Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress (b. 1931) January 9 James M. Buchanan, American Nobel-winning economist (b. 1919) Sakine Cansız, Kurdish terrorist (b. 1958) January 11 Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (b. 1941) Nguyễn Khánh, South Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1927) Aaron Swartz, American programmer, entrepreneur, and Internet hacktivist (b. 1986) January 14 – Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (b. 1923) January 15 – Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director (b. 1932) January 19 – Stan Musial, American baseball player (b. 1920) January 21 – Michael Winner, British film director and producer (b. 1935) January 23 – Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal (b. 1929) January 31 – Hassan Habibi, 1st Vice President of Iran (b. 1937) February February 1 – Ed Koch, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924) February 2 – Chris Kyle, United States Navy sniper (b. 1974) February 4 Donald Byrd, American trumpet player (b. 1932) February 14 Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and lawyer (b. 1931) Reeva Steenkamp, South African model (b. 1983) February 17 – Mindy McCready, American country singer (b. 1975) February 18 Kevin Ayers, British singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1944) Otfried Preußler, German children author (b. 1923) February 19 Armen Alchian, American economist (b. 1914) Robert Coleman Richardson, American Nobel physicist (b. 1937) February 22 – Wolfgang Sawallisch, German conductor and pianist (b. 1923) February 23 – Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (b. 1920) February 25 – Carmen Montejo, Cuban-Mexican actress (b. 1925) February 26 – Stéphane Hessel, French diplomat and writer (b. 1917) February 27 Van Cliburn, American pianist (b. 1934) Dale Robertson, American actor (b. 1923) February 28 – Donald A. Glaser, American Nobel physicist (b. 1926) March March 1 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress (b. 1944) March 3 – Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1940) March 4 – Seki Matsunaga, Japanese footballer (b. 1928) March 5 Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela (b. 1954) Paul Bearer, American professional wrestling manager (b. 1954) March 6 Alvin Lee, British guitarist (b. 1944) Andrei Panin, Russian actor (b. 1962) March 7 Peter Banks, British guitarist (b. 1947) Damiano Damiani, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1922) March 8 – Hartmut Briesenick, German athlete (b. 1949) March 10 – Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (b. 1915) March 12 – Clive Burr, British drummer (b. 1957) March 13 – Malachi Throne, American actor (b. 1928) March 14 – Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-born Cambodian politician (b. 1925) March 20 – Zillur Rahman, President of Bangladesh