The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2011.
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
- Gumaa Al-Shawan, 74, Egyptian intelligence agent.[1]
- Cahit Aral, 84, Turkish engineer and politician, Minister of Industry and Commerce (1983–1987).[2]
- Fanny Edelman, 100, Argentine politician, President of the PCA.[3]
- Sam Fink, 95, American calligrapher.[4]
- Richard Gordon, 85, British horror film producer.[5]
- André Hodeir, 90, French author, jazz arranger and composer.[6]
- Christiane Legrand, 81, French jazz singer.[7]
- Sergio Montiel, 84, Argentine politician, Governor of Entre Ríos (1983–1987; 1999–2003).[8]
- Dorothy Howell Rodham, 92, American homemaker, mother of Hillary Clinton.[9]
- Eilaine Roth, 82, American baseball player (AAGPBL), complications from cancer.[10]
- Héctor Rueda Hernández, 90, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Medellín (1991–1997).[11]
- Seppo Sanaksenaho, 73, Finnish politician, Mayor of Vaasa (1997–2001).[12]
- Katherine Siva Saubel, 91, American Cahuilla tribal leader and activist, one of the last speakers of the Cahuilla language.[13]
- Robert A. Scalapino, 92, American political scientist.[14]
- Ricardo Watty Urquidi, 73, American-born Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tepic (since 2008), pancreatic cancer.[15]
2
- Sydney Andrew, 85, English industrial chemical engineer.[16]
- Stan Bergstein, 87, American harness racing executive.[17]
- Sickan Carlsson, 96, Swedish actress and singer.[18]
- Rijk de Gooyer, 85, Dutch actor, pancreatic cancer.[19]
- Ilmar Kullam, 89, Estonian Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) basketball player.[20]
- Lou Maletta, 74, American media executive, founder of Gay Cable Network, liver cancer.[21]
- Eugene Maslov, 66, Russian billiards coach.[22]
- Yoko Matsuoka McClain, 87, Japanese-born American professor (University of Oregon), granddaughter of Natsume Sōseki, stroke.[23]
- Sid Melton, 94, American character actor (The Golden Girls, Green Acres, The Danny Thomas Show), pneumonia.[24]
- Papa Bue, 81, Danish trombonist and bandleader.[25]
- Antonio Molino Rojo, 85, Spanish film actor.[26]
- Nikolay Saksonov, 88, Russian world champion weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist (1952).[27]
- Leonard Stone, 87, American actor (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Soylent Green, L.A. Law), cancer.[28]
- Lucy Tejada, 91, Colombian painter.[29]
3
- Matty Alou, 72, Dominican Republic-born American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals), diabetes.[30]
- Rosángela Balbó, 70, Mexican-Italian born actress, lung cancer.[31]
- Tamás Eszes, 47, Hungarian politician and paramilitary leader, suicide.[32]
- Bob Forsch, 61, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), aortic aneurysm.[33]
- H. G. Francis, 75, German science fiction author.[34]
- Guo Tao, 85, Chinese lieutenant general.[35]
- Peeter Kreitzberg, 62, Estonian politician, Minister of Culture and Education (1995).[36]
- Justo Oscar Laguna, 82, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Morón (1980–2004).[37]
- Ivar Nørgaard, 89, Danish politician, negotiated Denmark's entry to the European Community.[38]
- John R. Opel, 86, American computer businessman, president and CEO of IBM.[39]
- Morris Philipson, 85, American book publisher and novelist.[40]
- Sir Timothy Raison, 82, British politician, Member of Parliament for Aylesbury (1970–1992).[41]
- Bruno Rubeo, 65, Italian production designer (Platoon, Driving Miss Daisy, Born on the Fourth of July), pneumonia.[42]
- John Young, 80, Scottish politician, MSP for West of Scotland (1999–2003).[43]
4
- Alfonso Cano, 63, Colombian guerrilla leader (FARC), shot.[44]
- Emmanuel de Bethune, 82, Belgian politician, Mayor of Kortrijk (1987–1989, 1995–2000), after long illness.[45]
- Arnold Green, 91, Estonian politician, President of the Estonian Olympic Committee (1989–1997).[46]
- Annabelle Lyon, 95, American ballet dancer.[47]
- Cynthia Myers, 61, American model (Playboy) and actress (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls), lung cancer.[48]
- Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr., 96, American physicist, Nobel Laureate (1989).[49]
- Andy Rooney, 92, American journalist (60 Minutes), surgical complications.[50]
- Theadora Van Runkle, 83, American costume designer (The Godfather Part II, Bonnie and Clyde, Bullitt), lung cancer.[51]
- Sarah Watt, 53, Australian film director, bone and breast cancer.[52]
- Tadeusz Walasek, 75, Polish Olympic silver (1960) and bronze (1964) medal-winning boxer.[53]
- Dieudonné Yougbaré, 94, Burkinabé Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Koupéla (1956–1995).[54]
5
- Mario Roberto Álvarez, 97, Argentine architect.[55]
- George Ansbro, 96, American radio announcer.[56]
- Luigi Belloli, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Anagni-Alatri (1987–1999).[57]
- Franco Chillemi, 69, Italian actor and voice actor.[58]
- Les Daniels, 68, American writer.[59]
- Norton Dodge, 84, American economist and art collector.[60]
- Loulou de la Falaise, 63, French fashion muse and designer (Yves Saint Laurent).[61]
- Hannu Haapalainen, 60, Finnish ice hockey player (SM-liiga).[62]
- Bhupen Hazarika, 85, Indian singer.[63]
- Sir Gordon Higginson, 81, British educationalist and engineer.[64]
- Takeo Nishioka, 75, Japanese politician, Minister of Education (1988–1989) and Speaker of the House of Councillors (since 2010), pneumonia.[65]
- Henry D. Owen, 91, American diplomat.[66]
- Damaskinos Papandreou, 75, Greek-born Turkish Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Hadrianopolis (since 2003).[67]
- Yuvan Shestalov, 74, Russian Mansi language writer.[68]
6
- Géza Alföldy, 76, Hungarian historian.[69]
- Gordon Beck, 75, British jazz pianist and composer.[70]
- Isaac Chocrón, 81, Venezuelan playwright.[71]
- Margaret Field, 89, American actress (The Man from Planet X, Captive Women, The Story of Will Rogers), cancer.[72]
- Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood, 61, British advertising executive and political adviser, cancer.[73]
- Giacomo Gualco, 75, Italian politician, President of Liguria (1990–1992).[74]
- Mel Hancock, 82, American politician, U.S. Representative from Missouri (1989–1997).[75]
- Hickstead, 15, Dutch-born Canadian show jumping horse, Olympic champion (2008), ruptured aorta.[76]
- Hal Kanter, 92, American screenwriter, director and producer (Julia), complications from pneumonia.[77]
- Peretz Kidron, 78, Israeli writer, journalist and translator.[78]
- Carl Nyrén, 93, Swedish architect.[79]
- Allan Peachey, 62, New Zealand politician, Member of Parliament for Tamaki (2005–2011), cancer.[80]
- William David Lindsay Ride, 85, Australian zoologist.[81]
- Charles Walton, 89, American electrical engineer, patentee of RFID.[82]
7
- James E. Barrett, 89, American federal judge.[83]
- Joe Frazier, 67, American boxer, World Heavyweight Champion (1970–1973), liver cancer.[84]
- Marie Ljalková, 90, Czech soldier, sniper of the Soviet Union.[85]
- Lisbeth Movin, 94, Danish actress.[86]
- Georgi Movsesyan, 66, Russian composer, heart attack.[87]
- Dov Schwartzman, 90, Russian-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva.[88]
- Tomás Segovia, 84, Spanish-born Mexican poet, cancer.[89]
- F. Springer, 79, Dutch writer.[90]
- Takanosato Toshihide, 59, Japanese sumo wrestler.[91]
- Andrea True, 68, American adult film star and disco singer, heart failure.[92]
8
- Jimmy Adamson, 82, British football player and coach.[93]
- Al Boeke, 88, American architect, developer of Sea Ranch, California, and Mililani, Hawai'i.[94]
- Hal Bruno, 83, American journalist, political director of ABC News (1980–1999), heart arrhythmia after a fall.[95]
- Gene Cantamessa, 80, American sound engineer (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Ghostbusters, Young Frankenstein), Oscar winner (1983).[96]
- Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor, 80, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Piura (1981–2006).[97]
- Nosson Tzvi Finkel, 68, American-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva.[98]
- Katherine Grant, 12th Countess of Dysart, 93, Scottish peeress.[99]
- Heavy D, 44, Jamaican-born American rapper ("Now That We Found Love") and actor (The Cider House Rules, Life), pulmonary embolism.[100]
- Ricky Hui, 65, Hong Kong actor, heart attack.[101]
- Sir David Jack, 87, Scottish pharmacologist.[102]
- Bil Keane, 89, American cartoonist (The Family Circus), heart failure.[103]
- Valentin Ivanov, 76, Russian football player and coach.[104]
- Ed Macauley, 83, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks, Boston Celtics).[105]
- Jimmy Norman, 74, American rhythm and blues and jazz musician and songwriter.[106]
- Herbert S. Okun, 80, American diplomat.[107]
- Floyd Rice, 62, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders), lung cancer.[108]
- Vladimir Shitov, 60, Russian luger.[109]
- Lauri Sutela, 93, Finnish military officer, Chief of Defence (1974–1983).[110]
- Jan Wypiorczyk, 64, Polish Olympic wrestler.[111]
9
- Shmuel Ben-Artzi, 96, Israeli writer, father-in-law of Benjamin Netanyahu.[112]
- Bob Carney, 79, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers).[113]
- Roger Christian, 75, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1960) ice hockey player.[114]
- Har Gobind Khorana, 89, Indian-born American biochemist, Nobel laureate (1968), natural causes.[115]
- Wilfred G. Lambert, 85, English historian and archaeologist.[116]
- Ézio Leal Moraes Filho, 45, Brazilian football player, pancreatic cancer.[117]
- Benny McCoy, 96, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics).[118]
- Sir Robin Mountfield, 72, British civil servant.[119]
- Dani Wadada Nabudere, 79, Ugandan academic.[120]
- Jean-Paul Randriamanana, 52, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo (since 1999).[121]
- Terry Willers, 76, Irish cartoonist.[122]
10
- Peter J. Biondi, 69, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (since 1998), mesothelioma.[123]
- David Boyd, 87, Australian artist.[124]
- Manuel Carbonell, 93, Cuban-born American sculptor.[125]
- Winston C. Doby, 71, American mathematician.[126]
- Ana Grepo, 36, Croatian model, carbon monoxide asphyxiation.[127]
- Barbara Grier, 78, American publisher (Naiad Press) and writer, cancer.[128]
- Andrei Igorov, 71, Romanian sprint canoer.[129]
- Ivan Martin Jirous, 67, Czech poet and dissident.[130]
- Alan Keen, 73, British politician, MP for Feltham and Heston (since 1992), cancer.[131]
- Killer Karl Kox, 80, American professional wrestler.[132]
- Petar Kralj, 70, Serbian actor.[133]
- Jacques Lataste, 89, French Olympic fencer.[134]
- Hiroshi Saito, 78, Japanese Olympic basketball player.[135]
- Andy Tielman, 75, Dutch Indorock musician, gastric cancer.[136]
- Adrián Yospe, 41, Argentine actor, cancer.[137]
11
- Dennis Alexander, 76, English footballer.[138]
- William Aramony, 84, American charity executive.[139]
- Francisco Blake Mora, 45, Mexican politician, Secretary of the Interior (since 2010), helicopter crash.[140]
- Domenico Tarcisio Cortese, 80, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea (1979–2007).[141]
- John Francis Donoghue, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Atlanta (1993–2004), after short illness.[142]
- Emory Folmar, 81, American politician, Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama (1977–1999), after long illness.[143]
- Michael Garrick, 78, English jazz pianist and composer, cerebral hemorrhage.[144]
- Fridtjof Frank Gundersen, 77, Norwegian jurist and politician.[145]
- Choiseul Henriquez, 51, Haitian politician.[146]
- Charlie Lea, 54, French-born American baseball player (Montreal Expos), heart attack.[147]
- Hellmut May, 90, Austrian Olympic figure skater.[148]
- Bernd Methe, 47, German handball referee, traffic accident.[149]
- Reiner Methe, 47, German handball referee, traffic accident.[149]
- David Myers, 73, American politician, Oklahoma State Senator (2002–2011), pneumonia.[150]
- Pushpa Ratna Sagar, 89, Nepalese grammarian.[151]
- Nick Strincevich, 96, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves).[152]
12
- Gavin Bornholdt, 63, New Zealand Olympic sailor (1976).[153]
- Doyle Bramhall, 62, American blues musician, heart failure.[154]
- Alun Evans, 69, Welsh football administrator, General Secretary of the Football Association of Wales (1982–1995), after long illness.[155]
- George Hazle, 87, South African Olympic athlete.[156][157]
- Zbigniew Jaworowski, 84, Polish physicist.[158]
- Evelyn Lauder, 75, Austrian-born American philanthropist (The Breast Cancer Research Foundation), creator of pink ribbon symbol, complications from ovarian cancer.[159]
- Julius C. Michaelson, 89, American politician, Rhode Island Attorney General (1975–1979) and State Senator (1962–1974).[160]
- Eva Monley, 88, German-born Kenyan film location scout (Empire of the Sun, Lawrence of Arabia).[161]
- Peter Roebuck, 55, British-Australian cricketer and columnist, suicide by self-defenestration.[162]
- Jim Sullivan, 43, Canadian curler, world junior champion (1988), suicide.[163]
- Ilya Zhitomirskiy, 22, Russian-born American Internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Diaspora social network site, apparent suicide by inert helium asphyxiation.[164]
13
- Nigel Abbott, 91, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Denison (1964–1972).[165]
- Anders John Aune, 87, Norwegian politician.[166]
- Bobsam Elejiko, 30, Nigerian footballer, traumatic aortic rupture.[167]
- Guido Falaschi, 22, Argentine racing driver, racing accident.[168]
- Patrick Ford, 55, former Commonwealth featherweight boxing champion, heart attack.[169]
- Bayazit Gizatullin, 75, Russian Olympic skier.[170]
- Masao Nakayama, 70, Micronesian politician and diplomat, complications from a stroke.[171]
- Pat Passlof, 83, American painter, cancer.[172]
- Esperanza Pérez Labrador, 89, Cuban-born Argentine human rights activist (Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo).[173]
- Jamie Pierre, 38, American professional skier, avalanche.[174]
- Artemio Lomboy Rillera, 64, Philippine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bangued (1993–2005) and San Fernando de La Union (since 2005).[175]
- Solly Tyibilika, 32, South African rugby player, shot.[176]
14
- Esin Afşar, 75, Turkish singer and stage actress, leukemia.[177]
- Alan F. Alford, 49-50, British writer and speaker.[178]
- Franz Josef Degenhardt, 79, German poet, satirist, novelist and folk singer.[179]
- Guy Dejouany, 90, French businessman.[180]
- Richard Douthwaite, 69, British economist and ecologist.[181]
- Alf Fields, 92, English footballer (Arsenal F.C.).[182]
- Maurice Gaidon, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cahors (1987–2004).[183]
- Neil Heywood, 41, British businessman, poisoned.[184]
- Brikt Jensen, 83, Norwegian literary critic and publisher.[185]
- Jackie Leven, 61, Scottish musician, lung cancer.[186]
- John Lincoln, 95, Australian judge.[187]
- Cargill MacMillan Jr., 84, American billionaire businessman.[188]
- Peter Naigow, app. 65, Liberian politician, Vice President of Liberia (1991).[189]
- Teresa P. Pica, 66, American academic and educator.[190]
- Lee Pockriss, 87, American songwriter ("Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini").[191]
- Jo Ann Sayers, 93, American actress.[192]
- Čestmír Vejdělek, 86, Czech writer.[193]
15
- William Arveson, 76, American mathematician.[194]
- Lev Borisov, 77, Russian actor, stroke.[195]
- Oba Chandler, 65, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection.[196]
- Antonio Eceiza, 76, Spanish film director and screenwriter.[197]
- Dulcie Gray, 95, English actress (Howards' Way) and novelist, bronchial pneumonia.[198]
- John Hart, 75, English schoolmaster, first man to win Mastermind.[199]
- Thomas Worrall Kent, 89, Canadian journalist and public servant, cardiac arrest.[200]
- Moogy Klingman, 61, American rock keyboardist (Utopia) and songwriter, cancer.[201]
- Ingrid Sandahl, 87, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) gymnast.[202]
- Karl Slover, 93, Slovak-born American actor (The Wizard of Oz).[203]
16
- Ruslan Akhtakhanov, 58, Chechen poet and academic, shot.[204]
- Hale Baugh, 87, American Olympic modern pentathlete.[205]
- Jacobus Duivenvoorde, 83, Dutch-born Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Merauke (1972–2004).[206]
- Djamel Keddou, 59, Algerian football player and manager (USM Alger).[207]
- Armando Morales, 84, Nicaraguan painter.[208]
- René A. Morel, 79, French-born American violin luthier.[209]
- James Fraser Mustard, 84, Canadian doctor and early childhood educator, cancer.[210]
- Eddy Palchak, 71, Canadian ice hockey trainer and equipment manager.[211]
- Maureen Swanson, 78, British actress.[212]
17
- John Booth, 61, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1984–1991).[213]
- Olin Branstetter, 82, American politician, Oklahoma State Senator (1987–1991), plane crash.[214]
- Kurt Budke, 50, American women's basketball coach (Oklahoma State University), plane crash.[215]
- José de Aquino Pereira, 91, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (1968–1997).[216]
- Gary Garcia, 63, American musician (Buckner & Garcia).[217]
- Enric Garriga i Trullols, 85, Spanish Catalan independentist and defender of Occitan Nation.[218]
- Richard Kuh, 90, American lawyer.[219]
- Ng Chiau-tong, 79, Taiwanese activist, chairman of the World United Formosans for Independence (1995–2011), surgical complications.[220]
- Pham Van Loc, 92, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kontum (1975–1995).[221]
- Peter Reading, 65, English poet.[222]
- Charles M. Williams, 94, American professor of finance.[223]
18
- Mark Blaug, 84, British economist.[224]
- Erik Gjems-Onstad, 89, Norwegian politician and resistance member.[225]
- Walt Hazzard, 69, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Hawks), complications following heart surgery.[226]
- David Langdon, 97, British cartoonist.[227]
- Jones Mwewa, 38, Zambian footballer.[228]
- Ülo Nugis, 67, Estonian politician and economist.[229]
- Paul Ezra Rhoades, 54, American spree killer, execution by lethal injection.[230]
- Daniel Sada, 58, Mexican author and poet, kidney disease.[231]
19
- Ömer Lütfi Akad, 95, Turkish film director.[232]
- David Bolstad, 42, New Zealand champion woodchopper.[233]
- Francis Cabot, 86, American gardener and horticulturist.[234]
- Gordon S. Clinton, 91, American politician, Mayor of Seattle (1956–1964).[235]
- Yvan Covent, 71, Belgian Olympic cyclist.[236]
- Basil D'Oliveira, 80, South African-born English cricketer.[237]
- Sonny Dixon, 87, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics).[238]
- Russell Garcia, 95, American-born New Zealand composer.[239]
- Sanford Garelik, 93, American politician, President of the New York City Council (1970–1973).[240]
- Ladi Geisler, 83, Czech musician.[241]
- Michael Hastings, 73, English playwright.[242]
- Ira Michael Heyman, 81, American lawyer and administrator, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1994–2000).[243]
- Jack Keeney, 89, American federal prosecutor.[244]
- Marti Kheel, 63, American ecofeminist.[245]
- Pete Leichnitz, 85, Canadian ice hockey player.[246]
- Bjarne Lingås, 78, Norwegian Olympic boxer.[247]
- John Neville, 86, British-born Canadian actor (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The X-Files, Little Women), Alzheimer's disease.[248]
- Ronald E. Poelman, 83, American religious leader, head of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, age-related causes.[249]
- Vitaly Shlykov, 77, Russian spymaster, deputy minister of defence.[250]
- Peter Steinwender, 83, Austrian Olympian
- Ruth Stone, 96, American poet.[251]
- Roy West, 70, Australian football player, lung cancer.[252]
20
- Noel Baker, 77, Australian football player.[253]
- Linda Bebko-Jones, 65, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1993–2006).[254]
- Fabio Betancur Tirado, 73, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manizales (1996–2010).[255]
- Lasse Brandeby, 66, Swedish journalist, actor and television personality.[256]
- Frank Leonard Brooks, 100, Canadian artist.[257]
- David Cargill, 75, Scottish footballer.[258]
- Shelagh Delaney, 72, English playwright (A Taste of Honey) and screenwriter (Dance with a Stranger), breast cancer and heart failure.[259]
- Theodore J. Forstmann, 71, American financier (IMG, Topps, Gulfstream) and philanthropist, brain cancer.[260]
- Alex Ibru, 66, Nigerian newspaper publisher and politician, Minister of Internal Affairs (1993–1995).[261]
- Lenny Lyles, 75, American football player (Baltimore Colts).[262]
- Malcolm Mackintosh, 89, British intelligence analyst.[263]
- Mario Martiradonna, 73, Italian footballer.[264]
- David Messas, 77, French rabbi.[265]
- Viktor Modzolevsky, 68, Russian Olympic silver (1968) and bronze-medal winning (1972) fencer, road accident.[266]
- Larry Munson, 89, American play-by-play radio announcer (Georgia Bulldogs), pneumonia.[267]
- Javier Pradera, 77, Spanish anti-Franco activist, publisher, political analyst and journalist, founder of El País.[268]
- Karl Aage Præst, 89, Danish football player.[269]
- Talaat Sadat, 57, Egyptian politician.[270]
- Itzhak Schneor, 85, Israeli football player and manager.[271]
- Barry Steers, 84, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to Brazil (1971–1976), Japan (1981–1989), High Commissioner to Bermuda (1976–1979).[272]
21
- Benjamin Abramowitz, 94, American painter, printmaker, and sculptor.[273]
- Dave Adams, 91, Canadian football player.[274]
- Syd Cain, 93, British production designer (From Russia with Love, Lolita, Frenzy).[275]
- Albert D. Cohen, 97, Canadian businessman.[276]
- Herb Capozzi, 86, Canadian businessman, sport team owner and provincial politician, tongue cancer.[277]
- Arie van Deursen, 80, Dutch historian.[278]
- Theodore Enslin, 86, American poet.[279]
- George Gallup, Jr., 81, American pollster, liver cancer.[280]
- Greg Halman, 24, Dutch baseball player (Seattle Mariners), stabbed.[281]
- Brian Haynes, 60, British Olympic sprint canoer.[282] (death announced on this date)
- Eli Hurvitz, 79, Israeli industrialist.[283]
- John Jukes, 88, English Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (1979–1998).[284]
- Jim Lewis, 84, English Olympic footballer.[285]
- Anne McCaffrey, 85, American fantasy writer (Dragonriders of Pern series), stroke.[286]
- Hal Patterson, 79, American player of Canadian football (Montreal Alouettes, Hamilton Tiger-Cats).[287]
22
- Svetlana Alliluyeva, 85, Soviet-born American defector and author, daughter of Joseph Stalin, colon cancer.[288]
- Stan Case, 59, American radio anchor (CNN Radio), road accident.[289]
- Pío Corcuera, 90, Argentinian football player.[290]
- Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, 88, Luxembourgian princess.[291]
- Ray Flockton, 81, Australian cricketer.[292]
- Miguel González Avelar, 74, Mexican politician, Secretary of Public Education (1985–1988), heart and renal failure.[293]
- Robert E. Holthus, 77, American racehorse trainer, heart attack.[294]
- Carlos Jonguitud Barrios, 87, Mexican union leader and politician, Governor of San Luis Potosí (1979–1985).[295]
- Sena Jurinac, 90, Bosnian-born Austrian opera singer.[296]
- Georg Kreisler, 89, Austrian-born American cabarettist, satirist, composer and author.[297]
- Bud Lewis, 103, American golfer, oldest living member of the Professional Golfers' Association of America, natural causes.[298]
- Lynn Margulis, 73, American biologist and evolution theorist, stroke.[299]
- Danielle Mitterrand, 87, French activist, widow of François Mitterrand, First Lady of the French Republic (1981–1995).[300]
- Dorothy Morris, 89, American actress.[301]
- Paul Motian, 80, American jazz drummer, myelodysplastic syndrome.[302]
- Frank Pyke, 69, Australian footballer, sports scientist, academic and sports administrator.[303]
- Hans Reichel, 62, German guitarist, inventor of the daxophone.[304]
- Alberto Reynoso, 71, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1968).[305]
- Oskar Schäfer, 90, German Waffen-SS member.[306]
- Kristian Schultze, 66, German musician.[307]
- Bison Smith, 38, American professional wrestler, heart complications.[308]
- Himie Voxman, 99, American musician.[309]
23
- Sir Peter Buchanan, 86, British vice admiral and naval secretary.[310]
- Charles de Wolff, 79, Dutch organist and composer.[311]
- Montserrat Figueras, 69, Spanish soprano.[312]
- Oscar Griffin, Jr., 78, American journalist, winner of the 1963 Pulitzer Prize.[313]
- Ralph E. Haines, Jr., 98, American general, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1967–1968).[314]
- Huang Weilu, 94, Chinese engineer, chief designer of JL-1.[315]
- Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa, 76, Colombian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1990–1991).[316]
- Gerald Laing, 75, British pop artist and sculptor.[317]
- Marion Montgomery, 86, American poet.[318]
- Carlos Moorhead, 89, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1973–1997), Alzheimer's disease.[319]
- Henry Øberg, 80, Norwegian football referee.[320]
- Jim Rathmann, 83, American racing driver, winner of the 1960 Indianapolis 500.[321]
- Joseph Sewall, 89, American politician, President of the Maine Senate (1975–1982).[322]
- Obrad Stanojević, 77, Serbian law professor.[323]
- Rafiq Tağı, 61, Azerbaijani journalist, stabbed.[324]
24
- Antonio Domingo Bussi, 85, Argentine general and politician, Governor of Tucumán Province, heart failure.[325]
- Bill Carow, 87, American Olympic speed skater.[326]
- Helen Forrester, 92, British-born Canadian writer.[327]
- Ludwig Hirsch, 65, Austrian singer and actor, suicide by self-defenestration.[328]
- Rauf Khalid, 53, Pakistani actor, writer, director and producer, road accident.[329]
- Kishenji, 53, Indian Maoist guerrilla leader, shot.[330]
- Imants Kokars, 90, Latvian conductor.[331]
- Ross McManus, 84, English musician, father of Elvis Costello.[332]
- Humberto Medina, 69, Mexican Olympic footballer (1968).[333]
- Salvatore Montagna, 40, Canadian mobster, shot.[334]
- Jeno Paulucci, 93, American businessman (Michelina's), pioneer of ready-made ethnic foods.[335]
- Anuruddha Ratwatte, 73, Sri Lankan politician and cabinet minister.[336]
- David Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone, 91, British aristocrat, Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight (1986–1995).[337]
- Tatyana Shchelkanova, 74, Russian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1964) track and field athlete.[338]
- Johnny Williams, 76, English footballer (Plymouth Argyle).[339]
25
- Vasily Alekseyev, 69, Russian Olympic gold-medal winning weightlifter (1972 and 1976), heart failure.[340]
- Milla Baldo-Ceolin, 87, Italian physicist.[341]
- John Blades, 51, Australian experimental music artist.[342]
- Leonid Borodin, 73, Russian novelist, journalist and Soviet dissident.[343]
- Hugh Burnett, 87, English television producer and cartoonist.[344]
- Don DeVito, 72, American record company executive and producer.[345]
- Mihailo Đurić, 86, Serbian philosopher.[346]
- John Edzerza, 63, Canadian politician, Yukon MLA for McIntyre-Takhini (since 2002), leukemia.[347]
- Fred Etcher, 79, Canadian Olympic silver medal-winning (1960) ice hockey player.[348]
- Karel Hubáček, 87, Czech architect, designer of the Ještěd Tower.[349]
- Erling Lægreid, 72, Norwegian author and journalist.[350]
- Judy Lewis, 76, American actress (General Hospital, The Secret Storm), daughter of Clark Gable and Loretta Young, cancer.[351]
- Hoddy Mahon, 79, American college basketball coach (Seton Hall University).[352]
- Frederik Meijer, 91, American businessman, Chairman of Meijer (1964–1990), stroke.[353]
- Yukio Nishimoto, 91, Japanese baseball player and manager, heart failure.[354]
- Coco Robicheaux, 64, American blues musician and artist.[355]
- Dane Searls, 23, Australian BMX rider, diving accident.[356]
- Jean Casselman Wadds, 91, Canadian politician, MP for Grenville—Dundas (1958–1968); High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1979–1983).[357]
- Tom Wicker, 85, American journalist, heart attack.[358]
- Lee "Shot" Williams, 73, American blues singer.[359]
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- Judit Bognár, 72, Hungarian Olympic athlete.[360]
- Manon Cleary, 69, American realist painter, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[361]
- István Gajda, 30, Hungarian football player, road accident.[362]
- Ed Harrington, 70, American-born Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts), cancer.[363]
- Keef Hartley, 67, British musician, complications from surgery.[364]
- Rashid Karim, 86, Bangladeshi novelist.[365]
- Roland Lacombe, 73, French Olympic cyclist (1960).[366]
- Ron Lyle, 70, American boxer, U.S. Amateur Heavyweight Champion (1970), complications from stomach ailment.[367]
- Ludwig Meister, 91, German Luftwaffe flying ace.[368]
- Iván Menczel, 69, Hungarian Olympic gold-medal winning (1968) footballer.[369]
- Patrick Mollison, 97, British haematologist.[370]
- C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, 78, Nigerian politician, Biafra rebel leader and President of Biafra (1967–1970), stroke.[371]
- Tsewang Yishey Pemba, 79, Tibetan physician.[372]
- Mak Schoorl, 98, Dutch Olympic rower (1936).[373]
- Martin Schroyens, 81, Belgian footballer
- Arthur Schultz, 78, American politician, Mayor of Joliet, Illinois (1991–2011), heart failure.[374]
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- Donald Crowdis, 97, Canadian museum curator and broadcaster.[375]
- Len Fulford, 83, British photographer and television commercial director (Go to work on an egg, Guinness).[376]
- Sultan Khan, 71, Indian musician, recipient of the 2010 Padma Bhushan, kidney failure.[377]
- Nolan Luhn, 90, American football player.[378]
- April Phumo, 74, South African football coach, cancer.[379]
- Vladimir Prikhodko, 67, French Olympic athlete.[380]
- Ken Russell, 84, British film director (Women in Love, Tommy), stroke.[381]
- Gary Speed, 42, Welsh football player and manager, suicide by hanging.[382]
- Judd Woldin, 86, American Tony Award-winning composer (Raisin), cancer.[383]
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- Aruwa Ameh, 20, Nigerian footballer (Bayelsa United).[384]
- Vittorio De Seta, 88, Italian film director and screenwriter.[385]
- Jon Driver, 49, British psychologist and neuroscientist.[386]
- Jaime González, 78, Spanish Olympic sports shooter (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980).[387]
- Charles Hoeflich, 97, American businessman.[388]
- Thomas J. Kirwan, 78, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1995–2008; 2011), kidney failure.[389]
- Paweł Komorowski, 81, Polish film director.[390]
- Charles T. Kowal, 71, American astronomer.[391]
- Lucio Magri, 79, Italian journalist and politician, assisted suicide.[392]
- Ante Marković, 87, Croatian politician, Prime Minister of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1989–1991).[393]
- Lloyd J. Old, 78, American immunologist and cancer researcher, prostate cancer.[394]
- Zhu Zhaoxiang, 90, Chinese engineer.[395]
29
- James Atherton, 83, American photographer, cardiovascular disease.[396]
- Roberto Casuso, 57, Cuban Olympic handball player.[397]
- Annetto Depasquale, 73, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Aradi, Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (since 1998).[398]
- Donatus Djagom, 92, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ende (1968–1996).[399]
- Guillermo O'Donnell, 75, Argentine political scientist, cancer.[400]
- Patrice O'Neal, 41, American comedian, radio personality, and actor (Web Junk 20, Opie and Anthony), complications from stroke.[401]
- Mamoni Raisom Goswami, 69, Indian writer and academic, multiple organ failure.[402]
30
- Jules Ancion, 87, Dutch Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) field hockey player.[403]
- Viktor Apostolov, 49, Bulgarian Olympic hammer thrower (1988).[404]
- J. Blackfoot, 65, American soul singer, cancer.[405]
- Nelly Byl, 92, Belgian songwriter.[406]
- Ana Daniel, 83, Portuguese poet.[407]
- Vic Finkelstein, 73, South African disabled rights activist.[408]
- Gerd Hagman, 92, Swedish actress.[409]
- Charles Ingabire, Rwandan journalist, shot.[410]
- Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, 72, Albanian royal and politician, pretender to the Albanian throne (since 1961).[411]
- Peter Lunn, 97, British Olympic alpine skier (1936) and spymaster.[412]
- Kuldeep Manak, 62, Indian Punjabi language singer, pneumonia.[413]
- George McCarty, 96, American college basketball coach (New Mexico State University, UTEP).[414]
- Chester McGlockton, 42, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos), apparent heart attack.[415]
- Zdeněk Miler, 90, Czech animator and illustrator, creator of The Mole.[416]
- Robert Osserman, 84, American mathematician.[417]
- Carl Robie, 66, American Olympic gold (1968) and silver-medal winning (1964) swimmer.[418]
- Partap Sharma, 71, Indian playwright.[419]
- Benyamin Sönmez, 28, German-born Turkish cellist.[420]
- Bill Waller, 85, American politician, Governor of Mississippi (1972–1976), heart failure.[421]