January January 1 – Dame Elmira Minita Gordon, 1st Governor-General of Belize (b. 1930)[258] January 2 Modibo Keita, 8th Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1942)[259] Michael McKevitt, Irish republican paramilitary leader (b. 1949)[260] January 3 – Gerry Marsden, English musician (b. 1942)[261] January 4 Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch Nobel theoretical physicist (b. 1931)[262] Albert Roux, French chef and restaurateur (b. 1935)[263] January 5 – Colin Bell, English footballer (b. 1946)[264] January 7 – Michael Apted, English filmmaker (b. 1941)[265] January 11 Sheldon Adelson, American businessman and casino magnate (b. 1933)[266] Kathleen Heddle, Canadian Olympic rower (b. 1965)[267] January 13 – Siegfried Fischbacher, German-born American magician (b. 1939)[268] January 16 – Phil Spector, American record producer and convicted murderer (b. 1939)[269] January 18 – Jean-Pierre Bacri, Algerian-born French actor (b. 1951)[270] January 20 Mira Furlan, Croatian actress and singer (b. 1955)[271] Justin Lekhanya, Chairman of the Military Council of Lesotho (b. 1938)[272] January 21 – Nathalie Delon, French actress (b. 1941)[273] January 23 – Hal Holbrook, American actor (b. 1925)[274] January 24 – Gunnel Lindblom, Swedish actress (b. 1931)[275] January 27 Cloris Leachman, American actress (b. 1926)[276] Mehrdad Minavand, Iranian footballer and manager (b. 1975)[277] January 28 Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch Nobel atmospheric chemist (b. 1933)[278] Vasily Lanovoy, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1934)[279] Cicely Tyson, American actress (b. 1924)[280] January 29 Yvon Douis, French footballer (b. 1935)[281] Hilton Valentine, English guitarist (b. 1943)[282] January 30 – Sophie, Scottish record producer, songwriter and DJ (b. 1986)[283] February February 1 – Edward Babiuch, 5th Prime Minister of the Polish People's Republic (b. 1927)[284] February 2 – Fausta Morganti, former Captain Regent of San Marino (b. 1944)[285] February 3 – Tony Trabert, American tennis player and commentator (b. 1930)[286] February 4 – Millie Hughes-Fulford, American astronaut and molecular biologist (b. 1945)[287] February 5 Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (b. 1929)[288] Leon Spinks, American professional boxer (b. 1953)[289] February 6 – George Shultz, American politician, diplomat and economist (b. 1920)[290] February 7 – Giuseppe Rotunno, Italian cinematographer (b. 1923)[291] February 8 Jean-Claude Carrière, French novelist and screenwriter (b. 1931)[292] Mary Wilson, American singer (b. 1944)[293] February 9 – Chick Corea, American jazz keyboardist (b. 1941)[294] February 10 – Larry Flynt, American porn publisher (b. 1942)[295] February 11 – Isadore Singer, American mathematician (b. 1924)[296] February 12 – Milford Graves, American jazz drummer, percussionist, and free jazz pioneer (b. 1941)[297] February 13 – Yury Vlasov, Soviet and Russian weightlifter and writer (b. 1935)[298] February 14 – Carlos Menem, 44th President of Argentina (b. 1930)[299] February 15 – Leopoldo Luque, Argentine footballer (b. 1949)[300] February 16 Bernard Lown, Lithuanian-American Nobel cardiologist and inventor (b. 1921)[301] Joan Margarit, Spanish poet (b. 1938)[302] Gustavo Noboa, 42nd President of Ecuador (b. 1937)[303] February 17 – Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality (b. 1951)[304] February 18 – Andrey Myagkov, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1938)[305] February 19 – Đorđe Balašević, Serbian recording artist and singer-songwriter (b. 1953)[306] February 21 – Zlatko Saračević, Croatian handball player and coach (b. 1961)[307][308] February 22 – Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet and publisher (b. 1919)[309] February 23 – Fausto Gresini, Italian motorcycle racer and team manager (b. 1961)[310] February 24 Philippe Jaccottet, Swiss poet and translator (b. 1925)[311] N'Singa Udjuu, First State Commissioner of Zaire (b. 1934)[312] February 25 Hannu Mikkola, Finnish rally driver (b. 1942)[313] Sir Michael Somare, 1st Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1936)[314] March March 1 Zlatko Kranjčar, Croatian football player and manager (b. 1956)[315] Ian St John, Scottish footballer (b. 1938)[316] March 2 Chris Barber, English jazz musician (b. 1930)[317] Bunny Wailer, Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter (b. 1947)[318] March 6 – Lou Ottens, Dutch inventor (b. 1926)[319] March 9 James Levine, American conductor and pianist (b. 1943)[320] John Polkinghorne, English theoretical physicist and Anglican priest (b. 1930)[321] March 10 Hamed Bakayoko, 11th Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (b. 1965)[322] Ali Mahdi Muhammad, 4th President of Somalia (b. 1939)[323] Manuel Saturnino da Costa, 6th Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1942)[324] March 12 – Goodwill Zwelithini, king of the Zulu nation (b. 1948)[325] March 13 Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer (b. 1954)[326] Murray Walker, British motor racing commentator (b. 1923)[327] March 15 – Yaphet Kotto, American actor (b. 1939)[328] March 16 Moudud Ahmed, 7th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1940)[329] Sabine Schmitz, German motor racer and television presenter (b. 1969)[330] March 17 – John Magufuli, 5th President of Tanzania (b. 1959)[331] March 20 – Peter Lorimer, Scottish international footballer (b. 1946)[332] March 21 Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian feminist writer (b. 1931)[333] Adam Zagajewski, Polish poet, essayist and translator (b. 1945)[334] March 22 – Johnny Dumfries, Scottish peer and racing driver (b. 1958)[335] March 23 – George Segal, American actor (b. 1934)[336] March 24 – Jessica Walter, American actress (b. 1941)[337] March 25 Beverly Cleary, American author (b. 1916)[338] Larry McMurtry, American author (b. 1936)[339] Bertrand Tavernier, French film director and actor (b. 1941)[340] March 28 – Didier Ratsiraka, 3rd President of Madagascar (b. 1936)[341] March 29 – Bashkim Fino, 29th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1962)[342] March 31 – Kamal Ganzouri, 46th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1933)[343] April April 1 – Isamu Akasaki, Japanese Nobel physicist (b. 1929)[344] April 2 – Christian Tumi, Cameroonian cardinal (b. 1930)[345] April 4 – Robert Mundell, Canadian Nobel economist (b. 1932)[346] April 5 Paul Ritter, British actor (b. 1966)[347] Marshall Sahlins, American anthropologist (b. 1930)[348] April 6 – Hans Küng, Swiss Catholic priest, theologian and author (b. 1928)[349] April 9 DMX, American rapper, songwriter and actor (b. 1970)[350] Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (b. 1921)[351] April 14 Yıldırım Akbulut, 20th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1935)[352] Bernie Madoff, American investment advisor, financier and convicted fraudster (b. 1938)[353] April 16 Charles Geschke, American businessman and computer scientist (b. 1939)[354] Helen McCrory, English actress (b. 1968)[355] Andrew Peacock, Australian politician (b. 1939)[356] April 19 Walter Mondale, 42nd Vice President of the United States (b. 1928)[357] Jim Steinman, American rock lyricist and composer (b. 1947)[358] Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer (b. 1946)[359] April 20 – Idriss Déby, 6th President of Chad (b. 1952)[360] April 23 – Milva, Italian singer and actress (b. 1939)[361] April 24 – Christa Ludwig, German mezzo-soprano (b. 1928)[362] April 26 – Tamara Press, Soviet Olympic shot put and discus thrower (b. 1937)[363] April 28 Michael Collins, American astronaut (b. 1930)[364] Federico Salas, 136th Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1950)[365] May May 1 – Olympia Dukakis, American actress (b. 1931)[366] May 3 – Lloyd Price, American singer-songwriter and businessman (b. 1933)[367] May 4 – Simon Achidi Achu, 6th Prime Minister of Cameroon (b. 1934)[368] May 6 Humberto Maturana, Chilean philosopher and biologist (b. 1928)[369] Kentaro Miura, Japanese manga artist (b. 1966)[370] May 7 Hubert Hughes, 5th and 7th Premier of Anguilla (b. 1933)[371] Martín Pando, Argentine footballer (b. 1934)[372] May 8 Lee Han-dong, 33rd Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1934)[373] Helmut Jahn, German-born American architect (b. 1940)[374] Spencer Silver, American chemist and inventor (b. 1941)[375] May 9 – José Manuel Caballero Bonald, Spanish poet and novelist (b. 1926)[376] May 10 – Svante Thuresson, Swedish jazz musician (b. 1937)[377] May 11 – Norman Lloyd, American actor, producer and director (b. 1914)[378] May 15 Đorđe Marjanović, Serbian pop rock singer (b. 1931)[379] Eva Wilma, Brazilian actress (b. 1933)[380] May 16 – Rildo da Costa Menezes, Brazilian footballer (b. 1942)[381] May 18 Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter, composer and filmmaker (b. 1946)[382] Charles Grodin, American actor and comedian (b. 1935)[383] May 19 – Lee Evans, American Olympic athlete (b. 1947)[384] May 20 Francisco Brines, Spanish poet (b. 1932)[385] Abubakar Shekau, Nigerian Islamic leader and militant (b. 1965, 1969 or 1975)[386] May 21 Tahir Salahov, Soviet, Azerbaijani and Russian painter and draughtsman (b. 1928)[387] Sunderlal Bahuguna, Indian environmentalist (b. 1927)[388] May 22 Francesc Arnau, Spanish footballer (b. 1975)[389] Robert Marchand, French racing cyclist (b. 1911)[390] Yuan Longping, Chinese agronomist (b. 1930)[391] André Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1966)[392] May 23 Eric Carle, American children's writer and illustrator (b. 1929)[393] Cristóbal Halffter, Spanish classical composer and conductor (b. 1930)[394] Ron Hill, English marathon runner (b. 1938)[395] Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Brazilian architect (b. 1928)[396] Max Mosley, British racing driver and lawyer (b. 1940)[397] May 26 – Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1939)[398] May 27 Carla Fracci, Italian ballet dancer and actress (b. 1936)[399] Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer (b. 1921)[400] Poul Schlüter, 22nd Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1929)[401] May 30 – Rick Mitchell, Australian sprinter (b. 1955)[402] June June 1 – Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (b. 1943)[403] June 3 – Sir Anerood Jugnauth, 2nd Prime Minister and 4th President of Mauritius (b. 1930)[404] June 4 Richard R. Ernst, Swiss Nobel chemist (b. 1933)[405] Friederike Mayröcker, Austrian poet (b. 1924)[406] June 5 – T. B. Joshua, Nigerian televangelist (b. 1963)[407] June 6 Revaz Gabriadze, Georgian filmmaker, painter and playwright (b. 1936)[408] Ei-ichi Negishi, Japanese Nobel chemist (b. 1935)[409] Mansour Ojjeh, French Saudi Arabian entrepreneur (b. 1952)[410] June 7 Yoo Sang-chul, South Korean footballer (b. 1971)[411] Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur, Iranian Shia cleric and terrorist (b. 1947)[412] June 9 Gottfried Böhm, German architect and sculptor (b. 1920)[413] Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, psychologist and philosopher (b. 1933)[414] June 10 – Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Indian director and poet (b. 1944)[415] June 11 – Paola Pigni, Italian middle-distance runner (b. 1945)[416] June 13 – Ned Beatty, American actor (b. 1937)[417] June 14 Enrique Bolaños, 29th President of Nicaragua (b. 1928)[418] Markis Kido, Indonesian badminton player (b. 1984)[419] June 15 – Vladimir Shatalov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (b. 1927)[420] June 17 – Kenneth Kaunda, 1st President of Zambia (b. 1924)[421] June 18 Giampiero Boniperti, Italian footballer (b. 1928)[422] Milkha Singh, Indian athlete (b. 1929)[423] June 20 – Luis del Sol, Spanish footballer (b. 1935)[424] June 23 – John McAfee, English-born American computer programmer and businessman (b. 1945)[425] June 24 Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines (b. 1960)[426] Trần Thiện Khiêm, 7th Prime Minister of South Vietnam and army officer (b. 1925)[427] June 26 – Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1929)[428] June 29 – Donald Rumsfeld, American politician and government official (b. 1932)[429] June 30 – Bonfoh Abass, Acting President of Togo (b. 1948)[430] July July 1 – Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer (b. 1939)[431] July 2 – Nikolai Slichenko, Soviet and Russian singer and actor (b. 1934)[432] July 4 – Richard Lewontin, American evolutionary biologist (b. 1929)[433] July 5 Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, TV presenter and actress (b. 1943)[434] Richard Donner, American film director (b. 1930)[435] Vladimir Menshov, Soviet and Russian actor and film director (b. 1939)[436] July 6 Djivan Gasparyan, Armenian musician and composer (b. 1928)[437] Patrick John, 1st Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1938)[438] July 7 Ahmed Jibril, Palestinian militant (b. 1938)[439] Dilip Kumar, Indian actor, film producer and philanthropist (b. 1922)[440] Jovenel Moïse, 42nd President of Haiti (b. 1968)[441] Carlos Reutemann, Argentine Formula One driver and politician (b. 1942)[442] July 9 Frank Lui, 3rd Premier of Niue (b. 1935)[443] Paul Mariner, English football player and manager (b. 1953)[444] July 10 – Esther Béjarano, German singer and Holocaust survivor (b. 1924)[445] July 13 – Shirley Fry, American tennis player (b. 1927)[446] July 14 Mamnoon Hussain, 12th President of Pakistan (b. 1940)[447] Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist (b. 1935)[448] July 16 – Surekha Sikri, Indian actress (b. 1945)[449] July 17 – Pilar Bardem, Spanish actress and activist (b. 1939)[450] July 19 – Arturo Armando Molina, 36th President of El Salvador (b. 1927)[451] July 22 – Boris Chochiev, Acting Prime Minister of South Ossetia (b. 1957)[452] July 23 Toshihide Maskawa, Japanese Nobel theoretical physicist (b. 1940)[453] Steven Weinberg, American Nobel theoretical physicist (b. 1933)[454] July 25 – Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Portuguese military official and politician (b. 1936)[455] July 26 Albert Bandura, Canadian-American psychologist (b. 1925)[456] Joey Jordison, American drummer (b. 1975)[457] Ivan Toplak, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1931)[458] July 28 Roberto Calasso, Italian writer and publisher (b. 1941)[459] Dusty Hill, American musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1949)[460] August August 1 – Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Scottish Islamic scholar and writer (b. 1930)[461] August 3 – Arthur Dion Hanna, 7th Governor-General of the Bahamas (b. 1928)[462] August 5 – Yevhen Marchuk, 4th Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1941)[463] August 8 – Jaan Kaplinski, Estonian poet and philosopher (b. 1941)[464] August 9 Sir Lester Bird, 2nd Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (b. 1938)[465] Sergei Kovalev, Russian human rights activist (b. 1930)[466] August 10 – Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Spanish cardinal (b. 1927)[467] August 13 Carolyn S. Shoemaker, American astronomer (b. 1929)[468] Gino Strada, Italian surgeon and human rights activist (b. 1948)[469] August 14 – Carlos Correia, 5th Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1933)[470] August 15 Abdelhamid Brahimi, 3rd Prime Minister of Algeria (b. 1936)[471] Gerd Müller, German footballer (b. 1945)[472] August 16 – Volodymyr Holubnychy, Soviet and Ukrainian race walker and Olympic champion (b. 1936)[473] August 17 – Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (b. 1973)[474] August 19 – Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor and martial artist (b. 1939)[475] August 21 Don Everly, American musician (b. 1937)[476] Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (b. 1940)[477] August 23 Jean-Luc Nancy, French philosopher (b. 1940)[478] Rosita Quintana, Argentine-Mexican actress, singer, and songwriter (b. 1925)[479] August 24 Hissène Habré, 1st Prime Minister and 5th President of Chad (b. 1942)[480] Wilfried Van Moer, Belgian footballer (b. 1945)[481] Charlie Watts, English drummer (b. 1941)[482] August 25 – Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini, 7th Prime Minister of Yemen (b. 1932)[483] August 27 – Edmond H. Fischer, American-Swiss Nobel biochemist (b. 1920)[484] August 29 Ed Asner, American actor (b. 1929)[485] Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican record producer and singer (b. 1936)[486] Jacques Rogge, Belgian Olympic sailor and 8th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1942)[487] August 31 – Francesco Morini, Italian footballer (b. 1944)[488] September September 1 – Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Kashmiri separatist leader (b. 1929)[489] September 2 – Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer and politician (b. 1925)[490] September 5 Ivan Patzaichin, Romanian Olympic canoeist (b. 1949)[491] Živko Radišić, 2nd Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1937)[492] September 6 – Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor (b. 1933)[493] September 8 – Dietmar Lorenz, German Olympic judoka (b. 1950)[494] September 9 – Danilo Popivoda, Slovenian footballer and manager (b. 1947)[495] September 10 Charles Konan Banny, 6th Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast (b. 1942)[496] Jorge Sampaio, 18th President of Portugal (b. 1939)[497] Saadi Yacef, Algerian independence fighter, politician and actor (b. 1928)[498] September 11 – Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian Maoist leader and militant (b. 1934)[499] September 13 Antony Hewish, English Nobel radio astronomer (b. 1924)[500] Borisav Jović, 12th President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (b. 1928)[501] September 14 Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1959)[502] Yuriy Sedykh, Soviet and Russian track and field athlete and Olympic champion (b. 1955)[503] September 16 Silas Atopare, 7th Governor-General of Papua New Guinea (b. 1951)[504] Casimir Oyé-Mba, 3rd Prime Minister of Gabon (b. 1942)[505] Sir Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor (b. 1940)[506] September 17 Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 7th President of Algeria (b. 1937)[507] Mario Camus, Spanish film director and screenwriter (b. 1935)[508] September 19 Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer, poet and theatre director (b. 1931)[509] Jimmy Greaves, English footballer (b. 1940)[510] September 21 – Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Egyptian field marshal, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (b. 1935)[511] September 22 Abdelkader Bensalah, Acting Head of State of Algeria (b. 1941)[512] Orlando Martínez, Cuban boxer and Olympic champion (b. 1944)[513] September 25 – Théoneste Bagosora, Rwandan military officer and convicted war criminal (b. 1941)[514] September 27 – Roger Hunt, English footballer (b. 1938)[515] September 30 – Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer, conductor, and orchestrator (b. 1931)[516] October October 3 Jorge Medina, Chilean cardinal (b. 1926)[517] Budge Patty, American tennis player (b. 1924)[518] Lars Vilks, Swedish visual artist (b. 1946)[519] October 9 – Abolhassan Banisadr, 1st President of Iran (b. 1933)[520] October 10 – Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and engineer (b. 1936)[521] October 14 – Lee Wan-koo, 39th Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1950)[522] October 17 – Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai, Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan (b. 1944)[523] October 18 Edita Gruberová, Slovak soprano (b. 1946)[524] János Kornai, Hungarian economist (b. 1928)[525] Colin Powell, American politician, diplomat and general (b. 1937)[526] October 19 – Leslie Bricusse, British composer, lyricist and playwright (b. 1931)[527] October 20 – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Hungarian-American psychologist and academic (b. 1934)[528] October 21 – Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor and violinist (b. 1929)[529] October 22 – Vyacheslav Vedenin, Soviet and Russian cross-country skier and Olympic champion (b. 1941)[530] October 26 Walter Smith, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1948)[531] Roh Tae-woo, 6th President of South Korea (b. 1932)[532] October 29 Clément Mouamba, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo (b. 1943)[533] Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor, playback singer and producer (b. 1975)[534] October 30 – Igor Kirillov, Soviet and Russian news presenter, announcer and actor (b. 1932)[535] October 31 – Dame Catherine Tizard, 16th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1931)[536] November November 1 Aaron T. Beck, American psychiatrist (b. 1921)[537] Nelson Freire, Brazilian pianist (b. 1944)[538] November 6 Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, 12th Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1948)[539] Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Acting Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1933)[540] November 7 – Dean Stockwell, American actor (b. 1936)[541] November 11 – F. W. de Klerk, 7th and last State President of South Africa and Nobel laureate (b. 1936)[542] November 12 Bob Bondurant, American racing driver (b. 1933)[543] Matthew Festing, 79th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (b. 1949)[544] Ron Flowers, English footballer (b. 1934)[545] November 13 – Wilbur Smith, Zambian-born South African novelist (b. 1933)[546] November 14 – Bertie Auld, Scottish footballer (b. 1938)[547] November 15 – László Z. Bitó, Hungarian physiologist and writer (b. 1934)[548] November 23 Chun Doo-hwan, 5th President of South Korea (b. 1931)[549] Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (b. 1931)[550] November 26 – Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist (b. 1930)[551] November 28 Virgil Abloh, American fashion designer and entrepreneur (b. 1980)[552] Alexander Gradsky, Soviet and Russian singer, songwriter and rock musician (b. 1949)[553] Norodom Ranariddh, 31st Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1944)[554] Sir Frank Williams, English businessman, Formula One team owner and mechanic (b. 1942)[555] November 29 – Kinza Clodumar, 7th President of Nauru (b. 1945)[556] November 30 – Ray Kennedy, English footballer (b. 1951)[557] December December 3 Lamine Diack, Senegalese businessman, sports administrator and athlete (b. 1933)[558] Horst Eckel, German footballer (b. 1932)[559] December 5 – Jacques Tits, Belgian-born French mathematician (b. 1930)[560] December 6 – Kåre Willoch, 30th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1928)[561] December 7 – Mustafa Ben Halim, 3rd Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1921)[562] December 8 – Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaican musician (b. 1953)[563] December 9 Otar Patsatsia, 3rd Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1929)[564] Carmen Salinas, Mexican actress and politician (b. 1939)[565] Lina Wertmüller, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1928)[566] December 11 Anne Rice, American author (b. 1941)[567] Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player (b. 1938)[568] December 12 Sir Paulias Matane, 8th Governor-General of Papua New Guinea (b. 1931)[569] Vicente Fernández, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1940)[570] December 13 – Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress (b. 1955)[571] December 15 – Fayez Tarawneh, 31st Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1949)[572] December 18 – Lord Richard Rogers, Italian–born British architect (b. 1933)[573] December 19 – Robert H. Grubbs, American Nobel chemist (b. 1942)[574] December 21 – Sir Carlyle Glean, 5th Governor-General of Grenada (b. 1932)[575] December 23 – Joan Didion, American writer (b. 1934)[576] December 25 Wayne Thiebaud, American painter (b. 1920)[577] Jean-Marc Vallée, Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter (b. 1963)[578] December 26 Karolos Papoulias, 6th President of Greece (b. 1929)[579] Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop, activist and Nobel laureate (b. 1931)[580] E. O. Wilson, American biologist and writer (b. 1929)[581] December 31 – Betty White, American actress (b. 1922)[582]