1987 – Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, composer, and producer (b. 1951) 1988 – Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1914) 1989 – Rajini Thiranagama, Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1954) 1990 – Takis Kanellopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933) 1991 – Gordon Bashford, English engineer (b. 1916) 1992 – Tarachand Barjatya, Indian film producer, founded Rajshri Productions (b. 1914) 1995 – Rudy Perpich, American dentist and politician, 34th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1928) 1998 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter (b. 1959) 2000 – Jacques Flynn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 35th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1915) 2000 – Leonid Rogozov, Russian physician and surgeon (b. 1934) 2002 – Robert L. Forward, American physicist and science fiction author (b. 1932) 2004 – Bob Mason, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1952) 2006 – Tasos Athanasiadis, Greek author (b. 1913) 2007 – Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian skier (b. 1929) 2007 – Alice Ghostley, American actress (b. 1923) 2007 – Rex Humbard, American evangelist and television host (b. 1919) 2009 – Robert Ginty, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1948) 2011 – John Du Cann, English guitarist (b. 1946) 2011 – Jun Henmi, Japanese author and poet (b. 1939) 2011 – Pamela Ann Rymer, American lawyer and judge (b. 1941) 2012 – José Curbelo, Cuban-American pianist and manager (b. 1917) 2012 – Yehuda Elkana, Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1934) 2012 – Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author (b. 1917) 2012 – Bill King, English commander, sailor, and author (b. 1910) 2012 – Tom Umphlett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1930) 2013 – Kofi Awoonor, Ghanaian author, poet, and diplomat (b. 1935) 2013 – Michel Brault, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928) 2013 – Harl H. Haas, Jr., American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1932) 2013 – Walter Wallmann, German lawyer and politician, Minister-President of Hesse (b. 1932) 2013 – Ko Wierenga, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1933) 2014 – 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) 2015 – Yoram Gross, Polish-Australian director and producer (b. 1926) 2015 – Ray Warleigh, Australian-English saxophonist and flute player (b. 1938) 2015 – Richard Williamson, American footballer and coach (b. 1941) 2018 – Trần Đại Quang, President of Vietnam (b. 1956) 2018 – Vitaliy Masol, Ukrainian Former Prime