Deaths In July 2015

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

1

• Nasser al-Hafi, Egyptian lawyer and politician, MP (since 2012), shot.
• Cecil, 13, Zimbabwean protected lion, shot.
• David P. Craig, 95, Australian chemist.
• Curly Moe, 53, Canadian professional wrestler, liver cancer.
• Val Doonican, 88, Irish singer and television presenter.
• N. Ganesan, 82, Singaporean football administrator.
• Edward Greenfield, 86, English music critic and broadcaster.
• Theo Hendriks, 86, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1994–1998).
• Lawrence Herkimer, 89, American cheerleading innovator, heart failure.
• Jens S. Jensen, 69, Swedish photographer.
• Aleksandr Kochetkov, 81, Russian football player and coach.
• Robert La Caze, 98, French-born Moroccan racing driver.
• Red Lane, 76, American country singer and songwriter ("'Til I Get It Right"), cancer.
• Mike Lesser, 71, British mathematical philosopher and political activist, asphyxiation.
• Miloslava Misáková, 93, Czech Olympic gymnast (1948).
• Shlomo Moussaieff, 90, Israeli diamond merchant and antique collector.
• Hans Muller, 78, Dutch Olympic water polo player (1960, 1964).
• Charles Notcutt, 81, British horticulturalist.
• Czesław Olech, 84, Polish mathematician.
• Overdose, 10, Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse, horse colic.
• Víctor de la Peña Pérez, 81, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Requena (1987–2005).
• Sergio Sollima, 94, Italian director and screenwriter (Face to Face, Sandokan, The Big Gundown).
• Dan Williams, 73, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 2010), leukemia.
• Sir Nicholas Winton, 106, British humanitarian, organised rescue of 669 children as part of Kindertransport, respiratory failure.
• Russell Wood, 85, English cricketer (Gloucestershire).

2

• David Aronson, 91, Lithuanian-born American painter, pneumonia and heart failure.
• Slavko Avsenik, 85, Slovene composer and musician.
• Roy C. Bennett, 96, American songwriter.
• Jim Bradley, 94, Scottish-born Australian athletics coach.
• Frank Callaway, 69, Australian judge.
• Sir Ronald Davison, 94, New Zealand judge, Chief Justice (1978–1989).
• Julius Duscha, 90, American journalist (The Washington Post).
• Petro Korol, 74, Ukrainian Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion (1976).
• Tom Longo, 73, American football player (New York Giants), mesothelioma.
• Charlie Sanders, 68, American Hall of Fame football player (Detroit Lions), cancer.
• Bob Smalhout, 87, Dutch anesthesiologist and politician.
• Waldo Vieira, 73, Brazilian spiritualist.
• Jim Weaver, 70, American football player (Penn State) and coach (Iowa State), Virginia Tech Hokies Director of Athletics (1997–2014), Parkinson's disease.
• John Whitman, 71, American businessman and investment banker, First Gentleman of New Jersey (1994–2001), complications from a brain injury.
• Jacobo Zabludovsky, 87, Mexican news anchor, stroke.

3

• Steven Benson, 63, American convicted murderer, stabbed.
• Diana Douglas, 92, Bermudian-American actress (The Indian Fighter, Days of Our Lives, Planes, Trains and Automobiles), cancer.
• Goran Gogić, 29, Serbian footballer.
• Agop Jack Hacikyan, 83, Canadian author and academic.
• Ralph Lamb, 88, American lawman, Sheriff of Clark County, Nevada (1961–1978), depicted in Vegas, complications from surgery.
• Arturo Longton, 67, Chilean politician, Governor of Marga Marga Province (2010–2012).
• Humphrey Mwanza, 66, Zambian politician, member of the National Assembly for Solwezi West (since 2006), complications from surgery.
• Boyd K. Packer, 90, American apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President of the Quorum of the Twelve (since 2008).
• Amanda Peterson, 43, American actress (Can't Buy Me Love, Explorers), drug overdose.
• Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal, 73, Indian judge, Chief Justice (2005–2007), heart attack.
• Odd Seim-Haugen, 78, Norwegian barrister and sports official.
• Jacques Sernas, 89, Lithuanian-born French actor (Helen of Troy, The Dirty Game, Midas Run).
• Charanjit Singh, 75, Indian musician, cardiac arrest.
• Gary Smith, 74, American business analyst, pneumonia.
• György Szabad, 90, Hungarian politician and historian, Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1994).
• Wayne Townsend, 89, American politician, Indiana State Senator (1970–1986).
• Phil Walsh, 55, Australian football player (Collingwood, Richmond, Brisbane Bears) and coach (Adelaide), stabbed.
• John A. Williams, 89, American writer.
• Franz-Josef Wolfframm, 80, German footballer.
• Peter Záboji, 72, Hungarian angel investor and entrepreneur.

4

• Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed bin Jiluwi Al Saud, 83–84, Saudi Arabian politician, Governor of Northern Borders Region.
• Muhammad Baqir al-Muhri, 67, Kuwaiti ayatollah.
• Dave Barber, 60, American talk radio and television host, stroke and heart attack.
• Nedelcho Beronov, 86, Bulgarian jurist and politician, Chairman of the Constitutional Court (2003–2006).
• Scot Breithaupt, 57, American BMX cyclist.
• Arnold Byfield, 91, Australian sportsman (Western Australia cricket team and Melbourne Football Club).
• Luis Doldán, 77, Paraguayan footballer
• Carlo de Gavardo, 45, Chilean rally car and motorcycle racer, respiratory failure.
• William Conrad Gibbons, 88, American historian, complications of a stroke.
• Reynaldo González López, 66, Cuban sports administrator.
• John Hinds, 35, Northern Irish motorcycle race doctor, injuries sustained in collision.
• Norbert Peters, 72, German scientist.
• Daniel Quinn, 58, American actor (The Young and the Restless), heart attack.
• Valerio Ruggeri, 81, Italian actor and voice actor, heart attack.
• Anthony F. Upton, 85, British historian.
• Alan Walton, 79, British biochemist and venture capitalist.
• Charles Winick, 92, American anthropologist, sociologist and author.
• Yu Chenghui, 75, Chinese actor and martial artist.

5

• Andrew Alexander, 80, British journalist.
• James Bonard Fowler, 81, American policeman and convicted manslaughterer.
• Sir Philip Goodhart, 89, British politician, MP for Beckenham (1957–1992).
• Uffe Haagerup, 65, Danish mathematician, drowned.
• Svein Hatløy, 75, Norwegian architect, founded Bergen School of Architecture.
• Terence Kelshaw, 78, English-born American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Rio Grande (1989–2004).
• Hernus Kriel, 73, South African politician, Premier of the Western Cape (1994–1998), Minister of Law and Order (1991–1994).
• Piet Malan, 96, South African rugby union player.
• James S. Marcus, 85, American philanthropist and investment banker.
• Joseph McKenzie, 86, Scottish photographer.
• Aleksandra Mróz, 80, Polish Olympic swimmer.
• Yoichiro Nambu, 94, Japanese-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
• Burt Shavitz, 80, American beekeeper and businessman, co-founder of Burt's Bees.
• Abderrahmane Soukhane, 78, Algerian football player.
• Jack Steadman, 86, American football executive (Kansas City Chiefs).
• Gordon Thompson Jr., 85, American judge, cancer.
• Aaron E. Wasserman, 94, American food scientist.

6

• Julio Angel, 69, Puerto Rican rock, pop and bolero singer, multiple myeloma.
• Max Annett, 84, Australian Olympic rower.
• Michael Birck, 77, American executive (Tellabs).
• Camille Bob, 77, American rhythm and blues singer, cancer.
• Stan Carew, 64, Canadian radio broadcaster, musician and actor (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Trailer Park Boys).
• Raymond Dean, 68, American psychologist.
• Nazier Dindar, 49, South African cricketer.
• Victor Warren Fazio, 75, Australian surgeon.
• Ramanathan Gnanadesikan, 82, Indian statistician.
• Anne Iversen, 91, Danish Olympic athlete.
• Masabumi Kikuchi, 75, Japanese jazz pianist, subdural hematoma.
• Sir John Lambert, 94, British diplomat, Ambassador to Tunisia (1977–1981).
• Luigi Martella, 67, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi (since 2000), heart attack.
• John Maxtone-Graham, 85, American maritime historian, respiratory failure.
• Rachel Margolis, 93, Lithuanian World War II partisan and Israeli biologist.
• Bhattam Srirama Murthy, 89, Indian politician.
• Don Petrie, 93, Canadian soccer player and coach.
• Franco Scaglia, 71, Italian writer and journalist, won Campiello Prize (2002).
• Fraser Scott, 95, British army officer.
• Jerry Weintraub, 77, American film producer (Ocean's Eleven, Diner, The Karate Kid), chairman and CEO of United Artists, heart attack.

7

• Maria Barroso, 90, Portuguese actress and politician, First Lady (1986–1996), complications from a fall.
• Leonard Bodack, 82, American politician.
• Keith Brown, 88, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1959–1967).
• Bako Dagnon, 67, Malian singer.
• Jean Délémontez, 97, French aircraft designer (Jodel).
• Carlos Echeverria, 85, American Olympic sailor.
• Eva Fischer, 94, Italian artist.
• Hamid Golpira, 55, American-born Iranian journalist, lung cancer.
• Renée Hugon, 84, French gymnast.
• Pierre MacDonald, 79, Canadian politician, member of the National Assembly of Quebec (1985–1989).
• Bob MacKinnon, 87, American basketball coach (New Jersey Nets) and athletic director (Canisius Golden Griffins).
• Jaime Morey, 73, Spanish singer ("Amanece").
• Craig Norgate, 50, New Zealand businessman, CEO of Fonterra (2001–2003).
• Fons van Wissen, 82, Dutch footballer (PSV Eindhoven, national team).
• Donald Wood, 82, Canadian politician.

8

• Hisato Aikura, 83, Japanese music critic.
• Muhsin al-Fadhli, 34, Kuwaiti militant, airstrike.
• Robert Campos, 75, Filipino actor, colorectal cancer.
• Casimir Ehrnrooth, 84, Finnish executive, cardiac arrest.
• Bill Foord, 91, English cricketer.
• Daniel Kastler, 89, French theoretical physicist.
• Irwin Keyes, 63, American actor (House of 1000 Corpses, The Jeffersons, The Flintstones), complications from acromegaly.
• Arne Kotte, 80, Norwegian footballer.
• Paul J. Lioy, 68, American environmental scientist.
• Ernie Maresca, 76, American songwriter ("Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer") and singer.
• Ramiro Martinez, 91, Cuban sportscaster.
• Charles J. McCann, 89, American academic, president of The Evergreen State College.
• Harry Messel, 93, Canadian-born Australian physicist.
• Rolf Pettersson, 62, Swedish Olympic swimmer.
• Lloyd Reckord, 86, Jamaican actor and director.
• Philippe Rochat, 61, Swiss chef.
• Frances Shea-Buckley, 86, American rear admiral, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps (1979–1983).
• Lucita Soriano, 74, Filipino actress.
• Ken Stabler, 69, American football player (Oakland Raiders), colon cancer.
• Harry Stowers, 89, American judge, member of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1982–1989).
• James Tate, 71, American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
• Yoash Tzidon, 88, Romanian-born Israeli politician.
• Walter Van Gerven, 80, Belgian law professor, Advocate General on the European Court of Justice (1988–1994).

9

• Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 75, Saudi royal, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1975–2015).
• Christian Audigier, 57, French fashion designer (Ed Hardy, Von Dutch), myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Jim Bede, 82, American aircraft designer, aneurysm.
• Caspar Bowden, 53, British privacy advocate, melanoma.
• Seán Foran, 84, Irish Gaelic football player (Offaly).
• Paul Gebhard, 98, American sexologist.
• Bill Hunter, 95, British political activist and author.
• C. Fred Jones, 85, American politician.
• Michael Masser, 74, American songwriter ("Saving All My Love for You", "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"), complications from a stroke.
• Bashar Nawaz, 79, Indian Urdu poet and songwriter.
• Sriballav Panigrahi, 74, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha (1984–1989, 1991–1998).
• David M. Raup, 82, American paleontologist, pneumonia.
• Bent Rolstad, 68, Norwegian anatomist.
• Tahsin Şahinkaya, 90, Turkish air force general, Commander (1978–1983).
• R.J. Zwi Werblowsky, 91, Israeli religion scholar.

10

• David Bowman, 82, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Western New York (1987–1998).
• Woody Bowman, 73, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1977–1990), traffic collision.
• Sam Bulbulia, 82, South African cricketer.
• Aldana Carraro, 20, Argentine gymnast.
• Rosemary Dinnage, 87, British author and reviewer, cancer.
• Hussein Fatal, 38, American rapper (Outlawz), traffic collision.
• Peter Jones, 85, British journalist and author, heart failure.
• Arthur Koning, 70, Dutch Olympic coxswain (1968).
• Diarmuid Mac an Adhastair, 71, Irish actor (Ros na Rún).
• Jimmy Murray, 82, Scottish footballer.
• Leo Muthu, 63, Indian educationist and businessman.
• Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan, 91, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (1956–1957, 1970–1985, 1991–1996).
• Roger Rees, 71, Welsh-American actor (Cheers, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, The West Wing), Tony winner (1982), stomach cancer.
• Omar Sharif, 83, Egyptian actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl), heart attack.
• Jon Vickers, 88, Canadian heldentenor, Alzheimer's disease.
• Grahame Vivian, 95, British army officer.

11

• Claudia Alexander, 56, Canadian-born American geophysicist and planetary scientist (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), breast cancer.
• Abu Khalil al-Madani, Saudi Al-Qaeda leader.
• Stig Andersson, 90, Swedish Olympic cyclist.
• Joyce M. Bennett, 92, English Anglican priest.
• Giacomo Biffi, 87, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna (1984–2003).
• Mark Birdwood, 3rd Baron Birdwood, 76, British peer and politician.
• Patricia Crone, 70, Danish-American historian and author (Hagarism), cancer.
• James U. Cross, 90, American military pilot (Air Force One), aide and author.
• Salvador Dubois Leiva, 79, Nicaraguan football player and coach.
• Max Fischer, 88, German politician.
• Alfred E. France, 88, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1970), leukemia.
• Đuka Galović, 91, Croatian folk musician.
• Satoru Iwata, 55, Japanese game programmer (Super Smash Bros., Pokémon), president and CEO of Nintendo (since 2002), bile duct cancer.
• Lawrence K. Karlton, 80, American federal judge, US District Court for Eastern California (1979–2015), complications from heart valve failure.
• Richard F. Kelly, 78, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate.
• Peter de Klerk, 80, South African racing driver.
• Roy Kurrasch, 92, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Consuelo Castillo de Sánchez Latour, 91, Guatemalan author.
• André Leysen, 88, Belgian executive.
• Paavo Lyytikäinen, 85, Finnish footballer.
• Bunny Mack, 69, Sierra Leonean musician.
• P. Chendur Pandian, 65, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA for Kadayanallur (since 2011).
• Ota Petřina, 66, Czech guitarist and songwriter.
• Thomas Piccirilli, 50, American writer, brain cancer.
• J.P.C. Roach, 95, British historian.
• Bojan Udovič, 57, Slovene Yugoslav Olympic cyclist (1980), traffic collision.

12

• D'Army Bailey, 73, American civil rights campaigner, judge and actor (The People vs. Larry Flynt), founder of the National Civil Rights Museum, cancer.
• Cheng Siwei, 80, Chinese economist, President of the China Democratic National Construction Association (1996–2007).
• Omar Félix Colomé, 82, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cruz del Eje (1984–2008).
• JaJuan Dawson, 37, American football player (Cleveland Browns), drowned.
• Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, 65, Tibetan Buddhist monk and political prisoner, cardiac arrest from respiratory failure.
• Mahlon Duckett, 92, American baseball player (Philadelphia Stars).
• Helen F. Holt, 101, American politician, Secretary of State of West Virginia (1957–1959), member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1955–1957), heart failure.
• Chenjerai Hove, 59, Zimbabwean exiled author, journalist and poet, liver failure.
• Javier Krahe, 71, Spanish singer-songwriter, heart attack.
• Bosse Larsson, 81, Swedish television presenter (Allsång på Skansen), brain cancer.
• Buddy Lively, 90, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).
• Milorad Milutinović, 80, Serbian football player and manager (Neuchâtel Xamax).
• Bafana Mlangeni, 48, South African actor.

13

• Sir John Buchanan, 72, New Zealand natural resource executive, CFO of BP (1996–2002), Director of BHP Billiton (2003–2015), Chairman of ARM Holdings.
• J. R. Gach, 63, American radio personality, diabetes.
• Philipp Mißfelder, 35, German politician, member of the Bundestag (since 2005), pulmonary embolism.
• Arturo Paoli, 102, Italian Roman Catholic priest and missionary.
• Michael Rayner, 82, English opera singer.
• Ildikó Schwarczenberger, 63, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1976).
• Joan Sebastian, 64, Mexican singer and songwriter, bone cancer.
• Campbell Smith, 90, New Zealand artist, poet and playwright.
• Martin Litchfield West, 77, British classical scholar.
• Eric Wrixon, 68, Northern Irish keyboardist (Them, Thin Lizzy).
• Gerhard Zwerenz, 90, German writer and politician, member of the Bundestag (1994–1998).

14

• Willer Bordon, 66, Italian businessman and politician, Minister of the Environment (2000–2001).
• Sir Sam Burston, 100, Australian farmer.
• Yohanna Dickson, 64, Nigerian military officer, Governor of Taraba (1993–1997).
• George Gardner Fagg, 81, American federal judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1982–2006).
• Wolf Gremm, 73, German film director and screenwriter, complications from cancer.
• Gerd Gudding, 63, Norwegian musician.
• Ismet Hadžić, 61, Bosnian footballer, cancer.
• Masao Horiba, 90, Japanese businessman, founded Horiba.
• Nobuo Mii, 84, Japanese computer executive (IBM).
• Mansour Nariman, 80, Iranian oud player.
• Olaf Pooley, 101, English actor (Doctor Who, Star Trek: Voyager, Sunday Night Theatre) and writer.
• Marlene Sanders, 84, American television news executive (ABC World News Tonight, CBS News) and journalist, cancer.
• Alby Schultz, 76, Australian politician, NSW MP for Burrinjuck (1988–1998), federal MP for Hume (1998–2013), cancer.
• Dave Somerville, 81, Canadian-American singer (The Diamonds), pancreatic cancer.
• M. S. Viswanathan, 87, Indian music composer and film scorer.

15

• Jacques Allard, 89, French Olympic sailor.
• Masahiko Aoki, 77, Japanese economist, lung disorder.
• Phil Cayzer, 93, Australian rower.
• Federico Cerruti, 93, Italian art collector.
• Alan Curtis, 80, American harpsichordist, conductor and scholar.
• Alexis FitzGerald Jnr, 70, Irish politician, member of the Seanad Éireann (1982–1987) and Teachta Dála (1982), Lord Mayor of Dublin (1981–1982).
• Aubrey Morris, 89, British actor (A Clockwork Orange, Love and Death, The Wicker Man).
• Oswald Probst, 80, Austrian Olympic archer.
• Sheila Ramani, 83, Indian actress, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Howard Rumsey, 97, American modern jazz double bassist, bandleader and nightclub owner.
• Wan Li, 98, Chinese politician, Chairman of the National People's Congress (1988–1993).
• Jacques Thébault, 91, French actor.
• Fred Wendorf, 90, American archaeologist.
• Rogi Wieg, 52, Dutch writer and musician, euthanasia.

16

• Denis Avey, 96, British World War II veteran and memoirist.
• Joseph Caprani, 95, Irish cricket player and umpire.
• Paul Chervet, 73, Swiss Olympic boxer.
• Evelyn Ebsworth, 82, British chemist and university administrator, Vice-Chancellor and Warden of Durham University (1990–1998).
• Alcides Ghiggia, 88, Uruguayan-Italian football player and manager (Peñarol), heart attack.
• John H. Gibbons, 86, American scientist, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (1993–1998).
• Sir Jack Goody, 95, British social anthropologist.
• Raymond Goussot, 93, French cyclist.
• Brian Hall, 68, Scottish footballer (Liverpool), leukaemia.
• Alan Kupperberg, 62, American comic book artist (The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man), thymus cancer.
• Jean Lacouture, 94, French journalist and historian.
• Jim Mayne, 64, Canadian politician, leader of Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party (1983–1989).
• V. Ramakrishna, 67, Indian playback singer and film scorer, cancer.
• Moreshwar Save, 85, Indian politician, MP for Aurangabad (1989–1996).
• Veikko Savela, 96, Finnish politician.
• Pranciškus Tupikas, 86, Lithuanian politician.
• W. Wilbert Welch, 97, American theologian.
• Milton L. Wood, 92, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop Suffragan of Atlanta (1967–1974).

17

• Andal Ampatuan, Sr., 74, Filipino politician, Governor of Maguindanao, suspect in the Maguindanao massacre, heart attack.
• Bill Arnsparger, 88, American football coach (New York Giants, LSU Tigers) and athletic director (University of Florida), heart attack.
• Jules Bianchi, 25, French Formula One driver, head injuries sustained in a race collision.
• Owen Chadwick, 99, British historian, theologian, and rugby player.
• Murray Feingold, 84, American physician and medical journalist.
• Francis P. Filice, 92, American priest and academic.
• Don Fontana, 84, Canadian tennis player.
• Duff Holbrook, 92, American biologist and outdoorsman, designer of rocket net for use in hunting.
• Ray Jessel, 85, Welsh scriptwriter and songwriter (Baker Street).
• William C. Kuebler, 44, American military officer, appointed lawyer for Omar Khadr, cancer.
• John McCluskey, 71, Scottish Olympic boxer (1964).
• Van Miller, 87, American football announcer (Buffalo Bills).
• James Nyondo, 47, Malawian politician, lung cancer.
• Susumu Okubo, 85, Japanese theoretical physicist.
• Nova Pilbeam, 95, British actress (The Man Who Knew Too Much, Young and Innocent, Tudor Rose).
• Dagmar Sierck, 57, German Olympic swimmer.
• John Taylor, 72, British jazz pianist, heart attack.
• Dick van Bekkum, 89, Dutch radiobiologist.

18

• Tim Beaglehole, 82, New Zealand historian and educator, chancellor of Victoria University, pneumonia.
• Sushil Bhattacharya, 90, Indian football player, men's (East Bengal) and women's (national team) coach.
• Ron Bissett, 83, Canadian Olympic basketball player.
• Elmer Borstad, 90, Canadian politician.
• Buddy Buie, 74, American songwriter ("Spooky", "Traces"), heart attack.
• George Coe, 86, American actor (Archer, Kramer vs. Kramer, The Mighty Ducks).
• Neal Falls, 45, American murder suspect, shot.
• Lou Gardiner, 62, New Zealand military officer, Chief of the Army (2003–2006), cancer.
• Priscilla Kincaid-Smith, 88, South African-Australian nephrologist, discovered the link between phenacetin and kidney cancer.
• Athanasios Moulakis, 70, Greek historian and political scientist.
• Alex Rocco, 79, American actor (The Godfather, The George Carlin Show, The Facts of Life), Emmy winner (1990), pancreatic cancer.
• Hugh Stretton, 91, Australian historian.
• Per Tønder, 104, Norwegian politician.
• Wang Fuzhou, 80, Chinese mountain climber.
• Allan Willett, 78, British soldier and businessman, Lord-Lieutenant of Kent (2002–2011).
• Brock Winkless, 55, American puppeteer and visual effects technician (Child's Play, Tales from the Crypt, Terminator 2: Judgment Day); multiple sclerosis.
• Yang Ko-han, 27, Taiwanese actress, suicide by hanging.

19

• Van Alexander, 100, American big band leader, songwriter-arranger ("A-Tisket, A-Tasket"), film and television composer (I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched), heart failure.
• Rugger Ardizoia, 95, Italian baseball player (New York Yankees), stroke.
• Stellan Bojerud, 70, Swedish politician, MP for Dalarna (2012–2015).
• Douglas S. Cook, 56, American screenwriter (The Rock, Double Jeopardy).
• Elio Fiorucci, 80, Italian fashion designer.
• Josh Greenberg, 28, American technology executive, co-founder of Grooveshark.
• Lalubha Jadeja, 92, Indian cricketer.
• Bernat Martínez, 35, Spanish motorcycle racer, race collision.
• Richard Ochoa, 31, Venezuelan cyclist, motorcycle collision.
• Bryan O'Linn, 87, South African-born Namibian jurist and human rights advocate, member of the High Court (1989–1999) and Supreme Court (1999–2006).
• Sybren Polet, 91, Dutch writer.
• Galina Prozumenshchikova, 66, Russian Soviet-era swimmer, Olympic champion (1964).
• Carmino Ravosa, 85, American composer and lyricist.
• Dani Rivas, 27, Spanish motorcycle racer, race collision.
• David Roth, 56, American opera director and manager
• Gennadiy Seleznyov, 67, Russian politician, Speaker of the Duma (1996–2003).
• Mildred Joanne Smith, 94, American actress (No Way Out) and educator, survivor of National Airlines Flight 101 crash.
• Václav Snítil, 87, Czech violinist and teacher.

20

• Jean Alfred, 75, Canadian politician.
• George Bon Salle, 80, American basketball player.
• Wayne Carson, 72, American songwriter ("The Letter", "Always on My Mind", "Neon Rainbow").
• Fred Else, 82, English footballer (Preston North End).
• Ron Fitch, 105, Australian railway historian.
• Inge Glashörster, 88, German Olympic sprinter.
• Sally Gross, 81, American dancer and choreographer, ovarian cancer.
• Des Horne, 75, South African footballer (Blackpool).
• Kafumba Konneh, 71, Liberian Islamic cleric, peace activist and public servant, commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
• Dieter Moebius, 71, Swiss-German electronic musician (Cluster, Harmonia, Moebius & Plank), cancer.
• Tom Moore, 86, American cartoonist (Archie), throat cancer.
• Sieghardt Rupp, 84, Austrian actor.
• Raymond Stora, 84, French theoretical physicist.
• Shunsuke Tsurumi, 93, Japanese philosopher and anti-war activist, pneumonia.
• Giorgos Velentzas, 87, Greek actor.
• Colin Youren, 76, Australian football player (Hawthorn), cancer.

21

• Mitch Aliotta, 71, American musician (Rotary Connection, Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Gigi Angelillo, 75, Italian actor and voice actor.
• Theodore Bikel, 91, Austrian-born American actor (The Defiant Ones, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof), folk singer and composer.
• Robert Broberg, 75, Swedish singer and songwriter, Parkinson's disease.
• Luiz Paulo Conde, 80, Brazilian politician and architect, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro (1997–2001).
• Charlie Cullinane, 72, Irish hurler (Cork).
• William R. Dickinson, 83, American geoscientist, member of the National Academy of Sciences.
• E. L. Doctorow, 84, American author (Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, The March), complications from lung cancer.
• Buddy Emmons, 78, American steel guitarist.
• Paul Freeman, 79, American music conductor, founder of Chicago Sinfonietta.
• Günter Fronius, 107, Austrian entrepreneur.
• Gelsen Gas, 82, Mexican artist and filmmaker.
• Nicholas Gonzalez, 67, American physician known for alternative cancer treatments.
• Ho Sheng-lung, 62, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1998–1999), liver cancer.
• T. Kanakam, 88, Indian actress.
• Kang Nung-su, 85, North Korean politician.
• Alfredo Lardelli, 59, Swiss murderer and businessman, multiple organ failure.
• Czesław Marchaj, 97, Polish yachtsman and professor.
• Ernie McCullough, 89, Canadian Olympic sprinter.
• Anthony Megale, 61, American mobster.
• Mariam Mfaki, 69, Tanzanian politician, MP for Dodoma (since 2000), lung cancer.
• Dick Nanninga, 66, Dutch footballer (Roda JC Kerkrade, national team), complications from diabetes.
• Serhiy Omelyanovych, 37, Ukrainian footballer (Charleroi).
• Don Randall, 62, Australian politician, MP for Swan (1996–1998) and Canning (since 2001), suspected heart attack.
• Olav Riste, 82, Norwegian historian.
• James F. Rothenberg, 69, American financial executive, chairman of the Capital Group, heart attack.
• Mike Turner, 80, English cricketer (Leicestershire).

22

• Barbara Calvert, 89, British barrister.
• Herschal Crow, 80, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (1969–1982) and Secretary of Transportation (2001–2003), complications following hip surgery.
• Denny Ebbers, 41, Dutch Olympic judoka (1996), brain tumor.
• Christopher M. Fairman, 54, American legal scholar (Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties), cardiac arrest.
• Eddie Hardin, 66, British rock musician (Spencer Davis Group) and singer-songwriter, heart attack.
• Marilyn C. Jones, 88, American baseball player (AAGBPL).
• Don Joyce, 71, American musician (Negativland) and radio personality (Over the Edge), heart failure.
• Frank Narvo, 82, Australian rugby league player (Newtown Jets).
• Daron Norwood, 49, American country music singer.
• Roble Olhaye, 71, Djiboutian diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (since 1988), Dean of the Diplomatic Corps of Washington, D.C.
• Natasha Parry, 84, British actress (Romeo and Juliet, Oh! What a Lovely War, Meetings with Remarkable Men), stroke.
• Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, 64, Haitian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hinche (since 2009).
• Josef Scheungraber, 97, German World War II army officer and convicted war criminal.
• Hoza'a Sherif, 54, Lebanese diplomat, Ambassador to Iraq (since 2006), cancer.
• Martin Storey, British Channel Islander politician, member of the States (since 2008), cancer.
• Gordon Stuart, 91, Canadian-born Welsh portrait artist.
• Horst Walter, 76, German footballer (Dynamo Dresden).

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• William Wakefield Baum, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Washington (1973–1980), Cardinal (1976–2015).
• Mladen Dražetin, 64, Serbian academic and poet.
• Francis Guess, 69, American civil rights advocate and public servant, member of the U. S. Civil Rights Commission (1983–1989).
• Jon the Postman, 59, English punk rock singer, burst heart valve.
• Shigeko Kubota, 77, Japanese artist, cancer.
• Mexicano 777, 43, Puerto Rican rapper, tongue and throat cancer.
• Don Oberdorfer, 84, American journalist and author, Alzheimer's disease.
• Rasoul Raeisi, 90, Iranian Olympic weightlifter (1948).^{[citation needed]}
• José Sazatornil, 89, Spanish actor.
• Aung Thaung, 74, Burmese politician and businessman, member of the Pyithu Hluttaw for Taungtha Township (since 2011).
• Cirilo Vila, 77, Chilean composer, heart attack.
• James L. White, 67, American screenwriter (Ray), complications from pancreatic cancer.

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• Irv Bauer, 82, American playwright and screenwriter.
• Corsino Fortes, 82, Cape Verdean writer, poet and diplomat, Ambassador to Portugal (1975–1981).
• Peg Lynch, 98, American comedy writer and actress (Ethel and Albert).
• Florenz Regalado, 86, Filipino Supreme Court judge.
• Jürgen Rohwer, 91, German naval historian.
• Mario Sereni, 87, Italian operatic baritone.
• Ingrid Sischy, 63, South African magazine editor and critic, breast cancer.
• Dale Sturtz, 77, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1992–2002).

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• Jacques Andreani, 85, French diplomat.
• Kalpataru Das, 64, Indian politician, member of the Rajya Sabha (since 2014), Odisha MLA for Dharmasala (1995–2014), cancer.
• R. S. Gavai, 85, Indian politician, Governor of Bihar (2006–2008), Kerala (2008–2011), member of the Rajya Sabha (2000–2006), MP for Amravati (1998).
• Silan Kadirgamar, 81, Sri Lankan academic.
• Bob Kauffman, 69, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics, Buffalo Braves) and coach (Detroit Pistons).
• Larbi Messari, 79, Moroccan politician and diplomat, Minister of Communications (1998–2000), Ambassador to Brazil (1985–1991).
• Robin Phillips, 73, British-born Canadian actor and director (Long Day's Journey into Night, Jekyll & Hyde, The Marriage of Figaro), artistic director of Stratford Festival (1975–1980).
• Scott Sims, 59, American veterinarian and television personality (Aloha Vet), bladder cancer.
• Joseph Skerrett, 72, American literary critic.
• Nilo Zandanel, 77, Italian Olympic ski jumper.

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• Abu Zant, 60–61, Jordanian Muslim scholar and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1989–1997).
• Richard Bass, 85, American ski executive and mountaineer, co-founder of Snowbird Ski Resort, first person to climb the Seven Summits, pulmonary fibrosis.
• Bobbi Kristina Brown, 22, American media personality and singer, water immersion and drug intoxication.
• Peter Ehrlich, 82, German actor.
• Peggy Evans, 94, British actress (The Blue Lamp).
• Vic Firth, 85, American musician and percussion mallet manufacturer, pancreatic cancer.
• Benita Gil, 102, Spanish teacher and exiled, Order of Isabella the Catholic (2014).
• Wolfgang Gönnenwein, 82, German conductor and music director, director of Staatstheater Stuttgart (1985–1992).
• Bijoy Krishna Handique, 80, Indian politician, MP for Jorhat (1991–2014), Rajya Sabha (1980–1986), Assam MLA for Jorhat (1971–1980).
• Lee Harwood, 76, British poet.
• Han Heijenbrock, 85, Dutch Olympic rower.
• Junichi Komori, 74, Japanese billiards player, cancer.
• Mike Kostiuk, 95, Canadian-born American football player (Cleveland Rams, Detroit Lions), heart failure.
• Jeffrey S. Lyons, 75, Canadian lawyer, lobbyist and business executive, heart attack.
• Flora MacDonald, 89, Canadian politician, Secretary of State for External Affairs (1979–1980), MP for Kingston and the Islands (1972–1988).
• Robert Mosher, 94, American architect (San Diego–Coronado Bridge).
• Lerryn Mutton, 90, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Yaralla (1968–1978).
• Vasili Pichul, 54, Ukrainian-born Russian film director (Little Vera).
• Leo Reise Jr., 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings), lung cancer.
• Ann Rule, 83, American true crime author (The Stranger Beside Me), heart failure.
• Pía Sebastiani, 90, Argentine pianist and composer.
• Richard Smith, 80, Australian diplomat.
• Sebastiano Vassalli, 73, Italian novelist.
• Joe Williams, 56, American film critic (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), traffic collision.

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• Tom Boyd, 86, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1977–1992).
• Edward Campbell, 71, English rugby league player.
• J. W. S. Cassels, 93, British mathematician, fall.
• Rickey Grundy, 56, American gospel musician.
• A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 83, Indian scientist and politician, President of India (2002–2007), heart attack.
• Paul Langford, 69, British historian, Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford (2000–2012).
• Chris Lazari, 69, Cypriot-born British property developer, heart attack.
• Ivan Moravec, 84, Czech concert pianist.
• Clyde M. Narramore, 98, American author and psychologist.
• Rafael Navarro Núñez, 69, Spanish painter.
• Samuel Pisar, 86, Polish-born American lawyer, writer and Holocaust survivor, pneumonia.
• Alina Rodríguez, 63, Cuban actress, cancer.
• Anthony Shaw, 85, British army general, Director General Army Medical Services (1988–1990).
• Tony Vogel, 73, British actor (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Mission: Impossible, Miracle).

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• James H. Allen, 87, American clown and children's television personality, heart failure.
• Diego Barisone, 26, Argentine footballer (Unión de Santa Fe), traffic collision.
• Claude M. Bolton Jr., 69, American army general.
• David Faber, 86, Polish-born Holocaust survivor and author (Because of Romek).
• Rip Hawkins, 76, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), Lewy body dementia.
• John M. Hull, 80, British theologian.
• Barry Hunter, 87, Australian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Riverina (1971–1992).
• James Jude, 87, American thoracic surgeon, developer of CPR, neurological disorder.
• Carolyn Kaelin, 54, American cancer surgeon, cancer.
• Jan Kulczyk, 65, Polish businessman (Kulczyk Investments), wealthiest person in Poland, complications of heart surgery.
• David Leaning, 78, British Anglican priest.
• Edward Natapei, 61, Ni-Vanuatu politician, President (1999), Prime Minister (2001–2004, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2011), MP (1983–2008).
• Olubuse II, 85, Nigerian traditional ruler of Ife.
• Fred Otnes, 89, American artist.
• Josef Pecanka, 90, Austrian field hockey player, football player and coach.
• Franciscus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta, 83, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Banjarmasin (1983–2008), kidney failure.
• Clive Rice, 66, South African cricketer, brain tumour.
• Shawn Robinson, 41, American stunt performer (Guardians of the Galaxy, Transformers, Hook).
• Suniti Solomon, 76, Indian doctor and AIDS researcher.
• Jack Boynton Strong, 85, American politician, member of the Texas Senate (1963–1971), Alzheimer's disease.

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• Giorgio Albani, 86, Italian cyclist.
• Harry B. Brock Jr., 90, American banker.
• Antony Holland, 95, British-born Canadian actor, playwright, and theatre director.
• Malik Ishaq, 55–56, Pakistani Lashkar-e-Jhangvi leader, shot.
• Vasundhara Komkali, 84, Indian classical musician.
• Sir Peter O'Sullevan, 97, Irish-born British horse racing commentator, cancer.
• Charles Pous, 66, French Olympic hockey player.
• Mike Pyle, 76, American football player (Chicago Bears), 1963 NFL Champion, brain hemorrhage.
• Jemera Rone, 71, American human rights activist, ovarian cancer.
• Liya Shakirova, 94, Soviet and Russian linguist.
• Peter Sim, 98, Australian politician, Senator for Western Australia (1964–1981).
• Tamarillo, 23, British eventing horse, euthanised. (death announced on this date)
• Sir John Todd, 88, New Zealand businessman (Todd Corporation) and philanthropist.
• Alfredo Vernacotola, 37, Italian poet.
• Franklin H. Westervelt, 85, American computer scientist.

30

• Oleg Alekseev, 62, Russian Soviet wrestler.
• Lynn Anderson, 67, American country singer ("Rose Garden"), heart attack.
• Stuart Baggs, 27, English entrepreneur and The Apprentice candidate.
• John Bitove, Sr., 87, Canadian businessman.
• Louise Crossley, 72–73, Australian environmentalist and scientist.
• Clifford Earl, 81, British actor (Doctor Who, The Sea Wolves).
• Harry Gast, 94, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate (1979–2002).
• Kenneth Irby, 78, American poet.
• Endel Lippmaa, 84, Estonian scientist and politician.
• Yakub Memon, 53, Indian terrorist and chartered accountant, convicted of financing the 1993 Bombay bombings, execution by hanging.
• Francis Paul Prucha, 94, American historian.
• Louis Sokoloff, 93, American neuroscientist.
• Alena Vrzáňová, 84, Czech figure skater, World Champion (1949, 1950) and European Champion (1950).
• John Weinert, 83, American college basketball coach (Bowling Green Falcons).
• Ernst K. Zinner, 78, Austrian-born American astrophysicist.

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• Charles P. Bowers, 86, American baseball scout (Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies), Parkinson's disease.
• Curtis Brown, 60, American football player (Buffalo Bills), heart attack.
• Alan Cheuse, 75, American writer and critic, traffic collision.
• Ruud Sesink Clee, 84, Dutch rower.
• Coralie de Burgh, 90, British painter.
• Rubén Espinosa, 31, Mexican photographer and journalist. murdered.
• Robert Hemenway, 73, American educator, Chancellor of the University of Kansas (1995–2009).
• Howard W. Jones, 104, American physician, IVF pioneer, respiratory failure.
• Takeshi Katō, 86, Japanese actor (Ran).
• Gerald S. O'Loughlin, 93, American actor (The Rookies, In Cold Blood, Ice Station Zebra).
• Sasi Perumal, 59, Indian Gandhian and anti-alcohol activist.
• Billy Pierce, 88, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants), gallbladder cancer.
• Roddy Piper, 61, Canadian professional wrestler (WWE, NWA, WCW) and actor (They Live, Hell Comes to Frogtown, Body Slam), complications from hypertension.
• Red Dragon, 49, Jamaican reggae singer.
• Richard Schweiker, 89, American politician, Secretary of HHS (1981–1983), Senator from Pennsylvania (1969–1981), U.S. Representative from Penn 13th district (1961–1969), infection.
• László Sinkó, 75, Hungarian actor.
• Derek Turner, 82, English rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity).
• W. Eugene Wilson, 86, American politician.
• Zhang Jingfu, 101, Chinese politician, Finance Minister (1975–1979), State Councilor (1978–1988).