Romans who died in 2012
January 2012
- Gary Ablett, 46, English footballer (Liverpool, Everton, Birmingham City), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Bob Anderson, 89, British Olympic fencer (1952), film fight choreographer (Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings).[2]
- Alfredo Battisti, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Udine (1972–2000). [3] (Italian)
- Jorge Andrés Boero, 38, Argentine motorcycle racer, Dakar Rally crash.[4]
- Elizabeth Brumfiel, 76, American archaeologist.[5]
- Frank Cioffi, 83, American philosopher.[6]
- Anders Frandsen, 51, Danish singer and television presenter.[7] (Danish)
- Rebecca Fromer, 84, American historian and writer, co-founder of the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.[8]
- Kiro Gligorov, 94, Macedonian politician, first democratically elected President (1991–1999). [9]
- Jan Groover, 68 American photographer.[10]
- Hermann Guggiari, 87, Paraguayan engineer and sculptor.[11] (Spanish)
- Frank Horwill, 84, British athletics coach.[12]
- Ed Jenkins, 78, American politician, Representative from Georgia (1977–1993). [13]
- Alessandro Liberati, 57 Italian medical researcher, cancer. [14] (Italian)
- Bill Mardo, 88, American sportswriter, Parkinson's disease. [15]
- Nay Win Maung, 49, Burmese physician and pro-democracy activist, heart attack. [16]
- Fred Milano, 72, American doo-wop singer (The Belmonts, Dion and the Belmonts), lung cancer. [17]
- Tommy Mont, 89, American college football coach and NFL player, heart failure. [18]
- Marcelle Narbonne, 113, French supercentenarian, oldest person in Europe. [19] (French)
- Carlos Soria, 63, Argentine politician, Secretary of Intelligence (2002), Governor of Río Negro (since 2011), shot. [20]
- Yafa Yarkoni, 86, Israeli singer. [21]
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- Ian Bargh, 76, British-born Canadian jazz pianist, lung cancer. [22]
- David W. Barron, 76, British computer scientist. [16]
- Peg Belson, 90, British health activist.[23]
- Ivan Călin, 76, Moldovan politician, Acting President of the Moldovan Parliament (2009). [24] (Russian)
- William P. Carey, 81, American businessman (W. P. Carey & Co.) and philanthropist. [25]
- Ioan Drăgan, 46, Romanian footballer (FC Brașov), colorectal cancer. [26] (Romanian)
- George Esper, 79, American journalist and foreign correspondent (Associated Press).[27]
- Vivi Friedman, 44, Finnish film director, cancer. [17]
- Silvana Gallardo, 58, American actress. [28]
- Yoshiro Hayashi, 89, Japanese golfer. [29] (Japanese)
- Gordon Hirabayashi, 93, American civil rights activist (Hirabayashi v. United States). [30]
- Jim Huber, 67, American sports commentator (CNN, TNT). [31]
- Anatoly Kolesov, 73, Russian wrestler, Olympic gold medalist (1964). [32] (Russian)
- Howie Koplitz, 73, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators). [33]
- Helmut Müller-Brühl, 78, German conductor. [34] (German)
- Larry Reinhardt, 63, American rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond), liver cirrhosis. [35]
- Alan Rowlands, 82, English pianist. [36]
- Ambjørg Sælthun, 89, Norwegian politician. [37] (Norwegian)
- Otto Scrinzi, 93, Austrian journalist and politician. [38]
- Paulo Rodrigues da Silva, 25, Brazilian footballer, car crash. [39] (Portuguese)
- H. Edwin Young, 94, American economist, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1968–1977). [40]
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- Charles W. Bailey, 81, American journalist and novelist (Seven Days in May), Parkinson's disease. [41]
- Gene Bartow, 81, American college basketball coach (UAB, UCLA), stomach cancer. [42]
- Robert L. Carter, 94, American civil rights activist (Sweatt v. Painter) and judge, complications from a stroke. [43]
- Ray Costict, 56, American football player (New England Patriots). [44]
- Miguel Couturier, 61, Mexican actor (Miss Bala, Once Upon a Time in Mexico), cancer. [45] (Spanish)
- Willi Entenmann, 68, German football player and coach, heart attack. [46] (German)
- Juan Escudero, 91, Spanish footballer. [47]
- Fong Fei Fei, 60, Taiwanese singer and actress, lung cancer. [48]
- Selorm Kuadey, 24, Ukrainian-born English rugby union player (Sale Sharks). [49]
- John David Lewis, 56, American political scientist. [50]
- Winifred Milius Lubell, 97, American illustrator and writer, heart failure. [51]
- Joaquín Martínez, 81, Mexican-born American actor (Jeremiah Johnson, Die Another Day), pancreatic cancer. [52]
- Osamu Matsubara, 94, Japanese businessman, chairman of Books Kinokuniya, heart failure. [53] (Japanese)
- Stepan Oshchepkov, 77, Russian canoeist, Olympic gold medalist (1964). [54] (Russian)
- Josef Škvorecký, 87, Czech writer and publisher, cancer. [55]
- Miguel Terekhov, 83, Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and teacher, complications of lung fibrosis. [56]
- Jenny Tomasin, 75, British actress (Upstairs, Downstairs), hypertensive heart disease. [57]
- Wylie Vale, 70, American endocrinologist. [58]
- Vicar, 77, Chilean cartoonist. [59] (Spanish)
- Bob Weston, 64, British guitarist and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac), gastrointestinal hemorrhage. [60] (body found on this date)
- Harold Zirin, 82, American astronomer. [61]
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- Eve Arnold, 99, American photographer. [62]
- Ruben Ayala, 89, American politician, California State Senator (1974–1998), first elected Mayor of Chino, California (1964–1966). [63]
- James F. Crow, 95, American geneticist. [64]
- Harry Fowler, 85, British character actor. [65]
- Gatewood Galbraith, 64, American lawyer and author, complications from chronic emphysema. [66]
- Sir Archibald Glenn, 100, Australian industrialist, Chancellor of La Trobe University. [67]
- Patricia Mather, 88, Australian zoologist. [68]
- Kerry McGregor, 37, British singer and reality contestant (The X Factor), bladder cancer. [69]
- Bobby McKenzie, 83, Australian football player. [70]
- Kalpana Mohan, 65, Indian actress. [71]
- Carmen Naranjo, 83, Costa Rican novelist, poet and essayist, cancer. [72]
- Hisako Ōishi, 75, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors, respiratory failure. [73]
- Rod Robbie, 83, Canadian architect. [74]
- Xaver Unsinn, 82, German Olympic ice hockey player and coach. [75] (German)
- David Wheeler, 86, American theatrical director. [76]
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- Richard Alf, 59, American businessman, co-founder and chairman of San Diego Comic-Con International, pancreatic cancer. [77]
- Selwyn Baptiste, 75, Trinidadian-born British musician and festival organiser. [78]
- Gordon W. Bowie, 67, American musician.[79]
- Don Carter, 85, American professional bowler, complication from pneumonia and emphysema. [80]
- Samson H. Chowdhury, 86, Bangladeshi businessman. [81]
- Idwal Fisher, 76, Welsh rugby player. [82]
- Thelma Forbes, 101, Canadian politician.[83]
- Hikaru Hayashi, 80, Japanese composer. [84] (Japanese)
- Frank Ackerman Hill, 92, American U.S. Air Force officer, commander of the 33rd Air Division. [85]
- Frederica Sagor Maas, 111, American silent film screenwriter (The Plastic Age), playwright, memoirist and author. [86]
- Isaac Díaz Pardo, 91, Spanish artist. [87]
- Amit Saigal, 46, Indian rock magazine publisher, concert promoter and musician, drowned. [88]
- Alexander Sizonenko, 52, Russian basketball player, world's tallest person (1991). [89] (Russian)
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- Louise Gibson Annand, 96, Scottish artist. [90]
- James R. Arnold, 88, American space scientist. [91]
- Tom Ardolino, 56, American drummer (NRBQ). [92]
- Roger Boisjoly, 73, American aerospace engineer, anticipated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, cancer. [93]
- Gabriel Cadis, 60, Israeli attorney, chairman of the Jaffa Orthodox Church Association, stabbed. [94]
- John Celardo, 93, American comic strip artist (Tarzan, Buz Sawyer). [95]
- Harry Fearnley, 88, English footballer. [96]
- Bob Holness, 83, South African-born British quiz show host and actor (Blockbusters). [97]
- Eleftherios Katsaitis, 82, Greek-born British Orthodox hierarch, Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Great Britain (1987–1994), smothered. [98] (Greek)
- W. Francis McBeth, 78, American composer. [99]
- Frank James McGarr, 90, American federal district judge. [100]
- Basil Payne, 88, Irish poet. [101]
- Ellen Pence, 63, American sociologist and social activist, creator of the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, breast cancer. [102]
- Thomas Virgil Pittman, 95, American federal judge.[103]
- Sybil Plumlee, 100, American teacher and police officer. [104]
- Spike Pola, 97, Australian football player. [105]
- John Pollock, 87, English author. [106]
- Louis Rech, 85, Italian-born Luxembourgian politician, Mayor of Dudelange (1985–1993). [107] (German)
- Clive Shell, 64, Welsh international rugby player. [108] (death announced on this date).
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- Ibrahim Aslan, 77, Egyptian novelist and short story writer, heart failure. [109]
- Tony Blankley, 63, British-born American commentator, newspaper editor and child actor, stomach cancer. [110]
- Karen Ramey Burns, 64, American forensic anthropologist. [111]
- Milburn E. Calhoun, 72, American book publisher. [112]
- Francella Mary Griggs, 91, American nun, advocated for federal recognition of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. [113]
- George Livingston, 78, American politician, first elected black mayor of Richmond, California (1985–1993), diabetes. [114]
- Hideaki Nitani, 81, Japanese actor (Tokyo Drifter), pneumonia. [115]
- Charlie Pawsey, 88, English rugby league player. [116]
- Henri Puppo, 98, French cyclist. [117] (French)
- Herbert Wilf, 80, American mathematician. [118]
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- Dave Alexander, 73, American blues singer and pianist, suicide by gunshot. [119]
- Franz Berger, 71, Austrian Olympic wrestler. [120] (German)
- Andrea Bosic, 92, Italian actor. [121] (Italian)
- Herb Clarke, 84, American television weatherman (WCAU-TV), NATAS Governor's Award winner (2007), Alzheimer's disease. [122]
- Glenn Cox, 80, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics). [123]
- Franz Dorfer, 61, Austrian Olympic boxer (1976). [124] (German)
- Gunnar Dyrberg, 90, Danish resistance fighter, head of Holger Danske (1943–1945). [125] (Danish)
- Edarem, 79, American television presenter and internet celebrity. [126]
- T. J. Hamblin, 68, British haematologist, cancer. [127]
- Dmitry Machinsky, 74, Russian archaeologist. [128] (Russian)
- John Madin, 87, English architect. [129]
- Charles Morris, 85, British politician, MP for Manchester Openshaw (1963–1983). [130]
- Clarence Cullam Pope, 81, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Fort Worth (1986–1994). [131]
- Graham Rathbone, 69, Welsh footballer, dementia. [132]
- Bernhard Schrader, 80, German theoretical chemist. [133] (German)
- Alexis Weissenberg, 82, Bulgarian-born French pianist. [134]
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- Tubby Bacon, 81, American baseball team owner (Milwaukee Braves) and oenophile. [135]
- Louis Boekhout, 92, Dutch-born Canadian painter. [136]
- Ron Caron, 82, Canadian ice hockey administrator, General Manager of the St. Louis Blues (1983–1993, 1996). [137]
- Ernie Carson, 74, American jazz musician. [138]
- Brian Curvis, 74, Welsh boxer, leukaemia. [139] (death announced on this date).
- Alex DeCroce, 75, American politician, New Jersey General Assembly Minority Leader (since 2004). [140]
- Bill Dickie, 82, Scottish football administrator. [141]
- Ruth Fernández, 92, Puerto Rican contralto and politician, Senator (1973–1981). [142] (Spanish)
- Bridie Gallagher, 87, Irish singer. [143]
- Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, 101, Swiss geologist. [144]
- Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h, 85, French philologist. [145] (French)
- Koizumi Junsaku, 87, Japanese painter and pottery artist, pneumonia. [146]
- Mae Laborde, 102, American actress. [147]
- Vern McGrew, 82, American Olympic athlete. [148]
- Robert Nelson, 81, American filmmaker, cancer. [149]
- John Both Puok, 48, South Sudanese politician. [150]
- Salvador A. Rodolfo, Sr., 92, Filipino war hero, leukemia. [151]
- William G. Roll, 85, American psychologist and parapsychologist. [152]
- Malam Bacai Sanhá, 64, Guinea-Bissauan politician, President (1999–2000; since 2009). [153]
- Larry Solway, 83, Canadian radio personality and author. [154]
- László Szekeres, 90, Hungarian physician. [155]
- Pyotr Vasilevsky, 55, Belarusian football player and coach. [156] (Russian)
- Aldo Zenhäusern, 60, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1976). [157]
10
- Fred Bateman, 74, American economic historian. [158]
- Alfonso de Bourbon, 83, American claimant of Spanish royalty, traffic accident. [159]
- Azeem Daultana, 32, Pakistani politician, Member of the National Assembly, road accident. [160]
- José Freire de Oliveira Neto, 83, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mossoró (1984–2004). [161]
- Vince Gibson, 78, American college football coach. [162]
- Jack Heron, 85, American college basketball coach (Sacramento State University). [163]
- Kyra T. Inachin, 43, German historian. [164] (German)
- Lila Kaye, 82, British actress. [165]
- Jean Pigott, 87, Canadian politician and businesswoman, MP for Ottawa—Carleton (1976–1979). [166]
- Cliff Portwood, 74, English footballer and singer, lung disease. [167]
- Mary Raftery, 54, Irish journalist (States of Fear). [168]
- Takao Sakurai, 70, Japanese boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1964), esophageal cancer. [169] (Japanese)
- Syed Shah Mardan Shah-II, 83, Pakistani politician and spiritual leader, heart attack. [170]
- Gevork Vartanian, 87, Soviet intelligence agent, Hero of the Soviet Union. [171]
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- Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, 32, Iranian nuclear scientist, car bomb. [172]
- Richard Bruno, 87, American costume designer (Raging Bull, Goodfellas), kidney failure. [173]
- Frank Cook, 76, British politician, MP for Stockton North (1983–2010), lung cancer. [174]
- Bohumil Golián, 81, Slovak volleyball player, Olympic silver (1964) and bronze (1968) medalist. [175]
- Gilles Jacquier, 43, French journalist, 2003 recipient of the Albert Londres Prize, grenade attack. [176]
- Edgar Kaiser, 69, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, owner of the Denver Broncos (1981–1984). [177]
- V. Madhusudhan Rao, 94, Indian film director. [178]
- Mario Maranzana, 82, Italian actor and voice actor. [179]
- Chuck Metcalf, 81, American double-bassist. [180]
- Wally Osterkorn, 83, American basketball player. [181]
- Steven Rawlings, 49, British astrophysicist. [182]
- Ivor Rees, 85, Welsh Anglican prelate, Bishop of St David's (1991-1995). [183]
- Christoffer Selbekk, 72, Norwegian businessman and ski jumper. [184] (Norwegian)
- Colm Tucker, 59, Irish rugby union player. [185]
- David Whitaker, 80, English composer and songwriter. [186]
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- Bjørn G. Andersen, 87, Norwegian geologist. [187]
- John Beech Austin, 94, British aviator. [188]
- Sadao Bekku, 89, Japanese composer, pneumonia. [189]
- Glenda Dickerson, 66, American theatre director. [190]
- Brian C. Downey, 61, Canadian politician. [191]
- Basil Gordon, 80, American mathematician. [192]
- Reginald Hill, 75, British crime writer (Dalziel and Pascoe). [193]
- Natalee Holloway, 18 (in 2005), American student, missing since 2005. [194] (declared legally dead on this date)
- Bill Janklow, 72, American politician, Attorney General (1975–1979) and Governor of South Dakota (1979–1987, 1995–2003); U.S. Representative (2003–2004), brain cancer. [195]
- Shiv Kumari of Kotah, 95, Indian Hindu royal. [196]
- MS-1, 55, Mexican professional wrestler, car accident. [197] (Spanish)
- Charles H. Price II, 80, American businessman and diplomat. [198]
- Hannes Råstam, 56, Swedish journalist. [199] (Swedish)
- Rosalind Runcie, 79, British pianist, widow of Robert Runcie. [200]
- Rubina Shergill, Indian television actress. [201]
- Jim Stanley, 76, American football coach (Oklahoma State Cowboys), cancer. [202]
- John G. Watkins, 98, American psychologist. [203]
- Jorge Wilmot, 83, Mexican potter. [204] (Spanish)
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- Anton Blom, 87, Norwegian journalist. [205] (Norwegian)
- Rauf Denktaş, 87, Cypriot politician, founder and first president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, multiple organ failure. [206]
- Guido Dessauer, 96, German paper engineer and art collector. [207] (German)
- Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, 93, Welsh composer. [208]
- Felipe Fernández, 74, Argentine basketball player. [209] (Spanish)
- Morgan Jones, 83, American actor (The Blue Angels, The Twilight Zone). [210]
- Lefter Küçükandonyadis, 86, Turkish Olympic footballer (Fenerbahçe) and coach, pneumonia. [211] (Turkish)
- Oscar Valentín Leal Caal, 41, Guatemalan politician, Congressman (since 2008), shot. [212]
- Artie Levine, 86, American boxer. [213]
- Billie Love, 88, British actress and photographer.[214]
- Armand Mercier, 78, American politician. [215]
- Curt Meyer-Clason, 101, German writer and translator. [216] (German)
- Miljan Miljanić, 81, Serbian footballer, coach and administrator. [217]
- Abdollah Mojtabavi, 87, Iranian wrestler. [218] (Persian)
- Richard Threlkeld, 74, American television journalist (CBS News), traffic collision. [219]
- William Robert Wright, 76, American biographer and politician, Chairman of the Utah Republican Party (1977–1979), Alzheimer's disease. [220]
- Andrzej Krzysztof Wróblewski, 76, Polish journalist. [221] (Polish)
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- Janey Buchan, 85, Scottish politician, MEP for Glasgow (1979–1994). [222]
- Mircea Ciumara, 68, Romanian politician, Minister of Finance (1996–1997), cancer. [223] (Romanian)
- Ekuikui IV, 98, Angolan king of Bailundo, disease. [224]
- Dan Evins, 76, American entrepreneur, founder of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. [225]
- Robbie France, 52, British drummer (Skunk Anansie, Diamond Head, UFO), ruptured aorta. [226]
- Charles Howard, 87, Australian Roman Catholic leader, Superior General of the Marist Brothers (1985–1993). [227]
- Pearse Hutchinson, 84, Irish broadcaster and writer, member of Aosdána. [228]
- Arfa Karim, 16, Pakistani student, world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (2004–2008), idiopathic epilepsy seizures. [229]
- Lasse Kolstad, 90, Norwegian actor. [230] (Norwegian)
- Antonio Mistrorigo, 99, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Treviso (1958–1988). [231]
- Giampiero Moretti, 71, Italian racing driver, winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona (1998), founder of Momo. [232] (Italian)
- Kaoru Nishimoto, 88, Japanese shogi player, pneumonia. [233] (Japanese)
- Mila Parély, 94, French actress. [234] (French)
- Finn Pedersen, 86, Danish Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) rower. [235] (Danish)
- Dame Lesley Strathie, 56, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to HM Revenue and Customs (2008–2011), cancer. [236]
- Txillardegi, 82, Basque writer and politician. [237] (Spanish)
- Rosy Varte, 88, French actress. [238] (French).
- Zelemkhan Zangiyev, 37, Russian footballer. [239] (Russian)
15
- Mika Ahola, 37, Finnish enduro rider, motorcycle crash. [240]
- Richard Bader, 80, Canadian quantum chemist. [241]
- Ed Derwinski, 85, American politician, U.S. Representative from Illinois (1959–1983); United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (1989–1992), merkel cell carcinoma. [242]
- Claes Egnell, 95, Swedish sport shooter and Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) pentathlete. [243] (Swedish)
- Manuel Fraga Iribarne, 89, Spanish politician, President of the Xunta of Galicia (1990–2005), founder of the People's Party, heart failure. [244]
- Sir Robert Freer, 88, British military officer, Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command (1978–1980). [245]
- Carlo Fruttero, 85, Italian writer. [246] (Italian)
- Ben Hana, 54, New Zealand vagrant. [247]
- Eisuke Hinode, 70, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors, gall bladder cancer. [248]
- Eduard Ivanov, 73, Soviet ice hockey player, World and Olympic champion. [249] (Russian)
- Samuel Jaskilka, 92, American Marine Corps general, pneumonia. [250]
- Matteo La Grua, 97, Italian priest and exorcist. [251] (Italian)
- Michael Mussa, 67, American economist, heart failure.[252]
- Samuel B. Nunez, Jr., 81, American politician, President of the Louisiana State Senate (1983–1988; 1990–1996). [253]
- Ib Spang Olsen, 90, Danish cartoonist and author, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award. [254] (Danish)
- Chris Pavlou, 72, Australian football player. [255]
- Jerry Poteet, 61, American martial arts instructor. [256]
- Rafael Rincón González, 89, Venezuelan musician. [257] (Spanish)
- Jack Roberts, 58, American climber, fall. [258]
- Hulett C. Smith, 93, American politician, Governor of West Virginia (1965–1969). [259]
- Peter Veness, 27, Australian journalist, brain cancer. [260]
- Homai Vyarawalla, 98, Indian photojournalist, first Indian woman to work as a photojournalist. [261]
- Victor Yngve, 91, American linguist.[262]
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- Joe Bygraves, 80, Jamaican boxer. [263]
- Jimmy Castor, 71, American funk and R&B saxophonist ("Troglodyte (Cave Man)"), heart failure. [264]
- Mike Current, 66, American football player (Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), apparent suicide by gunshot. [265]
- Sigursteinn Gíslason, 43, Icelandic football player and manager. [266] (Icelandic)
- Pierre Goubert, 96, French historian. [267] (French)
- Lorna Kesterson, 86, American newspaper editor and journalist (Henderson Home News), Mayor of Henderson, Nevada (1985–1993). [268]
- Dave Lee, 64, British comedian, cancer.[269]
- Gustav Leonhardt, 83, Dutch harpsichordist and conductor. [270]
- Juan Carlos Pérez López, 66, Spanish footballer. [271] (Spanish)
- David Phiri, 74, Zambian businessman, Governor of the Bank of Zambia. [272]
- Valentin Rusantsov, 72, Russian hierarch, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (1996–2012). [273]
- The Senator, c. 3500, American pond cypress tree, largest in the world, fire. [274]
- Viktor Vitali, 91, German army officer, awarded Knight's Cross. [275]
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- Ernie Alexander, 78, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (2000–2008). [276]
- Mukarram Khan Atif, Pakistani journalist and reporter, shot. [277]
- Colin Campbell, 80, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Antigonish (1986–2002). [278]
- F. Elwood Davis, 96, American lawyer. [279]
- Aengus Fanning, 69, Irish journalist, editor of the Sunday Independent, cancer. [280]
- Carlos Guirao, 57, Spanish musician. [281]
- Julius Meimberg, 95, German air force pilot (Luftwaffe), recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. [282] (Portuguese)
- Johnny Otis, 90, American R&B singer-songwriter. [283]
- Piet Römer, 83, Dutch actor (Baantjer). [284] (Dutch)
- Mohamed Rouicha, 61, Moroccan folk singer. [285] (French)
- R. W. Schambach, 85, American evangelist, heart failure. [286]
- Marty Springstead, 74, American baseball umpire, heart attack. [287]
- Tom Tellefsen, 80, Norwegian actor. [288] (Norwegian)
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- Karen Brazell, 73, American academic, professor and translator of Japanese. [289]
- Sir Tom Cowie, 89, British entrepreneur. [290]
- Thérèse Delpech, 63, French nuclear proliferation expert, apparent heart attack. [291]
- Carlos Figueroa, 80, Spanish Olympic equestrian. [292]
- Ray Finch, 97, British studio potter. [293]
- Mel Goldstein, 66, American television meteorologist (WTNH), multiple myeloma. [294]
- Anthony Gonsalves, 84, Indian film music composer. [295]
- Georg Lassen, 96, German naval officer, World War II U-boat commander. [296]
- Joseph Noiret, 84, French poet. [297] (French)
- Yuri Rasovsky, 67, American writer and producer, esophageal cancer. [298]
- Giuseppe Vedovato, 99, Italian politician. [299] (Italian)
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- Peter Åslin, 49, Swedish ice hockey player, Olympic bronze medal-winner (1988), stroke. [300] (Swedish)
- Giancarlo Bigazzi, 71, Italian composer ("Gloria", "Self Control", "No Me Ames"). [301] (Italian)
- Sarah Burke, 29, Canadian freestyle skier, world champion (2005), cardiac arrest following skiing accident. [302]
- Rudi van Dantzig, 78, Dutch choreographer. [303] (Dutch)
- Giovanni De Andrea, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Vice-President of Labour Office of the Apostolic See (1989–2007). [304]
- Peter de Francia, 90, British artist. [305]
- Charles Fecher, 94, American author.[306]
- Colonel Stone Johnson, 93, American civil rights activist. [307]
- Beverly McDermott, 83, American casting director (Airport 77, Scarface, Lenny). [308]
- Gene Methvin, 77, American journalist and magazine editor. [309]
- Winston Riley, 65, Jamaican reggae musician and producer, complications of shooting. [310]
- On Sarig, 85, Israeli children's book author. [311] (Hebrew)
- Errol Scorcher, 55, Jamaican reggae disc jockey, ruptured blood vessel. [312]
- Richard Sheirer, 65, American public servant, officer-in-charge of the rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks, pulmonary edema. [313]
- Gilbert Temmerman, 83, Belgian politician, MP (1971–1989), Mayor of Ghent (1989–1994), Minister of State. [314] (Dutch)
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- John F. Baker, Jr., 66, American Medal of Honor recipient.[315]
- Billy 'Silver Dollar' Baxter, 85, American film producer. [316]
- Larry Butler, 69, American music producer. [317]
- Stella Cunliffe, 95, British statistician. [318]
- Peter Collins Dorsey, 80, American jurist. [319]
- Lucy Faulkner, 87, Northern Irish journalist, widow of Brian Faulkner. [320]
- Dolores Guinness, 75, German Baroness and socialite. [321] (French)
- Etta James, 73, American blues singer ("At Last"), leukemia. [322]
- Nikhat Kazmi, 53, Indian film critic, breast cancer. [323]
- Ioannis Kefalogiannis, 79, Greek politician, MP (1958–1964; 1974–2004) and Minister of the Interior (1992–1993). [324]
- John Levy, 99, American jazz double-bassist and manager. [325]
- M. I. Markose, 85, Indian politician.[326]
- Marion Mathie, 86, British actress. [327]
- Mario Pastega, 95, American businessman and philanthropist. [328]
- Jiří Raška, 70, Czech ski jumper, Olympic gold medalist (1968), heart disease. [329]
- Margaret Renwick, 88, Canadian politician. [330]
- Alejandro Rodriguez, 93, American psychiatrist and academic. [331]
- Robert Fortune Sanchez, 77, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santa Fe (1977–1993), Alzheimer's disease. [332]
- Dudley Thompson, 95, Jamaican politician and diplomat. [333]
- Michael Welsh, 85, English politician, Member of Parliament (1979–1992). [334]
- Walter Whitehurst, 77, English footballer. [335]
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- Daniel Alba, 71, Mexican Olympic wrestler. [336] (Spanish)
- Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 68, Kuwaiti royal, diplomat and politician. [337]
- J. R. Boone, 86, American football player (Chicago Bears). [338]
- Roy John Britten, 92, American molecular biologist. [339]
- Cliff Chambers, 90, American baseball player. [340]
- Vincenzo Consolo, 78, Italian writer. [341]
- Emmanuel Cooper, 73, British potter and writer. [342]
- Ernie Gregory, 90, English footballer. [343]
- Gerre Hancock, 77, American organist. [344]
- Troy Herriage, 81, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics). [345]
- Jonathan Idema, 55, American scam artist, complications from AIDS. [346]
- Eiko Ishioka, 72, Japanese art director and designer, pancreatic cancer. [347]
- Irena Jarocka, 65, Polish singer. [348] (Polish)
- John D. Lowry, 79, Canadian film restorer. [349]
- Una Mulzac, 88, American bookseller. [350]
- Salma Mumtaz, 85, Pakistani actress, diabetes. [351]
- Jeffrey Ntuka, 26, South African footballer, stabbed. [352]
- Tang Xiaodan, 101, Chinese film director. [353]
- Jodie-Anne White, 44, Australian dancer and choreographer, artistic director of the Ballet Theatre of Queensland, cancer. [354]
- Slavko Ziherl, 66, Slovenian psychiatrist and politician. [355] (Slovenian)
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- Massimo Baistrocchi, 69, Italian diplomat and writer, Ambassador to Namibia (2001–2004), heart attack. [356]
- Sarah Cullen, 62, British radio and television journalist. [357]
- Jesus Elbinias, 82, Filipino judge. [358]
- Alfred Gescheidt, 85, American photographer, cancer.[359]
- Earle Gister, 77, American acting teacher. [360]
- Rita Gorr, 85, Belgian opera singer. [361]
- André Green, 84, French psychoanalyst. [362] (French)
- Jim Irwin, 77, American sportscaster (WTMJ), voice of the Green Bay Packers, complications from kidney cancer. [363]
- Moisés Kaiman, 97, Polish-born Mexican rabbi. [364] (Spanish)
- Sir Simon Marsden, 63, British photographer. [365]
- Andy Musser, 74, American sportscaster (Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia 76ers). [366]
- Joe Paterno, 85, American college football coach (Penn State Nittany Lions), lung cancer. [367]
- Pierre Sudreau, 92, French politician, inspired The Little Prince. [368]
- Clarence Tillenius, 98, Canadian artist and conservationist. [369]
- Dick Tufeld, 85, American voice actor and announcer, voice of Robot B-9 on Lost in Space. [370]
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- David Atkinson, 71, British politician, MP for Bournemouth East (1977–2005), bowel cancer. [371]
- Wesley E. Brown, 104, American jurist, federal judge for the District Court for Kansas (since 1962). [372]
- Anthony Capo, 52, American mobster-turned-informant (DeCavalcante crime family), heart attack. [373]
- Marge Carey, 73, British union leader, President of USDAW (1997–2006), motor neurone disease. [374]
- Arne Christiansen, 85, Norwegian judge. [375] (Norwegian)
- Marcel De Boodt, 85, Belgian academic. [376] (Dutch)
- Erik Haaest, 76, Danish journalist and author. [377] (Danish)
- Maurice Meisner, 80, American historian. [378]
- Miloš Pojar, 71, Czech author and diplomat. [379]
- Bingham Ray, 57, American independent film executive, complications from strokes. [380]
- Bill Robb, 84, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Miranda (1978–1984). [381]
- Gerhard Schröder, 90, German television executive. [382] (German)
- Slacker, British electronic music producer. [383]
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- Kurt Adolff, 90, German racing driver. [384]
- Theodoros Angelopoulos, 76, Greek film director, hit by motorcycle. [385]
- Sukumar Azhikode, 85, Indian writer, critic, and orator, cancer. [386]
- James C. Bliss, 78, American electrical engineer and entrepreneur. [387]
- Antony Barrington Brown, 84, British designer, photographer and explorer.[388]
- James Farentino, 73, American actor (Dynasty, ER, Melrose Place), sequelae from hip fracture. [389]
- J. Joseph Garrahy, 81, American politician, Governor of Rhode Island (1977–1985). [390]
- Vadim Glowna, 70, German actor and film director. [391] (German)
- Arild Haaland, 92, Norwegian philosopher. [392] (Norwegian)
- Carolina Isakson Proctor, 81, Colombian First Lady (1986–1990). [393] (Spanish)
- Delma Kollar, 114, American supercentenarian, one of the 100 verified oldest people ever and fourth-oldest in world. [394]
- Moira Milton, 88, Scottish amateur golfer. [395]
- Patricia Neway, 92, American operatic soprano and musical theatre actress (The Sound of Music), Tony Award-winner. [396]
- W. Allen Pepper, Jr., 70, American jurist, federal judge for the Northern District of Mississippi (since 1999), heart attack. [397]
- Bruce Riutta, 67, American Olympic ice hockey player, complications from heart surgery. [398]
- Stig Sæterbakken, 46, Norwegian writer. [399] (Norwegian)
- Pierre Sinibaldi, 87, French footballer and manager. [400] (French)
- Carleton B. Swift Jr., 92, American intelligence officer.[401]
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- Sir Alfred Ball, 91, British air marshal. [403]
- Paavo Berglund, 82, Finnish conductor. [404]
- Josef Brunner, 83, German politician. [405] (German)
- Veronica Carstens, 88, German First Lady (1979–1984). [406] (German)
- Carlos Escarrá, 57, Venezuelan politician, Attorney General (since 2011), heart attack. [407]
- Emil Hossu, 70, Romanian actor, cardiac arrest. [408] (Romanian)
- Kazimierz Jasiński, 65, Polish Olympic cyclist, cancer. [409] (Polish)
- Jacques Maisonrouge, 87, French businessman, chairman of IBM World Trade Corporation. [410]
- Mabel Manzotti, 73, Argentine actress (Besos en la Frente, Vidas robadas), complications from a stroke. [411] (Spanish)
- Len McIntyre, 78, British rugby league player. [412]
- Andrew MacNaughtan, 47, Canadian photographer. [413]
- Merab Megreladze, 55, Georgian football player. [414]
- Franco Pacini, 72, Italian astronomer. [415]
- Émile Paganon, 95, French skier. [416] (French)
- Mark Reale, 56, American heavy metal guitarist (Riot), Crohn's disease. [417]
- Nick Santino, 47, American actor, suicide by overdose. [418]
- Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, 91, American heiress and philanthropist. [419]
- Robert Sheran, 96, American politician and judge. [420]
- Charles Stanmore, 87, Australian Olympic fencer. [421]
- Kosta Tsonev, 82, Bulgarian actor. [422]
- Jean Wells, 56, American game designer. [423]
- Alexander Zhitinsky, 71, Russian writer. [424] (Russian)
- Guao Zurenuoc, Papua New Guinean politician. [425]
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- Ian Abercrombie, 77, British actor (Seinfeld, Wizards of Waverly Place, Birds of Prey), kidney failure. [426]
- Dimitra Arliss, 79, American actress (The Sting, General Hospital, Xanadu), complications from a stroke. [427]
- Iggy Arroyo, 60, Filipino politician, Representative from the 5th District of Negros Occidental (since 2004), cardiac arrest. [428]
- Alfredo Avelín, 84, Argentine politician, Governor of San Juan (1999–2002), multiple organ failure. [429] (Spanish)
- Kandi Barbour, 56, American pornographic actress. [430]
- Bud Byerly, 91, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds). [431]
- Kartar Singh Duggal, 94, Indian writer. [432]
- Alex Eadie, 91, British politician, MP for Midlothian (1966–1992). [433]
- M. O. H. Farook, 74, Indian politician and diplomat, Governor of Kerala (since 2011). [434]
- Clare Fischer, 83, American composer. [435]
- Robert Hegyes, 60, American actor (Welcome Back, Kotter; Cagney & Lacey), heart attack. [436]
- Karin, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 91, German aristocrat. [437]
- Seui Laau, 69, American Samoan politician. [438]
- Roberto Mieres, 87, Argentine racing driver. [439]
- Miguel Nazar Haro, 87, Mexican intelligence chief, head of the Dirección Federal de Seguridad (1978–1982). [440]
- Stan Smith, 79, Australian VFL football player. [441]
- Colin Tarrant, 59, British actor (The Bill), suicide. [442]
- Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver, 86, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ponce (1964–2000). [443] (Spanish)
- Robert Turner, 91, Canadian composer. [444]
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- Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi, 80, Iraqi politician, Minister of Finance (1995–2003). [445]
- Tom Campbell, 84, Canadian politician, Mayor of Vancouver (1967–1972). [446]
- Greg Cook, 65, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals), complications from pneumonia. [447]
- Kay Davis, 91, American jazz singer. [448]
- Ted Dicks, 83, English composer. [449]
- Jeannette Hamby, 78, American politician, Oregon State Senator (1983–1999), stroke complications and cancer. [450]
- Deepika Joshi-Shah, 35, Indian singer and voice actress. [451]
- Todd Lynn, 47, American stand-up comedian and actor.[452]
- James Metcalf, 86, American sculptor. [453]
- Richard K. Olney, 64, American physician, pioneer in clinical research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [454]
- Hermano Pablo, 90, American evangelist and broadcaster. [455]
- István Rózsavölgyi, 82, Hungarian runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1960), heart problems. [456] (Hungarian)
- Juan Sarrachini, 65, Argentine footballer. [457] (Spanish)
- Kazimierz Smoleń, 91, Polish museum director and Holocaust survivor. [458]
- Kevin White, 82, American politician, Mayor of Boston (1968–1984). [459]
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- Diana Bliss, 57, Australian public relations consultant and theatre producer, wife of Alan Bond. [460]
- Joseph Curran, 89, American college basketball coach (Canisius). [461]
- Don Fullmer, 72, American boxer, lymphoid leukemia. [462]
- Keriman Halis Ece, 98, Turkish beauty pageant queen, pianist and fashion model, Miss Turkey 1932. [463]
- Roman Juszkiewicz, 59, Polish astrophysicist. [464] (Polish)
- Chand Mal Lodha, 93, Indian judge. [465]
- Andrew McMillan, 54, Australian writer and music journalist. [466]
- Paul F. O'Rourke, 87, American politician. [467]
- Patrick Shovelton, 92, British civil servant and obituarist. [468]
- Don Starkell, 79, Canadian adventurist and author. [469]
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- Damien Bona, 56, American journalist, writer and film historian, heart attack. [470]
- John H. Davis, 82, American author, Alzheimer's disease. [471]
- Ranjit Singh Dyal, 83, Indian Army general. [472]
- Predrag Dragić, 66, Serbian writer. [473] (Serbian)
- Nijaz Duraković, 63, Bosnian author and politician. [474] (Serbian)
- Hellen Huisman, 74, Dutch voice actress. [475]
- François Migault, 67, French racing driver. [476] (French)
- Syed Abu Nasar, 79, Indian professor of electrical engineering.[477]
- Kell Osborne, 72, American singer. [478]
- Goody Petronelli, 88, American boxing trainer and manager (Marvin Hagler).[479]
- John Rich, 86, American television director (All in the Family, Benson, The Dick Van Dyke Show), heart failure. [480]
- Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, 93, Italian politician, Minister of the Interior (1983–1987); President (1992–1999) and Lifetime Senator (since 1999). [481]
- Gabriel Lawrence Sengol, 83, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tiruchirapalli (1990–1997). [482]
- J. O. Urmson, 96, British philosopher. [483]
- Camilla Williams, 92, American opera singer, complications from cancer. [484]
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- Eladio Acosta Arteaga, 95, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santa Fe de Antioquia (1988–1992). [485]
- Frank Aschenbrenner, 86, German-born American football player (Chicago Hornets, Montreal Alouettes). [486]
- Don Blenkarn, 81, Canadian politician, MP for Mississauga (1972–1974) and Mississauga South (1979–1993). [487]
- Terence Cowley, 83, Australian cricketer. [488]
- Klaus Goldschlag, 89, Canadian ambassador. [489]
- Helmi Höhle, 87, German Olympic fencer. [490] (German)
- George Lambert, 83, American Olympic silver (1956) and bronze (1960) medal-winning modern pentathlete. [491]
- Abdelhamid Mehri, 85, Algerian resistance fighter and politician. [492] (French)
- Doeschka Meijsing, 64, Dutch novelist. [493]
- Al Rio, 49, Brazilian comic book artist, suicide by hanging. [494]
- Michael D. Ryan, 66, American jurist, Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court (2002–2010), apparent heart attack. [495]
- Idichapuli Selvaraj, 73, Indian actor. [496]
- Lawrence J. Shapiro, 79, American physician, homicide. [497]
- Frederick Treves, 86, British actor (The Elephant Man). [498]
- Bill Wallace, 64, American author.[499]
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- Stefano Angeleri, 85, Italian footballer and coach. [500] (Italian)
- Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, 90, Dutch-born South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Aliwal (1973–1981). [501]
- Mani Ram Bagri, 91, Indian politician. [502]
- Rick Behenna, 51, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians), cancer. [503]
- Anthony Bevilacqua, 88, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Philadelphia (1988–2003). [504]
- Leslie Carter, 25, American singer and reality star (House of Carters), sister of Nick and Aaron Carter, drug overdose. [505]
- H. John Caulfield, 75, American optical physicist. [506]
- Tristram Potter Coffin, 89, American folklorist. [507]
- Felicia Eze, 37, Nigerian Olympic footballer. [508]
- Juan Carlos Gené, 82, Argentine actor and playwright. [509] (Spanish)
- John Hughes, 66, American drug counselor. [510]
- Mikel Japp, 49, Welsh musician and songwriter. [511]
- Siddika Kabir, 80, Bangladeshi teacher, television show host and cookbook author. [512]
- Petros Karatroupkos, 82, Greek-born Zambian Orthodox hierarch, Bishop of Zambia (2001–2003). [513] (Greek)
- Mike Kelley, 57, American artist and musician (Destroy All Monsters), suicide. [514] (body found on this date)
- Bob LaPointe, 66, American high school and college football coach. [515]
- Peadar Maher, 87, Irish politician, TD for Laois–Offaly (1951–1961). [516]
- Clara Nomee, 73, American politician, first female Chairperson of the Crow Nation (1990–2000). [517]
- Sid Ottewell, 92, English footballer (Nottingham Forest F.C.). [518]
- Antonio Segura, 64, Spanish comics writer. [519] (Spanish)
- King Stitt, 71, Jamaican singer, complications from prostate cancer and diabetes. [520]
- Dorothea Tanning, 101, American surrealist painter, printmaker and sculptor. [521]
- Bob Thalman, 89, American football player and coach. [522]
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