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- Mino Reitano, 64, Italian singer, after long illness. [2] (Italian)
- John Updike, 76, American author (Rabbit Is Rich, The Witches of Eastwick), lung cancer. [3]
- R. Venkataraman, 98, Indian politician, President (1987–1992), multiple organ failure. [4]
- Billy Wilson, 81, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), cancer. [5]
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- James Brady, 80, American columnist (PARADE, New York Post). [6]
- Jerry Fowler, 68, American football player (Houston Oilers), Louisiana Elections Commissioner (1980–2000), heart attack. [7]
- Don Ladner, 60, New Zealand rugby league player, heart attack. [8]
- Avraham Ravitz, 75, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1988–2009), heart attack. [9]
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- Mamadou Dia, 98, Senegalese politician, Prime Minister (1957–1962). [10]
- Ewald Kooiman, 70, Dutch organist, heart attack. [11] (German)
- Kim Manners, 59, American television producer and director, cancer. [12]
- Marguerite, Baroness de Reuter, 96, French aristocrat, last heir of the Reuters family, granddaughter-in-law of Paul Reuter. [13]
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- Bharat Bhagavathar, 51, Indian actor, cerebral hemorrhage. [14]
- Gérard Blanc, 61, French singer and guitarist, cerebral hemorrhage. [15]
- Fernando Cornejo, 39, Chilean footballer, stomach cancer. [16]
- Mariana Bridi da Costa, 20, Brazilian model, complications from necrotic septicemia. [17]
- Corey Daum, 39, American musician (Lizzy Borden), car accident. [18]
- Olivia Irvine Dodge, 90, American philanthropist. [19]
- Reg Gutteridge, 84, British boxing commentator and journalist, after short illness. [20]
- Karl Koller, 79, Austrian footballer, Alzheimer’s disease. [21]
- Malcolm MacPherson, 65, American journalist, heart attack. [22]
- Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe, 93, American Bishop of Dallas. [23]
- Kay Yow, 66, American basketball coach (NC State), breast cancer. [24]
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- H. J. Blackham, 105, British humanist and writer. [25]
- Martin Delaney, 63, American HIV activist, complications from liver cancer. [26]
- Astrid Folstad, 76, Norwegian actress. [27] (Norwegian)
- Bonnie Clark Halderman, 64, American author, mother of David Koresh, stabbed. [28]
- Helen Maksagak, 77, Canadian politician, first Inuk Commissioner of Northwest Territories (1995–1999) and Nunavut (1999–2000). [29]
- George Perle, 93, American composer, after long illness. [30]
- Anna Radziwiłł, 69, Polish historian and politician. [31]
- Robert W. Scott, 79, American politician, Governor of North Carolina (1969–1973), natural causes. [32]
- Percy Smith, 86, Canadian politician, Member of Parliament for Northumberland—Miramichi (1968–1974). [33]
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- John Alan Beesley, 81, Canadian diplomat. [34]
- Darwin Brown, 32, American murderer, execution by lethal injection. [35]
- Charles Cooper, 31, American musician (Telefon Tel Aviv). [36]
- Bob Doyle, 93, Irish activist, last surviving Irish member of the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. [37]
- Bill Herchman, 75, American football player. [38]
- Pentti Kouri, 59, Finnish economist and investor, after long illness. [39] (Finnish)
- Liang Yusheng, 85, Chinese novelist, natural causes. [40]
- Juanita Osbourne, 88, American pioneer of organ donation, complications from aspiration pneumonia. [41]
- Clément Pinault, 23, French footballer, heart attack. [42]
- Darrell Sandeen, 73, American actor (L.A. Confidential), stroke. [43]
- Mickell Seltzer, 91, American writer. [44]
- Louis-Paul-Armand Simonneaux, 93, French bishop of Versailles. [45]
- Billy Werber, 100, American baseball player, last living teammate of Babe Ruth, oldest living MLB player, natural causes. [46]
- Mbongeleni Zondi, 39, South African Zulu chief, shot. [47]
