Deaths in 2016
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This is a chronology of deaths in 2016. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here if they first have their own Wikipedia article. Notable persons without an article can be listed for one month after death to prompt creation of one. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
August
29
28
- Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, 80, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1984–2014), Defense Minister (2001–2002), kidney disease.[1]
- Mr. Fuji, 82, American professional wrestler and manager (WWF).[2]
- Juan Gabriel, 66, Mexican singer and songwriter, heart attack.[3]
- Nate Hirsch, American sports broadcaster.[4]
- Volodymyr Patyk, 89, Ukrainian artist.[5]
- Shahid Qadri, 74, Bangladeshi poet, kidney disease.[6]
- Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, 89, Indian politician, Governor of West Bengal (1992).[7]
27
- Alcindo, 71, Brazilian footballer (Grêmio), diabetes.[8]
- Hatuey de Camps, 69, Dominican politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1979–1982), cancer.[9]
- Tamim Chowdhury, 30, Bangladeshi-Canadian emir of ISIL in Bangladesh, shot.[10]
- Bill Lenkaitis, 70, American football player (New England Patriots), brain cancer.[11]
- Hans Stenberg, 63, Swedish politician, member of the Riksdag (1991–2010).[12]
26
- Peter Barry, 88, Irish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982–1987), Tánaiste (1987), TD (1969–1997).[13]
- Harald Grønningen, 81, Norwegian cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1968).[14]
- J. Alec Motyer, 91, Irish-born British biblical scholar.[15] (death announced on this date)
- Anton Pronk, 75, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[16]
- Martyn Quayle, 57, Manx politician, member of the House of Keys (2001–2011), injuries sustained in a fall.[17]
- Jānis Reinis, 55, Latvian actor (Another Mother).[18]
- Jim Seavor, 80, American journalist (Providence Journal).[19]
- Ab Tamboer, 65, Dutch musician (Earth and Fire), cancer.[20]
- E. Parry Thomas, 95, American banker and businessman.[21]
- Jiří Tichý, 82, Czech football player.[22]
- Erika Wallner, 70, Argentine actress, kidney failure.[23]
25
- Dame Margaret Anstee, 90, British diplomat, Director-General of the UN Office in Vienna (1987–1992).[24]
- James Cronin, 84, American physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1980).[25]
- Maria Eugénia, 89, Portuguese actress.[26]
- Justin du Fresne, 74, New Zealand radio broadcaster.[27]
- Warren Hinckle, 77, American political journalist, pneumonia.[28]
- Rodolfo Illanes, 58, Bolivian politician, beaten.[29]
- Marvin Kaplan, 89, American actor (It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Alice, The Great Race).[30]
- Anna Kurska, 87, Polish politician, member of the Senate (2001–2007).[31]
- Sergey Marchuk, 64, Russian speed skater, European champion (1978).[32] (death announced on this date)
- Davoud Rashidi, 83, Iranian actor.[33]
- Sonia Rykiel, 86, French fashion designer.[34]
- Eddy Silitonga, 65, Indonesian singer.[35]
- G. Spencer-Brown, 93, English polymath.[36]
- Rudy Van Gelder, 91, American recording engineer.[37]
24
- Juan Bell, 48, Dominican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers), kidney illness.[38]
- Joel Bergman, 80, American architect (The Mirage).[39]
- Neil Berry, 94, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns).[40]
- Michel Butor, 89, French writer.[41]
- Tom Ganley, 73, American businessman and politician.[42]
- Gilles-Gaston Granger, 96, French analytic philosopher.[43]
- Laurence Higgins, 87, American Roman Catholic priest.[44]
- Andrea Jaffe, 66, American publicist (Tom Cruise, Warren Beatty, Oliver Stone).[45]
- Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai, 96, Indian politician, Governor of Haryana (2004–2009), Rajasthan (2007), West Bengal (1998–1999), and Bihar (1979–1985, 1993–1998).[46]
- Shūgorō Nakazato, 96, Japanese martial artist, aspiration pneumonia.[47]
- Walter Scheel, 97, German politician, President of West Germany (1974–1979), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1969–1974) and Vice-Chancellor (1969–1974).[48]
- Gregory P. Schmidt, 69, American politician, cancer.[49]
- Miguel Varela, 76, Filipino businessman.[50]
- Nina Yeryomina, 82, Russian basketball player, world champion (1959).[51]
23
- Goulart de Andrade, 83, Brazilian television host and journalist.[52]
- Andreas Barkoulis, 80, Greek actor.[53]
- Bryan Clutterbuck, 56, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers), colon cancer.[54]
- Mohammad Heydari, 79, Iranian musician and songwriter, cancer.[55]
- Steven Hill, 94, American actor (Mission: Impossible, Law & Order, The Firm).[56]
- Esther Jungreis, 80, Hungarian-born American religious leader, founder of Hineni, pneumonia.[57]
- Denny Kass, 59, American professional wrestler.[58]
- André Mélançon, 74, Canadian filmmaker and actor.[59]
- Evita Muñoz, 79, Mexican actress, pneumonia.[60]
- Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe, 93, American World War II pilot ace and politician, mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi (1973–1981).[61]
- Gerald J. Oppenheimer, 94, American librarian and academic.[62]
- Tony Pasquesi, 83, American football player (Chicago Cardinals).[63]⋅
- Aaron W. Plyler, 89, American politician.[64]
- Max Ritvo, 25, American poet, Ewing's sarcoma.[65]
- Henri de Turenne, 94, French journalist and screenwriter.[66]
- Henning Voscherau, 75, German politician, Mayor of Hamburg (1988–1997), brain tumor.[67]
- Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas (1983–2005).[68]
22
- Farid Ali, 71, Bangladeshi actor.[69]
- Michael Brooks, 58, American basketball player (La Salle, San Diego Clippers, Indiana Pacers), stroke.[70]
- Jordi Carbonell i de Ballester, 92, Spanish politician, President of ERC (1996–2004).[71]
- Kishore Dave, Indian journalist (Jai Hind), stabbed.[72]
- Jackson B. Davis, 98, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Legislature (1956–1980).[73]
- Girolamo Grillo, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia (1983–2006).[74]
- Morihiko Hiramatsu, 92, Japanese politician, Governor of Ōita Prefecture (1979–2003).[75]
- Michael Leader, 78, British actor (EastEnders, Star Wars).[76]
- Edward Malefakis, 84, American history professor.[77]
- V. S. Mani, 74, Indian legal scholar.[78]
- Don McIver, 80, New Zealand military officer, Chief of General Staff (1987–1989), director of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (1991–1999).[79]
- S. R. Nathan, 92, Singaporean politician, President (1999–2011), stroke.[80]
- Geneton Moraes Neto, 60, Brazilian writer and journalist, aortic aneurysm.[81]
- Jacqueline Pagnol, 95, French actress (Topaze).[82]
- Gilli Smyth, 83, English singer (Gong).[83]
- Toots Thielemans, 94, Belgian jazz guitarist, whistler and harmonica player (Man Bites Harmonica!).[84]
- Jane Thompson, 89, American designer and architect, cancer.[85]
- Elsie Wayne, 84, Canadian politician, MP from Saint John (1993–2004).[86]
21
- Headley Bennett, 85, Jamaican saxophonist.[87]
- Basia Frydman, 70, Polish-born Swedish actress (The Slingshot).[88]
- Peter deCourcy Hero, 73, American philanthropy consultant, esophageal cancer.[89]
- Sir Antony Jay, 86, English broadcaster, director and writer (Yes Minister).[90]
- Per Lønning, 88, Norwegian Lutheran bishop and politician, MP (1958–1965).[91]
- Marin Moraru, 79, Romanian actor.[92]
- Benet Rosell, 78, Spanish artist.[93]
- Guido Schmidt-Chiari, 84, Austrian banker (Creditanstalt).[94]
- Derek Smith, 85, British jazz pianist.[95] (death announced on this date)
- Rab Stewart, 54, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Motherwell, Falkirk).[96]
20
- Sam Bawlf, 72, Canadian politician and author, MLA (1976–1979).[97]
- Detlev Blanke, 75, German Esperantist.[98]
- Mark Chellgren, 62, American journalist (Associated Press).[99]
- Lilia Cuntapay, 81, Filipino actress (Shake, Rattle & Roll, Brokedown Palace, Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay).[100]
- George E. Curry, 69, American journalist.[101]
- Daniela Dessì, 59, Italian opera singer, cancer.[102]
- Irving Fields, 101, American pianist.[103]
- Jim Gibbons, 79, American football player (Detroit Lions), double pneumonia.[104]
- Harry Gilmer, 90, American football player (Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions).[105]
- Kid Cali, 30, American rapper, shot.[106]
- Charles-Émile Loo, 94, French politician, member of the European Parliament (1979–1989) and the National Assembly (1967–1968, 1973–1978).[107]
- Vagn Lundbye, 82, Danish author.[108]
- Eugeniusz Geno Małkowski, 73, Polish artist.[109]
- John J. McGlynn, 94, American politician.[110]
- Ignacio Padilla, 47, Mexican writer, traffic collision.[111]
- Joseph A. Palaia, 89, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1989–2008).[112]
- Luis Rodolfo Peñaherrera Bermeo, 80, Ecuadorian artist.[113]
- Brian Rix, 92, British actor (And the Same to You) and activist (Mencap).[114]
- Matt Roberts, 38, American rock guitarist (3 Doors Down) and songwriter ("Kryptonite"), apparent prescription drug overdose.[115]
- Morton Schindel, 98, American film producer.[116]
- Tom Searle, 28, British metalcore guitarist (Architects), melanoma.[117]
- Louis Smith, 85, American jazz trumpeter.[118]
- Louis Stewart, 72, Irish jazz guitarist.[119]
- Morris A. Wessel, 98, American pediatrician.[120]
19
- Trevor Baker, 94, British meteorologist.[121]
- Subrata Banerjee, 71, Indian cricket umpire.[122]
- Judes Bicaba, 69, Burkinabe Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dédougou (since 2005).[123]
- Peter Blundell Jones, 66-67, British architect and architectural historian.[124]
- Adrian Enescu, 68, Romanian composer.[125]
- Donald Henderson, 87, American physician, smallpox eradication program director, broken hip complications.[126]
- Prince Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 54, Spanish nobleman.[127]
- Edward T. Maloney, 88, American aviation historian.[128]
- Colin O'Brien, 76, British photographer.[129]
- Lou Pearlman, 62, American record producer, music manager (Backstreet Boys, NSYNC) and convicted criminal.[130]
- Nina Ponomaryova, 87, Russian discus thrower, Olympic champion (1952, 1960).[131]
- Krzysztof Ptak, 62, Polish cinematographer (Pornografia).[132]
- Jack Riley, 80, American actor (The Bob Newhart Show, Rugrats, Spaceballs), pneumonia.[133]
- Horacio Salgán, 100, Argentine tango musician.[134]
- Mohammad Ali Samatar, 85, Somali politician, Prime Minister (1987–1990).[135]
- Bob Skelton, 81, New Zealand jockey, bowel cancer.[136]
- Danus Skene, 72, Scottish politician.[137]
- Mira Stupica, 93, Serbian actress (Parada).[138]
18
- René Bonino, 86, French Olympic sprinter (1952, 1956), silver medalist at 1954 European Championship.[139]
- Baby Dalupan, 92, Filipino basketball coach (Crispa, Great Taste, Purefoods), pneumonia.[140]
- Liane Aukin, 80, British writer, actress, psychotherapist.[141]
- Jay S. Fishman, 63, American business executive, CEO of Travelers, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[142]
- Rovshan Janiev, 41, Azerbaijani-Russian criminal, shot.[143]
- Machali, 20, Indian tigress.[144]
- Maxon Mbendera, 57, Malawian judge and chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission.[145]
- Jérôme Monod, 85, French political advisor.[146]
- Michael Napier Brown, 79, British actor, theatre director and playwright.[147]
- Ernst Nolte, 93, German historian.[148]
- Oliver Rath, 38, German photographer.[149]
- Jan van Cauwelaert, 102, Belgian-Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Inongo (1954–1967).[150]
- John William Vessey Jr., 94, American military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1982–1985).[151]
- Robert Ward, 66, American journalist (Jacksonville Business Journal), cancer.[152]
17
- Dennis Akumu, Kenyan politician, MP for Nyakach (1969–1973, 1992–1997).[153]
- Steve Arlin, 70, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians).[154]
- James R. Bennett, 76, American politician, Secretary of State of Alabama (1993–2003, 2013–2015), cancer.[155]
- Denis Čabrić, 49, Bosnian bassist (Regina), heart attack.[156]
- Thomas P. G. Cholmondeley, 48, Kenyan farmer and landowner, complications after surgery.[157]
- John Ellenby, 75, British computer scientist.[158]
- Katharine Blodgett Gebbie, 84, American astrophysicist.[159]
- David Hallett, New Zealand wildlife photographer.[160]
- Nachum Heiman, 82, Latvian-born Israeli composer, recipient of the Israel Prize (2009).[161]
- Arthur Hiller, 92, Canadian-born American film director (Love Story, The Hospital, The In-Laws), President of AMPAS (1993–1997).[162]
- Preston Hubbard, 63, American bass player (The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Roomful of Blues).[163]
- Víctor Mora, 85, Spanish comic book writer.[164]
- Moolsingh Peelaghata, 73, Indian politician, Madhya Pradesh MLA for Raghogarh (1985–1989, 2008–2013), heart attack.[165]
- Renuka Sinha, 67, Indian politician, MP for Cooch Behar (since 2014), heart attack.[166]
- Shelby Westbrook, 94, American World War II pilot (Tuskegee Airmen).[167]
- Scott Williams, 49, American writer and wrestling historian.[168]
16
- Jean-Guy Allard, 68, Canadian journalist and author.[169]
- Mauril Bélanger, 61, Canadian politician, MP for Ottawa—Vanier (since 1995), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[170]
- Kendall Betts, 68, American horn player (Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra), lung cancer.[171]
- Joel Cornette, 35, American basketball player (Butler Bulldogs).[172]
- Andrew Florent, 45, Australian tennis player, colorectal cancer.[173]
- Jorge García Isaza, 88, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro (1989–2003).[174]
- Charti Lal Goel, 89, Indian politician.[175]
- Saul Halpert, 93, American political journalist.[176]
- João Havelange, 100, Brazilian football executive, President of FIFA (1974–1998).[177]
- Elke Maravilha, 71, Brazilian actress.[178]
- John McLaughlin, 89, American political commentator and television personality (The McLaughlin Group).[179]
- Luis Álvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro, 73, Brazilian businessman, President of Santos FC (2010–2014).[180]
- Richard Seminack, 74, American Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (since 2003), cancer.[181]
- Naim Shawamreh, 46, Palestinian militant, muscular dystrophy.[182]
- Gurdial Singh, 83, Indian writer.[183]
- Ken Thornett, 78, Australian rugby league player (Parramatta Eels, national team, Leeds).[184]
- John Timoney, 68, Irish-born American police officer, chief of Miami Police Department (2003–2010), Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department (1998–2002), lung cancer.[185]
15
- Dick Assman, 82, Canadian gas station manager.[186]
- Dalian Atkinson, 48, English footballer (Ipswich Town, Aston Villa), tased.[187]
- Choo-Choo Coleman, 78, American baseball player (New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies), cancer.[188]
- Sarath de Abrew, 63, Sri Lankan judge.[189]
- Solange Fasquelle, 83, French writer.[190]
- Stefan Henze, 35, German canoeist and coach, Olympic silver medalist (2004), traffic collision.[191]
- Bobby Hutcherson, 75, American jazz musician, emphysema.[192]
- Harold Kalina, 88, American politician.[193]
- Bob Kindred, 76, American jazz saxophonist.[194]
- Monique Koeyers-Felida, 49, Curaçaoan politician, member of the Estates of Curaçao (2010–2015).[195]
- Sören Mannheimer, 82. Swedish lawyer and politician.[196] (death announced on this date)
- Matt Null, 34, American news producer (On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren, Early Start).[197]
- T. A. Razzaq, 58, Indian screenwriter (Perumazhakkalam).[198]
- Ieuan Roberts, 66, Welsh political activist.[199]
- Bambi Sheleg, 58, Chilean-born Israeli journalist and magazine editor, cancer.[200]
- Makhenkesi Stofile, 71, South African politician and diplomat, Premier of the Eastern Cape (1997–2004), Minister of Sport and Recreation (2004–2010), Ambassador to Germany (since 2011).[201]
- Michael Umanika, 20, Nigerian footballer (Khazar Lankaran), suspected heart attack.[202]
- Richard Wackar, 88, American football and basketball coach (Rowan Profs).[203]
14
- Marion Christopher Barry, 36, American criminal and construction company owner, drug overdose.[204]
- Neil Black, 84, English oboist.[205]
- Raphael Cheenath, 81, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar (1985–2011).[206]
- D. C. Dillinger, 42, American professional wrestler.[207]
- DJ Official, 39, American hip hop musician, bone marrow cancer.[208]
- Fyvush Finkel, 93, American actor (Picket Fences, Boston Public, A Serious Man), Emmy winner (1994).[209]
- Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, 89, British judge and law lord.[210]
- Aboud Jumbe, 96, Tanzanian politician, President of Zanzibar (1972–1984).[211]
- Hermann Kant, 90, German writer.[212]
- Ron Vander Kelen, 76, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Wisconsin Badgers), MVP of the 1963 Rose Bowl.[213]
- Na. Muthukumar, 41, Indian lyricist, jaundice.[214]
- Lorenzo Piani, 60, Italian singer and songwriter.[215]
- Sohail Qaiser, 51, Pakistani squash player, world champion (1985), cancer.[216]
- Yasumitsu Toyoda, 81, Japanese baseball player (Saitama Seibu Lions, Tokyo Yakult Swallows), pneumonia.[217]
- Sukarno Andi Wijaya, 20, Indonesian footballer.[218]
- James Woolley, 49, American keyboardist (Nine Inch Nails, 2wo), Grammy winner (1993).[219]
13
- Kenny Baker, 81, British actor (Star Wars, Time Bandits, Flash Gordon).[220]
- Patricia English, 84, British actress.[221]
- Ettore Bernabei, 95, Italian television director and producer.[222]
- Miguel Bortolini, 74, Mexican politician, cancer.[223]
- Connie Crothers, 75, American jazz pianist, cancer.[224]
- Bill Garrett, 85, American magazine editor (National Geographic).[225]
- Gita Hall, 82, Swedish-American actress (The Gun Runners).[226]
- Allen Kelley, 83, American basketball player, Olympic champion (1960).[227]
- Emidio Massi, 94, Italian politician, President of Marche (1978-1990).[228]
- Pramukh Swami Maharaj, 94, Indian religious leader.[229]
- Françoise Mallet-Joris, 86, Belgian writer.[230]
- S. P. Sarguna Pandian, 75, Indian politician.[231]
- Michel Richard, 68, French-born American chef, complications from a stroke.[232]
- Adi Sasono, 73, Indonesian politician, Minister of Cooperatives and Small Businesses (1998–1999).[233]
- John Sobeck, 92, American restaurateur (Chicken Shack), cancer.[234]
- Joyce Carol Thomas, 78, American poet, playwright, motivational speaker, and author.[235]
- Liam Tuohy, 83, Irish football player and manager (Shamrock Rovers, Newcastle United, national team).[236]
12
- Keith Blunt, 77, English football coach (Sutton United, Malmö, Viking), cancer.[237]
- Paul Kraabel, 83, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1971–1975), subdural hematoma.[238]
- Juan Pedro de Miguel, 58, Spanish Olympic handball player (1980, 1984).[239]
- Alison Piepmeier, 43, American writer, brain cancer.[240]
- Ljubomir Popović, 81, Serbian painter.[241]
- Ruby Wilson, 68, American blues, soul and gospel singer, heart attack.[242]
11
- Charles Bawden, 92, British Mongolist.[243]
- Leon Donohue, 77, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys).[244]
- James B. Dunn, 89, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1973–2000).[245]
- David Enthoven, 72, British music manager (Robbie Williams, T. Rex, Roxy Music) and record label founder (E.G. Records).[246]
- Eric Justen, 43, American sound mixer (Breaking Bad, The Fast and the Furious, Elementary), heart attack.[247]
- Bill Malinowski, 57, American journalist (Providence Journal).[248]
- Hanif Mohammad, 81, Pakistani cricketer (national team).[249]
- Sigbjørn Ravnåsen, 74, Norwegian politician.[250]
- Francesco Sgalambro, 82, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cefalù (2000–2009).[251]
- Len Steckler, 88, American photographer, illustrator and filmmaker.[252]
- Thomas Steinbeck, 72, American writer and war photographer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[253]
- Sir Ian Turbott, 94, New Zealand diplomat, Administrator of Antigua (1958–1964) and Grenada (1964-1967).[254]
- Glenn Yarbrough, 86, American folk singer ("Baby the Rain Must Fall", "It's Gonna Be Fine", "San Francisco Bay Blues").[255]
10
- Neill Armstrong, 90, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (Edmonton Eskimos, Chicago Bears).[256]
- John Bennett, 84, Irish hurler (Cork).[257]
- Lovell Coleman, 78, American-born Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).[258]
- C. Welborn Daniel, 90, American politician and judge.[259]
- Dollie Grissam, 75, American woman, oldest person to have lived with Down Syndrome.[260]
- Marek Kwiatkowski, 86, Polish art historian.[261]
- Alexei Marin, 51, Soviet hockey player.[262]
- John H. Moore, 77, American anthropologist.[263]
- Kenneth Osterberger, 86, American politician, member of the Louisiana Senate (1972–1992).[264]
- Steve Pivovar, 63, American sports journalist (Omaha World-Herald).[265]
- John Saunders, 61, Canadian-born American sports journalist (ESPN, The Sports Reporters) and broadcaster (ESPN on ABC).[266]
- Sasi Shanker, 57, Indian film director (Kunjikoonan).[267]
- Cynthia Szigeti, 66, American actress (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.[268]
- James J. Tietjen, 83, American scientist and businessman.[269]
- Gerhard Tötschinger, 70, Austrian actor.[270]
- Mike Vanderboegh, 63, American political activist (3 Percenters), cancer.[271]
- Tom Wilson, 72, American football player and coach (Texas A&M Aggies), cancer.[272]
9
- Bill Alsup, 78, American race car driver, crane accident.[273]
- Panchu Arunachalam, 76, Indian film writer (Kazhugu, Paayum Puli) and director (Manamagale Vaa), cardiac arrest.[274]
- Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendía, 76, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tarazona (1990–1995) and Vitoria (1995–2016).[275]
- Susan Baer, 65, American transportation executive, cancer.[276]
- Karl Bögelein, 89, German football player and coach (VfB Stuttgart).[277]
- Harry Briggs Jr., 75, American civil rights activist, plaintiff in Briggs v. Elliott.[278]
- Barendra Krushna Dhal, 77, Indian journalist.[279]
- Bill Dooley, 82, American football coach (North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Tech Hokies, Wake Forest Demon Deacons).[280]
- Padraig Duggan, 67, Irish folk musician (Clannad, The Duggans).[281]
- Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, 64, British billionaire property developer.[282]
- Fabio Garriba, 71, Italian actor (Slap the Monster on Page One).[283]
- Siegbert Horn, 66, German slalom canoeist, Olympic champion (1972), cancer.[284]
- Barry Jenner, 75, American actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dallas, Family Matters), acute myeloid leukemia.[285]
- Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi, 96, Pakistani politician, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (1978–1986).[286]
- Bob Kiley, 80, American public transport planner, Alzheimer's disease.[287]
- Jimmy D. Long, 84, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Legislature (1968–2000), traffic collision.[288]
- W. Carter Merbreier, 90, American television personality (Captain Noah and His Magical Ark).[289]
- Ernst Neizvestny, 91, Russian-American sculptor.[290]
- Fred Opert, 77, American grand prix racing team owner.[291]
- Harold Peterman, 74, American politician, member of the Delaware House of Representatives (since 2011).[292]
- Kalikho Pul, 47, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (2016) and MLA for Hayuliang (since 1995), suicide by hanging.[293]
- Philippe Roberts-Jones, 91, Belgian art historian.[294]
- Ideler Tonelli, 91, Argentine politician.[295]
- Wang Tuoh, 72, Taiwanese writer and politician, MLY for Keelung (1996–2008), complications of a heart attack.[296]
8
- Nikola Anastasov, 84, Bulgarian actor.[297]
- Ali Baba, 76, Pakistani writer.[298]
- Mikhail Bariban, 67, Russian Olympic triple jumper (1972).[299]
- Doris Bohrer, 93, American World War II spy.[300]
- Mike Brumley, 78, American baseball player (Washington Senators).[301]
- Makandal Daaga, 80, Trinidad and Tobago political activist.[302]
- Edward Daly, 82, Northern Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Derry (1974–1993).[303]
- Željko Kopanja, 61, Bosnian newspaper editor.[304]
- Jyothi Lakshmi, 63, Indian actress, leukemia.[305]
- Vijaya Nandasiri, 72, Sri Lankan actor and dramatist.[306]
- Ivo Urbančič, 85, Slovenian philosopher.[307]
- Klaus Weber, 80, German biologist.[308]
- George Yarno, 58, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Atlanta Falcons, Houston Oilers), stomach cancer.[309]
7
- David M. Borden, 79, American jurist, Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1990–2007), pancreatic cancer.[310]
- John Boreland, 46, Northern Irish loyalist activist, shot.[311]
- Yuri Bregel, 90, Russian historian.[312]
- Larry Brink, 92, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).[313]
- Gustavo Bueno, 91, Spanish philosopher.[314]
- Bryan Clauson, 27, American racing driver, race collision.[315]
- Rodolfo Camacho, 40, Colombian-born Venezuelan cyclist, shot.[316]
- Joe Duplin, 82, American sailor, world champion (1963).[317] (death announced on this date)
- H. F. Gierke III, 73, American judge.[318]
- Jack Günthard, 96, Swiss gymnast, Olympic champion (1952).[319]
- Zach Hemmila, 22, American football player (Arizona Wildcats).[320]
- Anđelko Klobučar, 85, Croatian composer and organist.[321]
- Sagan Lewis, 63, American actress (St. Elsewhere, Homicide: Life on the Street), cancer.[322]
- Hans Ragnemalm, 76, Swedish judge and academic.[323]
- Sir Ronald Scott, 88, New Zealand sports administrator.[324]
- Jack Sears, 86, British race and rally driver.[325]
- Peter Stein, 91, British legal scholar.[326]
- Roy Summersby, 81, English footballer (Crystal Palace, Millwall, Portsmouth).[327]
- B. E. Taylor, 65, American musician ("Vitamin L"), brain cancer.[328]
- John Vaccaro, 86, American theatre director, complications after surgery.[329]
- Janus van der Zande, 91, Dutch marathon runner.[330]
- Dolores Vargas, 80, Spanish singer, complications of leukemia.[331]
- Ruby Winters, 74, American soul singer ("Make Love to Me", "I Will").[332]
6
- Guillermo Anderson, 54, Honduran musician, thyroid cancer.[333]
- Sid Applebaum, 92, American businessman, co-founder of Rainbow Foods.[334]
- José Becerra, 80, Mexican bantamweight boxer, world champion (1959–1960).[335]
- Philip Bialowitz, 90, Polish Holocaust survivor and resistance fighter.[336]
- Chow Lien-hwa, 96, Chinese Baptist minister and theologian.[337]
- Helen Delich Bentley, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Maryland's 2nd district (1985–1995), brain cancer.[338]
- Joani Blank, 79, American entrepreneur (Good Vibrations), Butterfly vibrator inventor, author and feminist sex educator.[339]
- Alfredo Bowman, 82, Honduran herbalist.[340]
- Art Demmas, 83, American football official.[341]
- Alan Dossor, 74, British theatre director.[342]
- Kenneth Durham, 62, British educationalist, headmaster of University College School.[343]
- Midget Farrelly, 71, Australian surfer, world champion (1965), stomach cancer.[344]
- Pete Fountain, 86, American clarinetist.[345]
- József Laux, 73, Hungarian drummer (Omega, Locomotiv GT).[346]
- Sanketh Kashi, 62, Indian actor, heart attack.[347]
- Ercole Lupinacci, 82, Italian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Lungro (1987–2010).[348]
- Ivo Pitanguy, 90, Brazilian plastic surgeon.[349]
- Erling Ree-Pedersen, 94, Norwegian civil servant, Director of the Tax Administration (1976–1982).[350]
- Brian Roberts, 71, Australian footballer (Richmond).[351]
- Parviz Shahinkhou, 101, Iranian actor (Bab'Aziz).[352]
- Mel Slack, 72, English footballer (Southend United, Cambridge United).[353]
- Samuel Robin Spark, 78, Scottish artist.[354]
- Ylva Strutz, 68, Swedish politician.[355]
- Norman Twain, 85, American stage and film producer (Lean on Me, Bajour, My Dog Tulip).[356]
- Michael Walter, 57, German luger, world champion (1985).[357]
- Don Welch, 84, American poet and academic.[358]
- Jan Wilsgaard, 86, Norwegian-born Swedish automobile designer (Volvo).[359]
- Walter C. Young, 91, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1972–1992).[360]
5
- Hans-Jürgen Appelrath, 64, German educator (University of Oldenburg).[361]
- David Attwooll, 67, British poet and publisher, Erdheim–Chester disease.[362]
- Shamim Ara, 78, Pakistani actress and director.[363]
- Alan Bates, 71, American physician and politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (2001–2005) and Senate (since 2005).[364]
- Mahim Bora, 92, Indian writer, brain haemorrhage.[365]
- Leslie Brown, 61, American historian, leukemia.[366]
- Paul Byttebier, 93, Belgian physician and civil servant.[367]
- Sir Robin Chichester-Clark, 88, British politican, MP for Londonderry (1955–1974).[368]
- Joe Davis, 75, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Carlisle United).[369]
- Don Donnithorne, 90, New Zealand architect.[370]
- Alphons Egli, 91, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (1983–1989).[371]
- Richard Fagan, 69, American songwriter and musician, liver cancer.[372]
- Harold Hillman, British scientist.[373]
- Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro, 74, Uruguayan politician, Minister of Defence (since 2011), respiratory problems.[374]
- Vander Lee, 50, Brazilian singer-songwriter.[375]
- Leovigildo López Fitoria, 89, Nicaraguan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Granada (1972–2003).[376]
- Ionel Lupu, 81-82, Romanian botanist.[377]
- Ines Mandl, 98, Austrian-born American biochemist.[378]
- George E. Mendenhall, 99, American Biblical scholar.[379]
- Annet Nieuwenhuyzen, 85, Dutch actress.[380]
- Peter Ogaba, 42, Nigerian footballer (MSV Duisburg).[381]
- Sir Leonard Peach, 83-84, British civil servant, Chief Executive of the National Health Service (1986–1989).[382]
- Salvador Q. Quizon, 91, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa (1979–2002).[383]
- John Alan Robinson, 86, British philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist.[384]
- Howard Schachman, 97, American biochemist, pneumonia.[385]
- Vietnam Veedu Sundaram, 76, Indian screenwriter and film director.[386]
4
- Jean Antone, 73, American professional wrestler (AWA, AJW, CSW).[387]
- Bruce Burrell, 63, Australian murderer, liver and lung cancer.[388]
- David Dudley Dowd, Jr., 87, American federal judge, member of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (1982–1996).[389]
- Rella Itin, 37, Israeli-Australian fitness instructor, brain cancer.[390]
- Bhogendra Jha, 75, Nepali educator and Vedic scholar.[391]
- Moira Knox, 85, Scottish councillor.[392]
- Eric Langton, 67, English newspaper editor (The Chester Chronicle), cancer.[393]
- Patrice Munsel, 91, American coloratura soprano.[394]
- Albert Nicholas, 85, American businessman and philanthropist.[395]
- Robert Ramsay, 42, American baseball player (Seattle Mariners), seizure.[396]
- K. Chandrashekar Reddy, 86, Indian cricketer.[397]
- Snaffu Rigor, 69, Filipino singer and songwriter, lung cancer.[398]
- Sandy Rovner, 88, American journalist (The Washington Post).[399]
- Gaspar Saladino, 88, American comic letterer (Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, Arkham Asylum).[400]
- Zinaida Sharko, 87, Russian stage actress.[401]
- Likas Tarigan, 92, Indonesian politician, member of the People's Consultative Assembly (1978–1988).[402]
- Charles Toubé, 58, Cameroonian footballer (Tonnerre Yaoundé, national team).[403]
- Ducksy Walsh, 50, Irish handball player.[404]
3
- Shahram Amiri, 38, Iranian nuclear scientist, execution by hanging.[405]
- Chris Amon, 73, New Zealand motor racing driver, cancer.[406]
- Mansueto Bianchi, 66, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Volterra (2000–2006) and Pistoia (2006–2014).[407]
- Elizabeth Colson, 99, American social anthropologist.[408]
- Russell Coughlin, 56, Welsh footballer (Carlisle, Plymouth, Swansea), traffic collision.[409]
- Louis Herman, 86, American marine biologist, bile duct cancer.[410]
- Mel Hurtig, 84, Canadian publisher and political activist, pneumonia.[411]
- Abdul Jeelani, 62, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers, Dallas Mavericks).[412]
- Blake Krikorian, 48, American businessman and entrepreneur, founder of Slingbox, heart attack.[413]
- Alberto Lafuente, 62, Spanish economist.[414]
- Steve LaTourette, 62, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio's 14th district (1995–2013), pancreatic cancer.[415]
- Ricci Martin, 62, American musician.[416]
- Shakira Martin, 30, American-born Jamaican model and beauty queen, Miss Jamaica Universe (2011), sickle-cell disease.[417]
- Robert Rosencrans, 89, American businessman, chairman of C-SPAN.[418]
- Elliot Tiber, 81, American artist and writer (Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life), stroke.[419]
2
- Jonathan Borwein, 65, Scottish mathematician.[420]
- Desmond Burch-Smith, 77, Guyanese judge.[421]
- Tony Chater, 86, British newspaper editor and communist activist.[422]
- Forbes Carlile, 95, Australian swimming coach and modern pentathlete.[423]
- Gordon Danby, 86, American physicist and inventor.[424]
- John Fox, 87, English cricketer.[425]
- James Martin Hayes, 92, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1967–1990).[426]
- David Huddleston, 85, American actor (The Big Lebowski, Blazing Saddles, Santa Claus: The Movie), heart and kidney disease.[427]
- René Landry, 79, Canadian politician.[428]
- Robert Mabro, 81, Egyptian economist.[429]
- Franciszek Macharski, 89, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Kraków (1979–2005).[430]
- Juan Carlos Mesa, 86, Argentine humorist.[431]
- Sebastián Obermaier, 81, German missionary.[432]
- Álvaro Pérez Intriago, 79, Ecuadorian politician, member of the National Congress (1984–1986, 1996–2002), Mayor of Quito (1978–1982).[433]
- Greg Stemrick, 64, American football player (Houston Oilers), heart attack.[434]
- Neil Wilkinson, 61, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers, Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra).[435]
- Ahmed Zewail, 70, Egyptian-American scientist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1999).[436]
1
- Anne of Romania, 92, French-born Romanian royal, queen consort of King Michael.[437]
- Frank Blas, 75, Guamanian politician, Lieutenant Governor (1987–1995), cancer.[438]
- Peter Paul Brennan, 75, American Old Catholic prelate, Archbishop of New York.[439]
- Oscar Celli Gerbasi, 70, Venezuelan politician, Governor of Carabobo (1985–1989).[440]
- Dai Dower, 83, Welsh flyweight boxer.[441]
- Carol Druga, 50, American editor (Associated Press), cancer.[442]
- Trayan Dyankov, 40, Bulgarian football player and manager (FC Spartak Varna).[443]
- Andre Hajdu, 84, Hungarian-born Israeli composer and educator (Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University).[444]
- Yabezi Kiiza, 78, Ugandan politician, Prime Minister of Bunyoro (2009–2012).[445]
- Jonathan D. Krane, 65, American film producer (Face/Off, Look Who's Talking, Michael).[446]
- Harrie Langman, 85, Dutch politician, Minister of Economic Affairs (1971–1973).[447]
- Jim Northrup, 73, American Ojibwe writer, kidney cancer.[448]
- Raimundo Ongaro, 91, Argentine union leader (CGTA).[449]
- Sir Derek Oulton, 89, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery (1982–1989).[450]
- George Brigars Williams, 87, Ghanaian actor.[451]
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- ^ Renowned dramatist and actor Vijaya Nandasiri has passed away
- ^ Umrl je filozof Ivan Urbančič (Slovene)
- ^ Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Klaus Weber (German)
- ^ Former WSU football player and coach George Yarno dies
- ^ David Marshall Borden
- ^ North Belfast: Loyalist John Boreland shot dead in north Belfast
- ^ Yuri Bregel
- ^ Larry Brink
- ^ Muere el filósofo Gustavo Bueno (Spanish)
- ^ Bryan Clauson passes away after injuries sustained in Belleville crash
- ^ Asesinan a exciclista Rodolfo Camacho e hijo dentro de su casa (Spanish)
- ^ Joseph R. Duplin of Winthrop, champion sailor and longtime Tufts coach, dies at 82
- ^ H.F. Gierke
- ^ Swiss gymnastics legend Jack Günthard dies
- ^ Arizona OL Zach Hemmila dies
- ^ Preminuo akademik Klobučar, bivši voditelj seminara i ravnatelj programa Ljetne orguljaške škole (Croatian)
- ^ Sagan Lewis Dies: Actress & Wife Of Emmy-Winner Tom Fontana Was 63
- ^ Hans Ragnemalm hastigt död - "lämnar stort tomrum efter sig" (Swedish)
- ^ Organiser of 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games dies
- ^ First BTCC champion Jack Sears obituary: 1930-2016
- ^ Professor Peter Stein QC 1926-2016
- ^ Sad passing of former Lions striker
- ^ B.E. Taylor, known for Christmas concerts, dies at 65
- ^ John Vaccaro, Iconoclastic Director, Dies at 86
- ^ Overlijdensbericht Janus van der Zande (Dutch)
- ^ Muere la artista gitana La Terremoto a los 80 años (Spanish)
- ^ Ruby Winters Jenkins
- ^ Murió el cantante hondureño Guillermo Anderson. (Spanish)
- ^ Sid Applebaum, Rainbow Foods co-founder who powered family grocery dynasty, dies at 92
- ^ Muere Ex Boxeador José Becerra (Spanish)
- ^ Holocaust hero passes away at 90
- ^ Pastor Chow Lien-hwa dies at age 96
- ^ Helen Bentley dies at 92
- ^ Good Vibrations Founder Joani Blank, Feminist Pioneer and Vibrator Designer, Has Died
- ^ Dr. Sebi Dies In Police Custody In Honduras
- ^ Nashville's Art Demmas, former NFL referee, dies at 83
- ^ Alan Dossor, Liverpool Everyman boss during 70s heyday, dies
- ^ Durham
- ^ Australia's first world surfing champion, Bernard 'Midget' Farrelly, dies aged 71
- ^ Pete Fountain, who kept Dixieland swinging in New Orleans, dies at 86
- ^ Meghlat Laux József (Hungarian)
- ^ Kannada comedy actor Sanketh Kashi dies of heart attack; his fans mourn his death
- ^ È ritornato alla casa del Padre mons. Ercole Lupinacci vescovo emerito di Lungro e degli Italo-Albanesi dell’Italia continentale (Italian)
- ^ Ivo Pitanguy morre no Rio aos 90 anos (Portuguese)
- ^ Nekrolog: Erling Ree-Pedersen (Norwegian)
- ^ Brian Roberts, dual Richmond premiership player, passes away, aged 70
- ^ بازیگر پیشکسوت تئاتر در 101 سالگی درگذشت (Persian)
- ^ Tribute after ex-Cambridge United hard-tackling midfielder Mel Slack dies
- ^ Obituary: Robin Spark, artist
- ^ Ylva Strutz död (Swedish)
- ^ Broadway and Film Producer Norman Twain Passes Away at 85
- ^ Rennrodeln: Der BSD trauert um Ex-Weltmeister und Weltcupsieger Michael Walter (German)
- ^ 'He was just a jewel': Poet, retired UNK prof Don Welch, 84, saluted as 'a Nebraska icon'
- ^ Jan Wilsgaard är död (Swedish)
- ^ Walter Young
- ^ Trauer um ehemaligen Offis-Vorstand im Nordwesten (German)
- ^ Liverpool University Press chair David Attwooll dies
- ^ Shamim Ara dies at 78
- ^ Oregon senator Alan Bates dies at age 71
- ^ Former Sabha president dies at 93
- ^ The Passing of Professor Leslie Brown
- ^ Paul Bijttebier (Dutch)
- ^ Sir Robin Chichester-Clark, MP for Londonderry – obituary
- ^ Joe Davis
- ^ Christchurch architect Don Donnithorne dies aged 90
- ^ Alt Bundesrat Alphons Egli gestorben (German)
- ^ Songwriter Richard Fagan Dead at 69
- ^ Hillman, Dr.: Obituary
- ^ Founder of Tuparamo rebels, defense minister dies in Uruguay
- ^ Aos 50 anos, morre o cantor Vander Lee, em Minas Gerais (Portuguese)
- ^ Bishop Leovigildo López Fitoria
- ^ A murit Ionel Lupu, unul dintre luptătorii pentru cauza teilor (Romanian)
- ^ Inies Mandl Obituary
- ^ George Mendenhall
- ^ Actress Annet Nieuwenhuyzen dies
- ^ Ex-Nigeria international is dead
- ^ Peach
- ^ Bishop Salvador Quizon ng Lipa, namayapa na (Tagalog)
- ^ John Alan Robinson Obituary
- ^ UC Berkeley biochemist dies at 97
- ^ ‘Vietnam Veedu' Sundaram passes away
- ^ 'Little Miss Dynamite' Jean Antone dies
- ^ Double murderer Bruce Burrell dies without revealing his victims' whereabouts
- ^ Longtime judge David Dowd dies
- ^ Israeli-Australian Fitness Guru Dies at Age 37
- ^ Scholar Mr Jha passes away
- ^ Moira Knox obituary
- ^ Warm tributes paid as former Chester Chronicle editor Eric Langton passes away
- ^ Famed opera singer Patrice Munsel, who left Spokane for Met fame, dies at 91
- ^ Albert O. "Ab" Nicholas dies
- ^ Rob Ramsay loved family, baseball
- ^ Chandrashekar passes away
- ^ Snaffu Rigor, 69
- ^ Sandy Rovner, health columnist for Post, dies at 88
- ^ Gaspar Saladino, R.I.P.
- ^ Скончалась народная артистка РСФСР Зинаида Шарко (Russian)
- ^ Likas Tarigan Istri Pahlawan Nasional Djamin Ginting Meninggal (Indonesian)
- ^ Cameroun - Nécrologie: L’ancien Lion indomptable Charles Toube est mort (French)
- ^ Legendary Kilkenny handballer Walsh dies
- ^ Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri executed for treason
- ^ Motor racing legend Chris Amon dies
- ^ Morto monsignor Mansueto Bianchi (Italian)
- ^ Elizabeth Florence Colson
- ^ Ex-player Russell Coughlin dies aged 56
- ^ Louis Herman, Who Talked With Dolphins, Dies at 86
- ^ Author, nationalist Mel Hurtig dies at 84
- ^ Abdul Jeelani dies at 62
- ^ Blake Krikorian Dies: Tech Entrepreneur And Sling Founder Was 48
- ^ Fallece el catedrático de Economía Alberto Lafuente (Spanish)
- ^ Former Congressman Steve LaTourette dies of pancreatic cancer
- ^ Ricci Martin Dies: Entertainer & Youngest Son Of Dean Martin Was 62
- ^ Shakira was never slave to her disease.
- ^ Robert Rosencrans, C-SPAN visionary, dies at 89
- ^ Elliot Tiber dies; artist, screenplay writer, Woodstock enabler was 81
- ^ Jonathan Borwein dies at 65
- ^ Justice Burch-Smith passes away
- ^ Tony Chater, editor of the Morning Star – obituary
- ^ Father of Australian Swimming Forbes Carlile Passes Away
- ^ Gordon T. Danby, Maglev inventor, dies
- ^ Jackie Fox
- ^ Former Halifax archbishop James Hayes dead at 92
- ^ David Huddleston, who played title role in 'The Big Lebowski,' dies at 85
- ^ Moncton Coun. René (Pepsi) Landry has died
- ^ Robert Mabro, Oil Guru Who Brokered OPEC Peace Deal, Dies at 81
- ^ Polish Cardinal Franciszek Macharski Dies at 89
- ^ A los 86 años murió Juan Carlos Mesa (Spanish)
- ^ Paulo Cuiza: „Un paro cardiaco se lleva al padre Sebastián Obermaier a los 81 años (Spanish)
- ^ Falleció el exalcalde de Quito Álvaro Pérez (Spanish)
- ^ Former Oilers cornerback Greg Stemrick dies
- ^ Rovers sadness over Neil Wilkinson
- ^ Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian chemist Zewail dies
- ^ Anne of Romania, wife of King Michael, dies at 92
- ^ Former Lt. Gov. Frank Blas dead at 75
- ^ Death of Archbishop Peter Paul Brennan
- ^ Falleció Óscar Celli Gerbasi, exgobernador de Carabobo (Spanish)
- ^ Bocsiwr o Gymru wedi marw yn 83 oed (Welsh)
- ^ Veteran Associated Press editor, mentor Carol Druga dies
- ^ БФС се преклони пред паметта на Траян Дянков (Bulgarian)
- ^ Acclaimed Israeli composer and educator Andre Hajdu dies at age 84
- ^ Former Bunyoro Prime Minister passes away
- ^ Jonathan D. Krane, Producer of the 'Look Who's Talking' Films, Dies at 65
- ^ Oud-VVD-minister Harrie Langman overleden (Dutch)
- ^ Ojibwe author Jim Northrup dies at age 73
- ^ Raimundo Ongaro Dies
- ^ Sir Derek Oulton
- ^ Actor George Williams is dead