# Deaths in June 2013
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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2013.
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 2013
### 1

* Oliver Bernard, 87, English poet and translator.
* Newbold Black, 83, American Olympic hockey player.
* William Cartwright, 92, American Emmy Award-winning film documentarian and editor, conservationist of the Watts Towers, natural causes.
* Frank Dempsey, 88, American football player (Chicago Bears, Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
* Carl Elsener Sr., 90, Swiss entrepreneur.
* Jelena Genčić, 76, Serbian handball and tennis player and coach.
* Mott Green, 47, American chocolatier, co-founder of the Grenada Chocolate Company, electrocuted.
* Bill Gunston, 86, British aviation writer.
* Ian P. Howard, 85, Canadian psychologist, cancer.
* James Kelleher, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Sault Ste. Marie (1984–1988), member of the Senate (1990–2005), heart failure.
* Atle Kittang, 72, Norwegian literary researcher and critic.
* Hanfried Lenz, 97, German mathematician.
* Joseph-André Motte, 88, French furniture designer.
* Alixa Naff, 93, Lebanese-born American historian, expert on Arab immigration to the United States.
* Dorothy Napangardi, 60s, Australian indigenous artist, traffic collision.
* Paul Olefsky, 87, American cellist (Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra).
* Leo Piek, 85, Dutch Olympic wrestler.
* Jane Purves, 63, Canadian politician and newspaper editor (Halifax Chronicle Herald), Nova Scotia MLA for Halifax Citadel (1999–2003), cancer.
* Edward Cornelius Reed Jr., 88, American senior (former chief) judge, District Court for Nevada (since 1979), natural causes.
* Sir Bernard Schreier, 95, Austrian-born British businessman.
* Basil Soper, 74–75, British actor.
* Janie Thompson, 91, American missionary and academic.

### 2

* Mario Bernardi, 82, Canadian conductor and pianist.
* Bruce Cathie, 83, New Zealand UFO author and theorist.
* Marco Frascari, 68, Italian architect.
* Chen Xitong, 84, Chinese politician, Mayor of Beijing, cancer.
* Andrew Doughty, 96, British anaesthetist.
* John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert, 86, British politician and life peer, MP for Dudley (1970–1974), Dudley East (1974–1997) and Minister for Transport (1975–1976).
* Margaret Jackson, 96, British Special Operations Executive secretary.
* Nick Keir, 60, Scottish musician, cancer.
* Sverre Magelssen, 95, Norwegian priest.
* Frank J. Magill, 86, American federal judge, member of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
* Rob Morsberger, 53, American rock and roll singer and songwriter, glioblastoma.
* Togrul Narimanbekov, 83, Azerbaijani artist.
* Ron Smith, 70, American football player (Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons, Los Angeles Rams), lung cancer.
* Jalal Al-Din Taheri, 87, Iranian Islamic cleric.
* Preston Ward, 85, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics).
* Keith Wilson, 96, American classical musician, teacher and conductor.
* Mandawuy Yunupingu, 56, Australian musician (Yothu Yindi), kidney disease.

### 3

* Yves Bertrand, 69, French intelligence chief (Renseignements Généraux, 1992–2004).
* Will D. Campbell, 88, American Baptist minister, civil rights leader, author and lecturer, complications of a stroke.
* Atul Chitnis, 51, German-born Indian IT specialist, open source advocate and editor of PCQuest, intestinal cancer.
* Józef Czyrek, 84, Polish politician.
* MickDeth, 35, American heavy metal bassist (Eighteen Visions, Bleeding Through), pre-existing heart condition.
* G. R. Edmund, 82, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA for Tiruchendur and Tirunelveli, multiple organ failure.
* Arnold Eidus, 90, American violinist.
* Howard Grief, 73, Canadian–born Israeli attorney.
* Shahnaz Himmeti, Afghani politician, MP for Herat, traffic collision.
* Eugênio Izecksohn, 81, Brazilian herpetologist (Izecksohn's Toad), professor and author.
* Deacon Jones, 74, American Hall of Fame football player (Los Angeles Rams), coined the term "sack", natural causes.
* Farid Khan, Pakistani politician, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MLA for Hangu, shot.
* Jiah Khan, 25, American-born Indian actress, suicide by hanging.
* Frank Lautenberg, 89, American politician, member of the United States Senate for New Jersey (1982–2001, since 2003), complications of pneumonia.
* Enrique Lizalde, 76, Mexican actor.
* Vbos The Kentuckian, 11, Flat-Coated Retriever show dog, respiratory failure.
* Stanley T. Walker, 90, American Olympic biathlete.

### 4

* Walt Arfons, 96, American land speed record holder.
* Martin Arnold, 84, American journalist, editor and columnist (The New York Times), complications of Parkinson's disease.
* Auguste Cazalet, 74, French politician, Senator for Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
* Rudolph M. Clay, 77, American politician, member of the Indiana Senate (1972–1976), Mayor of Gary, Indiana (2006–2011), prostate cancer.
* Joey Covington, 67, American musician (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna), traffic collision.
* John Crawley, 73, American judge, member of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals (1995–2007).
* Monti Davis, 54, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks).
* Hermann Gunnarsson, 66, Icelandic broadcaster, footballer and handball player.
* Pekka Hämäläinen, 74, Finnish football player and executive, President of the Football Association of Finland (1997–2009).
* John B. Heilman, 92, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1953–1954).
* Carlos Hoffmann, 77, Chilean footballer.
* Gaston Isabelle, 92, Canadian doctor and politician, MP for Hull—Aylmer (1968–1988).
* Austin M. Lee, 93, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1956–1964), Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission (1991–2001).
* Luo Meizhen, 127?, Chinese unverified claimant for world's oldest person, natural causes.
* Sir Patrick Nairne, 91, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Security (1975–1981).
* Zinia Pinto, 83, Indian Roman Catholic nun and educationalist.
* Samani Pulepule, 89, Samoan religious leader, Chairman of the Samoan Assemblies of God.
* S. Shamsuddin, 84, Singaporean actor.
* Ben Tucker, 82, American jazz musician, traffic collision.
* Will Wynn, 64, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), heart failure.

### 5

* Sir James Bottomley, 92, British diplomat, Ambassador to South Africa (1973–76).
* Don Bowman, 75, American comedian, country singer and songwriter ("Just to Satisfy You").
* Dave Elias, 43, Canadian curler, liver cancer.
* Takkō Ishimori, 81, Japanese voice actor (One Piece, Magic Knight Rayearth).
* Kampta Karran, 56, Guyanese sociologist and author.
* Franz Kelch, 97, German singer.
* Hermann Lotter, 73, German Olympic swimmer.
* Helen McElhone, 80, British politician, MP for Glasgow Queen's Park (1982–83).
* Scarlet Moon de Chevalier, 62, Brazilian actress, journalist and writer, multiple system atrophy.
* Stanisław Nagy, 91, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of Santa Maria della Scala (since 2003).
* Lonappan Nambadan, 77, Indian politician, kidney ailment.
* Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, 80, Irish politician, TD for Longford–Westmeath (1957–61), President of Sinn Féin (1970–83) and Republican Sinn Féin (1987–2009).
* Michel Ostyn, 88, Belgian sports scientist.
* Balan Pandit, 86, Indian cricketer.
* Annabel Tollman, 39, Belgian-born American fashion journalist and magazine editor, blood clot.
* Katherine Woodville, 74, English-born American actress (Posse, The Informers), cancer.

### 6

* Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, 81, Danish cellist.
* Stan Gorton, 67, Australian rugby league footballer.
* Elmer Guckert, 84, American baseball umpire.
* Mohamed Hachaichi, 62, Algerian Olympic wrestler.
* Nada Inada, 83, Japanese psychiatrist and writer.
* Jerome Karle, 94, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1985), member of the Manhattan Project.
* Elaine Laron, 83, American songwriter and lyricist (The Electric Company, Captain Kangaroo), pneumonia.
* Rafael Marquina, 91, Spanish inventor, designer and architect.
* Jeffrey Mathews, 70, South African cricketer.
* Jack McGrath, 89, Australian footballer.
* Eugen Merzbacher, 92, German-born American physicist.
* Gennady Nikolayev, 76, Russian Soviet Olympic swimmer.
* Jules Schwartz, 85, American computer scientist.
* Tom Sharpe, 85, British author (Porterhouse Blue, Wilt), complications from diabetes.
* Maxine Stuart, 94, American actress (Kitten with a Whip, Days of Wine and Roses), natural causes.
* Malcolm Todd, 73, British historian and archaeologist.
* Esther Williams, 91, American swimmer (Billy Rose's Aquacade) and actress (Million Dollar Mermaid, Dangerous When Wet), natural causes.

### 7

* Rachel Abrams, 62, American writer, editor and artist, wife of Elliott Abrams, stomach cancer.
* Ekkayuth Anchanbutr, 58, Thai businessman and political activist, homicide.
* Lesley Cantwell, 26, New Zealand racewalker, suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage.
* Mirosław Car, 52, Polish footballer.
* Charlie Coles, 71, American basketball coach (Central Michigan University, 1985–1991; Miami University, 1996–2012).
* Harvey Dunn, Jr., 81, Australian football player (Carlton).
* Tom Fitzgerald, 74, Irish politician, member of the Seanad Éireann.
* Donna Hartley, 58, English Olympic bronze medallist runner (1980).
* Ken Kinkor, 59, American pirate historian (Whydah Galley).
* David Lyon, 72, British actor.
* Florin Mașala, 79, Romanian football player.
* Pierre Mauroy, 84, French politician, Prime Minister (1981–1984), member of Senate for Nord (1992–2011), lung cancer.
* Christopher Pearson, 61, Australian journalist, political speech-writer, founder of the Adelaide Review.
* J. V. Raghavulu, 82, Indian playback singer and musical director.
* Richard Ramirez, 53, American serial killer, complications from B-cell lymphoma and hepatitis-C.
* Malu Rocha, 65, Brazilian actress, prion.
* Mark Starr, 50, American professional wrestler, heart attack.
* Kenneth R. Shoulders, 86, American experimental physicist.
* Joseph Michael Sullivan, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn (1980–2005), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
* Juan Ignacio Torres Landa, 57, Mexican politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1992), helicopter crash.
* Amelia Wood, 82, American Olympic javelin thrower.

### 8

* John Boyd, 93, American science fiction author.
* Paul Cellucci, 65, American politician and diplomat, Governor of Massachusetts (1997–2001), Ambassador to Canada (2001–2005), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Stumpy Cromer, 92, American comedian and dancer (Stump and Stumpy, DuBarry Was a Lady).
* Nathan Dean, 79, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1962–1974) and Senate (1974–2004).
* Niels Diffrient, 84, American industrial designer, cancer.
* Charles M. Hudson, 80–81, American anthropologist.
* Beril Jents, 95, Australian fashion designer.
* Yoram Kaniuk, 83, Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theater critic, cancer.
* Taufiq Kiemas, 70, Indonesian politician, Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (since 2009), heart attack.
* Jaimie Leonard, 39, American soldier, arms-related injury.
* Raymond McCormick, 82, Australian cricketer.
* Angus MacKay, 86, British actor (Doctor Who).
* Kyle Miller, 31, Canadian lacrosse player, cancer.
* Hugh Murray, 90, British historian.
* Ahad Rajabli, 51, Azerbaijani martial artist, world champion in sambo, suicide by hanging.
* Eugene P. Ruehlmann, 88, American politician, Mayor of Cincinnati (1967–1971).
* Richard J. Seitz, 95, American army officer.
* Udham Singh, Indian Maoist militant, shot.
* Willi Sitte, 92, German painter.
* Evert Sodergren, 92, American studio furniture maker.
* José Sosa, 60, Dominican baseball player (Houston Astros).
* Derrick Townshend, 69, Zimbabwean cricketer.
* Arturo Vega, 65, Mexican-born American punk graphic designer and artistic director (The Ramones), cancer.
* Philip White, 89, Canadian politician, Mayor of York, Ontario (1970–1978).

### 9

* Iain Banks, 59, Scottish author (The Wasp Factory), gallbladder cancer.
* Bruno Bartoletti, 86, Italian conductor.
* Martin Bernal, 76, British scholar, myelofibrosis.
* Ralph Bogan, 90, American businessman and part-owner of the Atlanta Braves.
* John Burke, 65, British rugby league player.
* Darondo, 67, American soul singer, heart failure.
* Wahab Dosunmu, 74, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate (1999–2003).
* K. T. Francis, 73, Sri Lankan cricket umpire, complications of diabetes.
* Ward Goodenough, 94, American anthropologist.
* J. Eugene Grigsby, 94, American educator.
* Franz Halberg, 93, Romanian biologist.
* Walter Jens, 90, German writer and intellectual, dementia.
* Harry Lewis, 93, American actor (Key Largo) and restaurateur, natural causes.
* Noel McMahon, 97, New Zealand cricketer.
* Chechenol Mongush, 41, Russian Olympic wrestler (1996), strangled.
* Solomon Oboh, 23, Nigerian footballer (Warri Wolves), traffic collision.
* Rudolf Pöder, 88, Austrian politician, President of the National Council (1989–1990).
* Elías Querejeta, 78, Spanish film producer.
* Zdeněk Rotrekl, 92, Czech poet.
* Dilip Sarkar, 64, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA for Barabani, shot.
* Seong Moy, 92, Chinese-born American painter and printmaker.
* Edward Stevens, 80, American Olympic gold medal-winning rower (1952).
* Joe Tereshinski, Sr., 89, American football player (Washington Redskins).
* Edith Thomas, 86, Chilean Olympian

### 10

* Timothy Apiyo, 70s, Tanzanian politician and civil servant.
* Doug Bailey, 79, American political consultant.
* Ernst H. Beutner, 89, American microbiologist.
* Jacques Bialski, 83, French politician, member of the Senate for Nord (1979–1997).
* Gladys Clarke, 90, British javelin thrower.
* Valentin de Vargas, 79, American actor (Touch of Evil, Hatari!, To Live and Die in L.A.).
* Allen Derr, 85, American lawyer, won Reed v. Reed sex discrimination case.
* Jack Dye, 93, British army officer.
* Ralph Graves, 88, American writer, editor and news executive (Time, Life), kidney failure.
* Franz Handlos, 73, German politician, MP for Deggendorf (1972–1987).
* Petrus Kastenman, 88, Swedish Olympic equestrian (1956).
* Alice Kundert, 92, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1990–1994), Secretary of State of South Dakota (1979–1987).
* Louis-Paul M'Fédé, 52, Cameroonian Olympic footballer, lung infection.
* Ali Maher, 55, Jordanian artist, architect and teacher, stroke.
* Yehoshua Neuwirth, 86, Israeli Jewish scholar and clergy, compiled the Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchatah.
* Hector Oaxaca Acosta, 87, Mexican news photographer (Associated Press).
* Enrique Orizaola, 91, Spanish footballer.
* M. K. Purushothaman, 51, Indian politician, Kerala MLA for Njarackal (2006–2011), heart attack.
* Don Roby, 79, English footballer (Notts County F.C., Loughborough United).
* Daniel Somers, 30, American soldier, suicide by gunshot.
* Pete Vonachen, 87, American baseball team owner and executive (Peoria Chiefs).
* Barbara Vucanovich, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada's 2nd district (1983–1997).

### 11

* Miller Barber, 82, American professional golfer, lymphoma.
* Carl W. Bauer, 79, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1966–1972) and Senate (1972–1976).
* Sir Henry Cecil, 70, British racehorse trainer, stomach cancer.
* John Frederick Clarke, 86, British aeronautical engineer.
* Robert Fogel, 86, American economic academic, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1993).
* James Grimsley, Jr., 91, American military officer and academic, President of The Citadel (1980–1989).
* Andreas Kilingaridis, 36, Russian-born Greek Olympic kayaker (2000, 2004, 2008), leukaemia.
* Olavio López Duque, 81, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Casanare (1977–1999).
* Murray Mitchell, 90, American basketball player.
* Rory Morrison, 48, British radio announcer and newsreader (BBC Radio 4), lymphoma.
* Aleksandr Nalivkin, 26, Russian footballer, cancer.
* Kristiāns Pelšs, 20, Latvian ice hockey player, drowning.
* Stephen Porter, 87, American stage director.
* Vidya Charan Shukla, 84, Indian politician, MP for Mahasamund, Minister of External Affairs (1990–1991), injuries sustained in a shooting.
* Johnny Smith, 90, American jazz guitarist and songwriter ("Walk, Don't Run"), natural causes.
* Charles Spielberger, 85–86, American clinical psychologist.
* Thyra Thomson, 96, American politician, Secretary of State of Wyoming (1963–1987).
* Jaakko Wallenius, 55, Finnish writer and journalist.
* Billy Williams, 80, American baseball player (Seattle Pilots).

### 12

* Laslo Babits, 55, Canadian Olympic javelin thrower (1984).
* Teresita Barajuen, 105, Spanish Roman Catholic laity, believed to hold record for longest service in cloister.
* Elroy Chester, 44, American criminal, execution by lethal injection.
* Fatai Rolling Dollar, 86, Nigerian musician.
* John Groppo, 92, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1959–1985).
* Hugo Gutierrez, Jr., 86, Filipino jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1982–1993), complications of diabetes.
* Helen Brush Jenkins, 94, American news photographer (Los Angeles Daily News).
* Michael Kasha, 92, American molecular biophysicist, complications of pneumonia.
* Jiroemon Kimura, 116, Japanese supercentenarian, verified oldest man in history, oldest verified living person in the world, natural causes.
* Jason Leffler, 37, American racing driver (NASCAR, IndyCar), blunt force neck injury from race collision.
* José de Lima, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Itumbiara (1973–1981) and Sete Lagoas (1981–1999).
* Dick Mansperger, 80, American football player and coach, cancer.
* Ethel Marshall, 89, American badminton player.
* Teodoro Matos Santana, 66, Brazilian footballer (São Paulo FC), pancreatic cancer.
* Pa Odiase, 79, Nigerian composer ("Arise, O Compatriots").
* Cheryl Peake, 47, British Olympic ice skater (1988).
* Soh Hang-suen, 61, Hong Kong actress (Life Without Principle), complications of diabetes and stroke.
* Gavin Taylor, 72, British television and concert film director, (The Tube, U2 at Red Rocks, Queen at Wembley), cancer.
* Barry Till, 90, British scholar and educator.
* Joseph A. Unanue, 88, American chief executive (Goya Foods).

### 13

* Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi, 41, Saudi Olympic and World Cup footballer (1994, 1998), cardiac arrest.
* David Deutsch, 84, American advertising executive, founder and CEO of Deutsch Inc. (1969–1989), natural causes.
* Newton Lai, 62, Chinese Hong Kong actor, pneumonia.
* Philippe Massu, 60, French sailor (sport).
* Sam Most, 82, American jazz flautist, cancer.
* Ajit Pandey, 75, Indian pop singer and politician, West Bengal MLA for Bowbazar, heart attack.
* Edmund Pellegrino, 92, American bioethicist and academic, President of The Catholic University of America (1978–1982).
* Hans Petersen, 83, Danish Olympic boxer.
* Maxwell Nicholas Sparks, 92, New Zealand air force officer.
* Brett Usher, 66, English actor, writer and ecclesiastical historian, pancreatic cancer.
* Kenji Utsumi, 75, Japanese voice actor (Fist of the North Star, Dragon Ball, Fullmetal Alchemist), cancerous peritonitis.
* Albert White Hat, 74, American Lakota language teacher and activist.

### 14

* Betty Burstall, 87, Australian theatre director, founder of La Mama Theatre.
* Rod Bushie, 60, Canadian Anishinaabe elder, Grand Chief of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (1997–2000), lung cancer.
* Olav Sigurd Carlsen, 82, Norwegian politician.
* Geraldine Decker, 82, American operatic mezzo-soprano (Seattle Opera, Metropolitan Opera).
* Pa Dillon, 75, Irish hurler.
* Al Green, 57, American professional wrestler (WCW), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
* Johnny Linaker, 86, English footballer.
* Martin Lowson, 75, English aeronautical engineer.
* Hugh Maguire, 86, Irish violinist.
* Gene Mako, 97, American tennis player, doubles winner at US Open (1936, 1938) and Wimbledon (1937, 1938), inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame (1973).
* James W. Mayer, 83, American applied physicist.
* Monica Ross, 62, British artist, academic, and feminist, cancer.
* Elroy Schwartz, 89, American television writer (Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch, Wonder Woman), complications from surgery.
* Tom Tall, 75, American rockabilly singer.
* Olwen Wymark, 81, American-born British dramatist.

### 15

* Kamu de Almeida, 73, Angolan diplomat, Ambassador to the Congo, Spain and Egypt.
* Tatiana Belinky, 94, Russian-born Brazilian children's author, poet, screenwriter (Sítio do Pica-pau Amarelo, O Jardineiro Espanhol) and journalist, Prêmio Jabuti laureate (1990, 1994).
* Peride Celal, 97, Turkish author.
* Satyapal Dang, 93, Indian politician, Punjab MLA for Amritsar West (1967–1980).
* Heinz Flohe, 65, German footballer (1. FC Köln), member of World Cup-winning team (1974), complications from a stroke.
* Edgar Gilbert, 89, American mathematician.
* José Froilán González, 90, Argentine racing driver, respiratory failure.
* Doreen Hawkins, 93, British actress.
* Joseph Hibbert, 65, Jamaican politician, MP for St. Andrew East Rural (2002–2011), Minister for Transport and Works, heart attack.
* Helen Hughes, 84, Czechoslovakian-born Australian economist, complications following surgery.
* Elena Ivashchenko, 28, Russian Olympic judoka, suicide by jumping.
* Thomas Penfield Jackson, 76, American senior judge, member of the US District Court for D.C. (1982–2004), cancer.
* Stanley A. Johnson, 88, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1968–1977).
* Walter Kahn, 65, American record producer, kidney failure.
* Sakaida Kakiemon XIV, 78, Japanese potter, Living National Treasure, cancer.
* Stan Lopata, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), complications of a cardiac condition.
* Manivannan, 58, Indian actor and director, heart attack.
* Evaristo Márquez, 73, Colombian actor.
* Dennis O'Rourke, 67, Australian documentary film maker, cancer.
* Wangnia Pongte, 60, Indian footballer and politician, Arunachal Pradesh MLA for Changlang North (1990–2009), traffic collision.
* Maurice Priestley, 80, British mathematician.
* Harry Rozmiarek, 74, American veterinarian.
* Paul Soros, 87, Hungarian-born American mechanical engineer and philanthropist.
* Kenneth G. Wilson, 77, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1982), lymphoma.
* Syd Young, 95, Australian footballer (South Melbourne).

### 16

* Sam Farber, 88, American industrial designer, co-founder of OXO, complications from a fall.
* Peggy Fenton, 85, American baseball player.
* T. Ed Garrison, Jr., 91, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1956–1967) and Senate (1967–1986), natural causes.
* Frank Greenaway, 95, British museum curator.
* Roy Grow, 71, American political scientist.
* Hans Hass, 94, Austrian diving pioneer.
* Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, 63, Bangladesh poet and academic, heart attack.
* Isaiah Jesudason, 88, Malayali bishop.
* Josip Kuže, 60, Croatian football player and manager (Dinamo Zagreb), leukaemia.
* Richard Marlow, 74, English organist and choral director, Non-hodgkin lymphoma.
* James Massey, 79, American information theorist, cancer.
* TKM Bava Musliyar, 82, Indian Muslim scholar and educationalist.
* Maurice Nadeau, 102, French writer and editor.
* Dwight Pattison, 51, Indian musician, heart attack.
* Daya Perera, Sri Lankan diplomat and lawyer, Ambassador to the United Nations (1988–1991).
* B. Raman, 77, Indian intelligence officer, co-founder of the Research and Analysis Wing, cancer.
* Bernard Sahlins, 90, American comedy writer and theater owner, founder of The Second City.
* D. M. Schurman, 88, Canadian historian.
* Yousef Madani Tabrizi, 85, Iranian Grand Ayatollah.
* Colette Urban, 61, Canadian/American artist, cancer.
* Ottmar Walter, 89, German footballer (1. FC Kaiserslautern), member of 1954 World Cup-winning team.

### 17

* Michael Baigent, 65, New Zealand author (The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail), brain haemorrhage.
* Carmen Carrozza, 91, Italian-born American accordionist.
* Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, 82, Bangladeshi playwright and TV producer.
* Pierre F. Côté, 85, Canadian civil servant, Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (1978–1997).
* Bulbs Ehlers, 90, American basketball and baseball player.
* Jim Goddard, 77, English film and television director (Fox).
* Michael Goldie, 81, British character actor.
* Irwin Held, 87, American restaurateur (Barney's Beanery), natural causes.
* James Holshouser, 78, American politician, Governor of North Carolina (1973–1977).
* Fuller Kimbrell, 103, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1946–1955).
* Werner Lang, 91, German automotive engineer.
* Albert Legogie, 76, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate for Edo North, malaria.
* Ma Xianda, 81, Chinese martial artist.
* Peter Millar, 62, Scottish footballer (Motherwell), brain tumour.
* Jalil Shahnaz, 92, Iranian maestro and Tar master, natural causes.
* Ray Stone, 89, American politician and educator, Mayor of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (1986–1994).
* Geoff Strong, 75, English footballer (Arsenal, Liverpool).
* Tom Turner, 97, American Negro league baseball player.
* Rafael Valek, 80, Colombian footballer.

### 18

* Brent F. Anderson, 80, American politician, Mayor of West Valley City, Utah (1987–1994).
* Raghunath Bhattacharyya, 61, Indian judge, member of the Kolkata High Court (since 2010), COPD.
* Hugh Burry, 82, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury).
* Alastair Donaldson, 58, Scottish musician.
* Vernon Fougère, 70, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Charlottetown (1991–2009).
* Gene Freese, 79, American baseball player, complications of back surgery.
* Garde Gardom, 88, Canadian politician, British Columbia MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey (1966–1986), Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (1995–2001).
* Brian P. Goodman, 66, Canadian civil servant, Chair of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, heart arrhythmia.
* Michael Hastings, 33, American journalist (Rolling Stone, Newsweek, BuzzFeed), traffic collision.
* Norman MacKenzie, 91, English journalist, educationalist and historian.
* Jean Melzer, 87, Australian politician, Senator for Victoria (1974–1981).
* Imran Khan Mohmand, Pakistani politician, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MLA for Mardan, bombing.
* Dave Petitjean, 85, American Cajun humorist and actor, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Alfred Planyavsky, 89, Austrian double-bassist and music historian.
* Michael Potter, 89, American cancer researcher, recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1984), acute myeloid leukemia.
* Claudio Rocchi, 62, Italian progressive rock singer-songwriter and musician, degenerative disease.
* Hassan Sadian, 88–89, Iranian Olympic wrestler.
* Ramón Sáez Marzo, 73, Spanish Olympic racing cyclist.
* Kukoi Sanyang, 61, Ivorian Gambian revolutionary.
* Sir Colin Stansfield Smith, 80, English architect and cricketer.
* Vijay Telang, 61, Indian cricketer (Vidarbha).
* David Wall, 67, British ballet dancer, cancer.

### 19

* Edward Chindori-Chininga, 58, Zimbabwean politician, MP for Guruve South, Minister of Mines and Mining Development (2000–2004), traffic collision.
* Vince Flynn, 47, American author (Mitch Rapp), prostate cancer.
* James Gandolfini, 51, American actor (The Sopranos, In the Loop, Crimson Tide), Emmy winner (2000, 2001, 2003), heart attack.
* Parke Godwin, 84, American author, natural causes.
* Michael Hodgman, 74, Australian federal and Tasmanian politician, MLC (1966–1974), MP (1975–1987), MHA (1992–1998, 2001–2010), emphysema.
* Gyula Horn, 80, Hungarian politician, Prime Minister (1994–1998).
* John Hughes, 78, Welsh ceramicist, creator of Grogg.
* Dave Jennings, 61, American football player (New York Jets, New York Giants), complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Danny Kravitz, 82, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), cancer.
* Sait Maden, 82, Turkish translator, poet, painter and graphic designer, pneumonia after bypass surgery.
* Alexandru Mușina, 58, Romanian poet.
* Paul Mees, 52, Australian academic and lawyer, cancer.
* Miguel Morayta, 105, Spanish-born Mexican film director.
* Ólafur Rafnsson, 50, Icelandic sports executive, president of FIBA Europe and National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland.
* Alfons Schilling, 79, Swiss painter, Parkinson's disease.
* Kim Thompson, 56, American comic book editor and publisher (Fantagraphics Books), lung cancer.
* Filip Topol, 48, Czech musician.
* Slim Whitman, 90, American country singer-songwriter ("Indian Love Call", "Rose Marie"), heart failure.

### 20

* Fernando Aguilar, 75, Spanish Olympic athlete.
* Diosa Costello, 100, American Puerto Rican actress and singer.
* Franz Xaver Eder, 87, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Passau (1984–2001).
* Ibrahim Haji Jama Mee'aad, Somali militant (Al-Shabaab), shot.
* Vern Pyles, 94, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1974–1980), heart disease and cancer.
* Dicky Rutnagur, 82, Indian cricket journalist and author.
* Ingvar Rydell, 91, Swedish Olympic footballer (1952).
* Jean-Louis Scherrer, 78, French fashion designer.
* Günter Seibold, 76, German footballer.
* Philip Slater, 86, American sociologist and academic, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
* Manuel Bernardo de Sousa, 81, Angolan diplomat.
* Jeffrey Smart, 91, Australian painter, renal failure.
* John David Wilson, 93, English animator and producer (Grease, Lady and the Tramp, Peter Pan), dementia.
* Wu Zhengyi, 97, Chinese botanist, winner of the State Science and Technology Prize (2007).
* Pu Zoduha, 73, Indian politician, Mizoram nominated MLA (1984–1987), complications from hypertension and diabetes.

### 21

* Huáscar Aparicio, 41, Bolivian folk singer, car accident.
* Charles L. Campbell, 82, American sound editor (Back to the Future, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Rocketeer), Oscar winner (1983, 1986, 1989).
* Mohan Lal Chakma, 101, Indian politician, Tripura MLA for Penchartal (1978–1983).
* Diane Clare, 74, British actress (The Haunting).
* N. Dennis, 85, Indian politician, MP for Nagercoil (1980–2003).
* Jerry Dexter, 78, American voice actor (Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Josie and the Pussycats).
* Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian, 93, Iranian architect.
* Genaro García, 34, Mexican boxer, shot.
* Margret Göbl, 74, German Olympic figure skater (1960).
* Dame Barbara Goodman, 80, New Zealand politician.
* James P. Gordon, 85, American physicist.
* Marcelo Grassmann, 88, Brazilian engraver and draughtsman.
* Bernard Hunt, 83, English professional golfer.
* Ed Iacobucci, 59, Argentinian-born American technology executive, co-founder of Citrix Systems, pancreatic cancer.
* Mina Izadyar, 63, Iranian professor and pediatrician, cancer.
* Jacqueline Livingston, 69, American photographer.
* Mary Love, 69, American soul and gospel singer.
* Edgar Mann, 86, British Manx politician, Chairman of the Executive Council (1981–1985), complications of cancer.
* Uzi Meshulam, 60, Israeli rabbi.
* Milorad Mišković, 86, Serbian ballet dancer, Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
* Alen Pamić, 23, Croatian footballer (NK Istra 1961), hypercholesterolemia and coronary artery plaque.
* Sajid Qureshi, 53, Pakistani politician, Sindh MLA for Karachi, shot.
* Elliott Reid, 93, American actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), heart failure.
* Wendy Saddington, 64, Australian jazz and blues singer (Chain), oesophageal cancer.
* Alfred O. Schumann, 89, American farmer and politician.
* Curtis W. Tarr, 88, American civil servant and academic, head of the Selective Service System during Vietnam, pneumonia.
* Per Ung, 80, Norwegian sculptor, cancer.
* Zhang Guangdou, 101, Chinese hydraulic engineer and educator.

### 22

* Cameron Baird, 32, Australian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient, shot.
* Robert O. Cox, 95, American politician, Mayor of Fort Lauderdale (1986–1991).
* Leandro Díaz, 85, Colombian music composer (Vallenato), acute kidney infection.
* Martha Mayer Erlebacher, 75, American artist.
* Beverly Fawell, 82, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1981–1983) and Illinois Senate (1983–1999), chronic heart failure.
* Sergio Focardi, 80, Italian physicist.
* Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, 68, Scottish politician and advocate, MP (1979–1987), Lord Advocate (1989–1992), Solicitor General (1982–1989).
* Gary David Goldberg, 68, American screenwriter and director (Family Ties, Must Love Dogs, Dad), Emmy winner (1979, 1987), brain cancer.
* Alexander Grunauer, 91, Russian scientist.
* Donald Hustad, 94, American evangelical church musician, academic and author.
* Jan Jaskólski, 73, Polish Olympic athlete.
* Henning Larsen, 87, Danish architect, natural causes.
* Loránd Lohinszky, 88, Hungarian actor and academic.
* Deric Longden, 77, British author and screenwriter, cancer.
* Allan Simonsen, 34, Danish racing driver, complications from a race collision during 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans.
* Javier Tomeo, 80, Spanish writer, infection and diabetes.
* Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay, 73, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Celaya (1988–2003), respiratory disease.
* Soccor Velho, 29, Indian footballer, cardiac arrest.

### 23

* Pat Ashton, 82, English actress (The Benny Hill Show).
* Bobby Bland, 83, American blues and soul singer ("Further Up the Road", "Turn On Your Love Light").
* Frank Kelso, 79, American naval officer, Chief of Naval Operations (1990–1994), complications from a fall.
* Kurt Leichtweiss, 86, German mathematician.
* Little Willie Littlefield, 81, American pianist and singer, cancer.
* Richard Matheson, 87, American author and screenwriter (I Am Legend, The Shrinking Man, The Twilight Zone).
* Ron May, 57, American technology columnist, diabetes.
* Darryl Read, 61, British musician, poet and actor, motorcycle accident.
* Sharon Stouder, 64, American triple gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer (1964).
* Frank Stranahan, 90, American golfer, winner of The Amateur Championship (1948, 1950).
* Meamea Thomas, 25, I-Kiribati Olympic weightlifter (2004), traffic collision.

### 24

* Mick Aston, 66, British archaeologist (Time Team).
* Bill Atkinson, 68, English footballer (Torquay United F.C.).
* Cleve Backster, 89, American polygraph expert.
* Anibal Barrow, 58, Honduran journalist and news anchor, shot.
* John P. Clay, 78, American translator (Clay Sanskrit Library).
* Emilio Colombo, 93, Italian politician, Prime Minister (1970–1972).
* Papa Malick Diop, 68, Senegalese Olympic basketball player.
* Jackie Fargo, 82, American professional wrestler, congenital heart disease.
* Mauro Francaviglia, 60, Italian mathematician.
* Dame Phyllis Friend, 90, British nursing officer.
* Joannes Gijsen, 80, Dutch-Icelandic Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roermond (1972–1993) and Reykjavík (1996–2007), cancer.
* William Hathaway, 89, American politician, member of the US House (1965–1973) and US Senate for Maine (1973–1979).
* Lucky Isibor, 36, Nigerian footballer.
* Puff Johnson, 40, American pop singer and songwriter, cervical cancer.
* James Martin, 79, British author, computer scientist and businessman, swimming accident.
* Alan Myers, 58, American New Wave drummer (Devo), brain cancer.
* John L. Nickels, 82, American judge, member of the Illinois Supreme Court (1992–1998).
* Denham Price, 73, South African cricketer.
* Lutfar Rahman Sarkar, 80, Bangladeshi banker, Governor of Bangladesh Bank.
* Michael Schwarzwalder, 69, American politician.
* Andy Scott, 58, Canadian politician, MP for Fredericton (1993–2009), Solicitor General (1997–1998), cancer.
* Vasile Tiță, 85, Romanian Olympic boxer (1952).

### 25

* Gianfranco Baldazzi, 69, Italian lyricist, record producer, author and journalist.
* Giuseppe Berton, 80, Italian missionary.
* George Burditt, 89, American television writer and producer (Three's Company, Silver Spoons).
* Jack Cantoni, 65, French rugby union player.
* Sarah Charlesworth, 66, American conceptual artist and photographer, brain aneurysm.
* Mark Fisher, 66, British stage designer and ceremony producer (2008, 2012).
* Catherine Gibson, 82, Scottish Olympic swimmer (1948).
* Robert E. Gilka, 96, American photographer and news executive, director of photography for National Geographic, complications of pneumonia.
* Jim Hudson, 70, American football player (New York Jets), traumatic dementia encephalopathy.
* Lau Kar-leung, 76, Chinese Hong Kong martial artist, action choreographer and film director (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), cancer.
* Eddie Liu, 91, Australian community leader.
* James Lydon, 85, Irish educator and historian.
* Harry Parker, 77, American Olympic rower (1960) and Olympic rowing coach (USRowing, Harvard University).
* Taghi Rouhani, 93, Iranian news anchor.
* Uma Shivakumar, 71, Indian actress.
* Mildred Ladner Thompson, 95, American journalist (Wall Street Journal, Associated Press).
* Green Wix Unthank, 90, American senior judge, member of the US District Court for Eastern Kentucky (1980–2012).
* Warren Widener, 75, American lawyer.

### 26

* James Allan, 84, Canadian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Keewatin (1974–1991).
* Hervé Boussard, 47, French Olympic cyclist (1992), epileptic seizure.
* Antonio Jasso, 78, Mexican footballer (national team, Club América).
* Edward Huggins Johnstone, 91, Brazilian-born American senior (former chief) judge, member of the US District Court for Western Kentucky (since 1977).
* Sandy Knott, 75, American Olympic athlete.
* Adam Koppy, 40, American mechanical engineer, traffic collision.
* K. Narayana Kurup, 86, Indian politician, Kerala MLA for Vazhoor (1963–1967, 1970–1980, 1984–2005).
* Byron Looper, 48, American politician and criminal, cardiac ailment.
* Miguel Mansilla, 60, Uruguayan professional footballer, cardiac arrest.
* Dumitru Matcovschi, 73, Romanian-born Moldovan poet, complications from brain surgery.
* Mal McBean, 91, Australian rules footballer.
* Kimberly McCarthy, 52, American criminal, execution by lethal injection.
* Justin Miller, 35, American baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants).
* Nilton Pacheco, 92, Brazilian Olympic basketball player (1948).
* Abdul Rahman Mokhtar, 55, Malaysian politician, Terengganu State Representative for Kuala Besut, lung cancer.
* Marc Rich, 78, Belgian-born American tax evader, commodities trader and illegal oil broker (Iran Hostage Crisis), stroke.
* Bert Stern, 83, American celebrity photographer (The Last Sitting) and documentary maker (Jazz on a Summer's Day).
* Rawleigh Warner, Jr., 92, American oil executive, CEO and Chairman of Mobil (1969–1986), inclusion body myositis.
* Subhash Yadav, 67, Indian politician, Madhya Pradesh MLA for Kasrawad (since 1993).

### 27

* Shafiq Badr, 87, Lebanese politician, MP for Chouf (1972–1992).
* Stefano Borgonovo, 49, Italian footballer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Henrik Otto Donner, 73, Finnish composer and music industry executive.
* Muhammad Emin Er, c. 99, Turkish Islamic scholar.
* Josef Geryk, 70, Czech footballer (FC Spartak Trnava).
* Dudley Knight, 73, American drama teacher.
* Liu Wenjin, 76, Chinese composer of classical Chinese music.
* Alain Mimoun, 92, French Olympic runner (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960) and marathon champion (1956).
* James Njiru, Kenyan politician, cancer.
* Ian Scott, 68, New Zealand painter.
* A. C. Shanmughadas, 74, Indian politician, Kerala MLA for Balussery (1970–2003), cardiac arrest.

### 28

* João Alves, 87, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Coimbra (1976–2001).
* Yiye Ávila, 87, American Puerto Rican televangelist, heart attack.
* Thérèse Blondeau, 99, French Olympic swimmer (1936).
* Ari Brynjolfsson, 86, Icelandic–born American physicist.
* Bhavna Chikhalia, 58, Indian politician, MP for Junagadh (1991–2004), cardiac arrest.
* George Hall Dixon, 92, American banker, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.
* Fred Gibson, 101, Jamaican-born English cricketer.
* Ted Hood, 86, American yacht skipper (Courageous), judge and official (US Sailing), inducted into America's Cup Hall of Fame (1993), heart failure and pneumonia.
* Tamás Katona, 81, Hungarian politician and historian.
* Peter Lehmann, 82, Australian vineyard owner and vintner, kidney disease.
* Kenneth Minogue, 83, Australian academic and political scientist.
* Bob Oliver, 66, American football player (Cleveland Browns), cancer.
* Matt Osborne, 55, American professional wrestler (Doink the Clown), accidental overdose of hydrocodone and morphine.
* Jacques Planchard, 84, Belgian politician, Governor of Luxembourg (1976–1996).
* F.D. Reeve, 84, American academic and author.
* David Rubitsky, 96, American World War II veteran, disputed claimant for Medal of Honor.
* Charlie L. Russell, 81, American playwright (Five on the Black Hand Side), brother of Bill Russell, gastric cancer.
* John Stollery, 83, British engineer and academic.
* Silvi Vrait, 62, Estonian singer ("Nagu merelaine") and actress, brain tumor.

### 29

* Khalnazar Agakhanov, 61, Turkmen diplomat and politician, Ambassador to Russia, Germany and Kazakhstan.
* Marge Anderson, 81, American Chippewa tribal executive, Chief of the Mille Lacs (1991–2000, 2008–2012), natural causes.
* Serge Blanc, 83, French classical violinist.
* Harisinh Pratapsinh Chavda, 83, Indian politician, MP for Banaskantha (2004–2008), Gujarat MLA for Danta (1975–1985).
* Abdul Mutalib Mohamed Daud, 52, Malaysian journalist, stroke.
* Peter Fitzgerald, 76, Irish footballer.
* Jack Gotta, 83, American CFL and WFL football player, coach and general manager (Calgary Stampeders, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Birmingham Americans).
* Sarah Guyard-Guillot, 31, French acrobat (Cirque du Soleil), fall.
* Lou Guzzo, 94, American journalist (Seattle Times), editor (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) and commentator (KIRO-TV).
* Margherita Hack, 91, Italian astrophysicist and popular science writer, suspected heart failure.
* Gilma Jiménez, 57, Colombian politician, member of Senate for Bogota, cervical cancer.
* Jim Kelly, 67, American martial artist and actor (Enter the Dragon), cancer.
* Leopoldo López Escobar, 72–73, Chilean geochemistry academic.
* Victor Lundin, 83, American actor (Robinson Crusoe on Mars).
* David Moore, 79, British botanist specialising in South American flora and fauna.
* Ryūtarō Nakamura, 58, Japanese animation director and storyboard artist (Serial Experiments Lain, Kino's Journey, Sakura Wars), pancreatic cancer.
* Paul Smith, 91, American jazz pianist, heart failure.
* Jørgen Sønstebø, 91, Norwegian politician.
* Larry Townsend, 66, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 2008), cancer.
* Kishorchandra Vankavala, 70, Indian politician, Gujarat MLA for Surat West (since 2007), lung cancer.

### 30

* Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, 96, British life peer, barrister and Colditz prisoner.
* Akpor Pius Ewherido, 50, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate for Delta Central (since 2011), Delta MLA for Ughelli South (1999–2007), complications from a stroke.
* Claudio Fattoretto, 57, Italian voice actor, stroke.
* Richard Fehr, 73, Swiss religious leader, Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church (1988–2005).
* Juggie Heen, 82, American politician, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1963–1967, 1969–1971), pancreatic and liver cancer.
* William Houle, 81, American Chippewa tribal executive, Chairman of the Fond du Lac (1974–1988), instrumental to Indian gaming in the United States.
* Kathryn Morrison, 71, American politician, member of the Wisconsin Senate (1975–1979), breast cancer.
* Thompson Oliha, 44, Nigerian footballer (Nigeria Super Eagles), complications from malaria.
* Iván Ruttkay, 87, Hungarian Olympic speed skater (1948).
* Sir Keith Seaman, 93, Australian viceroy, Governor of South Australia (1977–1982).
* Brian Sparks, 82, Welsh police officer and teacher.
* Joyce Waley-Cohen, 93, English educationalist and public servant.