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| George Kuchar on set during production of his 2008 film, "Orphans of the Cosmos", 18 April 2008. Photo: Calliopemichael. |
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* Jan Lammers, 84, Dutch Olympic athlete (1948). (Dutch)
* Liu Huang A-tao, 90, Taiwanese activist, first comfort woman to sue Japan for compensation.
* Abdulrahman al-Nuaimi, 67, Bahraini opposition leader, founder of the PFLB and the NDA.
* Alexandru Pesamosca, 81, Romanian surgeon and pediatrician, cardiac arrest. (Romanian)
* Kamal Salibi, 82, Lebanese historian.
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* Edgar Benson, 88, Canadian politician and diplomat.
* Felipe Camiroaga, 44, Chilean television presenter, plane crash.
* Takis Chrisoulis, 65, Greek playwright and actor. (Greek)
* Tony Corsari, 84, Belgian television host, cancer. (Dutch)
* Samuel Flores Borrego, Mexican drug cartel leader, shot.
* Allan Hubbard, 83, New Zealand businessman, car accident.
* Shrinivas Khale, 85, Indian composer.
* José María Montes, 91, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chascomús (1983–1996).
* Jehangir Sabavala, 89, Indian artist.
* Bernard William Smith, 94, Australian art historian and critic.
* Ichiro Yoshikuni, 95, Japanese baseball commissioner. (Japanese)
* Alberto Zalamea, 82, Colombian journalist and politician, Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Venezuela and Italy.
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* Julio Casas Regueiro, 75, Cuban politician, Vice President and Defense Minister (since 2008), heart attack.
* Andrzej Maria Deskur, 87, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal.
* Don Fambrough, 88, American football player and head coach (University of Kansas), injuries from a fall.
* Finn Helgesen, 92, Norwegian Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) speed skater. (Norwegian)
* John Hoover, 91, American artist.
* Sándor Képíró, 97, Hungarian World War II veteran acquitted of Nazi war crimes.
* Sumant Misra, 88, Indian tennis player.
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* A Produce, 59, American musician.
* Lalla Aicha, 81, Moroccan princess, first female Arab ambassador, Ambassador to United Kingdom (1965–1969); Greece (1969–1970); Italy (1970–1973).
* Victor Bussie, 92, American labor activist, president of Louisiana AFL–CIO.
* Hugh Fox, 79, American poet and novelist.
* Hilde Heltberg, 51, Norwegian musician, cancer. (Norwegian)
* Bill Kunkel, 61, American video game designer and magazine editor, heart attack.
* Jag Mundhra, 62, Indian film director (Bawandar).
* León Rozitchner, 87, Argentine philosopher. (Spanish)
* Lee Roy Selmon, 56, American Hall of Fame football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), stroke.
* Dana Wilson, 28, New Zealand rugby league player, car accident.
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* Charles S. Dubin, 92, American film and television director (Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, M*A*S*H), natural causes.
* Salvatore Licitra, 43, Italian tenor, injuries from a motor scooter accident.
* Georgios-Alexandros Magakis, 89, Greek professor of law and politician, Minister of Justice (1982–1986). (Greek)
* Vann Nath, 66, Cambodian painter.
* Bobby Rhine, 35, American soccer player (FC Dallas), heart attack.
* Peter Thuruthikonam, 82, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vijayapuram (1988–2006), heart attack.
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* Shigeri Akabane, 70, Japanese professional wrestler, heart attack.
* Hans Apel, 79, German politician, Finance Minister (1974–1978) and Defence Minister (1978–1982). (German)
* Dan David, 82, Romanian-born Israeli businessman and philanthropist, brain hemorrhage.
* Archduke Felix of Austria, 95, Austrian royal, last surviving child of Charles I of Austria. (German)
* Michael S. Hart, 64, American author, founder of Project Gutenberg.
* George Kuchar, 69, American film director.
* Janusz Morgenstern, 88, Polish filmmaker.
* Malcolm Prine, 83, American baseball executive (Pittsburgh Pirates), lung cancer.
* Wardell Quezergue, 81, American music arranger, producer and bandleader, heart failure.
* Donald L. Taffner, 80, American television producer and distributor.
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* Gabriel Bullet, 90, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (1970–1993). (German)
* Jang Hyo-Jo, 55, South Korean baseball player (Samsung Lions, Lotte Giants), liver cancer.
* Harold Mair, 92, Australian politician.
* Eddie Marshall, 73, American jazz drummer.
* Gabriel Valdés, 92, Chilean politician. (Spanish)
* Hiroe Yuki, 62, Japanese badminton player. (Japanese)
* Notable ice hockey players and coaches among the 43 killed in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash:
Vitali Anikienko, 24, Ukrainian
Mikhail Balandin, 31, Russian
Gennady Churilov, 24, Russian
Pavol Demitra, 36, Slovakian
Robert Dietrich, 25, German
Marat Kalimulin, 23, Russian
Alexander Kalyanin, 23, Russian
Alexander Karpovtsev, 41, Russian
Andrei Kiryukhin, 24, Russian
Nikita Klyukin, 21, Russian
Igor Korolev, 41, Russian
Stefan Liv, 30, Swedish
Jan Marek, 31, Czech
Brad McCrimmon, 52, Canadian
Sergei Ostapchuk, 21, Belarusian
Karel Rachůnek, 32, Czech
Ruslan Salei, 36, Belarusian
Maxim Shuvalov, 18, Russian
Kārlis Skrastiņš, 37, Latvian
Pavel Snurnitsyn, 19, Russian
Daniil Sobchenko, 20, Russian
Ivan Tkachenko, 31, Russian
Pavel Trakhanov, 33, Russian
Yuri Urychev, 20, Russian
Josef Vašíček, 30, Czech
Alexander Vasyunov, 23, Russian
Alexander Vyukhin, 38, Ukrainian
Artem Yarchuk, 21, Russian
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