# Deaths in March 2017
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The following is a list of notable deaths in March 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), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

## March 2017
### 1

* P. J. Bradley, 76, Northern Irish politician, MLA (1998–2011).
* Tania Dalton, 45, New Zealand netball player (national team), brain aneurysm.
* Dai Morgan Evans, 73, British archaeologist, cancer.
* Paula Fox, 93, American writer (The Slave Dancer, Desperate Characters).
* Pierre Guénin, 90, French journalist, magazine publisher and gay rights activist.
* John Hampshire, 76, English cricketer (Yorkshire, national team).
* Raajesh Johri, 64, Indian singer-songwriter, cardiac arrest.
* Hiroshi Kamayatsu, 78, Japanese singer and guitarist (The Spiders), pancreatic cancer.
* Richard Karron, 82, American actor (The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Ready to Rumble, History of the World, Part I).
* Shiv K. Kumar, 95, Indian English poet, playwright, novelist, and short story writer.
* Yasuyuki Kuwahara, 74, Japanese footballer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968), pneumonia.
* Johannes Lahti, 64, Finnish Olympic decathlete (1976, 1980).
* Tarak Mehta, 87, Indian playwright and humorist.
* Gustav Metzger, 90, German-born stateless auto-destructive artist.
* Alicia Morel, 95, Chilean author.
* Pamela Neville-Sington, 57, American literary biographer, pancreatic cancer.
* Shirley Palesh, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
* Michael M. Ryan, 87, American actor (Another World, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Tootsie).
* Jins Shamsuddin, 81, Malaysian actor (Bidasari), director and politician, member of the Dewan Negara (2004–2008), choked.
* Alejandra Soler, 103, Spanish activist and school teacher.
* Tomaso Staiti di Cuddia delle Chiuse, 84, Italian politician and journalist.
* Vladimir Tadej, 91, Croatian filmmaker.
* Joseph Vũ Duy Thống, 64, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết (since 2009).
* Ioannis Tsintsaris, 55, Greek Olympic weightlifter.

### 2

* Usayd al-Adani, Yemeni Al-Qaeda leader, airstrike.
* Jerry Baker, 85, American author.
* Tarcisio Catanese, 49, Italian football player and manager, heart attack.
* Édouard Close, 87, Belgian politician, Burgemeester of Liège (1976–1991).
* Tommy Gemmell, 73, Scottish football player (Celtic, Dundee, national team) and manager.
* Simon Hobday, 76, South African golfer.
* Andrés Ocaña, 62, Spanish politician, Mayor of Córdoba (2009–2011).
* Wally Pikal, 90, American musician.
* David Rubinger, 92, Austrian-born Israeli photographer.
* Howard Schmidt, 67, American cybersecurity advisor, cancer.
* John D. Schneider, 80, American state legislator and attorney, member of the Missouri Senate (1971–2002).
* Mohamed Tahar, 36–37, Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detention camp prisoner, airstrike.

### 3

* Steve Adams, 57, English footballer (Boston United).
* A. J. Baker, 94, Australian philosopher.
* Míriam Colón, 80, Puerto Rican-American actress (Scarface, Goal!, All the Pretty Horses), pulmonary infection.
* Bernardo Cortés, 83, Spanish humorist, street singer-songwriter and writer.
* Bramwell Cook, 81, New Zealand gastroenterologist.
* Jim Fuller, 69, American guitarist (The Surfaris).
* Dame Anne Griffiths, 84, British librarian and archivist.
* Nathan George, 80, American actor (Klute. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Short Eyes).
* Frances Hargreaves, 62, South African-born Australian actress (Number 96).
* Raymond Kopa, 85, French footballer (Real Madrid, national team).
* Misha Mengelberg, 81, Ukrainian-born Dutch jazz pianist and composer.
* Cyprian Ojwang Omollo, Kenyan politician, MP (2007–2013).
* Tommy Page, 46, American singer-songwriter ("I'll Be Your Everything") and music industry executive (Reprise Records, Billboard), suicide.
* Mary Parry, 87, British figure skater, European championship bronze medalist (1960).
* Jack Petoskey, 95, American football player and coach.
* René Préval, 74, Haitian politician, Prime Minister (1991), President (1996–2001, 2006–2011).
* Henriette Rasmussen, 66, Greenlandic Inuit educator, women's right activist and politician.
* Lyle Ritz, 87, American bassist and ukulelist.
* Joe Rogers, 97, American businessman, co-founder of Waffle House.
* Stephen Ross, 73, American economist.
* Aquinas Ryan, 84, Canadian politician, leader of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island (1972–1979).
* Danny Spooner, 80, English folk singer.
* Anne Kristin Sydnes, 60, Norwegian politician, Minister of International Development (2000–2001), cancer.
* Gordon Thomas, 84, Welsh investigative journalist and author.
* Thor Tjøntveit, 80, Norwegian aviator.

### 4

* Jean-Christophe Averty, 88, French television and radio director.
* Roy Blake Sr., 88, American politician.
* Bonnie Burnard, 72, Canadian novelist (A Good House).
* Valerie Carter, 64, American singer-songwriter (Howdy Moon, Just a Stone's Throw Away), heart attack.
* Mahlon E. Doyle, 92, American cryptologist.
* Edi Fitzroy, 62, Jamaican reggae singer.
* Roger Hau'ofa, 73, Tongan-born Papua New Guinean radio broadcaster, kidney failure.
* John Holliman, 72, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of the Army (1996-1999).
* Lawrence Holofcener, 91, American-British sculptor.
* Irena Homola-Skąpska, 88, Polish historian.
* Stefan Ingvarsson, 70, Swedish Olympic racewalker.
* Takashi Inoue, 56, Japanese actor, cancer.
* Eugene N. Kozloff, 96, American marine biologist and botanist.
* Péter Kozma, 57, Hungarian politician and MP.
* Bob Lee, 81, American football player (Boston Patriots).
* Helen M. Marshall, 87, American politician, Borough President of Queens (2002–2013), member of the New York State Assembly (1983–1991).
* Giovanni Palamara, 78, Italian politician, Mayor of Reggio Calabria (1984–1985).
* Thomas Collier Platt Jr., 91, American jurist, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (since 1974).
* Edna Rose Ritchings, 92, Canadian-American religious leader (International Peace Mission movement).
* Margaret Roberts, 79–80, South African herbalist.
* Syed Shahabuddin, 82, Indian diplomat and politician, MP (1979–1996).
* Thomas Starzl, 90, American physician and medical researcher.
* Lazar Stojanović, 73, Serbian film director and activist.
* Alberto Villalta, 69, Salvadoran Olympic footballer (1968).
* Clayton Yeutter, 86, American politician, Trade Representative (1985–1989) and Secretary of Agriculture (1989–1991), colorectal cancer.

### 5

* Sydney Ball, 83, Australian painter.
* Anthony Beilenson, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 23rd and 24th congressional districts (1977–1997), heart attack.
* Gérard Corboud, 91, Swiss art collector and philanthropist.
* Burke Day, 62, American politician, member of Georgia House of Representatives (1995–2011).
* Joseph Charles Doumba, 81, Cameroonian politician.
* Antal Hajba, 79, Hungarian Olympic sprint canoeist (1964).
* Gladys Hansen, 91, American librarian, archivist and author.
* Ivar J. Hauge, 80, Norwegian politician.
* Douglas Henry, 90, American politician, Tennessee State Senator (1971–2014).
* Dave Hunt, 74, American comic book artist (Legion of Super-Heroes, Supergirl, Transformers), cancer.
* Florence S. Jacobsen, 103, American Mormon leader and missionary.
* Octave Levenspiel, 90, American chemical engineer.
* Jay Lynch, 72, American underground comics artist, writer and editor (Bijou Funnies, Bazooka Joe), complications from lung cancer.
* Leonard Manasseh, 100, British architect.
* Kurt Moll, 78, German opera singer.
* Theodor Anton Neagu, 84, Romanian paleontologist.
* Raymond Paternoster, 65, American criminologist.
* Vince, 4, Dutch-born rhinoceros, shot.
* Fred Weintraub, 88, American club owner (The Bitter End), film and television producer (Enter the Dragon).
* Zhuang Yan, 99, Chinese diplomat, Ambassador to Bangladesh (1976–1979), Iran (1980–1982), and Greece (1983–1985).

### 6

* Ritchie Adams, 78, American songwriter ("Tossin' and Turnin'", "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)", "After the Lovin'") and singer.
* Bassel al-Araj, 31, Palestinian activist and pharmacist, shot.
* Joachim Baxla, 62, Indian politician, MP (1996–2009), cancer.
* David Campagna, 70, American actor and stunt double.
* Maneck Dalal, 98, Indian executive (Air India).
* Rudolf Deng Majak, 76, South Sudanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wau (since 1995).
* Lars Diedricson, 55, Swedish singer (Snowstorm), songwriter ("Take Me to Your Heaven") and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999.
* Jesús Silva-Herzog Flores, 81, Mexican economist and politician.
* Clyde Foster, 85, American scientist and mathematician.
* Bill Hougland, 86, American basketball player (Phillips 66ers) and Olympic champion (1952, 1956).
* T. William Lambe, 96, American civil engineer.
* Mickey Marvin, 61, American football player (Oakland Raiders), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Jehoash Mayanja Nkangi, 85, Ugandan politician, Katikkiro of Buganda (1964–1966, 1993–1994), Minister of Education (1986–1989), Finance (1989–1998) and Justice (1998–2002).
* James Michael Moynihan, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Syracuse (1995–2009).
* Robert Osborne, 84, American film historian and television host (Turner Classic Movies).
* Marek Ostrowski, 57, Polish footballer (Pogoń Szczecin).
* Eddy Pauwels, 81, Belgian racing cyclist.
* Bernt Petersen, 80, Danish furniture designer.
* Rabi Ray, 90, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1989–1991).
* Shirley Childress Saxton, 69, American sign language interpreter, complications from West Nile virus.
* Dudley Storey, 77, New Zealand rower, Olympic champion (1968) and silver medalist (1972).
* Geoffrey Wainwright, 79, British archaeologist.
* Alberto Zedda, 89, Italian conductor and musicologist.

### 7

* Yoshiyuki Arai, 82, Japanese politician, lung cancer.
* Kamran Aziz, 85, Turkish Cypriot pianist, composer and pharmacist, pulmonary complications.
* Ron Bass, 68, American professional wrestler (CWA, CWF, WWF), complications from surgery.
* Klaus Bechgaard, 72, Danish chemist.
* Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya, 47, Indian folk singer, traffic collision.
* Slavko Brezoski, 94, Macedonian architect.
* Gina Calleja, 88, British-born Canadian author.
* Edmond La Beaume Cherbonnier, 99, American theologian.
* Henning Kramer Dahl, 54, Norwegian poet, translator, essayist and recording artist.
* Hans Georg Dehmelt, 94, German-born American physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1989).
* Ronald Drever, 85, Scottish physicist.
* Peter M. Gruber, 75, Austrian mathematician.
* Julian Haines, 73, English bowler.
* Yukinori Miyabe, 48, Japanese speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist (1992), cancer.
* Tadeusz Rybak, 87, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Legnica (1992–2005).
* Robert A. Sengstacke, 73, American photojournalist.
* Syed Sajjad Ali Shah, 84, Pakistani jurist, Chief Justice (1994–1997).
* Helen Sommers, 84, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1972–2009).
* Lynne Stewart, 77, American defense attorney and convicted criminal, complications from breast cancer and multiple strokes.
* Francis Thorne, 94, American composer.
* Juan Carlos Touriño, 72, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid).
* Ellery Williams, 90, American football player (New York Giants).
* Xu Zuyao, 95, Chinese materials science expert.

### 8

* Robert Adeyinka Adebayo, 88, Nigerian politician and military officer.
* Ezzrett Anderson, 97, American football player (Calgary Stampeders).
* Gerard Benderoth, 48, American strongman and police officer, suicide by gunshot.
* Sir Clive Bossom, 99, British politician, MP for Leominster (1959–1974).
* Lou Duva, 94, American boxing trainer and manager.
* Kim Bong-jo, 71, South Korean Olympic swimmer (1964).
* Yuri Koroviansky, 49, Ukrainian Olympic volleyball player (1992).
* Lee Yuan-tsu, 93, Taiwanese politician, Vice President (1990–1996).
* Michael Maher, 87, Irish hurler (Tipperary).
* Danilo Mainardi, 83, Italian ethologist and author.
* Dmitry Mezhevich, 76, Russian actor and songwriter.
* Margaret Mitchell, 92, Canadian politician and social activist.
* Jonathan Moore, 84, American academic and State Department official, Director of the Bureau of Refugee Programs (1987–1989).
* Jonathan Moore, 47, American rapper, kidney failure.
* Joseph Nicolosi, 70, American clinical psychologist, influenza complications.
* George Andrew Olah, 89, Hungarian-born American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1994).
* Jack Purtell, 95, Australian jockey.
* Jonathan Strasser, 70, American violinist and conductor (Fame).
* Dave Valentin, 64, American jazz flautist, Parkinson's disease.

### 9

* Mick Adams, 65, English rugby league player (Widnes Vikings).
* Kasugafuji Akihiro, 51, Japanese sumo wrestler.
* Ann Beach, 78, British actress (Fresh Fields, Notting Hill).
* Bobby Byrne, 85, American cinematographer (Smokey and the Bandit, Bull Durham, Mad About You).
* Anthony Delhalle, 35, French motorcycle racer, fall during test ride.
* Jane Freeman, 81, Welsh actress (Last of the Summer Wine), lung cancer.
* Bill Hands, 76, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
* Barbara Helsingius, 79, Finnish singer, poet and Olympic fencer (1960).
* Sir Howard Hodgkin, 84, British painter and printmaker.
* Keith Holliday, 82, British rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity).
* Marian Jankowski, 85, Polish Olympic weightlifter.
* Peter Karoff, 79, American philanthropist.
* Hla Myint, 97, Burmese economist.
* Grethe Lovsø Nielsen, 90, Danish Olympic athlete (1948).
* Samuel Ogbemudia, 84, Nigerian politician, Governor of Mid-Western State (1967–1975).
* Aldo Quaglio, 85, French rugby union player.
* Neila Sathyalingam, 78, Sri Lankan-born Singaporean dancer and choreographer.
* Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta, 81, Norwegian mathematician.

### 10

* Bob Altman, 85, American comedian, leukemia.
* Dave Brazil, 80, American football coach (New York Giants).
* Absalón Castellanos Domínguez, 93, Mexican politician, Governor of Chiapas (1982–1988).
* Sir Nigel Cecil, 91, British Royal Navy officer, Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man (1980–1985).
* Mari Evans, 93, American poet.
* Carol Field, 76, American cookbook author, complications from a stroke.
* John Forgeham, 75, British actor (The Italian Job, Sheena, Footballers' Wives), complications from a fall.
* Christopher Gray, 66, American journalist and architectural historian.
* Tony Haygarth, 72, English actor (Chicken Run, Emmerdale, Dracula), Alzheimer's disease.
* Glyn Tegai Hughes, 94, Welsh academic and politician.
* Ben Jobe, 84, American college basketball coach (Southern, South Carolina State, Alabama A&M).
* Charles Wycliffe Joiner, 101, American jurist, member of the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (since 1972).
* Gido Kokars, 95, Latvian conductor.
* Kafougouna Koné, 73, Malian politician.
* Bill Leak, 61, Australian editorial cartoonist, heart attack.
* Alain Levoyer, 76, French politician.
* Yngve Lundh, 92, Swedish Olympic racing cyclist (1952).
* Maurice Lusien, 90, French Olympic swimmer (1948, 1952).
* Alu Mendonca, 84, Kenyan Olympic hockey player.
* Roy Mason, 83, British figure skater, European championship bronze medalist (1960).
* Nikolay Minev, 85, Bulgarian chess player.
* John Minson, 89, Australian radio personality.
* Aníbal Ruiz, 74, Uruguayan football manager (Paraguay), heart attack.
* Joni Sledge, 60, American singer (Sister Sledge).
* John Surtees, 83, British motorcycle racer, world champion (1956, 1958, 1959, 1960) and Formula One driver, world champion (1964), respiratory failure.
* Anna Tramontano, 59, Italian computational biologist.
* Richard Wagamese, 61, Canadian author (Medicine Walk).
* Robert James Waller, 77, American writer (The Bridges of Madison County), multiple myeloma.

### 11

* Tommy Asher, 80, English footballer (Notts County F.C.).
* Lloyd Conover, 93, American scientist, inventor of tetracycline, heart failure.
* Kitty Courbois, 79, Dutch actress (Leedvermaak), brain haemorrhage.
* Penelope Reed Doob, 73, American academic, Parkinson's disease.
* Jean-Claude Étienne, 75, French politician.
* Garrett G. Fagan, 54, Irish-born American historian, pancreatic cancer.
* Evan Johns, 60, American guitarist (The LeRoi Brothers), complications from surgery.
* András Kovács, 91, Hungarian filmmaker.
* Paul Mitchell, 96, American football player (Los Angeles Dons).
* Ángel Parra, 73, Chilean singer and songwriter, lung cancer.
* Winifred Piesse, 93, Australian politician.
* Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, 56, Bangladeshi diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2012–2014) and Brazil (since 2014), multiple organ failure.
* Cheyyar Ravi, 54, Indian film and television director, cardiac arrest.
* Tsui Hsiao-ping, 94, Taiwanese radio director.
* Don Warden, 87, American country musician and manager (Dolly Parton).
* Manfred Weiß, 72, German politician, Justice Minister of Bavaria (1999–2003).

### 12

* Pamela Sue Anderson, 61, British philosopher, cancer.
* Murray Ball, 78, New Zealand cartoonist (Footrot Flats).
* Luigi Barbarito, 94, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio (1969–1997).
* Anatoly Chernyaev, 95, Russian historian and writer.
* Horst Ehmke, 90, German politician, Minister of Justice (1969).
* Christian Feurstein, 58, Austrian abbot.
* Jacques Fihey, 85, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Coutances and Avranches (1989–2006).
* Ray Hassall, 74, English politician, Lord Mayor of Birmingham (2015–2016).
* Sir Probyn Inniss, 80, Saint Kitts and Nevis lawyer, Governor of Saint Christopher and Nevis (1975–1981).
* Stavro Jabra, 70, Lebanese cartoonist.
* Sverre Bergh Johansen, 77, Norwegian diplomat, Ambassador to China (1994–1999).
* Petra Kandarr, 66, German sprinter, European champion (1969).
* Sture Korpi, 77, Swedish politician, Secretary of state (1982–1991).
* Patrick Nève, 67, Belgian racing driver (Formula One).
* Joann Osterud, 71, American stunt pilot.
* Bhuma Nagi Reddy, 53, Indian politician, heart attack.
* Harvey Smith, 80, Canadian politician, Winnipeg City Council (1980–1986, 1998–2014), Manitoba Legislative Assembly (1986–1988).
* Dave Taylor, 76, English footballer (Yeovil Town).

### 13

* John Andariese, 78, American broadcaster (New York Knicks).
* Adib Boroumand, 92, Iranian poet and politician, Head of Leadership Council of National Front of Iran (since 2000).
* Eamonn Casey, 89, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (1976–1992).
* John Crutcher, 100, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Kansas (1965–1969).
* Henri Cueco, 88, French painter and author (Conversations with My Gardener).
* Danehill Dancer, 24, Irish-bred British-trained thoroughbred racehorse and sire, euthanized. (death announced on this date)
* Kika de la Garza, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 15th congressional district (1965–1997), kidney failure.
* Morton Deutsch, 97, American social psychologist.
* Diphan, 45, Indian film director, kidney problems.
* Vincent Foy, 101, Canadian Roman Catholic cleric and theologian.
* Osamu Fujimura, 89, Japanese phonetician.
* Chris Greetham, 80, British cricketer (Somerset).
* Morihiro Hashimoto, 40, Japanese darts player, brain haemorrhage.
* André Jagendorf, 90, American plant biologist.
* Sarah Jiménez, 90, Mexican artist.
* Maxx Kidd, 75, American music producer.
* Tommy LiPuma, 80, American music producer.
* Hiroto Muraoka, 85, Japanese footballer.
* Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, 82, German royal, head of the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.
* Amy Krouse Rosenthal, 51, American author, ovarian cancer.
* Richard H. Solomon, 79, American political aide and diplomat, Ambassador to the Philippines (1992–1993), brain cancer.
* Marvin Speight, 95, American basketball coach (Arkansas State).
* Dennis Stamp, 70, American professional wrestler (NWA, AWA), cancer.
* Vida Hajebi Tabrizi, 81, Iranian political activist and writer.
* Alejandro Végh Villegas, 88, Uruguayan politician and diplomat.
* Ed Whitlock, 86, British-born Canadian long distance runner, prostate cancer.

### 14

* Rebecca Bace, 61, American computer scientist, heart attack.
* Andrzej Biegalski, 64, Polish Olympic boxer (1976).
* Paul Bowles, 59, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra, Port Vale, Stockport County).
* Barbara Boxall, 84, English women's magazine editor.
* Lillie Mae Bradford, 88, American civil rights activist.
* Dara Fitzpatrick, 45, Irish Coast Guard helicopter pilot, helicopter crash.
* Thomas H. Friedkin, 81, American businessman (Gulf States Toyota).
* Donald Gilchrist, 95, Canadian figure skater.
* Jack H. Harris, 98, American film producer (The Blob).
* Arleene Johnson, 93, Canadian baseball player (AAGPBL).
* Nitin Kapoor, 58, Indian film producer, suicide by jumping.
* Luigi Mannelli, 78, Italian water polo player, Olympic champion (1960).
* Jim McAnearney, 81, Scottish football player (Plymouth Argyle) and manager (Rotherham United).
* Yelena Naimushina, 52, Russian gymnast, Olympic champion (1980).
* Luigi Pascale, 93, Italian aircraft designer (Partenavia P.68).
* Royal Robbins, 82, American rock climber.
* André Tosel, 75, French Marxist philosopher.
* Rodrigo Valdéz, 70, Colombian boxer, WBC middleweight champion, heart attack.
* John Van de Kamp, 81, American politician and attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney (1975–1981), California Attorney General (1983–1991).
* Peter Vargo, 75, Austrian footballer
* Tsunehiko Watase, 72, Japanese actor (The Incident).
* John Wheatcroft, 91, American writer and teacher.

### 15

* Antero de Abreu, 90, Angolan lawyer, writer and diplomat.
* Bảo Thăng, 72, Vietnamese royal, head of the Nguyễn dynasty (since 2007).
* Fritz Briel, 82, German sprint canoeist, world champion (1958, 1963), Olympic silver medalist (1956).
* Bob Bruce, 83, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves).
* Stephen Cosh, 97, Scottish cricketer.
* Imre Dimény, 94, Hungarian agrarian engineer and politician, Minister of Agriculture and Food (1967–1975).
* Robert G. Dunn, 94, American politician.
* Job Durupt, 86, French politician, member of the National Assembly (1981–1988), mayor of Tomblaine (1971–2001).
* Denis Éthier, 90, Canadian politician.
* Phil Garland, 75, New Zealand folk musician.
* Russ Goetz, 86, American baseball umpire (American League).
* Lucky Gordon, 85, Jamaican jazz singer, involved in the Profumo affair.
* Valentine Joseph, 88, Sri Lankan mathematician.
* Laurent Laplante, 83, Canadian journalist, pancreatic cancer.
* Alberto Longarella, 93, Argentine Olympic wrestler (1948, 1952).
* Fernand Martinaux, 88, French Olympic swimmer.
* Michael Maule, 95, South African-born American ballet dancer and instructor.
* Wojciech Młynarski, 75, Polish poet, singer and songwriter.
* Enrique Morea, 92, Argentine tennis player, French Open (1950) and Pan Am Games (1951) champion.
* Jackie Pung, 95, American golfer.
* Sok An, 66, Cambodian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (since 2004) and MP (since 1993).
* Dave Stallworth, 75, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Baltimore/Capital Bullets).
* Bill Walsh, 55, American author and newspaper editor (The Washington Post), complications from bile duct cancer.
* Chris Williams, 36, American basketball player (Virginia Cavaliers, Sydney Kings), blood clots.

### 16

* Tony Barrow, 45, English rugby league player (Swinton Lions), cancer.
* Hans Brattrud, 83, Norwegian furniture designer.
* George Braziller, 101, American literary publisher.
* James Cotton, 81, American blues harmonica player ("Hard Again"), pneumonia.
* K. R. Indira Devi, 65, Indian actress, cardiac arrest.
* Aleksander Einseln, 85, Estonian military officer, Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces (1993–1995).
* Kerry Hooper, 74, Australian cricketer.
* Arne Høivik, 85, Norwegian footballer (Eik-Tønsberg).
* Roberta Knie, 79, American operatic soprano.
* Torgny Lindgren, 78, Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy (since 1991).
* Rodger Maus, 84, American art director (M*A*S*H, Victor/Victoria, The Time Tunnel).
* Hasyim Muzadi, 72, Indonesian Islamic scholar and cleric, Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (1999–2010).
* Henry Richmond, 81, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Repton (1986–1998).
* Lewis Rowland, 91, American neurologist, stroke.
* William Sanders, 74, American statistician.
* Youcef Touati, 27, French-born Algerian football player (Red Star), traffic collision.
* Skip Williamson, 72, American underground comix cartoonist (Snappy Sammy Smoot), complications of organ failure.

### 17

* Robert Day, 94, British television and film director (The Green Man, First Man into Space, The Rebel).
* Auntie Fee, 59, American Internet personality and actress (Barbershop: The Next Cut), heart attack.
* José Luis Garzón, 70, Spanish Olympic footballer (1968).
* Hugh Hardy, 84, American architect.
* Maureen Haughey, 91, Irish public figure.
* John Herbers, 93, American journalist and author.
* Peter Kwong, 76, Taiwanese-American sociologist.
* Léonard Legault, 82, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to the Holy See (1993–1997).
* George Lewith, 67, British medical researcher.
* Lawrence Montaigne, 86, American actor (The Great Escape, Star Trek, Escape to Witch Mountain).
* Norbert Sander, 74, American long-distance runner, winner of the New York City Marathon (1974).
* Paul Sicula, 78, American politician.
* Laurynas Stankevičius, 81, Lithuanian politician, Prime Minister (1996).
* Jan Szpunar, 64, Polish Olympic biathlete.
* Inomjon Usmonxo‘jayev, 86, Soviet politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan (1983–1988).
* Sir Derek Walcott, 87, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (1992).

### 18

* Tom Amberry, 94, American podiatrist.
* Chuck Berry, 90, American Hall of Fame guitarist, singer and songwriter ("Johnny B. Goode", "Maybellene", "Roll Over Beethoven"), heart attack.
* George E. Bria, 101, American journalist (Associated Press).
* Trisha Brown, 80, American choreographer and dancer.
* Eugene Crum Foshee, 79, American politician.
* Sergei Gimayev, 62, Russian ice hockey player (CSKA Moscow) and television sports presenter.
* Gerry Gimelstob, 66, American basketball coach (George Washington Colonials), leukemia.
* Don Hunstein, 88, American photographer.
* Maureen Lines, 79, British-born Pakistani social worker and environmentalist.
* Joe Mafela, 75, South African actor (Zulu, Shout at the Devil, Escape from Angola), traffic collision.
* J. Donald Monan, 92, American academic administrator, President of Boston College (1972–1996).
* Tony Russel, 91, American actor (Behind the Mask of Zorro, Wild, Wild Planet, War of the Planets).
* Ashwin Sundar, 31, Indian racing driver, car fire.
* Alfred Tibor, 97, Hungarian-born American sculptor and Holocaust survivor.
* Miloslav Vlk, 84, Czech Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Prague (1991–2010), cancer.
* Bernie Wrightson, 68, American illustrator and comic book artist (House of Mystery, Batman, Swamp Thing), brain cancer.

### 19

* Zubaida Gulshan Ara, 74, Bangladeshi writer, recipient of the Ekushey Padak (1995).
* Jimmy Breslin, 88, American journalist and author (New York Daily News, Newsday), recipient of the Pulitzer Prize (1986), complications from pneumonia.
* Mary Maples Dunn, 85, American historian.
* Ivan Grubišić, 80, Croatian Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, and MP (2011–2015).
* Billy Hails, 82, English football player and manager (Peterborough United).
* Audrey Kissel, 91, American baseball player (Minneapolis Millerettes).
* Li Li-Hua, 92, Hong Kong actress.
* Ryan McBride, 27, Irish footballer (Derry City).
* John Jeremiah McRaith, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Owensboro (1982–2009).
* Len Mitzel, 71, Canadian politician, MLA (2004–2012).
* Chinu Modi, 78, Indian poet, multiple organ failure.
* Pyarimohan Mohapatra, 77, Indian politician, MP (2010–2016).
* Tomiko Okazaki, 73, Japanese politician.
* Roger Pingeon, 76, French racing cyclist, Tour de France winner (1967), heart attack.
* John Rogan, 78, Irish actor (The Bill).
* Eric Shanes, 72, English painter and art historian.
* Robin Sibson, 72, British mathematician, vice-chancellor of the University of Kent, chief executive of the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
* Pauline Smith, 83, British painter and provocateur.
* Ian Stewart, 87, British racing driver.
* Ken Still, 82, American professional golfer.
* Maurice Xiberras, 80, Gibraltarian politician.

### 20

* Herbert Barrie, 89, British paediatrician.
* Bagrat de Bagration y de Baviera, 68, Spanish royal, member of the Bagrationi dynasty.
* Daniel G. Bobrow, 81, American computer scientist.
* John Paul Cain, 81, American golfer.
* Andy Coan, 59, American swimmer, liver cancer.
* Terence Finlay, 79, Canadian Anglican prelate, Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Toronto (2000–2004).
* Louis Frémaux, 95, French conductor.
* John Giheno, 68, Papua New Guinea politician.
* Lucio Grotone, 88, Brazilian Olympic boxer.
* Carlos Hermosillo Arteaga, 39, Mexican politician (PRI), Deputy (2015-2018), and public servant, traffic collision.
* Shuntaro Hida, 100, Japanese physician, complications from pneumonia.
* Buck Hill, 90, American jazz saxophonist.
* Joyce Holmberg, 86, American politician and educator.
* Betty Kennedy, 91, Canadian broadcaster (CFRB), Senator (2000–2001) and TV panelist (Front Page Challenge).
* David Lawrence, 58, American basketball player (McNeese State, Pallacanestro Trieste, Saski Baskonia).
* Edward Joseph McManus, 97, American politician and jurist, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1959–1961), member of the District Court for N.D. Iowa (since 1962), longest-serving federal judge.
* Leticia Ramos-Shahani, 87, Filipino politician, member of the Senate (1987–1998) and President pro tempore (1993–1996), complications from colon cancer and pneumonia.
* Poddutoori Ganga Reddy, 83, Indian politician, MP (1967–1970, 1971–1977).
* Chandler Robbins, 98, American ornithologist.
* David Rockefeller, 101, American banker (Chase Manhattan), globalist (Trilateral Commission) and philanthropist (Rockefeller Brothers Fund), heart failure.
* Robert B. Silvers, 87, American editor (New York Review of Books).
* Edgar Smith, 83, American murderer.
* Tony Terran, 90, American trumpeter and session musician.
* George Weinberg, 87, American psychologist, coined the term "homophobia", cancer.
* Ed Wright, 67, American Olympic fencer.

### 21

* Chuck Barris, 87, American television producer, game show creator, host (The Gong Show, The Dating Game), and songwriter ("Palisades Park").
* Guy Bisaillon, 77, Canadian politician.
* Colin Dexter, 86, English author (Inspector Morse).
* Henri Emmanuelli, 71, French politician, President of National Assembly (1993–1994), complications from acute bronchitis.
* August Englas, 92, Estonian wrestler, world champion (1953, 1954).
* Roy Fisher, 86, British poet and jazz pianist.
* Arne Herjuaune, 71, Norwegian Olympic speed skater (1968).
* Larry Highbaugh, 67, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).
* Kalevi Häkkinen, 89, Finnish Olympic alpine skier and speed skier (1956).
* Jerry Krause, 77, American basketball executive (Chicago Bulls).
* Marita Lindahl, 78, Finnish model, Miss World (1957).
* Scott McGilvray, 51, American politician, New Hampshire Senator (since 2016).
* Martin McGuinness, 66, Northern Irish PIRA commander and politician, deputy First Minister (2007–2017), MLA (1998–2017), MP (1997–2013), complications from amyloidosis.
* Ronald Pickvance, 86, English art historian.
* Bill Rompkey, 80, Canadian politician, Senator from Newfoundland and Labrador (1995–2011).
* Alfredo Reichlin, 91, Italian politician and journalist (l'Unità), deputy (1968–1994), MEP (1984–1985).
* József Szécsényi, 85, Hungarian Olympic discus thrower (1960, 1964).
* Tayfun Talipoğlu, 54, Turkish journalist and author, heart attack.
* Govind Talwalkar, 92, Indian journalist and editor (Maharashtra Times).
* Teresia Teaiwa, 48, I-Kiribati-American poet and academic, cancer.
* José Zardón, 93, Cuban baseball player (Washington Senators).

### 22

* Marilyn McCord Adams, 73, American philosopher and priest, cancer.
* Andy Coogan, 99, Scottish author and World War II veteran.
* Ken Currie, 91, Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian, Dunfermline Athletic).
* John Derrick, 54, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan), brain tumour.
* Dallas Green, 82, American baseball player, manager (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets) and executive (Chicago Cubs), kidney failure and pneumonia.
* Pete Hamilton, 74, American racecar driver, winner of the 1970 Daytona 500.
* Sib Hashian, 67, American drummer (Boston).
* Mark Higgins, 53, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).
* Francine Hughes, 69, American film subject (The Burning Bed) and domestic abuse symbol, complications from pneumonia.
* Alexandr Kliment, 88, Czech writer, poet and playwright, Charter 77 signatory.
* Joanne Kyger, 82, American poet, lung cancer.
* Sven-Erik Magnusson, 74, Swedish musician (Sven-Ingvars), prostate cancer.
* Tomas Milian, 84, Cuban-born Italian actor (The Big Gundown, Traffic, Amistad), stroke.
* Agustí Montal Costa, 82, Spanish economist and businessman, President of FC Barcelona (1969–1977).
* Ronnie Moran, 83, English football player and coach (Liverpool).
* Piroska Oszoli, 98, Hungarian painter.
* Keith Palmer, 48, British police officer, stabbed during 2017 Westminster attack.
* Daisuke Satō, 52, Japanese game designer, novelist, and manga writer (Highschool of the Dead), ischemic heart disease.
* Helena Štáchová, 72, Czech puppeteer (Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre) and voice actress.
* Lembit Ulfsak, 69, Estonian actor (Tangerines), muscular dystrophy.
* Christina Vella, 75, American writer and historian.

### 23

* Lola Albright, 92, American actress (Champion, Peter Gunn, Lord Love a Duck).
* Ashokamitran, 85, Indian writer.
* Mirella Bentivoglio, 94, Italian artist.
* Miroslava Breach, 54, Mexican journalist (La Jornada), murdered.
* Donald Burgett, 91, American writer and World War II veteran.
* John W. Darrah, 78, American jurist, member of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (since 2000).
* Serge Doubrovsky, 88, French author.
* Meir Einstein, 65, Israeli sports broadcaster (Channel 10), muscular dystrophy.
* Julio Etchegoyen, 83, Argentine army officer and politician, Governor of Chubut Province (1976–1978) and La Pampa Province (1978–1981).
* Lee Farr, 89, American actor (Thundering Jets, Lone Texan, Gunfighters of Abilene).
* Nigel Hutchinson, 75, English-born New Zealand producer (Goodbye Pork Pie).
* Diana Ingro, 99, Argentine actress (By the Sweat of Your Brow, The Cicada Is Not an Insect, Extraña ternura). (death announced on this date)
* William H. Keeler, 86, American Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Harrisburg (1983–1989), Archbishop of Baltimore (1989–2007).
* Arnfinn Lund, 81, Norwegian horse trainer.
* Clay Matthews Sr., 88, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
* Denis McGrath, 48, American-Canadian television writer and producer (Continuum, XIII: The Series, Republic of Doyle), cancer.
* Nicolas Nieri, 77, Peruvian Olympic footballer (1960).
* Mary Owen, 96, Australian feminist and trade unionist.
* Ingeborg Rapoport, 104, German pediatrician.
* Ian Robinson, 91, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Cowper (1963–1984) and Page (1984–1990).
* Sølvi Sogner, 85, Norwegian historian.
* Ahmad Taufik, 51, Indonesian journalist, lung cancer.
* Alex Tizon, 57, Filipino-born American journalist and author (The Seattle Times), recipient of the Pulitzer Prize (1997).
* Cino Tortorella, 89, Italian television presenter (Zecchino d'Oro).
* Denis Voronenkov, 45, Russian politician, member of the State Duma (2011–2016), shot.
* George Woodman, 85, American artist.

### 24

* Ivan Abadjiev, 85, Bulgarian weightlifter, world championship silver medalist (1957).
* J. Allen Adams, 85, American politician and legislator.
* Herbert Addo, 66, Ghanaian football coach.
* Bartolo Alvarez, 102, Puerto Rican musician.
* Piers Dixon, 88, British politician, MP for Truro (1970–1974).
* John Doull, 94, American toxicologist.
* Rich Fisher, 67, American news anchor (WJBK), esophageal cancer.
* Lennox Grafton, 97, Canadian architect.
* Hubert Hammerer, 92, Austrian sports shooter, Olympic gold medalist (1960).
* Leo Peelen, 48, Dutch track cyclist, Olympic silver medalist (1988).
* Jean Rouverol, 100, American actress (It's a Gift) and screenwriter (Autumn Leaves, The Guiding Light).
* Pedro Salvatori, 83, Argentine politician, Governor of Neuquén Province (1973, 1987–1991).
* Avraham Sharir, 84, Israeli diplomat and politician, Minister of Tourism (1981–1988) and Justice (1986–1988).
* Pete Shotton, 75, British washboardist (The Quarrymen) and businessman (Fatty Arbuckle's, Apple Corps), suspected heart attack.
* William Kelly Simpson, 89, American Egyptologist.
* Wolfgang Solz, 77, German football player and coach (Eintracht Frankfurt, national team).
* Keith Sutton, 82, English Anglican prelate, Bishop of Lichfield (1984–2003).
* Mary Tortorich, 102, American voice teacher.
* Avo Uvezian, 91, Armenian-American jazz pianist and cigar manufacturer.
* Gilbert Vallanchon, 75, French Olympic rower.

### 25

* Abu Umar al-Almani, 30–31, German jihadist and ISIL commander, shot.
* Ralph Archbold, 75, American actor and impersonator (Benjamin Franklin), complications of heart failure.
* Sheila Bond, 90, American actress (Wish You Were Here, The Marrying Kind, Damn Yankees), Tony winner (1953).
* Giorgio Capitani, 89, Italian filmmaker (The Ruthless Four).
* Louis Desmarais, 94, Canadian politician.
* Gary Doak, 71, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins), cancer.
* Jack Faszholz, 89, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).
* Louis Feldman, 90, American classical scholar.
* František Gaulieder, 66, Slovak politician, MP (1994–1996), suspected suicide by train.
* Daniel P. Gordon, 47, American politician, member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (2011–2013).
* Paula Christine Hammond, 73, British magistrate.
* Asbjørn Hansen, 86, Norwegian footballer (Sparta, national team).
* Roberta L. Hazard, 82, American Navy rear admiral.
* J. Richard Hill, 88, British Navy rear admiral.
* Alice Hohlmayer, 92, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets).
* Walter Meier, 89, German Olympic athlete.
* Christy Mihos, 67, American businessman and politician, pancreatic cancer.
* Teodor Oizerman, 102, Ukrainian-born Russian philosopher, heart failure.
* Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarabira (1981–1989), Archbishop of Paraíba (1995–2004).
* Miquel Roger i Casamada, 62, Spanish composer and music producer, traffic collision.
* Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, 95, St. Kitts and Nevis politician, Governor-General (1996–2013).
* Julian Stanczak, 88, Polish-born American Op Art painter.
* Dave Steele, 42, American racing driver (IndyCar, NASCAR, ARCA), USAC Silver Crown Champion (2004, 2005), race collision.
* María Esther Vázquez, 79, Argentine writer, stroke.
* N. K. Viswanathan, 75, Indian film director and cinematographer.
* Eric Watson, 91, New Zealand cricketer (Otago) and rugby union coach (Otago, national team).

### 26

* Alessandro Alessandroni, 92, Italian composer and musician.
* Audun Bakke, 83, Norwegian journalist.
* Darlene Cates, 69, American actress (What's Eating Gilbert Grape).
* Chen Uen, 58, Taiwanese manhua artist, heart attack.
* Mai Dantsig, 86, Belarusian artist.
* Monty Davidson, 81, Canadian politician.
* Jimmy Dotson, 83, American blues musician.
* Todd Frohwirth, 54, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies), stomach cancer.
* Joe Harris, 89, American illustrator and storyboard artist (Underdog, Trix).
* Ernest M. Henley, 92, American physicist.
* Marie Jakober, 75, Canadian author.
* Vladimir Kazachyonok, 64, Russian football player (Zenit) and manager (Dynamo Saint Petersburg).
* Brian Oldfield, 71, American Olympic shot putter (1972).
* Věra Špinarová, 65, Czech singer, heart attack.
* Philippe d'Ursel, 96, Swiss-born Belgian Olympic alpine skier (1948).
* Roger Wilkins, 85, American civil rights activist and journalist (The Crisis), Assistant Attorney General (1966–1969), complications from dementia.

### 27

* Leoncio Afonso, 100, Spanish scientist.
* Mizu Ahmed, 63, Bangladeshi actor, heart attack.
* Shirley Annan, 76, New Zealand netball player (national team).
* Peter Bastian, 73, Danish bassoonist.
* Richard Beale, 96, British actor (Doctor Who, Emmerdale, The Bill).
* Romolo Bizzotto, 92, Italian football player and manager (Verona, Juventus).
* Arthur Blythe, 76, American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, Parkinson's disease.
* Chelsea Brown, 74, American-Australian actress (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Number 96), pneumonia.
* Jose Antonio N. Carrion, 68, Filipino politician, Governor of Marinduque (2007–2010, 1995–1998).
* Zaida Catalán, 36, Swedish lawyer and politician, Chairman of Young Greens of Sweden (2001–2005), shot. (body found on this date)
* Leone Cimpellin, 90, Italian cartoonist (Jonny Logan).
* Stanley Cohen, 90, American physicist.
* Clem Curtis, 76, Trinidadian-born British singer, lung cancer.
* Beau Dick, 61, Canadian Kwakwaka'wakw activist and carver, complications from a stroke.
* Kaljo Ellik, 68, Estonian politician.
* Jean-Michel Guilcher, 102, French ethnologist.
* Cherry, Lady Hambro, 83, British journalist and aviator.
* John D. Herbert, 86, American attorney, Ohio State Treasurer (1963–1971).
* Velik Kapsazov, 81, Bulgarian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).
* Rainer Kussmaul, 70, German violinist, conductor and concertmaster, Grammy Award winner (2005).
* Eduard Mudrik, 77, Ukrainian-born Russian football player (Dynamo Moscow).
* Charles Murphy, 56, American investor and hedge fund manager.
* Ali H. Nayfeh, 83, Palestinian-born American aerospace engineer.
* John A. Newton, 86, British Methodist minister.
* Armando Nieto, 85, Peruvian Roman Catholic priest and historian.
* Robert Parr, 95, American theoretical chemist.
* Sean Roberts, 48, New Zealand cricketer.
* Arun Sarma, 85, Indian playwright.
* David Storey, 83, English novelist (Saville), screenwriter (This Sporting Life) and playwright (Home), Parkinson's disease and dementia.
* Harold Neville Vazeille Temperley, 102, British applied mathematician.
* Steve Vaillancourt, 65, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1996–2014, since 2016).
* Elizabeth Wagele, 77, American writer and musician, neuroendocrine cancer.

### 28

* Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, 99, Austro-Hungarian-born Spanish and Italian noblewoman.
* T. R. Andhyarujina, 83, Indian lawyer, Solicitor General (1996–1998).
* Jean-Pierre Cave, 65, French politician.
* Ronald Hines, 87, British actor (Not in Front of the Children).
* Deane R. Hinton, 94, American diplomat and ambassador.
* Ahmed Kathrada, 87, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, MP (1994–1999), complications from cerebral embolism.
* Christine Kaufmann, 72, Austrian-born German actress (Town Without Pity, Bagdad Café, The Last Days of Pompeii), leukemia.
* Liévin Lerno, 89, Belgian bicycle racer, Olympic champion (1948), world championship silver medalist (1948).
* William McPherson, 84, American journalist (The Washington Post) and author, Pulitzer Prize winner (1977), complications from heart failure and pneumonia.
* Bill Minor, 94, American journalist.
* Gwilym Prys Prys-Davies, Baron Prys-Davies, 93, Welsh lawyer and politician.
* Gurdev Singh Badal, 85, Indian politician.
* Janine Sutto, 95, French-born Canadian actress (Kamouraska, Congorama, Route 132).
* Enn Vetemaa, 80, Estonian writer.

### 29

* Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, 88, Russian-American theoretical physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics (2003).
* Raudha Athif, 20, Maldivian model, suicide by hanging.
* Mireille Cébeillac-Gervasoni, 74, French historian.
* John Collias, 98, American Western artist.
* Wayne Duke, 88, American collegiate athletic executive, commissioner of the Big Ten Conference (1971–1988).
* Valeri Glushakov, 58, Kazakh-born Russian football player (Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow) and manager.
* Alan Johnston, 63, Irish cricketer.
* Steen Miles, 70, American journalist and politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (2005–2007), lung cancer.
* João Gilberto Noll, 70, Brazilian writer.
* Ernst Ogris, 49, Austrian football player (Hertha BSC) and manager.
* Linwood Sexton, 90, American football player (Wichita State Shockers, Los Angeles Dons).
* Katherine Smith, 98, American Navajo activist.
* Ken Sparks, 73, American football coach and player (Carson–Newman Eagles), prostate cancer.
* Bonno Spieker, 81, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1977–1981, 1981–1994).

### 30

* Thomas Brandis, 81, German violinist and concertmaster.
* Richard Bustillo, 75, American martial arts instructor.
* Sir John Fretwell, 86, British diplomat, Ambassador to France (1982–1987).
* James Hadnot, 59, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), heart attack.
* Paul Hamilton, 75, Nigerian Olympic football player (1968) and manager (national team).
* Rosie Hamlin, 71, American singer (Rosie and the Originals).
* Donald Harvey, 64, American serial killer, beaten.
* Phillip Ko, 67, Hong Kong actor and director.
* Nina Lowry, 91, British barrister and judge.
* Robert Mahoney, 95, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1955–1972).
* Alfred C. Marble Jr., 80, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Mississippi (1993–2003).
* Neelamana Madhavan Nampoothiri, 73, Indian historian and writer.
* Hattie Peterson, 86, American baseball player (Rockford Peaches), lung cancer.
* Dick Potts, 77, British ecologist.
* Alec Ross, 80, Australian tour guide.
* Tom Savage, 76, Irish broadcasting executive, chairman of the RTÉ Board (2009–2014).
* Mary White, 91, English physician and chairwoman of the Bromsgrove Festival.

### 31

* Halit Akçatepe, 80, Turkish actor.
* Rubén Amaro Sr., 81, Mexican baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees) and coach, World Series champion (1980).
* John Arnott, 84, English footballer (Bournemouth, Gillingham).
* Abul Kalam Azad, 45, Bangladeshi military officer, injuries sustained in bomb explosion.
* Gilbert Baker, 65, American artist and gay activist, creator of the rainbow flag.
* Richard Nelson Bolles, 90, American writer (What Color Is Your Parachute?).
* William Thaddeus Coleman Jr., 96, American lawyer (Brown v. Board of Education), federal judge and politician, Secretary of Transportation (1975–1977), Alzheimer's disease.
* Rupert Cornwell, 71, British journalist (The Independent).
* Jerrier A. Haddad, 94, American computer engineer.
* Mike Hall, 35, British endurance cyclist, traffic collision.
* James Clinkscales Hill, 93, American jurist, member of the District Court for N.D. Georgia (1974–1976), 5th Cir. (1976–1981), and 11th Cir. (since 1981).
* Radley Metzger, 88, American pornographic filmmaker (I, a Woman, Camille 2000, The Lickerish Quartet).
* John Phillips, 65, Welsh footballer (Chelsea, national team).
* Amy Ridenour, 57, American conservative political activist, cancer.
* James Rosenquist, 83, American artist.
* Gordon H. Sato, 89, American cell biologist.
* Roland W. Schmitt, 93, American technology executive (General Electric) and academic administrator (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute).
* Nigel Sitwell, 81, British conservationist and writer, Alzheimer's disease.
* Évelyne Sullerot, 92, French feminist.