Deaths in 2015

This is a chronology of deaths in 2015. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by family name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here if they first have their own Wikipedia article. Notable persons without an article can be listed for one month after death to prompt creation of one. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

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

November

2

• es, 77, Italian-born Argentine writer.
• Hashim Abdul Halim, 80, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA for Amdanga (1977–2006) and Entally (2006–2011), heart attack.
• Brian Lomax, British football executive (Northampton Town), founder and MD of the Supporters Direct movement.
• Barbara Snelling, 87, American politician, Lieutenant Governor (1993-1997), State Senator (1999-2002), and First Lady of Vermont (1977-1985 and 1991).

1

• Abdi Mohamed Abtidon, Somali politician, MP.
• Abdikarim Yusuf Adam, Somali military officer, Chief of Army (2015), shot.
• Bill Ballantine, 78, British-born New Zealand marine biologist.
• it, 71, Palestinian cartoonist (al-Ayyam).
• es, 74, Salvadorian politician, President of the Legislative Assembly (1994–1997), cardiac arrest.
• Afzal Khan Lala, 89, Pakistani politician, MP for Swat (1993–1997), complications from cirrhosis.
• Chris Leatherbarrow, 26, British rugby match official (RFL).
• Declan McGlinchey, 39, Irish socialist activist.
• Houston McTear, 58, American sprinter, cancer.
• Brijmohan Lall Munjal, 92, Indian transportation manufacturing executive, co-founder of Hero Cycles and Hero MotoCorp.
• Günter Schabowski, 86, German politician, editor-in-chief of Neues Deutschland (1978–1985), First Secretary of the East Berlin SED, prematurely announced the fall of the Berlin Wall.
• Mustaf Abdi Nur Shafana, Somali journalist (Shabelle Media Network, Al Jazeera), car bombing.
• Fred Thompson, 73, American politician and actor (Law & Order), U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1994–2003), prosecutor who discovered Watergate tapes, lymphoma.

October

31

• tr, 73, Turkish theatre critic, heart attack.
• Mihai Alexandru, Romanian guitarist (Goodbye to Gravity), injuries sustained in the Colectiv nightclub fire.
• Ants Antson, 76, Estonian speed skater, Olympic champion (1964).
• Thomas Blatt, 88, Polish writer and Holocaust survivor.
• Darrell Brown, 67, American football player (Arkansas Razorbacks), bladder cancer.
• Faisal Arefin Dipan, 43, Bangladeshi publisher, spinal cord injury from hacking.
• Hroar Hansen, 68, Norwegian politician, newspaper owner and editor (Morgenbladet). (death announced on this date)
• Dick Lane, 88, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1966–1994), namesake of Dick Lane Bridge.
• Pinky Kravitz, 88, American radio broadcaster (WOND).
• Ryūzō Saki, 78, Japanese writer, throat cancer.
• Gus Savage, 90, American newspaper executive and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Illinois's 2nd district (1981–1993).
• Vlad Țelea, 37, Romanian guitarist (Goodbye to Gravity), injuries sustained in the Colectiv nightclub fire.
• de, 78, German actor and voice actor, cancer.
• Laurențiu Varlan, 30, Romanian guitarist, injuries sustained in the Colectiv nightclub fire.

30

• Mahir Azad, 58, Indian politician, Rajasthan MLA for Jaipur (1985–2008), kidney infection.
• Wilson Campos, 65, Brazilian footballer (Santos, Guarani), liver cancer.
• Mel Daniels, 71, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Indiana Pacers).
• Haliru Dantoro, 77, Nigerian traditional ruler (Emir of Borgu) and politician, member of the Senate.
• Andy Danziger, 61, American pilot and newspaper columnist (New York Daily News), cancer.
• Zehra Deović, 76, Bosnian sevdalinka and folk singer.
• Wallace Dollase, 78, American horse trainer.
• Al Molinaro, 96, American actor (The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi), complications from infected gall bladder.
• pt, 93, Brazilian politician, Governor of Piauí (1979–1983).
• H. J. Ross, 93, American architectural engineer (Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Eden Roc), vascular dementia.
• Sinan Şamil Sam, 41, German-born Turkish professional boxer, liver failure.
• Harry Bernardo Schwarz, 91, Brazilian footballer (SC Internacional).
• Ronald Shawger, 55, American principal cellist (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra), multiple sclerosis.
• Norm Siebern, 82, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles).
• id, 82, Indonesian puppeteer and children's television show host (Si Unyil).
• pl, 43, Polish attorney and politician.

29

• Ahmed Ali, 78, Bangladeshi suspected war criminal, on trial for crimes against humanity in the Liberation War.
• Per Brunvand, 78, Norwegian newspaper editor.
• Luther Burden, 62, American basketball player (Virginia Squires, New York Knicks).
• Carlos Luis Casabianca, Paraguayan politician, president of Paraguayan Communist Party.
• Jacques Delécluse, 82, French percussionist.
• Ernesto Herrera, 73, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (1998–2001) and Senate (1987–1998), heart attack.
• Tassie Johnson, 77, Australian football player (Melbourne).
• Peter Knott, 59, Australian politician.
• Lowell B. Komie, 87, American lawyer and author.
• Boris Kristančič, 82, Slovene Olympic basketball player (1960) and coach.
• Abu Qasim, Pakistani militant (Lashkar-e-Taiba), shot.
• Prince Spencer, 98, American tap dancer (The Four Step Brothers).
• Tony Van Frater, 51, British musician (Red Alert), heart attack.
• Ranko Žeravica, 85, Serbian basketball coach (Partizan).

28

• John Adie, 69, British festival promoter, co-founder of Two Moors Festival.
• Peter Barrett, 59, Irish Anglican prelate, Bishop of Cashel and Ossory (2002–2006).
• Jack A. Brown, 86, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1963–1974, 1987–1996, 2005–2011) and Senate (1999–2004).
• Diane Charlemagne, 51, British singer (Urban Cookie Collective), cancer.
• Joseph Dergham, 85, Lebanese-born Egyptian Maronite Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Cairo (1989–2005).
• Nancy Dye, 68, American historian and educator, President of Oberlin College (1994–2007).
• Sandra Eichenhofer, 23, German jockey, fall from horse.
• Nicolás Fuentes, 74, Peruvian footballer (national team), pulmonary failure as a complication of diabetes.
• Henry Hook, 59–60, American crossword compiler. (death announced on this date)
• Tom Hosier, 73, American college football coach (Eureka, Macalester, Winona State).
• Attila Kálmán, 77, Hungarian educator and politician, MP (1990–1994).
• Lilian Ladele, 54, British Christian rights activist, plaintiff in Ladele v London Borough of Islington. (death announced on this date)
• Nadia Menaz, 24, British model, suicide by hanging. (death announced in this date)
• Gyang Pwajok, 48, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate for Plateau (since 2011), complications from hepatocellular carcinoma.
• Jorge Scarso, 99, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Patos de Minas (1967–1992).

27

• Eric Allen, 66, American football player (Toronto Argonauts, Michigan State).
• ro, 90, Romanian actress, journalist and politician, MP (1996–2004).
• Ayerdhal, 56, French author, cancer.
• pt, 63, Brazilian telenovela actress, lymphoma.
• Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, 84, Indian pharmacologist.
• Philip French, 82, British film critic (The Observer) and BBC radio producer, heart attack.
• George Germon, 70, American chef and restaurateur, James Beard Foundation Award for Best Northeast Chef (1993).
• Herbie Goins, 76, American R&B singer.
• Jürgen Henkys, 85, German theologian.
• Kim Hyun Ji, 31, South Korean singer and reality contestant (Superstar K, The Voice of Korea), suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
• Miyu Matsuki, 38, Japanese voice actress, acute pneumonia.
• Tshepo Ngwane, 39, South African actor.
• Gulam Noon, Baron Noon, 79, Indian-born British food production businessman, chancellor of University of East London, liver cancer.
• Noriyoshi Ohrai, 79, Japanese illustrator, pneumonia
• Rajendra Singh Rana, 54, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA for Deoband (2002–2007, 2012–2015), cancer.
• Ralph Richeson, 63, American actor (Deadwood, Hancock), heart failure.
• Tillman, 10, American skateboarding English bulldog, heart disease.
• Irving Ungerman, 92, Canadian boxing manager (George Chuvalo, Clyde Gray), promoter, poultry executive and philanthropist, stroke.

26

• Willis Carto, 89, American white supremacist and Holocaust denier, founder of the American Free Press.
• Ramón Centenero, 88, Spanish actor (Return of the Evil Dead).
• S. Barry Cooper, 72, British mathematician, computational theorist, author and activist.
• Henágio Figueiredo dos Santos, 53, Brazilian footballer (Santa Cruz Futebol Clube).
• Radhamés Gómez Pepín, 88, Dominican journalist (El Nacional).
• Steve Goss, 65, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (2006–2010), cancer.
• Zeke Hogeland, 89, American college basketball coach (Northern Iowa).
• Penelope Houston, 88, British film critic, editor of Sight & Sound (1956–1990).
• Leo Kadanoff, 78, American physicist (University of Chicago), President of American Physical Society (2006–2008).
• Robert Light, 88, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1985–1996).
• Giuseppe Nazzaro, 77, Italian-born Syrian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo (2002–2013).
• Zenita Nicholson, 37, Guyanese human rights and LGBT activist (Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination), pesticide poisoning.
• David Rodriguez, 63, American singer-songwriter.
• Alhaji Bin Salih, 85, Ghanaian politician, member of the Council of State.
• Sam Sarpong, 40, British-born American model and actor (Love Don't Cost a Thing, Farm House, Anchor Baby), suicide by jumping.
• Albert Soloyan, 67, Armenian cycling coach, heart attack.
• Les Stoodley, 75, Canadian broadcaster, leukemia.
• Sya Styles, 37, French DJ (Psy 4).
• Ed Walker, 83, American radio personality (Joy Boys), cancer.

25

• Cao Ying, 92, Chinese translator of Russian literature.
• David Cesarani, 58, British Jewish historian, Holocaust specialist, complications from spinal surgery.
• Fidelis Cheza, 67, Zimbabwean actor (The Lost World, Kini and Adams, A Far Off Place).
• Fehmi Demir, 58, Turkish politician, leader of the Rights and Freedoms Party, traffic collision.
• Pijush Ganguly, 50, Indian actor, multiple organ failure following traffic collision.
• Ken Graveney, 90, English cricketer (Gloucestershire).
• Lisa Jardine, 71, British early modern historian, cancer.
• Vladimír Kobranov, 88, Czech ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
• Cecil Lolo, 27, South African footballer (Ajax Cape Town), traffic collision.
• ru, 83, Russian author.
• Scott Marshall, 41, American reality show winner (Ink Master), heart failure.
• Dennis Morgan, 63, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), heart attack.
• Georg Müller, 64, German-born Norwegian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trondheim (1997–2009).
• Flip Saunders, 60, American basketball coach (Detroit Pistons, Washington Wizards, Minnesota Timberwolves), lymphoma.
• Lee Shaw, 89, American jazz pianist.
• pt, 72, Brazilian politician and lawyer, MLA of Minas Gerais (1975–2000), helicopter crash.
• Thomas Sunesson, 56, Swedish footballer (Malmö FF). (death announced on this date)
• es, 98, Colombian historian.
• Matt Watson, 79, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock).
• Basil Williams, 65, Jamaican cricketer (West Indies), heart attack.

24

• Abú Suleiman al Masri, Egyptian militant, senior commander of al-Nusra, shot. (death announced on this date)
• Sir Michael Beetham, 92, British marshal of the air force, Chief of the Air Staff (1977–1982).
• Carlos Bousoño, 92, Spanish poet and literary critic.
• Alvin Bronstein, 87, American lawyer and prisoner rights activist, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Christopher Chapman, 88, Canadian writer, director, editor and cinematographer (A Place to Stand), creator of the multi-dynamic image technique.
• Gela Dzagnidze, 40, Georgian footballer (Samgurali, Dynamo Bryansk). (death announced on this date)
• Wojciech Fangor, 92, Polish artist.
• Hasset Go, 29, Filipino chef, liver cancer.
• Kirsty Howard, 20, British hospice fundraiser.
• pl, 63, Polish poet, writer, film director and social activist, cancer.
• Margarita Khemlin, 55, Ukrainian author.
• Edythe Kirchmaier, 107, American centenarian, oldest known Facebook user.
• Ján Chryzostom Korec, 91, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Jesuit Cardinal and Bishop of Nitra (1990–2005).
• Maureen O'Hara, 95, Irish-American actress (How Green Was My Valley, Miracle on 34th Street, The Quiet Man).
• Sergei Pasechnik, 57, Russian Soviet football player (CSKA Moscow) and coach. (death announced on this date)
• Nat Peck, 90, American jazz trombonist.
• Sandra Peterson, 79, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2005–2013).
• fr, 88, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Périgueux (1988–2004).
• Bhaskar Save, 93, Indian farmer and activist.

23

• Murphy Anderson, 89, American comic book artist (Superman, Green Lantern), creator of Zatanna, heart failure.
• Jake Bailey, 37, American make-up artist, suspected suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
• Bill Berezowski, 87, Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Toronto Argonauts).
• Leon Bibb, 93, American folk singer.
• John Bossy, 82, British historian.
• Michel Couriard, 61, British Jerseyan civil servant.
• Roger De Clerck, 91, Belgian chief executive (Beaulieu International Group).
• sk, 78, Slovak painter.
• ru, 55, Ukrainian-born Russian author.
• Antony Hignell, 87, British sportsman.
• Krunoslav Hulak, 64, Croatian chess grandmaster, lung cancer.
• Shamshad Hussain, 69, Indian painter, liver cancer.
• Roar Johansen, 80, Norwegian footballer (Fredrikstad, national team).
• Bill Keith, 75, American banjo player, cancer.
• Abdollah Baqeri Niyaraki, Iranian military commander and bodyguard (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad). (death announced on this date)
• Takis Papageorgopoulos, 81, Greek army general and politician.
• Nick Pappas, 99, American football player and coach (USC Trojans).
• Peter Price, 83, Scottish footballer (Ayr United, St Mirren).
• Jimmy Roberts, 75, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues), cancer.
• Fred Sands, 77, American real estate mogul, stroke.
• Thomas G. Stemberg, 66, American office supply executive (Staples Inc.) and philanthropist, stomach cancer.
• Paride Tumburus, 76, Italian footballer, heart attack.
• Lyubov Tyurina, 72, Russian Soviet volleyball player, Olympic champion (1972).

22

• Willem Aantjes, 92, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1959–1978).
• Çetin Altan, 88, Turkish writer and politician, MP (1965–1969).
• John Backe, 83, American television executive, President and CEO of CBS (1977–1980), heart failure.
• Scott Barr, 99, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1977–1983) and Senate (1983–1993).
• Juan Ferrer, 60, Cuban judoka, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
• Esther Geller, 93, American painter.
• Derek Hathaway, 71, British-American industrial services executive, CEO and Chairman of Harsco (1994–2007).
• Ted Ingram, 95, British paperboy, certified world's oldest. (death announced on this date)
• Labh Janjua, 57, Indian singer-songwriter, suspected heart attack. (body discovered on this date)
• fr, 98, French politician, Senator for Bas-Rhin (1952–1995).
• Jerome Kass, 78, American screenwriter (Queen of the Stardust Ballroom), prostate cancer.
• Gorden Kelley, 77, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins).
• Arnold Klein, 70, American dermatologist.
• Tomás Torres Mercado, 54, Mexican politician, member of the Senate (2006–2012), plane crash.
• Joe Moss, 72, English music manager (The Smiths, Johnny Marr), cancer.
• Mark Murphy, 83, American jazz vocalist, complications from pneumonia.
• Michael Margaret Stewart, 62, American lawyer, First Lady of Alaska (1986–1990), ovarian cancer.
• Mohammad Daud Sultanzoy, 63, Afghan politician, shot.
• John Tsitouris, 79, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Athletics).
• Gloria Van Aerssen, 83, Spanish singer.
• Joshua Wheeler, 39, American army soldier, shot.

21

• Sylvia Athayde, 75, Brazilian professor (UFBA) and museologist, cholangiocarcinoma.
• Peter Baldwin, 82, British actor (Coronation Street).
• France Bučar, 92, Slovene politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1992).
• de, 87, American chemist, co-discoverer of mendelevium.
• E. Virgil Conway, 85, American civil servant.
• Marty Ingels, 79, American actor (I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, Pac-Man), stroke.
• Francis Kiddle, 73, British philatelist, lung cancer.
• Simon Konover, 93, Polish-born American businessman, philanthropist and Holocaust survivor.
• Ossie Langfelder, 89, Austrian-born American politician, Mayor of Springfield, Illinois (1987–1995).
• Robert Montemayor, 62, American journalist (Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal), shared Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (1984), cancer.
• Norman W. Moore, 92, British conservationist, researcher into the use of organochloride pesticides.
• William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield, 85, Scottish nobleman and politician, appointed MEP (1973–1975).
• Diana Pullein-Thompson, 90, British writer.
• Yawar Saeed, 80, Pakistani cricket player and manager, brain tumour.
• de, 86, German chess player and executive.
• Anton Solomoukha, 69, Ukrainian-born French artist and photographer.
• pl, 70, Latvian politician, MP (1998–2006).
• Florence Storch, 102, Canadian centenarian sportswoman.
• ja, 81, Japanese director and television producer (Nippon TV), sepsis.
• Sheldon Wolin, 93, American political theorist.

20

• Bill Collier, 94, Australian rugby league player (St. George Dragons).
• Lourival de Almeida Filho, 74, Brazilian footballer (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista).
• Makis Dendrinos, 65, Greek basketball player and coach, complications from a heart attack.
• Arno Gruen, 92, German-born American psychologist.
• Nel Karelse, 89, Dutch Olympic track-and-field athlete (1948).
• Gilberto Jiménez Narváez, 78, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Riohacha (1996–2001).
• Kazimierz Łaski, 93, Polish-born Austrian economist.
• Yoná Magalhães, 80, Brazilian actress, complications following heart surgery.
• fr, 89, Canadian author, professor, literary critic and journalist.
• Michael Meacher, 75, British politician, MP for Oldham West (1970–1997) and Oldham West and Royton (since 1997).
• Syed Zahoor Qasim, 88, Indian marine biologist.
• Don Rendell, 89, English jazz musician.
• Sir John Scott, 84, New Zealand medical researcher, President of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1997–2000).
• Fernando Segura, 79, Spanish sculptor.
• Ian Steel, 86, Scottish racing cyclist.
• K. S. L. Swamy, 77, Indian film director and singer, National Film Award for Best Children's Film (1989).
• Altee Tenpenny, 20, American football player (Alabama Crimson Tide), traffic collision.
• Cory Wells, 74, American singer (Three Dog Night), complications from multiple myeloma.
• Margot Winspear, 83, American philanthropist (Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House).

19

• Leon Bramlett, 92, American politician and football player (Navy Midshipmen).
• Ignazio Cannavò, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela (1986–1997).
• Pierre Cescutti, 94, French Stade Montois Cyclism president.
• Hugh Cooney, 63, Irish businessman (Enterprise Ireland), colon cancer.
• Bill Daley, 96, American football player.
• fr, 80, Swiss politician.
• Cirilo Baladrón Ferreras, 58, Spanish politician, mayor of Ferreras de Arriba.
• Ron Greener, 81, English footballer (Darlington).
• Ena Kadić, 26, Bosnian-born Austrian model, fall.
• Patricia Kern, 88, British mezzo-soprano and voice teacher.
• Alexander Leshchev, 87, Russian Soviet submarine designer (Charlie II-class submarines).
• Fleming Mackell, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins).
• Alessandro Plotti, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Pisa (1986–2008).
• Dick Sharples, 88, British scriptwriter.
• ru, 73, Russian Soviet actor, People's Artist of Russia.
• Ali Treki, 78, Libyan diplomat, Foreign Minister (1976–1982, 1984–1986), President of the United Nations General Assembly (2009–2010).
• D. C. Wilcutt, 92, American basketball player (St. Louis Bombers).
• Roland R. Wright, 96, American Mormon missionary.

18

• Franklin April, 31, Namibian footballer, asthma attack.
• nl, 87, Belgian politician, Minister of Agriculture (1992–1995).
• Kallu Chidambaram, 70, Indian comedy actor.
• Robert Dickerson, 91, Australian artist, cancer.
• Gamal El-Ghitani, 70, Egyptian author, respiratory complications.
• Ramón Custodio Fabián, 62, Dominican Republic politician, traffic collision.
• Robert W. Farquhar, 83, American NASA mission design specialist.
• Walter S. Graf, 98, American cardiologist, pioneer of modern paramedic emergency care.
• Brian Hurn, 76, Australian cricketer (South Australia).
• Héctor Mario López Fuentes, 85, Guatemalan general, prostate cancer.
• Doug Mayes, 93, American journalist (WBTV).
• Ankaralı Namık, 38, Turkish folk singer, fall.
• Tommy O'Keefe, 87, American basketball player (Washington Capitols, Baltimore Bullets) and coach (Georgetown Hoyas).
• Anita Sarko, 68, American DJ and journalist, suicide by hanging.
• João Carlos Sobreira, 32, Brazilian motorcyclist (Superbike), race collision.
• Harry Verran, 85, Canadian politician, MP for South West Nova (1993–1997).
• Frank Watkins, 47, American bassist (Obituary, Gorgoroth), cancer.
• Paul West, 85, British-born American novelist and poet, pneumonia.
• eu, 98, Spanish Basque law professor.

17

• Danièle Delorme, 89, French actress.
• Johnny Hamilton, 66, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Rangers, St. Johnstone).
• Howard Kendall, 69, English football player and manager (Blackburn Rovers, Everton, Athletic Bilbao).
• Anne-Marie Lizin, 66, Belgian politician, President of the Senate (2004–2007).
• Morando Morandini, 91, Italian film critic and author.
• Tom Smith, 67, American politician.
• Jacky Sutton, 50, British journalist, hanged.
• Emory Tate, 56, American chess player.
• Rosa Tschudi, 91, Swiss chef and author.
• Norman Vickar, 98, Canadian politician.

16

• Ralph Andrews, 87, American television producer (You Don't Say!, Liar's Club, Lingo), Alzheimer's disease.
• Bevo XIV, 13, American longhorn steer collegiate mascot (Texas Longhorns), bovine leukemia.
• Mikhail Burtsev, 59, Russian Soviet fencer, six-time world champion, two-time Olympic champion (1976, 1980).
• Richard J. Cardamone, 90, American judge, member of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (since 1981).
• pl, 69, Polish sports journalist (Eurosport), complications from a seizure.
• Denis Cuspert, 39, German militant Islamist and rapper, airstrike.
• Francesc de Paula Burguera, 87, Spanish journalist and politician, member of the Congress of Deputies (1977–1979).
• Julia Wilson Dickson, 66, English dialect coach (Braveheart, In Bruges, Chocolat), brain haemorrhage.
• David Drew, 77, English ballet dancer.
• es, 93, Argentine movie director.
• Deo Filikunjombe, 43, Tanzanian politician, MP for Ludewa (2010–2015), helicopter crash.
• James W. Fowler, 75, American theologian and pastoral psychologist, complications related to Alzheimer's disease.
• Luciano García Alén, 87, Spanish physician and ethnographer.
• Joseph E. Irenas, 75, American judge, member of the US District Court for New Jersey (since 1992), fall.
• Digger James, 85, Australian soldier and military physician.
• John Jennings, 61, American musician and music producer, kidney cancer.
• Carlos Leppe, 63, Chilean singer and performance artist, pancreatitis.
• Olimpo López, 97, Colombian pastry chef.
• Laurie Mabry, 86, Women's college athletics administrator (Illinois State University, AIAW)
• Barbara Orzechowska-Ryszel, 84, Polish Olympic fencer (1960).
• Goldie Paine, 89, American fire protection equipment executive, co-founder and President of Amerex.
• Beny Primm, 87, American doctor.
• Greg Reiter, 52, American businessman (Freddie Mac).
• de, 67, German author and oenologist.
• Irwin Schiff, 87, American tax protester, lung cancer.
• Memduh Ün, 95, Turkish film director.
• fr, 76, French art critic.
• Vera Williams, 88, American children's writer.

15

• Lennart Anderson, 87, American painter.
• Robert D'Silva, 90, Pakistani Roman Catholic priest.
• Sergei Filippenkov, 44, Russian football player (CSKA Moscow) and coach, heart attack.
• Nate Huffman, 40, American basketball player (Toronto Raptors, Maccabi Tel Aviv), bladder cancer.
• Harriet Klausner, 63, American book reviewer.
• Don Livingstone, 67, Australian politician, Queensland MLA for Ipswich West (1989–1998, 2001–2006), cancer.
• Dölf Mettler, 81, Swiss yodeler and painter.
• Sanafi al-Nasr, Saudi Arabian al-Qaeda military logistics commander for al-Nusra Front, leader of Khorasan group (2015), airstrike.
• Neill Sheridan, 93, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), pneumonia.
• J. Robert Stassen, 88, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1973–1976), Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
• Michael Stevens, 48, American television producer (Kennedy Center Honors).
• Stella Sutherland, 91, Scottish poet.
• Kenneth D. Taylor, 81, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to Iran (1977–1980), awarded U.S. Congressional Gold Medal for role in "Canadian Caper", colorectal cancer.
• Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, 83, Brazilian military officer, cancer.
• Larry N. Vanderhoef, 74, American biochemist, Chancellor of UC Davis (1994–2009), complications from ischemic strokes.
• Peter Warren, 77, American academic, co-founder of the Denver Film Festival, multiple system atrophy.
• Tyrone Young, 55, American football player (New Orleans Saints), multiple myeloma.

14

• Nurlan Balgimbayev, 67, Kazakh politician, Prime Minister (1997–1999), cancer.
• Bobby Braithwaite, 78, Northern Irish footballer (Linfield, Middlesbrough, national team).
• fr, 84, French rugby player (Stade Montois).
• Antonio Cedrés, 87, Spanish footballer (Real Betis).
• Marianne Dickerson, 54, American long-distance runner.
• ja, 89, Japanese historian (Shinran and Ancient Japan).
• José Luis García, 91, Mexican baseball player and manager (Tigres de Quintana Roo).
• Peter Hermes, 93, German diplomat.
• Mathieu Kérékou, 82, Beninese politician, President (1972–1991, 1996–2006).
• Margaret Keyes, 97, American historian and preserver of historic buildings.
• Meena Mandal, 49, Indian politician, Haryana MLA for Jhundla (2009–2014), dengue fever.
• pt, 77, Brazilian music producer and television director.
• Florența Mihai, 60, Romanian tennis player, coach and official, Secretary General of the RTF (1984–1989), cancer.
• Jordi Miralles, 53, Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of Catalonia (2003–2012), meningitis.
• Bruce Mozert, 98, American photographer.
• de, 83, German politician and diplomat.
• Eckhard Podack, 72, German-born American scientist and cancer researcher (University of Miami). (Death announced to this date)
• pl, 39, Polish photographer.
• Sol Roper, 79, English rugby league player (Workington Town).
• Charles Rosher, Jr., 80, American cinematographer (3 Women, The Onion Field), lung cancer.
• Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, 85, Indian admiral and politician, Chief of the Naval Staff (1984–1987), Governor of Sikkim (1990–1994).
• Robert M. White, 92, American meteorologist, director of the National Weather Service (1963–1965), ESSA (1965–1970), NOAA (1970–1977), complications of dementia.
• Miranda Yap, 67, Singaporean chemical engineer.
• Skip Yowell, 69, American businessman (JanSport).

13

• ro, 64, Hungarian-Romanian writer.
• Rosalyn Baxandall, 76, American historian and feminist activist, kidney cancer.
• fr, 81, French politician, Mayor of Échirolles (1981–1999).
• Bill Brewster, 79, New Zealand politician and businessman, Mayor of Ellerslie (1974–1980).
• Bonnie Bucqueroux, 71, American journalism professor.
• de, 90, German jazz musician.
• Arsenio Chirinos, 80, Venezuelan Olympic cyclist (1956, 1960).
• Sir James Cruthers, 90, Australian business executive, pneumonia.
• Duncan Druce, 76, English composer and musicologist.
• Rizzini Alexis Gomez, 25, Filipino beauty pageant contestant, lymphoma.
• Kyogon Hagiyama, 83, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives for Toyama Prefecture (1990–2009), heart failure.
• Bruce Hyde, 74, American educator and actor (Star Trek), throat cancer.
• Sue Lloyd-Roberts, 64, British television journalist (BBC, ITN), leukaemia.
• Leif Mevik, 85, Norwegian diplomat.
• Diana Sacayán, 40, Argentine LGBT rights activist, stabbed.
• es, 85, Uruguayan lawyer, journalist, writer and businessman.
• Julien J. Studley, 88, Belgian-born American businessman.
• Skatemaster Tate, 56, American musician and television show host, liver cancer.
• K. Velayudam, 65, Sri Lankan politician and trade unionist, MP for Badulla (2001–2004, 2014–2015).
• Michael J. H. Walsh, 88, British Army general and scouting leader, Chief Scout (1982–1988).
• Michael John Wise, 97, British geographer.

12

• Sakit Aliyev, 49, Azerbaijani football player and coach (Turan IK).
• de, 93, Swiss judge and politician.
• sv, 75, Swedish journalist and businessman (Nya Wermlands-Tidningen).
• Sister Adrian Barrett, 86, American Roman Catholic nun.
• Anna Campbell Bliss, 90, American artist and architect.
• Charles Boeckman Jr., 94, American author and jazz clarinetist/saxophonist.
• Sergio Caprari, 83, Italian boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
• Kevin Cass, 77, Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
• Sam de Brito, 46, Australian author and columnist.
• Robert de Michiell, 57, American pop culture artist, cancer.
• Peter Dougherty, 59, American music television executive, creator (Yo! MTV Raps) and video producer, heart attack.
• Colleen Farrington, 79, American model and singer.
• David Finnegan, 74, American attorney, talk show host and politician, lung cancer.
• Jorge Pliego Guzmán, 52, Mexican photojournalist.
• Hal Hackady, 93, American lyricist and screenwriter.
• Abdallah Kigoda, 61, Tanzanian politician, Minister of Industry and Trade (since 2012), cancer.
• Paul King, 63, English music promoter and manager (The Police, Dire Straits), cancer.
• Levent Kırca, 67, Turkish actor, liver cancer.
• Armin Kircher, 48, Austrian composer and conductor, heart failure.
• Kazuo Kumakura, 88, Japanese actor.
• Martin Lange, 71, British football executive (Brentford).
• Lucas Leonard, 19, American victim of church beating.
• Joan Leslie, 90, American actress (High Sierra, Sergeant York, Yankee Doodle Dandy).
• Robert Leuci, 75, American police detective and writer, complications after surgery.
• Alexei Likhtman, 44, Russian-born British mathematician, fall.
• Joseph J. Minnick, 82, American politician, member of Maryland House of Delegates (1995–2015), blood disease.
• Sam Moeti, South African actor (Muvhango).
• es, 91, Spanish poet.
• George Mueller, 97, American space engineer, Associate Administrator of the NASA Office of Manned Space Flight (1963–1969).
• Maksut Narikbaev, 75, Kazakh jurist, Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan (1996–2000).
• Sophie Nogler, 91, Austrian Olympic alpine skier (1948).
• Tom Ognibene, 72, American politician, member of the New York City Council (1992–2001), cancer.
• Leo J. Reding, 91, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1975–1995).
• Gennady Riger, 67, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1999–2003). (death announced on this date)
• Jamie Zimmerman, 31, American doctor and reporter (ABC News), drowning.

11

• Gary Allen, 67, American blogger, brain cancer.
• Ali Barraud, 97, Burkinabé politician.
• John Berg, 83, American art director and designer, pneumonia.
• Ricardo Cardona, 63, Colombian WBA super bantamweight world champion (1978–1980), cardiopulmonary arrest from metastatic cancer.
• Dean Chance, 74, American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers) and boxing official, founder of the International Boxing Association, heart attack.
• S. A. David, 91, Sri Lankan Tamil political activist.
• Jack Drake, 81, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (since 1993).
• Fernando Echavarría, 62, Dominican singer, heart attack.
• es, 60, Paraguayan musician, heart attack.
• Tony Golden, 36, Irish police officer, shot.
• David Hunt, 55, British racing driver.
• Smokin' Joe Kubek, 58, American blues guitarist, heart attack.
• Carey Lander, 33, British keyboard player and singer (Camera Obscura), osteosarcoma.
• Bob Minkler, 78, American sound mixer (Star Wars, Tron, Mask), Oscar winner (1978), respiratory failure.
• Salvador Trane Modesto, 85, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Dumaguete (1978–1987) and San Carlos (1987–2005).
• John Murphy, 56, Australian drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumental session musician, cancer.
• Andrew Sayers, 58, British-born Australian curator, Director of the National Portrait Gallery (1998–2010), pancreatic cancer.
• Bruno Stutz, 77, Swiss clown.
• nl, 84, Belgian politician.
• Dominga Velasco, 114, Mexican-born American supercentenarian, oldest-ever verified Mexican-born person.
• Salah Wansi, Sudanese politician.

10

• Alvin P. Adams, Jr., 73, American diplomat, Ambassador to Haiti, Djibuti and Peru, heart attack.
• Sam Adams, Sr., 67. American football player (New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints).
• Nuriya Akhmedova, 64, Azerbaijani actress, heart attack.
• Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, 62, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa (1999–2005).
• Kane Ashcroft, 29, English footballer (York City), cancer.
• John Richard Ballard, 76, American judge.
• Hilla Becher, 81, German photographer.
• Saša Britvić, 51, Croatian conductor, suicide.
• Imre Farkaszinski, 91, Hungarian football coach.
• fr, 80, French politician.
• Paulette Fleming, 67, American art professor.
• Wes Funk, 46, Canadian author.
• Sophie el Goulli, 83, Tunisian writer and historian.
• Garry Hancock, 61, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics).
• Richard F. Heck, 84, American chemist, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2010).
• fi, 60, Finnish politician.
• Tord Johansson, 60, Swedish businessman.
• Lyudmila Kedrina, 54, Russian Soviet alpine skier, cancer.
• Lidia Kozubek, 88, Polish pianist.
• Steve Mackay, 66, American saxophonist (The Stooges), sepsis.
• Manorama, 78, Indian Tamil actress, heart attack.
• Sir David Penry-Davey, 73, British jurist.
• Rochunga Pudaite, 88, Indian writer and translator.
• Maggie Riley, 79, British actress (Hazell, Grange Hill).
• Tex Rudloff, 89, American sound editor.
• Mahmoud Sehili, 84, Tunisian artist.
• James Sites, 91, American novelist.
• Elias Skaff, 67, Lebanese politician.
• Sybil Stockdale, 90, American human rights activist, co-founder of National League of Families, Parkinson's disease.
• Jean Sharley Taylor, 91, American journalist.
• Robbin Thompson, 66, American singer-songwriter (Steel Mill), cancer.

9

• Ben Abraham, 90, Polish-born Brazilian Holocaust survivor, author and journalist.
• Louise Alley, 88, American radio personality (KWKH) and advertising executive.
• Jean Badal, 88, Hungarian cinematographer.
• pt, 83, Brazilian singer.
• David Benney, 85, American mathematician and professor (MIT).
• Du Runsheng, 102, Chinese politician.
• Ray Duncan, 84, American entrepreneur and winemaker (Silver Oak Cellars).
• Mike Enahoro, 76, Nigerian broadcaster.
• fr, 82, Spanish-born French singer.
• Wil Handford, 24, British amateur mixed martial artist, bowel cancer.
• Gordon Honeycombe, 79, British newscaster, author and actor, leukemia.
• Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, 88, British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1979–1983), Foreign Secretary (1983–1989), heart attack.
• Ravindra Jain, 71, Indian composer, kidney illness.
• Julia Jones, 92, British scriptwriter (Quiet as a Nun, Our Mutual Friend).
• Koopsta Knicca, 40, American rapper (Three 6 Mafia), stroke.
• Jacqueline Lampson, Baroness Killearn, 105, British socialite.
• Chris Legeros, 62, American television reporter (KIRO), pancreatic cancer.
• Blanca Magrassi Scagno, 92, Mexican women's rights activist.
• de, 76, German actor and voice actor.
• Dave Meyers, 62, American basketball player (UCLA, Milwaukee Bucks), cancer.
• Bruce Nazarian, 66, American musician (Brownsville Station) and producer.
• Jerry Parr, 85, American Secret Service agent, extricated Ronald Reagan during assassination attempt, heart failure.
• Tony Rafty, 99, Australian caricaturist, complications from pneumonia.
• N. Ramani, 81, Indian flautist.
• Larry Rosen, 75, American jazz producer, brain cancer.
• Ronald Lampman Watts, 86, Canadian academic, Principal of Queen's University (1974–1984).
• Eric Wright, 86, Canadian crime writer, kidney cancer.
• Zdravko Zupan, 65, Yugoslav comic-book creator and historian.

8

• James Cruickshank, 53, Australian musician (The Cruel Sea), cancer.
• fr, 62, French art historian.
• Richard Davies, 89, Welsh character actor (Please Sir!), Alzheimer's disease.
• Eric Dawe, 94, Canadian businessman and politician, member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly for Port de Grave (1962–1971, 1975–1979).
• Jim Diamond, 64, Scottish singer-songwriter ("I Should Have Known Better").
• Dennis Eichhorn, 70, American writer and comic book artist.
• Tom Goode, 76, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
• Enrique Gratas, 71, Argentine television presenter, lung cancer.
• Dora Holzhandler, 87, French-born British painter.
• Lindy Infante, 75, American football coach (Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts), pneumonia.
• pl, 90, Polish-born American psychiatrist, Parkinson’s disease.
• István Nemeskürty, 90, Hungarian writer and screenwriter.
• Michael Nolan, 23, American baseball player (Oklahoma City Stars), shot.
• Paul Prudhomme, 75, American chef, cookbook writer and restaurateur, recipient of the Order of Agricultural Merit (1980).
• Elizabeth Ramsey, 83, Filipina comedienne, singer and actress, hyperglycemic attack.
• it, 84, Italian film director.
• Hugh Scully, 72, British television presenter (Antiques Roadshow).
• Sam K. Shimabukuro, 90, American Mormon bishop.
• Stephen B. Wiley, 86, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1973–1978).

7

• Gene Allen, 97, American art director (My Fair Lady), President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (1983–1985).
• Jorge Andrade, 73, Brazilian footballer (S. C. Internacional), cancer.
• Ray Appleton, 74, American jazz drummer, heart failure.
• Pushpa Bhuyan, 69, Indian classical dancer.
• Ângelo da Cunha Pinto, 66, Brazilian-Portuguese chemist.
• Friedrich Diedrich, 80, German Roman Catholic theologian.
• Dominique Dropsy, 63, French footballer (Valenciennes, Strasbourg, Bordeaux), leukemia.
• Harry Gallatin, 88, American Hall of Fame basketball player (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons) and coach (New York Knicks, St. Louis Hawks), complications from surgery.
• Hossein Hamadani, 60, Iranian military officer.
• Hy Hollinger, 97, American journalist (Variety).
• Hasan Jamil, 63, Pakistani cricketer, cardiac arrest.
• de, 44, American musician, complication of stroke.
• Kenneth Koe, 90, American chemist.
• Elena Lucena, 101, Argentine film actress.
• W. R. Mitchell, 87, British writer and editor (Dalesman).
• Julius Muthamia, 81, Kenyan politician.
• Maria Lúcia Prandi, 70, Brazilian academic and politician, cancer.
• tr, 72, Turkish writer.
• fi, 87, Finnish opera singer and Savonlinna Opera Festival director.
• Charles P. West, 94, American politician, member of the Delaware House of Representatives (1956–1958, 1978–2002).
• Helen Wilkes, 88, American businesswoman and politician, first female Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida (1978–1979), City Commissioner (1976–1988).
• Arthur Woods, 86, New Zealand rugby union player (Southland, national team).
• Clive Young, 67, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Dunwich (1999–2013), complications from surgery.
• Gail Zappa, 70, American businesswoman, lung cancer.
• Jurelang Zedkaia, 65, Marshallese Iroijlaplap and politician, President of the Marshall Islands (2009–2012), heart attack.

6

• it, 96, Italian politician.
• Christine Arnothy, 84, Hungarian-French writer.
• Kevin Corcoran, 66, American actor and producer (Old Yeller, Pete's Dragon, Sons of Anarchy), colorectal cancer.
• Rich Davis, 89, American businessman, creator of KC Masterpiece barbecue sauce.
• Charles Coulston Gillispie, 97, American historian, President of History of Science Society (1965–1966).
• Árpád Göncz, 93, Hungarian writer and politician, President (1990–2000).
• Smokey Johnson, 78, American drummer.
• William Barnett Kolender, 80, American police chief and county sheriff, Director of the California Youth Authority (1991–1994).
• Trevor Lloyd, 91, Welsh rugby union player. (death announced on this date)
• fr, 83, French designer, singer and storyteller.
• Stasys Povilaitis, 68, Lithuanian singer and poet.
• Fernando Rainieri, Dominican politician, minister of tourism.
• Billy Joe Royal, 73, American pop and country singer ("Down in the Boondocks", "Cherry Hill Park", "Burned Like a Rocket").
• nl, 46, Dutch internet pioneer; founder of XS4ALL, multiple sclerosis.
• Vladimir Shlapentokh, 88, Ukrainian-born American sociologist.
• Sandra Spuzich, 78, American golfer.
• William Stanley, 58, American mammalogist, director of collections at Field Museum.
• Carmen Marina Torres, 58, Colombian actress.
• Otto Tucker, 92, Canadian educationalist.
• es, 92, Peruvian historian and jurist.
• Ivan Vidav, 97, Slovenian mathematician.

5

• Chantal Akerman, 65, Belgian film director (Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles), suicide.
• Frank Albanese, 84, American boxer and actor (The Sopranos, Goodfellas), prostate cancer.
• Joker Arroyo, 88, Filipino politician, Senator (2001–2013), heart attack.
• Grace Lee Boggs, 100, American civil rights activist and author.
• Larry Brezner, 73, American film producer (Good Morning Vietnam, Throw Momma From the Train, Ride Along), leukemia.
• Michael Dean, 82, New Zealand broadcaster (BBC's Late Night Line-Up), dementia.
• es, 77, Argentine-born Spanish playwright and actress, cardiorespiratory failure.
• Flavio Emoli, 81, Italian footballer (Juventus).
• Joe Henson, 82, British farmer and conservationist.
• Tomris İncer, 67, Bulgarian-born Turkish actress, cancer.
• Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, 77, Spanish nobleman.
• Li Yongtai, 87, Chinese lieutenant general and politician.
• Henning Mankell, 67, Swedish author (Kurt Wallander), cancer.
• John O'Leary, 82, Irish politician, TD for Kerry South (1966–1997).
• Anna Pump, 81, German-born American baker and cookbook author, vehicle-pedestrian collision.
• Andrew Rubin, 69, American actor (Police Academy, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman), lung cancer.
• Ales Savitsky, 91, Belarusian writer.
• az, 83, Azerbaijani scientist (Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences) and chemist.
• Jos Vandeloo, 90, Belgian author.
• Peter Wespi, 72, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1964), cancer.

4

• Yves Barsacq, 84, French film actor, pneumonia.
• William A. Culpepper, 99, American judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit.
• José Eduardo Dutra, 58, Brazilian businessman (Petrobras) and politician, Senator (since 1994), cancer.
• Tove Fergo, 69, Danish politician, Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs (2001–2005), member of Folketinget (1994–2005), cancer.
• Daniel Fletcher, 41, Australian AFL football player (Geelong), fall.
• S. Malcolm Gillis, 74, American academic, President of Rice University (1993–2004), cancer.
• Juan Carlos Ibáñez, 46, Argentine footballer (Independiente), beaten.
• Jack McKee, 71, Northern Irish politician, Mayor of Larne (1984–1985).
• J. Whyatt Mondesire, 66, American journalist and civil rights activist, brain aneurysm.
• es, 81, Argentine actor and playwright.
• Edida Nageswara Rao, 81, Indian film producer (Sankarabharanam).
• Job de Ruiter, 85, Dutch politician, Minister of Justice (1977–1981), Minister of Defence (1981–1986).
• Sir John Severne, 90, British Royal Air Force officer.
• Jim Thomas, 76, American CFL player (Edmonton Eskimos).
• Neal Walk, 67, American basketball player (Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Jazz, New York Knicks).
• Bob Whan, 82, Australian politician, MP for Eden-Monaro (1972–1975), cardiac arrest.
• Oganes Zanazanyan, 68, Greek-born Armenian football player (Ararat Yerevan) and coach, Olympic bronze medalist (1972).

3

• A. R. M. Abdul Cader, 78, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1989–2004).
• Denis Healey, 98, British politician, Secretary of State for Defence (1964–1970), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1974–1979), heart attack.
• Lloyd Hinchberger, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (New Haven Blades, Nashville Dixie Flyers).
• Olga Hirshhorn, 95, American art collector.
• Isao Hosoe, 73, Japanese designer.
• Javid Iqbal, 90, Pakistani judge, Justice of the Supreme Court (1986–1989).
• Muhammad Nawaz Khan, 71, Pakistani historian and writer.
• Stewart McInnes, 78, Canadian lawyer and politician, member of Parliament (1984–1988), heart failure.
• Barbara Meek, 81, American actress (Archie Bunker's Place), heart attack.
• Raghavan Narasimhan, 78, Indian mathematician.
• João Leithardt Neto, 57, Brazilian footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1984), liver cancer.
• Dave Pike, 77, American jazz musician, emphysema.
• Arthur A. Small, 81, American lawyer and poet, kidney failure.
• Masjchun Sofwan, 88, Indonesian Governor of Jambi (1979–1989).
• Gerald Squires, 77, Canadian artist, cancer.
• Christopher Tambling, 51, British composer and choirmaster, cancer.
• William Taylor, 77, New Zealand children's writer and politician, Mayor of Ohakune (1981–1988).
• Peter Tillers, 72, Latvian-born American legal scholar.
• Franciszek Walicki, 94, Polish journalist.

2

• Willie Akins, 76, American jazz saxophonist, heart failure.
• Naim Araidi, 65, Israeli Druze academic and poet, Ambassador to Norway (2012–2014), cancer.
• Steve Camacho, 69, Guyanese cricketer (West Indies), cancer.
• François Dagognet, 91, French philosopher.
• Eric Arturo Delvalle, 78, Panamanian politician, President (1985–1988).
• Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca, 89, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (1980–2000).
• Brian Friel, 86, Irish dramatist (Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Dancing at Lughnasa, Translations).
• Rodolfo Frigeri, 73, Argentine economist and politician, Minister of Economy and Public Finances (2001).
• Coleridge Goode, 100, Jamaican-born British jazz bassist.
• Arthur Lawson Johnston, 3rd Baron Luke, 82, British peer and politician.
• Lindsay Kline, 81, Australian cricketer.
• Serhiy Krulykovskyi, 69, Ukrainian footballer (Dynamo Kyiv).
• Lubomír Lipský, 92, Czech actor, pneumonia.
• Megateo, 39, Colombian criminal.
• James Mutende, 53, Ugandan politician, State Minister of Industry (since 2011).
• Johnny Paton, 92, Scottish football player (Brentford, Watford, Celtic), coach and manager (Arsenal 'A').
• Alan Prince, 100, Canadian bureaucrat, Director of the Nuclear Safety Commission (1975–1978), oversaw the clean up of Kosmos 954.
• Fred Ridgway, 92, English cricketer (Kent, England).
• Hal Schacker, 90, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
• Andy Sperandeo, American magazine editor (Model Railroader), cancer.
• Jean-Noël Tassez, 59, French journalist.

1

• Božo Bakota, 64, Croatian footballer (NK Zagreb, SK Sturm Graz).
• Don Edwards, 100, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1963–1995).
• Illtyd Harrington, 84, British politician.
• Max Keeping, 73, Canadian broadcaster (CJOH), cancer.
• Stanisław Kociołek, 82, Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1970).
• Cal Neeman, 86, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies).
• Hadi Norouzi, 30, Iranian footballer (Persepolis), heart attack.
• Frans Pointl, 82, Dutch writer, nerve disease.
• Jacob Pressman, 95, American Conservative rabbi, co-founder of American Jewish University.
• Usnija Redžepova, 69, Macedonian singer, lung cancer.
• Angelito Sarmiento, 68, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (1992–2001), heart attack.
• Gottfried Schatz, 79, Austrian biochemist, cancer.
• Johnny Strange, 23, American mountain climber and adventurer, wingsuit collision.
• Jean-Jacques Tillmann, 80, Swiss sports journalist.
• Joe Wark, 67, Scottish footballer (Motherwell), dementia.

Earlier months

• Deaths in September 2015
• Deaths in August 2015
• Deaths in July 2015

• Deaths in June 2015
• Deaths in May 2015
• Deaths in April 2015

• Deaths in March 2015
• Deaths in February 2015
• Deaths in January 2015

See also

• Deaths in 2014
• Deaths in 2013
• Deaths in 2012
• Deaths in 2011
• Deaths in 2010
• Deaths in 2009
• Deaths in 2008

• Deaths in 2007
• Deaths in 2006
• Deaths in 2005
• Deaths in 2004
• Deaths in 2003
• Deaths in 2002
• Deaths in 2001

• Deaths in 2000
• Deaths in 1999
• Deaths in 1998
• Deaths in 1997
• Deaths in 1996
• Deaths in 1995
• Deaths in 1994

• Deaths in 1993
• Deaths in 1992
• Deaths in 1991
• Deaths in 1990
• Deaths in 1989
• Deaths in 1988
• Deaths in 1987

External links

• The Guardian, UK obituaries
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• The New York Times, US obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries