Deaths in January 2011
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The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2011.
January 2011
- Hernán Alvarado Solano, 65, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Guapi (since 2001). [1]
- Bartolomeu Anania, 89, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Cluj-Napoca, Alba Iulia, Crişana and Maramureş (since 1993). [2]
- Raymond Challinor, 81, British historian. [3]
- Nikolay Dorizo, 87, Russian poet. [4] (Russian)
- Zilpha Grant, 91, British Olympic swimmer. [5]
- Stuart Hood, 95, Scottish writer and television executive, controller of BBC Television (1961–1964). [6]
- Charles Kaman, 91, American aeronautical engineer, founder of Kaman Aircraft and Ovation Guitar Company. [7]
- Nildo Parente, 74, Brazilian actor, stroke. [8] (Portuguese)
- Mark Ryan, 51, British musician (Adam and the Ants). [9]
- Eunice Sanborn, 114, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person at time of her death. [10]
- Charles Sellier, 67, American film and television producer (The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams). [11]
- Michael Tolan, 85, American actor (The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Mary Tyler Moore Show), heart disease and renal failure. [12]
- Norman Uprichard, 82, British footballer. [13]
- Doc Williams, 96, American country music performer. [14]
- John Barry, 77, British film score composer (From Russia with Love, Chaplin, Out of Africa), five-time Academy Award winner, heart attack. [15]
- Ajahn Maha Bua, 97, Thai Buddhist monk. [16] (Thai)
- J. Elliott Burch, 86, American hall of fame racehorse trainer, pneumonia. [17]
- Bernard O'Brien, 96, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1965–1980). [18]
- Ian R. Porteous, 80, British mathematician. [19]
- Hisaye Yamamoto, 89, American author. [20]
- Milton Babbitt, 94, American composer. [21]
- Zahra Bahrami, 46, Dutch-Iranian protestor and convicted drug trafficker, execution by hanging. [22]
- José Llopis Corona, 92, Spanish footballer. [23]
- Le Hoang Hung, 50, Vietnamese journalist, burned. [24]
- Bruce Jackson, 62, American audio engineer, plane crash. [25]
- Loreen Rice Lucas, 96, Canadian author. [26]
- Hemayel Martina, 20, Curaçaon poet, complications of car accident. [27] (Dutch)
- Raymond McClean, 78, Irish politician and doctor, Mayor of Derry (1973–1974). [28]
- Emilio Ogñénovich, 88, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján (1982–2000). [29]
- Nora Sun, 72, Chinese-born American diplomat, businesswoman and author, granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen, injuries from car crash. [30]
- Dorothy Thompson, 87, British social historian. [31]
- Emanuel Vardi, 95, Israeli-born American violist, cancer. [32]
- Liza Vorfi, 86, Albanian stage actress, after long illness. [33] (Albanian)
- Norman Wilkinson, 79, English football player. [34]
- Hamida Barmaki, 40, Afghan law professor and human rights activist, suicide bomb attack. [35]
- Ken Carpenter, 84, American football player (Cleveland Browns). [36]
- Raymond Cohen, 91, British violinist. [37]
- Karen Cromie, 31, British Paralympian, suicide. [38]
- Sushil Kumar Dhara, 99, Indian revolutionary. [39]
- Dariush Homayoon, 82, Iranian politician and journalist, Minister of Information and Tourism (1977–1978). [40]
- Megan McNeil, 20, Canadian singer, adrenal cancer. [41]
- Dame Margaret Price, 69, British soprano, heart failure. [42]
- Charlie Callas, 86, American comedian and actor (Silent Movie, Switch). [43]
- Liana Dumitrescu, 38, Romanian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (since 2004), stroke. [44] (Romanian)
- Johanne Dybwad, 92, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier. [45] (Norwegian)
- William L. Eagleton, 84, American diplomat. [46]
- Mārtiņš Freimanis, 33, Latvian musician (F.L.Y.) and actor, performed at Eurovision Song Contest 2003, influenza. [47] (Latvian)
- Boyd Kirkland, 60, American animation producer and director, Mormon missionary, pulmonary fibrosis. [48]
- Vaughn Mancha, 89, American football player (Boston Yanks), heart failure. [49]
- Svein Mathisen, 58, Norwegian footballer (IK Start), cancer. [50] (Norwegian)
- Diana Norman, 77, British author and journalist. [51]
- Don Rondo, 81, American singer ("White Silver Sands"), lung cancer. [52]
- Tøger Seidenfaden, 53, Danish newspaper editor-in-chief (Politiken), cancer. [53]
- Guy Velella, 66, American politician and ex-convict, New York State Assemblyman (1973–1982) and State Senator (1986–2004), lung cancer. [54]
- Robert Crook, 81, American politician, member of the Mississippi State Senate (1964–1992). [55]
- John Herbert, 81, Brazilian actor, emphysema. [56] (Portuguese)
- Gladys Horton, 65, American R&B singer (The Marvelettes), complications from a stroke. [57]
- David Kato, 46, Ugandan gay rights activist, bludgeoned with hammer. [58]
- R. F. Langley, 72, British poet and diarist. [59]
- Charlie Louvin, 83, American country music singer (The Louvin Brothers), pancreatic cancer. [60]
- Shawn McGrath, 34, American professional wrestler, suicide. [61]
- María Mercader, 92, Spanish actress. [62] (Spanish)
- Eddie Mordue, 83, British saxophonist. [63]
- Tore Sjöstrand, 89, Swedish Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) athlete. [64] (Swedish)
- Alec Boden, 85, Scottish footballer (Celtic). [69]
- Bernd Eichinger, 61, German film producer and director (The NeverEnding Story), heart attack. [70]
- David Frye, 77, American satirist and Richard Nixon impersonator, cardiopulmonary arrest. [71]
- Phil Gallie, 71, British politician, MP for Ayr (1992–1997), MSP for South of Scotland (1999–2007). [72]
- Barrie Lee Hall, Jr., 61, American jazz trumpeter and band leader (Duke Ellington). [73]
- Bhimsen Joshi, 88, Indian musician, Bharat Ratna laureate. [74]
- Francisco Mata, 78, Venezuelan folk singer and composer. [75] (Spanish)
- Jack Matheson, 86, Canadian sports journalist. [76]
- Samuel Ruiz, 86, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas (1959–2000). [77] (Spanish)
- Chief White Eagle, 93, Canadian-born American Mohawk actor and stuntman. [78]
- Anna Yablonskaya, 29, Ukrainian playwright, bombing. [79] (Russian)
- Ed Dyas, 71, American football player (Auburn Tigers), member of the College Football Hall of Fame, stomach cancer. [80]
- Peter Gibb, 56, Australian criminal, heart attack. [81]
- Ole Kopreitan, 73, Norwegian political activist. [82] (Norwegian)
- Jack LaLanne, 96, American fitness and nutritional expert, pneumonia. [83]
- Poppa Neutrino, 77, American adventurer, crossed Atlantic Ocean on raft made of discarded material, heart failure. [84]
- Louise Raggio, 91, American lawyer. [85]
- Novica Tadić, 62, Yugoslavian poet. [86] (Serbian)
- Virgil Akins, 82, American boxer, world welterweight champion (1958). [87]
- Solange Bertrand, 97, French artist. [88] (French)
- Sir Chandos Blair, 91, British army general. [89]
- Ralph Felton, 78, American football player (Washington Redskins). [90]
- Aslam Khokhar, 91, Pakistani cricketer. [91]
- Park Wan-suh, 79, South Korean novelist, cancer. [92] (German)
- René Piché, 79, Canadian politician. [93]
- Bobby Poe, 77, American pop singer, songwriter and promoter, blood clot. [94]
- William Schreyer, 83, American business executive, Chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch (1985–1993). [95]
- Lois Smith, 81, Canadian dancer (National Ballet of Canada). [96]
- Tullia Zevi, 91, Italian journalist and politician, leader of the Italian Jewish community. [97]
- Theoni V. Aldredge, 88, Greek-born American costume designer (Ghostbusters, Network, The First Wives Club). [98]
- Jay Garner, 82, American actor (Pennies from Heaven, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century), respiratory failure. [99]
- Tony Geiss, 86, American television writer and composer (Sesame Street), Emmy award winner, complications from a fall. [100]
- Emanuele Gerada, 90, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Nomentum, Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland (1989–1995). [101]
- Herb Gray, 76, American-born Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers). [102]
- Barney F. Hajiro, 94, American soldier, was oldest living Medal of Honor recipient. [103]
- Wally Hughes, 76, English football coach. [104]
- Dennis Oppenheim, 72, American artist, liver cancer. [105]
- E. V. V. Satyanarayana, 54, Indian Telugu movie director, throat cancer and cardiac arrest. [106]
- Kenth Andersson, 66, Swedish middle-distance runner. [107]
- Maurice Brown, 91, British Royal Air Force fighter pilot. [108]
- Eduardo Davino, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Palestrina (1997–2005). [109]
- Bruce Gordon, 94, American character actor (The Untouchables), after long illness. [110]
- Ernest McCulloch, 84, Canadian biologist. [111]
- Miesque, 27, French racehorse, euthanized. [112]
- F. A. Nettelbeck, 60, American poet. [113]
- Reynolds Price, 77, American author, professor at Duke University, heart attack. [114]
- John Jacob Rhodes III, 67, American politician, U.S. Representative from Arizona (1987–1993). [115]
- Eugénio Salessu, 87, Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malanje (1977–1998). [116]
- Sexy Cora, 23, German pornographic actress, complications from breast enlargement surgery. [117]
- Alan Uglow, 69, British-born American painter, lung cancer. [118]
- Gus Zernial, 87, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox), heart failure. [119]
- Neva Egan, 96, American First Lady of Alaska (1959–1966, 1970–1974), widow of William Allen Egan. [120]
- George Franck, 92, American football player (New York Giants). [121]
- Wayne R. Grisham, 88, American politician, Representative from California (1979–1983). [122]
- Mihai Ionescu, 74, Romanian footballer (Petrolul Ploieşti, Romania). [123] (Romanian)
- Jose Kusugak, 60, Canadian Inuit leader, bladder cancer. [124]
- Ramiro Saraiva Guerreiro, 92, Brazilian politician, Minister of External Relations (1979–1985). [125] (Portuguese)
- Wilfrid Sheed, 80, English-born American novelist and essayist, urosepsis. [126]
- Carla Swart, 23, South African cyclist, traffic accident. [127]
- Hira Devi Waiba, 71, Nepali folk singer, injuries from a fire. [128]
- Bob Young, 87, American news journalist and anchor (ABC World News). [129]
- Charlie Cowdrey, 77, American football coach (Illinois State University, Southwestern College). [130]
- George Crowe, 89, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals). [131]
- Jerre Denoble, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League). [132]
- Eugenia Escudero, 96, Mexican Olympic fencer. [133] (Spanish)
- Duncan Hall, 85, Australian rugby league player. [134]
- John Herivel, 92, British codebreaker at Bletchley Park. [135]
- Antonín Kubálek, 75, Czech-born Canadian pianist, complications from a brain tumour. [136]
- Jim McManus, 70, American tennis player. [137]
- Cristian Paţurcă, 46, Romanian composer. [138] (body found on this date)
- Milton Rogovin, 101, American documentary photographer. [139]
- Jacques Sarr, 76, Senegalese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Thiès (since 1986). [140]
- Sargent Shriver, 95, American diplomat and politician, Ambassador to France (1968–1970), Vice Presidential nominee (1972), complications from Alzheimer's disease. [141]
- Edgar Tafel, 98, American architect. [142]
- MK Binodini, 88, Indian writer. [143]
- Brian Boobbyer, 82, English rugby union player and cricketer. [144]
- David Bradby, 68, British theatre scholar. [145]
- Sigurjón Brink, 36, Icelandic musician and singer, complications from a stroke. [146] (Icelandic)
- Sir Bernard Crossland, 87, British engineer, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast (1978–1982). [147]
- Perry Currin, 82, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns), heart failure. [148]
- Keith Davey, 84, Canadian politician and campaign organizer, Senator (1966–1996). [149]
- Gita Dey, 79, Indian actress, cardiac arrest. [150]
- Jean Dutourd, 91, French novelist. [151] (French)
- Vern Kaiser, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens). [152]
- Don Kirshner, 76, American record producer and songwriter, host of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, heart failure. [153]
- Robert W. Mackenzie, 82, Canadian labour organizer and politician, Ontario Minister of Labour (1990–1994). [154]
- John Ross, 72, American activist, author and journalist, liver cancer. [155]
- Shinichiro Sakurai, 81, Japanese automotive engineer. heart failure. [156] (Japanese)
- Augusto Algueró, 76, Spanish composer and conductor, cardiac arrest. [157]
- Miguel Ángel Álvarez, 88, Puerto Rican comedian and actor, respiratory failure. [158]
- Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, 94, British aristocrat and diplomat, Administrator of Saint Lucia (1958–1962), Governor of the Seychelles (1962–1967). [159]
- David Crowley, 72, American politician, cancer. [160]
- Hovhannes Bedros XVIII Kasparian, 83, Egyptian-born Lebanese Armenian Catholic prelate, Patriarch of Cilicia (1982–1998). [161]
- Milton Levine, 97, American entrepreneur, inventor of Uncle Milton's Ant Farm. [162]
- Steve Prestwich, 56, British-born Australian drummer (Cold Chisel, Little River Band) and songwriter, brain tumour. [163]
- Reinaldo Pünder, 72, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Coroatá (since 1978). [164]
- Stefka Yordanova, 64, Bulgarian sprinter and middle distance runner. [165]
- Kenneth Grant, 86, British occultist and writer, head of the Typhonian Order. [166]
- Roy Hartsfield, 85, American baseball player (Boston Braves) and first manager of Toronto Blue Jays, complications of liver cancer. [167]
- Harvey James, 58, Australian musician (Sherbet), lung cancer. [168]
- Michael Langham, 91, English stage director and actor, complications from a chest infection. [169]
- Romulus Linney, 80, American playwright, father of actress Laura Linney, lung cancer. [170]
- Nat Lofthouse, 85, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, England). [171]
- Ed Lowe, 64, American journalist (Newsday, The Long Island Press), liver cancer. [172]
- Mike Vibert, 60, Jersey politician, Minister for Education, Sport and Culture (2005–2008), heart attack. [173]
- Susannah York, 72, English actress (Tom Jones, Superman), bone marrow cancer. [174]
- Hilde Zach, 68, Austrian politician, Mayor of Innsbruck (2002–2010). [175] (German)
- Zeng Xianyi, 74, Chinese professor of legal history. [176] (Chinese)
- Sun Axelsson, 75, Swedish novelist. [177] (Swedish)
- Salvatore Cancemi, 68, Italian mafiosi, stroke. [178] (Italian)
- Georgia Carroll, 91, American fashion model and actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy). [179]
- David Coren, 93, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1969–1977). [180]
- Dr. Creep, 69, American television host. [181]
- Stephanie Glaser, 90, Swiss actress. [182] (German)
- Marty Gold, 95, American composer, pianist and bandleader. [183]
- Toshiyuki Hosokawa, 70, Japanese actor, acute subdural hematoma. [184]
- Liu Huaqing, 94, Chinese naval commander (1982–1988). [185]
- Peter Post, 77, Dutch cyclist, winner of the 1964 Paris–Roubaix event. [186] (Dutch)
- Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, 88, American health official and tribal leader, first woman to lead the Seminole tribe (1967–1971). [187]
- Ben Wada, 80, Japanese television director, esophageal cancer. [188]
- Mississippi Winn, 113, American supercentenarian, Louisiana's oldest person. [189]
- Wali Khan Babar, 29, Pakistani journalist, gunshot. [190]
- Alan Butler, 80, South African priest. [191]
- Frank Calabro, 86, Italian-born Australian transport operator and politician, MLC (1970–1988). [192]
- Mick Cremin, 87, Australian rugby union footballer. [193]
- Tuviah Friedman, 88, Israeli Nazi hunter. [194]
- Michel Gratton, 58, Canadian journalist, Press Secretary to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1984–1987). [195] (French)
- Albert Heijn, 83, Dutch entrepreneur, owner of the Albert Heijn supermarket chain. [196]
- Hellmut Lange, 87, German actor (Serenade for Two Spies, Diamond Safari). [197] (German)
- Charles Muscat, 48, Maltese footballer. [198]
- Prabhakar Panshikar, 79, Indian stage actor, after long illness. [199]
- Ellen Stewart, 91, American theater director. [200]
- Marian Woyna-Orlewicz, 97, Polish cross country skier. [201] (Polish)
- Clemar Bucci, 90, Argentine racing driver. [202] (Spanish)
- Hans Bütikofer, 95, Swiss Olympic silver medal-winning (1936) bobsledder. [203] (German)
- Howard Engleman, 91, American college basketball player. [204]
- Josephine Harris, 69, American bookkeeper, survivor of the September 11 attacks, heart attack. [205]
- Paul Picerni, 88, American actor (The Untouchables), heart attack. [206]
- Kenneth Stevenson, 61, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Portsmouth (1995–2009), cancer. [207]
- Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz, 52, American dog trainer (Bo) and author, respiratory distress. [208]
- Zoltán Berczik, 73, Hungarian table tennis player and coach. [209] (Hungarian)
- Ralph Campbell, 64, American politician, North Carolina state auditor (1992–2004), lung cancer. [210]
- Susana Chávez, 36, Mexican poet and human rights activist, strangled. [211] (death confirmed on this date)
- Zoë Dominic, 90, English photographer. [212]
- Egon Drews, 84, German Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) flatwater canoer. [213]
- Milan Ercegan, 95, Yugoslavian president of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (1972–2002). [214]
- Kozo Haraguchi, 100, Japanese track and field athlete, respiratory failure. [215] (Japanese)
- Audrey Lawson-Johnston, 95, American-born British RMS Lusitania passenger and last survivor. [216]
- Matti Mattson, 94, American veteran of the Spanish Civil War (Abraham Lincoln Brigade). [217]
- John Modinos, 84, Cypriot opera baritone, heart failure. [218]
- David Nelson, 74, American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), colon cancer. [219]
- Knut Olsen, 57, Norwegian journalist and television presenter, cancer. [220] (Norwegian)
- Won-il Rhee, 50, South Korean digital art curator, heart attack. [221] (German)
- Ze'ev Segal, 64, Israeli jurist and legal analyst. [222]
- Marcel Trudel, 93, Canadian historian and author, cancer. [223]
- Liana Alexandra, 63, Romanian music educator and composer. [224] (Romanian)
- Naseerullah Babar, 82, Pakistani soldier and politician, Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1976–1977) and Interior Minister (1993–1996). [225]
- Bill Bower, 93, American aviator, last surviving pilot of Doolittle Raid, complications from a fall. [226]
- John Dye, 47, American actor (Touched by an Angel), heart attack. [227]
- Dorothy Franey, 97, American Olympic speed skater. [228]
- Cookie Gilchrist, 75, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos), cancer. [229]
- Joe Gores, 79, American novelist and screenwriter. [230]
- John Gross, 75, British literary critic. [231]
- Miklós Hofer, 79, Hungarian architect. [232] (Hungarian)
- Bora Kostić, 80, Serbian footballer (Red Star Belgrade). [233] (Serbian)
- Gideon Njoku, 63, Nigerian footballer and coach, cardiac arrest. [234]
- Vivek Shauq, 47, Indian actor, comedian, writer and singer, heart attack. [235]
- A. W. B. Simpson, 79, British legal historian. [236]
- María Elena Walsh, 80, Argentine musician, poet and writer ("Manuelita la tortuga"), after long illness. [237]
- John J. Ward, 90, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles (1963–1996). [238]
- Gary Whitbread, 53, British cricketer. [239]
- Margaret Whiting, 86, American pop singer ("A Tree in the Meadow", "Moonlight in Vermont"), natural causes. [240]
- Vítor Alves, 75, Portuguese soldier and politician, member of the MFA, responsible for the Carnation Revolution, cancer. [241] (Portuguese)
- Noel Andrews, 79, Irish boxing commentator. [242]
- Richard Butcher, 29, English footballer (Macclesfield Town), natural causes. [243]
- Ruth Cavin, 92, American mystery novel editor, lung cancer. [244]
- Debbie Friedman, 59, American songwriter, pneumonia. [245]
- Sir Ernest Lee-Steere, 98, Australian horse racing official, Lord Mayor of Perth (1972–1978). [246]
- Makinti Napanangka, 80s, Australian Papunya Tula artist. [247]
- Howard Wallace Pollock, 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from Alaska (1967–1971). [248]
- Dave Sisler, 79, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds), prostate cancer. [249]
- Jerzy Woźniak, 78, Polish footballer (Legia Warszawa). [250] (Polish)
- Peter Yates, 81, British film director and producer (Bullitt, Breaking Away, Krull). [251]
- Josep Artigas, 87, Spanish international footballer. [252] (Catalan)
- Joey Carew, 73, Trinidadian cricketer (West Indies), arteriosclerosis. [253]
- Willi Dansgaard, 88, Danish paleoclimatologist. [254]
- Jiří Dienstbier, 73, Czech politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1992). [255]
- Peter Donaldson, 58, Canadian actor (The Sweet Hereafter, Emily of New Moon, Road to Avonlea), lung cancer. [256]
- Hans Ulrich Engelmann, 89, German composer. [257] (German)
- Mike Gambrill, 75, British Olympic cyclist, bronze medalist (1956). [258]
- Oleg Grabar, 81, American Islamic art historian, heart failure. [259]
- Ángel Pedraza, 48, Spanish footballer and manager, cancer. [260] (Catalan)
- Manuel Pestana Filho, 82, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Anápolis (1978–2004). [261]
- Juan Piquer Simón, 74, Spanish film director (Pieces, Slugs), lung cancer. [262]
- John Roll, 63, American jurist, shot. [263]
- Del Reisman, 86, American television producer (The Twilight Zone, The Untouchables) and writer, President of WGAW (1991–1993), cardiac arrest. [264]
- Elfa Secioria, 51, Indonesian jazz pianist. [265]
- Thorbjørn Svenssen, 86, Norwegian footballer, record 104 appearances for the national team, stroke. [266] (Norwegian)
- Morton Sweig, 95, American businessman. [267]
- Christopher Trumbo, 70, American screenwriter, kidney cancer. [268]
- William F. Walsh, 98, American politician, Mayor of Syracuse, New York (1961–1969), Congressman (1973–1979). [269]
- Moshe Yess, 67, Canadian composer and singer, cancer. [270]
- Red Borom, 95, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers). [271]
- Carlos Castro, 65, Portuguese journalist, bludgeoned. [272]
- Derek Gardner, 79, British vehicle and Formula One car designer. [273]
- George Harris, 77, American Olympic judoka, leukemia. [274]
- Bill Johnson, 84, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach (Cincinnati Bengals). [275]
- Krzysztof Kolberger, 60, Polish actor, cancer. [276] (Polish)
- Włodzimierz Ławniczak, 51, Polish journalist, Chairman of Telewizja Polska, after long illness. [277] (Polish)
- Val Puccio, 45, American professional wrestler. [278]
- Bobby Robinson, 93, American record producer. [279]
- Simona Senoner, 17, Italian ski jumper. [280]
- José Vidal, 70, Dominican baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Seattle Pilots), cancer. [281] (Spanish)
- Rudi Bass, Austrian-born American graphic artist, illustrator and writer. [282]
- John Bendor-Samuel, 81, British missionary and linguist, car accident. [283]
- Tom Cavanagh, 28, American ice hockey player (San Jose Sharks), blunt force trauma. [284]
- Susana Chávez, 36, Mexican poet and human rights activist, strangled. [285]
- Francisco de la Rosa, 44, Dominican baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), after a long illness. [286]
- Ryne Duren, 81, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees). [287]
- Ohan Durian, 88, Armenian composer. [288]
- Gad Granach, 95, German memoirist, son of Alexander Granach. [289] (German)
- John D. Kendall. 93, American musical educator (Suzuki method), complications of a stroke. [290]
- Aron Kincaid, 70, American actor (The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini) and voice actor (Batman, The Transformers), heart failure. [291]
- Gary Mason, 48, British boxer, cycling collision. [292]
- Uche Okafor, 43, Nigerian footballer, murdered. [293]
- Andrzej Przeździecki, 84, Polish Olympic fencer and trainer. [294] (Polish)
- Anthony Seminerio, 75, American politician and convicted felon, member of the New York State Assembly (1979–2009). [295]
- Pyotr Sumin, 64, Russian politician, Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast (1996–2010). [296] (Russian)
- Donald J. Tyson, 80, American business executive, Chairman of Tyson Foods (1967–2001), cancer. [297]
- Vang Pao, 81, Lao army general and Hmong community leader, Commander of the Secret Army, pneumonia. [298]
- Reg Ward, 82, British developer, chief executive of London Docklands Development Corporation (1981–1987). [299]
- Dagmar Wilson, 94, American anti-nuclear activist, heart failure. [300]
- Jim Duncan, 86, American football player and coach. [301]
- Paul Egertson, 75, American Lutheran bishop, heart attack. [302]
- David Hart, 66, British political activist, author and playwright, motor neurone disease. [303]
- Lily Marinho, 89, Brazilian philanthropist, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, respiratory failure. [304] (Portuguese)
- Malangatana Ngwenya, 74, Mozambican poet and painter, after long illness. [305]
- Jack Ertle Oliver, 87, American scientist, provided seismic evidence supporting plate tectonics. [306]
- Helene Palmer, 82, British actress (Coronation Street). [307]
- Agustin Perdices, 76, Filipino politician, Governor of Negros Oriental (since 2010), stomach cancer. [308]
- Assar Rönnlund, 75, Swedish cross-country skier, world and Olympic champion. [309] (Swedish)
- Brian Rust, 88, British jazz discographer and music journalist. [310] (German)
- David G. Trager, 73, American jurist, pancreatic cancer. [311]
- Bill Zeller, 27, American computer programmer, injuries from a suicide attempt. [312]
- Mohamed Bouazizi, 26, Tunisian protestor, self-immolation. [313]
- Grady Chapman, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Robins), heart failure. [314]
- Chrysanth Chepil, 73, Russian Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Vyatka-Slobodskoy. [315] (Russian)
- B. H. Friedman, 84, American author and art critic, pneumonia. [316]
- Cyril M. Harris, 93, American acoustical engineer. [317]
- Hadayatullah Hübsch, 64, German journalist. [318] (German)
- Mick Karn, 52, Cypriot-born British musician (Japan), cancer. [319]
- Dick King-Smith, 88, British author (The Sheep-Pig, The Water Horse). [320]
- Gustavo Kupinski, 36, Argentine guitarist (Los Piojos), car crash. [321]
- Coen Moulijn, 73, Dutch footballer. [322]
- Ali-Reza Pahlavi, 44, Iranian royal, son of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, suicide by gunshot. [323]
- Ronald Parfitt, 97, British Olympic fencer. [324]
- Gerry Rafferty, 63, Scottish singer-songwriter (Stealers Wheel), liver failure. [325]
- Jack Richardson, 90, British chemical engineer. [326]
- Salmaan Taseer, 66, Pakistani politician, Governor of Punjab (since 2008), shot. [327]
- Bob Usdane, 74, American politician, member of the Arizona Senate (1977–1991), after a short illness. [328]
- Julia Bonds, 58, American activist, cancer. [329]
- Fadil Hadžić, 88, Croatian filmmaker, screenwriter, playwright and journalist. [330] (Croatian)
- Jill Haworth, 65, English actress (Exodus, In Harm's Way, Cabaret, The Outer Limits), natural causes. [331]
- Zbigniew Jaremski, 61, Polish athlete, 1976 Olympic silver medalist. [332] (Polish)
- Michael Kennelly, 96, Irish-born American Jesuit, President of Loyola University New Orleans (1970–1974), founder of Strake Jesuit College Prep. [333]
- Suchitra Mitra, 86, Indian singer, cardiac arrest. [334]
- Alfred Proksch, 102, Austrian athlete and graphic designer. [335] (German)
- Yosef Shiloach, 69, Israeli actor. [336]
- Anatoliy Skorokhod, 81, Ukrainian mathematician. [337]
- Paul Soldner, 89, American ceramicist. [338]
- Eva Strittmatter, 80, German writer. [339] (German)
- William Takaku, Papua New Guinean film and theatre actor, screenwriter and theatre director. [340]
- Stanley Tolliver, 85, American attorney and civil rights advocate. [341]
- Nakamura Tomijyuro V, 81, Japanese Kabuki actor, Living National Treasure. [342] (Japanese)
- Alec Woodall, 92, British politician, MP for Hemsworth (1974–1987). [343]
- Anna Anni, 84, Italian costume designer (Otello). [344]
- Bali Ram Bhagat, 88, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1976–1977) and Governor of Rajasthan (1993–1998). [345]
- Kate Ebli, 52, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2006–2010). [346]
- Anne Francis, 80, American actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet, The Twilight Zone), pancreatic cancer. [347]
- Peter Hobbs, 92, French-born American character actor (Barney Miller, Lou Grant, The Odd Couple), after brief illness. [348]
- Hans Kalt, 86, Swiss rower, Olympic silver (1948) and bronze (1952) medalist. [349] (French)
- Émile Masson Jr., 95, Belgian cyclist, winner of Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne classic cycle races. [350]
- John Osborne, 74, Montserratian politician, Chief Minister (1978–1991; 2001–2006), after long illness. [351]
- Pete Postlethwaite, 64, British actor (In the Name of the Father, Inception, The Usual Suspects), pancreatic cancer. [352]
- William R. Ratchford, 76, American politician, U.S. Representative from Connecticut (1979–1985), complications from Parkinson's disease. [353]
- Miriam Seegar, 103, American silent film actress and interior designer. [354]
- Patricia Smith, 80, American actress (The Spirit of St. Louis, The Bob Newhart Show, The Debbie Reynolds Show), heart failure. [355]
- Margot Stevenson, 98, American stage and radio actress (The Shadow). [356]
- Szeto Wah, 79, Hong Kong political activist, lung cancer. [357]
- Robert Trumble, 91, Australian writer and musician. [358]
- Richard Winters, 92, American army officer and World War II veteran, basis of book and miniseries Band of Brothers, Parkinson's disease. [359]
- Nikolay Abramov, 26, Russian footballer. [360] (Russian)
- Georgiy Ball, 83, Russian writer. [361] (Russian)
- Branko Bokun, 90, Yugoslavian writer. [362]
- Peter Branson, 86, British admiral. [363]
- Sir Robin Carnegie, 84, British army general. [364]
- Marin Constantin, 85, Romanian musician, conductor and composer. [365] (Romanian)
- Charles Fambrough, 60, American jazz musician and composer. [366]
- Gil Garfield, 77, American songwriter and musician (The Cheers), cancer. [367]
- Bruce Halliday, 84, Canadian physician and politician, MP for Oxford (1974–1993). [368]
- Gerd Michael Henneberg, 88, German actor. [369] (German)
- Flemming Jørgensen, 63, Danish actor and musician (Bamses Venner), heart attack. [370] (Danish)
- Verne Langdon, 69, American musician, record producer and make-up artist. [371]
- John Olguin, 89, American aquarium official, director of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (1949–1987). [372]
- Billy Joe Patton, 88, American golfer. [373]
- Louise Reiss, 90, American physician, co-ordinator of the Baby Tooth Survey. [374]
- John Rice, 92, American baseball umpire (1955–1973). [375]
- Faizal Yusof, 32, Malaysian actor, heart attack. [376]