Deaths in December 2014

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

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

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

December 2014

1

• Mario Abramovich, 88, Argentine violinist and composer.
• Jimmy Duncan, 83, Scottish footballer (Celtic).
• Alberto Breccia Guzzo, 68, Uruguayan politician.
• David Cooke, 59, British admiral, Commander Operations (2006–2009).
• Sita Murt, 68, Spanish fashion designer and businesswoman, cancer.
• Aco Petrović, 55, Serbian basketball coach.
• Roberto Sagastume Pinto, 70, Guatemalan politician, Mayor of Esquipulas (1996–2000), Governor of Chiquimula (2001–2003), traffic collision.
• Dimitrios Trichopoulos, 76, Greek-born American epidemiologist and oncologist, advanced the Mediterranean diet, heart attack.
• Rocky Wood, 55, New Zealand-born Australian author, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

2

• Don L. Anderson, 81, American geophysicist, cancer.
• A. R. Antulay, 85, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Maharashtra (1980–1982).
• Dominique Aubier, 92, French author.
• Jean Béliveau, 83, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
• Josie Cichockyj, 50, British wheelchair basketball player.
• Gerry Fisher, 88, British cinematographer (Highlander, Running on Empty, Wise Blood).
• Juan Flores, 71, American educator, professor of social and cultural analysis, Guillain–Barré syndrome.
• Peter Furneaux, 79, English football club chairman and investor (Grimsby Town).
• Andre Gill, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
• Bobby Keys, 70, American saxophonist (The Rolling Stones), cirrhosis.
• Don Laws, 85, American figure skater and coach, heart failure.
• Carlos Mamery, 54, Puerto Rican music producer and television personality (Idol Puerto Rico), heart attack.
• A. J. McNamara, 78, American legislator and federal judge, progressive supranuclear palsy.
• Lyudmila Perepyolkina, 84, Russian actress.
• Giampaolo Rugarli, 81, Italian novelist.
• Jeff Truman, 57, Australian screenwriter and actor (Neighbours, Superman Returns, Home and Away).
• Deven Verma, 77, Indian film actor.
• Dennis Walaker, 73, American politician, Mayor of Fargo, North Dakota (since 2006), kidney cancer.

3

• Herman Badillo, 85, Puerto Rican-born American politician, member of the U.S. House from New York's 22nd (1971–1973) and 21st (1973–1977) districts, heart failure.
• Jacques Barrot, 77, French politician, European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security (2008–2010).
• Poppy Bermúdez, 86, Argentine-born Dominican chief executive (Bermúdez).
• Nathaniel Branden, 84, Canadian-born American psychologist.
• L. Stephen Coles, 73, American scientist, co-founder and the Executive Director of the Gerontology Research Group, pancreatic cancer.
• Martha Farkas Glaser, 93, Civil Rights Activist and Manager of Jazz musician Erroll Garner.
• Sjefke Janssen, 95, Dutch racing cyclist.
• Vicente Leñero, 81, Mexican writer and journalist, pulmonary emphysema.
• Ann Marcus, 93, American television screenwriter (Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, Peyton Place).
• Vincent L. McKusick, 93, American attorney, Chief Justice of Maine (1977–1992).
• Ian McLagan, 69, English keyboardist (Small Faces), stroke.
• Alfredo Ernest Novak, 84, American-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paranaguá (1989–2006).
• Patrick Edward O'Connor, 82, New Zealand-born Tokelauan Roman Catholic prelate, Ecclesiastical Superior of Tokelau (1992–2011).
• Luc Oursel, 55, French businessman, CEO of Areva (2011–2014).
• Giulio Questi, 90, Italian director and screenwriter (Django Kill, La morte ha fatto l'uovo).
• Walter Reyno, 79, Uruguayan actor, respiratory failure.
• Jack Scott, 85, American college football coach.
• James Stewart, 73, Canadian mathematician and violinist, multiple myeloma.
• Jim Swink, 78, American football player (Dallas Texans), lymphoma.
• Sergio Armando Valls, 73, Mexican judge, member of the Supreme Court (since 2004).

4

• Sitamadji Allarassem, 25, Chadian footballer.
• Richard Bootzin, 74, American psychologist.
• Nikolay Brusentsov, 89, Russian computer scientist.
• Bryan Burwell, 59, American sportswriter, cancer.
• Hroar Elvenes, 82, Norwegian speed skater.
• Claudia Emerson, 57, American poet, complications of colon cancer.
• Frank and Louie, 15, American-born Ragdoll cat, world's oldest diprosopus cat, euthanized.
• Graeme Goodall, 82, Australian recording engineer and record label owner, co-founder of Island Records.
• Jack Gregory, 87, American football coach (Rhode Island Rams).
• Talât Sait Halman, 83, Turkish poet and academic, Minister of Culture and Tourism (1971).
• V. R. Krishna Iyer, 100, Indian judge, member of the Supreme Court.
• Lynne Kosky, 56, Australian politician, MLA for Altona (1996–2010), breast cancer.
• Bob Montgomery, 77, American songwriter ("Heartbeat", "Misty Blue"), Parkinson's disease.
• Aleksey Nasedkin, 72, Russian pianist and composer.
• Hugo Niskanen, 94, Finnish Olympic long-distance runner (1952).
• Jeremy Thorpe, 85, British politician, Leader of the Liberal Party (1967–1976), MP for North Devon (1959–1979), central figure in the Thorpe affair, Parkinson's disease.
• Rudolf Vanmoerkerke, 90, Belgian businessman.

5

• Ernest C. Brace, 83, American pilot, longest civilian POW in Vietnam War.
• Manuel De Sica, 65, Italian composer, heart attack.
• Queen Fabiola of Belgium, 86, Spanish-born queen consort of King Baudouin.
• Ralph Adam Fine, 73, American judge, member of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
• Rod Graber, 84, American baseball player.
• Jackie Healy-Rae, 83, Irish politician, TD for Kerry South (1997–2011).
• Luis Herrera de la Fuente, 98, Mexican conductor and composer.
• Koichi Kawakita, 72, Japanese special effects director (Godzilla vs. Biollante).
• Arthur Leipzig, 96, American photographer.
• Gil Marks, 62, American food writer and historian, lung cancer.
• Dennis Marriott, 75, English cricketer.
• Gennadi Poloka, 84, Russian Soviet-era film director.
• Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi, 77, Spanish nobleman.
• Silvio Zavala, 105, Mexican historian and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1966–1975).

6

• Ralph H. Baer, 92, American video game pioneer, inventor and engineer, developed the Magnavox Odyssey, recipient of the National Medal of Technology (2004).
• Mick Barry, 95, Irish road bowler.
• Robert T. Bennett, 75, American politician.
• Jimmy Del Ray, 52, American professional wrestler (WWF, WCW), traffic collision.
• Fred Hawkins, 91, American golfer.
• Menis Koumandareas, 83, Greek writer.
• Naphtali Lau-Lavie, 88, Israeli writer and diplomat.
• Renato Mambor, 78, Italian painter.
• Juan Antonio Merlos, 73, Salvadoran football player (Águila, national team) and manager.
• Nick Nicolau, 81, American football coach.
• Oscar Whisky, 9, Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, fall.
• Takao Saito, 85, Japanese cinematographer, chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
• Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah, 39, Saudi Arabian-born external operations chief (al-Qaeda), shot.
• Luke Somers, 33, British-born American photojournalist and AQAP hostage, shot.
• Emma Lou Thayne, 90, American Mormon poet.
• István Varga, 71, Hungarian Olympic handball player.
• Stella Young, 32, Australian comedian and disability advocate.

7

• Abdellah Baha, 60, Moroccan politician, Minister of State (since 2012), MP for Rabat (since 2002), hit by train.
• Charlie Flowers, 77, American football player (Los Angeles Chargers, Ole Miss Rebels).
• Brian Roy Goble, 57, Canadian musician (Subhumans), heart attack.
• Irving Guttman, 86, Canadian opera director.
• Carol Judge, 73, American healthcare advocate and registered nurse, First Lady of Montana (1973–1980), cancer.
• Mark Lewis, 60, American storyteller, actor and teacher.
• Norman Mair, 86, Scottish rugby union player and journalist.
• Eddie Rouse, 60, American character actor (American Gangster, Pineapple Express, Being Flynn), liver failure.
• Grahanandan Singh, 88, Indian Olympic field hockey player.
• Khalil Ullah Khan, 80, Bangladeshi film and television actor.
• Tommy Todd, 88, Scottish footballer (Airdrie, Hamilton, Crewe, Derby and Rochdale).
• Nikolai Vasenin, 95, Russian World War II veteran, Legion of Honour recipient.
• Ken Weatherwax, 59, American actor (The Addams Family), heart attack.
• Jerzy Wilim, 73, Polish footballer.

8

• Paul S. Amenta, 92, American politician, member of the Connecticut Senate.
• James Brown, 83, Scottish cricketer.
• Sobho Gianchandani, 94, Pakistani writer and social scientist, heart attack.
• Tom Gosnell, 63, Canadian politician, Mayor of London, Ontario (1986–1994), cancer.
• Buddy Hicks, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), complications from a fall.
• Russ Kemmerer, 84, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox).
• Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, 87, Indian carnatic vocalist, lung cancer.
• Mango, 60, Italian singer, heart attack.
• Ralph Maud, 85, Canadian literary scholar.
• Knut Nystedt, 99, Norwegian orchestral and choral composer.
• Brian Sullivan, 48, American lawyer and politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1997–2001), assistant district attorney of Barrow, Alaska, shot.
• Elmārs Zemgalis, 91, Latvian-born American chess player.

9

• Dave Behrman, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos), pancreatic cancer.
• Sacvan Bercovitch, 81, Canadian literary and cultural critic.
• Ion Butmalai, 50, Moldovan politician, MP (since 2009), suicide by gunshot.
• Frank Farrington, 88, Australian rugby league player and administrator (Newtown Jets).
• José Feghali, 53, Brazilian pianist, suicide by gunshot.
• Jane Freilicher, 90, American representational painter.
• Stuart Hunt, 87, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives.
• Robert Kinoshita, 100, American production designer (Lost in Space, Forbidden Planet).
• Gerd Kirste, 96, Norwegian politician.
• Jean-Marie Léyé, 82, Ni-Vanuatu politician, President (1994–1999).
• Jorge María Mejía, 91, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, cardinal, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives (1998–2003), Librarian of the Vatican Library (1998–2003).
• Mary Ann Mobley, 77, American actress (Diff'rent Strokes, Falcon Crest) and television personality, Miss America (1959), breast cancer.
• Lydia Mordkovitch, 70, Russian-born British violinist.
• Blagoje Paunović, 67, Serbian football player and manager.
• Karl Otto Pöhl, 85, German economist, President of the Bundesbank (1980–1991).
• Lila Sapinsley, 92, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate (1973–1984).
• Sheila Stewart, 77, Scottish singer, storyteller, and author.
• Dave Theisen, 73, American football player (Toronto Argonauts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
• Jože Toporišič, 88, Slovene linguist.
• Clifford Wright, 87, Canadian politician, Mayor of Saskatoon (1976–1988), lung cancer.

10

• Ziad Abu Ein, 55, Palestinian politician, coronary blockage from heart hemorrhage.
• Anubes da Silva, 79, Brazilian Olympic sprinter. [1]
• Ralph Giordano, 91, German writer and publicist, complications from hip fracture.
• Slađa Guduraš, 27, Bosnian singer and actress, traffic collision.
• Catherine Hughes, 81, British diplomat and academic.
• Donald Moffitt, 83, American science fiction author.
• Raúl Gómez Ramírez, 50, Mexican politician, MP for Guanajuato (since 2012), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
• Robert B. Oakley, 83, American diplomat, Ambassador to Zaire (1979–1982), Somalia (1982–1984) and Pakistan (1988–1991), Parkinson's disease.
• Otto Pöggeler, 85, German philosopher.
• Bob Solinger, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs).
• Judy Baar Topinka, 70, American politician, Illinois Treasurer (1995–2007) and Comptroller (since 2011), complications related to a stroke.
• Gerard Vianen, 70, Dutch racing cyclist, leukemia.
• Robert Wolfe, 93, American historian, archivist and World War II veteran.
• Martin Zijlstra, 70, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1989–2002).

11

• Tom Adams, 76, English actor (The Great Escape, Licensed to Kill, Doctor Who), cancer.
• George Ardisson, 83, Italian actor (The Long Hair of Death, Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell).
• Tim Black, 77, English family planning pioneer, founder of Marie Stopes International.
• Benigno De Grandi, 90, Italian footballer (Palermo, A.C. Milan).
• John D. Driggs, 87, American politician, Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona (1970–1974), established the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, pancreatitis.
• Michel duCille, 58, American photojournalist (The Washington Post), heart attack.
• Sergio Fiorentini, 80, Italian actor.
• Patricia Gallaher, 77, Australian librarian.
• Robert A. Johnson, 93, American politician.
• Philip Knights, Baron Knights, 94, English police officer and peer, Chief Constable of the West Midlands (1975–1985).
• Georges Lagrange, 85, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gap (1988–2003).
• Mel Richardson, 86, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1988–1992) and Senate (1992–2008), cancer.
• Dawn Sears, 53, American country musician (Nothin' but Good), lung cancer.
• Gerald Sim, 89, English actor (Gandhi, Patriot Games, Frenzy).
• Robert Taylor, 70, American animator, film director and screenwriter (The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Laszlo Varga, 89, Hungarian-born American cellist.
• Hans Wallat, 85, German conductor and music director.

12

• John Baxter, 78, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).
• Norman Bridwell, 86, American author and cartoonist (Clifford the Big Red Dog), heart failure.
• Peter Delisle, 79, English cricketer.
• Phillip Edwards, 87, British admiral and bursar.
• Ivor Grattan-Guinness, 73, English historian of mathematics and logic.
• John Hampton, 61, American music engineer and producer, complications of cancer.
• José María Lorant, 59, Argentine football player and coach.
• Donald S. Malecki, 81, American author and insurance consultant.
• Billy Milligan, 59, American criminal defendant diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, cancer.
• John Persen, 73, Norwegian composer.
• Herb Plews, 86, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
• Mohammad Shahid, 66, Indian cricketer.
• Yury Shutov, 68, Russian politician, in jail serving life term.
• Vladimír Stibořík, 87, Czech sports shooter.
• Graham Turbott, 100, New Zealand ornithologist.
• Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, 87, American composer.
• Alan Ward, 79, New Zealand historian.
• Dave West, 70, British businessman, stabbed.

13

• Ernst Albrecht, 84, German politician, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (1976–1990).
• Mary Arden, 81, American actress.
• Joan Barril, 62, Spanish writer and journalist, pneumonia.
• Ina Bauer, 73, German figure skater.
• Anthony Harold Birch, 90, British political scientist.
• Bill Bonds, 82, American television news anchor (WXYZ-TV), heart attack.
• Aaron Goldberg, 97, American botanist.
• John Hickman, 87, New Zealand meteorologist.
• Janis Martin, 75, American opera singer.
• William E. May, 86, American theologian.
• Andreas Schockenhoff, 57, German politician, MP (since 1990).
• Martha Sigall, 97, American animator (Looney Tunes).
• Phil Stern, 95, American photographer, emphysema and heart failure.
• Brian Swatuk, 65, Canadian jockey, cancer.
• Taitetsu Unno, 85, Japanese Shin Buddhist scholar and author.

14

• Angalifu, 44, Sudanese-born American rhinoceros, one of two remaining male northern white rhinoceros.
• Fatima Bint Rashid Al Nuaimi, Emirati Ajman royal.
• Anoushirvan Arjmand, 73, Iranian actor, heart attack.
• Sy Berger, 91, American baseball promoter.
• Joe Carr, 63, American bluegrass musician, stroke.
• Theo Colborn, 87, American environmentalist and academic.
• Irene Dalis, 89, American opera singer and impresario.
• Bobo Faulkner, 73, English model and television personality, cancer.
• Millie Kirkham, 91, American singer.
• Louis Alphonse Koyagialo, 67, Congolese politician, Acting Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2012).
• Doug Martin, 78, American college basketball coach (South Dakota Coyotes).
• John McCraw, 89, New Zealand soil scientist.
• Bess Myerson, 90, American model (Miss America 1945) and television actress.
• Anthony Edward Pevec, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (1982–2001).
• P. J. Sarma, 70, Indian actor and dubbing artist, heart attack.
• Rohit Talwar, 49, Indian cricketer.
• Fred Thurston, 80, American football player (Green Bay Packers), Alzheimer's disease and cancer.
• Johnny Treadwell, 73, American football player (Texas Longhorns).

15

• Chakri, 40, Indian film composer and playback singer, heart attack.
• Booth Colman, 91, American actor (Planet of the Apes, Norma Rae, Intolerable Cruelty).
• David Garth, 84, American political consultant.
• Michael Hare Duke, 89, Scottish Anglican bishop.
• Mustapha Maarof, 79, Malaysian actor.
• Nicolae Manea, 60, Romanian football player and manager, liver cancer.
• Donald Metcalf, 85, Australian medical researcher, pancreatic cancer.
• Ray Steadman-Allen, 92, British composer and Salvation Army officer.
• Arthur Whyte, 93, Australian politician, President of the South Australian Legislative Council (1978–1985).
• Fausto Zapata, 73, Mexican journalist, politician and diplomat, Governor of San Luis Potosí (1991), cancer.

16

• Phillip Archuleta, 65, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (since 2013), pneumonia.
• Martin Brasier, 67, English palaeobiologist and astrobiologist, traffic collision.
• Tim Cochran, 59, American mathematician.
• Reidar Dørum, 89, Norwegian footballer (FK Ørn-Horten).
• Maurice Duverger, 97, French jurist, sociologist and politician.
• Jack Hazlett, 76, New Zealand rugby union player (Southland, national team).
• Abdulmari Imao, 78, Filipino sculptor.
• Karl-Heinz Kurras, 87, German police officer and Stasi member, killed Benno Ohnesorg.
• Man Haron Monis, 50, Iranian self-styled Muslim cleric and hostage taker, shot.
• Maximo Munzi, 57, Argentine cinematographer, pancreatic cancer.
• Romie J. Palmer, 93, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives.
• Wendy Rene, 67, American soul singer, complications from stroke.
• Rock Scully, 73, American band manager (Grateful Dead), lung cancer.
• Sultan Singh, 91, Indian politician, Governor of Tripura (1989–1990).
• Ernie Terrell, 75, American heavyweight boxer, WBA champion (1965–1967).

17

• Ryan Bolden, 23, American baseball player, shot.
• Chan Kwok-Hung, 51, Chinese cinematographer (Fly Me to Polaris, Skiptrace), drowned.
• Stephen Youssef Doueihi, 87, Lebanese-born American Maronite Catholic hierarch, Bishop of St. Maron of Brooklyn (1997–2004).
• Neville Featherstone-Griffin, 81, English cricketer (Surrey).
• Clarke Fraser, 94, Canadian medical geneticist.
• Fritz Rudolf Fries, 79, German writer.
• Neil James, 53, English rugby league player.
• Dieter Grau, 101, German-born American rocket scientist, NASA Quality Control Director for the Saturn V.
• Richard C. Hottelet, 97, American broadcast journalist (Murrow's Boys).
• Leonard Kent, 89, New Zealand cricketer.
• Stephen J. Kopp, 63, American educator, President of Marshall University (since 2005), heart attack.
• Oleh Lysheha, 65, Ukrainian poet, playwright and translator.
• Daniel Sintentu Mpasi, 80, Namibian tribal leader, King of the Uukwangali.
• Jarle Ofstad, 87, Norwegian physician.
• Lowell Steward, 95, American World War II veteran, member of the Tuskegee Airmen.
• Takeshi Taketsuru, 90, Japanese whisky distiller (Nikka).
• Ivan Vekić, 76, Croatian politician.

18

• Donald J. Albosta, 89, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 10th district (1979–1985).
• John Beedell, 81, New Zealand-born Canadian Olympic sprint canoer (1960).
• Gideon Ben-Yisrael, 91, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset.
• Franco Bomprezzi, 62, Italian journalist and writer.
• Bill J. Dukes, 87, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1994–2010), Parkinson's disease.
• Claude Frikart, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (1986–1997).
• John Fry, 69, American record producer, founder of Ardent Studios, cardiac arrest.
• Larry Henley, 77, American singer (The Newbeats) and songwriter ("Wind Beneath My Wings").
• Bob Kelly, 74, American football player (Houston Oilers, Kansas City Chiefs, Cincinnati Bengals).
• Ingvar Kjellson, 91, Swedish actor (Heja Roland!), pneumonia.
• Virna Lisi, 78, Italian actress (How to Murder Your Wife, La Reine Margot), cancer.
• Carleton Mabee, 99, American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.
• Knud Pedersen, 88, Danish artist and resistance fighter.
• Mandy Rice-Davies, 70, British model, figure in the Profumo affair, cancer.
• Harold M. Schulweis, 89, American rabbi and activist.
• Robert Simpson, 102, American meteorologist, co-developer of the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale.
• Larry Smith, 63, American record producer (Run–D.M.C.).
• Deral Teteak, 85, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
• Tsang Siu-Fo, 91, Chinese police officer.
• Ed Vereb, 80, American football player (Washington Redskins).
• Ante Žanetić, 78, Croatian footballer, Olympic champion (1960).

19

• S. S. Balan, 77, Indian media executive (Ananda Vikatan), heart attack.
• Philip Bradbourn, 63, British politician, MEP for West Midlands (since 1999).
• Arthur Gardner, 104, American film and television producer (The Rifleman) and actor (All Quiet on the Western Front).
• R. W. "Buzzy" Graham, 77, American businessman and politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1968–1972).
• Pat Holton, 78, Scottish footballer (Motherwell, Hamilton Academical).
• Barbara Jones, 62, Jamaican reggae/gospel singer, leukaemia.
• Roberta Leigh, 87, British author and television producer (Space Patrol).
• Igor Rodionov, 78, Russian general and politician, Minister of Defence (1996–1997).
• Robert D. San Souci, 68, American children's author and screenwriter (Mulan), head injury.
• Colin Strang, 2nd Baron Strang, 92, British philosopher and peer.
• Dick Thornton, 75, American-born Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Toronto Argonauts), lung cancer.
• Chunilal Vaidya, 97, Indian political activist.

20

• Lucio Abis, 88, Italian politician, President of Sardinia (1970), member of the Italian Senate (1972–1994).
• Maqsudul Alam, 60, Bangladeshi scientist.
• Joe Anderson, 86, British rugby league player (Castleford, Leeds, Featherstone Rovers), kidney cancer.
• Seriki Audu, 23, Nigerian footballer (Lobi Stars), traffic collision.
• Larry Auerbach, 91, American television director (Love of Life, One Life to Live, As the World Turns), complications of glioblastoma.
• Ronnie Bedford, 83, American jazz drummer.
• Donald Charlton Bradley, 90, British chemist.
• Per-Ingvar Brånemark, 85, Swedish orthopedic surgeon, heart attack.
• George Fisher, 90, American college basketball coach (Austin Peay).
• John Freeman, 99, British politician, journalist, broadcaster and diplomat, MP for Watford (1945–1955), Ambassador to the United States (1969–1971).
• Ranulph Glanville, 68, British architect and cybernetician.
• James L. Kinsey, 80, American chemist.
• Bob Lanier, 89, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Houston, Texas (1992–1998).
• Brian Manley, 85, British engineer.
• Sam Morris, 84, English footballer (Chester City).
• William Lowell Putnam III, 90, American broadcasting executive (Springfield Television), Trustee Emeritus of the Lowell Observatory.
• Gino Pellegrini, 73, Italian scenic designer (2001: A Space Odyssey, Mary Poppins, The Birds) and painter.
• Miodrag B. Protić, 92, Serbian painter.
• Derek Rencher, 82, English ballet dancer.
• David Strudwick, 80, Australian cricketer.
• Alberto Valdiri, 55, Colombian actor (Doña Bárbara, Yo soy Betty, la fea), heart attack.

21

• Morteza Ahmadi, 90, Iranian actor.
• Anatole Beck, 84, American mathematician.
• Jane Bown, 89, British photographer (The Observer).
• Sonya Butt, 90, British Special Operations Executive agent.
• Walter De Buck, 80, Belgian singer and sculptor, esophageal cancer.
• Horacio Ferrer, 81, Uruguayan poet, broadcaster and tango lyricist, heart failure.
• Chris Hall, 64, Canadian lacrosse coach (Calgary Roughnecks, Vancouver Stealth), throat cancer.
• High Chaparral, 15, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, Epsom Derby winner (2002), euthanised.
• Åke Johansson, 86, Swedish footballer (IFK Norrköping, national team).
• Udo Jürgens, 80, Austrian composer and singer ("Reach for the Stars"), winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1966.
• Bruce Lindahl, 95, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1965–1971).
• Tom Nieporte, 86, American golfer.
• Hans Riesel, 85, Swedish mathematician.
• Sitor Situmorang, 91, Indonesian poet and writer.
• Anna Stoehr, 114, American supercentenarian, oldest resident of Minnesota and world's oldest Facebook user.
• Frank Truitt, 89, American basketball coach (LSU, Kent State).
• Paul Walther, 87, American basketball player (University of Tennessee).
• Billie Whitelaw, 82, English actress (The Omen, The Dark Crystal, Hot Fuzz).
• Alan Williams, 84, British politician, MP for Swansea West (1964–2010), Father of the House (2005–2010).

22

• John Robert Beyster, 90, American physicist, founder of Science Applications International Corporation.
• Christine Cavanaugh, 51, American voice actress (Rugrats, Dexter's Laboratory, Babe, Darkwing Duck).
• Joe Cocker, 70, British singer ("With a Little Help from My Friends", "You Are So Beautiful", "Up Where We Belong"), lung cancer.
• Ulpiano Cos Villa, 79, Cuban baseball broadcaster.
• Chris Davidge, 85, British rower.
• William J. Fishman, 93, British academic.
• Nate Fox, 37, American basketball player, shot.
• Vera Gebuhr, 98, Danish actress (Matador).
• Richard Graydon, 92, British stuntman and stunt coordinator (James Bond, Batman).
• Abd El Aziz Muhammad Hegazi, 91, Egyptian politician, Prime Minister (1974–1975).
• Gertrude Kolar, 88, Austrian Olympic gymnast (1948, 1952).
• Maurizio Lotti, 74, Italian politician.
• Rosemary Lowe-McConnell, 93, British biologist.
• Catherine N. Norton, 73, American librarian.
• Moses Otolorin, 67, Nigerian footballer (Shooting Stars), cancer.
• Madhavi Sardesai, 52, Indian academic and writer.
• Joseph Sargent, 89, American film director (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, MacArthur, Jaws: The Revenge), heart disease.
• Fritz Sdunek, 67, German professional boxing trainer (Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, Felix Sturm), heart attack.
• Walter Edmund Smishek, 89, Polish-born Canadian politician.
• Brandon Stoddard, 77, American television executive (ABC), bladder cancer.
• Bernard Stone, 87, American politician, Chicago Alderman (1973–2011), complications from a fall.
• G. Venkat Swamy, 85, Indian politician.

23

• Raymond L. Acosta, 89, American district court judge.
• K. Balachander, 84, Indian director and producer, complications from urinary tract infection.
• Jo Jo Benson, 76, American singer.
• Johnny Bergh, 80, Norwegian producer, director and screenwriter.
• Johnnie Colemon, 94, American theologian.
• Luis Condomi, 66, Argentine footballer.
• Raymond M. Durkin, 78, American politician, complications related to heart failure and emphysema.
• Mike Elliott, 68, British comedian and actor (Goal!, Billy Elliot), cancer.
• Rustom K. S. Ghandhi, 90, Indian admiral.
• Guilford Glazer, 93, American real estate developer and philanthropist.
• Robert V. Hogg, 90, American statistician.
• Alphonse J. Jackson, 87, American educator and civil rights activist, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1972–1992).
• Jeremy Lloyd, 84, British screenwriter (Are You Being Served?, 'Allo 'Allo!), pneumonia.
• Edward H. Martin, 83, American admiral.
• Robert McCabe, 86, American educator.
• Elvina Podchernikova-Elvorti, 86, Russian circus artist and animal trainer.
• Přemek Podlaha, 76, Czech television personality.
• John J. Powers, 96, American food scientist.
• Nigel Priestley, 71, New Zealand earthquake engineer, cancer.
• Debbie Purdy, 51, British campaigner for assisted suicide.
• Hessel Rienks, 82, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1974–1989).
• Craig Schiffer, 58, American financier (Lehman Brothers), avalanche.
• Jerzy Semkow, 86, Polish-born French conductor.
• John Kennett Starnes, 96, Canadian civil servant, diplomat and novelist.
• Norman Wray, 91, American Roman Catholic missionary, Alzheimer's disease.
• Robert Zoellner, 82, American investor and stamp collector.
• João Nílson Zunino, 68, Brazilian executive, President of Avaí FC (2002–2013).

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• Ekhlasuddin Ahmed, 74, Bangladeshi children's writer.
• Mack Alston, 67, American football player (Washington Redskins).
• Rubén Amorín, 87, Uruguayan football player and coach (Guatemala national team), Alzheimer's disease.
• Leonard Beerman, 93, American Reform rabbi.
• Giovanni Bersani, 100, Italian politician.
• Jacqueline Briskin, 87, British-born American writer.
• Buddy DeFranco, 91, American jazz clarinet player.
• Reidar Floeng, 96, Norwegian politician.
• Edward Greenspan, 70, Canadian lawyer, heart failure.
• Robert Hall, 87, American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters).
• Herbert Harris, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House from Virginia's 8th district (1975–1981).
• Lee Israel, 75, American author and forger.
• Owen H. Johnson, 85, American politician, member of the New York State Senate (1972–2012).
• Yevgeny Korolkov, 84, Russian gymnast, Olympic champion (1952).
• Krzysztof Krauze, 61, Polish film director (The Debt, Plac Zbawiciela), prostate cancer.
• Sir George Lepping, 67, Solomon Islands politician, Governor-General (1988–1994).
• Arthur Louis, 64, American-born British reggae cross-over musician (Knockin' on Heaven's Door).
• Hidetoshi Nakamura, 60, Japanese voice actor (Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, To Love-Ru).
• Alf Næsheim, 88, Norwegian artist and writer.
• Barry Williams, 70, English spree killer.
• Ramsey Muir Withers, 84, Canadian army officer, Chief of the Defence Staff (1980–1983), heart attack.

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• Alberta Adams, 97, American blues singer.
• N. L. Balakrishnan, 72, Indian actor and photographer.
• Warren Brown, 85, Bermudian sailor and businessman.
• Nand Chaturvedi, 91, Indian poet.
• Dave Comer, 58, New Zealand film location scout (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit), cancer.
• Louis Boutet de Monvel, 73, French mathematician.
• Kjell Hanssen, 82, Norwegian politician.
• Bernard Kay, 86, British actor (Doctor Who, Coronation Street, Doctor Zhivago).
• Bruce Livingston, 87, Australian cricketer.
• Mary F. Lyon, 89, British geneticist.
• George Miller, 92, American politician, Mayor of Tucson, Arizona (1991–1999).
• Ihor Nadein, 66, Ukrainian football player and coach.
• Ricardo Porro, 89, Cuban-born architect.
• David Ryall, 79, English actor (The Singing Detective, Harry Potter, The Elephant Man).
• Jean Stogdon, 86, British campaigner and social worker (Grandparents Plus).
• Tony Wilkinson, 66, British archaeologist.
• Gleb Yakunin, 80, Russian priest and Soviet dissident.

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• Samson Alcantara, 79, Filipino politician and academic.
• Stanisław Barańczak, 68, Polish poet and academic.
• Al Belletto, 86, American jazz musician.
• Dick Dale, 88, American saxophonist and singer (The Lawrence Welk Show).
• Roberto Delmastro, 69, Chilean politician, MP for Valdivia (1998–2010), lung cancer.
• Rajan Devadas, 93, Indian photojournalist.
• James B. Edwards, 87, American politician, Governor of South Carolina (1975–1979), United States Secretary of Energy (1981–1982), complications from a stroke.
• Paul V. Gadola, 85, American judge, District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan (1988–2008).
• Joe Macko, 86, American baseball player and manager.
• Giuseppe Pittau, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Secretary of Congregation for Catholic Education (1998–2003).
• Geoff Pullar, 79, English Test cricketer (Lancashire).
• Rhodes Reason, 84, American actor (Star Trek, Annie, 77 Sunset Strip).
• John Richardson, Jr., 93, American political activist, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (1969–1977).
• Ken Riddington, 92, British television producer (House of Cards).
• Andrew Thomson, 78, British academic and historian.
• Leo Tindemans, 92, Belgian politician, Prime Minister (1974–1978), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1981–1989).

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• Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, 75, American-born Israeli religious leader (African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem).
• Fatima Aouam, 55, Moroccan Olympic runner (1988).
• Tom Currigan, 94, American politician, Mayor of Denver (1963–1968).
• Carl Neumann Degler, 93, American historian and author, Pulitzer Prize winner (1972).
• Ulises Estrella, 75, Ecuadorian poet.
• Claude Frank, 89, German-born American pianist, complications of dementia.
• William P. Gerberding, 85, American educator, president of University of Washington.
• Ron Henry, 80, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, national team).
• Ronald Li, 85, Chinese stockbroker, Chairman of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1986–1987), cancer.
• Kees Luesink, 61, Dutch politician, Mayor of Doesburg (since 2008).
• Elaine Summers, 89, American choreographer (Judson Dance Theater) and filmmaker, complications of fall.
• Karel Poma, 94, Belgian politician and minister of state, MP (1965–1985), Mayor of Wilrijk (1953–1958).
• Erich Retter, 89, German footballer (VfB Stuttgart, West Germany national team).
• Tomaž Šalamun, 73, Slovene poet.
• Carol Stone, 60, British transgender priest, pancreatic cancer.
• Bridget Turner, 75, British actress (Doctor Who, Casualty, Z-Cars).
• Jacques Vandenhaute, 83, Belgian politician, Mayor of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (1983–2007).
• John Webster, 89, British mycologist.

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• Ruggero J. Aldisert, 95, American judge.
• Chris Dyko, 48, American football player (Chicago Bears), traffic collision.
• Leopoldo Federico, 87, Argentine tango musician.
• Javier Fragoso, 72, Mexican footballer (Club América, national team).
• Vahan Hovhannisyan, 58, Armenian politician.
• Michio Kushi, 88, Japanese-born American scholar, pancreatic cancer.
• Michael C. Murphy, 62, American politician and pastor.
• Frankie Randall, 76, American singer and actor, lung cancer.
• Lewis Rudolph, 95, American businessman, co-founder of Krispy Kreme.
• Jaakko Suikkari, 89, Finnish Olympic sprinter. [2]
• Hamid Taqavi, 58–59, Iranian brigadier general, shot.
• Merrill Womach, 87, American gospel singer.

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• Hardo Aasmäe, 63, Estonian geographer, entrepreneur and politician.
• Rashid Al Zlami, 88, Saudi Arabian poet.
• Dorrit Dekk, 97, Czechoslovakian graphic designer.
• Saiyid Hamid, 94, Indian educator, Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (1980–1985).
• Hari Harilela, 92, Indian-born Hong Kong hotelier.
• Odd Iversen, 69, Norwegian footballer (Rosenborg, national team).
• Madhu Kaithapram, 44, Indian film director (Eakantham, Madhya Venal).
• Jack E. McCoy, 85, American politician.
• Jenny Pat, 33, Hong Kong art dealer, accidental drug overdose.
• Juanito Remulla, Sr., 81, Filipino politician, Governor of Cavite (1979–1986), multiple organ failure.
• Sir Ivor Richardson, 84, New Zealand jurist, President of the Court of Appeal (1996–2002).
• Ulf Sand, 76, Norwegian politician.
• Howard Schultz, 61, American television producer (Extreme Makeover, Dating Naked).
• Samuel Sentini, 66, Honduran footballer (Olimpia, national team), Alzheimer's disease.
• Leslie Silver, 89, British football executive, Chairman of Leeds United (1983–1996).
• Paul Sprenger, 74, American attorney, heart attack.
• Bob Usher, 89, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).
• André Wohllebe, 52, German sprint canoer.

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• Frank Atkinson, 90, British museum director (Beamish Museum).
• Terry Becker, 93, American actor (The Twilight Zone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea).
• Deborah Bone, 51, English mental health nurse, inspired Disco 2000, multiple myeloma.
• Antonio Brack Egg, 74, Peruvian ecologist and politician, Minister of Environment (2008–2011).
• Robert Conroy, 76, American science fiction author, winner of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, thymus cancer.
• Philip Converse, 86, American political scientist.
• Derek Coombs, 83, British politician, MP for Birmingham Yardley (1970–1974).
• Roland de Corneille, 87, Canadian Anglican priest and politician.
• Yolande Donlan, 94, American-born British actress.
• George B. Fitch, 66, American politician, Mayor of Warrenton, Virginia (1998–2014), cancer.
• Jim Galloway, 78, Scottish-born Canadian jazz clarinet and saxophone player.
• Patrick Gowers, 78, English composer.
• Marian Jurczyk, 79, Polish politician and trade union activist (Solidarity), Mayor of Szczecin (1998–2000, 2002–2006).
• Beau Kazer, 63, Canadian actor (The Young and the Restless, Taxi Driver).
• Igor Kiselyov, 35, Russian footballer (Biolog-Novokubansk Progress, Torpedo Moscow), heart failure.
• Dick Loggere, 93, Dutch field hockey player.
• J. B. Moraes, 81, Indian poet and writer.
• Rosemary Mulligan, 73, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1993–2013).
• Luise Rainer, 104, German-born American actress (The Great Ziegfeld, The Good Earth), Academy Award winner (1936, 1937), pneumonia.
• Walter Roque, 77, Uruguayan football player (Uruguay national team) and coach (Venezuela national team).
• Milton Rosen, 99, American rocket scientist and NASA executive, complications from prostate cancer.
• T. E. Vasudevan, 97, Indian film producer (Snehaseema, Kavyamela).
• B. G. Verghese, 87, Indian journalist and newspaper editor (Hindustan Times, The Indian Express).
• Jan V. White, 86, American graphic designer.

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• Giovanni Del Rio, 89, Italian politician, President of Sardinia (1967–1970, 1973–1976).
• Jimmy Dunn, 91, Scottish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Derby County).
• Edward Herrmann, 71, American actor (Gilmore Girls, Richie Rich, The Lost Boys), brain cancer.
• Abdullah Hussain, 94, Malaysian novelist (Interlok).
• Michael Kennedy, 88, British biographer, journalist and music critic.
• Nejat Konuk, 86, Cypriot politician, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (1976–1978, 1983–1985).
• Norbert Leser, 81, Austrian jurist, political scientist and social philosopher.
• James McNaughton Hester, 90, American academic, President of New York University (1962–1975).
• Romanus Orjinta, 33, Nigerian footballer.
• Luis Oruezábal, 62, Argentine footballer (Vélez Sársfield, Granada, national team), Pan American Games champion (1971), carbon monoxide poisoning.
• Norm Phelps, 75, American author and animal rights activist.
• Washington Rodríguez, 70, Uruguayan Olympic boxer (1964).
• Kamala Sinha, 82, Indian politician and diplomat.
• S. Arthur Spiegel, 94, American federal judge.
• Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, 99, British aristocrat and Army officer.