Deaths in 2015. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by family name orpseudonym. Deaths of non-human organisms are also reported here if they first have their own Wikipedia

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This is a chronology of notable deaths in 2015. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by family name orpseudonym. Deaths of non-human organisms are also reported here if they first have their own Wikipedia article. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

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  Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship, reason for notability, established cause of death (if known) and reference.
  

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  1 April 2015
  
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  2 Earlier months
  
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  3 See also
  
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  4 References
  
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  5 External links
  

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  Masudur Rahman Baidya, 46, Indian swimmer, heart attack.^[1]
  
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  Bill Valentine, 82, American baseball umpire.^[2]
  
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  Wang Guozhen, 58, Chinese poet, liver cancer.^[3]
  

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  Colin Bloomfield, 33, British radio presenter (BBC Radio Derby), skin cancer.^[4]
  
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  Jim Fanning, 87, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) and manager (Montreal Expos).^[5]
  
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  Dan Fredinburg, 33, American executive, head of privacy at Google, avalanche.^[6]
  
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  Otakar Krámský (fr), 55, Czech racing driver, three times European hillclimb champion, training collision.^[7]
  
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  Sabeen Mahmud, Pakistani human rights activist, shot.^[8]
  
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  Christine Stewart, 74, Canadian politician, Secretary of State (1993–1997) and Minister of the Environment (1997–1999).^[9]
  
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  Richard West, 84, British journalist and author.^[10]
  

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  Władysław Bartoszewski, 93, Polish politician and resistance fighter, Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995, 2000–2001).^[11]
  
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  Ken Birch, 81, British footballer (Bangor City).^[12]
  
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  Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester, 78, British nobleman.^[13]
  
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  Thomas Joseph Connolly, 92, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Baker (1971–1999).^[14]
  
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  Rustum Ghazaleh, 61, Syrian military officer, head injury.^[15] (death announced on this date)
  
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  Ismail Hussain, 65, Indian politician, MP for Barpeta (2009–2014), cancer.^[16]
  
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  Mike Phillips, 59, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats, FC Barcelona).^[17]
  
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  Max Rojas (es), 74, Mexican poet.^[18]
  
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  Raymond Roussin, 75, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gravelbourg (1995–1998) and Victoria (1999–2004), Archbishop of Vancouver(2004–2009).^[19]
  
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  Success Express, 30, American-born Australian Thoroughbred racehorse.^[20]
  
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  Sid Tepper, 96, American songwriter ("Red Roses for a Blue Lady").^[21]
  
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  George C. Young, 98, American lawyer and judge, heart attack.^[22]
  

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  Afzaal Ahmed, 66, Pakistani cricketer.^[23]
  
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  Aziz Asli, 77, Iranian footballer (Persepolis).^[24]
  
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  Frana Cardno, New Zealand politician, Mayor of Southland District (1992–2013), bile duct cancer.^[25]
  
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  Sir Philip Carter, 87, British football director (Everton).^[26]
  
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  Richard Corliss, 71, American film critic (Time), stroke.^[27]
  
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  Marie Herbst, 86, American politician, Mayor of Vernon, Connecticut (1979–1986), member of the Connecticut Senate (1987–1992).^[28]
  
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  Pierre Claude Nolin, 64, Canadian politician, Speaker of the Senate (since 2014), cancer.^[29]
  
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  E. M. Subramaniam, 67, Indian Carnatic percussionist.^[30]
  
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  Sawyer Sweeten, 19, American actor (Everybody Loves Raymond), suicide by gunshot.^[31]
  
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  Roberto Talma (pt), 65, Brazilian television director and producer.^[32]
  
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  Francis Tsai, 48, American comic book, film and video game concept artist (Spider-Man, TMNT, The Bourne Conspiracy), ALS.^[33]
  
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  Sixto Valencia Burgos, 81, Mexican comic artist (Memín Pinguín, MAD).^[34]
  
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  Guillermo Zúñiga Martínez, 72, Mexican academic and politician, Mayor of Xalapa (1988–1991), MP for Veracruz (1994–1997).^[35]
  

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  Dick Balharry, 77, British conservationist, cancer.^[36]
  
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  Konstantin Baranov (ru), 49, Russian politician, interim mayor of Kaluga (since 2013).^[37]
  
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  Desmond Boal, 85, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, MP for Belfast Shankill (1960–1972).^[38]
  
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  Yoichi Funado, 71, Japanese novelist, thymic cancer.^[39]
  
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  Régis Ghesquière, 65, Belgian decathlete, heart attack.^[40]
  
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  Alasdair Graham, 85, Canadian politician, Senator for Nova Scotia (1972–2004).^[41]
  
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  Nagare Hagiwara, 62, Japanese actor, traffic collision.^[42]
  
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  Lois Lilienstein, 78, American actress (The Elephant Show) and singer (Sharon, Lois & Bram), cancer.^[43]
  
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  Robert Penfold, 98, British army general, Chief Manager of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (1972–1979). ^[44]
  
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  Rex Robinson, 89, British actor (Doctor Who, Yes Minister, Only Fools and Horses).^[45] (death announced on this date)
  
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  Gennadi Vengerov, 55, Belarusian-born Soviet actor (Enemy at the Gates), lung and bone cancer.^[46]
  
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  Irene Woodall, 69, American magazine editor.^[47]
  

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  M. H. Abrams, 102, American literary critic.^[48]
  
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  Mykola Bahrov, 77, Ukrainian academician and politician.^[49]
  
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  Steve Byrnes, 56, American sports announcer (NASCAR on Fox), head and neck cancer.^[50]
  
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  Gideon Eilat, 91, Israeli soldier.^[51]
  
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  Mary Doyle Keefe, 92, American model ("Rosie the Riveter").^[52]
  
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  Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, 49, Tajik-Russian film director (Luna Papa).^[53]
  
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  Ferenc Konrád, 70, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic bronze (1968), silver (1972) and gold (1976) medalist.^[54]
  
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  Wally Lester, 73, American singer (The Skyliners), pancreatic cancer.^[55]
  
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  Jim McCarthy, 90, Irish rugby union player (national team).^[56]
  
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  Sergey Mikhalev (ru), 67, Russian ice hockey player and coach, trafic collision.^[57]
  
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  John Moshoeu, 49, South African footballer (Kaizer Chiefs, Giant Blackpool, national team), African Cup of Nations champion (1996), cancer.^[58]
  
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  Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Odisha (1980–1989, 1995–1999), Governor of Assam (2009–2014), heart attack.^[59]
  
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  Robert P. Patterson, Jr., 91, American federal judge.^[60]
  
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  Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters, 95, Canadian WWII tank commander.^[61]
  
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  Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi, 76, Egyptian poet.^[62]
  
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  Viktor Spiridonov (ru), 77, Soviet footballer (Zenit Saint Petersburg).^[63]
  
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  Dave Walker, 73, English footballer (Burnley, Southampton).^[64]
  
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  Elizabeth Weaver, 74, American judge, Michigan Supreme Court Justice (1995–2010), Chief Justice (1991–2001).^[65]
  
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  Cindy Yang, 24, Taiwanese model and actress (First of May), suicide by helium inhalation.^[66]
  

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  Gilberto Almeida, 86, Ecuadorian painter.^[67]
  
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  Richard Anthony, 77, Egyptian-born French singer.^[68]
  
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  Doug Buffone, 70, American football player (Chicago Bears) and radio host.^[69]
  
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  Cláudio Cunha, 68, Brazilian actor.^[70]
  
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  Hassan El-Shazly, 71, Egyptian footballer (Tersana, national team).^[71]
  
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  Pedro Eugênio, 65, Brazilian politician, MP (1998–2014), complications from surgery.^[72]
  
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  Peter Howell, 96, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10, The Lord of the Rings).^[73]
  
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  Kunihiko Kase (ja), 74, Japanese musician, composer and music producer, suicide.^[74]
  
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  Aharon Lichtenstein, 81, French-born American-Israeli rabbi, recipient of the Israel Prize (2014).^[75]
  
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  Bob Maloubier, 92, French secret agent.^[76]
  
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  Roy Mason, 91, British politician, MP for Barnsley (1953–1983) and Barnsley Central (1983–1987), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1976–1979).^[77]
  
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  Frederic Morton, 90, Austrian-born American writer.^[78]
  
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  Bob St. Clair, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (San Francisco 49ers).^[79]
  
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  Ibrahim Yusri, 65, Egyptian actor (The Terrorist), kidney failure.^[80]
  
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  Werner Zimmer (de), 78, German radio host and television presenter.^[81]
  

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  Sir Raymond Carr, 96, British historian.^[82]
  
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  Haney Catchings, 66, American football coach (Prairie View A&M, Tuskegee), cancer.^[83]
  
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  Uche Chukwumerije, 75, Nigerian politician, Senator for Abia North (since 2003), lung cancer.^[84]
  
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  Pat Dowell, 66, American film critic.^[85]
  
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  William Price Fox, 89, American novelist.^[86]
  
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  Eva Galambos, 87, American politician, Mayor of Sandy Springs, Georgia (2005–2014), cancer.^[87]
  
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  Freddie Gray, 25, American police suspect, severed spinal cord.^[88]
  
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  Sandra Mackey, 77, American writer.^[89]
  
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  István Marton, 72, Hungarian politician.^[90]
  
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  Tom McCabe, 60, Scottish politician, Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform (2004–2007).^[91]
  
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  Ali Abu Mukhammad, 43, Dagestani-Russian Islamist leader, Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (since 2014), shot.^[92]
  
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  Hiroyuki Nishimoto (ja), 88, Japanese voice actor (Moomin), aortic dissection.^[93]
  
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  Theodosia Okoh, 92, Ghanaian flag designer and sports administrator.^[94]
  
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  Gerard Ouimette, 75, American criminal (Patriarca crime family), lung cancer.^[95]
  
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  Else Repål, 85, Norwegian politician.^[96]
  
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  Oktay Sinanoğlu, 80, Turkish scientist.^[97]
  
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  Bernard Stollman, 85, American record label founder (ESP-Disk), colon and spine cancer.^[98]
  
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  Elio Toaff, 99, Italian rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Rome (1951–2002).^[99]
  
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  Betty Willis, 91, American graphic designer (Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign).^[100]
  

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  Sir Christopher Bayly, 69, British historian.^[101]
  
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  Raoul Béteille (fr), 91, French prosecutor and politician.^[102]
  
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  Walter Conahan, 87, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1983–1989), cancer.^[103]
  
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  Francesco Dapiran, 94, Italian Olympic rower (1948).^[104]
  
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  Gunnar Gravdahl, 87, Norwegian politician, Mayor of Bærum (1989–1992).^[105]
  
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  Sir Roger Lobo, 91, Macanese-born Hong Kong businessman and politician, senior unofficial member of the Legislative Council (1980–1985), moved "Lobo Motion" (1984), cancer.^[106]
  
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  Mario Pirani, 89, Italian journalist (la Repubblica), economist, and writer.^[107]
  
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  Ann Price, 72, American restaurateur (Ann's Snack Bar).^[108]
  
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  Bill Schultz, 76, New Zealand rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs, national team).^[109]
  
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  Michael Theunissen (de), 82, German philosopher.^[110]
  
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  Erwin Waldner, 82, German footballer (VfB Stuttgart, SPAL Ferrara).^[111]
  

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  Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, 72, Iraqi general and commander (Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order).^[112]
  
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  Renato Altissimo, 74, Italian politician, Minister of Health (1979–1980, 1981–1983), Minister of Trade and Industry (1983–1986).^[113]
  
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  Richie D'Horsie, 58, Filipino actor and comedian (Eat Bulaga!, Iskul Bukol), diabetes.^[114]
  
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  Mariano Gago, 66, Portuguese physicist and politician, sudden cardiac death.^[115]
  
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  Francis George, 78, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Chicago (1997–2014), President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops (2007–2010), bladder cancer.^[116]
  
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  Peter Graham, 60, English cricketer.^[117]
  
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  Robert P. Griffin, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate from Michigan (1966–1977) and House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th district (1957–1966).^[118]
  
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  Jaroslav Holík, 72, Czech ice hockey player, world champion (1972).^[119]
  
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  Gary Ignacio, 49, Filipino rock musician (Alamid), bone cancer.^[120]
  
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  Arutyun Kegeyan (ru), 85, Soviet footballer (Spartak Yerevan).^[121]
  
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  Viktor Korshunov, 85, Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR.^[122]
  
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  Scotty Probasco, 86, American businessman and philanthropist.^[123]
  
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  Don Quayle, 84, American broadcast journalist, President of NPR (1970–1973).^[124]
  
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  Jeremiah J. Rodell, 93, American brigadier general and priest.^[125]
  
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  Keith Shackleton, 92, British painter and television presenter.^[126]
  
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  A. Alfred Taubman, 91, American real estate developer, philanthropist and football team owner (Michigan Panthers).^[127]
  
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  Fred Tucker, 93, New Zealand air force pilot.^[128]
  

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  Ron Bailey, 88, New Zealand politician, MP for Heretaunga (1960–1981).^[129]
  
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  Driss Bamous, 73, Moroccan footballer.^[130]
  
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  Valery Belousov, 66, Russian ice hockey player and coach.^[131]
  
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  Attaphol Buspakom, 53, Thai football player and coach, blood infection.^[132]
  
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  Oles Buzina, 45, Ukrainian journalist, shot.^[133]
  
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  Fidgi Haig, 47, Haitian-born American soccer coach, heart attack.^[134]
  
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  Stanislav Gross, 45, Czech politician, Prime Minister (2004–2005), amytrophic lateral sclerosis.^[135]
  
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  Jule Huffman, 91, American television broadcaster and weatherman (Mr. Cartoon, WSAZ-TV).^[136]
  
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  Johnny Kemp, 55, Bahamian singer ("Just Got Paid"), fall.^[137]
  
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  Heino Kleiminger, 76, German footballer (F.C. Hansa Rostock, East Germany national team), cancer.^[138]
  
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  Yevhen Logvinenko (ru), 66, Soviet footballer (Chornomorets Odesa).^[139]
  
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  Nimal Mendis, 81, Sri Lankan singer and songwriter.^[140]
  
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  Tommy Preston, 82, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).^[141]
  
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  Lee Remmel, 90, American public relations director (Green Bay Packers).^[142]
  
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  Smuggler, 13, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications from foaling.^[143]
  

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  Sidney Abbott, 77, American feminist activist, fire.^[144]
  
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  Kinya Aikawa, 80, Japanese actor (Speed Racer, Naruhodo! The World), lung cancer.^[145]
  
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  Zaur Ardzinba, 65, Abkhazian politician.^[146]
  
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  Bidyut Chakraborty, 56, Indian film director.^[147]
  
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  Jonathan Crombie, 48, Canadian actor (Anne of Green Gables), brain hemorrhage.^[148]
  
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  Billy Ray Hearn, 85, American record label chairman, heart disease.^[149]
  
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  John Howard, 94, American optical physicist.^[150]
  
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  Oleg Kalashnikov, 52, Ukrainian politician, shot.^[151]
  
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  Felice Leonardo, 100, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti (1957–1991).^[152]
  
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  Alexander Nadson, 88, Belarusian religious leader, Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad (since 1986).^[153]
  
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  Margo Reed, 73, American jazz musician, complications from dementia.^[154]
  
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  Mykola Storozhenko, 86, Ukrainian painter.^[155]
  
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  Barbara Strauch, 63, American author and reporter (The New York Times), breast cancer.^[156]
  
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  Surya Bahadur Thapa, 88, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister (1963–1964, 1965–1969, 1979–1983, 1997–1998, 2003–2004), respiratory failure.^[157]
  
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  Gunilla Wolde, 75, Swedish writer and illustrator.^[158]
  

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  Norman H. Bangerter, 82, American politician, Governor of Utah (1985–1993), stroke.^[159]
  
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  Klaus Bednarz, 72, German journalist and writer.^[160]
  
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  Homaro Cantu, 38, American chef, suicide by hanging.^[161]
  
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  Sheldon Galbraith, 92, Canadian figure skating coach.^[162]
  
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  Ameril Umbra Kato, 68, Filipino warlord, leader of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, heart attack.^[163]
  
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  Kō Kojima, 87, Japanese manga artist, cerebral hemorrhage.^[164]
  
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  Majid Rahnema, 91, Iranian diplomat and politician.^[165]
  
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  Tom Raper, 76, American businessman and philanthropist.^[166]
  
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  Mark Reeds, 55, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues) and coach (Ottawa Senators), pneumonia.^[167]
  
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  Meir Rosenne, 84, Israeli lawyer and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1979–1983) and United States (1983–1987).^[168]
  
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  Kevin Rosier, 53, American super heavyweight kickboxing champion and mixed martial artist (UFC), heart attack.^[169]
  
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  Vilas Sarang, 73, Indian author.^[170]
  
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  Howie Schumm, 75, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).^[171]
  
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  Arnold Schütz, 80, German footballer (Werder Bremen).^[172]
  
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  Percy Sledge, 74, American R&B singer ("When a Man Loves a Woman"), liver cancer.^[173]
  
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  Buddy Temple, 73, American businessman and politician.^[174]
  
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  Roberto Tucci, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, President of Vatican Radio (1985–2001), Cardinal-Priest of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (since 2001).^[175]
  
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  Kathrine Sorley Walker, 95, English ballet critic.^[176]
  

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  Bruce Alger, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 5th district (1955–1965), heart ailment.^[177]
  
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  Gerald Calabrese, 90, American politician and basketball player (Syracuse Nationals), Mayor of Cliffside Park, New Jersey (since 1965).^[178]
  
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  Ronnie Carroll, 80, Northern Irish singer and political candidate.^[179]
  
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  Mária Gulácsy, 73, Hungarian fencer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).^[180]
  
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  Pat King, 68, Irish Gaelic football player and coach.^[181]
  
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  Thelma Coyne Long, 96, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player.^[182]
  
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  Eduardo Galeano, 74, Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist, lung cancer.^[183]
  
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  Claire Gordon, 74, British actress (Konga, Beat Girl).^[184]
  
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  Günter Grass, 87, German novelist (The Tin Drum), Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (1999), lung infection.^[185]
  
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  Neal Nitz, 61, American politician.^[186]
  
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  Bob Pinkalla, 86, American ten-pin bowler, heart failure.^[187]
  
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  Elizabeth Brown Pryor, 64, American author and historian.^[188]
  
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  Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caetité (1981–2002).^[189]
  
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  Haanii Shivraj, 29, Malaysian actress, cancer.^[190]
  
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  Orma Slack, 112, Canadian supercentenarian, nation's oldest living person.^[191]
  
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  Serhiy Sukhobok, 45, Ukrainian journalist, shot.^[192]
  
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  Herb Trimpe, 75, American comic book artist (The Incredible Hulk, Thor), co-creator of Wolverine.^[193]
  

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  Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh, 35, Saudi Arabian suspected terrorist, drone attack.^[194]
  
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  Paulo Brossard, 90, Brazilian jurist and politician, Minister of Justice (1986–1989), justice of the Supreme Federal Court (1989–1994).^[195]
  
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  Jože Ciuha, 90, Slovenian painter.^[196]
  
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  Patrice Dominguez, 65, French tennis player.^[197]
  
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  Alfred Eick, 99, German U-boat commander.^[198]
  
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  André Mba Obame, 57, Gabonese politician.^[199]
  
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  William Slatter, 87, American news anchor.^[200]
  
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  Mario Wallenda, 74, American highwire artiste (The Flying Wallendas).^[201]
  

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  Bill Arhos, 80, American musician, founder of Austin City Limits, heart disease.^[202]
  
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  Charlie Beasley, 69, American basketball player.^[203]
  
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  Gary Carswell, 45, Manx motorcyclist, crash during race practice.^[204]
  
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  Jimmy Gunn, 66, American football player (Chicago Bears), heart failure.^[205]
  
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  Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, 62, Bangladeshi politician and convicted war criminal, execution by hanging.^[206]
  
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  Sheila Kitzinger, 86, British natural childbirth activist.^[207]
  
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  Janusz Kurczab, 77, Polish Olympic fencer (1960), mountaineer and expedition leader.^[208]
  
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  François Maspero, 83, French writer and translator.^[209]
  
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  Viv Nicholson, 79, British football pools winner, complications of a stroke and dementia.^[210]
  
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  Heino Pulli, 77, Finnish ice hockey player.^[211]
  
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  Hanut Singh Rathore, 81, Indian army officer.^[212]
  
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  Tekena Tamuno, 83, Nigerian history professor.^[213]
  
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  Kyle Testerman, 80, American politician, Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee (1972–1975, 1984–1987).^[214]
  
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  Levi Watkins, 70, American heart surgeon, complications from a heart attack and a stroke.^[215]
  

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  Andrzej Ajnenkiel, 84, Polish historian.^[216]
  
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  Richie Benaud, 84, Australian cricket captain and television commentator, skin cancer.^[217]
  
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  Raúl Héctor Castro, 98, Mexican-born American politician and diplomat, Governor of Arizona (1975–1977), United States Ambassador to El Salvador (1964–1968), Bolivia(1968–1969) and Argentina (1977–1980).^[218]
  
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  David Dank, 76, American politician, member of Oklahoma House of Representatives (since 2007), heart attack.^[219]
  
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  Desmond Digby, 82, New Zealand-born Australian theatre designer, children's book illustrator and painter.^[220]
  
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  Eduardo Gauggel Medina, 48, Honduran lawyer and politician, MP (since 2014), shot.^[221]
  
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  Eduardo Gauggel Rivas, 70, Honduran lawyer and politician, member of the Supreme Court (1994–1998), shot.^[221]
  
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  Ray Graves, 96, American football player and coach.^[222]
  
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  Ronald Hambleton, 97, English-born Canadian broadcaster and music critic (Toronto Star).^[223]
  
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  Bárbara Heliodora (pt), 91, Brazilian theatre critic.^[224]
  
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  Lauren Hill, 19, American college basketball player, pediatric cancer advocate, brain cancer.^[225]
  
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  Dorothy Jelicich, 87, New Zealand politician, MP for Hamilton West (1972–75).^[226]
  
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  Jin Youzhi, 96, Chinese royal.^[227]
  
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  Rustin R. Kimsey, 79, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Eastern Oregon.^[228]
  
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  Judith Malina, 88, German-born American actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Awakenings, The Addams Family) and director, lung disease.^[229]
  
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  Keith McCormack, 74, American singer and songwriter ("Sugar Shack").^[230]
  
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  Bobby Moore, 56, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).^[231]
  
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  Jim Mutscheller, 85, American football player (Baltimore Colts), kidney failure.^[232]
  
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  William S. Powell, 95, American historian.^[233]
  
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  Rocco Quattrocchi, 88, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives.^[234]
  
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  Rose Francine Rogombé, 72, Gabonese politician, Acting President (2009).^[235]
  
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  Margaret Rule, 86, British archaeologist.^[236]
  
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  Aleksandr Shipenko (uk), 56, Soviet handballer, world champion (1982).^[237]
  
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  Alex Soto, 49, Puerto Rican actor and drag queen, heart attack.^[238]
  
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  Ray Treacy, 68, Irish footballer (Charlton Athletic).^[239]
  
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  Peter Walsh, 80, Australian politician, Minister for Finance (1984–1990), Senator for Western Australia (1974–1993).^[240]
  

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  Paul Almond, 83, Canadian filmmaker (The Act of the Heart, Journey, Isabel) and television director (Seven Up!), heart disease.^[241]
  
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  Nina Companeez, 77, French film director.^[242]
  
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  Alexander Dalgarno, 87, British physicist.^[243]
  
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  Ivan Doig, 75, American author, multiple myeloma.^[244]
  
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  Moira Gemmill, 55, British design director (Victoria and Albert Museum), traffic collision.^[245]
  
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  Jurgen Gothe, 70, German-born Canadian radio broadcaster (DiscDrive).^[246]
  
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  Ray Harm, 87, American artist, prostate cancer.^[247]
  
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  Ghulam Rasool Kar, 94, Indian politician.^[248]
  
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  Bob McLean, 67, Australian winemaker, cancer.^[249]
  
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  Hrushikesh Moolgavkar, 94, Indian air chief marshal and Chief of Air Staff (1976–1978).^[250]
  
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  Elmo Noel Joseph Perera, 82, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop (1992–1995) and Bishop of Galle (1995–2004).^[251]
  
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  Narra Raghava Reddy, 92, Indian politician.^[252]
  
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  João Alves dos Santos, 58, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paranaguá (since 2006).^[253]
  
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  Rafael Soriano, 94, Cuban painter.^[254]
  
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  Rogvold Sukhoverko, 74, Soviet and Russian film and voice actor.^[255]
  
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  Tut Taylor, 91, American bluegrass musician (The Great Dobro Sessions).^[256]
  
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  John Toohey, 85, Australian jurist, High Court Justice (1987–1998).^[257]
  
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  Tsien Tsuen-hsuin, 105, Chinese-born American sinologist, professor, and librarian.^[258]
  

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  Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac, 98, French resistant, civil servant and historian.^[259]
  
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  Abraham Eraly, 80, Indian historian and magazine editor.^[260]
  
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  Harry K. Fukuhara, 95, American army officer.^[261]
  
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  Nagore E. M. Hanifa, 89, Indian politician and playback singer.^[262]
  
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  Rayson Huang, 94, Chinese chemist, vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (1972–1986).^[263]
  
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  Jayakanthan, 80, Indian Tamil author.^[264]
  
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  Sergei Lashchenko, 27, Ukrainian kickboxer, shot.^[265]
  
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  David Laventhol, 81, American newspaper editor and publisher, Parkinson's disease.^[266]
  
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  Nan Inger Östman, 92, Swedish children's book author.^[267]
  
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  Billy Ronson, 58, English footballer.^[268]
  
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  Hermann Schweppenhäuser, 87, German philosopher.^[269]
  
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  Joel Spira, 88, American inventor (solid-state lamp dimmer), co-founder of Lutron Electronics Company, heart attack.^[270]
  
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  Hilde Stavik, 52, Norwegian long-distance runner, cancer.^[271]
  
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  Rich Szaro, 67, Polish-born American football player (New Orleans Saints, New York Jets).^[272]
  
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  Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thero, 85, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk.^[273]
  
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  Ion Trewin, 71, British editor, publisher and author.^[274]
  
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  Lars Tunbjörk, 59, Swedish photographer.^[275]
  
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  Jean-Claude Turcotte, 78, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Montreal (1990–2012).^[276]
  
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  Ole Wackström, 82, Finnish racing cyclist.^[277]
  

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  Patrick H. Adkins, 67, American fantasy author.^[278]
  
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  Tim Babcock, 95, American politician, Governor of Montana (1962–1969).^[279]
  
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  Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum, 88, Iraqi Shi'a Islamic leader and politician.^[280]
  
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  José Capellán, 34, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers), heart attack.^[281]
  
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  Tom Coyne, 84, British news broadcaster and television presenter (Top Gear).^[282] (death announced on this date)
  
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  Harry Dowd, 76, English footballer (Manchester City).^[283]
  
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  Eugene Louis Faccuito, 90, American dancer and choreographer.^[284]
  
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  Stan Freberg, 88, American comedian and voice actor (Looney Tunes, Lady and the Tramp), pneumonia.^[285]
  
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  Edward Gallenstein, 92, American wood carver and magazine editor (Chip Chats).^[286]
  
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  Jean Germain, 67, French politician, Mayor of Tours (1995–2014), suicide by gunshot.^[287]
  
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  Richard Henyekane, 31, South African footballer, traffic collision.^[288]
  
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  David L. Kaplan, 91, Canadian professor and conductor.^[289]
  
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  Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, 52, Bulgarian royal, lung infection.^[290]
  
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  Stanley Kutler, 80, American historian.^[291]
  
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  Geoffrey Lewis, 79, American actor (High Plains Drifter, Maverick, The Lawnmower Man).^[292]
  
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  Betty Lucas, 90, Australian actress.^[293]
  
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  Dickie Owen, 88, British actor (Zulu).^[294]
  
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  Richard F. Post, 96, American physicist.^[295]
  
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  Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty, 78, Indian judge.^[296]
  
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  Torrey Ward, 36, American basketball coach, plane crash.^[297]
  
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  Naomi Wilzig, 80, American writer and museum owner (World Erotic Art Museum Miami).^[298]
  

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  Theodosios Balafas, 91, Greek Olympic pole vaulter (1948, 1952).^[299]
  
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  Hardijs Baumanis, 47, Latvian diplomat, Ambassador to Azerbaijan (since 2010) and Lithuania.^[300]
  
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  Giovanni Berlinguer, 90, Italian politician, MEP (2004–2009).^[301]
  
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  James Best, 88, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Ride Lonesome, Sounder), pneumonia.^[302]
  
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  Ray Charles, 96, American musician (The Perry Como Show, The Muppet Show), cancer.^[303]
  
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  Paul Dearing, 73, Australian field hockey player.^[304]
  
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  Milton DeLugg, 96, American composer.^[305]
  
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  Walter H. Haas, 97, American astronomer.^[306]
  
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  Eugène Moke Motsüri, 99, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (1970–1991).^[307]
  
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  Rie Muñoz, 93, American artist, stroke.^[308]
  
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  Romualdas Ozolas, 76, Lithuanian politician, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.^[309]
  
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  John Papit, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers), stroke.^[310]
  
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  Maria Luisa Poumaillou, 61, Venezuelan-born French fashion consultant.^[311]
  
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  Art Powell, 78, American football player (Oakland Raiders).^[312]
  
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  Ben Powers, 64, American actor (Good Times).^[313]
  
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  Dollard St. Laurent, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks).^[314]
  
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  Charlie Sumner, 84, American football player (Chicago Bears) and coach.^[315]
  
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  Dave Ulliott, 61, English professional poker player, colon cancer.^[316]
  
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  Gertrude Weaver, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person, pneumonia.^[317]
  
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  Alan Wilson, 94, English cricketer (Lancashire).^[318]
  

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  Bauyrzhan Baimukhammedov, 67, Kazakh football player and coach.^[319]
  
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  Barbara Bergmann, 87, American feminist economist.^[320]
  
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  Fredric Brandt, 65, American dermatologist, suicide by hanging.^[321]
  
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  Juan Carlos Cáceres, 79, Argentine tango musician and painter, cancer.^[322]
  
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  Richard Dysart, 86, American character actor (L.A. Law, Wall Street, The Thing).^[323]
  
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  Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi, 84, Indian politician.^[324]
  
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  Ramnath Dhakal, 52, Nepalese politician.^[325]
  
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  Maurice Fenner, 86, English cricketer.^[326]
  
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  Victor Gotbaum, 93, American labor leader, heart attack.^[327]
  
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  Sid Ali Kouiret, 82, Algerian actor.^[328]
  
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  Naken Kyrykbaev, 39, Kazakh footballer (Taraz).^[329]
  
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  Anne-Claude Leflaive, 59, French winemaker, cancer.^[330]
  
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  Norman B. Leventhal, 97, American property developer.^[331]
  
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  Don Looney, 98, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers).^[332]
  
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  Akira Machida, 78, Japanese Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.^[333]
  
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  Sargy Mann, 77, British painter.^[334]
  
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  Gordon Moyes, 76, Australian radio evangelist and politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (2002–2011).^[335]
  
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  John Patton, 84, American politician.^[336]
  
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  Claudio Prieto, 80, Spanish composer.^[337]
  
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  Jehan Rajab, Kuwaiti author.^[338]
  
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  Steve Rickard, 85, New Zealand professional wrestler.^[339]
  
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  Lon Simmons, 91, American sports broadcaster.^[340]
  
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  Francesco Smalto, 87, Italian fashion designer.^[341]
  
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  Gardner C. Taylor, 96, American preacher and civil rights activist.^[342]
  
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  Tom Towles, 65, American actor (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Miami Vice, The Rock).^[343]
  
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  Julie Wilson, 90, American singer and actress, stroke complications.^[344]
  
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  Yacoub Zaiadeen, 95, Jordanian politician.^[345]
  

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  Jaroslav Balcar, 62, Czechoslovak ski jumper (1976).^[346]
  
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  Ramón Barreto, 75, Uruguayan football referee (1974 FIFA World Cup).^[347]
  
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  Bill Ellerington, 91, English footballer (Southampton).^[348]
  
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  John Gogo, 83, Canadian politician.^[349]
  
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  Jamaluddin Jarjis, 63, Malaysian politician, MP for Rompin (since 1990), helicopter crash.^[350]
  
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  Elmer Lach, 97, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), stroke.^[351]
  
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  Donald N. Levine, 83, American sociologist.^[352]
  
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  Ira Lewis, 82, American actor and playwright (Chinese Coffee), complications following open heart surgery.^[353]
  
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  Ioan Pușcaș, 82, Romanian gastroenterologist.^[354]
  
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  Sir John Read, 97, British executive.^[355]
  
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  Klaus Rifbjerg, 83, Danish writer (Anna, I, Anna), recipient of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (1970).^[356]
  
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  Lisa Simon, 64, American television director and producer (Sesame Street, Wonder Pets).^[357]
  
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  Dick Wood, 79, American football player (New York Jets).^[358]
  

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  Nigel Boocock, 77, British speedway rider.^[359]
  
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  Sarah Brady, 73, American gun control campaigner, pneumonia.^[360]
  
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  Bob Burns, 64, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd), traffic collision.^[361]
  
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  Sam Cathcart, 90, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), cancer.^[362]
  
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  John Darnton, 96, American football coach (Adrian Bulldogs).^[363]
  
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  Traute Foresti, 100, Austrian poet and actress.^[364]
  
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  Rocío García Gaytán, 55, Mexican politician, MP (1997–2000), cancer.^[365]
  
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  Mathias Gnädinger, 74, Swiss actor (The Boat Is Full, Journey of Hope).^[366]
  
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  Paul Grigoriu, 70, Romanian radio personality (SRR).^[367]
  
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  Michael Jandreau, 71, American Native leader, chairman of the Lower Brulé Sioux tribe, pneumonia and heart disease.^[368]
  
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  Kayahan, 66, Turkish musician, cancer.^[369]
  
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  Terdell Middleton, 59, American football player (Green Bay Packers).^[370]
  
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  Vivian Nathan, 98, American actress (Klute).^[371]
  
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  Mpok Nori, 84, Indonesian comedian.^[372]
  
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  Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas, 71, Lithuanian politician and poet, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.^[373]
  
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  Luis María Pérez de Onraíta, 81, Spanish-born Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Malanje (1998–2012).^[374]
  
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  Chris Plumridge, 70, British golf writer.^[375]
  
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  Andrew Porter, 86, British music critic, pneumonia.^[376]
  
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  Robert Rietti, 92, British-born Italian actor (Hannibal, The Omen).^[377]
  
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  Shmuel Wosner, 101, Austrian-born Israeli Haredi rabbi.^[378]
  

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  Paule Anglim, 92, Canadian-born American art dealer (Gallery Paule Anglim).^[379]
  
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  Luis Delgado Aparicio, 74, Peruvian politician, MP (1995–2001), pancreatic cancer.^[380]
  
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  Natalia Bobrova, 36, Russian gymnast, stomach cancer.^[381]
  
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  Mick Brown, 77, New Zealand jurist.^[382]
  
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  Per Vilhelm Brüel, 100, Danish engineer.^[383]
  
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  William Benedict Friend, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alexandria-Shreveport (1982–1986) and Shreveport (1986–2006).^[384]
  
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  Raúl Gorriti, 58, Peruvian footballer (national team).^[385]
  
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  Robert Blair Kaiser, 84, American journalist.^[386]
  
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  Dennis Marks, 66, British television producer and music director.^[387]
  
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  Ben Meisner, 76, Canadian broadcaster (CKPG), cancer.^[388]
  
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  Hayley Okines, 17, British progeria campaigner, pneumonia.^[389]
  
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  Manoel de Oliveira, 106, Portuguese film director and screenwriter, heart failure.^[390]
  
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  Rudolph R. Perz, 89, American advertising executive, creator of the Pillsbury Doughboy.^[391]
  
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  Stanisław Pestka, 85, Polish Kashubian poet.^[392]
  
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  Joseph L. Reid, 92, American oceanographer.^[393]
  
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  Barbara Sass, 78, Polish film director and screenwriter.^[394]
  
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  Olga Sawicka, 83, Polish dancer and choreographer.^[395]
  
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  Doug Sax, 79, American audio mastering engineer, cancer.^[396]
  
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  Robert H. Schuller, 88, American televangelist (Hour of Power).^[397]
  
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  Alberto Ricardo da Silva, 7