Deaths in April 2022

The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2022.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

April 2022

1

• Andrei Babitsky, 57, Russian journalist (RFE/RL), cardiac arrest.
• Delfina Entrecanales, 94, Spanish arts philanthropist.
• Alberto Estella Goytre, 81, Spanish politician, deputy (1977–1982).
• Ryszard Frąckiewicz, 90, Polish diplomat, ambassador to Australia (1978–1983) and Japan (1986–1991).
• Everett Gendler, 93, American rabbi.
• Richard Cyril Hughes, 89, Welsh historian and author.
• Addagatla Chinna Innayya, 84, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Nalgonda (1989–1993) and Srikakulam (1993–2018).
• Petre Ivănescu, 85, Romanian handball player (Dinamo București, national team) and coach (TUSEM Essen).
• Maks Levin, 40, Ukrainian photojournalist (Reuters, BBC), shot. (body discovered on this date)
• Jolanta Lothe, 79, Polish actress (Hunting Flies, The Cruise, The Deluge).
• C. W. McCall, 93, American country singer ("Convoy", "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck", "Roses for Mama") and politician, mayor of Ouray, Colorado (1986–1992), lung cancer.
• Mario Mettbach, 69, German politician, second mayor of Hamburg (2003–2004) and Hamburg MP (2001–2004). (death announced on this date)
• Munesuke Mita, 84, Japanese sociologist, sepsis.
• Eleanor Munro, 94, American art critic, art historian, and writer.
• Red Óg Murphy, 21, Irish footballer (DCU GAA, North Melbourne).
• Meena Parande, 91, Indian table tennis player.
• Nina Pereverzeva, 93, Russian politician, member of the CCCP (1982–1990).
• Daphne Pirie, 90, Australian athlete and sports administrator.
• Yuriy Ruf, 41, Ukrainian poet and writer.
• Neil Stevens, 74, Canadian Hall of Fame sportswriter (The Canadian Press), cancer.
• Jack Trickey, 87, Australian Olympic cyclist (1956).
• Jirō Tsuji, 94, Japanese chemist, lymphoma.
• Dejo Tunfulu, 49, Nigerian comedian, actor, and writer.
• Jerrold B. Tunnell, 71, American mathematician (Tunnell's theorem), traffic collision.
• Roland White, 83, American bluegrass guitarist, complications of a heart attack.
• Eleanor Whittemore, 95, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1983–1985).
• Gerhard J. Woeginger, 57, Austrian mathematician.
• Aleksandra Yakovleva, 64, Russian actress (Air Crew, Charodei, A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines), breast cancer.
• Zou Yan, 106, Chinese military officer.

2

• Vance Amory, 72, Nevisian politician and cricketer (Leeward Islands, Combined Islands), premier of Nevis (1992–2006, 2013–2017).
• Sergio Chejfec, 65, Argentine writer.
• Joseph A. Diclerico Jr., 81, American jurist, judge (since 1992) and chief judge (1992–1997) for the U.S. District Court for New Hampshire.
• Paulo França, 70, Brazilian politician, Santa Catarina MLA (2011–2015), cancer.
• Oswaldo Frossasco, 69, Argentine Olympic cyclist (1976).
• George S. Gaadt, 80, American artist.
• Sir Robin Gray, 90, New Zealand politician, MP (1978–1996), speaker of the House of Representatives (1990–1993).
• Estelle Harris, 93, American actress (Seinfeld, Toy Story, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody).
• Rex Harris, 82, British academic.
• Victor Hettigoda, 84, Sri Lankan businessman.
• Javier Imbroda, 61, Spanish basketball coach and politician, member of the Andalusian parliament (since 2018) and regional minister of education and sports (since 2019), prostate cancer.
• Mantas Kvedaravičius, 45, Lithuanian film director, shot.
• Silvio Longobucco, 70, Italian footballer (Ternana, Juventus, Cagliari).
• Mirjana Majurec, 69, Croatian actress (The Rat Savior, King's Endgame, Below the Line).
• Mıgırdiç Margosyan, 83, Turkish writer.
• Henrich Mayorov, 85, Russian-Ukrainian choreographer and ballet dancer.
• Leonel Sánchez, 85, Chilean football player (Universidad de Chile, Colo-Colo, national team) and manager, pulmonary fibrosis.
• Gerald Schreck, 83, American sailor, Olympic champion (1968).
• Olga Sukhenko, 51, Ukrainian politician, village head of Motyzhyn, shot. (death announced on this date)

3

• Ave Alavainu, 79, Estonian poet and writer.
• Yamina Bachir, 68, Algerian film director (Rachida) and screenwriter (Sandstorm).
• Noeline Brokenshire, 96, New Zealand cricketer (Canterbury), field hockey player (national team) and British Empire Games sprinter (1950).
• June Brown, 95, English actress (EastEnders, The Duchess of Duke Street, Bean) and writer.
• Gerald Coates, 77, English evangelist.
• Christopher Coover, 72, American antique books appraiser, pneumonia complicated by Parkinson's disease.
• Tommy Davis, 83, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, Oakland Athletics) and coach, World Series champion (1963).
• Archie Eversole, 37, German-born American rapper, shot.
• Lygia Fagundes Telles, 98, Brazilian writer, member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
• Heikki Hedman, 81, Finnish tennis player.
• William S. Horne, 85, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1973–1989).
• Jin Di, 89, Chinese actress (The Wedding Maidens), television director and screenwriter.
• Bruce Johnson, 71, American news anchor and reporter (WUSA), heart attack.
• Werner Klatt, 73, German rower, Olympic champion (1976).
• Gerda Weissmann Klein, 97, Polish-American writer and human rights activist.
• David G. Mason, 79, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1974–1977).
• Michael Meier, 93, German Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor archbishop (1984–1987) and archbishop (1987–2006) of Mount Hagen.
• Donn B. Murphy, 91, American theatre and speech teacher (Georgetown University) and theatrical advisor.
• Snežana Nikšić, 78, Serbian actress (Siberian Lady Macbeth, The Tiger, Bolji život).
• Einar Østby, 86, Norwegian cross-country skier, Olympic silver medallist (1960).
• Stan Parrish, 75, American football coach (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Ball State Cardinals, Michigan Wolverines), cancer.
• Frances Porter, 96, New Zealand writer and historian.
• Pamela Rooke, 66, British model and actress, bile duct cancer.
• Betty Rowland, 106, American burlesque dancer.
• Desmond Seward, 86, British historian.
• Gene Shue, 90, American basketball player (Fort Wayne/Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks) and coach (Baltimore/Washington Bullets), melanoma.
• Willie Tasby, 89, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians).
• Kainakary Thankaraj, 75, Indian actor (Amen, Ee.Ma.Yau., Home).
• Nobuyoshi Tsubota, 89, Japanese baseball glove designer.
• James Webster, 96, Australian politician, senator (1964–1980), minister for science (1975–1979).
• Andrzej Wiśniewski, 66, Polish football coach (Wisła Płock, Palestine, Polonia Warsaw), heart attack.

4

• Bob Babich, 74, American football player (Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers).
• Donald Baechler, 65, American painter and sculptor, heart attack.
• Richard Bird, 79, English computer scientist.
• Eric Boehlert, 57, American media critic and writer (Salon, Rolling Stone, Billboard), hit by train.
• Madeline Cain, 72, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1989–1995) and mayor of Lakewood, Ohio (1996–2003).
• José Geraldo da Cruz, 80, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Juazeiro (2003–2016).
• Karine Danielyan, 74, Armenian politician, minister of nature and environment protection (1991–1994).
• Margo Feiden, 77, American art gallery owner, complications from a fall.
• Maya Govind, 82, Indian lyricist, heart attack.
• Julian J. Hook, 80, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1971–1974).
• Little Karim, 71, Pakistani mountaineer, liver cancer.
• Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel, 87, German politician, member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (1992–2001), mayor of Ettlingen (1966–1970) and Fellbach (1976–2000).
• Kathy Lamkin, 74, American actress (No Country for Old Men, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Astronaut Farmer).
• Li Suwen, 88, Chinese politician, vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the NPC (1975–1978).
• John McNally, 89, Irish boxer, Olympic silver medallist (1952).
• Joe Messina, 93, American Hall of Fame guitarist (The Funk Brothers).
• Norio Niikawa, 79, Japanese physician and medical geneticist, discoverer of Kabuki syndrome.
• Boris Powell, 57, American boxer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Raziel, 49, Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL).
• Jim Reilly, 77, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1977–1983).
• Vernon Scoville, 68, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1983–1991).
• Django Sissoko, 74, Malian civil servant, acting prime minister (2012–2013) and minister of justice (1984–1988).
• Petar Skansi, 78, Croatian basketball player (Jugoplastika, Yugoslavia national team) and coach (Benetton Treviso), Olympic silver medalist (1968).
• Branislav Šoškić, 99, Montenegrin politician, president of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro (1985–1986).
• Herb Turetzky, 76, American basketball official scorer (Brooklyn Nets), primary lateral sclerosis.
• Jerry Uelsmann, 87, American photographer.
• Gordon Watters, 93, American ice hockey player (Minnesota Golden Gophers) and pediatric neurologist.
• Joseph P. Wyatt Jr., 80, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1981) and the Texas House of Representatives (1971–1979).
• Juan Francisco Zanassi, 75, Argentine Olympic rower (1964).
• Andrzej Zygmunt, 76, Polish footballer (national team).

5

• Sidney Altman, 82, Canadian-American molecular biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (1989).
• Harry Billinge, 96, British World War II veteran and fundraiser.
• Boris Brott, 78, Canadian conductor, traffic collision.
• Joaquim Carvalho, 84, Portuguese footballer (Sporting CP, Atlético, national team).
• John Cumberland, 74, American baseball player (New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals).
• John Ellis, 73, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers), cancer.
• Helen Fletcher, 90, English tennis player.
• Graciela Giannettasio, 71, Argentine politician, deputy (2007–2015) and minister of education (2002–2003).
• Roberta Kalechofsky, 90, American writer and rights activist.
• David Keyte, 67–68, English businessman and football club chairman, liver cancer.
• David Kilgour, 81, Canadian politician, MP (1979–2006), lung disease.
• Stanisław Kowalski, 111, Polish masters athlete, nation's oldest living man (since 2018).
• Josef Panáček, 84, Czech sport shooter, Olympic champion (1976).
• Nehemiah Persoff, 102, American actor (Some Like It Hot, An American Tail, Yentl), heart failure.
• Boris Powell, 57, American boxer, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Edward Rayner, 89, English footballer (Northwich Victoria, Stoke City, Macclesfield Town).
• Lee Rose, 85, American basketball coach (Charlotte 49ers, Purdue Boilermakers, South Florida Bulls) and athletic administrator.
• Bobby Rydell, 79, American singer ("Wild One", "Wildwood Days") and actor (Bye Bye Birdie), pneumonia.
• Bill Sadler, 90, Canadian racecar and aircraft designer.
• Yoshikazu Shirakawa, 87, Japanese photographer, stroke.
• Paul Siebel, 84, American singer-songwriter.
• Yefrem Sokolov, 95, Belarusian politician, first secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1990).
• Doug Sutherland, 73, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks).
• Bjarni Tryggvason, 76, Icelandic-born Canadian astronaut (STS-85).
• Eelco Visser, 55, Dutch computer scientist.
• Jimmy Wang Yu, 79, Taiwanese actor (Golden Swallow, One-Armed Swordsman, The Chinese Boxer).
• Leslie Young, 72, Chinese-born New Zealand economist.

6

• Rae Allen, 95, American actress (And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little, A League of Their Own, The Sopranos), Tony winner (1971).
• William Roger Callahan, 90, Canadian journalist and politician.
• Dolores Álvarez Campillo, 61, Spanish politician, member of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias (2015–2019), cancer.
• Drew Christiansen, 77, American Jesuit priest.
• Mark Conover, 61, American Olympic runner (1988), cancer.
• John Creighton, 85, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team).
• Reinhilde Decleir, 73, Belgian actress (Doctor Vlimmen, Whitey, Love Belongs to Everyone), euthanasia.
• Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, 77, Romanian fencer, Olympic bronze medallist (1968, 1972).
• Joe Dickson, 82, Canadian politician.
• Karol Divín, 86, Hungarian-born Slovak figure skater, Olympic silver medallist (1960).
• Nergüin Enkhbat, 60, Mongolian Olympic boxer.
• Helen Golden, 81, Dutch singer.
• Melvin Hulse, 74, Belizean politician, colon cancer.
• Jill Knight, 98, British politician, MP (1966–1997), member of the House of Lords (1997–2016).
• Nicole Maestracci, 71, French lawyer, member of the Constitutional Council (2013–2022).
• Emiliano Mascetti, 79, Italian football player (Hellas Verona, Como, Torino) and manager.
• David McKee, 87, British writer and illustrator (Mr Benn, Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, Not Now, Bernard).
• Georg Neuber, 96, German Olympic fencer (1960).
• Karl Neuse, 91, German Olympic water polo player (1956).
• John van de Rest, 82, Dutch film director and screenwriter.
• Régis Rey, 92, French Olympic ski jumper.
• Domingo Romera, 85, Spanish politician and captain, senator (1984–1986), MEP (1986–1994).
• Camilla Salvago Raggi, 98, Italian poet and novelist.
• Horst Schröder, 84, German politician, MP (1972–1984).
• Annie Servais-Thysen, 88, Belgian politician, member of the Walloon parliament (1995–2004).
• Abraham Sie, 22, Ivorian basketball player (ABC Fighters, DUC Dakar, national team).
• Tom Smith, 50, Scottish rugby union player (Northampton Saints, national team, British & Irish Lions), colorectal cancer.
• Tadao Takahashi, 71, Brazilian Hall of Fame computer scientist, heart attack.
• Mikhail Vasenkov, 79, Russian spy (Illegals Program).
• Wen Hsia, 93, Taiwanese singer and actor, organ failure.
• Yu Guocong, 99, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Vladimir Zhirinovsky, 75, Russian politician, MP (since 1993), COVID-19.
• Gerd Zimmermann, 72, German footballer (Fortuna Düsseldorf, Houston Hurricane, Calgary Boomers).

7

• Garibaldi Alves, 98, Brazilian politician, senator (2011–2014) and Rio Grande do Norte MLA (1957–1969).
• Christopher Ball, 85, British composer.
• Carlos Barrera Sánchez, 71, Spanish politician, síndic d'Aran (1995–2007, 2015–2019).
• Shamsha Berkimbayeva, 79, Kazakh academic and politician, minister of education and science (2002–2003).
• Dušan Čkrebić, 94, Serbian politician, prime minister (1974–1978) and president (1984–1986).
• Elias Davidsson, 81, Icelandic composer and conspiracy theorist.
• Ludwik Dorn, 67, Polish politician, MP (1997–2015), deputy prime minister and minister of interior and administration (2005–2007).
• Mercè Durfort i Coll, 78, Spanish biologist and professor, member of Institute for Catalan Studies (since 1989).
• Miguel Ángel Estrella, 81, Argentine pianist, ambassador to UNESCO (2003–2015) and member of the Russell Tribunal.
• Bernard Fisher, 88, English footballer (Hull City, Bradford City).
• Fujiko Fujio, 88, Japanese manga artist (Ninja Hattori-kun, The Monster Kid, The Laughing Salesman).
• Mary Green, 78, British Olympic sprinter (1968).
• John Jobling, 84, Australian politician, New South Wales MLC (1984–2003).
• Dorothy Johnson, 85, American model and actress (Life Begins at 17, The Flying Fontaines, Bernardine).
• Robert Kharshiing, 63, Indian politician, MP (2002–2008).
• Kim Yong-Bock, 83–84, South Korean theologian, colorectal cancer.
• Ramatu Aliu Mahama, 70, Ghanaian educationist, Second Lady of Ghana (2001–2009)
• Pedro Marchetta, 79, Argentine football player (Racing Club, Santiago Morning) and coach (Belgrano).
• Hellmuth Matiasek, 90, Austrian theatre director, theatre manager (Theater am Gärtnerplatz), and drama school president (Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding).
• BM Nazrul Islam, 75, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1999–2001).
• Michael Neidorff, 79, American business executive, CEO of Centene Corporation (since 1996).
• Birgit Nordin, 88, Swedish opera singer.
• Elvis Nyathi, 43, Zimbabwean refugee, beaten and burned.
• Emmanuel Portacio, 52, Filipino lawn bowler.
• Jürgen Reents, 72, German journalist and politician, deputy (1983–1985).
• Hiro Sachiya, 85, Japanese religious scholar, liver cancer.
• Carlos Salazar, 90, Filipino actor.
• Man Sasaki, 95, Japanese politician, councillor (1976–1998).
• Arliss Sturgulewski, 94, American politician, member of the Alaska Senate (1979–1993).
• Hana Truncová, 97, Czech political prisoner.
• Ken West, 64, Australian music promoter, founder of Big Day Out.
• Rayfield Wright, 76, American Hall of Fame football player (Dallas Cowboys), Super Bowl champion (VI, XII).

8

• Psalm Adjeteyfio, 55, Ghanaian actor (A Stab in the Dark), complications from heart failure.
• Emily Akuffo, 88, Ghanaian teacher, first lady (1978–1979).
• Hannah Arterian, 72, American legal administrator and academic.
• Carl Boles, 87, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
• Chai-Sik Chung, 91, South Korean-born American social ethicist and sociologist.
• Massimo Cristaldi, 66, Italian film producer (Our Italian Husband, Sicilian Ghost Story).
• Henri Depireux, 78, Belgian football player (Standard Liège, national team) and manager (Bellinzona).
• Allan Donaldson, 92, Canadian writer and academic.
• Stelio Fenzo, 89, Italian cartoonist.
• Bob Gray, 98, English footballer (Gateshead).
• Betty Grundberg, 84, American politician.
• Edwin Kantar, 89, American bridge player, world champion (1977, 1979).
• Barak Lufan, 35, Israeli sprint kayaker and Paralympic coach, shot.
• Minori Matsushima, 81, Japanese actress, voice actress, and narrator (Candy Candy, Dororo, Mazinger Z), pancreatic cancer.
• Osinachi Nwachukwu, 42, Nigerian gospel singer, blood clot.
• Chibuzor Nwakanma, 57, Nigerian footballer (Mohun Bagan AC, SC East Bengal, Mohammedan SC), cardiac arrest.
• Brian O'Rouke, 72–73, Irish composer and singer.
• Peng Ming-min, 98, Taiwanese independence activist.
• Liza Picard, 94, English lawyer and historian.
• Hudarni Rani, 71, Indonesian politician, senator (since 2014) and governor of Bangka Belitung Islands (2002–2007).
• Mimi Reinhardt, 107, Austrian secretary (Oskar Schindler).
• József Salim, 54, Hungarian Olympic taekwondo practitioner (1992, 2000).
• John Shy, 91, American military historian.
• George H. Smith, 73, American author.
• Nagai Sriram, 41, Indian Carnatic violinist.
• Carlos Tiny, 71, São Toméan politician, Foreign Minister (2008–2010).
• José Vilariño, 60, Argentine politician, deputy (1995–1999, 2003–2015), cardiac arrest.
• Alexander Vovin, 61, Russian-American Japanologist.

9

• Stephen Athipozhiyil, 77, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor bishop (2000–2001) and bishop (2001–2019) of Alleppey.
• Chris Bailey, 65, Kenyan-born Australian musician (The Saints) and songwriter ("(I'm) Stranded", "Just Like Fire Would").
• M. Balayya, 92, Indian actor (Chivaraku Migiledi, Irugu Porugu, Bobbili Yuddham), writer and film producer.
• Tom Bleick, 79, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Atlanta Falcons).
• Uwe Bohm, 60, German actor (Moritz, Dear Moritz, Yasemin, Herzlich willkommen).
• Brian Booth, 97, Australian cricketer (Tasmania).
• Jim Bronstad, 85, American baseball player (Washington Senators, New York Yankees).
• Riccardo Dalisi, 90, Italian architect and designer.
• Ihor Dashko, 44, Ukrainian military officer, suicide.
• Michael Degen, 90, German-Israeli actor (Supermarket, Beyond Good and Evil, Dr. M).
• Michel Delebarre, 75, French politician, mayor of Dunkirk (1989–2014) and senator (2011–2017).
• Lellos Demetriades, 89, Cypriot politician, mayor of Nicosia Municipality (1971–2001) and deputy (1960–1970).
• Inga Freidenfelds, 86, Latvian-born Australian Olympic basketball player (1956).
• Chiara Frugoni, 82, Italian historian.
• Trevor Harrop, 94, Canadian-born British Olympic swimmer (1948).
• Dwayne Haskins, 24, American football player (Washington Redskins/Football Team, Pittsburgh Steelers), traffic collision.
• Henk Hermsen, 84, Dutch Olympic water polo player.
• Jack Higgins, 92, British author (The Eagle Has Landed, Thunder Point, Angel of Death).
• Ann Hutchinson Guest, 103, American dance notator.
• Myra Larcombe, 94, New Zealand swimming coach.
• John McCourtney, 78, Scottish Olympic wrestler.
• Pat Newman, 82, American tennis coach.
• Lawrence Poitras, 91, Canadian jurist, chief justice of the Superior Court of Quebec (1992–1996).
• George Siscoe, 84, American physicist.
• Dick Swatland, 76, American football player (Houston Oilers, Bridgeport Jets).
• Allan Trusler, 88, Australian footballer (Footscray).
• Brian Winston, 80, British journalist.
• Jeremy Young, 86–87, British actor (Doctor Who, Coronation Street, Crooks and Coronets).

10

• John Arguelles, 94, American jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court of California (1987–1989).
• Gary Barrett, 82, American ecologist.
• Philippe Boesmans, 85, Belgian composer.
• Desmond Brathwaite, Saint Lucian politician, MP (1987–1997).
• Gary Brown, 52, American football player (Houston Oilers, New York Giants, San Diego Chargers) and coach, cancer.
• Jon Herwig Carlsen, 84, Norwegian sports commentator (NRK).
• John Drew, 67, American basketball player (Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz), bone cancer.
• Francis Geng, 90, French politician, deputy (1978–1993).
• Eya Guezguez, 17, Tunisian Olympic sailor (2020), drowned.
• Joe Horlen, 84, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics), World Series champion (1972).
• M. C. Josephine, 74, Indian politician, chairperson of the Kerala Women's Commission (2017–2021), heart attack.
• Kalindi, 28, Brazilian footballer (Penafiel, Nacional).
• Hazem Nuseibeh, 99, Jordanian politician, minister of foreign affairs (1962–1965).
• Estela Rodríguez, 54, Cuban judoka, Olympic silver medallist (1992, 1996), cardiac arrest.
• Jos Schreurs, 87, Dutch Roman Catholic priest and politician, senator (1980–1981).
• Alexander Shkurko, 84, Russian historian, president of the State Historical Museum (1992–2010).
• Shiv Kumar Subramaniam, Indian actor (Mukti Bandhan) and screenwriter (Parinda, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi).
• Wang Senhao, 89, Chinese engineer and politician, governor of Shanxi (1983–1992).
• Desai Williams, 62, Canadian sprinter, Olympic bronze medalist (1984), heart attack.

11

• Len Allen, 90, British Olympic wrestler.
• Oleksandr Bakumenko, 62, Ukrainian politician, people's deputy (2014–2019).
• John D. Bransford, 78, American psychologist and educational theorist, lewy body dementia.
• Gary Bullock, 80, American actor (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, RoboCop 2, Species).
• Garrett Burnett, 46, Canadian ice hockey player (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim).
• Calvi, 83, French cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator.
• Wayne Cooper, 65, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, Golden State Warriors), complications from kidney disease.
• Ihor Dybchenko, 61, Ukrainian footballer (Shakhtar Donetsk, Shakhtar Horlivka, Pivdenstal Yenakiieve).
• Mohammad Feyz Sarabi, 93, Iranian Islamic cleric and politician, member of the Assembly of Experts (since 2006).
• Gábor Görgey, 92, Hungarian writer and poet, minister of culture (2002–2003).
• Delores Ann Richburg Greene, 86, American educator.
• Eduardo Guardia, 56, Brazilian economist and politician, minister of finance (2018–2019).
• Mohammad Hussain, 45, Pakistani cricketer (national team).
• Hans Junkermann, 87, German racing cyclist.
• James Jupp, 89, British-Australian political scientist and author.
• Aleksandr Kuzmin, 80, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Sudan (1992–1998).
• Bill Ludwig, 87, Australian trade unionist.
• Joseph Makoju, 73, Nigerian engineer.
• Charnett Moffett, 54, American jazz bassist, heart attack.
• René Mornex, 94, French endocrinologist and academic.
• Chip Myrtle, 76, American football player (Denver Broncos).
• Timothy R. Parsons, 89, Canadian oceanographer.
• Claude Véga, 91, French impersonator, humorist and actor.

12

• Rogerio Azcárraga Madero, 94, Mexican businessman.
• Sonny Caldinez, 89, Trinidadian actor (Doctor Who, The Fifth Element, Raiders of the Lost Ark).
• Sir Gordon Downey, 93, British public servant, parliamentary commissioner for standards (1995–1998).
• Olga Fiorini, 95, Italian businesswoman and educator.
• Gilbert Gottfried, 67, American comedian, television personality (Hollywood Squares), and actor (Aladdin, Cyberchase), ventricular tachycardia.
• Zvonimir Janko, 89, Croatian mathematician (Janko groups).
• Giorgos Katiforis, 87, Greek lawyer and academic, MEP (1994–2004).
• Larysa Khorolets, 73, Ukrainian actress, minister of culture (1991–1992).
• Susan Kilham, 79, American aquatic ecologist.
• Charles McCormick, 75, American musician (Bloodstone).
• Cedric McMillan, 44, American bodybuilder, heart attack.
• Doris Honig Merritt, 98, American physician.
• M. P. Govindan Nair, 94, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (1960–1964).
• Charles P. Roland, 104, American historian.
• Shirley Spork, 94, American professional golfer, co-founder of the LPGA.
• Traian Stănescu, 82, Romanian actor (Răscoala, Trandafirul galben, The Silver Mask).
• Henry S. Valk, 93, American physicist.
• Irina Vorobieva, 63, Russian Olympic figure skater (1976).
• Sergei Yashin, 60, Russian ice hockey player (Dynamo Moscow, EHC Dynamo Berlin, HC Davos), Olympic champion (1988).
• Arne Zwaig, 75, Norwegian chess player.

13

• Letizia Battaglia, 87, Italian photographer.
• Michel Bouquet, 96, French actor (The Unfaithful Wife, The Bride Wore Black, Toto the Hero).
• Jorge Carreño Luengas, 92–93, Colombian judge, president of the Supreme Court (1990–1991).
• Johanna Ekström, 51, Swedish author and artist, cancer.
• Wolfgang Fahrian, 80, German footballer (Hertha BSC, Fortuna Köln, West Germany national team).
• Alex Gilady, 79, Israeli sports journalist and Olympic official, cancer.
• Francesco Glorioso, 79, Italian Olympic rower (1964).
• Josef Göppel, 71, German politician, MP (2002–2017).
• Laura Harris Hales, 54, American writer, historian, and podcaster, pancreatic cancer.
• Hua Wenyi, 81, Chinese Kunqu performer.
• Jimmy Leonard, 94, Irish politician, senator (1981–1982) and three-term TD.
• Maurice Lévy, 99, French physicist and teacher, president of the CNES (1973–1976).
• Lillian M. Lowery, 67–68, American school superintendent.
• David Luteijn, 78, Dutch politician, senator (1983–1995).
• Tom McCarthy, 61, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars, Boston Bruins) and coach, complications from heart surgery.
• Bill Nation, 96, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1965–1967) and mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming (1962–1966, 1973–1977).
• Bob Neuenschwander, 73, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1983–1990).
• Gloria Parker, 100, American musician and bandleader.
• Freddy Rincón, 55, Colombian footballer (Corinthians, Real Madrid, national team), head injuries from traffic collision.
• Thomas Rosenlöcher, 74, German writer and poet.
• Vincent Ryan, 83, Australian Catholic priest and convicted sex offender.
• Colin Semper, 84, English Anglican priest.
• Jorge Trías, 73, Spanish lawyer, politician and whistleblower (Bárcenas affair), deputy (1996–2000), complications from COVID-19.
• Skip Walker, 67, American football player (Ottawa Rough Riders, Montreal Alouettes), cancer.
• Wang Yumei, 87, Chinese actress (Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain, The Wooden Man's Bride, Justice Bao).

14

• Roberto Bendini, 76, Argentine military officer, chief of the general staff of the Army (2003–2008), pancreatic cancer.
• Alex Brenninkmeijer, 70, Dutch lawyer and academic, national ombudsman (2005–2014), member of the European Court of Auditors (since 2014).
• William Burgess, 91, Canadian Olympic sailor.
• Dennis Byars, 81, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (1988–1995, 1999–2007).
• Irving Davidson, 92, Australian footballer (St Kilda).
• Gurbax Singh Frank, 86, Indian translator.
• Rio Hackford, 51, American actor (Treme, Jonah Hex, The Mandalorian), uveal melanoma.
• Chic Henry, 75, Australian car show organizer (Summernats), cancer.
• Ed Jasper, 49, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, Oakland Raiders).
• Orlando Julius, 79, Nigerian saxophonist, singer and bandleader.
• Ilkka Kanerva, 74, Finnish politician, MP (since 1975), minister of labour (1991–1995), and deputy prime minister (1991).
• Cecily Littleton, 95, British crystallographer and horticulturalist, cardiac and respiratory arrest.
• Mak Ho Wai, 76, Hong Kong actor (The Romancing Star II, Faithfully Yours, The Banquet).
• Jack Newton, 72, Australian golfer.
• Kōji Omi, 89, Japanese politician, minister of finance (2006–2007).
• Joseph Pathalil, 85, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Udaipur (1984–2012).
• Clay Reynolds, 72, American writer and literary critic, pancreatic cancer.
• Edward Morgan Rowell, 90, American diplomat, bullous pemphigoid.
• Manju Singh, 73, Indian television producer, heart attack.
• Con Sullivan, 93, English footballer (Bristol City, Arsenal).
• Trygve Thue, 71, Norwegian guitarist.

15

• David G. Barber, 61, Canadian environmental scientist and academic.
• Mike Bossy, 65, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (New York Islanders), four-time Stanley Cup champion, lung cancer.
• Tony Brown, 86, Australian rugby league player (Newtown, Penrith, national team).
• Baidyanath Chakrabarty, 94, Indian gynaecologist and reproductive medicine researcher.
• Bob Chinn, 99, American restaurateur.
• Andy Coen, 57, American college football coach (Lehigh Mountain Hawks).
• Newton Cruz, 97, Brazilian military officer.
• Earl Devaney, 74, American law enforcement officer, inspector-general of the interior department (1999–2011).
• Bilquis Edhi, 74, Pakistani nurse and humanitarian, heart failure.
• Helle Fastrup, 70, Danish actress (Temporary Release), cancer.
• Jean-Paul Fitoussi, 79, French economist.
• Bernhard Germeshausen, 70, German bobsledder, Olympic champion (1976, 1980).
• Bob Harrison, 80, American football player (Kent State) and coach (Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Severo Hernández, 81, Colombian Olympic cyclist (1968).
• Carlos López Riaño, 81, Spanish jurist and politician, deputy (1982–1996).
• Eunice Muñoz, 93, Portuguese actress (A Morgadinha dos Canaviais, Hard Times).
• Michael O'Kennedy, 86, Irish politician, minister for foreign affairs (1977–1979) and finance (1979–1980), TD (1965–2002).
• Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, 97, British politician, member (1979–1999) and president (1987–1989) of the European Parliament, member of the House of Lords (1987–2017).
• Vlasta Pospíšilová, 87, Czech animator and director.
• Art Rupe, 104, American Hall of Fame music executive and record producer (Specialty Records).
• Liz Sheridan, 93, American actress (Seinfeld, ALF, Play the Game).
• Peter Swales, 73, Welsh historian of psychoanalysis.
• Kantoku Teruya, 76, Japanese politician, MP (1995–2001, 2003–2021), stomach cancer.

16

• Lembit Arro, 92, Estonian judge and politician, MP (1992–1999).
• J. N. Bhatt, 76, Indian jurist, justice of the Gujarat High Court (1990–2005) and chief justice of Patna High Court (2005–2007).
• Bill Bourne, 68, Canadian fiddler, guitarist (Tri-Continental) and songwriter, bladder cancer.
• James G. Crouse, 76, American politician.
• John Dougherty, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Scranton (1995–2009).
• Elenore Freedman, 96, American educator, co-founder of The Derryfield School.
• Rosario Ibarra, 95, Mexican social activist and politician, senator (2006–2012).
• Rhoda Kadalie, 68, South African social activist, lung cancer.
• David Leeson, 64, American photojournalist.
• Mariano Ortiz, 77, Puerto Rican Olympic basketball player (1968, 1972, 1976).
• Nawal Kishore Rai, 62, Indian politician, MP (1991–1997, 1999–2004).
• Jon A. Reynolds, 84, American military officer.
• Wendy Rieger, 65, American news anchor (WRC-TV), glioblastoma.
• Gloria Sevilla, 90, Filipino actress (Bida si Mister, Bida si Misis, Once Upon a Time in Manila, Boy Golden: Shoot to Kill).
• Boyet Sison, 58, Filipino sportscaster, cardiac arrest.
• Joachim Streich, 71, German football player (Hansa Rostock, 1. FC Magdeburg, East Germany national team) and manager, Olympic bronze medalist (1972).
• Rosella Thorne, 91, Canadian Olympic sprinter (1952).
• Sir Ray Tindle, 95, British entrepreneur, founder of Tindle.
• Jon Wefald, 84, American academic administrator, president of Kansas State University (1986–2009), heart attack.
• Arthur Winther, 85, Australian Olympic diver (1956).
• Zippy Chippy, 30, American thoroughbred racehorse.

17

• Mireya Baltra, 90, Chilean journalist and politician, deputy (1969–1973) and minister of labor (1972).
• Eduardo Barbeiro, 90, Portuguese Olympic swimmer (1952).
• Ursula Bellugi, 91, German-born American cognitive neuroscientist.
• DJ Kay Slay, 55, American disc jockey and record executive, COVID-19.
• Rada Granovskaya, 92, Russian psychologist.
• Jimmy Harris, 88, English footballer (Everton, Birmingham City, Oldham Athletic).
• Jim Hartz, 82, American journalist and television presenter (Today), COPD.
• Omer Kaleshi, 90, Macedonian painter.
• Prafulla Kar, 83, Indian musician, singer, and lyricist, cardiac arrest.
• William Kimbel, 68, American paleoanthropologist, cancer.
• Radu Lupu, 76, Romanian pianist.
• Kevin Meates, 92, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team).
• Midnight Bourbon, 4, American thoroughbred racehorse, gastrointestinal disease.
• James Olson, 91, American actor (The Andromeda Strain, Commando, Rachel, Rachel).
• Gilles Remiche, 43, Belgian film director and actor (The Benefit of the Doubt, Working Girls, Madly in Life), cancer.
• Hollis Resnik, 67, American singer and actress (Backdraft), heart failure.
• N. Sankar, 76, Indian industrialist (Sanmar Group).
• Catherine Spaak, 77, Belgian-Italian actress (Kiss the Other Sheik, Il Sorpasso, Adultery Italian Style) and singer.
• Re Styles, 72, American singer (The Tubes).
• Ann Ter-Pogossian, 90, American painter.
• Rick Turner, 78, American luthier and guitarist (Autosalvage), heart failure and stroke.

18

• Lidiya Alfeyeva, 76, Russian long jumper, Olympic bronze medalist (1976).
• Noel Alford, 89, Australian footballer (North Melbourne).
• Nicholas Angelich, 51, American classical pianist, lung disease.
• Kenneth M. Baird, 99, Canadian physicist, metrologist and inventor.
• Piergiorgio Bellocchio, 90, Italian literary critic and writer.
• Sir Harrison Birtwistle, 87, English composer (The Triumph of Time, The Mask of Orpheus, The Minotaur).
• Wilfred Cass, 97, German-born British entrepreneur and arts philanthropist.
• Henry Delisle, 83, French academic and politician, deputy (1981–1986).
• Jerry Doucette, 70, Canadian rock singer, songwriter and guitarist, cancer.
• Valerio Evangelisti, 69, Italian novelist (Il castello di Eymerich).
• Graham Fyfe, 70, Scottish footballer (Rangers, Hibernian, Dumbarton).
• Bill Gatton, 89, American entrepreneur and philanthropist.
• Michel Goma, 90, French fashion designer, director of Balenciaga (1987–1992).
• Barbara Hall, 99, British crossword compiler and advice columnist.
• Leonid Heifetz, 87, Russian stage director and drama teacher.
• Andrzej Korzyński, 82, Polish composer (Man of Marble, The Birch Wood, Possession).
• Sid Mark, 88, American radio presenter.
• Janez Matičič, 95, Slovenian composer and pianist.
• Jean Meyer, 97, French historian.
• Seppo Nikkari, 74, Finnish Olympic runner (1972).
• Hermann Nitsch, 83, Austrian artist (Viennese Actionism).
• Pedro Pinto Rubianes, 91, Ecuadorian politician, vice president (2000–2003), minister of finance (1982–1984), MP (1998–2000).
• Rein Ratas, 83, Estonian politician, MP (2007–2011, 2015–2018).
• Shirō Sasaki, 83, Japanese anime and music producer, lung cancer.
• Piero Scesa, 83, Italian footballer (Novara, Torino, Mantova).
• Norm Suddon, 78, Scottish rugby union player (national team).
• Bridget Tan, 73, Singaporean migrant workers' rights advocate, founder of the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics.
• Thein Tun, 85, Burmese beverage executive and banker, founder of Tun Foundation Bank.
• Vyacheslav Trubnikov, 77, Russian intelligence officer, director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (1996–2000).
• Roger Undy, 83, British industrial relations scholar and academic.

19

• Ibrahim Aoudou, 66, Cameroonian Olympic footballer.
• Brad Ashford, 72, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2015–2017), brain cancer.
• Garland Boyette, 82, American football player (Houston Oilers, St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Alouettes).
• Robin Chan, 90, Hong Kong businessman.
• Paddy Flanagan, 92, Irish Gaelic footballer (St Loman's, Westmeath) and hurler (Westmeath).
• Gloria Gervitz, 79, Mexican poet and translator.
• Mike Gregory, 65, English darts player.
• Umang Gupta, 72, Indian-American entrepreneur, bladder cancer.
• Ellen Hancock, 79, American technology executive (IBM, National Semiconductor Corporation, Apple Inc.).
• Steven Heighton, 60, Canadian author and poet, cancer.
• Gert Hekma, 70, Dutch anthropologist and sociologist.
• Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, 93, American novelist, essayist and poet.
• Mosharraf Hossain, 40, Bangladeshi cricketer (Dhaka Division, Khulna Tigers, national team), brain cancer.
• Iqbal Muhammad Ali Khan, 64, Pakistani politician, MNA (since 2002), complications from heart surgery.
• Bob Latz, 91, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1959–1962, 1963–1966).
• Carlos Lucas, 91, Chilean boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (1956).
• John McKay, 82, British-Canadian mathematician (McKay conjecture, McKay graph).
• Ardina Moore, 91, American Quapaw-Osage fashion designer.
• Pan Jiluan, 94, Chinese scientist, president of Nanchang University (1993–2002) and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Sandra Pisani, 63, Australian field hockey player, Olympic champion (1988), cancer.
• Samiur Rahman, 68, Bangladeshi cricketer (national team), brain cancer.
• Dede Robertson, 94, American evangelical Christian activist.
• Henry Scott-Stokes, 83, British journalist (Financial Times, The Times, The New York Times).
• Norman Surplus, 59, Northern Irish adventurer, first person to circumnavigate the world in an autogyro, cancer.
• Kane Tanaka, 119, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest person (since 2018).
• Freeman Williams, 65, American basketball player (San Diego Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz).

20

• Philip Beidler, 77, American writer.
• Hilda Bernard, 101, Argentine actress (Rebelde Way, Floricienta).
• Ivan Bidnyak, 36, Ukrainian sport shooter and soldier, shot.
• Ian Brooks, 93, New Zealand politician, MP (1970–1975).
• Gino Burrini, 87, Italian Olympic alpine skier (1956).
• Alan Garen, 96, American geneticist.
• Olle Goop, 78, Swedish trotting driver and trainer.
• Guitar Shorty, 87, American blues guitarist.
• Antonín Kachlík, 99, Czech film director (Já, truchlivý bůh, Princ Bajaja) and screenwriter.
• Javier Lozano Barragán, 89, Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal, bishop of Zacatecas (1984–1997) and president of the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers (1996–2009).
• Gavin Millar, 84, Scottish film director (Dreamchild, Danny, the Champion of the World, Complicity), critic and television presenter.
• Read Morgan, 91, American actor (The Deputy, Gunsmoke, Back to the Future).
• Robert Morse, 90, American actor (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Tru, Mad Men), Tony winner (1962, 1990)
• T. Rama Rao, 83, Indian film director (Navaratri, Jeevana Tarangalu, Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya).
• Vundela Malakonda Reddy, 89, Indian writer and poet.
• Erwina Ryś-Ferens, 67, Polish four-time Olympic speed skater.
• Helen Spivey, 94, American politician and environmentalist.
• Nikola Stipanicev, 85, Croatian Olympic rower.
• Enver Yulgushov, 83, Russian football player (Zenit Leningrad) and manager (Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don, Torpedo Taganrog).

21

• Moslem Bahadori, 95, Iranian pathologist.
• Elspeth Barker, 81, British novelist and journalist, complications from a stroke.
• Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Jan Ceulemans, 96, Belgian Olympic basketball player.
• Eric Chappell, 88, English screenwriter (The Squirrels, Rising Damp, Home to Roost).
• Clive Collins, 80, British cartoonist and illustrator.
• Ralph DeLoach, 65, American football player (New York Jets).
• Volodymyr Denshchykov, 69, Ukrainian actor and artist.
• John DiStaso, 68, American journalist (New Hampshire Union Leader, WMUR-TV).
• David Friedland, 84, American politician and criminal, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1966–1974) and Senate (1978–1980).
• Ali Hamsa, 66, Malaysian civil servant, chief secretary to the government (2012–2018).
• Renate Holm, 90, German-Austrian actress (The Count of Luxemburg) and operatic soprano (Vienna State Opera).
• Sir Geoffrey Howlett, 92, British army general, commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces Northern Europe (1986–1989).
• Huang Shuqin, 82, Chinese film director (A Soul Haunted by Painting, Sinful Debt).
• Aydın İlter, 91, Turkish military officer, general commander of the Gendarmerie (1993–1995).
• Mwai Kibaki, 90, Kenyan politician, president (2002–2013), vice president (1978–1988) and MP (1974–2013).
• Daryle Lamonica, 80, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills, Southern California Sun).
• Iván Markó, 75, Hungarian dancer and choreographer.
• Frank Otway, 99, American basketball player (Chicago American Gears).
• Jacques Perrin, 80, French actor (Z, Black and White in Color, The Sleeping Car Murders) and filmmaker.
• Cynthia Plaster Caster, 74, American visual artist, cerebrovascular disease.
• John Rutherford, 92, Australian cricketer (Western Australia, national team).
• J. D. Rymbai, 87, Indian politician, chief minister of Meghalaya (2006–2007) and Meghalaya MLA (1983–1988, 1993–2008).
• J. W. Stoker, 94, American rodeo trick rider and stuntman (Bronco Billy).
• James R. Taylor, 93, Canadian academic.
• Kazumi Watanabe, 86, Japanese Olympic long-distance runner (1960, 1964).
• Adam Windsor, 41, English professional wrestler.
• Ronald J. Zlatoper, 80, American naval officer, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander (1994–1996).

22

• Lamidi Adeyemi III, 83, Nigerian traditional ruler, Alaafin of Oyo (since 1970).
• Marshall Arisman, 83, American illustrator, painter, and educator.
• Dennis J. Gallagher, 82, American politician, member of the Colorado House of Representatives (1970–1974) and Senate (1974–1994).
• Walter Gwenigale, 87, Liberian politician, minister of health and social welfare (2006–2015).
• Guy Lafleur, 70, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Quebec Nordiques, New York Rangers), five-time Stanley Cup champion, lung cancer.
• Marcus Leatherdale, 69, Canadian photographer.
• Curt Merz, 84, American football player (Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs, Ottawa Rough Riders).
• Ted Prappas, 66, American racing driver (CART), colon cancer.
• Jan Rot, 64, Dutch singer, composer, and translator, colon cancer.
• Michelle Suárez Bértora, 39, Uruguayan politician and trans activist, senator (2014–2017).
• Pedrie Wannenburg, 41, South African rugby union player (Ulster, Oyonnax, national team), traffic collision.
• Clayton Weishuhn, 62, American football player (New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers), traffic collision.
• Håkan Winberg, 90, Swedish politician, MP (1971–1982) and minister for justice (1979–1981).
• Viktor Zvyahintsev, 71, Ukrainian footballer (Shakhtar Donetsk), Olympic bronze medallist (1976).

23

• Arno, 72, Belgian singer (TC Matic) and actor (Camping Cosmos), pancreatic cancer.
• Carmelo Borobia, 82, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Tarazona (1996–2004), auxiliary bishop of Toledo (2004–2010) and Zaragoza (1990–1996).
• Nse Ekpenyong, 58, Nigerian politician, member of the House of Representatives (since 2015).
• Justin Green, 76, American cartoonist (Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary).
• Enoch Kelly Haney, 81, American sculptor, painter, and politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1980–1986) and Senate (1986–2002), chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma (2005–2009).
• Orrin Hatch, 88, American politician, senator (1977–2019) and president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (2015–2019), complications from a stroke.
• Fuad El-Hibri, 64, German-American businessman and philanthropist, founder of Emergent BioSolutions.
• Philip J. Hilts, 74, American journalist and author, complications from liver disease.
• Johnnie Jones, 102, American soldier, civil rights lawyer and politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1972–1976).
• Milenko Kovačević, 58, Serbian footballer (Mačva Šabac, Rad, Apollon Athens).
• Sheldon Krimsky, 80, American bioethicist.
• Li Sanli, 86, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Adrian Long, 80–81, Northern Irish civil engineer.
• Mike Sommer, 87, American football player (Washington Redskins, Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders).
• John Paul, 71, Indian screenwriter (Yathra, Sandhya Mayangum Neram, Kattathe Kilikkoodu), kidney disease.
• R. William Riggs, 83, American jurist, associate judge of the Oregon Supreme Court (1998–2006), complications from heart disease.
• Barbara Sansoni, 94, Sri Lankan artist, designer and writer (Barefoot).
• John Stofa, 79, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bengals).
• Kenneth E. Stumpf, 77, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Sheila Vaughan, 80, English amateur golfer.
• Dawie de Villiers, 81, South African rugby union player (Western Province, Boland Cavaliers, national team), cancer.
• Robert J. Warren, 88, American scientist and inventor.

24

• James Bama, 95, American artist and book cover illustrator (Doc Savage).
• Yvonne Blenkinsop, 83, English fishing safety campaigner.
• Frances Cherry, 84, New Zealand novelist.
• McCrae Dowless, 66, American political campaigner and convicted fraudster, lung cancer.
• Freddy Hall, 37, Bermudian footballer (Telford United, Limerick, national team), traffic collision.
• Chris Haughey, 96, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
• Dimpal Kumari Jha, 42, Nepalese politician, MP (2013–2017) and Madhesh Province MPA (since 2018), colon cancer.
• Denis Kiwanuka Lote, 84, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kotido (1991–2007) and archbishop of Tororo (2007–2014).
• Kaushalya Madushani, 26, Sri Lankan hurdler, suicide by hanging.
• Sir Laurence Martin, 93, British academic.
• Josep Massot, 80, Spanish Roman Catholic monk, historian, and philologist.
• Kathy Mills, 86, Australian indigenous community leader and artist.
• Binapani Mohanty, 85, Indian novelist.
• Richie Moran, 85, American Hall of Fame lacrosse player and coach (Cornell Big Red).
• Willi Resetarits, 73, Austrian singer, comedian, and human rights activist, fall.
• K. Sankaranarayanan, 89, Indian politician, governor of Nagaland (2007–2008), Jharkhand (2009–2010) and Maharashtra (2010–2014), complications from a stroke.
• Ronald R. Van Stockum, 105, British-born American military officer.
• Rajesh Verma, 40, Indian cricketer (Mumbai), cardiac arrest.
• M. Vijayan, 80, Indian structural biologist, president of the National Science Academy (2007–2010).
• Collin Williams, 60, Zimbabwean cricketer (Matabeleland).
• Quency Williams, 61, American football player (Calgary Stampeders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers), heart attack.
• Francis Wilson, 82, South African economist.
• Andrew Woolfolk, 71, American Hall of Fame saxophonist (Earth, Wind & Fire).

25

• Hannes Adomeit, 79, German political scientist.
• Robert Archambeau, 89, Canadian ceramic artist and potter.
• Thomas Broadwater, 87, American politician.
• Edward J. Bronson, 91, American political scientist.
• Marc G. Caron, 75, Canadian-born American biologist.
• Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan, 97, Iranian literary critic, translator and poet.
• Alabo Graham-Douglas, 82, Nigerian politician, minister of aviation (1990–1992), labour (1999–2000) and culture (2000–2001).
• Bente Hansen, 82, Danish writer and women's rights activist.
• Susan Jacks, 73, Canadian singer-songwriter (The Poppy Family) and record producer, kidney disease.
• Kostas Karapatis, 94, Greek football player (Olympiacos, national team) and manager (Doxa Drama).
• Marguerite Kleven, 91, American politician.
• Bob LaRose, 76, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) and coach (Western Mustangs), heart attack.
• Ursula Lehr, 91, German gerontologist and politician, minister of family affairs (1989–1991) and MP (1990–1994).
• Hossein Mollaghasemi, 89, Iranian Olympic wrestler (1960, 1964).
• Morton Mower, 89, American cardiologist, cancer.
• Salvatore Pica, 83, Italian art collector, COVID-19.
• Mike Preaseau, 86, American college basketball player (San Francisco Dons).
• Rha Woong-bae, 87, South Korean politician, minister of finance (1982) and deputy prime minister (1988).
• J. Roy Rowland, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1995) and Georgia House of Representatives (1976–1982).
• Jimmy Thomas, 83, American soul singer (Kings of Rhythm), respiratory failure.
• Henny Vrienten, 73, Dutch singer-songwriter and composer (Doe Maar).
• Geraldine Weiss, 96, American investor.
• Corey Wittenberg, 60, American-born Australian tennis player.
• Shane Yellowbird, 42, Canadian country singer.

26

• Peter Ackerman, 75, American businessman, founder of Americans Elect and the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.
• Luke Allen, 43, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies).
• Richard Beaumont, 60, British actor (Scrooge).
• Inge Bernstein, 91, Austrian-born English judge.
• Elvera Britto, 81, Indian field hockey player (national team).
• Jack Cakebread, 92, American winemaker, founder of Cakebread Cellars.
• Julie Daraîche, 83, Canadian singer.
• Ann Davies, 87, English actress (Doctor Who, Peter's Friends, The Sculptress).
• Daniel Dolan, 70, American Catholic sedevacantist bishop (since 1993).
• George D. Gould, 94, American financier and banker, under secretary of the Treasury (1985–1988).
• İsmail Ogan, 89, Turkish wrestler, Olympic champion (1964), multiple organ failure.
• Klaus Schulze, 74, German electronic musician (Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, The Cosmic Jokers) and composer.
• Peter Vickery, 72, Australian lawyer, judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria (2008–2018), cancer.

27

• Carlos Amigo Vallejo, 87, Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Seville (1982–2009) and Tanger (1973–1982), heart failure.
• LeRoy Armstrong, 85, Canadian politician, New Brunswick MLA (1995–1999, 2003–2006).
• David Birney, 83, American actor (St. Elsewhere, Bridget Loves Bernie, Oh, God! Book II) and stage director, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Shahzada Mohiuddin, 83, Pakistani politician, MNA (1985–1988) and minister of excise and taxation (1990).
• Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, 33, Malaysian drug trafficker, execution by hanging.
• Bob Elkins, 89, American actor (Coal Miner's Daughter, The Dream Catcher).
• Carlos García Cambón, 73, Argentine footballer (Chacarita Juniors, Boca Juniors, Unión de Santa Fe), complications from ruptured abdominal aneurysm.
• John Gwitira, 72, Zimbabwean political activist, chairman of the National Liberation War Veterans Association (1989–1997).
• Judy Henske, 85, American folk singer ("High Flying Bird").
• Nikolai Leonov, 93, Russian KGB officer and politician, deputy (2003–2007).
• Adam Lepa, 83, Polish Roman Catholic prelate and theologian, auxiliary bishop of Łódź (1988–2014).
• Liao Guoxun, 59, Chinese politician, delegate to the NPC (2008–2013, since 2017) and mayor of Tianjin (since 2020).
• Kristian Lundberg, 56, Swedish author.
• Maria L. Marcus, 88, Austrian-born American lawyer.
• Jack Morris, 90, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, Minnesota Vikings).
• Shirley Nelson, 96, American author.
• Rich Pahls, 78, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (2005–2013, since 2021) and Omaha City Council (2013–2021), complications from cancer.
• Bernard Pons, 95, French politician, four-time deputy, minister of transport (1995–1997), and Paris councillor (1983–2008).
• Gene Santoro, 71, American music journalist, esophageal cancer.
• Bryan Saunders, 69, Canadian Olympic sprinter (1976, 1984).
• Victor Serrano, 78, French rugby league player (Saint-Gaudens Bears, national team).
• Kenneth Tsang, 86, Hong Kong actor (A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Once a Thief).
• David Walden, 79, American computer scientist (IMP, ARPANET), lymphoma.

28

• Neal Adams, 80, American comic book artist (Batman, Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, Green Lantern), complications from sepsis.
• John Bosley, 74, Canadian politician, MP (1979–1993) and speaker of the House of Commons (1984–1986), heart failure.
• Tanya Brady, 49, British rower, equestrian accident.
• Peter Brandt, 90, British Olympic rower (1952).
• Tom Cunningham, 91, Irish hurler.
• Juan Diego, 79, Spanish actor (The Dumbfounded King, Go Away from Me, Los hombres de Paco).
• Jean-Claude Fruteau, 74, French politician, deputy (2007–2017), MEP (1999–2007), and mayor of Saint-Benoît, Réunion (since 2008).
• Salim Ghouse, 70, Indian actor (Subah, Bharat Ek Khoj, Wagle Ki Duniya).
• Vira Hyrych, 54, Ukrainian journalist and radio producer (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty), missile strike.
• Harold James, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1989–2008, 2012–2013).
• Harold Livingston, 97, American novelist and screenwriter (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Hell with Heroes).
• M. A. Mannan, 72, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991–1995) and mayor of Gazipur (1991–1996, 2013–2018).
• Hugh McDevitt, 91, American immunologist.
• Steve McMillan, 80, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1980), brain cancer.
• Susan Nussbaum, 68, American actress and disability rights activist, complications from pneumonia.
• George Papach, 97, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Ian Pool, 85, New Zealand demographer.
• Charles T. Prewitt, 89, American mineralogist and solid state chemist.
• Fernando Sáenz Lacalle, 89, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of San Salvador (1995–2008).
• Zoran Sretenović, 57, Serbian basketball player (Crvena zvezda, Jugoplastika) and coach (Železničar Inđija), European champion (1991, 1995), heart attack.
• Mendes Thame, 75, Brazilian politician, deputy (1987–1993, 1999–2019) and mayor of Piracicaba (1993–1997).
• Larry Woiwode, 80, American writer.

29

• Erich Barnes, 86, American football player (Chicago Bears, New York Giants, Cleveland Browns).
• Joanna Barnes, 87, American actress (Auntie Mame, Tarzan, the Ape Man, The Parent Trap) and writer.
• Georgia Benkart, 74, American mathematician, lung cancer.
• Allen Blairman, 81, American jazz drummer.
• Maria Antònia Canals, 91, Spanish mathematician and pedagogist.
• Choijinzhab, 91, Chinese linguist.
• John Cooke, 77–78, Irish judge.
• David A. Evans, 81, American chemist.
• Walter S. Felton Jr., 77, American judge.
• Robert Goolrick, 73, American writer, complications from COVID-19.
• Clive Griffiths, 67, Welsh footballer (Kansas City Comets, Chicago Sting, Tranmere Rovers).
• Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Ismail, 94, Malaysian politician, MP (1969–1990), minister of defence (1987–1990) and foreign affairs (1975–1981, 1984–1986), stroke.
• Roberto Lecaros, 77, Chilean jazz musician and composer.
• Andrew G. McBride, 61, American attorney.
• Peter Moore, 78, American shoe designer (Nike, Inc.).
• Roland Robertson, 83, English sociologist.
• Walter Rossi, 74, Italian-Canadian guitarist (Influence, Luke & The Apostles), lung cancer.
• Tarsame Singh Saini, 54, British singer.
• Ivan Snehota, 75–76, Czechoslovakian-born Italian organizational theorist. (death announced on this date)
• Nader Talebzadeh, 68, Iranian film director (The Messiah), heart failure.
• George Yanok, 83, American television writer and producer (Hee Haw, Welcome Back, Kotter, The Stockard Channing Show), Emmy winner (1974, 1976), lung cancer.

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• Allister Adel, 45, American lawyer, county attorney of Maricopa County, Arizona (2019–2022).
• Ricardo Alarcón, 84, Cuban politician, minister of foreign affairs (1992–1993) and president of the National Assembly of People's Power (1993–2013).
• Frank J. Anderson, 83–84, American police officer, sheriff of Marion County, Indiana (2003–2011).
• Lee Brayton, 88, American racing driver and engine builder.
• Neil Campbell, 45, English footballer (Doncaster Rovers, Scarborough, Barrow).
• DJ Delete, 30, Australian DJ and music producer, overdose.
• Ray Fenwick, 75, English guitarist (The Spencer Davis Group, Ian Gillan Band).
• Ron Galella, 91, American paparazzo, heart failure.
• Marthe Gautier, 96, French physician.
• Khun Htun Oo, 78, Burmese political activist.
• Naomi Judd, 76, American Hall of Fame country singer (The Judds) and songwriter ("Change of Heart", "Love Can Build a Bridge"), suicide by gunshot.
• Waqar Ahmad Khan, 54, Pakistani politician, MPA (since 2018), cardiac arrest.
• Bob Krueger, 86, American diplomat and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1979) and Senate (1993), ambassador to Botswana (1996–1999).
• Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, 88, Bangladeshi economist and politician, minister of finance (2009–2019) and MP (2009–2018).
• Lyubov Panchenko, 84, Ukrainian visual artist and fashion designer, starvation.
• Mino Raiola, 54, Italian football agent (Pavel Nedvěd, Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimović).
• Max Riebl, 30, Australian countertenor, cancer.
• Gabe Serbian, 44, American hardcore punk drummer and guitarist (The Locust, Dead Cross).
• Ülo Tulik, 64, Estonian agronomist and politician, governor of Võru County (2005–2010).