Deaths in 2015
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This is a chronology of deaths in 2015. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by family name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here if they first have their own Wikipedia article. Notable persons without an article can be listed for one month after death to prompt creation of one. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known) and reference.
Contents
December
31
30
- Sabino Acquaviva, 88, Italian sociologist.[1]
- Doug Atkins, 85, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints).[2]
- Mangesh Padgaonkar, 86, Indian poet.[3]
- Howard Pawley, 81, Canadian politician, Premier of Manitoba (1981–1988).[4]
- Yuhanon Mor Philexinos, 74, Indian Syriac Orthodox bishop.[5]
29
- Aslam Azhar, 83, Pakistani television executive.[6]
- Patrick Curtin, 26, Irish Gaelic footballer (Kerry), head injuries after falling from a vehicle.[7]
- Edward Hugh, 67, British economist, gallbladder and liver cancer.[8]
- Kim Yang-gon, 73, North Korean senior politician, traffic collision.[9]
- Elżbieta Krzesińska, 81, Polish track and field athlete.[10]
- Om Prakash Malhotra, 93, Indian Army general.[11]
- Frank Malzone, 85, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, California Angels).[12]
- Ed Mayer, 84, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).[13]
- Pavel Srníček, 47, Czech footballer (Newcastle United, national team), complications from heart attack.[14]
28
- Gottfried Arnold, 82, German politician.[15]
- Chris Barnard, 76, South African author, heart attack.[16]
- John Bradbury, 62, English drummer (The Specials).[17]
- June Carlsson, 70, Swedish journalist and news presenter.[18]
- Guru Josh, 51, Jersey musician.[19]
- Joe Houston, 89, American jazz and R&B saxophonist.[20]
- Eloy Inos, 66, Northern Mariana Islands politician, Governor (since 2013), Lieutenant Governor (2009–2013), complications after heart surgery.[21]
- Eiji Kimizuka, 63, Japanese general, Chief of Staff Ground Self-Defense Force (2011-2013), lung cancer.[22]
- Lemmy, 70, English rock musician (Motörhead, Hawkwind), cancer.[23]
- Tiffany Leong, 30, Malaysian actress, liver cancer.[24]
- Ian Murdock, 42, American software engineer, founder of the Debian Project.[25]
- Tone Nyhagen, 52, Norwegian dancer.[26]
- Landon H. Rowland, 78, American businessman (Kansas City Southern Railway).[27]
- Allen Sapp, 87, Canadian painter.[28]
- Murray Weissman, 90, American publicist and awards consultant, pancreatic cancer.[29]
27
- Naji al Jurf, 37, Syrian journalist and filmmaker, shot.[30]
- Stein Eriksen, 88, Norwegian alpine skier, Olympic champion (1952) and triple world champion (1954).[31]
- Dave Henderson, 57, American baseball player (Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics), heart attack.[32]
- Aidan Higgins, 88, Irish writer.[33]
- Ellsworth Kelly, 92, American artist.[34]
- Meadowlark Lemon, 83, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters).[35]
- Ma Congbo, Chinese gypsum mine owner and president, suicide by drowning.[36]
- Alfredo Pacheco, 33, Salvadoran footballer (FAS, New York Red Bulls, national team), shot.[37]
- Carlos Rosales Mendoza, 52, Mexican drug lord, founder of La Familia Michoacana.[38] (body discovered on this day)
- Andy M. Stewart, 63, Scottish folk singer (Silly Wizard).[39]
- Roy Swinbourne, 86, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).[40]
- Berenado Vunibobo, 84, Fijian politician and diplomat.[41]
- Haskell Wexler, 93, American cinematographer (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Bound for Glory) and director (Medium Cool), Oscar winner (1966, 1976).[42]
- Tom Wilburn, 87, American hospital executive, founder of TriHealth.[43]
- Stevie Wright, 68, English-born Australian singer (The Easybeats).[44]
- Youhannes Ezzat Zakaria Badir, 66, Egyptian Coptic Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Ismayliah (1992–1994) and Luqsor (since 1994).[45]
26
- Nasser al-Bahri, 43, Saudi-born Yemeni Islamist militant and bodyguard.[46]
- Tore Andersen, 55, Norwegian country musician.[47]
- Liam Clarke, Northern Irish journalist (Belfast Telegraph).[48]
- Ogwyn Davies, 90, Welsh painter.[49]
- Bobby Dews, 76, American baseball player and coach (Atlanta Braves).[50]
- Ed Dobson, 65, British-born American theologian, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[51]
- Ståle Eskeland, 72, Norwegian jurist, cancer.[52]
- Emory Melton, 92, American politician, Missouri State Senator (1972–1996).[53]
- Sidney Mintz, 93, American anthropologist.[54]
- William O'Callaghan, 94, Irish Army lieutenant general, Force Commander (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon).[55]
- Jim O'Toole, 78, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).[56]
- Mary Scranton, 97, American community advocate and philanthropist, First Lady of Pennsylvania (1963–1967), Alzheimer's disease.[57]
- Gordon Stephenson, 91, New Zealand environmentalist.[58]
- Tongdaeng, 17, Thai dog, pet of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.[59]
25
- Manuel Agujetas, 76, Spanish flamenco singer.[60]
- Zahran Alloush, 44, Syrian rebel commander, founder of Jaysh al-Islam, airstrike.[61]
- Jim Carlton, 80, Australian politician, member of the Australian Parliament (1977–1994), Minister for Health (1982–1983).[62]
- Ali Eid, 75, Lebanese politician, General Secretary of the Arab Democratic Party (since 1972).[63]
- George Evans, 74, Australian rugby league player (St. George).[64]
- Lee Holman, 61, American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters).[65]
- George Clayton Johnson, 86, American writer (Logan's Run, Ocean's 11, The Twilight Zone), prostate and bladder cancer.[66]
- Andrés Moreno Sepulveda, 38, Mexican man, previously fattest in the world, heart attack.[67]
- Elvin Ordubadlı, 26, Azerbaijani singer (Türkvizyon 2014), suicide by jumping.[68]
- Geraldo Roca, 61, Brazilian singer, gunshot.[69]
- Ignacio Rupérez, 72, Spanish author and diplomat.[70]
- Sadhana Shivdasani, 74, Indian film actress (Love in Simla, Woh Kaun Thi, Hum Dono).[71]
- Robert Spitzer, 83, American psychiatrist, heart disease.[72]
24
- Romeo Anaya, 69, Mexican boxer, WBA Bantamweight Champion (1973).[73]⋅
- Turid Birkeland, 53, Norwegian politician, Minister of Culture (1996–1997), myelofibrosis.[74]
- Suprovat Chakravarty, 86, Indian Olympic cyclist (1952), heart attack.[75]
- Justin Chin, 46, Malaysian-American poet, stroke.[76]
- David C. Clark, 89, American politician.[77]
- Gerardo Denis, Paraguayan journalist (TeleSUR).[78]
- Eugène Dodeigne, 92, Belgian-born French sculptor.[79]
- William Guest, 74, American R&B singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips), heart failure.[80]
- Ron Jacobs, 72, American basketball coach (Loyola Marymount University, Northern Cement, Philippine national team), complications from a stroke.[81]
- Ove Johansson, 79, Swedish jazz saxophonist.[82]
- Ottavio Jemma, 90, Italian screenwriter.[83]
- Takeharu Kunimoto, 55, Japanese musician, acute respiratory failure.[84]
- Letty Jimenez Magsanoc, Filipino journalist (Philippine Daily Inquirer), cardiac arrest.[85]
- Adriana Olguín, 104, Chilean lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice (1952).[86]
23
- Harald Adolfsen, 62, Norwegian politician, Mayor of Værøy (2003—2015).[87]
- Hocine Aït Ahmed, 89, Algerian politician, founder and leader of Socialist Forces Front.[88]
- Carlos Cano, 60, Peruvian actor, cancer.[89]
- Chen Luyun, 38, Chinese basketball player, colon cancer.[90]
- Henry Crichton, 6th Earl Erne, 78, British peer.[91]
- Michael Earl, 56, American puppeteer (Sesame Street, Dinosaurs, Team America: World Police), colon cancer.[92]
- Alfred G. Gilman, 74, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate, pancreatic cancer.[93]
- Leonid Gofshtein, 62, Israeli chess grandmaster.[94]
- Grégoire Haddad, 91, Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil (1968–1975).[95]
- Hatidža Hadžiosmanović, 78, Bosnian jurist, President of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[96]
- Zemya Hamilton, 50, Swedish singer, multiple sclerosis.[97]
- Don Howe, 80, English football player (West Bromwich Albion, Arsenal, national team) and coach.[98]
- Ablie Jagne, 62, Gambian football player (Real de Banjul, national team).[99]
- Joe Jamail, 90, American attorney and billionaire.[100]
- Jean-Marie Pelt, 82, French biologist.[101]
- Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, 89, Tibetan lama, Supreme Head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism (since 2012).[102]
- Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, 85, German-born American political scientist.[103]
- Bill Subritzky, 90, New Zealand property developer and evangelist.[104]
- Bülent Ulusu, 92, Turkish politician, Prime Minister (1980–1983).[105]
22
- Hamzah Aljahmi, 19, American bantamweight boxer, brain injury sustained in a bout.[106]
- Rolf Bossi, 92, German lawyer.[107]
- Vonette Bright, 89, American evangelist, co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, leukemia.[108]
- Daisy Elliott, 99, American politician and realtor.[109]
- Derek Ezra, Baron Ezra, 96, British coal industry administrator, Chairman of the National Coal Board (1971–1982).[110]
- Nabil Al Fadl, 66, Kuwaiti politician.[111]
- Billy Glaze, 72, American serial killer, lung cancer.[112]
- Marijane Landis, 87, American broadcaster and television host (WGAL-TV).[113]
- Joseph Leopold Imesch, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliet (1979–2006).[114]
- Peter Lundblad, 65, Swedish singer ("Ta mig till havet"), prostate cancer.[115]
- Brooke McCarter, 52, American model and actor (The Lost Boys, Thrashin', Wired), alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.[116]
- V. S. Malimath, 86, Indian judge, Chief Justice of Karnataka (1984) and Kerala (1985–1991).[117]
- Freda Meissner-Blau, 88, Austrian politician, founder of The Greens – The Green Alternative.[118]
- Carson Van Osten, 70, American artist, Disney Legend.[119]
21
- Arlin M. Adams, 94, American judge.[120]
- Rimma Bilunova, 75, Russian chess player and coach.[121]
- Dejan Brđović, 49, Serbian volleyball player.[122]
- Carol Burns, 68, Australian actress (Prisoner), cancer.[123]
- Abune Dioskoros, 80, Eritrean prelate, Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church) (since 2007).[124]
- Sam Dockery, 86, American jazz pianist.[125]
- Jan Góra, 67, Polish Roman Catholic Dominican priest.[126]
- Vilgot Larsson, 83, Swedish ice hockey player (Leksands IF).[127]
- Richelieu Levoyer, 85, Ecuadorian army general and politician.[128]
- Lim Eng Beng, 64, Filipino basketball player, liver cancer.[129]
- Madame Claude, 92, French procurer.[130]
- Bob Suci, 76, American football player (Houston Oilers, Boston Patriots).[131]
- Andrei Troschinsky, 37, Kazakhstani ice hockey player, heart attack.[132]
- Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla, 90, Venezuelan philosopher.[133]
- Emmanuel Yarbrough, 51, American mixed martial arts fighter.[134]
20
- George Burpo, 93, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).[135]
- Rudi Ceyssens, 53, Belgian Olympic cyclist.[136]
- Patricia Elliott, 77, American actress (A Little Night Music, One Life to Live), Tony Award winner (1973), leiomyosarcoma.[137]
- Ethel Farrell, 113, Indian-born Australian supercentenarian.[138]
- Gevorg Geodakyan, 87, Armenian musicologist.[139]
- Robert Hayling, 86, American civil rights activist.[140]
- Alain Jouffroy, 87, French surrealist poet and art critic.[141]
- Ray Mathews, 86, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).[142]
- Angela McEwan, 81, American actress (Nebraska, Getting On), lung cancer.[143]
- Wayne Robinson, 85, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).[144]
- Jim West, 61, Australian boxer, national flyweight/super featherweight and Commonwealth flyweight champion.[145]
19
- Peter Broggs, 61, Jamaican reggae musician.[146]
- Louis DiGiaimo, 77, American casting director (The Godfather, Homicide: Life on the Street) and film producer (Donnie Brasco), stroke.[147]
- Chris Harris, 67, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1985–1991) and Senate (1991–2013).[148]
- Jimmy Hill, 87, English football player (Fulham) and manager (Coventry City), trade union leader (PFA) and TV presenter (Match of the Day), Alzheimer's disease.[149]
- Harry Hyams, 87, British property developer (Centre Point).[150]
- Herschel Jacobs, 75, American light heavyweight boxer.[151]
- Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, 87, British politician, MP for Leicester North West (1970–1974) and Leicester West (1974–1997), Alzheimer's disease.[152]
- Stephen Jelicich, 92, Croatian-born New Zealand architect.[153]
- Mabuni Kenei, 97, Japanese martial arts expert.[154]
- Samir Kuntar, 53, Lebanese convicted murderer, member of Hezbollah, longest-held Lebanese prisoner in Israel, missile strike.[155]
- Alan Lee, 61, British cricket and horse racing journalist.[156]
- Kurt Masur, 88, German conductor, Parkinson's disease.[157]
- Dickie Moore, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), prostate cancer.[158]
- Kōji Naka, 64, Japanese actor (Sukeban Deka).[159]
- Carlos Païta, 83, Argentine conductor.[160]
- Ranganath, 66, Indian Telugu actor.[161]
- Selma Reis, 55, Brazilian actress and singer, brain cancer.[162]
- Ozell Sutton, 90, American civil rights activist.[163]
- Karin Söder, 87, Swedish politician, leader of Center Party (1985–1987), Minister for Health and Social Affairs (1979–1982), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1976–1978).[164]
- Timbuck2, 34, American disc jockey, cancer.[165]
- Dick Wathika, 42, Kenyan politician, Mayor of Nairobi (2004–2008).[166]
18
- Luc Brewaeys, 56, Belgian composer and musician, cancer.[167]
- Florentino Broce, 72, Filipino footballer and coach.[168]
- Slobodan Čašule, 70, Macedonian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2001–2002).[169]
- Rene Chapman, 109, British centenarian, Scotland's oldest person.[170]
- Yūzan Fujita, 66, Japanese politician, Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture (1993–2009).[171]
- Evelio Hernández, 84, Cuban baseball player (Washington Senators).[172]
- Vittore Gottardi, 74, Swiss footballer.[173]
- Stuart Milton Hodgson, 91, Canadian politician, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (1967–1979).[174]
- Martin Jære, 95, Norwegian skier.[175]
- Léon Mébiame, 81, Gabonese politician, Prime Minister (1975–1990).[176]
- Howell W. Melton, 92, American lawyer and judge.[177]
- Placidus Nkalanga, 96, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bukoba (1969–1973).[178]
- Andreja Preger, 104, Hungarian-born Serbian pianist and Holocaust survivor.[179]
- Kamal Ahmed Rizvi, 85, Pakistani actor and writer.[180]
- Mogens Rukov, 72, Danish screenwriter.[181]
- Jesús Samper, 65, Spanish businessman, owner of Real Murcia (since 2001).[182]
- Harry Scott, 78, British boxer.[183] (death announced on this date)
- Helge Solum Larsen, 46, Norwegian politician, deputy leader of Venstre (2010–2012), aneurysm.[184]
- Jean-Luc Vilmouth, 63, French artist.[185]
17
- Harold Andersen, 92, American newspaper publisher (Omaha World-Herald).[186]
- Hal Brown, 91, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Houston Colt .45s).[187]
- Serge Devèze, 59, French football manager.[188]
- Osamu Hayaishi, 95, Japanese biochemist.[189]
- Buckshot Hoffner, 91, American politician.[190]
- Vladimir Kostyukov, 61, Belarusian football coach and player (Dnepr Mogilev).[191]
- Mick Lynch, Irish indie rock singer (Stump).[192]
- Gareth Mortimer, 66, Welsh musician (Racing Cars), cancer.[193]
- Joseph Roduit, 76, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Abbot of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune (1999–2015).[194]
- Michael Wyschogrod, 87, German-born American Jewish theologian.[195]
16
- Noboru Ando, 89, Japanese actor and yakuza.[196]
- Svein Bakke, 62, Norwegian footballer (Sogndal).[197]
- John Bates, 77, American college basketball coach (Maryland Eastern Shore, Coppin State), heart attack.[198]
- Patricia Brooker, 80, British reality television personality (The Only Way Is Essex).[199]
- Lloyd Dane, 90, American racing driver.[200] (death announced on this date)
- Peter Dickinson, 88, British author.[201]
- Khodadad Mirza Farman Farmaian, 87, Iranian Qajar dynasty royal and banker.[202]
- Gabre Gabric, 101, Croatian-born Italian track and field athlete.[203]
- Snuff Garrett, 76, American record producer, cancer.[204]
- Aafje Heynis, 91, Dutch contralto.[205]
- Bob Krause, 70, American college athletic director (Kansas State University), cancer.[206]
- Heinz-Otto Kreiss, 85, German-born Swedish mathematician.[207]
- Lizmark, 64, Mexican professional wrestler, respiratory failure.[208]
- Anthony Muto, 81, American fashion designer, heart failure.[209]
- Zoulikha Nasri, 80, Moroccan politician, Secretary of State for National Cooperation (1997–1998).[210]
- George Earl Ortman, 89, American artist.[211]
- Ray Price, 78, American motorcycle builder and racer.[212]
- Adam Roth, 57, American guitarist (Del Fuegos), cancer.[213]
- René Saorgin, 87, French organist.[214]
- Joseph Tellechéa, 89, French footballer.[215]
- Enoch Thorsgard, 98, American politician.[216]
15
- Tom Arden, 54, Australian-born British author, cancer.[217]
- Sándor Benkó, 75, Hungarian clarinetist and bandleader.[218]
- Juan de los Santos, Dominican politician, Mayor of East Santo Domingo, shot.[219]
- Stella Doufexis, 47, German mezzo-soprano, cancer.[220]
- Licio Gelli, 96, Italian financier, Venerable Master of the Propaganda Due lodge.[221]
- Charles C. Lanham, 87, American politician, member of West Virginia Senate.[222]
- Ken Pogue, 81, Canadian actor.[223]
- Kathy Secker, 70, British television presenter.[224] (body discovered on this date)
- Harry Zvi Tabor, 98, British-born Israeli physicist.[225]
- Bruce Wilson, 72, American political activist.[226]
14
- Elena Asins, 75, Spanish painter.[227]
- Terry Backer, 61, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (since 1993), brain cancer.[228]
- Armando Cossutta, 89, Italian politician, member of the European Parliament (1999–2004).[229]
- Johnny Egan, 76, Irish Gaelic football player (Offaly).[230]
- Scat Daddy, 11, American Thoroughbred racehorse.[231]
- Edmund Lyndeck, 90, American singer and actor (Big Daddy, Enchanted, Road Trip).[232]
- Leander J. Shaw, Jr., 85, American politician, Chief Justice of Florida Supreme Court (1990–1992).[233]
- Glen Sonmor, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers) and head coach (Minnesota North Stars), pneumonia.[234]
- Mick Twomey, 84, Australian football player (Collingwood).[235]
- Vadym Tyshchenko, 52, Ukrainian football player (Karpaty, Dnipro) and manager (Dnipro).[236]
- Lillian Vernon, 88, German-born American businesswoman, founder of Lillian Vernon.[237]
- Aleš Veselý, 80, Czech sculptor.[238] (body discovered on this date)
13
- Benedict Anderson, 79, American academic and writer (Imagined Communities), heart failure.[239]
- John Bannon, 72, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia (1982–1992), cancer.[240]
- Peter Block, 82, American hockey manager, founder of Pittsburgh Penguins, cancer.[241]
- Albert Bontridder, 94, Belgian architect and writer.[242]
- Luigi Creatore, 93, American songwriter and record producer, pneumonia.[243]
- James Gillies, 91, Canadian politician.[244]
- Lincoln Holdzkom, 33, American-born New Zealand baseball player (national team), traffic collision.[245]
- Don Leaver, 86, British television director and producer (The Avengers, Prime Suspect).[246]
- Jean-François Malherbe, 65, Belgian philosopher.[247]
- Marleen de Pater-van der Meer, 65, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (2001–2010).[248]
- Phil Pepe, 80, American sportswriter, heart attack.[249]
- Peter Ryan, 92, Australian newspaper columnist.[250]
12
- Luis Bermejo, 84, Spanish cartoonist and illustrator.[251]
- Ignacio Carrau, 92, Spanish politician and lawyer.[252]
- Jon Gadsby, 62, British-born New Zealand writer and comedian (A Week of It), cancer.[253]
- Frans Geurtsen, 73, Dutch footballer (DWS, national team).[254]
- Ken Johnson, 87, British Olympic steeplechase athlete (1952).[255]
- Sharad Anantrao Joshi, 80, Indian politician and social activist.[256]
- Federico Kirbus, 84, Argentine author.[257]
- Evelyn S. Lieberman, 71, American public affairs professional, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (1996), pancreatic cancer.[258]
- I. Howard Marshall, 81, Scottish theologian, pancreatic cancer.[259]
- Gene Ready, 74, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1977–1984), cancer.[260]
- Rose Siggins, 43, American actress (American Horror Story), infection.[261]
- Chaudhary Yashpal Singh, 94, Indian politician[262]
- Gregory Baker Wolfe, 93, American diplomat and academic.[263]
11
- Mihai Adam, 75, Romanian footballer.[264]
- Harry Butler, 85, Australian naturalist and conservationist, cancer.[265]
- Steve Chimombo, 70, Malawian writer.[266]
- Jake Howard, 70, Australian rugby union player (national team).[267]
- Igor Kashintsev, 83, Soviet and Russian actor.[268]
- Abish Kekilbayev, 76, Kazakh politician and academic.[269]
- Yuri Marushkin, 71, Russian football player and manager.[270] (death announced on this date)
- Jiří Paďour, 72, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of České Budějovice (2002–2014).[271]
- H. Arnold Steinberg, 82, Canadian business and educational administrator, Chancellor of McGill University (2009–2014).[272]
- Wolfgang Stockmeier, 84, German composer.[273]
- José Subirá Puig, 90, Spanish sculptor.[274]
- Hema Upadhyay, 43, Indian artist, bludgeoned.[275]
- John "Hot Rod" Williams, 53, American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns), prostate cancer.[276]
- Ken Woolley, 82, Australian architect.[277]
- Yang Jian Bing, 21, Chinese mixed martial artist (ONE Championship), dehydration after weight cut.[278]
- Zyx, 65, Canadian cartoonist and publisher (Croc).[279]
- Gaston Salvatore, 74, Chilean writer.[280]
10
- Klaus Baumgartner, 77, Swiss politician.[281]
- Ian Bell, 59, Scottish journalist and author.[282]
- Rainer Bloss, 69, German electronic musician (Drive Inn).[283]
- Ron Bouchard, 67, American NASCAR driver, cancer.[284]
- Walter Fawcett, 86, Northern Irish cricketer.[285]
- Maurice Graham, 83, Australian rugby union player (New South Wales, New Zealand).[286]
- Denis Héroux, 75, Canadian film director and producer.[287]
- Dermot Patrick O’Mahony, 80, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin (1975–1996).[288]
- Arnold Peralta, 26, Honduran footballer (national team, Rangers F.C.), shot.[289]
- Dolph Schayes, 87, American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (Philadelphia 76ers), cancer.[290]
- Barry Schweid, 83, American news correspondent (Associated Press), neurological disease.[291]
- Donald J. Stohr, 81, American federal judge, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri (1992–2006).[292]
9
- Soshana Afroyim, 88, Austrian painter.[293]
- Norman Breslow, 74, American statistician and medical researcher, prostate cancer.[294]
- John Cockerton, 88, British Anglican priest and academic.[295]
- Carlo Furno, 94, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal (since 1994) and Apostolic nuncio (1973–1995).[296]
- Robert Grant, 67, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1991–1994, 1997–2013).[297]
- Gheorghe Gruia, 75, Romanian handball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1972).[298]
- Rusty Jones, 73, American jazz drummer.[299]
- Juvenal Juvêncio, 81, Brazilian lawyer and sports director.[300]
- Akiyuki Nosaka, 85, Japanese novelist (Grave of the Fireflies).[301]
- Henry Rowan, 92, American philanthropist and engineer.[302]
- Matthew Shija, 91, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kahama (1983–2001).[303]
- Julio Terrazas Sandoval, 79, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal (since 2001) and Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1991–2013).[304]
8
- Mattiwilda Dobbs, 90, American coloratura soprano, cancer.[305]
- Gus Gil, 76, Venezuelan baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Pilots).[306]
- Alan Hodgkinson, 79, English footballer (Sheffield United, national team).[307]
- Sidney Huntington, 100, American indigenous leader and writer.[308]
- Derek Hyatt, 84, English landscape painter.[309]
- Walter J. Leonard, 86, American college admission officer (Harvard University), Alzheimer's disease.[310]
- Bonnie Lou, 91, American country singer, dementia.[311]
- Gary Marker, 72, American bassist (Rising Sons, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band) and recording engineer, stroke.[312]
- Johnny More, 81, British impressionist (The Comedians), leukaemia.[313]
- J. Hugh Nichols, 85, American politician.[314]
- Anthony Francis Sharma, 77, Nepalese Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Nepal (1984–2014).[315]
- Jokelyn Tienstra, 45, Dutch handball player, brain tumor.[316] (death announced on this date)
- Douglas Tompkins, 72, American conservationist and businessman, co-founder of The North Face and Esprit, hypothermia following kayak accident.[317]
- Ross Turnbull, 81, Canadian-born American ice hockey player.[318]
- John Trudell, 69, American Indian activist and poet, cancer.[319]
- Elsie Tu, 102, English-born Hong Kong social activist, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1988–1995).[320]
- Ramashankar Yadav, 58, Indian poet and activist.[321]
7
- Betty Bourke, 91, New Zealand health administrator.[322]
- Martin E. Brooks, 90, American actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Dallas).[323]
- Lolita Aniyar de Castro, 78, Venezuelan politician.[324]
- Horn Chen, 83, American businessman.[325]
- Jesse C. Deen, 93, American politician.[326]
- Heinz Fricke, 88, German conductor and music director.[327]
- Gerhard Lenski, 91, American sociologist.[328]
- Osmar Martínez, 47, Paraguayan guerrilla leader and convicted kidnapper, co-founder of Paraguayan People's Army.[329]
- Rrok Mirdita, 76, Montenegrin-born Albanian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës (since 1992).[330]
- Kenneth Partridge, 89, English interior decorator.[331]
- Hyron Spinrad, 81, American astronomer.[332]
- Elaine Riley, 98, American actress.[333]
- Shirley Stelfox, 74, British actress (Emmerdale, Keeping Up Appearances, Coronation Street), cancer.[334]
- Peter Westbury, 77, British racing driver.[335][336]
6
- Dale Anderson, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).[337]
- Ken Beatrice, 72, American radio personality (WMAL, WTEM).[338]
- Ian Burns, 76, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen).[339]
- Ko Chun-hsiung, 70, Taiwanese actor (Eight Hundred Heroes, Attack Force Z), director and politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (2005–2008), lung cancer.[340]
- Mack Herron, 67, American football player.[341]
- Liu Juying, 98, Chinese politician and army general.[342]
- Franzl Lang, 84, German yodeler.[343]
- Marque Lynche, 34, American singer (The New Mickey Mouse Club, American Idol).[344] (death announced on this date)
- Mariuccia Mandelli, 90, Italian fashion designer, founder of Krizia.[345]
- Mike Mangold, 60, American pilot and aerobatics champion, plane crash.[346]
- Mick McLaughlin, 72, Welsh footballer (Hereford United, Newport County).[347]
- Jaafar Mohamed Saad, Yemeni politician and general, Governor of Aden (since 2015), car bombing.[348]
- Georg Smefjell, 78, Norwegian ice hockey player.[349]
- Nicholas Smith, 81, British actor (Are You Being Served?, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Doctor Who), complications from a fall.[350]
- Zoltán Szabó, 86, Hungarian cardiac surgeon, performed nation's first successful heart transplant.[351]
- Tomi Taira, 87, Japanese actress, respiratory failure.[352]
- Howard West, 84, American TV producer (Seinfeld).[353]
- Holly Woodlawn, 69, Puerto Rican-born American actress and Warhol superstar, brain and liver cancer.[354]
5
- Abdul Jalil Ibni Sultan Ibrahim, 25, Malaysian royal, Prince of Johor, liver cancer.[355]
- Zafar Altaf, 74, Pakistani cricket player, administrator and civil servant, heart attack.[356]
- Willie Coburn, 74, Scottish footballer (St. Johnstone).[357]
- Peter Cochrane, 96, Scottish WWII army officer.[358]
- Luigi Conti, 86, Italian-born Vatican diplomat, Apostolic nuncio (1975–2003).[359]
- Ray Crooke, 93, Australian artist, winner of the Archibald Prize (1969).[360]
- Kiki Divaris, 90, Greek fashion designer, complications from pneumonia.[361]
- Vic Eliason, 79, American Christian broadcaster.[362]
- Marty Feldman, 93, American football coach (Oakland Raiders) and Marine.[363]
- John Garner, 63, American rock drummer and vocalist (Sir Lord Baltimore), liver failure.[364]
- Yolande Henderson, 81, Pakistani teacher, intestinal cancer.[365]
- William McIlvanney, 79, Scottish novelist and poet.[366]
- Hack Meyers, 41, American professional wrestler (ECW), complications from brain surgery.[367]
- Marília Pêra, 72, Brazilian actress (Pixote, Better Days Ahead), lung cancer.[368]
- Dimitar Iliev Popov, 88, Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister (1990–1991).[369]
- Tibor Rubin, 86, Hungarian-born American Medal of Honor recipient and Holocaust survivor.[370]
- Wolfgang Sandner, 66, German physicist.[371]
- Siddhi Savetsila, 96, Thai politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980–1990), Deputy Prime Minister (1986).[372]
- Dave Scholz, 67, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers).[373]
- Franz Speta, 74, Austrian botanist.[374]
- Chuck Williams, 100, American business executive and author, founder of Williams-Sonoma.[375]
- Bruce Yorke, 91, Canadian politician.[376]
4
- Bill Bennett, 83, Canadian politician, Premier of British Columbia (1975–1986), Alzheimer's disease.[377]
- Willie Burden, 64, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders) and sports administrator.[378]
- Jaime Camino, 79, Spanish film director (The Long Winter, Lights and Shadows).[379]
- Chris Carney, 35, American singer (The Prom Kings) and reality star (twentyfourseven), traffic collision.[380]
- Erik De Vlaeminck, 70, Belgian cyclist, seven-time world-champion cyclo-cross (1966, 1968–1973).[381]
- Norman Engleback, 88, British architect.[382]
- John Glad, 73, American academic and translator.[383]
- Ricardo Guízar Díaz, 82, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (1996–2009).[384]
- Henry Hall, 87, British physicist.[385]
- J Capri, 23, Jamaican singer, traffic collision.[386]
- Robert Loggia, 85, American actor (Jagged Edge, Scarface, Big), Alzheimer's disease.[387]
- Rodney Milnes, 79, British opera critic.[388]
- Karen Montgomery, 66, American actress and film producer, breast cancer.[389]
- Irakli Ochiauri, 91, Georgian sculptor.[390]
- Takamasa Sakurai, 49, Japanese author, hit by train.[391]
- Yossi Sarid, 75, Israeli politician, member of Knesset (1974–2006), Minister of Environment (1992–1996) and Education (1999–2000).[392]
- Dmitry Shumkov, 43, Russian lawyer and investor.[393]
- Dag Skogheim, 87, Norwegian writer.[394]
- Xu Ming, 44, Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire.[395]
3
- Gladstone Anderson, 81, Jamaican musician.[396]
- Sunil Hettiarachchi, 78, Sri Lankan actor.[397]
- Eevi Huttunen, 93, Finnish Olympic speed skater (1960).[398]
- Wim Kolijn, 71, Dutch politician.[399]
- Lawrence Pugh, 82, American businessman, chief executive of VF Corporation.[400]
- Shared Belief, 4, American racehorse, colic.[401]
- Arthur R. Taylor, 80, American businessman, president of CBS.[402]
- Scott Weiland, 48, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, The Wondergirls), accidental drug and alcohol overdose.[403]
- Melvin Williams, 73, American drug trafficker and actor (The Wire).[404]
- Vladimir Zheleznikov, 90, Russian children's author.[405]
2
- Sandy Berger, 70, American political consultant, United States National Security Advisor (1997–2001), cancer.[406]
- Bryony Brind, 55, English ballerina, heart attack.[407]
- John Eaton, 85, American composer.[408]
- Gabriele Ferzetti, 90, Italian actor (L'Avventura, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Once Upon a Time in the West).[409]
- Leoni Franco, 73, Uruguayan musician, composer and guitarist.[410]
- Ray Gandolf, 85, American sportscaster.[411]
- Phila Rawlings Hach, 89, American cooking show host.[412]
- Shelby Highsmith, 86, American federal judge.[413]
- Douglas Hoylman, 72, American crossword puzzle solver, heart disease.[414]
- Sam Ibiam, 90, Nigerian footballer (national team).[415]
- Ferenc Juhász, 87, Hungarian poet.[416]
- Ernst Larsen, 89, Norwegian runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).[417]
- Will McMillan, 71, American actor, producer, and director.[418]
- Sir John Osborn, 92, British politician, Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam (1959–1987).[419]
- M. A. M. Ramaswamy, 84, Indian industrialist and politician.[420]
- John Rassias, 90, American language professor.[421]
- George T. Sakato, 94, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.[422]
- A. Sheriff, 74, Indian screenwriter (Avalude Ravukal).[423]
- Thom Thomas, 80, American playwright, leukemia.[424]
- Anthony Valentine, 76, British actor (Colditz, Coronation Street, Escape to Athena).[425]
- Slamet Effendy Yusuf, 67, Indonesian cleric and politician (Nahdlatul Ulama).[426]
- Luz Marina Zuluaga, 77, Colombian beauty queen, Miss Universe (1958).[427]
1
- Edwar al-Kharrat, 89, Egyptian novelist, pneumonia.[428]
- Rob Blokzijl, 72, Dutch physicist and computer scientist.[429]
- Marc Breslow, 89, American game show director (The Price is Right, Match Game).[430]
- Joseph Engelberger, 90, American engineer and inventor.[431]
- Robert E. Glennen, 82, American academic, President of Emporia State University (1985–1997).[432]
- John F. Kurtzke, 89, American neurologist.[433]
- Jim Loscutoff, 85, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), complications of pneumonia and Parkinson's disease.[434]
- Trevor Obst, 75, Australian football player (Port Adelaide).[435]
- Xavier Olea Muñoz, 92, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Guerrero (1975).[436]
- Antonio Troyo Calderón, 92, Costa Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San José de Costa Rica (1979–2002).[437]
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- ^ A Life Well Lived
- ^ Martínez falleció en la cárcel (Spanish)
- ^ Rrok Mirdita, me një histori të gjatë me Nju Jorkun, ka qenë simbol i unifikimit të katolikëve të Treshtetshit – New York-New Jersey-Connecticut (Albanian)
- ^ Kenneth Partridge, interior designer – obituary
- ^ Hyron Spinrad (1934–2015)
- ^ Elaine Riley (1917–2015)
- ^ Emmerdale actress Shirley Stelfox dies aged 74
- ^ Notice of Death – Peter Westbury
- ^ Peter Westbury
- ^ Dale Anderson's Obituary
- ^ Ken Beatrice Dies
- ^ Former Aberdeen player Ian Burns dies, aged 76
- ^ Actor Ko Chun-hsiung dies of cancer at 69
- ^ Former Patriot Mack Herron dies at 67
- ^ Major General Liu Juying founding died in Beijing at the age of 98 years
- ^ "Kufsteinlied"-Interpret Franzl Lang ist tot (German)
- ^ Former Mickey Mouse Club star Marque Lynche Jr. dies aged 34
- ^ Mariuccia Mandelli, Italian Fashion Designer, Dies at 90
- ^ Famous Red Bull Pilot Killed in Apple Valley Plane Crash
- ^ Mick McLaughlin, who was part of the Hereford United team that beat Newcastle United in 1972, has died
- ^ Governor of Aden in Yemen killed in explosion, say officials
- ^ Georg Smefjell (Norwegian)
- ^ Are You Being Served? actor Nicholas Smith dies aged 81
- ^ Elhunyt az első sikeres magyar szívtranszplantációt elvégző orvos (Hungarian)
- ^ Popular actress Tomi Taira, featured in TV’s ‘Chura-san,’ dies at 87
- ^ Howard West, 'Seinfeld' Producer, Dies at 84
- ^ Holly Woodlawn, Warhol Superstar And Trans Troublemaker, Dead At 69
- ^ Johor prince Tunku Jalil dies of cancer
- ^ Dr Zafar Altaf passes away
- ^ Former Player Willie Coburn passes away
- ^ James Aikman (Peter) Cochrane
- ^ È morto il nunzio apostolico Luigi Conti (Italian)
- ^ Artist Ray Crooke, champion of the tropics, dies at 93
- ^ Greek Fashion Guru Kiki Divaris Passes Away
- ^ Vic Eliason 5/14/1936-12/5/2015 Home with the Lord
- ^ Martin Feldman
- ^ Sir Lord Baltimore's Vocalist/Drummer John Garner Dies
- ^ Mrs Henderson’s pupils will cherish her legacy
- ^ William McIlvanney, the great Scottish writer, poet and political thinker, has died
- ^ ECW Original Hack Meyers passes away
- ^ Morre a atriz Marília Pêra, aos 72 anos (Portuguese)
- ^ Former Bulgarian PM Dimitar Popov dies at 88
- ^ Tibor Rubin dies at 86; Holocaust survivor received Medal of Honor for Korean War heroism
- ^ In memoriam Wolfgang Sandner, ELI-DC director and laser scientist
- ^ Privy councillor Siddhi dies at 96
- ^ Scholz, once Illini's leading scorer, dies at 67
- ^ Univ. Doz. Dr. Franz Speta (German)
- ^ Chuck Williams, Founder of Williams-Sonoma Retailer, Dies at 100
- ^ Bruce Yorke, former Vancouver city councillor, dies at 91
- ^ Bill Bennett, former B.C. premier, dead at 83
- ^ Former NC State football star Willie Burden dies at 64
- ^ Muere Jaime Camino, director de 'Dragón Rapide' (Spanish)
- ^ MTV reality show personality dies in crash on Highway 70 in Hot Springs
- ^ Zevenvoudig wereldkampioen veldrijden Eric De Vlaeminck is overleden (Dutch)
- ^ Norman Engleback obituary
- ^ Русее иных русских (Russian)
- ^ Archbishop Ricardo Guízar Díaz
- ^ Prof. Henry Edgar Hall F.r.s
- ^ Popular Dancehall singer J Capri dies at 23
- ^ Oscar-Nominated Actor Robert Loggia Dies at 85
- ^ A much-loved Times critic has died
- ^ Karen Montgomery, ‘Star Trek’ Actress and Film Producer, Dies at 66
- ^ Irakli Ochiauri dies at age 91
- ^ Japanese pop culture expert dies in railway fall
- ^ Yossi Sarid, Former Knesset Member and Minister, Dies at 75
- ^ Lawyer, Businessman Shumkov Found Dead in Moscow-City
- ^ Dag Skogheim er død (Norwegian)
- ^ Chinese Businessman Linked to Corruption Scandals Dies in Prison, Reports Say
- ^ Musician Gladdy Anderson dies
- ^ Veteran actor Sunil Hettiarachchi passes away
- ^ Olympiamitalisti Eevi Pirinen kuoli 93-vuotiaana (Finnish)
- ^ Oud SGP-voorzitter Wim Kolijn overleden (Dutch)
- ^ Colby Mourns the Loss of Larry Pugh ’56, Life Trustee
- ^ Shared Belief Dies After Colic Surgery
- ^ Arthur R. Taylor, Ex-CBS President Who Sold Yankees to Steinbrenner, Dies at 80
- ^ Scott Weiland Cause of Death: Accidental Overdose
- ^ 'Little' Melvin Williams, Baltimore drug kingpin who appeared on 'The Wire,' dies
- ^ Ушел из жизни автор повести "Чучело" Владимир Железников (Russian)
- ^ Sandy Berger, ex-Clinton national security adviser, dies at 70
- ^ Sudden death of Royal Ballet star, aged 55
- ^ Death of Tempest composer
- ^ Actor Gabriele Ferzetti dies
- ^ Fallece en Guatemala Leonardo Franco, uno de los fundadores de los Iracundos (Spanish)
- ^ Sportscaster and 'Our World' co-anchor
- ^ Phila Hach, Who Spread The Gospel Of Southern Cuisine, Dies At 89
- ^ Miami federal judge Shelby Highsmith dies at 86
- ^ Doug Hoylman, numbers man and crossword puzzle champ, dies at 72
- ^ First Nigerian goalkeeper, Sam Ibiam, dies at 90
- ^ Meghalt Juhász Ferenc költő (Hungarian)
- ^ Ernst «Kruska» Larsen er død (Norwegian)
- ^ Will MacMillan, Soap Opera Actor And Star Of George A. Romero’s ‘The Crazies’, Dies At 71
- ^ Osborn
- ^ Industrialist M.A.M Ramaswamy passes away at 84
- ^ Dartmouth language Prof. Rassias, method founder, dies at 90
- ^ Medal of Honor Recipient George T. Sakato Passes Away at 94
- ^ Scriptwriter Alleppey Sheriff of Avalude Ravukal-fame dies at 74
- ^ Co-Author of Broadway-Aimed Beaches Musical Dies
- ^ Colditz star Anthony Valentine dies at 76
- ^ Wakil Ketum PBNU Slamet Effendy Yusuf Meninggal Dunia (Indonesian)
- ^ First Colombian Miss Universe Luz Marina Zuluaga dies suddenly at age 77
- ^ Egypt Novelist Edwar Al-Kharrat Passes Away At 89, Leaving Behind a Literary Legacy
- ^ Rob Blokzijl Obituary
- ^ RIP Game Show Director Marc Breslow
- ^ Father of Robotics Joseph F. Engelberger Dies at Age 90
- ^ Former WNMU President Glennen dies at 82
- ^ National MS Society Mourns the Passing of Dr. John Kurtzke
- ^ Team Statement on Celtics Legend Jim Loscutoff
- ^ Port Adelaide mourns passing of 1967 Magarey Medallist Trevor Obst
- ^ Muere Xavier Olea Muñoz, ex gobernador de Guerrero (Spanish)
- ^ Bishop Antonio Troyo Calderón
External links
- The Guardian, UK obituaries
- Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
- Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
- The New York Times, US obituaries
- The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries
- The Telegraph obituaries
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