Deaths in February 2018
The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2018.
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, reason for notability, cause of death, and reference.
February 2018
1
- Omar Aggad, 90, Palestinian-born Saudi Arabian investor and philanthropist.
- Haji Saifullah Khan Bangash, 70, Pakistani politician, Senator, heart failure.
- John Battaglia, 62, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
- André Baudry, 95, French magazine editor.
- Niranjan Bhagat, 91, Indian poet, stroke.
- Hazar Khan Bijarani, 71, Pakistani politician, MP, shot.
- Cliff Bourland, 97, American sprinter, Olympic champion, complications from pneumonia.
- Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, 68, Cuban nuclear physicist and scientific adviser, suicide.
- Dino Cinel, 76, Italian-American priest and historian, stabbed.
- Dennis Edwards, 74, American Hall of Fame soul and R&B singer, complications from meningitis.
- Édouard Ferrand, 52, French politician, MEP.
- Sonia Gechtoff, 91, American painter.
- Germain Grisez, 88, French-American philosopher.
- Nicholas von Hoffman, 88, American journalist.
- Barys Kit, 107, Belarusian rocket scientist.
- Robert Larsson, 50, Swedish ice hockey player, complications from a heart attack.
- Li Kelin, 75, Chinese container transport executive.
- John Jacob Lavranos, 91, South African insurance broker and botanist.
- Patricia Lindop, 87, British radiation biologist.
- Michael O'Hara, 85, American Olympic volleyball player, Pan-American Games champion.
- Frank L. Oliver, 95, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
- Mowzey Radio, 33, Ugandan singer, head injury.
- Fariha Razzaq Haroon, Pakistani politician, shot.
- Sewall Shurtz, 84, American Olympic fencer.
- Palle Sørensen, 90, Danish convicted murderer.
- Alan Stout, 85, American composer.
- Su Bai, 95, Chinese archaeologist.
- William Whitehead, 86, Canadian writer.
2
- Boaz Arad, 61, Israeli artist, suicide by hanging.
- Dave Barrett, 87, Canadian politician, Premier of British Columbia, Alzheimer's disease.
- Carlo Brugnami, 79, Italian racing cyclist.
- Sanford Diller, 89, American real estate developer and philanthropist.
- Derek Freeman, 93, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.
- Albina Girfanova, 61, Russian linguist and anthropologist.
- Tomás Gutiérrez, 77, Puerto Rican basketball player.
- Jon Huntsman Sr., 80, American chemical manufacturer and philanthropist, prostate cancer.
- Malcolm Jefferson, 71, British racehorse trainer.
- Paulo Roberto Morais Júnior, 33, Brazilian footballer, leukemia.
- Alan Maynard, 73, British health economist.
- Durk van der Mei, 93, Dutch politician, Secretary of State.
- Kingunge Ngombale–Mwiru, 87, Tanzanian politician, MP.
- Fábio Pereira de Azevedo, 41, Brazilian-born Togolese footballer, traffic collision.
- Joseph Polchinski, 63, American theoretical physicist, cancer.
- Ole Thestrup, 69, Danish actor, lung cancer.
- Melvyn Weiss, 82, American attorney, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
3
- Bert Brown, 79, Canadian politician, Senator.
- Sam Cataldo, 80, American politician, member of the New Hampshire Senate, traffic collision.
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, 65, American jazz/pop drummer, prostate cancer.
- Pierre Conner, 85, American mathematician.
- Ted Corbett, 94, New Zealand organic chemist.
- Roy Dietzel, 87, American baseball player.
- Roman Filipov, 33, Russian fighter pilot, suicide by grenade explosion.
- Michael Gordon, 62, Australian journalist, heart attack.
- Michael Harner, 88, American anthropologist and author.
- Lakshmi Kanakala, 78, Indian actress, cardiac arrest.
- Federico Leardini, 38, Italian economic journalist, heart attack.
- Oswaldo Loureiro, 85, Brazilian actor.
- Bert Lundin, 96, Swedish union leader.
- Károly Palotai, 82, Hungarian football player and referee, Olympic champion.
- Ilse Petri, 99, German actress.
- Dirk Bernard Joseph Schouten, 95, Dutch economist.
- Alec Sehon, 93, Romanian-born Canadian immunologist.
- George Shadid, 88, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate.
- Hukum Singh, 79, Indian politician, MP.
- Bill Teale, 70, American educator.
- Rolf Zacher, 76, German actor.
4
- Frank Allen, 91, Australian footballer, cancer.
- Zvi Arad, 75, Israeli mathematician.
- Majid Ariff, 80, Singaporean football player and coach.
- Alan Baker, 78, British mathematician, recipient of the Fields Medal, stroke.
- Etelka Barsi-Pataky, 76, Hungarian politician, MEP.
- Don Choate, 79, American baseball player, cancer.
- Jack Davis, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, dementia.
- Nicholas Dopuch, 88, American accounting researcher.
- Gregor Dorfmeister, 88, German writer and journalist.
- Martin Grüner, 88, German politician.
- Kenneth Haigh, 86, British actor.
- Hoàng Vân, 87, Vietnamese songwriter.
- Takuya Iwasaki, 88, Japanese Middle Eastern archaeologist and professor.
- Edwin Jackson, 26, American football player, traffic collision.
- John Mahoney, 77, English-American actor, complications from throat cancer.
- Esmond Bradley Martin, 76, American conservationist, stabbed.
- Nat Neujean, 95, Belgian sculptor.
- Séamus Pattison, 81, Irish politician, TD, Parkinson's disease.
- Laurin Pepper, 88, American football and baseball player.
- Wojciech Pokora, 83, Polish actor.
- Leif Rygg, 77, Norwegian fiddler, cancer.
- Irina Sanpiter, 60, Russian actress, leukemia.
- Jim Stillwagon, 68, American football player.
- T. Varagunam, 87, Sri Lankan academic and physician.
5
- John Agitation, 90, Trinidadian comedian.
- Siddiq Baloch, 77, Pakistani journalist and political economist, pancreatic cancer.
- Caroline Brown, 64, British cellist, Krukenberg tumor.
- Chien Te-men, 74, Taiwanese actor.
- Richard Doughty, 57, English cricketer.
- Margot Duhalde, 97, Chilean pilot.
- Dovid Grossman, 71, American rabbi, traffic collision.
- Ladislav Kačáni, 86, Slovak football player and coach.
- Yoshihide Kozai, 89, Japanese astronomer, liver failure.
- Ken McPherson, 90, English footballer.
- Bob Morrow, 71, Canadian politician, Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario.
- Jeremy Nunley, 46, American football player, heart attack.
- Seán O'Connor, 82, Irish hurler and referee.
- Domingo Pillado, 90, Chilean footballer.
- Mathieu Riboulet, 57, French writer and film director, cancer.
- Francisco Rojas San Román, 59, Mexican trucker, motivational coach and politician, MP, shot.
- Zeno Roth, 61, German guitarist and songwriter.
- Sushma Shimkhada, 81–82, Nepali sculptor.
- Jockie Soerjoprajogo, 63, Indonesian musician and songwriter, complications from diabetes, cirrhosis and stroke.
- Ove Stokstad, 78, Norwegian artist and jazz musician.
- Hugh Wirth, 78, Australian veterinarian and animal welfare advocate.
- Norman Zabusky, 89, American physicist.
6
- Fedora Alemán, 105, Venezuelan singer.
- Aljabr, 22, American racehorse, heart attack.
- Liliana Bodoc, 59, Argentine author, heart attack.
- Douglas Botting, 83, English explorer and author.
- Bernard Darmet, 72, French Olympic racing cyclist.
- Doug Guetzloe, 63, American political consultant.
- André Harvey, 75, American sculptor.
- Jao Tsung-I, 100, Chinese-born Hong Kong scholar, calligrapher and painter.
- Joe Knollenberg, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th and 11th congressional districts, Alzheimer's disease.
- Donald Lynden-Bell, 82, English astrophysicist, complications from a stroke.
- Muhiyidin Moye, 32, American political activist, shot.
- Madavoor Vasudevan Nair, 88, Indian Kathakali dancer.
- Débora Pérez Volpin, 50, Argentine journalist and politician, member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature, cardiac arrest.
- James W. Sire, 84, American author.
- Brunello Spinelli, 78, Italian water polo player, Olympic champion, traffic collision.
- Frida Topno, 92, Indian politician.
- John Anthony West, 85, American author and Egyptologist, cancer.
- Michael White, 58, British author and musician.
7
- Brahim Akhiat, 77, Moroccan author.
- John Perry Barlow, 70, American writer, lyricist and internet activist, co-founder of Electronic Frontier Foundation.
- Nelson Cooke, 98, Australian cellist and teacher.
- Torsten Engberg, 83, Swedish military officer.
- Mickey Jones, 76, American drummer and actor.
- Waltraud Kretzschmar, 70, East German handball player, world champion, Olympic silver and bronze medalist.
- T. N. Krishnamurti, 85, Indian meteorologist.
- Ralph Lumenti, 81, American baseball player.
- Jill Messick, 50, American film producer and talent manager, suicide.
- Newton Morton, 88, American epidemiologist.
- Herman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, 96, Dutch Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jayapura, cancer.
- Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu, 70, Indian politician, dengue fever.
- Valerii Postoyanov, 76, Russian Olympic sport shooter.
- Nabi Şensoy, 72, Turkish diplomat, ambassador to the United States.
- Pat Torpey, 64, American drummer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
- Skule Waksvik, 90, Norwegian sculptor.
- Catherine G. Wolf, 70, American psychologist, sepsis caused by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
8
- Ben Agajanian, 98, American football player, NFL Champion.
- Zarnigar Agakisiyeva, 72, Azerbaijani actress, heart failure.
- Jarrod Bannister, 33, Australian javelin thrower, Commonwealth Games champion.
- Carl K. Benhase, 88, American football coach.
- Paul Danblon, 86, Belgian journalist and composer.
- Agenor Girardi, 66, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of União da Vitória.
- Robert A. Gross, 90, American physicist and engineering scientist.
- Marie Gruber, 62, German actress, lung cancer.
- Don Hart, 87, Australian football player.
- Algia Mae Hinton, 88, American blues singer and guitarist.
- M. Cecil Mackey, 89, American academic administrator, President of Michigan State University.
- John Martinkovic, 91, American football player.
- Khalid Mehsud, 44, Pakistani terrorist, drone strike.
- Ebony Reigns, 20, Ghanaian singer, traffic collision.
- Carlos Robles Piquer, 92, Spanish diplomat and politician, Minister of Education and Science, Senator and MEP.
- Gary Seear, 65, New Zealand rugby union player, cancer.
- Kavous Seyed-Emami, 64, Iranian environmentalist, suicide by hanging.
- Lovebug Starski, 57, American rapper and disc jockey, heart attack.
- Sandra L. Townes, 73, American judge, cancer.
9
- Ray Baum, 62, American politician, lawyer and lobbyist, member of the Oregon House of Representatives, cancer.
- Peter Hill Beer, 89, American judge.
- Reg E. Cathey, 59, American actor, Emmy winner, lung cancer.
- Michael Crouch, 84, Australian investor and water boiler manufacturer.
- Dolores Crow, 86, American politician and legislator, member of the Idaho House of Representatives.
- Antoine Culioli, 93, French linguist.
- Serge Daan, 77, Dutch zoologist.
- Jim Garrett, 87, American football player, coach and scout.
- John Gavin, 86, American actor and diplomat, Ambassador to Mexico, pneumonia.
- Nebojša Glogovac, 48, Serbian actor, cancer.
- István Hevesi, 86, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic champion.
- Jóhann Jóhannsson, 48, Icelandic film composer, accidental cocaine overdose.
- Bernard Koura, 94, French painter.
- Mordechai E. Kreinin, 88, Israeli-born American economist.
- Alfonso Lacadena, 53, Spanish Mesoamerican epigraphist and academic, cancer.
- Robert W. Lichtwardt, 93, Brazilian-born American mycologist.
- Craig MacGregor, 68, American bass guitarist, lung cancer.
- Neill McGeachy, 75, American college basketball coach and athletic director.
- Liam Miller, 36, Irish footballer, pancreatic cancer.
- Wally Moon, 87, American baseball player, World Series champion.
- Henryk Niedźwiedzki, 84, Polish boxer, Olympic bronze medalist.
- "Sunshine" Sonny Payne, 92, American radio presenter.
- Edward Pearce, 78, English political journalist and writer.
- Bruno Rossetti, 57, Italian sport shooter, Olympic bronze medalist.
- Anne Treisman, 82, British psychologist.
- Edward Vebell, 96, American fencer and illustrator.
- Keith M. Wilson, British historian.
10
- Advent Bangun, 66, Indonesian karateka and actor, diabetes.
- Sir Alan Battersby, 92, British organic chemist.
- Jeff Bell, 74, American political consultant, presidential speechwriter and politician.
- Fran Bera, 93, American aviator.
- Troy Blakely, 68, American music executive and talent manager, cancer.
- Tina Louise Bomberry, 52, Canadian Mohawk actress.
- Walter Boucquet, 76, Belgian racing cyclist.
- Sir Lawrence Byford, 92, British police officer and author, Chief Inspector of Constabulary.
- Bevan Congdon, 79, New Zealand cricketer.
- Rosa Ferrer Obiols, 57, Andorran politician, MP, Mayor of Andorra la Vella and Minister of Health, Welfare and Occupation, cancer.
- Michiko Ishimure, 90, Japanese writer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
- Raimund Herincx, 90, British bass-baritone.
- Tamio Kawachi, 79, Japanese actor, cerebral infarction.
- Richard C. Lamb, 84, American astrophysicist.
- Stephen A. Mahin, 71, American structural engineer.
- Donald Mark, 91, American judge.
- William Merriweather Peña, 99, American architect.
- John Muir, 73, Australian judge.
- Myroslav Popovych, 87, Ukrainian philosopher.
- Ludmila Švédová, 81, Czech gymnast, Olympic silver medalist.
- Chris Stockwell, 60, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP and Speaker, cancer.
- V. Joseph Thomas, 76, Indian police chief.
- Peter Thonemann, 100, Australian-born British physicist.
- Calvin Edouard Ward, 92, American concert pianist.
11
- Anthony Acevedo, 93, American soldier and diarist.
- Darien Boswell, 79, New Zealand rower.
- Sister Claire SMMI, 81, Indian Roman Catholic nun and artist.
- Michael Cohen, 80, American physician and anthropologist, pneumonia.
- Vic Damone, 89, American pop singer, complications from respiratory illness.
- Ramendra Narayan Debbarma, 68, Indian politician, MLA, stroke.
- Jon D. Fox, 70, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district, cancer.
- Parbati Ghose, 84, Indian actress and film director, first female filmmaker from Odisha.
- Asma Jahangir, 66, Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer, President of SCBAP and Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, heart attack.
- Lâm Ngươn Tánh, 89, Vietnamese military officer.
- Joseph MacNeil, 93, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint John, Archbishop of Edmonton.
- Jan Maxwell, 61, American actress and singer, meningitis complicated from breast cancer.
- Des Moroney, 82, Canadian-born Swedish ice hockey player and coach.
- Juozas Preikšas, 91, Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Panevėžys.
- Tom Rapp, 70, American singer-songwriter, cancer.
- Andy Rice, 77, American football player.
- Dick Scott, 76, English footballer.
- John Nanzip Shagaya, 75, Nigerian politician, Minister of Internal Affairs, traffic collision.
- Sir Nicholas Shehadie, 92, Australian rugby union player, Lord Mayor of Sydney.
- Sun Shu, 84, Chinese geologist, Director of the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
- Raymond Vautherin, 82, French-born Italian linguist.
- Qazi Wajid, 87, Pakistani actor and radio personality, heart attack.
12
- Marty Allen, 95, American actor and comedian, complications from pneumonia.
- Mohammed Amin, 89, Indian politician and trade unionist.
- Weems Oliver Baskin III, 81, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.
- Jean-Jacques Béchio, 68, Ivorian politician.
- Martin van der Borgh, 83, Dutch racing cyclist.
- Dave Clark, 81, American Olympic pole vaulter, cancer.
- Bill Crider, 76, American author, cancer.
- Leo Falcam, 82, Micronesian politician, President of the Federated States of Micronesia, Vice President, Governor of Pohnpei.
- Giuseppe Galasso, 88, Italian historian and politician, Deputy.
- Jef Geys, 83, Belgian artist.
- Luo Haocai, 83, Chinese politician and legal scholar, chairman of China Zhi Gong Party.
- Abdul Manan Ismail, 69, Malaysian politician, fall.
- Louise Latham, 95, American actress.
- Jack Ludwig, 95, Canadian author.
- Ursula Marvin, 96, American planetary geologist.
- Grant McBride, 68, Australian politician, member of the Parliament of New South Wales, Alzheimer's disease.
- László Melis, 64, Hungarian composer and violinist.
- Alexander B. Morrison, 87, American religious leader, general authority of the LDS Church.
- Fethia Mzali, 90, Tunisian politician, country's first female government minister.
- Gerald Reaven, 89, American endocrinologist.
- Rudy Regalado, 87, American baseball player.
- Daryle Singletary, 46, American country music singer.
- Mogau Tshehla, 26, South African footballer, traffic collision.
- Françoise Xenakis, 87, French writer.
13
- Edward M. Abroms, 82, American film editor, heart failure.
- Joseph Bonnel, 79, French footballer.
- Scott Boyer, 70, American singer, songwriter and musician.
- Carriega, 88, Spanish football coach.
- Chyskillz, 48, American hip hop producer.
- Danilinho, 32, Brazilian footballer, heart attack.
- Florin Diacu, 58, Romanian-born Canadian mathematician.
- Dobri Dobrev, 103, Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropist.
- James W. Downing, 104, American naval officer and author, commanding officer of, complications from heart surgery.
- Tito Francona, 84, American baseball player.
- Ernest Hecht, 88, Czechoslovakian-born British publisher.
- Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, 83, French-born Danish royal, Consort, complications from pneumonia.
- Sandra Love, 72, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly.
- Victor Milan, 63, American author, cancer.
- Geir Magnus Nyborg, 66, Norwegian theologian.
- Danko Radić, 65, Croatian basketball referee and coach.
- Carmela Rey, 86, Mexican singer and actress.
- John Robb, 85, Northern Irish politician and surgeon.
- Josefina Samper, 90, Spanish syndicalist, communist and feminist.
- George P. Steele, 93, American military officer.
- Nini Theilade, 102, Danish ballet dancer and choreographer.
- Peter Daniel Truman, 83, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
14
- Zoltán Agócs, 79, Slovakian architect.
- Abolfazl Anvari, 80, Iranian wrestler, world championship bronze medalist.
- Lois Barker, 94, American baseball player.
- Lev Bayandin, 76, Russian politician, Governor of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
- Lerone Bennett Jr., 89, American scholar and author, editor of Ebony, vascular dementia.
- Angus Black, 92, Scottish rugby player.
- Pyotr Bochek, 92, Ukrainian military officer, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Don Carter, 84, American investor, founding owner of the Dallas Mavericks.
- Marty Dolin, 78, American-born Canadian politician, Manitoba MLA for Kildonan.
- Claes Elmstedt, 89, Swedish politician, MP, Minister for Communications.
- Nuray Hafiftaş, 53, Turkish folk singer.
- Billy Henderson, 89, American football coach.
- Walter W. Holland, 88, Czech-born British epidemiologist.
- Antoni Krauze, 78, Polish screenwriter and director.
- Jörg Kuebart, 83, German military officer.
- Ruud Lubbers, 78, Dutch politician and diplomat, Prime Minister, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
- Arthur J. Moss, 86, American cardiologist.
- John Pitman, 77, American journalist.
- Bolla Bulli Ramaiah, 91, Indian politician.
- Morgan Tsvangirai, 65, Zimbabwean politician and opposition leader, Prime Minister, colorectal cancer.
- AnnMarie Wolpe, 87, South African feminist, sociologist and academic.
15
- Abdilaqim Ademi, 48, Macedonian politician, MP and Minister of Education and Science.
- Lassie Lou Ahern, 97, American actress, complications from influenza.
- Abdon Alinovi, 94, Italian politician, deputy.
- Bibi Ballandi, 71, Italian television producer, colorectal cancer.
- Tosun Bayrak, 92, Turkish writer and artist.
- Ivar Belck-Olsen, 86, Norwegian politician.
- Tom Brewer, 86, American baseball player.
- Don J. Briel, 71, American theologian, leukemia.
- Leo Cahill, 89, American-Canadian football coach.
- Pier Paolo Capponi, 79, Italian actor.
- Steven Collins, 66, British-born American Buddhist studies scholar.
- Jacques Hébert, 97, French politician, Mayor of Cherbourg, Deputy.
- Geoff Jones, 87, Australian football player.
- Chuck Klausing, 92, American football player and Hall of Fame coach.
- Milan Křížek, 91, Czech composer.
- Iseabail Macleod, 81, Scottish lexicographer.
- Gian Paolo Mele, 73, Italian composer, choral director and musicologist.
- Samuel Mpasu, 72, Malawian politician and author, Speaker of the National Assembly, hypertension.
- Tamara Nizhnikova, 92, Belarusian singer, People's Artist of the USSR.
- J. Clay Smith Jr., 75, American jurist and author, chairman of the EEOC, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
- Daniel Vernet, 72, French journalist and author, heart attack.
16
- Napoleon Abueva, 88, Filipino sculptor, National Artist for Visual Arts.
- Constance Bapela, South African politician, heart attack.
- Reidar Berg, 93, Norwegian bobsledder.
- Jim Bridwell, 73, American free climber, complications from hepatitis C.
- Little Sammy Davis, 89, American blues singer-songwriter and harmonicist.
- Hubert Doggart, 92, English cricketer.
- Charles W. Eriksen, 95, American psychologist.
- Kikuko Inoue, 93, Japanese Olympic equestrian
- Heli Lääts, 85, Estonian singer.
- Eleanor Winsor Leach, 80, American academic.
- Gochomu J. Mudzingwa, 101, Zimbabwean traditional ruler, Chief Wozhele, pneumonia.
- Harry R. Purkey, 83, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
- Hans Rinner, 54, Austrian football official, President of Bundesliga, cancer.
- Alexander Sevastian, 41, Russian-born Canadian accordionist, heart attack.
- Miroslav Šlouf, 69, Czech lobbyist, cirrhosis.
- Greg Smyth, 51, Canadian ice hockey player, cancer.
- Deryck Stapleton, 100, British Royal Air Force officer.
- Osvaldo Suárez, 83, Argentine long-distance runner, Pan-American Games champion.
- Mike Walker, 72, American gossip columnist.
- Jayadeva Yogendra, 88, Indian yoga guru.
17
- Ya'akov Ben-Yezri, 90, Moroccan-born Israeli politician, member of Knesset and Minister of Health.
- Martin Buvik, 95, Norwegian politician, MP.
- Blas Calzada Terrados, 80, Spanish economist, Chairman of INE and President of CNMV, stomach cancer.
- Silvio Conrado, 72, Nicaraguan economist and banker, cardiac arrest.
- Jim Dickey, 83, American football coach.
- Beebe Freitas, 79, American pianist and vocal coach.
- Akinwunmi Isola, 78, Nigerian playwright and actor.
- Boyd Jarvis, 59, American music producer, cancer.
- Emmanuele Kanyama, 55, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dedza, complications from diabetes.
- Kenneth Kester, 81, American politician, member of the Colorado House of Representatives and Colorado Senate.
- Vasily Krylov, 71, Russian biologist.
- Gumercindo España Olivares, 83, Mexican toymaker.
- Miguel Pacheco, 86, Spanish racing cyclist.
- Peder Persson, 79, Swedish footballer.
- Mikey Post, 35, American actor.
- Dorothy Rungeling, 106, Canadian aviation pioneer.
- Rapee Sagarik, 95, Thai orchidologist.
- Mohamed Shahabuddeen, 86, Guyanese politician and judge, Vice President.
- Sampie Terreblanche, 84, South African economist and writer, brain cancer.
- Gerald Weiß, 58, German javelin thrower.
18
- Rein Ahas, 51, Estonian geographer, heart attack.
- Abbas Alasgarov, 80, Azerbaijani civil engineer and politician.
- Günter Blobel, 81, German-born American biologist, Nobel Prize laureate, cancer.
- Peggy Cooper Cafritz, 70, American social activist and educator, co-founder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, complications from pneumonia.
- José Luis Elejalde, 67, Cuban footballer.
- Victor Franco, 87, French journalist.
- Sonia Graham, 88, British actress.
- Peirce F. Lewis, 90, American geographer.
- Didier Lockwood, 62, French jazz violinist, heart attack.
- Larry Lolley, 72, American state judge, member of the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal.
- Georgi Markov, 46, Bulgarian footballer, heart attack.
- John David Morley, 70, English writer and journalist.
- Nazif Mujić, 47, Bosnian actor.
- Kandiah Neelakandan, 70, Sri Lankan lawyer.
- Idrissa Ouédraogo, 64, Burkinabé film director.
- Pavel Panov, 67, Bulgarian football player and coach.
- Lee Harris Pomeroy, 85, American architect.
- K. S. Puttannaiah, 68, Indian politician, MLA for Pandavapura and Melukote, heart attack.
- Elmar Rojas, 75, Guatemalan artist.
- Eido Tai Shimano, 85, Japanese Buddhist monk.
- Ivor Smith, 92, British architect.
- Heiner Stadler, 75, German jazz musician and producer.
- Chinedu Udoji, 28, Nigerian footballer, traffic collision.
- Barbara Wersba, 85, American youth writer.
19
- Hernán Alzamora, 90, Peruvian Olympic hurdler.
- Judy Blame, 58, English stylist and art director.
- Harry Blevins, 82, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate.
- Fred Carr, 71, American football player, dementia and prostate cancer.
- Max Desfor, 104, American photographer, Pulitzer Prize winner.
- Jean-Paul Faber, 87, French Olympic sports shooter
- Teresa Gisbert Carbonell, 91, Bolivian architect and art historian.
- Gundu Hanumantha Rao, 61, Indian actor and comedian.
- Floros Konstantinou, 65, Greek politician, economist and historian, Member of the Parliament of the Hellenes.
- Sergei Litvinov, 60, Russian hammer thrower, Olympic champion and silver medalist, world champion, heart attack.
- Thomas Lockhart, 82, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives.
- Robert McKim, 72, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives.
- Necton Mhura, 61, Malawian diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations and the United States, cancer.
- Catherine Nevin, 67, Irish murderer, brain tumour.
- Sir John Orr, 72, British police officer.
- Daniel Peredo, 48, Peruvian sports journalist, heart attack.
- Geoff Pimblett, 73, British rugby league player.
- Charles Pence Slichter, 94, American physicist.
- Larry Smith, 79, American puppeteer.
- Jim Springer, 91, American basketball player.
- Sir Peter Squire, 72, British Royal Air Force officer, Chief of the Air Staff.
- Stormin, 34, British grime musician, skin cancer.
- Sabah Tani, 49, Bangladeshi singer, low blood pressure.
- Yuriy Tyukalov, 87, Russian rower, Olympic champion.
- Zhang Junsheng, 81, Chinese politician and academic, cardiac arrest.
20
- David Barons, 81, British racehorse trainer.
- Sonja Bata, 91, Swiss shoe museum curator and philanthropist.
- Lucien Bouchardeau, 56, Nigerien football referee, heart failure.
- John Boyd, 92, Scottish milliner.
- David Caron, 65, American legal scholar.
- Jiichiro Date, 66, Japanese wrestler, Olympic champion.
- Herbert Ehrenberg, 91, German politician, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.
- William H. Friedland, 94, American rural sociologist.
- Arnaud Geyre, 82, French racing cyclist, Olympic champion.
- B. K. Goyal, 82, Indian cardiologist, cardiac arrest.
- DeWitt Hale, 100, American politician, Member of the Texas House of Representatives.
- Joe Hung, 86, Taiwanese journalist and diplomat, Representative to Italy, heart and lung disease.
- Tōta Kaneko, 98, Japanese writer.
- Agnieszka Kotulanka, 61, Polish actress.
- Lionel March, 84, British mathematician, architect and digital artist.
- Howard McCurdy, 85, Canadian politician, MP for Windsor—Walkerville and Windsor—Tecumseh, cancer.
- Roy McDonald, 80, Canadian poet, author and musician.
- Sir Donald Murray, 95, Northern Irish jurist.
- Andrew Ranicki, 69, British mathematician, leukaemia.
- Irene Strong, 88, Canadian swimmer
- Waldo R. Tobler, 87, American geographer and cartographer.
- Zigmas Zinkevičius, 93, Lithuanian linguist-historian.
21
- Valentin Afraimovich, 72, Russian mathematician.
- Ian Aitken, 90, British journalist and political commentator.
- Sergei Aleksandrov, 44, Russian footballer.
- Arthur Black, 74, Canadian radio broadcaster, pancreatic cancer.
- Lawrence D. Brown, 77, American statistician.
- Thomas M. Carsey, 52, American political scientist, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Emma Chambers, 53, English actress, heart attack.
- Kalyan Singh Chauhan, 58, Indian politician, MLA for Nathdwara, cancer.
- Chow Chee Keong, 69, Malaysian footballer, bladder cancer.
- John Cribb, 67, Australian triple murderer and rapist.
- Zelda D'Aprano, 90, Australian political activist.
- Harriet Fier, 67, American magazine and newspaper editor, breast cancer.
- Beryl Fletcher, 79, New Zealand novelist.
- Billy Graham, 99, American evangelist and Southern Baptist minister.
- Taïeb Louhichi, 69, Tunisian film director.
- Betty Miller, 91, American aviator, first female pilot to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.
- Ren Osugi, 66, Japanese actor, heart failure.
- John R. Schmidhauser, 96, American politician, member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 1st congressional district.
- Lokendra Singh, 41, Indian politician, MLA for Noorpur, traffic collision.
- Giuseppe Turini, 90, Italian politician, Senator.
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- Marilyn Fain Apseloff, 83, American children's writer.
- Errol Buddle, 89, Australian jazz musician.
- Serban Cantacuzino, 89, Romanian architect.
- Nanette Fabray, 97, American actress and singer, Tony and Emmy Award-winner.
- Valentin Falin, 91, Russian Soviet-era diplomat and politician.
- Forges, 76, Spanish cartoonist, pancreatic cancer.
- Billi Gordon, 63, American actor, model and neuroscientist.
- Euler Granda, 82, Ecuadorian poet, writer and psychiatrist.
- Jack Hamilton, 79, American baseball player.
- Bette Henritze, 93, American actress.
- Peter Kocot, 61, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
- Bence Lázár, 26, Hungarian footballer, leukemia.
- Li Ching, 69, Hong Kong actress.
- Gladys Maccabe, 99, Northern Irish artist.
- William Serrin, 78, American journalist, winner of Pulitzer Prize, heart attack.
- László Tahi Tóth, 74, Hungarian actor, stroke.
- Richard E. Taylor, 88, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
- Billy Wilson, 71, English footballer.
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- Dom Anile, 80, American football coach and executive.
- James Colby, 56, American actor.
- Graeme Gahan, 76, Australian footballer.
- Ali Teoman Germaner, 83–84, Turkish sculptor.
- Lewis Gilbert, 97, British film director.
- James Laxer, 76, Canadian political economist.
- Donovan McClelland, 69, Northern Ireland politician.
- Saichiro Misumi, 101, Japanese indologist.
- Allen B. Rosenstein, 97, American systems engineer.
- Celal Şahin, 92, Turkish musician and actor.
- Sir Kenneth Scott, 87, British diplomat and courtier.
- Teddi Siddall, 64, American actress.
- Jesus Varela, 90, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sorsogon.
- Wolfhart Westendorf, 93, German Egyptologist.
- Kunwar Bai Yadav, 106, Indian health activist.
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- Getulio Alviani, 78, Italian painter.
- Kalman Aron, 93, Holocaust survivor and artist.
- Shmuel Auerbach, 86, Israeli Haredi rabbi, heart disease.
- Eitan Avitsur, 76, Israeli composer and conductor.
- Judith Baxter, 62–63, British sociolinguist.
- Irwin Belk, 95, American politician, philanthropist and retail executive, member of the North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives.
- Wim Claes, 56, Belgian composer, songwriter and music producer.
- Sir Durward Knowles, 100, Bahamian sailor, Olympic champion, kidney failure.
- Ed Leede, 90, American basketball player.
- Bud Luckey, 83, American animator and voice actor.
- James McIntosh, 87, American rower, Olympic silver medalist.
- Folco Quilici, 87, Italian film director and screenwriter.
- Bhanu Kumar Shastri, 92, Indian politician.
- Sridevi, 54, Indian actress, accidental drowning.
- Óscar Julio Vian Morales, 70, Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala, cancer.
- Charles Byron Wilson, 88, American neurosurgeon, heart disease.
- Yang Rudai, 91, Chinese politician, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China.
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- Urban Bowman, 80, American-Canadian football coach, prostate cancer.
- Max Cole, 77, Australian football player.
- Dai Fudong, 89, Chinese architect, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
- Dan Fegan, 56, American basketball agent, traffic collision.
- Danny Florencio, 70, Filipino basketball player, heart attack.
- Ainsley Gotto, 72, Australian political secretary and interior designer, cancer.
- Michael Green, 91, British journalist and writer.
- Cynthia Heimel, 70, American columnist, author and humorist, complications from dementia.
- Richard Hundley, 86, American pianist and composer.
- Branko Kubala, 69, Czechoslovak-born Spanish footballer.
- Burton Leland, 69, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives, cancer.
- Leif Liljeroth, 93, Swedish actor.
- John C. Mula, 75, American art director and production designer.
- Nev Pask, 87, Australian property developer.
- Ram Punjabi, 89, Indian cricket umpire.
- Ola Thorleif Ruud, 91, Norwegian politician.
- Frank Sander, 90, American law professor.
- Noel Scott, 88, New Zealand politician, MP for Tongariro.
- Bruce Nelson Stratton, 74, American radio personality, throat cancer.
- Scott Westgarth, 31, British boxer, injuries sustained in match.
- Tsvetan Veselinov, 70, Bulgarian footballer, Olympic silver medalist.
- Penny Vincenzi, 78, British writer.
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- Joseph Achuzie, 88–89, Nigerian politician and secessionist Biafra military commander.
- Sir Richard Body, 90, English politician, MP for Boston and Skegness and Billericay.
- Ernest Bohr, 93, Danish lawyer and field hockey player.
- Mies Bouwman, 88, Dutch television presenter, pneumonia.
- Patrick Cusick, 98, American civil engineer and city planner, Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Regional Planning Association.
- Paul De Meo, 64, American screenwriter and producer.
- Jim Dobson, 78, American baseball player.
- Alan Geldard, 90, British cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist.
- Jim L. Gillis Jr., 101, American politician.
- Juan Hidalgo Codorniu, 90, Spanish composer.
- Sir Paul Jenkins, 63, British lawyer, Treasury Solicitor.
- Mariadas Kagithapu, 81, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Visakhapatnam.
- Tatyana Karpova, 102, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR.
- Sean Lavery, 61, American ballet dancer.
- Li Boguang, 49, Chinese legal scholar and human rights activist, liver cancer.
- Giorgi Maisashvili, 55, Georgian economist and politician, cancer.
- Benjamin Melniker, 104, American film producer.
- Peter Miles, 89, English actor.
- Carmen A. Orechio, 91, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate.
- Thomas Pernes, 62, Austrian avant-garde composer.
- Michael J. Pikal, 78, American pharmaceutical scientist.
- Gary H. Posner, 74, American chemist, Parkinson's disease.
- Veljko Rus, 88, Slovenian sociologist.
- T. S. R. Subramanian, 79, Indian civil servant, Cabinet Secretary, chancellor of Shiv Nadar University.
- Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden, 90, British politician.
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- Gertrude Alderfer, 86, American baseball player.
- Joseph Bagobiri, 60, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kafanchan.
- Albert Benschop, 68, Dutch sociologist.
- William H. T. Bush, 79, American venture capitalist and financier.
- Lance Clark, 81, British shoemaker.
- Gabriel Cruz, 8, Spanish boy, suffocated.
- Steve Folkes, 59, Australian rugby league player, heart attack.
- Makoto Hirayama, 65, Japanese politician.
- M. Jaishankar, 41, Indian serial killer and rapist, suicide by throat-cutting.
- Henri Leonetti, 81, French footballer.
- Bill Lignante, 91, American comics artist.
- Luciano Benjamín Menéndez, 90, Argentine military officer, convicted murderer and human rights violator, cardiogenic shock.
- Keith Murdoch, 74, New Zealand rugby union player.
- Daniel Perlsweig, 91, American racehorse trainer, awarded Dogwood Dominion Award.
- Prabodh Panda, 72, Indian politician, heart attack.
- Quini, 68, Spanish footballer, heart attack.
- Hugo Santiago, 78, Argentine film director and actor.
- Jacqueline Vaudecrane, 104, French figure skater.
- Jan Vercruysse, 69, Belgian artist.
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- Chen Xiaolu, 71, Chinese businessman and princeling, heart attack.
- Barry Crimmins, 64, American comedian and social activist, cancer.
- Amand Dalem, 79, Belgian politician, Mayor of Rochefort, Senator, Minister of the Walloon Government, Governor of Namur.
- Kieron Durkan, 44, English footballer.
- Keith English, 50, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives, suicide by gunshot.
- Antonio García-Trevijano, 90, Spanish lawyer, politician, philosopher and anti-Francoist activist.
- Rogelio Guerra, 81, Mexican actor, complications from thrombus.
- Stefán Kristjánsson, 35, Icelandic chess grandmaster.
- Lye Siew Weng, 77, Malaysian politician, MLA for Air Itam and Air Putih, bone cancer.
- Marc L. Marks, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 24th district.
- Pierre Milza, 85, French historian.
- Albert Mkrtchyan, 81, Armenian theater director, film director, actor, screenwriter.
- John Muir, 70, Scottish footballer.
- Ratnavel Pandian, 89, Indian judge, member of the Supreme Court, chief justice of Madras High Court.
- Jayendra Saraswathi, 82, Indian guru, seer of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham.
- Gerhard Scherhorn, 88, German economist.
- Harvey Schmidt, 88, American musical theatre producer and writer.
- Naomi Siegmann, 84–85, American artist, pneumonia.
- Ștefan Tașnadi, 64, Romanian weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist.
- William R. Trotter, 74, American author and historian.
- Noble Villeneuve, 79, Canadian politician, MPP.
- Gjert Wilhelmsen, 91, Norwegian shipowner.