Deaths in May 2013

31

 * Abir Goswami, 37, Indian television actor, heart attack.
 * Katie John, 98, American Athabaskan subsistence rights advocate.
 * Thomas Sullivan, 71, American nightclub owner, complications from colon surgery.

30

 * John Antonio, 83, American advertising executive, designer of Clemson University's Tiger paw logo, cancer.
 * Dean Brooks, 96, American physician and actor (''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest).
 * Elliot del Borgo, 74, American composer.
 * Güzin Dino, 102, Turkish literary scholar.
 * Rituparno Ghosh, 49, Indian filmmaker, cardiac arrest.
 * Gail Heil, 67, American folk musician, cancer.
 * Arquímedes Herrera, 77, Venezuelan Olympic track and field athlete (1964).
 * Jayalath Jayawardena, 59, Sri Lankan politician, physician and human rights campaigner, heart disease.
 * Larry Jones, 79, American football player and coach (Florida State University, 1971–1973).
 * Kyprianos Koutsoumpas, 78, Greek Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Oropos and Fili, President of Synod of the Old Calendarist Church of Greece, stroke.
 * Vina Mazumdar, 86, Indian academic and women's activist, lung tumour.
 * Jerry McGill, 73, American rockabilly singer, songwriter and outlaw documentary subject.
 * Corina Meeks, Trinidadian-born Jamaican civil servant, Director of the Jamaican Information Service (1977–1980).
 * Andrew Scott Reisse, 33, American computer graphic engineer, co-founder of Oculus Rift, traffic collision.
 * Reveille VII, 12, American collie, mascot for Texas A&M University, euthanized.
 * Namrata Singh, 21, Indian singer and reality show contestant (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa), traffic collision.
 * Péter Szilágyi, 59, Hungarian conductor and politician, MP for Berettyóújfalu (1994–2002).
 * Oscar Unger, 75, Indian choreographer, brain haemorrhage.

29

 * Ramón Aguirre Suárez, 68, Argentine footballer (Estudiantes de La Plata).
 * Mahdi Al-Senussi, 57, Libyan royal, heart attack.
 * Richard Ballantine, 72, British cycling writer.
 * Dragan Banovic, 60, Croatian journalist, cancer.
 * Nino Baragli, 88, Italian award winning film editor.
 * Françoise Blanchard, 58, French actress (La Morte Vivante).
 * Mike Carrell, 69, American politician, member of the Washington House (1994–2004) and Washington State Senate (since 2004), myelodysplastic syndrome.
 * Jabulani Dube, Zimbabwean politician, MP-elect for Insiza South.
 * Andrew Greeley, 85, American priest, author and newspaper columnist (Chicago Sun Times).
 * Charles Henderson, 88, American financial executive, heart failure.
 * Marvin Junior, 77, American R&B singer (The Dells), inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2004), kidney failure.
 * Taha Karimi, 37, Iranian Kurdish filmmaker, traffic collision.
 * Mamman Kontagora, 69, Nigerian military officer and politician.
 * Svatopluk Košvanec, 76, Czech jazz trombonist.
 * Cliff Meely, 65, American basketball player (University of Colorado, Houston Rockets), blood infection.
 * Mulgrew Miller, 57, American jazz pianist, stroke.
 * Henry Morgentaler, 90, Polish-born Canadian physician, abortion advocate, Holocaust survivor, heart attack.
 * Franca Rame, 83, Italian theatre actress, playwright and political activist.
 * William Earl Reid, 78, Canadian politician, British Columbia MLA for Surrey (1983–1986) and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale (1986–1991), cancer.
 * Márcio Ribeiro, 49, Brazilian actor, humorist and TV presenter, heart failure.
 * Wali-ur-Rehman, 42, Pakistani Taliban militant, military action.

28

 * Silvério Paulo de Albuquerque, 96, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caetité (1970–1973) and Feira de Santana (1973–1995).
 * Nino Bibbia, 91, Italian Olympic skeleton racer and bobsledder (1948).
 * Nazmiye Demirel, 86, Turkish first lady, wife of Süleyman Demirel, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Cullen Finnerty, 30, American football player (Grand Valley State University). (body discovered on this date)
 * Viktor Kulikov, 91, Russian military officer, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1977), Warsaw Pact commander-in-chief (1977–1989).
 * Albert Mangwea, Tanzanian rap artist, heart attack.
 * Irénise Moulonguet, 112, French supercentenarian, oldest living person in France.
 * Jack Mulkey, 95, American football player (California State University, Fresno).
 * Don Oliver, 76, American television journalist (NBC).
 * Fotis Polymeris, 93, Greek singer.
 * Buck Robley, American professional wrestler, heart failure.
 * Eddie Romero, 88, Filipino film director, blood clot and prostate cancer.
 * Gerd Schmückle, 95, German general.
 * Caesar Trunzo, 87, American politician, member of the New York Senate (1972–2008).
 * Masuko Ushioda, 71, Japanese violinist and teacher (New England Conservatory).

27

 * Yara Abbas, 26, Syrian television journalist, shot.
 * Carol Fleming Al-Ajroush, 53, American-born Saudi journalist and blogger, breast cancer.
 * György Bárdy, 92, Hungarian actor.
 * Jean Bach, 94, American filmmaker (A Great Day in Harlem).
 * Guy Carcassonne, 62, French constitutionalist, cerebral hemorrhage.
 * Tom Lichtenberg, 72, American football coach (University of Maine, Ohio University), cancer.
 * Little Tony, 72, Italian-born Sammarinese pop singer and actor, lung cancer.
 * Yoshinari Matsushita, 43, Japanese motorcyle racer, race collision.
 * Bill Pertwee, 86, British radio and television actor (Dad's Army, You Rang, M'Lord?) and author.
 * Abdoulaye Sékou Sow, 83, Malian politician, Prime Minister (1993–1994).
 * Ingrid Visser, 35, Dutch Olympic volleyball player (1996). (body found on this date)
 * Berny Wagner, 88, American track and field coach (Oregon State University), USTCA Coach of the Year (1972), inducted into USTFCCCA Hall of Fame (2002).
 * Hideki Yoshimura, 46, Japanese punk rock musician (Bloodthirsty Butchers), heart failure.

26

 * John Bierwirth, 89, American aircraft executive, Chairman of Grumman (1972–1988).
 * Clarence Burke, Jr., 62, American singer ("O-o-h Child"), songwriter and guitarist (Five Stairsteps).
 * Bob Campbell, 81, Australian football executive, President of Glenelg FC (1981–1986), Chairman of Adelaide FC (2001–2004).
 * Roberto Civita, 76, Italian-born Brazilian businessman, CEO of Grupo Abril, heart failure.
 * Frankie Conklin, 53, American cheer coach (University of Memphis), coached seven UCA national championships, heart attack.
 * Mbuya Dyoko, 68, Zimbabwean musician, cirrhosis.
 * Héctor Garza, 43, Mexican professional wrestler, lung cancer.
 * Ivanka Grabcheva, 66, Bulgarian film and television director, complications from a fall.
 * Igor Gradoboev, 41, Belarusian footballer.
 * John Q. Hammons, 94, American hotelier and philanthropist.
 * Hildegard Krekel, 60, German actress, cancer.
 * Hal McClure, 92, American journalist (Associated Press), complications from a fall.
 * Charles M. McGowan, 89, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1968–1978).
 * Peter Wolff Metternich zur Gracht, 84, German businessman, Superior general of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (2005–2011).
 * Otto Muehl, 87, Austrian painter and activist, Parkinson's disease and cardiac ailment.
 * José María Pérez Gay, 70, Mexican journalist, academic and diplomat, Ambassador to Portugal, National Journalism Prize (1996).
 * Happy Pieterse, 70, South African boxer, complications of diabetes. (death announced on this date)
 * Sparkly Devil, 36, American burlesque performer, traffic collision.
 * Jack Vance, 96, American science fiction author.

25

 * Mohammed Rashad Abdulle, 79, Ethiopian academic.
 * Gordon Berg, 85, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1977–1991).
 * Harry Birrell, 85, American radio news broadcaster (KNX (AM)), interstitial lung disease.
 * Gene Burns, 72, American political radio broadcaster and food critic, complications from a stroke.
 * Paul Cuprowski, 73, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1983–1985).
 * Mahendra Karma, Indian political leader, founder of Salwa Judum, shot.
 * Jan Kinder, 68, Norwegian ice hockey player.
 * Marshall Lytle, 79, American rock and roll musician (Bill Haley & His Comets), inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2012), lung cancer.
 * Uday Mudliyar, Indian politician, Chhattisgarh MLA for Rajnandgaon (1993–1998), shot.
 * Nand Kumar Patel, 59, Indian politician, Chhattisgarh MLA for Kharsia (since 1990), shot.
 * T. M. Soundararajan, 91, Indian playback singer.
 * Jimmy Wray, 75, British politician, MP for Glasgow Provan (1987–1997) and Glasgow Baillieston (1997–2005).
 * Lewis Yocum, 66, American orthopedist, specialist in Tommy John surgery, liver cancer.

24

 * Baleshwar Agrawal, 91, Indian newspaper editor (Hindustan Samachar News).
 * Chaudary Muhammad Amjad, 50, Pakistani footballer, heart attack.
 * Elsa Bornemann, 61, Argentine children's writer.
 * Dave Costa, 71, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos). (death announced on this date)
 * Michel Crozier, 90, French sociologist.
 * Ron Davies, 70, Welsh footballer.
 * Walter Thomas Durham, 88, American historian and author, Tennessee State Historian (since 2002).
 * Gotthard Graubner, 82, German painter.
 * Haynes Johnson, 81, American journalist (The Washington Post, Washington Evening Star), winner of Pulitzer Prize (1966), heart attack.
 * Yevgeny Kychanov, 80, Russian orientalist.
 * Lorene Mann, 76, American singer, songwriter and actress.
 * Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo, 88, Mexican politician.
 * Godwin Mawuru, 52, Zimbabwean filmmaker and television producer, complications from diabetes.
 * John "Mule" Miles, 90, American Negro League baseball player.
 * Garth Morrison, 70, British scouter, Chief Scout (1988–1996).
 * Rona Newton-John, 70, English-born Australian model and actress, brain cancer.
 * Raul Padilla Jr., 73, Mexican actor and comedian, complications of kidney failure.
 * Antonio Puchades, 87, Spanish footballer (Valencia CF), Alzheimer's disease.
 * R. T. V. K. Rao, 84, Indian writer.
 * Ed Shaughnessy, 84, American drummer (The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson), heart attack.
 * John Sumner, 88, Australian founder and artistic director of the Melbourne Theatre Company.
 * Pyotr Todorovsky, 87, Ukrainian-born Russian film director (Wartime Romance), screenwriter (What a Wonderful Game) and cinematographer, heart attack.

23

 * Morton Brownstein, 85, Canadian retailer, English language activist and philanthropist, kidney cancer.
 * Joey Chapman, 42, American football player (University of Tennessee), heart condition.
 * Dick Evey, 72, American football player (Chicago Bears, University of Tennessee).
 * Richard G. Fallon, 89, American academic and theatre director (Asolo Repertory Theatre).
 * Lenin Gani, 45, Bangladeshi sports journalist.
 * Epy Guerrero, 71, Dominican Major League Baseball scout (Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers), kidney failure.
 * Hazel Hawke, 83, Australian social activist and National Treasure, first wife of Prime Minister Bob Hawke, complications of dementia.
 * In Excess, 26, Irish-born American Thoroughbred racehorse. (death announced on this date)
 * Hayri Kozakçıoğlu, 75, Turkish politician, shot.
 * Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, 86, German prince and Head of the House of Hesse
 * Michael Lev, 95, Ukrainian-born Israeli writer.
 * Tony McGrath, 57, Australian rugby league official, shot. (body discovered on this date)
 * Georges Moustaki, 79, Egyptian-born French singer and songwriter.
 * Flynn Robinson, 72, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks), multiple myeloma.
 * Sensaku Shigeyama, 93, Japanese actor, lung cancer.
 * James Sisnett, 113, Barbadian supercentenarian, world's second oldest man.
 * Seán Ward, 78, Irish newspaper editor (Evening Press).
 * Jim Zabel, 91, American sports broadcaster (University of Iowa).
 * Luis Zuloaga, 90, Venezuelan baseball player (Leones del Caracas).

22

 * Bill Austin, 84, American football player (New York Giants).
 * Dick Barry, 87, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1954–1967), Speaker (1963–1967).
 * Ronald Carter, 86, British furniture designer.
 * Luis De Cespedes, 64, Canadian television and voice actor, Parkinson's disease.
 * Tielman de Waal, 69, South African defence executive, Director of Armscor (1992–1995).
 * Henri Dutilleux, 97, French composer.
 * Andrea Gallo, 84, Italian presbyter.
 * Brian Greenhoff, 60, English footballer (Manchester United).
 * Roger Hill, 63, Australian vintner and vineyard owner, injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
 * Usha Rani Hooja, 90, Indian sculptor.
 * Dorothy Inglis, 87, Canadian feminist.
 * Elias Kanengoni, 60, Zimbabwean henchman.
 * Mick McManus, 93, English professional wrestler.
 * Wayne F. Miller, 94, American photographer.
 * George Moore, 62, Irish-born American technology billionaire businessman, heart attack.
 * Lawrence Pope, 73, American politician and academic, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1979–1983), renal cancer.
 * Eric Remacle, 52, Belgian scientist.
 * Pat Shea, 73, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
 * Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, 91, Russian historian and ethnographer.
 * Richard Thorp, 81, English actor (Emmerdale).

21

 * Trevor Bolder, 62, British musician (David Bowie, Uriah Heep), cancer.
 * Eddie Braben, 82, British comedy writer (Morecambe and Wise, Ken Dodd).
 * Evelyne E. Bradley, 88, American Navajo judge, District Court judge (1984–1995).
 * Robert Chambers, 59, New Zealand judge, Supreme Court (since 2011).
 * Cot Deal, 90, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals).
 * Don Flynn, 84, American newspaper editor (New York Daily News), mystery writer and television scriptwriter (One of the Boys), lung cancer.
 * Mohammad Khaled Hossain, 34, Bangladeshi mountaineer and film director.
 * Keith Jukes, 59, English Anglican clergyman, Dean of Ripon (since 2007), stomach cancer.
 * Harold Long, 72, Canadian politician, British Columbia MLA for Mackenzie (1986–1991) and Powell River-Sunshine Coast (2001–2005), plane crash.
 * Louis de Cartier de Marchienne, 91, Belgian baron and businessman.
 * Leonard Marsh, 80, American beverage executive, co-founder of Snapple.
 * Vernon McGarity, 91, American soldier, awarded Medal of Honor for actions at the Battle of the Bulge.
 * Ruy Mesquita, 88, Brazilian journalist and newspaper director (O Estado de S. Paulo), cancer.
 * Penina Mor, 62, Israeli supermodel, cancer.
 * Edna Moyle, 71, British Cayman Islander politician, MLA for North Side (1992–2009), Speaker (2001–2009), cancer.
 * Tomas Protopapas, 26, Greek actor, traffic collision.
 * Charley Reese, 76, American newspaper columnist, respiratory failure.
 * Count Christian of Rosenborg, 70, Danish royal.
 * Mykola Simkaylo, 60, Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Kolomyia – Chernivtsi (since 2005).
 * Dominique Venner, 78, French historian, journalist and essayist, suicide by gunshot.

20

 * Billie Dawe, 88, Canadian ice hockey player.
 * Robert DiDomenica, 86, American composer, flautist and academic, Dean of the New England Conservatory, pneumonia.
 * Anders Eliasson, 66, Swedish composer.
 * Ari Huumonen, 57, Finnish discus thrower.
 * Ray Manzarek, 74, American rock musician (The Doors), bile duct cancer.
 * Jevan Maseko, 70, Zimbabwean military officer, Governor of Matabeleland North Province, Ambassador to Algeria, Russia and Cuba, diabetes and kidney failure.
 * Idriss Ndélé Moussa, 60, Chadian politician, President of Pan African Parliament (2009–2012), traffic collision.
 * Barbara Oliver, 85, American theatre director and teacher, founder of the Aurora Theatre Company, complications following a stroke.
 * Harry Schuh, 70, American football player (Oakland Raiders, University of Memphis).
 * Anand Shetty, 52, Indian sprinter, injuries sustained in traffic collision.
 * Zach Sobiech, 18, American pop singer, viral video performer, osteosarcoma.
 * Howard Webster, 88, American world champion steer roper, inducted into PRCA Hall of Fame and National Cowboy Hall of Fame.

19

 * Richard Beeston, 50, British journalist, foreign editor of The Times, cancer.
 * Phil Buerstatte, 46, American heavy metal rock drummer (White Zombie).
 * Mike Burke, 89, American cruise and lifestyle executive, founder of Windjammer Barefoot Cruises, complications from pneumonia.
 * Bella Flores, 84, Filipino actress, complications from hip surgery.
 * G. Sarsfield Ford, 79, American judge, member of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
 * Michael Kpakala Francis, 77, Liberian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Monrovia (1981–2011).
 * Carlo Monni, 69, Italian character actor.
 * Curley Myers, 93, American country music entertainer (Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers) and television host (WFBM-TV).
 * Murat Öztürk, 60, Turkish aerobatics pilot, plane crash.
 * Neil Reynolds, 72, Canadian newspaper editor (The Ottawa Citizen), cancer.
 * Sir Denys Roberts, 90, British colonial official and judge, Chief Justice of Hong Kong (1979–1988).
 * Mirek Smíšek, 88, Czech-born New Zealand potter.
 * Ally Sykes, 86, Tanzanian politician.
 * Alberto Tamer, 81, Brazilian journalist (O Estado de S. Paulo) and radio broadcaster, heart failure.
 * Anders Vangen, 53, Norwegian bass opera singer.

18

 * Helga Arendt, 49, German Olympic sprinter (1988). (death announced on this date)
 * Aleksei Balabanov, 54, Russian filmmaker, seizure.
 * Jo Benkow, 88, Norwegian writer and politician, President of the Parliament (1985–1993).
 * Alan Bertram, 76, Scottish hammer throw coach.
 * Mario Bichón, 81, Chilean politician and civil servant, cancer.
 * Neil Chrisley, 81, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers).
 * Mike Dunham, 69, American vineyard owner and vintner, renal cell carcinoma.
 * Steve Forrest, 87, American actor (Dallas, North Dallas Forty, S.W.A.T).
 * Zahra Shahid Hussain, 69, Pakistani politician, shot.
 * Ernst Klee, 71, German historian and writer. (death announced on this date)
 * Koh Masaki, 29, Japanese porn actor, complications following intestinal surgery.
 * Vuyo Mbuli, 46, South African television and radio news presenter (SABC), pulmonary embolism.
 * David McMillan, 31, American football player (Cleveland Browns), shot.
 * Khalid Mujahid, 30, Pakistani accused terrorist (2007 Uttar Pradesh bombings), heat stroke.
 * Nam Duck-woo, 89, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1980–1982), testicular cancer.
 * Newton Russell, 85, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1964–1974) and California Senate (1974–1996), lung cancer.
 * Lothar Schmid, 85, German chess grandmaster.
 * Harold Sossen, 88, American businessman.
 * Claramae Turner, 92, American opera singer (Carousel, The Medium)

17

 * Dominic Kodwo Andoh, 84, Ghanaian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Accra (1971–2005), heart-related ailment.
 * Nasser al-Din al-Nashashibi, 93, Palestinian historian, author and journalist.
 * Mack Emerman, 89, American studio owner, pneumonia.
 * William Fine, 86, American magazine publisher and national policy advisor, multiple atrophy syndrome.
 * Philippe Gaumont, 40, French Olympic racing cyclist (1992), heart failure.
 * John Goddard, 88, American adventurer, cancer.
 * Penne Hackforth-Jones, 63, Australian actress, lung cancer.
 * Elijah Harper, 64, Canadian Cree politician and band chief, Manitoba MLA for Rupertsland (1981–1992); MP for Churchill (1993–1997), heart failure.
 * Monroe Hopper, 86, American gospel musician (The Hoppers), inducted into Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2012).
 * Tauatomo Mairau, French Polynesian royal claimant.
 * Alan O'Day, 72, American singer and songwriter ("Undercover Angel", "Angie Baby"), brain cancer.
 * Jérôme Reehuis, 73, Dutch actor.
 * Peter Schulz, 83, German politician, First Mayor of Hamburg (1971–1974).
 * Albert Seedman, 94, American police officer.
 * Harold Shapero, 93, American composer and pianist (Symphony for Classical Orchestra), complications of pneumonia.
 * Ken Venturi, 82, American golfer and golf analyst, winner of U.S. Open (1964), inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame (2013), multiple infections.
 * Jorge Rafael Videla, 87, Argentine military general and politician, President (1976–1981), complications from a fall.

16

 * Taleb al-Qaraghulli, 73, Iraqi musician, complications from diabetes.
 * Carl Bennett, 97, American basketball executive, coach and GM of Detroit Pistons.
 * Kristen Kyrre Bremer, 87, Norwegian theologian and bishop.
 * Mario Brescia, 83, Peruvian billionaire financial and industrial executive.
 * Rachel Dancer, 83, American harness horse owner (Keystone Ore).
 * Angelo Errichetti, 84, American politician, Mayor of Camden, New Jersey (1973–1981); member of the New Jersey Senate (1976–1981).
 * Geoffrey Gowan, 83, Canadian sports broadcaster (CBC) and sport executive (CAC), Parkinson's disease.
 * Frank Nigel Hepper, 84, English botanist.
 * Bryan Illerbrun, 56, Canadian football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
 * Valtr Komárek, 82, Czech politician, complications following cardiac surgery.
 * Frankie Librán, 65, American Puerto Rican baseball player (San Diego Padres), complications from diabetes.
 * Maurice Marshall, 86, New Zealand Olympic middle-distance athlete (1952).
 * Ferdinand Masau, Tanzanian physician, CEO and founder of the Tanzania Heart Institute.
 * Heinrich Rohrer, 79, Swiss physicist, Nobel laureate (1986).
 * Paul Shane, 72, British actor and comedian (Hi-de-Hi!, You Rang, M'Lord?).
 * Max Schirschin, 92, German football player and manager (Rouen, Le Havre, Metz).
 * Dick Trickle, 71, American NASCAR driver, suicide by gunshot.
 * Bernard Waber, 88, American children's author (Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, kidney failure).

15

 * Nasser al-Rashed, 21, Kuwaiti squash player, heart attack.
 * Alexey Bolotov, 50, Russian mountaineer, fall.
 * Paddy Buggy, 84, Irish hurler (Kilkenny, 1949–1960) and sport executive, President of the GAA (1982–1985).
 * Linden Chiles, 80, American actor, fall.
 * Raul Gonzalez, 78, Filipino journalist, Press Secretary for Diosdado Macapagal (1961–1965), cancer.
 * Gábor Gellért Kis, 66, Hungarian journalist, MP for Monor (1994–1998).
 * Jabu Khumalo, 51, South African football executive, owner and chairman of African Warriors F.C..
 * Erik Kronfeld, 71, American horse breeder (Zenyatta), cancer.
 * Albert Lance, 87, Australian-born French opera singer.
 * Thomas M. Messer, 93, Czechoslovakian–born American museum director (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation).
 * Don Pelts, 72, American restaurateur (Corky's Bar-B-Q), heart attack.
 * Artus de Penguern, 56, French actor and director, stroke.
 * Jens Elmegård Rasmussen, 69, Danish linguist and Indo-Europeanist.
 * Henrique Rosa, 67, Bissau-Guinean politician, Acting President (2003–2005), lung cancer.
 * Bill Stokes, 89, American civil servant, General Manager of BART (1958–1974).
 * Fred White, 76, American sports broadcaster (Kansas City Royals), complications of melanoma.

14

 * Joy Baluch, 80, Australian politician, Mayor of Port Augusta (1981–1993, since 1995).
 * Naomi Barry, 95, American journalist, food and travel writer.
 * Mary Ward Brown, 95, American writer, pancreatic cancer.
 * Wayne Brown, 76, American politician, Mayor of Mesa, Arizona (1996-2000).
 * Arsen Chilingaryan, 47, Armenian football player and manager.
 * Asghar Ali Engineer, 74, Indian writer and activist.
 * Billie Sol Estes, 88, American businessman and convicted con man. (body discovered on this date)
 * Ray Guy, 74, Canadian humorist, writer and journalist, cancer.
 * Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani, 92, Iranian Islamic prelate, Grand Ayatollah, complications from surgery.
 * Clovis Kalyebara, 57, Ugandan military officer, military attache to Kenya.
 * Douglas Lee, 50, American restaurateur (The Big Texan), cancer.
 * Dave Lyon, 74, Canadian Olympic track and field coach (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000).
 * Sardar Arif Shahid, Pakistani Kashmiri politician, shot.
 * Charles Ouma, 26, Kenyan musician.
 * Margaret Rayburn, 86, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1985–1995).
 * Billy Raymond, 75, Scottish-born Australian entertainer, lung cancer.
 * Harvansh Singh, 64, Indian politician, Madhya Pradesh MLA for Keolari (since 1993), cardiac arrest.
 * Richard Swanson, 42, American graphic designer, traffic collision.

13

 * Hedda Bolgar, 103, American psychoanalyst.
 * André Bord, 90, French politician, Veterans Minister (1972–1974), President of the Alsace Regional Council (1973–1977).
 * Joyce Brothers, 85, American psychologist, newspaper columnist, and actress (Loaded Weapon 1, Spy Hard), respiratory failure.
 * André Denys, 65, Belgian politician, Governor of East Flanders (2004–2013).
 * Mildred Farris, 79, American rodeo competitor (PRCA) and executive, inducted into ProRodeo Hall of Fame (2006), National Cowgirl Hall of Fame (2012), pancreatic cancer.
 * Otto Herrigel, 75, Namibian politician, cancer.
 * Enio Iommi, 87, Argentinian sculptor.
 * Jill Kitson, 74, Australian radio broadcaster and literary journalist.
 * Kennett Love, 88, American journalist (The New York Times), respiratory failure.
 * Luciano Lutring, 75, Italian criminal, painter and author.
 * Jagdish Mali, 59, Indian fashion photographer, multiple organ failure.
 * Robin McKenzie, 82, New Zealand physiotherapist and spinal expert (McKenzie method), cancer.
 * Chuck Muncie, 60, American football player (New Orleans Saints, San Diego Chargers), heart attack.
 * Sir Ellison Pogo, 66, Solomon Islands Anglican primate, Archbishop of Melanesia (1994–2008), lymphoma.
 * Vladimir Romanovsky, 56, Soviet sprint canoer and Olympic medalist.
 * Louis Strick, 87, American publisher and calligraphy expert.
 * Fyodor Tuvin, 39, Russian footballer.
 * Lynne Woolstencroft, 69, Canadian politician, Mayor of Waterloo, Ontario (2000–2003), cancer.

12

 * Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi, 76, Hungarian Olympic champion fencer (1964).
 * T. P. Alexander, 71, Indian journalist and editor (Kuwait Times).
 * Sergei Alexeyev, 88, Russian politician, author of the Constitution of Russia, heart attack.
 * Daisy Avellana, 96, Filipino stage actor and director, National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Film.
 * Kenneth Battelle, 86, American hairdresser (Jacqueline Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe), only hairdresser to win Coty Award (1961).
 * Doug Beasy, 83, Australian football player (Carlton).
 * Olaf B. Bjørnstad, 82, Norwegian ski jumper.
 * George William Gray, 86, British scientist.
 * Gerd Langguth, 66, German politician and political scientist.
 * Daniel W. LeBlanc, 82, American judge, member of Louisiana Court of Appeals, cancer.
 * Toni Linhart, 70, Austrian-born American football player (Baltimore Colts), cancer.
 * Angelo Mango, 89, American stage actor.
 * Bill Miles, 82, American documentary filmmaker.
 * Noel O'Callaghan, 77, Irish horse agent, negotiated purchase of A.P. Indy, cancer.
 * Félix Ramananarivo, 78, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Antsirabé (1994–2009).
 * Constantino Romero, 65, Spanish voice actor, television and radio host, neurodegenerative disease.
 * K Bikram Singh, 75, Indian filmmaker, complications from liver failure.
 * Max Stadler, 64, German politician, member of the Bundestag (since 1994).
 * Tita Swarding, 60, Filipino radio announcer and TV personality, emphysema.
 * Nico van Rensburg, 76, South African Afrikaans Boeremusiek musician, heart failure.
 * Kenneth Waltz, 88, American political scientist.
 * Peter Worthington, 86, Canadian journalist (Toronto Telegram) and editor-in-chief (Toronto Sun).

11

 * Johnny Bos, 61, American boxing matchmaker, heart failure.
 * Jack Butler, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), complications from a staph infection.
 * Emmanuelle Claret, 44, French biathlete, world champion (1996), leukemia.
 * David Connell, 77, American television and film character actor.
 * Mike Davison, 67, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
 * Joe Farman, 82, British physicist, identified ozone hole.
 * Doug Finley, 66, Canadian politician, Senator for Ontario (since 2009), Campaign Director during the 2006 and 2008 elections, colorectal cancer.
 * Yaya Seyni Garba, Nigerien military officer, suspected heart attack.
 * Brij Bihari Lal, 92, Indian freedom fighter and political party leader.
 * Grayson Minney, 28, American rock musician, traffic collision.
 * Ollie Mitchell, 86, American big band musician (The Wrecking Crew), cancer.
 * Arnold Peters, 87, British actor (The Archers), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Doris Schnuck, 88, American grocery businesswoman (Schnucks) and philanthropist.
 * Ron Weaver, 75, American Emmy Award-winning television producer (The Bold and the Beautiful, Sesame Street, The Electric Company).
 * Lenny Yochim, 84, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), heart failure.

10

 * Barbara Brenner, 61, American health activist, Executive Director of Breast Cancer Action (1993–2010), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Sir John Bush, 98, British Royal Navy admiral, Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet (1967–1970).
 * Barbara Callcott, 66, Australian actress.
 * Vincent Dowling, 83, Irish actor and theatre director (The Playboy of the Western World), complications following surgery.
 * Maureen Dunn, 72, American POW activist, co-founder of National League of Families.
 * Laurence Haddon, 90, American character actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Dallas, Knot's Landing), Lewy body disease.
 * Chris Jensen, Australian radio broadcaster, pancreatic cancer.
 * Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay, 75, British peer, Member of the European Parliament (1973–1979), member of the House of Lords (since 1964).
 * Per Maurseth, 80, Norwegian historian and politician.
 * John Shea, Jr., 84, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1961–1962).
 * Wanade, 71, Kenyan television actress, cancer.

9

 * Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Jalawi, Saudi royal.
 * Alan Abelson, 87, American financial writer, editor and columnist (Barron's), heart attack.
 * Ramón Blanco Rodríguez, 61, Spanish footballer and manager (RCD Mallorca, Cadiz), following a cerebral infarction.
 * David Campling, 73, American film and sound editor (The Terminator, Platoon), cancer.
 * Zia Fariduddin Dagar, 80, Indian dhrupad vocalist, musician and maestro.
 * Grete Dollitz, 88, German–born American radio presenter and classical guitarist.
 * Michael Earl, 84, British opera and ballet actor.
 * Paddy Gregg, 80, Canadian journalist and news host (CBC), complications of diabetes.
 * Sanaullah Haq, 52, Pakistani convict, beaten.
 * Bonnie Huy, 77, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (2001–2006).
 * Joseph Ladipo, 71, Nigerian football player and coach (Shooting Stars SC).
 * Alfredo Landa, 80, Spanish actor.
 * George M. Leader, 95, American politician, Governor of Pennsylvania (1955–1959).
 * Humberto Lugo Gil, Mexican politician, Governor of Hidalgo (1998-1999).
 * Ottavio Missoni, 92, Italian fashion designer and Olympic hurdler (1948).
 * Paul Mkodo, 68, Zimbabwean insurance and property businessman, colon cancer.
 * Huguette Oligny, 91, Canadian theatre actress.
 * Malcolm Shabazz, 28, American Islamist, grandson of Malcolm X, beaten.
 * Robert Sickinger, 86, American theatre director.
 * Andrew Simpson, 36, British Olympic champion sailor (2008, 2012), yacht capsize.
 * Joseph A. Steger, 76, American psychologist and academic, President of the University of Cincinnati (1984–2003).
 * Julia Tashjian, 74, American politician, Secretary of the State of Connecticut (1983–1991), heart attack.

8

 * Alhaji Aliyu Abara, 75, Nigerian royal, Emir of Gummi.
 * Jeanne Cooper, 84, American actress (The Young and the Restless).
 * Samuel Rajkumar Cutting, 64, Indian Church of North India prelate, Bishop of Agra, heart attack.
 * Bryan Forbes, 86, British actor (The League of Gentlemen), film director (The Stepford Wives) and screenwriter (Chaplin).
 * Ralph Homan, 84, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1983–1986).
 * Bill Langstroth, 81, Canadian country music producer (Singalong Jubilee), inducted into Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame (2011).
 * Vishwa Devanandji Maharaj, Indian spiritual sect leader and swami, traffic collision.
 * Taylor Mead, 88, American writer and actor, stroke.
 * Juan José Muñoz, 62, Argentine businessman, President of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, renal failure.
 * Delia Rigal, 92, Argentine soprano.
 * André Sana, 92, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Kirkuk (1977–2003).
 * Asaph Schwapp, 26, American football player (Hartford Colonials), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
 * Peter Sehr, 61, German film director, cancer.
 * Juan Tarodo, 52, Spanish pop musician, songwriter and producer, leukemia.
 * Géza Vermes, 88, Hungarian-born British theologian and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, cancer.
 * Ken Whaley, 67, British rock musician (Man, Ducks Deluxe, Help Yourself), lung cancer.
 * Dallas Willard, 77, American author and philosopher, cancer.
 * Ernie Winchester, 68, Scottish footballer.

7

 * Hank Broderick, 86, American judge, presided over trial of the San Quentin Six.
 * Hugh Doherty, 78, Canadian journalist and producer (CBC), prostate cancer.
 * Al Fritz, 88, American bicycle developer and inventor (Schwinn Bicycle Company, Schwinn Sting-Ray), complications from a stroke.
 * Ray Harryhausen, 92, American stop-motion animator (Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans).
 * Kozo Igarashi, 87, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives, Chief Cabinet Secretary (1994–1995), pneumonia.
 * Gunnel Johansson, 90, Swedish artistic gymnast.
 * Eric Kitteringham, 66, Irish rock musician (Taste).
 * Joseba Larrinaga, 45, Spanish Paralympic athlete, traffic collision.
 * P. G. Lim, 96, British-born Malaysian diplomat and lawyer, Ambassador to the United Nations, Yugoslavia, Austria and the European Economic Community.
 * Ferruccio Mazzola, 65, Italian football player and manager.
 * Teri Moïse, 43, American singer, apparent suicide.
 * Peter Rauhofer, 48, Austrian DJ, remixer and record producer, Grammy Award (2000), brain cancer.
 * Romanthony, 45, American DJ, record producer and singer ("One More Time", "Make This Love Right").
 * Mairuth Sarsfield, 88. Canadian broadcaster and author (No Crystal Stair).
 * George Sauer, Jr., 69, American football player (New York Jets), heart failure.
 * Wiktor Tołkin, 91, Polish sculptor and architect.
 * Jan Villerius, 74, Dutch footballer, cancer.
 * Aubrey Woods, 85, British actor (Doctor Who, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory).
 * İbrahim Yazıcı, 65, Turkish football club owner (Bursaspor), heart failure.

6

 * Diana Keppel, Dowager Countess of Albemarle, 103, British aristocrat.
 * Giulio Andreotti, 94, Italian politician, Prime Minister (1972–1973, 1976–1979, 1989–1992), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1983–1989) and Lifetime Senator (since 1991).
 * Severo Aparicio Quispe, 89, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco (1978–1999).
 * Prafulla Chandra Barua, 75, Indian journalist and editor.
 * Steve Carney, 55, English footballer (Newcastle United), pancreatic cancer.
 * Stanley E. Cohen, 93, American journalist and editor (Advertising Age), renal failure.
 * Reg Hollinshead, 89, British racehorse and jockey trainer (Pat Eddery, Kevin Darley, Walter Swinburn, Willie Ryan).
 * Michel Knuysen, 83, Belgian rower.
 * Bengt Lagerkvist, 86, Swedish film director and television producer.
 * Ian MacLeod, 53, Scottish footballer (Motherwell)
 * Esperanza Magaz, 91, Cuban-born Venezuelan television actress (RCTV), cancer.
 * Steve Martland, 53, English composer.
 * Jim Murray, Jr., 70, American museum director, co-founder of Oklahoma Railway Museum, complications from a stroke.
 * J. D. Scott, 81, American energy company executive, CEO of ONEOK (1986–1994), Chairman (1987–1984).
 * Francesco Sorianello, 84, American actor and opera singer, heart attack.
 * Michelangelo Spensieri, 64, Canadian politician and lawyer, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Yorkview (1981–1985).

5

 * Jürg Amann, 65, Swiss author and dramatist.
 * Alan Arnell, 79, English footballer (Liverpool F.C.).
 * Rossella Falk, 86, Italian actress (8½, Modesty Blaise, The Legend of Lylah Clare).
 * Ishaq Hajwane, 85, Indian convicted terrorist (1993 Bombay bombings), multiple organ failure.
 * William Havens, 94, American Olympic canoer (1948).
 * Dean Jeffries, 80, American car customizer, painter and stuntman (Die Hard with a Vengeance, The Blues Brothers).
 * Mazin Abu Kalal, Iraqi politician, bombing.
 * Sarah Kirsch, 78, German poet, illness.
 * G. X. McSherry, 88, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1982–1998).
 * Tore Magnussen, 74, Norwegian boxer.
 * Eugene Millerick, 88, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1986–1994).
 * Nick Milligan, 51, British television executive (BSkyB), speedboat crash.
 * Wolfgang Oeser, 82, German footballer.
 * Bill Orr, 78, American insurance executive, First Gentleman of Nebraska (1987–1991), COPD.
 * Leif Preus, 85, Norwegian photographer, founded Preus Museum.
 * Greg Quill, 66, Australian roots musician and entertainment critic (Toronto Star), pneumonia.
 * Jan Rapacz, 84, Polish immunogeneticist, developer of "mutant pigs" as standard for heart disease research.
 * Robert Ressler, 76, American criminologist.
 * Hayri Sezgin, 52, Turkish wrestler.
 * Dirk Vekeman, 52, Belgian footballer (RSC Anderlecht).
 * Helmin Wiels, 54, Curaçaoan politician, leader of Pueblo Soberano in the Estates of Curaçao (since 2010), shot.
 * Menachem Yedid, 95, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1965–1977).

4

 * Dan Adkins, 76, American comic book artist.
 * B. M. Banthia, 80s, Indian freedom fighter and journalist.
 * Otis R. Bowen, 95, American politician, Governor of Indiana (1973–1981), Secretary of Health and Human Services (1985–1989).
 * Peter Coffey, 79, British economist, academic and author. (death announced on this date)
 * Christian de Duve, 95, Belgian cytologist and biochemist, winner of Nobel Prize (1974), euthanasia.
 * Javier Díez Canseco, 65, Peruvian politician and sociologist, MP (1995–2000, 2001–2006, since 2011), pancreatic cancer.
 * Frederic Franklin, 98, British-born American ballet dancer and director, complications from pneumonia.
 * Roy A. Holmes, 62, American African Methodist Episcopal Zion prelate, Bishop of the Northeastern Episcopal district (since 2004).
 * Pini Jason, 65, Nigerian columnist (Vanguard), complications from surgery.
 * Ed Kringstad, 76, American politician, member of the North Dakota Senate (1995–2006).
 * Mario Machado, 78, American news anchor, journalist and actor (Scarface, RoboCop, St. Elmo's Fire), complications of pneumonia.
 * Sir Morgan Morgan-Giles, 98, British Royal Navy officer and politician, MP for Winchester (1964–1979).
 * David Noriega Rodríguez, 68, Puerto Rican politician and lawyer, member of the House of Representatives (1984–1996), pancreatic cancer.
 * Milan Peroutka, 49, Czech drummer.
 * César Portillo de la Luz, 90, Cuban Filin composer and interpreter.
 * Valérie Sarn, 72, French–born Luxembourgian television producer, television presenter and artist.
 * Jacques Stockman, 74, Belgian footballer (R.S.C. Anderlecht).

3

 * Keith Anderson, 76, South African puppeteer and stage designer.
 * Joe Astroth, 90, American baseball player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics).
 * Ted Beyer, 73, British comedian and actor, pneumonia. (death announced on this date)
 * Herbert Blau, 87, American theater director, scholar and theorist, sarcomatoid carcinoma of the chest.
 * Merrill Brockway, 90, American Emmy-winning television director (Great Performances: Dance in America, Camera Three).
 * Cedric Brooks, 70, Jamaican musician (The Skatalites), cardiac arrest.
 * Keith Carter, 88, American Olympic silver medalist swimmer (1948).
 * Walt Clay, 89, American football player (Chicago Rockets).
 * William Daughaday, 95, American doctor and researcher (Washington University), pioneer on human growth disorders, dementia.
 * Brad Drewett, 54, Australian tennis player and administrator, ATP Executive Chairman (2012–2013), motor neurone disease.
 * Jhonny Gonzalez, 33, Venezuelan sports journalist and editor, shot.
 * David Morris Kern, 103, American pharmacist, developed Orajel to fight toothaches.
 * Kohei Nakabo, 83, Japanese lawyer and executive, heart failure.
 * Curtis Rouse, 52, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, San Diego Chargers).
 * Katie Scarbrough, 32, Northern Irish ice skating national champion, bowel cancer.
 * Larry Shafer, 67, American Ohio National Guardsman acquitted over Kent State shootings, complications from surgery.
 * Branko Vukelić, 55, Croatian politician, Minister of Defence (2008–2010), pancreatic cancer.
 * Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, Pakistani prosecutor (Benazir Bhutto assassination, Mumbai attacks), shot.

2

 * Sir Terence Beckett, 89, British businessman, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry.
 * Roddy Blackjack, 86, Canadian Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation elder and chief, architect of Yukon Land Claims agreement. (death announced on this date)
 * Ernie Field, 70, English boxer, cancer.
 * Jeff Hanneman, 49, American guitarist (Slayer), liver failure.
 * Joseph P. McFadden, 65, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Harrisburg (since 2010), heart attack.
 * Allen McKay, 86, British politician, MP for Penistone (1978–1983) and Barnsley West and Penistone (1983–1992).
 * Dvora Omer, 80, Israeli author, winner of Israel Prize (2006).
 * Jo Pitt, 34, Scottish paralympic equestrian, pulmonary veno-occlusive disease.
 * James E. Ramsey, 81, American politician, member of North Carolina House of Representatives (1963–1974), Speaker (1973–1974), complications from a stroke.
 * Sylvester Sanfilippo, 87, American pediatrician.
 * Sarabjit Singh, 49, Indian convicted spy, injuries sustained from blunt force trauma.
 * Elizabeth C. Tower, 93, American artist and philanthropist.
 * Ivan Turina, 32, Croatian footballer (AIK Stockholm), suspected heart failure.
 * Selma Urfer, 85, Swiss author and actress.
 * Charles Banks Wilson, 94, American artist.

1

 * Chris Kelly, 34, American rap artist (Kris Kross), drug overdose.
 * Martin Kevan, 66, Kenyan-born Canadian film and voice actor (Far Cry 3) and author, cancer.
 * Pierre Pleimelding, 60, French football player (France) and manager (Ivory Coast).
 * Henry Hope Reed, Jr., 97, American architecture critic.
 * Gregory Rogers, 55, Australian children's book writer, cancer.
 * Ruby Stone, 89, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1986–2002).
 * Chob Yodkaew, 78, Thai economist and politician, appointed Senator for Southern region, stroke.