Deaths in April 2013

This is a list of notable people who died in April 2013.

1

 * Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 81, Saudi royal, 20th child of King Ibn Saud.
 * Marjorie Anthony Linden, 77, Canadian television producer and media executive.
 * Asal Badiee, 35, Iranian actress.
 * Moses Blah, 65, Liberian politician, President (2003).
 * David Burge, 83, American pianist, complications from a heart attack.
 * Kildare Dobbs, 89, Canadian short story and travel writer, multiple organ failure.
 * William H. Ginsburg, 70, American lawyer (Lewinsky scandal), cancer.
 * Eskild Jensen, Norwegian politician.
 * Barbara Piasecka Johnson, 76, Polish-born American art collector and philanthropist.
 * Nicolae Martinescu, 73, Romanian Olympic champion (1972) wrestler.
 * Karen Muir, 60, South African swimmer and physician, breast cancer.
 * Jack Pardee, 76, American football player (Los Angeles Rams) and coach (Houston Oilers, Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins), complications from gall bladder cancer.
 * Bob Smith, 82, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
 * Greg Willard, 54, American basketball referee, pancreatic cancer.

2

 * Maysara Abu Hamdiya, 64, Palestinian general.
 * Chuck Fairbanks, 79, American football coach (New England Patriots, University of Oklahoma), brain cancer.
 * Jesús Franco, 82, Spanish film director and screenwriter (Count Dracula), complications from a stroke.
 * Fred, 82, French cartoonist.
 * Jane Henson, 78, American puppeteer, co-founder of The Muppets, cancer.
 * Jim T. Lindsey, 87, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1949–1957); Speaker (1955–1957).
 * Johnny Lunde, 89, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier.
 * Duke Kimbrough McCall, 98, American Christian activist and leader.
 * Barry Mealand, 70, English footballer (Fulham).
 * Milo O'Shea, 86, Irish-born American actor (Mass Appeal, Ulysses, Theatre of Blood).
 * Mariano Pulido, 56, Spanish footballer and manager (Sevilla FC), degenerative disease.
 * Benjamin Purcell, 85, American military officer and politician, highest ranking POW during the Vietnam conflict, member of Georgia House (1993–1997), natural causes.
 * Maria Redaelli, 113, Italian supercentenarian, oldest verified living person in Europe.
 * Linda Vogt, 90, Australian flautist.
 * Othniel Wienges, 88, American politician and horse breeder, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1962–1972).
 * Ian Wilson, 80, Australian politician, Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment (1981–1982) and Aboriginal Affairs (1982–1983); MP for Sturt (1966–1969; 1972–1993).

3

 * Mariví Bilbao, 83, Spanish actress (La que se avecina, Aquí no hay quien viva), natural causes.
 * Fergy Brown, 90, Scottish-born Canadian politician, Mayor of York (1988–1994).
 * Ralph Brown, 85, British sculptor.
 * Basil Copper, 89, British writer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Guy Cotten, 76, French businessman.
 * Georges Corvington, 86, Haitian historian, heart failure.
 * Douglas Freeman, 96, English cricket player.
 * Juan Díaz Sánchez, 64, Spanish footballer (UD Salamanca).
 * Robert Elgie, 84, Canadian politician, MPP for York East (1977–1985), heart failure.
 * George Gladir, 87, American comic book writer (Archie, Sabrina the Teenage Witch).
 * Mazharul Haque, 32, Bangladeshi cricketer, heart attack.
 * Harry J, 67, Jamaican music producer, studio owner and musician, diabetes.
 * Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, 85, German-born British-American novelist and screenwriter (A Room with a View, Howards End), winner of Booker Prize (1975), pulmonary failure.
 * Graham Lea, 79, Canadian broadcaster and politician, British Columbia MLA for Prince Rupert (1972–1984).
 * Farouk Abdel Wahab Mustafa, 70, Egyptian translator.
 * Herman van Raalte, 91, Dutch international footballer.
 * Jean Sincere, 93, American actress (Glee, Roxanne, The Incredibles), natural causes.
 * Dorothy Taubman, 95, American music teacher.
 * Robert Ward, 95, American composer (The Crucible), Pulitzer Prize winner (1962).

4

 * Dale Bisnauth, 76, Guyanese politician and academic, heart attack.
 * Bengt Blomgren, 89, Swedish actor and director, prostate cancer.
 * Víctor Carranza, 77, Colombian emerald businessman, lung and prostate cancer.
 * Roger Ebert, 70, American film critic (Chicago Sun-Times, Siskel &amp; Ebert), thyroid cancer.
 * Carmine Infantino, 87, American comic book artist (Batman, Green Lantern, Human Target) and editor.
 * Besedka Johnson, 87, American actress (Starlet).
 * Beatrice Palner, 75, Danish actress.
 * Joseph Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford, 81, British aristocrat.
 * Apidej Sit-Hirun, 72, Thai martial artist (Muay Thai), lung cancer.
 * Eldred G. Smith, 106, American patriarch emeritus of the LDS (Mormon) church.
 * Tommy Tycho, 84, Hungarian-born Australian composer, arranger and orchestra conductor, complications following a stroke.
 * Ian Walsh, 80, Australian rugby league player, captain of St. George Dragons and national team.
 * Noboru Yamaguchi, 41, Japanese author (The Familiar of Zero), cancer.

5

 * Regina Bianchi, 92, Italian stage and film actress (The Four Days of Naples), natural causes.
 * Amnon Dankner, 67, Israeli newspaper editor (Maariv) and journalist, heart attack.
 * Piero de Palma, 87, Italian opera singer.
 * Albert J. Engel, Jr., 89, American judge, member of US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (since 1973).
 * David Hunt, 87, American Christian apologist and author, natural causes.
 * Mohammad Ishaq Khan, 67, Indian historian, heart failure.
 * David Kuo, 44, American author and civil servant, brain cancer.
 * Nikolaos Pappas, 83, Greek Navy officer, leader of the 1973 mutiny against the military junta, cancer.

6

 * Dame Hilda Bynoe, 91, Grenadian politician, Governor (1968–1974).
 * Veljko Despotovic, 81, Serbian production designer.
 * Johnny Esaw, 87, Canadian sports broadcaster, pulmonary failure.
 * Matt Gilsenan, 97, Irish Gaelic football player.
 * Bill Guttridge, 82, English footballer (Walsall F.C.), Parkinson's disease and pneumonia.
 * Bigas Luna, 67, Spanish film director (Anguish, Yo soy la Juani), leukemia.
 * Michael Norgrove, 31, Zambian-born British boxer, cerebral bleeding.
 * Miguel Poblet, 85, Spanish racing cyclist, kidney failure.
 * Ottmar Schreiner, 67, German politician, MP for Saarlouis (since 1980), cancer.
 * Don Shirley, 86, Jamaican–born American pianist.
 * Celso Yegros Estigarribia, 77, Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Carapeguá (1983–2010), complications of Parkinson's disease.

7

 * Marty Blake, 86, American basketball executive, GM of Atlanta Hawks (1954–1970), NBA Director of Scouting (1976–2011).
 * Les Blank, 77, American documentary filmmaker (Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe, Burden of Dreams), bladder cancer.
 * Richard Grand, 83, German-born American lawyer, natural causes.
 * Hans Jäcker, 80, German footballer (Eintracht Braunschweig).
 * Andy Johns, 62, British record producer (Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones), bleeding from stomach ulcer.
 * Tamás Király, 60, Hungarian fashion designer, beaten.
 * Muhammad Langah, 72, Pakistani political party leader, cardiac arrest.
 * Wann Langston, Jr., 91, American paleontologist.
 * Katsunosuke Maeda, 82, Japanese businessman, President of Toray Industries (1987–1997), CEO (2002–2006), pneumonia.
 * Chelone Miller, 29, American snowboarder, seizure.
 * Sir Kenneth Murray, 82, British biologist.
 * Lilly Pulitzer, 81, American fashion designer.
 * Mick Quinlan, 55, Irish horse trainer.
 * Irma Ravinale, 75, Italian composer and music educator.
 * Mickey Rose, 77, American film and television screenwriter (Bananas, All in the Family, The Odd Couple), colon cancer.
 * Yusuf Warsame Saeed, Somali politician.
 * Theodore Solomon, 93, American movie theatre operator and philanthropist, President of the National Association of Theatre Owners.
 * John St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan, 94, British aristocrat.
 * Carl Williams, 53, American boxer, esophageal cancer.

8

 * Abdul Hadi Al-Fadhli, 78, Iraqi writer and academic.
 * Mikhail Beketov, 55, Russian journalist and activist, heart failure.
 * Leslie Broderick, 91, British military officer, one of the last three survivors of "The Great Escape".
 * Richard Brooker, 58, American actor and stuntman (Friday the 13th Part III, Deathstalker).
 * Gene Campbell, 80, American Olympic ice hockey player (1956).
 * Waldemar Esteves da Cunha, 92, Brazilian carnival king, respiratory failure and Alzheimer's disease.
 * Annette Funicello, 70, American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club) and singer ("Tall Paul"), complications from multiple sclerosis.
 * Floyd Gentry, 62, American art director (Born on the Fourth of July).
 * Greg Kramer, 51, British-born Canadian actor (300, On the Road) and author.
 * Danie G. Krige, 93, South African mining engineer and geologist.
 * François-Wolff Ligondé, 85, Haitian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Port-au-Prince (1966–2008), complications of heart disease and diabetes.
 * Sara Montiel, 85, Spanish actress and singer, cardiac arrest.
 * Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, 85, British peeress and charity worker.
 * Ronald Osborne, 66, British-born Canadian businessman, Chairman of Postmedia Network (since 2010), Sun Life Financial (2005–2010), CEO of Maclean-Hunter (1986–1994).
 * Pepe Ozan, 73, Argentine sculptor and artistic director.
 * Frank Panton, 89, British military scientist.
 * Peter Reveen, 77, Australian-born American stage hypnotist and illusionist, complications of diabetes and dementia.
 * William Royer, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1979–1981).
 * José Luis Sampedro, 96, Spanish writer and economist, natural causes.
 * J. F. A. Soza, 94, Sri Lankan judge, member of the Supreme Court.
 * Margaret Thatcher, 87, British politician, Prime Minister (1979–1990); MP for Finchley (1959–1992), stroke.
 * Yasuhiro Yamada, 45, Japanese footballer.

9

 * Alan Clapp, 83, Canadian broadcaster, brain cancer.
 * Basil Foster, 86, British horse trainer, discovered Davy Jones.
 * Desmond Hamill, 76, British television news reporter.
 * David Hayes, 82, American sculptor, leukemia.
 * Lynn Lundquist, 78, American politician, member (1994–1998) and Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives (1997–1998).
 * Greg McCrary, 61, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, San Diego Chargers, Washington Redskins), cardiac arrest.
 * Mordechai Mishani, 67, Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (2001-2003).
 * Luis Antonio Nova Rocha, 69, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Barranquilla (2002–2010), Bishop of Facatativá (since 2010), heart attack.
 * Emilio Pericoli, 85, Italian singer.
 * McCandlish Phillips, 85, American journalist (The New York Times).
 * Paolo Soleri, 93, Italian architect, natural causes.
 * Dick Sutliff, 77, American radio broadcaster and journalist (WGN).
 * Zao Wou-Ki, 93, Chinese-born French artist.

10

 * Lorenzo Antonetti, 90, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of Sant'Agnese in Agone (since 1998), Apostolic Nuncio to France (1988–1995).
 * Binod Bihari Chowdhury, 102, Bangladeshi activist for Indian independence.
 * Raymond Boudon, 79, French academic.
 * Tim Carr, 57, American music executive (Capitol Records).
 * Jimmy Dawkins, 76, American blues musician.
 * Sir Robert Edwards, 87, British physiologist, winner of Nobel Prize (2010).
 * Alexandru Fronea, 79, Romanian footballer.
 * Akhsarbek Galazov, 83, Russian scientist and politician, President of North Ossetia–Alania (1994–1998).
 * Dick Hart, 77, American golfer.
 * Aleksandar Kozlina, 74, Yugoslav footballer.
 * Olive Lewin, 85, Jamaican social anthropologist and musicologist.
 * Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., 96, American judge, US Court of Appeals 10th Circuit (1970–1984), Colorado Supreme Court (1961–1970).
 * Dave O'Hara, 86, American sports journalist (Associated Press), cancer.
 * Bernhard Rieger, 90, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart (1985–1996).
 * Enrique Ros, 89, Cuban historian and activist, father of U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, respiratory complications.
 * George Schaefer, 84, American businessman, CEO and Chairman of Caterpillar Incorporated (1985–1990).
 * Gordon Thomas, 91, British Olympic silver medal cyclist (1948), won Tour of Britain (1953).
 * Lafe Ward, 87, American politician, member of the West Virginia Senate (1971–1983).
 * Paul Wilson, 29, South African rock and roll musician, heart attack and meningitis.

11

 * Don Blackman, 59, American jazz-funk pianist, singer and songwriter, cancer.
 * Abani Borgohain, 82, Indian tea farmer, Chairman of Indian Tea Association, heart failure.
 * Edward de Grazia, 86, American lawyer and writer (Girls Lean Back Everywhere).
 * Edward A. Frieman, 87, American physicist and national policy advisor, respiratory illness.
 * Adam Galos, 88, Polish historian.
 * Sidney Goodman, 77, American artist, Parkinson's disease.
 * Grady Hatton, 90, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) and manager (Houston Astros), natural causes.
 * Thomas Hemsley, 85, English opera singer.
 * Fakhrul Islam, 46, Pakistani politician, shot.
 * Shorty Jenkins, 77, Canadian curling icemaker.
 * Ram Karmi, 82, Israeli architect, winner of the Israel Prize (2002).
 * Hilary Koprowski, 96, Polish-born American virologist and immunologist, invented first effective live polio vaccine, pneumonia.
 * Errol Mann, 71, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Detroit Lions), heart attack.
 * Gilles Marchal, 68, French songwriter and singer.
 * Bernard McGlinchey, 80, Irish businessman and politician, Senator (1961–1981).
 * Zachariah Alpheus Mahlomola Molotsi, 60, South African politician.
 * Dempsey Morgan, 91, American fighter pilot, member of the Tuskegee Airmen.
 * David O'Halloran, 57, Australian football player (Hawthorn).
 * Maria Tallchief, 88, American prima ballerina.
 * Clorindo Testa, 89, Italian-born Argentine architect and artist.
 * Fausto Valdiviezo, 52, Ecuadorian journalist, reporter and television presenter, shot.
 * Angela Voigt, 61, East German Olympic champion long jumper (1976).
 * Jonathan Winters, 87, American comedian and actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Smurfs), natural causes.

12

 * Sandra Viviana Brand, 30, Colombian actress and model, complications from plastic surgery.
 * Robert Byrne, 84, American chess grandmaster and columnist (The New York Times), Parkinson's disease.
 * Karol Castillo, 23, Peruvian beauty queen, Miss Universe Peru (2008), cardiac arrest.
 * Johnny DuPlooy, 48, South African heavyweight boxer, heart failure.
 * Michael France, 51, American screenwriter (GoldenEye, Hulk, The Punisher), complications of diabetes.
 * Marv Harshman, 95, American basketball coach (University of Washington, Washington State University), Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
 * Erwin Hymer, 82, German businessman, founder of Hymer.
 * Dennis John, 78, Welsh footballer.
 * Ron Lanza, 78, American nightclub owner, AIDS and gay rights activist, colon cancer.
 * Fred Lovegrove, 73, American politician, member of the Connecticut Senate (1982–1998).
 * Brennan Manning, 78, American priest and author.
 * George McArthur, 88, American journalist (Los Angeles Times) and Saigon bureau chief.
 * Oöphoi, 55, Italian ambient musician.
 * Helen Doss Reed, 97, American author (The Family Nobody Wanted).
 * Annamária Szalai, 51, Hungarian politician and journalist, MP for Zala County (1998–2004), President of National Media and Infocommunications Authority (since 2010).
 * Frosty Westering, 85, American football coach, member of the College Football Hall of Fame, coached four national champions.
 * Ya'akov Yosef, 66, Israeli rabbi and politician, son of Ovadia Yosef, cancer.

13

 * Frank Bank, 71, American actor (Leave It to Beaver).
 * Mary Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough, 98, American-born British aristocrat and philanthropist, saved Benjamin Franklin's London home.
 * Chi Cheng, 42, American bassist (Deftones).
 * Stephen Dodgson, 89, British composer.
 * Dean Drummond, 64, American composer, musician (Newband) and instrument inventor, multiple myeloma.
 * John Galardi, 75, American restaurateur (Wienerschnitzel), pancreatic cancer.
 * Ian Henderson, 86, British colonial police officer.
 * Adolph Herseth, 91, American trumpet player (Chicago Symphony Orchestra).
 * Abdelhamid Kermali, 81, Algerian football player and coach.
 * Tony Laing, 68, Jamaican musicologist and broadcaster.
 * Lin Yang-kang, 85, Taiwanese politician, Mayor of Taipei (1976–1978), Governor of Taiwan Province (1978–1981) and President of Judicial Yuan (1987–1994), multiple organ failure.
 * Jim Miller, 81, American football coach (Kilgore College), led team to national championship.
 * Vincent Montana, Jr., 85, American composer, arranger, and percussionist (MFSB, Salsoul Orchestra).
 * R. D. Musser, 80, American hotelier (Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)), heart failure.
 * Hilmar Myhra, 97, Norwegian ski jumper. (Norwegian)
 * Henk Peeters, 87, Dutch artist.
 * Bob J. Perry, 80, American real estate magnate.
 * Nick Pollotta, 57, American science fiction author, cancer.
 * William Steck, 79, American violinist (National Symphony Orchestra), respiratory failure.
 * William Y. Thompson, 90, American historian and author.
 * Marcel Vercoutere, 87, American special effects technician (The Exorcist, Deliverance), dementia.
 * Carmen Weinstein, 82, Egyptian Jewish community leader.

14

 * Efi Arazi, 76, Israeli businessman.
 * Ian Balfour, 2nd Baron Balfour of Inchrye, 88, British hereditary peer.
 * Tom Berman, 79, Czech-born Israeli microbiologist, fall. (body discovered on this date)
 * Sir Colin Davis, 85, British conductor, President of the London Symphony Orchestra.
 * Jaime Enrique Duque Correa, 70, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of El Banco (since 2006).
 * R. P. Goenka, 83, Indian businessman, founder of the RPG Group, cancer.
 * A. S. A. Harrison, 65, Canadian author and editor.
 * Tom Huff, 80, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1995–2000), pulmonary fibrosis.
 * Stanislav Hurenko, 76, Ukrainian Soviet politician, last First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian SSR (1990–1991), cancer.
 * George Jackson, 68, American singer-songwriter ("Old Time Rock and Roll", "One Bad Apple"), cancer.
 * Julius Menendez, 90, American Olympic boxing (1960) and soccer (1976) coach (San Jose State University), led team to three national boxing championships.
 * Rentarō Mikuni, 90, Japanese actor (Rikyu) and director, cardiac failure.
 * H. Burke Peterson, 89, American Mormon leader.
 * Makame Rashid, 69, Tanzanian military officer and diplomat, Ambassador to Malawi, leader of Tanzania People's Defence Force (1989–2001).
 * P. B. Sreenivas, 82, Indian singer, heart attack.
 * Seth Taft, 90, American politician.
 * Alberto Valdés, 94, Mexican Olympic champion equestrian (1948).
 * Armando Villanueva, 97, Peruvian politician, Prime Minister (1988–1989).
 * Charlie Wilson, 70, American politician, member of the US House (2007–2011), Ohio House (1997–2005) and Ohio Senate (2005–2007), complications of a stroke.

15

 * Sal Castro, 79, American community activist and teacher, thyroid cancer.
 * Benny Frankie Cerezo, 70, Puerto Rican politician.
 * Richard Collins, 66, Canadian actor (Trailer Park Boys), heart attack.
 * Danny Dahill, 93, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1957–1960), West Virginia Senate (1961–1964).
 * Preston Davis, 63, American television executive (ABC).
 * Benjamin Fain, 83, Ukrainian-born Israeli physicist and refusenik.
 * Peter Foley, 58, New Zealand physician, Chairman of New Zealand Medical Association (2007–2011).
 * Joe Francis, 76, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Montreal Alouettes).
 * Sahibzada Fazal Kareem, 58, Pakistani politician, liver failure.
 * Richard LeParmentier, 66, American actor (Star Wars, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Octopussy).
 * Dave McArtney, 62, New Zealand musician (Hello Sailor), cancer.
 * Scott Miller, 53, American singer-songwriter and musician (Game Theory, Loud Family)
 * Jean-François Paillard, 85, French classical conductor.
 * Huel Perkins, 88, American educator, composed fight song for Southern University.
 * Robert Perloff, 92, American psychologist and academic.
 * Ilona DeVito di Porrisasa, Countess Teleki de Szék, 73, Hungarian-born American aristocrat, breast cancer.
 * Cleyde Yáconis, 89, Brazilian film, stage and television actress, ischemia.
 * Nini Zaha, 82, Greek singer-songwriter.

16

 * Charles Bruzon, 74, British Gibraltarian politician, MP (since 2003).
 * Jack Daniels, 85, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
 * George Horse-Capture, 75, American Gros Ventre author, archivist and curator (Plains Indian Museum, National Museum of the American Indian), kidney failure.
 * Huang Yang, 28, Chinese student, poisoning.
 * Dave Ismay, 66, British comedian and football ambassador (Aston Villa).
 * Gérard Jaquet, 97, French politician.
 * Ali Kafi, 84, Algerian politician, Chairman of the High Council of State (1992–1994).
 * Helmut Kasimier, 86, German politician, Finance Minister of Lower Saxony (1974–1976).
 * Richard D. Kelley, 76, American bassist (Los Angeles Philharmonic), cancer.
 * Srifa Ladavalaya, 83, Thai author, ischemia.
 * Francis Leo Lawrence, 75, American educator and French literature scholar, President of Rutgers University (1990–2002).
 * Reinhard Lettmann, 80, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Münster (1980–2008).
 * Ross Livermore, 68, Australian rugby league executive, President of the Queensland Rugby League (1980–2011).
 * Siegfried Ludwig, 87, Austrian politician, Governor of Lower Austria (1981–1992).
 * Pentti Lund, 87, Finnish-born Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Boston Bruins).
 * Rita MacNeil, 68, Canadian Juno Award-winning singer and variety show host, complications from surgery.
 * Jim McCandless, 68, American singer and songwriter, fall.
 * Ernle Money, 82, English politician, MP for Ipswich (1970–1974) (death announced on the date).
 * Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens, 77, Dutch Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Breda (1994–2007).
 * George Beverly Shea, 104, Canadian-born American gospel music singer, complications from a stroke.
 * Edwin Shirley, 64, English rock tour organiser and film studio manager, cancer.
 * Pat Summerall, 82, American football player (New York Giants) and broadcaster (NFL on CBS, NFL on FOX), cardiac arrest.
 * Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, 94, Mexican architect, pneumonia.
 * Murray Vernon, 76, Australian cricket player (Western Australia).
 * Bob Yates Jr., 74, American football player (New England Patriots, Syracuse University).

17

 * Gordon Abbott, 85, American conservator, Director of The Trustees of Reservations, prostate cancer.
 * Hamid al-Radmi, Yemeni Al Qaeda militant, drone strike.
 * Anne Firestone Ball, 79, American philanthropist, heir to Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, complications from burn injuries.
 * K. P. Bhaskar, 88, Indian classical dance pioneer, heart ailment.
 * Gary Biddles, British singer (Fools Dance, Presence).
 * Sita Chan, 26, Hong Kong pop singer, traffic collision.
 * Willard Freeman, 84, American horse trainer (Shuvee).
 * Ken Godfrey, 64, American sport collegiate executive, Athletic Director for Northern Michigan University (2003–2011), acute myeloid leukemia.
 * Carlos Graça, 82, São Tomé and Príncipe politician, Prime Minister (1994–1995).
 * Kauko Kangasniemi, 70, Finnish weightlifter.
 * Bi Kidude, c.100, Zanzibari Taarab singer.
 * Helen Lennon, 66, Irish tennis player and coach. (death announced on this date)
 * John Mansell, 71, Australian rally driver, race collision.
 * Albert Messiah, 91, French physicist.
 * Yngve Moe, 55, Norwegian bass guitarist (Dance with a Stranger), drowning.
 * Sir Steuart Pringle, 84, British army general.
 * V. S. Ramadevi, 79, Indian politician, Governor of Karnataka (1999–2002), Governor of Himachal Pradesh (1997–1999), cardiac arrest.
 * T. K. Ramamurthy, 91, Indian composer and violinist.
 * Dariush Safvat, 85, Iranian musician, natural causes.
 * Cecilia Smiga, 38, British opera soprano.
 * Maodou Sey, Gambian musician.
 * Paul Ware, 42, English footballer, brain tumour.
 * Stan Vickers, 80, British Olympic bronze long distance walker (1960).
 * Viktor Zhivov, 68, Russian philologist.

18

 * Peter Michael Chenaparampil, 83, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alleppey (1984–2001).
 * Estella Diggs, 96, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1972–1980).
 * Ebrima Drammeh, 76, Gambian footballer. (death announced on this date)
 * Ilona Edelsheim-Gyulai, 95, Hungarian noblewoman and widow of István Horthy, son of Regent Miklós Horthy.
 * Leopold Gernhardt, 93, Austrian footballer (SK Rapid Wien).
 * Aisea Katonivere, Fijian politician and chief.
 * Patrick Kennedy, 59, American police detective, interrogated and obtained confession of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, heart attack.
 * Augustine Lopez, 78, American politician, Chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation (1971–1973).
 * Cordell Mosson, 60, American bassist (Parliament-Funkadelic).
 * Robert W. Peterson, 84, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1967–1972), North Dakota State Auditor (1973–1996).
 * Jack Price, 94, English footballer (Hartlepool United).
 * Vytautas Šapranauskas, 54, Lithuanian actor and comedian, suicide by hanging. (death announced on this date)
 * Orville Slutzky, 96, American businessman, co-founder of Hunter Mountain.
 * Storm Thorgerson, 69, British graphic designer, cancer.
 * Annie Tribble, 80, American basketball coach (Clemson University, 1976–1987), cancer.
 * Hans-Joachim Walde, 70, German Olympic medal-winning (1964, 1968) decathlete.
 * Anne Williams, 62, British activist (Hillsborough disaster), bowel cancer.
 * Alan Wood, 90, American navy officer, supplied the American flag for the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photograph, heart failure.

19

 * Sivanthi Adithan, 76, Indian newspaper owner (Dina Thanthi).
 * Kenneth Appel, 80, American mathematician, solved the four color theorem.
 * Allan Arbus, 95, American actor (M*A*S*H), heart failure.
 * Peter Armit, 87, Scottish footballer (St Johnstone, Hamilton Academical).
 * Joseph Brown IV, 54, American military officer, USAF Major General (Ellsworth Air Force Base, 2001–2005), plane crash.
 * Mike Culbert, American hardware engineer (Apple Inc.), cancer.
 * Mike Denness, 72, Scottish cricketer, captain of Kent (1972–1976) and England (1974–1975), cancer.
 * Lynne Duke, 56, American journalist (Washington Post) and author, lung cancer.
 * Patrick Garland, 78, English theatre director, actor and writer.
 * Aishah Ghani, 90, Malaysian politician, natural causes.
 * Alicia Gladden, 27, American basketball player, traffic collision.
 * Alfredo Guevara, 87, Cuban filmmaker and cultural official, heart attack.
 * Kirt Hector, Dominican football coach (national team), traffic collision.
 * Robert Holding, 86, American billionaire businessman (Sinclair Oil, Little America Hotels).
 * Norran Jno Hope, 19, Dominican football player (national team), traffic collision.
 * Sam Jameson, 76, American newspaper journalist (Chicago Tribune, Pacific Stars and Stripes) and Tokyo bureau chief (LA Times) (1971–1996), stroke.
 * Saleh Jerbo, 36, Sudanese rebel leader and alleged war criminal, military action.
 * Thomas Joseph Kelly, 93, American horse trainer (Plugged Nickle), member of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (1993).
 * E. L. Konigsburg, 83, American children's novelist and illustrator, Newbery Medal (1968, 1997), complications from a stroke.
 * C. Kuppusami, 86, Indian politician, MP for Chennai North (1998–2009).
 * Al Neuharth, 89, American newspaper businessman, columnist and author, founder of USA Today, complications of injuries from a fall.
 * Maurice Quentin, 92, French racing cyclist.
 * Steve Schillinger, 60, American online gambling businessman, co-founder of World Sports Exchange, suicide by gunshot.
 * Richard Sterling, 89, Australian astrologer.
 * Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, Russian suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, shot and blunt force trauma.
 * Pirie Tutchings, 81, American actor (Network, Talk Radio, Wall Street) complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Abdelkader Zerrar, 79, Algerian footballer and coach (Hammam-Lif, FC Sète, CR Belouizdad, RC Kouba), following a long illness.

20

 * Joan Bridge Baez, 100, American anti-war activist, mother of Joan Baez.
 * Günseli Başar, 81, Turkish beauty pageant winner, Miss Europe (1952).
 * Dirce Navarro de Camargo, 100, Brazilian billionaire businesswoman, controlling owner of Camargo Corrêa.
 * Peter Kane Dufault, 89, American poet.
 * Quinton Hoover, 49, American artist and trading card illustrator (Magic: The Gathering).
 * Huang Wenyong, 60, Malaysian-born Singaporean actor, lymphoma.
 * Jocasta Innes, 78, British non-fiction writer and businesswoman.
 * François Jacob, 92, French biologist, Nobel Prize (1965).
 * Rick Mather, 75, American architect.
 * Magnus Olsson, 64, Swedish yachtsman (Volvo Ocean Race), complications from a stroke.
 * Howard Phillips, 72, American politician, founder of the Constitution Party, dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
 * Nosher Powell, 84, British actor, stuntman (Willow, First Knight) and boxer.
 * George Seah, 81, Malaysian judge, Federal Court of Malaysia (1969–1988), complications from heart failure.
 * Artie White, 76, American soul singer, Parkinson's disease.
 * William Wilson, 78, American journalist and art critic (Los Angeles Times), Alzheimer's disease.
 * Syed Zahiruddin, 95, Malaysian politician, Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca (1975–1984), Ambassador to Ireland (1975) and the United Kingdom (1974), kidney failure.

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 * Gerard Amerongen, 98, Canadian politician and lawyer, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1972–1986), MLA for Edmonton-Meadowlark (1971–1986).
 * Chrissy Amphlett, 53, Australian singer (Divinyls), breast cancer and multiple sclerosis.
 * Ambati Brahmanaiah, 75, Indian politician, MP for Machilipatnam (1994–2004), MLA for Machilipatnam (1994–2004) and Avanigadda (since 2009), leader of the TDP.
 * George Bunn, 87, American civil servant and legal academic, negotiator for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, spinal cancer.
 * Captain Steve, 16, American thoroughbred horse, winner of Dubai World Cup (2001), heart failure.
 * Dani Crivelli, Swiss heavy metal drummer (Krokus).
 * Jean-Michel Damase, 85, French composer, pianist, and teacher.
 * Shakuntala Devi, 83, Indian prodigy mental calculator, heart attack.
 * Graham Downes, 56, South African-born American architect and rugby union player (US national team), beaten.
 * Leopold Engleitner, 107, Austrian concentration camp survivor.
 * Gordon D. Gayle, 95, American Marine Corps brigadier general and historian.
 * Noel Greenwood, 75, American newspaper senior editor (Los Angeles Times), prostate cancer.
 * Sigurd Helle, 92, Norwegian topographer.
 * Layton Kor, 74, American climber, kidney failure and prostate cancer.
 * Kriyananda, 86, American jogi and writer.
 * Anthony Livuza, 40s, Malawian government journalist, heart ailment.
 * Jimmy McGill, 87, Scottish footballer (Queen of the South), dementia.
 * Mike Moloney, 59, Australian-born Northern Irish community peace activist, founder of the Belfast Community Circus School, home accident.
 * Douglas Mounce, 65, British radio presenter (BBC Radio Devon), cancer.
 * William Edward Murray, 93, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wollongong (1975–1996).
 * Ramón Ríos Hernández, 82, Mexican radio announcer.
 * John Fenton Wheeler, 88, American journalist (Associated Press).

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 * Struther Arnott, 78, Scottish biochemist and academic, Principal of St Andrews University (1986–1999).
 * Vivi Bach, 73, Danish actress, heart failure.
 * Craig Brigham, 58, American decathlete (University of Oregon), natural causes.
 * Doug Carlson, 73, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1971–1974, 1977–1990), natural causes.
 * Cheng Naishan, 67, Chinese writer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
 * Dave Gold, 80, American retail businessman (99 Cents Only Stores), heart attack.
 * Richie Havens, 72, American folk singer and guitarist, heart attack.
 * Lalgudi Jayaraman, 82, Indian violinist, cardiac arrest.
 * Ian Johnston, 86, British confectionery businessman, CEO (1963–1977) and Chairman (1963–1982) of Terry's.
 * Carmel Kaine, 75, Australian violinist, co-founder and leader of Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
 * Howard Linger, 85, American rodeo competitor, judge and executive, ProRodeo Hall of Fame (1998), Rodeo Hall of Fame (2011).
 * Clément Marchand, 100, Canadian poet and journalist.
 * Luis Molina, 74, American Olympic boxer (1956). (death announced on this date)
 * Ike Orr, 90, American horse trainer.
 * Jacob Palmstierna, 78, Swedish banker, CEO of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, President of Nordea, brief illness.
 * Joaquín Riviera, 80, Cuban-born Venezuelan choreographer and television producer (Venevisión), cardiac arrest.
 * John Rudolph, 88, American snack food businessman, founder of Rudolph Foods. (death announced on this date)
 * Mike Smith, 77, English footballer (Bradford City).
 * Jagdish Sharan Verma, 80, Indian judge, Supreme Court (since 1989), Chief Justice (1997–1998), multiple organ failure.
 * Jim Williamson, Scottish footballer (Arbroath).

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 * Shirley Abbott, 88, American politician, US Ambassador to Lesotho (1983–1989), member of the Texas House of Representatives (1977–1979), cardiac complications.
 * Shamshad Begum, 94, Indian singer.
 * Norbert Blei, 77, American author and writer.
 * Bob Brozman, 59, American guitarist and ethnomusicologist, suicide.
 * José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, 85, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tuxtepec (1979–2005).
 * Colonial Affair, 23, American thoroughbred, winner of Belmont Stakes (1993).
 * Earl Cossey, 71, American parachute packer for D. B. Cooper, blunt force trauma.
 * Kathryn Wasserman Davis, 106, American philanthropist.
 * Marv Diemer, 88, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1978–1992).
 * Robert W. Edgar, 69, American politician and executive (Common Cause), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1975–1987), heart attack.
 * Tony Grealish, 56, Irish footballer (Ireland, Brighton), cancer.
 * Ralph Johnson, 91, English footballer (Norwich City).
 * Norman Jones, 78, British television actor (Doctor Who, Crossroads).
 * Antonio Maccanico, 88, Italian politician, Minister of Posts and Communications (1996–1998), Minister of Institutional Reform (2000–2001).
 * Jim Mackonochie, British Royal Navy officer and video game developer, liver cancer.
 * Lawrence Morley, 93, Canadian geophysicist.
 * Nicholas More, 45, South African hotelier, co-owner of Lion Sands Reserve, helicopter crash.
 * Jim Mortimer, 91, British trade unionist, General Secretary of the Labour Party (1982–1985).
 * Kangwa Mulenga, 36, Zambian journalist, brain tumour.
 * Joseph R. Nolan, 87, American judge, member of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1981–1995).
 * Frank W. J. Olver, 88, British–born American mathematician.
 * Charles Parker, 83, American research immunologist, developed anaphylaxis skin testing, pancreatic cancer.
 * John Somers Payne, 87, Irish Olympic sailor (1956, 1960).
 * Jose Solis, 73, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives for Sorsogon 2nd District (2001–2010).

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 * Annebrit Aslund, 60s, Swedish-born British civil servant, Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority (2001–2004), cancer.
 * D. K. Audikesavulu, 72, Indian politician, MP for Chittoor (2004–2009), complications of cardiac surgery.
 * Alfred Bieler, 90, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1948).
 * Teodoro Buontempo, Italian politician.
 * James Dickens, 82, British politician MP for Lewisham West (1966–1970). (death announced on this date)
 * Richard Everett Dorr, 70, American judge, US District Court for Western Missouri (since 2002), cancer.
 * Larry Felser, 80, American sports journalist and columnist (Sporting News, The Buffalo News).
 * Dave Kocourek, 75, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders), dementia.
 * Azuma Konno, 65, Japanese politician.
 * Gary L. Lancaster, 63, American judge, member of US District Court for Western Pennsylvania (since 1993), natural causes.
 * Saleem Pervez, 65, Pakistani cricketer, injuries sustained in traffic collision.
 * Pedro Romualdo, 77, Filipino politician, member of House of Representatives for Camiguin (1987–1998, since 2007), Governor of Camiguin (1998–2007), pneumonia.
 * Pierre Sadek, 75, Lebanese caricaturist.
 * Murray Satterfield, 87, American college basketball coach (Boise State).
 * Storm Cat, 30, American thoroughbred stallion, euthanized due to cancer.

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 * Brian Adam, 64, Scottish politician, MSP for North East Scotland (1999–2003), Aberdeen North (2003–2011) and Aberdeen Donside (since 2011), cancer.
 * Jacob Avshalomov, 94, Chinese-born American conductor and composer.
 * Dieuwke Bakker-Winsemius, 96, Dutch writer.
 * Ambica Banerjee, 84, Indian politician, MP for Howrah (since 2006), West Bengal MLA for Howrah Central (1982–2005).
 * György Berencsi, 72, Hungarian virologist.
 * Sean Caffrey, 73, Northern Irish television actor.
 * Rick Camp, 59, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves), natural causes.
 * Joseph Chigariro, 82, Zimbabwean chief, wild bee attack.
 * Amir-Hossein Fardi, 65, Iranian author, respiratory complications.
 * Virginia Gibson, 88, American actress (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Stop, You're Killing Me, Tea for Two). 
 * Moses Harrison, 81, American judge, member of the Supreme Court of Illinois (1992–2002), Chief Justice (2000–2002).
 * Johnny Lockwood, 92, Australian actor (Number 96).
 * Herminia Martínez, 63, Spanish-born Venezuelan television actress (Venevisión), esophageal cancer.
 * Ambuya Matadzisei, 82, Zimbabwean spirit medium, widow of Rekayi Tangwena, heart ailment.
 * Anna Proclemer, 89, Italian actress (A Matter of Time, Journey to Italy).
 * Jesus Quintanilla, Mexican narcocorrido singer, shot.
 * Eion Scarrow, 81, New Zealand gardening television presenter and author.
 * Calvin Sutker, 89, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1985–1991).
 * Yoshio Tabata, 94, Japanese ryūkōka and enka singer, songwriter and electric guitarist, pneumonia.
 * Sam Williams, 82, American football player (Detroit Lions), heart failure.
 * W. B. Young, 96, Scottish rugby union player.
 * Kees Zijlstra, 82, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1979–1991).

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 * Jacqueline Brookes, 82, American actress and teacher.
 * Jeffry Al-Buchori, 40, Indonesian preacher, traffic collision.
 * Rüdiger Butte, 63, German politician, shot. (German)
 * Donald Chapman, Baron Northfield, 89, British politician, MP for Birmingham Northfield (1951–1970).
 * Isaiah Dixon, 90, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1966–1982), heart failure.
 * Walter Dubzinski Sr., 93, American football player (New York Giants, Boston Yanks), heart attack.
 * William L. Guy, 93, American politician, Governor of North Dakota (1961–1973), Alzheimer's disease.
 * George Jones, 81, American country music singer ("He Stopped Loving Her Today", "The Race Is On"), hypoxic respiratory failure.
 * Dave Kleiman, 46, American computer security detective.
 * Earl Pionke, 80, American folk nightclub owner, pancreatic cancer.
 * Safia Rani, 65, Pakistani actress, cirrhosis.
 * Len Rempt-Halmmans de Jongh, 85, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1975–1979, 1982–1989, 1990–1994).
 * Marion Rushing, 76, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Houston Oilers), Parkinson's disease.
 * Braxton Schuffert, 97, American musician (Drifting Cowboys, Hank Williams).
 * Farrell Tamata, 68, New Zealand rugby league player (Waikato) and coach, heart attack.
 * Mary Thom, 68, American magazine executive editor (Ms.), traffic collision.
 * Jim Tucker, 78, American investigative journalist, complications from fall.

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 * Aída Bortnik, 75, Argentine screenwriter (The Official Story).
 * Tony Byrne, 82, Irish Olympic medalist boxer (1956).
 * Jimmy Damon, 75, American lounge singer, blood disease.
 * Antonio Díaz Jurado, 43, Spanish footballer (Villarreal, Salamanca, Getafe).
 * Trudi Gerster, 93, Swiss story teller.
 * Maurice Gransart, 82, French footballer (Olympique de Marseille).
 * Jérôme Louis Heldring, 95, Dutch journalist and columnist.
 * Aloysius Jin Luxian, 96, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Shanghai (since 1988).
 * Asharam Khati, 99, Indian freedom fighter, natural causes.
 * Mutula Kilonzo, 65, Kenyan politician, Senator (since 2010), MP for Mbooni (2008–2010) and senior counsel.
 * Brad Lesley, 54, American baseball player and actor (Little Big League), kidney failure.
 * Joseph Mwanyungwa, 46, Malawian judge, pneumonia.
 * Walter Nalangu, Solomon Islands news presenter and journalist, asthma attack.
 * Joseph Peter O'Connell, 81, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (1976-2006).
 * Arthur Joseph O'Neill, 95, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rockford (1968–1994).
 * Paul Strelzin, 75, American sports broadcaster (University of Texas-El Paso, El Paso Diablos).
 * Tim Taylor, 71, American Olympic ice hockey coach (1994), cancer.
 * Yuri Yudin, 75, Russian economist, sole survivor of Dyatlov Pass incident (1959).

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 * Richard Barry, 93, Irish politician, TD for Cork East (1953–1981).
 * Joe Cahill, 40, American lighting designer (Leftover Salmon), shot.
 * Claude Feninger, 87, Egyptian hotelier and hotel services executive (Aramark), pancreatic cancer.
 * Barry Fey, 73, American concert promoter (Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado Symphony Orchestra).
 * Peter Haber, 49, Swiss historian.
 * Kenny Kerr, 60, American female impersonator entertainer.
 * David Lentini, 66, American banker and civil servant, Director of Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
 * Cirilo Manego, 77, American basketball coach (Southern University at New Orleans, 1974–1989), brain hemorrhage.
 * Julio Ojeda Pascual, 81, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of San Ramón (1987-2003).
 * Eric Overend, 47, Maltese Archpriest of Żejtun.
 * Jeff Patterson, 82, Australian VFL football player, boxer and concert promoter, fall.
 * Cyril Quigley, 106, British centenarian, oldest man in Northern Ireland. (death announced on this date)
 * Araber Rahaman, 82, Indian politician, Tripura MLA for Boxanagar (1978–1988).
 * Sripathi Rajeshwar Rao, 73, Indian politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA for Sanathnagar (1985–1989, 1999–2003), kidney failure.
 * Saulo Ramos, 83, Brazilian jurist, writer and politician, Minister of Justice (1985–1990), heart failure.
 * John C. Reynolds, 77, American computer scientist, heart attack.
 * Sailendra Nath Roy, 48, Indian stuntman, heart attack.
 * Jack Shea, 84, American director (The Jeffersons, Silver Spoons), President of the Directors Guild of America (1997–2002), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Robert Soro, 90, French rugby player (National, FC Lourdes). (death announced on this date)
 * János Starker, 88, Hungarian-born American cellist.
 * Paulo Vanzolini, 89, Brazilian zoologist, poet and samba composer (Onze sambas e uma capoeira), complications of pneumonia.
 * Frank Walker, 93, American military pilot, member of the Tuskegee Airmen.
 * Chris Watson, 63, Australian newspaper editor and journalist (The Newcastle Herald), cancer.
 * Bernie Wood, 70, New Zealand sport author and journalist, cancer.

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 * Harry Blaney, 85, Irish politician, TD for Donegal North East (1997–2002).
 * Donald Campbell, 88, Canadian academic, founding President of Cape Breton University.
 * Joseph Churchward, 80, Samoan–born New Zealand typeface designer.
 * Alex Elisala, 20, New Zealand rugby league player (North Queensland Cowboys).
 * Denton Fox, 65, American football player, complications of a stroke.
 * Pietro Garlato, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Palestrina (1986–1991) and Tivoli (1991–2003).
 * Pesah Grupper, 88, Israeli politician, Minister of Agriculture (1983–1984).
 * Suhaimi Hassan, 59, Malaysian politician, heart attack.
 * Parekura Horomia, 62, New Zealand politician, MP for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti (since 1999), Minister of Māori Affairs (2000–2008).
 * Channa Horwitz, 80, American geometric artist, complications of Crohn's disease.
 * Shinji Maki, 78, Japanese comedian, suspected suicide by jumping.
 * Kevin Moore, 55, English footballer (Grimsby Town, Southampton), Pick's disease.
 * Basudeo Singh, 80, Indian politician, Bihar MLA for Begusarai (1990–1995).
 * Patrick Taval, 56, Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kerema (since 2010).
 * Harry Whewell, 90, British journalist.
 * Marianna Zachariadi, 23, Greek-born Cypriot pole vaulter, Commonwealth Games silver medalist (2010), Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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 * Jua’an Salem Al Dhaheri, Emirati civil servant, Secratary General of Supreme Petroleum Council (since 2011).
 * Tito Buss, 87, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rio do Sul (1969–2000).
 * Roberto Chabet, 76, Filipino artist, heart attack.
 * Jolico Cuadra, 74, Filipino poet and art critic, pneumonia.
 * Deanna Durbin, 91, Canadian singer and actress (Three Smart Girls). (death announced on this date)
 * Shirley Firth, 59, Canadian Gwich'in Olympic skier (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984).
 * Viviane Forrester, 87, French writer, essayist, novelist and literary critic.
 * Emil Frei, 89, American cancer researcher.
 * Irineos Galanakis, 101, Greek Orthodox prelate, Bishop of Kissamos (1957–1971), Metropolitan of Germany (1971–1980), Metropolitan of Kissamos (1982–2005).
 * Mike Gray, 77, American director, screenwriter (The China Syndrome, Star Trek: The Next Generation) and author, heart failure.
 * Tim Hensley, 50, American country musician and vocalist (Kenny Chesney, Patti Loveless, Ricky Skaggs), liver failure.
 * Andrew J. Offutt, 78, American science fiction author, cirrhosis.
 * Sándor Rácz, 80, Hungarian politician, veteran of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
 * Paul Shurey, 53, British concert and rave promoter (Tribal Gathering), head injury from fall. (death announced on this date)
 * Ian Weatherall, 91, British Anglican priest, last British member of the Delhi Brotherhood Society, cancer.