Deaths in March 2013

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2013.

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.

March 2013

1

• Jewel Akens, 79, American R&B singer ("The Birds and the Bees"), complications from back surgery.
• Janez Albreht, 87, Slovenian actor.
• Campbell Armstrong, 69, Scottish author.
• Chris Canavan, 84, British actor (Coronation Street).
• W. Gene Corley, 77, American consulting engineer.
• Robert Danhof, 87, American judge, member (1969–1992) and Chief Judge (1976–1992) of the Michigan Court of Appeals.
• Bonnie Franklin, 69, American actress (One Day at a Time), pancreatic cancer.
• Mukesh Gadhvi, 50, Indian politician, MP for Banaskantha, complications from a stroke.
• Sammy Guillen, 88, Trinidadian-born New Zealand cricketer, represented both countries.
• D. V. J. Harischandra, 74, Sri Lankan psychiatrist and Buddhist scholar.
• Margaret Johansen, 89, Norwegian novelist.
• Gaynelle Griffin Jones, 64, American lawyer and judge, US Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, member of the Texas Court of Appeals, cancer.
• Pat Keen, 79, English actress (Fawlty Towers, Shadowlands).
• Naw Kham, 43, Burmese drug lord, execution by lethal injection.
• Magic, 37, American rap vocalist (Sky's the Limit), traffic collision.
• Ric Menello, 60, American writer (Two Lovers), music video director ((You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)), heart attack.
• John Paul Miller, 94, American goldsmith.
• Trevor Morley, 79, English cricketer.
• Rafael Puyana, 81, Colombian harpsichordist.
• Sir Alan Smith, 95, British World War II Spitfire fighter ace.
• Gabriel Vanel, 88, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Auch (1985–1996).
• Ludwig Zausinger, 84, German footballer.

2

• Tom Borland, 80, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), MVP of the College World Series (1955).
• Walther Gerhold, 91, German Marine-Schreiber-Obergefreiter in the Kriegsmarine during World War II.
• Peter Harvey, 68, Australian television journalist (Nine Network), pancreatic cancer.
• William F. Hyland, 89, American politician and lawyer, New Jersey Attorney General (1974–1978).
• Jimmy Jackson, 81, Scottish footballer (Notts County).
• Eriya Kategaya, 67, Ugandan politician, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs.
• Giorgos Kolokithas, 67, Greek basketball player, cardiac arrest.
• Thomas McEvilley, 73, American art critic and academic.
• Master O'Reilly, 10, New Zealand-bred Australian racehorse, winner of Caulfield Cup (2007).
• Bryce Rope, 90, New Zealand All Blacks rugby union coach (1983–1984).
• Hans Schnitger, 97, Dutch Olympic bronze-medalist field hockey player (1936).
• Shabnam Shakeel, 70, Pakistani poet and author.
• Bjørn Skau, 84, Norwegian politician, Minister of Justice and the Police (1981).
• Zdeněk Švestka, 87, Czech astronomer.

3

• Luis Cubilla, 72, Uruguayan footballer (River Plate, Nacional), stomach cancer.
• Rik De Saedeleer, 89, Belgian football player (KV Mechelen) and journalist.
• Johann Eekhoff, 71, German economist.
• Col Firmin, 72, Australian politician.
• Jaime Guadalupe González Domínguez, 38, Mexican journalist, shot.
• Plamen Goranov, 36, Bulgarian rights activist, self-immolation.
• Müslüm Gürses, 59, Turkish singer and actor, complications from heart surgery.
• Johnny Hanks, 78, New Zealand boxer.
• Junior Heffernan, 23, Irish triathlete and racing cyclist, race collision.
• Gerald D. Klee, 86, American psychiatrist and LSD expert, involved in hallucinogenic drug research for US Army, complications following surgery.
• Manfred Kremser, 62, Austrian ethnologist.
• Danie G. Krige, 93, South African mining engineer and geologist.
• Richard Matthews, 60, South African Emmy- and BAFTA Award-winning wildlife filmmaker (BBC Natural History Unit), plane crash.
• Bobby Rogers, 73, American soul singer and songwriter (The Miracles), complications from diabetes.
• José Sancho, 68, Spanish actor, cancer.
• Song Wenfei, 27, Chinese actress, uterine cancer.
• James Strong, 68, Australian businessman, CEO of Qantas (1993–2001), complications from lung surgery.
• Nick Ternette, 68, Canadian politician.
• George Wearring, 84, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1952).
• Donald W. Zacharias, 77, American academic, President of MSU (1985–1997).

4

• Lilian Cahn, 89, American businesswoman, co-founder of Coach, Inc.
• Menachem Froman, 67, Israeli settler and chief rabbi.
• Harry Greene, 89, Welsh actor and television personality, creator of Changing Rooms and DIY SOS.
• Chick Halbert, 94, American basketball player.
• Seki Matsunaga, 84, Japanese footballer.
• Michael D. Moore, 98, Canadian-born American actor and director, heart failure.
• Maurus Nekaro, 57, Namibian politician, Governor of Kavango Region (since 2010).
• George Petherbridge, 85, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).
• Jérôme Savary, 70, Argentine-born French theater director and actor, cancer.
• Hobart Muir Smith, 100, American herpetologist.
• Toren Smith, 52, Canadian manga publisher and translator.
• Fran Warren, 87, American singer ("Sunday Kind of Love") and actress (Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd).

5

• Paul Bearer, 58, American professional wrestling manager, upper respiratory infection.
• Hugo Chávez, 58, Venezuelan politician and military officer, President (since 1999), heart attack.
• Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes, 95, Scottish soldier, businessman and politician, Minister of State for Scotland (1958–1959).
• Calvin Fowler, 73, American basketball player.
• Charles Galbreath, 87, American politician and judge, member of the Tennessee House (1960–1968) and Court of Appeals (1968–1978), pneumonia.
• Duane Gish, 92, American creationist.
• Gorō Naya, 83, Japanese voice actor (Lupin III, Kamen Rider, Space Battleship Yamato), chronic respiratory failure.
• Dawn Clark Netsch, 86, American politician, member of the Illinois State Senate (1972–1990), Illinois Comptroller (1991–1995), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Dieter Pfaff, 65, German actor, lung cancer.
• Rajasulochana, 77, Indian actress and dancer, renal failure.
• Robert Relyea, 82, American film producer (West Side Story, Bullitt), natural causes.
• Melvin Rhyne, 76, American jazz organist.
• Hikmat al-Shihabi, 82, Syrian military leader.
• Arthur Storch, 87, American theatrical director and actor, founder of Syracuse Stage.
• Luc Wallays, 51, Belgian cyclist.
• Tove Wallenstrøm, 98, Danish actress.
• Bill Walters, 69, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (1982–2000), pancreatic cancer.

6

• Dave Bewley, 92, English footballer (Watford).
• Sabine Bischoff, 54, German Olympic champion fencer (1984).
• Chorão, 42, Brazilian musician (Charlie Brown Jr.).
• W. Wallace Cleland, 83, American biochemist.
• Stompin' Tom Connors, 77, Canadian country-folk singer ("The Hockey Song", "Bud the Spud"), kidney failure.
• Ward de Ravet, 88, Belgian actor.
• Keld Helmer-Petersen, 92, Danish art photographer.
• Takashi Iwashige, 58, Japanese manga artist.
• Abdul Jolil, 74, Bangladeshi politician, MP for Naogaon District.
• Sir Norman King, 79, British admiral.
• Alvin Lee, 68, British guitarist (Ten Years After), complications from surgery.
• Carlo Lotti, 96, Italian engineer.
• L.D. "Buddy" Napper, 88, American politician.
• John Spence, 83, Saint Vincent-born Trinidadian politician and botanist, member of the Trinidad Senate (1987–2000), heart attack.
• Roland Trebicka, 65, Albanian actor.

7

• Kenny Ball, 82, English jazz trumpeter, pneumonia.
• Peter Banks, 65, English rock guitarist (Yes).
• Cleto Bellucci, 91, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Fermo (1976–1997).
• John J. Byrne, 81, American insurance executive, Chairman of White Mountains Insurance Group (GEICO, Overstock.com), cancer.
• Sybil Christopher, 83, Welsh actress.
• Dirk Coetzee, 67, South African paramilitary commander (Vlakplaas), kidney failure.
• Didier Comès, 70, Belgian comedic artist.
• Damiano Damiani, 90, Italian film director (Amityville II: The Possession).
• Max Ferguson, 89, British-born Canadian radio broadcaster, heart attack.
• Dick Graham, 90, British football manager (Colchester United F.C.), heart condition.
• Harold Hunter, 86, American basketball coach (Tennessee State University), first African-American to sign NBA contract.
• Frederick B. Karl, 88, American judge and politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1956–1964), Senate (1968–1972) and Florida Supreme Court (1976–1978).
• Stan Keery, 81, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra).
• Claude King, 90, American country music singer ("Wolverton Mountain").
• Freda Linde, 97, South African children's writer and translator.
• Ray Martin, 87, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
• Willie McCulloch, 85, Scottish footballer.
• Andrei Panin, 50, Russian actor. (body discovered on this date)
• Alfred Post, 86, German Olympic footballer (1952).
• Pao Sarasin, 83, Thai politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1992), Interior Minister (1992), blood infection.
• Jeffrey Skitch, 85, British opera singer and educator.
• Jake Striker, 79, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox).
• Willy Switkes, 83, American character actor (Tootsie), colon cancer.
• Elmar Tampõld, 92, Estonian-born Canadian architect.
• Carl Thomas, 80, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).
• Jacques Torczyner, 98, Belgian political leader, President of the ZOA (1968–1973).
• Jan Zwartkruis, 87, Dutch football coach (national team).

8

• Haseeb Ahsan, 73, Pakistani cricketer.
• Maciej Berbeka, 58, Polish mountaineer. (presumed dead on this date)
• Hartmut Briesenick, 63, German athlete.
• Hardin Cox, 85, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1965–1975) and Missouri Senate (1975–1983).
• Ricardo da Force, 45, English dance vocalist (The KLF, N-Trance).
• Toby Graham, 92, British Olympic (1956) cross-country skier and university professor.
• Hakob Hakobian, 89, Armenian artist, heart attack.
• Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, 90, German Army officer and publisher, last surviving member of the 20 July plot.
• Jürg Marmet, 85, Swiss mountaineer, third person to summit Mount Everest (1956).
• Sammy Masters, 82, American rockabilly musician.
• John O'Connell, 86, Irish politician, TD for Dublin South-West (1965–1993), Minister for Health (1992–1993) and MEP for European Parliament (1979–1981).
• Kai Pahlman, 77, Finnish footballer.
• George Saimes, 71, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos), leukemia.
• Charles Thurstan Shaw, 98, British archaeologist.
• Raymond Telles, 97, American politician and diplomat, Mayor of El Paso (1957–1961), Ambassador to Costa Rica (1961–1967).
• Ian Wilson, 80, Irish cricketer. [1]
• Ginny Wood, 95, American environmentalist, founder of the Alaska Conservation Society.

9

• Aasia, 61, Pakistani film actress.
• Tengiz Amirejibi, 85, Georgian pianist.
• Angelo J. Arculeo, 89, American politician.
• Geoff Braybrooke, 77, British-born New Zealand politician, MP for Napier (1981–2002).
• David Farmbrough, 83, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bedford (1981–1993).
• David Handley, 81, British Olympic cyclist (1960).
• Max Jakobson, 89, Finnish diplomat and journalist.
• Larry Martin, 69, American paleontologist.
• Paul Nassau, 83, American composer and lyricist.
• Viren J. Shah, 86, Indian politician and industrialist, Governor of West Bengal (1999–2004), heart attack.
• A. R. Shaw, 91, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives.
• Merton Simpson, 84, American artist, gallery owner and African art collector, complications from stroke, diabetes and dementia.

10

• Edelmiro Amante, 79, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (1987–1995, 2001–2004, 2007–2010), liver cancer.
• Jim Anderson, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Springfield Indians) and coach (Washington Capitals).
• Brian Archer, 83, Australian politician, Senator for Tasmania (1975–1994).
• Hugh Casey, 85, Northern Irish politician.
• John Chick, 80, Australian football player (Carlton).
• Robert Chrisman, 75, American poet, activist and editor (The Black Scholar).
• Stanley Crowther, 87, British politician, MP for Rotherham (1976–1992).
• Maurice Delarue, 93, French journalist.
• Jacques Dupont, 91, French film director.
• Emilio Eiroa, 77, Spanish politician, President of the Government of Aragon (1991–1993).
• Wolf Gorelik, 80, Russian conductor.
• František Gregor, 74, Czech Olympic ice hockey player.
• Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, 97, Welsh-born Swedish royal.
• Tony Mansfield, 73, Irish hurling player and manager.
• Antal Megyerdi, 73, Hungarian cyclist.
• Ian Munro Ross, 85, British engineer and scientist, President of Bell Labs (1979–1991), pneumonia.
• Metin Serezli, 79, Turkish actor, lung cancer.
• Adalin Wichman, 91, American sculptor, designer of the Eclipse Award Trophy.
• Masao Yamaguchi, 81, Japanese anthropologist, pneumonia.
• Asa G. Yancey, Sr., 96, American physician and academic.
• Danny Zialcita, 72, Filipino filmmaker.

11

• Erica Andrews, 43, Mexican drag performer, Miss Continental (2004), lung ailment.
• Helga Arendt, 48, German Olympic sprinter (1988).
• Martin Adolf Bormann, 82, German theologian.
• Paul Brasack, 96, German U-boat commander during World War II.
• Ignatius Anthony Catanello, 74, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (1994–2010).
• Doug Christie, 66, Canadian lawyer and free speech activist, leader of the Western Block Party (since 2005), liver cancer.
• Simón Alberto Consalvi, 85, Venezuelan politician and author, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1977–1979; 1985–1988), Minister of Interior and Justice (1988–1989).
• Tony Gubba, 69, British journalist and sports commentator, leukaemia.
• Raymond Kirsch, 71, Luxembourgian businessman and politician, President of the Council of State (2000–2001).
• Mitchell Melton, 69, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1969–1972), prostate cancer.
• Ramankutty Nair, 87, Indian Kathakali maestro, recipient of the Padma Bhushan.
• Teja Narla, 17, Indian child actor, drowning. (body discovered on this date)
• Jacquelin Perry, 94, American orthopedic surgeon, known for her treatment of polio.
• Sripada Pinakapani, 99, Indian musician.
• Florian Siwicki, 88, Polish military officer and politician, Minister of Military Affairs (1981–1990).
• Boris Vasilyev, 88, Russian writer.

12

• George Burditt, 90, American politician and lawyer.
• Clive Burr, 56, British drummer (Iron Maiden), complications from multiple sclerosis.
• Robert Castel, 79, French sociologist.
• Stanley Cole, 89, American architect (EwingCole), designed Citizens Bank Park, pneumonia.
• Michael Grigsby, 76, British documentary film maker.
• Kazzia, 13, German-foaled Irish thoroughbred horse, post-foaling complications. (death announced on this date)
• Teresa Mattei, 92, Italian freedom fighter and politician, last female member of the Constituent Assembly, proposed mimosa as symbol of IWD.
• Gordon Pembery, 86, Welsh footballer.
• Ganesh Pyne, 76, Indian painter, cardiac arrest.

13

• José Guadalupe Cervantes Corona, 88, Mexican politician, Governor of Zacatecas (1980–1986).
• Philip Crosfield, 88, Scottish Anglican priest.
• Richard Davey, 74, Australian actor and playwright.
• Léon Deladerrière, 85, French football player and coach.
• Cartha DeLoach, 92, American FBI agent and author.
• Ducky Detweiler, 94, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
• Sir Tore Lokoloko, 82, Papua New Guinean politician, Governor-General (1977–1983).
• Jack Marston, 64, English rugby league player.
• Deliana Meulenkamp, 77, Dutch-born American Olympic swimmer (1952).
• Veer Bhadra Mishra, 74, Indian mahant and environmentalist, Time Magazine's Hero of the Planet (1999), lung infection.
• Hans Moretti, 84, German illusionist and escapologist.
• Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu, 74, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Umzimkulu (1986–1994).
• Nelson Ne'e, 59, Solomon Islands politician, MP for Central Honiara (2006–2010).
• Perween Rahman, 56, Pakistani activist, director of the Orangi Pilot Project.
• Rolf Schult, 85, German voice actor.
• Władysław Stachurski, 67, Polish football player and manager (Legia Warsaw, national team).
• Malachi Throne, 84, American actor (Batman, Star Trek, The Rockford Files).
• Paul H. Wendler, 96, American politician.

14

• William Sheridan Allen, 80, American historian.
• Jim Barrett, 86, American wine pioneer and vineyard owner (Chateau Montelena).
• Edward Bland, 86, American filmmaker and composer (Cry of Jazz).
• Walt Buck, 82, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA for Clover Bar (1967–1989), stomach cancer.
• Norman Collier, 87, British comedian, Parkinson's disease.
• Jack Curran, 82, American high school sports coach, complications from cancer and kidney failure.
• Jack Greene, 83, American country music singer ("Statue of a Fool", "There Goes My Everything"), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Subas Herrero, 69, Filipino comedian, respiratory failure.
• Mirja Hietamies, 82, Finnish Olympic medal-winning (1952, 1956) cross-country skier.
• Scott Kennedy, 47, American comedian.
• Harry Coleman McGehee, Jr., 89, American Episcopalian prelate, Bishop of Michigan (1973–1990).
• François Narmon, 79, Belgian businessman and sports administrator.
• Thomas Rhoad, Jr., 89, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1983–2007).
• Paul Rose, 69, Canadian political figure, leader of PDS (1996–2002), convicted kidnapper and murderer (October Crisis), stroke.
• Aramais Sahakyan, 76, Armenian writer and politician.
• Ieng Sary, 87, Vietnamese-born Cambodian politician, co-founder of the Khmer Rouge.
• George Sossenko, 94, Russian military veteran (Spanish Civil War).
• Harry Thomson, 72, Scottish footballer (Burnley F.C.), throat cancer.
• Camilo Vives, 71, Cuban film producer (Lucía, Fresa y Chocolate).

15

• P Balasubramaniam, 53, Malaysian private investigator, alleged government conspiracy in the murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa, heart attack.
• James Bonk, 82, American chemistry professor.
• Bernard Cheese, 88, British painter and printmaker.
• Booth Gardner, 76, American politician, Governor of Washington (1985–1993), Parkinson's disease.
• Hardrock Gunter, 88, American musician, complications of pneumonia.
• Shannon Larratt, 39, Canadian editor and publisher (BMEzine).
• Terry Lightfoot, 77, British jazz clarinettist.
• Leverne McDonnell, 49, Australian actress (The Saddle Club, Phoenix), cancer.
• Masamichi Noro, 78, Japanese aikidoka, founded Kinomichi.
• Kallam Anji Reddy, 74, Indian chemical engineer and pharmaceutical executive, founder of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, liver cancer.
• Dante Rossi, 76, Italian water polo player.
• Marcel van Cleemput, 86, French-born British toy designer.
• Peter Worsley, 88, British sociologist.
• Felipe Zetter, 89, Mexican footballer (Club Atlas, national team).

16

• Trond Brænne, 59, Norwegian actor and author, stroke.
• Larcenia Bullard, 65, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1992–2000) and Senate (2002–2012).
• Jamal Nazrul Islam, 74, Bangladeshi mathematical physicist and cosmologist, diabetes and heart disease.
• Kong Ngai, 77, Chinese film and television actor (The Greed of Man), lung cancer.
• Luchaa Mohamed Lamin, 60, Saharawi politician and diplomat.
• José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, 87, Argentine economist, Minister of Economy (1976–1981).
• John Marvel, 86, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly (1979–2005), lung disease.
• David Mills, 75, English cricketer.
• Jason Molina, 39, American singer-songwriter, multiple organ failure.
• Yadier Pedroso, 26, Cuban baseball player, traffic collision.
• Sol Rabinowitz, 88, American recording industry executive (Baton Records).
• Michael Roarty, 84, American brewing advertising executive (Anheuser-Busch), created "This Bud's for you" slogan.
• Ruchoma Shain, 98, American-born teacher and author.
• Bobby Smith, 76, American singer (The Spinners), complications of influenza and pneumonia.
• Marina Solodkin, 60, Russian-born Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1996–2013), stroke.
• Jae Spears, 90, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1974–1980) and West Virginia Senate (1980–1992).
• Frank Thornton, 92, British actor (Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine, Gosford Park).

17

• Blaster Al Ackerman, American writer and artist.
• Rudolf Battěk, 88, Czech sociologist, dissident and politician, recipient of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.
• Svein Blindheim, 96, Norwegian military officer, World War II resistance fighter and historian.
• William B. Caldwell, III, 87, American military officer, Commander General for the Fifth Army.
• Grady Clay, 96, American journalist and landscape architect.
• Steve Davis, 60, American college football player (University of Oklahoma), plane crash.
• Rosine Delamare, 101, French costume designer (The Earrings of Madame de...).
• André Fontaine, 91, French historian and journalist.
• Lawrence Fuchs, 86, American academic.
• Mitchell Hooks, 89, American artist, illustrator, and movie poster artist (Dr. No, The Sand Pebbles, El Dorado).
• Jan van Houwelingen, 73, Dutch politician, State Secretary for Defence (1981–1989), Mayor of Haarlemmermeer (1994–2003)
• Jean-Noël Lavoie, 85, Canadian politician.
• John David Merwin, 91, American politician, Governor of the Virgin Islands (1958–1961).
• Olivier Metzner, 63, French criminal lawyer, apparent suicide.
• Akio Johnson Mutek, 55, South Sudanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Torit (since 2007), kidney failure.
• Umm Nidal, 63, Palestinian politician, multiple organ failure.
• Peter Scott, 82, British burglar.
• François Sermon, 89, Belgian footballer. (R.S.C. Anderlecht).
• A.B.C. Whipple, 94, American journalist and author.

18

• Muhammad Mahmood Alam, 77, Pakistani military officer, General and flying ace (Indo-Pakistani War of 1965).
• Mindy Baha El Din, 54, Egyptian environmentalist, complications from a stroke.
• Henry Bromell, 65, American screenwriter and producer (Homeland, Chicago Hope, Northern Exposure), heart attack.
• Clay Ford, 74, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (since 2007), cancer.
• Earl Hersh, 80, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves).
• Mary Ellen Rudin, 88, American mathematician.
• Robin M. Williams, 93, New Zealand mathematician, academic and civil servant, member of the Manhattan Project.

19

• Khalid Ahmad, 69, Pakistani poet and journalist, lung cancer.
• Ryan Birch, 43, British judoka, traffic collision.
• Tom Clements, 58, American civil servant, head of the Colorado Department of Corrections (since 2011), shot.
• Desmond Drummer, 72, South African cricketer. [2]
• Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen, 90, Norwegian academic.
• Holger Juul Hansen, 88, Danish actor.
• Lester Lewis, 46, American television writer and producer (The Office, Caroline in the City, The PJs), suicide.
• Sir Fergus Montgomery, 85, British politician, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East (1959–1964), Brierley Hill (1967–1974), and Altrincham and Sale (1974–1997).
• Seijin Noborikawa, 80, Japanese folk musician.
• Bud Palmer, 91, American sportscaster and basketball player (New York Knicks), cancer.
• David Parland, 42, Swedish musician (Dark Funeral).
• Irina Petrescu, 71, Romanian actress, cancer.
• Harry Reems, 65, American porn actor (Deep Throat), pancreatic cancer.
• Adeline Smith, 95, American Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe elder, developed the Klallam language alphabet and first dictionary.

20

• George Barrow, 91, American jazz saxophonist.
• Eddie Bond, 79, American rockabilly singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Rena Golden, 51, Indian-born American journalist (CNN, The Weather Channel), lymphoma.
• James Herbert, 69, English horror writer (The Rats).
• Vasile Ianul, 67, Romanian football player and executive, Chairman of Dinamo Bucharest (1985–1994), cardiac arrest.
• Robert W. Johnson, 88, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1975).
• George Lowe, 89, New Zealand-born British mountaineer, explorer and film director, last participant of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition.
• Antonio Manganelli, 62, Italian police chief, head of Polizia di Stato (since 2007), complications of cancer.
• Leslie Milnes, 90, New Zealand cricketer.
• Nicholas C. Petris, 90, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1958–1966); State Senator (1966–1996), Alzheimer's disease.
• Zillur Rahman, 84, Bangladeshi politician, President (since 2009).
• Jesse Rogers, 79, American baseball player (Kansas City Monarchs).
• Emílio Santiago, 66, Brazilian singer, complications from a stroke.
• Stefano Simoncelli, 66, Italian Olympic medal-winning (1976) fencer.
• Nasser El Sonbaty, 47, German professional bodybuilder.
• Risë Stevens, 99, American operatic mezzo-soprano.
• Jack Stokes, 92, English animation director (Yellow Submarine, Heavy Metal).
• Calvert Watkins, 80, American Indo-European linguist, Harvard professor and author.
• Jerry E. Wilkerson, 68, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.

21

• Chinua Achebe, 82, Nigerian poet, professor and novelist (Things Fall Apart, Anthills of the Savannah).
• Joseph Blewett, 87, South African cricketer. [3]
• Mohamed Said Ramadan Al-Bouti, 83, Turkish-born Syrian cleric, bombing.
• Angus Carmichael, 87, Scottish footballer.
• Ernest Chapman, 86, Australian Olympic rower.
• Isagani Cruz, 88, Filipino judge, member of the Supreme Court (1986–1994).
• Yvan Ducharme, 75, Canadian humorist and actor, COPD.
• David Fisher, 66, English artist, cancer.
• Tyrone Gilks, 19, Australian motorcycle stunt rider, collision during practice.
• Rick Hautala, 64, American horror author, heart attack.
• Harlon Hill, 80, American football player (Chicago Bears), namesake of Harlon Hill Trophy, MVP (1955), Rookie of the Year (1954).
• Angelo Ingrassia, 89, American judge, member of the New York Supreme Court (1982–1999).
• Sir Ewan Jamieson, 82, New Zealand military officer, Chief of Air Force (1979–1983), Chief of Defence Force (1983–1986).
• Cornelis H. A. Koster, 69, Dutch computer scientist.
• Ludwig Leitner, 73, German Olympic (1964) alpine skier and world champion .
• Pietro Mennea, 60, Italian Olympic medal-winning (1972, 1980) sprinter and politician, cancer.
• Moondog Spike, 62, American wrestler.
• Robert Nichols, 88, American character actor (Giant).
• Jörgen Ohlin, 75, Swedish footballer (Malmö FF).
• Max Oldmeadow, 88, Australian politician, MP for Holt (1972–1975).
• Aníbal Paz, 95, Uruguayan footballer.
• Herschel Schacter, 95, American rabbi, natural causes.
• Joe B. Scott, 92, American baseball player, stroke.
• Bruce Skeggs, 80, Australian politician and trotting commentator.
• Elsie Thompson, 113, American supercentenarian, heart failure.
• Giancarlo Zagni, 86, Italian director and screenwriter (La bellezza di Ippolita).

22

• John U. Bascom, 87, American surgeon.
• Vladimír Čech, 61, Czech actor, television presenter and politician, colorectal cancer and pneumonia.
• Leszek Gondek, 74, Polish historian.
• Bernard Green, 60, British priest and historian.
• Freddie Jones, 75, English football player (Hereford United, Brighton).
• Jimmy Lloyd, 73, English Olympic boxer.
• James Nabrit, 80, American civil rights lawyer, lung cancer.
• Thomas Qian Yurong, 99, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Xuzhou, ex-communicated then reconciled (2007).
• Lee Scarpetti, 85, Italian-born American politician, member of the Connecticut Senate (1984–2000).
• Christa Speck, 70, German model, Playboy Playmate (September 1961), Playmate of the Year (1962), natural causes.
• Bebo Valdés, 94, Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, Alzheimer's disease.
• Robert D. Warren, Sr., 84, American politician, member of the West Virginia Senate (1980–1988).
• Derek Watkins, 68, British trumpeter, played on every James Bond soundtrack, cancer.
• Ray Williams, 58, American basketball player (New York Knicks), colon cancer.

23

• Sukhraj Aujla, 45, Indian folk singer, traffic collision.
• Boris Berezovsky, 67, Russian business oligarch, government official and mathematician, suspected suicide by hanging.
• David Bond, 90, British Olympic champion sailor (1948).
• Muhammad Chudori, 86, Indonesian journalist, co-founder of The Jakarta Post.
• Onofre Corpuz, 86, Filipino academic and politician, Secretary of Education (1967–1971, 1979–1984).
• David Early, 74, American actor (Dawn Of The Dead, The Silence of the Lambs, Zack and Miri Make a Porno), cancer.
• Rapama Kamehozu, 63, Namibian politician, Governor of Omaheke (since 2012), Governor of Otjozondjupa (2011–2012).
• Norman Palmer, 94, American film and television editor (The Shaggy D.A., Ten Who Dared), natural causes.
• Peter Sutton, 89, New Zealand Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Nelson (1965–1990).
• Chandramani Tripathi, 66, Indian politician.
• Virgil Trucks, 95, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
• Joe Weider, 93, Canadian publisher, co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilders, founder of Muscle & Fitness, heart ailment.

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• Barbara Anderson, 86, New Zealand author.
• Jo Inge Bjørnebye, 66, Norwegian ski jumper, cancer.
• Walt Bodine, 92, American broadcaster.
• Todd Breitenstein, 47, American game designer (Zombies!!!).
• Harold Burns, 86, American politician, member (1972–2000) and Speaker of the New Hampshire House (1991–1996), Senate (2000–2002), throat cancer.
• Čestmír Císař, 93, Czech politician, Chairman of the National Council (1968–1969).
• Bob Colston, 84, British sports broadcaster, heart failure.
• Mariana Drăgescu, 100, Romanian military pilot, natural causes.
• Peter Duryea, 73, American actor (Star Trek, Bewitched, The Fugitive).
• Mary Gillham, 91, English naturalist.
• Derek Leaver, 82, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers).
• Inge Lønning, 75, Norwegian theologian, educator, and politician.
• Gury Marchuk, 87, Russian scientist.
• Walker David Miller, 73, American judge, United States District Court for the District of Colorado (1996–2011).
• Paolo Ponzo, 41, Italian footballer, heart attack.
• Ratón, 11, Spanish fighting bull.
• Deke Richards, 68, American Motown songwriter ("ABC", "Mama's Pearl", "Maybe Tomorrow"), esophageal cancer.
• Mohamed Yousri Salama, 38, Egyptian political leader, stomach infection.
• Francis Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow, 101, British diplomat, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas (1968–1972).
• Jessica Upshaw, 53, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (since 2004), apparent suicide by gunshot.

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• Léonce Bernard, 69, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (2001–2006).
• Ellen Einan, 81, Norwegian poet.
• Wayne Fleming, 62, Canadian ice hockey coach (Philadelphia Flyers), brain cancer.
• Ben Goldfaden, 99, American basketball player (Washington Capitols).
• Scott Hardkiss, 43, American electronic music producer (Hardkiss).
• Peter Hearn, 87, English cricket player (Kent).
• Anthony Lewis, 85, American journalist (The New York Times), winner of Pulitzer Prize (1955, 1963), kidney and heart failure.
• Jean Pickering, 83, English Olympic athlete.
• Jean-Marc Roberts, 58, French editor, novelist, and screenwriter, cancer.
• Lou Sleater, 86, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), lung disease.
• Jack Wiley, 92, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).

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• Margie Alexander, 64, American R&B and soul singer.
• Eddie Basha, Jr., 75, American grocery businessman (Bashas').
• Deepak Bharadwaj, 62, Indian politician, shot.
• Tom Boerwinkle, 67, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls).
• Sir Michael Gow, 88, British Army general.
• Juan García Díaz, 72, Spanish footballer (Córdoba CF), complications following a stroke.
• Krzysztof Kozłowski, 81, Polish journalist, Minister of the Interior and Administration (1990–1991), heart failure.
• Martyl Langsdorf, 96, American visual artist, designer of the Doomsday Clock, lung infection.
• Dave Leggett, 79, American football player (Chicago Cardinals), MVP of the 1955 Rose Bowl.
• Claudio Lippi, 42, Italian sports journalist, traffic collision.
• Giancarlo Martini, 65, Italian Formula One driver, co-founder and co-owner of Team Minardi.
• Patricia McCormick, 83, American bullfighter.
• Audrey McElmury, 70, American racing cyclist, female UCI Road World champion (1969).
• Nikola Mladenov, 49, Macedonian journalist, traffic collision.
• Jerzy Nowak, 89, Polish actor (Schindler's List).
• Danilo Orozco, 68, Cuban musicologist.
• Don Payne, 48, American television writer (The Simpsons) and screenwriter (Thor, My Super Ex-Girlfriend), bone cancer.
• René Pirolley, 81, French Olympic swimmer. [4]
• Yury Rudov, 82, Soviet Olympic fencer.
• Nikolai Sorokin, 61, Russian actor and director.
• Sukumari, 72, Indian actress, complications from burn injury.
• Archie Thompson, 93, American Yurok native elder.
• Bill Walsh, 90 Irish hurler (Kilkenny GAA).
• Jerzy Wyrobek, 63, Polish footballer.

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• Hjalmar Andersen, 90, Norwegian triple Olympic champion (1952) speed skater, trauma due to a fall.
• Yvonne Brill, 88, Canadian aerospace engineer (NASA), National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2011), complications from breast cancer.
• Gerald Curran, 74, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1967–1998), pancreatic cancer.
• Alfredo De Gasperis, 79, Italian-born Canadian businessman, founder of ConDrain.
• Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida, 87, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Bernardo (1987–2003).
• Roosevelt Jamison, 76, American songwriter ("That's How Strong My Love Is").
• Fay Kanin, 95, American screenwriter, playwright and producer (Teacher's Pet, Friendly Fire), President of AMPAS (1979–1983).
• Guillermo Luksic Craig, 57, Chilean businessman (Antofagasta Plc), lung cancer.
• P. K. S. Raja, 100, Indian royal, Zamorin of Calicut.
• Paul Williams, 64, American music journalist, publisher (Crawdaddy!), and writer (Bob Dylan, Performing Artist), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Will Zens, 92, American filmmaker.

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• George E. P. Box, 93, British statistician.
• Odis Echols, 82, American politician, member of the New Mexico Senate (1967–1976), dementia.
• Manuel García Ferré, 83, Spanish-born Argentine cartoonist, complications of heart surgery.
• John Findlater, 86, Scottish meteorologist.
• Jerald G. Fishman, 67, American technology executive, CEO of Analog Devices (since 1996), heart attack.
• Richard Griffiths, 65, British actor (Withnail and I, The History Boys, Harry Potter), complications after heart surgery.
• Dale Hyatt, 87, American businessman.
• Soraya Jiménez, 35, Mexican Olympic champion (2000) weightlifter, heart attack.
• Hemed Khamis, 62, Tanzanian politician.
• Hugh McCracken, 70, American rock and roll session musician, producer and arranger, leukemia.
• Heinz Patzig, 83, German football player and manager (Eintracht Braunschweig).
• Yuri Radonyak, 77, Soviet Olympic boxer.
• Robert V. Remini, 91, American historian and academic, Historian of the United States House of Representatives (2005–2010), stroke.
• Shi Zongyuan, 66, Chinese politician.
• Boris Strel, 53, Slovenian champion skier, suicide.
• Bob Teague, 84, American college football player and television journalist, T-cell lymphoma.
• Gus Triandos, 82, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), heart failure.
• John Charles Upton, Jr., 56, American documentary film maker, shot.
• Robert Zildjian, 89, American musical instrument manufacturer (Sabian), cancer.

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• Joseph W. Alton, 94, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (1963–1965).
• Lawrence Auster, 64, American traditionalist conservative author and blogger, pancreatic cancer.
• Anton Bühler, 90, Swiss Olympic equestrian.
• Cheryl Chow, 66, American politician, brain cancer.
• Mike DeCicco, 85, American fencing coach (University of Notre Dame), coached five teams to national championships, heart failure.
• Barrie Dobson, 81, British historian.
• Reid Flair, 25, American professional wrestler, heroin overdose.
• Warren Freer, 92, New Zealand politician, MP for Mt. Albert (1947–1981).
• Reginald Gray, 82, Irish painter, stomach cancer.
• John J. Gumperz, 91, American linguist and academic.
• István Hont, 65, Hungarian-born British historian.
• Brian Huggins, 81, British-born Canadian journalist and actor (Trailer Park Boys).
• Enzo Jannacci, 77, Italian singer-songwriter, actor and stand-up comedian, cancer.
• Ralph Klein, 70, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (1992–2006), MLA for Calgary-Elbow (1989–2007), Mayor of Calgary (1980–1989), COPD and dementia.
• Liu Kang, 52, Chinese football player and coach, lung cancer.
• Art Malone, 76, American drag racer, Indy car driver, and dragstrip owner, injuries sustained in an airboat collision.
• Betty Marshall, 94, American politician, first female Mayor of York, Pennsylvania (1978–1982).
• Luis Martínez Noval, 64, Spanish politician, Minister of Labor (1990–1993), complications from a fall.
• David McMeeking, 75, South African cricketer.[5]
• Jim Mees, 57, American Emmy-winning set designer (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Perfect Strangers), pancreatic cancer.
• Art Phillips, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Vancouver Centre (1979–1980), Mayor of Vancouver (1973–1977).

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• Brian Ackland-Snow, 72, British production designer (A Room with a View).
• Franco Califano, 74, Italian lyricist, musician, singer and actor.
• Sucharitha Gamlath, 79, Sri Lankan academic.
• Eric Hertz, 58, American telecommunications executive, CEO of 2degrees (since 2009), plane crash.
• Daniel Hoffman, 89, American poet, United States Poet Laureate (1973–1974).
• Peter Kormos, 60, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Welland (1988–1999, 2007–2011) and Niagara Centre (1999–2007).
• Francisco Javier López Peña, 55, Spanish Basque separatist leader (ETA), heart attack.
• Mal Moore, 73, American college football player and coach, University of Alabama athletic director (1999–2013), pulmonary failure.
• Samueli Naulu, 31, Fijian rugby union player, traffic collision.
• Bobby Parks, 51, American basketball player and coach (Shell Turbo Chargers, University of Memphis), PBA Hall of Fame (2009), laryngeal cancer.
• Phil Ramone, 79, South African-born American record producer, aortic aneurysm.
• Edith Schaeffer, 98, American Christian leader and author.
• Bob Turley, 82, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees), World Series MVP (1958), liver cancer.
• Valeri Zolotukhin, 71, Russian actor (Bumbarash), brain tumor.

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• Rod Berry, 65, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1987–1991).
• Charles Amarin Brand, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Monaco (1981–1984) and Strasbourg (1984–1997).
• Ernie Bridge, 76, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Kimberley (1980–2001), mesothelioma.
• W. E. Butts, 68, American poet, Poet Laureate of New Hampshire.
• Helena Carroll, 84, Scottish actress (Rocky V, The Jerk).
• Bob Clarke, 87, American illustrator (Mad Magazine), complications of pneumonia.
• Henry Clarke, 79, American businessman and venture capitalist, developed the Klondike bar.
• Ray Drake, 78, English footballer (Stockport County).
• Dick Duden, 88, American football player (New York Giants) and coach (United States Naval Academy).
• Ahmad Sayyed Javadi, 95, Iranian political activist and politician, Minister of Justice (1979), Minister of Interior (1979).
• Sir Michael Jenkins, 77, British diplomat, Ambassador to the Netherlands (1988–1993).
• Bebe Lee, 96, American basketball coach and administrator.
• Mack McInnis, 79, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1976–1980, 1992–2000).
• Gerlof Fokko Mees, 86, Dutch ichthyologist and ornithologist.
• Ronnie Smith, 64, American Olympic champion (1968) sprinter.
• Dmitri Uchaykin, 32, Russian ice hockey player (HC Ertis-Pavlodar), cerebral hemorrhage.