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

## July 2015
### 1

* Nasser al-Hafi, Egyptian lawyer and politician, MP (since 2012), shot.
* Cecil, 13, Zimbabwean protected lion, shot.
* David P. Craig, 95, Australian chemist.
* Curly Moe, 53, Canadian professional wrestler, liver cancer.
* Val Doonican, 88, Irish singer and television presenter.
* N. Ganesan, 82, Singaporean football administrator.
* Edward Greenfield, 86, English music critic and broadcaster.
* Theo Hendriks, 86, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1994–1998).
* Lawrence Herkimer, 89, American cheerleading innovator, heart failure.
* Jens S. Jensen, 69, Swedish photographer.
* Aleksandr Kochetkov, 81, Russian football player and coach.
* Robert La Caze, 98, French-born Moroccan racing driver.
* Red Lane, 76, American country singer and songwriter ("'Til I Get It Right"), cancer.
* Mike Lesser, 71, British mathematical philosopher and political activist, asphyxiation.
* Miloslava Misáková, 93, Czech Olympic gymnast (1948).
* Shlomo Moussaieff, 90, Israeli diamond merchant and antique collector.
* Hans Muller, 78, Dutch Olympic water polo player (1960, 1964).
* Charles Notcutt, 81, British horticulturalist.
* Czesław Olech, 84, Polish mathematician.
* Overdose, 10, Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse, horse colic.
* Víctor de la Peña Pérez, 81, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Requena (1987–2005).
* Sergio Sollima, 94, Italian director and screenwriter (Face to Face, Sandokan, The Big Gundown).
* Dan Williams, 73, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 2010), leukemia.
* Sir Nicholas Winton, 106, British humanitarian, organised rescue of 669 children as part of Kindertransport, respiratory failure.
* Russell Wood, 85, English cricketer (Gloucestershire).

### 2

* David Aronson, 91, Lithuanian-born American painter, pneumonia and heart failure.
* Slavko Avsenik, 85, Slovene composer and musician.
* Roy C. Bennett, 96, American songwriter.
* Jim Bradley, 94, Scottish-born Australian athletics coach.
* Frank Callaway, 69, Australian judge.
* Sir Ronald Davison, 94, New Zealand judge, Chief Justice (1978–1989).
* Julius Duscha, 90, American journalist (The Washington Post).
* Petro Korol, 74, Ukrainian Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion (1976).
* Tom Longo, 73, American football player (New York Giants), mesothelioma.
* Charlie Sanders, 68, American Hall of Fame football player (Detroit Lions), cancer.
* Bob Smalhout, 87, Dutch anesthesiologist and politician.
* Waldo Vieira, 73, Brazilian spiritualist.
* Jim Weaver, 70, American football player (Penn State) and coach (Iowa State), Virginia Tech Hokies Director of Athletics (1997–2014), Parkinson's disease.
* John Whitman, 71, American businessman and investment banker, First Gentleman of New Jersey (1994–2001), complications from a brain injury.
* Jacobo Zabludovsky, 87, Mexican news anchor, stroke.

### 3

* Steven Benson, 63, American convicted murderer, stabbed.
* Diana Douglas, 92, Bermudian-American actress (The Indian Fighter, Days of Our Lives, Planes, Trains and Automobiles), cancer.
* Goran Gogić, 29, Serbian footballer.
* Agop Jack Hacikyan, 83, Canadian author and academic.
* Ralph Lamb, 88, American lawman, Sheriff of Clark County, Nevada (1961–1978), depicted in Vegas, complications from surgery.
* Arturo Longton, 67, Chilean politician, Governor of Marga Marga Province (2010–2012).
* Humphrey Mwanza, 66, Zambian politician, member of the National Assembly for Solwezi West (since 2006), complications from surgery.
* Boyd K. Packer, 90, American apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President of the Quorum of the Twelve (since 2008).
* Amanda Peterson, 43, American actress (Can't Buy Me Love, Explorers), drug overdose.
* Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal, 73, Indian judge, Chief Justice (2005–2007), heart attack.
* Odd Seim-Haugen, 78, Norwegian barrister and sports official.
* Jacques Sernas, 89, Lithuanian-born French actor (Helen of Troy, The Dirty Game, Midas Run).
* Charanjit Singh, 75, Indian musician, cardiac arrest.
* Gary Smith, 74, American business analyst, pneumonia.
* György Szabad, 90, Hungarian politician and historian, Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1994).
* Wayne Townsend, 89, American politician, Indiana State Senator (1970–1986).
* Phil Walsh, 55, Australian football player (Collingwood, Richmond, Brisbane Bears) and coach (Adelaide), stabbed.
* John A. Williams, 89, American writer.
* Franz-Josef Wolfframm, 80, German footballer.
* Peter Záboji, 72, Hungarian angel investor and entrepreneur.

### 4

* Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed bin Jiluwi Al Saud, 83–84, Saudi Arabian politician, Governor of Northern Borders Region.
* Muhammad Baqir al-Muhri, 67, Kuwaiti ayatollah.
* Dave Barber, 60, American talk radio and television host, stroke and heart attack.
* Nedelcho Beronov, 86, Bulgarian jurist and politician, Chairman of the Constitutional Court (2003–2006).
* Scot Breithaupt, 57, American BMX cyclist.
* Arnold Byfield, 91, Australian sportsman (Western Australia cricket team and Melbourne Football Club).
* Luis Doldán, 77, Paraguayan footballer
* Carlo de Gavardo, 45, Chilean rally car and motorcycle racer, respiratory failure.
* William Conrad Gibbons, 88, American historian, complications of a stroke.
* Reynaldo González López, 66, Cuban sports administrator.
* John Hinds, 35, Northern Irish motorcycle race doctor, injuries sustained in collision.
* Norbert Peters, 72, German scientist.
* Daniel Quinn, 58, American actor (The Young and the Restless), heart attack.
* Valerio Ruggeri, 81, Italian actor and voice actor, heart attack.
* Anthony F. Upton, 85, British historian.
* Alan Walton, 79, British biochemist and venture capitalist.
* Charles Winick, 92, American anthropologist, sociologist and author.
* Yu Chenghui, 75, Chinese actor and martial artist.

### 5

* Andrew Alexander, 80, British journalist.
* James Bonard Fowler, 81, American policeman and convicted manslaughterer.
* Sir Philip Goodhart, 89, British politician, MP for Beckenham (1957–1992).
* Uffe Haagerup, 65, Danish mathematician, drowned.
* Svein Hatløy, 75, Norwegian architect, founded Bergen School of Architecture.
* Terence Kelshaw, 78, English-born American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Rio Grande (1989–2004).
* Hernus Kriel, 73, South African politician, Premier of the Western Cape (1994–1998), Minister of Law and Order (1991–1994).
* Piet Malan, 96, South African rugby union player.
* James S. Marcus, 85, American philanthropist and investment banker.
* Joseph McKenzie, 86, Scottish photographer.
* Aleksandra Mróz, 80, Polish Olympic swimmer.
* Yoichiro Nambu, 94, Japanese-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
* Burt Shavitz, 80, American beekeeper and businessman, co-founder of Burt's Bees.
* Abderrahmane Soukhane, 78, Algerian football player.
* Jack Steadman, 86, American football executive (Kansas City Chiefs).
* Gordon Thompson Jr., 85, American judge, cancer.
* Aaron E. Wasserman, 94, American food scientist.

### 6

* Julio Angel, 69, Puerto Rican rock, pop and bolero singer, multiple myeloma.
* Max Annett, 84, Australian Olympic rower.
* Michael Birck, 77, American executive (Tellabs).
* Camille Bob, 77, American rhythm and blues singer, cancer.
* Stan Carew, 64, Canadian radio broadcaster, musician and actor (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Trailer Park Boys).
* Raymond Dean, 68, American psychologist.
* Nazier Dindar, 49, South African cricketer.
* Victor Warren Fazio, 75, Australian surgeon.
* Ramanathan Gnanadesikan, 82, Indian statistician.
* Anne Iversen, 91, Danish Olympic athlete.
* Masabumi Kikuchi, 75, Japanese jazz pianist, subdural hematoma.
* Sir John Lambert, 94, British diplomat, Ambassador to Tunisia (1977–1981).
* Luigi Martella, 67, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi (since 2000), heart attack.
* John Maxtone-Graham, 85, American maritime historian, respiratory failure.
* Rachel Margolis, 93, Lithuanian World War II partisan and Israeli biologist.
* Bhattam Srirama Murthy, 89, Indian politician.
* Don Petrie, 93, Canadian soccer player and coach.
* Franco Scaglia, 71, Italian writer and journalist, won Campiello Prize (2002).
* Fraser Scott, 95, British army officer.
* Jerry Weintraub, 77, American film producer (Ocean's Eleven, Diner, The Karate Kid), chairman and CEO of United Artists, heart attack.

### 7

* Maria Barroso, 90, Portuguese actress and politician, First Lady (1986–1996), complications from a fall.
* Leonard Bodack, 82, American politician.
* Keith Brown, 88, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1959–1967).
* Bako Dagnon, 67, Malian singer.
* Jean Délémontez, 97, French aircraft designer (Jodel).
* Carlos Echeverria, 85, American Olympic sailor.
* Eva Fischer, 94, Italian artist.
* Hamid Golpira, 55, American-born Iranian journalist, lung cancer.
* Renée Hugon, 84, French gymnast.
* Pierre MacDonald, 79, Canadian politician, member of the National Assembly of Quebec (1985–1989).
* Bob MacKinnon, 87, American basketball coach (New Jersey Nets) and athletic director (Canisius Golden Griffins).
* Jaime Morey, 73, Spanish singer ("Amanece").
* Craig Norgate, 50, New Zealand businessman, CEO of Fonterra (2001–2003).
* Fons van Wissen, 82, Dutch footballer (PSV Eindhoven, national team).
* Donald Wood, 82, Canadian politician.

### 8

* Hisato Aikura, 83, Japanese music critic.
* Muhsin al-Fadhli, 34, Kuwaiti militant, airstrike.
* Robert Campos, 75, Filipino actor, colorectal cancer.
* Casimir Ehrnrooth, 84, Finnish executive, cardiac arrest.
* Bill Foord, 91, English cricketer.
* Daniel Kastler, 89, French theoretical physicist.
* Irwin Keyes, 63, American actor (House of 1000 Corpses, The Jeffersons, The Flintstones), complications from acromegaly.
* Arne Kotte, 80, Norwegian footballer.
* Paul J. Lioy, 68, American environmental scientist.
* Ernie Maresca, 76, American songwriter ("Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer") and singer.
* Ramiro Martinez, 91, Cuban sportscaster.
* Charles J. McCann, 89, American academic, president of The Evergreen State College.
* Harry Messel, 93, Canadian-born Australian physicist.
* Rolf Pettersson, 62, Swedish Olympic swimmer.
* Lloyd Reckord, 86, Jamaican actor and director.
* Philippe Rochat, 61, Swiss chef.
* Frances Shea-Buckley, 86, American rear admiral, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps (1979–1983).
* Lucita Soriano, 74, Filipino actress.
* Ken Stabler, 69, American football player (Oakland Raiders), colon cancer.
* Harry Stowers, 89, American judge, member of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1982–1989).
* James Tate, 71, American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
* Yoash Tzidon, 88, Romanian-born Israeli politician.
* Walter Van Gerven, 80, Belgian law professor, Advocate General on the European Court of Justice (1988–1994).

### 9

* Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 75, Saudi royal, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1975–2015).
* Christian Audigier, 57, French fashion designer (Ed Hardy, Von Dutch), myelodysplastic syndrome.
* Jim Bede, 82, American aircraft designer, aneurysm.
* Caspar Bowden, 53, British privacy advocate, melanoma.
* Seán Foran, 84, Irish Gaelic football player (Offaly).
* Paul Gebhard, 98, American sexologist.
* Bill Hunter, 95, British political activist and author.
* C. Fred Jones, 85, American politician.
* Michael Masser, 74, American songwriter ("Saving All My Love for You", "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"), complications from a stroke.
* Bashar Nawaz, 79, Indian Urdu poet and songwriter.
* Sriballav Panigrahi, 74, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha (1984–1989, 1991–1998).
* David M. Raup, 82, American paleontologist, pneumonia.
* Bent Rolstad, 68, Norwegian anatomist.
* Tahsin Şahinkaya, 90, Turkish air force general, Commander (1978–1983).
* R.J. Zwi Werblowsky, 91, Israeli religion scholar.

### 10

* David Bowman, 82, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Western New York (1987–1998).
* Woody Bowman, 73, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1977–1990), traffic collision.
* Sam Bulbulia, 82, South African cricketer.
* Aldana Carraro, 20, Argentine gymnast.
* Rosemary Dinnage, 87, British author and reviewer, cancer.
* Hussein Fatal, 38, American rapper (Outlawz), traffic collision.
* Peter Jones, 85, British journalist and author, heart failure.
* Arthur Koning, 70, Dutch Olympic coxswain (1968).
* Diarmuid Mac an Adhastair, 71, Irish actor (Ros na Rún).
* Jimmy Murray, 82, Scottish footballer.
* Leo Muthu, 63, Indian educationist and businessman.
* Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan, 91, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (1956–1957, 1970–1985, 1991–1996).
* Roger Rees, 71, Welsh-American actor (Cheers, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, The West Wing), Tony winner (1982), stomach cancer.
* Omar Sharif, 83, Egyptian actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl), heart attack.
* Jon Vickers, 88, Canadian heldentenor, Alzheimer's disease.
* Grahame Vivian, 95, British army officer.

### 11

* Claudia Alexander, 56, Canadian-born American geophysicist and planetary scientist (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), breast cancer.
* Abu Khalil al-Madani, Saudi Al-Qaeda leader.
* Stig Andersson, 90, Swedish Olympic cyclist.
* Joyce M. Bennett, 92, English Anglican priest.
* Giacomo Biffi, 87, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna (1984–2003).
* Mark Birdwood, 3rd Baron Birdwood, 76, British peer and politician.
* Patricia Crone, 70, Danish-American historian and author (Hagarism), cancer.
* James U. Cross, 90, American military pilot (Air Force One), aide and author.
* Salvador Dubois Leiva, 79, Nicaraguan football player and coach.
* Max Fischer, 88, German politician.
* Alfred E. France, 88, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1970), leukemia.
* Đuka Galović, 91, Croatian folk musician.
* Satoru Iwata, 55, Japanese game programmer (Super Smash Bros., Pokémon), president and CEO of Nintendo (since 2002), bile duct cancer.
* Lawrence K. Karlton, 80, American federal judge, US District Court for Eastern California (1979–2015), complications from heart valve failure.
* Richard F. Kelly, 78, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate.
* Peter de Klerk, 80, South African racing driver.
* Roy Kurrasch, 92, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
* Consuelo Castillo de Sánchez Latour, 91, Guatemalan author.
* André Leysen, 88, Belgian executive.
* Paavo Lyytikäinen, 85, Finnish footballer.
* Bunny Mack, 69, Sierra Leonean musician.
* P. Chendur Pandian, 65, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA for Kadayanallur (since 2011).
* Ota Petřina, 66, Czech guitarist and songwriter.
* Thomas Piccirilli, 50, American writer, brain cancer.
* J.P.C. Roach, 95, British historian.
* Bojan Udovič, 57, Slovene Yugoslav Olympic cyclist (1980), traffic collision.

### 12

* D'Army Bailey, 73, American civil rights campaigner, judge and actor (The People vs. Larry Flynt), founder of the National Civil Rights Museum, cancer.
* Cheng Siwei, 80, Chinese economist, President of the China Democratic National Construction Association (1996–2007).
* Omar Félix Colomé, 82, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cruz del Eje (1984–2008).
* JaJuan Dawson, 37, American football player (Cleveland Browns), drowned.
* Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, 65, Tibetan Buddhist monk and political prisoner, cardiac arrest from respiratory failure.
* Mahlon Duckett, 92, American baseball player (Philadelphia Stars).
* Helen F. Holt, 101, American politician, Secretary of State of West Virginia (1957–1959), member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1955–1957), heart failure.
* Chenjerai Hove, 59, Zimbabwean exiled author, journalist and poet, liver failure.
* Javier Krahe, 71, Spanish singer-songwriter, heart attack.
* Bosse Larsson, 81, Swedish television presenter (Allsång på Skansen), brain cancer.
* Buddy Lively, 90, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).
* Milorad Milutinović, 80, Serbian football player and manager (Neuchâtel Xamax).
* Bafana Mlangeni, 48, South African actor.

### 13

* Sir John Buchanan, 72, New Zealand natural resource executive, CFO of BP (1996–2002), Director of BHP Billiton (2003–2015), Chairman of ARM Holdings.
* J. R. Gach, 63, American radio personality, diabetes.
* Philipp Mißfelder, 35, German politician, member of the Bundestag (since 2005), pulmonary embolism.
* Arturo Paoli, 102, Italian Roman Catholic priest and missionary.
* Michael Rayner, 82, English opera singer.
* Ildikó Schwarczenberger, 63, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1976).
* Joan Sebastian, 64, Mexican singer and songwriter, bone cancer.
* Campbell Smith, 90, New Zealand artist, poet and playwright.
* Martin Litchfield West, 77, British classical scholar.
* Eric Wrixon, 68, Northern Irish keyboardist (Them, Thin Lizzy).
* Gerhard Zwerenz, 90, German writer and politician, member of the Bundestag (1994–1998).

### 14

* Willer Bordon, 66, Italian businessman and politician, Minister of the Environment (2000–2001).
* Sir Sam Burston, 100, Australian farmer.
* Yohanna Dickson, 64, Nigerian military officer, Governor of Taraba (1993–1997).
* George Gardner Fagg, 81, American federal judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1982–2006).
* Wolf Gremm, 73, German film director and screenwriter, complications from cancer.
* Gerd Gudding, 63, Norwegian musician.
* Ismet Hadžić, 61, Bosnian footballer, cancer.
* Masao Horiba, 90, Japanese businessman, founded Horiba.
* Nobuo Mii, 84, Japanese computer executive (IBM).
* Mansour Nariman, 80, Iranian oud player.
* Olaf Pooley, 101, English actor (Doctor Who, Star Trek: Voyager, Sunday Night Theatre) and writer.
* Marlene Sanders, 84, American television news executive (ABC World News Tonight, CBS News) and journalist, cancer.
* Alby Schultz, 76, Australian politician, NSW MP for Burrinjuck (1988–1998), federal MP for Hume (1998–2013), cancer.
* Dave Somerville, 81, Canadian-American singer (The Diamonds), pancreatic cancer.
* M. S. Viswanathan, 87, Indian music composer and film scorer.

### 15

* Jacques Allard, 89, French Olympic sailor.
* Masahiko Aoki, 77, Japanese economist, lung disorder.
* Phil Cayzer, 93, Australian rower.
* Federico Cerruti, 93, Italian art collector.
* Alan Curtis, 80, American harpsichordist, conductor and scholar.
* Alexis FitzGerald Jnr, 70, Irish politician, member of the Seanad Éireann (1982–1987) and Teachta Dála (1982), Lord Mayor of Dublin (1981–1982).
* Aubrey Morris, 89, British actor (A Clockwork Orange, Love and Death, The Wicker Man).
* Oswald Probst, 80, Austrian Olympic archer.
* Sheila Ramani, 83, Indian actress, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Howard Rumsey, 97, American modern jazz double bassist, bandleader and nightclub owner.
* Wan Li, 98, Chinese politician, Chairman of the National People's Congress (1988–1993).
* Jacques Thébault, 91, French actor.
* Fred Wendorf, 90, American archaeologist.
* Rogi Wieg, 52, Dutch writer and musician, euthanasia.

### 16

* Denis Avey, 96, British World War II veteran and memoirist.
* Joseph Caprani, 95, Irish cricket player and umpire.
* Paul Chervet, 73, Swiss Olympic boxer.
* Evelyn Ebsworth, 82, British chemist and university administrator, Vice-Chancellor and Warden of Durham University (1990–1998).
* Alcides Ghiggia, 88, Uruguayan-Italian football player and manager (Peñarol), heart attack.
* John H. Gibbons, 86, American scientist, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (1993–1998).
* Sir Jack Goody, 95, British social anthropologist.
* Raymond Goussot, 93, French cyclist.
* Brian Hall, 68, Scottish footballer (Liverpool), leukaemia.
* Alan Kupperberg, 62, American comic book artist (The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man), thymus cancer.
* Jean Lacouture, 94, French journalist and historian.
* Jim Mayne, 64, Canadian politician, leader of Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party (1983–1989).
* V. Ramakrishna, 67, Indian playback singer and film scorer, cancer.
* Moreshwar Save, 85, Indian politician, MP for Aurangabad (1989–1996).
* Veikko Savela, 96, Finnish politician.
* Pranciškus Tupikas, 86, Lithuanian politician.
* W. Wilbert Welch, 97, American theologian.
* Milton L. Wood, 92, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop Suffragan of Atlanta (1967–1974).

### 17

* Andal Ampatuan, Sr., 74, Filipino politician, Governor of Maguindanao, suspect in the Maguindanao massacre, heart attack.
* Bill Arnsparger, 88, American football coach (New York Giants, LSU Tigers) and athletic director (University of Florida), heart attack.
* Jules Bianchi, 25, French Formula One driver, head injuries sustained in a race collision.
* Owen Chadwick, 99, British historian, theologian, and rugby player.
* Murray Feingold, 84, American physician and medical journalist.
* Francis P. Filice, 92, American priest and academic.
* Don Fontana, 84, Canadian tennis player.
* Duff Holbrook, 92, American biologist and outdoorsman, designer of rocket net for use in hunting.
* Ray Jessel, 85, Welsh scriptwriter and songwriter (Baker Street).
* William C. Kuebler, 44, American military officer, appointed lawyer for Omar Khadr, cancer.
* John McCluskey, 71, Scottish Olympic boxer (1964).
* Van Miller, 87, American football announcer (Buffalo Bills).
* James Nyondo, 47, Malawian politician, lung cancer.
* Susumu Okubo, 85, Japanese theoretical physicist.
* Nova Pilbeam, 95, British actress (The Man Who Knew Too Much, Young and Innocent, Tudor Rose).
* Dagmar Sierck, 57, German Olympic swimmer.
* John Taylor, 72, British jazz pianist, heart attack.
* Dick van Bekkum, 89, Dutch radiobiologist.

### 18

* Tim Beaglehole, 82, New Zealand historian and educator, chancellor of Victoria University, pneumonia.
* Sushil Bhattacharya, 90, Indian football player, men's (East Bengal) and women's (national team) coach.
* Ron Bissett, 83, Canadian Olympic basketball player.
* Elmer Borstad, 90, Canadian politician.
* Buddy Buie, 74, American songwriter ("Spooky", "Traces"), heart attack.
* George Coe, 86, American actor (Archer, Kramer vs. Kramer, The Mighty Ducks).
* Neal Falls, 45, American murder suspect, shot.
* Lou Gardiner, 62, New Zealand military officer, Chief of the Army (2003–2006), cancer.
* Priscilla Kincaid-Smith, 88, South African-Australian nephrologist, discovered the link between phenacetin and kidney cancer.
* Athanasios Moulakis, 70, Greek historian and political scientist.
* Alex Rocco, 79, American actor (The Godfather, The George Carlin Show, The Facts of Life), Emmy winner (1990), pancreatic cancer.
* Hugh Stretton, 91, Australian historian.
* Per Tønder, 104, Norwegian politician.
* Wang Fuzhou, 80, Chinese mountain climber.
* Allan Willett, 78, British soldier and businessman, Lord-Lieutenant of Kent (2002–2011).
* Brock Winkless, 55, American puppeteer and visual effects technician (Child's Play, Tales from the Crypt, Terminator 2: Judgment Day); multiple sclerosis.
* Yang Ko-han, 27, Taiwanese actress, suicide by hanging.

### 19

* Van Alexander, 100, American big band leader, songwriter-arranger ("A-Tisket, A-Tasket"), film and television composer (I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched), heart failure.
* Rugger Ardizoia, 95, Italian baseball player (New York Yankees), stroke.
* Stellan Bojerud, 70, Swedish politician, MP for Dalarna (2012–2015).
* Douglas S. Cook, 56, American screenwriter (The Rock, Double Jeopardy).
* Elio Fiorucci, 80, Italian fashion designer.
* Josh Greenberg, 28, American technology executive, co-founder of Grooveshark.
* Lalubha Jadeja, 92, Indian cricketer.
* Bernat Martínez, 35, Spanish motorcycle racer, race collision.
* Richard Ochoa, 31, Venezuelan cyclist, motorcycle collision.
* Bryan O'Linn, 87, South African-born Namibian jurist and human rights advocate, member of the High Court (1989–1999) and Supreme Court (1999–2006).
* Sybren Polet, 91, Dutch writer.
* Galina Prozumenshchikova, 66, Russian Soviet-era swimmer, Olympic champion (1964).
* Carmino Ravosa, 85, American composer and lyricist.
* Dani Rivas, 27, Spanish motorcycle racer, race collision.
* David Roth, 56, American opera director and manager
* Gennadiy Seleznyov, 67, Russian politician, Speaker of the Duma (1996–2003).
* Mildred Joanne Smith, 94, American actress (No Way Out) and educator, survivor of National Airlines Flight 101 crash.
* Václav Snítil, 87, Czech violinist and teacher.

### 20

* Jean Alfred, 75, Canadian politician.
* George Bon Salle, 80, American basketball player.
* Wayne Carson, 72, American songwriter ("The Letter", "Always on My Mind", "Neon Rainbow").
* Fred Else, 82, English footballer (Preston North End).
* Ron Fitch, 105, Australian railway historian.
* Inge Glashörster, 88, German Olympic sprinter.
* Sally Gross, 81, American dancer and choreographer, ovarian cancer.
* Des Horne, 75, South African footballer (Blackpool).
* Kafumba Konneh, 71, Liberian Islamic cleric, peace activist and public servant, commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
* Dieter Moebius, 71, Swiss-German electronic musician (Cluster, Harmonia, Moebius & Plank), cancer.
* Tom Moore, 86, American cartoonist (Archie), throat cancer.
* Eliyahu Leon Levi, 76, Israeli Rabbi
* Sieghardt Rupp, 84, Austrian actor.
* Raymond Stora, 84, French theoretical physicist.
* Shunsuke Tsurumi, 93, Japanese philosopher and anti-war activist, pneumonia.
* Giorgos Velentzas, 87, Greek actor.
* Colin Youren, 76, Australian football player (Hawthorn), cancer.

### 21

* Mitch Aliotta, 71, American musician (Rotary Connection, Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
* Gigi Angelillo, 75, Italian actor and voice actor.
* Theodore Bikel, 91, Austrian-born American actor (The Defiant Ones, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof), folk singer and composer.
* Robert Broberg, 75, Swedish singer and songwriter, Parkinson's disease.
* Luiz Paulo Conde, 80, Brazilian politician and architect, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro (1997–2001).
* Charlie Cullinane, 72, Irish hurler (Cork).
* William R. Dickinson, 83, American geoscientist, member of the National Academy of Sciences.
* E. L. Doctorow, 84, American author (Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, The March), complications from lung cancer.
* Buddy Emmons, 78, American steel guitarist.
* Paul Freeman, 79, American music conductor, founder of Chicago Sinfonietta.
* Günter Fronius, 107, Austrian entrepreneur.
* Gelsen Gas, 82, Mexican artist and filmmaker.
* Nicholas Gonzalez, 67, American physician known for alternative cancer treatments.
* Ho Sheng-lung, 62, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1998–1999), liver cancer.
* T. Kanakam, 88, Indian actress.
* Kang Nung-su, 85, North Korean politician.
* Alfredo Lardelli, 59, Swiss murderer and businessman, multiple organ failure.
* Czesław Marchaj, 97, Polish yachtsman and professor.
* Ernie McCullough, 89, Canadian Olympic sprinter.
* Anthony Megale, 61, American mobster.
* Mariam Mfaki, 69, Tanzanian politician, MP for Dodoma (since 2000), lung cancer.
* Dick Nanninga, 66, Dutch footballer (Roda JC Kerkrade, national team), complications from diabetes.
* Serhiy Omelyanovych, 37, Ukrainian footballer (Charleroi).
* Don Randall, 62, Australian politician, MP for Swan (1996–1998) and Canning (since 2001), suspected heart attack.
* Olav Riste, 82, Norwegian historian.
* James F. Rothenberg, 69, American financial executive, chairman of the Capital Group, heart attack.
* Mike Turner, 80, English cricketer (Leicestershire).

### 22

* Barbara Calvert, 89, British barrister.
* Herschal Crow, 80, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (1969–1982) and Secretary of Transportation (2001–2003), complications following hip surgery.
* Denny Ebbers, 41, Dutch Olympic judoka (1996), brain tumor.
* Christopher M. Fairman, 54, American legal scholar (Fuck: Word Taboo and Protecting Our First Amendment Liberties), cardiac arrest.
* Eddie Hardin, 66, British rock musician (Spencer Davis Group) and singer-songwriter, heart attack.
* Marilyn C. Jones, 88, American baseball player (AAGBPL).
* Don Joyce, 71, American musician (Negativland) and radio personality (Over the Edge), heart failure.
* Frank Narvo, 82, Australian rugby league player (Newtown Jets).
* Daron Norwood, 49, American country music singer.
* Roble Olhaye, 71, Djiboutian diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (since 1988), Dean of the Diplomatic Corps of Washington, D.C.
* Natasha Parry, 84, British actress (Romeo and Juliet, Oh! What a Lovely War, Meetings with Remarkable Men), stroke.
* Simon-Pierre Saint-Hillien, 64, Haitian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hinche (since 2009).
* Josef Scheungraber, 97, German World War II army officer and convicted war criminal.
* Hoza'a Sherif, 54, Lebanese diplomat, Ambassador to Iraq (since 2006), cancer.
* Martin Storey, British Channel Islander politician, member of the States (since 2008), cancer.
* Gordon Stuart, 91, Canadian-born Welsh portrait artist.
* Horst Walter, 76, German footballer (Dynamo Dresden).

### 23

* William Wakefield Baum, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Washington (1973–1980), Cardinal (1976–2015).
* Mladen Dražetin, 64, Serbian academic and poet.
* Francis Guess, 69, American civil rights advocate and public servant, member of the U. S. Civil Rights Commission (1983–1989).
* Jon the Postman, 59, English punk rock singer, burst heart valve.
* Shigeko Kubota, 77, Japanese artist, cancer.
* Mexicano 777, 43, Puerto Rican rapper, tongue and throat cancer.
* Don Oberdorfer, 84, American journalist and author, Alzheimer's disease.
* Rasoul Raeisi, 90, Iranian Olympic weightlifter (1948).
* José Sazatornil, 89, Spanish actor.
* Aung Thaung, 74, Burmese politician and businessman, member of the Pyithu Hluttaw for Taungtha Township (since 2011).
* Cirilo Vila, 77, Chilean composer, heart attack.
* James L. White, 67, American screenwriter (Ray), complications from pancreatic cancer.

### 24

* Irv Bauer, 82, American playwright and screenwriter.
* Corsino Fortes, 82, Cape Verdean writer, poet and diplomat, Ambassador to Portugal (1975–1981).
* Peg Lynch, 98, American comedy writer and actress (Ethel and Albert).
* Florenz Regalado, 86, Filipino Supreme Court judge.
* Jürgen Rohwer, 91, German naval historian.
* Mario Sereni, 87, Italian operatic baritone.
* Ingrid Sischy, 63, South African magazine editor and critic, breast cancer.
* Dale Sturtz, 77, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1992–2002).

### 25

* Jacques Andreani, 85, French diplomat.
* Kalpataru Das, 64, Indian politician, member of the Rajya Sabha (since 2014), Odisha MLA for Dharmasala (1995–2014), cancer.
* R. S. Gavai, 85, Indian politician, Governor of Bihar (2006–2008), Kerala (2008–2011), member of the Rajya Sabha (2000–2006), MP for Amravati (1998).
* Silan Kadirgamar, 81, Sri Lankan academic.
* Bob Kauffman, 69, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics, Buffalo Braves) and coach (Detroit Pistons).
* Larbi Messari, 79, Moroccan politician and diplomat, Minister of Communications (1998–2000), Ambassador to Brazil (1985–1991).
* Robin Phillips, 73, British-born Canadian actor and director (Long Day's Journey into Night, Jekyll & Hyde, The Marriage of Figaro), artistic director of Stratford Festival (1975–1980).
* Scott Sims, 59, American veterinarian and television personality (Aloha Vet), bladder cancer.
* Joseph Skerrett, 72, American literary critic.
* Nilo Zandanel, 77, Italian Olympic ski jumper.

### 26

* Abu Zant, 60–61, Jordanian Muslim scholar and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1989–1997).
* Richard Bass, 85, American ski executive and mountaineer, co-founder of Snowbird Ski Resort, first person to climb the Seven Summits, pulmonary fibrosis.
* Bobbi Kristina Brown, 22, American media personality and singer, water immersion and drug intoxication.
* Peter Ehrlich, 82, German actor.
* Peggy Evans, 94, British actress (The Blue Lamp).
* Vic Firth, 85, American musician and percussion mallet manufacturer, pancreatic cancer.
* Benita Gil, 102, Spanish teacher and exiled, Order of Isabella the Catholic (2014).
* Wolfgang Gönnenwein, 82, German conductor and music director, director of Staatstheater Stuttgart (1985–1992).
* Bijoy Krishna Handique, 80, Indian politician, MP for Jorhat (1991–2014), Rajya Sabha (1980–1986), Assam MLA for Jorhat (1971–1980).
* Lee Harwood, 76, British poet.
* Han Heijenbrock, 85, Dutch Olympic rower.
* Junichi Komori, 74, Japanese billiards player, cancer.
* Mike Kostiuk, 95, Canadian-born American football player (Cleveland Rams, Detroit Lions), heart failure.
* Jeffrey S. Lyons, 75, Canadian lawyer, lobbyist and business executive, heart attack.
* Flora MacDonald, 89, Canadian politician, Secretary of State for External Affairs (1979–1980), MP for Kingston and the Islands (1972–1988).
* Robert Mosher, 94, American architect (San Diego–Coronado Bridge).
* Lerryn Mutton, 90, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Yaralla (1968–1978).
* Vasili Pichul, 54, Ukrainian-born Russian film director (Little Vera).
* Leo Reise Jr., 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings), lung cancer.
* Ann Rule, 83, American true crime author (The Stranger Beside Me), heart failure.
* Pía Sebastiani, 90, Argentine pianist and composer.
* Richard Smith, 80, Australian diplomat.
* Sebastiano Vassalli, 73, Italian novelist.
* Joe Williams, 56, American film critic (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), traffic collision.

### 27

* Tom Boyd, 86, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1977–1992).
* Edward Campbell, 71, English rugby league player.
* J. W. S. Cassels, 93, British mathematician, fall.
* Rickey Grundy, 56, American gospel musician.
* A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 83, Indian scientist and politician, President of India (2002–2007), heart attack.
* Paul Langford, 69, British historian, Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford (2000–2012).
* Chris Lazari, 69, Cypriot-born British property developer, heart attack.
* Ivan Moravec, 84, Czech concert pianist.
* Clyde M. Narramore, 98, American author and psychologist.
* Rafael Navarro Núñez, 69, Spanish painter.
* Samuel Pisar, 86, Polish-born American lawyer, writer and Holocaust survivor, pneumonia.
* Alina Rodríguez, 63, Cuban actress, cancer.
* Anthony Shaw, 85, British army general, Director General Army Medical Services (1988–1990).
* Tony Vogel, 73, British actor (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Mission: Impossible, Miracle).

### 28

* James H. Allen, 87, American clown and children's television personality, heart failure.
* Diego Barisone, 26, Argentine footballer (Unión de Santa Fe), traffic collision.
* Claude M. Bolton Jr., 69, American army general.
* David Faber, 86, Polish-born Holocaust survivor and author (Because of Romek).
* Rip Hawkins, 76, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), Lewy body dementia.
* John M. Hull, 80, British theologian.
* Barry Hunter, 87, Australian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Riverina (1971–1992).
* James Jude, 87, American thoracic surgeon, developer of CPR, neurological disorder.
* Carolyn Kaelin, 54, American cancer surgeon, cancer.
* Jan Kulczyk, 65, Polish businessman (Kulczyk Investments), wealthiest person in Poland, complications of heart surgery.
* David Leaning, 78, British Anglican priest.
* Edward Natapei, 61, Ni-Vanuatu politician, President (1999), Prime Minister (2001–2004, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2011), MP (1983–2008).
* Olubuse II, 85, Nigerian traditional ruler of Ife.
* Fred Otnes, 89, American artist.
* Josef Pecanka, 90, Austrian field hockey player, football player and coach.
* Franciscus Xaverius Rocharjanta Prajasuta, 83, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Banjarmasin (1983–2008), kidney failure.
* Clive Rice, 66, South African cricketer, brain tumour.
* Shawn Robinson, 41, American stunt performer (Guardians of the Galaxy, Transformers, Hook).
* Suniti Solomon, 76, Indian doctor and AIDS researcher.
* Jack Boynton Strong, 85, American politician, member of the Texas Senate (1963–1971), Alzheimer's disease.

### 29

* Giorgio Albani, 86, Italian cyclist.
* Harry B. Brock Jr., 90, American banker.
* Antony Holland, 95, British-born Canadian actor, playwright, and theatre director.
* Malik Ishaq, 55–56, Pakistani Lashkar-e-Jhangvi leader, shot.
* Vasundhara Komkali, 84, Indian classical musician.
* Sir Peter O'Sullevan, 97, Irish-born British horse racing commentator, cancer.
* Charles Pous, 66, French Olympic hockey player.
* Mike Pyle, 76, American football player (Chicago Bears), 1963 NFL Champion, brain hemorrhage.
* Jemera Rone, 71, American human rights activist, ovarian cancer.
* Liya Shakirova, 94, Soviet and Russian linguist.
* Peter Sim, 98, Australian politician, Senator for Western Australia (1964–1981).
* Tamarillo, 23, British eventing horse, euthanised. (death announced on this date)
* Sir John Todd, 88, New Zealand businessman (Todd Corporation) and philanthropist.
* Alfredo Vernacotola, 37, Italian poet.
* Franklin H. Westervelt, 85, American computer scientist.

### 30

* Oleg Alekseev, 62, Russian Soviet wrestler.
* Lynn Anderson, 67, American country singer ("Rose Garden"), heart attack.
* Stuart Baggs, 27, English entrepreneur and The Apprentice candidate.
* John Bitove, Sr., 87, Canadian businessman.
* Louise Crossley, 72–73, Australian environmentalist and scientist.
* Clifford Earl, 81, British actor (Doctor Who, The Sea Wolves).
* Harry Gast, 94, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate (1979–2002).
* Kenneth Irby, 78, American poet.
* Endel Lippmaa, 84, Estonian scientist and politician.
* Yakub Memon, 53, Indian terrorist and chartered accountant, convicted of financing the 1993 Bombay bombings, execution by hanging.
* Francis Paul Prucha, 94, American historian.
* Louis Sokoloff, 93, American neuroscientist.
* Alena Vrzáňová, 84, Czech figure skater, World Champion (1949, 1950) and European Champion (1950).
* John Weinert, 83, American college basketball coach (Bowling Green Falcons).
* Ernst K. Zinner, 78, Austrian-born American astrophysicist.

### 31

* Charles P. Bowers, 86, American baseball scout (Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies), Parkinson's disease.
* Curtis Brown, 60, American football player (Buffalo Bills), heart attack.
* Alan Cheuse, 75, American writer and critic, traffic collision.
* Ruud Sesink Clee, 84, Dutch rower.
* Coralie de Burgh, 90, British painter.
* Rubén Espinosa, 31, Mexican photographer and journalist. murdered.
* Robert Hemenway, 73, American educator, Chancellor of the University of Kansas (1995–2009).
* Howard W. Jones, 104, American physician, IVF pioneer, respiratory failure.
* Takeshi Katō, 86, Japanese actor (Ran).
* Gerald S. O'Loughlin, 93, American actor (The Rookies, In Cold Blood, Ice Station Zebra).
* Sasi Perumal, 59, Indian Gandhian and anti-alcohol activist.
* Billy Pierce, 88, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants), gallbladder cancer.
* Roddy Piper, 61, Canadian professional wrestler (WWE, NWA, WCW) and actor (They Live, Hell Comes to Frogtown, Body Slam), complications from hypertension.
* Red Dragon, 49, Jamaican reggae singer.
* Richard Schweiker, 89, American politician, Secretary of HHS (1981–1983), Senator from Pennsylvania (1969–1981), U.S. Representative from Penn 13th district (1961–1969), infection.
* László Sinkó, 75, Hungarian actor.
* Derek Turner, 82, English rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity).
* W. Eugene Wilson, 86, American politician.
* Zhang Jingfu, 101, Chinese politician, Finance Minister (1975–1979), State Councilor (1978–1988).