# Deaths in June 2016
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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2016.
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.

## June 2016
### 1

* William Harrison Bell, 89, American surgeon.
* Leonard Boyle, 85, New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dunedin (1983–2005).
* Agostino Coletto, 88, Italian racing cyclist.
* David Daniell, 87, English literary scholar.
* Roger Enrico, 71, American businessman (PepsiCo, DreamWorks), snorkeling incident.
* Razak Khan, 65, Indian film actor (Baadshah, Hello Brother, Akhiyon Se Goli Maare), heart attack.
* Boyce F. Martin Jr., 80, American judge, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1996–2003), brain cancer.
* Grigore Obreja, 48, Romanian sprint canoeist, world champion (1994), Olympic bronze medallist (1996).
* Kosit Panpiemras, 73, Thai banker (Bangkok Bank), cancer.
* Bob Rumball, 86, Canadian pastor and deaf rights advocate.
* John Simpson, 89, Australian Olympic fencer.
* Dalpat Singh Paraste, 66, Indian politician, MP for Shahdol (2004–2009), brain hemorrhage.
* David Spielberg, 77, American actor (Christine, Wiseguy, ER).
* John Taylor, 87, British Anglican bishop and theologian.
* Wang Jui, 85, Taiwanese actor, Golden Bell winner (1991, 1997, 2014).

### 2

* Klaus Biemann, 89, Austrian-born American biochemist.
* Walter Curley, 93, American diplomat, Ambassador to Ireland (1975–1977) and France (1989–1993).
* Alvin J. DeGrow, 90, American politician.
* Donny Everett, 19, American baseball player (Vanderbilt Commodores), drowned.
* Fulvio Galimi, 89, Argentine Olympic fencer (1948, 1952).
* Darko Grubor, 53, Serbian executive.
* Don Hardeman, 63, American football player.
* Sir Tom Kibble, 83, British physicist.
* Wayne Kingery, 88, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
* Pál Koczka, 77, Hungarian Olympic basketball player.
* Keith Lawrence, 96, New Zealand-born British flight lieutenant during World War II, surviving member of The Few.
* Yevhen Lemeshko, 85, Ukrainian football coach.
* Abderrahmane Meziani, 74, Algerian footballer (USM Alger).
* Dan Henry Nicolson, 82, American botanist.
* Andrzej Niemczyk, 72, Polish volleyball coach, European champion (2003, 2005).
* Sir John Pidgeon, 89, Australian property developer.
* Ulrik Plesner, 85, Danish architect.
* Lee Pfund, 96, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers) and college baseball and basketball coach (Wheaton College).
* Willis Pyle, 101, American animator (Pinocchio, Bambi, Mr. Magoo).
* Brian Reidy, 77, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team).
* Helen Renton, 85, British air force officer, director of the WRAF (1980–1986).
* Freddie Wadling, 64, Swedish singer and songwriter.
* Häns'che Weiss, 64–65, German jazz guitarist.

### 3

* Yevgeny Agureyev, 65, Russian field hockey player and administrator.
* Muhammad Ali, 74, American boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1960), three-time WBC world heavyweight champion (1964, 1974, 1978), septic shock.
* Balu Anand, 61, Indian actor, heart attack.
* Szabolcs Baranyi, 72, Hungarian tennis player.
* Sreten Asanović, 85, Montenegrin author.
* Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen, 86, Dutch malacologist.
* Henry Childs, 65, American football player (New Orleans Saints), heart attack.
* Mac Cocker, 74, English-born Australian radio presenter (2JJ, 105.7 ABC Darwin).
* Stephen Gasiorowicz, 87, American theoretical physicist.
* Vladimir Ivanovsky, 68, Russian diplomat, Ambassador to Turkey (2007–2013).
* Jocelyn Lovell, 65, Canadian Olympic cyclist (1968, 1972, 1976), Commonwealth (1978) and Pan American Games (1971, 1975) gold medalist.
* Sten Lundin, 84, Swedish motocross racer, world champion (1959, 1961).
* Leonard Marchand, 82, Canadian politician, Minister of Environment (1976, 1977–1979), Senator (1984–1998), first Aboriginal federal cabinet minister.
* Joseph Michel, 90, Belgian politician, President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (1980–1981), Minister of the Interior (1974–1977, 1986–1988).
* Ken Morioka, 49, Japanese musician and composer (Soft Ballet), heart failure.
* Murray Murrell, 93, Australian football player (Collingwood).
* Victor Reux, 86, French Saint Pierre and Miquelon politician.
* Luis Salom, 24, Spanish motorcycle racer, race collision.
* Sabam Siagian, 84, Indonesian journalist, editor-in-chief of The Jakarta Post (1983–1991), Ambassador to Australia (1991–1994).
* Arve Solstad, 80, Norwegian newspaper editor (Dagbladet).
* Dave Swarbrick, 75, British folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention), emphysema.
* Henrique N'zita Tiago, 88, Angolan separatist politician, President of the Armed Forces of Cabinda.

### 4

* Gil Bartosh, 86, American football player and coach.
* Frank Brown, 79, American Olympic skier.
* Annie Castledine, 77, British theatre director.
* Eamonn Cooke, 79, Irish DJ and criminal.
* Phyllis Curtin, 94, American soprano.
* Bobby Curtola, 73, Canadian singer.
* Sulabha Deshpande, 79, Indian actress.
* István Halász, 64, Hungarian footballer (Tatabánya, Vasas, national team).
* Antti Hyry, 84, Finnish writer.
* Geirmund Ihle, 81, Norwegian politician, MP (1969–1981).
* Nicky Jennings, 70, English footballer (Portsmouth, Exeter City).
* Rodney Johnson, 88, Australian Olympic sports shooter.
* Zoya Klyuchko, 83, Ukrainian entomologist.
* Piero Leddi, 85, Italian painter.
* Erich Linemayr, 83, Austrian football referee.
* Norman Longmate, 90, English historian.
* Sir Brian McGrath, 90, British courtier, private secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh.
* Carmen Pereira, 79, Bissau-Guinean politician, acting President (1984).
* Pulu Poumele, 44, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens).
* Alan Rathbone, 57, English rugby league player (Bradford, Warrington).
* Bill Richmond, 94, American screenwriter and producer (The Carol Burnett Show, The Nutty Professor, Three's Company).
* Farid Seiful-Mulyukov, 85, Uzbek-born Russian journalist and writer.
* Bill Snowden, 81, New Zealand rugby league player (Ponsonby, national team).
* Nicola Tanda, 87, Italian literary critic and philologist.
* William Wright, 85, American author.
* Mustafa Zalmi, 92, Iraqi Kurdish Muslim scholar.

### 5

* Loretta Abbott, 83, American dancer and choreographer.
* Manohar Aich, 104, Indian bodybuilder, Mr. Universe (1952).
* Gianluca Buonanno, 50, Italian politician, MEP (since 2014), traffic collision.
* Jerome Bruner, 100, American psychologist.
* David Gilkey, 50, American photojournalist, grenade explosion.
* Frank Griffin, 98, Irish judge.
* Taomati Iuta, 77, I-Kiribati politician, Vice President (1991–1994) and Speaker of the House (2003, 2007–2015), diabetes.
* David Lamb, 76, American war correspondent and journalist (Los Angeles Times).
* Abu Layla, 32, Syrian military commander, shot.
* Ortensia, 10, Australian thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
* Jarbas Passarinho, 96, Brazilian politician, Minister of Justice (1990–1992), Senate President (1981–1983), Governor of Pará (1964–1966).
* Cedric Robinson, 76, American political scientist.
* Patti Grace Smith, 68, American Federal Aviation Administration official, pancreatic cancer.
* Rick Speare, 68, Australian public health physician, traffic collision.
* Eleanor Zelliot, 89, American scholar.
* Aleksei Zharkov, 68, Russian actor, liver disease.

### 6

* Stuart Anderson, 93, American restaurateur (Black Angus Steakhouse).
* Rhoda Blumberg, 98, American author.
* Theresa Poh Lin Chan, 72, Singaporean writer and actress, lung cancer.
* Helen Fabela Chávez, 88, American labor unionist.
* Hélio Garcia, 85, Brazilian politician, Governor of Minas Gerais (1984–1987, 1991–1995).
* Harry Gregory, 72, English footballer (Charlton Athletic).
* John Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton, 88, British army officer and peer.
* Ayaz Jani, 48, Pakistani poet and journalist.
* Viktor Korchnoi, 85, Russian-born Swiss chess player.
* Basil McKenzie, 89, Jamaican Olympic sprinter.
* Remi Nadeau, 95, American historian.
* Federico José Pagura, 93, Argentinian Protestant minister, Bishop of the Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina.
* Steve Pisanos, 96, Greek-born American air force officer.
* Theresa Saldana, 61, American actress (Raging Bull, The Commish, I Wanna Hold Your Hand), renal failure.
* Rolf Schweizer, 80, German composer.
* Sir Peter Shaffer, 90, British playwright (Amadeus, Equus, Black Comedy) and screenwriter, Tony (1975, 1981) and Oscar winner (1985).
* Kimbo Slice, 42, Bahamian-born American mixed martial artist (Bellator, UFC), boxer and actor (Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh), heart failure.
* Keith Smith, 87, New Zealand cricketer.
* Tunga, 64, Brazilian sculptor and performance artist, cancer.
* André Warusfel, 79, French mathematician and writer.
* Jimmy Williams, 90, Canadian baseball player and manager.
* Héctor Zumbado, 84, Cuban writer and comedian.

### 7

* Børge Bach, 71, Danish footballer (AaB).
* Bretagne, 16, American Golden Retriever rescue dog, euthanized after kidney failure.
* Johnny Brooks, 84, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Brentford).
* John H. Eicher, 95, American scientist and author.
* Tanju Gürsu, 77, Turkish actor and film director, respiratory failure.
* Amber Gurung, 78, Nepalese musician and composer (national anthem).
* Frans Harjawiyata, 84, Indonesian Roman Catholic abbot.
* Robert Hall, 85, Canadian politician.
* Leonard Hill, 68, American television executive and writer, property developer.
* Peter Jost, 95, British mechanical engineer.
* Stephen Keshi, 54, Nigerian football player (Anderlecht, Strasbourg) and manager (national team), heart attack.
* Sir Graham Latimer, 90, New Zealand Māori leader and politician.
* Marita Lindquist, 97, Finnish writer.
* Thomas Perkins, 84, American businessman (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers).
* Anatoliy Polishchuk, 66, Soviet-Ukrainian volleyball player, Olympic silver medalist (1976).
* Rubén Quevedo, 37, Venezuelan baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers), heart attack.
* Elayne Rapping, 77, American writer, breast cancer.
* Sean Rooks, 46, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers), heart disease.
* Didargylyç Urazow, 39, Turkmen footballer, stroke.
* Bryan Wiedmeier, 56, American sports executive (Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns, NFL Management Council), brain cancer.
* Rod Zimmer, 73, Canadian politician, Senator for Manitoba (2005–2013), complications from esophageal cancer and pneumonia.

### 8

* Smart Akraka, 82, Nigerian Olympic sprinter.
* Pierre Aubert, 89, Swiss politician, President (1983, 1987).
* Terje Fjærn, 73, Norwegian musician and conductor.
* Sascha Lewandowski, 44, German football manager (Bayer Leverkusen, Union Berlin).
* Qahhor Mahkamov, 84, Tajik politician, President (1990–1991).
* Philip Majerus, 79, American biochemist, prostate cancer.
* Marina Malfatti, 83, Italian actress (The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, The Red Queen Kills Seven Times, Black Killer).
* Michael Manser, 87, British architect, complications from a stroke.
* Ngala Mwendwa, 94, Kenyan politician.
* William Smith, 62, Northern Irish paramilitary and politician.
* Robert Sussman, 74, American anthropologist, stroke.

### 9

* Hamza Ali, 20, English cricketer (Hampshire), drowning.
* Michael Baldasaro, 67, Canadian sect leader (Church of the Universe) and political candidate (Marijuana Party), cancer.
* Stepan Bondarev, 93, Belarusian Soviet army general.
* Alex Tamba Brima, 44, Sierra Leonean military commander (Armed Forces Revolutionary Council), convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Civil War.
* Stéphane Dumas, 46, Canadian astrophysicist, complications from influenza.
* Carillo Gritti, 74, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Territorial Prelate of Itacoatiara (since 2000).
* T. S. John, 76, Indian politician, chairman of the Kerala Congress.
* J. Reilly Lewis, 71, American choral conductor and Baroque music specialist, heart attack.
* James Lewis, 85, American politician, member of the Indiana Senate (1974–1978, 1986–2010) and House of Representatives (1970–1972).
* Hassan Muhammad Makki, 82, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (1974).
* Panagiotis Mavrikos, 42, Greek newspaper publisher, traffic collision.
* Bernard Shrimsley, 85, British newspaper editor (The Sun, News of the World).
* Brooks Thompson, 45, American basketball player (Orlando Magic) and coach (UTSA Roadrunners), multiple organ failure.
* A. Gordon Wetmore, 84, American theologian, President of the Northwest Nazarene College (1983–1992).
* Madeleen de Wijkerslooth de Weerdesteyn, 80, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (1980–1987) and Council of State (1987–2002).

### 10

* Shuaibu Amodu, 58, Nigerian football coach (Nigeria national football team).
* Mary Feik, 92, American aviator.
* Alexander Gorlov, 85, Russian mechanical engineer.
* Alex Govan, 86, Scottish footballer (Plymouth Argyle, Birmingham City).
* Christina Grimmie, 22, American singer-songwriter (Find Me) and talent show participant (The Voice), shot.
* Gopal Gurung, 80, Nepali politician and author.
* Habib, 68, Iranian singer, heart attack.
* Margaret Vinci Heldt, 98, American hairstylist, creator of the beehive hairstyle.
* Ambrose Hickey, 71, Irish Gaelic footballer (Offaly GAA).
* Desmond Heeley, 85, British set and costume designer.
* John Horgan, 66, Irish hurler (Cork).
* Gordie Howe, 88, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers).
* Giannis Michalopoulos, 89, Greek actor.
* Mimmo Palmara, 87, Italian actor (A Long Ride from Hell, Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis, Hercules Unchained).
* Alfred Oftedal Telhaug, 81, Norwegian educationalist.
* Giuseppe Virgili, 80, Italian footballer (Fiorentina, national team).
* Derek Wilson, 93, New Zealand architect and environmentalist.

### 11

* Rudi Altig, 79, German cyclist, winner of the 1962 Vuelta a España, world champion (1966), cancer.
* Asghar Bichareh, 89, Iranian photographer and actor.
* Gilbert Blue, 82, American Catawba chief (1973–2007), mesothelioma.
* Stacey Castor, 48, American convicted murderer, heart attack.
* Chico Fernández, 84, Cuban baseball player (Detroit Tigers), complications from a stroke.
* Paolo Leon, 81, Italian post-Keynesian economist.
* Inder Malhotra, 86, Indian journalist (The Guardian), editor (The Statesman, The Times of India) and columnist.
* Moonist, 5, American racehorse, complications of colic.
* Alberto Remedios, 81, British operatic tenor.
* Bryan Robinson, 41, American football player (Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Arizona Cardinals), heart disease.
* Trudi Roth, 86, Swiss actress, dementia.
* Thomas Skidmore, 83, American historian.
* Lars Skytøen, 86, Norwegian politician, Minister of Industry (1979–1981).
* Veijo Valtonen, 80, Finnish footballer.

### 12

* Abdullah Ahmad, 79, Malaysian newspaper editor (New Straits Times), journalist and politician, cancer.
* Georgia Apostolou, 43, Greek actress (Erotas), heart attack.
* David K. Backus, 63, American economist, leukemia.
* Donald Carr, 89, English cricketer (Derbyshire, Oxford University, national team) and administrator (MCC, TCCB).
* Michelle Cliff, 69, Jamaican-born American writer, liver failure.
* Gordon Connell, 93, American actor (Hello, Dolly!).
* Vladimir Dolgopolov, 54, Soviet and Russian football player (FC Zenit Saint Petersburg), complications from a stroke.
* Robert F. Dorr, 76, American writer and diplomat, brain tumor.
* Franco Faggi, 90, Italian rower, Olympic gold medalist (1948).
* Earl Faison, 77, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
* Dagfinn Gedde-Dahl, 79, Norwegian physician.
* Gunnar Gran, 84, Norwegian media executive (NRK).
* P. V. Guharaj, 91, Indian police surgeon.
* Curley Johnson, 80, American football player (New York Jets), Super Bowl winner (1969).
* Danny Kopec, 62, American chess player, pancreatic cancer.
* Harold La Borde, 82, Trinidadian sailor, fall.
* Achyut Lahkar, 85, Indian actor and playwright.
* Rodney Leach, Baron Leach of Fairford, 82, British banker and politician.
* Tom Leppard, 80, British tattooed man.
* Omar Mateen, 29, American mass murderer (Orlando nightclub shooting), shot.
* Michu Meszaros, 76, Hungarian-born American actor (ALF).
* Elín Ortiz, 81, Puerto Rican actor, comedian, and producer, Alzheimer's disease.
* Fabrizio Pirovano, 56, Italian motorcycle road racer, tumour.
* Alfonso Portugal, 82, Mexican footballer (national team).
* Jerry Vaflor, 76, Filipino football player and coach, pneumonia.
* George Voinovich, 79, American politician, Senator from Ohio (1999–2011), Governor of Ohio (1991–1998), Mayor of Cleveland (1980–1989).
* Janet Waldo, 96, American actress and voice artist (The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Wacky Races).
* Chris Warren, 49, American musician (WWF).
* Cezary Wodziński, 57, Polish philosopher, historian, essayist and translator (Jagiellonian University, University of Warsaw).

### 13

* Anahid Ajemian, 92, American violinist.
* Uriah Asante, 24, Ghanaian footballer (Hearts of Oak), heart attack.
* John Arnold Baker, 90, British judge and politician.
* Irene Bauer, 71, Norwegian politician.
* Tony Byrne, 70, Irish footballer (Hereford, Southampton).
* Tet Garcia, 75, Filipino politician.
* Gladys Gunzer, 76, American sculptor.
* Ofelya Hambardzumyan, 91, Armenian folk singer.
* Oleg Karavaychuk, 88, Soviet and Russian composer.
* Joshua Wanume Kibedi, 74, Ugandan diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister (1971–1973), Ambassador to the United Nations (1986–1988).
* Randy Jones, 72, British-born American jazz musician (Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Maynard Ferguson), heart failure.
* Ron Mason, 76, Canadian ice hockey coach and university administrator (Michigan State).
* Mohammad Moniruzzaman Miah, 81, Bangladeshi academic.
* Chips Moman, 79, American songwriter ("(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song") and record producer, Grammy winner (1976).
* Mudrarakshas, 82, Indian Hindi author.
* Robert T. Paine, 83, American ecologist, acute myeloid leukemia.
* Gregory Rabassa, 94, American literary translator (Hopscotch).
* Gerald J. Wasserburg, 89, American geologist.

### 14

* Lidia Biondi, 75, Italian actress (Eat Pray Love, Casanova, Rome).
* Roger Breeze, 69, English veterinary scientist.
* Robert Després, 91, Canadian businessman, lung cancer.
* Anatol Dumitraș, 60, Moldovan singer, cancer.
* Melvin Dwork, 94, American interior designer and gay rights activist.
* Ronnie Claire Edwards, 83, American actress (The Waltons, The Dead Pool, Designing Women), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
* Anatoli Grishin, 76, Russian sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (1964).
* Ann Morgan Guilbert, 87, American actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Nanny, Grumpier Old Men), cancer.
* Per Hovdenakk, 80, Norwegian art historian.
* Gertrude Kerbis, 89, American architect (O'Hare International Airport), liver cancer.
* OJB Jezreel, 49, Nigerian singer and record producer, complications from kidney failure.
* Gilles Lamontagne, 97, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1984–1990), MP (1977–1984), Mayor of Quebec City (1965–1977).
* Ali Lazrak, 68, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (2002–2006), lung cancer.
* Henry McCullough, 72, Northern Irish guitarist (Spooky Tooth, Wings, The Grease Band).
* Samuel Mumbengegwi, 73, Zimbabwean politician.
* Ken Orr, 77, American software engineer.
* Irma Roy, 84, Argentine actress and politician, national deputy (1995–2005).
* Ovie Scurlock, 97, American jockey.
* Yumi Shirakawa, 79, Japanese actress (Rodan, The Mysterians, The H-Man).

### 15

* Somawansa Amarasinghe, 73, Sri Lankan politician, leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (1994–2014), stroke.
* Anton Barten, 86, Dutch economist.
* Claude Confortès, 88, French actor (War of the Buttons).
* Lois Duncan, 82, American writer (I Know What You Did Last Summer, Hotel for Dogs, Who Killed My Daughter?).
* Aslam Farrukhi, 92, Pakistani writer and critic.
* Gypsy Joe, 82, Puerto Rican professional wrestler (WWC, CWA, AJPW).
* David Hall, 88, New Zealand chemistry academic (University of Auckland).
* Roland Hardy, 90, British Olympic race walker (1952, 1956).
* Bob Holman, 79, British academic (University of Bath) and community worker, motor neurone disease.
* Joaquin Jackson, 80, American Texas Ranger.
* Fred James, 71, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).
* Ladislav Kupkovič, 80, Slovak composer and conductor.
* Milorad Mandić, 55, Serbian actor (Selo gori, a baba se češlja, Pretty Village, Pretty Flame, Klopka), heart attack.
* Hiroshi Minatoya, 72, Japanese judoka, world champion (1967, 1969).
* Alavi Moulana, 84, Sri Lankan politician, Minister of Labour (2000–2001), Governor of Western Province (2002–2015).
* Harry Moule, 94, English cricketer (Worcestershire).
* Richard Selzer, 87, American surgeon and author.
* Giuseppe Spagnulo, 79, Italian sculptor.
* A. C. Tirulokchandar, 86, Indian film director (Iru Malargal, Deiva Magan, Adhey Kangal).
* John Tremelling, 86, Australian Olympic sports shooter.
* Elaina Marie Tuttle, 52, ornithologist and behavioral geneticist

### 16

* Sulo Aittoniemi, 79, Finnish politician, MP (1987–2003).
* Bill Berkson, 76, American poet and art critic, heart attack.
* Doug Cherry, 83, Canadian politician.
* Jo Cox, 41, British politician, MP for Batley and Spen (since 2015), shot and stabbed.
* Manimala Devi, 84, Indian actress (Kaa).
* Wayne Dowd, 74, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (1978–2000), cancer.
* Anjan Dutta, 64, Indian politician.
* Hans Lipschis, 96, Lithuanian-born German military officer.
* Luděk Macela, 65, Czech footballer, Olympic gold medalist (1980).
* Irving Moskowitz, 88, American businessman and philanthropist.
* Candy Ruff, 65, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1993–2009).
* Pat Suggate, 94, British-born New Zealand geologist.
* Jerome Teasley, 67, American drummer, complications from liver and lung cancer.
* Charles Thompson, 98, American pianist.

### 17

* Rubén Aguirre, 82, Mexican actor (El Chavo del Ocho, El Chapulín Colorado, Chespirito).
* Willy Andresen, 94, Norwegian jazz pianist.
* Attrell Cordes, 46, American rhythm and blues singer (P.M. Dawn), renal disease.
* Angel Gelmi Bertocchi, 78, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (1985–2013).
* Audrey Disbury, 82, English cricketer.
* Peter Feuchtwanger, 76, German-born British pianist, composer and piano teacher.
* Thomas Ashley Graves Jr., 91, American academic, President of the College of William & Mary (1971–1985).
* Bud Gregory, 90, Canadian politician.
* Phil Hennigan, 70, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, New York Mets), lung cancer.
* Sam Beaver King, 90, Jamaican-born British political activist, Mayor of Southwark (1983), co-founder of the Notting Hill Carnival.
* Reidar Kvaal, 100, Norwegian World War II military officer.
* Ron Lester, 45, American actor (Varsity Blues, Popular, Good Burger), liver and kidney failure.
* David Morgenthaler, 96, American businessman.
* Loretto Petrucci, 86, Italian racing cyclist.
* Tenor Fly, 48, English rapper and ragga vocalist.
* Wang Sichao, 77, Chinese astronomy scholar, cerebral hemorrhage.

### 18

* Paul Cox, 76, Dutch-born Australian film director (My First Wife, A Woman's Tale, Exile), liver cancer.
* Sharon Douglas, 95, American actress (Fog Island).
* Susana Duijm, 79, Venezuelan beauty queen, Miss World winner (1955).
* Alejandro Jano Fuentes, 45, American singer (La Voz... México), shot.
* Graham Gibbons, 96, Bermudian businessman and politician, Mayor of Hamilton, Bermuda (1972–1988).
* Jim Harrison, 80, American writer and artist, heart attack.
* Curt Hofstad, 70, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (since 2006), heart attack.
* Väinö Huhtala, 80, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1960).
* Jeppiaar, 85, Indian educationist, founder and chancellor of Sathyabama University.
* Sverre Kjelsberg, 69, Norwegian musician (The Pussycats).
* William J. Livsey, 85, American army general.
* Sibe Mardešić, 89, Croatian mathematician.
* Rachel McCulloch, 74, American economist.
* Vittorio Merloni, 83, Italian entrepreneur and industrialist, founder of Indesit.
* Robert L. Moore, 73, American psychologist.
* Kitty Rhoades, 65, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1999–2011), pneumonia.
* Stanisław Romik, 90, Polish shooter.
* Joe Schaffernoth, 78, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians), cancer.
* Edith Turner, 95, English-born American anthropologist.
* Wu Jianmin, 77, Chinese diplomat, Ambassador to France and the Netherlands (1998–2003), traffic collision.

### 19

* Mihnea Berindei, 68, Romanian-born French historian.
* Nicolae Bocșan, 68, Romanian historian.
* Nicolás García Uriburu, 78, Argentine artist and landscape architect.
* Götz George, 77, German actor (Tatort).
* Fan Ho, 84, Chinese photographer, film director and actor, pneumonia.
* David Johnson, 83, Australian-born American business executive (Campbell Soup Company).
* John Love, 73, British-born Australian scientist.
* Ricardo Obregón Cano, 99, Argentine politician, Governor of Córdoba (1973–1974).
* Allan Paivio, 91, Canadian psychologist.
* Ixora Rojas Paz, 60, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, president of the Chamber of Deputies (1998–1999).
* Victor Stănculescu, 88, Romanian general and politician, Minister of National Defence.
* Norbert Thériault, 95, Canadian politician, MLA (1960–1979) and Senator for New Brunswick (1979–1996).
* Niki Tobi, 75, Nigerian judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (2002–2010).
* Randolph Vigne, 87, South African political activist.
* Anton Yelchin, 27, Soviet-born American actor (Star Trek, Alpha Dog, Fright Night), blunt traumatic asphyxia.

### 20

* Ann Atwater, 80, American civil rights activist.
* Frank Chapot, 84, American equestrian, Olympic silver medalist (1960, 1972).
* Fiqre Crockwell, 30, Bermudian cricket player, shot.
* Eamonn Dolan, 48, Irish football player and coach, cancer.
* Alvin Endt, 82, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1984–1999).
* Benoîte Groult, 96, French journalist, writer and feminist activist.
* Bill Ham, 79, American band manager (ZZ Top).
* Hal Holman, 93, Australian artist.
* Michał Józefczyk, 69, Polish Roman Catholic priest.
* Aulis Kähkönen, 85, Finnish Olympic swimmer.
* Willie Logie, 83, Scottish footballer (Rangers).
* Ernesto Maceda, 81, Filipino politician, Senate President (1996–1998), Senator (1971–1972, 1987–1998) and columnist, multiple organ failure.
* Dan Maraya, 69, Nigerian griot.
* Rich Olive, 66, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (2007–2011), cancer.
* Edgard Pisani, 97, French politician, philosopher and writer, President of the AWI (1988–1995), High Commissioner of New Caledonia (1985), Minister of Agriculture (1961–1966).
* William Craig Rice, 61, American academic.
* Chayito Valdez, 71, Mexican-born American folk singer and actress, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage.
* James Victor, 76, American actor (Stand and Deliver, Zorro).

### 21

* Guda Anjaiah, 60, Indian poet, singer and lyricist, kidney ailment.
* Jim Boyd, 60, American singer-songwriter.
* Karl Dallas, 85, British journalist, author and campaigner, cancer.
* Dan Daniel, 82, American radio personality (WMCA, WYNY, WCBS).
* Bryan Edwards, 85, British footballer (Bolton Wanderers).
* Helen T. Edwards, 80, American physicist.
* Pat Friday, 94, American singer.
* Jack Fuller, 69, American journalist and publisher (Tribune Publishing), cancer.
* Kunio Hatoyama, 67, Japanese politician.
* Henk Hofland, 88, Dutch journalist, columnist and writer.
* Al Howie, 70, Canadian long-distance runner.
* Wayne Jackson, 74, American musician (The Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns), heart failure.
* Pierre Lalonde, 75, Canadian singer and television host, complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Kenworth Moffett, 81, American art curator (Boston Museum of Fine Arts), museum director (Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale) and writer.
* Mohammed Nizamuddin, 83, Indian trade unionist and politician.
* Jim Randell, 87, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mirani (1980–1994).

### 22

* Joan Acker, 92, American sociologist.
* John William Ashe, 61, Antiguan diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2013–2014), heart attack.
* Vasily Bochkaryov, 67, Russian politician.
* Steve French, 56, American gospel singer (Kingdom Heirs), suicide by jumping.
* John Garrow, 87, British nutritionist and physician.
* Luis Gutiérrez Martín, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Segovia (1995–2007).
* Mike Hart, 72, British singer-songwriter.
* David J. Hickson, 85, British organisational theorist.
* Mohammad Kilani, Jordanian politician, Water Minister (1989).
* Andrzej Kondratiuk, 79, Polish film director (Hydrozagadka), screenwriter, actor and cinematographer.
* Roberto Lovera, 93, Uruguayan basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
* Alan Mitchell, 55, English comics creator.
* J. V. Ramana Murthi, 83, Indian actor.
* Yaşar Nuri Öztürk, 71, Turkish theologian and politician, stomach cancer.
* Harry Rabinowitz, 100, British music composer (Reilly, Ace of Spies) and conductor (Chariots of Fire, Cats).
* Samir Roychoudhury, 82, Indian writer (Hungry Generation).
* Tokia Russell, 38, Bermudian footballer, traffic collision.
* Amjad Sabri, 45, Pakistani qawwali singer, shot.

### 23

* Eoin Cameron, 65, Australian radio presenter (6WF) and politician, MP for Stirling (1993–1998), heart attack.
* Mike Flynn, 48, American online journalist and conservative activist.
* Arie Gluck, 86, Israeli Olympic runner (1952).
* James Green, 71, American historian, leukemia.
* Michael Herr, 76, American author (Dispatches) and screenwriter (Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now).
* Shirley Fenton Huie, 91, Australian author.
* Jin Yaqin, 91, Chinese actress (You and Me), cancer.
* Shelley Moore, 84, British-born American jazz singer.
* Stanley Mandelstam, 87, American theoretical physicist.
* Peter Morley, 91, German-born British filmmaker.
* Stuart Nisbet, 82, American actor (Casino, In the Heat of the Night, Bewitched).
* Ralph Stanley, 89, American bluegrass musician (The Stanley Brothers), Grammy winner (2002), skin cancer.
* Peter Tennant, 74, English cricketer.
* Rane Vaskivuori, 49, Finnish designer.

### 24

* Francisco Ivens de Sá Dias Branco, 81, Brazilian billionaire businessman.
* Charles Chaynes, 90, French composer.
* Tony Feher, 60, American sculptor, liver cancer.
* Asım Can Gündüz, 60, Turkish rock guitarist, heart attack.
* Steven Hancock, 58, British Olympic kayaker (1980) and business executive (VidWrx Inc.), traffic collision.
* Chaim Avrohom Horowitz, 83, American Chasidic rabbi of the Boston Hasidic dynasty.
* Donald Jelinek, 82, American civil rights lawyer, lung disease.
* Allah Dino Khaskheli, 50, Pakistani singer, traffic collision.
* Andries Kinsbergen, 89, Belgian politician, Governor of Antwerp (1967–1993).
* James Lee, 36, American football player (Green Bay Packers), complications from diabetes.
* Kelly Mader, 64, American rancher and politician, heart attack.
* Edoardo Müller, 78, Italian opera conductor.
* Oscar Obert, 85, American handball player.
* Greg Pierce, 66, Australian rugby league player and captain (Cronulla Sharks, national team), cancer.
* Gerald Walpin, 84, American attorney and author.
* Bernie Worrell, 72, American musician (Parliament-Funkadelic), lung cancer.

### 25

* Raymond Bateman, 88, American politician, New Jersey state senator (1968–1978).
* Percy Beake, 99, Canadian-born British World War II fighter pilot.
* Antonin Canavese, 87, French cyclist.
* Nicole Courcel, 84, French actress (Rendezvous in July, Sundays and Cybele).
* Jack Cropp, 89, New Zealand yachtsman, Olympic gold medalist (1956).
* Bill Cunningham, 87, American fashion photographer (The New York Times).
* Maurice G. Dantec, 57, French science fiction writer and musician.
* Giuseppe Ferrara, 83, Italian film director (The Moro Affair, One Hundred Days in Palermo, Giovanni Falcone).
* Steve Ferrughelli, 67, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes).
* Shōichi Fujimori, 89, Japanese royal steward.
* Jim Hickman, 79, American baseball player (New York Mets, Chicago Cubs).
* Peter Hutton, 71, American film director, cancer.
* Farrakh Khan, 77, Pakistani army general, Chief of General Staff (1991–1994).
* Hal Lear, 81, American basketball player (Temple University).
* Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden, 86, British barrister and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1992–1997).
* Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo, 89, Indian writer, multiple organ failure.
* Ben Patterson, 82, American artist and musician.
* Julie Plawecki, 54, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (since 2015), heart attack.
* Adam Small, 79, South African writer and poet, complications from surgery.
* Ermin Smrekar, 85, Italian architect.
* Trevor Steedman, 62, British actor and stuntman (Aliens, Snatch, Children of Men), complications from a stroke.
* Elliot Wolff, 61, American songwriter and music producer. (body discovered on this date)

### 26

* Jürgen von Beckerath, 96, German Egyptologist.
* Austin Clarke, 81, Canadian novelist (The Polished Hoe).
* Sergei Cortez, 81, Chilean-born Belarusian composer.
* Kristiina Elstelä, 73, Finnish actress.
* Jona Goldrich, 88, Polish-born American real estate developer and philanthropist.
* Barbara Goldsmith, 85, American author, heart failure.
* Samuel L. Green Jr., 89, American pastor and bishop (Church of God in Christ).
* Andrés Hernández Ros, 67, Spanish politician, President of the Region of Murcia (1982–1984).
* Henrietta Rach Hoernle, 103, German-born American philanthropist.
* Ryan Jimmo, 34, Canadian mixed martial artist (UFC, MFC), vehicular homicide.
* Kim Sung-min, 43, South Korean actor (Miss Mermaid), suicide by hanging.
* Anatoliy Kutsev, 57, Moldovan-born Ukrainian football player, referee and manager (women's national team).
* Alexander Litaay, 67, Indonesian ambassador, Ambassador to Croatia (since 2016), heart attack.
* Hazel Newhook, 101, Canadian politician, MHA for Gander (1979–1985), Mayor of Gander (1973–1977).
* Kavalam Narayana Panicker, 88, Indian dramatist, theatre director and poet.
* Mike Pedicin, 98, American jazz bandleader.
* John J. Santucci, 85, American lawyer and politician, New York state senator (1968–1976).
* Gino Sovran, 91, Canadian basketball player (Toronto Huskies).
* William C. Waterhouse, 74, American mathematician.
* Rostislav Yankovsky, 86, Belarusian film and stage actor, People's Artist of the USSR (1978).

### 27

* Franz Cibulka, 69, Austrian composer.
* Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho, 92, Brazilian biologist.
* Caçapava, 61, Brazilian footballer.
* Elmer Cravalho, 90, American politician, Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1959–1967), Mayor of Maui (1969–1979).
* Henry Sebastian D'Souza, 90, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Calcutta (1986–2002).
* Xerxes Desai, 79, Indian executive (Titan).
* Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, 83, Danish composer, cancer.
* Harry Halbreich, 85, Belgian musicologist.
* Dave Heath, 85, American photographer.
* Dame Grace Hollander, 94, New Zealand community leader.
* Aharon Ipalé, 74, Moroccan-born Israeli actor (The Mummy, Fiddler on the Roof, Alias), cancer.
* George W. Miller, 75, American federal judge.
* Oh Se-jong, 33, South Korean short track speed skater, Olympic champion (2006), traffic collision.
* Simon Ramo, 103, American engineer, businessman and author.
* Mack Rice, 82, American songwriter ("Mustang Sally", "Respect Yourself") and singer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
* Edward D. Sheafer Jr., 75, American naval officer.
* Bud Spencer, 86, Italian actor (They Call Me Trinity, Watch Out, We're Mad!, Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure) and swimmer.
* Amar Suloev, 40, Armenian mixed martial artist, stomach cancer.
* Alvin Toffler, 87, American writer and futurist (Future Shock, The Third Wave).

### 28

* Leland Bardwell, 94, Irish poet, novelist and playwright.
* Theo Dilissen, 62, Belgian basketball player and businessman.
* Christer Ericsson, 74, Swedish businessman, drowning.
* Freddie Gilroy, 80, Northern Irish bantamweight boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
* Allan Greenshields, 90, Australian football player (Carlton, St Kilda).
* André Guelfi, 97, French racing driver (Formula One).
* Darell Koons, 91, American painter.
* George Matsumoto, 93, American architect.
* Joseph Atsumi Misue, 80, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hiroshima (1985–2011).
* Scotty Moore, 84, American guitarist (Elvis Presley).
* Fabiane Niclotti, 31, Brazilian model, Miss Universo Brasil 2004.
* Buddy Ryan, 85, American football head coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals) and defensive coordinator (Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers).
* Michel Soutif, 94, French physicist.
* Pat Summitt, 64, American basketball coach (Tennessee Lady Volunteers), dementia.
* Zurlon Tipton, 26, American football player (Indianapolis Colts), shot.
* Keith Vickerman, 83, British zoologist (University of Glasgow), Regius Professor of Zoology (1984–1998).

### 29

* Elechi Amadi, 82, Nigerian writer.
* Margaret Bakkes, 84, South African author.
* Inocente Carreño, 96, Venezuelan composer.
* James Cooley, 89, American mathematician.
* Giuseppe De Andrea, 86, Italian-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Kuwait, and Yemen (2001–2005), Qatar (2003–2005).
* John Farquharson, 86, Australian journalist.
* Gunnar Garbo, 92, Norwegian politician, MP (1958–1973).
* Stanley Gault, 90, American businessman, CEO of Rubbermaid and Goodyear.
* Robert Marie Gay, 89, Canadian-born Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kabale (1996–2003).
* Irving Gottesman, 85, American psychologist.
* Carl Haas, 86, American car racing team owner.
* Stan Harper, 94, American virtuoso harmonica player.
* Jan Hettema, 82, South African Olympic cyclist (1956) and rally driver, shot.
* Ojo Maduekwe, 71, Nigerian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2010).
* Frode Nilsen, 92, Norwegian diplomat.
* Veena Sahasrabuddhe, 67, Indian singer and composer.
* Edward L. Salmon Jr., 82, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of South Carolina (1990–2008).
* Douglas W. Schwartz, 86, American archaeologist.
* Vasyl Slipak, 41, Ukrainian opera singer, shot.
* K. G. Subramanyan, 92, Indian artist.
* Arthur Underwood, 88, English cricketer.
* Rob Wasserman, 64, American musician (David Grisman Quintet, RatDog, Lou Reed), cancer.
* Xu Jiatun, 100, Chinese politician and dissident, Governor of Jiangsu (1977–1979).

### 30

* Charlie Akers, 76, American Olympic biathlete.
* Ann Cartwright DeCouto, 75, Bermudian politician, Deputy Premier (1989–1992).
* Don Friedman, 81, American jazz pianist.
* Paul T. Gillcrist, 87, American rear admiral.
* Gian Corrado Gross, 74, Italian Olympic swimmer (1964).
* Juan Habichuela, 83, Spanish flamenco guitarist.
* Sir Geoffrey Hill, 84, British poet.
* Quasar Khanh, 82, Vietnamese inventor and designer.
* Al Libous, 88, American politician, Mayor of Binghamton, New York (1969–1981).
* Tupay Loong, 69, Filipino politician, Governor of Sulu (1984–1996), liver cancer.
* Martin Lundström, 98, Swedish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1948).
* Gordon Murray, 95, British puppeteer and television producer (Trumpton, Camberwick Green, Chigley).
* Joe Scott, 90, American football player (New York Giants).
* Robert Squires, 89, British vice admiral.
* Thunder, 34, Australian professional wrestler (CMLL), stomach cancer.
* Witold Zagórski, 85, Polish basketball player (national team) and coach.