Deaths in 2017

This is a chronology of deaths in 2017. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym.

A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

February

5

• Björn Granath, 70, Swedish actor.
• Suranjit Sengupta, 77, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 1979).

4

• Gervase de Peyer, 90, British clarinetist.
• Jeff Graham, British radio presenter (Radio Luxembourg, Capital Radio).
• Margaret Mungherera, 59, Ugandan physician, President of the World Medical Association (2013–2014), cancer.
• Bano Qudsia, 88, Pakistani writer (Raja Gidh).
• Marc Spitz, 47, American writer (We Got the Neutron Bomb, Bowie: A Biography) and music journalist (Spin).
• Georgi Taratorkin, 72, Russian stage and film actor.

3

• Dritëro Agolli, 85, Albanian writer, pulmonary disease.
• Gordon Aikman, 31, British ALS campaigner, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Zoya Bulgakova, 102, Russian actress.
• Carmelo Cassati, 92, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (1990–1999).
• Robert Dahlqvist, 40, Swedish rock musician (The Hellacopters, Dundertåget).
• Joe Grima, 80, Maltese politician and broadcaster.
• Yoshiro Hayashi, 89, Japanese politician, Minister of Finance (1992–1993), multiple organ failure.
• Colin Hutton, 90, English rugby league player (Widnes, Hull FC), manager and executive (Hull KR).
• Hassan Joharchi, 48, Iranian actor, liver disease.
• Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, 66, Brazilian trade unionist, First Lady (2003–2010), stroke.
• Shumon Miura, 91, Japanese Third Generation author, pneumonia.
• Benny Perrin, 57, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals), suicide.
• Lou Rowan, 91, Australian Test cricket umpire.
• Lorenzo Servitje, 98, Mexican businessman (Grupo Bimbo).
• Martin Gotthard Schneider, 86, German theologian and musician.

2

• José Antonio Alonso, 56, Spanish politician, Minister of the Interior (2004–2006) and Defence (2006–2008), lung cancer.
• Alvin Baldus, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1981) and the Wisconsin State Assembly (1966–1975, 1989–1997).
• Angelo Bissesarsingh, 34, Trinidadian historian and author, pancreatic cancer.
• Tom Drake, 86, American wrestler and politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1960–1992), Speaker (1983–1987).
• John Hilton, 74, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions), fall.
• George Maderos, 83, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
• Predrag Matvejević, 84, Bosnian-Croatian writer and political activist.
• Paul McBlane, 53, Australian rugby league referee, heart attack.
• Perry McGriff, 79, American football player and politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2000–2002).
• Shunichiro Okano, 85, Japanese football player, manager (national team) and sports executive, lung cancer.
• Jeff Sauer, 73, American ice hockey coach (Wisconsin Badgers), pancreatic cancer.
• Elliot Sperling, 66, American historian. (death announced on this date)

1

• E. Ahamed, 78, Indian politician, Minister of External Affairs (2004–2014), heart attack.
• Anne Arrasmith, 70, American artist and curator.
• Asim Basu, 81, Indian theatre director, lung infection.
• David Peter Battaglia, 86, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1977–1995).
• Lars-Erik Berenett, 74, Swedish actor (Jordskott, Skilda världar).
• Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarapuava (1986–1992) and Archbishop of Londrina (1992–2006), surgical complications.
• Desmond Carrington, 90, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10) and broadcaster.
• Sandy Gandhi, 59, Indian-born Australian comedian.
• Stig Grybe, 88, Swedish actor (Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High).
• Cor van der Hoeven, 95, Dutch footballer (Ajax).
• Sir Ken Morrison, 85, British businessman, president of Morrisons.
• Bernardine Portenski, 67, New Zealand long distance runner, ovarian cancer.
• Alma Redlinger, 92, Romanian painter.
• Étienne Tshisekedi, 84, Congolese politician, Prime Minister (1991, 1992–1993, 1997), pulmonary embolism.

January

31

• Grethe Bartram, 92, Danish war criminal.
• Edward Blau, 94, American entertainment attorney.
• Matilde Capuis, 104, Italian organist, pianist and composer.
• Trice Harvey, 80, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1986–1996), injuries sustained in a fall.
• Kang Bong-kyun, 74, South Korean politician.
• Deke Leonard, 72, Welsh rock guitarist (Man).
• Carsten Mohren, 54, German keyboardist, cancer.
• Frank Pellegrino, 72, American actor (Goodfellas, The Sopranos) and restaurateur (Rao's), lung cancer.
• Annie Saumont, 89, French author and translator.
• John Schroeder, 82, British composer, songwriter and record producer (Helen Shapiro, Sounds Orchestral, Status Quo).
• David Shepard, 76, American film preservationist.
• Rob Stewart, 37, Canadian filmmaker (Sharkwater), scuba diving accident.
• Bobby Watson, 86, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats, Minneapolis Lakers, Milwaukee Hawks).
• John Wetton, 67, British singer-songwriter ("Only Time Will Tell", "Heat of the Moment") and bass guitarist (Asia, King Crimson), colorectal cancer.
• Tokitenkū Yoshiaki, 37, Mongolian sumo wrestler, lymphoma.

30

• Dore Ashton, 89, American writer and critic.
• Marta Becket, 92, American dancer.
• David Burhani, 26, Tanzanian footballer (Maji Maji, Kagera Sugar).
• Don Coleman, 88, American football player (Michigan State).
• John Scott, 5th Earl of Eldon, 79, British aristocrat.
• Eiður Svanberg Guðnason, 77, Icelandic politician and diplomat, Ambassador to Australia (2003–2007).
• Walter Hautzig, 95, Austrian-born Israeli pianist.
• Tony LaBarbara, 79, American boxer.
• James Laurence, 27, American musician and record producer (Friendzone). (death announced on this date)
• Aito Mäkinen, 90, Finnish film director (Onnelliset leikit).
• Jim Mateja, 71, American automotive journalist (Chicago Tribune), cancer.
• Mario R. Ramil, 70, Filipino-born American justice, Associate Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court (1993–2002), cancer.
• Cesar C. Raval, 92, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bangued (1988–1992).
• Harold Rosen, 90, American electrical engineer, complications from a stroke.
• Johnny Wahlqvist, 43, Swedish powerlifter, heart illness.

29

• Sir Harold Atcherley, 98, British businessman and arts administrator.
• Ruslan Barburoș, 38, Moldovan footballer (Sheriff).
• Willy Fossli, 85, Norwegian footballer (Asker).
• Harald Friedrich, 69, German physicist.
• Joseph Mélèze-Modrzejewski, 86, Polish-French historian.
• Howard Frank Mosher, 74, American author (Where the Rivers Flow North), cancer.
• Ko Ni, 64, Burmese lawyer, shot.
• Boris Nikolov, 87, Bulgarian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
• Stanislaw Padewski, 84, Polish-Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia (2002–2009).
• Leonard H. Perroots, 83, American military officer, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (1985–1988).
• Elkin Ramírez, 54, Colombian singer-songwriter (Kraken), brain cancer.

28

• Kazem Afrandnia, 71, Iranian actor, stroke.
• Andre Arruda, 33, Canadian actor (Hank and Mike, Warehouse 13), and comedian, Morquio syndrome.
• Mohammed Bello Abubakar, 93, Nigerian Muslim preacher and polygamist.
• Sir Christopher Bland, 78, British businessman, Chairman of the BBC (1996–2001), and Irish Olympic fencer, prostate cancer.
• Edgar Britt, 103, Australian jockey.
• Renzo Canestrari, 92, Italian psychiatrist.
• Alexander Chancellor, 77, British journalist (The Spectator).
• Bobby Freeman, 76, American singer and songwriter ("Do You Want to Dance").
• Guitar Gable, 79, American blues musician.
• Sang Chul Lee, 92, Canadian Christian minister, Moderator of the United Church of Canada (1988–1990).
• Charles LeMaistre, 92, American academic administrator, Chancellor of University of Texas System (1971–1978).
• Many Clouds, 9, British racehorse, Grand National winner (2015), pulmonary haemorrhage.
• John N. Mather, 74, American mathematician.
• Bharati Mukherjee, 76, Indian-born American writer (Jasmine) and academic, complications from rheumatoid arthritis and takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
• Geoff Nicholls, 68, English keyboardist (Black Sabbath, Quartz), lung cancer.
• Lennart Nilsson, 94, Swedish photographer.
• Anthony J. Perpich, 84, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1967–1976).
• Richard Portman, 82, American sound mixer (The Godfather, Star Wars, The Deer Hunter), Oscar winner (1979), complications from a fall.
• William Schwarzer, 91, American federal judge.
• Thomas Joseph Simpson, 95, Canadian World War II veteran.
• Dan Spiegle, 96, American comic book artist (Hopalong Cassidy, Scooby-Doo, Jonah Hex).
• Darryl Sutton, 64, Australian VFL footballer (North Melbourne), pneumonia.
• Salvatore Tatarella, 69, Italian politician, MEP (1994–1999).
• Alexander Tikhanovich, 64, Belarusian pop singer (Verasy).
• Stuart Timmons, 60, American gay historian and activist.
• Ion Ungureanu, 81, Moldovan actor (That Sweet Word: Liberty!) and politician, MP (1990–1994).

27

• Wim Anderiesen Jr., 85, Dutch footballer (Ajax).
• Ernst M. Binder, 64, Austrian poet and theater director.
• Valery Bolotov, 46, Russian-born Ukrainian militant leader, Head of the Lugansk People's Republic (2014).
• Stan Boreson, 91, American comedian and television host.
• Bob Bowman, 86, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Saloua Raouda Choucair, 100, Lebanese painter and sculptor.
• Benny Collins, 68, American production and tour manager (Journey, The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson), pneumonia.
• Gwendolyn Gillen, 76, American sculptor.
• Henry-Louis de La Grange, 92, French musicologist, biographer of Gustav Mahler.
• Bruce Hathaway, 78, American radio host (KTSA), heart attack.
• Wanda Hjort Heger, 95, Norwegian resistance activist.
• Bob Holiday, 84, American actor (It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman).
• Atanas Kirov, 70, Bulgarian weightlifter, world champion (1973, 1974, 1975).
• Ján Kobezda, 41, Slovak ice hockey player and coach (HK Dukla Trenčín), heart attack.
• Petr Kop, 79, Czech volleyball player, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
• Sir Fergus Matheson, 7th Baronet, 89, British aristocrat.
• Robert Ellis Miller, 89, American film director (Reuben, Reuben, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Any Wednesday).
• Alastair Pirrie, 62, English television presenter (Razzamatazz).
• Brunhilde Pomsel, 106, German broadcaster and secretary to Joseph Goebbels.
• Geoffrey Raisman, 77, British neuroscientist.
• Tatiana Repeikina, 43, Russian footballer (Ryazan VDV, Zvezda Perm).
• Emmanuelle Riva, 89, French actress (Amour, Thérèse Desqueyroux, Hiroshima mon amour), BAFTA winner (2013), cancer.
• Arthur H. Rosenfeld, 90, American physicist.
• Charles Shackleford, 50, American basketball player (New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers).
• David Sayer, 80, English cricketer (Kent).
• Billy Simpson, 87, Northern Irish footballer (Linfield, Rangers).
• Gisella Sofio, 85, Italian actress (Accidents to the Taxes!!, La liceale, The Big Heart of Girls).
• Betty Stanhope-Cole, 79, Canadian golfer, cancer.
• Frank Tidy, 84, British cinematographer (The Duellists, Under Siege, Chain Reaction), dementia.
• Sonny Watkins, 74, American college athletic director (McNeese State).

26

• Ramdas Agarwal, 79, Indian politician.
• Bakhti Belaïb, 64, Algerian politician, Minister of Trade (1996–1999, and since 2015), cancer.
• Anne-Marie Colchen, 91, French track and field athlete and basketball player, European high jump champion (1946) and basketball world championship bronze medalist (1953).
• Mike Connors, 91, American actor (Mannix, The Ten Commandments, Tightrope!), leukemia.
• Sir Tam Dalyell, 84, Scottish politician, MP for West Lothian (1962–1983) and Linlithgow (1983–2005), Father of the House (2001–2005).
• Lindy Delapenha, 89, Jamaican football player (Middlesbrough) and sports broadcaster.
• Gul Mohammad Khan Dummer, 66, Pakistani politician.
• Hal Geer, 100, American producer and filmmaker (Looney Tunes).
• Raynald Guay, 83, Canadian politician, MP (1963–1980).
• Barbara Hale, 94, American actress (Perry Mason, Airport), complications from COPD.
• Umar Anggara Jenie, 66, Indonesian scientist.
• Montserrat Julió, 87, Spanish film and television actress (A Land for All).
• Alexander Kadakin, 67, Russian diplomat, Ambassador to India (1999–2004, since 2009), heart failure.
• Leonard Linkow, 90, American dentist.
• Paul Lanneau, 91, Belgian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussels (1982–2002).
• Peter Lynch, 52, Australian mining engineer, plane crash.
• Charles S. MacKenzie, 92, American theologian and college president.
• Fred Parslow, 84, Australian stage and television actor (Alvin Purple).
• John Peakes, 83, American actor (Evil Dead II).
• Mario Quintero, 93, Cuban Olympic basketball player (1948, 1952).
• Luciano Ravaglia, 94, Italian engineer.
• Charles Recher, 66, American artist, stroke.
• David Rose, 92, British television producer (Z-Cars), founder of FilmFour.
• Dame Laurie Salas, 94, New Zealand women's rights and peace activist.
• Miikka Toivola, 67, Finnish footballer (HJK Helsinki, national team).
• Michael Tönnies, 57, German footballer (MSV Duisburg).
• Cass Turnbull, 65, American environmentalist, founder of Plant Amnesty, heart attack.

25

• William Lacy Carter, 91, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1970–1974).
• Stephen P. Cohen, 71, Canadian academic, male breast cancer.
• Ann Dandrow, 80, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1986–2002).
• Ronnie Davis, 66, Jamaican reggae singer.
• Buchi Emecheta, 72, Nigerian novelist (The Bride Price, The Joys of Motherhood, Gwendolen).
• Shunji Fujimura, 82, Japanese actor (Monkey, Death Note), heart failure.
• Robert Garcia, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1978–1990) and the New York State Legislature (1966–1978), emphysema-induced infection.
• Kevin Geer, 64, American actor (Twelve Angry Men, The Pelican Brief, The Contender), heart attack.
• Don Grilley, 88, American stage actor and singer.
• Sayed Hijab, 77, Egyptian poet.
• Sir John Hurt, 77, British actor (Alien, The Elephant Man, Harry Potter), BAFTA winner (1979, 1981), pancreatic cancer.
• Katja of Sweden, 97, Swedish fashion designer.
• Harry Mathews, 86, American novelist and poet.
• Jack Mendelsohn, 90, American cartoonist and screenwriter (Yellow Submarine, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), lung cancer.
• Mary Tyler Moore, 80, American actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ordinary People), six-time Emmy winner, cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Jacques Moreau, 83, French politician, MEP (1979–1984).
• Siewert Öholm, 77, Swedish journalist and television presenter, liver cancer.
• Arturo Pérez de Alejo Rodríguez, 66, Cuban dissident.
• Ivan Pritargov, 64, Bulgarian footballer (Chernomorets Burgas, CSKA Sofia, national team), stroke.
• Marcel Prud'homme, 82, Canadian politician, MP (1964–1993) and Senator (1993–2009).
• Pervaiz Rana, 65, Pakistani film director, heart attack.
• Sir Nigel Rodley, 75, British human rights professor and lawyer.
• Ronald Wade, 62, American journalist (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), pancreatic cancer.
• Margaret Wall, Baroness Wall of New Barnet, 75, British trade unionist and peer.

24

• Dan Adamescu, 68, Romanian businessman (Unirea Shopping Center).
• Fred André, 75, Dutch football player and manager (Telstar).
• Chuck Canfield, 84, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Rochester, Minnesota (1996–2003).
• Spyros Evangelatos, 77, Greek theater director.
• Lualemaga Faoa, American Samoan judge and politician, Paramount Chief of Aasu, Governor of Western District (since 2013).
• Robert Folsom, 89, American politician, Mayor of Dallas, Texas (1976–1981).
• Jean-Olivier Héron, 77, French illustrator.
• Martin Nicholas Lohmuller, 97, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (1970–1994).
• Manu Maniapoto, 81, New Zealand rugby union player (Bay of Plenty, Māori national team).
• Gil Ray, 60, American drummer (Game Theory, The Loud Family), cancer.
• Björn Thelin, 74, Swedish bassist (The Spotnicks).
• Butch Trucks, 69, American drummer (The Allman Brothers Band), suicide by gunshot.
• Carlos Verdejo, 82, Chilean footballer (Santiago Wanderers).
• Chuck Weyant, 93, American racecar driver.
• Peter Woodman, 73, Irish archaeologist.

23

• Volodymyr Bezkorovainy, 72, Ukrainian vice admiral, Commander of the Navy (1993–1996).
• J. S. G. Boggs, 62, American artist.
• Bimba Bosé, 41, Italian-born Spanish model, designer, singer and actress (El cónsul de Sodoma), breast cancer.
• Bernie Brown, 99, New Zealand fighter pilot (Battle of Britain), pneumonia.
• Preben Dabelsteen, 91, Danish badminton player, Thomas Cup silver medalist (1949).
• Earl Foreman, 92, American lawyer and sports executive (Washington Whips, Virginia Squires, Major Indoor Soccer League).
• Dmytro Grabovskyy, 31, Ukrainian bicycle racer, heart attack.
• Ralph Guglielmi, 83, American football player (Washington Redskins, New York Giants).
• Ted Haggis, 92, Canadian sprinter.
• Mike Hua, 92, Taiwanese aeronautical engineer (AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo).
• Mustafa Imamović, 76, Bosnian historian.
• Leon Katz, 97, American playwright.
• Gorden Kaye, 75, English actor ('Allo 'Allo!, Brazil, Coronation Street), kidney failure.
• Erland Kolding Nielsen, 70, Danish academic, Director General of the Royal Library.
• Leslie Koo, 62, Taiwanese business executive (Taiwan Cement Corporation), fall.
• Boško Krunić, 87, Serbian politician (League of Communists of Yugoslavia), Chairman of the Presidium (1987–1988).
• Li Kwan-ha, 79, Hong Kong police officer, Commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police (1989–1994), fall.
• Lee O'Denat, 43, American internet entrepreneur (WorldStarHipHop), cardiovascular disease.
• Johann Ofner, 28, Australian actor and stuntman, shot.
• Bernard Redmont, 98, American journalist.
• Douglas Reeman, 92, British author.
• Ruth Samuelson, 57, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly (2007–2015), ovarian cancer.
• Betty Tebbs, 98, British women's rights activist.
• Andrew Telegdi, 70, Hungarian-born Canadian politician, MP for Waterloo (1993–2008).
• Marvell Thomas, 75, American keyboardist.
• Jaroslav Vacek, 73, Czech Indologist.
• Bob Walsh, 76, American sports executive (Seattle SuperSonics), promoter (1990 Goodwill Games) and entrepreneur, respiratory illness.
• Mary Webster, 81, American actress (The Delicate Delinquent, The Tin Star, Master of the World).

22

• Merete Armand, 61, Norwegian actress.
• Pietro Bottaccioli, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gubbio (1989–2004).
• Ramon Casha, 47, Maltese social campaigner, complications from a traffic collision.
• Dan Caspi, 71, Romanian-born Israeli media theorist and academic.
• İlhan Cavcav, 81, Turkish football executive, chairman of Gençlerbirliği S.K. (since 1978), brain hemorrhage.
• Chen Yu-mei, 50, Taiwanese politician.
• Giovanni Corrieri, 96, Italian bicycle racer.
• Søren Elung Jensen, 88, Danish actor (Det støver stadig, King Lear), lung cancer.
• Cristina Adela Foișor, 49, Romanian chess player, International Master.
• Moshe Gershuni, 80, Israeli painter and sculptor.
• Jean Karakos, 76, French music producer.
• Evelyn Kawamoto, 83, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
• Lisbeth Korsmo, 69, Norwegian speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist (1976).
• Jaki Liebezeit, 78, German drummer (Can).
• Naqsh Lyallpuri, 88, Indian poet and songwriter.
• Katharine Macmillan, Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden, 96, British politician and aristocrat.
• Andy Marte, 33, Dominican baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Arizona Diamondbacks), traffic collision.
• Masaya Nakamura, 91, Japanese businessman, founder of Namco.
• Werner Nekes, 72, German film director.
• Owen O'Callaghan, 76, Irish property developer.
• Francisco Palmeiro, 84, Portuguese footballer (Benfica).
• József Torgyán, 84, Hungarian politician, Minister of Agriculture (1998–2001).
• Yordano Ventura, 25, Dominican baseball player (Kansas City Royals), traffic collision.
• Pete Overend Watts, 69, English bass guitarist (Mott the Hoople), throat cancer.
• Rudolf Wille, 79, German mathematician.

21

• Marc Baecke, 60, Belgian footballer (Beveren, national team).
• Biruta Baumane, 94, Latvian artist.
• Mark Baumer, 33, American poet and activist, traffic collision.
• Adèle Bloemendaal, 84, Dutch comedian, actress and singer.
• Erika Böhm-Vitense, 93, German-born American astronomer.
• Joy Coghill, 90, Canadian actress (Da Vinci's Inquest), heart failure.
• Byron Dobell, 89, American editor and writer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Bernd Drechsel, 63, German Olympic wrestler (1972).
• Jamshid Giunashvili, 86, Georgian linguist and Iranologist.
• Vahit Melih Halefoğlu, 97, Turkish diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1983–1987).
• Karl Hendricks, 46, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Karl Hendricks Trio), oral cancer.
• José de Jesús Madera Uribe, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fresno (1980–1991) and Auxiliary Bishop for the Military Services, USA (1991–2004).
• Hiroki Matsukata, 74, Japanese actor (Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Shogun's Samurai).
• William Albert Norris, 89, American judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1980–1994).
• Shirley Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey, 92, British writer.
• Michal Pavlata, 71, Czech actor and opinion journalist.
• Maggie Roche, 65, American singer-songwriter (The Roches), cancer.
• Francesco Saverio Salerno, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Secretary of Apostolic Signatura (1998–2003).
• Dave Shipperley, 64, English footballer (Charlton Athletic, Gillingham).
• Veljo Tormis, 86, Estonian composer.
• John Watkiss, 55, British comic artist (Deadman) and concept artist (Tarzan, Atlantis: The Lost Empire), cancer.
• Ken Wright, 70, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals).

20

• Bruno Amoroso, 80, Italian-born Danish economist.
• Robert Anker, 70, Dutch writer.
• José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, 76, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas (1991–2016).
• Jack August, 63, American historian, liver failure.
• Leendert Bosch, 92, Dutch biochemist.
• Hans Breukhoven, 70, Dutch businessman (Free Record Shop), pancreatic cancer.
• Ca Lê Thuần, 78, Vietnamese composer.
• Bill Fischer, 89, American football player (Chicago Cardinals).
• Ahmed Gailani, 84, Afghan Qadiriyya leader and politician, founded National Islamic Front of Afghanistan.
• Michael Goldberg, 73, American sports executive (NBCA).
• Klaus Huhn, 88, German sports journalist and writer.
• Naděžda Kavalírová, 93, Czech political prisoner and activist.
• Alec Devon Kreider, 25, American convicted murderer, suicide by hanging.
• George Krimsky, 75, American journalist (Associated Press), lung cancer.
• Charles Liteky, 85, American military chaplain and peace activist.
• Harry J. Middleton, 95, American writer and library director.
• Bingo Mundy, 76, American singer (The Marcels), pneumonia.
• Maria Pares, 75, American women's college basketball coach (Canisius, Marquette)
• Joey Powers, 82, American singer-songwriter.
• Sergio Reolon, 65, Italian politician.
• Darci Rossi, 69, Brazilian sertanejo composer, pneumonia.
• Colin Rushmere, 79, South African conservationist and cricketer.
• Carlos Alberto Silva, 77, Brazilian football manager (Guarani, Porto, national team).
• Chuck Stewart, 89, American jazz photographer.
• Tommy Tate, 72, American soul singer and songwriter.
• Emma Tennant, 79, British author.
• Frank Thomas, 80, French songwriter.

19

• Jalal Allakhverdiyev, 87, Azerbaijani mathematician.
• Wayne Barrett, 71, American journalist (The Village Voice), lung cancer.
• Loalwa Braz, 63, Brazilian singer-songwriter ("Lambada"), burns.
• Ramón Cordero, 76, Dominican bachata singer, colon cancer.
• Thibaut Cuisset, 58, French photographer.
• Miguel Ferrer, 61, American actor (RoboCop, Mulan, NCIS: Los Angeles), throat cancer.
• Eddie Filgate, 101, Irish politician, TD (1977–1982).
• Roderick Ham, 91, British architect.
• Terry Hershey, 94, American environmentalist.
• Craig Howard, 64, American football coach (Oregon Tech, Southern Oregon).
• Roman Jarymowycz, 72, Austrian-born Canadian soldier and educator.
• Rafael Kadyrov, 47, Russian ice hockey referee, brain tumor.
• Howard Kaufman, 79, American talent manager (Eagles, Aerosmith, Def Leppard).
• Mike Kellie, 69, English drummer (Spooky Tooth, The Only Ones) and record producer.
• Jan Kruis, 83, Dutch cartoonist (Jack, Jacky and the Juniors).
• Ger van Mourik, 85, Dutch footballer (Ajax).
• Edwin Pope, 88, American journalist (The Miami Herald, Athens Banner-Herald), cancer.
• Monty Silver, 83, American talent agent (Jon Voight, Fyvush Finkel, Laurence Fishburne), bladder cancer.
• Walt Streuli, 81, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
• Frosty Troy, 83, American journalist.
• Bud Vanderberg, 92, American Little League director and advocate.
• Giovanni Vastola, 78, Italian footballer (Vicenza, Bologna).
• James S. Vlasto, 82, American public servant.
• H. Boyd Woodruff, 99, American microbiologist.
• Teori Zavascki, 68, Brazilian Supreme Court judge, Operation Car Wash reporter, plane crash.

18

• Peter Abrahams, 97, South African-born Jamaican writer (Mine Boy).
• Red Adams, 95, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) and coach (Los Angeles Dodgers).
• Hilary Bailey, 79, British writer.
• Yosl Bergner, 96, Austrian-born Israeli painter.
• Ion Besoiu, 85, Romanian actor (Toate pînzele sus).
• David P. Buckson, 96, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Delaware (1960–1961).
• Stephen Lee Davis, 61, American cinematographer and cameraman (The Hunger Games, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Devil Wears Prada).
• Ronan Fanning, 75, Irish historian, cancer.
• Gullow Gjeseth, 79, Norwegian military officer.
• Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, 77, English cricketer (women's national team), businesswoman and philanthropist.
• Zohurul Hoque, 90, Indian Islamic scholar.
• Yuji Ijiri, 81, Japanese-born American accounting academic.
• Jung Mikyung, 56, South Korean novelist.
• Peter Kippax, 76, English cricketer (Yorkshire, MCC), Alzheimer's disease.
• Hanns Kreisel, 85, German mycologist.
• Nolitha Langa, 51, South African gospel singer.
• Johnny Little, 86, Canadian-born Scottish footballer (Rangers, Morton, Scotland national team).
• Hubert Lucot, 81, French author.
• William Margold, 73, American pornographic actor and director.
• Władysław Markiewicz, 97, Polish sociologist.
• Tom Neely, 78, American luger.
• Roberta Peters, 86, American coloratura soprano, Parkinson's disease.
• Hamza al Qadiri al Boutchichi, 95, Moroccan Sufi leader.
• Paolo Stanzani, 81, Italian engineer (Lamborghini).
• Dick Starr, 95, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns).
• Samuel Widmer, 69, Swiss physician, psychiatrist and psychotherapist (psycholytic therapy).
• Ståle Wikshåland, 63, Norwegian musicologist, blood clot.

17

• M. M. Ruhul Amin, 74, Bangladeshi judge, Chief Justice (2008–2009).
• Brenda C. Barnes, 63, American businesswoman, CEO of Sara Lee (2005–2010), stroke.
• Philip Bond, 82, British actor (Doctor Who, The Onedin Line).
• Tirrel Burton, 86, American football player and coach (Michigan).
• Colo, 60, American-bred western gorilla, oldest gorilla in captivity.
• Desi DeSimone, 80, American businessman, CEO of 3M (1991–2001).
• Jim Fagan, 72, American voiceover artist (NBA on NBC, NBA Live), Parkinson's disease.
• Mario Fasino, 96, Italian politician, President of Sicily (1969–1972).
• Pascal Garray, 51, Belgian comics artist (Benoît Brisefer, The Smurfs).
• Herbert Gauls, 86, German photographer.
• Alenka Goljevšček, 85, Slovenian writer.
• Kingi Ihaka, 74, New Zealand broadcaster, cancer.
• Tokio Kano, 82, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (since 1998), heart failure.
• Herlina Kasim, 75, Indonesian freedom fighter.
• Lucy Killea, 94, American politician, member of the California State Senate (1982–1996).
• Walter Lange, 92, German watchmaker and executive (A. Lange & Söhne).
• Kenneth McNenny, 81, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1987–2000) and Senate (2005–2008).
• Gene Olaff, 96, American soccer player (Brooklyn Hispano).
• Malcolm Peat, 84, Canadian academic.
• Steven Plaut, 65, American-born Israeli economist and academic.
• Gita Sen, 86, Indian actress (Akaler Shandhaney).
• Robert Timlin, 84, American district court judge (Central District of California) (since 1994).
• Donna Villa, 58, Filipino film producer, cancer.
• Daniel Vischer, 67, Swiss politician, member of the National Council (2003–2015), cancer.

16

• Amin Nasir, 48, Singaporean football player (Woodlands Wellington, national team) and manager (Hougang United), colon cancer.
• Eugene Cernan, 82, American astronaut (Apollo 10, Apollo 17), last person to walk on the Moon.
• Roland Glavany, 94, French army general.
• William A. Hilliard, 89, American journalist (The Oregonian).
• Franz Jarnach, 72, German actor (Dittsche) and keyboardist (The Rattles), heart attack.
• Peter Jones, 83, Australian politician, MLA (1974–1986).
• Kerry McNamara, 76, Namibian architect political activist.
• Jiří Navrátil, 93, Czech Scout leader, President of Junák.
• Dan O'Brien Sr., 87, American baseball executive (Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians).
• William Onyeabor, 70, Nigerian singer-songwriter.
• Phyllis Harrison-Ross, 80, American psychiatrist, lung cancer.
• Charles "Bobo" Shaw, 69, American jazz drummer.
• C. V. Vishveshwara, 78, Indian physicist.
• Brian Whitehouse, 81, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace).
• Steve Wright, American bass guitarist (The Greg Kihn Band), heart attack.

15

• George Beall, 79, American attorney, prosecuted Spiro Agnew for corruption.
• Ciel Bergman, 78, American painter.
• Babette Cole, 66, English children's author.
• Terry Cryer, 82, British jazz and blues photographer.
• Roman Darowski, 81, Polish philosopher.
• Richard Divall, 71, Australian conductor and musicologist.
• Aleksandr Ezhevsky, 101, Soviet engineer and statesman.
• Charles-Henri Favrod, 89, Swiss journalist and photographer.
• Dermot Gallagher, 72, Irish civil servant and diplomat.
• Luis Gámir, 74, Spanish politician.
• Gorky González Quiñones, 77, Mexican potter.
• Han Peixin, 95, Chinese politician, Governor of Jiangsu (1982–1983).
• Kozo Kinomoto, 68, Japanese footballer and sports executive (Japan Football League), heart failure.
• Thandi Klaasen, 86, South African jazz singer, pancreatic cancer.
• Vicki Lansky, 75, American author and publisher, cirrhosis.
• Håkon Liu, 41, Norwegian film director (Miss Kicki).
• Eddie Long, 63, American pastor (New Birth Missionary Baptist Church), cancer.
• Isidro Baldenegro López, 50, Mexican anti-logging activist, shot.
• Mieczyslaw Malinski, 93, Polish theologian.
• Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai, 99, Pakistani writer and poet.
• Erwin Obermair, 70, Austrian astronomer.
• Placid Olofsson (hu), 100, Hungarian Cistercian priest, Gulag survivor.
• David Poythress, 73, American military officer and politician, Secretary of State of Georgia (1979–1983).
• Dale Smith, 88, American rodeo performer.
• Jimmy Snuka, 73, Fijian-born American professional wrestler (WWF, AWA, PNW), stomach cancer.
• Jan Szczepański, 77, Polish boxer, Olympic champion (1972).
• Vladimir Trifunović, 78, Bosnian Yugoslavia-era military officer.
• Greg Trooper, 61, American singer-songwriter, pancreatic cancer.
• Hadi Utomo, 71, Indonesian politician, Chairman of the Democratic Party (2005–2010).
• Marga van Rooy, 75, South African actress (Fanie Fourie's Lobola, 7de Laan), cancer.
• Marianne Westman, 88, Swedish ceramics designer (Rörstrand).

14

• Surjit Singh Barnala, 91, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Punjab (1985–1987), Governor of Uttarakhand (2000–2003) and Tamil Nadu (2004–2011).
• Maria Cabral, 75, Portuguese actress.
• Barry Cassin, 92, Irish actor (Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog, The Count of Monte Cristo, Byzantium).
• Seah Chiang Nee, 76, Singaporean journalist (The Star).
• Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud, 80, Saudi royal and businessman.
• Alex Jones, 75, American Roman Catholic deacon.
• Eldar Kuliev, 65, Kyrgyz-born Russian screenwriter and author.
• Herbert Mies, 87, German politician, Chairman of the Communist Party (1973–1989).
• Kevin Starr, 76, American historian and librarian, heart attack.
• Deepal Silva, 50, Sri Lankan singer, heart attack.
• Yama Buddha, 29, Nepalese rapper, suicide.
• Zhou Youguang, 111, Chinese linguist and supercentenarian.

13

• Gilberto Agustoni, 94, Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal, Prefect of Apostolic Signatura (1992–1998).
• Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, 86, English photographer and filmmaker.
• Walter Benz, 85, German mathematician.
• Jerome A. Berson, 92, American chemist.
• Hans Berliner, 87, German-born American computer scientist and chess player.
• Bernard d'Abrera, 76, Australian entomologist.
• Glenn DiSanto, 62, American racehorse trainer, cancer.
• Muhammad Fachroni, 44, Indonesian singer (Project Pop), complications from diabetes.
• Mark Fisher, 48, British writer, cultural theorist and music journalist (The Wire, Fact), suicide.
• Dick Gautier, 85, American actor and singer (Get Smart, Transformers, When Things Were Rotten).
• Horacio Guarany, 91, Argentine folkloric singer and writer, cardiac arrest.
• Sir John Hanson, 78, British diplomat and historian.
• Richie Ingui, 70, American soul singer (Soul Survivors), heart failure.
• Kevin Iwaki, 30, American animation editor (Sanjay and Craig, The Fairly OddParents, SpongeBob SquarePants), promyelocyctic leukemia.
• Alan Jabbour, 74, American fiddler and folklorist (Library of Congress).
• John Jacobs, 91, English golfer, founder of the PGA European Tour.
• Zainuri Kamaruddin, 50, Malaysian Islamist militant.
• Magic Alex, 74, Greek electronics engineer (The Beatles, Apple Electronics), complications from pneumonia.
• David Modell, 56, American businessman (Baltimore Ravens), lung cancer.
• Anton Nanut, 84, Slovenian conductor.
• Pic Parkhouse, 92, New Zealand swimming coach.
• Ari Rath, 92, Austrian-born Israeli journalist (The Jerusalem Post).
• Nicodemo Scarfo, 87, American mobster, boss of the Philadelphia crime family (1981–1991).
• Jan Stoeckart, 89, Dutch composer, conductor and trombonist.
• Udo Ulfkotte, 56, German political scientist and journalist (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), heart attack.
• John E. Wills, Jr., 80, American historian.

12

• Giulio Angioni, 77, Italian writer (Le fiamme di Toledo, Assandira) and anthropologist.
• Meir Banai, 55, Israeli singer, cancer.
• Eduardo Blasco Ferrer, 60, Spanish-Italian linguist.
• William Peter Blatty, 89, American novelist and screenwriter (The Exorcist, Legion, A Shot in the Dark), Oscar winner (1974), multiple myeloma.
• Sudhindra Chandra Dasgupta, 79, Indian politician.
• Robin Hyman, 85, British publisher.
• Faig Jabbarov, 44, Azerbaijani footballer (Kapaz, national team).
• Martin Katz, 89, American psychologist, cardiomyopathy.
• Anthony King, 82, Canadian-born British political scientist.
• Milton Metz, 95, American radio and television host.
• Karima Mokhtar‎, 82, Egyptian actress.
• Vsevolod Murakhovsky, 90, Ukrainian-born Russian politician, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (1985–1989).
• Jill Roe, 76, Australian historian and academic.
• Frank Spellman, 94, American weightlifter, Olympic champion (1948).
• Larry Steinbachek, 56, English keyboardist (Bronski Beat), cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Martha Swope, 88, American photographer, Parkinson's disease.
• Graham Taylor, 72, English football player and manager (Watford, Aston Villa, national team), heart attack.

11

• Tommy Allsup, 85, American rockabilly and swing guitarist, complications from hernia surgery.
• Pierre Arpaillange, 92, French author, senior judge and politician, Minister of Justice (1988–1990).
• José Vicente Asuar, 83, Chilean composer.
• Tony Booth, 83, British poster artist (The Beatles), cancer.
• James Fairfax, 83, Australian business executive and philanthropist.
• Levi Felix, 32, American entrepreneur and technology free activist, brain tumour.
• James Ferguson-Lees, 88, British ornithologist (British Birds).
• Brian Fletcher, 69, British jockey, winner of the Grand National (1968, 1973, 1974), cancer.
• Henry Foner, 97, American social activist.
• Katherine Fryer, 106, British artist.
• Victor Griffin, 92, Irish Anglican clergyman and theologian.
• Conrad Hilberry, 88, American poet, cancer and pneumonia.
• Claude Lebey, 93, French food critic.
• Victor Lownes, 88, American businessman (Playboy).
• Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell, 77, British peer.
• Arthur Manuel, 66, Canadian Neskonlith chief, indigenous rights and environmental activist.
• Mary Mark Mahoney, 106, American nun.
• Nikolay Neprimerov, 95, Russian physicist.
• Robert Pierre Sarrabère, 90, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Aire and Dax (1978–2002).
• Adenan Satem, 72, Malaysian politician, Chief Minister of Sarawak (since 2014), heart attack.
• Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, 78, Pakistani jurist and politician, Governor of Sindh (since 2016).
• Akio Takamori, 66, Japanese-born American sculptor, cancer.
• François Van der Elst, 62, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, West Ham United, national team), heart attack.
• Christopher Chubasco Wilkins, 48, American murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Kenyon Wright, 84, Scottish Episcopal priest and political campaigner.

10

• Horst Astroth, 93, German racewalker.
• Oddvar Barlie, 87, Norwegian sport wrestler.
• Ronald Buxton, 93, British politician, MP for Leyton (1965–1966).
• Fernand Decanali, 91, French racing cyclist, Olympic champion (1948).
• Leonard French, 88, Australian glass artist.
• Steve Fryar, 63, American rodeo performer.
• William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart, 83, British lawyer and politician.
• Buddy Greco, 90, American singer, actor (The Girl Who Knew Too Much) and pianist.
• Roman Herzog, 82, German politician, President (1994–1999), Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court (1983–1994).
• Clare Hollingworth, 105, British journalist (The Daily Telegraph), broke news of German invasion of Poland.
• Achmad Kurniawan, 37, Indonesian footballer (Arema Cronus).
• Larry Langley, 83, Canadian broadcaster (CBC) and Edmonton City Councillor (1995–2004).
• Steven McDonald, 59, American police detective (NYPD), heart attack.
• Ryszard Parulski, 78, Polish fencer, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
• Võ Quý, 87, Vietnamese zoologist.
• Manlio Rocchetti, 73, Italian make-up artist (Driving Miss Daisy, Lonesome Dove, Gangs of New York), Oscar and Emmy winner (1989).
• Tony Rosato, 62, Italian-born Canadian actor (Saturday Night Live, SCTV, Night Heat), heart attack.
• Oliver Smithies, 91, British-American geneticist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2007).
• Kenny Wharram, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).

9

• Zygmunt Bauman, 91, Polish-British sociologist.
• Parker Beam, 75, American whiskey maker (Heaven Hill), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Rodney H. Brady, 83, American businessman (Deseret Management Corporation) and academic administrator (Weber State University).
• Roberto Cabañas, 55, Paraguayan footballer (New York Cosmos, Boca Juniors), cardiac arrest.
• Michael Chamberlain, 72, New Zealand-born Australian pastor, exonerated in the death of Azaria Chamberlain, complications from leukaemia.
• Crazy Toones, 45, American hip-hop record producer and DJ, heart attack.
• Paula Dell, 90, American stuntwoman (Charlie's Angels, Mystery Men).
• Ulf Dinkelspiel, 77, Swedish politician, Minister of European Affairs and Foreign Trade (1991–1994), cancer.
• Patrick Flores, 87, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of San Antonio (1979–2004), pneumonia and heart failure.
• Daan van Golden, 80, Dutch artist.
• Mary Emily Gonsalves, 97, Pakistani Roman Catholic nun.
• Patrick Henry, 45, American animator and writer (Family Guy, The Cleveland Show).
• Jens Christian Magnus, 96, Norwegian politician and resistance activist.
• Bob McCullough, Australian sports administrator, President of the Australian Paralympic Committee (1994–1996).
• Travis Peterson, 40, American music video director (Ariel Pink, Vivian Girls). (body discovered on this date)
• Terry Ramshaw, 74, English rugby league player (Featherstone Rovers, Wakefield Trinity).
• John Sailhamer, 70, American evangelical Old Testament scholar, Parkinson's disease.
• Teresa Ann Savoy, 61, British-born Italian actress (Caligula, Salon Kitty), cancer.
• Ali Shariatmadari, 93, Iranian politician and academic, Minister of Culture (1979).
• Warren Allen Smith, 95, American author, atheist, and gay-rights activist, signatory of Humanist Manifesto II.
• Claude Steiner, 81, French-born American psychologist.
• Russell Trood, 68, Australian politician and academic, Senator for Queensland (2005–2011), thyroid cancer.
• Brown Turei, 92, New Zealand Anglican co-primate, Archbishop and Pihopa o Aotearoa (since 2006).
• Timothy Well, 55, American professional wrestler (WWF, PNW, WCW), kidney failure.
• T. K. Whitaker, 100, Irish economist and public servant.

8

• Dominique Appia, 90, Swiss painter.
• Buddy Bregman, 86, American arranger, producer, and composer.
• Jackie Brown, 73, American baseball player and coach (Texas Rangers).
• James C. Christensen, 74, American fantasy artist, cancer.
• Colin Cameron Davies, 92, Spanish-born Kenyan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ngong (1964–2002).
• Miriam Goldberg, 100, American newspaper publisher (Intermountain Jewish News).
• Mary Ann Green, American tribal leader and politician, Chairperson of the Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians (1988–2016).
• Francisco López Hernández, 84, Spanish sculptor.
• Svennik Høyer, 85, Norwegian political scientist.
• Roy Innis, 82, American civil rights activist, Parkinson's disease.
• Elspeth Kennedy, 85, New Zealand sharebroker and community leader.
• Abdulkadir Kure, 60, Nigerian politician, Governor of Niger State (1999–2007).
• Sir James Mancham, 77, Seychellois politician, President (1976–1977).
• Rod Mason, 76, British jazz trumpeter.
• Jovanka Nikolić, 64, Serbian writer.
• Zacharie Noah, 79, Cameroonian footballer (Stade Saint-Germain, Sedan-Torcy).
• Ruth Perry, 77, Liberian politician, interim Head of State as Chairwoman of the Council of State (1996–1997).
• Pioneer Cabin Tree, c.1000, American giant sequoia tree, storm damage.
• Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 82, Iranian politician, President (1989–1997).
• Easwar Sagar, 95, Indian-born American journalist, pneumonia.
• Kelly Sakakou, 70s, Greek television presenter (ERT).
• Peter Sarstedt, 75, English singer-songwriter ("Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?"), progressive supranuclear palsy.
• Colin Shortis, 82, British army general.
• Nigel Spearing, 86, British politician, MP for Acton (1970–1974) and Newham South (1974–1979), Alzheimer's disease.
• Eli Zelkha, 66, Iranian-born American entrepreneur, inventor of ambient intelligence.

7

• Jerry Arrow, 78, American stage producer (Fifth of July).
• Christopher Byron, 72, American financial and investigative writer.
• Nick Calavrias, 67, New Zealand businessman, CEO of Steel & Tube (1991–2009), traffic collision.
• Cheick Fantamady Camara, 57, Guinean film director (Il va pleuvoir sur Conakry).
• Bill Champion, 69, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies).
• Lucina da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws, 87, Dutch Antillean politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1977).
• John Deely, 74, American philosopher, cancer.
• Ramanuja Devnathan, 57, Indian Sanskrit scholar.
• Refik Erduran, 88, Turkish playwright, columnist and writer.
• Carlos Fernández Gondín, 78, Cuban politician, Minister of the Interior (since 2015).
• Stein Gauslaa, 68, Norwegian journalist and civil servant.
• Nat Hentoff, 91, American political philosopher, columnist and music critic (The Village Voice, Down Beat).
• Eddie Kamae, 89, American ukuleleist (Sons of Hawaii).
• Jerzy Kossela, 74, Polish guitarist and vocalist (Niebiesko-Czarni, Czerwone Gitary).
• Lelio Lagorio, 91, Italian politician, Minister of Defence (1980–1983) and Sport and Spectacles (1983–1986).
• Betty Lasky, 94, American film historian, pneumonia.
• Mildred Meacham, 92, American baseball player (AAGBPL).
• Mike Ovey, 58, British Anglican clergyman and academic administrator (Oak Hill College), heart attack.
• Einfrid Perstølen, 99, Norwegian psychiatrist and language proponent.
• Murray Ryan, 94, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1969–1999).
• Michael Scanlan, 85, American Roman Catholic priest and academic administrator.
• Sir Bruce Slane, 85, New Zealand public servant, Privacy Commissioner (1993–2003).
• Mário Soares, 92, Portuguese politician, President (1986–1996) and Prime Minister (1976–1978, 1983–1985).
• Laurie Topp, 93, English footballer (Hendon).
• Lech Trzeciakowski, 85, Polish historian.
• Alice Whitty, 82, Canadian Olympic high jumper (1956).
• Laurel Woodcock, 56, Canadian artist and academic.

6

• Yaron Ben-Dov, 46, Israeli footballer (Ironi Rishon LeZion, Maccabi Netanya, Hapoel Tel Aviv).
• Audrey Grevious, 86, American civil rights activist.
• John Hubbard, 85, American-born British artist.
• Greg Jelks, 55, American-Australian baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Kosei Kamo, 84, Japanese tennis player, winner of the 1955 U.S. Open, heart attack.
• Una Kroll, 91, British nun and Anglican priest.
• Les Lazarowitz, 75, American sound mixer (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Groundhog Day), cancer.
• Octavio Lepage, 93, Venezuelan politician, Acting President (1993).
• Ramón Martínez Pérez, 87, Spanish footballer (Sevilla, Granada, national team).
• Bayezid Osman, 92, Turkish royal, 44th Head of the Imperial House of Osman (since 2009).
• Ghaith Pharaon, 76, Saudi businessman.
• Ricardo Piglia, 75, Argentine author.
• Om Puri, 66, Indian actor (Ardh Satya, City of Joy, East Is East), heart attack.
• Bob Sadowski, 79, American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels, Chicago White Sox).
• Tilikum, 35, American-held orca, subject of Blackfish.
• Gavin Whittaker, 46, Australian rugby league footballer (Canterbury Bulldogs, Gold Coast Chargers), stomach cancer.
• Francine York, 80, American actress (It's Only Money, Batman, The Family Man), cancer.

5

• David Alexander, 90, British Royal Marines general.
• Graham Atkinson, 73, English footballer (Oxford United), cancer.
• Spartak Belyaev, 93, Russian theoretical physicist.
• Leonardo Benevolo, 93, Italian architect and city planner.
• Géori Boué, 98, French operatic soprano.
• Luc Coene, 69, Belgian economist.
• Tullio De Mauro, 84, Italian linguist and politician, Minister of Education (2000–2001).
• Paul Goble, 83, English-born American author and illustrator (Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters, The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses), Parkinson's disease.
• Gangmumei Kamei, 77, Indian academic and politician.
• Frank Murphy, 69, Irish middle-distance runner, European Championship silver medalist (1969).
• Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota, 85, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tepic (1981–2008).
• Stanley Russ, 86, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (1975–2001), myeloid leukemia.
• Jorge Sanguinetti, 82, Uruguayan politician, Minister of Transport (1985–1989).
• Jill Saward, 51, British sexual assault awareness campaigner, subarachnoid haemorrhage.
• Marzio Strassoldo, 77, Italian politician, President of the Province of Udine (2001–2007).
• Rafiq Subaie, 86, Syrian actor, writer and director.
• Harry Taylor, 81, English footballer (Newcastle United).
• Christopher Weeramantry, 90, Sri Lankan judge, Vice-President of the International Court of Justice (1997–2000).
• Peter Weston, 72, British science fiction fanzine editor, cancer.
• John Wightman, 78, American politician, Mayor of Lexington, Nebraska (1992–1995), member of the Nebraska Legislature (2007–2015).

4

• Hisham Al-Otaibi, 70, Kuwaiti politician, Minister of Finance (1998–1999).
• Heinz Billing, 102, German physicist and computer scientist.
• William J. Cason, 92, American politician, member of the Missouri Senate (1960–1976).
• John Cummings, 73, British politician, MP for Easington (1987–2010), lung cancer.
• Willie Evans, 79, American football player (University at Buffalo).
• Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, 89, Indian sitar player and composer, cardiac arrest.
• Bruce Hugo, 71, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1983–1993).
• Bade Fateh Ali Khan, 82, Pakistani singer, lung disease.
• Sandra Landy, 78, British contract bridge player.
• Carl E. Misch, 69, American prosthodontist, cancer.
• Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje, 84, Spanish painter.
• Ezio Pascutti, 79, Italian footballer (Bologna).
• Art Pennington, 93, American baseball player (Chicago American Giants, Birmingham Black Barons).
• Georges Prêtre, 92, French orchestral and opera conductor.
• Milt Schmidt, 98, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player, coach and general manager (Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals), stroke.
• Anna Senkoro, 54, Tanzanian politician.
• Gabriel Tang, South Sudanese rebel leader, killed in Civil War.
• Vlastimir Trajković, 69, Serbian composer.
• Anthony Tu Shihua, 97, Chinese prelate from Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, illegitimate Bishop of Hanyang (since 1959).
• Sir Douglas Wass, 93, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury (1974–1983).
• Paul Went, 67, English footballer (Charlton Athletic, Leyton Orient, Portsmouth).
• Wayne Westner, 55, South African golfer, suicide by gunshot.

3

• Enzo Benedetti, 85, Italian footballer (Palermo).
• Rodney Bennett, 81, British television director (Doctor Who).
• Martin Brandtner, 78, American Marine Corps general.
• Ivo Brešan, 80, Croatian writer (How the War Started on My Island).
• Mike Buchanan, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).
• Kevin Casey, 40, Irish broadcaster (WLR FM), cancer.
• Charles J. Colgan, 90, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate (1976–2016), vascular ailment.
• J. Dewey Daane, 98, American economist.
• George M. Dennison, 81, American university administrator, President of the University of Montana (1990–2010), non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
• Cecilia González Gómez, 55, Mexican politician, Deputy of Congress (2012–2015), heart attack.
• Shigeru Kōyama, 87, Japanese actor (Samurai Rebellion, Black Rain, Beyond Outrage), complications from pneumonia.
• Rolf Noskwith, 97, German-born British businessman and codebreaker (World War II).
• Peter Pollen, 89, Canadian politician, Mayor of Victoria, British Columbia (1971–1975, 1981–1985).
• H. S. Mahadeva Prasad, 58, Indian politician, MLA (since 1994), heart attack.
• Rosemary Stevenson, 80, American baseball player (Grand Rapids Chicks).
• Alan Surgal, 100, American screenwriter (Mickey One).
• Igor Volk, 79, Ukrainian-born Russian cosmonaut and test pilot (Soyuz T-12).

2

• Auriel Andrew, 69, Australian country singer.
• René Ballet, 88, French journalist and author.
• John Berger, 90, English art critic and painter.
• Albert Brewer, 88, American politician, Governor of Alabama (1968–1971).
• François Chérèque, 60, French labor unionist (CFDT), leukemia.
• Ian Davison, 79, English cricketer (Nottinghamshire).
• Barbara Fei, 85, Hong Kong opera singer.
• Richard Gee, 83, Australian federal judge, Family Court (1980–1999), drowning.
• Tom Harpur, 87, Canadian classicist, theologian, priest, and journalist.
• Travis Hirschi, 81, American sociologist.
• Richard Machowicz, 51, American Navy SEAL and television host (Future Weapons, Deadliest Warrior), brain cancer.
• Daryl Spencer, 88, American baseball player (New York/San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals).
• István Tatár, 58, Hungarian Olympic sprinter (1980, 1988).
• Viktor Tsaryov, 85, Russian football player and coach (Dynamo Moscow, Soviet Union national team).
• Jean Vuarnet, 83, French alpine skier, Olympic champion (1960), stroke.
• Brian Widlake, 85, British broadcaster (The Money Programme).

1

• Sir Tony Atkinson, 72, British economist, multiple myeloma.
• Hilarion Capucci, 94, Syrian Melkite Catholic hierarch, Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem (1965–1974).
• Jewel Plummer Cobb, 92, American biologist.
• Bill Craig, 71, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1964), complications from pneumonia.
• Yvon Dupuis, 90, Canadian politician.
• Peter Farmer, 75, British set designer.
• Karl Gerstner, 86, Swiss typographer.
• Stuart Hamilton, 87, Canadian pianist, vocal coach and broadcaster, prostate cancer.
• Aleksander Jackowski, 96, Polish anthropologist and ethnographer.
• Mel Lopez, 81, Filipino politician.
• Bill Marshall, 77, Canadian film and theater producer, co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival.
• George Miller, 87, Scottish cricketer (national team).
• Memo Morales, 79, Venezuelan singer, heart attack.
• Moruca, 84, Spanish football player and coach (Racing de Santander).
• Yaakov Neeman, 77, Israeli lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice (1996, 2009–2013) and Finance (1997–1998).
• Emmanuel Niyonkuru, 54, Burundian politician, Senator (since 2015) and Minister of Water and Environment (since 2015), shot.
• Derek Parfit, 74, English philosopher (Reasons and Persons).
• Sir Jeremy Reilly, 82, British army general.
• Abis Rizvi, 49, Indian businessman and film producer (Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans), shot.
• Samuel Schweber, 80, Argentinian chess player, International Master.
• Jeremy Stone, 81, American scientist and arms control activist.
• Aleksander Tšutšelov, 83, Estonian sailor, Olympic silver medalist (1960).
• Talat Tunçalp, 101, Turkish racing cyclist and president of the Turkish Cycling Federation (1950–1968).
• Bogdan Tuszyński, 84, Polish sports journalist and reporter (Polskie Radio).
• Sylvester Uphus, 89, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1983–1993).
• Alfonso Wong, 93, Hong Kong cartoonist (Old Master Q), organ failure.

See also

• Deaths in 2016
• Deaths in 2015
• Deaths in 2014
• Deaths in 2013
• Deaths in 2012
• Deaths in 2011
• Deaths in 2010
• Deaths in 2009

• Deaths in 2008
• Deaths in 2007
• Deaths in 2006
• Deaths in 2005
• Deaths in 2004
• Deaths in 2003
• Deaths in 2002
• Deaths in 2001

• Deaths in 2000
• Deaths in 1999
• Deaths in 1998
• Deaths in 1997
• Deaths in 1996
• Deaths in 1995
• Deaths in 1994
• Deaths in 1993

• Deaths in 1992
• Deaths in 1991
• Deaths in 1990
• Deaths in 1989
• Deaths in 1988
• Deaths in 1987
• Deaths in 1986
• Deaths in 1985

External links

• The Guardian, UK obituaries
• The Telegraph obituaries
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, US obituaries
• The Washington Post obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries