Deaths in 2014

This is a chronology of notable deaths in 2014. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by family name or pseudonym. Deaths of notable animals and other organisms are also reported here if they first have their own Wikipedia article. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship, reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

July 2014

25

• Sen Arevshatyan, 86, Armenian manuscript scholar, director of the Matenadaran.
• UK Ching, 76, Bangladeshi freedom fighter, awarded Bir Bikram (1971), stroke.
• Alan C. Greenberg, 86, American Wall Street executive (Bear Stearns.
• Çolpan İlhan, 77, Turkish actress, heart attack.
• Bel Kaufman, 103, American teacher and author (Up the Down Staircase).
• Pete Michell, 43, Australian actor and television presenter, heart attack.

24

• Ik-Hwan Bae, 58, South Korean violinist.
• Christian Falk, 52, Swedish singer and bassist (Imperiet), pancreatic cancer. (death announced on this date)
• [[{{{1}}}]], 79, Dutch footballer (PSV Eindhoven).
• Sushilarani Patel, 96, Indian singer, recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2002), heart attack.
• Dale Schlueter, 68, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers), cancer.
• See More Business, 24, Irish thoroughbred, won Cheltenham Gold Cup (1999) and King George VI Chase (1997, 1999).
• Yoo Chae-yeong, 40, South Korean singer, stomach cancer.

23

• Dora Bryan, 91, British film, television and stage actress (A Taste of Honey, Last of the Summer Wine).
• Helen Johns, 99, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1932).
• Chris L'Hommedieu, 44, American chef (Per Se), appendix cancer.
• Norman Leyden, 96, American conductor, composer and musician.
• Mernat Mafirakurewa, 33, Zimbabwean newspaper editor (NewsDay, The Chronicle), traffic collision.
• Mohan Nadkarni, 91, Indian musicologist (The Times of India), chest infection.
• Elizabeth Shaw, 90, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1967–1973) and Senate (1973–1979).
• Wallace Snead, 82, American actor (The Wallace and Ladmo Show).
• Ariano Suassuna, 87, Brazilian writer, cardiac arrest as a complication from a stroke.
• Haris Suleman, 17, American pilot, plane crash.
• Jordan Tabor, 23, English footballer (Cheltenham).
• Saado Ali Warsame, Somali singer-songwriter and politician, MP, shot.
• Joseph Wood, 55, American murderer, subject of botched execution, lethal injection.
• Yeh Ken-chuang, 83, Taiwanese master carpenter, plane crash.

22

• John Blundell, 61, British economist and policy adviser, Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs.
• Johann Breyer, 89, German-American suspected war criminal.
• Louis Lentin, 80, Irish theatre, film and television director.
• Robert Newhouse, 64, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), heart disease.
• Nitzan Shirazi, 43, Israeli football player and manager, cancer.
• Anatoly Solin, 75, Russian animator and cartoon director.
• Bill Stephenson, 85, Canadian Hall of Fame sports broadcaster (BC Lions, Toronto Argonauts, CTV), cancer.

21

• Dan Borislow, 52, American telecommunications executive, inventor of magicJack, heart attack.
• John M. Coyne, 97, American politician, Mayor of Brooklyn, Ohio (1948–1999).
• Lettice Curtis, 99, British aviator and test engineer.
• Robert William Donnelly, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1984–2006).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 70, Turkish pianist, leukemia.
• Stewart Hillis, 70, Scottish physician and football medical advisor (FIFA, national team).
• Harald Hove, 65, Norwegian politician.
• Hans-Peter Kaul, 70, German judge, member of the International Criminal Court.
• Rilwanu Lukman, 75, Nigerian oil executive, Minister of Oil and OPEC, Director of the NNPC.
• Tommy Mundon, 80, British comedian, Parkinson's disease.
• Mike Parkhurst, 81, American trucking magazine publisher, heart attack.
• Kevin Skinner, 86, New Zealand rugby union player (national team).
• Gene Walker, 76, American jazz and rock saxophonist.

20

• Álex Angulo, 61, Spanish Basque actor (Pan's Labyrinth, El día de la bestia), traffic collision.
• Victor G. Atiyeh, 91, American politician, Governor of Oregon (1979–1987), member of the Oregon House (1959–1964) and Senate (1965–1978), renal failure.
• Gino Camilleri, 64, Maltese Olympic sport official and judge. (death announced on this date)
• Wally Delahey, 81, Canadian football coach (Waterloo Warriors), complications from a fall.
• Kadhal Dhandapani, 71, Indian actor (Kaadhal), cardiac arrest.
• Ray DiPierro, 87, American football player (Green Bay Packers), complications of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
• Herlyn Espinal, 31, Honduran journalist, shot.
• Rod Franks, 58, British trumpeter (London Symphony Orchestra), traffic collision.
• Kazuo Ichiriki, 88, Japanese sumo executive, Chairman of Yokozuna Deliberation Council (1999–2001).
• Farah Jahanzeb, 45, Pakistani chef and television personality, breast cancer.
• Sam Koch, 59, American soccer coach (Massachusetts Minutemen), sinus cancer.
• Constantin Lucaci, 91, Romanian contemporary sculptor.
• Robert May, 87, American hockey coach (North Dakota Fighting Sioux), NCAA Championship (1959), pulmonary fibrosis.
• Bob McNamara, 82, American CFL (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) and AFL (Denver Broncos) football player.
• Tony Palmer, 50s, British Episcopalian prelate, traffic collision.
• Robert Panara, 94, American deaf advocate, academic and policy adviser, founder of the NTID, natural causes.
• Lynda Patterson, 40, Northern Irish-born New Zealand Anglican priest, Dean of ChristChurch Cathedral (since 2013), natural causes.
• Richard Pickens, 67, American football player (Tennessee Volunteers), complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and dementia.
• Berl Priebe, 96, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1968–1972) and Senate (1972–1996).
• George Riddle, 78, American country musician (George Jones) and songwriter.
• Panna Rittikrai, 53, Thai martial arts choreographer, actor and film director, complications from multiple organ failure.
• Klaus Schmidt, 61, German archaeologist (Göbekli Tepe), heart attack.
• William Schoen, 94, American violist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), complications from a stroke.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 83, German radio broadcaster and television personality.
• Boswell Williams, 88, Saint Lucian politician, Governor General (1980–1982), MLA for Vieux Fort Quarter (1974–1979).

19

• Rubem Alves, 80, Brazilian writer, philosopher and theologian, multiple organ failure due to pneumonia.
• Madeline Amgott, 92, American television producer (60 Minutes), lymphoma.
• Skye McCole Bartusiak, 21, American actress (The Patriot).
• Bob Chase, 95, American experimental artist and sculptor.
• David Easton, 97, Canadian political scientist.
• John Fasano, 52, American screenwriter (Another 48 Hrs.), director (Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare) and weapons expert.
• Lionel Ferbos, 103, American jazz trumpeter.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 92, German political scientist.
• Paul M. Fleiss, 80, American pediatrician.
• Jim Fulghum, 70, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, esophageal cancer.
• James Garner, 86, American Hall of Fame actor (Maverick, The Rockford Files, Murphy's Romance).
• Ray King, 89, British footballer (Port Vale, Newcastle United), complications from a fall.
• Chris Miklos, 40, American bear model, suspected heart attack.
• Petar Nikezić, 64, Serbian footballer (Vojvodina).
• Yehuda Nir, 84, Polish-born Israeli-American psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor (The Lost Childhood).
• Norberto Odebrecht, 93, Brazilian engineer, founder of Odebrecht and the Odebrecht Foundation, cardiac complications.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 78, Swedish journalist and news reporter (Rapport).
• Bar Rahav, 21, Israeli water polo player (national team), explosion.
• Sundaram Sankaran, 87, Indian journalist (World Bank, Business Standard, The Economic Times).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 78, Czech actor.
• Gifford Walsh, Dominican cricket player (West Indies) and official, traffic collision.
• John Winkin, 94, American baseball coach (Maine Black Bears), complications from a stroke.

18

• Donald Arden, 98, English Anglican prelate, Archbishop of Central Africa, Bishop of Nyasaland-Malawi.
• Andreas Biermann, 33, German footballer, suicide.
• Manouchehr Darafsheh, 74, Iranian children's author and illustrator, heart attack.
• Tony Dean, 65, British rugby league player (Hull F.C.), cancer.
• Gankurō Ōtaya, 60, Japanese entertainer, intracranial hemorrhage.
• Jure Pelivan, 85, Bosnian politician, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1990–1992).
• João Ubaldo Ribeiro, 73, Brazilian writer, pulmonary embolism.
• Makoto Sakuma, 79, Japanese Self-Defense Forces official, heart attack.
• Sir Nick Scheele, 70, British automotive manufacturing executive, President and CEO of Jaguar Cars (1992–1999) and Ford Motor Company (2001–2005).
• Dietmar Schönherr, 88, Austrian actor and entertainer.
• James Seawright, 52, American football player (South Carolina Gamecocks), cancer.
• Bob Torrance, 82, Scottish golf coach (Pádraig Harrington), cancer.
• John Wall, 70, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives.

17

• Ross Burden, 45, New Zealand celebrity chef (MasterChef, Ready Steady Cook, MasterChef New Zealand), infection from bone marrow transplant.
• Stratford Caldecott, 60, British Catholic theologian, writer and J.R.R. Tolkien scholar, pancreatic cancer.
• Henry Hartsfield, 80, American NASA astronaut and test pilot (Columbia), commander for Discovery and Challenger missions, complications from back surgery.
• Jack Lewis, Baron Lewis of Newnham, 86, British politician and chemist.
• Art Lurie, 96, American boxing judge and referee, chairman of the Nevada Athletic Commission, cancer.
• John Melvin, American engineer, academic and racing safety expert (NASCAR).
• Bill Mulliken, 74, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1960).
• Brendan Munnerlyn, 24, American football player, traffic collision.
• Jim Myers, 92, American football coach (Iowa State Cyclones, Texas A&M Aggies).
• Richard Nichols, 55, American band manager (The Roots), leukemia.
• Otto Piene, 86, German color abstract artist, sculptor and academic (MIT), co-founder of Group Zero.
• Andries P Putter, 78, South African naval officer, chief of the Navy, kidney failure.
• J. Sasikumar, 85, Indian filmmaker and director (Kudumbini, Thommante Makkal).
• Elaine Stritch, 89, American actress, Tony Award (Elaine Stritch at Liberty) and Emmy Award winner (Law & Order [1993], Elaine Stritch at Liberty [2004], 30 Rock [2007]).
• John Walton, 62, Australian actor (The Young Doctors). (death announced on this date)

• Notable people killed in the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17:
  • Liam Davison, 56, Australian author.
  • [[{{{1}}}]], 32, Dutch lobbyist and politician.
  • Joep Lange, 59, Dutch physician, President of the International AIDS Society (2002–2004).
  • Shuba Jay, 38, Malaysian television and theatre actress.
  • Willem Witteveen, 62, Dutch politician and legal scholar, member of the Senate (1999–2007, since 2013).

16

• Karl Albrecht, 94, German billionaire grocery executive, co-founder of Aldi.
• Peter Anderson, 67, American politician, civil protester and immigration activist, founder and secretary-general of the Conch Republic, lung cancer.
• Harriet Barber, 46, English figurative painter, breast cancer.
• Hans Funck, 61, German film editor (Das Experiment, Downfall, Sophie Scholl – The Final Days), asthma attack.
• Cashmere Jackson, 26, American boxer, traffic collision.
• Joe Kastelic, 81, Canadian hockey player (Muskegon Mohawks).
• Paul MacLeod, 71, American tourist attraction owner (Graceland Too).
• Burkhardt Öller, 71, German footballer (Eintracht Braunschweig, Hannover 96). (death announced on this date)
• Abdukadir Osman, Somali writer.
• Mary Ellen Otremba, 63, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1997–2010).
• Szymon Szurmiej, 91, Polish actor and theatre manager (Jewish Theatre, Warsaw).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 84, German theatre director (Berliner Ensemble).
• Johnny Winter, 70, American Hall of Fame blues guitarist, singer (Nothin' but the Blues) and triple Grammy Award-winning producer (1978–1980).
• Heinz Zemanek, 94, Austrian pioneering computer engineer.

15

• Óscar Acosta, 81, Honduran author, diplomat and poet, Ambassador to Spain, Italy and the Holy See.
• Aqeel Ahmed, 80, Indian Agra gharana vocalist and musician.
• Adhu Awiti, Kenyan politician, Minister of Planning (2001–2002), MP for Karachuonyo (1997–2007), cancer.
• James MacGregor Burns, 95, American historian (Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom) and political scientist, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize (1971).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 73, Argentine actress.
• Sulekha Hussain, 85, Indian Urdu novelist.
• Faruk Ilgaz, 92, Turkish football administrator, Chairman of Fenerbahçe S.K..
• Tom Jones, 90, American athletic director and football coach (Troy Trojans).
• Erosi Kitsmarishvili, 49, Georgian diplomat, Ambassador to Russia (2008), suspected suicide. (body discovered on this date)
• Saúl Lara, 32, Spanish footballer, colon cancer.
• John Milne, 72, Scottish broadcaster (BBC Scotland). (death announced on this date)
• Pietro Giacomo Nonis, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vicenza (1988–2003).
• Gerallt Lloyd Owen, 69, Welsh poet.
• Rudolf Rauer, 64, German handball player (1976).
• Robert A. Roe, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for New Jersey's 8th district (1969–1993).
• Peter Scanlon, 50, New Zealand physician, environmental activist against use of sodium fluoroacetate in forests, cancer.
• Madhukar Singh, 87, Indian writer.
• Earl Warren, Jr., 70, American newspaper photographer (Tallahassee Democrat).

14

• Alice Coachman, 90, American high jumper, first black woman to become Olympic champion (1948).
• Yūsuke Fukada, 82, Japanese writer (Naoki Prize), pneumonia.
• Priya Haji, 44, American financier, CEO of Saveup, pulmonary embolism.
• Alistair Hanna, 69, Northern Irish managerial consulting executive, cancer.
• Gavin Jones, 47, Australian media executive, founder of the Deadly Awards.
• Guillermo Leaden, 100, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (1975–1992).
• Gary Lee, 63, American motorsports broadcaster (Saturday Night Thunder), heart attack. (body discovered on this date)
• Vange Leonel, 51, Brazilian singer, writer, feminist and LGBT activist, ovarian cancer.
• Josh Liavaa, 65, Tongan-born New Zealand rugby league player (national team), shot.
• George McCague, 84, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP for Dufferin-Simcoe (1975–1987) and Simcoe West (1987–1990), leukemia.
• John Victor Parker, 85, American judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Middle Louisiana (1979–2014).
• Antonio Riva Palacio, 88, Mexican politician, Governor of Morelos (1988–1994).
• Tom Rolf, 82, Swedish-born American film editor (Taxi Driver, The Right Stuff), complications from hip surgery.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 42, Belarusian footballer.
• Horacio Troche, 79, Uruguayan footballer (national team).
• Jack Tocco, 87, American mafioso, head of the Detroit Partnership, suspect in the Jimmy Hoffa disappearance, natural causes.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 82, Argentine actor.
• Vintage Crop, 27, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, won Melbourne Cup (1993). (death announced on this date)
• Vasile Zavoda, 84, Romanian footballer.

13

• Thomas Berger, 89, American novelist (Little Big Man).
• Geoffrey Blackburn, 99, Australian Baptist minister.
• Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, 75, Irish hereditary peer.
• Con Devitt, 86, Scottish-born New Zealand trade unionist.
• Nadine Gordimer, 90, South African writer (The Conservationist, Burger's Daughter, July's People) and anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (1991).
• Giriraj Kishore, 94, Indian Hindu political activist.
• Werner Lueg, 82, German Olympic middle distance runner (1952).
• Lorin Maazel, 84, American conductor, violinist, composer and music director (NY Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Vienna State Opera), complications of pneumonia.
• Judith McCulloh, 78, American folklorist and editor (University of Illinois Press).
• Cledan Mears, 91, Welsh Anglican prelate, Bishop of Bangor (1982–1992).
• Jan Nolten, 84, Dutch racing cyclist, brain hemorrhage.
• Peter Sainsbury, 80, English cricketer (Hampshire).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 72, German actor, leukemia.
• Jim Richard Wilson, 61, American abstract artist and gallery curator, cancer.

12

• Jamil Ahmad, 83, Pakistani author, heart attack.
• Nestor Basterretxea, 90, Spanish Basque artist.
• Emil Bobu, 87, Romanian communist activist and politician, Interior Minister (1973–1975), Labor Minister (1979–1981), heart attack.
• Alberto Cassano, 79, Argentine engineer and academic.
• Sir Les Elton, 67, British local government officer, Chief Executive of Gateshead Council, cancer.
• Alfred de Grazia, 94, American political scientist and author.
• Kenneth J. Gray, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Illinois (1955–1974, 1985–1989), heart attack.
• Zoia Horn, 96, American librarian and intellectual freedom advocate.
• Red Klotz, 93, American basketball player (Baltimore Bullets) and coach (Washington Generals).
• Hullad Moradabadi, 72, Indian Hindi language poet, cardiac arrest.
• Valeriya Novodvorskaya, 64, Soviet Russian politician and dissident, septic shock.
• Jehangir Pocha, 45, Indian journalist, editor (Businessworld) and media executive (NewsX), cardiac arrest.
• Charles P. Smith, 88, American politician, Wisconsin State Treasurer (1971–1991).
• Albert Stunkard, 92, American physician and medical researcher, pioneer in eating disorders and obesity, pneumonia.
• Rod Taylor, 70, American skier (national team), owner of Woodbury Ski Area.
• Tome Tierney, 85, American paper doll artist and designer, lung cancer.
• Barbara Turf, 71, American home furnishing executive, CEO of Crate & Barrel (2008–2012), pancreatic cancer.
• Tommy Valentine, 64, American golfer, cancer.

11

• R. Perry Beaver, 75, American Muscogee politician, Principal Chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (1995–2003).
• Sir Howard Cooke, 98, Jamaican politician, Governor-General (1991–2006), MP (WIF) (1958–1962) and MP for St James (1962–1980), Senate President (1989–1993).
• Bill Drake, 73, American radio personality (WSPA, WOLT), complications from esophageal cancer surgery.
• Jean-Louis Gauthier, 58, French racing cyclist, heart attack.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 56, Mexican writer, cancer.
• Charlie Haden, 76, American jazz bassist and bandleader, three-time Grammy Award winner (Nocturne, Land of the Sun, The Shape of Jazz to Come), post-polio syndrome.
• Ray Lonnen, 74, British actor (Harry's Game, The Sandbaggers, Z-Cars), cancer.
• Kodali Kamalamma, 100, Indian freedom fighter, political activist and prisoner, involved in the Salt March.
• Carin Mannheimer, 79, Swedish author and screenwriter, cancer.
• Bill McGill, 74, American basketball player (Chicago Zephyrs, New York Knicks).
• Diarmaid Ó Muirithe, 78, Irish columnist (The Irish Times).
• Ron Oestrike, 82, American baseball coach (Eastern Michigan Eagles), NAIA Champion (1970), namesake for Oestrike Stadium.
• Tommy Ramone, 65, Hungarian-born American Hall of Fame record producer and drummer (The Ramones), bile duct cancer.
• John Seigenthaler, 86, American newspaper journalist and editor (The Tennessean, USA Today), editor for team that won Pulitzer Prize (1962).
• Randall Stout, 56, American architect, renal cell carcinoma.

10

• José Manuel Abdalá, 57, Mexican journalist and politician, MP for Tamaulipas (2003–2006), colon cancer.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 61, French writer.
• Robert C. Broomfield, 81, American judge, member (since 1985) and Chief Judge (1994–1999) of the U.S. District Court of Arizona, member of the FISC (2002–2009), cancer.
• Juby Bustamante, 76, Spanish writer and journalist, cancer.
• John R. Driscoll, 90, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1975–1992).
• Curt Gentry, 83, American author (Helter Skelter), lung cancer.
• Paul Gibson Jr., 86, American airline executive (American Airlines), Deputy Mayor of New York City (1974–1977).
• Douglas Goodfellow, 97, New Zealand dairy executive and philanthropist.
• Chris Grier, American musician (To Live and Shave in L.A.) and journalist, cardiac arrest.
• Flor Hayes, 70, Irish Gaelic footballer (Cork). (death announced on this date)
• On Kawara, 81, Japanese conceptual artist.
• Juozas Kazickas, 96, Lithuanian billionaire philanthropist, financier, natural resources and telecommunications executive, founder of Omnitel.
• Paul G. Risser, 74, American educator and ecologist, President of Oregon State University (1996–2002) and Miami University (1993–1996).
• Matthew Rollins, 77, Scottish inventor.
• Bruce Saurs, 88, American sports franchise executive, owner of the Peoria Rivermen.
• Gloria Schweigerdt, 80, American baseball player (Chicago Colleens, Battle Creek Belles).
• Zohra Sehgal, 102, Indian actress (Bend It Like Beckham, The Mistress of Spices, Doctor Who) and choreographer, heart failure.
• Abdul Ahad Vakil, 80, Indian politician, MP for Baramulla (1977–1980), Jammu and Kashmir Speaker and MLA for Sopore, multiple organ failure.
• Salleh Yaakob, 63, Malaysian politician, Kedah MLA for Bayu.

9

• Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín, 87, Paraguayan composer and violinist, heart attack.
• Bamidele Aturu, 49, Nigerian human rights activist and lawyer.
• David Azrieli, 92, Polish-born Canadian-Israeli billionaire real estate and finance executive.
• Buba Baldeh, Gambian politician, journalist and editor, Minister of Youth and Sports, MP for Basse (1982–1985) and Jimara (1987–1994), MD of The Daily Observer.
• Julio Bernad, 85, Spanish footballer (Real Zaragoza).
• Bjørn Bruland, 87, Norwegian politician and naval officer, President of the NRC (1987–1993), chairman of the NUWC.
• Tom Bulla, 75, American bank executive and civil servant, West Virginia Commerce Secretary (2005–2007), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• John Cloake, 89, British diplomat, Ambassador to Bulgaria (1986–1990).
• Eileen Ford, 92, American model agency executive, co-founder of Ford Models, complications from meningioma and osteoporosis.
• Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani, 86, Iranian judge and politician.
• Ahmed Sheikh Jama, Somali politician and poet.
• Don Lenhardt, 91, American baseball player and coach (St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox).
• Li Haihua, 56, Chinese politician, Hubei MLA for Xiaogan, fall.
• Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes, 63, Brazilian geologist and mineral dealer.
• Robert Methuen, 7th Baron Methuen, 82, British peer and politician.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 75, Spanish trade union leader and politician.
• Yuzuru Ninagawa, 89, Japanese scholar of French literature, pneumonia.
• Ken Simpson, 76, Australian ornithologist and writer (Field Guide to the Birds of Australia).
• John Spinks, 60, British guitarist, singer and songwriter (The Outfield), liver cancer.
• Ralph C. Thompson, 67, Canadian judge, member (1985–2005) and Chief Justice (1985–1990, 1995–2000) of the Provincial Court of PEI, cancer.
• Ken Thorne, 90, British television and film score composer (Superman II, Help!), Academy Award winner (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum).

8

• Bruce J. Brigham, 63, American interior designer, President of the ASID (2009), cerebellar ataxia.
• Maurice Campbell, 94, Canadian curler. (death announced on this date)
• Maxine Cochran, 87, Canadian politician, Nova Scotia Minister of Transport (1985–1988) and MLA for Lunenburg (1984–1988).
• Tom Collings, 75, British-born Canadian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Keewatin (1991–1996).
• Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, 83, Brazilian jurist and politician, bone cancer.
• John V. Evans, 89, American politician, Governor of Idaho (1977–1987).
• Cynthia Fehr, 85, American watercolor artist, natural causes.
• Richard Hewes, 87, American politician, member (1966–1978) and Speaker (1972–1974) of the Maine House of Representatives and Senate (1978–1980), Parkinson's disease.
• John Hoover, 51, American baseball player (Texas Rangers, Fresno State Bulldogs).
• Hank LoConti, 85, American rock and roll music venue owner and founder (The Agora).
• Fred Martinez, 60, Belizean politician and diplomat, Minister of Trade (1997–1998), Senator (1984–1989, 1997–1998), Ambassador to Mexico and Guatemala.
• Sonny Miller, 53, American filmmaker, photographer and surfer, heart attack.
• Malojirao Sadashivrao Mogal, 88, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA for Niphad (1980–1995).
• Nosipho Ntwanambi, 54, South African politician, women's and human rights activist, MP (2008–2014).
• Ben Pangelinan, 58, American Guamanian politician, member (since 1994) and Speaker (2003–2005) of the Legislature of Guam, cancer.
• Mario J. Rossetti, 78, American judge, member of the New York Supreme Court and New York Court of Claims (1987–2006).
• Howard Siler, 69, American Olympic bobsledder and coach (1980).
• Tom Veryzer, 61, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs), stroke.

7

• Aureo Alonzo, 86, Filipino fashion designer, pneumonia.
• Horst Bollmann, 89, German actor.
• Mario Coyula Cowley, 79, Cuban architect, cancer.
• Alfredo Di Stéfano, 88, Argentine-born Spanish football player and coach (Real Madrid), complications from a heart attack.
• Aaron Fussell, 91, American politician and educator, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1978–1994).
• Francisco Gabica, 76, Spanish cyclist, winner of the Vuelta a España (1966), complications during heart surgery.
• Bertil Haase, 91, Swedish modern pentathlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).
• Lois Johnson, 72, American country music singer.
• Jon Pyong-ho, 88, North Korean military officer, general and secretary in charge of nuclear weapons and arms development, heart attack.
• Dick Jones, 87, American actor (Pinocchio, Buffalo Bill, Jr.).
• Lammtarra, 22, British racehorse, Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt (1995), won Epsom Derby, KG VI and QE Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, euthanized.
• Denis Lyons, 78, Irish politician, TD for Cork North Central (1981–1992).
• Sheila K. McCullagh, 93, English author.
• Elva McPherson, 96, Australian wool industry promoter.
• Howard Plumb, 42, British Olympic windsurfer (1996), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
• Ramparvesh Rai, 50, Indian politician, Bihar MLA for Chhapra (2004–2005, 2005–2010), multiple organ failure.
• Donald Ross, 91, South African-born British surgeon.
• Stanley Julian Roszkowski, 91, American judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois (1977–1998).
• Michael Scudamore, 81, British jockey, winner of the Grand National and Cheltenham Gold Cup, cancer.
• Mohamed Shangole, 83, Somali footballer (national team).
• Eduard Shevardnadze, 86, Soviet Georgian politician and diplomat, President (1992–2003), Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (1985–1990, 1991).
• Anthony Smith, 88, British explorer, balloonist and television presenter.
• Bora Todorović, 83, Yugoslav-born Serbian actor (Who's Singin' Over There?, Underground, Balkan Express), complications from a stroke.
• Peter Underwood, 76, Australian jurist, Governor of Tasmania (since 2008), member and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, complications from a kidney tumour.
• Peter Wege, 94, American furniture executive (Steelcase), environmentalist and philanthropist.

6

• Granville Austin, 87, American historian and academic, leading authority on the Constitution of India, recipient of Padma Shri (2011).
• Herbert Berman, 80, American politician, member of the New York City Council (1975–2001).
• Dave Bickers, 76, British motorcross racer and movie stuntman (Octopussy, Escape to Athena), stroke.
• Castro, 32, Ghanaian musician, drowning.
• Benedito de Assis da Silva, 61, Brazilian footballer (Fluminense), multiple organ failure.
• Alan J. Dixon, 86, American politician, U.S. Senator for Illinois (1981–1993), Illinois Treasurer (1971–1977) and Secretary of State (1977–1981).
• Ee Boon Lee, 79, Malaysian journalist and editor (The Straits Times, RTS), blood disorder.
• S. D. Gunadasa, 82, Sri Lankan clothing manufacturer.
• Gene Hodges, 77, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1972–1988).
• Peter Kearns, 77, English footballer.
• Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Santo Ângelo (1973–2004), multiple organ failure.
• Hal Lasko, 98, American computer artist, complications from a stroke.
• Dave Legeno, 50, British actor (Harry Potter film series), heat stroke. (body discovered on this date)
• Andrew Mango, 88, Turkish-born British journalist (BBC) and biographer (Mustafa Kemal Atatürk).
• Albert McDonald, 83, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1974–1982).
• Carleton Opgaard, 85, American educator.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 75, Argentine muralist, optical artist and sculptor, complications from a bacterial blood infection.
• Sergei Tsapok, 38, Russian criminal (Kushchevskaya massacre), suspected heart failure from a stroke.
• James Clinton Turk, 91, American judge, member (since 1972) and Chief Judge (1973–1993) of the U.S. District Court for Western Virginia.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 92, Argentine politician, Governor of Mendoza (1958–1961).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 94, Colombian military officer, Commander General of the National Army.
• Martin Van Geneugden, 82, Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

5

• Sharifah Aini, 61, Malaysian singer, complications from pulmonary fibrosis.
• Noel Black, 77, American film and television director, writer and producer (Skaterdater, Pretty Poison, Private School).
• John Bone, 83, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Reading (1989–1996).
• Pedro DeBrito, 55, Cape Verdean-born American soccer player, traffic collision.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 46, Spanish writer, brain cancer.
• Elenor Gordon, 80, Scottish Hall of Fame swimmer, first Scottish Commonwealth Games gold medalist.
• Masamitsu Iwamoto, 85, Japanese politician (House of Councillors), stroke.
• John Jobst, 94, German-born Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Broome (1959–1995).
• Elsbeth Juda, 103, German-born British photographer.
• Lim Kim Woon, 81, Singaporean educator, founding principal of National Junior College.
• Peter Robert Marler, 86, British-born American neurobiologist, pneumonia.
• Rosemary Murphy, 89, American actress (That Night, To Kill a Mockingbird, Mighty Aphrodite), Emmy Award winner (Eleanor and Franklin), esophageal cancer.
• Volodymyr Sabodan, 78, Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch, head of the UOC-MP (since 1992), internal bleeding.
• Kathy Stobart, 89, British jazz saxophonist.
• William Gugi Waaka, 76, New Zealand Māori musician, heart problem.
• Arthur Walker, 79, American military officer, convicted of espionage in the John Anthony Walker-Soviet spy ring, kidney failure.
• Hans-Ulrich Wehler, 82, German historian.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 86, Norwegian writer.
• Brett Wiesner, 31, American soccer player, drowning.
• Brian Wood, 73, English footballer, dementia and Parkinson's disease.
• Don Wright, 84, American Gwich'in politician, President of the Alaska Federation of Natives (1970–1972), involved in negotiations for the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

4

• Alan Alan, 87, British escapologist and magician.
• Paul Apted, 47, British sound editor (The Book Thief, The Wolverine, The Fault in Our Stars), colon cancer.
• Val Biro, 92, Hungarian-born English children's author, artist and illustrator.
• John Chisholm, 68, Canadian construction executive, builder and owner/operator of Riverside International Speedway.
• Peter Dawkins, 68, New Zealand-born Australian record producer (Dragon, Australian Crawl, Air Supply) and musician, injuries from a fall.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 56, French journalist and news anchor, heart attack.
• Giorgio Faletti, 63, Italian author, actor and singer, lung cancer.
• Myer Fredman, 82, British-Australian conductor.
• Torill Thorstad Hauger, 71, Norwegian author, children's writer and illustrator, winner of the Dobloug Prize (1991).
• C. J. Henderson, 62, American horror and crime author, cancer.
• Carmen Hornillos, 52, Spanish journalist and television presenter, cancer.
• Mary Evelyn Jegen, 86, American Roman Catholic sister, co-founder and national coordinator of Pax Christi USA, recipient of the Pope Paul VI Teacher of Peace Award (1982).
• Tom Kessinger, 73, American educator, President of Haverford College (1988–1996).
• Li Fook-wo, 97, Hong Kong politician and banker (Bank of East Asia).
• Joas Magolego, 42, South African footballer (national team).
• Otto Nes, 94, Norwegian broadcasting personality and programme director.
• Earl Robinson, 77, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles) and basketball player (California Golden Bears), heart failure.
• Richard Mellon Scaife, 82, American billionaire philanthropist, newspaper publisher (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) and political activist, cancer.
• Anthony Turney, 76, British-born American Episcopalian minister and LGBT activist, Archdeacon of the Grace Cathedral, cancer.
• Harold Ivory Williams, 93, American prelate, Bishop of Mt. Calvary Holy Churches of America.

3

• Wilbur Balgobin, 68, Trinidadian food executive, founder and CEO of Willies Ice Cream.
• Louis Brown, Jr., 90, American philanthropist, involved in both O. J. Simpson murder case trials, Alzheimer's disease.
• Elizabeth Millicent Chilver, 99, British academic administrator, Principal of Bedford College, London (1964–1971) and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (1971–1979).
• Jini Dellaccio, 97, American photographer.
• Ross Doyen, 87, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1959–1968) and Senate (1969–1992).
• Tim Flood, 87, Irish hurler (Wexford).
• Rose Folder, 88, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets).
• Guy Gaucher, 84, French Roman Catholic prelate and theologian, Bishop of Meaux (1986–1987), Auxiliary Bishop of Bayeux (1987–2005).
• Volkmar Groß, 66, German footballer.
• James Harness, 57, American television personality (Gold Rush), complications from a stroke. (death announced on this date)
• Haruichiban, 47, Japanese entertainer, cirrhosis.
• Mohamed Mohamud Hayd, Somali politician and military officer, Minister of Education and Environment, MP, admiral, shot.
• Ramai Hayward, 97, New Zealand actress and filmmaker.
• Annik Honoré, 56, Belgian music journalist and promoter, portrayed in Control.
• David Jones, 79, English footballer (Swansea City, Yeovil Town).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 79, Brazilian poet and journalist, member of the Academy of Letters.
• Mazakazu Kobayashi, 44, Japanese hang glider pilot, competition collision.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 52, Spanish newspaper director (Qué!), columnist (ABC) and writer, cancer.
• Hope Powell, 90, American photographer and country music album cover designer.
• Ira Ruskin, 70, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (2004–2010), Mayor of Redwood City (1999–2001), complications from a brain tumor.
• Don Saltsman, 80, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1980–1996).
• Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, 89, Ukrainian-born American rabbi.
• Kusuo Seki, 89, Japanese specialist on German literature, lung cancer.
• Peter Whelan, 82, British playwright (The Herbal Bed, The Accrington Pals).

2

• Emilio Álvarez Montalván, 94, Nicaraguan ophthalmologist, Foreign Minister (1997–1998), heart attack.
• Paul S. Amos, 88, American insurance executive, co-founder of Aflac.
• Errie Ball, 103, Welsh-born American golfer, oldest PGA member, last living player from inaugural Masters Tournament, natural causes.
• Chad Brown, 52, American professional poker player and actor, liposarcoma.
• Manuel Cardona, 79, Spanish physicist.
• P. K. Chandranandan, 89, Indian politician, communist political activist (Punnapra-Vayalar uprising) and prisoner, Kerala MLA for Ambalappuzha (1980–1981).
• Wayne K. Curry, 63, American politician, county executive for Prince George's County, Maryland (1994–2002), lung cancer.
• Bruce Duchossois, 64, American equestrian, cancer.
• Lorraine Elliott, 70, Australian politician, Victoria MLA for Mooroolbark (1992–2002), complications from breast cancer.
• Mervyn Finlay, 89, Australian judge and rower, Olympic bronze medalist (1952), member of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (1984–2004).
• Vincent Graber, 83, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1974–1992), cancer.
• Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe, 99, British aristocrat.
• Harold W. Kuhn, 88, American mathematician.
• Enrique Labo Revoredo, 75, Peruvian football referee.
• Ridwan Laher Nytagodien, 50, South African political scientist.
• Matthew Richell, 41, British publisher, CEO of Hachette Australia, drowning.
• [[{{{1}}}]], 75, Egyptian footballer.
• Leo Wardrup, 77, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1992–2007).
• Ange-Aimée Woods, 41, American-born Canadian radio journalist and producer (CBC), heart failure.
• Louis Zamperini, 97, American Olympic long distance runner (1936), military officer, prisoner of war, book (Unbroken) and film (Unbroken) subject, pneumonia.

1

• Luther Carr, Jr., 77, American football player (Oakland Raiders).
• Betty Cody, 92, Canadian-born American country music singer.
• Frank Cummings, 54, American cartoonist (Blondie), pancreatic cancer.
• Umaru Dikko, 79, Nigerian politician, Minister of Transportation (1979–1983), multiple strokes.
• Jean Garon, 76, Canadian Quebecois politician, Minister of Agriculture (1976–1985) and Education (1994–1996), MNA (1976–1998) and Mayor (1998–2005) of Lévis.
• Stephen Gaskin, 79, American counterculture figure, peace activist and commune founder (The Farm).
• Bob Jones, 59, British politician, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (since 2012).
• Anatoly Kornukov, 72, Soviet-born Russian military officer, commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force (1998–2002), ordered KAL 007 to be shot down.
• Graeme McMahon, 74, Australian AFL football executive, Chairman of Essendon (1996–2003), pancreatic cancer.
• Walter Dean Myers, 76, American children's writer (Fallen Angels, Monster), winner of the Margaret Edwards Award (1994) and Michael L. Printz Award (2000).
• Kipng'eno Arap Ng'eny, 66, Kenyan politician and telecommunications executive, Minister of Water, MP for Ainamoi (1997–2002), Managing Director of KPTC (1979–1993).
• Frederick I. Ordway III, 87, American space scientist.
• Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, 88, Burkinabé politician and diplomat, Prime Minister (1971–1974), Minister of Finance (1958–1959), MP (1974–1980, 1992–1997), member of the French National Assembly for Burkina Faso (1956–1959), Ambassador to England (1961–1966).
• [[{{{1}}}]], 76, Spanish geometric landscape artist.
• Seth J. Teller, 50, American computer engineer and scientist (MIT), pioneer in human-robot interactions.
• John van Eck, 98, American financier, founder of Van Eck Global.
• Oscar Yatco, 83, Filipino conductor and violinist.

Earlier months

• Deaths in June 2014
• Deaths in May 2014
• Deaths in April 2014
• Deaths in March 2014
• Deaths in February 2014
• Deaths in January 2014

See also

• Deaths in 2013
• Deaths in 2012
• Deaths in 2011
• Deaths in 2010
• Deaths in 2009
• Deaths in 2008
• Deaths in 2007

• Deaths in 2006
• Deaths in 2005
• Deaths in 2004
• Deaths in 2003
• Deaths in 2002
• Deaths in 2001
• Deaths in 2000

• Deaths in 1999
• Deaths in 1998
• Deaths in 1997
• Deaths in 1996
• Deaths in 1995
• Deaths in 1994
• Deaths in 1993

• Deaths in 1992
• Deaths in 1991
• Deaths in 1990
• Deaths in 1989
• Deaths in 1988
• Deaths in 1987
• Deaths in 1986

External links

• The Guardian, UK obituaries
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, US obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries