Deaths In September 2012

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

• Joseph Banchong Aribarg, 85, Thai Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nakhon Sawan (1976–1998).
• Sean Bergin, 64, South African jazz musician.
• Badal Das, 47, Bangladeshi footballer, cardiac arrest.
• Hal David, 91, American lyricist ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"), complications from a stroke.
• Boak Jobbins, 65, Australian Anglican cleric, Dean of Sydney (1992–2002), heart attack.
• Sat Mahajan, 85, Indian politician, MLA in Himachal Pradesh (1977–1996, 2003–2007) and MP for Kangra (1996–1998), cardiac arrest.
• Smarck Michel, 75, Haitian businessman and politician, Prime Minister (1994–1995), brain tumor.
• David R. Morrison, 71, Scottish writer and painter.
• William Petzäll, 24, Swedish politician, MP for Dalarna County (since 2010), suspected drug overdose.
• Dmitri Plavinsky, 75, Russian artist.
• Arnaldo Putzu, 85, Italian film poster artist.
• Rainbows For Life, 24, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1990 Summer Stakes, Cup and Saucer Stakes and Coronation Futurity Stakes, euthanized.
• Sy Schulman, 86, American civil engineer and politician, Mayor of White Plains, New York (1993–1997), cancer.
• Jon Tolaas, 73, Norwegian poet and novelist.

2

• Mark Abrahamian, 46, American musician (Starship), heart attack.
• Yugo Araki, 87, Japanese Olympic equestrian.
• Adolf Bierbrauer, 97, German artist, painter and sculptor.
• Anil Bordia, 78, Indian educationist, social activist and civil servant, cardiac arrest.
• Jack Boucher, 80, American photographer (Historic American Buildings Survey), heart disease.
• Peter Wilson Coldham, 85, British genealogist.
• Bob Johnstone, 82, Canadian broadcaster (CBC Radio), cancer.
• John C. Marshall, 71, British musician.
• Emmanuel Nunes, 71, Portuguese composer.
• Blas Riquelme, 83, Paraguayan politician and businessman.
• Len Stephan, 77, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (1979–2001).
• Bert Worner, 82, Australian football player (Geelong).

3

• Ralph Angelo Bernardi, 83, Australian mayor and businessman.
• Griselda Blanco, 69, Colombian-born American drug lord, shooting.
• Edward Boccia, 91, American painter and poet.
• Sir Andrew Crockett, 69, British banker.
• Bira Kesari Deo, 85, Indian politician.
• Bob DiPietro, 85, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), cancer.
• Harold Dunaway, 78, American stock car driver.
• Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, American actor (The Green Mile, Armageddon, Daredevil), heart attack.
• Ottó Foky, 85, Hungarian animator.
• Hyatt M. Gibbs, 74, American physicist.
• Siegfried Jamrowski, 94, German Luftwaffe pilot and Iron Cross recipient.
• Sun Myung Moon, 92, South Korean religious figure, founder of the Unification Church and The Washington Times, pneumonia.
• Tito Oreta, 73, Filipino politician, Mayor of Malabon (since 2004), lung cancer.
• Charlie Rose, 73, American politician, U.S. Representative from North Carolina (1973–1997), Parkinson's disease.
• Ola Vincent, 87, Nigerian economist and banker, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (1977–1982).

4

• Hamzah Abu Samah, 88, Malaysian politician and sports administrator, MP for Raub (1967–1978) and Temerloh (1978–1980), President of AFC (1978–1994).
• José Santos Arias, 84, Chilean football player.
• Avraham Avigdorov, 83, Israeli soldier, Hero of Israel recipient.
• Siân Busby, 51, British writer, lung cancer.
• Leila Danette, 103, American actress.
• Arleen Day, 63, Canadian curler.
• André Delelis, 88, French politician, MP for Pas-de-Calais (1983–1992).
• William Engvick, 98, American lyricist.
• Hélio Gonçalves Heleno, 77, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caratinga (1979–2011).
• Albert Marre, 87, American stage actor, director and producer, widower of soprano Joan Diener, following a long illness.
• Ian Parrott, 96, British composer and academic.
• George Savitsky, 88, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), complications from pneumonia.
• Sigrid Schjetne, 16, Norwegian homicide victim. (body found on this date)
• Syed Mustafa Siraj, 82, Indian writer.
• Milan Vukelić, 76, Serbian football player.

5

• Mirella Avalle, 90, Italian sprinter.
• Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, 26, Turkish footballer (Eskişehirspor), heart attack.
• Dorothy Caley, 92, Canadian figure skater.
• Eric Deeral, 79, Australian politician, Queensland MLA for Cook (1974–1977), first Aboriginal member of the Queensland Parliament.
• Ian Dick, 86, Australian cricketer and field hockey player.
• Vasily Dyakonov, 66, Russian politician, Governor of Krasnodar Krai (1991–1992).
• Martin Filchock, 100, American cartoonist and artist.
• Robert Morgan Fink, 96, American biochemist.
• Victoria Fyodorova, 66, Russian film actress.
• Christian Marin, 83, French film actor (Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez, Gendarme in New York).
• John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Oaksey, 83, British peer and horse racing journalist.
• Tapio Säynevirta, 47, Finnish Olympic sports shooter.
• Joe South, 72, American singer-songwriter ("Down in the Boondocks", "Hush", "Rose Garden"), heart failure.
• Gord Strate, 77, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).

6

• Ed Barker, 81, American football player (Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Redskins).
• Elisabeth Böhm, 91, German architect.
• Susan Clark, 48, American sailor, cancer.
• Lawrie Dring, 81, British Scouter, President of the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association.
• Jake Eberts, 71, Canadian film producer (City of Joy, Super Mario Bros., Grey Owl), executive and financier, cancer.
• Frank Godwin, 95, British film producer (Woman in a Dressing Gown).
• Jerome Horwitz, 93, American scientist.
• Jerome Kilty, 90, American actor and playwright.
• Alan Kimber, 63, English swimmer, cancer.
• Maram, 6, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (2008), euthanized.
• Art Modell, 87, American businessman, owner of the Baltimore Ravens (1996–2004), heart failure.
• Bertil Norström, 88, Swedish actor.
• Terry Nutkins, 66, British TV presenter and naturalist, leukaemia.
• Oscar Rossi, 82, Argentine football player.
• Herbert O. Sparrow, 82, Canadian politician, Senator for Saskatchewan (1968–2005).
• Horacio Vázquez-Rial, 65, Argentine-born Spanish writer, cancer.
• Roger Wotton, 92, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1968–1971, 1973–1991).

7

• Rudi M. Brewster, 80, American judge.
• Richard Bucher, 56, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player, heart attack.
• C. Edwin Creed, 91, American football coach.
• Gerry Culliton, 76, Irish rugby player.
• Leszek Drogosz, 79, Polish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) boxer, cancer.
• César Fernández Ardavín, 89, Spanish film director (El Lazarillo de Tormes).
• Abdul Ghafoor, 70, Pakistani footballer.
• Bob Lambert, 55, American entertainment industry executive (The Walt Disney Company).
• Louise LaPlanche, 93, American actress.
• Aleksandr Maksimenkov, 60, Russian football coach and player.
• Dorothy McGuire, 84, American singer, complications of Parkinson's disease.
• Alphonse Nzoungou, 74, Congolese politician.
• Maestro Reverendo, 57, Spanish musician and composer, cancer.
• Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford, 92, French-born British television producer and socialite.
• Rollin Sullivan, 93, American country music entertainer (Lonzo and Oscar).
• Daniel Weinreb, 53, American computer scientist and programmer, cancer.

8

• Adnan Farhan Abd Al Latif, 30–31, Yemeni detainee (Guantánamo Bay).
• María Elvia Amaya Araujo, 58, Mexican psychologist, philanthropist, and politician, multiple myeloma.
• Xavier-Marie Baronnet, 85, French-born Seychellois Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles (1995–2002).
• Adolf Bechtold, 86, German footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt).
• Aleksandr Belyavsky, 80, Russian actor.
• Brian Crossley, 85, English-born Australian actor (Adventure Island) and director.
• Luís d'Andrea, 78, Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop.
• Bob Hale, 78, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees).
• Leigh Hamilton, 62, New Zealand-born American actress (Forced Vengeance, Gas Food Lodging, Hocus Pocus).
• Ronald Hamowy, 75, American historian.
• Peter Hussing, 64, German Olympic bronze medallist boxer (1972).
• André Kempinaire, 83, Belgian politician.
• Mike Martineau, 53, American television writer (Rescue Me, Mad About You), heart disease.
• Bill Moggridge, 69, British industrial designer, cancer.
• Mārtiņš Roze, 47, Latvian politician, Minister of Agriculture (2002–2009), blood clot.
• Allyre Sirois, 89, Canadian jurist.
• Thomas Szasz, 92, Hungarian-born American psychiatrist.
• Elizabeth Wood-Ellem, 81, Tongan historian.
• Ocak Işık Yurtçu, 67, Turkish journalist.
• Mario Armond Zamparelli, 91, American design artist and painter, husband of Maureen Hingert.

9

• Hugh Bentall, 92, British pioneer surgeon.
• Donna Bruton, 58, American painter.
• Günter Discher, 87, German musician.
• Larry Gibson, 66, American environmentalist, heart attack.
• Rudolf Kleiner, 88, Swiss Olympic speed skater.
• Verghese Kurien, 90, Indian engineer and businessman, kidney failure.
• Désiré Letort, 69, French cyclist.
• John McCarthy, 22, Australian AFL footballer (Port Adelaide), fall from a building.
• Monsun, 22, German Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Aral-Pokal (1993) and Preis von Europa (1993, 1994), euthanized.
• José Rodrigues de Souza, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Juazeiro (1975–2003).
• Mike Scarry, 92, American football player and coach.
• Ron Taylor, 78, Australian marine conservationist, myeloid leukemia.
• Ron Tindall, 76, English footballer (Chelsea).

10

• Muslehuddin Ahmad, 80, Bangladeshi diplomat and university administrator, consequences of stroke.
• Raquel Correa, 78, Chilean journalist, cerebral damage followed by heart failure.
• Sam Dansie, 85, Australian forester and botanist.
• Vondell Darr, 93, American actress.
• György Enyedi, 82, Hungarian geographer.
• Robert Gammage, 74, American jurist and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1977–1979), heart attack.
• Lance LeGault, 77, American actor (The A-Team, Magnum, P.I., Home on the Range), heart failure.
• Stanley Long, 78, British cinematographer and film director, natural causes.
• Tadahiro Matsushita, 73, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1993–2005, since 2007).
• Robert B. McKeon, 58, American businessman and philanthropist, suicide.
• John Moffatt, 89, English actor and playwright.
• Ernesto de la Peña, 84, Mexican writer.
• Tom Saffell, 91, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates) and executive, President of Gulf Coast League (1979–2009), pneumonia.
• Steven Springer, 60, American guitarist and songwriter, lung cancer.
• Hans Joachim Störig, 97, German non-fiction author, translator and publisher.
• James Wellbeloved, 86, British politician, MP for Erith and Crayford (1965–1983).
• Edwin P. Wilson, 84, American CIA and U.S. Naval Intelligence officer, complications of surgery.

11

• Zia Ahmed, 58, Bangladeshi Army officer.
• Rolf Bjørn Backe, 78, Norwegian footballer.
• Bruce Bolling, 67, American politician, prostate cancer.
• Finn Bergesen, 67, Norwegian business executive and lawyer, cancer.
• Tibor Csernai, 73, Hungarian Olympic champion footballer (1964).
• Erwin Dold, 92, German pilot.
• Rein Etruk, 74, Estonian chess player.
• Tomas Evjen, 39, Norwegian film producer (Dead Snow).
• Tony Goldman, 68, American real estate developer, art impresario and preservationist (SoHo, Miami Beach Architectural District).
• Maurice Keen, 78, British historian.
• Sergio Livingstone, 92, Chilean footballer and sports commentator.
• Charles Pidjot, 50, New Caledonian politician, President of the Caledonian Union.
• Irving S. Reed, 88, American mathematician and engineer.
• Manuel Salvat Dalmau, 86, Spanish publisher.
• Sean Smith, 34, American diplomat serving in Libya, injuries sustained during U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi.
• Bruce Von Hoff, 68, American baseball player (Houston Astros).

12

• Jimmy Andrews, 85, Scottish footballer.
• Siarhei Artsiukhin, 35, Russian wrestler, European Greco-Roman wrestling champion, heart attack.
• Radoslav Brzobohatý, 79, Czech actor, stroke.
• Charles Kennedy Comans, 97, Australian lawyer, First Parliamentary Counsel of the Commonwealth (1972–1977).
• Shaun Cummins, 44, British boxer, murdered (body found on that day).
• Glen Doherty, 42, American company employee, mortar attack.
• Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, 66, Russian poet.
• Jon Finlayson, 74, Australian actor (Zoo Family), cancer.
• Alfred Henningsen, 94, Norwegian military officer and politician.
• Geoffrey Horrocks, 79, British mathematician.
• Derek Jameson, 82, British journalist and broadcaster, heart attack.
• Michael Lee, 76, Zimbabwean cricketer.
• Keith Lewis, 89, Australian cricketer.
• Janet Liang, 25, American health advocate, lymphoblastic leukemia.
• Rafał Piszcz, 71, Polish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1972) sprint canoer.
• Audrie Pott, 15, American cyberbullying victim, suicide by hanging.^{[citation needed]}
• William Schatzkamer, 96, American pianist and conductor.
• Tom Sims, 62, American skate and snowboarder, founder of Sims Snowboards, cardiac arrest.
• J. Christopher Stevens, 52, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Libya (2012), smoke inhalation during U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi.
• Sid Watkins, 84, British neurosurgeon, Formula One safety and medical delegate.
• Whobegotyou, 7, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse.

13

• Jean-Claude Abric, 70, French psychologist.
• Obo Addy, 76, Ghanaian drummer, National Heritage Fellowship recipient (1996), liver cancer.
• Michel Baud, 48, French Egyptologist, suicide.
• Aditya Dev, 23, Indian bodybuilder, ruptured brain aneurysm.
• John E. Dohms, 65, American microbiologist. (disappeared on this date)
• William Duckworth, 69, American composer, pancreatic cancer.
• Griffith Edwards, 83, Indian-born British psychiatrist and addiction specialist.
• Dilhan Eryurt, 85, Turkish astrophysicist, heart attack.
• Robyn Few, 53, American sex worker rights activist (Sex Workers Outreach Project USA), cancer.
• Tomlinson Fort Jr., 80, American chemist.
• Pedro E. Guerrero, 95, American photographer, cancer.
• Leopold Koss, 92, American pathologist.
• Lehri, 83, Pakistani actor and comedian, complications from diabetes.
• Peter Lougheed, 84, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (1971–1985); MLA for Calgary-West (1967–1986), natural causes.
• Brian Óg Maguire, 24, Irish Gaelic football player, industrial accident.
• Mary Rose McGeady, 84, American Roman Catholic nun.
• Edgar Metcalfe, 78, English actor, director and writer, liver cancer.
• Ranganath Misra, 85, Indian jurist, Chief Justice (1990–1991), neurological disorder.
• Jack Pierce, 64, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers), heart attack.
• Otto Stich, 85, Swiss politician, President of the Confederation (1988, 1994).
• John Turner, 63, English cricketer.

14

• Jacques Antoine, 88, French game show writer, creator of Fort Boyard and The Crystal Maze, cardiac arrest.
• Pinkie Barnes, 97, English table tennis player.
• Don Binney, 72, New Zealand painter, cardiac arrest.
• Jaylee Burley Mead, 83, American astronomer.
• Eduardo Castro Luque, 48, Mexican politician, shooting.
• Dame Joy Drayton, 96, New Zealand academic, educator and politician.
• Frank Dudley, 87, English footballer.
• Stephen Dunham, 48, American actor (The Mummy, What I Like About You, Monster-in-Law), heart attack.
• Gérard Ghidini, 69, French slalom canoeist.
• Sir Yuet-Keung Kan, 99, Hong Kong banker, politician, and lawyer, senior unofficial member of the Executive Council (1974–1980).
• Michel Leduc, 71, Canadian politician, last mayor of LaSalle, Quebec, Canada (1983–2001) before amalgamation, cancer.
• Winston Rekert, 63, Canadian actor (Neon Rider, Battlestar Galactica), cancer.
• Louis Simpson, 89, American poet, Alzheimer's disease.
• András Szente, 72, Hungarian sprint canoer, Olympic dual silver medalist (1960).

15

• Tibor Antalpéter, 82, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1990–1995).
• Fred Bodsworth, 93, Canadian writer.
• Predrag Brzaković, 47, Serbian footballer, heart attack.
• Carlos Calderón de la Barca, 77, Mexican football player.
• Pilar Coll, 83, Spanish activist, missionary and lawyer.
• James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, 77, American rhythm and blues singer.
• Olga Ferri, 83, Argentine ballet dancer.
• Jean-Louis Heinrich, 69, French footballer.
• George Hurst, 86, British conductor.
• Arthur Magugu, 78, Kenyan politician, Minister for Finance (1982–1988), MP for Githunguri (1969–1988, 2002–2007).
• Pierre Mondy, 87, French actor (Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to?) and director (La Cage aux Folles), lymphoma.
• Paul Okesene, 44, Samoan rugby league player, heart attack.
• Stephen Paul, 58, American physicist.
• Max Soriano, 86, American baseball team co-owner (Seattle Pilots).
• Nevin Spence, 22, Irish rugby union player (Ulster), slurry tank gas poisoning.
• K. S. Sudarshan, 81, Indian nationalist, Sarsanghchalak of the RSS (2000–2009), heart attack.

16

• John Coates, 84, British animated film producer (The Snowman), cancer.
• Charles E. Collins, 83, American politician and activist.
• Dana Deshler, 75, American politician.
• John Ingle, 84, American actor (Death Becomes Her, General Hospital, Batman & Robin), cancer.
• Roman Kroitor, 85, Canadian filmmaker.
• Julien J. LeBourgeois, 88, American vice admiral, heart and kidney ailments.
• Loose Mohan, 84, Indian actor, respiratory issues.
• Shinichi Nishimiya, 60, Japanese diplomat, Ambassador-designate to China (2012), acute heart failure.
• Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, 82, Norwegian royal, eldest child of King Olav V.
• Jaime Serrano Cedillo, 45, Mexican politician, stabbing.
• Muhammadjon Shakuri, 87, Tajik academic, cancer.
• Suthivelu, 65, Indian film actor and comedian, cardiac arrest.
• Friedrich Zimmermann, 87, German politician, Minister of the Interior (1982–1989); Minister of Transport (1989–1991).

17

• Bafo Biyela, 31, South African footballer, after short illness.
• William S. Calli, 88, American lawyer and politician.
• Melvin Charney, 77, Canadian artist and architect.
• Alan Cleveley, 88, English cricketer.
• Prem Ram Dubey, 78, Indian activist, after prolonged illness.
• Esther Gamlielit, 93, Israeli singer.
• Pauline Hill, 86, American AAGPBL baseball player.
• Lou Kenton, 104, English potter and Spanish Civil War veteran.
• Édouard Leclerc, 85, French businessman, founder of E.Leclerc supermarket chain.
• Nikodimos of Ierissos, 81, Greek Orthodox prelate, Bishop of Ierissos (since 1981).
• Tridev Roy, 79, Bangladeshi-born Pakistani politician, Buddhist leader and Chakma raja (1953–1971), Ambassador to Argentina (1981–1996).
• Tedi Thurman, 89, American fashion model and actress.
• Russell E. Train, 92, American civil servant, Administrator of the EPA (1973–1977) and President of the WWF (1978–1985).
• Ferenc Polikárp Zakar, 82, Hungarian Cistercian monk, Archabbot of the Zirc Abbey (1996–2010).

18

• Santiago Carrillo, 97, Spanish politician, veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
• Wantha Davis, 95, American female jockey and pioneer in thoroughbred horse racing.
• Peter Demos, 94, Canadian physicist.
• Deputed Testamony, 32, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Leo Goeke, 74, American opera singer, complications of strokes.
• Luís Goes, 79, Portuguese singer.
• Haim Hefer, 86, Israeli songwriter, poet, and writer.
• Michael Hurll, 75, British television producer, Parkinson's disease.
• Jim Jordan, 84, Canadian politician, MP for Leeds—Grenville (1988–1997), cancer.
• Betty Kaunda, 84, Zambian First Lady (1964–1991), wife of Kenneth Kaunda.
• Jack Kralick, 77, American baseball player (Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins), complications from strokes.
• Michel Joseph Kuehn, 89, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chartres (1978–1991).
• Jorge Manicera, 73, Uruguayan footballer.
• Ralph Marshall, 85, Bermudian politician, MP for Southampton West (1963–1993), pneumonia.
• Steve Sabol, 69, American filmmaker, co-founder of NFL Films, brain cancer.
• Olinto Sampaio Rubini, 78, Mexican footballer.
• Brian Woolnough, 63, British sports journalist, cancer.
• Wu Shaozu, 73, Chinese major general and politician, Chairperson of the Chinese Olympic Committee (1995–1999).

19

• Paul Adderley, 84, Bahamian politician and lawyer.
• Behnam Abu Alsoof, 80, Iraqi archaeologist, anthropologist, historian and writer, heart attack.
• Víctor Cabedo, 23, Spanish racing cyclist, road accident.
• Chief Bearhart, 19, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1997 Canadian International Stakes and Breeders' Cup Turf, heart failure.
• Patrick Creagh, 81, British poet and translator.
• Rino Ferrario, 85, Italian footballer.
• Leopoldo Penna Franca, 53, Brazilian mathematician, heart attack.
• Cecil Gordon, 71, American NASCAR driver and team owner, cancer.
• Bettye Lane, 82, American photojournalist, cancer.
• Leonard Lerman, 87, American geneticist, complications of a chronic neurological disease.
• Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, 90, British peeress, widow of the 10th Duke of Northumberland.
• Charlie Richardson, 78, English mobster, peritonitis.
• Itamar Singer, 66, Romanian-born Israeli Hittitologist.

20

• Fortunato Baldelli, 77, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary (2009–2012).
• Robert G. Barrett, 69, Australian author (Les Norton series), cancer.
• Richard H. Cracroft, 76, American academic.
• Gianfranco Dell'Innocenti, 86, Italian footballer.
• Anatoli Fedorov, 76, Soviet and Russian rower and rowing coach.
• Alan Neville Gent, 84, English scientist.
• Robert Wayne Harris, 40, American mass murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Ulla Lock, 78, Danish film actress.
• Paul O'Connor, 49, Irish hurler (Cork).
• Michel Pech, 66, French football player (FC Nantes), cancer.
• Paul Pojman, 45, American philosopher, cancer.
• Herbert Rosendorfer, 78, German writer.
• Robert Sharer, 72, American Mayanist.
• Bhupendra Silwal, 76, Nepalese Olympic runner.
• Dinesh Thakur, 65, Indian theatre director and actor (Rajnigandha), kidney ailments.
• Tereska Torrès, 92, French writer.
• Dorothy Wedderburn, 87, British academic.

21

• Pedro de Almeida, 73, Portuguese Olympic athlete.
• Mike Baker, 55, British journalist (BBC, The Guardian), lung cancer.
• Konda Laxman Bapuji, 96, Indian politician and freedom fighter.
• Henry Bauchau, 99, Belgian psychoanalyst and author.
• Max C. Brewer, 88, Canadian scientist.
• Ed Conlin, 79, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals, Philadelphia Warriors, Detroit Pistons).
• José Curbelo, 95, Cuban-born American jazz musician and manager, heart failure.
• Mary DeMelim, 82, American academic administrator.
• Yehuda Elkana, 78, Israeli historian and philosopher, President and Rector of the Central European University (1999–2009), cancer.
• Sven Hassel, 95, Danish-born German soldier and author.
• Karl-Gustav Kaisla, 68, Finnish ice hockey referee (Miracle on Ice).
• Gopalan Kasturi, 87, Indian newspaper editor (The Hindu).
• Bill King, 102, British naval officer, yachtsman, and author.
• Michael Rye, 94, American voice actor (Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Super Friends).
• Bruno Schettino, 71, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Capua (since 1997).
• Mike Sparken, 82, French racing driver, cancer.
• Tom Umphlett, 81, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators)
• Len Weare, 78, Welsh footballer (Newport County).
• Sir John Woodcock, 80, British police officer, Chief Inspector of Constabulary (1990–1993).

22

• Hector Abhayavardhana, 93, Sri Lankan political theorist.
• Irving Adler, 99, American author, mathematician, and scientist.
• Anna-Lisa Augustsson, 87, Swedish sprinter.
• Rolf Bercht, 87, Brazilian Olympic sailor.
• Brandon Brown, 26, American football player, injuries sustained during beating.
• Juan H. Cintrón García, 93, Puerto Rican politician.
• Nicholas T. Clerk, 82, Ghanaian academic, natural causes.
• Robert Davidson, 85, Scottish theologian.
• Trevor Davies, 83–84, British basketball player.
• Grigory Frid, 97, Russian composer, artist and writer.
• Gideon Gadot, 71, Israeli journalist and politician, member of the Knesset (1984–1992).
• Lewis McGibbon, 80, English cricketer (Northamptonshire).
• Mustaf Haji Mohamed, Somali politician and MP, shooting.
• Harry Pilling, 69, British cricketer (Lancashire).
• Jan Hendrik van den Berg, 98, Dutch psychiatrist.

23

• Caroline Iverson Ackerman, 94, American aviator, journalist, reporter and educator.
• Reubin Andres, 89, American gerontologist.
• Ashwini, 45, Indian actress, liver illness.
• Bodo Bittner, 72, German Olympic bronze medallist bobsledder (1976).
• Henry Champ, 75, Canadian journalist (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), lung cancer.
• Molly Clark, 89, Australian pastoral and tourism pioneer.
• Bennie L. Davis, 94, American general (Strategic Air Command, 1981–1985).
• Ralf Drecoll, 67, German Olympic high jumper.
• Andrew Duffy, 24, Irish football player and fan, drowning.
• Maria Pia Gardini, 75, Italian entrepreneur.
• Martí Gasull i Roig, 43, Spanish Catalan linguistic activist and a mountaineer, avalanche.
• Alberto González, 84, Cuban humorist and iconoclast.
• Pavel Grachev, 64, Russian general, Minister of Defence (1992–1996), acute meningoencephalitis.
• K Lal, 88, Indian magician, brain cancer.
• Winrich Kolbe, 71, German-born American television director (Star Trek, Knight Rider, Angel). (death announced on this date)
• Sir Godfrey Milton-Thompson, 82, British naval surgeon.
• John O'Neill, 77, Irish footballer (Preston North End F.C.).
• Albert Henry Ottenweller, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Steubenville (1977–1992).
• Mulraj Rajda, 80, Indian writer, actor and director.
• Roberto Rodríguez, 70, Venezuelan baseball player (Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs), heart attack.
• Michael Rowland, 83, British-born South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dundee, South Africa (1983–2005).
• Corrie Sanders, 46, South African boxer, shooting.
• Sam Sniderman, 92, Canadian entrepreneur, founder of Sam the Record Man.
• Maths O. Sundqvist, 61, Swedish entrepreneur and business magnate, vehicle collision.
• Jean Taittinger, 89, French politician, Minister of Justice (1973–1974).
• Jason Winrow, 41, American football player (New York Giants).
• Radya Yeroshina, 82, Russian cross-country skier.

24

• Pierre Adam, 88, French Olympic gold medallist cyclist (1948).
• Abu Akash, Iraqi Al-Qaeda operative, drone strike.
• Edward A. Biery, 92, American film editor.
• Bruno Bobak, 88, Polish-born Canadian war artist, cancer.
• Annemarie Davidson, 91–92, German-born American artist.
• Sal Frederick, 86, American businessman and politician.
• Thilakan, 74, Indian Malayalam actor, heart attack.
• Pedro Vázquez Colmenares, 78, Mexican politician, Governor of Oaxaca (1980–1985).

25

• Gordon Ada, 89, Australian biochemist.
• Billy Barnes, 85, American composer and lyricist (The Billy Barnes Revue), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Mohamed Bah, 28, American police victim, shot.
• Wilfried Bode, 82, German Olympic water polo player.
• John Bond, 79, English football player and manager.
• Audrey Deemer, 81, American baseball player.
• Neşet Ertaş, 74, Turkish folk musician, cancer.
• Maurice Stanley Friedman, 90, American philosopher.
• Lorenzo Gamboa, 93, Filipino emigrant.
• André Giamarchi, 81, French footballer.
• Trevor Hardy, 67, British serial killer, heart attack.
• Eric Ives, 81, British historian.
• Dame Louise Johnson, 71, British biochemist and protein crystallographer.
• Patrick Kalilombe, 79, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lilongwe (1972–1979).
• Nigel Leathern, 80, South African cricketer.
• Alonso Lujambio, 50, Mexican politician, Secretary of Public Education (2009–2012), multiple myeloma.
• Alfredo Machado, 59, Brazilian Olympic swimmer.
• Jakub Polák, 60, Czech anarchist and Romani rights activist, cancer.
• Andy Williams, 84, American singer ("Moon River") and entertainer, bladder cancer.

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• Edith Allard, 85, American ballerina.
• Pape Alioune Diop, Senegalese football player and manager (national team, 1982–1986), Alzheimer's disease.
• M'el Dowd, 79, American actress and singer (Camelot).
• Sylvia Fedoruk, 85, Canadian scientist, athlete, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (1988–1994), complications from a fall.
• Laura Fry, 45, British Olympic equestrian.
• Eugene Genovese, 82, American academic and author, cardiac ailment.
• Donald Gregg, 88, Australian cricketer.
• Vance Heafner, 58, American golfer and director (Prestonwood Country Club), suspected heart attack.
• Johnny Lewis, 28, American actor (Sons of Anarchy, The O.C., Drake & Josh), injuries from a fall.
• Maya Nasser, 33, Syrian journalist (Press TV), shooting.^{[citation needed]}
• Tatsuo Nishida, 83, Japanese academic, heart attack.
• Florisvaldo de Oliveira, 53, Brazilian vigilante, serial killer and police officer, shot.
• Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri, 86, Indian religious leader.
• Arturo Rodenak, 81, Argentine-born Chilean footballer, complications of diabetes.
• Sam Steiger, 83, American politician, U.S. Representative (1967–1977) and Arizona Senator (1960–1967), complications from a stroke.
• James Sullivan, 86, American public administrator, city manager of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1968–1970, 1974–1981), and Lowell, Massachusetts (1970–1974).

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• L. Adaikalaraj, 76, Indian politician.
• Eddie Bert, 90, American jazz trombonist.
• Sachiko Eto, 65, Japanese cult leader and serial killer, executed.
• Aleksandr Gorelik, 67, Russian pair skater and figure skating commentator.
• R. B. Greaves, 68, American singer ("Take a Letter Maria"), prostate cancer.
• Herbert Lom, 95, Czech-born British actor (The Pink Panther, Spartacus, Gambit, The Ladykillers).
• Ted Boy Marino, 72, Italian-born Brazilian actor and telecatch wrestler, cardiac arrest.
• Joseph Parker, Jr., 95, American Navy physician, last surviving physician from Omaha Beach.
• John Silber, 86, American academic, President of Boston University, kidney failure.
• Sanjay Surkar, 53, Indian Marathi film director, heart attack.
• Rob Tetzlaff, 76, American Olympic cyclist.
• Frank Wilson, 71, American songwriter and record producer, prostate cancer.

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• Avraham Adan, 85, Israeli major general, cardiac arrest.
• Crispin Aubrey, 66, British journalist.
• Lateef Adegbite, 79, Nigerian politician and Muslim leader.
• Juan Baena, 62, Spanish footballer (Hércules CF), complications from brain surgery.
• Richard Bocking, 81, Canadian filmmaker.
• James E. Burke, 87, American businessman, CEO of Johnson & Johnson (1976–1989).
• Larry Cunningham, 74, Irish showband singer.
• Chris Economaki, 91, American motorsports journalist.
• Sam Gruneisen, 71, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
• Joe Habie, 55, Guatemalan businessman (Tikal Futura), helicopter crash.
• Kevin Harrold, 83, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1973–1976).
• Jack Koehler, 82, German-born American media executive, White House communications director (1987), pancreatic cancer.
• Robert Manning, 92, American journalist, lymphoma.
• Abdul Ghani Minhat, 76, Malaysian footballer, complications following surgery.
• Brajesh Mishra, 83, Indian diplomat, National Security Advisor (1998–2004), coronary artery disease.
• Michael O'Hare, 60, American actor (Babylon 5), heart attack.
• Ahmed Ramzy, 82, Egyptian actor (Sira` Fi al-Mina, Thartharah Fawq al-Nil), injuries from a fall.
• M. S. Shinde, 83, Indian film editor (Sholay).
• Pierluigi Vigna, 79, Italian magistrate, cancer.
• Stanisław Waśkiewicz, 65, Polish runner.

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• Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 70, Saudi Arabian prince, member of the House of Saud.
• Abdul Haq Baloch, 34, Pakistani journalist, shot.
• Carlos Büsser, 84, Argentine rear admiral, led the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands, heart attack.
• Hebe Camargo, 83, Brazilian television presenter, cardiac arrest.
• Robin Fior, 77, English graphic designer.
• Foulath Hadid, 75, Iraqi writer and academic.
• Michael Henry Heim, 69, American translator and academic, cancer.
• Abdul Rahim Malhas, 75, Jordanian politician, Health Minister (1993–1994), member of the House of Representatives (2003–2007).
• Henry F. May, 97, American historian.
• Nancy Millis, 90, Australian microbiologist.
• Yvonne Mounsey, 93, U.S.-based South African ballet dancer (New York City Ballet), cancer.
• Antônio Maria Mucciolo, 89, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Botucatu (1989–2000), multiple organ failure.
• Nan Huai-Chin, 95, Chinese Buddhist scholar, pneumonia.
• John M. Rodgers, 84, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
• Nao Saejima, 44, Japanese model and actress, cancer.
• László Sebők, 74, Hungarian Olympic boxer.
• Knut Sydsæter, 74, Norwegian mathematician, drowning.
• Neil Smith, 58, Scottish geographer, multiple organ failure.
• Bob Stevens, 88, American college basketball coach (Oklahoma, South Carolina), boating accident.
• Punch Sulzberger, 86, American publisher (The New York Times).
• Mark Wiener, 61, American painter.
• Malcolm Wicks, 65, British politician, MP for Croydon North West (1992–1997) and Croydon North (since 1997), cancer.
• Rakitha Wimaladarma, 27, Sri Lankan cricketer.

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• Turhan Bey, 90, Austrian-born American actor, Parkinson's disease.
• James Burchett, 81, Australian judge.
• Barry Commoner, 95, American biologist and politician, founder of the Citizen's Party, 1980 presidential nominee.
• María Eugenia Cordovez, 77, Ecuadorian First Lady (1984–1988), former wife of León Febres Cordero, cardiac arrest.
• Autran Dourado, 86, Brazilian writer, stomach bleeding.
• Gaariye, 63, Somalian poet.
• Dorothy Gillespie, 92, American artist and sculptor.
• Bobby Jaggers, 64, American professional wrestler, renal failure.
• Clara Stanton Jones, 99, American librarian, President of the American Library Association (1976–1977).
• Mary Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss, 90, Scottish peer.
• Mark R. Kravitz, 62, American federal judge, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• P. J. Morley, 81, Irish politician, TD for Mayo East (1977–1997).
• Jack Morris, 84, American Jesuit, founder of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, cancer.
• Raylene Rankin, 52, Canadian singer (The Rankin Family), breast cancer.
• Barbara Ann Scott, 84, Canadian figure skater, Olympic gold medalist (1948).
• Boris Šprem, 56, Croatian politician, President of Parliament (since 2011), plasmacytoma.
• Bob Wade, 92, American crime writer.
• Wang Zhongcheng, 86, Chinese academic.
• Jonathan Wentz, 21, American paralympic equestrian.
• Joseph B. Willigers, 81, Dutch-born Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jinja (1967–2010).