# Deaths in September 2017
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The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2017.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
* Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.

## September 2017
### 1

* S. Anitha, 17, Indian student, suicide by hanging.
* Armando Aste, 91, Italian alpinist.
* Shelley Berman, 92, American comedian and actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Meet the Fockers, You Don't Mess with the Zohan), Alzheimer's disease.
* Vladimír Brabec, 83, Czech actor and voice actor (Thirty Cases of Major Zeman, Desire, Návštěvníci).
* Jackie Burkett, 80, American football player (Baltimore Colts), leukemia.
* Jérôme Choquette, 89, Canadian lawyer and politician, MNA (1966–1976), pneumonia.
* Verner Dalskov, 85, Danish politician, mayor of Odense (1973–1992).
* Ralph Dellor, 69, British cricketer and broadcaster, sepsis.
* Isaac Fulwood, 77, American police officer, District of Columbia police chief (1989–1992).
* Bud George, 89, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1975–2013).
* Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 87, British peer.
* Tony Hakaoro, 53, Cook Islands broadcaster and radio talk show host (Radio Cook Islands), stroke.
* Hedley Jones, 99, Jamaican musician, audio engineer and inventor.
* Alex Karczmar, 100, American neuroscientist.
* Elizabeth Kemp, 65, American actress (Love of Life, Challenger, He Knows You're Alone), cancer.
* Matthew Labine, 58, American soap opera writer (General Hospital).
* Peadar Lamb, 87, Irish actor (Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog, Father Ted).
* Paul Moreno, 86, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1967–2008).
* Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, 85, English Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Arundel and Brighton (1977–2000) and Westminster (2000–2009).
* Paul Schaal, 74, American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels, Kansas City Royals), cancer.
* Rick Shorter, 83, American folk singer, record producer and author, stroke.
* Mick Softley, 77, British singer, songwriter and guitarist.
* Štefan Vrablec, 92, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (1998–2004).
* Gin D. Wong, 94, Chinese-born American architect.

### 2

* Shirish Atre-Pai, 87, Indian poet.
* Marge Calhoun, 91, American surfer.
* Viktor Cherepkov, 75, Russian politician, mayor of Vladivostok (1993–1994, 1996–1998), cancer.
* Eric Conn, 94, American biochemist.
* Halim El-Dabh, 96, Egyptian-born American composer and ethnomusicologist.
* Sybil Flory, 97, Burmese-born British teacher.
* Murray Lerner, 90, American documentarian and producer, Oscar winner (1981), kidney failure.
* María Cristina Orive, 86, Guatemalan photojournalist.
* Hugo Obwegeser, 96, Austrian oral and plastic surgeon, father of modern orthognathic surgery.
* Alberto Pérez Pérez, 80, Uruguayan law scholar, judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
* Ian Powe, 84, British naval officer.
* Sharad Rao, 60, Indian cricketer.
* Michael Simanowitz, 46, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (since 2011).
* Lucky Varela, 82, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1987–2016).
* Drew Wahlroos, 37, American football player (St. Louis Rams), suicide by gunshot.
* Xiang Shouzhi, 99, Chinese general, commander of the Nanjing Military Region (1982–1990) and the Second Artillery Corps (1975–1977).

### 3

* Tom Amundsen, 74, Norwegian Olympic rower (1972, 1976).
* John Ashbery, 90, American poet (Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror) and art critic, Pulitzer Prize winner (1976).
* Walter Becker, 67, American Hall of Fame musician (Steely Dan), songwriter and producer, Grammy winner (2001), esophageal cancer.
* William Clauson, 87, Swedish-American singer.
* Joan Colom, 96, Spanish photographer.
* John Byrne Cooke, 76, American author and musician, throat cancer.
* Luis Duarte, 76, Peruvian Olympic basketball player (1964).
* Roberto Hernandez Jr., 79, Mexican journalist and sportscaster.
* Jesús González, 58, Spanish Olympic rower.
* Dave Hlubek, 66, American guitarist and songwriter (Molly Hatchet), heart attack.
* Victor Krasin, 88, Ukrainian-born Russian human rights activist, economist and Soviet dissident.
* Hans Nylund, 78, Norwegian footballer
* Piet Ouderland, 84, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team) and basketball player (national team).
* Sugar Ramos, 75, Cuban-Mexican Hall of Fame boxer, WBA/WBC featherweight champion (1963–1964), cancer.
* Larrington Walker, 70, Jamaican-born British actor (Taboo).
* John P. White, 80, American politician, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (1995–1997), Parkinson's disease.
* Peter Zobel, 81, Danish Olympic equestrian (1960).

### 4

* Sultan Ahmed, 64, Indian politician, MP for Entally (since 2009), heart attack.
* Badih Chaaban, 57, South African politician, Cape Town city councilor (2006–2015), cancer.
* Don Cockburn, 87, Irish journalist, presenter and newsreader (RTÉ).
* David Consunji, 95, Filipino engineer and industrialist.
* Mountaga Diallo, 74–75, Senegalese diplomat and army officer, Force Commander of MONUSCO (2000–2004), Ambassador to Russia (since 2005).
* Bob Kehoe, 89, American soccer player.
* Jomde Kena, 49, Indian politician.
* John Wilson Lewis, 86, American political scientist.
* Earl Lindo, 64, Jamaican reggae musician (Bob Marley and the Wailers).
* Lev Lipatov, 77, Russian nuclear and particle physicist.
* Abdullah Maute, Filipino Islamist militant (Maute group), airstrike. (death announced on this date)
* Les McDonald, 84, British-Canadian triathlon competitor and administrator.
* Harry Meshel, 93, American politician, member of the Ohio Senate (1970–1993).
* Gastone Moschin, 88, Italian actor (The Godfather Part II, Caliber 9, My Friends), cardiomyopathy.
* José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco, 96, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tuxtla (1965–1988) and San Juan de los Lagos (1988–1999), respiratory complications.

### 5

* Eloísa Álvarez, 61, Spanish politician, Mayor of Soria (1999–2003), Deputy (2004–2011) and Senator for Soria (2011–2015).
* Nicolaas Bloembergen, 97, Dutch-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1981).
* Holger Czukay, 79, German musician (Can).
* Cedric Hassall, 97, New Zealand chemist.
* Robert Jenson, 87, American theologian.
* Mike Lair, 71, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2009–2016), heart disease.
* Gauri Lankesh, 55, Indian journalist and political activist, shot.
* Ma Kwang-soo, 66, South Korean author.
* Gina Mason, 57, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (since 2017).
* Arno Rink, 76, German painter.
* Hansford Rowe, 93, American actor (Three Days of the Condor, Dante's Peak, The Bonfire of the Vanities), traffic collision.
* Bo Södersten, 86, Swedish professor and politician, MP (1979–1988).
* Sir Terence Streeton, 87, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Bangladesh (1983–1989).
* Tom Wright, 93, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox).

### 6

* Derek Bourgeois, 75, English composer, cancer.
* Sir Robert Bruce-Gardner, 74, British art conservator.
* Carlo Caffarra, 79, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara–Comacchio (1995–2003) and Bologna (2003–2015).
* Raúl Castañeda, 34, Mexican Olympic boxer (2004), shot.
* Daniel Federman, 89, American medical researcher.
* Walter Guralnick, 100, American dentist.
* Rosa Judge, 97, Maltese musician.
* Peter Luck, 73, Australian journalist and television presenter (This Day Tonight), Parkinson's disease.
* Nicolae Lupescu, 76, Romanian football player (Rapid București, Admira Wacker Wien, national team) and manager.
* Şerif Mardin, 90, Turkish sociologist.
* Jim McDaniels, 69, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Lakers, Buffalo Braves), complications from diabetes.
* Eleanore Mikus, 90, American artist.
* Kate Millett, 82, American feminist writer (Sexual Politics), cardiac arrest.
* Mike Neville, 80, British television presenter (BBC North East and Cumbria, ITV Tyne Tees), cancer.
* Noel Picard, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Atlanta Flames).
* Solomon Efimovich Shulman, 81, Belarusian writer and film director.
* Dimitris Varos, 68, Greek journalist and poet.
* Hugo Wathne, 84, Norwegian sculptor.
* Roy Williams, 80, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
* Lotfi A. Zadeh, 96, Azerbaijani-born American mathematician, innovator of fuzzy mathematics.

### 7

* Türkân Akyol, 88, Turkish politician, physician and academic, Minister of Health and Social Security (1971) and rector of University of Ankara (1980–1982).
* Jeremiah Goodman, 94, American illustrator.
* Terence Harvey, 72, British actor (Hollyoaks, From Hell, The Phantom of the Opera).
* Mike Hicks, 80, British politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party (1988–1998).
* Tsunenori Kawai, 80, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (since 2004).
* Kim Ki-duk, 82, South Korean film director (Five Marines) and professor (Seoul Institute of the Arts), lung cancer.
* Mark P. Mahon, 87, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1993–1998).
* Gene Michael, 79, American baseball player, manager and executive (New York Yankees), World Series winner (1978), heart attack.
* Charles Owens, 85, American golfer.
* Jeanne Robert, 103, French WWII resistance member.
* Roger Gordon Strand, 83, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (1985–2000).
* Tomás Villanueva, 64, Spanish politician, Vice President of Castile and León region (2001–2003), heart attack.
* Duncan Watt, 74, Zambian-born Singaporean broadcaster and author.

### 8

* Ann Bagnall, 90, British cookbook publisher.
* Lawrence Bartell, 84, American physical chemist.
* Pierre Bergé, 86, French businessman, co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent, myopathy.
* Cory Cadden, 48, Canadian ice hockey player (Knoxville Cherokees).
* Parzival Copes, 93, Canadian economist.
* Isabelle Daniels, 80, American sprinter, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
* A. Joseph DeNucci, 78, American boxer and politician, Massachusetts State Auditor (1987–2011), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd, 97, American political economist and activist.
* Kevin Dynon, 92, Australian football player (North Melbourne).
* Troy Gentry, 50, American country singer (Montgomery Gentry), helicopter crash.
* Blake Heron, 35, American actor (Shiloh, We Were Soldiers, Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher), accidental fentanyl overdose.
* Connie Johnson, 40, Australian cancer research fundraiser, breast cancer.
* Harry M. Kuitert, 92, Dutch theologian (Reformed Churches in the Netherlands).
* Catherine Hardy Lavender, 87, American sprinter, Olympic gold medalist (1952).
* Daniel McNeill, 70, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 2013).
* Toshihiko Nakajima, 55, Japanese voice actor (Cowboy Bebop, Inuyasha, Mobile Suit Gundam).
* Jerry Pournelle, 84, American science fiction author (CoDominium) and journalist (Byte).
* Karl Ravens, 90, German politician, Federal Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development (1974–1978).
* Humberto Rosa, 85, Argentine-Italian football player.
* Ljubiša Samardžić, 80, Serbian actor (Vruć vetar) and director.
* José Antonio Souto, 78, Spanish jurist, academic and politician, Mayor of Santiago de Compostela (1979–1981).
* R. N. Sudarshan, 78, Indian actor (Super), kidney disease.
* Don Williams, 78, American Hall of Fame country music singer ("Tulsa Time", "I Believe in You", "You're My Best Friend") and songwriter, emphysema.

### 9

* Frank Aarebrot, 70, Norwegian political scientist, complications following a heart attack.
* Gretta Chambers, 90, Canadian journalist (Montreal Gazette) and Chancellor of McGill University (1991–1999).
* Velasio de Paolis, 81, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (2008–2011), cancer.
* Jim Donohue, 79, American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels).
* Michael Friedman, 41, American composer and lyricist (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), complications from AIDS.
* Sir Pat Goodman, 88, New Zealand businessman (Goodman Fielder).
* Mike Hodge, 70, American actor (Law & Order, All My Children, Striking Distance) and union executive (SAG-AFTRA).
* Oscar E. Huber, 100, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1961–1972).
* Kenneka Jenkins, 19, American teenager, hypothermia.
* Geoffrey Maynard, 95, British economist.
* Otto Meitinger, 90, German architect and preservationist, president of the Technical University of Munich (1987–1995).
* Dionisia Mijoba, 79, Venezuelan politician, cardiac arrest.
* Harold Nutter, 93, Canadian Anglican prelate, Metropolitan of Canada (1980–1989).
* Pierre Pilote, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).
* Doug Sewell, 87, English golfer.
* Wang Hairong, 78, Chinese politician.

### 10

* Hans Alfredson, 86, Swedish actor (The Apple War), film director (The Simple-Minded Murderer), writer and comedian (Hasse & Tage).
* Xavier Atencio, 98, American animator, lyricist and Imagineer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion).
* Stephen Begley, 42, Scottish rugby union player (Glasgow Warriors).
* Luigi Maria Burruano, 68, Italian actor (One Hundred Steps, The Return of Cagliostro, Baarìa), cancer.
* Mel Didier, 90, American baseball scout (Toronto Blue Jays, Montreal Expos) and coach (Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns).
* Nancy Dupree, 89, American historian (modern Afghanistan).
* E Thi, 47, Burmese fortune teller.
* Sir David Ford, 82, British government official, Chief Secretary of Hong Kong (1986–1993).
* Kenneth I. Gross, 78, American mathematician.
* Harry Landers, 96, American actor (Ben Casey).
* René Laurentin, 99, French theologian.
* Leila Mardanshina, 90, Russian oil and gas operator.
* Kate Murtagh, 96, American actress (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Doctor Detroit, The Twilight Zone).
* James Morwood, 73, English classical scholar.
* Don Ohlmeyer, 72, American entertainment executive (NBC, NBC Sports, ABC Sports), cancer.
* Jean Pruitt, 77, American charity worker.
* Konstantins Pupurs, 53, Latvian political scientist.
* B. V. Radha, 69, Indian actress (Thazhampoo), heart attack.
* Rommel Sandoval, 38, Filipino Army officer, shot during Battle in Marawi.
* Grigoris Varfis, 90, Greek politician, MEP (1984–1985) and Commissioner for Regional Policy (1985–1989).
* Gerald Willet, 82, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1971–1988).
* Len Wein, 69, American comic book writer and editor (X-Men, Swamp Thing, Watchmen), co-creator of Wolverine.

### 11

* Abdul Halim of Kedah, 89, Malaysian sultan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1970–1975, 2011–2016), Sultan of Kedah (since 1958).
* Jan Brittin, 58, English cricketer, cancer.
* Alfonso Caycedo, 84, Colombian medical hypnotist.
* Dan Currie, 82, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
* J. P. Donleavy, 91, Irish-American novelist and playwright (The Ginger Man, A Fairy Tale of New York).
* Alfred Gadenne, 71, Belgian politician, mayor of Mouscron (since 2006), slit throat.
* Sir Peter Hall, 86, British theatre, opera and film director, director of the National Theatre (1973–1988), dementia.
* Virgil Howe, 41, British drummer (Little Barrie).
* Bruce Laming, 79, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mooloolah (1992–2001), dementia.
* Mark LaMura, 68, American actor (All My Children, Something Borrowed, City by the Sea), lung cancer.
* James Madison Lee, 90, American lieutenant general.
* Alberto Pagani, 79, Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer (Honda, MV Agusta).
* Jeff Parker, 53, American ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres), heart and lung infections.
* Arnold Sagalyn, 99, American journalist (Northern Virginia Sun).
* António Francisco dos Santos, 69, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Aveiro (2006–2014) and Porto (since 2014), heart attack.
* Malcolm Templeton, 93, New Zealand diplomat, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1973–1978).

### 12

* Frank Capp, 86, American jazz drummer.
* John Chambers, 86, Australian cricketer.
* Heiner Geißler, 87, German politician, Secretary General of the CDU (1977–1989), Federal Minister of Youth, Family and Health (1982–1985).
* Alex Hawkins, 80, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
* Charles F. Knight, 81, American businessman (Emerson Electric), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Siegfried Köhler, 94, German conductor (Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Royal Swedish Opera).
* Allan MacEachen, 96, Canadian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1977–1979, 1980–1984), MP for Inverness—Richmond (1953–1958, 1962–1968) and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso (1968–1984).
* Bert McCann, 84, Scottish footballer (Motherwell, national team).
* Nicoletta Panni, 84, Italian opera singer.
* Tudor Petruș, 67, Romanian Olympic fencer.
* Xohana Torres, 85, Spanish Galician language writer, poet, narrator and playwright.
* Gary I. Wadler, 78, American physician, multiple system atrophy.
* Edith Windsor, 88, American mathematician and activist, lead plaintiff in United States v. Windsor.

### 13

* Basi, 37, Chinese panda, world's oldest living, cirrhosis and renal failure.
* David Bey, 60, American boxer, struck by steel sheet.
* Peter Birch, 65, British actor (Casualty, The House of Eliott), esophageal cancer.
* Pete Domenici, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate for New Mexico (1973–2009), complications from abdominal surgery.
* Per Fugelli, 73, Norwegian author, physician and professor of medicine, colorectal cancer.
* Basil Gogos, 88, American magazine cover illustrator (Famous Monsters of Filmland).
* Slavko Goldstein, 89, Croatian journalist, screenwriter (Signal Over the City), publisher and politician.
* Grant Hart, 56, American singer, songwriter ("Turn On the News") and drummer (Hüsker Dü), liver cancer.
* Saby Kamalich, 78, Peruvian film and television actress (Simplemente María).
* Stewart Moss, 79, American actor, writer, and director.
* Gary Otte, 45, American murderer and robber, execution by lethal injection.
* Edwin H. Ragsdale, 87, American politician.
* Kazimierz Ryczan, 78, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kielce (1993–2014).
* Robert Franz Schmidt, 84, German physiologist.
* Frank Vincent, 80, American actor (The Sopranos, Goodfellas, Raging Bull), complications during heart surgery.
* Derek Wilkinson, 82, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday).

### 14

* Wolfgang Bochow, 73, German badminton player.
* Arnold Chan, 50, Canadian politician and lawyer, MP for Scarborough—Agincourt (since 2014), nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
* George Englund, 91, American film producer and director (The Ugly American, Zachariah), fall.
* Michael Freeman, 85, British orthopaedic surgeon.
* Marcel Herriot, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Verdun (1987–1999) and Soissons (1999–2008).
* Ermalee Hickel, 92, American philanthropist, First Lady of Alaska (1966-1969, 1990-1994).
* Wim Huis, 89, Dutch footballer (Ajax).
* John Humphreys, 85, Australian Olympic fencer (1960, 1964).
* Tommy Irvin, 88, American politician, Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture (1969–2011), member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
* Djibo Leyti Kâ, 69, Senegalese politician, Foreign Minister (1991–1993).
* Ata Kandó, 103, Hungarian-born Dutch photographer.
* Wolfgang Michels, 66, German musician (Percewood's Onagram).
* Jan Niemiec, 76, Polish slalom canoeist (bronze medallist in 1961 World Championship).
* Jack Teele, 87, American football executive.
* Otto Wanz, 74, Austrian professional wrestler (AWA, NJPW) and promoter (CWA).

### 15

* Arthur Apfel, 94, British figure skater.
* Violet Brown, 117, Jamaican supercentenarian, world's oldest living person.
* Alma Evans-Freke, 85, New Zealand television presenter.
* Frode Granhus, 52, Norwegian author.
* Mircea Ionescu-Quintus, 100, Ukrainian-born Romanian politician, Minister of Justice (1991–1992) and President of the Senate (2000), heart failure.
* Herbert W. Kalmbach, 95, American attorney and banker, figure in the Watergate scandal.
* Wolfgang Klein, 76, German lawyer, football director (Hamburger SV), and Olympic long-jumper (1964).
* Izidoro Kosinski, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Três Lagoas (1981–2009).
* Myrna Lamb, 87, American playwright, heart disease.
* Leon Mestel, 90, British astronomer and astrophysicist.
* Albert Moses, 79, Sri Lankan actor.
* Nan Rendong, 72, Chinese astronomer, founder of the Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, lung cancer.
* Dwijen Sharma, 88, Bangladeshi naturalist, kidney disease.
* Anthony Thomas Smith, 82, British lawyer.
* Albert Speer, 83, German architect (Expo 2000), complications from a fall.
* Harry Dean Stanton, 91, American actor (Alien, The Green Mile, Big Love).
* Hans Weinberger, 88, Austrian-born American mathematician.
* Geoff Wragg, 87, British horse trainer (Teenoso, Pentire).

### 16

* Bautista Álvarez, 84, Spanish Galician nationalist politician, heart attack.
* Gerald Bernbaum, 81, British academic administrator, Vice-Chancellor of Southbank University (1993–2001), cancer.
* Penny Chenery, 95, American racehorse owner and breeder (Secretariat).
* Ted Christopher, 59, American racecar driver (NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour), plane crash.
* Ben Dorcy, 92, American roadie.
* Steve Evans, 59, English rugby league player (Hull FC, Featherstone Rovers).
* Mitchell Flint, 94, American fighter pilot (Navy, 101 Squadron).
* José Florencio Guzmán, 88, Chilean lawyer and politician, Minister of National Defence (1998–1999).
* Nicolaas Jouwe, 93, Papuan politician, vice-president of New Guinea Council (1961–1962).
* Brenda Lewis, 96, American opera soprano and theatre actress.
* Madge Meredith, 96, American actress (Child of Divorce, The Falcon's Adventure).
* Fred Moore, 97, French colonel and politician, MP (1958–1962) and Order of Liberation (2011).
* Nabeel Qureshi, 34, American Christian apologist, stomach cancer.
* Brendan Reilly, 38, Irish Gaelic football player (Louth GAA).
* Marcelo Rezende, 65, Brazilian journalist and television presenter (Linha Direta), pancreatic and liver cancer.
* Petr Šabach, 66, Czech writer (Babičky).
* Bucky Scribner, 57, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings), brain cancer.
* Arjan Singh, 98, Indian Air Force marshal, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi (1989–1990), heart attack.
* Sven Oluf Sørensen, 96, Norwegian physicist.
* Elżbieta Wierniuk, 66, Polish Olympic diver.

### 17

* Bonnie Angelo, 93, American journalist (Time), complications from dementia.
* Steve Baker, 79, American illusionist.
* Eugenio Bersellini, 81, Italian football player and manager (Inter Milan, Sampdoria), pneumonia.
* Cris Bolado, 47, Filipino basketball player (Alaska Milkmen), traffic collision.
* Gerd Bollmann, 69, German politician.
* Mahant Chandnath, 61, Indian politician, MP for Alwar (since 2014), cancer.
* Kirpal Singh Chugh, 84, Indian nephrologist.
* René Drucker Colín, 80, Mexican scientist, researcher and journalist.
* Mary Fairfax, 95, Polish-born Australian philanthropist.
* Suzan Farmer, 75, British actress (The Scarlet Blade, Doctor in Clover, Coronation Street).
* Bill Goodling, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district (1975–2001).
* Bobby Heenan, 72, American professional wrestler, manager and commentator (WWF, AWA, WCW), organ failure.
* Dave Hilton, 67, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, Tokyo Yakult Swallows).
* Bob Holland, 70, Australian cricketer (New South Wales, national team), brain cancer.
* Per Kleiva, 84, Norwegian painter.
* Marc Klionsky, 90, Belarusian-born American painter.
* Laudir de Oliveira, 77, Brazilian percussionist (Sérgio Mendes, Marcos Valle, Chicago) and producer.
* Lucy Ozarin, 103, American psychiatrist.
* Buster Parnell, 83, Irish jockey.
* Iftikhar Qaisar, 60, Pakistani actor.
* Uwe Storch, 77, German mathematician.
* Mohammed Taslimuddin, 74, Indian politician, MP for Araria (since 2014).
* Lionel Wilson, 84, South African rugby union player (Western Province, national team).

### 18

* Ronald E. Carrier, 85, American educator, President of James Madison University (1971–1998).
* Roger Cisneros, 93, American politician, member of the Colorado Senate (1965–1977), carbon monoxide poisoning.
* Paul E. Gray, 85, American professor, President of MIT (1980–1990), Alzheimer's disease.
* Paul Horner, 38, American fake news writer and comedian, drug overdose.
* Qamar ul Islam, 69, Indian politician, Member of Karnataka Parliament (1978–1983, 1989–1996, 1999–2004, since 2008), heart attack.
* Tony Laffey, 92, New Zealand footballer.
* Chuck Low, 89, American actor (Goodfellas, The Mission, Sleepers).
* Jean Plaskie, 76, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, national team).
* Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, 80, Pakistani writer.
* Mark Selby, 56, American musician, cancer.
* Zurab Sotkilava, 80, Georgian-Russian footballer (Dinamo Tbilisi) and opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR, pancreatic cancer.
* Sydney Starkie, 91, English cricketer.
* Pete Turner, 83, American photographer.
* Kenji Watanabe, 48, Japanese Olympic swimmer (1984, 1988, 1992).
* Paul Wilson, 66, Scottish footballer (Celtic, national team).

### 19

* Sir Brian Barder, 83, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Nigeria (1988–1991) and Australia (1991–1994).
* Christine Butler, 73, British politician, MP for Castle Point (1997–2001), dementia.
* Bernie Casey, 78, American actor (Revenge of the Nerds, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) and football player (San Francisco 49ers).
* Else Marie Christiansen, 96, Norwegian speed skater.
* Sir John Hunt, 87, British politician, MP for Bromley (1964–1974) and Ravensbourne (1974–1997).
* Leonid Kharitonov, 84, Russian opera singer, soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble (1953–1972) and People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1986).
* Jake LaMotta, 95, American Hall of Fame boxer and comedian, inspiration for Raging Bull, complications from pneumonia.
* Maurice Lavigne, 86, French cyclist.
* Vasily Melnikov, 74, Soviet Olympic skier.
* Massimo Natili, 82, Italian racing driver (Formula One).
* John Nicholson, 75, New Zealand racing driver (Formula Atlantic).
* Sigurður Pálsson, 69, Icelandic author, cancer.
* José Salcedo, 68, Spanish film editor (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead, All About My Mother), Goya winner (1989, 1996, 2000).
* Johnny Sandlin, 72, American record producer (The Allman Brothers Band), cancer.
* David Shepherd, 86, British artist and conservationist, Parkinson's disease.
* Manuela Sykes, 92, British politician and activist.
* Helen J. Walker, 64, British space scientist.

### 20

* Greg Antonacci, 70, American television producer (The Royal Family) and actor (The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire).
* Santanu Bhowmik, 28, Indian journalist, murdered.
* Ken Dean, 90, English rugby league footballer (Halifax).
* William J. Ely, 105, American army officer.
* Richard Gendall, 93, British linguist and teacher.
* GK, 60, Indian art director (Avvai Shanmughi, Arunachalam, Chandramukhi)
* Mickey Harrington, 82, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
* Garry Hill, 70, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves).
* Jimmy Magee, 82, Irish sports broadcaster (RTÉ).
* Ene Mihkelson, 72, Estonian poet and novelist (Ahasveeruse uni).
* Ed Phillips, 73, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), cancer.
* Lillian Ross, 99, American journalist (The New Yorker) and author, stroke.
* Oskar Schulz, 93, Austrian Olympic cross country skier (1952, 1956), mineralogist and petrologist.
* Shakila, 82, Indian actress (Aar Paar, C.I.D., Alibaba Aur 40 Chor), heart attack.
* Arne Solli, 79, Norwegian military officer, Chief of Defence (1994–1999).
* Sir Teddy Taylor, 80, British politician, MP for Glasgow Cathcart (1964–1979) and Rochford and Southend East (1980–2005).

### 21

* Edward Allington, 66, British sculptor.
* David Beatson, 72–73, New Zealand broadcaster.
* Liliane Bettencourt, 94, French cosmetics businesswoman (L'Oréal) and socialite, world's richest woman (since 2015).
* Johnny Burke, 77, Canadian country singer.
* Vera Burt, 90, New Zealand cricketer (national team) and field hockey player (national team), coach and administrator.
* Juan Nicolás Callejas Arroyo, 73, Mexican politician, Deputy for Veracruz (1982–1985, 2000–2003, 2009–2012).
* Michael Colborne, 83, British Royal Navy officer and private secretary.
* Warren Druetzler, 88, American Olympic athlete (1952).
* Larry J. McKinney, 73, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (1987–2009).
* Maurice Nivat, 79, French computer scientist, co-father of theoretical computer science.
* Evelyn Scott, 81, Australian Indigenous social activist, Chairwoman of the National Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation.
* William G. Stewart, 84, British game show host (Fifteen to One) and television producer.

### 22

* Mohammed Mahdi Akef, 89, Egyptian religious and political leader, head of the Muslim Brotherhood (2004–2010), cancer.
* Mike Bright, 79, American Olympic volleyball player (1964).
* Mike Carr, 79, English keyboard player.
* Thelma Chalifoux, 88, Canadian Métis teacher and politician, Senator (1997–2004).
* Dunc Fisher, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Hershey Bears, Boston Bruins).
* Gérard Haché, 92, Canadian politician, New Brunswick MLA (1967–1970).
* Vagn Hedeager, 78, footballer
* Paavo Lonkila, 94, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1952).
* Bill Michie, 81, British politician, MP for Sheffield Heeley (1983–2001), chest infection.
* Shmuel Moreh, 84, Iraqi-born Israeli writer and Arabic professor (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
* Harold Pendleton, 93, British music executive and club owner (Marquee Club).
* Rick Shaw, 78, American radio disc jockey (WQAM, WAXY, WMXJ).
* Elizete da Silva, 46, Brazilian heptathlete, South American champion (2001, 2005, 2006), traffic collision.
* Börje Vestlund, 57, Swedish politician, MP (since 2002).
* Sima Wali, 66, Afghan human rights advocate.
* John Worsdale, 68, English footballer (Stoke City, Lincoln City).
* Daniel Yankelovich, 92, American social scientist, kidney failure.
* Stan Zajdel, 90, American football player and coach.

### 23

* Valery Asapov, 51, Russian army general, blast injury.
* Charles Bradley, 68, American singer ("Changes"), stomach cancer.
* Loreto Carbonell, 84, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1956), cardiac arrest.
* Dorothy Eck, 93, American politician, member of the Montana Senate (1980–2000).
* Seth Firkins, 36, American audio engineer (Future, Jay-Z, Young Thug).
* Caesar Giovannini, 92, American composer and pianist.
* Harvey Jacobs, 87, American author.
* Simon J. Kistemaker, 87, American theologian.
* Aline Nistad, 63, Norwegian trombonist, cancer.
* Charles Osborne, 89, Australian-born British music writer.
* Elizabeth D. Phillips, 72, American educator and academic administrator, Provost of the University of Florida (1996–1999).
* Samuel H. Young, 94, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 10th congressional district (1973–1975).

### 24

* María Julia Alsogaray, 74, Argentine politician, MP for City of Buenos Aires (1985–1991) and Secretary of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (1991–1999), pancreatic cancer.
* Washington Benavides, 87, Uruguayan poet, professor and musician.
* Barbara Blaine, 61, American founder of SNAP, heart disease.
* Tharald Brøvig Jr., 75, Norwegian shipowner.
* Gisèle Casadesus, 103, French actress (My Afternoons with Margueritte).
* Al Cannava, 93, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
* E.G.D. Cohen, 94, Dutch-American physicist.
* Fiorenzo Crippa, 91, Italian cyclist.
* Norman Dyhrenfurth, 99, Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker.
* Jack Good, 86, British producer.
* Albert Innaurato, 70, American playwright.
* Kito Lorenc, 79, German writer, stroke.
* Orville Lynn Majors, 56, American serial killer, heart failure.
* Manuel da Silva Martins, 90, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Setúbal (1975–1998).
* Joseph M. McDade, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district (1963–1999).
* Robert J. McFarlin, 87, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1967–1970; 1973–1974).
* Kit Reed, 85, American science fiction and mystery writer, brain tumor.
* Carlos Vidal Layseca, 85, Peruvian doctor, Minister of Health (1990–1991) and Rector of Cayetano Heredia University (1994–1999).

### 25

* Joe Bailon, 94, American car customizer, creator of candy apple red color.
* M. Cherif Bassiouni, 79, Egyptian lawyer and human rights activist, multiple myeloma.
* Richard Beckler, 77, American attorney.
* Tony Booth, 85, British actor (Till Death Us Do Part, Coronation Street, The Contender).
* Nora Marks Dauenhauer, 90, American Tlingit author, poet, and scholar.
* Liz Dawn, 77, British actress (Coronation Street, Crown Court, The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club), emphysema.
* Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 37, Egyptian woman, world's heaviest, kidney failure and intestinal shock.
* Helga Grebing, 87, German historian.
* Anatoly Gromyko, 85, Russian scientist and diplomat.
* Mathew Hu Xiande, 83, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (2000–2004) and Bishop of Ningbo (since 2004).
* Aneurin Jones, 87, Welsh painter.
* Bobby Knutt, 71, British actor and comedian (Coronation Street, Benidorm, Emmerdale), heart attack.
* Peter Lewis, 75, Australian politician, Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly (2002–2005).
* David Mainse, 81, Canadian televangelist.
* Leonard Mashako Mamba, 66, Congolese politician, Minister of Public Health (1997–2001) and Minister of Higher Education and Universities (2008–2012).
* Tom Miller, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders), cancer.
* Grant H. Palmer, 77, American educator and writer (An Insider's View of Mormon Origins), cancer.
* Clarence Purfeerst, 90, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1971–1991).
* Tim Quill, 54, American actor (Hamburger Hill, Argo, JAG), cancer.
* Folke Rabe, 81, Swedish composer.
* Charles Roff, 65, Scottish photographer.
* Arun Sadhu, 76, Indian writer (Sinhasan), cardiomyopathy.
* Joe Schaffer, 79, American football player (Buffalo Bills), progressive aphasia.
* Freddy Shepherd, 76, English businessman, Chairman of Newcastle United (1997–2007).
* Joseph W. Schmitt, 101, American spacesuit technician.
* Yoshitomo Tokugawa, 67, Japanese writer, head of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke (since 1993).
* Jan Tříska, 80, Czech actor (Andersonville, 2010, The People vs. Larry Flynt), fall.
* Jim Walrod, 56, American interior design consultant.
* Elaine Hoffman Watts, 85, American drummer.

### 26

* Mehmet Aksoy, 32, British filmmaker, shot.
* Anthony Allom, 78, English cricketer (Surrey).
* Samuel Amirtham, 85, Indian Anglican prelate and theologian, Bishop of South Kerala (1990–1997).
* Dominador Aytona, 99, Filipino politician, Senator (1965–1971).
* Mario Bedogni, 93, Italian Olympic ice hockey player (1948, 1956).
* Ludmila Belousova, 81, Russian pair skater, Olympic champion (1964, 1968).
* Richard Boucher, 85, French footballer (Toulouse).
* Donnie Corker, 65, American transvestite entertainer.
* Sir James Craig, 93, British diplomat, Ambassador to Syria (1976–1979) and Saudi Arabia (1979–1984).
* Robert Delpire, 91, French photographer, publisher and filmmaker.
* Barry Dennen, 79, American actor (Jesus Christ Superstar, The Shining, The Dark Crystal), complications from a fall.
* Květa Fialová, 88, Czech actress (Lemonade Joe, Dinner for Adele, The Phantom of Morrisville).
* Neville Furlong, 49, Irish rugby player (national team), cancer.
* Günter Halm, 95, German World War II military officer.
* Augustine Hoey, 101, English priest.
* Morton Kaplan, 96, American political scientist.
* Fred Ryecraft, 78, English footballer (Brentford F.C.).
* Sigmund Vangsnes, 91, Norwegian educationalist.
* Rinse Zijlstra, 90, Dutch politician, MP (1967–1973), Mayor of Smallingerland (1975-1981), and Senator (1983–1995).

### 27

* Edmond Abelé, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Monaco (1972–1980) and Digne (1980–1987).
* K.R. Aravindakshan, 66, Indian politician.
* Dwijen Bandyopadhyay, 68, Indian actor (Jaatishwar), heart attack.
* Raymond Buckland, 83, English Wiccan writer.
* CeDell Davis, 90, American blues musician.
* Joy Fleming, 72, German singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1975).
* Hans Gerschwiler, 96, Swiss figure skater, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
* Sir Richard Greenbury, 81, British businessman, Chairman of Marks and Spencer (1988–1999).
* Hiromi Hayakawa, 34, Japanese-born Mexican actress (El Chema) and singer (La Academia), liver hemorrhage during childbirth.
* Hugh Hefner, 91, American magazine publisher (Playboy), businessman (Playboy Enterprises) and reality television personality (The Girls Next Door), cardiac arrest due to sepsis.
* Anne Jeffreys, 94, American actress (General Hospital, Topper, Dick Tracy).
* Manuel Jiménez, 77, Spanish Olympic archer.
* Vann Johnson, 56, American singer, cancer.
* Red Miller, 89, American football coach (Denver Broncos), complications from a stroke.
* Stanley M. Rumbough Jr., 97, American businessman (Colgate-Palmolive).
* Zuzana Růžičková, 90, Czech harpsichordist, cancer.
* Antonio Spallino, 92, Italian fencer and politician, Olympic champion (1956) and Mayor of Como (1970–1985).
* Alfred Stepan, 81, American political scientist.

### 28

* Aleksey Arifullin, 46, Russian footballer (Lokomotiv Moscow).
* Jerry Balmuth, 93, American philosopher.
* Chyung Jinkyu, 77, South Korean writer.
* Makhan Lal Fotedar, 85, Indian politician.
* Balys Gajauskas, 91, Lithuanian politician and prisoner of conscience, member of the Seimas (1990–1992).
* Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, 90, Spanish film director and producer (That Man in Istanbul, The Summertime Killer, They Came to Rob Las Vegas).
* Lee Hsin, 64, Taiwanese politician, member of the National Assembly (1996–1998) and the Taipei City Council (since 1998), suicide by jumping.
* Marietta Marich, 87, American radio personality and actress (Rushmore, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre).
* Donald Mitchell, 92, British musicologist.
* Steven Marshall, 60, British chief executive (Railtrack).
* Vann Molyvann, 90, Cambodian architect (Chaktomuk Conference Hall, Independence Monument, Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium).
* Daniel Pe'er, 74, Israeli television host, complications from a stroke.
* Željko Perušić, 81, Croatian football player and manager.
* Jürgen Roth, 71, German journalist.
* Andreas Schmidt, 53, German actor (Summer in Berlin, The Counterfeiters) and director, cancer.
* Spikeld, 23–24, Norwegian racehorse, euthanized.
* Alan Thompson, 54, British broadcaster (BBC Radio Wales).
* Benjamin Whitrow, 80, British actor (Pride and Prejudice, Chicken Run, Quadrophenia), brain hemorrhage

### 29

* Abu Tahsin al-Salhi, 63, Iraqi sniper, shot.
* Tom Alter, 67, Indian actor, skin cancer.
* Joep Baartmans-van den Boogaart, 77, Dutch politician.
* Keith Bush, 87, British army officer and intelligence analyst.
* Lorenz Funk, 70, German ice hockey player and manager (EC Bad Tölz, BSC Preussen), Olympic bronze medalist (1976), cancer.
* Tim Hackworth, 84, British army officer.
* Rolf Herings, 77, German Olympic javelin thrower (1964, 1968) and football coach (1. FC Köln).
* Tore Lindbekk, 84, Norwegian sociologist and politician.
* Philippe Médard, 58, French handball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1992).
* Wiesław Michnikowski, 95, Polish actor.
* Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris, 85, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kurunegala (1987–2009).
* Oliver Press, American cancer researcher and physician.
* Magdalena Ribbing, 77, Swedish etiquette expert, writer and journalist, complications from a fall.
* Ryūji Saikachi, 89, Japanese voice actor (Castle in the Sky, Dragon Ball Z, Anne of Green Gables), heart failure.
* Jarvis Scott, 70, American Olympic sprinter (1968).
* Ian Smith, 76, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, national team).
* Dmitry Smolsky, 80, Belarusian composer and teacher (Belarusian State Conservatory).

### 30

* Alan K. Adlington, 92, Canadian economist.
* Hortense Aka-Anghui, 83, Ivorian politician and pharmacist, MP (1965–1990), Mayoress of Port-Bouët (since 1980) and Minister of Women's Affairs (1986–1990).
* Apex, 36, British drum and bass music producer, suicide.
* John Arenhold, 86, South African cricketer.
* Elizabeth Baur, 69, American actress (Ironside, Lancer, The Boston Strangler).
* Francis Harold Brown, 73, American geologist.
* Alan Carroll, 84, British RAF officer and engineer.
* Max Haines, 86, Canadian crime columnist and author, progressive supranuclear palsy.
* Monty Hall, 96, Canadian-American game show host (Let's Make a Deal), heart failure.
* Frank Hamblen, 70, American basketball coach (Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers), heart attack.
* Donald Malarkey, 96, American soldier (Easy Company), depicted in Band of Brothers.
* Jimmy McDonnell, 90, Irish Gaelic footballer.
* Glen Newey, 56, British political philosopher, boating accident.
* Tom Paley, 89, American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers).
* Lou Reda, 92, American documentary filmmaker.
* Stig Stenholm, 78, Finnish physicist.
* Joe Taruc, 70, Filipino news anchor and radio broadcaster (DZRH).
* Gunnar Thoresen, 97, Norwegian footballer (Larvik Turn, national team).
* Joe Tiller, 74, American football coach (University of Wyoming, Purdue University).
* Vladimir Voevodsky, 51, Russian-American mathematician, 2002 Fields medalist, aneurysm.