Deaths in March 2018

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 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.

March 2018

1

• Bender, 37, Canadian rapper.
• Fredrik Bull-Hansen, 90, Norwegian military officer, Chief of Defence (1984–1987).
• Colin Campbell, 81, English actor (A Family at War, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries).
• Harris DeVane, 54, American racing driver.
• Enrique Cárdenas González, 91, Mexican politician, Governor of Tamaulipas (1975–1981), Municipal President of Ciudad Victoria (1968–1971).
• Diana Der Hovanessian, 83, American poet and professor (Yerevan State University).
• Dorne Dibble, 88, American football player (Detroit Lions), pneumonia.
• Jean-Guy Hamelin, 92, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda (1973–2001).
• Anatoly Lein, 86, Russian-born American chess Grandmaster.
• Beth Morris, 74, Welsh actress (Son of Dracula).
• Arabinda Muduli, 56, Indian musician and Bhajan singer, cardiac arrest.
• Michael Paine, 89, American engineer.
• Vicente Piquer, 83, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Málaga, national team).
• María Rubio, 83, Mexican actress (Cuna de lobos, Imperio de cristal, Querida enemiga).
• Orin C. Smith, 75, American coffee executive, President and CEO of Starbucks (2000–2005), pancreatic cancer.
• Luigi Taveri, 88, Swiss motorcycle road racer, Grand Prix champion (1962, 1964, 1966), stroke.
• Johann Zeitler, 90, German footballer (VfB Bayreuth, SpVgg Bayreuth).

2

• Barry Ansell, 70, English footballer (Aston Villa).
• James T. Baldwin, 84, American industrial designer and architect.
• Maxine Berman, 71, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1983–1996), lung cancer.
• Dick Berg, 74, American sports promoter.
• Michael David Calnan, 85, Canadian colonel.
• Adela Calva Reyes, 50–51, Mexican Indigenous writer.
• Gordon Challis, 85, New Zealand poet.
• Dev Dines, 87, Australian rugby footballer.
• Gillo Dorfles, 107, Italian art critic, painter and philosopher.
• Ota Filip, 87, Czech novelist and journalist.
• Lee Ann Fujii, 56, American political scientist.
• Sean Garrison, 80, American actor (Moment to Moment, Splendor in the Grass, Up Periscope).
• Joey Giambra, 86, American boxer.
• Emma Gresham, 92, American teacher and politician.
• Michele Hanson, 75, British writer and columnist (The Guardian), stroke.
• Billy Herrington, 48, American gay pornographic actor, traffic collision.
• Mollie Hunt, 81, English cricketer.
• Joseph Israel, 40, American reggae musician, cancer.
• Khagendra Jamatia, 64, Indian politician, MLA (since 1988), blood cancer.
• Brandon Jenkins, 48, American red dirt singer-songwriter, complications from heart surgery.
• Walter Knabenhans, 88, Swiss Olympic rower.
• Shree Lal Joshi, 86, Indian painter.
• Barbara Kiefer Lewalski, 87, American literary scholar.
• Jesús López Cobos, 78, Spanish conductor, cancer.
• Gerry Lowe, 90, English rugby player (Warrington Wolves).
• Cle Newhook, 74, Canadian politician, leader of the NL NDP (1989–1992), cancer.
• Ronnie Prophet, 80, Canadian country singer, multiple organ failure.
• Craig Raisner, 56, American voice actor (Korgoth of Barbaria).
• Carlo Ripa di Meana, 88, Italian politician, Minister of the Environment (1992–1993) and European Commissioner for the Environment (1983–1993).
• Omar Sey, 77, Gambian politician and sports administrator, Foreign Minister (1987–1994), President of Gambia Football Federation (2004–2005).
• Timothy Shelpidi, 70, Nigerian military officer.
• Sammy Stewart, 63, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians).

3

• Sir Roger Bannister, 88, British Olympic middle-distance athlete (1952), doctor and academic, first person to run a sub-four-minute mile, Parkinson's disease.
• Clare Beghtol, 76, American-born Canadian information scientist.
• Mal Bryce, 74, Australian politician, Deputy Premier of Western Australia (1983–1988).
• Alva Campbell, 69, American convicted murderer.
• Tônia Carrero, 95, Brazilian actress (Água Viva, Louco Amor), complications from surgery.
• Leslie Coffey, 81, Australian Olympic sports shooter (1964).
• Jacqueline Desmarais, 89, Canadian billionaire philanthropist.
• Frank Doubleday, 73, American actor (Escape from New York, Assault on Precinct 13, Broadcast News), complications from esophageal cancer.
• Fred Dugan, 84, American football player (Washington Redskins, San Francisco 49ers).
• Renzo Franzo, 103, Italian politician, Deputy (1948–1968).
• Kenneth Gärdestad, 69, Swedish songwriter ("Satellit"), pneumonia and influenza following skin cancer and lymphoma.
• Jacques Gernet, 96, French sinologist.
• Vanessa Goodwin, 48, Australian politician, Attorney-General of Tasmania (2014–2017), brain cancer.
• Sabit Hadžić, 60, Bosnian Yugoslav-era basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1984) and coach (national team).
• Emma Hannigan, 45, Irish author, breast cancer.
• Imogene Powers Johnson, 87, American billionaire philanthropist.
• Kim Chong-hoh, 82, South Korean politician.
• Anthony Lejeune, 89, British writer.
• Lin Hu, 90, Chinese general, deputy commander of the PLA Air Force.
• Enzo Lippolis, 61, Italian archeologist.
• Virgilijus Noreika, 82, Lithuanian opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR (1970).
• Franz Pacher, 98, Austrian engineer.
• Ivone Ramos, 91, Cape Verdean writer.
• Curt Raydon, 84, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Derek Saunders, 90, English footballer (Chelsea F.C.).
• Robert Scheerer, 89, American director and actor (Star Trek, Fame, Lend an Ear).
• Arthur Stewart, 76, Northern Irish footballer (Glentoran, Derby County, Detroit Cougars).
• Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby, 82, British politician and numismatist.
• David Ogden Stiers, 75, American actor (M*A*S*H, Beauty and the Beast, The Dead Zone), bladder cancer.
• Yvon Taillandier, 91, French artist.
• Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thero, 54, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, founder of The Buddhist TV.
• Jorge Wagensberg Lubinski, 69, Spanish physicist, academic (University of Barcelona), writer and aphorist, founder director of CosmoCaixa.
• Ken M. Wallace, 73, British engineering scientist.
• Ray Wilkins, 89, English footballer (Derby County).
• Yao Xian, 90, Chinese general, commander of the Beijing Military Region Air Force.

4

• Javed Abidi, 52, Indian disability rights activist, chest infection.
• Davide Astori, 31, Italian footballer (Cagliari, Fiorentina, national team), heart attack.
• Elma Bellini, 63, American judge, member of the New York Supreme Court, cancer.
• Charles Elbaum, 91, Polish-born American physicist.
• John Hollingworth, 87, British politician, MP for Birmingham All Saints (1959–1964).
• James Luna, 68, American performance artist, heart attack.
• Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet, 82, British engineering construction executive, managing director of Sir Robert McAlpine.
• Carmel McSharry, 91, Irish actress (In Sickness and in Health, The Liver Birds, The Man Outside).
• Farhang Mehr, 94, Iranian-born American Zoroastrian scholar and writer, Iranian Deputy Prime Minister (1973–1975).
• H. Wayne Norman Jr., 62, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (since 2014) and House of Delegates (2008–2014).
• Moe Racine, 80, Canadian Hall of Fame football player (Ottawa Rough Riders).
• J. Paul Raines, 53, American retail executive, CEO of GameStop (2010–2017), brain cancer.
• Alex Rennie, 69, Scottish football player (St Johnstone, Dundee United) and manager (Stenhousemuir), esophageal cancer.
• Ernő Rozgonyi, 84, Hungarian politician, MP (1998–2002, 2010–2014).
• Russell Solomon, 92, American retail executive, founder of Tower Records.
• José Triana, 87, Cuban poet.
• Johan Trondsen, 95, Norwegian politician.

5

• Robert Assaraf, 81, Moroccan historian.
• Trevor Baylis, 80, British inventor (windup radio).
• Wes Bender, 47, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Raiders, New Orleans Saints).
• Derek Bickerton, 91, English-born American linguist and academic.
• John H. Buchanan Jr., 89, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for Alabama's 6th district (1965–1981), complications from dementia.
• Seán Byrne, 80, Irish politician.
• John T. Cacioppo, 66, American neuroscientist and psychologist.
• Tomas Aguon Camacho, 84, Northern Mariana Islands Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chalan Kanoa (1984–2010).
• Mykhaylo Chemberzhi, 73, Ukrainian composer.
• Kjerstin Dellert, 92, Swedish opera singer.
• George Downing, 87, American surfer.
• Bob Engel, 84, American baseball umpire.
• Dorothy Henriques-Wells, 92, Jamaican painter.
• Rafiqul Islam, 82, Bangladeshi physician.
• Costakis Koutsokoumnis, 61, Cypriot football administrator, President of CFA (since 2001) and member of FIFA Council (since 2017), cancer.
• André S. Labarthe, 86, French actor (Vivre sa vie), film producer and director.
• Marcela Lombardo Otero, 91, Mexican politician, Deputy (1976–1979, 1988–1991).
• Uri Lubrani, 91, Israeli diplomat and military official.
• Paul Magriel, 71, American backgammon and poker player and author, World Backgammon champion (1978).
• Helmut Maucher, 90, German food and beverage executive, CEO (1990–1997) and chairman (1990–2000) of Nestlé.
• Howard L. Resnikoff, 80, American mathematician.
• Gemma Romanyà i Valls, 72, Spanish businesswoman, printer and graphic arts patron.
• Jam Saqi, 73, Pakistani politician.
• Clive Sinclair, 70, British author, prostate cancer.
• D. Sreedevi, 78, Indian judge, member of the Kerala High Court (1997–2001), liver failure.
• Clarence F. Stephens, 100, American mathematician and educator.
• Stephan Tanneberger, 82, German oncologist and chemist, blood and bone cancer.
• Michael Watts, 79, British journalist.
• Hayden White, 89, American historian.

6

• Arthur Barrett, 73, Jamaican cricketer (West Indies).
• Lucie Brock-Broido, 61, American poet and academic, cancer.
• Paul Bùi Văn Đọc, 73, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City (since 2014), stroke.
• Donna Butterworth, 62, American actress (Paradise, Hawaiian Style, The Family Jewels) and singer.
• William G. Callow, 96, American judge, member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (1977–1992).
• Frank Cappelli, 65, American singer and actor (Cappelli & Company), heart attack.
• Muhibbe Darga, 96, Turkish archeologist.
• Aliyu Doma, 75, Nigerian politician, Governor of Nasarawa State (2007–2011).
• Peter Freund, 81, Romanian-born American physicist.
• Erivan Haub, 85, German retail executive (Tengelmann Group).
• Amani W. A. Kabourou, 68, Tanzanian politician, MP for Kigoma (1995–2015).
• John Kurila, 76, Scottish footballer (Northampton Town, Celtic).
• Peter Nicholls, 78, Australian writer and editor (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction).
• Octavio Novaro, 78, Mexican physicist specialized in theoretical catalysis, awarded the National Prize for Arts and Sciences (1983) and UNESCO Science Prize (1993).
• Francis Piasecki, 66, French football player (Metz, national team) and coach (Strasbourg).
• Ferdousi Priyabhashini, 71, Bangladeshi sculptor, heart attack.
• Indra Bahadur Rai, 91, Indian writer.
• John W. Reed, 99, American legal scholar.
• Irving Shain, 92, American chemist and educator, Chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Madison (1977–1986).
• Shammi, 88, Indian actress (Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai, Khuda Gawah, Dekh Bhai Dekh).
• Zena Skinner, 91, British television chef.
• Jeff St John, 71, Australian musician, bacterial infection.
• Steve Stroughter, 65, American baseball player (Seattle Mariners).
• Sir John Sulston, 75, British biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (2002), stomach cancer.

7

• Fortunato Abat, 92, Filipino army general and politician, Secretary of the Department of National Defense (1997–1998).
• Rinus van Beek, 70, Dutch Olympic swimmer.
• Reynaldo Bignone, 90, Argentine politician and convicted criminal, President (1982–1983), hip fracture and heart failure.
• Gary Burden, 84, American rock album cover artist (After the Gold Rush, Morrison Hotel, Déjà Vu), Grammy winner (2010).
• Chen Tien-miao, 89, Taiwanese politician.
• Jacques Clemens, 108, Dutch Roman Catholic priest.
• Woody Durham, 76, American college basketball radio announcer (North Carolina Tar Heels), complications from primary progressive aphasia.
• Hao Bailin, 83, Chinese physicist.
• Don Hardy, 96, English motorcycle speedway rider.
• Victor Heringer, 29, Brazilian novelist, translator (First They Killed My Father) and poet, Prêmio Jabuti laureate (2013), suspected suicide by self-defenestration.
• Jerzy Milian, 82, Polish jazz vibraphonist.
• John Molyneux, 87, English footballer (Chester City, Liverpool).
• Antonia La Negra, 82, Spanish cantaora and bailaora, aortic aneurysm.
• Chuck Ortmann, 88, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Texans).
• William J. Pulte, 85, American real estate developer (PulteGroup).
• Werner Radspieler, 79, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg (1986–2013).
• Thomas L. Rhodes, 78, American political activist, Parkinson's disease.
• Marian Schmidt, 73, Polish artist photographer, mathematician.
• Charles Thone, 94, American politician, Governor of Nebraska (1979–1983), member of the US House of Representatives for Nebraska's 1st district (1971–1979).
• Kjell Venås, 90, Norwegian philologist.

8

• Eduard Antoch, 85, Czech Olympic rower.
• Bernardo Bernardo, 73, Filipino actor, pancreatic cancer.
• Ron Franklin, 58, American jockey, Kentucky Derby winner (1979), lung cancer.
• John P. Fullam, 96, American federal judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania (since 1966), presided over Abscam trial.
• Sir Wilson Harris, 96, Guyanese writer (Palace of the Peacock).
• Antoni Imiela, 63, German-born British serial rapist.
• Jean Jolivet, 93, French philosopher.
• Milko Kelemen, 93, Croatian composer.
• Ralph Keller, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Hershey Bears).
• Pearse Lyons, 73, Irish biochemist and beverage executive, founder and chairman of Alltech, complications following heart surgery.
• Bill Snow, 80, Australian anti-tobacco activist (BUGA UP), ruptured aorta.
• Gerd Søraa, 83, Norwegian politician and writer.
• Peter Temple, 71, South African-born Australian writer (The Broken Shore, Truth, White Dog), Miles Franklin Award winner (2010), Gold Dagger (2006), cancer.
• Albin Vidović, 75, Croatian handball player, Olympic champion (1972).
• Togo D. West Jr., 75, American public servant, Secretary of Veterans Affairs (1998–2000), heart attack.
• Hal Wick, 73, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1977–1981, 1995–1999, 2001–2009, 2011–2015).
• Kate Wilhelm, 89, American author (The Infinity Box, Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang).
• Ercan Yazgan, 71, Turkish actor, multiple organ failure.

9

• Jerry Anderson, 62, Canadian professional golfer, first Canadian to win on PGA European tour, leukemia.
• Robin Archer, 87, New Zealand rugby union player (national team, Southland, Otago) and coach (Southland).
• Joaquin Avila, 69, American civil rights activist and jurist.
• Remo Bicchierai, 79, Italian footballer (Catania).
• Dennis Furlong, 72, Canadian politician and physician, MLA for Dalhousie-Restigouche East (1999–2003), brain tumour.
• Chris Gedney, 47, American football player (Chicago Bears, Arizona Cardinals), suicide by gunshot.
• Vladimir Gerasimov, 28, Russian footballer, traffic collision.
• Oskar Gröning, 96, German SS officer and war criminal, guard at Auschwitz concentration camp.
• Warren Hawksley, 74, British politician, MP for The Wrekin (1979–1987) and Halesowen and Stourbridge (1992–1997).
• Zdravko Hlebanja, 88, Slovenian Olympic cross-country skier.
• Jo Min-ki, 52, South Korean actor (East of Eden, The Cut, The Attorney) and professor, suspected suicide by hanging.
• Jung Jae-sung, 35, South Korean badminton player, Olympic bronze medallist (2012), heart attack.
• Patangrao Kadam, 74, Indian politician, kidney disease.
• Joy Michael, 91, Indian theatre director.
• Ulla Nenonen, 84, Finnish missionary and Bible translator.
• Adam Ostrowski, 99, Polish World War II RAF officer.
• Harold Rosewarne, 87, Australian footballer (South Melbourne).
• George A. Sinner, 89, American politician, Governor of North Dakota (1985–1992).
• Ethel Stein, 100, American textile artist.
• Millie Dunn Veasey, 100, American civil rights activist.
• Ion Voinescu, 88, Romanian Olympic footballer (1952).
• Elías Yanes Álvarez, 90, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Zaragoza (1977–2005).

10

• Peter Allday, 90, British Olympic hammer thrower (1952, 1956).
• Tony Benneworth, 67, Australian cricketer (Tasmania) and politician, MHA for Bass (1992–1998), boating incident.
• Christine Bernardi, 62, French mathematician.
• Garech Browne, 78, Irish arts patron, founder of Claddagh Records.
• Donald Collins, 92, American politician, member of the Maine Senate (1976–1992) and House of Representatives (1970–1976).
• Buddy Cruze, 84, American football player (Chicago Bears, Baltimore Colts, Tennessee Volunteers).
• Peter Davies, 60, Australian cricketer.
• Eloise Alma Flagg, 99, American school principal.
• Michael Gershman, 73, American cinematographer, director and camera operator (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Crossing Jordan, The Deer Hunter).
• Hubert de Givenchy, 91, French fashion designer (Givenchy).
• Wally Gould, 79, English footballer (York City, Brighton, Hellenic).
• Geoff Hibbins, 88, Australian footballer (St Kilda).
• Ken Houston, 64, Canadian ice hockey player (Atlanta Flames, Washington Capitals), cancer.
• Armand Huberty, 87, Luxembourgian Olympic gymnast (1952, 1960).
• Bogo Jan, 74, Slovenian Olympic ice hockey player (1964, 1968, 1972).
• Ali Asghar Khodadoust, 82, Iranian surgical ophthalmologist, namesake of Khodadoust line, heart disease.
• Henry Koffler, 95, Austrian-born American academic, President of the University of Arizona (1982–1991).
• Saba Mahmood, 57, Pakistani-born American anthropologist (University of California at Berkeley), pancreatic cancer.
• Abubakar Saleh Michika, 77, Nigerian politician, Governor of Adamawa State (1992–1993).
• Val Mulkerns, 93, Irish writer and poet.
• Roch Pedneault, 90, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicoutimi (1974–2002).
• George Rawitscher, 90, German-born American physicist.
• Michel Raynaud, 79, French mathematician.
• Gene Rhodes, 90, American basketball player (Indianapolis Olympians) and coach (Kentucky Colonels).
• Tang Hsiang Chien, 94, Hong Kong industrialist.
• Jozef Timmerman, 76, Belgian cyclist.
• Ralf Waldmann, 51, German Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

11

• Alba Arnova, 87, Argentine-Italian ballerina and actress (Miracle in Milan, A Slice of Life).
• Muhammad Ashiq, 82, Pakistani Olympic racing cyclist (1960, 1964), stroke.
• Bob Baxt, 79, Australian jurist, chairman of Trade Practices Commission (1988–1991).
• Jean Damascène Bimenyimana, 64, Rwandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cyangugu (since 1997).
• Baltasar Corrada del Río, 82, Puerto Rican judge and politician, Mayor of San Juan (1985–1989) and Secretary of State (1993–1995).
• Peter H. Dailey, 87, American advertising executive and diplomat, Ambassador to Ireland (1982–1984).
• John Daly, 81, Australian athletics coach.
• Lorenz Dittmann, 89, German art historian.
• Sir Ken Dodd, 90, English comedian (Diddy Men), singer ("Tears") and actor (Hamlet), chest infection.
• Paddy Donovan, 81, New Zealand Olympic boxer (1956, 1964), British Empire and Commonwealth Games bronze medalist (1958, 1962), and rugby union player (Hawke's Bay).
• Luciano Faraguti, 80, Italian politician, Deputy (1979–1994).
• Alwyn Harris, 82, Welsh cricketer.
• Dean Hubbard, 64, American trombonist.
• Pete James, 60, British archivist.
• Kwayzar, 90, American rapper.
• Cooper H. Langford, 83, American-born Canadian chemist, pancreatic cancer.
• Karl Lehmann, 81, German Roman Catholic Cardinal prelate, Bishop of Mainz (1983–2016), complications from a stroke.
• Mary LeMessurier, 88, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (1979–1986).
• Graziella Mascia, 64, Italian politician, Deputy (2001–2008).
• H. Blair Neatby, 93, Canadian historian.
• David W. Noble, 92, American historian.
• Stephen A. Orthwein, 72, American polo player and executive, president and chairman of US Polo.
• Siegfried Rauch, 85, German actor (Patton, Le Mans, Das Traumschiff), heart failure and injuries sustained in a fall.
• Mary Rosenblum, 65, American author (Synthesis & Other Virtual Realities), plane crash.
• Charles Sarkis, 78, American restaurateur (Back Bay Restaurant Group) and dog racetrack owner (Wonderland Greyhound Park), complications from brain cancer.
• Henri Skiba, 90, French football player (Nîmes, Sochaux) and manager (Grasshoppers).
• Alline Banks Sprouse, 96, American basketball player.
• Charles D. Strang, 96, American inventor, President of the Outboard Marine Corporation.
• Mario Vegetti, 81, Italian historian.
• John Wiersema, 62, Canadian accountant and civil servant, auditor general (2011).
• Sándor Záborszky, 83, Hungarian Olympic swimmer (1956).

12

• José Arranz, 88, Spanish priest.
• Miguel Barceló Pérez, 94, Spanish politician, Senator (since 1986).
• José Bernárdez, 82, Spanish cyclist.
• Jim Culbreath, 65, American football player (Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles).
• Ivan Davis, 86, American classical pianist, stroke.
• Danièle Dorice, 82, Canadian singer.
• Nokie Edwards, 82, American Hall of Fame instrumental and surf rock musician (The Ventures), complications from hip surgery.
• Ken Flach, 54, American tennis player, Olympic (1988) and Wimbledon champion (1986–1988), complications from pneumonia.
• Nikolai Glushkov, 68, Russian businessman (Aeroflot, AutoVAZ), homicide by neck compression.
• Irv Greengo, 93, American politician.
• Torstein Hansen, 74, Norwegian Olympic handball player.
• Richard O. Hart, 90, American politician.
• Sverrir Hermannsson, 88, Icelandic politician, Minister of Industry (1983–1985) and Education (1985–1987).
• Kong Bai Ji, 85, Chinese artist.
• Craig Mack, 47, American rapper ("Flava in Ya Ear"), heart failure.
• Rudolf Mang, 67, German weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist (1972), heart attack.
• Henry Minarik, 90, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Bud Olsen, 77, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics, Detroit Pistons).
• Charlie Quintana, 56, American rock drummer (Social Distortion, The Plugz, Cracker), heart attack.
• Nikki Sievwright, 75, British model and soldier.
• Oleg Tabakov, 82, Russian actor (War and Peace, Oblomov), artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre.
• William Teron, 85, Canadian land developer.
• Emily Stipes Watts, 81, American literary historian.
• Olly Wilson, 80, American composer, musicologist and jazz musician.
• Jeremiah Wolfe, 93, American Cherokee elder.

13

• Ivano Beggio, 73, Italian transportation executive, President of Aprilia (1969–2004).
• Prem Bhatia, 78, Indian cricketer.
• T. Berry Brazelton, 99, American pediatrician and author.
• Gloria Cordes, 86, American baseball player (Kalamazoo Lassies).
• Philip J. Davis, 95, American applied mathematician.
• Bebeto de Freitas, 68, Brazilian Olympic volleyball coach (1984) and football manager (Clube Atlético Mineiro), World Championship (1998), heart attack.
• Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, 74, British trade unionist and peer.
• Claudia Fontaine, 57, British singer (Afrodiziak) and backing vocalist (Pink Floyd, Elvis Costello).
• Hamida Habibullah, 101, Indian politician, member of Rajya Sabha (1976–1982) and MLA for Haidergarh.
• Leonid Kvinikhidze, 80, Russian screenwriter and film director (Mary Poppins, Goodbye).
• Ken Mulhearn, 72, British footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Stockport County, Manchester City).
• Emily Nasrallah, 86, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist.
• Jens Nilsson, 69, Swedish politician, MEP (since 2011), Chairman of Östersund Municipality (1997–2009).
• Antonio Pais, 79, Spanish footballer (Celta Vigo, Barcelona, Real Zaragoza).
• J. L. Parks, 90, American basketball player (Oklahoma State Cowboys).
• Dave Ragan, 82, American professional golfer.
• Nora Schimming-Chase, 77, Namibian politician and diplomat, member of the National Assembly (since 2000), ambassador to Germany, Austria and Tanzania, cancer.
• Aldo Tarlao, 91, Italian rower, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
• Václav Verner, 68, Czech speedway rider.
• Gordon Walgren, 85, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1966), member of the Washington State Senate (1967–1980).
• Katherine Westphal, 99, American textile designer.
• Henry Williams, 47, American basketball player (Charlotte 49ers, Scaligera Verona, Benetton Treviso, Virtus Roma), world championship bronze medalist (1990), kidney failure.
• Jimmy Wisner, 86, American pianist, producer and songwriter.

14

• Robert L. Bireley, 84, American historian.
• Jim Bowen, 80, English television presenter (Bullseye) and comedian (The Comedians).
• Alfred W. Crosby, 87, American ecological historian, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Halit Deringör, 95, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe).
• Emilio Disi, 75, Argentine actor (Todas las azafatas van al cielo, La Aventura explosiva, Muerte en Buenos Aires) and humorist, lung cancer.
• Bedřich Dvořák, 87, Czech Olympic sprint canoeist.
• Elusive Quality, 25, American racehorse, euthanized.
• Peter Entwisle, 69, English-born New Zealand art historian.
• Marielle Franco, 38, Brazilian politician, member of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro (since 2017), shot.
• Rubén Galván, 65, Argentine footballer (national team, Club Atlético Independiente, Estudiantes), cirrhosis.
• Stephen Hawking, 76, English theoretical physicist, professor (University of Cambridge) and writer (A Brief History of Time), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Narendra Jha, 55, Indian actor (Raees, Haider, Raavan), heart attack.
• Michael Jones, 73, Canadian film director and screenwriter.
• Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt, 86, Danish film director (Once There Was a War) and screenwriter.
• Lefty Kreh, 93, American sports photojournalist, author and sport fisherman.
• Adrian Lamo, 37, American computer hacker (WikiLeaks).
• Steve Mandell, 76, American bluegrass guitarist and banjoist, prostate cancer.
• Billy Martin, 75, American football player (Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons, Minnesota Vikings).
• David Matza, 87, American sociologist and criminologist.
• Mac McCallion, 67, New Zealand rugby union player (Counties, New Zealand Māori) and coach (Counties Manukau, Fiji), cancer.
• Liam O'Flynn, 72, Irish uilleann piper (Planxty), cancer.
• Pijuán, 75, Puerto Rican pianist.
• Ronald Rotunda, 73, American legal scholar, pneumonia.
• Petar Stipetić, 80, Croatian military officer, Armed Forces Chief of Staff (2000–2002).
• Tawfiq Titingan, 55, Malaysian politician, MLA, colon cancer.
• Vasantha Vaidyanathan, 80, Sri Lankan Hindu activist and radio broadcaster.
• David Wyman, 89, American historian (The Abandonment of the Jews).

15

• Francis M. Bator, 92, Hungarian-American economist and educator.
• Tom Benson, 90, American automobile dealer, philanthropist and sports franchise owner (New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Pelicans), influenza.
• Stan Brown, 76, English footballer (Fulham).
• Ed Charles, 84, American baseball player (New York Mets, Kansas City Athletics).
• Bev Desjarlais, 62, Canadian politician, MP for Churchill (1997–2004), multiple system atrophy as a complication of Parkinson's disease.
• Erwin C. Dietrich, 87, Swiss film producer (The Wild Geese).
• Augie Garrido, 79, American college baseball coach (Cal State Fullerton, Texas), stroke.
• Carlton Gary, 67, American serial killer and rapist, executed by lethal injection.
• Michael Getler, 82, American journalist (The Washington Post, The New York Times International Edition, PBS), complications from bile duct cancer.
• Robert Grossman, 78, American painter, sculptor, filmmaker and author.
• Jørgen Hansen, 74, Danish Olympic boxer (1968).
• Huang Wenpan, 22, Chinese swimmer, Paralympic champion (2016), traffic collision.
• Larry Kwong, 94, Canadian ice hockey player (Valleyfield Braves, New York Rangers), first player to break NHL's colour barrier.
• Bronson La Follette, 82, American politician, Wisconsin Attorney General (1965–1969, 1975–1987).
• Ling Yun, 100, Chinese politician, 1st Minister of Public Security (1983–1985).
• Don Mecklem, 91, Australian Olympic hockey player.
• Eric Munshaw, 64, Canadian Olympic slalom canoer (1972).
• Franz Oberwinkler, 78, German mycologist.
• Bob Phibbs, 90, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1952).
• Gwilym Roberts, 89, British politician, MP (1966–1970, 1974–1983).
• Mohamed Sayah, 84, Tunisian politician.

16

• Félix Arámbulo, 76, Paraguayan footballer.
• Betty Ann Bowser, 73, American journalist (PBS NewsHour), pneumonia.
• John Brookes, 84, British landscape designer.
• Anna Campbell, 26, British feminist and soldier, airstrike.
• Barrie Clark, 85, Canadian politician and broadcaster.
• Guy Cury, 87, French Olympic hurdler (1956).
• Russell Freedman, 88, American biographer and children's writer.
• Charles Wayne Goforth, 86, American politician.
• Leslie Gonda, 98, Hungarian-born American aircraft leasing executive (International Lease Finance Corporation).
• Boyukagha Hajiyev, 59, Azerbaijani football player and manager (Araz-Naxçıvan, Neftçi), complications from a heart attack.
• Tankmar Horn, 93, Finnish diplomat and business executive (Wärtsilä).
• Guðjón Arnar Kristjánsson, 73, Icelandic politician, MP (1999–2009), cancer.
• Otomar Kvěch, 67, Czech composer.
• Kwon Hee-deok, 61, South Korean voice actress and writer.
• Arnie Lerma, 67, American writer and Scientology whistleblower, suicide by gunshot.
• Adrian Lillebekk Ovlien, 20, Norwegian footballer (Kongsvinger), sepsis.
• Dayton S. Mak, 100, American diplomat, Ambassador to Kuwait (1961–1963).
• Aidan Maloney, 97, Canadian politician, MHA for Ferryland (1966–1971).
• Magoroh Maruyama, 88, Japanese-born American business theorist.
• Milán Matos, 68, Cuban Olympic long jumper (1972, 1976).
• George Meek, 84, Scottish footballer (Leeds United, Walsall).
• Jane Moffet, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
• Buell Neidlinger, 82, American cellist and bassist, heart attack.
• Ezequiel Orozco, 29, Mexican footballer, lung cancer.
• Lisa Garcia Quiroz, 57, American media executive (Time Warner), pancreatic cancer.
• Lucien A. Schmit Jr., 89, American engineer.
• Louise Slaughter, 88, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for New York's 25th district (since 1987), complications from a fall.
• Raymond Wilson, 89, British physicist.
• Charles Yanofsky, 92, American geneticist.
• Marilyn J. Ziffrin, 91, American composer.

17

• Sir William Aldous, 82, British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal (1995–2003).
• Karen Anderson, 85, American writer.
• Arnold Burden, 95, Canadian physician, helped rescue survivors in the 1956 and 1958 Springhill mining disasters.
• Dexter Davies, 66, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (1998–2001), lung cancer.
• Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell, 84, British politician, Secretary of State for Wales (1979–1987).
• Geneviève Fontanel, 81, French actress (The Man Who Loved Women).
• Benny Fredriksson, 58, Swedish actor and theatre director, CEO of Stockholm City Theatre (2002–2017), suicide.
• John Furlow, 88, American college football player and coach.
• Peter Haynes, 92, British Anglican priest, Dean of Hereford (1982–1992).
• Jim Hendricks, 68, American actor and DJ (Commander USA's Groovie Movies).
• Julie Hilden, 49, American novelist and lawyer, complications from early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
• Ned Kavanagh, 93, Irish hurler and priest.
• Mike MacDonald, 62, Canadian comedian and actor (The Ripping Friends, Screwballs II), heart complications.
• Zdeněk Mahler, 89, Czech pedagogue, writer, publicist and musicologist.
• Katherine McGrath, 73, American actress.
• Phan Văn Khải, 84, Vietnamese politician, Prime Minister (1997–2006).
• Greg Polis, 67, Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Rangers, Washington Capitals), cancer.
• Sushil Siddharth, 59, Indian writer, complications from a heart attack.
• Sammy Williams, 69, American actor (A Chorus Line), Tony winner (1976), cancer.
• Za Hlei Thang, 75, Burmese politician.

18

• Michel Adama-Tamboux, 89, Central African politician, President of the National Assembly (1960–1966).
• Chuck Arrobio, 73, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).
• Sally Bidgood, 69, British botanist.
• Cloria Brown, 75, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2011–2013, since 2015), cancer.
• Sergio Castellaneta, 86, Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1992–1996).
• David Cooper, 68, Australian immunologist and medical researcher (HIV), President of the International AIDS Society (1994–1998).
• Ruth F. Curtain, 76, Australian mathematician.
• Joyce Cutler–Shaw, 85, American artist, corticobasal degeneration.
• Samuel Epstein, 91, English-born American physician, cardiac arrest.
• Vera Evison, 100, British archaeologist and academic.
• Barkat Gourad Hamadou, 88, Djiboutian politician, Prime Minister (1978–2001).
• Michal Horský, 74, Slovak political scientist and politician, member of the House of the People (1990–1992).
• Killjoy, 48, American singer (Necrophagia), heart failure.
• Helmut Kuckelkorn, 81, German cyclist.
• Li Ao, 82, Chinese-Taiwanese writer and politician, MLY (2005–2008), brain tumour.
• Georgi Mosolov, 91, Russian test pilot.
• Jean-Baptiste Natama, 53, Burkinabé politician and diplomat.
• Stefano Pellegrini, 64, Italian footballer (Roma, Bari).
• Otoniel Quintana, 71, Colombian Olympic footballer (1968).
• Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, 85, British politician and diplomat, Lord Privy Seal (1997–1998), ambassador to UN (1974–1979), MP for Barons Court (1964–1974).
• Michael Rutschky, 74, German author.
• Jerry Schoonmaker, 84, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
• Hazel Smith, 83, American country music journalist, publicist, and singer-songwriter, heart failure.
• Clive Ulyate, 84, South African rugby player and cricketer.
• Sir James Weatherall, 82, British vice-admiral and Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.
• John F. Wright, 72, American state judge, member of the Nebraska Supreme Court (since 1994) and Court of Appeals (1991–1994).

19

• Roger G. Barry, 82, British-born American geographer and climatologist, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (1976–2008).
• Irina Beglyakova, 85, Russian athlete, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
• Linda Bement, 76, American model, winner of Miss Universe 1960.
• Madge Bester, 54, South African disability rights activist, once world's shortest woman.
• David Bischoff, 66, American novelist and television writer (Star Trek: The Next Generation).
• Howard Clendaniel, 85, American politician, member of the Delaware House of Representatives.
• Sue England, 89, American actress (City Across the River, The Women of Pitcairn Island).
• Julio Garrett, 92, Bolivian politician, lawyer and ambassador, Foreign Minister (1979–1980) and Vice President (1985–1989).
• Sir Andrew Gilbart, 68, British High Court judge, cancer.
• Nicholas Gillham, 85, American geneticist, heart attack.
• Enrique Guardia, 65, Spanish Olympic water polo player.
• Hasan Celal Güzel, 73, Turkish journalist and politician.
• Arnold R. Hirsch, 69, American historian, Lewy body dementia.
• Irwin Hoffman, 93, American conductor.
• Chaim Samuel Hönig, 92, Brazilian mathematician.
• Nicolás Kingman, 99, Ecuadorian journalist, writer and politician.
• Jürg Laederach, 72, Swiss writer.
• Jean Michel Larrasket, 67, French engineer and professor (University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, Mondragón University).
• Dick LeMay, 79, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs).
• Stanley Lieberson, 84, Canadian-born American sociologist.
• Luo Fu, 89, Taiwanese poet.
• Anil Malnad, 60, Indian film editor (Sitaara, Anveshana), blood clot.
• Aghasi Manukyan, 51, Armenian Olympic wrestler (1996), world champion (1993).
• Keith O'Brien, 80, Scottish Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh (1985–2013), complications from a fall.
• Les Payne, 76, American journalist (Newsday), Pulitzer Prize (1974).
• Moishe Postone, 75, Canadian Western Marxist historian, philosopher and political economist, cancer.
• Kedarnath Singh, 83, Indian poet.
• Sudan, 45, Kenyan northern white rhinoceros, last known male of his subspecies, euthanized.
• Thunder Gulch, 25, American racehorse, Kentucky Derby winner (1995), euthanized.
• Jacobus Verhoeff, 91, Dutch mathematician.
• Viktor Yerin, 74, Russian military officer, Minister of Internal Affairs (1992–1995).

20

• Tossi Aaron, American folk singer.
• Dilbar Abdurahmonova, 81, Uzbekistani conductor, violinist and teacher, People's Artist of the USSR (1977).
• Ann-Charlotte Alverfors, 71, Swedish author.
• Frank Avruch, 89, American television host (Bozo the Clown).
• Pat Barr, 83, British novelist.
• Katie Boyle, 91, Italian-born British actress, television personality and game-show panelist.
• Ariel Bybee, 75, American operatic mezzo-soprano.
• João Calvão da Silva, 66, Portuguese politician, MP for Coimbra (1995–1999), Minister of Internal Administration (2015).
• Kak Channthy, 38, Cambodian space rock singer, traffic collision.
• Paul Colin, 97, French novelist.
• Peter "Mars" Cowling, 72, British bassist (Pat Travers Band).
• John Donaldson, 92, American football player (Chicago Hornets, Los Angeles Dons).
• Tom Griffin, 72, American playwright (The Boys Next Door).
• Siringan Gubat, 68, Malaysian politician, MP for Ranau (2004–2008), MLA (1990–2004, 2013–2018), heart attack.
• Ramon Deleon Guerrero, 71, Northern Mariana Islands politician, Senator (2000–2004).
• Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa, 52, Indian Sikh rights activist, suicide by jumping.
• C. K. Mann, 81–82, Ghanaian highlife musician.
• Dylan Mika, 45, New Zealand rugby union player (Samoa national team, New Zealand national team, Auckland), heart attack.
• Bobby Mitchell, 75, American golfer.
• Sergio Peña Clos, 90, Puerto Rican politician, member of the Senate of Puerto Rico (1980–2004).
• Peter G. Peterson, 91, American financier (Lehman Brothers), co-founder of The Blackstone Group, Secretary of Commerce (1972–1973).
• Yuri Shatalov, 72, Russian ice hockey player (Krylya Sovetov Moscow).
• Deo Kumar Singh, 67, Indian Maoist leader and insurgent commander, heart attack.
• William Smith, 89, American wrestler, Olympic champion (1952).
• Ayaz Soomro, 59, Pakistani politician, MNA (since 2013), MPA for Larkana (2002–2013), heart disease.
• Joseph M. Sussman, 78, American engineer.
• Emmett Hulcy Tidd, 94, American military officer.

21

• Roger Anderson, 75, American football player (New York Giants, Montreal Alouettes).
• Anna-Lisa, 84, Norwegian actress (Black Saddle, Have Rocket, Will Travel).
• Kakon Bibi, c. 102, Bangladeshi spy and freedom fighter.
• Gerrit Blaauw, 93, Dutch computer scientist.
• Dejan Bravničar, 80, Slovene violinist.
• Kevin C. A. Burke, 88, British geologist.
• James M. Carew, 85, American politician.
• George H. Emert, 79, American biochemist, President of Utah State University (1992–2000).
• Frank Gaylord, 93, American sculptor.
• Tom Higgins, 73, American rock climber.
• Ulrica Hydman Vallien, 79, Swedish artist, heart attack.
• James C. Irwin, 88, American military officer, Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard (1986–1988).
• Rolf Leeser, 88, Dutch footballer (Ajax) and fashion designer.
• Paul Edward Plunkett, 82, American federal judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois (1982–1998).
• John W. Vogt, 81, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1972–1988), interstitial fibrosis.
• Peter Waddington, 71, British sociologist and police officer, cardiac arrest.
• Martha Wallner, 90, Austrian actress (The Street).
• Dick Wilmarth, 75, American dog musher, winner of the 1973 Iditarod, cancer.
• Leo C. Zeferetti, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 15th congressional district (1975-1983).

22

• Fergus Anckorn, 99, British magician, longest-serving member of The Magic Circle, bladder cancer.
• Michael Barnes, 85, British politician, MP for Brentford and Chiswick (1966–1974).
• Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov, 91, Russian Chechen writer and ethnographer.
• Syd Cheatle, 82, Irish architect and writer.
• Morgan Chua, 68, Singaporean cartoonist.
• Jose Flores, 57, Peruvian-born American jockey, injuries sustained in racing fall.
• Dick Gamble, 89, Canadian hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Rochester Americans).
• Mel Gordon, 71, American writer, renal failure.
• Paul Green, 94, American electrical engineer.
• James F. Holland, 92, American physician.
• René Houseman, 64, Argentine footballer, tongue cancer.
• Wayne Huizenga, 80, American entrepreneur (Blockbuster) and sports team owner (Miami Dolphins, Florida Panthers), cancer.
• Johan van Hulst, 107, Dutch politician, author and academic, awarded Righteous Among the Nations (1970), member of the Senate (1956–1981) and the European Parliament (1961–1968).
• Jan Kantůrek, 69, Czech translator.
• Nancy Lee Katz, 70, American photographer, cancer.
• Morgana King, 87, American jazz singer and actress (The Godfather), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
• Charles Lazarus, 94, American entrepreneur and executive (Toys "R" Us), respiratory failure.
• Lyn Lott, 67, American golfer, complications from brain surgery.
• Carlos Eduardo Miranda, 56, Brazilian musician, record producer and reality television judge (Ídolos, Qual é o Seu Talento?, Esse Artista Sou Eu).
• Morten Piil, 75, Danish film critic.
• Michael J. Reynolds, 78, Canadian actor (Gorillas in the Mist, United 93, Leap Year).
• Dariush Shayegan, 83, Iranian cultural theorist and philosopher, stroke.
• Nicholas Tsoucalas, 91, American judge, member of the Court of International Trade (1986–1996), pneumonia.

23

• Paul L. Anderson, 71, American architect, heart attack.
• Glen Ash, 86, American actor.
• Don Ball, 81, American builder and philanthropist.
• Mike Beedle, 55, American software engineer, stabbed.
• Lino Bortolo Belotti, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bergamo (1999–2009).
• DuShon Monique Brown, 49, American actress (Chicago Fire, Prison Break, Unexpected), sepsis.
• Ernie Burrington, 91, British newspaper editor and journalist.
• Raymond Butt, 77, British schoolteacher, pancreatic cancer.
• Debbie Lee Carrington, 58, American actress and stuntwoman (Return of the Jedi, Total Recall, Bride of Chucky).
• Philip E. Curran, 90, American politician.
• Douglas Galbraith, 52, Scottish novelist.
• Lawrence K. Grossman, 86, American television executive.
• Robert Hackman, 77, Ghanaian Olympic athlete.
• Hasili, 27, French racehorse.
• Murray S. Hoffman, 93, American cardiologist.
• Philip Kerr, 62, British author (March Violets, Children of the Lamp, A Philosophical Investigation).
• Patricia Ann Lamkin, 55, German-born American playwright.
• Dan Lanphear, 80, American football player (Houston Oilers).
• Jukka Mikkola, 74, Finnish politician, MP (1983–1986, 1995–2003).
• Zell Miller, 86, American politician, Governor of Georgia (1991–1999), member of the U.S. Senate (2000–2005), Parkinson's disease.
• Alberto Ongaro, 92, Italian journalist and writer.
• Jaakko Pakkasvirta, 83, Finnish film director and screenwriter.
• Aileen Paterson, 83, Scottish writer and illustrator.
• Idowu Sofola, 83, Nigerian jurist.
• Ephraim Stern, 84, Israeli archaeologist.
• Delores Taylor, 85, American actress and screenwriter (Billy Jack), complications of dementia.
• Seán Treacy, 94, Irish politician, TD (1961–1997), Ceann Comhairle (1973–1977, 1987–1997).
• John Welchli, 89, American rower, Olympic silver medalist (1956).

24

• José Antonio Abreu, 78, Venezuelan conductor and politician, founder of El Sistema.
• Arnold Andenmatten, 95, Swiss military patrol skier, winner of the Olympic demonstration event (1948).
• Lys Assia, 94, Swiss singer, winner of the first Eurovision Song Contest (1956).
• Rim Banna, 51, Palestinian singer, composer and activist, breast cancer.
• Arnaud Beltrame, 44, French gendarme, stabbed.
• Jeff Cooper, 82, Canadian actor (Dallas, Circle of Iron, The Born Losers).
• Bernie De Koven, 76, American video game designer (Alien Garden), lung cancer.
• John Ehle, 92, American writer.
• Rudresh Gowda, 62, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha from Hassan (1996–1997), Karnataka MLA from Belur, Karnataka (since 2008), heart attack.
• John Hsu, 86, Chinese-born American violist.
• Theodor Kolobow, 87, Estonian-born American physician.
• Hassan Muhammed Lawal, 63, Nigerian politician.
• Bill Lucas, 101, British RAF officer and Olympic long-distance runner (1948).
• Joe Malone, 94, Australian footballer (North Melbourne).
• Chalmers Marquis, 91, American public television and radio advocate.
• Frank Meisler, 89, German-born Israeli architect and sculptor (Kindertransport – The Arrival).
• Hidetoshi Nagasawa, 77, Japanese sculptor and architect.
• Carl Scheib, 91, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals).
• Marco Solfrini, 60, Italian basketball player, Olympic silver medalist (1980), heart attack.
• Arthur Tafoya, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pueblo (1980–2009).
• Mely Tagasa, 82, Filipino actress, stroke.
• Michael Voigt, 59, American sport shooter, handgun world champion (1999), cancer.
• James Wickstrom, 75, American radio host and white supremacist.
• Alvin Wright, 57, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).

25

• Bob Biderman, 77–78, British-American novelist. (death announced on this date)
• André Bourbeau, 81, Canadian politician, MNA for Laporte (1981–2003), Mayor of Saint-Lambert, Quebec (1978–1981), cancer.
• Jules-Aristide Bourdes-Ogouliguende, 80, Gabonese politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1993).
• Linda Carol Brown, 75, American equality campaigner, involved in Brown v. Board of Education.
• Edwin Carr, 89, Australian Olympic sprinter (1952), dual Commonwealth champion (1950).
• William W. Cates, 78, American writer and vintner.
• David Cobham, 87, British film director (Tarka the Otter), stroke.
• Clell D. Elwood, 93, American politician.
• Anton Jože Gale, 73, Slovenian Olympic ice hockey player (1964, 1968, 1972).
• Mike Harrison, 72, British singer (Spooky Tooth).
• Desmond Lewis, 72, Jamaican cricketer (West Indies).
• Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña, 82, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trujillo (1982–2012).
• Mel Rosen, 90, American track and field coach (Auburn Tigers).
• Seo Min-woo, 33, South Korean singer (100%).
• Nicolae Tilihoi, 61, Romanian footballer (Universitatea Craiova).
• Dagfinn Vårvik, 93, Norwegian politician, leader of the Centre Party (1973–1977), Minister of Finance (1963–1963) and Foreign Affairs (1972–1973).
• Olle Widestrand, 85, Swedish musician and composer.
• Jerry Williams, 75, Swedish singer, cancer.

26

• Fouad al-Zayat, 77, Syrian businessman, cancer.
• Patricia Burton, 85, American baseball player (Fort Wayne Daisies).
• Bernie Collins, 82, Canadian politician.
• Sándor Demján, 74, Hungarian entrepreneur (TriGranit).
• Mamadou Diop, 81, Senegalese politician, Mayor of Dakar (1984–2002).
• António dos Santos, 85, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarda (1979–2005).
• Sir John Grimley Evans, 81, British gerontologist.
• Fabrizio Frizzi, 60, Italian television presenter (L'eredità), cerebral hemorrhage.
• Nikolay Kaufman, 92, Bulgarian musicologist, folklorist and composer.
• Merle Masonholder, 74, American college football coach.
• Sergei Mavrodi, 62, Russian financial fraudster, member of State Duma (1994–1995), heart attack.
• William Plant, 73, Jamaican Olympic sailor.
• Probosutedjo, 87, Indonesian businessman, thyroid cancer.
• Fernand Steenacker, 87, Belgian Olympic rower (1956).
• Zeke Upshaw, 26, American basketball player (Grand Rapids Drive), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
• Sir Michael Wheeler-Booth, 84, British public servant, Clerk of the Parliaments (1991–1997).

27

• Stéphane Audran, 85, French actress (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Babette's Feast, The Big Red One).
• Benjamin Bassin, 74, Finnish diplomat.
• Jane Smisor Bastien, 82, American educator and piano teacher.
• Ferd Burket, 85, American football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders, Montreal Alouettes).
• Chan Sui-kau, 91, Hong Kong industrialist and philanthropist.
• Douglas Everett, 90, Canadian politician.
• Carlos Cruz González, 87, Spanish comics artist.
• José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins, 87, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua (1991–2006).
• Frank Hodgetts, 93, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Millwall).
• David Humm, 65, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Baltimore Colts), complications from multiple sclerosis.
• Aimée Iacobescu, 71, Romanian actress (The Doom), breast cancer.
• Luc Jalabert, 66, French rejoneador.
• Victor Kalashnikov, 75, Russian gun designer (PP-19 Bizon).
• Tom Martin, 69, American politician, Mayor of Lubbock, Texas (2008–2012).
• Sir Eric McClintock, 99, Australian businessman and public servant, chairman of Woolworths Limited (1980–1987).
• Jerry Moses, 71, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers).
• Bert Nievera, 81, Filipino-American singer.
• Kenny O'Dell, 73, American country singer-songwriter ("Behind Closed Doors", "Mama He's Crazy"), Grammy winner (1974).
• James "Quick" Parker, 60, American-Canadian football player (BC Lions, Edmonton Eskimos).
• Rosendo Rodriguez, 38, American convicted rapist and murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Archie Sibeko, 90, South African anti-apartheid activist.
• Louise A. Tilly, 87, American historian.
• Robert Hugh Willoughby, 96, American flautist.

28

• Oleg Anofriyev, 87, Russian actor, singer, songwriter, film director and poet.
• Armand Arabian, 83, American jurist, Supreme Court of California (1990–1996).
• Kateryna Boloshkevich, 78, Ukrainian weaver and statesperson.
• Bobby Ferguson, 80, English football player (Derby County) and manager (Ipswich Town).
• Wolfgang Girardi, 89, Austrian Olympic gymnast.
• Livia Ruth Gollancz, 97, English horn player.
• Travis Hill, 48, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
• Walter E. Johnston III, 82, American politician.
• Peter Munk, 90, Hungarian-born Canadian mine owner (Barrick Gold) and philanthropist (Toronto General Hospital).
• Stanisław Paździor, 73, Polish footballer
• Clarence Pettersen, 65, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (2011–2016).
• William Prochnau, 80, American journalist, coronary artery disease.
• Catherine Pym, 96, Australian Olympic fencer (1952).
• Lívia Rév, 101, Hungarian pianist.
• Eugène Van Roosbroeck, 89, Belgian racing cyclist, Olympic champion (1948).
• Clément Rosset, 78, French philosopher and writer.
• Caleb Scofield, 39, American rock bassist and singer (Cave In, Zozobra, Old Man Gloom), traffic collision.
• Daryl Thomas, 52, American basketball player (Indiana Hoosiers), heart attack.
• Mike Tucker, 73, British equestrian rider and commentator.
• Norm Wilson, 83, New Zealand cricketer (Northern Districts).

29

• David Bartov, 94, Polish-born Israeli judge.
• R. J. Berry, 83, British geneticist and theistic evolutionist, stroke.
• Dexter Bristol, 57, Grenadian immigrant to the United Kingdom.
• Jim Callaghan, 91, British politician, MP for Middleton and Prestwich (1974–1983) and Heywood and Middleton (1983–1997).
• Don Colpoys, 83, American baseball coach and manager (Buffalo Bisons).
• Corrado dal Fabbro, 72, Italian bobsledder, Olympic silver medalist (1972).
• Geoffrey Dodsworth, 89, British banker and politician, MP for South West Hertfordshire (1974–1979).
• Ginette Durand, 88, French Olympic gymnast.
• Sir William Gladstone, 7th Baronet, 92, British aristocrat and Chief Scout (1972–1982).
• Colin Harper, 71, English footballer (Ipswich Town).
• Lew Holder, 94, American football player (Los Angeles Dons).
• Ron Mailer, 85, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic).
• Emiliano Mondonico, 71, Italian football manager (Torino, Atalanta, Fiorentina), stomach cancer.
• Walter Pérez Villamonte, 81, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Potosí (1998–2009).
• Pollyanna Pickering, 75, British wildlife artist.
• Stephen Reinhardt, 87, American judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (since 1980), heart attack.
• Ed Samcoff, 93, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
• Mohamed Shaker, 84, Egyptian diplomat, member of Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (1986–1998) and Ambassador to the UK (1988–1997).
• Anita Shreve, 71, American author (The Pilot's Wife, The Weight of Water, Stella Bain), cancer.
• Sven-Olov Sjödelius, 84, Swedish canoer, Olympic champion (1960, 1964).
• Rusty Staub, 73, American baseball player (New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers), multiple organ failure.
• Enrique Troncoso Troncoso, 80, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Iquique (1989–2000) and Melipilla (2000–2014).
• Paul Van Arsdale, 97, American hammered dulcimer player.

30

• Alias, 41, American rapper, producer and record label founder (Anticon), heart attack.
• Patrick Atiyah, 87, English legal scholar.
• Robert James Baker, 75, American mammalogist.
• Samuel Belzberg, 89, Canadian financier, complications from a stroke.
• Aureliano Bolognesi, 87, Italian boxer, Olympic champion (1952).
• Sharon Brehm, 72, American psychologist, Chancellor of Indiana University Bloomington (2001–2003), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Ivan Čaklec, 85, Croatian Olympic gymnast.
• Anna Chennault, 92, Chinese-born American journalist and businesswoman.
• Saul Cherniack, 101, Canadian politician, Manitoba Minister of Finance (1969–1972, 1973–1975).
• Saunders Davies, 80, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bangor (2000–2004).
• Geri Evans, 77, American politician.
• Josie Farrington, Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton, 77, British politician, life peer (since 1994).
• Jack Gray, 91, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).
• Ivor Forbes Guest, 97, British historian and writer.
• Philip Gulliver, 96, British-born Canadian anthropologist.
• Drue Heinz, 103, American literary publisher (The Paris Review) and patron (Drue Heinz Literature Prize).
• Henry Theophilus Howaniec, 87, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Most Holy Trinity in Almaty (1999–2011).
• Rod Johnston, 80, American politician.
• Daisy Kadibil, 95, Australian Aboriginal woman, inspiration for the film Rabbit Proof Fence, dementia.
• Sabahudin Kurt, 82, Bosnian folk and pop singer ("Život je sklopio krug").
• André Bo-Boliko Lokonga, 83, Congolese politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1970–1979) and Prime Minister (1979–1980).
• Bill Maynard, 89, English actor (Heartbeat, Confessions of a Window Cleaner, Carry On), complications from a fall.
• Nacho Pérez Frías, 62, Spanish footballer (CD Málaga) and sports physician, complications of burns.
• Alexander Pylcyn, 94, Russian military officer.
• Wolfgang Schilling, 62, German football player (Arminia Bielefeld, Tennis Borussia Berlin) and manager (Berliner AK 07).
• Marcel Storme, 87, Belgian legal scholar and politician.
• Michael Tree, 84, American violist.
• Jean-Guy Trépanier, 86, Canadian politician.
• La Wilson, 93, American artist, stroke.

31

• Frank Aendenboom, 76, Belgian actor.
• Margarita Carrera, 88, Guatemalan philosopher, professor and writer.
• Michael Cooper, 87, American historian.
• Luigi De Filippo, 87, Italian actor (Non è vero... ma ci credo, You're on Your Own, Love Italian Style).
• Chris Edwards, 41, British boxer, heart attack.
• John Mack Flanagan, 71, American disc jockey (KFRC), heart failure.
• Charles Goodwin, 74, American linguistic anthropologist and semiotician, cancer.
• Ted J. Land, 81, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1979–1990).
• Peg Lautenschlager, 62, American attorney and politician, Attorney General of Wisconsin (2003–2007), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1989–1993), breast cancer.
• Ray Marinko, 82, Australian rules footballer (West Perth).
• James McAlister, 66, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), cancer.
• Jan Snoeck, 91, Dutch sculptor.
• Leonard D. Wexler, 93, American judge (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York).

External links

• List of March 2018 deaths at IMDb