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 country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

March

6

• Sydney Ball, 83, Australian painter. (death announced on this date)
• Marek Ostrowski, 57, Polish footballer.
• Rabi Ray, 90, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1989-1991).
• Dudley Storey, 77, New Zealand rower, Olympic champion (1968) and silver medalist (1972).

5

• Burke Day, 62, American politician.
• Garry Donna, 73, American basketball player, magazine editor and publisher.
• Joseph Charles Doumba, 81, Cameroonian politician.
• Douglas Henry, 90, American politician, Tennessee State Senator (1971–2014).
• Jay Lynch, 72, American underground comics artist, writer and editor (Bijou Funnies, Bazooka Joe).

4

• Jean-Christophe Averty, 88, French television and radio director.
• Bonnie Burnard, 72, Canadian novelist (A Good House).
• Valerie Carter, 64, American singer-songwriter (Howdy Moon).
• Edi Fitzroy, 62, Jamaican reggae singer.
• Roger Hau'ofa, 73, Tongan-born Papua New Guinean radio broadcaster, kidney failure.
• Péter Kozma, 57, Hungarian politician and MP.
• Helen M. Marshall, 87, American politician, Borough President of Queens (2002–2013), member of the New York State Assembly (1983–1991).
• Margaret Roberts, 79-80, South African herbalist.
• Syed Shahabuddin, 82, Indian diplomat and politician, MP (1979–1996).
• Thomas Starzl, 90, American physician and medical researcher.
• Alberto Villalta, 69, Salvadorian footballer.
• Clayton Yeutter, 86, American politician, Trade Representative (1985–1989) and Secretary of Agriculture (1989–1991), colorectal cancer.

3

• Míriam Colón, 80, Puerto Rican actress (Scarface, Goal!, All the Pretty Horses), pulmonary infection.
• Bramwell Cook, 81, New Zealand gastroenterologist.
• Raymond Kopa, 85, French footballer (Real Madrid, national team).
• Misha Mengelberg, 81, Ukrainian-born Dutch jazz pianist and composer.
• Irene Nolan, 70, American newspaper editor (Louisville Courier-Journal), lung disorder.
• Cyprian Ojwang Omollo, Kenyan politician, MP (2007–2013).
• Tommy Page, 46, American singer-songwriter ("I'll Be Your Everything") and music industry executive (Reprise Records, Billboard).
• René Préval, 74, Haitian politician, Prime Minister (1991), President (1996–2001, 2006–2011).
• Lazar Stojanović, 73, Serbian filmmaker.
• Anne Kristin Sydnes, 60, Norwegian politician, Minister of International Development (2000–2001).

2

• Edouard Close, 87, Belgian politician, Burgemeester of Liège (1976-1991).
• Fred Fiske, 96, American radio broadcaster (WAMU).
• Tommy Gemmell, 73, Scottish football player (Celtic, Dundee, national team) and manager.
• Simon Hobday, 76, South African golfer.
• Howard Schmidt, 67, American cybersecurity advisor, cancer.
• John D. Schneider, 80, American state legislator and attorney, member of the Missouri Senate (1971–2002).
• Helene White, 77, Canadian film and television producer.

1

• P. J. Bradley, 76, Northern Irish politician, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–2011).
• Chisai Childs, 69, American entertainer, talent scout and civic booster (Branson, Missouri).
• Tania Dalton, 45, New Zealand netball player (national team), aneurysm.
• Paula Fox, 93, American writer (The Slave Dancer).
• Pierre Guénin, 90, French journalist, magazine publisher and gay rights activist.
• John Hampshire, 76, English cricketer (Yorkshire, national team).
• Hiroshi Kamayatsu, 78, Japanese singer and guitarist (The Spiders), pancreatic cancer.
• Richard Karron, 82, American actor.
• Carl Adam Lewenhaupt, 69, Swedish count and restaurateur. (body found on this date)
• Taarak Mehta, 87, Indian playwright and humorist.
• Gustav Metzger, 90, German-born stateless auto-destructive artist.
• Shirley Palesh, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
• Wally Pikal, 90, American musician.
• David Rubinger, 92, Austrian-born Israeli photographer.
• Jins Shamsuddin, 81, Malaysian actor (Bidasari), director and politician, member of the Dewan Negara (2004–2008), choked.
• Vladimir Tadej, 91, Croatian filmmaker.
• Joseph Vũ Duy Thống, 64, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết (since 2009).

February

28

• Yury Abramovich, 81, Ukrainian-born Russian test pilot.
• Simeon Datumanong, 81, Filipino politician.
• Leone di Lernia, 78, Italian radio host, singer and composer, liver cancer.
• Peter Feil, 69, Swedish Olympic swimmer (1968).
• Spencer Hays, 80, American art collector.
• Marian Javits, 92, American arts patron.
• Paul Kangas, 79, American broadcaster (Nightly Business Report), complications from Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer.
• Peter Mathews, 65, Irish politician, TD (2011–2016), oesophageal cancer.
• James McGrath, 85, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (1986–1991), MP (1957–1963, 1968–1986).
• Nicholas Mosley, 93, British novelist and biographer.
• Joseph A. Panuska, 89, American educator, President of the University of Scranton (1982–1998).
• Pierre Pascau, 78, Mauritian-Canadian journalist.
• Vladimir Petrov, 69, Russian ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1972, 1976) and silver medalist (1980).
• Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira, 90, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ipameri (1975–1985) and Archbishop of Goiânia (1985–2002).
• Dave Rosenfield, 87, American baseball manager (Norfolk Tides).⋅
• Haji Abdul Salam, 69, Indian politician.
• Elisabeth Waldheim, 94, Austrian political figure, First Lady (1986–1992).
• James Walker, 76, British actor (Nineteen Eighty-Four, Empire of the Sun).

27

• Zvjezdan Cvetković, 56, Croatian football player and manager.
• Marcel De Corte, 87, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, national team).
• Paul Debusman, 84, American seminary librarian.
• John Harlan, 91, American radio and television personality (Password).
• Arvo Krikmann, 77, Estonian folklorist and academic.
• Liu Zemin, 72, Chinese politician.
• Syd Lowdon, 81, English rugby league player (Whitehaven, Workington Town, Cumberland).
• Carlos Humberto Romero, 92, Salvadoran politician, President (1977–1979).
• P. Shiv Shankar, 87, Indian politician, Governor of Sikkim (1994–1995) and Kerala (1995–1996).
• Sin Kek Tong, 72, Singaporean politician, founder of the Singapore People's Party.
• Sam Summerlin, 89, American foreign correspondent (Associated Press), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Jórunn Viðar, 98, Icelandic pianist and composer.
• Alex Young, 80, Scottish footballer (Hearts, Everton, national team).
• Eva Maria Zuk, 71, Polish-born Mexican pianist.

26

• Abu Khayr al-Masri, 59, Egyptian deputy leader of al-Qaeda, drone strike.
• Katalin Berek, 86, Hungarian actress (Adoption).
• Cabral, 16, Polish-born British dressage horse, Paralympic gold winner (2012), euthanized.
• Jay Cronley, 73, American writer (Tulsa World).
• Mark Czarnecki, 61, American banking executive (M&T Bank), cancer.
• Ludvig Faddeev, 82, Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician (Faddeev equations, Faddeev-Popov ghost).
• Eugene Garfield, 91, American linguist.
• Ned Garver, 91, American baseball pitcher (St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics).
• Sunny Hale, 48, American polo player, complications from breast cancer.
• Preben Hertoft, 89, Danish sexologist. (death announced on this date)
• Aristides Kalantzakis, 89, Greek politician.
• Sir Gerald Kaufman, 86, British politician, MP for Manchester Ardwick (1970–1983) and Manchester Gorton (since 1983), Father of the House (since 2015).
• Jean-Paul Martin-du-Gard, 89, French Olympic runner (1952, 1956).
• Essa Moosa, 81, South African judge and anti-apartheid activist.
• Andy Potter, 55, British radio presenter, cancer.
• Abdul Salam, 48-49, Afghan Taliban-recognized Governor of Kunduz, drone strike.
• Mushi Santappa, 93, Indian chemist.
• Muhammad Ali Sheikh, 50, Pakistani politician.
• Șerban Stănoiu, 76, Romanian judge, Constitutional Court justice (2001–2007), and lawyer.
• Irvine Sellar, 82, English property developer (The Shard).
• Ray Stokes, 92, Australian footballer.
• Joseph Wapner, 97, American judge (Los Angeles County Superior Court) and television personality (The People's Court, Judge Wapner's Animal Court).

25

• Hassan Al-Jundi, 78, Moroccan author, playwright and actor (The Message).
• Hassan Daaboul, Syrian general, head of military intelligence, bombing.
• Stanley Dearman, 84, American newspaper publisher and civil rights activist.
• Neil Fingleton, 36, English basketball player, actor and stuntman (Game of Thrones, 47 Ronin, Avengers: Age of Ultron), heart attack.
• Shifa Gardi, 30, Iraqi journalist (Rudaw), bombing.
• Russell Hardin, 76, American political scientist.
• Jan Hoem, 77, Norwegian population scientist.
• Bobby Lumley, 84, English footballer (Hartlepool United, Charlton Athletic).
• Eric Miller, 75, American record producer (Pablo Records), heart attack.
• Carlos Miloc, 85, Uruguayan football coach (Tigres UANL).
• Toshio Nakanishi, 61, Japanese musician (Plastics), esophageal cancer.
• Elli Norkett, 20, Welsh rugby player (national team), traffic collision.
• Bill Paxton, 61, American actor (Apollo 13, Aliens, Big Love), complications following heart surgery.
• Chez Pazienza, 47, American journalist, author and television producer.
• Jack Pope, 103, American judge, attorney and author, Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1982–1985).
• Dorothy P. Rice, 94, American economist, complications from a fall.
• Ron Savage, 63, American news anchor and journalist (WJBK), heart attack.
• Doug Tamaki, New Zealand tourism entrepreneur.
• Boaz Vaadia, 65, Israeli-born American sculptor, pancreatic cancer.
• Bill Wallace, 69, American journalist (San Francisco Chronicle), cancer.
• Lloyd Williams, 83, Welsh rugby player (Cardiff, national team).

24

• Daryl, 61, American magician, suicide by hanging.
• Amy Dawes, 56, American entertainment journalist and screenwriter, cancer.
• Nderitu Gachagua, 63, Kenyan politician, Governor of Nyeri County (since 2013).
• Ronald T. Halverson, 80, American religious leader (LDS Church) and politician.
• Fumio Karashima, 68, Japanese jazz pianist.
• William Liebenow, 97, American naval officer, helped rescue John F. Kennedy and other survivors of PT-109, complications of pneumonia.
• Gustaw Lutkiewicz, 92, Polish actor (A Year of the Quiet Sun).
• Don Markham, 85, American saxophonist and trumpeter (The Strangers).
• Fred Oldfield, 98, American painter.
• Vito Ortelli, 95, Italian racing cyclist.
• Gerson Poyk, 85, Indonesian author and journalist.
• Miriam Tlali, 83, South African author.
• Lester Tenney, 96, American prisoner of war and activist.

23

• Antonio Borghesi, 67, Italian politician.
• Ward Chamberlin, 95, American public broadcasting executive (WETA), dementia.
• Alan Colmes, 66, American political commentator (Fox News), lymphoma.
• Don Cousens, 78, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1981–1994), Mayor of Markham, Ontario.
• Bernie Custis, 88, American CFL player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders), member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
• Bengt Fahlström, 78, Swedish journalist and television presenter, pneumonia.
• Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones, 92, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ciudad Victoria (1974–1985).
• Derek Ibbotson, 84, British runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
• David Keightley, 84, American sinologist.
• Armin Medosch, 54, Austrian arts journalist.
• Sabine Oberhauser, 53, Austrian physician and politician, Minister of Health (since 2014) and Women's Affairs (since 2016), abdominal cancer.
• Horace Parlan, 86, American-born Danish jazz pianist.
• Ren Hang, 29, Chinese photographer, suicide.
• Óscar Salas Moya, 80, Bolivian politician and trade unionist, complications from pulmonary fibrosis.
• Ivo Svoboda, 68, Czech politician, Finance Minister (1998–1999).
• David Waddington, Baron Waddington, 87, British politician, Home Secretary (1989–1990), Leader of the House of Lords (1990–1992), Governor of Bermuda (1992–1997).
• Leon Ware, 77, American musician, record producer, and songwriter ("I Want You", "I Wanna Be Where You Are").
• Farooq Zameer, Pakistani television actor.

22

• David Bárcena Ríos, 75, Mexican Olympic pentathlete (1964, 1968) and equestrian (1972, 1976, 1980).
• Ronald Blackwood, 91, Jamaican-born American politician, Mayor of Mount Vernon, New York (1985–1996), first elected black mayor in New York state, Parkinson's disease.
• Gary Cartwright, 82, American journalist and writer.
• Kim Chance, 70, Australian politician and farmer, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (1992–2009).
• Gordon Gray Currie, 93, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1982–1986).
• Ricardo Dominguez, 31, Mexican welterweight boxer, colon cancer.
• Eni Faleomavaega, 73, American Samoan politician and attorney, Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives (1989–2015), Lieutenant Governor (1985–1989).
• Ed Garvey, 76, American labor attorney, NFLPA executive director and counsel (1970–1983).
• J. Karl Hedrick, 72, American mechanical engineer, lung cancer.
• Fritz Koenig, 92, German sculptor, creator of The Sphere at the World Trade Center.
• Nikos Koundouros, 90, Greek film director (O Drakos).
• Martin Lüttge, 73, German actor.
• Johnny McCormack, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens).
• Dag Østerberg, 78, Norwegian sociologist, philosopher and musicologist.
• Aleksei Petrenko, 78, Ukrainian-born Russian actor (Agony, World War II: Behind Closed Doors).
• Stephen Rhodes, 66, Irish radio presenter (BBC Three Counties Radio), motor neurone disease.
• Alfred Wiggins, 80, American pastor and actor (Matlock).
• Malik Muhammad Zahoor Anwar, 79, Pakistani politician.

21

• Leah Adler, 97, American pianist.
• Max Angus, 102, Australian painter.
• Kenneth Arrow, 95, American economist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1972).
• Brunella Bovo, 84, Italian actress.
• Enzo Carella, 65, Italian singer-songwriter.
• Jeanne Martin Cissé, 91, Guinean teacher and politician.
• Steve Clark, 93, American tap dancer (The Clark Brothers). (death announced on this date)
• Douglas Coe, 88, American evangelical leader.
• Desmond Connell, 90, Irish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin (1988–2004).
• Ion Croitoru, 53, Canadian professional wrestler (SMW, AWA, WWF) and convicted criminal.
• Frank Delaney, 74, Irish author and journalist.
• Jamal Udeen Al-Harith, 50, British terrorist, suicide bombing. (death announced on this date)
• Sir Cosmo Haskard, 100, Irish-born British colonial administrator, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1964–1970).
• Joy Hruby, 89, Australian actress (Brides of Christ) and television presenter.
• Jean-Pierre Jorris, 91, French stage actor.
• Salome Karwah, 28, Liberian nurse, co-Time Person of the Year (2014), complications from childbirth.
• Edwin Kessler, 88, American atmospheric scientist.
• Sir Michael Palmer, 88, British Army officer, Defence Services Secretary (1982–1985).
• Graciela Paraskevaidis, 76, Argentine writer and composer.
• Ruth L. Ratny, 89, American journalist and screenwriter, heart failure.
• Garel Rhys, 76, British economist and motor industry academic.
• Stanisław Skrowaczewski, 93, Polish-American conductor and composer.
• Keisuke Tanimura, 85, Japanese politician.

20

• Ilene Berns, 73, American record executive (Bang Records).
• Jaroslava Blažková, 83, Slovak writer.
• Brenda Buttner, 55, American news correspondent (Bulls & Bears), cancer.
• Vitaly Churkin, 64, Russian diplomat, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (since 2006), Ambassador to Belgium (1994–1998) and child actor (A Mother's Heart), heart failure.
• Timothy A. Cohn, 59, American hydrologist.
• Mildred Dresselhaus, 86, American nanotechnologist.
• José Fernandes Fafe, 90, Portuguese diplomat and writer.
• Jamie Fox, 62, American politician and political strategist, New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation (2014–2015).
• Steve Hewlett, 58, British journalist (The Guardian) and radio presenter (The Media Show), oesophageal cancer.
• Huang Feili, 99, Chinese musician and conductor.
• Sofía Ímber, 92, Romanian-born Venezuelan journalist.
• Antony Mitradas, 103, Indian film director.
• Leo Murphy, 78, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer.
• H. Wilbert Norton, 102, American educator and missionary.
• Cyril Pavlov, 97, Russian religious leader (Russian Orthodox Church).
• Elric Pronce, 21, Belgian pianist and 3D-designer, train derailment.
• Rod Simons, 56, American sportscaster (KSTW, KSTP), heart attack.
• Eric Smith, 97, Australian artist.
• Suthan Suthersan, 60, Sri Lankan-born American environmental engineer.
• André Vlayen, 85, Belgian racing cyclist.

19

• Alejandro Atchugarry, 64, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Economy and Finance (2002–2003), aneurysm.
• Shibaji Banerjee, 60s, Indian footballer (Mohun Bagan), heart attack.
• Xavier Beulin, 58, French agribusiness executive (Avril).
• Angus Bruneau, 81, Canadian engineer, academic and businessman.
• Charismatic, 20, American racehorse, winner of the 1999 Kentucky Derby and the 1999 Preakness Stakes, pelvic hemorrhage.
• Richard J. Coffee, 92, American politician, Chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee (1977–1981).
• Larry Coryell, 73, American jazz guitarist, heart failure.
• Don Dixon, Baron Dixon, 87, British politician, MP for Jarrow (1979–1997).
• Dean Ehlers, 87, American college basketball coach (Memphis, James Madison).
• Kaci Kullmann Five, 65, Norwegian politician, Storting (1981–1997) and Chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (since 2015), breast cancer.
• Karla M. Gray, 69, American state judge, Associate Justice (1991–2000) and Chief Justice (2001–2008) of the Montana Supreme Court, cancer.
• Darryl Hammond, 49, American arena football player (St. Louis Stampede, Nashville Kats, Georgia Force), ALS.
• Trevor Habberstad, 27, American stuntman (Face/Off, American Sniper, Doctor Strange), cancer.
• Altamas Kabir, 68, Indian judge, Chief Justice (2012–2013).
• Hillar Kärner, 81, Estonian chess player.
• Jørgen Kieler, 97, Danish physician and World War II resistance member.
• Harry MacPherson, 90, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
• Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe, 90, Tongan royal, Queen Consort (1965–2006), Queen Mother (since 2006).
• Paul McCarthy, 45, Irish footballer (Wycombe Wanderers, Brighton & Hove Albion).
• Richard McMillan, 65, Canadian actor (Shadow Builder, A Map of the World, The Day After Tomorrow).
• Igor Shafarevich, 93, Ukrainian-born Russian mathematician.
• Renate Simson, American scholar of African-American literature.
• Danuta Szaflarska, 102, Polish actress.
• Bob White, 81, Canadian trade unionist.
• Chris Wiggins, 86, English-born Canadian voice actor (Babar, Friday the 13th: The Series, The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar).
• Nancy Willard, 80, American writer.
• John S. Wold, 100, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming's at-large congressional district (1969–1971).
• Marilyn B. Young, 79, American historian.
• Roman Zhuravskyi, 68, Ukrainian footballer (Dynamo Kyiv, Karpaty Lviv).

18

• Omar Abdel-Rahman, 78, Egyptian Muslim leader and convicted terrorist.
• Witold Adamek, 71, Polish screenwriter and director.
• Victor Arbekov, 74, Russian motocross racer, world champion (1965).
• Steve Christian, 53, British executive film producer (Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story, Ripley Under Ground, Mutant Chronicles).
• Jambuwantrao Dhote, 77, Indian politician, cardiac arrest.
• Nick Dupree, 34, American disability rights activist.
• Roger Hynd, 75, Scottish football player (Rangers, Birmingham City) and manager (Motherwell).
• Ivan Koloff, 74, Canadian professional wrestler (WWF, NWA), liver cancer.
• Erland Kops, 80, Danish badminton player, European championship silver medalist (1970).
• Tom Larson, 69, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (2011–2016), lung cancer.
• Norma McCorvey, 69, American political activist, plaintiff in U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.
• Henk Nienhuis, 75, Dutch football player and manager (Veendam).
• Sir Michael Ogio, 74, Papua New Guinean politician, Governor-General (since 2010).
• Nadezhda Olizarenko, 63, Ukrainian track athlete, Olympic champion (1980).
• John Ross, 90, Austrian-born American chemist.
• Richard Schickel, 84, American film critic (Time), complications from a series of strokes.
• Lawrence F. Snowden, 95, American military officer.
• Pasquale Squitieri, 78, Italian film director and screenwriter.
• Clyde Stubblefield, 73, American drummer (James Brown), kidney failure.
• Sulamani, 17, Irish racehorse, euthanized. (death announced on this date)
• Alan Thompson, 92, British academic and politician, MP for Dunfermline Burghs (1959–1964).
• Dan Vickerman, 37, South African-born Australian rugby union footballer (Brumbies, Waratahs, national team), suicide.

17

• Alan Aldridge, 73, British graphic designer (The Who, Elton John).
• Charles L. Bartlett, 95, American journalist (Chattanooga Times), Pulitzer Prize winner (1956), heart ailment.
• Evangelos Basiakos, 63, Greek politician, MP (since 1989), heart attack.
• Nicole Bass, 52, American bodybuilder, professional wrestler and actress (WWF, ECW, XPW).
• Helmut Brenner, 60, Austrian musicologist.
• P. Michael Conneally, 85, American geneticist.
• Lars Engberg, 74, Danish politician, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen (2004–2005).
• Just Faaland, 95, Norwegian economist.
• Patty Freedman, 64, American actress (Airplane II: The Sequel, Mr. Mom, Ghostbusters).
• Warren Frost, 91, American actor (Twin Peaks, Matlock, Seinfeld).
• Börge Hellström, 59, Swedish writer (Roslund/Hellström), cancer.
• Tomislav Ivančić, 78, Croatian Roman Catholic theologian and academic.
• Emmanuelle Khanh, 79, French stylist and fashion designer.
• Kim Ji-young, 78, South Korean actress.
• Louis Quatorze, 24, American thoroughbred racehorse.
• Theodore J. Lowi, 85, American political scientist.
• Robert H. Michel, 93, American politician, U.S Representative from Illinois's 18th district (1957–1995), pneumonia.
• Leonard Myers, 38, American football player (New England Patriots), cancer.
• Isarapong Noonpakdee, 83, Thai army officer, Commander of the Royal Thai Army (1992).
• Michael Novak, 83, American Roman Catholic theologian, complications from colon cancer.
• Russ Prior, 67, Canadian weightlifter, world championship bronze medalist (1976).
• Tom Regan, 78, American philosopher and animal rights advocate, pneumonia.
• Andrew Schneider, 74, American journalist (Pittsburgh Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer), Pulitzer Prize winner (1986, 1987), heart failure.
• Ved Prakash Sharma, 61, Indian writer, lung cancer.
• Peter Skellern, 69, English singer-songwriter, brain cancer.
• Niki Stajković, 57, Austrian diver, European championship silver medalist (1987), heart failure.
• James Stevenson, 87, American illustrator and author.
• Alan Stone, 71, American businessman (Nintendo).
• Su Qiang, 85, Chinese inorganic chemist.
• Thomas Sweeney, 87, Australian rugby union player.
• Robert L. Tapper, 96, American Pentecostal bishop.
• Jerome Tuccille, 80, American writer and activist. (death announced on this date)
• Marko Veselica, 81, Croatian politician and economist.
• Tony Vinson, 81, Australian social scientist.
• Sir Nicholas Wall, 71, English judge, President of the Family Division (2010–2012).
• Magnus Wenninger, 97, American mathematician.

16

• Josef Augusta, 70, Czech ice hockey player and coach, Olympic silver medalist (1976), pancreatic cancer.
• Dick Bruna, 89, Dutch author and illustrator (Miffy).
• Teresa del Conde, 82, Mexican art historian and critic.
• Ross Greenberg, 60, American journalist and antivirus pioneer (Flushot Plus), pneumonia and multiple sclerosis.
• Bengt Gustavsson, 89, Swedish football player and manager.
• Isahak Isahakyan, 83, Armenian banker, chairman of the Central Bank (1986–1994).
• Jannis Kounellis, 80, Greek-Italian artist.
• Osmond P. Martin, 86, Belizean Roman Catholic Prelate, Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan (1983–2006).
• Dimitris Mytaras, 83, Greek painter.
• Pericoma Okoye, Nigerian singer.
• Richard Pankhurst, 89, British academic.
• Peter Richardson, 85, English cricketer (Worcestershire, Kent, national team).
• Krishnaraj Sriram, 43, Indian cricketer, cardiac arrest.
• George Steele, 79, American professional wrestler (WWF) and actor (Ed Wood), renal failure.
• Maurice Vander, 87, French jazz pianist and composer.
• Wang Ben-hu, 63, Taiwanese television presenter, cancer.
• Duke Washington, 83, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), pneumonia.
• Ep Wieldraaijer, 89, Dutch politician, member of House of Representatives (1963–1974).

15

• E-Dubble, 34, American rap artist, blood infection.
• Bonipus Fernando, 83, Sri Lankan actor.
• Tibério Gaspar, 73, Brazilian musician and composer.
• Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra, 67, Portuguese royal.
• Rich Ingold, 53, American arena football player and coach (Washington Commandos, Quad City Steamwheelers, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers).
• Manfred Kaiser, 88, German football player and manager (Wismut Gera).
• Margareta Kjellin, 68, Swedish politician, MP (since 2006), lung cancer.
• Stuart McLean, 68, Canadian radio broadcaster (The Vinyl Cafe), melanoma.
• Michèle McQuigg, 69, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1998–2008).
• Roy Proverbs, 84, English footballer (Gillingham).
• Franco Rizzi, 72, Italian historian and teacher.
• José Solé, 87, Mexican stage actor and director.
• Tadeusz Swietochowski, 84, Polish-American historian.
• Loren Wiseman, 65, American game designer (Game Designers' Workshop).
• Mieczysław Włodyka, 67, Polish politician and businessman.

14

• Anne Aaserud, 74, Norwegian art historian.
• B. B. Bhattacharya, 71, Indian economist and professor, cardiac arrest.
• Cipriano Chemello, 71, Italian racing cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
• Satish Dahiya, Indian soldier.
• Adrien Duvillard, 82, French Olympic skier (1956, 1960).
• Siegfried Herrmann, 84, German Olympic long-distance runner (1956, 1964).
• Al Imfeld, 82, Swiss theologian, author and publisher.
• Ríkharður Jónsson, 87, Icelandic footballer.
• Jiří Lanský, 83, Czech high jumper, European championship silver medalist (1954, 1958).
• Elisabeth Lichtenberger, 91, Austrian geographer.
• Ulla-Maija Määttänen, 69, Finnish journalist.
• Joseph Neal, 66, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (since 1993).
• Paul Nguyên Van Hòa, 85, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết (1975) and Nha Trang (1975–2009).
• Gelek Rimpoche, 77, Tibetan-born American Buddhist teacher.
• Deanna Summers, 76, American songwriter.
• Odd Tandberg, 92, Norwegian painter.
• Ben Tierney, 81, Canadian journalist, throat cancer.
• Hans Trass, 88, Estonian botanist.
• Casimir Wang Mi-lu, 74, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Qinzhou (1981–2003).
• John Watkinson, 84, New Zealand soil chemist.
• George Herbert Weiss, 86, American mathematician.

13

• Ricardo Arias Calderón, 83, Panamanian politician, Vice President (1990–1992).
• Herminio Bautista, 82, Filipino actor and director (Bagets), member of Quezon City Council (1988–1991).
• Aage Birch, 90, Danish sailor, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
• Stacy Bromberg, 60, American darts player, world champion (2010), cancer.
• Edward E. David Jr., 92, American electrical engineer, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology (1970–1973).
• Melvin Defleur, 93, American mass communications scholar.
• Harold Denton, 80, American public servant, Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
• Raymond Dugrand, 92, French geographer.
• Mostafa El-Abbadi, 88, Egyptian historian, heart failure.
• Fame and Glory, 11, Irish racehorse, winner of the Irish Derby and Ascot Gold Cup, heart attack.
• Paulo Henrique Filho, 52, Brazilian footballer.
• Robert Fisher, 59, American singer and songwriter (Willard Grant Conspiracy), cancer.
• Jan Grabowski, 66, Polish speedway rider.
• Aileen Hernandez, 90, American union organizer and women's rights activist, President of the National Organization for Women (1970–1971).
• Gerald Hirschfeld, 95, American cinematographer (Young Frankenstein, Fail Safe).
• Giorgos Ioannou, 90, Greek artist.
• Kim Jong-nam, 45, North Korean political figure, member of Kim dynasty, poisoned.
• Bruce Lansbury, 87, British-American television producer (Murder, She Wrote, The Wild Wild West, Knight Rider) and screenwriter, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Carol Lloyd, 68, Australian rock singer, interstitial lung disease.
• Lucky Pulpit, 16, American racehorse, heart attack.
• Salma Siddiqui, 85, Indian novelist.
• Darrell K. Smith, 55, American football player (Toronto Argonauts).
• Seijun Suzuki, 93, Japanese director and screenwriter.
• Satya Pal Wahi, 88, Indian corporate executive (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation).
• Jennifer Watson, 56, American stuntwoman (Cast Away, Blade, The Perfect Storm).
• Jim Watson, 73, New Zealand biotechnologist, prostate cancer.
• Jimmy Windeskog, 42, Swedish politician, Leader of Sweden Democratic Youth (1996–2000). (death announced on this date)

12

• Dave Adolph, 79, American football coach (Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Raiders).
• Sam Arday, 71, Ghanaian football coach (national team).
• Jay Bontatibus, 52, American actor (The Young and the Restless, General Hospital), cancer.
• Armand Brinkhaus, 81, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Senate (1976–1996).
• Barbara Carroll, 92, American jazz pianist.
• Sara Coward, 69, British actress (The Archers), breast cancer.
• Damian, 52, British pop singer, cancer.
• Nancy Diamond, 75, Canadian politician, Mayor of Oshawa, Ontario (1991–2003).
• Åsleik Engmark, 51, Norwegian actor and comedian.
• Hector Fautario, 92, Argentine Air Force officer.
• Al Jarreau, 76, American jazz and R&B singer ("Moonlighting", "Since I Fell for You", "We Are the World"), seven-time Grammy winner, respiratory failure.
• Hamida Khuhro, 80, Pakistani politician, writer, professor and historian.
• Sione Lauaki, 35, Tongan-born New Zealand rugby union player (Chiefs, New Zealand national team).
• Yitzhak Livni, 82, Polish-born Israeli media executive and writer.
• Alice Ludes, 104, American singer.
• Albert Malbois, 101, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes (1966–1977).
• Walter Morrow, 88, American electrical engineer, director of the MIT Lincoln Laboratory (1977–1998).
• Quentin Moses, 33, American football player (Miami Dolphins), house fire.
• Bobby Murdoch, 81, English footballer (Liverpool).
• Giusto Pio, 91, Italian violinist and songwriter ("I treni di Tozeur").
• Ren Xinmin, 101, Chinese rocket scientist.
• Clint Roberts, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota's 2nd congressional district (1981–1983), COPD.
• David Seals, 69, American author.
• Krystyna Sienkiewicz, 81, Polish actress and singer.
• Tyrone Tootoosis, 58, Canadian First Nations advocate.
• Mike Walden, 89, American broadcaster (UCLA, USC), complications from a stroke.

11

• Danièle Djamila Amrane-Minne, 77, French-Algerian political activist, academic and writer.
• Bruno A. Boley, 92, Italian-born American engineer.
• Joseph Bonnar, 68, English rugby league player.
• Trish Doan, 31, South Korean-born Canadian bassist (Kittie).
• Jeremy Geathers, 30, American arena football player (Spokane Shock, Orlando Predators), traffic collision.
• Chavo Guerrero Sr., 68, American professional wrestler (NWA, AWA, WWE), liver cancer.
• Eivind Hjelmtveit, 90, Norwegian cultural administrator (Riksteatret, Oslo Kino).
• Lucille Conlin Horn, 96, American pioneer neonatal incubator patient, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Susanne Kablitz, 47, German politician (PDV), suicide.
• Knut Kleve, 90, Norwegian philologist.
• Vasily Kudinov, 47, Russian handball player, Olympic champion (1992, 2000).
• Howard Leeds, 97, Canadian-born American television producer and writer (The Brady Bunch, Silver Spoons, Diff'rent Strokes).
• Harvey Lichtenstein, 87, American arts administrator (Brooklyn Academy of Music), complications from a stroke.
• Kurt Marti, 96, Swiss poet and theologian.
• Fab Melo, 26, Brazilian basketball player (Boston Celtics).
• Piet Rentmeester, 78, Dutch racing cyclist.
• Jaap Rijks, 97, Dutch Olympic equestrian (1948).
• Egon Schwarz, 94, Austrian-born American literary scholar.
• Jarmila Šuláková, 87, Czech folk singer.
• Jiro Taniguchi, 69, Japanese manga artist (A Distant Neighborhood).
• Juan Ulloa, 82, Costa Rican footballer (Alajuelense, national team).
• Jozef Zlatňanský, 89, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Mons Faliscus (since 1997) and Secretary of ICCEE (1997–2004).

10

• Wiesław Adamski, 69, Polish sculptor.
• Bradley Ayers, 81, American soldier and CIA operative.
• Roger Boas, 95, American politician.
• Albert Boscov, 87, American businessman (Boscov's), pancreatic cancer.
• Edward Bryant, 71, American science fiction and horror writer.
• Miles Cahn, 95, American businessman, co-founder of Coach, Inc..
• H. R. Crawford, 78, American real estate developer and politician, prostate cancer.
• Tony Davis, 86, British folk singer (The Spinners).
• Maxine Grimm, 102, American religious figure (Latter-day Saints).
• Pepsi Herrera, 56, Filipino fashion designer, heart attack.
• Mike Ilitch, 87, American businessman (Little Caesars, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers).
• Dahlov Ipcar, 99, American painter and author.
• Piet Keizer, 73, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team), lung cancer.
• Ben Martin, 86, American photographer.
• Hal Moore, 94, American lieutenant general and author (We Were Soldiers Once… And Young).
• Roger Peace, 80, Canadian actor, writer, director and producer.
• Yuriy Poyarkov, 80, Ukrainian volleyball player, Olympic champion (1964, 1968).
• Royal Delta, 9, American racehorse, foaling complications. (death announced on this date)
• Hamid Touran, Turkish-born Iranian Muslim scholar, heart failure.
• Wang Lin, 64, Chinese qigong master, multiple organ failure.
• Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, 78, Japanese swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1956, 1960), pneumonia.

9

• Frank Ancona, 51, American Ku Klux Klan chapter leader, shot.
• Serge Baguet, 47, Belgian racing cyclist, colon cancer.
• Walter Brasch, 71, American journalist.
• Chen Hsing-ling, 92, Taiwanese military officer, head of the Air Force and Armed Forces.
• Marcel Dandeneau, 85, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1975–1979), cancer.
• Don Ferguson, 81, New Zealand Jersey cattle breeder.
• Radu Gabrea, 79, Romanian film director (Călătoria lui Gruber) and screenwriter.
• Claude Geffré, 91, French Roman Catholic theologian.
• Barbara Gelb, 91, American biographer, playwright and journalist.
• Josefina Leiner, 88, Mexican actress.
• Anthony Marquez, 55, American journalist and editor (Associated Press), cancer.
• Packy, 54, American-born Asian elephant, euthanized.
• Simon Porter, 66, English cricket player and administrator (Oxfordshire).
• André Salvat, 96, French Army colonel.
• Warren Unna, 93, American journalist (The Washington Post), congestive heart failure.

8

• Ljubiša Beara, 77, Bosnian military officer and convicted war criminal.
• Timothy Behrens, 79, British painter.
• Viktor Chanov, 57, Ukrainian footballer.
• Richard DuFour, 69, American educational researcher, cancer.
• Olive Dunbar, 91, American actress.
• Georges El-Murr, 86, Lebanese-born Jordanian Melkite Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Petra and Philadelphia (1992–2007) and Patriarchal Exarch of Iraq (1997–2004).
• Giorgio Giacomelli, 87, Italian diplomat.
• Kjell Heggelund, 84, Norwegian writer and editor.
• Arthur Hyman, 95, American academic.
• Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, 88, British lawyer.
• Sir Peter Mansfield, 83, English physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2003).
• Rina Matsuno, 18, Japanese pop singer (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku).
• Brendan McGahon, 80, Irish politician, TD (1982–2002).
• Patrick Mumbure Mutume, 73, Zimbabwean Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Mutare (since 1979).
• Mohamud Muse Hersi, Somali politician, President of Puntland (2005–2009).
• Ólöf Nordal, 50, Icelandic politician, Minister of the Interior (2014–2017), cancer.
• Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, 45, British socialite and television presenter, perforated ulcer.
• José Luis Pérez de Arteaga, 66, Spanish music critic, musicologist and journalist.
• Tom Raworth, 78, British poet and publisher.
• Tony Särkkä, 44, Swedish multi-instrumentalist (Abruptum, Ophthalamia).
• Alan Simpson, 87, British comedy scriptwriter (Hancock's Half Hour, Comedy Playhouse, Steptoe and Son), lung disease.
• Steve Sumner, 61, English-born New Zealand footballer (Christchurch United, Manurewa, national team), prostate cancer.
• Mikhail Tolstykh, 36, Ukrainian DPR separatist commander (War in Donbass), rocket launcher explosion.
• Jan Vansina, 87, Belgian historian and professor (University of Wisconsin–Madison).
• Sir John Wells, 91, British politician, MP (1959–1987), complications from a fall.

7

• Svend Asmussen, 100, Danish jazz violinist.
• Pat Beard, 69, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1983–1994).
• Babs Bram, 92, American actress (Red Rock West).
• Valeriu Bularca, 85, Romanian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
• Sotsha Dlamini, 76, Swazi politician, Prime Minister (1986–1989), fall.
• Smail Hamdani, 86, Algerian politician, Prime Minister (1998–1999).
• Richard Hatch, 71, American actor (Battlestar Galactica, The Streets of San Francisco, All My Children), pancreatic cancer.
• Michael Henshall, 88, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Warrington (1976–1996).
• Loukianos Kilaidonis, 73, Greek singer-songwriter, respiratory infection.
• Sidney H. Liebson, 96, American scientist.
• Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, 93, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cuenca (1981–2000).
• Norah McClintock, 59, Canadian author, ovarian cancer.
• Nilawan Pintong, 101, Thai writer.
• Gianfranco Plenizio, 76, Italian composer and conductor (Hotel Rwanda).
• Antonín Přidal, 81, Czech writer and translator.
• Hans Rosling, 68, Swedish academic, professor of International Health and co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation, pancreatic cancer.
• John Salt, 75, British Anglican bishop, Diocese of St Helena (1999–2011).
• Rabin Sengupta, 87, Indian photojournalist.
• Tzvetan Todorov, 77, Bulgarian-French philosopher.
• Richard B. Wright, 79, Canadian novelist (Clara Callan).

6

• Ivar Aronsson, 88, Swedish rower, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
• Boy Asistio, 80, Filipino politician, Mayor of Caloocan (1980–1986, 1988–1995).
• Len Bosman, 93, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives for St George (1963–1969).
• Bill Britton, 82, Canadian football player (BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders).
• Irwin Corey, 102, American comedian (The Steve Allen Show) and actor.
• David Culver, 92, Canadian businessman (Alcan).
• Christine Dolce, 35, American model, liver failure.
• Marc Drogin, 80, American writer and illustrator.
• José Gea Escolano, 87, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ibiza (1976–1987) and Mondoñedo-Ferrol (1987–2005).
• Neil Gehrels, 64, American astronomer.
• Stan Jones, 67, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1974–1990).
• Inge Keller, 93, German actress (The Last Year, Aimée & Jaguar, Lola and Billy the Kid).
• Djelloul Khatib, 80, Algerian independence activist and politician.
• Alec McCowen, 91, English actor (A Night to Remember, Frenzy, Gangs of New York).
• Luis Santamarina, 74, Spanish bicycle racer.
• Roy Forge Smith, 87, British production designer (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Ghost Whisperer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
• Raymond Smullyan, 97, American mathematician and philosopher.
• Albert Stubblebine, 87, American major general.
• Roger Walkowiak, 89, French racing cyclist, Tour de France winner (1956).
• Joost van der Westhuizen, 45, South African rugby union player (Bulls, Blue Bulls, national team), motor neuron disease.
• Ritchie Yorke, 73, Australian music journalist, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

5

• Rahila Al Riyami, Omani politician.
• David Axelrod, 85, American arranger, composer and producer, lung cancer.
• Ray Christensen, 92, American sportscaster (WCCO), upper respiratory infection.
• Glen Dudbridge, 78–79, British sinologist.
• Sonny Geraci, 70, American singer (The Outsiders, Climax).
• Gila Goldstein, 69, Italian-born Israeli actress, singer and transgender rights activist.
• Luis Gómez-Montejano, 94, Spanish football executive, President of Real Madrid (2006).
• Björn Granath, 70, Swedish actor (Madicken, Pelle the Conqueror).
• Carroll Izard, 93, American psychologist.
• Kálmán Katona, 69, Hungarian politician.
• Thomas Lux, 70, American poet.
• Gopalkrishna P. Nayak, 89, Indian writer.
• Suranjit Sengupta, 71, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 1979).
• Harry Sullivan, 84, Australian VFL footballer (Carlton, Collingwood).

4

• Neil Betts, 90, Australian rugby union player (Queensland, Wallabies).
• Antonio Casale, 84, Italian actor.
• Graciana Chironi, 96, Argentine actress.
• Gervase de Peyer, 90, British clarinetist.
• John Gay, 92, American screenwriter (Run Silent, Run Deep, Separate Tables).
• Basil Hetzel, 94, Australian medical researcher, iodine deficiency campaigner.
• Hans van der Hoek, 83, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord).
• John Howes, 92, American professor of Asian studies.
• Steve Lang, 67, Canadian rock bass guitarist (April Wine).
• Margaret Mungherera, 59, Ugandan physician, President of the World Medical Association (2013–2014), cancer.
• Sir Kenneth Newman, 90, British police officer, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (1982–1987).
• Ivor Noël Hume, 89, British archaeologist (Wolstenholme Towne).
• David Phillips, 60, American cinematographer (The Basketball Diaries, Saturday Night Live).
• Bano Qudsia, 88, Pakistani writer (Raja Gidh).
• Noel Simms, 82, Jamaican reggae percussionist and singer, lung cancer.
• Marc Spitz, 47, American writer (We Got the Neutron Bomb, Bowie: A Biography) and music journalist (Spin).
• Georgi Taratorkin, 72, Russian stage and film actor.
• Yang Shiming, 92, Chinese thermodynamicist.

3

• Dritëro Agolli, 85, Albanian writer, pulmonary disease.
• Zoya Bulgakova, 102, Russian actress.
• Carmelo Cassati, 92, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (1990–1999).
• Marjorie Corcoran, 66, American particle physicist, traffic collision.
• Anthony French, 96, British-American physicist, contributor to the Manhattan Project.
• Joseph Green, 82, American academic and theatre producer.
• Joe Grima, 80, Maltese politician and broadcaster (Radio Malta).
• Yoshiro Hayashi, 89, Japanese politician, Minister of Finance (1992–1993), multiple organ failure.
• John M. Hayes, 76, American geochemist.
• Roy Heenan, 81, Canadian lawyer and academic, founder of Heenan Blaikie.
• Colin Hutton, 90, English rugby league player (Widnes, Hull FC), manager and executive (Hull KR).
• Hassan Joharchi, 48, Iranian actor, liver disease.
• Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, 66, Brazilian trade unionist, First Lady (2003–2010), stroke.
• Richard Lyon, 93, American admiral and politician, Mayor of Oceanside, California (1992–2000).
• Shumon Miura, 91, Japanese Third Generation author, pneumonia.
• Benny Perrin, 57, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals), suicide by gunshot.
• Lou Rowan, 91, Australian Test cricket umpire.
• Lorenzo Servitje, 98, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Grupo Bimbo.
• Martin Gotthard Schneider, 86, German theologian, cantor and church music composer.
• Bob Stewart, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (California Golden Seals).
• Don Trousdell, 79, American artist.
• Michael Whinney, 86, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Southwell (1985–1988).

2

• Gordon Aikman, 31, British ALS campaigner, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• José Antonio Alonso, 56, Spanish politician, Minister of the Interior (2004–2006) and Defence (2006–2008), lung cancer.
• Alvin Baldus, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1981) and the Wisconsin State Assembly (1966–1975, 1989–1997).
• Angelo Bissesarsingh, 34, Trinidadian historian and author, pancreatic cancer.
• Tom Drake, 86, American wrestler and politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1960–1992), Speaker (1983–1987).
• John Hilton, 74, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions), fall.
• Bertram Kostant, 88, American mathematician.
• Max Lüscher, 93, Swiss psychotherapist.
• George Maderos, 83, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
• Predrag Matvejević, 84, Bosnian-Croatian writer and literature professor.
• Peter McArthur, 79, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Ringwood (1976–1982).
• Perry McGriff, 79, American football player and politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2000–2002).
• Shunichiro Okano, 85, Japanese football player, manager (national team) and sports executive, lung cancer.
• Miltos Papapostolou, 81, Greek football player and manager (AEK Athens, national team).
• Ruan Posheng, 100, Chinese politician, member of the National People's Congress (1979–1988).
• Jeff Sauer, 73, American ice hockey coach (Wisconsin Badgers), pancreatic cancer.
• Seymour Jonathan Singer, 92, American cell biologist.
• Su Hongjun, 76, Chinese astronomer.

1

• E. Ahamed, 78, Indian politician, Minister of External Affairs (2004–2014), heart attack.
• Anne Arrasmith, 70, American artist and curator.
• Asim Basu, 81, Indian theatre director, lung infection.
• David Peter Battaglia, 86, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1977–1995).
• Lars-Erik Berenett, 74, Swedish actor (Jordskott, Skilda världar).
• Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarapuava (1986–1992) and Archbishop of Londrina (1992–2006), surgical complications.
• Mark Brownson, 41, American baseball player (Colorado Rockies).
• Desmond Carrington, 90, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10) and broadcaster.
• Robert Dahlqvist, 40, Swedish rock singer and guitarist (The Hellacopters, Dundertåget).
• Sandy Gandhi, 59, Indian-born Australian comedian.
• Stig Grybe, 88, Swedish actor (Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High).
• Cor van der Hoeven, 95, Dutch footballer (Ajax).
• William Melvin Kelley, 79, American novelist, complications from kidney failure.
• Basilio Lami Dozo, 88, Argentine military officer.
• Carter Manny, 98, American architect.
• Sir Ken Morrison, 85, British businessman, president of Morrisons.
• Oskar A. Munch, 88, Norwegian businessman (ABB Group).
• Bernardine Portenski, 67, New Zealand long distance runner, ovarian cancer.
• Alma Redlinger, 92, Romanian painter.
• Edward Tipper, 95, American World War II veteran (Easy Company), depicted in Band of Brothers.
• Étienne Tshisekedi, 84, Congolese politician, Prime Minister (1991, 1992–1993, 1997), pulmonary embolism.
• A. N. Yiannopoulos, 88, Greek-born American legal academic.

Earlier months

• Deaths in January 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