Deaths in August 2018

The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2018.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

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

August 2018

1

• Alija Behmen, 77, Bosnian politician, PM of Bosnia and Herzegovina federation (2001–2003) and Mayor of Sarajevo (2009–2013).
• Garnet Bloomfield, 89, Canadian politician, MP for London—Middlesex (1980–1984).
• Gaqo Çako, 83, Albanian opera singer.
• Mary Carlisle, 104, American actress (College Humor, Doctor Rhythm, Dead Men Walk).
• Maruja Carrasco, 74, Spanish botanist, herbalist and academic (Complutense University of Madrid, University of Chicago).
• David I. Cleland, 92, American engineer and writer.
• John Cornwall, 83, Australian politician.
• Mário Cravo Júnior, 95, Brazilian sculptor, designer, and painter.
• Cui Xiuwen, 50–51, Chinese artist.
• Saralyn R. Daly, 94, American writer and translator.
• Jack Gaffney, 88, Australian footballer (Fitzroy) and lawyer.
• Rick Genest, 32, Canadian fashion model and actor (Carny, 47 Ronin), fall.
• Howard Grant, 79, American jockey.
• Jan Kirsznik, 84, Polish rock saxophonist.
• Eleonore Koch, 92, German-born Brazilian painter and sculptor.
• Frédéric Kyburz, 74, Swiss Olympic judoka.
• Fakir Musafar, 87, American performance artist and modern primitive proponent, lung cancer.
• Jüri Rätsep, 83, Estonian politician and judge, magistrate of the Supreme Court (1993–2002).
• Celeste Rodrigues, 95, Portuguese fado singer.
• Hasanaga Sadigov, 67, Azerbaijani ashik musician, cancer.
• Jakob Schönenberger, 86, Swiss oberst, banker (Swiss National Bank) and politician, member of Council of States (1979–1991).
• Jalees Sherwani, 70, Indian screenwriter and lyricist.
• Bhishma Narain Singh, 85, Indian politician, Governor of Assam (1984–1989) and Tamil Nadu (1991–1993).
• John Tangi, 67, Niuean-born Cook Island politician.
• Nancy Tuckerman, 89, American secretary, White House Social Secretary (1963), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Umbayee, 66, Indian ghazal singer, cancer.
• Rolf Valtin, 93, American soccer player.
• Hannie van Leeuwen, 92, Dutch politician, Senator (1995–2007).
• Stefano Vetrano, 95, Italian politician, Deputy (1968–1975).
• Taylor Whitley, 38, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, Washington Redskins).
• Rotraut Wisskirchen, 82, German biblical archaeologist and academic, Order of Merit (2011).

2

• Neil Argo, 71, American composer (Wild America, Mission: Impossible), heart failure.
• Shaharuddin Badaruddin, 55, Malaysian politician, colon cancer.
• Bob Berry, 102, New Zealand dendrologist.
• A. K. Bose, 69, Indian politician, cardiac arrest.
• Marcial, 77, Brazilian footballer.
• Givi Chikvanaia, 79, Georgian water polo player, Olympic silver medalist (1960, 1968).
• Gabriel Covarrubias Ibarra, 88, Mexican politician, Senator (1997–2000), Mayor of Guadalajara (1989–1992).
• Tom Cox, 88, British politician, MP for Wandsworth Central (1970–1974) and Tooting (1974–2005).
• Armand de Las Cuevas, 50, French racing cyclist, suicide.
• Harald Hauptmann, 82, Czech-born German prehistorian, archaeologist and academic (Heidelberg University), member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
• Jon Hohman, 75, American football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Denver Broncos).
• Yogi Huyghebaert, 74, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (2000–2016).
• Brian Kelly, 75, English footballer.
• Herbert King, 55, Colombian actor (Pasión de Gavilanes, Guajira, Loving Pablo), heart attack.
• Salvatore Meleleo, 89, Italian politician, Deputy (1983–1994) and Senator (2001–2006).
• Winston Ntshona, 76, South African actor (Marigolds in August) and playwright (The Island, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead), Tony winner (1975).
• Vladimír Plaček, 53, Czech politician and physician, Senator (since 2012).
• Mihai Radu Pricop, 68, Romanian politician, Senator (2000–2004).
• Uusarqak Qujaukitsoq, 70, Greenlandic Inuit politician and human rights activist, member of the Inatsisartut (1984–1995).
• Heinz Rökker, 97, German night fighter pilot during World War II.
• Daan Schrijvers, 76, Dutch footballer (national team, AFC DWS, PSV Eindhoven, NAC Breda).
• Darrel Sutton, 71, Canadian curler.
• Viktor Tyumenev, 61, Russian ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1984).
• María José la Valenciana, 44, Spanish transsexual sex worker and internet personality.
• Bill Wattenburg, 82, American engineer, author, and radio talk show host, cancer.
• Ferdinand Willeit, 79, Italian politician, Deputy (1987–1992), heart attack.

3

• Matija Barl, 78, Slovene actor (Kekec).
• Joseph C. Burke, 86, American educator and academic, President of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh (1974–1986).
• Terry Bush, 75, English footballer (Bristol City).
• Carlos Buttice, 75, Argentine footballer (Unión Española, Bahia, CASLA).
• Raffaele Castielli, 91, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lucera–Troia (1987–1996).
• Carlos Chávez, 59, Bolivian football administrator, cancer.
• June Holeman, 75, American barrel racer.
• Ingrid Espelid Hovig, 94, Norwegian television chef and cookbook author.
• Cliff Huxford, 81, English football player (Southampton, Exeter City) and manager.
• Koulla Kakoulli, 56, British musician, dominatrix and bodybuilder.
• Reinhart Langer, 97, German-born New Zealand plant physiologist and academic (Lincoln University).
• John Loone, 87, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1989–2001).
• Murray Matthewson, 73, New Zealand hand surgeon.
• Moshé Mizrahi, 86, Egyptian-born Israeli film director (Madame Rosa, Every Time We Say Goodbye, The House on Chelouche Street), Oscar winner (1978).
• John Schella, 71, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks, Houston Aeros).
• Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski, 101, Polish Air Force officer (Warsaw Uprising) and brigadier general.
• Piotr Szulkin, 68, Polish film director (The War of the Worlds: Next Century, O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization).
• Ronnie Taylor, 93, British cinematographer (Gandhi, Cry Freedom, A Chorus Line), Oscar winner (1983).
• Zhang Baosheng, 57–58, Chinese qigong master.

4

• Sergey Ambartsumian, 96, Armenian scientist, member of Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1979–1984).
• Afsar Amed, 58, Indian Bengali writer.
• Frederick Barnes, 93, Australian air vice marshal.
• Lorrie Collins, 76, American rockabilly singer (The Collins Kids).
• Delwyn Costello, 58, New Zealand cricketer.
• Lluïsa Forrellad, 91, Spanish writer.
• Stephen Goodson, South African banker and Holocaust denier, Director of the Reserve Bank (2003–2012).
• Leonard Patrick Harvey, 89, British historian.
• Donald Hunt, 88, British choral conductor.
• Brian Illman, 80, Australian cricketer.
• Alan Jackson, 82, Australian businessman, director of Nylex Plastics.
• Anita Miller, 91, American author and publisher, co-founder of Academy Chicago Publishers.
• Josy Moinet, 88, French politician, Senator for Charente-Maritime (1973–1989), Mayor of Saint-Rogatien (1959–2008).
• Tommy Peoples, 70, Irish fiddler (The Bothy Band).
• Arsène Tchakarian, 101, Armenian-born French resistance fighter (FTP-MOI).
• Karma Topden, 77, Indian Sikkimese politician, member of the Rajya Sabha (1988–1993, 1994–2000), Ambassador to Mongolia.
• Masahiko Tsugawa, 78, Japanese actor (Otoko wa Tsurai yo, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Tampopo).
• Myron White, 61, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers).

5

• Majid Al-Majid, 52, Saudi folk singer, shot.
• Bernard F. Burke, 90, American astronomer.
• Miguel Ángel Campano, 70, Spanish painter.
• Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas, 84, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mayagüez (1976–2011).
• Barry Chuckle, 73, English children's entertainer (ChuckleVision), bone cancer.
• Rodolfo de la Garza, 75, American political scientist.
• Robert Dugard, 76, British speedway rider and promoter.
• Tom Heckert Jr., 51, American football executive (Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles), amyloidosis.
• David Landsberg, 73, American actor (C.P.O. Sharkey, Shoot the Moon) and screenwriter (Cosby), complications from surgery.
• Gerry Lenfest, 88, American media executive (Triangle Publications, TelVue) and philanthropist (Columbia University).
• Ellen Joyce Loo, 32, Canadian-born Hong Kong singer (at17), suicide by jumping.
• Harry Mares, 79, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1995–2002).
• Lauri Mononen, 68, Finnish Olympic ice hockey player (1972).
• Alan Rabinowitz, 64, American conservationist and zoologist, founder president of Panthera Corporation, leukemia.
• Charlotte Rae, 92, American actress (The Facts of Life, Diff'rent Strokes, 101 Dalmatians: The Series), bone cancer.
• Aji Muhammad Salehuddin II, 93, Indonesian royal, Sultan of Kutai (since 1999).
• John Shaw, 86, Australian cricketer.
• Matthew Sweeney, 65, Irish poet, motor neurone disease.
• Nev Warburton, 86, Australian politician, Leader of the Opposition of Queensland (1984–1988).
• Mary E. White, 92, South African-born Australian paleobotanist and author, homicide by overdose.

6

• Patricia Benoit, 91, American actress (Mister Peepers).
• Kamrul Hasan Bhuiyan, 66, Bangladeshi military officer and writer.
• Rosa Maria Carrasco i Azemar, 82, Spanish politician, co-founder of Democrats of Catalonia.
• Anthony Catt, 84, English cricketer (Kent).
• R. K. Dhawan, 81, Indian politician.
• Robert Dix, 83, American actor (Forbidden Planet, Forty Guns, The Rebel Rousers), respiratory failure.
• William H. Faucher, 80, American politician.
• Martin Galvin, 81, American poet.
• Christian Habicht, 92, German historian (Ancient Greece).
• Margaret Heckler, 87, American politician and diplomat, Ambassador to Ireland (1986–1989), Secretary of Health and Human Services (1983–1985), member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1983), cardiac arrest.
• Nat Indrapana, 80, Thai sports executive, Vice Minister of Tourism and Sports (2007–2008), Vice President of the World Taekwondo Federation (1999–2009).
• Jimmy il Fenomeno, 86, Italian actor.
• Nicole Kullen, 38, Australian Paralympic equestrian, meningococcal disease.
• Paul Laxalt, 96, American politician, Governor of Nevada (1967–1971), member of the U.S. Senate (1974–1987).
• Leonard Lewinsohn, 64–65, American Islamic scholar.
• Sanaa Mazhar, 85, Egyptian actress.
• Robert A. Plane, 90, American chemist, vintner and academic administrator, President of Clarkson University (1974–1985) and Wells College (1991–1995), founder of Cayuga Lake AVA.
• Pete Richens, 65, English screenwriter (The Comic Strip Presents).
• Joël Robuchon, 73, French chef and cookbook author, Meilleur Ouvrier de France winner 1976, complications from pancreatic cancer.
• William E. Schluter, 90, American politician, member of the New Jersey Legislature (1968–1974, 1987–2002).
• Anya Krugovoy Silver, 49, American poet, breast cancer.
• Dennis Thrower, 80, English footballer (Ipswich Town).

7

• Étienne Chicot, 69, French actor (The Da Vinci Code) and composer.
• John Ciaccia, 85, Italian-born Canadian politician, member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Mont-Royal (1973–1998).
• David Coates, 71, British political economist.
• Andrew Coburn, 86, American author.
• John Doaninoel, 68, Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Honiara (since 2011).
• Dumitru Fărcaș, 80, Romanian tárogató player.
• Arvonne Fraser, 92, American women's rights activist, Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (1993–1994).
• Gustavo Giagnoni, 86, Italian football player (Mantova) and manager (Milan, Roma).
• Nan Joyce, 77–78, Irish human rights activist (Irish Travellers).
• M. Karunanidhi, 94, Indian politician and writer, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1969–1971, 1971–1976, 1989–1991, 1996–2001, 2006–2011), multiple organ failure.
• Richard H. Kline, 91, American cinematographer (King Kong, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Camelot).
• Anton Lehmden, 89, Austrian painter.
• Liu Guangding, 88, Chinese marine geologist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Stan Mikita, 78, Slovak-born Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, St. Catharines Teepees), NHL champion (1961).
• Aaron Monsonego, 90, Moroccan religious leader, Chief Rabbi (since 1994).
• Enno Patalas, 88, German film historian, restorer and collector.
• Joel H. Silbey, 84, American historian.
• Rika Vagiani, 56, Greek actress, journalist and writer, lung cancer.
• Gerald Weinberg, 84, American computer scientist.
• Robley Wilson, 88, American writer.

8

• Mario Alinei, 91, Italian linguist.
• Nicholas Bett, 28, Kenyan hurdler, world champion (2015), traffic collision.
• Göran Bundy, 97, Swedish diplomat, Ambassador to Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates (1977–1980) and Iran (1980–1985).
• Katie Cannon, 68, American theologian, leukemia.
• Ronald Crawford, 82, Australian Olympic racewalker (1956, 1960, 1964).
• Arthur Davies, 77, Welsh opera singer.
• Willie Dille, 53, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (2010–2012), suicide.
• Wendell Erickson, 93, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1965–1987).
• Pál Fábry, 99, Hungarian politician, MNA (1947).
• Robert Hugh Ferrell, 97, American historian and author.
• John Glines, 84, American theatre producer (Torch Song Trilogy, As Is, Whoop-Dee-Doo!) and playwright.
• Xenia Gratsos, 78, Greek-American actress.
• Dave Hargreaves, 63, English footballer (Accrington Stanley).
• Jarrod Lyle, 36, Australian golfer, acute myeloid leukaemia.
• Hernán Masanés, 86, Chilean Olympic cyclist.
• Takeshi Onaga, 67, Japanese politician, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture (since 2014), Mayor of Naha (2000–2014), pancreatic cancer.
• Élise Paré-Tousignant, 81, Canadian music administrator and educator.
• Pro, 37, South African rapper and DJ, hemosuccus pancreaticus.
• Philip Riteman, 96, Polish-born Canadian lecturer and Holocaust survivor.
• Richard Searby, 87, Australian lawyer.
• Mikhail Shakhov, 86, Ukrainian wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
• Richard Sipe, 85, American sociologist, multiple organ failure.

9

• Tamara Degtyaryova, 74, Russian actress (Eternal Call, Nikolai Vavilov).
• Donald F. Holcomb, 92, American physicist.
• Scott Imler, 60, American cannabis activist.
• Billy Ray Irick, 59, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• John Kennedy, 77, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Washington Senators).
• Manfred Melzer, 74, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Cologne (1995–2015).
• Mehrdad Pahlbod, 101, Iranian royal and politician, Minister of Culture and Art (1964–1978).
• Carol Springer, 81, American politician, State Treasurer of Arizona (1998–2003).

10

• Emmanuel C. Aguma, Nigerian politician, Attorney General of Rivers State (since 2015).
• Anant Bajaj, 41, Indian businessman (Bajaj Electricals), heart attack.
• Peter Berck, 68, American economist.
• Andrey Budnik, 65, Soviet-Russian diplomat, Ambassador to Pakistan (2009–2013) and Nepal (since 2015).
• Paul Cantor, 76, Canadian lawyer.
• William Corbett, 75, American poet, pancreatic cancer.
• László Fábián, 82, Hungarian sprint canoeist, Olympic (1956) and world champion (1958, 1963, 1966).
• Árpád Fazekas, 88, Hungarian footballer (national team, FC Bayern Munich).
• Robert J. LeRoy, 74, Canadian chemist.
• Fernando Llort, 69, Salvadoran artist.
• Dawn Mabalon, 45, American academic, asthma attack.
• Mahmut Makal, 88, Turkish writer.
• Jim McKiernan, 73, Irish-born Australian politician, Senator (1984–2002), cancer.
• Katherine Nelson, 87–88, American psychologist.
• A. R. Schwartz, 92, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1955–1959) and Senate (1960–1981), heart attack.
• Kin Sugai, 92, Japanese actress (Godzilla, Dodes'ka-den, The Funeral), heart failure.
• Mohammed Awad al-Zayyud, 62, Jordanian politician, Secretary-General of Islamic Action Front, cancer.

11

• James H. Baxter Jr., 94, American politician.
• Bùi Tín, 90, Vietnamese military officer and dissident, kidney failure.
• Pierre Coustillas, 88, French literary scholar (George Gissing) and academic (University of Lille).
• Terry A. Davis, 48, American computer programmer (TempleOS), struck by train.
• Art Griffiths, 93, Canadian Olympic rower.
• Morris G. Hallock, 92, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1953–1954, 1967–1968).
• Kazimierz Karabasz, 88, Polish documentarian.
• Stanley Keleman, 86, American writer and chiropractor.
• Li Chaoyi, 84, Chinese neurobiologist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Benno Müller-Hill, 85, German biologist and author.
• Sir V. S. Naipaul, 85, Trinidadian-born British writer (A House for Mr Biswas), Nobel Prize laureate (2001).
• Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, 86, Dominican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Barahona (1976–1999).
• John Smyth, 77, British barrister, heart attack.
• Manch Wheeler, 79, American football player (Buffalo Bills).

12

• Fariha Al-Ahmad, 74, Kuwaiti royal (House of Al Sabah) and philanthropist.
• Samir Amin, 86, Egyptian-French Marxian economist.
• Richard Lloyd Anderson, 92, American LDS Church historian (Brigham Young University).
• Peter Chadwick, 87, British applied mathematician and physicist.
• Rio Fanning, 86, Northern Irish actor (The District Nurse, Priest) and television writer (EastEnders), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Bryant Giles, 90, Australian politician, MP (1968–1970).
• Betty Gray, 96, Welsh table tennis player.
• Ma Jin, 83, Chinese geophysicist and structural geologist.
• Thomas J. Moran, 65, American executive (Mutual of America) and humanitarian (Concern Worldwide), Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast (since 2015).
• Willy Rasmussen, 80, Norwegian Olympic javelin thrower (1960).
• Michael Scott Rohan, 67, Scottish fantasy and science fiction author.
• Steven T. Ross, 81, American military historian.
• Kazimiera Utrata, 86, Polish actress.

13

• Mark Baker, 71, American actor (Candide, Via Galactica, Swashbuckler).
• Zvonko Bego, 77, Croatian footballer (Hajduk Split, Yugoslavia national team), Olympic champion (1960).
• John Calder, 91, Canadian-born British publisher (Calder Publishing).
• Morlaye Camara, 81–82, Guinean Olympic footballer.
• Shirley Aley Campbell, 93, American painter.
• Salvatore Cantalupo, 59, Italian actor (Gomorrah).
• John Carter, 95, American film editor (The Heartbreak Kid, Friday, Men of Honor).
• Somnath Chatterjee, 89, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (2004–2009), multiple organ failure.
• Tajul Islam Choudhury, 73, Bangladeshi politician, Opposition Chief Whip of Jatiya Sangsad.
• Paul Coppejans, 84, Belgian Olympic pole vaulter.
• Ian Dean, 48, English professional wrestler (ASW, WCW, NJPW), heart attack.
• Santiago María García de la Rasilla, 81, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Perú (2005–2014).
• Don Garrison, 93, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1961–1966).
• Giam Choo Kwee, 76, Singaporean chess player.
• Sir Alan Greengross, 89, British politician, lung cancer.
• Georges Hausemer, 61, Luxembourgian writer.
• Unshō Ishizuka, 67, Japanese voice actor (Pokémon, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Cowboy Bebop), colon infection.
• Mie Mie, 46, Burmese democracy activist, traffic collision.
• Powell A. Moore, 80, American government official.
• Ann Moss, 80, British literary historian.
• Gerald Nazareth, 86, Hong Kong judge, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal (1997–2012).
• Jim Neidhart, 63, American professional wrestler (WWF, Mid-South, Stampede), head injury from fall.
• Rico Pontvianne, 74, Mexican Olympic basketball player (1964, 1968), Pan American championship silver medalist (1967).
• Miguel Ángel Sanz Bocos, 100, Spanish fighter pilot, last living aviator of the Civil War.
• Golam Sarwar, 75, Bangladeshi journalist and founding editor of Samakal.
• Gyula Szabó, 70, Hungarian Olympic sports shooter.

14

• Brief Truce, 29, Irish racehorse.
• Chemmanam Chacko, 92, Indian poet.
• Sir Hugh Cortazzi, 94, British diplomat, Ambassador to Japan (1980–1984).
• Charles Victor Grahmann, 87, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dallas (1990–2007).
• Mela Hudson, 31, American actress (Split Costs, Men in Black 3) and filmmaker.
• Jill Janus, 42, American rock singer (Huntress), suicide.
• Tomasz Jędrzejak, 39, Polish motorcycle speedway rider (national team), suspected suicide.
• Itai Keisuke, 62, Japanese sumo wrestler.
• Valentina Levko, 92, Russian opera and chamber singer.
• Michael Persinger, 73, American-born Canadian psychology professor, neuroscience researcher (Laurentian University) and ufologist.
• Mary Pratt, 83, Canadian painter.
• Randy Rampage, 58, Canadian thrash metal singer and bassist (D.O.A., Annihilator, Stress Factor 9), heart attack.
• Hakam Singh, 64, Indian race walker, Asian Games champion (1978), liver and kidney disease.
• Balram Das Tandon, 90, Indian politician, Governor of Chhattisgarh (since 2014).
• Mario Trebbi, 78, Italian footballer (Milan, Torino, national team).
• Eduard Uspensky, 80, Russian author (Uncle Fedya, His Dog, and His Cat) and screenwriter (Gena the Crocodile, Plasticine Crow).

15

• Malik Ghulam Abbas, 60, Pakistani politician, heart attack.
• Kunihiro Abe, 50, Japanese animator (Gundam).
• Rita Borsellino, 73, Italian anti-Mafia activist and politician, MEP (2009–2014), cancer.
• Kenneth Bowles, 89, American computer scientist.
• Peter Box, 86, Australian footballer (Footscray).
• Martin Brandon-Bravo, 86, British politician, MP for Nottingham South (1983–1992).
• Marie-Françoise Bucquet, 80, French pianist and teacher.
• Pierre Camou, 72, French rugby union administrator.
• Robert Everett, 97, American computer scientist.
• Peter Fisher, 67, British physician, traffic collision.
• François Garnier, 74, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cambrai (since 2000).
• Edmond Haan, 94, French footballer (Strasbourg, national team).
• Abu Bakr al-Jazaeri, 97, Algerian Islamic scholar and writer.
• Vivian Matalon, 88, British theatre director.
• Albert Millaire, 83, Canadian actor (Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope, Dom Juan), cancer.
• Stuart Mitchell, 52, Scottish pianist and composer, lung cancer.
• Allan Rune Pettersson, 82, Swedish author.
• Marisa Porcel, 74, Spanish actress (Escenas de matrimonio, Aquí no hay quien viva, Médico de familia).
• Sir John Shipley Rowlinson, 92, British chemist.
• Momoko Sakura, 53, Japanese manga artist (Chibi Maruko-chan, Coji-Coji), breast cancer.
• Sterling Stuckey, 86, American historian.
• Ajit Wadekar, 77, Indian cricketer (Bombay, national team), cancer.

16

• David Campion Acheson, 96, American attorney.
• Benny Andersen, 88, Danish author, poet and pianist.
• Michael Bettaney, 68, British MI5 agent and spy for the Soviet Union.
• George Athan Billias, 99, American historian.
• Glen Chin, 70, American actor (50 First Dates, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, Natural Born Killers).
• Mohamed Demagh, 88, Algerian sculptor.
• Donald E. Edwards, 81, American military officer and politician.
• Aretha Franklin, 76, American Hall of Fame singer ("Respect", "Chain of Fools", "A Natural Woman"), pianist and songwriter, 18-time Grammy winner, pancreatic cancer.
• Arne Johansson, 91, Swedish Olympic cyclist (1952).
• Kim Yong-chun, 82, North Korean military officer and politician, Deputy (1986–1988), Chief of the KPA General Staff (1995–2007), heart attack.
• Gavri Levy, 80, Israeli dancer and choreographer, Chairman of the Israel Football Association (1996–2003).
• Michael McGuire, 92, British politician, MP for Ince (1964–1983) and Makerfield (1983–1987).
• Count Prince Miller, 83, Jamaican-born British singer and actor (Desmond's), cancer.
• Joseph Minj, 87, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Simdega (1993–2008).
• Samir Salameh, 74, Palestinian-French visual artist.
• Warwick Selvey, 78, Australian Olympic discus thrower (1960).
• Yelena Shushunova, 49, Russian Hall of Fame gymnast, European (1985), World (1985, 1987), and Olympic champion (1988), complications from pneumonia.
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 93, Indian politician, Prime Minister (1996, 1998–2004), Minister of External Affairs (1977–1979), multiple organ failure.
• Wakako Yamauchi, 93, American playwright.
• Rafif al-Yasiri, 33, Iraqi plastic surgeon and television host, drug overdose.

17

• Bromley Armstrong, 92, Jamaican-born Canadian civil rights leader.
• Glen Ashman, 62, American lawyer.
• Bob Bass, 89, American basketball coach (Texas Tech Red Raiders) and executive (Charlotte Hornets, San Antonio Spurs), strokes.
• Graham Bond, 81, Australian Olympic gymnast (1956, 1960, 1964).
• Leonard Boswell, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 3rd district (1997–2013), complications from pseudomyxoma peritonei.
• Rodney Cass, 78, English cricketer (Essex, Tasmania, Worcestershire).
• Jeremy Catto, 79, English historian.
• Ezzatolah Entezami, 94, Iranian actor (The Cow, Hajji Washington, Once Upon a Time, Cinema).
• Linton Freeman, 91, American sociologist.
• Bunky Henry, 74, American golfer, complications following heart surgery.
• Claudio Lolli, 68, Italian singer-songwriter, cancer.
• David McReynolds, 88, American pacifist (War Resisters League) and magazine editor (Liberation), fall.
• Paul Naumoff, 73, American football player (Detroit Lions).
• Anne-Li Norberg, 64, Swedish actress, cancer.
• Danny Pearson, 65, American R&B singer, liver cancer.
• Dennis Randall, 73, American football player (New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals).
• Warwick Roger, 72, New Zealand journalist, founder of Metro magazine.
• Hardyal Singh, 90, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion (1956).
• Sahar Taha, 61, Iraqi-born Lebanese musician and journalist.
• Sir Peter Tapsell, 88, British politician, MP (1959–1964, 1966–2015) and Father of the House of Commons (2010–2015).
• Mike Timm, 81, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1972–1986, 1988–2006) and Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1996–1998).
• Halima Xudoyberdiyeva, 71, Uzbekistani writer and poet.
• Kurt Walker, 64, American ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), sepsis.

18

• Kofi Annan, 80, Ghanaian diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006), Nobel Prize laureate (2001).
• Tom Clark, 77, American poet and biographer, traffic collision.
• Jack Costanzo, 98, American percussionist, complications from a ruptured aneurysm.
• Mieke Fortune, 41, Australian rugby union player, breast cancer.
• Eduard Frolov, 85, Russian historian.
• Gaetano Gifuni, 86, Italian civil servant, Secretary General of the President (1992–2006) and Minister for Parliamentary Relations (1987).
• Jim Hnatiuk, 67, Canadian politician.
• Costas Kondylis, 78, American architect.
• Hilary Lister, 46, British sailor, complications from reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
• Gabriel López Zapiain, 75, Mexican footballer (Irapuato, Guadalajara, national team).
• John E. McCarthy, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Austin (1985–2001).
• Ronnie Moore, 85, Australian-born New Zealand speedway rider, world champion (1954, 1959), lung cancer.
• Pedro Queiroz Pereira, 69, Portuguese natural resource magnate and Formula Two driver, chairman of The Navigator Company and Semapa, heart attack.
• Robert Todd, 55, American filmmaker.
• John Townend, 84, British politician, MP (1979–2001).
• Ozzie Van Brabant, 91, Canadian baseball player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics).
• Chennupati Vidya, 84, Indian politician, MP for Vijayawada (1980–1984, 1989–1991), heart attack.
• Henk Wesseling, 81, Dutch historian.

19

• Khaira Arby, 59, Malian singer.
• Bazlur Rahman Badal, 95, Bangladeshi folk dancer, Independence Day Award recipient (2017), pneumonia as a complication of COPD.
• Vaughn Beals, 90, American businessman (Harley-Davidson).
• Alan Boyson, 87–88, English muralist and sculptor.
• Rafael Calventi, 86, Dominican architect and diplomat, heart attack.
• Edoardo Catellani, 96, Italian politician, Senator (1968–1979).
• Susan Ciriclio, 71, American photographer.
• Louis Gambaccini, 87, American civil servant, NJDOT commissioner, founding chairman of NJ Transit, general manager of SEPTA.
• Alastair Gillespie, 96, Canadian politician and businessman.
• Hong Chaosheng, 97, Chinese physicist, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Darrow Hooper, 86, American shot-putter, Olympic silver medal (1952).
• Miguel Irízar Campos, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Callao (1975–1995).
• Joe Landrum, 89, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
• Margareta Niculescu, 92, Romanian artist, puppeteer, director and teacher.
• Margaret Reid, 95, New Zealand religious leader, moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (1987).
• Rosa Ríos, 83, Bolivian actress, stroke.
• Pedro Roncal, 56, Spanish journalist, heart attack.
• Rod Saddler, 52, American football player (St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals).
• Marisa Sánchez, 85, Spanish chef and gastronomist.

20

• John N. Abrams, 71, American military officer, Commander of TRADOC (1998–2002).
• Matthew Aid, 60, American author and historian, heart disease.
• Richard D. Alexander, 88, American evolutionary biologist.
• Ted Atkins, 60, British mountaineer, climbing accident.
• Uri Avnery, 94, Israeli peace activist (Gush Shalom) and politician, member of the Knesset (1965–1974, 1979–1981), complications from a stroke.
• Andrés Aylwin, 93, Chilean politician and human rights activist, Deputy (1965–1973, 1990–1998).
• Turgut Berkes, 65, Turkish rock musician and artist.
• Charles Blackman, 90, Australian painter.
• Greg Boyed, 48, New Zealand television presenter (TVNZ).
• Ken Braddock, 79, Welsh rugby union player.
• Elizabeth Connell, 92, American gynecologist and obstetrician, heart failure.
• Sam Cornish, 82, American poet.
• Doc Edwards, 81, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics) and manager (Cleveland Indians).
• Ottó Heinek, 58, Hungarian politician and journalist, Chairman of the National Self-Government of Germans in Hungary (since 1999).
• María Isabel Chorobik de Mariani, 94, Argentinian human rights activist, co-founder of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, stroke.
• Antoinette Martignoni, 99, American artist.
• Jimmy McIlroy, 86, Northern Irish football player (Burnley, national team) and manager (Oldham Athletic).
• Fidelis Mhashu, 76, Zimbabwean politician, Minister of National Housing and Social Amenities (2009–2013), MP for Chitungwiza North.
• Brian Murray, 80, South African Hall of Fame actor (Treasure Planet, Bob Roberts, Dream House) and theatre director.
• Peter Nott, 84, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Norwich (1985–1999).
• Antonio Pischedda, 75, Italian actor and politician, Senator (1992–1994), complications from a stroke.
• Jennifer Ramírez Rivero, 39, Venezuelan model and businesswoman.
• Piloo Sarkari, 91, Indian Olympic cyclist.
• Jacques Tétreault, 89, Canadian politician.
• Eddie Willis, 82, American studio guitarist (The Funk Brothers), complications from poliomyelitis.
• Craig Zadan, 69, American film producer (Chicago, Footloose, Hairspray), complications following shoulder surgery.

21

• George Andrie, 78, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).
• John Christgau, 84, American writer, heart attack.
• Enrico De Angelis, 97, Italian singer (Quartetto Egie, Quartetto Ritmo, Quartetto Cetra).
• Otávio Frias Filho, 61, Brazilian journalist, editorial director of Folha de S.Paulo (since 1984), pancreatic cancer.
• Charles Gain, 94, American police officer, respiratory failure.
• Barbara Harris, 83, American actress (The Apple Tree, Freaky Friday, Nashville), Tony winner (1967), co-founder of The Second City, lung cancer.
• Richards Heuer, 91, American intelligence analyst.
• Spencer P. Jones, 61, New Zealand singer and guitarist (The Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon, Sacred Cowboys), liver cancer.
• Vesna Krmpotić, 86, Croatian writer and translator.
• Donald Mackay, Baron Mackay of Drumadoon, 72, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord Advocate (1995–1997).
• Hanna Mina, 94, Syrian novelist.
• Renzo Sclavi, 94, Italian politician, Senator (1983–1987).
• Stefán Karl Stefánsson, 43, Icelandic actor (LazyTown), bile duct cancer.
• Dean Stone, 88, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
• John van Reenen, 71, South African discus thrower, AAA champion (1975), diabetes.
• Vicente Verdú, 75, Spanish writer, journalist and economist.
• Villano III, 66, Mexican professional wrestler (UWA, CMLL, AAA), cerebral infarction.
• Vincino, 72, Italian editorial cartoonist.
• James Whittico Jr., 102, American physician.

22

• Sergio Arredondo, 92, Chilean militant, member of the Caravan of Death, lung cancer.
• Natan Bernot, 87, Slovenian slalom canoeist, world championship silver medalist (1963).
• Chris Champion, 57, American professional wrestler (WCW, CWA, CWF), stroke.
• Roger E. Combs, 73, American Air National Guard major general and judge.
• DuWayne Deitz, 87, American football player and coach (St. Thomas).
• Jeremy Geffen, 40, American entrepreneur, drug overdose.
• H. M. Hoover, 83, American author.
• Tullio Ilomets, 97, Estonian chemist and science historian.
• Richard Kadison, 93, American mathematician.
• Gurudas Kamat, 63, Indian politician, MP (2004–2014), heart attack.
• Ed King, 68, American Hall of Fame guitarist (Strawberry Alarm Clock, Lynyrd Skynyrd) and songwriter ("Sweet Home Alabama"), lung cancer.
• Lazy Lester, 85, American Hall of Fame blues musician, stomach cancer.
• Bill McGrath, 81, Australian politician, Victorian MLA (1979–1999).
• Joey Mente, 42, Filipino basketball player (San Miguel Beermen, Welcoat Dragons), cancer.
• Krishna Reddy, 93, Indian artist.
• Martin Shubik, 92, American economist.
• Jesús Torbado, 75, Spanish writer.

23

• Arcabas, 91, French painter.
• Henry H. Arnhold, 96, American banker.
• Ted Bennett, 93, English footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Watford, Great Britain Olympic team).
• Yves-Marie-Henri Bescond, 94, French Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Corbeil (1971–1979) and Meaux (1979–1986).
• Jim Condon, 60, American politician, Member of the Vermont House of Representatives (since 2004), esophageal cancer.
• Brian Drebber, 68, American sportscaster (Speed), traffic collision.
• Andriy Fedetskyi, 60, Ukrainian football player (Volyn Lutsk, Metalist Kharkiv, Gwardia Chelm) and manager.
• Delio Gamboa, 82, Colombian footballer (Millonarios, Once Caldas, national team).
• Cindy Haug, 61, Norwegian writer.
• Russ Heath, 91, American comic book artist (Men of War, Little Annie Fanny, G.I. Combat), cancer.
• Dieter Thomas Heck, 80, German television host (ZDF-Hitparade, Die Pyramide) and actor (Das Millionenspiel).
• Oliver Hoare, 73, English art dealer, cancer.
• Ron Hunt, 72, English footballer (Queens Park Rangers).
• Wendy Hutton, 77, New Zealand travel and food writer.
• Ann Ireland, 65, Canadian novelist, carcinoid syndrome.
• Dominik Kalata, 93, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Semta (since 1985).
• Eli Kassner, 94, Canadian guitar teacher and musician.
• Yasser Al-Masri, 47, Jordanian actor (Dawa'er Hob: Circles of Love, Al-Gama'a), traffic collision.
• Kuldip Nayar, 95, Indian journalist (The Statesman), human rights activist and politician, MP (1997–2003).
• Mick O'Toole, 86, Irish racehorse trainer (Dickens Hill).
• Dario Pegoretti, 62, Italian bicycle framebuilder, heart attack.
• George Sheldon, 71, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1974–1982), complications from a fall.
• Lance Thompson, 40, Australian rugby league player (St George Dragons, Cronulla Sharks).
• Franck Venaille, 81, French poet and writer.
• George Walker, 96, American composer (Lilacs), Pulitzer Prize recipient (1996), fall.
• David Yallop, 81, British author, complications from Alzheimer's disease.

24

• Stan Black, 62, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), traffic collision.
• Andre Blay, 81, American film producer (Prince of Darkness, They Live, Village of the Damned).
• Vijay Chavan, 63, Indian actor (Mumbaicha Dabewala), lung disease.
• Lawrence J. DeNardis, 80, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1981–1983), President of the University of New Haven (1991–2004).
• Claudiomiro Estrais Ferreira, 68, Brazilian footballer (Internacional, Botafogo, national team).
• Sherkhan Farnood, 57, Afghan banker (Kabul Bank) and poker player, heart attack.
• Tom Frost, 81, American mountaineer and photographer, cancer.
• Uri Katzenstein, 67, Israeli sculptor and musician, stroke.
• Robin Leach, 76, British writer and television host (Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous), complications from a stroke.
• Jeff Lowe, 67, American mountaineer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Princeton Lyman, 82, American diplomat, Ambassador to Nigeria (1986–1989) and South Africa (1992–1995), lung cancer.
• James Mallinson, 74–75, English record producer.
• Gordon McOmber, 98, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Montana (1988–1989).
• Stanley Morgan, 88, English novelist and actor (The Return of Mr. Moto).
• Emiddio Novi, 72, Italian journalist and politician, MP (1994–2008), traffic collision.
• Javier Otxoa, 43, Spanish cyclist, Paralympic champion (2004, 2008).
• Aleksei Paramonov, 93, Soviet-born Russian football player (Spartak Moscow, national team) and manager (Étoile Sahel), Olympic champion (1956).
• Antonio Pennarella, 58, Italian actor (The Butterfly's Dream, On My Skin, Noi credevamo).
• Valentina Rastvorova, 85, Soviet-born Russian fencer, Olympic champion (1960) and silver medalist (1960, 1964), eight-time world champion.
• Gordon Riddick, 74, English footballer (Luton Town, Gillingham, Brentford).
• Trudy Stevenson, 73, Zimbabwean politician and diplomat, Ambassador to Senegal (since 2009).
• Ivan Štraus, 90, Bosnian architect (Belgrade Museum of Aviation).
• Sir Adrian Swire, 86, British businessman (Swire).
• Ciril Zlobec, 93, Slovene poet, writer and politician.

25

• Miyoko Asō, 92, Japanese actress and voice actress (Fullmetal Alchemist, Ranma ½, Sazae-san), senile dementia.
• Al Barks, 82, American baseball player (New York Black Yankees).
• Florian Beigel, 76, German architect, cardiac arrest.
• Rolf Yngvar Berg, 92, Norwegian botanist.
• Dieudonné Bogmis, 63, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Éséka (since 2004), stroke.
• Art Bragg, 87, American Olympic sprinter (1952).
• Harry M. Clor, 91, American political philosopher.
• Con Cooney, 84, Irish hurler and coach.
• Ruth Finley, 98, American publisher (The Fashion Calendar), respiratory failure.
• S. H. Hasbullah, 67, Sri Lankan geographer and academic, heart attack.
• Lindsay Kemp, 80, English dancer, choreographer (Ziggy Stardust) and actor (The Wicker Man, Valentino).
• Karl F. Lopker, 66, American business executive (QAD, Deckers), prostate cancer.
• John McCain, 81, American politician and Navy officer, member of the U.S. Senate (since 1987) and House of Representatives (1983–1987), glioblastoma.
• Hari Chand Middha, 76, Indian politician, heart attack.
• Meyer Rosen, 98, American politician, Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1963–1966).
• Tadeusz Rudolf, 92, Polish economist and politician, Minister of Labor and Social Policy (1974–1979).
• Noam Sheriff, 83, Israeli composer and conductor, heart attack.
• Eugenio Tarabini, 88, Italian politician, MP (1968–1994), heart attack.
• Vojtěch Varadín, 69, Slovak footballer (Spartak Trnava, Slovan Bratislava, Czechoslovakia national team).
• Germán Villegas, 74, Colombian lawyer and politician, Mayor of Cali (1990–1992), Governor of Valle del Cauca (1995–1997, 2001–2003) and Senator (2006–2014), stroke.

26

• Alyosha Abrahamyan, 72, Armenian footballer (Ararat Yerevan).
• Federico Barbosa Gutiérrez, 66, Mexican jurist and politician, member of the Congress of the Union (2003–2006), heart attack.
• Martin van Beek, 58, Dutch politician, Senator (2012–2015, 2017, since 2018).
• Inge Borkh, 97, German soprano.
• Gopal Bose, 71, Indian cricketer (Bengal, national team), heart attack.
• Rosa Bouglione, 107, French circus performer.
• Carlo Della Corna, 66, Italian football player (Varese, Udinese) and manager (Voghera), cancer.
• Barrie Dunsmore, 79, American journalist (ABC News).
• George J. Eade, 96, American Air Force general.
• Odysseus Eskitzoglou, 86, Greek sailor, Olympic champion (1960).
• K. K. Haridas, 52, Indian film director, heart attack.
• Kerry Hill, 75, Australian architect.
• Tony Hiller, 91, British songwriter ("United We Stand", "Save Your Kisses for Me", "Figaro") and producer.
• Brahim Karabi, 84, Tunisian Olympic sprinter (1960).
• Juhani Keto, 70, Finnish basketball player.
• Cristina Marsans, 72, Spanish golfer.
• Juraj Miklušica, 80, Czechoslovakian Olympic cyclist.
• Thomas J. O'Brien, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phoenix (1982–2003), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Patrick Quilty, 79, Australian palaeontologist.
• Hamsad Rangkuti, 75, Indonesian writer, complications from a stroke.
• Neil Simon, 91, American playwright (Biloxi Blues, The Odd Couple) and screenwriter (The Goodbye Girl), Tony winner (1965, 1985, 1991), complications from pneumonia.

27

• Alan Cairns, 88, Canadian political scientist.
• Robert Churchhouse, 90, British mathematician.
• Dale M. Cochran, 89, American politician, Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa (1987–1999), member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1965–1987).
• Rohan Daluwatte, 77, Sri Lankan Army general, heart attack.
• Max Geuter, 80, German Olympic fencer (1964, 1968, 1972).
• Grant Greenham, 64, Australian Olympic archer.
• Aya Koyama, 45, Japanese professional wrestler (BJW, AJW) and mixed martial artist (Smackgirl), cancer.
• Henry McNamara, 83, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1985–2008).
• S. Nagoor Meeran, 55, Indian politician, renal failure.
• Olga Meyer, 88, Norwegian journalist.
• Mirka Mora, 90, French-born Australian artist and cultural figure, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Iolanda Nanni, 49, Italian politician, Deputy (since 2018), cancer.
• Ron Newman, 82, British-born American soccer player (Atlanta Chiefs, Fort Lauderdale Strikers) and manager (San Diego Sockers).
• Alfonso Osorio, 94, Spanish military lawyer and politician, Minister of Presidency (1975–1977) and Second Vice President (1975–1977).
• Emil Rachev, 28, Bulgarian footballer (Burgas, Neftochimic Burgas, Rozova Dolina), heart attack.
• Robert H. Solo, 85, American film producer (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Scrooge, Bad Boys).
• Bobby Walden, 80, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Fredd Wayne, 93, American actor (The Spiral Road, Hangup, Bewitched).
• Rupert Webb, 96, English cricketer (Sussex).
• Stellan Westerdahl, 81, Swedish sailor, Olympic silver medalist (1972).
• Murray Westgate, 100, Canadian actor (Happy Birthday to Me, Blue City Slammers, Scanners II: The New Order).

28

• Eiko Ando, 84, Japanese-American actress (The Barbarian and the Geisha).
• Ray Barry, 89, American-born Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
• Abraham Eisenstark, 98, Polish-born American microbiologist.
• Josep Fontana, 86, Spanish historian and academic (Pompeu Fabra University).
• C. David Gutsche, 97, American chemist.
• Andrew Hughes, 62, Australian police officer, Fijian Commissioner of Police (2003–2006), bowel cancer.
• Maqbool Hussain, Pakistani war prisoner.
• Tatyana Kuznetsova, 77, Soviet-born Russian cosmonaut.
• Nestorius Timanywa, 81, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bukoba (1973–2013).
• Szczepan Wesoły, 91, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (1968–2003).

29

• Robin Birley, 83, British archaeologist (Vindolanda).
• Jim Breithaupt, 83, Canadian politician.
• Stan Brock, 82, British philanthropist, founder of Remote Area Medical.
• Tony Camillo, 90, American record producer (Bazuka) and arranger.
• Silvano Campeggi, 95, Italian film poster designer (Casablanca, Singin' in the Rain, Breakfast at Tiffany's).
• Samuel Conti, 96, American judge (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California).
• Charley Ellis, 74, American Olympic boxer (1964).
• Gary Friedrich, 75, American comic book writer (Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, Captain Marvel), co-creator of Ghost Rider, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Ken Ford, 88, British sculptor.
• Joseph P. Graw, 103, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1974).
• Nandamuri Harikrishna, 61, Indian actor and politician, traffic collision.
• Elizabeth Kishkon, 87, Canadian politician, Mayor of Windsor, Ontario (1983–1985).
• François Konter, 84, Luxembourgian footballer (Anderlecht, Gent, national team).
• Erich Lessing, 95, Austrian photographer.
• Ellie Mannette, 90, Trinidadian steelpan musician.
• Sir James Mirrlees, 82, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (1996).
• Peter Mond, 4th Baron Melchett, 70, British environmentalist and politician.
• Tom Murphy, 81, Canadian politician, member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (1989–1996).
• Carilda Oliver Labra, 96, Cuban poet.
• Mihály Petrovszky, 67, Hungarian Olympic judoka.
• Marie Severin, 89, American Hall of Fame comic book artist (Thor, Iron Man), co-creator of Spider-Woman, stroke.
• Paul Spudis, 66, American geologist and planetary scientist, lung cancer.
• David Sugarbaker, 65, American physician.
• Paul Taylor, 88, American choreographer (Paul Taylor Dance Company), renal failure.
• Kolya Vasin, 73, Russian author and collector of Beatles memorabilia, fall.
• Thomas Wiseman, 87, British author, playwright and screenwriter.
• Sir Barry Wilson, 82, British admiral.

30

• Peter Corris, 76, Australian author (Deep Water, That Empty Feeling, The Empty Beach) and historian.
• Peter Frame, 61, American ballet dancer (New York City Ballet), suicide by jumping.
• Jack Garrick, 90, New Zealand ichthyologist.
• Ed Husmann, 87, American football player (Chicago Cardinals, Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys).
• B. Jaya, 54, Indian film director (Gundamma Gaari Manavadu, Lovely) and actress, heart attack.
• Joseph Kobzon, 80, Russian singer, People's Artist of USSR (1987), prostate cancer.
• Ray Kubala, 75, American football player (Denver Broncos), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Zohar Manna, 79, Israeli computer scientist.
• Vanessa Marquez, 49, American actress (ER, Stand and Deliver, Wiseguy), shot.
• Medicean, 21, British racehorse (Eclipse Stakes).
• William Joseph Nealon Jr., 95, American judge (U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania).
• Ray, 36, Hong Kong professional wrestler (WNC, JWP, Ice Ribbon), brain cancer.
• Richard W. Waggener, 88, American politician.
• David Watkin, 77, English architectural historian.

31

• Susan Brown, 86, American actress (General Hospital, Santa Barbara, As the World Turns), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, 96, Italian population geneticist.
• John M. Darley, 80, American social psychologist.
• Brian Davis, 84, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (1969–1974, 1977–1989).
• José Luis Dibildox Martínez, 75, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tarahumara (1993–2003) and Tampico (since 2003); chronic illness.
• Marianne Eckardt, 105, German-born American psychoanalyst, translator and editor.
• Mario Facco, 72, Italian football player (Lazio, Avellino) and manager (Frosinone).
• Peter Hatendi, 91, Zimbabwean Anglican prelate, Bishop of Harare and Mashonaland (1979–1995), heart and lung disease.
• Gloria Jean, 92, American singer and actress (The Under-Pup, Pardon My Rhythm, Manhattan Angel), heart failure.
• Ian Jones, 86, Australian author and television producer.
• Hans Joachim Keil III, 74, Samoan politician, cancer.
• Wolfgang Klausewitz, 96, German ichthyologist and marine biologist.
• Amanda Kyle Williams, 61, American crime novelist, cancer.
• Anita Lindman, 86, Swedish television announcer and producer (Anita och Televinken).
• Elmar Pieroth, 83, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1969–1981).
• Carole Shelley, 79, British actress (Wicked, The Elephant Man, Robin Hood), Tony winner (1979), cancer.
• Philip Short, 58, Irish chess player.
• Phil Slosburg, 91, American football player (Boston Yanks, New York Bulldogs).
• Alice Yotopoulos-Marangopoulos, 101, Greek criminologist and women's rights activist, President of the International Alliance of Women (1989–1996).
• Alexander Zakharchenko, 42, Ukrainian separatist leader, President and Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic (since 2014), bombing.

External links

• List of August 2018 deaths at IMDb