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| Wing Commander Billy Drake in May-June 1943. The United States Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to him can be partly seen, pinned to Drake's chest in the lower right corner of the picture. Photo: RAF/Imperial War Museum. |
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* Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, 72, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (1994–1997).
* Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, Libyan-born Afghan Al-Qaeda leader.
* Nickolas Ashford, 70, American R&B singer-songwriter (Ashford & Simpson), throat cancer.
* Vicco von Bülow, 87, German cartoonist and actor. (German)
* John Howard Davies, 72, English television producer and director (Fawlty Towers, The Good Life), former child actor (Oliver Twist), cancer.
* Evgeni Dushko, 35, Russian politician, mayor of Sergiyev Posad, shot. (Russian)
* B.J. Hopper, 86, American actor (Flakes, The Toy, Because of Winn-Dixie).
* Jesper Klein, 66, Danish actor, liver cancer. (Danish)
* Jack Layton, 61, Canadian politician, Leader of the Official Opposition (2011) and New Democratic Party (2003–2011), cancer.
* Jerry Leiber, 78, American songwriter ("Stand By Me", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock", "Kansas City"), cardiopulmonary failure.
* Samuel Menashe, 85, American poet, natural causes.
* Tony Ruffino, 74, American concert promoter, stroke.
* Michael Showers, 45, American actor (Treme, Breaking Bad, The Vampire Diaries), drowned.
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* Paul Francis Duffy, 79, American-born Zambian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mongu (1997–2011).
* Jeanette Ingberman, 59, American art curator, co-founder of Exit Art, complications of leukemia.
* Sybil Jason, 83, American child actress.
* Charles Jones, 56, New Zealand sports administrator, president of the World Croquet Federation. (body found on this date)
* Cephas Mashakada, 51, Zimbabwean musician, complications due to diabetes.
* Tamara Poletika, 89, Russian animator. (Russian)
* Frank Potenza, 77, American police officer and actor (Jimmy Kimmel Live!).
* Hasballah M. Saad, 63, Indonesian politician, Human Rights Minister (1999–2000).
* Peter Terpeluk, Jr., 63, American diplomat, Ambassador to Luxembourg (2002–2005), heart attack.
* Joey Vento, 71, American restaurateur, founder and owner of Geno's Steaks, heart attack.
* Curley Williams, 86, American baseball player (Newark Eagles).
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* Janey Cutler, 82, Scottish singer (Britain's Got Talent).
* Frank DiLeo, 63, American music industry executive and actor (Goodfellas, Wayne's World), heart complications.
* Esther Gordy Edwards, 91, American Motown executive, creator of Hitsville U.S.A..
* Seyhan Erözçelik, 49, Turkish poet.
* Chango Farías Gómez, 73, Argentine folkloric musician and singer, lung infection.
* Mike Flanagan, 59, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays), suicide by gunshot.
* Jenő Gerbovits, 86, Hungarian politician, minister without portfolio (1990–1991), tractor accident. (Hungarian)
* Paul Harney, 82, American golfer.
* Jack Hayes, 92, American composer and orchestrator (The Color Purple, The Unsinkable Molly Brown), natural causes.
* Clemente Isnard, 94, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nova Friburgo (1960–1992).
* Neil Kent, 49, British motorcycle racer, racetrack crash.
* Graeme Moody, 60, New Zealand sports broadcaster, drowned.
* Alfons Van Brandt, 84, Belgian footballer. (Dutch)
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* Petre Bakevski, 64, Macedonian poet and publicist. (Macedonian)
* Donna Christanello, 69, American professional wrestler, heart attack.
* Jyles Coggins, 90, American politician, Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina (1975–1977).
* Elliott Johnston, 93, Australian judge.
* Graham Leggat, 51, Scottish-born American film society administrator, director of the San Francisco International Film Festival, cancer.
* Humberto Millan Salazar, 53, Mexican journalist, gunshot wound.
* Lazar Mojsov, 90, Macedonian politician, President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1987–1988). (Serbian)
* Eugene Nida, 96, American linguist and bible translator.
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* Aloysius Ambrozic, 81, Slovenian-born Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto (1990–2006).
* George Band, 82, British mountaineer.
* Ernest Makhanya, 49, South African footballer, after short illness.
* John McAleese, 61, British SAS soldier involved in the Iranian Embassy Siege.
* Liz Meyer, 59, American bluegrass music singer-songwriter, cancer.
* Lorenzo Morales, 97, Colombian vallenato composer.
* Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, 71, American novelist and educator, complications of a stroke.
* Donn A. Starry, 86, American army officer, Commanding General, TRADOC (1977–1981).
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* Heribert Barrera i Costa, 94, Spanish politician. (Spanish)
* Lykourgos Kallergis, 97, Greek actor, director and politician.
* Stetson Kennedy, 94, American folklorist and civil rights activist.
* Daniel Morcombe, 13, Australian schoolboy, missing since 2003. (death confirmed on this date)
* John Parke, 74, Northern Irish footballer (Linfield, Hibernian, Sunderland, Northern Ireland), Alzheimer's disease.
* Iya Savvina, 75, Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR. (Russian)
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* Billy Drake, 93, British fighter pilot.
* Bruno Gamberini, 61, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Campinas (since 2004).
* Len Ganley, 68, Northern Irish snooker referee.
* Johnny Giosa, 42, American drummer (BulletBoys), car accident.
* Martin Hines, 64, British entrepreneur, world go-kart champion.
* Leonidas Kyrkos, 87, Greek politician, after short illness. (Greek)
* Dmitri Royster, 87, American hierarch (Orthodox Church in America), Archbishop of the Diocese of the South (1978–2009).
* Dan Sicko, 42, American music journalist, ocular melanoma.
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