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The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2013.
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.
1
- Alfonso Armada, 93, Spanish general, co-leader of 1981 failed coup d'état.[1]
- Heinrich Boere, 92, Dutch-German convicted war criminal, member of the Waffen-SS.[2]
- Maria Mambo Café, 68, Angolan politician, Minister of Social Affairs (1982–1986), Governor of Cabinda (1990).[3]
- Maurice Cockrill, 78, British artist.[4]
- Stirling Colgate, 88, American physicist.[5]
- Richard Coughlan, 66, English drummer (Caravan), pneumonia.[6]
- Sylvester Dias, 76, Sri Lankan cricketer.[7]
- Walter E. Ellis, 53, American serial killer, natural causes.[8]
- T. R. Fehrenbach, 88, American author and historian.[9]
- Verdi Godwin, 87, English footballer.[10]
- Lino Grech, 83, Maltese actor, writer and director.[11]
- Edward Heffron, 90, American World War II veteran, portrayed in Band of Brothers.[12]
- Jerzy Matałowski, 65, German-born Polish actor.[13]
- Fernando Sabogal Viana, 72, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (since 1996).[14]
- André Schiffrin, 78, French-born American publisher and editor.[15]
- Martin Sharp, 71, Australian artist, emphysema.[16]
- Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis, 70, Portuguese-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itumbiara (since 1999).[17]
- Alejandro Urdapilleta, 59, Uruguayan actor.[18]
- Dany Vandenbossche, 57, Belgian politician, member of the Federal Parliament (1995–1999) and Flemish Parliament for East Flanders (1999–2009).[19]
- James von der Heydt, 94, American lawyer and senior (former chief) judge of the District Court for the District of Alaska.[20]
2
- William Allain, 85, American politician, Governor of Mississippi (1984–1988), Attorney General (1980–1984).[21]
- Antonio Ansola, 82, Spanish footballer (Real Sociedad).[22]
- Iván Bächer, 56, Hungarian writer and journalist.[23]
- Bill Beckwith, 38, American contractor (Curb Appeal), motorcycle collision.[24]
- Jean-Claude Beton, 88, Algerian-born French businessman, founder of Orangina.[25]
- Kevin Crawford, 43, American scholar.[26]
- Eva Davies, 88, British Olympic fencer.[27]
- Marcelo Déda, 53, Brazilian politician, Governor of Sergipe (since 2007), cancer.[28]
- John Ewbank, 64, British-born Australian rock climber.[29]
- Rex Garvin, 73, American R&B musician.[30]
- Brian Hitchen, 77, British journalist, Editor of the Daily Star (1987–1994) and Sunday Express (1994–1995), traffic collision.[31]
- Salim Kallas, 77, Syrian actor and politician.[32]
- Toshiko Karasawa, 102, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1946–1952).[33]
- Gary Leadston, 72, Canadian politician, cancer.[34]
- Junior Murvin, 67, Jamaican reggae singer ("Police and Thieves").[35]
- Joseph Napolitan, 84, American political consultant.[36]
- Liam O'Connor, 58, Irish Gaelic football player (Offaly).[37]
- Mary Riggans, 78, Scottish actress (Take the High Road, Balamory, Dear Frankie), complications of a stroke.[38]
- Pedro Rocha, 70, Uruguayan footballer (Peñarol, São Paulo FC).[39]
- Katsumi Satō, 84, Japanese human rights activist, pneumonia.[40]
- Vernon Shaw, 83, Dominican politician, President (1998–2003).[41]
- Ray Weeks, 83, English cricketer (Warwickshire).[42]
- Christopher Evan Welch, 48, American actor (Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Lincoln, Silicon Valley), lung cancer.[43]
- Paweł Zenon Woś, 92, Polish World War II veteran.[44]
3
- John Albery, 77, British chemist and academic, Master of University College, Oxford (1989–1997).[45]
- Fernando Argenta, 68, Spanish journalist, musician and presenter, pancreatic cancer.[46]
- Paul Aussaresses, 95, French army general.[47]
- Gene Clair, 73, American sound engineer.[48]
- Dick Greuel, 85, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1953–1961), Speaker (1957–1959).[49]
- Khalid Hasan, 76, Pakistani cricketer.[50]
- Ronald Hunter, 70, American actor (Along Came Polly, Law & Order, The Big Bang Theory), heart and kidney failure.[51]
- Kiptalam Keter, 80–81, Kenyan Olympic sprinter.[52]
- Niilo Koponen, 85, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1983–1993).[53]
- Norbert Kuchinke, 73, German journalist and actor (Autumn Marathon).[54]
- Hugh MacDonald, 84, Scottish nationalist activist.[55]
- Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed, 61, Egyptian military leader, Commander of the Egyptian Air Force (2008–2012), Minister of Military Production (2013).[56]
- Ahmed Fouad Negm, 84, Egyptian vernacular poet.[57]
- Avo Paistik, 77, Estonian cartoonist, film director and painter.[58]
- Edo Patregnani, 75, Italian footballer.[59]
- Ida Pollock, 105, British romance novelist.[60]
- Bill Porter, 81, American door-to-door salesman, subject of Door to Door.[61]
- Sefi Rivlin, 66, Israeli actor and comedian, throat cancer.[62]
- Frank Rozendaal, 56, Dutch ornithologist.[63]
- Sacha Sosno, 76, French sculptor and painter.[64]
- Harry Webber, 77, South African Olympic weightlifter.[65]
4
- Hassan al-Laqqis, Lebanese paramilitary officer, senior commander of Hezbollah, shot.[66]
- Robert Allman, 86, Australian operatic baritone.[67]
- McDonald Bailey, 92, British Olympic sprinter (1948), bronze medalist (1952).[68]
- Henry Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe, 89, British peer.[69]
- Charles Grigg, 97, British comics artist (Korky the Cat, Desperate Dan).[70]
- Greg Hubick, 62, Canadian professional ice hockey player.[71]
- José Esteban Muñoz, 46, Cuban-born American academic.[72]
- Paddy O'Byrne, 83, Irish broadcaster (Radio 702) and actor.[73]
- Joana Raspall i Juanola, 100, Spanish Catalan writer.[74]
- Alexander Rennie, 54, South African Olympic slalom canoer (1992), plane crash.[75]
- Murarilal Singh, 61, Indian politician, stroke.[76]
- Don Williams, 86, American football coach.[77]
5
- Pierre Aliker, 106, French Martinican politician and independence activist, complications from a fall.[78]
- Fred Bassetti, 96, American architect.[79]
- Jean-Luc Benoziglio, 72, Swiss writer.[80]
- Friedrich Carl, 97, German Major in the Heer during World War II and Iron Cross recipient.[81]
- Iryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk, 34, Belarusian Olympic long jumper (2008), cancer.[82]
- Robert Doerr, 99, American politician and educator, Mayor of San Jose, California (1956–1958).[83]
- William B. Edmondson, 86, American diplomat, Ambassador to South Africa (1978–1981).[84]
- Günther Förg, 61, German artist.[85]
- Monte Fresco, 77, British sports photographer.[86]
- Ruperto Inchausti, 95, Bolivian footballer (The Strongest, national team).[87]
- Barry Jackson, 75, English actor (Doctor Who, Wimbledon, Midsomer Murders).[88]
- John Alan Lee, 80, Canadian writer, academic and political activist, suicide.[89]
- Nelson Mandela, 95, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, President (1994–1999), lung infection.[90]
- Tim Marcum, 69, American football coach.[91]
- Danny Matt, 85, Israeli major-general.[92]
- Vincent Mayers, 79, Guyanese cricketer.[93]
- Joe Palumbo, 84, American football player (Virginia Cavaliers), member of College Football Hall of Fame.[94]
- Brenda Reneau, 59, American politician, natural causes.[95]
- Cynthia Eagle Russett, 76, American historian, multiple myeloma.[96]
- Gerald J. Spitz, 72, American politician, sarcoidosis.[97]
- David Vestal, 89, American photographer, educator, and author.[98]
- Colin Wilson, 82, English writer.[99]
6
- Georges Baal, 75, Hungarian psychoanalyst, director, actor, theater therapist and professor, heart attack.[100]
- Eddie Britt, 87, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Willoughby (1978–1981).[101]
- Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, 74, French poet.[102]
- Robert Ellis, 87, American mathematician, specializing in topological dynamics.[103]
- Philippe Favre, 51, Swiss racing driver, skiing accident.[104]
- Hakem Al-Fayez, Jordanian politician.[105]
- Maurice Griffe, 92, French screenwriter.[106]
- Louis Jacobson, 95, Irish cricketer.[107]
- Tom Krause, 79, Finnish opera singer.[108]
- Gail Collins Pappalardi, 72, American artist and songwriter (Strange Brew).[109]
- Peeter Mudist, 71, Estonian painter.[110]
- Nya Quesada, 94, Argentine actress.[111]
- Alan Robinson, 65, Canadian politician.[112]
- Stan Tracey, 86, British jazz pianist.[113]
- M. K. Turk, 71, American college basketball coach (Southern Miss).[114]
- Louis Waldon, 78, American actor (Lonesome Cowboys, Blue Movie, Flesh), stroke.[115]
- Kate Williamson, 82, American actress (Ellen, Disclosure, Dahmer).[116]
7
- Vinay Apte, 62, Indian actor.[117]
- Juan Carlos Argeñal, 43, Honduran journalist, shot.[118]
- Sir Hugh Bidwell, 79, British businessman, Lord Mayor of London (1990).[119]
- Alan Bridges, 86, English film and television director (The Shooting Party).[120]
- Jack Fishman, 83, American pharmaceutical researcher.[121]
- John Idzik, 85, American football player and coach.[122]
- Nadezhda Ilyina, 64, Russian Soviet Olympic bronze-medalist athlete (1976), traffic collision.[123]
- Eero Kolehmainen, 95, Finnish Olympic silver-medalist cross country skier (1952).[124]
- Józef Kowalski, 113, Polish soldier, second-to-last surviving veteran of the Polish–Soviet War.[125]
- Jacob Matlala, 51, South African WBO flyweight and light flyweight champion boxer (1993, 1995).[126]
- Édouard Molinaro, 85, French film director and screenwriter (La Cage aux Folles).[127]
- Allen Rosenberg, 82, American Olympic rowing coach.[128]
- Esther Streit-Wurzel, 81, Israeli author.[129]
- Thomas B. Spain, 85, American jurist, member of the Supreme Court of Kentucky (1991–1995).[130]
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, 53, Indian comic actor.[131]
- Kei Suma, 78, Japanese actor, liver cancer.[132]
- Michael Vetter, 70, German composer and novelist.[133]
- Chick Willis, 79, American blues singer, cancer.[134]
8
- Orlando Álvarez, 78, Chilean lawyer and writer, Judge of the Supreme Court (1998–2009).[135]
- Leonid Baranovskyi, 60, Ukrainian Soviet footballer (Chornomorets).[136]
- Sir John Cornforth, 96, Australian-British chemist, laureate of the Nobel Prize (1975).[137]
- Wanda Ewing, 43, American artist, small cell lung cancer.[138]
- Hung Sin-nui, 88, Chinese Cantonese opera singer and actress.[139]
- Jwala, 4, British Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised.[140]
- Lynne Kieran, 53, British-born Austrian singer (The Rounder Girls).[141]
- Mado Maurin, 98, French actress and comedian.[142]
- Maurice J. McCauley, 90, American teacher and politician, Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.[143]
- José Mercado, 75, Mexican Olympic cyclist.[144]
- Don Mitchell, 70, American actor (Ironside, I Dream of Jeannie, CHiPs), natural causes.[145]
- Donn Robins, 79, Australian cricketer (South Australia).[146]
- Luis Saavedra, 78, Spanish footballer (Tenerife).[147]
- Ernest Sauter, 85, German composer.[148]
- Sándor Szokolay, 82, Hungarian composer and professor.[149]
- Edward Williams, 92, English composer (Life on Earth).[150]
- Richard S. Williamson, 64, American lawyer and diplomat, United States ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs, cerebral hemorrhage.[151]
9
- Dame Florence Baron, 61, British jurist, cancer.[152]
- Kees Brusse, 88, Dutch actor and film director.[153]
- Hristu Cândroveanu, 85, Romanian editor, literary critic and writer.[154]
- Shane del Rosario, 30, American mixed martial artist and kickboxer, complications from cardiac arrest.[155]
- Pat Flaherty, 89, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Granville (1962–1984).[156]
- Alberto Foguelman, 90, Argentine chess master.[157]
- John Gabbert, 104, American judge, California Appellate Court (1970–1974) and Superior Court (1949–1970).[158]
- Herbert P. Gleason, 85, American lawyer, melanoma.[159]
- Norman Harding, 84, British trade unionist and political activist.[160]
- Joe Black Hayes, 98, American football player (Tennessee Volunteers).[161]
- Barbara Hesse-Bukowska, 83, Polish classical pianist.[162]
- Takeshi Miura, 75, Japanese actor, pneumonia.[163]
- Eleanor Parker, 91, American actress (The Sound of Music, Detective Story, Caged), pneumonia.[164]
- Lloyd Pye, 67, American author and paranormal researcher.[165]
- Shiva Regmi, 49, Nepali film director, kidney failure.[166]
- María Eugenia Rubio, 80, Mexican singer and actress.[167]
- Avtandil Tskitishvili, 63, Georgian general, Chief of General Staff (1992–1993).[168]
- Peter Urban, 72, German translator.[169]
- Jacq Firmin Vogelaar, 69, Dutch writer.[170]
- Thomson M. Whitin, 90, American economist.[171]
- John Wilbur, 70, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins), chronic traumatic encephalopathy.[172]
10
- Mary Allitt, 80, Australian cricketer.[173]
- Jimmy Amadie, 76, American jazz musician.[174]
- Maurice Benoît, 81, Canadian Olympic silver medallist ice hockey player (1960), (Dayton Gems).[175]
- The Child of Lov, 26, Belgian-born Dutch pop musician, complications from surgery.[176]
- Alan Coleman, 76, English-born Australian television director and producer (The Young Doctors, Neighbours).[177]
- John Didion, 66, American football player (Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints).[178]
- Peter Drummond, 82, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives for Forrest (1972–1987).[179]
- Skeets Gallacher, 88, British boxer.[180]
- Jim Hall, 83, American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger.[181]
- Don Lund, 90, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).[182]
- William L. Mallory, Sr., 82, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1967–1994) and House Majority Leader (1974–1994).[183]
- Herbert J. McChrystal, 89, American army major general.[184]
- Pete Naton, 82, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).[185]
- Rossana Podestà, 79, Italian actress (Helen of Troy).[186]
- Ravella Venkatarama Rao, 86, Indian writer.[187]
- David Thurston, 95, American aircraft designer.[188]
- Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, 60, Indian politician, leader of Mysore Kingdom and Wadiyar dynasty (since 1974), heart attack.[189]
11
- Nadir Afonso, 93, Portuguese geometric abstractionist painter.[190]
- Kate Barry, 46, British photographer, fall.[191]
- Barbara Branden, 84, Canadian biographer, lung infection.[192]
- George H. Buck, Jr., 84, American music industry executive.[193]
- Regina Derieva, 64, Russian poet.[194]
- Frederick Fox, 82, Australian-born British milliner.[195]
- Loretta Fuddy, 65, American health official, director of the Hawaii Department of Health (since 2011), Mayor of Kalawao County (since 2011), plane crash.[196]
- Javier Jáuregui, 40, Mexican former IBF world lightweight champion boxer, stroke.[197]
- Patrick Kavanagh, 90, British police officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (1977–1983).[198]
- John Liu Jinghe, 92, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop.[199]
- Luigi Menti, 79, Italian footballer.[200]
- Garry Robbins, 56, Canadian professional wrestler and actor (Wrong Turn, The Love Guru, Narc), heart attack.[201]
- Musa Shariefi, 71, Indian Islamic religious scholar.[202]
- Master Sridhar, 60, Indian film actor, heart attack.[203]
12
- Molly Allott, 95, British Women's Royal Air Force officer.[204]
- Chabua Amirejibi, 92, Georgian writer.[205]
- Stephen Bruce, 59, South African cricketer.[206]
- Jim Burton, 64, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).[207]
- Devere Christensen, 95, American water polo player.[208]
- Bernard Conlan, 90, British politician, MP for Gateshead East (1964–1987).[209]
- Krisztina Dobos, 64, Hungarian politician and economist.[210]
- Ron Goodwin, 72, American football player.[211]
- Jang Song-thaek, 67, North Korean politician, Vice-Chairman of the National Defence Commission (2010–2013), executed.[212]
- David Jones, 73, English footballer (Millwall).[213]
- Zbigniew Karkowski, 55, Polish composer, pancreatic cancer.[214]
- Tom Laughlin, 82, American actor (Billy Jack), complications from pneumonia.[215]
- Maria Lidka, 99, German-born British violinist.[216]
- Mac McGarry, 87, American television quiz show host (It's Academic), pneumonia.[217]
- Angelo Menon, 94, Italian cyclist.[218]
- Abdul Quader Molla, 65, Bangladeshi politician, execution by hanging.[219]
- Lee Raymond, 59, American stock car racing driver, cancer.[220]
- Leo Sachs, 89, Israeli molecular biologist.[221]
- Ezra Sellers, 45, American IBO cruiserweight champion boxer (2001–2002), heart failure.[222]
- Audrey Totter, 95, American actress (The Postman Always Rings Twice; Medical Center), stroke.[223]
- Charles M. Vest, 72, American academic, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990–2004), pancreatic cancer.[224]
- Séry Wawa, 70, Ivorian footballer (Africa Sports, national team).[225]
- Rae Woodland, 91, British soprano.[226]
13
- Marcel Cellier, 88, Swiss organist and musicologist.[227]
- Daniel Escobar, 49, American actor (Lizzie McGuire, Dharma & Greg, Blow), complications of diabetes.[228]
- Marina Gordon, 96, Belarusian-born American singer and coloratura soprano.[229]
- Vivian Kellogg, 91, American AAGPBL baseball player (Fort Wayne Daisies).[230]
- Kim Kuk-tae, 89, North Korean politician and party secretary, heart failure.[231]
- Stan Leadbetter, 76, English first-class cricketer.[232]
- Grace Lenczyk, 86, American amateur golfer.[233]
- Harvey Littleton, 91, American glass artist.[234]
- Wallace T. MacCaffrey, 93, American historian.[235]
- Italo Mazzacurati, 81, Italian cyclist.[236]
- Claudio Nasco, 37, Cuban journalist and newscaster, stabbed.[237]
- Hugh Nissenson, 80, American novelist.[238]
- Zafer Önen, 92, Turkish film actor, heart failure.[239]
- Andrew Plain, 60, Australian sound editor (The Truman Show, Babe, Knowing), melanoma.[240]
- Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, 83, Welsh politician, MP for Conwy (1970–1997).[241]
- James Schroder, 95, Canadian politician, MP for Guelph (1980–1984).[242]
- Thad Spencer, 70, American heavyweight boxer.[243]
- Horst Tomayer, 75, German poet, columnist, and actor, complications from cancer.[244]
14
- Janet Abu-Lughod, 85, American sociologist.[245]
- Lou Angeli, 62, American writer and filmmaker, subarachnoid hemorrhage.[246]
- G. W. S. Barrow, 89, British historian.[247]
- Janet Dailey, 69, American romance writer, complications of heart surgery.[248]
- Judi Hofer, 73, American business executive.[249]
- C. N. Karunakaran, 73, Indian painter.[250]
- Teoman Koman, 77, Turkish army general.[251]
- Junji Kunishige, 71, Japanese scholar of American literature, hepatocellular carcinoma.[252]
- Dennis Lindley, 90, British statistician.[253]
- Frank Lobdell, 92, American painter.[254]
- Frank Maznicki, 93, American football player (Chicago Bears, Boston Yanks).[255]
- René Million, 79, French Olympic swimmer.[256]
- John O. Norrman, 92, Swedish geographer and geomorphologist.[257]
- Peter O'Toole, 81, British-Irish actor (Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter, Troy), BAFTA winner (1963).[258]
- Neil Robson, 85, Australian politician.[259]
- France Roche, 92, French actress.[260]
- George Rodrigue, 69, American painter, lung cancer.[261]
- Bill Troup, 62, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Green Bay Packers).[262]
15
- Sandeep Acharya, 29, Indian singer.[263]
- Harold Camping, 92, American evangelist (Family Radio) and alleged doomsday predictor, complications from a fall.[264]
- Frank Meidell Falch, 93, Norwegian media director.[265]
- Joan Fontaine, 96, British-American actress (Rebecca, Suspicion, Ivanhoe), Oscar winner (1942).[266]
- Helmar Frank, 80, German mathematician.[267]
- Gennaro Langella, 74, American mobster.[268]
- Viking Mestad, 83, Norwegian banker and politician.[269]
- Dyron Nix, 46, American basketball player (Indiana Pacers), pneumonia.[270]
- Sis Ram Ola, 86, Indian politician, Minister of Labour and Employment (2004, since 2013), Minister of Mines (2004–2009).[271]
- Valentin Pashin, 76, Russian naval constructor, Hero of the Russian Federation.[272]
- Yevgeny Yatsinenko, 88, Russian Soviet Olympic sprint canoer (1956).[273]
16
- James Isbell Armstrong, 94, American academic, President of Middlebury College (1963–1975).[274]
- Arnoldo Castro, 74, Mexican baseball player.[275]
- Pat Crowley, 80, Irish fashion designer.[276]
- James Flint, 100, British Royal Air Force officer.[277]
- Stuart Hilborn, 96, Canadian automotive engineer.[278]
- Derek Hornby, 83, British business executive.[279]
- Gillis MacGill, 85, American fashion model.[280]
- Conn McCluskey, 99, Irish civil rights activist.[281]
- Ray Price, 87, American singer ("Heartaches by the Number", "For the Good Times"), pancreatic cancer.[282]
- Madhusudan Rege, 89, Indian cricketer (Maharashtra).[283]
- Marta Russell, 62, American writer and disability rights activist.[284]
- Lolita Sevilla, 78, Spanish actress and singer.[285]
- Michiaki Takahashi, 85, Japanese virologist (chickenpox vaccine), heart failure.[286]
- Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma, 91, Indian titular Maharaja of Travancore (since 1991), heart failure.[287]
- Arie Vermeer, 91, Dutch footballer.[288]
- Zvi Yanai, 78, Israeli publicist and philosopher.[289]
17
- Alfred Bates, 69, British politician, MP for Bebington and Ellesmere Port (1974–1979).[290]
- Richard Britnell, 69, British historian.[291]
- Fred Bruemmer, 84, Canadian nature photographer.[292]
- Ārvaldis Andrejs Brumanis, 87, Latvian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Liepāja (1995–2001).[293]
- Ricardo María Carles Gordó, 87, Spanish Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona (1990–2004).[294]
- Kelly Clark, 56, American attorney, cancer.[295]
- Rudolf Filkus, 86, Slovak politician.[296]
- Richard Heffner, 88, American historian and television host (The Open Mind), cerebral hemorrhage.[297]
- Azean Irdawaty, 63, Malaysian actress, liver failure.[298]
- Tetsurō Kashibuchi, 63, Japanese musician, composer (Tsuribaka Nisshi), and producer (Yukiko Okada), esophageal cancer.[299]
- Frank Magleby, 85, American painter and educator.[300]
- Janet Rowley, 88, American cancer researcher, complications of ovarian cancer.[301]
- Paul Ryan, 70, American video artist and communications theorist.[302]
- Eyad al-Sarraj, 70, Palestinian human rights campaigner, leukemia.[303]
- Frank Sheehan, 80, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Lincoln (1995–1999), cancer.[304]
- Conny van Rietschoten, 87, Dutch yacht racer.[305]
18
- Ronnie Biggs, 84, English criminal (Great Train Robbery) and fugitive.[306]
- Harry Boland, 88, Irish Olympic basketball player (1948).[307]
- Sir Christopher Curwen, 84, British Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (1985–1989).[308]
- William T. Greenough, 69, American educator, Lewy body dementia.[309]
- Jerome Grossman, 96, American political activist.[310]
- Ken Hutcherson, 61, American football player and anti-gay activist, prostate cancer.[311]
- Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza, 42, Mexican drug lord and Sinaloa Cartel leader, shot.[312]
- Boyuk Jeddikar, 84, Iranian footballer (Esteghlal F.C., national team), Alzheimer's disease.[313]
- Martin Koeman, 75, Dutch footballer, heart failure.[314]
- Larry Lujack, 73, American disc jockey, esophageal cancer.[315]
- Graham Mackay, 64, South African businessman (SABMiller).[316]
- Konstantin Melgunov, 87, Russian Olympic sailor.[317]
- Titus Munteanu, 72, Romanian television producer (TVR), director and filmmaker, respiratory disease.[318]
- Donald Roe Ross, 91, American federal judge.[319]
- Brunon Synak, 70, Polish sociologist and politician.[320]
- Paul Torday, 67, British author.[321]
- Wade Walker, 90, American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.[322]
19
- Winton Dean, 97, English musicologist.[323]
- Herb Geller, 85, American jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.[324]
- Morton J. Gold, 96, American Air Force brigadier general.[325]
- Al Goldstein, 77, American publisher and pornographer, renal failure.[326]
- José de Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo, 79, Mexican general and drug trafficker, brain cancer.[327]
- Arnošt Hložek, 84, Slovak football coach and player.[328]
- Marty Hornstein, 76, American film producer (Star Trek: First Contact, Along Came a Spider).[329]
- Ralph Howard, 82, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1976–1982).[330]
- Hideo Kanaya, 68, Japanese motorcycle racer.[331]
- Leon Kuhn, 59, British political cartoonist.[332]
- Nae Lăzărescu, 72, Romanian actor and comedian, chronic liver disease.[333]
- Krzysztof Marcinkowski, 53, Polish footballer (Lech Poznan).[334]
- Pedro Septién, 97, Mexican sports broadcaster, pneumonia.[335]
- Olive Smuts-Kennedy, 88, New Zealand politician.[336]
- Ružica Sokić, 79, Serbian actress, Alzheimer's disease.[337]
- Ned Vizzini, 32, American novelist (It's Kind of a Funny Story), suicide by jumping.[338]
- Günther Ziegler, 80, German Olympic cyclist.[339]
20
- Amand Audaire, 89, French cyclist.[340]
- Pyotr Bolotnikov, 83, Soviet Olympic champion athlete (1960).[341]
- Harji Ram Burdak, 82, Indian politician.[342]
- Tibor Czinkán, 84, Hungarian basketball player.[343]
- Yuri Dubinin, 83, Russian diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1986–1990).[344]
- Marie Fleming, 59, Irish campaigner for assisted suicide, multiple sclerosis.[345]
- Barbara Heslop, 88, New Zealand immunologist.[346]
- Khaled Khan, 55, Bangladeshi actor, motor neuron disease.[347]
- Lord Infamous, 40, American rapper (Three 6 Mafia), heart attack.[348]
- Gyula Maár, 79, Hungarian film director.[349]
- Didi Menosi, 85, Israeli dramatist, journalist and songwriter, Parkinson's disease.[350]
- Nelly Omar, 102, Argentine actress and singer, cardiac arrest.[351]
- Masafumi Ōura, 44, Japanese volleyball player (national team), stomach cancer.[352]
- David Richards, 57, British record producer (Queen, Iggy Pop).[353]
- Reginaldo Rossi, 69, Brazilian singer-songwriter, lung cancer.[354]
- Vivian St. John, 63, American professional wrestler.[355]
- Jeff Shannon, 52, American film critic and writer (The Seattle Times).[356]
- Syeda Zohra Tajuddin, 80, Bangladeshi politician.[357]
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- Trigger Alpert, 97, American jazz double-bassist (Glenn Miller band).[358]
- Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid, 89, Egyptian diplomat.[359]
- Eli Beeding, 85, American scientist and test pilot.[360]
- Edgar Bronfman Sr., 84, Canadian businessman (Seagram) and activist for Jewish and Israeli causes.[361]
- Bethine Clark Church, 90, American political activist.[362]
- David Coleman, 87, British television sports commentator and presenter.[363]
- Craig Cotton, 66, American football tight end.[364]
- Treffor Davies, 75, British cricketer (Worcestershire).[365]
- Lars Edlund, 91, Swedish composer and organist.[366]
- John Eisenhower, 91, American historian and diplomat, Ambassador to Belgium (1969–1971).[367]
- Peter Geach, 97, British philosopher.[368]
- Charles Grant Gordon, 86, Scottish whisky distiller, pneumonia.[369]
- Richard Hart, 96, Jamaican historian and politician.[370]
- Rodolfo P. Hernández, 82, American soldier, recipient of the Medal of Honor (1952).[371]
- Ina Scot, 24, Swedish racehorse, winner of Prix d'Amérique (1995), euthanized.[372]
- Björn J:son Lindh, 69, Swedish musician and composer, brain tumor.[373]
- Bernard Henry McGinn, 56, Irish republican and IRA member, convicted of conspiracy to murder and firearms possession.[374] (body discovered on this date)
- Bronzell Miller, 42, American football player and actor (Bringing Down the House, Mr. 3000), multiple myeloma.[375]
- El Perlo de Triana, 87, Spanish singer and poet.[376]
- Aristóteles Picho, 56, Peruvian actor, director and drama teacher, heart attack.[377]
- Lentxu Rubial, 68, Spanish politician, Senator (2004–2011).[378]
- Geoff Stirling, 92, Canadian businessman (CJON-DT, CHOZ-FM) and publisher (Newfoundland Herald).[379]
- Kazutami Watanabe, 81, Japanese scholar of French literature, sepsis.[380]
- Woon Sui Kut, 84, Singaporean sports official.[381]
22
- Muriel Abdurahman, 75, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan (1993–1997).[382]
- Pran Chopra, 92, Indian journalist and newspaper editor (The Statesman).[383]
- Diomedes Díaz, 56, Colombian vallenato musician, heart attack.[384]
- Shem Downey, 91, Irish hurler (Kilkenny).[385]·
- R. A. Foakes, 90, British author and Shakespearean scholar.[386]
- John Grefe, 66, American chess player, liver cancer.[387]
- Ed Herrmann, 67, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), prostate cancer.[388]
- Hans Hækkerup, 68, Danish politician, Defence Minister (1993–2000), MP (1979–2001), multiple system atrophy.[389]
- Leonard Jackson, 85, American stage, film, and television actor, Alzheimer's disease.[390]
- Anton Mackowiak, 91, German Olympic wrestler.[391]
- Keith McGowan, 70, Australian radio presenter (3AW), stroke.[392]
- Oscar Peer, 85, Swiss writer.[393]
- Lázaro Rivas, 38, Cuban Olympic silver medallist wrestler (2000).[394]
- William Rosales, 59, Puerto Rican politician, Mayor of Camuy (1989–2002).[395]
- Antti Sivonen, 85, Finnish Olympic skier.[396]
- Bill Tremel, 84, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).[397]
- Marco Zappia, 76, American television editor (Home Improvement, All in the Family, Who's the Boss?).[398]
23
- Stan Brooks, 86, American radio broadcaster (WINS).[399]
- Alan Burns, 83, English author.[400]
- Rick Cassidy, 70, American pornographic actor and bodybuilder.[401]
- Chryssa, 79, Greek-American artist.[402]
- Inis L. Claude, 91, American political scientist.[403]
- Addison Cresswell, 53, British comedy agent and manager, heart attack.[404]
- Mikhail Kalashnikov, 94, Russian weapons designer (AK-47, AK-74).[405]
- Dorothy Kuya, 81, British human rights activist.[406]
- Yusef Lateef, 93, American Grammy Award-winning saxophonist (Yusef Lateef's Little Symphony).[407]
- Juris Lauciņš, 56, Latvian actor, throat cancer.[408]
- Ricky Lawson, 59, American drummer (Michael Jackson, Phil Collins), brain aneurysm.[409]
- Neil McLaughlin, 65, Irish Olympic boxer.[410]
- José Ortiz, 81, Spanish comics artist (Hombre, Tex Willer).[411]
- András Pándy, 86, Hungarian-born Belgian serial killer, natural causes.[412]
- Chuck Patterson, 68, American actor (Law & Order), heart attack.[413]
- Raymond Paul, 85, British Olympic fencer (1952, 1956).[414]
- Jeff Pollack, 54, American director and producer (Booty Call, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), natural causes.[415]
- Ted Richmond, 103, American film producer (Papillon).[416]
- Vito Rizzuto, 67, Canadian mafia leader, pneumonia.[417]
- Viktor Sarianidi, 84, Russian archaeologist.[418]
- G. S. Shivarudrappa, 87, Indian Kannada-language poet.[419]
- Summer Bird, 7, American Thoroughbred racehorse, colic.[420]
- Francisco Manuel Vieira, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Osasco (1989–2002).[421]
- Robert W. Wilson, 86, American multimillionaire philanthropist, suicide by jumping.[422]
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- Rex Armistead, 83, American private detective and police officer (Arkansas Project).[423]
- Eric Auld, 82, Scottish artist.[424]
- Frédéric Back, 89, Canadian animator (Crac, The Man Who Planted Trees), cancer.[425]
- Ian Barbour, 90, American scholar and author, stroke.[426]
- Sir Michael Butler, 86, British diplomat, Permanent Representative to the European Economic Community (1979–1985).[427]
- Thomas Ludlow Chrystie II, 80, American banker.[428]
- Germán Coppini, 52, Spanish pop musician and singer (Siniestro Total, Golpes Bajos), hepatic cancer.[429]
- André Dreiding, 94, Swiss chemist.[430]
- Gunnar Ericsson, 94, Swedish politician and sports official.[431]
- Patrick Etolu, 78, Ugandan Olympic high jumper.[432]
- Soane Lilo Foliaki, 80, Tongan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tonga (1994–2008).[433]
- John M. Goldman, 75, British medical scientist.[434]
- Jakob Sigurd Holmgard, 84, Norwegian farmer and politician.[435]
- Stuart Jakeman, 70, English cricketer (Northants).[436]
- Raino Koskenkorva, 87, Finnish Olympic cyclist.[437]
- Fleming Lee, 79, American author.[438]
- Allan McKeown, 67, British film producer (Tracey Takes On...), prostate cancer.[439]
- Ron Noades, 76, British football chairman (Crystal Palace), lung cancer.[440]
- Helga M. Novak, 78, German-Icelandic writer.[441]
- Walter Oi, 84, American economist.[442]
- Hansjörg Reichel, 91, Austrian Olympic ice hockey player.[443]
- Jean Rustin, 85, French painter.[444]
- Valter Santos, 59, Brazilian actor, heart attack.[445]
- R.A. Shooter, 97, British microbiologist.[446]
- Serghei Stroenco, 46, Moldovan football player (national team) and manager.[447]
- Edward Williams, 88, English cricketer.[448]
25
- Don Adams, 66, American basketball player.[449]
- Kaj Backlund, 68, Finnish jazz trumpeter (UMO Jazz Orchestra).[450]
- Anthony J. Bryant, 52, American author.[451]
- Richard F. Edlich, 74, American plastic surgeon.[452]
- Birger Gerhardsson, 87, Swedish Biblical scholar.[453]
- Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo, 51, Colombian industrial engineer, Senator (1994–2008), heart attack.[454]
- Wayne Harrison, 46, English footballer (Liverpool).[455]
- David R. Harris, 83, British geographer, anthropologist and archaeologist.[456]
- Mike Hegan, 71, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees) and announcer (Cleveland Indians), heart failure.[457]
- Jorge Loring Miró, 92, Spanish Jesuit priest, stroke.[458]
- Boris Magasanik, 94, American microbiologist.[459]
- Andy Malcolm, 80, English footballer (West Ham United).[460]
- Mel Mathay, 80, Filipino politician, Mayor of Quezon City (1992–2001), heart attack.[461]
- Linda McCullough Thew, 95, British author.[462]
- John Rutherford, 78, English cricketer.[463]
- Cliff Salmond, 85, Canadian Olympic athlete.[464]
- Viktor Savelyev, 85, Russian surgeon, Hero of Socialist Labor, recipient of the Demidov Prize in Medicine (2002).[465]
- Adnan Şenses, 78, Turkish musician and actor, stomach cancer.[466]
- Wilbur Thompson, 92, American Olympic champion shot putter (1948).[467]
- Val Joe Walker, 83, American football player.[468]
- Art Weiner, 87, American football player.[469]
- Slim Williamson, 86, American recording executive.[470]
26
- Malena Alvarado, 59, Venezuelan actress, complications during surgery.[471]
- Albino Aroso, 90, Portuguese doctor and politician.[472]
- Paul Blair, 69, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees), heart attack.[473]
- Gerardo Bönnhoff, 87, German-born Argentine athlete.[474]
- E. Otis Charles, 87, American clergyman and activist, Espiscopal Bishop of Utah (1971–1993).[475]
- Dinu Cocea, 84, Romanian director and screenwriter, heart failure.[476]
- Dr. Tangalanga, 97, Argentine comedian.[477]
- Marta Eggerth, 101, Hungarian-born American singer and actress.[478]
- Brian Glüss, 83, British statistician, mathematician, systems engineer and author.[479]
- Bruce Hopkins, 89, Australian rugby league footballer.[480]
- Theo Lalleman, 67, Dutch writer.[481]
- Herbert F. Travers, Jr., 85, American attorney and judge.[482]
- Sally Vincent, 76, British journalist.[483]
- Harold Whitaker, 93, British animator (Animal Farm, Heavy Metal).[484]
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- Richard Ambler, 80, British chemist.[485]
- Carter Camp, 72, American activist, chair of the American Indian Movement (1973).[486]
- Gonzalo Carrasco, 78, Chilean footballer.[487]
- Mohamad Chatah, 62, Lebanese politician, Minister of Finance (2008–2009), Ambassador to the United States (1997–2000), car bomb.[488]
- Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury, 71–72, Bangladeshi politician, heart attack.[489]
- Patrick Crowby, 55, Ni-Vanuatu politician, Interior Minister (2008, 2011, 2013).[490]
- Alexander Lamb Cullen, 93, British electrical engineer.[491]
- Gianna D'Angelo, 84, American opera singer.[492]
- Boyd Lee Dunlop, 87, American jazz pianist.[493]
- Rollo Gebhard, 92, German circumnavigator and author.[494]
- Peter Hall, 83, British Anglican bishop, Bishop of Woolwich in the Diocese of Southwark, England (1984–1996).[495]
- Peter John Harding, 73, British Royal Air Force officer, Defence Services Secretary (1994–1998).[496]
- John Matheson, 96, Canadian lawyer, judge and politician, MP for Leeds (1961–1968).[497]
- Åke Nordin, 77, Swedish entrepreneur, founder of Fjällräven outdoor equipment.[498]
- Gunn Olsen, 61, Norwegian politician. MP for Telemark (1997–2013), cancer.[499]
- Elvira Quintillá, 85, Spanish actress.[500]
- Alan Richards, 91, New Zealand cricketer.[501]
- Farooq Sheikh, 65, Indian actor, heart attack.[502]
- Jonathan Stevens, 36, British medical researcher, Parkinson's disease.[503]
- Ian B. Tanner, 87, Australian Presbyterian minister.[504]
- Keegan Taylor, 29, Zimbabwean cricketer (Manicaland), heart failure.[505]
- Fernando Ureña Rib, 62, Dominican painter.[506]
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- Halton Arp, 86, American astronomer.[507]
- Jack S. Blanton, 86, American businessman and philanthropist.[508]
- Esther Borja, 100, Cuban singer.[509]
- Robert Boscawen, 90, British politician, MP for Wells (1970–1983), Somerton and Frome (1983–1992).[510]
- Laurent Chappis, 98, French architect and town planner.[511]
- Aníbal Delgado Fiallos, 77, Honduran politician.[512]
- Doe B, 22, American rapper, shot.[513]
- Sheila Guyse, 88, American actress and singer, Alzheimer's disease.[514]
- Andrew Jacobs, Jr., 81, American politician, member of the House of Representatives from Indiana (1965–1973, 1975–1997).[515]
- George Jacobs (valet), 86, American memoirist and valet.[516]
- Margrit Kennedy, 74, German architect and academic.[517]
- Kazuyoshi Kino, 91, Japanese Buddhist scholar, pneumonia.[518]
- Alfred Marshall, 94, American clothing retailer, founder of Marshalls.[519]
- Eleanor Montgomery, 67, American Olympic high jumper.[520]
- Joseph Ruskin, 89, American actor (The Magnificent Seven, The Scorpion King, Alias).[521]
- Mair Russell-Jones, 96, Welsh codebreaker.[522]
- Yosef Shapira, 87, Israeli politician, minister without portfolio (1984–1988).[523]
- Harold Simmons, 82, American businessman and philanthropist.[524]
- Ilya Tsymbalar, 44, Ukrainian-born Russian footballer, Footballer of the Year in Russia (1995), heart disease.[525]
29
- Alevtina Aparina, 72, Russian politician.[526]
- Richard Coar, 92, American aerospace engineer.[527]
- Paul Comstive, 52, English footballer, heart attack.[528]
- John W. V. Cordice, 94, American doctor and surgeon, natural causes.[529]
- Benjamin Curtis, 35, American rock musician (Tripping Daisy, Secret Machines, School of Seven Bells), lymphoma.[530]
- Connie Dierking, 77, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers, Cincinnati Royals).[531]
- Andy Granatelli, 90, American motorsport promoter and businessman, CEO of STP, heart failure.[532]
- C. T. Hsia, 92, Chinese literary critic and academic.[533]
- Wojciech Kilar, 81, Polish composer (Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Pianist), brain tumor.[534]
- Besik Kudukhov, 27, Russian Olympic wrestler (2008, 2012), traffic collision.[535]
- Henri Lazarof, 81, Bulgarian composer, Alzheimer's disease.[536]
- Kay Mander, 98, British film director and shooting continuity specialist.[537]
- Jagadish Mohanty, 62, Indian Oriya language writer, hit by train.[538]
- Mike O'Connor, 67, American journalists' advocate, heart attack.[539]
- William Overstreet Jr., 92, American WWII flying ace.[540]
- Khushi Ram, 77, Indian basketball player.[541]
- Ari Romero, 62, Mexican professional wrestler, liver cancer.[542]
- Armando Villegas, 87, Peruvian-Colombian painter.[543]
- Mary Wibberley, 79, British novelist.[544]
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- Akeem Adams, 22, Trinidadian footballer, stroke.[545]
- Katja Andy, 106, German-born American classical pianist.[546]
- Martin Berkofsky, 70, American classical pianist, cancer.[547]
- W. Harrison Daniel, 91, American author and history professor.[548]
- John Dominis, 92, American photojournalist, complications from heart attack.[549]
- Kenneth C. Edelin, 74, American physician and patient rights advocate.[550]
- Charlie Hill, 62, American Oneida-Mohawk-Cree comedian, lymphoma.[551]
- Sjoerd Huisman, 27, Dutch long distance ice-skater, cardiac arrest.[552]
- Kinnaird R. McKee, 84, American United States Navy admiral.[553]
- José María Maguregui, 79, Spanish football player (Athletic Bilbao) and coach (Racing de Santander).[554]
- Eero Mäntyranta, 76, Finnish Olympic champion (1960, 1964) cross-country skier.[555]
- Tito Mora, 73, Spanish pop singer, pulmonary illness.[556]
- Gerald Mortimer, 77, British author and sports journalist (Derby Telegraph).[557]
- G. Nammalvar, 75, Indian agronomist and sustainability activist, cardiac arrest.[558]
- Eiichi Ohtaki, 65, Japanese musician (Happy End), choking.[559]
- Johnny Orr, 86, American basketball player and coach (University of Michigan, Iowa State University), complications of a head injury from fall.[560]
- Merle Phillips, 85, American politician from Pennsylvania.[561]
- Paul Sally, 80, American mathematics professor.[562]
- Jaime Quijandría Salmón, 70, Peruvian economist and politician, Minister of Energy (2001–2003, 2004), Minister of Economy (2003–2004), pulmonary fibrosis.[563]
- Haakon Sandberg, 89, Norwegian film director.[564]
- Menan Schriewer, 79, American football player.[565]
- Lakshmi Shankar, 87, Indian classical vocalist.[566]
- Ayhan Sökmen, 84, Turkish composer and physician.[567]
- Jan Steyn, 85, South African judge, Supreme Court Justice (1964–1977).[568]
- Ibrahima Sylla, 57, Ivorian record producer.[569]
- Geoffrey Wheeler, 83, British broadcaster (Songs of Praise, Top of the Form, Winner Takes All).[570]
- Larry Yaji, 87, American baseball player (Nishitetsu Lions).[571]
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- Antonio Allocca, 76, Italian actor.[572]
- James Avery, 68, American actor (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Closer), complications from surgery.[573]
- Roberto Ciotti, 60, Italian bluesman and composer (Marrakech Express).[574]
- Puccio Corona, 71, Italian journalist.[575]
- Jim Coutts, 75, Canadian lawyer, businessman and advisor to two prime ministers, cancer.[576]
- John Fortune, 74, British comedian (Bremner, Bird and Fortune) and actor (Match Point), leukaemia.[577]
- Silva Golde, 58, Latvian politician and educator.[578]
- Joaquim Gonçalves, 77, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vila Real (1991–2011).[579]
- Bob Grant, 84, American radio talk show host.[580]
- Hans Hellbrand, 88, Swedish Olympic water polo player.[581]
- Sigrid Kahle, 85, French-born Swedish journalist and writer.[582]
- Patrick Karegeya, 53, Rwandan dissident, Director-General (External Intelligence) of the Defence Force (1994–2004), strangulation.[583]
- Irina Korschunow, 88, German writer.[584]
- Hardev Singh Kular, 83, Kenyan Olympic hockey player.[585]
- Hermann Müller, 78, German politician, Mayor of Idstein (1978–2002).[586]
- T.C. Narendran, 69, Indian taxonomist, heart attack.[587]
- Al Porcino, 88, American jazz trumpeter, fall.[588]
- Ljubomir Tadić, 88, Serbian academic.[589]
- Lidiya Vertinskaya, 90, Russian actress.[590]
- Werner Wittig, 83, German painter and printmaker.[591]
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