Deaths in September 2017
The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2017.
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, what subject was noted for, cause of death, and reference.
September 2017
1
- S. Anitha, 17, Indian student, suicide by hanging.
- Armando Aste, 91, Italian alpinist.
- Shelley Berman, 92, American comedian and actor, Alzheimer's disease.
- Vladimír Brabec, 83, Czech actor and voice actor.
- Jackie Burkett, 80, American football player, leukemia.
- Jérôme Choquette, 89, Canadian lawyer and politician, MNA, pneumonia.
- Verner Dalskov, 85, Danish politician, mayor of Odense.
- Ralph Dellor, 69, British cricketer and broadcaster, sepsis.
- Isaac Fulwood, 77, American police officer, District of Columbia police chief.
- Bud George, 89, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
- Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 87, British peer.
- Tony Hakaoro, Cook Islands broadcaster and radio talk show host.
- Hedley Jones, 99, Jamaican musician, audio engineer and inventor.
- Alex Karczmar, 100, American neuroscientist.
- Elizabeth Kemp, 65, American actress, cancer.
- Matthew Labine, 58, American soap opera writer.
- Peadar Lamb, 87, Irish actor.
- Paul Moreno, 86, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives.
- Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, 85, English Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Arundel and Brighton and Westminster.
- Paul Schaal, 74, American baseball player, cancer.
- Rick Shorter, 83, American folk singer, record producer and author, stroke.
- Mick Softley, 77, British singer, songwriter and guitarist.
- Štefan Vrablec, 92, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava.
- Gin D. Wong, 94, Chinese-born American architect.
2
- Shirish Atre-Pai, 87, Indian poet.
- Marge Calhoun, 91, American surfer.
- Viktor Cherepkov, 75, Russian politician, mayor of Vladivostok, cancer.
- Eric Conn, 94, American biochemist.
- Halim El-Dabh, 96, Egyptian-born American composer and ethnomusicologist.
- Sybil Flory, 97, Burmese-born British teacher.
- Murray Lerner, 90, American documentarian and producer, Oscar winner, kidney failure.
- María Cristina Orive, 86, Guatemalan photojournalist.
- Hugo Obwegeser, 96, Austrian oral and plastic surgeon, father of modern orthognathic surgery.
- Ian Powe, 84, British naval officer.
- Michael Simanowitz, 46, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly.
- Lucky Varela, 82, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives.
- Drew Wahlroos, 37, American football player, suicide by gunshot.
- Xiang Shouzhi, 99, Chinese general, commander of the Nanjing Military Region and the Second Artillery Corps.
3
- Tom Amundsen, 74, Norwegian rower.
- John Ashbery, 90, American poet and art critic, Pulitzer Prize winner.
- Walter Becker, 67, American Hall of Fame musician, songwriter and producer, Grammy winner, esophageal cancer.
- William Clauson, 87, Swedish-American singer.
- Joan Colom, 96, Spanish photographer.
- John Byrne Cooke, 76, American author and musician, throat cancer.
- Luis Duarte, 76, Peruvian basketball player
- Roberto Hernandez Jr., 79, Mexican journalist and sportscaster.
- Jesús González, 58, Spanish Olympic rower.
- Dave Hlubek, 66, American guitarist and songwriter, heart attack.
- Victor Krasin, 88, Ukrainian-born Russian human rights activist, economist and Soviet dissident.
- Piet Ouderland, 84, Dutch footballer and basketball player.
- Sugar Ramos, 75, Cuban-Mexican Hall of Fame boxer, WBA/WBC featherweight champion, cancer.
- Larrington Walker, 70, Jamaican-born British actor.
- John P. White, 80, American politician, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, Parkinson's disease.
4
- Sultan Ahmed, 64, Indian politician, MP for Entally, heart attack.
- Badih Chaaban, 57, South African politician, Cape Town city councilor, cancer.
- Don Cockburn, 87, Irish journalist, presenter and newsreader.
- David Consunji, 95, Filipino engineer and industrialist.
- Mountaga Diallo, 74–75, Senegalese diplomat and army officer, Force Commander of MONUSCO, Ambassador to Russia.
- Bob Kehoe, 89, American soccer player.
- Jomde Kena, 49, Indian politician.
- John Wilson Lewis, 86, American political scientist.
- Earl Lindo, 64, Jamaican reggae musician.
- Lev Lipatov, 77, Russian nuclear and particle physicist.
- Les McDonald, 84, British-Canadian triathlon competitor and administrator.
- Harry Meshel, 93, American politician, member of the Ohio Senate.
- Gastone Moschin, 88, Italian actor, cardiomyopathy.
- José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco, 96, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tuxtla and San Juan de los Lagos, respiratory complications.
- Abdullah Maute, Filipino Islamist militant, killed in an airstrike.
5
- Eloísa Álvarez, 61, Spanish politician, Mayor of Soria, Deputy and Senator for Soria.
- Nicolaas Bloembergen, 97, Dutch-American physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
- Holger Czukay, 79, German musician.
- Cedric Hassall, 97, New Zealand chemist.
- Robert Jenson, 87, American theologian.
- Mike Lair, 71, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives, heart disease.
- Gauri Lankesh, 55, Indian journalist and political activist, shot.
- Ma Kwang-soo, 66, South Korean author.
- Gina Mason, 57, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives.
- Arno Rink, 76, German painter.
- Hansford Rowe, 93, American actor, traffic collision.
- Bo Södersten, 86, Swedish professor and politician, MP.
- Sir Terence Streeton, 87, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
- Tom Wright, 93, American baseball player.
6
- Derek Bourgeois, 75, English composer, cancer.
- Sir Robert Bruce-Gardner, 74, British art conservator.
- Carlo Caffarra, 79, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara–Comacchio and Bologna.
- Raúl Castañeda, 34, Mexican Olympic boxer, shot.
- Daniel Federman, 89, American medical researcher.
- Walter Guralnick, 100, American dentist.
- Rosa Judge, 97, Maltese musician.
- Peter Luck, 73, Australian journalist and television presenter, Parkinson's disease.
- Nicolae Lupescu, 76, Romanian football player and manager.
- Şerif Mardin, 90, Turkish sociologist.
- Jim McDaniels, 69, American basketball player, complications from diabetes.
- Eleanore Mikus, 90, American artist.
- Kate Millett, 82, American feminist writer, cardiac arrest.
- Mike Neville, 80, British television presenter, cancer.
- Noel Picard, 78, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Solomon Efimovich Shulman, 81, Belarusian writer and film director.
- Dimitris Varos, 68, Greek journalist and poet.
- Hugo Wathne, 84, Norwegian sculptor.
- Lotfi A. Zadeh, 96, Azerbaijani-born American mathematician, innovator of fuzzy mathematics.
7
- Türkân Akyol, 88, Turkish politician, physician and academic, Minister of Health and Social Security and rector of University of Ankara.
- Jeremiah Goodman, 94, American illustrator.
- Terence Harvey, 72, British actor, cancer.
- Mike Hicks, 80, British politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party.
- Tsunenori Kawai, 80, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors.
- Kim Ki-duk, 82, South Korean film director and professor, lung cancer.
- Mark P. Mahon, 87, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
- Gene Michael, 79, American baseball player, manager and executive, World Series winner, heart attack.
- Charles Owens, 85, American golfer.
- Jeanne Robert, 103, French WWII resistance member.
- Roger Gordon Strand, 83, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.
- Tomás Villanueva, 64, Spanish politician, Vice President of Castile and León region, heart attack.
- Duncan Watt, 74, Zambian-born Singaporean broadcaster and author.
8
- Ann Bagnall, 90, British cookbook publisher.
- Lawrence Bartell, 84, American physical chemist.
- Pierre Bergé, 86, French businessman, co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent, myopathy.
- Cory Cadden, 48, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Parzival Copes, 93, Canadian economist.
- Isabelle Daniels, 80, American sprinter, Olympic bronze medalist.
- A. Joseph DeNucci, 78, American boxer and politician, Massachusetts State Auditor, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
- Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd, 97, American political economist and activist.
- Kevin Dynon, 92, Australian football player.
- Blake Heron, 35, American actor, accidental fentanyl overdose.
- Connie Johnson, 40, Australian cancer research fundraiser, breast cancer.
- Harry M. Kuitert, 92, Dutch theologian.
- Catherine Hardy Lavender, 87, American sprinter, Olympic gold medalist.
- Daniel McNeill, 70, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
- Toshihiko Nakajima, 55, Japanese voice actor.
- Jerry Pournelle, 84, American science fiction author and journalist.
- Karl Ravens, 90, German politician, Federal Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development.
- Humberto Rosa, 85, Argentine-Italian football player.
- Ljubiša Samardžić, 80, Serbian actor and director.
- José Antonio Souto, 78, Spanish jurist, academic and politician, Mayor of Santiago de Compostela.
- R. N. Sudarshan, 78, Indian actor, kidney disease.
- Don Williams, 78, American Hall of Fame country music singer and songwriter, emphysema.
9
- Frank Aarebrot, 70, Norwegian political scientist, complications following a heart attack.
- Gretta Chambers, 90, Canadian journalist and Chancellor of McGill University.
- Velasio de Paolis, 81, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, cancer.
- Jim Donohue, 79, American baseball player.
- Michael Friedman, 41, American composer and lyricist, complications from AIDS.
- Sir Pat Goodman, 88, New Zealand businessman.
- Mike Hodge, 70, American actor and union executive.
- Oscar E. Huber, 100, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives.
- Geoffrey Maynard, 95, British economist.
- Otto Meitinger, 90, German architect and preservationist, president of the Technical University of Munich.
- Harold Nutter, 93, Canadian Anglican prelate, Metropolitan of Canada.
- Pierre Pilote, 85, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Doug Sewell, 87, English golfer.
- Wang Hairong, 78, Chinese politician.
10
- Hans Alfredson, 86, Swedish actor, film director, writer and comedian.
- Xavier Atencio, 98, American animator, lyricist and Imagineer.
- Stephen Begley, 42, Scottish rugby union player.
- Luigi Maria Burruano, 68, Italian actor '', cancer.
- Mel Didier, 90, American baseball scout and coach.
- Nancy Dupree, 89, American historian.
- E Thi, 47, Burmese fortune teller.
- Sir David Ford, 82, British government official, Chief Secretary of Hong Kong.
- Kenneth I. Gross, 78, American mathematician.
- Harry Landers, 96, American actor.
- René Laurentin, 99, French theologian.
- Kate Murtagh, 96, American actress.
- James Morwood, 73, English classical scholar.
- Don Ohlmeyer, 72, American entertainment executive, cancer.
- Jean Pruitt, 77, American charity worker.
- Konstantins Pupurs, 53, Latvian political scientist.
- B. V. Radha, 69, Indian actress, heart attack.
- Grigoris Varfis, 90, Greek politician, MEP and Commissioner for Regional Policy.
- Gerald Willet, 82, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate.
- Len Wein, 69, American comic book writer and editor, co-creator of Wolverine.
11
- Abdul Halim of Kedah, 89, Malaysian sultan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan of Kedah.
- Jan Brittin, 58, English cricketer, cancer.
- Alfonso Caycedo, 84, Colombian medical hypnotist.
- Dan Currie, 82, American football player.
- J. P. Donleavy, 91, Irish-American novelist and playwright.
- Alfred Gadenne, 71, Belgian politician, mayor of Mouscron, slit throat.
- Sir Peter Hall, 86, British theatre, opera and film director, director of the National Theatre, dementia.
- Virgil Howe, 41, British drummer.
- Bruce Laming, 79, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mooloolah, dementia.
- Mark LaMura, 68, American actor, lung cancer.
- James Madison Lee, 90, American lieutenant general.
- Alberto Pagani, 79, Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
- Jeff Parker, 53, American ice hockey player, heart and lung infections.
- Arnold Sagalyn, 99, American journalist.
- António Francisco dos Santos, 69, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Aveiro and Porto, heart attack.
- Malcolm Templeton, 93, New Zealand diplomat, Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
12
- Frank Capp, 86, American jazz drummer.
- John Chambers, 86, Australian cricketer.
- Heiner Geißler, 87, German politician, Secretary General of the CDU, Federal Minister of Youth, Family and Health.
- Alex Hawkins, 80, American football player.
- Charles F. Knight, 81, American businessman, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
- Siegfried Köhler, 94, German conductor.
- Allan MacEachen, 96, Canadian politician, Deputy Prime Minister, MP for Inverness—Richmond and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso.
- Bert McCann, 84, Scottish footballer.
- Nicoletta Panni, 84, Italian opera singer.
- Tudor Petruș, 67, Romanian Olympic fencer.
- Xohana Torres, 85, Spanish Galician language writer, poet, narrator and playwright.
- Gary I. Wadler, 78, American physician, multiple system atrophy.
- Edith Windsor, 88, American mathematician and activist, lead plaintiff in United States v. Windsor.
13
- Basi, 37, Chinese panda, world's oldest living, cirrhosis and renal failure.
- David Bey, 60, American boxer, struck by steel sheet.
- Peter Birch, 65, British actor, esophageal cancer.
- Pete Domenici, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate for New Mexico, complications from abdominal surgery.
- Per Fugelli, 73, Norwegian author, physician and professor of medicine, colorectal cancer.
- Basil Gogos, 88, American magazine cover illustrator.
- Slavko Goldstein, 89, Croatian journalist, screenwriter, publisher and politician.
- Grant Hart, 56, American singer, songwriter and drummer, liver cancer.
- Saby Kamalich, 78, Peruvian film and television actress.
- Stewart Moss, 79, American actor, writer, and director.
- Gary Otte, 45, American murderer and robber, execution by lethal injection.
- Edwin H. Ragsdale, 87, American politician.
- Kazimierz Ryczan, 78, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kielce.
- Robert Franz Schmidt, 84, German physiologist.
- Frank Vincent, 80, American actor, complications during heart surgery.
- Derek Wilkinson, 82, English footballer.
14
- Wolfgang Bochow, 73, German badminton player.
- Arnold Chan, 50, Canadian politician and lawyer, MP for Scarborough—Agincourt, nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
- George Englund, 91, American film producer and director, fall.
- Michael Freeman, 85, British orthopaedic surgeon.
- Marcel Herriot, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Verdun and Soissons.
- Ermalee Hickel, 92, American philanthropist, First Lady of Alaska.
- Wim Huis, 89, Dutch footballer.
- John Humphreys, 85, Australian fencer.
- Tommy Irvin, 88, American politician, Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture, member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
- Djibo Leyti Kâ, 69, Senegalese politician, Foreign Minister.
- Ata Kandó, 103, Hungarian-born Dutch photographer.
- Wolfgang Michels, 66, German musician.
- Jan Niemiec, 76, Polish slalom canoeist.
- Otto Wanz, 74, Austrian professional wrestler and promoter.
15
- Arthur Apfel, 94, British figure skater.
- Violet Brown, 117, Jamaican supercentenarian, world's oldest living person.
- Alma Evans-Freke, 85, New Zealand television presenter.
- Frode Granhus, 52, Norwegian author.
- Mircea Ionescu-Quintus, 100, Ukrainian-born Romanian politician, Minister of Justice and President of the Senate, heart failure.
- Herbert W. Kalmbach, 95, American attorney and banker, figure in the Watergate scandal.
- Wolfgang Klein, 76, German lawyer, football director, and Olympic long-jumper.
- Izidoro Kosinski, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Três Lagoas.
- Myrna Lamb, 87, American playwright, heart disease.
- Leon Mestel, 90, British astronomer and astrophysicist.
- Albert Moses, 79, Sri Lankan actor.
- Nan Rendong, 72, Chinese astronomer, founder of the Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, lung cancer.
- Jim Reese, 87, American politician, mayor of Odessa, Texas.
- Dwijen Sharma, 88, Bangladeshi naturalist, kidney disease.
- Anthony Thomas Smith, 82, British lawyer.
- Albert Speer Jr., 83, German architect, complications from a fall.
- Harry Dean Stanton, 91, American actor.
- Hans Weinberger, 88, Austrian-born American mathematician.
- Geoff Wragg, 87, British horse trainer.
16
- Bautista Álvarez, 84, Spanish Galician nationalist politician, heart attack.
- Gerald Bernbaum, 81, British academic administrator, Vice-Chancellor of Southbank University, cancer.
- Penny Chenery, 95, American racehorse owner and breeder.
- Ted Christopher, 59, American racecar driver, plane crash.
- Ben Dorcy, 92, American roadie.
- Steve Evans, 59, English rugby league player.
- Mitchell Flint, 94, American fighter pilot.
- José Florencio Guzmán, 88, Chilean lawyer and politician, Minister of National Defence.
- Nicolaas Jouwe, 93, Papuan politician, vice-president of New Guinea Council.
- Brenda Lewis, 96, American opera soprano and theatre actress.
- Madge Meredith, 96, American actress.
- Fred Moore, 97, French colonel and politician, MP and Order of Liberation.
- Nabeel Qureshi, 34, American Christian apologist, stomach cancer.
- Brendan Reilly, 38, Irish Gaelic football player.
- Marcelo Rezende, 65, Brazilian journalist and television presenter, pancreatic and liver cancer.
- Petr Šabach, 66, Czech writer.
- Bucky Scribner, 57, American football player, brain cancer.
- Arjan Singh, 98, Indian Air Force marshal, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, heart attack.
- Sven Oluf Sørensen, 96, Norwegian physicist.
- Elżbieta Wierniuk, 66, Polish Olympic diver
17
- Bonnie Angelo, 93, American journalist, complications from dementia.
- Steve Baker, 79, American illusionist.
- Eugenio Bersellini, 81, Italian football player and manager, pneumonia.
- Cris Bolado, 47, Filipino basketball player, traffic collision.
- Gerd Bollmann, 69, German politician.
- Mahant Chandnath, 61, Indian politician, MP for Alwar, cancer.
- Kirpal Singh Chugh, 84, Indian nephrologist.
- René Drucker Colín, 80, Mexican scientist, researcher and journalist.
- Mary Fairfax, 95, Polish-born Australian philanthropist.
- Suzan Farmer, 75, British actress.
- William F. Goodling, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district.
- Bobby Heenan, 72, American professional wrestler, manager and commentator, organ failure.
- Dave Hilton, 67, American baseball player.
- Bob Holland, 70, Australian cricketer, brain cancer.
- Per Kleiva, 84, Norwegian painter.
- Marc Klionsky, 90, Belarusian-born American painter.
- Laudir de Oliveira, 77, Brazilian percussionist and producer.
- Lucy Ozarin, 103, American psychiatrist.
- Buster Parnell, 83, Irish jockey.
- Iftikhar Qaisar, 60, Pakistani actor.
- Uwe Storch, 77, German mathematician.
- Mohammed Taslimuddin, 74, Indian politician, MP for Araria.
- Lionel Wilson, 84, South African rugby union player.
18
- Ronald E. Carrier, 85, American educator, President of James Madison University.
- Paul E. Gray, 85, American professor, President of MIT, Alzheimer's disease.
- Paul Horner, 38, American fake news writer and comedian, drug overdose.
- Qamar ul Islam, 69, Indian politician, Member of Karnataka Parliament, heart attack.
- Tony Laffey, 92, New Zealand footballer.
- Chuck Low, 89, American actor.
- Jean Plaskie, 76, Belgian footballer.
- Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, 80, Pakistani writer.
- Mark Selby, 56, American musician, cancer.
- Zurab Sotkilava, 80, Georgian-Russian footballer and opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR, pancreatic cancer.
- Sydney Starkie, 91, English cricketer.
- Pete Turner, 83, American photographer.
- Kenji Watanabe, 48, Japanese Olympic swimmer.
- Paul Wilson, 66, Scottish footballer.
19
- Sir Brian Barder, 83, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Nigeria and Australia.
- Christine Butler, 73, British politician, MP for Castle Point, dementia.
- Bernie Casey, 78, American actor and football player.
- Else Marie Christiansen, 96, Norwegian speed skater.
- Sir John Hunt, 88, British politician, MP for Bromley and Ravensbourne.
- Leonid Kharitonov, 84, Russian opera singer, soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble and People’s Artist of the RSFSR.
- Jake LaMotta, 95, American Hall of Fame boxer and comedian, inspiration for Raging Bull, complications from pneumonia.
- Vasily Melnikov, 74, Soviet Olympic skier.
- Massimo Natili, 82, Italian racing driver.
- John Nicholson, 75, New Zealand racing driver.
- Sigurður Pálsson, 69, Icelandic author, cancer.
- José Salcedo, 68, Spanish film editor, Goya winner.
- Johnny Sandlin, 72, American record producer, cancer.
- David Shepherd, 86, British artist and conservationist, Parkinson's disease.
- Manuela Sykes, 92, British politician and activist.
- Helen J. Walker, 64, British space scientist.
20
- Greg Antonacci, 70, American director, actor and producer.
- Santanu Bhowmik, Indian journalist, murdered.
- Ken Dean, 90, English rugby league footballer.
- William J. Ely, 105, American army officer.
- Richard Gendall, 93, British linguist and teacher.
- Mickey Harrington, 82, American baseball player.
- Garry Hill, 70, American baseball player.
- Jimmy Magee, 82, Irish sports broadcaster.
- Ene Mihkelson, 72, Estonian poet and novelist.
- Ed Phillips, 73, American baseball player, cancer.
- Lillian Ross, 99, American journalist and author, stroke.
- Oskar Schulz, 93, Austrian cross country skier, mineralogist and petrologist.
- Shakila, 82, Indian actress, heart attack.
- Arne Solli, 79, Norwegian military officer, Chief of Defence.
- Sir Teddy Taylor, 80, British politician, MP for Glasgow Cathcart and Rochford and Southend East.
21
- Edward Allington, 66, British sculptor.
- David Beatson, 72–73, New Zealand broadcaster.
- Liliane Bettencourt, 94, French cosmetics businesswoman and socialite, world's richest woman.
- Johnny Burke, 77, Canadian country singer.
- Vera Burt, 90, New Zealand cricketer and field hockey player, coach and administrator.
- Juan Nicolás Callejas Arroyo, 73, Mexican politician, Deputy for Veracruz.
- Michael Colborne, 83, British Royal Navy officer and private secretary.
- Warren Druetzler, 88, American athlete.
- Larry J. McKinney, 73, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
- Maurice Nivat, 79, French computer scientist, co-father of theoretical computer science.
- Evelyn Scott, 81, Australian Indigenous social activist, Chairwoman of the National Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation.
- William G. Stewart, 84, British game show host and television producer.
22
- Mohammed Mahdi Akef, 89, Egyptian religious and political leader, head of the Muslim Brotherhood, cancer.
- Mike Bright, 79, American Olympic volleyball player.⋅
- Mike Carr, 79, English keyboard player.
- Thelma Chalifoux, 88, Canadian Métis teacher and politician, Senator.
- Dunc Fisher, 90, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Gérard Haché, 92, Canadian politician, New Brunswick MLA.
- Paavo Lonkila, 94, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion.
- Bill Michie, 81, British politician, MP for Sheffield Heeley, chest infection.
- Shmuel Moreh, 84, Iraqi-born Israeli writer and Arabic professor.
- Harold Pendleton, 93, British music executive and club owner.
- Rick Shaw, 78, American radio disc jockey.
- Elizete da Silva, 46, Brazilian heptathlete, South American champion, traffic collision.
- Börje Vestlund, 57, Swedish politician, MP.
- Sima Wali, 66, Afghan human rights advocate.
- John Worsdale, 68, English footballer.
- Daniel Yankelovich, 92, American social scientist, kidney failure.
- Stan Zajdel, 90, American football player and coach.
23
- Valery Asapov, 51, Russian army general, blast injury.
- Charles Bradley, 68, American singer, stomach cancer.
- Loreto Carbonell, 84, Filipino basketball player, cardiac arrest.
- Dorothy Eck, 93, American politician, member of the Montana Senate.
- Seth Firkins, 36, American audio engineer.
- Caesar Giovannini, 92, American composer and pianist.
- Harvey Jacobs, 87, American author.
- Simon J. Kistemaker, 87, American theologian.
- Aline Nistad, 63, Norwegian trombonist, cancer.
- Charles Osborne, 89, Australian-born British music writer.
- Elizabeth D. Phillips, 72, American educator and academic administrator, Provost of the University of Florida.
- Samuel H. Young, 94, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 10th congressional district.
24
- María Julia Alsogaray, 74, Argentine politician, MP for City of Buenos Aires and Secretary of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, pancreatic cancer.
- Washington Benavides, 87, Uruguayan poet, professor and musician.
- Barbara Blaine, 61, American founder of SNAP, heart disease.
- Tharald Brøvig Jr., 75, Norwegian shipowner.
- Gisèle Casadesus, 103, French actress.
- Al Cannava, 93, American football player.
- E.G.D. Cohen, 94, Dutch-American physicist.
- Norman Dyhrenfurth, 99, Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker.
- Jack Good, 86, British producer.
- Albert Innaurato, 70, American playwright.
- Kito Lorenc, 79, German writer, stroke.
- Orville Lynn Majors, 56, American serial killer, heart failure.
- Manuel da Silva Martins, 90, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Setúbal.
- Joseph M. McDade, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district.
- Robert J. McFarlin, 87, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
- Kit Reed, 85, American science fiction and mystery writer, brain tumor.
- Carlos Vidal Layseca, 85, Peruvian doctor, Minister of Health and Rector of Cayetano Heredia University.
25
- Joe Bailon, 94, American car customizer, creator of candy apple red color.
- M. Cherif Bassiouni, 79, Egyptian lawyer and human rights activist, multiple myeloma.
- Richard Beckler, 77, American attorney.
- Tony Booth, 85, British actor.
- Nora Marks Dauenhauer, 90, American Tlingit author, poet, and scholar.
- Liz Dawn, 77, British actress, emphysema.
- Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 37, Egyptian woman, world's heaviest, kidney failure and intestinal shock.
- Helga Grebing, 87, German historian.
- Anatoly Gromyko, 85, Russian scientist and diplomat.
- Mathew Hu Xiande, 83, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Ningbo.
- Aneurin Jones, 87, Welsh painter.
- Bobby Knutt, 71, British actor and comedian, heart attack.
- Peter Lewis, 75, Australian politician, Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly.
- David Mainse, 81, Canadian televangelist.
- Leonard Mashako Mamba, 66, Congolese politician, Minister of Public Health and Minister of Higher Education and Universities.
- Tom Miller, 70, Canadian ice hockey player, cancer.
- Grant H. Palmer, 77, American educator and writer, cancer.
- Clarence Purfeerst, 90, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate.
- Tim Quill, 54, American actor, cancer.
- Folke Rabe, 81, Swedish composer.
- Charles Roff, 65, Scottish photographer.
- Arun Sadhu, 76, Indian writer, cardiomyopathy.
- Joe Schaffer, 79, American football player, progressive aphasia.
- Freddy Shepherd, 76, English businessman, Chairman of Newcastle United.
- Joseph W. Schmitt, 101, American spacesuit technician.
- Yoshitomo Tokugawa, 67, Japanese writer, head of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke.
- Jan Tříska, 80, Czech actor, fall.
- Jim Walrod, 56, American interior design consultant.
- Elaine Hoffman Watts, 85, American drummer.
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- Mehmet Aksoy, 32, British filmmaker, shot.
- Anthony Allom, 78, English cricketer.⋅
- Samuel Amirtham, 85, Indian Anglican prelate and theologian, Bishop of South Kerala.
- Dominador Aytona, 99, Filipino politician, Senator.
- Mario Bedogni, 93, Italian Olympic ice hockey player.
- Ludmila Belousova, 81, Russian pair skater, Olympic champion.
- Richard Boucher, 85, French footballer.
- Donnie Corker, 65, American transvestite entertainer.
- Sir James Craig, 93, British diplomat, Ambassador to Syria and Saudi Arabia.
- Robert Delpire, 91, French photographer, publisher and filmmaker.
- Barry Dennen, 79, American actor, complications from a fall.
- Květa Fialová, 88, Czech actress.
- Neville Furlong, 49, Irish rugby player.
- Günter Halm, 95, German World War II military officer.
- Augustine Hoey, 101, English priest.
- Morton Kaplan, 96, American political scientist.
- Fred Ryecraft, 78, English footballer.
- Sigmund Vangsnes, 91, Norwegian educationalist.
- Rinse Zijlstra, 90, Dutch politician, MP, Mayor of Smallingerland, and Senator.
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- Edmond Abelé, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Monaco and Digne.
- K.R. Aravindakshan, 66, Indian politician.
- Dwijen Bandyopadhyay, 68, Indian actor, heart attack.
- Raymond Buckland, 83, English Wiccan writer.
- CeDell Davis, 90, American blues musician.
- Joy Fleming, 72, German singer.
- Hans Gerschwiler, 96, Swiss figure skater, Olympic silver medalist.
- Sir Richard Greenbury, 81, British businessman, Chairman of Marks and Spencer.
- Hiromi Hayakawa, 34, Japanese-born Mexican actress and singer, liver hemorrhage during childbirth.
- Hugh Hefner, 91, American magazine publisher, businessman and reality television personality, cardiac arrest due to sepsis.
- Anne Jeffreys, 94, American actress.
- Manuel Jiménez, 77, Spanish Olympic archer
- Vann Johnson, 56, American singer, cancer.
- Red Miller, 89, American football coach, complications from a stroke.
- Stanley M. Rumbough Jr., 97, American businessman.
- Zuzana Růžičková, 90, Czech harpsichordist, cancer.
- Antonio Spallino, 92, Italian fencer and politician, Olympic champion and Mayor of Como.
- Alfred Stepan, 81, American political scientist.
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- Aleksey Arifullin, 46, Russian footballer.
- Jerry Balmuth, 93, American philosopher.
- Chyung Jinkyu, 77, South Korean writer.
- Makhan Lal Fotedar, 85, Indian politician.
- Balys Gajauskas, 91, Lithuanian politician and prisoner of conscience, member of the Seimas.
- Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, 90, Spanish film director and producer.
- Lee Hsin, 64, Taiwanese politician, member of the National Assembly and the Taipei City Council, suicide by jumping.
- Marietta Marich, 87, American radio personality and actress.
- Donald Mitchell, 92, British musicologist.
- Steven Marshall, 60, British chief executive.
- Vann Molyvann, 90, Cambodian architect.
- Daniel Pe'er, 74, Israeli television host, complications from a stroke.
- Željko Perušić, 81, Croatian football player and manager.
- Jürgen Roth, 71, German journalist.
- Andreas Schmidt, 53, German actor and director, cancer.
- Spikeld, 23–24, Norwegian racehorse, euthanized.
- Alan Thompson, 54, British broadcaster.
- Benjamin Whitrow, 80, British actor.
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- Abu Tahsin al-Salhi, 63, Iraqi sniper, shot.
- Tom Alter, 67, Indian actor, skin cancer.
- Joep Baartmans-van den Boogaart, 77, Dutch politician.
- Keith Bush, 87, British army officer and intelligence analyst.
- Lorenz Funk, 70, German ice hockey player and manager, Olympic bronze medalist, cancer.
- Tim Hackworth, 84, British army officer.
- Rolf Herings, 77, German Olympic javelin thrower and football coach.
- Tore Lindbekk, 84, Norwegian sociologist and politician.
- Philippe Médard, 58, French handball player, Olympic bronze medalist.
- Wiesław Michnikowski, 95, Polish actor.
- Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris, 85, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kurunegala.
- Magdalena Ribbing, 77, Swedish etiquette expert, writer and journalist, complications from a fall.
- Ryūji Saikachi, 89, Japanese voice actor, heart failure.
- Jarvis Scott, 70, American sprinter.
- Ian Smith, 76, New Zealand rugby union player.
- Dmitry Smolsky, 80, Belarusian composer and teacher.
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- Alan K. Adlington, 92, Canadian economist.
- Hortense Aka-Anghui, 83, Ivorian politician and pharmacist, MP, Mayoress of Port-Bouët and Minister of Women's Affairs.
- Apex, 36, British drum and bass music producer, suicide.
- John Arenhold, 86, South African cricketer.
- Elizabeth Baur, 69, American actress.
- Francis Harold Brown, 73, American geologist.
- Alan Carroll, 84, British RAF officer and engineer.
- Max Haines, 86, Canadian crime columnist and author, progressive supranuclear palsy.
- Monty Hall, 96, Canadian-American game show host, heart failure.
- Frank Hamblen, 70, American basketball coach, heart attack.
- Donald Malarkey, 96, American soldier, depicted in Band of Brothers.
- Jimmy McDonnell, 90, Irish Gaelic footballer.
- Glen Newey, 56, British political philosopher, boating accident.
- Tom Paley, 89, American folk musician.
- Lou Reda, 92, American documentary filmmaker.
- Stig Stenholm, 78, Finnish physicist.
- Joe Taruc, 70, Filipino news anchor and radio broadcaster.
- Gunnar Thoresen, 97, Norwegian footballer.
- Joe Tiller, 74, American football coach.
- Vladimir Voevodsky, 51, Russian-American mathematician, 2002 Fields medalist.