doerr, 99, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
• Vladimir Goldner, 83, Croatian physician.
• Miklós Holop, 92, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
• Thomas J. Hudner Jr., 93, American naval aviator, Medal of Honor recipient (Battle of Chosin Reservoir).
• Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington, 102, British lawyer and life peer.
• Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert, 84, British police officer, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (1987–1992) and life peer.
• Alina Janowska, 94, Polish actress, Alzheimer's disease.
• Yannis Kapsis, 88, Greek journalist (Ta Nea) and politician, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (1982–1989).
• Janet Paula Lupo, 67, American model (Playboy).
• Joyce Marlowe, 87, British actress (Innocents in Paris).
• Haskell Monroe, 86, American educator, President of the University of Texas at El Paso (1980–1987) and the University of Missouri (1987–1993).
• Frank O'Connor, 94, Australian footballer (Melbourne).
• Kevin Phillips, 63, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (since 2011).
• David Poisson, 35, French alpine skier, training crash.
• František Poláček, 77, Czechoslovak light-heavyweight boxer, European Amateur bronze medalist (1963). (death announced on that day)
• Jim Rivera, 96, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics).
• Robert H. Schuler, 91, American chemist.

12

• Bobby Baker, 89, American political adviser to Lyndon Johnson.
• Helen Borgers, 60, American jazz radio disc jockey, complications following surgery.
• Michel Chapuis, 87, French classical organist and pedagogue.
• Tom Cornsweet, 88, American psychologist.
• Chad Hanks, 46, American rock bassist (American Head Charge).
• Antonín Kasper Sr., 85, Czech speedway rider, 1963 Golden Helmet of Pardubice winner.
• Ashok Khale, 64, Indian racing cyclist, traffic collision.
• Jamie MacDonald, 26, Welsh judoka, brain tumour.
• Bernard Panafieu, 86, French Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Aix (1978–1994) and Marseille (1995–2006).
• Wendy Pepper, 53, American fashion designer (Project Runway).
• John C. Raines, 84, American civil rights activist and member of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, congestive heart failure.
• Jack Ralite, 89, French politician, MP (1973–1981), Minister of Health (1981–1983) and Senator (1995–2011).
• Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, 9th Baron Langford, 105, British Army officer and hereditary peer.
• Amar Rouaï, 85, Algerian football player and manager.
• Eric Salzman, 84, American composer (Center for Contemporary Opera), heart attack.
• Edith Savage-Jennings, 93, American civil rights activist.
• Liz Smith, 94, American gossip columnist (Newsday, New York Daily News).
• Mikko Vainio, 94, Finnish politician, MP (1970–1975, 1983–1987).
• Santiago Vernazza, 89, Argentine footballer (River Plate, AC Milan, national team).
• Lawrence R. Yetka, 93, American judge (Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, 1973–1993) and politician (Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951–1961).

11

• David Ambler, 50, New Zealand jurist (Māori Land Court, Waitangi Tribunal).
• Henry Badenhorst, 51, South African businessman, co-founder of Gaydar, suicide by jumping.
• Kirti Nidhi Bista, 90, Nepali politician, Prime Minister (1969–1970, 1971–1973, 1977–1979), cancer.
• Anita Board, 8, Australian drag racer, crash.
• Vanu Bose, 52, American engineer and technology executive, pulmonary embolism.
• Lars Oftedal Broch, 78, Norwegian judge.
• Chiquito de la Calzada, 85, Spanish singer, actor and comedian, complications of cardiac catheterization.
• Frank Corsaro, 92, American opera director and actor (Rachel, Rachel).
• Floyd Crawford, 88, Canadian ice hockey player, 1959 world championship team.
• Gemze de Lappe, 95, American dancer, pneumonia.
• Carlos Dívar, 75, Spanish magistrate, President of Audiencia Nacional (2001–2008), General Council of the Judiciary and Supreme Court (2008–2012), pulmonary edema.
• Henry Emeleus, 87, British geologist.
• Willy Johan Fredriksen, 87, Norwegian diplomat.
• Edward S. Herman, 92, American economist and journalist (Manufacturing Consent), bladder cancer.
• Franco Hernandez, 26, Filipino television personality (It's Showtime) and singer, drowned.
• Nate Hobgood-Chittick, 42, American football player (St. Louis Rams, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers), heart attack.
• Huang Shisong, 98, Chinese meteorologist.
• Baard Owe, 81, Norwegian-born Danish actor (The Kingdom), lung cancer.
• Haresh Pandya, 53, Indian journalist.
• Alessandro Pansa, 55, Italian business executive.
• Rance Pless, 91, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics).
• Jeffrey T. Richelson, 67, American author and national security researcher, cancer.
• Valery Rozov, 52, Russian BASE jumper, wingsuit crash.
• Jan Steklík, 79, Czech artist.
• Ian Wachtmeister, 84, Swedish metallurgic executive, count and politician, MP (1991–1994), founder of New Democracy, lymphoma.
• Freddie Williams, 81, English darts referee.

10

• Moniz Bandeira, 81, Brazilian political scientist, historian and poet.
• Márcia Cabrita, 53, Brazilian actress (Sai de Baixo), ovarian cancer.
• Neil Clerehan, 94, Australian architect.
• Bernhard Eckstein, 82, German racing cyclist, world champion (1960).
• Geoff Fletcher, 74, English rugby league player (Leigh Centurions).
• Karel Hudec, 89, Czech ecological ornithologist.
• Ila Jones, 114, American supercentenarian.
• Ray Lovelock, 67, Italian actor (Fiddler on the Roof, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Murder Rock) and musician, cancer.
• Jaroslav Mevald, 39, Czech soldier, Medal of Heroism bearer.
• Knut Mørkved, 79, Norwegian diplomat.
• Erika Remberg, 85, Austrian actress.
• A. G. Milkha Singh, 75, Indian cricketer.
• Peter Trower, 87, Canadian poet and novelist.
• Mikhail Zadornov, 69, Latvian-born Russian comedian and writer, cancer.

9

• Rob Astbury, 69, Australian sports journalist.
• Grete Berget, 63, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children and Family Affairs (1991–1996), cancer.
• Sir Arlington Butler, 79, Bahamian politician.
• Donald S. Coffey, 85, American physician.
• Fred Cole, 69, American singer and musician (The Lollipop Shoppe, Dead Moon), liver disease.
• Tom Coughlan, 83, New Zealand rugby union player (South Canterbury, national team).
• Akbar Eftekhari, 73, Iranian footballer (Persepolis F.C.).
• Robert Gensburg, 78, American lawyer.
• John Hillerman, 84, American actor (Magnum, P.I., Chinatown, Blazing Saddles), Emmy winner (1987).
• Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo, 102, Pakistani writer and scholar.
• Gene Kotlarek, 77, American ski jumper.
• Chuck Mosley, 57, American singer (Faith No More, Bad Brains) and songwriter ("We Care a Lot").
• Chuck Nergard, 88, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1967–1976, 1978–1990).
• Priyan, 53, Indian cinematographer, heart attack.
• Jim Sladky, 70, American figure skater, world championship silver (1970) and bronze medalist (1969, 1971, 1972).
• Eddy Steinblock, 61, German professional wrestler (CWA).
• Shyla Stylez, 35, Canadian pornographic actress.
• Costas Vergopoulos, 75, Greek economist and author, hematoma.
• Hans Vermeulen, 70, Dutch singer and musician (Sandy Coast, Anita Meyer, Stars on 45), winner of Golden Harp.

8

• Antonio Carluccio, 80, Italian chef, restaurateur and television presenter (Two Greedy Italians), fall.
• Cho Chung-kwon, 68, South Korean poet and critic.
• John H. Cushman, 96, American military officer, Commander of the I Corps (1976–1978) and the 101st Airborne Division (1972–1973), stroke.
• Eva Ernström, 56, Swedish Olympic athlete (1984).
• Roger Grenier, 98, French writer and journalist.
• Tim Gudgin, 87, British radio presenter.
• Dennis Hawelka, 30, German eSports player and coach.
• Pat Hutchins, 75, British illustrator, author and actress (Rosie and Jim), cancer.
• Janusz Kłosiński, 96, Polish actor.
• Doug Moseley, 89, American author and politician.
• Wood Moy, 99, American actor (Chan Is Missing, Howard the Duck, Final Analysis).
• Don Prince, 79, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
• Jean-Pierre Pujol, 76, French politician, Deputy for Gers's 1st constituency (2001–2002), Mayor of Nogaro (1989–2008).
• Gilbert Rouget, 101, French ethnomusicologist.
• Josip Weber, 52, Croatian-Belgian footballer (Cercle Brugge, Croatia national team, Belgium national team), cancer.

7

• Wim Brussen, 74, Dutch bandleader.
• Paul Buckmaster, 71, English arranger (Elton John, The Rolling Stones) and composer (12 Monkeys), Grammy winner (2002).
• Debra Chasnoff, 60, American documentary filmmaker (Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment), Oscar winner (1992), breast cancer.
• Robert De Cormier, 95, American composer and conductor (The Belafonte Folk Singers).
• Jane Dudley, 92, American socialite.
• Wendell Eugene, 94, American jazz trombonist.
• Wahome Gakuru, 51, Kenyan politician, traffic collision.
• Pentti Glan, 71, Finnish-Canadian drummer (Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Mandala), lung cancer.
• João Hall Themido, 93, Portuguese diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1971–1981).
• Roy Halladay, 40, American baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies), Cy Young Award winner (2003, 2010), plane crash.
• Brad Harris, 84, American actor and stuntman (Kommissar X, Goliath Against the Giants, The Pirates of the Mississippi).
• Loren Hightower, 89, American dancer.
• Dolores Kendrick, 90, American poet, complications from cancer.
• M. Nannan, 94, Indian educationist.
• Paddles, 1, New Zealand polydactyl cat, co-owned by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, traffic collision.
• Brian Perry, 74, English cricketer (Shropshire).
• Hans-Michael Rehberg, 79, German actor (Schindler's List).
• Michael Ryan, 75, Australian hurdler.
• Carl Sargeant, 49, Welsh politician, AM (since 2003), suicide by hanging.
• Hans Schäfer, 90, German footballer (1. FC Köln, West Germany national team), FIFA World Cup winner (1954).
• Karel Štědrý, 80, Czech singer, actor (If a Thousand Clarinets), screenwriter and presenter.
• Amelia Toledo, 90, Brazilian sculptor and painter.

6

• Roger Becker, 83, British tennis player.
• Jansug Charkviani, 86, Georgian poet and politician, MP (1995–2003), Shota Rustaveli laureate (1984).
• Dave Cloutier, 78, American football player (Boston Patriots).
• Karin Dor, 79, German actress (You Only Live Twice, Topaz, The Spy with Ten Faces).
• Joe Fortunato, 87, American football player (Chicago Bears).
• Marek Frąckowiak, 67, Polish stage and film actor.
• Scott Fredericks, 74, Irish actor (Doctor Who, See No Evil, Triangle).
• Richard F. Gordon Jr., 88, American astronaut (Gemini 11, Apollo 12).
• Günter Hoge, 77, German footballer (1. FC Union Berlin, East Germany national team).
• Murray Koffler, 93, Canadian pharmacist and businessman, founder of Shoppers Drug Mart.
• Jacques Landriault, 96, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hearst (1964–1971) and Timmins (1971–1990).
• Feliciano Rivilla, 81, Spanish footballer (Atlético de Madrid, national team).
• Andrés Sapelak, 97, Polish-born Argentine Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires (1968–1997).
• Rhona Silver, 66, American catering executive, heart attack.
• C. W. Smith, 70, American racing driver.
• Rick Stelmaszek, 69, American baseball player (Texas Rangers) and coach (Minnesota Twins), pancreatic cancer.
• Kasëm Trebeshina, 92, Albanian writer.
• William Weintraub, 91, Canadian journalist, author and filmmaker.

5

• Renzo Calegari, 84, Italian cartoonist (Storia del West), stroke.
• Digger Crown, 20, Swedish racehorse, euthanized.
• Don Eddy, 81, American college basketball coach (UTSA Roadrunners, Eastern Illinois Panthers).
• Robin Esser, 84, British newspaper executive (Sunday Express, Daily Mail).
• Nancy Friday, 84, American author (My Secret Garden, Forbidden Flowers, Women on Top), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Bob Girard, 69, Canadian ice hockey player (Washington Capitals).
• Helen John, 80, British anti-war activist.
• Robert Knight, 72, American R&B singer ("Everlasting Love", "Love on a Mountain Top").
• Mansour bin Muqrin, 43-44, Saudi businessman, Vice Governor of 'Asir (since 2013), helicopter crash.
• Sir Hugh Neill, 96, British businessman and public servant.
• Louis Roney, 96, American opera singer.
• Vera Shlakman, 108, American economist and professor.
• George Edward Tait, 73, American poet.
• Dionatan Teixeira, 25, Brazilian-born Slovak footballer (Košice, Stoke City), heart attack.
• Lothar Thoms, 61, German track cyclist, Olympic champion (1980).

4

• Michael Augustine, 84, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vellore (1981–1992) and Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (1992–2004).
• Cheng Ch'ing-wen, 85, Taiwanese writer, heart attack.
• Isabel Granada, 41, Filipino actress and singer, aneurysm.
• Beryl Grant, 96, Australian community worker.
• Tamara Natalie Madden, 42, Jamaican artist, ovarian cancer.
• João de Matos, 62, Angolan military officer.
• Derek Morgan, 88, English cricketer (Derbyshire).
• Malcolm Scott, 59, Australian football player.
• Dudley Simpson, 95, Australian composer (Doctor Who, Blake's 7) and conductor (Royal Opera House).
• Tallys, 30, Brazilian footballer (Paysandu), traffic collision.
• Anna Diggs Taylor, 84, American federal judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (1979–1998).
• Gene Verble, 89, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
• Regina Yaou, 62, Ivorian writer.

3

• Gaetano Bardini, 91, Italian opera singer, heart disease.
• Trevor Bell, 87, British artist.
• Abdur Rahman Biswas, 91, Bangladeshi politician, President (1991–1996), heart failure.
• Sid Catlett, 69, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).
• Ed Flanagan, 66, American politician, member of the Vermont Senate (2005–2011).
• Ismail Juma, 26, Tanzanian long-distance runner, motorcycle crash.
• Jiří Kormaník, 82, Czechoslovakian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
• Václav Riedlbauch, 70, Czech composer, pedagogue, manager and politician, Minister of Culture (2009–2010).

2

• Francis Allotey, 85, Ghanaian mathematician and professor (KNUST), founding fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.
• Afif Bahnassi, 89, Syrian art historian.
• Costanzo Balleri, 84, Italian football player (Internazionale, Livorno) and manager (Livorno).
• Lady Ursula d'Abo, 100, English socialite.
• John Paul De Cecco, 92, American professor (San Francisco State University), pioneer of sexuality studies.
• Orval H. Hansen, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Idaho's 2nd congressional district (1969–1975), complications from cancer.
• Bob Harper, 72, Australian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1995–1998).
• William Landau, 93, American neurologist, co-namesake of Landau–Kleffner syndrome.
• Sir Michael Latham, 74, British politician, MP for Melton (1974–1983) and Rutland and Melton (1983–1992).
• Sarah Maguire, 60, English poet and translator, breast cancer.
• David Muise, 68, Canadian politician, MLA (1978–1981) and Mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality (1997–2000).
• Paddy Russell, 89, British television director (Doctor Who, Out of the Unknown, The Omega Factor).
• María Martha Serra Lima, 72, Argentine ballad and bolero singer.
• Manlio Simonetti, 91, Italian Biblical scholar.
• Aboubacar Somparé, 73, Guinean politician, President of the National Assembly (2002–2008).
• Joan Tisch, 90, American socialite, heiress to the Loews Corporation.
• Ron Van Horne, 85, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1977–1998).
• Dina Wadia, 98, Indian political figure, pneumonia.
• Bill Wilkerson, 72, American radio newsreader and sports announcer (KMOX, Missouri Tigers, St. Louis football Cardinals).

1

• Brad Bufanda, 34, American actor (Veronica Mars, A Cinderella Story, Co-Ed Confidential), suicide by jumping.
• Ramón Cabrero, 69, Spanish-born Argentine football player and coach (Lanús), stroke.
• Pablo Cedrón, 59, Argentine actor (You Are the One, El Viento).
• Eifion Evans, 86, Welsh church historian.
• Rosemary Lassig, 76, Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1960), complications from Alzheimer’s disease.
• Katie Lee, 98, American folk singer and environmentalist.
• Vladimir Makanin, 80, Russian writer.
• John Mecray, 80, American painter, acute myeloid leukemia.
• Richard P. Mills, 72, American educator, Commissioner of Education of New York (1995–2009), heart attack.
• Paul V. Mullaney, 97, American politician and judge, Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (1963–1965).
• Myron Noodleman, 59, American baseball clown, sinus cancer.
• Yisrael Rosen, 76, Israeli Orthodox rabbi.
• Serhiy Ryzhkov, 59, Ukrainian shipwright and ecologist.
• James Tayoun, 87, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1969–1970).
• Massimo Wilde, 73, Italian politician, Senator (1994–2001).

Earlier months

• Deaths in January 2017
• Deaths in February 2017
• Deaths in March 2017
• Deaths in April 2017

• Deaths in May 2017
• Deaths in June 2017
• Deaths in July 2017
• Deaths in August 2017

• Deaths in September 2017
• Deaths in October 2017

See also

• Deaths in 2016
• 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

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