Deaths in January 2015

The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2015.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

January 2015

1

• Barbara Atkinson, 88, British actress (Z-Cars).
• Staryl C. Austin, 94, American air force brigadier general.
• Ulrich Beck, 70, German sociologist, heart attack.
• Fiona Cumming, 77, British television director (Doctor Who).
• Eric Cunningham, 65, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Wentworth North (1975–1984).
• Mario Cuomo, 82, American politician, Governor of New York (1983–1994), heart failure.
• Donna Douglas, 82, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies, Frankie and Johnny, The Twilight Zone), pancreatic cancer.
• Matthew Franjola, 72, American journalist (Associated Press) and photographer.
• Jeff Golub, 59, American guitarist, progressive supranuclear palsy.
• Jack Howell, 88, British physician.
• Omar Karami, 80, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister (1990–1992, 2004–2005).
• Bill Keating, 70, American football player (Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins) and attorney.
• Tore Helge Larsen, 69, Norwegian harness racer, cancer.
• Géry Leuliet, 104, French Roman Catholic prelate, world's oldest Catholic bishop, Bishop of Amiens (1963–1985).
• Boris Morukov, 64, Russian physician and cosmonaut, STS-106 mission specialist.
• Kjell Noreik, 85, Norwegian physician.
• Mrunalini Devi Puar, 83, Indian educator, Chancellor of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (since 1988).
• Ninón Sevilla, 93, Cuban-born Mexican actress (Aventurera, La usurpadora), heart attack.
• William Lloyd Standish, 84, American federal judge, District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania (1987–2002).
• Manasa Vaniqi, 62, Fijian civil servant and lieutenant colonel, Permanent Secretary for Sugar (since 2009).
• Miller Williams, 84, American poet, Alzheimer's disease.

2

• Per-Olof Åstrand, 92, Swedish physiologist.
• James A. Barlow, 91, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1983–1987).
• Charles Baur, 85, French politician, President of the Regional Council of Picardy (1976–1978, 1985–2004).
• Noel Cobb, 76, American-born British philosopher, psychologist and author.
• Little Jimmy Dickens, 94, American country music singer ("May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose"), cardiac arrest.
• Baldina Di Vittorio, 94, Italian politician.
• Danny Dunton, 90, English speedway rider and promoter.
• Maurice Fontaine, 95, French politician.
• Bob Gilmore, 53, British musicologist.
• Vasant Gowarikar, 81, Indian scientist and ISRO chairman, dengue and urinary tract infection.
• Basil Hansen, 88, Australian Olympic ice hockey player (1960).
• Lloyd House, 83, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1967–1968).
• Lam Pou-chuen, 63, Hong Kong dubbing artist (Doraemon), diabetes.
• Abu Anas al-Libi, 50, Libyan al-Qaeda member in United States custody, liver cancer.
• John McQuilten, 65, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Ballarat (1999–2006).
• Derek Minter, 82, British Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer.
• Arthur Neu, 81, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1973–1979), member of the Iowa Senate (1967–1973).
• Tihomir Novakov, 85, Serbian-born American physicist.
• Billy O'Neill, 85, Irish sportsman.
• István Pásztor, 89, Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1952).
• Dan Poulin, 57, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars), cancer.
• Arpád Račko, 84, Hungarian-born Slovak sculptor.
• Vincent Cartledge Reddish, 88, Scottish astronomer, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (1975–1980).
• Kristian Sundtoft, 77, Norwegian politician.

3

• Jamal Uddin Ahmad, 85, Bangladeshi politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1977–1982).
• Daniel Albright, 69, American academic.
• Martin Anderson, 78, American economist and political adviser.
• Adunni Bankole, 55, Nigerian businesswoman, heart attack.
• Edward Brooke, 95, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts (1967–1979).
• Bryan Caldwell, 54, American football player (Houston Oilers), Hodgkin's lymphoma.
• Paulinus Costa, 78, Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Dhaka (2005–2011), heart attack.
• Maher Hathout, 79, Egyptian-born American Islamic leader, cancer.
• Dwight Hooker, 86, American photographer (Playboy) and architect.
• Bill Jessup, 85, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
• Rueben Philip Job, 86, American United Methodist prelate, Bishop of the Iowa episcopal area (1984–1992).
• Muath al-Kasasbeh, 26, Jordanian fighter pilot and ISIS hostage, burned alive.
• Roger Kitter, 65, British actor ('Allo 'Allo!) and entertainer, cancer.
• Olga Knyazeva, 60, Russian fencer, Olympic champion (1976).
• Willy Ovesen, 90, Norwegian civil servant.
• Terence Ranger, 85, British historian.
• Jaime Romero Móran, 21, Mexican gymnast, shot.
• Allie Sherman, 91, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (New York Giants).
• Jouko Törmänen, 60, Finnish ski jumper, Olympic champion (1980).

4

• Chang Sung-hwan, 94, South Korean lieutenant general and diplomat, Chief of Staff of the Air Force (1962–1964), natural causes.
• Elisabetta Catalano, 70, Italian fine-art photographer.
• Pino Daniele, 59, Italian singer and songwriter, heart attack.
• Chitresh Das, 70, Indian dancer, instructor and choreographer, aneurysm.
• Al Delugach, 89, American Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, mesothelioma.
• Lance Diamond, 69, American singer, heart complications.
• Jay Furman, 72, American real estate developer, cancer.
• He Zhenliang, 85, Chinese politician and diplomat.
• Dan Held, 53, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Gene Kemp, 88, British children's author (The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler).
• Haroldo Lara, 80, Brazilian Olympic swimmer (1952, 1956).
• Azizullah Lodin, 75–76, Afghan politician.
• John McPhee, 77, Scottish footballer (Blackpool, Motherwell).
• Stu Miller, 87, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles).
• Juan Isidro Moreno, 90, Dominican Republic poet.
• Hasan Hazer Moshar, 91, Iranian artist.
• Jack Parr, 78, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).
• Natalino Pescarolo, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fossano (1992–2005) and Cuneo (1999–2005).
• Hank Peters, 90, American baseball executive (Baltimore Orioles), complications from a stroke.
• Ahuti Prasad, 57, Indian actor, colon cancer.
• Ives Roqueta, 78, French Occitan author.
• Eli Sagan, 87, American clothing manufacturer, cultural anthropology author and Nixon Enemy.
• Stuart Scott, 49, American sports journalist (SportsCenter), appendix cancer.
• Michele Serros, 48, American novelist and poet, adenocarcinoma of the salivary gland.
• Nelson Torno, 87, Argentine Olympic sports shooter.
• Upendra Trivedi, 78, Indian actor and director.
• Richard D. Veltri, 79, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
• René Vautier, 86, French film director (Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès).
• Bernard Williams, 72, British film producer (A Clockwork Orange, Daredevil, Flash Gordon), cancer.
• Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński, 70, Polish academic.
• János Zsombolyai, 75, Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter.

5

• Joy Ali, 36, Fijian middleweight boxer, suicide.
• Philippe Baillet, 74, French Olympic basketball player.
• Allan Beard, 95, British civil servant.
• Jean-Pierre Beltoise, 77, French Formula One racing driver, winner of the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix, stroke.
• Al Bendich, 85, American civil rights attorney.
• Khan Bonfils, 42, English actor (Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Batman Begins, Skyfall).
• Jim Burton, 53, Canadian ice hockey player (Hershey Bears) and coach, heart attack.
• Jack Calmes, 71, American inventor, executive and musician.
• Eylül Cansın, 24, Turkish transgender woman, suicide by jumping.
• Bobby Carter, 75, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1995–2002).
• William R. Catton, Jr., 88, American environmental sociologist.
• Arthur E. Chase, 84, American politician, member of the Massachusetts Senate (1991–1995).
• Albert Firth, 77, English rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity).
• Antonio Fuertes, 85, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Elche).
• Vadim Glovatsky, 45, Kazakhstani Olympic ice hockey player (1998), (Metallurg Magnitogorsk).
• Joe Haines, 91, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1981–1999).
• Ken Hale, 75, English football player and manager.
• Niels Hansen, 90, German diplomat.
• Milton Hebald, 97, American sculptor.
• Martin Joseph, 65, Trinidadian politician, Minister of National Security (2003–2010), drowned.
• Mustafa Kamal, 81, Bangladeshi judge, Chief Justice (1999), heart disease.
• Anthony Ledwith, 81, British chemist.
• Earl MacNaughton, 95, Canadian physicist.
• Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, 102, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo (1968–1988).
• Harold Murphy, 76, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1993–2003).
• Ganesh Patro, 69, Indian playwright and screenwriter, cancer.
• Alfons Peeters, 71, Belgian footballer.
• Joan Peters, 78, American author (From Time Immemorial), complications from a stroke.
• King Sporty, 71, Jamaican-American reggae musician.
• Geoff Truett, 79, English footballer (Crystal Palace).

6

• Anton Amann, 58, Austrian chemist.
• Else M. Barth, 86, Norwegian philosopher.
• Vlastimil Bubník, 83, Czech ice hockey player and footballer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).
• Buffalo Tiger, 94, American politician, Chairman of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida (1962–1985).
• Joseph Djida, 69, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ngaoundéré (since 2000).
• Johannes de Villiers Graaff, 86, South African economist.
• Lawrence Gushee, 83, American musicologist.
• Jean Hendriks, 89, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (1981–1991).
• Francesca Hilton, 67, American actress and socialite, stroke.
• Ron Hovey, 82, Australian football player (Geelong).
• Arthur Jackson, 96, American sports shooter.
• Sir John Mason, 91, British meteorologist.
• George H. McKee, 91, American air force lieutenant general.
• Lance Percival, 81, British actor (That Was the Week That Was, The Beatles) and singer ("Shame and Scandal in the Family").
• Gilberto Perez, 71, Cuban-born American professor of film studies.
• Sanford E. Reisenbach, 82, American marketing executive (Warner Bros.).
• Patricia Roppel, 76, American historian and teacher, specialist in the history of Southeast Alaska, cancer.
• Thunder Rumble, 26, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications from colic.
• Alexandru Segal, 67, Romanian-born Brazilian economist and chess player.

7

• Subhas Anandan, 67, Indian-born Singaporean lawyer, heart failure.
• José Arias, 92, Spanish Olympic alpine skier (1948).
• Tim Arson, 38, American professional wrestler (WWC, ECW).
• Ricardo Bueno Fernández, 74, Spanish politician, member of the Senate (1977–1979, 1993–2000) and Congress of Deputies (2000–2004).
• John Burritt, 80, American Olympic biathlete.
• Gilbert Finn, 94, Canadian businessman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1987–1994).
• Michael Fisher, 68, British solicitor, cancer.
• Tadeusz Konwicki, 88, Polish writer and filmmaker.
• Mompati Merafhe, 78, Botswanan lieutenant general and politician, Vice President (2008–2012).
• Arch A. Moore, Jr., 91, American politician, Governor of West Virginia (1969–1977, 1985–1989).
• J. P. Parisé, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars), lung cancer.
• Jethro Pugh, 70, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).
• Archie Radebe, 55, South African footballer (AmaZulu) and coach.
• B. S. Abdur Rahman, 87, Indian business executive and philanthropist (B. S. Abdur Rahman University).
• David Rolfe, 50, Australian Paralympic swimmer, complications relating to heart surgery.
• Julio Scherer García, 88, Mexican journalist, septic shock.
• Herb Simpson, 94, American baseball player (Seattle Steelheads).
• Rod Taylor, 84, Australian actor (The Time Machine, The Birds, 101 Dalmatians, Inglourious Basterds), heart attack.
• Nancy Thomas, 96, British television producer (Monitor).
• Notable French people killed in the Charlie Hebdo shooting:
  • Cabu, 76, cartoonist
  • Elsa Cayat, 54, psychoanalyst and columnist
  • Charb, 47, caricaturist and journalist
  • Philippe Honoré, 73, cartoonist
  • Bernard Maris, 68, economist and journalist
  • Tignous, 57, cartoonist
  • Georges Wolinski, 80, cartoonist

8

• Fernando Argila, 92, Spanish footballer.
• William E. Boeing Jr., 92, American businessman.
• Andraé Crouch, 72, American gospel singer, heart attack.
• Kep Enderby, 88, Australian politician and judge, MP (1970–1975), Supreme Court Justice of New South Wales (1982–1992).
• Patsy Garrett, 93, American singer and actress (Benji, Nanny and the Professor, Room 222).
• Jean-Claude Gasigwa, 31, Rwandan tennis player (Davis Cup team).
• Peter Hill, 83, English footballer (Coventry City).
• Jenő Lasztovicza, 53, Hungarian politician, MP (since 1998).
• Curtis Lee, 75, American singer ("Pretty Little Angel Eyes"), cancer.
• Hubert Markl, 76, German biologist.
• Ray McFall, 88, British nightclub owner (The Cavern Club).
• Roy McKie, 93, American illustrator.
• Richard Meade, 76, British equestrian, three-time Olympic champion, cancer.
• Remo Pianezzi, 87, Swiss cyclist.
• Henryk Podlewski, 94, Polish psychiatrist.
• Leif Rantala, 67, Finnish linguist.
• Erbey Satterfield, 75, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives.
• Egil Toreng, 92, Norwegian newspaper editor and politician.
• Nelson Townsend, 73, American athletic director (Florida A&M), heart attack.

9

• Angelo Anquilletti, 71, Italian footballer (A.C. Milan, national team).
• Jasodhara Bagchi, 77, Indian feminist critic and academic.
• Amedy Coulibaly, 32, French jihadist, shot.
• Harry A. DeMaso, 93, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate (1967–1986).
• Samuel Goldwyn Jr., 88, American film producer (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Preacher's Wife), heart failure.
• Ah Chew Goo, 96, American basketball player and coach (University of Hawaii).
• Michel Jeury, 80, French science fiction author.
• Sonny Karnofsky, 92, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
• Robert V. Keeley, 85, American diplomat, Ambassador to Mauritius (1976–1978), Zimbabwe (1980–1984) and Greece (1985–1989), stroke.
• Sarah Kemp, 77, Australian actress (Sons and Daughters), lung cancer.
• Chuck Locke, 82, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
• Frans Molenaar, 74, Dutch fashion designer, complications from a fall.
• Józef Oleksy, 68, Polish politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996), cancer.
• Bud Paxson, 79, American media executive, co-founder of the Home Shopping Network, founder of Pax TV.
• Peder Pedersen, 69, Danish track cyclist, Olympic champion (1968).
• Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, 87, Malaysian politician, Chief Minister of Sarawak (1970–1981).
• Whitney Reed, 82, American tennis player.
• James L. Reveal, 73, American botanist.
• Robert Scott, 73, American author.
• Iqbal Sheikh, 80, Pakistani cricketer.
• Bud Sherman, 88, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1969–1984), member of the House of Commons (1965–1968).
• Miroslav Soviš, 60, Czech Olympic biathlete.
• Paul M. Starnes, 80, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1972–1990).
• Roy Tarpley, 50, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks).
• Christian Vannequé, 65, French sommelier and restaurateur.

10

• John Angus, 66, New Zealand children's rights advocate, children's commissioner (2009–2011).
• Jorgelina Aranda, 72, Argentine model and actress (Il Gaucho).
• Robert Berner, 79, American geologist and geochemist.
• Walter Berns, 95, American constitutional law and political philosophy professor.
• Frans Bolweg, 64, Dutch sailor and coach.
• Brian Clemens, 83, British screenwriter (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde) and television producer (The Avengers, The Professionals).
• Abed Daoudieh, 94, Jordanian politician, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Minister (1984).
• George Dickerson, 81, American actor (Blue Velvet, Hill Street Blues).
• James R. Dixon, 86, American herpetologist.
• Tim Drummond, 74, American bassist (Bob Dylan, Neil Young).
• Pierre-André Fournier, 71, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Rimouski (since 2008).
• Elemér Hankiss, 86, Hungarian sociologist.
• Maeve Hillery, 91, Irish physician.
• Jim Hogan, 81, Irish Olympic long-distance runner, European champion (1966).
• Harry V. Jaffa, 96, American political philosophy professor.
• Annis Jensen, 93, American roller derby skater.
• Frederik H. Kreuger, 86, Dutch high voltage scientist.
• Junior Malanda, 20, Belgian footballer (VfL Wolfsburg, national under-21 team), traffic collision.
• Marko Marin, 84, Slovenian theatre director and art historian.
• Slobodan Martinović, 70, Serbian chess player.
• Roger Moyer, 80, American politician, Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland (1965–1973), Parkinson's disease.
• Yoko Nagae Ceschina, 82, Japanese classical music philanthropist.
• Taylor Negron, 57, American comedian and actor (Angels in the Outfield, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Bio-Dome), liver cancer.
• Margit Nünke, 84, German fashion model, actress and beauty queen.
• Ged Peck, 67, English musician.
• Hugh Peery, 83, American Olympic wrestler.
• George Probert, 87, American jazz musician and music editor.
• Francesco Rosi, 92, Italian film director (The Mattei Affair, Christ Stopped at Eboli, Salvatore Giuliano).
• Francis Simard, 67, Canadian revolution activist and criminal, aneurysm.
• Hans Stoiber, 96, Austrian poet.
• Robert Stone, 77, American novelist (Dog Soldiers), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Denis Tsygurov, 43, Russian professional ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings).
• Inge Vermeulen, 30, Brazilian-born Dutch field hockey player (national team), European champion (2009).
• Roger Wosahlo, 67, English footballer (Peterborough), cancer.

11

• Jenő Buzánszky, 89, Hungarian footballer (Dorogi FC, national team), Olympic champion (1952), last living member of the Golden Team.
• Gary Dighton, 46, British Olympic cyclist, suicide.
• Doriemus, 24, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse, Melbourne Cup winner (1995), euthanised following paddock accident.
• Anita Ekberg, 83, Swedish-Italian actress (La Dolce Vita, Paris Holiday, Back from Eternity).
• Chashi Nazrul Islam, 73, Bangladeshi filmmaker (Ora Egaro Jon).
• Chic Littlewood, 84, British-born New Zealand television personality and actor (King Kong, 30 Days of Night).
• Albert McPherson, 87, English football player (Walsall) and coach (West Bromwich Albion).
• Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, 96, American professor emeritus (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) and neuroscientist.
• Fritz Pott, 75, German football player and coach.
• Bruno Visintin, 82, Italian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
• Ryszard Zub, 80, Polish fencer, Olympic silver (1956, 1960) and bronze (1964) medalist.

12

• John Bayley, 89, British literary critic and writer.
• Bonnie Christensen, 63, American children's book author and illustrator, ovarian cancer.
• Germán Cobos, 87, Spanish actor.
• Trevor Colbourn, 87, Australian educator and academic, President of the University of Central Florida (1978–1989).
• James Naanman Daman, 58, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jalingo (2000–2007) and Shendam (since 2007).
• Stephen Gold, 58, British computer journalist, complications of heart surgery.
• Robert Gover, 85, American author.
• John Hill, 69, American game designer, heart failure.
• Akira Kinoshita, 78, Japanese photographer.
• Carl Long, 79, American baseball player.
• William C. Martel, 59, American political scientist, cancer.
• A. J. Masters, 64, American singer and songwriter, prostate cancer.
• Paul Morgan, 40, Welsh rugby union and league player.
• Elena Obraztsova, 75, Russian mezzo-soprano.
• Alex Omes, 43, American nightlife impresario, co-founder of Ultra Music Festival.
• V. B. Rajendra Prasad, 82, Indian film producer and director.
• Gabriel Ramushwana, 73, South African general, Head of State of Venda (1990–1994), colon cancer.
• Ed Skinner, 78, American politician and attorney, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1969–1973).
• Darrell Winfield, 85, American rancher and model, Marlboro Man (1968–1989).

13

• Robert Boon, 98, Dutch-born American actor (Queen of Blood, Verboten!, The Twilight Zone).
• Chuck Burr, 91, American football executive, general manager for the Miami Dolphins.
• Tony Ciprian, 82, New Zealand television sports presenter and producer.
• Doug Cunningham, 69, American football player (Ole Miss Rebels, San Francisco 49ers).
• Robert Dotson, 91, American flatfoot dancer.
• Ralph Faudree, 75, American mathematician.
• Frank Glazer, 99, American pianist and composer.
• Sir Jack Hayward, 91, English businessman, property developer and philanthropist, president of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
• Mark Juddery, 43, Australian author and journalist, cancer.
• H. Wesley Kenney, 89, American television director and producer (General Hospital, All in the Family, The Young and the Restless), cardiac arrest.
• Mike Marqusee, 61, American-born writer and activist, multiple myeloma.
• Frank Mazzola, 79, American film actor and editor (Rebel Without a Cause, Casablanca, The Hunchback of Notre Dame).
• Hara Patnaik, 56, Indian actor and film director, cancer.
• Ronnie Ronalde, 91, British music hall singer and siffleur.
• Isabel Rosado, 107, Puerto Rican independence activist (Puerto Rican Nationalist Party).
• John H. Rubel, 94, American defense electronics executive.
• Bill Thompson, 70, American talent manager, heart attack.
• Jane Wilson, 90, American painter.
• Keith Wright, 73, Australian politician and convicted child rapist, MP for Capricornia (1984–1993).
• Hillel Zaks, 85, Polish-born Israeli rabbi.

14

• Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, 71, Israeli rabbi.
• Bob Boyd, 84, American basketball coach (USC Trojans).
• Jerry Dempsey, 81, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1992–2006).
• Bill Dodd, 78, English footballer (Burnley F.C.).
• Lotte Hass, 86, Austrian model and underwater diver.
• Val Holten, 87, Australian cricketer.
• Danny Malloy, 84, Scottish footballer (Cardiff City, Dundee).
• Jerzy Holzer, 84, Polish historian.
• Susanto Pudjomartono, 71, Indonesian newspaper editor and diplomat, second chief editor of The Jakarta Post (1991–2003), Ambassador to Russia (2003–2008).
• Nélida Romero, 88, Argentine actress.
• Darren Shahlavi, 42, English actor (Night at the Museum, Watchmen, Ip Man 2) and martial artist, heart attack.
• Obrad Sretenović, 79, Croatian Olympic boxer.
• Layne Tom Jr., 87, American actor (Charlie Chan series).
• Warren Weinstein, 73, American economist, USAID contractor kidnapped by al-Qaeda, drone strike.
• Robert White, 88, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Paraguay (1977–1980) and El Salvador (1980–1981).
• Zhang Wannian, 86, Chinese general.

15

• Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa, 58, Scottish peer, hereditary chief of Clan Kennedy.
• Bai Jinian, 88, Chinese politician, party chief of Shaanxi Province.
• Jean-Claude Baker, 71, French-born American restaurateur, suicide.
• Ludmila Brožová-Polednová, 93, Czech prosecutor, participated in the show trial of Milada Horáková.
• Arnaldo Calveyra, 85, Argentine poet and novelist, heart attack.
• Eugene E. Covert, 88, American aeronautics engineer.
• Ervin Drake, 95, American songwriter ("It Was a Very Good Year", "I Believe", "Good Morning Heartache"), bladder cancer.
• Kim Fowley, 75, American record producer, band manager (The Runaways), impresario and musician, bladder cancer.
• Alan Hirschfield, 79, American film executive, CEO of Columbia Pictures (1973–1978), Chairman of 20th Century Fox (1982–1986).
• Mirko Holbus, 74, Serbian Olympic ice hockey player.
• Anwarul Iqbal, 64, Bangladeshi politician and police chief, cardiac arrest.
• Ethel Lang, 114, British supercentenarian.
• Karel Lichtnégl, 78, Czech football player.
• Jean Lindenmann, 90, Swiss virologist and immunologist, co-discoverer of interferon.
• Rimma Markova, 89, Russian actress.
• Ray Nagel, 87, American football player (UCLA Bruins) and coach (Utah Utes, Iowa Hawkeyes).
• Chikao Ohtsuka, 85, Japanese voice actor (Lupin III, Sonic the Hedgehog, One Piece), ischemic heart failure.
• Raoul Pantin, 71, Trinidadian journalist, playwright, and screenwriter (Bim), survivor of the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt.
• Robert S. Pirie, 80, American lawyer.
• Ignacio Posada, 79, Colombian Olympic fencer.
• Harvey Sweetman, 93, New Zealand World War II pilot.
• Rameshwar Thakur, 88, Indian politician, Governor of Odisha (2004–2006), Andhra Pradesh (2006–2007) and Karnataka (2007–2009).
• Walter Westbrook, 93, South African artist.
• Bob Wilson, 85, American sportscaster (Boston Bruins).
• Joseph Mukasa Zuza, 59, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mzuzu (since 1995), traffic collision.

16

• Miriam Akavia, 87, Israeli writer.
• Sir Ian Athfield, 74, New Zealand architect, pneumonia.
• Mohamed Olow Barrow, Somali politician.
• Andrew Benson, 97, American biologist.
• José Carrasco, 71, Peruvian politician, Minister of Energy and Mines (1988–1989) and member of the Congress (2006–2011), lung cancer.
• Vivaldo Frota, 86, Brazilian politician, Governor of Amazonas (1990–1991).
• Ted Harrison, 88, British-born Canadian painter.
• Pedro María Iguaran, 74, Spanish footballer (Real Sociedad).
• Patrick Journoud, 50, French Olympic athlete (1988).
• Stuart Loory, 82, American journalist and media executive (CNN), lung cancer.
• Ray Lumpp, 91, American basketball player (New York Knicks), Olympic champion (1948).
• Luis Marsans, 84, Spanish painter.
• Louis Martin, 78, Jamaican-born British weightlifter, Olympic silver (1964) and bronze (1960) medallist.
• Ghelubhai Nayak, 91, Indian political activist.
• Walter Peregoy, 89, American animator (The Jungle Book, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins, The Sword in the Stone).
• Tony Ridler, 59, Welsh darts player.
• Faith Seidenberg, 91, American attorney and civil rights activist.
• Yao Beina, 33, Chinese singer, breast cancer.

17

• Bruno Ballarini, 77, Italian footballer (Calcio Como).
• Walter Bauza, 75, Argentine Olympic sports shooter.
• Joseph Brannigan, 83, American politician, member of the Maine Senate (2006–2012).
• Marie Foucher-Creteau, 89, French Olympic swimmer.
• Ken Furphy, 83, English footballer and manager (Watford).
• Gobinda Halder, 84, Indian lyricist and composer, kidney failure.
• Faten Hamama, 83, Egyptian actress (The Angel of Mercy, Wajh al-Qamar).
• Don Harron, 90, Canadian comedian, actor and author (Hee Haw, The Big Revue), cancer.
• Kazumasa Hirai, 76, Japanese manga author (8 Man, Genma Taisen, Wolf Guy).
• Fritz C. Holte, 89, Norwegian economist.
• Justin Kili, 61, Papua New Guinean journalist and media personality.
• Rebecca D. Lockhart, 46, American politician, Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives (since 2011), Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.
• Henry Manne, 86, American law and economics academic.
• Roderick McDonald, 69, American basketball player (Utah Stars).
• Terence Miller, 96, British palaeontologist.
• Origa, 44, Russian singer (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), lung cancer.
• David E. Paulson, 83, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 28th District (1978–1986).
• Greg Plitt, 37, American fitness trainer (Work Out) and actor (Grudge Match, Terminator Salvation, Bobby), hit by train.
• Bill Sykes, 75, English author and chaplain.

18

• Mohammad Ali Allahdadi, 52, Iranian army general, airstrike.
• Vinay V. Deodhar, 66, Indian mathematician.
• Maurice Dumas, 87, Canadian politician, MP for Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel (1993–2000).
• Cynthia Layne, 51, American jazz singer, cancer.
• Grazia Livi, 84, Italian author and journalist, Viareggio Prize winner.
• D. C. McNeil, 87, Canadian politician.
• Alberto Nisman, 51, Argentine prosecutor (AMIA bombing), apparent suicide by gunshot.
• Paul O'Grady, 54, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1988–1996), cancer.
• Muna Obiekwe, 36, Nigerian actor, kidney disease.
• Dorothy Barnes Pelote, 85, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1993–2003).
• Pietro Pianta, 74, Italian footballer.
• June Randall, 87, British script supervisor (The Spy Who Loved Me, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining).
• Piet van der Sanden, 90, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1971–1972, 1973–1989), member of the European Parliament (1973–1974).
• Milt Schoon, 92, American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins).
• Harish Chandra Srivastava, 90, Indian politician.
• Yasuaki Taiho, 51, Taiwanese-born Japanese baseball player (Chunichi Dragons, Hanshin Tigers), acute myeloid leukemia.
• Dallas Taylor, 66, American drummer (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), complications of viral pneumonia and kidney disease.
• Christine Valmy, 88, Romanian-born American cosmetologist.
• Tony Verna, 81, American television producer, invented instant replay, leukemia.
• Kjell Arnljot Wig, 90, Norwegian media personality.

19

• John Bilezikjian, 66, Armenian oud musician, kidney disease.
• Rose Marie Brown, 95, American beauty pageant contestant, Miss Virginia (1939).
• Justin Capră, 81, Romanian inventor.
• Mickey Demos, 83, Greek urologist, lawyer, and boxer.
• Gordon Dickson, 83, Canadian Olympic marathon runner (1960).
• Adam Yahiye Gadahn, 36, American al-Qaeda operative, drone strike.
• Vera Gornostayeva, 85, Russian pianist and piano teacher.
• Michel Guimond, 61, Canadian politician, MP for Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord (1993–2011), heart failure.
• José María Hernández González, 88, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chilapa (1983–1989) and Netzahualcóyotl (1989–2003).
• Oscar Hayes, 47, American gospel musician.
• Arthit Kamlang-ek, 89, Thai general, Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (1983–1986).
• Vladimir Kesarev, 84, Russian footballer (Dynamo Moscow).
• Anne Kirkbride, 60, British actress (Coronation Street), breast cancer.
• Rajni Kothari, 85, Indian political scientist.
• Robert Manzon, 97, French Formula One driver, last surviving racer from first World Championship.
• Mark Marquess, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
• Reinaldo Oliver, 82, Puerto Rican javelin thrower and Olympic athlete (1952, 1956).
• Karl H. Pribram, 95, Austrian-born American neuroscientist and educator, cancer.
• Bob Sadino, 81, Indonesian businessman.
• Ward Swingle, 87, American musician (The Swingle Singers, Les Double Six).
• Bob Symes, 90, British inventor and television presenter.
• Reies Tijerina, 88, American Chicano activist.
• Peter Wallenberg, Sr., 88, Swedish financier and industrialist, patriarch of the Wallenberg family.

20

• Canserbero, 26, Venezuelan rapper, suicide by jumping.
• James L. Fowler, 84, American military veteran, founded the Marine Corps Marathon.
• Edgar Froese, 70, German musician (Tangerine Dream), pulmonary embolism.
• Melvin Gordon, 95, American business executive, CEO of Tootsie Roll Industries (since 1962).
• Lawrence Hogben, 98, New Zealand meteorologist and naval officer.
• Anatol Hrytskievich, 85, Belarusian historian.
• Graeme Hugo, 68, Australian demographer and geographer, cancer.
• Herman E. Lauhoff, 81, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1974–1981).
• Rose Marie McCoy, 92, American songwriter ("It Hurts Me to My Heart", "Don't Be Angry", "Tryin' to Get to You", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine").
• Gloria D. Miklowitz, 87, American author.
• Wilfride Piollet, 71, French ballerina and choreographer, cancer.
• Peter Pontiac, 63, Dutch cartoonist, winner of the Stripschapprijs (1997), liver disease.
• Bette Rogge, 92, American radio and television presenter.
• William Roffler, 84, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), pneumonia.
• Hitoshi Saito, 54, Japanese judoka, Olympic champion (1984, 1988), bile duct cancer.
• Ricardo dos Santos, 24, Brazilian surfer, shot.
• Jerome Van Sistine, 89, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1977–1993).
• James Walker, 41, Australian television writer (Neighbours), diabetes.

21

• Abudureheman Abulikemu, 36, Chinese boxer.
• George Atkins, 82, American football player (Detroit Lions).
• Patricia Berjak, 75, South African botanist.
• Marcus Borg, 72, American Biblical scholar and theologian (Jesus Seminar), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
• Leon Brittan, 75, British politician, Home Secretary (1983–1985), Vice-President of the European Commission (1999), cancer.
• Vince Camuto, 78, American footwear designer (Nine West), prostate cancer.
• Emmanuel Carter, 85, Trinidadian politician, President of the Senate (1990–1995), acting President (1990) during the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt.
• Frieda Dänzer, 84, Swiss Alpine skier, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
• George W. Downs, 68, American political scientist, heart failure.
• George Goodwin, 97, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner (1948).
• Harry Gordon, 89, Australian Olympic historian, journalist and newspaper editor.
• Martin Honeysett, 71, British cartoonist.
• Frank Hooley, 91, British politician, MP for Sheffield Heeley (1966–1970, 1974–1983).
• Waldemar Kmentt, 85, Austrian operatic tenor.
• Roy Noble Lee, 99, American judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1987–1993).
• Johnnie Lewis, 68, Liberian lawyer and politician, Chief Justice (2006–2012).
• Kemal Monteno, 66, Bosnian singer-songwriter, pneumonia and sepsis.
• Keith Rayner, 71, American cognitive psychologist.
• Marshall Schlom, 86, American script supervisor (Psycho, Perry Mason, Rain Man), complications from a fall.
• Chin Shunshin, 90, Japanese author.
• Pauline Yates, 85, English actress (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin).

22

• Don Bryant, 73, American baseball player (Houston Astros).
• Peggy Charren, 86, American children's television activist.
• Wendell Ford, 90, American politician, Governor of Kentucky (1971–1974), member of the U.S. Senate (1974–1999), lung cancer.
• Margaret Bloy Graham, 94, Canadian children's book illustrator (Harry the Dirty Dog).
• Joan Hinde, 81, English trumpeter and entertainer.
• René Jodoin, 94, Canadian animation director and producer.
• Tommy Mason, 75, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Los Angeles Rams).
• Fabrizio de Miranda, 88, Italian structural engineer and university professor.
• Franco Nicolazzi, 90, Italian politician, MP (1963–1990), Secretary of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party (1985–1988).
• Kel O'Shea, 81, Australian rugby league player (Western Suburbs).
• Wayne Quinton, 94, American biomedical engineer.
• Dacia Valent, 51, Somali-born Italian politician, MEP (1989–1994), myocardial infarction.
• Lawrence Paul Zatkoff, 75, American federal judge, cancer.

23

• Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, 90, Saudi royal, King (since 2005), complications from pneumonia.
• Ernie Banks, 83, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Chicago Cubs), heart attack.
• Jalynn Bennett, 71, Canadian consultant and corporate director.
• Betty Jane Diener, 74, American politician, Virginia Secretary of Commerce (1982–1986), pulmonary fibrosis.
• Marc Dufour, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings).
• Prosper Ego, 87, Dutch activist, founder of the Oud-Strijders Legioen.
• Nol Heijerman, 74, Dutch footballer (Sparta).
• Simma Holt, 92, Canadian journalist and politician, MP for Vancouver Kingsway (1974–1979).
• Barrie Ingham, 82, English actor (The Great Mouse Detective, Doctor Who, A Challenge for Robin Hood).
• Nick Koback, 79, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Svein Døvle Larssen, 86, Norwegian newspaper editor.
• Alexander Lastin, 38, Russian chess grandmaster.
• Pedro Lemebel, 62, Chilean writer, laryngeal cancer.
• Les McMahon, 84, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives for Sydney (1975–1983).
• Bud Miller, 91, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1971–1986).
• M. S. Narayana, 63, Indian Telugu actor, multiple organ failure.
• Leon Pense, 92, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Jackie Selebi, 64, South African police officer, Commissioner (2000–2009), kidney disease.
• Frank Sims, 93, American baseball broadcaster.

24

• Stig Bergling, 77, Swedish secret service officer convicted of treason, Parkinson's disease and lung ailment.
• Robert Bonnaventure, 94, French cyclist.
• Peter Bridges, 89, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Southend (1972–1977), Coventry (1977–1983) and Warwick (1983–1990).
• Link Byfield, 63, Canadian conservative columnist, politician and publisher, oesophageal and liver cancer.
• Julio Canessa, 89, Chilean politician and general, member of the Government Junta (1983–1985), Senator (1998–2006).
• Otto Carius, 92, German World War II tank commander.
• Maria Cerra, 96, American Olympic fencer (1948).
• Aisha Chaudhary, 18, Indian motivational speaker and author, pulmonary fibrosis.
• Toller Cranston, 65, Canadian figure skater, Olympic bronze medallist (1976), heart attack.
• Maria Della Costa, 89, Brazilian actress (Brasileiras e Brasileiros), pulmonary edema.
• Floyd Dunn, 90, American electrical engineer.
• Johan Ferner, 87, Norwegian sailor, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
• Eric Fitzgibbon, 78, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Hunter (1984–1996).
• Joe Franklin, 88, American television and radio talk show host, prostate cancer.
• Wilfrido Garay, 71, Paraguayan footballer.
• Sir David Graaff, 3rd Baronet, 74, South African businessman and winemaker.
• Muhammad Ibrahim Habsade, 62, Somali politician and rebel soldier, diabetes.
• Frances Lennon, 102, British artist.
• Erkki Lyijynen, 89, Finnish Olympic rower.
• V. S. Raghavan, 90, Indian Tamil actor.
• Alfred H. Savage, 84, Canadian civil servant, manager of the Toronto Transit Commission (1981–1987).
• Joan Serra, 87, Spanish Olympic water polo player (1948, 1952).
• Fred Shank, 74, American nutritionist.
• Daniel R. Simpson, 87, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate, Lewy body dementia.
• Peter Westervelt, 95, American physicist.
• Toyoko Yoshino, 94, Japanese Olympic athlete.
• Tengku Ampuan Tua Intan Zaharah, 86, Malaysian royal, Raja Permaisuri Agong (1965–1970).

25

• Zulkifli Abdhir, 48, Malaysian terrorist and bomb maker, shot.
• Sir Robert Atkinson, 98, British businessman and naval officer.
• Sonny Berger, 92, American baseball player.
• Rose Cabat, 100, American studio ceramicist.
• Mari Ellis, 101, British writer and women's rights activist.
• Pauline Fisk, 66, British author, cancer.
• Demetrio González, 87, Spanish-born Mexican actor (Dos Corazones y un Cielo) and singer, complications from a stroke.
• Pierre Gosnat, 66, French politician, cancer.
• Godfrey Kalimugogo, 71, Ugandan writer.
• John Leggett, 97, American writer, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, pneumonia.
• Giancarlo Ligabue, 83, Italian palaeontologist (discoverer of Ligabueino), Forza Europa politician and businessman.
• Sarojini Mahishi, 88, Indian translator and politician.
• Richard McBrien, 78, American Roman Catholic priest and theologian.
• Bill Monbouquette, 78, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
• Don O'Hearn, 86, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Demis Roussos, 68, Egyptian-born Greek singer ("Forever and Ever").
• Ian Towers, 74, English footballer (Burnley, Oldham Athletic).
• Ernst Träger, 88, German judge.

26

• R. J. Adams, 72, American actor (Rocky IV), heart attack.
• José Luis Allende, 88, Spanish Olympic sailor.
• Henk Bloemers, 69, Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven).
• Miguel Ángel Cascallana, 66, Spanish Olympic handball player (1972).
• Edwin A. Colvin, 87, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1975–1982).
• Cleven Goudeau, 83, American greeting card artist.
• Howard C. Hawkins, 82, American bicycle tool manufacturer (Park Tool).
• Stephen R. Johnson, 63, American television and music video director ("Sledgehammer"), cardiac complications.
• Begum Kulsum Saifullah Khan, 91, Pakistani businesswoman and politician.
• R. K. Laxman, 93, Indian cartoonist, illustrator and humourist, multiple organ failure.
• Neil Levang, 83, American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show).
• Lucjan Lis, 64, Polish cyclist, Olympic silver medalist (1972).
• Lester McCumbers, 93, American fiddler.
• Valery Miloserdov, 63, Russian Olympic dual bronze medallist basketball player (1976, 1980).
• Sidewalk Sam, 75, American artist.
• Lee Spick, 34, English snooker player, liver-related illness.
• Charles Thomas, 82, American sprinter and athletics coach.
• Tom Uren, 93, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Reid (1958–1990).
• Rositsa Yanakieva, 60, Bulgarian politician and chemist, Vice-chairwoman of the National Assembly (since 2014), brain hemorrhage.

27

• Wilfred Agbonavbare, 48, Nigerian footballer (Rayo Vallecano, national team), cancer.
• Rafael Corrales Ayala, 89, Mexican politician, MP for Guanajuato (1949–1952, 1979–1982), Governor of Guanajuato (1985–1991).
• Rocky Bridges, 87, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators).
• Harriet Elizabeth Byrd, 88, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1981–1988) and Senate (1988–1992).
• Arturo Carmassi, 89, Italian sculptor and painter.
• Yves Chauvin, 84, Belgian-born French Nobel Prize-winning chemist (2005).
• Roger Cowley, 75, English physicist.
• Suzette Haden Elgin, 78, American science fiction author and linguist.
• Henk Faanhof, 92, Dutch Olympic (1948) and professional road bicycle racer.
• Roy Francis, 92, British naval officer and railway engineer.
• Ebbe Grims-land, 99, Swedish composer and viola player.
• Pierre Hernandez, 86, French boxer.
• Warren Hill, 54, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar, 83, Estonian film director.
• David Landau, 67, British-born Israeli journalist and newspaper editor (Haaretz).
• John T. Myers, 87, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana (1967–1997).
• Ronnie O'Reilly, 63, Irish cricket umpire.
• José Pereira, 84, Indian Sanskrit scholar, historian and artist.
• Joe Rígoli, 78, Argentine actor and comedian (Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), heart failure.
• Joseph Rotman, 80, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, chancellor of The University of Western Ontario.
• Al Severinsen, 70, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres).
• Bob Shea, 90, American basketball player (Providence Steamrollers).
• Charles H. Townes, 99, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (1964).
• Gunnar Christie Wasberg, 91, Norwegian non-fiction writer.
• Charlie Williams, 67, American baseball player (New York Mets, San Francisco Giants), complications from heart surgery.
• Larry Winters, 58, American professional wrestler and trainer, heart attack.

28

• Suraj Abdurrahman, 60, Nigerian army officer.
• Egon Adler, 77, German Olympic silver medallist cyclist (1960).
• Arthur Alarcón, 89, American federal judge.
• Mala Aravindan, 76, Indian Malayalam actor.
• Francis Bennion, 92, British lawyer.
• Alberto Cardaccio, 65, Uruguayan footballer (Danubio, national team), traffic collision.
• Lionel Gilbert, 90, Australian historian, author, curator, lecturer, and biographer.
• Georg Guggemos, 88, German Olympic ice hockey player (1952).
• Don Jones, 91, American artist and art therapist.
• Tommie Manderson, 102, British make-up artist (Willow, Alien, The Killing Fields).
• Beric Morley, 71, British architectural historian.
• Neyko Nenov, 53, Bulgarian major general, Deputy Chief of Defence (since 2014), brain tumor.
• Jaswant Singh Rajput, 88, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion (1948,1952).
• Edward Saylor, 94, American World War II veteran, member of Doolittle's Raiders.
• Katharine Worth, 92, British drama academic.

29

• Maurizio Arcieri, 72, Italian singer (The New Dada, Krisma).
• Amparo Baró, 77, Spanish actress (7 Vidas, Siete mesas de billar francés), cancer.
• Subhash Ghisingh, 78, Indian politician (Gorkha National Liberation Front), cirrhosis and liver cancer.
• Walter Glechner, 75, Austrian footballer (Rapid Wien, national team).
• Bernice Gordon, 101, American crossword writer (The New York Times), heart failure.
• Terry Hollindrake, 80, English rugby league player.
• Kōno Taeko, 88, Japanese writer and critic, respiratory failure.
• Cedric Kushner, 66, South African-born American boxing promoter, heart attack.
• Noel Lister, 87, British businessman (MFI Group).
• Riichiro Manabe, 90, Japanese composer.
• José Martins da Silva, 78, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Porto Velho (1982–1997).
• Will McBride, 84, American photographer.
• Danny McCulloch, 69, English bassist (The Animals), heart failure.
• Colleen McCullough, 77, Australian author (The Thorn Birds), renal failure.
• Rod McKuen, 81, American poet, singer and songwriter ("Jean", "Seasons in the Sun"), respiratory arrest.
• Kel Nagle, 94, Australian golfer, British Open champion (1960).
• Paul Panhuysen, 80, Dutch composer.
• Derek S. Pugh, 84, British psychologist and business theorist.
• Dora Prince, 84, Argentine actress.
• Derek Robertson, 65, Scottish footballer (St. Johnstone), cancer.
• Doris Schoettler-Boll, 70, German artist.
• Tenkoko Sonoda, 96, Japanese politician, member of the Diet (1946–1952).
• Ole Sørensen, 77, Danish footballer.
• Peter Towe, 92, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1977–1981).
• Alexander Vraciu, 96, American World War II Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient.
• Len Wyatt, 95, New Zealand cricketer.
• Israel Yinon, 59, Israeli conductor.

30

• Richard Clark Barkley, 82, American diplomat, Ambassador to East Germany (1988–1990).
• Carl Boldt, 82, American basketball player (San Francisco Dons).
• Ricardo Bressani, 88, Guatemalan food scientist, heart attack.
• Carl Djerassi, 91, Austrian-American chemist, novelist and playwright, liver and bone cancer.
• Rose Frisch, 96, American biologist.
• Johnny Goodman, 87, British TV producer.
• Kenji Goto, 47, Japanese journalist and ISIS hostage, beheading.
• Harold Hassall, 85, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers).
• John Hopkins, 78, British photographer, activist, and promoter (Notting Hill Carnival, International Times).
• Stuart Inder, 88, Australian journalist and publisher, specialist in Pacific Islands affairs.
• Ülo Kaevats, 67, Estonian philosopher and politician, Secretary of State (1992–1995).
• Jack Kay, 63, American academic and college administrator.
• Geraldine McEwan, 82, British actress (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Agatha Christie's Marple), stroke.
• John McHugh, 84, American politician, Mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1990–1993), cancer.
• Howard Norris, 80, British rugby union player (Wales national team, British Lions).
• Richard Richards, 82, American politician, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1981–1983).
• Ben Schadler, 90, American basketball player.
• Jerry L. Smith, 71, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1972–1980) and Senate (1980–2004).
• Gerrit Voorting, 92, Dutch professional road bicycle racer, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
• Than Wyenn, 95, American actor (Imitation of Life, Splash, Being There).
• Zhelyu Zhelev, 79, Bulgarian politician, President (1990–1997).

31

• Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari, Yemeni militant, drone strike.
• Vasco Bendini, 93, Italian informalist painter.
• Robert Blees, 96, American film and television screenwriter and producer (Cattle Queen of Montana).
• José Manuel Lara Bosch, 68, Spanish media executive, CEO of Grupo Planeta (since 2003) and Atresmedia (since 2012), pancreatic cancer.
• Tomás Bulat, 50, Argentine economist and journalist, traffic collision.
• Earl Christensen, 95, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate (1959–1984).
• Don Covay, 78, American R&B singer and songwriter ("Chain of Fools").
• Vic Howe, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
• William Klinger, 42, Croatian historian, shot.
• Udo Lattek, 80, German football coach (Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach).
• Gabrielle Poulin, 86, Canadian writer.
• Adalberto Arturo Rosat, 81, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Territorial Prelature of Aiquile (1986–2009).
• Michael Saward, 82, British Anglican priest and hymnist.
• Lizabeth Scott, 93, American actress (Dead Reckoning), congestive heart failure.
• Richard von Weizsäcker, 94, German politician, President of West Germany (1984–1990) and Germany (1990–1994).

External links

• List of January 2015 deaths at IMDb