Deaths in January 2021

January 2021

1

• Abdul Hakim Al-Taher, 71, Sudanese director and actor, COVID-19.
• George Ancona, 91, American photo essayist and illustrator.
• Barry Austin, 52, British record holder, nation's heaviest man, heart attack.
• Jan de Bie, 74, Dutch painter and photographer.
• Dame Margaret Booth, 87, British judge, judge of the High Court of Justice, chair of the Family and Parenting Institute.
• Clint Boulton, 72, English footballer.
• Colin J. Bushnell, 73, British mathematician.
• Carlos do Carmo, 81, Portuguese fado singer, ruptured aneurysm.
• Ben Chafin, 60, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate, complications from COVID-19.
• Emanuele Chiapasco, 90, Italian baseball player, sporting director, and entrepreneur.
• Simone Chrisostome, 97, French resistance member and Holocaust survivor.
• Pierantonio Costa, 81, Italian businessman and diplomat, arranged safe passage during the Rwandan genocide.
• Christine Dacera, 23, Filipino flight attendant, ruptured aortic aneurysm.
• Carrie Dann, 88, American Western Shoshone indigenous rights activist and spiritual leader.
• Paul Delorey, 71, Canadian curler and politician, Northwest Territories MLA.
• Traude Dierdorf, 73, Austrian politician, mayor of Wiener Neustadt.
• Irene Dixon, 96, British World War II codebreaker.
• Ron Dominguez, 85, American theme park executive, vice-president of Walt Disney Attractions.
• Zoran Džorlev, 53, Macedonian violinist, complications from COVID-19.
• Mark Eden, 92, English actor, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Carlos Escudé, 72, Argentine political scientist and author, COVID-19.
• Cleonâncio Fonseca, 84, Brazilian politician, deputy.
• Seizō Fukumoto, 77, Japanese actor, lung cancer.
• George Gerdes, 72, American singer-songwriter and actor, brain aneurysm.
• Dame Elmira Minita Gordon, 90, Belizean educator, psychologist, and politician, governor-general.
• Ágúst Herbert Guðmundsson, 53, Icelandic basketball player and coach, motor neurone disease.
• Bernard Guignedoux, 73, French football player and manager.
• Joanne Head, 90, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
• Pablo Hernández, 80, Colombian Olympic racing cyclist.
• Abderrahim Lahjouji, 79, Moroccan construction executive and politician, founder of the Citizens' Forces, complications from COVID-19.
• Ishak Pamumbu Lambe, 74, Indonesian pastor and politician, senator.
• Michele Leber, 82, American journalist.
• Floyd Little, 78, American Hall of Fame football player, cancer.
• Harald Maartmann, 94, Norwegian Olympic cross-country skier.
• Georg Maier, 79, German actor and theatre director.
• Christian Massé, 69, French writer.
• Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, 85, Iranian Islamic cleric and philosopher, member of the Assembly of Experts.
• Misty Morgan, 75, American country music singer, cancer.
• Muspandi, 45, Indonesian politician, member of the East Kalimantan Regional People's Representative Council, COVID-19.
• Norma, 74, French comic book artist.
• Rosemary Nyerere, 59, Tanzanian politician, MP.
• Dhimitër Orgocka, 84, Albanian actor and director, People's Artist, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Jean Panisse, 92, French actor, COVID-19.
• Paatje Phefferkorn, 98, Indonesian-born Dutch martial artist, COVID-19.
• Toabur Rahim, Bangladeshi politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Liam Reilly, 65, Irish singer and songwriter.
• Paige Rense, 91, American editor, heart disease.
• Usama Nadeem Satti, 22, Pakistani student, shot.
• Sun Qiaolu, 25, Chinese actress, heart attack.
• Thomas H. B. Symons, 91, Canadian professor and author, president of Trent University.
• Tam Sheung-wai, 86, Hong Kong academic administrator, president of the Open University of Hong Kong.
• Felix Tarasenko, 88, Russian mathematician.
• Jan Vering, 66, German gospel singer and playwright.
• George Whitmore, 89, American mountaineer and conservationist, member of first team to summit El Capitan, complications from COVID-19.

2

• Cléber Arado, 48, Brazilian footballer, COVID-19.
• Alex Asmasoebrata, 69, Indonesian auto racer and politician, MP.
• Mary Catherine Bateson, 81, American writer and cultural anthropologist.
• Mirzaq Biqtash, 75, Algerian writer.
• Asher Brauner, 74, American actor.
• Joan Bullock-Morrell, 92, New Zealand sculptor.
• Robbins Burling, 94, American anthropologist and sociolinguist.
• Lady Mary Colman, 88, English socialite and philanthropist.
• Brad Cox, 76, American computer scientist.
• Brian Cowan, 58, Scottish actor.
• Bahrum Daido, 56, Indonesian politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Oleg Danilov, 71, Russian playwright and screenwriter, COVID-19.
• Miquel Ferrer, 89, Spanish footballer.
• Rob Flockhart, 64, Canadian ice hockey player, heart attack.
• Marco Formentini, 90, Italian politician, deputy, MEP, and mayor of Milan.
• Guadalupe Grande, 55, Spanish poet.
• Wahid Hamed, 76, Egyptian screenwriter.
• P. G. Harlankar, 88, Indian police officer, police commissioner of Bangalore.
• Patrick Hull, 54, American entrepreneur.
• Bernadette Isaac-Sibille, 90, French politician, deputy.
• Modibo Keita, 78, Malian politician, prime minister.
• Vladimir Korenev, 80, Russian actor and teacher, People's Artist, COVID-19.
• Robert Livingston, 87, American Zen Buddhist teacher.
• Arsenio Lope Huerta, 77, Spanish politician, mayor of Alcalá de Henares.
• Michael McKevitt, 71, Irish republican, founder of Real IRA, cancer.
• Ryder Mofokeng, 68, South African football player.
• Christopher Moore, 80, British DJ and radio presenter.
• Neelamperoor Madhusoodanan Nair, 84, Indian poet.
• Aylin Özmenek, 79, Turkish animator, complications from COVID-19.
• W. B. Park, 84, American cartoonist and illustrator, heart failure.
• Marek Pivovar, 56, Czech writer and theatre director, complications from COVID-19.
• Mike Reese, 42, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, ruptured brain aneurysm following COVID-19.
• Don Salls, 101, American football player and coach.
• Yuri Saukh, 69, Russian football player and manager.
• George Seage, 63, American epidemiologist, acute myeloid leukemia.
• Buta Singh, 86, Indian politician, minister of home affairs, governor of Bihar, and chairman of NCSC, complications from a cerebral haemorrhage.
• Gary Staples, 80, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, cancer.
• Aziz Tamoyan, 87, Armenian politician, president of the Yezidi National Union.
• Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya, 76, Indonesian politician, minister of cooperatives and small business, COVID-19.
• Sir Brian Urquhart, 101, British diplomat, under-secretary-general of the United Nations.
• Rudolf Vatinyan, 79, Armenian cinematographer.
• Kerry Vincent, 75, Australian pastry chef and television personality.
• Johannes Wallmann, 90, German theologian, COVID-19.
• Paul Westphal, 70, American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach, glioblastoma.
• Brian Whitcombe, 86, Welsh rugby union player.

3

• Tasso Adamopoulos, 76, French violist, COVID-19.
• Carlos Aránguiz, 67, Chilean jurist, justice of the Supreme Court, pulmonary fibrosis.
• David Arnold, 81, American mathematician.
• Raúl Baglini, 71, Argentine politician, deputy and senator.
• Lee Breuer, 83, American playwright.
• Alf Callick, 95, Australian footballer.
• Valentina Chumicheva, 89, Russian Olympic diver.
• Alan Daly, 91, Australian footballer.
• Zoe Davison, 60, British horse trainer, cancer.
• Eric Jerome Dickey, 59, American author, cancer.
• Cornelis Feoh, 57, Indonesian politician, member of the East Nusa Tenggara Regional People's Representative Council.
• Salvador Franco, Venezuelan Pemon detainee, tuberculosis.
• Rosa Giannetta, 75, Italian journalist and sociologist.
• Roger Hassenforder, 90, French racing cyclist.
• Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, 71, Nigerian academic administrator, vice chancellor of the University of Lagos, COVID-19.
• Naohiro Ikeda, 80, Japanese volleyball player, Olympic silver medallist, lymphoma.
• Shyamji Kanojia, 65, Indian cricketer.
• Rabeya Khatun, 85, Bangladeshi novelist, cardiac arrest.
• Dick Kulpa, 67, American cartoonist, cancer.
• Renate Lasker-Harpprecht, 96, German Holocaust survivor and journalist.
• Shani Mahadevappa, 88, Indian actor, complications from COVID-19.
• Gerry Marsden, 78, English musician, heart infection.
• Anil Panachooran, 51, Indian lyricist and poet, cardiac arrest.
• Donald Perry Polsky, 92, American architect, COVID-19 and pneumonia.
• Barbara J. Rae, 90, Canadian businesswoman.
• Werner Rataiczyk, 99, German painter.
• George F. Regas, 90, American Episcopal priest, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church (Pasadena).
• James C. Renick, 72, American academic administrator, chancellor of University of Michigan–Dearborn and North Carolina A&T State University, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Manola Robles, 72, Chilean journalist.
• Elena Santiago, 79, Spanish writer.
• Barbara Shelley, 88, British actress, complications from COVID-19.
• Chuck Smith, 92, American politician.
• Ali Taher, 59, Indonesian politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Al Ward, 93, American football executive.
• Wolfgang Wippermann, 75, German historian.
• Ricardo Akinobu Yamauti, 71, Brazilian politician, mayor of Praia Grande, COVID-19.

4

• Tom Acker, 90, American baseball player.
• Anatoliy Butenko, 82, Ukrainian politician, MP.
• Ronnie Burgess, 57, American football player, cardiac arrest.
• Judy Cornell, 87, American Olympic swimmer.
• Mollie C. Davis, 88, American activist and academic.
• Josep Fornas, 96, Spanish editor and politician, member of the Parliament of Catalonia.
• Patrick Gillard, 73, Belgian Olympic field hockey player.
• Sandra Hutchens, 65, American law enforcement official, sheriff-coroner of Orange County, California, breast cancer.
• Lee Heung-kam, 88, Hong Kong actress.
• Franco Loi, 90, Italian poet.
• Laurent Mailhot, 89, Canadian historian and writer.
• John Muckler, 86, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive, complications from heart surgery.
• Peter Neumair and Laura Perselli, Italian murder victims, strangulation.
• Elias Rahbani, 82, Lebanese lyricist and composer, COVID-19.
• Bernard P. Randolph, 87, American general, complications from COVID-19.
• Tanya Roberts, 71, American actress, sepsis.
• Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo, 77, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of San Martín.
• Albert Roux, 85, French restaurateur and chef.
• Jane Savoie, 71, American equestrian.
• M. R. Schunker, 96, Indian naval officer, FOCWF, vice chief of the Naval Staff and director general of the Coast Guard.
• George Sekul, 83, American football coach.
• Gregory Sierra, 83, American actor, cancer.
• Antoni Stankiewicz, 85, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, lawyer and theologian, dean of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.
• Butch Stewart, 79, Jamaican hotelier, founder and chairman of Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts.
• Bambang Suryadi, 52, Indonesian politician, MP, COVID-19.
• David Thompson, 84, British food manufacturing executive and horse stable owner, co-founder of Hillsdown Holdings, renal failure.
• Kay Ullrich, 77, Scottish politician, MSP.
• Martinus J. G. Veltman, 89, Dutch theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate.
• Karl-Heinz Vosgerau, 93, German actor.

5

• Marie Albe, 96, French journalist and actress.
• Bonifácio José Tamm de Andrada, 90, Brazilian professor, lawyer and politician, deputy, complications from COVID-19.
• Colin Bell, 74, English footballer.
• Jerry Berger, 87, American press agent and journalist.
• Emilia De Biasi, 62, Italian politician, deputy and senator.
• C. George Boeree, 68, Dutch-born American psychologist.
• Brandãozinho, 90, Brazilian footballer.
• Bob Brett, 67, Australian tennis coach, cancer.
• Christina Crosby, 67, American scholar and writer, pancreatic cancer.
• João Cutileiro, 83, Portuguese sculptor, respiratory failure.
• Annasif Døhlen, 90, Norwegian sculptor.
• Thereasea Elder, 93, American nurse.
• Osian Ellis, 92, Welsh harpist and composer.
• Patricia C. Frist, 81, American banker and philanthropist.
• Karl Gamma, 93, Swiss Olympic alpine skier.
• John Georgiadis, 81, British violinist and conductor.
• Mluleki George, 72, South African politician, MP, founder of the United Congress, COVID-19.
• Vladimir Gerdt, 73, Russian mathematician.
• Benoît Godin, 62, Canadian political scientist and sociologist.
• Goldikova, 15, French Hall of Fame racehorse.
• Daniel Grau, 72, Venezuelan jazz musician.
• James Greene, 89, Northern Irish actor.
• András Haán, 74, Hungarian Olympic basketball player and sailor.
• Happy Man Tree, 150, British plane tree, Tree of the Year, cut down.
• Robert Heptinstall, 100, British pathologist.
• Neil Hopkinson, 63, English Hellenist, myeloma.
• Kim Tschang-yeul, 91, South Korean painter.
• Tyberiy Korponay, 62, Ukrainian football player and manager.
• Don Leppert, 90, American baseball player.
• A. Madhavan, 86, Indian writer.
• Jonas Neubauer, 39, American Tetris player, seven-time world champion, cardiac arrhythmia.
• Vladimír Oplt, 83, Czech politician, senator.
• Pat Patrick, 91, American racing team owner.
• John Richardson, 86, English actor, COVID-19.
• Moncer Rouissi, 80, Tunisian politician and diplomat, minister of social affairs, culture, vocational training, and education, ambassador to France.
• Thelma Shoher Baker, 96, American educator and anthropologist, COVID-19.
• Mehtab Singh, 72, Indian Olympic boxer.
• Jim Sperry, 90, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, COVID-19.
• Anatol Tsitou, 74, Belarusian historian.
• Vennelakanti, 63, Indian lyricist, cardiac arrest.
• Pungky Purnomo Wibowo, 52, Indonesian economist, heart attack.
• Keliek Wicaksono, 42, Indonesian visual effects artist, Citra Cup awardee, blood cancer.
• William Windham, 94, British Olympic rower.
• Mikhail Zhelev, 77, Bulgarian Olympic steeplechaser.
• Joseph Zong Huaide, 100, Chinese Roman Catholic clandestine prelate, bishop of Sanyuan.

6

• Jonathan Aldrich, 84, American poet, stroke.
• Kenneth Z. Altshuler, 91, American psychiatrist, COVID-19.
• Ashli Babbitt, 35, American rioter, shot.
• Vladimir Biryukov, 87, Russian politician, governor of Kamchatka Oblast and Kamchatka Krai.
• Mircea Bolba, 59, Romanian football player and manager.
• Leonid Bujor, 65, Moldovan politician, deputy and minister of education, COVID-19.
• Alan Burgess, 100, New Zealand cricketer.
• Thomas G. Carpenter, 94, American academic administrator, president of the University of North Florida and University of Memphis.
• Mihai Cotorobai, 69, Moldovan politician, deputy, COVID-19.
• James Cross, 99, Irish-born British diplomat and kidnapping survivor, COVID-19.
• Bobby Davis, 83, American professional wrestler and manager.
• Peter S. Eagleson, 92, American hydrologist.
• Nsikak Eduok, 73, Nigerian air force officer, chief of the Air Staff.
• Bobby Few, 85, American jazz pianist.
• Eldon Fortie, 79, American football player.
• Donald Frith, 96, American ceramic artist and academic.
• Wiesław Glos, 84, Polish Olympic fencer and architect.
• Edward Gnat, 80, Polish politician, deputy, COVID-19.
• Francis Hammel, 70, French politician, deputy.
• Jim Haynes, 87, American-British underground and avant-garde theatre producer, co-founder of the Traverse Theatre and International Times.
• Alfredo Hernández, 69, Mexican Olympic footballer.
• Gerald Hiken, 93, American actor.
• Laurence H. Kedes, 83, American scientist.
• Ludy Kissassunda, 88, Angolan general and politician.
• Ferdinand Kolarik, 83, Austrian footballer.
• John Land, 82, British Olympic field hockey player, motor neurone disease.
• Jack Lihou, 90, Australian cricketer.
• Danilo Lim, 65, Filipino military officer, chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, COVID-19.
• Alf Lomas, 92, British politician, MEP.
• Ken Mellor, 86, English footballer.
• Pag-asa, 28, Filipino Philippine eagle, first to have been bred and hatched in captivity.
• Thanasis Papazoglou, 67, Greek footballer.
• Kate Payne, 63, American nurse and bioethicist.
• Gord Renwick, 85, Canadian ice hockey administrator, president of CAHA and vice-president of IIHF.
• Barry Schwartz, 82, American sociologist.
• Iulian Șerban, 35, Romanian paracanoeist, world champion.
• Mehtab Singh, 73, Indian Olympic boxer.
• Victor Thulare III, 40, South African royal, king of the Pedi people, COVID-19.
• Jim Townsend, 83, Irish politician, senator.
• Filip Trifonov, 73, Bulgarian actor.
• Antonio Valdés, 91, Mexican actor.
• Burt Wilson, 87, American philosopher, writer and jazz musician, COVID-19.

7

• María Paula Acevedo Guzmán, 88, Dominican activist, [First Lady of the Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic|first lady].
• Alex Apolinário, 24, Brazilian footballer, cardiac arrest.
• Michael Apted, 79, English film director.
• Michael G. Barbour, 78, American botanist.
• Val Bettin, 97, American actor.
• Jan Blommaert, 59, Belgian sociolinguist and linguistic anthropologist, cancer.
• Elanga Buala, 56, Papua New Guinean Olympic runner.
• Biserka Cvejić, 97, Serbian opera singer.
• Deezer D, 55, American rapper and actor, heart attack.
• Miriam DeCosta-Willis, 86, American educator and civil rights activist.
• Ronnie Ellenblum, 68, Israeli geographer and historian, heart failure.
• Ian Foreman, 90, Australian footballer.
• Hussein Bakry Gazzaz, 95, Saudi Arabian cosmetics businessman.
• Grant Gondrezick, 57, American basketball player.
• Thomas Gumpert, 68, German actor.
• Connie Hall, 91, American country singer.
• John Heilpern, 78, British theatre critic and editor, lung cancer.
• Valeri Khlevinsky, 77, Russian actor, People's Artist of Russia.
• Taky Kimura, 96, American martial artist.
• Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa, 75, Ugandan agricultural economist and politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Vladimir Kiselyov, 64, Ukrainian shot putter, Olympic champion.
• Tom LaBonge, 67, American politician, member of the Los Angeles City Council, cardiac arrest.
• Genival Lacerda, 89, Brazilian forró singer, complications from COVID-19.
• Tommy Lasorda, 93, American Hall of Fame baseball manager and player, heart failure.
• Christopher Little, 79, British literary agent, founder of Christopher Little Literary Agency.
• Cassim Louis, 73, Saint Lucian football manager.
• Jamie O'Hara, 70, American country musician and songwriter, Grammy winner, cancer.
• Guy Péqueux, 78, French painter.
• Lonnie Perrin, 68, American football player.
• Dominique Rakotorahalahy, 76, Malagasy Olympic decathlete.
• Marion Ramsey, 73, American actress and singer.
• Carlos Rasch, 88, Brazilian science fiction author.
• Norberto James Rawlings, 75, Dominican poet, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Adebayo Salami, 69, Nigerian politician, senator.
• Munira Yamin Satti, Pakistani politician, Punjab MPA, COVID-19.
• Henri Schwery, 88, Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal, bishop of Sion.
• Neil Sheehan, 84, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Brian Sicknick, 42, American police officer.
• Solange, 69, Italian psychic and television personality.
• Reynaldo Umali, 63, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives, COVID-19.
• Mel Weitsman, 91, American Buddhist priest, founder of the Berkeley Zen Center.
• David Wheldon, 70, English writer and physician.

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• Paul Amargier, 96, French historian and Roman Catholic priest.
• Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, 69, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Trujillo, COVID-19.
• Eva Badura-Skoda, 91, Austrian musicologist.
• William H. Barbour Jr., 79, American jurist, judge and chief judge of the U.S. District Court for Southern Mississippi.
• Harold Bornstein, 73, American gastroenterologist.
• Ken Bowen, 58, American football player.
• Eve Branson, 96, British philanthropist and child welfare advocate, COVID-19.
• Ed Bruce, 81, American singer-songwriter and actor.
• David Buchsbaum, 91, American mathematician, heart failure.
• Steve Carver, 75, American film director, complications from COVID-19.
• John Corcoran, 83, American logician and philosopher.
• David Darling, 79, American cellist and composer.
• Květa Eretová, 94, Czech chess grandmaster.
• Michael Fonfara, 74, Canadian keyboardist, cancer.
• Marissa Garrido, 94, Mexican telenovela writer, complications from COVID-19.
• Otto Geisert, 81, German footballer.
• Emile Hemmen, 97, Luxembourgish novelist and poet, member of the Luxembourgish Patriot League resistance.
• Steve Hendrickson, 54, American football player.
• Mike Henry, 84, American football player and actor, Parkinson's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
• Peter W. Huber, 68, American lawyer and writer.
• Seth Abid Hussain, 85, Pakistani businessman and philanthropist.
• Norm Jary, 91, Canadian politician, mayor of Guelph.
• Werner Klumpp, 92, German politician, minister-president of the Saarland.
• Barbara Köhler, 61, German poet.
• Marian Kondratowicz, 79, Polish footballer.
• Steve Lightle, 61, American comic book artist, complications from COVID-19.
• Colin McDonald, 92, Australian cricketer.
• Jay W. McGee, 71, American-Canadian musician, complications from COVID-19.
• Stewart McKnight, 85, New Zealand cricketer and curler.
• José Méndez, 83, Spanish Olympic rower.
• Diana Millay, 85, American actress.
• Dorine Mokha, 31, Congolese dancer, malaria.
• Samuel L. Myers Sr., 101, American economist and educationist, president of Bowie State University.
• Bill Nankeville, 95, British Olympic runner.
• Oleg Negrobov, 79, Russian entomologist.
• Ivo Niederle, 91, Czech actor.
• Folabi Olumide, 81, Nigerian academic, vice-chancellor of Lagos State University.
• Wojciech Przybylski, 81, Polish football player and manager.
• Deborah Rhode, 68, American legal scholar.
• Don Robertson, 92, American television announcer.
• Grace Robertson, 90, British photographer.
• Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead, 100, British politician and life peer, MP.
• Rajkumar Jhalajit Singh, 96, Indian historian.
• Pamela Joy Spry, 96, Australian nurse.
• Igor Tõnurist, 73, Estonian ethnographer and folklorist.
• Vladimir Tretyakov, 84, Russian mathematician, rector and president of Ural State University.
• Iancu Țucărman, 98, Romanian Holocaust survivor, COVID-19.
• Katharine Whitehorn, 92, English journalist, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Shirley Wilson, 95, American football coach.
• Xu Qinxian, 85, Chinese military officer and political dissident, choking.
• Zoffany, 12, Irish racehorse and sire, liver failure.

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• Beddu Amang, 84, Indonesian economist, chairman of State Logistics Agency.
• Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi, 72, Iranian Olympic weightlifter.
• Kenneth Barker, 86, British academic administrator, vice-chancellor of De Montfort University and Thames Valley University.
• Harry Brüll, 85, Dutch footballer.
• Antón Cancelas, 65, Spanish voice actor.
• Ed Culpepper, 86, American football player.
• Jerry Douglas, 85, American director and writer.
• František Filip, 90, Czech film director, COVID-19.
• Alec Gambling, 94, British electrical engineer.
• Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington, 90, British farmer and landowner.
• Mohamud Mohammed Hassan, 24, British security guard.
• Barbara Hewson, 59, Irish barrister, pancreatic cancer.
• Isaak Khalatnikov, 101, Russian physicist.
• James L. Larson, 89, American historian.
• Vivalyn Latty-Scott, 82, Jamaican cricketer and coach.
• Howard Liebengood, 51, American police officer, suicide.
• John Lutz, 81, American mystery writer, complications of Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's disease, and COVID-19.
• Ved Mehta, 86, Indian novelist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Ken Middleditch, 95, British motorcycle speedway rider.
• Johnson Mlambo, 80, South African political activist, complications from COVID-19.
• Anatolii Mokrousov, 77, Ukrainian politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Margaret Morrison, 66, Canadian philosopher of science, cancer.
• Jack Murphy, 88, American football player and coach.
• Ezra Nawi, 69, Israeli human rights activist, cancer.
• Hans Frede Nielsen, 77, Danish philologist.
• John Reilly, 86, American actor, heart attack.
• Llorenç Rifé, 82, Spanish football player.
• George Robertson, 93, Canadian ice hockey player, COVID-19.
• Rong Zi, 98, Chinese-Taiwanese writer and poet.
• John Joseph Ryba, 91, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
• Ken Sedd, 81, British television actor.
• Philip Seeman, 86, Canadian neuropharmacologist, muscle disease.
• Kathy Shaidle, 56, Canadian writer, cancer.
• Bruce W. Shore, 85, American theoretical physicist.
• Fabrizio Soccorsi, 78, Italian physician, Papal private doctor, complications from cancer and COVID-19.
• Madhav Singh Solanki, 93, Indian politician, chief minister of Gujarat and minister of External Affairs, cardiac arrest.
• Todd Stadtman, 59, American musician and writer.
• Mulyadi Tamsir, 39, Indonesian politician and student activist, chairman of the Muslim Students' Association, plane crash.
• Berta Taracena, 95–96, Mexican historian and art critic.
• Caroly Wilcox, 89, American puppeteer.
• Jeannette Wood, 88, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives and Senate.

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• Ahmet Vefik Alp, 72, Turkish architect and political advisor, heart attack.
• Graham Arthur, 84, Australian football player and coach.
• Hubert Auriol, 68, French rally driver, Dakar Rally winner, complications from COVID-19.
• Sir David Barclay, 86, British businessman.
• Joël Batteux, 77, French politician, mayor of Saint-Nazaire, complications from surgery.
• Louis-Pierre Bougie, 74, Canadian painter and engraver, pneumonia.
• Arthur Bramley, 91, English footballer.
• Harry Brown, 72, American basketball player, diabetes.
• Michel Caffier, 90, French journalist and literary critic.
• Pedro Casado, 83, Spanish footballer.
• Tosh Chamberlain, 86, English footballer.
• Avelino Chaves, 89, Spanish football player and executive.
• Adam Dyczkowski, 88, Polish Roman Catholic prelate and philosopher, bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, COVID-19.
• Nancy Walker Bush Ellis, 94, American philanthropist, complications from COVID-19.
• Theo English, 90, Irish hurler.
• Kristen K. Flaa, 95, Norwegian politician, mayor of Aust-Agder.
• James Follett, 81, British writer.
• Tom Gannon, 77, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
• Bruno Ghedina, 77, Italian Olympic ice hockey player, COVID-19.
• Pedro González, 83, Dominican baseball player.
• Tony Gregory, 83, English footballer.
• Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier, 85, Mexican politician, governor of Durango.
• Robert Halley, 85, French politician and businessman.
• Betty Lou Holland, 95, American actress.
• Bobby Kellard, 77, English football player and manager.
• Aminu Isa Kontagora, 64, Nigerian politician, administrator of Benue State and Kano State, COVID-19.
• Robert L. Lennon, 87, American politician.
• Sonny Leonard, 77, American engine designer and builder.
• Christopher Maboulou, 30, French-Congolese footballer, heart attack.
• Geraldo Antônio Miotto, 65, Brazilian general, commander of the Amazon Military Command and Southern Military Command, COVID-19.
• Behzad Moezi, 82, Iranian aviator, leukemia.
• Tahir Mughal, 43, Pakistani cricketer, gallbladder cancer.
• Josep Antoni Noya, 81, Spanish footballer.
• Barry Oringer, 85, American television producer and screenwriter.
• Georges Pernoud, 73, French journalist, television presenter and television producer.
• Wayne Radford, 64, American basketball player.
• Benita Raphan, 58, American filmmaker and designer.
• Dee Rowe, 91, American basketball coach, COVID-19 and cancer.
• Antonio Sabàto Sr., 77, Italian-American actor, COVID-19.
• Donald Smith, 97, English cricketer.
• Julie Strain, 58, American actress and model, complications from dementia.
• David Stypka, 41, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist, complications from pancreatic cancer and COVID-19.
• Walter Taibo, 89, Uruguayan footballer.
• Mohammad Khaledur Rahman Tito, 75, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
• Pala Thankam, 79, Indian actress.
• Thorleif Torstensson, 71, Swedish singer, COVID-19.
• Naseer Turabi, 75, Indian-born Pakistani poet.
• Yeng Pway Ngon, 73, Singaporean writer and poet, prostate cancer.

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• Massoud Achkar, 64, Lebanese military leader and politician, COVID-19.
• Sheldon Adelson, 87, American casino owner, founder of Las Vegas Sands, lymphoma.
• Vassilis Alexakis, 77, Greek-born French writer and translator.
• Guy Auffray, 75, French judoka.
• Éric Babin, 61, New Caledonian politician, member of the Congress, traffic collision.
• Aaron Barlow, 69, American scholar.
• Edward Beard, 80, American politician, member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives, Parkinson's disease.
• Joseph Berke, 81, American-born English psychotherapist and author, heart failure.
• Roger Cayrel, 95, French astronomer.
• José Centenera, 89, Spanish Olympic equestrian.
• Shashikumar Chitre, 84, Indian mathematician and astrophysicist.
• Lloyd Cowan, 58, British hurdler and track coach.
• Étienne Draber, 81, French actor, COVID-19.
• Fabio Enzo, 74, Italian footballer, complications from COVID-19.
• Yousef Ghawanmeh, 85, Jordanian historian.
• Lionel Gossman, 91, Scottish-American literary scholar.
• Ron Grigg, 92, British chemist.
• Ian Griggs, 92, British Anglican prelate, bishop of Ludlow.
• Ronald J. Hays, 92, American admiral.
• Kathleen Heddle, 55, Canadian rower, Olympic champion, breast and lymph node cancer.
• Howard Johnson, 79, American jazz musician.
• Mark Keds, 50, English singer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• David Khakhaleishvili, 49, Georgian judoka, Olympic champion, heart disease.
• Gothard Kokott, 77, Polish football manager.
• Paul Kölliker, 88, Swiss Olympic rower, COVID-19.
• Rada Lysenko, 99, Ukrainian pianist and pedagogue, People's Artist of Ukraine.
• Bogdan Macovei, 67, Romanian handball manager.
• Johanna Maluleke, South African politician, member of the National Assembly, COVID-19.
• Jean-Marie Marconot, 82, French sociolinguist.
• Mario Masuku, 69, Swazi politician.
• Tetsuo Najita, 84, American historian.
• Lindiwe Ndlovu, 44, South African actress.
• Kurt Oddekalv, 63, Norwegian environmentalist, founder of Green Warriors of Norway, drowning.
• Francis Perekamoya, 63, Malawian economist, governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi, COVID-19.
• Tord Peterson, 94, Swedish actor.
• Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval, 74, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Apartadó and Santa Marta, COVID-19.
• Turlapaty Kutumba Rao, 87, Indian writer and orator.
• Oscar Rizzato, 92, Italian Roman Catholic titular bishop, COVID-19.
• Prentice Earl Sanders, 83, American police officer, chief of the San Francisco Police Department.
• Benoît Sinzogan, 90, Beninese military officer and politician, minister of foreign affairs and member of the Military Directorate.
• Margo St. James, 83, American women's rights activist and sex worker.
• Paul Taylor, 81, American engineer.
• Howard Teten, 88, American FBI instructor, complications from COVID-19.
• William E. Thornton, 91, American astronaut.
• Stacy Title, 56, American film director, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Gerrit van Rensburg, 72, South African politician and farmer, Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, cancer.
• Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, 96, Indian independence activist and politician, Bihar MLA and MLC, COVID-19.

12

• Gerald Achee, 68, Trinidadian drummer, cancer.
• Frank Arok, 88, Serbian-Australian football player and manager.
• Lingson Belekanyama, Malawian politician, minister of local government and rural development, COVID-19.
• Bruce Bennett, 77, American Canadian football player, pneumonia and COVID-19.
• Barrie Chaplin, 96, British engineer and inventor.
• Joseph F. Crangle, 88, American lawyer and politician.
• Florentin Crihălmeanu, 61, Romanian [Romanian Romanian Greek Catholic Church|Greek Catholic Church|Greek Catholic] hierarch, bishop of Cluj-Gherla, COVID-19.
• Wim de Graaff, 89, Dutch Olympic speed skater and coach.
• Cecil Humphery-Smith, 92, British genealogist and heraldist.
• Carlos Joseph, 40, American football player, ruptured brain aneurysm.
• Sid Lerner, 90, American advertising executive, founder of Meatless Monday.
• Tim Lester, 52, American football player, COVID-19.
• Fred Levin, 83, American lawyer, COVID-19.
• Mona Malm, 85, Swedish actress.
• Per Martinsen, 84, Norwegian footballer.
• Álvaro Mejía, 80, Colombian Olympic long-distance runner.
• Sidik Mia, 55, Malawian politician, MP, minister of defence and transport and public works, COVID-19.
• Willie Miller, 70, Scottish urban planner.
• Theodoros Mitras, 72, Greek politician, MP.
• Christopher P. Monkhouse, 73, American architectural historian, stroke.
• Jim Norton, 78, American football player.
• Osvaldo Peredo, 79, Bolivian revolutionary.
• Philaret, 85, Belarusian Orthodox prelate, metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, leader of the Belarusian Orthodox Church, COVID-19.
• John G. Ramsay, 89, British structural geologist.
• Bridget Rowe, 70, British journalist, editor of Sunday Mirror, The People, COVID-19.
• Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud, 84, Saudi royal, conglomerate magnate and horse stable owner.
• Liudmyla Semykina, 97, Ukrainian painter.
• Shingoose, 74, Canadian folk musician, COVID-19.
• João Henrique de Souza, 78, Brazilian politician, Paraíba MLA, COVID-19.
• Yuval Stonis, 37, Israeli actor and screenwriter, stomach cancer.
• Keith Valigura, 63, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives.
• John Ward, 83, New Zealand cricketer.
• Robert Warke, 90, Irish Anglican prelate, bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross.
• Dame Margaret Weston, 94, British museum curator, director of the Science Museum.

13

• Howard Andrew, 86, American poker player.
• Tim Bogert, 76, American rock bassist, cancer.
• Duke Bootee, 69, American rapper and songwriter, heart failure.
• Nicky Booth, 40, British boxer.
• Mario Cecchini, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, COVID-19.
• Borivoje Cenić, 90, Serbian basketball player and coach.
• Patrick Chapuis, 71, French photographer.
• Sir Robert Cohan, 95, American-born British dancer and choreographer, founder of The Place, London Contemporary Dance School, and LCDT.
• Frank J. Coppa, 83, American historian and author.
• Gerry Cottle, 75, British circus owner and presenter, COVID-19.
• Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, German-American magician and entertainer, pancreatic cancer.
• Benjamin F. Gibson, 89, American jurist, judge and chief judge of the U.S. District Court for Western Michigan.
• Gimax, 83, Italian racing driver.
• Henri Goraïeb, 85, Lebanese pianist.
• Michel Gravel, 84, Canadian photographer.
• Moses Hamungole, 53, Zambian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Monze, COVID-19.
• Ben Hines, 85, American baseball coach.
• Ken Jones, 70, American LGBT rights activist, bladder cancer.
• Bernd Kannenberg, 78, German race walker, Olympic champion.
• Ndubuisi Kanu, 77, Nigerian rear admiral and politician, military governor of Imo State and Lagos State.
• Gail Kopplin, 81, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature.
• Fiu Loimata II, 79, Samoan politician, MP.
• Norman MacLeod, 93, Canadian financier and politician, president of the Liberal Party.
• Don Mason, 86, British immunologist.
• Seyoum Mesfin, 71, Ethiopian politician and diplomat, minister of foreign affairs and ambassador to China, shot.
• Bryan Monroe, 55, American journalist, heart attack.
• Nelson Nieves, 86, Venezuelan Olympic fencer.
• Sinikka Nopola, 67, Finnish writer.
• Norodom Yuvaneath, 77, Cambodian prince, privy counsellor and supreme royal advisor.
• Ben Nsibandze, 89, Swazi politician, acting prime minister.
• Mircea Păcurariu, 88, Romanian theologian.
• Bruce Pasternack, 73, American businessman and philanthropist, president of the Special Olympics.
• Devarapalli Prakash Rao, 62, Indian social worker, COVID-19.
• Joël Robert, 77, Belgian motocross racer, six-time world champion, COVID-19.
• Øyvind Sandberg, 67, Norwegian film director.
• Marielle de Sarnez, 69, French politician, MEP, minister in charge of European affairs, and deputy, leukemia.
• Eusébio Scheid, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, COVID-19.
• Safwat El-Sherif, 87, Egyptian politician, minister of information and speaker of the Shura Council, leukemia.
• Folarin Shyllon, 80, Nigerian lawyer.
• Tony Spaeth, 86, American corporate identity planner.
• Sylvain Sylvain, 69, Egyptian-born American guitarist, cancer.
• Philip Tartaglia, 70, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, metropolitan archbishop of Glasgow, COVID-19.
• Abay Tsehaye, 67, Ethiopian politician, co-founder of the Marxist–Leninist League of Tigray, shot.
• Maguito Vilela, 71, Brazilian lawyer and politician, governor of Goiás, senator and mayor-elect of Goiânia, COVID-19.
• Hannes Viljoen, 77, South African rugby union player.
• Timothy Whidborne, 93, British artist.

14

• James B. Anderson, 85, American chemist and physicist.
• Melanio Asensio, 84, Spanish Olympic sprinter.
• Veronica Beechey, 75, British feminist sociologist and patients' rights advocate.
• Carlos Armando Biebrich, 81, Mexican lawyer and politician, deputy and governor of Sonora, COVID-19.
• Cliff Burvill, 83, Australian Olympic cyclist, fall.
• José Luis Caballero, 65, Mexican Olympic footballer.
• Storm Constantine, 64, British fantasy and science fiction author.
• Simon Crosse, 90, British Olympic rower.
• Todd Gabbett, 78, American football player and coach.
• Boris Grachevsky, 71, Russian film director, screenwriter and actor, COVID-19.
• Vicente Alejandro Guillamón, 90, Spanish journalist.
• Eiji Hashimoto, 89, Japanese-American harpsichordist.
• Sheikh Ali Jaber, 44, Saudi-born Indonesian Islamic cleric.
• Corey Johnson, 52, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Shirley Johnson, 83, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate.
• John LaRose, 69, American baseball player, COVID-19.
• Vincent Logan, 79, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Dunkeld, COVID-19.
• Dale Rogers Marshall, 83, American political scientist and academic administrator, complications from COVID-19.
• Harold Lawrence McPheeters, 97, American psychiatrist.
• Brian Moller, 85, Irish Anglican priest, dean of Connor.
• Elijah Moshinsky, 75, Australian opera, theatre, and television director, COVID-19.
• Evžen Neustupný, 87, Czech archaeologist.
• Aleksandr Nikitin, 59, Russian football player and manager.
• Leonidas Pelekanakis, 58, Greek Olympic sailor, COVID-19.
• Yrjö Rantanen, 70, Finnish chess grandmaster.
• Peter Mark Richman, 93, American actor.
• Joanne Rogers, 92, American musician.
• David Roth, 68, American magician.
• Éamonn Ryan, 79, Irish Gaelic football player and manager.
• Ron Samford, 90, American baseball player.
• Jane Sinclair, 64, British Anglican priest, canon of Westminster.
• Jember Teferra, 77, Malagasy-born Ethiopian community development worker.
• Jan de Vries, 77, Dutch motorcycle racer, cardiac arrest.
• Larry Willoughby, 70, American country singer-songwriter and music executive, vice-president of A&R at Capitol Records, COVID-19.
• Dinesh Chandra Yadav, Nepalese politician, member of the Constituent Assembly, COVID-19.
• Roman Zakharov, 91, Russian Olympic rower.

15

• William R. Allen, 96, American economist.
• Dale Baer, 70, American animator, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Sjarifuddin Baharsjah, 89, Indonesian academic and politician, minister of agriculture.
• Geoff Barnett, 74, English footballer, complications from COVID-19.
• Liz Berube, 78, American comic book artist.
• Ali Brakchi, 86, French Olympic long jumper.
• Harvey Branch, 83, American baseball player.
• Wilbur Brotherton, 98, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives.
• Michael Bryce, 82, Australian architect and graphic designer, spouse of the governor-general.
• Vicente Cantatore, 85, Argentine football player and manager.
• Rosalind Cartwright, 98, American neuroscientist.
• Tyrone Crawley, 62, American boxer.
• Dalakhani, 21, Irish racehorse and sire.
• Elizam Escobar, 72, Puerto Rican art theorist, poet, and political activist, cancer.
• Gildardo García, 66, Colombian chess grandmaster, COVID-19.
• B. S. Gnanadesikan, 71, Indian politician, MP.
• James Gustafson, 95, American theological ethicist.
• Alan Hart, 85, British television executive, controller of BBC1.
• Bruce Headley, 86, American thoroughbred trainer, stroke.
• Michael Kelly, 91, Irish Jesuit priest and missionary.
• Kathleen Krull, 68, American children's writer and book editor, cancer.
• Eddie Kuligowski, 74, French photographer.
• Ramji Lal, 88, Indian politician, MP.
• Mark Langham, 60, British Roman Catholic priest.
• Lệ Thu, 77, Vietnamese-American singer, COVID-19.
• Tiit Lilleorg, 79, Estonian actor, COVID-19.
• Thomas V. Miller Jr., 78, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates and Senate, president of the Senate, prostate cancer.
• Kamal Morarka, 74, Indian businessman and politician, MP.
• Baaron Pittenger, 95, American ice hockey administrator.
• J. R. Rhodes Jr., 81, American politician.
• Benjamin de Rothschild, 57, French banker, heart attack.
• J. Michael Schweder, 71, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
• Olav M. Skulberg, 90, Norwegian limnologist.
• Jeffrey L. Smith, 35, American police officer, suicide by gunshot.
• Paola Veneroni, 99, Italian actress.
• Anatoliy Vishnevskiy, 85, Russian economist and demographer.
• Mihajlo Vuković, 76, Serbian basketball player and coach.
• Jon Westling, 78, American educator, president of Boston University.
• Jerry Wiegert, 76, American automotive businessman and engineer, founder of Vector Motors.
• James White, 78, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, and Senate.
• Bill Whitehead, 89, New Zealand sports administrator.

16

• Salleh Abas, 91, Malaysian judge and politician, Lord President of the Supreme Court and Terengganu MLA, COVID-19.
• Ernest Ako, 97, Ghanaian police officer, inspector general of police.
• Jon Arnett, 85, American Hall of Fame football player, heart failure.
• Sharon Begley, 64, American science journalist.
• Mahaveer Bhagora, 73, Indian politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Jerry Brandt, 82, American club owner and manager, COVID-19 and pneumonia.
• Charlotte Cornwell, 71, English actress, cancer.
• Choi Jeongrye, 65, South Korean poet.
• Juan Carlos Copes, 89, Argentine tango dancer and choreographer, COVID-19.
• Chris Cramer, 73, British news journalist and executive, cancer.
• Little Walter DeVenne, 73, American radio host, COVID-19.
• Einar Eriksen, 87, Norwegian newspaper editor, chief editor of Bergens Tidende.
• Alice Gibson, 97, Belizean librarian.
• György Handel, 61, Hungarian footballer, COVID-19.
• Bill Heal, 86, British soil scientist.
• Dustin Higgs, 48, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Xavier Hunault, 97, French politician, deputy.
• Bob Langas, 90, American football player.
• Mona Lohanda, 73, Indonesian historian, archivist and academic, heart attack.
• Jim MacGeorge, 92, American voice actor.
• Pave Maijanen, 70, Finnish musician, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• George von Mallinckrodt, 90, German merchant banker, chairman of Schroders.
• Sergi Mingote, 49, Spanish mountain climber and politician, mayor of Parets del Vallès, mountaineering fall.
• Steve Molnar, 73, Canadian football player.
• Claudia Montero, 58, Argentine classical composer, Latin Grammy winner, cancer.
• Chris Murphy, 66, Australian talent manager, lymphoma.
• Carlo Nayaradou, 63, French-Martinican comic book author.
• Petrica Novosel Žic, 89, Croatian cartographer and academic.
• Bheki Ntuli, 63, South African politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Meghrig Parikian, 53, Armenian Apostolic prelate, bishop of Canada.
• Farida Pasha, 68, Indonesian actress, COVID-19.
• Phương Mai, 83, Vietnamese princess.
• Jimmy Powell, 85, American golfer, kidney failure.
• Sergei Rodin, 39, Russian footballer.
• Om Prakash Sharma, 87, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLC, dysentery.
• David Shaw-Smith, 81, Irish film director.
• Phil Spector, 81, American Hall of Fame record producer, musician, and convicted murderer, founder of Philles Records, COVID-19.
• Muammer Sun, 88, Turkish composer, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
• Sayidiman Suryohadiprojo, 93, Indonesian military officer and diplomat, deputy chief of staff of the Army.
• Arturo Tizón, 36, Spanish motorcycle racer, mountain bike fall.
• Pedro Trebbau, 91, German-born Venezuelan zoologist.
• Paul Varelans, 51, American mixed martial artist, COVID-19.
• Lars Westman, 86, Swedish writer.

17

• Nikolay Antoshkin, 78, Russian military officer, Hero of the Soviet Union, deputy, COVID-19.
• Dave Arnold, 49, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, brain cancer.
• Keith Arnold, 94, British Anglican prelate, bishop of Warwick.
• Jacques Bral, 72, French film director and screenwriter.
• Manford Byrd Jr., 92, American academic administrator, superintendent of Chicago Public Schools.
• Luis María Cassoni, 82, Argentine politician and pharmacist, governor of Misiones Province, COVID-19.
• Joevana Charles, 66, Seychellois politician, member of the National Assembly.
• Robert Cheezic, 82, American Tang Soo Do practitioner, complications from COVID-19.
• Brian Christie, American news host and journalist.
• Camille Cléroux, 67, Canadian serial killer.
• Giles Constable, 91, British historian.
• Víctor Crisólogo, 68, Peruvian politician, congressman, COVID-19.
• Abel Gabuza, 65, South African Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop coadjutor of Durban and bishop of Kimberley, COVID-19.
• Barbara Gronemus, 89, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
• Muriel Grossfeld, 80, American Olympic gymnast.
• Ghulam Mustafa Khan, 89, Indian classical singer.
• Kurofune, 22, American-bred Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Marlin Kuykendall, 86, American politician, mayor of Prescott, Arizona.
• David Lea, 85, Australian politician, Victoria MLA.
• Gerald Locklin, 79, American poet and lecturer, COVID-19.
• Roger Machin, 94, French football referee.
• Junior Mance, 92, American jazz pianist and educator.
• Jubril Martins-Kuye, 78, Nigerian politician, minister of commerce and industry.
• Haydn Morris, 92, Welsh rugby union player, fall.
• Sammy Nestico, 96, American jazz composer and arranger.
• Tom Prebble, 75, British-born New Zealand educationalist and university administrator.
• Vincent M. Rizzotto, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Galveston–Houston.
• József Sas, 82, Hungarian stage actor, comedian and theatre director, COVID-19.
• K. G. Shankar, 70, Indian politician, Puducherry MLA, cardiac arrest.
• Jon Sullivan, 70, Australian politician, Queensland MLA and MP.
• Marius Swart, 79, South African politician, executive mayor of the George Local Municipality and MP, COVID-19.
• Vicent Tur, 62, Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands, cancer.
• Joan Eloi Vila, 61, Spanish guitarist.
• Richard Vogt, 71, American herpetologist.
• Maynard Wallace, 77, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives.
• Philip Wilson, 70, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Adelaide.
• Liane Winter, 78, German long-distance runner.
• Willis A. Wood, 99, American biochemist.

18

• Harry Abend, 83, Polish-born Venezuelan sculptor and architect.
• Jean-Pierre Bacri, 69, Algerian-born French actor and screenwriter, cancer.
• Perry Botkin Jr., 87, American composer and musician, Grammy winner.
• Carlos Burga, 68, Peruvian Olympic boxer, COVID-19.
• Alberto Cantù, 70, Italian musicologist and musical critic.
• Volodymyr Chernyak, 79, Ukrainian politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Jean Dumont, 90, French politician, senator.
• Ash Gardiner, 74, New Zealand rugby union player.
• Svavar Gestsson, 76, Icelandic politician and diplomat, minister of social affairs, ambassador to Sweden and Denmark.
• Andy Gray, 61, Scottish actor, COVID-19.
• James D. Heiple, 87, American jurist, justice and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois, brain hemorrhage.
• Nombulelo Hermans, 51, South African politician, member of the National Assembly, COVID-19.
• Joyce Hill, 95, American baseball player.
• Alan J. Hoffman, 96, American mathematician.
• Sinclair Hood, 103, British archaeologist, director of the British School at Athens.
• Tony Ingle, 68, American basketball coach, COVID-19.
• Thorsten Johansson, 70, Swedish Olympic sprinter.
• Lubomir Kavalek, 77, Czech-American Hall of Fame chess grandmaster.
• Maria Koterbska, 96, Polish singer.
• Ákos Kriza, 55, Hungarian health economist and politician, mayor of Miskolc.
• Joshua Kyeremeh, Ghanaian politician, kidney complications.
• Jack London, 83, American information technology executive, chairman of the board of CACI International Inc.
• Stephen Lungu, 78, Zimbabwean evangelist, COVID-19.
• Josep Mestres Quadreny, 91, Spanish composer.
• Chuck Mills, 92, American football coach, pneumonia and organ failure.
• Vic Mitchell, 86, British railway preservationist and writer.
• Dündar Ali Osman, 90, Turkish royal, head of the House of Osman.
• Henryk Ostrowski, 60, Polish politician and farmer, deputy.
• Winfield Parker, 78, American soul and gospel singer-songwriter, complications from COVID-19.
• V. Doraswamy Raju, 74, Indian film producer and politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA, cardiac arrest.
• Catherine Rich, 88, French actress.
• David Richardson, 65, American television writer and producer, heart failure.
• Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, 65, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Mexico, COVID-19.
• Jimmie Rodgers, 87, American pop singer.
• Donald E. Ross, 90, American engineer.
• John Russell, 66, English guitarist.
• Dani Shmulevich-Rom, 80, Israeli footballer, cancer.
• Gatot Sudjito, 60, Indonesian politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Juan Carlos Tabío, 77, Cuban film director.
• Kees Teer, 95, Dutch electrical engineer, director of Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium.
• John A. Thorpe, 84, American mathematician.
• K. V. Vijayadas, 61, Indian politician, Kerala MLA, cerebral haemorrhage.
• Nancy Wilkie, 78, American archaeologist.

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• Habibullah Abdurazzaq, 83, Tajik actor.
• Michael Abraham, 89, English chemist.
• Ron Anthony, 87, American jazz guitarist and singer.
• Abdulkarim Al-Arhabi, 70, Yemeni politician.
• John G. Bartlett, 83, American physician and medical researcher, pneumonia.
• Morice Benin, 73, French singer.
• Ginette Bucaille, 94, French tennis player, 1954 French Championships finalist.
• Mujibur Rahman Dilu, 69, Bangladeshi actor, pneumonia.
• William Fey, 78, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kimbe, COVID-19.
• Gordon Galley, 90, English footballer and police officer.
• Louis Giani, 86, American Olympic wrestler.
• Lou Goetz, 74, American basketball coach, cancer.
• Renita Grigoryeva, 89, Russian film director, screenwriter and actress.
• Brian Hillery, 83, Irish politician, senator and TD.
• Roberta Hodes, 93, American screenwriter and script supervisor.
• W. John Hutchins, 81, English linguist.
• Danial Jahić, 41, Serbian Olympic long jumper, COVID-19.
• Daniel Kobialka, 77, American violinist.
• Lâm Quang Thi, 88, Vietnamese military officer, COVID-19.
• Narendra Luther, 88, Indian writer and civil servant.
• Emanuele Macaluso, 96, Italian trade unionist, journalist and politician, deputy and senator, editor-in-chief of L'Unità, complications from a fall.
• Cesare Maestri, 91, Italian mountaineer and writer.
• Enrique Marcatili, 95, Argentine-American physicist.
• Mieko Nagaoka, 106, Japanese swimmer, respiratory failure.
• James L. Nagle, 83, American architect, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Diana O'Hehir, 98, American poet and author.
• Gustavo Peña, 78, Mexican football player and manager, COVID-19.
• Toleafoa Ken Vaafusuaga Poutoa, 53, Samoan politician, MP.
• Felipe Quispe, 78, Bolivian Quechua politician, Indigenous rights activist and peasant leader, deputy, cardiac arrest.
• Ding Schoonmaker, 87, American sailor.
• V. Shanta, 93, Indian oncologist, director of the Adyar Cancer Institute, heart attack.
• Zdeněk Sternberg, 97, Czech aristocrat, Medal of Merit recipient.
• Don Sutton, 75, American Hall of Fame baseball player and broadcaster, cancer.
• Carlos Tapia García, 79, Peruvian politician, congressman and member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, COVID-19.
• Jack Turley, 93, American screenwriter.
• Jim Vickerman, 89, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate.
• Ellinah Wamukoya, 69, Swazi Anglican prelate, bishop of Eswatini, COVID-19.
• Bob Williams, 89, American basketball player.
• Mark Wilson, 91, American magician and author.
• Zague, 86, Brazilian footballer.
• Giovanni Zucchi, 89, Italian rower, Olympic bronze medalist.

20

• Raisuddin Ahmed, 82, Bangladeshi cricket player and administrator, COVID-19.
• Hagop S. Akiskal, 77, Lebanese-born American psychiatrist.
• Bridgette Barry, 63, American biophysicist and biochemist.
• Jaume Bassó, 91, Spanish basketball player.
• Dinesh Chandra Bhandary, 86, Indian military officer.
• Vorsila Bohrer, 89, American ethnobotanist.
• Doug Bowden, 93, New Zealand cricketer.
• Claude Bremond, 91–92, French semiologist.
• David Brewster, 56, British politician, member of the Northern Ireland Forum, heart attack.
• Sir Keith Bright, 89, British transport executive, chairman of London Regional Transport.
• Aslan Byutukayev, 46, Russian Islamic militant, commander of Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs, shot.
• Marion Colthorpe, 87, British historian.
• Mira Furlan, 65, Croatian-American actress, complications from West Nile virus.
• Richard Hancock, 80, American politician.
• Joyce Hearn, 91, American politician, member of South Carolina House of Representatives.
• John Jeffers, 52, English footballer.
• Pam Johnson, 74, American newspaper editor, dementia.
• John Baptist Kaggwa, 77, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Masaka, COVID-19.
• Bud Lea, 92, American sportswriter.
• Justin Lekhanya, 82, Lesothan politician, chairman of the Military Council.
• Joyce Lishman, 73, British social worker, bronchopneumonia.
• Gordon McVie, 76, British oncologist.
• Rabi Mishra, 64, Indian actor, cardiac arrest.
• Sibusiso Moyo, 60, Zimbabwean politician, minister of foreign affairs, COVID-19.
• Unnikrishnan Namboothiri, 97, Indian actor, complications from COVID-19.
• Ronnie Nasralla, 90, Jamaican record producer.
• Lonnie Nielsen, 67, American golfer.
• Storrs L. Olson, 76, American paleontologist and ornithologist.
• Wayne Roberts, 76, Canadian food analyst and writer.
• Mike Sadek, 74, American baseball player, heart and lung disease.
• Abdul Sahrin, 70, Filipino revolutionary and politician, member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament, brain tumor.
• Gajendra Singh Shaktawat, 47, Indian politician, Rajasthan MLA, COVID-19.
• Eden Shand, 81, Trinidadian environmentalist and politician, MP.
• Bill Sheat, 90, New Zealand lawyer and arts advocate.
• Dominic J. Squatrito, 82, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Connecticut.
• Peter Swan, 84, English footballer.
• Ted Thompson, 68, American football player and executive, general manager of Green Bay Packers, Super Bowl champion, dysautonomia.
• Martha Jachi Umbulla, 65, Tanzanian politician, MNA.
• Harold Widom, 88, American mathematician, complications from COVID-19.
• Ian Wilson, 81, English cinematographer, COVID-19.
• Harthorne Wingo, 73, American basketball player.
• Boris Zaborov, 85, Belarusian artist.

21

• Clarence Allen, 95, American geologist and seismologist.
• Calixto Avena, 77, Colombian footballer, COVID-19.
• Bob Avian, 83, American choreographer and theatre producer, cardiac arrest.
• Evert Båge, 95, Swedish major general.
• Fred C. Bailey, 95, American engineer.
• Murray Balagus, 91, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Dave Bolton, 83, English rugby league player.
• Donna Britt, 62, American news anchor, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Howard Carson, 63, American football player.
• Hank Coe, 74, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate, cancer.
• Anthony Dawes, 92, British actor.
• Nathalie Delon, 79, French actress, cancer.
• Brian G. Gardiner, 88, British palaeontologist and zoologist.
• Jorunn Bjørg Giske, 93, Norwegian politician, [List of Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)|deputy members of the Storting|deputy MP].
• Jean Graton, 97, French comic book writer and artist.
• Kenneth Halverson, 87, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
• George T. Heery, 93, American architect.
• Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa, 63, Nicaraguan jurist, general secretary of Central American Integration System.
• Hasso Hofmann, 86, German philosopher.
• Rémy Julienne, 90, French stuntman, COVID-19.
• Jerry Kiernan, 67, Irish Olympic long-distance runner.
• Roger LeClerc, 84, American football player.
• Abdul Majid Mandal, 72, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
• Jackson Mthembu, 62, South African politician, MP and minister in the Presidency, complications from COVID-19.
• Cecilia Mangini, 93, Italian film director.
• Anthony Mwamba, 60, Zambian Olympic boxer, COVID-19.
• Keith Nichols, 75, English jazz musician and arranger, COVID-19.
• Mick Norcross, 57, British businessman and television personality.
• Solveig Nordström, 97, Swedish archeologist.
• José Pampuro, 71, Argentine politician, general secretary of the Presidency, minister of defense, and provisional president of the Senate.
• Randy Parton, 67, American country singer-songwriter, cancer.
• José Rivera Pérez, 73, Spanish bullfighter, cancer.
• Johnny Rogan, 67, English music journalist and biographer.
• Phillip Russell, 88, American arbovirologist and general, cancer.
• Guy Shuttleworth, 94, English cricketer.
• José Crisologo Sorra, 91, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Virac and Legazpi.
• Dalma Špitzerová, 95, Slovak actress.
• Tony Waldron, British bioarchaeologist.

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• Hank Aaron, 86, American Hall of Fame baseball player and civil rights activist.
• Edwin Ariyadasa, 98, Sri Lankan journalist.
• Jean-Pierre Baeumler, 72, French politician, deputy.
• Jacqueline Berenstein-Wavre, 99, Swiss politician and feminist, member of the Grand Council of Geneva.
• José Manuel Botella Crespo, 71, Spanish politician, deputy and member of the Corts Valencianes.
• Élisabeth Burdot, 81, Belgian journalist.
• Ron Campbell, 81, Australian animator.
• Narendra Chanchal, 80, Indian singer.
• Aeneas Chigwedere, 81, Zimbabwean politician, minister of education and governor of Mashonaland East, COVID-19.
• Henryk Chmielewski, 97, Polish comic book artist.
• Hughroy Currie, 61, Jamaican-born British boxer.
• Louis Dandrel, 82, French sound designer and musician.
• Nick Drake-Lee, 78, English rugby union player.
• Ricardo Durão, 92, Portuguese Olympic modern pentathlete.
• José Ángel García, 70, Mexican actor and television director, pulmonary fibrosis.
• Routouang Yoma Golom, Chadian militant and politician, MP.
• Feliks Gromov, 83, Russian admiral, commander-in-chief of the Navy.
• Guem, 73, Algerian musician, composer and dancer.
• Juan Guzmán Tapia, 81, Chilean judge.
• Jean Assaad Haddad, 94, Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch, archeparch of Tyre.
• Marius van Heerden, 46, South African Olympic middle-distance runner, COVID-19.
• Ibrahim Ishaq, 75, Sudanese writer.
• Tony Jones, 54, American football player.
• Jorunn Kirkenær, 94, Norwegian ballet dancer.
• Steven T. Kuykendall, 73, American politician, member of the California State Assembly and U.S. House of Representatives, pulmonary fibrosis.
• Janet Lawson, 80, American jazz singer.
• Gianfranco Lombardi, 79, Italian Hall of Fame basketball player and coach.
• Alfredo Magarotto, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Chioggia and Vittorio Veneto.
• Meherzia Labidi Maïza, 57, Tunisian politician and translator, member of the Constituent Assembly and deputy.
• Joel Biggie Matiza, 60, Zimbabwean politician, minister of transport, communication and infrastructural development, COVID-19.
• Forrest Moses, 86, American abstract painter.
• Sharon Kay Penman, 75, American historical novelist, pneumonia.
• Harry Perry, 86, Irish Olympic boxer.
• Cyril Pinder, 74, American football player.
• James Purify, 76, American soul singer, complications of COVID-19.
• Freddie Ryder, 78, British singer and guitarist.
• Abdul Aziz Said, 90, Syrian-American political scientist.
• Craige Schensted, 93, American physicist and mathematician.
• Martin Schneider, 82, German opera director.
• Alan Selman, 79, American mathematician and theoretical computer scientist.
• Luton Shelton, 35, Jamaican footballer, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Raimo Suikkanen, 78, Finnish Olympic racing cyclist.
• F. X. Sudjasmin, 77, Indonesian military officer, deputy chief of staff of the Army.
• Johnny Williams, 73, English footballer.
• Paradzai Zimondi, 73, Zimbabwean independence activist and military officer, COVID-19.

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• Carlos Antunes, 82, Portuguese revolutionary and anti-fascist militant, COVID-19.
• RaNae Bair, 77, American Olympic javelin thrower, cancer.
• Walter Bernstein, 101, American screenwriter and film director, pneumonia.
• Emil Bildstein, 89, German Olympic water polo player.
• Sylvanus Blackman, 87, Barbadian-British Olympic weightlifter.
• Marty Brill, 88, American comedian and actor.
• Andrew Brooks, 51, American medical researcher, heart attack.
• Mohamed Hédi Chérif, 88, Tunisian historian and academic.
• Charles Dyer, 92, English screenwriter, playwright and actor.
• Dennis Ede, 89, British Anglican priest, archdeacon of Stoke.
• Tony Ferrer, 86, Filipino actor, heart disease.
• Paul Foytack, 90, American baseball player.
• Abukari Gariba, 81, Ghanaian Olympic footballer.
• Peter Gillott, 85, English footballer.
• Alberto Grimaldi, 95, Italian film producer.
• Jonas Gwangwa, 83, South African jazz trombonist and film composer.
• Sir Peter Harper, 81, British geneticist.
• Hal Holbrook, 95, American actor, Emmy winner.
• Larry King, 87, American Hall of Fame broadcaster, sepsis as a complication of COVID-19.
• Martha Madrigal, 92, Mexican poet, COVID-19.
• Lothar Metz, 82, German Olympic wrestler, gold, silver, and bronze medalist.
• Geronimo Meynier, 79, Italian actor.
• Trisha Noble, 76, Australian singer and actress, mesothelioma.
• John Oliver, 81, English Anglican priest, archdeacon of Leeds.
• Nilda Pedrosa, 46, American politician, acting under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, cancer.
• Omar Pirrera, 88, Italian poet, COVID-19.
• J. D. Power III, 89, American marketing executive, founder of J.D. Power.
• Margherita Roberti, 95, American operatic soprano.
• Robert Rowland, 54, British politician, MEP, drowned.
• Sumiko Sakamoto, 84, Japanese actress and singer, stroke.
• Robert William Schrier, 84, American medical researcher.
• Song Yoo-jung, 26, South Korean actress.
• Tom Stevens, 64, American musician.
• Wayne Stevens, 84, American basketball player.
• Roy Torrens, 72, Irish cricket player and manager, COVID-19.
• George Weatherill, 84, Australian politician, South Australia MLC.
• Pheoris West, 70, American artist.
• Gunawan Wirosaroyo, 74, Indonesian politician, MP.
• Joan Luedders Wolfe, 91, American environmentalist.

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• George Armstrong, 90, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player, Stanley Cup champion.
• Arik Brauer, 92, Austrian artist, co-founder of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.
• Jevrem Brković, 87, Montenegrin writer, poet, and historian.
• Roberto Cañas López, 70, Salvadoran politician, economist and academic, signatory of the Chapultepec Peace Accords.
• Nikolay Chebotko, 38, Kazakh Olympic cross country skier, traffic collision.
• António Cardoso e Cunha, 87, Portuguese politician, European Commissioner.
• Lars Ditlev, 69, Danish-American football player.
• Gilbert Duchateau, 73, Belgian Olympic sport shooter.
• Mohanna Durra, 83, Jordanian painter.
• Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, 70, Icelandic footballer.
• Sonny Fox, 95, American television host, COVID-19.
• Phyllis Gilmore, 74, American politician.
• John F. Grundhofer, 82, American banker and executive, chairman of U.S. Bancorp.
• Abdullahi Ibrahim, 82, Nigerian lawyer and politician, minister of justice, COVID-19.
• Jerry Johnson, 102, American basketball coach.
• Michael Kawchuk, 89, Canadian politician.
• Bruce Kirby, 95, American actor.
• Franciszek Kokot, 91, Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist, rector of Medical Academy of Silesia, complications from COVID-19.
• Barry Le Va, 79, American sculptor and installation artist.
• Gunnel Lindblom, 89, Swedish actress.
• William Alwyn Lishman, 89, British psychiatrist and neurologist.
• Polly Lou Livingston, 91, American voice actress.
• Sigvard Marjasin, 91, Swedish civil servant, president of the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union and governor of Örebro County, COVID-19.
• Jeanette Maus, 39, American actress and actress, colon cancer.
• Bobby McKee, 79, Northern Irish politician, mayor of Larne.
• Jean-Pierre Michel, 82, French politician, deputy and senator.
• Barrie Mitchell, 73, Scottish footballer.
• Moshe Moskowitz, 96, Israeli politician, head of Shafir Regional Council.
• Bootsie Neal, 68, American politician, city commissioner of Dayton, Ohio.
• Don M. Newman, 97, American pharmacist, deputy secretary of health and human services.
• Patrick O'Donoghue, 86, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Lancaster.
• Mike Omoighe, 62, Nigerian artist and educator, COVID-19.
• Urszula Plenkiewicz, 99, Polish scout and liaison officer.
• Ron Rafferty, 86, English footballer.
• Carl Schalk, 91, American composer.
• Frank Shankwitz, 77, American philanthropist, co-founder of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, esophageal cancer.
• Joseph Sonnabend, 88, South African physician and HIV/AIDS researcher, complications from a heart attack.
• Barbara Sullivan, 78, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP, cancer.
• Marcel Uderzo, 87, French comic book artist, COVID-19.
• Sifis Valirakis, 77, Greek politician and anti-junta activist, MP and minister of public order, drowned.
• David Washbrook, 72, British historian.
• Joe Yamauchi, 87, Canadian football player.
• Notable Brazilians who died in the 2021 Palmas FR plane crash:
• *Marcus Molinari, 23, footballer.
• *Guilherme Noé, 28, footballer.
• *Ranule, 27, footballer.

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• John Ackroyd, 83, British engineer.
• Ihwan Datu Adam, 56, Indonesian politician, MP.
• Sōichi Aikawa, 78, Japanese politician, mayor of Urawa, Saitama and Saitama, respiratory failure.
• Mike Bell, 63, American motorcycle racer, heart attack.
• Big Drama, 15, American racehorse, euthanized.
• Chico Borja, 61, Ecuadorian-American soccer player and manager, colon cancer.
• David Bright, 64, Botswanan football manager, complications from COVID-19.
• Tseng Chang, 90, Chinese-American actor.
• Jaoid Chiguer, 35, French Olympic boxer, heart attack.
• Marie Harmon, 97, American actress.
• Iron, 29, South Korean rapper, blunt force trauma.
• Masada Iosefa, 32, Samoan rugby league player, traffic collision.
• David Katzenstein, 69, American virologist, COVID-19.
• Pierre Lherminier, 90, French cinematic historian and writer.
• Richard McCann, 71, American writer.
• Avelino Méndez Rangel, 62, Mexican politician, deputy, COVID-19.
• C. R. Parthiban, 92, Indian actor.
• Jane Priestman, 90, British designer.
• Herman Puig, 92, Cuban photographer and painter.
• Jean Richard, 99, French historian.
• Ron Rodecker, 90, American educator, artist and television writer, heart failure.
• Dick Smith, 94, American baseball player.
• Vladimír Suchánek, 87, Czech artist.
• Maryan Synakowski, 84, French footballer.
• Enrique Tábara, 90, Ecuadorian painter, heart attack.
• Dobrivoje Tošković, 93–94, Serbian architect, urban planner, and university professor.
• Mart Vilt, 85, Estonian middle-distance runner.
• Alistair Walker, 76, Canadian-born English racing driver.

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• 6 Dogs, 21, American rapper, suicide by jumping.
• Georgi Ananiev, 70, Bulgarian politician, minister of defence, COVID-19.
• Alan Ashcroft, 90, English rugby union player.
• Harry Beal, 90, American soldier, first Navy SEAL.
• Winfried Bölke, 79, German racing cyclist.
• Stephen Carter, 77, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, COVID-19.
• Kjersti Døvigen, 77, Norwegian actress.
• Yabing Masalon Dulo, 106, Filipino textile weaver and dyer.
• Berit Oskal Eira, 69, Norwegian politician, Sámi MP.
• Fred Forsberg, 76, American football player.
• Peter Forster, 86, British wood engraver and printmaker.
• Virginia Fraser, 73, Australian artist.
• Ken Frost, 82, American football player.
• Margitta Gummel, 79, German shot putter, Olympic champion.
• James Gita Hakim, 66, South Sudanese–Ugandan cardiologist, COVID-19.
• Richard Holzer, 97, Austrian-born Panamanian architect.
• Val Howell, Welsh lawn bowler.
• Nurul Huq, 85, Bangladeshi naval officer, chief of Naval Staff, complications from diabetes.
• Constance Isherwood, 101, Canadian lawyer.
• Ron Johnson, 64, American baseball player and manager, COVID-19.
• Billy Kenoi, 52, American politician, mayor of Hawaii County, myelofibrosis.
• Jack L. Koenig, 87, American chemical engineer.
• Norman Krivosha, 86, American lawyer and jurist, chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court.
• María Teresa Linares Savio, 100, Cuban musicologist and ethnographer.
• Richard Machek, 83, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives.
• Hana Maciuchová, 75, Czech actress.
• Luc Julian Matthys, 85, Belgian-born Australian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Armidale.
• Bob McCallister, 86, American golfer, PGA Tour champion.
• George T. McDonald, 76, American philanthropist and social worker.
• Gene McDowell, 81, American football player and coach, leukemia.
• Stephan P. Mickle, 76, American jurist, judge and chief judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern Florida.
• John Mortimore, 86, English football player and manager.
• John Morton, 95, English trade unionist and musician, general secretary of the Musicians' Union and president of the International Federation of Musicians.
• Cindy Nemser, 83, American art historian.
• Lars Norén, 76, Swedish playwright, novelist and poet, COVID-19.
• Abdulkadir Orire, 87, Nigerian Islamic legal scholar.
• Cara O'Sullivan, 59, Irish coloratura soprano singer.
• Sergei Prikhodko, 64, Russian politician, deputy prime minister, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Sekou Smith, 48, American sportswriter and journalist, COVID-19.
• Margaret C. Snyder, 91, American social scientist and feminist, founder of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, cardiac arrest.
• Ann Suzuki, 85, Canadian textile artist.
• Ben Te Haara, 88, New Zealand Anglican prelate, bishop of Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau.
• Peter Thorburn, 81, New Zealand rugby union player and coach.
• Carlos Holmes Trujillo, 69, Colombian politician and diplomat, minister of the interior, foreign affairs and defense, COVID-19.
• Jozef Vengloš, 84, Slovak football player and manager.
• Peter Vere-Jones, 81, British-born New Zealand actor.
• Osamu Yamaji, 91, Japanese footballer.

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• Flavio Alfaro, 59, American baseball player, Olympic silver medalist, pancreatic cancer.
• Sidney Alford, 86, British explosives engineer and inventor, heart failure.
• Bertulfo Álvarez, 69–70, Colombian guerrilla fighter.
• Ansif Ashraf, 37, Indian magazine editor, COVID-19.
• Gert Blomé, 86, Swedish ice hockey player, Olympic silver medallist.
• Blas Camacho, 81, Spanish lawyer and politician, deputy, COVID-19.
• Yvonne Conolly, 81, Jamaican-born British educator, myeloma.
• José Cruz, 68, Honduran footballer, COVID-19.
• Anne Daubenspeck-Focke, 98, German sculptor and painter.
• Héctor Fix-Zamudio, 96, Mexican jurist, judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
• Freddy, 8, English Great Dane, world's tallest dog.
• Dick Gallup, 79, American poet.
• Guy Emmanuel Alain Gauze, 68, Ivorian politician and diplomat, ambassador to the European Union.
• Goddess Bunny, 61, American drag queen and actress, COVID-19.
• Godfrey Hodgson, 86, British journalist and historian.
• Margareta Jacobsson, 91, Swedish Olympic alpine skier.
• Jeh V. Johnson, 89, American architect.
• Helga Klein, 89, German Olympic sprinter.
• Cloris Leachman, 94, American Hall of Fame actress, Oscar winner, stroke and COVID-19.
• Corky Lee, 73, American photojournalist, complications from COVID-19.
• Saini Lemamea, 56, Samoan rugby union player.
• Michael McGrath, 78, American politician, Minnesota state treasurer.
• Wendel Meldrum, 66, Canadian actress.
• Mehrdad Minavand, 45, Iranian football player and manager, COVID-19.
• Phillida Nicholson, 96, British artist.
• Tim Owhefere, 57, Nigerian politician, Delta State MHA.
• Jerome Pearson, 82, American engineer and space scientist.
• Aminuddin Ponulele, 81, Indonesian academician and politician, governor of Central Sulawesi.
• Antoni Puigdellívol, 74, Andorran politician, mayor of Andorra la Vella, MP, and minister of tourism and environment.
• Tiina Rinne, 91, Finnish actress.
• Efraín Ruales, 36, Ecuadorian actor, musician, and TV presenter, shot.
• Trung Kiên, 81, Vietnamese classical singer.
• Carmen Vázquez, 72, American LGBT activist and writer, complications from COVID-19.

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• Wismoyo Arismunandar, 80, Indonesian military officer, chief of staff of the Army.
• Chedly Ayari, 87, Tunisian economist and politician, minister of education and finance, president of the Central Bank, COVID-19.
• Mangal Bagh, 47–48, Pakistani militant, leader of Lashkar-e-Islam, mine explosion.
• Lida Barrett, 93, American mathematician.
• John L. Behan, 76, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly.
• Rod Boll, 68, Canadian Olympic sports shooter.
• Ron Botchan, 85, American football player and umpire.
• Leslie Brown, 84, English footballer.
• Adrián Campos, 60, Spanish racing driver and team owner.
• Miguel Celdrán, 80, Spanish politician, senator and mayor of Badajoz.
• Eddie Connachan, 85, Scottish footballer.
• Paul J. Crutzen, 87, Dutch atmospheric chemist, Nobel laureate.
• Cédric Demangeot, 46, French poet.
• Yvon Douis, 85, French footballer, COVID-19.
• Jean Dubois, 94, Belgian Olympic field hockey player.
• Guillermo Galeote, 79, Spanish doctor and politician, deputy, COVID-19.
• Kathleen Ann Goonan, 68, American science fiction author, bone cancer.
• John Grant, 89, Scottish footballer.
• Morton Ira Greenberg, 87, American jurist, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
• Shaibal Gupta, 67, Indian social scientist, multiple organ failure.
• Rafael Heredia, 84, Mexican Olympic basketball player.
• Bjarne Holen, 95, Norwegian politician, deputy MP.
• Gil Imaná, 87, Bolivian muralist and painter.
• César Isella, 82, Argentine singer-songwriter, coronary disease.
• Abu Yasser al-Issawi, 43, Iraqi Islamic militant, military strike.
• Dominic Jeeva, 93, Sri Lankan author.
• Mangalamkunnu Karnan, 60–63, Indian elephant, cardiac arrest.
• Ryszard Kotys, 88, Polish actor, COVID-19.
• Sibongile Khumalo, 63, South African singer.
• Annette Kullenberg, 82, Swedish journalist and author, COVID-19.
• Vasily Lanovoy, 87, Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR, complications of COVID-19.
• Christopher Lewis, 76, American filmmaker, heart disease.
• Juan del Río Martín, 73, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, military archbishop of Spain and bishop of Asidonia-Jerez, COVID-19.
• Alberto Matos, 76, Portuguese Olympic sprinter.
• Kenneth Mthiyane, 76, South African jurist, deputy president of the Supreme Court of Appeal, COVID-19.
• Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez, 61, Mexican astrobiologist, COVID-19.
• Walter Plywaski, 91, Polish-born American Holocaust survivor and lecturer, complications from COVID-19.
• Alice Recoque, 91, French computer scientist.
• Sherman Robertson, 72, American blues musician.
• Krishan Dev Sethi, 93, Indian politician and independence activist, member of the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir.
• Singing Sandra, 64, Trinidadian calypso singer.
• Bachir Skiredj, 81, Moroccan actor, COVID-19.
• Aidan Sprot, 102, British army officer.
• Cicely Tyson, 96, American Hall of Fame actress, Tony winner.
• Wang Shouguan, 98, Chinese astronomer, delegate to the National People's Congress and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Jeffrey Watson, 81, British priest, archdeacon of Ely.
• Heidi Weisel, 59, American fashion designer.
• Lewis Wolpert, 91, South African-born British developmental biologist, COVID-19.
• Valerie Yule, 92, Australian child psychologist.

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• Ahmed Achour, 75, Tunisian composer and conductor.
• Emilia Asim-Ita, 33, Nigerian entrepreneur, co-founder of The Future Awards Africa.
• Beatriz Barba, 92, Mexican archaeologist, member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.
• Bunki Bankaitis-Davis, 63, American Olympic cyclist, world champion, cancer.
• Walker Boone, 76, Canadian actor.
• Dick Callahan, 80, American public address announcer.
• John Chaney, 89, American Hall of Fame basketball coach.
• Cy Chermak, 91, American television producer.
• Michael Clanchy, 84, British medieval historian, stroke.
• Calane da Silva, 75, Mozambican writer and journalist, COVID-19.
• Christian Daigle, 42, Canadian ice hockey agent.
• Art Davis, 86, American football player, Parkinson's disease.
• Donald J. Delandro, 85, American brigadier general.
• Richard L. Feigen, 90, American art gallery owner, complications from COVID-19.
• Roberto Frojuello, 83, Brazilian footballer.
• Grady Gaines, 86, American blues saxophonist.
• Robert Heuberger, 99, Swiss businessman.
• Flory Jagoda, 97, Bosnian-born American musician and songwriter.
• Dante Jimenez, 68, Filipino educator and victims' rights campaigner, chairman of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission, aortic aneurysm.
• Arvind Joshi, 84, Indian actor.
• José Júlio, 85, Portuguese bullfighter, COVID-19.
• Maurice Kleman, 86, French physicist.
• Otto Dov Kulka, 88, Israeli historian.
• John E. Kutzbach, 83, American climate scientist.
• Lai Xiaomin, 58, Chinese economist and convicted embezzler, chairman of China Huarong Asset Management, execution.
• Jeremy Lubbock, 89, English pianist and Grammy-winning arranger.
• Mary Anne Marchino, 83, American Olympic swimmer.
• Alberto Neuman, 87, Argentine classical pianist.
• Reinaldo Paniagua Diez, 86, Puerto Rican politician, secretary of state and senator.
• Didier Pasgrimaud, 54, French Olympic cyclist.
• Joe Pat Prunty, 88, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer.
• Merritt Ruhlen, 76, American linguist.
• Rolf Siemssen, 87, Dutch-German nuclear physicist.
• Steve Stephens, 90, American personal relations practitioner and presenter.
• Tochinoumi Teruyoshi, 82, Japanese sumo wrestler, aspiration pneumonia.
• Jacqueline Thévoz, 94, Swiss writer, poet and journalist.
• Percy Tucker, 92, South African author and ticket selling agent, COVID-19.
• Varol Ürkmez, 84, Turkish footballer.
• Hilton Valentine, 77, English Hall of Fame guitarist.

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• Jay Blumler, 96, American-British theorist of communication and media.
• Allan Burns, 85, American television producer and screenwriter, Emmy winner.
• Helene S. Coleman, 95, American religious activist, president of the National Council of Jewish Women.
• Chad Colley, 76, American para-alpine skier, army officer, and disability advocate, Paralympic champion.
• József Csatári, 77, Hungarian wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Nisa Donnelly, 70, American novelist.
• Double K, 43, American rapper.
• Rafael Gallardo García, 93, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Linares and Tampico.
• Bill Hammond, 74, New Zealand artist.
• Bernice Falk Haydu, 100, American aviator.
• Mick Kerr, 86, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer.
• Abbas Khan, 66, Pakistani squash player, complications from COVID-19.
• Wilhelm Knabe, 97, German ecologist and politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Rosalyn Koo, 94, Chinese-born American businesswoman and philanthropist.
• Michel Le Bris, 76, French writer.
• Alfreda Markowska, 94, Polish Holocaust survivor and philanthropist.
• Eugenio Martínez, 98, Cuban-born American operative and convicted criminal.
• Edward Stourton, 27th Baron Mowbray, 67, English peer, fall.
• Neelo, 80, Pakistani actress.
• Pantelei Sandulache, 64, Moldovan politician, MP.
• Turki bin Nasser Al Saud, 72, Saudi prince and military officer.
• Sophie, 34, Scottish singer-songwriter and record producer, accidental fall.
• Robert Stevens, 87, British lawyer and academic.
• Nelly Toll, 88, Polish-born American artist, writer, and Holocaust survivor, cardiac arrhythmia and pulmonary embolism.
• Michel Trempont, 92, Belgian opera singer.
• Marc Wilmore, 57, American comedian and screenwriter, Emmy winner, COVID-19.
• Alla Yoshpe, 83, Russian pop singer, People's Artist of the Russian Federation.

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• Zoila Águila Almeida, 82, Cuban revolutionary combatant, COVID-19.
• Mark Beard, 72, American racing driver and team owner.
• Douglas Bravo, 88, Venezuelan guerrilla fighter, COVID-19.
• Philip Favel, 98, Canadian indigenous activist.
• Peter T. Fay, 92, American jurist, judge of the S.D. Fla. and judge of the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.
• Benedict J. Fernandez, 84, American educator and photojournalist.
• Terrence L. Fine, 81, American scientist and philosopher.
• John Gibbons, 95, English footballer, COVID-19.
• Alejandro Gómez, 53, Spanish Olympic long-distance runner, brain tumor.
• Nate Hawkins, 70, American football player, COVID-19.
• Andrej Hryc, 71, Slovak actor, leukemia.
• Ilahi Jamadar, 74, Indian Marathi ghazal poet.
• Andrzej Kossakowski, 82, Polish theoretical physicist.
• Abdul Hamid Mahmud, 79, Indonesian military officer and politician, regent of Malang and vice-governor of East Java.
• Tozama Mantashe, 60, South African politician, MP, complications from COVID-19.
• Bill McKenny, 80, American football player.
• Lothar Meister, 90, German racing cyclist.
• Wambali Mkandawire, 68, Malawian jazz singer, COVID-19.
• Michel Murr, 88, Lebanese construction executive and politician, MP, minister of national defense and interior, COVID-19.
• Elizabeth Muyovwe, 64, Zambian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court, COVID-19.
• Michael O'Keefe, 89, American politician, member and president of the Louisiana State Senate, cancer.
• Mihail Popescu, 60, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player.
• David Rose, 89, Scottish rugby union and rugby league player.
• Martial Rose, 98, English educator and historian.
• Herman Prins Salomon, 91, Dutch translator and academic.
• Pierre-Paul Savoie, 66, Canadian choreographer and dancer, cancer.
• Yitzchok Scheiner, 98, American-born Israeli Haredi rabbi, COVID-19.
• Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, 99, Polish-born Israeli Haredi rabbi, rosh yeshiva of the Brisk yeshiva, complications from COVID-19.
• John M. Squire, 75, British biophysicist, COVID-19.
• Ladislav Štaidl, 75, Czech composer and musician, Medal of Merit recipient, complications from COVID-19.
• Justo Tejada, 88, Spanish footballer.
• Miroslav Tuđman, 74, Croatian scientist and politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Abraham J. Twerski, 90, American-born Israeli Hasidic rabbi and psychiatrist, COVID-19.
• Heidi Vanderbilt, 72, American actress.
• Oliver Welden, 74, Chilean poet.
• Eric Wetherell, 95, British conductor, composer and musical author.
• Victor Ziga, 75, Filipino politician, senator, multiple organ failure.