# Deaths in November 2016
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The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2016.
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.

## November 2016
### 1

* Sverre Andersen, 80, Norwegian football player and manager (Viking, national team), cancer.
* Tina Anselmi, 89, Italian politician, Minister of Health (1978–1979).
* Richard Ayling, 64, British Olympic rower.
* Rosanne Bailey, 66, American air force general and academic administrator.
* Auke Bloembergen, 89, Dutch jurist and legal scholar.
* Dave Broadfoot, 90, Canadian comedian (Royal Canadian Air Farce).
* Jean-Michel Damian, 69, French music radio journalist, complications during surgery.
* Jan C. Dolan, 89, American politician, respiratory failure.
* Wim Ernes, 58, Dutch national equestrian coach.
* Rodolfo Hinostroza, 75, Peruvian poet.
* Don Kates, 75, American lawyer.
* Bap Kennedy, 54, Northern Irish singer-songwriter, pancreatic and bowel cancer.
* Pit Kroke, 80, German artist and architect.
* Pocho La Pantera, 65, Argentine singer, kidney cancer.
* Martin Leach, 59, British automotive executive (NextEV Formula E Team), cancer.
* Stanford Lipsey, 89, American publisher.
* Massimo Mongai, 65, Italian author.
* Earl E. Nelson, 79, American politician.
* John Orsino, 78, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
* Zhang Benren, 87, Chinese geochemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).

### 2

* Max Alexander, 63, American comedian and actor (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Trainwreck, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2), head and neck cancer.
* Bob Cranshaw, 83, American jazz bassist (Blue Note Records, Musicians Union), cancer.
* Vern Handrahan, 79, Canadian baseball player (Kansas City Athletics).
* Jud Kinberg, 91, American producer (The Collector).
* Dolores Klosowski, 93, American baseball player (Milwaukee Chicks).
* A. Thomas Kraabel, 81, American classics scholar.
* Martin Lippens, 82, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, national team) and coach.
* Korkut Özal, 87, Turkish engineer and politician.
* Oleg Popov, 86, Russian clown (Moscow State Circus), heart attack.
* Samuel Schatzmann, 61, Swiss equestrian, Olympic silver medalist (1988).
* Jan Slepian, 95, American author and poet.
* Jean-Marie Trappeniers, 74, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, national team).
* Giorgos Vasiliou, 66, Greek actor, lung cancer.
* Egon Wolff, 90, Chilean playwright.

### 3

* Fat'hi Abu Taleb, 83, Jordanian army general and diplomat.
* W. D. Amaradeva, 88, Sri Lankan violinist, singer and composer.
* Misha Brusilovsky, 85, Russian artist.
* Vladimír Černý, 90, Slovak Olympic modern pentathlete (1956).
* Clive Derby-Lewis, 80, South African politician, MP (1987–1989), convicted of conspiracy to murder Chris Hani, lung cancer.
* Maurice Gaffney, 100, Irish barrister.
* Yawar Hayat Khan, 73, Pakistani television producer, lung disease.
* Börje Lampenius, 94, Finnish actor and director.
* Marc Michel, 83, Swiss actor (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Lola).
* Walter Piludu, 66, Italian politician, President of the Province of Cagliari (1988–1990).
* Antonio Preto, 51, Italian politician.
* Turid Karlsen Seim, 71, Norwegian theologian.
* Mangat Ram Sharma, 88, Indian politician.
* Kay Starr, 94, American singer ("Wheel of Fortune", "The Rock and Roll Waltz"), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Rick Steiner, 69, American producer (The Producers, Hairspray).
* Lene Tiemroth, 73, Danish actress (Italian for Beginners).
* Xia Meng, 84, Hong Kong actress.
* Jiyuan Yu, 52, Chinese moral philosopher, cancer.

### 4

* Eddie Carnett, 100, American baseball player (Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians).
* DeVan Dallas, 90, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1964–1976).
* Claude de Kemoularia, 94, French diplomat and banker.
* Sylvio dos Santos, 81, Brazilian Olympic swimmer.
* Allen Eller, 39, American soccer player (Baltimore Blast, Ohio Vortex).
* Eddie Harsch, 59, Canadian keyboardist (The Black Crowes).
* Khalid Kelly, 49, Irish Islamist (al-Muhajiroun), suicide bombing.
* Max Mallmann, 48, Brazilian novelist, short story writer and screenwriter (Malhação, Coração de Estudante, A Grande Família), lung cancer.
* Col Miller, 92, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Ithaca (1966–1986).
* Jean-Jacques Perrey, 87, French electronic music producer, lung cancer.
* Mansour Pourheidari, 70, Iranian football player and manager (Esteghlal, national team), cancer.
* Gunnar Sandgren, 87, Swedish novelist.
* Ziaul Haque Zia, 63, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Local Government (2001–2006).

### 5

* John Carson, 89, English actor (Doomsday, Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter, Doctor Who).
* Marc de Bonte, 26, Belgian kickboxer, Muay thai world championship silver medalist (2012).
* Israel Cavazos Garza, 93, Mexican historian.
* Ralph Cicerone, 73, American scientist, President of National Academy of Sciences (2005–2016).
* Rolando Espinosa, 66, Filipino politician, shot.
* W. Eugene Hansen, 88, American religious leader (LDS Church), Alzheimer's disease.
* M. R. Khan, 88, Bangladeshi paediatrician and professor.
* Mel Lawrence, 81, American filmmaker and festival promoter.
* Arnold Mesches, 93, American artist.
* Julius Oketta, 60, Ugandan army general and politician.
* Abdulla Oripov, 75, Uzbek poet, literary translator and politician, lyricist of State Anthem of Uzbekistan.
* Laurent Pardo, 55, French bassist (Elliott Murphy).
* Rodolfo Stavenhagen, 84, Mexican sociologist.
* Marek Svatoš, 34, Slovak ice hockey player (Colorado Avalanche, Nashville Predators, Ottawa Senators), mixed drug intoxication.
* Andreas Vgenopoulos, 63, Greek businessman and lawyer, heart attack.
* Giles Waterfield, 67, British art historian and curator (Dulwich Picture Gallery), heart attack.

### 6

* Roddy Evans, 81, Welsh rugby union player.
* Mick Granger, 85, English footballer (York City), Alzheimer's disease.
* Edward Itta, 71, American Iñupiat politician, Mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska (2005–2011), member of U.S. Arctic Research Commission (2012–2015), cancer.
* Chisela Kanchela, 29, Zambian Olympic swimmer (2004), diabetic attack.
* Biser Kirov, 74, Bulgarian pop singer.
* Zoltán Kocsis, 64, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer.
* Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz, 81, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (2002–2012).
* Thomas Martyn, 69, English rugby league player (Leigh, Warrington, national team).
* Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra, 52, Indian politician, multiple organ failure.
* Redovino Rizzardo, 77, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dourados (2001–2015).
* Jos Romersa, 101, Luxembourgish Olympic gymnast (1936).
* Marc Sleen, 93, Belgian cartoonist and comics artist (The Adventures of Nero).
* Vautour, 7, French-born Irish-trained racehorse, euthanised.

### 7

* Zdeněk Altner, 69, Czech lawyer.
* Genjiro Arato, 70, Japanese filmmaker and actor (Zigeunerweisen), heart disease.
* May Claerhout, 77, Belgian artist, brain tumor.
* Leonard Cohen, 82, Canadian singer-songwriter ("Hallelujah", "Suzanne", "First We Take Manhattan"), poet and novelist, complications from a fall.
* Kanu Gandhi, 87, Indian scientist (NASA).
* Thomas Gardner, 93, English footballer (Everton).
* Phil Georgeff, 85, American racetrack announcer.
* Julie Gregg, 79, American actress (The Godfather, The Happy Time, Batman), cancer.
* Robert N. Hall, 96, American engineer and physicist.
* Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir, 74, Icelandic poet and translator.
* Birger Jansen, 68, Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player (1972), (Frisk Asker) and sailor, cancer.
* Consolata Kline, 100, American hospital administrator.
* Mohamed Masmoudi, 91, Tunisian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1970–1974).
* Jayawantiben Mehta, 77, Indian politician, MP (1989–1991, 1996–1998, 1999–2004).
* Silvano Miniati, 82, Italian politician and trade union organizer.
* Eric Murray, 74, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock).
* Janet Reno, 78, American lawyer and politician, first female U.S. Attorney General (1993–2001), Parkinson's disease.
* Joe Ryan, 80, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1997–1999).
* Samuel Sitta, 73, Tanzanian politician, MP (2005–2015).
* Howard Taylor, 76, British structural engineer.
* Sir Jimmy Young, 95, British radio personality (Radio 2) and singer ("Unchained Melody", "The Man from Laramie").

### 8

* Peter Brixtofte, 66, Danish politician, Tax Minister (1992–1993).
* Marlan Coughtry, 82, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
* Raoul Coutard, 92, French cinematographer (Breathless, Z) and film director (Hoa-Binh).
* Ian Cowan, 71, Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle, Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic).
* Yaffa Eliach, 79, Polish-born American Holocaust historian.
* Kazimír Gajdoš, 82, Slovak footballer (Inter Bratislava, Czechoslovakia national team).
* Aide Ganasi, Papua New Guinean politician, MP (since 2012), heart attack.
* Giorgio Grigolli, 88, Italian politician, President of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (1967–1974) and Trentino (1974–1979).
* Junius Foy Guin Jr., 92, American federal judge.
* Ho Chih-chin, 64, Taiwanese politician, Minister of Finance (2006–2008).
* Bill Lapham, 82, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings).
* N. K. Mahajan, 97, Indian adventurer.
* Touran Mirhadi, 89, Iranian educator.
* Pertti Nieminen, 79, Finnish ice hockey player (HPK, TPS).
* Russ Nixon, 81, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians) and manager (Atlanta Braves).
* V. P. Ramakrishna Pillai, 84, Indian politician.
* Marius Popp, 81, Romanian jazz pianist and composer.
* Eugene Roberts, 96, American neuroscientist.
* Helga Ruebsamen, 82, Dutch writer.
* John T. Skelly, 89, American journalist.
* Umberto Veronesi, 90, Italian oncologist.

### 9

* Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie, 73, Ghanaian football coach, traffic collision.
* Greg Ballard, 61, American basketball player (Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors), prostate cancer.
* Jack Bodell, 76, English heavyweight boxer, British champion (1969–1970, 1971–1972).
* Branse Burbridge, 95, British WWII fighter pilot.
* Al Caiola, 96, American guitarist and composer.
* Osamu Ishiguro, 80, Japanese tennis player, Asian Games champion (1966).
* Irfan Shahîd, 90, Palestinian literature professor.
* Martin Stone, 69, British guitarist (The Action) and bookseller, cancer.
* La Veneno, 52, Spanish transsexual actress, singer and gossip celebrity, fall.

### 10

* David Adamany, 80, American academic administrator, President of Temple University (2000–2006).
* Ken Ballantyne, 76, Scottish runner.
* Pierre Billard, 94, French film critic.
* Carlos Alberto Cunha, 57, Brazilian judoka.
* Trevor Johnson, 81, Australian footballer (Melbourne).
* Don Keane, 85, Australian Olympic racewalker (1952, 1956).
* Nikola Korabov, 87, Bulgarian director and screenwriter (Tobacco).
* Francisco Nieva, 91, Spanish playwright.
* André Ruellan, 94, French science fiction and horror writer.
* Bill Stanfill, 69, American football player (Miami Dolphins), complications after a fall.

### 11

* Ilse Aichinger, 95, Austrian writer.
* Jum Jainudin Akbar, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (since 2016), Governor of Basilan (2007–2016), cardiac arrest.
* Victor Bailey, 56, American bassist (Weather Report, Madonna, Lady Gaga), complications from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Uwe Bracht, 63, German footballer (Werder Bremen).
* Alfredo Bruto da Costa, 78, Portuguese politician.
* Željko Čajkovski, 91, Croatian football player (Dinamo Zagreb, Werder Bremen) and coach.
* Clarence Ditlow, 72, American automotive safety advocate, colon cancer.
* Doug Edwards, 70, Canadian musician and composer ("Wildflower"), cancer.
* Perico Fernandez, 64, Spanish light-welterweight boxer, world champion (1974–1975), diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.
* Greg Horton, 65, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
* Saki Kaskas, 45, Greek video game music composer (Need for Speed, Sleeping Dogs, Mass Effect 2), fentanyl overdose.
* Leonid Keldysh, 85, Russian physicist.
* Sir Ralph Kohn, 88, British medical scientist.
* Claire Labine, 82, American author, screenwriter and producer (Ryan's Hope, General Hospital, One Life to Live).
* Bonnie Laing, 79, Canadian politician, MLA for Calgary-Bow (1989–2001).
* Lily, 64, Japanese singer and actress (Shinobi: Heart Under Blade), lung cancer.
* Aileen Mehle, 98, American gossip columnist (The Miami Daily News, New York Journal-American, Women's Wear Daily).
* Sir James McNeish, 85, New Zealand writer.
* Ronnie Nathanielsz, 81, Sri Lankan-born Filipino sports journalist and commentator, cardiac arrest.
* A. Nayyar, 61, Pakistani playback singer, cardiac arrest.
* Pascal Posado, 91, French politician, member of the National Assembly for Bouches-du-Rhône (1978).
* Alfred Schmidt, 81, German footballer (Borussia Dortmund, national team).
* Ray Singleton, 79, American songwriter (Motown) and record producer, brain cancer.
* Muhammad Surur, 77–78, Syrian religious leader.
* Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 81–82, Saudi Arabian prince and politician.
* Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson, 90, British chemist.
* Robert Vaughn, 83, American actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Magnificent Seven, Bullitt), Emmy winner (1978), leukemia.

### 12

* Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, 70, Egyptian actor (Al-Kit Kat).
* Malek Chebel, 63, Algerian anthropologist and philosopher, cancer.
* Dawn Coe-Jones, 56, Canadian golfer, chondrosarcoma.
* Punya Datta, 92, Indian cricketer (Bengal).
* Louis Devereux, 85, English cricketer (Worcestershire, Glamorgan).
* Ebenezer Donkor, 78, Ghanaian actor (2016).
* Jerry Dumas, 86, American cartoonist (Sam and Silo).
* Bob Francis, 77, Egyptian-born Australian radio broadcaster (5AA).
* Stanley G. Grizzle, 97, Canadian judge and political activist.
* Robert Kabel, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
* Frank Konigsberg, 83, American talent agent and producer (The Tommyknockers).
* Adolf Kunstwadl, 76, German footballer (Bayern Munich, Wacker München).
* Sonny Levi, 90, Indian powerboat designer.
* Eivor Olson, 94, Swedish Olympic shot putter (1948, 1952).
* James Dale Ritchie, 40, American serial killer, shot.
* Howard Ruff, 85, American economist, Parkinson's disease.
* Edgard Sorgeloos, 85, Belgian racing cyclist.
* Lupita Tovar, 106, Mexican-American actress (Drácula, Santa, Miguel Strogoff), heart disease.
* Paul Vergès, 91, Thai-born French Réunionese politician, MEP (2004–2010), member of the National Assembly (1956–1958, 1986–1987, 1993–1996) and Senate (1996–2004, since 2011).
* Jacques Werup, 71, Swedish musician and writer, cancer.
* Yu Xu, 30, Chinese air force aerobatic and fighter pilot, plane collision.

### 13

* Jehangir Bader, 72, Pakistani politician, heart attack.
* Maria Pilar Busquets, 79, Spanish Aranese writer and politician, Síndica d'Aran (1991-1993) and member of Catalan Parliament (1984-1992).
* Luigi Caccia Dominioni, 102, Italian architect.
* Doris Egbring-Kahn, 90, German actress.
* Aslaug Fadum, 91, Norwegian politician.
* Frederick Irving, 91, American diplomat, Ambassador to Iceland (1972-1976), Ambassador to Jamaica (1977-1978).
* Leslie Kenton, 75, American writer.
* Lary Kuharich, 70, American football coach (Calgary Stampeders, BC Lions), brain cancer.
* Billy Miller, 62, American music historian, complications from multiple myeloma, kidney failure and diabetes.
* Enzo Maiorca, 85, Italian free diver, television host and politician.
* Jackie Pigeaud, 79, French historian.
* Laurent Pokou, 69, Ivorian footballer (Rennes).
* Leon Russell, 74, American Hall of Fame musician (The Wrecking Crew) and songwriter ("Tight Rope").
* Don Rutherford, 79, English rugby union player.
* Sir Mota Singh, 86, British judge.
* Denys Smith, 92, British racehorse trainer.
* Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, 83, Surinamese Roman Catholic Redemptorist prelate, Bishop of Paramaribo (1971–2003).

### 14

* Hans Avé Lallemant, 78, Dutch-born American geologist.
* Diana Balmori, 84, American landscape designer.
* Vladimir Belov, 58, Russian handball player, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
* Houston Conwill, 69, American sculptor, prostate cancer.
* Ibrahim Dasuki, 93, Nigerian spiritual leader, Sultan of Sokoto (1988–1996).
* Holly Dunn, 59, American country music singer-songwriter ("Daddy's Hands", "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me", "You Really Had Me Going"), ovarian cancer.
* Marti Friedlander, 88, New Zealand photographer, breast cancer.
* Bob Gain, 87, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
* Gun Hellsvik, 74, Swedish politician, Minister of Justice (1991–1994), cancer.
* Roger Hobbs, 28, American author, overdose.
* Gwen Ifill, 61, American journalist (PBS NewsHour, Washington Week), endometrial cancer.
* Sebastian Leone, 91, American politician, pneumonia.
* Mahpiya Ska, 20, American albino buffalo.
* David Mancuso, 72, American DJ and founder of The Loft.
* Gardnar Mulloy, 102, American tennis player, winner of the US Open (1942, 1945, 1946, 1948) and Wimbledon Championships (1957), complications from a stroke.
* Janet Wright, 71, English-born Canadian actress (Corner Gas, The Perfect Storm, McCabe & Mrs. Miller).

### 15

* Bob Addis, 91, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Boston Braves).
* Mose Allison, 89, American jazz pianist, singer and songwriter ("Young Man Blues").
* Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, 109, Ghanaian royal, Queen mother of the Ashanti Empire.
* Cliff Barrows, 93, American music director (Billy Graham Evangelistic Association).
* Rod Bieleski, 85, New Zealand plant physiologist.
* Ray Brady, 79, Irish footballer (Millwall).
* Victor Brown, 95, Cuban-born British singer.
* Bobby Campbell, 60, Northern Irish footballer (Bradford City), suicide by hanging.
* Ishwar Dass Dhiman, 82, Indian politician.
* Sixto Durán Ballén, 95, Ecuadorian politician, President (1992–1996).
* Jules Eskin, 85, American cellist (Boston Symphony Orchestra), cancer.
* Ken Grieve, 74, British television director (The Bill, Peak Practice, Doctor Who).
* Daniel Leab, 80, German-born American historian.
* Lisa Lynn Masters, 52, American actress (The Stepford Wives, It's Complicated, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), apparent suicide by hanging.
* Chester E. Norris, 88, American diplomat, Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea (1988–1992).
* Milt Okun, 92, American singer and music producer.
* Mukesh Rawal, 65, Indian actor (Ramayan), suicide by train.
* Paul Rosche, 82, German engineer (BMW).
* Clift Tsuji, 75, American politician, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (since 2005).

### 16

* Len Allchurch, 83, Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Sheffield United, national team).
* Juan Amorós, 80, Spanish cinematographer.
* Dwayne Andreas, 98, American businessman.
* Joan Carroll, 85, American child actress (Meet Me in St. Louis).
* Teresita Castillo, 89, Filipino nun.
* Jay Wright Forrester, 98, American computer engineer and systems scientist.
* Melvin Laird, 94, American politician and writer, Secretary of Defense (1969–1973), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 7th congressional district (1953–1969), respiratory failure.
* Hans-Günter Neues, 66, German football player (Fortuna Köln, 1.FC Kaiserslautern) and coach.
* Enno Penno, 86, Estonian politician.
* Daniel Prodan, 44, Romanian footballer (Steaua Bucharest, Atlético Madrid, national team), heart attack.
* Guillaume Raskin, 79, Belgian footballer.
* Alex Stewart, 52, Jamaican Olympic boxer (1984), blood clot in lung.
* Larry Tucker, 81, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1970–1982) and Senate (1983–1989).
* Mentor Williams, 70, American songwriter and producer ("Drift Away", "When We Make Love"), lung cancer.
* Jean Wishart, 96, New Zealand journalist, editor of New Zealand Woman's Weekly (1952–1985).
* Yeh Changti, 82–83, Taiwanese aviator, member of the Black Cat Squadron, heart attack.

### 17

* Zenon Czechowski, 69, Polish Olympic cyclist (1968).
* Virgilio Godoy, 82, Nicaraguan politician, Vice President (1990–1995).
* Ruth Gruber, 105, American journalist (New York Herald Tribune).
* Marzieh Hadidchi, 77, Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander and politician, MP (1984–2000).
* Babanrao Haldankar, 89, Indian classical singer and composer.
* Joseph Khoury, 80, Lebanese-born Canadian Roman Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Saint Maron of Montreal (1996–2013).
* Khairulla Murtazin, 75, Russian mathematician.
* Fidel Negrete, 84, Mexican Olympic long-distance runner (1964), Pan American gold medalist (1963).
* John Ningark, 72, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (1989–1999) and Nunavut (2009–2013), cancer.
* Louis Pinton, 68, French politician.
* John Pridnia, 73, American politician, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Venancio Shinki, 84, Peruvian painter.
* Harry W. Shipps, 90, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Georgia (1985–1994).
* Srinivas Kumar Sinha, 90, Indian army general and politician, Governor of Assam (1997–2003), Arunachal Pradesh (1999) and Jammu and Kashmir (2003–2008).
* Whitney Smith, 76, American vexillologist, designer of the flag of Guyana, co-designer of the flag of Bonaire.
* Steve Truglia, 54, British stuntman (The Wolfman, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Hollyoaks), fall.
* Don Waller, 65, American music journalist and singer, lung cancer.
* Gérard Weber, 67, French politician.

### 18

* Haji Muhammad Adeel, 72, Pakistani politician, kidney failure.
* Denton Cooley, 96, American heart surgeon.
* Jerzy Cynk, 91, Polish-British aviation historian.
* Ed Francis, 90, American professional wrestler and promoter.
* Sharon Jones, 60, American singer (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings), pancreatic cancer.
* Valentin Kornev, 75, Russian sport shooter, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
* Yevgeni Lazarev, 79, Russian-American actor (Iron Man 2, The Sum of All Fears, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare), heart failure.
* Liu Sung-pan, 84, Taiwanese politician, member (1973–2004) and President (1992–1999) of the Legislative Yuan.
* Hugh McDonald, 62, Australian musician (Redgum), prostate cancer.
* Bob Mitchell, 80, Canadian politician.
* Francesco Parisi, 86, Italian politician, member of the Senate (1987–1994) and Parliament (1994–1996).
* Kervin Piñerua, 25, Venezuelan volleyball player (national team), heart attack.
* Freddie L. Poston, 91, American lieutenant general in the United States Air Force.
* Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, 88, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jabalpur (1976–2001).
* Armando Tobar, 78, Chilean footballer (national team, Club Deportivo Universidad Católica), Alzheimer's disease.

### 19

* Sutan Bhatoegana, 59, Indonesian politician, liver cancer.
* Monk Bonasorte, 59, American football player (Florida State Seminoles), brain cancer.
* John C. Carpenter, 86, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly (1986–2010).
* John Dale, 86, English cricketer (Kent, Lincolnshire).
* Donald Farley, 46, Canadian Olympic cross-country skier (1998, 2002), suspected heart attack.
* Irving A. Fradkin, 95, American philanthropist, founder of Scholarship America.
* Gino Gavioli, 93, Italian comics artist and animator.
* Erwin Hecht, 83, German-born South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kimberley (1974–2009).
* Jacques Henry, 74, French rally driver.
* Jan Huberts, 79, Dutch motorcycle road racer.
* Ida Levin, 53, American violinist, leukemia.
* Józef Mayer, 77, Polish chemist.
* Aiace Parolin, 96, Italian cinematographer (Seduced and Abandoned, Keoma, The Birds, the Bees and the Italians).
* Christian Salaba, 45, Austrian footballer (Rapid Wien, Vienna).
* Paul Sylbert, 88, American production designer (Heaven Can Wait, The Prince of Tides, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Oscar winner (1979).
* David Turner-Samuels, 98, British barrister.
* Hans Witsenhausen, 86, German mathematician.
* You Xiaozeng, 83, Chinese inorganic chemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).

### 20

* Gabriel Badilla, 32, Costa Rican footballer (Saprissa, New England Revolution), heart failure.
* Wimal Kumara de Costa, 68, Sri Lankan film actor (Bambaru Awith).
* Likhit Dhiravegin, 75, Thai political scientist and politician, cancer.
* Housseyn Fardjallah, 23, Algerian weightlifter, traffic collision.
* Maria Glazovskaya, 104, Russian scientist and agrochemist.
* Gene Guarilia, 78, American basketball player (Boston Celtics).
* Tim Heald, 72, British author and journalist.
* Janellen Huttenlocher, 84, American psychologist.
* Mita Mohi, 78, New Zealand rugby league player (Canterbury, national team), traditional Māori weaponry expert.
* Hod O'Brien, 80, American jazz pianist, cancer.
* Diógenes da Silva Matthes, 83, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Franca (1971–2006).
* Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, 90, Greek politician, President (1995–2005), pneumonia.
* Hemant Talwalkar, 62, Indian cricketer.
* William Trevor, 88, Irish writer (Love and Summer, Two Lives, The Children of Dynmouth).
* Ivan Živković, 69, Serbian diplomat, ambassador to Kenya.

### 21

* Kaylin Andres, 31, American blogger, cancer.
* Blakdyak, 47, Filipino reggae artist and comedian.
* Ergi Dini, 22, Albanian singer, motorcycle accident.
* Yehia El-Gamal, 86, Egyptian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2011).
* Rose Evansky, 94, British hairdresser.
* Tom Fisher, 74, American baseball player.
* Edward L. Kimball, 86, American legal scholar and biographer.
* Masatoshi Kurata, 77, Japanese politician, cancer.
* Matthias Mauritz, 92, German Olympic football player (1952, 1956).
* John Nuraney, 79, Kenyan-born Canadian politician, MLA of British Columbia (2001–2009).
* Jean-Claude Risset, 78, French composer.
* Hassan Sadpara, 53, Pakistani mountaineer, cancer.
* Vladimir Semyonov, 78, Russian Olympic water polo player (1960, 1964, 1968).
* Jan Sonnergaard, 53, Danish writer, heart attack.
* René Vignal, 90, French footballer.
* Maximilian Ziegelbauer, 93, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (1983–1998).

### 22

* Tayssir Akla, 77, Syrian composer and conductor.
* M. Balamuralikrishna, 86, Indian Carnatic musician and composer.
* Donald Barker, 86, Canadian football official (Canadian Football League).
* Dorian Boose, 42, American football player (New York Jets, Washington Redskins, Edmonton Eskimos).
* Mike Burgoyne, 65, New Zealand rugby union player (North Auckland, national team).
* Chen Yingzhen, 79, Taiwanese writer.
* Bill Dimock, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Sudbury Wolves).
* Carlos Fayt, 98, Argentine lawyer and politician.
* Rosa Anna Garavoglia, 83, Italian executive.
* Servaas Huys, 76, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1986–1998).
* Gloria Lane, 91, American operatic mezzo-soprano.
* M. G. K. Menon, 88, Indian physicist.
* John C. O'Riordan, 92, Irish-born Sierra Leonean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kenema (1984–2002).
* Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi, 86, Pakistani politician, Acting Prime Minister (1993), lung infection.
* Viveki Rai, 92, Indian author.
* Red Marauder, 26, British racehorse, winner of the 2001 Grand National.
* Judith Roberts, 82, American Olympic swimmer (1952).
* Peter Sumner, 74, Australian actor (Ned Kelly, Star Wars, Heartbreak High).
* Mathew Vattackuzhy, 86, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Kanjirappally (1986–2000).
* Ram Naresh Yadav, 90, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (1977–1979), Governor of Chhattisgarh (2014) and Madhya Pradesh (2014–2016).

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* Rita Barberá, 68, Spanish politician, Mayor of Valencia (1991–2015) and Senator (since 2015), heart attack due to cirrhosis.
* Ralph Branca, 90, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers).
* Brainbug, 57, Italian trance music producer and musician.
* Michel Deza, 77, Russian-born French mathematician.
* Richard Dougherty, 84, Canadian-born American ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
* John Ebersole, 72, American educator, President of Excelsior College (2006–2016), myelodysplastic syndrome.
* Joe Esposito, 78, American author and publisher, road manager for Elvis Presley.
* Bill Hewitt, 86, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Chatsworth (1966–1977) and Greenslopes (1977–1983).
* Ernst Hilmar, 78, Austrian musicologist.
* Stan Huntsman, 84, American Olympic track and field coach, complications from a stroke.
* Karin Johannisson, 72, Swedish idea historian, cancer.
* Sagardeep Kaur, 35, Indian athlete, Asian champion (2002), traffic collision.
* Peggy Kirk Bell, 95, American professional golfer (LPGA).
* Joe Lennon, 81, Irish Gaelic footballer (Down).
* Renato López, 33, Mexican actor and television host, shot.
* Rocky Malebane-Metsing, 67, South African politician.
* Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili, 90, Iranian cleric and jurist, Chief Justice of Iran (1981–1989).
* Guy Rousseau, 81, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
* Ryu Mi-yong, 95, North Korean politician, chairwoman of the Chondoist Chongu Party, lung cancer.
* Andrew Sachs, 86, German-born British actor (Fawlty Towers, Coronation Street, Hitler: The Last Ten Days), dementia.
* Fred Stobaugh, 99, American songwriter.
* K. Subash, 57, Indian director and screenwriter, kidney failure.
* Jerry Tucker, 91, American child actor (Our Gang).

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* Michael Abbensetts, 78, Guyanese-born British playwright.
* Colonel Abrams, 67, American musician ("Trapped").
* Nadine Alari, 89, French actress.
* Marcos Ana, 96, Spanish communist activist, poet and veteran of the Spanish Civil War, political prisoner (1939-1961).
* Al Brodax, 90, American film and television producer (Yellow Submarine).
* Matthew Chan, 69, Hong Kong Olympic fencer (1972, 1976), cancer.
* Bob Chase, 90, American broadcaster (WOWO, Fort Wayne Komets), heart failure.
* Dave Ferriss, 94, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
* Shirley Bunnie Foy, 80, American jazz musician.
* Larry W. Fullerton, 65, American inventor, brain cancer.
* Paul Futcher, 60, English footballer (Manchester City, Barnsley, Grimsby Town), cancer.
* Royal U. Grote Jr., 70, American prelate, Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church.
* Florence Henderson, 82, American actress (The Brady Bunch, Song of Norway, The Sound of Music) and singer, heart failure.
* Prabhjot Kaur, 92, Indian author and poet.
* William Mandel, 99, American broadcast journalist, political activist and author.
* Boris Melnik, 71, Soviet Olympic sports shooter, silver medallist (1972).
* Luis Miquilena, 97, Venezuelan politician, Minister of Interior and Justice (2001–2002).
* Pauline Oliveros, 84, American composer and accordionist.
* George C. Royal, 95, American microbiologist.
* Sabrina, 80, British model and actress.
* Charles M. Stein, 96, American statistician.
* Tormod Petter Svennevig, 87, Norwegian diplomat and politician.
* Norm Swanson, 86, American basketball player (Rochester Royals).
* Jules Sylvain, 90, Canadian Olympic weightlifter.

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* Bernardo Álvarez Herrera, 60, Venezuelan diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (2003–2010).
* Erich Bloch, 91, German-born American electrical engineer, director of the National Science Foundation (1984–1990).
* Fidel Castro, 90, Cuban politician, Prime Minister (1959–1976), President (1976–2008).
* Ron Glass, 71, American actor (Barney Miller, Firefly, Lakeview Terrace), respiratory failure.
* Jim Gillespie, 69, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic).
* Trevor Goddard, 85, South African cricketer.
* David Hamilton, 83, British photographer.
* Dwan Hurt, 53, American basketball coach (Serra Cavaliers).
* Zdzisław Konieczny, 86, Polish historian.
* Jake Krull, 77, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1973–1983).
* Burton J. Lee III, 86, American doctor, White House physician under President George H. W. Bush, bladder cancer.
* Ivan Mikoyan, 89, Russian aircraft designer (Mikoyan MiG-29).
* Russell Oberlin, 88, American countertenor.
* Margaret Rhodes, 91, British writer, cousin of Elizabeth II.
* Richard Dean Rogers, 94, American district court judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Kansas (since 1975).
* Peter Schweri, 77, Swiss painter.
* Bill Skelton, 85, New Zealand jockey.
* Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn, 87, British politician, injuries sustained in traffic collision.
* Alexander Yossifov, 76, Bulgarian composer.

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* Ida Blom, 85, Norwegian historian.
* Bill Endicott, 98, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).
* Urii Eliseev, 20, Russian chess grandmaster, fall.
* Miriam Eshkol, 87, Israeli education administrator.
* Harry Flournoy, 72, American basketball player (UTEP).
* Alv Gjestvang, 79, Norwegian speed skater, Olympic silver medalist (1964), cancer.
* Peter Hintze, 66, German politician, General Secretary of the CDU (1992–1998), vice-president of the Bundestag (2013–2016).
* Peter Hans Kolvenbach, 87, Dutch religious leader, Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1983–2008).
* James E. McClellan, 90, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1978–1994).
* Jean Moore, 83, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1992–1994).
* David Provan, 75, Scottish footballer (Rangers).
* Chad Robinson, 36, Australian rugby league footballer (Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels), suicide by traffic collision.
* Debra Saunders-White, 59, American educator, Chancellor of North Carolina Central University (since 2013), kidney cancer.
* Nils-Börje Stormbom, 91, Finnish author.
* Velko Valkanov, 88, Bulgarian politician.
* Fritz Weaver, 90, American actor (Fail Safe, Holocaust, Creepshow), Tony winner (1970).

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* Nijolė Ambrazaitytė, 77, Lithuanian opera singer and politician.
* Joan Burke, 88, Irish politician.
* Bernard Gallagher, 87, British actor (Casualty, Crown Court, Downton Abbey).
* Valerie Gaunt, 84, British actress (The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula).
* Jorge Luis González Tanquero, 46, Cuban dissident and prisoner of conscience.
* Ioannis Grivas, 93, Greek politician, Prime Minister (1989).
* Paul Guers, 88, French actor (Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance).
* Viktor Ivannikov, 76, Russian computer scientist.
* Lim Chiew Peng, 65, Singaporean footballer, cancer.
* Graham Lay, 56, British antiques expert (Antiques Roadshow), cystic fibrosis.
* Dick Logan, 86, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
* Tony Martell, 90, American music industry executive.
* Bruce Mazlish, 93, American historian.
* Thomas Pazyj, 61, Danish Olympic handball player (1976, 1980).
* Alan Preen, 81, Australian sportsman.
* Wayne Smith, 66, Canadian football player (Ottawa Rough Riders, Toronto Argonauts).
* Brian Spalding, 93, British scientist.
* William Lay Thompson, 86, American ornithologist.
* Anand Yadav, 80, Indian Marathi writer.

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* Bill Bell, 87–88, Canadian Olympic basketball player.
* William Christenberry, 80, American artist, Alzheimer's disease.
* Jim Delligatti, 98, American entrepreneur, creator of the Big Mac.
* Haruka Eigen, 70, Japanese professional wrestler (AJPW, NJPW) and executive (Pro Wrestling Noah), heart attack.
* Hezi Eshel, 85, Israeli military officer.
* John C. Harkness, 99, American architect.
* Adolfo Horta, 59, Cuban featherweight boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
* Carlton Kitto, 74, Indian jazz guitarist.
* Georg Lhotsky, 79, Austrian actor and director (Moss on the Stones).
* Mai Yinghao, 87, Chinese archaeologist (Mausoleum of the Nanyue King), cancer.
* Ng Bi-chu, 88, Taiwanese activist, complications of diabetes.
* Lolita Rodriguez, 81, Philippine actress, heart attack.
* Udiramala Subramaniam, 69, Indian cricketer.
* Sir John Swire, 89, British businessman (Swire Group).
* Mark Taimanov, 90, Russian Soviet-era chess grandmaster and concert pianist, USSR chess champion (1956).
* Ivar Thomassen, 62, Norwegian folk singer-songwriter.
* Grant Tinker, 90, American television executive, CEO of NBC (1981–1986).
* André Tranchemontagne, 77, Canadian politician, Member of the Quebec National Assembly for Mont-Royal (1998-2003).
* Burghild Wieczorek, 73, German Olympic athlete.
* Van Williams, 82, American actor (The Green Hornet), renal failure.
* Keo Woolford, 49, American filmmaker and actor (Hawaii Five-0, Godzilla, Act of Valor), complications from a stroke.
* Lyudmila Yurlova, 44, Russian ice hockey player, smoke inhalation.
* Notable Brazilian people killed in the crash of LaMia Flight 2933:
** Ailton Canela, 22, football player (Chapecoense).
** Dener Assunção Braz, 25, football player (Chapecoense).
** Sérgio Manoel Barbosa Santos, 27, football player (Chapecoense).
** Matheus Biteco, 21, football player (Chapecoense, Grêmio).
** Mateus Caramelo, 22, football player (Chapecoense).
** Ananias Eloi Castro Monteiro, 27, football player (Chapecoense, Portuguesa).
** Victorino Chermont, 43, reporter (Fox Sports).
** Paulo Julio Clement, 51, commentator (Fox Sports).
** José Gildeixon Clemente de Paiva, 29, football player (Chapecoense, Coritiba).
** Guilherme Gimenez de Souza, 21, football player (Chapecoense).
** Lucas Gomes da Silva, 26, football player (Chapecoense).
** Josimar, 30, football player (Chapecoense).
** Caio Júnior, 51, football player and manager (Chapecoense, Vitória de Guimarães).
** Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves, 34, football player (Chapecoense, JEF United Chiba).
** Filipe Machado, 32, football player (Chapecoense, CSKA Sofia).
** Arthur Maia, 24, football player (Chapecoense, Vitória).
** Marcelo Augusto Mathias da Silva, 25, football player (Chapecoense, Flamengo).
** Delfim Peixoto, 75, politician and football executive, vice-president of CBF, president of Federação Catarinense de Futebol and congressman.
** Mário Sérgio Pontes de Paiva, 66, football player, manager, and commentator (Fox Sports).
** Bruno Rangel, 34, football player (Chapecoense).
** Cléber Santana, 35, football player (Chapecoense, Atlético Madrid).
** Tiaguinho, 22, football player (Chapecoense).
** Thiego, 30, football player (Chapecoense, Grêmio).

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* Bill Barrot, 72, Australian football player (Richmond).
* Bill Bartmann, 68, American businessman, complications from heart surgery.
* Margaret Belcher, 80, New Zealand literary scholar.
* Ray Columbus, 74, New Zealand rock singer (Ray Columbus & the Invaders).
* James Danieley, 92, American educator, President of Elon University (1957–1973).
* Marcos Danilo Padilha, 31, Brazilian football player (Chapecoense), injuries sustained in a plane crash.
* Joe Dever, 60, British author (Lone Wolf), complications from bile duct surgery.
* Duncan B. Forrester, 83, Scottish theologian.
* Luis Alberto Monge, 90, Costa Rican politician, President (1982–1986), cardiac arrest.
* Hardy Myers, 77, American politician, Attorney General for Oregon (1997–2009), complications from pneumonia.
* Norman Oakley, 77, English footballer (Hartlepool United, Doncaster Rovers, Grimsby Town).
* Roger Parent, 63, Canadian politician, cancer.
* Claudio Pavone, 95, Italian historian.
* Andrew Rippin, 66, British-born Canadian Islamic historian.
* Ruta Šaca-Marjaša, 89, Latvian lawyer, writer and politician, MP (1990–1998).
* Lana Spreeman, 61, Canadian alpine skier, Paralympic gold medalist (1980), brain cancer.
* Richard B. Teitelman, 69, American judge (Supreme Court of Missouri).
* Alexander Thieme, 62, German sprinter, Olympic silver medalist (1976).
* Allan Zavod, 71, Australian pianist, brain cancer.

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* Alice Drummond, 88, American actress (Ghostbusters, Awakenings, Doubt), complications from a fall.
* Amar Ezzahi, 75, Algerian Chaabi singer.
* Michel Houel, 74, French politician, mayor of Crécy-la-Chapelle (2001–2015) and member of the Senate (since 2004).
* Kamilló Lendvay, 87, Hungarian composer and conductor.
* Leonard of Mayfair, 78, British celebrity hairdresser.
* Aleksei Maslennikov, 87, Russian tenor.
* Peng Chang-kuei, 97, Taiwanese chef, inventor of General Tso's Chicken, pneumonia.
* Sinclair Stevens, 89, Canadian politician, Leader of the Progressive Canadian Party (since 2007), heart attack.
* Lionel Stoléru, 79, French politician and conductor.
* Erdal Tosun, 53, Turkish actor (G.O.R.A., Vizontele), traffic collision.
* Royce Womble, 85, American football player (Baltimore Colts).