- Deaths in July 2010
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The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2010.
July 2010
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- Suso Cecchi d'Amico, 96, Italian screenwriter (Bicycle Thieves, Senso). [1]
- James Atkinson, 81, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) bobsledder. [2]
- Pedro Dellacha, 84, Argentine footballer. [3] (Spanish)
- Clint Formby, 86, American radio broadcaster, cancer. [4]
- Tony Fox, 82, British Olympic rower. [5]
- Sir John Gorst, 82, British politician, MP for Hendon North (1970–1997). [6]
- Laurence W. Lane Jr., 90, American publisher and diplomat, founder of Sunset magazine, Ambassador to Australia and Nauru, respiratory failure. [7]
- Lee Lockwood, 78, American photojournalist, diabetes. [8]
- Tom Mankiewicz, 68, American screenwriter (James Bond, Superman), cancer. [9]
- Mitch Miller, 99, American music executive and television host (Sing Along with Mitch), after short illness. [10]
- Mohammad Nouri, 80, Iranian singer, blood disorder. [11]
- Dan Resin, 79, American actor (Caddyshack, On Our Own), complications from Parkinson's disease. [12]
- George Richey, 74, American songwriter and record producer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [13]
- John Shaw, 76, British rugby league player. [14]
- Clara Sherman, 96, American Navajo artist. [15]
- Donald Shiley, 89, American engineer, co-inventor of the Bjork–Shiley heart valve. [16]
- Iwan Tirta, 75, Indonesian batik fashion designer, complications from strokes. [17]
30
- Robert M. Chanock, 86, American biologist. [18]
- Chien Wei-zang, 96, Chinese physicist and applied mathematician. [19]
- Cyro Del Nero, 78, Brazilian scenographer (Fantástico), coronary disease. [20] (Portuguese)
- Otto Joachim, 99, German-born Canadian violist and composer of electronic music. [21]
- Gordon Massie, late 60s, Canadian Communist politician, cancer. [22]
- Stanley Milburn, 83, British footballer. [23]
- Keith Richman, 56, American physician and politician, California State Assemblyman (2000–2006), brain cancer. [24]
- Roy Smith, 56, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (2007–2010). [25]
29
- Michèle Causse, 74, French lesbian theorist, author and translator. [26] (French)
- Ignacio Coronel Villarreal, 56, Mexican drug lord (Sinaloa Cartel), shot. [27]
- Martin Drew, 66, British jazz drummer, heart attack. [28]
- António Feio, 55, Portuguese actor and comedian, pancreatic cancer. [29] (Portuguese)
- C. I. Gunesekera, 90, Sri Lankan cricketer. [30]
- Bob Kennedy, 89, American football player (New York Yanks). [31]
- Sabina Mugabe, 75, Zimbabwean politician, MP (1985–2008) and sister of Robert Mugabe, after long illness. [32]
- Joe Perrault, 85, American Olympic ski jumper. [33]
- Nicolae Popescu, 72, Romanian mathematician. [34] (Romanian)
- Peter R. Romero, 90, American art director (The Right Stuff, The Waltons). [35]
- Robert C. Tucker, 92, American political scientist. [36]
- Bernie West, 92, American screenwriter (All in the Family, Three's Company), complications from Alzheimer's disease. [37]
- Alex Wilson, 76, British footballer (Portsmouth F.C.). [38]
- Lorene Yarnell, 66, American mime artist (Shields and Yarnell), brain aneurysm. [39]
- Zheng Ji, 110, Chinese nutritionist and biochemist, world's oldest professor. [40] (Chinese)
28
- Thomas Anderson, 71, Australian Olympic gold medal-winning (1972) sailor. [41]
- John Aylesworth, 80, Canadian-born American television writer and producer, co-creator of Hee Haw, complications of pneumonia. [42]
- Michael Batterberry, 78, American editor, founder of Food and Wine Magazine, cancer. [43]
- Ivy Bean, 104, British Internet celebrity, one of the oldest people on Facebook and Twitter, natural causes. [44]
- Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, 67, Bangladeshi politician. [45]
- Bob Fenimore, 84, American football player (Chicago Bears), cancer. [46]
- Arthur Gish, 70, American peace activist and author, tractor accident. [47]
- Todd Hardy, 53, Canadian politician, Yukon MLAY for Whitehorse Centre (1996–2000, since 2002), leader of the Yukon NDP (2002–2009). [48]
- Kemal Idris, 87, Indonesian Army general and political dissident, pneumonia. [49]
- George P. Lee, 67, American Mormon leader and sex offender, first Native American to become a general authority of LDS Church. [50]
- Sven Ljungberg, 96, Swedish visual artist. [51] (Swedish)
- J. J. Maura, 61, American television announcer and voiceover artist (WCAU, QVC), cancer. [52]
- István Móna, 69, Hungarian Olympic modern pentathlete, gold medalist (1968 Summer Olympics). [53] (Hungarian)
- Sir Daniel Pettit, 95, British Olympic footballer and industrialist. [54]
- Derf Scratch, 58, American bassist (Fear). [55]
- Katarzyna Sobczyk, 65, Polish singer, breast cancer. [56] (Polish)
- David William, 84, British-born Canadian actor and artistic director, head injury. [57]
- Lorenzen Wright, 34, American basketball player (Memphis Grizzlies), shot. [58] (body found on this day)
27
- Andraos Abouna, 67, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic prelate, Auxiliary bishop of Baghdad (2002–2010), renal failure. [59] (Italian)
- Ravi Baswani, 63, Indian actor and comedian, heart attack. [60]
- Maury Chaykin, 61, American-born Canadian actor (Dances with Wolves, My Cousin Vinny, A Nero Wolfe Mystery), kidney failure. [61]
- Jon Douglas, 73, American college athlete and realtor. [62]
- Harry Galbreath, 45, American football player (Miami Dolphins), heart condition. [63]
- André Geerts, 54, Belgian cartoonist, cancer. [64] (French)
- Alan Gilbert, 65, Australian academic administrator and historian, foundıng Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester, illness. [65]
- Wallace Souza, 51, Brazilian television presenter, politician and criminal. [66]
- Jack Tatum, 61, American football player (Oakland Raiders), heart attack. [67]
- Elinor Z. Taylor, 89, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1977–2006). [68]
- Morrie Yohai, 90, American businessman, inventor of Cheez Doodles, natural causes. [69]
26
- John Barbero, 65, American public address announcer (Pittsburgh Penguins, 1972–2008), brain tumor. [70]
- Sir Brian Bell, 82, Papua New Guinean businessman and philanthropist. [71]
- Al Goodman, 67, American soul singer (Ray, Goodman & Brown), heart failure. [72]
- Eric Hill, 87, English cricketer. [73]
- Ben Keith, 73, American rock musician and record producer, heart attack. [74]
- Charles Allen Moye Jr., 92, American judge, member of the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia since 1970. [75]
- Brigitte Schwaiger, 61, Austrian writer. [76] (German)
- Sivakant Tiwari, 64, Singaporean lawyer (Singapore Legal Service), cerebral hemorrhage. [77]
25
- David Alexander, 77, American academic, cancer. [78]
- Vasco de Almeida e Costa, 77, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister (1976) and Governor of Macau (1981–1986), after long illness. [79]
- Kamel Asaad, 78, Lebanese politician, after long illness. [80]
- Donald C. Backer, 66, American astrophysicist and radio astronomer. [81]
- Barrie Devenport, 75, New Zealand swimmer, cancer. [82]
- Judith Peabody, 80, American socialite and philanthropist, complications of strokes. [83]
- Nathan Quinones, 79, American educator, New York City School Chancellor (1984–1987), stroke. [84]
- Erich Steidtmann, 95, German Nazi SS officer. [85]
- Henk Vonhoff, 79, Dutch politician, Queen's Commissioner of Groningen (1980–1996), after short illness. [86] (Dutch)
- Redford White, 54, Filipino actor and comedian, brain tumor. [87]
24
- Theo Albrecht, 88, German entrepreneur and billionnaire (Aldi Nord, Trader Joe's). [88]
- John Callahan, 59, American cartoonist and musician. [89]
- Alex Higgins, 61, Northern Irish snooker player, malnutrition, pneumonia, bronchial condition and throat cancer. [90]
- Hugh Mason, 95, British Olympic rower. [91]
- Mia Oremović, 91, Croatian actress, natural causes. [92] (Croatian)
- Jean-Louis Pezant, 71, French member of the Constitutional Council of France (since 2004). [93] (French)
- Sir John Riddell, 13th Baronet, 76, British public servant, Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales (1985–1990). [94]
- Håkon Sandvold, 89, Norwegian industrialist. [95] (Norwegian)
- Véronique Silver, 77, French actress. [96] (French)
- Igor Talankin, 82, Russian film director and screenwriter, People's Artist of the USSR. [97] (Russian)
23
- Willem Breuker, 65, Dutch jazz musician, lung cancer. [98] (Dutch)
- Kenyon Cotton, 36, American football player (Baltimore Ravens, 1997–1998), complications following surgery. [99]
- Freddie Dunkelman, 90, British Olympic ice hockey player. [100]
- Sol Encel, 85, Polish-born Australian sociologist. [101]
- Jan Halldoff, 70, Swedish film director. [102] (Swedish)
- A. Sreedhara Menon, 84, Indian historian. [103]
- Feodosiy Petsyna, 60, Ukrainian Orthodox prelate, Archbishop of Drohobych and Sambir in UOC-KP (1994–2006) and UAOC (since 2007), diabetes mellitus. [104] (Ukrainian)
- Daniel Schorr, 93, American journalist (CBS News, National Public Radio). [105]
- Dorothy Stowe, 89, American-born Canadian activist, co-founder of Greenpeace. [106]
- Vic Ziegel, 72, American sports writer (Daily News), lung cancer. [107]
22
- Magnolia Antonino, 94, Filipino politician, Senator (1969–1972). [108]
- Harry Beckett, 75, Barbadian-born British trumpeter and flugelhorn player, stroke. [109]
- Alvin Boretz, 91, American television writer (Armstrong Circle Theatre, N.Y.P.D.). [110]
- Dick Buckley, 85, American jazz historian and DJ, pneumonia. [111]
- Herbert Giersch, 89, German economist. [112] (German)
- Kenny Guinn, 73, American politician, Governor of Nevada (1999–2007), fall. [113]
- Peter Hart, 46, Canadian historian, brain hemorrhage. [114]
- Bernard Knox, 95, British-born American classicist, heart failure. [115]
- Milan Paumer, 79, Czech anti-communist fighter (1948–1953), heart failure. [116] (Czech)
- Rebel Randall, 88, American actress. [117]
- Florencio Vargas, 78, Filipino politician, Representative for 2nd District of Cagayan (2004–2010), leukemia. [118]
- Phillip Walker, 73, American blues musician, heart failure. [119]
21
- Bae Ki-Suk, 23, South Korean boxer, brain injury sustained during a match. [120]
- Luis Corvalán, 93, Chilean politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Chile (1958–1989), natural causes. [121]
- Edna Healey, 92, British writer, wife of Denis Healey, heart failure. [122]
- Ralph Houk, 90, American baseball player (New York Yankees) and manager (New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox), natural causes. [123]
- John E. Irving, 78, Canadian businessman, after short illness. [124]
- Randy Jackson, 61, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia Eagles), pancreatic cancer. [125]
- Mabel Lang, 92, American archaeologist. [126]
- Doug Oldham, 79, American gospel music singer, complications from a fall. [127]
- Anthony Rolfe Johnson, 69, English tenor, Alzheimer's disease. [128]
- Wesley C. Skiles, 52, American underwater photographer and filmmaker, drowning. [129]
- Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, 82, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Apucarana (1983–2005). [130] (Portuguese)
20
- Tyras S. Athey, 83, American politician, Maryland House of Delegates (1967–1993), Secretary of State (1993–1995). [131]
- Milon K. Banerji, 82, Indian jurist, Attorney General (1992–1996, 2004–2009), after long illness. [132]
- Raúl Arsenio Casado, 81, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tucumán (1994–1999). [133]
- Carlos Dávila Dávila, 96, American judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (1961–1984). [134] (Spanish)
- Sir Randal Elliott, 87, New Zealand surgeon and campaigner for safety glass, after short illness. [135]
- Carl Gordon, 78, American actor (Roc), non-Hodgkin lymphoma. [136]
- Iris Gower, 75, Welsh novelist, after short illness. [137]
- Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, 86, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister (1979–1980). [138] (Icelandic)
- Amit Jethwa, 33, Indian environmental activist, shot. [139]
- Lin Tsung-yi, 89, Taiwanese psychiatrist. [140]
- Sir Robin McLaren, 75, British diplomat. cancer. [141]
- Thomas Molnar, 89, American Roman Catholic philosopher, historian and political theorist. [142]
- Yūzo Nakamura, 68, Japanese Olympic gold (1972) and bronze (1964) medal-winning volleyball player. [143] (Japanese)
- Peta Rutter, 51, New Zealand actress (Power Rangers Mystic Force), brain tumour. [144]
- Robert Sandall, 58, British radio presenter and music journalist, cancer. [145]
- Peter Walls, 83, British-born Rhodesian military commander. [146]
19
- Joseph Aghoghovbia, 69, Nigerian Olympic footballer. [147]
- Cécile Aubry, 81, French film actress, author, screenwriter and director, lung cancer. [148] (French)
- Rory Brady, 52, Irish public servant, Attorney General (2002–2007). [149]
- Jon Cleary, 92, Australian novelist (The Sundowners, High Road to China), creator of Scobie Malone. [150]
- Daiki Sato, 21, Japanese footballer. [151] (Japanese)
- Mac Foster, 68, American boxer, heart failure. [152]
- Sokratis Giolias, 37, Greek reporter, shot. [153] (Greek)
- Gerson Goldhaber, 86, American physicist, natural causes. [154]
- Andy Hummel, 59, American musician (Big Star), cancer. [155]
- Antoinette Meyer, 90, Swiss Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) alpine skier. [156] (German)
- Jim Neu, 66, American playwright, lung cancer. [157]
- Stephen Schneider, 65, American climate scientist, heart attack. [158]
- Kottakkal Sivaraman, 74, Indian Kathakali actor. [159]
- David Warren, 85, Australian inventor of the flight data recorder. [160]
18
- Ashpan Annie, 94, Canadian survivor of the Halifax Explosion. [161]
- Barry Bresnihan, 66, Irish rugby union player and rheumatologist. [162]
- Jorge Cepernic, 95, Argentine politician, Governor of Santa Cruz Province (1973–1976), after long illness. [163]
- Johnny Colan, 88, American boxer. [164]
- Thomas Hare, 87, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Pontefract (1971–1992). [165]
- John Methuen, 62, British Anglican priest, Dean of Ripon (1995–2005). [166]
17
- Nick Bacon, 64, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, cancer. [167]
- John R. Branca, 81, American Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, vascular disease. [168]
- Fred Carter, Jr., 76, American musician, stroke. [169]
- Bernard Giraudeau, 63, French actor, cancer. [170] (French)
- Denise Jefferson, 65, American dancer, director of the Ailey School, ovarian cancer. [171]
- Larry Keith, 79, American actor (All My Children), cancer. [172]
- Shaun Mawer, 50, English footballer (Grimsby Town F.C.), kidney failure. [173]
- Pres Romanillos, 47, Filipino-born American animator (Mulan, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron), complications from leukemia. [174]
- Shirley Silvey, 82, American animator (The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Dudley Do-Right Show, George of the Jungle), heart failure. [175]
- Ioannis Stefas, 61, Greek footballer (PAOK F.C.), cancer. [176] (Greek)
- Evaristus Thatho Bitsoane, 71, Mosotho Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Qacha’s Nek (1981–2010). [177]
- Gunārs Ulmanis, 71, Latvian footballer (FK Daugava Rīga), natural causes. [178] (Latvian)
16
- Verily Anderson, 95, British novelist, memoirist and biographer. [179]
- Aleksandr Boloshev, 63, Russian Soviet basketball player, 1972 Olympic gold medalist, stroke. [180]
- Eunice Bowman, 111, British supercentenarian, was oldest person in the United Kingdom. [181]
- James Gammon, 70, American actor (Major League, Nash Bridges), liver cancer. [182]
- Kenny Kuhn, 73, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians), pancreatic cancer. [183]
- Carlos Torres Vila, 63, Argentine folk singer, after long illness. [184]
- David Twersky, 60, American journalist, cancer. [185]
15
- James E. Akins, 83, American diplomat, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1973–1976), heart attack. [186]
- Wye Jamison Allanbrook, 67, American musicologist, cancer. [187]
- Nicolas Carone, 93, American painter. [188]
- Hank Cochran, 74, American country music singer-songwriter, pancreatic cancer. [189]
- Peter Fernandez, 83, American voice actor (Speed Racer), lung cancer. [190]
- Tom Gage, 67, American Olympic hammer thrower, heart failure. [191]
- Kip King, 72, American actor, voice actor and comedian, after long illness. [192]
- Sally Laird, 54, British editor (Index on Censorship) and translator. [193]
- Billy Loes, 80, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers), complications from diabetes. [194]
- Luo Pinchao, 98, Chinese opera singer. [195]
- Billy McKinney, 83, American politician, member of Georgia House of Representatives (1973–2003), cancer. [196]
- Busi Mhlongo, 62, South African singer. [197]
- Saša Marković Mikrob, 50, Serbian artist and journalist. [198] (Serbian)
- Daisuke Ochida, 31, Japanese vocalist (Kagerou). [199]
- Robin Roe, 81, Irish rugby union player, British Army chaplain. [200]
- Knut Stensholm, 56, Norwegian drummer (Sambandet). [201] (Norwegian)
14
- Charles Beirne, 71, American Jesuit priest, President of Le Moyne College (2000–2007), cancer. [202]
- Mike Kerruish, 61, Manx politician and chief judge. [203]
- Seymour London, 95, American doctor, invented automatic sphygmomanometer, heart disease. [204]
- Gene Ludwig, 72, American jazz organist. [205]
- Sir Charles Mackerras, 84, American-born Australian conductor, cancer. [206]
- Mădălina Manole, 43, Romanian pop singer, suicide. [207] (Romanian)
- Tetsuo Mizutori, 71, Japanese voice actor. [208]
- Derek Nicholls, 63, English cricketer, stroke. [209]
- Joseph Rodericks, 83, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jamshedpur (1970–1996). [210]
- Eduardo Sánchez Junco, 67, Spanish businessman, founder and owner of Hello!. [211]
- Christopher Story, 72, British editor and intelligence analyst, after short illness. [212]
- SJ Stovall, 84, American politician, Mayor of Arlington, Texas (1977–1983). [213]
13
- Vernon Baker, 90, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, cancer. [214]
- Ken Barnes, 81, British footballer, lung cancer. [215]
- Amanda Berenguer, 89, Uruguayan poet. [216] (Spanish)
- Gilly Coman, 50, British actress (Bread), suspected heart attack. [217]
- Dave Cox, 72, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1998–2004), state senator (2004–2010), prostate cancer. [218]
- Nino Defilippis, 78, Italian cyclist. [219] (Italian)
- Gene Goodreault, 91, American football player (Boston College), after long illness. [220]
- Alan Hume, 85, British cinematographer (Return of the Jedi, Carry On films). [221]
- Pentti Linnosvuo, 77, Finnish shooter, 1956 and 1964 Olympic champion. [222] (Finnish)
- Lloyd Morain, 93, American businessman, philanthropist, writer and humanist. [223]
- André Kagwa Rwisereka, 60, Rwandan politician, murder. [224]
- Manohari Singh, 79, Indian saxophonist, heart attack. [225]
- George Steinbrenner, 80, American baseball team owner (New York Yankees), heart attack. [226]
12
- Günter Behnisch, 88, German architect. [227]
- Buff Cobb, 82, American actress and talk show host. [228]
- Olga Guillot, 87, Cuban singer, infarction. [229]
- James P. Hogan, 69, British science fiction author. [230]
- Henryk Jankowski, 73, Polish Roman Catholic priest. [231]
- Tuli Kupferberg, 86, American poet, cartoonist and musician (The Fugs). [232]
- Paul Locatelli, 71, American Jesuit priest and accountant, Chancellor (2008–2010) and President (1988–2008) of Santa Clara University, pancreatic cancer. [233]
- Thomas Morahan, 78, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1981–1982); State Senator (1999–2010), leukemia. [234]
- Paulo Moura, 77, Brazilian saxophonist and clarinetist, lymphoma. [235]
- Pius Njawé, 53, Cameroonian journalist and activist, car accident. [236]
- Harvey Pekar, 70, American comic book writer (American Splendor) and music critic, accidental medication overdose. [237]
- Mau Piailug, 78, Micronesian navigator. [238]
- Bernardino Rivera Alvarez, 85, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí. [239]
11
- Sheila Amos, 63, American film editor (The Thing About My Folks), leukaemia. [240]
- Stuart F. Feldman, 73, American lawyer and lobbyist, co-founded the Vietnam Veterans of America, pneumonia.[241]
- Walter Hawkins, 61, American gospel music singer ("Oh Happy Day"), pancreatic cancer. [242]
- Daja Wangchuk Meston, 39, Tibetan-born American Buddhist monk. [243]
- Marco Aurelio Martínez Tijerina, 45, Mexican journalist, shot. [244]
- Bob Sheppard, 99, American public address announcer (New York Yankees, New York Giants). [245]
- Rudi Strittich, 88, Austrian football player and coach. [246] (German)
- Arthur Williams, 63, American criminal, head injury from car crash. [247]
10
- Eric Batchelor, 89, New Zealand soldier, awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal for bravery. [248]
- Ray Beachey, 94, Canadian historian. [249]
- John Coates, 88, British naval architect. [250]
- Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus, 82, Irish politician and lawyer, TD for Dublin North East (1981–1982). [251]
- Sugar Minott, 54, Jamaican reggae singer. [252]
- Ed Palmquist, 77, American baseball player. [253]
- Aldo Sambrell, 79, Spanish actor, stroke. [254] (Spanish)
- Robert Spillane, 45, American actor (EZ Streets) and playwright, son of gangster Mickey Spillane, fall. [255]
- George W. Webber, 90, American minister, President of New York Theological Seminary, complications of Alzheimer's disease. [256]
9
- Yehuda Amital, 85, Israeli rabbi and politician. [257]
- Jessica Anderson, 93, Australian writer (Tirra Lirra by the River). [258]
- Kenneth Beard, 83, British cathedral organist. [259]
- Mark Bytheway, 44, British Quizzing world champion, esophageal cancer. [260]
- Basil Davidson, 95, British journalist and historian. [261]
- Sir Marrack Goulding, 73, British diplomat. [262]
- Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon, 78, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Quimper and Leon. [263] (French)
- Daryl Hunt, 53, American football player (Houston Oilers), heart attack. [264]
- Vonetta McGee, 65, American actress (Blacula, The Eiger Sanction), cardiac arrest. [265]
- Milt Morin, 67, American football player (Cleveland Browns), heart attack. [266]
- Nobuyoshi Tamura, 77, Japanese aikidoka, cancer. [267]
- Frank Verdi, 84, American baseball player (New York Yankees). [268]
8
- David Blackwell, 91, American academic, stroke. [269]
- David Blewitt, 81, American film editor (Ghostbusters, The Competition), Parkinson's disease. [270]
- Anders Bratholm, 90, Norwegian jurist. [271] (Norwegian)
- Robert Freitag, 94, Austrian-born Swiss actor. [272] (German)
- Clint Hartung, 87, American baseball player (New York Giants). [273]
- Donald Hawgood, 93, Canadian Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) canoeist. [274]
- Maje McDonnell, 89, American baseball coach and official (Philadelphia Phillies). [275]
- Achdiat Karta Mihardja, 99, Indonesian novelist and playwright, stroke. [276]
- Thomas C. Peebles, 89, American physician, isolated the measles virus. [277]
- Willi Railo, 69, Norwegian sports psychologist. [278] (Norwegian)
- Patrick Rice, 64, Irish human rights activist. [279]
- Maria Olivia da Silva, 130?, Brazilian supercentenarian and oldest citizen claimant. [280] (Portuguese)
- Melvin Turpin, 49, American basketball player, suicide by gunshot. [281]
- Peter Walker, 68, Australian football player, cancer. [282]
7
- Emilio Q. Daddario, 91, American politician, U.S. Representative for Connecticut (1959–1971), heart failure. [283]
- Frank Dochnal, 89, American racecar driver. [284]
- John Henning, 73, American newscaster (WNAC, WCVB, WBZ), complications from leukemia. [285]
- Robbie Jansen, 60, South African jazz musician, after long illness. [286]
- Moko, 4, New Zealand dolphin, beached. [287]
- Brian O'Shaughnessy, 84, Australian philosopher. [288]
- Sándor Páll, 56, Serbian politician, leader of Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians. [289] (Hungarian)
- Bill Porter, 79, American sound engineer. [290]
- Luz Sapag, 66, Argentine politician, Mayor of San Martín de los Andes (2007–2010), car crash. [291] (Spanish)
6
- Jan Blokker, 83, Dutch journalist. [292] (Dutch)
- Harvey Fuqua, 80, American rhythm and blues singer (The Moonglows), and record producer (Marvin Gaye), heart attack. [293]
- Kristofer Leirdal, 94, Norwegian sculptor. [294] (Norwegian)
- Stanislaus Tobias Magombo, 42, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe (2009–2010). [295]
- A. T. Mahmud, 80, Indonesian composer and television host, pneumonia. [296]
- Igor Misko, 23, Russian ice hockey player (SKA Saint Petersburg), cardiac arrest. [297]
- John North, 89, American football player (Baltimore Colts) and coach (New Orleans Saints), after long illness. [298]
- José Rico Pérez, 92, Spanish businessman, President of Hércules CF. [299] (Spanish)
- Ramón Eduardo Ruiz, 88, American historian of Mexico and Latin America. [300]
- Alekos Sofianidis, 77, Turkish-born Greek footballer, manager of the Greece national football team (1988–1989). [301] (Turkish)
- Rebecca Spikings-Goldsman, 42, American film producer, heart attack. [302]
- Simion Stanciu, 60, Romanian pan flautist, after long illness. [303]
- Roberto Suárez, 82, Cuban-born American newspaper publisher (El Nuevo Herald), complications from Alzheimer's disease. [304]
- Roy Waller, 69, British radio presenter, liver disease. [305]
5
- Nasr Abu Zayd, 66, Egyptian Qur'anic theologian, brain infection. [306]
- Jim Bohlen, 84, American-born Canadian environmentalist, founder of Greenpeace. [307]
- William R. Callahan, 78, American Jesuit priest, challenged policies of the Vatican, Parkinson's disease. [308]
- Brazeal Dennard, 81, American conductor. [309]
- David Fanshawe, 68, British composer (African Sanctus), explorer and ethnomusicologist, stroke. [310]
- Jia Hongsheng, 43, Chinese actor, suicide by jumping. [311]
- Andriy Horak, 64, Ukrainian Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Lviv and Sokal in UOC-KP (since 1993), after long illness. [312] (Ukrainian)
- Juanita M. Kreps, 89, American economist, Secretary of Commerce (1977–1979), Alzheimer's disease. [313]
- Pete Morgan, 71, British poet. [314]
- Bob Probert, 45, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks), suspected heart attack. [315]
- Victor Rodrigues, 66, Indian Konkani litterateur and novelist. [316]
- Cesare Siepi, 87, Italian opera singer, respiratory failure. [317]
- Elton Younger, 91, British general. [318]
4
- Robert Neil Butler, 83, American physician, Pulitzer Prize winner (Why Survive? Being Old in America), founder of NIA, leukemia. [319]
- Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, 74, Lebanese militant, spiritual leader to Hezbollah. [320]
- Glenn Falkenstein, 78, American magician, complications of Alzheimer's disease. [321]
- John Hampton, 103, American philanthropist, co-founder of Toys for Tots. [322]
- Alf Howard, 104, Australian explorer. [323]
- Hwang Yau-tai, 98, Taiwanese musician and composer, multiple organ failure. [324]
- Oscar Kruger, 77, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos), after long illness. [325]
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- Carlo Aymonino, 83, Italian architect. [326] (Italian)
- Murray Chercover, 80, Canadian broadcaster and CEO (CTV Television), complications from pneumonia. [327]
- Abu Daoud, 73, Palestinian politician and military commander, planned 1972 Summer Olympics Munich massacre, kidney failure. [328]
- William Dougherty, 78, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota (1971–1975), cancer. [329]
- Herbert Erhardt, 79, German footballer, FIFA World Cup winner 1954 [330] (German)
- Dieter Frerichs, 72, German hedge fund manager, suicide. [331]
- Colin Gardner, 69, British football manager, brain cancer. [332]
- Kirsten Heisig, 48, German politician and juvenile magistrate, suicide. [333] (body discovered on this date)
- Israel Hicks, 66, American stage director (Pittsburgh Cycle), prostate cancer. [334]
- Cle Jeltes, 86, Dutch sailor. [335] (Dutch)
- Carlos Juárez, 94, Argentine politician, Governor of Santiago del Estero Province, cardiac arrest. [336] (Spanish)
- Ed Limato, 73, American talent agent, after long illness. [337]
- Oguri Cap, 25, Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. [338]
- Clara Claiborne Park, 86, American author, complications from a fall. [339]
- Roberto Piva, 72, Brazilian poet and writer, complications from Parkinson's disease. [340] (Portuguese)
- Sir Frederick Warner, 100, British chemical engineer. [341]
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- Dame Beryl Bainbridge, 77, English novelist (Harriet Said..., An Awfully Big Adventure), cancer. [342]
- Mahfoud Ali Beiba, 57, Sahrawi politician and negotiator, President of Sahrawi National Council (2003–2010), heart attack. [343]
- Frank Colacurcio, Sr., 93, American organized crime figure. [344]
- Stephen Kanner, 54, American architect, co-founder of the A+D Museum, cancer. [345]
- Simon Kornblit, 76 Belgian-born American studio executive, EVP of worldwide marketing (Universal Pictures), myeloid leukemia. [346]
- Fred Maryanski, 63, American educator, President of Nevada State College (2005–2010). [347]
- Carl Adam Petri, 83, German computer scientist. [348] (German)
- Félix Pons, 68, Spanish politician, President of the Congress of Deputies (1986–1996), cancer. [349] (Spanish)
- M. G. Radhakrishnan, 70, Indian music director, liver disease. [350]
- Leonard Searle, 79, American astronomer. [351]
- Johnny Sellers, 72, American jockey. [352]
- Singspiel, 18, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. [353]
- Steve Stanlee, 90, American professional wrestler. [354]
- Tommy Tabermann, 62, Finnish poet and politician, Member of Parliament (2007–2010), brain tumour. [355]
- Laurent Terzieff, 75, French actor, lung complications. [356]
- Ann Waldron, 85, American writer and biographer, heart failure. [357]
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- Black Tie Affair, 24, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. [358]
- Alison Booker, 47, British radio broadcaster (BBC Oxford), breast cancer. [359]
- Francisco Claver, 84, Filipino Jesuit priest, first Igorot bishop, Bishop of Malaybalay (1969–1984). [360]
- Gareth Clayton, 68, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1974–1975). [361]
- Don Coryell, 85, American football coach (San Diego Chargers, St. Louis Cardinals). [362]
- Arnold Friberg, 96, American painter, complications from a fall. [363]
- Geoffrey Hutchings, 71, English actor, viral infection. [364]
- Lele, 24, Puerto Rican rapper, shot. [365] (Spanish)
- Aurelio Macchi, 94, Argentine sculptor. [366]
- Eleanor Morse, 97, American art collector, co-founder of the Salvador Dali Museum, after long illness. [367]
- Eddie Moussa, 26, Swedish footballer (Assyriska Föreningen), shot. [368]
- George Newcom, 63, American drummer (The Loading Zone), heart attack. [369]
- Omar Yoke Lin Ong, 92, Malaysian politician, minister and ambassador, founder of the Malaysian Chinese Association. [370]
- John Rinne, 86, Finnish Orthodox prelate, Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland (1987–2001). [371]
- Ilene Woods, 81, American singer and actress (Cinderella), complications from Alzheimer's disease. [372]
- Betty Lou Young, 91, American writer and conservationist, after short illness. [373]
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