# Deaths in July 2017
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The following is a list of notable deaths in July 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.

## July 2017
### 1

* Ibra Agbo, 30, Cameroonian-born Equatoguinean football player and coach.
* Aleshia Brevard, 79, American transgender actress and author, pulmonary fibrosis.
* Norman Dorsen, 86, American civil rights activist, president of the American Civil Liberties Union (1977–1991), complications from a stroke.
* Myles Frechette, 81, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Cameroon (1983-1987) and to Colombia (1994-1997).
* Paul Hardin III, 86, American academic administrator (Wofford College, Drew University, UNC), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Joseph Keke, 89, Beninese politician.
* Ernest Krings, 96, Belgian judge.
* Stevie Ryan, 33, American actress and comedian (Stevie TV), suicide by hanging.
* Ayan Sadakov, 55, Bulgarian footballer (Lokomotiv Plovdiv, national team), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Richard Gilbert Scott, 93, British architect.
* Nilu Doma Sherpa, 32, Nepali film director, heart attack.
* Sergio Sorrentino, 92, Italian Olympic sailor (1956, 1964).
* Stephen Tindale, 54, British environmentalist, suicide.
* Orri Vigfússon, 74, Icelandic environmentalist, lung cancer.
* Heathcote Williams, 75, British author and actor (City of Ember), kidney failure.

### 2

* Ataullah Behmanesh, 94, Iranian wrestler and sports journalist, stroke.
* Tony Bianchi, 65, British author.
* Jack Collom, 85, American poet, essayist and poetry teacher.
* Billy Cook, 77, British-born Australian footballer.
* Alfred G. Fischer, 96, German-born American geologist.
* Ron Fuller, 80, British artist and toy designer.
* Ryke Geerd Hamer, 82, German physician, charlatan and conspiracy theorist.
* Horace Harned, 96, American politician.
* Smith Hart, 68, American-Canadian professional wrestler (Stampede, WWC, IWE), prostate cancer.
* Abiola Irele, 81, Nigerian literary critic.
* Gulab Khandelwal, 93, Indian poet.
* Minos Kyriakou, 75, Greek media and shipping magnate, heart attack.
* Vladimir Malaniuk, 59, Ukrainian chess grandmaster.
* John McCormick, 80, Scottish footballer (Crystal Palace, Aberdeen), dementia.
* Nirupam, 70, Indian diplomat, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations (2004–2009).
* Bob Perry, 82, American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels).
* Marjorie Rice, 94, American amateur mathematician.
* Chris Roberts, 73, German singer and actor, lung cancer.
* Bert Rossi, 94, English gangster.
* Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg, 90, British banker and life peer, Chairman of HSBC (1977–1986).
* Mel Shaw, 70, American racing driver, car crash.
* Madhukar Toradmal, 84, Indian actor, kidney failure.
* David W. Vincent, 67, American baseball author, official scorer and statistician (Washington Nationals, SABR, Retrosheet), stomach cancer.
* Tatiana Zatulovskaya, 81, Soviet-born Israeli chess player, Woman Grandmaster (1976), stroke.
* Fay Zwicky, 83, Australian poet.

### 3

* Ângelo Angelin, 82, Brazilian politician, Governor of Rondônia (1985–1987).
* Tom Blom, 70, Dutch radio and television presenter (Te land, ter zee en in de lucht).
* Manlio De Angelis, 82, Italian actor and voice actor.
* Henrique Medina Carreira, 85, Portuguese jurist and financier, Minister of Finance (1976–1978).
* José Luis Cuevas, 83, Mexican artist.
* Spencer Johnson, 78, American author (Who Moved My Cheese?), complications from pancreatic cancer.
* Theodore Kanavas, 56, American politician, member of the Wisconsin Senate (2001–2011), cancer.
* John Ssebaana Kizito, 82, Ugandan politician, Mayor of Kampala (1999–2006).
* George Levinger, 90, American psychologist.
* Sandy Mactaggart, 89, Scottish-born Canadian property developer and academic, Chancellor of the University of Alberta (1983–1994).
* Lloyd Noel, 83, Grenadian attorney, Attorney General (1979–1980).
* Joe Robinson, 90, British actor (Diamonds Are Forever, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Thor and the Amazon Women).
* Rudy Rotta, 66, Italian blues guitarist and singer.
* Solvi Stubing, 76, German actress (Nude per l'assassino).
* Maitama Sule, 87, Nigerian politician and diplomat, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1979–2017).
* Jean-Jacques Susini, 83, French militant, co-founder of the Organisation Armée Secrète.
* Paolo Villaggio, 84, Italian writer and actor (Ugo Fantozzi, The Voice of the Moon, Ciao, Professore!), complications from diabetes.

### 4

* Bryan Avery, 73, British architect.
* John Blackwell, 43, American funk and jazz drummer (Prince), brain tumor.
* Aldine Calacurcio, 89, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
* Chen Xuejun, 98, Chinese physicist, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
* Gene Conley, 86, American baseball (Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies) and basketball player (Boston Celtics), heart failure.
* Ji-Tu Cumbuka, 77, American actor (Roots, Blacula, Mandingo), cancer.
* Maria d'Apparecida, 91, Brazilian opera singer.
* Daniil Granin, 98, Russian author.
* John S. Palmore, 99, American judge, Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court (1966, 1973, 1977–1982).
* Ntuthuko Radebe, 22, South African footballer (Eupen), traffic collision.
* Carol Lee Scott, 74, English actress (Grotbags).
* Shen Panwen, 100, Chinese chemist (Academy of Sciences).
* Afërdita Veveçka Priftaj, 69, Albanian metal physicist and academic (Polytechnic University of Tirana), member of Academy of Sciences of Albania (since 2008).
* Masatoshi Yoshino, 89, Japanese geographer and climatologist.
* David Yewdall, 66, American sound editor (The Thing, The Fifth Element, Escape from New York), pancreatic cancer.

### 5

* John Harland Bryant, 92, American physician and public health pioneer.
* Keith Conners, 84, American psychologist, heart failure.
* Chris de Freitas, 68, Trinidadian-born New Zealand climatologist, cancer.
* Max Gergel, 96, American chemist.
* Pierre Henry, 89, French composer.
* Tim Hollier, 69–70, British musician and publisher, complications of surgery.
* Paul Hollingdale, 79, British radio personality (BBC Radio 2).
* John Karlsen, 97, New Zealand actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure).
* John McKenzie, 91, Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle, Dumbarton, national team).
* Joachim Meisner, 83, German Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Berlin (1980–1988) and Archbishop of Cologne (1988–2014).
* Joaquín Navarro-Valls, 80, Spanish journalist, director of the Holy See Press Office (1984–2006).
* William Clark O'Kelley, 87, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (1970–1996), cancer.
* Irina Ratushinskaya, 63, Russian poet, cancer.
* Willi Reschke, 95, German Luftwaffe ace.
* John A. Robertson, 74, American law scholar and bioethicist.
* John Rodriguez, 80, Guyanese-born Canadian politician, mayor of Greater Sudbury (2006–2010) and member of the House of Commons (1972–1980, 1984–1993).
* Tinners Way, 27, American Thoroughbred racehorse, Pacific Classic Stakes winner (1994, 1995), euthanized.
* Andrzej Trzebski, 89, Polish physiologist.
* Mark Wilkinson, 66, English furniture designer, pancreatic cancer.
* Roger Wootton, 73, English aeronautical engineer and balloonist.

### 6

* Michel Aurillac, 88, French lawyer, politician and author, member of the National Assembly (1978–1981, 1986).
* David Alonso López, 39, Mexican boxer, shot.
* Håkan Carlqvist, 63, Swedish motocross racer, world champion (1979, 1983), complications from a brain hemorrhage.
* Willie Stevenson Glanton, 95, American lawyer and politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1965–1966).
* Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, 91, Italian-born Emirati Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (1975–2005).
* Robert Grodt, 28, American volunteer medic (Occupy Wall Street, People's Protection Units).
* George Hansen, 83, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).
* Joan Holderness, 84, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).
* Nancy Jeffett, 88, American Hall of Fame women's tennis promoter.
* Melvyn "Deacon" Jones, 73, American blues musician.
* Landrú, 94, Argentine political cartoonist.
* Joan Boocock Lee, 95, British-born American actress (Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men: Apocalypse) and model, complications from a stroke.
* William Morva, 35, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection.
* Shu Nakajima, 69, Japanese actor (47 Ronin, The Emperor in August, Kagemusha), fall.
* Paolo Piva, 67, Italian architect.
* Thomas E. Sanders, 63, American production designer and art director (Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart, Crimson Peak), cancer.
* Heinz Schneiter, 82, Swiss footballer (national team).
* Arun Kumar Sharma, 92, Indian cell biologist.
* Galip Tekin, 59, Turkish comic book artist, heart attack.
* Frederick Tuckman, 95, German-born British politician, MEP for Leicester. (1979–1989).
* Diane Von Hoffman, 55, American professional wrestler (USWA), complications from knee surgery.
* Ken Wimshurst, 79, English footballer (Bristol City F.C.).

### 7

* Ray Barnard, 84, English footballer (Middlesbrough).
* Jean-Pierre Bernard, 84, French actor (The Eiger Sanction).
* Pierrette Bloch, 89, French-born Swiss artist.
* Chó do Guri, 58, Angolan author.
* Danny Daniels, 92, American dancer and choreographer (The Tap Dance Kid).
* Léonce Deprez, 89, French footballer.
* Pedro Juan Figueroa, 66, Puerto Rican actor (Dios los cria) and radio host, pancreatic cancer.
* Dorothy Fratt, 93, American painter.
* Egbert de Graeff, 80, Dutch Olympic hockey player (1960).
* Claude Hall, 83, American journalist and writer (Billboard).
* Werner Hamacher, 68–69, German literary critic.
* Shlomo Helbrans, 55, Israeli rabbi and sect leader (Lev Tahor), drowned.
* Diego E. Hernández, 83, American military officer, Parkinson's disease.
* Johnson Kendrick, 25, Brazilian footballer (Al-Gharafa), shot.
* Georgy Koshlakov, 81, Russian-born Tajik politician and scientist.
* Daniel Lewis, 92, American conductor.
* Pam McConnell, 71, Canadian politician, member of the Toronto City Council (since 1998).
* Tony Moore, 69, English footballer (Chester City, Chesterfield, Grimsby Town).
* Egil Monn-Iversen, 89, Norwegian composer and pianist.
* James B. Nutter Sr., 89, American mortgage lender (James B. Nutter & Company), philanthropist (Children's Mercy Hospital) and power broker (Missouri).
* Ian Posgate, 85, English insurance underwriter.
* Marina Ratner, 78, Russian-American mathematician.
* Lala Rukh, 69, Pakistani women's rights activist and artist, cancer.
* Kenneth Silverman, 81, American biographer, Pulitzer Prize winner (1985), lung cancer.
* Alan Sisitsky, 75, American lawyer and politician.

### 8

* Evan Armstrong, 74, British boxer.
* Siri Austeng, 73, Norwegian politician.
* David Bishop, 75, Canadian politician, MLA for York North (1974-1987).
* Gustavo Ehlers, 92, Chilean Olympic athlete.
* Nelsan Ellis, 39, American actor (True Blood, Get on Up, Elementary), complications from heart failure.
* Richard Findlay, 73, Scottish broadcaster.
* Gour Ghosh, 77, Indian cricketer.
* Sterling Hambrook, 82, Canadian politician.
* Don Johns, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
* Bob Lubbers, 95, American cartoonist (Tarzan).
* Elsa Martinelli, 82, Italian actress (Donatella, Hatari!, The V.I.P.s) and fashion model, cancer.
* Joseph Ole Nkaissery, 67, Kenyan politician, MP (2002–2014), heart attack.
* Roy Richards, 33, Vincentian footballer (national team), shot.
* Jacques Vien, 85, Canadian politician.
* Seiji Yokoyama, 82, Japanese composer (Saint Seiya, Magical Taruruto-kun, Space Pirate Captain Harlock), pneumonia.

### 9

* Susanna Au-yeung, 63, Hong Kong actress (The Return of the Condor Heroes), lung cancer.
* Shaun Brogan, 73, British army officer.
* Gene Brucker, 92, American historian.
* Wally Burr, 91, American voice actor and director (The Transformers, Jem, Spider-Man).
* Naresh Chandra, 82, Indian diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1996–2001), Governor of Gujarat (1995–1996), multiple organ failure.
* Ed Crawford, 82, American football player (New York Giants), Alzheimer's disease.
* Clare Douglas, 73, British film editor (United 93, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Bloody Sunday).
* Ilya Glazunov, 87, Russian painter.
* John McKnight, 86, Northern Irish Gaelic football player (Armagh GAA).
* Anton Nossik, 51, Russian writer and internet entrepreneur, heart attack.
* Neal Patterson, 67, American businessman (Cerner, Sporting Kansas City), cancer.
* Paquita Rico, 87, Spanish singer and actress (Let's Make the Impossible!, The Balcony of the Moon, Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII?).
* Bob Rogers, 83, American Olympic rower.
* Vappu Salonen, 88, Finnish Olympic gymnast (1952).
* Sumita Sanyal, 71, Indian actress (Anand), heart failure.
* Jack Shaheen, 81, American media critic, author and Arab tolerance campaigner (Reel Bad Arabs).
* Adolfo Taylhardat, 83, Venezuelan diplomat, President of the United Nations Security Council (1993).
* Robert Vigouroux, 94, French politician, Mayor of Marseille (1986–1995), Senator (1989–1998).
* David Wilstein, 89, American real estate developer.

### 10

* Peter Alfond, 65, American investor (Berkshire Hathaway) and philanthropist (Maine Medical Center), malaria.
* Jim Bush, 90, American Hall of Fame track and field coach (UCLA), prostate cancer.
* Augustin Buzura, 78, Romanian writer and journalist.
* Peter Härtling, 83, German writer and poet.
* Miguel Luna Hernández, 63, Mexican politician.
* John M. Jacobus Jr., 89, American art historian.
* Eugène Koffi Kouamé, 29, Ivorian footballer, heart attack.
* Prudence Nobantu Mabele, 46, South African HIV activist, pneumonia.
* Marama Martin, 87, New Zealand television and radio personality (Family Favourites).
* Emma Mashinini, 87, South African trade unionist.
* Leonardo Maugeri, 53, Italian oil and gas expert.
* Martin Molony, 91, Irish jockey.
* Isabelle Sadoyan, 89, French actress (Les fantômes du chapelier, Mayrig, Irreplaceable).
* Walter Orion Sheppard, 97, American politician.
* Paitoon Smuthranond, 86, Thai Olympian.
* Mangesh Tendulkar, 82, Indian cartoonist.
* Elvira Vigna, 69, Brazilian writer, cancer.

### 11

* Nicholas Biwott, 77, Kenyan agricultural businessman and politician, MP (1979–2007).
* George W. BonDurant, 101, American preacher and academic administrator.
* Dianne Brushett, 74, Canadian politician, MP (1993–1997), leukemia.
* Bill Chambers, 86, American basketball player and coach (College of William & Mary), Parkinson's disease.
* Joseph Fire Crow, 58, American Cheyenne flutist, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
* Jeremy Dale Roberts, 83, English composer, prostate cancer.
* Jean-Claude Fignolé, 76, Haitian author.
* Abdul Rahman Ghaleb, Pakistani militant, air strike.
* Fikret Hakan, 83, Turkish actor (Revenge of the Snakes, Battal Gazi Destanı), lung cancer.
* Abdullah Hayayei, 36, Emirati Paralympic athlete, head trauma.
* Evzen Kolar, 67, Czech film producer (Never Say Never Again, Surf Ninjas, Inferno).
* Denis Mack Smith, 97, British historian.
* Keisuke Sagawa, 80, Japanese actor (Barom-1), heart attack.
* Éva Schubert, 86, Hungarian actress.
* Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan, 83, Indian forensic expert.
* Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, 87, Italian organist, harpsichordist, musicologist and composer.
* Gert Trinklein, 68, German footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt), leukemia.
* Imran Usmanov, 64, Russian Chechen folk singer.
* Buddy Wolfe, 76, American professional wrestler (AWA, NWA, WWWF).

### 12

* Chuck Blazer, 72, American soccer administrator, informant for the 2015 FIFA corruption case, colorectal cancer.
* Gerrit Braks, 84, Dutch politician, Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries (1980–1981, 1982–1990) and Education and Science (1989), Senate President (2001–2003).
* Tommy Carberry, 75, Irish jockey.
* S. Allen Counter, 73, American neurophysiologist.
* Joe Fields, 88, American record producer.
* Sam Glanzman, 92, American comics artist (Captain Willy Schultz).
* Liviu Giurgian, 54, Romanian hurdler, stroke.
* Thomas L. Haskell, 78, American historian.
* Allan Hunter, 94, New Zealand rugby union player (Hawke's Bay).
* Tamara Miansarova, 86, Ukrainian-born Russian pop singer ("May There Always Be Sunshine").
* Ray Phiri, 70, South African jazz singer and guitarist, lung cancer.
* Phillip Playford, 85, Australian geologist.
* Abd al-Majid al-Rafei, 90, Lebanese politician, MP (1972–1989).
* Tod Sloan, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks).

### 13

* Abdul Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 86, Saudi prince.
* Américo Amorim, 82, Portuguese cork businessman (Corticeira Amorim).
* Charles Bachman, 92, American computer scientist.
* Keith Baird, 94, Barbadian-born American linguist.
* John Bernecker, 33, American stunt performer (Logan, The Hunger Games, This is the End), blunt force trauma.
* Paritat Bulbon, 46, Thai racing driver, suicide by gunshot.
* John Dalby, 88, English composer, singer and pianist.
* Vince Farrar, 70, English rugby league player (Featherstone Rovers, Sheffield Eagles, Hull).
* Giovanni Franzoni, 88, Italian writer and theologian.
* Okay Gönensin, 66, Turkish journalist.
* Johanna Grund, 82, German politician.
* Anwarul Haque, 61, Bangladeshi judge, Supreme Court (since 2012).
* Simon Holmes, 54, Australian musician (The Hummingbirds).
* Giannis Kalatzis, 74, Greek singer.
* Egil Kapstad, 76, Norwegian jazz pianist, arranger and composer.
* Héctor Lechuga, 88, Mexican comedian, actor and radio personality (México 2000), heart attack.
* Liu Xiaobo, 61, Chinese writer and human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2010), multiple organ failure due to liver cancer.
* Joaquim Molins i Amat, 72, Spanish politician, member of the Congress of Deputies (1979–1986, 1993–2000) and Parliament of Catalonia (1988–1993).
* Andrews Otutu Obaseki, 91, Nigerian judge, Supreme Court (1975–1991).
* Gertrude Poe, 101, American journalist (Laurel Leader).
* Carl E. Reichardt, 86, American banking executive (Wells Fargo).
* Wolfgang Schmitt, 78, German Olympic boxer (1964).
* Derek Shiel, 78, Irish painter, sculptor, writer, and film-maker.
* Olive Yang, 91, Burmese opium warlady.

### 14

* Mahi Beamer, 88, American singer.
* Prunella Briance, 91, British natural childbirth campaigner.
* Wm. Theodore de Bary, 97, American sinologist.
* Paul Ferreri, 69, Italian-Australian boxer.
* Ross Giudice, 93, American basketball coach (San Francisco Dons).
* Anne Golon, 95, French author.
* Julia Hartwig, 95, Polish writer and translator.
* Bert Hill, 87, English footballer (Colchester United F.C.).
* William "Hootie" Johnson, 86, American banker and sports administrator (Augusta National Golf Club), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1957–1958).
* Maryam Mirzakhani, 40, Iranian mathematician and academic, Fields Medalist (2014), breast cancer.
* Roland Moyle, 89, British politician, MP for Lewisham North (1966–1974) and Lewisham East (1974–1983).
* Clara (Cuqui) Nicola, 91, Cuban guitarist, professor and pedagogue, cardiorespiratory arrest.
* Kosie Pretorius, 81, Namibian politician, MP (1990–2005).
* Pedro Richter Prada, 96, Peruvian politician, Prime Minister (1979–1980).

### 15

* Anne Buttimer, 78, Irish geographer, president of International Geographical Union (2000–2004).
* Wesley Carr, 75, British Anglican priest, Dean of Westminster (1997–2006).
* Warrick L. Carter, 75, American music educator and executive.
* Agostino Cilardo, 69, Italian Arabist.
* Michael Cooper, 78, British economist.
* Justine Damond, 40, Australian woman murdered by a Minneapolis Police officer.
* Josef Hamerl, 86, Austrian footballer (Wiener SK).
* William Hoyland, 73, English actor (Bill Brand, Hellboy, For Your Eyes Only), stomach cancer.
* Martha Kyrle, 100, Austrian physician.
* Davie Laing, 92, Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian).
* Martin Landau, 89, American actor (Ed Wood, Mission: Impossible, Crimes and Misdemeanors), Oscar winner (1995), abdominal hemorrhage.
* Louise Merzeau, 53, French academic.
* Babe Parilli, 87, American football player and coach (Boston Patriots, Denver Dynamite, New York Jets), multiple myeloma.
* Vjekoslav Vojo Radoičić, 86, Croatian painter, sculptor, printmaker and stage designer.
* Plaiter Reyes, 46, Dominican Republic Olympic weightlifter.
* Vladimir Tolokonnikov, 74, Kazakh-Russian actor.
* Bob Wolff, 96, American sportscaster (Washington Senators).

### 16

* Nazem Amine, 90, Lebanese Olympic wrestler.
* Carlos Aro, 77, Argentine Olympic boxer (1960).
* Trevor Baxter, 84, British actor (Doctor Who, Maelstrom, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) and playwright.
* Nar Bahadur Bhandari, 76, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Sikkim (1979–1984, 1985–1994), cardiac arrest following spinal surgery.
* Jerry Bird, 83, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats, New York Knicks).
* Joan Calabrese, 77, American fashion designer, uterine cancer.
* Régis Gizavo, 58, Malagasy accordionist.
* Kim Hammond, 72, American judge (Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida) and football player (Florida State Seminoles).
* Wanda Lesisz, 92, Polish WWII resistance fighter.
* Tom Mitchell, 72, American football player (Baltimore Colts), lung cancer and diabetes.
* Zhibek Nukeeva, 22, Kyrgyz beauty queen, Miss Kyrgyzstan (2013), chondrosarcoma.
* George A. Romero, 77, American-Canadian film director and screenwriter (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow), lung cancer.
* Clancy Sigal, 91, American author and screenwriter (Frida).
* Cliff Whiting, 81, New Zealand Māori muralist, carver and teacher.
* Wilfried, 67, Austrian singer ("Lisa Mona Lisa"), cancer.
* Siegfried Wolf, 91, German footballer.

### 17

* Harvey Atkin, 74, Canadian actor (Cagney & Lacey, Meatballs, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), cancer.
* Evan Helmuth, 40, American actor (The Devil Inside, Fever Pitch, Jobs), complications from a stroke.
* George Hill, 79, British-born New Zealand agronomist.
* John Potter, 93, British SOE agent and chemist.
* K. N. Shankara, 72, Indian space scientist.
* Hersh Wolch, 77, Canadian lawyer (David Milgaard).
* Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte, 87, French film and television editor and actress.

### 18

* Gustavo Alessandri Valdés, 88, Chilean lawyer and politician, Mayor of Central Commune of Santiago de Chile (1987–1989) and MP (1961–1965, 1969–1971, 1998–2002).
* José Bragato, 101, Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor and arranger (Teatro Colón).
* Ben's Cat, 11, American racehorse, euthanized.
* Jean Murrell Capers, 104, American judge.
* François Dehez, 85, Belgian Olympic fencer (1956, 1960).
* Delia Graff Fara, 48, American philosopher.
* Max Gallo, 85, French writer, historian and politician.
* Mauno Hartman, 87, Finnish sculptor.
* Shigeaki Hinohara, 105, Japanese physician (St. Luke's International Hospital).
* Val Jeffery, 82, Australian politician, ACT MLA (2016).
* André Lafargue, 100, French journalist (Le Parisien libéré).
* Ian Mason, 75, New Zealand cricketer (Wellington).
* Herbert Needleman, 89, American pediatrician and medical researcher.
* Pat O'Donahue, 86, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Green Bay Packers).
* Andrew Paulson, 59, American executive (SUP Media), lung cancer.
* John Rheinecker, 38, American baseball player (Texas Rangers), suicide by hanging.
* José Luis Sánchez Paraíso, 74, Spanish Olympic sprinter (1968, 1972, 1976).
* Dawn Seymour, 100, American air force pilot.
* Chris Sherwin, 55, English veterinary biologist.
* Red West, 81, American actor and stuntman (Walking Tall, Road House, The Wild Wild West), aortic aneurysm.

### 19

* Torvild Aakvaag, 90, Norwegian petroleum executive (Norsk Hydro).
* María Amuchástegui, 64, Argentine television fitness presenter, ballerina and singer, stroke and lung cancer.
* Uma Bhende, 72, Indian actress and producer (Bhalu), heart disease.
* Miguel Blesa, 69, Spanish banker, Chairman of Caja Madrid (1996–2009), suicide by gunshot.
* Jake Butcher, 81, American banker and politician, financier of the 1982 World's Fair.
* Karel Franta, 89, Czech painter and illustrator, heart attack.
* Blaoui Houari, 91, Algerian singer and songwriter.
* Charles Weston Houck, 84, American jurist, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina (1979–2003).
* David E. H. Jones, 79, British chemist and author.
* Jordin Kare, 60, American aerospace engineer, complications from heart valve surgery.
* Évelyne Prouvost, 78, French businesswoman and magazine executive (Marie Claire), fall.
* Ralph Regula, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 16th congressional district (1973–2009).
* Fenwick Smith, 69, American flutist (Boston Symphony Orchestra).
* Mary Turner, 79, Irish-born British trade unionist.
* Joe Walters, 79, Scottish footballer (Clyde).
* Barbara Weldens, 35, French singer, cardiac arrest.
* Graham Wood, 45, Australian jazz pianist, bile duct cancer.

### 20

* Chester Bennington, 41, American singer and songwriter (Linkin Park, Dead by Sunrise, Stone Temple Pilots), suicide by hanging.
* David R. Brink, 97, American attorney, president of the American Bar Association (1981–1982).
* Marco Aurélio Garcia, 76, Brazilian politician, heart attack.
* Grand Armee, 18, Australian racehorse.
* Stephen Haseler, 75, British academic.
* Andrea Jürgens, 50, German schlager singer, kidney failure.
* Jesse Kalisher, 55, American photographer, cancer.
* Bernhard Kempa, 96, German handball player and coach (Göppingen).
* Kenneth Jay Lane, 85, American costume jewelry designer.
* John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey, 88, Scottish lawyer, judge and life peer, Solicitor General for Scotland (1974–1979).
* Ben Portis, 56, Canadian artist and curator, traffic collision.
* Pudsey, 11, British performing dog (Britain's Got Talent, Pudsey: The Movie, Mr Stink), blood cancer.
* Joseph Rago, 34, American journalist (The Wall Street Journal), sarcoidosis.
* Claude Rich, 88, French actor (Je t'aime, je t'aime).
* Robbie Savage, 50, Namibian football mascot, diabetic ketoacidosis.
* Deborah Schiffrin, 56, American linguist.
* Peter Sears, 80, American poet.
* Jonathan Shurberg, 54, American attorney and politician.

### 21

* Peter Doohan, 56, Australian tennis player, motor neurone disease.
* Anne Dufourmantelle, 53, French philosopher, drowned.
* Errol Dyers, 65, South African jazz guitarist and composer, emphysema.
* Howard Eichenbaum, 69, American psychologist and neuroscientist, complications of spinal surgery.
* Predrag Gojković Cune, 84, Serbian singer.
* John Heard, 71, American actor (Home Alone, Big, Prison Break), heart attack.
* Hasan Akbar Kamal, 71, Pakistani poet and writer.
* Nikolay Kamenskiy, 85, Russian Olympic ski jumper (1960), world championship silver medalist (1962).
* Yami Lester, 75, Australian Aboriginal and anti-nuclear activist.
* Geoff Mack, 94, Australian country singer-songwriter ("I've Been Everywhere").
* Jacques Nahum, 96, French television producer.
* Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim, 89, American businessman (Pilgrim's Pride).
* Jon van Rood, 91, Dutch immunologist.
* Hrvoje Šarinić, 82, Croatian politician, Prime Minister (1992–1993).
* Kenny Shields, 69, Canadian singer (Streetheart), complications from heart surgery.
* Stubbs, 20, American cat, honorary mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska (since 1997).
* Soxie Topacio, 65, Filipino film director (Ded na si Lolo, Impostora) and LGBT activist (Quezon City Pride Council), lung cancer.
* Gary Waller, 72, British politician, MP for Brighouse and Spenborough (1979–1983) and Keighley (1983–1997).
* Deborah Watling, 69, English actress (Doctor Who, Take Me High, The Invisible Man), lung cancer.
* Paapa Yankson, 73, Ghanaian highlife musician.
* Clímaco Jacinto Zarauz Carrillo, 91, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Azogues (1990–2004).

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* Fergus Allen, 95, British civil servant and author.
* Joyce Barnes, 91, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
* Margo Chase, 59, American graphic designer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), plane crash.
* Piet Haan, 86, Dutch cyclist.
* Fritz Hellwig, 104, German politician and bureaucrat, European Commissioner for Research, Technology and Information Distribution (1967–1970).
* Polo Hofer, 72, Swiss musician.
* Marcel Kunz, 74, Swiss footballer (Basel, national team).
* Robert Loder, 83, English art collector.
* Akbar Makhmoor, 61, Pakistani poet.
* Edward Norfolk, 95, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of St Albans (1982–1987).
* Ernst Ottensamer, 62, Austrian clarinetist, heart attack.
* Mathura Prasad Pal, 71, Indian politician, cancer.
* Shivajirao Girdhar Patil, 92, Indian politician, Padma Bhushan (2013).
* Rappin' Granny, 84, American rapper (America's Got Talent).
* Haddon Robinson, 86, American author and academic, interim president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
* František Ševčík, 75, Czech ice hockey player (national team), Olympic silver medalist (1968).
* Kostiantyn Sytnyk, 91, Ukrainian botanist and politician, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR (1980–1985).
* Artyom Tarasov, 67, Russian businessman and activist, first millionaire of the USSR.
* Willie Townes, 74, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), heart attack.
* Jim Vance, 75, American news anchor (WRC-TV), cancer.

### 23

* Wenceslaus Anthony, 59, Indian-born New Zealand businessman.
* Reginald Arnold, 92, Australian racing cyclist.
* Thanasis Bebis, 88–89, Greek Olympic footballer (1952).
* Yuri Belov, 88, Russian painter.
* Elliott Castro, 68, Puerto Rican sports commentator and author, heart attack.
* Dave Cogdill, 66, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (2000–2006) and Senate (2006–2010), pancreatic cancer.
* Bob DeMoss, 90, American football player and coach (Purdue University).
* Simon Doggart, 56, English head teacher and cricketer (Cambridge University).
* Adebayo Faleti, 95, Nigerian actor, poet, journalist and writer.
* Thomas Fleming, 90, American writer and historian (American Revolution).
* Thomas Füri, 70, Swiss violinist (I Salonisti).
* Robin Gardiner, 70, English writer and RMS Titanic conspiracy theorist.
* Amir Fryszer Guttman, 41, Israeli singer, drowned.
* John Kundla, 101, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Minneapolis Lakers, University of Minnesota).
* Lau Wong-fat, 80, Hong Kong businessman and politician, member of the Legislative Council (1986–2016) and Executive Council (2009–2012).
* Jean-Pierre Le Bras, 86, French painter.
* Tom Lister, 73, New Zealand rugby union player (South Canterbury, Wellington, national team).
* Gennady Moiseyev, 69, Russian motocross racer, world champion (1974, 1977, 1978).
* Waldir Peres, 66, Brazilian footballer (São Paulo, Corinthians, national team), heart attack.
* Mervyn Rose, 87, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player.
* Jerry Rushing, 80, American bootlegger and actor, inspiration for The Dukes of Hazzard.
* Snooty, 69, American manatee, mascot of Manatee County, Florida, drowned.
* Flo Steinberg, 78, American comic book publisher (Big Apple Comix) and secretary (Marvel Comics), complications from a brain aneurysm and lung cancer.
* Vladimir Stipetić, 89, Croatian economist and academician, rector of the University of Zagreb (1986–1989).
* József Szendi, 95, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Veszprém (1983–1997).

### 24

* Domingo Alzugaray, 84, Argentine-born Brazilian actor and journalist, founder of ISTOÉ, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
* B. R. Barwale, 86, Indian agronomist.
* Giovanni Bianchi, 77, Italian politician, MP (1994–2006), president of the PPI (1994–1997).
* Luis Gimeno, 90, Uruguayan-born Mexican actor (Mañana es para siempre).
* Michiko Inukai, 96, Japanese writer and philanthropist.
* Rajmata Mohinder Kaur of Patiala, 94, Indian royal and politician, MP (1967–1971).
* Jørgen Kosmo, 69, Norwegian politician, member (1985–2005) and President of Parliament (2001–2005), Minister of Defence (1993–1997).
* Michael Manktelow, 89, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Basingstoke (1977–1993).
* Naiyer Masud, 81, Indian Urdu short story writer.
* Niculae Nedeff, 88, Romanian handball player and coach.
* Yash Pal, 90, Indian scientist and educationist, Chairman of University Grants Commission (1986–1991), Padma Vibhushan (2013), lung cancer.
* Udupi Ramachandra Rao, 85, Indian space scientist, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (1984–1994).
* Øivind Solheim, 89, Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player (1952).
* Artur Almeida, 57, Brazilian journalist.

### 25

* Hywel Bennett, 73, Welsh actor (The Virgin Soldiers, Shelley, EastEnders).
* Gretel Bergmann, 103, German-born American high jumper.
* Erzsébet Bognár, 75, Hungarian handball player, World champion (1965).
* Sydney Cohen, 95, South African-born British pathologist.
* Marian Diamond, 90, American neuroscientist.
* Gabriel Epstein, 98, German-born British architect and urban planner.
* Buddy Fletcher, 84, American politician, mayor of Lakeland, Florida (1993–2009), complications from a stroke.
* Michael Johnson, 72, American singer ("Bluer Than Blue", "Give Me Wings", "The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder"), songwriter and guitarist.
* Tarō Kimura, 52, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (since 1996), pancreatic cancer.
* Marian Konieczny, 87, Polish sculptor (Warsaw Nike).
* Ivana Loudová, 76, Czech composer.
* Rula Quawas, 57, Jordanian feminist academic, aortic rupture.
* Luis María Ramírez Boettner, 99, Paraguayan lawyer and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–1996).
* Barbara Sinatra, 90, American fashion model, showgirl and philanthropist.
* Billy Joe Walker Jr., 65, American guitarist and songwriter ("I Wanna Dance with You", "That's Why I Fell in Love with You", "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love").
* John Wraw, 58, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bradwell (since 2012), multiple myeloma.
* Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, 46, Australian Indigenous musician.
* Jean-Pierre-Dominique Zévaco, 91, French-born Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tôlagnaro (1968−2001).

### 26

* Paul Angerer, 90, Austrian conductor, violist, composer, and radio presenter.
* Magnus Böcker, 55, Swedish businessman (OMX, Singapore Exchange, Dustin), cancer.
* Robin Brock-Hollinshead, 88, British Olympic skier.
* Cool "Disco" Dan, 47, American graffiti artist, complications from diabetes.
* Patti Deutsch, 73, American comedian, game show panelist and voice actress (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in, Match Game, The Emperor's New Groove), cancer.
* June Foray, 99, American voice actress (The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Looney Tunes, Cinderella), cardiac arrest.
* Leo Kinnunen, 73, Finnish racing driver (Interserie, Nordic Challenge Cup, Formula One).
* Hervé Le Roux, 59, French film critic and director.
* K. E. Mammen, 95, Indian activist.
* Frank Otto, 80, American academic.
* Sergey Petrosyan, 29, Azerbaijani-born Russian weightlifter, European champion (2007, 2008), drowned.
* Lawrence Pezzullo, 91, American diplomat, Ambassador to Uruguay (1977–79) and Nicaragua (1979–81).
* Ronald Phillips, 43, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
* Giovan Battista Pichierri, 74, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (since 1999).
* Maxlei dos Santos Luzia, 42, Brazilian footballer (Botafogo, AA Portuguesa, Vila Nova), cerebral edema.
* Keith Simons, 63, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs).
* Lyle Smith, 101, American football coach (Boise State Broncos).
* Helmut Thieltges, 61, German chef.
* Joachim Vobbe, 70, German Old Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Old Catholics in Germany (1995–2009).
* Peter Wende, 81, German historian.
* Jimmy White, 75, English footballer (AFC Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Gillingham).
* Ramón Xirau, 93, Spanish-born Mexican poet, philosopher and literary critic.

### 27

* Johnny Brandon, 92, English singer and songwriter.
* Cena N641, American Labrador retriever therapy and bomb detection dog, euthanized.
* Perivaldo Dantas, 64, Brazilian footballer (Botafogo, São Paulo, national team), pneumonia.
* John DeCamp, 76, American politician and lawyer.
* Abdelmajid Dolmy, 64, Moroccan footballer (Raja Casablanca, Olympique de Casablanca, national team).
* Michel Durafour, 97, French politician.
* H. A. Hargreaves, 89, Canadian science fiction writer.
* Stan Hart, 88, American comics and comedy writer (Mad), progressive supranuclear palsy.
* Eustace John, 78, Nevisian politician, Deputy Governor-General (1992–2017).
* Kim Weon-kee, 55, South Korean wrestler, Olympic gold medalist (1984), heart attack.
* Cheri Maples, 64, American police officer and peace activist, infection.
* Red Martin, 79, American Olympic ice hockey player (1964).
* Valery Maslov, 77, Russian football and bandy player and coach, stroke.
* D. L. Menard, 85, American Cajun musician.
* Ovidio Messa, 64, Bolivian footballer, pancreatic cancer.
* Mario Tullio Montano, 73, Italian fencer, Olympic champion (1972) and silver medalist (1976).
* George B. Rabb, 87, American zoologist.
* Manfred Rummel, 79, German football player and coach.
* Manik Sanyal, 81, Indian politician.
* Sam Shepard, 73, American playwright (Buried Child) and actor (The Right Stuff, Black Hawk Down), Pulitzer Prize winner (1979), complications from ALS.
* Dharam Singh, 80, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Karnataka (2004–2006).
* Marty Sklar, 83, American businessman (Walt Disney Imagineering).
* Gilles Tremblay, 84, Canadian composer, professor at Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal (since 1962).
* Peter Wegner, 84, Austrian-born American computer scientist.

### 28

* Samson Abioye, 26, Nigerian computer programmer.
* Edward Allcard, 102, British architect and yachtsman.
* Enzo Bettiza, 90, Yugoslav-born Italian novelist, journalist (Il Giornale) and politician, Senator (1976–1979) and MEP (1979–1994).
* José Vicente Beviá Pastor, 83, Spanish politician, member (1979–2000) and Deputy Speaker of Congress of Deputies (1993–1996), Senator (1977–1979).
* James Egan, 88, Australian artist.
* Maurice Filion, 85, Canadian ice hockey executive and coach (Quebec Nordiques).
* Runa Førde, 84, Norwegian painter and illustrator.
* Charlie Gard, 11 months, British infant, subject of life support and parental rights case, MDDS.
* Håvard Holm, 73, Norwegian civil servant.
* Inder Kumar, 43, Indian actor (Wanted, Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge, Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye), heart attack.
* Inga Lantz, 74, Swedish politician, MP (1973–1988).
* Stein Mehren, 82, Norwegian poet, essayist and playwright.
* Siegfried Meister, 78, German executive (Rational AG).
* John G. Morris, 100, American photo editor (Life, The New York Times, Ladies' Home Journal).
* Derek Nippard, 86, English football referee.
* Gösta Peterson, 94, Swedish fashion photographer.
* Mamy Rakotoarivelo, Malagasy politician, Minister of Communications (2002), shot.
* Janet Sape, 58, Papua New Guinean netball player and sports administrator.
* Rosemary Anne Sisson, 93, British author and scriptwriter.
* Warren Keith Urbom, 91, American judge, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska (1970–1990).

### 29

* Eunice de Souza, 76, Indian poet and novelist.
* Dave Grayson, 78, American football player (Oakland Raiders).
* Sophie Huet, 64, French journalist (L'Aurore, Le Figaro).
* Media Kashigar, 61, Iranian author and translator, pulmonary disease.
* Werner Kirsch, 79, German Olympic boxer.
* Redha Malek, 85, Algerian politician and diplomat, Prime Minister (1993–1994).
* Charley Marouani, 90, Tunisian impresario and talent agent.
* Georges Martin, 87, French automotive engineer.
* Lee May, 74, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles), heart disease.
* José Osvaldo de Meira Penna, 100, Brazilian diplomat and writer.
* Yuri Alekseevich Ryzhov, 86, Soviet and Russian scientist and politician.
* Olivier Strebelle, 90, Belgian sculptor.
* Piotr S. Wandycz, 93, Polish-American historian, president of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America and professor emeritus (Yale University).
* Stephen T. Worland, 94, American economist.

### 30

* Tato Cifuentes, 91, Chilean comedian, actor, ventriloquist and singer, pneumonia.
* Ciro Cirillo, 96, Italian politician and kidnapping victim, president of the Province of Naples (1969–1975) and Campania (1979–1980).
* H. Sayeeduddin Dagar, 78, Indian Dhrupad singer.
* Graham Foley, 94, English Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Reading (1982–1989).
* Paulo Garcia, 58, Brazilian neurosurgeon and politician, Mayor of Goiânia (2010–2016), heart attack.
* S. Nainar Kulasekaran, 92–93, Indian environmentalist.
* Slim Mahfoudh, 75, Tunisian actor (L'Étoile du Nord).
* Charlie Tagawa, 81, Japanese-born American banjoist.
* Steadman Upham, 68, American archaeologist, college professor and president (University of Tulsa).
* Anton Vratuša, 102, Slovenian politician and diplomat, Prime Minister (1978–1980) and Yugoslavia's ambassador to the United Nations (1967–1969).

### 31

* Ray Albright, 83, American banker and politician, member of the Tennessee State Senate (1971–1994) and House of Representatives (1967–1971).
* Nigel Beard, 80, British politician, MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford (1997–2005).
* Jean-Claude Bouillon, 75, French comedian and actor (Child of the Night).
* Alan Cameron, 79, British classicist and academic.
* Max Day, 101, Australian ecologist.
* Jérôme Golmard, 43, French tennis player, complications from ALS.
* Francesco La Macchia, 78, Italian sprint canoeist, Olympic silver medalist (1960).
* Roberto Lazzari, 79, Italian Olympic breaststroke swimmer (1960).
* Peter Lewington, 67, English cricketer (Warwickshire, Berkshire).
* Liu Wen-hsiung, 62, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1999–2008), complications from a heart attack.
* Chuck Loeb, 61, American jazz guitarist (Fourplay), cancer.
* Tom Misson, 87, British Olympic racewalker (1960).
* Jeanne Moreau, 89, French actress (Elevator to the Gallows, The Lovers, Jules and Jim).
* Les Murray, 71, Hungarian-born Australian sports broadcaster (The World Game).
* Michael O'Nan, 73, American mathematician.
* Nancy Valentine, 89, American actress (The Black Castle).