Deaths in June 2013

The following is a list of notable deaths in June 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.

June 2013

1

• Oliver Bernard, 87, English poet and translator.
• William Cartwright, 92, American Emmy Award-winning film documentarian and editor, conservationist of the Watts Towers, natural causes.
• Frank Dempsey, 88, American football player.
• Jelena Genčić, 76, Serbian handball and tennis player and coach.
• Mott Green, 47, American chocolatier, co-founder of the Grenada Chocolate Company, electrocuted.
• Bill Gunston, 86, British aviation writer.
• Ian P. Howard, 85, Canadian psychologist, cancer.
• James Kelleher, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Sault Ste. Marie (1984–1988), member of the Senate (1990–2005), heart failure.
• Atle Kittang, 72, Norwegian literary researcher and critic.
• Hanfried Lenz, 97, German mathematician.
• Joseph-André Motte, 88, French furniture designer.
• Alixa Naff, 93, Lebanese-born American historian, expert on Arab immigration to the United States
• Dorothy Napangardi, 60s, Australian indigenous artist, traffic collision.
• Paul Olefsky, 87, American cellist (Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra).
• Jane Purves, 63, Canadian politician and newspaper editor (Halifax Chronicle Herald), Nova Scotia MLA for Halifax Citadel (1999–2003), cancer.
• Edward Cornelius Reed Jr., 88, American federal judge, District Court for Nevada (since 1979), natural causes.
• Janie Thompson, 91, American missionary and academic.

2

• Mario Bernardi, 82, Canadian conductor and pianist.
• Bruce Cathie, 83, New Zealand UFO author and theorist.
• Marco Frascari, 68, Italian architect.
• Chen Xitong, 84, Chinese politician, Mayor of Beijing (1983–1993), cancer.
• Andrew Doughty, 96, British anaesthetist.
• John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert, 86, British politician and life peer, MP for Dudley (1970–1974), Dudley East (1974–1997) and Minister for Transport (1975–1976).
• Margaret Jackson, 96, British Special Operations Executive secretary.
• Nick Keir, 60, Scottish musician.
• Sverre Magelssen, 95, Norwegian priest.
• Frank J. Magill, 86, American federal judge, member of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (1986–1997).
• MickDeth, 35, American heavy metal bassist (Eighteen Visions, Bleeding Through), pre-existing heart condition.
• Rob Morsberger, 53, American rock and roll singer and songwriter, glioblastoma.
• Togrul Narimanbekov, 83, Azerbaijani artist
• Ron Smith, 70, American football player (Chicago Bears), lung cancer.
• Jalal Al-Din Taheri, 87, Iranian Islamic cleric.
• Preston Ward, 85, American baseball player.
• Keith Wilson, 96, American classical musician, teacher and conductor.
• Mandawuy Yunupingu, 56, Australian musician (Yothu Yindi), kidney disease.

3

• Yves Bertrand, 69, French intelligence chief (Renseignements Généraux, 1992–2004).
• Will D. Campbell, 88, American Baptist minister, civil rights leader, author and lecturer, complications of a stroke.
• Atul Chitnis, 51, German-born Indian IT specialist, open source advocate and editor of PCQuest, intestinal cancer.
• Józef Czyrek, 84, Polish politician.
• G. R. Edmund, 82, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA for Tiruchendur and Tirunelveli, multiple organ failure.
• Arnold Eidus, 90, American violinist.
• Howard Grief, 73, Canadian–born Israeli attorney.
• Shahnaz Himmeti, Afghani politician, MP for Herat, traffic collision.
• Eugênio Izecksohn, 81, Brazilian herpetologist (Izecksohn's Toad), professor and author.
• Deacon Jones, 74, American Hall of Fame football player (Los Angeles Rams), coined the term "sack", natural causes.
• Farid Khan, Pakistani politician, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MLA for Hangu, shot.
• Jiah Khan, 25, American-born Indian actress, suicide by hanging.
• Frank Lautenberg, 89, American politician, member of the United States Senate for New Jersey (1982–2001, since 2003), complications of pneumonia.
• Enrique Lizalde, 76, Mexican actor.
• Stanley T. Walker, 90, American Olympic biathlete.

4

• Walt Arfons, 96, American land speed record holder.
• Martin Arnold, 84, American journalist, editor and columnist (The New York Times), complications of Parkinson's disease.
• Auguste Cazalet, 74, French politician, Senator for Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
• Rudolph M. Clay, 77, American politician, member of the Indiana Senate (1972–1976), Mayor of Gary, Indiana (2006–2011), prostate cancer.
• Joey Covington, 67, American musician (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna), traffic collision.
• John Crawley, 73, American judge, member of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals (1995–2007).
• Monti Davis, 54, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks).
• Hermann Gunnarsson, 66, Icelandic broadcaster, footballer and handball player.
• Pekka Hämäläinen, 74, Finnish football player and executive, President of the Football Association of Finland (1997–2009).
• John B. Heilman, 92, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1953–1954).
• Gaston Isabelle, 92, Canadian doctor and politician, MP for Hull—Aylmer (1968–1988).
• Austin M. Lee, 93, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1956–1964), Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission (1991–2001).
• Luo Meizhen, 127?, Chinese unverified claimant for world's oldest person, natural causes.
• Sir Patrick Nairne, 91, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Security (1975–1981).
• Zinia Pinto, 83, Indian Roman Catholic nun and educationalist.
• Samani Pulepule, 89, Samoan religious leader, Chairman of the Samoan Assemblies of God.
• S. Shamsuddin, 84, Singaporean actor.
• Ben Tucker, 82, American jazz musician, traffic collision.
• Will Wynn, 64, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), heart failure.

5

• Sir James Bottomley, 92, British diplomat, Ambassador to South Africa (1973–76).
• Don Bowman, 75, American comedian, country singer and songwriter ("Just to Satisfy You").
• Takkō Ishimori, 81, Japanese voice actor (One Piece, Magic Knight Rayearth).
• Kampta Karran, 56, Guyanese sociologist and author.
• Franz Kelch, 97, German singer.
• Hermann Lotter, 73, German Olympic swimmer.
• Helen McElhone, 80, British politician, MP for Glasgow Queen's Park (1982–83).
• Scarlet Moon de Chevalier, 62, Brazilian actress, journalist and writer, multiple system atrophy.
• Stanisław Nagy, 91, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of Santa Maria della Scala (since 2003).
• Lonappan Nambadan, 77, Indian politician, kidney ailment.
• Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, 80, Irish politician, TD for Longford–Westmeath (1957–61), President of Sinn Féin (1970–83) and Republican Sinn Féin (1987–2009).
• Michel Ostyn, 88, Belgian sports scientist.
• Balan Pandit, 86, Indian cricketer.
• David Schwartz, 96, American violist and music instructor.
• Annabel Tollman, 39, Belgian-born American fashion journalist and magazine editor, blood clot.
• Katherine Woodville, 74, English-born American actress (Posse, The Informers), cancer.

6

• Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, 81, Danish cellist.
• Elmer Guckert, 84, American baseball umpire.
• Nada Inada, 83, Japanese psychiatrist and writer.
• Jerome Karle, 94, American biochemist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1985), member of the Manhattan Project.
• Elaine Laron, 83, American songwriter and lyricist (The Electric Company, Captain Kangaroo), pneumonia.
• Rafael Marquina, 91, Spanish inventor, designer and architect.
• Jeffrey Mathews, 70, South African cricketer.
• Eugen Merzbacher, 92, German-born American physicist.
• Gennady Nikolayev, 76, Russian Soviet Olympic swimmer.
• Tom Sharpe, 85, British author (Porterhouse Blue, Wilt), complications from diabetes.
• Maxine Stuart, 94, American actress (Kitten with a Whip, Days of Wine and Roses), natural causes.
• Malcolm Todd, 73, British historian and archaeologist.
• Esther Williams, 91, American swimmer (Billy Rose's Aquacade) and actress (Million Dollar Mermaid, Dangerous When Wet), natural causes.

7

• Rachel Abrams, 62, American writer, editor and artist, wife of Elliott Abrams, stomach cancer.
• Ekkayuth Anchanbutr, 58, Thai businessman and political activist.
• Lesley Cantwell, 26, New Zealand racewalker, suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage.
• Mirosław Car, 52, Polish footballer.
• Charlie Coles, 71, American basketball coach (Central Michigan University, 1985–1991; Miami University, 1996–2012).
• Harvey Dunn, Jr., 81, Australian football player (Carlton).
• Donna Hartley, 58, English Olympic runner (1980).
• Ken Kinkor, 59, American pirate historian (Whydah Galley).
• David Lyon, 72, British actor.
• Pierre Mauroy, 84, French politician, Prime Minister (1981–1984), member of Senate for Nord (1992–2011), lung cancer.
• J. V. Raghavulu, 82, Indian playback singer and musical director.
• Richard Ramirez, 53, American serial killer, complications from B-cell lymphoma and hepatitis-C.
• Malu Rocha, 65, Brazilian actress, prion.
• Mark Starr, 50, American professional wrestler, heart attack.
• Kenneth R. Shoulders, 86, American experimental physicist.
• Joseph Michael Sullivan, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (1980–2005), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
• Juan Ignacio Torres Landa, 57, Mexican politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1992), helicopter crash.

8

• John Boyd, 93, American science fiction author.
• Paul Cellucci, 65, American politician and diplomat, Governor of Massachusetts (1997–2001), Ambassador to Canada (2001–2005), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Stumpy Cromer, 92, American comedian and dancer (Stump and Stumpy, DuBarry Was a Lady).
• Nathan Dean, 79, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1962–1974) and Senate (1974–2004).
• Niels Diffrient, 84, American industrial designer, cancer.
• Beril Jents, 95, Australian fashion designer.
• Yoram Kaniuk, 83, Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theater critic, cancer.
• Taufiq Kiemas, 70, Indonesian politician, Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (since 2009).
• Raymond McCormick, 82, Australian cricketer.
• Angus MacKay, 86, British actor (Doctor Who).
• Kyle Miller, 31, Canadian lacrosse player, cancer.
• Hugh Murray, 90, British historian.
• Ahad Rajabli, 51, Azerbaijani martial artist, world champion in sambo, suicide by hanging.
• Eugene P. Ruehlmann, 88, American politician, Mayor of Cincinnati (1967–1971).
• Richard J. Seitz, 95, American army officer.
• Udham Singh, Indian Maoist militant, shot.
• Willi Sitte, 92, German painter.
• Evert Sodergren, 92, American studio furniture maker.
• José Sosa, 60, Dominican baseball player (Houston Astros).
• Derrick Townshend, 69, Zimbabwean cricketer. [1]
• Arturo Vega, 65, Mexican-born American punk graphic designer and artistic director (The Ramones).
• Philip White, 89, Canadian politician, Mayor of York, Ontario (1970–1978).

9

• Iain Banks, 59, Scottish author (The Wasp Factory), gallbladder cancer.
• Bruno Bartoletti, 86, Italian conductor.
• Martin Bernal, 76, British scholar, myelofibrosis.
• Ralph Bogan, 90, American businessman and part-owner of the Atlanta Braves.
• John Burke, 65, British rugby league player.
• Darondo, 67, American soul singer, heart failure.
• Wahab Dosunmu, 74, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate (1999–2003).
• K. T. Francis, 73, Sri Lankan cricket umpire, complications of diabetes.
• Ward Goodenough, 94, American anthropologist.
• Franz Halberg, 93, Romanian biologist.
• Walter Jens, 90, German writer and intellectual, dementia.
• Harry Lewis, 93, American actor (Key Largo) and restaurateur, natural causes.
• Noel McMahon, 97, New Zealand cricketer. [2]
• Chechenol Mongush, 41, Russian Olympic wrestler (1996), strangled.
• Solomon Oboh, 23, Nigerian footballer (Warri Wolves F.C.), traffic collision.
• Christopher Pearson, 61, Australian journalist, political speech-writer, founder of the Adelaide Review. (death announced on this date)
• Rudolf Pöder, 88, Austrian politician, President of the National Council (1989–1990).
• Elías Querejeta, 78, Spanish film producer.
• Zdeněk Rotrekl, 92, Czech poet.
• Dilip Sarkar, 64, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA for Barabani, shot.
• Seong Moy, 92, Chinese-born American painter and printmaker.
• Edward Stevens, 80, American Olympic gold medal-winning rower (1952).
• Joe Tereshinski, Sr., 89, American football player (Washington Redskins).

10

• Timothy Apiyo, 70s, Tanzanian politician and civil servant.
• Doug Bailey, 79, American political consultant.
• Jacques Bialski, 83, French politician, member of the Senate for Nord (1979–1997).
• Valentin de Vargas, 79, American actor (Touch of Evil, Hatari!, To Live and Die in L.A.).
• Allen Derr, 85, American lawyer, won Reed v. Reed sex discrimination case.
• Bel'ange Epako, 18, Congolese footballer (CS Don Bosco), malaria.
• Ralph Graves, 88, American writer, editor and news executive (Time, Life), kidney failure.
• Franz Handlos, 73, German politician, MP for Deggendorf (1972–1987).
• Petrus Kastenman, 88, Swedish Olympic equestrian (1956).
• Alice Kundert, 92, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1990–1994), Secretary of State of South Dakota (1979–1987).
• Louis-Paul M'Fédé, 52, Cameroonian footballer, lung infection.
• Ali Maher, 55, Jordanian artist, architect and teacher.
• Yehoshua Neuwirth, 86, Israeli Jewish scholar and clergy, compiled the Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchatah.
• Hector Oaxaca Acosta, 87, Mexican news photographer (Associated Press).
• Enrique Orizaola, 91, Spanish footballer.
• M. K. Purushothaman, 51, Indian politician, Kerala MLA for Njarackal (2006–2011), heart attack.
• Don Roby, 79, English footballer (Notts County F.C., Loughborough United).
• Pete Vonachen, 87, American baseball team owner and executive (Peoria Chiefs).
• Barbara Vucanovich, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada's 2nd district (1983–1997).

11

• Miller Barber, 82, American professional golfer, lymphoma.
• Carl W. Bauer, 79, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1966–1972) and Senate (1972–1976).
• Sir Henry Cecil, 70, British racehorse trainer, stomach cancer.
• Robert Fogel, 86, American economic academic, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1993).
• James Grimsley, Jr., 91, American military officer and academic, President of The Citadel (1980–1989).
• Andreas Kilingaridis, 36, Russian-born Greek Olympic kayaker (2000, 2004, 2008), leukaemia.
• Evelyn Kozak, 113, American supercentenarian, verified oldest Jewish person in history, verified seventh-oldest person, heart attack.
• Olavio López Duque, 81, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Casanare (1977–1999).
• Murray Mitchell, 90, American basketball player.
• Rory Morrison, 48, British radio announcer and newsreader (BBC Radio 4), lymphoma.
• Aleksandr Nalivkin, 26, Russian footballer, cancer.
• Kristiāns Pelšs, 20, Latvian ice hockey player, drowning.
• Stephen Porter, 87, American stage director.
• Vidya Charan Shukla, 84, Indian politician, MP for Mahasamund, Minister of External Affairs (1990–1991), injuries sustained in a shooting.
• Johnny Smith, 90, American jazz guitarist and songwriter ("Walk, Don't Run"), natural causes.
• Thyra Thomson, 96, American politician, Secretary of State of Wyoming (1963–1987).
• Jaakko Wallenius, 55, Finnish writer and journalist.
• Billy Williams, 80, American baseball player (Seattle Pilots).

12

• Laslo Babits, 55, Canadian Olympic javelin thrower (1984).
• Teresita Barajuen, 105, Spanish Roman Catholic laity, believed to hold record for longest service in cloister.
• Elroy Chester, 44, American criminal, execution by lethal injection.
• Fatai Rolling Dollar, 86, Nigerian musician.
• John Groppo, 92, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1959–1985).
• Hugo Gutierrez, Jr., 86, Filipino jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1982–1993), complications of diabetes.
• Helen Brush Jenkins, 94, American news photographer (Los Angeles Daily News).
• Michael Kasha, 92, American molecular biophysicist, complications of pneumonia.
• Jiroemon Kimura, 116, Japanese supercentenarian, verified oldest man in history, oldest verified living person in the world, natural causes.
• Jason Leffler, 37, American racing driver (NASCAR, IndyCar), blunt force neck injury from race collision.
• José de Lima, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itumbiara (1973–1981) and Sete Lagoas (1981–1999).
• Teodoro Matos Santana, 66, Brazilian footballer (São Paulo FC), pancreatic cancer.
• Pa Odiase, 79, Nigerian composer ("Arise, O Compatriots").
• Cheryl Peake, 47, British Olympic ice skater (1988).
• Soh Hang-suen, 61, Hong Kong actress (Life Without Principle), complications of diabetes and stroke.
• Gavin Taylor, 72, British television and concert film director, (The Tube, U2 at Red Rocks, Queen at Wembley), cancer.
• Barry Till, 90, British scholar and educator.
• Joseph A. Unanue, 88, American chief executive (Goya Foods).
• Scott Winkler, 23, Norwegian ice hockey player (Dallas Stars).

13

• Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi, 41, Saudi World Cup footballer (1998), cardiac arrest.
• David Deutsch, 84, American advertising executive, founder and CEO of Deutsch Inc. (1969–1989), natural causes.
• Newton Lai, 62, Chinese Hong Kong actor, pneumonia.
• Sam Most, 82, American jazz flautist, cancer.
• Ajit Pandey, 75, Indian pop singer and politician, West Bengal MLA for Bowbazar, heart attack.
• Edmund Pellegrino, 92, American bioethicist and academic, President of The Catholic University of America (1978–1982).
• Kenji Utsumi, 75, Japanese voice actor (Fist of the North Star, Dragon Ball, Fullmetal Alchemist), cancerous peritonitis.
• Albert White Hat, 74, American Lakota language teacher and activist.

14

• Betty Burstall, 87, Australian theatre director, founder of La Mama Theatre.
• Rod Bushie, 60, Canadian Anishinaabe elder, Grand Chief of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (1997–2000), lung cancer.
• Olav Sigurd Carlsen, 82, Norwegian politician.
• Geraldine Decker, 82, American operatic mezzo-soprano (Seattle Opera, Metropolitan Opera).
• Pa Dillon, 75, Irish hurler.
• Al Green, 57, American professional wrestler (WCW), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Martin Lowson, 75, English aeronautical engineer.
• Hugh Maguire, 86, Irish violinist.
• Gene Mako, 97, American tennis player, doubles winner at US Open (1936, 1938) and Wimbledon (1937, 1938), inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame (1973).
• Elroy Schwartz, 89, American television writer (Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch, Wonder Woman), complications from surgery.
• Tom Tall, 75, American rockabilly singer.
• Olwen Wymark, 81, American–born British dramatist.

15

• Kamu de Almeida, 73, Angolan diplomat, Ambassador to the Congo, Spain and Egypt.
• Peride Celal, 97, Turkish author.
• Satpal Dang, 93, Indian politician, Punjab MLA for Amritsar West (1967–1980).
• Heinz Flohe, 65, German footballer (1. FC Köln), member of World Cup-winning team (1974), complications from a stroke.
• Edgar Gilbert, 89, American mathematician.
• José Froilán González, 90, Argentine racing driver, respiratory failure.
• Joseph Hibbert, 65, Jamaican politician, MP for St. Andrew East Rural (2002–2011), Minister for Transport and Works, heart attack.
• Helen Hughes, 84, Czechoslovakian-born Australian economist, complications following surgery.
• Elena Ivashchenko, 28, Russian judoka, suicide by jumping from building.
• Thomas Penfield Jackson, 76, American judge, member of the US District Court for D.C. (1982–2004), cancer.
• Stanley A. Johnson, 88, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1968–1977).
• Walter Kahn, 65, American record producer, kidney failure.
• Sakaida Kakiemon XIV, 78, Japanese potter, Living National Treasure, cancer.
• Stan Lopata, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), complications of a cardiac condition.
• Manivannan, 58, Indian actor and director, heart attack.
• Evaristo Márquez, 73, Colombian actor.
• Dennis O'Rourke, 67, Australian documentary film maker, cancer.
• Wangnia Pongte, 60, Indian footballer and politician, Arunachal Pradesh MLA for Changlang North (1990–2009), traffic collision.
• Maurice Priestley, 80, British mathematician.
• Harry Rozmiarek, 74, American veterinarian.
• Paul Soros, 87, Hungarian-born American mechanical engineer and philanthropist.
• Kenneth G. Wilson, 77, American physicist, winner Nobel Prize in Physics (1982), lymphoma.
• Syd Young, 95, Australian footballer (South Melbourne).

16

• Sam Farber, 88, American industrial designer, co-founder of OXO, complications from a fall.
• Peggy Fenton, 85, American baseball player.
• T. Ed Garrison, Jr., 91, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1956–1967) and Senate (1967–1986), natural causes.
• Frank Greenaway, 95, British museum curator.
• Hans Hass, 94, Austrian diving pioneer.
• Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, 63, Bangladesh poet and academic, heart attack.
• Josip Kuže, 60, Croatian football player and manager (Dinamo Zagreb), leukaemia.
• Richard Marlow, 74, English organist and choral director, Non-hodgkin lymphoma.
• James Massey, 79, American information theorist, cancer.
• Norman Ian MacKenzie, 91, British journalist and activist.
• TKM Bava Musliyar, 82, Indian Muslim scholar and educationalist.
• Maurice Nadeau, 102, French writer and editor.
• Dwight Pattison, Indian musician.
• Daya Perera, Sri Lankan diplomat and lawyer, Ambassador to the United Nations (1988–1991).
• B. Raman, 77, Indian intelligence officer, co-founder of the Research and Analysis Wing, cancer.
• Bernard Sahlins, 90, American comedy writer and theater owner, founder of The Second City.
• D. M. Schurman, 88, Canadian historian.
• Yousef Madani Tabrizi, 85, Iranian Grand Ayatollah.
• Ottmar Walter, 89, German footballer (1. FC Kaiserslautern), member of 1954 World Cup-winning team.

17

• Michael Baigent, 65, New Zealand author (The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail), brain haemorrhage.
• Carmen Carrozza, 91, Italian-born American accordionist.
• Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, 82, Bangladeshi playwright and TV producer.
• Pierre F. Côté, 85, Canadian civil servant, Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (1978–1997).
• Bulbs Ehlers, 90, American basketball and baseball player.
• Jim Goddard, 77, English film and television director (Fox).
• Irwin Held, 87, American restaurateur (Barney's Beanery), natural causes.
• James Holshouser, 78, American politician, Governor of North Carolina (1973–1977).
• Fuller Kimbrell, 103, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1946–1955).
• Werner Lang, 91, German automotive engineer.
• Albert Legogie, 76, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate for Edo North, malaria.
• Ma Xianda, 81, Chinese martial artist.
• Peter Millar, 62, Scottish footballer (Motherwell), brain tumour.
• Jalil Shahnaz, 92, Iranian maestro and Tar master, natural causes.
• Ray Stone, 89, American politician and educator, Mayor of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (1986–1994).
• Geoff Strong, 75, English footballer.
• Tom Turner, 97, American Negro League baseball player.
• Rafael Valek, 80, Colombian footballer.

18

• Brent F. Anderson, 80, American politician, Mayor of West Valley City, Utah (1987–1994).
• Raghunath Bhattacharyya, 61, Indian judge, member of the Kolkata High Court (since 2010), COPD.
• Hugh Burry, 82, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury).
• Alastair Donaldson, 58, Scottish musician.
• Vernon Fougère, 70, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Charlottetown (1991–2009).
• Gene Freese, 79, American baseball player, complications of back surgery.
• Garde Gardom, 88, Canadian politician, British Columbia MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey (1966–1986), Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (1995–2001).
• Brian P. Goodman, 66, Canadian civil servant, Chair of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, heart arrhythmia.
• Michael Hastings, 33, American journalist (Rolling Stone, Newsweek, BuzzFeed), traffic collision.
• Jean Melzer, 87, Australian politician, Senator for Victoria (1974–1981).
• Imran Khan Mohmand, Pakistani politician, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MLA for Mardan, bombing.
• Dave Petitjean, 85, American Cajun humorist and actor, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Alfred Planyavsky, 89, Austrian double-bassist and music historian.
• Michael Potter, 89, American cancer researcher, winner Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1984), acute myeloid leukemia.
• Claudio Rocchi, 62, Italian progressive rock singer-songwriter and musician, degenerative disease.
• Ramón Sáez Marzo, 73, Spanish racing cyclist.
• Kukoi Sanyang, 61, Ivorian Gambian revolutionary.
• Sir Colin Stansfield Smith, 80, English architect and cricketer.
• Vijay Telang, 61, Indian cricket player (Vidarbha).
• David Wall, 67, British ballet dancer, cancer.

19

• Edward Chininga, 58, Zimbabwean politician, MP for Guruve South, Minister of Mines and Mining Development (2000–2004), traffic collision.
• Vince Flynn, 47, American author (Mitch Rapp), prostate cancer.
• James Gandolfini, 51, American actor (The Sopranos, In the Loop, Crimson Tide), heart attack.
• Parke Godwin, 84, American author, natural causes.
• Michael Hodgman, 74, Australian federal and Tasmanian politician, MLC (1966–1974), MP (1975–1987), MHA (1992–1998, 2001–2010), emphysema.
• Gyula Horn, 80, Hungarian politician, Prime Minister (1994–1998).
• John Hughes, 78, Welsh ceramicist, creator of Grogg.
• Dave Jennings, 61, American football player (New York Jets, New York Giants), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Danny Kravitz, 82, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), cancer.
• Sait Maden, 82, Turkish translator, poet, painter and graphic designer, pneumonia after bypass surgery.
• Alexandru Mușina, 58, Romanian poet.
• Paul Mees, 52, Australian academic and lawyer, cancer.
• Miguel Morayta, 105, Spanish-born Mexican film director.
• Ólafur Rafnsson, 50, Icelandic sports executive, president of FIBA Europe and National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland.
• Alfons Schilling, 79, Swiss painter, Parkinson's disease.
• Kim Thompson, 56, American comic book editor and publisher (Fantagraphics Books), lung cancer.
• Filip Topol, 48, Czech musician.
• Slim Whitman, 90, American country singer-songwriter ("Indian Love Call", "Rose Marie"), heart failure.

20

• Diosa Costello, 100, American Puerto Rican actress and singer.
• Franz Xaver Eder, 87, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Passau (1984–2001).
• Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad, Somali militant (Al-Shabaab), shot.
• Vern Pyles, 94, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1974–1980), heart disease and cancer.
• Dicky Rutnagur, 82, Indian cricket journalist and author.
• Ingvar Rydell, 91, Swedish Olympic footballer (1952).
• Jean-Louis Scherrer, 78, French fashion designer.
• Günter Seibold, 76, German footballer.
• Philip Slater, 86, American sociologist and academic, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
• Jeffrey Smart, 91, Australian painter, renal failure.
• John David Wilson, 93, English animator and producer (Grease, Lady and the Tramp, Peter Pan), dementia.
• Wu Zhengyi, 97, Chinese botanist, winner of the State Science and Technology Prize (2007).
• Pu Zoduha, 73, Indian politician, Mizoram MLA for Mamit (1987–1992), complications from hypertension and diabetes.

21

• Huáscar Aparicio, 41, Bolivian folk singer.
• Charles L. Campbell, 82, American sound engineer (Back to the Future, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, The Rocketeer).
• Mohan Lal Chakma, 101, Indian politician, Tripura MLA for Penchartal (1978–1983).
• Diane Clare, 74, British actress (The Haunting).
• N. Dennis, 85, Indian politician, MP for Nagercoil (1980–2003).
• Jerry Dexter, 78, American voice actor (Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Josie and the Pussycats).
• Paul Eggers, 94, American politician.
• Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian, 93, Iranian architect.
• Genaro García, 34, Mexican boxer, shot.
• Margret Göbl, 74, German Olympic figure skater (1960).
• Dame Barbara Goodman, 80, New Zealand politician.
• James P. Gordon, 85, American physicist.
• Marcelo Grassmann, 88, Brazilian engraver and draughtsman.
• Bernard Hunt, 83, English professional golfer.
• Ed Iacobucci, 59, Argentinian-born American technology executive, co-founder of Citrix Systems, pancreatic cancer.
• Mary Love, 69, American soul and gospel singer.
• Edgar Mann, 86, British Manx politician, Chairman of the Executive Council (1981–1985), complications of cancer.
• Uzi Meshulam, 60, Israeli rabbi.
• Milorad Mišković, 86, Serbian ballet dancer, Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
• Alen Pamić, 23, Croatian footballer (NK Istra 1961), suspected cardiac arrest.
• Sajid Qureshi, 53, Pakistani politician, Sindh MLA for Karachi, shot.
• Elliott Reid, 93, American actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), heart failure.
• Wendy Saddington, 64, Australian jazz and blues singer (Chain), oesophageal cancer.
• Curtis W. Tarr, 88, American civil servant and academic, head of the Selective Service System during Vietnam, pneumonia.
• Per Ung, 80, Norwegian sculptor, cancer.
• Zhang Guangdou, 101, Chinese hydraulic engineer and educator.

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• Cameron Baird, 32, Australian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient, shot.
• Robert O. Cox, 95, American politician, Mayor of Fort Lauderdale (1986–1991).
• Leandro Díaz, 85, Colombian music composer (Vallenato), acute kidney infection.
• Beverly Fawell, 82, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1981–1983) and Illinois Senate (1983–1999), chronic heart failure.
• Sergio Focardi, 80, Italian physicist.
• Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, 68, Scottish politician and advocate, MP (1979–1987), Lord Advocate (1989–1992), Solicitor General (1982–1989).
• Gary David Goldberg, 68, American TV writer (Family Ties, Spin City) and screenwriter (Must Love Dogs, Dad), brain cancer.
• Alexander Grunauer, 91, Russian scientist.
• Donald Hustad, 94, American evangelical church musician, academic and author.
• Henning Larsen, 87, Danish architect, natural causes.
• Loránd Lohinszky, 88, Hungarian actor and academic.
• Deric Longden, 77, British author and screenwriter, cancer.
• Allan Simonsen, 34, Danish racing driver, complications from a race collision during 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans.
• Javier Tomeo, 80, Spanish writer, infection and diabetes.
• Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay, 73, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Celaya (1988–2003), respiratory disease.
• Soccor Velho, 29, Indian footballer, cardiac arrest.

23

• Pat Ashton, 82, English actress (The Benny Hill Show).
• Bobby Bland, 83, American blues and soul singer ("Further Up the Road", "Turn On Your Love Light").
• Frank Kelso, 79, American naval officer, Chief of Naval Operations (1990–1994), complications from a fall.
• Kurt Leichtweiss, 86, German mathematician.
• Little Willie Littlefield, 81, American pianist and singer, cancer.
• Richard Matheson, 87, American author and screenwriter (I Am Legend, The Shrinking Man, The Twilight Zone).
• Darryl Read, 61, British musician, poet and actor, motorcycle accident.
• Sharon Stouder, 64, American triple gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer (1964).
• Frank Stranahan, 90, American golfer, winner of The Amateur Championship (1948, 1950).
• Meamea Thomas, 25, I-Kiribati Olympic weightlifter (2004), traffic collision.

24

• Mick Aston, 66, British archaeologist (Time Team).
• Bill Atkinson, 68, English footballer (Torquay United F.C.).
• Cleve Backster, 89, American polygraph expert.
• Aníbal Barrow, 58, Honduran journalist and news anchor, shot.
• John P. Clay, 78, American translator (Clay Sanskrit Library).
• Emilio Colombo, 93, Italian politician, Prime Minister (1970–1972).
• Jackie Fargo, 82, American professional wrestler, congenital heart disease.
• Mauro Francaviglia, 60, Italian mathematician.
• Dame Phyllis Friend, 90, British nursing officer.
• Joannes Gijsen, 80, Dutch-Icelandic Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roermond (1972–1993) and Reykjavík (1996–2007), cancer.
• William Hathaway, 89, American politician, member of the US House (1965–1973) and US Senate for Maine (1973–1979).
• Lucky Isibor, 36, Nigerian footballer.
• Puff Johnson, 40, American pop singer and songwriter, cervical cancer.
• James Martin, 79, British author, computer scientist and businessman, suspected drowning.
• Alan Myers, 58, American New Wave drummer (Devo), brain cancer.
• John L. Nickels, 82, American judge, member of the Illinois Supreme Court (1992–1998).
• Denham Price, 73, South African cricketer.
• Andy Scott, 58, Canadian politician, MP for Fredericton (1993–2009), Solicitor General (1997–1998), cancer.
• Vasile Tiţă, 85, Romanian Olympic boxer (1952).

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• Gianfranco Baldazzi, 69, Italian lyricist, record producer, author and journalist.
• Giuseppe Berton, 80, Italian missionary.
• George Burditt, 89, American television writer and producer (Three's Company, Silver Spoons).
• Jack Cantoni, 65, French rugby union player.
• Sarah Charlesworth, 66, American conceptual artist and photographer, brain aneurysm.
• Mark Fisher, 66, British stage designer and ceremony producer (2008, 2012 Summer Olympics).
• Catherine Gibson, 82, Scottish Olympic swimmer (1948).
• Robert E. Gilka, 96, American photographer and news executive, director of photography for National Geographic, complications of pneumonia.
• Jim Hudson, 70, American football player (New York Jets), traumatic dementia encephalophathy.
• Lau Kar-leung, 76, Chinese Hong Kong martial artist, action choreographer and film director (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), cancer.
• William E. Morris, 92, American politician.
• Harry Parker, 77, American Olympic rower (1960) and Olympic rowing coach (USRowing, Harvard University).
• Taghi Rouhani, 93, Iranian news anchor.
• Uma Shivakumar, 71, Indian actress.
• Mildred Ladner Thompson, 95, American journalist (Wall Street Journal, Associated Press).
• Green Wix Unthank, 90, American judge, member of the US District Court for Eastern Kentucky (1980–2012).

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• James Allan, 84, Canadian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Keewatin (1974–1991).
• Hervé Boussard, 47, French Olympic cyclist (1992), epileptic seizure.
• Antonio Jasso, 78, Mexican footballer (national team, Club América).
• Edward Huggins Johnstone, 91, Brazilian-born American judge, member of the US District Court for Western Kentucky (since 1977).
• Adam Koppy, 40, American mechanical engineer, traffic collision.
• K. Narayana Kurup, 86, Indian politician, Kerala MLA for Vazhoor (1963–1967, 1970–1980, 1984–2005).
• Byron Looper, 48, American politician and criminal, cardiac ailment.
• Dumitru Matcovschi, 73, Romanian-born Moldovan poet, complications from brain surgery.
• Kimberly McCarthy, 52, American criminal, execution by lethal injection.
• Justin Miller, 35, American baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants).
• Nilton Pacheco, 92, Brazilian Olympic basketball player (1948).
• Abdul Rahman Mokhtar, 55, Malaysian politician, Terengganu State Representative for Kuala Besut, lung cancer.
• Marc Rich, 78, Belgian-born American tax evader, commodities trader and illegal oil broker (Iran Hostage Crisis), stroke.
• Bert Stern, 83, American celebrity photographer (The Last Sitting) and documentary maker (Jazz on a Summer's Day).
• Rawleigh Warner, Jr., 92, American oil executive, CEO and Chairman of Mobil (1969–1986), inclusion body myositis.
• Subhash Yadav, 67, Indian politician, Madhya Pradesh MLA for Kasrawad (since 1993).

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• Shafiq Badr, 87, Lebanese politician, MP for Chouf (1972–1992).
• Stefano Borgonovo, 49, Italian footballer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Henrik Otto Donner, 73, Finnish composer and music industry executive.
• Muhammad Emin Er, c. 99, Turkish Islamic scholar.
• Josef Geryk, 70, Czech footballer (FC Spartak Trnava).
• Dudley Knight, 73, American drama teacher.
• Alain Mimoun, 92, French Olympic runner (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960) and marathon champion (1956).
• James Njiru, Kenyan politician, cancer.
• Bill Robertson, 75, American politician, Mayor of Minden, Louisiana (since 1991), complications from back surgery.
• Ian Scott, 68, New Zealand painter.
• A. C. Shanmughadas, 74, Indian politician, Kerala MLA for Balussery (1970–2003), cardiac arrest.

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• D. João Alves, 87, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Coimbra (1976–2001).
• Yiye Ávila, 87, American Puerto Rican televangelist, heart attack.
• Thérèse Blondeau, 99, French Olympic swimmer (1936).
• Ari Brynjolfsson, 86, Icelandic–born American physicist.
• Bhavna Chikhalia, 59, Indian politician, MP for Junagadh (1991–2004), cardiac arrest.
• George Hall Dixon, 92, American banker, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.
• Fred Gibson, 101, Jamaican-born English cricketer.
• Ted Hood, 86, American yacht skipper (Courageous), judge and official (US Sailing), inducted into America's Cup Hall of Fame (1993), heart failure and pneumonia.
• Tamás Katona, 81, Hungarian politician and historian.
• Peter Lehmann, 82, Australian vineyard owner and vintner, kidney disease.
• Kenneth Minogue, 83, Australian academic and political scientist.
• Matt Osborne, 55, American professional wrestler (Doink the Clown), accidental overdose of hydrocodone and morphine.
• Jacques Planchard, 84, Belgian politician, Governor of Luxembourg (1976–1996).
• F.D. Reeve, 84, American academic and author.
• David Rubitsky, 96, American World War II veteran, disputed claimant for Medal of Honor.
• Charlie L. Russell, 81, American playwright (Five on the Black Hand Side), brother of Bill Russell, gastric cancer.
• John Stollery, 83, British engineer and academic.
• Silvi Vrait, 62, Estonian singer ("Nagu merelaine") and actress, brain tumor.

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• Khalnazar Agakhanov, 61, Turkmen diplomat and politician, Ambassador to Russia, Germany and Kazakhstan.
• Marge Anderson, 81, American Chippewa tribal executive, Chief of the Mille Lacs (1991–2000, 2008–2012), natural causes.
• Harisinh Pratapsinh Chavda, 83, Indian politician, MP for Banaskantha (2004–2008), Gujarat MLA for Danta (1975–1985).
• Abdul Mutalib Mohamed Daud, 52, Malayasian journalist.
• Peter Fitzgerald, 76, Irish footballer.
• Jack Gotta, 83, American CFL and WFL football player, coach and general manager (Calgary Stampeders, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Birmingham Americans).
• Sarah Guyard-Guillot, 31, French acrobat (Cirque du Soleil), fall.
• Lou Guzzo, 94, American journalist (Seattle Times), editor (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) and commentator (KIRO-TV).
• Margherita Hack, 91, Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer, suspected heart failure.
• Gilma Jiménez, 57, Colombian politician, member of Senate for Bogota, cervical cancer.
• Jim Kelly, 67, American martial artist and actor (Enter the Dragon), cancer.
• Victor Lundin, 83, American actor (Robinson Crusoe on Mars).
• David Moore, 79, British botanist specialising in South American flora and fauna.
• Ryūtarō Nakamura, 58, Japanese animation director and storyboard artist (Serial Experiments Lain, Kino's Journey, Sakura Wars), pancreatic cancer.
• Paul Smith, 91, American jazz pianist, heart failure.
• Jørgen Sønstebø, 91, Norwegian politician.
• Larry Townsend, 66, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 2008), cancer.
• Kishorchandra Vankavala, 70, Indian politician, Gujarat MLA for Surat West (since 2007), lung cancer.

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• Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, 96, British life peer, barrister and Colditz prisoner.
• Akpor Pius Ewherido, 50, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate for Delta Central (since 2011), Delta MLA for Ughelli South (1999–2007), complications from a stroke.
• Richard Fehr, 73, Swiss religious leader, Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church (1988–2005).
• Juggie Heen, 82, American politician, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1963–1967, 1969–1971), pancreatic and liver cancer.
• William Houle, 81, American Chippewa tribal executive, Chairman of the Fond du Lac (1974–1988), instrumental to Indian gaming in the United States.
• Kathryn Morrison, 71, American politician, member of the Wisconsin Senate (1975–1979), breast cancer.
• Thompson Oliha, 44, Nigerian footballer (Nigeria Super Eagles), complications from malaria.
• Iván Ruttkay, 87, Hungarian Olympic speed skater (1948).
• Sir Keith Seaman, 93, Australian viceroy, Governor of South Australia (1977–1982).