Deaths in October 2018

The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2018.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists 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.

October 2018

1

• Shirin Aliabadi, 45, Iranian visual artist, cancer.
• Charles Aznavour, 94, French-Armenian singer ("La Bohème", "She"), lyricist and actor (Shoot the Piano Player), complications from pulmonary edema.
• Peter C. Bjarkman, 77, American baseball historian and author.
• John H. Bryan, 81, American business executive and philanthropist (Millennium Park), CEO of Sara Lee (1975–2001), complications from lung cancer.
• Mario Castellazzi, 82, Italian footballer (Spezia, Catania, Livorno).
• Caroline Charrière, 57, Swiss composer, conductor and flautist.
• Stelvio Cipriani, 81, Italian composer, complications from a stroke.
• Ben Daglish, 52, British composer (The Last Ninja), lung cancer.
• Đỗ Mười, 101, Vietnamese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party (1991–1997), Prime Minister (1988–1991), respiratory and kidney failure.
• Carlos Ezquerra, 70, Spanish comics artist (Judge Dredd, Preacher, Strontium Dog), lung cancer.
• Michael Freedland, 83, British journalist and biographer.
• Jerry González, 69, American bandleader and trumpeter, heart attack.
• Francesco Greco, 75, Italian politician, Senator (1983–1994).
• Darryl Greenamyer, 82, American aviator and record holder.
• Ronnie Leitch, 64, Sri Lankan singer and actor (Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor, Re Daniel Dawal Migel, Onna Babo), heart attack.
• M. V. V. S. Murthi, 76, Indian academic, businessman and politician, founder of GITAM, MP for Visakhapatnam (1991–1996, 1999–2004), traffic collision.
• Donald Read, 88, British historian.
• Graciano Rocchigiani, 54, German boxer, WBC (1988–1989) and IBF world champion (1998–2000), traffic collision.
• Franco Sar, 84, Italian Olympic decathlete (1960, 1964), heart attack.
• Antoine Sfeir, 69, Lebanese journalist and professor.
• María Teresa Sosa, 88, Guatemalan politician and activist, First Lady (1982–1983).
• Chris Wilkins, 74, South African cricketer (Border, Derbyshire, Natal).
• Élaine Zakaïb, 59, Canadian politician, brain cancer.

2

• Wendy Atkin, 71, British epidemiologist.
• Smilja Avramov, 100, Serbian academic and educator.
• Balabhaskar, 40, Indian violinist, composer and record producer, heart attack.
• Ron Casey, 89, Australian broadcaster and sports journalist.
• Geoff Emerick, 72, English recording engineer (Abbey Road Studios, The Beatles), multi-Grammy winner, heart attack.
• Dorothy Hukill, 72, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2004–2012) and Senate (since 2012), cancer.
• Bob Jones, 91, American cartoonist and illustrator, pulmonary fibrosis.
• Thampi Kannanthanam, 64, Indian film director (Bhoomiyile Rajakkanmar).
• Roman Kartsev, 79, Russian actor (Heart of a Dog, Promised Heaven, Old Hags).
• Jamal Khashoggi, 59, Saudi Arabian journalist, strangled.
• Józef Kokot, 89, Polish footballer [1]
• Wilhelmus Luxemburg, 89, Dutch mathematician.
• Utu Abe Malae, American Samoan businessman, banker and politician.
• Cosimo Ennio Masiello, 88, Italian politician, Mayor of Brindisi (1987–1989) and Senator (1992–1994).
• Ceri Peach, 78, Welsh geographer.
• Hermenegildo Sábat, 85, Uruguayan comic book artist.
• José Lorenzo Sartori, 86, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (1994–2008).
• Ole E. Storlien, 83, Norwegian politician.
• Burhan Uray, 87, Chinese-Indonesian timber tycoon and philanthropist.

3

• Elisabeth Andersen, 98, Dutch actress.
• Jiří Bis, 77, Czech politician, Senator (2008–2014).
• Julien Bogaert, 94, Belgian Olympic sprint canoeist (1948).
• Fang Nanjiang, 75, Chinese novelist and major general of the People's Armed Police.
• David M. Fergusson, 74, British-born New Zealand psychologist, lung cancer.
• Wen Fong, 88, Chinese-American art historian, leukemia.
• Sir Roger Gibbs, 83, British financier.
• Heo Su-gyeong, 54, South Korean poet.
• Joseph Kamaru, 79, Kenyan benga musician and political activist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Saak Karapetyan, 58, Russian attorney, Deputy Attorney General, helicopter crash.
• Leon M. Lederman, 96, American experimental physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1988), dementia.
• Bent Lorentzen, 83, Danish composer.
• Marty Pattin, 75, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals).
• Hollie Pihl, 90, American judge.
• Hugo Raspoet, 77, Belgian singer and guitarist ("Helena", "Evviva Il Papa").
• Felix Smith, 100, American aviator.
• Bror Stefenson, 89, Swedish navy admiral.
• Keiichiro Takahara, 87, Japanese businessman, founder of Unicharm.
• Antonio Valero, 86, Spanish footballer.
• John Von Ohlen, 77, American jazz drummer (Blue Wisp Big Band).
• Peter Wales, 89, English cricketer.
• Prosper Weil, 92, French lawyer.
• Edward E. Williams, 73, American economist.

4

• Dave Anderson, 89, American sportswriter (The New York Times), Pulitzer Prize winner (1981).
• Jeanne Ashworth, 80, American speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist (1960), pancreatic cancer.
• Jack Avina, 89, American college basketball coach (Portland Pilots).
• Hamiet Bluiett, 78, American jazz saxophonist, complications from a series of strokes.
• Kevin Ellison, 31, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Spokane Shock), traffic collision.
• Barrie Frost, 79, New Zealand-born Canadian psychologist and neuroscientist.
• Takumi Furukawa, 101, Japanese film director (Season of the Sun, Cruel Gun Story), heart failure.
• José Lluis, 80, Spanish Olympic basketball player (1960).
• Kurt Malangré, 84, German politician, Lord Mayor of Aachen (1973–1989) and MEP (1979–1999).
• Karl Mildenberger, 80, German boxer, European heavyweight champion (1964–1968).
• Walter Paine, 95, American journalist and publisher (Valley News).
• Bert Romp, 59, Dutch equestrian, Olympic champion (1992), kicked by horse.
• José Sacal, 74, Mexican surrealist sculptor.
• Neville Sayers, 91, Australian Olympic modern pentathlete (1956, 1960) and sports shooter (1960).
• Sir John Swinton, 93, British military officer.
• John Tyrrell, 76, British musicologist.
• Will Vinton, 70, American animator (The California Raisins, The Adventures of Mark Twain, Return to Oz), Oscar winner (1974), multiple myeloma.
• Scott Weir, 65, Scottish cricketer.
• Audrey Wells, 58, American film director and screenwriter (Under the Tuscan Sun, The Hate U Give, The Truth About Cats & Dogs), cancer.
• Konisi Yabaki, 77, Fijian politician, Minister for Fisheries and Forests (2001–2006).

5

• Wayne Berry, 86, American football player (New York Giants).
• John Deeble, 87, Australian health economist.
• Louis A. DeSimone, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (1981–1997).
• Frank Drum, 87, Australian footballer (Richmond).
• Jimmy Duquennoy, 23, Belgian racing cyclist, heart attack.
• Ray Galton, 88, British scriptwriter (Hancock's Half Hour, Steptoe and Son), dementia.
• Richard Horden, 73, British architect.
• Ed Kenney, 85, American singer and actor (Flower Drum Song).
• Grigorij Khizhnyak, 44, Ukrainian basketball player (Kyiv, Makedonikos, Dnipro), heart attack.
• Herbert Kleber, 84, American psychiatrist.
• Lin Xiao, 97, Chinese politician, Chairman of Henan People's Congress.
• Greg Marx, 68, American football player (Atlanta Falcons).
• Ivar Odnes, 55, Norwegian politician, MP (since 2017), cancer.
• Víctor Pey, 103, Spanish-Chilean engineer, counselor of Salvador Allende.
• Hege Skjeie, 63, Norwegian political scientist.
• Rudy Wowor, 74, Indonesian actor, prostate cancer.

6

• Don Askarian, 69, Armenian filmmaker.
• John Nicholson Black, 96, British academic and university administrator, Principal of Bedford College, London (1971–1981).
• Eef Brouwers, 79, Dutch journalist and spokesman, Director-general of the RVD (1995–2004).
• Montserrat Caballé, 85, Spanish opera singer, Grammy winner (1968), gallbladder infection.
• Tahir Chaudhry, Pakistani chef, cardiac arrest.
• Edwin-Michael Cortez, 66, American library science professor.
• James Cowan, 76, Australian author.
• Encosta De Lago, 25, Australian racehorse and sire.
• Lorna Cooke deVaron, 97, American choral conductor.
• Ira Gasman, 76, American playwright and lyricist, heart failure.
• Paul James, 87, American sportscaster (Utah Utes, BYU Cougars).
• George Kaftan, 90, American basketball player (Boston Celtics).
• Quentin Kenihan, 43, Australian disability advocate and actor (Mad Max: Fury Road), asthma attack.
• Wilf Malcolm, 84, New Zealand pure mathematician, vice-chancellor of the University of Waikato (1985–1994).
• Victoria Marinova, 30, Bulgarian journalist and television presenter, strangled.
• Bert Nederlof, 72, Dutch journalist and radio sports commentator.
• Ramon Neto da Costa, 31, Brazilian footballer (Figueirense), heart attack.
• Robert Pitofsky, 88, American legal scholar.
• Don Sandburg, 87, American actor (Bozo's Circus), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Michel Vovelle, 85, French historian.
• Scott Wilson, 76, American actor (The Walking Dead, In Cold Blood, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), complications from leukemia.

7

• René Bouin, 81, French politician, Deputy (2002–2007), Mayor of Chenillé-Changé (1977–2001).
• Boris Braun, 98, Croatian professor and Holocaust survivor.
• John Gagliardi, 91, American Hall of Fame college football coach (Saint John's Johnnies).
• Gibba, 93, Italian animator (Il nano e la strega).
• Betty Grissom, 91, American plaintiff winner against NASA contractor.
• Brian Hughes, 80, Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Atlanta Chiefs).
• Eija Krogerus, 86, Finnish bowler.
• Patrice L'Heureux, 46, Canadian boxer, heart attack.
• Kurt Leitner, 72, Austrian footballer[2]
• Nino Lombardo, 91, Italian politician, Deputy (1976–1994), heart failure.
• Peggy McCay, 90, American actress (Days of Our Lives, Love of Life, Murphy's Romance).
• Moi-Yo Miller, 104, Australian actress and illusionist, dementia.
• Ludo Monset, 72, Belgian politician, Senator (1991–1995), Mayor of Blankenberge (1995–2011).
• Peter Nyombi, 64, Ugandan politician, Attorney General (2011–2015), heart failure.
• John Odey, 58, Nigerian politician, Minister of Environment (since 2008), cancer.
• Moses Olaiya, 82, Nigerian actor, complications from a stroke.
• Oleg Pavlov, 48, Russian writer, heart attack.
• Marie M. Runyon, 103, American political activist and politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1975–1976).
• Natwar Thakkar, 86, Indian social worker.
• John Wicks, 65, British singer and songwriter (The Records).
• Celeste Yarnall, 74, American actress (Eve, The Mechanic, Star Trek), ovarian cancer.

8

• Fernando Albán Salazar, 56, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, Libertador Bolivarian Municipality councilman (since 2012).
• Shibly Aziz, 75, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Attorney General (1995–1996).
• Neville Chamberlain, 78, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Brechin (1997–2005).
• Tim Chandler, 58, American rock bassist (Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies, The Choir).
• Chris Curran, 44, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
• Dina Haroun, 44, Syrian actress (Maraya), lung infection.
• Alfred Holland, 91, British-born Australian Anglican bishop.
• Juan Heredia Moreno, 76, Spanish footballer (Mallorca).
• Arnold Kopelson, 83, American film producer (Platoon, The Fugitive, Seven), Oscar winner (1987).
• John Quinn, 85, American theoretical physicist.
• Geoff Smith, 76, Australian sprint cyclist, Olympic tandem (1960).
• George Taliaferro, 91, American professional (Baltimore Colts) and college Hall of Fame football player (Indiana Hoosiers), first African-American selected in an NFL Draft.
• Joseph Tydings, 90, American lawyer (Eisenstadt v. Baird) and politician, U.S. Senator from Maryland (1965–1971).
• Hiroshi Wajima, 70, Japanese sumo yokozuna (Hanakago stable) and professional wrestler (AJPW), throat cancer.
• David Wise, 88, American journalist (New York Herald-Tribune), pancreatic cancer.

9

• Carolyn Blanchard Allen, 97, American politician, Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1963–1970).
• Heiki Arike, 53, Estonian politician, Minister of the Interior (1993–1994).
• Robert Bausch, 73, American author, multiple myeloma.
• Tanvir Chowdhury, 41, Bangladeshi footballer (Abahani Ltd. Dhaka, Sheikh Russel KC).
• Robert W. Cox, 92, Canadian political scientist.
• Pat Gorman, 85, British actor (Doctor Who, The Nightmare Man).
• Thomas M. Hannigan, 78, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1978–1996).
• Anna Harvey, 74, British fashion editor (Vogue) and stylist (Princess Diana).
• Tony Hopper, 42, English footballer (Carlisle United), motor neurone disease.
• Diane Jergens, 83, American actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Bob Cummings Show, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color).
• George W. Landau, 98, American diplomat.
• Larry Larrañaga, 80, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1995–2018), Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease.
• Lü Junchang, 53, Chinese palaeontologist (Tongtianlong, Qianzhousaurus, Darwinopterus).
• Frank Padavan, 83, American politician, member of the New York Senate (1973–2010), heart attack.
• José Santiago, 90, Puerto Rican baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics).
• Warner Saunders, 83, American news anchor (WMAQ-TV, WBBM-TV).
• Werner Scheler, 95, German physician and pharmacologist, president of the East German Academy of Sciences (1979–1990).
• Alex Spanos, 95, American real estate developer and football team owner (Los Angeles Chargers), dementia.
• Thomas A. Steitz, 78, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (2009), pancreatic cancer.
• Venantino Venantini, 88, Italian actor (Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye, City of the Living Dead, Cannibal Ferox), complications from surgery.
• Carolyn Warner, 88, American politician, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction (1975–1987).
• William Wilbanks, 78, American criminologist.
• Roman Zabzaliuk, 58, Ukrainian politician, MP (2006–2014), cancer.

10

• Andie Airfix, 72, British graphic designer and album artist (Def Leppard, Metallica).
• Malcolm Andrews, 73–74, Australian writer.
• Yvan Blot, 70, French politician, MEP (1989–1994).
• Louis Brouillard, 97, American Roman Catholic priest.
• Achille Cutrera, 89, Italian politician, Senator (1987–1994).
• Raymond Danon, 88, French film producer (The Gardener of Argenteuil, Someone Behind the Door, Lovers Like Us).
• Denzil Davies, 80, British politician, MP (1970–2005).
• Frank Deem, 90, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1954–1962, 1988–1990, since 2014) and Senate (1964–1978, 1994–2010), pneumonia.
• Don Eddy, 71, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), pancreatic cancer.
• Laurence Forristal, 87, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ossory (1981–2007).
• Zíbia Gasparetto, 92, Brazilian spiritualist writer, pancreatic cancer.
• Theresa Hightower, 64, American jazz singer, colon cancer.
• Angelo Marino, 62, Italian art curator.
• Mary Midgley, 99, British moral philosopher.
• Raye Montague, 83, American naval engineer (Oliver Hazard Perry class), heart failure.
• Richard T. Morgan, 66, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1990–2006).
• Peter Ramseier, 73, Swiss footballer (Basel, national team).
• Bruce N. Whitman, 85, American aviation executive.
• Tex Winter, 96, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Kansas State Wildcats, Chicago Bulls), innovator of the triangle offense.

11

• G. D. Agrawal, 86, Indian environmental activist, starvation following hunger strike.
• Ireneo A. Amantillo, 83, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Cagayan de Oro (1976–1978) and Tandag (1978–2001), prostate cancer.
• Paul Andreu, 80, French architect (Charles de Gaulle Airport, National Grand Theatre of China).
• Fatos Arapi, 89, Albanian poet.
• Leif Axmyr, 80, Swedish double murderer.
• Marie Bignold, 91, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1984–1991).
• Charlie Crickmore, 76, English footballer (Hull City, Bournemouth, Notts County).
• Robert Dean, 89, American ufologist.
• Sir Doug Ellis, 94, English entrepreneur and football club chairman (Aston Villa).
• Milton Gendel, 99, American-Italian photographer and art critic (ARTnews).
• Carol Hall, 82, American composer and lyricist (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), complications from primary progressive aphasia.
• Labinot Harbuzi, 32, Swedish footballer (Malmö FF, S.B.V. Excelsior, Gençlerbirliği), heart attack.
• Duncan Johnson, 80, Canadian-born British DJ, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Dieter Kemper, 81, German racing cyclist.
• Anatoli Levitin, 96, Russian painter and art educator.
• Pran Nevile, 95, Indian art historian.
• P. Chandrasekhara Rao, 82, Indian jurist.
• Yoshito Sengoku, 72, Japanese politician, Minister of Justice (2010–2011), lung cancer.
• Engelbert Siebler, 81, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Munich and Freising (1986–2012).
• Jimbo Simpson, 60, Northern Irish paramilitary (UDA), lung cancer.
• Greg Stafford, 70, American game designer (White Bear and Red Moon, King of Dragon Pass, HeroQuest).
• Hebe Uhart, 81, Argentine writer.

12

• Pik Botha, 86, South African politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1977–1994).
• George Castledine, 72, British nursing educator.
• Chang Chun-yen, 81, Taiwanese engineer, President of National Chiao Tung University, member of Academia Sinica, cancer.
• Colleen Conway-Welch, 74, American academic administrator (Vanderbilt School of Nursing), Nursing Living Legend, pancreatic cancer.
• Rudy Horn, 85, German juggler.
• Tom Jago, 93, British liquor executive and distiller, creator of Baileys Irish Cream.
• Kim Chang-ho, 49, South Korean mountaineer, fall.
• Takehisa Kosugi, 80, Japanese composer and violinist, esophageal cancer.
• Pat Leane, 88, Australian athlete, Olympic decathlon (1952 and 1956).
• Helen Neville, 72, Canadian-born American psychologist and neuroscientist.
• A. G. Russell, 85, American knife maker.
• Jan Jakob Tønseth, 71, Norwegian author.
• Raymond L. White, 74, American geneticist. (death announced on this date)
• Claude Zilberberg, 80, French semiotician.

13

• Jockin Arputham, 71, Indian urban planner and social worker.
• Jean Bienvenue, 90, Canadian politician.
• Fabien Eboussi Boulaga, 84, Cameroonian philosopher.
• François Jacques Bussini, 82, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Amiens (1985–1987).
• William Coors, 102, American brewer (Coors Brewing Company).
• Annapurna Devi, 91, Indian classical surbahar player.
• Robert W. Doran, 73, New Zealand computer scientist.
• Edgar S. Harris Jr., 93, American Air Force lieutenant general.
• Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, 77, British politician.
• Sue Hubbell, 83, American author, dementia.
• Parithi Ilamvazhuthi, 58, Indian politician, heart attack.
• Don Leo Jonathan, 87, American-Canadian Hall of Fame professional wrestler (NWA).
• Meher Kabir, 97, Bangladeshi academic and litterateur.
• János Konkoly, 78, Hungarian Olympic diver.
• Nikolai Pankin, 69, Russian breaststroke swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968) and swimming coach.
• Georgeta Pitica, 88, Romanian table tennis player, world champion (1961).
• Gerhard Prinzing, 75, German Olympic alpine skier (1968).
• Jim Taylor, 83, American Hall of Fame football player (Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints).
• Johannes Weertman, 93, American geophysicist.

14

• Vicente Almeida d'Eça, 100, Portuguese military officer, Governor of Cape Verde (1974–1975).
• Eduardo Arroyo, 81, Spanish painter, set designer and writer.
• Enrique Baliño, 90, Uruguayan basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
• Patrick Baumann, 51, Swiss basketball executive, Secretary General of FIBA (since 2003), heart attack.
• Ahmed Boustila, 74, Algerian military officer, Commander of the Gendarmerie Nationale (2000–2015).
• Peter Brackley, 67, British football commentator, heart attack.
• Robert Bushby, 91, American aircraft designer (Mustang Aeronautics Mustang II).
• Tom Delahunty, 83, British-born New Zealand football referee, FIFA list (1969–1984).
• Milena Dravić, 78, Serbian actress (Destination Death, Special Treatment, St. George Shoots the Dragon).
• Per Theodor Haugen, 86, Norwegian actor (The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, Støv på hjernen).
• Germ Hofma, 93, Dutch footballer (Heerenveen, national team).
• Abdulaziz Jassim, 61, Qatari actor.
• H. G. Jones, 94, American archivist.
• Brian Kinsella, 64, Canadian ice hockey player (Washington Capitals).
• Donald Stovel Macdonald, 86, Canadian politician and diplomat, MP (1962–1978), Government House Leader (1968–1970), and High Commissioner in the UK (1988–1991).
• R. Burnett Miller, 95, American politician, Mayor of Sacramento, California (1982).
• Bengt Harding Olson, 81, Swedish politician, MP (1985–1998).
• Mel Ramos, 83, American artist, heart failure.
• Valeriy Shmarov, 74, Ukrainian politician, Minister of Defence (1994–1996).
• Dick Tinkham, 86, American basketball executive, co-founder of the American Basketball Association, muscular dystrophy.
• Wu Zhaonan, 92, Taiwanese xiangsheng comedian, multiple organ failure.

15

• Paul Allen, 65, American businessman and sports team owner (Seattle Seahawks, Portland Trail Blazers), co-founder of Microsoft, septic shock.
• William Edwin Beckel, 92, Canadian academic administrator, President of University of Lethbridge (1972–1979) and Carleton University (1979–1989).
• Cicely Berry, 92, British theatre director and voice coach.
• Mario Buatta, 82, American interior designer, pneumonia.
• Maximira Figueiredo, 79, Brazilian actress and voice actress, lung cancer.
• Shelley Hamlin, 69, American professional golfer, breast cancer.
• Eugeniusz Kamiński, 86, Polish actor.
• John Knox, 90, British chemist.
• Cindy Li, 43, American web designer, cancer.
• Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, 83, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Montería (1984–2001) and Neiva (2001–2012), fall.
• Michael H. O'Brien, 64, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 2007), heart attack.
• Arto Paasilinna, 76, Finnish novelist (The Year of the Hare), complications from a stroke.
• Nancy-Lou Patterson, 89, Canadian artist.
• Fernando Serena, 77, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Sant Andreu, national team).
• Bob Spoo, 80, American football coach (Eastern Illinois Panthers).
• Joe Stanka, 87, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Nankai Hawks).
• William Thompson, 96, American admiral, led development of United States Navy Memorial, complications from cancer.
• Jim Wiechers, 74, American professional golfer.

16

• Thomas Aisu, 64, Ugandan physician and educator, heart attack.
• Ismail Amat, 83, Chinese politician, Chairman of Xinjiang (1979–1985), State Councillor (1993–2003).
• Pierre Barlaguet, 86, French football player and manager (Nîmes).
• Oleh Bazylevych, 80, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv) and manager (national team).
• Joseph R. Cistone, 69, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saginaw (since 2009), lung cancer.
• David Helwig, 80, Canadian poet.
• Dave Hill, 80, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics), cancer.
• Dennis Hof, 72, American brothel owner (Moonlite BunnyRanch) and reality show personality (Cathouse: The Series).
• Even Hovdhaugen, 77, Norwegian linguist.
• Walter Dee Huddleston, 92, American politician, U.S. Senator from Kentucky (1973–1985).
• Sid Michaels Kavulich, 62, American sportscaster (WBRE-TV) and politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 2011), complications from heart surgery.
• Ian Kiernan, 78, Australian yachtsman and environmental campaigner (Clean Up Australia), cancer.
• Wayne Krenchicki, 64, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles).
• Berthold Leibinger, 87, German engineer and philanthropist.
• Albert Lexie, 76, American philanthropist.
• Giovanni Moretti, 94, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Vartana (since 1971), Apostolic Nuncio (1971–1999).
• Paul O'Brien, 64, British chemist.
• Dimitar Petrov, 93, Bulgarian film director (Porcupines Are Born Without Bristles, With Children at the Seaside, A Dog in a Drawer).
• Siona Shimshi, 79, Israeli artist.
• Lidija Sotlar, 89, Slovenian ballerina and teacher.
• Margaret Thorsborne, 91, Australian conservationist.
• Jacob Weinroth, 71, Israeli lawyer, cancer.
• Chuck Wilson, 70, American jazz saxophonist, liver failure.

17

• Enrique Bolín, 78, Spanish industrialist and politician, Mayor of Benalmádena (1966–1984, 1984, 1995–2007) and Senator (1986–1989).
• Carlos Boloña Behr, 68, Peruvian economist and politician, Minister of Economy and Finance (1991–1993, 2000).
• Sebastian Fischer, 90, German actor (The Dragon's Blood).
• Valters Frīdenbergs, 30, Latvian singer (Valters and Kaža), contestant in Eurovision Song Contest 2005, cancer.
• Leone Frollo, 87, Italian comic book artist (Biancaneve).
• Cornelius Gallagher, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 13th district (1959–1973).
• Ara Güler, 90, Turkish photojournalist, heart attack.
• Sir Ngātata Love, 81, New Zealand Māori leader.
• Jacques Monory, 94, French painter and filmmaker.
• Geoff Scott, 61, English football player (Stoke City, Leicester, Birmingham) and manager, cancer.
• Derrick Sherwin, 82, English television producer (Doctor Who, Paul Temple) and actor.
• Sir Thomas Thorp, 92, New Zealand jurist, judge of the High Court (1979–1996).
• Kōji Tsujitani, 56, Japanese voice actor (Inuyasha, Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor), stroke.
• Fritz Wittmann, 85, German politician, MP (1971–1994, 1996–1998), president of the Federation of Expellees (1994–1998).

18

• Elihu Abrahams, 91, American theoretical physicist.
• Abdul Raziq Achakzai, 39, Afghan police officer, shot.
• Ayub Bachchu, 56, Bangladeshi singer-songwriter (Love Runs Blind), heart attack.
• Anthea Bell, 82, British literary translator (Asterix).
• Todd Bol, 62, American teacher and public bookcase proponent, creator of Little Free Library, pancreatic cancer.
• Dick Cole, 92, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, 83, Sudanese military officer and politician, President (1985–1986).
• Jeff Hallebone, 89, Australian cricketer.
• Randolph Hokanson, 103, American classical pianist.
• Danny Leiner, 57, American film director (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Dude, Where's My Car?, The Great New Wonderful), lung cancer.
• Li Lianda, 84, Chinese pharmacologist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Judit Magos-Havas, 67, Hungarian table tennis player.
• Izumi Maki, 49, Japanese Olympic long-distance runner (1992, 1996), breast cancer.
• Åke Ortmark, 89, Swedish radio journalist, author and television presenter.
• Hideo Osabe, 84, Japanese author, heart failure.
• Lisbeth Palme, 87, Swedish child psychologist and philanthropist.
• Dick Slater, 67, American professional wrestler (WCW, WWF, Mid-South).
• Darren Stewart, 52, Australian soccer player (Newcastle Breakers, Johor) and manager (Maldives national team).
• U Thuzana, 71, Burmese Buddhist monk, leader of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (1994–2010).
• N. D. Tiwari, 93, Indian politician, Minister of External Affairs (1986–1987) and Finance (1987–1988), multiple organ failure.

19

• Werner Cohn, 91–92, German-born Canadian sociologist.
• Charles Y. Glock, 99, American sociologist.
• Åge Hovengen, 90, Norwegian politician, MP (1977–1989).
• Takanobu Hozumi, 87, Japanese actor (The Demon, Mr. Baseball, The X from Outer Space), gallbladder cancer.
• Walter Knödel, 92, Austrian mathematician and computer scientist.
• Victor Marchetti, 88, American CIA agent and author (The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence), complications from dementia.
• Sir John McGrath, 73, New Zealand jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (2005–2015).
• Tom Meehan, 92, Australian footballer (St Kilda, Fitzroy).
• Dick Modzelewski, 87, American football player (Cleveland Browns, New York Giants).
• Tom Neville, 78–79, Irish hurler (Wexford).
• Patsy Dan Rodgers, 74, Irish painter and musician, King of Tory.
• Osamu Shimomura, 90, Japanese organic chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (2008).
• Bhola Singh, 79, Indian politician, MP (since 2014).
• Diana Sowle, 88, American actress (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Fallout 3, Clear and Present Danger).

20

• Jun Ashida, 88, Japanese fashion designer, pneumonia.
• Bruno Bertotti, 87, Italian physicist.
• Martin Bott, 92, British geologist.
• Gaétan Gervais, 74, Canadian historian and author, co-designer of the Franco-Ontarian flag.
• Gerard Houlton, 79, English cricketer.
• Marie Jepsen, 78, Danish politician, MEP.
• Wim Kok, 80, Dutch politician and trade union leader, Prime Minister (1994–2002), heart failure.
• Walter Kwok, 68, Hong Kong real estate developer (Sun Hung Kai Properties), complications from a stroke.
• Aubrey Manning, 88, English zoologist and broadcaster.
• Jon McMurray, 34, Canadian rapper and freeskier, fall.
• Ngok Wah, 76, Hong Kong actor (Come Drink with Me, Death Duel, Looking Back in Anger).
• P. B. Abdul Razak, 63, Indian politician, MLA (since 2011).
• Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa, 93, Italian-born Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ndalatando (1990–2005).
• István Talabos, 62, Hungarian Olympic sports shooter.
• Charles Turbiville, 75, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (2005–2013, since 2017), stroke.
• Peter Velappan, 83, Malaysian football administrator and manager (national team).
• Zheng Xiaosong, 59, Chinese politician and diplomat, Director of the Macau Liaison Office (since 2017), Vice-Governor of Fujian Province, fall.

21

• Earl Bakken, 94, American pacemaker inventor (Medtronic) and museum founder (Bakken Museum).
• Ilie Balaci, 62, Romanian football player (Universitatea Craiova, Dinamo București, national team) and manager, heart attack.
• Seymour Crawford, 74, Irish politician, TD for Cavan-Monaghan (1992–2011).
• Matityahu Drobles, 87, Israeli politician, Knesset member (1972–1977).
• Harry L. Ettlinger, 92, American engineer, member of the Monuments Men, Congressional Gold Medal recipient.
• Robert Faurisson, 89, British-born French academic and Holocaust denier.
• Dee Hartford, 90, American actress.
• John Hill, 68, American football player (New Orleans Saints, New York Giants), pancreatic cancer.
• Idris Legbo Kutigi, 78, Nigerian lawyer, Chief Justice (2007–2009).
• François Montmaneix, 80, French poet and writer.
• Benedetto Vincenzo Nicotra, 85, Italian politician, Deputy (1983–1994).
• Jun-ichi Nishizawa, 92, Japanese electrical engineer.
• Joachim Rønneberg, 99, Norwegian broadcaster (NRK) and military officer (Commander of Operation Gunnerside).
• Harold Stevenson, 89, American painter.
• Tan Chin Nam, 92, Malaysian property developer and racehorse owner.
• Charles Wang, 74, Chinese-born American software developer (CA Technologies), philanthropist (Smile Train) and sports team owner (New York Islanders), lung cancer.
• Eleanor Witcombe, 95, Australian screenwriter (My Brilliant Career, The Getting of Wisdom).

22

• Gilberto Benetton, 77, Italian businessman, co-founder of Benetton Group, pneumonia.
• Frank Branch, 74, Canadian politician, Speaker (1987–1991) and member (1970–1995) of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, cancer.
• Terēzija Broka, 93, Latvian conductor and educator.
• Horacio Cardo, 74, Argentine painter and illustrator.
• Nikola Čupin, 79, Croatian Olympic rower.
• Raymond Fraser, 77, Canadian writer.
• Hank Greenwald, 83, American sportscaster (San Francisco Giants).
• Boris Kokorev, 59, Russian pistol shooter, Olympic champion (1996).
• Mahamadou Djeri Maïga, 46, Malian politician and Azawad separatist.
• Sarah Nyendwoha Ntiro, 93, Ugandan educator and activist.
• Friedrich Ostermann, 86, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (1981–2007).
• Silvio Palmieri, 60, Canadian composer.
• Eugene H. Peterson, 85, American clergyman and biblical scholar.
• Milad Petrušić, 85, Yugoslav Olympic hurdler.
• Robert Saladrigas, 78, Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic.
• Arthur Schnabel, 70, German judoka, Olympic bronze medalist (1984).
• José Varacka, 86, Argentine football player (River Plate, national team) and manager (Boca Juniors).

23

• Eladio Benítez, 79, Uruguayan footballer (Deportes Temuco, Rangers de Talca, national team).
• Skip Campbell, 69, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1996–2006), mayor of Coral Springs, Florida (since 2014).
• Melvin Cohn, 96, American immunologist, co-founder of the Salk Institute.
• Daniel Contet, 74, French tennis player.
• Tony Hoagland, 64, American poet, pancreatic cancer.
• John Hostettler, 93, English author.
• James Karen, 94, American actor (Poltergeist, The Return of the Living Dead, Nixon), cardiorespiratory arrest.
• Nicola Lapenta, 92, Italian politician, MP (1972–1987), President of the Antimafia Commission (1983).
• Mighty Shadow, 77, Trinidadian calypsonian, stroke.
• Francisco Nitsche, 87, Chilean footballer.
• Louis O'Neill, 93, Canadian writer, professor and politician, MNA (1976–1981).
• Rein Põder, 75, Estonian writer and publisher.
• Laurens van Ravens, 96, Dutch football referee.
• Alojz Rebula, 94, Italian-born Slovenian writer, playwright and essayist.
• Todd Reid, 34, Australian tennis player.
• Roberto Renzi, 95, Italian cartoonist (Tiramolla, Akim) and journalist.
• Rod Rust, 90, American football coach (New England Patriots, Montreal Alouettes).
• Max Webb, 101, Polish-born American real estate developer and philanthropist.

24

• Carmen Alborch, 70, Spanish feminist, writer and politician, Minister of Culture (1993–1996), cancer.
• Dame Beryl Beaurepaire, 95, Australian political activist.
• Darijan Božič, 85, Slovenian composer.
• Pat Farrelly, 83, Canadian Olympic athlete.
• Rudolf Gelbard, 87, Austrian Holocaust survivor.
• Anatoly Gladilin, 83, Russian writer.
• Keith Hunter, 66, New Zealand marine and freshwater chemist (University of Otago).
• John D. Lamond, 71, Australian film director (Australia After Dark, Felicity, Breakfast in Paris), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Na Muthuswamy, 82, Indian theatre artist and playwright.
• Michael J. O'Connor, 89, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1971–1972) and Senate (1973–1977, 1981–1982).
• Hip Hop Pantsula, 38, South African rapper, suicide by hanging.
• Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina (1984–1985) and Città di Castello (1991–2007).
• Horst Schulze, 97, German actor and opera singer.
• Christine Stix-Hackl, 60, Austrian jurist, Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (2000–2006).
• Galeai Moaaliitele Tuufuli, 81, American Samoan politician, member of the American Samoa Senate (since 2013).
• Benny Valenzuela, 85, Mexican baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), renal failure.
• Wah Wah Watson, 67, American guitarist (The Funk Brothers).
• Tony Joe White, 75, American singer-songwriter ("Polk Salad Annie", "Rainy Night in Georgia"), heart attack.
• Haider Zaman Khan, 82, Pakistani politician.

25

• Sara Anzanello, 38, Italian volleyball player (national team), leukemia.
• Cheam Channy, 57, Cambodian politician, MP (1998–2005), brain tumour.
• Chen Tiemei, 83, Chinese archaeologist.
• Joyce Crouch, 83, American politician.
• Lindon Crow, 85, American football player (New York Giants, Chicago Cardinals, Los Angeles Rams), stroke.
• Martin Dalby, 76, Scottish composer.
• Sylvia Edwards, 81, American abstract artist.
• Sonny Fortune, 79, American jazz saxophonist, stroke.
• Ruth Gates, 56, British biologist, brain cancer.
• John Taylor Gatto, 82, American author and teacher, heart failure.
• Tyrone Gayle, 30, American political campaign staffer, colon cancer.
• Thomas Keating, 95, American Trappist monk.
• Dorothea Kreß, 94, German Olympic athlete.
• Li Yong, 50, Chinese television host (Lucky 52), cancer.
• Michael Metcalf, 85, British numismatist, heart attack.
• Borislav Pelević, 61, Serbian politician.
• Norman Sheil, 86, English racing cyclist.
• Shivinder Singh Sidhu, 89, Indian politician, Governor of Meghalaya (2007–2008) and Goa (2008–2011).
• Ulysses S. Washington, 98, American college football player (Virginia State) and coach (Delaware State).
• Elder Roma Wilson, 107, American gospel harmonica player and singer.
• John Ziegler Jr., 84, American ice hockey executive, President of the NHL (1977–1992).

26

• Marc Francina, 70, French politician, Deputy (2007–2017), Mayor of Évian-les-Bains (since 2014).
• Ana González de Recabarren, 93, Chilean human rights activist.
• Warren B. Hamilton, 93, American geologist.
• Nikolai Karachentsov, 73, Russian actor (Juno and Avos, The Dog in the Manger, A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989), kidney failure.
• György Károly, 65, Hungarian poet and writer, brain tumor.
• Valentin Masengo Mkinda, 77, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kabinda (since 1995).
• Russ Mobley, 84, American politician, member of the Kentucky General Assembly (2001–2009).
• Richard Murunga, 65, Kenyan boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1972).

27

• Angela Bianchini, 97, Italian author and literary critic.
• Richard L. Bloch, 89, American businessman and sports team owner (Phoenix Suns).
• Daniel Correa Freitas, 24, Brazilian footballer (Botafogo, São Paulo), stabbed.
• Perry Lee Dunn, 77, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Ole Miss Rebels, Dallas Cowboys).
• Kyoko Enami, 76, Japanese actress (Gamera vs. Barugon), pulmonary emphysema.
• Enrique Granados, 84, Spanish Olympic swimmer (1952).
• Freddie Hart, 91, American country musician and songwriter ("Easy Loving", "My Hang-Up Is You", "Got the All Overs for You (All Over Me)"), pneumonia.
• Fred Hess, 74, American tenor saxophonist.
• Sibtain Kassamali, 55, Kenyan cricketer.<ref[>https://africafederation.org/2020/01/21/obituary-marhum-sibtain-akber-kassamali/ Obituary. Marhum Sibtain Akbar Kassamali]</ref>
• Murray Khouri, 77, New Zealand-Australian clarinetist, complications of heart surgery.
• Madan Lal Khurana, 82, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Delhi (1993–1996), Governor of Rajasthan (2004).
• Denis Miéville, 72, Swiss mathematician and philosopher.
• Antônio Possamai, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ji-Paraná (1983–2007).
• Mario Segale, 84, American real estate developer, namesake of Nintendo's Mario.
• Ntozake Shange, 70, American poet and playwright (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf).
• Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 60, Thai duty-free retailer (King Power) and football club owner (Leicester City), helicopter crash.
• Yang Ziyuan, 90, Chinese politician, Mayor of Guangzhou (1988–1990).
• Todd Youth, 47, American punk and metal guitarist (Warzone, Murphy's Law, Danzig).

28

• Anthony Anenih, 85, Nigerian politician, Minister of Works and Housing (1999–2003).
• Mick Archer, 75, Irish hurler (St. Finbarr's) and Gaelic footballer (Cork).
• Luis Miguel Enciso Recio, 88, Spanish historian and politician, Senator (1977–1982).
• Peter Everwine, 88, American poet.
• David Fieldhouse, 93, English historian of the British Empire.
• Philippe Gildas, 82, French television and radio presenter.
• Richard Gill, 76, Australian conductor, colorectal and peritoneal cancer.
• I. John Hesselink, 90, American theologian.
• Konstantīns Konstantinovs, 40, Latvian powerlifter.
• Eldridge M. Moores, 80, American geologist.
• Vera Micaelsen, 43, Norwegian journalist and author, cervical cancer.
• Erno Polgar, 64, Hungarian writer, heart attack.
• Colin Sylvia, 32, Australian footballer (Melbourne, Fremantle), traffic collision.
• Bill Trumbo, 79, American college basketball coach, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Don S. Williams, 80, Canadian actor, director and producer. (The X-Files)

29

• Germán Aceros, 80, Colombian football player (national team) and manager.
• William F. Bernhard, 93, American cardiovascular surgeon, pneumonia.
• Gérald Bloncourt, 91, Haitian painter and photographer.
• Peter Brace, 94, British actor and stuntman (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Batman, Highlander).
• Bernard Bragg, 90, American actor, co-founder of the National Theatre of the Deaf.
• Sir Nigel Broomfield, 81, British diplomat, Ambassador to Germany (1993–1997).
• Klaas Bruinsma, 87, Dutch translator.
• Dave Duncan, 85, Scottish-born Canadian fantasy and science fiction author (West of January, The Cutting Edge), brain hemorrhage.
• Jimmy Farrar, 67, American rock singer (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country), heart attack.
• Franco Franchi, 95, Italian racing cyclist.
• Lodi Gyari, 69, Tibetan diplomat, liver cancer.
• Werner Holzer, 81, American Olympic wrestler.
• Mariama Keïta, 72, Nigerien journalist and feminist activist.
• Li Xifan, 90, Chinese literary scholar and redologist.
• Andrea Manfredi, 26, Italian racing cyclist, plane crash.
• M. S. Rajashekar, 75, Indian film director (Dhruva Thare, Hrudaya Hrudaya, Dakota Express), lung infection.
• John Roselius, 74, American actor (This Is Your Brain on Drugs, Con Air, JAG).
• Larry Snyder, 76, American jockey, cancer.
• Tuti Tursilawati, 34, Indonesian housekeeper and killer, executed by beheading.
• Wang Guangying, 99, Chinese entrepreneur and politician, founder of China Everbright Group, Vice-Chairman of the National People's Congress.
• Young Greatness, 34, American rapper ("Moolah"), shot.

30

• David Azulai, 64, Israeli politician, Minister of Religious Services (since 2015), member of the Knesset (1996–2018), cancer.
• Whitey Bulger, 89, American gangster (Winter Hill Gang) and convicted murderer, beaten.
• Yashwant Dev, 91, Indian poet and composer, pneumonia.
• Bill Fischer, 88, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Kansas City Athletics).
• María Irene Fornés, 88, Cuban-American playwright (Sarita, Fefu and Her Friends).
• Hardy Fox, 73, American composer and musician (The Residents).
• Jin Yong, 94, Hong Kong novelist (Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils), essayist and newspaper proprietor (Ming Pao).
• Rae Ann Kelsch, 58, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1991–2012), bacterial infection.
• Tadeusz Kraus, 86, Czech football player (Sparta Prague, national team) and manager (Aris Limassol).
• Frank Litsky, 92, American sports columnist (The New York Times).
• Erika Mahringer, 93, Austrian alpine skier, double Olympic bronze medalist (1948).
• Beverly McClellan, 49, American singer and reality talent show finalist (The Voice), endometrial cancer.
• Emil Paleček, 88, Czech chemist, discovered nucleic acids electrochemistry.
• Rico J. Puno, 65, Filipino pop singer, heart failure.
• Sangharakshita, 93, British Buddhist teacher and writer, founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community, pneumonia and sepsis.
• Set Them Free, 28, American racehorse.
• Götz Schulze, 54, German jurist and judge, heart attack.
• Bob Skoronski, 84, American football player (Green Bay Packers), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Steven L. Zinter, 68, American judge (South Dakota Supreme Court), complications from surgery.

31

• Enzo Apicella, 96, Italian cartoonist and designer.
• José Araújo, 46, Brazilian footballer (Vitória, FC Porto, Real Zaragoza), heart attack.
• Preston Bynum, 79, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (1969–1980), heart failure.
• Chen Chuangtian, 81, Chinese materials scientist (Academy of Sciences), discovered BBO and LBO.
• Louise DeSalvo, 76, American writer and literary scholar, breast cancer.
• Colin Edwynn, 85, British actor (Coronation Street, Emmerdale).
• Sir Thomas Eichelbaum, 87, German-born New Zealand jurist, Chief Justice (1989–1999).
• Johnny Graham, 73, Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Hibernian, Ayr United).
• Hou Fusheng, 94, Chinese petroleum engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Yammie Lam, 55, Hong Kong actress (Witch from Nepal, The Greed of Man, Looking Back in Anger).
• Kenny Marks, 67, American Christian music singer, heart attack.
• Willie McCovey, 80, American Hall of Fame baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres), infection.
• Dana G. Mead, 82, American businessman.
• Jack Patera, 85, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Cardinals) and coach (Seattle Seahawks), pancreatic cancer.
• Teodoro Petkoff, 86, Venezuelan journalist and politician, Minister of the Central Office of Coordination and Planning (1996–1999).
• Hamdi Qandil, 82, Egyptian journalist.
• Ken Shellito, 78, English football player (Chelsea) and manager.
• Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale, 73, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1974).
• Mariasilvia Spolato, 83, Italian academic, LGBT activist and author, complications from a stroke.
• Tony Streather, 92, British army officer and mountaineer.
• Wolfgang Zuckermann, 96, German-born American harpsichord maker and sustainability activist.