# Deaths in November 2015
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The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2015.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
* Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

## November 2015
### 1

* Abdikarim Yusuf Adam, Somali military officer, Chief of Army (2015), shot.
* Bill Ballantine, 78, British-born New Zealand marine biologist.
* Ronald Desruelles, 60, Belgian Olympic athlete (1976, 1984), suicide by hanging.
* Thomas R. Fitzgerald, 74, American judge, Chief Justice (2008–2010) and member (2000–2010) of the Illinois Supreme Court, Parkinson's disease.
* José Fonseca e Costa, 82, Portuguese film director (No Trace of Sin), pneumonia.
* Anselmo Gouthier, 82, Italian politician, MEP (1979–1984).
* Gloria Salguero Gross, 74, Salvadoran politician, President of the Legislative Assembly (1994–1997), cardiac arrest.
* Stephen Hancock, 89, English actor (Coronation Street).
* Afzal Khan Lala, 89, Pakistani politician, MP for Swat (1993–1997), complications from cirrhosis.
* Houston McTear, 58, American sprinter, lung cancer.
* Charles Duncan Michener, 97, American entomologist.
* Paolo Poiret, 70, Italian actor and voice actor.
* Günter Schabowski, 86, German politician, editor-in-chief of Neues Deutschland, First Secretary of the East Berlin SED, prematurely announced the fall of the Berlin Wall.
* Hayden Shell, 78, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Geelong West (1982–85) and Geelong (1985–92).
* Rudolf Scheurer, 90, Swiss football referee.
* Fred Thompson, 73, American politician and actor (Law & Order, Sinister, Cape Fear), U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1994–2003), minority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee, lymphoma.
* A. Veluppillai, 78, Sri Lankan Tamil academic and author.

### 2

* Frank Budgen, 61, British commercial director (Tag, Mountain), cancer.
* Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, 91, Polish art historian.
* Mike Davies, 79, Welsh tennis player, mesothelioma.
* Roy Dommett, 82, British engineer and rocket scientist.
* Peter Donaldson, 70, Egyptian-born British newsreader and radio broadcaster (BBC Radio 4), cancer.
* Christopher Duggan, 57, British historian, suicide by hanging.
* Betty Fountain, 85, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
* Hashim Abdul Halim, 80, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA for Amdanga (1977–2006) and Entally (2006–2011), heart attack.
* Omar El-Hariri, c. 71, Libyan general, traffic collision.
* Karl Jaeger, 85, American educator, writer and artist.
* Haruko Kato, 92, Japanese actress (Howl's Moving Castle, Kiki's Delivery Service).
* Alexey Kozlov, 80, Russian Soviet intelligence officer, Hero of the Russian Federation.
* Neville Lakay, 77, South African cricketer.
* Eddie Milner, 60, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants).
* Tommy Overstreet, 78, American country singer.
* Roméo Phillion, 76, Canadian prisoner, wrongly convicted of murder, COPD.
* Miroslav Poljak, 71, Croatian water polo player, Olympic champion (1968).
* Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao, 69, Indian actor, brain infection.
* Arthur Shaw, 91, English footballer (Arsenal).
* Donald Shell, 91, American computer scientist (Shellsort).
* Barbara Snelling, 87, American politician, Vermont Lieutenant Governor (1993–1997), State Senator (1999–2002), and First Lady (1977–1985 and 1991).
* Edward Soja, 75, American geographer.
* David Stock, 76, American composer and conductor, blood disease.
* Tan Kim Bee, 86, Malaysian Olympic weightlifter.
* Carlos Vargas Ferrer, 44, Puerto Rican politician, member of the P.R. House of Representatives, traffic collision following a heart attack.
* Colin Welland, 81, British actor and screenwriter (Kes, Straw Dogs, Chariots of Fire), Oscar winner (1982).

### 3

* Peter Bayley, 94, English academic.
* Adriana Campos, 36, Colombian actress (Vecinos), traffic collision.
* Judy Cassab, 95, Austrian-born Australian painter and Holocaust survivor, only woman to win two Archibald Prizes (1960, 1967).
* Ahmed Chalabi, 70, Iraqi politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2005–2006), President of the Governing Council (2003), Iraq War lobbyist, heart attack.
* Howard Coble, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 6th congressional district (1985–2015), complications from surgery.
* Csaba Fenyvesi, 72, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1968, 1972), cancer.
* David Graham, 91, American casting director (Three's Company, Purple Rain).
* Tom Graveney, 88, English cricketer (Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, England), Parkinson's disease.
* Paul Gundani, 49, Zimbabwean footballer (national team), suspected malaria.
* Chuck Hurston, 72, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills), cancer.
* Sidney H. Lazard, 84, American bridge player.
* S. Mahalingam, 89, Sri Lankan mechanical engineer and academic.
* Fred McNeill, 63, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir, 86, Bangladeshi academic.
* Lauretta Ngcobo, 84, South African author and activist.
* Nils Nygaard, 83, Norwegian professor of law.
* Dan Poynter, 78, American author, publisher, pioneer in self-publishing, acute myeloid leukemia and renal failure.
* Paul Rose, 79, British politician, MP for Manchester Blackley (1964–1979).
* Fred J. Scollay, 92, American actor (Law & Order, Death Wish).
* Rick Sortun, 73, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals).
* Katherine Stenholm, 98, American film director.
* Lesley Vance, 76, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1994), colon cancer.

### 4

* Gülten Akın, 82, Turkish poet.
* Ingo von Bredow, 75, German sailor, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).
* Desmond Bull, 80, Australian cricketer.
* Piotr Domaradzki, 69, Polish-born American journalist (Dziennik Związkowy), essayist and historian, smoke inhalation.
* Ron Drzewiecki, 82, American football player (Chicago Bears).
* René Girard, 91, French-American historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science.
* Ian Greer, 82, British political lobbyist (Cash-for-questions affair).
* Steve Hanson, 54, Australian rugby league player (North Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, New South Wales), heart attack.
* Veikko Heinonen, 81, Finnish ski jumper.
* Truman McGill Hobbs, 94, American judge, District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (1980–1991).
* Károly Horváth, 65, Romanian–Hungarian composer and musician.
* Ole Knapp, 83, Norwegian politician.
* Themba Makhanya, 45, Swazi Olympic athlete.
* Melissa Mathison, 65, American screenwriter (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Black Stallion, Kundun), neuroendocrine cancer.
* Marina Pankova, 52, Russian volleyball player, Olympic champion (1988).
* Laila Pullinen, 82, Finnish sculptor.
* Lee Robinson, 72, American politician, member of the Georgia Senate (1974–1982), Mayor of Macon (1987–1991), colon cancer.
* Jerzy Sadek, 73, Polish footballer (Sparta Rotterdam, national team).
* David Teeuwen, 45, American newspaper editor (USA Today), intestinal cancer.
* Kostas Tsakonas, 72, Greek actor, cancer.

### 5

* James Achurch, 87, Australian Olympic javelin thrower (1956).
* George Barris, 89, American custom car designer (Batmobile, Munster Koach), cancer.
* Ritch Brinkley, 71, American actor (Murphy Brown, Cabin Boy, Beauty and the Beast).
* Nora Brockstedt, 92, Norwegian singer.
* Soma Edirisinghe, 76, Sri Lankan executive, film producer, philanthropist and social worker.
* Pierre Gy, 91, French chemist and statistician.
* Ehud Havazelet, 60, American author.
* Theodore Cyrus Karp, 89, American musicologist.
* Czesław Kiszczak, 90, Polish soldier and politician, last Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (1989) and Minister of Internal Affairs (1981–1990).
* Ed Lechner, 95, American football player (New York Giants).
* Mikhail Lesin, 57, Russian political advisor and media executive (Gazprom-Media), creator of Russia Today, blunt force head trauma.
* Hans Mommsen, 85, German historian of Nazism and the Holocaust.
* Lar O'Byrne, 91, Irish footballer (Shamrock Rovers).
* Kjell Öhman, 72, Swedish musician.

### 6

* Brian Cadle, 67, Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg Jets), brain cancer.
* Bobby Campbell, 78, British football player and manager.
* Gimme Da Lute, 3, American racehorse, euthanized.
* José Ángel Espinoza, 96, Mexican singer, composer and actor.
* Karel Mejta, 87, Czech rower, Olympic champion (1952).
* John Pashley, 82, Australian rugby union player (national team).
* Chuck Pyle, 70, American country-folk singer-songwriter, drowned.
* Ri Ul-sol, 94, North Korean politician and military official, lung cancer.
* Yveta Synek Graff, 81, Czech opera singer and vocal coach.
* Beni Veras, 80, Brazilian politician, Governor of Ceará (2002–2003).

### 7

* Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, 45, Indian director and poet, heart attack.
* Fred Besana, 85, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
* Ken Booth, 84, English footballer.
* John Davis, 72, Australian science documentary filmmaker (ABC) and climber, first person to scale Ball's Pyramid, helicopter crash.
* Carl-Åke Eriksson, 80, Swedish actor (Frostbite, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, The Simple-Minded Murderer), cancer.
* Gladys-Marie Fry, 84, American folklorist and historian, heart attack.
* Pancho Guedes, 90, Portuguese architect and artist.
* Gunnar Hansen, 68, Icelandic-born American actor (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), pancreatic cancer.
* Eddie Hoh, 71, American rock drummer (The Mamas & the Papas, The Monkees, Donovan).
* Yitzhak Navon, 94, Israeli politician, President (1978–1983).
* David Shawcross, 74, English footballer (Manchester City, Stockport, Halifax).
* Vincent Thomas, 93, American politician, Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia (1976–1984).
* João Verle, 75, Brazilian politician, Mayor of Porto Alegre (2002–2004).
* Carl L. Weschcke, 85, American publisher (Llewellyn Worldwide).

### 8

* Abd Al-Karim Al-Iryani, 81, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (1998–2001).
* Rhea Chiles, 84, American philanthropist, First Lady of Florida (1991–1998), founder of Florida House on Capitol Hill and the Polk Museum of Art.
* Harry Clarke, 94, English footballer (Darlington) and cricketer.
* Joseph Cure, 31, American ice hockey player and actor (Miracle), traffic collision.
* Rod Davies, 85, British astronomer, cancer.
* Charlie Dick, 81, American record promoter.
* Andrei Eshpai, 90, Russian classical pianist, composer and scholar, stroke.
* Luciano Gallino, 88, Italian sociologist.
* Betty Groff, 80, American chef and cookbook author, expert on the Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine.
* Aldo Guidolin, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
* Om Prakash Mehra, 96, Indian military officer, Chief of Air Staff (1973–1976), Governor of Maharashtra (1980–1982) and Rajasthan (1985–1987).
* Angad Paul, 45, British manufacturing executive and film producer (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, The Tournament), suicide by jumping.
* Alfred Roussel, 94, Canadian politician.
* Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, 73, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk and political activist.
* Dora van der Groen, 88, Belgian actress (Dokter Pulder zaait papavers).
* Leon Vlok, 86, South African cricketer (North Eastern Transvaal).

### 9

* Jacqueline A. Berrien, 53, American lawyer, chairwoman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2010–2014), cancer.
* Carol Doda, 78, American topless dancer, kidney failure.
* Ernst Fuchs, 85, Austrian painter, co-founder of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.
* Tommy Hanson, 29, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels), multiple organ failure caused by cocaine and alcohol toxicity.
* Brian Keighley, 67, Scottish physician and medical unionist (BMA).
* Ruth Kramer, 89, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).
* Byron Krieger, 95, American Olympic fencer (1952, 1956), burns.
* Vito J. Lopez, 74, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1985–2013), cancer.
* Sebastião do Rego Barros Netto, 75, Brazilian lawyer and diplomat, Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1990–1991), Russia (1991–1994) and Argentina (1999–2001), fall from building.
* Remko Scha, 70, Dutch computer scientist and musician.
* Yolanda Sonnabend, 80, British theatrical designer.
* Andy White, 85, British drummer (The Beatles), stroke.
* Mikhail Zubchuk, 47, Russian footballer (Saturn, Fakel).

### 10

* Gene Amdahl, 92, American computer architect and high-tech entrepreneur, pneumonia.
* Vernon Ashley, 99, American Crow Creek chief.
* David Atlas, 91, American meteorologist, stroke.
* John Carlill, 90, British rear admiral, President of Royal Naval College, Greenwich (1980–1982).
* Larry Chimbole, 96, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1974–1978).
* Harold Collins, 90, Canadian politician, member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Gander (1967–1979).
* Robert Craft, 92, American conductor and writer.
* Pat Eddery, 63, Irish jockey, eleven-time Champion Jockey, four-time Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner, three-time Lester Award and Epsom Derby winner, heart attack.
* André Glucksmann, 78, French philosopher and writer.
* Johannes Pujasumarta, 65, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Semarang (since 2010).
* Bill Quinlan, 83, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
* Klaus Roth, 90, German-born British mathematician, recipient of the Fields Medal (1958).
* Helmut Schmidt, 96, German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1974–1982), complications from surgery.
* Allen Toussaint, 77, American musician, producer, songwriter ("Fortune Teller", "Working in the Coal Mine", "Southern Nights") and arranger, heart attack.
* Alix d'Unienville, 97, French wartime spy.
* Tim Valentine, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 2nd district (1983–1995) and N.C. House (1955–1960), heart failure.
* Laurent Vidal, 31, French Olympic triathlete (2008, 2012), heart attack.
* Michael Wright, 35, American-Turkish basketball player, head injury.

### 11

* Nancy Charton, 95, South African Anglican priest.
* Madeline DeFrees, 95, American poet.
* Rita Gross, 72, American Buddhist feminist theologian and author, stroke.
* Bob LaLonde, 93, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate (1989–1994).
* Nathaniel Marston, 40, American actor (One Life to Live), spinal injuries from traffic collision.
* Ole Sjølie, 92, Norwegian painter.
* Tage Skou-Hansen, 90, Danish writer.
* Scotty Stirling, 86, American journalist and sport executive (NBA, Oakland Raiders, Oakland Oaks).
* Phil Taylor, 61, English drummer (Motörhead), liver failure.
* Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich, 81, Russian Soviet film director (d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers), heart failure.

### 12

* Earl E. Anderson, 96, American Marine Corps general.
* Graham Atkinson, 77, English cricketer (Lancashire, Somerset).
* Lucian Bălan, 56, Romanian footballer (Baia Mare), suicide by drug overdose.
* Anne-Marie Campora, 76, Monegasque politician, Mayor (1991–2003).
* José Refugio Esparza Reyes, 94, Mexican politician, Governor of Aguascalientes (1974–1980).
* Naila Faran, 37, Saudi doctor.
* Márton Fülöp, 32, Hungarian footballer (Sunderland, national team), cancer.
* Jihadi John, 27, Kuwaiti-born British Islamic State propagandist, drone strike.
* Ellsworth Kalas, 92, American Methodist theologian.
* Tom King, 91, American basketball player.
* Marie Seznec Martinez, 57, French model, cancer.
* Peter McLeavey, 79, New Zealand art dealer, Parkinson's disease.
* Harry Rowen, 90, American national security expert, heart attack.
* Aaron Shikler, 93, American artist, renal failure.
* Jaspal Singh, 47, Indian cricketer.
* Paul Stewart, 89, American historian, founder of the Black American West Museum and Heritage Center.
* Pál Várhidi, 84, Hungarian football player (Újpesti Dózsa) and manager (Újpesti Dózsa, Vác, BEAC).
* Travis Ward, 93, American oil magnate.

### 13

* Sam Adams, 87, Canadian football player (BC Lions).
* Abu Nabil al-Anbari, Iraqi militant, leader of ISIL in Libya, airstrike.
* Giorgio Bambini, 70, Italian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
* Bruce Dayton, 97, American retail executive and philanthropist, President and Chairman of Target, founder of B. Dalton.
* Glenn Goerke, 84, American academic.
* John Gray, 68, New Zealand Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Te Waipounamu (1996–2015).
* Betty Ann Grove, 86, American singer and actress.
* Johnny Podesto, 94, American football player.
* Henk Visser, 83, Dutch Olympic long jumper (1952), (1960).
* Éliane Vogel-Polsky, 89, Belgian lawyer and feminist.
* Jennifer Willems, 68, Dutch actress.

### 14

* Hemanga Baruah, 49, Indian cricketer.
* Gys van Beek, 96, Dutch-born American inventor.
* Nick Bockwinkel, 80, American professional wrestler (AWA).
* Berugo Carámbula, 70, Uruguayan actor (Son Amores) and comedian, complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Alan Davison, 79, British inorganic chemist.
* K. S. Gopalakrishnan, 86, Indian film director, screenwriter and producer.
* Cyril Pius MacDonald, 87, Canadian politician.
* Warren Mitchell, 89, British actor (Till Death Us Do Part, Death of a Salesman, The Price).
* Hisham Nazer, 83, Saudi Arabian executive and diplomat.

### 15

* Kai Atō, 69, Japanese actor and TV personality.
* Stephen Birmingham, 86, American author, lung cancer.
* LeRoy Braungardt, 76, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1978–1985).
* Kenneth Monroe Carr, 90, American vice admiral.
* Carmen Castillo, 57, Dominican baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins), heart attack.
* Dora Doll, 93, French actress (Manon, French Cancan, Julia).
* Norm Ellenberger, 83, American college basketball coach (New Mexico Lobos).
* George Genovese, 93, American baseball player (Washington Senators) and scout (San Francisco Giants).
* Grete Jenny, 85, Austrian Olympic sprinter (1948).
* Guo Jie, 103, Chinese Olympic athlete (1936).
* Saeed Jaffrey, 86, Indian-born British actor (The Man Who Would Be King, Shatranj Ke Khilari, My Beautiful Laundrette), brain hemorrhage.
* Nicoletta Machiavelli, 71, Italian actress (Navajo Joe, The Hills Run Red, Bawdy Tales).
* Vincent Margera, 59, American reality television personality (Viva La Bam, Jackass, CKY), kidney and liver failure.
* Jackie McGugan, 76, Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Leeds United).
* Moira Orfei, 83, Italian circus artist and actress (Scent of a Woman, Ursus, The Birds, the Bees and the Italians), stroke.
* Cynthia Payne, 82, British brothel keeper.
* Gisèle Prassinos, 95, French author.
* Herbert Scarf, 85, American mathematician and economist, heart failure.
* John P. Schlegel, 72, American Jesuit and academic administrator, President of Creighton University (2000–2011) and the University of San Francisco (1991–2000), pancreatic cancer.
* P. F. Sloan, 70, American singer and songwriter ("Secret Agent Man", "Eve of Destruction", "A Must to Avoid"), pancreatic cancer.
* Heinz Stickel, 66, German footballer.
* Said Tarabeek, 74, Egyptian actor, heart attack.
* Lauri Vaska, 90, American chemist.

### 16

* Yuliya Balykina, 31, Belarusian Olympic sprinter (2012), homicide. (body discovered on this date)
* Ronald Bandell, 69, Dutch mayor.
* David Canary, 77, American actor (All My Children, Bonanza).
* Louise Cowan, 98, American educator.
* Richard Cowan, 57, American opera singer and festival director.
* Ricardo Ferrero, 60, Argentine football player and coach.
* Nando Gazzolo, 87, Italian actor and voice actor (West and Soda, The Hills Run Red, Django Shoots First).
* Michael C. Gross, 70, American graphic designer and producer (Ghostbusters, Heavy Metal, Beethoven), cancer.
* Jerzy Katlewicz, 88, Polish conductor and artistic director.
* Wally Kincaid, 89, American Hall of Fame college baseball coach (Cerritos College).
* Kwek Leng Joo, 62, Singaporean businessman, heart attack.
* Paul Laffoley, 80, American artist and architect, heart failure.
* Seymour Lipkin, 88, American concert pianist, conductor, and educator.
* Bert Olmstead, 89, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs), complications from a stroke.
* Mel Ryan, 82, British cricketer (Yorkshire).
* Alton D. Slay, 91, American air force general, blood cancer.
* Glee S. Smith, Jr., 94, American politician, member of the Kansas Senate (1957–1973).
* Soviet Song, 15, Irish-bred British-trained thoroughbred racehorse, Cartier Champion Older Horse 2004, euthanized.
* David Steen, 79, British newspaper and magazine photographer.
* Barbara Thiering, 85, Australian theologian, writer and Biblical revisionist (Jesus the Man).

### 17

* Al Aarons, 83, American jazz trumpeter (Count Basie Orchestra).
* Ishtiaq Ahmad, 74, Pakistani spy fiction author, heart attack.
* Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu, 63, Nigerian politician, Federal Minister of Education (2007–2008).
* Ed Boykin, 83, American politician.
* Donald Brian, 90, New Zealand cricketer.
* Guy Buckingham, 94, British engineer and automobile designer (Nota).
* Mario Cervi, 94, Italian essayist and journalist, co-founder of Il Giornale.
* Milton Crenchaw, 96, American aviator (Tuskegee Airmen), cardiovascular disease and pneumonia.
* John Gainsford, 77, South African rugby union player (Springboks), cancer.
* Drago Grubelnik, 39, Slovene Olympic alpine skier (1998, 2002, 2006), traffic collision.
* Sir John Leahy, 87, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Australia (1984–1988).
* Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi, 89, Iranian poet.
* Pithukuli Murugadas, 95, Indian devotional singer.
* Olaf H. Olsen, 87, Danish historian and archaeologist.
* Terence Robbins, 81, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer.
* Laura Rockefeller Chasin, 79, American philanthropist.
* Ashok Singhal, 89, Indian Hindu activist.
* David VanLanding, 51, American rock singer (Michael Schenker Group, Crimson Glory), traffic collision.

### 18

* Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 28, Belgian suspected ringleader of the November 2015 Paris attacks, shot.
* Bjørn Borgen, 78, Norwegian footballer (Fredrikstad, national team).
* Charles Cawley, 75, American businessman (MBNA).
* Fang Jing, 44, Chinese news anchor (CCTV), cancer.
* Rosetta A. Ferguson, 95, American politician.
* Daniel Ferro, 94, American opera singer and vocal coach.
* Wilbur Foss, 94, American politician and musician.
* Dan Halldorson, 63, Canadian golfer, stroke.
* Redvers Kyle, 86, South African-British television continuity announcer, voice-over artist and actor.
* Jonah Lomu, 40, New Zealand rugby union player (All Blacks), heart attack.
* Mack McCormick, 85, American musicologist and folklorist, esophageal cancer.
* Lindela Ndlovu, Zimbabwean educator, Vice-Chancellor of National University of Science and Technology.
* Norman C. Pickering, 99, American engineer and inventor.
* James Prideaux, 88, American playwright and screenwriter, stroke.
* Harold Searles, 97, American psychiatrist.
* Jim Slater, 86, British financier.
* André Valmy, 96, French actor.

### 19

* Armand, 69, Dutch protest singer, pneumonia.
* Ricardo de la Cierva, 89, Spanish historian and politician, Culture Minister (1980) and Senator by Murcia (1977–1979).
* Rex Cunningham, 91, New Zealand rugby league player.
* Sir Naim Dangoor, 101, Iraqi-born British businessman and philanthropist.
* Ann Downer, 54, American writer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Allen E. Ertel, 78, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 17th district (1977–1983).
* James Evans, 52, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
* John Hall-Jones, 88, New Zealand historian.
* János Herbst, 59, Hungarian footballer and politician, MP (1998–2002).
* Ron Hynes, 64, Canadian folksinger ("Sonny's Dream"), throat cancer.
* John A. Knauss, 90, American oceanographer.
* Korrie Layun Rampan, 62, Indonesian author and politician.
* Rex Reason, 86, German-born American actor (This Island Earth, The Creature Walks Among Us, The Roaring 20's).
* Jim Stump, 83, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
* R. K. Trivedi, 94, Indian politician, Governor of Gujarat (1986–1990).
* Herman Wecke, 88, American soccer player.
* Mal Whitfield, 91, American middle-distance runner, Olympic champion (1948, 1952) and aviator (Tuskegee Airmen).
* John Eugene Zuccotti, 78, American businessman, namesake of Zuccotti Park.

### 20

* Peter Dimmock, 94, British broadcaster (Sportsview).
* Vlatko Dulić, 72, Croatian actor and theatre director.
* Miroslav Fiedler, 89, Czech mathematician.
* Ronald Frankenberg, 86, British anthropologist.
* Néstor Isella, 78, Argentine football player and coach.
* Lex Jacoby, 85, Luxembourgish writer.
* Austin H. Kiplinger, 97, American journalist.
* Svetlana Kitova, 55, Russian middle-distance runner.
* Agustin Mantilla, 70, Peruvian economist and politician.
* Keith Michell, 88, Australian actor (The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Henry VIII and His Six Wives, Murder, She Wrote) and director.
* Jan Monrad, 64, Danish comedian and entertainer, blood clot.
* Nguyen-Thien Dao, 75, Vietnamese-French composer.
* Carlos Oroza, 92, Spanish poet.
* Richard Owen, 92, American federal judge and composer.
* Jim Perry, 82, American television emcee (Definition, Card Sharks, $ale of the Century), cancer.
* Héctor Salva, 75, Uruguayan international footballer.
* Nancy Sandars, 101, British archaeologist.
* Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, 62, Japanese sumo wrestler, chairman of the Japan Sumo Association (2002–2008, since 2012), multiple organ failure.
* Raymond van Schoor, 25, Namibian cricketer, stroke.

### 21

* Gregory H. Adamian, 89, American academic.
* Gil Cardinal, 65, Canadian filmmaker, cirrhosis.
* Kerry Dineen, 63, American baseball player (New York Yankees), cancer.
* Ameen Faheem, 76, Indian-born Pakistani politician, Commerce Minister (2008–2013) and poet, leukaemia.
* Fan Xuji, 101, Chinese academic.
* Bob Foster, 77, American boxer, world light heavyweight champion (1968–1974).
* Linda Haglund, 59, Swedish Olympic sprinter (1972, 1976, 1980), cancer and pulmonary hemorrhage.
* Adele Horin, 64, Australian writer and journalist, lung cancer.
* Ken Johnson, 82, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros).
* Paku Alam IX, 77, Indonesian prince and politician.
* Tayva Patch, 62, American actress in Mormon cinema, complications from surgery.
* Cavit Şadi Pehlivanoğlu, 88, Turkish politician, member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (1961–1996), complications from pneumonia.
* Anthony Read, 80, British screenwriter (Doctor Who).
* Red Cadeaux, 9, British-bred Australian racehorse, three-time runner-up in the Melbourne Cup, euthanized after race injury.
* Germán Robles, 86, Spanish-Mexican actor.
* Richard Russell, 91, American finance writer.
* Joseph Silverstein, 83, American violinist and conductor, heart attack.
* Zoran Ubavič, 50, Slovenian footballer.

### 22

* Hazel Adair, 95, British television writer (Crossroads, Compact, Emergency – Ward 10).
* Abubakar Audu, 68, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kogi State (1992–1993, 1999–2003), heart attack.
* Henson P. Barnes, 81, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1977–1992).
* Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, 66, Bangladeshi politician and convicted war criminal, execution by hanging.
* Howard E. Greer, 94, American vice admiral.
* Jerzy Karasiński, 73, Polish footballer (Lech Poznań).
* Kim Young-sam, 87, South Korean politician, President (1993–1998), heart failure.
* Sipke van der Land, 78, Dutch presenter (NCRV).
* Weslyn Mather, 70, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA for Edmonton-Mill Woods (2004–2008), skin infection.
* Valentin Mogilny, 49, Ukrainian Soviet gymnast, heart attack.
* Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, 67, Bangladeshi politician and convicted war criminal, execution by hanging.
* Adele Morales, 90, American painter, pneumonia.
* Nola, 41, Sudanese-born American and last surviving female northern white rhinoceros, euthanized.
* Albert Pick, 93, German numismatist.
* Alfredo Prucker, 89, Italian Olympic Nordic skier, (1948), (1952), (1956).
* Ingeborg Sjöqvist, 103, Swedish Olympic diver (1932, 1936).
* Robin Stewart, 69, British actor (Bless This House, Cromwell, The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires).
* André Waignein, 73, Belgian composer.

### 23

* Jamiluddin Aali, 90, Pakistani Urdu poet.
* Topazia Alliata, 102, Italian painter and writer.
* Pierre Bernard, 73, French graphic artist and designer.
* Manmeet Bhullar, 35, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (Calgary-Greenway) and cabinet minister, traffic collision.
* Jerzy Browkin, 81, Polish mathematician.
* Dan Fante, 71, American author and playwright.
* Hazel Holt, 87, British novelist.
* Steve Hrymnak, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks).
* Kâmran İnan, 86, Turkish politician.
* Jouni Kaipainen, 58, Finnish composer.
* Alex Kersey-Brown, 73, Welsh rugby player, cancer.
* Chuck Lamson, 76, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings).
* Beatriz Lockhart, 71, Uruguayan pianist and composer.
* Antônio Lomanto Júnior, 90, Brazilian politician, Governor of Bahia (1963–1967).
* Sam Mardian, 96, American politician, Mayor of Phoenix (1960–1964).
* Douglass North, 95, American economist and laureate of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1993), esophageal cancer.
* Lev Okun, 86, Russian theoretical physicist.
* Juan Quarterone, 80, Argentine football player and coach.
* Kaladevanhalli Ramprasad, 81, Indian cricketer.
* Cynthia Robinson, 71, American trumpeter and vocalist (Sly and the Family Stone), cancer.
* Willie Royster, 61, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
* Otto Schaden, 78, American Egyptologist.
* Jim Sochor, 77, American football player and coach (UC Davis), cancer.
* Ankie Stork, 94, Dutch World War II resistance fighter.
* Yoram Tsafrir, 77, Israeli archaeologist.

### 24

* Sir Robert Ford, 91, British army general Adjutant-General to the Forces (1978–1981).
* John Forrester, 66, British historian and philosopher of science, cancer.
* Pierre Gabriel, 82, French mathematician (Gabriel's theorem).
* Zdeněk Humhal, 81, Czech volleyball player, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
* Jack C. Inman, 90, American politician.
* Al Markim, 88, American actor (Tom Corbett, Space Cadet).
* Quincy Monk, 36, American football player (New York Giants, Houston Texans), cancer.
* Marium Mukhtiar, 23, Pakistani fighter pilot, plane crash.
* Heinz Oberhummer, 74, Austrian physicist.
* A. S. Ponnammal, 89, Indian politician, cancer.
* Aubrey Sheiham, 79, South African-born British dental epidemiologist.
* Douglas W. Shorenstein, 60, American real estate developer, chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, cancer.
* Bobby Smith, 81, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets).
* Niel Tupas Sr., 82, Filipino politician, prostate cancer and heart failure.
* Varduhi Varderesyan, 87, Romanian-born Armenian actress.
* Aurora Venturini, 92, Argentine author.
* Steven Vogel, 75, American biologist, cancer.
* Steve Wildstrom, 68, American technology journalist (BusinessWeek), brain cancer.
* Mieko Yagi, 65, Japanese Olympic equestrian.

### 25

* O'Neil Bell, 40, Jamaican cruiserweight boxer, undisputed world champion (2006), shot.
* Sir Jeremy Black, 83, British admiral.
* Kerry Casey, 61, Australian actor, writer and director (George of the Jungle 2, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie), cancer.
* Svein Christiansen, 74, Norwegian jazz drummer.
* Gloria Contreras Roeniger, 81, Mexican dancer and choreographer.
* Jean Corti, 86, French accordionist.
* Judith Fitzgerald, 63, Canadian poet.
* Eva Fuka, 88, Czech-born American photographer.
* Lennart Hellsing, 96, Swedish author and translator.
* Pierre-Yvon Lenoir, 79, French Olympic middle-distance runner (1960).
* Chris Martin, 42, British civil servant, Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (since 2012), cancer.
* Beth Rogan, 84, British actress (Mysterious Island).
* Inuwa Wada, 98, Nigerian politician.
* Elmo Williams, 102, American editor and producer (High Noon, The Longest Day, Tora! Tora! Tora!), Oscar winner (1953).
* Ken Woolley, 82, Australian architect.

### 26

* Amir Aczel, 65, Israeli-born American mathematician and scientist, cancer.
* Ronnie Bright, 77, American bass singer (The Cadillacs, The Coasters, The Valentines).
* Jorgo Bulo, 76, Albanian philologist and historian.
* Eldzier Cortor, 99, American artist.
* Eddy De Leeuw, 59, Belgian Olympic sprinter.
* Tom Dublinski, 85, American football player (Toronto Argonauts, Detroit Lions, Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
* Norbert Gastell, 86, German actor and voice actor (Homer Simpson).
* Tommy Gilbert, 75, American professional wrestler (CWA/USWA) and referee (UWF).
* Noboru Karashima, 82, Japanese historian.
* Jerrold Kemp, 94, American academic.
* Del Kennedy, 92, Australian football player (Footscray).
* Guy Lewis, 93, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach (Houston Cougars).
* Tom Moss, 87, American politician, Speaker (1991–2000) and member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1966–2002), heart attack.
* Larry Powers, 76, American bodybuilder and actor (Me, Natalie).
* George Pyne III, 74, American football player (Boston Patriots), cancer.
* Jovan Šarčević, 49, Serbian footballer (FK Proleter Zrenjanin).
* Sumiko Shirakawa, 80, Japanese voice actress (Doraemon, Sazae-san, Space Dandy), subarachnoid hemorrhage.
* Bill Stauffer, 85, American basketball player (Missouri Tigers), brain hemorrhage.
* David Steinmetz, 79, American historian.
* Bill Tucker, 73, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears), heart attack.
* H. Khekiho Zhimomi, 69, Indian politician, heart ailment.

### 27

* Humza Al-Hafeez, 84, American police officer and activist.
* Ragnhild Barland, 81, Norwegian politician, member of Parliament (1985–1997).
* Mark Behr, 52, Tanzanian-born South African author (The Smell of Apples).
* José Benedito Simão, 64, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Assis (since 2009).
* Ian Dargie, 84, English footballer (Brentford).
* Luca De Filippo, 67, Italian actor and theatre director.
* Esperanza Guisán, 75, Spanish philosopher.
* Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, 94, Swedish actress (Brink of Life, The Touch, Shame).
* V. Krishnaprasad, 69, Indian cricketer.
* Alexander Kukarin, 22, Russian modern pentathlete, heart attack.
* Lou Marone, 69, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
* Mukund Sathe, 78, Indian cricketer.
* Maurice Strong, 86, Canadian businessman and diplomat.
* Garrett Swasey, 44, American police officer and junior ice dancing champion (1992), shot.
* J. Randolph Tucker, Jr., 101, American politician and judge.
* Xosé Neira Vilas, 87, Spanish author.
* Philippe Washer, 91, Belgian tennis player.

### 28

* Mircea Anca, 55, Romanian actor and director, leukemia.
* Aurèle Audet, 95, Canadian politician.
* Yoka Berretty, 87, Dutch actress (Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas, The Silent Raid, Punk Lawyer).
* Luc Bondy, 67, Swiss theater and opera director.
* Gerry Byrne, 77, English footballer (Liverpool, national team), World Cup Champion (1966), Alzheimer's disease.
* Marion Crecco, 85, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1986–2002).
* Tahir Elçi, 49, Turkish pro-Kurdish lawyer, shot.
* Federico O. Escaler, 93, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Prelate of Kidapawan (1976–1980) and Ipil (1980–1997).
* Ivan Hlevnjak, 71, Croatian Yugoslav footballer.
* Jean Joubert, 87, French author.
* Doug Lennox, 77, Canadian actor (X-Men, Police Academy) and writer.
* Lin Rong-San, 76, Taiwanese billionaire politician, publisher and businessman, cardiopulmonary failure.
* Marjorie Lord, 97, American film and television actress (The Danny Thomas Show).
* Nauro Machado, 80, Brazilian poet.
* José María Mendiluce, 64, Spanish politician and author.
* Janez Strnad, 81, Slovene physicist.
* Tomasz Tomczykiewicz, 54, Polish politician, member of Sejm (2001–2015), chronic kidney disease.
* Olene Walker, 85, American politician, Governor (2003–2005) and Lieutenant Governor of Utah (1993–2003).

### 29

* Claire Aho, 90, Finnish photographer, fire.
* Wayne Bickerton, 74, British songwriter ("Nothing but a Heartache", "Sugar Baby Love"), record producer, and music executive.
* Ramón de los Santos, 66, Dominican baseball player (Houston Astros).
* John Demarie, 70, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
* Ottó Dóra, 53, Hungarian politician, Mayor of Salgótarján (since 2014).
* Joseph F. Girzone, 85, American Catholic priest and author.
* George Hadjinikos, 92, Greek musician.
* Jonathan Janson, 85, British Olympic sailor.
* Vasyl Lishchynskyi, 51, Ukrainian Paralympic athlete.
* Tunku Abdul Malik, 86, Malaysian royal.
* Joe Marston, 89, Australian soccer player (Preston North End) and manager (national team).
* Joachim Carlos Martini, 84, Chilean-born German conductor (Junge Kantorei).
* Christopher Middleton, 89, British poet and translator.
* Buddy Moreno, 103, American musician and radio and television personality.
* Otto Newman, 93, Austrian-born British sociologist.
* Oʻtkir Sultonov, 76, Uzbek politician, Prime Minister (1995–2003).

### 30

* Meli Bainimarama, 70, Fijian businessman and permanent secretary.
* Pío Caro Baroja, 87, Spanish director and writer.
* Jack Brizendine, 71, American horse trainer, lung cancer.
* Nigel Buxton, 91, British travel writer.
* André Carbonnelle, 92, Belgian Olympic hockey player.
* Charles Shipley Cox, 93, American oceanographic physicist.
* Jean Deplace, 71, French cellist.
* Bob Dustal, 80, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
* Jack Fagan, 82, New Zealand rugby league player.
* Greg Fisk, 70, American politician, Mayor of Juneau, Alaska (2015).
* Minas Hatzisavvas, 67, Greek actor.
* Gerrit Holdijk, 71, Dutch politician, Senator (1986–1987, 1991–2015), lung cancer.
* Sabri Khan, 88, Indian sarangi player.
* Marcus Klingberg, 97, Polish-born Israeli scientist and spy for the Soviet Union.
* Brajraj Mahapatra, 94, Indian monarch, Raja of Tigiria State (1943–1947).
* Fatema Mernissi, 75, Moroccan feminist writer and sociologist.
* Shigeru Mizuki, 93, Japanese manga artist (GeGeGe no Kitarō, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, Showa: A History of Japan), heart attack.
* Adolph Plummer, 77, American sprinter.
* Eldar Ryazanov, 88, Russian film director (Carnival Night, The Irony of Fate, Promised Heaven), respiratory and heart failure.
* Steve Shagan, 88, American novelist, screenwriter, and producer (Save the Tiger, Voyage of the Damned, Primal Fear).
* David Simmons, 85, New Zealand ethnologist and historian.
* Renzo Trivelli, 90, Italian politician.
* Leslie Waddington, 81, British art dealer.