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January 2016

1

• Natasha Aguilar, 45, Costa Rican swimmer, silver and bronze medalist at the 1987 Pan American Games, complications from a stroke.
• George Alexandru, 58, Romanian theater and film actor, complications from an abdominal infection.
• Fazu Aliyeva, 83, Russian Avar poet and journalist, heart failure.
• Lennie Bluett, 96, American actor (Gone with the Wind, Mighty Joe Young, A Star is Born).
• Dale Bumpers, 90, American politician, Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975), Senator from Arkansas (1975–1999).
• Antonio Carrizo, 89, Argentine broadcaster.
• Delia Córdova, 62, Peruvian Olympic volleyball player.
• Jacques Deny, 99, French mathematician.
• Brian Johns, 79, Australian company director, managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1995–2000), cancer.
• Gilbert Kaplan, 74, American conductor and businessman, cancer.
• Helmut Koester, 89, German-born American history professor.
• Tony Lane, 71, American art director (Rolling Stone), brain cancer.
• Mark B, 45, British hip-hop record producer.
• Gilberto Mendes, 93, Brazilian composer.
• John Coleman Moore, 92, American mathematician.
• Homa Nategh, 80, Iranian educator and historian.
• Mike Oxley, 71, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Template:Ushr (1981–2007), lung cancer.
• Ian Pieris, 82, Sri Lankan cricketer (Cambridge University Cricket Club).
• Jim Ross, 89, Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
• Anil Salgaocar, 75, Indian executive and politician.
• Fred Wiedersporn, 84, German Olympic gymnast.
• Vilmos Zsigmond, 85, Hungarian-American cinematographer (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, The Black Dahlia), Oscar winner (1978).

2

• Faris al-Zahrani, 38, Saudi al-Qaeda member, execution by beheading.
• Mieke Andela-Baur, 92, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives.
• Marcel Barbeau, 90, Canadian painter and sculptor.
• Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, 91, Indian politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (1996–2012), complications from a stroke.
• Vicente Camacho, 86, Northern Mariana Islands businessman and politician, member of the Marianas Political Status Commission.
• Michel Delpech, 69, French singer-songwriter and actor, throat cancer.
• Leonard Evans, 86, Canadian politician, complications from a heart attack.
• Tim Francis, 87, New Zealand diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1988–1991), Administrator of Tokelau (1984–1988), cancer.
• Brad Fuller, 62, American video game composer (Marble Madness, Tetris, Blasteroids), Director of Engineering for Atari (1993–1996), pancreatic cancer.
• Maria Garbowska-Kierczyńska, 93, Polish actress.
• Matt Hobden, 22, English cricketer (Sussex), fall.
• Shigeji Kaneko, 84, Japanese boxer, OPBF featherweight champion (1953 - 1958), pneumonia.
• Matthiew Klinck, 37, Canadian film director and producer (Hank and Mike), stabbed.
• Thomas Johnstone McWiggan, 97, British aviation engineer.
• Gisela Mota Ocampo, 33, Mexican politician, Mayor of Temixco (2016), member of the Chamber of Deputies (2012–2015), shot.
• Nimr al-Nimr, 56, Saudi Shia religious leader, execution by beheading.
• John Reid, 87, Australian Anglican prelate, Bishop of South Sydney (1972–1993).
• Rino Salviati, 93, Italian singer, guitarist and actor.
• Stanley Siegel, 79, American talk show host, pneumonia.
• Fateh Singh, 51, Indian sports shooter and army officer, shot.
• Mirko Vujačić, 91, Montenegrin Olympic athlete.
• Frances Cress Welsing, 80, American psychiatrist and author, complications from a stroke.
• Leonard White, 99, British television producer (The Avengers, Armchair Theatre) and actor.
• Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu, 87, Turkish military officer, Secretary-General of the National Security Council (1988–1990), kidney failure.

3

• Klaas Bakker, 89, Dutch footballer (Ajax).
• Robert H. B. Baldwin, 95, American businessman (Morgan Stanley), pneumonia.
• Leonard Berkowitz, 89, American social psychologist.
• Paul Bley, 83, Canadian jazz pianist.
• Gary Flakne, 81, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1973).
• Amby Fogarty, 82, Irish footballer (Sunderland, Hartlepool, Cork Celtic) and manager (Cork Hibernians, Galway Rovers).
• C. B. Forgotston, 70, American lawyer and political blogger, suicide by gunshot.
• Cristina Grado, 76, Italian actress and voice actress.
• Demmus Hentze, 92, Faroese politician, Finance Minister (1975–1981).
• John McDade Howell, 93, American academic and university chancellor (East Carolina University).
• Shankar Prasad Jaiswal, 83, Indian politician.
• Alberto Iniesta Jiménez, 92, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (1972–1998).
• Raymond W. Lessard, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Savannah (1973–1995).
• Gomer Lloyd, 68, British Olympic bobsledder.
• Raghu Nandan Mandal, 63, Indian politician.
• Andy Maurer, 67, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos), cancer.
• Peter Naur, 87, Danish computer science pioneer, Turing Award winner.
• Georg Nees, 89, German academic and artist.
• Bill Plager, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues).
• Peter Powell, 83, English kite maker, stroke.
• Tommy Sale, 97, English rugby league player (Leigh, Widnes).
• Igor Sergun, 58, Russian military officer, Director of the GRU (since 2011).
• Ted Stanley, 84, American philanthropist and businessman (Danbury Mint).

4

• Tom Allin, 28, English cricketer (Warwickshire), suicide by jumping.
• Frank Armitage, 91, Australian-born American painter and animator (Mary Poppins, Lady and the Tramp, The Jungle Book).
• Jan Aronsson, 84, Swedish footballer (Degerfors IF).
• Robert Balser, 88, American animator (Yellow Submarine, Heavy Metal, The Jackson 5ive), respiratory failure.
• Fernando Barrachina, 68, Spanish footballer (Valencia CF).
• Stephen W. Bosworth, 76, American diplomat, Ambassador to South Korea (1997–2001), prostate cancer.
• Colin Butler, 102, British entomologist.
• Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds, 73, Latvian computer scientist and mathematician, heart attack.
• Michel Galabru, 93, French actor (The Judge and the Assassin, La Cage aux Folles, Belle Époque).
• Long John Hunter, 84, American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter.
• S. H. Kapadia, 68, Indian judge, Chief Justice (2010–2012).
• Jorge Lepra, 73, Uruguayan diplomat and politician, heart failure.
• Maja Maranow, 54, German actress (Beloved Sisters), breast cancer.
• Achim Mentzel, 69, German musician and television presenter.
• Red Parker, 84, American football coach (The Citadel, Clemson, Ole Miss).
• Donald J. Parsons, 93, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Quincy (1973–1988).
• Marjorie Pizer, 95, Australian poet.
• Joseph Ritz, 86, American author and playwright.
• John Roberts, 69, Welsh footballer (Arsenal, Birmingham, Wrexham).
• Andres Rodriguez, 31, Venezuelan equestrian competitor, silver medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games, traffic collision.
• Leo Rucka, 84, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
• Gavriel Salomon, 77, Israeli educational psychologist.
• Alexander O. Shirley, 88, British Virgin Islands civil servant and cricketer, Accountant General (1967–1987), namesake of the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground.
• Antonio Soto Díaz, 66, Puerto Rican politician, member of the Puerto Rico Senate (2009–2011), heart attack.
• Robert Stigwood, 81, Australian band manager (Bee Gees) and film producer (Grease, Saturday Night Fever).
• Edhi Sunarso, 83, Indonesian sculptor (Selamat Datang Monument), heart failure.
• André Turcat, 94, French aviator.

5

• Mamdouh Abdel-Alim, 59, Egyptian actor, heart attack.
• Bob Armstrong, 82, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors).
• María Lorenza Barreneche, 89, Argentine socialite, First Lady (1983–1989).
• Pierre Boulez, 90, French composer and conductor.
• Nicholas Caldwell, 71, American R&B singer (The Whispers), congestive heart failure.
• Agapito Robleda Castro, 83, Honduran politician.
• Patrick Crofton, 80, Canadian politician.
• Christine Lawrence Finney, 47, American painter and animator (Aladdin, The Lion King, Lilo & Stitch).
• John Freebairn, 85, Australian politician, member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Light (1962–1970).
• Percy Freeman, 70, English footballer (Lincoln City, West Bromwich Albion, Reading).
• Albert Gubay, 87, British businessman (Kwik Save).
• Rudolf Haag, 93, German theoretical physicist.
• Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov, 89, Russian computer scientist.
• Jean-Paul L'Allier, 77, Canadian politician, member of the National Assembly of Quebec (1970–1976), Mayor of Quebec City (1989–2005).
• George MacIntyre, 76, American football player and coach (Vanderbilt).
• Tancrède Melet, 32, French tightrope walker and base jumper, fall.
• Gerry O'Malley, 87, Irish Gaelic footballer (Roscommon).
• Uche Okeke, 82, Nigerian artist.
• Antônio Pompêo, 62, Brazilian actor.
• Michael Purcell, 70, Australian rugby union player.
• Jay Ritchie, 79, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds).
• Anatoly Roshchin, 83, Russian heavyweight wrestler, Olympic champion (1972).
• Elizabeth Swados, 64, American composer and writer (Runaways), complications from surgery.
• Keith Thiele, 94, New Zealand WW2 pilot.
• Alex Timpson, 69, British children's rights activist.
• Hanna-Marie Weydahl, 93, Norwegian pianist.

6

• Robert D. Acland, 74, American surgeon (Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy).
• Maliheh Afnan, 81, Palestinian-born artist.
• Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, 87, Cuban trumpeter, prostate cancer.
• Ladislav Bačík, 82, Czech Olympic swimmer.
• Douglas Greer, 94, American actor (Our Gang).
• Pat Harrington Jr., 86, American actor (One Day at a Time, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, The Inspector), complications from a brain haemorrhage.
• Florence King, 80, American writer.
• Serena Sinclair Lesley, 89, American journalist.
• Christy O'Connor Jnr, 67, Irish golfer.
• Silvana Pampanini, 90, Italian actress (The Road a Year Long, The City Stands Trial, A Husband for Anna).
• Ioannis Petridis, 84, Greek politician, MP for Pieria (1985–1989).
• Sol Polansky, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador to Bulgaria (1987–1990).
• Qian Min, 100, Chinese politician.
• Marion Studholme, 88, English soprano and music teacher.
• Nivaria Tejera, 86, Cuban poet and novelist, pancreatic cancer.
• Labhshankar Thakar, 80, Indian author.
• Robert D. Timm, 94, American politician.
• Yves Vincent, 94, French actor.
• Zbigniew Zychowicz, 62, Polish politician, Marshal of West Pomeranian Voivodeship (1999–2000).

7

• Oscar Ray Bolin, 53, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.
• Brahim Chergui, 94, Algerian militant.
• Patrick Connolly, 88–89, Irish lawyer, Attorney General (1982).
• André Courrèges, 92, French fashion designer.
• Robert M. Cundick, 89, American organist and composer.
• Paddy Doherty, 89, Northern Irish civil rights activist.
• Michael J. Egan, 89, American politician.
• Bill Foster, 86, American college basketball coach (Rutgers, Utah, Duke, South Carolina).
• Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe, 93, Mexican trade union leader and politician.
• Robert Goossens, 88, French jeweller.
• Alwin Albert Hafner, 85, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Morombe (1989–2000).
• Alan Haven, 80, English jazz organist.
• John Johnson, 68, American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers, Houston Rockets, Seattle SuperSonics), NBA Champion (1979).
• Kitty Kallen, 94, American singer ("Little Things Mean a Lot").
• Judith Kaye, 77, American lawyer, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1993–2008), cancer.
• István Komáromi, 72, Hungarian politician, MP (1994–1998).
• Richard Libertini, 82, American actor (Fletch, All of Me, Popeye), cancer.
• Cristian Moisescu, 68, Romanian politician, Mayor of Arad (1992–1996).
• William H. O'Dell, 77, American politician, member of the South Carolina Senate (since 1989).
• Houshang Ostovar, 88, Iranian composer.
• Jit Samaroo, 65, Trinidadian Steelpan musician and arranger.
• Ashraf Pahlavi, 96, Persian princess, President of the Women's Organization of Iran (1967–1979).
• Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, 79, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (2002–2005, since 2015), Minister of Home Affairs (1989–1990), multiple organ failure.
• Troy Shondell, 76, American singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
• Sergey Shustikov, 45, Russian football player (Torpedo Moscow) and manager (Solyaris Moscow).
• Sergei Simonov, 23, Russian ice hockey player (HC Lipetsk), complications after spleen surgery.
• Anton Srholec, 86, Slovak writer and priest, lung cancer.
• Anna Synodinou, 88, Greek politician and actress (The 300 Spartans).
• János György Szilágyi, 97, Hungarian historian.
• Yeow Chai Thiam, 62, Malaysian politician, cancer.
• Jesús María Ramón Valdés, 77, Mexican politician.
• Sir Christopher Wallace, 73, British army lieutenant general, Commandant Royal College of Defence Studies (2001–2005), amyloidosis.
• Hansrudi Wäscher, 87, German comics artist.
• Valerio Zanone, 79, Italian politician, Secretary of Italian Liberal Party (1976–1985) and Mayor of Turin (1990–1991).

8

• Hamdy Ahmed, 82, Egyptian actor (Al-Kahira 30, Al-Ard, Al Asfour).
• Horst Boog, 88, German historian.
• Otis Clay, 73, American R&B and soul singer ("Tryin' to Live My Life Without You", "The Only Way Is Up"), heart attack.
• Maria Teresa de Filippis, 89, Italian racing driver, first woman to race in Formula One (Maserati, Behra-Porsche).
• Oscar Fritschi, 76, Swiss politician.
• Ida Gaskin, 96, Welsh-born New Zealand teacher and quiz show contestant.
• Alessandro Ghinami, 92, Italian politician, President of Sardinia (1979–1980).
• M. O. Joseph, 86, Indian film producer.
• Medea Jugeli, 90, Georgian gymnast, Olympic champion (1952).
• Gunaram Khanikar, 66, Indian herbalist.
• Diana Mitchell, 83, Zimbabwean political activist and writer.
• German Moreno, 82, Philippine television host (That's Entertainment, Walang Tulugan with the Master Showman, GMA Supershow) and actor, cardiac arrest.
• Royal Parker, 86, American television personality, heart failure.
• Paddy Reid, 91, Irish rugby union and league player.
• Red Simpson, 81, American country singer-songwriter ("I'm a Truck"), complications from a heart attack.
• Brett Smiley, 60, American singer-songwriter.
• Piet Steenkamp, 90, Dutch politician, President of the Senate (1983–1991).
• Risto Syrjänen, 90, Finnish Olympic hurdler.
• Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino, 91, Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones (1978–1999).

9

• Barbara Allyne Bennet, 76, American actress (Mac and Me, The Office).
• Myra Carter, 86, American actress (Three Tall Women, 8mm), pneumonia.
• Merab Chigoev, 65, South Ossetian politician, Prime Minister (1998–2001), traffic collision.^{[citation needed]}
• Lawrence H. Cohn, 78, American surgeon, stroke.
• Cielito del Mundo, 80, Filipino singer, actress and politician, heart attack.
• Henri Delerue, 76, French Olympic racewalker.
• Hamada Emam, 68, Egyptian footballer (Zamalek SC).
• Peter Gavin Hall, 64, Australian statistician, leukemia.
• John Harvard, 77, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (2004–2009).
• Gareth Hoskins, 48, Scottish architect, complications from a heart attack.
• Johnny Jordan, 94, English footballer (Tonbridge).
• Mike McGinnity, 74, English football chairman (Coventry City).
• Robert Naegele, 90, German actor (The NeverEnding Story II, The Old Fox, Waller's Last Trip).
• Umberto Raho, 93, Italian actor (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Last Man on Earth, Superfantagenio).
• Lance Rautzhan, 63, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers), cancer.
• José María Rivas, 57, Salvadoran footballer (national team), leukemia.
• Gianni Rondolino, 83, Italian film critic and historian, founder of the Turin Film Festival.
• Paul-Marie François Rousset, 94, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint-Étienne (1971–1987).
• Angus Scrimm, 89, American actor (Phantasm, Alias, John Dies at the End), prostate cancer.
• Beau St. Clair, 63, American film producer (The Thomas Crown Affair, The November Man, Laws of Attraction), ovarian cancer.
• St Jovite, 26, American-bred Irish-trained racehorse, winner of the 1992 Irish Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
• Ed Stewart, 74, British TV and radio broadcaster (Top of the Pops, Crackerjack), stroke.
• Vicente Troudart, 64, Panamanian baseball umpire.
• Peggy Willis-Aarnio, 67, American ballet choreographer.
• Zelimkhan Yaqub, 65, Azerbaijani poet.

10

• Abbas Bahri, 61, Tunisian mathematician and professor (Rutgers University).
• Wim Bleijenberg, 85, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team).
• David Bowie, 69, English singer-songwriter, musician ("Heroes", "Space Oddity") and actor (Labyrinth), six-time Grammy winner, liver cancer.
• Bård Breivik, 67, Norwegian sculptor, cancer.
• Alton Brown, 90, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
• Ann Z. Caracristi, 94, American cryptographer, Deputy Director of the NSA (1980–1982), complications from dementia.
• Charles Congden Carpenter, 94, American naturalist.
• Teofil Codreanu, 74, Romanian footballer (Rapid București).
• Jeanne Córdova, 67, German-born American LGBT activist, brain cancer.
• Carolyn Denning, 88, American pediatrician, stroke.
• Michael Galeota, 31, American actor (The Jersey, Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.), heart disease and hypertension.
• Hernán Gamboa, 69, Venezuelan musician (Serenata Guayanesa), cancer.
• Ulrich Hahnen, 63, German politician, Deputy of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (since 2010), cancer.
• Ralph Hauenstein, 103, American philanthropist and businessman.
• Thomas Alexander Hickman, 90, Canadian judge and politician.
• Francis Thomas Hurley, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Anchorage (1976–2001), Bishop of Juneau (1971–1976).
• George Jonas, 80, Hungarian-born Canadian writer (Vengeance), Parkinson's disease.
• Kalevi Lehtovirta, 87, Finnish Olympic footballer (1952).
• Anthony Mellows, 79, British barrister and academic, Lord Prior of the Order of St John (2008–2014).
• Connie Mhone, 47, Malawian netball player and coach.
• Bob Oatley, 87, Australian yachtsman (Wild Oats XI) and winemaker (Rosemount).
• Arthur S. Obermayer, 84, American entrepreneur and philanthropist, cancer.
• Dick Spady, 92, American businessman (Dick's Drive-In).
• John Stokes, 70, British Army soldier and mountaineer.
• The Wolfman, 80, Hungarian-born Canadian professional wrestler (WWWF).
• Cornelis Zitman, 89, Dutch-born Venezuelan sculptor.
• Yusuf Zuayyin, 84, Syrian politician, Prime Minister (1965, 1966–1968).