# Deaths in December 2015
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The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2015.
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.

## December 2015
### 1

* Edwar al-Kharrat, 89, Egyptian novelist, pneumonia.
* Rob Blokzijl, 72, Dutch physicist and computer scientist.
* Marc Breslow, 90, American game show director (The Price is Right, Match Game, Family Feud).
* Joseph Engelberger, 90, American engineer and inventor.
* Leoni Franco, 73, Uruguayan musician, composer and guitarist.
* Robert E. Glennen, 82, American academic, President of Emporia State University (1985–1997).
* Shirley Gunter, 81, American R&B singer.
* William W. Joscelyn, 89, American politician.
* John F. Kurtzke, 89, American neurologist.
* Jim Loscutoff, 85, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), NBA champion (1957, 1959–1964), complications of pneumonia and Parkinson's disease.
* Trevor Obst, 75, Australian football player (Port Adelaide).
* Xavier Olea Muñoz, 92, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Guerrero (1975).
* Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, 87, English-born Kenyan writer.
* V. Ramachandran, 84, Indian civil servant.
* Antonio Troyo Calderón, 92, Costa Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San José de Costa Rica (1979–2002).

### 2

* Sandy Berger, 70, American political consultant, United States National Security Advisor (1997–2001), cancer.
* Theodor Borchgrevink, 92, Norwegian civil engineer.
* Bryony Brind, 55, English ballerina, heart attack.
* John Eaton, 81, American composer, brain hemorrhage.
* Gabriele Ferzetti, 90, Italian actor (L'Avventura, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Once Upon a Time in the West).
* Ray Gandolf, 85, American sportscaster.
* Shelby Highsmith, 86, American federal judge, adrenal cancer.
* Sam Ibiam, 90, Nigerian footballer (national team).
* Portia James, 62, American curator and historian.
* Ferenc Juhász, 87, Hungarian poet.
* Wim Kolijn, 71, Dutch politician.
* Ernst Larsen, 89, Norwegian runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
* Bob Martyn, 85, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics).
* Will McMillan, 71, American actor (General Hospital, The Crazies), producer, and director.
* Joan L. Mitchell, 68, American computer scientist, co-inventor of JPEG.
* Sir John Osborn, 92, British politician, Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam (1959–1987).
* M. A. M. Ramaswamy, 84, Indian industrialist and politician.
* John Rassias, 90, American language professor.
* Wally Roker, 78, American R&B singer and music executive, complications following brain surgery.
* George T. Sakato, 94, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
* A. Sheriff, 74, Indian screenwriter (Avalude Ravukal).
* Thom Thomas, 80, American playwright, leukemia.
* Anthony Valentine, 76, British actor (Colditz, Coronation Street, Escape to Athena), Parkinson's disease.
* Luz Marina Zuluaga, 77, Colombian beauty queen, Miss Universe (1958).
* Perpetrators of the 2015 San Bernardino attack shot dead by police:
** Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, American.
** Tashfeen Malik, 29, Pakistani.

### 3

* Omar Ali, 76, Bangladeshi poet.
* Gladstone Anderson, 81, Jamaican musician.
* Willie Burden, 64, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders) and sports administrator.
* Roy Evans, 84, Welsh trade union leader.
* Sunil Hettiarachchi, 78, Sri Lankan actor.
* Eevi Huttunen, 93, Finnish speed skater, world champion (1951, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1959), Olympic bronze medalist (1960).
* Lawrence Pugh, 82, American businessman, chief executive of VF Corporation.
* Shared Belief, 4, American racehorse, colic.
* Arthur R. Taylor, 80, American businessman, president of CBS.
* Scott Weiland, 48, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, The Wondergirls), accidental drug and alcohol overdose.
* Howard West, 84, American television producer (Seinfeld).
* Melvin Williams, 73, American drug trafficker and actor (The Wire), cancer.
* Michael Wilson, 75, New Zealand cricketer.

### 4

* Jaime Camino, 79, Spanish film director (The Long Winter, Lights and Shadows).
* Erik De Vlaeminck, 70, Belgian cyclist, seven-time world-champion cyclo-cross (1966, 1968–1973).
* Norman Engleback, 88, British architect.
* John Glad, 73, American academic and translator.
* Ricardo Guízar Díaz, 82, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (1996–2009).
* Henry Hall, 87, British physicist.
* Robert Loggia, 85, American actor (Jagged Edge, Scarface, Big), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Rodney Milnes, 79, British opera critic.
* Karen Montgomery, 66, American actress and film producer, breast cancer.
* Irakli Ochiauri, 91, Georgian sculptor.
* Takamasa Sakurai, 49, Japanese author and popular culture expert, proponent of anime for cultural exchange, hit by train.
* Yossi Sarid, 75, Israeli politician, member of Knesset (1974–2006), Minister of Environment (1992–1996) and Education (1999–2000).
* Dmitry Shumkov, 43, Russian lawyer and investor, asphyxiation.
* Dag Skogheim, 87, Norwegian writer.
* Lajos Takács, 91, Hungarian mathematician.
* Xu Ming, 44, Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire.

### 5

* Zafar Altaf, 74, Pakistani cricketer, administrator and civil servant, heart attack.
* Willie Coburn, 74, Scottish footballer (St Johnstone).
* Peter Cochrane, 96, Scottish World War II army officer.
* Luigi Conti, 86, Italian-born Vatican diplomat, Apostolic nuncio (1975–2003).
* Ray Crooke, 93, Australian artist, winner of the Archibald Prize (1969).
* Kiki Divaris, 90, Greek fashion designer, complications from pneumonia.
* Vic Eliason, 79, American Christian broadcaster, cancer.
* Marty Feldman, 93, American football coach (Oakland Raiders) and Marine.
* Markku Häkkinen, 69, Finnish botanist.
* Yolande Henderson, 81, Pakistani teacher, intestinal cancer.
* William McIlvanney, 79, Scottish novelist and poet.
* Hack Meyers, 41, American professional wrestler (ECW), complications from brain surgery.
* Marília Pêra, 72, Brazilian actress (Pixote, Better Days Ahead), lung cancer.
* Dimitar Iliev Popov, 88, Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister (1990–1991).
* Tibor Rubin, 86, Hungarian-born American Medal of Honor recipient and Holocaust survivor.
* Wolfgang Sandner, 66, German physicist.
* Siddhi Savetsila, 96, Thai politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980–1990), Deputy Prime Minister (1986).
* Dave Scholz, 67, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers).
* Horst Schuldes, 76, German Olympic ice hockey player (1960), (1964).
* Franz Speta, 74, Austrian botanist.
* Chuck Williams, 100, American business executive and author, founder of Williams Sonoma.
* Bruce Yorke, 91, Canadian politician.

### 6

* Dale Anderson, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).
* Ken Beatrice, 72, American radio personality (WMAL, WTEM), complications from pneumonia.
* Ian Burns, 76, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen).
* Max Hauri, 73, Swiss Olympic equestrian.
* Mack Herron, 67, American football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, New England Patriots).
* Ko Chun-hsiung, 70, Taiwanese actor (Eight Hundred Heroes, Attack Force Z), director and politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (2005–2008), lung cancer.
* Franzl Lang, 84, German yodeler.
* Liu Juying, 98, Chinese politician and army general.
* Mariuccia Mandelli, 90, Italian fashion designer, founder of Krizia.
* Mike Mangold, 60, American commercial and aerobatics pilot, world champion (2005, 2007), plane crash.
* Mick McLaughlin, 72, Welsh footballer (Hereford United, Newport County).
* John L. Myers, 68, American politician.
* Jaafar Mohammed Saad, Yemeni politician and general, Governor of Aden (since 2015), car bombing.
* Georg Smefjell, 78, Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player (1964), (1968).
* Nicholas Smith, 81, British actor (Are You Being Served?, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Doctor Who), complications from a fall.
* Zoltán Szabó, 86, Hungarian cardiac surgeon, performed nation's first successful heart transplant.
* Tomi Taira, 87, Japanese actress, respiratory failure.
* Holly Woodlawn, 69, Puerto Rican-born American actress and Warhol superstar, brain and liver cancer.
* Wu Te-mei, 68, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1984–1996), kidney failure caused by diabetes.

### 7

* Betty Bourke, 91, New Zealand health administrator.
* Martin E. Brooks, 90, American actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Dallas).
* Lolita Aniyar de Castro, 78, Venezuelan politician.
* Horn Chen, 83, American businessman.
* Heinz Fricke, 88, German conductor and music director.
* Hoàng Hà Giang, 24, Vietnamese Taekwondo athlete, silver medalist at the 2006 Asian Games.
* Gerhard Lenski, 91, American sociologist.
* Rrok Mirdita, 76, Montenegrin-born Albanian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës (since 1992).
* Virginia A. Myers, 88, American artist, professor and printmaker.
* Kenneth Partridge, 89, English interior decorator.
* Elaine Riley, 98, American actress.
* Hyron Spinrad, 81, American astronomer.
* Shirley Stelfox, 74, British actress (Emmerdale, Keeping Up Appearances, Coronation Street), cancer.
* Jennifer Taylor, 80, Australian architect and academic.
* Peter Westbury, 77, British racing driver.

### 8

* Mattiwilda Dobbs, 90, American coloratura soprano, cancer.
* Gus Gil, 76, Venezuelan baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Pilots).
* Alan Hodgkinson, 79, English footballer (Sheffield United, national team).
* Derek Hyatt, 84, English landscape painter.
* Bonnie Lou, 91, American country singer, dementia.
* Gary Marker, 72, American bassist (Rising Sons, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band) and recording engineer, stroke.
* Johnny More, 81, English impressionist, leukaemia.
* J. Hugh Nichols, 85, American politician.
* Anthony Francis Sharma, 77, Nepalese Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Nepal (1984–2014).
* Jokelyn Tienstra, 45, Dutch handball player, brain tumor.
* Douglas Tompkins, 72, American conservationist and businessman, co-founder of The North Face and Esprit, hypothermia following kayak accident.
* John Trudell, 69, American Indian activist and poet, cancer.
* Elsie Tu, 102, English-born Hong Kong social activist, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1988–1995).
* Ramashankar Yadav, 58, Indian poet and activist.

### 9

* Soshana Afroyim, 88, Austrian painter.
* Norman Breslow, 74, American statistician and medical researcher, prostate cancer.
* John Cockerton, 88, British Anglican priest and academic.
* Carlo Furno, 94, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal (since 1994) and Apostolic nuncio (1973–1995).
* Robert Grant, 67, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1991–1994, 1997–2013).
* Gheorghe Gruia, 75, Romanian handball player, world champion (1964, 1970), Olympic bronze medalist (1972).
* Rusty Jones, 73, American jazz drummer.
* Juvenal Juvêncio, 81, Brazilian lawyer and sports director.
* Akiyuki Nosaka, 85, Japanese novelist (Grave of the Fireflies).
* Igino Rizzi, 91, Italian Olympic ski jumper.
* Henry Rowan, 92, American philanthropist and engineer.
* Matthew Shija, 91, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kahama (1983–2001).
* Julio Terrazas Sandoval, 79, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal (since 2001) and Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1991–2013).
* Jenny Wormald, 73, Scottish historian.

### 10

* Klaus Baumgartner, 77, Swiss politician.
* Ian Bell, 59, Scottish journalist and author.
* Rainer Bloss, 69, German electronic musician (Drive Inn).
* Ron Bouchard, 67, American NASCAR driver, cancer.
* Walter Fawcett, 86, Northern Irish cricketer.
* Maurice Graham, 83, Australian rugby union player (New South Wales, New Zealand).
* Denis Héroux, 75, Canadian film director and producer.
* Dermot Patrick O'Mahony, 80, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (1975–1996).
* Arnold Peralta, 26, Honduran footballer (national team, Rangers F.C.), shot.
* Desmond Robinson, 87, British Olympic cyclist.
* Dolph Schayes, 87, American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (Philadelphia 76ers), NBA champion (1955), cancer.
* Barry Schweid, 83, American news correspondent (Associated Press), neurological disease.
* Donald J. Stohr, 81, American federal judge, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri (1992–2006).

### 11

* Mihai Adam, 75, Romanian footballer.
* Harry Butler, 85, Australian naturalist and conservationist, cancer.
* Samir Chakrabarti, 72, Indian cricketer.
* Steve Chimombo, 70, Malawian writer.
* Lloyd Dane, 90, American racing driver.
* Neville De Souza, 87, Jamaican religious figure, Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands (1979–2000).
* Jake Howard, 70, Australian rugby union player (national team).
* Igor Kashintsev, 83, Soviet and Russian actor.
* Abish Kekilbayev, 76, Kazakh politician and academic.
* Sir Roderick McSween, 80, Scottish pathologist.
* Altaff Mungrue, 81, Trinidadian-born English cricketer.
* Jiří Paďour, 72, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of České Budějovice (2002–2014).
* Gaston Salvatore, 74, Chilean writer.
* H. Arnold Steinberg, 82, Canadian business and educational administrator, Chancellor of McGill University (2009–2014).
* Hema Upadhyay, 43, Indian artist, bludgeoned.
* John "Hot Rod" Williams, 53, American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns), prostate cancer.
* Zyx, 65, Canadian cartoonist and publisher (Croc).

### 12

* Luis Bermejo, 84, Spanish cartoonist and illustrator.
* Terry Bledsoe, 81, American football executive and sportswriter.
* Ignacio Carrau, 92, Spanish politician and lawyer.
* Jon Gadsby, 62, British-born New Zealand writer and comedian (A Week of It), cancer.
* Gösta Gärdin, 92, Swedish modern pentathlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).
* Frans Geurtsen, 73, Dutch footballer (DWS, national team).
* Sir Peter Gregson, 79, British civil servant.
* Ken Johnson, 87, British Olympic steeplechase athlete (1952).
* Sharad Anantrao Joshi, 80, Indian politician and social activist, prostate cancer.
* Federico Kirbus, 84, Argentine author.
* Evelyn S. Lieberman, 71, American public affairs professional, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (1996), pancreatic cancer.
* I. Howard Marshall, 81, Scottish theologian, pancreatic cancer.
* Yuri Marushkin, 71, Russian football player and manager.
* Gene Ready, 74, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1977–1984), cancer.
* John Scott-Scott, 81, British aerospace engineer.
* Rose Siggins, 43, American actress (American Horror Story), infection.
* Yashpal Singh, 94, Indian politician
* Gregory Baker Wolfe, 93, American diplomat and academic.

### 13

* Benedict Anderson, 79, American academic and writer (Imagined Communities), heart failure.
* John Bannon, 72, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia (1982–1992), cancer.
* Albert Bontridder, 94, Belgian architect and writer.
* Luigi Creatore, 93, American songwriter and record producer, pneumonia.
* James Gillies, 91, Canadian politician.
* Marleen de Pater-van der Meer, 65, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (2001–2010).
* Phil Pepe, 80, American sportswriter, heart attack.
* Gretchen Quie, 88, American artist, First Lady of Minnesota (1979–1983), restored the Minnesota Governor's Residence, Parkinson's disease.
* Peter Ryan, 92, Australian newspaper columnist.
* Ed Sharkey, 88, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, BC Lions).
* Donald Weinstein, 89, American historian.

### 14

* Terry Backer, 61, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (since 1993), brain cancer.
* Sian Blake, 43, British actress (EastEnders), stabbed.
* Armando Cossutta, 89, Italian politician, member of the European Parliament (1999–2004).
* Johnny Egan, 76, Irish Gaelic football player (Offaly).
* Kathryn H. Kidd, 65, American author.
* Herbert Kiesel, 84, Swiss bobsledder.
* Joe Lancaster, 89, English football player and trainer.
* Edmund Lyndeck, 90, American singer and actor (Big Daddy, Enchanted, Road Trip).
* Scat Daddy, 11, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
* Leander J. Shaw Jr., 85, American politician, Chief Justice of Florida Supreme Court (1990–1992).
* Glen Sonmor, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers) and head coach (Minnesota North Stars), pneumonia.
* Mick Twomey, 84, Australian football player (Collingwood).
* Vadym Tyshchenko, 52, Ukrainian football player (Karpaty, Dnipro) and manager (Dnipro), Olympic champion (1988).
* Lillian Vernon, 88, German-born American businesswoman, founder of Lillian Vernon.
* Aleš Veselý, 80, Czech sculptor.

### 15

* Tom Arden, 54, Australian-born British author, cancer.
* Milton Ballantyne, 87, Australian politician, member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly (1974–1980).
* André Bernard, 85, French cyclist.
* Stella Doufexis, 47, German mezzo-soprano, cancer.
* Licio Gelli, 96, Italian financier, Venerable Master of the Propaganda Due lodge.
* Charles C. Lanham, 87, American politician, member of West Virginia Senate.
* Ken Pogue, 81, Canadian actor (The 6th Day, The Dead Zone, Millennium), cancer.
* Kathy Secker, 70, British television presenter.
* Harry Zvi Tabor, 98, British-born Israeli physicist.
* H. Paul Varley, 84, American historian.

### 16

* Noboru Ando, 89, Japanese actor and yakuza.
* Svein Bakke, 62, Norwegian footballer (Sogndal).
* John Bates, 77, American college basketball coach (Maryland Eastern Shore, Coppin State), heart attack.
* Patricia Brooker, 80, English television personality (The Only Way Is Essex) and author.
* Peter Dickinson, 88, British author (Tulku, The Flight of Dragons, City of Gold).
* Khodadad Mirza Farman Farmaian, 87, Iranian Qajar dynasty royal and banker.
* Gabre Gabric, 101, Croatian-born Italian Olympic track and field athlete (1936), (1948).
* Snuff Garrett, 76, American record producer, cancer.
* Aafje Heynis, 91, Dutch contralto.
* Brian Keeble, 77, English footballer (Grimsby Town, Darlington).
* Bob Krause, 70, American college athletic director (Kansas State University), cancer.
* Heinz-Otto Kreiss, 85, German-born Swedish mathematician.
* Lizmark, 64, Mexican professional wrestler, respiratory failure.
* Jim McAnany, 79, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs).
* Anthony Muto, 81, American fashion designer, heart failure.
* Zoulikha Nasri, 70, Moroccan politician, Secretary of State for National Cooperation (1997–1998).
* George Earl Ortman, 89, American artist.
* Ray Price, 78, American motorcycle builder and racer.
* René Saorgin, 87, French organist.
* Ilie Savel, 88, Romanian Olympic hurdler.
* Harry Scott, 78, British boxer.
* Joseph Tellechéa, 89, French footballer.
* Enoch Thorsgard, 98, American politician.

### 17

* Hal Brown, 91, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Colt .45s).
* Serge Devèze, 59, French football manager.
* Zaevion Dobson, 15, American football player, shot.
* Börje Grönroos, 86, Finnish Olympic boxer.
* Osamu Hayaishi, 95, Japanese biochemist.
* Buckshot Hoffner, 91, American politician.
* Vladimir Kostyukov, 61, Belarusian football coach and player (Dnepr Mogilev).
* Kamal Ahmed Rizvi, 85, Pakistani actor and writer, heart attack.
* Joseph Roduit, 76, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Abbot of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune (1999–2015).
* Michael Wyschogrod, 87, German-born American Jewish theologian.

### 18

* Luc Brewaeys, 56, Belgian composer and musician, cancer.
* Florentino Broce, 72, Filipino football player and coach.
* Slobodan Čašule, 70, Macedonian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2001–2002).
* Yūzan Fujita, 66, Japanese politician, Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture (1993–2009).
* Carl Furlonge, 83, Trinidadian cricketer.
* Joe Gilmore, 93, British barman.
* Evelio Hernández, 84, Cuban baseball player (Washington Senators).
* Vittore Gottardi, 74, Swiss footballer.
* Stuart Milton Hodgson, 91, Canadian politician, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (1967–1979).
* Martin Jære, 95, Norwegian Olympic skier (1948).
* Daifallah Masadeh, 76–77, Jordanian politician, State Minister for Legal Affairs (2000–2001).
* Léon Mébiame, 81, Gabonese politician, Prime Minister (1975–1990).
* Howell W. Melton, 92, American lawyer and judge.
* Placidus Nkalanga, 96, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bukoba (1969–1973).
* Phil Oestricher, 84, American test pilot.
* Andreja Preger, 104, Hungarian-born Serbian pianist and Holocaust survivor.
* Mogens Rukov, 72, Danish screenwriter.
* Jesús Samper, 65, Spanish businessman, owner of Real Murcia (since 2001).
* Helge Solum Larsen, 46, Norwegian politician, deputy leader of Venstre (2010–2012), aneurysm.
* Jean-Luc Vilmouth, 63, French artist.

### 19

* Bets Borm-Luijkx, 97, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1980–1981).
* Peter Broggs, 61, Jamaican reggae musician.
* Douglas Dick, 95, American actor (Rope, Perry Mason).
* Louis DiGiaimo, 77, American casting director (The Godfather, Homicide: Life on the Street) and film producer (Donnie Brasco), stroke.
* Maurice Grace, 86, Australian Olympic rower.
* Chris Harris, 67, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1985–1991) and Senate (1991–2013).
* Jimmy Hill, 87, English footballer (Fulham) and manager (Coventry City), trade union leader (PFA) and TV presenter (Match of the Day), Alzheimer's disease.
* Harry Hyams, 87, British property developer (Centre Point).
* Greville Janner, 87, British politician, MP for Leicester North West (1970–1974) and Leicester West (1974–1997), Alzheimer's disease.
* Stephen Jelicich, 92, Croatian-born New Zealand architect.
* Mabuni Kenei, 97, Japanese martial arts expert.
* Samir Kuntar, 53, Lebanese convicted murderer, member of Hezbollah, longest-held Lebanese prisoner in Israel, missile strike.
* Alan Lee, 61, British cricket and horse racing journalist.
* Madame Claude, 92, French procurer.
* Kurt Masur, 88, German conductor, Parkinson's disease.
* Dickie Moore, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), Stanley Cup winner (1953, 1956–1960), prostate cancer.
* Carlos Païta, 83, Argentine conductor.
* Ranganath, 66, Indian Telugu actor, suicide by hanging.
* Selma Reis, 55, Brazilian actress and singer, brain cancer.
* Ozell Sutton, 90, American civil rights activist.
* Karin Söder, 87, Swedish politician, leader of the Centre Party (1985–1987), Minister for Health and Social Affairs (1979–1982), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1976–1978).
* Dick Wathika, 42, Kenyan politician, Mayor of Nairobi (2004–2008).

### 20

* Aldo Baito, 95, Italian cyclist.
* George Burpo, 93, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).
* Rudi Ceyssens, 53, Belgian Olympic cyclist.
* Patricia Elliott, 77, American actress (A Little Night Music, One Life to Live), Tony Award winner (1973), leiomyosarcoma.
* Gevorg Geodakyan, 87, Armenian musicologist.
* Robert Hayling, 86, American civil rights activist.
* Alain Jouffroy, 87, French surrealist poet and art critic.
* Ray Mathews, 86, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
* Angela McEwan, 81, American actress (Nebraska, Getting On), lung cancer.
* Wayne Robinson, 85, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
* Kjell Bloch Sandved, 93, Norwegian-born American author and nature photographer.
* Jim West, 61, Australian boxer, national flyweight/super featherweight and Commonwealth flyweight champion.

### 21

* Rimma Bilunova, 75, Russian chess player and coach.
* Dejan Brđović, 49, Serbian volleyball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1996).
* Abune Dioskoros, 80, Eritrean prelate, Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (since 2007).
* Sam Dockery, 86, American jazz pianist.
* David Emms, 90, British educationalist.
* Timothy Foote, 89, American editor and writer.
* Jan Góra, 67, Polish Roman Catholic Dominican priest.
* Jupiter Apple, 47, Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (TNT, Os Cascavelletes), multiple organ failure.
* Vilgot Larsson, 83, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player (1956), (Leksands IF), world champion (1957).
* Richelieu Levoyer, 85, Ecuadorian army general and politician.
* Lim Eng Beng, 64, Filipino basketball player, liver cancer.
* Bob Suci, 76, American football player (Houston Oilers, Boston Patriots).
* Andrei Troschinsky, 37, Kazakhstani ice hockey player, Asian champion (1999), heart attack.
* Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla, 90, Venezuelan philosopher.
* Emmanuel Yarbrough, 51, American mixed martial artist.

### 22

* Arlin Adams, 94, American judge.
* Rolf Bossi, 92, German lawyer.
* Carol Burns, 68, Australian actress (Prisoner), cancer.
* Daisy Elliott, 98, American politician and realtor.
* Derek Ezra, Baron Ezra, 96, British coal industry administrator, Chairman of the National Coal Board (1971–1982).
* Nabil Al Fadl, 66, Kuwaiti politician.
* Billy Glaze, 72, American serial killer, lung cancer.
* Marijane Landis, 87, American broadcaster and television host (WGAL-TV).
* Joseph Leopold Imesch, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliet (1979–2006).
* José Jhonson, 76, Ecuadorian footballer.
* Peter Lundblad, 65, Swedish singer ("Ta mig till havet"), prostate cancer.
* V. S. Malimath, 86, Indian judge, Chief Justice of Karnataka (1984) and Kerala (1985–1991).
* Riley Martin, 69, American author and radio host.
* Brooke McCarter, 52, American model and actor (The Lost Boys, Thrashin', Wired), alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.
* Freda Meissner-Blau, 88, Austrian politician, founder of The Greens – The Green Alternative.
* Carson Van Osten, 70, American artist, Disney Legend.

### 23

* Hocine Aït Ahmed, 89, Algerian politician, founder and leader of Socialist Forces Front.
* Carlos Cano, 60, Peruvian actor, cancer.
* Chen Luyun, 38, Chinese basketball player, colon cancer.
* Henry Crichton, 6th Earl Erne, 78, British peer.
* Michael Earl, 56, American puppeteer (Sesame Street, Dinosaurs, Team America: World Police), colon cancer.
* Alfred G. Gilman, 74, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate, pancreatic cancer.
* Grégoire Haddad, 91, Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Beirut and Byblos (1968–1975).
* Hatidža Hadžiosmanović, 78, Bosnian jurist, President of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
* Don Howe, 80, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Arsenal, national team) and coach.
* Ablie Jagne, 62, Gambian footballer (Real de Banjul, national team).
* Joe Jamail, 90, American attorney and billionaire.
* Jean-Marie Pelt, 82, French biologist.
* Igor Persiantsev, 78, Russian figure skater.
* Sławomir Pstrong, 39, Polish film and television director, screenwriter, and author of short stories.
* Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, 89, Tibetan lama, Supreme Head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism (since 2012).
* Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, 85, German-born American political scientist.
* Bill Subritzky, 90, New Zealand property developer and evangelist.
* Sir Brian Tovey, 89, British civil servant, Director of the Government Communications Headquarters (1978–1983).
* Bülent Ulusu, 92, Turkish politician, Prime Minister (1980–1983).

### 24

* Romeo Anaya, 69, Mexican boxer, WBA Bantamweight Champion (1973).
* László Bánhegyi, 84, Hungarian Olympic basketball player.
* Turid Birkeland, 53, Norwegian politician, Minister of Culture (1996–1997), myelofibrosis.
* Jim Carlton, 80, Australian politician, member of the Australian Parliament (1977–1994), Minister for Health (1982–1983).
* Suprovat Chakravarty, 86, Indian Olympic cyclist (1952), heart attack.
* David C. Clark, 89, American politician.
* Michael W. Davidson, 65, American microscopist.
* Eugène Dodeigne, 92, Belgian-born French sculptor.
* Robert S. Folkenberg, 75, Puerto Rican Seventh-day Adventist leader, President of the General Conference (1990–1999).
* Dennis Griffiths, 82, British newspaper executive (Evening Standard) and press historian.
* William Guest, 74, American R&B singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips), heart failure.
* Mel Holmes, 65, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
* Ron Jacobs, 72, American basketball coach (Loyola Marymount University, Northern Cement, Philippine national team), complications from a stroke.
* Jin Xiang, 80, Chinese composer and music critic.
* Takeharu Kunimoto, 55, Japanese musician, acute respiratory failure.
* Letty Jimenez Magsanoc, 74, Filipino journalist (Philippine Daily Inquirer), cardiac arrest.
* Adriana Olguín, 104, Chilean lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice (1952).

### 25

* Manuel Agujetas, 76, Spanish flamenco singer.
* Zahran Alloush, 44, Syrian rebel commander, founder of Jaysh al-Islam, airstrike.
* Sir Clifford Boulton, 85, British public servant, Clerk of the House of Commons (1987–1994)
* Ali Eid, 75, Lebanese politician, General Secretary of the Arab Democratic Party (since 1972).
* George Evans, 74, Australian rugby league player (St. George).
* Karen Friesicke, 53, German comedian and actress, suicide.
* Leonid Gofshtein, 62, Israeli chess grandmaster.
* Ottavio Jemma, 90, Italian screenwriter.
* George Clayton Johnson, 86, American writer (Logan's Run, Ocean's 11, The Twilight Zone), prostate and bladder cancer.
* Eric Philpott, 69, Irish Gaelic footballer (Cork).
* Ignacio Rupérez, 72, Spanish author and diplomat, Ambassador to Iraq (2005–2008) and Honduras (2009–2010).
* Acharya S, 54, American religious author, breast cancer.
* Sadhana Shivdasani, 74, Indian film actress (Love in Simla, Woh Kaun Thi, Hum Dono).
* Robert Spitzer, 83, American psychiatrist, heart disease.
* Jason Wingreen, 95, American actor (Archie Bunker's Place, The Empire Strikes Back, Airplane!).

### 26

* Nasser al-Bahri, 43, Saudi-born Yemeni Islamist militant and bodyguard.
* Tony Buffery, 76, British actor, comedian and writer.
* Ogwyn Davies, 90, Welsh painter.
* Bobby Dews, 76, American baseball player and coach (Atlanta Braves).
* Ed Dobson, 65, British-born American theologian, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Ståle Eskeland, 72, Norwegian jurist, cancer.
* Robert Austin Larter, 90, Canadian politician.
* Emory Melton, 92, American politician, Missouri State Senator (1972–1996).
* William O'Callaghan, 94, Irish Army lieutenant general, Force Commander (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon).
* Jim O'Toole, 78, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).
* Mac Otten, 90, American basketball player (St. Louis Bombers).
* Jamie Parsons, 74, American politician, Mayor of Juneau (1991–1994), cancer.
* Frank B. Salisbury, 89, American plant physiologist.
* Mary Scranton, 97, American community advocate and philanthropist, First Lady of Pennsylvania (1963–1967), Alzheimer's disease.
* Marcel Seynaeve, 82, Belgian cyclist.
* Tongdaeng, 17, Thai dog, pet of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
* Sten Wickbom, 84, Swedish politician, Governor of Kronoberg County (1988–1995), Minister for Justice (1983–1987).

### 27

* Naji al Jerf, 37, Syrian journalist and filmmaker, shot.
* Christopher N. L. Brooke, 88, British medieval historian.
* Stein Eriksen, 88, Norwegian alpine skier, Olympic champion (1952) and triple world champion (1954).
* Franco Giacobini, 89, Italian actor.
* Dave Henderson, 57, American baseball player (Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics), World Series champion (1989), heart attack.
* Aidan Higgins, 88, Irish writer.
* Ellsworth Kelly, 92, American artist.
* Meadowlark Lemon, 83, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters).
* Sidney Mintz, 93, American anthropologist.
* Bill Mullins, 95, Irish horse rider.
* Alfredo Pacheco, 33, Salvadoran footballer (FAS, New York Red Bulls, national team), shot.
* Carlos Rosales Mendoza, 52, Mexican drug lord, founder of La Familia Michoacana.
* Andy M. Stewart, 63, Scottish folk singer (Silly Wizard).
* Roy Swinbourne, 86, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
* Gabriel Tambon, 85, French politician, Mayor of Le Castellet, Var (since 1965).
* Brian Turner, 77, English cricketer.
* Wilbur Volz, 91, American football player (Buffalo Bills).
* Berenado Vunibobo, 83, Fijian politician and diplomat.
* Haskell Wexler, 93, American cinematographer and director (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Medium Cool), Oscar winner (1966, 1976).
* Stevie Wright, 68, English-born Australian singer (The Easybeats).
* Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir, 66, Egyptian Coptic Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Ismayliah (1992–1994) and Luqsor (since 1994).

### 28

* Ann Arnold, 79, English artist.
* Chris Barnard, 76, South African author, heart attack.
* Robert O. Blake, 94, American diplomat, Ambassador to Mali (1970–1973), prostate cancer.
* John Bradbury, 62, English drummer (The Specials).
* Nancy Randall Clark, 77, American politician.
* Rick Cluchey, 82, American playwright.
* Bram de Does, 81, Dutch typographer.
* Maggie Deahm, 77, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives for Macquarie (1993–1996).
* Guru Josh, 51, Jersey musician, suicide.
* Joe Houston, 89, American jazz and R&B saxophonist.
* Eloy Inos, 66, Northern Mariana Islands politician, Governor (since 2013), Lieutenant Governor (2009–2013), complications after heart surgery.
* Eiji Kimizuka, 63, Japanese general, Chief of Staff Ground Self-Defense Force (2011–2013), lung cancer.
* Lemmy, 70, English rock musician (Motörhead, Hawkwind), complications from prostate cancer.
* Tiffany Leong, 30, Malaysian actress, liver cancer.
* Aura Lewis, 68, South African reggae singer.
* Ian Murdock, 42, American software engineer, founder of the Debian Project, suicide by hanging.
* Åge Nordkild, 63, Norwegian politician, member of the Sami Parliament (2001–2005, 2009–2013).
* Tone Nyhagen, 52, Norwegian dancer.
* Volney Peters, 87, American football player (Washington Redskins, Chicago Cardinals, Oakland Raiders).
* Landon H. Rowland, 78, American businessman (Kansas City Southern Railway).
* Pierre-Marie Rudelle, 83, French painter.
* Allen Sapp, 87, Canadian painter.
* Sylvester Stein, 95, South African writer and athlete.
* Sean Whitesell, 52, American actor and television producer (Cold Case, House, Oz), cancer.

### 29

* Sabino Acquaviva, 88, Italian sociologist.
* Billie Allen, 90, American actress, one of the first black performers on U.S. television.
* Aslam Azhar, 83, Pakistani television executive.
* Wanda Harper Bush, 84, American barrel racer, heart attack.
* Tony Carroll, 74, American psychotherapist.
* Patrick Curtin, 26, Irish Gaelic footballer (Kerry), head injuries after falling from a vehicle.
* Edward Hugh, 67, British economist, gallbladder and liver cancer.
* Kim Yang-gon, 73, North Korean senior politician, traffic collision.
* Elżbieta Krzesińska, 81, Polish track and field athlete, Olympic champion (1956).
* Om Prakash Malhotra, 93, Indian Army general.
* Frank Malzone, 85, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, California Angels).
* Master Blaster, 28–29, Ugandan dancehall musician, shot.
* Ed Mayer, 84, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
* Pavel Srníček, 47, Czech footballer (Newcastle United, national team), European Championship runner-up (1996), complications from heart attack.

### 30

* George Andreadis, 79, Greek author.
* Doug Atkins, 85, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints), NFL champion (1954, 1963).
* Víctor Santiago Díaz, Puerto Rican politician, cancer.
* Howard Davis, Jr., 59, American boxer, Olympic champion (1976), lung cancer.
* Chatral Sangye Dorje, 102, Tibetan yogi.
* George Elsey, 97, American military adviser.
* Mangesh Padgaonkar, 86, Indian poet.
* Howard Pawley, 81, Canadian politician, Premier of Manitoba (1981–1988).
* Luis Silva Parra, 84, Ecuadorian jazz saxophonist.
* Yuhanon Philoxenos, 74, Indian Syriac Orthodox bishop.
* Zjef Vanuytsel, 70, Belgian folk and kleinkunst singer.
* Fritz Wechselberger, 77, Austrian Olympic ice hockey player (1964).

### 31

* Roman Bartoszcze, 69, Polish politician.
* Wesley Burrowes, 85, Irish playwright (Glenroe).
* Natalie Cole, 65, American Grammy-winning singer ("This Will Be", "Sophisticated Lady", "Inseparable") and actress, heart failure.
* Peter J. Costigan, 85, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1966–1974).
* Bronislav Danda, 85, Czech ice hockey player, bronze medalist at the 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships.
* Steve Gohouri, 34, Ivorian footballer (Wigan Athletic, national team). (body found on this date)
* Geoffrey Hawthorn, 74, British sociologist.
* Beth Howland, 74, American actress (Alice, The Love Boat, Company), lung cancer.
* Marion James, 81, American blues singer.
* Donal Leahy, 77, Irish footballer (Cork Celtic).
* Marvin Panch, 89, American racing driver, natural causes.
* Felix Pirani, 87, British theoretical physicist.
* Dino Pompanin, 85, Italian Olympic skier.
* Vern Rapp, 87, American baseball manager (St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds).
* Dal Richards, 97, Canadian big band leader, prostate cancer.
* Wayne Rogers, 82, American actor (M*A*S*H, Ghosts of Mississippi, House Calls), complications from pneumonia.
* Daniel L. Ryan, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Springfield in Illinois (1983–1999).
* Richard Sapper, 83, German industrial designer.
* Peter Wight, 85, Guyanese-born English cricketer (Somerset) and umpire.