# Deaths in April 2010
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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2010.
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), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

## April 2010
### 1

* Morag Beaton, 83, Scottish-born Australian operatic soprano.
* Vito De Grisantis, 68, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca (2000–2010).
* Anders Eklund, 52, Swedish boxer.
* John Forsythe, 92, American actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty), complications from pneumonia.
* Paul Fry, 45, British motorcycle speedway rider.
* Buddy Gorman, 88, American actor (Bowery Boys, Dead End Kids), natural causes.
* Julia Lang, 88, British actress, radio presenter.
* Yuri Maslyukov, 72, Russian politician, Vice Premier of Soviet Union (1988–1990) and Russia (1998–1999).
* Lek Nana, 85, Thai businessman and politician, heart failure.
* Ed Roberts, 68, American computer pioneer, pneumonia.
* Tzannis Tzannetakis, 82, Greek politician, Prime Minister (1989).

### 2

* Israr Ahmad, 69, Indian nuclear physicist.
* Butch Allison, 65, American football player.
* Roman Bannwart, 90, Swiss theologian and musician.
* Din Beramboi, 43, Malaysian comedian, actor and radio DJ, hemorrhagic dengue fever.
* Mike Cuellar, 72, Cuban Major League Baseball player, stomach cancer.
* Ashari Danudirdjo, 87, Indonesian Olympic sailor.
* Edward Bayda, 78, Canadian jurist, Chief Justice of Saskatchewan (1981–2006).
* Dávid Daróczi, 37, Hungarian journalist, suicide.
* David Halliday, 94, American physicist.
* Arne Høyer, 81, Danish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) sprint canoer.
* Chris Kanyon, 40, American professional wrestler (WCW, WWF), suicide by drug overdose.
* Per Lyngemark, 68, Danish Olympic gold medal-winning (1968) cyclist.
* Sonia McMahon, Lady McMahon, 77, Australian socialite, widow of former Prime Minister Sir William McMahon, cancer.
* Thomas J. Moyer, 70, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1987–2010).
* Carolyn Rodgers, 69, American poet, cancer.
* William Soeryadjaya, 87, Indonesian businessman, founder of Astra International.
* Frances Claudia Wright, 91, Sierra Leonean barrister.
* Mike Zwerin, 79, American jazz musician and jazz critic, after long illness.

### 3

* Romano Alquati, 75, Italian sociologist, political theorist and activist.
* Crosaire, 92, Irish-born Zimbabwean compiler of the Irish Times crossword since 1943.
* Oleg Kopayev, 72, Russian footballer, Soviet Top League top scorer (1963, 1965).
* Roland MacLeod, 74, British actor (Coronation Street, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin).
* Ian McKay, 87, Australian footballer.
* Craig Noel, 94, American theatre producer, director and administrator of the Old Globe Theatre, natural causes.
* Jim Pagliaroni, 72, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics), cancer.
* Ferdinand Simoneit, 84, German journalist, author and World War II veteran.
* Eugène Terre'Blanche, 69, South African white separatist leader, beating.
* Jesús Vásquez, 89, Peruvian singer.
* Yasunori Watanabe, 35, Japanese rugby player, hit by train.

### 4

* Mahmoud Abdel-Aal, 81, Egyptian gymnast.
* Lajos Bálint, 80, Hungarian-born Romanian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Alba Iulia (1990–1993).
* Sir Alec Bedser, 91, English cricketer.
* Matt Cook, 22, Canadian ice sledge hockey player, bone cancer.
* Clifford M. Hardin, 94, American politician, Secretary of Agriculture (1969–1971), natural causes.
* Salomón Jaar, 48, bishop of Tamarindo Ward in Choluteca Honduras Stake.
* Rudy Kousbroek, 80, Dutch essayist.
* Lori Martin, 62, American actor (Cape Fear, National Velvet), suicide by gunshot.
* Kelly Moran, 49, American motorcycle speedway racer, complications from emphysema.
* Abubakar Rimi, 70, Nigerian politician.
* Shio Satō, 59, Japanese manga artist, brain tumor.
* Henry Scarpelli, 79, American comic book artist (Archie), after long illness.
* Friedrich Wilhelm Schäfke, 87, German mathematician and academic.
* Erich Zenger, 70, German Roman Catholic theologian and Bible scholar.

### 5

* Jim Edwards, 83, New Zealand politician.
* Jerry Elliott, 73, American jurist, Kansas Court of Appeals (since 1987), cancer.
* Lothar Engelhardt, 70, German military scientist.
* Günther C. Kirchberger, 81, German academic and painter.
* William Neill, 88, British poet.
* Helen Ranney, 89, American hematologist.
* Molefi Sefularo, 52, South African politician, traffic collision.
* Vitaly Sevastyanov, 74, Russian Soviet cosmonaut.
* Gisela Trowe, 86, German actress.

### 6

* Janet Adelman, 69, American literary critic.
* James Aubrey, 62, British actor (Lord of the Flies, Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Spy Game), pancreatitis.
* Eddie Carroll, 76, Canadian voice actor (Jiminy Cricket).
* Vinnie Chas, 47, American bassist (Pretty Boy Floyd).
* Anatoly Dobrynin, 90, Russian diplomat and politician, Soviet Ambassador to the United States (1962–1986).
* Jack Flannery, 57, American off-road racer, cancer.
* Ricardo Lavié, 87, Argentine actor, after long illness.
* Guillermo Luca de Tena, 82, Spanish journalist.
* Tony MacGibbon, 85, New Zealand cricketer.
* Wilma Mankiller, 64, American activist, first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1985–1995), pancreatic cancer.
* Katsumi Nishikawa, 91, Japanese film director, pneumonia.
* Grete Olsen, 98, Danish Olympic fencer.
* David Quayle, 73, British businessman (B&Q).
* Tom Ray, 90, American animator (Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, Animaniacs).
* Corin Redgrave, 70, British actor and political activist, after short illness.
* Hans Schröder, 79, German sculptor and painter.
* Herbert Spiro, 85, German-born American political scientist, United States Ambassador to Cameroon (1975–1977)
* Sid Storey, 90, English footballer.
* Dimitris Tsiogas, 54, Greek politician, member of Parliament (2001–2008), cancer.
* Luigi Waites, 82, American jazz drummer and vibraphonist.

### 7

* Christopher Cazenove, 64, English actor (Dynasty, A Knight's Tale, Zulu Dawn), sepsis.
* Dixieland Band, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
* Hermina Franks, 95, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
* Graciela, 94, Cuban singer, renal and pulmonary failure.
* Eddie Johnson, 89, American jazz musician, pneumonia.
* Takuya Kimura, 37, Japanese baseball player and coach, subarachnoid hemorrhage.
* Oscar Kramer, 74, Argentine film producer, after long illness.
* Chris Limahelu, 59, American football place kicker (USC), prostate cancer.
* J. Bruce Llewellyn, 82, American businessman and activist, a founder of 100 Black Men of America, renal failure.
* George Nissen, 96, American gymnast, co-inventor of the trampoline, pneumonia.
* Betty Paraskevas, 81, American writer and lyricist, pancreatic cancer.
* Ramchandra Siras, 62, Indian linguist and author.
* Valentin Turchin, 79, Russian-born American computer scientist and human rights activist.

### 8

* Babá, 75, Brazilian footballer.
* Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross, 76, British judge and hereditary peer.
* Willie Farrell, 81, Irish politician.
* Antony Flew, 87, British philosopher, after long illness.
* Guy Kewney, 63, British technology journalist (Personal Computer World), colorectal cancer.
* Aladár Kovácsi, 77, Hungarian modern pentathlete, Olympic gold medalist (Helsinki 1952).
* Andreas Kunze, 57, German actor, heart failure.
* Malcolm McLaren, 64, British musician and band manager (Sex Pistols, New York Dolls, Bow Wow Wow), mesothelioma.
* Abel Muzorewa, 84, Zimbabwean Methodist bishop and politician, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979).
* Richard Olasz, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1981–1998).
* Personal Ensign, 26, American Thoroughbred racehorse, Hall of Famer, natural causes.
* Al Prince, 67, American-born French Polynesian journalist and tourism expert, after long illness.
* Jean-Paul Proust, 70, Monégasque politician, Minister of State (2005–2010).
* John Schoenherr, 74, American illustrator, Caldecott Medal winner, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
* Teddy Scholten, 83, Dutch singer.

### 9

* Bob Franks, 58, American politician, member of the House of Representatives from New Jersey (1993–2001), cancer.
* Alastair Dowell, 89, Scottish cricketer.
* John Griffiths, 57, Welsh museum curator.
* Hisashi Inoue, 75, Japanese pacifist playwright, lung cancer.
* Meir Just, 101, Dutch rabbi, Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands.
* Robert Lau, 68, Malaysian politician, Deputy Minister for Transport, liver cancer.
* Gisela Karau, 78, German author, editor and columnist, after long illness.
* Dario Mangiarotti, 94, Italian fencer, Olympic gold (1952) and silver (1948, 1952) medalist.
* Kenneth McKellar, 82, Scottish singer, pancreatic cancer.
* Jacob O. Meyer, 75, American religious sect leader (Assemblies of Yahweh).
* Meinhardt Raabe, 94, American actor (The Wizard of Oz), heart attack.
* Peter Ramsbotham, 3rd Viscount Soulbury, 90, British diplomat and politician, Governor of Bermuda (1977–1980).
* Lou Ritter, 84, American politician, Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida (1965–1967), cancer.
* Guyford Stever, 93, American educator and science adviser, President of Carnegie Mellon University (1965–1972).
* Kerstin Thorvall, 84, Swedish author, illustrator and journalist, after long illness.
* Pierre Trottier, 85, Canadian novelist.
* Zoltán Varga, 65, Hungarian footballer.

### 10

* Dixie Carter, 70, American actress (Designing Women, Diff'rent Strokes, Family Law), endometrial cancer.
* Sudhir Dhagamwar, 59, Indian cricketer.
* Jim Eames, 92, British Lord Mayor of Birmingham (1974–1975).
* David Harvey, 73, British paediatrician.
* Arnold Kanter, 65, American diplomat, acute myelogenous leukemia.
* Charles Meade, 93, American pastor, founder of Meade Ministries.
* Arthur Mercante, Sr., 90, American boxing referee.
* Hiro Muramoto, 43, Japanese news cameraman (Reuters), shot.
* Martin Ostwald, 88, German-born American classics scholar.
* Manfred Reichert, 69, German footballer, after long illness.
* Sir Gordon Shattock, 81, British politician, survivor of the Brighton hotel bombing.
* William Walker, 78, American opera singer.
* Notable Polish people killed in the Polish Air Force Tu-154 plane crash:
** Joanna Agacka-Indecka, 45, attorney, President of the Bar Council (since 2007).
** Ewa Bąkowska, 47, librarian and activist.
** Andrzej Błasik, 47, general, Chief of the Air Force (since 2007).
** Krystyna Bochenek, 56, senator, vice president of Senate.
** Tadeusz Buk, 49, general, head of Land Forces.
** Miron Chodakowski, 52, Orthodox prelate, archbishop of military ordinariate of Poland (since 1998).
** Czesław Cywiński, 84, President of the Association of Armia Krajowa Soldiers.
** Leszek Deptuła, 57, member of the Sejm.
** Grzegorz Dolniak, 50, member of the Sejm.
** Janina Fetlińska, 57, senator.
** Franciszek Gągor, 58, general, Chief of the General Staff (since 2006).
** Grażyna Gęsicka, 58, politician, Minister of Regional Development (2006–2007).
** Kazimierz Gilarski, 54, Commander of the Warsaw Garrison.
** Przemysław Gosiewski, 45, member of the Sejm, Deputy Prime Minister (2007).
** Mariusz Handzlik, 44, diplomat, Undersecretary of State in the Office of the President.
** Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka, 59, member of the Sejm, Deputy Prime Minister (2004–2005).
** Ryszard Kaczorowski, 90, politician, President in exile (1989–1990).
** Maria Kaczyńska, 67, First Lady of Poland (since 2005), wife of Lech Kaczyński.
** Lech Kaczyński, 60, President of Poland (since 2005).
** Sebastian Karpiniuk, 37, member of the Sejm.
** Andrzej Karweta, 51, Vice Admiral, commander-in-chief of the Navy.
** Mariusz Kazana, 49, diplomat, Director of Diplomatic Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
** Janusz Kochanowski, 69, lawyer and diplomat, Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection (Ombudsman) (since 2006).
** Stanisław Komornicki, 85, general, Chancellor of the Order Virtuti Militari.
** Stanisław Komorowski, 56, Deputy Defense Minister (since 2007), Ambassador to Holland (1994–1998) and UK (1999–2004).
** Andrzej Kremer, 48, lawyer and diplomat, Deputy Foreign Minister (since 2008).
** Janusz Kurtyka, 49, historian, president of the Institute of National Remembrance.
** Bronisław Kwiatkowski, 59, general, Commander of the Armed Forces Operational Command.
** Tomasz Merta, 44, Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
** Aleksandra Natalli-Świat, 51, member of the Sejm.
** Piotr Nurowski, 64, sports administrator, head of the Polish Olympic Committee (since 2005).
** Bronisława Orawiec-Löffler, 81, dentist and activist.
** Maciej Płażyński, 52, member of the Sejm.
** Tadeusz Płoski, 54, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of military ordinariate of Poland (since 2004).
** Włodzimierz Potasiński, 53, Commander of the Special Forces.
** Andrzej Przewoźnik, 46, Secretary-General of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites.
** Krzysztof Putra, 52, politician, Vice-Marshal of the Sejm (since 2007).
** Ryszard Rumianek, 62, rector of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.
** Arkadiusz Rybicki, 57, member of the Sejm.
** Wojciech Seweryn, 70, Polish-born American sculptor.
** Sławomir Skrzypek, 46, banker, President of National Bank of Poland.
** Władysław Stasiak, 44, Chief of the Office of the President.
** Aleksander Szczygło, 46, politician, Minister of Defence (2007), chief of the National Security Bureau (since 2009).
** Jerzy Szmajdziński, 58, politician, Minister of Defence (2001–2005), Vice-Marshal of the Sejm (since 2007).
** Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz, 55, member of the Sejm.
** Anna Walentynowicz, 80, trade unionist whose 1980 firing led to the creation of the Solidarity movement.
** Zbigniew Wassermann, 60, member of the Sejm.
** Wiesław Woda, 63, member of the Sejm.
** Edward Wojtas, 55, member of the Sejm.
** Paweł Wypych, 42, politician, Secretary of State (since 2009).
** Stanisław Zając, 60, senator.
** Janusz Zakrzeński, 74, actor.

### 11

* George Roberts Andrews, 78, American diplomat.
* John Batchelor, 51, British racing driver and politician, liver disease.
* Jean Boiteux, 76, French swimmer, Olympic gold and bronze medalist (1952), fall from a tree.
* James Brody, 68, American composer, traffic collision.
* Rosa Roberto Carter, 80, Guamanian educator, president of the University of Guam (1977–1983).
* Vicki Draves, 85, American Olympic diver, pancreatic cancer.
* Gerhard Geise, 80, German mathematician, after long illness.
* Hans-Joachim Göring, 86, German footballer and coach.
* Gert Haller, 65, German business manager, lobbyist and politician, after long illness.
* Theodor Homann, 61, German footballer, heart failure.
* Egon Hugenschmidt, 84, German jurist and politician.
* Franz Kamin, 68, American composer, traffic collision.
* Alby Linton, 83, Australian footballer.
* John B. McCue, 88, American politician, Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
* Ruben Mendoza, 78, American soccer player, cerebral hemorrhage.
* Duane D. Pearsall, 88, American inventor of the battery-powered smoke detector.
* Julia Tsenova, 61, Bulgarian composer and musician, cancer.
* Paz Yrarrázabal, 78, Chilean actress, rheumatoid arthritis.

### 12

* Alper Balaban, 22, German-born Turkish footballer, traffic collision.
* María Aurelia Bisutti, 79, Argentine actress, dementia.
* Andrea Cassone, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Rossano-Cariati (1992–2006).
* Michel Chartrand, 93, Canadian activist, kidney cancer.
* Miguel Cinches, 78, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Surigao (1973–2001).
* Ambrosius Eßer, 76, German Dominican clergy and church historian, pulmonary disease.
* Wolfgang Graßl, 40, German skier and coach, heart failure.
* Peter Haskell, 75, American actor (Child's Play 2).
* Edward Huni'ehu, 54, Solomon Islander politician and minister, after long illness.
* Běla Kolářová, 87, Czech photographer.
* James F. Masterson, 84, American psychiatrist, complications of pneumonia.
* Palito, 75, Filipino comedian, respiratory disease.
* Robert Pound, 90, Canadian-born American physicist.
* Stuart Robbins, 33, British basketball player.
* Werner Schroeter, 65, German film director, after long illness.
* Arnold Spohr, 86, Canadian artistic director (Royal Winnipeg Ballet), chronic kidney disease.
* David B. Stone, 82, American businessman, principal founder of the New England Aquarium, complications from a stroke.
* Dale N. Van Vyven, 74, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1978–2000).
* Udaya Wickramasinghe, 70, Sri Lankan cricket umpire.

### 13

* André Bedoglouyan, 90, Lebanese Eastern Catholic prelate, bishop of Comana Armeniae (1971–1994).
* Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil, 74, British television executive and life peer.
* Jorge Bontemps, 32, Argentine footballer, lung cancer.
* Luis Antonio Chávez, 22, Honduran journalist and children's radio host, shot.
* Billy Gore, 90, Welsh rugby player.
* Santhosh Jogi, 35, Indian actor, suicide by hanging.
* Bernie Kilgariff, 86, Australian politician, Senator (1975–1987).
* David C. Knapp, 82, American educator.
* Nahid al-Rayyis, 73, Palestinian politician and poet.
* Steve Reid, 66, American jazz drummer, throat cancer.
* Gerald Stapleton, 89, British airman, RAF fighter ace during World War II.
* Charlie Timmins, 87, English footballer (Coventry City), cancer.

### 14

* Israr Ahmed, 77, Indian-born Pakistani Islamic scholar, cardiac arrest.
* Binyamin Balanero, 68, Israeli footballer.
* René Brunelle, 90, Canadian politician.
* Erika Burkart, 88, Swiss author.
* Aubrey Cummings, 62, Guyanese musician, heart problems.
* Tom Ellis, 86, British politician, MP for Wrexham (1970–1983), founding member of the SDP.
* Vicente Haro, 79, Spanish actor.
* Gene Kiniski, 81, Canadian professional wrestler, cancer.
* Lars-Jacob Krogh, 71, Norwegian anchorman and television presenter, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Alice Miller, 87, Polish-born Swiss author and psychologist.
* Russell Olson, 86, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (1979–1983).
* Baruch Poupko, 92, Russian-born American rabbi.
* Stefan Schmitt, 46, German jurist and politician, leukemia.
* Mississippi Slim, 66, American blues singer, heart attack.
* Greville Starkey, 70, British jockey, cancer.
* Peter Steele, 48, American rock singer and bassist (Type O Negative), aortic aneurysm.
* Albert S. Toe, 56, Liberian politician.
* Gerhard Zemann, 70, Austrian actor, heart attack.

### 15

* Telman Adigozalov, 56, Azerbaijani actor, heart attack.
* Joseph Azzolina, 84, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1992–2006), pancreatic cancer.
* Ian Brewer, 73, Australian footballer.
* Robert Brubaker, 93, American actor (Gunsmoke).
* Bill DuBay, 62, American comic book editor, writer, and artist.
* Jack Herer, 70, American cannabis activist, complications from heart attack.
* Benjamin Hooks, 85, American civil rights leader, executive director of the NAACP (1977–1992), after long illness.
* Wilhelm Huxhorn, 54, German footballer, leukemia.
* Paul Reeves, 91, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Georgia (1969–1985)
* Michael Pataki, 72, American character actor and voice actor (George Liquor), cancer.
* Peter-Josef Schallberger, 78, Swiss farmer and politician.
* Raimondo Vianello, 87, Italian comedian and television personality.
* Spann Watson, 93, American airman (Tuskegee Airmen) and civil rights advocate.
* Sir Edward Woodward, 81, Australian jurist.

### 16

* Sid Conrad, 86, American actor (The Young and the Restless).
* Balthasar Burkhard, 65, Swiss photographer.
* Rasim Delić, 61, Bosnian army officer and Chief of Staff, probable heart attack.
* Shirlee Emmons, 86, American soprano, voice teacher, and writer.
* Ibrahima Fofana, 57, Guinean trade unionist, traffic collision.
* Carlos Franqui, 89, Cuban writer and activist.
* Daryl Gates, 83, American police official, chief of police of the Los Angeles Police Department (1978–1992), bladder cancer.
* Bryn Knowelden, 90, British rugby league player.
* Marion Ladewig, 95, American professional bowler.
* Norman Francis McFarland, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Reno (1976–1986) and Orange (1986–1998).
* R. D. Middlebrook, 80, British electrical engineer.
* Grigorijs Ņemcovs, 61, Latvian politician, Vice Mayor of Daugavpils, shot.
* Muhammad Noer, 92, Indonesian politician, governor of East Java (1967–1976), complications during a medical procedure.
* C. K. Prahalad, 68, Indian business consultant and management theorist, natural causes.
* C. P. Rele, 82, Indian classical singer.
* Arturo Rodríguez Fernández, 62, Dominican author, film critic and playwright, heart failure.
* Tomáš Špidlík, 90, Czech Roman Catholic prelate and Cardinal.
* John W. Vogt, Jr., 90, American Air Force general.

### 17

* Dede Allen, 86, American film editor (Bonnie and Clyde, Dog Day Afternoon, The Breakfast Club), stroke.
* Abdul Rahman Ahmed Jibril Baroud, 73, Palestinian poet, heart attack.
* Edmund Fitzgibbon, 85, Irish-born Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Warri (1991–1997).
* Josef W. Janker, 87, German author, journalist and World War II veteran.
* Ferenc Kellner, 77, Hungarian Olympic boxer.
* Sotigui Kouyaté, 74, Malian-born Burkinabé actor.
* Carl Macek, 58, American anime writer and producer (Robotech), heart attack.
* Thomas Mikolajcik, 63, American air force general (1992–1996), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Alexandru Neagu, 61, Romanian footballer (FC Rapid București).
* Alejandro Robaina, 91, Cuban tobacco grower, cancer.
* John Carl Warnecke, 91, American architect (John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame), complications of pancreatic cancer.

### 18

* Michael Adams, 60, American actor and stunt coordinator (Commando, WarGames, In the Line of Fire), stroke.
* Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi, 50-51, Iraqi terrorist (al-Qaeda), airstrike.
* Abu Ayyub al-Masri, 42-43, Egyptian terrorist (al-Qaeda), airstrike.
* William Grant Bangerter, 91, American Mormon leader, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
* Paul Bisciglia, 81, French actor.
* Julius Chigbolu, 81, Nigerian Olympic athlete.
* Mieczysław Cieślar, 60, Polish Lutheran bishop, traffic collision.
* Ambrose D'Mello, 87, Indian Jesuit priest, first Jesuit Provincial of India, cancer.
* Tom Fleming, 82, Scottish actor.
* John Forde, Irish Gaelic footballer (Mayo).
* Noel Hall, 96, Australian Olympic sport shooter.
* Ron Miller, 80, Canadian Olympic athlete.
* Allen Swift, 86, American voice actor (Underdog, Howdy Doody, Tom and Jerry ), natural causes.
* Viewed, 6, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised following a twisted bowel.
* William Yates, 88, British-born Australian politician.

### 19

* Manfred Angerer, 56, Austrian musicologist.
* José Bernal, 85, Cuban artist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
* William Donald Borders, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Baltimore (1974–1989).
* Guru, 48, American rapper (Gang Starr), multiple myeloma.
* Hamideh Kheirabadi, 85, Iranian actress, stroke.
* Dylan Meier, 26, American college football player, climbing accident.
* György Schwajda, 67, Hungarian dramatist and theatre director, after long illness.
* George H. Scithers, 80, American science fiction editor, Hugo Award winner, heart attack.
* Albert Szatola, 83, Hungarian Olympic equestrian.
* Edwin Valero, 28, Venezuelan undefeated former WBA super featherweight and WBC lightweight champion boxer, suicide by hanging.
* Carl Williams, 39, Australian criminal, prison assault.
* Burkhard Ziese, 66, German football manager.

### 20

* Jimmy Baker, 95, Australian Aboriginal artist.
* Floyd Dominy, 100, American public servant, commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (1959–1969).
* Sanford Friedman, 81, American novelist.
* Heinz Gappmayr, 84, Austrian artist.
* Dorothy Height, 98, American civil rights activist.
* M. K. Kamalam, 86, Indian actress.
* Keli McGregor, 47, American baseball executive (Colorado Rockies), viral myocarditis.
* Walter F. Murphy, 80, American political scientist and author, cancer.
* Robert Natkin, 79, American abstract painter, bacterial blood infection.
* Georgino Orellana, 48, Honduran journalist, shot.
* Ahmad Sa'd, 64, Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1996–1999).
* George Torode, 63, Guernseyan author.
* Andrea West, 57, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1996–1998), breast cancer.
* Myles Wilder, 77, American television comedy writer, diverticulitis.
* Lorette Wood, 94, American politician, first female mayor of Santa Cruz, California (1971–1972).
* Purvis Young, 67, American painter, cardiac arrest and pulmonary edema.

### 21

* Akua Asabea Ayisi, 83, Ghanaian journalist.
* Sammy Baird, 79, Scottish football player and manager.
* Krishan Lal Balmiki, 67, Indian politician.
* Whitney Robson Harris, 97, American lawyer, last surviving American prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, complications from cancer.
* Tony Ingham, 85, English footballer, after short illness.
* Manfred Kallenbach, 68, German footballer, heart failure.
* Gustav Lorentzen, 62, Norwegian singer and entertainer (Knutsen & Ludvigsen).
* Mr. Hito, 67, Japanese wrestler.
* Sir Laurence Muir, 85, Australian philanthropist and businessman.
* Sir Idwal Pugh, 92, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Office and Health Service Commissioner.
* Deborah Remington, 79, American artist, cancer.
* Juan Antonio Samaranch, 89, Spanish Olympic official, president of the International Olympic Committee (1980–2001), heart failure.

### 22

* Sparky Adams, 79, American football and baseball coach.
* Theodore C. Almquist, 68, American general, colon cancer.
* Emilio Álvarez, 71, Uruguayan footballer.
* Richard Barrett, 67, American lawyer and white nationalist, stabbed.
* Pete Castiglione, 89, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
* Peter B. Denyer, 56, British engineer, cancer.
* Dick Kenworthy, 69, American baseball player.
* Gene Lees, 82, Canadian jazz historian and critic, heart disease.
* Lina Marulanda, 29, Colombian model, suicide by jumping.
* Victor Nurenberg, 79, Luxembourgish footballer.
* Ambrose Olsen, 25, American fashion model, suicide by hanging.
* Fred Panopio, 71, Filipino folk singer, cardiac arrest.
* Alicia Parlette, 28, American journalist and copy editor, alveolar soft part sarcoma.
* Piet Steenbergen, 81, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord and The Netherlands).
* Jean Vergnes, 88, French-born American chef.
* Arthur Winograd, 90, American cellist and music director, complications of pneumonia.

### 23

* Lorne Atkinson, 88, Canadian Olympic cyclist.
* Jan Balabán, 49, Czech writer, recipient of the Magnesia Litera award.
* Shay Duffin, 79, Irish-born American actor (The Departed, Leprechaun, Seabiscuit), complications from heart surgery.
* Natalia Lavrova, 25, Russian rhythmic gymnast, Olympic gold medalist (2000, 2004), traffic collision.
* Georgia Lee, 89, Australian jazz and blues singer.
* Edward Lyons, 83, British politician, MP for Bradford East (1966–1974) and Bradford West (1974–1983).
* Peter Porter, 81, Australian-born British poet, liver cancer.
* Alan Rich, 85, American classical music critic, natural causes.
* Alexander Sliussarev, 65, Russian photographer and translator.
* Sreenath, 52, Indian actor, apparent suicide by exsanguination.
* George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend, 93, British peer and businessman.

### 24

* Jens Andersen, 80, Danish boxer.
* Harry Ashby, 63, English golfer.
* Harry Conroy, 67, British journalist and trade unionist.
* Denis Guedj, 70, French novelist and academic.
* Pierre Hadot, 88, French philosopher.
* Bo Hansson, 67, Swedish keyboardist.
* Leo Löwenstein, 43, German VLN racing driver, race crash.
* Angus Maddison, 84, British economist.
* Giuseppe Panza, 87, Italian art collector.
* Elizabeth Post, 89, American etiquette expert.
* Paul Schäfer, 88, German religious sect founder and former Nazi, heart failure.
* Wojciech Siemion, 81, Polish actor and film director (The Promised Land, Heroism), traffic collision.
* Rudy Thompson, 80, United States Virgin Islands Olympic sailor.
* W. Willard Wirtz, 98, American politician, Secretary of Labor (1962–1969), last surviving member of the Kennedy Cabinet.

### 25

* Ali Aliu, 85, Kosovo Albanian writer, economist, teacher, and political prisoner.
* Ugo Anzile, 79, French cyclist.
* Joseph Bessala, 69, Cameroonian welterweight boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1968), after short illness.
* Ian Lawther, 70, Northern Irish footballer (Sunderland, Blackburn Rovers).
* Franklin Mieuli, 89, American businessman, owner of the Golden State Warriors (1962–1985), natural causes.
* Dorothy Provine, 75, American actress, (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, That Darn Cat!, The Great Race), emphysema.
* Susan Reed, 84, American folk singer and actress, natural causes.
* Kevin Restani, 58, American basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks), heart attack.
* Volf Roitman, 79, Uruguayan-born American sculptor, painter, novelist, cineaste and poet.
* Evry Schatzman, 89, French astrophysicist.
* Alan Sillitoe, 82, British writer (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning).
* Jeremaia Waqanisau, 62, Fijian soldier and diplomat, heart attack.

### 26

* Mariam A. Aleem, 79, Egyptian artist.
* Aminulrasyid Amzah, 14, Malaysian student and victim, shot.
* Roy Baird, 76, English production manager, assistant director and producer.
* Bus Boyk, 92, American fiddler.
* Leslie Buck, 87, American Anthora coffee cup designer, Parkinson's disease.
* Ljiljana Buttler, 65, Yugoslavian singer, cancer.
* Daniel of Erie, 79, American Orthodox prelate (ROCOR), Titular Bishop of Erie, natural causes.
* Paul Engo, 89, Cameroonian diplomat, judge and Olympic athlete.
* Denzil Freeth, 85, British politician, MP for Basingstoke (1955–1964).
* Luigi Gui, 95, Italian politician, Minister of the Interior (1974–1976).
* Fred Halliday, 64, Irish academic, scholar of international relations, cancer.
* Derek Hayward, 86, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Middlesex (1974–1975).
* Frank Olsson, 87, Swedish Olympic rower.
* Varkala Radhakrishnan, 82, Indian politician, complications from a traffic collision.
* Prabha Rau, 75, Indian politician, Governor of Rajasthan (since 2009), heart attack.
* Joseph W. Sarno, 89, American film director and screenwriter, after short illness.
* Alberto Vitoria, 54, Spanish footballer, heart attack.
* Yuri Vshivtsev, 70, Russian footballer.
* William Arthur Watts, 79, Irish botanist and academic administrator, Provost of Trinity College Dublin (1981–1991).
* Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen, 86, Danish academic, professor of meteorology.

### 27

* Elisabeth Ahlgren, 84, Swedish swimmer.
* Robert J. Alexander, 91, American academic.
* David Martin Baker, 86, American politician and judge, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1953–1954, 1957–1958).
* Alberta Cariño, Mexican humanitarian, shot.
* Peter Cheeseman, 78, British theatre director, Parkinson's disease.
* Stanley Greenspan, 68, American academic, clinical professor of psychiatry.
* George Gross, 69, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
* Jyri Jaakkola, 33, Finnish humanitarian, shot.
* Tanie Kitabayashi, 98, Japanese actress (My Neighbour Totoro), pneumonia.
* Bevil Mabey, 94, British businessman.
* Morris Pert, 62, British musician.
* Nossrat Peseschkian, 76, Iranian-born German psychotherapist.
* Armando Sanchez, 57, Filipino politician, governor of Batangas (2004–2007), stroke.
* Heini Weber, 86, German Olympic wrestler.

### 28

* Muhammad al-Banki, 47, Bahraini philosopher and writer.
* Evelyn Cunningham, 94, American journalist, natural causes.
* Julio San Emeterio, 80, Spanish cyclist.
* Stefania Grodzieńska, 95, Polish writer and actress.
* Elma Maua, 61, Cook Islands-born New Zealand journalist and editor, after long illness.
* Pierre-Jean Rémy, 73, French writer and diplomat.
* El Risitas, 65, Spanish comedian and actor.
* Furio Scarpelli, 90, Italian screenwriter (Big Deal on Madonna Street, Casanova 70, Il Postino).
* Ian Valz, 52, Guyanese actor and playwright, cancer.

### 29

* Jojo Acuin, 63, Filipino psychic.
* Avigdor Arikha, 81, Romanian-born Israeli painter, complications of cancer.
* Damodar Chaudhary, 63, Nepalese politician, member of the Constituent Assembly since 2007.
* Sandy Douglas, 88, British computer scientist, pneumonia.
* Kevin Humphreys, 80, Australian rugby league administrator, after long illness.
* Walter Sear, 79, American recording engineer.
* Audrey Williamson, 83, British athlete, Olympic silver medalist (1948).

### 30

* Manuel Alvarado, 62, Guatemalan-born British academic.
* Tadahiro Ando, 69, Japanese politician, governor of Miyazaki Prefecture (2003–2006), lymphoma.
* Cristina Corrales, 47, Bolivian journalist, broadcaster and politician.
* Harry Eccleston, 87, British artist and banknote designer.
* Jordi Estadella, 61, Spanish voice actor, radio and television personality (Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), liver cancer.
* Ron Fimrite, 79, American sports journalist (Sports Illustrated), pancreatic cancer.
* José Fragelli, 95, Brazilian politician, governor of Mato Grosso (1970–1974) and Senate president (1985–1987).
* Carmelita González, 81, Mexican actress, pneumonia.
* Antony Grey, 82, British gay rights activist, leukaemia.
* Khalid Khawaja, Pakistani military and intelligence officer, shot. (body found on this date)
* Paul Mayer, 98, German Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal.
* Owsley, 44, American musician, apparent suicide.
* Jorma Peltonen, 66, Finnish ice hockey player.
* Gwyn Rowlands, 81, English-born rugby football player for Wales.
* Gerry Ryan, 53, Irish disc jockey and radio/television presenter.
* Wendell J. Westcott, 99, American carillonneur.