Deaths in November 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in November 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.

November 2016

1

• Sverre Andersen, 80, Norwegian football player and manager (Viking, national team), cancer.
• Tina Anselmi, 89, Italian politician, Minister of Health (1978–1979).
• Richard Ayling, 64, British Olympic rower.
• Rosanne Bailey, 66, American air force general and academic administrator.
• Auke Bloembergen, 89, Dutch jurist and legal scholar.
• Dave Broadfoot, 90, Canadian comedian (Royal Canadian Air Farce).
• Jean-Michel Damian, 69, French music radio journalist, complications during surgery.
• Jan C. Dolan, 89, American politician, respiratory failure.
• Wim Ernes, 58, Dutch national equestrian coach.
• Tatsuya Futakami, 84, Japanese professional shogi player, pneumonia.
• Harold B. Hairston, 76, American fire commissioner.
• Rodolfo Hinostroza, 75, Peruvian poet.
• Don Kates, 75, American lawyer.
• Bap Kennedy, 54, Northern Irish singer-songwriter, pancreatic and bowel cancer.
• Pit Kroke, 80, German artist and architect.
• Pocho La Pantera, 65, Argentine singer, kidney cancer.
• Mel Larson, 87, American racing driver.
• Martin Leach, 59, British automotive executive (NextEV Formula E Team), cancer.
• Stanford Lipsey, 89, American publisher.
• Massimo Mongai, 65, Italian author.
• Earl E. Nelson, 79, American politician.
• John Orsino, 78, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
• John L. Saksun, 94, Slovak-born Canadian tool and die maker.
• John Thompson, 92, Canadian politician.
• Zhang Benren, 87, Chinese geochemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).

2

• Max Alexander, 63, American comedian and actor (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Trainwreck, Punchline), head and neck cancer.
• Bob Cranshaw, 83, American jazz bassist (Blue Note Records, Musicians Union), cancer.
• Vern Handrahan, 79, Canadian baseball player (Kansas City Athletics).
• Jud Kinberg, 91, American producer (The Collector).
• Dolores Klosowski, 93, American baseball player (Milwaukee Chicks).
• A. Thomas Kraabel, 81, American classics scholar.
• Martin Lippens, 82, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, national team) and coach.
• Korkut Özal, 87, Turkish engineer and politician.
• Oleg Popov, 86, Russian clown (Moscow State Circus), heart attack.
• Samuel Schatzmann, 61, Swiss equestrian, Olympic silver medalist (1988).
• Jan Slepian, 95, American author and poet.
• Jean-Marie Trappeniers, 74, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, national team).
• Giorgos Vasiliou, 66, Greek actor, lung cancer.
• Egon Wolff, 90, Chilean playwright.

3

• Fat'hi Abu Taleb, 83, Jordanian army general and diplomat.
• W. D. Amaradeva, 88, Sri Lankan violinist, singer and composer.
• Misha Brusilovsky, 85, Russian artist.
• Vladimír Černý, 90, Slovak Olympic modern pentathlete (1956).
• Clive Derby-Lewis, 80, South African politician, MP (1987–1989), convicted of conspiracy to murder Chris Hani, lung cancer.
• Maurice Gaffney, 100, Irish barrister.
• Yawar Hayat Khan, 73, Pakistani television producer, lung disease.
• Börje Lampenius, 94, Finnish actor and director.
• John S. Matijevich, 88, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1967–1992).
• Marc Michel, 83, Swiss actor (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Lola).
• Walter Piludu, 66, Italian politician, President of the Province of Cagliari (1988–1990).
• Antonio Preto, 51, Italian politician.
• Turid Karlsen Seim, 71, Norwegian theologian.
• Mangat Ram Sharma, 88, Indian politician.
• Kay Starr, 94, American singer ("Wheel of Fortune", "The Rock and Roll Waltz"), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Rick Steiner, 69, American producer (The Producers, Hairspray).
• Lene Tiemroth, 73, Danish actress (Italian for Beginners).
• Xia Meng, 84, Hong Kong actress.
• Jiyuan Yu, 52, Chinese moral philosopher, cancer.

4

• Eddie Carnett, 100, American baseball player (Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians).
• DeVan Dallas, 90, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1964–1976).
• Claude de Kemoularia, 94, French diplomat and banker.
• Sylvio dos Santos, 81, Brazilian Olympic swimmer.
• Allen Eller, 39, American soccer player (Baltimore Blast, Ohio Vortex).
• MaDonna Grimes, 54, American choreographer and personal trainer, cancer.
• Eddie Harsch, 59, Canadian keyboardist (The Black Crowes).
• Bent Jensen, 91, Danish Olympic rower.
• Khalid Kelly, 49, Irish Islamist (al-Muhajiroun), suicide bombing.
• Max Mallmann, 48, Brazilian novelist, short story writer and screenwriter (Malhação, Coração de Estudante, A Grande Família), lung cancer.
• Col Miller, 92, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Ithaca (1966–1986).
• Jeanette Miller, 84, American actress (The Middle, Norbit, Four Christmases).
• Jean-Jacques Perrey, 87, French electronic music producer, lung cancer.
• Mansour Pourheidari, 70, Iranian football player and manager (Esteghlal, national team), cancer.
• Gunnar Sandgren, 87, Swedish novelist.
• Ziaul Haque Zia, 63, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Local Government (2001–2006).

5

• John Carson, 89, English actor (Doomsday, Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter, Doctor Who).
• Marc de Bonte, 26, Belgian kickboxer, Muay thai world championship silver medalist (2012).
• Israel Cavazos Garza, 93, Mexican historian.
• Ralph Cicerone, 73, American scientist, President of National Academy of Sciences (2005–2016).
• Rolando Espinosa, 66, Filipino politician, shot.
• W. Eugene Hansen, 88, American religious leader (LDS Church), Alzheimer's disease.
• M. R. Khan, 88, Bangladeshi paediatrician and professor.
• Mel Lawrence, 81, American filmmaker and festival promoter.
• Arnold Mesches, 93, American artist.
• Julius Oketta, 60, Ugandan army general and politician.
• Abdulla Oripov, 75, Uzbek poet, literary translator and politician, lyricist of State Anthem of Uzbekistan.
• Laurent Pardo, 55, French bassist (Elliott Murphy).
• Valentin Prokopov, 87, Russian Olympic water polo player.
• Rodolfo Stavenhagen, 84, Mexican sociologist.
• Marek SvatoÅ¡, 34, Slovak ice hockey player (Colorado Avalanche, Nashville Predators, Ottawa Senators), mixed drug intoxication.
• Andreas Vgenopoulos, 63, Greek businessman and lawyer, heart attack.
• Giles Waterfield, 67, British art historian and curator (Dulwich Picture Gallery), heart attack.

6

• Roddy Evans, 81, Welsh rugby union player.
• Mick Granger, 85, English footballer (York City), Alzheimer's disease.
• Edward Itta, 71, American Iñupiat politician, Mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska (2005–2011), member of U.S. Arctic Research Commission (2012–2015), cancer.
• Chisela Kanchela, 29, Zambian Olympic swimmer (2004), diabetic attack.
• Biser Kirov, 74, Bulgarian pop singer.
• Zoltán Kocsis, 64, Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer.
• Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz, 81, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (2002–2012).
• Thomas Martyn, 69, English rugby league player (Leigh, Warrington, national team).
• Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra, 52, Indian politician, multiple organ failure.
• Redovino Rizzardo, 77, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dourados (2001–2015).
• Jos Romersa, 101, Luxembourgish Olympic gymnast (1936).
• Marc Sleen, 93, Belgian cartoonist and comics artist (The Adventures of Nero).
• Vautour, 7, French-born Irish-trained racehorse, euthanised.

7

• Zdeněk Altner, 69, Czech lawyer.
• Genjiro Arato, 70, Japanese filmmaker and actor (Zigeunerweisen), heart disease.
• May Claerhout, 77, Belgian artist, brain tumor.
• Leonard Cohen, 82, Canadian singer-songwriter ("Hallelujah", "Suzanne", "First We Take Manhattan"), poet and novelist, complications from a fall.
• Kanu Gandhi, 87, Indian scientist (NASA).
• Thomas Gardner, 93, English footballer (Everton).
• Phil Georgeff, 85, American racetrack announcer.
• Julie Gregg, 79, American actress (The Godfather, The Happy Time, Batman), cancer.
• Robert N. Hall, 96, American engineer and physicist.
• Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir, 74, Icelandic poet and translator.
• Birger Jansen, 68, Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player (1972), (Frisk Asker) and sailor, cancer.
• Consolata Kline, 100, American hospital administrator.
• Mohamed Masmoudi, 91, Tunisian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1970–1974).
• Jayawantiben Mehta, 77, Indian politician, MP (1989–1991, 1996–1998, 1999–2004).
• Silvano Miniati, 82, Italian politician and trade union organizer.
• Eric Murray, 74, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock).
• Janet Reno, 78, American lawyer and politician, first female U.S. Attorney General (1993–2001), Parkinson's disease.
• Joe Ryan, 80, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1997–1999).
• Samuel Sitta, 73, Tanzanian politician, MP (2005–2015).
• Howard Taylor, 76, British structural engineer.
• Sir Jimmy Young, 95, British radio personality (Radio 2) and singer ("Unchained Melody", "The Man from Laramie").

8

• Peter Brixtofte, 66, Danish politician, Tax Minister (1992–1993).
• Marlan Coughtry, 82, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
• Raoul Coutard, 92, French cinematographer (Breathless, Z) and film director (Hoa-Binh).
• Ian Cowan, 71, Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle, Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic).
• Yaffa Eliach, 79, Polish-born American Holocaust historian.
• Kazimír GajdoÅ¡, 82, Slovak footballer (Inter Bratislava, Czechoslovakia national team).
• Aide Ganasi, Papua New Guinean politician, MP (since 2012), heart attack.
• Giorgio Grigolli, 88, Italian politician, President of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (1967–1974) and Trentino (1974–1979).
• Junius Foy Guin Jr., 92, American federal judge.
• Ho Chih-chin, 64, Taiwanese politician, Minister of Finance (2006–2008).
• Bill Lapham, 82, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings).
• N. K. Mahajan, 97, Indian adventurer.
• Touran Mirhadi, 89, Iranian educator.
• Pertti Nieminen, 79, Finnish ice hockey player (HPK, TPS).
• Russ Nixon, 81, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians) and manager (Atlanta Braves).
• V. P. Ramakrishna Pillai, 84, Indian politician.
• Marius Popp, 81, Romanian jazz pianist and composer.
• Eugene Roberts, 96, American neuroscientist.
• Helga Ruebsamen, 82, Dutch writer.
• Russell Schuh, 75, American linguist.
• John T. Skelly, 89, American journalist.
• Leon C. Standifer, 91, American soldier and author.
• Umberto Veronesi, 90, Italian oncologist.

9

• Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie, 73, Ghanaian football coach, traffic collision.
• Greg Ballard, 61, American basketball player (Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors), prostate cancer.
• Jack Bodell, 76, English heavyweight boxer, British champion (1969–1970, 1971–1972).
• Branse Burbridge, 95, British WWII fighter pilot.
• Al Caiola, 96, American guitarist and composer.
• Eugene Galanter, 92, American cognitive psychologist.
• Osamu Ishiguro, 80, Japanese tennis player, Asian Games champion (1966).
• Irfan Shahîd, 90, Palestinian literature professor.
• Martin Stone, 69, British guitarist (The Action) and bookseller, cancer.
• La Veneno, 52, Spanish transsexual actress, singer and gossip celebrity, fall.
• Steve Wing, 64, American environmentalist, cancer.

10

• David Adamany, 80, American academic administrator, President of Temple University (2000–2006).
• Ken Ballantyne, 76, Scottish runner.
• Pierre Billard, 94, French film critic.
• Carlos Alberto Cunha, 57, Brazilian judoka.
• Trevor Johnson, 81, Australian footballer (Melbourne).
• Donald Keane, 85, Australian Olympic racewalker (1952, 1956).
• Nikola Korabov, 87, Bulgarian director and screenwriter (Tobacco).
• Francisco Nieva, 91, Spanish playwright.
• André Ruellan, 94, French science fiction and horror writer.
• Bill Stanfill, 69, American football player (Miami Dolphins), complications after a fall.
• Mr. 3-2, 44, American rapper (Blac Monks, Screwed Up Click), shot.

11

• Ilse Aichinger, 95, Austrian writer.
• Jum Jainudin Akbar, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (since 2016), Governor of Basilan (2007–2016), cardiac arrest.
• Victor Bailey, 56, American bassist (Weather Report, Madonna, Lady Gaga), complications from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Uwe Bracht, 63, German footballer (Werder Bremen).
• Alfredo Bruto da Costa, 78, Portuguese politician.
• Željko Čajkovski, 91, Croatian football player (Dinamo Zagreb, Werder Bremen) and coach.
• Clarence Ditlow, 72, American automotive safety advocate, colon cancer.
• Doug Edwards, 70, Canadian musician and composer ("Wildflower"), cancer.
• Perico Fernández, 64, Spanish light-welterweight boxer, world champion (1974–1975), diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.
• Greg Horton, 65, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
• Saki Kaskas, 45, Greek video game music composer (Need for Speed, Sleeping Dogs, Mass Effect 2), fentanyl overdose.
• Leonid Keldysh, 85, Russian physicist.
• Sir Ralph Kohn, 88, British medical scientist.
• Claire Labine, 82, American author, screenwriter and producer (Ryan's Hope, General Hospital, One Life to Live).
• Bonnie Laing, 79, Canadian politician, MLA for Calgary-Bow (1989–2001).
• Lily, 64, Japanese singer and actress ('), lung cancer.
• Verna M. Linzey, 97, American evangelical theologian.
• Aileen Mehle, 98, American gossip columnist (The Miami Daily News, New York Journal-American, Women's Wear Daily).
• Sir James McNeish, 85, New Zealand writer.
• Ronnie Nathanielsz, 81, Sri Lankan-born Filipino sports journalist and commentator, cardiac arrest.
• A. Nayyar, 61, Pakistani playback singer, cardiac arrest.
• Pascal Posado, 91, French politician, member of the National Assembly for Bouches-du-Rhône (1978).
• Alfred Schmidt, 81, German footballer (Borussia Dortmund, national team).
• Ray Singleton, 79, American songwriter (Motown) and record producer, brain cancer.
• Róbert Söptei, 90, Hungarian Olympic sprint canoeist.
• Muhammad Surur, 77–78, Syrian religious leader.
• Turki II bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 81–82, Saudi Arabian prince and politician.
• Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson, 90, British chemist.
• Robert Vaughn, 83, American actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Magnificent Seven, Bullitt), Emmy winner (1978), leukemia.

12

• Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, 70, Egyptian actor (Al-Kit Kat).
• Malek Chebel, 63, Algerian anthropologist and philosopher, cancer.
• Dawn Coe-Jones, 56, Canadian golfer, chondrosarcoma.
• Punya Datta, 92, Indian cricketer (Bengal).
• Louis Devereux, 85, English cricketer (Worcestershire, Glamorgan).
• Ebenezer Donkor, 78, Ghanaian actor (2016).
• Jerry Dumas, 86, American cartoonist (Sam and Silo).
• Bob Francis, 77, Egyptian-born Australian radio broadcaster (5AA).
• Stanley G. Grizzle, 97, Canadian judge and political activist.
• Robert Kabel, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
• Catherine Kerr, 52, American neuroscientist, complications from multiple myeloma.
• Frank Konigsberg, 83, American talent agent and producer (The Tommyknockers).
• Adolf Kunstwadl, 76, German footballer (Bayern Munich, Wacker München).
• Sonny Levi, 90, Indian powerboat designer.
• Eivor Olson, 94, Swedish Olympic shot putter (1948, 1952).
• James Dale Ritchie, 40, American serial killer, shot.
• Howard Ruff, 85, American economist, Parkinson's disease.
• Juan Russo, 90, Argentine Olympic weightlifter.
• Edgard Sorgeloos, 85, Belgian racing cyclist.
• Lupita Tovar, 106, Mexican-American actress (Drácula, Santa, Miguel Strogoff), heart disease.
• Paul Vergès, 91, Thai-born French Réunionese politician, MEP (2004–2010), member of the National Assembly (1956–1958, 1986–1987, 1993–1996) and Senate (1996–2004, since 2011).
• Jacques Werup, 71, Swedish musician and writer, cancer.
• Yu Xu, 30, Chinese air force aerobatic and fighter pilot, plane collision.

13

• Jehangir Bader, 72, Pakistani politician, heart attack.
• Maria Pilar Busquets, 79, Spanish Aranese writer and politician, Síndica d'Aran (1991-1993) and member of Catalan Parliament (1984-1992).
• Luigi Caccia Dominioni, 102, Italian architect.
• Doris Egbring-Kahn, 90, German actress.
• Konrad Enke, 82, German Olympic swimmer.
• Aslaug Fadum, 91, Norwegian politician.
• Richard Gigger Jr., 87, American music director.
• Frederick Irving, 91, American diplomat, Ambassador to Iceland (1972-1976), Ambassador to Jamaica (1977-1978).
• Leslie Kenton, 75, American writer.
• Lary Kuharich, 70, American football coach (Calgary Stampeders, BC Lions), brain cancer.
• Billy Miller, 62, American music historian, complications from multiple myeloma, kidney failure and diabetes.
• Enzo Maiorca, 85, Italian free diver, television host and politician.
• Jackie Pigeaud, 79, French historian.
• Laurent Pokou, 69, Ivorian footballer (Rennes).
• Leon Russell, 74, American Hall of Fame musician (The Wrecking Crew) and songwriter ("Tight Rope").
• Don Rutherford, 79, English rugby union player.
• Sir Mota Singh, 86, British judge.
• Denys Smith, 92, British racehorse trainer.
• Randy Veres, 50, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers).
• Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, 83, Surinamese Roman Catholic Redemptorist prelate, Bishop of Paramaribo (1971–2003).

14

• Hans Avé Lallemant, 78, Dutch-born American geologist.
• Diana Balmori, 84, American landscape designer.
• Vladimir Belov, 58, Russian handball player, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
• Houston Conwill, 69, American sculptor, prostate cancer.
• Ibrahim Dasuki, 93, Nigerian spiritual leader, Sultan of Sokoto (1988–1996).
• Holly Dunn, 59, American country music singer-songwriter ("Daddy's Hands", "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me", "You Really Had Me Going"), ovarian cancer.
• Marti Friedlander, 88, New Zealand photographer, breast cancer.
• Bob Gain, 87, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
• Gun Hellsvik, 74, Swedish politician, Minister of Justice (1991–1994), cancer.
• Roger Hobbs, 28, American author, overdose.
• Gwen Ifill, 61, American journalist (PBS NewsHour, Washington Week), endometrial cancer.
• Sebastian Leone, 91, American politician, pneumonia.
• Mahpiya Ska, 20, American albino buffalo.
• David Mancuso, 72, American DJ and founder of The Loft.
• Gardnar Mulloy, 102, American tennis player, winner of the US Open (1942, 1945, 1946, 1948) and Wimbledon Championships (1957), complications from a stroke.
• Janet Wright, 71, English-born Canadian actress (Corner Gas, The Perfect Storm, McCabe & Mrs. Miller).

15

• Bob Addis, 91, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Boston Braves).
• Mose Allison, 89, American jazz pianist, singer and songwriter ("Young Man Blues").
• Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, 109, Ghanaian royal, Queen mother of the Ashanti Empire.
• Cliff Barrows, 93, American music director (Billy Graham Evangelistic Association).
• Rod Bieleski, 85, New Zealand plant physiologist.
• Ray Brady, 79, Irish footballer (Millwall).
• Victor Brown, 95, Cuban-born British singer.
• Bobby Campbell, 60, Northern Irish footballer (Bradford City), suicide by hanging.
• Ishwar Dass Dhiman, 82, Indian politician.
• Sixto Durán Ballén, 95, Ecuadorian politician, President (1992–1996).
• Jules Eskin, 85, American cellist (Boston Symphony Orchestra), cancer.
• Ken Grieve, 74, British television director (The Bill, Peak Practice, Doctor Who).
• Daniel Leab, 80, German-born American historian.
• Lisa Lynn Masters, 52, American actress (The Stepford Wives, It's Complicated, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), apparent suicide by hanging.
• Chester E. Norris, 88, American diplomat, Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea (1988–1992).
• Milt Okun, 92, American singer and music producer.
• Mukesh Rawal, 65, Indian actor (Ramayan), suicide by train.
• Paul Rosche, 82, German engineer (BMW).
• Selim Soydan, 75, Turkish Olympic footballer (1960).
• Ignacio Tinoco Jr., 85, American chemist.
• Clift Tsuji, 75, American politician, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (since 2005).

16

• Len Allchurch, 83, Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Sheffield United, national team).
• Juan Amorós, 80, Spanish cinematographer.
• Dwayne Andreas, 98, American businessman.
• Jack Beckner, 86, American Olympic artistic gymnast.
• Joan Carroll, 85, American child actress (Meet Me in St. Louis).
• Teresita Castillo, 89, Filipino nun.
• Celedonio Espinosa, 83, Filipino Olympic boxer.
• Jay Wright Forrester, 98, American computer engineer and systems scientist.
• Melvin Laird, 94, American politician and writer, Secretary of Defense (1969–1973), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 7th congressional district (1953–1969), respiratory failure.
• Hans-Günter Neues, 66, German football player (Fortuna Köln, 1.FC Kaiserslautern) and coach.
• Enno Penno, 86, Estonian politician.
• Daniel Prodan, 44, Romanian footballer (Steaua Bucharest, Atlético Madrid, national team), heart attack.
• Guillaume Raskin, 79, Belgian footballer.
• Alex Stewart, 52, Jamaican Olympic boxer (1984), blood clot in lung.
• Larry Tucker, 81, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1970–1982) and Senate (1983–1989).
• Mentor Williams, 70, American songwriter and producer ("Drift Away", "When We Make Love"), lung cancer.
• Jean Wishart, 96, New Zealand journalist, editor of New Zealand Woman's Weekly (1952–1985).
• Yeh Changti, 82–83, Taiwanese aviator, member of the Black Cat Squadron, heart attack.

17

• Zenon Czechowski, 69, Polish Olympic cyclist (1968).
• Virgilio Godoy, 82, Nicaraguan politician, Vice President (1990–1995).
• Ruth Gruber, 105, American journalist (New York Herald Tribune).
• Marzieh Hadidchi, 77, Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander and politician, MP (1984–2000).
• Babanrao Haldankar, 89, Indian classical singer and composer.
• Joseph Khoury, 80, Lebanese-born Canadian Roman Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Saint Maron of Montreal (1996–2013).
• Angelo LiPetri, 86, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Khairulla Murtazin, 75, Russian mathematician.
• Fidel Negrete, 84, Mexican Olympic long-distance runner (1964), Pan American gold medalist (1963).
• John Ningark, 72, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (1989–1999) and Nunavut (2009–2013), cancer.
• Louis Pinton, 68, French politician.
• John Pridnia, 73, American politician, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Venancio Shinki, 84, Peruvian painter.
• Harry W. Shipps, 90, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Georgia (1985–1994).
• Srinivas Kumar Sinha, 90, Indian army general and politician, Governor of Assam (1997–2003), Arunachal Pradesh (1999) and Jammu and Kashmir (2003–2008).
• Whitney Smith, 76, American vexillologist, designer of the flag of Guyana, co-designer of the flag of Bonaire.
• Steve Truglia, 54, British stuntman (The Wolfman, ', Hollyoaks), fall.
• Don Waller, 65, American music journalist and singer, lung cancer.
• Gérard Weber, 67, French politician.

18

• Haji Muhammad Adeel, 72, Pakistani politician, kidney failure.
• Denton Cooley, 96, American heart surgeon.
• Jerzy Cynk, 91, Polish-British aviation historian.
• Ed Francis, 90, American professional wrestler and promoter.
• Sharon Jones, 60, American singer (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings), pancreatic cancer.
• Valentin Kornev, 75, Russian sport shooter, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
• Yevgeni Lazarev, 79, Russian-American actor (Iron Man 2, The Sum of All Fears, '), heart failure.
• Liu Sung-pan, 84, Taiwanese politician, member (1973–2004) and President (1992–1999) of the Legislative Yuan.
• Hugh McDonald, 62, Australian musician (Redgum), prostate cancer.
• Bob Mitchell, 80, Canadian politician.
• Francesco Parisi, 86, Italian politician, member of the Senate (1987–1994) and Parliament (1994–1996).
• Julio Pereyra, 53, Uruguayan Olympic basketball player.
• Kervin Piñerua, 25, Venezuelan volleyball player (national team), heart attack.
• Freddie L. Poston, 91, American lieutenant general in the United States Air Force.
• Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, 88, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jabalpur (1976–2001).
• Armando Tobar, 78, Chilean footballer (national team, Club Deportivo Universidad Católica), Alzheimer's disease.

19

• Sutan Bhatoegana, 59, Indonesian politician, liver cancer.
• Monk Bonasorte, 59, American football player (Florida State Seminoles), brain cancer.
• John C. Carpenter, 86, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly (1986–2010).
• John Dale, 86, English cricketer (Kent, Lincolnshire).
• Larry Derryberry, 77, American politician.
• Martin Elkort, 87, American photographer.
• Donald Farley, 46, Canadian Olympic cross-country skier (1998, 2002), suspected heart attack.
• S. Scott Ferebee Jr., 95, American architect.
• Irving A. Fradkin, 95, American philanthropist, founder of Scholarship America.
• Gino Gavioli, 93, Italian comics artist and animator.
• Erwin Hecht, 83, German-born South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kimberley (1974–2009).
• Jacques Henry, 74, French rally driver.
• Jan Huberts, 79, Dutch motorcycle road racer.
• Ida Levin, 53, American violinist, leukemia.
• Józef Mayer, 77, Polish chemist.
• Mike Oddy, 79, Scottish squash player.
• Aiace Parolin, 96, Italian cinematographer (Seduced and Abandoned, Keoma, The Birds, the Bees and the Italians).
• Christian Salaba, 45, Austrian footballer (Rapid Wien, Vienna).
• Paul Sylbert, 88, American production designer (Heaven Can Wait, The Prince of Tides, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), Oscar winner (1979).
• David Turner-Samuels, 98, British barrister.
• Hans Witsenhausen, 86, German-American control theorist.
• You Xiaozeng, 83, Chinese inorganic chemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).

20

• Gabriel Badilla, 32, Costa Rican footballer (Saprissa, New England Revolution), heart failure.
• Wimal Kumara de Costa, 68, Sri Lankan film actor (Bambaru Awith).
• Likhit Dhiravegin, 75, Thai political scientist and politician, cancer.
• Housseyn Fardjallah, 23, Algerian weightlifter, traffic collision.
• Konrad Glas, 76, German Olympic sailor.
• Maria Glazovskaya, 104, Russian scientist and agrochemist.
• Gene Guarilia, 78, American basketball player (Boston Celtics).
• Tim Heald, 72, British author and journalist.
• Hike Heiskell, 76, American politician.
• Janellen Huttenlocher, 84, American psychologist.
• Russell Kiefel, 65, Australian actor.
• Mita Mohi, 78, New Zealand rugby league player (Canterbury, national team), traditional Māori weaponry expert.
• Hod O'Brien, 80, American jazz pianist, cancer.
• Diógenes da Silva Matthes, 83, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Franca (1971–2006).
• Donald Smythe, 92, Canadian badminton player.
• Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, 90, Greek politician, President (1995–2005), pneumonia.
• Hemant Talwalkar, 62, Indian cricketer.
• William Trevor, 88, Irish writer (Love and Summer, Two Lives, The Children of Dynmouth).
• Ivan Živković, 69, Serbian diplomat, ambassador to Kenya.

21

• Kaylin Andres, 31, American blogger, cancer.
• Blakdyak, 47, Filipino reggae artist and comedian.
• Roscoe E. Dean, 80, American politician.
• Ergi Dini, 22, Albanian singer, motorcycle accident.
• Yehia El-Gamal, 86, Egyptian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2011).
• Rose Evansky, 94, British hairdresser.
• Tom Fisher, 74, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
• Edward L. Kimball, 86, American legal scholar and biographer.
• Masatoshi Kurata, 77, Japanese politician, cancer.
• Theresa Manuel, 90, American Olympic athlete and basketball player.
• Matthias Mauritz, 92, German Olympic football player (1952, 1956).
• John Nuraney, 79, Kenyan-born Canadian politician, MLA of British Columbia (2001–2009).
• Jean-Claude Risset, 78, French composer.
• Hassan Sadpara, 53, Pakistani mountaineer, cancer.
• Vladimir Semyonov, 78, Russian Olympic water polo player (1960, 1964, 1968).
• Jan Sonnergaard, 53, Danish writer, heart attack.
• René Vignal, 90, French footballer.
• Maximilian Ziegelbauer, 93, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (1983–1998).

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• Rainer Åkerfelt, 81, Finnish Olympic sprint canoeist.
• Tayssir Akla, 77, Syrian composer and conductor.
• M. Balamuralikrishna, 86, Indian Carnatic musician and composer.
• Donald Barker, 86, Canadian football official (Canadian Football League).
• Dorian Boose, 42, American football player (New York Jets, Washington Redskins, Edmonton Eskimos).
• Mike Burgoyne, 65, New Zealand rugby union player (North Auckland, national team).
• Chen Yingzhen, 79, Taiwanese writer.
• Clayton Counts, 43, American musician, drug overdose.
• Bill Dimock, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Sudbury Wolves).
• Carlos Fayt, 98, Argentine lawyer and politician.
• Rosa Anna Garavoglia, 83, Italian executive.
• Edward Grover, 84, American actor (Baretta, Serpico, Death Wish).
• Richard Held, 94, American psychologist.
• Servaas Huys, 76, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1986–1998).
• Gloria Lane, 91, American operatic mezzo-soprano.
• M. G. K. Menon, 88, Indian physicist.
• John C. O'Riordan, 92, Irish-born Sierra Leonean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kenema (1984–2002).
• Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi, 86, Pakistani politician, Acting Prime Minister (1993), lung infection.
• Viveki Rai, 92, Indian author.
• Red Marauder, 26, British racehorse, winner of the 2001 Grand National.
• Judith Roberts, 82, American Olympic swimmer (1952).
• Peter Sumner, 74, Australian actor (Ned Kelly, Star Wars, Heartbreak High).
• Mathew Vattackuzhy, 86, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Kanjirappally (1986–2000).
• Ram Naresh Yadav, 90, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (1977–1979), Governor of Chhattisgarh (2014) and Madhya Pradesh (2014–2016).

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• Rita Barberá, 68, Spanish politician, Mayor of Valencia (1991–2015) and Senator (since 2015), heart attack due to cirrhosis.
• Ralph Branca, 90, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers).
• Brainbug, 57, Italian trance music producer and musician.
• Michel Deza, 77, Russian-born French mathematician.
• Richard Dougherty, 84, Canadian-born American ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
• John Ebersole, 72, American educator, President of Excelsior College (2006–2016), myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Joe Esposito, 78, American author and publisher, road manager for Elvis Presley.
• Paul Futcher, 60, English footballer (Manchester City, Barnsley, Grimsby Town), cancer.
• Bill Hewitt, 86, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Chatsworth (1966–1977) and Greenslopes (1977–1983).
• Ernst Hilmar, 78, Austrian musicologist.
• Stan Huntsman, 84, American Olympic track and field coach, complications from a stroke.
• Karin Johannisson, 72, Swedish idea historian, cancer.
• Sagardeep Kaur, 35, Indian athlete, Asian champion (2002), traffic collision.
• Peggy Kirk Bell, 95, American professional golfer (LPGA).
• Joe Lennon, 81, Irish Gaelic footballer (Down).
• Renato López, 33, Mexican actor and television host, shot.
• Rocky Malebane-Metsing, 67, South African politician.
• Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili, 90, Iranian cleric and jurist, Chief Justice of Iran (1981–1989).
• Guy Rousseau, 81, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
• Ryu Mi-yong, 95, North Korean politician, chairwoman of the Chondoist Chongu Party, lung cancer.
• Andrew Sachs, 86, German-born British actor (Fawlty Towers, Coronation Street, '), dementia.
• Fred Stobaugh, 99, American songwriter.
• K. Subash, 57, Indian director and screenwriter, kidney failure.
• Jerry Tucker, 91, American child actor (Our Gang).

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• Michael Abbensetts, 78, Guyanese-born British playwright.
• Colonel Abrams, 67, American musician ("Trapped").
• Nadine Alari, 89, French actress.
• Marcos Ana, 96, Spanish communist activist, poet and veteran of the Spanish Civil War, political prisoner (1939-1961).
• Al Brodax, 90, American film and television producer (Yellow Submarine).
• Matthew Chan, 69, Hong Kong Olympic fencer (1972, 1976), cancer.
• Bob Chase, 90, American broadcaster (WOWO, Fort Wayne Komets), heart failure.
• Dave Ferriss, 94, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
• Shirley Bunnie Foy, 80, American jazz musician.
• Larry W. Fullerton, 65, American inventor, brain cancer.
• Royal U. Grote Jr., 70, American prelate, Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church.
• Florence Henderson, 82, American actress (The Brady Bunch, Song of Norway, The Sound of Music) and singer, heart failure.
• Ian Jones, 82, English Olympic field hockey player (1960, 1964) and cricketer.
• Prabhjot Kaur, 92, Indian author and poet.
• William Mandel, 99, American broadcast journalist, political activist and author.
• Boris Melnik, 71, Soviet Olympic sports shooter, silver medallist (1972).
• Luis Miquilena, 97, Venezuelan politician, Minister of Interior and Justice (2001–2002).
• Pauline Oliveros, 84, American composer and accordionist.
• George C. Royal, 95, American microbiologist.
• Sabrina, 80, British model and actress.
• Charles M. Stein, 96, American statistician.
• Tormod Petter Svennevig, 87, Norwegian diplomat and politician.
• Norm Swanson, 86, American basketball player (Rochester Royals).
• Jules Sylvain, 90, Canadian Olympic weightlifter.

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• Muhammad Akhlaq Ahmed, 44, Pakistani Olympic field hockey player.
• Bernardo Álvarez Herrera, 60, Venezuelan diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (2003–2010).
• Ryan C. Amacher, 71, American economist.
• Erich Bloch, 91, German-born American electrical engineer, director of the National Science Foundation (1984–1990).
• John A. Carver Jr., 98, American politician.
• Fidel Castro, 90, Cuban politician, Prime Minister (1959–1976), President (1976–2008).
• Ron Glass, 71, American actor (Barney Miller, Firefly, Lakeview Terrace), respiratory failure.
• Jim Gillespie, 69, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic).
• Trevor Goddard, 85, South African cricketer.
• David Hamilton, 83, British photographer.
• Dwan Hurt, 53, American basketball coach (Serra Cavaliers).
• Zdzisław Konieczny, 86, Polish historian.
• Jake Krull, 77, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1973–1983).
• Burton J. Lee III, 86, American doctor, White House physician under President George H. W. Bush, bladder cancer.
• Ivan Mikoyan, 89, Russian aircraft designer (Mikoyan MiG-29).
• Russell Oberlin, 88, American countertenor.
• Margaret Rhodes, 91, British writer, cousin of Elizabeth II.
• Richard Dean Rogers, 94, American district court judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Kansas (since 1975).
• Peter Schweri, 77, Swiss painter.
• Bill Skelton, 85, New Zealand jockey.
• Tom Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn, 87, British politician, injuries sustained in traffic collision.
• Alexander Yossifov, 76, Bulgarian composer.

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• Ida Blom, 85, Norwegian historian.
• Bill Endicott, 98, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Urii Eliseev, 20, Russian chess grandmaster, fall.
• Miriam Eshkol, 87, Israeli education administrator.
• Harry Flournoy, 72, American basketball player (UTEP).
• Alv Gjestvang, 79, Norwegian speed skater, Olympic silver medalist (1964), cancer.
• Peter Hintze, 66, German politician, General Secretary of the CDU (1992–1998), vice-president of the Bundestag (2013–2016).
• Murray Jack, 84, New Zealand cricketer.
• Peter Hans Kolvenbach, 87, Dutch religious leader, Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1983–2008).
• Jack Little, 84, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
• James E. McClellan, 90, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1978–1994).
• Jean Moore, 83, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1992–1994).
• David Provan, 75, Scottish footballer (Rangers).
• Chad Robinson, 36, Australian rugby league footballer (Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels), suicide by traffic collision.
• Debra Saunders-White, 59, American educator, Chancellor of North Carolina Central University (since 2013), kidney cancer.
• Hannelore Siegel, 75, German farmer and politician, member of the Bavarian Senate (1996–1999).
• Nils-Börje Stormbom, 91, Finnish author.
• Velko Valkanov, 88, Bulgarian politician.
• John Vanak, 83, American basketball referee.
• Charles Coster van Voorhout, 74, Dutch Olympic field hockey player.
• Fritz Weaver, 90, American actor (Fail Safe, Holocaust, Creepshow), Tony winner (1970).

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• Nijolė Ambrazaitytė, 77, Lithuanian opera singer and politician.
• Joan Burke, 88, Irish politician.
• Bernard Gallagher, 87, British actor (Casualty, Crown Court, Downton Abbey).
• Valerie Gaunt, 84, British actress (The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula).
• Jorge Luis González Tanquero, 46, Cuban dissident and prisoner of conscience.
• Ioannis Grivas, 93, Greek politician, Prime Minister (1989).
• Paul Guers, 88, French actor (').
• Viktor Ivannikov, 76, Russian computer scientist.
• Lim Chiew Peng, 65, Singaporean footballer, cancer.
• Graham Lay, 56, British antiques expert (Antiques Roadshow), cystic fibrosis.
• Dick Logan, 86, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
• Tony Martell, 90, American music industry executive.
• Bruce Mazlish, 93, American historian.
• Thomas Pazyj, 61, Danish Olympic handball player (1976, 1980).
• Alan Preen, 81, Australian sportsman.
• S. J. Revich, 84, Canadian author.
• Stanley Reynolds, 82, American journalist.
• Wayne Smith, 66, Canadian football player (Ottawa Rough Riders, Toronto Argonauts).
• Brian Spalding, 93, British scientist.
• William Lay Thompson, 86, American ornithologist.
• Anand Yadav, 80, Indian Marathi writer.

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• Dalva Allen, 81, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Houston Oilers, Toronto Argonauts).
• Bill Bell, 87–88, Canadian Olympic basketball player.
• William Christenberry, 80, American artist, Alzheimer's disease.
• Jim Delligatti, 98, American entrepreneur, creator of the Big Mac.
• Haruka Eigen, 70, Japanese professional wrestler (AJPW, NJPW) and executive (Pro Wrestling Noah), heart attack.
• Hezi Eshel, 85, Israeli military officer.
• Angus Fletcher, 86, American literary critic and scholar.
• John C. Harkness, 99, American architect.
• Adolfo Horta, 59, Cuban featherweight boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
• Carlton Kitto, 74, Indian jazz guitarist.
• Georg Lhotsky, 79, Austrian actor and director (Moss on the Stones).
• Mai Yinghao, 87, Chinese archaeologist (Mausoleum of the Nanyue King), cancer.
• Ng Bi-chu, 88, Taiwanese activist, complications of diabetes.
• Lolita Rodriguez, 81, Philippine actress, heart attack.
• Bob Sayers, 99, Australian rules footballer (Fitzroy).
• Udiramala Subramaniam, 69, Indian cricketer.
• Sir John Swire, 89, British businessman (Swire Group).
• Mark Taimanov, 90, Russian Soviet-era chess grandmaster and concert pianist, USSR chess champion (1956).
• Ivar Thomassen, 62, Norwegian folk singer-songwriter.
• Grant Tinker, 90, American television executive, CEO of NBC (1981–1986).
• André Tranchemontagne, 77, Canadian politician, Member of the Quebec National Assembly for Mont-Royal (1998-2003).
• Burghild Wieczorek, 73, German Olympic athlete.
• Van Williams, 82, American actor (The Green Hornet), renal failure.
• Keo Woolford, 49, American filmmaker and actor (Hawaii Five-0, Godzilla, Act of Valor), complications from a stroke.
• Lyudmila Yurlova, 44, Russian ice hockey player, smoke inhalation.
• Notable Brazilian people killed in the crash of LaMia Flight 2933:
• Ananias, 27, football player (Chapecoense, Portuguesa).
• Ailton Canela, 22, football player (Chapecoense).
• Matheus Biteco, 21, football player (Chapecoense, Grêmio).
• Mateus Caramelo, 22, football player (Chapecoense).
• Victorino Chermont, 43, reporter (Fox Sports).
• Paulo Julio Clement, 51, commentator (Fox Sports).
• José Gildeixon Clemente de Paiva, 29, football player (Chapecoense, Coritiba).
• Marcos Danilo Padilha, 31, football player (Chapecoense).
• Dener, 25, football player (Chapecoense).
• Guilherme Gimenez de Souza, 21, football player (Chapecoense).
• Lucas Gomes da Silva, 26, football player (Chapecoense).
• Josimar, 30, football player (Chapecoense).
• Caio Júnior, 51, football player and manager (Chapecoense, Vitória de Guimarães).
• Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves, 34, football player (Chapecoense, JEF United Chiba).
• Filipe Machado, 32, football player (Chapecoense, CSKA Sofia).
• Arthur Maia, 24, football player (Chapecoense, Vitória).
• Sérgio Manoel, 27, football player (Chapecoense).
• Marcelo Augusto Mathias da Silva, 25, football player (Chapecoense, Flamengo).
• Delfim Peixoto, 75, politician and football executive, vice-president of CBF, president of Federação Catarinense de Futebol and congressman.
• Mário Sérgio, 66, football player, manager, and commentator (Fox Sports).
• Bruno Rangel, 34, football player (Chapecoense).
• Cléber Santana, 35, football player (Chapecoense, Atlético Madrid).
• Tiaguinho, 22, football player (Chapecoense).
• Thiego, 30, football player (Chapecoense, Grêmio).

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• Bill Barrot, 72, Australian football player (Richmond).
• Bill Bartmann, 68, American businessman, complications from heart surgery.
• Margaret Belcher, 80, New Zealand literary scholar.
• Ray Columbus, 74, New Zealand rock singer (Ray Columbus & the Invaders).
• James Danieley, 92, American educator, President of Elon University (1957–1973).
• Joe Dever, 60, British author (Lone Wolf), complications from bile duct surgery.
• Melvin Duncan, 87, American baseball player (Kansas City Monarchs, Detroit Stars).
• Duncan B. Forrester, 83, Scottish theologian.
• Max Lennon, 76, American academic administrator.
• David Loeb, 92, Canadian businessman, bladder cancer.
• Luis Alberto Monge, 90, Costa Rican politician, President (1982–1986), cardiac arrest.
• Hardy Myers, 77, American politician, Attorney General for Oregon (1997–2009), complications from pneumonia.
• Norman Oakley, 77, English footballer (Hartlepool United, Doncaster Rovers, Grimsby Town).
• Roger Parent, 63, Canadian politician, cancer.
• Claudio Pavone, 95, Italian historian.
• Börje Rendin, 95, Swedish Olympic sprinter.
• Andrew Rippin, 66, British-born Canadian Islamic historian.
• Ruta Å aca-MarjaÅ¡a, 89, Latvian lawyer, writer and politician, MP (1990–1998).
• Bert Salzman, 85, American film director (Angel and Big Joe), Oscar winner (1976).
• Lana Spreeman, 61, Canadian alpine skier, Paralympic gold medalist (1980), brain cancer.
• Richard B. Teitelman, 69, American judge (Supreme Court of Missouri).
• Alexander Thieme, 62, German sprinter, Olympic silver medalist (1976).
• Allan Zavod, 71, Australian pianist, brain cancer.

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• Alice Drummond, 88, American actress (Ghostbusters, Awakenings, Doubt), complications from a fall.
• Amar Ezzahi, 75, Algerian Chaabi singer.
• Michel Houel, 74, French politician, mayor of Crécy-la-Chapelle (2001–2015) and member of the Senate (since 2004).
• Kamilló Lendvay, 87, Hungarian composer and conductor.
• Leonard of Mayfair, 78, British celebrity hairdresser.
• Aleksei Maslennikov, 87, Russian tenor.
• Sigrid McCausland, 63, Australian archivist and educator, abdominal cancer.
• Peng Chang-kuei, 97, Taiwanese chef, inventor of General Tso's Chicken, pneumonia.
• Robert Thomas Seeley, 84, American mathematician.
• Sinclair Stevens, 89, Canadian politician, Leader of the Progressive Canadian Party (since 2007), heart attack.
• Lionel Stoléru, 79, French politician and conductor.
• Erdal Tosun, 53, Turkish actor (G.O.R.A., Vizontele), traffic collision.
• Royce Womble, 85, American football player (Baltimore Colts).

References

External links

• List of November 2016 deaths at IMDb