Deaths in May 2016
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The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2016.
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.
May 2016
1
- Hamzat Ahmadu, 91–92, Nigerian diplomat, Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Netherlands, Cameroon, the Bahamas, and the United States.[1]
- Richard Gilpin, 76, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Totnes (1996–2005).[2]
- Jean-Marie Girault, 90, French politician, Mayor of Caen (1970–2001).[3]
- Solomon W. Golomb, 83, American mathematician and engineer.[4]
- Madeleine Lebeau, 92, French actress (Casablanca, 8½), complications from a broken thigh bone.[5]
- Merv Lincoln, 82, Australian Olympic middle-distance runner (1956, 1960).[6]
- Sydney Onayemi, 78, Nigerian-born Swedish DJ.[7]
- Doug Raney, 59, American jazz guitarist, heart failure.[8]
- Swasti Mitter, 76, Indian development economist.[9]
2
- Balwantrai Bhatt, 94, Indian composer and musician.[10]
- Basil Blackshaw, 84, Northern Irish artist.[11]
- Tobias de Boer, 85, Dutch scientist.[12]
- Jonathan Cainer, 58, British astrologer (Daily Mail), heart failure.[13]
- Richard Davis, 66, English radio astronomer.[14]
- Walter Dürst, 89, Swiss ice hockey player, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).[15]
- Mozibur Rahman Fakir, 69, Bangladeshi politician, cardiac arrest.[16]
- Al Ferrari, 82, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks, Chicago Zephyrs).[17]
- John Kaye, 60, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (since 2007), cancer.[18]
- Jacky Lee, 77, American football player (Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs), Alzheimer's disease.[19]
- Balraj Madhok, 96, Indian politician, President of Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1966–1967).[20]
- Tomohiro Matsu, 43, Japanese light novel writer (Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!, Mayoi Neko Overrun!), liver cancer.[21]
- Paul McDowell, 84, British actor and singer (The Temperance Seven).[22]
- Myles McKeon, 97, Irish-born Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bunbury (1969–1982).[23]
- Roger Millward, 68, British rugby league player (Hull Kingston Rovers, Castleford Tigers, national team).[24]
- Karel Pečko, 95, Slovenian artist.[25]
- Stasys Petronaitis, 83, Lithuanian actor.[26]
- Afeni Shakur, 69, American businesswoman (Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, Amaru Entertainment, Makaveli Branded) and political activist (Black Panthers).[27]
- Fernando Soto Aparicio, 82, Colombian author.[28]
- Wilfried Straub, 77, German football official.[29]
- Gordie Sundin, 78, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).[30]
3
- Charlie Beamon, 81, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).[31]
- Paul Boutelle, 81, American politician, Socialist Workers candidate for U.S. Vice President (1968), kidney cancer.[32]
- Ian Deans, 78, Canadian politician, MP (1980–1986), Parkinson's disease.[33]
- Kristian Ealey, 38, British actor (Brookside, Hollyoaks).[34]
- Fan Lichu, 82, Chinese bridge structural engineer and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).[35]
- Abel Fernandez, 85, American actor (The Untouchables, Pork Chop Hill).[36]
- Marianne Gaba, 76, American model and actress (Missile to the Moon, The Choppers, The Beverly Hillbillies), brain cancer.[37]
- Gao Shan, 53, Chinese geochemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).[38]
- Tadeusz Gocłowski, 84, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Gdańsk (1992–2008), stroke.[39]
- Sarah D. Grant, 72, American judge.[40]
- Sunil Gudge, 56, Indian cricketer (Maharashtra), heart attack.[41]
- Kaname Harada, 99, Japanese World War II flying ace, multiple organ failure.[42]
- Frank Levingston, 110, American supercentenarian, nation's oldest World War II veteran.[43]
- Thomas W. Libous, 63, American politician, member of the New York State Senate (1989–2015), cancer.[44]
- Karol Machata, 88, Slovak actor (St. Peter's Umbrella).[45]
- Graeme McCall, 78, Australian Olympic rower.[46]
- Allan L. McCutcheon, 66, American sociologist and statistician.[47]
- Nicolas Noxon, 79, American filmmaker (Secrets of the Titanic), pancreatic cancer.[48]
- Ian Quigley, 84, New Zealand politician, MP for Otago Central (1972–1975).[49]
- Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, 81, Swedish artist (Non-Violence), pneumonia.[50]
- Ian Sander, 68, American producer and director (Ghost Whisperer, Profiler, I'll Fly Away), heart attack.[51]
- Domingo Siazon Jr., 76, Philippine politician and diplomat, Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1995–2001), ambassador to Austria and Japan.[52]
- Jadranka Stojaković, 65, Bosnian singer-songwriter, motor neuron disease.[53]
- Gordon Strachan, 68, Scottish rugby union player, cardiac amyloidosis.[54]
- Janusz Tazbir, 87, Polish historian.[55]
4
- Tutty Alawiyah, 74, Indonesian politician, Minister for Women's Affairs (1998–1999).[56]
- Ángel de Andrés López, 64, Spanish actor (What Have I Done to Deserve This?, 800 Bullets, Taxi).[57]
- Blas Avena, 32, American mixed martial artist (WEC), suicide.[58]
- Sir Jack Baer, 91, British art dealer.[59]
- Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 69, Burundian politician, President (1976–1987).[60]
- Bob Bennett, 82, American politician, U.S. Senator from Utah (1993–2011), pancreatic cancer and stroke.[61]
- Gaetan Boucher, 59, Canadian-born Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1988), (HC Villars).[62]
- Karl Butzer, 81, German-born American geographer.[63]
- Michael Caborn-Waterfield, 86, British businessman (Ann Summers).[64]
- Giuseppe Faraca, 56, Italian racing cyclist.[65]
- Howard King, 83, American public address announcer (Michigan Stadium).[66]
- Olle Ljungström, 54, Swedish singer and guitarist.[67]
- Ursula Mamlok, 93, German-born American composer.[68]
- James Oyedeji, 63, Ghanaian sports historian.[69]
- Paul A. Paddock, 41, American artist.[70]
- Jordan Parsons, 25, American mixed martial artist (Bellator), traffic collision.[71]
- Rita Renoir, 82, French strip-teaser and actress.[72]
- Friedrich Schattleitner, 92, Austrian Olympic sport shooter (1968).[73]
- Ret Turner, 87, American fashion designer (Cher, Dolly Parton, Carol Burnett).[74]
- Adlan Varayev, 54, Russian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1988), drowned.
- John Wright, 75, British Army officer and polo administrator.[75]
5
- Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar, 56, Malaysian politician, MP (since 2013), Chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Board, helicopter crash.[76]
- Benito Cocchi, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola (1996–2010).[77]
- Bentot Jr., 46, Filipino actor.[78]
- Rollin Dart, 90, American banker (Dart National Bank).[79]
- Matt Irwin, 36, British celebrity photographer, suicide by GHB overdose.[80]
- Noriah Kasnon, 52, Malaysian politician, MP (since 2004), helicopter crash.[81]
- Sylvia Kauders, 94, American actress (Inside Llewyn Davis, Witness, Predator 2), heart attack.[82]
- Bill MacDermott, 79, American CFL coach (Edmonton Eskimos).[83]
- Anne Atai Omoruto, 59, Ugandan physician, cancer.[84]
- Romalı Perihan, 74, Turkish actress and singer.[85]
- Fred C. Robinson, 85, American academic.[86]
- Siné, 87, French political cartoonist.[87]
- Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby, 88, Burmese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Yangon (1971–2002).[88]
- Isao Tomita, 84, Japanese synthesizer musician, composer and arranger (Snowflakes Are Dancing), heart failure.[89]
- Martha Seim Valeur, 93, Norwegian politician, Deputy MP (1993–1997).[90]
- Nancy Zahniser, 67, American pharmacologist, glioblastoma.[91]
6
- Klaus Ampler, 75, German Olympic racing cyclist (1968).[92]
- Johannes Bauer, 61, German trombonist.[93]
- Nico de Bree, 71, Dutch footballer (NEC, Anderlecht), cancer.[94]
- Scott Burgess, 57, Australian actor, (Water Rats), heart attack.[95]
- Patrick Ekeng, 26, Cameroonian footballer (Le Mans, Dinamo București, national team), heart attack.[96]
- Dick Estell, 90, American radio host (The Radio Reader).[97]
- Roberta Gellis, 88, American author.[98]
- Reg Grundy, 92, Australian television production mogul (Reg Grundy Organisation).[99]
- David Hall, 85, American politician, Governor of Oklahoma (1971–1975), stroke.[100]
- Lakshmi Holmström, 81, Indian-born British author and translator.[101]
- Margot Honecker, 89, East German politician, Minister of People's Education (1963–1989), First Lady (1976–1989).[102]
- Johnny Joannou, 76, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1976–1983, 1998–2016) and Senate (1984–1992), lung cancer.[103]
- Candye Kane, 54, American blues singer-songwriter and pornographic actress, pancreatic cancer.[104]
- Li Wanheng, 92, Chinese soldier, commander of the 67th Army of the People's Liberation Army (1981–1983).[105]
- George Mandler, 91, American psychologist.[106]
- Pierre, 33, American penguin, renal failure.[107]
- Larry Pinto de Faria, 83, Brazilian footballer (Sport Club Internacional).[108]
- Niklaus Schilling, 72, Swiss filmmaker (The Expulsion from Paradise).[109]
- Kōjō Tanaka, 91, Japanese photographer.[110]
- Abu Waheeb, 29–30, Iraqi field commander (ISIL) and prison escapee (Camp Bucca), airstrike.[111]
- Christopher Wathes, 64, British research scientist.[112]
- Valeriy Zuyev, 63, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv) and manager.[113]
7
- Fernando Álvarez de Miranda, 92, Spanish politician, President of the Congress of Deputies (1977–1979).[114]
- Comply or Die, 16, British thoroughbred racehorse, won the Grand National (2008).[115]
- Ann Day, 77, American politician, member of the Arizona Senate (1990–2000), traffic collision.[116]
- Merritt Green, 85, American lawyer and judge.[117]
- Michael S. Harper, 78, American poet.[118]
- Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh, 39, Iranian politician, traffic collision.[119]
- John Krish, 92, British film director.[120]
- Gonzalo López Marañon, 82, Spanish-born Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos (1970–2010).[121]
- José Roberto Marques, 70, Brazilian footballer (São Paulo).[122]
- Chris Mitchell, 27, Scottish footballer (Queen of the South, Clyde), suicide by train.[123]
- Bernardo Ribeiro, 26, Brazilian footballer (Skënderbeu, Newcastle Jets, IFK Mariehamn), cardiac arrest.[124]
- George Ross, 73, Scottish footballer (Preston North End).[125]
- John Stabb, 54, American punk singer (Government Issue), stomach cancer.[126]
- Nikita Struve, 85, French literary critic and publisher.[127]
- Anne van den Ban, 88, Dutch agricultural economist.[128]
- Khurram Zaki, 40, Pakistani rights activist, shot.[129]
8
- Tom M. Apostol, 92, American analytic number theorist and professor.[130]
- Philippe Beaussant, 86, French author.[131]
- John Bradshaw, 82, American self-help writer, heart failure.[132]
- Tonita Castro, 63, Mexican-born American actress (Dads, Funny People, The Book of Life), stomach cancer.[133]
- Louisa Chase, 65, American painter.[134]
- Sir Iain Glidewell, 91, British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal (1985–1995).[135]
- Ken Gorgal, 87, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears).[136]
- Gareth Gwenlan, 79, British television producer (Only Fools and Horses).[137]
- Joan Helpern, 89, American shoe designer.[138]
- Nick Lashaway, 28, American actor (Girls, In Time, The Last Song), traffic collision.[139]
- Elisa Mainardi, 85, Italian actress (Fellini Satyricon).[140]
- Wolfgang Patzke, 57, German footballer.[141]
- Geneviève Salbaing, 94, French-born Canadian dancer and choreographer.[142]
- William Schallert, 93, American actor (The Patty Duke Show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, In the Heat of the Night), President of SAG (1979–1981).[143]
- Rajesh Nandini Singh, 59, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha (2009–2014), heart attack.[144]
- Friedrich von Huene, 87, German-born American woodwind maker.[145]
- John Young, 67, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), founder of Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities.[146]
- Thomas Zhang Huai-xin, 90, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jixian (since 1981).[147]
9
- Chuck Curtis, 80, American football coach (University of Texas at Arlington).[148]
- Andi Muhammad Ghalib, 69, Indonesian politician, Attorney General (1998–1999), Ambassador to India (2008–2013).[149]
- Rex Hughes, 77, American basketball coach (Sacramento Kings).[150]
- Walther Leisler Kiep, 90, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1965–1976, 1980–1982).[151]
- Sandy Lewis, 85, Australian politician.[152]
- Bill MacIlwraith, 88, British playwright and screenwriter (Two's Company).[153]
- Karl Maramorosch, 101, Austrian-born American virologist, entomologist and plant pathologist.[154]
- Dennis Nineham, 94, British theologian.[155]
- Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao, 92, Indian politician.[156]
- Kelly Stearne, 57, Canadian curler.[157]
- Gijs Verdick, 21, Dutch professional cyclist, heart attack.[158]
- Ronald W. Walker, 76, American historian, lymphoma.[159]
- John Warr, 88, English cricketer.[160]
10
- Mustafa Badreddine, 55, Lebanese military commander (Hezbollah, Syrian Civil War), convicted planner of 1983 Kuwait bombings, explosion.[161]
- Heinz-Georg Baus, 82, German billionaire and businessman, owner of Bauhaus AG.[162]
- Jack Boothman, 79, Irish sports administrator, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1994–1997).[163]
- Sally Brampton, 60, British writer and magazine editor (Elle), suicide by drowning.[164]
- Sarah Corp, 41, British television producer, lung cancer.[165]
- Nicholas Fisk, 92, British children's author.[166]
- Carlos García y García, 88, Peruvian politician, Second Vice President (1990–1992).[167]
- Louis van Gasteren, 93, Dutch filmmaker and artist.[168]
- Gene Gutowski, 90, Polish-born American film producer (The Pianist, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Cul-de-sac), pneumonia.[169]
- Ilkka Hanski, 63, Finnish ecologist.[170]
- Kang Young-hoon, 93, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1988–1990).[171]
- Mark Lane, 89, American lawyer, author (Rush to Judgment, Plausible Denial) and screenwriter (Executive Action), heart attack.[172]
- Thomas Luckmann, 88, Slovene-born American sociologist (The Social Construction of Reality).[173]
- François Morellet, 90, French painter, sculptor and light artist.[174]
- Betty Sabo, 87, American artist.[175]
- Shi Ping, 82, Chinese aircraft designer (Hongdu JL-8) and academic (Chinese Academy of Engineering).[176]
- Steve Smith, 26, Canadian mountain biker, race collision.[177]
- Riki Sorsa, 63, Finnish singer ("Reggae OK"), cancer.[178]
- Margaret Walker, 91, British sprinter.[179]
11
- Peter Behrens, 68, German drummer (Trio), multiple organ failure.[180]
- Bobby Carroll, 77, Scottish footballer (Celtic).[181]
- Tony Cozier, 75, Barbadian cricket writer and commentator.[182]
- Katherine Dunn, 70, American writer (Geek Love), lung cancer.[183]
- Abdul Baqi Jammoh, 93–94, Jordanian politician, Senator (1997–2001).[184]
- David King, 73, British graphic designer, art collector and writer (The Commissar Vanishes).[185]
- Promode Mankin, 77, Bangladeshi politician.[186]
- Anton Muheim, 99, Swiss politician, President of the National Council (1973–1974).[187]
- Motiur Rahman Nizami, 73, Bangladeshi politician and convicted war criminal, leader of Jamaat (since 2000), MP for Pabna (1991–1996, 2001–2006), execution by hanging.[188]
- Herman Obermayer, 91, American journalist and publisher (Northern Virginia Sun).[189]
- Jim Pothecary, 82, South African cricketer (Western Province, national team).[190]
- Michael Ratner, 72, American lawyer, won right of habeas corpus for Guantanamo Bay detainees, complications from cancer.[191]
- Majid al-Shibl, 80–81, Saudi Arabian announcer.[192]
- Joe Temperley, 86, Scottish saxophonist (Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), cancer.[193]
- Jack L. Treynor, 86, American economist.[194]
12
- Mike Agostini, 81, Trinidadian-born Australian Olympic sprinter (1956), Commonwealth Games gold medalist (1954).[195]
- Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, 91, Serbian royal.[196]
- Denise Bernot, 94, French academic.[197]
- Sidney Brazier, 96, British army bomb disposal officer.[198]
- Ulf Grenander, 92, Swedish statistician.[199]
- Denis Hardy, 80, Canadian politician, Vice President of the National Assembly of Quebec (1970–1973).[200]
- Susannah Mushatt Jones, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person.[201]
- Bohumil Kubát, 81, Czech wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).[202]
- Julius La Rosa, 86, American pop singer ("Anywhere I Wander", "Eh, Cumpari!") and actor (Another World).[203]
- Del Latta, 96, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th congressional district (1959–1989).[204]
- Peter J. Liacouras, 85, American academic, President of Temple University (1981–2000).[205]
- Giuseppe Maiani, 92, Sammarinese politician, Captain Regent (1955–1956, 1982).[206]
- Tapio Mäkelä, 89, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic gold medalist (1952).[207]
- Giovanni Migliorati, 73, Italian-born Ethiopian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Awasa (since 2009).[208]
- Yukio Ninagawa, 80, Japanese film and theatre director, pneumonia.[209]
- Raghunath Patnaik, 89, Indian politician, heart disease.[210]
- Georges Sesia, 91, French footballer.[211]
- Hugh Smith, 81, American football player (Washington Redskins).[212]
13
- Seiji Arikawa, 86, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1990–1993).[213]
- Bill Backer, 89, American advertising executive (McCann Erickson) and songwriter ("I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)").[214]
- Ondrej Binder, 46, Slovak politician, member of the National Council (2016), traffic collision.[215]
- Buster Cooper, 87, American jazz trombonist, prostate cancer.[216]
- Karl Eigen, 88, German farmer and politician, member of the Bundestag (1972–1976, 1980–1990).[217]
- Sammy Ellis, 75, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), cancer.[218]
- Rodrigo Espíndola, 26, Argentine footballer (Nueva Chicago), shot.[219]
- Makiko Futaki, 57, Japanese animator (Akira, Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro).[220]
- David McNiven Garner, 87, New Zealand oceanographer.[221]
- Blanche Hartman, 90, American Buddhist abbess.[222]
- W. K. Hastings, 85, Canadian statistician.[223]
- Doina Florica Ignat, 78, Romanian historian and politician, Senator (1992–1996).[224]
- John Imbrie, 90, American paleoceanographer.[225]
- Paul Jetton, 51, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints).[226]
- Lauri Kähkönen, 69, Finnish politician, MP for North Karelia (1999–2011).[227]
- Rabbit Kekai, 95, American surfer.[228]
- Jan Korger, 78, Czech physician and politician, member of the House of Peoples of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia (1992).[229]
- Engelbert Kraus, 81, German footballer (Kickers Offenbach).[230]
- Mikio Kudō, 55, Japanese baseball player, liver failure.[231]
- Dick McAuliffe, 76, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), World Series winner (1968), Alzheimer's disease.[232]
- Howard Meeks, 83, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Western Michigan (1984–1988).[233]
- Fredrik Norén, 75, Swedish jazz drummer.[234]
- Pinuccio Sciola, 74, Italian sculptor and muralist.[235]
- James M. Shuart, 85, American academic administrator, President of Hofstra University (1976–2001), heart disease.[236]
- Baba Hardev Singh, 62, Indian spiritual guru, traffic collision.[237]
- Murray A. Straus, 89, American sociologist and professor (University of New Hampshire).[238]
14
- Larry Barnes, 84, American football player.[239]
- Tony Barrow, 80, British press officer (The Beatles).[240]
- Balázs Birtalan, 46, Hungarian author, cancer.[241]
- Darwyn Cooke, 53, Canadian comic book artist (Catwoman, The Spirit, DC: The New Frontier), cancer.[242]
- John Coyle, 83, Scottish footballer (Dundee United).[243]
- Ron Henry, 79, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins), cardiovascular and renal disease.[244]
- Jesús Leguina, 73–74, Spanish jurist, justice of the Constitutional Court (1986–1992) and director of the Bank of Spain (1994–2001).[245]
- Valerie Lush, 97, British actress.[246]
- Jaroslav Malina, 78, Czech scenographer and painter, heart attack.[247]
- Lasse Mårtenson, 81, Finnish singer ("Laiskotellen"), cerebral hemorrhage.[248]
- Malachi Mitchell-Thomas, 20, English motorcycle racer, injuries sustained in race collision.[249]
- Banza Mukalay, 63, Congolese politician, Minister of Culture (since 2014).[250]
- Christy O'Connor Snr, 91, Irish golfer.[251]
- Marjet Ockels, 72, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1991–1994).[252]
- Kenneth Painter, 81, English archaeologist and curator.[253]
- Johnny Seay, 75, American country music singer.[254]
- Paul Smoker, 75, American jazz trumpeter.[255]
- Monteagle Stearns, 91, American diplomat, Ambassador to Greece (1981–1985) and Ivory Coast (1976–1979).[256]
- Charles R. Stelck, 98, Canadian geologist.[257]
- Neculai Alexandru Ursu, 89, Romanian linguist, philologist and literary historian.[258]
- André Wicky, 87, Swiss racing driver and team owner.[259]
- Alvise Zorzi, 93, Italian journalist and author.[260]
15
- Hakkı Akansel, 92, Turkish military officer and politician, Mayor of Istanbul (1980–1981).[261]
- Oya Aydoğan, 59, Turkish actress, model and television presenter, aortic aneurysm.[262]
- Erika Berger, 76, German television presenter and author.[263]
- André Brahic, 73, French astrophysicist, discovered rings of Neptune, cancer.[264]
- Ghulam Sadiq Khan, 76, Indian classical vocalist.[265]
- Robert C. T. Lee, 92, Chinese-born American veterinarian.[266]
- Jane Little, 87, American musician (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra).[267]
- Clovis Maksoud, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador of the Arab League to the United Nations (1979–1990) and the United States (1979–1990), cerebral hemorrhage.[268]
- Bobby McIlvenny, 89, Northern Irish footballer (Oldham Athletic).[269]
- Cauby Peixoto, 85, Brazilian singer, pneumonia.[270]
- Ken Ramos, 48, American baseball player (Houston Astros), suicide by gunshot.[271]
- Michael Roberds, 52, Canadian actor (The New Addams Family, Elf, Hot Tub Time Machine).[272]
- Marion Tournon-Branly, 91, French architect.[273]
16
- Hussein Sheikh Abdirahman, 75, Somali politician, Minister of Defense (1989–1990).[274] (death announced on this date)
- Sir Gavyn Farr Arthur, 64, British judge, Lord Mayor of London (2002–2003).[275]
- Moidele Bickel, 79, German costume designer (La Reine Margot).[276]
- Anthony Bird, 85, British Anglican priest and academic.[277]
- Ken Cameron, 74, Scottish trade union leader.[278]
- Giovanni Coppa, 90, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio (1979–2001).[279]
- Camille DesRosiers, 87, Canadian-born Tuvaluan Roman Catholic prelate, Superior of Funafuti (1986–2010).[280]
- Huguette Dreyfus, 87, French harpsichordist.[281]
- Robert Freeman, 82, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1980–1988).[282]
- Romaldo Giurgola, 95, Italian-born American-Australian architect (Parliament House, Canberra).[283]
- Aar de Goede, 87, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1967–1973), State Secretary of Finance (1973–1977), member of the European Parliament (1979–1984).[284]
- Mitsuo Horiuchi, 86, Japanese politician.[285]
- Sadek Khan, 82, Bangladeshi journalist and filmmaker.[286]
- François Maistre, 91, French actor (Angélique, Marquise des Anges, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie).[287]
- Jim McMillian, 68, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks), NBA champion (1972), complications from heart failure.[288]
- Julia Meade, 90, American actress (The Ed Sullivan Show, Pillow Talk).[289]
- Gillian Mears, 51, Australian writer (Foal's Bread), multiple sclerosis.[290]
- Emilio Navaira, 53, American country and Tejano singer (Life Is Good), heart failure.[291]
- Noriko Nishimoto, 75, Japanese-born Australian puppeteer, cancer.[292]
- Michael Pope, 89, British Olympic hurdler.[293]
- Mamie Rallins, 74, American hurdler, traffic collision.[294]
- David Rendel, 67, British politician, MP for Newbury (1993–2005), cancer.[295]
- Bjarne Saltnes, 82, Norwegian politician.[296]
- Ivaylo Sharankov, 82, Bulgarian Olympic swimmer.[297]
- Deepak Shodhan, 87, Indian cricketer, lung cancer.[298]
- Lino Toffolo, 81, Italian actor (Yuppi du, Brancaleone at the Crusades) and singer.[299]
- Jack Unruh, 80, American commercial illustrator.[300]
- Oscar Whitbread, 86, English-born Australian television producer.[301]
17
- Seán Ardagh, 68, Irish politician, TD (1997–2011).[302]
- Guy Clark, 74, American folk singer-songwriter ("Desperados Waiting for a Train", "Workbench Songs", "My Favorite Picture of You"), Grammy winner (2014), cancer.[303]
- Benjamin de Roo, 76, Dutch-born Australian Olympic gymnast (1960, 1964).[304]
- Vinjamuri Seetha Devi, Indian folk singer.[305]
- Paulo Emilio, 80, Brazilian football manager.[306]
- Kim Jae-soon, 92, South Korean politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1988–1990).[307]
- Ed Kolenovsky, 87, American photographer (Associated Press).[308]
- Alexandru Lăpușan, 61, Romanian politician, mayor of Dej (1991), MP (1992–1994) and Minister of Agriculture (1992–1996).[309]
- Edmund V. Ludwig, 87, American federal judge, member of the District Court for the E.D. of Pennsylvania (since 1985).[310]
- Yūko Mizutani, 51, Japanese voice actress (Digimon, Black Jack, Tenchi Muyo!), breast cancer.[311]
- Xavier de Planhol, 90, French geographer.[312]
- Arthur Provis, 91, English cinematographer and producer.[313]
- Müzahir Sille, 84, Turkish wrestler, Olympic champion (1960).[314]
- Yuri Volkov, 79, Russian ice hockey player (Krylya Sovetov Moscow, HC Dynamo Moscow, national team).[315]
18
- Elaine Abraham, 86, American Tlingit elder and nurse.[316]
- Luis H. Álvarez, 96, Mexican industrialist and politician, President of the National Action Party (1987–1993).[317]
- Ethel Bush, 100, British police officer.[318]
- Eduardo Castrillo, 73, Filipino sculptor, cancer.[319]
- Adrian Flowers, 89, British photographer.[320]
- Astrid Gunnestad, 77, Norwegian journalist.[321]
- Ida Pedanda Gede Made Gunung, 63, Indonesian Hindu priest.[322]
- Zygmunt Kukla, 68, Polish footballer.[323]
- Adán Nigaglioni Loyola, 86, Puerto Rican doctor and educator.[324]
- Kornél Pajor, 92, Hungarian Olympic speed skater (1948), world champion (1949).[325]
- Sutham Phanthusak, 69, Thai businessman and politician.[326]
- Michael Reichmann, 71, Canadian photographer and blogger.[327]
- Boris Schnaiderman, 99, Ukrainian-born Brazilian translator, writer and essayist.[328]
- Fritz Stern, 90, German-born American historian.[329]
- Susan Tolchin, 75, American political scientist, ovarian cancer.[330]
- Ian Watkin, 76, New Zealand actor (Braindead, Sleeping Dogs, Charlotte's Web).[331]
- Doris Yankelewitz Berger, 82, Costa Rican artist and politician, First Lady (1982–1986).[332]
19
- Alexandre Astruc, 92, French film critic and director.[333]
- Irving Benson, 102, American actor and comedian.[334]
- Cook, 15, Spanish Jack Russell Terrier dog actor (Aquí no hay quien viva, La que se avecina, TV commercials of Loterías y Apuestas del Estado), cardiac arrest.[335]
- Ronald C. Davidson, 74, Canadian physicist, complications from pneumonia.[336]
- Jan Deutsch, 80, American philosopher and legal scholar.[337]
- George Forty, 88, British Army officer and author.[338]
- Jim Ray Hart, 74, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).[339]
- Hugh Honour, 88, British art historian.[340]
- Hu Hongwen, 91, Chinese organic chemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).[341]
- Cindy Nicholas, 58, Canadian long distance swimmer and politician, liver cancer.[342]
- Rogelio Ordoñez, 75, Filipino author, liver cancer.[343]
- N. S. Palanisamy, 75, Indian politician, complications from kidney failure.[344]
- Laxminarayan Pandey, 88, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha for Mandsaur (1971–1979, 1989–2009).[345]
- Marco Pannella, 86, Italian politician and civil rights activist, MEP (1979–2009).[346]
- Morley Safer, 84, Canadian-born American journalist (60 Minutes), pneumonia.[347]
- John Sisko, 57, American sculptor.[348]
- Donald Snelgrove, 91, British Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Hull (1981–1994).[349]
- Alan Young, 96, English-born Canadian-American actor (Mister Ed, The Time Machine, DuckTales).[350]
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- Gert Bals, 79, Dutch footballer (PSV, Ajax).[351]
- Glen Clegg, 82, Canadian politician.[352]
- Patricia M. Derian, 86, American human rights activist, Alzheimer's disease.[353]
- Vasile Duță, 60, Romanian lawyer and politician, Senator (2000–2004), lung cancer.[354]
- John David Jackson, 91, Canadian physicist.[355]
- Gabriel, 75, Russian prelate, Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church.[356]
- Brandon Grove, 87, American diplomat, ambassador to East Germany and Zaire, cancer.[357]
- Rosanna Huffman, 77, American actress (Babe, Oliver & Company, Murder, She Wrote), pancreatic cancer.[358]
- Kang Sok-ju, 76, North Korean diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister (2007), esophageal cancer.[359]
- Pranlal Kharsani, 89, Indian actor.[360]
- Kho Jabing, 32, Malaysian convicted murderer, executed by hanging.[361]
- Tsuyoshi Makino, 70, Japanese author, critic and social activist.[362]
- Joe McDonagh, 62, Irish sports administrator, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1997–2000).[363]
- Audrey Purton, 90, British Women's Royal Army Corps officer.[364]
- Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo, 84, Spanish journalist and athlete.[365]
- Ádám Rajhona, 72, Hungarian actor.[366]
- Lucille Stone, 90, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League), complications from hydrocephalus.[367]
- Albert M. Sackett, 95, American Navy rear admiral.[368]
- Yagya Datt Sharma, 80, Indian politician, member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[369]
- Robyn Sisman, 66, American-born British publisher and author.[370]
- Bogdan Ulmu, 65, Romanian theatre director, writer and publicist.[371]
- Wheelock Whitney, Jr., 89, American sports executive (Minnesota Twins, Minnesota North Stars, Minnesota Vikings).[372]
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- Gaston Berghmans, 90, Belgian comedian and actor (The Silent Hedonist).[373]
- Lorne Clarke, 87, Canadian lawyer, Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court (1985–1998).[374]
- Andrea Maria Erba, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Velletri-Segni (1988–2006).[375]
- Jane Fawcett, 95, British codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II, key figure in the sinking of the Bismarck.[376]
- Sir Denys Henderson, 83, British businessman, chairman of ICI (1987–1995).[377]
- Homeboykris, 9, American racehorse.[378]
- Eddie Keizan, 71, South African racing driver.[379]
- Tony Kriletich, 72, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team).[380]
- Alan Lewis, 61, British footballer (Reading, Derby County, Peterborough United).[381]
- Akhtar Mansour, c. 48, Afghan Islamist, Minister of the Emirate for Aviation and Tourism (1996–2001), leader of the Taliban (since 2015), airstrike.[382]
- Nick Menza, 51, German-born American drummer (Megadeth), heart failure.[383]
- Germán Serrano Pinto, 76, Costa Rican politician, Vice President (1990–1994).[384]
- Norman Tait, 75, Canadian First Nations artist, cancer.[385]
- Sándor Tarics, 102, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic gold medalist (1936).[386]
22
- Lucjan Avgustini, 52, Albanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sapë (since 2006).[387]
- Adolf Born, 85, Czech painter, illustrator, caricaturist and filmmaker.[388]
- Malvina Cheek, 100, British war artist.[389]
- Merv Cowan, 91, Australian WANFL footballer.[390]
- Tom DeLeone, 65, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals), brain cancer.[391]
- Intikhab, 22, American racehorse, heart disease.[392]
- John Lyons, 90, British trade union leader.[393]
- José Luis Romo Martín, 62, Mexican artist.[394]
- Alexis Navarro, 69, Venezuelan politician and diplomat, Governor of Nueva Esparta (2000–2004), Ambassador to Russia (2005–2008), heart attack.[395]
- Yasushi Niki, 90, Japanese baseball player.[396]
- Leonorilda Ochoa, 76, Mexican actress (Los Beverly de Peralvillo), Alzheimer's disease.[397]
- Subhash Pal, 40, Indian mountaineer.[398]
- Arulraj Rosli, 75, Malaysian Olympic racing cyclist (1964).[399]
- Velimir Sombolac, 77, Serbian-Yugoslav football player, Olympic champion (1960) and manager.[400]
- George Wildman, 88, American cartoonist.[401]
- Bata Živojinović, 82, Serbian actor (Walter Defends Sarajevo), complications from gangrene.[402]
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- Nurjahan Begum, 90, Bangladeshi journalist.[403]
- Jo Beverley, 68, British-born Canadian writer, cancer.[404]
- John Brophy, 83, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Birmingham Bulls, Toronto Maple Leafs, Hampton Roads Admirals), namesake of John Brophy Award.[405]
- Joe Fleishaker, 62, American actor (Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV, Late Show with David Letterman), heart attack.[406]
- Vera Henriksen, 89, Norwegian writer.[407]
- Cedric McKinnon, 48, American football player (Cleveland Thunderbolts, Tampa Bay Storm).[408]
- Zdeněk Mézl, 81, Czech print-maker.[409]
- Sir Reginald Palmer, 93, Grenadian politician, Governor-General (1992–1996).[410]
- Nanette Rainone, 73, American feminist and reporter.[411]
- Arne Sandnes, 92, Norwegian politician.[412]
24
- Ray Ash, 79, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).[413]
- Suzanne Corkin, 79, American neuroscientist, liver cancer.[414]
- Adelina Dematti de Alaye, 88, Argentinian human rights activist, founder of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.[415]
- Khaleda Ekram, 65, Bangladeshi architect, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.[416]
- Lewis Fiander, 78, Australian actor (Pride and Prejudice, Who Can Kill a Child?, Bangkok Hilton), stroke.[417]
- Maycie Herrington, 97, American historian and social worker.[418]
- Buck Kartalian, 93, American actor (Planet of the Apes, Cool Hand Luke, The Rock).[419]
- Malik Iqbal Mehdi Khan, 64, Pakistani politician, MP (since 2013), liver disease.[420]
- Burt Kwouk, 85, British actor (The Pink Panther, Last of the Summer Wine, Goldfinger), cancer.[421]
- Frankie Laine, 73, Canadian professional wrestler, multiple sclerosis.[422]
- Mell Lazarus, 89, American cartoonist (Miss Peach, Momma).[423]
- Anne-Marie Nzié, 84, Cameroonian singer.[424]
- Hughes Oliphant Old, 83, American theologian.[425]
- Leo Proost, 82, Belgian racing cyclist.[426]
- Jorma Salmi, 83, Finnish Olympic ice hockey player (1960), (Ilves, Frölunda HC).[427]
- Berrick Saul, 91, British economist and academic administrator.[428]
- Soita Shitanda, 56, Kenyan politician, MP from Malava (since 1997).[429]
- Bé Udink, 90, Dutch politician and CEO.[430]
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- Giacomo Barabino, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ventimiglia-San Remo (1988–2004).[431]
- Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul, 82, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (1999–2008).[432]
- Cassandra Butts, 50, American lawyer.[433]
- Lloyd Campbell, 101, Canadian curler.[434]
- Nancy Dow, 79, American actress (The Ice House) and model.[435]
- Ian Gibson, 73, Scottish footballer (Cardiff City, Coventry City, Middlesbrough).[436]
- Gyula Kosice, 92, Czechoslovakian-born Argentine poet and sculptor.[437]
- Ku Chin-shui, 56, Taiwanese Olympic decathlete (1984), plasma cell leukemia.[438]
- Per Øien, 78, Norwegian flutist.[439]
- Valentin Petry, 88, German racing cyclist.[440]
- Bob Sorenson, 92, New Zealand rugby union player and coach (Auckland), and cricketer (Auckland).[441]
- Peggy Spencer, 95, British dancer.[442]
- József Tempfli, 85, Romanian-Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Oradea Mare (1990–2008).[443]
- John Webster, 60, British theologian.[444]
- Yang Jiang, 104, Chinese playwright, author, and translator.[445]
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- Kazimierz Barburski, 73, Polish fencer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).[446]
- Loris Francesco Capovilla, 100, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Prelate of Loreto (1971–1988).[447]
- Esad Čolaković, 46, Macedonian footballer (FK Sloga Jugomagnat).[448]
- Ted Dumitru, 76, Romanian football manager (Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns, New York Apollo), heart attack.[449]
- Steve Edwards, 85, American professor.[450]
- Hedy Epstein, 91, German-born American Holocaust survivor and political activist (International Solidarity Movement), cancer.[451]
- Lou Grasmick, 91, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies) and businessman.[452]
- Noel Harding, 69, Canadian contemporary artist, heart failure.[453]
- Iana Kasian, 30, Ukrainian prosecutor and murder victim.[454]
- Robert O'Hearn, 94, American set designer.[455]
- Gustav Meier, 86, Swiss-born American conductor, cancer.[456]
- Wanaro N'Godrella, 66, French tennis player.[457]
- Angela Paton, 86, American actress (Groundhog Day, American Wedding, Lolita), heart attack.[458]
- Arturo Pomar, 84, Spanish chess grandmaster.[459]
- Coe Swobe, 87, American politician, member of the Nevada Senate (1966–1974).[460]
- Bob Williams, 86, American football player (Chicago Bears).[461]
27
- Chen Nengkuan, 93, Chinese metal and detonation physicist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).[462]
- Michael Dann, 94, American television executive (CBS).[463]
- Jean-Claude Decaux, 78, French billionaire advertiser, CEO of JCDecaux.[464]
- Louise Erickson, 86, American baseball player (Racine Belles, Rockford Peaches).[465]
- Gaylord T. Gunhus, 76, American army officer, Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army (1999–2003).[466]
- Gerhard Harpers, 88, German footballer (Sodingen, national team).[467]
- Kai G. Henriksen, 60, Norwegian businessman (Vinmonopolet).[468]
- R. G. Jadhav, 83, Indian literary critic.[469]
- František Jakubec, 60, Czech football player.[470]
- Marshall "Rock" Jones, 75, American bass player (Ohio Players).[471]
- George Klir, 84, Czech computer scientist.[472]
- Bonnie Law, 47, Hong Kong singer and actress (Happy Ghost), heart attack.[473]
- Leroidesanimaux, 15, Brazilian-born American racehorse, Eclipse Award winner, complications from accident.[474]
- Petro Herkulan Malchuk, 50, Moldovan-born Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr (since 2011), heart attack.[475]
- Jaap Metz, 74, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1982–1986).[476]
- Frank Modell, 98, American cartoonist (The New Yorker).[477]
- Henrietta Phipps, 84, British landscape gardener.[478]
- La Ferne Price, 90, American ballplayer (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).[479]
- Girolamo Prigione, 94, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio (1968–1997).[480]
- Ivor Robinson, 92, British-born American physicist.[481]
- Rocco Sollecito, 67, Italian-born Canadian gangster (Rizzuto crime family), shot.[482]
- Wang Shizhen, 100, Chinese nuclear medicine physician and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Father of Chinese nuclear medicine.[483]
- Wang You-theng, 89, Taiwanese entrepreneur (Rebar), traffic collision.[484]
- Morton White, 99, American philosopher and historian.[485]
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- Giorgio Albertazzi, 92, Italian actor (Last Year at Marienbad) and film director.[486]
- Stanley Burke, 93, Canadian television journalist (The National News).[487]
- David Cañada, 41, Spanish cyclist, race collision.[488]
- Alexander DeConde, 95, American historian.[489]
- Bryce Dejean-Jones, 23, American basketball player (New Orleans Pelicans), shot.[490]
- Peter DeTroy, 68, American attorney, heart attack.[491]
- M. Brendan Fleming, 90, American politician, Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (1982–1984).[492]
- John Willison Green, 89, Canadian journalist.[493]
- Harambe, 17, American-bred western lowland gorilla, shot.[494]
- C. Michael Harper, 88, American executive (ConAgra Foods).[495]
- Christian Kay, 76, British lexicographer.[496]
- Joanneke Kruijsen, 47, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (2003–2006).[497]
- Marion Lambert, 73, Belgian-born Swiss art collector, injuries sustained in traffic collision.[498]
- Michael McCurdy, 74, American illustrator and publisher.[499]
- Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen, 89, British barrister and life peer.[500]
- Eddie O'Hara, 78, British politician, MP for Knowsley South (1990–2010).[501]
- Wolf-Dieter Oschlies, 63, German Olympic rower.[502]
- Floyd Robinson, 83, American country singer.[503]
- Devarakonda Vittal Rao, 68, Indian politician.[504]
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- Sara Di Pietrantonio, 22, Italian murder victim, strangulation and arson.[505]
- Kenne Fant, 93, Swedish actor, director and author, President of Svensk Filmindustri (1963–1980).[506]
- T. Marshall Hahn, 89, American academic administrator, President of Virginia Tech (1962–1974).[507]
- Henryk Kempny, 82, Polish footballer.[508]
- Ralph Ketner, 95, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Food Lion, colon cancer.[509]
- Svetozar Koljević, 85, Serbian author, historian, translator and professor.[510]
- Mathew Mattam, 65, Indian Malayalam author.[511]
- Don McNay, 57, American financial author.[512]
- Edward Morris, 75, British art historian.[513]
- K. P. Noorudeen, 76, Indian politician, cerebral hemorrhage.[514]
- André Rousselet, 93, French businessman and politician, member of the National Assembly (1967–1968).[515]
- David Tod Roy, 83, American sinologist and translator (Jin Ping Mei).[516]
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- Jan Aas, 72, Norwegian footballer (Fredrikstad).[517]
- Gérson Bergher, 91, Brazilian politician.[518]
- Boniface Choi Ki-San, 68, South Korean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Incheon (since 2002).[519]
- Javare Gowda, 100, Indian writer, heart failure.[520]
- James Knepper, 84, American politician.[521]
- Tom Lysiak, 63, Canadian ice hockey player (Atlanta Flames, Chicago Blackhawks), leukemia.[522]
- Rick MacLeish, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers), meningitis and multiple organ failure.[523]
- Erkin Vohidov, 79, Uzbek poet, playwright and translator.[524]
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- Mohamed Abdelaziz, 68, Sahrawi politician, President (since 1976), lung cancer.[525]
- Corry Brokken, 83, Dutch singer ("Net als toen"), Eurovision Song Contest 1957 winner.[526]
- Jules Browde, 97, South African lawyer and human-rights activist.[527]
- James Campbell, 81, English historian.[528]
- Jan Crouch, 78, American televangelist and broadcasting executive (Trinity Broadcasting Network), complications from a stroke.[529]
- Olav Djupvik, 85, Norwegian politician.[530]
- Reshad Feild, 82, English mystic and musician (The Springfields).[531]
- Sergio Adolfo Govi, 81, Italian Central African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bossangoa (1978–1995).[532]
- Antonio Imbert Barrera, 95, Dominican politician, President (1965).[533]
- Carla Lane, 87, English television writer (The Liver Birds, Butterflies, Bread).[534]
- Gene Logsdon, 84, American farmer and author.[535]
- Rupert Neudeck, 77, German journalist and humanitarian (Cap Anamur), complications from heart surgery.[536]
- Peter Owen, 89, German-born British publisher.[537]
- Rudra Madhab Ray, 78, Indian politician, kidney disease.[538]
- Ghislaine Roquet, 90, Canadian nun and academic.[539]
- Pam Royds, 91, British publisher.[540]
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