# Deaths in January 2014
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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2014.
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.

## January 2014
### 1

* Peter Austin, 92, British brewer (Ringwood Brewery).
* Bobbi Jean Baker, 49, American transgender activist and minister, traffic collision.
* John Hanson Briscoe, 79, American politician.
* George Deas Brown, 91, Australian politician.
* Traian T. Coșovei, 59, Romanian poet.
* Pierre Cullaz, 78, French jazz guitarist and cellist.
* Herman Pieter de Boer, 85, Dutch writer, lyricist and journalist.
* Pete DeCoursey, 52, American political journalist, pancreatic and lung cancer.
* Michael Glennon, 69, Australian Roman Catholic priest and convicted child molester.
* James H. Harless, 94, American industrialist and philanthropist.
* Higashifushimi Kunihide, 103, Japanese Buddhist monk.
* Milan Horvat, 94, Croatian conductor.
* Jamal al-Jamal, 56, Palestinian diplomat, Ambassador to the Czech Republic (since 2013), injuries sustained in an explosion.
* Jorge Jottar, 84, Chilean Olympic skeet shooter, heart attack.
* Ron Jourdan, 66, American Olympic high jumper.
* Billy McColl, 62, Scottish actor (Doctor Who).
* William Mgimwa, 63, Tanzanian politician, MP (since 2010), Minister of Finance (since 2012).
* Therese Mills, 85, Trinidad journalist and editor.
* Juanita Moore, 99, American actress (Imitation of Life, Disney's The Kid, Two Moon Junction).
* Jafar Namdar, 79, Iranian Olympic and World Cup football referee.
* Dean Nyquist, 78, American politician and lawyer.
* Josep Seguer, 90, Spanish footballer.
* Cal Swenson, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg Jets).
* Tabby Thomas, 84, American blues musician.
* Sam Ulano, 93, American drummer.
* Tokuo Yamashita, 94, Japanese politician, Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare.

### 2

* Terry Biddlecombe, 72, English National Hunt jockey.
* Jeanne Brabants, 93, Belgian dancer, choreographer and teacher.
* Terry Magaoa Chapman, 69, Niuean civil servant.
* Des Dans, 89, Australian trade unionist and politician.
* Anne Dorte of Rosenborg, 66, Danish countess, respiratory illness.
* Louis George, 63, Saint Lucian politician, Minister of Education (1982–1997).
* Bernard Glasser, 89, American film producer (Return of the Fly, The Day of the Triffids).
* Tibor Gonczol, 80, Australian Olympic sport shooter.
* Patrick Heron, 61, Irish author, cancer.
* Elizabeth Jane Howard, 90, English novelist.
* R. Crosby Kemper, Jr., 86, American banker and civic philanthropist.
* Thomas Kurzhals, 60, German composer and musician (Stern-Combo Meißen, Karat), liver cirrhosis.
* Li Tai-hsiang, 72, Taiwanese composer and folk songwriter, multiple organ failure.
* Ian Mackley, 71, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Ghana (1996–2000).
* Dhananjay Mahato, 94, Indian politician.
* Franciszek Malinowski, 82, Polish scholar and journalist.
* Michael J. Matthews, 79, American politician and convicted criminal, Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (1982–1984).
* Yōko Mitsui, 78, Japanese poet, liver failure.
* Hal Newton, 80, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).
* Harald Nugiseks, 92, Estonian war veteran and anti-communism activist.
* Oiteyama Hirokuni, 75, Japanese sumo wrestler.
* Dirk Sager, 73, German journalist.
* Arnold A. Saltzman, 97, American businessman and diplomat.
* Viktor Talyanov, 79, Soviet Olympic skier.
* Jay Traynor, 70, American singer (Jay and the Americans), liver cancer.

### 3

* Larry Arndt, 50, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics).
* Guillermo Arriaga Fernández, 87, Mexican dancer, composer and choreographer, pneumonia.
* Eric Barnes, 76, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra).
* Sylvia Bassot, 73, French politician, member of the National Assembly (1996–2012).
* Albert Calland, 84, English footballer.
* Robert E. Lee Chadwick, 83, American anthropologist and archaeologist.
* Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y García-Menocal, 77, Cuban theologian and writer.
* Leon de Wolff, 65, Dutch journalist and media consultant, multiple system atrophy.
* Robert Diligent, 89, French journalist.
* Phil Everly, 74, American Hall of Fame singer and musician (The Everly Brothers), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
* Donald Forst, 81, American newspaper editor, cancer.
* John M. Freeman, 80, American pediatric neurologist.
* George Goodman, 83, American economics commentator, myelofibrosis.
* László Helyey, 65, Hungarian actor.
* Sir Michael Neubert, 80, British politician, MP for Romford (1974–1997).
* Alicia Rhett, 98, American actress (Gone with the Wind) and portrait painter.
* Jennie Robak, 81, American politician, Nebraska State Senator (1989–2003), traffic collision.
* Wilson Allen Shoffner, 75, American soldier.
* George Wilson, 93, Australian rules footballer.
* Larry Vognild, 81, American politician, Washington State Senator (1978–1994), heart failure.
* David Whitefield, 77, South African cricketer.
* Yashiki Takajin, 64, Japanese singer-songwriter and television presenter, esophageal cancer.
* Saul Zaentz, 92, American film producer (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, The English Patient, Amadeus), Oscar winner (1976, 1985, 1997), Alzheimer's disease.

### 4

* Bill Abington, 92, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1949–1953).
* Ahmad A'zam, 64, Uzbek writer.
* Caixa Eletronica, 9, American racehorse, training collision.
* Mrinal Das, 66, Indian trade unionist, heart attack.
* Irving Fishman, 92, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1963–1968), Senator (1971–1974).
* Gabe Gabler, 83, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
* Andy Holden, 65, English Olympic long distance runner (1972).
* Shirley Jeffrey, 74, Australian marine biologist.
* Chris Karras, 89, American painter.
* Sergey Kozlov, 53, Russian football player and coach.
* Jean Metellus, 76, Haitian poet and writer.
* Josef Staribacher, 92, Austrian politician, pneumonia.

### 5

* Martin Behrmann, 83, German choirmaster and university teacher.
* M'hamed Benguettaf, 75, Algerian actor and playwright.
* Philippe Boiry, 86, French pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia.
* Jerry Coleman, 89, American baseball player (New York Rangers) and manager (San Diego Padres), complications from brain bleeding and surgery.
* Richard Comito, 74, American politician.
* C. Durairaj, Indian politician.
* Eusébio, 71, Portuguese footballer, top goalscorer at the 1966 World Cup, heart failure.
* Arthur Gietzelt, 93, Australian politician, Senator for New South Wales (1971–1989), Minister for Veterans' Affairs (1983–1987).
* Augusto Graziani, 80, Italian economist.
* Slamet Gundono, 47, Indonesian puppeteer.
* Brian Hart, 77, British racing driver and engineer.
* Simon Hoggart, 67, English journalist, pancreatic cancer.
* Govert Huijser, 82, Dutch general, Chief of the Defence Staff (1983–1988).
* Annamária Kinde, 57, Romanian poet, journalist and editor.
* Uday Kiran, 33, Indian film actor, suicide by hanging.
* Agnes Kripps, 88, Canadian politician.
* János Kristófi, 88, Romanian painter.
* E. J. Lowe, 63, British philosopher.
* Alma Muriel, 62, Mexican actress, heart attack.
* Nelson Ned, 66, Brazilian singer, pneumonia.
* Mogens E. Pedersen, 85, Danish journalist (Se og Hør).
* Tom Quinn, 79, American actor (The Wire, Super 8, The Next Three Days), diabetes.
* Peter Rull Sr., 91, Hong Kong Olympic sport shooter.
* Rod Searle, 93, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1957–1981), Speaker (1979).
* Sissel Sellæg, 85, Norwegian actress.
* Endre Senkálszky, 99, Romanian actor and director.
* K. P. Udayabhanu, 77, Indian playback singer.
* David Maxwell Walker, 93, Scottish lawyer and academic.
* Ray Williams, 86, Welsh rugby union player.
* Carmen Zapata, 86, American actress (Sister Act, Santa Barbara, Viva Valdez), heart disease.
* Mustapha Zitouni, 85, French-Algerian footballer.

### 6

* Jim Appleby, 79, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers).
* John Ash, 88, English ornithologist.
* Bob Bolen, 87, American politician and businessman, Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas (1982–1991).
* Don Chuy, 72, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles).
* Gary Freeman, 76, American sculptor.
* Rashaad Galant, 66, South African cricketer.
* Marina Ginestà, 94, French veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
* Karel Gut, 86, Czech ice hockey player and manager, member of the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame.
* Aitzaz Hasan, 17, Pakistani schoolboy, intercepted suicide bomber at school, injuries sustained in bombing.
* Frank Illiano, 86, American criminal (Genovese crime family), infection.
* Larry D. Mann, 91, Canadian-born American actor (Gunsmoke, Hill Street Blues, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer).
* Pedro Mayorga, 93, Argentine Olympic equestrian and sports official.
* Thomas Patrick Melady, 86, American educator and diplomat, Ambassador to Burundi (1969–1972), Uganda (1972–1973) and the Holy See (1989–1993).
* Čika Mišo, 82, Bosnian shoeshiner, heart attack.
* James Moorhouse, 90, British politician, Member of the European Parliament (1979–1999).
* Hector Munro, 93, English cricketer.
* Carlos Padilla, 79, Honduran football manager.
* H. Owen Reed, 103, American composer, conductor and educator.
* Bishop Robinson, 86, American police chief, Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department (1984–1987), Alzheimer's disease.
* Julian Rotter, 97, American psychologist.
* Lena Smedsaas, 62, Swedish journalist (TV4Nyheterna), cancer.
* Mónica Spear, 29, Venezuelan actress and beauty pageant winner (Miss Venezuela 2004), shot.
* Don Ward, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins).
* Todd Williams, 35, American football player (Tennessee Titans).

### 7

* AKM Nazir Ahmed, 74, Bangladeshi politician.
* Jerald C. Anderson, 79, American politician, Minnesota State Senator (1970–1980).
* Alvin Aubert, 83, American poet.
* Paul Cuneo, 75, Australian rugby league footballer.
* Giuseppe Frascarelli, 90, Italian footballer (Ascoli).
* Ivan Ladislav Galeta, 66, Croatian multimedia artist.
* Paul Goggins, 60, British politician, MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East (since 1997), brain haemorrhage.
* Maureen Gray, 65, American songwriter and doo-wop singer, bile duct cancer.
* Bakhtiyar Gulamov, 64, Azerbaijani footballer.
* Thomas V. Jones, 93, American businessman, CEO of Northrop Corporation (1960–1989), pulmonary fibrosis.
* Thomas Knight, 62, American convicted murderer and fugitive, execution by lethal injection.
* Willy Köstinger, 73, Austrian Olympic skier (1964).
* Peter Moraites, 91, American politician.
* Vilard Normcharoen, 51, Thai footballer (Thai Port).
* Emiel Pauwels, 95, Belgian athlete.
* Phil Ryan, 98, Australian football player and administrator (Hawthorn).
* Sir Run Run Shaw, 106, Hong Kong media mogul (Shaw Brothers Studio) and philanthropist.
* Sunshine Forever, 29, American racehorse.
* Sir Richard Thornton, 81, British landowner and public servant. Lord Lieutenant of Surrey (1986–1997).
* Roy Warhurst, 87, English footballer (Birmingham City).

### 8

* Antora, Bangladeshi actress.
* Vicente T. Blaz, 85, American USMC general and politician, delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Guam (1985–1993).
* Vishwanath Bondre, 77, Indian cricketer.
* Luis Marcos Bronstein, 67, Argentine chess player.
* Charles Casali, 90, Swiss footballer (BSC Young Boys).
* Joy Chatel, American cosmetologist, community organizer and activist, respiratory disease.
* Angela Clayton, 54–55, British physicist.
* Ernie Derr, 92, American stock car racing driver.
* Maciej Dunal, 60, Polish actor and singer.
* André Gernez, 90, French physician.
* Madeline Gins, 72, American poet, painter and architect, cancer.
* Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, 88, Dutch Olympic swimmer (1948, 1952).
* Adrian Holmes, 88, Australian Olympic boxer.
* Levon Khechoyan, 58, Armenian writer.
* Josef Lammerz, 83, German composer and organist.
* Jacques Lazarus, 97, Swiss-born French military officer, Jewish resistance leader in France during World War II.
* José Luis Martinez, 87, Spanish Olympic sports shooter.
* Armen Mazmanyan, 53, Armenian theater director and actor.
* Edward N. Ney, 88, American business executive and diplomat, CEO of Young & Rubicam (1970–1986), Ambassador to Canada (1989–1992).
* Robert Pastor, 66, American academic and national security advisor, colon cancer.
* Antonino Roman, 74, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (1998–2007), multiple organ failure.
* Selçuk Uluergüven, 73, Turkish actor.

### 9

* Amiri Baraka, 79, American poet, writer and activist, Poet Laureate of New Jersey (2002–2003).
* Charlie Bazzano, 90, Australian Olympic cyclist.
* Rynn Berry, 68, American vegetarian activist and author, heart attack.
* Richard Brett, 74, British theatre consultant.
* Roy Campbell Jr., 61, American jazz trumpeter, hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
* Cliff Carpenter, 98, American actor (Synecdoche, New York, Alan Wake, The Daily Show).
* Josep Maria Castellet, 87, Spanish writer, publisher and editor.
* Bill Conlin, 79, American sports columnist (Philadelphia Daily News).
* Lorella De Luca, 73, Italian actress, brain tumour.
* Paul du Toit, 48, South African artist, cancer.
* Faith Evans, 76, American state legislator.
* Luis García, 84, Venezuelan professional baseball player, cerebrovascular disease.
* Yuri Golov, 77, Russian footballer.
* Patrick J. Hannifin, 90, American naval officer.
* Winfried Hassemer, 73, German judge and academic.
* Michael Hemmingson, 47, American writer, cardiac arrest.
* Chaudhry Aslam Khan, 46-47, Pakistani police chief, bombing.
* Salvador Llopis, 63, Spanish footballer.
* Hans Lund-Andersen, 92, Norwegian mining engineer and businessperson.
* Franklin McCain, 73, American civil rights leader, member of the Greensboro Four.
* Albert McCann, 72, English footballer (Portsmouth).
* D. Harold McNamara, 90, American astronomer.
* Jean-Jacques Moreau, 90, French mathematician.
* Dale T. Mortensen, 74, American economist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2010), cancer.
* Eric Palante, 50, Belgian motorcycle rally rider, race collision.
* Věra Tichánková, 93, Czech actress.
* Bill Woodhouse, 77, American sprinter.
* Marc Yor, 64, French mathematician.

### 10

* Bernie Anderson, 71, American politician.
* Joel Barkan, 72, American political scientist, pulmonary embolism.
* Riad Barmada, 84, Syrian-American orthopedic surgeon.
* Sam Berns, 17, American high school student, progeria sufferer and documentary subject (Life According to Sam), progeria.
* Ike Borsavage, 89, American basketball player.
* Elliot Eisner, 80, American academic.
* Kathryn Findlay, 60, British architect, brain tumour.
* Sally Fox, 62, American politician.
* Aram Gharabekian, 58, Armenian conductor.
* Taissa S. Hauser, 71, American sociologist, cancer.
* Anthony J. Hederman, 92, Irish judge, Attorney General (1977–1981).
* Petr Hlaváček, 63, Czech academic and shoe expert.
* Frouwke Laning-Boersema, 76, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1982–1994).
* Margo Maeckelberghe, 81, British artist.
* Marly Marley, 75, Brazilian vedette and actress, pancreatic cancer.
* Jean-Claude Roger Mbede, 34, Cameroonian prisoner, imprisoned for homosexuality.
* Zbigniew Messner, 84, Polish politician, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (1985–1988).
* Donald Morton, 79, American oncologist, heart failure.
* Salvatore Nicolosi, 91, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lipari (1963–1970) and Noto (1970–1998).
* Ian Redford, 53, Scottish footballer (Rangers, Ipswich Town, Dundee).
* Larry Speakes, 74, American journalist, de facto White House Press Secretary (1981–1987), Alzheimer's disease.
* Hadi Thayeb, 91, Indonesian diplomat, co-founder of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Industry (1964–1966), Governor of Aceh (1981–1986).
* Jack Tuell, 90, American Methodist minister and equal-rights advocate, Bishop of Los Angeles (1980–1992).
* Allard van der Scheer, 85, Dutch actor.

### 11

* Zainul Abedin, 69, Bangladeshi politician.
* Georgia Allen, 94, American actress.
* Keiko Awaji, 80, Japanese actress (Stray Dog, The Bridges at Toko-Ri), esophageal cancer.
* Jean Biès, 80–81, French philosopher and author.
* Jophery Brown, 68, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) and stuntman (Die Hard, Predator), complications from cancer.
* Chai Trong-rong, 78, Taiwanese politician, stroke.
* Walter Currie, 91, Canadian educator.
* Zoltán Pál Dienes, 97, Hungarian mathematician and educationalist.
* Bryan Fairfax, 88, Australian conductor.
* Arnoldo Foà, 97, Italian actor, voice actor and director, respiratory failure.
* Vugar Gashimov, 27, Azerbaijani chess player, complications from a brain tumour.
* Muhammad Habibur Rahman, 85, Bangladeshi judge and jurist, Chief Justice (1995), Chief Advisor (1996).
* Cham Hendon, 78, American painter.
* Michael Jacobs, 61, British writer, cancer.
* Joe Junkin, 67, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins), cancer.
* Dick Miller, 55, American basketball player (Utah Jazz), heart attack.
* Volodymyr Raskatov, 56, Ukrainian Soviet Olympic silver and bronze medallist swimmer (1976).
* Ariel Sharon, 85, Israeli politician and general, Minister of Defense (1981–1983), Prime Minister (2001–2006), heart failure.
* Sitaram Singh, 65, Indian politician.
* Alphonsus Augustus Sowada, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Agats (1969–2001).
* Stanley Uys, 91, South African journalist, heart attack.
* Jerome Willis, 85, British actor (Doctor Who, Space Precinct).
* Mora Windt-Martini, 76, Romanian world champion field handball team player (1956).

### 12

* Neal Barrett Jr., 84, American author.
* Alexandra Bastedo, 67, British actress (Casino Royale, The Champions, Batman Begins) and animal welfare advocate, breast cancer.
* Nick Bevan, 71, British rowing coach.
* Connie Binsfeld, 89, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (1991–1999).
* John Button, 70, British racing driver, suspected heart attack.
* Halet Çambel, 97, Turkish Olympic fencer (1936) and archaeologist.
* George Dement, 91, American innkeeper, restaurateur and politician, Mayor of Bossier City, Louisiana (1989–2005).
* François Deniau, 77, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nevers (1998–2011).
* Keith Dyce, 87, British veterinarian.
* William Feindel, 95, Canadian neurosurgeon.
* Tony Harding, 72, British comics artist.
* Ángel Herrero, 71, Spanish footballer, pulmonary edema.
* Patrick Horsbrugh, 93, British architecture professor.
* John Horsley, 93, British actor (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Box of Delights, You Rang, M'Lord?).
* Dominic A. Infante, 73, American communication scholar.
* Burton Lifland, 84, American judge, pneumonia.
* Frank Marth, 91, American actor (The Honeymooners, Hogan's Heroes), heart failure and Alzheimer's disease.
* Robert H. Quinn, 85, American attorney and politician, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1967–1969), President of the NAAG (1974–1975).
* Armando Rodriguez, 96, Cuban-born American grocer.
* Sir Robert Scholey, 92, British business executive, Chairman of British Steel (1986–1992).
* Zdenko Škrabalo, 84, Serbian-born Croatian academician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs (1992–1993).
* Michael L. Strang, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado (1985–1987).
* Tsunetoshi Tanaka, 88, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1969–1972, 1980–1996).
* Gyula Török, 75, Hungarian Olympic champion boxer (1960).

### 13

* Don Asmonga, 85, American basketball player and teacher.
* Manibhushan Bhattacharya, 75, Indian poet.
* Patricia Boyle, 76, American federal judge, U.S. District Court Justice (1978–1983), Michigan Supreme Court Justice (1983–1998), respiratory failure.
* Ulysse Bozonnet, 92, French soldier and Olympic skier (1948).
* Bobby Collins, 82, Scottish footballer.
* José Daher, 47, Brazilian tennis player, road accident.
* Anjali Devi, 86, Indian actress (Lava Kusa, Suvarna Sundari) and film producer.
* Mihai Fotino, 83, Romanian actor (Codine).
* Gatluak Deng Garang, 59, South Sudanese general and politician, Governor of Upper Nile (2008–2009), cancer.
* Gary Grimshaw, 67, American rock concert graphic poster artist.
* Amos Hadar, 90, Israeli politician.
* Kees IJmkers, 89, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (1966–1967, 1969–1987).
* Bruce Jones, 68, American surfboard shaper, heart attack.
* Ronny Jordan, 51, English jazz guitarist.
* Henri Jova, 94, American architect.
* Eric Khoo Heng-Pheng, 57, Malaysian scout leader, heart attack.
* Bennie Lands, 92, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1948).
* Freddie 'Fingers' Lee, 76, British singer.
* Thomas McCloy, 86, Irish cricketer.
* Norm Parker, 72, American college football coach, defensive coordinator of the Iowa Hawkeyes (1999–2011).
* Randal Tye Thomas, 35, American politician, Mayor of Gun Barrel City, Texas (2000–2001).
* Michael Tshele, 64, South African photographer and community activist, shot.
* Menachem Zilberman, 67, Israeli comedian and songwriter, heart attack.

### 14

* Rex Adams, 85, English footballer (Blackpool, Oldham Athletic).
* Marian Ewurama Addy, 72, Ghanaian scientist.
* Joan Beck, 95, Australian archaeologist and fencer.
* Issa Benyamin, 89, Iranian Assyrian calligrapher and educator.
* Jon Bing, 69, Norwegian writer and legal scholar.
* Alan Blackburn, 78, English footballer (West Ham United, Halifax Town, Margate).
* Erik Blegvad, 90, British illustrator.
* Pierre F. Brault, 74, Canadian composer.
* Fernand Brosius, 79, Luxembourgish footballer (Spora Luxembourg).
* Sir Nicholas Browne, 66, British diplomat, Ambassador to Iran (1999–2002) and Denmark (2003–2006).
* Jonathan Dean, 89, American diplomat.
* Juan Gelman, 83, Argentine poet, winner of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (2007), myelodysplastic syndrome.
* Jerry Marciniak, 76, Canadian football player.
* Eric James Mellon, 88, English ceramic artist.
* Ole Moe, 95, Norwegian newspaper editor and politician.
* Eric Paterson, 84, Canadian Olympic champion ice hockey player (1952).
* Bernard Perlin, 95, American painter.
* Esther Ann Reeser, 86, American baseball player (Springfield Sallies).
* Richard Shepherd, 86, American film producer (Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Hunger, The Hanging Tree), kidney failure.
* St Nicholas Abbey, 6, Irish racehorse, euthanised due to complications from colic surgery.
* Flavio Testi, 91, Italian composer and musicologist.
* Michalis Vardanis, 78, Greek Army officer and lawyer, major figure in the resistance against the military junta.
* Mae Young, 90, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (WWF).

### 15

* Mallikarjun Bande, 39, Indian police officer, shot.
* Curtis Bray, 43, American football player and coach (Pittsburgh Panthers), pulmonary embolism.
* Joan Brickhill, 89, South African actress and producer.
* A. Lorne Campbell, 83, Canadian lawyer.
* George Chalhoub, 82, Egyptian Olympic basketball player.
* Namdeo Dhasal, 64, Indian poet and activist, colon cancer.
* Quail Dobbs, 72, American equestrian and clown.
* John Dobson, 98, American astronomer.
* Don Engel, 84, American lawyer, leukemia.
* Marion Faller, 72, American photographer.
* Joyce Fenton, 86, New Zealand fencer.
* José de Jesús García Ayala, 103, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Campeche (1967–1982).
* Elena Gorokhova, 80, Russian painter.
* Fred Hargadon, 80, American academic administrator.
* Liam Hogan, 74, Irish hurler.
* Gennadi Matveyev, 76, Russian football player and manager.
* Tor Milde, 61, Norwegian journalist and writer (Verdens Gang).
* Reid Patterson, 81, American Olympic swimmer (1956), Georgia Sports Hall of Fame inductee (1984).
* Maya Romanoff, 72, American interior designer.
* Stanford Tischler, 92, American film editor and producer (M*A*S*H).
* Hiroshi Yoshino, 87, Japanese poet, pneumonia.

### 16

* Suleyman Aliyarli, 83, Azerbaijani historian.
* Cosimo Antonelli, 87, Italian Olympic water polo player (1956).
* Gary Arlington, 75, American author, editor and publisher, key figure in the underground comix movement.
* Harvey Bernhard, 89, American film producer (The Goonies, The Omen, The Lost Boys).
* Patrick Chabal, 63, British political scientist.
* John G. Cleary, 64, New Zealand computer scientist.
* Douglas Davis, 80, American art critic and artist.
* Ruth Duccini, 95, American actress (The Wizard of Oz).
* Karl Hudson-Phillips, 80, Trinidadian judge and politician, Attorney General (1969–1973).
* Tom Jelley, 87, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
* Russell Johnson, 89, American actor (Gilligan's Island, The Twilight Zone, The Greatest Story Ever Told), kidney failure.
* W. Hudson Kensel, 85, American historian and author.
* Vladimír Krajňák, 86, Slovak Olympic skier.
* Roger Lloyd-Pack, 69, English actor (Only Fools and Horses, The Vicar of Dibley, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), pancreatic cancer.
* Dave Madden, 82, Canadian-born American actor (Laugh In, The Partridge Family, Alice), heart and kidney failure.
* Hiroo Onoda, 91, Japanese Imperial Army World War II intelligence officer, did not surrender until 1974.
* Bence Rakaczki, 20, Hungarian footballer, leukemia.
* José Sulaimán, 82, Mexican boxing official, President of the World Boxing Council (since 1975), International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee (2007).
* Hal Sutherland, 84, American animator (Sleeping Beauty, Star Trek: The Animated Series), co-founder of Filmation.
* Chris Ullo, 85, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1972–1988) and Senate (1988–2008), heart failure.
* Stan Watson, 76, British footballer (Darlington).

### 17

* Martin Barratt, 77, British paediatrician.
* Salvador Breglia, 78, Paraguayan football player and coach.
* Mohammed Burhanuddin, 98, Indian Islamic spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras, heart attack.
* Frank Cockett, 97, British surgeon and art historian.
* Niels Lauritz Dahl, 87, Norwegian diplomat.
* Joe Evans, 97, American jazz alto saxophonist.
* Holger Hansson, 86, Swedish Olympic bronze-medalist football player (1952) and coach.
* Thomas Hogan, 58, Canadian Ojibwe painter.
* Seizō Katō, 86, Japanese voice actor, bladder cancer.
* Saizo Kishimoto, 85, Japanese yakuza (Yamaguchi-gumi).
* Francine Lalonde, 73, Canadian politician, MP for Mercier (1993–2004) and La Pointe-de-l'Île (2004–2011), cancer.
* Kong Le, 79, Laotian military leader.
* James Lockhart, 80, American historian.
* Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, 71, British businessman, politician and author, Treasurer of the Conservative Party (1975–1990).
* John J. McGinty III, 73, American Marine Corps officer, recipient of the Medal of Honor.
* Nadia Haro Oliva, 97, Mexican actress and Olympic fencer (1948).
* Alexandros Petersen, 29, American academic, writer and geopolitical energy specialist, bombing.
* Sunanda Pushkar, 49, Indian-born Canadian businesswoman and entrepreneur, drug overdose.
* Suchitra Sen, 82, Indian actress (Sharey Chuattor, Harano Sur, Deep Jwele Jaai), heart attack.

### 18

* Kathryn Abbe, 94, American photographer.
* Robert A. Alberty, 92, American biophysical chemist.
* Tommaso Bisagno, 78, Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1979–1994).
* W. Robert Blair, 83, American lawyer, businessman and politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1967–1977).
* Michael Botmang, 76, Nigerian politician, Governor of Plateau State (2006–2007), kidney disease.
* Peadar Clohessy, 80, Irish politician, TD for Limerick East (1981–1982, 1987–1997).
* John Joseph Compton, 85, American philosopher.
* Herbert Dodkins, 84, English Olympic footballer (1956).
* Komla Dumor, 41, Ghanaian journalist and news presenter (BBC World News, Focus on Africa), heart attack.
* Obi Egbuna, 82, Nigerian novelist, playwright and political activist.
* Jacques Famery, 90, French film actor.
* Dennis Frederiksen, 62, American rock singer (Angel, Le Roux, Toto), liver cancer.
* Andy Graver, 86, English footballer (Lincoln City).
* Takao Iwami, 78, Japanese political pundit, pneumonia.
* Trevor Jacobs, 67, English footballer.
* Milan Kajkl, 63, Czech Olympic silver-medalist ice hockey player (1976).
* Alpo Lintamo, 80, Finnish footballer.
* Sarah Marshall, 80, British actress (The Long, Hot Summer, Star Trek, Dave), cancer.
* Eugenio Cruz Vargas, 90, Chilean poet and painter.
* Frans Vermeyen, 70, Belgian footballer (Lierse, Royal Antwerp), stroke.

### 19

* Azaria Alon, 95, Ukrainian-born Israeli environmentalist.
* Pierre Charras, 68, French writer, actor and translator.
* Sir Christopher Chataway, 82, British athlete, broadcaster, politician and businessman, MP for Lewisham North (1959–1966) and Chichester (1969–1974), cancer.
* Steven Fromholz, 68, American entertainer, singer and songwriter, Poet Laureate of Texas (2007), accidental shooting.
* Aslan Gahramanly, 74, Azerbaijani playwright, renal failure.
* Gordon Hessler, 88, British film director (Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park) and screenwriter.
* Michał Joachimowski, 63, Polish Olympic triple jumper (1972, 1976).
* Tim Jones, 57, Canadian paramedic, cardiac arrest.
* Udo Kasemets, 94, Estonian-born Canadian composer.
* Tsutomu Kawabuchi, 88, Japanese ice hockey player and coach, sepsis.
* Al Lerner, 94, American pianist and composer.
* Erik Nord, 95, Norwegian politician.
* Michael Sporn, 67, American film animator, pancreatic cancer.
* Ben Starr, 92, American television producer and writer (The Brady Bunch, All in the Family, The Facts of Life).
* Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, 85, Sri Lankan anthropologist.
* Bert Williams, 93, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, national team).

### 20

* Claudio Abbado, 80, Italian conductor.
* Wistin Abela, 80, Maltese politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1981–1983), Finance Minister (1983–1987).
* Tom Bender, 69, Australian basketball player.
* Vern Benson, 89, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (Atlanta Braves).
* Win Borden, 70, American politician, Minnesota State Senator (1971–1978).
* Ubaldo Continiello, 72, Italian film composer.
* Graeme Dallow, 84, New Zealand police officer.
* Lance E. Davis, 85, American economic historian.
* Armen Hovhannisyan, 19, Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh soldier, shot.
* Kiyoharu Ishiwata, 73, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (1989–2001), heart failure.
* James Jacks, 66, American film producer (The Mummy, Mallrats, Dazed and Confused), heart attack.
* José Isabel Jiménez, 98, Mexican baseball journalist.
* Fred Joiner, 84, American politician.
* Leslie Lee, 83, American playwright, complications from heart failure.
* Jumber Lominadze, 83, Georgian physicist.
* John Mackey, 96, Irish-born New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Auckland (1974–1983).
* Hans Meuer, 77, German computer scientist.
* Otis G. Pike, 92, American politician, United States Representative from New York (1961–1979).
* George Scott, 84, Scottish-born Canadian wrestler, lung cancer.
* Pete Titanic, 93, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).
* Jonas Trinkūnas, 74, Lithuanian ethnologist and religion folklorist, founder of Romuva.
* Michael Vosse, 72, American writer and publicist.

### 21

* Myril Axelrod Bennett, 93, American businesswoman, heart failure.
* Dieter Bortfeldt, 72, British graphic designer and philatelist.
* G. Thompson Brown, 92, American missionary and theologian.
* Ramón Cora, 84, Cuban Olympic rower.
* Tony Crook, 93, English racing driver.
* Jocelyn Hay, 86, British broadcasting campaigner.
* Tim Hosley, 66, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics).
* Solomon Tilewa Johnson, 59, Gambian Anglican prelate, Archbishop of West Africa (since 2012).
* Bill Kresse, 80, American cartoonist.
* Warren Lamb, 90, British management consultant.
* René Maury, 85, French lawyer and economist.
* Wilford Moore, 94, American college football coach (McMurry Indians).
* Natalie Myburgh, 73, South African Olympic swimmer (1956).
* Marcel Ostiguy, 84, Canadian politician.
* Tony Pabón, 74, American singer, trumpeter and bandleader.
* Chuck Quilter, 89, American football player (BC Lions, San Francisco 49ers, Edmonton Eskimos).
* Joel L. Shin, 45, American lawyer and policy adviser, heart attack.
* Dick Shrider, 90, American college basketball coach and athletic director (Miami RedHawks).
* Georgi Slavkov, 55, Bulgarian footballer, heart attack.
* Rhonda Small, 88, Australian filmmaker.
* Graham Stevenson, 58, English cricketer, complications from stroke.
* Roar Woldum, 81, Norwegian Olympic swimmer.
* George C. Wortley, 87, American politician, United States Representative from New York (1981–1989).

### 22

* Luis Ávalos, 67, Cuban-born American actor (The Electric Company, Stir Crazy, Hollywood Homicide), heart failure.
* Arthur Bellamy, 71, English footballer.
* Charles A. Berg, 87, American politician.
* Martin S. Bergmann, 100, American psychology professor and actor (Crimes and Misdemeanors).
* Fred Bertelmann, 88, German singer and actor.
* Alice Besseling, 69, Dutch politician.
* Patrick Brooking, 76, British army major general.
* Saidi Bwanamdogo, 45, Tanzanian politician, MP for Chalinze (since 2010).
* Roy Cicala, 74, American record producer and sound engineer.
* Chet Curtis, 74, American television anchor, pancreatic cancer.
* François Deguelt, 81, French singer.
* Robert Domergue, 92, French football player and manager.
* Pierre Jalbert, 89, Canadian actor (Combat!) and skier, heart attack.
* John Kabaireho, 91, Ugandan politician, Prime Minister of dependent Ankole Kingdom (1960–1963).
* Manuel Leguineche, 72, Spanish journalist.
* Carlo Mazzacurati, 57, Italian film director.
* Serhiy Nigoyan, 20, Ukrainian protester (Euromaidan), shot.
* Maziar Partow, 81, Iranian cinematographer, heart disease.
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao, 90, Indian actor (Chenchu Lakshmi, Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddham, Premabhishekam) and film producer, Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1990), cancer.
* Dhirubhai Thaker, 95, Indian Gujarati writer, multiple ailments.
* Wando, 13, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, heart attack.

### 23

* Henri Ackermann, 91, Luxembourgish cyclist.
* Ted Bottiger, 81, American politician, Washington State Senator (1973–1987), State Representative (1965–1972).
* Robert Coldsnow, 89, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1965–1970).
* Violetta Ferrari, 83, Hungarian actress.
* Franz Gabl, 93, Austrian Olympic alpine skier (1948).
* Moshe Gil, 92, Israeli historian.
* Wolfhart Heinrichs, 72, German scholar.
* Yuri Izrael, 83, Russian meteorologist.
* Khin Yu May, 76, Burmese actress and singer.
* Katsuyo Kobayashi, 76, Japanese food critic (Iron Chef), multiple organ failure.
* Mille Marković, 52, Yugoslav-born Swedish sex club owner, convicted criminal and boxer, shot.
* Uroš Marović, 68, Yugoslav Olympic champion water polo player (1968).
* Kazys Morkūnas, 88, Lithuanian stained glass artist.
* Lew Massey, 57, American basketball player (Charlotte 49ers).
* Ivar Moe, 91, Norwegian lawyer and politician.
* Riz Ortolani, 87, Italian film composer.
* Charlie Osgood, 87, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
* Jan Pesman, 82, Dutch Olympic bronze-medalist speed skater (1960).
* Eugene Schlickman, 84, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1964–1980).
* Garnett Spears, 5, American child, salt poisoning.
* S. Sriskandarajah, 60, Sri Lankan judge and lawyer.
* Béla Várady, 60, Hungarian Olympic silver medallist footballer (1972).

### 24

* Shulamit Aloni, 85, Israeli politician, leader of the Meretz party.
* Jay S. Amyx, 90, American politician, Mayor of Boise (1966–1974).
* Knut Aukland, 84, Norwegian physiologist.
* Igor Badamshin, 47, Russian Olympic cross-country skier, heart attack.
* Curt Brasket, 81, American chess player.
* Lisa Daniely, 84, British actress (The Invisible Man, Doctor Who, The First Churchills).
* Abdelkader El Brazi, 49, Moroccan footballer, cancer.
* Aguinaldo Fonseca, 91, Cape Verdean poet.
* Peter Hearne, 86, British engineer.
* Joseph Kalite, Central African health minister, machete attack.
* Sahal Mahfudh, 76, Indonesian spiritual leader (Nahdlatul Ulama).
* Boyd Oxlade, 70, Australian author and screenwriter (Death in Brunswick), cancer.
* Rafael Pineda Ponce, 83, Honduran educator and politician, President of the National Congress (1998–2002), kidney failure.
* Maren-Sofie Røstvig, 93, Norwegian literary historian.

### 25

* Bruce Barmes, 84, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
* Marcelino Bilbao Bilbao, 94, Spanish military officer.
* Jack Brain, 93, Australian footballer.
* Otto Burri, 86, Swiss Olympic rower.
* David Cairns, 88, English cricketer.
* Adelfa Botello Callejo, 90, American lawyer and civil rights activist, brain cancer.
* Arthur Doyle, 69, American jazz musician.
* Jimmy Dupree, 77, American boxer.
* Robert F. Goldsworthy, 96, American politician.
* Eric Green, South African rear admiral, Flag Officer Fleet (1999–2005), aortic aneurysm.
* Heini Halberstam, 88, Czech-born British mathematician.
* John R. Huizenga, 92, American physicist, heart failure.
* Larry Kramer, 71, American football player and coach.
* Kurt Krenn, 77, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sankt Pölten (1991–2004).
* Jacques Meslier, 85, French Olympic water polo player (1960).
* Nasser Minachi, 82, Iranian politician.
* John Robertson, 79, Canadian journalist.
* Milan Ružić, 58, Croatian footballer.
* Emanuel Saldaño, 28, Argentine cyclist, national road race champion (2011), traffic collision.
* Dave Strack, 90, American basketball player and coach (Michigan Wolverines), pneumonia.
* Gyula Sax, 62, Hungarian chess player, heart attack.
* Pius Tirkey, 85, Indian politician, MLA for Alipurduars (1977–1996).
* Morrie Turner, 90, American cartoonist (Wee Pals).
* Dennis Wirgowski, 66, American football player (New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles).

### 26

* Laver Bariu, 84, Albanian folk clarinetist and singer.
* Stephen Clapp, 74, American violinist and music educator, Dean of the Juilliard School (1994–2007).
* Renzo Colzi, 76, French Olympic cyclist (1956).
* Ollie Conmy, 74, Irish footballer.
* Juanita García, 83, Colombian-born American singer.
* Tom Gola, 81, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors) and politician.
* Paula Gruden, 92, Australian poet and translator.
* Oleg Imrekov, 51, Russian football player and manager.
* Paavo Kotila, 86, Finnish Olympic long-distance runner (1956).
* Margery Mason, 100, English actress (The Princess Bride, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Love Actually).
* John Farquhar Munro, 79, Scottish politician, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West (1999–2011).
* Tom Nyuma, Sierra Leonean politician and military officer.
* José Emilio Pacheco, 74, Mexican poet, essayist and novelist, winner of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (2009), heart attack.
* Gino Polidori, 72, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2005–2010), prostate cancer.
* Miguel Romero, 68–69, Spanish politician and activist, cancer.
* Karl Slym, 51, British business executive, Managing Director of Tata Motors (since 2012), self-defenestration.
* Patrick D. Smith, 87, American author (A Land Remembered).
* Gerald B. Whitham, 86, British applied mathematician.
* Rusty York, 78, American musician.
* Doris Witiuk, 84, American AAGPBL baseball player (Racine Belles, Battle Creek Belles).

### 27

* Haji Bakr, Iraqi militant (ISIL), shot. (death announced on this date)
* Masako Bandō, 55, Japanese novelist, winner of the Naoki Prize (1996), tongue cancer.
* Georges Breitman, 93, French Olympic athlete.
* Robert F. Burt, 65, American Navy officer, multiple myeloma.
* Ann Carter, 77, American child actress (The Curse of the Cat People), ovarian cancer.
* Mimi Cazort, 83, Canadian writer and curator.
* Stepan Chapman, 63, American author (The Troika).
* Edmond Classen, 75, Dutch actor (Flodder 3, Lijmen/Het Been).
* Theo Ditzler, 77, Swiss sports shooter.
* Brian Gibbs, 77, English footballer and manager.
* Mahalingum Govender, 67–68, South African cricketer.
* Jerome Gross, 96, American biologist.
* Richard Grossman, 92, American publisher.
* Leen Jansen, 83, Dutch Olympic middleweight boxer (1952).
* Dinesh Medh, 85–86, Indian cricketer.
* Ichirō Nagai, 82, Japanese voice actor (Sazae-san, Space Battleship Yamato), heart attack.
* R. A. Padmanabhan, 97, Indian journalist and historian.
* Pete Seeger, 94, American folk singer and songwriter ("Turn! Turn! Turn!", "If I Had a Hammer").
* Hashem Shabani, 32, Iranian activist, hanging.
* Alan Townsend, 92, English cricketer (Warwickshire).
* Masaaki Tsukada, 74, Japanese voice actor (Bleach, One Piece).
* Epimaco Velasco, 79, Filipino politician, Director of the NBI (1992–1995).
* Paul Zorner, 93, German night fighter pilot during World War II.

### 28

* Qasim Akhgar, 62–63, Afghan activist, heart attack.
* Hank Autry, 66, American football player (Houston Oilers).
* Justin Back, 18, American student, stabbed.
* Bill Boivin, 99, Canadian football player.
* John Bothwell, 87, Canadian Anglican bishop.
* Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, 91, Ivorian artist.
* John Cacavas, 83, American television score composer (Kojak, Hawaii Five-O).
* Harry Gamble, 82, American football executive (Philadelphia Eagles) and head coach (Penn Quakers).
* Gennady Grushevoy, 63, Belarusian philosopher and politician.
* Dwight Gustafson, 83, American composer and conductor.
* Maureen T. Hallinan, 73, American sociologist.
* Pravin Hansraj, 75, Indian cricketer.
* Hans Huber, 84, German Olympic ice hockey player.
* Nigel Jenkins, 64, Welsh poet, pancreatic cancer.
* Herb Kirsh, 84, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1978–2010).
* John Kreamcheck, 88, American football player (Chicago Bears).
* Sven Kullander, 78, Swedish physicist.
* Fernand Leduc, 97, Canadian abstract painter, cancer.
* Ted Nealon, 84, Irish journalist and politician, TD for Sligo–Leitrim (1981–1997).
* Gudō Wafu Nishijima, 94, Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and teacher.
* Jorge Obeid, 66, Argentine politician, Governor of Santa Fe (1995–1999, 2003–2007), pulmonary embolism.
* Blas Piñar, 95, Spanish politician, founder of New Force.
* Bill Pritchett, 92, Australian public servant, Secretary of the Department of Defence (1979–1984).
* Veikko Rantanen, 82, Finnish Olympic wrestler.
* Kenneth Rose, 89, British journalist and author.
* Kazuhiko Sakazaki, 76, Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants), stomach cancer.
* Tom Sherak, 68, American film producer and studio executive, President of AMPAS (2009–2012), prostate cancer.
* António Soares Carneiro, 86, Portuguese politician and military officer.
* Barry Spacks, 82, American poet.
* Sue Wallis, 56, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (since 2007).
* Stevie Woods, 62, American R&B singer, complications from diabetes.
* Renzo Zanazzi, 89, Italian cyclist.

### 29

* Johnny Allen, 96, American music arranger (Shaft), complications from pneumonia.
* Rahmanberdi Alyhanow, 28, Turkmen footballer, failed operation.
* Stefan Bałuk, 100, Polish general and photographer.
* Biko, 30, American Olympic eventing horse (1996), euthanized.
* François Cavanna, 90, French author and satirical newspaper editor.
* Colonel Meow, 2, American Himalayan-Persian cat, Guinness World Record holder for longest fur.
* George Griffiths, 80, New Zealand historian.
* Lars Andreas Larssen, 78, Norwegian actor, Alzheimer's disease.
* Eirian Llwyd, 63, Welsh printmaker.
* Zoe MacKinnon, 55, Canadian Olympic field hockey player (1984), cancer.
* Jim Mansfield, 74, Irish businessman.
* Theodore Millon, 85, American psychologist, heart disease.
* Aïché Nana, 77, Turkish showgirl and actress.
* Vytautas Norkus, 93, Lithuanian-born American basketball player.
* Robert Resnick, 91, American physicist, educator and author.
* Jim Rone, 78, British Anglican clergy, Archdeacon of Wisbech (1984–1993).
* Ildefonso P. Santos, Jr., 84, Filipino landscape architect, heart failure.
* Tarit Kumar Sett, 83, Indian Olympic cyclist (1952).
* Jack Stoddard, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
* Piers Wedgwood, 4th Baron Wedgwood, 59, British aristocrat, cardiac failure.

### 30

* Abdullah Omran Taryam, 65–66, Emirati journalist, stroke.
* Marie Axton, 76, American scholar.
* Jean Babilée, 90, French dancer and choreographer.
* Krzysztof Birula-Białynicki, 69, Polish Olympic ice hockey player (1972).
* John Branthwaite, 86, New Zealand Anglican priest.
* John Carty, 63, Irish politician, TD for Mayo (2002–2007), Senator (2007–2011).
* Danielle Downey, 33, American golfer and coach, traffic collision.
* Greater, c. 83, Australian greater flamingo, world's oldest flamingo, euthanized.
* Campbell Lane, 78, Canadian actor (Cool Runnings, The X-Files, Scary Movie 4), lung cancer.
* The Mighty Hannibal, 74, American R&B, soul and funk singer, songwriter and record producer.
* William Motzing, 77, American-born Australian composer, conductor and arranger.
* Marioara Murărescu, 66, Romanian television producer.
* Mr Tiz, 29, New Zealand racehorse.
* Benedict John Osta, 82, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Patna (1980–2007).
* Jim Parsley, 86, American stock car racing driver.
* Cornelius Pasichny, 86, Canadian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Saskatoon (1996–1998) and Toronto (1998–2003).
* Arthur Rankin Jr., 89, American director, producer and writer, co-founder of Rankin/Bass Productions.
* Helmut Röhrl, 86, German mathematician.
* Suzanne Scotchmer, 64, American economist, intestinal cancer.
* Bishwonath Upadhyaya, 83, Nepalese judge and jurist, Chief Justice (1991–1995), brain haemorrhage.

### 31

* Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin, 91, Nigerian-born British Olympic athlete (1948).
* Inatio Akaruru, 76, Cook Islands politician.
* Nina Andrycz, 101, Polish actress and poet.
* Sebastian Barker, 68, British poet, cardiac arrest.
* Deborah Blackwell, 63, American cable network executive (SOAPnet) and talent agent, Pick's disease.
* Gundi Busch, 78, German world champion and Olympic figure skater.
* Emilio Del Giudice, 74, Italian biophysicist.
* Bob DePratu, 74, American politician, member of the Montana Senate (1995–2004).
* Buddy Esquire, 55, American graphic artist, smoke inhalation.
* Francis M. Fesmire, 54, American cardiologist and emergency physician.
* Mike Flanagan, 85, British-born Israeli soldier.
* Anna Gordy Gaye, 92, American songwriter ("Baby, I'm for Real"), co-founder of Anna Records.
* Bruce Groves, 66, South African cricketer.
* Carsten Hopstock, 89, Norwegian historian.
* Jaime Huélamo, 65, Spanish Olympic cyclist (1972).
* Abdirizak Haji Hussein, 90, Former Somali Prime Minister, pneumonia(1964–1967).
* Alexander Ivashkin, 65, Russian cellist, cancer.
* Miklós Jancsó, 92, Hungarian director and screenwriter.
* Joseph Willcox Jenkins, 85, American composer and academic.
* Christopher Jones, 72, American actor (The Legend of Jesse James, Ryan's Daughter, The Looking Glass War), cancer.
* Cliff Leeming, 93, English footballer (Bury, Tranmere Rovers).
* Hans Methlie Michelsen, 93, Norwegian judge and Holocaust survivor, Attorney General of Norway (1962–1972).
* Thomas Montemage, 87, American Olympic cyclist.
* Baden Powell, 82, British footballer.
* Sir David Price, 89, British politician, MP for Eastleigh (1955–1992).
* Mike Reed, 39, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), cancer.
* Kenneth Saggers, 77, South African cricketer.
* Giorgio Stracquadanio, 54, Italian politician and journalist, lung cancer.
* Kura Strickland, 84, Cook Islands politician.
* James B. Tapp, 93, American Air Force pilot and flying ace.
* Wong Choon Wah, 66, Malaysian Olympic footballer (1972).