No death indicated neither on IMDB nor on Wikipedia (which generally ist fast in entering the death date of a person that has an article of his own). And he is not even 80, why should he be dead? No proof, but high probability he still is living.
According to IMDB and Wikipedia he retired in 2013 and passed away July 23 2017.
Thanks for supplying this information (and for your great work in the articles)
What do you think?