Deaths in December 2021

December 2021

1

• Rudolf Bernhardt, 96, German jurist, president of the European Court of Human Rights.
• Ben Boo, 96, American politician, mayor of Duluth, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
• Bertram Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham, 94, British politician, member of the House of Lords and captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms.
• Sherwin Carlquist, 91, American botanist and photographer.
• Albert M. Craig, 92, American academic and historian.
• John Cunningham, 83, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Galloway.
• Jeanne Daprano, 85, American runner and educator.
• Jean Demannez, 72, Belgian politician, mayor of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.
• Abla Farhoud, 76, Canadian writer.
• Grand Jojo, 85, Belgian singer.
• John Hepworth, 77, Australian bishop, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Anna-Liisa Hyvönen, 95, Finnish politician, MP.
• Enrique Jackson, 75, Mexican politician, deputy, member and three-time president of the senate, heart attack.
• Bernie Jeffrey, 88, Australian footballer.
• Christian Kerr, 56, Australian political commentator and journalist, co-founder of Crikey.
• Sonja Krause, 88, Swiss-American physical chemist.
• Alvin Lucier, 90, American composer.
• Almerindo Marques, 81, Portuguese businessman, banker and politician, deputy and president of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal.
• Jas Murphy, 98, Irish Gaelic footballer.
• Keiko Nobumoto, 57, Japanese screenwriter, esophageal cancer.
• Seánie O'Leary, 69, Irish hurler.
• Orm Øverland, 86, Norwegian literary historian.
• Nikolai Paltsev, 72, Russian politician, mayor of Stavropol.
• Rudolf Pohl, 97, German Roman Catholic prelate.
• Konrad Porzner, 86, German politician, MP.
• Raimundo Revoredo Ruiz, 93, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop-prelate of Juli.
• Alan Clive Roberts, 87, British materials scientist and engineer.
• Sir John Roch, 87, British judge, Lord Justice of Appeal.
• Razi Shirazi, 94, Iranian jurist and philosopher.
• Petr Uhl, 80, Czech journalist, activist and politician, member of the Federal Assembly.
• Rainbow George Weiss, 81, British serial political candidate.
• Suzette Winter, 90, American filmmaker.
• Miroslav Zikmund, 102, Czech writer and explorer.

2

• János Avar, 83, Hungarian journalist.
• Samuel Bhend, 78, Swiss politician, member of the Executive Council of Bern.
• Giuseppe Chiaretti, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve.
• Henry Clifford, 93, American Olympic field hockey player.
• Richard Cole, 75, English music manager, cancer.
• Richard Costello, 70, American police officer, heart failure.
• Jos Dupré, 93, Belgian politician, mayor of Westerlo.
• Neil Flanz, 83, Canadian pedal steel guitarist.
• Diana G. Gallagher, 75, American author, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Aldo Giordano, 67, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic nuncio to Venezuela and the European Union, COVID-19.
• Gérard Grandval, 91, French architect.
• Darlene Hard, 85, American Hall of Fame tennis player.
• Phil Harvey, 83, American entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of DKT International.
• Hong Sung-woo, 81, South Korean politician, MP.
• Ian Hore-Lacy, 81, Australian nuclear industry communicator.
• Joaquín Jiménez Hidalgo, 85, Spanish politician, senator.
• Abdel Karim al Kabli, 89, Sudanese singer and poet.
• Michael Laucke, 74, Canadian classical and flamenco guitarist and composer.
• Lyndsey Leask, 86, New Zealand softball administrator.
• Richard Lerner, 83, American chemist.
• Tom McGarry, 84, Irish hurler, footballer and rugby union player.
• Bill McKenzie, Baron McKenzie of Luton, 75, British politician and life peer, member of the House of Lords.
• Alex Orban, 82, Hungarian-American Olympic sabre fencer.
• Poedjono Pranyoto, 85, Indonesian military officer and politician, regent of Cilacap, governor of Lampung and deputy speaker of the MPR-R.
• Felice Salis, 83, Italian Olympic field hockey player.
• Sir Antony Sher, 72, South African-born British actor, cancer.
• Lovro Šturm, 83, Slovenian jurist and politician, minister of justice and president of the Constitutional Court.
• Lawrence Weiner, 79, American conceptual artist.

3

• Güldal Akşit, 61, Turkish politician, minister of culture and tourism, COVID-19.
• Nasser al-Dhaibani, 52-53, Yemeni army major general.
• Man Arai, 75, Japanese writer and singer.
• Eileen Ash, 110, English cricketer.
• Vesma Baltgailis, 71, Latvian-born Canadian chess player.
• Doug Bolstorff, 90, American basketball player and coach.
• Jean Briane, 91, French politician, deputy.
• Kathryn Cave, 73, British author.
• Françoise Delord, 81, French zookeeper, founder of the ZooParc de Beauval.
• Lamine Diack, 88, Senegalese businessman, sports administrator, and athlete, president of the IAAF.
• Horst Eckel, 89, German footballer, world champion.
• Nathaniel Exum, 81, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates and Senate.
• Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton, 101, British courtier, mistress of the Robes.
• Marian Hadenko, 66, Ukrainian composer, singer, and television presenter.
• Peter Hayek, 64, American ice hockey player.
• Robert Holman, 69, British dramatist.
• Wout Holverda, 63, Dutch footballer, COVID-19.
• Claude Humphrey, 77, American Hall of Fame football player.
• Lee Tae-bok, 70, South Korean politician, minister of health and welfare.
• Claudia Levy, 77, American journalist and union activist.
• Peter Nagy, 56, Slovakian Olympic slalom canoeist.
• Mirco Nontschew, 52, German comedian.
• Denis O'Brien, 80, American talent manager and film producer.
• Melvin Parker, 77, American drummer.
• Saul Raiz, 91, Brazilian politician, mayor of Curitiba.
• Jean Rosset, 84, French sculptor.
• 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, lung cancer.
• Jim Troumbly, 93, American ice hockey player.
• Nina Urgant, 92, Russian actress.
• Alfonso Vallejo, 78, Spanish playwright and poet.
• Momčilo Vukotić, 71, Serbian footballer.
• Ronald S. Weinstein, 83, American pathologist.
• Jōji Yanami, 90, Japanese voice actor.

4

• Thoppil Anto, 81, Indian playback singer.
• John Barton, 77, British businessman, chairman of Next plc and EasyJet.
• Ron Blazier, 50, American baseball player.
• Hans Blohm, 94, German-Canadian photographer and author.
• Sarath Chandrasiri, 57, Sri Lankan actor, brain hemorrhage.
• Sabbaruddin Chik, 79, Malaysian politician, minister of tourism, arts and culture, MP, COVID-19.
• Carl Clowes, 77, Welsh medical practitioner.
• Martha De Laurentiis, 67, American film producer, cancer.
• Vinod Dua, 67, Indian journalist, complications from COVID-19.
• John Flynn, 67, Canadian politician, New Brunswick MLA, cancer.
• Mahmoud Hammoud, 57, Lebanese football player and manager, COVID-19.
• Golam Hasnayen, 91, Bangladeshi lawyer.
• Stonewall Jackson, 89, American country singer, vascular dementia.
• Percy Johnson, 88, Australian football player and coach, cancer.
• Navid Khosh Hava, 30, Iranian footballer, cardiac arrest.
• Alois Kottmann, 92, German violinist and music pedagogue.
• Paul Lannoye, 82, Belgian politician, MEP.
• Andy McCabe, 76, Irish Gaelic footballer.
• Leonardo McNish, 75, Guatemalan footballer.
• Boris Misnik, 83, Russian politician, deputy.
• Nirmal Nanan, 70, Trinidadian cricketer.
• Mike Page, 81, American baseball player.
• Trilochan Pradhan, 92, Indian physicist and academic administrator, vice-chancellor of Utkal University.
• Pierre Rabhi, 83, Algerian-born French environmentalist.
• Konijeti Rosaiah, 88, Indian politician, governor of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
• Shivaram, 83, Indian actor, film producer and director, brain hemorrhage.
• Wu Xinzhi, 93, Chinese paleoanthropologist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Inua Wushishi, 81, Nigerian general, chief of Army staff.
• Xavier Ziani, 49, French volleyball player, cardiac arrest.
• Shirley Zussman, 107, American sex therapist.

5

• Jorge Amaya, 87, Argentine Olympic equestrian.
• Aad Andriessen, 60, Dutch footballer.
• Osman Arpacıoğlu, 74, Turkish footballer.
• Lisle Austin, 85, Barbadian football administrator.
• Yossef Bodansky, 67, Israeli-American political scientist and defense analyst.
• Gary Callander, 62, Scottish rugby union player and coach, pancreatic cancer.
• Júlio Eduardo Zamith Carrilho, 75, Mozambican politician, minister of public works and housing, industry, and construction and water.
• Peter Cundall, 94, English-born Australian horticulturalist and television host.
• Jean-Paul Didierlaurent, 59, French writer, cancer.
• Bob Dole, 98, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, lung cancer.
• Oleg Emirov, 51, Russian composer, arranger and keyboardist.
• Jacques Robert Fresco, 93, American biochemist.
• Aurelio Galfetti, 85, Swiss architect.
• Harry Giles, 91, Canadian educator.
• Prithipal Singh Gill, 100, Indian military officer.
• Bill Glass, 86, American Hall of Fame football player.
• Christine Haidegger, 79, Austrian writer.
• Mirelle Hernández, 46, American makeup artist, injuries sustained in carjacking.
• Stevan Jelovac, 32, Serbian basketball player, complications from brain hemorrhage.
• Manolo Jiménez, 79, Spanish footballer.
• Herbert Knoblich, 82, German politician, president of the Landtag of Brandenburg.
• Sławomir Majusiak, 57, Polish long-distance runner.
• M. Sarada Menon, 98, Indian psychiatrist.
• Buddy Merrill, 85, American steel guitarist.
• Melinda Micco, 73, American filmmaker and scholar.
• John Miles, 72, British singer-songwriter and musician.
• Bunu Sheriff Musa, 74, Nigerian administrator and engineer.
• Scott Page-Pagter, 64, American voice actor and television producer, cancer.
• David Parrish, 82, American artist.
• Andrew Pringle Jr., 94, American major general.
• Enzo Restuccia, 80, Italian drummer.
• Michel Rouche, 87, French historian and academic.
• Mark Rudinstein, 75, Russian film producer, actor and television presenter, founder of Kinotavr.
• Toni Santagata, 85, Italian folk singer.
• Nelson Sears, 95, American television broadcaster.
• Song Gisuk, 86, South Korean novelist.
• Bill Staines, 74, American folk musician, prostate cancer.
• Jacques Tits, 91, Belgian-born French mathematician.
• Wolfgang Troßbach, 94, German Olympic hurdler.
• Renato Turano, 79, Italian politician, senator.
• Mario Turchetti, 77, Italian academic and historian, COVID-19.
• Demetrio Volcic, 90, Italian journalist and politician, MEP.
• Osamu Yatabe, 89, Japanese lawyer and politician, councillor.

6

• Hussein Suleiman Abu Saleh, 91, Sudanese politician, minister of foreign affairs.
• André Aschieri, 84, French politician, deputy.
• Jørgen Barth-Jørgensen, 89, Norwegian Olympic weightlifter.
• Klaus von Beyme, 87, German political scientist.
• Lena Blackbird, 88, American Cherokee artist.
• Thomas E. Dewey Jr., 89, American businessman.
• Teoman Duralı, 74, Turkish philosopher, cancer.
• Ebrahim Ebrahim, 84, South African politician.
• Richard Despard Estes, 93, American zoologist.
• George Fleming, 83, American football player and politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives and Senate.
• Ron Fleming, 84, American woodturning artist.
• Glenn Foster, 31, American football player.
• Donald K. Fry, 84, American writer and journalism academic.
• Emma Gapchenko, 83, Russian archer, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Fred Hiatt, 66, American journalist, editor, and columnist, cardiac arrest.
• Skilyr Hicks, 23, American singer-songwriter.
• Thomas W. Horton, 101, New Zealand pilot.
• Olha Ilkiv, 101, Ukrainian partisan and liaison officer.
• Lindiwe Mabuza, 83, South African poet and politician, MP and high commissioner to the United Kingdom.
• Medina Spirit, 3, American Thoroughbred racehorse, Kentucky Derby winner, heart attack.
• Eugenio Minasso, 62, Italian politician, deputy, complications from COVID-19.
• Marvin Morgan, 38, English footballer, complications from cavernous hemangioma.
• L. Eudora Pettigrew, 93, American academic administrator.
• Jerome Lyle Rappaport, 94, American lawyer, political leader, and real estate developer.
• Aldo Rebecchi, 75, Italian politician, deputy.
• Julius S. Scott, 66, American author.
• Elfriede Steurer, 96, Austrian Olympic sprinter.
• Masayuki Uemura, 78, Japanese video game engineer.
• Kåre Willoch, 93, Norwegian politician, prime minister, MP and minister of trade.

7

• Lionel Antoine, 71, American football player.
• Aydin Balayev, 65, Azerbaijani historian and ethnologist.
• Carol Jenkins Barnett, 65, American businesswoman, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Mustafa Ben Halim, 100, Libyan politician, prime minister and minister of foreign affairs.
• Steve Bronski, 61, Scottish keyboardist, smoke inhalation.
• Raja Collure, 83, Sri Lankan politician, MP and governor of Uva, COVID-19.
• Lamine Dieng, 70, Senegalese football manager.
• Catherine Fournier, 66, French politician, senator.
• Geoffrey Harcourt, 90, Australian economist.
• Joe Hernandez, 81, American football player, COVID-19.
• Sir Christopher Hogg, 85, British business executive, chairman of GlaxoSmithKline.
• Pavel Hůla, 69, Czech classical violinist and music educator.
• Suresh Jadhav, 72, Indian biotechnology executive, renal failure.
• Yury Karabasov, 82, Russian professor and politician, member of the State Duma.
• Nanda Prusty, 102, Indian educator, COVID-19.
• Ronald Rensch, 55, German Olympic sailor.
• Matt Scherer, 38, American track and field athlete.
• Philippe Stevens, 84, Belgian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Maroua-Makolo.
• Greg Tate, 64, American music critic and musician, co-founder of the Black Rock Coalition.
• Michel Thierry, 93, French industrialist.
• Claude Vandersleyen, 94, Belgian Egyptologist.
• Francis Warner, 84, British poet and playwright.

8

• Chris Achilleos, 74, Cypriot-born British illustrator.
• Bruce Arden, 94, American computer scientist.
• Hal E. Broxmeyer, 77, American microbiologist, thyroid cancer.
• Sylwester Chęciński, 91, Polish film and television director.
• Edwin Cranston, 89, American scholar.
• Kristina Đukić, 21, Serbian YouTuber, suicide.
• Tapulesatele Mauteni Esera, Samoan politician, MLA.
• Gerry Foley, 89, American-Canadian ice hockey player.
• Mitsutoshi Furuya, 85, Japanese manga artist, cancer.
• Igor Gamula, 61, Ukrainian-Russian football player and manager.
• Barry Harris, 91, American jazz pianist, complications from COVID-19.
• Susana Higuchi, 71, Peruvian politician, deputy and first lady, cancer.
• Lars Høgh, 62, Danish football player and coach, pancreatic cancer.
• Anne Hudson, 83, British literary historian.
• Jan Józwik, 69, Polish Olympic speed skater, COVID-19.
• Mustapha El Karouni, 53, Belgian lawyer and politician, Brussels-Capital Region MP.
• Ulla-Britta Lagerroth, 94, Swedish literary critic.
• Blackjack Lanza, 86, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler.
• Daniel Laskin, 97, American surgeon and educator.
• Richie Lewis, 55, American baseball player.
• Chandidas Mal, 92, Indian musician.
• Robert Malinowski, 64, Polish Olympic volleyball player.
• Farida Mammadova, 85, Azerbaijani historian.
• Patricia Misslin, 81, American voice teacher and soprano.
• Alfredo Moreno, 41, Argentine footballer, stomach cancer.
• Dieter Murmann, 87, German lobbyist, chairman of the Economic Council Germany.
• Mark Pike, 57, American football player, non-Hodgkin lymphoma complicated by COVID-19.
• Phú Quang, 72, Vietnamese composer, complications from diabetes.
• Michel Quarez, 83, Syrian-born French painter and graphic artist.
• Robbie Shakespeare, 68, Jamaican bassist and record producer, complications from kidney surgery.
• John L. Sorenson, 97, American anthropologist, scholar and author.
• Jan Stuifbergen, 92, Dutch politician, mayor of Heerhugowaard.
• Malcolm Troup, 91, Canadian-born British pianist and musicologist.
• Andrzej Zieliński, 85, Polish sprinter, Olympic silver medallist.
• Jacques Zimako, 69, French footballer.
• Notable Indian military officers killed in the Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash:
• *Bipin Rawat, 63, chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, chief of defence staff and chief of the Army Staff
• *Lakhbinder Singh Lidder, 52, defence assistant to Bipin Rawat

9

• Danielle Adams, 38, Canadian politician, Manitoba MLA, traffic collision.
• Shamim Alam Khan, 84, Pakistani military officer, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, COVID-19.
• Brian Aldridge, 81, New Zealand cricket umpire.
• Don Asmussen, 59, American cartoonist, brain cancer.
• Billy J. Boles, 83, American general.
• Julie Brougham, 67, New Zealand Olympic equestrian, cancer.
• Ryszard Brzuzy, 60, Polish trade unionist and politician, deputy.
• Christian Chagnon, 65, Canadian Olympic handball player.
• Donald Cozzens, 82, American Roman Catholic priest, author and lecturer, complications from COVID-19.
• Anthony Cullis, 75, British electronic engineer.
• Garth Dennis, 72, Jamaican reggae musician, complications from pneumonia.
• Speedy Duncan, 79, American football player.
• Gunter Hadwiger, 72, Austrian politician.
• Luis Irizar, 91, Cuban-born Spanish chef.
• Robert Jervis, 81, American political scientist.
• Gertraud Jesserer, 77, Austrian actress, house fire.
• Enju Kato, 102, Japanese bhikkhu and politician, member of the Okazaki city council.
• David Lasley, 74, American singer-songwriter.
• Giosuè Ligios, 92, Italian politician, senator, MEP.
• Alice McGuire, 86, Canadian politician, Yukon MLA.
• David Mercer, 60, American political strategist and commentator, cancer.
• Aleksandr Neumyvakin, 81, Russian politician, deputy.
• Otar Patsatsia, 92, Georgian politician, prime minister, COVID-19.
• Carmen Salinas, 82, Mexican actress and politician, deputy, complications from a stroke.
• Larry Sellers, 72, American actor.
• Hiromi Shinya, 86, Japanese gastroenterologist, heart failure.
• Peter Spoden, 100, German Luftwaffe fighter pilot.
• Charles R. Steele, 88, American aerospace engineer.
• C. J. Stevens, 94, American author.
• Demaryius Thomas, 33, American football player, Super Bowl champion, seizure.
• Themsie Times, 72, South African actress.
• Al Unser, 82, American Hall of Fame racing driver, four-time Indianapolis 500 winner, IndyCar champion, liver cancer.
• Lina Wertmüller, 93, Italian film director and screenwriter.
• Cara Williams, 96, American actress.
• Maryse Wolinski, 78, French writer and journalist.

10

• Jacques Auxiette, 81, French politician, president of the regional council of Pays de la Loire.
• Gabriel Calvo, 66, Spanish Olympic gymnast.
• Romulo T. de la Cruz, 74, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Zamboanga.
• Oded Muhammad Danial, 59, Indonesian politician, mayor of Bandung.
• Jim Emery, 87, American politician.
• Les Emmerson, 77, Canadian singer, complications from COVID-19.
• Maria Gomori, 101, Hungarian-born Canadian family therapist.
• Pavel Karpf, 52, Swiss footballer, complications from a heart attack.
• Constantin Năsturescu, 81, Romanian footballer.
• Michael Nesmith, 78, American musician and songwriter, Grammy winner, heart failure.
• Ken Osinde, 59, Kenyan diplomat, ambassador to Germany.
• Carl Pasteryak, 71, American racing driver.
• Jean-Claude Perrot, 93, French historian.
• Enrico Pieri, 87, Italian survivor of the Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre.
• Karin Praxmarer, 77, Austrian politician, councilor.
• Gene Prebola, 83, American football player.
• Kev Reynolds, 78, English outdoor writer.
• Günther Rühle, 97, German journalist and theater critic.
• Sunil Soma Peiris, 72, Sri Lankan filmmaker.
• Tyler E. Stovall, 67, American historian, president of the American Historical Association.
• Martin Strimitzer, 93, Austrian politician, president and member of the Federal Council.
• Leland Wilkinson, 77, American statistician and computer scientist.

11

• Janusz Bargieł, 63, Polish politician, senator.
• Fjölnir Geir Bragason, 56, Icelandic tattoo artist.
• Mecnur Çolak, 54, Bulgarian-born Turkish footballer, complications from COVID-19.
• Kevin Drummond, 91, Canadian politician.
• Edward Esko, 71, American macrobiotic diet advocate.
• Ed Gayda, 94, American basketball player.
• Jack Hedley, 92, British actor, heart attack.
• Hiroshi Hirata, 84, Japanese manga artist, heart failure.
• Phil Kerslake, 62, Welsh-born New Zealand television presenter, cancer.
• Vera Kistiakowsky, 93, American physicist and arms control activist.
• Christian Laskawiec, 69, French rugby league player.
• Mel Lastman, 88, Canadian politician, mayor of North York and Toronto.
• Richard Neal, 81, American police officer, commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department, stroke.
• Juan Carlos Oyarzún, 70, Argentine politician, senator.
• Jalal Pishvaian, 91, Iranian actor.
• Hans Gerhard Ramler, 93, German politician, member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.
• Anne Rice, 80, American author, complications from a stroke.
• Francisco Rodríguez Pérez, 82, Mexican politician, member and president of the Chamber of Deputies.
• Beverly Russell, 87, British-American journalist and editor, assisted suicide.
• Galina Samsova, 84, Russian ballet dancer.
• Manuel Santana, 83, Spanish Hall of Fame tennis player, Wimbledon champion, three-time French Open champion, Olympic champion.
• Mike Sharpe, 65, Bermudian Olympic sprinter.
• Gunnar Talsethagen, 90, Norwegian footballer and author.
• Kenneth von Heidecke, 68, American dancer.
• Dennis Ward, 74, Australian rugby league player, stomach cancer.
• Mohamed Selim Zaki, 97, Egyptian Olympic equestrian.

12

• John Archer, 80, English footballer.
• Kåre Berg, 89, Norwegian Olympic ski jumper.
• Sid Blanks, 80, American football player.
• Piotr Bryhadzin, 72, Belarusian historian and politician, minister of education.
• Eduardo Cavieres, 76, Chilean historian and academic.
• Nai-Ni Chen, 62, Taiwanese-American choreographer and dancer, drowning.
• Aristides Demetrios, 89, American sculptor.
• James P. Dugan, 92, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate.
• Margareta Ekström, 91, Swedish author and translator.
• Vicente Fernández, 81, Mexican singer and actor, multiple Grammy Award winner, complications from a fall.
• Bernie Fowler, 97, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate.
• John F. Hawley, 63, American astrophysicist.
• Roland Hemond, 92, American baseball executive.
• Piotr Iwaszkiewicz, 62, Polish political historian and diplomat, ambassador to Uzbekistan.
• C. K. Jain, 86, Indian civil servant, secretary general of the Lok Sabha, heart attack.
• Byron LaBeach, 91, Jamaican Olympic sprinter.
• Maafu Tukuiaulahi, 66, Tongan noble and politician, MP.
• Sir Paulias Matane, 90, Papua New Guinean diplomat and public servant, governor-general.
• Daniel Nlandu Mayi, 68, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Kinshasa and bishop of Matadi.
• Stanisław Nowak, 86, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Częstochowa.
• Toddy O'Sullivan, 87, Irish politician, TD and lord mayor of Cork.
• Jimoh Oyewumi, Ajagungbade III, 95, Nigerian traditional ruler, Soun of Ogbomosho.
• Asha Patel, 44, Indian politician, Gujarat MLA, complications from dengue.
• Donny Petersen, 74, Canadian outlaw biker.
• Francis Pizzulli, 71, American attorney.
• Martin Quinn, 83, Irish Gaelic footballer.
• Jimmy Rave, 39, American professional wrestler, staph infection.
• George Ryden, 81, Scottish footballer.
• Silvia Sayago, 66, Argentine politician, deputy, multiple organ failure.
• Yury Sharov, 82, Russian fencer, Olympic champion.
• Len Thornson, 88, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Tu Men, 61, Chinese actor, esophageal cancer.
• André Vairolatto, 87, French Olympic boxer.
• Chalard Worachat, 78, Thai activist.

13

• Falco Accame, 96, Italian politician, deputy.
• Giannalberto Bendazzi, 75, Italian animation historian.
• Clyde Bennett, 89, American football player.
• Kevin Billington, 87, British film director, cancer.
• Blackberri, 76, American singer-songwriter and community activist, complications from a heart attack.
• Walter D'Hondt, 85, Canadian rower, Olympic gold and silver medalist.
• Álvaro Díaz Pérez, 70–71, Chilean economist and politician, ambassador to Brazil.
• Verónica Forqué, 66, Spanish actress, suicide by hanging.
• Viktor Gnezdilov, 78, Russian politician, mayor of Nakhodka.
• Milt Graham, 87, American football player and FBI agent.
• Élizabeth Herrgott, 80, French writer.
• Harbans Kapoor, 75, Indian politician, member and speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.
• Liam Kavanagh, 86, Irish politician, TD, MEP and minister for labour.
• Larry Kenney, 101, American basketball player.
• Fawzi Al-Kharafi, 76, Kuwaiti billionaire, CEO of M. A. Kharafi & Sons.
• Teuvo Kohonen, 87, Finnish computer scientist.
• Lillian Luckey, 102, American baseball player.
• Charles R. Morris, 82, American writer and banker, complications from dementia.
• Leszek Murzyn, 61, Polish politician, deputy.
• Georgios Panagiotopoulos, 91, Greek lawyer and politician.
• Aapo Perko, 97, Finnish Olympic shot putter.
• Pete Petcoff, 89, Canadian football player.
• John Salt, 84, English artist.
• Leonid Sharayev, 86, Ukrainian politician.
• Joe Simon, 85, American soul and R&B singer.
• Toby Slater, 42, British singer-songwriter and musician.
• Sergei Solovyov, 77, Russian film director, screenwriter and producer.
• Marek Szutowicz, 44, Polish football player and manager.
• Józef Tejchma, 94, Polish politician, deputy prime minister.
• Wang Xuezhen, 95, Chinese politician, party secretary of Peking University, alternate member of the 12th and 13th CCP Central Committees.

14

• Muamer Abdulrab, 39, Qatari footballer.
• Božidar Bojović, 83, Montenegrin physician, endocrinologist, and politician, MP.
• Phil Chen, 75, Jamaican bassist, cancer.
• Ian Cooper, 75, Australian footballer.
• Jacques Dewatre, 85, French diplomat, officer, and politician, director-general for external security.
• Riccardo Ehrman, 92, Italian journalist.
• María Guðmundsdóttir, 86, Icelandic actress.
• Audrey Henshall, 94, British archaeologist.
• Ian Hetherington, 69, British businessman, co-founder of Psygnosis.
• Kenny Hope, 80, Scottish football referee.
• Igor Irtyshov, 49, Russian serial killer, rapist, and pedophile, heart failure.
• Jethro, 73, British comedian, COVID-19.
• Spyros Kapernekas, 73, Greek footballer.
• Ken Kragen, 85, American music manager and producer, founder of Hands Across America.
• Abraham Lunggana, 62, Indonesian businessman and politician, member of the Jakarta Regional People's Representative Council and the DPR, heart attack.
• Marek Moszczyński, 72, Polish politician, deputy marshal of Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
• Mustafa Murrar, 91, Palestinian writer.
• Carol A. Niemeier, 87, American politician.
• Henry Orenstein, 98, Polish-born American Hall of Fame poker player and toymaker, COVID-19.
• Tony Perez, 90, American boxing referee.
• Bob Peters, 84, Canadian ice hockey coach.
• Harry Read, 97, British soldier, commissioner of the Salvation Army.
• Miłogost Reczek, 60, Polish actor.
• Sonny Rhodes, 81, American blues singer and guitarist.
• Jimmy Robson, 82, English footballer.
• Tadeusz Ross, 83, Polish actor and politician, MP, MEP.
• Abd Al-Baqi Abd Karim Al-Sadun, 74, Iraqi military officer and politician.
• Victor Sillon, 93, French Olympic pole vaulter.
• Rosita Sokou, 98, Greek journalist, author, and playwright, COVID-19.
• Sandra Meira Starling, 77, Brazilian politician, deputy.
• James Wharram, 93, British sailor and yacht designer.
• Daniel Widlöcher, 92, French psychiatrist and academic.
• Chris Wilkinson, 76, British architect, co-founder of WilkinsonEyre.
• Nikolai Yegorov, 100, Russian microbiologist and politician, deputy minister of higher education.
• Warren Zapol, 79, American anesthesiologist.

15

• Jesse Alexander, 92, American photographer.
• Frederick C. Baldwin, 92, Swiss-born American photographer.
• Maja Beutler, 85, Swiss writer.
• Nelly Commergnat, 78, French politician, deputy.
• Juan Ignacio Campos, 71, Spanish attorney, lieutenant attorney of the Supreme Court, cancer.
• Vivian Cook, 81, British linguist.
• Ernst Fivian, 90, Swiss gymnast, Olympic silver medalist.
• Flow La Movie, 36, Puerto Rican music producer, plane crash.
• Bridget Hanley, 80, American actress, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Len Hauss, 79, American football player.
• bell hooks, 69, American feminist author, kidney failure.
• Kim Yong-ju, 101, North Korean politician, vice president, vice premier and head of the OGD.
• Francisco Kröpfl, 90, Argentine composer and music theorist.
• Hans Küppers, 82, German footballer.
• Günter Lach, 67, German politician, member of the Bundestag.
• Huguette Lachapelle, 79, Canadian politician, Quebec MLA.
• François Lissarrague, 74, French historian and anthropologist.
• Adam Łomnicki, 86, Polish evolutionary biologist.
• Alceste Madeira, 77, Brazilian politician, deputy, traffic collision.
• Carol Jean Mays, 88, American politician.
• Willie McSeveney, 92, Scottish footballer.
• George W. Miller Jr., 91, American politician.
• Víctor Moro, 95, Spanish economist and politician, deputy.
• Fernando Ospina Hernández, 92, Colombian engineer and politician, deputy .
• Ramón Regueira, 86, Spanish footballer.
• Rogério Samora, 63, Portuguese actor.
• Frédéric Sinistra, 41, Belgian kickboxer, COVID-19.
• André Souvré, 82, French basketball player.
• Marilee Stepan, 86, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Fayez Tarawneh, 72, Jordanian politician, prime minister, ambassador to the United States and chief of The Royal Hashemite Court.
• Jim Tobin, 76, American economist and taxpayer activist.
• Bruce Tozer, 95, Australian cricketer.
• Lloyd L. Weinreb, 85, American law professor.
• Linda Whetstone, 79, British libertarian, free market campaigner and author.
• Wanda Young, 78, American singer.

16

• Valentino Bellucci, 46, Italian philosopher, sociologist, and writer, heart attack.
• Stéphane Bonduel, 102, Chinese-born French politician, senator.
• Robert Cumming, 78, American artist, sculptor and photographer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Pavle Dešpalj, 87, Croatian composer and conductor.
• Yves Dreyfus, 90, French épée fencer, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Gérald Forton, 90, Belgian-born French comic book artist.
• Bert Fragner, 80, Austrian Iranologist.
• George Gekas, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives.
• Lucía Hiriart, 98, Chilean socialite, first lady, heart failure.
• Hub, 62, American bass guitarist, multiple myeloma.
• Stefan Keil, 63, German diplomat, ambassador to Jamaica, heart attack.
• Hiroshi Kuwashima, 89, Japanese politician, mayor of Morioka.
• Baruch A. Levine, 91, American biblical scholar.
• Bill Mahoney, 82, Canadian ice hockey coach, complications from dementia.
• Vasily Michurin, 105, Belarusian colonel.
• Taniela Moa, 36, Tongan rugby union player.
• Peter Mulholland, 68, Australian rugby league coach, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
• Duma Nkosi, 64, South African politician, MP and mayor of Ekurhuleni.
• Trevor Pinch, 69, British sociologist, cancer.
• Robie Porter, 80, Australian musician and record producer.
• Edith Prague, 96, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives and Senate.
• Muhammad al-Qudwa, 75, Palestinian politician, governor of the Gaza Governorate.
• Rusmono, 78, Indonesian military doctor.
• Alan B. Scott, 89, American ophthalmologist, developer of botulinum toxin.
• Manuel Seco, 93, Spanish lexicographer, linguist and philologist.
• Alimihan Seyiti, 135, Chinese supercentenarian.
• Bob Speller, 65, Canadian politician, MP and minister of agriculture and agri-food.
• Jacques Timmermans, 76, Belgian politician, MP, senator.
• Ben Tollefson, 94, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives and Senate.
• Bogalay Tint Aung, 99, Burmese film director and composer.
• Sérgio Vieira, 80, Mozambican politician and poet.

17

• Hussaini Akwanga, 77, Nigerian politician, minister of labour and productivity.
• Eve Babitz, 78, American visual artist and author.
• Sa'dulla Begaliyev, 66–67, Uzbek politician, hokim of Andijan Region.
• Lalage Bown, 94, English educator and women's literacy advocate.
• Milt Carthens, 60, American football player.
• Chen Sung-young, 80, Taiwanese actor.
• Gabriel Cohn-Bendit, 85, French-Burkinabè activist and teacher.
• Doug Ericksen, 52, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives and Senate, COVID-19.
• José Pablo Feinmann, 78, Argentine philosopher, writer and playwright, complications from a stroke.
• José Fernández Arteaga, 88, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Chihuahua and bishop of Apatzingán and Colima.
• Richard Fryman, 86, American politician.
• Majid Al Futtaim, 86–87, Emirati businessman, founder of the Majid Al Futtaim Group.
• Alexander Garvin, 80, American urban planner.
• Dah Sagbadjou Glele, 90s, Beninese royal, king of Dahomey.
• Brian Green, 87, English mass spectrometrist.
• Herb Guenther, 80, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives and senate.
• Raymond Guth, 97, American film and television actor.
• Bill Hill, 81, English geneticist, co-discoverer of the Hill–Robertson effect.
• Harry Jacobs, 84, American football player.
• R. L. Jalappa, 96, Indian politician, minister of textiles and MP.
• Ron Knight, 89, Canadian politician.
• Perko Kolevski, 76, Macedonian politician, minister of health.
• Dave Magazu, 64, American football coach.
• John Mitchinson, 89, English operatic tenor.
• Frank Mula, 71, American television writer and producer, Emmy winner.
• Mladen Naletilić Tuta, 75, Bosnian paramilitary commander and convicted war criminal.
• Rafik Petrosyan, 81, Armenian politician, member of the National Assembly.
• Burt Prelutsky, 81, American television writer.
• Árpád Pusztai, 91, Hungarian-born British biochemist and nutritionist.
• Yurii Reshetnyak, 92, Russian mathematician and academician.
• Russell Maroon Shoatz, 78, American militant and convicted murderer, colorectal cancer.
• Torhild Staahlen, 74, Norwegian opera singer.
• Dimitrios Stefanakos, 85, Greek footballer.
• Filippo Tasso, 81, Italian footballer.
• Greg Tebbutt, 64, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Trevor Thompson, 66, English football player and manager.
• Siegfried Valentin, 85, German Olympic middle-distance runner.
• Klaus Wagenbach, 91, German author and publisher.

18

• Harry Azhar Azis, 65, Indonesian economist and politician, MP and chairman of the Audit Board.
• Tawfik Bahri, 69, Tunisian actor.
• Osagi Bascome, 23, Bermudian footballer, stabbed.
• Laurent Bouvet, 53, French political scientist, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Custom, 54, Canadian-American musician, cardiac arrest.
• Ladislav Falta, 85, Czech sport shooter, Olympic silver medallist.
• Jan Fransz, 84, Dutch footballer.
• Manuel Garza González, 88, Mexican politician, deputy.
• Krystyna Gozdawa-Nocoń, 72, Polish politician, deputy voivode of Pomeranian Voivodeship.
• Bernd Grimmer, 71, German politician, member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg, COVID-19.
• Enzo Gusman, 74, Maltese singer.
• Issa Kassim Issa, 54, Tanzanian politician, MP.
• Sayaka Kanda, 35, Japanese actress and singer, fall.
• Kangol Kid, 55, American rapper and songwriter, colon cancer.
• Pierre Lepape, 80, French journalist, writer, and literary critic.
• Hans Mark, 92, German-born American aerospace engineer, secretary of the Air Force.
• Renée Martel, 74, Canadian singer, pneumonia.
• Terry McManus, 75, Canadian singer-songwriter.
• Joan Murray, 84, American journalist.
• G. T. Nanavati, 86, Indian jurist, justice of the Supreme Court, heart attack.
• Bagrat Oghanian, 40, Armenian boxer.
• Tilman Pünder, 88, German politician, Regierungspräsident of Giessen.
• Louis-Ferdinand de Rocca Serra, 85, French politician, senator.
• Richard Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside, 88, Italian-born British architect.
• Olina Storsand, 99, Norwegian politician, member of the Storting.
• Robert Venables Sr., 88, American politician, member of the Delaware Senate.
• David Wagoner, 95, American poet and novelist.
• Eliezer Waldman, 84, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician, MK.

19

• Boško Abramović, 70, Serbian chess grandmaster.
• Ron Anderson, 75, American vocal coach.
• Ian Barker, 86, Australian barrister.
• Alan Cardy, 76, Australian rugby union player.
• Dick Carson, 92, American television director.
• Billy Conway, 65, American drummer, cancer.
• Judith Davidoff, 94, American violist and cellist.
• Drakeo the Ruler, 28, American rapper, stabbed.
• Kurt Edler, 71, German politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament.
• Spartak Elmazi, 34, Albanian footballer.
• Antoine Faivre, 87, French literary scholar and occultist.
• Nicholas Georgiade, 88, American actor.
• Carie Graves, 68, American rower, Olympic champion.
• Jake Grey, 37, Samoan rugby union player.
• Robert H. Grubbs, 79, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
• Oleg Haslavsky, 73, Russian poet and translator.
• Earle Herrera, 72, Venezuelan journalist and politician, deputy.
• Sally Ann Howes, 91, English actress and singer.
• Johnny Isakson, 76, American politician, member of the U.S. House, Senate and Georgia House of Representatives, Parkinson's disease.
• Madhur Kapila, 79, Indian novelist and literary critic, cardiac arrest.
• Kim Moon-ki, 89, South Korean politician, MP.
• Anita Lallande, 72, Puerto Rican Olympic swimmer.
• Andrei Malyukov, 73, Russian film director and screenwriter, COVID-19.
• Carlos Marín, 53, German-born Spanish singer, COVID-19.
• Ignacio Martín Amaro, 77, Spanish politician, senator.
• Aníbal Meléndez Rivera, 73, Puerto Rican politician, mayor of Fajardo.
• Juan Norat, 77, Spanish footballer.
• Gérard Poirier, 91, Canadian actor.
• Russ Potts, 82, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate.
• Frans Lebu Raya, 61, Indonesian politician, governor of East Nusa Tenggara.
• Curt Ridley, 70, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Elio Roca, 78, Argentine singer and actor, heart failure.
• Adam Rosen, 37, American-born British Olympic luger, cancer.
• Vytautas Straižys, 85, Lithuanian astronomer.
• Robert Strichartz, 78, American mathematician.
• Ed van Thijn, 87, Dutch politician, MP, minister of the interior, mayor of Amsterdam.
• Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf, 75, Bangladeshi politician, MP.

20

• Richard J. Allen, 88, American politician.
• Fred Andrews, 69, American baseball player.
• Luboš Andršt, 73, Czech guitarist and composer.
• Viktor Antikhovich, 76, Russian football player and manager.
• Kimera Bartee, 49, American baseball player and coach, complications from a brain tumour.
• Heinz Bigler, 72, Swiss footballer.
• Norberto Boggio, 90, Argentine footballer.
• Anthony W. Bradley, 87, British barrister, academic and expert in UK constitutional law.
• Jorge Busti, 74, Argentine politician, three-time governor of Entre Ríos Province, senator and deputy .
• Jiří Čadek, 86, Czech footballer.
• Pierre Cassignard, 56, French actor, cancer.
• Mamadú Iaia Djaló, c. 59, Bissau-Guinean politician, minister of justice and foreign affairs.
• Elizabeth Fennema, 93, American educator.
• Giuseppe Galante, 84, Italian rower, Olympic silver medallist.
• Stu Griffing, 95, American Olympic rower.
• Hasan Irlu, 61–62, Iranian diplomat.
• Asma Khader, 69, Jordanian politician, minister of culture, senator.
• Jean-Paul Laumond, 68, French robotician.
• Donald C. MacKenzie, 90, Canadian general.
• Jake McKinlay, 20, New Zealand basketball player, traffic collision.
• Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay, 90, Indian poet and translator, cardiac arrest.
• Willard H. Murray Jr., 90, American politician, member of the California State Assembly.
• Christopher Newton, 85, Canadian actor and director.
• Reinier Paping, 90, Dutch speed skater, Elfstedentocht winner.
• Jack Paradise, 96, American pediatrician.
• Michał Rokicki, 37, Polish Olympic swimmer.
• Mushtari Shafi, 83, Bangladeshi writer, liver disease.
• Jack Whillock, 79, American baseball player.
• Umar Zahir, 85, Maldivian politician, minister of sports and public works, COVID-19.

21

• George Alexander Albrecht, 86, German conductor, composer and musicologist.
• John Murray Campbell, 90, Canadian politician.
• Chen Niannian, 80, Chinese nuclear engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Jaime Comas, 85, Spanish screenwriter.
• Mary Fenner Dallman, 86, American neuroendocrinologist.
• John Galbraith, 98, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
• Sir Carlyle Glean, 89, Grenadian politician, governor-general.
• P. A. Ibrahim Haji, 78, Indian entrepreneur.
• Ivan Hopta, 63, Slovak politician, member of the National Council.
• Muhammad Yusuf Islahi, 89, Indian Islamic scholar.
• Vassos Karageorghis, 92, Cypriot archaeologist.
• Eberhard Mahle, 88, German racing driver.
• Myrna Manzanares, 75, Belizean cultural activist.
• Giovanni Mastel, 78, Italian Olympic ice hockey player.
• Ian Matos, 32, Brazilian Olympic diver, lung infection.
• Geneviève Meurgues, 91, French explorer and botanist.
• Christian Ouellet, 87, Canadian politician, MP.
• Gary Lee Sampson, 62, American spree killer.
• Osman Sapian, 69, Malaysian politician, Johor MLA and Menteri Besar, stroke.
• Tahir Shamsi, 59, Pakistani hematologist, stroke.
• George Sheltz, 75, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Galveston-Houston.
• Nkodo Sitony, 62, Cameroonian singer.
• Liv Thorsen, 86, Norwegian actress.
• Anthony Williams, 90, Trinidadian steelpan musician and designer, complications from COVID-19.

22

• Edgar H. Brown, 94, American mathematician.
• Alessandro Casse, 75, Italian alpine skier.
• Mava Chou, 32, Swiss influencer.
• Richard Conway, 79, English visual effects artist.
• Dansili, 25, British thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
• Antonio Falconio, 83, Italian politician, deputy, president of Abruzzo.
• Lester E. Fisher, 100, American zoologist, director of Lincoln Park Zoo.
• Vicente de la Fuente García, 87, Spanish politician, mayor of Betanzos.
• Richard S. Gebelein, 75, American politician and judge.
• Robert Holland, 81, American business executive, CEO of Ben & Jerry's.
• Egill Skúli Ingibergsson, 95, Icelandic politician, mayor of Reykjavík.
• Edward B. Jelks, 99, American archaeologist.
• George Keiser, 75, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Bob Keselowski, 70, American racing driver, cancer.
• Thomas Kinsella, 93, Irish poet, translator, and editor.
• Corporal Kirchner, 64, American professional wrestler, heart attack.
• Helmut Kunisch, 85, Swiss Olympic long-distance runner.
• Naomi Lazard, 93, American poet and author.
• Robin Le Mesurier, 68, British guitarist, cancer.
• Serge Lentz, 87, French writer and journalist.
• Frédéric Manns, 79, French biblist.
• Thandathu Jongilizwe Mabandla, 95, South African tribal leader, chief executive councillor and chief minister of Ciskei.
• Poh Lip Meng, 52, Singaporean sport shooter.
• Barbara Shaw, 79, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, complications from surgery.
• Ivan Shilov, 91, Russian politician, Soviet deputy minister of internal affairs.
• H. R. Stoneback, 80, American academic and poet.
• Franklin A. Thomas, 87, American community developer and philanthropist, president and CEO of the Ford Foundation.
• P. T. Thomas, 71, Indian politician, MP and three-time Kerala MLA, cancer.
• Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez, 92, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Colima.
• Eddie Wallace, 71, Irish football player and manager.
• Jürg Wyttenbach, 86, Swiss composer and pianist.
• Dmitry Zimin, 88, Russian radio scientist and businessman, founder of VimpelCom.

23

• Zubir Amin, 82, Indonesian diplomat, ambassador to Madagascar and Turkey.
• Teddy Bailey, 77, American football player.
• Dan Berindei, 98, Romanian historian.
• Robert J. Birnbaum, 94, American financial executive, president of the American and New York Stock Exchanges.
• Francis Boisson, 93, Monégasque Olympic sports shooter.
• Ted Byfield, 93, Canadian journalist and publisher, founder of Alberta Report and BC Report.
• Chung Ung, 93, South Korean politician, member of the National Assembly.
• Eugeniusz Czepiel, 92, Polish beekeeper and politician, MP.
• Bernard Dewulf, 61, Belgian poet and journalist.
• Chris Dickerson, 82, American bodybuilder, Mr. Olympia.
• Joan Didion, 87, American writer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Lars Eighner, 73, American writer.
• Donald H. Elliott, 89, American urban planner.
• Karen Ferguson, 80, American workers' rights advocate, founder of Pension Rights Center, cancer.
• Roberto Gerlein, 83, Colombian politician, deputy, senator and minister of economic development, complications from urinary tract infection.
• Avio Lucioli, 93, Italian Olympic hammer thrower.
• Bob McCammon, 80, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive.
• Grace Mirabella, 91, American magazine editor, editor-in-chief of Vogue and founder of Mirabella.
• Sharyn Moffett, 85, American actress.
• Patrick N'Guema N'Dong, 64, Gabonese journalist.
• Françoise Nuñez, 64, French photographer.
• Bartolomeo Pepe, 59, Italian politician, senator, COVID-19.
• Keith Rae, 104, Australian footballer.
• Benito Rigoni, 85, Italian bobsledder, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Omar Saavedra Santis, 77, Chilean writer.
• Stanley M. Truhlsen, 101, American ophthalmologist.
• Francisco Valada, 80, Portuguese Olympic cyclist.
• Dragan Vujadinović, 68, Serbian politician, economist, and journalist, deputy and mayor of Kosjerić.
• Louie L. Wainwright, 98, American corrections administrator.
• Elżbieta Żebrowska, 76, Polish Olympic hurdler.

24

• Bill Attewell, 89, Canadian politician, MP.
• Meor Yusof Aziddin, 54, Malaysian folk singer, COVID-19.
• Baiba Bičole, 90, Latvian-born American poet.
• Boss Ko, 47, Burmese politician, acting chief minister of Kayah State and member of the Kayah State Hluttaw.
• Shirley Bottolfsen, 87, Irish philanthropist.
• Jozef Burian, 60, Slovak politician, member of the National Council, minister of labor, social affairs, and family.
• J. D. Crowe, 84, American banjo player and bluegrass band leader.
• Norman R. DeBlieck, 95, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
• Harvey Evans, 80, American actor.
• Tesfaye Gebreab, 53, Eritrean writer.
• Gwendolyn Killebrew, 80, American operatic contralto.
• Willibert Kremer, 82, German football player and coach.
• Ganeshwar Kusum, 87, Indian politician, MP.
• Mona Latif-Ghattas, 75, Egyptian-born Canadian author and poet.
• Joycelynne Loncke, 80, Guyanese academic.
• Oscar López Ruiz, 83, Argentine composer, record producer and guitarist.
• Paul Lyall, 77, British table tennis player, Paralympic champion.
• Raúl Madero, 82, Argentine footballer.
• Vojvoda Malesija, 51, Montenegrin football player and manager.
• Anthony May, 75, British actor.
• Terry Morrison, 70, New Zealand rugby union player, heart attack.
• Deborah Nickerson, 67, American geneticist, abdominal cancer.
• Ron Page, 70, Australian footballer.
• Ram Krushna Patnaik, 81, Indian politician, six-time Odisha MLA.
• Wolfgang Pfahl, 74, German politician, member of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen.
• K. V. Raju, 67, Indian film director and screenwriter.
• Clark Richert, 80, American artist.
• K. S. Sethumadhavan, 90, Indian film director and screenwriter.
• Vladimir Tatosov, 95, Russian actor, COVID-19.
• Jim Teal, 71, American football player.
• Birgit Vanderbeke, 65, German writer.
• José Villegas, 87, Mexican footballer.
• Gunaratna Weerakoon, 74, Sri Lankan politician, MP.

25

• Madhavan Ayyappath, 87, Indian poet and translator.
• Princess Maryam Begum, 85, Afghan princess.
• Carmen Bourassa, 79, Canadian television producer.
• Eric Cockeram, 97, British politician, MP.
• Harry Colomby, 92, German-born American talent manager and screenwriter, complications from a fall.
• Bruce Davis, 65, American football player.
• Jacques Drillon, 67, French writer and journalist, cancer.
• Aurèle Gervais, 88, Canadian politician.
• John Gleeson, 82, Australian rugby league player.
• Guenshi Ever, Beninese singer.
• Naren Gupta, 73, Indian venture capital investor.
• Ray Illingworth, 89, English cricketer, oesophageal cancer.
• Theodore Kisiel, 91, American philosopher.
• Edy Korthals Altes, 97, Dutch diplomat.
• Brij Lal, 69, Fijian historian.
• Albert Likhanov, 86, Russian writer and screenwriter.
• Janice Long, 66, English disc jockey and television presenter, pneumonia.
• Thomas Lovejoy, 80, American ecologist, pancreatic cancer.
• Richard Marcinko, 81, American naval officer, commander of SEAL Team Six, heart attack.
• Roy Miller, 86, British academic and educator, principal of Royal Holloway, University of London.
• Candy Palmater, 53, Canadian comedian, broadcaster, and actress.
• Colin Philp Jr., 57, Fijian Olympic sailor.
• Jonathan Spence, 85, English-born American historian and sinologist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Janet Tempest, 91, Argentine-born British landowner.
• Wayne Thiebaud, 101, American painter.
• Jean-Marc Vallée, 58, Canadian film and television director, Emmy winner, cardiac arrhythmia stemming from atherosclerosis.
• Ralph Warburton, 97, American Olympic ice hockey player.
• Guido Weiss, 92, Italian-born American mathematician.

26

• David Baker, 86, English cricketer.
• Abayomi Barber, 93, Nigerian artist.
• Gary B. Beikirch, 74, American combat medic, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Bruce Bromberg, 80, American record producer.
• Giacomo Capuzzi, 92, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Lodi.
• Derrick Goodwin, 86, English theatre and television director, producer, and writer.
• Nell Hall Williams, 88, American quilter.
• Bob Hammer, 91, American jazz pianist and composer.
• Denis J. Hickie, 78, Irish rugby union player.
• Steve Jenkins, 69, American author, splenic artery aneurysm.
• Paul B. Kidd, 76, Australian radio broadcaster and writer, cancer and heart disease.
• Henri Losch, 90, Luxembourgish actor, screenwriter, and linguist.
• Fred McLafferty, 98, American chemist.
• Mameve Medwed, 79, American novelist.
• Diego Montiel, 25, Argentine footballer, meningitis.
• Karolos Papoulias, 92, Greek politician, president, deputy and minister of foreign affairs.
• Phua Bah Lee, 89, Singaporean politician, MP.
• Dorval Rodrigues, 86, Brazilian footballer.
• Agustín Saavedra Weise, 78, Bolivian diplomat and writer, president of the Central Bank and foreign minister.
• Tom Stincic, 75, American football player.
• Desmond Tutu, 90, South African Anglican prelate and civil rights activist, bishop of Johannesburg and archbishop of Cape Town, Nobel Prize laureate.
• Manikka Vinayagam, 78, Indian playback singer and actor, heart attack.
• Barclay Wade, 77, Australian Olympic rower.
• Sarah Weddington, 76, American attorney and politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives and White House political director.
• Grzegorz Więzik, 58, Polish footballer.
• Jim Wiley, 71, Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
• E. O. Wilson, 92, American biologist and writer, Pulitzer Prize winner.

27

• April Ashley, 86, English model, actress, and writer.
• Jeanine Baude, 75, French poet and writer.
• Andreas Behm, 59, German weightlifter, Olympic bronze medalist, heart attack.
• Earl Best, 74, American activist and convicted bank robber, cancer.
• Naren Chandra Das, 83, Indian soldier, escorted the 14th Dalai Lama from Tibet in 1959.
• Helen Cooke, 78, American gastroenterologist.
• Defao, 62, Congolese singer-songwriter, COVID-19.
• Patsy Dorgan, 85, Irish footballer.
• Raymond Fau, 85, French singer-songwriter.
• Carlo Franciosi, 86, Sammarinese politician, Captain Regent.
• Howard Fredeen, 100, Canadian animal breeding researcher.
• Norman Freeman, 90, American Olympic sailor.
• Paul Carter Harrison, 85, American playwright.
• Joynal Hazari, 76, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
• Keri Hulme, 74, New Zealand writer and poet.
• Arlo Hullinger, 100, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives.
• Fariz Musa, 51, Malaysian politician, COVID-19.
• Peter Pike, 84, British politician, MP.
• Mahendra Prasad, 81, Indian politician, MP.
• Robert Preston, 92, American politician, member of the New Hampshire Senate.
• Jim Sherwin, 81, Irish rugby commentator.
• Graham Skidmore, 90, British voice artist and announcer.
• Victor Socaciu, 68, Romanian folk singer, composer and politician, deputy.
• Chemo Soto, 78, Puerto Rican politician, mayor of Canóvanas.
• Akram Toofani, 90–91, Pakistani Islamic scholar.
• Raymond Viskanta, 90, Lithuanian engineer.
• Chaim Walder, 53, Israeli rabbi and author, suicide by gunshot.
• Myrna Williams, 92, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly and Clark County commissioner.

28

• Kane Hamidou Baba, 67, Mauritanian politician, MP, traffic collision.
• Grichka Bogdanoff, 72, French television presenter and academic fraudster, COVID-19.
• John Bowman, 64, American television writer.
• Caliadi, 56, Indonesian civil servant, heart and kidney disease.
• James Cayne, 87, American businessman, CEO of Bear Stearns.
• Mikey Chung, 71, Jamaican musician and arranger, myeloma.
• Michael R. Clifford, 69, American astronaut, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Mary Fairhurst, 64, American jurist, chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court, cancer.
• Ted Gardner, 74, Australian music manager, co-founder of Lollapalooza.
• William Gorham, 91, American economist.
• Luis Guastavino, 89, Chilean politician, intendant of the Valparaíso Region and deputy .
• Romaine Hart, 88, British film executive.
• Stanislav Huml, 66, Czech police officer and politician, MP.
• Tony Jefferies, 73, British motorcycle road racer.
• James Paul Kocsis, 85, American painter.
• Bill Lyall, 79–80, Canadian politician and businessman, member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly.
• John Madden, 85, American Hall of Fame football coach and sportscaster, Super Bowl champion.
• Hugo Maradona, 52, Argentine footballer, heart attack.
• Jane Maroney, 98, American politician.
• Thomas Milani, 69, Canadian-born Italian ice hockey player.
• Annie Chidzira Muluzi, 69, Malawian first lady, cancer.
• Wojciech Niemiec, 65, Polish footballer.
• P. Buford Price, 89, American physicist.
• Harry Reid, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, pancreatic cancer.
• Mike Ruether, 59, American football player.
• Lee Server, 68, American writer.
• Edward Shaske, 94, Canadian Olympic sports shooter.
• Nikolay Shirshov, 47, Uzbek footballer.
• David Sidorsky, 94, American philosopher.
• Mary Alice Thatch, 78, American newspaper editor.
• David Chandler Thomas, 67, American economist and technology executive.
• Tibi, 70, Portuguese footballer.
• Chris Wall, 79, Irish politician, senator.
• Ananda Weerasekara, 78, Sri Lankan military officer and Buddhist monk, commanding officer of the North Central Province.
• Sabine Weiss, 97, Swiss-French photographer.
• Don Whitten, 86, Australian footballer.
• Stanislav Zavidonov, 87, Russian football player and manager.

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• Simão Almeida, 77, Brazilian politician, Paraíba MLA, complications from COVID-19.
• Ricardo Bellveser, 73, Spanish writer and journalist, cancer.
• Antoine Bonifaci, 90, French footballer.
• Wilbur Wong Yan Choy, 103, American bishop.
• Sue Cline, 75, American politician, member of the West Virginia Senate.
• Kenton Coe, 91, American composer.
• Ahmed Daham, 54, Iraqi football player and manager, heart attack.
• Lloyd van Dams, 49, Surinamese-born Dutch kickboxer, heart disease.
• Chris Eitzmann, 45, American football player.
• Mohammed Fareeduddin, 64, Indian politician, Telangana MLC, cardiac arrest.
• Nino Filastò, 83, Italian lawyer and writer.
• Bianca Garavelli, 63, Italian writer and literary critic.
• Paolo Giordano, 59, Italian guitarist, COVID-19.
• Ignace Guédé-Gba, 57, Ivorian footballer.
• Christian Gyan, 43, Ghanaian footballer, cancer.
• John Hartman, 72, American Hall of Fame drummer.
• Clemente Iriarte, 75, Spanish footballer.
• Peter Klatzow, 76, South African composer and pianist.
• Ralph W. Klein, 85, American Biblical scholar and pastor.
• Pupetta Maresca, 86, Italian beauty queen, mobster and convicted murderer.
• Lee C. McDonald, 96, American political scientist.
• Alfonso Mejía, 87, Mexican actor.
• William Moncrief, 101, American petroleum executive.
• Patricia Monk, 83, Canadian academic.
• Kaithapram Viswanathan Namboothiri, 58, Indian film score composer, cancer.
• Steve Peplow, 72, English footballer.
• Lluís Raluy, 79, Spanish clown and circus director, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Nancy Worley, 70, American politician, secretary of state of Alabama.

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• Howard Berg, 87, American physicist.
• George Brenner, 92, Australian politician, NSW MLC.
• Vladimir Gorikker, 96, Russian film director and screenwriter.
• Billy Harrison, 83, New Zealand rugby league player.
• Ron Jones, 87, British Olympic sprinter.
• Sam Jones, 88, American Hall of Fame basketball player, ten-time NBA champion.
• Stephen J. Lawrence, 82, American composer, multiple organ failure.
• Karel Loprais, 72, Czech rally raid driver, six-time winner of the Dakar Rally, COVID-19.
• Lya Luft, 83, Brazilian writer, cancer.
• Peden B. McLeod, 82, American politician.
• Wolfgang Müller, 90, German Olympic equestrian.
• Bill Noonan, 74, New Zealand rugby league player.
• Denis O'Dell, 98, British film producer.
• Jack Rust, 74, American politician.
• Renato Scarpa, 82, Italian actor, heart attack.
• Jean Vassieux, 72, French ice hockey player.
• Joseph W. Wenzel, 88, American academic, complications from a stroke.

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• Lauren Adamson, 73, American development psychologist.
• Gaber Asfour, 77, Egyptian academic and politician, minister of culture.
• Roger Bradfield, 97, American children's author and illustrator.
• Joe Comuzzi, 88, Canadian politician, MP.
• Fred Cone, 95, American football player, complications from hip surgery.
• Juan Figer, 87, Brazilian-Uruguayan football agent, cardiac arrest.
• Juraj Filas, 66, Slovak composer, complications from COVID-19.
• Christine Grant, 85, Scottish-born American athletic director.
• Hteik Su Phaya Gyi, 98, Burmese princess.
• Stephen Hartgen, 77, American news editor and politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives.
• Michael Inwood, 77, British philosopher, lung cancer.
• José de Jesus Filho, 94, Brazilian jurist and politician, member of the Superior Court of Justice, acting minister of justice.
• Gábor Kállai, 62, Hungarian chess grandmaster.
• Elihu Katz, 95, American-born Israeli sociologist and communication scientist.
• Vadim Khamuttskikh, 52, Russian volleyball player, Olympic silver medalist.
• Strong Kobayashi, 81, Japanese professional wrestler and actor, lung disease.
• Valery Kovalyov, 51, Russian businessman and Wikimedian.
• Long Zhiyi, 92, Chinese novelist and politician, chairman of CPPCC Guizhou Committee.
• Csilla Madarász, 78, Hungarian Olympic swimmer.
• Sara McLanahan, 81, American sociologist, lung cancer.
• Ivan Mozgovenko, 97, Russian clarinetist and music teacher.
• Luigi Negri, 80, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, theologian and academic, bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro and archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio.
• Richard Patten, 79, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP.
• Fred Pickard, 83, American college football player and coach, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• G. K. Pillai, 97, Indian actor.
• Gertrude Pressburger, 94, Austrian Holocaust survivor.
• Jeanine Ann Roose, 84, American actress, abdominal infection.
• Billy Turner, 81, American horse trainer, Triple Crown winner, cancer.
• Betty White, 99, American actress and comedian, five-time Emmy winner, complications from a stroke.