Deaths in 2012

The following is a list of notable deaths in 2012.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).

February 2012

22

21

Ranil Abeynaike, 57, Sri Lankan cricketer and commentator, heart attack. [1]
Thom Enright, 59, American Musician The Young Adults, brain cancer
Manuel Franco da Costa de Oliveira Falcão, 89, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Beja (1980–1999). [2]
Colin Ireland, 57, British serial killer. [3]
Pierre Juneau, 89, Canadian broadcasting executive[4]
Andreas Lunnan, 71, Norwegian journalist and musician, [5][6] (Norwegian)
Asahi Matsui, 84, Japanese politician, pneumonia. [7] (Japanese)
John Michuki, 80, Kenyan politician. [8]
Tsutomu Omori, 49, Japanese executive, suicide by hanging. [9] (body found on this date)
Benjamin Romualdez, 81, Filipino politician and diplomat, former Governor of Leyte, cancer. [10]

20

Renato Dulbecco, 97, Italian-born American virologist, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1975). [11]
Knut Torbjørn Eggen, 51, Norwegian Olympic football player and coach. [12] (Norwegian)
Asar Eppel, 77, Russian translator, stroke. [13] (Russian)
Sebhat Gebre-Egziabher, 76, Ethiopian author. [14]
Imanuel Geiss, 81, German historian. [15] (German)
Katie Hall, 73, American politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana (1982–1985). [16]
S. N. Lakshmi, 85, Indian actress, cardiac arrest. [17]
Lydia Lamaison, 97, Argentine actress (Muñeca Brava). [18]
Edgardo Gabriel Storni, 75, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (1984–2002). [19] (Spanish)
Kjell Thue, 92, Norwegian radio host. [20] (Norwegian)
Timothy Well, 49, American wrestler. [21]
Vitaly Vorotnikov, 86, Soviet politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (1988–1990). [22]

19

Georgi Cherkelov, 81, Bulgarian actor, stroke. [23] (Bulgarian)
Robin Corbett, Baron Corbett of Castle Vale, 78, British politician, MP for Hemel Hempstead (1974–1979) and Birmingham Erdington (1983–2001), cancer. [24]
Steve Kordek, 100, American pinball machine designer. [25]
Ruth Barcan Marcus, 90, American philosopher and logician. [26]
Walter Schloss, 95, American investor and stock trader, leukemia. [27]
Frits Staal, 81, Dutch philosopher. [28] Template:Nl
So Man-sul, 84, North Korean Zainichi activist, Chongryon Central Standing Committee chairman. [29]
Shigeo Uetake, 81, Japanese politician, bile duct cancer. [30] (Japanese)
Jaroslav Velinský, 79, Czech science fiction and detective author. [31] (Czech)

18

Roald Aas, 83, Norwegian Olympic gold (1960) and bronze (1952) medal-winning speed skater. [32] (Norwegian)
George Brizan, 69, Grenadian politician, Prime Minister (1995), diabetes. [33]
Zvezdan Čebinac, 72, Serbian football player and manager. [34]
Rose Cliver, 109, American centenarian, one of the last known survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. [35]
Elizabeth Connell, 65, South African soprano singer, cancer. [36]
Clementina Díaz y de Ovando, 96, Mexican writer and academic. [37]
M. R. D. Foot, 92, English military historian. [38]
María Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, 90, Argentine business executive and philanthropist. [39]
Bertie Messitt, 81, Irish Olympic athlete (1960). [40]
Roger Miner, 77, American federal appellate judge, heart failure. [41]
Cal Murphy, 79, Canadian football coach and general manager (Winnipeg Blue Bombers). [42]
Sadao Sakamoto, 94, Japanese politician, stroke. [43] (Japanese)
Peter Sharp, 72, New Zealand first class cricketer (Canterbury) and cricket commentator, cancer. [44]
Ric Waite, 78, American cinematographer (Red Dawn, Footloose). [45]

17

Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, 93, Dutch mathematician. [46]
Robert Carr, 95, British politician, MP for Mitcham (1950–1974) & Carshalton (1974–1976); Home Secretary (1972–1974). [47]
João Viegas Carrascalão, 65, East Timorese politician. [48] (Portuguese)
Jordan da Costa, 79, Brazilian footballer (Flamengo), diabetes. [49] (Portuguese)
Clarence Dart, 91, American World War II fighter pilot (Tuskegee Airmen). [50]
Michael Davis, 68, American bassist (MC5), liver failure. [51]
Winkie Direko, 82, South African politician, Premier of the Free State (1999–2004), stroke. [52]
Tatyana Golikova, 66, Russian ballerina (Bolshoi Ballet). [53] (Russian)
Milorad Bibić Mosor, 59, Croatian journalist and writer. [54] (Croatian)
Ulric Neisser, 83, American psychologist. [55]
Howie Nunn, 76, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds). [56]
Atsuo Okunaka, 81, Japanese film director, heart failure. [57] (Japanese)
Enrique Sierra, 54, Spanish musician, member of rock band Radio Futura, kidney disease. [58] (Spanish)

16

Duško Antunović, 65, Croatian Olympic water polo player and coach. [59] (Croatian)
Chikage Awashima, 87, Japanese actress (Takarazuka Revue), pancreatic cancer. [60] (Japanese)
Gary Carter, 57, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Montreal Expos, New York Mets), brain tumor. [61]
Bubi Chen, 74, Indonesian jazz musician [62]
Baddeley Devesi, 70, Solomon Islander politician, first Governor-General (1978–1988). [63]
Warren Hudson, 49, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts, Winnipeg Blue Bombers), brain cancer. [64]
Reidar T. Larsen, 88, Norwegian politician, member of parliament (1973–1977). [65] (Norwegian)
John Macionis, 95, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1936) swimmer. [66]
Jon McIntire, 70, American band manager (Grateful Dead), cancer. [67]
Harry McPherson, 82, American lawyer and lobbyist, advisor to Lyndon B. Johnson, cancer. [68]
Geevarghese Mar Osthathios, 93, Indian Orthodox bishop, Senior Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. [69]
Anil Ramdas, 54, Surinamese-born Dutch columnist and journalist (NRC Handelsblad). [70]
Anthony Shadid, 43, American journalist, asthma. [71]
Gene Vance, 88, American basketball player (Chicago Stags, Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Milwaukee Hawks). [72]
Dick Anthony Williams, 77, American actor (Edward Scissorhands, The Jerk, Homefront), after long illness. [73]

15

Charles Anthony, 82, American tenor, kidney failure. [74]
Sir Alan Cottrell, 92, British metallurgist and physicist. [75]
William H. Dabney, 77, American colonel, awarded Navy Cross. [76]
Jacques Duby, 89, French actor. [77] (French)
Zelda Kaplan, 95, American socialite and philanthropist. [78]
Elyse Knox, 94, American actress and model, mother of Mark Harmon. [79]
Doug McNichol, 81, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts). [80]
Clive Shakespeare, 62, British-born Australian guitarist (Sherbet) and record producer, prostate cancer. [81]
James Whitaker, 71, British journalist, royal editor of the Daily Mirror, cancer. [82]
Gerrit Ybema, 66, Dutch politician, lung cancer. [83]
John J. Yeosock, 74, American lieutenant general, lung cancer. [84]

14

V. S. Acharya, 71, Indian politician. [85]
Aleksander Avdzhiev, 53, Bulgarian journalist and television presenter, cancer. [86] (Bulgarian)
Mike Bernardo, 42, South African boxer, kickboxer and martial artist. [87]
Zlatko Crnković, 76, Croatian actor, cardiac arrest. [88] (Croatian)
Henri-Germain Delauze, 82, French engineer and diver, founder of COMEX. [89] (French)
Erwin Fiedor, 68, Polish Olympic ski jumper. [90] (Polish)
Shamim Ahmed Khan, 74, Indian sitar player, cardiac arrest. [91]
Tonmi Lillman, 38, Finnish musician (Ajattara, Sinergy, To/Die/For, Lordi). [92]
Tom McAnearney, 79, Scottish footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Peterborough United, Aldershot). [93]
Dory Previn, 86, American singer-songwriter (Mythical Kings and Iguanas) and lyricist (Valley of the Dolls, Last Tango in Paris). [94]
Péter Rusorán, 71, Hungarian water polo player and coach, Olympic champion. [95] (Hungarian)

13

Russell Arms, 92, American singer (Your Hit Parade) and actor (The Man Who Came to Dinner). [96]
Lillian Bassman, 94, American photographer. [97]
Ladislau Biernaski, 74, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (since 2006), cancer. [98]
Frank Braña, 77, Spanish film actor, respiratory failure. [99] (Spanish)
Al Brenner, 64, American football player (New York Giants, Hamilton Tiger-Cats). [100]
Jodie Christian, 80, American jazz pianist. [101]
Eamon Deacy, 53, Irish footballer, member of Aston Villa championship-winning team (1981), heart attack. [102]
Humayun Faridi, 59, Bangladeshi actor. [103]
Shōzaburō Fujino, 84, Japanese economist, pneumonia. [104] (Japanese)
David Griffiths, 84, British Anglican clergyman, Archdeacon of Berkshire (1987–1992). [105]
Anwar Kamal Khan, 64, Pakistani politician, cardiac failure. [106]
Akhlaq Mohammed Khan, 75, Indian poet, lyricist and academic, lung cancer. [107]
Keita Kushimaumi, 46, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach (Tagonoura), ischaemic heart disease. [108] (Japanese)
Mohamed Lamari, 72, Algerian general, Chief of Staff of the People's National Army (1993–2004), heart attack. [109]
Earl Lindley, 78, American CFL football player (Edmonton Eskimos). [110]
Chieko Misaki, 90-91, Japanese actress, complications from dementia. [111] (Japanese)
Sansón, 87, Spanish football player. [112] (Spanish)
Alaxandros Schinas, 88, Greek journalist (Deutsche Welle), stroke. [113] (Greek)
Freddie Solomon, 59, American football player (Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers), colon and liver cancer. [114]
Edward Groesbeck Voss, 82, American botanist and lepidopterist. [115]

12

Cem Atabeyoğlu, 88, Turkish sports historian, journalist and writer, pioneer of Fenerbahçe men's basketball team. [116] (Turkish)
Zina Bethune, 66, American actress (Sunrise at Campobello), hit-and-run. [117]
Malcolm Devitt, 75, English footballer. [118]
Denis Flannery, 83, Australian rugby league player. [119]
Adrian Foley, 8th Baron Foley, 88, British musician and aristocrat. [120]
Ritsuo Isobe, 89, Japanese businessman and bureaucrat (Ministry of Finance), renal pelvis cancer. [121] (Japanese)
David Kelly, 82, Irish actor (Fawlty Towers, Strumpet City, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). [122]
Gratia Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, 99, Dutch Olympic alpine skier (1936). [123] (Dutch)
John Severin, 90, American comic book artist (Hulk), co-founder of Mad magazine. [124]

11

Siri Bjerke, 53, Norwegian politician, Minister of the Environment (2000–2001), cancer. [125] (Norwegian)
Gene Crumling, 89, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals). [126]
Aharon Davidi, 85, Israeli general. [127] (Hebrew)
Trent Frayne, 93, Canadian sportswriter. [128]
Whitney Houston, 48, American singer ("I Will Always Love You") and actress (The Bodyguard). [129]
Issa al-Khouli, Syrian general, shot. [130]
Sergey Kolosov, 90, Russian film director, People's Artist of the USSR. [131] (Russian)
Michitaka Konoe, 89, Japanese historian, head of the Konoe family, heart failure. [132] (Japanese)
Yōji Nagase, 80, Japanese politician, mayor of Kawaguchi, Saitama, pneumonia. [133] (Japanese)
John Sperry, 87, Canadian Anglican Bishop of the Arctic (1974–1990). [134]
Ryūichirō Tachi, 90, Japanese economist, pneumonia. [135] (Japanese)

10

Chuck Baird, 64, American deaf artist. [136]
Nikolaos Chios, 54, Greek journalist, cancer. [137]^{[dead link‍]} (Greek)
Geoffrey Cornish, 97, American golf course architect. [138]
Emyr Daniel, 63, Welsh broadcaster and television producer. [139]
Ronald Fraser, 81, English historian. [140]
Joseph Gaggero, 84, Gibraltarian businessman. [141]
Filippo Giannini, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome (1980–1998). [142]
Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza, 84, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of La Guaira (1973–2001). [143]
Gloria Lloyd, 87, American actress (Temptation), daughter of Harold Lloyd. [144]
Lloyd Morrison, 54, New Zealand businessman (Infratil), leukemia. [145]
Wilmot Perkins, 80, Jamaican radio personality. [146]
Ivan Pravilov, 48, Ukrainian ice hockey coach, suspected suicide. [147]
James Riordan, 75, English novelist and academic. [148]
Ippei Sōda, 81, Japanese actor, colon cancer. [149] (Japanese)
Jeffrey Zaslow, 53, American author and columnist, car accident. [150]

9

Jill Kinmont Boothe, 75, American alpine skier. [151]
Fred Dickson, 74, Canadian lawyer and politician, Senator (since 2009), colon cancer. [152]
O. P. Dutta, 90, Indian film director, complications of pneumonia. [153]
Josh Gifford, 70, British racehorse jockey and trainer, heart attack. [154]
John Hick, 90, English philosopher and theologian. [155]
Kiyoshi Kajiwara, 90, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors, chief of the Ministry of Transport. [156] (Japanese)
Barbara Marianowska, 64, British-born Polish politician. [157] (Polish)
Dave Maynard, 82, American broadcaster (WBZ (AM), WBZ-TV), Parkinson’s disease. [158]
Oscar Núñez, 83, Argentine actor (Good Life Delivery), cancer. [159]
Don Panciera, 84, American football player (Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals). [160]
Lukáš Přibyl, 33, Czech sports administrator, Vice-President of AC Sparta Prague. [161]
Shirō Taihei, 55, Japanese comedian, actor and broadcast writer, ventricular fibrillation. [162] (Japanese)
Milan Zinaić, 65, Croatian art historian and art critic. [163] (Croatian)

8

Adam Adamowicz, 42, American video game concept artist (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Fallout 3), cancer. [164]
Theophilus Brown, 92, American painter. [165]
Phil Bruns, 80, American actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; Barney Miller; The Great Waldo Pepper), natural causes. [166]
Dennis Callahan, 70, American politician, Mayor of Annapolis (1985–1989), heart attack. [167]
John Cunningham, 66, Irish journalist, editor of Connacht Tribune (1984–2007), illness. [168]
John Fairfax, 74, British ocean rower and adventurer. [169]
Giangiacomo Guelfi, 87, Italian opera singer. [170] (Italian)
Robert Hecht, Jr., 92, American antiquities dealer. [171]
Lew Hitch, 82, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers, Milwaukee Hawks, Philadelphia Warriors). [172]
Jorge Salvador Lara, 85, Ecuadorian historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1966, 1976–1977). [173]
Laurie Main, 89, Australian-born character actor (Welcome to Pooh Corner). [174]
Márcia Maria, 67, Brazilian actress, hemorrhage. [175] (Portuguese)
Enrique Moreno, 48, Spanish footballer. [176] (Spanish)
Gunther Plaut, 99, German-born Canadian rabbi and author. [177]
Jimmy Sabater, Sr., 75, American Latin musician. [178]
Allan Segal, 70, British documentary maker, cancer. [179]
Luis Alberto Spinetta, 62, Argentine musician (Almendra, Pescado Rabioso, Invisible), lung cancer. [180]
Wando, 66, Brazilian singer, cardiorespiratory arrest. [181] (Portuguese)

7

Esfandiar Ahmadieh, 83, Iranian animator. [182]
James Baring, 6th Baron Revelstoke, 73, British aristocrat. [183]
Danny Clyburn, 37, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Devil Rays), shot. [184]
Jim Dinwiddie, 63, American basketball player (University of Kentucky), apparent suicide by gunshot. [185]
Patricia Stephens Due, 72, American civil rights activist, cancer. [186]
Marie-Louise Haumont, 93, Belgian writer. [187] (French)
Florence Holway, 96, American advocate for rape victims. [188]
Harry Keough, 84, American soccer player and coach. [189]
Sergio Larraín, 81, Chilean photographer. [190]
Shōichi Sengoku, 62, Japanese zoologist, duodenal cancer. [191] (Japanese)
Phil Shanahan, 84, Irish hurler. [192]

6

Peter Breck, 82, American actor (The Big Valley). [193]
Sharada Dwivedi, 69, Indian historian. [194]
Nikolay Evdakov, 47, Russian professional poker player. [195]
Tsuneo Fujita, 82, Japanese anatomist and endocrinologist (Niigata University), stroke. [196] (Japanese)
Vitaly Gorelik, 44, Russian mountaineer, heart attack. [197]
Yasuhiro Ishimoto, 90, Japanese photographer, complications following pneumonia and a stroke. [198] (Japanese)
Jiang Ying, 92, Chinese opera singer and music teacher. [199]
Noel Kelehan, 76, Irish musician (RTÉ Concert Orchestra). [200]
Jay Lambert, 86, American Olympic boxer. [201]
Juan Vicente Lezcano, 74, Paraguayan footballer. [202] (Spanish)
Matthew Mbu, 82, Nigerian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister (1993). [203]
Władysław Ogrodziński, 93, Polish historian and writer. [204] (Polish)
Nuri Otay, 54, Turkish businessman. [205] (Turkish)
Norma Merrick Sklarek, 85, American architect, heart failure. [206]
Antoni Tàpies, 88, Spanish painter. [207]
István Udvardi, 51, Hungarian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1980) water polo player. [208] (Hungarian)
Janice E. Voss, 55, American astronaut, cancer. [209]
David A. Winter, 81, Canadian academic. [210]

5

Blaine, 74, Canadian editorial cartoonist. [211]
Sam Coppola, 79, American actor (Saturday Night Fever, Fatal Attraction). [212]
Jazmín De Grazia, 27, Argentine model, drowned. [213]
Bill Hinzman, 75, American actor (Night of the Living Dead), cancer. [214]
Ray Honeyford, 77, English headmaster and writer. [215]
John Turner Sargent, Sr., 87, American publisher. [216]
Barnett K. Thoroughgood, 62, American Church of God in Christ pastor, archbishop of the Second Jurisdiction of Virginia, heart failure. [217]
Ante Vulin, 80, Croatian academic and architect. [218] (Croatian)
Mitsuhiko Yoshino, 80, Japanese mountain climber, heart failure. [219] (Japanese)
Lawrence Zhang Wen-Chang, 92, Chinese Roman Catholic priest, Apostolic Administrator of Zhaotong (since 2000). [220]
Jo Zwaan, 89, Dutch Olympic athlete. [221] (Dutch)

4

Hiroshi Ashino, 87, Japanese chanson singer, interstitial lung disease. [222] (Japanese)
István Csurka, 77, Hungarian playwright and politician, Chairman of the Hungarian Justice and Life Party (since 1993). [223] (Hungarian)
Robert Daniel, 75, American politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia (1973–1983). [224]
Mike deGruy, 60, American documentary filmmaker (Trials of Life, The Blue Planet), helicopter crash. [225]
Nigel Doughty, 54, British businessman, owner (since 1999) and chairman (2001–2011) of Nottingham Forest F.C. [226]
Joseph W. Estabrook, 67, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Services (since 2004) and Titular Bishop of Flenucleta. [227]
Jeff Fraza, 34, American professional boxer, struck by train. [228]
Andy Gabrielson, 24, American stormchaser, car accident. [229]
Robert Glaser, 91, American cognitive psychologist, complications from Alzheimer's disease. [230]
Florence Green, 110, British supercentenarian, last surviving veteran of World War I. [231]
Fernando Lanhas, 88, Portuguese painter. [232] (Portuguese)
Hubert Leitgeb, 46, Italian Olympic biathlete, two-time world champion, avalanche. [233] (German)
Irene McKinney, 72, American poet, Poet Laureate of West Virginia (since 1994), cancer. [234]
Livio Minelli, 85, Italian boxer. [235]
Wendell Mitchell, 71, American politician, Alabama State Senator (1974–2010), heart failure. [236]
Pierre-Eugène Rouanet, 94, French-born Ivorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Daloa (1956–1975). [237]
János Sebestyén, 80, Hungarian organist. [238] (Hungarian)
Giovanni Volta, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pavia (1986–2003). [239]
Andrew Wight, 51, Australian screenwriter and producer (Sanctum), helicopter crash. [240]

3

Nikos Apergis, 65, Greek actor, playwright and politician, cancer. [241] (Greek)
Steve Appleton, 51, American businessman (Micron Technology), plane crash. [242]
HIM Damsyik, 82, Indonesian dancer and actor. [243]
Patricia Disney, 77, American philanthropist, Alzheimer’s disease. [244]
Nello Ferrara, 93, American businessman (Ferrara Pan Candy Company). [245]
Ben Gazzara, 81, American actor (Run for Your Life, Road House), pancreatic cancer. [246]
Terence Hildner, 49, American general, commander of the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary). [247]
Kumashi Kakehashi, 88, Japanese politician, stomach cancer. [248] (Japanese)
Raj Kanwar, 50, Indian film director and producer, kidney failure. [249]
Zalman King, 69, American film director (Wild Orchid) and producer (9½ Weeks), cancer. [250]
Karlo Maquinto, 21, Filipino boxer. [251]
Mayer Matalon, 89, Jamaican businessman. [252]
Andrzej Szczeklik, 73, Polish physician and educational administrator (Jagiellonian University Medical College). [253] (Polish)
Toh Chin Chye, 90, Singaporean politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1965–1968) and Minister for Health (1975–1981). [254]
Wilhelm Wachtmeister, 88, Swedish diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1974-1989). [255]
Samuel Youd, 89, British science fiction author (The Tripods, The Sword of the Spirits). [256]
Norton Zinder, 83, American microbiologist, pneumonia. [257]

2

Joyce Barkhouse, 98, Canadian children's writer (Pit Pony), heart attack. [258]
Edgar Bessen, 78, German actor. [259] (German)
Paul Consbruch, 81, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn (1980–1999). [260]
Frederick William Danker, 91, American lexicographer and New Testament scholar. [261]
George Esper, 79, American reporter (Fall of Saigon) and professor. [262]
Elwyn Friedrich, 78, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player, myocardial infarction. [263] (German)
Luis Javier Garrido, 71, Mexican political analyst. [264]^{[dead link‍]} (Spanish)
Dorothy Gilman, 88, American spy novelist (The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax), complications of Alzheimer’s disease. [265]
Jorge Glusberg, 79, Argentine author and curator, director of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. [266] (Spanish)
Jane Ising, 110, German-born American academic and supercentenarian, wife of Ernst Ising. [267]
Nassib Lahoud, 67, Lebanese politician. [268]
James F. Lloyd, 89, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1975–1981), stroke. [269]
John R. Pawson, 73, American rail transportation author. [270]

1

Herb Adams, 83, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox). [271]
Gerlando Alberti, 88, Italian Sicilian Mafioso, cancer. [272] (Italian)
Yona Baltman, 82, Israeli jurist, State Attorney (1982–1988). [273] (Hebrew)
Elizabeth Candon, 90, American Roman Catholic nun, president of Trinity College (Vermont), pulmonary fibrosis. [274]
Don Cornelius, 75, American television host and producer (Soul Train), suicide by gunshot. [275]
Angelo Dundee, 90, American boxing trainer (Muhammad Ali). [276]
John Harrison, 87, Australian Olympic rower. [277]
Ruth Hausmeister, 99, German actress (The Longest Day). [278] (German)
Mike Kelley, 57, American artist, apparent suicide. [279]
Ladislav Kuna, 64, Slovak football player and manager. [280] (Slovak)
Robert Lawless, 74, American anthropologist. [281]
Anil Mohile, 71, Indian film music composer, heart attack. [282]
Ingolf Mork, 64, Norwegian Olympic ski jumper. [283] (Norwegian)
Taiji Ōtani, 80, Japanese baseball umpire, heart failure. [284] (Japanese)
David Peaston, 54, American R&B singer, complications of diabetes. [285]
Lutz Philipp, 71, German Olympic athlete. [286] (German)
Gilbert Poirot, 67, French Olympic ski jumper. [287] (French)
Charlie Spoonhour, 72, American basketball coach (Southwest Missouri State, Saint Louis University), complications from lung disease. [288]
Jerry Steiner, 94, American basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons). [289]
Andrzej Sztolf, 70, Polish Olympic ski jumper. [290] (Polish)
Wisława Szymborska, 88, Polish poet, Nobel Prize in Literature (1996). [291]