The Rest in Peace Thread (RIP)

[Engine]

Lloyd Charmers Dead: Reggae Singer Dies at 74

[Goofle]

Robert Chew, Prop Joe From 'The Wire,' Dies



R.I.P

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Goofle11

Robert Chew, Prop Joe From 'The Wire,' Dies



R.I.P

Not exactly surprising, but still very sad.

[Janszoon]

Andre Cassagnes, the inventor of the Etch A Sketch, apparently died a couple of week ago.

story here

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Janszoon

Andre Cassagnes, the inventor of the Etch A Sketch, apparently died a couple of week ago.

story here

He's been shaken by God now...

[Godstone]

All these people died this month (copied from wikipedia, but hey)



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Alf Gard, 90, Australian sports broadcaster and race caller.[1]

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Armen Alchian, 98, American economist.[2]
Joaquín Cordero, 89, Mexican actor.[3]
Justus Esiri, 70, Nigerian actor.[4]
Tony Gaskins, 56, American Emmy award-winning television news reporter (WEWS-TV), heart attack.[5]
Rony Abou Jaoude, 25, Lebanese basketball player, head injuries sustained in traffic collision.[6]
Radhakishan Malviya, 68, Indian politician, MP for Madhya Pradesh, MLA for Indore.[7]
Park Chul-soo, 64, South Korean film director, traffic collision.[8]
Shivashankar Rao, 92, Indian revolutionary, scholar and founder of Communist Party in India.[9]
Robert Coleman Richardson, 75, American physicist, winner of Nobel Prize for Physics (1996).[10]
Donald Richie, 88, American-born Japanese film critic and cinematic author.[11]
Pep Simek, 85, American businessman, founder of Tombstone pizza.[12]
Eugene Whelan, 88, Canadian politician, MP for Essex South (1962–1968), for Essex (1968–1984), Senator for SW Ontario (1996–1999), complications of stroke.[13]
Chip Woodrum, 74, American politician, member of the Virginia General Assembly for Roanoke.[14] (death announced on this date)

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Otto Beisheim, 89, German billionaire businessman, founder of Metro AG, suicide.[15]
Kevin Black, 69, New Zealand radio broadcaster, suspected heart attack.[16]
Jerry Buss, 80, American entrepreneur, owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, cancer and kidney failure.[17]
Alger B. Chapman, 81, American finance executive, CEO and Chairman of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (1986–1997), heart failure.[18]
Chu Hsing-yu, 57, Taiwanese politician, suspected heart attack.[19] (body discovered on this date)
B. G. Dyess, 90, American politician, member of the Louisiana Senate (1996–2000).[20]
Elspet Gray, 83, Scottish actress (Fawlty Towers, Blackadder).[21]
Milan Gvero, 75, Bosnian Serb general (Army of Republika Srpska).[22]
Damon Harris, 62, American soul and R&B singer (The Temptations).[23]
James Irvine, 54, British furniture designer.[24] (death announced on this date)
Okey Isima, 56, Nigerian football player.[25]
Anthony Theodore Lobo, 75, Pakistani Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi (1993–2010).[26]
Matt Mattox, 91, American jazz and ballet teacher.[27]
Kathleen McCormack, 83, Australian singer and actress (Number 96).[28]
Sumanta Sen, 70, Indian journalist and author, spondylosis.[29]
Feisal Tanjung, 73, Indonesian military chief and government minister, pancreatic cancer.[30]
Yoel Zilberg, 86, Israeli playwright and director.[31]
Martin Zweig, 70, American financier.[32]

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Seth Amexo, 69, Ghanaian footballer.[33]
Derek Batey, 84, English quiz show host (Mr. and Mrs.). [34]
Richard Briers, 79, English actor (The Good Life, Ever Decreasing Circles, Peter Pan), emphysema.[35]
Debbie Ford, 57, American author, cancer.[36]
Michael Gage, 75, American newspaper publisher (Green Bay Press-Gazette), president of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame, heart failure.[37]
André Gingras, 46, Canadian dancer and choreographer, cancer.[38]
Phil Henderson, 44, American basketball player (Duke University).[39]
Shmulik Kraus, 77, Israeli actor and pop rock singer, swine influenza.[40]
Mindy McCready, 37, American country music singer, suicide by gunshot.[41]
Luis Paulino Mora Mora, 68, Costa Rican jurist, President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica (since 1999), pneumonia and diabetes.[42]
Arvuth Ngoenchuklin, 71, Thai architect and civil servant, liver cancer.[43]
Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin, 89, Irish sports broadcaster.[44] (death announced on this date)
Lou Spadia, 92, American football executive (San Francisco 49ers), President (1967–1979) and founder of Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame.[45]
Maretta Taylor, 78, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1990–2002).[46]
Mike Westhues, 64, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.[47] (in Finnish)
David Whitehouse, 71, British-born American museum executive (The Corning Museum of Glass), cancer.[48]

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Ralph Ballantine, 93, American commercial illustrator (Tony the Tiger, Jolly Green Giant, Charlie the Tuna), natural causes.[49]
Claudette Boyer, 75, Canadian politician, MPP for Legislative Assembly of Ontario, intercranial hemorrhage.[50]
Ken Clark, 46, American football player (Indianapolis Colts, Nebraska Cornhuskers), heart attack.[51]
Colin Edwards, 21, Guyanese footballer, motorcycle collision.[52]
Eric Ericson, 94, Swedish choral conductor and teacher.[53]
Ennio Girolami, 78, Italian actor.[54]
Lanier Greig, 64, American rock musician (ZZ Top).[55] (death announced on this date)
Kuswadinata, 74, Singaporean-born Malaysian actor, colon cancer.[56]
Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso, 77, Spanish-born Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Babahoyo (1994–2008).[57]
Grigory Pomerants, 94, Russian philosopher and cultural theorist.[58]
Julian Radulski, 40, Bulgarian chess grandmaster.[59]
Dumitru Sechelariu, 55, Romanian politician, Mayor of Bacău (1996–2004), owner of FCM Bacău, respiratory problems.[60]
Tony Sheridan, 72, English rock and roll singer, early collaborator with The Beatles.[61]
Marifé de Triana, 76, Spanish copla singer and actress.[62]
Ernie Vossler, 84, American professional golfer and course designer, dementia.[63]

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Terue Ashida, 113, Japanese supercentenarian.[64]
Kenneth Dement, 80, American attorney, College Football Hall of Fame player, Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents president.[65]
Pat Derby, 69, American animal trainer, throat cancer.[66]
Alain Desrosières, French statistician.[67]
Giovanni Narcis Hakkenberg, 89, Dutch Sea-lieutenant of the Royal Dutch Marines, decorated war hero and knight of the Military Order of William.[68]
Carmelo Imbriani, 37, Italian football player (S.S.C. Napoli, Genoa C.F.C.) and manager (Benevento Calcio), lymphoma.[69]
Jay Jacobs, 101, American businessman, founder of Jay Jacobs.[70]
Sanan Kachornprasart, 77, Thai general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1990, 1998–2000, 2008–2011), blood infection.[71]
Ivan Kazanets, 94, Ukrainian and Soviet politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR (1963–1965); Minister of Ferrous Metallurgy of the Soviet Union.[72]
Todor Kolev, 73, Bulgarian film and stage actor (The Goat Horn, The Hare Census, Toplo, King for a Day, Opasen char), cancer.[73]
John MacNaughton, 67, Canadian financier and executive, Hodgkin's lymphoma.[74]
Dattaji Nalawade, 77, Indian politician, Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1995–1999).[75]
Don Nichols, 72, American economist and presidential advisor, cirrhosis from hepatitis C.[76]
T. L. Osborn, 89, American televangelist and author.[77]
Dennis Palmer, 56, American improvisational rock musician (Shaking Ray Levis).[78]
Paul Schimoler, 45, American lacrosse goalie (Cornell University and national team), cancer.[79]
Antony Speller, 83, British politician, MP for North Devon (1979–1992).[80]
R. William Steltemeier, Jr., 83, American executive, President (1980–2000), CEO (2000–2009), and Chairman (2000–2013) of Eternal Word Television Network.[81]

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Glenn Boyer, 89, American author and Wyatt Earp historian.[82]
Robert Cohee, 74, American civil servant and political party leader.[83]
Richard J. Collins, 98, American screenwriter (Bonanza, Matlock).[84]
Luis Cruzado, 71, Peruvian footballer (Universitario).[85]
Frank DiPaolo, 106, American political figure and restaurateur.[86]
Ronald Dworkin, 81, American philosopher and legal scholar, leukemia.[87]
Walt Easley, 55, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[88]
Aleksander Gudzowaty, 74, Polish businessman and economist.[89]
Goldie Harvey, 29, Nigerian R&B and pop singer and television personality.[90]
Mark Kamins, 57, American disc jockey, discovered Madonna, heart failure.[91]
Montague Levine, 90, British coroner and physician.[92]
Fernando Lyra, 74, Brazilian politician, Minister of Justice (1985–1986), cardiopathy.[93]
Shadow Morton, 72, American songwriter ("Remember (Walking in the Sand)", "Leader of the Pack") and record producer (The Shangri-Las, Vanilla Fudge, Janis Ian), cancer.[94]
Kenneth Nance, 71, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1968-1978), lung infection.[95]
Kevin Peek, 66, Australian musician (Sky), cancer.[96]
Haydn Sargent, 77, Australian radio broadcaster.[97]
Reeva Steenkamp, 29, South African model, shot.[98]
Tim Dog, 46, American rapper, complications of diabetes.[99]
Kazuo Tsunoda, 94, Japanese fighter pilot.[100]
Zdenek Zikan, 75, Czech footballer.[101]

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John Ammonds, 88, British television producer.[102]
Gabriele Basilico, 69, Italian photographer.[103]
Han Fei, 90, Singaporean getai performer.[104]
John Holt, 53, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Indianapolis Colts).[105]
Pieter Kooijmans, 79, Dutch jurist, diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–1994), Minister of State (since 2007).[106]
Harry Miller, 86, American basketball coach (Wichita State, Fresno State).[107]
Friedrich Neznansky, 80, Russian writer.[108]
Yuko Tojo, 73, Japanese political activist, granddaughter of General Hideki Tōjō, interstitial pneumonia.[109]
Stefan Wigger, 80, German television actor.[110]
Georges Wohlfart, 62, Luxembourgian politician.[111]
Tibor Zsíros, 82, Hungarian basketball player and coach.[112]

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Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 72, Saudi royal, Governor of Riyadh province (since 2011).[113]
Tekin Akmansoy, 89, Turkish actor and theatre director, State Artist, heart and lung disease.[114]
Steven Antuch, 28, Australian speedboat racing champion, boat crash.[115]
Bill Bell, 81, English businessman, Chairman of Port Vale F.C. (1987–2002).[116]
Choi Min-shik, 84, South Korean photographer.[117]
Barnaby Conrad, 90, American author, heart failure.[118]
Christopher Dorner, 33, American murderer, apparent suicide by shooting.[119]
Brian Langford, 77, English cricketer (Somerset).[120]
Jimmy Mulroy, 72, Irish Gaelic football player and manager, member of the Seanad Éireann (1987–1989).[121]
C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao, 86, Indian civil servant.[122]
Kurt Redel, 94, German musician and conductor.[123]
Frank Seator, 37, Liberian footballer.[124]
Tarmizi Taher, 76, Indonesian naval officer and politician, Minister of Religious Affairs (1993–1998).[125]
Reginald Turnill, 97, British aerospace correspondent (BBC), heart failure.[126]
Norman Udevitz, 84, American journalist (The Denver Post), team member for Pulitzer Prize (1986).[127]
Hennadiy Udovenko, 81, Ukrainian politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1994–1998), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1997–1998).[128]

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Tom Aspell, 62, New Zealand-born U.S. foreign correspondent (NBC News), lung cancer.[129]
Robert Beers, 67, American-born British journalist and academic, fall from a building.[130]
Jim Boatwright, 61, American basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv), liver cancer.[131]
Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez, 70, Costa Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ciudad Quesada (2008-2012).[132]
Kelefa Diallo, Guinean general, Army chief of staff, plane crash.[133]
Jack Eskridge, 89, American football equipment manager, designer of the Dallas Cowboys logo.[134]
Kevin Gray, 55, American musical theatre actor (The Phantom of the Opera, The King and I), heart attack.[135]
Trevor Grills, 54, British singer (Fisherman's Friends), head injuries.[136]
Yasuko Hatoyama, 90, Japanese political financier, wife of Iichirō Hatoyama and mother of former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, MODS.[137]
Rick Huxley, 72, English musician (The Dave Clark Five).[138]
Lim Yoon Taek, 32, South Korean pop singer (Ulala Session), gastric cancer.[139]
Teodor Lucuță, 57, Romanian footballer (Dinamo București), stroke and heart failure.[140]
Irina Maslennikova, 94, Russian opera singer (Bolshoi Theatre).[141]
Chrysler Thomas, 78, Grenadian politician, member of parliament (1973–1979).[142]
Rem Viakhirev, 78, Russian businessman, Chairman of Gazprom (1992–2001).[143]
Pavlo Vigderhaus, 87, Ukrainian architect.[144]
D. Vinayachandran, 66, Indian Malayalam poet.[145]
Matthew White, 55, American basketball player (University of Pennsylvania), stabbing.[146]
Alfred Zijai, 52, Albanian footballer (Flamurtari Vlorë).[147]

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W. Watts Biggers, 85, American novelist, creator of Underdog.[148]
Sara Braverman, 95, Romanian-born Israeli member of the Jewish Parachutists of Mandate Palestine, founding member of the IDF Women's Corps.[149]
Marianne Brenton, 79, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1992–1998).[150]
Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet, 68, British soldier and aristocrat.[151]
David Hartman, 81, American-born Israeli rabbi and philosopher.[152]
Lolong, Filipino-born saltwater crocodile, largest in captivity, stomach problems.[153]
Krzysztof Michalski, 64, Polish philosopher.[154]
Bill Roost, 88, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).[155]
Eugenio Trías Sagnier, 70, Spanish philosopher.[156]
Ikuzo Sakurai, 68, Japanese politician.[157]
Petro Vlahos, 96, American visual effects inventor and designer.[158]
Zhuang Zedong, 72, Chinese table tennis player, involved in ping-pong diplomacy.[159]

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Richard Artschwager, 89, American painter, sculptor and illustrator, stroke.[160]
Gérard Asselin, 62, Canadian politician, MP for Charlevoix (1993–2004) and Manicouagan (2004–2011)[161]
Mike Banks, 90, British mountaineer and Royal Marines officer.[162]
Aristea Bougatsou, 48, Greek investigative journalist (Eleftherotypia), cancer.[163]
Bremer Ehrler, 98, American politician, Secretary of State of Kentucky (1988–1992).[164]
Keiko Fukuda, 99, Japanese-born American martial artist.[165]
Afzal Guru, Indian Islamist terrorist (2001 Indian Parliament attack), execution by hanging.[166]
William Archibald Irwin, 92, Canadian Olympic skier.[167]
Colin Laverty, 75, Australian doctor and art collector.[168]
Aki Orr, 81, German–born Israeli politician and writer.[169] (death announced on this date)
Jimmy Smyth, 82, Irish hurler (Clare, 1948–1967).[170]
Richard Twiss, 58, American educator and author.[171]
Kåre Valebrokk, 72, Norwegian journalist, editor and television executive (TV 2).[172]

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Elizabeth Alley, 58, American actress.[173]
Ralph Braun, 72, American businessman, founder and CEO of Braun Corporation.[174]
Chris Brinker, 42, American producer (The Boondock Saints) and director, aortic aneurysm.[175]
Giovanni Cardinal Cheli, 94, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations (1973–1986), natural causes.[176]
Claude Covassi, 42, Swiss criminal and spy, drug overdose.[177]
Rebecca Davidson, 35, New Zealand journalist (Television New Zealand, Arabian Radio Network), boat collision.[178]
James DePreist, 76, American conductor, complications from heart attack.[179]
Kjell Hjertsson, 90, Swedish footballer.[180]
Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, 90, American academic and author.[181]
Jan Ellis, 71, South African rugby player, cancer.[182]
Patricia Hughes, 90, British radio announcer.[183]
György Kézdy, 76, Hungarian actor.[184]
Lyle Lahey, 81, American political cartoonist.[185]
Ian Lister, 65, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Dunfermline Athletic).[186]
Jack Dale Mengenen, 81, Australian indigenous artist. [187]
Knut Nesbø, 51, Norwegian footballer (Molde, Lyn, Stabæk), guitarist (Di Derre) and sports reporter, cancer.[188]
Dieter Schütte, 89, German publisher (M. DuMont Schauberg).[189]
Nevin S. Scrimshaw, 95, American nutritionist.[190]
Yodtong Senanan, 75, Thai Muay Thai master and trainer.[191]
Alan Sharp, 79, Scottish screenwriter (Rob Roy, Night Moves).[192]
Jim Sweeney, 83, American football coach (Fresno State).[193]
Elvie Villasanta, 84, Filipina comedienne, breast cancer.[194]

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Roy Gates, Jr., 91, American soldier, member of Easy Company during World War II.[195]
William Anthony Hughes, 91, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Covington (1979–1995).[196]
Howard Lassoff, 57, American and Israeli basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv).[197]
John Livermore, 94, American geologist.[198]
Niki Marangou, 65, Cypriot writer and painter, traffic collision.[199]
Keith Marsh, 86, English actor (Love Thy Neighbour).[200] (death announced on this date)
Amedeus Msarikie, 81, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Moshi (1986–2007).[201]
Krsto Papić, 79, Croatian screenwriter and film director (My Uncle's Legacy).[202]
Jonathan Rendall, 48, English author.[203] (death announced on this date)
Peter Steen, 77, Danish actor.[204]
József Tóth, 72, Hungarian geographer and academic, rector of the University of Pécs.[205]
Jürgen Untermann, 84, German linguist.[206]

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Ronnie Allen, 74, American pool player.[207]
Chokri Belaid, 48, Tunisian politician, assassination by shooting.[208]
Menachem Elon, 89, Israeli jurist, justice on the Supreme Court (1977–1993).[209]
Arthé Guimond, 81, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan (2000–2006).[210]
Joseph Madec, 89, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fréjus-Toulon (1983–2000).[211]
Alden Mason, 93, American artist.[212]
Mo-Do, 46, Italian musician ("Eins, Zwei, Polizei"), apparent suicide.[213]
Ira Rubin, 82, American professional bridge player.[214]
Jan Sochor, 65, Czech rock musician, cancer.[215]
Yahya Sulong, 84, Malaysian comedian and actor.[216]
René Vestri, 74, French politician, Senator for Alpes-Maritimes (since 2008) and Mayor of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat (since 2002).[217]
Douglas Warren, 93, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes (1967–1994).[218]

[Godstone]

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Stuart Freeborn, 98, English make-up artist (Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey).[219]
Reinaldo Gargano, 78, Uruguayan politician, Senator (1985–2005; 2008–2010); Minister of Foreign Affairs (2008–2010), heart failure.[220]
Julieta Gómez, 25, Argentine model, suicide.[221]
Gerry Hambling, 86, English film editor (Pink Floyd—The Wall, Midnight Express, In the Name of the Father). [222]
Egil Hovland, 88, Norwegian composer.[223]
Charles Longbottom, 82, British politician, MP for York (1959–1966).[224]
Dan McGill, 93, American business academic and author, heart failure.[225]
Tom McGuigan, 91, New Zealand politician, MP for Lyttelton (1969–1975).[226]
Sybil Michelow, 87, South African-born British opera singer.[227]
Marshall Miles, 86, American bridge player and author, complications from a heart attack.[228]
Leda Mileva, 93, Bulgarian writer, translator, and diplomat, daughter of Geo Milev.[229]
Jindra Šťáhlavský, 67, Czech country singer.[230]
Paul Tanner, 95, American trombonist, last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, complications from pneumonia.[231]

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Dirk Ballendorf, 73, American-born Guamanian historian.[232]
Donald Byrd, 80, American jazz trumpeter.[233]
Jimmy Lee ****s, 65, American murderer and kidnapper (Alabama school bus driver murder and child abduction), shooting.[234]
Margaret Frazer, 66, American historical novelist, cancer.[235]
Pat Halcox, 82, British jazz trumpeter.[236]
John Baptist Liu Jingshan, 99, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ningxia (1984–2009).[237]
Theresia van der Pant, 88, Dutch sculptor.[238]
Vernon Robert Pearson, 89, American jurist, Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice (1981–1989), hip surgery complications.[239]
Reg Presley, 71, British singer (The Troggs) and songwriter ("Love Is All Around"), lung cancer.[240]
Mohammad Ali Shah, 67, Pakistani surgeon and politician, Sindh Minister of Sports, heart attack.[241]
P. W. Underwood, 81, American football coach (Southern Mississippi).[242]
Essie Mae Washington-Williams, 87, American schoolteacher, daughter of American politician Strom Thurmond.[243]

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Wolfgang Abraham, 71, German footballer.[244]
György Ádám, 90, Hungarian physician and academic, Rector of Eötvös Loránd University (1972–1978).[245]
B. H. Born, 80, American basketball player (University of Kansas).[246]
Cardiss Collins, 81, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois (1973–1997).[247]
John Michael D'Arcy, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend (1985–2009), lung and brain cancer.[248]
Steve Demeter, 78, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians), heart disease.[249]
Deng Wei, 73, Chinese photographer.[250]
Matija Duh, 23, Slovenian speedway rider, head injuries.[251]
Joseph Egerega, 72, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Vicar of Bomadi (1997–2009).[252]
Oscar Feltsman, 91, Russian composer.[253]
Peter Gilmore, 81, British actor (The Onedin Line, Carry On, Doctor Who).[254]
Ichikawa Danjūrō XII, 66, Japanese Kabuki actor, pneumonia.[255]
Arpad Miklos, 45, Hungarian model and porn actor, suicide.[256]
James Muri, 93, American World War II pilot.[257]
Betty Nixon, 84, American Kiowa bead and textile artist, co-founder of the Mid-America All-Indian Center.[258]
David Oates, 50, British sports commentator (BBC Sport).[259]
Zlatko Papec, 79, Croatian footballer.[260]
Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena, 78, Togolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kara (1996–2009).[261]
Mike Schwartz, 63, American pro-life activist.[262]
Jam Mohammad Yousaf, 58, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (2002–2007), cardiac arrest.[263]

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Arlene Ackerman, 66, American educator and public schools superintendent, pancreatic cancer.[264]
Edith Houghton, 100, American baseball player and scout, first female scout in Major League Baseball.[265]
Abraham Iyambo, 52, Namibian politician, Minister of the Fisheries and Marine Resources (1997–2010); Minister of Education (since 2010).[266]
John Kerr, 81, American actor, short illness.[267]
Chris Kyle, 38, American author and Navy SEAL sniper, most lethal in U.S. military history, shooting.[268]
Sirajul Haq Memon, 79, Pakistani author, journalist and scholar, cardiac arrest.[269]
Necdet Menzir, 68, Turkish bureaucrat and politician, Minister of Transport (1997–1998), respiratory failure.[270]
Lino Oviedo, 69, Paraguayan politician and general, 2008; 2013 presidential candidate; leader of the National Union of Ethical Citizens, helicopter crash.[271]
Pepper Paire, 88, American AAGPBL baseball player, inspiration for A League of Their Own.[272]
P. Shanmugam, 85, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Puducherry (2000–2001), head injuries from a fall.[273]
Jack Singer, 95, Canadian businessman and philanthropist.[274]
Walt Sweeney, 71, American football player (San Diego Chargers), pancreatic cancer.[275]
Kenneth W. Thompson, 91, American academic.[276]
Tyrice Thompson, 27, American football player, stabbed.[277]
Guy F. Tozzoli, 90, American architect, lead designer of the World Trade Center.[278]

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Barney, 12, American Scottish Terrier, First Dog of President George W. Bush (2001–2009), lymphoma.[279]
Rudolf Dašek, 80, Czech guitarist.[280]
Helene Hale, 94, American politician, Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (2000–2006).[281]
Omar Henry, 25, American boxer, cancer.[282]
Sir Paul Holmes, 62, New Zealand broadcaster, prostate cancer and heart problems.[283]
Ed Koch, 88, American politician, U.S. Representative from New York (1969–1977), Mayor of New York City (1978–1989), television judge (The People's Court), heart failure.[284]
Ștefan Kostyal, 92, Romanian general.[285]
Louis Luyt, 80, South African rugby union administrator and politician.[286]
Tony Palomo, 81, Guamanian politician, historian and journalist.[287]
Sanna Redsäter, 25, Swedish reality show contestant (Big Brother Sweden).[288]
Robin Sachs, 61, English actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Galaxy Quest, Babylon 5), heart attack.[289]
Herman Verbeek, 76, Dutch priest, author and politician.[290]
Vladimír Vlasák, 54, Czech music critic.[291]
Cecil Womack, 65, American musician and singer.[292]
Vladimir Yengibaryan, 80, Armenian light welterweight boxer, Olympic gold medallist (1956) for the Soviet Union.[293]

[Franco Pepe Kalle]

RIP Minda McCarthy.

[Burning Down]

Originally Posted by Franco Pepe Kalle

RIP Minda McCarthy.

Who? Do you mean Mindy McCready?

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

Originally Posted by godstone

necdet menzir, 68, turkish bureaucrat and politician, minister of transport (1997–1998)

r.i.p.