Deaths in March 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2016.

Entries for each day are listed <u>alphabetically</u> 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.

March 2016

1

• Carole Achache, 63, French writer, photographer and actress, suicide by hanging.
• Henry Vernon Atherton, 92, American animal scientist.
• Coca Crystal, 68, American television personality and political activist, respiratory failure.
• Adam Dziewonski, 79, Polish-born American geophysicist.
• Ítalo Estupiñán, 64, Ecuadorian footballer (Toluca), cardiac arrest.
• Beatrice Gillam, 96, British naturalist and ecologist.
• Lorenzo Giordano, 52, Canadian mobster, shot.
• Ilir Hoti, 58, Albanian economist and banker, melanoma.
• Gary Hutzel, 60, American visual effects supervisor (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Defiance), heart attack.
• William T. Jarvis, 80, American health educator and skeptic.
• Nestori Kaasalainen, 101, Finnish politician.
• Reijo Kanerva, 72, Finnish footballer.
• Brina Kessel, 90, American ornithologist.
• Jim Kimsey, 76, American technology executive, co-founder and CEO of AOL, melanoma.
• Michi Kobi, 91, American actress (12 to the Moon, Cry for Happy, Courage the Cowardly Dog).
• Martin Legassick, 75, South African historian and activist, cancer.
• Peter Mathias, 88, British economic historian.
• Gayle McCormick, 67, American singer (Smith), cancer.
• Jean Miotte, 90, French abstract painter.
• Stack Pierce, 82, American actor.
• Louise Plowright, 59, British actress (Mamma Mia!, EastEnders, Families), pancreatic cancer.
• Lee Reherman, 49, American actor (American Gladiators, Star Trek Into Darkness, Last Action Hero).
• Mary Ann Scherr, 94, American jewellery designer.
• Frank Terpil, 76, American CIA agent and arms dealer.
• Georgios Tsakanikas, 81, Greek Olympic shot putter (1956, 1960, 1964).
• Tony Warren, 79, English television screenwriter and producer (Coronation Street).
• Martha Wright, 92, American actress (South Pacific, The Sound of Music, Goodyear Television Playhouse) and singer.

2

• Janusz Bolonek, 77, Polish Roman Catholic prelate and diplomat, Apostolic nuncio (1989–2013).
• Chandra Ranaraja, 77, Sri Lankan politician.
• Robert Del Tufo, 82, American attorney, New Jersey Attorney General (1990–1993), lung cancer.
• Noémia Delgado, 82, Portuguese television and film director.
• Tony Dyson, 68, British film prop designer (R2-D2).
• James Anthony Gaffney, 87, British civil engineer.
• Roger Hickman, 61, Australian yachtsman, winner of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race (Handicap, 2014), brain cancer.
• Rosemary Hinkfuss, 84, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1988–1994).
• Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, 83, German royal and art historian.
• Dick Hudson, 75, American football player (Buffalo Bills).
• Grégoire Illorson, 61, Cameroonian Olympic sprinter.
• Marion Patrick Jones, 85, Trinidadian writer.
• Arthur Keily, 94, British Olympic marathon runner (1960).
• Benoît Lacroix, 100, Canadian Dominican priest and historian.
• Ghais Malik, 85, Egyptian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Egypt (1984–2000).
• Aubrey McClendon, 56, American energy and basketball executive, CEO of Chesapeake Energy, part-owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder, traffic collision.
• James Barrett McNulty, 71, American politician, Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania (1982–1986), cancer and cardiac disorder.
• Allan Michaelsen, 68, Danish football player and coach, brain cancer.
• Sergio Ricossa, 88, Italian economist.
• Reid Scott, 89, Canadian politician and judge.
• Kalidas Shrestha, 93, Nepali artist and academic, pneumonia as a complication from a kidney infection.
• Don Walsh, 81, Australian football player (Collingwood).
• Paul Webley, 62, British educator, president of SOAS, University of London (2006–2015), cancer.
• Władysław Wojtakajtis, 67, Polish Olympic swimmer.
• Reiner Tom Zuidema, 88, American anthropologist.

3

• Ralph Baruch, 92, German-born American media mogul (Viacom).
• Per Beskow, 89, Swedish biblical scholar.
• Lord James Blears, 92, British professional wrestler.
• Rooney L. Bowen, 82, American politician.
• Jack Buckalew, 83, American politician, member of the West Virginia Senate (1995–1998).
• Berta Cáceres, 42, Honduran indigenous leader, shot.
• Anthony Carrigan, 35, British academic, cancer.
• Gavin Christopher, 66, American R&B/hip-hop musician, songwriter and producer, heart failure.
• Martin Crowe, 53, New Zealand cricketer (national team), lymphoma.
• Marcello De Cecco, 76, Italian economist.
• Sir Andrew Derbyshire, 92, British architect.
• Sophie Dessus, 60, French politician, member of the National Assembly for Corrèze's 1st Constituency (since 2012), cancer.
• Ashok Ghosh, 94, Indian politician, General Secretary of All India Forward Bloc (since 1946), lower respiratory tract infection.
• Yves Guéna, 93, French politician, President of the Constitutional Council (2000–2004), High Commissioner of Ivory Coast (1960).
• Hayabusa, 47, Japanese professional wrestler (Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling), brain hemorrhage.
• Henry R. Horsey, 91, American judge, member of the Delaware Supreme Court (1978–1994).
• Thanat Khoman, 101, Thai politician, Foreign Minister (1959–1971).
• Laura Knaperek, 60, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1995–2006), ovarian cancer.
• Natalya Krachkovskaya, 77, Russian actress ('), heart attack.
• Ted McCaskill, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Los Angeles Sharks).
• William O'Brien, 71, American police officer, Chief of Police for Miami (1998–2000), resigned after Elián González custody battle raid, throat cancer.
• Tome Serafimovski, 80, Macedonian sculptor.
• Yury Sokolov, 86, Russian Olympic boxer.
• Sarah Tait, 33, Australian rower, world champion (2005), Olympic silver medallist (2012), cervical cancer.
• Jim Thistle, 61, Canadian lawyer, negotiated Atlantic Accord (1985), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Retta Ward, 62, American health official and teacher, Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health (since 2013).
• Mike Widger, 67, American CFL football player (Montreal Alouettes, Ottawa Rough Riders), Grey Cup Champion (1970, 1974).

4

• Taha Jabir Alalwani, 81, Iraqi-born American Islamic theologian.
• Bankroll Fresh, 28, American rapper, shot.
• John Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa, 88, Welsh politician and boxing executive, president of the British Boxing Board of Control and Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.
• Jerry Dolyn Brown, 73, American pottery artist.
• Theodor Cazaban, 95, French writer.
• Daryl Cohen, 80, Australian Olympic weightlifter.
• Bud Collins, 86, American sports journalist.
• Pat Conroy, 70, American author (The Prince of Tides, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline), pancreatic cancer.
• Pirro Cuniberti, 92, Italian artist.
• Robert Franklin Durden, 90, American historian and author.
• Joey Feek, 40, American country singer (Joey + Rory), cervical cancer.
• James Ferris, 83–84, American chemist.
• Vincenzo Franco, 98, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro (1974–1981) and Archbishop of Otranto (1981–1993).
• David M. Gates, 94, American ecologist.
• Ge Cunzhuang, 87, Chinese actor, heart failure.
• Adriana Innocenti, 89, Italian actress (Eye of the Cat, Lobster for Breakfast, The Cat).
• Ekrem Jevrić, 54, Montenegrin singer, heart attack.
• Thea Knutzen, 85, Norwegian politician, MP (1985–1993).
• Yuri Kuznetsov, 83, Azerbaijani Soviet football player and coach (Neftchi).
• Peter Laufer, 79, German Olympic athlete.
• Enriquito López, 60, Dominican Republic politician, member of the Senate (2000–2004).
• Domenico Maselli, 82, Italian politician.
• Bill Michael, 81, American football coach (UTEP, 1977–1981).
• Thomas G. Morris, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for New Mexico's at-large district (1959–1969) and New Mexico House (1953–1958).
• Julio Lacarte Muró, 97, Uruguayan diplomat and politician.
• Morgan F. Murphy, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 3rd congressional district (1971–1981), prostate cancer.
• George Ndung'u Mwicigi, 83, Kenyan politician.
• P. K. Nair, 82, Indian film archivist.
• Ramón Palomares, 80, Venezuelan poet.
• William H. Plackett, 78, American naval non-commissioned officer, 6th MCPON (1985–1988).
• Jane Plant, 71, British geochemist.
• Joseph Rwegasira, 81, Tanzanian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–1995), Ambassador to Zambia.
• P. A. Sangma, 68, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1996–1998), Chief Minister of Meghalaya (1988–1990), heart attack.
• Marilyn Stokstad, 87, American art historian.
• Harry Turbott, 85, New Zealand architect and landscape architect.
• Abbas Vaez-Tabasi, 80, Iranian cleric, Grand Imam of Ali al-Ridha mosque (since 1979), cancer.
• Vladimir Yumin, 64, Russian Soviet wrestler, Olympic champion (1976), heart attack.
• Zhou Xiaoyan, 98, Chinese vocal pedagogue and classical soprano.

5

• David Abbott, 81, British-born New Zealand cricket umpire, cancer.
• Hassan Al-Turabi, 84, Sudanese Islamic spiritual leader, member of the National Assembly.
• Giorgio Ariani, 74, Italian comedian and actor (Pinocchio).
• Antoni Asunción, 64, Spanish politician, Minister of Interior (1993–1994).
• Caesar Belser, 71, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), Super Bowl winner (1970), lung cancer.
• Julio César Chalar, Uruguayan lawyer and judge.
• Paul Couch, 51, Australian footballer (Geelong), heart attack.
• James Douglas, 86, American actor (As the World Turns, Peyton Place, G.I. Blues).
• Helle-Vibeke Erichsen, 76, Danish artist.
• Sture Eskilsson, 85, Swedish economist.
• John Evans, Baron Evans of Parkside, 85, British politician, MP for Newton (1974–1983) and St Helens North (1983–1997).
• Even Hansen, 92, Norwegian footballer (Odd, national team).
• Nikolaus Harnoncourt, 86, Austrian conductor and cellist (Vienna Symphony), founder of Concentus Musicus Wien.
• Alan Henry, 68, British motorsport journalist.
• Henry Hobhouse, 91, British author (').
• Chip Hooper, 53, American musical agent (Dave Matthews, Phish), cancer.
• Jim MacNeill, 87, Canadian environmentalist and senior Cabinet adviser, pneumonia.
• Lester Menke, 97, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1973–1985).
• Harriet Cornelia Mills, 95, American academic and sinologist.
• John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton, 88, British aristocrat.
• Ottavio Panunzi, 83, Italian Olympic boxer.
• Robert Redbird, 76, American Kiowa artist, Alzheimer's disease.
• Rafael Squirru, 90, Argentine author.
• Panayiotis Tetsis, 91, Greek painter.
• Jaroslav Tomáš, 67, Czech Olympic volleyball player.
• Ray Tomlinson, 74, American computer programmer, invented system to send first email and assigned use of @ sign, heart attack.
• Stephen H. Webb, 54, American theologian, suicide.
• Al Wistert, 95, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Michigan Wolverines), NFL Champion (1948, 1949).

6

• Barbara Almond, 77, American psychiatrist, bladder cancer.
• Wally Bragg, 86, English footballer (Brentford).
• Jerry Bridges, 86, American evangelical Christian author, speaker and administrator (The Navigators).
• Joan Brown, 90, British potter.
• Elizabeth Garrett, 52, American educator, president of Cornell University (since 2015), colon cancer.
• Znaur Gassiev, 90, South Ossetian politician.
• Paolo Giglio, 89, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate and diplomat, Apostolic nuncio (1986–2002).
• D. G. Jones, 87, Canadian poet.
• Arto Koivisto, 85, Finnish basketball player.
• Walter Kozak, 84–85, Canadian Olympic boxer.
• Joseph Kumuondala Mbimba, 75, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bokungu–Ikela (1982–1991) and Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro (since 1991).
• Kalabhavan Mani, 45, Indian actor and singer, liver cirrhosis and methyl alcohol poisoning.
• Demetri Marchessini, 81, Greek businessman.
• Ernest George Mardon, 87, British-born Canadian historian.
• Shirley Netherway, 78, British Olympic fencer (1960, 1964).
• James Ocholi, 55, Nigerian politician, traffic collision.
• Francis Pasion, 38, Filipino director (On the Wings of Love), heart attack.
• Aldo Ralli, 80, Italian actor (Il Divo, Crime in Formula One).
• Nancy Reagan, 94, American First Lady (1981–1989) and actress (Hellcats of the Navy, Donovan's Brain, The Next Voice You Hear...), heart failure.
• Gaspar Rosety, 57, Spanish journalist, complications from a stroke.
• María Rostworowski, 100, Peruvian historian.
• Harold H. Saunders, 85, American diplomat, prostate cancer.
• Elwyn L. Simons, 87, American paleontologist.
• Gary Smalley, 75, American family counselor, Christian and relationship author, complications from heart and kidney disease.
• Elizabeth Strohfus, 96, American military pilot (WASP), recipient of two Congressional Gold Medals, complications from a fall.
• Akira Tago, 90, Japanese psychologist.
• Sheila Varian, 78, American horse breeder (Arabian horses), ovarian cancer.

7

• Raymond Conway Benjamin, 91, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Townsville (1984–2000).
• Leonard Berney, 95, British military officer, a liberator of Bergen-Belsen, heart attack.
• Andy Borsa, 71, American politician.
• Gary Braasch, 70, American environmental photographer.
• Carlos Bru, 87, Mexican Olympic basketball player.
• Joe Cabot, 94, American jazz musician and band leader.
• Bill Cooper, 87, British sailor.
• Scott Goodall, 80, British comic book writer (Fishboy).
• Adrian Hardiman, 64, Irish judge, member of the Supreme Court (since 2000).
• Jim Hogan, 79, Irish hurler.
• Bobby Johns, 83, American race car driver (NASCAR, Indianapolis 500).
• Börje Karvonen, 77, Finnish Olympic boxer.
• Steve Kraly, 86, American baseball player (New York Yankees), World Series Champion (1953).
• Béla Kuharszki, 75, Hungarian footballer (Újpesti Dózsa).
• Min Enze, 92, Chinese chemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences and Engineering).
• Khalid Mahmood Mithu, 55, Bangladeshi film director (Gohine Shobdo), falling tree.
• Jean-Bernard Raimond, 90, French politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1986–1988), ambassador to Morocco, Poland, the Soviet Union and the Vatican.
• Des O'Reilly, 61, Australian rugby league player (Sydney Roosters).
• Paul Ryan, 66, American comic artist (Fantastic Four, Superman, The Phantom).
• Michael White, 80, Scottish film and theatre producer (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Tony winner (1971), heart failure.
• Quentin Young, 93, American physician.

8

• Mohamed Allek, 42, Algerian athlete, Paralympic champion (1996, 2000).
• Luigi Corioni, 78, Italian bathroom furnishings and football executive (Brescia Calcio, A.C. Milan, Bologna).
• Richard Davalos, 85, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, East of Eden, Kelly's Heroes).
• Luciano Di Palma, 71, Italian Olympic judoka.
• Dieter Fänger, 90, German Olympic fencer (1960).
• Aldo Ferrer, 88, Argentine economist.
• Ross Hannaford, 65, Australian musician (Daddy Cool), cancer.
• Jerome Heckenkamp, 36, Australian-born American computer hacker.
• Ron Jacobs, 78, American broadcaster, co-creator of American Top 40.
• David S. Johnson, 70, American computer scientist.
• John Jones, 90, British Olympic water polo player (1952, 1956).
• Esko Karhunen, 88, Finnish Olympic basketball player (1952) and contributor.
• Andrew Loomis, 54, American drummer (Dead Moon), lymphoma.
• Sir George Martin, 90, British Hall of Fame record producer (The Beatles), composer, arranger and engineer, six-time Grammy Award winner.
• Gertrudes Morg, 90, Brazilian Olympic sprinter.
• Claus Ogerman, 86, German jazz conductor and arranger.
• M. V. Rao, 88, Indian agricultural scientist.
• Alfred E. Senn, 83, American historian and academic, awarded Order of Vytautas the Great for service to Lithuania.
• Reino Suojanen, 90, Finnish footballer

9

• Bruno Agostinelli, 28, Canadian tennis player (Davis Cup), traffic collision.
• Kathryn Reed Altman, 91, American actress and archivist, heart attack.
• Sergio Arellano Stark, 94, Chilean military officer, leader of the Caravan of Death, Alzheimer's disease.
• Galagama Sri Aththadassi Thera, 94, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, Mahanayaka of the Asgiriya Chapter of Siyam Nikaya (since 2015).
• Lawrence E. Bennett, 92, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1983–1994).
• Poul Erik Bæk, 75, Danish Olympic equestrian.
• Karen Carroll, 58, American blues singer.
• Jon English, 66, English-born Australian musician and actor (Against the Wind), complications from surgery.
• Léon Francioli, 69, Swiss double bass player.
• Ray Griff, 75, Canadian country music singer ("If I Let Her Come In") and songwriter ("Canadian Pacific"), complications of pneumonia from surgery.
• John Gutfreund, 86, American investor (Salomon Brothers), complications from pneumonia.
• Robert Horton, 91, American actor (Wagon Train).
• William Russell Houck, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jackson (1984–2003), complications from heart surgery.
• Giancarlo Ibarguen, 53, Guatemalan businessman and academic, president of Universidad Francisco Marroquín (2003–2013), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Gary Jeter, 61, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants), heart attack.
• Ralph S. Larsen, 77, American consumer products executive, CEO and Chairman of Johnson & Johnson, cardiac arrest.
• Clyde Lovellette, 86, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers, St. Louis Hawks, Boston Celtics), NBA champion (1954, 1963, 1964), Olympic champion (1952), cancer.
• James McNamara, 76, Irish long-distance runner, M50 10000 metre world record holder (1989–1991).
• Keigo Ōuchi, 86, Japanese politician, pneumonia.
• John Pennebaker, 72, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1975–1992).
• Reinhold Remmert, 85, German mathematician.
• Ivan Rohrt, 95, Australian sports administrator, President of Carlton Football Club (1974–1977).
• Tina St. Claire, 31, American artist, cancer.
• Ted Szilva, 81, Canadian monument creator (Big Nickel).
• Naná Vasconcelos, 71, Brazilian jazz percussionist and vocalist, eight-time Grammy Award winner, lung cancer.
• Bill Wade, 85, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Chicago Bears), NFL Champion (1963).
• Coy Wayne Wesbrook, 58, American convicted mass murderer, execution by lethal injection.

10

• Sir Ken Adam, 95, German-born British production designer (Dr. Strangelove, James Bond, The Madness of King George), Oscar winner (1975, 1994).
• Ernestine Anderson, 87, American jazz vocalist.
• Joan Bates, 86, British Sealandic princess.
• Anita Brookner, 87, British novelist (Hotel du Lac) and art historian, Man Booker Prize winner (1984).
• Daniel Buess, 40, Swiss drummer.
• Frank E. Coggin, 88, American politician.
• Fangge Dupan, 89, Taiwanese poet.
• William Dyke, 85, American politician, mayor of Madison, Wisconsin (1969–1973), complications from pancreatic cancer.
• Claude Estier, 90, French politician and journalist, member of the National Assembly for Paris (1967–1968, 1981–1986), MEP for France (1979–1981).
• Bill Gadsby, 88, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers).
• Andrew Gotianun, 88, Filipino real estate and financial sector executive, founder of Filinvest.
• Gogi Grant, 91, American pop singer ("The Wayward Wind").
• Andreas Henrisusanta, 80, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tanjungkarang (1976–2012).
• Mohammad Irfan, 64, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA for Bilari (since 2012), traffic collision.
• Hans Kleefeld, 86, Canadian graphic designer (Air Canada, TD Bank).
• Kostas Koutsomytis, 77, Greek film director and screenwriter.
• Dave Liddick, 80, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns).
• Roberts Bishop Owen, 90, American lawyer and diplomat.
• Roberto Perfumo, 73, Argentine footballer (Racing Club, Cruzeiro, national team), fall.
• Judy Pickard, 94, New Zealand abstract painter, librarian and advocate for women's rights.
• Jovito Salonga, 95, Filipino politician, Senate President (1987–1992), cardiac arrest.
• Nobuyuki Siraisi, 81, Japanese-born American artist.
• Marie Tansey, 86, American politician.
• Julio Vial, 82, Chilean footballer.

11

• Tita Kovač Artemis, 85, Slovene-born Greek chemist and writer.
• Joe Ascione, 54, American jazz drummer.
• Ben Bagdikian, 96, Armenian-American educator and journalist.
• Iolanda Balaș, 79, Romanian high jumper, Olympic champion (1960, 1964), director of the FRA (1988–2005), complications from a gastric disorder.
• Sel Belsham, 85, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team) and cricketer (Auckland).
• François-Eudes Chanfrault, 41, French composer (The Hills Have Eyes, High Tension).
• Antonio Cabangon-Chua, 81, Filipino real estate, financial executive and diplomat, Ambassador to Laos, founder of Citystate Savings Bank.
• Deva Dassy, 104, French opera singer.
• Geoffrey Eglinton, 88, British chemist.
• Shawn Elliott, 79, American singer and actor (The Dead Pool, Broken City, Law & Order).
• Keith Emerson, 71, English progressive rock keyboardist (The Nice; Emerson, Lake & Palmer), suicide by gunshot.
• Rómulo Macció, 84, Argentine painter.
• Doreen Massey, 72, British geographer.
• Nicole Maurey, 90, French actress.
• Louis Meyers, 60, American festival organizer, co-founder of South by Southwest, director of Folk Alliance International, suspected heart attack.
• Brenda Naylor, 89, British sculptor.
• Dragan Nikolić, 72, Serbian actor.
• Vasco Nunes, 41, Portuguese cinematographer and cameraman (Planet B-Boy, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Rampart).
• Gerard Reedy, 76, American Jesuit priest and academic, president of the College of the Holy Cross (1994–1998).
• Billy Ritchie, 79, Scottish footballer (Rangers, Partick Thistle).
• Ruth Terry, 95, American singer and actress (Pistol Packin' Mama).
• Lawrence Van Gelder, 83, American newspaper journalist (The New York Times), leiomyosarcoma.

12

• Mo Abbaro, 82, Sudanese-born British potter.
• Christopher Armishaw, 63, English cricketer (Derbyshire).
• Rafiq Azad, 74, Bangladeshi poet, stroke.
• Annastasia Batikis, 88, American baseball player (Racine Belles).
• Tommy Brown, 84, American R&B singer.
• John Caldwell, 87, Australian demographer.
• Donnie Duncan, 75, American football coach (Iowa State), cancer.
• Erik Duval, 50, Belgian computer scientist, T-cell lymfoblastic lymphoma.
• Richard Fowler, 67–68, American naturalist and wilderness guide.
• Charlie Fulton, 67, American professional wrestler (WWF).
• Eliot Gant, 89, American executive (Gant).
• Verena Huber-Dyson, 92, American mathematician.
• Morton Hunt, 96, American psychologist and science writer.
• Felix Ibru, 80, Nigerian politician, Governor of Delta State (1992–1993).
• June Jolly, 87, English paediatric nurse and social worker.
• Harry Kartz, 102, British businessman, Aston Villa chairman (1978–1980).
• Mohammed Khalfan Bin Kharbash, 60, Emirati politician, Minister of State for Finance and Industry Affairs (1997–2007).
• Pierce Lively, 94, American federal judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1972–1989).
• Carlos Ozores, 76, Panamanian politician, Vice President (1984; 1989).
• Rudolf Sarközi, 71, Austrian Romani activist.
• Lloyd Shapley, 92, American mathematician and economist, laureate of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2012).
• Helmut Veith, 45, Austrian computer scientist.
• Bill Whitby, 72, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins).

13

• Trent Baker, 25, Australian baseball player (Brisbane Bandits).
• Kaba Rougui Barry, 62, Guinean businesswomen and politician, Minister Delegate for Guineans Abroad (2010–2014), Minister of Pre-University, Technical, Vocational Education and Civic Education (2009–2010), and Mayor of Matam (1991–2000).
• Ken Broderick, 74, Canadian ice hockey player (Edmonton Oilers, Boston Bruins), Olympic bronze medallist (1968).
• Adrienne Corri, 85, British actress (Doctor Zhivago, A Clockwork Orange, Doctor Who), heart failure.
• Masanobu Deme, 83, Japanese film director (Station to Heaven, Baruto no Gakuen).
• Darryl Hunt, 50, American justice reform activist, apparent suicide by gunshot.
• Lord Michael Jones, 68, Scottish judge.
• Sidney Mear, 97, American trumpeter.
• Bo Nat Khann Mway, 55, Burmese Karen military officer, commander-in-chief of DKBA, neck cancer.
• Keith Ollerenshaw, 87, Australian Olympic long-distance runner (1956).
• Beatriz Canedo Patiño, 66, Bolivian fashion designer.
• Henry Porter, 94, Canadian vice-admiral, Commander Maritime Command (1970–1971).
• Sai Prashanth, 30, Indian actor, suspected suicide by poison.
• Hilary Putnam, 89, American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist.
• Jon Roehlk, 54, American arena football player.
• Martin Olav Sabo, 78, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Minnesota's 5th district (1979–2007).
• József Verebes, 74, Hungarian football player and coach.

14

• Mónica Arriola Gordillo, 44, Mexican politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (2006–2009), brain tumor.
• Charles W. Berger, 80, American politician.
• Nicolau Breyner, 75, Portuguese playwright, director and actor.
• Robert Burns, 89, American politician.
• John W. Cahn, 88, German-born American metallurgist, awarded National Medal of Science (1998), namesake of Cahn–Hilliard equation, leukemia.
• Patrick Cain, 53, American football player (Detroit Lions), lung cancer.
• Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, 81, English composer and conductor, Master of the Queen's Music (2004–2014), leukaemia.
• Lilly Dubowitz, 85, Hungarian-born British paediatrician.
• Virgilio Elizondo, 80, American Roman Catholic priest and theologian, suicide by gunshot.
• Surangani Ellawala, 76, Sri Lankan politician, Governor of the Central Province (2015–2016).
• Mustapha Fadli, 54–55, Moroccan Olympic boxer.
• Riccardo Garrone, 89, Italian actor (La Dolce Vita, The Yellow Rolls-Royce, Swordsman of Siena).
• Tamara Grigsby, 41, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (2004–2012).
• Geoffrey Hartman, 86, German-born American literary critic.
• Vasil Konstantinov, 86, Bulgarian Olympic gymnast.
• Lloyd R. Leavitt Jr., 87, American air force lieutenant general.
• Peter Lerche, 88, German jurist.
• Ahmed Baba Miské, 80, Mauritanian politician and diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1964–1966), Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1964–1966).
• Leilani Muir, 71, Canadian human rights activist.
• Hans-Martin Pawlowski, 84, German lawyer and academic.
• June Peppas, 86, American AAGPBL baseball player (Kalamazoo Lassies).
• Suranimala Rajapaksha, 67, Sri Lankan politician and minister, MP (1994–2004).
• Vic Schwenk, 91, American football player and coach.
• Davy Walsh, 92, Irish footballer.
• Arkangelo Bari Wanji, 80, South Sudanese politician and academic, member of the National Assembly (since 2010).

15

• Jacqueline Alduy, 91, French politician.
• Sylvia Anderson, 88, British television producer and voice actress (Thunderbirds).
• André Bénard, 93, French oil and transit executive, co-chairman of the Eurotunnel.
• Better Loosen Up, 30, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Japan Cup and Racehorse of the Year (1990), euthanised.
• Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs, 94, British historian, codebreaker and life peer.
• Richard Burke, 83, Irish politician, member of the Dáil Éireann for Dublin County South and Dublin West, European Commissioner (1977–1980, 1982–1984).
• Robert Carrickford, 88, Irish actor (The Irish R.M., Glenroe).
• Daryl Coley, 60, American gospel singer.
• Jean Defraigne, 86, Dutch-born Belgian politician, member of the Chamber of Representatives (1965–1974, 1977–1989) and Senate (1974–1977).
• Ryo Fukui, 67, Japanese jazz pianist.
• Ralph C. Johnson, 62, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (since 2015), complications from a stroke.
• Paul Lange, 85, German sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (1960).
• Prince Mfanasibili of Swaziland, 77, Swazi royal.
• Lincoln Myers, 66, Trinidadian politician, Environment and National Service minister and MP for St Ann's East.
• John Ene Okon, 47, Nigerian football player and coach (national team).
• Earline W. Parmon, 72, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2002–2012) and Senate (2012–2015).
• Alice Pollitt, 86, American AAGPBL baseball player (Rockford Peaches).
• Jan Pronk, 97, Dutch cyclist, world champion in motor-paced racing (1951).
• Seru Rabeni, 37, Fijian rugby union player (national team, Leicester Tigers), suspected heart attack.
• Sebastian Rahtz, 61, British digital humanities researcher, brain cancer.
• Lyubka Rondova, 79, Bulgarian folk singer.
• Thanh Tùng, 67, Vietnamese songwriter.
• Vladimir Yurin, 68, Russian football coach and player (FC Torpedo Moscow).

16

• Wilson Ndolo Ayah, 84, Kenyan diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister (1990–1993), MP for Kisumu (1992–1997).
• William B. Bader, 84, American civil servant, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (1999–2001).
• Bill W. Balthis, 76, American politician.
• Vladimiras Beriozovas, 86, Lithuanian politician, member of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR (1985–1990), Seimas for Kėdainiai (1990–1992).
• R. Earl Dixon, 89, American politician.
• Oleg Eremeev, 93, Soviet Russian painter.
• Alexander Esenin-Volpin, 91, Soviet-born American poet and mathematician.
• Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan, 76, Indian shehnai musician, kidney disease.
• Garry Lefebvre, 71, Canadian CFL football player (Edmonton Eskimos).
• George McLean, 92, Canadian journalist and news anchor (The National).
• George Menzies, 85, New Zealand rugby league player and coach (West Coast, national team).
• Edward Shearman Ross, 100, American entomologist.
• Norma Rubovits, 97, American paper marbler, stroke.
• Gene Short, 62, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics, New York Knicks), bronze medalist at the 1974 FIBA World Championship.
• Frank Sinatra Jr., 72, American singer (That Face!) and actor (Hollywood Homicide), heart attack.
• Brian Smyth, 91, Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler (Meath).
• Alan Spavin, 74, English footballer (Preston North End, Dundalk).
• Georges Tarabichi, 77, Syrian writer and translator.

17

• Ralph David Abernathy III, 56, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1988–1992) and State Senate (1992–1998), liver cancer.
• Bandar bin Saud Al Saud, 90, Saudi royal.
• Shozo Awazu, 92, Japanese judoka.
• André Boerstra, 91, Dutch field hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1952), bronze medalist (1948).
• E. L. Boteler, 96, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1956–1972).
• Claudine K. Brown, 67, American museum director (Smithsonian Institution).
• Ward Cates, 73, American epidemiologist.
• Burdett Coutts, 96, Singaporean Olympic hockey player.
• Meir Dagan, 71, Israeli military officer and intelligence official, Director of Mossad (2002–2011), cancer.
• Paul Daniels, 77, British magician (The Paul Daniels Magic Show), brain tumour.
• Larry Drake, 66, American actor (L.A. Law, Johnny Bravo, Darkman), Emmy winner (1988, 1989), blood cancer.
• Gaúcho, 52, Brazilian football coach and player (Flamengo), prostate cancer.
• Léonie Geisendorf, 101, Polish-born Swedish architect.
• Charles Kaufman, 87, American educator (Mannes College of Music), acute myeloid leukemia.
• Trần Lập, 41, Vietnamese rock singer, colorectal cancer.
• Zoltán Kamondi, 55, Hungarian film director (Paths of Death and Angels).
• Marian Kociniak, 80, Polish actor (How I Unleashed World War II).
• Subrata Maitra, 59, Indian cardiologist, brain cancer.
• Solomon Marcus, 91, Romanian mathematician.
• Sandy McDonald, 78, Scottish Christian minister, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (1997–1998), pulmonary fibrosis.
• David McSkimming, 66, Australian pianist, opera repetiteur and vocal coach, motor neurone disease.
• Cliff Michelmore, 96, British television presenter and producer.
• Frederick Moore, 85, English cricketer (Lancashire).
• Trevor J. Phillips, 89, British-born American philosopher.
• Alexander Prokhorenko, 25, Russian soldier, airstrike.
• Jean Prodromidès, 88, French composer.
• Eliezer Ronen, 84, Mexican-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1974–1977).
• Ilkka Ruohonen, 57, Finnish cultural anthropologist and documentary film maker.
• Jun Shiraoka, 71, Japanese photographer.
• Pat Sobeski, 64, Canadian politician, MP for Cambridge (1988–1993).
• Angela Stevens, 90, American actress (He Cooked His Goose, Creature with the Atom Brain).
• Steve Young, 73, American outlaw country music singer–songwriter ("Seven Bridges Road").

18

• Miguel Hernández Agosto, 88, Puerto Rican politician, President of the Senate (1981–1992).
• José Carlos Avellar, 79, Brazilian film critic (Jornal do Brasil).
• Melody Millicent Danquah, 79, Ghanaian air force pilot.
• Charlie Davis, 89, American baseball player (Memphis Red Sox).
• David Egan, 61, American musician, lung cancer.
• Adnan Abu Hassan, 57, Malaysian composer, stroke, diabetes and kidney failure.
• Barry Hines, 76, English author (A Kestrel for a Knave), Alzheimer's disease.
• Șerban Iliescu, 60, Romanian linguist and journalist.
• Kong Jaw-sheng, 60, Taiwanese bank executive, chairman of the FSC (2004–2006), heart attack.
• Cherylene Lee, 60, American actress (Donovan's Reef), breast cancer.
• Ned Miller, 90, American country singer-songwriter.
• Jan Němec, 79, Czech film director (A Report on the Party and the Guests) and screenwriter.
• Murray Newman, 92, American-born Canadian curator and zoologist, founding director of the Vancouver Aquarium (1955–1993), stroke.
• Fred Richards, 88, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
• Allan Rocher, 80, Australian politician, Senator (1977–1981) and MP (1981–1998), Consul-General in Los Angeles.
• Joe Santos, 84, American actor (The Rockford Files, The Sopranos, The Last Boy Scout), heart attack.
• Lothar Späth, 78, German politician, Minister President of Baden-Württemberg (1978–1991), Alzheimer's disease.
• Paul Swadel, 47, New Zealand film director and producer.
• Les Tanyuk, 77, Ukrainian theatre and film director and politician, MP (1990–2007).
• Thomas J. Turner, 83, American politician.
• John Urry, 69, British sociologist.
• Tray Walker, 23, American football player (Baltimore Ravens), dirt bike collision.
• Guido Westerwelle, 54, German politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (2009–2013) and Vice-Chancellor (2009–2011), leukemia.
• Harold Zisla, 90, American painter.

19

• Bob Adelman, 85, American photographer of the Civil Rights Movement.
• Roger Agnelli, 56, Brazilian bank and mining executive, CEO of Vale S.A. (2001–2011), plane crash.
• Rashiduddin Ahmad, 78, Bangladeshi neurosurgeon.
• José Artetxe, 85, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao).
• Zygmunt Bogdziewicz, 74, Polish Olympic sports shooter (1972, 1976).
• John Cannon, 35, Canadian rugby union player (national team), suspected heart attack.
• Pavel Chernev, 46, Bulgarian politician, member of the National Assembly (2005–2009), pulmonary embolism.
• Martha Ehlin, 38, Swedish organisation founder, cancer.
• Adam Faul, 86, Canadian Olympic boxer (1948).
• Graham Fortune, 74, New Zealand diplomat and public servant, permanent representative to the UN in Geneva (1987–1990), High Commissioner to Australia (1994–1999).
• David Green, 76, Welsh cricketer (Lancashire, Gloucestershire).
• José Ramón Herrero Merediz, 85, Spanish politician, member of the Senate (1982–1996) and European Parliament (1986–1987).
• Jack Mansell, 88, British football player and coach.
• Jerry Taylor, 78, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (2001–2005) and Senate (2005–2012), Mayor of Pine Bluff (1992–2000), PSP.
• Wong Lam, 96, Hong Kong politician, unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1976–1985).
• Zeinab Elobeid Yousif, 63–64, Sudanese aircraft engineer.

20

• Jack Boxley, 84, English footballer (Bristol City, Coventry City).
• Sándor Csjef, 65, Hungarian boxer, European champion (1973), hit by train.
• Parveen Sultana Diti, 50, Bangladeshi actress, cancer.
• Don Filleul, 90, Jersey politician, member of the States for Saint Helier No 1 (1978–1987), chairman of Jersey Heritage.
• Robert J. Healey, 58, American politician, political activist and attorney, suspected heart attack.
• Gayle Hopkins, 74, American Olympic long jumper (1964).
• Anker Jørgensen, 93, Danish politician, Prime Minister (1972–1973, 1975–1982).
• Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, 70, Ghanaian politician, member of the Kufuor government (2001–2007), leukemia.
• Odo Fusi Pecci, 95, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Senigallia (1971–1997).
• Paddy Philpott, 79, Irish hurler (Cork).
• Cedric Ritchie, 88, Canadian banker, CEO of Scotiabank.
• Stanley South, 88, American archaeologist.
• Sveinung Valle, 57, Norwegian politician.
• Orren R. Whiddon, 81, American lieutenant general.

21

• Robert McNeill Alexander, 81, British zoologist.
• Film News Anandan, 88, Indian film historian.
• Leroy Blunt, 94, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1979–1986), complications from stroke.
• Peter Brown, 80, American actor (Lawman, Laredo, Foxy Brown), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Ian Bruce, 82, Canadian Olympic sailor.
• Leon Charney, 77, American real estate tycoon and talk show host.
• Alphonse Liguori Chaupa, 56, Papua New Guinean Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kimbe (2003–2008).
• Jean Cornelis, 74, Belgian footballer (R.S.C. Anderlecht), complications following a heart attack.
• Tomás de Mattos, 68, Uruguayan author, stroke.
• Andrew Grove, 79, Hungarian-born American electronic executive, CEO and chairman of Intel Corporation, Parkinson's disease.
• Georges Grünenfelder, 79, Swiss Olympic alpine skier.
• Ricardo Larraín, 58, Chilean film director (The Frontier), lymphoma.
• Joseph Mercieca, 87, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Malta (1976–2006).
• Don Nakanishi, 66, American academic.
• Paolo Maria Napolitano, 71, Italian judge, member of the Constitutional Court (2006–2015).
• Larry Ross, 78, American colonel and politician.
• Carolyn Squires, 75, American politician, member of the Montana Senate (2002–2010) and House of Representatives (2010–2014).

22

• André Adam, 79, Belgian-French diplomat, Ambassador to Algeria (1986–1990), Zaire (1990–1991) and United States (1994–1998), injuries sustained in Brussels Airport bombings.
• Ibrahim El Bakraoui, 29, Belgian terrorist (2016 Brussels bombings).
• Khalid El Bakraoui, 27, Belgian terrorist (2016 Brussels bombings).
• Enrico Bisso, 60, Italian Olympic swimmer.
• Richard Bradford, 81, American actor (Man in a Suitcase, The Untouchables, Cagney & Lacey).
• André Brincourt, 95, French author.
• Petra Davies, 85, British actress.
• Glen Dawson, 103, American rock climber and mountaineer.
• Javier de Nicoló, 87, Italian-born Colombian priest.
• Santiago J. Erevia, 69, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Rob Ford, 46, Canadian politician, Mayor of Toronto (2010–2014), liposarcoma.
• Rita Gam, 88, American actress (The Thief, Klute, No Exit) and filmmaker, respiratory failure.
• Cecil Hechanova, 84, Filipino sports administrator (Philippine Sports Commission).
• Aarne Honkavaara, 91, Finnish Olympic ice hockey player (1952) and coach (national team).
• Magsud Ibrahimbeyov, 80, Azerbaijani writer and politician, member of the National Assembly.
• Norm Johnson, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks).
• Najim Laachraoui, 24, Moroccan-born Belgian terrorist (2016 Brussels bombings).
• Justin Leiber, 77, American philosopher and science fiction writer.
• Harold J. Morowitz, 88, American biophysicist.
• Konstantin Ozgan, 76, Georgian Abkhaz politician.
• Phife Dawg, 45, American rap musician (A Tribe Called Quest), complications from diabetes.
• Richard Popplewell, 80, English organist.
• James M. Robinson, 91, American biblical scholar.
• David Smyrl, 80, American actor (Sesame Street, The Preacher's Wife, The Cosby Show), lung cancer.
• Song Wencong, 85, Chinese aircraft designer (Chengdu J-10) and academic (Chinese Academy of Engineering).
• Joseph Toppo, 72, Indian politician, MP for Tezpur (2009–2014), Assam MLA for Sonitpur (1996–2009), complications from a stroke.
• Adam Kelly Ward, 33, American criminal, execution by lethal injection.

23

• Richard Albertine, 71, American photographer.
• David Blackburn, 76, British artist.
• Rashko Fratev, 91, Bulgarian Olympic equestrian.
• Gloria Galeano Garcés, 57, Colombian plant systematist.
• Joe Garagiola, 90, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates) and sportscaster, World Series champion (1946).
• Sir Richard George, 71, British food manufacturer (Weetabix Limited).
• Gegham Grigoryan, 65, Armenian opera singer.
• Inge Hardison, 102, American sculptor, artist and photographer.
• Jim Hillyer, 41, Canadian politician, MP for Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner (since 2011), apparent heart attack.
• Ken Howard, 71, American actor (1776, The White Shadow, J. Edgar), President of SAG/SAG-AFTRA (2009–2016), Emmy winner (1981, 2009).
• James Jamerson Jr., 58, American bass player (Chanson).
• Lauri Lehtinen, 88, Finnish footballer.
• John McKibbin, 69, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1974–1978), plane crash.
• Aharon Megged, 95, Polish-born Israeli author.
• Sir Peter Moores, 83, British businessman, Littlewoods chairman (1977–1980).
• Rangy Nanan, 62, Trinidadian cricketer (West Indies, national team), heart attack.
• J. Russell Nelson, 86, American educator, President of Arizona State University (1981–1989), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Emanuele Nicosia, 63, Italian automobile designer.
• Jimmy Riley, 68, Jamaican reggae musician, cancer.
• Jim Roselle, 89, American radio broadcaster (WJTN).
• Arie Smit, 99, Dutch-born Indonesian painter.
• Fernando Solana, 85, Mexican diplomat and politician, member of the Senate for Mexico City (1994–2000), Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1988–1993), negotiated NAFTA.
• Tom Whedon, 83, American television writer (The Golden Girls, The Electric Company, Alice).

24

• Julius Adams, 67, American football player (New England Patriots).
• Maggie Blye, 73, American actress (The Italian Job), cancer.
• Roger Cicero, 45, German jazz and pop musician, stroke.
• Johan Cruyff, 68, Dutch football player and manager (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Feyenoord, national team), lung cancer.
• Ed Dubois, 63, British yacht designer.
• Earl Hamner Jr., 92, American television writer and producer (Falcon Crest, The Waltons, The Twilight Zone), cancer.
• Esther Herlitz, 94, Israeli diplomat and politician, Ambassador to Denmark (1966–1971), country's first female ambassador.
• Marie-Claire Kirkland, 91, Canadian politician and judge, first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
• Tibor Machan, 77, Hungarian-American philosopher.
• Mae-Wan Ho, 74, Hong Kong geneticist.
• Timothée Modibo-Nzockena, 66, Congolese-born Gabonese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Franceville (since 1996).
• Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton Jr., 86, American politician.
• Leonard L. Northrup Jr., 98, American engineer.
• Serge Panizza, 73, French Olympic fencer.
• Dick Rahoi, 81, American Olympic ski jumper.
• V. D. Rajappan, 70, Indian actor.
• Proloy Saha, 47, Indian footballer (East Bengal, national team), traffic collision.
• Nicholas Scoppetta, 84, American civil servant, New York City Fire Commissioner (2002–2009).
• Garry Shandling, 66, American comedian and actor (The Larry Sanders Show, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Over the Hedge), Emmy winner (1998), pulmonary thrombosis.
• Brendan Sloan, 67, Northern Irish Gaelic football player (Down).
• Tạ Chí Đại Trường, 77, Vietnamese historian.
• Kevin Turner, 46, American football player (New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

25

• Abu Ali al-Anbari, 57–59, Iraqi militant, commander of ISIL, bombing.
• Munir Amar, 47–48, Israeli brigadier general, plane crash.
• Ken Barr, 83, Scottish artist.
• Ray Barrett, 81, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda).
• Edmund Battersby, 66, American pianist.
• Shannon Bolin, 99, American actress and singer.
• Terry Brain, 60, British animator (The Trap Door), cancer.
• Lalmuni Chaubey, 73, Indian politician, MP (1996–2009).
• Angela Goodwin, 90, Italian actress (My Friends, Julia and Julia, Come Have Coffee with Us).
• Kazuko Hirabayashi, 82, Japanese choreographer.
• Tofig Ismayilov, 76, Azerbaijani film director, screenwriter and film scholar.
• Ross Jennings, 71, New Zealand television producer (Police Ten 7, Melody Rules), cancer.
• John Morphett, 83, Australian architect.
• Paolo Poli, 86, Italian theater actor.
• David H. Porter, 80, American academic.
• Imre Pozsgay, 82, Hungarian politician, MP (1983–1994).
• Josef Anton Riedl, 86, German composer.
• John Russell, 84, American politician.
• Clodomir Santos de Morais, 87, Brazilian sociologist.
• Ellen Seligman, American-born Canadian publisher.
• Dorothy Martin Simon, 96, American physical chemist.
• David Snellgrove, 95, British Tibetologist.
• Lester Thurow, 77, American political economist.
• Adam Å»urowski, 86, Polish geodesist.

26

• Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg, 93, German royalty.
• Lucas Gomes Arcanjo, 44, Brazilian police officer and political activist.
• David Baker, 84, American jazz musician.
• Raúl Cárdenas, 86, Mexican football player (Zacatepec) and coach (Cruz Azul, national team).
• Michel Duc-Goninaz, 82, French Esperantist.
• Jennifer Frey, 47, American sportswriter, multiple organ failure.
• Francisco García Moreno, 68, Mexican Olympic water polo player (1968, 1972, 1976), 1975 Pan American Games champion, shot.
• Norm Hadley, 51, Canadian rugby union player (London Wasps), suicide by drug overdose.
• Jim Harrison, 78, American author and screenwriter (Legends of the Fall, Wolf, Revenge), heart attack.
• Yoshimi Katayama, 75, Japanese racing driver.
• János Kilián, 93, Hungarian Olympic speed skater.
• Marinko Madžgalj, 37, Serbian actor, singer and television presenter, pancreatic cancer.
• Radu Mareș, 75, Romanian prose writer and journalist.
• Michael MccGwire, 91, British Royal Navy officer and international relations specialist.
• Raymond Menmuir, 85, Australian television director.
• Bernard Neal, 93, British structural engineer and croquet player.
• Paddy O'Brien, 91, Irish Gaelic football player (Meath).
• Igor Pashkevich, 44, Soviet-born Russian Olympic figure skater (1994, 1998), 1990 World Juniors champion.
• John Rodgers, 85, Australian Olympic cyclist.
• Alfredo Sabbadin, 80, Italian cyclist.
• Joe Shepley, 85, American jazz trumpeter.
• Edward Slater, 99, Australian biochemist.
• Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, 100, Dutch-born Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Amboina (1965–1994).
• Donald Stoltenberg, 88, American painter.
• Jack Taylor, 87, Canadian Olympic rower.

27

• Aduke Alakija, 95, Nigerian diplomat, ambassador to Sweden (1984–1987).
• Mother Angelica, 92, American Poor Clare nun, founder of the Eternal Word Television Network.
• Vince Boryla, 89, American basketball player and coach (New York Knicks), and general manager (Denver Nuggets), Olympic champion (1948).
• Judy-Joy Davies, 87, Australian swimmer and journalist, Olympic bronze medallist (1948).
• Alain Decaux, 90, French historian, member of the Académie française.
• Antoine Demoitié, 25, Belgian cyclist, race collision.
• Abel Dhaira, 28, Ugandan footballer (national team), abdominal cancer.
• Eric Engberg, 74, American news correspondent.
• Silvio Fogel, 66, Argentine footballer (Puebla), heart attack.
• Toni Grant, 73, American radio host and psychologist.
• Curtis Hertel, 63, American politician, member (1981–1998) and Speaker (1997–1998) of the Michigan House of Representatives.
• Gilbert Horn Sr., 92, American Assiniboine soldier and code talker (Merrill's Marauders).
• Victor Pernac, 94, French cyclist.
• Vic Peters, 60, Canadian curler, 1992 Labatt Brier champion, cancer.
• Anatoly Savin, 95, Soviet and Russian weapons designer, Hero of Socialist Labour.
• Henk Schueler, 93, Dutch speed skater.
• Frank Torley, 75, New Zealand television presenter and producer (Country Calendar, Top Town), cancer.

28

• Gilson Alvaristo, 59, Brazilian professional and Olympic cyclist (1980, 1984).
• Wally Crouter, 92, Canadian radio broadcaster (CFRB).
• Bogdan Denitch, 86, American sociologist.
• Peggy Fortnum, 96, English illustrator (Paddington Bear).
• Yvette Francis-McBarnette, 89, Jamaican-born American pediatrician.
• Nicholas Gargano, 81, British welterweight boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (1956).
• Yves Gominon, 82, French Olympic basketball player.
• Igor Khait, 52, American animation producer (The Lego Movie, ', Brother Bear), pancreatic cancer.
• Manzoor Mirza, 85, Pakistani economist.
• Petru Mocanu, 85, Romanian mathematician.
• Daan Myngheer, 22, Belgian professional cyclist, heart attack.
• James Noble, 94, American actor (Benson, 10, '), complications from a stroke.
• Edmund Piątkowski, 80, Polish Olympic discus thrower (1960, 1964, 1968).
• W. Ward Reynoldson, 95, American judge, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court (1978–1987).
• Josef Simon, 85, German philosopher.
• Mostafa Kamal Tolba, 93, Egyptian scientist, executive director of UNEP (1975–1992), President of Egyptian Olympic Committee (1971–1972).
• Arthur Walker, 63, South African Air Force helicopter pilot.

29

• Baxter LePage, 11, American dog, first dog of Maine (since 2011).
• Grahame Bowen, 69, Australian rugby league player (St. George Dragons, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks).
• Maxime Camara, 73, Guinean Olympic footballer (1968).
• Raymond F. Clevenger, 89, American politician, Member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 11th congressional district (1965–1967).
• Jean-Pierre Coffe, 78, French television presenter and food critic.
• Yelena Donskaya, 100, Russian Soviet sports shooter, world champion (1958, 1962).
• Patty Duke, 69, American actress (The Miracle Worker, The Patty Duke Show, Valley of the Dolls), President of SAG (1985–1988), Oscar winner (1962), sepsis.
• Frank De Felitta, 94, American author and screenwriter (Audrey Rose).
• Donald Harris, 84, American composer.
• Heikki Hakola, 86, Finnish Olympic wrestler (1960).
• Nil Hilevich, 84, Belarusian poet, cancer.
• Jayakrishna, 67, Indian film producer (Mana Voori Pandavulu).
• Hansruedi Jost, 82, Swiss Olympic hammer thrower.
• Francis Kane, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).
• Jean Lapierre, 59, Canadian politician, Minister of Transport (2004–2006) and broadcaster (CKAC), plane crash.
• Jean-Philippe L'Huillier, 65, Swiss Olympic sailor.
• Diana Mason, 82, British Olympic equestrian.
• Nana Mchedlidze, 90, Georgian actress and film director.
• Oscar Páez Garcete, 78, Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Pedro (1978–1993) and Alto Paraná (1993–2000).
• Steven Sample, 75, American educator, President of the University at Buffalo (1982–1991) and the University of Southern California (1991–2010).
• Gabriel Singson, 87, Filipino banker, Governor of the Bangko Sentral (1993–1999).
• Vaughn Stocksdale, 76, American politician.
• John Wittenborn, 80, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles), NFL champion (1960).

30

• Anne Aasheim, 53, Norwegian newspaper editor (Dagbladet), lung cancer.
• Francisco Algora, 67, Spanish actor.
• Jacques Bihozagara, 71, Rwandan politician and diplomat.
• Vladimir Braginsky, 84, Russian physicist.
• Howard Cable, 95, Canadian conductor, composer and arranger.
• Denys Carnill, 90, British field hockey player, Olympic bronze medallist (1952).
• Neil Gunn, 70, Canadian Olympic sailor.
• Gordon Guyer, 89, American educator, President of Michigan State University (1992–1993).
• Shirley Hufstedler, 90, American lawyer and judge, Secretary of Education (1979–1981).
• Mohammad Ferdous Khan, 96, Bangladeshi educationist and politician.
• John King, 77, English football player and manager (Tranmere).
• Marianne Krencsey, 84, Hungarian actress.
• Bernard Lamarre, 84, Canadian soil mechanics engineer and businessman, CEO of Lavalin (1962–1991).
• Seymour Lazar, 88, American lawyer.
• Frankie Michaels, 60, American actor (Mame) and singer, Tony winner (1966).
• Donald Rickard, 88, American diplomat.
• J. Thomas Rosch, 76, American lawyer, Commissioner of Federal Trade Commission (2006–2013), complications of Parkinson's disease.
• Bill Rosendahl, 70, American politician, member of the Los Angeles City Council (2005–2013), cancer.
• Ralph Seitsinger, 100, American politician and businessman, Mayor of El Paso, Texas (1961–1963).
• Ilmari Susiluoto, 68, Finnish political scientist.
• Gianmaria Testa, 57, Italian singer-songwriter.
• Verneda Thomas, 79, American Olympic volleyball player.
• Paul Thyness, 85, Norwegian politician.

31

• Orlando Álvarez, 64, Puerto Rican baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels), complications from diabetes.
• Aníbal Alzate, 83, Colombian footballer.
• Warren E. Barry, 82, American politician.
• Werner Baer, 85, American economist.
• Béla Biszku, 94, Hungarian politician, Minister of the Interior (1957–1961).
• Ian Britton, 61, Scottish football player (Chelsea, Blackpool, Burnley) and manager (Nelson), cancer.
• Tom Butters, 77, American college sports administrator (Duke Blue Devils) and baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
• W. Ray Cadwallader, 84–85, American politician.
• Giorgio Calabrese, 86, Italian songwriter.
• Ronnie Corbett, 85, British comedian and actor (The Two Ronnies, The Frost Report, Casino Royale), motor neurone disease.
• Georges Cottier, 93, Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal, Theologian of the Pontifical Household (1990–2005).
• Maurice DeLory, 88, Canadian politician.
• Amaury Epaminondas, 80, Brazilian footballer (São Paulo F.C., Deportivo Toluca F.C.).
• Ross Ewington, 68, New Zealand Olympic alpine skier.
• Sir Robert Finch, 71, British businessman, Lord Mayor of London (2003).
• Edgar Fredricks, 73, American politician.
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher, 89, German politician, Minister of the Interior (1969–1974) and Foreign Affairs (1974–1982; 1982–1992), Vice Chancellor (1974–1982; 1982–1992), heart failure.
• Dame Zaha Hadid, 65, Iraqi-born British architect, heart attack.
• Imre Kertész, 86, Hungarian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (2002), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Stephen May, 84, American politician.
• Leonard Mayaen, 63, Filipino politician, Governor of Mountain Province (1998–2001, since 2010), cardiac arrest.
• Margarita McCoy, 92, American urban planner and educator.
• Fernando Mendes, 78, Portuguese football player and manager (Sporting CP).
• Ken Moore, 90, Canadian football player.
• David Ostler, 84, American politician.
• André Paris, 90, French Olympic athlete.
• Eugene Parker, 60, American sports agent.
• Terry Plumeri, 71, American musician, conductor and composer, homicide.
• Khuzaima Qutbuddin, 75, Indian Islamic leader.
• Denise Robertson, 83, British writer and television broadcaster (This Morning), pancreatic cancer.
• Bill Robinson, 87, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
• Bertil Roos, 72, Swedish racing driver and instructor.
• Robert M. Sayre, 91, American diplomat.
• Jimmy Toner, 92, Scottish footballer (Dundee, Leeds United).
• Kris Travis, 32, English wrestler, cancer.
• Gheorghe Vrabie, 77, Moldovan artist, designer of the coat of arms, seal of Chișinău and the leu.
• Ward Wettlaufer, 80, American golfer.
• Douglas Wilmer, 96, English actor (Sherlock Holmes, Octopussy, Jason and the Argonauts).

References

External links

• List of March 2016 deaths at IMDb