– Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (b. 1910)^[338]

2014 – Juanita Moore, American actress (b. 1914)^[339]

2014 – William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b. 1950)^[340]

– Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (b. 1924)^[196]

2014 – Elizabeth Jane Howard, English author and screenwriter (b. 1923)^[197]

– Phil Everly, American singer and guitarist (b. 1939)

2014 – George Goodman, American economist and author (b. 1930)

2014 – Saul Zaentz, American film producer (b. 1921)

– A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine.

– Eusébio, Mozambican-Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1942)

2014 – Philippe Boiry, French journalist (b. 1927)

2014 – Carmen Zapata, American actress (b. 1927)

– Bob Bolen, American businessman and politician (b. 1926)

2014 – Marina Ginestà, French Resistance soldier and photographer (b. 1919)

2014 – Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)

2014 – Julian Rotter, American psychologist and academic (b. 1916)

– Vicente T. Blaz, American general and politician (b. 1928)

2014 – Madeline Gins, American poet and architect (b. 1941)

2014 – Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Dutch-Australian swimmer (b. 1925)

2014 – Antonino P. Roman, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1939)

– Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (b. 1934)

2014 – Josep Maria Castellet, Spanish poet and critic (b. 1926)

2014 – Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (b. 1965)

2014 – Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1939)

– An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.

– Petr Hlaváček, Czech shoemaker and academic (b. 1950)

2014 – Zbigniew Messner, Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (b. 1929)

2014 – Larry Speakes, American journalist, 16th White House Press Secretary (b. 1939)

– Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (b. 1933)

2014 – Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1928)

2014 – Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (b. 1935)

2014 – Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928)

– Alexandra Bastedo, English actress (b. 1946)

2014 – Connie Binsfeld, American educator and politician, 58th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (b. 1924)

2014 – George Dement, American soldier, businessman, and politician (b. 1922)

– Bobby Collins, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1931)

2014 – Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (b. 1978)

2014 – Waldemar von Gazen, German general and lawyer (b. 1917)

– Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (b. 1944)

2014 – Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1930)

2014 – Flavio Testi, Italian composer and musicologist (b. 1923)

– Curtis Bray, American football player and coach (b. 1970)

2014 – John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author (b. 1915)

2014 – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (b. 1944)

– Gary Arlington, American author and illustrator (b. 1938)

2014 – Ruth Duccini, American actress (b. 1918)

2014 – Wiley W. Hilburn, American journalist and academic (b. 1938)

2014 – Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (b. 1931)

2014 – Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (b. 1922)

– Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (b. 1915)

2014 – Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1940)

2014 – Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (b. 1942)

2014 – John J. McGinty III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1940)

2014 – Sunanda Pushkar, Indian-Canadian businesswoman (b. 1962)

2014 – Suchitra Sen, Indian film actress (b. 1931) ^[6]

– Kathryn Abbe, American photographer and author (b. 1919)

2014 – Michael Botmang, Nigerian politician, 17th Governor of Plateau State (b. 1938)

2014 – Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951)

2014 – Andy Graver, English footballer (b. 1927)

2014 – Sarah Marshall, English actress (b. 1933)

2014 – Eugenio Cruz Vargas, Chilean poet and painter (b. 1923)

– Azaria Alon, Ukrainian-Israeli environmentalist, co-founded the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (b. 1918)

2014 – Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (b. 1931)

– A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others.

– Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (b. 1933)

2014 – Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (b. 1921)

2014 – Jonas Trinkūnas, Lithuanian ethnologist and academic (b. 1939)

– Maziar Partow, Iranian cinematographer (b. 1933)

– Yuri Izrael, Russian meteorologist and journalist (b. 1930)

2014 – Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1926)

– Shulamit Aloni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1928)

2014 – Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (b. 1930)

– Arthur Doyle, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and flute player (b. 1944)

2014 – Heini Halberstam, Czech-English mathematician and academic (b. 1926)

2014 – Dave Strack, American basketball player and coach (b. 1923)

– Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (b. 1933)

2014 – Paula Gruden, Slovenian-Australian poet and translator (b. 1921)

2014 – José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (b. 1939)

2014 – Ralph T. Troy, American banker and politician (b. 1935)

2014 – Paul Zorner, German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)

2014 – Epimaco Velasco, Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (b. 1935)

– Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist (b. 1919)

– John Cacavas, American composer and conductor (b. 1930)

2014 – Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1930)

2014 – Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (b. 1930)

2014 – Nigel Jenkins, Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer (b. 1949)

2014 – Jorge Obeid, Argentinian engineer and politician, Governor of Santa Fe (b. 1947)

– François Cavanna, French journalist and author (b. 1923)

– Stefan Bałuk, Polish general and photographer (b. 1914)

2014 – The Mighty Hannibal, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)

2014 – William Motzing, American composer and conductor (b. 1937)

2014 – Arthur Rankin, Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)

– Francis M. Fesmire, American cardiologist and physician (b. 1959)

2014 – Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records (b. 1922)

2014 – Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somalian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1924)

2014 – Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1921)

2014 – Joseph Willcox Jenkins, American composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1928)

2014 – Christopher Jones, American actor (b. 1941)

– Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1938)

2014 – Vasily Petrov, Russian marshal (b. 1917)

2014 – Rene Ricard, American poet, painter, and critic (b. 1946)

2014 – Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)

– Two people are shot and killed and 29 students are taken hostage at a high school in Moscow, Russia.

2014 – Dennis Lota, Zambian footballer (b. 1973)

2014 – Eugenio Corti, Italian soldier, author, and playwright (b. 1921)

– Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1923)

– Robert A. Dahl, American political scientist and academic (b. 1915)

– Vasiľ Biľak, Slovak politician (b. 1917)

2014 – Ralph Kiner, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1922)

2014 – Maxine Kumin, American author and poet (b. 1925)

2014 – Vaçe Zela, Albanian-Swiss singer and guitarist (b. 1939)

– Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.^[7]

– Doug Mohns, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1933)

– Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1932)

2014 – Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1988)

2014 – Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (b. 1938)

– A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured.

– Gabriel Axel, Danish actor, director, and producer (b. 1918)

2014 – Hal Herring, American football player and coach (b. 1924)

2014 – Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (b. 1920)

– Stuart Hall, Jamaican-English sociologist and theorist (b. 1932)

2014 – Shirley Temple, American actress and diplomat (b. 1928)

– A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.

– Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (b. 1924)

2014 – Tito Canepa, Dominican-American painter (b. 1916)

2014 – Fernando González Pacheco, Spanish-Colombian journalist and actor (b. 1932)

– Sid Caesar, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)

2014 – John Pickstone, English historian and author (b. 1944)

– Balu Mahendra, Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)

2014 – Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1937)

2014 – Ralph Waite, American actor and activist (b. 1928)

– Tom Finney, English footballer (b. 1922)

2014 – Chris Pearson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (b. 1931)

2014 – Mike Stepovich, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Alaska Territory (b. 1919)

– Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1924)

2014 – Christopher Malcolm, Scottish-Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1946)

2014 – Michael Shea, American author (b. 1946)

2014 – Gert Krawinkel, German guitarist (b. 1947)

– Ken Farragut, American football player (b. 1928)

– Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1952)

2014 – Peter Florin, German politician and diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (b. 1921)

2014 – Wayne Smith, Jamaican singer (b. 1965)

– Mavis Gallant, Canadian-French author and playwright (b. 1922)

2014 – Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (b. 1986)

2014 – Nikhil Baran Sengupta, Indian art director and production designer (b. 1943)

2014 – Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1914)

– At least 76 people are killed and hundreds are injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Kiev, Ukraine.

– Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1946)

2014 – Dale Gardner, American captain and astronaut (b. 1948)

2014 – Valeri Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1935)

Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1923)

2014 – Walter D. Ehlers, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1921)

2014 – Garrick Utley, American journalist (b. 1939)

Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kiev, many reportedly killed by snipers.

– Héctor Maestri, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1935)

2014 – Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (b. 1985)

2014 – Cornelius Schnauber, German–American historian, playwright, and academic (b. 1939)

– Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand–Australian television host (b. 1966)

2014 – Trebor Jay Tichenor, American pianist and composer (b. 1940)

2014 – Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (b. 1915)

– President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.

– Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English Holocaust survivor, pianist and educator (b. 1903)

2014 – Roger Hilsman, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1919)

– Franny Beecher, American guitarist (b. 1921)

2014 – Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948)

2014 – Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923)

2014 – Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)

– Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1943)

2014 – Mário Coluna, Portuguese footballer (b. 1935)

2014 – Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1947)

2014 – Chokwe Lumumba, American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)

– Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (b. 1933)

2014 – Phyllis Krasilovsky, American author and academic (b. 1927)

– Aaron Allston, American game designer and author (b. 1960)

2014 – Terry Rand, American basketball player (b. 1934)

– Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (b. 1935)

2014 – Lee Lorch, American mathematician and activist (b. 1915)

– Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

– 35 people are killed and 143 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.

– Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet and translator (b. 1935)

– Robert Ashley, American soldier and composer (b. 1930)

2014 – Sherwin B. Nuland, American surgeon, author, and educator (b. 1930)

2014 – William R. Pogue, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)

2014 – Don Shows, American football player and coach (b. 1940)

– Mark Freidkin, Russian author and poet (b. 1953)

2014 – Elaine Kellett-Bowman, English lawyer and politician (b. 1923)

2014 – Jack Kinzler, American engineer (b. 1920)

2014 – Wu Tianming, Chinese director and producer (b. 1939)

– Geoff Edwards, American actor and game show host (b. 1931)

2014 – Ailsa McKay, Scottish economist and academic (b. 1963)

2014 – Leopoldo María Panero, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1948)

– Alemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician (b. 1969)

2014 – Frank Jobe, American soldier and surgeon (b. 1925)

2014 – Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1921)

2014 – Martin Nesbitt, American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)

2014 – Manlio Sgalambro, Italian philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1924)

– Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov, Russian actor and director (b. 1930)

2014 – Victor Shem-Tov, Israeli lawyer and politician, 8th Israeli Minister of Health (b. 1915)

2014 – Ned O'Gorman, American poet and educator (b. 1929)

– Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1921)

2014 – William Guarnere, American sergeant (b. 1923)

– Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

2014 – William Clay Ford, Sr., American businessman (b. 1925)

– Mohammed Fahim, Afghan field marshal and politician, Vice President of Afghanistan (b. 1924)

– Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1967)

2014 – Joel Brinkley, American journalist and academic (b. 1952)

2014 – Bob Crow, English trade union leader (b. 1961)

– Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

2014 – George Donaldson, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1968)

2014 – Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)

2014 – Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1931)

2014 – José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (b. 1936)

– A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others.

– Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (b. 1928)

2014 – Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, Irish businessman and politician (b. 1944)

2014 – Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (b. 1932)

2014 – Icchokas Meras, Lithuanian-Israeli author and screenwriter (b. 1934)

– Tony Benn, English pilot and politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1925)

2014 – Meir Har-Zion, Israeli commander (b. 1934)

– Scott Asheton, American drummer (b. 1949).

2014 – David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1936)

2014 – Bo Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1927)

2014 – Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (b. 1947)

2014 – Everett L. Fullam, American priest and scholar (b. 1930)

2014 – Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)

– Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.

– Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (b. 1941)

2014 – Donald Crothers, American chemist and academic (b. 1937)

2014 – Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy, Sierra Leonean author, poet, and playwright (b. 1936)

2014 – Steve Moore, English author and illustrator (b. 1949)

2014 – Alexander Pochinok, Russian economist and politician (b. 1958)

– Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (b. 1974)

2014 – Joseph Kerman, American musicologist and critic (b. 1924)

2014 – Rachel Lambert Mellon, American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (b. 1910)

– Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Nigerian author, playwright, and academic (b. 1951)

2014 – Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1953)

2014 – Lucius Shepard, American author and critic (b. 1943)

– The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty.

2014 – Joseph F. Weis, Jr., American lawyer and judge (b. 1923)

2014 – Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1912)

2014 – Robert S. Strauss, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1918)

2014 – Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1942)

2014 – Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (b. 1929)

– Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded IDG (b. 1937)

– Four suspected Taliban members attack the luxurious Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people.

– Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (b. 1934)

2014 – Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)

2014 – Tonie Nathan, American politician (b. 1923)

2014 – Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (b. 1915)

– Qoriniasi Bale, Fijian lawyer and politician, 25th Attorney-General of Fiji (b. 1929)

2014 – Bill Boedeker, American football player and soldier (b. 1924)

2014 – Jack Fleck, American golfer (b. 1921)

2014 – Simeon Oduoye, Nigerian police officer and politician (b. 1945)

2014 – James Rebhorn, American actor (b. 1948)

2014 – Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1933)

– Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Indian author (b. 1928)

2014 – Mickey Duff, Polish-English boxer and manager (b. 1929)

2014 – Thor Listau, Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1938)

2014 – Tasos Mitsopoulos, Cypriot politician, Cypriot Minister of Defence (b. 1965)

Dave Brockie, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1963)

2014 – Jaroslav Šerých, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1928)

2014 – Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1932)

– Oleksandr Muzychko, Ukrainian activist (b. 1962)

2014 – John Rowe Townsend, English author and scholar (b. 1922)

2014 – David A. Trampier, American illustrator (b. 1954)

– Lorna Arnold, English historian and author (b. 1915)

2014 – Hank Lauricella, American football player and politician (b. 1930)

2014 – Jon Lord, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1956)

2014 – Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)

2014 – Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (b. 1943)

2014 – Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (b. 1918)

– Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (b. 1919)

2014 – Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)

2014 – Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928)

– Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.

– Richard N. Frye, American scholar and academic (b. 1920)

2014 – James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense and first United States Secretary of Energy (b. 1929)

Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (b. 1924)

2014 – Lorenzo Semple, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)

2014 – Avraham Yaski, Israeli architect and academic (b. 1927)

– Marc Platt, American actor and dancer (b. 1913)

2014 – Ruth A. M. Schmidt, American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1916)

– The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.

– Ray Hutchison, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)

2014 – Kate O'Mara, English actress (b. 1939)

– Gonzalo Anes, Spanish economist, historian, and academic (b. 1931)

2014 – Roger Somville, Belgian painter (b. 1923)

– King Fleming, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1922)

2014 – Jacques Le Goff, French historian and author (b. 1924)

2014 – Rolf Rendtorff, German theologian and academic (b. 1925)

– Glyn Jones, South African actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)

2014 – Urs Widmer, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1938)

– A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.

– Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1935)

2014 – Fred Kida, American illustrator (b. 1920)

2014 – Prince Michael of Prussia (b. 1940)

2014 – Jovan Pavlović, Serbian metropolitan (b. 1936)

2014 – Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (b. 1921)

– İsmet Atlı, Turkish wrestler and trainer (b. 1931)

2014 – Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer (b. 1939)

2014 – Kumba Ialá, Bissau-Guinean soldier and politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1953)

2014 – Margo MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician (b. 1943)

2014 – Curtis Bill Pepper, American journalist and author (b. 1917)

2014 – Muhammad Qutb, Egyptian author and academic (b. 1919)

– Alan Davie, Scottish saxophonist and painter (b. 1920)

2014 – Mariano Díaz, Spanish cyclist (b. 1939)

2014 – Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (b. 1927)

2014 – John Pinette, American comedian (b. 1964)

2014 – José Wilker, Brazilian actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)

– Mary Anderson, American actress (b. 1918)

2014 – Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (b. 1926)

2014 – Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (b. 1922)

2014 – Mickey Rooney, American soldier, actor, and dancer (b. 1920)

2014 – Chuck Stone, American soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1924)

2014 – Massimo Tamburini, Italian motorcycle designer, co-founded Bimota (b. 1943)

– George Dureau, American painter and photographer (b. 1930)

2014 – James Alexander Green, American-English mathematician and academic (b. 1926)

2014 – V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (b. 1923)

2014 – Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (b. 1952)

2014 – John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (b. 1931)

2014 – George Shuffler, American guitarist (b. 1925)

2014 – Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (b. 1927)

2014 – Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)

– Emmanuel III Delly, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1927)

2014 – Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (b. 1924)

2014 – Ivan Mercep, New Zealand architect, designed the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum (b. 1930)

– Gil Askey, American trumpet player, composer, and producer (b. 1925)

2014 – Chris Banks, American football player (b. 1973)

2014 – Rory Ellinger, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)

2014 – Norman Girvan, Jamaican economist, academic, and politician (b. 1941)

2014 – Aelay Narendra, Indian politician (b. 1946)

2014 – A. N. R. Robinson, Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1926)

2014 – Svetlana Velmar-Janković, Serbian author (b. 1933)

– A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.

– Dominique Baudis, French journalist and politician (b. 1947)

2014 – Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1949)

2014 – Richard Hoggart, English author and academic (b. 1918)

2014 – Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (b. 1946)

– Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (b. 1926)

2014 – Edna Doré, English actress (b. 1921)

2014 – Bill Henry, American baseball player (b. 1927)

2014 – Lou Hudson, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1944)

2014 – Myer S. Kripke, American rabbi and scholar (b. 1914)

2014 – Sergey Nepobedimy, Russian engineer (b. 1921)

2014 – Jesse Winchester, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)

– Pierre Autin-Grenier, French author and poet (b. 1947)

2014 – Pierre-Henri Menthéour, French cyclist (b. 1960)

2014 – Maurício Alves Peruchi, Brazilian footballer (b. 1990)

2014 – Hal Smith, American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)

2014 – Billy Standridge, American race car driver (b. 1953)

– The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.

– Fred Enke, American football player (b. 1924)

2014 – Ernesto Laclau, Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (b. 1935)

2014 – Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (b. 1951)

2014 – Rafał Sznajder, Polish fencer (b. 1972)

– Nina Cassian, Romanian poet and critic (b. 1924)

2014 – Crad Kilodney, American-Canadian author (b. 1948)

2014 – Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (b. 1930)

2014 – Mick Staton, American soldier and politician (b. 1940)

2014 – Two hundred seventy-six schoolgirls are abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria.

– Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others.

– John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (b. 1919)

2014 – Eliseo Verón, Argentinian sociologist and academic (b. 1935)

– In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War, at least 200 civilians were gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals.

– Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (b. 1949)

2014 – Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (b. 1929)

2014 – Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (b. 1923)

– The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.

– Cheo Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer and composer of salsa and bolero music. (b. 1935)

2014 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)

2014 – Bernat Klein, Serbian-Scottish fashion designer and painter (b. 1922)

2014 – Wojciech Leśnikowski, Polish–American architect and academic (b. 1938)

2014 – Karpal Singh, Malaysian lawyer and politician (b. 1940)

– NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

– Guru Dhanapal, Indian director and producer (b. 1959)

2014 – Sanford Jay Frank, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1954)

2014 – Eduard Kosolapov, Russian footballer (b. 1976)

2014 – David McClarty, Northern Irish politician (b. 1951)

2014 – Brian Priestman, English conductor and academic (b. 1927)

2014 – Dylan Tombides, Australian footballer (b. 1994)

– Lindy Berry, American football player (b. 1927)

2014 – Ian McIntyre, Scottish journalist and producer (b. 1930)

2014 – Frits Thors, Dutch journalist (b. 1909)

– Mithat Bayrak, Turkish wrestler and trainer (b. 1929)

2014 – Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer (b. 1937)

2014 – Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1926)

– Herb Gray, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1931)

2014 – Janet Gray Hayes, American politician, 60th Mayor of San Jose (b. 1926)

2014 – George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (b. 1936)

2014 – Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (b. 1930)

– Allen Jacobs, American football player and coach (b. 1941)

2014 – Jovan Krkobabić, Serbian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1930)

2014 – Mohammad Naseem, Pakistani-English activist (b. 1924)

2014 – Werner Potzernheim, German cyclist (b. 1927)

2014 – Oswaldo Vigas, Venezuelan painter (b. 1926)

– More than 60 people are killed and 80 are seriously injured in a train crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga Province.

– Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (b. 1946)

2014 – Michael Glawogger, Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1959)

2014 – Jaap Havekotte, Dutch speed skater and producer of ice skates (b. 1912)

2014 – Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (b. 1911)

2014 – F. Michael Rogers, American general (b. 1921)

2014 – Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (b. 1951)

2014 – Patric Standford, English composer and educator (b. 1939)

– Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (b. 1934)

2014 – Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1948)

2014 – Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1968)

2014 – Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921)

– Dan Heap, Canadian priest and politician (b. 1925)

2014 – William Judson Holloway Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1923)

2014 – Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (b. 1934)

2014 – Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1968)

2014 – Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (b. 1932)

2014 – Paul Robeson, Jr., American historian and author (b. 1927)

– Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (b. 1936)

– Yigal Arnon, Israeli lawyer (b. 1929)

2014 – Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1931)

2014 – Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (b. 1935)

2014 – Harry Firth, Australian race car driver and manager (b. 1918)

– Barbara Fiske Calhoun, American cartoonist and painter (b. 1919)

2014 – William Honan, American journalist and author (b. 1930)

2014 – Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (b. 1953)

2014 – Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)

2014 – Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925)

2014 – Idris Sardi, Indonesian violinist and composer (b. 1938)

2014 – Frederic Schwartz, American architect, co-designed Empty Sky (b. 1951)

2014 – Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby player (b. 1981)

– Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (b. 1966)

2014 – Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)

2014 – Bob Hoskins, English actor (b. 1942)

2014 – Michael Kadosh, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1940)

– Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (b. 1919)

2014 – Julian Lewis, English biologist and academic (b. 1946)

2014 – Carl E. Moses, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)

2014 – Ian Ross, Australian journalist (b. 1940)

– A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.

– Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (b. 1927)

2014 – Radhia Cousot, Tunisian-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1947)

2014 – Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1945)

2014 – Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (b. 1951)

– Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.

– Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (b. 1922)

2014 – Žarko Petan, Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

2014 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (b. 1918)

– Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)

2014 – Francisco Icaza, Mexican painter (b. 1930)

2014 – Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (b. 1934)

Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya.

Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (b. 1924)

2014 – Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (b. 1983)

2014 – Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)

2014 – Helga Königsdorf, German physicist and author (b. 1938)

2014 – Ross Lonsberry, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1947)

2014 – Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1948)

– Eleven people are missing after a Chinese cargo ship collides with a Marshall Islands registered container ship off the coast of Hong Kong.

2014 – Twenty-two people die after two boats carrying refugees collide in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Greece.

– Michael Otedola, Nigerian journalist and politician, 9th Governor of Lagos State (b. 1926)

– Wil Albeda, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (b. 1925)

2014 – William H. Dana, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)

2014 – Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (b. 1940)

2014 – Billy Harrell, American baseball player and scout (b. 1928)

2014 – Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1921)

2014 – Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (b. 1919)

2014 – Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1921)

– Neville McNamara, Australian air marshal (b. 1923)

2014 – Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (b. 1943)

2014 – Dick Welteroth, American baseball player (b. 1927)

– Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (b. 1921)

2014 – Nancy Malone, American actress, director, and producer (b. 1935)

2014 – Yago Lamela, Spanish long jumper (b. 1977)

2014 – Jair Rodrigues, Brazilian singer (b. 1939)

2014 – R. Douglas Stuart Jr., American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Norway (b. 1916)

2014 – Joseph P. Teasdale, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Missouri (b. 1936)

– Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1938)

2014 – Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)

2014 – Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy, Indian politician, 12th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1935)

2014 – Mary Stewart, English-Scottish author and poet (b. 1916)

– Carmen Argibay, Argentinian lawyer and judge (b. 1939)

– Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.^[17]

– Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (b. 1925)

2014 – Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)

2014 – H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (b. 1940)

2014 – Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)

2014 – Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944)

– David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (b. 1926)

2014 – Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (b. 1977)

2014 – J. F. Coleman, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)

2014 – Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)

2014 – Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author (b. 1948)

– An explosion at an underground coal mine in southwest Turkey kills 301 miners.

– Jeffrey Kruger, English-American businessman (b. 1931)

2014 – Emanuel Raymond Lewis, American librarian and author (b. 1928)

2014 – Morvin Simon, New Zealand historian, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)

– Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)

2014 – Noribumi Suzuki, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1933)

– Chris Duckworth, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (b. 1933)

2014 – Vito Favero, Italian cyclist (b. 1932)

2014 – Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1943)

2014 – Clyde Snow, American anthropologist and author (b. 1928)

– Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya.

– Gerald Edelman, American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)

2014 – C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (b. 1922)

2014 – Douangchay Phichit, Laotian politician (b. 1944)

2014 – Thongbanh Sengaphone, Laotian politician (b. 1953)

– A plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people.

– Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1921)

2014 – Hans-Peter Dürr, German physicist and academic (b. 1929)

2014 – Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948)

2014 – Chukwuedu Nwokolo, Nigerian physician and academic (b. 1921)

2014 – Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (b. 1946)

– Simon Andrews, English motorcycle racer (b. 1982)

2014 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (b. 1926)

2014 – Terry W. Gee, American businessman and politician (b. 1940)

2014 – Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (b. 1930)

2014 – Vincent Harding, American historian and scholar (b. 1931)

2014 – Gabriel Kolko, American historian and author (b. 1932)

2014 – Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer (b. 1934)

– Sandra Bem, American psychologist and academic (b. 1944)

2014 – Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1934)

2014 – Robyn Denny, English-French painter (b. 1930)

2014 – Arthur Gelb, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1924)

2014 – Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English businessman (b. 1933)

2014 – Barbara Murray, English actress (b. 1929)

– Tunku Annuar, Malaysian son of Badlishah of Kedah (b. 1939)^[80]

2014 – Evelyn Blackmon, American businesswoman and politician (b. 1924)

2014 – Johnny Gray, American baseball player (b. 1926)

2014 – Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1924)

2014 – Alireza Soleimani, Iranian wrestler (b. 1956)^[81]

– General Prayut Chan-o-cha becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military coup d'état, following six months of political turmoil.

2014 – An explosion occurs in Ürümqi, capital of China's far-western Xinjiang region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries.

– Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev, Russian linguist and academic (b. 1949)

2014 – Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer (b. 1921)

– Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in a killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.

– A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.

2014 – At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.

– David Allen, English cricketer (b. 1935)

2014 – Stormé DeLarverie, known as the "Rosa Parks of the lesbian community" (b. 1920)^[7]

2014 – Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, Iranian businessman (b. 1969)

2014 – Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1927)

2014 – John Vasconcellos, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932)

– David Allen, English cricketer (b. 1935)

2014 – Marcel Côté, Canadian economist and politician (b. 1942)

2014 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (b. 1923)

2014 – Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor (b. 1913)

2014 – Toaripi Lauti, Tuvaluan educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1928)

2014 – Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (b. 1954)

– Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (b. 1921)

2014 – Miodrag Radulovacki, Serbian-American academic and neuropharmacologist (b. 1933)

2014 – William R. Roy, American physician, journalist, and politician (b. 1926)

2014 – Hooshang Seyhoun, Iranian-Canadian architect, sculptor, and painter (b. 1920)

– Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (b. 1936)

2014 – Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)

2014 – Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)

2014 – Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (b. 1931)

2014 – Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer (b. 1971)

2014 – Bob Houbregs, Canadian-American basketball player and manager (b. 1932)

2014 – Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (b. 1928)

2014 – Oscar Dystel, American publisher (b. 1912)

2014 – Stan Crowther, English footballer (b. 1935)

– Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet (b. 1928)

– Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1943)

2014 – Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (b. 1939)

2014 – Peter Glaser, Czech-American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)

2014 – Miljenko Prohaska, Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1925)

2014 – Herman Rattliff, American businessman and politician (b. 1926)

2014 – William M. Roth, American businessman (b. 1916)

– Hienadz Buraukin, Belarusian poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1936)

2014 – Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)

2014 – Joan Lorring, British actress (b. 1926)

2014 – Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, Greek admiral (b. 1932)

– Marilyn Beck, American journalist (b. 1928)

2014 – Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1952)

2014 – Hoss Ellington, American race car driver (b. 1935)

2014 – Martha Hyer, American actress (b. 1924)

2014 – Lewis Katz, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1942)

2014 – Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, English author (b. 1922)

– Ann B. Davis, American actress (b. 1926)

2014 – Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor (b. 1938)

– Ivica Brzić, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1941)

2014 – Anjan Das, Indian director and producer (b. 1951)

2014 – Gennadi Gusarov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1937)

2014 – Nikolay Khrenkov, Russian bobsledder (b. 1984)

2014 – Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (b. 1924)

2014 – Kuaima Riruako, Namibian politician (b. 1935)

2014 – Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (b. 1925)

– Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh.

– Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1942)

2014 – Gopinath Munde, Indian politician, 3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1949)

– George Ho, American-Hong Kong businessman (b. 1919)

2014 – Nathan Shamuyarira, Zimbabwean journalist and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1928)

2014 – Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, English lawyer and judge (b. 1920)

2014 – Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931)

Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, Iraqi commander (b. 1971)

2014 – Don Davis, American songwriter and producer (b. 1938)

2014 – Reiulf Steen, Norwegian journalist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications (b. 1933)

– Ado Bayero, Nigerian politician and diplomat (b. 1930)

2014 – Eric Hill, English-American author and illustrator (b. 1927)

2014 – Lorna Wing, English psychiatrist and physician (b. 1928)

– Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1978)^[13]

2014 – Dora Akunyili, Nigerian academic and politician (b. 1954)

2014 – Epainette Mbeki, South African activist (b. 1916)

– At least 37 people are killed in an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's South Kivu province.

– Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (b. 1903)

2014 – Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (b. 1948)

– At least 28 people are killed in an attack at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan.

– Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (b. 1926)

2014 – Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1958)

2014 – Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (b. 1910)

2014 – Alicemarie Huber Stotler, American lawyer and judge (b. 1942)

2014 – Gustave Tassell, American fashion designer (b. 1926)

2014 – Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (b. 1956)

Marcello Alencar, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Rio de Janeiro (b. 1925)

2014 – Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (b. 1951)

2014 – Robert M. Grant, American theologian and academic (b. 1917)

2014 – Jack Lee, American radio host and politician (b. 1920)

– Ruby Dee, American actress (b. 1922)

2014 – Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (b. 1933)

2014 – Susan B. Horwitz, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1955)

2014 – Mipham Chokyi Lodro, Tibetan lama and educator (b. 1952)

2014 – Benjamin Mophatlane, South African businessman (b. 1973)

2014 – Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist (b. 1947)

– Nabil Hemani, Algerian footballer (b. 1979)

2014 – Dan Jacobson, South African-English author and critic (b. 1929)

2014 – Frank Schirrmacher, German journalist (b. 1959)

– Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist (b. 1933)

2014 – Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1926)

2014 – Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)

2014 – Chuck Noll, American football player and coach (b. 1932)

2014 – Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1924)

– Alberto Cañas Escalante, Costa Rican journalist and politician (b. 1920)

2014 – Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French actress (b. 1935)

2014 – Robert Lebeck, German photographer and journalist (b. 1929)

2014 – James E. Rogers, American lawyer, businessman, and academic (b. 1938)

– A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.

– Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (b. 1927)

2014 – Casey Kasem, American radio host, producer, and voice actor, co-created American Top 40 (b. 1932)

2014 – Daniel Keyes, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1927)

2014 – Moise Safra, Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (b. 1934)

– Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (b. 1960)

2014 – Cándido Muatetema Rivas, Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1960)

– Patsy Byrne, English actress (b. 1933)

2014 – Éric Dewailly, Canadian epidemiologist and academic (b. 1954)

2014 – Stanley Marsh 3, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1938)

2014 – Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (b. 1923)

2014 – Larry Zeidel, Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1928)

– Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer (b. 1923)

2014 – Johnny Mann, American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1928)

2014 – Claire Martin, Canadian author (b. 1914)

2014 – Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (b. 1957)

2014 – Horace Silver, American pianist and composer (b. 1928)

– Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt, German general (b. 1915)

2014 – Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (b. 1939)

2014 – Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer (b. 1985)

– Yozo Ishikawa, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (b. 1925)

2014 – Walter Kieber, Austrian-Liechtenstein politician, 7th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (b. 1931)

2014 – Wong Ho Leng, Malaysian lawyer and politician (b. 1959)

– Fouad Ajami, Lebanese-American author and academic (b. 1945)

2014 – Rama Narayanan, Indian director and producer (b. 1949)

– Nancy Garden, American author (b. 1938)

2014 – Euros Lewis, Welsh cricketer (b. 1942)

2014 – Paula Kent Meehan, American businesswoman, co-founded Redken (b. 1931)

– The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction.

– John Clement, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1928)

2014 – Olga Kotelko, Canadian runner and softball player (b. 1919)

2014 – Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1916)

2014 – Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915)

– Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1931)

2014 – Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (b. 1925)

2014 – Ivan Plyushch, Ukrainian agronomist and politician (b. 1941)

– Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1925)

2014 – Bill Frank, American-Canadian football player (b. 1938)

2014 – Rollin King, American businessman, co-founded Southwest Airlines (b. 1931)

2014 – Bob Mischak, American football player and coach (b. 1932)

2014 – Julius Rudel, Austrian-American conductor (b. 1921)

2014 – Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (b. 1931)

– Edmond Blanchard, Canadian jurist and politician (b. 1954)

2014 – Allen Grossman, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1932)

2014 – Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (b. 1930)

2014 – Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (b. 2014)^[4]

2014 – Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1926)

– At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

– Seymour Barab, American cellist and composer (b. 1921)

2014 – Jim Brosnan, American baseball player (b. 1929)

2014 – On Kawara, Japanese painter (b. 1933)

2014 – Meshach Taylor, American actor (b. 1947)

– Damian D'Oliveira, South African cricketer (b. 1960)

2014 – Dermot Healy, Irish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1947)

– The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.

– Frank Cashen, American businessman (b. 1925)

2014 – Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)

2014 – Željko Šturanović, Montenegrin lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Montenegro (b. 1960)

– Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1938)

2014 – Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm (b. 1935)

2014 – Bob Jones, English lawyer and politician (b. 1955)

2014 – Anatoly Kornukov, Ukrainian-Russian general (b. 1942)

2014 – Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (b. 1937)

– Emilio Álvarez Montalván, Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and politician (b. 1919)

2014 – Manuel Cardona, Spanish physicist and academic (b. 1934)

2014 – Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (b. 1915)

2014 – Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (b. 1925)

2014 – Louis Zamperini, American runner and World War II US Army Air Forces captain (b. 1917)

– Jini Dellaccio, American photographer (b. 1917)

2014 – Tim Flood, Irish hurler and coach (b. 1927)

2014 – Volkmar Groß, German footballer (b. 1948)

2014 – Ira Ruskin, American politician (b. 1943)

2014 – Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (b. 1924)

– Giorgio Faletti, Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1950)

2014 – C. J. Henderson, American author and critic (b. 1951)

2014 – Earl Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1936)

2014 – Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman (b. 1932)

– Rosemary Murphy, American actress (b. 1925)

2014 – Volodymyr Sabodan, Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1935)

2014 – Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (b. 1931)

2014 – Brett Wiesner, American soccer player (b. 1983)

– Alan J. Dixon, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (b. 1927)

– Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1926)

2014 – Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (b. 1928)

2014 – Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1937)

– Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)

2014 – John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (b. 1925)

2014 – Ben Pangelinan, Guamanian businessman and politician (b. 1956)

2014 – Howard Siler, American bobsledder and coach (b. 1945)

2014 – Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (b. 1953)

– Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.

– Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín, Paraguayan violinist and composer (b. 1926)

2014 – David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)

2014 – Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (b. 1922)

2014 – John Spinks, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1953)

– Robert C. Broomfield, American lawyer and judge (b. 1933)

2014 – Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918)

2014 – Paul G. Risser, American ecologist and academic (b. 1939)

2014 – Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1912)

2014 – Gloria Schweigerdt, American baseball player (b. 1934)

– Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (b. 1937)

2014 – Carin Mannheimer, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1934)

2014 – Bill McGill, American basketball player (b. 1939)

2014 – Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (b. 1949)

2014 – John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)

2014 – Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (b. 1958)

– Jamil Ahmad, Pakistani author (b. 1931)

2014 – Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1924)

2014 – Emil Bobu, Romanian politician (b. 1927)

2014 – Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (b. 1919)

2014 – Kenneth J. Gray, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)

2014 – Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1950)

– Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (b. 1924)

2014 – Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1919)

2014 – Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)

2014 – Jeff Leiding, American football player (b. 1961)

2014 – Lorin Maazel, French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1930)

2014 – John Victor Parker, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1928)

2014 – Vange Leonel, Brazilian singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1963)

– Alice Coachman, American high jumper (b. 1923)

– Óscar Acosta, Honduran author, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933)

2014 – James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (b. 1918)

2014 – Saúl Lara, Spanish footballer (b. 1982)

2014 – Edward Perl, American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1926)

2014 – Robert A. Roe, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)

– A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.

– Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi (b. 1920)

2014 – Mary Ellen Otremba, American educator and politician (b. 1950)

2014 – Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)

2014 – Heinz Zemanek, Austrian computer scientist and academic (b. 1920)

– Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims:

• Liam Davison, Australian author and critic (b. 1957)
• Shuba Jay, Malaysian actress (b. 1976)
• Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (b. 1954)
• Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician (b. 1952)

2014 – Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933)

2014 – Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (b. 1928)

2014 – Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (b. 1925)

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.

2014 – A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in at least 25 injuries.

– Andreas Biermann, German footballer (b. 1980)

2014 – João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1941)

2014 – Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)

– Rubem Alves, Brazilian theologian (b. 1933)

2014 – David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (b. 1917)

2014 – Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician and author (b. 1933)

2014 – James Garner, American actor (b. 1928)

2014 – Jerzy Jurka, Polish biologist (b. 1950)

2014 – Ray King, English footballer and manager (b. 1924)

2014 – Ingemar Odlander, Swedish journalist (b. 1936)

2014 – Harry Pougher, English cricketer (b. 1941)

2014 – Leen Vleggeert, Dutch politician (b. 1931)

2014 – John Winkin, American baseball player, coach, and journalist (b. 1919)

– Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan.

– Victor G. Atiyeh, American businessman and politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon (b. 1923)

2014 – Constantin Lucaci, Romanian sculptor and educator (b. 1923)

2014 – Bob McNamara, American football player (b. 1931)

2014 – Klaus Schmidt, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1953)

– Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (b. 1926)

2014 – Dan Borislow, American businessman, invented the magicJack (b. 1961)

2014 – Lettice Curtis, English engineer and pilot (b. 1915)

2014 – Hans-Peter Kaul, German lawyer and judge (b. 1943)

2014 – Rilwanu Lukman, Nigerian engineer and politician (b. 1938)

2014 – Kevin Skinner, New Zealand rugby player and boxer (b. 1927)

– Johann Breyer, German SS officer (b. 1925)

2014 – Louis Lentin, Irish director and producer (b. 1933)

2014 – Nitzan Shirazi, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1971)

– Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (b. 1923)

2014 – Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (b. 1917)

2014 – Ariano Suassuna, Brazilian author and playwright (b. 1927)

2014 – Jordan Tabor, English footballer (b. 1990)

– TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes in Xixi village near Huxi, Penghu, during approach to Phengu Airport. 48 of the 58 people on board are killed and five more people on the ground are injured.^[3]

– Ik-Hwan Bae, Korean-American violinist and educator (b. 1956)

2014 – Dale Schlueter, American basketball player (b. 1945)

2014 – Hans-Hermann Sprado, German journalist and author (b. 1956)

– Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers. The wreckage is later found in Mali. All 116 people onboard are killed.

– Bel Kaufman, German-American author and academic (b. 1911)

2014 – Richard Larter, Australian painter and illustrator (b. 1929)

– Oleh Babayev, Ukrainian businessman and politician (b. 1965)

2014 – Charles R. Larson, American admiral (b. 1936)

2014 – Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects (b. 1938)

2014 – Sergei O. Prokofieff, Russian anthropologist and author (b. 1954)

2014 – Roland Verhavert, Belgian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)

– Richard Bolt, New Zealand air marshal and pilot (b. 1923)

2014 – George Freese, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)

2014 – Wallace Jones, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)

2014 – Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (b. 1929)

2014 – Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1937)

– Margot Adler, American journalist and author (b. 1946)

2014 – Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1925)

2014 – Alakbar Mammadov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager (b. 1930)

2014 – Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (b. 1921)

– M. Caldwell Butler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1925)

2014 – Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1943)

2014 – Giorgio Gaslini, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1929)

2014 – María Antonia Iglesias, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1945)

2014 – Péter Kiss, Hungarian engineer and politician (b. 1959)

2014 – Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (b. 1939)

2014 – Thomas R. St. George, American soldier and author (b. 1919)

– Robert Drew, American director and producer (b. 1924)

2014 – Harun Farocki, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)

2014 – Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (b. 1931)

2014 – Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic (b. 1932)

2014 – Dick Smith, American make-up artist (b. 1922)

2014 – Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)

– One hundred and fifty people are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India; 20 are killed.

– Warren Bennis, American scholar, author, and academic (b. 1925)

2014 – Nabarun Bhattacharya, Indian journalist and author (b. 1948)

2014 – Jeff Bourne, English footballer (b. 1948)

2014 – Wilfred Feinberg, American lawyer and judge (b. 1920)

– Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270.

– Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973)

2014 – Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian author (b. 1974)

2014 – Charles T. Payne, American soldier (b. 1925)

2014 – Mike Smith, English radio and television host (b. 1955)

– Ed Joyce, American journalist (b. 1932)

2014 – Billie Letts, American author and educator (b. 1938)

2014 – Barbara Prammer, Austrian social worker and politician (b. 1954)

2014 – James Thompson, American-Finnish author (b. 1964)

– At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.

Miangul Aurangzeb, Pakistani captain and politician, 19th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (b. 1928)

2014 – Edward Clancy, Australian cardinal (b. 1923)

2014 – Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American author (b. 1916)

2014 – Kenny Drew, Jr., American pianist and composer (b. 1958)

2014 – Lydia Yu-Jose, Filipino political scientist and academic (b. 1944)

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.

– James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (b. 1940)

2014 – Chester Crandell, American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)

2014 – Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1953)

– Harold J. Greene, American general (b. 1962)

2014 – Vladimir Orlov, Russian author (b. 1936)

2014 – Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1914)

2014 – Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1927)

– Ralph Bryans, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1941)

2014 – Ananda W.P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)

2014 – John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)

– Víctor Fayad, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1955)

2014 – Perry Moss, American football player and coach (b. 1926)

2014 – Henry Stone, American record producer (b. 1921)

– Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (b. 1929)

2014 – Charles Keating, English-American actor (b. 1941)

2014 – Leonardo Legaspi, Filipino archbishop (b. 1935)

2014 – Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (b. 1929)

2014 – Red Wilson, American football and baseball player (b. 1929)

– The World Health Organization declares a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in regards to the Western African Ebola virus epidemic.

J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (b. 1929)

2014 – Andriy Bal, Ukrainian footballer and coach (b. 1958)

2014 – Arthur G. Cohen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Arlen Realty and Development Corporation (b. 1930)

2014 – Ed Nelson, American actor (b. 1928)

Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.

– Jim Command, American baseball player and scout (b. 1928)

2014 – Dotty Lynch, American journalist and academic (b. 1945)

2014 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (b. 1912)

2014 – Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (b. 1930)

– Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport.

– Vladimir Beara, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)

2014 – Raymond Gravel, Canadian priest and politician (b. 1952)

2014 – Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, Polish author and blogger (b. 1917)

2014 – Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (b. 1951)

– Lauren Bacall, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1924)

2014 – Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1950)

2014 – Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948)

– Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (b. 1934)

2014 – Eduardo Campos, Brazilian politician, 14th Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology (b. 1965)

2014 – Martino Finotto, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)

2014 – Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1926)

– Leonard Fein, American journalist and academic, co-founded Moment Magazine (b. 1934)

2014 – George V. Hansen, American soldier and politician (b. 1930)

– Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909)

– Patrick Aziza, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Kebbi State (b. 1947)

2014 – Vsevolod Nestayko, Ukrainian author (b. 1930)

2014 – Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, Italian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1960)

2014 – Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist, author, and academic (b. 1924)

– Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937)

2014 – Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (b. 1921)

2014 – Sophie Masloff, American civil servant and politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1917)

2014 – Miodrag Pavlović, Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928)

2014 – Pierre Vassiliu, French singer-songwriter (b. 1937)

– Gordon Faber, American soldier and politician, 39th Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (b. 1930)

2014 – Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1934)

2014 – Levente Lengyel, Hungarian chess player (b. 1933)

2014 – Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (b. 1918)

– Samih al-Qasim, Palestinian poet and journalist (b. 1939)

2014 – Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (b. 1927)

2014 – James Foley, American photographer and journalist (b. 1973)

2014 – Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (b. 1942)

– Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (b. 1983)

2014 – Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (b. 1934)

2014 – Boris Dubin, Russian sociologist and academic (b. 1946)

2014 – B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (b. 1918)

2014 – Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1924)

2014 – Sava Stojkov, Serbian painter and educator (b. 1925)

2014 – Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (b. 1927)

– Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day.

– Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (b. 1944)

2014 – Helen Bamber, English psychotherapist and academic (b. 1925)

2014 – Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1946)

2014 – Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1937)

2014 – Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, 9th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1932)

– U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)

2014 – Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist (b. 1906)

2014 – Pete Ladygo, American football player and coach (b. 1928)

2014 – Noella Leduc, American baseball player (b. 1933)

2014 – John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (b. 1921)

2014 – John S. Waugh, American chemist and academic (b. 1929)

– Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1989)

2014 – Annefleur Kalvenhaar, Dutch cyclist (b. 1994)

2014 – Dan Magill, American swimmer, tennis player, and coach (b. 1921)

2014 – Birgitta Stenberg, Swedish author and illustrator (b. 1932)

2014 – Jaume Vallcorba Plana, Spanish philologist and publisher (b. 1949)

– Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1923)

2014 – Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, Brazilian businessman (b. 1928)

– William Greaves, American director and producer (b. 1926)

2014 – Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1936)

2014 – Nico M. M. Nibbering, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1938)

2014 – Uziah Thompson, Jamaican-American drummer and producer (b. 1936)

2014 – Enrique Zileri, Peruvian journalist and publisher (b. 1931)

– Christian Bourquin, French lawyer and politician (b. 1954)

2014 – Peter Bacon Hales, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1950)

2014 – Caroline Kellett, English journalist (b. 1960)

2014 – Chūsei Sone, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)

– Jacques Friedel, French physicist and academic (b. 1921)

2014 – Valeri Petrov, Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)

2014 – Benno Pludra, German author (b. 1925)

– Glenn Cornick, English bass guitarist (b. 1947)

2014 – Hal Finney, American cryptographer and programmer (b. 1956)

2014 – John Anthony Walker, American soldier and spy (b. 1937)

– Octavio Brunetti, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975)

2014 – Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (b. 1943)

– Bipan Chandra, Indian historian and academic (b. 1928)

2014 – Igor Decraene, Belgian cyclist (b. 1996)

2014 – Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (b. 1920)

2014 – Felipe Osterling, Peruvian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)

– Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.

– Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1933)

2014 – Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1931)

2014 – Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (b. 1932)

2014 – Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1945)

– Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (b. 1977)

2014 – Roger McKee, American baseball player (b. 1926)

2014 – Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (b. 1920)

– Peter Carter, Nigerian-English diplomat, British Ambassador to Estonia (b. 1956)

2014 – F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, American lawyer and politician, 20th District Attorney of Philadelphia (b. 1930)

2014 – Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (b. 1911)

2014 – Helena Rakoczy, Polish gymnast (b. 1921)

2014 – Goolam Essaji Vahanvati, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Attorney General of India (b. 1949)

– Aarno Raninen, Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)

2014 – A. P. Venkateswaran, Indian soldier and politician, 14th Foreign Secretary of India (b. 1930)

– Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (b. 1930)

2014 – Gustavo Cerati, Argentine Musician (b.1959)

2014 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (b. 1928)

2014 – Joan Rivers, American comedian, television host, and author (b. 1933)

– Bruce Morton, American journalist (b. 1930)

2014 – Mara Neusel, German mathematician, author, and academic (b. 1964)

– Odd Bondevik, Norwegian bishop and theologian (b. 1941)

2014 – Cirilo Flores, American bishop (b. 1948)

2014 – Seth Martin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1933)

2014 – Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player and educator (b. 1919)

– Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (b. 1991)

2014 – Jack Cristil, American sportscaster and radio host (b. 1925)

2014 – Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (b. 1930)

2014 – Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (b. 1920)

2014 – Harold Shipp, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1926)

Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (b. 1952)

2014 – S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founded Chick-fil-A (b. 1921)

2014 – Sean O'Haire, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick-boxer (b. 1971)

2014 – Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (b. 1910)

2014 – Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1918)

2014 – George Zuverink, American baseball player (b. 1924)

– Montserrat Abelló i Soler, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1918)

2014 – Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (b. 1930)

– Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (b. 1934)

2014 – Richard Kiel, American actor (b. 1939)

2014 – Edward Nelson, American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)

2014 – George Spencer, American baseball player (b. 1926)

2014 – Paul K. Sybrowsky, American religious leader and academic (b. 1944)

– Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1930)

2014 – Antoine Duhamel, French composer and conductor (b. 1925)

2014 – Donald Sinden, English actor (b. 1923)

– Atef Ebeid, Egyptian academic and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1932)

2014 – John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1942)

2014 – Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical pastor (Free Presbyterian Church) and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1926)

2014 – Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (b. 1939)

2014 – Hugh Royer, Jr., American golfer (b. 1936)

– Three-year-old William Tyrrell disappears in Kendall, New South Wales, Australia

– Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (b. 1936)

2014 – Helen Filarski, American baseball player (b. 1924)

2014 – Milan Galić, Serbian footballer (b. 1938)

2014 – Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (b. 1931)

– Tony Auth, American illustrator (b. 1942)

2014 – Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1961)

2014 – E. Jennifer Monaghan, English-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1933)

– John Anderson Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (b. 1917)

2014 – Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (b. 1930)

2014 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (b. 1922)

2014 – Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (b. 1936)

2014 – Wayne Tefs, Canadian anthologist, author, and critic (b. 1947)

– H. M. Fowler American sergeant and politician (b. 1918)

– The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.

– George Hamilton IV, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)

2014 – Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972)

2014 – Wakachichibu Komei, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1939)

2014 – Charles Read, Australian air marshal (b. 1918)

2014 – Peter von Bagh, Finnish historian, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)

2014 – China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress (b. 1922)

– Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1936)

2014 – Earl Ross, Canadian race car driver (b. 1941)

2014 – Hirofumi Uzawa, Japanese economist and academic (b. 1928)

2014 – Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)

– Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.

– Audrey Long, American actress (b. 1922)

– Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and cosmonaut (b. 1942)

2014 – Polly Bergen, American actress and singer (b. 1930)

2014 – Takako Doi, Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1928)

2014 – George Sluizer, French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)

– Michael Harari, Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1927)

2014 – Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach (b. 1950)

2014 – Sheldon Patinkin, American director and playwright (b. 1935)

– Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1923)

2014 – Sahana Pradhan, Nepalese politician, Nepalese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1927)

2014 – Erik van der Wurff, Dutch pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1945)

2014 – Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer (b. 1936)

– A. W. Davis, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)

2014 – Irven DeVore, American anthropologist and biologist (b. 1934)

2014 – Don Manoukian, American football player and wrestler (b. 1934)

2014 – Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (b. 1913)

– The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.

– Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, English aristocrat, socialite, and author (b. 1920)

2014 – Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (b. 1941)

2014 – Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1929)

– Ulrick Chérubin, Haitian-Canadian educator and politician (b. 1943)

2014 – Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1951)

2014 – Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (b. 1920)

– Jim Boeke, American football player and coach (b. 1938)

2014 – Sam Hall, American screenwriter (b. 1921)

2014 – Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (b. 1932)

2014 – Tamir Sapir, Georgian-American businessman (b. 1946)

– A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.

– Gaby Aghion, French fashion designer, founded Chloé (b. 1921)

2014 – Eugie Foster, American journalist and author (b. 1971)

2014 – Taylor Hardwick, American architect and educator, designed Haydon Burns Library and Friendship Fountain Park (b. 1925)

2014 – Wally Hergesheimer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)

2014 – Abdelmajid Lakhal, Tunisian actor and director (b. 1939)

2014 – James Traficant, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)

– The eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan occurs.

– Dannie Abse, Welsh physician, poet, and author (b. 1923)

2014 – Joseph H. Alexander, American colonel and historian (b. 1938)

2014 – Sheila Faith, English dentist and politician (b. 1928)

2014 – Tim Rawlings, English footballer and manager (b. 1932)

2014 – Petr Skoumal, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1938)

– The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.

– Miguel Boyer, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1939)

2014 – Andreas Fransson, Swedish skier (b. 1983)

2014 – Stan Monteith, American surgeon and author (b. 1929)

2014 – Luis Nishizawa, Mexican painter and educator (b. 1918)

2014 – John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (b. 1921)

2014 – George Shuba, American baseball player (b. 1924)

– Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician (b. 1940)

2014 – Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)

– Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (b. 1948)

2014 – Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician (b. 1927)

2014 – José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (b. 1942)

2014 – Robert Serra, Venezuelan criminologist and politician (b. 1987)

– A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.

– Robert Flower, Australian footballer (b. 1955)

2014 – Vaughn O. Lang, American general (b. 1927)

2014 – Frederic Tamler Sommers, American philosopher and academic (b. 1923)

– Ewen Gilmour, New Zealand comedian and television host (b. 1963)

2014 – Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (b. 1933)

2014 – Jean-Jacques Marcel, French footballer (b. 1931)

2014 – Kevin Metheny, American businessman (b. 1954)

2014 – Ward Ruyslinck, Belgian author (b. 1929)

– Konrad Boehmer, German-Dutch composer and educator (b. 1941)

2014 – Hugo Carvana, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)

2014 – Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1959)

2014 – Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (b. 1951)

2014 – Jewel Joseph Newman, American sergeant and politician (b. 1921)

– David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (b. 1924)

2014 – Andrea de Cesaris, Italian race car driver (b. 1959)

2014 – Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1930)

2014 – Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (b. 1917)

– Vic Braden, American tennis player and coach (b. 1929)

2014 – Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (b. 1944)

2014 – Diane Nyland, Canadian actress, director and choreographer (b. 1944)

2014 – Marian Seldes, American actress (b. 1928)

2014 – Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1976)

2014 – Feridun Buğeker, Turkish football player (b. 1933)

– Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer (b. 1988)

2014 – Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (b. 1926)

2014 – Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1917)

– Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.

– Morris Lurie, Australian author and playwright (b. 1938)

2014 – Alden E. Matthews, American missionary (b. 1921)

2014 – Harden M. McConnell, American chemist and academic (b. 1927)

2014 – Zilpha Keatley Snyder, American author (b. 1927)

2014 – Jeen van den Berg, Dutch speed skater (b. 1928)

– Boris Buzančić, Croatian actor and politician, 47th Mayor of Zagreb (b. 1929)

2014 – Jan Hooks, American actress and comedienne (b. 1957)

2014 – Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (b. 1925)

2014 – Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (b. 1921)

2014 – Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (b. 1936)

– Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1958)

2014 – Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (b. 1921)

2014 – Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1971)

2014 – Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (b. 1977)

2014 – Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (b. 1936)

2014 – Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (b. 1947)

Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (b. 1931)

2014 – Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (b. 1933)

2014 – Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (b. 1944)

– Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1933)

2014 – Graham Miles, English snooker player (b. 1941)

2014 – Roberto Telch, Argentinian footballer and coach (b. 1943)

– John Bradfield, English biologist and businessman, founded Cambridge Science Park (b. 1925)

2014 – Antonio Cafiero, Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1922)

2014 – Margaret Hillert, American author and poet (b. 1920)

2014 – Mohammad Sarengat, Indonesian sprinter (b. 1939)

2014 – Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer (b. 1981)

– A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people.

2014 – Utah State University receives a bomb threat against feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian, who was to give a lecture the next day.

2014 – The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win.

– A. H. Halsey, English sociologist and academic (b. 1923)

2014 – Leonard Liggio, American author and academic (b. 1933)

2014 – Elizabeth Peña, American actress (b. 1959)

– Giovanni Reale, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1931)

2014 – Jiří Reynek, Czech poet and graphic designer (b. 1929)

2014 – Robert Tiernan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)

2014 – Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1926)

– Ioannis Charalambopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)

2014 – Allen Forte, American musicologist and theorist (b. 1926)

2014 – Seppo Kuusela, Finnish basketball player and coach (b. 1934)

2014 – John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (b. 1926)

– Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (b. 1937)

2014 – Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (b. 1943)

2014 – Tom Shaw, American bishop (b. 1945)

2014 – Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (b. 1919)

– Mariano Lebrón Saviñón, Dominican author and academic (b. 1922)

2014 – Edward Regan, American academic and politician (b. 1930)

2014 – Sidney Shapiro, American-Chinese author and translator (b. 1915)

– John Holt, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1947)

2014 – Stephen Paulus, American composer (b. 1949)

2014 – Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (b. 1954)

2014 – Serena Shim, Lebanese-American journalist (b. 1984)

– René Burri, Swiss photographer and journalist (b. 1933)

2014 – Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (b. 1932)

2014 – Christophe de Margerie, French businessman (b. 1951)

– Ben Bradlee, American journalist and author (b. 1921)

2014 – Nelson Bunker Hunt, American businessman (b. 1926)

2014 – Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric and politician, Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1931)

2014 – Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (b. 1925)

2014 – Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1916)

– George Francis, English footballer and soldier (b. 1934)

2014 – John-Roger Hinkins, American religious leader and author (b. 1934)

2014 – Ashok Kumar, Indian director and cinematographer (b. 1941)

2014 – John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (b. 1922)

– Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.

– Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1922)

2014 – John Bramlett, American football player (b. 1941)

2014 – Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (b. 1929)

2014 – Joan Quigley, American astrologer and author (b. 1927)

2014 – Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1931)

2014 – Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (b. 1942)

– The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.

– Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (b. 1980)

2014 – S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)

2014 – Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (b. 1948)

2014 – Alvin Wiederspahn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1949)

– Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1943)

2014 – Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1940)

– Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (b. 1923)

2014 – Mo Collins, American football player and coach (b. 1976)

2014 – Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1942)

2014 – Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer (b. 1987)

2014 – Brian Moore, Australian rugby league player (b. 1944)^[4]

2014 – Jeff Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1961)

2014 – Gordy Soltau, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925)

2014 – Oscar Taveras, Dominican baseball player (b. 1992)

– Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)

2014 – Shin Hae-chul, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1968)

2014 – Starke Taylor, American soldier and politician, mayor of Dallas (b. 1922)

– Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.

– A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia.

– Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (b. 1927)

2014 – Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (b. 1937)

– Roger Freeman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1965)

2014 – Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1968)

2014 – H. Gary Morse, American businessman (b. 1936)

– Elijah Malok Aleng, Sudanese general and politician (b. 1937)

2014 – Renée Asherson, English actress (b. 1915)

2014 – Juan Flavier, Filipino physician and politician (b. 1935)

2014 – Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, Australian actress and radio host (b. 1916)

2014 – Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (b. 1924)

2014 – Thomas Menino, American businessman and politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (b. 1942)

– Sweden is the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine.

– David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (b. 1926)

2014 – Michael Alsbury, American engineer and pilot (b. 1975)

2014 – John Forzani, Canadian football player and businessman (b. 1947)

2014 – Brad Halsey, American baseball player (b. 1981)

2014 – Hitoshi Motoshima, Japanese educator and politician (b. 1922)

– During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert, California,

– Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (b. 1923)

2014 – Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (b. 1967)

2014 – Abednigo Ngcobo, South African footballer (b. 1950)

2014 – Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1920)

2014 – Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1965)

– Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (b. 1929)

2014 – Michael Coleman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)

2014 – Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (b. 1925)

2014 – Herman Sarkowsky, German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (b. 1925)

2014 – Shabtai Teveth, Israeli historian and author (b. 1925)

– Augusto Martelli, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1940)

2014 – Gordon Tullock, American economist and academic (b. 1922)

2014 – Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor (b. 1950)

– One World Trade Center officially opens. It is the replacement for the World Trade Center Twin Towers, in New York City, after it had been attacked by two planes during the September 11 Attacks.

– Enrique Olivera, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 2nd Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires (b. 1940)

2014 – George Edgar Slusser, American author and academic (b. 1939)

2014 – S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (b. 1915)

– Manitas de Plata, French guitarist (b. 1921)

2014 – Lane Evans, American lawyer and politician (b. 1951)

2014 – Wally Grant, American ice hockey player (b. 1927)

2014 – Abdelwahab Meddeb, Tunisian-French author, poet, and scholar (b. 1946)

– Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (b. 1956)

2014 – Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (b. 1920)

2014 – Rick Rosas, American bass player (b. 1949)

– Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (b. 1928)

2014 – Kajetan Kovič, Slovenian journalist and poet (b. 1931)

2014 – Allen Ripley, American baseball player (b. 1952)

– Phil Crane, American academic and politician (b. 1930)

2014 – Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (b. 1917)

2014 – Don Paul, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925)

2014 – Hugo Sánchez Portugal, Spanish-Mexican footballer and sportscaster (b. 1984)

2014 – Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (b. 1928)

– Rubén Alvarez, Argentinian golfer (b. 1961)

2014 – Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani, Qatari prince (b. 1966)

2014 – R. A. Montgomery, American author and publisher (b. 1936)

2014 – Myles Munroe, Bahamian pastor and author (b. 1954)

2014 – Orlando Thomas, American football player (b. 1972)

2014 – Joe Walsh, Irish politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (b. 1943)

– Josip Boljkovac, Croatian soldier and politician, 1st Croatia Minister of the Interior (b. 1920)

2014 – Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (b. 1951)

2014 – John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)

2014 – Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, American surfer and physician (b. 1921)

2014 – Al Renfrew, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)

– John Doar, American lawyer and activist (b. 1921)

2014 – Big Bank Hank, American rapper (b. 1956)

2014 – Philip G. Hodge, American engineer and academic (b. 1920)

2014 – Harry Lonsdale, American chemist, businessman, and politician (b. 1932)

2014 – Carol Ann Susi, American actress (b. 1952)

– Fifty-eight people are killed in a bus crash in the Sukkur District in southern Pakistan's Sindh province.

– Ravi Chopra, Indian director and producer (b. 1946)

2014 – Warren Clarke, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)

2014 – Marge Roukema, American educator and politician (b. 1929)

2014 – Valery Senderov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1945)

– The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

– María José Alvarado, Honduran model, Señorita Honduras 2014 (b. 1995)

2014 – Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician, Georgian Minister of Economy (b. 1956)

2014 – Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (b. 1922)

2014 – Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (b. 1928)

– Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (b. 1924)

2014 – Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (b. 1937)

2014 – Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (b. 1984)

– Jack Bridger Chalker, English painter and academic (b. 1918)

2014 – Lucien Clergue, French photographer and educator (b. 1934)

2014 – Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1983)

2014 – Reg Withers, Australian soldier and politician, Australian Minister for the Capital Territory (b. 1924)

– Charles Champlin, American historian, author, and critic (b. 1926)

2014 – Jovan Ćirilov, Serbian poet and playwright (b. 1931)

2014 – Ian Craig, Australian cricketer (b. 1935)

2014 – Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (b. 1987)

2014 – Jadwiga Piłsudska, Polish soldier, pilot, and architect (b. 1920)

2014 – Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (b. 1925)

– John T. Downey, American CIA agent and judge (b. 1930)

2014 – Bill Frenzel, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1928)

2014 – Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (b. 1940)

2014 – Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1922)

– Dave Appell, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1922)

2014 – Pepe Eliaschev, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1945)

2014 – Ahmad Lozi, Jordanian educator and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1925)

2014 – C. Rudhraiya, Indian director and producer (b. 1947)

– Roy Bhaskar, English philosopher and academic (b. 1944)

2014 – Jeremiah Coffey, Irish-Australian bishop (b. 1933)

2014 – Pete Harman, American businessman (b. 1919)

2014 – Richard A. Jensen, American theologian, author, and academic (b. 1934)

2014 – Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (b. 1950)

2014 – Mike Nichols, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1931)

– Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (b. 1926)

– J. C. Gilbert, American soldier, farmer, and politician (b. 1922)

2014 – John H. Land, American soldier and politician (b. 1920)

2014 – Robert Richardson, English general (b. 1929)

– A stampede in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.

– Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (b. 1916)

2014 – Don Grate, American baseball and basketball player (b. 1923)

2014 – Marcel Paquet, Belgian-Polish philosopher and author (b. 1947)

2014 – Émile Poulat, French sociologist and historian (b. 1920)

– Marion Barry, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (b. 1936)

2014 – Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (b. 1916)

2014 – Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (b. 1921)

2014 – Murray Oliver, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)

2014 – Clive Palmer, English banjo player (b. 1943)

2014 – Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1943)

– Jorge Herrera Delgado, Mexican engineer and politician (b. 1961)

2014 – Murli Deora, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Corporate Affairs (b. 1937)

2014 – Peter Henderson, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1926)

2014 – Nenad Manojlović, Serbian water polo player and manager (b. 1957)

2014 – Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)

– Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1924)

2014 – Sitara Devi, Indian dancer, and choreographer (b. 1920)

2014 – Petr Hapka, Czech composer and conductor (b. 1944)

2014 – Denham Harman, American biogerontologist and academic (b. 1916)

– Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1925)

2014 – Gilles Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1938)

2014 – Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1932)

– Wanda Błeńska, Polish physician and missionary (b. 1911)

2014 – Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (b. 1988)

2014 – P. D. James, English author (b. 1920)

2014 – Jack Kyle, Irish rugby player and humanitarian (b. 1926)

2014 – Fernance B. Perry, Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)

– Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

2014 – Said Akl, Lebanese poet, playwright, and linguist (b. 1912)