Deaths in May 2021

May 2021

1

• Felicia Adeyoyin, 82, Nigerian educationist and princess.
• Mary V. Ahern, 98, American radio and television producer.
• Gary K. Aronhalt, 72, American lawyer, Virginia secretary of public safety.
• Pieter Aspe, 68, Belgian writer.
• Debu Chaudhuri, 85, Indian sitarist and writer, complications from COVID-19.
• Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of São Luís do Maranhão.
• Francis Ducreux, 76, French racing cyclist.
• Marc Dudicourt, 88, French actor.
• Olympia Dukakis, 89, American actress, Oscar winner.
• Henryetta Edwards, 95, British actress.
• José Daniel Falla Robles, 64, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Cali and bishop of Soacha, COVID-19.
• Jean Fontaine, 84, French theologian and writer, COVID-19.
• Helen Murray Free, 98, American chemist, complications from a stroke.
• Richard Halliwell, 62, British game designer.
• József Hámori, 89, Hungarian biologist and politician, minister of culture.
• Joseph W. Hatchett, 88, American jurist, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, judge and chief judge of the Eleventh Circuit.
• Peter Heerey, 82, Australian jurist, judge of the Federal Court of Australia, cancer.
• Włodzimierz Heliński, 65, Polish speedway rider.
• Tom Hickey, 77, Irish actor.
• Wondress Hutchinson, 56, American singer.
• Paul Ioannidis, 97, Greek resistance fighter and pilot.
• Al Jamison, 83, American football player.
• Kate Jennings, 72, Australian poet and writer.
• Bikramjeet Kanwarpal, 52, Indian actor, COVID-19.
• Ghulam Mohammed Khan, 74, Indian equestrian, COVID-19.
• Kuan Yun-loong, 92, Taiwanese painter, writer and poet, complications from a fall.
• John Paul Leon, 49, American comic book artist, cancer.
• Edy Lima, 96, Brazilian writer, Prêmio Jabuti laureate.
• Nancy McCredie, 76, Canadian Olympic athlete.
• Nine Moati, 83, French novelist.
• Joseph Z. Nederlander, 93, American theatre owner and manager.
• Barry Nelson, 89, Australian rugby league footballer.
• Andrzej Osęka, 89, Polish art historian, journalist and art critic, recipient of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
• Mikhail Plotkin, 77, Russian music producer and administrator, complications from COVID-19.
• Ricardo Ramírez, 48, Argentine footballer, complications from COVID-19.
• Rafael Roncagliolo, 76, Peruvian diplomat and politician, minister of foreign affairs.
• Kishan Rungta, 88, Indian cricket player and administrator, COVID-19.
• Mohammad Shahabuddin, 53, Indian politician and convicted kidnapper, Bihar MLA and MP, COVID-19.
• W. Royal Stokes, 90, American writer.
• Henry Ventura, 55, Venezuelan politician, deputy and minister of health, COVID-19.
• Ernest E. West, 89, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Stuart Woolf, 85, English-Italian historian.

2

• Bob Abernethy, 93, American journalist and television presenter.
• Alcira Argumedo, 80, Argentine sociologist and politician, deputy, lung cancer.
• John Bridgwater, 83, British chemical engineer.
• Joel Chadabe, 82, American electronic music pioneer.
• Bronisław Cieślak, 77, Polish actor, television presenter and politician, deputy.
• Gwendalyn F. Cody, 99, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
• Frank Costa, 83, Australian entrepreneur and philanthropist, president of Geelong Football Club, cancer.
• Jacques d'Amboise, 86, American ballet dancer, choreographer and actor, stroke.
• Lolly Debattista, 91, Maltese footballer.
• David Humphreys, 84, Australian Olympic cyclist.
• Abdur Rauf Khan, 82, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
• Hans Lotz, 73, German-Australian hammer thrower.
• Eric McClure, 42, American racing driver.
• Sally Falk Moore, 97, American legal anthropologist.
• Andrzej Możejko, 72, Polish footballer.
• S. G. Neginhal, 92, Indian forester and conservationist, COVID-19.
• Janneke Raaijmakers, 47, Dutch historian, cancer.
• Donald W. Roberts, 88, American insect pathologist.
• Teresa Román Vélez, 95, Colombian writer and chef.
• Carlos Romero Barceló, 88, Puerto Rican politician, mayor of San Juan and governor, sepsis complicated by a urinary tract infection.
• Pat Semple, 81, Scottish landscape artist.
• John Charles Sherris, 100, English-American physician.
• Damodar Barku Shingada, 66, Indian politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Marcel Stellman, 96, Belgian record producer and lyricist, creator of Countdown.
• Jesús Hilario Tundidor, 85, Spanish poet.
• Bobby Unser, 87, American Hall of Fame racing driver, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner.
• Paul Vollmar, 86, German-born Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Chur.
• Tommy West, 78, American music producer and singer-songwriter, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Blaha Ben Ziane, 67–68, Algerian actor, complications from surgery.

3

• Alfons Adam, 76, Austrian lawyer and politician, founder of Christian Party of Austria.
• Rafael Albrecht, 79, Argentine footballer, COVID-19.
• Noor Alam Khalil Amini, 68, Indian Islamic scholar.
• Vinod Kumar Bansal, 71, Indian educationist, heart attack.
• Aurélien Boisvert, 93, Canadian historian.
• Marion M. Bradford, 74, American scientist.
• Hal Breeden, 76, American baseball player.
• Donald Cameron, 74, Canadian politician, premier of Nova Scotia and Nova Scotia MLA.
• María Colombo de Acevedo, 64, Argentine politician, senator, COVID-19.
• Seán Corcoran, 74, Irish singer.
• Mary Cullinan, 70, American academic administrator, president of Eastern Washington University.
• Vinson Filyaw, 51, American convicted child rapist.
• Tatjana Gamerith, 102, German-Austrian painter and graphic artist.
• András Gergely, 74, Hungarian historian and diplomat, ambassador to the Netherlands.
• Sabbam Hari, 68, Indian politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Brian S. Hartley, 95, British biochemist.
• Surat Ikramov, 76, Uzbekistani human rights activist, pneumonia, diabetes and prostate cancer.
• Jagmohan, 93, Indian civil servant and politician, governor of Jammu and Kashmir, MP and [List of lieutenant governors of Delhi|lieutenant Governor of Puerto Rico|governor of Delhi].
• Alan Keely, 38, Irish footballer.
• Michèle Léridon, 62, French journalist and news director.
• Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, 88, Spanish-born Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Arecibo.
• Steve McKean, 77, American-born New Zealand basketball coach, cancer.
• Else Michelet, 79, Norwegian journalist and satirist.
• Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., 80, American domestic terrorist, perpetrator of the Overland Park Jewish Community Center shooting.
• Phil Naro, 63, American rock vocalist and theme songwriter, tongue cancer.
• Volodymyr Nechayev, 70, Ukrainian football player and manager.
• Juliette Paskowitz, 89, American singer and surfer.
• R. Balakrishna Pillai, 86, Indian politician and actor, Kerala MLA.
• Lloyd Price, 88, American Hall of Fame R&B singer, complications from diabetes.
• Hamid Rashid Maʽala, Iraqi politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Cliff Slaughter, 92, British political activist.
• Dick Steere, 94, American football player.
• Masatomo Taniguchi, 75, Japanese Olympic basketball player, pancreatic cancer.
• Kamel Tchalabi, 74, Algerian footballer.
• Burhanettin Uysal, 53, Turkish academic and politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Franz Vansteenkiste, 86, Belgian politician, MP.
• Ed Ward, 72, American music writer and radio commentator.
• Béchir Ben Yahmed, 93, Tunisian-French journalist, founder of Jeune Afrique, complications from COVID-19.

4

• Simon Achidi Achu, 86, Cameroonian politician, prime minister and senator.
• Antony Anandarayar, 75, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Ootacamund and archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, COVID-19.
• Julie Chipchase, 60, British football player and manager, cancer.
• Steve Conroy, 64, English footballer.
• Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, 87, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Jataí and Tocantinópolis, heart attack.
• Margaret Forsyth, 59, New Zealand netball player, coach, and politician, Hamilton city councillor, cancer.
• Omar Hugo Gómez, 65, Argentine footballer, COVID-19.
• Subhadra Sen Gupta, 68, Indian writer, COVID-19.
• Paulo Gustavo, 42, Brazilian actor and comedian, complications from COVID-19.
• Jim Hagan, 83, American basketball player.
• Jan Hahn, 47, German television presenter and radio host.
• Chuck Hicks, 93, American stuntman, complications from a stroke.
• Peter Toshio Jinushi, 90, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Sapporo.
• Jim Johnson, 78, Canadian ice hockey player.
• V. Kalyanam, 98, Indian freedom fighter.
• Nick Kamen, 59, English model, singer and songwriter, bone marrow cancer.
• Yosef Kleinman, 91, Slovakian Holocaust survivor.
• Genji Kuniyoshi, 90, Japanese singer, prostate cancer.
• Ricky Lo, 75, Filipino journalist and television host, stroke.
• Bettye Lowe, 88, American politician.
• Sir Leslie Marr, 2nd Baronet, 98, British racing driver and landscape artist.
• Alan McLoughlin, 54, Irish footballer, cancer.
• Ray Miller, 76, American baseball coach and manager.
• Luciano Modica, 71, Italian politician, senator, heart attack.
• Harvey Frans Nelson Jr., 97, American diplomat, ambassador to Swaziland.
• Abhilasha Patil, 47, Indian actress, COVID-19.
• Karamat Rahman Niazi, Pakistani naval officer, chief of naval staff.
• Traffic Ramaswamy, 87, Indian social activist, cardiac arrest.
• Willian Santiago, 30, Brazilian illustrator, graphic designer and educator, COVID-19.
• Julião Sarmento, 72, Portuguese multimedia artist and painter.
• Aleksandr Saprykin, 74, Russian volleyball player, Olympic bronze medalist.
• Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero, 90, Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Montevideo and bishop of Florida.
• T. S. Shanbhag, 84, Indian bookseller, COVID-19.
• Kirsten Stallknecht, 83, Danish nurse and trade unionist, president of FTF and ICN.
• Manas Bihari Verma, 77, Indian aeronautical scientist.
• William Westenra, 7th Baron Rossmore, 90, Irish noble.
• Bernard Ziegler, 88, French pilot and engineer.

5

• Jonathan Bush, 89, American banker.
• Cheng Youshu, 97, Chinese diplomat and poet.
• Paul Chomat, 83, French politician, deputy.
• Del Crandall, 91, American baseball player and manager.
• Konstantinas Dobrovolskis, 81, Lithuanian radiologist, minister of health.
• Lucinda Franks, 74, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, cancer.
• Yuriy Gavrilov, 54, Ukrainian handball player, Olympic gold medalist.
• Fikrat Goja, 85, Azerbaijani poet.
• Abelardo González, 76, Spanish footballer.
• Emilio Gurruchaga, 86, Spanish Olympic sailor.
• Emine Işınsu, 82, Turkish writer, poet, and journalist.
• Bertil Johansson, 86, Swedish footballer.
• George Jung, 78, American drug trafficker and smuggler, subject of Blow.
• René Le Corre, 98, French poet.
• Li Man-king, 99, Hong Kong broadcaster.
• Hilarie Lindsay, 99, Australian toy manufacturer and writer.
• Urbano Marín, 85, Chilean judge, president of the Supreme Court.
• Marcus McCraven, 97, American electrical engineer and nuclear scientist.
• Doug Melvin, 92, British rower.
• Nuno P. Monteiro, 50, Portuguese-American political scientist.
• T. K. S. Natarajan, 87, Indian actor.
• Edward Pietrzyk, 71, Polish military officer and diplomat.
• Georgy Prokopenko, 84, Ukrainian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist.
• Valeriy Raenko, 65, Russian politician, member and chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai.
• Mark Reed, 66, American physicist.
• Barry Reilly, 73, Australian rugby league player, kidney failure.
• Joan Schenkar, 78, American playwright and writer.
• Hermann Schmitz, 92, German philosopher and professor.
• Gerry Schoen, 74, American baseball player.
• Ashraf Sehrai, 77, Indian Kashmiri separatist, chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, COVID-19.
• Dildar Hossain Selim, 70, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
• Frank Sheehan, 83, Australian politician, Victorian MLA.
• Thangjam Nandakishor Singh, 64, Indian politician, Manipur MLA, COVID-19.
• Feđa Stojanović, 73, Serbian actor.
• David F. Swensen, 67, American investor and philanthropist, cancer.
• Dan Tawfik, 65, Israeli biochemist, EMET Prize winner, climbing accident.
• Ray Teret, 79, English disc jockey and convicted rapist.
• K. V. Thikkurissi, 88, Indian writer and poet, COVID-19.
• Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma, 103, Indian Mar Thoma Syrian prelate, metropolitan of the Church.
• Vivek Yadav, 36, Indian cricketer, complications from stomach cancer and COVID-19.
• Alfredo Zanellato, 90, Italian painter and sculptor.

6

• G. Anand, 67, Indian playback singer, COVID-19.
• Yitzhak Arad, 94, Israeli military officer and historian, director of Yad Vashem.
• Paul Aulagnier, 77, French Traditionalist Catholic priest, co-founder of the Institute of the Good Shepherd.
• Jim Bertelsen, 71, American football player.
• Basil Bhuriya, 65, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Jhabua, complications from COVID-19.
• David Bulow, 41, American soccer player, stroke.
• Prateek Chaudhuri, 49, Indian sitarist, COVID-19.
• Daniele Cioni, 62, Italian Olympic sport shooter, COVID-19.
• Comagan, 48, Indian singer, composer and actor, COVID-19.
• David H. Gambrell, 91, American politician, senator.
• Carlos Timoteo Griguol, 84, Argentine football player and manager, COVID-19.
• Shamim Hanafi, 82, Indian dramatist and literary critic, COVID-19.
• Murray Hedgcock, 90, Australian cricket writer and journalist.
• Dal Bahadur Kori, 64, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA, complications from COVID-19.
• Vanya Kostova, 64, Bulgarian singer, complications from COVID-19.
• Liu Xingtu, 84, Chinese agronomist, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Bhaskar Maiya, 70, Indian author, scholar and translator, COVID-19.
• Graham Mander, 89, New Zealand Olympic sailor.
• Philip P. Mason, 94, American archivist and author.
• Humberto Maturana, 92, Chilean philosopher and biologist.
• Mohan Mishra, 83, Indian physician.
• Kentaro Miura, 54, Japanese manga artist, aortic dissection.
• Gutha Muniratnam, 85, Indian social worker, COVID-19.
• Guillermo Murray, 93, Argentine-born Mexican actor, complications from dementia.
• Jacques Nihoul, 83, Belgian marine biologist.
• John Ntegyereize, 74, Ugandan Anglican prelate, bishop of Kinkiizi.
• P. Pandu, 74, Indian actor and comedian, COVID-19.
• Georges Perron, 96, French Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Djibouti.
• Prem Dhoj Pradhan, 82, Nepalese musician.
• Palamadai Muthuswamy Ramachandran, 86, Indian air force officer, vice chief of the Air Staff.
• Christophe Revault, 49, French footballer.
• Sumbul Shahid, 66–67, Pakistani actress, COVID-19.
• Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar, 80, Indian archaeologist and politician.
• Ajit Singh, 82, Indian politician, MP, minister of civil aviation and commerce and industry, COVID-19.
• Matang Sinh, 67, Indian politician, MP, complications from COVID-19.
• Bhagwati Dhar Vajpayee, 96, Indian journalist, heart attack.
• Paul Van Doren, 90, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Vans.
• Bruce West, 81, American artist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Karl Wirsum, 81, American artist, cardiac arrest.
• Felix Zabala, 83, Cuban-born American boxing promoter.

7

• Aisha Alhassan, 61, Nigerian lawyer and politician, senator.
• Ernest Angley, 99, American evangelist.
• Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay, 79, Indian tabla player, COVID-19.
• George Barlow, 88, Australian footballer.
• Courtenay Bartholomew, 89, Trinidadian physician.
• Vanraj Bhatia, 93, Indian composer.
• Cassiano, 77, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• Antanas Čikotas, 69, Lithuanian rower.
• M. Y. Eqbal, 70, Indian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court and chief justice of Madras High Court, COVID-19.
• Emmanuel Erskine, 86, Ghanaian military officer, chief of army staff, commander of UNIFIL and UNTSO.
• Antoni Gausí, 93, Spanish football player and executive.
• Pál Gömöry, 85, Hungarian Olympic sailor.
• Hubert Hughes, 87, Anguillan politician, chief minister.
• Heinz Hölscher, 95, German cinematographer.
• Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail, 80–81, Somalian diplomat, minister of foreign affairs.
• John Kay, 77, British journalist.
• Tawny Kitaen, 59, American actress, dilated cardiomyopathy.
• Oleg Krivonogov, 82, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Luxembourg.
• Lê Thụy Hải, 75, Vietnamese football player and coach, pancreatic cancer.
• Yegor Ligachyov, 100, Russian politician, member of the Soviet Central Committee and Politburo, second secretary of the Communist Party.
• John Llewelyn, 93, Welsh-born Scottish photographer.
• Graham Matters, 72, Australian actor.
• David McCall, 81, Australian Anglican bishop of Willochra and Bunbury.
• Ram Sajan Pandey, 64, Indian academic, COVID-19.
• Martín Pando, 86, Argentine footballer.
• Cruz Reynoso, 90, American civil rights lawyer and jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court of California.
• Gamal Salama, 75, Egyptian songwriter and melodist, COVID-19.
• Vinod Singh, 57, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA, COVID-19.
• John Sludden, 56, Scottish football player and manager.
• Tai, 52, American Asian elephant, kidney failure.
• Kalthoon Thilak, 78, Indian actor, COVID-19.
• Keith Waples, 97, Canadian sulky driver and horse trainer.

8

• Tanveer Akhtar, Indian politician, Bihar MLC, COVID-19.
• Mixel Berhokoirigoin, 69, French farmer and activist.
• Tatiana Bershadskaya, 99, Russian musicologist.
• Bo, 12, American dog, presidential pet, cancer.
• Bob Chitester, 83, American television executive and producer, cancer.
• Raul Danda, 63, Angolan politician, MP.
• Georgi Dimitrov, 62, Bulgarian football player and manager, cancer.
• David K. Doyle, 89, American lieutenant general.
• Pete du Pont, 86, American politician, governor of Delaware, member of the Delaware and U.S. House of Representatives.
• Fadeli, 65, Indonesian politician, regent of Lamongan.
• Graeme Ferguson, 91, Canadian filmmaker, co-inventor of IMAX, cancer.
• Paul A. Fischer, 85, American politician.
• Donald L. Friedrich, 91, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
• Curtis Fuller, 88, American jazz trombonist.
• Aurelia Greene, 86, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly.
• Miodrag Gvozdenović, 76, Serbian volleyball player.
• Eula Hall, 93, American healthcare activist.
• Ronald Inglehart, 86, American political scientist.
• Helmut Jahn, 81, German-American architect, traffic collision.
• Theodore Katsanevas, 74, Greek academic and politician, MP and founder of Drachmi Greek Democratic Movement Five Stars, COVID-19.
• Khat Thi, 44–45, Burmese poet and protester.
• Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, 66, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion, COVID-19.
• Pantelis Kouros, 88, Cypriot politician, deputy minister to the president.
• Lee Han-dong, 86, South Korean politician, prime minister.
• German Lorca, 98, Brazilian photographer.
• Low Yow Chuan, 88, Malaysian real estate developer.
• Cal Luther, 93, American basketball coach.
• Jean Maran, 101, French politician, deputy and mayor of Sainte-Luce, Martinique, heart failure.
• Bernice Mitchell, 81, American politician.
• S. A. E. Nababan, 87, Indonesian Lutheran prelate.
• Sanda Oumarou, 38, Cameroonian footballer.
• Don Parrish, 66, American football player.
• Gordon Pettengill, 95, American radio astronomer, congestive heart failure.
• Jean-Luc Phaneuf, 65, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Jean-Claude Romer, 88, French actor, film critic and film historian.
• Shakeel Ahmed Samdani, 59, Indian academic, COVID-19.
• Miguel Schweitzer Walters, 80, Chilean lawyer and diplomat, minister of foreign affairs, ambassador to the United Kingdom.
• Eleanor Bernert Sheldon, 101, American sociologist, president of the SSRC.
• Spencer Silver, 80, American chemist, co-inventor of Post-it Notes.
• Ravinder Pal Singh, 60, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion, COVID-19.
• George Skudder, 73, New Zealand rugby union player.
• Rana Waitai, 78, New Zealand politician, MP.
• Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole, 82, British hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords.
• Asfaw Yemiru, 78–79, Ethiopian educator.

9

• Ahmed Al Khattab, 78–79, Jordanian politician, minister of agriculture and MP.
• Tristyn Bailey, 13, American student, stabbed.
• Jacques Bouveresse, 80, French philosopher.
• José Manuel Caballero Bonald, 94, Spanish poet and novelist, Miguel de Cervantes Prize winner.
• Monique Cerisier-ben Guiga, 78, French politician, senator.
• Neil Connery, 82, Scottish actor.
• James Dean, 35, English footballer.
• Marye Anne Fox, 73, American chemist and academic administrator, chancellor of North Carolina State University and the University of California, San Diego.
• Alec Graham, 91, British Anglican prelate, bishop of Newcastle.
• Karl-Günther von Hase, 103, German diplomat, ambassador to the United Kingdom, director of ZDF.
• George Hovland, 94, American Olympic cross country skier.
• Robert David Jackson, 86, British-born Canadian diplomat.
• Meindert Leerling, 85, Dutch journalist and politician, member of the Second Chamber.
• Miguel Lifschitz, 65, Argentine politician, governor of Santa Fe and mayor of Rosario, Santa Fe, COVID-19.
• Raghunath Mohapatra, 78, Indian architect, sculptor and politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Chris Newman, 67, American musician, cancer.
• Bruno Oldani, 85, Swiss designer.
• Dhiru Parikh, 87, Indian poet and editor.
• Bratislav Petković, 72, Serbian film and theater director and playwright, minister of culture and information.
• Nandivada Rathnasree, 57, Indian astrophysicist, COVID-19.
• K. B. Shanappa, 82, Indian politician, MP, COVID-19.
• William Gerald Strongman, 84, Canadian politician.
• Viliam Turčány, 93, Slovak poet, translator and writer.
• Marion Walter, 92, German-born American mathematician.
• Robert Ward, 68, American politician, member and minority leader of the Connecticut House of Representatives, kidney failure.

10

• Maurice Adevah-Pœuf, 78, French politician, deputy, mayor of Thiers.
• Sami Hasan Al Nash, 64, Yemeni football manager, COVID-19.
• Miguel Arellano, 80, Mexican Olympic basketball player, cancer.
• Josep Maria Batlle i Farran, 71, Spanish politician, senator and mayor of Puigverd de Lleida, tractor accident.
• Lars-Gunnar Bodin, 85, Swedish electronic musician.
• Frank Brazier, 87, Australian Olympic cyclist.
• Salem Chandrasekharan, Indian film producer, COVID-19.
• Haralambie Corbu, 91, Moldovan philologist, member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.
• Marc Daniëls, 61, Belgian comic book artist, COVID-19.
• Brendan Edwards, 85, Australian footballer.
• Michel Fourniret, 79, French serial killer, respiratory failure.
• Fortunato Franco, 84, Indian footballer.
• Art Gensler, 85, American architect, founder of Gensler.
• Inaya Jaber, 62, Lebanese writer and journalist.
• Kevin Jackson, 66, English writer, broadcaster and filmmaker.
• Dennis Joseph, 63, Indian screenwriter and film director, stroke.
• Jerome Kagan, 92, American psychologist.
• Sambhajirao Kakade, 89, Indian politician, MP.
• Jenny King, 92, New Zealand librarian.
• Cristopher Mansilla, 30, Chilean track and road cyclist, COVID-19.
• Néstor Montelongo, 66, Uruguayan footballer, 1983 Copa América winner.
• Johannes Møllehave, 84, Danish Lutheran priest and theologian.
• Dieudonné Ntep, 61, Cameroonian Olympic cyclist.
• B. Prasada Rao, 65, Indian police officer, DGP of Andhra Pradesh, cardiac arrest.
• Rasa Singh Rawat, 79, Indian politician, MP.
• Froy Salinas, 81, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives.
• Richie Scheinblum, 78, American baseball player.
• Michael Settonni, 61, American news anchor.
• Abdolvahab Shahidi, 98, Iranian barbat player, singer and composer, heart disease.
• Giosuè Stucchi, 90, Italian footballer.
• Joker Thulasi, 71, Indian actor and comedian, COVID-19.
• Svante Thuresson, 84, Swedish jazz musician.
• Pauline Tinsley, 93, British soprano.

11

• Vahur Afanasjev, 41, Estonian writer.
• Victor Asirvatham, 80, Malaysian Olympic runner.
• Henri Beaujean, 95, Guadeloupean politician, deputy of the French National Assembly.
• Serge Bouchard, 73, Canadian anthropologist and writer.
• Colt Brennan, 37, American football player.
• Janine Brookner, 80, American lawyer and CIA agent, complications from kidney disease and cancer.
• Dan W. Brown, 70, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives and Senate.
• John Castellani, 94, American basketball coach.
• Attila Demény, 66, Hungarian composer and theatre director.
• Greg Findlay, 78, Canadian football player.
• K. R. Gouri Amma, 101, Indian politician, Travancore–Cochin and Kerala MLA.
• John Hickman, 78, American banjo player.
• Madampu Kunjukuttan, 79, Indian screenwriter and actor, COVID-19.
• Bernard Lachance, 46, Canadian singer-songwriter and conspiracy theorist, complications from AIDS.
• Christine Laprell, 71, German Olympic alpine skier.
• Norman Lloyd, 106, American actor, producer and director.
• Nancy Marie, 112, Seychelles supercentenarian.
• Rashid Meer, 70, Indian poet and editor, COVID-19.
• Michael Monfils, 82, American politician, mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
• Richard Nonas, 85, American sculptor.
• Mats Nyby, 74, Finnish politician, MP.
• Wilfried Peffgen, 78, German Olympic cyclist.
• Howard H. Rainey, 93, American politician.
• Nellai Siva, 69, Indian actor.
• Buddy Van Horn, 92, American stunt performer and film director.
• Frank Warrick, 76, Australian television journalist and newsreader.
• Lester L. Wolff, 102, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Chuck Welke, 67, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate.
• Vladislav Yegin, 32, Russian ice hockey player, complications from COVID-19.
• Zemi Yenus, 61, Ethiopian businesswoman and autism activist, complications from COVID-19.

12

• Tofig Aghahuseynov, 98, Azerbaijani military leader.
• Homen Borgohain, 88, Indian journalist and novelist, complications from COVID-19.
• Jerry Burns, 94, American football coach.
• Fred Buttsworth, 93, Australian footballer.
• Venugopal Chandrasekhar, 63, Indian table tennis player, COVID-19.
• Ubiratan D'Ambrosio, 88, Brazilian mathematician.
• Patrick Dean, 45, American cartoonist, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Seamus Deane, 81, Northern Irish poet and writer.
• Nick Downie, 74, British journalist and soldier, COVID-19.
• Jiří Feureisl, 89, Czech footballer and ice hockey player.
• Hurley Goodall, 93, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives.
• Louis De Grève, 91, Belgian politician and jurist, senator, MP, and judge of the Court of Arbitration.
• Dixie Hale, 85, Irish footballer.
• Rajeev Karwal, 58, Indian businessman, COVID-19.
• Jim Klobuchar, 93, American journalist and author.
• Bob Koester, 88, American music executive, founder of Delmark Records.
• Kira Kreylis-Petrova, 89, Russian actress.
• Vadim Logunov, 53, Russian footballer.
• Maran, 48, Indian actor and singer, COVID-19.
• Tatiana Nikonova, 43, Russian feminist, journalist, and sex educator.
• Luigi Panigazzi, 96, Italian partisan and politician, senator.
• Ton Pansier, 74, Dutch footballer.
• Francisco Pelló Hernandis, 85, Spanish-born Argentine painter, sculptor and poet, heart failure.
• Vladimír Príkazský, 85, Czech journalist and politician, minister without portfolio.
• Ján Repák, 65, Slovak Olympic volleyball player.
• Ivanildo Rozenblad, 24, Surinamese footballer.
• Bryan Sperry, 95, American football player and coach.
• Stephen Sternberg, 100, American pathologist.
• Jack Terricloth, 50, American musician.
• Ralph Turlington, 100, American politician, member and speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Florida commissioner of education.
• Higinio Vélez, 73, Cuban baseball coach, COVID-19.

13

• Maria João Abreu, 57, Portuguese actress, ruptured brain aneurysm.
• Raymond Biaussat, 89, French painter.
• Rick Brennan, 52, American rear admiral.
• Nona Conner, 37, American activist.
• Hal de Becker, 89, American dancer and writer.
• K. M. Hamsa Kunju, 79, Indian politician, Kerala MLA, cardiac arrest.
• Indu Jain, 84, Indian publishing executive, chairperson of The Times Group, complications of COVID-19.
• Olivier Jean-Marie, 61, French animator, cancer.
• Marvin Kaye, 83, American author, complications from endometrial cancer.
• Dieter Lindner, 84, German racewalker, Olympic silver medalist and European champion.
• Nelson Marcenaro, 68, Uruguayan footballer, 1980 Mundialito winner, heart attack.
• Kenneth Mayhew, 104, British army officer, Military William Order recipient.
• Eigil Misser, 87, Danish footballer.
• Abel Murrieta Gutiérrez, 58, Mexican politician and lawyer, deputy, shot.
• Božidar Nikolić, 79, Serbian film director.
• Alberto Piccinini, 79, Argentine politician and trade unionist, member of the Constitutional Assembly and deputy, cardiorespiratory arrest.
• Feodor Pitcairn, 86, American photographer and environmentalist.
• Norman Simmons, 91, American pianist, arranger, and composer.
• Christa Stubnick, 87, German Olympic sprinter, silver medalist.
• Pablo Uribe, 90, Colombian Olympic fencer.
• George Wallerstein, 90, American astronomer.

14

• Sándor Balassa, 86, Hungarian composer.
• Jay Barbree, 87, American space travel news correspondent.
• Otto Beatty Jr., 81, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
• R. L. Bhatia, 100, Indian politician, MP, governor of Kerala and Bihar, COVID-19.
• Torkild Brakstad, 75, Norwegian football player and manager.
• Glenn R. Croshaw, 70, American judge and politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
• Eveline Cruickshanks, 94, British political historian.
• Barry Fry, 81, Canadian curler.
• Milan Ftáčnik, 64, Slovak politician, mayor of Bratislava.
• Jaime Garza, 67, Mexican actor, complications from diabetes.
• Raimund Hoghe, 72, German dancer, choreographer and author.
• William Irvine, Canadian teacher.
• Bob Jones, 81, American college basketball coach.
• Hartley Joynt, 82, Australian cricketer.
• Haziq Kamaruddin, 27, Malaysian Olympic archer.
• Masao Kawai, 97, Japanese primatologist.
• Igor Lavrinenko, 60, Belarusian politician, member of the House of Representatives.
• Ester Mägi, 99, Estonian composer.
• David McPhail, 76, New Zealand comedian and actor.
• Kanaka Murthy, 78, Indian sculptor, COVID-19.
• New Jack, 58, American professional wrestler, heart attack.
• Jorge Picciani, 66, Brazilian politician, Rio de Janeiro MLA, prostate cancer.
• Ward C. Pitfield Jr., 95, Canadian financier and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.
• Farooq Qaiser, 75, Pakistani puppeteer, cardiac arrest.
• María Amalia Revelo, 65, Costa Rican businesswoman, minister of tourism.
• Lee Ross, 78, Canadian-born American psychologist.
• Waltraut Schälike, 94, German-Russian historian.
• Matheus Shikongo, 70, Namibian politician and businessman, mayor of Windhoek, COVID-19.
• Jarnail Singh, 48, Indian journalist and politician, Delhi MLA, COVID-19.
• Wang Yuan, 91, Chinese mathematician, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Ramendra Kumar Yadav, 78, Indian politician, MP.

15

• Mildred Allen, 91, American opera singer.
• Gary Berne, 77, American Olympic sport shooter.
• Nelly Reig Castellanos, 92, Paraguayan first lady.
• Jim Clendenen, 68, American vintner.
• Fred Dellar, 89, British music journalist.
• Charles R. Doering, 65, American mathematician, esophageal cancer.
• Felicia Elizondo, 74, American transgender activist.
• Tim Falvey, 87, Irish politician, lord mayor of Cork.
• Deanna Milvia Frosini, 81, Italian painter and actress.
• Oliver Gillie, 83, British medical journalist and scientist, lymphocytic leukemia.
• David F. Hardwick, 87, Canadian pediatric pathologist and academic.
• M. Thomas Inge, 85, American comics scholar.
• Charlie Jackson, 85, American football player, complications from COVID-19.
• Sunil Jain, 58, Indian journalist, complications from COVID-19.
• Babak Khorramdin, 46, Iranian director and writer.
• Ivo Luís Knoll, 91, Brazilian politician, Santa Catarina MLA.
• Lim Heng Chek, 85, Malaysian Olympic swimmer.
• George Little, 83, Scottish-born Canadian politician.
• Emily Mair, 92, Scottish-born New Zealand opera singer, pianist and vocal coach.
• Đorđe Marjanović, 89, Serbian singer.
• Fred Martinelli, 92, American Hall of Fame college football coach.
• Abdul Manan Niazi, 52–53, Afghan militant, leader of High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, shot
• Mario Pavone, 80, American jazz bassist.
• Carol Rudyard, 98, English-Australian visual artist.
• Roy Scammell, 88, British stuntman and actor.
• Karl Schleunes, 84, American Holocaust historian.
• John Rosolu Bankole Thompson, 84, Sierra Leonean jurist, judge of the Special Court and chair of the Anti-corruption Commission.
• Eva Wilma, 87, Brazilian actress, ovarian cancer.

16

• Nadia Al-Iraqia, 57, Iraqi actress, COVID-19.
• Anjan Bandyopadhyay, 55, Indian television journalist, complications from COVID-19.
• Stefan Banz, 60, Swiss artist, heart attack.
• William Berg, 82, American classicist.
• Lawrence M. Breed, 80, American APL computer scientist and early Burning Man contributor, Lewy body dementias.
• Patsy Bruce, 81, American country songwriter.
• Marianne Burgman, 68, Dutch politician, mayor of Maarn and De Ronde Venen.
• Mike Carter, 67, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, pancreatic cancer.
• Bruno Covas, 41, Brazilian politician, mayor of São Paulo, deputy and São Paulo MLA, gastric cancer.
• T. Frank Crigler, 85, American diplomat.
• Vera Deacon, 94, Australian historian.
• Tomer Eiges, 25, Israeli intelligence officer.
• Hüseyin Er, 36, Turkish-British footballer, heart attack.
• Samir Hadjaoui, 42, Algerian footballer.
• Anatoliy Havrylov, 88, Ukrainian cinematographer, Shevchenko National Prize winner.
• Rajendrasinh Jadeja, 66, Indian cricket player and umpire, COVID-19.
• Chetan Karki, 83, Nepali songwriter and filmmaker, COVID-19.
• Nasim Wali Khan, 88, Pakistani politician, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA, complications from diabetes.
• Ailsa Land, 93, British mathematician.
• Jakov Lazaroski, 84, Macedonian political commissar, president of the League of Communists of Macedonia.
• MC Kevin, 23, Brazilian singer-songwriter, fall.
• Rildo da Costa Menezes, 79, Brazilian football player and manager.
• Boris Miranda, 37, Bolivian journalist and correspondent.
• Al Taib Mustafa, Sudanese journalist and politician, minister of state for communications, COVID-19.
• M. S. Narasimhan, 88, Indian mathematician.
• Raili Pietilä, 94, Finnish architect.
• Richard L. Rubenstein, 97, American rabbi and writer.
• Sa'duddin, 59, Indonesian politician, regent of Bekasi, member of the People's Representative Council.
• Sangtiennoi Sor.Rungroj, 54, Thai Muay Thai fighter, suicide by gunshot.
• Rajeev Satav, 46, Indian politician, MP, complications from COVID-19.
• Alessandro Talotti, 40, Italian Olympic high jumper, stomach cancer.
• Akbar Torkan, 68, Iranian politician, minister of defense, minister of roads and transportation, senior advisor to the president.
• Ekaterina Vilmont, 75, Russian writer.
• Joe Walters, 81, English cricketer.
• Jerzy Wilk, 66, Polish politician, mayor of Elbląg, deputy.
• Vijay Singh Yadav, 67–68, Indian politician, Bihar MLA, MP, COVID-19.
• Rudolf Yanson, 82, Russian philologist.

17

• K. K. Aggarwal, 62, Indian cardiologist, COVID-19.
• Ian Brusasco, 92, Australian businessman and philanthropist.
• Kathryn Bullock, 75, American chemist.
• Bill Fagaly, 83, American art historian.
• Kabang, 13, Filipino dog.
• Don Kernodle, 71, American professional wrestler, suicide by gunshot.
• Nan Kinross, 94, New Zealand nurse and nursing academic.
• Bruno Kouamé, 93, Ivorian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Abengourou.
• Casildo Maldaner, 79, Brazilian politician, senator and governor of Santa Catarina, cancer.
• Jackie Matisse, 90, French artist.
• Joe Mercer, 86, English jockey.
• Amarendra Mohanty, 63, Indian music composer and singer, COVID-19.
• Robert Quackenbush, 91, American children's author.
• Ki. Rajanarayanan, 97, Indian folklorist and writer.
• Terence Riley, 66, American architect and museum curator, chief curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art.
• Buddy Roemer, 77, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, governor of Louisiana.
• Don Sakers, 62, American science fiction writer, heart attack.
• Jesús Santrich, 53, Colombian guerrilla leader and politician, deputy, shot.
• Henry Schmidt, 85, American football player.
• Janet Shackleton, 92, New Zealand hurdler, British Empire Games bronze medallist.
• Héctor Silva, 76, Argentine rugby union player and coach, COVID-19.
• Harold Small, 85, Canadian politician.
• K. Thurairetnasingam, 80, Sri Lankan politician, MP, COVID-19.
• K. Thulasiah Vandayar, 92, Indian politician, MP.
• Nitish Veera, 45, Indian actor, COVID-19.
• Sabino Vengco, 79, Filipino Roman Catholic priest, theologian, and author.
• Vivek Raj Wangkhem, Indian politician, Manipur MLA, general secretary of the National People's Party, COVID-19.
• Wolfgang Weiermann, 85, German politician, MP.
• Magdeleine Willame-Boonen, 80, Belgian politician, senator.
• Olavo Yépez, 83, Ecuadorian chess master, cancer.

18

• Abdul Khaleq Alghanem, 63, Saudi Arabian film and TV director, prostate cancer.
• Franco Battiato, 76, Italian singer-songwriter and filmmaker, neurodegenerative disease.
• Viktor Belskiy, 66, Belarusian Olympic long jumper.
• Effie Boggess, 93, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives.
• Joe J. Christensen, 91, American Mormon leader, president of Ricks College, general authority.
• Theodore John Conrad, 71, American bank embezzler.
• Bob Cullison, 84, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Senate.
• Esegé, 63, Spanish comic artist.
• Bernhard Friedmann, 89, German economist and politician, MP and member of the European Court of Auditors.
• Vladimir Fyodorov, 82, Russian actor and physicist.
• John Gomery, 88, Canadian jurist, justice of the Superior Court of Quebec.
• Charles Grodin, 86, American actor and comedian, Emmy winner, bone marrow cancer.
• Chaman Lal Gupta, 86, Indian politician, Jammu and Kashmir MLA and MP, complications from COVID-19.
• Arthur Hills, 91, American golf course designer.
• John W. Jordan, 95, American politician.
• Vijay Kumar Kashyap, 56, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA, COVID-19.
• Zsuzsanna Kézi, 76, Hungarian Olympic handball player, bronze medalist.
• Kim Ho-seong, 51, South Korean voice actor.
• Ricardo Letts Colmenares, 83, Peruvian politician and journalist, founder of the Revolutionary Vanguard and congressman.
• Gilles Lupien, 67, Canadian ice hockey player, Stanley Cup champion, intestinal cancer.
• Hiroshi Maeda, 82, Japanese chemist, discoverer of the EPR effect, liver failure.
• Malibu Moon, 24, American racehorse and sire, heart attack.
• Gordon McMillan, 94, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Douglas Mossman, 88, American actor.
• Terry O'Dea, 76, Australian darts player.
• Goetz Oertel, 86, Polish-born American physicist.
• Albert Planasdemunt i Gubert, 91, Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of Catalonia.
• Farida Rahman, 75, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
• William C. Richardson, 81, American businessman.
• Chrissy Sharp, 73, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council.
• Thaddeus Spratlen, 90, American economist.
• Rennie Stennett, 72, Panamanian baseball player, World Series champion, cancer.
• Yolanda Tortolero, Venezuelan physician and politician, deputy, complications from COVID-19.
• Yoshi Wada, 77, Japanese sound installation artist and musician.
• Genzō Wakayama, 88, Japanese voice actor, heart failure.
• Corinne Wood, 66, American politician, lieutenant governor of Illinois, complications from breast cancer.

19

• Darío Alessandro, 69, Argentine sociologist, politician and diplomat, deputy, ambassador to Cuba and Peru, pancreatic cancer.
• Wiranto Arismunandar, 87, Indonesian academic, minister of education.
• Johnny Ashcroft, 94, Australian country singer.
• Khadgajeet Baral, 93, Nepalese diplomat and police officer, inspector general.
• Odd Berg, 97, Norwegian Olympic road racing cyclist.
• Bruno Bicocchi, 65, French Olympic sprint canoer.
• Gary Blodgett, 83, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives.
• Daryle H. Busch, 93, American inorganic chemist.
• Pablo Calucho, 41, Bolivian journalist, COVID-19.
• Oscar Cavagnis, 47, Italian road racing cyclist, avalanche.
• Alix Dobkin, 80, American folk singer-songwriter, lesbian feminist activist and memoirist, brain aneurysm.
• Piet van Eijsden, 85, Dutch tennis player.
• Lee Evans, 74, American sprinter, double Olympic champion, complications from a stroke.
• Serhiy Ferenchak, 37, Ukrainian footballer.
• Josep Franch, 77, Spanish footballer.
• Vladimir Gerasimov, 89, Russian colonel general, 12th Chief Directorate.
• Martin Greenberg, 103, American poet.
• Charles C. Hagemeister, 74, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
• John Hodge, 92, British aerospace engineer, member of NASA Space Task Group, flight director.
• Esther A. Hopkins, 94, American chemist, environmental lawyer and civil servant.
• Quintin Jones, 41, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Alain Kirili, 74, French-American sculptor, leukemia.
• Zakpa Komenan, 76, Ivorian politician, minister of education and professional formation.
• David Anthony Kraft, 68, American comic book writer, complications from COVID-19.
• Prasanta Mohapatra, 47, Indian cricketer, COVID-19.
• Paul Mooney, 79, American actor, comedian and writer, heart attack.
• Robin Munro, 68, British human rights activist.
• Neville Myton, 74, Jamaican Olympic middle-distance runner, cancer.
• Mark O'Brien, 82, American politician.
• Jagannath Pahadia, 89, Indian politician, chief minister of Rajasthan, governor of Bihar and Haryana, COVID-19.
• Nicole Péllissard-Darrigrand, 89, French Olympic diver.
• Aleksandr Privalov, 87, Russian biathlete, Olympic silver medallist, heart attack.
• Tatyana Protsenko, 53, Russian actress, cancer.
• Elisa Ruiz Díaz, 56, Paraguayan lawyer and diplomat, representative to the Organization of American States and chair of the OAS Permanent Council .
• Guillermo Sepúlveda, 86, Mexican footballer.
• Abubakar Shekau, 46–56, Nigerian Islamic militant, leader of Boko Haram, suicide by explosive vest.
• John Tooze, 83, British biologist.
• Martin Turnovský, 92, Czech conductor.
• Aimé Verhoeven, 85, Belgian Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler.
• Helmut Wopfner, 96, Austrian geologist.
• Wimar Witoelar, 75, Indonesian journalist and talk show host, presidential press secretary, complications from sepsis.
• Oğuz Yılmaz, 52, Turkish folk musician, heart attack.
• Mark York, 55, American actor.

20

• Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi, 95, Indian historian.
• Len Badger, 75, English footballer.
• Francisco Brines, 89, Spanish poet and academic, Miguel de Cervantes Prize winner.
• Lori Burton, 80, American singer, songwriter and record producer.
• Chris Chilton, 77, English footballer, complications from dementia.
• Glen E. Conrad, 71, American jurist, judge and chief judge of the U.S. District Court for Western Virginia.
• Ingvar Cronhammar, 73, Swedish-Danish sculptor.
• Jesús Davoz, 89, Spanish road racing cyclist.
• Ion Dichiseanu, 87, Romanian actor.
• Tommy Finn, 87, English rugby league player.
• Ken Garland, 92, British graphic designer.
• Samir Ghanem, 84, Egyptian comedian, singer and entertainer, complications from COVID-19.
• Gregorio Gordo, 62, Spanish politician and trade unionist, member of the Assembly of Madrid, cancer.
• Khatib Haji, 58, Tanzanian politician, MP.
• Roger Hawkins, 75, American drummer and recording studio owner.
• Gennady Igumnov, 84, Russian politician, governor of Perm Oblast.
• George F. Keane, 91, American investment professional.
• Anthony Lazzaro, 100, American academic administrator.
• Lubomír Ledl, 68, Czech politician, member of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia.
• Phil Lombardi, 58, American baseball player, complications from brain cancer.
• Irom Maipak, 53, Indian cinematographer, COVID-19.
• Margherita Marchione, 99, American Roman Catholic nun and writer.
• Robbie McCauley, 78, American playwright and actress.
• Freddy Marks, 71, English musician and actor.
• Moussa Narou N'Diaye, 86, Senegalese Olympic basketball player.
• Erin O'Brien, 87, American actress.
• Florian Pilkington-Miksa, 70, English rock drummer.
• Jerry Planutis, 91, American football player.
• John Powless, 88, American college basketball and tennis coach.
• Sándor Puhl, 65, Hungarian football referee, complications from COVID-19.
• U. Visweswar Rao, Indian film director and screenwriter, COVID-19.
• Tarannum Riyaz, 60, Indian writer, COVID-19.
• Rizuan Abdul Hamid, Malaysian businessman and politician, senator and chairman of Halal Development Corporation, COVID-19.
• George Stranahan, 89, American physicist, complications from heart surgery and a stroke.
• Ray Thomas, 80, Australian footballer.
• Fred Tobias, 93, American songwriter.
• Taygib Tolboyev, 65, Russian test pilot.
• Tshoganetso Tongwane, South African politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Mike Weatherley, 63, British politician, MP, lung cancer.
• Johan Weyts, 81, Belgian politician, member of the Flemish Parliament and senator.
• Gary Wilson, 65, American anti-pornography activist.
• Eric Winstanley, 76, English footballer.
• Zuo Hui, 50, Chinese real estate broker.

21

• Farhat Abdraimov, 55, Kazakh actor, heart attack.
• Vitold Ashurak, 50, Belarusian activist and political prisoner, cardiac arrest.
• Ibrahim Attahiru, 54, Nigerian military officer, chief of Army staff, plane crash.
• Sunderlal Bahuguna, 94, Indian environmentalist, COVID-19.
• Om Prakash Bhardwaj, 79, Indian boxing coach.
• Ajoy Dey, 69, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA, COVID-19.
• Zdzisław Dobrucki, 76, Polish speedway rider.
• John A. Hemphill, 93, American major general.
• Roman Kent, 92, Polish-born American Holocaust survivor, president of the International Auschwitz Committee.
• Rajkumar Keswani, 70, Indian journalist, complications from COVID-19.
• Rana Kharkongor, 69, Indian singer and video director, COVID-19.
• Heikki Koort, 66, Estonian film actor, karateka and diplomat.
• Krishna, 79, Indian politician, MP, member and speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
• Abdulrahman Kuliya, 53, Nigerian military office, plane crash.
• Thomas B. Leary, 89, American attorney, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission.
• Mark Levitan, 73, American academic, complications from leukemia.
• Ken MacKinnon, 87, Scottish Gaelic sociolinguist.
• Usman Mansoorpuri, 76, Indian Islamic scholar, COVID-19.
• Loisette M. Marsh, 92, Canadian-born Australian marine biologist.
• Sakti Mazumdar, 89, Indian Olympic boxer, heart attack.
• Walter Müller, German Olympic gymnast.
• Dieter Neuendorf, 80, German Olympic ski jumper.
• Merv Norrish, 94, New Zealand diplomat, ambassador to the United States.
• Manfred Ommer, 70, German Olympic sprinter.
• Babagouda Patil, 76, Indian politician, minister of rural development.
• Tahir Salahov, 92, Azerbaijani painter and draughtsman, first secretary of the Artists' Union of the USSR, vice president of the Russian Academy of Arts.
• Dwayne Sandy, 32, Saint Vincent footballer, shot.
• Harvey Schlossberg, 85, American police officer.
• Lisa Shaw, 44, British radio presenter and journalist, brain haemorrhage.
• Klemen Tinal, 50, Indonesian politician, vice governor of Papua.
• Stephen Zappala Sr., 88, American jurist, justice and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

22

• Francesc Arnau, 46, Spanish football player and executive, suicide by train.
• Benjamin Ayimba, 44, Kenyan rugby union player and coach, cerebral malaria.
• Edminas Bagdonas, 57, Lithuanian diplomat, ambassador to Italy, Belarus and Israel.
• Joe Beckwith, 66, American baseball player, World Series champion, colon cancer.
• Colette Brull-Ulmann, 101, French physician, pediatrician, and Resistance fighter.
• Jacqueline Caurat, 93, French television presenter, journalist and actress.
• Anna Maria Cecchi, 78, Italian Olympic swimmer.
• Charles G. Cleveland, 93, American lieutenant general.
• David Danielson, 74, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, cancer.
• Iain R. Edgar, 72, British social anthropologist.
• Peter Fish, 65, American composer.
• Fred Ford, 83, American football player.
• Sister Loyola Galvin, 99, New Zealand nun, nurse and gardener.
• Jorge García Carneiro, 69, Venezuelan politician, governor of Vargas and minister of defense, heart attack.
• Mels Kenetaev, 75, Kazakh footballer.
• Harold Lambert, 99, Australian footballer.
• Jorge Larrañaga, 64, Uruguayan politician, senator and minister of the interior, heart attack.
• Charles R. Larson, 83, American scholar.
• R. S. Lugani, 94, Indian educator.
• Syamsuddin Mahmud, 86, Indonesian economist and politician, governor of Aceh, COVID-19.
• Robert Marchand, 109, French racing cyclist.
• Cornelia Oberlander, 99, Canadian landscape architect, COVID-19.
• Raamlaxman, 78, Indian composer, heart attack.
• André Ribeiro, 55, Brazilian racing driver, bowel cancer.
• Sophie Rivera, 82, American photographer.
• David Shotter, 82, British archaeologist.
• Y. C. Simhadri, 80, Indian academic administrator, vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, COVID-19.
• Jiřina Šiklová, 85, Czech sociologist and political dissident, Charter 77 signatory.
• Pavol Szikora, 69, Slovak Olympic race walker.
• Marek Trončinský, 32, Czech ice hockey player.
• Glenn Douglas Tubb, 85, American singer-songwriter.
• Mario Vascellari, 69, Italian basketball player.
• Wu Mengchao, 98, Chinese hepatobiliary surgeon, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Yuan Longping, 90, Chinese agronomist, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, multiple organ failure.
• Connie Zelencik, 66, American football player.
• Eddy Zemach, 85–86, Israeli philosopher.
• Chinese marathon runners killed in the Gansu ultramarathon disaster:
• *Huang Guanjun, 34
• *Liang Jing, 31

23

• Dennis A'Court, 83, Welsh cricketer.
• Abel Almarez, 79, Argentine Olympic boxer.
• Srikumar Banerjee, 75, Indian metallurgical engineer, director of BARC and chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, heart attack.
• Baby Barredo, 80, Filipino theater actress and producer, complications from sepsis.
• Frithjof Bergmann, 90, German philosopher, founder of the New Work movement.
• Dewayne Blackwell, 84, American songwriter.
• Charles Boutin, 79, American politician and administrative law judge, mayor of Aberdeen, Maryland and member of the Maryland House of Delegates.
• José Agusto Briones, 60, Ecuadorian politician, minister of energy and non-renewable natural resources, suicide by hanging.
• Eric Carle, 91, American writer and illustrator, kidney failure.
• Barney Curley, 81, Irish horse trainer and gambler.
• Lorrae Desmond, 91, Australian singer, television presenter and actress.
• Aly Doerfel, 71, Luxembourgish Olympic fencer.
• Bob Fulton, 73, English-born Australian rugby league player and coach, cancer.
• Alan Garside, 94, Australian footballer.
• Milton Moses Ginsberg, 85, American film director, cancer.
• Cristóbal Halffter, 91, Spanish classical composer and conductor.
• Charles Hamlin, 74, American Olympic rower.
• James Harman, 74, American harmonica player and singer-songwriter, heart attack.
• Malik Dohan al-Hassan, 101, Iraqi politician, minister of justice.
• Ron Hill, 82, English Olympic marathon runner.
• Richard R. G. Hobson, 89, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
• Amolak Chand Jain, 92, Indian scientist.
• Paulo Mendes da Rocha, 92, Brazilian architect, Pritzker Prize winner.
• Ahmed Mestiri, 95, Tunisian lawyer and politician, minister of the interior, defence and justice.
• Max Mosley, 81, British racing driver and lawyer, president of the FIA, suicide by gunshot.
• Makoto Nagao, 84, Japanese computer scientist, president of Kyoto University, stroke.
• John Waddington Oakes, 88, British law enforcement officer and Olympic alpine skier, high sheriff of Warwickshire.
• Luiz Gonzaga Paes Landim, 79, Brazilian politician, Piauí MLA, COVID-19.
• Shanti Pahadia, 86, Indian politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Lionel Platts, 86, English golfer.
• Alex Salaueu, 94, Belarusian artist.
• Nina Shatskaya, 81, Russian actress, COVID-19.
• Ross Taylor, 95, New Zealand geochemist and planetary scientist.
• Douglas Winston, 89, Australian Olympic sprinter.

24

• Cabo Almi, 58, Brazilian politician, Mato Grosso MLA, complications from COVID-19.
• Josep Almudéver Mateu, 101, French veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
• Aung Toe, 96, Burmese jurist, chief justice of the Supreme Court.
• Paul Christy, 82, American professional wrestler.
• Russell Church, 90, American psychologist.
• John Davis, 66, American singer, COVID-19.
• Aldo Forbice, 80, Italian radio host.
• Keith Foulger, 96, British naval architect, colorectal cancer.
• Dan Frank, 67, American editor.
• Banira Giri, 75, Nepalese poet, heart attack and COVID-19.
• Desiree Gould, 76, American actress.
• Robert Green Hall, 47, American makeup artist and film director.
• Anna Halprin, 100, American choreographer.
• Jeetmal Khant, 58, Indian politician, Rajasthan MLA, COVID-19.
• Eugene Marve, 60, American football player.
• Hazen Myers, 86, Canadian politician, New Brunswick MLA.
• Henri Paris, 85, French general.
• Milan Puzrla, 75, Czech Olympic cyclist.
• Ron Rhodes, 88, Australian footballer.
• Najeeb Qahtan al-Shaabi, 67–68, Yemeni politician, COVID-19.
• Aditya Shastri, 57, Indian academic, complications from COVID-19.
• Habibullah Siraji, 72, Bangladeshi poet, director general of the Bangla Academy.
• Lyubov Talalaeva, 68, Russian rower, Olympic silver medallist.
• Beverly White, 92, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives, longest serving female member of the Utah State Legislature.
• Samuel E. Wright, 74, American actor and singer, prostate cancer.
• Marinette Yetna, 55, Cameroonian politician, deputy.

25

• Alfonso Barasoain, 63, Spanish football player and manager.
• Felix Boehm, 96, Swiss-American experimental physicist.
• Rod Breedlove, 83, American football player.
• Jáchym Bulín, 86, Czech Olympic ski jumper.
• Pete Correll, 80, American businessman, CEO-emeritus of Georgia-Pacific.
• Richard Dixon, 90, British chemist.
• Lois Ehlert, 86, American children's author and illustrator.
• Johnny Everard, 97, Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer.
• David Foot, 92, English journalist and historian.
• Arturo Gentili, 85, Italian footballer.
• Sir Roger Gifford, 65, English banker and philanthropist, lord mayor of London.
• Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, 86, Syrian-born Lebanese Armenian Catholic hierarch, catholicos patriarch of Cilicia.
• Krishne Gowda, 80, Indian actor and performer, cardiac arrest.
• Michael Hudson, 82, American political scientist.
• Cotton Ivy, 91, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
• Padmanabh Jaini, 97, Indian-born American Jainist and Buddhist scholar.
• Ib Georg Jensen, 93, Danish ceramist, designer, and author.
• Esmail Khoi, 83, Iranian poet and writer.
• Tõnu Kilgas, 66, Estonian baritone and actor, cancer.
• David Klein, 86, Israeli economist, governor of the Bank of Israel.
• John Lynch, 74, Australian linguist.
• Juan Máximo Martínez, 74, Mexican Olympic long-distance runner, cancer.
• Eilat Mazar, 64, Israeli archaeologist.
• José Melitón Chávez, 63, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Añatuya and Concepción, COVID-19.
• Bobby Mohammed, 78, Trinidadian pannist.
• Elisapee Ootoova, 90, Canadian Inuk elder.
• George Patterson, 86, English footballer.
• David Pole, 95, English health economist.
• Robert Ridder, 94, American politician, member of the Washington State Senate.
• J. D. Roberts, 88, American football player and coach.
• Eva Sereny, 86, Swiss photographer and film director.
• Amichai Shoham, 99, Israeli footballer.
• John Warner, 94, American politician, senator, secretary of the Navy, heart failure.
• Rusty Warren, 91, American comedian and singer.

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• Abdul Wahab Al-Dailami, 82–83, Yemeni politician, minister of justice, COVID-19.
• Adrián Babič, 24, Slovak touring cyclist, traffic collision.
• Armand Bissen, 91, Luxembourgish Olympic footballer.
• Jan Borgman, 91, Dutch astronomer.
• Roser Bru, 98, Spanish-born Chilean painter and engraver.
• Tarcisio Burgnich, 82, Italian football player and manager.
• Chen Qingru, 94, Chinese scientist, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Vincent Daly, 73, Irish Gaelic footballer.
• Arturo de Jesús Correa Toro, 80, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Ipiales, COVID-19.
• H. S. Doreswamy, 103, Indian journalist and independence activist, cardiac arrest.
• Murray Dowey, 95, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic champion.
• Sir Llew Edwards, 85, Australian politician, deputy premier and treasurer of Queensland.
• Heidi Ferrer, 50, American screenwriter and television writer, suicide.
• Sondra Gilman, 94, American art curator.
• Alastair Hanton, 94, British banker, inventor of the direct debit system.
• Jerome Hellman, 92, American film producer, Oscar winner.
• Kenneth Kaye, 75, American psychologist and writer.
• Ben Kruger, 64, South African actor and author, complications from COVID-19.
• Kay Lahusen, 91, American photographer and LGBT rights activist.
• Earle Louder, 88, American euphonium player.
• Arturo Luz, 94, Filipino sculptor and printmaker.
• Greg MacIsaac, 75, Canadian politician.
• Therese McKinley, 93, American baseball player.
• Majendra Narzary, 68, Indian politician, Assam MLA, complications from COVID-19.
• Ranjita Rane, 43, Indian cricketer, cancer.
• Mufti Abdul Razzaq, 95, Indian Muslim scholar.
• Elisabeth Rechlin, 91, German Olympic swimmer.
• Ren Farong, 84, Chinese Taoist priest and politician, MP, venerable master of the Chinese Taoist Association.
• Kunjulekshmi Saradamoni, 93, Indian historian and economist, president of the National Federation of Indian Women.
• Henry Sayler, 100, American politician, member of the Florida Senate.
• Gottfried Schär, 84, Swiss Olympic rower.
• Sureni Senarath, 61, Sri Lankan actress.
• Tom Shannon, 82, American disk jockey, songwriter and musician, pancreatic cancer.
• Patrick Sky, 80, American singer-songwriter.
• Llew Smith, 77, Welsh politician, MEP and MP, cancer.
• Paul Soles, 90, Canadian actor.
• Yutaka Takahasi, 93, Japanese engineer.
• Sze-Piao Yang, 100, Taiwanese pulmonologist.
• Red Top Young, 85, American musician.

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• Shane Briant, 74, British actor.
• Violetta Elvin, 97, Russian prima ballerina and actress.
• Carla Fracci, 84, Italian ballet dancer and actress, cancer.
• Foster Friess, 81, American investment manager.
• Andy Gemmell, 75, Scottish footballer.
• Karl-Heinz Heddergott, 94, German football manager.
• Robert Hogan, 87, American actor, complications from pneumonia.
• Kees de Jager, 100, Dutch astronomer.
• Lorina Kamburova, 29, Bulgarian actress and singer, pneumonia.
• Shantiraj Khosla, 54, Indian composer, COVID-19.
• Jaime Lerner, 83, Brazilian architect, urban planner and politician, governor of Paraná, mayor of Curitiba, kidney disease.
• Mohan Raj Malla, Nepalese politician, governor of Sudurpashchim Province, COVID-19.
• Peter Millett, Baron Millett, 88, British jurist and life peer, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and non-permanent judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
• María Teresa Miras Portugal, 73, Spanish biochemist, cancer.
• Vladilen Nikitin, 84, Russian politician, Soviet minister of agriculture and first deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers.
• František Reich, 91, Slovak Olympic rower.
• Patricio Rojas, 88, Chilean physician, surgeon and politician, minister of the interior and national defence.
• Nicos A. Rolandis, 86, Cypriot politician, minister of foreign affairs and deputy.
• Nelson Sargento, 96, Brazilian samba musician, COVID-19.
• Poul Schlüter, 92, Danish politician, prime minister, minister of justice, and MEP.
• Jay Sydeman, 93, American composer.
• John Roper-Curzon, 20th Baron Teynham, 92, British peer, member of the House of Lords.
• Zdenko Vukasović, 79, Croatian footballer.
• Steef Weijers, 91, Dutch politician, member of the Second Chamber.
• Norman Weissman, 96, American documentary writer, director and producer.
• K. C. Yadav, 84, Indian historian, heart attack.

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• Zohra Abdullayeva, 68, Azerbaijani musician.
• Resurreccion Acop, 73, Filipino doctor and politician, representative, COVID-19.
• Zablon Amanaka, 45, Kenyan footballer.
• Jim Beirne, 74, American football player.
• Jimi Bellmartin, 71, Dutch singer.
• Esther Brown, 67, British pensioner, beaten.
• William F. Clinger Jr., 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and chair of the House Oversight Committee.
• Mark Eaton, 64, American basketball player, bicycle crash.
• Markus Egen, 93, German Olympic ice hockey player.
• Fujie Eguchi, 88, Japanese table tennis player, pancreatic cancer.
• Henrik Enderlein, 46, German economist and political scientist, complications from melanoma.
• T. M. Kaliannan Gounder, 100, Indian politician, MP and Tamil Nadu MLA.
• He Zhaowu, 99, Chinese historian, translator, and professor at Tsinghua University.
• Viktor Hvozd, 61, Ukrainian intelligence officer, drowned.
• Paul Johnsgard, 89, American ornithologist.
• Rina Katselli, 83, Cypriot playwright and politician, member of the House of Representatives.
• Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, 85, Indian humanitarian.
• Albert Kookesh, 72, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives and Senate.
• Joseph Nunzio Latino, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Jackson.
• Bob Lombardi, 82, American football coach.
• Tony Marino, 90, American professional wrestler.
• Archie Matsos, 86, American football player.
• Ken McElligott, 81, Australian politician, Queensland MLA.
• Barbara Ossenkopp, 78, German actress.
• Pragmulji III, 85, Indian royal, maharao of Kutch, complications of COVID-19.
• Rosslyn Range, 87, American long jumper.
• Henryk Samsonowicz, 91, Polish historian, minister of education.
• Benoît Sokal, 66, Belgian comics artist and video game developer.
• Christopher Taylor, 85, British landscape archaeologist.
• Lynne H. Walling, 62, American mathematician.
• Emma Shannon Walser, 91, Liberian lawyer and jurist.
• Zhang Kaiyuan, 94, Chinese historian, president of CCNU.

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• Munirathna Anandakrishnan, 92, Indian civil engineer, vice-chancellor of Anna University, COVID-19.
• Francis J. Bradley, 85, American health physicist.
• Maurice Capovilla, 85, Brazilian film director and screenwriter.
• Judith Godwin, 91, American painter.
• John Gregg, 82, Australian actor.
• Richard Groth, 75, American politician.
• Marcell Jankovics, 79, Hungarian animator and film director.
• Dani Karavan, 90, Israeli sculptor.
• Johan von Koskull, 56, Finnish Olympic sailor.
• Forrest Lothrop, 96, American college football coach.
• Gavin MacLeod, 90, American actor.
• Ian Marsh, 65, Australian footballer, cancer.
• Thomas Mathiesen, 87, Norwegian sociologist.
• Paolo Maurensig, 78, Italian novelist.
• Charles F. McDevitt, 89, American judge and politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives.
• Keith Mullings, 53, Jamaican boxer, WBC super welterweight champion.
• Abner Oakes, 87, Canadian-born American ice hockey player and coach.
• Kenzo Oshima, 78, Japanese diplomat, United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, heart attack.
• Ljubica Ostojić, 76, Bosnian poet and playwright.
• Hossam Al-Sabah, 73, Lebanese actor, traffic collision.
• Leonid Ivanovich Shcherbakov, 84, Russian military officer.
• Cornelius Sim, 69, Bruneian Roman Catholic cardinal, apostolic vicar of Brunei Darussalam, cardiac arrest.
• Venkat Subha, Indian actor, COVID-19.
• B. J. Thomas, 78, American singer, five-time Grammy winner, lung cancer.
• Johnny Trudell, 82, American composer and jazz trumpeter.
• Americans who died in the 2021 Percy Priest Lake Cessna Citation crash:
• *Joe Lara, 58, American actor.
• *Gwen Shamblin Lara, 66, writer and dietician.

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• Chester Apy, 89, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly.
• Tonnie van As, 93, Dutch footballer.
• Mikhail Beregovoy, 103, Russian military officer.
• Andriy Beshta, 44, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, ambassador to Thailand, heart attack.
• John Carpenter, 84, Irish football referee.
• Jacke Davis, 85, American baseball player.
• Ralph Davis, 82, American basketball player.
• Jason Dupasquier, 19, Swiss motorcycle road racer, competition crash.
• Harussani Zakaria, 82, Malaysian Islamic scholar and Perak mufti, COVID-19.
• Asei Kobayashi, 88, Japanese composer, heart failure.
• Muriel Kovitz, 95, Canadian academic.
• Claude Landini, 95, Swiss Olympic basketball player.
• Neville Meaney, 88, Australian historian.
• Rick Mitchell, 66, Australian sprinter, Olympic silver medalist, prostate cancer.
• Frank Navarro, 91, American college football player and coach.
• Parminder Singh Saini, 63, Kenyan Olympic field hockey player.
• Baddegama Samitha Thero, 68, Sri Lankan monk and politician, MP, COVID-19.
• Mythili Sivaraman, 81, Indian women's rights activist, COVID-19.
• Ingo Sick, 82, Swiss experimental nuclear physicist, stomach cancer.
• P. W. T. Simanjuntak, 85, Indonesian Lutheran priest, MP.
• Choudhary Khush Akhtar Subhani, Pakistani politician, Punjab MPA.
• George Tintor, 64, Canadian Olympic rower.
• Håvard Tveite, 59, Norwegian orienteer.

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• Colin Appleton, 85, English football player and manager.
• Hugo Bakker, 35, Dutch organist and music educator.
• Dave Barsley, 81, Australian rugby league player.
• Andreea Bollengier, 46, Romanian-born French chess player, Woman International Master.
• Romain Bouteille, 84, French playwright and actor.
• Peter G. Christie, 80, Canadian politician.
• James Crawford, 72, Australian jurist, judge of the International Court of Justice.
• Edward Cronk, 84, British Olympic sprint canoeist.
• Peter Del Monte, 77, Italian film director and screenwriter.
• Arlene Golonka, 85, American actress.
• Albert Krivchenko, 85, Russian politician and journalist, governor of Amur Oblast.
• Lil Loaded, 20, American rapper and internet personality, suicide by gunshot.
• Robert Low, 71, Scottish author and journalist.
• Mike Marshall, 78, American baseball player, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Sérgio Mascarenhas de Oliveira, 93, Brazilian physicist and educator.
• Istvan Raskovy, 84, Australian Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler.
• Laxmikant Sharma, 60, Indian politician, Madhya Pradesh minister for education, leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, COVID-19.
• Hemendra Singh Banera, 75, Indian politician, MP, COVID-19.