Deaths in November 2011

The following is a list of notable **deaths in November 2011**.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
* Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

## November 2011
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### 1
*Gumaa Al-Shawan, 74, Egyptian intelligence agent.
*Cahit Aral, 84, Turkish engineer and politician, Minister of Industry and Commerce (1983–1987).
*Fanny Edelman, 100, Argentine politician, President of the PCA.
*Sam Fink, 95, American calligrapher.
*André Hodeir, 90, French author, jazz arranger and composer.
*Christiane Legrand, 81, French jazz singer.
*Sergio Montiel, 84, Argentine politician, Governor of Entre Ríos (1983–1987; 1999–2003).
*Dorothy Howell Rodham, 92, American homemaker, mother of Hillary Clinton.
*Eilaine Roth, 82, American baseball player (AAGPBL), complications from cancer.
*Héctor Rueda Hernández, 90, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Medellín (1991–1997).
*Seppo Sanaksenaho, 73, Finnish politician, Mayor of Vaasa (1997–2001).
*Katherine Siva Saubel, 91, American Cahuilla tribal leader and activist, one of the last speakers of the Cahuilla language.
*Robert A. Scalapino, 92, American political scientist.
*Ricardo Watty Urquidi, 73, American-born Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tepic (since 2008), pancreatic cancer.

### 2
*Sydney Andrew, 85, English industrial chemical engineer.
*Stan Bergstein, 87, American harness racing executive.
*Sickan Carlsson, 96, Swedish actress and singer.
*Rijk de Gooyer, 85, Dutch actor, pancreatic cancer.
*Ilmar Kullam, 89, Estonian Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) basketball player.
*Lou Maletta, 74, American media executive, founder of Gay Cable Network, liver cancer.
*Eugene Maslov, 66, Russian billiards coach.
*Yoko Matsuoka McClain, 87, Japanese-born American professor (University of Oregon), granddaughter of Natsume Sōseki, stroke.
*Sid Melton, 94, American character actor (*The Golden Girls*, *Green Acres*, *The Danny Thomas Show*), pneumonia.
*Papa Bue, 81, Danish trombonist and bandleader.
*Antonio Molino Rojo, 85, Spanish film actor.
*Nikolay Saksonov, 88, Russian world champion weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
*Leonard Stone, 87, American actor (*Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory*, *Soylent Green*, *L.A. Law*), cancer.
*Lucy Tejada, 91, Colombian painter.

### 3
*Matty Alou, 72, Dominican Republic-born American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals), diabetes.
*Rosángela Balbó, 70,  Mexican-Italian born actress, lung cancer.
*Tamás Eszes, 47, Hungarian politician and paramilitary leader, suicide.
*Bob Forsch, 61, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), aortic aneurysm.
*H. G. Francis, 75, German science fiction author.
*Guo Tao, 85, Chinese lieutenant general.
*Peeter Kreitzberg, 62, Estonian politician, Minister of Culture and Education (1995).
*Justo Oscar Laguna, 82, Argentinian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Morón (1980–2004).
*Ivar Nørgaard, 89, Danish politician, negotiated Denmark's entry to the European Community.
*John R. Opel, 86, American computer businessman, president and CEO of IBM.
*Morris Philipson, 85, American book publisher and novelist.
*Sir Timothy Raison, 82, British politician, Member of Parliament for Aylesbury (1970–1992).
*Bruno Rubeo, 65, Italian production designer (*Platoon*, *Driving Miss Daisy*, *Born on the Fourth of July*), pneumonia.
*John Young, 80, Scottish politician, MSP for West of Scotland (1999–2003).

### 4
*Alfonso Cano, 63, Colombian guerrilla leader (FARC), shot.
*Emmanuel de Bethune, 82, Belgian politician, Mayor of Kortrijk (1987–1989, 1995–2000), after long illness.
*Arnold Green, 91, Estonian politician, President of the Estonian Olympic Committee (1989–1997).
*Cynthia Myers, 61, American model (Playboy) and actress (*Beyond the Valley of the Dolls*), lung cancer.
*Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr., 96, American physicist, Nobel Laureate (1989).
*Andy Rooney, 92, American journalist  (*60 Minutes*), surgical complications.
*Theadora Van Runkle, 83, American costume designer (*The Godfather Part II*, *Bonnie and Clyde*, *Bullitt*), lung cancer.
*Sarah Watt, 53, Australian film director, bone and breast cancer.
*Tadeusz Walasek, 75, Polish Olympic silver (1960) and bronze (1964) medal-winning boxer.
*Dieudonné Yougbaré, 94, Burkinabé Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Koupéla (1956–1995).

### 5
*Mario Roberto Álvarez, 97, Argentine architect.
*George Ansbro, 96, American radio announcer.
*Luigi Belloli, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Anagni-Alatri (1987–1999).
*Franco Chillemi, 69, Italian actor and voice actor.
*Les Daniels, 68, American writer.
*Norton Dodge, 84, American economist and art collector.
*Loulou de la Falaise, 63, French fashion muse and designer (Yves Saint Laurent).
*Hannu Haapalainen, 60, Finnish ice hockey player (SM-liiga).
*Bhupen Hazarika, 85, Indian singer.
*Sir Gordon Higginson, 81, British educationalist and engineer.
*Takeo Nishioka, 75, Japanese politician, Minister of Education (1988–1989) and Speaker of the House of Councillors (since 2010), pneumonia.
*Henry D. Owen, 91, American diplomat.
*Damaskinos Papandreou, 75, Greek-born Turkish Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Hadrianopolis (since 2003).
*Yuvan Shestalov, 74, Russian Mansi language writer.

### 6
*Géza Alföldy, 76, Hungarian historian.
*Gordon Beck, 75, British jazz pianist and composer.
*Isaac Chocrón, 81, Venezuelan playwright.
*Margaret Field, 89, American actress (*The Man from Planet X*, *Captive Women*, *The Story of Will Rogers*), cancer.
*Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood, 61, British advertising executive and political adviser, cancer.
*Giacomo Gualco, 75, Italian politician, President of Liguria (1990–1992).
*Mel Hancock, 82, American politician, U.S. Representative from Missouri (1989–1997).
*Hickstead, 15, Dutch-born Canadian show jumping horse, Olympic champion (2008), ruptured aorta.
*Hal Kanter, 92, American screenwriter, director and producer (*Julia*), complications from pneumonia.
*Peretz Kidron, 78, Israeli writer, journalist and translator.
*Carl Nyrén, 93, Swedish architect.
*Allan Peachey, 62, New Zealand politician, Member of Parliament for Tamaki (2005–2011), cancer.
*William David Lindsay Ride, 85, Australian zoologist.
*Charles Walton, 89, American electrical engineer, patentee of RFID.

### 7
*James E. Barrett, 89, American federal judge.
*Joe Frazier, 67, American boxer, World Heavyweight Champion (1970–1973), liver cancer.
*Marie Ljalková, 90, Czech soldier, sniper of the Soviet Union.
*Lisbeth Movin, 94, Danish actress.
*Georgi Movsesyan, 66, Russian composer, heart attack.
*Dov Schwartzman, 90, Russian-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva.
*Tomás Segovia, 84, Spanish-born Mexican poet, cancer.
*F. Springer, 79, Dutch writer.
*Takanosato Toshihide, 59, Japanese sumo wrestler.

### 8
*Jimmy Adamson, 82, British football player and coach.
*Al Boeke, 88, American architect, developer of Sea Ranch, California, and Mililani, Hawai'i.
*Hal Bruno, 83, American journalist, political director of ABC News (1980–1999), heart arrhythmia after a fall.
*Gene Cantamessa, 80, American sound engineer (*E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial*, *Ghostbusters*, *Young Frankenstein*), Oscar winner (1983).
*Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor, 80, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Piura (1981–2006).
*Nosson Tzvi Finkel, 68, American-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva.
*Katherine Grant, 12th Countess of Dysart, 93, Scottish peeress.
*Heavy D, 44, Jamaican-born American rapper ("Now That We Found Love") and actor (*The Cider House Rules*, *Life*), pulmonary embolism.
*Ricky Hui, 65, Hong Kong actor, heart attack.
*Sir David Jack, 87, Scottish pharmacologist.
*Bil Keane, 89, American cartoonist (*The Family Circus*), heart failure.
*Valentin Ivanov, 76, Russian football player and coach.
*Ed Macauley, 83, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks, Boston Celtics).
*Jimmy Norman, 74, American rhythm and blues and jazz musician and songwriter.
*Herbert S. Okun, 80, American diplomat.
*Floyd Rice, 62, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Oakland Raiders), lung cancer.
*Vladimir Shitov, 60, Russian luger.
*Lauri Sutela, 93, Finnish military officer, Chief of Defence (1974–1983).
*Jan Wypiorczyk, 64, Polish Olympic wrestler.

### 9
*Shmuel Ben-Artzi, 96, Israeli writer, father-in-law of Benjamin Netanyahu.
*Bob Carney, 79, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers).
*Roger Christian, 75, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1960) ice hockey player.
*Har Gobind Khorana, 89, Indian-born American biochemist, Nobel laureate (1968), natural causes.
*Wilfred G. Lambert, 85, English historian and archaeologist.
*Ézio Leal Moraes Filho, 45, Brazilian football player, pancreatic cancer.
*Benny McCoy, 96, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics).
*Sir Robin Mountfield, 72, British civil servant.
*Dani Wadada Nabudere, 79, Ugandan academic.
*Jean-Paul Randriamanana, 52, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Antananarivo (since 1999).
*Terry Willers, 76, Irish cartoonist.

### 10
*Peter J. Biondi, 69, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (since 1998), mesothelioma.
*David Boyd, 87, Australian artist.
*Manuel Carbonell, 93, Cuban-born American sculptor.
*Winston C. Doby, 71, American mathematician.
*Ana Grepo, 36, Croatian model, carbon monoxide asphyxiation.
*Barbara Grier, 78, American publisher (Naiad Press) and writer, cancer.
*Andrei Igorov, 71, Romanian sprint canoer.
*Ivan Martin Jirous, 67, Czech poet and dissident.
*Alan Keen, 73, British politician, MP for Feltham and Heston (since 1992), cancer.
*Killer Karl Kox, 80, American professional wrestler.
*Petar Kralj, 70, Serbian actor.
*Jacques Lataste, 89, French Olympic fencer.
*Hiroshi Saito, 78, Japanese Olympic basketball player.
*Andy Tielman, 75, Dutch Indorock musician, gastric cancer.
*Adrián Yospe, 41, Argentine actor, cancer.

### 11
*Dennis Alexander, 76, English footballer.
*William Aramony, 84, American charity executive.
*Francisco Blake Mora, 45, Mexican politician, Secretary of the Interior (since 2010), helicopter crash.
*Domenico Tarcisio Cortese, 80, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea (1979–2007).
*John Francis Donoghue, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Atlanta (1993–2004), after short illness.
*Emory Folmar, 81, American politician, Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama (1977–1999), after long illness.
*Michael Garrick, 78, English jazz pianist and composer, cerebral hemorrhage.
*Fridtjof Frank Gundersen, 77, Norwegian jurist and politician.
*Choiseul Henriquez, 51, Haitian politician.
*Charlie Lea, 54, French-born American baseball player (Montreal Expos), heart attack.
*Hellmut May, 90, Austrian Olympic figure skater.
*Bernd Methe, 47, German handball referee, traffic accident.
*Reiner Methe, 47, German handball referee, traffic accident.
*David Myers, 73, American politician, Oklahoma State Senator (2002–2011), pneumonia.
*Pushpa Ratna Sagar, 89, Nepalese grammarian.
*Nick Strincevich, 96, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves).

### 12
*Gavin Bornholdt, 63, New Zealand Olympic sailor (1976).
*Doyle Bramhall, 62, American blues musician, heart failure.
*Alun Evans, 69, Welsh football administrator, General Secretary of the Football Association of Wales (1982–1995), after long illness.
*George Hazle, 87, South African Olympic athlete.
*Zbigniew Jaworowski, 84, Polish physicist.
*Evelyn Lauder, 75, Austrian-born American philanthropist (The Breast Cancer Research Foundation), creator of pink ribbon symbol, complications from ovarian cancer.
*Julius C. Michaelson, 89, American politician, Rhode Island Attorney General (1975–1979) and State Senator (1962–1974).
*Eva Monley, 88, German-born Kenyan film location scout (*Empire of the Sun*, *Lawrence of Arabia*).
*Peter Roebuck, 55, British-Australian cricketer and columnist, suicide by defenestration.
*Jim Sullivan, 43, Canadian curler, world junior champion (1988), suicide.
*Ilya Zhitomirskiy, 22, Russian-born American Internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Diaspora social network site, apparent suicide.

### 13
*Nigel Abbott, 91, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Denison (1964&ndash;1972).
*Anders John Aune, 87, Norwegian politician.
*Bobsam Elejiko, 30, Nigerian footballer, traumatic aortic rupture.
*Guido Falaschi, 22, Argentine racing driver, racing accident.
*Patrick Ford, 55, former Commonwealth featherweight boxing champion, heart attack.
*Bayazit Gizatullin, 75, Russian Olympic skier.
*Masao Nakayama, 70, Micronesian politician and diplomat, complications from a stroke.
*Pat Passlof, 83, American painter, cancer.
*Esperanza Pérez Labrador, 89, Cuban-born Argentine human rights activist (Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo).
*Jamie Pierre, 38, American professional skier, avalanche.
*Artemio Lomboy Rillera, 64, Philippine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bangued (1993–2005) and San Fernando de La Union (since 2005).
*Solly Tyibilika, 32, South African rugby player, shot.

### 14
*Esin Afşar, 75, Turkish singer and stage actress, leukemia.
*Alan F. Alford, 49-50, British writer and speaker.
*Franz Josef Degenhardt, 79, German poet, satirist, novelist and folk singer.
*Guy Dejouany, 90, French businessman.
*Richard Douthwaite, 69, British economist and ecologist.
*Alf Fields, 92, English footballer (Arsenal F.C.).
*Maurice Gaidon, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cahors (1987–2004).
*Neil Heywood, 41, British businessman, poisoned.
*Brikt Jensen, 83, Norwegian literary critic and publisher.
*Jackie Leven, 61, Scottish musician, lung cancer.
*John Lincoln, 95, Australian judge.
*Cargill MacMillan Jr., 84, American billionaire businessman.
*Peter Naigow, Liberian politician, Vice President of Liberia (1991).
*Teresa P. Pica, 66, American academic and educator.
*Lee Pockriss, 87, American songwriter ("Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini").
*Jo Ann Sayers, 93, American actress.
*Čestmír Vejdělek, 86, Czech writer.

### 15
*William Arveson, 76, American mathematician.
*Lev Borisov, 77, Russian actor, stroke.
*Oba Chandler, 65, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection.
*Antonio Eceiza, 76, Spanish film director and screenwriter.
*Dulcie Gray, 95, English actress (''Howards' Way*) and novelist, bronchial pneumonia.
*John Hart, 75, English schoolmaster, first man to win Mastermind.
*Thomas Worrall Kent, 89, Canadian journalist and public servant, cardiac arrest.
*Moogy Klingman, 61, American rock keyboardist (Utopia) and songwriter, cancer.
*Ingrid Sandahl, 87, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) gymnast.
*Karl Slover, 93, Slovak-born American actor (*The Wizard of Oz'')

### 16
*Ruslan Akhtakhanov, 58, Chechen poet and academic, shot.
*Hale Baugh, 87, American Olympic modern pentathlete.
*Jacobus Duivenvoorde, 83, Dutch-born Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Merauke (1972–2004).
*Djamel Keddou, 59, Algerian football player and manager (USM Alger).
*Armando Morales, 84, Nicaraguan painter.
*René A. Morel, 79, French-born American violin luthier.
*James Fraser Mustard, 84, Canadian doctor and early childhood educator, cancer.
*Eddy Palchak, 71, Canadian ice hockey trainer and equipment manager.
*Maureen Swanson, 78, British actress.

### 17
*John Booth, 61, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1984&ndash;1991).
*Olin Branstetter, 82, American politician, Oklahoma State Senator (1987–1991), plane crash.
*Kurt Budke, 50, American women's basketball coach (Oklahoma State University), plane crash.
*José de Aquino Pereira, 91, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (1968–1997).
*Gary Garcia, 63, American musician (Buckner & Garcia).
*Enric Garriga i Trullols, 85, Spanish Catalan independentist and defender of Occitan Nation.
*Richard Kuh, 90, American lawyer.
*Ng Chiau-tong, 79, Taiwanese activist, chairman of the World United Formosans for Independence (1995–2011), surgical complications.
*Pham Van Loc, 92, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kontum (1975–1995).
*Peter Reading, 65, English poet.
*Charles M. Williams, 94, American professor of finance.

### 18
*Mark Blaug, 84, British economist.
*Erik Gjems-Onstad, 89, Norwegian politician and resistance member.
*Walt Hazzard, 69, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Hawks), complications following heart surgery.
*David Langdon, 97, British cartoonist.
*Jones Mwewa, 38, Zambian footballer.
*Ülo Nugis, 67, Estonian politician and economist.
*Paul Ezra Rhoades, 54, American spree killer, execution by lethal injection.
*Daniel Sada, 58, Mexican author and poet, kidney disease.

### 19
*Ömer Lütfi Akad, 95, Turkish film director.
*David Bolstad, 42, New Zealand champion woodchopper.
*Francis Cabot, 86, American gardener and horticulturist.
*Gordon S. Clinton, 91, American politician, Mayor of Seattle (1956–1964).
*Yvan Covent, 71, Belgian Olympic cyclist.
*Basil D'Oliveira, 80, South African-born English cricketer.
*Sonny Dixon, 87, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics).
*Russell Garcia, 95, American-born New Zealand composer.
*Sanford Garelik, 93, American politician, President of the New York City Council (1970–1973).
*Ladi Geisler, 83, Czech musician.
*Michael Hastings, 73, English playwright.
*Ira Michael Heyman, 81, American lawyer and administrator, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1994–2000).
*Jack Keeney, 89, American federal prosecutor.
*Marti Kheel, 63, American ecofeminist.
*Pete Leichnitz, 85, Canadian ice hockey player.
*Bjarne Lingås, 78, Norwegian Olympic boxer.
*John Neville, 86, British-born Canadian actor (*The Adventures of Baron Munchausen*, *The X-Files*, *Little Women*), Alzheimer's disease.
*Ronald E. Poelman, 83, American religious leader, head of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, age-related causes.
*Vitaly Shlykov, 77, Russian spymaster, deputy minister of defence.
*Peter Steinwender, 83, Austrian Olympian
*Ruth Stone, 96, American poet.
*Roy West, 70, Australian football player, lung cancer.

### 20
*Noel Baker, 77, Australian football player.
*Linda Bebko-Jones, 65, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1993–2006).
*Fabio Betancur Tirado, 73, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manizales (1996–2010).
*Lasse Brandeby, 66, Swedish journalist, actor and television personality.
*Frank Leonard Brooks, 100, Canadian artist.
*David Cargill, 75, Scottish footballer.
*Shelagh Delaney, 72, English playwright (*A Taste of Honey*) and screenwriter (*Dance with a Stranger*), breast cancer and heart failure.
*Theodore J. Forstmann, 71, American financier (IMG, Topps, Gulfstream) and philanthropist, brain cancer.
*Alex Ibru, 66, Nigerian newspaper publisher and politician, Minister of Internal Affairs (1993–1995).
*Lenny Lyles, 75, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
*Malcolm Mackintosh, 89, British intelligence analyst.
*Mario Martiradonna, 73, Italian footballer.
*David Messas, 77, French rabbi.
*Viktor Modzolevsky, 68, Russian Olympic silver (1968) and bronze-medal winning (1972) fencer, road accident.
*Larry Munson, 89, American play-by-play radio announcer (Georgia Bulldogs), pneumonia.
*Javier Pradera, 77, Spanish anti-Franco activist, publisher, political analyst and journalist, founder of *El País*.
*Karl Aage Præst, 89, Danish football player.
*Talaat Sadat, 57, Egyptian politician.
*Itzhak Schneor, 85, Israeli football player and manager.>
*Barry Steers, 84, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to Brazil (1971–1976), Japan (1981–1989), High Commissioner to Bermuda (1976–1979).

### 21
*Benjamin Abramowitz, 94, American painter, printmaker, and sculptor.
*Dave Adams, 91, Canadian football player.
*Syd Cain, 93, British production designer (*From Russia with Love*, *Lolita*, *Frenzy*).
*Albert D. Cohen, 97, Canadian businessman.
*Herb Capozzi, 86, Canadian businessman, sport team owner and provincial politician, tongue cancer.
*Arie van Deursen, 80, Dutch historian.
*Theodore Enslin, 86, American poet.
*George Gallup, Jr., 81, American pollster, liver cancer.
*Greg Halman, 24, Dutch baseball player (Seattle Mariners), stabbed.
*Brian Haynes, 60, British Olympic sprint canoer.
*Eli Hurvitz, 79, Israeli industrialist.
*John Jukes, 88, English Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark (1979–1998).
*Jim Lewis, 84, English Olympic footballer.
*Anne McCaffrey, 85, American fantasy writer (*Dragonriders of Pern* series), stroke.
*Hal Patterson, 79, American player of Canadian football (Montreal Alouettes, Hamilton Tiger-Cats).

### 22
*Svetlana Alliluyeva, 85, Soviet-born American defector and author, daughter of Joseph Stalin, colon cancer.
*Stan Case, 59, American radio anchor (CNN Radio), road accident.
*Pío Corcuera, 90, Argentinian football player.
*Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, 88, Luxembourgian princess.
*Ray Flockton, 81, Australian cricketer.
*Miguel González Avelar, 74, Mexican politician, Secretary of Public Education (1985–1988), heart and renal failure.
*Robert E. Holthus, 77, American racehorse trainer, heart attack.
*Carlos Jonguitud Barrios, 87, Mexican union leader and politician, Governor of San Luis Potosí (1979–1985).
*Sena Jurinac, 90, Bosnian-born Austrian opera singer.
*Georg Kreisler, 89, Austrian-born American cabarettist, satirist, composer and author.
*Bud Lewis, 103, American golfer, oldest living member of the Professional Golfers' Association of America, natural causes.
*Lynn Margulis, 73, American biologist and evolution theorist, stroke.
*Danielle Mitterrand, 87, French activist, widow of François Mitterrand, First Lady of the French Republic (1981–1995)
*Dorothy Morris, 89, American actress.
*Paul Motian, 80, American jazz drummer, myelodysplastic syndrome.
*Frank Pyke, 69, Australian footballer, sports scientist, academic and sports administrator.
*Hans Reichel, 62, German guitarist, inventor of the daxophone.
*Alberto Reynoso, 71, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1968).
*Oskar Schäfer, 90, German Waffen-SS member.
*Kristian Schultze, 66, German musician.
*Bison Smith, 38, American professional wrestler, heart complications.
*Himie Voxman, 99, American musician.

### 23
*Sir Peter Buchanan, 86, British vice admiral and naval secretary.
*Charles de Wolff, 79, Dutch organist and composer.
*Montserrat Figueras, 69, Spanish soprano.
*Oscar Griffin, Jr., 78, American journalist, winner of the 1963 Pulitzer Prize.
*Ralph E. Haines, Jr., 98, American general, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1967–1968).
*Huang Weilu, 94, Chinese engineer, chief designer of JL-1.
*Luis Fernando Jaramillo Correa, 76, Colombian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1990–1991).
*Gerald Laing, 75, British pop artist and sculptor.
*Marion Montgomery, 86, American poet.
*Carlos Moorhead, 89, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1973–1997), Alzheimer's disease.
*Henry Øberg, 80, Norwegian football referee.
*Jim Rathmann, 83, American racing driver, winner of the 1960 Indianapolis 500.
*Joseph Sewall, 89, American politician, President of the Maine Senate (1975–1982).
*Obrad Stanojević, 77, Serbian law professor.
*Rafiq Tağı, 61, Azerbaijani journalist, stabbed.

### 24
*Antonio Domingo Bussi, 85, Argentine general and politician, Governor of Tucumán Province, heart failure.
*Bill Carow, 87, American Olympic speed skater.
*Helen Forrester, 92, British-born Canadian writer.
*Ludwig Hirsch, 65, Austrian singer and actor, suicide by self-defenestration.
*Rauf Khalid, 53, Pakistani actor, writer, director and producer, road accident.
*Kishenji, 53, Indian Maoist guerrilla leader, shot.
*Imants Kokars, 90, Latvian conductor.
*Ross McManus, 84, English musician, father of Elvis Costello.
*Humberto Medina, 69, Mexican Olympic footballer (1968).
*Salvatore Montagna, 40, Canadian mobster, shot.
*Jeno Paulucci, 93, American businessman (Michelina's), pioneer of ready-made ethnic foods.
*Anuruddha Ratwatte, 73, Sri Lankan politician and cabinet minister.
*David Seely, 4th Baron Mottistone, 91, British aristocrat, Lord Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight (1986–1995).
*Tatyana Shchelkanova, 74, Russian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1964) track and field athlete.
*Johnny Williams, 76, English footballer (Plymouth Argyle).

### 25
*Vasily Alekseyev, 69, Russian Olympic gold-medal winning weightlifter (1972 and 1976), heart failure.
*Milla Baldo-Ceolin, 87, Italian physicist.
*John Blades, 51, Australian experimental music artist.
*Leonid Borodin, 73, Russian novelist, journalist and Soviet dissident.
*Hugh Burnett, 87, English television producer and cartoonist.
*Don DeVito, 72, American record company executive and producer.
*Mihailo Đurić, 86, Serbian philosopher.
*John Edzerza, 63, Canadian politician, Yukon MLA for McIntyre-Takhini (since 2002), leukemia.
*Fred Etcher, 79, Canadian Olympic silver medal-winning (1960) ice hockey player.
*Karel Hubáček, 87, Czech architect, designer of the Ještěd Tower
*Erling Lægreid, 72, Norwegian author and journalist.
*Judy Lewis, 76, American actress (*General Hospital*, *The Secret Storm*), daughter of Clark Gable and Loretta Young, cancer.

### 26
*Judit Bognár, 72, Hungarian Olympic athlete.
*Manon Cleary, 69, American realist painter, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
*István Gajda, 30, Hungarian football player, road accident.
*Ed Harrington, 70, American-born Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts), cancer.
*Roland Lacombe, 73, French Olympic cyclist (1960).
*Iván Menczel, 69, Hungarian Olympic gold-medal winning (1968) footballer.
*Mak Schoorl, 98, Dutch Olympic rower (1936).
*Martin Schroyens, 81, Belgian footballer
*Arthur Schultz, 78, American politician, Mayor of Joliet, Illinois (1991–2011), heart failure.

### 27
*Donald Crowdis, 97, Canadian museum curator and broadcaster.
*Len Fulford, 83, British photographer and television commercial director (Go to work on an egg, Guinness).
*Sultan Khan, 71, Indian musician, recipient of the 2010 Padma Bhushan, kidney failure.
*Ken Russell, 84, British film director (*Women in Love*, *Tommy*), stroke.
*Judd Woldin, 86, American Tony Award-winning composer (*Raisin*), cancer.

### 28
*Aruwa Ameh, 20, Nigerian footballer (Bayelsa United).
*Jaime González, 78, Spanish Olympic sports shooter (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980).
*Charles Hoeflich, 97, American businessman.
*Paweł Komorowski, 81, Polish film director.
*Charles T. Kowal, 71, American astronomer.
*Lucio Magri, 79, Italian journalist and politician, assisted suicide.

### 29
*James Atherton, 83, American photographer, cardiovascular disease.
*Roberto Casuso, 57, Cuban Olympic handball player.
*Annetto Depasquale, 73, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Aradi, Auxiliary Bishop of Malta (since 1998).
*Donatus Djagom, 92, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ende (1968–1996).
*Guillermo O'Donnell, 75, Argentine political scientist, cancer.
*Patrice O'Neal, 41, American comedian, radio personality, and actor (*Web Junk 20*, *Opie and Anthony*), complications from stroke.
*Mamoni Raisom Goswami, 69, Indian writer and academic, multiple organ failure.

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*Jules Ancion, 87, Dutch Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) field hockey player.
*Viktor Apostolov, 49, Bulgarian Olympic hammer thrower (1988).
*J. Blackfoot, 65, American soul singer, cancer.
*Nelly Byl, 92, Belgian songwriter.
*Ana Daniel, 83, Portuguese poet.
*Vic Finkelstein, 73, South African disabled rights activist.
*Gerd Hagman, 92, Swedish actress.
*Charles Ingabire, Rwandan journalist, shot.
*Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, 72, Albanian royal and politician, pretender to the Albanian throne (since 1961).
*Peter Lunn, 97, British Olympic alpine skier (1936) and spymaster.
*Kuldeep Manak, 62, Indian Punjabi language singer, pneumonia.
*George McCarty, 96, American college basketball coach (New Mexico State University, UTEP).
*Chester McGlockton, 42, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos), apparent heart attack.
*Zdeněk Miler, 90, Czech animator and illustrator, creator of The Mole.
*Carl Robie, 66, American Olympic gold (1968) and silver-medal winning (1964) swimmer.
*Benyamin Sönmez, 28, German-born Turkish cellist.
*Bill Waller, 85, American politician, Governor of Mississippi (1972–1976), heart failure.

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