Deaths in 2021

The following notable deaths occurred in 2021. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT. 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.

December

6

• Olha Ilkiv, 102, Ukrainian partisan and liaison officer of Ukrainian Insurgent Army Commander-in-Chief Roman Shukhevych.
• Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, 84, South African politician.
• Eugenio Minasso, 62, Italian politician, complications from COVID-19.
• János Kóbor, 78, Hungarian singer, member of Omega
• Marvin Morgan, 38, English footballer (Plymouth Argyle, Aldershot Town, Shrewsbury Town).

5

• Lanuakum Ao, 31, Indian actor (Axone).
• Gary Callander, 62, Scottish rugby union player (Kelso, national team) and coach (Watsonian), pancreatic cancer.
• Peter Cundall, 94, English-born Australian horticulturalist and television host (Gardening Australia).
• Bob Dole, 98, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1969), Senate (1969–1996), and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, lung cancer.
• Oleg Emirov, 51, Russian composer, arranger and keybordist (Kolibri, Tequilajazzz).
• Aurelio Galfetti, 85, Swiss architect.
• Prithipal Singh Gill, 100, Indian military officer.
• Bill Glass, 86, American Hall of Fame football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders, Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns).
• Christine Haidegger, 79, Austrian writer.
• Stevan Jelovac, 32, Serbian basketball player (JuveCaserta, Brose Bamberg, CAI Zaragoza), complications from brain hemorrhage.
• Sławomir Majusiak, 57, Polish long-distance runner.
• M. Sarada Menon, 98, Indian psychiatrist.
• John Miles, 72, British singer-songwriter and musician ("Music").
• Inés Morales, 69, Spanish actress (El Retorno de Walpurgis, Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll, Watch Out, We're Mad!).
• Bunu Sheriff Musa, 74, Nigerian administrator and engineer.
• Danylo Pertsov, 48, Ukrainian composer and multi-instrumentalist, COVID-19.
• Mark Rudinstein, 75, Russian film producer, actor and television presenter, founder of Kinotavr.
• Toni Santagata, 85, Italian folk singer.
• Song Gisuk, 86, South Korean novelist.
• Jacques Tits, 91, Belgian-born French mathematician.
• Demetrio Volcic, 90, Italian journalist (La Repubblica, TG1) and politician, MEP (1999–2004).
• Andrew Walker, 67, Scottish murderer, respiratory infection. (death announced on this date)

4

• Thoppil Anto, 81, Indian playback singer.
• Eileen Ash, 110, English cricketer (Middlesex, national team).
• Sarath Chandrasiri, 57, Sri Lankan actor (Dr. Nawariyan, Mago Digo Dai, Ran Kevita), brain hemorrhage.
• Sabbaruddin Chik, 79, Malaysian politician, minister of tourism, arts and culture (1987–1996), MP (1982–1999), COVID-19.
• Martha De Laurentiis, 67, American film producer (Breakdown, Hannibal, U-571), cancer.
• Vinod Dua, 67, Indian journalist (Doordarshan, NDTV India), complications from COVID-19.
• Mahmoud Hammoud, 57, Lebanese football player (Nejmeh, national team) and manager (Shabab Sahel), COVID-19.
• Golam Hasnayen, 91, Bangladeshi lawyer.
• Stonewall Jackson, 89, American country singer ("Waterloo", "B.J. the D.J.", "I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water"), vascular dementia.
• Percy Johnson, 88, Australian football player (East Fremantle, Claremont) and coach (Swan Districts), cancer.
• Navid Khosh Hava, 30, Iranian footballer (Rah Ahan, Paykan, PAS Hamedan), cardiac arrest.
• Paul Lannoye, 82, Belgian politician, MEP (1989–2004).
• Leonardo McNish, 75, Guatemalan footballer.
• Boris Misnik, 83, Russian politician, deputy (1995–2000).
• Rostislav Orlov, 83, Russian television sports broadcaster and writer.
• Trilochan Pradhan, 92, Indian physicist and academic administrator, vice-chancellor of Utkal University (1989–1991).
• Pierre Rabhi, 83, Algerian-born French environmentalist.
• Idang Rasjidi, 63, Indonesian jazz musician.
• Konijeti Rosaiah, 88, Indian politician, governor of Tamil Nadu (2011–2016) and Karnataka (2014), chief minister of Andhra Pradesh (2009–2010).
• Shivaram, 83, Indian actor (Bhajarangi, Mukunda Murari, Bangara s/o Bangarada Manushya), film producer and director, brain hemorrhage.
• Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi, 81, Nigerian general, chief of Army staff (1981–1983).

3

• Güldal Akşit, 61, Turkish politician, minister of culture and tourism (2002–2003), COVID-19.
• Man Arai, 75, Japanese writer and singer.
• Jean Briane, 91, French politician, deputy (1971–2002).
• Françoise Delord, 81, French zookeeper, founder of the ZooParc de Beauval.
• Lamine Diack, 88, Senegalese businessman, sports administrator, and athlete, president of the IAAF (1999–2015).
• Horst Eckel, 89, German footballer (1. FC Kaiserslautern, SV Röchling Völklingen, West Germany national team), world champion (1954).
• Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton, 101, British courtier, mistress of the Robes (since 1967).
• Marian Hadenko, 66, Ukrainian composer, singer, and television presenter.
• Robert Holman, 69, British dramatist (Rafts and Dreams, A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky).
• Wout Holverda, 63, Dutch footballer (Sparta, Fortuna Sittard), COVID-19.
• Claude Humphrey, 77, American Hall of Fame football player (Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles).
• Lee Tae-bok, 70, South Korean politician, minister of health and welfare (2002).
• Mirco Nontschew, 52, German comedian (RTL Samstag Nacht). (body discovered on this date)
• Saul Raiz, 91, Brazilian politician, mayor of Curitiba (1975–1979).
• Arie Ribbens, 84, Dutch singer.
• Edward Shames, 99, American Army colonel, last surviving officer of Easy Company.
• Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, 88, American socialite, cancer.
• Sampath Tennakoon, 62, Sri Lankan actor (Saroja, Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli, Siri Raja Siri), lung cancer.
• Nina Urgant, 92, Russian actress (Tamer of Tigers, Belorussian Station, Bonus).
• Alfonso Vallejo, 78, Spanish playwright and poet.
• Momčilo Vukotić, 71, Serbian footballer (FK Partizan, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Yugoslavia national team).

2

• János Avar, 83, Hungarian journalist (Magyar Nemzet).
• Giuseppe Chiaretti, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve (1995–2009).
• Richard Cole, 75, English music manager (Led Zeppelin).
• Jos Dupré, 93, Belgian politician, mayor of Westerlo (1977–1982, 1989–1996).
• Aldo Giordano, 67, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic nuncio to Venezuela (2013–2021) and the European Union (since 2021), COVID-19.
• Darlene Hard, 85, American Hall of Fame tennis player.
• Hong Sung-woo, 81, South Korean politician, MP (1979–1988).
• Joaquín Jiménez Hidalgo, 85, Spanish politician, senator (1982–1986).
• Abdel Karim al Kabli, 89, Sudanese singer and poet.
• Christian Kerr, 56, Australian political commentator and journalist (The Australian), co-founder of Crikey. (death announced on this date)
• Richard Lerner, 83, American chemist.
• Bill McKenzie, Baron McKenzie of Luton, 75, British politician and life peer, member of the House of Lords (since 2004).
• Brahma Mishra, 36, Indian actor (Chor Chor Super Chor, Kesari, Hello Charlie). (body discovered on this date)
• Alex Orban, 82, Hungarian-American Olympic sabre fencer (1968, 1972, 1976).
• Poedjono Pranyoto, 85, Indonesian military officer and politician, regent of Cilacap (1979–1987), governor of Lampung (1988–1997) and deputy speaker of the MPR-R (1997–1999).
• Sir Antony Sher, 72, South African-born British actor (Stanley, Shakespeare in Love, The Wolfman), cancer.
• Lovro Šturm, 83, Slovenian jurist and politician, minister of justice (2004–2008) and president of the Constitutional Court (1997–1998).
• Lawrence Weiner, 79, American conceptual artist.

1

• Jacqueline Avant, 81, American philanthropist, shot.
• John Cunningham, 83, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Galloway (2004–2014).
• Jo Decaluwe, 79, Belgian actor (Vrijdag, Allez, Eddy, The Verdict) and theater director.
• Jean Demannez, 72, Belgian politician, mayor of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (1999–2012).
• Abla Farhoud, 76, Canadian writer.
• Josep Maria Francino, 74, Spanish radio journalist, COVID-19.
• Noemi Gerbelli, 68, Brazilian actress (Carrossel).
• Grand Jojo, 85, Belgian singer.
• Anna-Liisa Hyvönen, 95, Finnish politician, MP (1972–1980).
• Enrique Jackson, 75, Mexican politician, deputy (2015–2018), member (1997–2006) and three-time president of the senate, heart attack.
• Alvin Lucier, 90, American composer (I Am Sitting in a Room, Music on a Long Thin Wire).
• Almerindo Marques, 81, Portuguese businessman, banker and politician, deputy (1983–1985) and president of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (2002–2008).
• Jas Murphy, 98, Irish Gaelic footballer (Cork, Kerry).
• Seánie O'Leary, 69, Irish hurler (Cork, Youghal).
• Nikolai Paltsev, 72, Russian politician, mayor of Stavropol (2008–2011).
• Valerii Pavlov, 68, Moldovan footballer (Zimbru Chișinău, Speranța Drochia).
• Raimundo Revoredo Ruiz, 93, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop-prelate of Juli (1988–1999).
• Razi Shirazi, 94, Iranian jurist and philosopher.
• Petr Uhl, 80, Czech journalist, activist and politician, member of the Federal Assembly (1990–1992).
• Miroslav Zikmund, 102, Czech writer and explorer.

November

30

• Kyri Ambrus, 76, Hungarian singer.
• Sir Max Bingham, 94, Australian politician, deputy premier of Tasmania (1982–1984).
• Marie-Claire Blais, 82, Canadian writer and poet.
• Oriol Bohigas, 95, Spanish architect (MBM Arquitectes) and urban planner, Barcelona city councilor (1991–1994) and president of Fundació Joan Miró (1981–1988).
• Lev Bukovský, 82, Slovak mathematician, rector of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University (1991–1996).
• Albert Bustamante, 86, American judge and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1985–1993).
• Barney Carr, 98, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Warrenpoint).
• Sirisena Cooray, 90, Sri Lankan politician, mayor of Colombo (1979–1989), MP (1989–1994) and minister of housing (1989–1994).
• Dave Draper, 79, American bodybuilder, actor (Lord Love a Duck, Don't Make Waves), and author.
• Phil Dwyer, 68, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City, national team). (death announced on this date)
• Patrocinio González Garrido, 87, Mexican politician, secretary of the interior (1993–1994), governor of Chiapas (1988–1993) and senator (1982–1988).
• Peter Greenwood, 97, English footballer (Chester City) and cricketer (Lancashire).
• Philip Heymann, 89, American lawyer, deputy attorney general (1993–1994).
• Rafiqul Islam, 87, Bangladeshi educationist, president of Bangla Academy (since 2021), chairman of Nazrul Institute (since 2018) and vice-chancellor of JUST (2008–2009).
• Ray Kennedy, 70, English footballer (Liverpool, Arsenal, national team), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Pampi Laduche, 66, French Basque pelota player.
• Marcus Lamb, 64, American televangelist, founder of Daystar, COVID-19.
• Ney Lopes Júnior, 47, Brazilian lawyer, journalist and politician.
• Mary Maher, 81, American-born Irish trade unionist, feminist and journalist.
• Edison Misla Aldarondo, Puerto Rican politician, member (1977–2002) and speaker (1993–2000) of the House of Representatives.
• Jonel Nuezca, 47, Filipino police officer and convicted murderer (2020 Tarlac shooting).
• Jonathan Penrose, 88, English chess player.
• Klaus Reinhardt, 80, German military officer.
• Charles Revet, 84, French politician, senator (1995–2019).
• Klaus Rainer Röhl, 92, German journalist and author.
• Kal Rudman, 91, American disc jockey, color commentator and philanthropist, cofounder of the Kal and Lucille Rudman Foundation.
• Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, 66, Indian lyricist (Sirivennela, Swarnakamalam, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana), lung cancer.
• John Sillett, 85, English football player (Chelsea, Coventry City) and manager (Hereford United).
• Pamela Helen Stephen, 57, British mezzo-soprano.
• Jože Urankar, 82, Slovenian Olympic weightlifter (1972). (death announced on this date)
• Joseph Wayas, 80, Nigerian politician, president of the senate (1979–1983).
• Erwin Wilczek, 81, Polish football player (Górnik Zabrze, Valenciennes, national team) and manager.
• Martin Wright, English guitarist (Intastella). (death announced on this date)
• G. Yafit, 70, Israeli advertising executive, cancer.

29

• Jagdish Lal Ahuja, 86, Indian social worker, cancer.
• Otis Anderson Jr., 23, American football player (UCF Knights), shot.
• Bens Leo, 69, Indonesian journalist, COVID-19.
• Kinza Clodumar, 76, Nauruan politician, president (1997–1998)
• Arlene Dahl, 96, American actress (Journey to the Center of the Earth, A Southern Yankee, Reign of Terror).
• Don Demeter, 86, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers).
• Fang Ming, 79–80, Chinese radio journalist (China National Radio).
• David Gulpilil, 67–68, Australian actor (Walkabout, Charlie's Country, Crocodile Dundee), lung cancer.
• LaMarr Hoyt, 66, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres), cancer.
• Nurul Islam Jihadi, 73, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, secretary general of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (since 2020).
• Bruce William Kauffman, 86, American jurist, judge for the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania (1997–2009).
• Bob Kilger, 77, Canadian politician, MP (1988–2004) and mayor of Cornwall (2006–2014), stomach cancer.
• Tommy Lane, 83, American actor (Live and Let Die, Shaft), COPD.
• Frits Louer, 90, Dutch footballer (NOAD, Willem II, national team).
• Jake Millar, 26, New Zealand entrepreneur and businessman.
• Vladimir Naumov, 93, Russian film director (The Wind, Peace to Him Who Enters, Teheran 43), screenwriter and producer.
• Sumitra Rai, 76, Indian actress.
• Alexander Zaitsev, 76, Russian astronomer.
• Muhammad Ziauddin, 83, Pakistani journalist (Pakistan Economist, The News International, The Express Tribune).

28

• Virgil Abloh, 41, American fashion designer, founder and CEO of Off-White (since 2012), cancer.
• Sebastián Boscán, 41, Colombian actor.
• Mustafa Cengiz, 71, Turkish football executive, president of Galatasaray (2018–2021), cancer.
• Jacqueline Danno, 90, French actress.
• Lee Elder, 87, American golfer.
• Justo Gallego Martínez, 96, Spanish monk and builder.
• Alexander Gradsky, 72, Russian rock singer, musician, and composer, stroke.
• Laila Halme, 87, Finnish singer ("Muistojeni laulu").
• Doyle Hamm, 64, American convicted murderer and botched execution survivor, cancer.
• Chuck Hazama, 89, American politician, mayor of Rochester, Minnesota (1979–1995).
• Johnny Hills, 87, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Bristol Rovers).
• C. J. Hunter, 52, American Olympic shot putter (1996) and coach, world champion (1999).
• Lalthlamuong Keivom, 82, Indian writer and diplomat, cancer.
• Nakamura Kichiemon II, 77, Japanese actor (Kuroneko, Double Suicide, Onihei Hankachō) and kabuki performer, heart failure.
• Emmit King, 62, American Olympic sprinter (1984, 1988), shot.
• Carrie Meek, 95, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2003).
• Meñique, 87, Panamanian singer and songwriter.
• Emily Mkamanga, 71, Malawian writer and political commentator.
• François Moncla, 89, French rugby union player (Racing 92, Section Paloise, national team).
• Norodom Ranariddh, 77, Cambodian politician and law academic, prime minister (1993–1997), president (1998–2006) and twice-member of the National Assembly.
• James Rocchi, 53, American film critic, heart attack.
• Prince Andrew Romanoff, 98, Russian-American aristocrat and writer, disputed head of the House of Romanov (since 2016).
• Guillermo Roux, 92, Argentine painter.
• Patu Tiava'asu'e Falefatu Sapolu, 71, Samoan judge, chief justice (1992–2019), attorney-general (1988–1991).
• Phil Saviano, 69, American children's rights advocate, gallbladder cancer.
• K. Sivasankar, 72, Indian choreographer (Poove Unakkaga, Vishwa Thulasi, Uliyin Osai) and actor, COVID-19.
• Anthony Smith, 83, British broadcaster, author and academic, president of Magdalen College, Oxford (1988–2005), renal failure.
• Jiří Srnec, 90, Czech theatre director and artist.
• Jolene Unsoeld, 89, American politician, member of the Washington (1985–1989) and the U.S. House of Representatives (1989–1995).
• August von Finck Jr., 91, German businessman.
• Herman-Hartmut Weyel, 88, German politician, mayor of Mainz (1987–1997).
• Sir Frank Williams, 79, British motor racing team owner and constructor (Williams Racing).

27

• Adolfo, 98, Cuban-born American fashion designer.
• Jonshel Alexander, 22, American actress (Beasts of the Southern Wild), shot.
• Apetor, 57, Norwegian YouTuber, drowned.
• Tony Ayres, 54, English darts player.
• Curley Culp, 75, American Hall of Fame football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers, Detroit Lions), Super Bowl champion (1970), complications from pancreatic cancer.
• Beverley Dunn, 88, Australian actress (The Flying Doctors, Prisoner, Dogstar).
• Almudena Grandes, 61, Spanish writer, cancer.
• Gregory J. Hobbs Jr., 76, American judge.
• Matti Keinonen, 80, Finnish Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Lukko, HJK, national team), cancer.
• Doug MacLeod, 62, Australian author and screenwriter (The Comedy Company, Dogstar, Full Frontal). (death announced on this date)
• Lubomyra Mandziy, 48, Ukrainian educator and civil servant, acting minister of education and science (2020).
• Shirley McBay, 86, American mathematician and activist.
• Ed McClanahan, 89, American novelist and essayist.
• Eddie Mekka, 69, American actor (Laverne & Shirley, Blansky's Beauties, Catch Me If You Can).
• Milutin Mrkonjić, 79, Serbian politician, minister of infrastructure, energy and transportation (2008–2013).
• Jimmy O'Dea, 86, Irish-born New Zealand trade unionist and activist.
• Ruy Ohtake, 83, Brazilian architect, myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Wilf Oldham, 101, British World War II veteran (Operation Market Garden).
• Park Jong-soo, 80, South Korean taekwondo practitioner, original master of taekwondo.
• K.S. Nageswara Rao, Indian film director (Raa) and screenwriter.
• Dave Roberts, British author (The Bromley Boys).
• Rex Warwood, 80, New Zealand newspaper editor, COVID-19.
• Colin Young, 94, British film educator, chairman of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

26

• Mohan Bhandari, 84, Indian writer.
• Óscar Catacora, 34, Peruvian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (Eternity), appendicitis.
• Siobhan Cattigan, 26, Scottish rugby union player (Stirling County, national team).
• Doug Cowie, 95, Scottish footballer (Dundee, Greenock Morton, national team).
• Keith De Lacy, 81, Australian politician, Queensland MLA (1983–1998) and treasurer (1989–1996), cancer.
• Balbinder Dhami, Indian actor (Hafta Bandh, Jaan Tere Naam, Parwane).
• Michael Fisher, 90, English physicist.
• Roger Fritz, 85, German actor (Cross of Iron) and film director, stroke.
• Buster Guzzardo, 98, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1987–1996).
• Hamdi Hassan, 65, Egyptian politician, MP (2005–2010).
• Kaka Kautki, Indian actor (Yoddha: The Warrior, Surkhi Bindi, Sufna), heart attack.
• Kwon Jung-dong, 89, South Korean politician, minister of labor (1980–1982), MP (1985–1988).
• Ruslan Mostovyi, 47, Ukrainian football player (Avanhard Zhydachiv, Spartak Nalchik) and manager (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk), traffic collision.
• Nguyễn Hồng Nhị, 84, Vietnamese fighter pilot (VPAF).
• Don Phillips, 80, American casting director (Dog Day Afternoon, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) and producer (Melvin and Howard).
• Mark Roth, 70, American bowler, pneumonia.
• Joachim Ruppert, 59, German politician, mayor of Groß-Umstadt (2006–2021).
• František Sehnal, 83, Czech entomologist.
• Stephen Sondheim, 91, American composer and lyricist (West Side Story, Company, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street), nine-time Tony winner.
• Bichu Thirumala, 80, Indian lyricist (Thrishna, Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu, Kadinjool Kalyanam) and poet, heart attack.
• Aleksandr Timoshinin, 73, Russian rower, Olympic champion (1968, 1972).
• German Zonin, 95, Russian football player (Dynamo Leningrad) and manager (Myanmar national team, Soviet Union national team).
• Augusto Zweifel, 100, Italian footballer (Novara) and tennis player.

25

• Carol Gould, 68, American writer and broadcaster.
• Dieter B. Herrmann, 82, German astronomer.
• Galal Ibrahim, Egyptian football executive, president of Zamalek (1992–1996, 2010–2011).
• Risto Kala, 80, Finnish Olympic basketball player (1964).
• Peter Kanis, 90, Australian footballer (Hawthorn).
• Julien Le Bas, 97, French Olympic sprinter (1948).
• Justin Lekoundzou, 80, Congolese politician, minister of finance (1983–1987) and MP (1992–1993, 2002–2012).
• Bohdan Levkiv, 71, Ukrainian politician, mayor of Ternopil (2002–2006).
• Charles Moose, 68, American author and police officer (D.C. sniper attacks), chief of the Montgomery County Police Department (1999–2003).
• Peeter Olesk, 67, Estonian literary scholar and politician, minister of population (1993–1994) and culture (1994–1995).
• Oleksandr Omelchenko, 83, Ukrainian politician, mayor of Kyiv (1999–2006) and MP (2007–2012), COVID-19.
• Abani Roy, 84, Indian politician, MP (1998–2011).
• Anne Rudin, 97, American politician, mayor of Sacramento (1983–1992), pneumonia.
• Numan al-Samarrai, 86, Iraqi Muslim scholar and politician, secretary-general of the Iraqi Islamic Party (1960).
• Sananta Tanty, 69, Indian Assamese poet.

24

• Aron Atabek, 68, Kazakhstani writer, poet and dissident, COVID-19.
• Hermann Bausinger, 95, German cultural scientist.
• Mārtiņš Brauns, 70, Latvian composer ("Saule, Pērkons, Daugava"), COVID-19.
• Lisa Brown, 67, American actress (As the World Turns, Guiding Light).
• Frank Burrows, 77, Scottish football player (Swindon Town, Scunthorpe United) and manager (Portsmouth).
• Karola Csűrös, 85, Hungarian actress.
• Ian Curteis, 86, British dramatist (The Falklands Play).
• Luis Díaz, 76, Colombian Olympic cyclist (1972), cancer.
• Ennio Doris, 81, Italian banker, founder of Banca Mediolanum.
• Guillermo Echevarría, 73, Mexican Olympic swimmer (1964, 1968).
• U. L. Gooch, 98, American aviator and politician, member of the Kansas Senate (1993–2004).
• Wiesław Hartman, 71, Polish show jumping equestrian, Olympic silver medallist (1980).
• Cliff Marshall, 66, English footballer (Miami Toros, Southport, Everton).
• Marilyn McLeod, 82, American singer-songwriter ("Love Hangover", "You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On)").
• Keith Morton, 87, English footballer (Darlington).
• Raif Nagm, 94–95, Jordanian civil engineer and politician.
• Aryeh Nehemkin, 96, Israeli politician, minister of agriculture (1984–1988) and MK (1981–1988).
• Gared O'Donnell, 44, American singer (Planes Mistaken for Stars), esophageal cancer.
• Daniel L. Overmyer, 86, Canadian academic, cancer.
• Musafir Paswan, 59, Indian politician, Bihar MLA (since 2020).
• Jeannette Ramos, 89, Puerto Rican judge, first lady (1967–1969).
• Ivan Stanchov, 92, Bulgarian politician and diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (1994–1995).
• Jim Warren, 85, American computer scientist, co-founder of the West Coast Computer Faire and Dr. Dobb's Journal.
• Yvonne Wilder, 84, American actress (West Side Story, Seems Like Old Times).

23

• Tatyana Chudova, 77, Russian composer.
• Chun Doo-hwan, 90, South Korean military officer and politician, president (1980–1988), multiple myeloma.
• Mary Collinson, 69, Maltese-British model (Playboy) and actress (Twins of Evil), bronchopneumonia.
• Nicola Alberto De Carlo, 74, Italian psychologist, jurist and academic.
• Robert Ellis, 92, British-born New Zealand artist.
• Nikolai Golyushev, 91, Russian opera singer.
• Marko Grilc, 38, Slovenian snowboarder, accidental head trauma.
• Hasan Fehmi Güneş, 87, Turkish politician, minister of the interior (1979).
• Miran Györek, 69, Slovenian politician, MP (2008–2011).
• Amman Jalmaani, 72, Filipino Olympic swimmer (1964, 1968, 1972).
• Jan Kawulok, 75, Polish Olympic skier (1968).
• Simon Kistemaker, 80, Dutch football manager (Drechtsteden '79, De Graafschap, SC Telstar).
• Lawrence Levine, 90, American actor (Adam-12, Goldie and the Boxer, Rooster).
• Sadhu Charan Mahato, 48, Indian politician, Jharkhand MLA (2014–2019), throat cancer.
• Sir James Mitchell, 90, Vincentian politician, premier (1972–1974) and prime minister (1984–2000).
• Riuler, 23, Brazilian footballer (J.FC Miyazaki, Shonan Bellmare), heart attack.
• Hans Rosendahl, 76, Swedish Olympic swimmer (1964).
• Romuald Schild, 85, Polish archaeologist.
• Don Shondell, 92, American volleyball coach.
• Melvin Tinker, 66, British clergyman, pancreatic cancer.
• Rosalie Trombley, 82, Canadian music director (CKLW).
• Bill Virdon, 90, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates) and manager (Houston Astros), World Series champion (1960, 1971).
• Allin Vlasenko, 83, Ukrainian conductor.

22

• Miquel Barceló, 73, Spanish science fiction writer and translator.
• James M. Bobbitt, 91, American chemist (Bobbitt reaction), traffic collision.
• Igor Bugayev, 88, Russian politician.
• Paul Burbridge, 89, British Anglican clergyman, dean of Norwich (1983–1995).
• Art Clemente, 96, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1973–1979).
• Erhaab, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Aldo Falivena, 93, Italian journalist.
• Kim Friele, 86, Norwegian LGBT rights activist.
• Fayez Ghosn, 71, Lebanese politician, minister of defense (2011–2014).
• Noah Gordon, 95, American novelist (The Physician).
• Doug Hill, 71, American meteorologist (WUSA, WJLA-TV).
• Bernard Holley, 81, British actor (Z-Cars, Doctor Who).
• Susan V. John, 64, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1991–2010), cancer.
• Doug Jones, 64, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics), COVID-19.
• Kim Young-jung, 92, South Korean politician, MP (1985–1988).
• Mimi Kyprianou, 89, Cypriot first lady (1977–1988).
• Volker Lechtenbrink, 77, German actor (Iron Gustav, Der Hausgeist, By Way of the Stars) and singer.
• Ryo Mabuchi, 88, Japanese Olympic diver (1956, 1960), emphysema.
• Stuart Macintyre, 74, Australian historian.
• Omar Malavé, 58, Venezuelan baseball manager (Dunedin Blue Jays, Algodoneros de Unión Laguna).
• Hilda Múdra, 95, Austrian-born Slovak figure skating coach.
• Paolo Pietrangeli, 76, Italian singer-songwriter, film director (Pigs Have Wings) and screenwriter.
• Ned Rea, 77, Irish hurler (Faughs, Limerick).
• Hiroichi Sakai, 92, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1969–1993).
• Joanne Shenandoah, 64, American Oneida Indian singer and composer.
• Babette Smith, 79, Australian historian.
• William L. Stearman, 99, American foreign service officer. (death announced on this date)
• Asya Sultanova, 98, Azerbaijani composer.
• Francisca Susano, 124 (claimed), Filipino longevity claimant.
• Baba Suwe, 63, Nigerian actor and comedian.
• Marie Versini, 81, French actress (A Holiday with Piroschka, The Brides of Fu Manchu, Is Paris Burning?).
• Sylvia Weinstock, 91, American baker.

21

• Asongo Alalaparu, 79, Surinamese traditional leader, granman of the Tiriyó (since 1997), COVID-19.
• Ruben Altunyan, 82, Armenian composer and conductor.
• Soher Al Bably, 84, Egyptian actress (Madrast Al-Mushaghebeen).
• Yul Anderson, 63, American musician.
• Gurmeet Bawa, 77, Indian folk singer.
• Robert Bly, 94, American poet (Iron John: A Book About Men, The Sibling Society).
• Mary Brown, 86, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1977–1994).
• Marietta Chudakova, 84, Russian literary critic, historian, and writer, COVID-19.
• Gordon Crosse, 83, English composer.
• Lou Cutell, 91, American actor (Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids).
• Bert de Leon, 74, Filipino television director (Bubble Gang, Eat Bulaga!, Okay Ka, Fairy Ko!).
• Antonio Escohotado, 80, Spanish philosopher and writer.
• Verawaty Fadjrin, 64, Indonesian badminton player, world champion (1980), lung cancer.
• Madhavi Gogate, 58, Indian actress, COVID-19.
• Bakhtiyor Ikhtiyarov, 81, Uzbek actor (Yor-yor, The Seventh Bullet, Shikari).
• Vincenzo La Russa, 83, Italian politician, senator (1979–1983, 1994–1996), deputy (1983–1987).
• Marcella LeBeau, 102, American Lakota politician, nurse and World War II veteran.
• Ján Letz, 85, Slovak philosopher, author and academic.
• Ralph Miller, 88, American Olympic alpine skier (1956), cancer.
• Joey Morgan, 28, American actor (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Critters: A New Binge, Flower).
• Leonid Pilunsky, 74, Ukrainian politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea (2006–2014), COVID-19.
• Scott Robbe, 66, American television and film producer (Seven and a Match, Queer Eye), complications from blood cancer.
• Nina Ruslanova, 75, Russian actress (Afonya, Tears Were Falling, Be My Husband), COVID-19.
• Jean-Pierre Schumacher, 97, French monk, survivor of the Tibhirine massacre.
• Leane Suniar, 73, Indonesian Olympic archer (1976), colon cancer.
• Lino Tardia, 83, Italian painter.

20

• Gbenga Aluko, 58, Nigerian politician, senator (1999–2003).
• Liana Borghi, 81, Italian feminist, LGBT and queer activist.
• Rudy Croes, 74, Aruban politician, MP (1989–2001), minister of justice (2001–2009).
• Diomid, 60, Russian Orthodox prelate, bishop of Anadyr and Chukotka (2000–2008), traffic collision.
• Josef van Ess, 87, German scholar of Islamic studies.
• Jim Gallagher, 78, American drummer (The Astronauts).
• Burgess Gardner, 85, American jazz trumpeter.
• Valery Garkalin, 67, Russian actor (Katala, Tsar Ivan the Terrible, Shirli-myrli), COVID-19.
• Andreas Georgiou, 68, Cypriot politician, MP (1987–1996).
• Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, Somali journalist (Radio Mogadishu), bombing.
• Ted Herold, 79, German singer and actor, house fire.
• Billy Hinsche, 70, American musician (Dino, Desi & Billy, The Beach Boys), giant cell carcinoma.
• Alberto Labarthe, 93, Chilean Olympic sprinter (1948).
• Rita Letendre, 93, Canadian painter.
• David Longdon, 56, British singer and musician (Big Big Train).
• Carlo Maria Mariani, 90, Italian painter.
• Ray McLoughlin, 82, Irish rugby union player (Gosforth, Barbarians, national team).
• Merima Njegomir, 68, Serbian folk and sevdah singer.
• Nobuaki Sekine, 87, Japanese voice actor (.hack//Legend of the Twilight), cerebral infarction.
• Toyonoumi Shinji, 56, Japanese sumo wrestler.
• David M. Smith, 85, British geographer.
• Steve Smith, 57, American football player (Los Angeles Raiders, Seattle Seahawks), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Kojo Tsikata, 85, Ghanaian military officer, head of national security and foreign affairs of the PDNC (1982–1995).

19

• Nina Agapova, 95, Russian actress (Seven Old Men and a Girl, The Invisible Man, Forgotten Melody for a Flute).
• Abderrahmane Amalou, 83, Moroccan politician, minister of justice (1995–1997).
• Enrico Bacher, 80, Italian Olympic ice hockey player (1964).
• Julie Belaga, 91, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1977–1987).
• Baldur Beyer, 84, German sports teacher and World War II wolf child, COVID-19.
• Rod Blackburn, 82, American ice hockey player (New Hampshire Wildcats).
• Rodolfo Di Biasio, 84, Italian poet and writer.
• Ian Fishback, 42, American army officer and whistleblower.
• Costantino Fittante, 87, Italian politician, deputy (1983–1987).
• Josée Forest-Niesing, 56, Canadian politician, senator (since 2018), COVID-19.
• Hank von Hell, 49, Norwegian singer (Turbonegro) and actor (Cornelis).
• Veikko Kasslin, 102, Finnish road racing cyclist and Schutzstaffel officer during World War II.
• Don Kojis, 82, American basketball player (Detroit Pistons, San Diego Rockets, Seattle SuperSonics).
• Edgardo Labella, 70, Filipino politician, mayor of Cebu City (since 2019).
• Guillermo Morón, 95, Venezuelan writer and historian.
• Heorhiy Moroziuk, 77, Ukrainian actor (Famine-33, The Undefeated).
• Cedric Robinson, 88, British walking guide, Queen's Guide to the Sands (1963–2019).
• Bernard Rollin, 78, American philosopher and academic.
• Will Ryan, 72, American voice actor (The Land Before Time, The Little Mermaid, An American Tail) and singer, cancer.
• György Schöpflin, 81, Hungarian politician, MEP (2004–2019).
• John Sewell, 85, English football player (Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace) and manager (St. Louis Stars), dementia.
• Norman Webster, 80, Canadian journalist and editor (The Globe and Mail), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Marie Lovise Widnes, 91, Norwegian poet and politician, MP (1989–1993).

18

• Latif al-Ani, 89, Iraqi photographer.
• Ioan M. Bota, 101, Romanian Greek Catholic priest, historian and academic.
• Peter Buck, 90, American restaurateur, co-founder of Subway.
• Keith Dinicol, 69, Canadian actor (Chesapeake Shores, Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series), stroke.
• George Eogan, 91, Irish archaeologist.
• Geoffrey Giudice, 73, Australian jurist, judge of the Federal Court (1997–2012).
• Richard Goldbloom, 96, Canadian pediatrician and academic, chancellor of Dalhousie University (2001–2008).
• Slide Hampton, 89, American jazz trombonist.
• Jørgen Haugen Sørensen, 87, Danish sculptor.
• Novy Kapadia, 68, Indian football journalist, motor neuron disease.
• Al Noor Kassum, 97, Tanzanian politician, MP.
• Ali Haydar Kaytan, 69, Turkish militant, co-founder of the PKK, shot.
• İmran Kılıç, 64, Turkish politician, MP (since 2015), COVID-19.
• Oleg Korolenko, 84, Russian hockey player (Metallurg Novokuznetsk).
• Dzyanis Kowba, 42, Belarusian footballer (Lokomotiv Vitebsk, Krylia Sovetov Samara, national team), COVID-19.
• Joe Laidlaw, 71, English footballer (Middlesbrough, Carlisle United, Doncaster Rovers).
• Fabiola Letelier, 92, Chilean lawyer (assassination of Orlando Letelier) and human rights activist, stroke.
• Leif Terje Løddesøl, 86, Norwegian banker, CEO of Den norske Creditbank (1980–1988) and Statoil (1996–2003).
• Kovi Manisekaran, 94, Indian scholar, film director and actor.
• Manuel Nieto Cumplido, 86, Spanish priest and historian.
• Sue Picus, 73, American contract bridge player.
• Ragnhild Pohanka, 89, Swedish politician, MP (1988–1991, 1994–1998), spokesperson of the Green Party (1984–1986).
• Mick Rock, 72, British photographer.
• Ack van Rooyen, 91, Dutch jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.
• William Evan Sanders, 101, American Episcopalian prelate, bishop of East Tennessee (1985–1992).
• Benone Sinulescu, 84, Romanian folk singer, pneumonia.
• Erhard Stenzel, 96, German political activist and French Resistance member.
• Kim Suominen, 52, Finnish football player (Turun Palloseura, IFK Norrköping, national team)
• John Taylor, 89, Scottish Episcopal prelate, bishop of Glasgow and Galloway (1991–1996).
• Zenon Trzonkowski, 64, Polish football player (Śląsk Wrocław, Zagłębie Lubin) and manager (Odra Opole).
• María Elsa Viteri, 56, Ecuadorian economist, minister of finance (2008–2010) and of economy and finance (2018), pancreatic cancer.
• Ardeshir Zahedi, 93, Iranian politician and diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (1966–1971), ambassador to the U.K. (1962–1966) and U.S. (twice), COVID-19 and pneumonia.
• Zvi Zilker, 88, German-born Israeli politician, mayor of Ashdod (1969–1983, 1989–2008), cancer.

17

• Keith Allison, 79, American singer and bassist (Paul Revere & the Raiders).
• Abdul Ghafar Atan, 65, Malaysian politician, Malacca State MLA (2004–2021), COVID-19.
• Afsaruddin Ahmad, 81, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1996–2001).
• Leonid Bartenyev, 88, Ukrainian sprinter and coach, Olympic silver medalist (1956, 1960).
• John Vernon Bartlett, 94, British civil engineer (Channel Tunnel, Victoria line).
• Gene Carter, 86, American lawyer and jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Maine (since 1983).
• Tom Colley, 68, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars).
• Ken Colvin, 82, Australian footballer (South Melbourne), COVID-19.
• Petru Craveț, Moldovan journalist, cancer.
• Igor Denisov, 80, Russian physicist and politician, minister of health (1990–1991).
• Gilbert Dragon, 52, Haitian police chief and guerilla commander, suspect in the assassination of Jovenel Moïse, complications from COVID-19.
• Jimmie Durham, 81, American sculptor and poet.
• Dave Frishberg, 88, American jazz pianist and songwriter ("I'm Just a Bill").
• Julie Le Galliard, 31, French boxer, COVID-19.
• Jacques Hamelink, 82, Dutch poet, novelist, and literary critic.
• Theuns Jordaan, 50, South African singer-songwriter, leukaemia.
• Teresa Kodelska, 92, Polish Olympic alpine skier (1952).
• Art LaFleur, 78, American actor (Field of Dreams, The Sandlot, The Santa Clause 2), Parkinson's disease.
• Christine Laszar, 89, German actress (Geschwader Fledermaus, Before the Lightning Strikes, For Eyes Only).
• Antonio Leal Labrín, 71, Chilean politician, member (1998–2010) and president (2006–2007) of the Chamber of Deputies.
• R. N. R. Manohar, Indian film director (Maasilamani, Vellore Maavattam) and actor (Sutta Pazham), COVID-19.
• Arsenio Moreno Mendoza, 68, Spanish academic, writer, and politician, mayor of Úbeda (1983–1989).
• Max Olding, 92, Australian pianist and teacher.
• Dominic Orlando, 57, American television writer (The OA), complications from cancer.
• Zuhair Ramadan, 62, Syrian actor, pneumonia.
• Stu Rasmussen, 73, American politician, mayor of Silverton, Oregon (2009–2015), prostate cancer.
• Richard C. Repp, 85, British historian.
• Igor Savochkin, 58, Russian actor (Night Watch, Admiral, Leviathan) and television presenter.
• Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari, 84, Iranian Shiite cleric and politician, MP (1980–1988, 1992–2000), member of the Assembly of Experts (since 1983), cardiac arrest.
• Max Sopacua, 75, Indonesian politician and sportscaster (TVRI), member of the People's Representative Council (2004–2014).
• Tom Stoddart, 68, British photographer, cancer.
• Levan Tsutskiridze, 95, Georgian monumentalist artist, illustrator, and painter.
• Young Dolph, 36, American rapper, shot.

16

• Brian Clark, 89, British playwright (Whose Life Is It Anyway?) and screenwriter, aortic aneurysm.
• Bobby Collins, 88, American football coach (Southern Miss Golden Eagles, SMU Mustangs).
• Tony Dron, 75, British motor racing driver and writer, complications from COPD.
• Kamil Durczok, 53, Polish journalist.
• David Frank, 63, Kenyan-born British media executive, co-founder of RDF Media. (death announced on this date)
• Drew Gibbs, 59, American football coach (Kean Cougars), complications from surgery.
• Md. Akabbar Hossain, 65, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 2001).
• Stephen Holgate, 49, English rugby league player (Workington Town, Wigan Warriors, national team).
• Julia Kabance, 111, American supercentenarian, oldest Potawatomi citizen.
• Sezai Karakoç, 88, Turkish writer and philosopher.
• Jyrki Kasvi, 57, Finnish politician, MP (2003–2011, 2015–2019), cancer.
• Jan Konzal, 86, Czech theologian and underground church bishop.
• Alexander Losyukov, 78, Russian politician.
• John Luxton, 75, New Zealand politician, MP (1987–2002).
• Bharathi Mani, 84, Indian film actor.
• Renate Mann, 68, Austrian politician, member of the Landtag of Upper Austria (2008–2009).
• Peer Mohammed, 75, Indian Mappila singer.
• Shakeel ur Rahman, 52, Pakistani jurist, judge of the Lahore High Court (since 2018), cancer.
• Ri Yong-suk, 105, North Korean revolutionary and politician, deputy (1998–2009). (death announced on this date)
• Nadrian Seeman, 75, American nanotechnologist and crystallographer.
• Belinda Sykes, 55, British folk musician (Joglaresa), cancer.
• Mieczysław Szostek, 88, Polish politician, deputy (1985–1989).

15

• Dzifa Attivor, 65, Ghanaian politician, minister of transport (2013–2015).
• Heber Bartolome, 73, Filipino folk singer.
• Mannu Bhandari, 90, Indian writer.
• Katarina Blagojević, 78, Serbian chess player.
• Tony Buck, 84, British Olympic wrestler (1964).
• Werner Burger, 85, German numismatist.
• Giovanni Colonnelli, 70, Italian footballer (Parma, Reggiana).
• Valeriy Dolinin, 68, Russian rower, Olympic silver medallist (1980).
• Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon, 101, British memoirist, spouse of the prime minister (1955–1957).
• Mahmoud El-Lozy, 63, Egyptian actor (Alexandria... New York, The Situation, Heliopolis) and theatre professor.
• Estrella Blanca, 83, Mexican professional wrestler (EMLL).
• Oldřich Hamera, 77, Czech artist.
• Larry J. Hopkins, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1993).
• Hasan Azizul Huq, 82, Bangladeshi novelist (Agunpakhi).
• Jerry Johnson, 77, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres), Lewy body dementia and COPD.
• Bernard Judge, 90, American architect.
• Julio Lugo, 45, Dominican baseball player (Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Boston Red Sox), World Series champion (2007), heart attack.
• Bengt Madsen, 79, Swedish football executive (Malmö), cancer.
• Osman Öcalan, 63, Turkish militant and political activist, commander of the PKK, COVID-19.
• Roger Phillips, 88, British botanist and writer.
• Jason Plummer, 52, Australian Olympic swimmer (1988).
• Babasaheb Purandare, 99, Indian writer, historian and theatre personality, pneumonia.
• Yaser Ahmed Salen Al-awadhi, 43, Yemeni politician, MP (since 2003).
• Alamin Mohammed Seid, 74, Eritrean politician, minister of information (1993–1996).
• Daulet Sembaev, 86, Kazakhstani politician and banker, first deputy prime minister (1992–1993), chairman of the National Bank (1993–1996) and senator (1996–1997).
• Sir Rod Weir, 94, New Zealand businessman.

14

• Etel Adnan, 96, Lebanese-American poet, novelist (Sitt Marie Rose), and visual artist.
• Bertie Auld, 83, Scottish football player (Celtic, national team) and manager (Partick Thistle), complications from dementia.
• Bart the Bear 2, 21, American Kodiak bear actor (Into the Wild, We Bought a Zoo, Pete's Dragon).
• László Z. Bitó, 87, Hungarian physiologist and writer.
• W. Sterling Cary, 94, American Christian minister, president of the National Council of Churches (1972–1975).
• Jorge Cervós-Navarro, 91, Spanish pathologist.
• Sani Dangote, Nigerian businessman, vice-president of the Dangote Group.
• Alex D. Dickson, 95, American Anglican prelate, bishop of West Tennessee (1983–1994).
• Heath Freeman, 41, American actor (Raising the Bar, Bones, Skateland).
• Simon Khaya-Moyo, 76, Zimbabwean diplomat and politician, ambassador to South Africa (2007–2011), cancer.
• Tore Lindholt, 80, Norwegian economist and politician, director of the Government Pension Fund (1990–2004).
• Virginio Pizzali, 86, Italian racing cyclist, Olympic champion (1956).
• Somkiat Pongpaiboon, 71, Thai politician, deputy (2007–2011) and co-founder of the Mass Party, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Thomas Porteous, 74, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana (1994–2010).
• Pierre Reid, 73, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA (2003–2018), minister of education (2003–2005).
• Georgiy Roedov, 82, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Laos (1990–1993) and Kyrgyzstan (1997–2002).
• C. V. Sasikumar, 57, Indian film director (Sengottai, Mahabharatham).
• Rašid Šemšedinović, 80, Serbian Olympic ice hockey player (1964).
• Satya Vrat Shastri, 91, Indian Sanskrit scholar.
• Jerzy Tomziński, 102, Polish Roman Catholic priest, prior general of the Pauline Fathers (1963–1975).
• Chanmyr Udumbara, 73, Russian intelligence officer and politician, member of the Federation Council (2001–2002).
• Marek Vokáč, 62, Czech chess grandmaster.
• Vladimir Zhutenkov, 59, Russian businessman and politician, MP (2016–2017).

13

• Hadiya Khalaf Abbas, 63, Syrian politician, speaker of the People's Assembly (2016–2017), heart attack.
• Sohail Asghar, 67, Pakistani actor (Laag).
• Louis Bimpson, 92, English footballer (Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers, Rochdale).
• Sir Alexander Boswell, 93, British Army officer, lieutenant governor of Guernsey (1985–1990).
• Ed Bullins, 86, American playwright (Goin' a Buffalo), complications from dementia.
• Michael Corballis, 85, New Zealand psychologist and author.
• Dragoș Petre Dumitriu, 57, Romanian journalist and politician, deputy (2004–2008), heart attack from COVID-19 complications.
• David Fox, 80, Canadian actor (Mama, Grey Owl, X-Men), cancer.
• Grigori Galitsin, 64, Russian erotic photographer.
• Ivo Georgiev, 49, Bulgarian footballer (Debrecen, Korabostroitel, national team), heart failure.
• Gilbert Harman, 83, American philosopher.
• Sam Huff, 87, American Hall of Fame football player (New York Giants, Washington Redskins) and commentator.
• Sorin Iftimi, 56, Romanian historian and heraldist, COVID-19.
• Jack Kiddey, 92, New Zealand cricketer (Canterbury).
• Lidia Lupu, 68, Moldovan economist and politician, MP (2014–2019).
• Keith Mann, 89, New Zealand fencer and sports administrator.
• Philip Margo, 79, American musician (The Tokens).
• Petra Mayer, 46, American book review editor (NPR), pulmonary embolism.
• Greg Mayne, 67, American heavy metal bassist (Pentagram), lung cancer.
• Ernie Michie, 88, Scottish rugby union player (Leicester Tigers, British & Irish Lions, national team).
• John Edwin Midwinter, 84, British electrical engineer and academic.
• Jarosław Pacoń, 49, Polish footballer (Stal Stalowa Wola).
• John Pearson, 91, British author (The Life of Ian Fleming, James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007).
• Anatoliy Saulevych, 62, Ukrainian footballer (Karpaty Lviv, SKA Lviv, FC Bălți).
• Joe Siracusa, 99, American drummer (Spike Jones and His City Slickers) and music editor (The Transformers, The Incredible Hulk).
• Wilbur Smith, 88, Zambian-born South African novelist (When the Lion Feeds, The Courtney Novels, The Ballantyne Novels).
• Yūji Tokizaki, 81, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1990–1993).
• Bruno Vella, 88, Italian politician, president of the Province of Rieti (1975–1982), mayor of Rieti (1982–1983), senator (1983–1992).
• Emi Wada, 84, Japanese costume designer (Ran, Hero, House of Flying Daggers), Oscar winner (1986).
• William Wright, 69, American-born Australian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Maitland-Newcastle (2011–2021), lung cancer.

12

• Bob Bondurant, 88, American Hall of Fame racing driver (Formula One) and instructor.
• Ramuntxo Camblong, 82, French politician and Basque nationalist.
• Yevgeniy Chazov, 92, Russian physician, minister of health (1987–1990).
• Lothar Claesges, 79, German cyclist, Olympic champion (1964).
• Stephen H. Davis, 82, American mathematician.
• Matthew Festing, 71, English Roman Catholic official, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2008–2017).
• Ron Flowers, 87, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Northampton Town, national team), world champion (1966).
• Jim Fouras, 83, Greek-born Australian politician, MP (1977–1986, 1989–2006), speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1990–1996), heart attack.
• Gian Piero Galeazzi, 75, Italian competition rower, sports journalist, and television personality (90° minuto, Domenica in), complications from diabetes.
• Paul Gludovatz, 75, Austrian football manager (SV Ried, TSV Hartberg), COVID-19.
• Dave Hickey, 82, American art critic.
• Sir Ted Horlick, 96, British Navy vice admiral.
• Jusuf Serang Kasim, 77, Indonesian politician, mayor of Tarakan (1999–2009).
• John Kirkland, 83, British businessman and CEO (Bowmer + Kirkland), chairman of Derby County.
• Takeshi Koba, 85, Japanese baseball player (Hiroshima Carp, Nankai Hawks).
• Viktor Koklyushkin, 75, Russian satirist and television host.
• Hugh Leatherman, 90, American politician, member (since 1981) and president pro tempore (2014–2019) of the South Carolina Senate, cancer.
• Aleksandr Lenyov, 77, Russian footballer (Torpedo Moscow, Torpedo Kutaisi, Soviet Union national team).
• Bill Reichart, 86, Canadian-born American Olympic ice hockey player (1964).
• Rock Hard Ten, 20, American racehorse and sire.
• Leopold Sánchez, 73, Spanish artist.
• Miloš Šibul, 44, Serbian politician, member of the Assembly of Vojvodina (2012–2016).
• Mikhail Sobolev, 84, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago (1989–1995).
• Jörn Svensson, 85, Danish-born Swedish politician, MP (1971–1988), MEP (1995–1999).
• John Toye, 79, British economist, president of the Development Studies Association (1994–1996).
• Wilf Wedmann, 73, German-born Canadian Olympic high jumper (1968).
• Lakshman Wijesekara, 73, Sri Lankan actor, singer and composer (Miss Jenis).
• Abd-al-Hafid Mahmud al-Zulaytini, 83, Libyan banker, governor of the Central Bank of Libya (1990–1996, 2011).

11

• Germain Belzile, 63–64, American economist.
• Marcel Bérard, 88, Canadian politician.
• Johann Biacsics, 65, Austrian anti-vaccination campaigner, COVID-19.
• Per Aage Brandt, 77, Danish writer, linguist, and musician.
• Gennadiy Chikhachev, 68, Russian actor (The Polynin Case, Battle of Moscow) and stage director.
• F. W. de Klerk, 85, South African politician, state president (1989–1994), deputy president (1994–1996) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1993), mesothelioma.
• Glen de Vries, 49, American businessman and space tourist (Blue Origin NS-18), plane crash.
• Rony Dozer, 46, Indonesian comedian.
• Graeme Edge, 80, English Hall of Fame drummer (The Moody Blues), songwriter and poet, cancer.
• Carl von Essen, 81, Swedish fencer, Olympic champion (1976).
• Harris W. Fawell, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1985–1999) and the Illinois Senate (1963–1977), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Mark Gillespie, Australian singer-songwriter.
• John Goodsall, 68, American-British rock guitarist (Atomic Rooster, Brand X).
• Agus Hamdani, 51, Indonesian politician, regent of Garut (2013–2014).
• João Isidório, 29, Brazilian singer and politician, Bahia MLA (since 2019), drowned.
• Hilmar Kopper, 86, German banker, chairman of Deutsche Bank (1989–1997).
• Jay Last, 92, American physicist.
• Lee Ying-yuan, 68, Taiwanese politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1996–2000, 2012–2016), carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater.
• Cristiana Lôbo, 64, Brazilian journalist (GloboNews), multiple myeloma.
• Lee Maracle, 71, Canadian First Nations writer (Ravensong), activist and academic.
• Aga Mikolaj, 50, Polish operatic soprano, COVID-19.
• Bernard Morel, 75, French economist, academic, and politician, vice-president of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (since 2012).
• Dino Pedriali, 71, Italian photographer.
• Edward L. Sadowsky, 92, American politician, member of the New York City Council (1962–1985).
• Sergei Shulgin, 65, Russian politician, MP (1994–1995).
• Art Stewart, 94, American baseball scout.
• Phyllis Webb, 94, Canadian poet and radio broadcaster.
• Winter, 16, American dolphin with a prosthetic tail, subject of Dolphin Tale.
• Henry Woolf, 91, British actor (The Bed Sitting Room, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Gorky Park).

10

• Syed Iftikhar Bokhari, 86, Pakistani cricketer (Punjab, Lahore) and politician, senator (1988–1991).
• Delma Cowart, 80, American racing driver.
• Clyde Emrich, 90, American Olympic weightlifter (1952) and football coach (Chicago Bears).
• Mike “Bones” Gersema, American drummer (L.A. Guns), liver failure.
• Bob Gill, 90, American illustrator and graphic designer.
• Spike Heatley, 88, British jazz double bassist.
• Cool Jayanth, Indian dancer, choreographer and actor (Campus).
• Jun Hong Lu, 62, Chinese-born Australian religious leader.
• Ed Lucas, 82, American sportswriter (New York Yankees).
• Lloyd McCuiston, 103, American politician, member (1961–1994) and speaker (1981–1983) of the Arkansas House of Representatives.
• Håkon Øverby, 79, Norwegian Olympic wrestler (1968, 1972).
• Otto Pendl, 70, Austrian politician, MP (1998–2017).
• Peter G. Pereira, 59, American cartoonist and photographer.
• Farouq Qasrawi, 79, Jordanian politician, minister of foreign affairs (2005).
• Eduard Schmidt, 85, Czech physicist and academic, rector of Masaryk University (1992–1998).
• Ignatius Shixwameni, 55, Namibian politician, MP (since 1999).
• Gerald Sinstadt, 91, British television sports commentator and presenter (Granada Television).
• Gazbia Sirry, 96, Egyptian painter.
• Miroslav Žbirka, 69, Slovak singer and songwriter (Modus), pneumonia.

9

• John Bean, 94, British political activist and writer.
• Jamshid Behnam, 93, Iranian sociologist.
• Mariano Castillo Alcalá, 73, Spanish politician, mayor of Villacañas (1983–1987) and member of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha (1987–1991).
• Gela Charkviani, 82, Georgian diplomat.
• Max Cleland, 79, American politician, senator (1997–2003), Georgia secretary of state (1983–1996) and administrator of veterans affairs (1977–1981).
• Austin Currie, 82, Irish civil rights activist and politician, TD (1989–2002) and minister of state for justice (1994–1997).
• Jerry Douglas, 88, American actor (The Young and the Restless).
• Luigi Mario Engaku Taino, 83, Italian philosopher and writer.
• Erika Fisch, 87, German runner and Olympic long jumper (1956).
• Willis Forko, 37, Liberian-American footballer (Real Salt Lake, Bodø/Glimt, national team).
• Larry Gordon, 76, American musician, injuries sustained in traffic collision.
• Gwyneth Guthrie, 84, Scottish actress (Take the High Road).
• Loucif Hamani, 71, Algerian Olympic boxer (1972).
• Dianne Hamilton, 87, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1999–2017).
• Sean Higgins, 68, Australian musician (Australian Crawl) and songwriter ("Downhearted", "Things Don't Seem").
• Roy Holder, 75, English actor (Sorry!, Pride & Prejudice, War Horse), cancer.
• John Kinsella, 89, Irish composer.
• Richard Kyanka, 45, American blogger, founder of Something Awful, suicide.
• Memo Luna, 91, Mexican baseball player (Tijuana Potros, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals).
• Amkat Mai, 59, Papua New Guinean politician, MP (2012–2013, since 2015).
• Robert Nimmo, 89, Scottish educator, rector of the High School of Dundee (1977–1997).
• Koneru Ramakrishna Rao, 89, Indian psychologist.
• Iris Rezende, 87, Brazilian politician, senator (1995–2003), minister of agriculture (1986–1990) and governor of Goiás (1983–1986, 1991–1994), complications from a stroke.
• Aldo Rizzo, 86, Italian politician and magistrate, deputy (1979–1992), mayor of Palermo (1992).
• Francesco Romani, 88, Italian karateka, complications from a fall.
• Ethel Grodzins Romm, 96, American author, journalist, and businesswoman.
• Herbert Salcher, 92, Austrian politician, member of the National Council (1983), minister of finance (1981–1984).
• Kozhikode Sarada, 84, Indian actress (Sallapam, Yugapurushan, Rappakal).
• Jakucho Setouchi, 99, Japanese Buddhist nun and writer, heart failure.
• Laurie Sheffield, 82, Welsh footballer (Newport County, Doncaster Rovers, Luton Town).
• Duane Wilson, 87, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).

8

• Amalia Aguilar, 97, Cuban-born Mexican actress (Ritmos del Caribe, Al son del mambo, Amor perdido) and dancer.
• Rinus Bennaars, 90, Dutch footballer (DOSKO, Feyenoord, national team).
• Keith Bradshaw, 58, Australian cricket player (Tasmania) and administrator, multiple myeloma.
• Annette Chalut, 97, French World War II Resistance member.
• Miroslav Cipár, 86, Slovak painter, sculptor and illustrator.
• Abdul Wahab Dalimunthe, 82, Indonesian politician, MP (2009–2014, since 2017).
• Medina Dixon, 59, American basketball player (Old Dominion Lady Monarchs), Olympic bronze medalist (1992), pancreatic cancer.
• Pedro Feliciano, 45, Puerto Rican baseball player (New York Mets, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks).
• Enrico Fierro, 69, Italian journalist and writer.
• Seán FitzPatrick, 73, Irish businessman (Anglo Irish Bank hidden loans controversy), cardiac arrest.
• Edgardo Gelli, 86, Italian singer, traffic collision.
• Abdoulkarim Goukoye, 57, Nigerien militant and politician, spokesperson of the CSRD (2010–2011).
• Margo Guryan, 84, American singer-songwriter ("Sunday Mornin'").
• Mike Harris, 82, South African racing driver (Formula One).
• Vegar Hoel, 47, Norwegian actor (Dead Snow, Børning 2, Occupied).
• Kazuko Hosoki, 83, Japanese fortune teller and writer, respiratory failure.
• Stu Kennedy, 90, Canadian football player (Ottawa Rough Riders).
• Desiet Kidane, 21, Eritrean racing cyclist, traffic collision.
• Kim Kyeong-bo, 20, South Korean professional Overwatch player (Philadelphia Fusion).
• Kirsi Kunnas, 96, Finnish children's author.
• Odd F. Lindberg, 76, Norwegian journalist and seal inspector.
• Sylvère Lotringer, 83, French literary critic and cultural theorist, founder of Semiotext(e).
• Mahlagha Mallah, 104, Iranian environmentalist, founder of the Women's Society Against Environmental Pollution.
• Gennady Muravin, 90, Russian-Finnish translator and journalist.
• Franck Olivier, 73, Belgian composer and singer, liver cancer.
• Cecilia Robinson, 97, English cricketer (Kent, national team).
• Wilhelm Schraml, 86, German Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Regensburg (1986–2001) and bishop of Passau (2001–2012).
• Kōzō Suganuma, 62, Japanese jazz drummer, colorectal cancer.
• Stephen Suleeman, 67, Indonesian priest and Wikimedia board member.
• Chittaranjan Das Thakur, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (1996–2011).
• Peter Zimroth, 78, American attorney.

7

• Liudmila Belavenets, 81, Russian chess player, COVID-19.
• Sir John Butterfill, 80, British politician, MP (1983–2010).
• Hasan Čengić, 64, Bosnian politician.
• Sunit Ghosh, 87, Indian cricket umpire.
• Sir James Gobbo, 90, Australian judge, governor of Victoria (1997–2000).
• Robin Greiner, 89, American Olympic pair skater (1956).
• Barry Jackson, 83, English footballer (York City).
• Aliya Khambikova, 21, Russian volleyball player.
• Béla Kovács, 84, Hungarian clarinetist.
• Carmen Laffón, 87, Spanish painter and sculptor.
• Jacques Limouzy, 95, French politician, deputy (1967–1969, 1973–1981, 1986–2002).
• Bopol Mansiamina, 72, Congolese musician (Les Quatre Étoiles), stroke.
• Vadim Morozov, 67, Russian politician and writer, minister of railways (2003–2004), COVID-19.
• Igor Nikulin, 61, Russian hammer thrower, Olympic bronze medallist (1992).
• Jai Narayan Poonia, 87, Indian politician, Rajasthan MLA (1977–1980, 1985–1990), cardiac arrest.
• Brian Renwood, 86, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
• Enrique Rocha, 81, Mexican actor (Satánico pandemonium, Yo compro esa mujer, El Privilegio de Amar).
• Pappu Sain, 95, Pakistani dhol player, liver cancer.
• Sergei Shmatko, 55, Russian politician, minister of energy (2008–2012), COVID-19.
• Zena Stein, 99, South African epidemiologist.
• Dean Stockwell, 85, American actor (Quantum Leap, Married to the Mob, Paris, Texas).
• John Tabinaman, 69, Papua New Guinean politician, acting president (2008–2009) and vice-president of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (2007–2009).
• Bas van der Vlies, 79, Dutch politician, MP (1981–2010), leader of the Reformed Political Party (1986–2010), cancer.
• John White, 97, British art historian.
• Ronnie Williams, 59, American basketball player (Florida Gators, Tampa Bay Thrillers, Mississippi Jets), brain cancer.

6

• Peter Aykroyd, 65, Canadian comedian (Saturday Night Live) and actor (Coneheads, Nothing but Trouble), sepsis.
• Maureen Cleave, 87, British journalist, conducted John Lennon's "more popular than Jesus" interview.
• Kambiz Derambakhsh, 79, Iranian graphic designer, COVID-19.
• Edward Fender, 79, Polish Olympic luger (1964).
• Jim Kerray, 85, Scottish footballer (Raith Rovers, Stirling Albion, St Johnstone).
• Pavol Molnár, 85, Slovak footballer, 1962 FIFA World Cup silver medalist, 1960 European Nations' Cup bronze medalist.
• Angelo Mosca, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders) and professional wrestler (NWA).
• Shawn Rhoden, 46, Jamaican-American professional bodybuilder, Mr. Olympia (2018), heart attack.
• Raúl Rivero, 75, Cuban poet, cancer.
• Marinko Rokvić, 67, Serbian folk singer, pancreatic cancer.
• Clifford Rose, 92, British actor (Tell Me Lies, Work Is a Four-Letter Word, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides).
• Luíz Antônio dos Santos, 57, Brazilian Olympic long-distance runner (1996), cardiac arrest.
• Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, 73, Malian politician, prime minister (2011–2012).
• Tarak Sinha, 70, Indian cricket coach, lung cancer.
• Harvey White, 83, American football player (Boston Patriots).
• Muamer Zukorlić, 51, Serbian politician and Islamic cleric, member (2016–2020) and vice-president (since 2020) of the National Assembly, co-founder of BANU, heart attack.
• Yukhym Zvyahilsky, 88, Ukrainian politician, acting prime minister (1993–1994), MP (1990–2019) and mayor of Donetsk (1992–1993), COVID-19.

5

• James A. Brundage, 92, American historian.
• Walter Brune, 95, German architect.
• Charlie Burns, 85, American-born Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars, Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins), world champion (1958).
• Russell Ebert, 72, Australian football player (Port Adelaide, North Melbourne) and coach, leukaemia.
• Ryszard Grzegorczyk, 82, Polish footballer (Polonia Bytom, Lens, national team).
• Mei Jones, 68, Welsh scriptwriter and actor (C'mon Midffîld!). (death announced on this date)
• Robert S. Kiss, 63, American politician, speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1997–2007), cancer.
• Andris Kolbergs, 82, Latvian writer and screenwriter (Defenders of Riga).
• Silvio Laurenzi, 85, Italian costumer (The Case of the Bloody Iris, All the Colors of the Dark, Il coltello di ghiaccio) and actor.
• Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden, 95, Scottish industrialist and life peer, member of the House of Lords (1991–2016).
• Luigi Maldera, 75, Italian footballer (Monza, Milan, Catanzaro).
• Marília Mendonça, 26, Brazilian singer, Grammy winner (2019), airplane crash.
• Vidadi Muradov, 65, Azerbaijani carpet specialist and academic.
• Nguon Nhel, 78, Cambodian politician, MP (since 1993) and minister of agriculture (1989–1993).
• Beldina Odenyo Onassis, 31, Kenyan-British musician.
• Dušan Pašek, 36, Slovak ice hockey player (HC Slovan Bratislava, HC Košice, ŠHK 37 Piešťany), suicide by hanging.
• Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, 71, Pakistani jurist, justice (1998–2009) and chief justice (2009–2010) of Lahore High Court.
• Siluyan, 82, Russian Orthodox Old-Rite prelate, bishop of Novosibirsk (since 2015).
• Flip Stapper, 76, Dutch footballer (FC Twente, AZ Alkmaar).
• Ross Tolleson, 65, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (2003–2015).
• Kinji Yoshimoto, 55, Japanese animator, writer and director (Megazone 23, Plastic Little, Queen's Blade).

4

• Vanessa Angel, 27, Indonesian actress, traffic collision.
• Sir Brian Bender, 72, British civil servant.
• Lionel Blair, 92, Canadian-born British actor (The Limping Man, A Hard Day's Night), choreographer and television presenter (Give Us a Clue).
• Fabiole Camara De Campos, Brazilian murder victim, stabbed.
• Barbara-Rose Collins, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1991–1997), COVID-19.
• Amela Fetahović, 35, Bosnian footballer (Sarajevo, Spartak Subotica, national team).
• Aaron Feuerstein, 95, American industrialist and philanthropist, CEO of Malden Mills.
• Ibedul Gibbons, 77, Palauan activist.
• Francis Huré, 105, French World War II Resistance member, diplomat, and writer.
• Károly Király, 91, Romanian politician, senator (1990–1992).
• Heorhiy Kryuchkov, 92, Ukrainian politician, people's deputy (1998–2006).
• Mario Lavista, 78, Mexican composer and writer.
• Amatsia Levkovich, 83, Israeli footballer (Hapoel Tel Aviv, national team).
• June Lindsey, 99, British-Canadian biochemist.
• Ruth Ann Minner, 86, American politician, governor of Delaware (2001–2009), member of the Delaware House of Representatives (1975–1983) and Senate (1983–1993).
• Subrata Mukherjee, 75, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (1971–1977, 1982–1991, 1996–2006, since 2011) and mayor of Kolkata (2000–2005), heart attack.
• Eugenio Pazzaglia, 72, Italian footballer (Pisa, Civitavecchia, Siena).
• Mike Pitts, 61, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots).
• Devwrat Singh, 52, Indian politician, MP (2007–2009) and Chhattisgarh MLA (1998–2008, since 2018), heart attack.
• Jack Vitty, 98, English footballer (Workington, Brighton & Hove Albion).
• Ian Wallace, 87, British ornithologist.
• Claude Nelson Warren, 89, American anthropologist.
• Roger Zatkoff, 90, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions).

3

• Hassan Al Alfi, 85, Egyptian politician, minister of interior (1993–1997).
• Eileen Anderson, 93, American politician, mayor of Honolulu (1981–1985).
• Bob Baker, 82, British screenwriter (Wallace and Gromit, Doctor Who, K-9).
• François Blank, 90, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1952).
• Joanna Bruzdowicz, 78, Polish composer.
• Wilma Chan, 72, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (2000–2006) and the Alameda County Board of Supervisors (1995–2000, since 2011), traffic collision.
• Georgie Dann, 81, French singer, complications from surgery.
• Pablo Armando Fernández, 91, Cuban poet and novelist.
• Hermann Haverkamp, 79, German Olympic water polo player (1968, 1972).
• Yasuro Kikuchi, 93, Japanese Go player.
• Helga Lindner, 70, German swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
• Michael Marai, 73, Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Goroka (1988–1994).
• Abdul Muhib Mazumder, 89, Indian politician, Assam MLA (1983–1991, 1996–2001, 2011–2016).
• Víctor Manuel Ortiz, Puerto Rican politician, mayor of Gurabo (2005–2016).
• Jean Pierson, 80, Tunisian-born French engineer.
• Warren Powers, 80, American football player (Oakland Raiders) and coach (Missouri Tigers, Washington State Cougars).
• Andrei Redkous, 64, Russian footballer (Zenit, Torpedo Moscow, Torpedo Vladimir).
• Cecilia Robinson, 97, English cricketer (Kent, national team).
• Boris Sádecký, 24, Slovak ice hockey player (HK Orange 20, HC Slovan Bratislava, Bratislava Capitals), cardiac arrest.
• Tang Yao-ming, 80, Taiwanese military officer, minister of national defense (2002–2004) and chief of the general staff (1999–2002).
• Kurt Thyboe, 81, Danish journalist and sports commentator, pneumonia.
• Eric Franklin Wood, 74, Canadian-American hydrologist, cancer.
• Avishag Zahavi, 99, Israeli botanist. (death announced on this date)

2

• John Aiken, 89, American ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
• Cyrus Amouzgar, 87, Iranian politician, minister of intelligence and tourism (1978–1979).
• Molana Azizullah Bohio, 75, Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician.
• Jane Brown Grimes, 80, American Hall of Fame tennis executive, president of the USTA (2007–2008).
• Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay, 81, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (since 2011).
• Flora D. Crittenden, 97, American educator and politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1993–2004).
• Ali Fadhul, 81, Ugandan military officer and convicted war criminal, chief of army staff (1979), complications from diabetes.
• Sabah Fakhri, 88, Syrian tenor singer.
• Des Ferguson, 91, Irish Gaelic footballer (Gaeil Colmcille, Dublin).
• Federico Granja Ricalde, 79, Mexican politician, three-term deputy, governor of Yucatán (1994–1995) and mayor of Mérida (1976–1978).
• Bettina Grossman, 94, American conceptual artist.
• Kenneth Holmes, 86, British molecular biologist.
• Tomas Leandersson, 55, Swedish Hall of Fame ten-pin bowler.
• Clive Lee, 82, British design engineer (Exeter hip).
• Carlos Lélis, 90, Portuguese politician, MP.
• Li Zehou, 91, Chinese philosopher and political activist.
• Paul A. Libby, 100, American fluid dynamicist and academic.
• Tshitenge Lubabu, 65–66, Congolese journalist and writer.
• Sir Alistair MacFarlane, 90, Scottish electrical engineer and academic administrator, principal of Heriot-Watt University (1989–1996).
• John Marshall, 76, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers).
• Tom Matte, 82, American football player (Baltimore Colts), Super Bowl champion (1971).
• Alf Mayer, 83, Canadian Olympic sports shooter (1968, 1972).
• Gerard V. Middleton, 90, Canadian geologist.
• Dennis Moore, 75, American politician and lawyer, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2011), cancer.
• Hamdullah Mukhlis, Afghan military officer, bombing.
• Declan Mulligan, 83, Irish-born American rock musician (The Beau Brummels).
• Hiroshi Ogawa, 72, Japanese politician, governor of Fukuoka Prefecture (2011–2021), lung cancer.
• John Joe O'Hagan, 91, Irish Gaelic footballer (Clonoe O'Rahilly's).
• Alf Patrick, 100, English footballer (York City).
• Jacques Pimpaneau, 87, French sinologist.
• Luciano Piquè, 86, Italian footballer (Udinese, Genoa, Entella).
• Viktor Putyatin, 80, Ukrainian fencer, Olympic silver medalist (1968, 1972).
• Mohamed Soukhane, 90, Algerian footballer (Le Havre, national team).
• Neal Smith, 101, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1995).
• Patricija Šulin, 55, Slovenian politician, MEP (2014–2019).
• Ernest Wilson, 69, Jamaican reggae singer (The Clarendonians).

1

• Brian Adair, 86, Scottish sports administrator, president (1983) and chair (1986) of the Scottish Cricket Union.
• Gulraiz Akhtar, 78, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic champion (1968).
• Giacomo Babini, 92, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello (1991–1996) and Grosseto (1996–2001).
• Aaron Beck, 100, American psychiatrist (cognitive therapy, Beck Depression Inventory), co-founder of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
• Emmett Chapman, 85, American jazz musician, inventor of the Chapman Stick.
• Pundlik Hari Danve, 95, Indian politician, MP (1977–1979, 1989–1991).
• Semra Dinçer, 56, Turkish actress (Elephants and Grass, Kavak Yelleri, Kuzey Güney), lung cancer.
• Hugo Dittfach, 85, German-born Canadian jockey.
• Temirkhan Dosmukhanbetov, 72, Kazakhstani politician, MP (since 2012) and mayor of Astana (2003–2004). (death announced on this date)
• Nelson Freire, 77, Brazilian classical pianist.
• Tori Geib, 35, American cancer patient advocate.
• Jonathan Gledhill, 72, English Anglican prelate, bishop of Southampton (1996–2003) and Lichfield (2003–2015).
• Gilberto Grácio, 85, Portuguese guitar maker.
• Alan Igglesden, 57, English cricketer (Kent, Western Province, national team), brain cancer.
• Yuri Klepikov, 86, Russian screenwriter (The Ascent, The Seventh Companion) and actor (The Beginning).
• Denis Lapalme, 62, Canadian Paralympic swimmer (1976) and actor.
• Jessie Lichauco, 109, Cuban-born American-Filipino philanthropist.
• Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe, 98, German noblewoman, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (1965–1980).
• Pat Martino, 77, American jazz guitarist and composer.
• Poerio Mascella, 71, Italian footballer (Varese, Ternana, Pistoiese).
• Bruno Moretti, 80, Australian athlete, Paralympic champion (1968).
• Seeco Patterson, 90, Cuban-born Jamaican percussionist (Bob Marley and the Wailers).
• Maurice Price, 83, Irish football player and coach.
• Arvinder Singh Lovely, 56, Indian politician, Delhi MLA (2008–2013), heart attack.
• Lawrence Donald Soens, 95, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Sioux City (1983–1998).
• William R. Spaulding, 97, American politician, member of the Council of the District of Columbia (1975–1987).

Previous months

• Deaths in January 2021
• Deaths in February 2021
• Deaths in March 2021
• Deaths in April 2021
• Deaths in May 2021
• Deaths in June 2021
• Deaths in July 2021
• Deaths in August 2021
• Deaths in September 2021
• Deaths in October 2021
• Deaths in November 2021

See also

• List of deaths due to COVID-19

External links

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