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* Kage Baker, 57, American science fiction and fantasy author, uterine cancer. [1]
* Erna Baumbauer, 91, German casting agent. [2]
* David V. Becker, 86, American physician, heart disease. [3]
* Robert DeBlieux, 77, American Mayor of Natchitoches, Louisiana (1976–1980), cerebral hemorrhage. [4]
* Pauly Fuemana, 40, New Zealand musician (OMC), after short illness. [5]
* Henry Fukuhara, 96, American watercolor painter, natural causes. [6]
* Kemal Gordon, 29, American filmmaker, complications of lupus. [7]
* Edith Josie, 88, Canadian columnist, natural causes. [8]
* Victor Kaisiepo, 61, Netherlands New Guinean-born Dutch activist for West Papuan independence. [9]
* Thorleif Karlsen, 100, Norwegian police inspector, politician and radio host, natural causes. [10] (Norwegian)
* Howard Lotsof, 66, American researcher, discovered anti-addictive effects of ibogaine, liver cancer. [11]
* Tomás Eloy Martínez, 75, Argentine writer and journalist, cancer. [12] (Spanish)
* John Norris, 76, British-born Canadian publisher (Coda), heart condition. [13]
* Keith Norton, 69, Canadian politician, former MPP for Kingston and the Islands (1975–1985), cancer. [14]
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