Deaths in December 2019
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2019.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship, reason for notability, cause of death, and reference.
December 2019
1
- Henri Biancheri, 87, French football player and executive.
- Shyamal Kanti Biswas, 71, Bangladeshi academic, vice-chancellor of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology.
- Noksong Boham, 71, Indian politician, MLA, cancer.
- Miguelina Cobián, 77, Cuban sprinter, Olympic silver medalist.
- Anthony Cooke, 92, British rear admiral.
- Edgardo Gomez, 81, Filipino biologist.
- Miguel Hesayne, 96, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Viedma.
- Mariss Jansons, 76, Latvian conductor, heart disease.
- Robert M. Koerner, 85, American engineer and academic.
- Michael Lai, 73, Hong Kong Cantopop composer and actor.
- Lil Bub, 8, American celebrity cat.
- Liu Gangji, 86, Chinese philosopher, aesthetician, historian, and artist.
- Shelley Morrison, 83, American actress, heart failure.
- Sonja Petterson, 84, Swedish sculptor.
- René Rebuffat, 89, French historian and archeologist.
- Sacred Falls, 10, New Zealand racehorse and sire, liver disease.
- Paul Sirba, 59, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Duluth, heart attack.
- Pat Sullivan, 69, American Hall of Fame football player and coach, Heisman Trophy winner, cancer.
- Paula Tilbrook, 89, English actress.
2
- George Atkinson III, 27, American football player.
- Nicolas Bokov, 74, Russian writer.
- Jimmy Cavallo, 92, American musician, heart failure.
- Richard Easton, 86, Canadian actor, Tony winner.
- D. C. Fontana, 80, American television writer.
- William D. Haseman, 71, American computer scientist.
- Francesco Janich, 82, Italian footballer.
- Sir John Kerr, 82, British admiral, Chief of Defence Intelligence, Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.
- Robert K. Massie, 90, American Romanov historian, Pulitzer Prize winner.
- Johann Baptist Metz, 91, German theologian.
- Jacques Morgantini, 95, French record producer and promoter.
- Carl Muller, 84, Sri Lankan poet and writer.
- Alfred Reid, 81, Jamaican Anglican prelate, Bishop of Jamaica.
- Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 88, Saudi royal, Governor of Makkah Region.
- Manfred Schneckenburger, 81, German art historian and curator, director of the documenta art exhibition.
- Greedy Smith, 63, Australian musician, heart attack.
- Joe Smith, 91, American music industry executive.
- Fred Storey, 87, Canadian curler.
- Kenneth Allen Taylor, 65, American philosopher and radio host, heart attack.
- Juan Pablo Vergara, 34, Peruvian footballer, traffic collision.
- Francette Vernillat, 82, French actress.
- Bhagwati Singh Visharad, 98, Indian politician, MLA.
- Vini Vitharana, 91, Sri Lankan linguist and professor.
- Zhang Zhenxian, 92, Chinese air force general, Political Commissar of the Jinan and Guangzhou Military Region Air Forces.
3
- Rawshan Ara Bachchu, 86, Bangladeshi activist.
- Arthur Baysting, 72, New Zealand writer, musician, and children's advocate.
- Giovanni Bertini, 68, Italian footballer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Cha In-ha, 27, South Korean actor.
- Mary Craig, 91, British journalist and writer.
- André Daguin, 84, French chef, cancer.
- Jean Deloche, 90, French historian.
- Johann Eyfells, 96, Icelandic artist.
- Fang Zengxian, 88, Chinese painter, Director of the Shanghai Art Museum, founder of the Shanghai Biennale.
- Firoz Ghanty, 67, Mauritian painter, poet, and activist.
- Nosrat Karimi, 94, Iranian actor and filmmaker.
- Shaaban Abdel Rahim, 62, Egyptian shaabi singer, heart failure.
- R. Ramanathan, 71, Indian politician, MLA, cardiac arrest.
- Donald Tosh, 84, British screenwriter.
- Ragnar Ulstein, 99, Norwegian journalist and resistance fighter.
- Andrew Weiner, 70, Canadian science fiction author.
4
- Javier Aguirre, 84, Spanish film director.
- Cas Banaszek, 74, American football player.
- Chen Xingbi, 88, Chinese electronics engineer, inventor of the superjunction power semiconductor device.
- Thomas Elsaesser, 76, German film historian.
- Leonard Goldberg, 85, American film and television producer, president of 20th Century Fox, injuries from a fall.
- Julius Gould, 95, British sociologist.
- Azucena Hernández, 59, Spanish actress.
- Ján Eugen Kočiš, 93, Slovak-born Czech Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch, Auxiliary Bishop of Apostolic Exarchate of Czech Republic.
- Charles Daniel Marivate, 95, South African physician.
- Sheila Mercier, 100, English actress.
- Rosa Morena, 78, Spanish flamenco pop singer and actress, cancer.
- Margaret Morgan Lawrence, 105, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
- Tetsu Nakamura, 73, Japanese physician, shot.
- Ockie Oosthuizen, 64, South African rugby union player, cancer.
- Patrick Pym, 83, British Olympic sailor.
- Claudio Rodríguez, 86, Spanish voice actor.
- C. O. Simpkins Sr., 94, American dentist, civil rights activist, and politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
- Michel Verhoeve, 80, French Olympic footballer.
- Peter van Walsum, 85, Dutch diplomat.
- Bob Willis, 70, English cricketer.
- Ranjith de Zoysa, 57, Sri Lankan politician, MP.
5
- Pietro Brollo, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Belluno-Feltre and Archbishop of Udine.
- Rick Bryant, 71, New Zealand blues and rock musician.
- Faure Chomón, 90, Cuban guerrillero, diplomat and politician, MP.
- Leon Cole, 79, Canadian musician and radio presenter.
- Jon Comer, 43, American skateboarder, kidney and liver failure.
- Gérard Detourbet, 73, French automotive executive and engineer, cancer.
- Lidija Franklin, 102, American dancer and teacher.
- Gao Yubao, 92, Chinese writer.
- Marvin Goodfriend, 69, American economist.
- Sherman Howard, 95, American football player.
- Don Howell, 84, Australian footballer.
- Ji Zhe, 33, Chinese basketball player, lung cancer.
- Mors Kochanski, 79, Polish-Canadian wilderness survival instructor and writer.
- George Laurer, 94, American inventor.
- Jerry Naylor, 80, American musician.
- Bruno Scipioni, 85, Italian actor.
- Natalie Trundy, 79, American actress.
- Robert Walker Jr., 79, American actor.
6
- Yevda Abramov, 71, Azerbaijani politician, Deputy.
- Janusz Dzięcioł, 65, Polish reality show winner and politician, MP, traffic collision.
- John L. Harmer, 85, American politician and writer, member of the California State Senate and Lieutenant Governor of California.
- Joan Hawes, 86, English cricketer.
- Iqbal Hossain, 69, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
- Piet Huyg, 68, Dutch footballer.
- Mahfuzur Rahman Khan, 70, Bangladeshi cinematographer.
- Irena Laskowska, 94, Polish actress.
- Ron Leibman, 82, American actor, Tony winner, complications from pneumonia.
- Kimmi Lewis, 62, American politician, member of the Colorado House of Representatives, breast cancer.
- Lu Shixin, 89, Chinese cancer pathologist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
- Donald B. Marron, 85, American financier, heart attack.
- Maurice Mounsdon, 101, British WWII RAF pilot.
- Stoyanka Mutafova, 97, Bulgarian actress.
- Michael Peacock, 90, British television executive, cancer.
- Mario Sossi, 87, Italian magistrate and politician.
- Brian Sparrow, 57, English footballer.
- Jo Ann Washam, 69, American golfer.
- Wei Xinghua, 94, Chinese economist.
7
- V. Balasundaram, 77, Indian politician, Mayor of Chennai.
- Gerald Barrax, 86, American poet and professor, traffic collision.
- Berkley Bedell, 98, American politician and businessman, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and founder of Berkley, complications from a stroke.
- Norman Berson, 93, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
- Reinhard Bonnke, 79, German Pentecostal evangelist.
- Lisa de Cazotte, 58, American soap opera producer.
- Denise D'Ascenzo, 61, American news anchor, heart attack.
- Charles Koffi Diby, 62, Ivorian politician.
- Bump Elliott, 94, American Hall of Fame college football player, coach and administrator.
- Kate Figes, 62, English author, cancer.
- Giuseppe Frigo, 84, Italian jurist, Magistrate of the Constitutional Court.
- Max van Gelder, 95, Dutch Olympic water polo player, and European Champion.
- Herbert Joos, 79, German jazz trumpeter.
- Jerry Jumonville, 78, American saxophonist and arranger.
- Philip King, 94, American historian.
- Denis Lalanne, 93, French sports journalist.
- Bertrand Landrieu, 74, French politician and prefect.
- Joe McQueen, 100, American jazz saxophonist.
- Georges Mouly, 88, French politician, Mayor of Tulle and Saint-Priest-de-Gimel.
- Ali Mufuruki, 60, Tanzanian businessman, Chairman of Vodacom Tanzania.
- Walter Pauk, 105, American educationist and author.
- Ron Saunders, 87, English football player and manager.
- Simon Streatfeild, 90, British-Canadian conductor and violist.
- Zaza Urushadze, 53, Georgian film director, heart attack.
- Wolfgang Winkler, 76, German actor.
8
- Suresh Gundu Amonkar, 84, Indian educationist.
- René Auberjonois, 79, American actor, Tony winner, lung cancer.
- Weldon Bowlin, 78, American baseball player.
- Anna Bravo, 81, Italian social and feminism historian.
- Roy Cheetham, 79, English footballer.
- Doyle Corman, 87, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania Senate.
- Paddy Guinane, 80, Australian footballer.
- Wilhelm Helms, 95, German politician, MP, 1969–1972, MEP.
- Juice Wrld, 21, American rapper, seizure following drug overdose.
- Hirokazu Kanazawa, 88, Japanese karateka and teacher.
- Jerry Karr, 83, American politician, member of the Kansas Senate.
- Dick Kraus, 82, American politician, member of the Massachusetts Senate, Parkinson's disease.
- Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty, 90, Indian politician, MLA.
- Rogério Pipi, 97, Portuguese footballer.
- Herbert Pundik, 92, Danish-Israeli journalist.
- Caroll Spinney, 85, American puppeteer, cartoonist and author.
- Tessa Temata, 52, New Zealand diplomat, High Commissioner to the Cook Islands.
- Paul Volcker, 92, American economist, Chair of the Federal Reserve.
- Zvonimir Vujin, 76, Serbian-Yugoslavian Olympic bronze medallist amateur boxer.
9
- Tom Adams, 93, American-born Scottish illustrator.
- John R. Broxson, 87, American politician, member of the Florida Senate.
- Francisco Estrada, 71, Mexican baseball player and manager.
- Marie Fredriksson, 61, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician, complications from a brain tumour.
- Omar Graffigna, 93, Argentine Air Force officer, convicted criminal and military junta member.
- Leon Hardeman, 87, American football player.
- Chuck Heberling, 94, American basketball and football referee and administrator, director of the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League.
- Masashi Ishibashi, 95, Japanese politician.
- Kim Woo-jung, 82, South Korean businessman, founder of Daewoo, pneumonia.
- William Luce, 88, American playwright.
- June Nash, 92, American anthropologist.
- Pedro Nikken, 74, Venezuelan lawyer and jurist, president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
- Patrice Ordas, 68, French writer.
- Miko Palanca, 41, Filipino actor, suicide by jumping.
- Rosselle Pekelis, 81, American judge, brain cancer.
- Veijo Puhjo, 71, Finnish politician, MP.
- Detlef Pirsig, 74, German football player and manager.
- José Mauro Ramalho, 94, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Iguatu.
- Zoran Rankić, 84, Serbian actor.
- Ajoy Roy, 84, Bangladeshi physicist and human rights activist.
- Gandharv Singh, 87, Indian politician, MLA.
- May Stevens, 95, American artist and political activist.
- Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland, 98, Scottish noblewoman, chief of Clan Sutherland.
- Ben Turok, 92, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, member of the National Assembly.
- Imre Varga, 96, Hungarian sculptor and painter.
10
- Md. Abdul Kadir, Bangladeshi politician.
- Albert Bertelsen, 98, Danish painter.
- Rajen Borthakur, 54, Indian politician, MLA, kidney disease.
- Frederick B. Dent, 97, American businessman, Secretary of Commerce.
- Natalie Harrowell, 29, English rugby league player.
- Kelo Henderson, 96, American actor.
- Barrie Keeffe, 74, English screenwriter.
- Gershon Kingsley, 97, German-American composer and electronic musician.
- Yury Luzhkov, 83, Russian politician, Mayor of Moscow, complications during heart surgery.
- Emily Mason, 87, American painter.
- Paul Anthony McDermott, 47, Irish prosecutor.
- Philip McKeon, 55, American actor.
- Lawrence Middleton, 89, British diplomat, Ambassador to South Korea.
- Thabiso Mokhosi, 51, South African army chief.
- Notnowcato, 17, British Thoroughbred racehorse, heart attack.
- Jean Pagé, 73, Canadian sportscaster and journalist, complications from prostate cancer.
- Adam Słodowy, 96, Polish investor and television host.
- Jim Smith, 79, English football player and manager.
- Randy Suess, 74, American computer programmer.
- Lily Thomas, 92, Indian constitutional lawyer.
- Ashok Kalyanrao Tapkir, 70, Indian politician, MLA.
- Scott Timberg, 50, American journalist and culture writer.
- Fabio Vásquez Castaño, 79, Colombian rebel, co-founder of National Liberation Army.
- Bill Welsh, 95, Australian footballer.
11
- David Bellamy, 86, English naturalist and author.
- Paul Crossley, 74, British art historian.
- Takeo Daigo, 81, Japanese baseball player, acute myeloid leukemia.
- Nicole de Buron, 90, French writer.
- Sir John Graham, 4th Baronet, 93, British diplomat, ambassador to Iraq, Iran and NATO.
- Larry Heinemann, 75, American writer.
- Jiří Jirmal, 94, Czech classical guitarist.
- Guy Laporte, 71, French actor, Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease.
- Ted Lepcio, 90, American baseball player.
- Mike Lindsay, 81, British Olympic track and field athlete.
- Tessa Majors, 18, American student, stabbed.
- Anna Manel·la, 69, Spanish sculptor.
- James McCarthy, 75, American oceanographer.
- William S. McFeely, 89, American historian, Pulitzer Prize recipient, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
- N. S. Rajaram, 76, Indian historian.
- Henry Ssentongo, 83, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Moroto.
- Hannah Steinberg, 93, Austrian-born British psychopharmacologist.
- Albert Toro, Papua New Guinean actor, director and politician, member of the Bougainville House of Representatives.
- Martin Warnke, 82, German art historian, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winner.
- Ann Elizabeth Wee, 93, British-born Singaporean social worker.
- Ian Young, 76, Scottish footballer.
12
- Danny Aiello, 86, American actor.
- Dalton Baldwin, 87, American pianist.
- Butch Barber, 76, Canadian professional hockey player.
- Sir Alasdair Breckenridge, 82, Scottish pharmacologist.
- Jorge Hernández, 65, Cuban light flyweight boxer, Olympic champion.
- Vaughan Johnson, 57, American football player, kidney disease.
- Norman Kingsbury, 87, New Zealand educational administrator, University of Waikato registrar, New Zealand Qualifications Authority CEO.
- David H. Locke, 92, American lawyer and politician, minority leader of the Massachusetts Senate.
- Roger Midgley, 95, British field hockey player, Olympic bronze medallist.
- Brian Muller, 77, New Zealand rugby union player.
- Philip Osondu, 48, Nigerian footballer.
- Steven Ozment, 80, American historian.
- PHASE 2, 64, American graffiti artist.
- Gollapudi Maruti Rao, 80, Indian actor and screenwriter.
- Željko Rohatinski, 68, Croatian economist.
- Jack Scott, 83, Canadian-American rock singer and songwriter.
- Gunnar Smoliansky, 86, Swedish photographer.
- Sir Peter Snell, 80, New Zealand middle-distance runner, Olympic champion.
- Stig Sollander, 93, Swedish alpine skier, Olympic bronze medalist.
- Tatsuo Umemiya, 81, Japanese actor, kidney failure.
13
- Gerd Baltus, 87, German actor.
- Lawrence Bittaker, 79, American serial killer.
- Jean-Claude Carle, 71, French politician, Senator.
- Graham Cooper, 81, Australian football player.
- Ekaterina Durova, 60, Russian actress.
- Bram Gay, 89, Welsh trumpeter and brass band musician.
- Richard G. Hatcher, 86, American politician, Mayor of Gary, Indiana and Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
- Roy Johnston, 90, Irish physicist and political activist.
- Roy Loney, 73, American rock singer.
- Ushiomaru Motoyasu, 41, Japanese rikishi, angiosarcoma.
- Wolfgang Nastainczyk, 87, German theologian.
- Benur Pashayan, 60, Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler, world champion.
- Emil Richards, 87, American percussionist.
- Joey Sandulo, 88, Canadian Olympic boxer.
- Carl Scheer, 82, American basketball executive, general manager of the Denver Nuggets and the Charlotte Hornets.
- Rashied Staggie, South African gangster, shot.
- Alfons Sweeck, 83, Belgian racing cyclist.
- Yasuhiro Takai, 74, Japanese baseball player, renal failure.
- Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse, 101, German typographer, calligrapher and book-binder.
14
- Yuri Belyayev, 85, Russian footballer, Olympic champion.
- Michèle Bernard-Requin, 76, French lawyer and magistrate, cancer.
- Chuy Bravo, 63, Mexican-born American actor and television personality, heart attack.
- John Briley, 94, American screenwriter, Oscar winner.
- Dmitri Chesnokov, 46, Russian footballer.
- Jack B. Farris, 84, American military officer, commander of ground forces during Operation Urgent Fury.
- Warren A. Grady, 95, American politician, member and majority leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
- André Gaumond, 83, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Sherbrooke.
- Lord Tim Hudson, 79, English DJ, voice actor, and agent.
- Michael Karkoc, 100, Ukrainian military officer.
- Anna Karina, 79, Danish-born French actress, cancer.
- A. K. M. Sirazul Islam Khan, 76, Bangladeshi academic, vice-chancellor of Jagannath University.
- Koo Cha-kyung, 94, South Korean business executive, chairman of LG Group.
- Stuart J. Knickerbocker, 94, American cartoonist and animator.
- Bernard Lavalette, 93, French actor.
- Meng Zhizhong, 84, Chinese satellite engineer, chief designer of the Fengyun-1 and -3.
- Moondog Rex, 69, American professional wrestler.
- Panamarenko, 79, Belgian sculptor.
- Pamela Payton-Wright, 78, American actress.
- Billie Rattigan, 87, Irish Gaelic footballer.
- Felix Rohatyn, 91, Austrian-born American banker and diplomat, Ambassador to France.
- Gita Siddharth, Indian actress.
- Jerome L. Singer, 95, American psychologist.
- Vladimir Tsyplakov, 50, Belarusian ice hockey player.
- Irv Williams, 100, American jazz saxophonist.
- Doug Woog, 75, American ice hockey coach.
- Barbara Wright, 84, Irish academic and translator.
- Ken Wright, 94, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council.
15
- Ron Areshenkoff, 62, Canadian hockey player and coach.
- Jean de Viguerie, 84, French historian.
- Alfred Dennis, 95, Australian politician, MLA.
- Tommy Forgan, 90, English footballer.
- Yuan-Cheng Fung, 100, Chinese-born American bioengineer.
- Wense Grabarek, 100, American politician, Mayor of Durham, North Carolina.
- Nicky Henson, 74, English actor, cancer.
- Neil Peter Jampolis, 76, American stage director.
- Rex Johnston, 82, American baseball and football player, heart failure.
- Dudley Kernick, 98, English footballer and commercial manager.
- Rajesh Khaitan, 75, Indian politician, MLA.
- Robert Kinkead, 67, American chef.
- David Lambie, 94, British politician, MP.
- Sonja Landweer, 86, Dutch artist.
- Monique Leyrac, 91, Canadian singer and actress.
- Sir Thomas Pearson, 105, British army general.
- Chuck Peddle, 82, American electrical engineer, designer of MOS Technology 6502, KIM-1 and Commodore PET, pancreatic cancer.
- Morgan Porteus, 102, American clergyman of the Episcopal Church, Bishop of Connecticut.
- I. D. Swami, 90, Indian politician.
- Tian Bo, 87, Chinese virologist.
- Andrew Woodhouse, 96, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Ludlow and Hereford.
16
- Stephen F. Barker, 92, American philosopher.
- Basil Butcher, 86, Guyanese cricketer.
- George Ferguson, 67, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Bentley Kassal, 102, American attorney, member of the New York State Assembly.
- Sir Hans Kornberg, 91, German-born British-American biochemist.
- Jürgen Kühling, 85, German jurist, judge of the Federal Constitutional Court.
- Peter Larkin, 93, American stage designer, four-time Tony winner.
- Bernard Lefèvre, 89, French Olympic footballer.
- Bertrand Lemennicier, 76, French economist.
- Sukhendu Maity, 92, Indian politician, MLA.
- Mama Cax, 30, Haitian-American model, cancer.
- Rich Rundles, 38, American baseball player.
- Bill Simpson, 79, American racing driver and businessman, stroke.
- Sevim Tekeli, 94, Turkish historian of science.
- Rob Tillard, 95, English cricketer and army officer.
- T. Torechu, 71, Indian politician, MLA.
- Averil Williams, 84, British Olympic athlete.
17
- Karin Balzer, 81, German hurdler, Olympic champion.
- Zafar Chaudhry, 93, Pakistani air marshal, airline executive and human rights activist, Chief of Air Staff, cardiac arrest.
- Da Chen, 57, Chinese-born American novelist, lung cancer.
- Enzio d'Antonio, 94, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Lanciano-Ortona.
- Hayden Fry, 90, American Hall of Fame college football player and coach, cancer.
- Jacques Grimbert, 90, French conductor.
- Connie Hartnett, 68, Irish football player.
- Malcolm Heath, 89, English cricketer.
- Ron Hogg, 68, British police officer, Durham Police and Crime Commissioner, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Bronco Horvath, 89, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Cuchlaine King, 97, British geomorphologist.
- Scot Kleinendorst, 59, American ice hockey player, workplace accident.
- Shriram Lagoo, 92, Indian actor.
- Cândido Lorenzo González, 94, Spanish-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato.
- Kaushalendra Pratap Shahi, 103, Indian politician, MLA.
- Tom White, 80, Scottish footballer.
- Peter Wollen, 81, British film theorist and filmmaker.
18
- Al Adinolfi, 85, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
- Patxi Andión, 72, Spanish singer-songwriter, musician and actor, traffic collision.
- Claudine Auger, 78, French actress and model.
- Alain Barrière, 84, French singer.
- Tunç Başaran, 81, Turkish film director and screenwriter.
- Herman Boone, 84, American football coach, subject of Remember the Titans.
- Jacques Bravo, 75, French politician, Councillor of Paris.
- Sylvia Chant, 60, British geographer.
- Geulah Cohen, 93, Israeli politician, member of Knesset and founder of Tehiya, Israel Prize recipient.
- Mary Cosh, 100, British freelance journalist and local historian.
- Leandro Despouy, 72, Argentine human rights lawyer, President of United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
- Ibrahim Diarra, 36, French rugby union player, heart attack.
- Marron Curtis Fort, 81, American-born German linguist.
- Abdullah Khodabandeh, 83, Iranian Olympic wrestler.
- Kenny Lynch, 81, English singer, actor and entertainer.
- Arty McGlynn, 75, Irish guitarist.
- Doug Ricketson, 89, Australian rugby league player.
- Jagdev Singh Rai, 50, Indian Olympic hockey player.
- Abbey Simon, 99, American classical pianist.
- Benjamin Uwajumogu, 51, Nigerian politician.
19
- Ricardo de Aparici, 79, Argentine lawyer and politician, Governor of Jujuy Province.
- Francisco Brennand, 92, Brazilian sculptor.
- Neil Cameron, 81, Canadian politician, academic and journalist, MNA.
- Jules Deelder, 75, Dutch poet.
- Jan de Laval, 71, Swedish actor.
- Sir Alex Jarratt, 95, British businessman and civil servant.
- Ward Just, 84, American journalist and author, Lewy body dementia.
- Saoul Mamby, 72, American boxer, WBC super lightweight champion.
- Brian Mayes, 85, British army officer, Director General Army Medical Services.
- George Metallinos, 79, Greek priest, theologian and author.
- Yoshio Mochizuki, 72, Japanese politician, MP.
- José Miguel Oviedo, 85, Peruvian writer and literary critic.
- Stanley J. Stein, 99, American historian.
- Arthur Verow, 77, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives, heart attack.
- Shahdon Winchester, 27, Trinidadian footballer, traffic collision.
- Alba Zaluar, 77, Brazilian anthropologist.
20
- Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, 83, Bangladeshi philanthropist, founder of BRAC, complications from a brain tumour.
- Matti Ahde, 73, Finnish politician, MP, pancreatic cancer.
- Zilda Cardoso, 83, Brazilian actress.
- Thomas Chandy, 72, Indian politician, MLA.
- Robert Creech, 91, Canadian horn player and arts administrator.
- Frank Foster, 79, English rugby league player and coach.
- Hermann L. Gremliza, 79, German journalist.
- Billy Hughes, 70, Scottish footballer.
- John Irwin, 79, American poet and literary critic.
- Junior Johnson, 88, American Hall of Fame racing driver and team owner.
- Ambrose Kiapseni, 74, Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kavieng.
- Eduard Krieger, 73, Austrian footballer.
- Klaus Uwe Ludwig, 76, German church music director and concert organist.
- Bashir Maan, 93, Pakistani-British politician.
- Roland Matthes, 69, German Hall of Fame swimmer, multiple world record holder, Olympic and world champion.
- Robert Moir, 58, Australian medical researcher, glioblastoma.
- Denis Norman, 89, British-born Zimbabwean politician, Minister of Agriculture and Transport.
- Marko Orlandić, 89, Montenegrin politician, Prime Minister and President.
- Yuri Pshenichnikov, 79, Soviet-born Russian football player and manager.
- Daniel Selvaraj, 81, Indian novelist.
- L. S. Sheshagiri Rao, 94, Indian writer and academic.
- Bruce M. Snell Jr., 90, American judge, Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court.
- Woody Vasulka, 82, American filmmaker and pioneer of video art.
21
- Gerry Alanguilan, 51, Filipino comic book artist and writer.
- Jimmy Allen, 67, American football player.
- Norm Angelini, 72, American baseball player.
- Stefan Angelov, 72, Bulgarian wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist.
- Ali Argon, 89, Turkish-born American engineer.
- François Autain, 84, French politician, Senator.
- Ramachandra Babu, 72, Indian cinematographer, heart attack.
- Peter Bartlett, 90, New Zealand architect and academic.
- Ronald Bowlby, 93, British Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Southwark.
- Leslie Brent, 94, British immunologist and zoologist.
- Deng Hongxun, 88, Chinese politician and engineer, Communist Party Secretary of Hainan.
- Gerald A. Feltham, 81, Canadian accounting researcher.
- Roger Goossens, 93, Belgian Olympic hockey player.
- William Higgins, 74, American gay pornographic film director, heart attack.
- Louis Jenkins, 77, American poet.
- Frankie Kennedy, 78, Irish Gaelic footballer.
- Isaac Kramnick, 81, American historian.
- Li Rongrong, 75, Chinese politician, Chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
- Lin Zonghu, 86, Chinese thermal engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
- G. Nanjundan, 58, Indian writer.
- Ron Penny, 82, Polish-born Australian immunologist.
- Martin Peters, 76, English football player and manager, World Cup winner.
- Lidio Rainaldi, 90, American politician, member of the New Mexico Senate.
- Joseph Segel, 88, American direct marketer.
- Muhammad Shahrur, 81, Syrian Islamic scholar.
- Bolotbek Shamshiyev, 78, Kyrgyz film director.
- Banwari Lal Sharma, 61, Indian politician, MLA, cancer.
- Sam Strahan, 74, New Zealand rugby union player.
- Emanuel Ungaro, 86, French fashion designer.
- Krisztián Zahorecz, 44, Hungarian footballer.
22
- Georget Bertoncello, 76, Belgian footballer.
- Thor Bjarne Bore, 81, Norwegian newspaper editor and politician, Chair of Norwegian Church Aid.
- Tony Britton, 95, British actor.
- Myrtle Cagle, 94, American pilot, member of Mercury 13.
- Mahmudul Amin Choudhury, 82, Bangladeshi judge, Chief Justice.
- Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, 70, Italian-born Canadian poet, heart attack.
- Sidney Holt, 93, British marine biologist.
- Greg Kirk, 56, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate, bile duct cancer.
- Fritz Künzli, 73, Swiss footballer.
- Bill Lambert, 89, New Zealand politician, MP for Western Hutt.
- Ronald Melzack, 90, Canadian psychologist, founding editor of Textbook of Pain.
- Karl E. Meyer, 91, American journalist.
- Mohammad Ebadot Hossain Mondal, 80, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
- Maurizio Noci, 82, Italian politician, MP.
- Ubirajara Penacho dos Reis, 85, Brazilian musician, stroke.
- Ram Dass, 88, American spiritual teacher, psychologist and author.
- Édison Realpe, 23, Ecuadorian footballer, traffic collision.
- Billy Slade, 78, Welsh cricketer.
- Elizabeth Spencer, 98, American novelist.
- Gary Talbot, 82, English footballer, lung cancer.
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- Jean Blot, 96, Russian-born French writer and translator.
- John Cain, 88, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria, stroke.
- Carl R. Deckard, 58, American inventor.
- David Foster, 90, American film producer.
- Jamie Lee Hamilton, 64, Canadian politician and sex worker advocate.
- Alan Harrington, 86, Welsh footballer.
- Elmer Beseler Harris, 80, American businessman and political strategist.
- Duncan MacKay, 82, Scottish footballer.
- Brian McGuinness, 92, British philosopher.
- Mr. Niebla, 46, Mexican professional wrestler, blood infection.
- Mustafa Mujezinović, 64, Bosnian politician, Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- George Petchey, 88, English football player and manager.
- Wanda Pimentel, 76, Brazilian painter.
- Fred B. Rooney, 94, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Pennsylvania State Senate.
- Charles Rubia, 96, Kenyan politician, MP and Mayor of Nairobi.
- Ahmed Gaid Salah, 79, Algerian military officer, Chief of Staff of the People's National Army, heart attack.
- John Simonian, 84, Kenyan Olympic hockey player,.
- Georgeta Snegur, 82, Romanian-born Moldovan socialite, First Lady.
- Ulla Trenter, 83, Swedish author.
- Ganga Prasad Vimal, 80, Indian writer, traffic collision.
- Bob Wade, 76, American sculptor and artist, heart failure.
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- Giacomo Bazzan, 69, Italian Olympic cyclist.
- Fred Emmer, 85, Dutch news anchor.
- Kelly Fraser, 26, Canadian Inuktitut pop singer and songwriter, suicide.
- Rusty Hilger, 57, American football player, cancer.
- David Hogness, 94, American scientist.
- Walter Horak, 88, Austrian footballer.
- Prasanna Jayawardena, 63, Sri Lankan judge, Justice of the Supreme Court.
- Sergei Karimov, 33, Kazakh footballer.
- Andrew Miller, 70, British politician, MP.
- Dave Riley, 59, American bassist, throat cancer.
- Werner Franz Siebenbrock, 82, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Governador Valadares.
- Noor Ali Tabandeh, 92, Iranian Islamic Sufi leader, Qutb of the Ni'matullāhī.
- Allee Willis, 72, American Hall of Fame songwriter and lyricist, cardiac arrest.
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- Patricia Alice Albrecht, 66, American actress and writer.
- Dario Antoniozzi, 96, Italian politician, MP, Secretary of the Council of Ministers and MEP.
- Ari Behn, 47, Norwegian author, member of the royal family, suicide.
- Vladimir Bushin, 95, Russian writer and literary critic.
- Neville Buswell, 76, British actor.
- Sultana Rezwan Chowdhury, 71, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
- Ethella Chupryk, 55, Ukrainian pianist.
- John Davidson, 93, British chemical engineer.
- Táňa Fischerová, 72, Czech actress, civic activist and politician, MP.
- Makhmut Gareev, 96, Russian military officer, Deputy Chief of the Soviet General Staff.
- Eliot Glassheim, 81, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives.
- William Greider, 83, American economics journalist, complications from heart failure.
- Andy Hassler, 68, American baseball player.
- Stephen Kasner, 49, American artist.
- Martyn King, 82, English footballer.
- Desmond King-Hele, 92, British scientist, poet and author.
- Johnny Matthews, 73, English football player and manager.
- Lee Mendelson, 86, American television producer, lung cancer.
- Yiannis Papadimitrou, 107, Greek lawyer, pro-democracy activist and politician, MP.
- William B. Pratt, 84, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, complications from a stroke.
- Niju Ram, Indian politician, MLA.
- Peter Schreier, 84, German operatic tenor and conductor.
- Chuck Turner, 79, American politician and activist, member of the Boston City Council.
- Albano Vicariotto, 88, Italian footballer.
26
- Badeti Bujji, 55, Indian politician, MLA, heart attack.
- Jocelyn Burdick, 97, American politician, U.S. Senator.
- Les Chadwick, 76, English bass player, brain cancer.
- Hans-Jörg Criens, 59, German footballer.
- Roger De Wilde, 79, Belgian Olympic water polo player.
- Elbert Dubenion, 86, American football player.
- Nicolas Estgen, 89, Luxembourgish politician, MEP.
- Arjan Hasid, 89, Indian poet.
- Jerry Herman, 88, American composer and lyricist, pulmonary disease.
- Sleepy LaBeef, 84, American rockabilly singer.
- Sue Lyon, 73, American actress.
- Nguyễn Văn Tý, 94, Vietnamese composer.
- Eigil Nielsen, 71, Danish footballer.
- Kushal Punjabi, 42, Indian actor and reality television contestant, suicide by hanging.
- Mike Reilly, 75, American politician.
- Gary Starkweather, 81, American engineer and inventor, leukemia.
- Galina Volchek, 86, Russian actress and film director, People's Artist of the USSR, pneumonia.
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- Quentin V. Anderson, 87, American politician.
- Dick Bokelmann, 93, American baseball player.
- Ulysses Currie, 84, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates and Senate.
- Romà Cuyàs i Sol, 81, Spanish Olympic sports commissioner, president of the Spanish Olympic Committee and the National Sports Council.
- Sachhidanand Narayan Deb, 98, Indian politician, MLA.
- Takehiko Endo, 81, Japanese politician, MP and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, pneumonia.
- Don Imus, 79, American radio personality, complications from lung disease.
- Phillip Carl Jablonski, 73, American serial killer.
- J. Charles Jones, 82, American civil rights activist, co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
- Bernard Lavigne, 65, French rugby union player.
- Garrett List, 76, American trombonist, vocalist and composer.
- Neal Peirce, 87, American columnist and author on urban affairs, glioblastoma.
- Remilia, 24, American professional video game player.
- Ilias Rosidis, 92, Greek footballer.
- John Rothchild, 74, American writer.
- Eunus Ali Sarkar, 66, Bangladeshi politician, MP, lung cancer.
- Jack Sheldon, 88, American trumpeter, singer and voice actor.
- Jasbir Singh, 78, Indian politician, MLA, heart attack.
- Wolfgang Sühnholz, 73, German-born American footballer and coach.
- Art Sullivan, 69, Belgian singer, pancreatic cancer.
- Ann Spokes Symonds, 94, English author and politician, Mayor of Oxford.
- Fabien Thiémé, 67, French politician, Mayor of Marly, Deputy.
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- Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell, 83, British scouting leader.
- Indramoni Bora, 81, Indian politician, MP.
- Mirko Crepaldi, 47, Italian racing cyclist, heart attack.
- John Christopher Dancy, 99, British headmaster.
- Dieter Danzberg, 79, German footballer.
- Vilhjálmur Einarsson, 85, Icelandic athlete, Olympic silver medallist.
- Nilcéa Freire, 66, Brazilian academic and politician, President of the Inter-American Commission of Women, cancer.
- Fred Graham, 88, American legal correspondent and television anchor, Peabody Award winner, Parkinson's disease.
- Richard M. Ivey, 94, Canadian lawyer and philanthropist.
- Carley Ann McCord, 30, American sports reporter, plane crash.
- Thanos Mikroutsikos, 72, Greek composer and politician, Minister of Culture.
- Amy Patterson, 107, Argentine composer, singer and poet.
- Anthony Ribustello, 53, American actor.
- Fred Richmond, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, pneumonia.
- Izzy Slapawitz, 71, American professional wrestler, manager and commentator, complications during surgery.
- Erzsébet Szőnyi, 95, Hungarian composer and music pedagogue, vice-president of the International Society for Music Education.
- Michael Trikilis, 79, American film and television producer.
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- Dina Birte Al-Erhayem, 44, Danish actress, suicide.
- LaDell Andersen, 90, American basketball coach.
- Abu Raihan Biswas, 79, Indian politician, MLA.
- Valentin Bogomazov, 76, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Peru and Ecuador.
- Carla Calò, 93, Italian actress.
- Radhakrishnan Dhanarajan, 39, Indian footballer, heart attack.
- Sebastián Ferrat, 41, Mexican actor, complications from food poisoning.
- Alasdair Gray, 85, Scottish visual artist and author.
- Neil Innes, 75, English comedian, musician and writer, heart attack.
- Paul X. Kelley, 91, American general, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
- Talukder Moniruzzaman, 81, Bangladeshi political scientist.
- Fred Mukisa, 70, Ugandan educator and politician, MP, cancer.
- Vaughan Oliver, 62, British graphic designer.
- Giovanni Paliaga, 88, Italian Olympic swimmer,.
- M. C. Ricklefs, 76, Australian orientalist.
- John Shuker, 77, British footballer.
- Sheesharam Singh, 74, Indian politician, MLA.
- Oluf Skarpnes, 87, Norwegian jurist.
- Manfred Stolpe, 83, German politician, Minister of Transport, liver cancer.
- Ken Strongman, 79, British-born New Zealand psychologist and academic.
- Norma Tanega, 80, American musician, singer-songwriter and artist, cancer.
- Harry Villegas, 79, Cuban Communist guerrilla and writer.
- Vishwesha Teertha, 88, Indian Dvaita Vedanta spiritual leader, Seer of Pejawara Matha, pneumonia.
- Neal Watlington, 97, American baseball player.
- Anthony Wilden, 84, British academic.
- Zhang Jiaxiang, 87, Chinese astronomer.
30
- Syed Muazzem Ali, 75, Bangladeshi diplomat.
- Beatriz Alfonso Nogue, 51, Spanish chess player.
- Piara Singh Bhaniara, 61, Indian Dalit religious leader, co-author of Bhavsagar Granth.
- Valentin Bliznyuk, 91, Russian aircraft designer, Tupolev design bureau.
- Micky Block, 79, English football player.
- Marion Chesney, 83, Scottish novelist.
- Marie Devereux, 79, English actress.
- Dragomir Draganov, 71, Bulgarian historian and politician, MP.
- Antônio Dumas, 64, Brazilian football player and manager.
- Jan Fedder, 64, German actor, cancer.
- Jack Garfein, 89, Czechoslovak-born American film producer and director, co-founder of the Hollywood Theatre Row.
- Prosper Grech, 94, Maltese Roman Catholic cardinal, co-founder of the Patristic Institute Augustinianum.
- Gertrude Himmelfarb, 97, American historian.
- Vibeke Klint, 92, Danish textile artist.
- Harry Kupfer, 84, German opera director.
- Horst Kwech, 82, Austrian-born Australian racecar driver.
- Slaheddine Maaoui, 69, Tunisian journalist and politician, Minister of Tourism, heart attack.
- Damiri Mahmud, 74, Indonesian writer.
- Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, 77, Libyan-Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli.
- Syd Mead, 86, American concept artist, lymphoma.
- Sonny Mehta, 77, Indian-British-American publishing executive.
- José Manuel Moreiras, 43, Argentine footballer, shot.
- Carl-Heinz Rühl, 80, German football player and manager.
- Elizabeth Sellars, 98, Scottish actress.
- André Smets, 76, Belgian politician, Mayor of Herve.
- Nils Petter Sundgren, 90, Swedish film critic and television presenter.
- Gennadiy Valyukevich, 61, Belarusian triple jumper, European indoor champion.
- Johnny Ward, 78, English rugby league footballer
- Charles Williams, Baron Williams of Elvel, 86, British business executive and cricketer, member of the House of Lords.
- Vikho-o Yhoshu, 67, Indian politician, MLA, lung cancer.
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- Serikbolsyn Abdildin, 82, Kazakh economist and politician, Chairman of the Supreme Council.
- Peeter Allik, 53, Estonian surrealist painter.
- Daniel P. Biebuyck, 94, Belgian art historian.
- Rene Daalder, 75, Dutch writer and director.
- Djimrangar Dadnadji, 65, Chadian politician, Prime Minister.
- Pierre Galet, 98, French ampelographer and author.
- Muhammadu Gawo, 65, Nigerian politician, member of the Jigawa State House of Assembly.
- Chucrallah Harb, 96, Lebanese Maronite hierarch, Bishop of Baalbek and Jounieh.
- Ratko Janev, 80, Macedonian atomic physicist.
- Ernie Jones, 87, Irish golfer.
- Vic Juris, 66, American jazz guitarist, liver cancer.
- J. L. Lewis, 59, American golfer, multiple myeloma.
- Janet Lowe, 79, American biographer and financial journalist, ovarian cancer.
- Shahla Riahi, 92, Iranian actress and film director.
- Shyqyri Rreli, 89, Albanian football player and manager .
- Eva Sørensen, 79, Danish sculptor.
- A. V. Swamy, 90, Indian politician, MP.
- Ivo-Valentino Tomaš, 26, Croatian footballer, suicide.
- Basil Watts, 93, English rugby league player, world champion.
- Martin West, 82, American actor.