Deaths in July 2014

The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2014.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

July 2014

31

• Warren Bennis, 89, American educator, scholar and author, President of the University of Cincinnati (1971–1977).
• Nabarun Bhattacharya, 66, Indian author, cancer.
• George W. Collins, 88, American newspaper journalist, editor and radio broadcaster, renal failure.
• Wilfred Feinberg, 94, American judge, member (1966–1991) and Chief Judge (1980–1988) for the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Jim Frederick, 42, American author and magazine editor (Time).
• Shigefumi Fukatsu, 46, Japanese playwright and theatre producer, lung cancer.
• Franciszek Gąsienica Groń, 82, Polish Nordic skier, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 45, Turkish rock singer, heart attack.
• Kenny Ireland, 68, Scottish actor (Benidorm), brain cancer.
• Jorge Jacobson, 78, Argentine journalist and news reader (Telefe Noticias), heart attack.
• King Robbo, English underground graffiti artist, complications from a head injury.
• Mukku Raju, 83, Indian Nandi Award-winning actor (1940 Lo Oka Gramam).
• Velma Smith, 87, American Hall of Fame country guitarist.

30

• Dave Bakenhaster, 69, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Eva Bergdahl, 98, Swedish blogger.
• Martin Copley, 74, British-born Australian conservationist (Australian Wildlife Conservancy).
• Isa Dobles, 83, Venezuelan journalist.
• Robert Drew, 90, American documentary filmmaker (Primary, Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment), natural causes.
• Harun Farocki, 70, German filmmaker.
• Julio Grondona, 82, Argentine football executive, President of AFA (since 1979), Senior Vice-President of FIFA, aortic aneurysm.
• Finn Gundersen, 81, Norwegian footballer (Skeid, Hellas Verona).
• Sir Peter Hall, 82, British urban planner, academic, government adviser, and writer.
• Robert Halmi, Sr., 90, Hungarian-born American Emmy Award-winning producer, founder of Sonar Entertainment, brain aneurysm.
• Alvin Hamilton, 87, Canadian judge, co-chair for the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry.
• Rick Mittleman, 84, American television writer (Bewitched, CHiPs, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Odd Couple), traffic collision.
• Gomolemo Motswaledi, 44, Botswanan politician, traffic collision.
• Shūsei Nakamura, 79, Japanese voice actor (Ashita no Joe, Space Battleship Yamato, Attack No. 1)
• Manfred Roeder, 85, German extreme-right activist and Wehrmacht soldier.
• Dick Smith, 92, American special effects make-up artist (The Godfather, The Exorcist, Amadeus), natural causes.
• Nini Stoltenberg, 51, Norwegian television personality.
• Dick Wagner, 71, American rock guitarist (The Frost, Alice Cooper, Lou Reed) and songwriter ("Only Women Bleed"), lung infection.
• Ahed Zaqout, 49, Palestinian footballer, bombing.

29

• M. Caldwell Butler, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House for Virginia's 6th (1972–1983), Virginia House of Delegates (1962–1971).
• Jon R. Cavaiani, 70, American NCO and prisoner of war, Army Special Forces sergeant major, recipient of the Medal of Honor (1974).
• Giorgio Gaslini, 84, Italian pianist and composer, complications from a fall.
• María Antonia Iglesias, 69, Spanish writer and journalist.
• Hashmat Karzai, Afghan-American policy advisor, security and construction executive, bombing.
• Umar Khan, 39, Sierra Leonean physician, chief virologist in charge of the ebola epidemic, ebola.
• Péter Kiss, 55, Hungarian politician, Minister of Social Affairs (2006–2007), member of the National Assembly (since 1994).
• Jay Maeder, 67, American newspaper columnist and editor (Daily News, The Miami Herald) and comic strip writer (Little Orphan Annie), cancer.
• Sadanam Divakara Marar, 77, Indian percussionist.
• Idris Muhammad, 74, American jazz drummer.
• Tom Patsalis, 92, American track and field athlete.
• Thomas R. St. George, 94, American author, reporter, editor and columnist.
• Michael Zinni, 65, American golfer and coach, lung infection.

28

• Margot Adler, 68, American journalist (NPR), radio broadcaster (Hour of the Wolf, Justice Talking) and author, endometrial cancer.
• Philipp Brammer, 44, German actor, fall.
• Chitti Chanda, 95, Indian freedom fighter, political activist and prisoner.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 77, Mexican writer and scholar.
• Madhukar Dighe, 94, Indian politician, Governor of Meghalaya (1990–1995) and Arunachal Pradesh (1993).
• Željko Đurđić, 52, Serbian handball player (national team).
• Sally Farmiloe, 60, South African-born British actress (Howards' Way), breast cancer.
• Alex Forbes, 89, Scottish footballer (national team), prostate cancer.
• Arturo Goetz, 70, Argentine actor.
• Heinz-Georg Klös, 88, German veterinarian, director of Berlin Zoological Garden.
• Eugene F. Lally, 79, American aerospace engineer.
• Torrin Lawrence, 25, American track and field athlete, traffic collision.
• Yvette Lebon, 103, French actress.
• Alakbar Mammadov, 84, Azerbaijani Soviet football player and manager.
• Paul D. McGowan, 67, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (since 2012), suicide.
• Johnny Rebb, 79, Australian rock and roll singer.
• Arthur Shafman, 75, American theatre producer (Mummenschanz) and manager (Red Skelton, Karen Akers).
• James Shigeta, 85, American actor (Flower Drum Song, Die Hard, Mulan).
• Ed Sprinkle, 90, American football player (Chicago Bears).
• Theodore Van Kirk, 93, American military officer, Army Major, navigator and last surviving crew member on the Enola Gay.
• Monty M. Wyche, 87, American judge.

27

• Eric Anderson, 83, New Zealand rugby union player (national team).
• Sir Richard Bolt, 91, New Zealand military officer, Air Marshal Chief of Staff and Defence Staff Chief.
• G. Raymond Chang, 65, Jamaican-born Canadian financial analyst, Chancellor of Ryerson University (2006–2012).
• Kristina Fetters, 34, American convicted murderer, youngest woman to receive life sentence in United States, breast cancer.
• George Freese, 87, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
• John Harbin, 97, American oil executive and philanthropist, chairman and CEO of Halliburton.
• Sam Hunter, 91, American art historian.
• Sir Robin Ibbs, 88, British banker, Chairman of Lloyds Bank (1993–1997).
• Wallace Jones, 88, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats, Indianapolis Olympians), Olympic champion (1948).
• Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, 107, Japanese-born American Rinzai Zen teacher.
• Francesco Marchisano, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone (since 2003).
• Philip Marshak, 80, American film director and writer (Night Train to Terror).
• Fritz Naef, 80, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1956).
• Christine Oddy, 58, British politician, MEP for Midlands Central (1989–1999), cervical cancer.
• Paul St. Pierre, 90, Canadian journalist, author and politician, MP for Coast Chilcotin (1968–1972).
• Paul Schell, 76, American politician, Mayor of Seattle (1998–2002).
• Wilton Schiller, 95, American television writer and producer (Lassie, The Fugitive, Dragnet).

26

• Oleh Babayev, 48, Ukrainian politician, Mayor of Kremenchuk (since 2010), shot.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 80, French footballer.
• Charles R. Larson, 77, American naval officer, Commanding Admiral of the USPACOM, Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy (1983–1986, 1994–1998), pneumonia.
• Sir Richard MacCormac, 75, British modernist architect, cancer.
• Spiridon Mattar, 93, Lebanese-born Brazilian Melkite Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (1978–1990).
• William Menahan, 78, American politician, member of the Montana House of Representatives (1970–2000), pulmonary fibrosis.
• Majid Nizami, 86, Pakistani newspaper journalist and editor (Nawa-i-Waqt), heart ailment.
• Sergei O. Prokofieff, 60, Russian anthroposophist.
• Edith Ritchie, 104, Scottish centenarian, one half of the world's oldest twins.
• Louise Shivers, 84, American novelist, heart failure.
• Roland Verhavert, 87, Belgian film director (Seagulls Die in the Harbour, The Conscript, Rubens), heart attack.

25

• Pedro Luís António, 93, Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kwito-Bié (1979–1997).
• Sen Arevshatyan, 86, Armenian manuscript scholar, director of the Matenadaran.
• Carlo Bergonzi, 90, Italian operatic tenor.
• Valerie Binney, 75, British politician, Lord Mayor of Bradford (2005–2006), motor neurone disease.
• Cheng Yang-ping, 84, Hong Kong simultaneous interpreter, Chief Interpreter (1972–1986) and Chief Conference Interpreter (1986 – 1987) of the Hong Kong Government.
• UK Ching, 76, Bangladeshi freedom fighter, recipient of Bir Bikrom (1971), stroke.
• David Green, 62, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1979–2005).
• Alan C. Greenberg, 86, American financier, chairman and CEO of Bear Stearns, complications from cancer.
• Çolpan İlhan, 77, Turkish actress, heart attack.
• Bel Kaufman, 103, German-born American teacher and author (Up the Down Staircase).
• Richard Larter, 85, English-born Australian pop artist.
• Jumber Lezhava, 75, Georgian athlete and cyclist explorer, heart problem.
• Manuel Martínez Canales, 86, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao).
• Pete Michell, 43, Australian actor and television presenter, heart attack.
• Ann Middleton, 61, Australian jewellery designer, table tennis player and philanthropist, suicide by jumping.
• Fusao Ōkubo, 92, Japanese writer and editor (Gunzo), duodenal papilla cancer.
• Manny Roth, 96, American nightclub owner (Cafe Wha?), natural causes.
• Zafar Saifullah, 78, Indian civil servant, Minister for Administration (1993–1994), first Muslim to be appointed to Cabinet level position.
• Art Schult, 86, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox).

24

• Jaan Arder, 62, Estonian singer (Apelsin).
• David Broomhead, 64, British mathematician.
• Ik-Hwan Bae, 57, South Korean violinist.
• Ian Rees Davies, 72, British dentist and university administrator, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (2000–2002).
• Bakary Diallo, 37, Malian film director and author, plane crash.
• Christian Falk, 52, Swedish singer and bassist (Imperiet), pancreatic cancer. (death announced on this date)
• [[{{{1}}}]], 79, Dutch footballer (PSV Eindhoven).
• Walt Martin, 69, American sound mixer (Flags of Our Fathers, Mystic River, Jersey Boys), vasculitis.
• Sushilarani Patel, 96, Indian singer, recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2002), heart attack.
• Dale Schlueter, 68, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers), cancer.
• See More Business, 24, Irish thoroughbred, won King George VI Chase (1997, 1999) and Cheltenham Gold Cup (1999).
• Władysław Sidorowicz, 68, Polish politician and political prisoner, Minister of Health (1991), Senator for Wrocław (2005–2011).
• Hans-Hermann Sprado, 58, German journalist and author.
• Yoo Chae-yeong, 40, South Korean singer, stomach cancer.

23

• Dora Bryan, 91, British film, television and stage actress (A Taste of Honey, Last of the Summer Wine).
• Thomas Collins, 86, American newspaper columnist (Newsday), heart failure.
• Helen Johns, 99, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1932).
• Chris L'Hommedieu, 44, American chef (Per Se), appendix cancer.
• Don Lanier, 78, American songwriter.
• Norman Leyden, 96, American conductor, composer and musician.
• Paul Longpre, 97, American krewe leader (Mardi Gras Indians).
• Mernat Mafirakurewa, 33, Zimbabwean newspaper editor (NewsDay, The Chronicle), traffic collision.
• Hassan Moustafa, 79, Cypriot goatherder, inspiration for Akamas.
• Mohan Nadkarni, 91, Indian musicologist (The Times of India), chest infection.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 79, Romanian-French writer.
• Elizabeth Shaw, 90, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1967–1973) and Senate (1973–1979).
• Ariano Suassuna, 87, Brazilian writer, cardiac arrest as a complication from a stroke.
• Haris Suleman, 17, American pilot, plane crash.
• Jordan Tabor, 23, English footballer (Cheltenham).
• Bill Thompson, 82, American television host (The Wallace and Ladmo Show).
• Yuri Vasiliev, 65, Russian footballer (FC Salyut Belgorod).
• Frank Vaughan, 96, Australian Catholic priest and rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs).
• Saado Ali Warsame, Somali singer-songwriter and politician, MP, shot.
• Joseph Wood, 55, American murderer, subject of botched execution, lethal injection.
• Yeh Ken-chuang, 83, Taiwanese master carpenter, plane crash.

22

• John Blundell, 61, British economist and policy adviser, Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs.
• Johann Breyer, 89, German-American suspected war criminal.
• Betty Jo Charlton, 91, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1980–1994).
• Glenn Jowitt, c. 59, New Zealand photographer.
• Louis Lentin, 80, Irish theatre, film and television director.
• Robert Newhouse, 64, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), heart disease.
• Nitzan Shirazi, 43, Israeli football player and manager, cancer.
• Anatoly Solin, 75, Russian animator and cartoon director.
• Bill Stephenson, 85, Canadian Hall of Fame sports broadcaster (BC Lions, Toronto Argonauts, CTV), cancer.
• Morris Stevenson, 71, Scottish footballer (Morton).

21

• Dan Borislow, 52, American telecommunications executive, inventor of magicJack, heart attack.
• John M. Coyne, 97, American politician, Mayor of Brooklyn, Ohio (1948–1999).
• Lettice Curtis, 99, British WWII military pilot and test engineer, first woman to qualify in a four engine bomber.
• Robert William Donnelly, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1984–2006).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 70, Turkish pianist, leukemia.
• Stewart Hillis, 70, Scottish physician and football medical advisor (FIFA, national team).
• Harald Hove, 65, Norwegian politician.
• Margaret Iaquinto, 69, American-born Australian amateur radio enthusiast.
• Hans-Peter Kaul, 70, German judge, member of the International Criminal Court.
• Rilwanu Lukman, 75, Nigerian oil executive, Minister of Oil and OPEC, Director of the NNPC.
• Tommy Mundon, 80, British comedian, Parkinson's disease.
• Mike Parkhurst, 81, American trucking magazine publisher, heart attack.
• William Schoen, 94, American violist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), complications from a stroke.
• Kevin Skinner, 86, New Zealand rugby union player (national team).
• Richard Stanbury, 91, Canadian politician, President of the Liberal Party of Canada (1968–1973).
• Tareq Suheimat, 77, Jordanian physician, military officer and politician.
• Gene Walker, 76, American jazz and rock saxophonist.

20

• Álex Angulo, 61, Spanish Basque actor (Pan's Labyrinth, El día de la bestia), traffic collision.
• Victor G. Atiyeh, 91, American politician, Governor of Oregon (1979–1987), member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1959–1964) and Senate (1965–1978), renal failure.
• Gino Camilleri, 64, Maltese Olympic sport official and judge. (death announced on this date)
• Wally Delahey, 81, Canadian football coach (Waterloo Warriors), complications from a fall.
• Kadhal Dhandapani, 71, Indian actor (Kaadhal), cardiac arrest.
• Ray DiPierro, 87, American football player (Green Bay Packers), complications of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
• Herlyn Espinal, 31, Honduran journalist, shot.
• Rod Franks, 58, British trumpeter (London Symphony Orchestra), traffic collision.
• Kazuo Ichiriki, 88, Japanese sumo executive, Chairman of Yokozuna Deliberation Council (1999–2001).
• Farah Jahanzeb, 45, Pakistani chef and television personality, breast cancer.
• Sam Koch, 59, American soccer coach (Massachusetts Minutemen), sinus cancer.
• Constantin Lucaci, 91, Romanian contemporary sculptor.
• Robert May, 87, American hockey coach (North Dakota Fighting Sioux), NCAA Championship (1959), pulmonary fibrosis.
• Bob McNamara, 82, American CFL (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) and AFL (Denver Broncos) football player.
• Tony Palmer, 50s, British Episcopalian prelate, traffic collision.
• Robert Panara, 94, American deaf advocate, academic and policy adviser, founder of the NTID, natural causes.
• Lynda Patterson, 40, Northern Irish-born New Zealand Anglican priest, Dean of ChristChurch Cathedral (since 2013), natural causes.
• Richard Pickens, 67, American football player (Tennessee Volunteers), complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and dementia.
• Berl Priebe, 96, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1968–1972) and Senate (1972–1996).
• George Riddle, 78, American country musician (George Jones) and songwriter.
• Panna Rittikrai, 53, Thai martial arts choreographer, actor and film director, complications from multiple organ failure.
• Yevgeny Samoteykin, 85, Russian Soviet diplomat, Ambassador to Australia (1983–1990).
• Klaus Schmidt, 61, German archaeologist (Göbekli Tepe), heart attack.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 83, German radio broadcaster and television personality.
• Boswell Williams, 88, Saint Lucian politician, Governor General (1980–1982), MLA for Vieux Fort Quarter (1974–1979).

19

• Rubem Alves, 80, Brazilian writer, philosopher and theologian, multiple organ failure due to pneumonia.
• Madeline Amgott, 92, American television producer (60 Minutes), lymphoma.
• Skye McCole Bartusiak, 21, American actress (The Patriot).
• Bud Breeding, 92, American Hall of Fame quarter horse breeder and official.
• Bob Chase, 95, American experimental artist and sculptor.
• David Easton, 97, Canadian political scientist.
• John Fasano, 52, American screenwriter (Another 48 Hrs.), director (Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare) and weapons expert.
• Lionel Ferbos, 103, American jazz trumpeter.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 92, German political scientist.
• Paul M. Fleiss, 80, American pediatrician.
• Jim Fulghum, 70, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, esophageal cancer.
• James Garner, 86, American Hall of Fame actor (Maverick, The Rockford Files, Murphy's Romance), heart attack.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 94, Chilean lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice (1972–1973).
• Ray King, 89, English footballer (Port Vale, Newcastle United), complications from a fall.
• Peter Marquardt, 50, American film (El Mariachi) and video game (Deus Ex) actor.
• Chris Miklos, 40, American bear model, suspected heart attack.
• Petar Nikezić, 64, Serbian footballer (Vojvodina).
• Yehuda Nir, 84, Polish-born Israeli-American psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor (The Lost Childhood).
• Norberto Odebrecht, 93, Brazilian engineer, founder of Odebrecht and the Odebrecht Foundation, cardiac complications.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 78, Swedish journalist and news reporter (Rapport).
• Bar Rahav, 21, Israeli water polo player (national team), explosion.
• Sundaram Sankaran, 87, Indian journalist (World Bank, Business Standard, The Economic Times).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 78, Czech actor.
• Gifford Walsh, Dominican cricket player (West Indies) and official, traffic collision.
• John Winkin, 94, American baseball coach (Maine Black Bears), complications from a stroke.

18

• Donald Arden, 98, English Anglican prelate, Archbishop of Central Africa, Bishop of Nyasaland-Malawi.
• Andreas Biermann, 33, German footballer, suicide.
• Manouchehr Darafsheh, 74, Iranian children's author and illustrator, heart attack.
• Tony Dean, 65, British rugby league player (Hull F.C.), cancer.
• James Govan, 64, American singer.
• Gankurō Ōtaya, 60, Japanese entertainer, intracranial hemorrhage.
• Jure Pelivan, 85, Bosnian politician, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1990–1992).
• João Ubaldo Ribeiro, 73, Brazilian writer, pulmonary embolism.
• Augie Rodriguez, 86, American dancer, popularized the Mambo.
• Makoto Sakuma, 79, Japanese Self-Defense Forces official, heart attack.
• Sir Nicholas Scheele, 70, British automotive manufacturing executive, President and CEO of Jaguar Cars (1992–1999) and Ford Motor Company (2001–2005).
• Dietmar Schönherr, 88, Austrian actor and entertainer.
• James Seawright, 52, American football player (South Carolina Gamecocks), cancer.
• Bob Torrance, 82, Scottish golf coach (Pádraig Harrington), cancer.
• John Wall, 70, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives.

17

• Ross Burden, 45, New Zealand celebrity chef (MasterChef, Ready Steady Cook, MasterChef New Zealand), infection from bone marrow transplant.
• Stratford Caldecott, 60, British Catholic theologian, writer and J.R.R. Tolkien scholar, pancreatic cancer.
• J. T. Edson, 86, English novelist.
• Henry Hartsfield, 80, American NASA astronaut and test pilot (Columbia), commander for Discovery and Challenger missions, complications from back surgery.
• Jack Lewis, Baron Lewis of Newnham, 86, British politician, educator and chemist, first Warden for Robinson College.
• Art Lurie, 96, American boxing judge and referee, chairman of the Nevada Athletic Commission, cancer.
• John Melvin, American engineer, academic and racing safety expert (NASCAR).
• Bill Mulliken, 74, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1960).
• Brendan Munnerlyn, 24, American football player, traffic collision.
• Jim Myers, 92, American football coach (Iowa State Cyclones, Texas A&M Aggies).
• Richard Nichols, 55, American band manager (The Roots), leukemia.
• Otto Piene, 86, German color abstract artist, sculptor and academic (MIT), co-founder of Group Zero.
• Andries P Putter, 78, South African naval officer, chief of the Navy, kidney failure.
• J. Sasikumar, 85, Indian filmmaker and director (Kudumbini, Thommante Makkal).
• Elaine Stritch, 89, American actress, Tony Award (Elaine Stritch at Liberty) and Emmy Award winner (Law & Order (1993), Elaine Stritch at Liberty (2004), 30 Rock (2007)).
• John Walton, 62, Australian actor (The Young Doctors). (death announced on this date)

• Notable people killed in the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17:
  • Liam Davison, 56, Australian author.
  • [[{{{1}}}]], 32, Dutch lobbyist and politician.
  • Joep Lange, 59, Dutch physician, President of the International AIDS Society (2002–2004).
  • Shuba Jay, 38, Malaysian television and theatre actress.
  • Willem Witteveen, 62, Dutch politician and legal scholar, member of the Senate (1999–2007, since 2013).

16

• Julio Abbadie, 83, Uruguayan footballer.
• Karl Albrecht, 94, German billionaire grocery executive, co-founder of Aldi.
• Peter Anderson, 67, American politician, civil protester and immigration activist, founder and secretary-general of the Conch Republic, lung cancer.
• Harriet Barber, 46, English figurative painter, breast cancer.
• Hans Funck, 61, German film editor (Das Experiment, Downfall, Sophie Scholl – The Final Days), asthma attack.
• Cashmere Jackson, 26, American boxer, traffic collision.
• Joe Kastelic, 81, Canadian hockey player (Muskegon Mohawks).
• Paul MacLeod, 71, American tourist attraction owner (Graceland Too).
• Burkhardt Öller, 71, German footballer (Eintracht Braunschweig, Hannover 96). (death announced on this date)
• Abdukadir Osman, Somali writer.
• Mary Ellen Otremba, 63, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1997–2010).
• Frank A. Salvatore, 92, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1973–1984, 1985–2000).
• Szymon Szurmiej, 91, Polish actor and theatre manager (Jewish Theatre, Warsaw).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 84, German theatre director (Berliner Ensemble).
• Johnny Winter, 70, American Hall of Fame blues guitarist, singer (Nothin' but the Blues) and triple Grammy Award-winning producer (1978–1980).
• Heinz Zemanek, 94, Austrian pioneering computer engineer.

15

• Óscar Acosta, 81, Honduran author, diplomat and poet, Ambassador to Spain, Italy and the Holy See.
• Aqeel Ahmed, 80, Indian Agra gharana vocalist and musician.
• Adhu Awiti, Kenyan politician, Minister of Planning (2001–2002), MP for Karachuonyo (1997–2007), cancer.
• Edda Buding, 77, German tennis player, Olympic champion (1968).
• James MacGregor Burns, 95, American historian (Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom) and political scientist, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize (1971).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 73, Argentine actress.
• Sulekha Hussain, 85, Indian Urdu novelist.
• Faruk Ilgaz, 92, Turkish football administrator, chairman of Fenerbahçe S.K..
• Tom Jones, 90, American athletic director and football coach (Troy Trojans).
• Erosi Kitsmarishvili, 49, Georgian diplomat, Ambassador to Russia (2008), suspected suicide. (body discovered on this date)
• Saúl Lara, 32, Spanish footballer, colon cancer.
• John Milne, 72, Scottish broadcaster (BBC Scotland). (death announced on this date)
• Pietro Giacomo Nonis, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vicenza (1988–2003).
• Gerallt Lloyd Owen, 69, Welsh poet.
• Rudolf Rauer, 64, German Olympic handball player (1976).
• Robert A. Roe, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for New Jersey's 8th district (1969–1993).
• Peter Scanlon, 50, New Zealand physician, environmental activist against use of sodium fluoroacetate in forests, cancer.
• Madhukar Singh, 87, Indian writer.
• Earl Warren, Jr., 70, American newspaper photographer (Tallahassee Democrat).

14

• Alice Coachman, 90, American high jumper, first black woman to become Olympic champion (1948).
• Yūsuke Fukada, 82, Japanese writer (Naoki Prize), pneumonia.
• Priya Haji, 44, American financier, CEO of Saveup, pulmonary embolism.
• Alistair Hanna, 69, Northern Irish managerial consulting executive, cancer.
• Martin Richard Hoffmann, 82, American public servant, Secretary of the Army (1975–1977).
• Brian Innes, 86, British author, publisher and musician (The Temperance Seven).
• Gavin Jones, 47, Australian media executive, founder of the Deadly Awards.
• Guillermo Leaden, 100, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (1975–1992).
• Gary Lee, 63, American motorsports broadcaster (Saturday Night Thunder), heart attack. (body discovered on this date)
• Vange Leonel, 51, Brazilian singer, writer, feminist and LGBT activist, ovarian cancer.
• Josh Liavaa, 65, Tongan-born New Zealand rugby league player (national team), shot.
• George McCague, 84, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Dufferin-Simcoe (1975–1987) and Simcoe West (1987–1990), leukemia.
• Sir Jimmy McGregor, 90, British colonial politician, member of the Hong Kong Executive Council (1995–1997) and Legislative Council (1988–1995).
• John Victor Parker, 85, American judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Middle Louisiana (1979–2014).
• Antonio Riva Palacio, 88, Mexican politician, Governor of Morelos (1988–1994).
• Tom Rolf, 82, Swedish-born American film editor (Taxi Driver, The Right Stuff), complications from hip surgery.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 42, Belarusian footballer.
• Horacio Troche, 79, Uruguayan footballer (national team).
• Jack Tocco, 87, American mafioso, head of the Detroit Partnership, suspect in the Jimmy Hoffa disappearance, natural causes.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 82, Argentine actor.
• Vintage Crop, 27, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, won Melbourne Cup (1993). (death announced on this date)
• Vasile Zavoda, 84, Romanian footballer.

13

• Thomas Berger, 89, American novelist (Little Big Man).
• Geoffrey Blackburn, 99, Australian Baptist minister.
• Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, 75, Irish hereditary peer.
• Con Devitt, 86, Scottish-born New Zealand trade unionist.
• Nadine Gordimer, 90, South African writer (The Conservationist, Burger's Daughter, July's People) and anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (1991).
• Giriraj Kishore, 94, Indian Hindu political activist.
• Werner Lueg, 82, German Olympic middle distance runner (1952).
• Lorin Maazel, 84, American conductor, violinist, composer and music director (NY Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Vienna State Opera), complications of pneumonia.
• Judith McCulloh, 78, American folklorist and editor (University of Illinois Press).
• Cledan Mears, 91, Welsh Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bangor (1982–1992).
• Jan Nolten, 84, Dutch racing cyclist, brain hemorrhage.
• Peter Sainsbury, 80, English cricketer (Hampshire).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 72, German actor, leukemia.
• Jim Richard Wilson, 61, American abstract artist and gallery curator, cancer.

12

• Jamil Ahmad, 83, Pakistani author, heart attack.
• Nestor Basterretxea, 90, Spanish Basque artist.
• Emil Bobu, 87, Romanian communist activist and politician, Interior Minister (1973–1975), Labor Minister (1979–1981), heart attack.
• Chris de Broglio, 84, South African weightlifter and anti-apartheid activist.
• Alberto Cassano, 79, Argentine engineer and academic.
• Sir Les Elton, 67, British local government officer, Chief Executive of Gateshead Council, cancer.
• Alfred de Grazia, 94, American political scientist and author.
• Kenneth J. Gray, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Illinois (1955–1974, 1985–1989), heart attack.
• Zoia Horn, 96, American librarian and intellectual freedom advocate.
• Red Klotz, 93, American basketball player (Baltimore Bullets) and coach (Washington Generals).
• Bill Koski, 82, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Hullad Moradabadi, 72, Indian Hindi language poet, cardiac arrest.
• Valeriya Novodvorskaya, 64, Soviet Russian politician and dissident, septic shock.
• Jehangir Pocha, 45, Indian journalist, editor (Businessworld) and media executive (NewsX), cardiac arrest.
• Charles P. Smith, 88, American politician, Wisconsin State Treasurer (1971–1991).
• Albert Stunkard, 92, American physician and medical researcher, pioneer in eating disorders and obesity, pneumonia.
• Rod Taylor, 70, American skier (national team), owner of Woodbury Ski Area.
• Tome Tierney, 85, American paper doll artist and designer, lung cancer.
• Barbara Turf, 71, American home furnishing executive, CEO of Crate & Barrel (2008–2012), pancreatic cancer.
• Tommy Valentine, 64, American golfer, cancer.

11

• R. Perry Beaver, 75, American Muscogee politician, Principal Chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (1995–2003).
• Sir Howard Cooke, 98, Jamaican politician, Governor-General (1991–2006), MP (WIF) (1958–1962) and MP for St James (1962–1980), Senate President (1989–1993).
• Bill Drake, 73, American radio personality (WSPA, WOLT), complications from esophageal cancer surgery.
• Jean-Louis Gauthier, 58, French racing cyclist, heart attack.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 56, Mexican writer, cancer.
• Charlie Haden, 76, American jazz bassist and bandleader, three-time Grammy Award winner (Nocturne, Land of the Sun, The Shape of Jazz to Come), post-polio syndrome.
• Eilene Hannan, 67, Australian opera singer, cervical cancer.
• Ray Lonnen, 74, British actor (Harry's Game, The Sandbaggers, Z-Cars), cancer.
• Kodali Kamalamma, 100, Indian freedom fighter, political activist and prisoner, involved in the Salt March.
• Carin Mannheimer, 79, Swedish author and screenwriter, cancer.
• Bill McGill, 74, American basketball player (Chicago Zephyrs, New York Knicks).
• Diarmaid Ó Muirithe, 78, Irish columnist (The Irish Times).
• Ron Oestrike, 82, American baseball coach (Eastern Michigan Eagles), NAIA Champion (1970), namesake for Oestrike Stadium.
• Tommy Ramone, 65, Hungarian-born American Hall of Fame record producer and drummer (The Ramones), bile duct cancer.
• John Seigenthaler, 86, American newspaper journalist and editor (The Tennessean, USA Today), editor for team that won Pulitzer Prize (1962).
• Randall Stout, 56, American architect, renal cell carcinoma.

10

• José Manuel Abdalá, 57, Mexican journalist and politician, MP for Tamaulipas (2003–2006), colon cancer.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 61, French writer.
• Robert C. Broomfield, 81, American judge, member (since 1985) and Chief Judge (1994–1999) of the U.S. District Court of Arizona, member of the FISC (2002–2009), cancer.
• Juby Bustamante, 76, Spanish writer and journalist, cancer.
• John R. Driscoll, 90, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1975–1992).
• Curt Gentry, 83, American author (Helter Skelter), lung cancer.
• Paul Gibson Jr., 86, American airline executive (American Airlines), Deputy Mayor of New York City (1974–1977).
• Douglas Goodfellow, 97, New Zealand dairy executive and philanthropist.
• Chris Grier, American musician (To Live and Shave in L.A.) and journalist, cardiac arrest.
• Flor Hayes, 70, Irish Gaelic footballer (Cork). (death announced on this date)
• On Kawara, 81, Japanese conceptual artist.
• Juozas Kazickas, 96, Lithuanian billionaire philanthropist, financier, natural resources and telecommunications executive, founder of Omnitel.
• Paul G. Risser, 74, American educator and ecologist, President of Oregon State University (1996–2002) and Miami University (1993–1996).
• Matthew Rollins, 77, Scottish inventor.
• Bruce Saurs, 88, American sports franchise executive, owner of the Peoria Rivermen.
• Gloria Schweigerdt, 80, American baseball player (Chicago Colleens, Battle Creek Belles).
• Zohra Sehgal, 102, Indian actress (Bend It Like Beckham, The Mistress of Spices, Doctor Who) and choreographer, heart failure.
• Abdul Ahad Vakil, 80, Indian politician, MP for Baramulla (1977–1980), Jammu and Kashmir Speaker and MLA for Sopore, multiple organ failure.
• Salleh Yaakob, 63, Malaysian politician, Kedah MLA for Bayu.

9

• Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín, 87, Paraguayan composer and violinist, heart attack.
• Bamidele Aturu, 49, Nigerian human rights activist and lawyer.
• David Azrieli, 92, Polish-born Canadian-Israeli billionaire real estate and finance executive.
• Buba Baldeh, Gambian politician, journalist and editor, Minister of Youth and Sports, MP for Basse (1982–1985) and Jimara (1987–1994), MD of The Daily Observer.
• Julio Bernad, 85, Spanish footballer (Real Zaragoza).
• Bjørn Bruland, 87, Norwegian politician and naval officer, President of the NRC (1987–1993), chairman of the NUWC.
• Tom Bulla, 75, American bank executive and civil servant, West Virginia Commerce Secretary (2005–2007), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• John Cloake, 89, British diplomat, Ambassador to Bulgaria (1986–1990).
• Eileen Ford, 92, American model agency executive, co-founder of Ford Models, complications from meningioma and osteoporosis.
• Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani, 86, Iranian judge and politician.
• Ahmed Sheikh Jama, Somali politician and poet.
• Don Lenhardt, 91, American baseball player and coach (St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox).
• Li Haihua, 56, Chinese politician, Hubei MLA for Xiaogan, fall.
• Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes, 63, Brazilian geologist and mineral dealer.
• Robert Methuen, 7th Baron Methuen, 82, British peer and politician.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 75, Spanish trade union leader and politician.
• Yuzuru Ninagawa, 89, Japanese scholar of French literature, pneumonia.
• Ken Simpson, 76, Australian ornithologist and writer (Field Guide to the Birds of Australia).
• John Spinks, 60, British guitarist, singer and songwriter (The Outfield), liver cancer.
• Ralph C. Thompson, 67, Canadian judge, member (1985–2005) and Chief Justice (1985–1990, 1995–2000) of the Provincial Court of PEI, cancer.
• Ken Thorne, 90, British television and film score composer (Superman II, Help!), Academy Award winner (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum).

8

• Bruce J. Brigham, 63, American interior designer, President of the ASID (2009), cerebellar ataxia.
• Maurice Campbell, 94, Canadian curler. (death announced on this date)
• Maxine Cochran, 87, Canadian politician, Nova Scotia Minister of Transport (1985–1988) and MLA for Lunenburg (1984–1988).
• Tom Collings, 75, British-born Canadian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Keewatin (1991–1996).
• Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, 83, Brazilian jurist and politician, bone cancer.
• John V. Evans, 89, American politician, Governor of Idaho (1977–1987).
• Cynthia Fehr, 85, American watercolor artist, natural causes.
• Richard Hewes, 87, American politician, member (1966–1978) and Speaker (1972–1974) of the Maine House of Representatives and Senate (1978–1980), Parkinson's disease.
• John Hoover, 51, American baseball player (Texas Rangers, Fresno State Bulldogs).
• Hank LoConti, 85, American rock and roll music venue owner and founder (The Agora).
• Fred Martinez, 60, Belizean politician and diplomat, Minister of Trade (1997–1998), Senator (1984–1989, 1997–1998), Ambassador to Mexico and Guatemala.
• Sonny Miller, 53, American filmmaker, photographer and surfer, heart attack.
• Malojirao Sadashivrao Mogal, 88, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA for Niphad (1980–1995).
• Nosipho Ntwanambi, 54, South African politician, women's and human rights activist, MP (2008–2014), first female Chief Whip of the National Council of Provinces.
• Ben Pangelinan, 58, American Guamanian politician, member (since 1994) and Speaker (2003–2005) of the Legislature of Guam, cancer.
• Mario J. Rossetti, 78, American judge, member of the New York Supreme Court and New York Court of Claims (1987–2006).
• Howard Siler, 69, American Olympic bobsledder and coach (1980).
• Tom Veryzer, 61, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs), stroke.

7

• Aureo Alonzo, 86, Filipino fashion designer, pneumonia.
• Vicenç Badalona Ballestar, 85, Spanish figurative artist and author.
• Horst Bollmann, 89, German actor.
• Mario Coyula Cowley, 79, Cuban architect, cancer.
• Alfredo Di Stéfano, 88, Argentine-born Spanish football player and coach (Real Madrid), complications from a heart attack.
• Aaron Fussell, 91, American politician and educator, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1978–1994).
• Francisco Gabica, 76, Spanish cyclist, winner of the Vuelta a España (1966), complications during heart surgery.
• Lars Gårding, 94, Swedish mathematician.
• Bertil Haase, 91, Swedish modern pentathlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).
• Lois Johnson, 72, American country music singer.
• Jon Pyong-ho, 88, North Korean military officer, general and secretary in charge of nuclear weapons and arms development, heart attack.
• Dick Jones, 87, American actor (Pinocchio, Buffalo Bill, Jr.).
• Lammtarra, 22, British racehorse, Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt (1995), won Epsom Derby, KG VI and QE Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, euthanized.
• Denis Lyons, 78, Irish politician, TD for Cork North Central (1981–1992).
• Sheila K. McCullagh, 93, English author.
• Elva McPherson, 96, Australian wool industry promoter.
• Howard Plumb, 42, British Olympic windsurfer (1996), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
• Ramparvesh Rai, 50, Indian politician, Bihar MLA for Chhapra (2004–2005, 2005–2010), multiple organ failure.
• Donald Ross, 91, South African-born British surgeon.
• Stanley Julian Roszkowski, 91, American judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois (1977–1998).
• Michael Scudamore, 81, British jockey, winner of the Grand National and Cheltenham Gold Cup, cancer.
• Mohamed Shangole, 83, Somali footballer (national team).
• Eduard Shevardnadze, 86, Soviet Georgian politician and diplomat, President (1992–2003), Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (1985–1990, 1991).
• Anthony Smith, 88, British explorer, balloonist and television presenter.
• Bora Todorović, 83, Yugoslav-born Serbian actor (Who's Singin' Over There?, Underground, Balkan Express), complications from a stroke.
• Peter Underwood, 76, Australian jurist, Governor of Tasmania (since 2008), member and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, complications from a kidney tumour.
• Peter Wege, 94, American furniture executive (Steelcase), environmentalist and philanthropist.

6

• Granville Austin, 87, American historian and academic, leading authority on the Constitution of India, recipient of Padma Shri (2011).
• Herbert Berman, 80, American politician, member of the New York City Council (1975–2001).
• Dave Bickers, 76, British motorcross racer and movie stuntman (Octopussy, Escape to Athena), stroke.
• Castro, 32, Ghanaian musician. (reported missing on this date)
• Benedito de Assis da Silva, 61, Brazilian footballer (Fluminense), multiple organ failure.
• Alan J. Dixon, 86, American politician, U.S. Senator for Illinois (1981–1993), Illinois Treasurer (1971–1977) and Secretary of State (1977–1981).
• S. D. Gunadasa, 82, Sri Lankan clothing manufacturer.
• Gene Hodges, 77, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1972–1988).
• Peter Kearns, 77, English footballer.
• Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Santo Ângelo (1973–2004), multiple organ failure.
• Dave Legeno, 50, British actor (Harry Potter film series), heat stroke. (body discovered on this date)
• Andrew Mango, 88, Turkish-born British journalist (BBC) and biographer (Mustafa Kemal Atatürk).
• Albert McDonald, 83, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1974–1982).
• Carleton Opgaard, 85, American educator.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 75, Argentine muralist, optical artist and sculptor, complications from a bacterial blood infection.
• James Clinton Turk, 91, American judge, member (since 1972) and Chief Judge (1973–1993) of the U.S. District Court for Western Virginia.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 92, Argentine politician, Governor of Mendoza (1958–1961).
• Martin Van Geneugden, 82, Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

5

• Sharifah Aini, 61, Malaysian singer, complications from pulmonary fibrosis.
• Noel Black, 77, American film and television director, writer and producer (Skaterdater, Pretty Poison, Private School).
• John Bone, 83, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Reading (1989–1996).
• Pedro DeBrito, 55, Cape Verdean-born American soccer player, traffic collision.
• Elenor Gordon, 80, Scottish Hall of Fame swimmer, first Scottish Commonwealth Games gold medalist.
• Robert Jeangerard, 81, American Olympic champion basketball player (1956), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• John Jobst, 94, German-born Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Broome (1959–1995).
• Elsbeth Juda, 103, German-born British photographer.
• Peter Robert Marler, 86, British-born American neurobiologist, pneumonia.
• Rosemary Murphy, 89, American actress (That Night, To Kill a Mockingbird, Mighty Aphrodite), Emmy Award winner (Eleanor and Franklin), esophageal cancer.
• Peter Nydrle, 59, American commercial and music video director.
• Volodymyr Sabodan, 78, Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch, head of the UOC-MP (since 1992), internal bleeding.
• Kathy Stobart, 89, British jazz saxophonist.
• Gugi Waaka, 76, New Zealand Māori musician, heart problem.
• Hans-Ulrich Wehler, 82, German historian.
• Brett Wiesner, 31, American soccer player, drowning.
• Brian Wood, 73, English footballer, dementia and Parkinson's disease.
• Don Wright, 84, American Gwich'in politician, President of the Alaska Federation of Natives (1970–1972), involved in negotiations for the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
• Wilbur Young, 65, American football player.

4

• Alan Alan, 87, British escapologist and magician.
• Paul Apted, 47, British sound editor (The Book Thief, The Wolverine, The Fault in Our Stars), colon cancer.
• Val Biro, 92, Hungarian-born English children's author, artist and illustrator.
• Benoît Duquesne, 56, French journalist and news anchor, heart attack.
• Giorgio Faletti, 63, Italian author, actor and singer, lung cancer.
• Myer Fredman, 82, British-Australian conductor.
• Torill Thorstad Hauger, 71, Norwegian author, children's writer and illustrator, winner of the Dobloug Prize (1991).
• C. J. Henderson, 62, American horror and crime author, cancer.
• Carmen Hornillos, 52, Spanish journalist and television presenter, cancer.
• Arpad Joó, 65, Hungarian conductor.
• Li Fook-wo, 97, Hong Kong politician and banker (Bank of East Asia).
• Joas Magolego, 42, South African footballer (national team).
• Otto Nes, 94, Norwegian broadcasting personality and programme director.
• Earl Robinson, 77, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles) and basketball player (California Golden Bears), heart failure.
• Richard Mellon Scaife, 82, American billionaire philanthropist, newspaper publisher (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) and political activist, cancer.
• Harold Ivory Williams, 93, American prelate, Bishop of Mt. Calvary Holy Churches of America.
• Archibald Wilson, 93, Rhodesian-born Australian fighter pilot, flew for the Royal Air Force during World War II.

3

• Elizabeth Millicent Chilver, 99, British academic administrator, Principal of Bedford College, London (1964–1971) and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (1971–1979).
• Peter Dawkins, 68, New Zealand-born Australian record producer (Dragon, Australian Crawl, Air Supply) and musician, injuries from a fall.
• Jini Dellaccio, 97, American photographer.
• Ross Doyen, 87, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1959–1968) and Senate (1969–1992).
• Ronald A. Edwards, 91, South African military commander, Chief of the Navy (1980–1982).
• Tim Flood, 87, Irish hurler (Wexford).
• Rose Folder, 88, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets).
• Guy Gaucher, 84, French Roman Catholic prelate and theologian, Bishop of Meaux (1986–1987), Auxiliary Bishop of Bayeux (1987–2005).
• Volkmar Groß, 66, German footballer.
• Mohamed Mohamud Hayd, Somali politician and military officer, Minister of Education and Environment, MP, admiral, shot.
• Ramai Hayward, 97, New Zealand actress and filmmaker.
• Annik Honoré, 56, Belgian music journalist and promoter, portrayed in Control.
• David Jones, 79, English footballer (Swansea City, Yeovil Town).
• Ira Ruskin, 70, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (2004–2010), Mayor of Redwood City (1999–2001), complications from a brain tumor.
• Don Saltsman, 80, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1980–1996).
• Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, 89, Ukrainian-born American rabbi.
• Peter Whelan, 82, British playwright (The Herbal Bed, The Accrington Pals).

2

• Emilio Álvarez Montalván, 94, Nicaraguan ophthalmologist, Foreign Minister (1997–1998), heart attack.
• Errie Ball, 103, Welsh-born American golfer, oldest PGA member, last living player from inaugural Masters Tournament, natural causes.
• Chad Brown, 52, American professional poker player and actor, liposarcoma.
• Manuel Cardona, 79, Spanish physicist.
• Wayne K. Curry, 63, American politician, county executive for Prince George's County, Maryland (1994–2002), lung cancer.
• Lorraine Elliott, 70, Australian politician, Victoria MLA for Mooroolbark (1992–2002), complications from breast cancer.
• Mervyn Finlay, 89, Australian judge and rower, Olympic bronze medalist (1952), member of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (1984–2004).
• Vincent Graber, 83, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1974–1992), cancer.
• Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe, 99, British aristocrat.
• Harold W. Kuhn, 88, American mathematician.
• Enrique Labo Revoredo, 75, Peruvian football referee.
• Ridwan Laher Nytagodien, 50, South African political scientist.
• Leo Wardrup, 77, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1992–2007).
• Louis Zamperini, 97, American Olympic long distance runner (1936), military officer, prisoner of war, subject of Unbroken, pneumonia.

1

• Umaru Dikko, 79, Nigerian politician, Minister of Transportation (1979–1983), multiple strokes.
• Jean Garon, 76, Canadian Quebecois politician, Minister of Agriculture (1976–1985) and Education (1994–1996), MNA (1976–1998) and Mayor (1998–2005) of Lévis.
• Stephen Gaskin, 79, American counterculture figure, peace activist and commune founder (The Farm).
• Bob Jones, 59, British politician, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (since 2012).
• Anatoly Kornukov, 72, Soviet-born Russian military officer, commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force (1998–2002), ordered KAL 007 to be shot down.
• Graeme McMahon, 74, Australian AFL football executive, Chairman of Essendon (1996–2003), pancreatic cancer.
• Walter Dean Myers, 76, American children's writer (Fallen Angels, Monster), winner of the Margaret Edwards Award (1994) and Michael L. Printz Award (2000).
• Kipng'eno Arap Ng'eny, 66, Kenyan politician and telecommunications executive, Minister of Water, MP for Ainamoi (1997–2002), Managing Director of KPTC (1979–1993).
• Frederick I. Ordway III, 87, American space scientist.
• Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, 88, Burkinabé politician and diplomat, Prime Minister (1971–1974), Minister of Finance (1958–1959), MP (1974–1980, 1992–1997), member of the French National Assembly for Burkina Faso (1956–1959), Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1961–1966).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 76, Spanish geometric landscape artist.
• Seth J. Teller, 50, American computer engineer and scientist (MIT), pioneer in human-robot interactions.
• Oscar Yatco, 83, Filipino conductor and violinist.