Deaths in April 2016
The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2016.
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.
April 2016
1
- Karl-Robert Ameln, 96, Swedish sailor (1948 and 1952 Olympics).[1]
- Aleksander Arkuszyński, 98, Polish brigadier general, WWII veteran.[2]
- Pratyusha Banerjee, 24, Indian actress, suicide by hanging.[3]
- Alan Carter, 86, British civil servant, Director of Immigration of Hong Kong (1983–1989).[4]
- Tom Coughlin, 67, American business executive and convicted fraudster (Walmart).[5]
- George Curry, 71, American football coach, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[6]
- Mame Younousse Dieng, 76, Senegalese writer.[7]
- Alberto Fontanesi, 87, Italian footballer.[8]
- Artur Górski, 46, Polish politician, member of Sejm (since 2005), leukemia.[9]
- Kao Ching-yuen, 87, Taiwanese businessman (Uni-President Enterprises Corporation).[10] (death announced on this date)
- Richard S. Kem, 89, American army Major-General.[11]
- Emil Keres, 90, Hungarian actor and theatre director.[12]
- Clarence Makwetu, 88, South African politician.[13]
- Herbert Theodore Milburn, 84, American judge.[14]
- John Minney, 76, English cricketer (Cambridge University, Northamptonshire).[15]
- Wiebe Nijenhuis, 61, Dutch sportsman.[16]
- Carl Nordling, 85, Swedish physicist.[17]
- Marjorie Peters, 97, American baseball player (AAGBPL).[18]
- Fausto Puccini, 83, Italian Olympic equestrian.[19]
- Patricia Thompson, 89, American philosopher.[20]
- André Villers, 85, French photographer.[21]
- Tony Whittaker, 83, British solicitor and politician.[22]
- Ron Wicks, 76, Canadian NHL ice hockey referee, liver cancer.[23]
2
- Gato Barbieri, 83, Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.[24]
- Rick Bartow, 69, American artist, heart failure.[25]
- Moreese Bickham, 98, American convicted murderer and anti-death penalty activist.[26]
- Sergio Ferrari, 72, Italian footballer.[27]
- Gallieno Ferri, 87, Italian comic book artist (Zagor, Mister No).[28]
- Boris Hybner, 74, Czech actor and mime artist.[29]
- Gareth Jones, 85, British legal academic.[30]
- Martin Lampkin, 65, English motorcycle trials rider, cancer.[31]
- Nabil Nosair, 77, Egyptian footballer (Zamalek).[32]
- Amber Rayne, 31, American pornographic actress, accidental drug overdose.[33]
- Dennis Riggin, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).[34]
- László Sárosi, 84, Hungarian football player and coach.[35]
- Thomas Zeng Jing-mu, 95, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Yujiang (1988–2012).[36]
- Soldiers killed in the Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes:
- Robert Abajyan, 19, Armenian (Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army).[37]
- Samid Imanov, 34–35, Azerbaijani (Special Forces).[38]
- Murad Mirzayev, 40, Azerbaijani (Special Forces).[39]
- Kyaram Sloyan, 19, Armenian (Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army).[40]
3
- Abu Firas al-Suri, 65, Syrian al-Nusra Front senior official, air strike.[41]
- Phanor Arizabaleta-Arzayus, 78, Colombian criminal, heart attack.[42]
- John C. Baldwin, 67, American cardiac surgeon, drowned.[43]
- John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard, 92, British peer.[44]
- Erik Bauersfeld, 93, American radio dramatist (KPFA) and voice actor (Star Wars, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Crimson Peak).[45]
- Ward Crutchfield, 87, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1985–2007).[46]
- Bob Ellis, 73, Australian writer (Newsfront, My First Wife) and journalist, liver cancer.[47]
- Bas van Erp, 36, Dutch wheelchair tennis player, Paralympic bronze medalist (2004).[48]
- Leopoldo Flores, 82, Mexican artist.[49]
- Don Francks, 84, Canadian jazz vocalist and actor (La Femme Nikita, Inspector Gadget, I'm Not There), lung cancer.[50]
- Robert Guinan, 82, American painter, lymphoma.[51]
- Lars Gustafsson, 79, Swedish writer and scholar.[52]
- Rowley Habib, 82, New Zealand writer.[53]
- Henry Harpending, 72, American anthropologist.[54]
- Bill Henderson, 90, American jazz vocalist and actor (Clue, City Slickers, White Men Can't Jump), cancer.[55]
- Dick Hodgins, Jr., 84, American cartoonist.[56]
- Ross Honsberger, 87, Canadian mathematician.[57]
- Stephen Jacobsen, 75, American bioengineer.[58]
- Alex de Jesús, 33, Puerto Rican professional and Olympic lightweight boxer (2004), shot.[59]
- Cesare Maldini, 84, Italian football player and manager.[60]
- Joe Medicine Crow, 102, American Crow historian.[61]
- Ronald Mulkearns, 85, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ballarat (1971–1997), colon cancer.[62]
- Whai Ngata, 74, New Zealand Māori broadcaster, journalist and lexicographer.[63]
- Noh Jin-kyu, 23, South Korean short track speed skater, world champion (2011, 2012), osteosarcoma.[64]
- Lola Novaković, 80, Serbian singer.[65]
- Ian Robinson, 69, Zimbabwean cricket umpire, lung cancer.[66]
- Jules Schelvis, 95, Dutch historian and Holocaust survivor.[67]
- Kōji Wada, 42, Japanese singer ("Butter-Fly", "All of My Mind"), nasopharynx cancer.[68]
- John Waite, 74, English footballer (Grimsby Town).[69]
- Clarence Clifton Young, 93, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada's at-large congressional district (1953–1957), Nevada Senate (1966–1980) and Supreme Court (1985–2002).[70]
4
- Ranjan Baindoor, 66, Indian cricketer.[71]
- Jarle Bondevik, 81, Norwegian philologist.[72]
- Archie Dees, 80, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, Detroit Pistons).[73]
- Georgi Hristakiev, 71, Bulgarian footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).[74]
- Shahidul Islam Khokon, 59, Bangladeshi filmmaker, motor neuron disease.[75]
- Chus Lampreave, 85, Spanish actress (Belle Époque, Volver).[76]
- Carlo Mastrangelo, 78, American bassist and doo-wop singer (The Belmonts).[77]
- Getatchew Mekurya, 81, Ethiopian jazz saxophonist.[78]
- John Miller, 68, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate (since 2008).[79]
- Royston Nash, 82, English conductor (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company).[80]
- George Radosevich, 88, American football player (Baltimore Colts).[81]
- Mike Sandlock, 100, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).[82]
- Abe Segal, 85, South African tennis player, cancer.[83]
- Song Soo-kwon, 76, South Korean writer.[84]
- Ken Waterhouse, 86, English footballer (Preston North End, Rotherham United).[85]
5
- John Carlson, 82, American sportscaster.[86]
- Michael Earls-Davis, 95, English cricketer.[87]
- Zyta Gilowska, 66, Polish politician, Minister of Finance (2006, 2007), Deputy Prime Minister (2006, 2007).[88]
- Roman Gribbs, 90, American politician, Mayor of Detroit (1970–1974).[89]
- Leon Haywood, 74, American funk and soul singer.[90]
- Ed Johnson, 71, American basketball player.[91]
- Koço Kasapoğlu, 80, Turkish footballer.[92]
- George Gelaga King, Sierra Leonean judge.[93]
- Zena Latto, 90, American jazz saxophonist.[94]
- Kerrie Lester, 62, Australian painter, leukaemia.[95]
- Elsie Morison, 91, Australian soprano.[96]
- E. M. Nathanson, 88, American author (The Dirty Dozen), heart failure.[97]
- Cornel Patrichi, 72, Romanian ballet dancer, choreographer and actor, lung cancer.[98]
- Mick Sullivan, 82, English rugby league footballer (Wigan), world champion (1954, 1960).[99]
- Ahmed Refai Taha, 61, Egyptian terrorist, leader of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, air strike.[100]
- Barbara Turner, 79, American actress (Soldier Blue) and screenwriter (Georgia, Pollock, The Company).[101]
- Frank Wainright, 48, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens), NFL champion (2000).[102]
6
- Orison Rudolph Aggrey, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador to the Gambia (1973–1977), Senegal (1973–1977) and Romania (1977–1981).[103]
- Joe Freeman Britt, 80, American attorney and death penalty advocate.[104]
- Dennis Davis, 64, American drummer (David Bowie, Stevie Wonder), cancer.[105]
- Jaime Pedro Gonçalves, 79, Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Beira (1976–2012).[106]
- Adrian Greenwood, 42, British art dealer and author, stabbed.[107]
- Merle Haggard, 79, American singer-songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn"), Grammy winner (1984, 1998, 1999), complications from pneumonia.[108]
- Darrell Hogan, 89, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[109]
- Bernd Hoss, 76, German football manager.[110]
- Garry Jones, 65, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers).[111]
- Joel Kurtzman, 68, American economist, cancer.[112]
- Robert MacCrate, 94, American lawyer, President of the American Bar Association (1987–1988).[113]
- Ogden Mills Phipps, 75, American horse breeder.[114]
- Josef Toms, 94, Czech Olympic basketball player.[115]
- Pablo Lucio Vasquez, 38, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[116]
- Murray Wier, 89, American basketball player (Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Waterloo Hawks).[117]
7
- László Bárczay, 80, Hungarian chess Grandmaster (FIDE, ICCF).[118]
- Freda Briggs, 85, English-born Australian professor and child protection expert, Senior Australian of the Year (2000).[119]
- A. V. Christie, 53, American poet, breast cancer.[120]
- Frank E. Denholm, 92, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota's 1st congressional district (1971–1975).[121]
- Marcel Dubé, 86, Canadian playwright.[122]
- Hendrikje Fitz, 54, German actress (In aller Freundschaft), cancer.[123]
- Theodore van Houten, 63, Dutch–British author and journalist.[124]
- Vladimir Kagan, 88, American furniture designer.[125]
- Cyril Edel Leonoff, 91, Canadian civil engineer and historian.[126]
- Carlo Monti, 96, Italian athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).[127]
- Blackjack Mulligan, 73, American professional wrestler (WWWF, JCP, CWF).[128]
- Charles Thomas, 87, British archaeologist.[129]
- Jimmie Van Zant, 59, American singer, songwriter and guitarist, liver cancer.[130]
- Chuck Waseleski, 61, American baseball statistician (Boston Red Sox).[131]
- Ruth Westbrook, 85, English cricket player and coach (national team).[132]
- Sir John Yocklunn, 82, Australian–Papua New Guinean librarian and government advisor.[133]
8
- Nicolas Abu Samah, 76–77, Lebanese actor and director.[134]
- Dick Alban, 87, American football player (Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers).[135]
- Mircea Albulescu, 81, Romanian actor and writer, heart failure.[136]
- Harry Apted, 90, Fijian cricketer.[137]
- Victoria Chitepo, 88, Zimbabwean politician.[138]
- Anatol Ciobanu, 81, Moldovan linguist, writer and university professor.[139]
- David Dore, 75, Canadian figure skating competitor, judge and official, President (1980–1984) and Director General (1986–2004) of the CFSA.[140]
- Phoebus Dhrymes, 82, American economist.[141]
- Doug France, 62, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).[142]
- Paul Fung Jr., 93, American cartoonist (Blondie).[143]
- Mildred Gordon, 92, British politician, MP for Bow and Poplar (1987–1997).[144]
- William Hamilton, 76, American cartoonist, traffic collision.[145]
- Jack Hammer, 90, American musician and songwriter ("Great Balls of Fire").[146]
- Charles Hirsch, 79, American forensic pathologist.[147]
- Julien Hoferlin, 49, Belgian tennis coach (national team), cancer.[148]
- George Ilsley, 88, Australian football player (Carlton).[149]
- Grace Lotowycz, 99, American botanist.[150]
- Fred Middleton, 85, English footballer (Lincoln City).[151]
- Elizabeth Roemer, 87, American astronomer.[152]
- Erich Rudorffer, 98, German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II.[153]
- Gene Salvay, 96, American aircraft engineer.[154]
- Edward J. Steimel, 94, American lobbyist and fundraiser, founder of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.[155]
- David Swift, 85, British actor (Drop the Dead Donkey).[156]
- Wei Chueh, 88, Taiwanese Buddhist monk, founder of the Chung Tai Shan.[157]
9
- Frederic W. Allen, 89, American judge.[158]
- Arthur Anderson, 93, American actor (Courage the Cowardly Dog, Midnight Cowboy), voice of Lucky Charms leprechaun.[159]
- Frank Baron, 93, Dominican politician.[160]
- Duane Clarridge, 83, American spy (CIA, Eclipse Group), complications from esophageal cancer.[161]
- Tony Conrad, 76, American avant-garde musician, composer, video artist and professor (University at Buffalo), pneumonia.[162]
- Juris Ekmanis, 74, Latvian academic, President of Latvian Academy of Sciences (2004–2012).[163]
- Finn Hodt, 96, Norwegian Olympic speed skating competitor (1956) and coach.[164]
- J. Vinton Lawrence, 76, American CIA paramilitary officer, acute myeloid leukemia.[165]
- Bea Maddock, 81, Australian artist.[166]
- Lucas Martínez Lara, 70, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Matehuala (since 2006).[167]
- Patrick J. O'Donnell, 68, Scottish academic.[168]
- Martin Roberts, 48, English rugby union player (Gloucester Rugby).[169]
- Derrick Rochester, 76, Jamaican politician and trade unionist, MP for South East St Elizabeth (1972–1980, 1989–2002), member of the Senate (1980–1983).[170]
- Will Smith, 34, American football player (New Orleans Saints), Super Bowl champion (2010), shot.[171]
10
- Alec Crikis, 71, Australian Olympic sports shooter.[172]
- John Ferrone, 91, American book editor (The Color Purple), complications from Parkinson's disease.[173]
- Louis Gladstone, 88, American politician.[174]
- Nicholas Hood, 92, American politician and civil rights activist, Detroit City Councilman (1965–1993).[175]
- Howard Marks, 70, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer and legalisation campaigner, colorectal cancer.[176]
- Thomas Kwaku Mensah, 81, Ghanaian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Obuasi (1995–2008) and Archbishop of Kumasi (2008–2012).[177]
- Wayne Southwick, 93, American surgeon and academic.[178]
- Henryk Średnicki, 61, Polish Olympic boxer (1976, 1980), amateur World Champion (1978).[179]
- N. H. Wadia, 91, Indian neurologist.[180]
11
- Tony Ayers, 82, Australian public servant.[181]
- Helen Bailey, 51, British author, suffocated.[182]
- Doug Banks, 57, American radio personality (The Doug Banks Radio Show), diabetes.[183]
- João Carvalho, 28, Portuguese mixed martial arts fighter, injuries sustained in match.[184]
- Albert Filozov, 78, Russian actor.[185]
- Emile Ford, 78, Saint Lucian singer ("What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?") and sound engineer.[186]
- Hokie Gajan, 56, American football player and broadcaster (New Orleans Saints), liposarcoma.[187]
- Mohsen Gheytaslou, 25–26, Iranian soldier (65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade).[188]
- Ruth Gilbert, 99, New Zealand poet.[189]
- Yura Halim, 92, Bruneian politician, Chief Minister (1967–1972) and lyricist (national anthem).[190]
- Anne Gould Hauberg, 98, American arts patron, founder of the Pilchuck Glass School.[191]
- Alan Hurd, 78, English cricketer.[192]
- Peter J. Jannetta, 84, American neurosurgeon (Allegheny General Hospital).[193]
- Dame Marion Kettlewell, 102, British naval officer, Director of the Wrens (1966–1970).[194]
- Huntly D. Millar, 88, Canadian medical technology executive.[195]
- Miss Shangay Lily, 53, Spanish drag queen.[196]
- Veenu Paliwal, 44, Indian motorcyclist, traffic collision.[197]
- Édgar Perea, 81, Colombian politician and football commentator.[198]
- Steve Quinn, 64, British rugby league player (York, Featherstone Rovers).[199]
- Richard Ransom, 96, American businessman (Hickory Farms).[200]
- Ed Snider, 83, American sports executive (Comcast Spectacor, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia 76ers), bladder cancer.[201]
- A. R. Surendran, Sri Lankan lawyer, President's Counsel (2004).[202]
- Bounama Touré, 63, Senegalese Olympic wrestler.[1]
12
- James Bond, 70, Australian navy officer.[203]
- Aquilino Bonfanti, 73, Italian footballer.[204]
- Robbie Brennan, 68–69, Irish musician (Skid Row, Auto Da Fé, Grand Slam).[205]
- Hector A. Cafferata Jr., 86, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.[206]
- Paul Carey, 88, American radio broadcaster (Detroit Tigers), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[207]
- Gianroberto Casaleggio, 61, Italian entrepreneur, co-founder of Five Star Movement.[208]
- Pedro de Felipe, 71, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Espanyol).[209]
- David Gest, 62, American TV producer (Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special) and reality show contestant (I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!).[210]
- Gib Guilbeau, 78, American musician (The Flying Burrito Brothers) and composer (Boxcar Bertha).[211]
- Anne Jackson, 90, American actress (The Shining, Folks!, Dirty Dingus Magee).[212]
- Bryce Jordan, 91, American academic administrator, President of the Pennsylvania State University (1983–1990).[213]
- Alexander Kanengoni, 65, Zimbabwean writer, heart failure.[214]
- Alan Loveday, 88, New Zealand-born British violinist (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields).[215]
- Balls Mahoney, 44, American professional wrestler (ECW, WWE, SMW), heart attack.[216]
- Apphia Clara Manjoro, 68, Zimbabwean pastor.[217]
- André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo, 85, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Popokabaka (1979–1993).[218]
- Tōru Ōhira, 86, Japanese voice actor (Super Sentai, One Piece).[219]
- Tibor Ordina, 45, Hungarian Olympic track and field athlete (1996), brain cancer.[220]
- Tomaž Pandur, 53, Slovenian theatre director.[221]
- Spec Richardson, 93, American baseball executive (Houston Astros).[222]
- Agha Saleem, 81, Pakistani writer.[223]
- Sir Arnold Wesker, 83, British playwright.[224]
- Said Zahari, 88, Singaporean journalist and political prisoner.[225]
13
- Srinivas Aravamudan, 54, Indian-born British academic.[226]
- Márton Balázs, 86, Romanian mathematician.[227]
- Jackie Carter, 62, American children's author, lymphoma.[228]
- Julio García Espinosa, 89, Cuban film director and screenwriter (The Adventures of Juan Quin Quin).[229]
- Nuri Gezerdaa, 56, Abkhaz politician.[230]
- Kurtis Haiu, 31, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, Blues), bone cancer.[231]
- Earl B. Hunt, 83, American psychologist.[232]
- Matthias Joseph Isuja, 86, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dodoma (1972–2005).[233]
- Robert W. Lundeen, 94, American executive (Tektronix).[234]
- Mariano Mores, 98, Argentine tango composer and pianist.[235]
- Eeti Nieminen, 89, Finnish Olympic Nordic skier (1952).[236]
- Rex Patterson, 89, Australian politician, MP for Dawson (1966–1975).[237]
- Jock Scot, 63, Scottish poet and recording artist, cancer.[238]
- Manouchehr Sotoudeh, 102, Iranian geographer and scholar of Persian literature, lung infection.[239]
- Jeremy Steig, 73, American jazz flutist.[240]
- Gareth Thomas, 71, Welsh actor (Blake's 7, Children of the Stones, Star Maidens), heart failure.[241]
- Gwyn Thomas, 79, Welsh poet and academic, National Poet (2006–2008).[242]
- Ray Thornton, 87, American attorney and politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas's 4th and 2nd congressional districts (1973–1979, 1991–1997).[243]
- Nera White, 80, American Hall of Fame basketball player.[244]
- Bernard B. Wolfe, 101, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1965–1974).[245]
- Pete Yellin, 74, American jazz saxophonist and educator.[246]
- Sayed Zayan, 72, Egyptian actor.[247]
14
- Nguyen Anh 9, 76, Vietnamese songwriter and pianist.[248]
- Ahmed Brahim, 69, Tunisian politician.[249]
- David Collischon, 78, British executive (Filofax).[250]
- Martin Fitzmaurice, 75, English darts personality.[251]
- Gaetano Gagliano, 98, Canadian entrepreneur.[252]
- Francesco Guarraci, 61, Italian-born American mobster.[253]
- Hector Hatch, 80, Fijian boxer (1956 Olympics), politician and civil servant.[254]
- Fred Hayman, 90, Swiss-born American fashion retailer (Giorgio Beverly Hills) and entrepreneur, helped develop Rodeo Drive.[255]
- James W. Huston, 62, American author and lawyer.[256]
- Dan Ireland, 57, Canadian-born American film producer and director (Jolene, The Whole Wide World, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont).[257]
- Ilija Ivezić, 89, Croatian film actor (Last of the Renegades, The Golden Years, Marshal Tito's Spirit).[258]
- Colin Knight, 81, New Zealand educationalist, principal of Christchurch Teachers' College (1986–1995).[259]
- Liang Sili, 91, Chinese missile control scientist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences), vice-president of the International Astronautical Federation.[260]
- Sir David MacKay, 48, British author, physicist and professor (University of Cambridge), stomach cancer.[261]
- Rod Reyes, 80, Filipino broadcast executive and journalist (The Standard), heart failure.[262]
- Phil Sayer, 62, British voice artist, oesophageal cancer.[263]
- Malick Sidibé, 80, Malian photographer.[264]
- Xu Caidong, 97, Chinese metallurgist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences), vice-governor of Guizhou.[265]
- Ron Theobald, 72, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers).[266]
- Carl M. Vogel, 61, American politician, member of the Missouri Senate (2003–2011), pancreatic cancer.[267]
15
- Orville Gilbert Brim, Jr., 93, American social psychologist.[268]
- Anne Grommerch, 45, French politician, member of the National Assembly (since 2008), Mayor of Thionville (since 2014), breast cancer.[269]
- Byrle Klinck, 81, Canadian Olympic ice hockey player, bronze medallist (1956).[270]
- Laura Liu, 49, American state judge, Cook County Circuit Court judge (2010–2014), Illinois Appellate Court judge (since 2014), breast cancer.[271]
- Frederick Mayer, 94, German-born American spy (OSS).[272]
- Derek Mayers, 81, English footballer (Preston North End).[273]
- A. A. Raiba, 94, Indian painter.[274]
- Harold Shillinglaw, 88, Australian football player and cricketer.[275]
- Morag Siller, 46, British actress (Emmerdale, Memphis Belle, Casualty), breast cancer.[276]
- Richard Smith, 84, British painter, heart failure.[277]
- Lars-Inge Svartenbrandt, 70, Swedish criminal, apartment fire.[278]
- Louis Van Geyt, 88, Belgian politician, chairman of Communist Party of Belgium (1972–1989).[279]
- Guy Woolfenden, 78, English composer and conductor.[280]
16
- Muhammad Ayyub, 64, Saudi Arabian imam and Islamic scholar.[citation needed]
- Ron Bonham, 73, American basketball player (Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers), NBA champion (1965, 1966).[281]
- Jeanette Bonnier, 82, Swedish media proprietor (Bonnier Group), journalist (Expressen) and author.[282]
- David R. Brown, 93, American computer scientist.[283]
- Miloud Chaabi, 86, Moroccan businessman.[284]
- Rod Daniel, 73, American film director (Teen Wolf, K-9, WKRP in Cincinnati), Parkinson's disease.[285]
- Donald B. Easum, 92, American diplomat.[286]
- William M. Gray, 86, American meteorologist.[287]
- Guan Guangfu, 84, Chinese politician, Communist Party Chief of Hubei.[288]
- Bernhard Hassenstein, 93, German biologist and behaviorist.[289]
- Charlie Hodge, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks) and scout.[290]
- Clarence James, 84, Bermudian politician, Deputy Premier (1983–1989).[291]
- Maurice Kenny, 86, American poet, heart ailment and kidney failure.[292]
- Rubén Mendoza Ayala, 55, Mexican politician.[293]
- Nathanael Orr, 98, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1976–1984).[294]
- U Pandita, 94, Burmese Buddhist monk and meditation teacher.[295]
- Louis Pilot, 75, Luxembourgian football player (Fola Esch, Standard Liège, Royal Antwerp) and manager (national team).[296]
- Ilias Polatidis, 50, Greek politician.[297]
- Ismael Quintana, 78, Puerto Rican singer and composer.[298]
- Peter Rock, 70, Austrian-born Chilean rock musician.[299]
- Helmut Rohde, 90, German politician.[300]
- Kit West, 79, British special effects artist (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Dragonheart, Enemy at the Gates), Oscar winner (1982).[301]
17
- Ken Aldred, 70, Australian politician, MP for Henty (1975–1980), Bruce (1983–1990) and Deakin (1990–1996).[302]
- Tiga Bayles, 62, Australian radio presenter and indigenous rights activist, cancer.[303]
- Kong Bunchhoeun, 77, Cambodian author and songwriter, cancer.[304]
- Bettye Caldwell, 91, American educator (University of Arkansas at Little Rock) and child-development campaigner (NAEYC).[305]
- Bob Charles, 79, American-born Australian politician, MP for La Trobe (1990–2004).[306]
- Clifton C. Garvin, 94, American businessman, CEO of Exxon (1975–1986).[307]
- Luis Horacio Gomez González, 57, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán (2014–2016).[308]
- Anthony Keane, 87, American Olympic fencer (1968).[309]
- Toshiro Konishi, 63, Japanese-born Peruvian chef, pioneer of Japanese cuisine in Lima, cancer.[310]
- Bruce Mansfield, 71, Australian radio and television personality, prostate cancer.[311]
- Scott Nimerfro, 54, American writer and producer (Hannibal, Once Upon a Time, X-Men), angiosarcoma.[312]
- Constantine Papastephanou, 92, Syrian Eastern Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Baghdad and Kuwait (1969-2014).[313]
- Doris Roberts, 90, American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond, Remington Steele, Christmas Vacation), stroke.[314]
- Trần Phước Thọ, 23, Vietnamese footballer (Long An, U23 national team), traffic collision.[315]
- Nicolas Tikhomiroff, 89, French photographer.[316]
- Yang Hongxun, 84, Chinese architect, architectural historian, and archaeologist.[317]
18
- Brian Asawa, 49, American opera singer, heart failure.[318]
- Paul Busiek, 93, American politician.[319]
- Yuri Bychkov, 84, Russian art historian.[320]
- William Campbell, 75, American business executive (Apple) and college football coach (Columbia University), cancer.[321]
- Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose, 78, British journalist.[322]
- Robert Christophe, 78, French Olympic swimmer (1956, 1960, 1964), European champion (1958, 1962).[323]
- Barry Davies, 71, British soldier and author, heart attack.[324]
- Rubén Héctor di Monte, 84, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján (2000–2007).[325]
- Marwan Dudin, 79–80, Jordanian politician, Minister of Agriculture (1980–1984) and Minister of State for the Occupied Territory Affairs (1986–1988).[326]
- Hugh Faulkner, 83, Canadian politician, MP for Peterborough (1965–1979), complications from surgery.[327]
- Ben-Zion Gold, 92, Polish-born American rabbi.[328]
- Cox Habbema, 72, Dutch actress, theater director and manager.[329]
- Eva Henning, 95, Swedish stage and movie actress.[330]
- Fritz Herkenrath, 87, German footballer (Rot-Weiss Essen).[331]
- Karina Huff, 55, British actress (The House of Clocks, Time for Loving, Voices from Beyond) and television personality, breast cancer.[332]
- Proverb Jacobs, 80, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants).[333]
- Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet, 99, Anglo-Irish aristocrat and media personality.[334]
- Arnulfo Mejía Rojas, 59, Mexican architect and Catholic priest.[335]
- Johan van Minnen, 83, Dutch journalist and politician, member of the European Parliament (1979–1984).[336]
- Vladimir Nemukhin, 90, Russian painter (Bulldozer Exhibition).[337]
- Charles J. Pilliod Jr., 97, American business executive and diplomat, Ambassador to Mexico (1986–1989).[338]
- Guy Prather, 58, American football player (Green Bay Packers), cancer.[339]
- Fulvio Roiter, 89, Italian photographer, Prix Nadar winner (1956).[340]
- Pál Sajgó, 93, Hungarian cross country skier and biathlete.[341]
- Gert Schramm, 87, German Holocaust survivor.[342]
- Zoltán Szarka, 73, Hungarian football player and coach, Olympic champion (1968).[343]
- Tao Siju, 81, Chinese politician, minister of Public Security.[344]
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- Gerasimos Arsenis, 84, Greek politician, Minister for National Defense (1993–1996) and National Education and Religious Affairs (1996–2000).[345]
- Patricio Aylwin, 97, Chilean politician, President (1990–1994).[346]
- Estelle Balet, 21, Swiss snowboarder, world champion (2015, 2016), avalanche.[347]
- Dud Beattie, 81, Australian rugby league footballer and selector (Queensland).[348]
- Errikos Belies, 66, Greek translator and poet.[349]
- Dorothy R. Burnley, 89, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly (1980–1984).[350]
- Eloy Casados, 66, American actor (Ishi: The Last of His Tribe, Walker, Texas Ranger).[351]
- Russell Dove, 87, Australian Olympic sports shooter (1972).[352]
- Harry Elderfield, 72, British geochemist and professor (University of Cambridge).[353]
- Ronit Elkabetz, 51, Israeli actress and film director (Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem), lung cancer.[354]
- Solveig Ericsson, 84, Swedish Olympic athlete.[2]
- Karl-Heinz von Hassel, 77, German actor.[355]
- Walter Kohn, 93, Austrian-born American theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate (1998), jaw cancer.[356]
- Lord Tanamo, 81, Jamaican ska and mento musician.[357]
- Richard Lyons, 57, American musician (Negativland), nodular melanoma.[358]
- John McConathy, 86, American basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks, Northwestern State).[359]
- Mehrdad Oladi, 30, Iranian footballer (Malavan), heart attack.[360]
- Milt Pappas, 76, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs).[361]
- Billy Redmayne, 25, Manx motorcycle racer, race collision.[362]
- Igor Volchok, 84, Russian football manager.[363]
- Pete Zorn, 65, American musician (Steeleye Span, Richard Thompson, The Albion Band), cancer.[364]
20
- Solomon Blatt Jr., 94, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for South Carolina (since 1971).[365]
- Chyna, 46, American professional wrestler (WWF) and actress (1 Night in China, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Cougar Club), mixed drug intoxication.[366]
- Cynthia Cooke, 96, British nurse, Matron-in-Chief of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (1973–1976).[367]
- Velda González, 83, Puerto Rican actress and politician.[368]
- Guy Hamilton, 93, French-born British film director (James Bond, Battle of Britain, Evil Under the Sun).[369]
- Avril Henry, 81, British academic, suicide.[370]
- Dame Leonie Kramer, 91, Australian academic, author and university administrator.[371]
- Attila Özdemiroğlu, 73, Turkish composer, lung cancer.[372]
- Solly Pandor, 58, Zambian football manager.[373]
- Harry Perkowski, 93, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds).[374]
- Qi Benyu, 85, Chinese politician and propagandist, cancer.[375]
- Jack Tafari, 69, British activist, liver failure.[376]
- Giannis Voglis, 78, Greek actor.[377]
- Dwayne Washington, 52, American basketball player (New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat, Syracuse University), brain cancer.[378]
- Vern Wilson, 85, American Olympic athlete[3]
- Victoria Wood, 62, British comedian and actress (New Faces, Victoria Wood As Seen on TV, dinnerladies), cancer.[379]
- Yu Songlie, 95, Chinese agricultural scientist, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).[380]
21
- Frederick Bruce-Lyle, 62, Ghanaian-born Saint Vincentian judge in the Caribbean.[381]
- Valeriu Cotea, 89, Romanian oenologist, member of Romanian Academy, cardiac arrest.[382]
- Norbert Esnault, 87, French cyclist[4]
- Nade Haley, 68, American artist.[383]
- Levi Karuhanga, 60, Ugandan major general.[384]
- Per-Simon Kildal, 64, Swedish antenna specialist.[385]
- Hans Koschnick, 87, German politician and diplomat, Bremen Senate president and mayor (1967–1985), President of the Bundesrat (1970–1971, 1981–1982), MP (1987–1998).[386]
- Marco Leto, 85, Italian film and television director (Black Holiday, Al piacere di rivederla).[387]
- Franz Lorette, 80, Belgian Olympic hockey player[5]
- Lonnie Mack, 74, American singer-guitarist (The Wham of that Memphis Man).[388]
- Toshio Mashima, 67, Japanese composer, cancer.[389]
- D. B. Nihalsinghe, 77, Sri Lankan filmmaker (Welikathara).[390]
- Utako Okamoto, 98, Japanese medical scientist.[391]
- Ferenc Paragi, 62, Hungarian Olympic javelin thrower (1976, 1980), world record holder (1980–1983).[392]
- Prince, 57, American musician, songwriter ("When Doves Cry", "Little Red Corvette", "Purple Rain") and actor, Oscar (1984) and Grammy (1984, 1986, 2004, 2007) winner, accidental overdose of fentanyl.[393]
- Peter Ruckman, 94, American Independent Baptist pastor.[394]
- Smoke Glacken, 22, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Hopeful Stakes (1996).[395]
- Dene Smuts, 66, South African politician, MP (1989–2014).[396]
- John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant, 93, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1989).[397]
22
- David Beresford, 68, British journalist.[398]
- Yvon Charbonneau, 75, Canadian politician, stroke.[399]
- Rudolph Chimelli, 87, German journalist and author.[400]
- Isabelle Dinoire, 49, French mauled woman, first person to undergo a partial face transplant.[401]
- Rex Fell, 71, New Zealand Thoroughbred breeder.[402]
- Ojārs Grīnbergs, 73, Latvian singer, lung cancer.[403]
- Roger Khawam, 94, Egyptian antique dealer and Egyptologist.[404]
- John Lumsden, 55, Scottish footballer (Stoke City).[405]
- Ariffin Mohammed, 74, Malaysian cult leader (Sky Kingdom).[406]
- Robert Price, 83, American attorney and political campaign manager.[407]
- Jory Prum, 41, American audio engineer and video game developer (Adaptation, The Walking Dead, Brütal Legend), traffic collision.[408]
- Manfred Rein, 68, Austrian politician (ÖVP).[409]
- Peter Sellers, 94, New Zealand sports broadcaster.[410]
- Soran Singh, Pakistani politician, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly (since 2013), shot.[411]
- Sir Denys Wilkinson, 93, British nuclear physicist.[412]
23
- Ron Brace, 29, American football player (Boston College, New England Patriots), apparent heart attack.[413]
- Alfons Van den Brande, 88, Belgian cyclist.[414]
- Carla Braan, 54, Dutch Olympic gymnast[6]
- Errol Crossan, 85, Canadian footballer (Norwich City).[415]
- Attila Ferjáncz, 69, Hungarian racing driver, Hungarian Rally champion (1976–1982, 1985, 1990).[416]
- Luis González Seara, 79, Spanish politician.[417]
- Inge King, 100, German-born Australian sculptor.[418]
- Vjatšeslav Kobrin, 58, Russian guitarist and songwriter.[419]
- Tom Muecke, 52, American CFL player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos), heart attack.[420]
- Tony Munro, 52, Australian sports journalist, stroke.[421]
- Sir Richard Parsons, 88, British diplomat, Ambassador to Hungary, Spain and Sweden.[422]
- Jacques Perry, 94, French novelist.[423]
- Maurice Peston, Baron Peston, 85, English economist and politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1987).[424]
- Miguel Picazo, 89, Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor (La Tía Tula).[425]
- John Steven Satterthwaite, 87, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lismore (1971–2001).[426]
- Bill Sevesi, 92, Tongan-born New Zealand musician.[427]
- Madeleine Sherwood, 93, Canadian actress (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Flying Nun).[428]
- Banharn Silpa-archa, 83, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996), asthma.[429]
- Horace Ward, 88, American judge.[430]
- Paul Hisao Yasuda, 94, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Osaka (1978–1997).[431]
24
- Zafar Ishaq Ansari, 84, Pakistani Islamic scholar, heart attack.[432]
- Paul Annear, 68, New Zealand jeweller.[433]
- Nina Arkhipova, 94, Russian film and stage actress (Burnt by the Sun).[434]
- Chen Shilu, 95, Chinese flight mechanic, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).[435]
- Manuel de la Torre, 94, Spanish-born American golf player and instructor.[436]
- Robert Dolan, 87, American marine geologist.[437]
- Walter Jackson Freeman III, 89, American biologist.[438]
- Perry O. Hooper Sr., 91, American judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama (1995–2001).[439]
- Steve Julian, 57, American radio host (KPCC), brain cancer.[440]
- Kiviaq, 80, Canadian lawyer, politician, boxer and football player, cancer.[441]
- Tommy Kono, 85, American weightlifter, Olympic champion (1952, 1956), world champion (1953–1959), complications from liver disease.[442]
- Thinle Lhondup, 72, Nepalese actor (Himalaya), fall.[443]
- Benjamin Manglona, 78, Northern Mariana Islands politician, Lieutenant Governor (1990–1994), stroke.[444]
- Ricardo Torres Origel, 59, Mexican politician.[445]
- Lizette Parker, 44, American politician, Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey (since 2014), respiratory illness.[446]
- Billy Paul, 81, American R&B singer ("Me and Mrs. Jones"), pancreatic cancer.[447]
- George Pieterson, 74, Dutch clarinetist.[448]
- Terry Redlin, 78, American artist, Alzheimer's disease.[449]
- Klaus Siebert, 60, German biathlon athlete and coach, world champion (1978, 1979), Olympic silver medalist (1980).[450]
- Papa Wemba, 66, Congolese singer, seizure.[451]
- George Alexis Weymouth, 79, American artist and conservationist, heart failure.[452]
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- Dumitru Antonescu, 71, Romanian footballer (Farul Constanța).[453]
- Remo Belli, 88, American drummer, developed the synthetic drumhead (Remo), complications of pneumonia.[454]
- Joe Blahak, 65, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).[455]
- Nicolae Esinencu, 76, Moldovan screenwriter and writer.[456]
- Göte Gåård, 84, Swedish Olympic sports shooter. [7]
- Mel George, 80, American professor and twice interim president of the University of Missouri.[457]
- Martin Gray, 93, Polish Holocaust survivor and writer.[458]
- Michal Hornstein, 95, Polish-born Canadian executive.[459]
- Tom Lewis, 94, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales (1975–1976).[460]
- Patrick Fabionn Lopes, 35, Brazilian football player, brain aneurysm.[461]
- Xulhaz Mannan, 39, Bangladeshi editor, stabbed.[462]
- Mei Baojiu, 82, Chinese Peking opera artist, bronchospasm.[463]
- Poornima Arvind Pakvasa, 102, Indian social worker.[464]
- Neculai Rățoi, 77, Romanian politician, mayor of Pașcani (1981–2008).[465]
- John Ridsdel, 68, Canadian journalist (Calgary Herald), businessman (Petro-Canada) and Abu Sayyaf hostage, beheaded.[466]
- Horst Sachs, 89, German mathematician.[467]
- Samantha Schubert, 47, Malaysian actress and beauty queen, Miss Malaysia (1991), pancreatic cancer.[468]
- Rudolf Wessely, 91, Austrian actor.[469]
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- Raymond Casey, 98, British geologist and philatelist.[470]
- Vincent Darius, 60, Grenadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint George's in Grenada (since 2002), pneumonia.[471]
- Mark Farmer, 53, British actor (Grange Hill, Minder, Johnny Jarvis), cancer.[472]
- Winston Hill, 74, American football player (New York Jets), Super Bowl winner (1968).[473]
- William H. Jarvis, 85, Canadian politician.[474]
- Amanullah Khan, 82, Pakistani Kashmir separatism activist (JKLF), COPD.[475]
- Lucy Kibaki, 82, Kenyan teacher and socialite, First Lady (2002–2013).[476]
- M. H. Mohamed, 94, Sri Lankan politician.[477]
- Álvaro Pérez Treviño, 85, Mexican politician.[478]
- Peter Propping, 73, German geneticist.[479]
- Ozzie Silna, 83, American basketball owner (Spirits of St. Louis), cancer.[480]
- Martin Szipál, 91, Hungarian photographer, prostate cancer.[481]
- Masako Togawa, 85, Japanese feminist, singer, actress and novelist.[482]
- Dorothy Warburton, 80, Canadian geneticist.[483]
- James H. Ware, 74, American biostatistician, cancer.[484]
- Willie L. Williams, 72, American police commissioner (Los Angeles, Philadelphia).[485]
- Harry Wu, 79, Chinese human rights activist, founder of the Laogai Research Foundation.[486]
- Vladimir Yulygin, 80, Russian football player and coach.[487]
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- James Arvaluk, 68, Canadian politician.[488]
- James Carroll, 60, American-born Canadian actor (Wind at My Back, Red Dead Redemption, Death to Smoochy), small cell lung cancer.[489]
- Harold Cohen, 87, British computer artist (AARON).[490]
- Angela Flanders, 88, British perfumer.[491]
- Viktor Gavrikov, 58, Lithuanian-Swiss chess Grandmaster.[492]
- Herta Groves, 96, Austrian-born British milliner, traffic collision.[493]
- Philip Kives, 87, Canadian marketing entrepreneur, founder of K-tel.[494]
- Julio Xavier Labayen, 89, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, territorial prelate of Infanta (1966–2003).[495]
- Liu Lianman, 82, Chinese mountain climber, made the first ascent of Muztagh Ata.[496]
- Robert C. Mathis, 88, American air force general.[497]
- Chris Parkinson, 74, New Zealand broadcaster, co-founder of Radio Hauraki.[498]
- Ray Salazar, 85, American politician, Mayor of El Paso, Texas (1977–1979).[499]
- Gabriele Sima, 61, Austrian opera singer.[500]
- Toms, 87, Indian cartoonist (Boban and Molly).[501]
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- Anderson Agiru, 54, Papua New Guinean politician.[502]
- Óscar Marcelino Álvarez, 67, Argentine footballer (Panathinaikos).[503]
- Sir Edward Ashmore, 96, British officer in the Royal Navy, First Sea Lord (1974–1977).[504]
- Conrad Burns, 81, American politician, Senator from Montana (1989–2007).[505]
- Enrique Cal Pardo, 93, Spanish priest, teacher and writer.[506]
- Ed Davender, 49, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats).[507]
- Jenny Diski, 68, English writer (Nothing Natural, Rainforest, London Review of Books), lung cancer.[508]
- Joe Durham, 84, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals).[509]
- Igor Fesunenko, 83, Russian journalist, foreign affairs writer and teacher (MGIMO).[510]
- Charles Gatewood, 73, American photographer, suicide by jumping.[511]
- Fredrik Grønningsæter, 92, Norwegian priest, Bishop of Sør-Hålogaland (1982–1992).[512]
- René Hausman, 80, Belgian comic book writer and illustrator.[513]
- Barry Howard, 78, English actor (Hi-de-Hi!), blood cancer.[514]
- Georg Kronawitter, 88, German politician, Mayor of Munich (1972–1978, 1984–1993).[515]
- Ingram Olkin, 91, American statistics professor, colorectal cancer.[516]
- David Page, 55, Australian composer, musical director of Bangarra Dance Theatre.[517]
- Mohamed Roushdi, 94, Egyptian gymnast[8]
- Blackie Sherrod, 96, American sportswriter.[518]
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- Tim Bacon, 52, British restaurateur and actor.[519]
- Alyson Bailes, 67, British diplomat, Ambassador to Finland (2000–2002).[520]
- Sherry Cassuto, 59, American Olympic rower.[9]
- Chen Zhongshi, 73, Chinese writer, oral cancer.[521]
- Jok Church, 66, American cartoonist (You Can with Beakman and Jax).[522]
- Renato Corona, 67, Filipino jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (2010–2012), complications from a heart attack.[523]
- Patrick Deuel, 54, American reality TV star.[524]
- Bob Fitch, 76, American photojournalist.[525]
- Erediauwa, 92, Nigerian traditional royal, Oba of Benin (since 1979).[526] (death announced on this date)
- Dmytro Hnatyuk, 91, Ukrainian baritone opera singer.[527]
- Hilarius Moa Nurak, 73, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang (since 1987).[528]
- Dave Robinson, 67, English footballer (Birmingham City, Walsall).[529] (death announced on this date)
- Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, 86, Tibetan Buddhist teacher.[530]
- Don White, 89, American stock car racing driver.[531]
- Wojciech Zagórski, 87, Polish actor.[532]
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- Daniel Aaron, 103, American writer and academic (Harvard University), co-founder of the Library of America.[533]
- Michael Edward Ash, 88, British brewer.[534]
- Daniel Berrigan, 94, American Jesuit priest, poet, peace activist and ex-convict (Catonsville Nine).[535]
- Wayne Crawford, 69, American actor, writer and producer (Valley Girl, Jake Speed).[536]
- Alphonsus F. D'Souza, 76, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Raiganj (since 1987), heart attack.[537]
- Franco Di Giacomo, 83, Italian cinematographer.[538]
- Marisol Escobar, 85, French-born American sculptor.[539]
- Uwe Friedrichsen, 81, German actor (Faust, Schwarz Rot Gold, Sesamstraße).[540]
- Guido Gillarduzzi, 76, Italian Olympic speed skater[10]
- Fritz Janschka, 97, Austrian-born American artist.[541]
- Sir Harry Kroto, 76, British chemist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1996).[542]
- Réjean Lafrenière, 80, Canadian politician, member of the Quebec National Assembly (1989–2007).[543]
- Ellen Niit, 87, Estonian children's writer, poet and translator.[544]
- Scott Rains, 59, American travel writer, brain tumor.[545]
- Phil Ryan, 69, Welsh keyboardist (Man).[546]
- Tracy Scott, 46, American script supervisor (Whiplash, Concussion, Garden State), cancer.[547]
- Peter Thomas, 91, American narrator (Nova, Forensic Files).[548]
- Vasily Zvyagintsev, 71, Russian science fiction author.[549]
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- ^ Vint Lawrence, CIA officer who became a sharp-eyed caricaturist, dies at 76
- ^ Bea Maddock, painter, etcher and wordsmith, dies at 81
- ^ Bishop Lucas Martínez Lara
- ^ Tributes paid after Glasgow University academic dies aged 68
- ^ Former Cheltenham rugby player Martin Roberts’ sudden death has rocked sporting community[permanent dead link]
- ^ Former SE St Elizabeth MP Derrick Rochester dies
- ^ Ex-Saint Will Smith shot to death in New Orleans, sources confirm
- ^ Alec Crikis
- ^ John Ferrone, Editor of Electric Stable of Writers, Dies at 91
- ^ Louis I. Gladstone Obituary
- ^ Former Detroit City Council member Rev. Nicholas Hood Sr. dies
- ^ 'Mr Nice' Howard Marks dies aged 70
- ^ Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah
- ^ Dr. Wayne Southwick Obituary
- ^ Henryk Średnicki, polski mistrz świata w boksie nie żyje (in Polish)
- ^ IN MEMORIAM: Noshir H. Wadia, MD
- ^ Former 'shop steward' of the departmental secretaries Tony Ayers dies
- ^ Helen Bailey death: Family members pay tribute after author's body is discovered buried next to her dog
- ^ Famed radio host Doug Banks dies
- ^ Portuguese MMA fighter João Carvalho dies after TKO in Dublin
- ^ Скончался актер Альберт Филозов (in Russian)
- ^ Emile Ford, legendary St. Lucian artiste, dies in London
- ^ Hokie Gajan, ex-Saints fullback, radio voice, dies at 56 of cancer
- ^ Iranian army loses its first commando in Syria
- ^ Poet Ruth Gilbert, also known as Florence Mackay, dies age 99
- ^ HM pays last tribute to ex-chief minister Archived May 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Arts patron Anne Gould Hauberg dies at 98
- ^ Alan Hurd
- ^ Peter Jannetta, world-renowned neurosurgeon from Allegheny General Hospital, has died
- ^ Dame Marion Kettlewell, Wren – obituary
- ^ In Memory of Huntly Drummond Millar
- ^ Muere el escritor y activista Shangay Lily a los 53 años (in Spanish)
- ^ All you need to know about Veenu Paliwal, the famous female biker who passed away yesterday
- ^ Murió Édgar Perea, el narrador histórico de las emociones deportivas (in Spanish)
- ^ Featherstone legend Steve Quinn dies
- ^ Founder of Hickory Farms dies at 96
- ^ Ed Snider, founder of the Flyers, dies at 83 Archived May 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Arumugam Ratnavadivel Surendhran Obituary
- ^ Commander James Bond – obituary
- ^ Il calcio saluta Aquilino Bonfanti (in Italian)
- ^ The death has occurred of Robbie Brennan
- ^ Medal of Honor Recipient Hector A. Cafferata, Jr. Passes Away at 86
- ^ Former Tigers radio voice Paul Carey dies
- ^ M5s, è morto Gianroberto Casaleggio (in Italian)
- ^ Muere Pedro de Felipe, uno de los héroes de la sexta Champions del Real Madrid (in Spanish)
- ^ Music producer David Gest found dead
- ^ Gib Guilbeau, of Burrito Brothers Fame, Dead at 78
- ^ Anne Jackson, Stage Actress Who Starred Alongside Husband Eli Wallach, Dies at 90
- ^ Former Penn State president Bryce Jordan dies at 91
- ^ Zimbabwe: Prominent Writer Kanengoni Dies
- ^ Alan Loveday obituary
- ^ ECW favorite Balls Mahoney passes away at 44 years old
- ^ Prophetess Dr. Apphia Clara Manjoro – tribute
- ^ Bishop André Mayamba Mabuti Kathongo
- ^ 喪黒福造・ハクション大魔王…大平透さん死去 (in Japanese)
- ^ Elhunyt Ordina Tibor, a magyar bajnok atléta agydaganattal küzdött (in Hungarian)
- ^ Celebrated theatre director Tomaž Pandur dies
- ^ Former Astros, Giants GM Spec Richardson dies at 93 Archived April 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Renowned Sindhi writer, novelist, poet and intellectual Agha Saleem passes away
- ^ British playwright Arnold Wesker dies, aged 83
- ^ Ex-editor and former political detainee Said Zahari dies at 88
- ^ Duke Flags Lowered: Humanities Advocate Srinivas Aravamudan Dies
- ^ A világ legnagyobb tengeri szivacsát fedezték fel Hawaii közelében (in Romanian)
- ^ Jackie Carter, Who Pushed for Racial Diversity in Children’s Books, Dies at 62
- ^ Falleció el cineasta cubano Julio García Espinosa (in Spanish)
- ^ На 57 году жизни скончался государственный и общественный деятель Нури Гезердаа (in Russian)
- ^ Former Blues player Kurtis Haiu dies
- ^ ISIR President Earl B Hunt: 1933-2016
- ^ Bishop Matthias Joseph Isuja
- ^ Robert West Lundeen Obituary
- ^ Legendary tango performer Mariano Mores dies at 98
- ^ 1950-luvun olympiaedustaja Eeti Nieminen kuoli (in Finnish)
- ^ Former politician Rex Patterson has died in Mackay aged 89
- ^ Jock Scot, performance poet – obituary
- ^ Manouchehr Sotodeh dies at 103
- ^ Jeremy Steig, Jazz Flutist, Dies at 73
- ^ Gareth Thomas 1945–2016
- ^ Wales' former national poet Gwyn Thomas dies
- ^ Justice, Congressman, University President Ray Thornton Dies at 87
- ^ Basketball icon, Tennessee native Nera White dies
- ^ Obituary: Bernard Wolfe
- ^ Saxophonist and Educator Pete Yellin Dies at 74
- ^ Egyptian actor Sayed Zayan dies at 73
- ^ Tuấn Ngọc, Khánh Hà hát tưởng nhớ nhạc sĩ Nguyễn Ánh 9 (in Vietnamese)
- ^ Ahmed Brahim n’est plus (in French)
- ^ David Collischon, Filofax entrepreneur – obituary
- ^ Legendarische mastercaller Fitzmaurice overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ Devout founder of St. Joseph Communications dies at 98, leaves long legacy of success
- ^ Francesco Guarraci Obituary
- ^ Hector Rex Hatch Obituary
- ^ Fred Hayman, Godfather of Rodeo Drive, Dies at 91
- ^ James Webb Huston
- ^ Dan Ireland, ‘Jolene,’ ‘The Whole Wide World’ Director, Dies at 57
- ^ U 90. godini umro je hrvatski legendarni glumac Ilija Ivezić (in Croatian)
- ^ Dr Colin Knight death notice
- ^ 梁启超之子中国火箭与导弹控制系统专家梁思礼逝世 (in Chinese)
- ^ Tributes paid to Professor Sir David MacKay
- ^ Standard founder Rod Reyes, 80
- ^ London Underground's 'mind the gap' man Phil Sayer dies
- ^ Malian photographer Malick Sidibé dies aged 80
- ^ 九三学社中央原副主席徐采栋逝世 享年98岁 (in Chinese)
- ^ Ron Theobald
- ^ Former Missouri Sen. Carl Vogel dies after cancer battle[permanent dead link]
- ^ Orville Brim Obituary
- ^ Anne Grommerch, députée et maire de Thionville, est morte (in French)
- ^ Byrle Sherwood Klinck Obituary
- ^ Laura Liu, Illinois' first Asian-American appellate judge, dies
- ^ WV veteran known for spying on Germany in WWII dies
- ^ Derek Mayers 1935–2016
- ^ Veteran artist AA Raiba dies at the age of 94
- ^ Vale Harold Shillinglaw
- ^ Coronation Street star leads tributes to much loved actress after her death from breast cancer
- ^ Richard Smith, British Painter Who Turned Toward Pure Color, Dies at 84
- ^ Lars-Inge Svartenbrandt död i lägenhetsbrand (in Swedish)
- ^ Décès de l'ancien député et président du parti communiste Louis Van Geyt (in French)
- ^ Guy Woolfenden, OBE (1937–2016)
- ^ Muncie basketball legend Ron Bonham dies
- ^ Vi är för alltid din tidning, Jeanette (in Swedish)
- ^ David Randolph Brown
- ^ Moroccan Billionaire Miloud Chaabi Dies
- ^ Rod Daniel, Director of Michael J. Fox's Teen Wolf, Dies at 73
- ^ Donald Easum Obituary
- ^ Pioneering hurricane forecaster William Gray dies at 86
- ^ 湖北省委原书记关广富逝世，曾在邓小平南巡首站时汇报工作 (in Chinese)
- ^ Bernhard Hassenstein Prof. Dr.Dr. h.c. (in German)
- ^ Expansion-season Canucks goalie Charlie Hodge passes away at 82
- ^ ‘Truly loved’ former Deputy Premier dies
- ^ Maurice Kenny, a Poet and Teacher, Dies at 86
- ^ Muere Rubén Mendoza Ayala a los 55 años víctima de un paro cardíaco (in Spanish)
- ^ Nathanael Orr Notice
- ^ Sayadaw U Pandita, influential Burmese meditation master, dead at 94
- ^ Louis Pilot, ancien joueur et entraîneur du Standard, est décédé (in French)
- ^ Πέθανε ο πρώην βουλευτής του ΛΑΟΣ Ηλίας Πολατίδης (in Greek)
- ^ Salsa great Ismael Quintana dies at 78[permanent dead link]
- ^ Fallece a los 70 años el artista nacional Peter Rock (in Spanish)
- ^ Helmut Rohde Unternehmensnachruf (in German)
- ^ Special Effects maestro Kit West overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ Aldred, Mr Kenneth James
- ^ Tributes flow for Brisbane radio presenter Tiga Bayles
- ^ Famed Lyricist Dies at 77
- ^ Bettye Caldwell, Educator Who Helped Pave Way for Head Start, Dies at 91
- ^ Charles, Mr Robert Edwin (Bob)[permanent dead link]
- ^ Former Exxon CEO Clifton Garvin Dies
- ^ Bishop Luis Horacio Gomez González
- ^ Olympian Jack Keane Passes Away at Age 87
- ^ "Master chef Toshiro Konishi passes away". Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ^ "Farewell to a legend: Bruce Mansfield dies, aged 71". Archived from the original on May 10, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ^ Hannibal, Once Upon a Time writer-producer Scott Nimerfro dies, says showrunner
- ^ Memory Eternal! +Metropolitan Constantine (Papastephanou)
- ^ Doris Roberts Died of a Stroke
- ^ Hậu vệ Trần Phước Thọ mất ở tuổi 23 (in Vietnamese)
- ^ In Memoriam: Nicolas Tikhomiroff (1927–2016)
- ^ 著名建筑史学家、建筑考古学家杨鸿勋逝世，享年85岁 (in Chinese)
- ^ Brian Asawa, 49, Countertenor Who Found Acclaim on U.S. and International Stages, Has Died
- ^ Dr. Paul J. Busiek
- ^ Ушел из жизни основатель маршрута «Золотое кольцо России» (in Russian)
- ^ Longtime Apple advisor, board member Bill Campbell dies at 75
- ^ Viscount Camrose – obituary
- ^ Avignon le champion de natation Robert Christophe est décédé (in French)
- ^ Barry Davies, legendary SAS figure, dies aged 71
- ^ Archbishop Rubén Héctor di Monte
- ^ Former minister Marwan Dudin passes away
- ^ Hugh Faulkner was Peterborough MP from 1965 to 1979
- ^ RABBI BEN-ZION GOLD
- ^ Actrice Cox Habbema (72) overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ Skådespelerskan Eva Henning död (in Swedish)
- ^ Ex-Nationalspieler und RW-Essen-Legende gestorben (in German)
- ^ Addio Karina Huff, la Susan di 'Sapore di mare', volto della commedia italiana anni 80 (in Italian)
- ^ Proverb Jacobs dies — ex-Raiders lineman and Laney coach
- ^ Castle Leslie owner Sir John 'Jack' Leslie has died aged 99
- ^ Muere creador de Ruta de Fe en Tlaxcala (in Spanish)
- ^ Oud-journalist Johan van Minnen overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ Художник-авангардист Владимир Немухин скончался на 91-м году жизни (in Russian)
- ^ Charles Pilliod, Cuyahoga Falls native who became U.S. ambassador and Goodyear CEO, chairman, dies at age 97
- ^ In Memory Of GUY TYRONE PRATHER
- ^ Morto Fulvio Roiter, il fotografo aveva 89 anni (in Italian)
- ^ "Magyar Sí Szövetség Hírek". Archived from the original on November 28, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ Carius zum Tode des ehemaligen Buchenwald-Häftlings Gert Schramm[permanent dead link] (in German)
- ^ Gyász: elhunyt Szarka Zoltán, olimpiai bajnok labdarúgó (in Hungarian)
- ^ 公安部原部长陶驷驹逝世享年81岁，曾推出警察巡逻体制 (in Chinese)
- ^ Former PASOK minister Gerasimos Arsenis dies
- ^ Patricio Aylwin, president who guided Chile to democracy, dies aged 97
- ^ Estelle Balet, snowboarding champion, killed at age of 21 in avalanche
- ^ Former Kangaroo Beattie dies
- ^ Kathimerini: Erricos Belies has died (in Greek)
- ^ Former legislator, female political pioneer Burnley dies[permanent dead link]
- ^ In Memoriam
- ^ DOVE, Russell Joseph
- ^ Harry Elderfield (1943–2016)
- ^ Ronit Elkabetz, Actress and Filmmaker, Dies at 51
- ^ Ehemaliger "Tatort"-Kommissar Karl-Heinz von Hassel ist tot (in German)
- ^ Sad news ... Professor Walter Kohn
- ^ Lord Tanamo dies in Canada
- ^ Richard Lyons, Negativland Founder, Dead at 57
- ^ NSU hoops legend John McConathy dies at 86
- ^ Iranian footballer dies at 30
- ^ Former Cubs Pitcher Milt Pappas Dies At 76
- ^ Billy Redmayne: Manx soldier dies after Oliver's Mount crash
- ^ Заслуженный футбольный тренер РСФСР Игорь Волчок скончался на 85-м году жизни (in Russian)
- ^ Pete Zorn Dead; Folk-Rock Instrumentalist Was 65
- ^ Federal Judge Sol Blatt Jr. has passed
- ^ Chyna, Pro Wrestler Turned Reality TV Star, Is Dead at 46
- ^ Cynthia Cooke, naval nurse – obituary
- ^ Muere la actriz y exlegisladora Velda González de Modestti (in Spanish)
- ^ James Bond director Guy Hamilton dead: Man behind Goldfinger dies in Majorca aged 93
- ^ Academic kills herself after importing ‘euthanasia kit’ illegally
- ^ Dame Leonie Kramer dies at 91
- ^ Famed Turkish musician Atilla Ozdemiroglu dies at 73
- ^ Zambia: Solly Pandor Dies
- ^ Remembering Harry W. Perkowski
- ^ Last member of China’s Cultural Revolution Group, Qi Benyu, dies at 85
- ^ Jack Tafari obituary
- ^ Πέθανε ο Γιάννης Βόγλης (in Greek)
- ^ Syracuse basketball legend Pearl Washington dies at 52
- ^ Comedian Victoria Wood dies aged 62
- ^ 我国著名小麦栽培学家余松烈院士逝世 Archived May 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
- ^ Former High Court Judge Frederick Bruce-Lyle dies at age 62 Archived May 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ZI DE DOLIU: S-a stins din viaţă academicianul Valeriu Cotea. A stat cinci zile internat (in Romanian)
- ^ Nade Calmes Haley Passes Away
- ^ Military court boss dead
- ^ In memory of Professor Per-Simon Kildal
- ^ Zum Tod von Hans Koschnick: Volkstribun und Friedensstifter (in German)
- ^ E’ morto il regista Marco Leto (in Italian)
- ^ Lonnie Mack, July 18, 1941 – April 21, 2016
- ^ 作曲家の真島俊夫さん死去 「三つのジャポニスム」 (in Japanese)
- ^ Veteran filmmaker Nihalsingha passes away
- ^ Utako Okamoto
- ^ Meghalt a volt világcsúcstartó magyar gerelyhajító (in Hungarian)
- ^ Prince, singer and superstar, dies at 57 at Paisley Park
- ^ Statement regarding Dr. Peter Ruckman’s death
- ^ Smoke Glacken Euthanized at Age 22
- ^ Liberal stalwart Dene Smuts dies
- ^ Lord Walton of Detchant
- ^ Award-winning Guardian reporter David Beresford dies aged 68
- ^ Ex-labour leader, politician Yvon Charbonneau dies
- ^ Erinnerungen eines einzigartigen Reporters (in German)
- ^ French woman given world's first face transplant dies
- ^ Prominent Manawatu thoroughbred breeder Rex Fell passes away
- ^ В возрасте 73 лет умер известный эстрадный певец Ояр Гринбергс (in Russian)
- ^ Roger Khawam
- ^ Stoke City Death of former player announced Archived April 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sky Kingdom cult founder Ayah Pin dies
- ^ Robert Price, Strategist for Lindsay and Rockefeller, Dies at 83
- ^ En av Norges mest sentrale spillutviklere er død (in Norwegian)
- ^ WKV-Präsident Manfred Rein verstorben (in German)
- ^ Renowned broadcaster Peter Sellers dies
- ^ TTP claims assassination of PTI minority MPA in Buner
- ^ "University of Sussex's third Vice-Chancellor Sir Denys Wilkinson passes away on 22 April 2016". Archived from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ^ Likely cause of former Pats player's death determined
- ^ Oud-beroepsrenner overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ Hall of Famer Errol Crossan dies aged 85
- ^ Meghalt Ferjáncz Attila (in Hungarian)
- ^ Muere Luis González Seara, el útimo centrista (in Spanish)
- ^ Farewell Inge King
- ^ Lahkus Ultima Thule originaalkoosseisu kuulunud kitarrist Vjatšeslav Kobrin (in Estonian)
- ^ Ex-Baylor quarterback Tom Muecke dies
- ^ Former 'Beyond The Test World' curator Tony Munro dies
- ^ Parsons
- ^ Le romancier Jacques Perry est mort (in French)
- ^ Lord Peston – obituary
- ^ Muere el director Miguel Picazo, retratista del dolor de ‘La tía Tula’ (in Spanish)
- ^ Bishop John Steven Satterthwaite
- ^ NZ music pioneer Bill Sevesi remembered
- ^ Madeleine Sherwood Dead: 'Flying Nun' Actress Was 93
- ^ Former PM Banharn dies at Sirira
- ^ Horace Ward, Georgia's first African-American federal court judge, dies at 88
- ^ 【訃報】安田大司教、逝去 (in Japanese)
- ^ Pakistani scholar Ansari dies at age 84
- ^ Paul Annear 1947–2016
- ^ Умерла старейшая актриса Театра Сатиры Нина Архипова (in Russian)
- ^ 飞行力学专家陈士橹院士逝世 享年96岁 (in Chinese)
- ^ Admired golf teacher Manuel de la Torre dies at 94
- ^ Dolan, Robert
- ^ Campus professor emeritus of neurobiology Walter Jackson Freeman III dies at 89
- ^ Former Ala. Chief Justice Perry Hooper Sr. dies at 91
- ^ Steve Julian dies at 57; host of NPR's 'Morning Edition' on KPCC
- ^ Kiviaq, former Edmonton athlete and lawyer, dies at age 80
- ^ Olympic weightlifter Kono dies at 85
- ^ Caravan actor Thinle passes away
- ^ Former Lt Gov. Benjamin T. Manglona passes away
- ^ Muere en León el diputado panista Ricardo Torres (in Spanish)
- ^ Mayor Lizette Parker of Teaneck, New Jersey, dies at age 44
- ^ Philly Soul Singer Billy Paul Dies at 81: Manager
- ^ George Pieterson 1942–2016 (in Dutch)
- ^ Outdoors artist Terry Redlin dies after battle with dementia
- ^ Biathlon-Erfolgstrainer Klaus Siebert gestorben (in German)
- ^ Papa Wemba: Congo music star dies after collapsing on stage
- ^ George Weymouth, Conservationist, Horse Enthusiast and Bon Vivant, Dies at 79
- ^ Un mare fotbalist român a murit (in Romanian)
- ^ Remo Belli, Developer of the Synthetic Drumhead, Dies at 88
- ^ Ex-Husker Joe Blahak, who threw key block for Rodgers, dies Archived April 29, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ A murit scriitorul Nicolae Esinencu (in Romanian)
- ^ Two-time interim University of Missouri president Mel George dies at 80
- ^ Shoah : mort à 93 ans de Martin Gray, le rescapé des camps et l’auteur d' »Au nom de tous les miens » (in French)
- ^ Décès du mécène Michal Hornstein (in French)
- ^ Former NSW premier Tom Lewis dies
- ^ Ex-Cruzeiro, Patrick Fabionn morre aos 35 anos em hospital de São Paulo (in Portuguese)
- ^ Founder of Bangladesh's first and only LGBT magazine killed
- ^ 京剧大师梅葆玖病逝 享年82岁 Archived April 25, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
- ^ Freedom fighter, ‘Didi of Dangs’, dies at 103 in Surat
- ^ Andrei, Alex. "A murit unul dintre cei mai longevivi primari din judeţul Iaşi, Neculai Răţoi". Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ^ Justin Trudeau condemns killing of Canadian hostage John Ridsdel
- ^ Horst Sachs 1927 – 2016
- ^ Actress Samantha Schubert dies
- ^ Schauspieler Rudolf Wessely verstorben (in German)
- ^ Dr. Raymond Casey
- ^ Bishop Vincent Matthew Darius
- ^ Mark Farmer: Grange Hill, Minder and Johnny Jarvis star dies aged 53
- ^ "Winston Hill, Jets' Decorated Tackle, Dies at 74". Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ^ William Jarvis, former Perth-Wilmot MP, dies at 85
- ^ JKLF Founder Amanullah Khan Dead At 82
- ^ Kenya's former first lady Lucy Kibaki dies in London
- ^ M.H. Mohamed passes away
- ^ Muere Álvaro Pérez Treviño, excandidato presidencial en 1994 (in Spanish)
- ^ Peter Propping Traueranzeige (in German)
- ^ Famed ABA owner Ozzie Silna dies at 83; made vast fortune off NBA
- ^ Meghalt Szipál Márton fotóművész (in Hungarian)
- ^ It is death 85 years old for Masako Togawa stomach cancer[permanent dead link]
- ^ Pioneering geneticist Dorothy Warburton of Englewood dies at 80 Archived May 8, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ In memoriam James H. Ware, renowned biostatistician, admired leader and mentor
- ^ Fmr. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Willie Williams dies
- ^ China Human Rights Campaigner Harry Wu Dies
- ^ Умер Владимир Юлыгин (in Russian)
- ^ Long-time Nunavut leader James Arvaluk passes away
- ^ James Carroll, journeyman CBC actor and voice of Muskoka radio, dies ‘calm and beautiful’ at 60
- ^ Harold Cohen
- ^ Angela Flanders, perfumer – obituary
- ^ GM Viktor Gavrikov passes away
- ^ Queen's hatmaker who fled Nazis is killed in Wigmore Hall lorry crash
- ^ Pioneering TV pitchman Phil Kives dies at 87
- ^ Bishop Julio Xavier Labayen
- ^ “珠峰人梯”登山英雄刘连满逝世 (in Chinese)
- ^ Robert Mathis
- ^ Radio Hauraki co-founder Chris Parkinson dies
- ^ Former Mayor Ray Salazar dies at 85
- ^ Kammersängerin Gabriele Sima tot (in German)
- ^ VT Thomas, cartoonist and creator of ‘Boban and Molly’, dies at 87
- ^ Hela Governor Anderson Agiru passes on
- ^ Πέθανε ο Όσκαρ Αλβαρέζ (in Greek)
- ^ ASHMORE
- ^ Former U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns of Montana dies at 81
- ^ Día de luto en Mondoñedo (in Spanish)
- ^ Former Kentucky guard Ed Davender dies
- ^ Author Jenny Diski, diagnosed with inoperable cancer, dies aged 68
- ^ Joe Durham, first African-American player to homer for Orioles, dies at 84
- ^ Умер международный обозреватель Игорь Фесуненко (in Russian)
- ^ Charles Gatewood, photographer of fringe culture, RIP
- ^ Biskop Fredrik Grønningsæter er død (in Norwegian)
- ^ Striptekenaar René Hausman (80) is overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ Hi-de-Hi! actor Barry Howard dies at 78
- ^ Verstorbener Alt-OB Kronawitter Stadt plant große Trauerfeier (in German)
- ^ Ingram Olkin, influential Stanford professor of statistics and education, dies at 91
- ^ David Page, award-winning music director of Bangarra, dies aged 55
- ^ Blackie Sherrod, 96, Texan Who Wrote About Sports With an Informed Swagger, Dies
- ^ Living Ventures co-founder Tim Bacon dies
- ^ Alyson Bailes obituary
- ^ Reputed author Chen Zhongshi dies at 73
- ^ Jok Church, of Beakman and Jax cartoon strip for kids, dies at 67
- ^ Former Chief Justice Renato Corona dies at age 67
- ^ In Memory Of Patrick D. Deuel
- ^ Bob Fitch, Photojournalist of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 76
- ^ Oba of Benin dies
- ^ У Києві помер відомий оперний співак Дмитро Гнатюк (in Ukrainian)
- ^ RIP: Uskup Pangkalpinang wafat (in Indonesian)
- ^ Birmingham City star Phil Summerill pays tribute to former Blues team-mate Dave Robinson
- ^ Sakya Dagchen Rinpoche breathes his last Archived May 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stock-car racer Don White was all-time victory leader at Milwaukee Mile
- ^ Wojciech Zagórski
- ^ Library of America Founder Daniel Aaron Dies at 103
- ^ The remarkable story of the Guinness pioneer who settled in Powys
- ^ Activist priest and Vietnam war protester Daniel Berrigan dies at 94
- ^ Wayne Crawford Dies; Actor, Writer & Producer Co-Scripted ‘Valley Girl’
- ^ Jesuit Bishop Alphonsus of Raiganj dies
- ^ Addio a Franco Di Giacomo. Da Sergio Leone al Postino di Troisi, dai Taviani a Scola e Moretti (in Italian)
- ^ Marisol, an Artist Known for Blithely Shattering Boundaries, Dies at 85
- ^ Uwe Friedrichsen ist tot (in German)
- ^ Greensboro artist Fritz Janschka dies as 97
- ^ Harry Kroto (1939–2016): A salesman of science in the best sense of the term
- ^ L'ex-député Réjean Lafrenière est mort (in French)
- ^ Ellen Niit
- ^ Dr. Scott Rains Has Passed Away
- ^ MAN’s Phil Ryan Passed Away
- ^ Tracy Scott, Megan Ellison’s Script Supervisor, Dies at 46
- ^ Peter Addenbrooke Thomas
- ^ Умер писатель Василий Звягинцев (in Russian)