Deaths in April 2019

The following is a list ofnotable deaths in April 2019.

Entries for each day are listedAlpha beticallyby surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

April 2019

1

• Dixie Allen,84, American politician, member of theOhio House of Representatives(1998–2006).
• Enrique Álvarez Conde,67, Spanish academic (King Juan Carlos University), lung cancer.
• Giacomo Battaglia,54, Italian comedian, complications from a stroke.
• Thomas N. Burnette,74, American lieutenant general.
• Bill Butchart,85, Australian Olympic middle-distance runner.
• Sardar Fateh Buzdar,79–80, Pakistani politician, member of theProvincial Assembly of the Punjab(1985–1988, 2002–2013).
• Caravelli,88, French conductor and composer (And Satan Calls the Turns).
• Dimitar Dobrev,87, Bulgarian wrestler, Olympic champion (1960).
• Michael William Feast,92, British-born South African astronomer.
• Gustav Hanson,84, American Olympic biathlete.
• Sinethemba Jantjie,30, South African footballer (Free State Stars), traffic collision.
• Joan Jones,79, American-born Canadian civil rights activist.
• Francisco Massiani,74, Venezuelan writer and painter.
• Bucky McConnell,90, American basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks).
• Vonda N. McIntyre,70, American science fiction author (Dreamsnake,The Crystal Star), pancreatic cancer.
• Frank E. Moore,85, American politician, member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives(1969–1970).
• Vladimir Orloff,90, Romanian-Canadian cellist and music teacher.
• Yisroel Avrohom Portugal,95, American rabbi,RebbeofSkulen(since 1982).
• Ruth-Margret Pütz,89, German coloratura soprano.
• Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio,91, Spanish writer,Cervantes Prizewinner (2004).
• Dilip Sarkar,61, Indian politician, liver and kidney disease.
• Ron Sweed,70, American television host, heart attack.
• Joseph Ubalde,34, Filipino weatherman (AksyonTV), news producer (GMA News) and columnist (The Manila Times).
• Vodka,14, Japanese racehorse,laminitis.
• S. Pierre Yameogo,63, Burkinabé film director and screenwriter (Delwende).

2

• Matoug Adam,93, Libyan politician, Minister of Tourism (1968–1969) and Interior (1969).
• Rovshan Almuradly,64, Azerbaijani actor, director and screenwriter, heart attack.
• Lorraine Branham,66, American newspaper editor and academic administrator, uterine cancer.
• Herman Braun-Vega,85, Peruvian painter.
• Rick Elias,64, American musician (A Ragamuffin Band), brain cancer.
• Kim English,48, Americanhouseand gospel singer-songwriter, kidney failure.
• Michael Fahy,78, Irish politician,Galway County Councilor(since 1979).
• Martin Fido,79, British crime writer, fall.
• Benjamin D. Hall,87, American geneticist.
• Ken Hay,85, American religious leader, founder ofThe Wilds Christian Association.
• Bill Heine,74, British radio broadcaster (BBC Radio Oxford), leukaemia.
• Jón Helgason,87, Icelandic politician,MP(1974–1995),Minister of Justice(1983–1987) andAgriculture(1987–1988).
• Harry Judge,90, English educational theorist.
• Mahendran,79, Indian film director (Mullum Malarum,Nenjathai Killathe,Kamaraj) and actor.
• Jamshid Mashayekhi,84, Iranian actor (Brick and Mirror,The Fateful Day,Abadan).
• John Oddo,66, American jazz pianist and music arranger.
• Choidoryn Övgönkhüü,76, Mongolian Olympic judoka (1972).
• Roger Paris,French slalom canoeist.
• Margarita Prentice,88, American politician.
• Liliane Sprécher,92, French Olympic athlete (1948).
• Rosemarie Springer,98, German Olympic equestrian (1960).
• Donald L. Totten,86, American politician.
• Sergio Valdés,85, Chilean footballer (Universidad Católica,national team), leukaemia.
• Franz Weber,91, Swiss environmentalist.
• Don Williamson,85, American businessman (Brainerd International Raceway) and politician,mayor of Flint, Michigan(2003–2009), complications of respiratory illness.
• Giuseppe Zorzi,81, Italian racing cyclist.

3

• Ferdinando Bologna,93, Italian art critic.
• Mary Borgstrom,102, Canadian potter and ceramist.
• Meyer Brownstone,96, Canadian anti-poverty activist (Oxfam Canada).
• Aleksey Buldakov,68, Russian actor (The Guard,Peculiarities of the National Hunt,Hitler Goes Kaput!), blood clot.
• Philip Furia,75, American author.
• Alina Kabata-Pendias,89, Polish chemist and academic, specialist in biogeochemistry and soil science.
• Guo Kun,83, Chinese Antarctic explorer, director of theGreat Wall Stationand theChinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration.
• Daryl Hecht,66, American judge, member of theIowa Supreme Court(2006–2018), melanoma.
• Einar Iversen,88, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer.
• Brian Kinwald,45, American radio control car driver.
• Jacqueline Lichtenstein,72, French philosopher and art historian.
• Billy Mainwaring,78, Welsh rugby union player (Aberavon,Bridgend,national team).
• Julia Nicol,62-63, South African LGBT rights activist and librarian.
• Gabriel Piroird,86, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofConstantine(1983–2008).
• Maurice Pon,97, French lyricist.
• Carmelita Pope,94, American actress (A Streetcar Named Desire).
• W. Wesley Pue,64, Canadian lawyer.
• Shawn Smith,53, American singer, songwriter and musician (Brad,Satchel,Pigeonhed), torn aorta and high blood pressure.
• Jerzy Wójcik,88, Polish cinematographer.

4

• Cesare Cadeo,72, Italian television presenter and journalist.
• T. T. Clayton,88, American attorney.
• Alberto Cortez,79, Argentine singer and songwriter, gastric haemorrhage.
• Georgiy Daneliya,88, Russian film director and screenwriter,People's Artist of the USSR(1989), acute respiratory and heart failure.
• Đồng Sĩ Nguyên,96, Vietnamese military officer and politician,Deputy Prime Minister(1982–1991).
• Ralph Garafola,89, American artist and literary crtitc.
• Ray Harper,91, New Zealand rugby union executive (Rugby Southland) and manager (national team), bone cancer.
• Roberta Haynes,91, American actress (Return to Paradise,High Noon,Gun Fury).
• Mike Jakubo,71, Canadian ice hockey player (Los Angeles Sharks,Fort Wayne Komets,Virginia Wings), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Barry Malkin,80, American film editor (The Godfather Part II,Big,Rumble Fish).
• Thompson Mann,76, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1964).
• Marilyn Mason,93, American concert organist and academic (University of Michigan).
• Mildred Milliea,89, CanadianElsipogtoglinguist.
• Ivan Mrázek,93, Czech Olympic basketball player (1948,1952), European champion (1946) and coach.
• Alessandro Pizzorno,95, Italian sociologist.
• Arthur Polonsky,93, American painter.
• Louis Rosenblum,95, American research scientist and activist.
• Shridhar Sathe,68, Indian-born American food scientist.
• Albin Siwak,86, Polish politician.
• Myer Skoog,92, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers).
• Iola Williams,83, American politician.
• John Winneke,81, Australian judge.

5

• Anandavally,67, Indian actress (Amba Ambika Ambalika,Sree Murukan,Swarna Gopuram) and voice actress.
• Sydney Brenner,92, South African biologist,Nobel Prizelaureate (2002).
• Julio Cotler,86, Peruvian anthropologist.
• Roger DeJordy,81, Canadian ice hockey player (Hershey Bears).
• Ib Glindemann,84, Danish jazz composer and bandleader.
• Herb Goldberg,81, German-born American psychologist and author.
• Nikolay Kovalyov,69, Russian politician, Director of theFederal Security Service(1996–1998).
• Nina Lagergren,98, Swedish activist, co-founder of theRaoul WallenbergAcademy.
• Gianfranco Leoncini,79, Italian footballer (Juventus,Atalanta,national team), leukaemia.
• Pastor López,74, Venezuelan singer-songwriter, stroke.
• Ly Tong,73, Vietnamese-American anti-communist activist, lung failure.
• Trevor McKee,81, New Zealand Thoroughbred trainer (Sunline).
• Samuel Pilafian,69, American tuba player, colon cancer.
• Alwin Plank,88, Austrian Olympic ski jumper.
• Lasse Pöysti,92, Finnish actor.
• John Quarmby,89, English actor (Fawlty Towers,K-9 and Company,A Christmas Carol).
• William Lee Rayborn,82, American politician.
• Keith Tate,74, English boxer, stomach cancer.
• Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie,25, South African cricketer (national team), traffic collision.
• Thomas Vietorisz,93, Hungarian-born American economist.
• Davey Williams,66, American avant-garde guitarist (Curlew) and music critic (Birmingham News), cancer.
• Wowaka,31, JapaneseVocaloidproducer and vocalist, heart failure.

6

• Pete Adams,67, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
• Shirin Akiner,75, Uzbek academic.
• Romus Burgin,96, American World War II veteran and author.
• Paul J. Coleman,87, American space scientist.
• Jack Corrin,87, Manx jurist and politician,First Deemster(1988–1998).
• Louis Crump,102, American politician, member of theTexas Senate(1959–1967).
• Jim Glaser,82, American country music artist ( "You're Gettin' to Me Again"), heart attack.
• Richard Green,82, American sexologist and psychiatrist.
• Fritz Hollings,97, American politician, member of theU.S. Senate(1966–2005),Governor of South Carolina(1959–1963).
• Lin Mingyu,81, Chinese politician, Party Secretary ofHaikou,Vice Chairman ofHainanPeople's Congress andCPPCC.
• Olli Mäki,82, Finnish boxer, European amateur champion (1959), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Lloyd McDermott,79, Australian rugby union player (national team), nation's firstindigenousbarrister.
• Jean Namotte,84, Belgian politician,Wallonia MP(1995–2004) and handball player.
• Michael O'Donnell,90, British physician, journalist, author and broadcaster.
• Russ Pomeroy,91, American football player.
• Nadja Regin,87, Serbian actress (From Russia with Love,Goldfinger,Runaway).
• George Edward Rueger,89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop ofWorcester(1987–2005).
• Tele Samad,74, Bangladeshi actor and comedian.
• Ángel Sertucha,88, Spanish footballer (Osasuna,Athletic Bilbao,Sabadell).
• Mike Sheppard,82, American baseball coach (Seton Hall Pirates).
• Marshall M. Sloane,92, American entrepreneur.
• A. K. C. Sundaravel,70, Indian politician,MLA(1991–1996), traffic collision.
• David J. Thouless,84, British physicist,Nobel Prizelaureate (2016).

7

• Peter Armstrong,83, Australian rugby league player (St. George Dragons).
• Claire Ball,77, American politician, member of theOhio House of Representatives(1973–1982).
• Hugo Ballesteros Reyes,88, Chilean politician,Senator(1969–1977) andDeputy(1957–1965), ambassador to the United Nations, brain cancer.
• Philip B. Benefiel,95, American politician.
• Joe Bertony,97, French-born Australian spy and engineer.
• Michael E. Busch,72, American politician,Speaker(since 2003) and member of theMaryland House of Delegates(since 1987), pneumonia and nonalcoholicsteatohepatitis.
• Seymour Cassel,84, American actor (Faces,The Royal Tenenbaums,Dick Tracy), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Cho Yang-ho,70, South Korean businessman (Korean Air,Hanjin).
• John William Ditter Jr.,97, American jurist, Senior Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania(since 1986).
• Polly Fleck,86, Canadian poet.
• Tom Innes,74, American computer scientist.
• Arie Irawan,28, Malaysian golfer.
• Jean Paul Jacob,81–82, Brazilian-American computer scientist.
• Wilbert Keon,83, Canadian heart surgeon and politician,Senator(1990–2010).
• Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer,94, Mexican politician and diplomat,Governor of Yucatán(1988–1991),SenatorandDeputy,Ambassador to China and North Korea.
• Willie McPheat,76, Scottish footballer (Sunderland,Hartlepool United,Airdrieonians).
• William B. Murray,84, American opera baritone.
• Mya-Lecia Naylor,16, English actress (Millie Inbetween,Cloud Atlas), hanged by misadventure.
• Neil D. Opdyke,86, American geologist, heart failure.
• Luis Fernando Páez,29, Paraguayan footballer, traffic collision.
• Sandy Ratcliff,70, English actress (EastEnders).
• Billy Rosen,90, American bridge player, winner of theBermuda Bowl(1954).
• Tetsuhide Sasaki,73, Japanese Olympic weightlifter.
• Ahmet Şenol,93, Turkish Olympic wrestler (1948,1952).
• Lodune Sincaid,45, American mixed martial artist (WEC,PFC,The Ultimate Fighter 1).
• L. Eugene Smith,97, American politician, member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives(1963–1968, 1969–1986).
• Al Staley,90, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
• Jim Whiteside,94, American politician.
• Jan Wraży,75, Polish footballer (GKS Katowice,Valenciennes,national team).
• Xiong Zhaoren,107, Chinese major general.

8

• Sheikh Abdul Aziz,Bangladeshi politician,Minister of Information(1973).
• Blase Bonpane,89, American human rights activist.
• Clive Cohen,73, English Anglican priest.
• Akwasi Evans,70, American journalist and civil rights activist.
• Robert Forguites,80, American politician, member of theVermont House of Representatives(since 2015).
• Rex Garrod,75, British roboteer (Brum,Robot Wars) and television presenter (The Secret Life of Machines), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Leif Haraldseth,89, Norwegian trade unionist and politician,Minister of Local Government(1986–1987).
• Huang Yihe,85, Chinese television director, created theCCTV New Year's Gala.
• Navtej Hundal,Indian actor (Khalnayak,Tere Mere Sapne,Uri: The Surgical Strike).
• Josine Ianco-Starrels,92, Romanian-born American art curator.
• Saad Jassim,59, Iraqi footballer.
• Vasily Likhachyov,67, Russian politician.
• Héctor del Mar,76, Argentine-born Spanish professional wrestling commentator (WWE), heart attack.
• Sir Alexander Reid, 3rd Baronet,86, English aristocrat and public servant.
• Gaston Rousseau,93, French racing cyclist.
• Roger Schofield,82, British historian.
• Samuel "Bay" Taylor,90, American baseball player (Kansas City Monarchs).
• Turgeon,33, French racehorse,Cartier Champion Stayer(1991).
• Anzac Wallace,76, New Zealand actor (Utu) and trade unionist, cancer.

9

• Bob Beckett,83, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins,Providence Reds).
• Elwyn Berlekamp,78, American mathematician.
• Richard E. Cole,103, American air force officer, last surviving member of theDoolittle Raid.
• L. Perry Curtis,86, American historian.
• Tiffany Day,29, Australian Olympic judoka.
• Pieter de Lange,93, South African academic, chairman of theAfrikaner Broederbond(1984–1994).
• Rod Galt,67, Australianfootballer(St Kilda,Carlton), stroke.
• Nikolai Gorbachev,70, Belarusian sprint canoeist, Olympic (1972) and world champion (1974).
• Paul Hollander,86, Hungarian-born American sociologist.
• James D. Hudnall,61, American comic book writer (Espers).
• Kenneth L. Karst,89, American legal scholar.
• Bhima Mandavi,40, Indian politician,MLA(since 2019), bombing.
• K. M. Mani,86, Indian politician, member of theKerala Legislative Assembly(since 1965).
• Robert Pennock,82, Canadian politician.
• Héctor Rivera Pérez,85, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop ofSan Juan de Puerto Rico(1979–2009).
• Marilynn Smith,89, AmericanHall of Famegolfer,Titleholderschampion (1963,1964).
• Charles Van Doren,93, American academic, writer and television quiz contestant, part of the1950s quiz show scandals.

10

• Werner Bardenhewer,90, German Roman Catholic priest and humanitarian,DeanofWiesbaden(1974–1996).
• Randall C. Berg Jr.,70, American attorney, Executive Director of theFlorida Justice Institute(1978–2018), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Drupad Borgohain,77, Indian politician,MP(1998–2004), kidney disease.
• Art Broback,88, American politician, member of theWashington House of Representatives(1983–1985, 1991–1993).
• Earl Thomas Conley,77, American country music singer-songwriter ( "Holding Her and Loving You"), cerebral atrophy.
• Peter Corey,72, British writer and actor.
• Gilbert Dubier,87, French Olympic wrestler (1960).
• Tim Halliday,73, Britishherpetologist.
• Keith Harrison,73, Canadian novelist.
• Barbara Marx Hubbard,89, American non-fiction writer.
• Irwin L. Jacobs,77, American investor (Genmar Holdings,Fishing League Worldwide,Watkins Incorporated), suicide by gunshot.
• Raj Kumar Kapoor,87, Indian actor (Hanste Zakhm,Dostana,Yeh Nazdeekiyan), producer (Oonche Log), director (Fauji).
• Walter White,67, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), pancreatic cancer.
• Estrella Zeledón Lizano,89, Costa Rican politician,First Lady(1978–1982).

11

• Thomas A. Abercrombie,68, American writer, liver cancer.
• Alexander V. Acebo,91, American politician.
• Don Arnott,83, Zimbabwean cricketer.
• Can Bartu,83, Turkish basketball player (Fenerbahçe,national team) and footballer (national team).
• Geoffrey Chew,94, American theoretical physicist.
• Ian Cognito,60, British stand-up comedian, heart attack.
• Lewis Cooper,81, Australian cricketer.
• Howard Copeland,75, American politician, member of theVirginia House of Delegates(1981–1995),chordoma.
• Vijay Dev,78, Indian academic.
• Dina,62, Portuguese singer, pulmonary fibrosis.
• Stanley H. Fox,90, American politician.
• Henryk Grotowski,70, Polish Olympic field hockey player.
• Al Hester,86, American author and academic.
• Tom Leehane,91, Australian rules footballer (Carlton,Essendon).
• Héctor Menacho,90, Peruvian Olympic rower.
• Jorge Menéndez,67, Uruguayan doctor and politician, Minister of Defence (2016–2019).
• Monkey Punch,81, Japanese manga artist (Lupin the Third), pneumonia.
• Bill Nelsen,78, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers,Cleveland Browns).
• Una-Mary Parker,89, British journalist and novelist.
• Stanley Plumly,79, American poet, multiple myeloma.
• Wayne Pomeroy,96, American politician.
• Scott Sanderson,62, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs,Montreal Expos,Los Angeles Angels), agent and broadcaster, cancer.
• Satan's Angel,74, American exotic dancer, pneumonia.
• Dmitri Savitski,75, Russian writer and poet.
• Osamu Sekita,Japanese animator (Hero Tales,Beyblade,Mobile Suit Gundam).
• Peter Smedley,76, Australian businessman, Chairman ofArrium.
• Gary Stewart,62, American music executive and archivist (Rhino Records,Apple Inc.).
• Max van Weezel,67, Dutch journalist, pancreatic cancer.

12

• Ivor Broadis,96, English footballer (Carlisle United,national team).
• Amos Bullocks,80, American football player (Dallas Cowboys,Pittsburgh Steelers,BC Lions).
• André Bureau,83, Canadian lawyer and communications executive.
• Italo Casali,78, Sammarinese Olympic sports shooter (1972,1976).
• Alajdin Demiri,64, Albanian politician.
• Georgia Engel,70, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show,Open Season,Everybody Loves Raymond).
• Forrest Gregg,85, AmericanHall of Famefootball player (Green Bay Packers) and coach (Cincinnati Bengals,Cleveland Browns), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Ronald Paul Herzog,76, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofAlexandria(2005–2017).
• Ric Holt,78, Canadian computer scientist.
• Robert F. Inger,98, American herpetologist.
• John McEnery,75, British actor (Romeo and Juliet,Nicholas and Alexandra,The Land That Time Forgot).
• Norrie Muir,70, Scottish mountaineer.
• Lindsay Parsons,73, English football player (Bristol Rovers,Torquay United) and coach (Stoke City).
• Paul Rawlinson,56, British lawyer, head ofBaker McKenzie(since 2016).
• Tommy Smith,74, English footballer (Liverpool,national team), dementia.
• Carol Thomas,South African gynecologist.

13

• Francisca Aguirre,88, Spanish poet,Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolaswinner (2018).
• Donald Ault,76, American literary scholar.
• Ron Austin,90, Australian LGBT rights activist.
• D. Babu Paul,78, Indian civil servant, multiple organ failure.
• Gerry Becker,68, American actor (Spider-Man,Man on the Moon,Eraser), complications from diabetes.
• Rodolfo Francisco Bobadilla Mata,86, Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofHuehuetenango(1996–2012).
• Tony Buzan,76, English author and educational consultant.
• Wally Carr,64, Australian boxer, cancer.
• Neus Català,103, Spanish Resistance fighter, Holocaust survivor and political activist.
• Mark Connolly,63, American politician, brain hemorrhage.
• Michael Coper,72, Australian legal scholar (Australian National University).
• Quentin Fiore,99, American graphic designer.
• S. Thomas Gagliano,87, American politician, member of theNew Jersey Senate(1978–1989).
• Norman Garwood,73, English production designer (Brazil,Glory,Hook).
• Paul Greengard,93, American neuroscientist,Nobel Prizelaureate (2000).
• Kwame Gyekye,79, Ghanaian philosopher.
• Marsha Hanen,82, Canadian academic, Vice Chancellor of theUniversity of Winnipeg(1989–1999), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
• Michael L. Hess,76, American cardiologist.
• Winifred Jordan,99, British Olympic sprinter (1948).
• Norio Kaifu,75, Japanese astronomer, director-general of theNational Astronomical Observatory(2000–2006), president of theIAU(2012–2015), pancreatic cancer.
• Bud Konheim,84, American businessman, injuries sustained in fall.
• Bamapada Mukherjee,97, Indian politician.
• Billy Myers,95, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).
• Mamman Nasir,89, Nigerian judge,President of the courts of appeals(1978–1992).
• Anne Patrizio,British LGBT rights activist.
• Galen Rathbun,74, American behavioral ecologist, melanoma.
• Paul Raymond,73, English keyboardist and guitarist (Plastic Penny,UFO,Savoy Brown), heart attack.
• J. K. Rithesh,46, Indian actor and politician, heart attack.
• S. K. Shivakumar,66, Indian space scientist, complications from jaundice.
• Ján Starší,85, Slovak ice hockey player and coach.
• LeRoy Washburn,84, Canadian politician, member of theLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick(1974–1982).
• Lydia Wideman,98, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1952).
• Yvette Williams,89, New ZealandHall of Fameathlete, Olympic (1952) and Commonwealth (1950,1954) champion.

14

• Bibi Andersson,83, Swedish actress (The Seventh Seal,Wild Strawberries,Persona), complications from a stroke.
• Giuseppe Ciarrapico,85, Italian politician and football executive,Senator(2008–2013) and President ofA.S. Roma(1991–1993).
• Colin Collindridge,98, English footballer (Sheffield United,Nottingham Forest).
• David Brion Davis,92, American historian.
• Elma Davis,51, South African lawn bowler, shot.
• Denis Dupéré,70, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs,Washington Capitals,St. Louis Blues).
• Rusdi Genest,84-85, Canadian sculptor.
• Stephen L. Harris,82, American biblical scholar.
• Nand Lal,74, Indian politician.
• Abdallah Lamrani,72–73, Moroccan footballer (FAR Rabat,national team), Olympics (1972).
• Anne Lewis,56, American lawyer, cancer.
• Ronald G. Lewis,77, American social worker and activist.
• John MacLeod,81, American basketball coach (Phoenix Suns,Notre Dame), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Mirjana Marković,76, Serbian politician and fugitive from justice, pneumonia.
• Hessel Miedema,90, Dutch art historian.
• Dmitri Nabokov,42, Russian ice hockey player (Krylya Sovetov Moscow,Chicago Blackhawks,New York Islanders).
• Jacek Namieśnik,69, Polish chemist, rector ofGdańsk University of Technology.
• Gene Wolfe,87, American science fiction (The Book of the New Sun) and fantasy writer (Soldier of Sidon),Nebula(1974, 1981) and multi-Locus Awardwinner, heart disease.

15

• Warren Adler,91, American author (The War of the Roses,Random Hearts), liver cancer.
• Gustavo Arias Murueta,95, Mexican painter, sculptor and poet.
• Jerry Clack,92, American classics scholar.
• Marcelo Dascal,78, Brazilian-born Israeli philosopher and linguist.
• Owen Garriott,88, American astronaut (Skylab 3).
• Sithembile Gumbo,56, Zimbabwean politician,MPforLupane,traffic collision.
• Rex Harry,82, Australian cricketer (Victoria).
• Lloyd James,82, Bermudian cricketer.
• Louise H. Kellogg,59, American geophysicist.
• Aleksandar Kostov,81, Bulgarian football player (Levski Sofia,national team) and coach (AS Marsa).
• Malky McCormick,76, Scottish cartoonist, vascular dementia.
• Sir Roger Moate,80, British politician,MP(1970–1997), cancer.
• Don Perry,89, Canadian ice hockey player (New Haven Blades) and coach (Los Angeles Kings).
• Quinzinho,45, Angolan footballer (Alverca,Xiamen Lanshi,national team), heart attack.
• Elaine Rapp,91, American sculptor.
• Les Reed,83, English songwriter ( "It's Not Unusual","Delilah","The Last Waltz").
• José María Rico,84, Costa Rican lawyer,First Gentleman(2010–2014), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• P. N. Shankar,74, Indian fluid dynamicist.
• Winston L. Shelton,96, American inventor and entrepreneur.
• Noel Starblanket,72, Canadian politician, chief of theNational Indian Brotherhood(1976–1980).
• Roland Andrew Sweet,79, American mathematician and computer scientist.
• J. Michael Yates,81, Canadian poet and author.

16

• Vladimir Boltyansky,93, Russian mathematician.
• Aidan Brady,79, Irish rugby union player.
• Ricardo Chibanga,76, Mozambican bullfighter.
• Francis Croissant,83–84, French archaeologist and art historian.
• Jörg Demus,90, Austrian pianist.
• Dale Denno,68, American politician, member of theMaine House of Representatives(2016–2019), lung cancer.
• Ahmad Eghtedari,93–94, Iranian teacher, lawyer and writer, complications from lung and kidney deficiencies.
• Guro Fjellanger,55, Norwegian politician,Minister of the Environment(1997–2000).
• Jose Mari Gonzales,80, Filipino actor and politician, pneumonia.
• Kent Harris,88, American songwriter ( "Shoppin' for Clothes") and record producer, cancer.
• Len Hoogerbrug,89, Dutch-born New Zealand architect.
• Kiyoshi Kawakubo,89, Japanese voice actor (Gurren Lagann,Bubblegum Crisis).
• Bill LeCaine,81, Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins).
• Pietro Marascalchi,87, Italian Olympic wrestler.
• Abraham D. Mattam,96, IndianSyro-Malabar Catholichierarch, Bishop ofSatna(1968–1999).
• Fay McKenzie,101, American actress (Down Mexico Way,Heart of the Rio Grande,Breakfast at Tiffany's).
• Ignace Murwanashyaka,55, Rwandan militant, leader of theDemocratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda.
• Bazilije Pandžić,101, Croatian historian, archivist and orientalist.
• Harding Peterson,89, American baseball player and general manager (Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Valentin Plătăreanu,82, Romanian actor and director.
• Juan Francisco Rodríguez,68, Spanish European bantamweight champion boxer (1978).
• Charles Joel Stone,82, American statistician and mathematician.
• Edward Streator,88, American diplomat.
• Suzanne Twelftree,62, Australian Paralympic wheelchair tennis player and powerlifter (1992,2000).
• Xia Suisheng,94, Chinese surgeon, pioneer in organ transplantation.
• Mountaineers killed in theHowse Peakavalanche:

• Hansjörg Auer,35, Austrian.
• David Lama,28, Austrian.
• Jess Roskelley,36, American.

17

• Donald Aronson,89, American mathematician.
• Cathy Barton,63, American folk musician.
• Tony Bird,74, Malawian-born South African singer-songwriter.
• Peter Cartwright,78, New Zealand lawyer, viceregal consort (2001–2006).
• Chet Coppock,70, American broadcast journalist (WMAQ,WSNS-TV) andsports talkpersonality (Sporting News Radio), traffic collision.
• George Finkel,82, American TV sports producer and director.
• Juliann Bluitt Foster,80, American dentist.
• Alan García,69, Peruvian sociologist and politician,President(1985–1990, 2006–2011), suicide by gunshot.
• Frederick Hemke,83, American saxophonist.
• Ryszard Kaja,57, Polish graphic artist.
• Norman Jacobsen,89, Canadian politician.
• Kazuo Koike,82, Japanese manga artist (Lone Wolf and Cub,Lady Snowblood), pneumonia.
• Timothy Lawson-Cruttenden,64, British solicitor.
• Ya'akov Nehoshtan,93, Israeli politician and diplomat, member of theKnesset(1969–1974), ambassador to the Netherlands (1982–1985).
• Folagbade Olateru Olagbegi III,77, Nigerian ruler,Olowo of Owo(since 1999).
• Sir Clive Rose,97, British diplomat.
• James V. Schall,91, AmericanJesuitRoman Catholic priest, teacher and writer.
• Pieter Verhoeff,81, Dutch film director (The Dream,The Sunday Child,The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time).
• Alex Weil,67, American filmmaker (One Rat Short).

18

• John Bowen,94, British novelist and dramatist.
• Ken Buehler,99, American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins,Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons).
• Richard Dickinson Chambers,84, British chemist.
• Victoria Cook,85-86, American archer, heart attack.
• Con de Lange,38, South African-born Scottish cricketer (Northamptonshire,national team), brain tumour.
• Pat Dwyer,72, English boxer.
• Ivo Frosio,89, Swiss footballer (Grasshoppers,Lugano,national team).
• Samuel H. Gruber,80, American marine biologist.
• Jamil Jalibi,89, Pakistani linguist, writer and academic administrator, vice-chancellor of theUniversity of Karachi(1983–1987).
• H. M. Jayawardena,69, Sri Lankan composer and musician.
• Andrew Mallard,56, British-born Australian ex-prisoner, wrongfully convicted of murder, hit-and-run.
• William F. McCauley,87, American vice admiral.
• Lyra McKee,29, Northern Irish journalist, shot.
• Don Melnick,65, American biologist and conservationist.
• Hasibul Islam Mizan,62, Bangladeshi film director.
• Ira Neimark,97, American retail executive (Bergdorf Goodman).
• Kate Nicholson,89, English painter.
• Jennifer Phipps,87, Canadian actress.
• Iča Putrih,77, Slovene comedian.
• Eddie Tigner,92, American blues keyboardist, singer and songwriter.
• Andreas Ugland,93, Norwegian ship's engineer.
• Willem Hendrik Velema,89, Dutch theologian.
• Lorraine Warren,92, American paranormal investigator and author, subject ofThe Conjuring.
• Siegmar Wätzlich,71, German footballer (Dynamo Dresden,East Germany national team), Olympic bronze medalist (1972).
• Zheng Guo'en,89, Chinese filmmaker and educator.

19

• Martin Böttcher,91, German composer, arranger and conductor.
• Chitrabhanu,96, Indian religious leader.
• Zora Dirnbach,89, Croatian journalist and writer.
• Hindraj Divekar,65, Indian musician.
• Cally Gault,91, American football coach.
• Renald Knysh,87, Belarusian artistic gymnastics coach.
• William Krehm,105, Canadian Trotskyist activist and Spanish Civil War veteran.
• Philip Liner,93, British-born New Zealand radio broadcaster (National Radio).
• MC Sapão,40, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pneumonia.
• Michael Lyons,75, British sculptor.
• Massimo Marino,59, Italian television presenter and actor.
• Gwen Marston,82, American quilter.
• Roy Mugerwa,77, Ugandan physician.
• Yuriy Pimenov,61, Russian rower, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
• Francis Sanziri,62, Ghanaian military officer, heart attack.
• Patrick Sercu,74, Belgian cyclist, Olympic champion (1964).
• Rodolfo Severino Jr.,82, Filipino diplomat, Secretary-General of theASEAN(1998–2002), ambassador to Malaysia (1989–1992), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Elmer Sprague,94-95, American philosopher.
• Peter Stoddart,84, English cricketer (Marylebone Cricket Club).
• Kawaski Trawick,32, African American trainer and dancer.
• Verena Wagner Lafferentz,98, GermanWagner familymember.
• Xiao Yang,80, Chinese judge, President of theSupreme People's Court(1998–2008),Minister of Justice(1993–1998).
• Okiharu Yasuoka,79, Japanese politician,Minister of Justice(2000, 2008), pancreatic cancer.
• Michael Yorke,80, British Anglican priest,Dean of Lichfield(1999–2005).

20

• Carl S. Adams,101, American politician.
• Bed Prakash Agarwal,83, Indian politician,Odisha MLA(1974–1980, 1990–1995, 2000–2004, since 2009).
• Enrico Alberto,85, French-Italian footballer.
• Rolf Amrein,89, Swiss Olympic sailor (1968,1972).
• Joe Armstrong,68, British computer scientist, designer ofErlang.
• Jarosław Biernat,58, Polish footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt,SG Union Solingen,SpVgg Bayreuth).
• Luděk Bukač,83, Czech ice hockey player and manager (Sparta Praha).
• Reggie Cobb,50, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers,Green Bay Packers,New York Jets), heart attack.
• Peter Colotka,94, Slovak academic, lawyer and politician,Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic(1969–1988).
• Terence Dolan,76, Irish lexicographer.
• Joyce Evans,89, Australian photographer.
• Bazlul Karim Falu,68, Bangladeshi politician.
• Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian,96, Iranian artist.
• Brian Fentiman,72, British rower, liver cancer.
• Ernie Fischer,88, American Olympic wrestler (1956).
• Karl Grob,72, Swiss footballer (Zürich,national team), heart failure.
• Charlie Kelsall,98, Welsh footballer.
• Galina Kmit,87, Russian photographer.
• Braulio Lara,30, Dominican baseball player (SK Wyverns), traffic collision.
• Kiyonomori Masao,84, Japanese sumo wrestler, pneumonia.
• Pedro Matrona,91, Curaçaoan Olympic footballer (1952).
• S. Muthiah,89, Indian historian.
• Amar Pal,96, Indian folk singer, heart attack.
• David V. Picker,87, American film executive (United Artists,Paramount Pictures) and producer (The Jerk), complications from colon cancer.
• Mavis Pusey,90, Jamaican-born American abstract artist.
• Jacqueline Saburido,40, Venezuelan-American anti-drunk driving campaigner, cancer.
• Phil Solomon,65, American experimental filmmaker, complications following surgery.
• Doreen Spooner,91, British photographer.
• Atli Heimir Sveinsson,80, Icelandic composer.
• Pranita Talukdar,83–84, Indian academic, politician, social worker,Assam Legislative Assembly(1967–1978).
• Valdiram,36, Brazilian footballer (CR Vasco da Gama), beaten.
• Claud Walker,84, American politician.
• John Whitworth,74, British poet.
• Jayne Wrightsman,99, American philanthropist and fine arts collector.
• Wu Yili,87–88, Chinese-Singaporean pianist.
• David Zafer,85, British-born Canadian violinist.

21

• Suzanne Carrell,96, French-born American educator.
• Hannelore Elsner,76, German actress (Student of the Bedroom,The Black Forest Clinic,Die Kommissarin), cancer.
• Violeta Gindeva,72, Bulgarian actress and academic (Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski").
• Steve Golin,64, American film producer (Spotlight,Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,The Revenant),Oscarwinner (2016), cancer.
• Duncan Green,93, British military officer.
• David A. Hamburg,93, American psychiatrist, ischemic colitis.
• Aminul Haque,76, Bangladeshi politician,MP(1991–2006),Minister of Posts and Telecommunications(2001–2006), liver cancer.
• Heidi Hetzer,81, German entrepreneur and world tour rally driver.
• Polly Higgins,50, Scottish environmentalist, cancer.
• Sigurður Jónsson,96, Icelandic Olympic swimmer (1948).
• Horst Kassner,81, German motorcycle road racer.
• Ollie Keller,90, American football player and coach.
• Ken Kercheval,83, American actor (Dallas,Network,The Seven-Ups), pneumonia.
• Harry Marks,88, American broadcast designer, co-founder ofTED.
• Richard P. Matty,86, American politician.
• Shantha Mayadunne,Sri Lankan chef,bombing.
• Terence Mitchell,89, British archaeologist and scholar.
• Abu Saleh Mohammad Saeed,73, Bangladeshi politician.
• Shivlal Sharma,80, Indian politician,MLA(1985–1990), cardiac arrest.
• Joyce Steele,83, American baseball player (Kalamazoo Lassies).
• Lucy C. Turnbull,87, American classicist.
• Amelia Vargas,91, Cuban actress (Arroz con Leche,The Phantom of the Operetta,Cleopatra Was Candida) and dancer.
• John Wells-Thorpe,90, English architect, Parkinson's disease.
• Frances Winfield,77, American author.

22

• Patricia Battin,89, American librarian.
• Krasimir Bezinski,57, Bulgarian footballer (CSKA Sofia,Portimonense,national team), colorectal cancer.
• Robert L. Butler,92, American lawyer and politician, Mayor ofMarion, Illinois(1963–2018).
• Deborah Cook,80, American operatic soprano, Alzheimer's disease.
• Jim Dunbar,89, American radio program director (KGO).
• Henry Rice Guild,90, American lawyer.
• Heather Harper,88, Northern Irish soprano, Grammy winner (1980,1985).
• Huang Zhanyue,92, Chinese archaeologist (Mausoleum of the Nanyue King).
• Stanisław Jędryka,85, Polish film director (The Impossible Goodbye).
• Simon Kaipuram,65, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofBalasore(since 2013).
• Ventseslav Konstantinov,78, Bulgarian writer, aphorist and translator.
• John L'Heureux,84, American author, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Lê Đức Anh,98, Vietnamese military officer and politician,Chief of the General Staff(1986–1987),Minister of Defence(1987–1992) andPresident(1992–1997), complications from a stroke.
• William Levy,80, American writer.
• Billy McNeill,79, Scottish football player (Celtic,national team) and manager (Aberdeen), dementia.
• Andy O'Donnell,94, American basketball player.
• John Quinn,78, Canadian professional wrestler (NWA,WWWF).
• Dave Samuels,70, American percussionist (Spyro Gyra).
• Tserendonoin Sanjaa,82, Mongolian Olympic wrestler.
• Greg Theakston,65, American comics artist (Mad).
• František Xaver Thuri,79, Czech composer.
• Oiva Toikka,87, Finnish glass designer.
• Julio Toresani,51, Argentine football player (River Plate,Boca Juniors) and manager (Colón), suicide by hanging.

23

• Philip Abbott,74, American political scientist.
• László Balogh,61, Hungarian Olympic sport shooter, traffic collision.
• Henry W. Bloch,96, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder ofH&R Block.
• Edward Brooks,76, American politician, member of theWisconsin State Assembly(2009–2018), leukemia.
• Matthew Buckland,44, South African internet entrepreneur and businessman, cancer.
• Earl Edwards,82, American songwriter ( "Duke of Earl").
• Wendelin Enders,96, German politician,MP(1967–1987).
• Mario Fabbrocino,76, Italian mobster.
• Fermo Favini,83, Italian football player and executive.
• Viggo Fossum,69, Norwegian politician.
• Della Godfrey,Indian politician,MLA(1994–2004).
• Charles Gheerbrant,94, French politician,Deputy(1993–1997), Mayor ofSaint-Nicolas(1973–2001).
• Max Golser,78, Austrian Olympic ski jumper (1968,1972).
• Joseph Gryzik,91, Polish-born American soccer player (A.A.C. Eagles).
• George Haigh,103, English footballer (Stockport County).
• Jean,98, Luxembourgish royal,Grand Duke(1964–2000), pulmonary infection.
• Edward Kelsey,88, English actor (The Archers,Danger Mouse,Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit).
• Denton Lotz,80, American Baptist minister, Secretary of theBaptist World Alliance(1988–2007).
• Mark Medoff,79, American playwright (When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?,Children of a Lesser God) and screenwriter,Tonywinner (1980), complications from a fall.
• Voja Mirić,86, Serbian actor (Death and the Dervish).
• Juan José Muñante,70, Peruvian footballer (Universitario,Pumas,national team), lung cancer.
• Johnny Neumann,68, American basketball player (Memphis Tams,Virginia Squires,Los Angeles Lakers), cancer.
• Nils John Nilsson,86, American computer scientist.
• Tadeusz Pluciński,92, Polish actor (Westerplatte,Stawka większa niż życie,Czterdziestolatek).
• Lorenzo Quinteros,73, Argentine actor (Man Facing Southeast,A Wall of Silence,Valentín).
• Pablo Ramirez,26, American skateboarder, traffic collision.
• Terry Rawlings,85, British film editor (Alien,Blade Runner,Chariots of Fire), heart failure.
• José Rizo Castellón,74, Nicaraguan politician, economist and lawyer,Vice President(2002–2005).
• Jotindra Nath Roy,84, Indian politician,MLA(1991-2006).
• Peter Skipper,61, English footballer (Hull City), complications from a stroke.
• Scott W. Sloan,64, Australian civil engineer and academic.
• John Shorter Stevens,85, American politician, member of theNorth Carolina House of Representatives(1969–1976).
• Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick,35, American soprano and presenter, idiopathic pulmonary hypertension.
• Alan G. Thomas,92, British materials scientist.
• David Winters,80, English-American actor and choreographer (West Side Story).
• Johan Witteveen,97, Dutch politician and economist,Deputy Prime Minister(1967–1971), Managing Director of theIMF(1973–1978).

24

• Saleh Ahmed,83, Bangladeshi actor (Srabon Megher Din,Aguner Poroshmoni).
• Chris Albertson,87, American journalist, writer, and record producer.
• Françoise Barrière,76, French composer.
• Stanley S. Bergen Jr.,89, American physician and academic administrator.
• Benson K. Buffham,99, American intelligence official,Deputy Director of the National Security Agency(1974–1978).
• Johnny Green,81, American football player (Buffalo Bills,New York Jets,Toronto Argonauts).
• Hubert Hahne,84, German racing driver, dementia.
• Martin Kilson,88, American political scientist.
• Francisco Lerma Martínez,74, Spanish-born Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofGurué(since 2010).
• Abbassi Madani,88, Algerian Islamic militant and politician, President of theIslamic Salvation Front(1989–1992).
• Eckhard Mannischeff,75, German Olympic fencer.
• Jean-Pierre Marielle,87, French actor (Cookies,Without Apparent Motive,The Da Vinci Code).
• Zoran Marojević,76, Serbian basketball player, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
• Sergey Pogorelov,44, Russian handball player, Olympic champion (2000).
• Feargal Quinn,82, Irish businessman and politician, founder ofSuperquinn,Senator(1993–2016).
• Dick Rivers,74, French rock and roll singer (Les Chats Sauvages), cancer.
• Conrado San Martín,98, Spanish actor (The Princess of the Ursines,The Colossus of Rhodes,Riders of the Dawn).
• John Simpson,85, English Anglican priest,Dean of Canterbury(1986–2000).
• Dennis Stanford,76, American archaeologist.
• Babill Stray-Pedersen,76, Norwegian physician.
• Michael Wolf,64, German photographer.

25

• Vidya Sagar Chaudhary,85, Indian politician.
• Josip Ćuk,83, Yugoslav Olympic sports shooter.
• Michiro Endo,68, Japanese musician (The Stalin), pancreatic cancer.
• Povl Falk-Jensen,98, Danishresistancemember during World War II.
• Alberto Giovannini,63–64, Italian economist.
• Gregory Gray,59, Northern Irish singer-songwriter (Rosetta Stone).
• Tom Gray,74, American Olympic speed skater.
• Robbert de Greef,27, Dutch road racing cyclist, heart attack.
• Svante Grundberg,75, Swedish actor and comedian (Sällskapsresan,Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?).
• John Havlicek,79, AmericanHall of Famebasketball player (Boston Celtics), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Kurohimeyama Hideo,70, Japanese sumo wrestler, pneumonia.
• Larry "Flash" Jenkins,63, American actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off,Fletch,The White Shadow), heart attack.
• Dirceu Krüger,74, Brazilian footballer (Coritiba), heart attack.
• Michael Lavery,84, Northern Irish barrister.
• Manuel Lujan Jr.,90, American politician,Secretary of the Interior(1989–1993), member of theU.S. House of Representatives(1969–1989).
• Faty Papy,28, Burundian footballer (MVV Maastricht,Bidvest Wits,national team), heart attack.
• Sir Nigel Seely,95, English aristocrat.
• Morton Sosland,93, American businessman.
• Paloma Tortajada,49, Spanish broadcaster and journalist.
• Peter Vander Pyl,85, Canadian Olympic hockey player (1964).

26

• Abdul-Latif Arabiyat,86, Jordanian politician,Speaker of the House of Representatives(1990–1993).
• Jimmy Banks,54, American soccer player (Milwaukee Wave,national team) and coach (Milwaukee School of Engineering), pancreatic cancer.
• Elina Bystritskaya,91, Russian actress (Unfinished Story,And Quiet Flows the Don,All Remains to People),People's Artist of the USSR(1978).
• Bruce Carmichael,85, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks).
• Zé do Carmo,85, Brazilian ceramist, heart attack.
• Nasser Farbod,96, Iranian political activist and military officer,Chief of Staff(1979).
• Jessie Lawrence Ferguson,76, American actor (Prince of Darkness,Darkman,Boyz n the Hood).
• Nancy Fouts,74, American artist.
• Fu Xinqi,100, Chinese architect, academic, and painter.
• Thomas A. Hanna,92, American politician.
• Verna Hart,58, American artist, seizure.
• Anthony J. Hilder,84, American surf music producer, radio host and conspiracy film maker.
• Eric Kent,99, Australian politician, member of theVictorian Legislative Council(1970–1976, 1979–1985).
• Anil Kumar Koneru,Indian film producer (Sriramachandrulu,Radha Gopalam,Allari Bullodu), cancer.
• Frederick Niels Larsen,87, American religious leader, President of theRemnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
• Colette Lorand,96, Swiss opera singer.
• Sir David McNee,94, Scottish police officer,Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police(1977–1982).
• Lotte Newman,90, British physician.
• Petar Omčikus,92, Serbian painter.
• Steven Paul,64, British Olympic fencer (1980,1984,1992) and stuntman (Die Another Day), fall.
• Ken Rothman,83, American politician,Lt. Governor of Missouri(1981–1985), member (1963–1981) andSpeaker of the Missouri House of Representatives(1977–1981).
• Richard Ryscavage,74, American sociologist and political philosopher.
• Mae Schmidle,91, American politician, member of theConnecticut House of Representatives(1981–1991).
• Ellen Schwiers,88, German actress (When the Bells Sound Clearly,The Inheritance of Bjorndal,God's Thunder).
• Reijo Taipale,79, Finnish singer, dementia.
• C. K. Tedam,93, Ghanaian teacher and politician.

27

• Adrian Brown,89, British stage and television director and producer (Top Secret,No Hiding Place,Emergency – Ward 10).
• Bart Chilton,58, American civil servant, Commissioner of theCommodity Futures Trading Commission(2007–2014), pancreatic cancer.
• Edward Fraenkel,91, German-born British mathematician.
• Teva Harrison,42, Canadian-American writer and cartoonist, breast cancer.
• Dan LaRose,80, American football player (Detroit Lions).
• Gerald James Larson,81, American indologist.
• Aleksey Lebed,64, Russian military officer and politician,Head of the Republic of Khakassia(1997–2009), internal bleeding.
• Ruth Macrides,69, American historian.
• Jack de Mello,102, American composer.
• Jerzy Moes,83, Polish actor.
• María de los Ángeles Moreno,74, Mexican politician,Secretary of Fisheries(1988–1991).
• Negasso Gidada,75, Ethiopian politician,President(1995–2001).
• Jón Karl Sigurðsson,87, Icelandic Olympic alpine skier (1952).
• Vasanthi Stanley,56, Indian politician,MP(2008–2014).
• Gene Stephens,86, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
• Mahfuz Ullah,69, Bangladeshi journalist and environmentalist, heart and lung failure.
• Joseph Ward,76, English tenor.
• Joe T. Wood,96, American politician, member of theGeorgia House of Representatives(1966–1989).

28

• Anisur Rahman Anis,78, Bangladeshi actor.
• William S. Banowsky,83, American preacher and academic, President ofPepperdine University(1971–1978) and theUniversity of Oklahoma(1978–1984).
• Bruce Bickford,72, American animator (Baby Snakes,The Dub Room Special,The Amazing Mr. Bickford).
• Caroline Bittencourt,37, Brazilian model, drowned.
• Sylvia Bretschneider,58, German politician, member of theLandtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern(since 1994), cancer.
• Wayson Choy,80, Canadian writer (The Jade Peony,All That Matters).
• Dan Conners,78, American football player (Oakland Raiders).
• Dax Cowart,71, American attorney, complications from leukemia and liver cancer.
• Lothar Geisler,82, German footballer (VfL Bochum,Borussia Dortmund).
• Zaki al-Ghul,92–93, Palestinian politician.
• Daniel Horlaville,73, French footballer (Paris,Rouen,national team).
• Thomas Jessell,67, American biochemist, neurodegenerative disease.
• Damon Keith,96, American judge, member of theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit(since 1977), complications from leukemia and cardiovascular disease.
• Barry Latman,82, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox,Cleveland Indians,Houston Astros).
• Maria LaYacona,92, American-born Jamaican photographer.
• Jo Sullivan Loesser,91, American actress (The Most Happy Fella), heart failure.
• Richard Lugar,87, American politician,U.S. Senator(1977–2013),mayor of Indianapolis(1968–1976), complications fromCIDP.
• Karol Modzelewski,81, Polish historian, writer, politician and academic.
• Genrikh Novozhilov,93, Soviet and Russian aircraft designer.
• Maurício Peixoto,98, Brazilian engineer and mathematician.
• Alejandro Planchart,83, Venezuelan-born American musicologist.
• Otto Rogers,83, Canadian painter.
• Bernt Rougthvedt,62, Norwegian historian and crime writer, cancer.
• Stephen O. Saxe,89, American graphic designer and art historian.
• Bettina Schmidt,58, German Olympic luger.
• John Singleton,51, American film director and television producer (Boyz n the Hood,2 Fast 2 Furious,Snowfall), stroke.
• Sir William Slack,94, British surgeon.
• Jah Stitch,69, Jamaican reggae singer.
• Menachem Mendel Taub,96, Israeli Hasidicrebbeand Holocaust survivor.

29

• Carlo Maria Abate,86, Italian auto racing driver.
• Lee K. Abbott,71, American writer, cancer.
• Doug Adair,89, American television news anchor (WKYC,WCMH).
• Eldon Bargewell,71, American army general, commander ofDelta Force,lawnmower rollover.
• Stevie Chalmers,83, Scottish footballer (Celtic,national team).
• Albert-Marie de Monléon,82, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop ofPamiers(1988–1999) andMeaux(1999–2012).
• René Dybkær,93, Danish Olympic fencer (1948,1952).
• Tom Ellis,86, American journalist and television news anchor (WBZ-TV,WCVB-TV,New England Cable News), cancer.
• Franklin M. Fisher,84, American economist.
• George W. Homsey,93, American architect.
• Vijaykumar Khandre,60, Indian politician,MLA(1989–1999), cardiac arrest.
• Jamsrangiin Ölzii-Orshikh,52, Mongolian Olympic racing cyclist (1992).
• Nelli Korbukova,57, Russian canoeist.
• Grigori F. Krivosheev,89, Russian military historian.
• Wojciech Królikowski,92, Polish physicist.
• Donald Lan,88, American politician,Secretary of State of New Jersey(1977–1982).
• George Litto,88, American film producer and talent agent, complications fromaortic stenosis.
• Betty Lockwood, Baroness Lockwood,95, British political activist and life peer,Member of the House of Lords(1978–2017).
• Gino Marchetti,93, AmericanHall of Famefootball player (Baltimore Colts), pneumonia.
• John Llewellyn Moxey,94, British film director (The City of the Dead,Foxhole in Cairo,Circus of Fear).
• Les Murray,80, Australian poet.
• José Rodrigues Neto,69, Brazilian footballer (Flamengo,Ferro Carril Oeste,national team), thrombosis.
• Makoto Ogino,59, Japanese manga artist (Spirit Warrior), kidney failure.
• Su Yu-chang,78, Chinese martial artist, scholar and physician.
• Josef Šural,28, Czech footballer (Slovan Liberec,Sparta Prague,national team), traffic collision.
• Ellen Tauscher,67, American politician,Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs(2009–2012), member of theU.S. House of Representatives(1997–2009), complications from pneumonia.
• John Trevett,76, English cricketer.
• James D. Wright,71, American sociologist.
• Werner Zimmer,89, German Olympic wrestler.

30

• Anémone,68, French actress (Santa Claus Is a Stinker,The Grand Highway),Césarwinner (1988), lung cancer.
• Silvina Bosco,52, Argentine actress, cancer.
• Beth Carvalho,72, Brazilian samba singer (Estação Primeira de Mangueira).
• Chuck Cecil,96, American broadcaster.
• Luis del Cerro,94, Spanish Olympic sport shooter.
• Luciano Comaschi,87, Italian football player (Brescia,Napoli) and manager.
• Mike Doyle,78, American surfer.
• Dunaden,13, French racehorse,Melbourne Cupwinner (2011), complications of a paddock accident.
• Max Evans,88, Australian politician.
• Ahmed Fagih,76, Libyan writer.
• Russ Gibb,87, American music promoter (MC5,Ted Nugent,Iggy Pop), heart failure.
• Fitzroy Gordon,65, Jamaican-born Canadian radio broadcaster (CKFG-FM).
• Boon Gould,64, English musician (Level 42).
• Robert J. T. Joy,90, American colonel and physician.
• Nurit Karlin,80, Israeli cartoonist.
• Art Kunkin,91, American journalist.
• Luis Maldonado Venegas,62, Mexican politician,Deputy(2015–2018).
• Peter Mayhew,74, English-American actor (Star Wars), heart attack.
• S. P. Y. Reddy,68, Indian politician,MP(since 2004), lung infection.
• Robert R. Spitzer,96, American agricultural researcher and educator.
• Joseph D. Stewart,77, American military officer, melanoma.
• Erika Strasser,85, Austrian Olympic javelin thrower.

External links

• List of April 2019 deathsatIMDb