The following is a list of notable deaths in January 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 (and language of reference, if not English).
January 2012
1
- Gary Ablett, 46, English footballer (Liverpool, Everton, Birmingham City), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[1]
- Bob Anderson, 89, British Olympic fencer (1952) and fight choreographer (Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, The Princess Bride).[2]
- Alfredo Battisti, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Udine (1972–2000).[3]
- Jorge Andrés Martínez Boero, 38, Argentine motorcycle racer, Dakar Rally crash.[4]
- Elizabeth Brumfiel, 66, American archaeologist.[5]
- Pauli Burman, 78, Finnish journalist and politician.[6]
- Frank Cioffi, 83, American philosopher.[7]
- Diego Cuenca, 84, Spanish footballer.[citation needed]
- Alvin Devane, 88, American soldier.[8]
- Marino Di Teana, 91, Italian Argentine sculptor.[9]
- Hilda Feste, 98, Norwegian woman, murdered.[10]
- Ingeborg Finke-Siegmund, 92, German pianist and piano teacher.[11]
- Anders Frandsen, 51, Danish singer and television presenter.[12]
- Rebecca Fromer, 84, American historian and writer, co-founder of the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.[13]
- Kiro Gligorov, 94, Macedonian politician, first democratically elected President (1991–1999).[14]
- Jan Groover, 68, American photographer.[15]
- Hermann Guggiari, 87, Paraguayan engineer and sculptor.[16]
- Frank Horwill, 84, British athletics coach.[17]
- Ed Jenkins, 78, American politician, Representative from Georgia (1977–1993).[18]
- Alessandro Liberati, 57, Italian medical researcher, cancer.[19]
- Nay Win Maung, 49, Burmese physician and pro-democracy activist, heart attack.[20]
- Fred Milano, 72, American doo-wop singer (The Belmonts, Dion and the Belmonts), lung cancer.[21]
- Tommy Mont, 89, American college football coach and NFL player, heart failure.[22]
- Marcelle Narbonne, 113, French supercentenarian, oldest European living person.[23]
- Carlos Soria, 63, Argentine politician, Secretary of Intelligence (2002), Governor of Río Negro (since 2011), shot.[24]
- Yafa Yarkoni, 86, Israeli singer, Alzheimer's disease.[25]
2
- Beatriz Bandeira, 102, Brazilian communist, human rights activist, poet and writer.[26]
- Ian Bargh, 76, British-born Canadian jazz pianist, lung cancer.[27]
- Alicia Baro, 93, American human rights activist.[28]
- David W. Barron, 76, British computer scientist.[29]
- Peg Belson, 90, British health activist.[30]
- Ivan Calin, 76, Moldovan politician, Acting President of the Moldovan Parliament (2009).[31]
- William P. Carey, 81, American businessman (W. P. Carey & Co.) and philanthropist.[32]
- Joseph Henry Condon, 76, American computer scientist, engineer and physicist.[33]
- Ioan Drăgan, 46, Romanian footballer (FC Brașov), colorectal cancer.[34]
- Vivi Friedman, 44, Finnish film director, cancer.[35]
- Silvana Gallardo, 58, American actress (MacGyver, Starsky and Hutch, Babylon 5), cancer.[36]
- Liv Godin, 93, Norwegian missionary.[37]
- Yoshiro Hayashi, 89, Japanese golfer.[38]
- Gordon Hirabayashi, 93, American civil rights activist (Hirabayashi v. United States).[39]
- Jim Huber, 67, American sports commentator (CNN, TNT).[40]
- Anatoly Kolesov, 73, Russian wrestler, Olympic gold medalist (1964).[41]
- Howie Koplitz, 73, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators).[42]
- Helmut Müller-Brühl, 78, German conductor.[43]
- Larry Reinhardt, 63, American rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond), liver cirrhosis.[44]
- Alan Rowlands, 82, English pianist.[45]
- Ambjørg Sælthun, 89, Norwegian politician.[46]
- Otto Scrinzi, 93, Austrian journalist and politician.[47]
- Hans Schepers, 81, German Olympic water polo player.[48]
- Paulo Rodrigues, 25, Brazilian footballer, car crash.[49]
- H. Edwin Young, 94, American economist, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1968–1977).[50]
3
- Charles W. Bailey II, 81, American journalist and novelist (Seven Days in May), Parkinson's disease.[51]
- Gene Bartow, 81, American college basketball coach (UAB, UCLA), stomach cancer.[52]
- Gordon Buttrey, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).[53]
- Jack R. Carl, 92, American football, basketball, and track coach.[54]
- Robert L. Carter, 94, American civil rights activist (Sweatt v. Painter) and judge, complications from a stroke.[55]
- Minnie Sue Coleman, 85, American artist.[56]
- Ray Costict, 56, American football player (New England Patriots).[57]
- Miguel Couturier, 61, Mexican actor (Miss Bala, Once Upon a Time in Mexico), cancer.[58]
- Ellen Currie, 81, American writer and advertising executive.[59]
- Willi Entenmann, 68, German football player and coach, heart attack.[60]
- Juan Escudero, 91, Spanish footballer.[61]
- Margaret Feeny, 94, British councillor.[62]
- Fong Fei-fei, 60, Taiwanese singer and actress, lung cancer.[63]
- Lars Lennart Forsberg, 78, Swedish film director.[64]
- Mounir Fourar, 39, Algerian man, one of the tallest men in the world.[65]
- Bryan Hickman, 30, American football player (Cleveland Browns), suicide.[66]
- John David Lewis, 56, American political scientist.[67]
- Winifred Milius Lubell, 97, American illustrator and writer, heart failure.[68]
- Joaquín Martínez, 81, Mexican-born American actor (Jeremiah Johnson, Die Another Day), pancreatic cancer.[69]
- Osamu Matsubara, 94, Japanese businessman, chairman of Books Kinokuniya, heart failure.[70]
- Stepan Oshchepkov, 77, Russian canoeist, Olympic gold medalist (1964).[71]
- Mikhail Romadin, 71, Russian artist.[72]
- Josef Škvorecký, 87, Czech writer and publisher, cancer.[73]
- Miguel Terekhov, 83, Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and teacher, complications of lung fibrosis.[74]
- Jenny Tomasin, 73, British actress (Upstairs, Downstairs), hypertensive heart disease.[75]
- Wylie Vale, 70, American endocrinologist.[76]
- Vicar, 77, Chilean cartoonist.[77]
- Bob Weston, 64, British guitarist and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac), gastrointestinal hemorrhage.[78] (body found on this date)
- Harold Zirin, 82, American astronomer.[79]
4
- Eve Arnold, 99, American photographer.[80]
- Ruben Ayala, 89, American politician, California State Senator (1974–1998), first elected Mayor of Chino, California (1964–1966).[81]
- Jiří Bárta, 76, Czech pianist and composer.[82]
- Totti Bergh, 76, Norwegian jazz saxophonist.[83]
- C.O.D., American musician, stroke.[84]
- James F. Crow, 95, American geneticist.[85]
- Angela von den Driesch, 77, German archaeologist and veterinarian.[86]
- Stephen M. DuBrul Jr., 82, American businessman.[87]
- Harry Fowler, 85, British character actor.[88]
- Gatewood Galbraith, 64, American lawyer and author, complications from chronic emphysema.[89]
- Sinake Giregire, 74, Papua New Guinean businessman and politician.[90]
- Sir Archibald Glenn, 100, Australian industrialist, Chancellor of La Trobe University.[91]
- Patricia Mather, 88, Australian zoologist.[92]
- Kerry McGregor, 37, British singer and reality contestant (The X Factor), bladder cancer.[93]
- Bob McKenzie, 83, Australian football player.[94]
- Kalpana Mohan, 65, Indian actress.[95]
- Carmen Naranjo, 83, Costa Rican novelist, poet and essayist, cancer.[96]
- Hisako Ōishi, 75, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors, respiratory failure.[citation needed]
- Rod Robbie, 83, Canadian architect.[97]
- Xaver Unsinn, 82, German Olympic ice hockey player and coach.[98]
- Hans Wahli, 84, Swiss Olympic athlete.[99]
- David Wheeler, 86, American theatrical director.[100]
5
- Richard Alf, 59, American businessman, co-founder and chairman of San Diego Comic-Con, pancreatic cancer.[101]
- François-Marie Algoud, 91, French royalist and author.[102]
- Selwyn Baptiste, 75, Trinidadian-born British musician and festival organiser.[103]
- Sigurður Bjarnason, 96, Icelandic politician and diplomat.[104]
- Gordon W. Bowie, 67, American musician.[105]
- Don Carter, 85, American professional bowler, complication from pneumonia and emphysema.[106]
- Samson H. Chowdhury, 86, Bangladeshi businessman.[107]
- George Dargo, 76, American legal scholar, skin cancer.[108]
- Mirtha Dermisache, 71, Argentine artist.[109]
- Hilmar Duerbeck, 63, German astronomer.[110]
- Idwal Fisher, 76, Welsh rugby player.[111]
- Thelma Forbes, 101, Canadian politician.[112]
- Hikaru Hayashi, 80, Japanese composer.[113]
- Frank Ackerman Hill, 92, American U.S. Air Force officer, commander of the 33rd Air Division.[114]
- Frederica Sagor Maas, 111, American silent film screenwriter (The Plastic Age), playwright, memoirist and author.[115]
- Isaac Díaz Pardo, 91, Spanish artist.[116]
- Amit Saigal, 46, Indian rock magazine publisher, concert promoter and musician, drowned.[117]
- Alexander Sizonenko, 52, Russian basketball player, world's tallest person (1991).[118]
6
- Kenneth Andrews, 90, British historian.[119]
- Louise Gibson Annand, 96, Scottish artist.[120]
- James R. Arnold, 88, American space scientist.[121]
- Tom Ardolino, 56, American drummer (NRBQ).[122]
- Roger Boisjoly, 73, American aerospace engineer, anticipated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, cancer.[123]
- Azer Bülbül, 44, Turkish singer and actor, heart attack.[124]
- Harlin Butterley, 84, Australian Anglican priest and Dean of Hobart from 1972 to 1980.[125]
- Gabriel Cadis, 60, Israeli attorney, chairman of the Jaffa Orthodox Church Association, stabbed.[126]
- John Celardo, 93, American comic strip artist (Tarzan, Buz Sawyer).[127]
- Harry Fearnley, 88, English footballer.[128]
- Bob Holness, 83, South African-born British quiz show host and actor (Blockbusters).[129]
- Eleutherios Katsaitis, 82, Greek-born British Orthodox hierarch, Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Great Britain (1987–1994), smothered.[130]
- W. Francis McBeth, 78, American composer.[131]
- Frank James McGarr, 90, American former senior (and chief) judge of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.[132]
- Basil Payne, 88, Irish poet.[133]
- Ellen Pence, 63, American sociologist and social activist, creator of the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, breast cancer.[134]
- Thomas Virgil Pittman, 95, American senior (former chief) judge of the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama and judge for the Middle District of Alabama.[135]
- Sybil Plumlee, 100, American teacher and police officer.[136]
- Spike Pola, 97, Australian football player.[137]
- John Pollock, 87, English author.[138]
- Louis Rech, 85, Italian-born Luxembourgish politician, Mayor of Dudelange (1985–1993).[139]
- Clive Shell, 64, Welsh international rugby player.[140]
7
- Ibrahim Aslan, 77, Egyptian novelist and short story writer, heart failure.[141]
- Tony Blankley, 63, British-born American commentator, newspaper editor and child actor, stomach cancer.[142]
- Karen Ramey Burns, 64, American forensic anthropologist.[143]
- Glenn Cox, 80, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics).[144]
- Bert Daikeler, 83, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.[145]
- George Gabin, 80, American artist and art educator.[146]
- Francella Mary Griggs, 91, American nun, advocated for federal recognition of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.[147]
- George Livingston, 78, American politician, first elected black mayor of Richmond, California (1985–1993), diabetes.[148]
- Hideaki Nitani, 81, Japanese actor (Tokyo Drifter), pneumonia.[149]
- Charlie Pawsey, 88, English rugby league player.[150]
- Henri Puppo, 98, French cyclist.[151]
- Herbert Wilf, 80, American mathematician.[152]
8
- Jan Håkan Åberg, 95, Swedish organist and composer.[153]
- Dave Alexander, 73, American blues singer and pianist, suicide by gunshot.[154]
- Artax, 17, American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1999 Breeders' Cup Sprint, Carter Handicap and Vosburgh Stakes.[155]
- Franz Berger, 71, Austrian Olympic wrestler.[156]
- Andrea Bosic, 92, Italian actor.[157]
- Françoise Christophe, 88, French actress.[158]
- Herb Clarke, 84, American television weatherman (WCAU-TV), NATAS Governor's Award winner (2007), Alzheimer's disease.[159]
- Robert M. Colleary, 82, American writer.[160]
- Franz Dorfer, 61, Austrian Olympic boxer (1976).[161]
- Gunnar Dyrberg, 90, Danish resistance fighter, head of Holger Danske (1943–1945).[162]
- Edarem, 79, American television presenter and internet celebrity.[163]
- Israel Getzler, 91, Jewish-British historian.[164]
- T. J. Hamblin, 68, British haematologist, cancer.[165]
- Svetlana Kharitonova, 79, Russian actress, after long illness.[166]
- Dmitry Machinsky, 74, Russian archaeologist.[167]
- John Madin, 87, English architect.[168]
- Charles Morris, 85, British politician, MP for Manchester Openshaw (1963–1983).[169]
- Clarence C. Pope, 81, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Fort Worth (1986–1994).[170]
- Graham Rathbone, 69, Welsh footballer, dementia.[171]
- Bernhard Schrader, 80, German theoretical chemist.[172]
- Alexis Weissenberg, 82, Bulgarian-born French pianist.[173]
9
- Zubair Ahmed, Bangladeshi student, beaten.[174]
- Rebeca Anchondo Fernández, 85, Mexican politician.[175]
- Tubby Bacon, 81, American baseball team owner (Milwaukee Braves) and oenophile.[176]
- Louis Boekhout, 92, Dutch-born Canadian painter.[177]
- Paul Rice Camp, 92, American academic.[178]
- Ron Caron, 82, Canadian ice hockey administrator, General Manager of the St. Louis Blues (1983–1993, 1996).[179]
- Ernie Carson, 74, American jazz musician.[180]
- Jock Collaquo, 77, Hong Kong hockey player.[181]
- Brian Curvis, 74, Welsh former Commonwealth welterweight champion boxer, leukaemia.[182]
- Alex DeCroce, 75, American politician, New Jersey General Assembly Minority Leader (since 2004).[183]
- Bill Dickie, 82, Scottish football administrator.[184]
- Ruth Fernández, 92, Puerto Rican contralto and politician, Senator (1973–1981).[185]
- Takashi Fujinama, 80, Japanese translator, pneumonia.[186]
- Bridie Gallagher, 87, Irish singer.[187]
- Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, 101, Swiss geologist.[188]
- Floro Garrido, 59, Spanish soccer player and manager, multiple organ failure.[189]
- Francis Golffing, 101, Austrian-American poet, essayist, teacher, and translator.[190]
- Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h, 85, French philologist, specializing in Celtic studies.[191]
- Junsaku Koizumi, 87, Japanese painter and pottery artist, pneumonia.[192]
- Mae Laborde, 102, American actress (Pineapple Express, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia).[193]
- Vern McGrew, 82, American Olympic athlete.[194]
- Robert Nelson, 81, American filmmaker, cancer.[195]
- John Both Puok, 48, South Sudanese politician.[196]
- William G. Roll, 85, American psychologist and parapsychologist.[197]
- Malam Bacai Sanhá, 64, Guinea-Bissauan politician, President (1999–2000; since 2009).[198]
- Larry Solway, 83, Canadian radio personality and author.[199]
- László Szekeres, 90, Hungarian physician.[200]
- Pyotr Vasilevsky, 55, Belarusian football player and coach.[201]
- Aldo Zenhäusern, 60, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1976).[202]
10
- Fred Bateman, 74, American economic historian.[203]
- Paul Antoine Bohoun Bouabré, 54, Ivorian politician and economist, kidney problems.[204]
- Alfonso de Bourbon, 79, American claimant of Spanish royalty, traffic accident.[205]
- Jim Congrove, 65, American politician, heart complications.[206]
- Maurice Dantin, 82, American attorney and politician.[207]
- Azeem Daultana, 32, Pakistani politician, Member of the National Assembly, road accident.[208]
- José Freire de Oliveira Neto, 83, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mossoró (1984–2004).[209]
- Vince Gibson, 78, American college football coach.[210]
- Jack Heron, 85, American college basketball coach (Sacramento State University).[211]
- Kyra T. Inachin, 43, German historian.[212]
- Lila Kaye, 82, British actress.[213]
- Isi Metzstein, 83, German-born British architect.[214]
- Jean Pigott, 87, Canadian politician and businesswoman, MP for Ottawa—Carleton (1976–1979).[215]
- Pir of Pagaro VII, 83, Pakistani politician and spiritual leader, heart attack.[216]
- Cliff Portwood, 74, English footballer and singer, lung disease.[217]
- Alfred Pyka, 77, German footballer.[218]
- Mary Raftery, 54, Irish journalist (States of Fear).[219]
- Takao Sakurai, 70, Japanese boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1964), esophageal cancer.[220]
- Gevork Vartanian, 87, Soviet intelligence agent, Hero of the Soviet Union.[221]
11
- Fatima al-Aqel, 54, Yemeni human rights activist.[222]
- Sarah E. Beard, 90, American medical researcher.[223]
- Richard Bruno, 87, American costume designer (Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Color of Money), kidney failure.[224]
- Frank Cook, 76, British politician, MP for Stockton North (1983–2010), lung cancer.[225]
- Bohumil Golián, 81, Slovak volleyball player, Olympic silver (1964) and bronze (1968) medalist.[226]
- Gilles Jacquier, 43, French journalist, 2003 recipient of the Albert Londres Prize, grenade attack.[227]
- Edgar Kaiser Jr., 69, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, owner of the Denver Broncos (1981–1984).[228]
- V. Madhusudhana Rao, 88, Indian film director.[229]
- Mario Maranzana, 82, Italian actor and voice actor.[230]
- Chuck Metcalf, 81, American double-bassist.[231]
- Wally Osterkorn, 83, American basketball player.[232]
- Steven Rawlings, 49, British astrophysicist.[233]
- Ivor Rees, 85, Welsh Anglican prelate, Bishop of St David's (1991–1995).[234]
- Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, 32, Iranian nuclear scientist, car bomb.[235]
- Christoffer Selbekk, 72, Norwegian businessman and ski jumper.[236]
- Colm Tucker, 59, Irish rugby union player.[237]
- David Whitaker, 80, English composer and songwriter.[238]
- Ross Wightman, 82, New Zealand rugby union player.[239]
12
- Bjørn G. Andersen, 87, Norwegian geologist.[240]
- John Beech Austin, 94, British aviator.[241]
- Sadao Bekku, 89, Japanese composer, pneumonia.[242]
- Glenda Dickerson, 66, American theatre director.[243]
- Brian C. Downey, 61, Canadian politician.[244]
- Basil Gordon, 80, American mathematician.[245]
- Reginald Hill, 75, British crime writer (Dalziel and Pascoe).[246]
- Natalee Holloway, 18 (in 2005), American student, missing since 2005.[247] (declared legally dead on this date)
- Bill Janklow, 72, American politician, Attorney General (1975–1979) and Governor of South Dakota (1979–1987, 1995–2003); U.S. Representative (2003–2004), brain cancer.[248]
- Shiv Kumari of Kotah, 95, Indian Hindu royal.[249]
- MS-1, 55, Mexican professional wrestler, car accident.[250]
- Charles H. Price II, 80, American businessman and diplomat.[251]
- Hannes Råstam, 56, Swedish journalist.[252]
- Rosalind Runcie, 79, British pianist, widow of Robert Runcie.[253]
- Rubina Shergill, 29, Indian television actress.[254]
- Jim Stanley, 76, American football coach (Oklahoma State Cowboys), cancer.[255]
- John G. Watkins, 98, American psychologist.[256]
- Jorge Wilmot, 83, Mexican potter.[257]
13
- Anton Blom, 87, Norwegian journalist.[258]
- Rauf Denktaş, 87, Cypriot politician, founder and first president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, multiple organ failure.[259]
- Guido Dessauer, 96, German paper engineer and art collector.[260]
- Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, 93, Welsh composer.[261]
- Felipe Fernández, 78, Argentine basketball player.[262]
- Morgan Jones, 83, American actor (The Twilight Zone).[263]
- Lefter Küçükandonyadis, 86, Turkish Olympic footballer (Fenerbahçe) and coach, pneumonia.[264]
- Oscar Valentín Leal Caal, 41, Guatemalan politician, Congressman (since 2008), shot.[265]
- Artie Levine, 86, American boxer.[266]
- Billie Love, 88, British actress and photographer.[267]
- Armand Mercier, 78, American politician, Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (2004–2006).[268]
- Curt Meyer-Clason, 101, German writer and translator.[269]
- Miljan Miljanić, 81, Serbian footballer, coach and administrator.[270]
- Abdollah Mojtabavi, 87, Iranian wrestler.[271]
- Richard Threlkeld, 74, American television journalist (CBS News), traffic collision.[272]
- Bob Wright, 76, American biographer and politician, Chairman of the Utah Republican Party (1977–1979), Alzheimer's disease.[273]
- Andrzej Krzysztof Wróblewski, 76, Polish journalist.[274]
14
- Howard H. Bell, 98, American historian.[275]
- Charles E. Bishop, 90, American academic.[276]
- Janey Buchan, 85, Scottish politician, MEP for Glasgow (1979–1994).[277]
- Anthony J. Calio, 82, American physicist and businessman, congestive heart failure and lung cancer.[278]
- Mircea Ciumara, 68, Romanian politician, Minister of Finance (1996–1997), cancer.[279]
- Joseph T. Collins, 72, American herpetologist.[280]
- Carol Creiniceanu, 72, Romanian football player.[281]
- Ekuikui IV, 98, Angolan king of Bailundo, disease.[282]
- Dan Evins, 76, American entrepreneur, founder of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.[283]
- Robbie France, 52, British drummer (Skunk Anansie, Diamond Head, UFO), ruptured aorta.[284]
- Charles Howard, 87, Australian Roman Catholic leader, Superior General of the Marist Brothers (1985–1993).[285]
- Pearse Hutchinson, 84, Irish broadcaster and writer, member of Aosdána.[286]
- Arfa Karim, 16, Pakistani student, world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (2004–2008), idiopathic epilepsy seizures.[287]
- Lasse Kolstad, 90, Norwegian actor.[288]
- Antonio Mistrorigo, 99, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Treviso (1958–1988).[289]
- Giampiero Moretti, 71, Italian racing driver, winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona (1998), founder of Momo.[290]
- Kaoru Nishimoto, 88, Japanese shogi player, pneumonia.[291]
- Mila Parély, 94, French actress.[292]
- Finn Pedersen, 86, Danish Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) rower.[293]
- Dame Lesley Strathie, 56, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to HM Revenue and Customs (2008–2011), cancer.[294]
- Txillardegi, 82, Spanish writer and politician.[295]
- Rosy Varte, 88, French actress.[296]
- Zelemkhan Zangiyev, 37, Russian footballer.[297]
15
- Mika Ahola, 37, Finnish enduro rider, motorcycle crash.[298]
- Richard Bader, 80, Canadian quantum chemist.[299]
- Gelareh Bagherzadeh, 30, Iranian student, shot.[300]
- Ed Derwinski, 85, American politician, U.S. Representative from Illinois (1959–1983); United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (1989–1992), merkel cell carcinoma.[301]
- Claes Egnell, 95, Swedish sport shooter and Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) pentathlete.[302]
- Manuel Fraga, 89, Spanish politician, President of the Xunta of Galicia (1990–2005), founder of the People's Party and co-father of Spanish Constitution, heart failure.[303]
- Sir Robert Freer, 88, British military officer, Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command (1978–1980).[304]
- Carlo Fruttero, 85, Italian writer.[305]
- Ben Hana, 54, New Zealand vagrant.[306]
- Eisuke Hinode, 70, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors, gall bladder cancer.[307]
- Eduard Ivanov, 73, Soviet ice hockey player, World and Olympic champion.[308]
- Samuel Jaskilka, 92, American Marine Corps general, pneumonia.[309]
- Matteo La Grua, 97, Italian priest and exorcist.[310]
- Pirkko Länsivuori, 85, Finnish Olympic sprinter.[311]
- Michael Mussa, 67, American economist, heart failure.[312]
- Samuel B. Nunez Jr., 81, American politician, President of the Louisiana State Senate (1983–1988; 1990–1996).[313]
- Ib Spang Olsen, 90, Danish cartoonist and author, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award.[314]
- Chris Pavlou, 72, Australian football player.[315]
- Jerry Poteet, 75, American martial arts instructor.[316]
- Rafael Rincón González, 89, Venezuelan musician.[317]
- Jack Roberts, 58, American climber, fall.[318]
- Hulett C. Smith, 93, American politician, Governor of West Virginia (1965–1969).[319]
- Peter Veness, 27, Australian journalist, brain cancer.[320]
- Homai Vyarawalla, 98, Indian photojournalist, first Indian woman to work as a photojournalist.[321]
- Victor Yngve, 91, American linguist.[322]
16
- Mohammed al-Awwad, 53–54, Syrian general, shot.[323]
- Joe Bygraves, 80, Jamaican born British former British Empire heavyweight champion boxer.[324]
- Juan Carlos, 66, Spanish footballer.[325]
- Jimmy Castor, 71, American funk and R&B saxophonist ("Troglodyte (Cave Man)"), heart failure.[326]
- L. Ted Coneybeare, 86, Canadian TV producer and educational consultant.[327]
- Mike Current, 66, American football player (Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), apparent suicide by gunshot.[328]
- Efron Etkin, 59, Israeli actor and voice actor, cancer.[329]
- Sigursteinn Gíslason, 43, Icelandic football player and manager, cancer.[330]
- Pierre Goubert, 96, French historian.[331]
- Lorna Kesterson, 86, American newspaper editor and journalist (Henderson Home News), Mayor of Henderson, Nevada (1985–1993).[332]
- Dave Lee, 64, British comedian, cancer.[333]
- Gustav Leonhardt, 83, Dutch harpsichordist and conductor.[334]
- David Phiri, 74, Zambian businessman, Governor of the Bank of Zambia.[335]
- The Senator, c. 3500, American pond cypress tree, largest in the world, fire.[336]
- Valentine Rusantsov, 72, Russian hierarch, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (1996–2012).[337]
17
- Mukarram Khan Atif, Pakistani journalist and reporter, shot.[338]
- Kearney Barton, 80, American record producer.[339]
- Frank A. Camm, 89, American military engineer, cancer.[340]
- Colin Campbell, 80, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Antigonish (1986–2002).[341]
- F. Elwood Davis, 96, American lawyer.[342]
- Aengus Fanning, 69, Irish journalist, editor of the Sunday Independent, cancer.[343]
- Janet Folkes, 52, English academic, cancer.[344]
- Carlos Guirao, 57, Spanish musician.[345]
- Julius Meimberg, 95, German air force pilot (Luftwaffe), recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.[346]
- Johnny Otis, 90, American R&B singer-songwriter.[347]
- Piet Römer, 83, Dutch actor (Baantjer).[348]
- Mohamed Rouicha, 61, Moroccan folk singer.[349]
- R. W. Schambach, 85, American evangelist, heart failure.[350]
- Marty Springstead, 74, American baseball umpire, heart attack.[351]
- Tom Tellefsen, 80, Norwegian actor.[352]
- Uncle Chichi, 24–26, American dog, unofficial world's oldest dog (2011–2012).[353]
18
- Karen Brazell, 73, American academic, professor and translator of Japanese.[354]
- Sir Tom Cowie, 89, British entrepreneur.[355]
- Thérèse Delpech, 63, French nuclear proliferation expert, apparent heart attack.[356]
- Carlos Figueroa, 80, Spanish Olympic equestrian.[357]
- Ray Finch, 97, British studio potter.[358]
- Tom Gilmartin, 87, American politician.[359]
- Mel Goldstein, 66, American television meteorologist (WTNH), multiple myeloma.[360]
- Anthony Gonsalves, 84, Indian film music composer.[361]
- Georg Lassen, 96, German naval officer, World War II U-boat commander.[362]
- Joseph Noiret, 84, French poet.[363]
- Yuri Rasovsky, 67, American writer and producer, esophageal cancer.[364]
- Giuseppe Vedovato, 99, Italian politician.[365]
19
- Peter Åslin, 49, Swedish ice hockey player, Olympic bronze medal-winner (1988), stroke.[366]
- Giancarlo Bigazzi, 71, Italian composer ("Gloria", "Self Control", "No Me Ames").[367]
- Sarah Burke, 29, Canadian freestyle skier, world champion (2005), cardiac arrest following skiing accident.[368]
- Maurice Casey, 88, New Zealand judge.[369]
- Elena Catena, 91, Spanish academic and feminist.[370]
- Rudi van Dantzig, 78, Dutch choreographer.[371]
- Giovanni De Andrea, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, vice-president of Labour Office of the Apostolic See (1989–2007).[372]
- Peter de Francia, 90, British artist.[373]
- Charles Fecher, 94, American author.[374]
- Colonel Stone Johnson, 93, American civil rights activist.[375]
- Beverly McDermott, 85, American casting director (Cocoon, Scarface, Lenny).[376]
- Gene Methvin, 77, American journalist and magazine editor.[377]
- Patrick Geoffrey O'Neill, 87, British academic.[378]
- Gert Puzicha, 67, German boxer.[379]
- Winston Riley, 65, Jamaican reggae musician and producer, complications of shooting.[380]
- On Sarig, 85, Israeli children's book author.[381]
- Errol Scorcher, 55, Jamaican reggae disc jockey, ruptured blood vessel.[382]
- Richard Sheirer, 65, American public servant, officer-in-charge of the rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks, pulmonary edema.[383]
- Gilbert Temmerman, 83, Belgian politician, MP (1971–1989), Mayor of Ghent (1989–1994), Minister of State.[384]
- Jacqueline Grennan Wexler, 85, American Roman Catholic nun and university president.[385]
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- Enenche Akogwu, 31, Nigerian journalist and cameraman, shot.[386]
- John F. Baker Jr., 66, American Medal of Honor recipient.[387]
- Billy 'Silver Dollar' Baxter, 85, American film producer.[388]
- Ruthilde Boesch, 94, Austrian singer.[389]
- Edna Bourque, 96, Canadian volunteer.[390]
- Larry Butler, 69, American music producer.[391]
- Stella Cunliffe, 95, British statistician.[392]
- Peter Collins Dorsey, 80, American jurist.[393]
- Lucy Faulkner, 87, Northern Irish journalist.[394]
- Dolores Guinness, 75, German baroness and socialite.[395]
- Etta James, 73, American blues singer ("At Last"), leukemia.[396]
- Nikhat Kazmi, 53, Indian film critic, breast cancer.[397]
- Ioannis Kefalogiannis, 79, Greek politician, MP (1958–1964; 1974–2004) and Minister of the Interior (1992–1993).[398]
- John Levy, 99, American jazz double-bassist and manager.[399]
- Bill Mardo, 88, American sportswriter, Parkinson's disease.[400]
- M. I. Markose, 89, Indian politician.[401]
- Marion Mathie, 86, British actress (Lolita).[402]
- Mario Pastega, 95, American businessman and philanthropist.[403]
- Jiří Raška, 70, Czech ski jumper, Olympic gold medalist (1968), heart disease.[404]
- Margaret Renwick, 88, Canadian politician.[405]
- Alejandro Rodriguez, 93, American psychiatrist and academic.[406]
- Robert Fortune Sanchez, 77, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santa Fe (1977–1993), Alzheimer's disease.[407]
- Edna Sheen, 67, American makeup artist (Philadelphia, Courage Under Fire, Akeelah and the Bee).[408]
- Patrick Shovelton, 92, British civil servant and obituarist.[409]
- Dudley Thompson, 95, Jamaican politician and diplomat.[410]
- Michael Welsh, 85, English politician, Member of Parliament (1979–1992).[411]
- Walter Whitehurst, 77, English footballer.[412]
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- Daniel Alba, 71, Mexican Olympic wrestler.[413]
- Bilal al-Berjawi, 27, Lebanese terrorist, drone strike.[414]
- Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 68, Kuwaiti royal, diplomat and politician.[415]
- Stan Austman, 75, Canadian curler, cancer.[416]
- Albert Baskakov, 83, Russian physicist.[417]
- J. R. Boone, 86, American football player (Chicago Bears).[418]
- Roy John Britten, 92, American molecular biologist.[419]
- Cliff Chambers, 90, American baseball player.[420]
- Chea Soth, 83, Cambodian politician.[421]
- Vincenzo Consolo, 78, Italian writer.[422]
- Emmanuel Cooper, 73, British potter and writer.[423]
- Ernie Gregory, 90, English footballer.[424]
- Gerre Hancock, 77, American organist.[425]
- Troy Herriage, 81, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics).[426]
- Jonathan Idema, 55, American scam artist, complications from AIDS.[427]
- Eiko Ishioka, 72, Japanese costume designer (Bram Stoker's Dracula, Immortals, The Cell), Oscar winner (1993), pancreatic cancer.[428]
- Irena Jarocka, 65, Polish singer.[429]
- John D. Lowry, 79, Canadian film restorer.[430]
- Una Mulzac, 88, American bookseller.[431]
- Salma Mumtaz, 85, Pakistani actress, diabetes.[432]
- Jeffrey Ntuka, 26, South African footballer, stabbed.[433]
- Vasco Ramires Sr., 72, Portuguese Olympic equestrian.[434]
- Tang Xiaodan, 101, Chinese film director.[435]
- Jodie-Anne White, 44, Australian dancer and choreographer, artistic director of the Ballet Theatre of Queensland, cancer.[436]
- Slavko Ziherl, 66, Slovenian psychiatrist and politician.[437]
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- Massimo Baistrocchi, 69, Italian diplomat and writer, Ambassador to Namibia (2001–2004), heart attack.[438]
- Sarah Cullen, 62, British radio and television journalist.[439]
- Jesus Elbinias, 82, Filipino judge.[440]
- Roy Ewans, 94, British aerodynamicist.[441]
- Alfred Gescheidt, 85, American photographer, cancer.[442]
- Earle R. Gister, 77, American acting teacher.[443]
- Rita Gorr, 85, Belgian opera singer.[444]
- André Green, 84, French psychoanalyst.[445]
- Jim Irwin, 77, American sportscaster (WTMJ), voice of the Green Bay Packers, complications from kidney cancer.[446]
- Moisés Kaiman, 97, Polish-born Mexican rabbi.[447]
- Sir Simon Marsden, 63, British photographer.[448]
- Andy Musser, 74, American sportscaster (Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia 76ers).[449]
- Joe Paterno, 85, American college football coach (Penn State Nittany Lions), lung cancer.[450]
- Yauhen Shatokhin, 64, Belarusian painter and political activist.[451]
- Pierre Sudreau, 92, French politician, inspired The Little Prince.[452]
- Clarence Tillenius, 98, Canadian artist and conservationist.[453]
- Dick Tufeld, 85, American voice actor and announcer, voice of Robot B-9 on Lost in Space.[454]
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- David Atkinson, 71, British politician, MP for Bournemouth East (1977–2005), bowel cancer.[455]
- Jeanne Quint Benoliel, 92, American nurse.[456]
- Viviana Bontacchio, 52, Italian football player.[457]
- Amol Bose, 69, Bangladeshi actor, heart attack.[458]
- Wesley E. Brown, 104, American jurist, senior (former chief) judge of the District Court for Kansas (since 1962).[459]
- Anthony Capo, 52, American mobster-turned-informant (DeCavalcante crime family), heart attack.[460]
- Marge Carey, 73, British union leader, President of USDAW (1997–2006), motor neurone disease.[461]
- Arne Christiansen, 85, Norwegian judge.[462]
- Libby Clark, 94-95, American journalist, Alzheimer's disease.[463]
- Ovidiu Constantinescu, 79, Romanian mycologist.[464]
- Marcel De Boodt, 85, Belgian academic.[465]
- Erik Haaest, 76, Danish journalist and author.[466]
- Jugal Kishore, 98, Indian physician.[467]
- Maurice Meisner, 80, American historian.[468]
- Miloš Pojar, 71, Czech author and diplomat.[469]
- Bingham Ray, 57, American independent film executive, complications from strokes.[470]
- Bill Robb, 84, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Miranda (1978–1984).[471]
- Gerhard Schröder, 90, German television executive.[472]
- Slacker, British electronic music producer.[473]
- Stig Vig, 63, Swedish singer (Dag Vag).[474]
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- Kurt Adolff, 90, German racing driver.[475]
- Theodoros Angelopoulos, 76, Greek film director, hit by motorcycle.[476]
- Sukumar Azhikode, 85, Indian writer, critic, and orator, cancer.[477]
- Jane Bashara, 56, American marketing manager, strangulation.[478]
- James C. Bliss, 78, American electrical engineer and entrepreneur.[479]
- Antony Barrington Brown, 84, British designer, photographer and explorer.[480]
- James Farentino, 73, American actor (Dynasty, ER, Melrose Place), sequelae from hip fracture.[481]
- J. Joseph Garrahy, 81, American politician, Governor of Rhode Island (1977–1985).[482]
- Vadim Glowna, 70, German actor and film director.[483]
- Paul S. Goodman, 74, American organizational theorist.[484]
- Arild Haaland, 92, Norwegian philosopher.[485]
- Carolina Isakson Proctor, 81, Colombian First Lady (1986–1990).[486]
- Moira Milton, 88, Scottish amateur golfer.[487]
- Patricia Neway, 92, American operatic soprano and musical theatre actress (The Sound of Music), Tony Award-winner.[488]
- W. Allen Pepper Jr., 70, American jurist, federal judge for the Northern District of Mississippi (since 1999), heart attack.[489]
- Bruce Riutta, 67, American Olympic ice hockey player, complications from heart surgery.[490]
- Stig Sæterbakken, 46, Norwegian writer.[491]
- Pierre Sinibaldi, 87, French footballer and manager.[492]
- William Crossley, 3rd Baron Somerleyton, 83, British aristocrat and courtier, Master of the Horse (1991– 1999).[493]
- Carleton B. Swift Jr., 92, American intelligence officer.[494]
- Gyula Tarr, 80, Hungarian Olympic wrestler.[495]
- Althea Wynne, 75, British sculptor.[496]
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- Sir Alfred Ball, 91, British air marshal.[497]
- Paavo Berglund, 82, Finnish conductor.[498]
- Josef Brunner, 83, German politician.[499]
- Veronica Carstens, 88, German First Lady (1979–1984).[500]
- Carlos Escarrá, 57, Venezuelan politician, Attorney General (since 2011), heart attack.[501]
- Emil Hossu, 70, Romanian actor, cardiac arrest.[502]
- Kazimierz Jasiński, 65, Polish Olympic cyclist, cancer.[503]
- Jacques Maisonrouge, 87, French businessman, chairman of IBM World Trade Corporation.[504]
- Mabel Manzotti, 73, Argentine actress (Besos en la Frente, Vidas robadas), complications from a stroke.[505]
- Len McIntyre, 78, British rugby league player.[506]
- Andrew MacNaughtan, 47, Canadian photographer.[507]
- Merab Megreladze, 55, Georgian football player.[508]
- Abid Ali Nazish, 40, Afghan actor, shot.[509]
- Franco Pacini, 72, Italian astronomer.[510]
- Émile Paganon, 95, French skier.[511]
- Mark Reale, 56, American heavy metal guitarist (Riot), Crohn's disease.[512]
- Nick Santino, 47, American actor, suicide by drug overdose.[513]
- Mary Semans, 91, American heiress and philanthropist.[514]
- Robert Sheran, 96, American politician and judge.[515]
- Charles Stanmore, 87, Australian Olympic fencer.[516]
- Kosta Tsonev, 82, Bulgarian actor.[517]
- Jean Wells, 56, American game designer.[518]
- Alexander Zhitinsky, 71, Russian writer.[519]
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- Ian Abercrombie, 77, British actor (Seinfeld, Army of Darkness, Star Wars: The Clone Wars), kidney failure.[520]
- Bahjat Abu Gharbieh, 95-96, Palestinian politician.
- Dimitra Arliss, 79, American actress (The Sting, General Hospital, Xanadu), complications from a stroke.[521]
- Iggy Arroyo, 60, Filipino politician, Representative from the 5th District of Negros Occidental (since 2004), cardiac arrest.[522]
- Alfredo Avelín, 84, Argentine politician, Governor of San Juan (1999–2002
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