Deaths in 2017

This is a chronology of deaths in 2017. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym.

A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.

October

6

• Roberto Anzolin, 79, Italian footballer (Juventus, national team).
• Terry Downes, 81, British boxer, world champion (1961–1962) and actor.
• Ray Turnbull, 78, Canadian curler, world championship silver medalist (1965), pneumonia.

5

• Ruth Escobar, 81, Portuguese-Brazilian actress (The Jew).
• Ruth Escobar, 36, American guitarist (The Icarus Line).
• Georges Griffiths, 27, Ivorian footballer.
• Eberhard van der Laan, 62, Dutch politician and lawyer, Minister for Housing, Communities and Integration (2008–2010), Mayor of Amsterdam (2010–2017), lung cancer.
• Giorgio Pressburger, 80, Hungarian-born Italian writer.
• Sylke Tempel, 54, German journalist and writer.
• François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang, 85, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Thái Bình (1990–2009).
• Bilat Paswan Vihangam, 77, Indian writer and politician.
• Anne Wiazemsky, 70, French actress (Au Hasard Balthazar, La Chinoise) and writer (All the Fine Promises), cancer.

4

• Davoud Ahmadinejad, 67, Iranian politician, heart attack.
• Liam Cosgrave, 97, Irish politician, Taoiseach (1973–1977).
• Lyudmila Gureyeva, 74, Ukrainian-born Russian volleyball player, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
• Karel Kolář, 61, Czech athlete, European Indoor champion (1979).
• John Miller, 79, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Washington's 1st district (1985–1993), cancer.
• Jesús Mosterín, 76, Spanish anthropologist and philosopher of science, lung cancer.
• Vladimír Renčín, 75, Czech illustrator and caricaturist, Medal of Merit recipient.
• William Tepper, 69, American actor (Bachelor Party, Breathless, Drive, He Said).

3

• Rodney Bickerstaffe, 72, British trade unionist, General Secretary of NUPE (1982–1993) and UNISON (1996–2001).
• Gerry Burkhardt, 71, American actor (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Crazy for You).
• Don Carano, 85, American businessman, founder of Eldorado Resorts.
• Gloria Ferris, 84, British literary agent.
• Bob Gannon, 58, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (since 2015).
• Chittani Ramachandra Hegde, 84, Indian artist, stroke.
• John Herrnstein, 79, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves).
• Michel Jouvet, 91, French oneirologist and neurobiologist, developer of Modafinil and discoverer of REM sleep.
• André Lévy, 91, French sinologist and translator.
• Victorino Martín Andrés, 88, Spanish breeder of fighting bulls, stroke.
• Francesco Martino, 80, Italian politician, President of Region of Sicily (1993–1995).
• Les Mutrie, 66, English footballer (Hull City), cancer.
• Lance Russell, 91, American professional wrestling announcer and commentator (CWA, USWA, WCW), complications from a broken hip.
• Tassaduq Sohail, 87, Pakistani painter.
• Jalal Talabani, 83, Iraqi-Kurdish politician, Prime Minister (2003) and President (2005–2014), cerebral hemorrhage.

2

• Peter Burke, 90, New Zealand rugby union player (Taranaki, national team).
• Evangelina Elizondo, 88, Mexican actress, artist and singer.
• Robert Elsie, 67, Canadian linguist and translator, motor neuron disease.
• Skip Haynes, 71, American musician and songwriter, cancer.
• Solly Hemus, 94, American baseball player and manager (St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies).
• Klaus Huber, 92, Swiss composer and academic.
• Kim Un-yong, 86, South Korean sports administrator, President of World Taekwondo Federation (1973-2004).
• Azra Kolaković, 40, Bosnian pop singer, cancer.
• Friedrich von Löffelholz, 62, German time trials cyclist and university lecturer.
• Hanumant Moreshwar Marathe, 77, Indian writer and journalist.
• Simon Ostrach, 93, American space, buoyancy and microgravity scientist.
• Paul Otellini, 67, American businessman, CEO of Intel (2005–2013).
• Antonio Pantojas, 68, Puerto Rican actor, dancer, playwright and female impersonator, heart attack.
• Jim Patterson, 67, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 2010), heart attack.
• Marcel Germain Perrier, 84, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pamiers (2000–2008).
• Tom Petty, 66, American Hall of Fame musician (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys) and voice actor (King of the Hill), heart attack.
• Patrocinio Samudio, 42, Paraguayan footballer, heart attack.
• Barbara Tisserat, 66, American lithographer, lung cancer.
• Robert Yates, 74, American racing team owner (Yates Racing), NASCAR Winston Cup champion (1999), liver cancer.

1

• Lionel Ames, 94, American actor (Thundering Jets, Why Must I Die?, Soul Hustler) and singer.
• Olivier Baudry, 44, French footballer (Sochaux).
• Hansje Bunschoten, 59, Dutch Olympic swimmer (1972) and television presenter, complications from breast cancer.
• Pierluigi Cappello, 50, Italian poet, Viareggio Prize laureate (2010).
• Robert D. Hales, 85, American religious leader (LDS Church).
• Arthur Janov, 93, American psychologist (The Primal Scream), complications from a stroke.
• František Listopad, 95, Czech-born Portuguese poet, prose writer and director.
• Edmond Maire, 86, French labor union leader, secretary general of CFDT (1971–1988).
• István Mészáros, 86, Hungarian Marxist philosopher (Marx's Theory of Alienation, Socialism or Barbarism) and professor (University of Sussex).
• Muktar Muhammed, 72, Nigerian military officer, Governor of Kaduna (1977–1978), cancer.
• Angelika Muharukua, 59, Namibian Herero politician, MP (since 1995).
• Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr., 89, American publisher (Advance Publications) and businessman.
• Stephen Paddock, 64, American gunman (2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting), suicide by gunshot.
• José Pratas, 59, Portuguese football referee.
• Philippe Rahmy, 52, Swiss poet and writer, Swiss Literature Awards laureate (2017).
• Eliu Rivera, 74, Puerto Rican activist and politician.
• Dave Strader, 62, American sportscaster (Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Phoenix Coyotes), cholangiocarcinoma.
• John Swinburne, 87, Scottish politician, founder of SSCUP and member of Parliament (2003–2007).
• Larissa Volpert, 91, Russian-Estonian philologist and chess Woman Grandmaster, Soviet women's chess champion (1954, 1958, and 1959).

September

30

• Apex, 36, British drum and bass music producer.
• Monty Hall, 96, Canadian-American game show host (Let's Make a Deal), heart failure.
• Frank Hamblen, 70, American basketball coach (Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers), heart attack.
• Donald Malarkey, 96, American soldier (Easy Company), depicted in Band of Brothers.
• Jimmy McDonnell, 90, Irish Gaelic footballer.
• Tom Paley, 89, American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers).
• Lou Reda, 92, American documentary filmmaker.
• Joe Taruc, 70, Filipino news anchor and radio broadcaster (DZRH).
• Gunnar Thoresen, 97, Norwegian footballer (Larvik Turn, national team).
• Joe Tiller, 74, American football coach (University of Wyoming, Purdue University).
• Iulian Vlad, 86, Romanian general, head of the Securitate (1987–1989).
• Vladimir Voevodsky, 51, Russian-American mathematician, 2002 Fields medalist.

29

• Abu Tahsin al-Salhi, 63, Iraqi sniper, shot.
• Tom Alter, 67, Indian actor, skin cancer.
• Joep Baartmans-van den Boogaart, 77, Dutch politician.
• Ludmila Belousova, 81, Russian pair skater, Olympic champion (1964, 1968).
• Lorenz Funk, 70, German ice hockey player and manager (EC Bad Tölz, BSC Preussen), Olympic bronze medalist (1976), cancer.
• Bruce Gordon, 54, Canadian ice hockey player (Saskatoon Blades), pancreatic cancer.
• Rolf Herings, 77, German Olympic javelin thrower (1964, 1968) and football coach (1. FC Köln).
• Philippe Médard, 58, French handball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1992).
• Wiesław Michnikowski, 95, Polish actor.
• Dick Passchier, 84, Dutch televison and radio presenter.
• Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris, 85, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kurunegala (1987–2009).
• Magdalena Ribbing, 77, Swedish etiquette expert, writer and journalist, complications from a fall.
• Ryūji Saikachi, 89, Japanese voice actor (Castle in the Sky, Dragon Ball Z, Anne of Green Gables), heart failure.
• Ian Smith, 76, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, national team).
• Dmitry Smolsky, 80, Belarusian composer and teacher (Belarusian State Conservatory).

28

• Aleksey Arifullin, 46, Russian footballer (Lokomotiv Moscow).
• Makhan Lal Fotedar, 86, Indian politician.
• Balys Gajauskas, 91, Lithuanian politician and prisoner of conscience, member of the Seimas (1990–1992).
• Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, 90, Spanish film director and producer (That Man in Istanbul, The Summertime Killer, They Came to Rob Las Vegas).
• Lee Hsin, 64, Taiwanese politician, member of the National Assembly (1996–1998) and the Taipei City Council (since 1998), suicide by jumping.
• Marietta Marich, 87, American radio personality and actress (Rushmore, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre).
• Donald Mitchell, 92, British musicologist.
• Vann Molyvann, 90, Cambodian architect (Chaktomuk Conference Hall, Independence Monument, Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium).
• Daniel Pe'er, 74, Israeli television host, complications from a stroke.
• Željko Perušić, 81, Croatian football player and manager.
• Richard Pyle, 83, American journalist (Associated Press), pulmonary fibrosis.
• Jürgen Roth, 71, German journalist.
• Stanley M. Rumbough Jr., 97, American businessman (Colgate-Palmolive).
• Andreas Schmidt, 53, German actor (Summer in Berlin, The Counterfeiters) and director, cancer.
• Spikeld, 23–24, Norwegian racehorse, euthanized.
• Alan Thompson, 54, British broadcaster (BBC Radio Wales).
• Benjamin Whitrow, 80, British actor (Pride and Prejudice, Chicken Run, Quadrophenia).

27

• Edmond Abelé, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Monaco (1972–1980) and Digne (1980–1987).
• Dwijen Bandyopadhyay, 68, Indian actor (Jaatishwar), heart attack.
• CeDell Davis, 90, American blues musician.
• Joy Fleming, 72, German singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1975).
• Hans Gerschwiler, 96, Swiss figure skater, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
• Sir Richard Greenbury, 81, British businessman, Chairman of Marks and Spencer (1988–1999).
• Hiromi Hayakawa, 34, Japanese-born Mexican actress (El Chema) and singer (La Academia), liver hemorrhage during childbirth.
• Hugh Hefner, 91, American magazine publisher (Playboy), businessman (Playboy Enterprises) and reality television personality (The Girls Next Door).
• Eric Hotung, 91, Hong Kong industrialist and philanthropist.
• Anne Jeffreys, 94, American actress (General Hospital, Topper, Dick Tracy).
• Seamus Kelters, 54, British journalist (BBC) and author.
• Red Miller, 89, American football coach (Denver Broncos), complications from a stroke.
• Zuzana Růžičková, 90, Czech harpsichordist.
• Antonio Spallino, 92, Italian fencer and politician, Olympic champion (1956) and Mayor of Como (1970-1985).

26

• Mehmet Aksoy, 32, British filmmaker.
• Samuel Amirtham, 85, Indian Anglican prelate and theologian, Bishop of South Kerala (1990-1997).
• Dominador Aytona, 99, Filipino politician, Senator (1965–1971).
• Mario Bedogni, 93, Italian Olympic ice hockey player (1948, 1956).
• Fernand Bonneure, 94, Belgian writer, publicist and art critic.
• Richard Boucher, 85, French footballer (Toulouse).
• Donnie Corker, 65, American transvestite entertainer.
• Sir James Craig, 93, British diplomat, Ambassador to Syria (1976–1979) and Saudi Arabia (1979–1984).
• Robert Delpire, 91, French photographer, publisher and filmmaker.
• Barry Dennen, 79, American actor (Jesus Christ Superstar, The Shining, Fiddler on the Roof), complications from a fall.
• Digby Diehl, 76, American journalist and biographer (Good Morning America, The CBS Morning News), Alzheimer's disease.
• Květa Fialová, 88, Czech actress (Lemonade Joe, Dinner for Adele, The Phantom of Morrisville).
• Neville Furlong, 49, Irish rugby player (national team).
• Suryamani Panda, 96, Indian freedom fighter.
• Paul Rodriguez, 65, American sound executive (Dumb and Dumber, Warrior, Bad Santa), cardiac arrest.
• Alfred Stepan, 81, American political scientist.
• Sigmund Vangsnes, 91, Norwegian educationalist.
• Rinse Zijlstra, 90, Dutch politician, MP (1967–1973), Mayor of Smallingerland (1975-1981), and Senator (1983–1995).

25

• Joe Bailon, 94, American car customizer, creator of candy apple red color.
• M. Cherif Bassiouni, 79, Egyptian lawyer and human rights activist, multiple myeloma.
• Tony Booth, 85, British actor (Till Death Us Do Part, Coronation Street, The Contender).
• Nora Marks Dauenhauer, 90, American Tlingit author, poet, and scholar.
• Liz Dawn, 77, British actress (Coronation Street, Crown Court, The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club), emphysema.
• Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 37, Egyptian woman, world's heaviest, kidney failure and intestinal shock.
• Helga Grebing, 87, German historian.
• Anatoly Gromyko, 85, Russian scientist and diplomat.
• Mathew Hu Xiande, 83, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (2000–2004) and Bishop of Ningbo (since 2004).
• Aneurin Jones, 87, Welsh painter.
• Bobby Knutt, 71, British actor and comedian (Coronation Street, Benidorm, Emmerdale), heart attack.
• Peter Lewis, 75, Australian politician, Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly (2002–2005).
• David Mainse, 81, Canadian televangelist (100 Huntley Street).
• Leonard Mashako Mamba, 66, Congolese politician, Minister of Public Health (1997–2001) and Minister of Higher Education and Universities (2008–2012).
• Tom Miller, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders), cancer.
• Gérard Palaprat, 67, French singer-songwriter.
• Grant H. Palmer, 77, American educator and writer (An Insider's View of Mormon Origins), cancer.
• Clarence Purfeerst, 90, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1971–1991).
• Tim Quill, 54, American actor (Hamburger Hill, Argo, JAG).
• Folke Rabe, 81, Swedish composer.
• Arun Sadhu, 76, Indian writer (Sinhasan).
• Joe Schaffer, 79, American football player (Buffalo Bills), progressive aphasia.
• Freddy Shepherd, 76, English businessman, Chairman of Newcastle United (1997–2007).
• Yoshitomo Tokugawa, 67, Japanese writer, head of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke (since 1993).
• Jan Tříska, 80, Czech actor (Andersonville, 2010, The People vs. Larry Flynt), fall.
• Elaine Hoffman Watts, 85, American drummer.

24

• María Julia Alsogaray, 74, Argentine politician, MP for City of Buenos Aires (1985–1991) and Secretary of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (1991–1999), pancreatic cancer.
• Valery Asapov, 51, Russian army general, blast injury.
• Washington Benavides, 87, Uruguayan poet, professor and musician.
• Barbara Blaine, 61, American founder of SNAP, heart disease.
• Tharald Brøvig Jr., 75, Norwegian shipowner.
• Nills Campbell, 73, Guyanan journalist (Stabroek News).
• Gisèle Casadesus, 103, French actress (My Afternoons with Margueritte).
• Norman Dyhrenfurth, 99, Swiss-American mountaineer and filmmaker.
• John Gallop, 87, Australian judge (ACT Supreme Court, Federal Court).
• Jack Good, 86, British television and theatre producer, musician and record producer.
• Albert Innaurato, 70, American playwright.
• Kito Lorenc, 79, German writer, stroke.
• Abdul Majid, 86, Indian actor and filmmaker, heart attack.
• Orville Lynn Majors, 56, American serial killer, heart failure.
• Manuel da Silva Martins, 90, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Setúbal (1975–1998).
• Joseph M. McDade, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 10th (1963–1999).
• Robert J. McFarlin, 87, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1967–1970; 1973–1974).
• Kit Reed, 85, American science fiction and mystery writer, brain tumor.
• Viktor Tolmachev, 78, Russian ice hockey player (CSKA Moscow, national team), stabbed. (body discovered on this date)
• Carlos Vidal Layseca, 85, Peruvian doctor, Minister of Health (1990–1991) and Rector of Cayetano Heredia University (1994–1999).

23

• Charles Bradley, 68, American singer ("Changes"), stomach cancer.
• Loreto Carbonell, 84, Filipino basketball player, cardiac arrest.
• Dorothy Eck, 93, American politician, member of the Montana Senate (1980–2000).
• Seth Firkins, 36, American audio engineer (Future, Jay-Z, Young Thug).
• Caesar Giovannini, 92, American composer and pianist.
• Robert A. Goldston, 88, American film producer (Georgy Girl, A Separate Peace, Murder by Decree).
• Simon J. Kistemaker, 87, American theologian.
• Gérard Lignac, 89, French press group director.
• Elizabeth D. Phillips, 72, American educator and academic administrator, Provost of the University of Florida (1996–1999).
• Tsisana Tatishvili, 79, Georgian opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR.
• Samuel H. Young, 94, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois (1973–1975).

22

• Mohammed Mahdi Akef, 89, Egyptian religious and political leader, head of the Muslim Brotherhood (2004–2010), cancer.
• Mike Bright, 79, American Olympic volleyball player (1964).⋅
• Mike Carr, 79, English keyboard player.
• Thelma Chalifoux, 88, Canadian Métis teacher and politician, Senator (1997–2004).
• Eric Eycke, 62, American singer (Corrosion of Conformity).
• Dunc Fisher, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Hershey Bears, Boston Bruins).
• Gérard Haché, 92, Canadian politician, New Brunswick MLA (1967–1970).
• Lee Yung-ping, 70, Sarawak-born Taiwanese novelist, multiple organ failure.
• Paavo Lonkila, 94, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1952).
• David Lyle, 67, Australian television host and executive, CEO of National Geographic channels, cancer.
• Bill Michie, 81, British politician, MP for Sheffield Heeley (1983–2001), chest infection.
• Shmuel Moreh, 84, Iraqi-born Israeli writer and Arabic professor (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
• Rick Shaw, 78, American radio disc jockey (WQAM, WAXY, WMXJ).
• Elizete da Silva, 46, Brazilian heptathlete, South American champion (2001, 2005, 2006), traffic collision.
• Ammon Tharp, 75, American drummer and singer (Bill Deal and the Rhondels).
• Börje Vestlund, 57, Swedish politician, MP (since 2002).
• Glen Whisby, 45, American basketball player (University of Southern Mississippi).
• John Worsdale, 68, English footballer (Stoke City, Lincoln City).
• Daniel Yankelovich, 92, American social scientist, kidney failure.

21

• Edward Allington, 66, British sculptor.
• David Beatson, 72–73, New Zealand broadcaster.
• Cees Bergman, 65, Dutch singer (Catapult) and music producer.
• Liliane Bettencourt, 94, French cosmetics businesswoman (L'Oréal) and socialite, world's richest woman (since 2015).
• Johnny Burke, 77, Canadian country singer.
• Vera Burt, 90, New Zealand cricketer (national team) and field hockey player (national team), coach and administrator.
• Juan Nicolás Callejas Arroyo, 73, Mexican politician, Deputy for Veracruz (1982–1985, 2000–2003, 2009–2012).
• Warren Druetzler, 88, American athlete.
• Larry J. McKinney, 73, American judge (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana).
• Maurice Nivat, 79, French computer scientist, co-father of theoretical computer science.
• Evelyn Scott, 81, Australian Indigenous social activist, Chairwoman of the National Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation.
• William G. Stewart, 84, British game show host (Fifteen to One) and television producer.
• Guy Villari, 75, American singer (The Regents).

20

• William J. Ely, 105, American army officer.
• Mickey Harrington, 82, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Garry Hill, 70, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves).
• Jimmy Magee, 82, Irish sports broadcaster (RTÉ).
• Ene Mihkelson, 72, Estonian poet and novelist (Ahasveeruse uni).
• Ed Phillips, 73, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), cancer.
• Lillian Ross, 99, American journalist (The New Yorker) and author, stroke.
• Oskar Schulz, 93, Austrian cross country skier, mineralogist and petrologist.
• Shakila, 82, Indian actress (Aar Paar, C.I.D., Alibaba Aur 40 Chor), heart attack.
• Hans Sleeuwenhoek, 78, Dutch television presenter.
• Arne Solli, 79, Norwegian military officer, Chief of Defence (1994–1999).
• Sir Teddy Taylor, 80, British politician, MP for Glasgow Cathcart (1964–1979) and Rochford and Southend East (1980–2005).
• Claude Van Marcke, 48, Belgian politician, mayor of Anzegem (since 2013).

19

• Sir Brian Barder, 83, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Nigeria (1988–1991) and Australia (1991–1994).
• Cees Bruggemans, 64, South African economist.
• Christine Butler, 73, British politician, MP for Castle Point (1997–2001), dementia.
• Bernie Casey, 78, American actor (Revenge of the Nerds, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) and football player (San Francisco 49ers).
• Sir John Hunt, 88, British politician, MP for Bromley (1964–1974) and Ravensbourne (1974–1997).
• Leonid Kharitonov, 84, Russian opera singer, soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble (1953–1972) and People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1986).
• Jake LaMotta, 95, American Hall of Fame boxer and comedian, inspiration for Raging Bull, complications from pneumonia.
• Reggie Lavong, 84, American radio disc jockey, complications from an infection.
• Massimo Natili, 82, Italian racing driver (Formula One).
• John Nicholson, 75, New Zealand racing driver (Formula Atlantic).
• Sigurður Pálsson, 69, Icelandic author, cancer.
• José Salcedo, 68, Spanish film editor (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead, All About My Mother), Goya winner (1989, 1996, 2000).
• Johnny Sandlin, 72, American record producer (The Allman Brothers Band), cancer.
• David Shepherd, 86, British artist and conservationist, Parkinson's disease.
• Ivo Vodseďálek, 86, Czech poet and artist.

18

• Ronald E. Carrier, 85, American educator, President of James Madison University (1971–1998).
• Paul E. Gray, 85, American professor, President of MIT (1980–1990), Alzheimer's disease.
• Ben Hammer, 92, American actor (The Beastmaster, Law & Order, Sleepers).
• Paul Horner, 38, American fake news writer and comedian.
• Qamar ul Islam, 69, Indian politician, Member of Karnataka Parliament (1978–1983, 1989–1996, 1999–2004, since 2008), heart attack.
• Tony Laffey, 92, New Zealand footballer.
• Chuck Low, 89, American actor (The Mission, Goodfellas, Sleepers).
• Jean Plaskie, 76, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, national team).
• Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, 80, Pakistani writer.
• Mark Selby, 56, American musician, cancer.
• Leo Seligsohn, 91, American entertainment critic (Newsday), heart attack.
• Zurab Sotkilava, 80, Georgian-Russian footballer (Dinamo Tbilisi) and opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR, pancreatic cancer.
• Sydney Starkie, 91, English cricketer.
• Pete Turner, 83, American photographer.
• André Van den Meersschaut, 80, Belgian singer and guitarist.
• Kenji Watanabe, 48, Japanese Olympic swimmer (1984, 1988, 1992).
• Paul Wilson, 66, Scottish footballer (Celtic, national team).
• Věra Ždichyncová, 95, Czech ballet dancer (National Theatre Ballet).

17

• Bonnie Angelo, 93, American journalist (Time), complications from dementia.
• Steve Baker, 79, American illusionist.
• Eugenio Bersellini, 81, Italian football player and manager, pneumonia.
• Cris Bolado, 47, Filipino basketball player (Alaska Milkmen), traffic collision.
• Gerd Bollmann, 69, German politician.
• Mahant Chandnath, 61, Indian politician, MP for Alwar (since 2014), cancer.
• Kirpal Singh Chugh, 84, Indian nephrologist.
• René Drucker Colín, 80, Mexican scientist, researcher and journalist.
• Mary Fairfax, 95, Polish-born Australian philanthropist.
• Suzan Farmer, 75, British actress (The Scarlet Blade, Doctor in Clover, Coronation Street).
• William F. Goodling, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania (1975–2001).
• Kate Guinzburg, 60, American film producer (One Fine Day, Dangerous Minds), ovarian cancer.
• Bobby Heenan, 72, American professional wrestler, manager and commentator (WWF, AWA, WCW), organ failure.
• Dave Hilton, 67, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, Tokyo Yakult Swallows).
• Bob Holland, 70, Australian cricketer (New South Wales, national team), brain cancer.
• Laudir de Oliveira, 77, Brazilian percussionist (Sérgio Mendes, Marcos Valle, Chicago) and producer.
• Lucy Ozarin, 103, American psychiatrist.
• Buster Parnell, 83, Irish jockey.
• Jane Porter, 85, British writer.
• Iftikhar Qaisar, 60, Pakistani actor.
• Mohammed Taslimuddin, 74, Indian politician, MP for Araria (since 2014).
• Paul Wermus, 71, French journalist and television and radio presenter.
• Lionel Wilson, 84, South African rugby union player (Western Province, national team).

16

• Bautista Álvarez, 84, Spanish Galician nationalist politician, heart attack.
• Penny Chenery, 95, American racehorse owner and breeder (Secretariat).
• Ted Christopher, 59, American racecar driver (NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour), plane crash.
• Ben Dorcy, 92, American roadie.
• Steve Evans, 59, English rugby league player (Hull F.C., Featherstone Rovers).
• Mitchell Flint, 94, American fighter pilot (Navy, 101 Squadron).
• José Florencio Guzmán, 88, Chilean lawyer and politician, Minister of National Defence (1998–1999).
• Nicolaas Jouwe, 93, Papuan politician, vice-president of New Guinea Council (1961–1962).
• Suresh Krishnamoorthy, 52, Indian journalist, stroke.
• Brenda Lewis, 96, American opera soprano and theatre actress.
• Fred Moore, 97, French colonel and politician, MP (1958–1962) and Order of Liberation (2011).
• Nabeel Qureshi, 34, American Christian apologist, stomach cancer.
• Brendan Reilly, 38, Irish Gaelic football player (Louth GAA).
• Marcelo Rezende, 65, Brazilian journalist and television presenter (Linha Direta), pancreatic and liver cancer.
• Petr Šabach, 66, Czech writer (Babičky).
• Bucky Scribner, 57, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings), brain cancer.
• Arjan Singh, 98, Indian Air Force marshal, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi (1989–1990), heart attack.
• Sven Oluf Sørensen, 96, Norwegian physicist.

15

• María Cristina Arango Vega, 88, Colombian consort, First Lady (1970–1974).
• Gian Franco Bottazzo, 71, Italian medical researcher.
• Violet Brown, 117, Jamaican supercentenarian, world's oldest living person.
• Alma Evans-Freke, 85, New Zealand television presenter.
• Frode Granhus, 52, Norwegian author.
• Mircea Ionescu-Quintus, 100, Ukrainian-born Romanian politician, Minister of Justice (1991–1992) and President of the Senate (2000), heart failure.
• Tommy Irvin, 88, American politician, Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture (1969–2011), member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
• Herbert W. Kalmbach, 95, American attorney and banker, figure in the Watergate scandal.
• Wolfgang Klein, 76, German lawyer, football director (Hamburger SV), and Olympic long-jumper (1964).
• Izidoro Kosinski, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Três Lagoas (1981–2009).
• Myrna Lamb, 87, American playwright, heart disease.
• Leon Mestel, 90, British astronomer and astrophysicist.
• Nan Rendong, 72, Chinese astronomer, founder of the Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, lung cancer.
• William P. Pavlecic, 95, American architect.
• Dwijen Sharma, 88, Bangladeshi naturalist, kidney disease.
• Albert Speer Jr., 83, German architect (Expo 2000), complications from a fall.
• Harry Dean Stanton, 91, American actor (Alien, The Green Mile, Big Love).
• Wiarton Willie III, 13, Canadian groundhog, alleged to predict early start to spring season.
• Geoff Wragg, 87, British horse trainer (Teenoso, Pentire).

14

• Sean Adams, 46, American sportscaster (KVET, Longhorn Network), heart attack.
• Lil Ameer, 14, Nigerian singer-songwriter, traffic collision.
• Wolfgang Bochow, 73, German badminton player.
• Arnold Chan, 50, Canadian politician and lawyer, MP for Scarborough—Agincourt (since 2014), nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
• George Englund, 91, American film producer and director (The Ugly American, Zachariah), fall.
• Michael Freeman, 85, British orthopaedic surgeon.
• Grant Hart, 56, American singer, songwriter ("Turn On the News") and drummer (Hüsker Dü), liver cancer.
• Marcel Herriot, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Verdun (1987–1999) and Soissons (1999–2008).
• Wim Huis, 89, Dutch footballer (Ajax).
• John Humphreys, 85, Australian fencer.
• Djibo Leyti Kâ, 69, Senegalese politician, Foreign Minister (1991–1993).
• Ata Kandó, 103, Hungarian-born Dutch photographer.
• Bob Motley, 94, American baseball umpire (Negro League, College World Series).
• Otto Wanz, 74, Austrian professional wrestler (AWA, NJPW) and promoter (CWA).

13

• Basi, 37, Chinese panda, world's oldest living, cirrhosis and renal failure.
• David Bey, 60, American boxer, struck by steel sheet.
• Pete Domenici, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate for New Mexico (1973–2009), complications from abdominal surgery.
• Per Fugelli, 73, Norwegian author, physician and professor of medicine, colorectal cancer.
• Basil Gogos, 88, American magazine cover illustrator (Famous Monsters of Filmland).
• Slavko Goldstein, 89, Croatian journalist, screenwriter (Signal Over the City), publisher and politician.
• Saby Kamalich, 78, Peruvian film and television actress (Simplemente María).
• Billy Ray Lickert, 78, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats).
• Graeme McCabe, 77, New Zealand athletics administrator.
• Gary Otte, 45, American murderer and robber, execution by lethal injection.
• Kazimierz Ryczan, 78, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kielce (1993–2014).
• Robert Franz Schmidt, 84, German physiologist.
• Alla Tarán, 76, Ukrainian violinist and teacher.
• Gonzalo Uriarte Audi, 66, Uruguayan lawyer, notary and teacher.
• Frank Vincent, 80, American actor (The Sopranos, Goodfellas, Raging Bull), complications during heart surgery.
• Derek Wilkinson, 82, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday).

12

• Frank Capp, 86, American jazz drummer.
• Riem de Wolff, 74, Dutch-Indonesian singer (The Blue Diamonds).
• Heiner Geißler, 87, German politician, Secretary General of the CDU (1977–1989), Federal Minister of Youth, Family and Health (1982–1985).
• Alex Hawkins, 80, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
• Charles F. Knight, 81, American businessman (Emerson Electric), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Siegfried Köhler, 94, German conductor (Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Royal Swedish Opera).
• Allan MacEachen, 96, Canadian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1977–1979, 1980–1984), MP for Inverness—Richmond (1953–1958, 1962–1968) and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso (1968–1984).
• Álvaro Matute Aguirre, 74, Mexican historian, member of the Academia Mexicana de la Historia.
• Bert McCann, 84, Scottish footballer (Motherwell, national team).
• S. K. Modi, 66, Indian businessman.
• Gary I. Wadler, 78, American physician, multiple system atrophy.
• Edith Windsor, 88, American mathematician and activist, lead plaintiff in United States v. Windsor.
• Jessi Zazu, 28, American musician (Those Darlins), cervical cancer.

11

• Abdul Halim of Kedah, 89, Malaysian sultan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1970–1975, 2011–2016), Sultan of Kedah (since 1958).
• Jan Brittin, 58, English cricketer, cancer.
• María Teresa Castells, 81–82, Spanish anti-ETA activist.
• Alfonso Caycedo, 84, Colombian medical hypnotist.
• Dan Currie, 82, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
• Mel Didier, 90, American baseball scout (Toronto Blue Jays, Montreal Expos) and coach (Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns).
• J. P. Donleavy, 91, Irish-American novelist and playwright (The Ginger Man, A Fairy Tale of New York).
• Alfred Gadenne, 71, Belgian politician, mayor of Mouscron (since 2006), slit throat.
• Feofan Galinskij, 63, Ukrainian-born Russian Orthodox prelate, Archbishop of Berlin and Germany (since 1996).
• Jerry Gottesman, 87, American property developer and philanthropist.
• Glenn Haege, 70, American journalist (The Detroit News), cancer.
• Sir Peter Hall, 86, British theatre, opera and film director, director of the National Theatre (1973–1988).
• Marian Horosko, 92, American ballet dancer.
• Virgil Howe, 41, British drummer (Little Barrie).
• Mark LaMura, 68, American actor (All My Children, Something Borrowed, City by the Sea), lung cancer.
• James Madison Lee, 90, American lieutenant general.
• Alberto Pagani, 79, Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer (Honda, MV Agusta).
• Jeff Parker, 53, American ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres), heart and lung infections.
• Carlos Muñoz Portal, 37, Mexican location scout (Narcos, Sicario, Fast & Furious), shot.
• Arnold Sagalyn, 99, American journalist (Northern Virginia Sun).
• António Francisco dos Santos, 69, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Aveiro (2006–2014) and Porto (since 2014), heart attack.
• Malcolm Templeton, 93, New Zealand diplomat, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1973–1978).
• Xohana Torres, 85, Spanish Galician language writer, poet, narrator and playwright.

10

• Hans Alfredson, 86, Swedish actor (The Apple War), film director (The Simple-Minded Murderer), writer and comedian (Hasse & Tage).
• Aníbal Aparicio, 70, Argentine chess master.
• Xavier Atencio, 98, American animator, lyricist and Imagineer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion).
• Stephen Begley, 42, Scottish rugby union player (Glasgow Warriors).
• Luigi Maria Burruano, 68, Italian actor (One Hundred Steps, The Return of Cagliostro, Baarìa).
• Da Real Gee Money, 22, American rapper, shot.
• Nancy Dupree, 89, American historian (modern Afghanistan).
• E Thi, 47, Burmese fortune teller.
• Sir David Ford, 82, British government official, Chief Secretary of Hong Kong (1986–1993).
• Franklin T. Fowler, 100, American medical missionary.
• Kenneth I. Gross, 78, American mathematician.
• René Laurentin, 99, French theologian.
• José Luis Martínez, 82, Spanish basketball player.
• James Morwood, 73, English classical scholar.
• Don Ohlmeyer, 72, American entertainment executive (NBC, NBC Sports, ABC Sports), cancer.
• Pierre Pilote, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).
• Jean Pruitt, 77, American charity worker.
• Konstantins Pupurs, 53, Latvian political scientist.
• B. V. Radha, 69, Indian actress (Thazhampoo), heart attack.
• Grigoris Varfis, 90, Greek politician, MEP (1984–1985) and Comissioner for Regional Policy (1985–1989).
• Gerald Willet, 82, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1971-1988).
• Len Wein, 69, American comic book writer and editor (Swamp Thing, Watchmen), co-creator of Wolverine.

9

• Frank Aarebrot, 70, Norwegian political scientist, complications following a heart attack.
• Gretta Chambers, 90, Canadian journalist (Montreal Gazette) and Chancellor of McGill University (1991–1999).
• Samuel Chi, 48, Taiwanese-born American journalist (Breitbart News), pancreatic cancer.
• Parzival Copes, 93, Canadian economist.
• Velasio de Paolis, 81, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (2008–2011), cancer.
• Jim Donohue, 79, American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels).
• Michael Friedman, 41, American composer and lyricist (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), complications from AIDS.
• Sir Patrick Goodman, 88, New Zealand businessman (Goodman Fielder).
• Mike Hodge, 70, American actor (Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) and union executive (SAG-AFTRA).
• Oscar E. Huber, 100, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1961–1972).
• Otto Meitinger, 90, German architect and preservationist, president of the Technical University of Munich (1987–1995).
• Harold Nutter, 93, Canadian Anglican prelate, Metropolitan of Canada (1980–1989).
• Wang Hairong, 78, Chinese politician.

8

• Pierre Bergé, 86, French businessman, co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent, myopathy.
• Cory Cadden, 48, Canadian ice hockey player (Knoxville Cherokees).
• Isabelle Daniels, 80, American sprinter, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
• A. Joseph DeNucci, 78, American boxer and politician, Massachusetts State Auditor (1987–2011), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd, 97, American political economist and activist.
• Troy Gentry, 50, American country music singer (Montgomery Gentry), helicopter crash.
• Blake Heron, 35, American actor (Shiloh, We Were Soldiers, Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher).
• Connie Johnson, 40, Australian cancer research fundraiser, breast cancer.
• Harry M. Kuitert, 92, Dutch theologian (Reformed Churches in the Netherlands).
• Catherine Hardy Lavender, 87, American sprinter, Olympic gold medalist (1952).
• Daniel McNeill, 70, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 2013).
• Toshihiko Nakajima, 55, Japanese voice actor (Cowboy Bebop, Inuyasha, Mobile Suit Gundam).
• Jerry Pournelle, 84, American science fiction author (CoDominium) and journalist (Byte).
• Karl Ravens, 90, German politician, Federal Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development (1974–1978).
• Humberto Rosa, 85, Argentine-Italian football player.
• Ljubiša Samardžić, 80, Serbian actor (Vruć vetar) and director.
• Josh Schwartz, 45, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Beachwood Sparks, John Cale), Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (death announced on this day)
• Nina Seregina, 61, Russian piano teacher.
• José Antonio Souto, 78, Spanish jurist, academic and politician, Mayor of Santiago de Compostela (1979–1981).
• R. N. Sudarshan, 78, Indian actor (Super), kidney disease.
• Kote Toloraia, 91, Georgian film and theatre actor.
• Don Williams, 78, American Hall of Fame country music singer ("Tulsa Time", "I Believe in You", "You're My Best Friend") and songwriter, emphysema.

7

• Türkân Akyol, 88, Turkish politician, physician and academic, Minister of Health and Social Security (1971) and rector of University of Ankara (1980–1982).
• Jeremiah Goodman, 94, American illustrator.
• Terence Harvey, 72, British actor (Hollyoaks, From Hell, The Phantom of the Opera).
• Mike Hicks, 80, British politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party (1988–1998).
• Tsunenori Kawai, 80, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (since 2004).
• Kim Ki-duk, 82, South Korean film director (Five Marines) and professor (Seoul Institute of the Arts), lung cancer.
• Mark P. Mahon, 87, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1993–1998).
• Gene Michael, 79, American baseball player, manager and executive (New York Yankees), World Series winner (1978), heart attack.
• Charles Owens, 85, American golfer.
• Tomás Villanueva, 64, Spanish politician, Vice President of Castile and León region (2001–2003), heart attack.
• Duncan Watt, 74, Zambian-born Singaporean broadcaster and author.

6

• Derek Bourgeois, 75, English composer, cancer.
• Carlo Caffarra, 79, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara–Comacchio (1995–2003) and Bologna (2003–2015).
• Raúl Castañeda, 34, Mexican Olympic boxer (2004), shot.
• Daniel Federman, 89, American medical researcher.
• Walter Guralnick, 100, American dentist.
• Rosa Judge, 97, Maltese musician.
• Jomde Kena, 49, Indian politician.
• Peter Luck, 73, Australian journalist and television presenter (This Day Tonight), Parkinson's disease.
• Nicolae Lupescu, 76, Romanian football player (Rapid București, Admira Wacker Wien, national team) and manager.
• Şerif Mardin, 90, Turkish sociologist.
• Jim McDaniels, 69, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Lakers, Buffalo Braves).
• Kate Millett, 82, American feminist writer (Sexual Politics).
• Mike Neville, 80, British television presenter (BBC North East and Cumbria, ITV Tyne Tees), cancer.
• Noel Picard, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Atlanta Flames).
• Solomon Efimovich Shulman, 81, Belarusian writer and film director.
• Hugo Wathne, 84, Norwegian sculptor.
• Lotfi A. Zadeh, 96, Azerbaijani-born American mathematician, innovator of fuzzy mathematics.

5

• Eloísa Álvarez, 61, Spanish politician, Mayor of Soria (1999–2003), Deputy (2004–2011) and Senator for Soria (2011–2015).
• Nicolaas Bloembergen, 97, Dutch-American physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1981).
• Holger Czukay, 79, German musician (Can).
• Robert Jenson, 87, American theologian.
• Mike Lair, 71, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2009–2016), heart disease.
• Gauri Lankesh, 55, Indian journalist and political activist, shot.
• Ma Kwang-soo, 66, South Korean author.
• Gina Mason, 57, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (since 2017).
• Arno Rink, 76, German painter.
• Hansford Rowe, 93, American actor (Three Days of the Condor, Dante's Peak, The Bonfire of the Vanities), traffic collision.
• Bo Södersten, 86, Swedish professor and politician, MP (1979–1988).
• Tom Wright, 93, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox).

4

• Sultan Ahmed, 64, Indian politician, MP for Entally (since 2009), heart attack.
• Badih Chaaban, 57, South African politician, Cape Town city councilor (2006–2015), cancer.
• Don Cockburn, 87, Irish journalist, presenter and newsreader (RTÉ).
• David Consunji, 95, Filipino engineer and industrialist.
• Mountaga Diallo, 74–75, Senegalese diplomat and army officer, Force Commander of MONUSCO (2000–2004), Ambassador to Russia (since 2005).
• Bob Kehoe, 89, American soccer player.
• John Wilson Lewis, 86, American political scientist.
• Earl Lindo, 64, Jamaican reggae musician (Bob Marley and the Wailers).
• Lev Lipatov, 77, Russian nuclear and particle physicist.
• Les McDonald, 84, British-Canadian triathlon runner and administrator.
• Harry Meshel, 93, American politician, member of the Ohio Senate (1970–1993).
• Gastone Moschin, 88, Italian actor (The Godfather Part II, Caliber 9, My Friends), cardiomyopathy.
• José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco, 96, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tuxtla (1965–1988) and San Juan de los Lagos (1988–1999), respiratory complications.

3

• John Ashbery, 90, American poet (Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror) and art critic, Pulitzer Prize winner (1976).
• Walter Becker, 67, American Hall of Fame musician (Steely Dan), songwriter and producer, Grammy winner (2001).
• Joan Colom, 96, Spanish photographer.
• John Byrne Cooke, 76, American author and musician, throat cancer.
• Roberto Hernandez Jr., 79, Mexican journalist and sportscaster.
• Dave Hlubek, 66, American guitarist and songwriter (Molly Hatchet), heart attack.
• Victor Krasin, 88, Ukrainian-born Russian human rights activist, economist and Soviet dissident.
• Piet Ouderland, 84, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team) and basketball player (national team).
• Sugar Ramos, 75, Cuban-Mexican Hall of Fame boxer, WBA/WBC featherweight champion (1963–1964), cancer.
• Larrington Walker, 70, Jamaican-born British actor (Taboo).
• John P. White, 80, American politician, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (1995–1997), Parkinson's disease.

2

• Shirish Atre-Pai, 87, Indian poet.
• Marge Calhoun, 91, American surfer.
• Viktor Cherepkov, 75, Russian politician, mayor of Vladivostok (1993–1994, 1996–1998), cancer.
• Eric Conn, 94, American biochemist.
• Halim El-Dabh, 96, Egyptian-born American composer and ethnomusicologist.
• Murray Lerner, 90, American documentarian and producer, Oscar winner (1981), kidney failure.
• María Cristina Orive, 86, Guatemalan photojournalist.
• Hugo Obwegeser, 96, Austrian oral and plastic surgeon, father of modern orthognathic surgery.
• Michael Simanowitz, 46, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (since 2011).
• Lucky Varela, 82, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1987–2016).
• Drew Wahlroos, 37, American football player (St. Louis Rams), suicide by gunshot.
• Xiang Shouzhi, 99, Chinese general, commander of the Nanjing Military Region (1982–1990) and the Second Artillery Corps (1975–1977).

1

• S. Anitha, 17, Indian student, suicide by hanging.
• Armando Aste, 91, Italian alpinist.
• Shelley Berman, 92, American comedian and actor (You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Meet the Fockers, Curb Your Enthusiasm), Alzheimer's disease.
• Vladimír Brabec, 83, Czech actor (Thirty Cases of Major Zeman, Desire, Návštěvníci).
• Jackie Burkett, 80, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
• Jérôme Choquette, 89, Canadian lawyer and politician, MNA (1966–1976), pneumonia.
• Verner Dalskov, 85, Danish politician, mayor of Odense (1973–1992).
• Ralph Dellor, 69, British cricketer and broadcaster.
• Isaac Fulwood, 77, American police officer, District of Columbia police chief (1989–1992).
• Bud George, 89, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1975–2013).
• Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 87, British peer.
• Tony Hakaoro, Cook Islands broadcaster and radio talk show host (Radio Cook Islands).
• Hedley Jones, 99, Jamaican musician, audio engineer and inventor.
• Alex Karczmar, 100, American neuroscientist.
• Elizabeth Kemp, 65, American actress (Love of Life, Challenger, He Knows You're Alone).
• Matthew Labine, 58, American soap opera writer (General Hospital).
• Peadar Lamb, 87, Irish actor (Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog, Father Ted).
• Paul Moreno, 86, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1967–2008).
• Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, 85, English Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Arundel and Brighton (1977–2000) and Westminster (2000–2009).
• Theodore J. Narozanick, 96, American politician, mayor of Englishtown, New Jersey (1954–1966).
• Paul Schaal, 74, American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels, Kansas City Royals), cancer.
• Mick Softley, 77, British singer, songwriter and guitarist.
• Štefan Vrablec, 92, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (1998–2004).
• Gin D. Wong, 94, Chinese-born American architect.

Earlier months

• Deaths in January 2017
• Deaths in February 2017
• Deaths in March 2017
• Deaths in April 2017

• Deaths in May 2017
• Deaths in June 2017
• Deaths in July 2017
• Deaths in August 2017

See also

• Deaths in 2016
• Deaths in 2015
• 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
• Deaths in 1986
• Deaths in 1985

External links

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