Deaths in 2020

The following deaths of notable individuals occurred in 2020. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym.

A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.

May

4

• Aldir Blanc, 73, Brazilian psychiatrist and songwriter, COVID-19.
• Najaf Daryabandari, 90, Iranian translator and writer.
• Tom Lupo, 74, Argentine psychoanalyst, poet and radio host.
• Flávio Migliaccio, 85, Brazilian actor (The Beggars, My Home is Copacabana, The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga ).
• Don Shula, 90, American Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Colts) and coach (Miami Dolphins).
• Dragan Vučić, 65, Macedonian composer and singer, COVID-19.
• Greg Zanis, 69, American carpenter and activist, bladder cancer.

3

• Ömer Döngeloğlu, 52, Turkish theologian, writer and broadcaster, COVID-19.
• Rosalind Elias, 90, American operatic mezzo-soprano.
• John Ericson, 93, German-born American actor (Honey West, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao), pneumonia.
• Dave Greenfield, 71, English keyboardist (The Stranglers), COVID-19.
• Eugene Kostyra, 72, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1981–1988).
• Roy Lester, 96, American football player (West Virginia) and coach (Richard Montgomery, Maryland).
• Alfred Mallia, 70, Maltese actor (Black Eagle).
• K. S. Nissar Ahmed, 84, Indian poet and writer, cancer.
• Mohamed Ben Omar, 55, Nigerien politician, vice-president of the National Assembly (2009–2010, 2011–2016), founder and president of the PSD (since 2015).
• Chanut Piyaoui, 95, Thai hotelier, founder of Dusit International.
• John Ridley, 68, English footballer (Port Vale, Leicester City, Chesterfield). (death announced on this date)
• István Szilágyi, 82, Hungarian actor, blunt trauma.

2

• Allah Yar Ansari, 77, Pakistani politician, MPA (1997–1999), COVID-19.
• Stanley Bing, 68, American humor columnist (Fortune, Esquire), author and television executive (CBS), heart attack.
• Richie Cole, 72, American jazz saxophonist and composer.
• Jim Cross, 82, American hockey player and coach (University of Vermont), COVID-19.
• Cady Groves, 30, American singer-songwriter.
• Shady Habash, 24, Egyptian media producer and political prisoner.
• Samuel Roger Horchow, 91, American theatre producer (Crazy for You) and mail order executive, cancer.
• Jonathan Kelly, 72, Irish singer-songwriter.
• Htay Kywe, 68, Burmese politician, MP (since 2016), cancer.
• Idir, 70, Algerian singer, pulmonary disease.
• Bernard Nyarko, Ghanaian actor, colon cancer.
• John Ogilvie, 91, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Leicester City, Mansfield Town), COVID-19.
• Erwin Prasetya, 48, Indonesian musician (Dewa 19), composer, and songwriter, gastrointestinal bleeding.
• Gennadiy Solodov, 85, Russian Olympic racewalker (1960, 1964).
• Jan-Olof Strandberg, 93, Swedish actor (Wild Birds, Last Pair Out, Varning för Jönssonligan).
• Erik Tandberg, 87, Norwegian engineer and space educator.
• Ajay Kumar Tripathi, 62, Indian jurist, Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court (2018–2019) and Judicial Member of Lokpal (since 2019), COVID-19.
• Arif Wazir, 37, Pakistani politician (Pashtun Tahafuz Movement), shot.

1

• Mathew Anikuzhikattil, 77, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Idukki (2003–2018).
• Chung Hae-won, 60, South Korean football player (Daewoo Royals, national team) and manager (Jeonnam Dragons), liver cancer.
• Lajos Engler, 91, Serbian basketball player (Partizan, Proleter Zrenjanin).
• Ruy Fausto, 85, Brazilian philosopher, heart attack.
• Deb Foskey, 70, Australian politician, ACT MLA (2004–2008), lung cancer.
• Ben Hoekendijk, 81, Dutch evangelist.
• Christophe Keckeis, 75, Swiss lieutenant general, Chief of the General Staff (2003) and Armed Forces (2004–2007).
• Matt Keough, 64, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics).
• Silvia Legrand, 93, Argentine actress (Educating Niní, Seven Women).
• Tavo Limongi, 52, Mexican guitarist and singer (Resorte).
• África Lorente Castillo, 65, Spanish politician and activist, member of the Catalan Parliament (1984–1988), COVID-19.
• Augustine Mahiga, 74, Tanzanian diplomat and politician, Minister of Justice (since 2019) and Permanent Representative to the UN (2003–2010).
• Benjamín Moreno, 65, Spanish footballer (Leganés).
• Dolf Niezen, 94, Dutch footballer (ADO).
• Derek Ogg, 65, Scottish lawyer.
• Tony Rand, 80, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1981–1988, 1995–2009), skin and throat cancer.
• Samuel Rivera, 73, American politician, mayor of Passaic, New Jersey (2001–2008).
• Antonina Ryzhova, 85, Russian volleyball player, world champion (1956, 1960) and Olympic silver medallist (1964).
• Simon Schenk, 73, Swiss ice hockey coach (national team) and politician, National Councillor (1994–2011).
• Igor Sinelnikov, 78, Russian shogi player.
• Nancy Stark Smith, 68, American contact improvisation dancer, ovarian cancer.
• Will Theunissen, 65, Dutch guitarist.
• Tun Tin, 99, Burmese military officer and politician, Prime Minister (1988).
• Bobby Verdugo, 69, American civil rights activist (East L.A. walkouts).
• Ryan Wetnight, 49, American football player (Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers), stomach cancer.
• Yu Lihua, 88, Chinese-American writer, COVID-19.
• Georgios Zaimis, 82, Greek sailor, Olympic champion (1960).

April

30

• Ranu Devi Adhikari, 86, Nepali singer.
• Tony Allen, 79, Nigerian drummer (Fela Kuti, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Rocket Juice & the Moon), ruptured aneurysm.
• John Bryant, 76, British journalist and newspaper editor (The Daily Telegraph, The European, The Sunday Correspondent).
• Óscar Chávez, 85, Mexican singer, songwriter and actor, COVID-19.
• Jordan Cox, 27, English rugby league player (Hull Kingston Rovers, Warrington Wolves, Doncaster).
• Chuni Goswami, 82, Indian footballer (Mohun Bagan, national team) and cricketer (Bengal), cardiac arrest.
• Tom Hautekiet, 50, Belgian graphic designer and illustrator.
• BJ Hogg, 65, Northern Irish actor (Give My Head Peace, City of Ember, Your Highness).
• Kundanika Kapadia, 93, Indian novelist.
• Rishi Kapoor, 67, Indian actor (Bobby, Do Dooni Chaar, Kapoor & Sons), complications from bone marrow cancer.
• John Kasser, 82, American college athletic director (Houston, UC Santa Barbara, California).
• Frederick Kroesen, 97, American Army general.
• Deepak Lal, 80, Indian economist.
• Sam Lloyd, 56, American actor (Scrubs, Galaxy Quest) and musician (The Blanks), complications from lung cancer.
• Jean-Marc Manducher, 71, French sports executive (Oyonnax Rugby), COVID-19.
• Susana Ortiz, 72, Argentine actress (El Mundo que inventamos).
• Manuel Vieira Pinto, 96, Portuguese-born Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop and Archbishop of Nampula (1967–2000).
• Billy Ringrose, 89, Irish Olympic equestrian (1956, 1960).
• Sylvie Vincent, 79, Canadian anthropologist, COVID-19.

29

• Hema Bharali, 101, Indian independence activist and social worker.
• Philippe Breton, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Aire et Dax (2002–2012).
• Vincent van der Burg, 75, Dutch politician, MP (1982–1998).
• Germano Celant, 80, Italian art historian, curator and critic, COVID-19.
• Trevor Cherry, 72, English footballer (Leeds United, Huddersfield Town, national team).
• Al Edwards, 83, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1978–2007, 2009–2011).
• Alexander Fernando, 79, Sri Lankan actor (Ahas Gauwa, Christhu Charithaya, Supiri Balawatha).
• Allan Gauden, 75, English footballer (Sunderland).
• Denis Goldberg, 87, South African lawyer and political activist (Rivonia Trial), lung cancer.
• Gale Halderman, 87, American automotive designer, co-creator of the Ford Mustang, liver cancer.
• Yahya Hassan, 24, Danish poet.
• Ji Chaozhu, 90, Chinese diplomat and politician, Ambassador to Fiji (1985–1987) and United Kingdom (1987–1991).
• Jim Keers, 88, English footballer (Darlington).
• Irrfan Khan, 53, Indian actor (Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi, The Lunchbox), colon infection.
• Leonid Komogorov, 92, Russian diplomat, Soviet ambassador to Mauritania (1986–1990).
• John Lafia, 63, American screenwriter (Child's Play), suicide.
• Martin Lovett, 93, English cellist (Amadeus Quartet).
• Dick Lucas, 86, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), COVID-19.
• Jānis Lūsis, 80, Latvian Hall of Fame javelin thrower, Olympic champion (1968), cancer.
• Naziha Mestaoui, 44–45, Belgian artist.
• Eva Mottet, 25, French road cyclist.
• Guido Münch, 98, Mexican astronomer and astrophysicist.
• Richard Ndassa, 61, Tanzanian politician, MP (since 1995).
• Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, 75, Italian Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (since 2018).
• Matty Simmons, 93, American magazine publisher (National Lampoon) and film producer (Animal House, National Lampoon's Vacation).
• Maj Sjöwall, 84, Swedish author (Martin Beck).
• Paul J. Smith, 88, American artist and curator, director of the Museum of Arts and Design (1963–1979). (death announced on this date)
• Stezo, 51, American rapper, heart disease.
• Miroslav Veverka, 92, Czech high court judge.
• Gerson Victalino, 60, Brazilian Olympic basketball player (1984, 1988, 1992).
• Stefano Zacchetti, 51, Italian academic.

28

• Jinnat Ali, 23, Bangladeshi record holder, nation's tallest person, brain tumor.
• Bob Betley, 80, American professional golfer.
• David Boe, 84, American organist and pedagogue, COVID-19.
• Louis Cardiet, 77, French footballer (Stade Rennais, Paris Saint-Germain, national team).
• Jamilur Reza Choudhury, 76, Bangladeshi engineer and educationist, Vice-Chancellor of BRACU (2001–2010) and UAP (since 2012), heart attack.
• Luigi De Rosso, 84, Italian Olympic racewalker (1960).
• Jill Gascoine, 83, British actress (The Gentle Touch, C.A.T.S. Eyes, The Onedin Line), Alzheimer's disease.
• Phillip Harth, 94, American literary scholar.
• Ladislav Hejdánek, 92, Czech philosopher and political dissident (Charter 77).
• Bobby Lewis, 95, American singer ("Tossin' and Turnin'").
• Gil Loescher, 75, American political scientist.
• Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, 84, Australian scientist (Chaos theory), Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government (1995–2000) and President of Royal Society (2000-2005).
• Kartono Mohamad, 81, Indonesian physician.
• David Mudd, 86, British journalist and politician, MP (1970–1992).
• Alexander Münninghoff, 76, Polish-born Dutch journalist.
• Silas Silvius Njiru, 91, Kenyan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Meru (1976–2004), COVID-19.
• Eddy Pieters Graafland, 86, Dutch football player (Ajax, Feyenoord, national team) and manager.
• Vajira Ranaweera, 51, Sri Lankan cricketer (Sri Lanka Police Sports Club).
• Brian Richardson, 87, Australian cricketer (Tasmania).
• Michael Robinson, 61, English footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion, Liverpool, Republic of Ireland national team) and sports commentator, melanoma.
• Syahrul, 59, Indonesian politician, mayor of Tanjung Pinang (since 2018), COVID-19.

27

• Maryna Bazhanova, 57, Russian handball player, Olympic bronze medallist (1988, 1992).
• Zafar Rasheed Bhatti, 70, Pakistani journalist, COVID-19.
• Eavan Boland, 75, Irish poet, stroke.
• Sir Brian Brown, 85, British admiral, Second Sea Lord (1988–1991).
• Ian Causley, 79, Australian politician, NSW MP (1984–1996) and MP (1996–2007).
• Yves Corbassière, 94, French artist.
• Cis Corman, 93, American casting director (Raging Bull, The Deer Hunter, The Prince of Tides).
• Lam Dorji, 86, Bhutanese military officer, COO of the Royal Bhutan Army (1964–2005).
• Joseph Errigo, 81, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (2000–2010, 2016–2018).
• Marc Garanger, 84, French photographer.
• Bernard Gersten, 97, American theatrical producer, pancreatic cancer.
• Johannes Gjerdåker, 84, Norwegian historian and translator.
• Rollin Glewwe, 86, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1967-1972).
• Lynn Harrell, 76, American cellist.
• Robert Herbin, 81, French football player (Saint-Étienne, national team) and manager (Strasbourg).
• Edean Anderson Ihlanfeldt, 90, American golfer.
• Ramon Jimenez Jr., 64, Filipino advertising executive and politician, Secretary of Tourism (2011–2016).
• Moussa Seybou Kassey, 60–61, Nigerien politician.
• Mark McNamara, 60, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers), heart failure.
• Sarah Milledge Nelson, 88, American archaeologist and anthropologist.
• Francesco Perrone, 89, Italian Olympic long-distance runner (1960), COVID-19.
• Jeannette Pilou, 82, Greek soprano.
• Barbara Rosiek, 60, Polish writer, poet and clinical psychologist.
• Ashley "Minnie" Ross, 34, American reality television contestant (Little Women: Atlanta), traffic collision.
• Mohammad Shariff, 99, Pakistani admiral, Chief of Naval Staff (1975–1979) and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (1977–1980).
• Marty Smith, 63, American motocross racer, dune buggy rollover.
• Troy Sneed, 52, American gospel singer, COVID-19.
• Scott Taylor, 58, British guitarist (Then Jerico), brain tumour.
• Nur Yerlitaş, 64, Turkish fashion designer, brain cancer.
• Young Jessie, 83, American R&B singer (The Flairs, The Coasters).
• Dragutin Zelenović, 91, Serbian politician and academic, Prime Minister (1991).

26

• Emilio Allué, 85, Spanish-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (1996–2010), COVID-19.
• Georges-Jean Arnaud, 91, French author.
• Tomás Balcázar, 88, Mexican footballer (Guadalajara, national team).
• Lorna Breen, 49, American physician, suicide.
• Big Al Carson, 66, American blues singer, complications from heart attack.
• Giulietto Chiesa, 79, Italian journalist and politician, MEP (2004–2009).
• Guillermo Chifflet, 93, Uruguayan journalist and politician, Deputy (1989–2005) and co-founder of Frente Amplio.
• Aarón Hernán, 89, Mexican actor (The Garden of Aunt Isabel, Apolinar, Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell).
• Peter H. Hunt, 81, American theatre, film and television director (1776, Give 'em Hell, Harry!), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Kauko Juhantalo, 77, Finnish politician, Minister of Trade and Industry (1991–1992), MP (1979–1993, 1995–1999, 2003–2007, 2015–2019), cancer.
• Nick Kotz, 87, American journalist and author, struck by own vehicle.
• Tamás Kovács, 79, Hungarian general and prosecutor, Chief Prosecutor of Hungary (2006–2010).
• Clara Mărgineanu, 47, Romanian arts journalist and writer.
• Ron Marlenee, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1993).
• Otto Mellies, 89, German theatre, film and voice actor (Hellas ohne Götter, According to the Plan, Stopped on Track).
• Bijay Mishra, 83, Indian lyricist and screenwriter.
• Marcel Ospel, 70, Swiss banker, Chairman of UBS (2001–2008).
• Gideon Patt, 87, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1970–1996), Minister of Industry (1979–1984) and Tourism (1981, 1988–1992).
• Jean-Claude Pertuzé, 70, French comic book artist and illustrator.
• John Ernest Randall, 95, American ichthyologist.
• Carlos Regazzoni, 76, Argentine sculptor.
• Claudio Risi, 71, Italian film director (I ragazzi della 3ª C, Wedding in Paris), complications from a heart attack.
• John Rowlands, 73, English footballer (Stockport County, Barrow, Workington), COVID-19. (death announced on this date)
• Abolfazl Salabi, 96, Iranian Olympic basketball player (1948).
• Badruddin Shaikh, 67, Indian politician, COVID-19.
• Uttam Bandu Tupe, 78, Indian writer and poet.
• Henri Weber, 75, French politician, Senator (1995–2004) and MEP (2004–2014), COVID-19.

25

• Alan Abel, 91, American percussionist and music educator, COVID-19.
• India Adams, 93, American singer and actress.
• James B. Adams, 93, American politician and government official, Associate Director of the FBI (1973–1979).
• Doug Anakin, 89, Canadian bobsledder, Olympic champion (1964).
• Khandaker Asaduzzaman, 84, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1996–2001, 2008–2014), heart disease.
• Erin Babcock, 38, Canadian politician, MLA (2015–2019), uterine cancer.
• Vytautas Barkauskas, 89, Lithuanian composer.
• Ricardo Brennand, 92, Brazilian building materials executive, real estate investor and art collector, founder of Ricardo Brennand Institute, COVID-19.
• Marino Casem, 85, American Hall of Fame football coach and administrator (Alcorn State, Southern).
• Richard Divila, 74, Brazilian motorsports designer, technical director of Fittipaldi Automotive (1975–1982).
• Đàm Liên, 74, Vietnamese tuồng actress.
• Liz Edgar, 76, British showjumper, cancer.
• Per Olov Enquist, 85, Swedish author (The Visit of the Royal Physician), cancer.
• Erwan Evenou, 80, French writer and activist for the Breton language.
• Raimund Fellinger, 68, German editor and publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag).
• Thomas Huang, 83, Chinese-born American computer scientist.
• Henri Kichka, 94, Belgian Holocaust survivor, COVID-19.
• Kim Chungyum, 96, South Korean diplomat and politician, Minister of Finance (1966) and Industry (1967–1969), Chief of Staff to the President (1969–1979).
• Mustafa Kocak, Turkish political prisoner, self-imposed starvation.
• Devanand Konwar, 77, Indian politician, Governor of West Bengal (2009–2010), Bihar (2009–2013) and Tripura (2013–2014).
• Mahendra Kumar, 47, Indian political activist (Bajrang Dal), heart attack.
• Robert Mandell, 90, American conductor, COVID-19.
• Robert Mezey, 85, American poet, pneumonia.
• Ray Repp, 77, American CCM singer-songwriter.
• Jack Scroby, 83, English rugby union and rugby league player (Bradford Bulls, Halifax) and coach (Huddersfield Giants).
• Gunnar Seijbold, 65, Swedish photographer, COVID-19.
• Abdulkarim Shah, 58, Tanzanian politician, MP.
• Mihai Dimitrie Sturdza, 86, Romanian historian and diplomat.
• Ravi Vallathol, 67, Indian actor (Mathilukal, Godfather, Dada Sahib).
• Fré Vooys-Bosma, 93, Dutch politician.
• Yevgeny Yuryev, 69, Russian military officer and politician, commander of the 5th Air and Air Defence Forces Army (2001–2006).
• Zarina, 83, Indian-born American artist.

24

• Sir James Adams, 87, British diplomat, ambassador to Tunisia (1984–1987) and Egypt (1987–1992).
• Abdullah al-Hamid, 69, Saudi poet and human rights activist, co-founder of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association, stroke.
• Ebrahim Amini, 94, Iranian politician, member of the Assembly of Experts (1983–2007, since 2016).
• Hamilton Bohannon, 78, American percussionist, songwriter and record producer.
• Phil Broadhurst, 70, New Zealand jazz musician, composer and radio presenter.
• David Daniels, 86, American conductor and author.
• Lynn Faulds Wood, 72, Scottish television presenter (Watchdog) and journalist, stroke.
• Giuseppe Gazzoni Frascara, 84, Italian businessman and football executive, Chairman of Bologna (1993–2001).
• Grandma Lee, 85, American stand-up comedian.
• Roland Haché, 72, Canadian politician, MLA (1999–2014) and mayor of Petit-Rocher (1995–1999).
• Namio Harukawa, 72, Japanese fetish artist, cancer.
• Richard Hake, 51, American radio journalist (WNYC).
• Tiede Herrema, 99, Dutch businessman.
• Mike Huckaby, 54, American deep house and trance DJ, complications from stroke and COVID-19.
• Aldo Masullo, 97, Italian philosopher.
• Mircea Mureșan, 91, Romanian film director (Răscoala, Blestemul pământului, blestemul iubirii).
• Ki Daophet Niuhuang, 47, Laotian singer.
• Joseph S. Pulver Sr., 64, American writer, COPD.
• Harold Reid, 80, American singer and songwriter (The Statler Brothers), Grammy winner (1965, 1965, 1972), kidney failure.
• Burton Rose, 77, American nephrologist, COVID-19.
• Gerard Scholten, 86, Dutch politician, mayor of Heusden (1966–1976) and Schijndel (1976–1998).
• Nic Tummers, 92, Dutch politician, Senator (1974–1995). (death announced on this date)
• Martin Ulčák, 56, Czech tobacco and publishing executive and lobbyist, cancer.
• Juan Vlasco, 51, Mexican cartoonist (Marvel Comics), complications from appendicitis surgery.
• Graeme Watson, 75, Australian cricketer (national team), cancer.
• Lee Roy West, 90, American jurist, Judge of the U.S. District Court for Western Oklahoma (since 1979).
• Don Woan, 92, English footballer (Liverpool).

23

• Bruce Allpress, 89, New Zealand actor (Came a Hot Friday, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Andy Ayunir, 53, Indonesian composer.
• Pahri Azhari, 57, Indonesian politician, Regent of Musi Banyuasin (2008–2015), traffic collision.
• Jean-Michel Beau, 76, French gendarme (Irish of Vincennes scandal).
• James M. Beggs, 94, American businessman, NASA Administrator (1981–1985).
• Norbert Blüm, 84, German politician, Federal Minister for Social Affairs and Labour (1982–1998).
• Arief Budiman, 79, Indonesian political activist and sociologist.
• Heda Čechová, 91, Czech anchorwoman and eventual politician, member of the Czech National Council (1990–1992).
• Chen Liangting, 91, Chinese translator.
• Lloyd deMause, 88, American sociologist and psychohistorian.
• Rinaldo Entingh, 64, Surinamese footballer (Robinhood, national team), traffic collision.
• Fred the Godson, 35, American DJ and rapper, COVID-19.
• Usha Ganguly, 75, Indian theatre director and actress, founder of Rangakarmee, cardiac arrest.
• Peter Gill, 89, English professional golfer, COVID-19.
• Jacques Kazadi, 83, Congolese economist, professor, and politician.
• Akira Kume, 96, Japanese actor (The Insect Woman, Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset, The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf), heart failure.
• Terry Lenzner, 80, American lawyer and investigator, pneumonia.
• Bernardino Lombao, 81, Spanish athlete and businessman.
• Chris Marcus, 40, American college basketball player (Western Kentucky), pulmonary embolism.
• Alecos Markides, 77, Cypriot lawyer and politician, MP (1985–1995) and Attorney General (1995–2003).
• Patrick Leo McCartie, 94, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Northampton (1990–2001).
• John Murphy, 77, Scottish footballer (Ayr United).
• Kumiko Okae, 63, Japanese actress and television presenter, COVID-19.
• Henk Overgoor, 75, Dutch footballer (Go Ahead Eagles, De Graafschap), COVID-19.
• Kamit Sanbayev, 78, Kazakh singer (Dos Mukasan).
• Marvin Schick, 85, American political consultant and professor, heart attack.
• Janusz Symonides, 82, Polish diplomat, writer and jurist.
• Wada Shu, 81, Japanese actor and playwright, COVID-19.
• Dan Walters, 53, American baseball player (San Diego Padres), complications of gunshot and traffic collision.
• Ernst Zägel, 84, German footballer (1. FC Saarbrücken, Saarland national team).

22

• Sir Eric Anderson, 83, British educator, Headmaster (1980–1994) and Provost (2000–2009) of Eton College.
• Bootsie Barnes, 82, American jazz saxophonist.
• Zarbeg Beriashvili, 80, Georgian Olympic wrestler (1964, 1968).
• Sid Bishop, 86, English footballer (Leyton Orient).
• Marco D'Amico, 84, American mobster.
• Wilfried de Beauclair, 108, Swiss-born German engineer.
• El Príncipe Gitano, 88, Spanish flamenco singer and actor, COVID-19.
• Mort Fallick, 86, American film and television editor (Moonlighting, Love at First Bite) and executive, kidney failure.
• Dave Fleming, 76, American CFL football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
• Terence Frisby, 87, English playwright (There's a Girl in My Soup) and actor.
• Hartwig Gauder, 65, German race walker, Olympic champion (1980), heart attack and kidney failure.
• Jimmy Goodfellow, 76, English football player (Workington, Rotherham United) and manager (Cardiff City).
• Oliver Gough, 84, Irish hurler (Rathnure, Wexford, Kilkenny).
• Louis Haché, 95, Canadian writer (Acadian literature).
• Rich Hacker, 72, American baseball player (Montreal Expos) and coach (St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays), leukemia.
• Saadat Husain, 73, Bangladeshi civil servant, Chairman of the Public Service Commission (2007–2011), kidney disease.
• Bart Johnson, 70, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Sir Peter Jonas, 73, British arts administrator and opera director.
• Jim Jones, 83, American college athletic director (Ohio State).
• Mansour Khalid, 88, Sudanese politician, Foreign Minister (1971–1975, 1977).
• Shirley Knight, 83, American actress (The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Sweet Bird of Youth, As Good as It Gets).
• Marcos Mundstock, 77, Argentine musician, comedian and actor (Les Luthiers), brain tumor.
• Zoe Dell Nutter, 104, American dancer, model and philanthropist.
• John E. Otto, 81, American administrator, acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1987).
• Catherine Paysan, 93, French writer.
• Julian Perry Robinson, 78, British chemist and peace researcher, COVID-19.
• Paul Ronty, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Boston Bruins).
• Edward Winchester, 49, Canadian lightweight rower, world champion (2000).

21

• Richard Akinjide, 89, Nigerian jurist, Minister of Justice (1979–1983).
• Dame Ingrid Allen, 87, Northern Irish neuropathologist.
• Dave Bacuzzi, 79, English football player (Arsenal, Manchester City, Reading) and manager, COVID-19.
• Belco Bah, Malian politician, member of the National Assembly for Niono, COVID-19.
• Nelu Bălășoiu, 71, Romanian folk singer, COVID-19.
• Koos van den Berg, 77, Dutch politician, MP (1986–2002), COVID-19.
• Jerry Bishop, 84, American announcer (Judge Judy), heart disease and kidney failure.
• José María Calleja, 64, Spanish journalist, political prisoner and anti-ETA activist, COVID-19.
• Matteo De Cosmo, 52, American art director (Precious, 21 Bridges, The Punisher), COVID-19.
• Ernest Courant, 100, American physicist.
• Hubert Deittert, 79, German politician, MP (1994–2009).
• Dimitri Diatchenko, 52, American actor (Chernobyl Diaries, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, The Genius Club).
• Abdurrahim El-Keib, 70, Libyan politician, acting Prime Minister (2011–2012), heart attack.
• Fang Keli, 81, Chinese New Confucian philosopher.
• Richard Fenno, 93, American political scientist.
• Philip Foglia, 69, American lawyer and civic activist, advocate for Italian American rights issues, COVID-19.
• Tina Girouard, 73, American artist, stroke.
• Derek Jones, 35, American rock guitarist (Falling in Reverse).
• Donald Kennedy, 88, American administrator, president of Stanford University (1980–1992), Commissioner of Food and Drugs (1977–1979), COVID-19.
• Marcel Le Roy, 100, French resistance fighter.
• Liu Ping-wei, 67, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1999–2002), oral cancer.
• Lewis MacAdams, 75, American conservationist, poet and artist, co-founder of FoLAR, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Norm Nielsen, 86, American magician.
• Teruyuki Okazaki, 88, Japanese karate master, founder of the International Shotokan Karate Federation, COVID-19.
• Jacques Pellen, 63, French jazz guitarist, COVID-19.
• Laisenia Qarase, 79, Fijian politician, Prime Minister (2000–2001, 2001–2006).
• Teresa Rodrigo, 63, Spanish physicist (Compact Muon Solenoid, Collider Detector at Fermilab).
• Joel Rogosin, 87, American television producer (The Virginian, Ironside, Magnum, P.I.), COVID-19.
• Anna Rottová, 95, Czech actress and drama teacher (DAMU).
• Milt Sunde, 78, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), complications from Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
• Jack Taylor, 84, American politician, member of the Colorado Senate (2000–2008) and House of Representatives (1992–2000), COVID-19.
• Miguel Ángel Troitiño, 72–73, Spanish geographer, COVID-19.
• Shōmei Yokouchi, 78, Japanese politician, MP (1993–2002) and Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture (2007–2015).

20

• Heherson Alvarez, 80, Filipino politician, Senator (1987–1998), Congressman (1998–2001), Minister of Agrarian Reform (1986–1987), COVID-19.
• Eric Berg, 74, American sculptor.
• Alexandru Boboc, 90, Romanian philosopher, member of the Romanian Academy.
• Scott Bowden, 48, American professional wrestling manager, referee (USWA) and historian.
• H. G. Carrillo, 60, Cuban-born American writer and academic.
• Libero Cecchini, 100, Italian architect.
• Mike Curtis, 77, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Seattle Seahawks, Washington Redskins).
• Noureddine Diwa, 83, Tunisian footballer (Stade Tunisien, Limoges, national team).
• Farit Ismeth Emir, 65, Malaysian news anchor (Radio Television Malaysia), lung cancer.
• Claude Evrard, 86, French actor (Circus Angel, If the Sun Never Returns).
• Horacio Fontova, 73, Argentine singer, actor and comedian, cancer.
• Marie Rose Guiraud, 75, Ivorian dancer and choreographer.
• Zac Henderson, 64, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
• Cliff Holden, 100, English painter, designer and silk screen printer.
• Jim Kemeny, 77, British sociologist. (death announced on this date)
• Tom Lester, 81, American actor (Green Acres, Benji, Gordy), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Krystyna Łybacka, 74, Polish politician, Minister of National Education and Sport (2001–2004) and MEP (2014–2019).
• Sirio Maccioni, 88, Italian restaurateur and writer, founder of Le Cirque, complications from dementia.
• Demas Paulus Mandacan, 45, Indonesian politician, Regent of Manokwari (since 2016), heart attack.
• Ronan O'Rahilly, 79, Irish businessman, founder of Radio Caroline, vascular dementia.
• Roland Phleps, 95, Romanian-born German sculptor.
• Gérard Piouffre, 74, French writer and historian.
• Gabriel Retes, 73, Mexican film director (Paper Flowers, Broken Flag, A Sweet Scent of Death).
• Manjeet Singh Riyat, 52, British emergency care consultant, COVID-19.
• Gertrude Rwakatare, 69, Tanzanian politician, MP (since 2007).
• Josep Sala Mañé, 82, Spanish casteller, founder of Castellers de Barcelona, COVID-19.
• Innokentiy Samokhvalov, 22, Russian footballer (FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Kazanka Moscow), heart failure.
• Rudratej Singh, 46, Indian businessman, CEO of BMW India (since 2019), cardiac arrest.
• Arsen Yegiazarian, 49, Armenian chess grandmaster.

19

• Marat Aleksanian, 70, Armenian politician, Minister of Justice (1996–1998).
• Edmond Baraffe, 77, French football player (Toulouse) and manager (Le Touquet).
• Peter Beard, 82, American photographer. (body discovered on this date)
• Cecil Bødker, 93, Danish writer.
• Aileen Carroll, 75, Canadian politician, Minister for International Cooperation (2003–2006).
• Steve Dalkowski, 80, American baseball player, character inspiration for Bull Durham and The Scout, COVID-19 and dementia.
• Noach Dear, 66, American jurist, New York Supreme Court judge (since 2015), COVID-19.
• Terry Doran, 81, British music manager (Grapefruit).
• Dickie Dowsett, 88, English footballer (Southend United, Bournemouth, Crystal Palace), complications from dementia.
• Peter Dronke, 85, German literary scholar and medievalist.
• Hector Garrido, 92, Argentine-born American comic book artist.
• Kevin Gill, 58, English Olympic trap shooter (1992, 1996) and 1990 Commonwealth Games champion.
• John A. Gordon, 73, American public official, Deputy Director of the CIA (1997–2000), Under Secretary for Nuclear Security (2000–2002) and Homeland Security Advisor (2003–2004).
• Ton van den Heuvel, 94, Dutch make-up artist. (death announced on this day)
• Índio, 89, Brazilian footballer (Flamengo, Espanyol, national team).
• Sergio Onofre Jarpa, 99, Chilean politician, Senator (1973, 1990–1994) and Minister of the Interior (1983–1985), COVID-19.
• Aleksandr Kapto, 87, Ukrainian sociologist and diplomat.
• Claude Lafortune, 83, Canadian television presenter, sculptor and costume designer, COVID-19.
• Robert Loomis, 93, American book editor, complications from a fall.
• Pellom McDaniels, 52, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons).
• Harry Müller, 89, German sculptor.
• Philippe Nahon, 81, French actor (High Tension, I Stand Alone, Calvaire).
• Bob Oliver, 77, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals, California Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Margit Otto-Crépin, 75, German-born French equestrian, Olympic silver medalist (1988).
• Sy Rogers, 63, American pastor and ex-gay movement activist, kidney cancer.
• Delphine Serina, 49, French actress (The Liars, On Guard, Tanguy).
• Milen Tsvetkov, 53, Bulgarian journalist, traffic collision.
• Alexander Vustin, 76, Russian composer, pneumonia.
• Ian Whitcomb, 78, English singer-songwriter ("You Turn Me On") and author.
• Emina Zečaj, 91, Bosnian sevdalinka singer.

18

• Takuo Aoyagi, 84, Japanese engineer and inventor (pulse oximetry).
• Wilfred Beckerman, 94, British economist.
• Erik Belfrage, 74, Swedish diplomat and banking executive, COVID-19.
• Aurelio Campa, 86, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid).
• Ratnakar Chaini, 74, Indian writer and academic.
• Virender Lal Chopra, 83, Indian geneticist and agronomist, director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (1992–1994).
• Albert Côté, 93, Canadian politician.
• Georges Cukierman, 93, French resistance member and communist activist.
• Martine Crefcoeur, 84, Dutch actress.
• Sue Davies, 87, British gallery director (The Photographers' Gallery).
• Amparo Dávila, 92, Mexican writer.
• Kaye Dowd, 96, American actress (An Angel Comes to Brooklyn).
• Rezo Esadze, 86, Georgian film director (Love at First Sight), actor (Nine Days in One Year, Wolfhound) and screenwriter.
• Gulshan Ewing, 92, Indian journalist, COVID-19.
• Allan Gotlieb, 92, Canadian public servant, Ambassador to the United States (1981–1989), cancer and Parkinson's disease.
• Loïc Hennekinne, 79, French diplomat and government official.
• Lennart Jirlow, 83, Swedish painter and scenographer.
• Aleksandr Kabakov, 76, Russian journalist, writer and screenwriter (The Man Who Doesn't Return).
• Sékou Kourouma, Guinean politician and political aide, Chief of Staff to President Alpha Condé, COVID-19.
• François Lafortune Jr., 87, Belgian rifle shooter, seven-time Olympic competitor (1952–1976), Parkinson's disease.
• Bob Lazier, 81, American racing driver (CART), COVID-19.
• Jack Lotz, 86, American professional wrestling referee (WWF) and stuntman (Raging Bull, The Siege), COVID-19.
• Lawrence E. Lucas, 86, American Catholic priest.
• Edward Millward, 89, Welsh nationalist and educator (Charles, Prince of Wales).
• Urano Navarrini, 74, Italian footballer, COVID-19.
• Paul H. O'Neill, 84, American politician, Secretary of the Treasury (2001–2002), lung cancer.
• Sebastián Pereira, 48, Argentine businessman, CEO of Flybondi.
• Tariq Pervez Khan, 71, Pakistani judge, Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court.
• Willy Quadackers, 82, Dutch footballer (Fortuna '54, MVV Maastricht, national team).
• W. Allyn Rickett, 98, American historian.
• Jacques Rosny, 81, French actor (The Tenant, Catherine & Co., L.627), COVID-19.
• André Roumieux, 87, French nurse.
• Claude Silberzahn, 85, French civil servant, Mayor of Simorre (2001–2014), Director of the Directorate-General for External Security (1989–1993).
• Robert Kimmel Smith, 89, American author.
• Erik Súñiga, 44, Guatemalan politician, pancreatic cancer.
• Lucien Szpiro, 78, French mathematician (Szpiro's conjecture), heart failure.
• Gangchen Tulku Rinpoche, 78, Tibetan Buddhist monk, COVID-19.
• Gayraud Wilmore, 98, American historian, writer and theologian.
• Richard Wood, 93, American business executive, president and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company (1973–1991). (death announced on this date)

17

• Bennie G. Adkins, 86, American army Green Beret and intelligence sergeant major, Medal of Honor recipient, COVID-19.
• Barney Ales, 85, American music industry executive (Motown Records).
• Jubayer Ahmed Ansari, 59, Bangladeshi political leader (Khelafat Majlish party) and madrasa principal.
• Deirdre Bair, 84, American writer and biographer, heart failure.
• Ton Bakhuis, 66, Dutch futsal player.
• Jean-François Bazin, 77, French politician and writer.
• Carlos Contreras, 81, Chilean footballer (Universidad de Chile, national team).
• George Curtis, 96, English greyhound trainer.
• Filipe Duarte, 46, Portuguese actor (The Miracle According to Salomé, The Murmuring Coast, Blood Curse), heart attack.
• Sergio Fantoni, 89, Italian actor (Von Ryan's Express, Esther and the King, The Manageress).
• Gilbert Garcin, 90, French photographer.
• Giuseppe Guarino, 97, Italian jurist.
• Allan Heyl, South African bank robber (Stander Gang).
• Norman Hunter, 76, English football player (Leeds United, Bristol City, national team) and manager, world champion (1966), COVID-19.
• Patricia Kailis, 86, Australian businesswoman, geneticist and neurologist.
• Abba Kyari, 67, Nigerian politician, Chief of Staff to the President (since 2015), COVID-19.
• Corrado Lamberti, 72, Italian scientist and astrophysicist, COVID-19.
• Giuseppi Logan, 84, American jazz musician, COVID-19.
• Iris Love, 87, American archaeologist and dog breeder, COVID-19.
• Lukman Niode, 56, Indonesian Olympic swimmer (1984), COVID-19.
• Hezakiah Oshutapik, 63, Canadian politician, MLA (2011–2013), heart attack.
• Arlene Saunders, 89, American operatic soprano, COVID-19.
• Matthew Seligman, 64, English new wave bassist (The Soft Boys, Thompson Twins), COVID-19.
• Robin Seymour, 94, American disc jockey (CKLW, WKNR) and television host (Swingin' Time, Teen Town).
• Gene Shay, 85, American disc jockey (WXPN), co-founder of Philadelphia Folk Festival, COVID-19.
• James Ewell Brown Stuart IV, 84, American army colonel and museum chairman.
• Sir Alan Traill, 84, British politician, Lord Mayor of London (1984–1985).
• Yevgeniya Uralova, 79, Russian actress (July Rain, One-Two, Soldiers Were Going..., Incident at Map Grid 36-80).
• Raymond Van Gestel, 90, Belgian footballer (K. Lyra, Verbroedering Geel, national team).
• Jesús Vaquero, 70, Spanish neurosurgeon, COVID-19.
• Bobby Winkles, 90, American Hall of Fame baseball coach (Arizona State Sun Devils) and manager (California Angels, Oakland Athletics).

16

• Joseph Adler, 79, American theatre and film director (Scream, Baby, Scream).
• Rafik Aliev, 70, Azerbaijani actor.
• Steve Cash, 40, American YouTuber, suicide by gunshot.
• Christophe, 74, French singer-songwriter ("Aline"), COPD.
• Gene Deitch, 95, American-born Czech illustrator, animator (Munro, Tom Terrific, Nudnik) and comics artist.
• Francesco Di Carlo, 79, Italian mobster (Sicilian Mafia) and pentito, COVID-19.
• Carlos Donoso, 72, Venezuelan comedian, singer and screenwriter, lung cancer.
• Andrew J. Fenady, 91, American screenwriter, producer, and actor (Stakeout on Dope Street, The Young Captives).
• Howard Finkel, 69, American Hall of Fame professional wrestling ring announcer (WWE).
• Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza, 84, Brazilian professor and writer.
• Kenneth Gilbert, 88, Canadian harpsichordist, organist and music educator.
• Victor Hendrix, 84, German Olympic rower (1960).
• Danièle Hoffman-Rispal, 68, French politician, Deputy (2002–2012).
• Walter Hoover, 85, American Olympic rower (1952).
• Jane Dee Hull, 84, American politician, Governor of Arizona (1997–2003) and Secretary of State (1995–1997).
• Ulrich Kienzle, 83, German author and journalist (ARD, ZDF).
• Leonie Kooiker, 92, Dutch children's book writer, Gouden Griffel and Vlag en Wimpel winner.
• Brian Kyme, 84, Australian Anglican prelate, Assistant Bishop of Perth (1982–1999), cancer.
• Eric Lambert, 84, Belgian footballer (ARA La Gantoise)
• Santiago Lanzuela, 71, Spanish politician, President of the Government of Aragon (1995–1999), COVID-19.
• Althea McNish, 95, Trinidadian-British textile designer.
• Henry Miller, 89, American lawyer and jurist, COVID-19.
• Bojana Milošević, 54, Serbian-Yugoslavian basketball player, Olympic silver medallist (1988).
• Bruce Murray, 90, Australian footballer (South Melbourne) and cricketer (Victoria).
• Arne Nilsen, 96, Norwegian politician, Minister of Local Government (1978–1979) and Social Affairs (1979–1981).
• Peter Phoenix, 83, English footballer (Oldham Athletic, Rochdale, Stockport County). (death announced on this date)
• Luis Sepúlveda, 70, Chilean writer and journalist, COVID-19.
• Shamardal, 18, American-bred British racehorse and sire.
• Jan Talich, Sr., 74, Czech violinist and violist (Talich Quartet).
• Glider Ushñahua, 51, Peruvian lawyer and politician, Congressman (2016–2019), pneumonia.
• Dušan Vančura, 82, Czech singer, double-bassist and lyricist (Spirituál kvintet), sepsis.
• Jack Wallace, 86, American actor (Death Wish, Eagleheart, Boogie Nights).

15

• Adam Alsing, 51, Swedish television and radio presenter (Big Brother, Adam Live, Mix Megapol), COVID-19.
• Sean Arnold, 79, English actor (Grange Hill, Bergerac).
• Barbara A. Babcock, 81, American legal scholar, cancer.
• Joe Brown, 89, English mountaineer.
• John Buchanan, 86, American Episcopal bishop of West Missouri (1990–1999).
• Ranjit Chowdhry, 64, Indian actor (Baton Baton Mein, Bollywood/Hollywood, Last Holiday), complications from a ruptured ulcer.
• Eddie Cooley, 87, American songwriter ("Fever") and singer ("Priscilla").
• Allen Daviau, 77, American cinematographer (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Color Purple, Empire of the Sun), COVID-19.
• Willie Davis, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers).
• Bernard Deconinck, 83, French track cyclist, amateur world motor-paced silver medallist (1959).
• Brian Dennehy, 81, American actor (First Blood, Tommy Boy, Cocoon), Tony winner (1999, 2003), cardiac arrest due to sepsis.
• James Doyle, 87, Canadian politician.
• Rubem Fonseca, 94, Brazilian fiction writer.
• Dámaso García, 63, Dominican baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, Montreal Expos) and footballer (national team).
• Ed Genson, 78, American attorney (R. Kelly, Rod Blagojevich, Conrad Black), bile duct cancer.
• Henry Grimes, 84, American jazz musician, COVID-19.
• Dries Holten, 84, Dutch singer-songwriter.
• Sir John Houghton, 88, Welsh atmospheric physicist, COVID-19.
• Dick Hyde, 91, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles).
• Milena Jelinek, 84, Czech-American screenwriter (Forgotten Light), COVID-19.
• Lee Konitz, 92, American jazz composer and alto saxophonist, COVID-19.
• Finau Mara, 60, Fijian diplomat and politician, Ambassador-at-large (since 2001).
• Alfonso Marquez, 82, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1960, 1968).
• Ashley Mattingly, 33, American model (Playboy), suicide.
• Gary McSpadden, 77, American gospel singer (The Imperials, Gaither Vocal Band), pastor and television host, pancreatic cancer.
• Eric Mergenthaler, 56, Mexican Olympic sailor (1984, 1988, 1992), and world champion (1992), bicycle accident.
• Aldo Mongiano, 100, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roraima (1979–1996), complications from a broken femur.
• Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, 82, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mweka (1989–2017), COVID-19.
• Bruce Myers, 78, British actor (The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Let There Be Light), comedian, and director, COVID-19.
• John Pfahl, 81, American photographer, COVID-19.
• Shahin Shahablou, 56, Iranian photographer, COVID-19.
• Siamak Shayeghi, 66, Iranian film director and producer, cancer.
• George Curtis Smith, 84, American jurist, Judge of the U.S. District Court for Southern Ohio (since 1987).
• Vesa Törnroos, 37, Finnish Olympic sports shooter (2016), cancer.
• Andrei Ursu, 91, Moldovan pedologist, member of the Academy of Sciences.
• Ken Walibora, 56, Kenyan author and journalist (Siku Njema), traffic collision.
• Dorick M. Wright, 74, Belizean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan (2006–2017).

14

• Tommy Astone, 70, American Hall of Fame racing driver.
• Pip Baker, 91, British screenwriter (Doctor Who), complications from a fall.
• Haydar Baş, 73, Turkish politician, founder and leader of the Independent Turkey Party (since 2002), COVID-19.
• Paul Bayvel, 71, South African rugby union player (Transvaal, national team), cancer.
• Nate Brooks, 86, American boxer, Olympic champion (1952).
• John Collins, 71, Welsh footballer (Portsmouth, Halifax Town, Barnsley).
• Helen Damico, 89, Greek-born American literary scholar.
• Miguel Ángel D'Annibale, 61, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Río Gallegos (2013–2018) and San Martín (since 2018), leukaemia.
• Danny Delaney, Irish Gaelic footballer (Laois, Stradbally), COVID-19.
• Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, 70, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sobral (1998–2004) and Archbishop of Paraíba (2004–2016), COVID-19.
• Mario Donatone, 86, Italian actor (Phenomena, The Godfather Part III, John Wick: Chapter 2).
• Sir Roger Du Boulay, 98, British diplomat.
• Ligia Dumitrescu, 83, Romanian theatre and film actress (Silent Wedding).
• Akin Euba, 84, Nigerian musician.
• Margit Feldman, 90, Hungarian-American educator, activist, and Holocaust survivor, COVID-19.
• William H. Gerdts, 91, American art historian, COVID-19.
• Michael Gilkes, 86, Guyanese writer, COVID-19.
• Judith Innes, 78, American planning theorist, lymphoma.
• Kasongo wa Kanema, 73, Congolese musician (Orchestra Super Mazembe).
• Jon Kilgore, 76, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).
• Franco Lauro, 58, Italian sports journalist, heart attack.
• Cyril Lawrence, 99, English footballer (Rochdale, Wrexham), COVID-19.
• John Lee, 92, British politician, MP (1966–1970, 1974–1979).
• Kerstin Meyer, 92, Swedish mezzo-soprano.
• Naoki Murata, 70, Japanese judoka, heart failure.
• Dushyant Ojha, 88, Indian journalist and politician.
• Dean Parker, 72, New Zealand screenwriter, journalist and political commentator.
• Luis Parodi, 83, Ecuadorian engineer and politician, Vice President (1988–1992).
• Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza, 84, Mexican politician, Governor of the State of Mexico (1989–1993) and President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (1994), complications from surgery.
• Igor Petrov, 86, Russian naval officer and academic.
• Markus Raetz, 78, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator.
• C. S. Rao, 84, Indian screenwriter (Pranam Khareedu, Sarada Ramudu).
• Sir Hugh Rossi, 92, British politician, MP (1966–1992) and Minister for Social Security (1981–1983).
• Ron Rubin, 86, English jazz musician.
• Maria de Sousa, 81, Portuguese immunologist, COVID-19.
• Hank Steinbrenner, 63, American sports executive, co-owner of the New York Yankees (since 2008).
• Ella King Russell Torrey, 94, American human rights activist, COVID-19.
• Jimmy Webb, 62, American clothing stylist and merchandiser (Trash and Vaudeville), cancer.
• Peter Whiteside, 67, British Olympic modern pentathlete (1980), COVID-19.
• Billy Wright, 89, English footballer (Blackpool, Leicester City).
• Ron Wylie, 86, Scottish football player (Notts County, Aston Villa, Birmingham City) and manager.
• Kenny Young, 79, American songwriter ("Under the Boardwalk", "Ai No Corrida", "Captain of Your Ship"), producer and environmentalist, cancer.

13

• Baldiri Alavedra, 76, Spanish footballer (Sabadell), COVID-19.
• Gil Bailey, 84, Jamaican radio broadcaster, COVID-19.
• William H. Bailey, 89, American artist.
• Radboud van Beekum, 69, Dutch architect, designer and writer, cardiac arrest.
• Elisabeth Berge, 65, Norwegian businesswoman and civil servant.
• Jacques Blamont, 93, French astrophysicist.
• Daniel Camiade, French rugby union player (US Quillan, national team).
• David Corbett, 79, English footballer (Swindon Town, Plymouth Argyle).
• Juan Cotino, 70, Spanish businessman and politician, President of Valencian Courts (2011–2014) and Director General of the National Police (1996–2002), COVID-19.
• John Dennis, 88, British prelate, Bishop of Knaresborough (1979–1986) and St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (1986–1996).
• Ashok Desai, 77, Indian lawyer, Attorney General (1996–1998) and Solicitor General (1989–1990).
• Alain Duret, 84, French writer.
• Pierre Ébert, 81, Canadian actor (Life After Love).
• Jens Erik Fenstad, 83, Norwegian mathematician.
• Jerry Givens, 67, American chief executioner of Virginia (1982–1999) and anti-death penalty advocate, COVID-19.
• Gerald O. Glenn, 70, American evangelist, COVID-19.
• Glenna Goodacre, 80, American sculptor (Sacagawea dollar, Vietnam Women's Memorial).
• Charlie Harrison, 70, American college basketball coach (East Carolina, New Mexico).
• Ryo Kawasaki, 73, Japanese jazz fusion guitarist and composer.
• Shay Keogh, 86, Irish footballer (Shamrock Rovers).
• Thomas Kunz, American zoologist, COVID-19.
• Landelino Lavilla Alsina, 85, Spanish politician, President of the Congress of Deputies (1979–1982), Minister of Justice (1976–1979) and member of the Council of State (since 1983).
• Philippe Lécrivain, 78, French Catholic priest (Society of Jesus), COVID-19.
• Benjamin Levin, 93, Israeli partisan and Holocaust survivor, COVID-19.
• Peter Madden, 85, English football player (Rotherham United) and manager (Darlington, Rochdale).
• Vicente Magsaysay, 80, Filipino politician, Governor of Zambales (1968–1986, 1998–2007).
• Sarah Maldoror, 90, French documentary film director (Sambizanga), COVID-19.
• Rick May, 79, American voice actor (Team Fortress 2, Star Fox 64, Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves), COVID-19.
• Patricia Millardet, 63, French actress (La Boum 2, P'tit Con, La piovra), heart attack.
• Moraes Moreira, 72, Brazilian guitarist and singer (Novos Baianos), heart attack.
• U Pannya Jota Mahathera, 64, Bangladeshi Theravada Buddhist monk, cardiac arrest.
• Dennis G. Peters, 82, American electrochemist, COVID-19.
• Avrohom Pinter, 71, British rabbi and politician, Hackney Borough councillor (1982–1990), COVID-19.
• M. V. Rajasekharan, 91, Indian politician, MP.
• Zafar Sarfraz, 50, Pakistani cricketer (Peshawar), COVID-19.
• Bernard Stalter, 63, French entrepreneur and politician, member of the Regional Council of Grand Est (since 2016) and the ESEC (since 2015), COVID-19.
• Ann Sullivan, 91, American animator (The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Atlantis: The Lost Empire), COVID-19.

12

• Francisco Aritmendi, 81, Spanish Olympic long-distance runner (1964), International Cross Country Champion (1964), COVID-19.
• Brian Arrowsmith, 79, English football player (Barrow) and manager, COVID-19.
• Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, 78, Israeli rabbi and convicted fraudster, Rishon LeZion (1993–2003), COVID-19.
• Camillo Ballin, 75, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia (since 2001).
• Maurice Barrier, 87, French actor and comedian (The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Les Compères, Les Fugitifs), COVID-19.
• Victor Batista Falla, 87, Cuban publisher and editor, COVID-19.
• Claude Beauchamp, 80, Canadian journalist, publisher and political activist.
• Glenn Beckert, 79, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres).
• Axel Berg, 81, Norwegian footballer.
• Kishen Bholasing, 35, Surinamese singer, COVID-19.
• Peter Bonetti, 78, English footballer (Chelsea, Dundee United, national team), world champion (1966).
• Tim Brooke-Taylor, 79, English comedian (The Goodies) and panellist (I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue), COVID-19.
• Anthony Causi, 48, American photographer (New York Post), COVID-19.
• Chung Won-shik, 91, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1991–1992), kidney disease.
• Jacques De Decker, 74, Belgian writer and author.
• Louis van Dijk, 78, Dutch pianist, cancer.
• Ted Evans, 79, Australian public servant, Secretary of the Department of the Treasury (1993–2001).
• Caro Fraser, 67, British novelist, cancer.
• Jim Frey, 88, American baseball manager (Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs).
• Keiji Fujiwara, 55, Japanese voice actor (Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, Attack on Titan), cancer.
• Danny Goldman, 80, American actor (The Smurfs, M*A*S*H, Young Frankenstein), stroke.
• Matt Holzman, 56, American radio producer (KCRW), cancer.
• Sascha Hupmann, 49, German basketball player (Evansville Aces, Panathinaikos, national team), ataxia.
• Farouk Abu Issa, 86, Sudanese politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1969–1971).
• Tarvaris Jackson, 36, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills), traffic collision.
• William H. Langille, 76, Canadian politician, MLA (1999–2006), liver cancer.
• Adrian Lucaci, 53, Romanian football player (Steaua București, Sportul Studentesc).
• Abdul Majed, Bangladeshi military officer and convicted murderer (Jail Killing), execution by hanging.
• André Manaranche, 93, French Jesuit priest and theologian, COVID-19.
• Tantinho da Mangueira, 73, Brazilian samba singer and songwriter (Estação Primeira de Mangueira).
• Jacques Maury, 99, French pastor.
• Boo McLee, 36, American football player (Wheeling Wildcats).
• Charles Miossec, 81, French politician, Deputy (1978–2002).
• Sir Stirling Moss, 90, British Hall of Fame racing driver.
• Jon Ola Norbom, 96, Norwegian economist and politician, leader of the Young Liberals (1950–1952) and Minister of Finance (1972–1973).
• Joe Pedicino, 70, American professional wrestling ring announcer (WCW).
• Ahfazur Rahman, 78, Pakistani journalist.
• Joel M. Reed, 86, American film director, producer and screenwriter (The G.I. Executioner, Blood Sucking Freaks, Night of the Zombies), COVID-19.
• Jaime Ruiz Sacristán, 70, Mexican business executive, chairman of the Mexican Stock Exchange (since 2015), COVID-19.
• Doug Sanders, 86, American professional golfer.
• Milton Schafer, 99, American composer.
• Henry G. Schogt, 92, Dutch-born Canadian linguist.
• Carlos Seco Serrano, 96, Spanish historian, COVID-19.
• Charles Alexander Shaw, 75, American jurist, Judge of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Missouri (since 1993).
• Vasily Sidorov, 75, Russian diplomat, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva (1997–2001).
• Khalif Mumin Tohow, Somali justice minister of Hirshabelle State, COVID-19.
• Josephat Torner, 42, Tanzanian albino activist, traffic collision.
• Samuel Wembé, 73, Cameroonian businessman and politician, COVID-19.
• Dennis Yamada, 75, American politician.
• Yu Mingfang, 92, Chinese engineer.

11

• Mel Baggs, 40, American autism blogger.
• Simon Barrington-Ward, 89, English Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Coventry (1985–1997).
• Michael Bowden, 73, Australian footballer (Richmond), motor neurone disease.
• Colby Cave, 25, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers), complications from intracerebral hemorrhage.
• Hélène Châtelain, 84, Belgian-born French actress (La Jetée), documentary film director and writer.
• Stanley Chera, 77, American real estate executive, COVID-19.
• Bo Christensen, 82, Danish film producer.
• John Horton Conway, 82, English mathematician (Conway's Game of Life, surreal numbers, monstrous moonshine), COVID-19.
• Justus Dahinden, 94, Swiss architect, teacher and writer.
• Michael W. R. Davis, 89, American historian and author, COVID-19.
• Mariano De Nicolò, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro (1989–1995) and Rimini (1989–2007).
• Murray Dorin, 65, Canadian politician.
• Antonio Ferres, 96, Spanish writer and poet.
• Paul Haddad, 56, English-born Canadian actor (Babar, John Callahan's Quads!, Resident Evil 2), throat cancer.
• Alfred Hagn, 72, German Olympic alpine skier (1968, 1972).
• Wynn Handman, 97, American artistic director (The American Place Theatre), COVID-19.
• Margot Hartman, 86, American actress (The Curse of the Living Corpse, Violent Midnight, Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women).
• Kristin Jacobs, 60, American politician, mayor of Broward County (2012–2013) and member of the Florida House of Representatives (since 2014), colon cancer.
• Ezekiel Kalipeni, 66, Malawian geographer.
• Edem Kodjo, 81, Togolese politician, Prime Minister (1994–1996, 2005–2006) and Chairperson of the African Union Commission (1978–1983).
• Periklis Korovesis, 78, Greek journalist and politician, MP (2007–2009).
• Phil Langley, 83, American harness racing official, president of the United States Trotting Association (2003–2016).
• Muid Latif, 41, Malaysian fashion designer.
• Liu Dehai, 82, Chinese pipa player.
• Ruth Mandel, 81, Austrian-born American political scientist, women's advocate and Holocaust survivor, ovarian cancer.
• Might and Power, 26, New Zealand-bred Australian racehorse, Melbourne Cup (1997), Caulfield Cup (1997) and W.S. Cox Plate (1998) winner.
• Garth Owen-Smith, 75–76, Namibian environmentalist, cancer.
• Luciano Pellicani, 81, Italian sociologist and journalist.
• Lenore L. Prather, 88, American Chancery judge, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
• Abd al-Rahman Mortadanov, 63–64, Russian qadi, Grand Mufti of Ingushetia (since 2019), COVID-19.
• Lowell A. Reed Jr., 89, American jurist, Judge for the U.S. District Court for East Pennsylvania (since 1988), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Gus Rodríguez, 59, Mexican writer, director and video game journalist, lung cancer.
• Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs, 95, English industrialist and politician, member of the House of Lords (1990–2015).
• Joseph Tusiani, 96, Italian poet and translator.
• Alojz Uran, 75, Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop (1992–2004) and Archbishop of Ljubljana (2004–2009).
• Arne Wilhelmsen, 90, Norwegian businessman, co-founder of Royal Caribbean Cruises.
• Gillian Wise, 84, British artist.

10

• Julio Blanco Alfonso, 82, Cuban footballer (FC Industriales, national team).
• Bruce Baillie, 88, American filmmaker (Castro Street).
• Big George Brock, 87, American blues harmonicist and singer.
• Olga Bucătaru, 78, Romanian actress, heart attack.
• Antonio Carro Martínez, 96, Spanish politician, Minister of the Presidency (1974–1975), member of the Congress of Deputies (1982–1989).
• Rifat Chadirji, 93, Iraqi architect, COVID-19.
• Lucie Dolène, 88, Syrian-born French actress and singer.
• Walter D'Souza, 93, Indian cricketer (Gujarat).
• Mary Jane Fate, 87, American Athabaskan tribal leader.
• Nicholas Fernando, 87, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Colombo (1977–2002).
• Frits Flinkevleugel, 80, Dutch footballer (national team, FC Amsterdam, DWS).
• Shanti Hiranand, 87, Indian classical singer.
• Ceybil Jefferies, American house and R&B singer ("It's Gonna Be Alright"), COVID-19. (death announced on this day)
• Ronald J. Kurth, 88, American rear admiral, government expert on Russian policy and study.
• Marianne Lundquist, 88, Swedish Olympic swimmer (1948, 1952), COVID-19.
• Jymie Merritt, 93, American jazz bassist (The Jazz Messengers), liver cancer.
• Enrique Múgica, 88, Spanish lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice (1988–1991), Deputy (1977–2000) and Ombudsman (2000–2010), COVID-19.
• Bas Mulder, 88, Dutch-Surinamese priest, COVID-19.
• Nobuhiko Obayashi, 82, Japanese film director (House, Toki o Kakeru Shōjo, Hanagatami), screenwriter and editor, lung cancer.
• Jacob Plange-Rhule, 62, Ghanaian physician, Rector of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (since 2015), COVID-19.
• Marke Raines, 93, Canadian politician, MP (1974–1979).
• Pete Retzlaff, 88, American football player and executive (Philadelphia Eagles).
• Francis Reusser, 77, Swiss film director (The Big Night, Derborence, War in the Highlands).
• Richard Richardson, 60, American football player (Arkansas Razorbacks), COVID-19.
• Diane Rodriguez, 68, American actress (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, La Bamba), cancer.
• Carlo Sabatini, 88, Italian actor (Strangled Lives) and voice actor.
• Ing Yoe Tan, 71, Dutch politician, Senator (1999–2011).
• Abigail Thernstrom, 83, American political scientist.
• Hans Verhagen, 81, Dutch journalist, poet and painter.
• Roy Watson, 86, Australian cricketer (Western Australia).
• Tom Webster, 71, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, New England Whalers) and coach (Los Angeles Kings), brain cancer.
• Alf Wood, 74, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Millwall).
• Iris M. Zavala, 83, Puerto Rican author, independence activist and intellectual, COVID-19.

9

• Torvild Aakvaag, 93, Norwegian businessman, CEO of Norsk Hydro (1984–1991).
• Sufia Ahmed, 87, Bangladeshi academic, cardiac arrest.
• Reggie Bagala, 54, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (since 2020), COVID-19.
• Dame Jocelyn Barrow, 90, British educator, community activist and politician.
• Daniel Bernard, 70, French footballer (Rennes, Paris Saint-Germain, Brest).
• Jim Bolger, 88, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
• Jacques Calvet, 88, French businessman, CEO of Groupe PSA.
• Denise Coia, 67, Scottish psychiatrist.
• Jim Conacher, 98, Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks).
• Surésh Dhargalkar, 85, British architect.
• Malcolm Dixon, 66, English actor (Time Bandits, Return of the Jedi, Flash Gordon).
• Mort Drucker, 91, American caricaturist and comics artist (Mad).
• Marc Engels, 54, Belgian sound engineer (The Odyssey, I'm Dead but I Have Friends), COVID-19.
• Paul Gilissen, 85, Dutch politician.
• Mark Golden, 71, Canadian historian.
• Harvey Goldstein, 80, British statistician and academic, COVID-19.
• Andy González, 69, American jazz and Latin dance bassist.
• Bert van de Kamp, 73, Dutch music journalist.
• Donna Kauffman, 60, American romance novelist and columnist, pancreatic cancer.
• Simplice Guédet Manzela, 71, Gabonese politician.
• Ho Kam Ming, 96, Macanese-born Canadian martial artist, COVID-19.
• Zdeněk Jičínský, 91, Czech lawyer and politician, Deputy (1996–2002, 2003–2010).
• Clément-Joseph Hannouche, 70, Egyptian Syriac Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Cairo (since 1995).
• Phyllis Lyon, 95, American gay rights activist.
• Liliane Marchais, 84, French political activist.
• Virginia Savage McAlester, 76, American architectural historian, myelfibrosis.
• Guy Miserque, 74, Belgian Olympic field hockey player (1964, 1968, 1972, 1976).
• Lee Nurse, 43, English cricketer (Berkshire), COVID-19.
• Marcel Rainaud, 80, French politician, Senator (2006–2014).
• Giuseppe Aldo Rossi, 106, Italian screenwriter (Giallo club. Invito al poliziesco).
• Ida Schuster, 101, Scottish actress (Death Watch, A Shot at Glory).
• Ernst-Georg Schwill, 81, German actor (Alarm in the Circus, A Berlin Romance, The Shield and the Sword).
• Junzo Sekine, 93, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, Yomiuri Giants) and manager (Yakult Swallows).
• Dmitri Smirnov, 71, Russian-born British composer (Tiriel, The Lamentations of Thel), COVID-19.
• Jean-Pierre St-Louis, 68–69, Canadian film director and videographer (Requiem for a Handsome Bastard, Whoever Dies, Dies in Pain).
• Richard Teitelbaum, 80, American electronic music composer, stroke.
• Taufiq Tirmizi, 63, Pakistani cricketer (House Building Finance Corporation, Karachi Whites).
• Ksenia Tripolitova, 104, Russian ballet dancer.
• Saul Turteltaub, 87, American television writer and producer (That Girl, Sanford and Son, What's Happening!!).
• Phyllis Wallbank, 101, British educationalist.
• Won Pyong-oh, 91, South Korean ornithologist.
• Jim Youel, 98, American football player (Washington Redskins).

8

• Andrzej Adamiak, 60, Polish bass guitarist, singer and songwriter.
• Siri Berg, 98, Swedish-born American abstract artist.
• Leila Benitez-McCollum, 89, Filipino-American television and radio host (Student Canteen), COVID-19.
• Richard L. Brodsky, 73, American lawyer and politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1983–2010), heart attack.
• Dirk van den Broek, 96, Dutch supermarket founder.
• L. Carl Brown, 91, American historian.
• Jaroslava Brychtová, 95, Czech glass artist.
• Aubrey Burl, 93, British archaeologist.
• Boško Bursać, 74, Bosnian footballer (Rijeka, Vitesse Arnhem, NK Zagreb).
• Robert L. Carroll, 81, American-Canadian palaeontologist, COVID-19.
• Elly Coenen-Vaessen, 88, Dutch politician, mayor of Nuth (1986–1997).
• Carl Dobkins Jr., 79, American singer ("My Heart Is an Open Book").
• John Downing, 79, Welsh photojournalist, cancer.
• Jackie du Preez, 77, Zimbabwean cricketer (Rhodesia, South Africa).
• Peter Ecklund, 74, American jazz cornetist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Madeleine Fischer, 84, Swiss-born Italian actress (Le Amiche, The Bachelor, The Day the Sky Exploded).
• Martin S. Fox, 95, American publisher, COVID-19.
• Glenn Fredly, 44, Indonesian singer, meningitis.
• Norah Gibbons, 68, Irish children's rights activist.
• Bjørn Haug, 91, Norwegian jurist.
• Hiphei, 82, Indian politician, MP (1990–2002).
• John Hughes, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (Cincinnati Stingers).
• Miguel Jones, 81, Equatoguinean-born Spanish footballer (Barakaldo, Indautxu, Atlético Madrid), COVID-19.
• Bernie Juskiewicz, 77, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (2013–2019), COVID-19.
• Luďa Klusáková, 69, Czech historian.
• Joel J. Kupperman, 83, American philosopher.
• Paul Lambert, 61, British television and media producer, suicide.
• Francesco La Rosa, 93, Italian footballer (Pro Patria, Palermo, national team), COVID-19.
• Lars-Eric Lundvall, 86, Swedish ice hockey player (Frölunda), world champion (1962) and Olympic silver medallist (1964).
• François Luc Macosso, 81, Congolese politician.
• Henri Madelin, 83, French Jesuit theologian and editor, COVID-19.
• David Méresse, 89, French footballer (CO Roubaix-Tourcoing, FC Sète 34).
• Michael McCarthy, 61, American television writer (Saturday Night Live), cancer.
• Lois Kelly Miller, 102, Jamaican actress (Meet Joe Black).
• Valeriu Muravschi, 70, Moldovan politician, Prime Minister (1991–1992), Minister of Finance (1990–1991) and MP (1998–2001).
• Bill Nellor, 96, American cartoonist.
• Shimon Okshtein, 69, Ukrainian-American artist.
• Eileen Croxford Parkhouse, 96, British cellist and pedagogue.
• Norman I. Platnick, 68, American arachnologist and curator (American Museum of Natural History).
• Robert Poujade, 91, French politician, Deputy (1967–1981, 1986–2002) and mayor of Dijon (1971–2001).
• Toni Rettaliata, 75, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1979–1987).
• John A. Rocco, 83, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1980–1998), mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey (1975–1977), respiratory failure.
• Chynna Rogers, 25, American rapper, drug overdose.
• Larry Sherman, American house music publisher, founder of Trax Records, heart failure.
• Pat Stapleton, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins), stroke.
• Linda Tripp, 70, American civil servant and whistleblower (Clinton–Lewinsky scandal), pancreatic cancer.
• Te Huirangi Waikerepuru, 91, New Zealand trade unionist and Māori language activist.
• Albert H. Wilkening, 74, American major general, cancer.
• Carmen Williamson, 94, American amateur boxer and Olympic judge, COVID-19.

7

• Albert Almoznino, 97, Israeli hand shadow artist.
• Jawdat Al-Qazwini, 67, Iraqi scholar.
• Wiktor Bater, 53, Polish journalist.
• Betty Bennett, 98, American jazz and big band singer.
• Christian Bonnet, 98, French politician, Minister of the Interior (1977–1981).
• Roger Chappot, 79, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1964), COVID-19.
• Robert Chaudenson, 82, French Creole linguist, COVID-19.
• Jim Clarko, 87, Australian politician, WA MLA (1974–1996).
• Jean-Laurent Cochet, 85, French stage director and actor (A Thousand Billion Dollars, Fort Saganne), COVID-19.
• Peter Cory, 94, Canadian judge, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1989–1999).
• Faith Dane, 96, American actress (Gypsy) and politician.
• Oleksandr Datsyuk, 56, Ukrainian singer and guitarist, stabbed.
• Hutch Davie, 89, American pianist, arranger and composer.
• Eddy Davis, 79, American jazz musician (Woody Allen), COVID-19.
• Fariborz Esmaeili, 79, Iranian Olympic footballer (1964).
• Steve Farmer, 71, American musician (The Amboy Dukes) and songwriter ("Journey to the Center of the Mind").
• Charlotte Figi, 13, American medical cannabidiol patient and reform figure, namesake of Charlotte's web cannabis, seizure.
• Jacques Frémontier, 89, French journalist and television producer.
• Allen Garfield, 80, American actor (The Conversation, Nashville, Beverly Hills Cop II), COVID-19.
• Henry Graff, 98, American historian, COVID-19.
• Leib Groner, 88, American Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi and secretary to Menachem Schneerson, COVID-19.
• Irene Hirano, 71, American non-profit executive, president of U.S.-Japan Council (since 2009) and the Japanese American National Museum (2008–2012).
• Hudeidi, 91, Somali oud player, COVID-19.
• M. A. Jabbar, 80, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2008–2014).
• Sasi Kalinga, 59, Indian actor (Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha, Pranchiyettan & the Saint, Indian Rupee), liver disease.
• Mishik Kazaryan, 72, Russian physicist, COVID-19.
• Jan Křen, 89, Czech historian, academic and dissident, Charter 77 signatory, COVID-19.
• John Percy Leon Lewis, 77, Guyanese military officer, COVID-19.
• Fred Mandeville, 97, Canadian politician.
• John Matias, 75, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
• Roger Matthews, 71, British criminologist, COVID-19.
• Thomas Mensah, 87, Ghanaian judge.
• Travis Nelsen, American drummer (Okkervil River).
• Yaakov Perlow, 89, American Novominsk rebbe, president of Agudah, COVID-19.
• John Prine, 73, American singer-songwriter ("Sam Stone", "Angel from Montgomery"), Grammy winner (1992, 2006), COVID-19.
• Nipper Read, 95, British police officer and boxing administrator, COVID-19.
• Jan Reijnen, 93, Dutch politician, mayor of Wervershoof (1964–1969), Oldenzaal (1969–1976) and Heerlen (1976–1986), Senator (1972–1977).
• Donato Sabia, 56, Italian Olympic middle-distance runner (1984, 1988), COVID-19.
• Harv Schmidt, 84, American college basketball player and coach (Illinois Fighting Illini).
• Tom Scully, 89, Irish Gaelic football manager (Offaly), COVID-19.
• Barbara Smoker, 96, British humanist activist, president of the National Secular Society (1972–1996).
• Adrian V. Stokes, 74, British computer scientist and disability campaigner.
• André Stordeur, 79, Belgian electronic musician.
• Miguel Ángel Tábet, 78, Venezuelan theologian and exegete, COVID-19.
• Agop Terzan, 92, French-Armenian astronomer.
• Ghyslain Tremblay, 68, Canadian actor (The Plouffe Family, Robin et Stella, The Revenge of the Woman in Black) and comedian.
• Hal Willner, 64, American music producer (Saturday Night Live, Stay Awake), COVID-19.
• Harry Wouters van den Oudenweijer, 86, Dutch equestrian show jumper, European team champion (1977).

6

• Radomir Antić, 71, Serbian football player (Partizan) and manager (Atlético Madrid, national team), pancreatitis.
• M. K. Arjunan, 84, Indian composer.
• Helène Aylon, 89, American ecofeminist artist, COVID-19.
• Claude Barthélemy, 74, Haitian footballer (Detroit Cougars, national team).
• Roger Beatty, 87, American television writer (The Carol Burnett Show), prostate cancer.
• Steven C. Beering, 87, German-born American physician and academic, President of Purdue University (1983–2000).
• Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, 79, Spanish playwright and screenwriter, COVID-19.
• Black the Ripper, 32, British grime MC, rapper and cannabis activist.
• Marcel Boillat, 90, Swiss political activist.
• Ruben Burks, 86, American labor union executive (United Auto Workers), COVID-19.
• Marc Chardonnens, 59–60, Swiss government official, Director of the Federal Office for the Environment (2016–2020).
• Alfonso Cortina, 76, Spanish businessman, chairman and CEO of Repsol YPF (1996–2004), COVID-19.
• Pietro Cugini, 83, Italian physician.
• John Dossetor, 94, Indian-born Canadian physician.
• James Drury, 85, American actor (The Virginian, Forbidden Planet, The Young Warriors).
• Jock Edwards, 64, New Zealand cricketer (Central Districts, national team).
• Armando Francioli, 100, Italian actor (The Pharaohs' Woman, The Opium Den, Hawk of the Caribbean).
• Ferenc Füzesi, 59, Hungarian Olympic handball player (1992).
• Gerhard Giebisch, 93, Austrian-born American physiologist.
• Bruce Gonsalves, 63, Australian footballer.
• Earl G. Graves Sr., 85, American entrepreneur and businessman, founder of Black Enterprise.
• Sergio Guenza, 87, Italian football player (Lazio) and manager (women's national team).
• Onaje Allan Gumbs, 70, American pianist.
• Vic Henley, 57, American comedian, pulmonary embolism.
• Jack Hill, 75, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (since 1991).
• Al Kaline, 85, American Hall of Fame baseball player, broadcaster and executive (Detroit Tigers).
• Hendrik Jan Korterink, 64, Dutch crime journalist, colon cancer.
• Jacques Le Brun, 88, French historian, COVID-19.
• Claude Le Pen, 72, French economist.
• Quenton Leach, 47, Australian footballer (Fremantle), cancer.
• Jean Little, 88, Canadian writer (Mine for Keeps, From Anna, Orphan at My Door).
• Jun Maeda, 79, Japanese-born American theatre set designer, COVID-19.
• Adlin Mair-Clarke, 78, Jamaican Olympic athlete (1964, 1968).
• Vinolia Mashego, 56, South African TV presenter and actress (Generations, Muvhango, Isibaya).
• Naek L. Tobing, 79, Indonesian physician and sexologist, COVID-19.
• Art Paleczny, 91, Canadian politician, Mayor of Waterloo, Ontario (1966–1967), COVID-19.
• Trevor Platt, 78, British marine scientist.
• William R. Polk, 91, American foreign policy consultant and author, leukemia.
• Bullet Prakash, 44, Indian comedian and actor (Mast Maja Maadi, Aithalakkadi, Aryan), liver failure.
• James F. Scott, 77, American physicist.
• Lucien Schmitthäusler, 85, French writer.
• Fred Singer, 94, Austrian-born American physicist.
• Mark Steiner, 77, American philosopher, COVID-19.
• Jock Steven, 84, Scottish rugby union player (Barbarians).
• Eugene Stowe, 97, American Church of the Nazarene minister and general superintendent.
• Stephen Sulyk, 95, Polish-born American Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Philadelphia (1980–2000), COVID-19.
• Riay Tatary, 72, Syrian-born Spanish doctor and imam, president of Islamic Commission of Spain (since 1992), COVID-19.
• Eli Velder, 94, American academic.
• Ksenia Vereshchagina, 32, Russian swimmer.
• Tim White, 68, British painter.
• Michael Yun, Korean-born American politician, COVID-19. (death announced on this date)
• Jean-Marie Zoellé, 75, French politician, mayor of Saint-Louis (since 2011), COVID-19.

5

• Michel Andrault, 93, French architect (Tours Société Générale, AccorHotels Arena).
• Ray Authement, 91, American academic administrator, President of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1974–2008).
• Ed Biles, 88, American football coach (Houston Oilers), leukemia.
• Honor Blackman, 94, English actress (The Avengers, Goldfinger, Jason and the Argonauts).
• Margaret Burbidge, 100, British-born American astronomer, complications from a fall.
• Jocelyn Burton, 74, British silver and goldsmith, bowel cancer.
• Gregory W. Carman, 83, American politician and judge, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1981–1983).
• André Cristol, 77, French footballer (Montpellier, Limoges).
• Shirley Douglas, 86, Canadian actress (Wind at My Back, Lolita, Barney's Great Adventure) and civil rights activist, complications from pneumonia.
• Ronnie Earle, 78, American politician and judge.
• Svein Ellingsen, 90, Norwegian hymnist and visual artist.
• Jun Factoran, 76, Filipino lawyer and politician, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (1987–1992).
• Lee Fierro, 91, American actress (Jaws), COVID-19.
• Daniel Greene, 85–86, American artist.
• Leo Geurtjens, 96, Dutch sculptor.
• Bob Hermann, 97, American Hall of Fame soccer executive, president and founder of the NASL, owner of the St. Louis Stars, namesake of Hermann Trophy and Hermann Stadium.
• Ray Hiron, 76, English footballer (Portsmouth, Reading).
• Ivan Itkin, 84, American politician, heart failure.
• Mahmoud Jibril, 67, Libyan politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister (2011), COVID-19.
• Tom Larkin, 88–89, Irish hurler (Tipperary).
• Sir John Laws, 74, English jurist, High Court Judge (1992–1998) and Lord Justice of Appeal (1999–2016), sepsis and COVID-19.
• Pentti Linkola, 87, Finnish deep ecologist and writer.
• John Lucas, 90, English philosopher.
• Bobby Mitchell, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins) and executive.
• Dougie Morgan, 73, Scottish rugby union player (Stewart's Melville, British and Irish Lions, national team).
• George Ogilvie, 89, Australian theatre and film director (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome), cardiac arrest.
• Michel Parisse, 83, French historian and professor, COVID-19.
• Peter Walker, 84, English cricketer (Glamorgan, national team), stroke.

4

• Barry Allen, 74, Canadian rock musician and record producer (Painter).
• Jerónimo Arango, 92–93, Mexican businessman (Walmart de México y Centroamérica).
• Arminsyah, 59, Indonesian prosecutor, Vice Attorney General (since 2017), traffic collision.
• Luis Eduardo Aute, 76, Filipino-born Spanish artist.
• Jay Benedict, 68, American actor (Foyle's War, Double Team, The Dark Knight Rises), COVID-19.
• Philippe Bodson, 75, Belgian businessman and politician, Senator (1999–2003), COVID-19.
• Timothy Brown, 82, American singer, actor (M*A*S*H), and football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Colts), complications of dementia.
• Carol Burkett, 74, American drag racing driver.
• Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero, 76, Honduran politician, President (1990–1994), cardiac arrest.
• Silvano Carroli, 81, Italian baritone.
• Forrest Compton, 94, American actor (The Edge of Night, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The F.B.I.), COVID-19.
• Tom Dempsey, 73, American football player (New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams), COVID-19.
• Xavier Dor, 91, French embryologist and anti-abortion activist, COVID-19.
• Brian Falconer, 86, Australian footballer.
• Kenneth Farnum, 89, Barbadian-born Jamaican Olympic cyclist (1952), COVID-19.
• Lila Fenwick, 87, American lawyer and human rights advocate, COVID-19.
• Patrick Gibson, 64, French drummer and singer (Gibson Brothers), COVID-19.
• Carlos González-Artigas, 72, Ecuadorian businessman, COVID-19.
• James Gooch, 85, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
• Bashirul Haq, 77, Bangladeshi architect.
• Alex Harvey, 79, American singer, songwriter and actor (Gettysburg, Fire Down Below, The Rainmaker).
• Arnold Heertje, 86, Dutch economist.
• Muhammad Sirajul Islam, 77, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1973–1982), COVID-19.
• Volodymyr Korolyuk, 94, Ukrainian mathematician.
• Carlo Leva, 90, Italian production designer and set decorator (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Cat o' Nine Tails), heart attack.
• Leïla Menchari, 92–93, Tunisian decorator and designer (Hermès).
• Andrea Mitchell, 64, Australian politician, WA MLA (2008–2017), heart condition.
• Olan Montgomery, 56, American actor (Stranger Things) and pop artist, COVID-19.
• Marcel Moreau, 86, Belgian writer, COVID-19.
• Pertti Paasio, 81, Finnish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1991) and MP (1975–1979, 1982–1996).
• Rao Pingru, 98, Chinese comic book author (Our Story: A Memoir of Love and Life in China), multiple organ failure.
• Susanna Ramel, 100, Swedish actress.
• Arlene Schnitzer, 91, American art collector and philanthropist.
• Anton Sebastianpillai, 70s, Sri Lankan born British geriatrician and author, COVID-19.
• Victor Skrebneski, 90, American photographer, cancer.
• Börje Stattin, 90, Swedish Olympic gymnast (1952).
• Harland Svare, 89, American football player and coach (New York Giants, Los Angeles Rams), respiratory arrest.
• Founéké Sy, 33, Malian footballer (Korofina, Sanat Naft, national team), traffic collision.
• Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, 87, English politician and artist, Lord Temporal (1992–1999), COVID-19.
• Ivan Vakarchuk, 73, Ukrainian physicist, Minister of Education and Science (2007–2010) and rector of the University of Lviv (1990–2007, 2010–2013).
• Peter Vaughan, 89, British Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Ramsbury (1989–1998).
• Ezio Vendrame, 72, Italian footballer (Lanerossi Vicenza, Napoli, Padova) and writer, cancer.
• Cheryl Wall, 71, American literary critic.
• Michel Wiblé, 97, Swiss composer and teacher.

3

• Yūtokutaishi Akiyama, 85, Japanese engraver and photographer.
• Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster, 93, British civil servant, Cabinet Secretary (1979–1987) and Lord Temporal (since 1998).
• Karel Beyers, 77, Belgian footballer.
• Helin Bölek, 28, Turkish singer (Grup Yorum), suicide by fasting.
• Arnold Demain, 92, American microbiologist, COVID-19.
• Henri Ecochard, 96, French military officer, COVID-19.
• Ira Einhorn, 79, American convicted murderer and fugitive.
• Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, 97, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ales-Terralba (1983–1989) and Reggio Emilia-Guastalla (1989–1998).
• Bob Glanzer, 74, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (since 2017), COVID-19.
• Alexander A. Gurshtein, 83, Russian astronomer.
• Francisco Hernando Contreras, 74, Spanish housing developer, COVID-19.
• Marguerite Lescop, 104, Canadian writer, COVID-19.
• George Mackie, 70, Scottish rugby union player (Highland RFC, national team), cancer.
• Hans Meyer, 94, South African actor (Colditz).
• Janet Mullarney, 68, Irish artist and sculptor.
• C. W. Nicol, 79, Welsh-born Japanese writer, cancer.
• Yoichi Nishimaru, 93, Japanese physician.
• Hans Prade, 81, Surinamese diplomat, COVID-19.
• Omar Quintana, 76, Ecuadorian politician and sports executive, President of the National Congress (2005), president of C.S. Emelec, COVID-19.
• Marcelle Ranson-Hervé, 90, French actress (Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to?, Robert et Robert), COVID-19.
• Francis Robicsek, 94, American cardio-thoracic surgeon.
• Tim Robinson, 85, English writer and cartographer, COVID-19.
• Yusuf Kenan Sönmez, 71–72, Turkish politician, MP (1987–1991), COVID-19.
• Arlene Stringer-Cuevas, 86, American politician, member of the New York City Council (1976–1977), COVID-19.
• Thio Gim Hock, 82, Singaporean Olympic water polo player (1956) and property developer, blood disease and kidney failure.
• Eric Verdonk, 60, New Zealand rower, Olympic bronze medallist (1988), cancer.
• Constand Viljoen, 86, South African general and politician, MP (1994–2001).
• Frida Wattenberg, 95, French resistance member, COVID-19.

2

• Mike Appleton, 83, British television producer (The Old Grey Whistle Test).
• Goyo Benito, 73, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, national team), COVID-19.
• Ranko Borozan, 86, Bosnian footballer (Velež Mostar, Partizan, Red Star Belgrade).
• Patricia Bosworth, 86, American actress (The Nun's Story) and author, COVID-19.
• John B. Bryant, 72, American economist.
• Bernardita Catalla, 62, Filipino diplomat, ambassador to Lebanon (since 2017), COVID-19.
• Zaccaria Cometti, 83, Italian footballer (Atalanta), COVID-19.
• François de Gaulle, 98, French missionary, COVID-19.
• Oskar Fischer, 97, German politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the GDR (1975–1990).
• William Frankland, 108, British immunologist, COVID-19.
• Louis J. Gill, 80, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1988–1992).
• Juan Giménez, 76, Argentine comic book artist (Heavy Metal, Métal hurlant), COVID-19.
• Ron Graham, 93, English-Australian actor (Home and Away, Waterloo Station).
• Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg, 83, Norwegian politician, MP (1985–1989, since 2013), president of the IFRC (1997–2001).
• Daniel Jacoby, 86, French lawyer and human rights activist.
• Walentyna Janta-Połczyńska, 107, Polish political exile.
• Anick Jesdanun, 51, American technology journalist (Associated Press), COVID-19.
• Eddie Large, 78, British comedian (Little and Large), heart failure and COVID-19.
• João Marcos, 66, Brazilian footballer (Palmeiras, Grêmio), esophageal disease.
• Maeve Kennedy McKean, 40, American lawyer, health official and academic, drowning.
• Johannes van Knobelsdorff, 102, Dutch mayor (Goedereede, Stellendam, Sassenheim).
• James Megellas, 103, American military officer.
• Feriha Öz, 87, Turkish academic and pathologist, COVID-19.
• Emmitt Peters, 79, American dog musher.
• Hans Reiss, 97, German-born Irish academic.
• Rodrigo Pesántez Rodas, 82, Ecuadorian writer and poet, COVID-19.
• Sergio Rossi, 84, Italian shoe designer (Sergio Rossi), COVID-19.
• Aaron Rubashkin, 92, American businessman, patriarch of the Rubashkin family, COVID-19.
• Paul Sauvé, 80, Canadian curler.
• George Shepperson, 98, British historian.
• Shamsur Rahman Sherif, 79, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Land (2014–2019).
• Nirmal Singh Khalsa, 67, Indian singer and priest (Darbar Sahib), COVID-19.
• Arnold Sowinski, 89, French footballer (RC Lens), COVID-19.
• Claudio Spies, 95, Chilean-born American composer.
• Carl Tacy, 86, American college basketball coach (Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Marshall Thundering Herd).
• Aptripel Tumimomor, 53, Indonesian politician, Regent of North Morowali (since 2016), COVID-19.
• Mel Watkins, 87, Canadian political economist.
• Arthur Whistler, 75, American ethnobotanist and author, COVID-19.
• Keizo Yamada, 92, Japanese Olympic long-distance runner (1952).
• Jacques Yankel, 99, French artist.

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• Tony Anderson, 78, Australian footballer.
• Anne Hendricks Bass, 78, American investor and philanthropist.
• Branislav Blažić, 63, Serbian surgeon and politician, Minister of Environmental Protection (1998–2000), COVID-19.
• Peter Brooke, 90, American businessman.
• Zev Buffman, 89, Israeli theatre producer, President and CEO of Ruth Eckerd Hall (2011–2018).
• Mario Chaldú, 77, Argentine footballer (Club Atlético Banfield, Racing Club, national team).
• Bruce Dawe, 90, Australian poet.
• Ricardo Díez Hochleitner, 91, Spanish economist and diplomat, president of the Club of Rome (1991–2000).
• David Driskell, 88, American visual artist and academic, COVID-19.
• Kevin Duffy, 87, American jurist, U.S. District Court Judge for Southern New York (1972–2016), COVID-19.
• Bernard Epin, 83, French writer and literary critic, COVID-19.
• Ed Farmer, 70, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies) and broadcaster, kidney disease.
• Edward L. Feightner, 100, American Navy officer and flying ace.
• Luiz Flávio Gomes, 62, Brazilian jurist, professor and politician, Deputy (since 2019), leukaemia.
• Sir James Learmonth Gowans, 95, British immunologist.
• Nur Hassan Hussein, 83, Somali politician, Prime Minister (2007–2009), COVID-19.
• Martin Khor, 68, Malaysian journalist (The Star) and economist, executive director of the South Centre (2009–2018), cancer.
• Philippe Malaurie, 95, French lawyer.
• Gérard Mannoni, 92, French sculptor.
• Ellis Marsalis Jr., 85, American jazz pianist, COVID-19.
• Rüdiger Nehberg, 84, German human rights activist and survival expert.
• Floris Michael Neusüss, 83, German photographer.
• Richard Passman, 94, American aeronautical engineer and space scientist, COVID-19.
• Dirceu Pinto, 39, Brazilian Paralympic boccia player (2008, 2012, 2016), heart failure.
• Bucky Pizzarelli, 94, American jazz guitarist, COVID-19.
• Dieter Reith, 82, German pianist and organist.
• Harold Rubin, 87, South African-born Israeli jazz clarinettist.
• Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, 70, Mexican politician, Secretary of Communications and Transportation (2012–2018), stroke.
• Yvonne Schaloske, 68, Swedish actress (Rederiet).
• Adam Schlesinger, 52, American musician (Fountains of Wayne, Ivy) and songwriter ("That Thing You Do"), Emmy winner (2012, 2013, 2019), COVID-19.
• Amerigo Severini, 88, Italian cyclo-cross cyclist.
• John Tydeman, 84, English radio producer and theatre director.
• Dora Werzberg, 99, French nurse and social worker.
• Mahmoud Zakzouk, 86, Egyptian academic and politician, Minister of Awqaf (1995–2011).

Previous months

• Deaths in January 2020
• Deaths in February 2020
• Deaths in March 2020

See also

• List of deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019
• Lists of deaths by year

External links

• The Guardian, UK obituaries
• The Telegraph obituaries
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, US obituaries
• The Washington Post obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries