# Deaths in December 2011
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The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2011.
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), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

## December 2011
### 1

* Solomon Abera, 43, Eritrean journalist.
* Shingo Araki, 72, Japanese animation artist and character designer (Yu-Gi-Oh!, Galaxy Express 999).
* Eric Arnott, 82, British eye surgeon.
* Arthur Beetson, 66, Australian rugby league footballer, first Indigenous Australian to captain a national team in any sport, heart attack.
* Andrei Blaier, 78, Romanian film director and screenwriter, after long illness.
* Martina Davis-Correia, 44, American civil rights activist, breast cancer.
* Ragnhild Hveger, 90, Danish swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1936).
* Ted Lapka, 91, American football player (Washington Redskins).
* François Lesage, 82, French embroidery designer.
* Bill McKinney, 80, American actor (Deliverance, The Outlaw Josey Wales, First Blood), esophageal cancer.
* Mr. Ebbo, 37, Tanzanian rapper, leukemia.
* Purificacion Quisumbing, 77, Filipino human rights advocate, Chairperson of Commission on Human Rights (2002–2008), multiple myeloma.
* Louis Silverstein, 92, American artist and graphic designer.
* Alan Sues, 85, American comic (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), heart attack.
* Hippolyte Van den Bosch, 85, Belgian footballer.
* Christa Wolf, 82, German writer.
* Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, 65, American psychoanalyst, biographer of Hannah Arendt, pulmonary embolism.

### 2

* Robert Lawrence Balzer, 99, American wine journalist.
* Bruno Bianchi, 56, French cartoonist and animator (Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats), co-creator of Inspector Gadget.
* Laurent Fuahea, 84, Tongan-born Wallisian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wallis et Futuna (1974–2005).
* Chiyono Hasegawa, 115, Japanese supercentenarian, nation's oldest person and world's second oldest living person.
* Pavle Jurina, 57, Croatian handball player and coach.
* Christopher Logue, 85, British poet.
* David Montgomery, 84, American historian, brain hemorrhage.
* Artur Quaresma, 94, Portuguese footballer.
* Patrick Sheridan, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of New York (1990–2001).
* Bill Tapia, 103, American ukulelist.
* Howard Tate, 72, American soul singer.

### 3

* Jalal Alamgir, 40, Bangladeshi academic, drowning.
* Dev Anand, 88, Indian actor, cardiac arrest.
* James A. Barclay, 88, Scottish Canadian engineer and executive, golfer, and golf historian, natural causes.
* Louky Bersianik, 81, Canadian novelist.
* Philip "Fatis" Burrell, 57, Jamaican record producer, stroke.
* Ernst-Jürgen Dreyer, 77, German writer.
* Sabri Godo, 82, Albanian politician, writer and scriptwriter, founder and president of the Republican Party of Albania, lung cancer.
* Karl-Axel Karlsson, 72, Swedish Olympic sport shooter (1972, 1976).
* Sam Loxton, 90, Australian cricketer (The Invincibles), Australian rules footballer and politician, Victorian MLA for Prahran (1955–1979).
* Larry Rickles, 41, American Emmy Award-winning producer (Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project), son of Don Rickles, pneumonia.
* Rafael Rodríguez Barrera, 74, Mexican politician, Governor of Campeche (1973–1979), President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (1992–1993).
* Rob Schroeder, 85, American racing driver.
* Heinrich Sonne, 94, German Waffen-SS member, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

### 4

* Ahmed Haji Abdirahman, 54, Somali cleric, preacher, and Islamic scholar known for his contributions to Dawah, Assassinated by Al-Shabab.
* Mary Ellen Avery, 84, American pediatrician.
* Antonio Barone, 72, Italian physicist.
* Allan Cameron, 94, Scottish soldier and curler.
* Ambika Charan Choudhury, 81, Indian writer.
* Marion Dougherty, 88, American casting director (Full Metal Jacket, Batman, Midnight Cowboy).
* Patricia C. Dunn, 58, American businesswoman, Chairman of Hewlett-Packard (2005–2006), ovarian cancer.
* Adam Hanuszkiewicz, 87, Polish actor and theatre director.
* Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, 63, Finnish crime fiction writer.
* Besim Kabashi, 35, Albanian kickboxer, heart attack.
* Dimitris Kaligeris, 62, Greek footballer (Panathinaikos F.C., Kalamata F.C.), traffic collision.
* Alamein Kopu, 68, New Zealand politician, List MP (1996–1999).
* Jim Malosky, 82, American football coach (Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs), respiratory failure.
* Solange Pierre, 48, Dominican Republic human rights advocate, winner of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award (2006), heart attack.
* RJ Rosales, 37, Filipino-born Australian singer and actor.
* Sócrates, 57, Brazilian footballer, septic shock.
* Hubert Sumlin, 80, American blues guitarist, heart failure.
* Andrei Tverdokhlebov, 70, Soviet dissident.

### 5

* Dan Biggers, 80, American actor (In the Heat of the Night, Glory, Elizabethtown).
* Michel Descombey, 81, French choreographer.
* Paul M. Doty, 91, American scientist.
* Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, 75, Japanese politician, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (2006–2008), acute pneumonia.
* Peter Gethin, 71, British Formula One driver (1970–1974).
* Jorge Hourton, 85, French-born Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Temuco (1992–2001).
* Anatoly Klebanov, 59, Soviet Olympic water polo player.
* Gennady Logofet, 69, Russian footballer.
* Joe Lonnett, 84, American baseball player and coach.
* Dan Mills, 80, American animator (Family Guy, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe).
* Daisy Myers, 86, African-American educator.
* Pusuke, 26, Japanese dog, world's oldest known living dog at time of death.
* Bill Stits, 80, American football player (Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Darrell K. Sweet, 77, American artist.
* Georges Talbourdet, 60, French cyclist.
* Violetta Villas, 73, Belgian-born Polish singer.
* Celia, Viscountess Whitelaw of Penrith, 84, British ATS volunteer, philanthropist/charity worker and horticulturist.

### 6

* Günter Altner, 75, German interdisciplinary scientist.
* Giancarlo Badessi, 83, Italian actor, heart attack.
* John Banks, 89, American Negro league baseball player.
* Brent Darby, 30, American basketball player (Ohio State University), blood clots.
* Tony Fell, 79, British music publisher.
* Ron Fletcher, 90, American dancer and pilates teacher, heart failure.
* Dobie Gray, 71, American singer ("The 'In' Crowd", "Drift Away"), cancer.
* Barbara Orbison, 61, German-born American record producer and music publisher, widow of Roy Orbison, pancreatic cancer.
* Paul Ramírez, 25, Venezuelan footballer, stroke.
* Lawrie Tierney, 52, Scottish footballer.

### 7

* Pearse Cahill, 95, Irish aviation pioneer.
* Peter Croker, 89, English footballer (Charlton Athletic).
* Teresa Hsu, 113, Chinese-born Singaporean social worker and supercentenarian.
* Tom Kennedy, 63, American film trailer producer.
* Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio, 89, Portuguese general, Governor of Macau (1979–1981).
* Harry Morgan, 96, American actor (M*A*S*H, Dragnet, December Bride), pneumonia.
* Elizabeth Ann Ray, 98, American USAF officer.
* Jerry Robinson, 89, American comic book artist (Batman), co-creator of Robin and The Joker.
* T. A. Springer, 85, Dutch mathematician.

### 8

* Gilbert Adair, 66, Scottish author, film critic and journalist, brain haemorrhage.
* Mihai Botez, 89, Romanian Olympic gymnast.
* Peter Brown, 77, English footballer.
* Robert Brown, 61, American politician, Georgia State Senator (1991–2011), suicide by gunshot.
* Lewis Bush, 42, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs), apparent heart attack.
* Sir Zelman Cowen, 92, Australian constitutional lawyer and academic, 19th Governor-General of Australia (1977–1982).
* Vinko Cuzzi, 72, Croatian footballer.
* Ladislas de Hoyos, 72, French journalist and news anchor (TF1).
* Đơn Dương, 54, Vietnamese-born American actor (We Were Soldiers), heart failure and brain hemorrhage.
* Gene Huff, 82, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1967–1971) and State Senator (1971–1994), lung disease.
* Peggy Makins, 95, British agony aunt.
* Giorgio Mariani, 65, Italian footballer.
* Minoru Miki, 81, Japanese composer.
* Andrew Pataki, 84, American Eastern Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Parma for Ruthenian (1984–1995) and Passaic for Ruthenian (1995–2007).
* Joe Restic, 85, American NCAA and CFL football coach (Harvard Crimson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
* Charles Ritcheson, 86, American historian and diplomat.
* Nakdimon Rogel, 86, Israeli journalist and broadcaster, author of the Nakdi Report.
* Anthony Harbord-Hamond, 11th Baron Suffield, 89, British soldier and aristocrat.

### 9

* Alf R. Bjercke, 90, Norwegian business magnate.
* Jacques Debary, 97, French actor.
* Pushpa Hans, 94, Indian playback singer and actress.
* Davida Karol, 94, Israeli actress.
* João Pereira dos Santos, 93, Brazilian martial artist (Capoeira).
* Len Phillips, 89, English footballer (Portsmouth, England).
* Richard J. Rabbitt, 76, American politician, Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives (1973–1977), heart failure.
* Roy Tattersall, 89, British Test cricketer.
* Myra Taylor, 94, American jazz singer.

### 10

* Cary D. Allred, 64, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1980–1984) and North Carolina House of Representatives (1994–2009).
* Jean Baucus, 94, American author, historian and arts patron, mother of Max Baucus.
* Hamilton Bobby, 44, Indian footballer, heart attack.
* Alan D.B. Clarke, 89, British psychologist.
* John Gower, 70, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1973–1979).
* Vida Jerman, 72, Croatian actress, lung cancer.
* Albert Overhauser, 86, American physicist.
* Stephen Schlossberg, 90, American union leader.
* Ernst Specker, 91, Swiss mathematician (Kochen–Specker theorem).
* Frank Stephens, 98, Australian surgeon.

### 11

* Rodolfo Bottino, 52, Brazilian actor (Bambolê, Bebê a Bordo, O Homem do Futuro) and chef, pulmonary embolism.
* Phillip Cottrell, 43, British born New Zealand journalist (BBC Scotland, Radio New Zealand), assaulted.
* Mimi Darwish, 69, Egyptian Olympic footballer (1964).
* John Patrick Foley, 76, American Roman Catholic Cardinal and Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, leukemia.
* Susan Gordon, 62, American child actress (The Five Pennies, My Three Sons, The Twilight Zone), thyroid cancer.
* J. Lynn Helms, 86, American Marine Corps officer, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (1981–1984), cardiopulmonary failure and pneumonia.
* Mabel Holle, 91, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
* Hans Heinz Holz, 84, German Marxist philosopher.
* Harold Hopkins, 67, Australian actor (Don's Party, Gallipoli, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities), mesothelioma.
* Eric Howlett, 84, American inventor.
* Ke Yan, 82, Chinese poet and writer.
* Ahmed İhsan Kırımlı, 91, Turkish doctor, politician, poet and philanthropist.
* Leonida Lari, 62, Moldovan-born Romanian writer and politician, member of the Supreme Soviet (1989–1991) and Romanian Parliament (1992–2008), breast cancer.
* Mario Miranda, 85, Indian cartoonist.
* Bonnie Prudden, 97, American rock climber and physical fitness advocate.
* M. S. Reddy, 87, Indian film producer, long illness.

### 12

* Sunday Bada, 42, Nigerian Olympic sprinter, gold medalist (2000).
* Clyde Conner, 78, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
* John Gardner, 94, British classical music composer.
* Heini Lohrer, 93, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1948).
* Alberto de Mendoza, 88, Argentine actor (Horror Express).
* Mălina Olinescu, 37, Romanian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1998), suicide by jumping.
* Sir Robert Peliza, 91, Gibraltarian politician, Chief Minister (1969–1972).
* Bert Schneider, 78, American film and television producer (Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Monkees), natural causes.
* Merih Sezen, 93, Turkish Olympic fencer (1948).
* Randy Stein, 58, American baseball player.
* Gene Summers, 83, American architect (McCormick Place), liver disease.

### 13

* David Allen, 74, Northern Irish politician, stroke.
* Nordine Amrani, 33, Belgian-Moroccan terrorist, suicide by gunshot.
* T. J. Bass, 79, American writer.
* Graham Brown, 87, American actor (Malcolm X, The Muppets Take Manhattan), pulmonary failure.
* Kabir Chowdhury, 88, Bangladeshi writer.
* Russell Hoban, 86, American writer.
* Park Tae-joon, 84, South Korean businessman, Prime Minister (2000), breathing difficulties.
* Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, 69, German footballer.
* Erica Wilson, 83, British-born American embroidery designer.

### 14

* Roy Ash, 93, American businessman and public official, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1972–1975).
* Graham Booth, 71, British politician, Member of the European Parliament for South West England (2002–2008).
* Luigi Carpaneda, 86, Italian Olympic fencer, gold medalist (1956).
* Boris Chertok, 99, Soviet and Russian rocket designer.
* Pedro Febles, 53, Venezuelan footballer and manager. (Spanish)
* Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, 75, German Olympic rower, gold medalist (1960).
* Thomas C. Kelly, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Louisville (1981–2007).
* Arthur King, 84, Canadian boxer.
* Carol Murphy, 79, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1993–2002).
* Mark Francis Schmitt, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Marquette (1978–1992).
* Don Sharp, 90, Australian-born British film director (Hammer horror).
* Joe Simon, 98, American comic book writer (Captain America, Fighting American, Prez).
* Billie Jo Spears, 73, American country music singer ("Blanket on the Ground"), cancer.
* George Whitman, 98, American bookstore proprietor (Shakespeare and Company), complications of a stroke.
* James A. Zimble, 78, American Navy officer, Surgeon General of the United States Navy (1987–1991).

### 15

* Eduardo Barreto, 57, Uruguayan comic book artist (Batman, Superman, Martian Manhunter).
* Emmett L. Bennett, Jr., 93, American classicist whose cataloging of Linear B led to its decipherment.
* Bob Brookmeyer, 81, American jazz valve trombonist, cardiopulmonary arrest.
* Adriano Capuzzo, 84, Italian Olympic equestrian Adriano Capuzzo Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
* Andy Carey, 80, American baseball player (New York Yankees).
* Walter Giller, 84, German actor.
* Christopher Hitchens, 62, British writer (God Is Not Great) and commentator (Vanity Fair), esophageal cancer.
* Paula Hyman, 65, American professor of modern Jewish history (Yale University).
* Ricardo Ibarra, 61, Argentine Olympic rower (1972, 1976, 1984).
* Guy Ignolin, 75, French professional cyclist.
* Gadzhimurat Kamalov, 46, Russian journalist, shot.
* Herbert Kesel, 80, German Olympic rower.
* Malik Nur Khan, 88, Pakistani air marshal, Chief of Air Staff (1965–1969) and Governor of West Pakistan (1969–1970).
* Frank X. McDermott, 87, American politician, President of the New Jersey Senate (1967–1973).
* James M. Quigley, 93, American politician, Representative from Pennsylvania (1955–1957; 1959–1961).
* Jason Richards, 35, New Zealand race car driver (V8 Supercars), adrenocortical carcinoma.
* Carmen Rupe, 75, New Zealand transsexual entertainer, kidney failure.
* Fevzi Şeker, 49, Turkish wrestler, heart attack.
* Mario Tovar González, 78, Mexican Olympic wrestler (1952–1968), respiratory complications.

### 16

* Ulf Aas, 92, Norwegian illustrator.
* Franghiz Ahmadova, 83, Azerbaijani operatic soprano and music teacher.
* Robert Easton, 81, American dialect coach and actor (Working Girl, Pete's Dragon, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country).
* Dan Frazer, 90, American actor (Kojak, As the World Turns), cardiac arrest.
* Alice Glenn, 89, Irish politician, TD for Dublin Central (1981–1982; 1982–1987).
* Chubee Kagita, 54, Japanese politician, heart failure.
* Henry Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener, 92, British soldier and aristocrat.
* Mark Kopytman, 82, Ukrainian-born Israeli composer.
* Bert Muhly, 88, American politician and academic, Mayor of Santa Cruz, California (1974–1975), heart failure.
* Patrick V. Murphy, 91, American police chief, New York City Police Commissioner (1970–1973), heart attack.
* Michele O'Callaghan, 48, American makeup artist, cancer.
* Te Paekiomeka Joy Ruha, 80, New Zealand Māori leader.
* Keith W. Wilcox, 90, American architect and politician, member of LDS priesthood.
* Nicol Williamson, 75, Scottish actor (Inadmissible Evidence, Spawn, Excalibur), esophageal cancer.

### 17

* Michael Gower Coleman, 72, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Port Elizabeth (1986–2011).
* Eva Ekvall, 28, Venezuelan TV news anchor and model, Miss Venezuela 2000, breast cancer.
* Cesária Évora, 70, Cape Verdean singer, heart failure.
* Maurice Huggett, 66, English nightclub proprietor.
* Kim Jong-il, 69 or 70, North Korean Supreme Leader (1994–2011), heart attack.
* Harley Sewell, 80, American football player (Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams).
* Marian Wohlwender, 89, American AAGPBL baseball player.
* Erica Parsons, 13, American murder victim.

### 18

* Doe Avedon, 86, American actress (The High and the Mighty) and model, pneumonia.
* Cor Bakker, 93, Dutch cyclist.
* Jean Boucher, 85, Canadian politician, Member of Parliament for Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie (1953–1958).
* Henry E. Catto, Jr., 81, American public servant and diplomat, complications of leukemia.
* Jeremy Doyle, 28, Australian wheelchair basketball player, Paralympic gold medalist (2009), bladder cancer.
* Václav Havel, 75, Czech playwright and politician, President of Czechoslovakia (1989–1992) and the Czech Republic (1993–2003).
* Warren Hellman, 77, American investor, founder of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festivals, complications from leukemia treatment.
* Evans Knowles, 97, Canadian politician, Member of Parliament for Norfolk (1957–1962).
* Ralph MacDonald, 67, American percussionist and songwriter, lung cancer.
* Ted Markland, 78, American actor.
* Donald Neilson, 75, English serial killer.
* John Rex, 86, South African-born British sociologist.
* Johnny Silvo, 75, British folk and blues singer.
* Brian Sparkes, 70, Canadian biochemist.
* Ronald Wolfe, 89, British sitcom writer (The Rag Trade, On the Buses), complications from a fall.
* Marijan Žužej, 77, Croatian Olympic silver medal-winning (1956) water polo player.
* Lorenzo de Rodas, 81, Spanish-Mexican actor.

### 19

* George Athor, 49, South Sudanese rebel leader, shot.
* Thomas H. Campbell III, 79, American politician.
* Gerard Louis Goettel, 83, American senior judge of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
* Luciano Magistrelli, 73, Italian Olympic footballer (1960), heart attack.
* Kathleen Malach, 85, American AAGPBL baseball player.
* Héctor Núñez, 75, Uruguayan footballer, after long illness.
* William G. Robinson, 85, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
* Ron Smith, 70, American radio host (WBAL), pancreatic cancer.

### 20

* Robert Ader, 79, American psychologist, co-founder of psychoneuroimmunology.
* Hana Andronikova, 44, Czech writer and playwright, cancer.
* Sean Bonniwell, 71, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (The Music Machine), lung cancer.
* Howard P. Boyd, 97, American naturalist.
* Hugh Carless, 86, British diplomat and explorer.
* Jack Goldman, 90, American physicist, chief scientist at Xerox Corporation.
* Khalifa Kambi, 56, Gambian politician, Deputy Minister of Agriculture (since 2010).
* George Lundy, 64, American priest and academic, President of Wheeling Jesuit University (2000–2003), stroke.
* Yoshimitsu Morita, 61, Japanese film director (The Family Game), liver failure.
* Tushar Ranganath, 37, Indian film director (Gulama), heart attack.
* Barry Reckord, 85, Jamaican playwright.
* Leopold Unger, 89, Polish journalist.
* Kenchappa Varadaraj, 89, Indian Olympic footballer (1948).
* Václav Zítek, 79, Czech opera singer.

### 21

* Ann-Mari Adamsson, 77, Swedish actor.
* Patrick Bashford, 82, Polish-born British professor of classical guitar.
* Bud Bloomfield, 75, American baseball player.
* Francis Braganza, 89, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Baroda (1987–1997).
* John Chamberlain, 84, American sculptor.
* P. K. Iyengar, 80, Indian nuclear scientist.
* Alastair Maitland, 95, British diplomat.
* Werner Otto, 102, German entrepreneur (Otto GmbH).
* Olavi Rokka, 86, Finnish Olympic modern pentathlete, bronze medalist (1952).
* Yevhen Rudakov, 69, Russian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1972) football goalkeeper.
* Robert Simons, 89, English cricketer (Hertfordshire).
* Jonathan Stephenson, 61, English-born Northern Irish politician.
* Roberto Szidon, 70, Brazilian classical pianist, heart attack.
* Umanosuke Ueda, 71, Japanese professional wrestler and actor, respiratory failure.
* Jean-Pierre Urkia, 93, French-born Laotian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Paksé (1967–1975).
* Yuval Zamir, 48, Israeli actor, voice actor, director and singer, diabetes.

### 22

* Per Berlin, 90, Swedish Olympic silver (1952) and bronze (1956) medal-winning wrestler.
* Richard Bessière, 88, French author.
* Emanuel Bosák, 87, Czech sports official.
* Bettye Danoff, 88, American golfer, founding member of the LPGA.
* William Duell, 88, American singer and actor (1776, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Police Squad!).
* Bennie Ellender, 86, American college football coach (Arkansas State, Tulane), Alzheimer's disease.
* Michael von Grünau, 67, Canadian psychologist and neurophysiologist.
* Vasant Ranjane, 74, Indian cricketer.
* Rogelio Sánchez González, 90, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Colima (1972–1980).
* Marion Segal Freed, 77, American film producer, editor and screenwriter.
* Zithulele Sinqe, 48, South African Olympic long-distance runner, car accident.
* Ernest A. Watkinson, 99, Canadian politician.

### 23

* Merrill Kenneth Albert, 88, American author and trial lawyer, heart disease.
* Denise Darcel, 87, French actress, aneurysm.
* Neil Davids, 56, English footballer.
* Cees van Dongen, 79, Dutch motorcycle road racer.
* Evelyn Handler, 78, American academic, President of the University of New Hampshire (1980–1983) and Brandeis University (1983–1991), traffic collision.
* Bill Klatt, 64, American ice hockey player (Minnesota Fighting Saints), leukemia.
* Francis Nigel Lee, 77, British-born American theologian, motor neurone disease.
* Tripuraneni Maharadhi, 82, Indian screenwriter.
* Aydın Menderes, 65, Turkish politician, son of Adnan Menderes.
* Norayr Musheghyan, 76, Armenian wrestler, coach and public activist, world champion (1958).
* Abdur Razzaq, 69, Bangladeshi politician.
* Bruce Ruxton, 85, Australian veterans' representative and advocate, President of the Victorian RSL (1979–2002).
* Muhammad Afzal Zullah, 83, Pakistani jurist, Chief Justice (1990–1993).

### 24

* Monte Amundsen, 81, American opera and musical singer.
* M. Salah Baouendi, 74, Tunisian-born American mathematician.
* Armando Brambilla, 69, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome (since 1994).
* Sergio Buso, 61, Italian footballer and coach.
* Peggy R. Cook, 73, American politician.
* José Andrés Corral Arredondo, 65, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Parral (since 1992), heart attack.
* Bernard Gert, 77, American philosopher.
* Johannes Heesters, 108, Dutch actor and singer, stroke.
* István Jutasi, 82, Hungarian Olympic sailor Olympedia – István Jutasi
* Marvin Knopp, 78, American mathematician.
* Zsuzsi Mary, 64, Hungarian pop singer, suicide by drug overdose.
* Jody Rainwater, 92, American bluegrass musician and radio personality, heart disease.
* John N. Ross, 91, Irish politician.
* Lynn Samuels, 69, American radio personality (Sirius XM).
* Walter Söhne, 98, German agronomist.
* Henri Sitek, 82, Polish-French cyclist.
* Vitaly Tseshkovsky, 67, Russian chess Grandmaster.

### 25

* Alhaj Mutalib Baig, Afghan politician, suicide bombing.
* Israel Baker, 92, American violinist and concertmaster, stroke.
* Giorgio Bocca, 91, Italian essayist and journalist.
* Ben Breedlove, 18, American Internet personality, cardiac arrest.
* Sue Carroll, 58, British journalist, pancreatic cancer.
* Adrienne Cooper, 65, American klezmer and Yiddish vocalist, adrenal cancer.
* Satyadev Dubey, 75, Indian actor, playwright and director.
* Thomas Finnegan, 86, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Killala (1987–2002).
* Seán French, 80, Irish politician, Lord Mayor of Cork (1976) and TD (1967–1982).
* Jack Fulbeck, 95, American poet and academic.
* Habib Galhia, 70, Tunisian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).
* Andrew Geller, 87, American architect, kidney failure.
* Lex Gigeroff, 49, Canadian writer, actor and producer (Lexx), heart attack.
* Khalil Ibrahim, 53–54, Sudanese Darfuri rebel leader, air strike.
* Sir Roger Jowell, 69, British social statistician.
* John Christoffel Kannemeyer, 72, South African writer, authority on Afrikaans literature.
* Christophe Laigneau, 46, French footballer (Stade Lavallois).
* Alexander Melnikov, 81, Soviet and Russian politician.
* Sir Moses Pitakaka, 66, Solomon Islander politician, Governor-General (1994–1999).
* George Robb, 85, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur F.C.), dementia.
* Ferenc Schmidt, 70, Hungarian politician.
* Jim Sherwood, 69, American musician (The Mothers of Invention).
* Simms Taback, 79, American author, graphic artist and illustrator.

### 26

* Kennan Adeang, 69, Nauruan politician, President (1986).
* Houston Antwine, 72, American football player (Boston/New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles), AFL All-Star (1963–1968), heart failure.
* Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., 71, Mexican actor (Zorro series), cancer.
* Sarekoppa Bangarappa, 79, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Karnataka (1990–1992).
* Joe Bodolai, 63, American comedy writer (Saturday Night Live) and producer, suicide by poisoning.
* Sean Collins, 59, American surfer and surf forecaster (Surfline), heart attack.
* Fred Fono, 49, Solomon Islander politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2006) and MP for Central Kwara'ae (1997–2010).
* John Mackintosh Howie, 75, Scottish mathematician.
* Kiyonori Kikutake, 83, Japanese architect.
* Barbara Lea, 82, American jazz singer and actress, Alzheimer's disease.
* Lloyd Madden, 93, American football player.
* Wilhelm Noller, 92, German Luftwaffe member, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
* Sam Rivers, 88, American jazz musician and composer, pneumonia.
* James Rizzi, 61, American pop artist.
* Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, 81, American-born Georgian aristocrat, New York City highway commissioner, esophageal cancer.

### 27

* Frank Bourke, 89, Australian football player.
* Catê, 38, Brazilian footballer, car accident.
* Sir Clifford Darling, 89, Bahamian politician, Governor-General (1992–1995).
* Sir Michael Dummett, 86, British philosopher.
* Helen Frankenthaler, 83, American artist.
* Julia Sampson Hayward, 77, American tennis player, won Australian Open doubles and mixed doubles (1963).
* Rusty Hevelin, 89, American science fiction fanzine publisher.
* Mykola Koltsov, 75, Russian-born Ukrainian footballer and youth trainer.
* Ante Čedo Martinić, 51, Croatian actor (Ruža vjetrova), stomach cancer.
* Meral Menderes, 78, Turkish opera singer.
* Thinley Norbu, 81, Tibetan Buddhist writer and teacher.
* Sir Iwan Raikes, 90, British vice admiral and naval secretary.
* Betty Jane Rhodes, 90, American actress (The Arizona Raiders, Sweater Girl).
* Martino Scarafile, 84, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Castellaneta (1985–2003).
* Thomas Michael Shanahan, 77, American senior judge of the District Court for the District of Nebraska.
* Dan Terry, 87, American jazz trumpeter and big band leader.
* Anne Tyng, 91, American architect.
* Dennis Utter, 72, American politician, Nebraska State Senator (since 2009).
* Johnny Wilson, 82, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Detroit Red Wings).

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* James Earl Baumgartner, 68, American mathematician.
* Bruce Fine, 74, American sports team part-owner.
* Larry Hamilton, 60, American blues singer and songwriter.
* Charlotte Kerr, 84, German film director and producer.
* Razia Khan, 75, Bangladeshi writer and educationist.
* Don Mueller, 84, American baseball player (New York Giants, Chicago White Sox), MLB All-Star (1954, 1955).
* Hasan Mutlucan, 85, Turkish folk singer.
* Lucia Rikaki, 50, Greek stage, film and television director, cancer.
* Jon Roberts, 63, American drug trafficker, cancer.
* Myron Roderick, 77, American Olympic wrestler (1956) and coach.
* Kaye Stevens, 79, American singer and actress, breast cancer and blood clots.
* Teruo Sugihara, 74, Japanese golfer, prostate cancer.

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* Ivan Andonov, 77, Bulgarian film director and actor.
* Paul Antaki, 84, Egyptian Melkite Catholic hierarch, Auxiliary Archbishop of Antioch (1968–2001).
* Rosman García, 32, Venezuelan baseball player (Texas Rangers), traffic collision.
* Leopold Hawelka, 100, Austrian coffee house owner (Café Hawelka).
* John Robert Holmes, 84, Canadian politician, MP for Lambton—Kent (1972–1980).
* Ron Howells, 84, Welsh footballer.
* Ken Johnson, 80, English footballer.
* Aamir Hayat Khan Rokhri, 55, Pakistani politician, heart attack.
* Svein Krøvel, 65, Norwegian cinematographer.
* Tyron Perez, 26, Filipino actor (StarStruck), shot.
* Amichand Rajbansi, 69, South African politician, Minister without portfolio (1984–1988), Leader of the Minority Front (since 1994).
* Bob Wasserman, 77, American police chief and politician, Mayor of Fremont, California (2004–2011), respiratory complications.
* Milton Wong, 72, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, pancreatic cancer.

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* Ted Beard, 90, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox).
* Garnet Campbell, 84, Canadian curler.
* Mike Colalillo, 86, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
* Dezső Garas, 77, Hungarian actor.
* Mona Guérin, 77, Haitian writer and playwright.
* Muhammad Hamidullah Khan, 74, Bangladeshi politician.
* Sir Robert Horton, 72, British businessman.
* Kim Geun-tae, 64, South Korean politician, Minister of Health and Welfare (2004–2006), pneumonia and kidney failure.
* Richard Lainhart, 58, American artist and composer, complications after surgery.
* Ricardo Legorreta, 80, Mexican architect, UIA Gold Medal recipient, cancer.
* Ronald Searle, 91, British cartoonist (St Trinian's School, Molesworth).
* Doug Sellars, 50, Canadian television executive (Fox Sports Media Group, CBC Sports), heart attack.
* Vasily Starodubtsev, 80, Russian politician, Governor of Tula Oblast (1997–2005), member of the Gang of Eight (1991).
* Eleanor Ross Taylor, 91, American poet.
* Mirko Tremaglia, 85, Italian politician, Minister without portfolio (2001–2006).
* Eva Zeisel, 105, Hungarian-born American ceramic artist and designer.

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* Kanati Allen, 64, American Olympic gymnast.
* Murray Barnes, 57, Australian soccer player (Sydney Hakoah), national captain (1980–1981).
* Celia Dale, 99, British crime writer.
* Alfonso Gómez-Lobo, 71, Chilean-born American academic, professor of metaphysics and moral philosophy (Georgetown University).
* Roy Greenwood, 80, English footballer (Crystal Palace F.C.).
* Sir David Hirst, 86, British jurist.
* Rex Jackson, 83, Australian politician and convicted criminal, New South Wales MLA for Bulli (1955–1971) and Heathcote (1971–1986).
* Penny Jordan, 65, British romantic novelist.
* Jerzy Kluger, 90, Polish businessman, bronchitis.
* Stanley Kwan, 86, Hong Kong banker, creator of the Hang Seng Index, heart failure.
* Glenn Lord, 80, American editor.
* Michael Mann, 87, British Anglican prelate, Dean of Windsor (1976–1989).