her first Grand Slam title after defeating American Sloane Stephens in the French Open. Deaths January 2 January – , 81, intellectual, professor, engineer and researcher (b. 1936) 4 January – Aharon Appelfeld, 85, Romanian-born Israeli writer. 10 January – , 83, singer and television presenter (b. 1934) , 78, academician and historian (b. 1939) , 64, mathematician (b. 1953) 11 January – , 76, writer (b. 1941) 24 January – Ion D. Ion, 82, mathematician (b. 1935) Attila Verestóy, 63, Romanian politician and chemical engineer, Senator (since 1990). 25 January – Neagu Djuvara, 101, Romanian historian, essayist and philosopher, pneumonia. February 3 February – Alec Sehon, 93, Romanian-born Canadian immunologist. 10 February – , 87, linguist (b. 1930) 13 February – Florin Diacu, 59, Romanian Canadian mathematician and author. 14 February – , 91, folklorist (b. 1926) 16 February – , 67, Orthodox archimandrite and abbot of Berzunți Monastery (b. 1951) 19 February – , 89, composer (b. 1928) 22 February – Serban Cantacuzino, 89, Romanian architect. 28 February – Ștefan Tașnadi, 64, Romanian weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist (1984). March 4 March – , 76, politician (b. 1941) 6 March – Peter Freund, 81, Romanian-born American physicist. 9 March – Ion Voinescu, 88, Romanian Olympic footballer (1952). 13 March – , 88, sculptress (b. 1929) 19 March – , 56, presenter and programme-maker 25 March – Nicolae Tilihoi, 61, Romanian footballer (Universitatea Craiova). 27 March – Aimée Iacobescu, 71, Romanian actress (The Doom), breast cancer. 28 March – Octavian Dincuță, 70, footballer April 1 April – , 84, engineering geologist and geophysicist (b. 1934) 6 April – , 89, historian (b. 1928) 11 April – Carmen Stănescu, 92, stage and film actress 14 April – , 78, caricaturist (b. 1939) 15 April – , 73, politician (b. 1945) 16 April – Florea Dumitrescu, 91, economist, finance minister (1969–78), ambassador of Romania to China (1978–83) and governor of the National Bank (1984–89) , 72, politician , 70, folk music singer (b. 1947) 24 April – Dinu C. Giurescu, 91, historian and politician May 1 May – , 89, general, Minister of National Defense (1980–1985) and Mayor of Bucharest (1985–1988) (b. 1928) 3 May – Doina Cornea, 88, Romanian human rights activist and professor. 15 May – , 81, sports commentator, journalist and politician (b. 1937) 16 May – François Bréda, 62, Romanian writer and literary critic. Lucian Pintilie, 84, Romanian