Sabzar Bhat, Indian militant commander (Hizbul Mujahideen), shot. Gabriel Chiramel, 102, Indian Roman Catholic priest, educationist, zoologist and author. Zhao Liping, 65, Chinese politician, police chief and convicted murderer, executed. Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji, 31, Somali politician, shot. Joy Corning, 84, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1991-1999), liver illness. Pat Mullins, 79, American politician, traffic collision. Powers Boothe, 68, American actor (Tombstone, Deadwood, Red Dawn), Emmy winner (1980), heart attack due to pancreatic cancer. Michael Parks, 77, American actor (Twin Peaks, From Dusk till Dawn, Kill Bill). Tino Insana, 69, American actor (Three Amigos, Who's Harry Crumb?, Barnyard), cancer. Gregg Allman, 69, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("Whipping Post", "Midnight Rider") and musician (The Allman Brothers Band), liver cancer. Chana Bloch, 77,
Balloon TRSR American poet, cancer. Stefania Jabłońska, 96, Polish cancer researcher.