Deaths in August 2019

The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2019.

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.

August 2019

1

• Levan Aleksidze, 93, Georgian legal scholar.
• Marilynn Alsdorf, 94, American art collector.
• Munir Al Yafi, 44–45, Yemeni military commander (Southern Movement), missile attack.
• Gordon Brand Jnr, 60, Scottish golfer, heart attack.
• William Brown, 74, British academic, Master of Darwin College (2000–2012).
• Puși Dinulescu, 76, Romanian playwright and film director, heart attack.
• Jack Dolbin, 70, American football player (Denver Broncos).
• Charles Fadley, 77, American physicist, cancer.
• Ian Gibbons, 67, English keyboardist (The Kinks), bladder cancer.
• Sadou Hayatou, 77, Cameroonian politician, Prime Minister (1991–1992).
• Annemarie Huber-Hotz, 70, Swiss politician, Federal Chancellor (2000–2007) and President of the Swiss Red Cross (since 2011), heart attack.
• Barry Hughart, 85, American author.
• Minoru Kamata, 80, Japanese baseball player (Osaka/Hanshin Tigers, Kintetsu Buffaloes), lung cancer.
• Margot Lovejoy, 88, American historian of art and technology, stroke.
• Francis Luiggi, 87, French Olympic bobsledder (1968).
• Martin Mayer, 91, American economist and writer (The Bankers), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Abdirahman Omar Osman, 53, Somali politician, Minister of Commerce and Industry (2015–2017) and Mayor of Mogadishu (since 2018), bombing.
• Marjan Pečar, 78, Slovenian Olympic ski jumper.
• D. A. Pennebaker, 94, American documentary filmmaker (Dont Look Back, Monterey Pop, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars).
• Günter Perleberg, 84, German sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (1960).
• Barrington Pheloung, 65, Australian composer (Inspector Morse).
• Maurice Pope, 93, British classical linguist.
• Georgios Pozidis, 63, Greek Olympic wrestler (1980, 1984).
• Milovan Minja Prelević, 49, Montenegrin football player (Budućnost, OFK Beograd) and manager (Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang), heart attack.
• Harley Race, 76, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (AWA, CSW) and trainer (Harley Race's Wrestling Academy), lung cancer.
• Anders P. Ravn, 71, Danish computer scientist.
• Sarat Saikia, 71, Indian politician, Assam Legislative Assembly (2001–2016).
• Ephraim M. Sparrow, 91, American fluid dynamicist.
• Llew Summers, 72, New Zealand sculptor.
• R. G. Tiedemann, 78, German historian.
• Jesus Tuquib, 89, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro (1988–2006).
• Richard Vyškovský, 90, Czech architect.
• Rodolfo Zapata, 87, Argentine singer.
• Ludwig Zeller, 92, Chilean poet.
• Zha Quanxing, 94, Chinese electrochemist.

2

• Bill Anderson, 81, Scottish strongman.
• Carl Bell, 71, American physician.
• Gunder Bengtsson, 73, Swedish football manager (IFK Göteborg, Panathinaikos, Feyenoord).
• David Bevington, 88, American literary scholar.
• Roberto Bodegas, 86, Spanish film director and screenwriter (Spaniards in Paris).
• Vahakn Dadrian, 93, Armenian-American sociologist and historian.
• Jerome Dove, 65, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
• Oluf Fuglerud, 94, Norwegian journalist and politician.
• Gildo, 79, Brazilian footballer (Palmeiras, Flamengo, Paranaense).
• Devadas Kanakala, 74, Indian actor (Chettu Kinda Pleader, Gang Leader, Pedababu).
• Dawid Kostecki, 38, Polish professional boxer, suicide by hanging.
• Max Marsille, 88, Belgian Olympic boxer (1952).
• Ai Morinaga, 38, Japanese manga artist (My Heavenly Hockey Club, Maniattemasu, Your and My Secret).
• Deepak Obhrai, 69, Tanzanian-born Canadian politician, MP (since 1997), liver cancer.
• Stuart O'Connell, 84, New Zealand Catholic bishop, Bishop of Rarotonga (1996–2011).
• Audrey Peters, 92, American actress (Love of Life).
• Schoschana Rabinovici, 86, French-born Lithuanian-Israeli Holocaust survivor and writer.
• Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau, 63, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (since 2014), cancer.
• Rob Storey, 83, New Zealand politician, MP (1984–1996), Minister of Transport (1990–1993).
• Alexandra Strelchenko, 82, Russian folk singer, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984).
• Helen Young, 93, New Zealand broadcasting manager (RNZ Concert).
• Japanese convicted murderers, executed by hanging.
  • Koichi Shoji, 64.
  • Yasunori Suzuki, 50.

3

• Miklós Ambrus, 86, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic champion (1964).
• Katreese Barnes, 56, American musician (Juicy), musical director (Saturday Night Live) and songwriter ("Dick in a Box"), Emmy Award winner (2007), breast cancer.
• Henri Belolo, 82, French music producer (The Ritchie Family, Village People) and songwriter.
• Jean-Claude Bouttier, 74, French boxer and actor (Les Uns et les Autres).
• Cliff Branch, 71, American football player (Oakland Raiders).
• Steven Gubser, 47, American physicist, climbing accident.
• Basil Heatley, 85, British athlete, marathon world-record holder (1964) and Olympic silver medallist (1964).
• Nikolai Kardashev, 87, Russian astrophysicist (SETI), developer of the Kardashev scale.
• Sir Brian Lochore, 78, New Zealand Hall of Fame rugby union player and coach (national team, Wairarapa-Bush), bowel cancer.
• Joe Longthorne, 64, English singer and impressionist (Live from...), throat cancer.
• Damien Lovelock, 65, Australian musician (The Celibate Rifles), cancer.
• Léon Mbou Yembi, 73, Gabonese politician, Deputy (2006–2011), complications from diabetes.
• Vigilio Mich, 88, Italian Olympic cross-country skier (1956).
• Anne E. Monius, 55, American religious scholar.
• Kazuko Nakamura, 86, Chinese-born Japanese animator (Astro Boy).
• L. Brooks Patterson, 80, American lawyer and politician, County Executive of Oakland County, Michigan (since 1992), pancreatic cancer.
• Lewis Pérez, 74, Venezuelan politician, Secretary General of Acción Democrática (1998–2000) and Senator (1994–1999), heart attack.
• Thomas Remengesau Sr., 89, Palauan politician, President (1988–1989) and Vice President (1985–1988).
• John Philip Saklil, 59, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Timika (since 2003).
• Marcel Toader, 56, Romanian rugby union player (Steaua București, national team), heart attack.
• Mike Troy, 78, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1960), world-record holder – 200m butterfly (1959–1960).

4

• Thomas Baxter, 84, Australian rugby union player.
• Anwara Begum, 70, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–1988).
• Kanti Bhatt, 88, Indian Gujarati author and journalist.
• Norden Tenzing Bhutia, 69, Nepalese musician, throat cancer.
• Ernie Bowman, 84, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
• Prudencio Cardona, 67, Colombian boxer, world flyweight champion (1982).
• Jim Donlevy, 82, Canadian football coach (Alberta Golden Bears).
• Hiroshi Enatsu, 96, Japanese theoretical physicist.
• Andrea Fraunschiel, 64, Austrian politician, MP (2004-2005).
• André Goosse, 93, Belgian linguist.
• Thomas Gulotta, 75, American government official, County Executive of Nassau County, New York (1987–2001).
• Richard Johnson, 81, Irish judge.
• Ivo Lill, 66, Estonian glass artist.
• Jim Morgan, 79, Canadian politician, MHA (1972–1989).
• Ann Nelson, 61, American particle physicist, hiking accident.
• Harald Nickel, 66, German footballer, cancer.
• Nuon Chea, 93, Cambodian politician, Acting Prime Minister (1976) and chief ideologist of Khmer Rouge.
• Larry Rakestraw, 77, American football player (Chicago Bears).
• Stu Rosen, 80, American voice director and actor (Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, The Legend of Prince Valiant, Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series), cancer.
• Willi Tokarev, 84, Russian-American singer-songwriter.
• Bob Wilber, 91, American jazz clarinetist and bandleader.

5

• Bruce Aikenhead, 95, Canadian aerospace engineer and physicist.
• Nesbit Bentley, 91, Fijian Olympic sailor.
• Erwin Bittmann, 91, Austrian Olympic rower (1948).
• Kaye Bondurant, 84, American politician.
• Rashiram Debbarma, Indian politician, MLA (1977–1998).
• Salinda Dissanayake, 61, Sri Lankan politician, MP (since 1994).
• John Ellison, 78, English bishop.
• Else Kollerud Furre, 96, Norwegian politician.
• Sidney Goldstein, 92, American demographer.
• Glen Greening, 71, Canadian politician.
• Lizzie Grey, 60, American rock musician (London, Spiders & Snakes), complications from Lewy body disease.
• Teresa Ha, 81, Hong Kong actress (Flower in the Rain, Big Brother Cheng, Killer Constable).
• Jimi Hope, 62, Togolese musician and painter.
• Inge Israel, 92, German-born Canadian poet and playwright.
• Sydney Jary, 95, British army officer.
• Josef Kadraba, 85, Czech footballer (Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague, national team).
• Bjorg Lambrecht, 22, Belgian racing cyclist, race crash.
• John Lowey, 61, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn Rovers, Chester City).
• Bruce Maunder, 85, American geneticist.
• Tom McDougall, 76-77, Canadian politician.
• Russell Middlemiss, 90, Australian footballer (Geelong), stroke.
• Asif Mohseni, 84, Afghani marja'.
• Toni Morrison, 88, American author (The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved), Nobel laureate (1993), Pulitzer Prize winner (1988).
• Benjamin F. Register, 89, American lieutenant general.
• Jeffrey Tarrant, 63, American hedge fund investor, film producer and philanthropist, brain cancer.

6

• Kamal Boullata, 77, Palestinian artist and art historian.
• Rod Coleman, 93, New Zealand motorcycle racer.
• Krystyna Dańko, 102, Polish humanitarian, Righteous Among the Nations (1998).
• S. A. M. Hussain, 80, Indian politician, MLA (2001–2006).
• Danny Doyle, 79, Irish folk singer ("The Rare Ould Times").
• Tage Lundin, 85, Swedish Olympic biathlete.
• Mick Miller, 92, Australian police officer, Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police (1977–1987).
• Mrs YGP, 93, Indian educationist, founder and dean of the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, cardiac arrest.
• Steve Parr, 92, English footballer (Liverpool).
• Alejandro Serrano, 86, Ecuadorian politician, Vice President (2005–2007).
• George F. Simmons, 94, American mathematician.
• Sushma Swaraj, 67, Indian politician, MP (1996–1999, 2009–2019), Chief Minister of Delhi (1998), Minister of External Affairs (2014–2019), cardiac arrest.
• George Whaley, 85, Australian actor (Stork) and film director.
• Zhuo Renxi, 88, Chinese chemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).

7

• Subby Anzaldo, 86, American politician.
• David Berman, 52, American singer-songwriter (Silver Jews, Purple Mountains) and poet (Actual Air), suicide by hanging.
• Helmut Bez, 88, German playwright.
• Chris Birch, 68, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (2017–2019) and Senate (since 2019), aortic dissection.
• Michel Che, 77, French chemist.
• Barbara Crane, 91, American photographer.
• Orlando Grootfaam, 44, Surinamese footballer (S.V. Robinhood).
• Donald F. Klein, 90, American psychiatrist.
• Patricia Louisianna Knop, 78, American screenwriter (Lady Oscar, 9½ Weeks, Siesta).
• Kary Mullis, 74, American biochemist, Nobel laureate (1993), pneumonia.
• J. Om Prakash, 92, Indian film director (Aap Ki Kasam, Aakhir Kyon?) and producer (Aandhi).
• Nancy Reddin Kienholz, 75, American artist.
• Rostislav Rybakov, 81, Russian writer.
• Herm Urenda, 81, American football player (Oakland Raiders).
• Fabio Zerpa, 90, Uruguayan parapsychologist and ufologist.

8

• Era. Anbarasu, 78, Indian politician, MP (1989–1996).
• Jacques Arnoux, 81, French Olympic racewalker (1960).
• Shamnad Basheer, 43, Indian legal scholar. (body discovered on this date)
• Cosmas Batubara, 80, Indonesian politician and activist, Minister of Manpower (1988–1993) and Housing (1978–1988), and member of People's Representative Council (1967–1978), cancer.
• Ernie Colón, 88, American comic book artist (Casper the Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich, Damage Control), cancer.
• Theodore L. Eliot Jr., 91, American diplomat, Ambassador to Afghanistan (1973–1978), heart disease.
• Malcolm T. Elliott, 73, Australian radio and television personality.
• Mark English, 85, American illustrator and painter.
• Bruce Hodgins, 88, Canadian academic historian and author.
• Lee Bennett Hopkins, 81, American educator and poet, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Jackie Jocko, 90, American musician.
• Stanisław Konturek, 87, Polish physiologist and gastroenterologist.
• Mazhar Krasniqi, 87, Yugoslavian-born New Zealand Muslim community leader.
• Charlach Mackintosh, 84, British Olympic alpine skier (1956, 1960).
• Manfred Max-Neef, 86, Chilean economist.
• Jean-Pierre Mocky, 90, French film director (Les Dragueurs, The Miracle), screenwriter and actor (The Abandoned).
• Dave Parks, 77, American football player (New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers).
• Fabrizio Saccomanni, 76, Italian civil servant and economist, Minister of Economy and Finance (2013–2014), Director General of the Bank of Italy (2006–2013), heart attack.
• Les Strongman, 94, Canadian ice hockey player (Nottingham Panthers, Wembley Lions).
• Marius Todericiu, 49, Romanian football player (Brașov, Weismain) and manager (Darmstadt 98), suicide.
• Erling Wicklund, 75, Norwegian jazz trombonist and journalist.

9

• Ahmad Lai Bujang, 69, Malaysian politician, MP (2008–2018).
• José Desmarets, 93, Belgian politician, Minister of Defence (1979–1980).
• Mé Aboubacar Diomandé, 31, Ivorian footballer (Stella Club d'Adjamé).
• Rodney Falkson, 77, South African cricketer.
• Paul Findley, 98, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1983).
• Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, 81, Brazilian footballer (Fluminense, national team).
• Ronald Jones, 67, American conceptual artist.
• Fahrudin Jusufi, 79, Serbian football player (Partizan, Eintracht Frankfurt, Yugoslavia national team), Olympic champion (1960) and manager.
• Oscar Malbernat, 75, Argentinian football player (Estudiantes de la Plata, national team) and manager.
• Bill Mills, 99, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
• Gerry Murray, 98, American roller derby skater.
• Huw O. Pritchard, 91, Welsh-born Canadian chemist.
• Barry Stroud, 84, Canadian philosopher, brain cancer.
• Claudio Taddei, 52, Swiss singer and plastic artist.
• Sir Michael Uren, 95, British businessman and philanthropist.
• Panayiotis Vassilakis, 93, Greek sculptor.
• Hendricus Vogels, 76, Dutch-born Australian Olympic cyclist (1964).

10

• Bao Kexin, 67, Chinese politician and business executive, Vice Governor of Guizhou Province (2002–2007).
• Joseph Begich, 89, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1975–1993).
• Freda Dowie, 91, English actress (Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Omen).
• Jeffrey Epstein, 66, American financier (Bear Stearns), philanthropist (Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation) and convicted sex offender, suicide by hanging.
• Jim Forbes, 95, Australian politician, MP (1956–1975), Minister for Health (1966–1971) and Immigration (1971–1972), Military Cross recipient.
• Michael Hall, 84, English cricketer (Nottinghamshire).
• Edward H. Jennings, 82, American academic administrator, President of the University of Wyoming (1979–1981) and the Ohio State University (1981–1990, 2002).
• Igor Kachmazov, 50, Russian footballer (Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv St. Petersburg).
• Uno Kajak, 86, Estonian Olympic skier.
• Aïssata Kane, 80, Mauritanian politician.
• Radoslav Katičić, 89, Croatian linguist.
• Jo Lancaster, 100, British RAF pilot.
• Cándido Sibilio, 60, Dominican-born Spanish Olympic basketball player (1980).
• Ann Barr Snitow, 76, American writer (Dissent), cancer.
• Piero Tosi, 92, Italian costume designer (Senso, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, The Night Porter), Honorary Oscar winner (2013).
• Bernard Unabali, 62, Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bougainville (since 2009).
• Marty Wood, 86, Canadian Hall of Fame rodeo cowboy, cancer.
• Wu Ningkun, 98, Chinese writer and translator.

11

• Bluey Adams, 84, Australian footballer (Melbourne), cancer.
• Freddy Bannister, 84, English rock concert promoter, cancer.
• Tred Barta, 67, American hunter (The Best and Worst of Tred Barta).
• Kent J. Carroll, 92, American vice admiral.
• Doug Clarke, 85, English footballer (Hull City).
• John Coffey, 101, Irish hurler (Tipperary, Boherlahan-Dualla).
• Jim Cullum Jr., 77, American jazz cornetist, broadcaster (Riverwalk Jazz) and music preservationist.
• Dejan Čurović, 51, Serbian footballer (Partizan, Vitesse), leukaemia.
• John Dillon, 76, Scottish footballer (Albion Rovers).
• Kerry Downes, 88, English architectural historian.
• Darryl Drake, 62, American football player (Washington Redskins) and coach (Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Michael E. Krauss, 84, American linguist.
• Ningali Lawford, 52, Australian actress (Bran Nue Dae, Last Cab to Darwin), asthma attack.
• Shelby Lyman, 83, American chess player and commentator.
• Geoff Malcolm, 88, New Zealand physical chemist (Massey University).
• Barbara March, 65, Canadian actress (Star Trek), cancer.
• Walter Martínez, 37, Honduran footballer (Victoria, Beijing Guoan, national team), heart attack.
• László Máté, 67, Hungarian politician, MP (1994–1998).
• Gordan Mihić, 80, Serbian screenwriter (Black Cat, White Cat, Time of the Gypsies, Balkan Express).
• Frederick Reif, 92, American physicist.
• Sergio Obeso Rivera, 87, Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Papantla (1971–1974) and Archbishop of Xalapa (1979–2007).
• Gordon Rowley, 98, British botanist and writer.
• Harvey Sand, 92, American politician.
• Charles Santore, 84, American children's book and magazine illustrator (TV Guide).
• J. Neil Schulman, 66, American novelist, pulmonary embolism.
• Emil Svoboda, 90, Czech footballer (Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia national team).

12

• DJ Arafat, 33, Ivorian disc jockey and musician, traffic collision.
• João Carlos Barroso, 69, Brazilian actor, pancreatic cancer.
• José Luis Brown, 62, Argentinian football player (Estudiantes de la Plata, national team) and manager, World Cup winner (1986), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Jean-Paul Capelle, 74, French Olympic field hockey player (1968).
• Krishna Chandra Chunekar, 90/91, Indian ayurvedic practitioner.
• Danny Cohen, 81, Israeli-American Hall of Fame computer scientist.
• Florin Halagian, 80, Romanian football player (Dinamo București) and manager (Argeș Pitești, national team).
• Reuven Hammer, 86, American-Israeli rabbi and journalist (The Jerusalem Post).
• Terence Knapp, 87, English actor (Urge to Kill, The Valiant, Othello).
• Rahul Kukreti, 43, American cricketer.
• Robyn Léwis, 89, Welsh author, politician and archdruid, Vice President of Plaid Cymru (1970–1976).
• Lu Yonggen, 88, Chinese agronomist and plant geneticist, President of South China Agricultural University (1983–1995).
• Jim Marsh, 73, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers) and broadcaster (Seattle SuperSonics).
• Paule Marshall, 90, American writer.
• Hussein Salem, 85, Egyptian-Spanish businessman.
• Mizanur Rahman Shelley, 76, Bangladeshi politologist and politician, brain haemorrhage.
• John Michael Sherlock, 93, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of London, Ontario (1978–2002).
• Jan Simonsen, 66, Norwegian politician, MP (1989–2005), cancer.
• Michael T. Sangma, 41, Indian politician, MLA (2013–2018), heart attack.
• Frank Tsao, 94, Chinese-born Malaysian-Singaporean shipping magnate and philanthropist, kidney failure.

13

• Kip Addotta, 75, American comedian.
• Josette Arène, 95, French Olympic swimmer (1948, 1952).
• Norman Barasch, 97, American playwright.
• Cecilia Caballero Blanco, 105, Colombian socialite, First Lady (1974–1978).
• Umesh Bhat Bhavikeri, 72, Indian politician, MLA (1989–1994).
• Gerald Geistweidt, 71, American politician.
• Guo Zhenqian, 86, Chinese politician and banker, Governor of Hubei (1985–1990), Vice Governor of the People's Bank of China (1990–1993), Auditor General (1994–1998).
• Lily Leung, 90, Hong Kong actress (In the Realm of Fancy, Bar Bender, Lives of Omission), cancer.
• Tim Means, 75, American environmentalist, complications from diabetes.
• Vladimír Ptáček, 64, Czech Olympic basketball player (1976).
• Brunilda Ruiz, 83, American ballet dancer.
• Carole Satyamurti, 80, British poet.
• René Taelman, 74, Belgian football manager (Burkina Faso national team, JS Kabylie, Akhdar), lung cancer.
• Nadia Toffa, 40, Italian journalist and television presenter (Le Iene), brain cancer.

14

• Tõnu Aav, 80, Estonian actor (The Lark, Õnne 13).
• Suleiman Bakhit, 41, Jordanian entrepreneur and comics writer.
• Carrol Boyes, 65, South African artist and executive.
• Águeda Dicancro, 80, Uruguayan sculptor.
• Polly Farmer, 84, Australian footballer (Geelong).
• Brian Job, 67, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
• Ivo Malec, 94, Croatian-born French composer.
• Karim Olowu, 95, Nigerian Olympic sprinter and long jumper (1952, 1956).
• Liam Ó Tuama, 87, Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer.
• Héctor Rivoira, 59, Argentine football player (Almirante Brown) and manager (Quilmes, Atlético Tucumán), cancer.
• Ugo Sansonetti, 100, Italian writer and masters athlete.
• Reginald Scarlett, 84, Jamaican cricketer (national team).
• Ben Unwin, 41, Australian actor (Home and Away).
• Helena Wilsonová, 81, Czech photographer.
• Gjergj Xhuvani, 55, Albanian film director (Slogans, East, West, East: The Final Sprint) screenwriter and producer.

15

• Lalbihari Bhattacharya, 81, Indian politician, MLA (1982–1987).
• V. B. Chandrasekhar, 57, Indian cricketer (Tamil Nadu, Goa, national team), heart attack.
• Claire Cloninger, 77, American Christian songwriter and author.
• Roberta F. Colman, 81, American biochemist.
• Madan Mani Dixit, 96, Nepalese writer, pneumonia.
• Vladimir Fomichyov, 59, Russian footballer (Kuban Krasnodar, Dynamo Moscow, Kuzbass Kemerovo).
• Samuel Gelfman, 88, American film producer, complications from heart and respiratory disease.
• Luigi Lunari, 85, Italian writer.
• Eddie Marlin, 89, American professional wrestler and promoter (CWA), multiple organ failure.
• Bill Parker, 91, American broadcaster.
• Noel Pope, 87, New Zealand politician, Mayor of Tauranga (1983–1989, 1995–2001).
• Qin Hanzhang, 111, Chinese engineer and food scientist, heart attack.
• Antonio Rastrelli, 91, Italian politician, MP (1979–1995) and President of Campania (1995–1999).
• Vidya Sinha, 71, Indian actress (Rajnigandha, Chhoti Si Baat, Qubool Hai), respiratory failure.
• Glenn Tasker, 67, Australian sports administrator, President of the Australian Paralympic Committee (2013–2018).
• Dalton Truax, 84, American football player (Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, Oakland Raiders).
• Henrik Westman, 78, Swedish politician.
• Wrestling Pro, 81, American professional wrestler (GCCW).

16

• Nelson Ball, 77, Canadian poet, euthanasia.
• Gustavo Barreiro, 60, Cuban-born American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1998–2006), heart attack.
• Jaime Batres, 55, Guatemalan Olympic footballer.
• Roland Peter Brown, 93, American physician.
• Princess Christina of the Netherlands, 72, Dutch royal, bone cancer.
• Bruce Deans, 58, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team), cancer.
• Peter Fonda, 79, American actor (Easy Rider, Ulee's Gold, 3:10 to Yuma) and screenwriter, lung cancer.
• Tommy Furlong, 88, Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler.
• Felice Gimondi, 76, Italian racing cyclist, Tour de France (1965), Vuelta a España (1968) and Giro d'Italia (1967, 1969, 1976) winner, heart attack.
• Jim Hardy, 96, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Chicago Cardinals, Detroit Lions) and sporting executive.
• C. S. Holling, 88, Canadian ecologist.
• David Layzer, 93, American astrophysicist.
• Sahura Mallick, 85, Indian politician, MLA (1974–1977), (1980–1985) and (1995–2000).
• Faisal Masud, 64, Pakistani doctor and professor, cardiac arrest.
• Mike McGee, 80, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals), sporting executive and athletic director (University of South Carolina).
• José Nápoles, 79, Cuban-born Mexican Hall of Fame boxer, world welterweight champion (1969–1970, 1971–1975).
• Anna Quayle, 86, British actress (Grange Hill, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, A Hard Day's Night), Tony winner (1963), Lewy body dementia.
• Rizia Rahman, 79, Indian-born Bangladeshi novelist.
• Bobby Smith, 78, English footballer (Barnsley, Chelmsford City).
• Alexandre Soares dos Santos, 83, Portuguese businessman, CEO and President of Jerónimo Martins (1969–2013).
• Penka Stoyanova, 69, Bulgarian basketball player, Olympic silver medallist (1980) and bronze medallist (1976).
• Alla Ter-Sarkisiants, 82, Russian historian.
• Gregor Trinkaus-Randall, 73, American archivist.
• Richard Williams, 86, Canadian-British animator and director (The Thief and the Cobbler, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Christmas Carol), three-time Oscar winner, cancer.

17

• Damodar Ganesh Bapat, 84, Indian social worker.
• Cedric Benson, 36, American football player (Texas Longhorns, Cincinnati Bengals, Chicago Bears), traffic collision.
• Lucille Baldwin Brown, 97, American librarian.
• Walter Buser, 93, Swiss politician, Chancellor (1981–1991).
• Allen Church, 91, American alpine skiing sports official.
• Jacques Diouf, 81, Senegalese diplomat, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (1994–2011).
• Ronald Gray, 87, Australian Olympic athlete (1956).
• Rosemary Kuhlmann, 97, American mezzo-soprano and actress.
• Donald A. B. Lindberg, 85, American mathematician, Director of the United States National Library of Medicine (1984–2015), fall.
• José A. Martínez Suárez, 93, Argentine film director (Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic) and screenwriter, pneumonia.
• Bill McDonagh, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
• Thelma Nava, 87, Mexican poet and journalist.
• Ivan Oman, 89, Slovenian politician, independence key figure and farmer, MP (1992-1996.
• Teodoro Palacios, 80, Guatemalan Olympic high jumper (1968), pneumonia.
• Suffian Rahman, 41, Malaysian footballer (Negeri Sembilan, Melaka Telekom, national team), heart attack.
• Neelum Sharma, 50, Indian anchorwoman (Doordarshan), cancer.
• Stephen Siklos, 69, British mathematician, cancer.
• Tabu Taid, 77, Indian educationist.
• Lawrence Van Huizen, 89, Malaysian Olympic hockey player (1964).
• Camillo Zanolli, 89, Italian Olympic skier (1956).

18

• Soma Bhupala, 92, Indian politician, MLA (1962–1977).
• Barbara Hibbs Blake, 82, American mammologist, complications from a stroke.
• Kathleen Blanco, 76, American politician, Governor (2004–2008) and Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1996–2004), member of the Louisiana House (1984–1989), ocular melanoma.
• Giulio Chierchini, 91, Italian comics writer and artist.
• Gary Cooper, 80, English rugby league football player and coach.
• René Feller, 76, Dutch football manager.
• Helmuth Froschauer, 85, Austrian choral conductor.
• Conrad Gorinsky, 83, Guyanese-born British chemist.
• Gillian Hanna, 75, Irish actress (Les Misérables, All the Queen's Men, Oliver Twist), autoimmune disease.
• Chad Holt, 46, American writer and actor.
• Denis Kuljiš, 67, Croatian writer and journalist.
• Karel Kuklík, 82, Czech photographer.
• Robert Ouko, 70, Kenyan runner, Olympic champion (1972).
• Encarna Paso, 88, Spanish actress (Begin the Beguine), pneumonia.
• Peter H. Reill, 80, American historian.
• Paul Smith, 88, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs).
• Nate Smith, 84, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
• Sasson Somekh, 86, Iraqi-born Israeli writer and translator.
• Jack Whitaker, 95, American sportscaster (CBS, ABC), The NFL Today host (1971–1974).
• Yu Zhengui, 73, Chinese historian and scholar of Islam, Vice President of the Islamic Association of China.

19

• James R. Alexander, 88, American sound engineer (Coal Miner's Daughter, Terms of Endearment, Weird Science).
• Bai Yan, 99, Chinese-born Singaporean actor, pneumonia.
• Benjamin N. Bellis, 95, American air force lieutenant general.
• Barry Bennett, 63, American football player (New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings), shot.
• Jim Dunne, 87, American test-track engineer and journalist.
• Mel Frederick, 89, American politician.
• George Ganchev, 79, Bulgarian politician, MP (1995–2001).
• Matilda Hansen, 89, American politician.
• Zakir Hussain, 85, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic champion (1968) and silver medallist (1956).
• Al Jackson, 83, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals).
• Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, 92, Indian music director and composer (Kabhie Kabhie, Umrao Jaan, Dil-e-Nadaan), lung infection.
• Enn Kokk, 82, Swedish politician and journalist.
• Lars Larsen, 71, Danish retailer, founder of Jysk, liver cancer.
• Mike Leaf, 58, American college basketball coach (Winona State).
• Philippe Leroy, 79, French politician, Senator (2001–2017).
• Gina Lopez, 65, Filipino environmentalist, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (2016–2017), brain cancer.
• Pertti Mäkipää, 78, Finnish footballer (TaPa, Upon Pallo, national team).
• Zbigniew Makowski, 89, Polish painter.
• John Matthews, 91, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1981–1991).
• Jagannath Mishra, 82, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Bihar (1975–1977, 1980–1983, 1989–1990).
• Jack Perkins, 85, American reporter and television host (NBC Nightly News, Biography).
• Carlos Porrata, c. 73, Puerto Rican television personality.
• David Rubinstein, 86, American social historian.
• Jan Ruff O'Herne, 96, Australian comfort women rights activist.
• Bette Stephenson, 95, Canadian physician and politician.
• Larry Taylor, 77, American bass guitarist (Canned Heat), cancer.
• Kazuo Wada, 90, Japanese business executive, Chairman of Yaohan.

20

• Colin Beard, 77, Australian football player (South Fremantle, Richmond) and manager.
• Richard Booth, 80, Welsh bookseller.
• Giovanni Buttarelli, 62, Italian civil servant, European Data Protection Supervisor (since 2014).
• Russ Conway, 70, American sports journalist (The Eagle-Tribune) and hockey beat writer (Boston Bruins).
• Rudolf Hundstorfer, 67, Austrian trade unionist and politician, president of the Austrian Trade Union Federation, heart attack.
• Peter Knobel, 76, American rabbi.
• Ernesto Lariosa, 74, Filipino writer and poet, liver failure.
• Li Houwen, 92, Chinese surgeon, President of China Medical University.
• Harry B. Luthi, 85, American businessman, Mayor of Greenville, South Carolina (1982–1983).
• John H. McArthur, 85, Canadian-American academic, Dean of the Harvard Business School (1980–1995).
• Alexandra Nazarova, 79, Russian actress (But What If This Is Love, Sofiya Perovskaya, Air Crew), People's Artist of Russia (2001).
• S. Lester Ralph, 88, American clergyman and politician.
• Lico Reyes, 73, Mexican-American actor (Problem Child) and politician.
• Larry Siegel, 93, American humorist (Mad Magazine, The Carol Burnett Show), Parkinson's disease.
• Akhilesh Kumar Singh, 59, Indian politician, MLA (1993–2017), cancer.
• Edson Warner, 89, Canadian Olympic sports shooter (1952, 1960).
• Kelsey Weems, 51, American basketball player (Quad City Thunder, Hartford Hellcats, Yakima SunKings).

21

• Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, 89, Jordanian princess, Queen consort (1955–1957).
• Ifeanyi Chiejine, 36, Nigerian Olympic footballer (2000, 2008), (CSHVSM, F.C. Indiana).
• Norma Croker, 84, Australian runner, Olympic champion (1956).
• Julian Daan, 74, Filipino comedian, actor and politician, heart failure.
• Babulal Gaur, 89, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (2004–2005).
• Richard Gregson, 89, British agent, film producer and screenwriter.
• Richard Hoad, 88, Barbadian Olympic sailor.
• Paulo Mandlate, 85, Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tete (1976-2009).
• Jian Ming, 58, Chinese poet, writer and literary critic.
• John W. Neill, 85, British Olympic field hockey player (1960, 1964, 1968).
• Nguyễn Tiến Sâm, 73, Vietnamese jet fighter pilot.
• Celso Piña, 66, Mexican cumbia singer, composer and accordionist, heart attack.
• Lawrence Reade, 88, New Zealand cricketer (Central Districts).
• Alexander M. Schenker, 94, Polish-American professor of Slavic studies.
• Kurt Stendal, 68, Danish footballer (Hvidovre IF, SK Sturm Graz, national team).
• Ines Torelli, 88, Swiss comedian and actress (Fascht e Familie).

22

• William Y. Adams, 92, American anthropologist.
• Junior Agogo, 40, Ghanaian footballer (Bristol Rovers, Nottingham Forest, national team).
• Ken Batcher, 83, American academic.
• Gary Ray Bowles, 57, American serial killer, executed by lethal injection.
• Norman Frederick Charles III, 78, British professional wrestler (The Royal Kangaroos), cancer.
• Peter Chingoka, 65, Zimbabwean cricket player (South Africa African XI) and administrator.
• Bobby Dillon, 89, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
• Tim Fischer, 73, Australian politician and diplomat, Deputy Prime Minister (1996–1999), Ambassador to the Holy See (2009–2012), acute myeloid leukemia.
• Jimmy Fleming, 90, Scottish footballer (Workington). (death announced on this date)
• Gao Heng, 89, Chinese legal scholar and historian.
• Fulati Gidali, 108, Indian folk singer.
• Werner H. Kramarsky, 93, American public official and art collector.
• Vitaly Logvinovsky, 78, Russian stage actor, People's Artist (2006).
• Tom Nissalke, 87, American basketball coach (Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz).
• Yves Oger, 68, French Olympic rower (1972).
• Gerard O'Neill, 76, American investigative journalist and news editor (The Boston Globe), Pulitzer Prize winner (1970).
• Margarita Plavunova, 25, Russian hurdler and model, heart failure.
• Morton Tubor, 102, American film and sound editor (Cannonball, The Big Red One, Knots Landing).

23

• Mary Abbott, 98, American painter.
• Muzaffar Ahmed, 97, Bangladeshi politician.
• John Bluett, 89, English cricketer.
• Larissa Bonfante, 88, Italian-American classicist.
• Les Brewer, 97, American businessman.
• Clint Conatser, 98, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
• Amath Dansokho, 82, Senegalese politician.
• Mario Davidovsky, 85, Argentine-American composer (Synchronisms), Pulitzer Prize winner (1971).
• Carlo Delle Piane, 83, Italian actor (An American in Rome, A School Outing, Christmas Present), Nastro d'Argento winner (1984).
• Leo Gauriloff, 62, Finnish musician, cancer.
• Kito Junqueira, 71, Brazilian actor (Eternamente Pagú) and politician.
• David Koch, 79, American businessman (Koch Industries) and political financier (Americans for Prosperity).
• Rick Loomis, 72, American game designer, founder of Flying Buffalo, lymphatic cancer.
• Massimo Mattioli, 75, Italian cartoonist and comics writer and artist (Squeak the Mouse, Pinky).
• Peter Moscatt, Australian rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs).
• Roaring Lion, 4, British racehorse, euthanised.
• Silvia Ruegger, 58, Canadian Olympic marathon runner (1984), cancer.
• Lou Slaby, 77, American football player (New York Giants).
• Sheila Steafel, 84, South African-born British actress (Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., Quatermass and the Pit, The Ghosts of Motley Hall), leukemia.
• Walter Thiel, 70, German theoretical chemist, President of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (since 2011).
• Mike Thomas, 66, American football player (Washington Redskins, San Diego Chargers).
• Wang Guodong, 88, Chinese painter.
• Tim Wohlforth, 86, American political activist.
• Stuart York, 80, English cricketer.
• Egon Zimmermann, 80, Austrian ski racer, Olympic champion (1964).

24

• David Akiba, 78, American photographer.
• Tex Clevenger, 87, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, New York Yankees).
• Michael Eagar, 85, English cricketer (Gloucestershire).
• Blanca Fernández Ochoa, 56, Spanish alpine ski racer, Olympic bronze medallist (1992).
• Koffi Gahou, 71, Beninese artist, actor, and director.
• Tesfaye Gebreyesus, 84, Ethiopian football referee.
• Stephen S. Goss, 57, American judge, member of the Georgia Court of Appeals (2018–2019), suicide by gunshot.
• Katherine Graham, 96, American golf administrator.
• Lutz-Michael Harder, 76, German lyric tenor and academic voice teacher.
• Andrew Horn, 66, American film director, producer and screenwriter (The Nomi Song, We Are Twisted Fucking Sister!), cancer.
• Arun Jaitley, 66, Indian politician, MP (since 2000), Minister of Defence (2014, 2017) and Finance (2014–2019).
• Robert Judd, 63, American musicologist.
• Peter Kempadoo, 92, Guyanese writer, heart disease.
• Bob Kilcullen, 83, American football player (Chicago Bears).
• Ia McIlwaine, 84, British librarian.
• Thandi Ndlovu, 65, South African construction executive and philanthropist, traffic collision.
• Tony Nichols, 81, Australian Anglican prelate, Bishop of North West Australia (1992–2003).
• Sidney Rittenberg, 98, American journalist, scholar and linguist.
• Vlado Strugar, 96, Serbian historian.
• Jim Tydings, 74, Irish rugby union player.
• Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem, 88, Dutch executive.
• Dick Woodard, 93, American football player (New York Giants).

25

• Sheikh Maqsood Ali, 85, Bangladeshi civil servant.
• Ed Bartram, 81, Canadian artist.
• Herbert Beattie, 93, American opera singer.
• Timothy Bell, Baron Bell, 77, British advertising and public relations executive (Bell Pottinger).
• Clora Bryant, 92, American jazz trumpeter (International Sweethearts of Rhythm), heart attack.
• Alf Burnell, 95, English rugby league footballer (Hunslet, Leeds Rhinos, national team).
• Gül Çiray, 79, Turkish Olympic middle-distance runner (1960).
• Jenaro Flores Santos, 76, Bolivian trade unionist and politician, founder of Unified Syndical Confederation of Rural Workers of Bolivia.
• Sally Floyd, 69, American computer scientist, cancer.
• Reb Foster, 83, American radio DJ (KRLA) and band manager (The Turtles, Three Dog Night, Steppenwolf).
• Jonathan Goldstein, 50, British composer, plane crash.
• Al Haynes, 87, American airline pilot, United Airlines Flight 232 crash survivor.
• B. M. Kutty, 89, Pakistani journalist and politician.
• Mona Lisa, 97, Filipino actress (Insiang, Giliw Ko, Cain at Abel).
• Eliseo Mattiacci, 78, Italian artist.
• Bernard Monnereau, 83, French Olympic rower (1960, 1964), world champion (1962).
• Vince Naimoli, 81, American businessman, founder of the Tampa Bay Rays.
• Ferdinand Piëch, 82, Austrian Hall of Fame business executive and engineer (Audi Quattro), Chairman of Volkswagen Group (1993–2015).
• Mitch Podolak, 71, Canadian folk music promoter, co-founder of the Winnipeg Folk Festival, complications from septic shock.
• Anne Grete Preus, 62, Norwegian musician, cancer.
• Jerry Rook, 75, American basketball player (New Orleans Buccaneers, Arkansas State Red Wolves).
• Ian Sinclair, 86, New Zealand cricketer.
• Jafar Umar Thalib, 57, Indonesian Islamic militant and teacher, founder of Laskar Jihad.
• Leon Wofsy, 97, American biochemist and activist.
• Lodewijk Woltjer, 89, Dutch astronomer.
• Fernanda Young, 49, Brazilian novelist, screenwriter and actress (Os Normais), cardiac arrest.

26

• Patty Abramson, 74, American venture capitalist.
• Khalilur Rahman Babar, 67, Bangladeshi actor (Rangbaz), film director and producer.
• Maude Ballou, 93, American civil rights activist.
• Greg Barton, 73, American football player (Detroit Lions, Toronto Argonauts), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Pal Benko, 91, French-born Hungarian-American chess grandmaster.
• Christian Bonaud, 62, French Islamologist and philosopher, marine accident.
• Neal Casal, 50, American musician (Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Blackfoot, Chris Robinson Brotherhood), suicide.
• Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, 72, Indian police officer, Director General of the Uttarakhand Police (2004–2007).
• Chen Jiayong, 97, Chinese metallurgist and chemical engineer.
• Colin Clark, 35, American soccer player (Colorado Rapids, Houston Dynamo, national team), heart attack.
• Joseph Warren Coker, 88, American politician.
• Richard Conrad, 84, American opera singer and voice teacher.
• Felix Donnelly, 89, New Zealand Roman Catholic priest, academic and talkback host (Radio Pacific).
• Ray Henwood, 82, Welsh-born New Zealand actor (Gliding On).
• Tom Jordan, 99, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns), complications from a heart attack.
• Dr. Karonte, 62, Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL).
• Ian Kerr, 54, Canadian academic lawyer, cancer.
• Helmut Krauss, 78, German actor.
• Roy Lucas, 77, American football coach.
• Pita Paraone, 73, New Zealand politician, MP (2002–2008, 2014–2017).
• Isabel Toledo, 59, Cuban-born American fashion designer, breast cancer.
• Walmir Alberto Valle, 81, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zé Doca (1991–2002) and Joaçaba (2003–2010), cancer.
• Gavin Watson, 71, South African prison executive, CEO of Bosasa (since 2000), traffic collision.
• Geoff Wraith, 72, English rugby league player and coach.
• Mir Tanha Yousafi, 64, Pakistani poet, novelist and writer.

27

• Pedro Bell, 69, American artist and illustrator (Parliament-Funkadelic).
• Nimu Bhowmik, 83, Indian actor (Arun Barun O Kiranmala, Nater Guru, Gyarakal).
• Albert Vickers Bryan Jr., 92, American judge, Chief Judge of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (1985–1991), pneumonia.
• Gilmer Capps, 87, American politician.
• Yigal Cohen-Orgad, 81, Israeli politician, MP (1977–1988) and Minister of Finance (1983–1984).
• Jessi Combs, 39, American racer and television host (Xtreme 4x4, MythBusters, Overhaulin'), jet-car crash.
• Frances Crowe, 100, American peace activist.
• Wadie P. Deddeh, 98, Iraqi-born American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1967–1983) and Senate (1983–1993).
• Sven Trygve Falck, 76, Norwegian politician, MP (1981–1985).
• Donnie Fritts, 76, American keyboardist (Kris Kristofferson) and songwriter, complications from heart surgery.
• Saif Ahmad Al Ghurair, 95, Emirati businessman, Chairman of Al Ghurair Group (since 1960).
• Abel González Chávez, 76, Colombian radio and television host, stroke.
• Gary Gruber, 78, American theoretical physicist.
• Sir Dawda Jawara, 95, Gambian politician, Prime Minister (1962–1970) and President (1970–1994).
• Kopi John, 25, Papua New Guinean cricketer (national team).
• John Ssenseko Kulubya, 84, Ugandan real estate investor, complications from pneumonia.
• Rajnish Kumar, 59, Indian politician, member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (since 2012).
• Philippe Madrelle, 82, French politician, Senator (since 1980).
• Richard Mamiya, 94, American heart surgeon.
• José Mateo, 91, Spanish racing cyclist.
• Paul Meger, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), Stanley Cup champion (1953).
• Stephen O. Murray, 69, American sociologist, lymphoma.
• Sōju Nosaka II, 81, Japanese musician.
• Tom O'Hara, 77, American Olympic middle-distance runner (1964).
• Park Han-yong, 68, South Korean businessman, President of POSCO (2012–2013).
• Guy Parsons, 93, British accountant.
• Paul Peterson, 98, Canadian football player (Hamilton Flying Wildcats).
• Leopoldo Pomés, 87, Spanish photographer and publicist.
• Tahu Potiki, 52, New Zealand Māori leader, chief executive of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu (2002–2006).
• Don Sallee, 86, American politician.
• Thanadsri Svasti, 92, Thai food writer and broadcaster, cholangiocarcinoma.
• Martin Weitzman, 77, American economist.
• Gustav Wiklund, 85, Finnish actor and painter.
• Zhang Zong, 90, Chinese crystallographer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

28

• Michel Aumont, 82, French actor (The Toy, A Sunday in the Country, Dangerous Moves).
• Clive Featherby, 86, British motorcycle speedway rider.
• Pascal Gnazzo, 98, French racing cyclist.
• Donnie Green, 71, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions).
• Steve Hiett, 79, British photographer.
• Nancy Holloway, 86, American singer and actress.
• Giuseppe Iamonte, 70, Italian mobster ('Ndrangheta), fall.
• Gary King, 85, American businessman and radio personality.
• Nicolás Leoz, 90, Paraguayan football executive, President of CONMEBOL (1986–2013).
• June Lyne, 87, American politician.
• Max McDonald, 92, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1979–1992).
• Nie Yuanzi, 98, Chinese academic administrator, leader of the Red Guards, respiratory failure.
• Sogyal Rinpoche, 72, Tibetan Dzogchen lama and writer (The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying), founder of Rigpa organization, pulmonary embolism.
• George P. Schiavelli, 71, American judge.
• Sean Stephenson, 40, American self-help author and motivational speaker, head injury.
• Valeriy Syrov, 72, Russian-born Ukrainian football player (Karpaty Lviv, Metalurh Zaporizhya) and manager.
• Nikola Trojanović, 90, Yugoslav Olympic swimmer.
• Paz Undurraga, 89, Chilean singer and composer.

29

• Don Aickin, 84, New Zealand obstetrician and gynaecologist (University of Otago, Christchurch).
• Biba Caggiano, 82, Italian-born American restaurateur and cookbook author.
• Lila Cockrell, 97, American politician, Mayor of San Antonio (1975–1981, 1989–1991).
• Terrance Dicks, 84, English screenwriter (Doctor Who, Crossroads, Space: 1999).
• Nita Engle, 93, American watercolorist.
• Richard Geist, 74, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1978–2013), heart attack.
• Jean Guillou, 88, French Olympic gymnast (1952, 1956).
• Janusz Hajnos, 51, Polish Olympic ice hockey player (1992).
• Guy Innes-Ker, 10th Duke of Roxburghe, 64, British aristocrat.
• Juhani Kärkinen, 83, Finnish Olympic ski jumper (1960), world champion (1958).
• Miklós Kocsár, 85, Hungarian composer.
• Jim Langer, 71, American Hall of Fame football player (Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings), heart failure.
• Jim Leavelle, 99, American homicide detective, police escort for Lee Harvey Oswald, heart attack.
• Brad Linaweaver, 66, American science fiction writer, cancer.
• Maria Dolors Renau, 82, Spanish politician, Deputy (1982–1986, 1989–1993), MEP (1986–1987) and president of Socialist International Women (1999–2003).
• Mohammad Muslim, Indian politician, MLA (1996–2002, 2012–2017).
• Randy Romero, 61, American Hall of Fame jockey, stomach cancer.
• Achille Silvestrini, 95, Italian-born Vatican diplomat and Roman Catholic cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches (1991–2000).
• Dick Taylor, 77, Australian rugby player.
• Vladimir Veličković, 84, Serbian painter.
• Leonard Wery, 93, Dutch Olympic field hockey player.

30

• Chester Aaron, 96, American writer.
• Deyan Ranko Brashich, 78, American attorney and writer.
• Gordon Bressack, 68, American television writer (Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs, Bionic Six).
• Franco Columbu, 78, Italian bodybuilder and actor (Conan the Barbarian, The Terminator), Mr. Olympia winner (1976, 1981), heart attack.
• Jim Colvin, 81, American football player.
• Stephen Cretney, 83, British legal scholar.
• Elaine Darling, 83, Australian politician, MP (1980–1993).
• Dennis Fentie, 68, Canadian politician, Premier of Yukon (2002–2011) and MLA (1996–2011), cancer.
• Ken France, 78, New Zealand footballer.
• Lamberto Giorgis, 87, Italian football player (Taranto) and manager (Lecce, Sampdoria).
• Bernard F. Grabowski, 96, American politician, member of the House of Representatives (1963–1967).
• William D. Grampp, 105, American economist.
• A. James Gregor, 90, American historian.
• Valerie Harper, 80, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie), Emmy Award winner (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975), leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.
• James Cellan Jones, 88, Welsh film and television director (The Roads to Freedom, The Forsyte Saga, Fortunes of War), Chairman of BAFTA (1983–1985), stroke.
• Melisa Michaels, 73, American author.
• Park Taesun, 77, South Korean writer.
• Hans Rausing, 93, Swedish businessman, Chairman of Tetra Pak (1985–1993).
• Udo Schaefer, 92, German lawyer and Baháʼí author.
• Shevin Smith, 44, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).

31

• Jeff Blackshear, 50, American football player (Seattle Seahawks, Baltimore Ravens, Kansas City Chiefs), pancreatic cancer.
• Ryszard Czerniawski, 67, Polish lawyer and economist, vice-chairman of the board of Warsaw Stock Exchange (1994–2006) and vice-ombudsman (2012–2015).
• Leslie H. Gelb, 82, American journalist (The New York Times) and government official, Assistant Secretary of State (1977–1979).
• Alec Holowka, 35, Canadian video game developer (Aquaria, I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator, Night in the Woods), suicide.
• Anthoine Hubert, 22, French racing driver, GP3 Series champion (2018), race crash.
• William J. Larkin Jr., 91, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1979–1990) and Senate (1991–2018).
• Michael Lindsay, 56, American voice actor (Bleach, Naruto, Digimon).
• Sergio Lobato García, 64, Mexican politician, federal deputy in the LXI Legislature of Congress.
• Marita Lorenz, 80, German-born American conspiracy theorist, heart failure.
• Mary Ma, 66, Chinese business executive, CFO of Lenovo, pancreatic cancer.
• Jane Mathews, 78, Australian judge, Supreme Court of New South Wales (1987–1994).
• Wim Statius Muller, 89, Curaçaoan composer and pianist.
• Hal Naragon, 90, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins) and coach (Detroit Tigers).
• Jim Pettie, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins), cancer.
• Hugo Pfaltz, 87, American politician.
• Earl Ravenal, 88, American foreign policy analyst, academic, and writer.
• Donald Rooum, 91, English cartoonist and activist.
• Agnar Sandmo, 81, Norwegian economist, cancer.
• Mamadou Tew, 59, Senegalese footballer (Club Brugge, Charleroi, national team).
• Marshall P. Tulin, 93, American hydrodynamics engineer.
• Immanuel Wallerstein, 88, American sociologist, developer of world-systems theory.
• Wang Buxuan, 97, Chinese thermal physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Zbigniew Zaleski, 72, Polish politician.

External links

• List of August 2019 deaths at IMDb