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