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The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2010.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
1
- Danny Aiello III, 53, American stuntman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shooter, Rescue Me), pancreatic cancer.[1]
- T. M. Aluko, 91, Nigerian writer.[2]
- Mohammad Bahmanbeigi, 90, Iranian educator.[3]
- Don Caruth, 59, American politician, minority leader of the West Virginia Senate, brain cancer.[4]
- Jean-Louis Dumas, 72, French businessman, Hermès group chairman (1978–2006).[5]
- Ramakrushna Gouda, 77, Indian politician.[6]
- Antoine Hayek, 81, Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholic prelate, archbishop of Baniyas (1989–2006).[7]
- Vytautas Janulionis, 52, Lithuanian glass artist.[8]
- Zygmunt Kamiński, 77, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień (1999–2009).[9]
- Dragan Kujović, Montenegrin politician, President (2003).[10]
- Rob McConnell, 75, Canadian jazz musician, cancer.[11]
- Lawrence Paul, 84, Canadian Mi'kmaq tribe leader, chief of the Membertou First Nation (1967–1969).[12]
- Helen Wagner, 91, American actress (As the World Turns), cancer.[13]
2
- Ann Aldrich, 82, American jurist.[14]
- Moshe Hirsch, 86, Israeli Neturei Karta rabbi and anti-Zionist, Palestinian National Authority Minister for Jewish Affairs, after long illness.[15]
- André Lamy, 77, Canadian film producer, after long illness.[16]
- Andrew McFarlane, 32, Australian motocross racer, accident during practice.[17]
- Murray Nicoll, 66, Australian journalist and broadcaster, Ash Wednesday fires commentator, leukaemia.[18]
- Santiago Carlos Oves, 68, Argentine film director.[19]
- Lynn Redgrave, 67, English actress (Georgy Girl, Gods and Monsters, Tom Jones), breast cancer.[20]
3
- Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, 73, Moroccan philosopher and writer.[21]
- M Innas Ali, 93, Bangladeshi physicist.[22]
- Luigi Amaducci, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia (1990–2000).[23]
- Florencio Campomanes, 83, Filipino chess player, President of FIDE (1982–1995).[24]
- Stefan Doernberg, 85, German writer and teacher.[25]
- Jack Friedman, 70, American businessman, co-founder of Jakks Pacific.[26]
- Jimmy Gardner, 85, British character actor (The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Finding Neverland) .[27]
- Karl Kasten, 94, American painter.[28]
- Stephen Ledogar, 80, American arms control negotiator, bladder cancer.[29]
- Merv McIntosh, 87, Australian football player, heart attack.[30]
- Bohumil Němeček, 72, Czech boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1960).[31]
- Peter O'Donnell, 90, British writer (Modesty Blaise).[32]
- Nick Rogers, 30, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), auto accident.[33]
- Kinji Shibuya, 88, American professional wrestler and actor (Mr. T and Tina), natural causes.[34]
- El Supremo, 67, Mexican professional wrestler, heart attack.[35]
- Garland Warren, 74, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).[36]
- Guenter Wendt, 85, German-born American spacecraft engineer (NASA ), heart failure and stroke.[37]
4
- Sheikh Nur Mohamed Abkey, 51-52, Somalian journalist, shot.[38]
- David Apter, 85, American political scientist, complications of cancer.[39]
- Brita Borg, 83, Swedish actress, singer and variety show artist.[40]
- Danny Chandler, 50, American motocross champion, complications from paralysis.[41]
- Ángel Cristo, 65, Spanish animal tamer and circus promoter, cardiac arrest.[42]
- Bill Dale, 93, Canadian track and field athlete.[43]
- Sheena Duncan, 77, South African anti-apartheid campaigner, leader of Black Sash, after long illness.[44]
- Ernie Harwell, 92, American baseball sportscaster (Detroit Tigers), cholangiocarcinoma.[45]
- Peter Heathfield, 81, British trade unionist.[46]
- Sipho Jele, 35, Swazi politician.[47]
- Freddy Kottulinsky, 77, German-born Swedish racing driver.[48]
- William Lubtchansky, 73, French cinematographer, heart disease.[49]
- Denis Obua, 62, Ugandan footballer.[50]
- Luigi Poggi, 92, Italian Roman Catholic prelate.[51]
- Joan Rendell, 89, British writer.[52]
- Dustin Shuler, 61, American sculptor (Spindle), pancreatic cancer.[53][54]
- Hadi Soesastro, 65, Indonesian economist and intellectual, founder of the CSIS, brain hemorrhage.[55]
5
- Lucho Barrios, 76, Peruvian bolero singer.[56]
- Louis Bisilliat, 79, French cyclist.[57]
- Ray Blum, 91, American Olympic speed skater.[58]
- Alessandra Codazzi, 88, Italian trade unionist, partisan and politician, Senator (1976-1987).[59]
- Marcello Costalunga, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Aquileia (1991–2001).[60]
- Joseph Kearney, 83, American athletic director, pancreatic cancer.[61]
- Alfons Kontarsky, 77, German pianist.[62]
- Armando Lucero, 68, Argentine sex offender, respiratory infection.[63]
- Jack MacDonald, 82, Canadian politician, mayor of Hamilton, Ontario (1977–1980).[64]
- Max Palevsky, 85, American entrepreneur, philanthropist and art collector.[65]
- Harry Siljander, 87, Finnish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) boxer.[66]
- Giulietta Simionato, 99, Italian mezzo-soprano singer.[67]
- Gwyn Thomas, 96, Canadian crime reporter (Toronto Star), natural causes.[68]
- Umaru Yar'Adua, 58, Nigerian politician, President (2007–2010).[69]
6
- Hoàng Cầm, 88, Vietnamese poet and playwright.[70]
- Jaroslav Cardal, 91, Czechoslovakian Olympic cross-country skier.[71]
- David E. Durston, 88, American film director and screenwriter (I Drink Your Blood), complications from pneumonia.[72]
- Tyler Lambert, 25, American cameraman and songwriter, son of Dana Plato, suicide by gunshot.[73]
- Guillermo Meza, 21, Mexican footballer (Pumas Morelos), shot.[74]
- Giacomo Neri, 94, Italian footballer.[75]
- Mildred Ellen Orton, 99, American businesswoman, co-founder of the Vermont Country Store.[76]
- Robin Roberts, 83, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, natural causes.[77]
- Robert J. Serling, 92, American author, brother of Rod Serling.[78]
- Dennis Sharp, 76, British architect, cancer.[79]
7
- Francisco Aguabella, 84, Cuban-born American jazz percussionist, cancer.[80]
- Bertha Allen, 75-76, Canadian activist, cancer.[81]
- Juan Arcocha, 82, Cuban journalist and writer.[82]
- Rane Arroyo, 55, American poet, cerebral hemorrhage.[83]
- Anders Buraas, 94, Norwegian journalist.[84]
- Babz Chula, 64, American actress (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Double Jeopardy), cancer.[85]
- Dick Flowers, 84, American football player (Baltimore Colts).[86]
- Pamela Green, 81, British actress and model, leukemia.[87]
- Wally Hickel, 90, American politician, Secretary of the Interior (1969–1970), Governor of Alaska (1966–1969, 1990–1994), natural causes.[88]
- Billy Kelly, 78, British boxer, after long illness.[89]
- Zoran Kurteš, 44, Serbian handball player and coach, cardiac arrest.[90]
- Adele Mara, 87, American actress (Sands of Iwo Jima), natural causes.[91]
- Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, 69, Icelandic author.[92]
- Svetozar Stojanović, 78, Serbian philosopher and political theorist.[93]
- Flora L. Thornton, 96, American arts patron and philanthropist, pulmonary disease.[94]
- Bert L. Vallee, 90, American professor.[95]
8
- Bruce Alford, Sr., 87, American football player (New York Yanks), and line judge, cancer.[96]
- Shadreck Biemba, 45, Zambian footballer, cancer.[97]
- Joaquín Capilla, 81, Mexican Olympic diving four-time medalist, heart failure.[98]
- Sir Cecil Clothier, 90, Manx judge and public servant.[99]
- Willis Eken, 79, American politician and farmer, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.[100]
- Andrew Hull, 46, Canadian-born film maker, film director and architect, head injury due to cycling accident.[101]
- Stefanos Lazaridis, 67, Ethiopian-born Greek stage designer, cancer.[102]
- Andor Lilienthal, 99, Russian-born Hungarian chess grandmaster.[103]
- Giuseppe Ogna, 76, Italian Olympic cyclist.[104]
- Peer Schmidt, 84, German actor, after long illness.[105]
- Mark Shannon, 58, American radio personality (KTOK), lymphoid leukemia.[106]
- George Susce, 78, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).[107]
- Alan Watkins, 77, British political journalist, renal failure.[108]
9
- Danger Ashipala, 62, Namibian police advisor.[109]
- Maksymilian Barański, 84, Polish footballer
- Erica Blasberg, 25, American golfer, suicide by drug overdose.[110]
- Raymond Bouchex, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Avignon (1978–2002).[111]
- Dean Cetrulo, 91, American fencer, Olympic bronze medalist (1948 Summer Olympics).[112]
- Geoffrey Chapman, 80, Australian publisher.[113]
- Rita Childers, 95, Irish politician, wife of President Erskine Hamilton Childers.[114]
- Zosima Davydov, 46, Russian Orthodox prelate, bishop of Yakutsk and Lensk (since 2004), heart attack.[115]
- Hans Dijkstal, 67, Dutch politician, Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister (1994–1998), cancer.[116]
- Francisco Andrés Escobar, 67, Salvadoran actor, journalist and writer.[117]
- Lena Horne, 92, American singer and actress (Stormy Weather, The Wiz).[118]
- Signe Johansson-Engdahl, 104, Swedish 1924 Olympic diver.[119]
- Farzad Kamangar, 32, Iranian activist, execution by hanging.[120]
- Craig Kauffman, 78, American painter and sculptor, complications from a stroke and pneumonia.[121]
- Teruji Kogake, 77, Japanese Olympic athlete, liver failure.[122]
- Mahāprajña, 89, Indian Jain religious leader, supreme head of Svetambar Terapanth, cardiac arrest.[123]
- Otakar Motejl, 77, Czech public official, Ombudsman (since 2000), after short illness.[124]
- Karl-Heinz Schnibbe, 86, German partisan, World War II resistance fighter.[125]
- Edward Uhl, 92, American inventor, co-inventor of the bazooka, heart failure.[126]
10
- Allan Andersson, 79, Swedish Olympic skier.[127]
- Ike Franklin Andrews, 84, American politician, U.S. Representative from North Carolina (1973–1985).[128]
- Albert W. Barney, 89, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court (1974–1982).[129]
- Jack Birkett, 75, British dancer, singer and actor.[130]
- Giuliana Camerino, 90, Italian handbag designer.[131]
- Charles Currey, 94, British sailor, silver medallist at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[132]
- Frank Frazetta, 82, American fantasy and science fiction artist, stroke.[133]
- Bill Hook, 84, American-born chess player for British Virgin Islands.[134]
- Margit Hvammen, 77, Norwegian Olympic Alpine skier.[135]
- John Kempe, 92, British schoolteacher, headmaster of Gordonstoun School.[136]
- Mac Mohan, 71, Indian actor (Sholay), lung cancer.[137]
- Volodymyr Ploskina, 55, Ukrainian football manager and former footballer.[138]
- Robert B. Salter, 85, Canadian surgeon.[139]
11
- Ian Baker, 86, British architect.[140]
- Robert H. Burris, 96, American biochemist.[141]
- John Burton, 85, New Zealand cricketer.[142]
- John Fugh, 75, American army officer, Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army, heart attack.[143]
- Brian Gibson, 82, English footballer (Huddersfield Town).[144]
- Timothy Grubb, 55, British-born American show jumper, Olympic silver medallist (1984 Summer Olympics), heart failure.[145]
- Karl-Erik Hult, 74, Swedish football player and manager.[146]
- Rauf Jabbarov, 74, Azerbaijani boxing manager, heart attack.[147]
- Josef Keck, 59, German Olympic biathlete.[148]
- Maciej Kozłowski, 52, Polish actor, complications of hepatitis C.[149]
- Richard LaMotta, 67, American inventor of the Chipwich ice cream sandwich, heart attack.[150]
- Bud Mahurin, 91, American flying ace, complications from a stroke.[151]
- Emmanuel Ngobese, 29, South African footballer, tuberculosis.[152]
- Jeff Shaw, 60, Australian politician and jurist, NSW Attorney General (1995–2000), Supreme Court judge (2003–2004), pneumonia.[153]
- Doris Eaton Travis, 106, American performer, last surviving Ziegfeld girl, aneurysm.[154]
- Bob Watt, 82, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic gold medalist (1952 Winter Olympics) .[155]
12
- Anthony Andeh, 64, Nigerian Olympic boxer.[156]
- Dieter Bock, 71, German businessman and multimillionaire, choking.[157]
- Phyllis Hodges Boyce, 73, American actress (Gone with the Wind, Star Trek).[158]
- Clive Fairbairn, 90, Australian cricketer.[159]
- Charlie Francis, 61, Canadian track coach, lymphoma.[160]
- Edith Keller-Herrmann, 88, German chess Grandmaster.[161]
- Sione Manu'uli Luani, 50, Tongan politician, governor of Vavaʻu (since 2009).[162]
- Allan Manings, 86, American television writer (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Good Times), cardiac arrest.[163]
- Antonio Ozores, 81, Spanish actor, cancer.[164]
- John Warham, 90, New Zealand ornithologist and photographer.[165]
- Notable people killed in the crash of Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771:
- Joëlle van Noppen, 30, Dutch singer.[166]
- Bree O'Mara, 42, South African novelist.[167]
13
- Rafael Sanus Abad, 78, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (1989–2000).[168]
- Ashaari Mohammad, 73, Malaysian spiritual leader, respiratory infection.[169]
- Ruth Chew, 90, American children's author, pneumonia.[170]
- Paul Garabedian, 82, American mathematician.[171]
- Eddie Garrett, 82, American actor (Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Quincy, M.E.).[172]
- Cinthia Régia Gomes do Livramento, 46, Brazilian politician, Education Secretary (Amazonas), air crash.[173]
- Walter Klimmek, 91, German footballer.[174]
- Klaus Kotter, 75, German bobsleigh official.[175]
- Richard Movitz, 84, American Olympic skier.[176]
- Peter Provan, 73, Australian rugby league footballer, Balmain Tigers premiership captain (1969), after long illness.[177]
- Rosa Rio, 107, American organist (Tampa Theatre).[178]
14
- Ronald Bailey, 92, British diplomat.[179]
- Frank J. Dodd, 72, American politician, President of the New Jersey Senate (1974–1975).[180]
- Goh Keng Swee, 91, Singaporean politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1973–1984), after long illness.[181]
- Norman Hand, 37, American football player (San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints), heart disease.[182]
- Rūta Jokubonienė, 80, Lithuanian textile artist.[183]
- Milouš Kvaček, 76, Czech football player and manager.[184]
- David Maimon, 81, Israeli general, head of Israel Prison Service.[185]
- Fred O'Donovan, 80, Irish theatre producer, Chairman of RTÉ Authority (1981–1985).[186]
- Skip Away, 17, American thoroughbred racehorse, heart attack.[187]
- Edmund Tsaturyan, 73, Armenian politician.[188]
- Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, 70, South African politician, complications from liver disease.[189]
15
- Harry Aleman, 71, American gangster and murderer, lung cancer.[190]
- Frances Alexander, 90, American politician.[191]
- Gabriel Bien-Aimé, Haitian politician, Minister of Education (2006–2008), heart attack.[192]
- Armand Caouette, 64, Canadian politician, Member of Parliament (1974–1980).[193]
- Juan José Carbó, 83, Spanish cartoonist.[194]
- Moshe Greenberg, 81, American rabbi and biblical scholar.[195]
- Christian Habicht, 57, German actor, heart attack.[196]
- Besian Idrizaj, 22, Austrian footballer, heart attack.[197]
- Loris Kessel, 60, Swiss racing driver, leukemia.[198]
- Archduke Rudolf of Austria, 90, Austrian nobleman, youngest son of Emperor Charles I and Zita of Bourbon-Parma.[199]
- John Shepherd-Barron, 84, British inventor, invented the Automatic Teller Machine.[200]
- Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, 86, Indian politician, Vice-President (2002–2007), respiratory infection.[201]
16
- Debbie Abono, 80, American band manager.[202]
- Ronnie James Dio, 67, American heavy metal singer (Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Dio), stomach cancer.[203]
- Frank Dye, 82, British sailor.[204]
- Alfonso Escámez, 94, Spanish banker.[205]
- Hank Jones, 91, American jazz pianist.[206]
- Oswaldo López Arellano, 88, Honduran politician, President (1963–1971, 1972–1975), prostate cancer.[207]
- Ingvard Nielsen, 84, Danish Olympic athlete.[208]
- Stephen Perry, 55, American television writer (ThunderCats, SilverHawks), homicide.[209] (body discovered on this date)
17
- Víctor Selvino Arenhart, 61, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Oberá (since 2009).[210]
- Trevor Brissett, 49, English footballer (Port Vale), cancer.[211]
- Judson Crews, 92, American poet.[212]
- Ludwig von Friedeburg, 85, German politician and sociologist, Hesse Minister for Education (1969–1974).[213]
- Richard Gregory, 86, British psychologist.[214]
- Dorothy Kamenshek, 84, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, 1943–1952).[215]
- Yvonne Loriod, 86, French pianist, composer and teacher, widow of Olivier Messiaen.[216]
- Mukhran Machavariani, 81, Georgian poet, heart attack.[217]
- Vasil Manchenko, 79, Bulgarian Olympic basketball player.[218]
- Rafael Nantes, 53, Filipino politician, helicopter crash.[219]
- Khattiya Sawasdipol, 58, Thai army general and activist, advisor to the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (Red Shirts), shot.[220]
- Bobbejaan Schoepen, 85, Belgian singer-songwriter and entrepreneur, cardiac arrest.[221]
- Fritz Sennheiser, 98, German electrical engineer and entrepreneur, founder of Sennheiser.[222]
- George Terlep, 87, American football player (Buffalo Bills) and head coach.[223]
- Walasse Ting, 80, Chinese-born American visual artist.[224]
18
- Iskender Alptekin, 48, Swiss politician, heart attack.[225]
- Fedja Anzelewsky, 91, German art historian.[226]
- Shusaku Arakawa, 73, Japanese artist and architect.[227]
- Sheila Armstrong, 60, American Olympic fencer.[228]
- Martha Bielish, 94, Canadian politician, Senator (1979–1990).[229]
- Don Day, 86, Australian politician, New South Wales Minister for Agriculture (1978–1980).[230]
- John Gooders, 73, British ornithologist.[231]
- Karin Iten, 53, Swiss figure skater.[232]
- Edoardo Sanguineti, 79, Italian poet, complications following abdominal aneurysm surgery.[233]
- Peter Seaton, 67, American poet, influential in language poetry movement, apparent heart attack.[234]
- Devendra Singh, 72, Indian-born American psychologist and educator.[235]
- Snow Chief, 27, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.[236]
- Willie Zapalac, 89, American football coach.[237]
19
- Martin Cohan, 77, American television writer and producer, creator of Silver Spoons, Who's the Boss?, large cell lymphoma.[238]
- Larry Dale, 87, American blues singer and guitarist.[239]
- Pierre-Claver Zeng Ebome, 56, Gabonese politician and musician.[240]
- Aleksandrs Golubovs, 50-51, Latvian politician, member of the Saeima (since 1995).[241]
- Horácio Roque, 66, Portuguese financier, founder of Banco Internacional do Funchal, stroke.[242]
- Moishe Rosen, 78, American Baptist minister, founder of Jews for Jesus, after long illness.[243]
- Harry Vos, 63, Dutch footballer, cancer.[244]
20
- Harry C. Aderholt, 90, American Air Force general.[245]
- Herbert Eldemire, 79, Jamaican politician and medical doctor.[246]
- Phill Hartsfield, 78, American knifemaker.[247]
- Gesang Martohartono, 92, Indonesian singer-songwriter.[248]
- Robert L. McNeil, Jr., 94, American chemist and inventor, creator of paracetamol (acetaminophen), heart failure.[249]
- Hugh Morris, 80, New Zealand businessman, founder of McDonald's New Zealand.[250]
- Breandán Ó Buachalla, 74, Irish academic, Irish language scholar, heart attack.[251]
- Acharya Ramamurti, 97, Indian social activist.[252]
- Walter Rudin, 89, Austrian-born American mathematician, Parkinson's disease.[253]
- Robert Tralins, 84, American author.[254]
- Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson, 82, British businessman, philanthropist and life peer.[255]
21
- Adrian Cruickshank, 73, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1984–1999).[256]
- Stan Jones, 78, American football player (Chicago Bears), member of Pro Football Hall of Fame, complications from a stroke.[257]
- Anna-Lena Löfgren, 66, Swedish singer.[258]
- Bill Long, 78, Irish writer and broadcaster, Ireland's longest surviving heart transplant patient.[259]
- Will Munro, 35, Canadian artist, brain cancer.[260]
- Howard Post, 83, American cartoonist and animator.[261]
- Robert Gordon Rogers, 90, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (1983–1988).[262]
- Gerald Roush, 68, American Ferrari expert, heart attack.[263]
- Saeed al-Masri, 54, Egyptian member of al-Qaeda, drone attack.[264]
- John P. Scott, 76, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate.[265]
- Madan Tamang, 62, Nepali politician, President of Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League, stabbed.[266]
- Driek van Wissen, 66, Dutch poet, intracranial hemorrhage.[267]
22
- Martin Gardner, 95, American mathematics and science author.[268]
- Hasri Ainun Habibie, 72, Indonesian First Lady (1998–1999), ovarian cancer.[269]
- Peter Hall, 88, New Zealand airman, World War II flying ace.[270]
- Keith Jessop, 77, British deep sea diver and marine treasure hunter.[271]
- Josef Koukl, 83, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Litoměřice (1989–2003).[272]
- Michael Kuchwara, 63, American theater critic (Associated Press), idiopathic ischemic lung disease.[273]
- Buz Lukens, 79, American politician, U.S. Representative for Ohio (1967–1971; 1987–1990), cancer.[274]
- Lwandile Zwelenkosi Matanzima, 39, South African clan leader, ruler of Western Thembuland.[275]
- Martin Mulloy, 58, Irish banjo player, drowning.[276]
- Gane Todorovski, 81, Macedonian writer and academician.[277]
- Veturi, 74, Indian poet and lyricist, cardiac arrest.[278]
- Pierre Zimmer, 82, French actor and film director.[279]
23
- Princess Leonida Bagration of Mukhrani, 95, Russian Grand Duchess, last Romanov born in Russia.[280]
- Beaver, 59, New Zealand jazz singer, sarcoma.[281]
- Beto, 43, Portuguese singer, stroke.[282]
- Héctor Costa, 80, Uruguayan basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics).[283]
- Gregory Evans, 96, Canadian jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario (1976–1985).[284]
- David Ginsburg, 98, American lawyer and political insider, heart failure.[285]
- José Lima, 37, Dominican baseball player, heart attack.[286]
- Ashot Mkhitaryan, 51, Armenian weightlifting and television personality, heart attack.[287]
- Simon Monjack, 40, British screenwriter, suspected heart attack.[288]
- Marianna O'Gallagher, 81, Canadian Irish Quebecer historian, lung cancer.[289]
- Eva Ostwalt, 108, German-born American Holocaust survivor.[290]
- Irwin Rosten, 85, American documentary filmmaker (The Incredible Machine, 1975), after short illness.[291]
- Wee Willie Webber, 80, American radio and television personality, heart attack.[292]
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- Ray Alan, 79, British ventriloquist, respiratory failure.[293]
- Walter Arnold Baker, 73, American lawyer and politician, cancer.[294]
- Virendra Bhatia, 63, Indian politician, after short illness.[295]
- Tony Bentley-Buckle, 88, Kenyan Olympic sailor.[296]
- Tapen Chatterjee, 72, Indian actor (Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne), cardiac arrest.[297]
- Maria di Gerlando, 84, American operatic soprano.[298]
- Paul Gray, 38, American heavy metal bassist (Slipknot), accidental fentanyl and morphine overdose.[299]
- Alejandro López de Haro, 61, Venezuelan photographer, writer and stock broker, complications from surgery.[300]
- Raymond V. Haysbert, 90, American business executive and civil rights leader, member of Tuskegee Airmen, heart failure.[301]
- Baby Islam, 82, Bangladeshi cinematographer.[302]
- Kambozia Jamali, 71, Iranian Olympic footballer.[303]
- Morrie Martin, 87, American baseball player, lung cancer.[304]
- Rogelio Martínez, 91, American baseball player (Washington Senators).[305]
- Petr Muk, 45, Czech pop singer.[306]
- Barbara New, 87, British actress (Oh, Doctor Beeching!, You Rang, M'Lord?).[307]
- Steve New, 50, British guitarist, cancer.[308]
- Eugenia Paul, 75, American actress (Zorro).[309]
- Katherine Reback, 59, American screenwriter (Fools Rush In), complications from cancer.[310]
- Abdolhamid Rigi, 30-31, Iranian militant, execution by hanging.[311]
- Anneliese Rothenberger, 85, German opera singer.[312]
25
- Alexander Belostenny, 51, Ukrainian basketball player, lung cancer.[313]
- Clifford Grodd, 86, American clothier, President and CEO of Paul Stuart, cancer.[314]
- Arthur Herzog, 83, American writer.[315]
- Alan Hickinbotham, 84, Australian football player and businessman.[316]
- Michael H. Jordan, 73, American business executive, complications of cancer.[317]
- Erih Koš, 97, Serbian writer and translator.[318]
- Silvius Magnago, 96, Italian politician, Governor of South Tyrol (1960–1989).[319]
- Robert Muczynski, 81, American composer of classical music.[320]
- Siphiwo Ntshebe, 35, South African opera singer, meningitis.[321]
- David Parker, 51, British swimmer, heart attack.[322]
- Gabriel Vargas, 95, Mexican cartoonist.[323]
26
- Leo Canjels, 77, Dutch footballer.[324]
- Jean Constantin, 82, Romanian actor, natural causes.[325]
- Marie Corridon, 80, American swimmer, gold medalist (1948 Summer Olympics).[326]
- Jesse Hockett, 26, American sprint car racer, electrocution.[327]
- John P. Lewis, 89, American economist, expert on economic aid.[328]
- Art Linkletter, 97, Canadian-born American radio and television personality (House Party, People are Funny), natural causes.[329]
- Judy Lynn, 74, American country music singer, heart failure.[330]
- Sir Christopher Moran, 54, British air force officer, Air Chief Marshal of RAF, suspected heart failure.[331]
- Kieran Phelan, 60, Irish politician, suspected heart attack.[332]
- Pat Stevens, 64, American actress and voice actress (M*A*S*H, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo), breast cancer.[333]
27
- Louise Arnold, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL)[334]
- Harry Brown Bainbridge III, 70, American bishop, lung cancer and heart complications.[335]
- John William Finn, 100, American naval officer, oldest living Medal of Honor recipient.[336]
- Jerzy Gryt, 88, Polish Olympic wrestler.[337]
- Peter J. Hall, 84, British-born American costume designer (Dallas Opera).[338]
- Yvonne Howell, 104, American actress.[339]
- Jackson Kaujeua, 56, Namibian musician, composer and gospel singer, kidney disease.[340]
- Peter Keefe, 57, American animation producer and executive (Voltron, Denver, the Last Dinosaur), throat cancer.[341]
- Roman Kozak, 52, Russian theatre actor and director, after long illness.[342]
- Payut Ngaokrachang, 81, Thai cartoonist and animator.[343]
- Thomas Whisenhant, 63, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.[344]
- Reg White, 74, British Olympic gold medal-winning (1976) sailor.[345]
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- Eddie Barth, 78, American actor (Simon & Simon, The Amityville Horror, Fame), heart failure.[346]
- Henry Bramwell, 90, American federal judge.[347]
- Slim Bryant, 101, American country singer-songwriter.[348]
- Gary Coleman, 42, American actor (Diff'rent Strokes), intracranial hemorrhage.[349]
- Sir Hugh Ford, 96, British engineer[350]
- Ted Innes, 85, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives (1972–1983).[351]
- Robert Middlemiss, 75, Canadian engineer and politician.[352]
- Osama Anwar Okasha, 68, Egyptian screenwriter and journalist.[353]
- David Sanger, 63, British organist.[354]
- Leslie Scalapino, 65, American poet, publisher and playwright.[355]
- Torvald Högström, 84, Finnish Olympic cyclist.[356]
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- Akinpelu Oludele Adesola, 82, Nigerian academic.[357]
- Adrian Freeman, 24, Irish hurler (Mayo), traffic collision.[358]
- Dennis Hopper, 74, American actor (Speed, Blue Velvet) and film director (Easy Rider), prostate cancer.[359]
- Paul Müller, 69, German biologist.[360]
- Jeriome Robertson, 33, American baseball player (Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians), motorcycle collision.[361]
- Donald L. Staheli, 78, American Mormon leader, general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[362]
- Randolph Stow, 74, Australian writer, liver cancer.[363]
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- José Amedo, 91, Spanish Olympic shooter.[364]
- Hanji Aoki, 94, Japanese sports official, heart failure.[365]
- Colm Callan, 87, Irish rugby player (1948 Grand Slam), after long illness.[366]
- Yuri Chesnokov, 77, Russian Olympic gold medal-winning (1964) volleyball player.[367]
- Aryeh Eliav, 88, Israeli politician, after long illness.[368]
- Dame Pat Evison, 85, New Zealand actress.[369]
- Bruce Harris, 55, British executive director of Casa Alianza (1989–2004), pancreatic cancer.[370]
- Lester Johnson, 91, American figurative expressionist artist.[371]
- Peter Orlovsky, 76, American poet, lung cancer.[372]
- Joan Rhodes, 89, British actress and entertainer.[373]
- Jeanne Robinson, 62, American dancer and novelist, wife of Spider Robinson, biliary tract cancer.[374]
- Dufferin Roblin, 92, Canadian politician, Premier of Manitoba (1958–1967), Senator (1978–1992).[375]
- Vera Beaudin Saeedpour, 80, American Kurdish scholar, founder of the Kurdish Heritage Foundation of America, heart attack.[376]
- Robert O. Smith, 67, American actor (Dragonball Z, InuYasha, Transformers: Cybertron).[377]
- Brian Turner, 58, Australian footballer, cancer.[378]
- Rudi Vis, 69, British politician, MP for Finchley and Golders Green (1997–2010), cancer.[379]
- Tobi Wong, 35, Canadian designer, suicide by hanging.[380]
- Ali-Ollie Woodson, 58, American soul singer (The Temptations), leukemia.[381]
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- İbrahim Bilgen, 61, Turkish politician and engineer, Gaza flotilla raid participant.[382]
- Louise Bourgeois, 98, French-born American artist and sculptor.[383]
- Uzra Butt, 93, Indian-born Pakistani actress, after long illness.[384]
- Emil Clade, 94, German Luftwaffe fighter ace.[385] (exact date of death unknown)
- Boyd Converse, 78, American college football coach.[386]
- Furkan Doğan, 19, American student, Gaza flotilla raid participant.[387]
- Brian Duffy, 76, British photographer, degenerative lung disease.[388]
- William A. Fraker, 86, American cinematographer, cancer.[389]
- Chris Haney, 59, Canadian co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit, after long illness.[390]
- Rubén Juárez, 62, Argentine singer-songwriter and bandoneónist, prostate cancer.[391]
- Cevdet Kılıçlar, 38, Turkish journalist and photographer, Gaza flotilla raid participant.[392]
- Benjamin Lees, 86, American composer of classical music, heart failure.[393]
- Merata Mita, 68, New Zealand filmmaker.[394]
- Basilio Santiago Romero, 82, Puerto Rican politician, Comptroller (1971–1977).[395]
- Çetin Topçuoğlu, 54, Turkish taekwondo champion and coach, Gaza flotilla raid participant.[382]
- Jack Volrich, 82, Canadian politician, Mayor of Vancouver (1976–1980), kidney failure.[396]
- Donald Windham, 89, American novelist.[397]
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