# Deaths in May 2017
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The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2017.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
* Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.

## May 2017
### 1

* Anatoly Aleksin, 92, Russian writer and poet.
* Richard Basciano, 91, American property developer.
* Katy Bødtger, 84, Danish singer, natural causes.
* Raul Costa Seibeb, 25, Namibian racing cyclist, winner of the National Road Race Championship (2014), traffic collision.
* Yisrael Friedman, 93, Israeli rabbi and educator.
* Pierre Gaspard-Huit, 99, French film director and screenwriter.
* Roy Gater, 76, English footballer (Port Vale, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Crewe Alexandra), Alzheimer's disease.
* Eugene Gendlin, 90, Austrian-born American philosopher.
* Kurt Grönholm, 90, Finnish Olympic rower (1952).
* Bruce Hampton, 70, American musician (Hampton Grease Band, Aquarium Rescue Unit) and actor (Sling Blade).
* Erkki Kurenniemi, 75, Finnish musician.
* Alice Langtry, 84, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1985–1992).
* Yuri Lobanov, 64, Tajik sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (1972).
* Mike Lowry, 78, American politician, Governor of Washington (1993–1997) and U.S. Representative from Washington's 7th congressional district (1979–1989), complications from a stroke.
* Sam Mele, 95, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators) and manager (Minnesota Twins), natural causes.
* Janet Pilgrim, 82, American model (Playboy).
* Karel Schoeman, 77, South African novelist, apparent suicide by dehydration.
* Sterling Seagrave, 80, American investigative journalist and author.
* Eduard Sekler, 96, Austrian architect and architectural historian.
* Betty Shannon, 95, American mathematician.
* Mohamed Talbi, 95, Tunisian historian.
* Stanley Weston, 84, American licensing agent and inventor of the action figure, creator of G.I. Joe and ThunderCats, complications from surgery.

### 2

* John Bahen, 73, Australian footballer (Fitzroy).
* Vincent Baggetta, 72, American actor (The Eddie Capra Mysteries).
* Harold Bedoya Pizarro, 78, Colombian military officer and politician, commander of the National Army (1994–1996), lymphoma.
* Michael Bore, 69, English cricketer (Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire).
* Abelardo Castillo, 82, Argentine writer.
* Cammy Duncan, 51, Scottish footballer (Motherwell, Partick Thistle, Ayr United), cancer.
* Michael Gurr, 55, Australian playwright (Departure).
* Hugo Judd, 77, Canadian-born New Zealand diplomat.
* Heinz Kessler, 97, German politician and military officer, East German Minister of National Defence (1985–1989).
* Toby Kimball, 74, American basketball player (Boston Celtics, San Diego Rockets, New Orleans Jazz), inflammatory lung disease.
* Diane Lewis, 65, American architect, author and academic.
* Paul MacEwan, 74, Canadian politician.
* Gerry Martiniuk, 79, Canadian politician, MPP of Ontario from Cambridge (1995–2011), cancer.
* Anne Morrissy Merick, 83, American war correspondent and journalist, complications from dementia.
* George Hugh Niederauer, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of San Francisco (2006–2012), lung cancer.
* A. R. Penck, 77, German artist, complications from a stroke.
* Eduardo Portella, 84, Brazilian essayist, author and politician, Minister of Education (1979–1980).
* Norma Procter, 89, English opera singer.
* T. Gary Rogers, 74, American entrepreneur (Dreyer's).
* Leo K. Thorsness, 85, American air force officer and Medal of Honor recipient, member of the Washington Senate (1988–1992), leukemia.
* Romeo Vasquez, 78, Filipino actor, stroke.
* Moray Watson, 88, British actor (The Darling Buds of May, The Quatermass Experiment, Compact).
* Barry Wood, 74, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Durban (since 2005).
* Grigori Zhislin, 71, Russian violinist.

### 3

* Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 90, Saudi prince, Governor of Mecca (1963–1971), Minister of Defense (1951–1953).
* Lukas Ammann, 104, Swiss actor (Graf Yoster, Die Fallers – Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie, Meschugge), complications from surgery.
* John Bjørnebye, 76, Norwegian diplomat, ambassador to Japan (1994–1999) and Belgium (2001–2006).
* Alma W. Byrd, 92, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1991–1998).
* Godfrey Chidyausiku, 70, Zimbabwean judge and politician, complications from cancer.
* Georgie Collins, 91, Canadian actress (Ghostkeeper) and stage director.
* Attila Császár, 58, Hungarian sprint canoer, world championship bronze medalist (1983).
* John Foruria, 72, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
* Paul Hanneman, 80, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1965–1990).
* Charles Hoffer, 87, American music educator and author.
* Casey Jones, 77, American blues drummer, cancer.
* Daliah Lavi, 74, Israeli actress (Casino Royale, The Spy with a Cold Nose, Catlow), singer and model.
* Hugh Marjoribanks, 83, Aussie cricketer.
* Pat Marsh, 83, British ice hockey administrator.
* Giampaolo Medda, 89, Italian Olympic hockey player.
* Papillon, 26, Irish racehorse, winner of the 2000 Grand National.
* Eva Pfarrhofer, 88, Austrian Olympic diver.
* Doug Rollerson, 63, New Zealand rugby player (Manawatu, national team), cancer.
* Bengt Rosén, 81, Swedish politician, MP (1985–1994).
* Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji, 31, Somali politician, shot.
* Irene Smart, 96, American politician and judge.
* Yumeji Tsukioka, 94, Japanese actress (The Temptress and the Monk), pneumonia.

### 4

* Joseph Barnes, 102, Irish physician.
* William Baumol, 95, American economist.
* Bart Carlier, 87, Dutch footballer (Fortuna Sittard).
* Jay Carty, 75, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers) and evangelist, cancer.
* Milena Čelesnik, 83, Slovenian Olympic athlete.
* Richard Dalby, 68, British ghost story editor, scholar and bookseller, diabetic ketoacidosis.
* William A. Davis Jr., 89, American engineer.
* François Gagnon, 95, Canadian politician.
* C. Jackson Grayson, 93, American businessman and writer.
* Glenna Sue Kidd, 83, American baseball player (South Bend Blue Sox).
* Victor Lanoux, 80, French actor (Cousin Cousine), complications from a stroke.
* D.G.H. Latzko, 93, Dutch mechanical engineer.
* Stephen McKenna, 78, British artist.
* Timo Mäkinen, 79, Finnish racing driver (World Rally Championship).
* Satsorupavathy Nathan, 80, Sri Lankan radio personality.
* Ruwen Ogien, 67, French philosopher.
* Richard Pennington, 69, American police officer, Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department (1994–2002).
* Rosie Scott, 69, New Zealand author, brain tumour.
* Edwin Sherin, 87, American director and producer (Law & Order, The Great White Hope).
* Beryl Te Wiata, 92, New Zealand actress (My Letter to George, Xena: Warrior Princess).

### 5

* Clive Brooks, 67, British drummer (Egg, The Groundhogs, Pink Floyd).
* Buhe, 91, Chinese politician, Chairman of Inner Mongolia (1982–1993).
* Binyamin Elon, 62, Israeli politician and rabbi, Minister of Tourism (2001–2002; 2003–2004) and member of Knesset (1996–2009), complications from throat cancer.
* Corinne Erhel, 50, French politician, member of the National Assembly (since 2007), heart attack.
* Amancio Escapa Aparicio, 79, Spanish-born Dominican Republic Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo (1996–2016).
* Almir Guineto, 70, Brazilian sambista, kidney disease and diabetes.
* Adolph Kiefer, 98, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1936).
* Bernard Mitton, 62, South African tennis player.
* Tommy Neck, 78, American football player (Chicago Bears).
* Quinn O'Hara, 76, Scottish-born American actress (The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini).
* Leila Seth, 86, Indian judge, Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court (1991–1992), cardio-respiratory arrest.
* Rekha Sindhu, 22, Indian actress, traffic collision.
* Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, 64, Mauritanian politician, President (2005–2007), heart attack.
* Michael Wearing, 78, British television producer (Edge of Darkness).
* Michael Zwack, 67, American painter and sculptor, lung cancer.

### 6

* Youssef Anis Abi-Aad, 77, Syrian Maronite hierarch, Archbishop of Aleppo (1997–2013).
* Richard Battey, 87, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota (1985–1999).
* John Bennison, 92, Australian businessman (Wesfarmers).
* Tony Conwell, 85, English footballer (Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Doncaster Rovers).
* Jesús Galdeano, 85, Spanish racing cyclist.
* Tommy Henaughan, 86, American-born Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock, Brentford, Greenock Morton).
* Steven Holcomb, 37, American bobsledder, Olympic champion (2010), pulmonary edema.
* Val Jellay, 89, Australian actress (The Flying Doctors, Prisoner, Homicide), pneumonia.
* Rais Khan, 77, Pakistani sitarist.
* Peter Kivy, 82, American musicologist, cancer.
* Grzegorz Kosma, 60, Polish Olympic handball player (1980).
* Mihir Kumar Nandi, 71, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer, cancer.
* Peter Noble, 72, English footballer (Swindon Town, Burnley).
* Peng Shaoyi, 99, Chinese physical chemist.
* Manuel Rodriguez Sr., 105, Filipino printmaker.
* John Schultz, 84, American writer.
* Marshall Julum Shakya, 76, Nepalese politician, complications from pneumonia, heart failure and septic shock.
* Min Bahadur Sherchan, 85, Nepalese mountaineer, suspected heart attack.
* Vasily Tarasyuk, 68, Russian politician, drowned.
* Henry Tempest, 93, English landowner (Broughton Hall), kidney failure.
* Jack Tilton, 66, American art dealer, cancer.
* Yves Velan, 91, French-born Swiss writer.

### 7

* Yoshimitsu Banno, 86, Japanese director, cameraman and writer (Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Throne of Blood, The Bad Sleep Well), subarachnoid hemorrhage.
* Auguste Batina, 81, Congolese politician.
* Eivind Eckbo, 89, Norwegian politician, leader of Anders Lange's Party (1974–1975).
* Louise Emanuel, 63, South African-born British child psychotherapist.
* Peter T. Flawn, 91, American geologist and educator, President of University of Texas at Austin (1979–1985, 1997–1998).
* Gran Apache, 58, Mexican professional wrestler (AAA), intestinal cancer.
* Mahendra Gupte, 86, Indian cricket umpire.
* Eduard Gutiérrez, 21, Colombian footballer (Atlético Huila), traffic collision.
* Elon Lages Lima, 87, Brazilian mathematician.
* Beppo Mauhart, 83, Austrian executive.
* Bob Mimm, 92, American Olympic racewalker (1960), prostate cancer.
* Rod Monroe, 40, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons), heart attack.
* Chuck Orsborn, 99, American college basketball coach and athletic administrator (Bradley Braves).
* Gholamreza Pahlavi, 93, Iranian prince.
* Dave Pell, 92, American jazz saxophonist.
* John Stroppa, 91, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
* Richard Summers, 95, British RAF air observer during the Battle of Britain.
* Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, 85, British historian and life peer.
* Hubertus Antonius van der Aa, 81, Dutch mycologist.
* Svend Wam, 71, Norwegian director (Lasse & Geir).
* Lee Weissenborn, 88, American politician.
* Thomas A. White, 85, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio (1978–1996).
* Wu Wenjun, 97, Chinese mathematician and academician.

### 8

* Faqir Aizazuddin, 81, Pakistani cricketer.
* Cécile DeWitt-Morette, 94, French mathematician and physicist.
* Dennis H. Farber, 71, American painter and photographer, complications from lung cancer and diabetes.
* George Irvine, 69, American basketball player (Virginia Squires) and coach (Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons), cancer.
* Stefania Jabłońska, 96, Polish cancer researcher.
* Curt Lowens, 91, German-born American actor (Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory, The Hindenburg, Angels & Demons) and Holocaust survivor, fall.
* Allan H. Meltzer, 89, American economist.
* J. David Molson, 88, Canadian business executive (Molson Brewery), president of the Montreal Canadiens (1964–1972).
* Lou Richards, 94, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
* Ulugbek Ruzimov, 48, Uzbekistani footballer (Pakhtakor Tashkent), cirrhosis.
* Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, 90, British microbiologist and life peer, Member of the House of Lords (1990–2015).
* Nicolas Stacey, 89, English Olympic clergyman (1952).
* Judith Stein, 77, American historian, lung cancer.
* James S. Sutterlin, 95, American diplomat.
* Juan Carlos Tedesco, 73, Argentine politician, Minister of Education (2007–2009).
* Mary Tsoni, 29, Greek actress (Dogtooth) and singer, pulmonary edema.
* Peter Vogel, 80, German artist.
* Clarence Williams, 70, American football player (Green Bay Packers).

### 9

* Hussein Ali Abdulle, 71, Somali football player and manager (national team).
* Ron Atkey, 75, Canadian lawyer and politician, MP and Minister of Employment and Immigration (1979–1980).
* Armando Baptista-Bastos, 83, Portuguese author and journalist.
* Brian James Barnes, 84, Australian-born Papuan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Aitape (1987–1997) and Archbishop of Port Moresby (1997–2008).
* Christopher Boykin, 45, American entertainer and musician (Rob & Big), heart failure.
* Sal Cuevas, 62, American bassist.
* John Kivela, 47, American businessman and politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (since 2013), suicide by hanging.
* Zoran Madžirov, 49, Macedonian percussionist, traffic collision.
* Mathieu Maes, 73, Belgian cyclist.
* Jean Mailland, 80, French film director and author.
* Robert Miles, 47, Swiss-born Italian electronic dance musician and record producer ("Children"), cancer.
* Arthur Moulin, 92, French politician, member of the National Assembly (1958–1973) and Senate (1983–1992).
* Michael Parks, 77, American actor (Twin Peaks, From Dusk till Dawn, Kill Bill).
* Qian Qichen, 89, Chinese diplomat, Foreign Minister (1988–1998) and Vice Premier (1993–2003).
* Wilburn K. Ross, 94, American WWII veteran, Medal of Honor recipient.
* John Valder, 85, Australian journalist and politician, kidney disease.
* Edward Lunn Young, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 6th congressional district (1973–1975).

### 10

* Fozia Anjum, 77, Pakistani radio broadcaster and poet.
* Silvano Basagni, 78, Italian sport shooter, Olympic bronze medalist (1972).
* Geoffrey Bayldon, 93, English actor (Catweazle, Worzel Gummidge, Casino Royale).
* Emmanuèle Bernheim, 61, French author and screenwriter (Swimming Pool, 5x2).
* Joy Byers, 82, American songwriter ("Please Don't Stop Loving Me").
* Eloise E. Clark, 85–86, American biologist, President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1994).
* Bill Ebery, 91, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1973–1983).
* Greg Forristall, 67, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (since 2007), cancer.
* Colette Guillaumin, 83, French feminist.
* Safet Halilović, 66, Bosnian politician, President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002–2003).
* Ted Hibberd, 91, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic gold medalist (1948).
* Douglas Netter, 95, American television producer (Babylon 5).
* Rex Sanders, 94, British Royal Air Force officer.
* Gordon Simpson, 87, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (1974–1989).
* Gaisi Takeuti, 91, Japanese mathematician.
* Nelson Xavier, 75, Brazilian actor (The Guns, A Queda), lung disease.

### 11

* Alexander Bodunov, 65, Russian ice hockey player (Soviet national team), world champion (1973).
* William David Brohn, 84, American music arranger and orchestrator (Ragtime, Oliver!, Wicked), Tony winner (1998).
* Seaborn Buckalew Jr., 96, American jurist and politician, delegate to the Alaska constitutional convention, member of the Alaska House (1955–1959) and Senate (1960–1961).
* Gabriel Chiramel, 102, Indian Roman Catholic priest, educationist, zoologist and author.
* Mark Colvin, 65, British-born Australian journalist and radio presenter (PM), lung cancer.
* Clelio Darida, 90, Italian politician, Mayor of Rome (1969–1976) and Minister of Justice (1981–1983).
* John F. Donahue, 92, American businessman (Federated Investors).
* İbrahim Erkal, 50, Turkish singer-songwriter, cerebral hemorrhage.
* Nigel Forman, 74, British politician, MP for Carshalton and Wallington (1976–1997).
* Roland Gräf, 82, German cinematographer, film director and screenwriter (The House on the River, Fallada: The Last Chapter, The Tango Player).
* Elisabet Hermodsson, 89, Swedish artist and poet.
* Caroline Hussey, 75, Irish microbiologist.
* Yale Lary, 86, American football player (Detroit Lions), businessman and politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1959–1963).
* Charles A. McClenahan, 76, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1992–2003).
* Simpson Mutambanengwe, 87, Zimbabwean-Namibian judge, renal failure.
* Roger Sale, 84, American literary critic.
* Galina Shergova, 93, Russian writer.
* David Thomas, 74, Welsh Anglican prelate, Provincial Assistant Bishop of the Church in Wales.

### 12

* Louis Boyer, 95, French politician, member of the Senate for Loiret (1974–2001) and mayor of Gien (1959–1995).
* Antonio Candido, 98, Brazilian literary critic and sociologist.
* Alain Colmerauer, 76, French computer scientist.
* Bill Dowdy, 84, American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds).
* Brendan Duddy, 80, Northern Irish property developer, political activist, and peace negotiator.
* Michael Jackson, 48, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens) and politician, mayor of Tangipahoa, Louisiana (2009–2012), traffic collision.
* Sally Jacobsen, 70, American journalist, first female international editor of the Associated Press, cancer.
* Mauno Koivisto, 93, Finnish politician, President (1982–1994) and Prime Minister (1968–1970, 1979–1982), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Henri Termeer, 71, Dutch-born American biotechnology executive (Genzyme).
* George A. Thompson, 97, American geologist.
* Yu So-chow, 86, Chinese actress, pneumonia.
* Oleksandr Zadorozhnii, 57, Ukrainian lawyer, politician and scientist, member of Verkhovna Rada (1998–2006).
* Amotz Zahavi, 89, Israeli evolutionary biologist.

### 13

* Oliviero Beha, 68, Italian journalist.
* Ron Bontemps, 90, American basketball player, Olympic gold medalist (1952).
* Jimmy Copley, 63, English drummer (Jeff Beck, Graham Parker, Tears for Fears), leukaemia.
* John Cygan, 63, American actor and comedian (The Commish, Metal Gear, Toy Story 3), cancer.
* Yanko Daucik, 76, Czech footballer (Real Betis, Real Madrid).
* Janet Lewis-Jones, 67, British executive (BBC Trust).
* Nancy Oestreich Lurie, 93, American anthropologist.
* Vera Martelli, 86, Italian Olympic sprinter (1952).
* Rachid Natouri, 71, Algerian footballer (Metz, Troyes, national team).
* Thomas H. Paterniti, 88, American politician, New Jersey assemblyman (1980–1988) and senator (1988–1992).
* Marcel Pelletier, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers) and scout (Boston Bruins).
* Manuel Pradal, 53, French film director and screenwriter (A Crime, Ginostra, Marie from the Bay of Angels).
* Len Rohde, 79, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
* Eberhard Spiecker, 85, German clergyman.
* Nicholas Tarling, 86, British-born New Zealand historian, academic (University of Auckland) and author.

### 14

* Dilbagh Singh Athwal, 89, Indian geneticist and agriculturist.
* Edmund Bagwell, 50, British cartoonist (Judge Dredd, Nick Fury), pancreatic cancer.
* Powers Boothe, 68, American actor (Tombstone, Deadwood, Red Dawn), Emmy winner (1980), heart attack due to pancreatic cancer.
* Frank Brian, 94, American basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons).
* Bill Cox, 88, American football player (Washington Redskins).
* Thomas Vose Daily, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Brooklyn (1990–2003).
* Abdullah Nimar Darwish, 69, Israeli political activist and religious leader, founder of Islamic Movement in Israel.
* Chuck Davis, 80, American dancer and choreographer (DanceAfrica).
* Alain Defossé, 60, French novelist and translator.
* Jean Fritz, 101, American children's writer.
* Brad Grey, 59, American producer (The Departed, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Sopranos), chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures (2005–2017), cancer.
* Bruce Hill, 67, American racing driver, esophageal cancer.
* Tom McClung, 60, American jazz pianist and composer, cancer.
* Steve Palermo, 67, American baseball umpire and supervisor, lung cancer.
* Silvan S. Schweber, 89, French-born American physicist and science historian.
* Peter W. Smith, 81, American investment banker and political operative.

### 15

* Karl-Otto Apel, 95, German philosopher.
* Herbert R. Axelrod, 89, American ichthyologist and musical instrument collector.
* Graeme Barrow, 80, Australian author.
* Chu Ke-liang, 70, Taiwanese actor (The New Legend of Shaolin, David Loman, The Wonderful Wedding) and comedian, liver failure.
* Felipe Ehrenberg, 73, Mexican artist, professor and publisher.
* Karlene Faith, 79, Canadian criminologist, aortic aneurysm.
* François Fortassin, 77, French politician, senator (since 2001).
* Nasser Givehchi, 85, Iranian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
* Koryne Kaneski Horbal, 80, American feminist and political activist, heart failure.
* Stan Kaluznick, 85, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).
* Thomas James Kinsman, 72, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
* Takeshi Kusaka, 86, Japanese actor.
* Bob Kuzava, 93, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators).
* Al Lawrence, 86, Australian long-distance runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
* Ulrich Libbrecht, 88, Belgian philosopher.
* S. Ramassamy, 77, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Puducherry (1974, 1977–1978).
* Neil Rolde, 85, American historian and politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1974–1990).
* David Saul, 77, Bermudian politician, Premier of Bermuda (1995–1997).
* Javier Valdez Cárdenas, 50, Mexican reporter (Ríodoce, La Jornada), shot.
* Oleg Vidov, 73, Russian-American actor (Red Heat, Wild Orchid, Thirteen Days), complications from cancer.

### 16

* Roy Ackerman, 75, English restaurateur (The Gay Hussar).
* Bernard Bosson, 69, French politician, Minister of Transport, Tourism and Public Works (1993–1995).
* Alain Casabona, 66, French author.
* Ronnie Cocks, 73, Maltese footballer (Sliema Wanderers, national team).
* Julian Abele Cook Jr., 86, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (1978–1996).
* Eleanor Kieliszek, 91, American politician, Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey (1974–1978, 1990–1992).
* Anne Kimbell, 84, American actress (Monster from the Ocean Floor).
* Walter Kollmann, 84, Austrian footballer (Wacker Wien).
* Oleksiy Kruhliak, 41, Ukrainian Olympic fencer.
* Megan Lowe, 101, English cricketer (national team).
* Gunnar Möller, 88, German actor (I Often Think of Piroschka).
* Outi Ojala, 70, Finnish politician, MEP (1996–1999), member of the Parliament of Finland (1991–1996, 1999–2007), President of the Nordic Council (2001–2002).
* Glenn L. Pace, 77, American religious leader, general authority of the LDS Church (since 1985).
* Doug Somers, 65, American professional wrestler (AWA).
* Rosa Speer, 94, American gospel singer (Speer Family).
* Emilio Lorenzo Stehle, 90, German-born Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (1987–2002).
* James Zavitz, 94, Canadian Olympic sports shooter.

### 17

* Aristeidis Alafouzos, 93, Greek shipping and media mogul.
* Michael Bliss, 76, Canadian historian and biographer (Frederick Banting, William Osler, Harvey Cushing).
* Roxcy Bolton, 90, American civil rights activist and feminist, founder of Women in Distress.
* Faruq Ahmed Choudhury, 84, Bangladeshi diplomat, Foreign Secretary (1984–1986), High Commissioner to India (1986–1992).
* Raúl Córdoba, 93, Mexican footballer (Club Atlas, national team).
* Liebe Sokol Diamond, 86, American pediatric orthopedic surgeon, lymphoma.
* Eustace Gibbs, 3rd Baron Wraxall, 87, British diplomat and aristocrat.
* Viktor Gorbatko, 82, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 24 and 37).
* Firuz Kazemzadeh, 92, Russian-born American historian.
* Rhodri Morgan, 77, British politician, MP for Cardiff West (1987–2001), Leader of Welsh Labour (2000–2009) and First Minister (2000–2009).
* Tor Morisse, 69, Norwegian children's author and cartoonist.
* Moji Olaiya, 42, Nigerian actress (Apaadi), cardiac arrest.
* David A Ramey, 78, American artist.
* Gerhard Schreiber, 76, German military historian.
* Alan Swinbank, 72, British racehorse trainer.
* Unusual Heat, 27, American racehorse, euthanized.
* Todor Veselinović, 86, Serbian football player and manager (FK Vojvodina, Fenerbahçe, Yugoslavia national team), Olympic silver medalist (1956).

### 18

* Roger Ailes, 77, American television executive, Chairman and CEO of Fox News (1996–2016), subdural hematoma.
* Vadim Chernobrov, 51, Russian paranormal investigator.
* Chris Cornell, 52, American musician and songwriter (Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog), suicide by hanging.
* Dai Zijin, 101, Chinese WWII aviator (Flying Tigers).
* Anil Madhav Dave, 60, Indian politician, MP (since 2009), Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (since 2016), cardiac arrest.
* Volodymyr Dudarenko, 71, Ukrainian football player (CSKA Moscow) and manager (SKA Lviv).
* Dame Di Ellis, 79, British rower.
* Jacque Fresco, 101, American futurist.
* Reema Lagoo, 58, Indian actress (Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, Maine Pyar Kiya, Kal Ho Naa Ho), heart attack.
* José Mercado Luna, 88, Mexican Olympic footballer (1948).
* Jim McElreath, 89, American race car driver.
* Tatsuya Nōmi, 47, Japanese actor (Gosei Sentai Dairanger).
* Olev Olesk, 96, Estonian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (1990–1992).
* Frankie Paul, 51, Jamaican singer, kidney failure.
* Daniele Piombi, 83, Italian television and radio presenter.
* Erwin Potts, 85, American businessman (McClatchy).
* Tor Fredrik Rasmussen, 91, Norwegian geographer.
* Eric Stevenson, 74, Scottish footballer (Hibernian), cancer.
* John Thompson, 88, British journalist and radio director (Independent Broadcasting Authority).

### 19

* Alex. E.K. Ashiabor, 86, Ghanaian economist, Governor of the Bank of Ghana (1977–1983).
* Donald Avenson, 72, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1979–1989).
* André Bach, 73, French general and historian.
* Chana Bloch, 77, American poet, cancer.
* Peter Bonsall-Boone, 78, Australian LGBT rights activist, cancer.
* Rich Buckler, 68, American comic book artist (Deathlok, All-Star Squadron, Fantastic Four), cancer.
* Judy Burton, 69, American educationalist.
* David Bystroň, 34, Czech footballer (Baník Ostrava), suicide by hanging.
* John Cavell, 100, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Southampton (1972–1984).
* Ben Cherski, 87, Canadian ice hockey player.
* Grady C. Cothen, 96, American religious leader and academic administrator, President of Oklahoma Baptist University (1966–1970).
* Corbett Cresswell, 84, English footballer (Carlisle United F.C.).
* Hubertus Ernst, 100, Dutch Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Breda (1967–1992).
* Jan Fontein, 89, Dutch art historian.
* Stanley Greene, 68, American photojournalist, cancer.
* Roger Haudegand, 85, French Olympic basketball player (1952,1956).
* Kid Vinil, 62, Brazilian singer and record producer.
* Herbert L. Meschke, 89, American politician and judge, Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court (1985–1998), member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1965–1966) and Senate (1967–1970).
* Ed Mierkowicz, 93, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
* Nawshirwan Mustafa, 72, Iraqi Kurdish politician, general coordinator of the Movement for Change, lung cancer.
* Stanislav Petrov, 77, Russian Lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defense Forces, hypostatic pneumonia.
* Tommy Ross, 71, Scottish footballer (York City).
* David Sánchez, 25, Mexican flyweight boxer, traffic collision.
* Reidar Torp, 94, Norwegian military officer.
* Mário Viegas Carrascalão, 80, East Timorese politician, Governor of East Timor during the Indonesian occupation (1982–1992).
* Wayne Walker, 80, American football player (Detroit Lions), sports broadcaster and director (KPIX, NFL on CBS), complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Steve Waterbury, 65, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).

### 20

* Recep Adanır, 88, Turkish footballer (Beşiktaş J.K.).
* Albert Bouvet, 87, French racing cyclist.
* Joy Corning, 84, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1991–1999), liver illness.
* Jimmy Dale, 81, British-born Canadian musician.
* Emile Degelin, 90, Belgian film director (If the Wind Frightens You, Life and Death in Flanders).
* Paul Falk, 95, German figure skater, Olympic Champion (1952).
* Victor Găureanu, 49, Romanian Olympic fencer (1992, 2000), world championship bronze medalist (1994, 2001).
* Claude Hipps, 90, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
* Syed Abdullah Khalid, 75, Bangladeshi sculptor, complications from COPD.
* Abdul Rahim Khan Mandokhel, 84, Pakistani politician.
* Noel Kinsey, 91, Welsh footballer (Birmingham City).
* Jayne Millington, 55, British RAF officer.
* Miguel Mykycej, 82, Ukrainian-born Argentine Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires (1999–2010).
* William Clifford Newman, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore (1984–2003).
* Michael Rank, 67, English journalist and translator.
* Jean E. Sammet, 89, American computer scientist.
* Natalia Shakhovskaya, 81, Russian cellist.
* Lisa Spoonauer, 44, American actress (Clerks), accidental hydromorphone overdose.
* Roger Tassé, 85, Canadian civil servant, architect of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
* Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov, 65, Russian politician, President of the Udmurt Republic (2000–2014).
* James Weatherhead, 86, Scottish minister, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (1993–1994).

### 21

* Kenny Cordray, 62, American guitarist and songwriter, shot.
* Andrew Dallmeyer, 72, Scottish playwright and actor (Eliza Graves).
* Sir Paul Judge, 68, British businessman (Cadbury Schweppes, Premier Brands, Standard Bank) and political executive.
* Shulamit Kishik-Cohen, 100, Argentine-born Israeli spy.
* Jimmy LaFave, 61, American folk singer, songwriter and guitarist, cancer.
* Sir Peter Marychurch, 89, British intelligence officer, Director of GCHQ (1983–1989).
* Tulsa Pittaway, 42, South African musician (Watershed), traffic collision.
* Philippa Roles, 39, Welsh Olympic discus thrower (2004, 2008).
* Wayne Simoneau, 82, American politician.
* Lars-Erik Skiöld, 65, Swedish wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (1980).
* Bill White, 77, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Los Angeles Kings, national team).
* Larry Wright, 77, American cartoonist (The Detroit News).

### 22

* Graham Ayliffe, 91, English medical microbiologist.
* Barry Azzopardi, 70, British chemical engineer, cancer.
* William Carney, 74, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district (1979–1987), prostate cancer.
* Chan Yuk-shee, 72–73, Hong Kong economist and academic administrator, President of Lingnan University (2007–2013).
* Barbara Smith Conrad, 79, American opera singer.
* Manuel de Seabra, 85, Portuguese writer.
* Devil His Due, 28, American racehorse, euthanized.
* Oscar Fulloné, 78, Argentine football player and coach.
* John Gerard-Pearse, 93, British rear admiral.
* Gérard Girouard, 84, Canadian politician, lawyer and professor of law.
* Nicky Hayden, 35, American motorcycle racer, world champion (2006), injuries from traffic collision.
* Denys Johnson-Davies, 94, English translator.
* Viktor Kupreichik, 67, Belarusian chess grandmaster.
* Helen Kwalwasser, 89, American violin soloist and teacher.
* Giovanni Lombardi, 90, Swiss civil engineer.
* Dina Merrill, 93, American actress (Operation Petticoat, BUtterfield 8, Desk Set), heiress and socialite, dementia.
* Leonhard Nagenrauft, 79, German Olympic luger (1968, 1972), European champion (1967).
* Vladimir Pereturin, 78, Russian football player and TV commentator.
* Mickey Roker, 84, American jazz drummer, lung cancer.
* Zbigniew Wodecki, 67, Polish singer, composer and musician.

### 23

* Olivier de Berranger, 78, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint-Denis (1996–2009).
* Roger Boesche, 69, American political theorist.
* Reese Bowman, 8 months, American infant, asphyxia.
* Charles Kofi Bucknor, 64, Ghanaian actor (Run Baby Run).
* Alexander Burdonsky, 75, Russian theatre director, cancer.
* Chandraswami, 66, Indian religious advisor, stroke.
* Stefano Farina, 54, Italian football referee (UEFA Champions League).
* Ben Finney, 83, American anthropologist.
* Ernst Gebendinger, 91, Swiss gymnast, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
* Denise Guénard, 83, French Olympic athlete (1952, 1960, 1964).
* Cortez Kennedy, 48, American Hall of Fame football player (Seattle Seahawks).
* Peter Lawler, 65, American political scientist.
* Sir Roger Moore, 89, English actor (The Spy Who Loved Me, Maverick, The Saint), cancer.
* Viorel Morariu, 85, Romanian rugby union player, Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service recipient.
* Jerry Perenchio, 86, American businessman (Univision) and producer (Blade Runner), lung cancer.
* Sonny Randle, 81, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers).
* Robert Thalmann, 68, Swiss bicycle racer, heart attack.
* Patrick van Rensburg, 85, South African educationalist and anti-apartheid activist.
* Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram, 101, British Army officer.
* Kaoru Yosano, 78, Japanese politician, Chief Cabinet Secretary (2007).

### 24

* Ezekiel Anisi, 28, Papua New Guinean politician, MP for Ambunti-Dreikikir (2012, since 2013).
* Giovanni Bignami, 73, Italian astrophysicist, heart attack.
* Ann Birstein, 89, American writer.
* David Bobin, 71, British sports broadcaster (Sky Sports).
* George Chesworth, 86, British Royal Air Force officer and Lord Lieutenant of Moray (1994–2005).
* Tom Gilbey, 79, British fashion designer, cancer.
* Claudia Hellmann, 93, German opera singer.
* William Duborgh Jensen, 82, Norwegian fashion designer.
* Denis Johnson, 67, American author (Jesus' Son, Tree of Smoke, Angels), liver cancer.
* Bata Kameni, 75, Serbian actor and stunt performer.
* Paul Keetch, 56, British politician, MP for Hereford (1997–2010).
* Juliana Young Koo, 111, Chinese-born American diplomat.
* Jared Martin, 75, American actor (Dallas, War of the Worlds, Aenigma), pancreatic cancer.
* Grace McCarthy, 89, Canadian politician, MLA for Vancouver-Little Mountain (1975–1991), brain tumor.
* Gil Portes, 71, Filipino film director (Saranggola, Small Voices, 'Merika).
* Isabelle Rapin, 89, Swiss-born American neurologist, pneumonia.
* Ross Rhoads, 84, American pastor (Charlotte Calvary Church, Southern Evangelical Seminary).
* Pierre Seron, 75, Belgian comic book artist.
* Sonny West, 78, American actor and stuntman (Stay Away, Joe, The Hellcats, Bigfoot), lung cancer.

### 25

* Mohammed Bawa, 67, Nigerian military officer and politician, administrator of Ekiti State (1996–1998) and Gombe State (1998–1999), complications from surgery.
* Jean-Paul Chifflet, 67, French banker, Director General of Crédit Agricole (2010–2015), fall from tractor.
* Marie Cosindas, 93, American photographer.
* Gina Fratini, 85, British fashion designer.
* Alexandros Goulandris, 90, Greek shipowner.
* Siri Gunasinghe, 92, Sri Lankan author and filmmaker.
* Robert E. Haebel, 89, American Marines major general.
* Earl Hagaman, 91, American-born New Zealand hotel magnate.
* Sir Alistair Horne, 91, British historian, journalist and spy.
* Eliezer Jaffe, 83, American-born Israeli sociologist.
* Eva Estrada Kalaw, 96, Filipino politician, senator (1965–1972) and assemblywoman from Manila (1984–1986).
* Frédérick Leboyer, 98, French obstetrician and author.
* Miguel Méndez, 74, American legal scholar.
* Sister Joel Read, 91, American nun and academic administrator, president of Alverno College (1968–2003).
* Saucy Sylvia, 96, Canadian-born American comedian and singer.
* Ali Tanrıyar, 103, Turkish politician, Minister of the Interior (1983–1984) and sports executive, President of Galatasary S.K. (1986–1990).
* Emili Vicente, 52, Spanish football player and coach (CF Reus Deportiu, FC Andorra), traffic collision.
* Daniel Waley, 96, British historian.

### 26

* Toni Bertorelli, 69, Italian actor (The Young Pope, The Passion of the Christ, Zora the Vampire).
* Sabzar Bhat, Indian militant commander (Hizbul Mujahideen), shot.
* Laura Biagiotti, 73, Italian fashion designer, heart attack.
* Zbigniew Brzezinski, 89, Polish-born American diplomat and political scientist, National Security Advisor (1977–1981).
* Jim Bunning, 85, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies) and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1987–1999) and U.S. senator (1999–2011), complications from a stroke.
* Robert Curtis, 27, American basketball player (Saint John Mill Rats), shot.
* Kanwar Pal Singh Gill, 82, Indian police officer, Director general of police for Punjab (1988–1990, 1991–1995).
* Clytie Jessop, 87, Australian artist, actress and film director (Emma's War).
* Manuel Mora y Araujo, 79, Argentine sociologist and political analyst.
* Derek Neilson, 58, Scottish footballer (Brechin City, Berwick Rangers).
* Robert J. Parins, 98, American judge and sports executive, President of the Green Bay Packers (1982–1989).
* N. Periasamy, 78, Indian politician.
* Philip Szanto, 81, American pathologist.
* Zhao Liping, 65, Chinese politician, police chief and convicted murderer, executed.

### 27

* Gregg Allman, 69, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("Whipping Post", "Midnight Rider") and musician (The Allman Brothers Band), liver cancer.
* Kiran Ashar, 69, Indian cricketer.
* Thomas Bridges, 2nd Baron Bridges, 89, British diplomat, Ambassador to Italy (1983–1987).
* Fishel Hershkowitz, 94, Ukrainian-born American Hasidic rabbi.
* Hyun Hong-choo, 76, South Korean diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1991–1993).
* Robert McCarley, 79, American psychiatrist and dream researcher.
* Ludwig Preis, 45, German football coach (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
* Don Robinson, 84, English rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity, Leeds), world champion (1954).

### 28

* Anthony Foster, 64, Australian activist for child sexual abuse victims of the Roman Catholic Church.
* Ken Ackerman, 95, American radio announcer (KCBS).
* Chris Brand, 74, British psychologist, hospital-acquired infection.
* Eric Broadley, 88, British race car builder and founder of Lola Cars.
* Elisabeth Chojnacka, 77, Polish harpsichordist (Xenakis Ensemble).
* Frank Deford, 78, American sportswriter (Sports Illustrated), novelist and radio broadcaster (Morning Edition).
* Maury Dexter, 89, American director and producer.
* Ervin E. Dupper, 94, American politician, Member of the South Dakota Senate (1965–1968).
* Marcus Intalex, 45, British disc jockey and record producer.
* Lawrence Jenkins, 93, American World War II veteran and memoirist.
* David E. Kuhl, 87, American scientist.
* Werner Malitz, 90, German Olympic cyclist.
* Hugh McCabe, 62, Northern Irish Gaelic football manager and player.
* Benjamin Melendez, 65, American gang leader (Ghetto Brothers), complications from kidney disease.
* Pat Mullins, 79, American politician, traffic collision.
* Naison Ndlovu, 86, Zimbabwean politician, mayor of Bulawayo (1981–1985) and Deputy Senate President (2008–2013), prostate cancer.
* John Noakes, 83, British television presenter (Blue Peter, Go With Noakes), Alzheimer's disease.
* A. Vinayagamoorthy, 83, Sri Lankan politician, MP (2000–2004, 2010–2015).
* Graham Webb, 73, British racing cyclist, road world champion (1967).
* Yu Mingtao, 99, Chinese politician.

### 29

* Michael A'Hearn, 76, American astronomer.
* Enitan Bababunmi, 76, Nigerian academic, Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University (1993–1996).
* Tapan Banerjee, 73, Indian cricketer (Bengal).
* Ramon Campos Jr., 92, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1948, 1952, 1956).
* Abbott Lowell Cummings, 94, American architectural historian.
* Bogdan Dochev, 80, Bulgarian football player and referee.
* Barbara Jaruzelska, 86, Polish academic, First Lady (1985–1990).
* David Lewiston, 88, British music collector, stroke.
* Konstantinos Mitsotakis, 98, Greek politician, Prime Minister (1990–1993).
* Manuel Noriega, 83, Panamanian dictator and military official, military ruler (1983–1989), complications from brain surgery.
* Tony Rudd, 93, British stockbroker.
* William J. L. Sladen, 96, Welsh naturalist.
* Nikolay Tatarinov, 89, Russian modern pentathlete, Olympic silver medalist (1960).
* Mordechai Tzipori, 92, Israeli general and politician, Minister of Communications (1981–1984).
* Ananda Wedisinghe, 47, Sri Lankan motor cycle champion.

### 30

* Sir Gordon Brunton, 95, British businessman.
* Wendell Burton, 69, American actor (The Sterile Cuckoo, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Heat), brain cancer.
* Dibyo Previan Caesario, 24, Indonesian footballer (Persita Tangerang).
* Ken Cooper, 80, American football player and coach (Georgia Bulldogs, Ole Miss Rebels).
* Tom Graham, 67, American football player (Denver Broncos, San Diego Chargers), brain cancer.
* Robert Hammond, 67, Ghanaian footballer (Hearts of Oak, national team).
* Reinhold Hanning, 95, German Waffen-SS concentration camp guard and convicted war criminal.
* George W. Johnson, 88, American academic, president of George Mason University (1978–1996), complications from a fall.
* Daniel Kucera, 94, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Dubuque (1983–1995).
* José Carlos Melo, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Maceió (2002–2006).
* Robert Michael Morris, 77, American actor (The Comeback, Running Wilde, How I Met Your Mother) and playwright.
* Dominique Nohain, 91, French actor and theatre director.
* Molly Peters, 75, British actress (Thunderball).
* Dasari Narayana Rao, 75, Indian film director (Meghasandesam) and politician.
* Valère Somé, 66, Burkinabé politician, scholar and revolutionary leader.
* John Taylor, 75, British politician, MP for Solihull (1983–2005).
* Bernt Torberntsson, 88, Swedish Olympic rower (1948, 1952).
* Elena Verdugo, 92, American actress (Marcus Welby, M.D., House of Frankenstein, Panama Sal).

### 31

* Jean-Marie Benoît Balla, 58, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bafia (since 2003).
* Clifford Barker, 91, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Selby (1983–1991).
* Jiří Bělohlávek, 71, Czech conductor, cancer.
* Mimi Heinrich, 80, Danish actress and writer.
* Lubomyr Husar, 84, Ukrainian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych (2001–2011).
* Tino Insana, 69, American actor (Three Amigos, Who's Harry Crumb?, Barnyard), cancer.
* Lyn James, 87, Welsh-born Australian actress (The Young Doctors).
* Mohamed Fadhel Khalil, Tunisian politician.
* Fred J. Koenekamp, 94, American cinematographer (The Towering Inferno, Patton, The Amityville Horror), Oscar winner (1975).
* Fred Kummerow, 102, American biochemist.
* Susan B. Landau, 65, American producer (Cool Runnings, An Ideal Husband) and talent manager (Simon Beaufoy).
* Jerry Martinson, 74, American-born Taiwanese Jesuit priest, heart attack.
* John May, 67, American politician.
* Bern Nix, 69, American jazz guitarist.
* Parvathamma Rajkumar, 77, Indian film producer.
* Margaret Ray, 83, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Box Hill (1982–1992).
* Louis Riecke, 90, American Olympic weightlifter.
* Kathy Smith, 67–68, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Gosford (2015–2017), cancer.
* István Szondy, 91, Hungarian modern pentathlete and horse rider, Olympic champion (1952).
* Diane Torr, 68, Canadian drag king, brain tumour.