The following is a list ofnotable deaths in April 2013.

Entries for each day are listedalphabetically 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.

• Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 81, Saudi royal.^[1]
• Marjorie Anthony Linden, 77, Canadian television producer and media executive.^[2]
• Asal Badiee, 35, Iranian actress, complications from a drug overdose.^[3]
• Moses Blah, 65, Liberian politician,President (2003).^[4]
• David Burge, 83, American pianist, complications from a heart attack.^[5]
• Chen Zhaodi, 57, Chinese volleyball player (national women's team) and general, cancer.^[6]
• Kildare Dobbs, 89, Indian-born Canadian short-story and travel writer, multiple organ failure.^[7]
• John Don, 94, Australian politician, member of theVictorian Legislative Assembly forElsternwick.^[8]
• Peter Drewett, 64, English archaeologist.^[9]
• Norm Gigon, 74, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).^[10]
• William H. Ginsburg, 70, American lawyer (Lewinsky scandal), cancer.^[11]
• Eskild Jensen, 87, Norwegian politician.^[12]
• Barbara Piasecka Johnson, 76, Polish-born American art collector and philanthropist.^[13]
• Nicolae Martinescu, 73, Romanian Olympic champion wrestler (1972).^[14]
• Anthony Montague Browne, 89, British diplomat.^[15]
• Karen Muir, 60, South African swimmer (youngest sporting world record holder) and physician, breast cancer.^[16]
• Jack Pardee, 76, American football player (Los Angeles Rams) and coach (Houston Oilers,Chicago Bears,Washington Redskins), complications from gall bladder cancer.^[17]
• Pavel 183, 29, Russian street artist.^[18]
• Bob Smith, 82, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).^[19]
• Alexej Stachowitsch, 94, Austrian-Russian author, pedagogue and songwriter.^[20]
• Greg Willard, 54, American basketball referee, pancreatic cancer.^[21]

• Maysara Abu Hamdiya, 64, Palestinian general, cancer.^[22]
• Chuck Fairbanks, 79, American football coach (New England Patriots,University of Oklahoma), brain cancer.^[23]
• Jesús Franco, 82, Spanish film director and screenwriter (Count Dracula), complications from a stroke.^[24]
• Fred, 82, French cartoonist.^[25]
• Kurt Hellmann, 90, British pharmacologist.^[26]
• Jane Henson, 78, American puppeteer, co-founder ofThe Muppets, cancer.^[27]
• Ted James, 88, English cricket player (Sussex).^[28]
• Ibrahim Zeid Keilani, 76, Jordanian politician, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs; Member of the House of Representatives (1993–1997).^[29]
• Adrian Leftwich, 72–73, South African political activist, lung cancer.^[30]
• Jim T. Lindsey, 87, American politician, member of theTexas House of Representatives (1949–1957);Speaker (1955–1957).^[31]
• Johnny Lunde, 89, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier.^[32]
• Duke Kimbrough McCall, 98, American Christian activist and leader.^[33]
• Barry Mealand, 70, English footballer (Fulham).^[34]
• Milo O'Shea, 86, Irish actor (Mass Appeal,Ulysses,Theatre of Blood).^[35]
• Mariano Pulido, 56, Spanish footballer and manager (Sevilla FC), degenerative disease.^[36]
• Benjamin Purcell, 85, American military officer and politician, highest rankingPOW during theVietnam War, member ofGeorgia House (1993–1997), natural causes.^[37]
• Willem P. C. Stemmer, 56, Dutch scientist, cancer.^[38]
• Twilight Ridge, 30, American Thoroughbred racing filly.^[39]
• Linda Vogt, 90, Australian flautist.^[40]
• Othniel Wienges, 88, American politician and horse breeder, member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives (1962–1972).^[41]
• Ian Wilson, 80, Australian politician, Minister forHome Affairs andthe Environment (1981–1982) andAboriginal Affairs (1982–1983); MP forSturt (1966–1969; 1972–1993).^[42]

• Mariví Bilbao, 83, Spanish actress (La que se avecina,Aquí no hay quien viva), natural causes.^[43]
• Fergy Brown, 90, Scottish-born Canadian politician, Mayor ofYork (1988–1994).^[44]
• Ralph Brown, 85, British sculptor.^[45]
• Kiki Byrne, 75, Norwegian-born British fashion designer.^[46]
• Basil Copper, 89, British writer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.^[47]
• Cornelius the First, black rhinoceros, Canadian politician, pneumonia.^[48]
• Georges Corvington, 86, Haitian historian, heart failure.^[49]
• Eugene Crum, 59, American sheriff (Mingo County, West Virginia), shot.^[50]
• Gloria de Souza, 75, Indian educator.^[51]
• Robert Elgie, 84, Canadian politician, MPP forYork East (1977–1985), heart failure.^[52]
• Douglas Freeman, 96, English cricketer.^[53]
• George Gladir, 87, American comic book writer (Archie,Sabrina the Teenage Witch).^[54]
• Mazharul Haque, 32, Bangladeshi cricketer, heart attack.^[55]
• Harry J, 67, Jamaican music producer, studio owner and musician, diabetes.^[56]
• Stan Isaacs, 83, American sports columnist.^[57]
• Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, 85, German-born British-American novelist and screenwriter (A Room with a View,Howards End),Booker Prize winner (1975), pulmonary failure.^[58]
• Juanito, 64, Spanish footballer (UD Salamanca).^[59]
• Graham Lea, 79, Canadian broadcaster and politician,British Columbia MLA forPrince Rupert (1972–1984).^[60]
• Farouk Abdel Wahab Mustafa, 70, Egyptian translator.^[61]
• Herman van Raalte, 91, Dutch international footballer.^[62]
• Jan Remmers, 90, Dutch football coach.^[63]
• Jean Sincere, 93, American actress (Glee,Roxanne,The Incredibles).^[64]
• Dorothy Taubman, 95, American music teacher.^[65]
• Robert Ward, 95, American composer (The Crucible),Pulitzer Prize winner (1962).^[66]

• Rehavam Amir, 97, Israeli diplomat.^[67]
• Chris Bailey, 62, Australian bass guitarist and vocalist, throat cancer.^[68]
• Harry Birkhead, South African philatelist.^[69]
• Dale Bisnauth, 76, Guyanese politician and academic, heart attack.^[70]
• Bengt Blomgren, 89, Swedish actor and director, prostate cancer.^[71]
• Brian's Time, 28, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.^[72]
• Víctor Carranza, 77, Colombian emerald businessman, lung and prostate cancer.^[73]
• Roger Ebert, 70, American film critic (Chicago Sun-Times,Siskel & Ebert),Pulitzer Prize winner (1975), thyroid cancer.^[74]
• Carmine Infantino, 87, American comic book artist (Batman,Green Lantern,Human Target) and editor.^[75]
• Besedka Johnson, 87, American actress (Starlet).^[76]
• Osmo Karjalainen, 73, Finnish Olympic skier.^[77]
• Stephen Macknowski, 91, American sprint canoeist.^[78]
• Beatrice Palner, 75, Danish actress.^[79]
• Joseph Pease, 3rd Baron Gainford, 91, British aristocrat.^[80]
• Apidej Sit-Hirun, 72, Thai martial artist (Muay Thai), lung cancer.^[81]
• Cory L. Richards, 64, American reproductive health activist, pancreatic cancer.^[82]
• Eldred G. Smith, 106, Americanpatriarch emeritus ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[83]
• Tommy Tycho, 84, Hungarian-born Australian composer, arranger and orchestra conductor, complications following a stroke.^[84]
• Ian Walsh, 80, Australian rugby league player, captain ofSt. George Dragons andnational team.^[85]
• Noboru Yamaguchi, 41, Japanese author (The Familiar of Zero), cancer.^[86]

• Curt Berklund, 83, American administrator.^[87]
• Regina Bianchi, 92, Italian stage and film actress (The Four Days of Naples), natural causes.^[88]
• Amnon Dankner, 67, Israeli newspaper editor (Maariv) and journalist, heart attack.^[89]
• Piero de Palma, 87, Italian opera singer.^[90]
• James Dickens, 82, British politician MP forLewisham West (1966–1970).^[91]
• Albert J. Engel Jr., 89, American judge, member ofUS Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (since 1973).^[92]
• David Hunt, 87, American Christianapologist and author, natural causes.^[93]
• Mohammad Ishaq Khan, 67, Indian historian, heart failure.^[94]
• David Kuo, 44, American author and civil servant, brain cancer.^[95]
• I.R.A. MacCallum, 82, British solicitor and politician in Hong Kong.^[96]
• Peter Maxwell, 92, Austrian-born British film and television director (A Country Practice).^[97]
• Nikolaos Pappas, 83, Greek Navy officer, leader of the 1973 mutiny against themilitary junta, cancer.^[98]
• Bill Stephen, 91, Australian politician, member of theVictorian Legislative Assembly forBallarat South (1964–1979).^[99]

• George Anania, 71, Romanian science-fiction writer and translator.^[100]
• Dame Hilda Bynoe, 91, Grenadian politician,Governor (1968–1974).^[101]
• Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury (Jamaat-e-Islami politician), Bangladeshi politician.^[102]
• Veljko Despotović, 81, Serbian production designer.^[103]
• Cid Edwards, 69, American football player.^[104]
• Johnny Esaw, 87, Canadian sports broadcaster, pulmonary failure.^[105]
• Matt Gilsenan, 97, Irish Gaelic football player.^[106]
• Bill Guttridge, 82, English footballer (Walsall F.C.), Parkinson's disease and pneumonia.^[107]
• Bigas Luna, 67, Spanish film director (Anguish,Yo soy la Juani), leukemia.^[108]
• Michael Norgrove, 31, Zambian-born British boxer, cerebral bleeding.^[109]
• Funmilayo Olayinka, 52, Nigerian politician, cancer.^[110]
• Miguel Poblet, 85, Spanish racing cyclist, kidney failure.^[111]
• Alan Protheroe, 79, British television executive.^[112]
• Ottmar Schreiner, 67, German politician, MP forSaarlouis (since 1980), cancer.^[113]
• Don Shirley, 86, American pianist.^[114]
• Anne Smedinghoff, 25, American diplomat, bombing.^[115]
• Adriaan van Veldhuizen, 81, Dutch politician, member of theSenate (1977–1995).^[116]
• Herbert Werner, 92, German NavyU-boat officer.^[117]
• Celso Yegros Estigarribia, 77, Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofCarapeguá (1983–2010), complications of Parkinson's disease.^[118]

• Marty Blake, 86, American basketball executive, GM ofAtlanta Hawks (1954–1970),NBA Director of Scouting (1976–2011).^[119]
• Les Blank, 77, American documentary filmmaker (Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe,Burden of Dreams), bladder cancer.^[120]
• Vernal Charles, 27, South African cricketer, traffic collision.^[121]
• Gan Eng Teck, 79, Singaporean Olympic water polo player.^[122]
• Richard Grand, 83, American lawyer.^[123]
• Michel Hénon, 82, French mathematician and astronomer.^[124]
• Hans Jäcker, 80, German footballer (Eintracht Braunschweig).^[125]
• Andy Johns, 62, British record producer (Led Zeppelin,The Rolling Stones), bleeding from stomach ulcer.^[126]
• Wann Langston Jr., 91, American paleontologist.^[127]
• Ijaz Mirza, 71, Pakistani cricketer.^[128]
• Sir Kenneth Murray, 82, British biologist.^[129]
• Lilly Pulitzer, 81, American fashion designer.^[130]
• Mickey Rose, 77, American screenwriter (Bananas) and television writer (All in the Family,The Odd Couple), colon cancer.^[131]
• Betty Rusynyk, 88, American baseball player.^[132]
• Yusuf Warsame Saeed, Somali politician.^[133]
• John St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan, 94, British aristocrat and naval officer.^[134]
• Carl Williams, 53, American boxer, esophageal cancer.^[135]

• Abd al-Hadi al-Fadli, 78, Iraqi writer and academic.^[136]
• Mikhail Beketov, 55, Russian journalist and activist, heart failure.^[137]
• Leslie Broderick, 91, British military officer, one of the last three survivors of"The Great Escape".^[138]
• Richard Brooker, 58, British actor and stuntman (Friday the 13th Part III,Deathstalker), heart attack.^[139]
• Gene Campbell, 80, American Olympic ice hockey player (1956).^[140]
• Alain de Weck, 84, Swiss immunologist.^[141]
• Waldemar Esteves da Cunha, 92, Brazilian carnival king, respiratory failure and Alzheimer's disease.^[142]
• Annette Funicello, 70, American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club) and singer ("Tall Paul"), complications from multiple sclerosis.^[143]
• Katharine Giles, 35, British climate scientist, cycling accident.^[144]
• Patrick Kankiriho, 52, Ugandan military officer.^[145]
• Greg Kramer, 51, British-born Canadian actor (300,On the Road,Arthur) and author.^[146]
• François-Wolff Ligondé, 85, Haitian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop ofPort-au-Prince (1966–2008), complications of heart disease and diabetes.^[147]
• Sara Montiel, 85, Spanish actress and singer, cardiac arrest.^[148]
• Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, 85, British peeress and charity worker.^[149]
• Tommy Molloy, 79, British boxer, heart attack.^[150]
• Pepe Ozan, 73, Argentine sculptor and artistic director.^[151]
• Frank Panton, 89, British military scientist.^[152]
• Peter Reveen, 77, Australian-born American stage hypnotist and illusionist, complications of diabetes and dementia.^[153]
• William Royer, 92, American politician, member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia (1979–1981).^[154]
• José Luis Sampedro, 96, Spanish writer and economist, natural causes.^[155]
• Franco Biondi Santi, 91, Italian winemaker.^[156]
• J. F. A. Soza, 94, Sri Lankan judge, member of theSupreme Court.^[157]
• Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, 87, British stateswoman,prime minister (1979–1990),MP (1959–1992) and member of theHouse of Lords (since 1992), stroke.^[158]
• Marian Robertson Wilson, 86, American musician.^[159]
• Yasuhiro Yamada, 45, Japanese footballer, liver cancer.^[160]

• Desmond Hamill, 76, British television news reporter.^[161]
• David Hayes, 82, American sculptor, leukemia.^[162]
• Lynn Lundquist, 78, American politician, member (1994–1998) andSpeaker of the Oregon House of Representatives (1997–1998).^[163]
• Jim McAllister, 68, Northern Irish politician, cancer.^[164]
• Greg McCrary, 61, American football player (Atlanta Falcons,San Diego Chargers,Washington Redskins), cardiac arrest.^[165]
• Mordechai Mishani, 67, Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (2001–2003).^[166]
• Luis Antonio Nova Rocha, 69, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop ofBarranquilla (2002–2010), Bishop ofFacatativá (since 2010), heart attack.^[167]
• Ronald Osborne, 66, British-born Canadian businessman, Chairman ofPostmedia Network (since 2010),Sun Life Financial (2005–2010), CEO ofMaclean-Hunter (1986–1994).^[168]
• Emilio Pericoli, 85, Italian singer.^[169]
• McCandlish Phillips, 85, American journalist (The New York Times).^[170]
• Paolo Soleri, 93, Italian architect, natural causes.^[171]
• Zao Wou-Ki, 93, Chinese-born French artist.^[172]

• Lorenzo Antonetti, 90, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal ofSant'Agnese in Agone (since 1998),Apostolic Nuncio to France (1988–1995).^[173]
• Binod Bihari Chowdhury, 102, Bangladeshi activist for Indian independence.^[174]
• Raymond Boudon, 79, French academic.^[175]
• Jimmy Dawkins, 76, American blues musician.^[176]
• Sir Robert Edwards, 87, British physiologist,Nobel Prize laureate (2010).^[177]
• Alexandru Fronea, 79, Romanian footballer.^[178]
• Akhsarbek Galazov, 83, Russian scientist and politician, President ofNorth Ossetia–Alania (1994–1998).^[179]
• Dick Hart, 77, American golfer.^[180]
• George Hunter, 92, Canadian documentary photographer.^[181]
• Jan Jaworowski, 85, Polish and American mathematician.^[182]
• Aleksandar Kozlina, 74, Yugoslav footballer.^[183]
• Olive Lewin, 85, Jamaican social anthropologist and musicologist.^[184]
• Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr., 96, American judge,US Court of Appeals – Tenth Circuit (1970–1984),Colorado Supreme Court (1961–1970).^[185]
• Bernhard Rieger, 90, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop ofRottenburg-Stuttgart (1985–1996).^[186]
• Enrique Ros, 89, Cuban historian and activist, respiratory complications.^[187]
• Gordon Thomas, 91, British Olympic silver-medal cyclist (1948), winner of theTour of Britain (1953).^[188]
• Lafe Ward, 87, American politician, member of theWest Virginia Senate (1971–1983).^[189]
• Don Williams, 70, American poker player.^[190]
• Andrei Zelevinsky, 60, Russian mathematician.^[191]

• Don Blackman, 59, American jazz-funk pianist, singer and songwriter, cancer.^[192]
• Edward de Grazia, 86, American lawyer and writer (Girls Lean Back Everywhere).^[193]
• Sue Draheim, 63, American fiddler, cancer.^[194]
• Edward A. Frieman, 87, American physicist and national policy advisor, respiratory illness.^[195]
• Adam Galos, 88, Polish historian.^[196]
• Sidney Goodman, 77, American figurative painter and draftsman.^[197]
• Grady Hatton, 90, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) and manager (Houston Astros), natural causes.^[198]
• Thomas Hemsley, 85, English opera singer.^[199]
• Igor, 30, walrus, euthanized.^[200]
• Fakhrul Islam, 46, Pakistani politician, shot.^[201]
• Shorty Jenkins, 77, Canadian curling icemaker.^[202]
• Ram Karmi, 82, Israeli architect, winner of theIsrael Prize (2002).^[203]
• Hilary Koprowski, 96, Polish-born American virologist and immunologist, invented first effective livepolio vaccine, pneumonia.^[204]
• César Madelón, 85, Argentine Olympic equestrian.^[205]
• Zachariah Alpheus Mahlomola Molotsi, 60, South African politician.^[206]
• Stephen Mallinga, 69, Ugandan politician and physician.^[207]
• Errol Mann, 71, American football player (Oakland Raiders,Detroit Lions), heart attack.^[208]
• Gilles Marchal, 68, French songwriter and singer.^[209]
• Michael Gough Matthews, 81, British pianist, teacher and musical administrator.^[210]
• Bernard McGlinchey, 80, Irish businessman and politician,Senator (1961–1981).^[211]
• David O'Halloran, 57, Australian football player (Hawthorn), heart attack.^[212]
• Maudelle Shirek, 101, American politician,Vice Mayor ofBerkeley, California.^[213]
• Maria Tallchief, 88, American prima ballerina.^[214]
• Clorindo Testa, 89, Italian-born Argentine architect and artist.^[215]
• Fausto Valdiviezo, 52, Ecuadorian journalist, reporter and television presenter, shot.^[216]
• Angela Voigt, 61, East German Olympic champion long jumper (1976).^[217]
• Jonathan Winters, 87, American comedian and actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,Mork & Mindy,The Smurfs),Emmy winner (1991).^[218]

• Sir John Burgh, 87, Austrian-born British civil servant, Director-General of theBritish Council (1980–1987).^[219]
• Robert Byrne, 84, American chess grandmaster and columnist (The New York Times), Parkinson's disease.^[220]
• Roger Dobson, 58, British writer.^[221]
• Johnny du Plooy, 48, South African heavyweight boxer, heart failure.^[222]
• Michael France, 51, American screenwriter (GoldenEye,The Punisher,Hulk), complications from diabetes.^[223]
• Marv Harshman, 95, American basketball coach (University of Washington,Washington State University), Member of theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.^[224]
• Erwin Hymer, 82, German businessman, founder ofHymer.^[225]
• Dennis John, 78, Welsh footballer.^[226]
• Fred Lovegrove, 73, American politician, member of theConnecticut Senate (1982–1998).^[227]
• Brennan Manning, 78, American priest and author.^[228]
• Terry McCabe, 67, American golf club designer.^[229]
• Oöphoi, 55, Italian ambient musician.^[230]
• Stefan Stoykov, 75, Bulgarian Olympic basketball player.^[231]
• Annamária Szalai, 51, Hungarian politician and journalist, MP forZala County (1998–2004), President of National Media and Infocommunications Authority (since 2010).^[232]
• Frosty Westering, 85, American football coach, member of theCollege Football Hall of Fame, coached four national champions.^[233]
• Ya'akov Yosef, 66, Israeli rabbi and politician, cancer.^[234]

• Frank Bank, 71, American actor (Leave It to Beaver), cancer.^[235]
• Chi Cheng, 42, American bassist (Deftones), cardiac arrest.^[236]
• Stephen Dodgson, 89, British composer.^[237]
• Dean Drummond, 64, American composer, musician (Newband) and instrument inventor, multiple myeloma.^[238]
• Ian Henderson, 86, British colonial police officer.^[239]
• Adolph Herseth, 91, American trumpet player (Chicago Symphony Orchestra).^[240]
• Abdelhamid Kermali, 81, Algerian football player and coach.^[241]
• Lin Yang-kang, 85, Taiwanese politician,Mayor of Taipei (1976–1978),Governor of Taiwan Province (1978–1981), President ofJudicial Yuan (1987–1994), multiple organ failure.^[242]
• Vincent Montana Jr., 85, American composer, arranger, and percussionist (MFSB,Salsoul Orchestra).^[243]
• Hilmar Myhra, 97, Norwegian ski jumper.^[244]
• Henk Peeters, 87, Dutch artist.^[245]
• Bob J. Perry, 80, American real estate magnate.^[246]
• Nick Pollotta, 57, American science fiction author, cancer.^[247]
• Edwin G. Pulleyblank, 90, Canadian sinologist and linguist.^[248]
• William Steck, 79, American violinist (National Symphony Orchestra), respiratory failure.^[249]
• Jadene Felina Stevens, 65–66, American poet, cancer.^[250]
• Don Syme, 91, Australian local politician and communist activist.^[251]
• Levi Ying, 64, Taiwanese-American politician,MLY (1999–2002).^[252]

• Efi Arazi, 76, Israeli businessman.^[253]
• Donald Burkholder, 86, American mathematician.^[254]
• Sir Colin Davis, 85, British conductor, President of theLondon Symphony Orchestra.^[255]
• Jaime Enrique Duque Correa, 70, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofEl Banco (since 2006).^[256]
• R. P. Goenka, 83, Indian businessman, founder of theRPG Group, cancer.^[257]
• A. S. A. Harrison, 65, Canadian writer and artist, cancer.^[258]
• Tom Huff, 80, American politician, member of theWashington House of Representatives (1995–2000), pulmonary fibrosis.^[259]
• Stanislav Hurenko, 76, Ukrainian Soviet politician, lastFirst Secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian SSR (1990–1991), cancer.^[260]
• George Jackson, 68, American singer-songwriter ("Old Time Rock and Roll", "One Bad Apple"), cancer.^[261]
• Rentarō Mikuni, 90, Japanese actor (Rikyu) and director, cardiac failure.^[262]
• Dennis Moran, 30, American computer criminal, heroin overdose.^[263]
• H. Burke Peterson, 89, American Member of thePresiding Bishopric ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[264]
• John S. Ragin, 83, American actor (Quincy, M.E.,The Parallax View,Earthquake).^[265]
• Makame Rashidi, 69, Tanzanian military officer and diplomat, Ambassador toMalawi, leader ofTanzania People's Defence Force (1989–2001).^[266]
• Mike Road, 95, American actor (Jonny Quest,Space Ghost).^[267]
• P. B. Sreenivas, 82, Indian singer, heart attack.^[268]
• Seth Taft, 90, American politician.^[269]
• Stanko Topolčnik, 65, Slovenian Olympic judoka.^[270]
• Alberto Valdés, 94, Mexican Olympic champion equestrian (1948).^[271]
• Armando Villanueva, 97, Peruvian politician,Prime Minister (1988–1989).^[272]
• Christine White, 86, American actress (Magnum Force,Perry Mason,The Twilight Zone).^[273]
• Charlie Wilson, 70, American politician, member of theUS House (2007–2011),Ohio House (1997–2005) andOhio Senate (2005–2007), complications of a stroke.^[274]

• Sal Castro, 79, American community activist and teacher, thyroid cancer.^[275]
• Benny Frankie Cerezo, 70, Puerto Rican politician.^[276]
• Richard Collins, 65, Canadian actor (Trailer Park Boys), heart attack.^[277]
• Danny Dahill, 93, American politician, member of theWest Virginia House of Delegates (1957–1960),West Virginia Senate (1961–1964).^[278]
• Muhammad Fazal Karim, 58, Pakistani politician, liver failure.^[279]
• Benjamin Fain, 83, Ukrainian-born Israeli physicist andrefusenik.^[280]
• Joe Francis, 76, American football player (Green Bay Packers,Montreal Alouettes).^[281]
• Richard LeParmentier, 66, American actor (Star Wars,Who Framed Roger Rabbit,Octopussy).^[282]
• Dave McArtney, 62, New Zealand musician (Hello Sailor), cancer.^[283]
• Scott Miller, 53, American singer-songwriter and musician (Game Theory,Loud Family), suicide.^[284]
• Jean-François Paillard, 85, French classical conductor.^[285]
• Robert Perloff, 92, American psychologist and academic.^[286]
• Zastrow Simms, 78, American civil rights activist.^{[287][better source needed]}
• Cleyde Yáconis, 89, Brazilian film, stage and television actress, ischemia.^[288]

• Horst Bittner, 85, East German politician.^[289]
• Charles Bruzon, 74, British Gibraltarian politician,MP (since 2003).^[290]
• Halka Chronic, 90, American geologist.^[291]
• William D. Curry, 87, United States Air Force officer.^[292]
• Jack Daniels, 85, American baseball player (Boston Braves).^[19]
• George Horse Capture, 75, AmericanGros Ventre author, archivist and curator (Plains Indian Museum,National Museum of the American Indian), kidney failure.^[293]
• Frances K. Graham, 94–95, American psychologist.^[294]
• Gérard Jaquet, 97, French politician.^[295]
• Ali Kafi, 84, Algerian politician, Chairman of theHigh Council of State (1992–1994).^[296]
• Bob Kahler, 96, American football player (Green Bay Packers) and coach (Northern Illinois Huskies).^[297]
• Helmut Kasimier, 86, German politician, Finance Minister ofLower Saxony (1974–1976).^[298]
• Lloyd Koch, 81, South African cricketer.^[299]
• Francis Leo Lawrence, 75, American educator and French literature scholar, President ofRutgers University (1990–2002).^[300]
• Reinhard Lettmann, 80, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofMünster (1980–2008).^[301]
• Siegfried Ludwig, 87, Austrian politician, Governor ofLower Austria (1981–1992).^[302]
• Pentti Lund, 87, Finnish-born Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers,Boston Bruins).^[303]
• Rita MacNeil, 68, CanadianJuno Award-winning singer and variety show host, complications from surgery.^[304]
• Gumersindo Magaña, 75, Mexican politician.^[305]
• Srifa Mahawan, 83, Thai writer.^[306]
• Ernle Money, 82, English politician, MP forIpswich (1970–1974).^[307]
• Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens, 77, Dutch Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofBreda (1994–2007).^[308]
• Robert W. Olson, 92, AmericanSeventh-day Adventist leader, director of theEllen G. White Estate (1978–1990).^[309]
• Joseph F. Rychlak, 84, American psychologist.^[310]
• Klaus Schulze, 85, German rower.^[311]
• George Beverly Shea, 104, Canadian-born American gospel music singer, complications from a stroke.^[312]
• Edwin Shirley, 64, English rock tour organiser and film studio manager, cancer.^[313]
• Pat Summerall, 82, American football player (New York Giants) and broadcaster (NFL on CBS,NFL on FOX), cardiac arrest.^[314]
• Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, 94, Mexican architect, pneumonia.^[315]
• Murray Vernon, 76, Australian cricketer (Western Australia).^[316]
• Bob Yates, 74, American football player.^[317]

• K.P. Bhaskar, 88, Indian classical dance pioneer, heart ailment.^[318]
• Sita Chan, 26, Hong Kong pop singer, traffic collision.^[319]
• Paul Dan Cristea, 72, Romanian professor of engineering.^[320]
• Deanna Durbin, 91, Canadian singer and actress (Three Smart Girls).^{[321][322][323]}
• Gerino Gerini, 84, Italian racing driver.^[324]
• Bernard Gilmore, 75, American composer, conductor and academic, Alzheimer's disease.^[325]
• Carlos Graça, 82, São Toméan politician,Prime Minister (1994–1995).^[326]
• Tony Harper, 74, Bermudian Olympic sprinter.^[327]
• Kauko Kangasniemi, 70, Finnish Olympic weightlifter and world record holder.^[328]
• Bi Kidude, c. 100, Tanzanian ZanzibariTaarab singer.^[329]
• Gerald W. Lynch, 76, American academic, President ofJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice (1976–2004).^[330]
• Peter Mackay, 86, British journalist and political activist in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Tanzania.^[331]
• John Maitland Moir, 88, Scottish priest.^[332]
• Emilio Massino, 87, Italian sailor (sport).^[333]
• Albert Messiah, 91, French physicist.^[334]
• Yngve Moe, 55, Norwegian bass guitarist (Dance with a Stranger), drowning.^[335]
• V. S. Ramadevi, 79, Indian politician, Governor ofKarnataka (1999–2002), Governor ofHimachal Pradesh (1997–1999), cardiac arrest.^[336]
• T. K. Ramamoorthy, 91, Indian composer and violinist.^[337]
• Dariush Safvat, 85, Iranian musician, natural causes.^[338]
• Paul Ware, 42, English footballer, brain tumour.^[339]
• Stan Vickers, 80, British Olympic bronze medallist long-distance walker (1960).^[340]
• Ella Waldek, 83, American professional wrestler.^[341]
• Wubong, 62, Polish Zen master.^[342]
• Viktor Zhivov, 68, Russian philologist.^[343]

• Serkan Acar, 64, Turkish football player (Fenerbahçe).^[344]
• Donald Chapman, 89, British politician, MP forBirmingham Northfield (1951–1970).^[345][346]
• Peter Michael Chenaparampil, 83, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofAlleppey (1984–2001).^[347]
• Estella B. Diggs, 96, American politician, member of theNew York State Assembly (1972–1980).^[348]
• Ilona Edelsheim-Gyulai, 95, Hungarian noblewoman.^[349]
• Mikiel Fsadni, 97, Maltese friar and historian.^[350]
• Leopold Gernhardt, 93, Austrian footballer (SK Rapid Wien).^[351]
• Dorothy Gordon, 89, British actress.^[352]
• Aisea Katonivere, Fijian politician and chief.^[353]
• Augustine Lopez, 78, American politician, Chairman of theTohono O'odham Nation (1971–1973).^[354]
• Cordell Mosson, 60, American bassist (Parliament-Funkadelic), liver failure.^[355]
• Maire Österdahl, 86, Finnish Olympic sprinter.^[356]
• Robert W. Peterson, 84, American politician, member of theNorth Dakota House of Representatives (1967–1972),North Dakota State Auditor (1973–1996).^[357]
• Jack Price, 94, English footballer (Hartlepool United).^[358]
• Sir Steuart Pringle, 84, BritishRoyal Marines lieutenant general.^[359]
• Lex Redelé, 74, Dutch Olympic rower.^[360]
• Vytautas Šapranauskas, 54, Lithuanian actor, suicide.^[361]
• Elisabeth Scherer, 98, German actress.^[362]
• Goran Švob, 65, Croatian philosopher and author.^[363]
• Storm Thorgerson, 69, British graphic designer and album cover artist (Pink Floyd,Led Zeppelin,Muse), cancer.^[364]
• Hans-Joachim Walde, 70, German Olympic medal-winning (1964,1968) decathlete.^[365]
• Anne Williams, 62, British activist (Hillsborough disaster), bowel cancer.^[366]
• Alan Wood, 90, American Navy officer, supplied the American flag for theRaising the Flag on Iwo Jima photograph, heart failure.^[367]
• Gráinne Yeats, 88, Irish harpist and singer.^[368]

• Aharon ben Ab-Chisda ben Yaacob, 86, Palestinian religious leader,Samaritan High Priest.^[369]
• Sivanthi Adithan, 76, Indian newspaper owner (Dina Thanthi).^[370]
• Kenneth Appel, 80, American mathematician, solved thefour color theorem, esophageal cancer.^[371]
• Allan Arbus, 95, American actor (M*A*S*H,Coffy,Putney Swope), heart failure.^[372]
• Clive Best, 82, British rugby league player (Barrow).^[373]
• Leo Branton Jr., 91, American lawyer.^[374]
• Mike Denness, 72, Scottish cricketer,captain ofKent (1972–1976) andEngland (1974–1975), cancer.^[375]
• Lynne Duke, 56, American journalist (The Washington Post) and author, lung cancer.^[376]
• Patrick Garland, 78, English theatre director, actor and writer, cancer.^[377]
• Aishah Ghani, 90, Malaysian politician, natural causes.^[378]
• Alicia Gladden, 27, American basketball player, traffic collision.^[379]
• Kurt Hector, 41, Dominican international football manager, traffic collision.^[380]
• Robert Holding, 86, American billionaire businessman (Sinclair Oil,Grand America Hotels & Resorts).^[381]
• François Jacob, 92, French biologist,Nobel Prize (1965).^[382]
• Saleh Jerbo, 36, Sudanese rebel leader and alleged war criminal, military action.^[383]
• Thomas Joseph Kelly, 93, American horse trainer (Plugged Nickle), member ofNational Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (1993).^[384]
• Bill Knott, 92, Australian politician, member of theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly (1978–1986).^[385]
• E. L. Konigsburg, 83, American children's novelist and illustrator (From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler),Newbery Medal (1968, 1997), stroke complications.^[386]
• C. Kuppusami, 86, Indian politician, MP forChennai North (1998–2009).^[387]
• Palle Lykke, 76, Danish Olympic racing cyclist.^[388]
• Cortright McMeel, 41, American novelist.^[389]
• Al Neuharth, 89, American newspaper businessman, columnist and author, founder ofUSA Today, complications of injuries from a fall.^[390]
• Maurice Quentin, 92, French racing cyclist.^[391]
• Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, Russian suspect in theBoston Marathon bombings, shot and blunt force trauma.^[392]
• Hilda Walterová, 98, Czech Olympic alpine skier.^[393]
• John Willson, 81, British diplomat.^[394]

• Eleanor R. Adair, 86, American scientist.^[395]
• Hassan Alavikia, 102, Iranian spy chief.^[396]
• Günseli Başar, 81, Turkish beauty pageant winner,Miss Europe (1952).^[397]
• Victoria Blyth Hill, 67, American art conservator.^[398]
• Glenn Cannon, 80, American actor (Hawaii Five-O,Magnum P.I.,Combat!).^[399]
• Amin Ahmed Chowdhury, 67, Bangladeshi army officer and diplomat, heart attack.^[400]
• Peter Kane Dufault, 89, American poet.^[401]
• Peter Garrisson, 90, Australian politician, member of theVictorian Legislative Assembly forHawthorn (1958–1964).^[402]
• Quinton Hoover, 49, American artist and trading card illustrator (Magic: The Gathering).^[403]
• Huang Wenyong, 60, Malaysian-born Singaporean actor, lymphoma.^[404]
• Jocasta Innes, 78, British non-fiction writer and businesswoman.^[405]
• Rick Mather, 75, American architect.^[406]
• Luis Molina, 74, American Olympic boxer (1956).^[407]
• Howard Phillips, 72, American politician, founder of theConstitution Party, dementia and Alzheimer's disease.^[408]
• Nosher Powell, 84, British actor, stuntman (Willow,First Knight) and boxer.^[409]
• Toby E. Rodes, 93, German businessman.^[410]
• Syed Zahiruddin, 95, Malaysian politician,Yang di-Pertua Negeri ofMalacca (1975–1984), Ambassador to Ireland (1975) and the United Kingdom (1974), kidney failure.^[411]

• Gerard Amerongen, 98, Canadian politician and lawyer,Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1972–1986),MLA forEdmonton-Meadowlark (1971–1986).^[412]
• Chrissy Amphlett, 53, Australian singer (Divinyls), breast cancer and multiple sclerosis.^[413]
• Ludvig Johan Bakkevig, 91, Norwegian civil engineer and church leader.^[414]
• Barbara Barbaze, 90, Canadian baseball player (AAGPBL).^[415]
• Norman Borisoff, 94, American film producer and novelist.^[416]
• Ambati Brahmanaiah, 75, Indian politician, MP forMachilipatnam (1994–2004), MLA forMachilipatnam (1994–2004) andAvanigadda (since 2009), leader of theTDP.^[417]
• George Bunn, 87, American diplomat and jurist, led negotiation of theTreaty of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.^[418]
• Morley Byron Bursey, 101, Canadian diplomat.^[419]
• Captain Steve, 16, American thoroughbred horse, winner ofDubai World Cup (2001), heart failure.^[420]
• Jean-Michel Damase, 85, French composer, pianist, and teacher.^[421]
• Shakuntala Devi, 83, Indian prodigy mental calculator, heart attack.^[422]
• Leopold Engleitner, 107, Austrian concentration camp survivor.^[423]
• James Fitzgerald, 67, English cricketer.^[424]
• Gordon D. Gayle, 95, American Marine Corps brigadier general and historian.^[425]
• Krishana Kumar Goyal, 80, Indian politician.^[426]
• Sigurd Helle, 92, Norwegian topographer.^[427]
• Richard Iton, 51, Canadian academic and writer, leukemia.^[428]
• Geraldo José, 77, Brazilian footballer.^[429]
• Layton Kor, 74, American climber, kidney failure and prostate cancer.^[430]
• Kriyananda, 86, American yogi and spiritual leader.^[431]
• Jimmy McGill, 87, Scottish footballer (Queen of the South), dementia.^[432]
• William Edward Murray, 93, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofWollongong (1975–1996).^[433]
• Toshio Narahashi, 86, Japanese pharmacologist.^[434]
• Bjarne Sandemose, 89, Norwegian inventor and film prop maker.^[435]

• Pedro Apellániz, 89, Spanish Olympic athlete.^[436]
• Struther Arnott, 78, Scottish biochemist and academic, Principal ofSt Andrews University (1986–1999).^[437]
• Vivi Bach, 73, Danish actress, heart failure.^[438]
• Doug Carlson, 73, American politician, member of theMinnesota House of Representatives (1971–1974, 1977–1990), natural causes.^[439]
• Dave Gold, 80, American retail businessman, founder of99 Cents Only Stores, heart attack.^[440]
• George Stanley Gordon, 86, American advertising executive.^[441]
• Richie Havens, 72, American folk singer and guitarist, heart attack.^[442]
• Lalgudi Jayaraman, 82, Indian violinist, cardiac arrest.^[443]
• Carmel Kaine, 75, Australian violinist, co-founder/leader ofAcademy of St Martin in the Fields.^[444]
• Bob Leakey, 98, British caver.^[445]
• Clément Marchand, 100, Canadian poet and journalist.^[446]
• Benjamin Milstein, 94, British surgeon and academic.^[447]
• Lawrence Morley, 93, Canadian geophysicist.^[448]
• Mike Smith, 77, English footballer (Bradford City).^[449]
• Robert Suderburg, 77, American composer, conductor and pianist.^[450]
• J. S. Verma, 80, Indian judge,Supreme Court (since 1989),Chief Justice (1997–1998), multiple organ failure.^[451]

• Shirley Abbott, 88, American politician,US Ambassador to Lesotho (1983–1989), member of theTexas House of Representatives (1977–1979), cardiac complications.^[452]
• Shamshad Begum, 94, Indian singer.^[453]
• Norbert Blei, 77, American author and writer.^[454]
• Walter Boeykens, 75, Belgian clarinetist and conductor.^[455]
• Bob Brozman, 59, American guitarist andethnomusicologist, suicide.^[456]
• José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, 85, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofTuxtepec (1979–2005).^[457]
• Philip L. Clarke, 74, American voice actor (Transformers,Alvin and the Chipmunks,The Little Mermaid).^[458]
• Colonial Affair, 23, American thoroughbred, winner ofBelmont Stakes (1993).^[459]
• Kathryn Wasserman Davis, 106, American philanthropist.^[460]
• Marv Diemer, 88, American politician, member of theIowa House of Representatives (1978–1992).^[461]
• Robert W. Edgar, 69, American politician and executive (Common Cause),U.S. Representative fromPennsylvania (1975–1987), heart attack.^[462]
• Tony Grealish, 56, Irish footballer (Ireland,Brighton), cancer.^[463]
• Ralph Johnson, 91, English footballer (Norwich City).^[464]
• Norman Jones, 78, British television actor (Doctor Who,Crossroads).^[465]
• Antonio Maccanico, 88, Italian politician, Minister of Posts and Communications (1996–1998), Minister of Institutional Reform (2000–2001).^[466]
• Jim Mackonochie, 52, British Royal Navy officer and video game developer, liver cancer.^[467]
• Jim Mortimer, 91, British trade unionist, General Secretary of theLabour Party (1982–1985).^[468]
• Joseph R. Nolan, 87, American judge, member of theMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1981–1995).^[469]
• Donald O'Brien, 87, French-Irish actor.^[470]
• Frank W. J. Olver, 88, British–born American mathematician.^[471]
• Mohammed Omar, c. 53, AfghanTaliban leader,tuberculosis.^[472]
• John Somers Payne, 87, Irish Olympic sailor (1956,1960).^[473]
• Jose Solis, 73, Filipino politician, member of theHouse of Representatives forSorsogon 2nd District (2001–2010).^[474]
• Arnold Wolf, 85, American businessman.^[475]

• Clara Berenbau, 32, Uruguayan actress and writer, cancer.^[476]
• Alfred Bieler, 90, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1948).^[477]
• Teodoro Buontempo, 67, Italian politician.^[478]
• Richard Everett Dorr, 69, American judge,US District Court for Western Missouri (since 2002), cancer.^[479]
• Larry Felser, 80, American sports journalist and columnist (Sporting News,The Buffalo News).^[480]
• Dave Kocourek, 75, American football player (San Diego Chargers,Oakland Raiders), dementia.^[481]
• Azuma Konno, 65, Japanese politician.^[482]
• Gary L. Lancaster, 63, American chief judge, member ofUS District Court for Western Pennsylvania (since 1993), natural causes.^[483]
• José Meneses, 89, Mexican Olympic basketball player.^[484]
• D. K. Adikesavulu Naidu, 72, Indian politician, MP forChittoor (2004–2009), complications of cardiac surgery.^[485]
• Ni Zhifu, 79, Chinese inventor and politician.^[486]
• Zlatomir Obradov, 72, Croatian footballer.^[487]
• Saleem Pervez, 65, Pakistani cricketer, injuries sustained in traffic collision.^[488]
• Pedro Romualdo, 77, Filipino politician, member ofHouse of Representatives forCamiguin (1987–1998, since 2007), Governor ofCamiguin (1998–2007), pneumonia.^[489]
• Pierre Sadek, 75, Lebanese caricaturist.^[490]
• Frank Salvat, 78, British Olympic runner (1960).^[491]
• Murray Satterfield, 87, American college basketball coach (Boise State,College of Idaho).^[492]
• Storm Cat, 30, American thoroughbred stallion, euthanized due to cancer.^[493]

• Brian Adam, 64, Scottish politician, MSP forNorth East Scotland (1999–2003),Aberdeen North (2003–2011) andAberdeen Donside (since 2011), cancer.^[494]
• Jacob Avshalomov, 94, Chinese-born American conductor and composer.^[495]
• Ambica Banerjee, 84, Indian politician, MP forHowrah (since 2006),West Bengal MLA forHowrah Central (1982–2005).^[496]
• György Berencsi, 72, Hungarian virologist.^[497]
• Sean Caffrey, 73, Irish actor (Doctor Who,Z-Cars,Coronation Street).^[498]
• Rick Camp, 59, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves), natural causes.^[499]
• Stanley Dashew, 96, American businessman.^[500]
• Virginia Gibson, 88, American actress (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,Tea for Two).^[501]
• Moses Harrison, 81, American judge, member of theSupreme Court of Illinois (1992–2002), Chief Justice (2000–2002).^[502]
• Johnny Lockwood, 92, Australian actor (Number 96).^[503]
• Anna Proclemer, 89, Italian actress (A Matter of Time,Journey to Italy).^[504]
• Eion Scarrow, 81, New Zealand gardening television presenter and author.^[505]
• Calvin Sutker, 89, American politician, member of theIllinois House of Representatives (1985–1991).^[506]
• Yoshio Tabata, 94, Japaneseryūkōka andenka singer, songwriter and electric guitarist, pneumonia.^[507]
• Sam Williams, 82, American football player (Detroit Lions), heart failure.^[508]
• W. B. Young, 96, Scottish rugby union player.^[509]
• Kees Zijlstra, 82, Dutch politician.^[510]

• Ron Baggott, 96, Australian football player (Melbourne).^[511]
• Romualdas Ignas Bloškys, 77, Lithuanian politician.^[512]
• Jacqueline Brookes, 82, American actress (The Good Son,The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear) and acting teacher, lymphoma.^[513]
• Rüdiger Butte, 63, German politician, shot.^[514]
• Joseph Churchward, 80, Samoan–born New Zealand typeface designer, bowel cancer.^[515]
• Mireya Cueto, 91, Mexican puppeteer.^[516]
• Isaiah Dixon, 90, American politician, member of theMaryland House of Delegates (1966–1982), heart failure.^[517]
• William L. Guy, 93, American politician,Governor of North Dakota (1961–1973), Alzheimer's disease.^[518]
• Kenneth Hunter, 73, Scottish consultant physician.^[519]
• George Jones, 81, American country music singer ("He Stopped Loving Her Today", "The Race Is On"), hypoxic respiratory failure.^[520]
• Dave Kleiman, 46, American computer security detective.^[521]
• Tom Knapp, 62, American sharpshooter, pulmonary fibrosis.^[522]
• Lillian Leach, 76, American singer, lung cancer.^[523]
• Al Loehr, 85, American Democratic politician.^[524]
• Owen Lynch, 82, American anthropologist.^[525]
• Sir Guy Millard, 96, British diplomat.^[526]
• Len Rempt-Halmmans de Jongh, 85, Dutch politician.^[527]
• Marion Rushing, 76, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals,Atlanta Falcons,Houston Oilers), Parkinson's disease.^[528]
• Earl Silverman, 64, Canadian domestic abuse survivor andMen's rights advocate.
• Edward Szklarczyk, 71, Polish Olympic athlete.^[529]
• Farrell Temata, 68, New Zealand rugby union player (Waikato) and coach, heart attack.^[530]
• Mary Thom, 68, American magazine executive editor (Ms.), traffic collision.^[531]
• Jim Tucker, 78, American investigative journalist, complications from fall.^[532]
• Tui Uru, 87, New Zealand opera singer and broadcaster.^[533]

• Aída Bortnik, 75, Argentine screenwriter (The Official Story).^[534]
• Tony Byrne, 82, Irish Olympic medalist boxer (1956).^[535]
• Lorraine Copeland, 92, British archaeologist andSpecial Operations Executive agent.^[536]
• Dhoodaan, 72, EthiopianSomali language writer.^[537] (death announced on this date)
• Antonio Díaz, 43, Spanish footballer (Villarreal,Salamanca,Getafe).^[538]
• Paulino Ferrer, 86, Venezuelan Olympic hurdler.^[539]
• Albert Feuerwerker, 86, American historian.^[540]
• Trudi Gerster, 93, Swiss actress and politician.^[541]
• Maurice Gransart, 82, French footballer (Olympique de Marseille).^[542]
• Jack Harker, 86, American computer scientist and businessman.^[543]
• Sean Hartter, 39, American illustrator, writer and musician, asthma attack.^[544]
• Jérôme Louis Heldring, 95, Dutch journalist and columnist.^[545]
• Aloysius Jin Luxian, 96, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate,Bishop of Shanghai (since 1988).^[546]
• Mutula Kilonzo, 65, Kenyan politician,Senator (since 2010),MP forMbooni (2008–2010) and senior counsel.^[547]
• Jean Lessard, 80, Canadian alpine skier.^[548]
• Joseph Mwanyungwa, 46, Malawian judge, pneumonia.^[549]
• Walter Nalangu, Solomon Islands news presenter and journalist, asthma attack.^[550]
• Joseph O'Connell, 81, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop ofMelbourne (1976–2006).^[551]
• Arthur Joseph O'Neill, 95, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofRockford (1968–1994).^[552]
• Norman Routledge, 85, British mathematician and schoolteacher.^[553]
• Eeva Ruoppa, 80, Finnish Olympic bronze medallist cross-country skier (1960).^[554]
• Jürgen Warnke, 81, German politician.^[555]
• Theodore J. Williams, 89, American computer scientist.^[556]

• Richard Barry, 93, Irish politician,TD forCork East (1953–1981).^[557]
• Alf Bellis, 92, English footballer.^[558]
• Barry Fey, 75, American concert promoter (Red Rocks Amphitheatre,Colorado Symphony Orchestra).^[559]
• Norris Hundley, 77, American academic, historian, and writer.^[560]
• Jalsan, 66, Chinese politician and Buddhist leader.^[561]
• Brad Lesley, 54, American baseball player and actor (Little Big League), heart attack.^[562]
• Fredrick McKissack, 73, American children's book writer.^[563]
• Julio Ojeda Pascual, 81, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic ofSan Ramón (1987–2003).^[564]
• Araber Rahaman, 82, Indian politician,Tripura MLA for Boxanagar (1978–1988).^[565]
• Sripathi Rajeshwar Rao, 73, Indian politician,Andhra Pradesh MLA forSanathnagar (1985–1989, 1999–2003), kidney failure.^[566]
• John C. Reynolds, 77, American computer scientist, heart attack.^[567]
• Sailendra Nath Roy, 48, Indian stuntman, heart attack.^[568]
• Carl M. Rynning-Tønnesen, 88, Norwegian police chief.^[569]
• Viola B. Sanders, 92, American naval officer.^[570]
• Jack Shea, 84, American director (The Jeffersons,Silver Spoons), President of theDGA (1997–2002), Alzheimer's disease.^[571]
• János Starker, 88, Hungarian-born American cellist.^[572]
• Paulo Vanzolini, 89, Brazilian zoologist, poet andsamba composer (Onze sambas e uma capoeira), complications of pneumonia.^[573]
• Bernie Wood, 70, New Zealand sport author and journalist, cancer.^[574]

• Harry Blaney, 85, Irish politician,TD forDonegal North-East (1997–2002).^[575]
• Pierre Chassang, 95, French aikidoka.^[576]
• Alex Elisala, 20, New Zealand rugby league player (North Queensland Cowboys), suicide by jumping.^[577]
• Pablo Etchegoin, 48, Argentine-New Zealand physicist, pancreatic cancer.^[578]
• Denton Fox, 65, American football player, stroke.^[579]
• Pietro Garlato, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofPalestrina (1986–1991) andTivoli (1991–2003).^[580]
• Pesah Grupper, 88, Israeli politician,Minister of Agriculture (1983–1984).^[581]
• Suhaimi Hassan, 59, Malaysian politician, heart attack.^[582]
• Parekura Horomia, 62, New Zealand politician, MP forIkaroa-Rāwhiti (since 1999),Minister of Māori Affairs (2000–2008).^[583]
• Channa Horwitz, 80, American geometric artist, complications of Crohn's disease.^[584]
• Shahid Israr, 63, Pakistani cricketer (Karachi,Sindh,national team).^[585]
• Mike McMahon Jr., 71, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).^[586]
• John La Montaine, 93, American composer,Pulitzer Prize (1959).^[587]
• Erling Løseth, 85, Norwegian politician.^[588]
• Shinji Maki, 78, Japanese comedian, suspected suicide by jumping.^[589]
• Ernest Michael, 87, American mathematician.^[590]
• Kevin Moore, 55, English footballer (Grimsby Town,Southampton),Pick's disease.^[591]
• Ole K. Sara, 76, Norwegian politician.^[592]
• Basudeo Singh, 80, Indian politician,Bihar MLA forBegusarai (1990–1995).^[593]
• Patrick Taval, 56, Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofKerema (since 2010).^[594]
• Marianna Zachariadi, 23, Greek-born Cypriot pole vaulter, Commonwealth Games silver medalist (2010), Hodgkin's lymphoma.^[595]

• Don Bowman, 76, Australian politician, member of theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly forSwansea (1981–1988, 1991–1995).^[596]
• Tito Buss, 87, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofRio do Sul (1969–2000).^[597]
• Roberto Chabet, 76, Filipino artist, heart attack.^[598]
• Jolico Cuadra, 73, Filipino poet and artist.^[599]
• Shirley Firth, 59, CanadianGwich'in Olympic skier (1972,1976,1980,1984).^[600]
• Viviane Forrester, 87, French writer, essayist, novelist and literary critic.^[601]
• Emil Frei, 89, American cancer researcher.^[602]
• Irineos Galanakis, 101, GreekOrthodox prelate, Bishop ofKissamos (1957–1971), Metropolitan of Germany (1971–1980), Metropolitan ofKissamos (1982–2005).^[603]
• Mike Gray, 77, American screenwriter (The China Syndrome,Star Trek: The Next Generation) and author, heart failure.^[604]
• Lois Jotter, 99, American botanist.^[605]
• Andrew J. Offutt, 78, American science fiction author, cirrhosis.^[606]
• Sándor Rácz, 80, Hungarian politician, veteran of theHungarian Revolution of 1956.^[607]
• Fakir Vaghela, 60, Indian politician.^[608]