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Deaths in March 2018


Deaths in March 2018



The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2018.

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.

March 2018

1

  • Bender, 37, Canadian rapper.
  • Fredrik Bull-Hansen, 90, Norwegian military officer, Chief of Defence (1984–1987).
  • Colin Campbell, 81, English actor (A Family at War, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries).
  • Enrique Cárdenas González, 91, Mexican politician, Governor of Tamaulipas (1975–1981), Municipal President of Ciudad Victoria (1968–1971).
  • Diana Der Hovanessian, 83, American poet and professor (Yerevan State University).
  • Dorne Dibble, 88, American football player (Detroit Lions), pneumonia.
  • Jean-Guy Hamelin, 92, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda (1973–2001).
  • Anatoly Lein, 86, Russian-born American chess Grandmaster.
  • Beth Morris, 74, Welsh actress (Son of Dracula).
  • Arabinda Muduli, 56, Indian musician and Bhajan singer, cardiac arrest.
  • Michael Paine, 89, American engineer.
  • Vicente Piquer, 83, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Málaga, national team).
  • María Rubio, 83, Mexican actress (Cuna de lobos, Imperio de cristal, Querida enemiga).
  • Orin C. Smith, 75, American coffee executive, President and CEO of Starbucks (2000–2005), pancreatic cancer.
  • Luigi Taveri, 88, Swiss motorcycle road racer, Grand Prix champion (1962, 1964, 1966), stroke.
  • Johann Zeitler, 90, German footballer (VfB Bayreuth, SpVgg Bayreuth).

2

  • Barry Ansell, 70, English footballer (Aston Villa).
  • James T. Baldwin, 84, American industrial designer and architect.
  • Maxine Berman, 71, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1983–1996), lung cancer.
  • Adela Calva Reyes, 50–51, Mexican Indigenous writer.
  • Gordon Challis, 85, New Zealand poet.
  • Gillo Dorfles, 107, Italian art critic, painter and philosopher.
  • Ota Filip, 87, Czech novelist and journalist.
  • Emma Gresham, 92, American teacher and politician.
  • Billy Herrington, 48, American gay pornographic actor, traffic collision.
  • Mollie Hunt, 81, English cricketer.
  • Joseph Israel, 40, American reggae musician, cancer.
  • Khagendra Jamatia, 64, Indian politician, MLA (since 1988), blood cancer.
  • Brandon Jenkins, 48, American red dirt singer-songwriter, complications from heart surgery.
  • Shree Lal Joshi, 86, Indian painter.
  • Barbara Kiefer Lewalski, 87, American literary scholar.
  • Jesús López Cobos, 78, Spanish conductor, cancer.
  • Gerry Lowe, 90, English rugby player (Warrington Wolves).
  • Cle Newhook, 74, Canadian politician, leader of the NL NDP (1989–1992), cancer.
  • Ronnie Prophet, 80, Canadian country singer, multiple organ failure.
  • Craig Raisner, 56, American voice actor (Korgoth of Barbaria).
  • Carlo Ripa di Meana, 88, Italian politician, Minister of the Environment (1992–1993) and European Commissioner for the Environment (1983–1993).
  • Omar Sey, 77, Gambian politician and sports administrator, Foreign Minister (1987–1994), President of Gambia Football Federation (2004–2005).
  • Timothy Shelpidi, 70, Nigerian military officer.
  • Sammy Stewart, 63, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians).

3

  • Sir Roger Bannister, 88, British Olympic middle-distance athlete (1952), doctor and academic, first person to run a sub-four-minute mile, Parkinson's disease.
  • Clare Beghtol, 76, American-born Canadian information scientist.
  • Mal Bryce, 74, Australian politician, Deputy Premier of Western Australia (1983–1988).
  • Alva Campbell, 69, American convicted murderer.
  • Tônia Carrero, 95, Brazilian actress (Água Viva, Louco Amor), complications from surgery.
  • Leslie Coffey, 81, Australian Olympic sports shooter (1964).
  • Jacqueline Desmarais, 89, Canadian billionaire philanthropist.
  • Frank Doubleday, 73, American actor (Escape from New York, Assault on Precinct 13, Broadcast News), complications from esophageal cancer.
  • Fred Dugan, 84, American football player (Washington Redskins, San Francisco 49ers).
  • Renzo Franzo, 103, Italian politician, Deputy (1948–1968).
  • Kenneth Gärdestad, 69, Swedish songwriter ("Satellit"), pneumonia and influenza following skin cancer and lymphoma.
  • Jacques Gernet, 96, French sinologist.
  • Vanessa Goodwin, 48, Australian politician, Attorney-General of Tasmania (2014–2017), brain cancer.
  • Sabit Hadžić, 60, Bosnian Yugoslav-era basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1984) and coach (national team).
  • Emma Hannigan, 45, Irish author, breast cancer.
  • Imogene Powers Johnson, 87, American billionaire philanthropist.
  • Kim Chong-hoh, 82, South Korean politician.
  • Anthony Lejeune, 89, British writer.
  • Lin Hu, 90, Chinese general, deputy commander of the PLA Air Force.
  • Enzo Lippolis, 61, Italian archeologist.
  • Virgilijus Noreika, 82, Lithuanian opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR (1970).
  • Franz Pacher, 98, Austrian engineer.
  • Ivone Ramos, 91, Cape Verdean writer.
  • Curt Raydon, 84, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
  • Derek Saunders, 90, English footballer (Chelsea F.C.).
  • Robert Scheerer, 89, American director and actor (Star Trek, Fame, Lend an Ear).
  • Arthur Stewart, 76, Northern Irish footballer (Glentoran, Derby County, Detroit Cougars).
  • Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby, 82, British politician and numismatist.
  • David Ogden Stiers, 75, American actor (M*A*S*H, Beauty and the Beast, The Dead Zone), bladder cancer.
  • Yvon Taillandier, 91, French artist.
  • Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thero, 54, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, founder of The Buddhist TV.
  • Jorge Wagensberg Lubinski, 69, Spanish physicist, academic (University of Barcelona), writer and aphorist, founder director of CosmoCaixa.
  • Ken M. Wallace, 73, British engineering scientist.
  • Ray Wilkins, 89, English footballer (Derby County).
  • Yao Xian, 90, Chinese general, commander of the Beijing Military Region Air Force.

4

  • Javed Abidi, 52, Indian disability rights activist, chest infection.
  • Davide Astori, 31, Italian footballer (Cagliari, Fiorentina, national team), heart attack.
  • Elma Bellini, 63, American judge, member of the New York Supreme Court, cancer.
  • Charles Elbaum, 91, Polish-born American physicist.
  • John Hollingworth, 87, British politician, MP for Birmingham All Saints (1959–1964).
  • James Luna, 68, American performance artist, heart attack.
  • Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet, 82, British engineering construction executive, managing director of Sir Robert McAlpine.
  • Carmel McSharry, 91, Irish actress (In Sickness and in Health, The Liver Birds, The Man Outside).
  • Farhang Mehr, 94, Iranian-born American Zoroastrian scholar and writer, Iranian Deputy Prime Minister (1973–1975).
  • H. Wayne Norman Jr., 62, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (since 2014) and House of Delegates (2008–2014).
  • Moe Racine, 80, Canadian Hall of Fame football player (Ottawa Rough Riders).
  • J. Paul Raines, 53, American retail executive, CEO of GameStop (2010–2017), brain cancer.
  • Alex Rennie, 69, Scottish football player (St Johnstone, Dundee United) and manager (Stenhousemuir), esophageal cancer.
  • Ernő Rozgonyi, 84, Hungarian politician, MP (1998–2002, 2010–2014).
  • Russell Solomon, 92, American retail executive, founder of Tower Records.
  • José Triana, 87, Cuban poet.
  • Johan Trondsen, 95, Norwegian politician.

5

  • Robert Assaraf, 81, Moroccan historian.
  • Trevor Baylis, 80, British inventor (windup radio).
  • Derek Bickerton, 91, English-born American linguist and academic.
  • John Hall Buchanan Jr., 89, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for Alabama's 6th district (1965–1981), complications from dementia.
  • Sean Byrne, 80, Irish politician.
  • John T. Cacioppo, 66, American neuroscientist and psychologist.
  • Tomas Aguon Camacho, 84, Northern Mariana Islands Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chalan Kanoa (1984–2010).
  • Mykhaylo Chemberzhi, 73, Ukrainian composer.
  • Kjerstin Dellert, 92, Swedish opera singer.
  • Bob Engel, 84, American baseball umpire.
  • Rafiqul Islam, 82, Bangladeshi physician.
  • Costakis Koutsokoumnis, 61, Cypriot football administrator, President of CFA (since 2001) and member of FIFA Council (since 2017), cancer.
  • André S. Labarthe, 86, French actor (Vivre sa vie), film producer and director.
  • Marcela Lombardo Otero, 91, Mexican politician, Deputy (1976–1979, 1988–1991).
  • Uri Lubrani, 91, Israeli diplomat and military official.
  • Paul Magriel, 71, American backgammon and poker player and author, World Backgammon champion (1978).
  • Helmut Maucher, 90, German food and beverage executive, CEO (1990–1997) and chairman (1990–2000) of Nestlé.
  • Howard L. Resnikoff, 80, American mathematician.
  • Gemma Romanyà i Valls, 72, Spanish businesswoman, printer and graphic arts patron.
  • Jam Saqi, 73, Pakistani politician.
  • Clive Sinclair, 70, British author, prostate cancer.
  • D. Sreedevi, 78, Indian judge, member of the Kerala High Court (1997–2001), liver failure.
  • Clarence F. Stephens, 100, American mathematician and educator.
  • Stephan Tanneberger, 82, German oncologist and chemist, blood and bone cancer.
  • Michael Watts, 79, British journalist.
  • Hayden White, 89, American historian.

6

  • Arthur Barrett, 73, Jamaican cricketer (West Indies).
  • Lucie Brock-Broido, 61, American poet and academic, cancer.
  • Paul Bùi Văn Đọc, 73, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City (since 2014), stroke.
  • Donna Butterworth, 62, American actress (Paradise, Hawaiian Style, The Family Jewels) and singer.
  • William G. Callow, 96, American judge, member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (1977–1992).
  • Frank Cappelli, 65, American singer and actor (Cappelli & Company).
  • Muhibbe Darga, 96, Turkish archeologist.
  • Aliyu Doma, 75, Nigerian politician, Governor of Nasarawa State (2007–2011).
  • Peter Freund, 81, Romanian-born American physicist.
  • Erivan Haub, 85, German retail executive (Tengelmann Group).
  • Amani W. A. Kabourou, 68, Tanzanian politician, MP for Kigoma (1995–2015).
  • John Kurila, 76, Scottish footballer (Northampton Town, Celtic).
  • Peter Nicholls, 78, Australian writer and editor (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction).
  • Octavio Novaro, 78, Mexican physicist specialized in theoretical catalysis, awarded the National Prize for Arts and Sciences (1983) and UNESCO Science Prize (1993).
  • Francis Piasecki, 66, French football player (Metz, national team) and coach (Strasbourg).
  • Ferdousi Priyabhashini, 71, Bangladeshi sculptor, heart attack.
  • Indra Bahadur Rai, 91, Indian writer.
  • John W. Reed, 99, American legal scholar.
  • Irving Shain, 92, American chemist and educator, Chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Madison (1977–1986).
  • Shammi, 88, Indian actress (Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai, Khuda Gawah, Dekh Bhai Dekh).
  • Zena Skinner, 91, British television chef.
  • Jeff St John, 71, Australian musician, bacterial infection.
  • Steve Stroughter, 65, American baseball player (Seattle Mariners).
  • Sir John Sulston, 75, British biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (2002), stomach cancer.

7

  • Fortunato Abat, 92, Filipino army general and politician, Secretary of the Department of National Defense (1997–1998).
  • Reynaldo Bignone, 90, Argentine politician and convicted criminal, President (1982–1983), hip fracture and heart failure.
  • Gary Burden, 84, American rock album cover artist (After the Gold Rush, Morrison Hotel, Déjà Vu), Grammy winner (2010).
  • Chen Tien-miao, 89, Taiwanese politician.
  • Jacques Clemens, 108, Dutch Roman Catholic priest.
  • Woody Durham, 76, American college basketball radio announcer (North Carolina Tar Heels), complications from primary progressive aphasia.
  • Hao Bailin, 83, Chinese physicist.
  • Victor Heringer, 29, Brazilian novelist, translator (First They Killed My Father) and poet, Prêmio Jabuti laureate (2013), suspected suicide by self-defenestration.
  • Jerzy Milian, 82, Polish jazz vibraphonist.
  • John Molyneux, 87, English footballer (Chester City, Liverpool).
  • Antonia La Negra, 82, Spanish cantaora and bailaora, aortic aneurysm.
  • Chuck Ortmann, 88, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Texans).
  • Bill Pulte, 85, American real estate developer (PulteGroup).
  • Werner Radspieler, 79, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (1986–2013).
  • Thomas L. Rhodes, 78, American political activist, Parkinson's disease.
  • Marian Schmidt, 73, Polish artist photographer, mathematician.
  • Charles Thone, 94, American politician, Governor of Nebraska (1979–1983), member of the US House of Representatives for Nebraska's 1st district (1971–1979).
  • Kjell Venås, 90, Norwegian philologist.

8

  • Bernardo Bernardo, 73, Filipino actor, pancreatic cancer.
  • Ron Franklin, 58, American jockey, Kentucky Derby winner (1979), lung cancer.
  • John P. Fullam, 96, American federal judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania (since 1966), presided over Abscam trial.
  • Sir Wilson Harris, 96, Guyanese writer (Palace of the Peacock).
  • Antoni Imiela, 63, German-born British serial rapist.
  • Jean Jolivet, 93, French philosopher.
  • Milko Kelemen, 93, Croatian composer.
  • Ralph Keller, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Hershey Bears).
  • Pearse Lyons, 73, Irish biochemist and beverage executive, founder and chairman of Alltech, complications following heart surgery.
  • Bill Snow, 80, Australian anti-tobacco activist (BUGA UP), ruptured aorta.
  • Gerd Søraa, 83, Norwegian politician and writer.
  • Peter Temple, 71, South African-born Australian writer (The Broken Shore, Truth, White Dog), Miles Franklin Award winner (2010), Gold Dagger (2006), cancer.
  • Albin Vidović, 75, Croatian handball player, Olympic champion (1972).
  • Togo D. West Jr., 75, American public servant, Secretary of Veterans Affairs (1998–2000), heart attack.
  • Hal Wick, 73, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1977–1981, 1995–1999, 2001–2009, 2011–2015).
  • Kate Wilhelm, 89, American author (The Infinity Box, Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang).
  • Ercan Yazgan, 71, Turkish actor, multiple organ failure.

9

  • Jerry Anderson, 62, Canadian professional golfer, first Canadian to win on PGA European tour, leukemia.
  • Robin Archer, 87, New Zealand rugby union player (national team, Southland, Otago) and coach (Southland).
  • Joaquin Avila, 69, American civil rights activist and jurist.
  • Remo Bicchierai, 79, Italian footballer (Catania).
  • Dennis Furlong, 72, Canadian politician and physician, MLA for Dalhousie-Restigouche East (1999–2003), brain tumour.
  • Chris Gedney, 47, American football player (Chicago Bears, Arizona Cardinals), suicide.
  • Vladimir Gerasimov, 28, Russian footballer, traffic collision.
  • Oskar Gröning, 96, German SS officer and war criminal, guard at Auschwitz concentration camp.
  • Warren Hawksley, 74, British politician, MP for The Wrekin (1979–1987) and Halesowen and Stourbridge (1992–1997).
  • Jo Min-ki, 52, South Korean actor (East of Eden, The Cut, The Attorney) and professor, suspected suicide by hanging.
  • Jung Jae-sung, 35, South Korean badminton player, Olympic bronze medallist (2012), heart attack.
  • Patangrao Kadam, 74, Indian politician, kidney disease.
  • Joy Michael, 91, Indian theatre director.
  • Ulla Nenonen, 84, Finnish missionary and Bible translator.
  • Adam Ostrowski, 99, Polish World War II RAF officer.
  • Harold Rosewarne, 87, Australian footballer (South Melbourne).
  • George A. Sinner, 89, American politician, Governor of North Dakota (1985–1992).
  • Ethel Stein, 100, American textile artist.
  • Millie Dunn Veasey, 100, American civil rights activist.
  • Ion Voinescu, 88, Romanian Olympic footballer (1952).
  • Elías Yanes Álvarez, 90, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Zaragoza (1977–2005).

10

  • Peter Allday, 90, British Olympic hammer thrower (1952, 1956).
  • Tony Benneworth, 67, Australian cricketer (Tasmania) and politician, MHA for Bass (1992–1998), boating incident.
  • Christine Bernardi, 62, French mathematician.
  • Garech Browne, 78, Irish arts patron, founder of Claddagh Records.
  • Donald Collins, 92, American politician, member of the Maine Senate (1976–1992) and House of Representatives (1970–1976).
  • Buddy Cruze, 84, American football player (Chicago Bears, Baltimore Colts, Tennessee Volunteers).
  • Peter Davies, 60, Australian cricketer.
  • Michael Gershman, 73, American cinematographer, director and camera operator (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Crossing Jordan, The Deer Hunter).
  • Hubert de Givenchy, 91, French fashion designer (Givenchy).
  • Wally Gould, 79, English footballer (York City, Brighton, Hellenic).
  • Geoff Hibbins, 88, Australian footballer (St Kilda).
  • Ken Houston, 64, Canadian ice hockey player (Atlanta Flames, Washington Capitals), cancer.
  • Bogo Jan, 74, Slovenian Olympic ice hockey player (1964, 1968, 1972).
  • Ali Asghar Khodadoust, 82, Iranian surgical ophthalmologist, namesake of Khodadoust line, heart disease.
  • Henry Koffler, 95, Austrian-born American academic, President of the University of Arizona (1982–1991).
  • Saba Mahmood, 57, Pakistani-born American anthropologist (University of California at Berkeley), pancreatic cancer.
  • Abubakar Saleh Michika, 77, Nigerian politician, Governor of Adamawa State (1992–1993).
  • Val Mulkerns, 93, Irish writer and poet.
  • Roch Pedneault, 90, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicoutimi (1974–2002).
  • George Rawitscher, 90, German-born American physicist.
  • Michel Raynaud, 79, French mathematician.
  • Gene Rhodes, 90, American basketball player (Indianapolis Olympians) and coach (Kentucky Colonels).
  • Tang Hsiang Chien, 94, Hong Kong industrialist.
  • Jozef Timmerman, 76, Belgian cyclist.
  • Ralf Waldmann, 51, German Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

11

  • Alba Arnova, 87, Argentine-Italian ballerina and actress (Miracle in Milan, A Slice of Life).
  • Muhammad Ashiq, 82, Pakistani Olympic racing cyclist (1960, 1964), stroke.
  • Bob Baxt, 79, Australian jurist, chairman of Trade Practices Commission (1988–1991).
  • Jean Damascène Bimenyimana, 64, Rwandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cyangugu (since 1997).
  • Baltasar Corrada del Río, 82, Puerto Rican judge and politician, Mayor of San Juan (1985–1989) and Secretary of State (1993–1995).
  • Peter H. Dailey, 87, American advertising executive and diplomat, Ambassador to Ireland (1982–1984).
  • John Daly, 81, Australian athletics coach.
  • Lorenz Dittmann, 89, German art historian.
  • Sir Ken Dodd, 90, English comedian (Diddy Men), singer ("Tears") and actor (Hamlet), chest infection.
  • Paddy Donovan, 81, New Zealand Olympic boxer (1956, 1964), British Empire and Commonwealth Games bronze medalist (1958, 1962), and rugby union player (Hawke's Bay).
  • Luciano Faraguti, 80, Italian politician, Deputy (1979–1994).
  • Pete James, 60, British archivist.
  • Cooper H. Langford, 83, American-born Canadian chemist, pancreatic cancer.
  • Karl Lehmann, 81, German Roman Catholic Cardinal prelate, Bishop of Mainz (1983–2016), complications from a stroke.
  • Mary LeMessurier, 88, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (1979–1986).
  • Graziella Mascia, 64, Italian politician, Deputy (2001–2008).
  • H. Blair Neatby, 93, Canadian historian.
  • David W. Noble, 92, American historian.
  • Stephen A. Orthwein, 72, American polo player and executive, president and chairman of US Polo.
  • Siegfried Rauch, 85, German actor (Patton, Le Mans, Das Traumschiff), heart failure and injuries sustained in a fall.
  • Mary Rosenblum, 65, American author (Synthesis & Other Virtual Realities), plane crash.
  • Charles Sarkis, 78, American restaurateur (Back Bay Restaurant Group) and dog racetrack owner (Wonderland Greyhound Park), complications from brain cancer.
  • Henri Skiba, 90, French football player (Nîmes, Sochaux) and manager (Grasshoppers).
  • Alline Banks Sprouse, 96, American basketball player.
  • Charles D. Strang, 96, American inventor, President of the Outboard Marine Corporation.
  • Mario Vegetti, 81, Italian historian.
  • John Wiersema, 62, Canadian accountant and civil servant, auditor general (2011).
  • Sándor Záborszky, 83, Hungarian Olympic swimmer (1956).

12

  • José Arranz, 88, Spanish priest.
  • Miguel Barceló Pérez, 94, Spanish politician, Senator (since 1986).
  • José Bernárdez, 82, Spanish cyclist.
  • Ivan Davis, 86, American classical pianist, stroke.
  • Nokie Edwards, 82, American Hall of Fame instrumental and surf rock musician (The Ventures), complications from hip surgery.
  • Ken Flach, 54, American tennis player, Olympic (1988) and Wimbledon champion (1986–1988), complications from pneumonia.
  • Nikolai Glushkov, 68, Russian businessman (Aeroflot, AutoVAZ), homicide by neck compression.
  • Sverrir Hermannsson, 88, Icelandic politician, Minister of Industry (1983–1985) and Education (1985–1987).
  • Kong Bai Ji, 85, Chinese artist.
  • Craig Mack, 47, American rapper ("Flava in Ya Ear"), heart failure.
  • Rudolf Mang, 67, German weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist (1972), heart attack.
  • Henry Minarik, 90, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
  • Bud Olsen, 77, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics, Detroit Pistons).
  • Charlie Quintana, 56, American rock drummer (Social Distortion, The Plugz, Cracker), heart attack.
  • Nikki Sievwright, 75, British model and soldier.
  • Oleg Tabakov, 82, Russian actor (War and Peace, Oblomov), artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre.
  • William Teron, 85, Canadian land developer.
  • Emily Stipes Watts, 81, American literary historian.
  • Olly Wilson, 80, American composer, musicologist and jazz musician.
  • Jeremiah Wolfe, 93, American Cherokee elder.

13

  • Ivano Beggio, 73, Italian transportation executive, President of Aprilia (1969–2004).
  • Prem Bhatia, 78, Indian cricketer.
  • T. Berry Brazelton, 99, American pediatrician and author.
  • Gloria Cordes, 86, American baseball player (Kalamazoo Lassies).
  • Philip J. Davis, 95, American applied mathematician.
  • Bebeto de Freitas, 68, Brazilian Olympic volleyball coach (1984) and football manager (Clube Atlético Mineiro), World Championship (1998), heart attack.
  • Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, 74, British trade unionist and peer.
  • Claudia Fontaine, 57, British singer (Afrodiziak) and backing vocalist (Pink Floyd, Elvis Costello).
  • Hamida Habibullah, 101, Indian politician, member of Rajya Sabha (1976–1982) and MLA for Haidergarh.
  • Leonid Kvinikhidze, 80, Russian screenwriter and film director (Mary Poppins, Goodbye).
  • Ken Mulhearn, 72, British footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Stockport County, Manchester City).
  • Emily Nasrallah, 86, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist.
  • Jens Nilsson, 69, Swedish politician, MEP (since 2011), Chairman of Östersund Municipality (1997–2009).
  • J. L. Parks, 90, American basketball player (Oklahoma State Cowboys).
  • Dave Ragan, 82, American professional golfer.
  • Nora Schimming-Chase, 77, Namibian politician and diplomat, member of the National Assembly (since 2000), ambassador to Germany, Austria and Tanzania, cancer.
  • Aldo Tarlao, 91, Italian rower, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
  • Václav Verner, 68, Czech speedway rider.
  • Gordon Walgren, 85, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1966), member of the Washington State Senate (1967–1980).
  • Katherine Westphal, 99, American textile designer.
  • Henry Williams, 47, American basketball player (Charlotte 49ers, Scaligera Verona, Benetton Treviso, Virtus Roma), world championship bronze medalist (1990), kidney failure.
  • Jimmy Wisner, 86, American pianist, producer and songwriter.

14

  • Robert L. Bireley, 84, American historian.
  • Jim Bowen, 80, English television presenter (Bullseye) and comedian (The Comedians).
  • Alfred W. Crosby, 87, American ecological historian, complications from Parkinson's disease.
  • Halit Deringör, 95, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe).
  • Emilio Disi, 75, Argentine actor (Todas las azafatas van al cielo, La Aventura explosiva, Muerte en Buenos Aires) and humorist, lung cancer.
  • Elusive Quality, 25, American racehorse, euthanized.
  • Peter Entwisle, 69, English-born New Zealand art historian.
  • Marielle Franco, 38, Brazilian politician, member of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro (since 2017), shot.
  • Rubén Galván, 65, Argentine footballer (national team, Club Atlético Independiente, Estudiantes), cirrhosis.
  • Stephen Hawking, 76, English theoretical physicist, professor (University of Cambridge) and writer (A Brief History of Time), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Narendra Jha, 55, Indian actor (Raees, Haider, Raavan), heart attack.
  • Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt, 86, Danish film director (Once There Was a War) and screenwriter.
  • Lefty Kreh, 93, American sports photojournalist, author and sport fisherman.
  • Adrian Lamo, 37, American computer hacker (WikiLeaks).
  • Steve Mandell, 76, American bluegrass guitarist and banjoist, prostate cancer.
  • David Matza, 87, American sociologist and criminologist.
  • Mac McCallion, 67, New Zealand rugby union player (Counties, New Zealand Māori) and coach (Counties Manukau, Fiji), cancer.
  • Liam O'Flynn, 72, Irish uilleann piper (Planxty), cancer.
  • Pijuan, 75, Puerto Rican pianist.
  • Ronald Rotunda, 73, American legal scholar, pneumonia.
  • Petar Stipetić, 80, Croatian military officer, Armed Forces Chief of Staff (2000–2002).
  • Tawfiq Titingan, 55, Malaysian politician, MLA, colon cancer.
  • Vasantha Vaidyanathan, 80, Sri Lankan Hindu activist and radio broadcaster.
  • David Wyman, 89, American historian (The Abandonment of the Jews).

15

  • Francis M. Bator, 92, Hungarian-American economist and educator.
  • Tom Benson, 90, American automobile dealer, philanthropist and sports franchise owner (New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Pelicans), influenza.
  • Stan Brown, 76, English footballer (Fulham).
  • Ed Charles, 84, American baseball player (New York Mets, Kansas City Athletics).
  • Bev Desjarlais, 62, Canadian politician, MP for Churchill (1997–2004), multiple system atrophy as a complication of Parkinson's disease.
  • Erwin C. Dietrich, 87, Swiss film producer (The Wild Geese).
  • Augie Garrido, 79, American college baseball coach (Cal State Fullerton, Texas), stroke.
  • Carlton Gary, 67, American serial killer and rapist, executed by lethal injection.
  • Michael Getler, 82, American journalist (The Washington Post, The New York Times International Edition, PBS), complications from bile duct cancer.
  • Robert Grossman, 78, American painter, sculptor, filmmaker and author.
  • Jørgen Hansen, 74, Danish Olympic boxer (1968).
  • Huang Wenpan, 22, Chinese swimmer, Paralympic champion (2016), traffic collision.
  • Larry Kwong, 94, Canadian ice hockey player (Valleyfield Braves, New York Rangers), first player to break NHL's colour barrier.
  • Bronson La Follette, 82, American politician, Wisconsin Attorney General (1965–1969, 1975–1987).
  • Ling Yun, 100, Chinese politician, 1st Minister of Public Security (1983–1985).
  • Don Mecklem, 91, Australian Olympic hockey player.
  • Eric Munshaw, 64, Canadian Olympic slalom canoer (1972).
  • Franz Oberwinkler, 78, German mycologist.
  • Bob Phibbs, 90, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1952).
  • Gwilym Roberts, 89, British politician, MP (1966–1970, 1974–1983).
  • Mohamed Sayah, 84, Tunisian politician.

16

  • Félix Arámbulo, 76, Paraguayan footballer.
  • Betty Ann Bowser, 73, American journalist (PBS NewsHour), pneumonia.
  • John Brookes, 84, British landscape designer.
  • Anna Campbell, 26, British feminist and soldier, airstrike.
  • Barrie Clark, 85, Canadian politician and broadcaster.
  • Guy Cury, 87, French Olympic hurdler (1956).
  • Russell Freedman, 88, American biographer and children's writer.
  • Leslie Gonda, 98, Hungarian-born American aircraft leasing executive (International Lease Finance Corporation).
  • Boyukagha Hajiyev, 59, Azerbaijani football player and manager (Araz-Naxçıvan, Neftçi), complications from a heart attack.
  • Tankmar Horn, 93, Finnish diplomat and business executive (Wärtsilä).
  • Guðjón Arnar Kristjánsson, 73, Icelandic politician, MP (1999–2009), cancer.
  • Otomar Kvěch, 67, Czech composer.
  • Kwon Hee-deok, 61, South Korean voice actress and writer.
  • Arnie Lerma, 67, American writer and Scientology whistleblower, suicide by gunshot.
  • Adrian Lillebekk Ovlien, 20, Norwegian footballer (Kongsvinger), sepsis.
  • Dayton S. Mak, 100, American diplomat, Ambassador to Kuwait (1961–1963).
  • Aidan Maloney, 97, Canadian politician, MHA for Ferryland (1966–1971).
  • Magoroh Maruyama, 88, Japanese-born American business theorist.
  • Milán Matos, 68, Cuban Olympic long jumper (1972, 1976).
  • George Meek, 84, Scottish footballer (Leeds United, Walsall).
  • Jane Moffet, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
  • Buell Neidlinger, 82, American cellist and bassist, heart attack.
  • Ezequiel Orozco, 29, Mexican footballer, lung cancer.
  • Lisa Garcia Quiroz, 57, American media executive (Time Warner), pancreatic cancer.
  • Lucien A. Schmit Jr., 89, American engineer.
  • Louise Slaughter, 88, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for New York's 25th district (since 1987), complications from a fall.
  • Raymond Wilson, 89, British physicist.
  • Charles Yanofsky, 92, American geneticist.
  • Marilyn J. Ziffrin, 91, American composer.

17

  • Sir William Aldous, 82, British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal (1995–2003).
  • Karen Anderson, 85, American writer.
  • Arnold Burden, 95, Canadian physician, helped rescue survivors in the 1956 and 1958 Springhill mining disasters.
  • Dexter Davies, 66, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (1998–2001), lung cancer.
  • Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell, 84, British politician, Secretary of State for Wales (1979–1987).
  • Geneviève Fontanel, 81, French actress (The Man Who Loved Women).
  • Benny Fredriksson, 58, Swedish actor and theatre director, CEO of Stockholm City Theatre (2002–2017), suicide.
  • Peter Haynes, 92, British Anglican priest, Dean of Hereford (1982–1992).
  • Jim Hendricks, 68, American actor and DJ (Commander USA's Groovie Movies).
  • Mike MacDonald, 62, Canadian comedian and actor (The Ripping Friends, Screwballs II), heart complications.
  • Zdeněk Mahler, 89, Czech pedagogue, writer, publicist and musicologist.
  • Phan Văn Khải, 84, Vietnamese politician, Prime Minister (1997–2006).
  • Greg Polis, 67, Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, Washington Capitals), cancer.
  • Sushil Siddharth, 59, Indian writer, complications from a heart attack.
  • Sammy Williams, 69, American actor (A Chorus Line), Tony winner (1976), cancer.
  • Za Hlei Thang, 75, Burmese politician.

18

  • Michel Adama-Tamboux, 89, Central African politician, President of the National Assembly (1960–1966).
  • Chuck Arrobio, 73, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).
  • Cloria Brown, 75, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2011–2013, since 2015), cancer.
  • Sergio Castellaneta, 86, Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1992–1996).
  • David Cooper, 68, Australian immunologist and medical researcher (HIV), President of the International AIDS Society (1994–1998).
  • Samuel Epstein, 91, English-born American physician, cardiac arrest.
  • Barkat Gourad Hamadou, 88, Djiboutian politician, Prime Minister (1978–2001).
  • Michal Horský, 74, Slovak political scientist and politician, member of the House of the People (1990–1992).
  • Killjoy, 48, American singer (Necrophagia).
  • Helmut Kuckelkorn, 81, German cyclist.
  • Li Ao, 82, Chinese-Taiwanese writer and politician, MLY (2005–2008), brain tumour.
  • Georgi Mosolov, 91, Russian test pilot.
  • Jean-Baptiste Natama, 53, Burkinabé politician and diplomat.
  • Stefano Pellegrini, 64, Italian footballer (Roma, Bari).
  • Otoniel Quintana, 71, Colombian Olympic footballer (1968).
  • Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, 85, British politician and diplomat, Lord Privy Seal (1997–1998), ambassador to UN (1974–1979), MP for Barons Court (1964–1974).
  • Michael Rutschky, 74, German author.
  • Jerry Schoonmaker, 84, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
  • Hazel Smith, 83, American country music journalist, publicist, and singer-songwriter, heart failure.
  • Clive Ulyate, 84, South African rugby player and cricketer.
  • Sir James Weatherall, 82, British vice-admiral and Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.
  • John F. Wright, 72, American state judge, member of the Nebraska Supreme Court (since 1994) and Court of Appeals (1991–1994).

19

  • Roger G. Barry, 82, British-born American geographer and climatologist, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (1976–2008).
  • Irina Beglyakova, 85, Russian athlete, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
  • Linda Bement, 76, American model, winner of Miss Universe 1960.
  • Madge Bester, 54, South African disability rights activist, once world's shortest woman.
  • David Bischoff, 66, American novelist and television writer (Star Trek: The Next Generation).
  • Howard Clendaniel, 85, American politician, member of the Delaware House of Representatives.
  • Sue England, 89, American actress (City Across the River, The Women of Pitcairn Island).
  • Julio Garrett, 92, Bolivian politician, lawyer and ambassador, Foreign Minister (1979–1980) and Vice President (1985–1989).
  • Sir Andrew Gilbart, 68, British High Court judge, cancer.
  • Hasan Celal Güzel, 73, Turkish journalist and politician.
  • Arnold R. Hirsch, 69, American historian, Lewy body dementia.
  • Irwin Hoffman, 93, American conductor.
  • Chaim Samuel Hönig, 92, Brazilian mathematician.
  • Nicolás Kingman Riofrío, 99, Ecuadorian journalist, writer and politician.
  • Jürg Laederach, 72, Swiss writer.
  • Jean Michel Larrasket, 67, French engineer and professor (University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, Mondragón University).
  • Dick LeMay, 79, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs).
  • Stanley Lieberson, 84, Canadian-born American sociologist.
  • Luo Fu, 89, Taiwanese poet.
  • Anil Malnad, 60, Indian film editor (Sitaara, Anveshana), blood clot.
  • Aghasi Manukyan, 51, Armenian Olympic wrestler (1996), world champion (1993).
  • Keith O'Brien, 80, Scottish Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh (1985–2013), complications from a fall.
  • Les Payne, 76, American journalist (Newsday), Pulitzer Prize (1974).
  • Moishe Postone, 75, Canadian Western Marxist historian, philosopher and political economist, cancer.
  • Kedarnath Singh, 83, Indian poet.
  • Sudan, 45, Kenyan northern white rhinoceros, last known male of his subspecies, euthanized.
  • Thunder Gulch, 25, American racehorse, Kentucky Derby winner (1995), euthanized.
  • Jacobus Verhoeff, 91, Dutch mathematician.
  • Viktor Yerin, 74, Russian military officer, Minister of Internal Affairs (1992–1995).

20

  • Dilbar Abdurahmonova, 81, Uzbekistani conductor, violinist and teacher, People's Artist of the USSR (1977).
  • Ann-Charlotte Alverfors, 71, Swedish author.
  • Katie Boyle, 91, Italian-born British actress, television personality and game-show panelist.
  • Ariel Bybee, 75, American operatic mezzo-soprano.
  • João Calvão da Silva, 66, Portuguese politician, MP for Coimbra (1995–1999), Minister of Internal Administration (2015).
  • Kak Channthy, 38, Cambodian space rock singer, traffic collision.
  • Paul Colin, 97, French novelist.
  • Peter "Mars" Cowling, 72, British bassist (Pat Travers Band).
  • John Donaldson, 92, American football player (Chicago Hornets, Los Angeles Dons).
  • Tom Griffin, 72, American playwright (The Boys Next Door).
  • Siringan Gubat, 68, Malaysian politician, MP for Ranau (2004–2008), MLA (1990–2004, 2013–2018), heart attack.
  • Ramon Deleon Guerrero, 71, Northern Mariana Islands politician, Senator (2000–2004).
  • Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa, 52, Indian Sikh rights activist, suicide by jumping.
  • C. K. Mann, 81–82, Ghanaian highlife musician.
  • Dylan Mika, 45, New Zealand rugby union player (Samoa national team, New Zealand national team, Auckland), heart attack.
  • Bobby Mitchell, 75, American golfer.
  • Sergio Peña Clos, 90, Puerto Rican politician, member of the Senate of Puerto Rico (1980–2004).
  • Peter G. Peterson, 91, American financier (Lehman Brothers), co-founder of The Blackstone Group, Secretary of Commerce (1972–1973).
  • Yuri Shatalov, 72, Russian ice hockey player (Krylya Sovetov Moscow).
  • Deo Kumar Singh, 67, Indian Maoist leader and insurgent commander, heart attack.
  • William Smith, 89, American wrestler, Olympic champion (1952).
  • Ayaz Soomro, 59, Pakistani politician, MNA (since 2013), MPA for Larkana (2002–2013), heart disease.
  • Joseph M. Sussman, 78, American engineer.
  • Emmett Hulcy Tidd, 94, American military officer.

21

  • Anna-Lisa, 84, Norwegian actress (Black Saddle, Have Rocket, Will Travel).
  • Kakon Bibi, c. 102, Bangladeshi spy and freedom fighter.
  • Gerrit Blaauw, 93, Dutch computer scientist.
  • Dejan Bravničar, 80, Slovene violinist.
  • George H. Emert, 79, American biochemist, President of Utah State University (1992–2000).
  • Frank Gaylord, 93, American sculptor.
  • Tom Higgins, 73, American rock climber.
  • Ulrica Hydman Vallien, 79, Swedish artist, heart attack.
  • James C. Irwin, 88, American military officer, Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard (1986–1988).
  • Rolf Leeser, 88, Dutch footballer (Ajax) and fashion designer.
  • Paul Edward Plunkett, 82, American federal judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois (1982–1998).
  • John W. Vogt, 81, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1972–1988), interstitial fibrosis.
  • Peter Waddington, 71, British sociologist and police officer, cardiac arrest.
  • Martha Wallner, 90, Austrian actress (The Street).
  • Dick Wilmarth, 75, American dog musher, winner of the 1973 Iditarod, cancer.
  • Leo C. Zeferetti, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 15th congressional district (1975-1983).

22

  • Fergus Anckorn, 99, British magician, longest-serving member of The Magic Circle, bladder cancer.
  • Michael Barnes, 85, British politician, MP for Brentford and Chiswick (1966–1974).
  • Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov, 91, Russian Chechen writer and ethnographer.
  • Morgan Chua, 68, Singaporean cartoonist.
  • Jose Flores, 57, Peruvian-born American jockey, injuries sustained in racing fall.
  • Dick Gamble, 89, Canadian hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Rochester Americans).
  • Paul Green, 94, American electrical engineer.
  • James F. Holland, 92, American physician.
  • René Houseman, 64, Argentine footballer, tongue cancer.
  • Wayne Huizenga, 80, American entrepreneur (Blockbuster) and sports team owner (Miami Dolphins, Florida Panthers), cancer.
  • Johan van Hulst, 107, Dutch politician, author and academic, awarded Righteous Among the Nations (1970), member of the Senate (1956–1981) and the European Parliament (1961–1968).
  • Jan Kantůrek, 69, Czech translator.
  • Morgana King, 87, American jazz singer and actress (The Godfather), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  • Charles Lazarus, 94, American entrepreneur and executive (Toys "R" Us), respiratory failure.
  • Lyn Lott, 67, American golfer, complications from brain surgery.
  • Carlos Eduardo Miranda, 56, Brazilian musician, record producer and reality television judge (Ídolos, Qual é o Seu Talento?, Esse Artista Sou Eu).
  • Morten Piil, 75, Danish film critic.
  • Michael J. Reynolds, 78, Canadian actor (Gorillas in the Mist, United 93, Leap Year).
  • Dariush Shayegan, 83, Iranian cultural theorist and philosopher, stroke.
  • Nicholas Tsoucalas, 91, American judge, member of the Court of International Trade (1986–1996), pneumonia.

23

  • Paul L. Anderson, 71, American architect, heart attack.
  • Glen Ash, 86, American actor.
  • Don Ball, 81, American builder and philanthropist.
  • Mike Beedle, 55, American software engineer, stabbed.
  • Lino Bortolo Belotti, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bergamo (1999–2009).
  • DuShon Monique Brown, 49, American actress (Chicago Fire, Prison Break, Unexpected), sepsis.
  • Ernie Burrington, 91, British newspaper editor and journalist.
  • Raymond Butt, 77, British schoolteacher, pancreatic cancer.
  • Debbie Lee Carrington, 58, American actress and stuntwoman (Return of the Jedi, Total Recall, Bride of Chucky).
  • Hasili, 27, French racehorse.
  • Murray S. Hoffman, 93, American cardiologist.
  • Philip Kerr, 62, British author (March Violets, Children of the Lamp, A Philosophical Investigation).
  • Dan Lanphear, 80, American football player (Houston Oilers).
  • Jukka Mikkola, 74, Finnish politician, MP (1983–1986, 1995–2003).
  • Zell Miller, 86, American politician, Governor of Georgia (1991–1999), member of the U.S. Senate (2000–2005), Parkinson's disease.
  • Alberto Ongaro, 92, Italian journalist and writer.
  • Jaakko Pakkasvirta, 83, Finnish film director and screenwriter.
  • Aileen Paterson, 83, Scottish writer and illustrator.
  • Idowu Sofola, 83, Nigerian jurist.
  • Ephraim Stern, 84, Israeli archaeologist.
  • Delores Taylor, 85, American actress and screenwriter (Billy Jack), complications of dementia.
  • Seán Treacy, 94, Irish politician, TD (1961–1997), Ceann Comhairle (1973–1977, 1987–1997).
  • John Welchli, 89, American rower, Olympic silver medalist (1956).

24

  • José Antonio Abreu, 78, Venezuelan conductor and politician, founder of El Sistema.
  • Arnold Andenmatten, 95, Swiss military patrol skier, winner of the Olympic demonstration event (1948).
  • Lys Assia, 94, Swiss singer, winner of the first Eurovision Song Contest (1956).
  • Rim Banna, 51, Palestinian singer, composer and activist, breast cancer.
  • Arnaud Beltrame, 44, French gendarme, stabbed.
  • Jeff Cooper, 82, Canadian actor (Dallas, Circle of Iron, The Born Losers).
  • Bernie De Koven, 76, American video game designer (Alien Garden), lung cancer.
  • John Ehle, 92, American writer.
  • Rudresh Gowda, 62, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha from Hassan (1996–1997), Karnataka MLA from Belur, Karnataka (since 2008), heart attack.
  • John Hsu, 86, Chinese-born American violist.
  • Hassan Muhammed Lawal, 63, Nigerian politician.
  • Bill Lucas, 101, British RAF officer and Olympic long-distance runner (1948).
  • Joe Malone, 94, Australian footballer (North Melbourne).
  • Frank Meisler, 89, German-born Israeli architect and sculptor (Kindertransport – The Arrival).
  • Hidetoshi Nagasawa, 77, Japanese sculptor and architect.
  • Carl Scheib, 91, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals).
  • Marco Solfrini, 60, Italian basketball player, Olympic silver medalist (1980), heart attack.
  • Arthur Tafoya, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pueblo (1980–2009).
  • Mely Tagasa, 82, Filipino actress, stroke.
  • Michael Voigt, American sport shooter, handgun world champion (1999), cancer.
  • James Wickstrom, 75, American radio host and white supremacist.
  • Alvin Wright, 57, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).

25

  • Bob Biderman, 77–78, British-American novelist. (death announced on this date)
  • André Bourbeau, 81, Canadian politician, MNA for Laporte (1981–2003), Mayor of Saint-Lambert, Quebec (1978–1981), cancer.
  • Jules-Aristide Bourdes-Ogouliguende, 80, Gabonese politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1993).
  • Linda Carol Brown, 75, American equality campaigner, involved in Brown v. Board of Education.
  • Edwin Carr, 89, Australian Olympic sprinter (1952), dual Commonwealth champion (1950).
  • William W. Cates, 78, American writer and vintner.
  • David Cobham, 87, British film director (Tarka the Otter), stroke.
  • Anton Jože Gale, 73, Slovenian Olympic ice hockey player (1964, 1968, 1972).
  • Mike Harrison, 72, British singer (Spooky Tooth).
  • Desmond Lewis, 72, Jamaican cricketer (West Indies).
  • Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña, 82, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trujillo (1982–2012).
  • Mel Rosen, 90, American track and field coach (Auburn Tigers).
  • Seo Min-woo, 33, South Korean singer (100%).
  • Nicolae Tilihoi, 61, Romanian footballer (Universitatea Craiova).
  • Dagfinn Vårvik, 93, Norwegian politician, leader of the Centre Party (1973–1977), Minister of Finance (1963–1963) and Foreign Affairs (1972–1973).
  • Olle Widestrand, 85, Swedish musician and composer.
  • Jerry Williams, 75, Swedish singer, cancer.

26

  • Fouad al-Zayat, 77, Syrian businessman, cancer.
  • Patricia Burton, 85, American baseball player (Fort Wayne Daisies).
  • Sándor Demján, 74, Hungarian entrepreneur (TriGranit).
  • Mamadou Diop, 81, Senegalese politician, Mayor of Dakar (1984–2002).
  • António dos Santos, 85, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarda (1979–2005).
  • Sir John Grimley Evans, 81, British gerontologist.
  • Fabrizio Frizzi, 60, Italian television presenter (L'eredità), cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Nikolay Kaufman, 92, Bulgarian musicologist, folklorist and composer.
  • Sergei Mavrodi, 62, Russian financial fraudster, member of State Duma (1994–1995), heart attack.
  • William Plant, 73, Jamaican Olympic sailor.
  • Probosutedjo, 87, Indonesian businessman, thyroid cancer.
  • Fernand Steenacker, 87, Belgian Olympic rower (1956).
  • Zeke Upshaw, 26, American basketball player (Grand Rapids Drive), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
  • Sir Michael Wheeler-Booth, 84, British public servant, Clerk of the Parliaments (1991–1997).

27

  • Stéphane Audran, 85, French actress (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Babette's Feast, The Big Red One).
  • Benjamin Bassin, 74, Finnish diplomat.
  • Jane Smisor Bastien, 82, American educator and piano teacher.
  • Chan Sui-kau, 91, Hong Kong industrialist and philanthropist.
  • Carlos Cruz González, 87, Spanish comics artist.
  • José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins, 87, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua (1991–2006).
  • Frank Hodgetts, 93, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Millwall).
  • David Humm, 65, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Baltimore Colts), complications from multiple sclerosis.
  • Aimée Iacobescu, 71, Romanian actress (The Doom), breast cancer.
  • Luc Jalabert, 66, French rejoneador.
  • Victor Kalashnikov, 75, Russian gun designer (PP-19 Bizon).
  • Tom Martin, 69, American politician, Mayor of Lubbock, Texas (2008–2012).
  • Sir Eric McClintock, 99, Australian businessman and public servant, chairman of Woolworths Limited (1980–1987).
  • Jerry Moses, 71, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers).
  • Bert Nievera, 81, Filipino-American singer.
  • Kenny O'Dell, 73, American country singer-songwriter ("Behind Closed Doors", "Mama He's Crazy"), Grammy winner (1974).
  • James "Quick" Parker, 60, American-Canadian football player (BC Lions, Edmonton Eskimos).
  • Rosendo Rodriguez, 38, American convicted rapist and murderer, execution by lethal injection.
  • Archibald "Archie" Mncedisi Sibeko, 90, South African anti-apartheid activist.
  • Louise A. Tilly, 87, American historian.
  • Robert Hugh Willoughby, 96, American flautist.

28

  • Oleg Anofriyev, 87, Russian actor, singer, songwriter, film director and poet.
  • Armand Arabian, 83, American jurist, Supreme Court of California (1990–1996).
  • Kateryna Boloshkevich, 78, Ukrainian weaver and statesperson.
  • Bobby Ferguson, 80, English football player (Derby County) and manager (Ipswich Town).
  • Wolfgang Girardi, 89, Austrian Olympic gymnast.
  • Travis Hill, 48, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
  • Walter E. Johnston III, 82, American politician.
  • Peter Munk, 90, Hungarian-born Canadian mine owner (Barrick Gold) and philanthropist (Toronto General Hospital).
  • Stanisław Paździor, 73, Polish footballer
  • Clarence Pettersen, 65, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (2011–2016).
  • William Prochnau, 80, American journalist, coronary artery disease.
  • Catherine Pym, 96, Australian Olympic fencer (1952).
  • Lívia Rév, 101, Hungarian pianist.
  • Eugène Van Roosbroeck, 89, Belgian racing cyclist, Olympic champion (1948).
  • Clément Rosset, 78, French philosopher and writer.
  • Caleb Scofield, 39, American rock bassist and singer (Cave In, Zozobra, Old Man Gloom), traffic collision.
  • Daryl Thomas, 52, American basketball player (Indiana Hoosiers), heart attack.
  • Mike Tucker, 73, British equestrian rider and commentator.
  • Norm Wilson, 83, New Zealand cricketer (Northern Districts).

29

  • David Bartov, 94, Polish-born Israeli judge.
  • R. J. Berry, 83, British geneticist and theistic evolutionist, stroke.
  • Dexter Bristol, 57, Grenadian immigrant to the United Kingdom.
  • Jim Callaghan, 91, British politician, MP for Middleton and Prestwich (1974–1983) and Heywood and Middleton (1983–1997).
  • Don Colpoys, 83, American baseball coach and manager (Buffalo Bisons).
  • Corrado dal Fabbro, 72, Italian bobsledder, Olympic silver medalist (1972).
  • Geoffrey Dodsworth, 89, British banker and politician, MP for South West Hertfordshire (1974–1979).
  • Sir William Gladstone, 7th Baronet, 92, British aristocrat and Chief Scout (1972–1982).
  • Colin Harper, 71, English footballer (Ipswich Town).
  • Ron Mailer, 85, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic).
  • Emiliano Mondonico, 71, Italian football manager (Torino, Atalanta, Fiorentina), stomach cancer.
  • Walter Pérez Villamonte, 81, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Potosí (1998–2009).
  • Pollyanna Pickering, 75, British wildlife artist.
  • Stephen Reinhardt, 87, American judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (since 1980), heart attack.
  • Ed Samcoff, 93, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
  • Mohamed Shaker, 84, Egyptian diplomat, member of Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (1986–1998) and Ambassador to the UK (1988–1997).
  • Anita Shreve, 71, American author (The Pilot's Wife, The Weight of Water, Stella Bain), cancer.
  • Sven-Olov Sjödelius, 84, Swedish canoer, Olympic champion (1960, 1964).
  • Rusty Staub, 73, American baseball player (New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers), multiple organ failure.
  • Enrique Troncoso Troncoso, 80, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Iquique (1989–2000) and Melipilla (2000–2014).
  • Paul Van Arsdale, 97, American hammered dulcimer player.

30

  • Alias, 41, American rapper, producer and record label founder (Anticon), heart attack.
  • Patrick Atiyah, 87, English legal scholar.
  • Samuel Belzberg, 89, Canadian financier, complications from a stroke.
  • Aureliano Bolognesi, 87, Italian boxer, Olympic champion (1952).
  • Sharon Brehm, 72, American psychologist, Chancellor of Indiana University Bloomington (2001–2003), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  • Ivan Čaklec, 85, Croatian Olympic gymnast.
  • Anna Chennault, 92, Chinese-born American journalist and businesswoman.
  • Saul Cherniack, 101, Canadian politician, Manitoba Minister of Finance (1969–1972, 1973–1975).
  • Saunders Davies, 80, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bangor (2000–2004).
  • Josie Farrington, Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton, 77, British politician, life peer (since 1994).
  • Ivor Forbes Guest, 97, British historian and writer.
  • Philip Gulliver, 96, British-born Canadian anthropologist.
  • Drue Heinz, 103, American literary publisher (The Paris Review) and patron (Drue Heinz Literature Prize).
  • Henry Theophilus Howaniec, 87, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (1999–2011).
  • Daisy Kadibil, 95, Australian Aboriginal woman, inspiration for the film Rabbit Proof Fence, dementia.
  • Sabahudin Kurt, 82, Bosnian folk and pop singer ("Život je sklopio krug").
  • André Bo-Boliko Lokonga, 83, Congolese politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1970–1979) and Prime Minister (1979–1980).
  • Bill Maynard, 89, English actor (Heartbeat, Confessions of a Window Cleaner, Carry On), complications from a fall.
  • Nacho Pérez Frías, 62, Spanish footballer (CD Málaga) and sports physician, complications of burns.
  • Alexander Pylcyn, 94, Russian military officer.
  • Wolfgang Schilling, 62, German football player (Arminia Bielefeld, Tennis Borussia Berlin) and manager (Berliner AK 07).
  • Marcel Storme, 87, Belgian legal scholar and politician.
  • Michael Tree, 84, American violist.
  • Jean-Guy Trépanier, 86, Canadian politician.
  • La Wilson, 93, American artist, stroke.

31

  • Frank Aendenboom, 76, Belgian actor.
  • Margarita Carrera, 88, Guatemalan philosopher, professor and writer.
  • Luigi De Filippo, 87, Italian actor (Non è vero... ma ci credo, You're on Your Own, Love Italian Style).
  • Chris Edwards, 41, British boxer, heart attack.
  • John Mack Flanagan, 71, American disc jockey (KFRC), heart failure.
  • Charles Goodwin, 74, American linguistic anthropologist and semiotician, cancer.
  • Ted J. Land, 81, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1979–1990).
  • Peg Lautenschlager, 62, American attorney and politician, Attorney General of Wisconsin (2003–2007), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1989–1993), breast cancer.
  • James McAlister, 66, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), cancer.
  • Jan Snoeck, 91, Dutch sculptor.
  • Leonard D. Wexler, 93, American judge (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York).

References


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