Deaths in May 2019

The following is a list of **deaths that should be noted in May 2019**. Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

## May
### 1
*Issa J. Boullata, 90, Palestinian scholar and writer.
*Dinko Dermendzhiev, 77, Bulgarian football player (Botev Plovdiv, national team) and manager, problems caused by a stroke.
*Alessandra Panaro, 79, Italian actress (*Poveri ma belli*, *Belle ma povere*, *Rocco and His Brothers*).
*Sir Arvi Parbo, 93, Estonian-born Australian businessman (WMC Resources) and philanthropist.
*Beatrix Philipp, 73, German politician, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (1985–1994) and the Bundestag (1994–2013).
*B. Subhashan Reddy, 76, Indian judge, Chief Justice of Madras High Court (2001–2004) and Kerala High Court (2004–2005).

### 2
*Michel Crauste, 84, French rugby union player (Racing, Lourdes, national team).
*Rafael Hernández Colón, 82, Puerto Rican politician, Governor (1973–1977; 1985–1993), acute myeloid leukemia.
*Fatimih Dávila, 31, Uruguayan model, Miss Uruguay (2006), murdered.
*David Harney, 72, English footballer (Grimsby Town, Scunthorpe United, Wimbledon). (death announced on this date)
*Master Hirannaiah, 85, Indian actor (*No 73, Shanthi Nivasa*, *Care of Footpath 2*, *...Re*), problems caused by liver disease.
*Frank Ivancie, 94, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Portland, Oregon (1980–1985).
*Lord Toby Jug, 53, British politician.
*Red Kelly, 91, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs) and politician, MP (1962–1965).
*Micha Lindenstrauss, 82, German-born Israeli judge, State Comptroller (2005–2012).
*Ali Mroudjaé, 79, Comorian politician, Prime Minister (1982–1984).
*Chris Reccardi, 54, American animator, storyboard artist and  cartoon director (*The Ren & Stimpy Show*, *Samurai Jack*, *The Powerpuff Girls*), heart attack.
*John Starling, 79, American Bluegrass musician (The Seldom Scene), congestive heart failure.
*Murray Thomson, 96, Canadian peace activist.
*Guido van den Berg, 44, German politician, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (since 2012), cancer.
*Juan Vicente Torrealba, 102, Venezuelan harpist and composer.
*David Gordon Wilson, 91, British-American engineer.

### 3
*Dante Gullo, 71, Argentine sociologist and politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (2007–2011) and Buenos Aires City Legislature (2011–2015).
*Frits Soetekouw, 80, Dutch footballer (Ajax, DWS, national team).
*Goro Shimura, 89, Japanese mathematician.

### 4
*Salvatore Corallo, 90, Italian politician, President of Sicily (1961), Deputy (1976–1979) and Senator (1979–1983).
*Rachel Held Evans, 37, American Christian writer, problems caused by an infection.
*Terje Moe Gustavsen, 64, Norwegian politician, Minister of Transport and Communications (2000–2001) and Director of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (since 2007), lung infection.
*Prospero Nograles, 71, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (1989–1992; 1995–1998; 2001–2010) and Speaker (2008–2010), respiratory failure caused by pneumonia.

### 5
*Norma Miller, 99, American swing dancer and choreographer, heart failure.
*Kadir Mısıroğlu, 86, Turkish conspiracy theorist.
*Celil Oker, 67, Turkish writer.
*Barbara Perry, 97, American actress (*The Andy Griffith Show*, *The Dick Van Dyke Show*, *The Hathaways*). 
*Shih Chi-yang, 84, Taiwanese politician, Minister of Justice (1984–1988), Vice Premier (1988–1993) and President of the Judicial Yuan (1994–1999), multiple organ failure.
*Hani Shukrallah, 69, Egyptian journalist (*Al-Ahram*).

### 6
*Pekka Airaksinen, 73, Finnish composer and musician.
*Max Azria, 70, Tunisian-American fashion designer, lung cancer.
*Gjermund Eggen, 77, Norwegian cross-country skier, world champion (1966).
*Andrés Junquera, 73, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Real Zaragoza), heart attack.
*Seymour Nurse, 85, Barbadian cricketer (West Indies cricket team).

### 7
*Vicente Emano, 76, Filipino politician, Governor of Misamis Oriental (1988–1998) and Mayor of Cagayan de Oro (1998–2007, 2010–2013), pneumonia.
*Peter Gammond, 93, British music critic and journalist.
*Georg Katzer, 84, German composer.
*Te Wharehuia Milroy, 81, New Zealand Māori language academic (University of Waikato).
*Adam Svoboda, 41, Czech ice hockey player (Nürnberg Ice Tigers, national team), suicide by hanging.
*Jacques Taminiaux, 90, Belgian philosopher.
*Jean Vanier, 90, Canadian Catholic philosopher, theologian and humanitarian, founder of L'Arche, thyroid cancer.
*Joel Virador, 52, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (2003–2007), papillary thyroid cancer.

### 8
*Jens Beutel, 72, German politician, Lord Mayor of Mainz (1997–2011).
*Sprent Dabwido, 46, Nauruan politician, President (2011–2013) and MP (since 2004), throat cancer.
*Yevgeny Krylatov, 85, Russian composer, pneumonia.
*N. R. Madhava Menon, 84, Indian legal educator, liver cancer.
*David Montgomery, 72, American baseball executive (Philadelphia Phillies), cancer.
*Bob Zeman, 82, American football player (Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers) and coach (Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers).

### 9
*Abul Khayr Alonto, 73, Filipino politician, lawyer and businessman, chairman of the Mindanao Development Authority (since 2016), pneumonia.
*Vasili Blagov, 64, Russian Olympic pair skater (1972), Soviet champion (1972).
*Sergey Dorenko, 59, Russian journalist and news presenter (*Vremya*), heart attack.
*Walter Harris, 93, British author.
*Jim Hawkes, 84, Canadian politician, MP (1979–1993), dementia.
*Arif Malikov, 85, Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, People's Artist of the USSR (1986).
*Allene Roberts, 90, American actress (*The Red House*, *Knock on Any Door*).
*Alvin Sargent, 92, American screenwriter (*Julia*, *Ordinary People*, *The Amazing Spider-Man*), Oscar winner (1978, 1981).
*Freddie Starr, 76, English comedian, heart disease.
*Yuan Baohua, 103, Chinese politician and academic administrator, Director of the State Economic Commission (1981–1982), President of Renmin University (1985–1991).

### 10
*Frederick Brownell, 79, South African vexillologist, designer of the South African and Namibian flag, cancer.
*Bert Cooper, 53, American boxer, pancreatic cancer.
*Janet Kitz, 89, Scottish-born Canadian historian and author (*Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and the Road to Recovery*).
*Gordon Neate, 78, English footballer (Reading).
*Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, 67, Spanish politician and professor, Deputy Prime Minister (2010–2011), Minister of the Interior (2006–2011) and Secretary General of the PSOE (2012–2014), stroke.
*Geneviève Raugel, 68, French mathematician.
*Paul-Werner Scheele, 91, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Würzburg (1979–2003).
*Dick Tomey, 80, American football coach (Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, Arizona Wildcats), lung cancer.

### 11
*Sir Hector Busby, 86, New Zealand Māori navigator and traditional waka builder.
*Gianni De Michelis, 78, Italian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1992), Deputy Prime Minister (1988–1989) and Deputy (1976–1994).
*Jon Gittens, 55, English footballer (Southampton, Swindon Town, Portsmouth, Exeter City).
*Harold Lederman, 79, American boxing judge and analyst (*HBO World Championship Boxing*), cancer.
*Peggy Lipton, 72, American actress (*The Mod Squad*, *Twin Peaks*, *The Postman*) and model, Golden Globe winner (1970), colon cancer.
*Pua Magasiva, 38, Samoan-born New Zealand actor (*Shortland Street*, *Power Rangers Ninja Storm*, *30 Days of Night*).
*Robert D. Maxwell, 98, American combat soldier, awarded the Medal of Honor (1945).
*Silver King, 51, Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL, WCW) and actor (*Nacho Libre*), heart attack.
*Thomas Silverstein, 67, American convicted murderer, heart failure caused by surgery.
*Nan Winton, 93, British broadcaster, first female BBC newsreader, congestive heart failure and hypertension caused from a fall.

### 12
*Machiko Kyō, 95, Japanese actress (*Rashomon*, *Ugetsu*, *The Teahouse of the August Moon*), heart failure.
*Héctor Enrique Olivares, 61, Argentine politician, engineer and agricultural producer, Deputy (since 2015), shot.
*Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, 98, Lebanese Maronite cardinal, Patriarch of Antioch (1986–2011), chest infection.
*Alan Skirton, 80, English footballer (Bath City, Arsenal).
*José Terrón, 79, Spanish actor (*For a Few Dollars More*, *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*, *Django*).
*Bill Workman, 78, American politician, Mayor of Greenville, South Carolina (1983–1995).
*Hiralal Yadav, 93, Indian folk singer.

### 13
*Unita Blackwell, 86, American politician and civil rights activist, Mayor of Mayersville, Mississippi (1976–2001), dementia.
*Doris Day, 97, American actress (*Pillow Talk*, *The Man Who Knew Too Much*), singer ("Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)") and animal welfare activist, Golden Globe winner (1958, 1960, 1963, 1989), pneumonia.
*Samuel Eugenio, 60, Peruvian football player (Universitario de Deportes) and coach, problems caused by surgery.
*Lajos Faragó, 86, Hungarian footballer (national team), Olympic bronze medallist (1960).
*Stanton T. Friedman, 84, American-Canadian nuclear physicist and ufologist.
*Jörg Kastendiek, 54, German politician, member of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen (1991–2005, since 2007), lymphoma.
*Hayat Saif, 76, Bangladeshi poet and literary critic.
*Kochavi Shemesh, 75, Iraqi-born Israeli lawyer and social activist, leader of the Black Panthers protest movement.
*Werner Weist, 70, German footballer (Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen, Stuttgarter Kickers).

### 14
*Yuriy Bohutsky, 66, Ukrainian politician, Minister of Culture (1999, 2001–2005, 2006–2007),  problems caused by surgery.
*Leopoldo Brizuela, 55, Argentine writer (*Una misma noche*) and translator, Alfaguara Prize (2012) and Konex Award (2014) winner, leukaemia.
*Tim Conway, 85, American actor and comedian (''McHale's Navy*, *The Carol Burnett Show*, *SpongeBob SquarePants*), problems caused by brain disease.
*Grumpy Cat, 7, American internet celebrity cat, problems caused by urinary tract infection.
*Sven Lindqvist, 87, Swedish author (*Exterminate All the Brutes*, *A History of Bombing*).
*Mike Möllensiep, 43, German footballer (Schalke 04, VfB Lübeck, Dynamo Dresden), cancer.
*Alice Rivlin, 88, American politician and economist, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1994–1996), cancer.
*Nobuo Sekine, 76, Japanese sculptor.
*Remig Stumpf, 53, German Olympic cyclist (1988), suicide.

### 15
*Bobby Diamond, 75, American actor (*Fury*, *The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis*) and attorney, cancer.
*Charles Kittel, 102, American physicist.
*Frank F. Ledford Jr., 85, American military doctor, Surgeon General of the United States Army (1988–1992).
*Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández, 62, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Astorga (since 2015), heart attack.
*Michael Zampelas, 82, Cypriot politician, mayor of Nicosia (2002–2006).

### 16
*Piet Blauw, 81, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1981–1998).
*David Cervinski, 48, Australian association footballer (Melbourne Knights, Carlton, Wollongong Wolves), melanoma.
*Bob Hawke, 89, Australian politician, Prime Minister (1983–1991) and President of the ACTU (1969–1980).
*Ashley Massaro, 39, American professional wrestler (WWE), model (*Playboy*) and television host (*Wild On!*), suicide by hanging.
*I. M. Pei, 102, Chinese-born American architect (Bank of China Tower, East Building of the National Gallery of Art, Louvre Pyramid), Pritzker Prize winner (1983).
*Geoff Toseland, 87, English footballer (Sunderland).
*Sol Yaged, 96, American jazz clarinetist.

### 17
*Neville Lederle, 80, South African racing driver (Formula One).
*Rallapalli, 73, Indian actor (*Bombay*, *Minsara Kanavu*, *Anveshana*), lung disease.
*Eduardo A. Roca, 97, Argentine diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1968–1970).  
*Valentyn Sapronov, 87, Ukrainian football player (Shakhtar, national team) and manager (Lokomotyv Donetsk).
*Kadavoor Sivadasan, 87, Indian politician and trade unionist, MLA (1980–1996, since 2001).
*Herman Wouk, 103, American author (*The Caine Mutiny*, *The Winds of War*, *War and Remembrance*), Pulitzer Prize winner (1952).

### 18
*Mario Baudoin, 76, Bolivian biologist.
*Jean Beaudin, 80, Canadian movie director (*J.A. Martin Photographer*, *The Alley Cat*, *The Collector*).
*Manfred Burgsmüller, 69, German footballer (Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen, West Germany national team).
*Austin Eubanks, 37, American motivational speaker, survivor of the Columbine High School massacre, heroin overdose.
*Analía Gadé, 87, Argentine actress (*Emergency Ward*, *Yesterday Was Spring*, *Another's Wife*), cancer.
*Jürgen Kissner, 76, German cyclist, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
*Quentin Pongia, 48, New Zealand rugby league player (Canberra Raiders, Sydney Roosters, national team), bowel cancer.
*Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal, 94, Norwegian lawyer and politician, MP (1965–1973) and County Governor of Aust-Agder (1983–1994).
*Geneviève Waïte, 71, South African actress (*Joanna*, *Move*), singer and model.
*Doug Wilson, 88, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, Wellington, national team).

### 19
*Carlos Altamirano, 96, Chilean lawyer and politician, MP (1961–1973) and Secretary-General of the Socialist Party (1971–1979).
*Nilda Fernández, 61, Spanish-born French singer, heart failure.
*Knut Fredriksson, 89, Swedish Olympic javelin thrower (1960).
*Amédée Grab, 89, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (1995–1998) and Chur (1998–2007).
*Bert J. Harris Jr., 99, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1982–1996).
*Ingemar Hedberg, 99, Swedish sprint canoeist, world champion (1950), Olympic silver medalist (1952).
*Nickey Iyambo, 82, Namibian politician, Vice-President (2015–2018).
*Vijaya Mulay, 98, Indian movie director (*Ek Anek Aur Ekta''), historian and educationist.
*Bengt Rösiö, 92, Swedish diplomat, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1974–1977), Pakistan (1977–1979), Czechoslovakia (1979–1981), Malaysia (1981–1985) and Zaire (1990–1992).
*Julio César Trujillo, 88, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician, member of the National Congress (1979–1984) and President of the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (since 2018), problems caused by cerebral haemorrhage.

### 20
*Nanni Balestrini, 83, Italian experimental poet (Neoavanguardia).
*Sandy D'Alemberte, 85, American lawyer and educational administrator, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1966–1972), President of the American Bar Association (1991–1992) and FSU (1994–2003).
*Andrew Hall, 65, English actor (*Butterflies*, *Casualty*, *Coronation Street*), cancer.
*Peter Hitchcock, 75, Australian environmentalist.
*Niki Lauda, 70, Austrian racing driver and airline owner, triple Formula One world champion (1975, 1977, 1984).
*Miguel Montes Busto, 79, Spanish football player and manager (Sporting de Gijón).
*John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh, 81, British politician, MP (1974–1992).
*Charles C. Pattillo, 94, American Air Force lieutenant general.
*Ronnie Virgets, 77, American writer (*The Times-Picayune*, *Gambit*) and reporter (WWL-TV).
*Mira Zakai, 76, Israeli opera singer, problems caused by a stroke.

### 21
*Ali Mohammad Mahar, 52, Pakistani politician, Minister of Narcotics Control (since 2018) and MP (since 2008), heart failure.
*Glauco Sansovini, 81, Sammarinese politician, Captain Regent (2010).
*Binyavanga Wainaina, 48, Kenyan writer and journalist (*Kwani?*), Caine Prize winner (2002), stroke.

### 22
*Ahmad Shah of Pahang, 88, Malaysian royal, Sultan of Pahang (1974–2019) and Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1979–1984).
*Flaminia Jandolo, 89, Italian actress and voice actress (*Lady and the Tramp*, *One Hundred and One Dalmatians*, ''Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!'').
*Judith Kerr, 95, German-born British children's writer and illustrator (*The Tiger Who Came to Tea*, *Mog*).
*Eduard Punset, 82, Spanish economic journalist (BBC, *The Economist*) and politician, Deputy (1982–1983) and MEP (1987–1994), lung cancer.

### 23
*Joseph Cottet, 96, Swiss politician, member of the Grand Council of Fribourg (1957–1971) and the National Council (1983–1987).
*Dumiso Dabengwa, 79, Zimbabwean politician, Minister of Home Affairs (1992–2000) and President of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (since 2008), presidential candidate (2013), liver disease.
*Bobby Joe Long, 65, American convicted serial killer and rapist, execution by lethal injection.
*Hosei Norota, 89, Japanese politician, Director-General of the Defense Agency (1998–1999) and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (1995–1996), bladder cancer.
*Zlatko Škorić, 77, Croatian footballer (Dinamo Zagreb, Stuttgart, Yugoslavia national team).
*Beaton Tulk, 75, Canadian politician, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador (2000–2001) and MHA (1979–1989, 1993–2002), prostate cancer.
*Anna Udvardy, 69, Hungarian movie producer (*Sing*), Oscar winner (2017).
*Wim Woudsma, 61, Dutch footballer (Go Ahead Eagles).

### 24
*Gianfranco Bozzao, 82, Italian footballer (Arezzo, SPAL, Juventus).
*Jaroslav Erik Frič, 69, Czech poet, musician and publisher, cancer.
*Murray Gell-Mann, 89, American physicist, developed the quark model, Nobel Prize in Physics winner (1969).
*Edmund Morris, 78, Kenyan-born British-American journalist (*The New Yorker*) and biographer (*The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt*, *Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan*), Pulitzer Prize winner (1980), stroke.
*Alan Murray, 78, Australian golfer, skin cancer.
*Manuel Pazos, 89, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Elche).
*John Pinto, 94, American Navajo code talker and politician, member of the New Mexico Senate (since 1977).

### 25
*Margaret-Ann Armour, 79, Scottish-born Canadian chemist.
*Paolo Babbini, 83, Italian politician, Deputy (1979–1983, 1987–1994).
*Claus von Bülow, 92, Danish-British socialite. 
*Jean Burns, 99, Australian aviatrix.
*Anthony Graziano, 78, American mobster (Bonanno crime family), bladder cancer and diabetes.
*Dmytro Kremin, 65, Ukrainian poet, journalist and translator.
*Thembinkosi Mbamba, 23, South African footballer (TS Galaxy), car accident.
*Seamus McGrane, 64, Irish dissident republican, convicted of terrorism as leader of the Real Irish Republican Army, heart attack.
*Nicolae Pescaru, 76, Romanian footballer (Brașov, national team).

### 26
*Abdel Latif El Zein, 86, Lebanese politician, MP (1960–2018).
*Harry Hood, 74, Scottish football player (Celtic) and manager (Queen of the South), cancer.
*Everett Kinstler, 92, American artist.
*Ibrahim Lame, 66, Nigerian educator and politician, Senator (1992–1993) and Minister of Police Affairs (2008–2010).
*Rafael Safarov, 71, Russian football player and manager (Anzhi Makhachkala).
*Bart Starr, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Green Bay Packers) and coach, problems caused by a stroke.
*Stephen Thorne, 84, British actor (*Z-Cars*, *Crossroads*, *Doctor Who*).
*Prem Tinsulanonda, 98, Thai politician and military officer, Prime Minister (1980–1988) and Regent (2016), heart failure.
*Vittorio Zucconi, 74, Italian-American journalist and writer (*la Repubblica*).

### 27
*Bill Buckner, 69, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox), Lewy body dementia.
*Veeru Devgan, 85, Indian choreographer (*Inkaar*), actor (*Kranti*) and director (*Hindustan Ki Kasam*), cardiac arrest.
*Gabriel Diniz, 28, Brazilian singer and composer, plane crash.
*Laurie Hendren, 60, Canadian computer scientist, cancer.
*Tony Horwitz, 60, American journalist (*The Wall Street Journal*) and author (*Confederates in the Attic*, *Blue Latitudes*), Pulitzer Prize winner (1995).
*Aharon Razin, 84, Israeli biochemist, Wolf Prize winner (2008).
*Alan Smith, 97, English footballer (Arsenal, Brentford).

### 28
*Freddy Buache, 94, Swiss journalist, critic and historian, Director of the Swiss Film Archive (1951–1996).
*Carmine Caridi, 85, American actor (*The Godfather Part II*, *Bugsy*, *Summer Rental*), problems caused by a fall and pneumonia.
*Dennis Etchison, 76, American novelist (*Halloween* novelizations), editor (*The Museum of Horrors*) and screenwriter (*Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers*).
*Ryuichi Iwasaki, 51, Japanese domestic terrorist, perpetrator of the Kawasaki stabbings, suicide by blade weapon.
*Jean Juventin, 91, French politician, Deputy (1978–1986, 1993–1997), President of the Assembly of French Polynesia (1988–1991, 1992–1995) and Mayor of Papeete (1977–1995).
*Khoo Kay Kim, 82, Malaysian historian, respiratory failure.
*Apolo Nsibambi, 78, Ugandan academic and politician, Prime Minister (1999–2011), cancer.
*Włodzimierz Ptak, 90, Polish immunologist and microbiologist, member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (since 1986).
*Fritz Schösser, 71, German politician, member of the Bavarian Senate (1992–1994), Landtag of Bavaria (1994–1998) and Bundestag (1998–2005).
*Edward Seaga, 89, Jamaican politician, Prime Minister (1980–1989), cancer.
*Ingemar Skogö, 70, Swedish civil servant, Governor of Västmanland County (2009–2015), Director-General of the Civil Aviation Administration (1992–2001) and the Swedish Road Administration (2001–2009).
*Tuulikki Ukkola, 75, Finnish journalist (*Kaleva*) and politician, MP (1991–1995, 2007–2011) and leader of the Liberal People's Party (1993–1995).
*Walter Wolfgang, 95, German-born British socialist and peace activist.
*Nick Yakich, 79, Australian rugby league player (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles).

### 29
*Tony DeLap, 91, American artist.
*Bayram Şit, 89, Turkish wrestler, Olympic champion (1952).
*Michael Spicer, Baron Spicer, 76, British politician, MP (1974–2010) and Chairman of the 1922 Committee (2001–2010), problems caused by Parkinson's disease and leukaemia.
*Peggy Stewart, 95, American actress (*Alias Billy the Kid*, ''The Vampire's Ghost*, *That's My Boy*).
*Jiří Stránský, 87, Czech author, translator and political prisoner, signatory of the Prague Declaration.
*Jackie Winters, 82, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1999–2003) and Senate (since 2003), lung cancer.

### 30
*Patricia Bath, 76, American ophthalmologist and inventor, problems caused from cancer.
*Thad Cochran, 81, American politician, U.S. Senator (1978–2018) and member of the House of Representatives (1973–1978), renal failure.
*Frank Lucas, 88, American drug trafficker, inspiration for *American Gangster*.
*Arne Lyngstad, 57, Norwegian politician, MP (1997–2005), cancer. 
*Jason Marcano, 35, Trinidadian footballer (San Juan Jabloteh, Central, Trinidad and Tobago national team), car accident.
*Leon Redbone, 69, Cypriot-American jazz singer-songwriter ("Double Time", "From Branch to Branch") and actor (*Elf*), problems caused by dementia.
*Andrew Sinclair, 84, British novelist and movie director (*The Breaking of Bumbo*, *Under Milk Wood*, *Blue Blood*).

### 31
*DeWayne Craddock, 40, American murderer and civil servant, perpetrator of the Virginia Beach shooting, shot. 
*Roky Erickson, 71, American singer-songwriter (13th Floor Elevators).
*Sir Grant Hammond, 75, New Zealand jurist, judge of the Court of Appeal (2004–2011).
*Jim McMullan, 82, American actor (*Dallas*, *Downhill Racer*, *Shenandoah*), problems caused by ALS.

## References
## Other websites
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