Deaths in August 2015
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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2015.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
August 2015
1
- Stephan Beckenbauer, 46, German footballer (Bayern Munich), brain tumour.[1]
- Cilla Black, 72, British singer ("Anyone Who Had a Heart", "You're My World", "Step Inside Love") and TV presenter (Blind Date, Surprise Surprise, The Moment of Truth), stroke following a fall.[2]
- Ian Bryans, 62, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos, Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats).[3]
- Bernard d'Espagnat, 93, French theoretical physicist and philosopher of science.[4]
- A. B. M. Elias, 71, Bangladesh army general.[5]
- Michael D. Flinn, 74, American politician.[6]
- Bob Frankford, 76, Canadian politician.[7]
- Mates Friesel, 91, American politician, mayor and founder of New Square, New York (since 1961).[8]
- Hank Izquierdo, 84, Cuban baseball player (Minnesota Twins).[9]
- Hong Yuanshuo, 67, Chinese football player and coach (Beijing Guoan), colorectal cancer.[10]
- Vincent Marotta, 91, American entrepreneur, co-creator of Mr. Coffee.[11]
- Sheperd Paine, 69, American military historian and modeler, stroke.[12]
- Chiara Pierobon, 22, Italian professional cyclist, suspected pulmonary embolism.[13]
- Kevin Whyman, 39, English rower and pilot, plane crash.[14]
2
- Benton Becker, 77, American lawyer.[15]
- Forrest Bird, 94, American Hall of Fame aviator and inventor.[16]
- Giovanni Conso, 93, Italian jurist, Minister of Justice (1993–1994).[17]
- Sammy Cox, 91, Scottish footballer (Rangers, national team).[18]
- Tyler Drumheller, 63, American CIA agent, pancreatic cancer.[19]
- Piet Fransen, 79, Dutch footballer (FC Groningen, national team).[20]
- Phyllis Grosskurth, 91, Canadian biographer.[21]
- Mahmoud Guinia, 64, Moroccan Gnawa musician.[22]
- Stephen Huss, 47, Canadian musician (Psyche).[23]
- Ken Jones, 85, Welsh author and Buddhist activist.[24]
- Ken Lewis, 74, English singer and songwriter (Can't You Hear My Heartbeat), complications from diabetes.[25]
- Robert Lukens, 42, American historian and collection manager (United States Capitol Visitor Center), President of the Chester County Historical Society (since 2011), cancer.[26]
- Natalia Molchanova, 53, Russian free diver.[27]
- J. Durward Morsch, 94, American composer.[28]
- Jacques Navadic, 95, French journalist and broadcasting editor.[29]
- Adolphe Nshimirimana, 50, Burundian general, Army chief of staff, rocket attack.[30]
- Sir Sydney Schubert, 87, Australian public servant.[31]
- June Schwarcz, 97, American enamel artist.[32]
- Jack Spring, 82, American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels), Parkinson's disease.[33]
- Içami Tiba, 74, Brazilian psychiatrist and writer.[34]
3
- Hiroyuki Agawa, 94, Japanese writer.[35]
- Jean Aicardi, 88, French neurologist.[36]
- Salvatore Cassisa, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Monreale (1978–1997).[37]
- Robert Conquest, 98, British-born American historian (The Great Terror), pneumonia.[38]
- Francois Drummer, 76, South African cricketer.[39]
- Mel Farr, 70, American football player (Detroit Lions).[40]
- Coleen Gray, 92, American actress (Nightmare Alley, Kiss of Death, The Killing).[41]
- Chris Hyndman, 49, Canadian TV personality (Steven and Chris), fall.[42]
- Carol Brown Janeway, 71, British-born American editor and translator (The Reader), cancer.[43]
- Frank Kerns, 82, American college basketball coach (Georgia Southern).[44]
- Margot Loyola, 96, Chilean folk singer and musician.[45]
- Cynthia Macdonald, 87, American poet, heart failure.[46]
- Lynn Manning, 60, American poet, playwright and actor (Seinfeld, 8 Simple Rules), liver cancer.[47]
- John Henry Merryman, 95, American legal scholar.[48]
- Jef Murray, 55, American fantasy artist.[49]
- Kevin O'Leary, 95, Australian judge.[50]
- Johanna Quandt, 89, German businesswoman and billionaire.[51]
- Giovanni Riggi, 90, American mobster, inspiration for The Sopranos.[52]
- Arnold Scaasi, 85, Canadian fashion designer.[53]
- Alf Schwarz, 80, Canadian sociologist.[54]
- Ambros Seelos, 80, German musician and conductor.[55]
4
- Takashi Amano, 61, Japanese aquarist and photographer, pneumonia.[56]
- Ken Barnes, 82, British writer and record producer.[57]
- Irvin Castille, 89, American baseball player (Birmingham Black Barons).[58]
- Arthur Dorward, 90, Scottish rugby union player.[59]
- Theo van Els, 79, Dutch linguist.[60]
- Yosef Goldman, 73, American book dealer and author.[61]
- Irving Harper, 99, American industrial designer.[62]
- Achim Hill, 80, German rower, two-time Olympic silver medalist (1960, 1964).[63]
- Elsie Hillman, 89, American politician and philanthropist.[64]
- Bo Huff, 72, American custom car designer, multiple myeloma.[65]
- Les Munro, 96, New Zealand pilot, last surviving pilot of Operation Chastise.[66]
- Gerd Natschinski, 86, German composer.[67]
- Sam Odaka, 86, Ugandan diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister (1964–1971).[68]
- Calle Örnemark, 81, Swedish sculptor.[69]
- John Rudometkin, 75, American basketball player (New York Knicks, San Francisco Warriors), lung disease.[70]
- Siegfried Schnabl, 88, German psychotherapist.[71]
- Billy Sherrill, 78, American record producer (Tammy Wynette, George Jones, Charlie Rich).[72]
- Lela Swift, 96, American television director (Dark Shadows, Ryan's Hope).[73]
5
- Svetlana Boym, 56, Soviet-born American scholar and author, cancer.[74]
- Simon Burrows, 86, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Buckingham (1974–1994).[75]
- George Cole, 90, English actor (Minder, St Trinian's, Cleopatra).[76]
- Ana Hatherly, 86, Portuguese writer and artist.[77]
- Mark Herdman, 83, British diplomat, Governor of the British Virgin Islands (1986–1991).[78]
- Joyce Ingalls, 65, American actress (Paradise Alley).[79]
- Arthur Walter James, 103, British journalist, editor of the Times Educational Supplement (1952–1969).[80]
- Joseph Kainrad, 83, American judge and politician.[81]
- Kiripi Katembo, 36, Congolese photographer and documentary filmmaker, malaria.[82]
- James Herbert Laycraft, 91, Canadian lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of the Alberta Court of Appeal (1985–1991).[83]
- Raphy Leavitt, 66, Puerto Rican composer and orchestra leader, complications of surgery for artificial hip infection.[84]
- Antti Leppänen, 67, Finnish Olympic ice hockey player (1976), (Tappara).[85]
- Tony Millington, 72, Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Peterborough United, national team).[86]
- Nuri Ok, 72, Turkish judge, Chief Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation (2003–2007).[87]
- Onell Soto, 82, Cuban-born Anglican prelate, Bishop of the Diocese of Venezuela.[88]
- Akira Tanno, 89, Japanese photographer.[89]
- Johnny Tiger Jr., 75, American artist.[90]
- Ellen Vogel, 93, Dutch actress (The Knife, Zonder Ernst, Twin Sisters).[91]
- Herbert Wise, 90, Austrian-born British television, theatre and film director (I, Claudius, Breaking the Code).[92]
6
- Mircea Dobrescu, 84, Romanian flyweight boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).[93]
- Bradley M. Glass, 84, American politician.[94]
- Danny Hegan, 72, Northern Irish footballer (Ipswich Town, Wolves, national team), cancer.[95]
- Ray Hill, 39, American football player (Miami Dolphins), colon cancer.[96]
- Iraj Kiarostami, 52, Iranian Olympic boxer.[97]
- Ulla Lindkvist, 75, Swedish orienteer.[98]
- Geoff Mardon, 87, New Zealand speedway rider.[99]
- Frederick R. Payne Jr., 104, American brigadier general.[100]
- Amado Pineda, 77, Filipino meteorologist, cardiac arrest.[101]
- Orna Porat, 91, German-born Israeli theater actress.[102]
- Charl van den Berg, 33, South African model, Mr Gay World 2010, lymphoma.[103]
7
- Sólveig Anspach, 54, Icelandic-born French film director (Lulu femme nue), cancer.[104]
- Trevor Barber, 90, New Zealand cricketer (Wellington, Central Districts, national team).[105]
- Tibor Beerman, 89, Czech-born American architect.[106]
- Manuel Contreras, 86, Chilean general, head of Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional, convicted of crimes against humanity, multiple organ failure.[107]
- Saud al-Dosari, 46, Saudi television presenter (MBC), heart attack.[108]
- Terrence Evans, 81, American actor (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Star Trek, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre).[109]
- Art Finley, 88, American broadcaster, heart attack.[110]
- Lee Seng Wee, 85, Singaporean banker, businessman and billionaire.[111]
- Samuil Lurie, 73, Russian literary historian.[112]
- John McPhedran, 65, Canadian Olympic wrestler.[113]
- Jerome G. Miller, 83, American youth social worker.[114]
- Bob Morton, 81, American politician.[115]
- Neville Neville, 65, British cricketer and football club director (Bury F.C.), heart attack.[116]
- Frances Oldham Kelsey, 101, Canadian-born American physician, Food and Drug Administration reviewer.[117]
- Jerry Snell, 56, Canadian actor and musician.[118]
- Louise Suggs, 91, American Hall of Fame professional golfer, co-founder of LPGA.[119]
- Uggie, 13, American canine actor (The Artist, Water for Elephants, The Campaign), euthanized.[120]
- Wei Jianxing, 84, Chinese politician.[121]
8
- Sir Alec Atkinson, 96, British WWII air force officer and civil servant.[122]
- Jean Cole, 89, American journalist (Boston Record American).[123]
- Chris Decker, 73, Canadian politician, cancer.[124]
- David Dill, 60, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (since 2003), cancer.[125]
- Ronald Gordon, 88, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Portsmouth (1975–1984) and Bishop at Lambeth (1984–1992).[126]
- Jack Jackson, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).[127]
- Jennifer Jackson, 63, Canadian Olympic speed skater.[128]
- Christopher Marshall, 66, British cancer researcher, colorectal cancer.[129]
- Ann McGovern, 85, American author, cancer.[130]
- Nancy Morrison, 88, American tennis player.[131]
- Gus Mortson, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks).[132]
- Mauk Moruk, 60, East Timorese rebel commander, shot.[133]
- Sean Price, 43, American rapper (Heltah Skeltah, Boot Camp Clik).[134]
- Susan Sheridan, 68, English actress and voice artist (The Black Cauldron, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Noddy's Toyland Adventures), breast cancer.[135]
- Abner Shimony, 87, American physicist and philosopher.[136]
- Sam S. Walker, 90, American army general.[137]
- Farida Yasmin, 75, Bangladeshi playback singer.[138]
9
- Alice and the Glass Lake, 28, American singer, acute myeloid leukemia.[139]
- Rasim Aliyev, 30, Azerbaijani journalist, internal bleeding from a beating.[140]
- Marco Antonio Andino, 60, Honduran politician, MP (since 2006), heart attack.[141]
- Astaire, 4, Irish-bred British-trained thoroughbred racehorse, colic.[142]
- Audrey Auld-Mezera, 51, Australian-born American country singer, cancer.[143]
- Jean Byrne, 88, American educator, First Lady of New Jersey (1974–1982), babesiosis.[144]
- Mike Colandro, 62, American professional golfer.[145]
- Asmund Ekern, 85, Norwegian biologist.[146]
- Jim Gaffney, 94, American football player (Washington Redskins).[147]
- Frank Gifford, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (New York Giants) and broadcaster (Monday Night Football).[148]
- Jack Gold, 85, British film director (The Naked Civil Servant, Aces High, The Medusa Touch).[149]
- John Henry Holland, 86, American computer scientist.[150]
- Don Kent, 71, American blues historian and record collector.[151]
- George E. R. Kinnear II, 87, American navy admiral.[152]
- Pietro Armando Lavini, 88, Italian Capuchin friar and conservationist.[153]
- Walter Nahún López, 37, Honduran footballer, shot.[154]
- David Nobbs, 80, British novelist and comedy writer (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Two Ronnies, Fairly Secret Army).[155]
- Jonathan Ollivier, 38, British ballet dancer, traffic collision.[156]
- Fikret Otyam, 88, Turkish painter and journalist, renal failure.[157]
- Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, 100, Indian independence activist, author, poet and journalist, pneumonia.[158]
- Wang Jiexi, 25, Chinese actor, leukaemia.[159]
10
- Ranjana Ash, 90, Indian-born British writer.[160]
- Buddy Baker, 74, American Hall of Fame NASCAR driver and commentator (CBS Sports), lung cancer.[161]
- Sydney Butchkes, 94, American visual artist.[162]
- Endre Czeizel, 80, Hungarian geneticist, leukemia.[163]
- Sunil Das, 76, Indian artist.[164]
- Fred Eckhardt, 89, American beer expert.[165]
- Sergio Espinosa, 86, Chilean footballer.[166]
- Herbert Fielding, 92, American politician, member of the South Carolina Senate (1985–1992).[167]
- Boris Gostev, 87, Russian politician, Minister of Finance of the Soviet Union (1985–1989).[168]
- Hubert Haenel, 73, French politician and magistrate, member of the Constitutional Council (since 2010).[169]
- Cleo Hill, 77, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks).[170]
- Karst Hoogsteen, 91, Dutch-born American biochemist.[171]
- Biff Liff, 96, American theatrical agent.[172]
- Oscar Lukefahr, 76, American Catholic priest and author.[173]
- Donald P. McInnes, 81, Canadian politician.[174]
- Knut Osnes, 93, Norwegian football player and manager (Lyn).[175]
- David Shelley, 57, American blues rock musician, cancer.[176]
- Mary Perry Smith, 89, American mathematician.[177]
- Edward Thomas, 95, American police officer.[178]
- Eriek Verpale, 63, Belgian writer.[179]
11
- Serge Collot, 91, French violist.[180]
- Eddie Cusic, 89, American blues musician, prostate cancer.[181]
- Utta Danella, 95, German author.[182] (death announced on this date)
- Jim Freeman, 101, American football player and coach (Ball State Cardinals).[183]
- Randy Glasbergen, 58, American cartoonist (The Better Half), cardiac arrest.[184]
- Leon R. Hartshorn, 86, American theologian and author.[185]
- Arturo Macapagal, 72, Filipino Olympic shooter (1972, 1976), prostate cancer.[186]
- William J. Moore, 92, American politician.[187]
- George A. Murphy, 92, American politician, New York State Senator (1971–1972), Assemblyman (1973–1978) and Supreme Court judge (1978–1997), complications of a stroke.[188]
- Harald Nielsen, 73, Danish footballer (Bologna, national team).[189]
- Richard Oriani, 95, El Salvador-born American chemical engineer.[190]
- Bhalchandra Pendharkar, 93, Indian actor.[191]
- Nour El-Sherif, 69, Egyptian actor and conspiracy theorist, lung cancer.[192]
- Richard S. Ross, 91, American cardiologist.[193]
- Anne Strieber, 68, American author and editor.[194]
- Magomed Suleimanov, 39, Russian Islamist, Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (2015).[195]
- Philip Arthur Whitcombe, 92, English cricketer and army officer.[196]
- Wendell Wood, 65, American environmental activist, co-founder of Oregon Wild, heart attack.[197]
12
- Per Hjort Albertsen, 96, Norwegian composer.[198]
- Paul Antrobus, 80, Canadian Baptist minister and psychologist.[199]
- Jim Bradley, 82, American football coach.[200]
- Jaakko Hintikka, 86, Finnish philosopher and logician.[201]
- Ali Hassanein, 76, Egyptian actor, liver cancer.[202]
- Radhey Shyam Kori, 76, Indian politician.[203]
- Stephen Lewis, 88, British comedy actor (On the Buses, Last of the Summer Wine, Don't Drink the Water).[204]
- Meshulim Feish Lowy, 94, Hungarian-born Canadian rabbi.[205]
- Chris Marustik, 54, Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Cardiff City, Newport County, national team).[206]
- Kim Nelson, 57, Australian artist, heart attack.[207]
- John Scott, 59, English organist and choirmaster, cardiac arrest.[208]
- Frank Scully, 95, Australian politician.[209]
- Ihor Yeremeyev, 47, Ukrainian politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada (2002–2005, since 2012), head injury.[210]
13
- Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti, 62–63, Iraqi politician, Interior Minister of Iraq (1991–1995), heart attack.[211]
- Bill Aswad, 93, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1995–2012).[212]
- Steve Brennan, 56, English footballer (Crystal Palace).[213]
- Paul Danquah, 90, British actor (A Taste of Honey).[214]
- Bob Fillion, 95, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).[215]
- Danford B. Greene, 87, American film editor (MASH, Blazing Saddles, Who's Harry Crumb?).[216]
- Jan Montyn, 90, Dutch artist.[217]
- Om Prakash Munjal, 86, Indian chief executive.[218]
- John A. Nerud, 102, American Thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.[219]
- Harold Ousley, 86, American jazz saxophonist.[220]
- Bob Parsons, 73, Australian rules footballer (Footscray).[221]
- Shlomo Smiltiner, 99, Israeli chess player.[222]
14
- Leo de Bever, 85, Dutch architect.[223]
- Edward T. Brennan, 88, American politician.[224]
- Agustín Cejas, 70, Argentine footballer (Racing Club), Alzheimer's disease.[225]
- Dickinson R. Debevoise, 91, American judge, U. S. District Court Judge for New Jersey (1979–1994).[226]
- Bob Farrell, 87, American restaurateur and motivational speaker, founder of Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour.[227]
- Leo Antony Gleaton, 67, American photographer, oral cancer.[228]
- Hans Hüneke, 81, German Olympic athlete.[229]
- Bob Johnston, 83, American record producer (Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen).[230]
- Lavanam, 86, Indian social reformer.[231]
- Joseph Reid, 97, Canadian politician.[232]
- Sanco Rembert, 91, American bishop.[233]
- Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, 69, Argentinian-born Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ciudad del Este (2004–2014), diabetes.[234]
- Karen Stives, 64, American equestrian, Olympic champion and silver medallist (1984).[235]
- Jazz Summers, 71, English music manager (Scissor Sisters, The Verve, Snow Patrol), lung cancer.[236]
15
- Jean Bikomagu, Burundian military officer, Army Chief of Staff during the Burundian Civil War, shot.[237]
- Julian Bond, 75, American civil rights activist and politician, chairman of the NAACP (1998–2010), complications of vascular disease.[238]
- Rafael Chirbes, 66, Spanish writer, lung cancer.[239]
- Malcolm Craddock, 77, British television producer (Sharpe).[240]
- Doc Daugherty, 87, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).[241]
- Jorge de la Rúa, 73, Argentine lawyer and politician.[242]
- John Ewington, 79, British insurance underwriter, Chairman of the Guild of Church Musicians (1978-2014).[243]
- Guy Garman, 56, American physician and scuba diver, drowned.[244]
- Hamid Gul, 80, Pakistani army officer, brain haemorrhage.[245]
- Gordy Holz, 82, American football player (Denver Broncos, New York Jets).[246]
- Bill Kushner, 84, American poet.[247]
- Geoff McGivern, 84, Australian footballer (Melbourne F.C.).[248]
- Manuel Mendívil, 79, Mexican equestrian, Olympic medalist (1980).[249]
- Ibtihal Salem, 66, Egyptian author.[250]
- Danny Sembello, 52, American songwriter ("Neutron Dance") and record producer, drowned.[251]
- Derwyn Shea, 77, Canadian politician, cancer.[252]
- Bud Thomas, 86, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns).[253]
16
- Jacob Bekenstein, 68, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist.[254]
- Norman Bigelow, 71, American illusionist, leukemia.[255]
- Melva Bucksbaum, 82, American art collector, bladder cancer.[256]
- Alfred Burrows, 63, Indian cricketer.[257]
- Jon Craig, 73, New Zealand architect.[258]
- Emma Didlake, 110, American WWII soldier.[259]
- Joan Fawcett, 78, Canadian politician.[260]
- Sylvia Hitchcock, 69, American model and beauty queen (Miss Universe 1967), cancer.[261]
- Anna Kashfi, 80, Indian-born British actress.[262]
- Shuja Khanzada, 71, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab (2002–2007, since 2008), bombing.[263]
- Jack Larsen, 91, American politician.[264]
- Katia Loritz, 82, Swiss-born Spanish actress.[265]
- Kitty McGeever, 48, British actress (Emmerdale), diabetic retinopathy and kidney failure.[266]
- George Merchant, 89, Scottish footballer (Dundee FC, Falkirk FC).[267]
- Mile Mrkšić, 68, Serbian Yugoslav military officer and convicted war criminal.[268]
- David A. Prior, 59, American film director (Zombie Wars, Raw Justice, Deadly Prey).[269]
- Lenny B. Robinson, 51, American Batman impersonator, traffic collision.[270]
- Peter W. Schramm, 68, Hungarian-born American political scientist, cancer.[271]
- Draga Stamejčič, 78, Slovenian Yugoslav athlete.[272]
- Lyubov Volkova, 82, Soviet Olympic skier.[273]
17
- Loek Alflen, 81, Dutch wrestler.[274]
- Butz Aquino, 76, Filipino politician, member of the Senate (1987–1995) and the House of Representatives from Makati's Second District (1998–2007).[275]
- Verner Bertelsen, 97, American politician.[276]
- William B. Bonnor, 94, British physicist and mathematician, heart attack.[277]
- Beata Brookes, 84, British politician, MEP for North Wales (1979–1989).[278]
- Yvonne Craig, 78, American actress (Batman, Star Trek, Olivia), breast cancer.[279]
- Arsen Dedić, 77, Croatian singer.[280]
- Kay Floyd, 67, American horse breeder, complications from a heart attack.[281]
- Mike Gaechter, 75, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), heart failure.[282]
- George Gair, 88, New Zealand politician and diplomat, MP for North Shore (1966–1990), Mayor of North Shore City (1995–1998), High Commissioner to the UK (1991–1994).[283]
- Gilles Gauthier, 79, Canadian politician.[284]
- Eduardo Guerrero, 87, Argentine rower, Olympic champion (1952), pneumonia.[285]
- Sandy Kennon, 81, South African footballer (Norwich City).[286]
- Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, 82, German football executive (UEFA, VfB Stuttgart) and politician.[287]
- László Paskai, 88, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest (1987–2002), Cardinal (1988–2015).[288]
- Bernard Rodrigues, 82, Singaporean politician, co-founder of PAP and NTUC, Member of Parliament for Telok Blangah (1965–1968).[289]
- Dahd Sfeir, 83, Uruguayan actress.[290]
- Albert Vërria, 78, Albanian actor.[291]
18
- Karolyn Ali, 70, American film producer (Tupac: Resurrection).[292]
- Khaled al-Asaad, 83, Syrian scholar, head of antiquities in Palmyra, beheaded.[293]
- Nils Bølset, 87, Norwegian diplomat.[294]
- Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, 73, British landowner and peer.[295]
- Vladimír Filo, 75, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rožňava (2008–2015).[296]
- Russell Henderson, 91, Trinidadian-born British jazz musician.[297]
- Joan Miller Lipsky, 96, American politician.[298]
- Kay McFarland, 80, American judge, Kansas Supreme Court Justice (1977–2009).[299]
- Rama Messinger, 46, Israeli actress and voice actress, cancer.[300]
- Suvra Mukherjee, 74, Indian philosopher and dancer, First Lady (since 2012), respiratory failure.[301]
- Donald E. O'Brien, 91, American judge, U. S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Iowa (1978–1990) and the Northern District, (1978–1992).[302]
- Charles Read, 57, British mathematician.[303]
- Edgar Rumney, 78, English footballer (Colchester United).[304]
- Joe Skibinski, 86, American football player (Green Bay Packers).[305]
- Roger Smalley, 72, British-born Australian composer, Parkinson's disease.[306]
- William Jay Smith, 97, American poet.[307]
- Louis Stokes, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio (1969–1999), lung and brain cancer.[308]
- Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, Iraqi member of Mujahideen Shura Council, senior deputy commander and primary coordinator of ISIS, airstrike.[309]
- Bud Yorkin, 89, American film and television director, producer (All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son) and actor.[310]
19
- Nazzal al-Armouti, 91, Jordanian civil servant, diplomat and politician.[311]
- Egon Bahr, 93, German politician.[312]
- Paravoor Bharathan, 86, Indian actor.[313]
- Ole Jacob Frich, 61, Norwegian politician, cancer.[314]
- Fernand Grosjean, 91, Swiss Olympic alpine skier (1948, 1952).[315]
- George Houser, 99, American Methodist minister and civil rights activist.[316]
- Paul Lokiru Kalanda, 88, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Moroto (1980–1991) and Fort Portal (1991–2003).[317]
- Amy Kass, 74, American academic, complications from leukemia and ovarian cancer.[318]
- Antonio Larreta, 92, Uruguayan writer and actor.[319]
- Danny Lotz, 78, American basketball player (North Carolina Tar Heels).[320]
- Sanat Mehta, 90, Indian politician.[321]
- Russell Poole, 58, American police detective (LAPD), heart attack.[322]
- Doudou N'Diaye Rose, 85, Senegalese drummer, composer and bandleader.[323]
- Leonard A. Sawyer, 90, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1955-1975).[324]
- Suharno, 55, Indonesian football player and coach, heart attack.[325]
- Chitranjan Swaroop, 69, Indian politician.[326]
20
- Khalid Hassan Abbas, 79, Sudanese army general and politician.[327]
- Moza Sultan Al Kaabi, 31, Emirati orthopedic surgeon, traffic collision.[328]
- Lars Amble, 76, Swedish actor and director, cancer.[329]
- Armin, Prince of Lippe, 91, German nobleman, head of the former reigning family of the Principality of Lippe.[330]
- D. Dudley Bloom, 92, American businessman.[331]
- Zuzana Brabcová, 56, Czech author.[332]
- Veronica Brady, 86, Australian nun and academic.[333]
- Lev Durov, 83, Russian actor.[334]
- Kenneth Jennings, 90, American choral conductor and composer.[335]
- Patrick Kavanagh, 85, Irish rugby union player and swimmer.[336]
- Paul Kibblewhite, 74, New Zealand pulp and paper scientist.[337]
- Lina Morgan, 78, Spanish actress and showgirl.[338]
- Melody Patterson, 66, American actress (F Troop), multiple organ failure.[339]
- Daniel Reimold, 34, American journalism professor (Saint Joseph's University), journalist (PBS MediaShift) and blogger.[340]
- Harry Volkman, 89, American meteorologist, respiratory failure.[341]
- Frank Wilkes, 93, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Northcote (1957–1988), Leader of the Opposition (1977–1981).[342]
21
- Ton Alblas, 75, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (2002–2003).[343]
- Colin Beyer, 76, New Zealand lawyer and businessman.[344]
- Jimmy Evert, 91, American tennis player and coach, Canadian Open champion (1947), pneumonia.[345]
- Sir Bob Hepple, 81, South African-born British legal scholar, Master of Clare College, Cambridge (1993–2003).[346]
- Denise Marshall, 53, British equal rights campaigner, cancer.[347]
- Jimmy Massey, 85, American racing car driver.[348]
- Sasha Petraske, 42, American cocktail bar entrepreneur.[349]
- Daniel Rabinovich, 71, Argentine musician and comedian (Les Luthiers).[350]
- Jere Ratcliffe, 78, American Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (1993–2000).[351]
- Ruth Sivard, 99, American economist, dementia.[352]
- Gerry Steinberg, 70, British politician, MP for City of Durham (1987–2005).[353]
- Toby Sheldon, 34, American television reality star (Botched, My Strange Addiction), multiple drug intoxication.[354]
- Wang Dongxing, 99, Chinese politician, Vice Chairman of the Communist Party (1977–1980).[355]
22
- Mariem Hassan, 57, Western Saharan singer, bone cancer.[356]
- Keith K. Hilbig, 73, American Mormon general authority.[357]
- Ieng Thirith, 83, Cambodian Khmer Rouge politician, Minister of Social Affairs (1975–1979), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[358]
- Tommy Lowry, 69, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra).[359]
- Andy Mapple, 52, British water skier, heart attack.[360]
- Arthur Morris, 93, Australian Test cricketer.[361]
- Merl Reagle, 65, American crossword compiler (San Francisco Chronicle), acute pancreatitis.[362]
- Stephen Rodefer, 74, American poet and painter.[363]
- William L. Rowe, 84, American philosopher.[364]
- Jörg Schneider, 80, Swiss actor (Usfahrt Oerlike) and comedian, liver cancer.[365]
- Josef Steger, 90, Swiss Olympic sprinter.[366]
- Marion Boulton Stroud, 76, American museum director (The Fabric Workshop and Museum).[367]
- Eric Thompson, 95, British racing driver.[368]
- Charles Tomlinson, 88, English poet and poetry translator.[369]
- Inez Trueman, 98, Canadian politician.[370]
- Lou Tsioropoulos, 84, American basketball player (Boston Celtics).[371]
- Tatu Vanhanen, 86, Finnish political scientist.[372]
- Jakub Zabłocki, 31, Polish footballer, heart attack.[373]
- Erika Zuchold, 68, German gymnast, Olympic bronze (1968) and silver (1968, 1972) medalist.[374]
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- Gaston Adjoukoua, 57, Ivorian footballer.[375]
- Augusta Chiwy, 94, Congolese-born Belgian nurse, volunteer in the Siege of Bastogne.[376]
- Mark Costello, 59, American politician, Oklahoma Labor Commissioner (since 2011), stabbed.[377]
- Ricardo García Sainz, 85, Mexican administrator and politician, Federal deputy (1997–2000).[378]
- Helen Kemp, 97, American singing teacher and choir director.[379]
- Grover Klemmer, 94, American athlete (California Golden Bears) and track coach (CCSF).[380]
- Guy Ligier, 85, French rugby union player (national team), racing driver and Formula One team owner (Équipe Ligier).[381]
- Eugenio Méndez Docurro, 92, Mexican politician and engineer, Secretary of Communications and Transportation (1970–1976).[382]
- Mary Lou Parks, 76, American politician.[383]
- Yosi Piamenta, 63, Israeli musician, cancer.[384]
- Enrique Reneau, 44, Honduran footballer, respiratory failure.[385]
- Paul Royle, 101, Australian prisoner-of-war, escapee from Stalag Luft III.[386]
- Michel Varga, 88, Hungarian-born French political activist.[387]
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- Niels Henrik Arendt, 64, Danish Church of Denmark prelate, Bishop of Haderslev (1999–2013).[388]
- Eric Barry, 88, Canadian army officer, Lord Prior of St John (2002-2008).[389]
- John H. Beynon, 91, Welsh chemist and physicist.[390]
- Marcy Borders, 42, American 9/11 survivor, subject of "Dust Lady" photograph, stomach cancer.[391]
- Cummy Burton, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).[392]
- Charlie Coffey, 81, American football player and coach (Virginia Tech Hokies), cancer.[393]
- Peter Ebinger, 56, Austrian Olympic equestrian.[394]
- Horacio García, 83, Uruguayan Olympic sailor.[395]
- Peter Gatenby, 92, Irish professor of clinical medicine.[396]
- Cees van Kooten, 67, Dutch footballer (Go Ahead Eagles, national team), esophageal cancer.[397]
- B. B. Lees, 84, American football coach.[398]
- Alison Magaya, South Sudanese politician and diplomat.[399]
- Chico Maki, 76, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).[400]
- Marguerite McDonald, 73, Canadian radio and television journalist, cancer.[401]
- David Michie, 87, French-born British painter.[402]
- Sándor Nagy, 68, Hungarian politician, MP (1980–1985, 1988–1990, 1994–2006).[403]
- Venkatesh Nayak, 79, Indian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly for Karnataka (since 2013), train derailment.[404]
- Bevo Nordmann, 75, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, St. Louis Hawks, New York Knicks), cancer.[405]
- Nathan Rosenberg, 87, American economist.[406]
- Vardo Rumessen, 73, Estonian musicologist and politician, member of the Riigikogu (1992–1995, 1999–2003).[407]
- Gerhard Spiegler, 85, Lithuanian-born American academic.[408]
- Joseph F. Traub, 83, American computer scientist.[409]
- Justin Wilson, 37, British IndyCar Series driver, head injuries from race collision.[410]
- Annette Worsley-Taylor, 71, British fashion promoter.[411]
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- Mario Aguiñada Carranza, 73, Salvadoran activist and politician, MP (1991–1994).[412]
- José María Benegas, 67, Spanish politician, cancer.[413]
- Gaetano Aldo Donato, 74, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (since 2004).[414]
- James "Red" Duke, 86, American trauma surgeon.[415]
- Hermann Dür, 90, Swiss Olympic equestrian.[416]
- Endre Fejes, 91, Hungarian writer.[417]
- James L. Flanagan, 89, American electrical engineer, heart failure.[418]
- Colin Fry, 53, British medium and television presenter, lung cancer.[419]
- Mascarenhas, 78, Angolan footballer.[420]
- Frank E. Petersen, 83, American military officer, lung cancer.[421]
- Francis Sejersted, 79, Norwegian history professor, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (1991–1999).[422]
- Ian Smith, 90, South African cricketer.[423]
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- Georges Abi-Saber, 92, Lebanese-born Canadian Maronite hierarch, Bishop of Latakia (1977–1986) and Saint Maron of Montreal (1990–1996).[424]
- Amelia Boynton Robinson, 104, American civil rights activist, multiple strokes.[425]
- Donald Eric Capps, 76, American theologian, traffic collision.[426]
- Jim Chrest, 76, American politician.[427]
- Keith Everitt, 92, Canadian politician, MLA for St. Albert (1971–1979).[428]
- Camellia Johnson, 61, American opera singer, heart failure.[429]
- Geraint Stanley Jones, 79, Welsh television executive, controller of BBC Wales (1981–1989), chief executive of S4C (1989–1994).[430]
- P. J. Kavanagh, 84, English poet and actor.[431]
- Peter Kern, 66, Austrian actor and filmmaker (The Last Summer of the Rich).[432]
- Stefanos Manikas, 63, Greek politician, Minister of State (2001–2003), cancer.[433]
- Reggie McGowan, 50, American football player (New York Giants).[434]
- Owe Nordqvist, 87, Swedish Olympic cyclist.[435]
- Carmelo Domênico Recchia, 93, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, last Territorial Abbot of Claraval (1976–1999).[436]
- Maroun Khoury Sader, 88, Lebanese Maronite hierarch, Archbishop of Tyre (1992–2003).[437]
- Francisco San Diego, 79, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Pablo (1995–2003) and Pasig (2003–2010).[438]
- Győző Soós, 66, Hungarian politician, MP (1994–2006).[439]
- David M. Stanley, 86, American politician.[440]
- Anita Yeckel, 72, American politician, member of the Missouri Senate (1997–2005), heart disease.[441]
- American journalists killed as a result of the WDBJ shooting:[442]
- Vester Flanagan, 41, reporter (WTOC, WTWC, WDBJ) and gunman, suicide by gunshot.
- Alison Parker, 24, reporter (WDBJ), shot.
- Adam Ward, 27, cameraman (WDBJ) and photojournalist, shot.
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- Adebowale Adefuye, 68, Nigerian diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (since 2010), heart attack.[443]
- Kazi Zafar Ahmed, 76, Bangladeshi politician, Prime Minister (1989-1990).[444]
- Francis Allegra, 57, American lawyer and judge, brain cancer.[445]
- Monique Berlioux, 89, French Olympic swimmer.[446]
- Matei Boilă, 89, Romanian politician and Greek Catholic priest, Senator (1992–2000).[447]
- Pascal Chaumeil, 54, French director (Heartbreaker, A Long Way Down, A Perfect Plan), cancer.[448]
- George Cleve, 79, Austrian-born American musical conductor, liver failure.[449]
- Darryl Dawkins, 58, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets), heart attack.[450]
- Mervyn Edmunds, 83, New Zealand cricketer.[451]
- Joan Garriga, 52, Spanish motorcycle racer, traffic collision.[452]
- James A. Hefner, 76, American educator, President of Tennessee State University (1991–2005), colon cancer.[453]
- Gino Hollander, 91, American artist, heart attack.[454]
- Zafar Hussain Mirza, 88, Pakistani judge.[455]
- Rolf Nitzsche, 84, German Olympic cyclist (1956).[456]
- Marc Rosenberg, 65, Canadian judge, brain cancer.[457]
- Willy Stähle, 61, Dutch water skier, Olympic (1972) and world champion (1971).[458]
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- Juan Amores, 51, Costa Rican Olympic athlete.[459]
- Jan Anderson, 83, New Zealand scientist.[460]
- Al Arbour, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, St. Louis Blues) and Hall of Fame coach (New York Islanders).[461]
- John Buckingham, 72, British chemist.[462]
- James H. Carson Jr., 80, American politician.[463]
- Lindsay Charnock, 60, British jockey.[464]
- Buddy Cook, 89, American professional golfer.[465]
- Roger Ferriter, 82, American graphic designer.[466]
- Teresa Gorman, 83, British politician, MP for Billericay (1987-2001).[467]
- Mark Krasniqi, 94, Kosovan ethnographer and politician.[468]
- Daryl Laub, 90, American television and radio personality.[469]
- Joan Lind, 62, American rower, two-time Olympic silver medalist (1976, 1984), brain cancer.[470]
- Paulo Machava, 61, Mozambican journalist, shot.[471]
- Wally McArthur, 81, Australian rugby league player (Rochdale Hornets).[472]
- Ray Miron, 92, Canadian ice hockey executive (Central Hockey League, Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies).[473]
- Roland Mqwebu, 74, South African actor.[474]
- Nasser Pourpirar, 75, Iranian writer and revisionist historian.[475]
- Nelson Shanks, 77, American painter, cancer.[476]
- Józef Wesołowski, 67, Polish defrocked Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop and Vatican envoy to the Dominican Republic (2008–2013).[477]
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- Endre Alexander Balazs, 95, Hungarian-born American ophthalmologist, stroke.[478]
- Robin Bilbie, 73, English cricketer (Nottinghamshire).[479]
- Carlos María Ariz Bolea, 86, Spanish-born Panamanian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Darién (1981–1988) and Bishop of Colón-Kuna Yala (1988–2005).[480]
- William McCormick Blair Jr., 98, American diplomat, Ambassador to Denmark (1961–1964) and the Philippines (1964–1967), hypertension.[481]
- Noah Davis, 32, American painter, soft tissue cancer.[482]
- Wayne Dyer, 75, American self-help author and motivational speaker, leukemia.[483]
- Milorad Ekmečić, 86, Serbian historian.[484]
- Joy Golden, 85, American advertising executive.[485]
- Margaret Hurley, 105, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1953–1979) and Senate (1979–1984).[486]
- Kyle Jean-Baptiste, 21, American theater actor (Les Misérables), fall.[487]
- Graham Leggat, 81, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Fulham, national team).[488]
- Nikolaus Lehnhoff, 76, German opera director.[489]
- Jean Louvet, 80, Belgian playwright.[490]
- Luo Lan, 95, Taiwanese writer and radio personality, cardiopulmonary failure.[491]
- Frankie Rivera, 38, American native rights activist, brain cancer.[492]
- Ron Searle, 96, British-born Canadian politician, Mayor of Mississauga (1976–1978).[493]
- Sir Kenneth Stowe, 88, British civil servant.[494]
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- Brad Anderson, 91, American cartoonist (Marmaduke).[495]
- Carlos Barrionuevo, 37, Argentine footballer, drowned.[496]
- Charlie Carlson, 71, American novelist, actor and film producer.[497]
- Wes Craven, 76, American film director, writer and producer (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, The Hills Have Eyes), brain cancer.[498]
- Bart Cummings, 87, Australian racehorse trainer, twelve-time winner of the Melbourne Cup.[499]
- Blondell Cummings, 70, American modern dancer and choreographer.[500]
- Edward Fadeley, 85, American attorney and politician, heart failure.[501]
- George Fisher, 90, English footballer (Millwall, Colchester United).[502]
- Brian Hord, 81, British chartered surveyor and politician, MEP for London West (1979–1984).[503]
- John Hotop, 85, New Zealand rugby union player (Bush, Manawatu, Canterbury, Otago, national team).[504]
- Dan Iordăchescu, 85, Romanian baritone.[505]
- M. M. Kalburgi, 76, Indian writer and academic, shot.[506]
- Rhoda Lerman, 79, American author and playwright, thyroid cancer.[507]
- Marvin Mandel, 95, American politician, Governor of Maryland (1969–1979), Speaker of the House of Delegates (1964–1969).[508]
- J. Donald Millar, 81, American physician and public-health official, kidney failure.[509]
- Eileen O'Brien, 93, American baseball player (Muskegon Lassies).[510]
- Joshua Park, 38, American theater actor (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer).[511]
- Pierfranco Pastore, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Secretary for Social Communications (1984–2003).[512]
- George Hamilton Pearce, 94, American-born Fijian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Suva (1967–1976).[513]
- Hugo Rasmussen, 74, Danish jazz musician.[514]
- Oliver Sacks, 82, British neurologist and author (The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings, Hallucinations), liver cancer.[515]
- Héctor Silva, 75, Uruguayan footballer, heart attack.[516]
- Natalia Strelchenko, 38, Russian-born Norwegian concert pianist, head and neck injuries.[517]
- Mikhail Svetin, 84, Ukrainian-born Russian actor.[518]
- Ali Tabatabaei, 31, Iranian actor, heart attack.[citation needed]
- David Williamson, Baron Williamson of Horton, 81, British civil servant and peer, Convenor of the Cross-Bench Peers (2004–2007).[519]
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- Joy Beverley, 91, British singer (Beverley Sisters), stroke.[520]
- Barbara Brecht-Schall, 84, German actress.[521]
- Jack Garrity, 89, American ice hockey player.[522]
- Robert M. Johnson, 80, American politician.[523]
- Cipe Lincovsky, 85, Argentine actress (The Girlfriend, Poor Butterfly).[524]
- Edward Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, 88, British peer, founder of the National Motor Museum.[525]
- Vera B. Rison, 76, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1997-2003).[526]
- Tom Scott, 84, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants).[527]
- Islam Timurziev, 32, Russian boxer, sepsis.[528]
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