Deaths in March 2017

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2017.

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.

March 2017

1

• P. J. Bradley, 76, Northern Irish politician, MLA (1998–2011).
• Tania Dalton, 45, New Zealand netball player (national team), brain aneurysm.
• Dai Morgan Evans, 73, British archaeologist, cancer.
• Paula Fox, 93, American writer (The Slave Dancer, Desperate Characters).
• Pierre Guénin, 90, French journalist, magazine publisher and gay rights activist.
• John Hampshire, 76, English cricketer (Yorkshire, national team).
• Raajesh Johri, 64, Indian singer-songwriter, cardiac arrest.
• Hiroshi Kamayatsu, 78, Japanese singer and guitarist (The Spiders), pancreatic cancer.
• Richard Karron, 82, American actor (The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Ready to Rumble, History of the World, Part I).
• Shiv K. Kumar, 95, Indian English poet, playwright, novelist, and short story writer.
• Yasuyuki Kuwahara, 74, Japanese footballer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968), pneumonia.
• Johannes Lahti, 64, Finnish Olympic decathlete (1976, 1980).
• Tarak Mehta, 87, Indian playwright and humorist.
• Gustav Metzger, 90, German-born stateless auto-destructive artist.
• Alicia Morel, 95, Chilean author.
• Pamela Neville-Sington, 57, American literary biographer, pancreatic cancer.
• Shirley Palesh, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
• Michael M. Ryan, 87, American actor (Another World, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Tootsie).
• Jins Shamsuddin, 81, Malaysian actor (Bidasari), director and politician, member of the Dewan Negara (2004–2008), choked.
• Alejandra Soler, 103, Spanish activist and school teacher.
• Tomaso Staiti di Cuddia delle Chiuse, 84, Italian politician and journalist.
• Vladimir Tadej, 91, Croatian filmmaker.
• Joseph Vũ Duy Thống, 64, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết (since 2009).
• Ioannis Tsintsaris, 55, Greek Olympic weightlifter.

2

• Usayd al-Adani, Yemeni Al-Qaeda leader, airstrike.
• Jerry Baker, 85, American author.
• Tarcisio Catanese, 49, Italian football player and manager, heart attack.
• Édouard Close, 87, Belgian politician, Burgemeester of Liège (1976–1991).
• Tommy Gemmell, 73, Scottish football player (Celtic, Dundee, national team) and manager.
• LaRue Harrington, 59, American football player (San Diego Chargers), heart attack.
• Simon Hobday, 76, South African golfer.
• Andrés Ocaña, 62, Spanish politician, Mayor of Córdoba (2009–2011).
• Wally Pikal, 90, American musician.
• David Rubinger, 92, Austrian-born Israeli photographer.
• Howard Schmidt, 67, American cybersecurity advisor, cancer.
• John D. Schneider, 80, American state legislator and attorney, member of the Missouri Senate (1971–2002).
• Josef Schnyder, 94, Swiss Olympic cross-country skier.
• Mohamed Tahar, 36–37, Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detention camp prisoner, airstrike.

3

• Steve Adams, 57, English footballer (Boston United).
• A. J. Baker, 94, Australian philosopher.
• Ray T. Chesbro, 91, American politician.
• Míriam Colón, 80, Puerto Rican-American actress (Scarface, Goal!, All the Pretty Horses), pulmonary infection.
• Bernardo Cortés, 83, Spanish humorist, street singer-songwriter and writer.
• Bramwell Cook, 81, New Zealand gastroenterologist.
• Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam, 76, Mongolian Olympic speed skater (1964, 1968, 1972).
• Alice Louise Davison, 76, American linguist.
• Jim Fuller, 69, American guitarist (The Surfaris).
• Dame Anne Griffiths, 84, British librarian and archivist.
• Nathan George, 80, American actor (Klute. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Short Eyes).
• Frances Hargreaves, 62, South African-born Australian actress (Number 96).
• Raymond Kopa, 85, French footballer (Real Madrid, national team).
• Misha Mengelberg, 81, Ukrainian-born Dutch jazz pianist and composer.
• Michael P. Mitchell, 91, American politician.
• Cyprian Ojwang Omollo, Kenyan politician, MP (2007–2013).
• Basil O'Rourke, 87, Australian rules footballer (Richmond).
• Tommy Page, 46, American singer-songwriter ("I'll Be Your Everything") and music industry executive (Reprise Records, Billboard), suicide.
• Mary Parry, 87, British figure skater, European championship bronze medalist (1960).
• Jack Petoskey, 95, American football player and coach.
• René Préval, 74, Haitian politician, Prime Minister (1991), President (1996–2001, 2006–2011).
• Henriette Rasmussen, 66, Greenlandic Inuit educator, women's right activist and politician.
• Lyle Ritz, 87, American bassist and ukulelist.
• Joe Rogers, 97, American businessman, co-founder of Waffle House.
• Stephen Ross, 73, American economist.
• Aquinas Ryan, 84, Canadian politician, leader of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island (1972–1979).
• Danny Spooner, 80, English folk singer.
• Anthony Steels, 57, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Buffalo Bills).
• Anne Kristin Sydnes, 60, Norwegian politician, Minister of International Development (2000–2001), cancer.
• Gordon Thomas, 84, Welsh investigative journalist and author.
• Thor Tjøntveit, 80, Norwegian aviator.

4

• Jean-Christophe Averty, 88, French television and radio director.
• Roy Blake Sr., 88, American politician.
• Bonnie Burnard, 72, Canadian novelist (A Good House).
• Valerie Carter, 64, American singer-songwriter (Howdy Moon, Just a Stone's Throw Away), heart attack.
• Mahlon E. Doyle, 92, American cryptologist.
• Edi Fitzroy, 62, Jamaican reggae singer.
• Roger Hau'ofa, 73, Tongan-born Papua New Guinean radio broadcaster, kidney failure.
• Doug Hogland, 85, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Cardinals, Detroit Lions).
• John Holliman, 72, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of the Army (1996-1999).
• Lawrence Holofcener, 91, American-British sculptor.
• Irena Homola-Skąpska, 88, Polish historian.
• Stefan Ingvarsson, 70, Swedish Olympic racewalker.
• Takashi Inoue, 56, Japanese actor, cancer.
• Eugene N. Kozloff, 96, American marine biologist and botanist.
• Péter Kozma, 57, Hungarian politician and MP.
• Bob Lee, 81, American football player (Boston Patriots).
• Helen M. Marshall, 87, American politician, Borough President of Queens (2002–2013), member of the New York State Assembly (1983–1991).
• Giovanni Palamara, 78, Italian politician, Mayor of Reggio Calabria (1984–1985).
• Thomas Collier Platt Jr., 91, American jurist, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (since 1974).
• Edna Rose Ritchings, 92, Canadian-American religious leader (International Peace Mission movement).
• Margaret Roberts, 79–80, South African herbalist.
• Syed Shahabuddin, 82, Indian diplomat and politician, MP (1979–1996).
• Thomas Starzl, 90, American physician and medical researcher.
• Lazar Stojanović, 73, Serbian film director and activist.
• Ron Van Ryswyk, 86, American football coach.
• Alberto Villalta, 69, Salvadoran Olympic footballer (1968).
• Clayton Yeutter, 86, American politician, Trade Representative (1985–1989) and Secretary of Agriculture (1989–1991), colorectal cancer.

5

• Sydney Ball, 83, Australian painter.
• Anthony Beilenson, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 23rd and 24th congressional districts (1977–1997), heart attack.
• Fiora Contino, 91, American opera conductor.
• Gérard Corboud, 91, Swiss art collector and philanthropist.
• George Davidson, 91, American basketball player and coach.
• Burke Day, 62, American politician, member of Georgia House of Representatives (1995–2011).
• Joseph Charles Doumba, 81, Cameroonian politician.
• Antal Hajba, 79, Hungarian Olympic sprint canoeist (1964).
• Gladys Hansen, 91, American librarian, archivist and author.
• Ivar J. Hauge, 80, Norwegian politician.
• Douglas Henry, 90, American politician, Tennessee State Senator (1971–2014).
• Dave Hunt, 74, American comic book artist (Legion of Super-Heroes, Supergirl, Transformers), cancer.
• Florence S. Jacobsen, 103, American Mormon leader and missionary.
• Octave Levenspiel, 90, American chemical engineer.
• Jay Lynch, 72, American underground comics artist, writer and editor (Bijou Funnies, Bazooka Joe), complications from lung cancer.
• Leonard Manasseh, 100, British architect.
• Kurt Moll, 78, German opera singer.
• Theodor Anton Neagu, 84, Romanian paleontologist.
• Raymond Paternoster, 65, American criminologist.
• Bob Tucker, 73, American football coach (Wooster Fighting Scots).
• Vince, 4, Dutch-born rhinoceros, shot.
• Fred Weintraub, 88, American club owner (The Bitter End) and film producer (Enter the Dragon).
• Zhuang Yan, 99, Chinese diplomat, Ambassador to Bangladesh (1976–1979), Iran (1980–1982), and Greece (1983–1985).

6

• Ritchie Adams, 78, American songwriter ("Tossin' and Turnin'", "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)", "After the Lovin'") and singer.
• Bassel al-Araj, 31, Palestinian activist and pharmacist, shot.
• Joachim Baxla, 62, Indian politician, MP (1996–2009), cancer.
• David Campagna, 70, American actor and stunt double.
• Maneck Dalal, 98, Indian executive (Air India).
• Rudolf Deng Majak, 76, South Sudanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wau (since 1995).
• Lars Diedricson, 55, Swedish singer (Snowstorm), songwriter ("Take Me to Your Heaven") and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999.
• Jesús Silva-Herzog Flores, 81, Mexican economist and politician.
• Clyde Foster, 85, American scientist and mathematician.
• Bill Hougland, 86, American basketball player (Phillips 66ers) and Olympic champion (1952, 1956).
• T. William Lambe, 96, American civil engineer.
• Mickey Marvin, 61, American football player (Oakland Raiders), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Jehoash Mayanja Nkangi, 85, Ugandan politician, Katikkiro of Buganda (1964–1966, 1993–1994), Minister of Education (1986–1989), Finance (1989–1998) and Justice (1998–2002).
• James Michael Moynihan, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Syracuse (1995–2009).
• Robert Osborne, 84, American film historian and television host (Turner Classic Movies).
• Marek Ostrowski, 57, Polish footballer (Pogoń Szczecin).
• Eddy Pauwels, 81, Belgian racing cyclist.
• Carleton Perry, 85, American politician.
• Bernt Petersen, 80, Danish furniture designer.
• Rabi Ray, 90, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1989–1991).
• Shirley Childress Saxton, 69, American sign language interpreter, complications from West Nile virus.
• Dudley Storey, 77, New Zealand rower, Olympic champion (1968) and silver medalist (1972).
• Geoffrey Wainwright, 79, British archaeologist.
• Alberto Zedda, 89, Italian conductor and musicologist.

7

• Yoshiyuki Arai, 82, Japanese politician, lung cancer.
• Kamran Aziz, 85, Turkish Cypriot pianist, composer and pharmacist, pulmonary complications.
• Ron Bass, 68, American professional wrestler (CWA, CWF, WWF), complications from surgery.
• Klaus Bechgaard, 72, Danish chemist.
• Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya, 47, Indian folk singer, traffic collision.
• Slavko Brezoski, 94, Macedonian architect.
• Gina Calleja, 88, British-born Canadian author.
• Edmond La Beaume Cherbonnier, 99, American theologian.
• Henning Kramer Dahl, 54, Norwegian poet, translator, essayist and recording artist.
• Hans Georg Dehmelt, 94, German-born American physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1989).
• Ronald Drever, 85, Scottish physicist.
• Peter M. Gruber, 75, Austrian mathematician.
• Julian Haines, 73, English bowler.
• Yukinori Miyabe, 48, Japanese speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist (1992), cancer.
• Tadeusz Rybak, 87, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Legnica (1992–2005).
• Robert A. Sengstacke, 73, American photojournalist.
• Syed Sajjad Ali Shah, 84, Pakistani jurist, Chief Justice (1994–1997).
• Helen Sommers, 84, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1972–2009).
• Lynne Stewart, 77, American defense attorney and convicted criminal, complications from breast cancer and multiple strokes.
• Francis Thorne, 94, American composer.
• Juan Carlos Touriño, 72, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid).
• Ellery Williams, 90, American football player (New York Giants).
• Xu Zuyao, 95, Chinese materials science expert.

8

• Robert Adeyinka Adebayo, 88, Nigerian politician and military officer.
• Ezzrett Anderson, 97, American football player (Calgary Stampeders).
• Óscar Asiáin, 68, Mexican Olympic basketball player.
• Gerard Benderoth, 48, American strongman and police officer, suicide by gunshot.
• Sir Clive Bossom, 99, British politician, MP for Leominster (1959–1974).
• Lou Duva, 94, American boxing trainer and manager.
• Kim Bong-jo, 71, South Korean Olympic swimmer (1964).
• Yuri Koroviansky, 49, Ukrainian Olympic volleyball player (1992).
• Lee Yuan-tsu, 93, Taiwanese politician, Vice President (1990–1996).
• Michael Maher, 87, Irish hurler (Tipperary).
• Danilo Mainardi, 83, Italian ethologist and author.
• Dmitry Mezhevich, 76, Russian actor and songwriter.
• Margaret Mitchell, 92, Canadian politician and social activist.
• Jonathan Moore, 84, American academic and State Department official, Director of the Bureau of Refugee Programs (1987–1989).
• Jonathan Moore, 47, American rapper, kidney failure.
• Joseph Nicolosi, 70, American clinical psychologist, influenza complications.
• George Andrew Olah, 89, Hungarian-born American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1994).
• Jack Purtell, 95, Australian jockey.
• Donald V. Rattan, 92, American major general.
• Jonathan Strasser, 70, American violinist and conductor (Fame).
• Dave Valentin, 64, American jazz flautist, Parkinson's disease.

9

• Mick Adams, 65, English rugby league player (Widnes Vikings).
• Kasugafuji Akihiro, 51, Japanese sumo wrestler.
• Ann Beach, 78, British actress (Fresh Fields, Notting Hill).
• Bobby Byrne, 85, American cinematographer (Smokey and the Bandit, Bull Durham, Mad About You).
• Anthony Delhalle, 35, French motorcycle racer, fall during test ride.
• Jane Freeman, 81, Welsh actress (Last of the Summer Wine), lung cancer.
• Susan Gould, 87, American chemist and politician.
• Bill Hands, 76, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
• Barbara Helsingius, 79, Finnish singer, poet and Olympic fencer (1960).
• Sir Howard Hodgkin, 84, British painter and printmaker.
• Keith Holliday, 82, British rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity).
• Marian Jankowski, 85, Polish Olympic weightlifter.
• Peter Karoff, 79, American philanthropist.
• Hla Myint, 97, Burmese economist.
• Grethe Lovsø Nielsen, 90, Danish Olympic athlete (1948).
• Samuel Ogbemudia, 84, Nigerian politician, Governor of Mid-Western State (1967–1975).
• Aldo Quaglio, 85, French rugby union player.
• Neila Sathyalingam, 78, Sri Lankan-born Singaporean dancer and choreographer.
• Jacqueline Naze Tjøtta, 81, Norwegian mathematician.

10

• Bob Altman, 85, American comedian, leukemia.
• Buddy Baarcke, 85, American swimmer.
• Dave Brazil, 80, American football coach (New York Giants).
• Absalón Castellanos Domínguez, 93, Mexican politician, Governor of Chiapas (1982–1988).
• Sir Nigel Cecil, 91, British Royal Navy officer, Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man (1980–1985).
• Mari Evans, 93, American poet.
• Carol Field, 76, American cookbook author, complications from a stroke.
• John Forgeham, 75, British actor (The Italian Job, Sheena, Footballers' Wives), complications from a fall.
• Christopher Gray, 66, American journalist and architectural historian.
• Tony Haygarth, 72, English actor (Chicken Run, Emmerdale, Dracula), Alzheimer's disease.
• Glyn Tegai Hughes, 94, Welsh academic and politician.
• Ben Jobe, 84, American college basketball coach (Southern, South Carolina State, Alabama A&M).
• Charles Wycliffe Joiner, 101, American jurist, member of the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (since 1972).
• Gido Kokars, 95, Latvian conductor.
• Kafougouna Koné, 73, Malian politician.
• Bill Leak, 61, Australian editorial cartoonist, heart attack.
• Alain Levoyer, 76, French politician.
• Yngve Lundh, 92, Swedish Olympic racing cyclist (1952).
• Maurice Lusien, 90, French Olympic swimmer (1948, 1952).
• Alu Mendonca, 84, Kenyan Olympic hockey player.
• Roy Mason, 83, British figure skater, European championship bronze medalist (1960).
• Nikolay Minev, 85, Bulgarian chess player.
• John Minson, 89, Australian radio personality.
• Jerry Rehm, 90, American politician.
• Aníbal Ruiz, 74, Uruguayan football manager (Paraguay), heart attack.
• Joni Sledge, 60, American singer (Sister Sledge).
• John Surtees, 83, British motorcycle racer, world champion (1956, 1958, 1959, 1960) and Formula One driver, world champion (1964), respiratory failure.
• Anna Tramontano, 59, Italian computational biologist.
• Richard Wagamese, 61, Canadian author (Medicine Walk).
• Robert James Waller, 77, American writer (The Bridges of Madison County), multiple myeloma.

11

• Tommy Asher, 80, English footballer (Notts County F.C.).
• Lloyd Conover, 93, American scientist, inventor of tetracycline, heart failure.
• Kitty Courbois, 79, Dutch actress (Leedvermaak), brain haemorrhage.
• Penelope Reed Doob, 73, American academic, Parkinson's disease.
• Jean-Claude Étienne, 75, French politician.
• Garrett G. Fagan, 54, Irish-born American historian, pancreatic cancer.
• Evan Johns, 60, American guitarist (The LeRoi Brothers), complications from surgery.
• András Kovács, 91, Hungarian filmmaker.
• Paul Mitchell, 96, American football player (Los Angeles Dons).
• Ángel Parra, 73, Chilean singer and songwriter, lung cancer.
• Winifred Piesse, 93, Australian politician.
• Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, 56, Bangladeshi diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2012–2014) and Brazil (since 2014), multiple organ failure.
• Cheyyar Ravi, 54, Indian film and television director, cardiac arrest.
• Tsui Hsiao-ping, 94, Taiwanese radio director.
• Don Warden, 87, American country musician and manager (Dolly Parton).
• Manfred Weiß, 72, German politician, Justice Minister of Bavaria (1999–2003).

12

• Pamela Sue Anderson, 61, British philosopher, cancer.
• Murray Ball, 78, New Zealand cartoonist (Footrot Flats).
• Luigi Barbarito, 94, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio (1969–1997).
• James Brink, 91, American tennis player.
• Anatoly Chernyaev, 95, Russian historian and writer.
• Horst Ehmke, 90, German politician, Minister of Justice (1969).
• Christian Feurstein, 58, Austrian abbot.
• Jacques Fihey, 85, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Coutances and Avranches (1989–2006).
• Ray Hassall, 74, English politician, Lord Mayor of Birmingham (2015–2016).
• Joseph Hilbe, 72, American statistician and philosopher.
• Sir Probyn Inniss, 80, Saint Kitts and Nevis lawyer, Governor of Saint Christopher and Nevis (1975–1981).
• Stavro Jabra, 70, Lebanese cartoonist.
• Sverre Bergh Johansen, 77, Norwegian diplomat, Ambassador to China (1994–1999).
• Petra Kandarr, 66, German sprinter, European champion (1969).
• Sture Korpi, 77, Swedish politician, Secretary of state (1982–1991).
• Patrick Nève, 67, Belgian racing driver (Formula One).
• Joann Osterud, 71, American stunt pilot.
• Bhuma Nagi Reddy, 53, Indian politician, heart attack.
• Harvey Smith, 80, Canadian politician, Winnipeg City Council (1980–1986, 1998–2014), Manitoba Legislative Assembly (1986–1988).
• Dave Taylor, 76, English footballer (Yeovil Town).

13

• John Andariese, 78, American broadcaster (New York Knicks).
• Adib Boroumand, 92, Iranian poet and politician, Head of Leadership Council of National Front of Iran (since 2000).
• Eamonn Casey, 89, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (1976–1992).
• John Crutcher, 100, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Kansas (1965–1969).
• Henri Cueco, 88, French painter and author (Conversations with My Gardener).
• Danehill Dancer, 24, Irish-bred British-trained thoroughbred racehorse and sire, euthanized. (death announced on this date)
• Kika de la Garza, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 15th congressional district (1965–1997), kidney failure.
• Morton Deutsch, 97, American social psychologist.
• Diphan, 45, Indian film director, kidney problems.
• Vincent Foy, 101, Canadian Roman Catholic cleric and theologian.
• Osamu Fujimura, 89, Japanese phonetician.
• Chris Greetham, 80, British cricketer (Somerset).
• Morihiro Hashimoto, 40, Japanese darts player, brain haemorrhage.
• André Jagendorf, 90, American plant biologist.
• Sarah Jiménez, 90, Mexican artist.
• Maxx Kidd, 75, American music producer.
• Tommy LiPuma, 80, American music producer.
• Hiroto Muraoka, 85, Japanese footballer.
• Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, 82, German royal, head of the House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.
• Amy Krouse Rosenthal, 51, American author, ovarian cancer.
• Richard H. Solomon, 79, American political aide and diplomat, Ambassador to the Philippines (1992–1993), brain cancer.
• Marvin Speight, 95, American basketball coach (Arkansas State).
• Dennis Stamp, 70, American professional wrestler (NWA, AWA), cancer.
• Vida Hajebi Tabrizi, 81, Iranian political activist and writer.
• Alejandro Végh Villegas, 88, Uruguayan politician and diplomat.
• Ed Whitlock, 86, British-born Canadian long distance runner, prostate cancer.

14

• Rebecca Bace, 61, American computer scientist, heart attack.
• Andrzej Biegalski, 64, Polish Olympic boxer (1976).
• Paul Bowles, 59, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra, Port Vale, Stockport County).
• Barbara Boxall, 84, English women's magazine editor.
• Lillie Mae Bradford, 88, American civil rights activist.
• Dara Fitzpatrick, 45, Irish Coast Guard helicopter pilot, helicopter crash.
• Thomas H. Friedkin, 81, American businessman (Gulf States Toyota).
• Donald Gilchrist, 95, Canadian figure skater.
• Jack H. Harris, 98, American film producer (The Blob).
• Arleene Johnson, 93, Canadian baseball player (AAGPBL).
• Nitin Kapoor, 58, Indian film producer, suicide by jumping.
• Luigi Mannelli, 78, Italian water polo player, Olympic champion (1960).
• Jim McAnearney, 81, Scottish football player (Plymouth Argyle) and manager (Rotherham United).
• Jean-Pierre Montminy, 83, Canadian military bandmaster and clarinetist.
• Yelena Naimushina, 52, Russian gymnast, Olympic champion (1980).
• Luigi Pascale, 93, Italian aircraft designer (Partenavia P.68).
• Royal Robbins, 82, American rock climber.
• Nan Ryan, 80, American author.
• André Tosel, 75, French Marxist philosopher.
• Rodrigo Valdéz, 70, Colombian boxer, WBC middleweight champion, heart attack.
• John Van de Kamp, 81, American politician and attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney (1975–1981), California Attorney General (1983–1991).
• Peter Vargo, 75, Austrian footballer
• Tsunehiko Watase, 72, Japanese actor (The Incident).
• John Wheatcroft, 91, American writer and teacher.

15

• Antero de Abreu, 90, Angolan lawyer, writer and diplomat.
• Bảo Thăng, 72, Vietnamese royal, head of the Nguyễn dynasty (since 2007).
• Fritz Briel, 82, German sprint canoeist, world champion (1958, 1963), Olympic silver medalist (1956).
• Bob Bruce, 83, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves).
• Stephen Cosh, 97, Scottish cricketer.
• Imre Dimény, 94, Hungarian agrarian engineer and politician, Minister of Agriculture and Food (1967–1975).
• Robert G. Dunn, 94, American politician.
• Job Durupt, 86, French politician, member of the National Assembly (1981–1988), mayor of Tomblaine (1971–2001).
• Denis Éthier, 90, Canadian politician.
• Phil Garland, 75, New Zealand folk musician.
• Russ Goetz, 86, American baseball umpire (American League).
• Lucky Gordon, 85, Jamaican jazz singer, involved in the Profumo affair.
• Valentine Joseph, 88, Sri Lankan mathematician.
• Laurent Laplante, 83, Canadian journalist, pancreatic cancer.
• Alberto Longarella, 93, Argentine Olympic wrestler (1948, 1952).
• King Lysen, 75, American politician.
• Fernand Martinaux, 88, French Olympic swimmer.
• Michael Maule, 95, South African-born American ballet dancer and instructor.
• Wojciech Młynarski, 75, Polish poet, singer and songwriter.
• Enrique Morea, 92, Argentine tennis player, French Open (1950) and Pan Am Games (1951) champion.
• Jackie Pung, 95, American golfer.
• Sok An, 66, Cambodian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (since 2004) and MP (since 1993).
• Dave Stallworth, 75, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Baltimore/Capital Bullets).
• Bill Walsh, 55, American author and newspaper editor (The Washington Post), complications from bile duct cancer.
• Chris Williams, 36, American basketball player (Virginia Cavaliers, Sydney Kings), blood clots.

16

• Tony Barrow, 45, English rugby league player (Swinton Lions), cancer.
• Hans Brattrud, 83, Norwegian furniture designer.
• George Braziller, 101, American literary publisher.
• James Cotton, 81, American blues harmonica player ("Hard Again"), pneumonia.
• K. R. Indira Devi, 65, Indian actress, cardiac arrest.
• Aleksander Einseln, 85, Estonian military officer, Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces (1993–1995).
• James A. Frost, 98, British-born American historian.
• Kerry Hooper, 74, Australian cricketer.
• Arne Høivik, 85, Norwegian footballer (Eik-Tønsberg).
• Carole Jo Kabler, 78, American professional golfer.
• Roberta Knie, 79, American operatic soprano.
• Torgny Lindgren, 78, Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy (since 1991).
• Rodger Maus, 84, American art director (M*A*S*H, Victor/Victoria, The Time Tunnel).
• Hasyim Muzadi, 72, Indonesian Islamic scholar and cleric, Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (1999–2010).
• Henry Richmond, 81, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Repton (1986–1998).
• Lewis Rowland, 91, American neurologist, stroke.
• William Sanders, 74, American statistician.
• Youcef Touati, 27, French-born Algerian football player (Red Star), traffic collision.
• Philippa Wiggins, 91, New Zealand academic.
• Skip Williamson, 72, American underground comix cartoonist (Snappy Sammy Smoot), complications from organ failure.

17

• Robert Day, 94, British television and film director (The Green Man, First Man into Space, The Rebel).
• Auntie Fee, 59, American Internet personality and actress (Barbershop: The Next Cut), heart attack.
• Roland Fidel, 82, Swiss Olympic weightlifter.
• José Luis Garzón, 70, Spanish Olympic footballer (1968).
• Hugh Hardy, 84, American architect.
• Maureen Haughey, 91, Irish public figure.
• John Herbers, 93, American journalist and author.
• Peter Kwong, 76, Taiwanese-American sociologist.
• Léonard Legault, 82, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to the Holy See (1993–1997).
• George Lewith, 67, British medical researcher.
• Lawrence Montaigne, 86, American actor (The Great Escape, Star Trek, Escape to Witch Mountain).
• Jackie Paisley, 54, American bodybuilder.
• Norbert Sander, 74, American long-distance runner, winner of the New York City Marathon (1974).
• Crispian Scully, 71, British dental academic.
• John W. Shannon, 83, American colonel and politician.
• Joe Sherman, 90, American songwriter.
• Paul Sicula, 78, American politician.
• Laurynas Stankevičius, 81, Lithuanian politician, Prime Minister (1996).
• Jan Szpunar, 64, Polish Olympic biathlete.
• Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev, 86, Soviet politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan (1983–1988).
• Sir Derek Walcott, 87, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (1992).

18

• Tom Amberry, 94, American podiatrist.
• Chuck Berry, 90, American Hall of Fame guitarist, singer and songwriter ("Johnny B. Goode", "Maybellene", "Roll Over Beethoven"), heart attack.
• George E. Bria, 101, American journalist (Associated Press).
• Trisha Brown, 80, American choreographer and dancer.
• Eugene Crum Foshee, 79, American politician.
• Sergei Gimayev, 62, Russian ice hockey player (CSKA Moscow) and television sports presenter.
• Gerry Gimelstob, 66, American basketball coach (George Washington Colonials), leukemia.
• Don Hunstein, 88, American photographer.
• Maureen Lines, 79, British-born Pakistani social worker and environmentalist.
• Joe Mafela, 75, South African actor (Zulu, Shout at the Devil, Escape from Angola), traffic collision.
• J. Donald Monan, 92, American academic administrator, President of Boston College (1972–1996).
• Tony Russel, 91, American actor (Behind the Mask of Zorro, Wild, Wild Planet, War of the Planets).
• Johnny Shannon, 84, English actor (Performance, Beryl's Lot, EastEnders).
• Ashwin Sundar, 31, Indian racing driver, car fire.
• Alfred Tibor, 97, Hungarian-born American sculptor and Holocaust survivor.
• Miloslav Vlk, 84, Czech Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Prague (1991–2010), cancer.
• Bernie Wrightson, 68, American illustrator and comic book artist (House of Mystery, Batman, Swamp Thing), brain cancer.

19

• Zubaida Gulshan Ara, 74, Bangladeshi writer, recipient of the Ekushey Padak (1995).
• Jimmy Breslin, 88, American journalist and author (New York Daily News, Newsday), recipient of the Pulitzer Prize (1986), complications from pneumonia.
• Mary Maples Dunn, 85, American historian.
• Ivan Grubišić, 80, Croatian Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, and MP (2011–2015).
• Billy Hails, 82, English football player and manager (Peterborough United).
• Audrey Kissel, 91, American baseball player (Minneapolis Millerettes).
• Li Li-hua, 92, Hong Kong actress.
• Ryan McBride, 27, Irish footballer (Derry City).
• John Jeremiah McRaith, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Owensboro (1982–2009).
• Len Mitzel, 71, Canadian politician, MLA (2004–2012).
• Chinu Modi, 78, Indian poet, multiple organ failure.
• Pyarimohan Mohapatra, 77, Indian politician, MP (2010–2016).
• Tomiko Okazaki, 73, Japanese politician.
• Roger Pingeon, 76, French racing cyclist, Tour de France winner (1967), heart attack.
• John Rogan, 78, Irish actor (The Bill).
• Eric Shanes, 72, English painter and art historian.
• Robin Sibson, 72, British mathematician, vice-chancellor of the University of Kent, chief executive of the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
• Pauline Smith, 83, British painter and provocateur.
• Ian Stewart, 87, British racing driver.
• Ken Still, 82, American professional golfer.
• Maurice Xiberras, 80, Gibraltarian politician.

20

• Herbert Barrie, 89, British paediatrician.
• Bagrat de Bagration y de Baviera, 68, Spanish royal, member of the Bagrationi dynasty.
• Daniel G. Bobrow, 81, American computer scientist.
• John Paul Cain, 81, American golfer.
• Andy Coan, 59, American swimmer, liver cancer.
• Terence Finlay, 79, Canadian Anglican prelate, Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Toronto (2000–2004).
• Louis Frémaux, 95, French conductor.
• John Giheno, 68, Papua New Guinea politician.
• Lucio Grotone, 88, Brazilian Olympic boxer.
• Carlos Hermosillo Arteaga, 39, Mexican politician (PRI), Deputy (2015-2018), and public servant, traffic collision.
• Shuntaro Hida, 100, Japanese physician, complications from pneumonia.
• Buck Hill, 90, American jazz saxophonist.
• Joyce Holmberg, 86, American politician and educator.
• Betty Kennedy, 91, Canadian broadcaster (CFRB), Senator (2000–2001) and TV panelist (Front Page Challenge).
• David Lawrence, 58, American basketball player (McNeese State, Pallacanestro Trieste, Saski Baskonia).
• Edward Joseph McManus, 97, American politician and jurist, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1959–1961), member of the District Court for N.D. Iowa (since 1962), longest-serving federal judge.
• Sol Negrin, 88, American cinematographer (Kojak).
• Leticia Ramos-Shahani, 87, Filipino politician, member of the Senate (1987–1998) and President pro tempore (1993–1996), complications from colon cancer and pneumonia.
• Poddutoori Ganga Reddy, 83, Indian politician, MP (1967–1970, 1971–1977).
• Chandler Robbins, 98, American ornithologist.
• David Rockefeller, 101, American banker (Chase Manhattan), globalist (Trilateral Commission) and philanthropist (Rockefeller Brothers Fund), heart failure.
• Robert B. Silvers, 87, American editor (New York Review of Books).
• Edgar Smith, 83, American murderer.
• Tony Terran, 90, American trumpeter and session musician.
• George Weinberg, 87, American psychologist, coined the term "homophobia", cancer.
• Ed Wright, 67, American Olympic fencer.

21

• Chuck Barris, 87, American television producer, game show creator, host (The Gong Show, The Dating Game), and songwriter ("Palisades Park").
• Guy Bisaillon, 77, Canadian politician.
• Colin Dexter, 86, English author (Inspector Morse).
• Henri Emmanuelli, 71, French politician, President of National Assembly (1993–1994), complications from acute bronchitis.
• August Englas, 92, Estonian wrestler, world champion (1953, 1954).
• Roy Fisher, 86, British poet and jazz pianist.
• Arne Herjuaune, 71, Norwegian Olympic speed skater (1968).
• Larry Highbaugh, 67, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).
• Kalevi Häkkinen, 89, Finnish Olympic alpine skier and speed skier (1956).
• Jerry Krause, 77, American basketball executive (Chicago Bulls).
• Marita Lindahl, 78, Finnish model, Miss World (1957).
• Lidiya Mayatnikova, 69, Soviet and Russian animator who participated in the creation of more than 50 films.
• Scott McGilvray, 51, American politician, New Hampshire Senator (since 2016).
• Martin McGuinness, 66, Northern Irish PIRA commander and politician, deputy First Minister (2007–2017), MLA (1998–2017), MP (1997–2013), complications from amyloidosis.
• Ronald Pickvance, 86, English art historian.
• Bill Rompkey, 80, Canadian politician, Senator from Newfoundland and Labrador (1995–2011).
• Alfredo Reichlin, 91, Italian politician and journalist (l'Unità), deputy (1968–1994), MEP (1984–1985).
• Wallace Shoemaker, 85, American politician.
• József Szécsényi, 85, Hungarian Olympic discus thrower (1960, 1964).
• Tayfun Talipoğlu, 54, Turkish journalist and author, heart attack.
• Govind Talwalkar, 92, Indian journalist and editor (Maharashtra Times).
• Teresia Teaiwa, 48, I-Kiribati-American poet and academic, cancer.
• José Zardón, 93, Cuban baseball player (Washington Senators).

22

• Marilyn McCord Adams, 73, American philosopher and priest, cancer.
• Andy Coogan, 99, Scottish author and World War II veteran.
• Ken Currie, 91, Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian, Dunfermline Athletic).
• John Derrick, 54, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan), brain tumour.
• Dallas Green, 82, American baseball player, manager (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets) and executive (Chicago Cubs), kidney failure and pneumonia.
• Pete Hamilton, 74, American racecar driver, winner of the 1970 Daytona 500.
• Sib Hashian, 67, American drummer (Boston).
• Mark Higgins, 53, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).
• Francine Hughes, 69, American film subject (The Burning Bed) and domestic abuse symbol, complications from pneumonia.
• Alexandr Kliment, 88, Czech writer, poet and playwright, Charter 77 signatory.
• Joanne Kyger, 82, American poet, lung cancer.
• Sven-Erik Magnusson, 74, Swedish musician (Sven-Ingvars), prostate cancer.
• Tomas Milian, 84, Cuban-born Italian actor (The Big Gundown, Traffic, Amistad), stroke.
• Agustí Montal Costa, 82, Spanish economist and businessman, President of FC Barcelona (1969–1977).
• Ronnie Moran, 83, English football player and coach (Liverpool).
• Piroska Oszoli, 98, Hungarian painter.
• Keith Palmer, 48, British police officer, stabbed during 2017 Westminster attack.
• Daisuke Satō, 52, Japanese game designer, novelist, and manga writer (Highschool of the Dead), ischemic heart disease.
• Helena Štáchová, 72, Czech puppeteer (Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre) and voice actress.
• Lembit Ulfsak, 69, Estonian actor (Tangerines), muscular dystrophy.
• Christina Vella, 75, American writer and historian.

23

• Lola Albright, 92, American actress (Champion, Peter Gunn, Lord Love a Duck).
• Ashokamitran, 85, Indian writer.
• Mirella Bentivoglio, 94, Italian artist.
• Miroslava Breach, 54, Mexican journalist (La Jornada), murdered.
• Ursula Brunner, 92, Swiss politician and advocate of fair trade in Switzerland.
• Donald Burgett, 91, American writer and World War II veteran.
• John W. Darrah, 78, American jurist, member of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (since 2000).
• Serge Doubrovsky, 88, French author.
• Meir Einstein, 65, Israeli sports broadcaster (Channel 10), muscular dystrophy.
• Julio Etchegoyen, 83, Argentine army officer and politician, Governor of Chubut Province (1976–1978) and La Pampa Province (1978–1981).
• Lee Farr, 89, American actor (Thundering Jets, Lone Texan, Gunfighters of Abilene).
• Nigel Hutchinson, 75, English-born New Zealand producer (Goodbye Pork Pie).
• Diana Ingro, 99, Argentine actress (By the Sweat of Your Brow, The Cicada Is Not an Insect, Extraña ternura).
• William H. Keeler, 86, American Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Harrisburg (1983–1989), Archbishop of Baltimore (1989–2007).
• Arnfinn Lund, 81, Norwegian horse trainer.
• Clay Matthews Sr., 88, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
• Denis McGrath, 48, American-Canadian television writer and producer (Continuum, XIII: The Series, Republic of Doyle), cancer.
• Nicolas Nieri, 77, Peruvian Olympic footballer (1960).
• Mary Owen, 96, Australian feminist and trade unionist.
• Ingeborg Rapoport, 104, German pediatrician.
• Ian Robinson, 91, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Cowper (1963–1984) and Page (1984–1990).
• Sølvi Sogner, 85, Norwegian historian.
• Ahmad Taufik, 51, Indonesian journalist, lung cancer.
• Alex Tizon, 57, Filipino-born American journalist and author (The Seattle Times), recipient of the Pulitzer Prize (1997).
• Cino Tortorella, 89, Italian television presenter (Zecchino d'Oro).
• Denis Voronenkov, 45, Russian politician, member of the State Duma (2011–2016), shot.
• George Woodman, 85, American artist.

24

• Ivan Abadjiev, 85, Bulgarian weightlifter, world championship silver medalist (1957).
• J. Allen Adams, 85, American politician and legislator.
• Herbert Addo, 66, Ghanaian football coach.
• Bartolo Alvarez, 102, Puerto Rican musician.
• Derrick Baxby, 76, British microbiologist.
• Roger Bradley, 54, New Zealand-Dutch cricketer.
• Piers Dixon, 88, British politician, MP for Truro (1970–1974).
• John Doull, 94, American toxicologist.
• Rich Fisher, 67, American news anchor (WJBK), esophageal cancer.
• Lennox Grafton, 97, Canadian architect.
• Hubert Hammerer, 92, Austrian sports shooter, Olympic gold medalist (1960).
• Leo Peelen, 48, Dutch track cyclist, Olympic silver medalist (1988).
• Jean Rouverol, 100, American actress (It's a Gift) and screenwriter (Autumn Leaves, The Guiding Light).
• Pedro Salvatori, 83, Argentine politician, Governor of Neuquén Province (1973, 1987–1991).
• Avraham Sharir, 84, Israeli diplomat and politician, Minister of Tourism (1981–1988) and Justice (1986–1988).
• Pete Shotton, 75, British washboardist (The Quarrymen) and businessman (Fatty Arbuckle's, Apple Corps), suspected heart attack.
• William Kelly Simpson, 89, American Egyptologist.
• Wolfgang Solz, 77, German football player and coach (Eintracht Frankfurt, national team).
• Keith Sutton, 82, English Anglican prelate, Bishop of Lichfield (1984–2003).
• Mary Tortorich, 102, American voice teacher.
• Avo Uvezian, 91, Armenian-American jazz pianist and cigar manufacturer.
• Gilbert Vallanchon, 75, French Olympic rower.

25

• Abu Umar al-Almani, 30–31, German jihadist and ISIL commander, shot.
• Ralph Archbold, 75, American actor and impersonator (Benjamin Franklin), complications of heart failure.
• Sheila Bond, 90, American actress (Wish You Were Here, The Marrying Kind, Damn Yankees), Tony winner (1953).
• Giorgio Capitani, 89, Italian filmmaker (The Ruthless Four).
• Louis Desmarais, 94, Canadian politician.
• Gary Doak, 71, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins), cancer.
• Orlando Etcheberrigaray, 84, Chilean Olympic basketball player.
• Jack Faszholz, 89, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Louis Feldman, 90, American classical scholar.
• František Gaulieder, 66, Slovak politician, MP (1994–1996), suspected suicide by train.
• Daniel P. Gordon, 47, American politician, member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (2011–2013).
• Paula Christine Hammond, 73, British magistrate.
• Asbjørn Hansen, 86, Norwegian footballer (Sparta, national team).
• Roberta L. Hazard, 82, American Navy rear admiral.
• J. Richard Hill, 88, British Navy rear admiral.
• Alice Hohlmayer, 92, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets).
• Walter Meier, 89, German Olympic athlete.
• Christy Mihos, 67, American businessman and politician, pancreatic cancer.
• Teodor Oizerman, 102, Ukrainian-born Russian philosopher, heart failure.
• Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarabira (1981–1989), Archbishop of Paraíba (1995–2004).
• Charles D. Ravenel, 79, American politician.
• Miquel Roger i Casamada, 62, Spanish composer and music producer, traffic collision.
• Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, 95, St. Kitts and Nevis politician, Governor-General (1996–2013).
• Julian Stanczak, 88, Polish-born American Op Art painter.
• Dave Steele, 42, American racing driver (IndyCar, NASCAR, ARCA), USAC Silver Crown Champion (2004, 2005), race collision.
• María Esther Vázquez, 79, Argentine writer, stroke.
• N. K. Viswanathan, 75, Indian film director and cinematographer.
• Eric Watson, 91, New Zealand cricketer (Otago) and rugby union coach (Otago, national team).

26

• Alessandro Alessandroni, 92, Italian composer and musician.
• Audun Bakke, 83, Norwegian journalist.
• Darlene Cates, 69, American actress (What's Eating Gilbert Grape).
• Chen Uen, 58, Taiwanese manhua artist, heart attack.
• Mai Dantsig, 86, Belarusian artist.
• Monty Davidson, 81, Canadian politician.
• Jimmy Dotson, 83, American blues musician.
• Todd Frohwirth, 54, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies), stomach cancer.
• Joe Harris, 89, American illustrator and storyboard artist (Underdog, Trix).
• Ernest M. Henley, 92, American physicist.
• Marie Jakober, 75, Canadian author.
• Vladimir Kazachyonok, 64, Russian football player (Zenit) and manager (Dynamo Saint Petersburg).
• Leland McGaw, 89, Canadian politician.
• Brian Oldfield, 71, American Olympic shot putter (1972).
• Věra Špinarová, 65, Czech singer, heart attack.
• Philippe d'Ursel, 96, Swiss-born Belgian Olympic alpine skier (1948).
• Roger Wilkins, 85, American civil rights activist and journalist (The Crisis), Assistant Attorney General (1966–1969), complications from dementia.

27

• Leoncio Afonso, 100, Spanish scientist.
• Mizu Ahmed, 63, Bangladeshi actor, heart attack.
• Shirley Annan, 76, New Zealand netball player (national team).
• Peter Bastian, 73, Danish bassoonist.
• Richard Beale, 96, British actor (Doctor Who, Emmerdale, The Bill).
• Romolo Bizzotto, 92, Italian football player and manager (Verona, Juventus).
• Arthur Blythe, 76, American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, Parkinson's disease.
• Chelsea Brown, 74, American-Australian actress (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Number 96), pneumonia.
• Porter Byrum, 96, American attorney and businessman.
• Jose Antonio Carrion, 68, Filipino politician, Governor of Marinduque (2007–2010, 1995–1998).
• Zaida Catalán, 36, Swedish lawyer and politician, Chairman of Young Greens of Sweden (2001–2005), shot. (body found on this date)
• Leone Cimpellin, 90, Italian cartoonist (Jonny Logan).
• Stanley Cohen, 90, American physicist.
• Tom Cosgrove, 86, American football player.
• Clem Curtis, 76, Trinidadian-born British singer, lung cancer.
• Beau Dick, 61, Canadian Kwakwaka'wakw activist and carver, complications from a stroke.
• Kaljo Ellik, 68, Estonian politician.
• Jean-Michel Guilcher, 102, French ethnologist.
• Cherry, Lady Hambro, 83, British journalist and aviator.
• John D. Herbert, 86, American attorney, Ohio State Treasurer (1963–1971).
• Velik Kapsazov, 81, Bulgarian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).
• Rainer Kussmaul, 70, German violinist, conductor and concertmaster, Grammy Award winner (2005).
• Eduard Mudrik, 77, Ukrainian-born Russian football player (Dynamo Moscow).
• Charles Murphy, 56, American investor and hedge fund manager.
• Ali H. Nayfeh, 83, Palestinian-born American aerospace engineer.
• John A. Newton, 86, British Methodist minister.
• Armando Nieto, 85, Peruvian Roman Catholic priest and historian.
• Robert Parr, 95, American theoretical chemist.
• Sean Roberts, 48, New Zealand cricketer.
• Arun Sarma, 85, Indian playwright.
• David Storey, 83, English novelist (Saville), screenwriter (This Sporting Life) and playwright (Home), Parkinson's disease and dementia.
• Harold Neville Vazeille Temperley, 102, British applied mathematician.
• Steve Vaillancourt, 65, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1996–2014, since 2016).
• Elizabeth Wagele, 77, American writer and musician, neuroendocrine cancer.

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• Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, 99, Austro-Hungarian-born Spanish and Italian noblewoman.
• T. R. Andhyarujina, 83, Indian lawyer, Solicitor General (1996–1998).
• Jean-Pierre Cave, 65, French politician.
• Ronald Hines, 87, British actor (Not in Front of the Children).
• Deane R. Hinton, 94, American diplomat and ambassador.
• Brent Imlach, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
• Ahmed Kathrada, 87, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, MP (1994–1999), complications from cerebral embolism.
• Christine Kaufmann, 72, Austrian-born German actress (Town Without Pity, Bagdad Café, The Last Days of Pompeii), leukemia.
• Liévin Lerno, 89, Belgian bicycle racer, Olympic champion (1948), world championship silver medalist (1948).
• William McPherson, 84, American journalist (The Washington Post) and author, Pulitzer Prize winner (1977), complications from heart failure and pneumonia.
• Bill Minor, 94, American journalist.
• Gwilym Prys Prys-Davies, Baron Prys-Davies, 93, Welsh lawyer and politician.
• Gurdev Singh Badal, 85, Indian politician.
• Janine Sutto, 95, French-born Canadian actress (Kamouraska, Congorama, Route 132).
• Enn Vetemaa, 80, Estonian writer.

29

• Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, 88, Russian-American theoretical physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics (2003).
• Raudha Athif, 20, Maldivian model, suicide by hanging.
• Mireille Cébeillac-Gervasoni, 74, French historian.
• John Collias, 98, American Western artist.
• Wayne Duke, 88, American collegiate athletic executive, commissioner of the Big Ten Conference (1971–1988).
• Valeri Glushakov, 58, Kazakh-born Russian football player (Spartak Moscow, CSKA Moscow) and manager.
• Alan Johnston, 63, Irish cricketer.
• Steen Miles, 70, American journalist and politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (2005–2007), lung cancer.
• Battista Mismetti, 91, Italian Olympic cross-country skier.
• João Gilberto Noll, 70, Brazilian writer.
• Ernst Ogris, 49, Austrian football player (Hertha BSC) and manager.
• Linwood Sexton, 90, American football player (Wichita State Shockers, Los Angeles Dons).
• Katherine Smith, 98, American Navajo activist.
• Ken Sparks, 73, American football coach and player (Carson–Newman Eagles), prostate cancer.
• Bonno Spieker, 81, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1977–1981, 1981–1994).

30

• Thomas Brandis, 81, German violinist and concertmaster.
• Richard Bustillo, 75, American martial arts instructor.
• Caren Diefenderfer, 65, American mathematician, breast cancer.
• Sir John Fretwell, 86, British diplomat, Ambassador to France (1982–1987).
• James Hadnot, 59, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), heart attack.
• Paul Hamilton, 75, Nigerian Olympic football player (1968) and manager (national team).
• Rosie Hamlin, 71, American singer (Rosie and the Originals).
• Donald Harvey, 64, American serial killer, beaten.
• Phillip Ko, 67, Hong Kong actor and director.
• Nina Lowry, 91, British barrister and judge.
• Robert Mahoney, 95, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1955–1972).
• Alfred C. Marble Jr., 80, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Mississippi (1993–2003).
• Ralph R. Miller, 82, American politician.
• Neelamana Madhavan Nampoothiri, 73, Indian historian and writer.
• Hattie Peterson, 86, American baseball player (Rockford Peaches), lung cancer.
• Dick Potts, 77, British ecologist.
• Alec Ross, 80, Australian tour guide.
• Tom Savage, 76, Irish broadcasting executive, chairman of the RTÉ Board (2009–2014).
• Mary White, 91, English physician and chairwoman of the Bromsgrove Festival.

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• Halit Akçatepe, 80, Turkish actor.
• Rubén Amaro Sr., 81, Mexican baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees) and coach, World Series champion (1980).
• John Arnott, 84, English footballer (Bournemouth, Gillingham).
• Abul Kalam Azad, 45, Bangladeshi military officer, injuries sustained in bomb explosion.
• Gilbert Baker, 65, American artist and gay activist, creator of the rainbow flag.
• Richard Nelson Bolles, 90, American writer (What Color Is Your Parachute?).
• William Thaddeus Coleman Jr., 96, American lawyer (Brown v. Board of Education), federal judge and politician, Secretary of Transportation (1975–1977), Alzheimer's disease.
• Rupert Cornwell, 71, British journalist (The Independent).
• Miles Ferry, 84, American politician.
• Jerrier A. Haddad, 94, American computer engineer.
• Mike Hall, 35, British endurance cyclist, traffic collision.
• James Clinkscales Hill, 93, American jurist, member of the District Court for N.D. Georgia (1974–1976), 5th Cir. (1976–1981), and 11th Cir. (since 1981).
• Radley Metzger, 88, American pornographic filmmaker (I, a Woman, Camille 2000, The Lickerish Quartet).
• John Phillips, 65, Welsh footballer (Chelsea, national team).
• Amy Ridenour, 57, American conservative political activist, cancer.
• James Rosenquist, 83, American artist.
• Gordon H. Sato, 89, American cell biologist.
• Roland W. Schmitt, 93, American technology executive (General Electric) and academic administrator (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute).
• Nigel Sitwell, 81, British conservationist and writer, Alzheimer's disease.
• Évelyne Sullerot, 92, French feminist.

External links

• List of March 2017 deaths at IMDb