Deaths in May 2021

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2021.

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.

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 (1998–2002).
• 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 (1998–2010).
• Francis Ducreux, 76, French racing cyclist.
• Marc Dudicourt, 88, French actor (A Matter of Resistance, King of Hearts, Jupiter's Thigh).
• Olympia Dukakis, 89, American actress (Moonstruck, Steel Magnolias, Tales of the City), Oscar winner (1988).
• Henryetta Edwards, 95, British actress (Squibs, She Shall Have Murder, The Feminine Touch).
• José Daniel Falla Robles, 64, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Cali (2009–2016) and bishop of Soacha (since 2016), 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 (Warhammer, Space Hulk, Block Mania).
• József Hámori, 89, Hungarian biologist and politician, minister of culture (1998–1999).
• Joseph W. Hatchett, 88, American jurist, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1979–1981), judge (1981–1999) and chief judge (1996–1999) of the Eleventh Circuit.
• Peter Heerey, 82, Australian jurist, judge of the Federal Court of Australia (1990–2009), cancer.
• Włodzimierz Heliński, 65, Polish speedway rider.
• Tom Hickey, 77, Irish actor (Gothic, High Spirits, My Left Foot).
• Wondress Hutchinson, 56, American singer ("Got to Have Your Love").
• Paul Ioannidis, 97, Greek resistance fighter and pilot.
• Al Jamison, 83, American football player (Houston Oilers).
• Kate Jennings, 72, Australian poet and writer (Moral Hazard).
• Bikramjeet Kanwarpal, 52, Indian actor (Shortcut Romeo, Ghazi, Madha), 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 (Static, Earth X, The Winter Men), cancer.
• Edy Lima, 96, Brazilian writer, Prêmio Jabuti laureate (1975).
• Nancy McCredie, 76, Canadian Olympic athlete (1964).
• Nine Moati, 83, French novelist.
• Joseph Z. Nederlander, 93, American theatre owner and manager.
• Barry Nelson, 89, Australian rugby league footballer (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Newtown Jets).
• Andrzej Osęka, 89, Polish art historian, journalist and art critic, recipient of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
• Ricardo Alberto Ramírez, 48, Argentine footballer, complications from COVID-19.
• Mikhail Plotkin, 77, Russian music producer and administrator (Vesyolye Rebyata, Samotsvety, Leysya, Pesnya), complications from COVID-19.
• Rafael Roncagliolo, 76, Peruvian diplomat and politician, minister of foreign affairs (2011–2013).
• Kishan Rungta, 88, Indian cricket player (Maharashtra, Rajasthan) and administrator, COVID-19.
• Mohammad Shahabuddin, 53, Indian politician and convicted kidnapper, Bihar MLA (1990–1996) and MP (1996–2009), COVID-19.
• W. Royal Stokes, 90, American writer.
• Henry Ventura, 55, Venezuelan politician, deputy (since 2020) and minister of health (2015), COVID-19.
• Ernest E. West, 89, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Stuart Woolf, 85, English-Italian historian.

2

• Bob Abernethy, 93, American journalist (NBC News) and television presenter (Religion & Ethics Newsweekly).
• Alcira Argumedo, 80, Argentine sociologist and politician, deputy (2009–2017), lung cancer.
• John Bridgwater, 83, British chemical engineer.
• Joel Chadabe, 82, American electronic music pioneer.
• Bronisław Cieślak, 77, Polish actor (07 zgłoś się, Pierwsza miłość), television presenter and politician, deputy (1997–2005).
• Gwendalyn F. Cody, 99, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1983–1986).
• Frank Costa, 83, Australian entrepreneur and philanthropist, president of Geelong Football Club (1998–2010), cancer.
• Jacques d'Amboise, 86, American ballet dancer, choreographer and actor (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Carousel, Off Beat), stroke.
• Lolly Debattista, 91, Maltese footballer (Floriana, Ħamrun Spartans, Valletta).
• David Humphreys, 84, Australian Olympic cyclist (1964).
• Abdur Rauf Khan, 82, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1988–1990).
• Hans Lotz, 73, German-Australian hammer thrower.
• Eric McClure, 42, American racing driver (NASCAR Xfinity Series).
• Sally Falk Moore, 97, American legal anthropologist.
• Andrzej Możejko, 72, Polish footballer (Widzew Łódź).
• S. G. Neginhal, 92, Indian forester and conservationist, COVID-19.
• Janneke Raaijmakers, 47, Dutch historian, cancer.
• Teresa Román Vélez, 95, Colombian writer and chef.
• Carlos Romero Barceló, 88, Puerto Rican politician, mayor of San Juan (1969–1977) and governor (1977–1985), 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 (1980–1996, 2004–2009), 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 (1993–2009).
• Tommy West, 78, American music producer (Life and Times, I Got a Name) and singer-songwriter, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Blaha Ben Ziane, 67–68, Algerian actor (Nass Mlah City, Djemai Family, Sultan Achour 10), complications from surgery.

3

• Alfons Adam, 76, Austrian lawyer and politician, founder of Christian Party of Austria.
• Rafael Albrecht, 79, Argentine footballer (San Lorenzo, Club León, national team), 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 (Bradford protein assay).
• Hal Breeden, 76, American baseball player (Montreal Expos, Hanshin Tigers, Chicago Cubs).
• Donald Cameron, 74, Canadian politician, premier of Nova Scotia (1991–1993) and Nova Scotia MLA (1974–1993).
• María Colombo de Acevedo, 64, Argentine politician, senator (2001–2009), 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 (2009–2014), 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 (1984–1990), MP (1996–2004) and lieutenant governor of Delhi (1980–1981, 1982–1984).
• Alan Keely, 38, Irish footballer (Shelbourne).
• Michèle Léridon, 62, French journalist and news director (Agence France-Presse, Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel member).
• Iñaki Mallona Txertudi, 88, Spanish-born Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Arecibo (1991–2010).
• Steve McKean, 77, American-born New Zealand basketball coach (national team), 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 (6teen), tongue cancer.
• Volodymyr Nechayev, 70, Ukrainian football player (Chornomorets Odesa, Kolos Nikopol) and manager (Olkom Melitopol).
• Juliette Paskowitz, 89, American singer and surfer.
• R. Balakrishna Pillai, 86, Indian politician and actor (Vedikkettu, Ival Oru Naadody), Kerala MLA (1960–1965, 1977–2006).
• Lloyd Price, 88, American Hall of Fame R&B singer ("Personality", "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", "Stagger Lee"), complications from diabetes.
• Hamid Rashid Ma`ala, Iraqi politician, MP (2005–2010), COVID-19.
• Cliff Slaughter, 92, British political activist.
• Dick Steere, 94, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Edmonton Eskimos).
• Masatomo Taniguchi, 75, Japanese Olympic basketball player (1972), pancreatic cancer.
• Kamel Tchalabi, 74, Algerian footballer (USM Alger, national team).
• Burhanettin Uysal, 53, Turkish academic and politician, MP (2015–2018), COVID-19.
• Franz Vansteenkiste, 86, Belgian politician, MP (1981–1987).
• 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 (1992–1996) and senator (since 2013).
• Antony Anandarayar, 75, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Ootacamund (1997–2004) and archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (2004–2021), COVID-19.
• Julie Chipchase, 60, British football player and manager (Leeds United Ladies, Doncaster Rovers).
• Steve Conroy, 64, English footballer (Sheffield United, Rotherham United, Rochdale).
• Aloísio Hilário de Pinho, 87, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Jataí (2000–2009) and Tocantinópolis (1981–1999), heart attack.
• Margaret Forsyth, 59, New Zealand netball player (national team), coach (Magic), and politician, Hamilton city councillor (2010–2016, since 2019), cancer.
• Omar Hugo Gómez, 65, Argentine footballer (Quilmes Atlético Club), COVID-19.
• Subhadra Sen Gupta, 68, Indian writer, COVID-19.
• Paulo Gustavo, 42, Brazilian actor (Minha Mãe é uma Peça, Vai Que Cola, Fala Sério, Mãe!) and comedian, complications from COVID-19.
• Jim Hagan, 83, American basketball player (Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles, Phillips 66ers).
• Jan Hahn, 47, German television presenter and radio host (Wheel of Fortune).
• Chuck Hicks, 93, American stuntman (Dick Tracy, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Runaway Train), complications from a stroke.
• Peter Toshio Jinushi, 90, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Sapporo (1987–2009).
• Jim Johnson, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Fighting Saints).
• V. Kalyanam, 98, Indian freedom fighter.
• Nick Kamen, 59, English model, singer ("Each Time You Break My Heart") and songwriter ("I Promised Myself"), bone marrow cancer.
• Yosef Kleinman, 91, Slovakian Holocaust survivor.
• Genji Kuniyoshi, 90, Japanese singer, prostate cancer.
• Ricky Lo, 75, Filipino journalist (The Philippine Star) and television host (CelebriTV), stroke.
• Sir Leslie Marr, 2nd Baronet, 98, British racing driver and landscape artist.
• Alan McLoughlin, 54, Irish footballer (Portsmouth, Swindon Town, national team), cancer.
• Ray Miller, 76, American baseball coach and manager (Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles).
• Luciano Modica, 71, Italian politician, senator (2002–2006), heart attack.
• Harvey Frans Nelson Jr., 97, American diplomat, ambassador to Swaziland (1985–1988).
• Abhilasha Patil, 47, Indian actress (Chhichhore), COVID-19.
• Karamat Rahman Niazi, Pakistani naval officer, chief of naval staff (1979–1983).
• 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 (1972).
• Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero, 90, Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Montevideo (1982–1987) and bishop of Florida (1987–2008).
• T. S. Shanbhag, 84, Indian bookseller, COVID-19.
• Kirsten Stallknecht, 83, Danish nurse and trade unionist, president of FTF (1977–1984) and ICN (1997–2001).
• Manas Bihari Verma, 77, Indian aeronautical scientist.
• William Warner Westenra, 7th Baron Rossmore, 90, Irish noble.
• Bernard Ziegler, 88, French pilot and engineer (Airbus).

5

• Jonathan Bush, 89, American banker.
• Cheng Youshu, 97, Chinese diplomat and poet.
• Paul Chomat, 83, French politician, deputy (1981–1988).
• Del Crandall, 91, American baseball player (Boston/Milwaukee Braves) and manager (Milwaukee Brewers).
• Konstantinas Dobrovolskis, 81, Lithuanian radiologist, minister of health (2001–2003).
• Lucinda Franks, 74, American journalist (The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic), Pulitzer Prize winner (1971), cancer.
• Yuriy Gavrilov, 54, Ukrainian handball player, Olympic gold medalist (1992).
• Fikrat Goja, 85, Azerbaijani poet.
• Abelardo González, 76, Spanish footballer (UP Langreo, Sporting de Gijón, Valencia CF).
• Emilio Gurruchaga, 86, Spanish Olympic sailor.
• Emine Işınsu, 82, Turkish writer, poet, and journalist.
• Bertil Johansson, 86, Swedish footballer (IFK Göteborg, national team).
• George Jung, 78, American drug trafficker and smuggler, subject of Blow.
• René Le Corre, 98, French poet.
• Li Man-king, 99, Hong Kong broadcaster (Rediffusion Radio, Radio Vilaverde Lda, CRHK).
• Hilarie Lindsay, 99, Australian toy manufacturer and writer.
• Urbano Marín, 85, Chilean judge, president of the Supreme Court (2008–2010).
• Doug Melvin, 92, British rower.
• Nuno P. Monteiro, 50, Portuguese-American political scientist.
• T. K. S. Natarajan, 87, Indian actor (Then Kinnam, Needhikku Thalaivanangu, Mangala Vaathiyam).
• Edward Pietrzyk, 71, Polish military officer and diplomat.
• Georgy Prokopenko, 84, Ukrainian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist (1964).
• Valeriy Raenko, 65, Russian politician, member (since 2007) and chairman (since 2011) of the Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai.
• Mark Reed, 66, American physicist.
• Barry Reilly, 73, Australian rugby league player (Sydney Roosters, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks), kidney failure.
• Joan Schenkar, 78, American playwright and writer.
• Hermann Schmitz, 92, German philosopher and professor (University of Kiel).
• Gerry Schoen, 74, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
• Ashraf Sehrai, 77, Indian Kashmiri separatist, chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (since 2018), COVID-19.
• Dildar Hossain Selim, 70, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2001–2006).
• Frank Sheehan, 83, Australian politician, Victorian MLA (1982–1992).
• Thangjam Nandakishor Singh, 64, Indian politician, Manipur MLA (2007–2012), COVID-19.
• Feđa Stojanović, 73, Serbian actor (T.T. Syndrome, The Fourth Man, Ljubav i drugi zločini).
• David F. Swensen, 67, American investor and philanthropist, cancer.
• Dan Tawfik, 65, Israeli biochemist (Weizmann Institute of Science), EMET Prize winner (2020), 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 (1999–2007).
• Vivek Yadav, 36, Indian cricketer (Rajasthan), 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 (1972–1993).
• Paul Aulagnier, 77, French Traditionalist Catholic priest, co-founder of the Institute of the Good Shepherd.
• Jim Bertelsen, 71, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).
• Basil Bhuriya, 65, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Jhabua (since 2015), complications from COVID-19.
• David Bulow, 41, American soccer player (Dungannon Swifts, Richmond Kickers), stroke.
• Prateek Chaudhuri, 49, Indian sitarist, COVID-19.
• Daniele Cioni, 62, Italian Olympic sport shooter (1984, 1988, 1992), COVID-19.
• Comagan, 48, Indian singer, composer and actor, COVID-19.
• David H. Gambrell, 91, American politician, senator (1971–1972).
• Carlos Timoteo Griguol, 84, Argentine football player (Atlanta) and manager (Rosario Central, Ferro Carril Oeste), 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 (since 2017), complications from COVID-19.
• Vanya Kostova, 64, Bulgarian singer (Tonika), 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 (1968).
• Philip P. Mason, 94, American archivist and author.
• Humberto Maturana, 92, Chilean philosopher (Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living) and biologist.
• Mohan Mishra, 83, Indian physician.
• Kentaro Miura, 54, Japanese manga artist (Berserk, Japan, King of Wolves), aortic dissection.
• G. Muniratnam, 85, Indian social worker, COVID-19.
• Guillermo Murray, 93, Argentine-born Mexican actor (Alfonsina, The Chinese Room, The Rebellious Novice), complications from dementia.
• Jacques Nihoul, 83, Belgian marine biologist.
• John Ntegyereize, 74, Ugandan Anglican prelate, bishop of Kinkiizi (1995–2010).
• Pandu, 74, Indian actor (Karaiyellam Shenbagapoo, Kadhal Kottai, Vellachi) and comedian, COVID-19.
• Georges Perron, 96, French Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Djibouti (1992–2001).
• Prem Dhoj Pradhan, 82, Nepalese musician.
• Palamadai Muthuswamy Ramachandran, 86, Indian air force officer, vice chief of the Air Staff (1991–1993).
• Christophe Revault, 49, French footballer (Paris Saint-Germain, Toulouse, Le Havre).
• Sumbul Shahid, 66–67, Pakistani actress (Dekho Chaand Aaya, Meri Behan Meri Dewrani, Aik Aur Sitam Hai), COVID-19.
• Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar, 80, Indian archaeologist and politician.
• Ajit Singh, 82, Indian politician, MP (1989–2014), minister of civil aviation (2011–2014) and commerce and industry (1989–1990), COVID-19.
• Matang Sinh, 67, Indian politician, MP (1992–1998), complications from COVID-19.
• Bhagwati Dhar Vajpayee, 96, Indian journalist, heart attack.
• Paul Van Doren, 90, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Vans.
• Karl Wirsum, 81, American artist, cardiac arrest.
• Felix Zabala, 83, Cuban-born American boxing promoter.

7

• Aisha Alhassan, 61, Nigerian lawyer and politician, senator (2011–2015).
• Ernest Angley, 99, American evangelist.
• Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay, 79, Indian tabla player, COVID-19.
• Courtenay Bartholomew, 89, Trinidadian physician.
• Vanraj Bhatia, 93, Indian composer (Tamas, 36 Chowringhee Lane, Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama).
• Cassiano, 77, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• M. Y. Eqbal, 70, Indian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (2012–2016) and chief justice of Madras High Court (2010–2013), COVID-19.
• Emmanuel Erskine, 86, Ghanaian military officer, chief of army staff (1972–1974), commander of UNIFIL (1978–1981) and UNTSO (1976–1978, 1981–1986).
• Antoni Gausí, 93, Spanish football player (Real Madrid, Real Zaragoza) and executive (UE Lleida).
• Pál Gömöry, 85, Hungarian Olympic sailor (1968).
• Hubert Hughes, 87, Anguillan politician, chief minister (1994–2000, 2010–2015).
• Heinz Hölscher, 95, German cinematographer (Two People, Dead Body on Broadway, Starke Zeiten).
• Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail, 80–81, Somalian diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (2004–2006).
• John Kay, 77, British journalist (The Sun).
• Tawny Kitaen, 59, American actress (The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak, Bachelor Party, Witchboard), dilated cardiomyopathy.
• Oleg Krivonogov, 82, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Luxembourg (1997–2001).
• Lê Thụy Hải, 75, Vietnamese football player (Tong Cuc Duong Sat, national team) and coach (Becamex Binh Duong FC), pancreatic cancer.
• Yegor Ligachyov, 100, Russian politician, member of the Soviet Central Committee (1981–1990) and Politburo (1985–1990), second secretary of the Communist Party (1985–1990).
• John Llewelyn, 93, Welsh-born Scottish photographer.
• Graham Matters, 72, Australian actor (Oz).
• David McCall, 81, Australian Anglican bishop of Willochra (1987–2000) and Bunbury (2000–2010).
• Ram Sajan Pandey, 64, Indian academic, COVID-19.
• Martín Pando, 86, Argentine footballer (Argentinos Juniors, River Plate, national team).
• Cruz Reynoso, 90, American civil rights lawyer and jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court of California (1982–1987).
• Gamal Salama, 75, Egyptian songwriter and melodist, COVID-19.
• Vinod Singh, 57, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (1996–2017), COVID-19.
• John Sludden, 56, Scottish football player (Celtic, Ayr United) and manager (Bo'ness United).
• Tai, 52, American Asian elephant (Larger than Life, Operation Dumbo Drop, Water for Elephants), kidney failure.
• Kalthoon Thilak, 78, Indian actor (Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai, Kalthoon), COVID-19.
• Keith Waples, 97, Canadian sulky driver and horse trainer.

8

• Tanveer Akhtar, Indian politician, Bihar MLC (since 2016), COVID-19.
• Mixel Berhokoirigoin, 69, French farmer and activist.
• Tatiana Bershadskaya, 99, Russian musicologist.
• Bo, 12, American dog, presidential pet (2009–2017), cancer.
• Bob Chitester, 83, American television executive and producer, cancer.
• Raul Danda, 63, Angolan politician, MP (2012–2016).
• Georgi Dimitrov, 62, Bulgarian football player (CSKA Sofia, national team) and manager (Marek Dupnitsa), cancer.
• David K. Doyle, 89, American lieutenant general.
• Pete du Pont, 86, American politician, governor of Delaware (1977–1985), member of the Delaware (1969–1971) and U.S. House of Representatives (1971–1977).
• Fadeli, 65, Indonesian politician, regent of Lamongan (2010–2015, 2016–2021).
• 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 (1975–1981).
• Curtis Fuller, 88, American jazz trombonist.
• Aurelia Greene, 86, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1982–2009).
• Miodrag Gvozdenović, 76, Serbian volleyball player (Yugoslavia national team).
• Eula Hall, 93, American healthcare activist.
• Ronald Inglehart, 86, American political scientist (Inglehart–Welzel cultural map of the world).
• Helmut Jahn, 81, German-American architect (Liberty Place, James R. Thompson Center, 50 West Street), traffic collision.
• Theodore Katsanevas, 74, Greek academic and politician, MP (1989–2004) 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 (1980), COVID-19.
• Pantelis Kouros, 88, Cypriot politician, deputy minister to the president (1993–2003).
• Lee Han-dong, 86, South Korean politician, prime minister (2000–2002).
• German Lorca, 98, Brazilian photographer.
• Low Yow Chuan, 88, Malaysian real estate developer.
• Cal Luther, 93, American basketball coach (Murray State Racers, UT Martin Skyhawks, Longwood Lancers).
• Jean Maran, 101, French politician, deputy (1986–1988) and mayor of Sainte-Luce, Martinique (1965–1990), heart failure.
• S. A. E. Nababan, 87, Indonesian Lutheran prelate.
• Sanda Oumarou, 38, Cameroonian footballer (Coton Sport, Al Masry).
• Don Parrish, 66, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs).
• Gordon Pettengill, 95, American radio astronomer, congestive heart failure.
• Jean-Luc Phaneuf, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Toros, Birmingham Bulls).
• 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 (1983), ambassador to the United Kingdom (1980–1983).
• Eleanor Bernert Sheldon, 101, American sociologist, president of the SSRC (1972–1979).
• Spencer Silver, 80, American chemist, co-inventor of Post-it Notes.
• Ravinder Pal Singh, 60, Indian field hockey player, Olympic champion (1980), COVID-19.
• George Skudder, 73, New Zealand rugby union player (Waikato, New Zealand Māori, national team).
• Rana Waitai, 78, New Zealand politician, MP (1996–1999).
• Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole, 82, British hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (1999–2017).
• Asfaw Yemiru, 78–79, Ethiopian educator.

9

• Ahmed Al Khattab, 78–79, Jordanian politician, minister of agriculture (2011–2013) and MP (1997–2001).
• 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 (2012).
• Monique Cerisier-ben Guiga, 78, French politician, senator (1992–2011).
• Neil Connery, 82, Scottish actor (O.K. Connery, The Body Stealers).
• James Dean, 35, English footballer (Stalybridge Celtic, Chorley, Halifax Town). (body discovered on this date)
• Marye Anne Fox, 73, American chemist and academic administrator, chancellor of North Carolina State University (1998–2004) and the University of California, San Diego (2004–2012).
• Alec Graham, 91, British Anglican prelate, bishop of Newcastle (1981–1997).
• Karl-Günther von Hase, 103, German diplomat, ambassador to the United Kingdom (1970–1977), director of ZDF (1977–1982).
• George Hovland, 94, American Olympic cross country skier (1952).
• Meindert Leerling, 85, Dutch journalist and politician, member of the Second Chamber (1981–1994).
• Miguel Lifschitz, 65, Argentine politician, governor of Santa Fe (2015–2019) and mayor of Rosario, Santa Fe (2003–2011), COVID-19.
• Raghunath Mohapatra, 78, Indian architect, sculptor and politician, MP (since 2018), 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 (2012–2013).
• Nandivada Rathnasree, 57, Indian astrophysicist, COVID-19.
• K. B. Shanappa, 82, Indian politician, MP (2006–2012), COVID-19.
• Viliam Turčány, 93, Slovak poet, translator and writer.
• Marion Walter, 92, German-born American mathematician.
• Robert Ward, 68, American politician, member (1984–2007) and minority leader (1994–2007) of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1994–2007), kidney failure.

10

• Maurice Adevah-Pœuf, 78, French politician, deputy (1981–1993, 1997–2002), mayor of Thiers (1977–2001).
• Sami Hasan Al Nash, 64, Yemeni football manager (national team), COVID-19.
• Miguel Arellano, 80, Mexican Olympic basketball player (1964, 1968), cancer.
• Josep Maria Batlle i Farran, 71, Spanish politician, senator (2002–2011) and mayor of Puigverd de Lleida (1979–2003), tractor accident.
• Lars-Gunnar Bodin, 85, Swedish electronic musician.
• Frank Brazier, 87, Australian Olympic cyclist (1956, 1960, 1964).
• Salem Chandrasekharan, Indian film producer (Sullan, Ghajini, Sabari), 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 (Hawthorn).
• Michel Fourniret, 79, French serial killer, respiratory failure.
• Fortunato Franco, 84, Indian footballer (Salgaocar, Maharashtra, national team).
• Art Gensler, 85, American architect, founder of Gensler.
• Alan Hardman, 83, English rugby league player (St Helens, Liverpool Stanley, national team).
• Inaya Jaber, 62, Lebanese writer and journalist.
• Kevin Jackson, 66, English writer, broadcaster and filmmaker.
• Dennis Joseph, 63, Indian screenwriter (Nirakkoottu, Rajavinte Makan) and film director (Manu Uncle), stroke.
• Jerome Kagan, 92, American psychologist.
• Sambhajirao Kakade, 89, Indian politician, MP (1977–1979, 1984–1989).
• Jenny King, 92, New Zealand librarian.
• Cristopher Mansilla, 30, Chilean track and road cyclist, COVID-19.
• Néstor Montelongo, 66, Uruguayan footballer (national team), 1983 Copa América winner.
• Johannes Møllehave, 84, Danish Lutheran priest and theologian.
• Dieudonné Ntep, 61, Cameroonian Olympic cyclist (1984).
• B. Prasada Rao, 65, Indian police officer, DGP of Andhra Pradesh (2013–2014), cardiac arrest.
• Rasa Singh Rawat, 79, Indian politician, MP (1989–2004).
• Froy Salinas, 81, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1977–1985).
• Richie Scheinblum, 78, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).
• Abdolvahab Shahidi, 98, Iranian barbat player, singer and composer, heart disease.
• Giosuè Stucchi, 90, Italian footballer (Udinese, Roma, Brescia).
• Joker Thulasi, 71, Indian actor (Thamizhachi, Udan Pirappu, Mannai Thottu Kumbidanum) and comedian, COVID-19.
• Svante Thuresson, 84, Swedish jazz musician ("Nygammal vals").
• Pauline Tinsley, 93, British soprano.

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• Vahur Afanasjev, 41, Estonian writer.
• Victor Asirvatham, 80, Malaysian Olympic runner (1968).
• Henri Beaujean, 95, Guadeloupean politician, deputy of the French National Assembly (1986–1988).
• Serge Bouchard, 73, Canadian anthropologist and writer.
• Colt Brennan, 37, American football player (Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, Washington Redskins).
• 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 (2008–2010) and Senate (2011–2019).
• John Castellani, 94, American basketball coach (Seattle Redhawks).
• Attila Demény, 66, Hungarian composer and theatre director.
• Greg Findlay, 78, Canadian football player (BC Lions).
• K. R. Gouri Amma, 101, Indian politician, Travancore–Cochin (1951–1957) and Kerala MLA (1960–1965, 1970–1977, 1982–1996, 2001–2006).
• Madampu Kunjukuttan, 79, Indian screenwriter (Parinamam) and actor (Aanachandam, Agninakshathram), COVID-19.
• Bernard Lachance, 46, Canadian singer-songwriter and conspiracy theorist, complications from AIDS.
• Christine Laprell, 71, German Olympic alpine skier (1968).
• Norman Lloyd, 106, American actor (St. Elsewhere, Limelight), producer and director (Alfred Hitchcock Presents).
• Rashid Meer, 70, Indian poet and editor (Dhabak), COVID-19.
• Michael Monfils, 82, American politician, mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin (1975–1979).
• Richard Nonas, 85, American sculptor.
• Mats Nyby, 74, Finnish politician, MP (1983–1999).
• Wilfried Peffgen, 78, German Olympic cyclist (1964).
• Howard H. Rainey, 93, American politician.
• Nellai Siva, 69, Indian actor (Mahaprabhu, Vetri Kodi Kattu, Kannum Kannum).
• Buddy Van Horn, 92, American stunt performer (High Plains Drifter, Pale Rider) and film director (The Dead Pool).
• Frank Warrick, 76, Australian television journalist and newsreader (BTQ).
• Lester L. Wolff, 102, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1965–1981).
• Chuck Welke, 67, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (2013–2015).
• Vladislav Yegin, 32, Russian ice hockey player (Spartak Moscow, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg), 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 (Niyomiya Barta) and novelist, complications from COVID-19.
• Jerry Burns, 94, American football coach (Iowa Hawkeyes, Minnesota Vikings).
• Fred Buttsworth, 93, Australian footballer (West Perth, Essendon).
• 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 (Reading in the Dark).
• Nick Downie, 74, British journalist and soldier, COVID-19.
• Jiří Feureisl, 89, Czech footballer (FC Karlovy Vary) and ice hockey player.
• Hurley Goodall, 93, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1978–1992).
• Louis De Grève, 91, Belgian politician and jurist, senator (1974–1977), MP (1977–1984), and judge of the Court of Arbitration (1984–1999).
• Dixie Hale, 85, Irish footballer (Waterford).
• Rajeev Karwal, 58, Indian businessman, COVID-19.
• Jim Klobuchar, 93, American journalist and author (Star Tribune).
• Bob Koester, 88, American music executive, founder of Delmark Records.
• Kira Kreylis-Petrova, 89, Russian actress (Drumroll, Window to Paris, Russian Symphony).
• Vadim Logunov, 53, Russian footballer (Metallurg Lipetsk, APK Azov, Krystal Kherson).
• Maran, 48, Indian actor and singer (Ghilli), COVID-19.
• Tatiana Nikonova, 43, Russian feminist, journalist, and sex educator.
• Luigi Panigazzi, 96, Italian partisan and politician, senator (1983–1987).
• Ton Pansier, 74, Dutch footballer (XerxesDZB, SV SVV).
• Francisco Pelló Hernandis, 85, Spanish-born Argentine painter, sculptor and poet, heart failure.
• Vladimír Príkazský, 85, Czech journalist and politician, minister without portfolio (1990).
• Ján Repák, 65, Slovak Olympic volleyball player (1980).
• Ivanildo Rozenblad, 24, Surinamese footballer (S.V. Robinhood).
• Stephen Sternberg, 100, American pathologist.
• Jack Terricloth, 50, American musician (The World/Inferno Friendship Society).
• Ralph Turlington, 100, American politician, member (1950–1974) and speaker (1967–1969) of the Florida House of Representatives, Florida commissioner of education (1974–1986).
• Higinio Vélez, 73, Cuban baseball coach (Santiago de Cuba, national team), COVID-19.

13

• Maria João Abreu, 57, Portuguese actress (Golpe de Sorte, Mar Salgado, Amor Maior), 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 (1982–1986), cardiac arrest.
• Indu Jain, 84, Indian publishing executive, chairperson of The Times Group, complications of COVID-19.
• Olivier Jean-Marie, 61, French animator (Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure, Zig & Sharko, Oggy and the Cockroaches), cancer.
• Dieter Lindner, 84, German racewalker, Olympic silver medalist (1964) and European champion (1966).
• Nelson Marcenaro, 68, Uruguayan footballer (national team), 1980 Mundialito winner, heart attack.
• Kenneth Mayhew, 104, British army officer, Military William Order recipient (1946).
• Eigil Misser, 87, Danish footballer (B 1913, national team).
• Abel Murrieta Gutiérrez, 58, Mexican politician and lawyer (LeBarón and Langford families massacre), deputy (2015–2018), shot.
• Božidar Nikolić, 79, Serbian film director (Balkan Spy, The Dark Side of the Sun, Three Tickets to Hollywood).
• Alberto Piccinini, 79, Argentine politician and trade unionist, member of the Constitutional Assembly (1994) and deputy (2001–2005), cardiorespiratory arrest.
• Feodor Pitcairn, 86, American photographer and environmentalist.
• Norman Simmons, 91, American pianist, arranger ("Wade in the Water"), and composer.
• Christa Stubnick, 87, German Olympic sprinter, silver medalist (1956).
• Pablo Uribe, 90, Colombian Olympic fencer (1956).
• George Wallerstein, 90, American astronomer.

14

• Sándor Balassa, 86, Hungarian composer.
• Jay Barbree, 87, American space travel news correspondent (NBC News).
• Otto Beatty Jr., 81, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1980–1999).
• R. L. Bhatia, 100, Indian politician, MP (1971–1977, 1980–1989, 1991–2004), governor of Kerala (2004–2008) and Bihar (2008–2009), COVID-19.
• Torkild Brakstad, 75, Norwegian football player (Molde, national team) and manager (Tromsø).
• Glenn R. Croshaw, 70, American judge and politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1987–2000).
• Eveline Cruickshanks, 94, British political historian.
• Barry Fry, 81, Canadian curler.
• Milan Ftáčnik, 64, Slovak politician, mayor of Bratislava (2010–2014).
• Jaime Garza, 67, Mexican actor (Navajeros, Missing, The Falcon and the Snowman), complications from diabetes.
• Raimund Hoghe, 72, German dancer, choreographer and author.
• Bob Jones, 81, American college basketball coach (Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers).
• Hartley Joynt, 82, Australian cricketer (Western Australia).
• Haziq Kamaruddin, 27, Malaysian Olympic archer (2012).
• Masao Kawai, 97, Japanese primatologist.
• Igor Lavrinenko, 60, Belarusian politician, member of the House of Representatives (since 2019).
• Ester Mägi, 99, Estonian composer.
• David McPhail, 76, New Zealand comedian and actor (A Week of It, Letter to Blanchy, Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby).
• Kanaka Murthy, 78, Indian sculptor, COVID-19.
• New Jack, 58, American professional wrestler (SMW, ECW, XPW), heart attack.
• Jorge Picciani, 66, Brazilian politician, Rio de Janeiro MLA (2003–2010), prostate cancer.
• Ward C. Pitfield Jr., 95, Canadian financier and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.
• Farooq Qaiser, 75, Pakistani puppeteer (Uncle Sargam), cardiac arrest.
• María Amalia Revelo, 65, Costa Rican businesswoman, minister of tourism (2018–2020).
• Lee Ross, 78, Canadian-born American psychologist.
• Waltraut Schälike, 94, German-Russian historian.
• Matheus Shikongo, 70, Namibian politician and businessman, mayor of Windhoek (1993–2010), COVID-19.
• Jarnail Singh, 48, Indian journalist and politician, Delhi MLA (2015–2017), COVID-19.
• Wang Yuan, 91, Chinese mathematician, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Ramendra Kumar Yadav, 78, Indian politician, MP (1989–1991, 1992–2004).

15

• Mildred Allen, 91, American opera singer.
• Nelly Reig Castellanos, 92, Paraguayan first lady (1989–1993).
• Jim Clendenen, 68, American vintner (Au Bon Climat).
• 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 (1994–1995).
• Deanna Milvia Frosini, 81, Italian painter and actress (Under the Sign of Scorpio, Wind from the East, Lettera aperta a un giornale della sera).
• 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.
• 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 (1967–1971).
• Lim Heng Chek, 85, Malaysian Olympic swimmer (1956).
• 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 (Ashland University).
• 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 (Alien, Willow, Flash Gordon).
• Karl Schleunes, 84, American Holocaust historian.
• John Rosolu Bankole Thompson, 84, Sierra Leonean jurist, judge of the Special Court (2002–2013) and chair of the Anti-corruption Commission (since 2018).
• Eva Wilma, 87, Brazilian actress (Alô, Doçura!, A Flea on the Scales, A Indomada), ovarian cancer.

16

• Nadia Al-Iraqia, 57, Iraqi actress (Africano), 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 ("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys").
• Marianne Burgman, 68, Dutch politician, mayor of Maarn (1995–2002) and De Ronde Venen (2002–2011).
• Mike Carter, 67, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (since 2013), pancreatic cancer.
• Bruno Covas, 41, Brazilian politician, mayor of São Paulo (since 2018), deputy (2015–2017) and São Paulo MLA (2007–2011), gastric cancer.
• Vera Deacon, 94, Australian historian.
• Tomer Eiges, 25, Israeli intelligence officer.
• Hüseyin Er, 36, Turkish-British footballer (İzmirspor), heart attack.
• Samir Hadjaoui, 42, Algerian footballer (ASO Chlef, ES Sétif, national team).
• Anatoliy Havrylov, 88, Ukrainian cinematographer, Shevchenko National Prize winner (1988).
• Rajendrasinh Jadeja, 66, Indian cricket player (Saurashtra) and umpire (BCCI), COVID-19.
• Chetan Karki, 83, Nepali songwriter and filmmaker, COVID-19.
• Nasim Wali Khan, 88, Pakistani politician, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA (1977), complications from diabetes.
• Ailsa Land, 93, British mathematician.
• Jakov Lazaroski, 84, Macedonian political commissar, president of the League of Communists of Macedonia (1986–1989).
• MC Kevin, 23, Brazilian singer-songwriter, fall.
• Rildo da Costa Menezes, 79, Brazilian football player (Botafogo, national team) and manager (California Kickers).
• Boris Miranda, 37, Bolivian journalist and correspondent (BBC Mundo).
• Al Taib Mustafa, Sudanese journalist and politician, minister of state for communications, COVID-19.
• M. S. Narasimhan, 88, Indian mathematician (Narasimhan–Seshadri theorem).
• Raili Pietilä, 94, Finnish architect (Mäntyniemi).
• Richard L. Rubenstein, 97, American rabbi and writer.
• Sa'duddin, 59, Indonesian politician, regent of Bekasi (2007–2012), member of the People's Representative Council (2014–2016).
• Sangtiennoi Sor.Rungroj, 54, Thai Muay Thai fighter, suicide by gunshot.
• Rajeev Satav, 46, Indian politician, MP (2014–2019, since 2020), complications from COVID-19.
• Alessandro Talotti, 40, Italian Olympic high jumper (2004, 2008), stomach cancer.
• Akbar Torkan, 68, Iranian politician, minister of defense (1989–1993), minister of roads and transportation (1993–1997), senior advisor to the president (2013–2018).
• Ekaterina Vilmont, 75, Russian writer.
• Joe Walters, 81, English cricketer (Nottinghamshire).
• Jerzy Wilk, 66, Polish politician, mayor of Elbląg (2013–2014), deputy (since 2015).
• Vijay Singh Yadav, 67–68, Indian politician, Bihar MLA (1995–2000), MP (2000–2006), 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.
• Kabang, 13, Filipino dog.
• Don Kernodle, 71, American professional wrestler (Jim Crockett Promotions), suicide.
• Nan Kinross, 94, New Zealand nurse and nursing academic.
• Bruno Kouamé, 93, Ivorian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Abengourou (1981–2003).
• Casildo Maldaner, 79, Brazilian politician, senator (since 2011) and governor of Santa Catarina (1990–1991), 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 (1992–2006).
• Buddy Roemer, 77, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1981–1988), governor of Louisiana (1988–1992).
• Don Sakers, 62, American science fiction writer, heart attack.
• Jesús Santrich, 53, Colombian guerrilla leader (FARC) and politician, deputy (2006–2009), shot.
• Henry Schmidt, 85, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, San Diego Chargers, Buffalo Bills).
• Janet Shackleton, 92, New Zealand hurdler, British Empire Games bronze medallist (1950).
• Héctor Silva, 76, Argentine rugby union player (South American Jaguars) and coach (national team), COVID-19.
• K. Thurairetnasingam, 80, Sri Lankan politician, MP (2002–2010, 2015–2020), COVID-19.
• K. Thulasiah Vandayar, 92, Indian politician, MP (1991–1996).
• Nitish Veera, 45, Indian actor (Pudhupettai, Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, Kaala), COVID-19.
• Sabino Vengco, 79, Filipino Roman Catholic priest, theologian, and author.
• Vivek Raj Wangkhem, Indian politician, Manipur MLA (2002–2007), general secretary of the National People's Party, COVID-19.
• Wolfgang Weiermann, 85, German politician, MP (1987–2002).
• Magdeleine Willame-Boonen, 80, Belgian politician, senator (1999–2003).
• Olavo Yépez, 83, Ecuadorian chess master, cancer.

18

• Abdul Khaleq Alghanem, 63, Saudi Arabian film and TV director (Tash ma Tash), prostate cancer.
• Franco Battiato, 76, Italian singer-songwriter (La voce del Padrone, Orizzonti perduti, Mondi lontanissimi) and filmmaker, neurodegenerative disease.
• Viktor Belskiy, 66, Belarusian Olympic long jumper (1980).
• Effie Boggess, 93, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1995–2005).
• Joe J. Christensen, 91, American Mormon leader, president of Ricks College (1985–1989), general authority (since 1989).
• Theodore John Conrad, 71, American bank embezzler.
• Bob Cullison, 84, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1973–1979) and Senate (1979–1995).
• Esegé, 63, Spanish comic artist (Mortadelo, Mister K).
• Bernhard Friedmann, 89, German economist and politician, MP (1976–1990) and member of the European Court of Auditors (1990–2001).
• Vladimir Fyodorov, 82, Russian actor (Ruslan and Ludmila, Kin-dza-dza!, Heart of a Dog) and physicist.
• John Gomery, 88, Canadian jurist, justice of the Superior Court of Quebec (1982–2007).
• Charles Grodin, 86, American actor (The Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run, Beethoven) and comedian, Emmy winner (1978), bone marrow cancer.
• Chaman Lal Gupta, 86, Indian politician, Jammu and Kashmir MLA (1972–1977) and MP (1996–2004), 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 (since 2017), COVID-19.
• Zsuzsanna Kézi, 76, Hungarian Olympic handball player, bronze medalist (1976).
• Kim Ho-seong, 51, South Korean voice actor.
• Ricardo Letts Colmenares, 83, Peruvian politician and journalist, founder of the Revolutionary Vanguard and congressman (1990–1992).
• Gilles Lupien, 67, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins, Hartford Whalers), Stanley Cup champion (1978, 1979), 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 (Michigan Wolverines).
• Douglas Mossman, 88, American actor (Hawaii Five-O, Hawaiian Eye).
• Terry O'Dea, 76, Australian darts player.
• Albert Planasdemunt i Gubert, 91, Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of Catalonia (1980–1984).
• Farida Rahman, 75, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2009–2013).
• William C. Richardson, 81, American businessman.
• Chrissy Sharp, 73, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (1997–2005).
• Thaddeus Spratlen, 90, American economist.
• Rennie Stennett, 72, Panamanian baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants), World Series champion (1979), cancer.
• Yolanda Tortolero, Venezuelan physician and politician, deputy (since 2016), complications from COVID-19.
• Yoshi Wada, 77, Japanese sound installation artist and musician.
• Genzō Wakayama, 88, Japanese voice actor (Astro Boy, Shin Takarajima, Kingdom Hearts), heart failure.
• Corinne Wood, 66, American politician, lieutenant governor of Illinois (1999–2003), complications from breast cancer.

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• Darío Alessandro, 69, Argentine sociologist, politician and diplomat, deputy (1995–2003), ambassador to Cuba (2004–2007) and Peru (2008–2015), pancreatic cancer.
• Wiranto Arismunandar, 87, Indonesian academic, minister of education (1998).
• Johnny Ashcroft, 94, Australian country singer.
• Khadgajeet Baral, 93, Nepalese diplomat and police officer, inspector general (1972–1978).
• Odd Berg, 97, Norwegian Olympic road racing cyclist (1952).
• Gary Blodgett, 83, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1993–2001).
• 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 (1968), complications from a stroke.
• Serhiy Ferenchak, 37, Ukrainian footballer (Khimik Krasnoperekopsk, Sevastopol, SKChF Sevastopol).
• Josep Franch, 77, Spanish footballer (FC Barcelona, CE Sabadell FC).
• Vladimir Gerasimov, 89, Russian colonel general, 12th Chief Directorate (1985–1992).
• Martin Greenberg, 103, American poet.
• Charles C. Hagemeister, 74, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (1968).
• 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 (1993–1999).
• David Anthony Kraft, 68, American comic book writer (The Defenders, Captain America), complications from COVID-19.
• Prasanta Mohapatra, 47, Indian cricketer (Odisha), COVID-19.
• Paul Mooney, 79, American actor (The Buddy Holly Story, Bamboozled), comedian (Chappelle's Show) and writer, heart attack.
• Robin Munro, 68, British human rights activist.
• Neville Myton, 74, Jamaican Olympic middle-distance runner (1964, 1968), cancer.
• Jagannath Pahadia, 89, Indian politician, chief minister of Rajasthan (1980–1981), governor of Bihar (1989–1990) and Haryana (2009–2014), COVID-19.
• Nicole Péllissard-Darrigrand, 89, French Olympic diver (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960).
• Aleksandr Privalov, 87, Russian biathlete, Olympic silver medallist (1964), heart attack.
• Tatyana Protsenko, 53, Russian actress (The Adventures of Buratino), cancer.
• Elisa Ruiz Díaz, 56, Paraguayan lawyer and diplomat, representative to the Organization of American States (since 2013) and chair of the OAS Permanent Council (since 2021) .
• Guillermo Sepúlveda, 86, Mexican footballer (Guadalajara, Oro, national team).
• Abubakar Shekau, 46–56, Nigerian Islamic militant, leader of Boko Haram (since 2009), suicide by explosive vest.
• John Tooze, 83, British biologist.
• Martin Turnovský, 92, Czech conductor.
• Aimé Verhoeven, 85, Belgian Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler (1960).
• Helmut Wopfner, 96, Austrian geologist.
• Wimar Witoelar, 75, Indonesian journalist and talk show host, presidential press secretary (1999–2001), complications from sepsis.
• Oğuz Yılmaz, 52, Turkish folk musician, heart attack.
• Mark York, 55, American actor (The Office).

20

• Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi, 95, Indian historian.
• Len Badger, 75, English footballer (Sheffield United).
• 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 (Hull City, Coventry City), complications from dementia.
• Glen E. Conrad, 71, American jurist, judge (since 2003) and chief judge (2010–2017) of the U.S. District Court for Western Virginia.
• Ingvar Cronhammar, 73, Swedish-Danish sculptor (Elia).
• Jesús Davoz Gorrotxategi, 89, Spanish road racing cyclist.
• Ion Dichiseanu, 87, Romanian actor (Kampf um Rom, Titanic Waltz, Mofturi 1900).
• Tommy Finn, 87, English rugby league player (Hull, St Helens).
• 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 (2007–2015), cancer.
• Khatib Haji, 58, Tanzanian politician, MP (since 2010).
• Roger Hawkins, 75, American drummer (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) and recording studio owner (Muscle Shoals Sound Studio).
• Gennady Igumnov, 84, Russian politician, governor of Perm Oblast (1996–2000).
• 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 (1990–1992).
• Phil Lombardi, 58, American baseball player (New York Yankees, New York Mets), complications from brain cancer.
• Irom Maipak, 53, Indian cinematographer (Ashangba Nongjabi, Leipaklei, Nongphadok Lakpa Atithi), COVID-19.
• Margherita Marchione, 99, American Roman Catholic nun and writer.
• Robbie McCauley, 78, American playwright and actress.
• Freddy Marks, 71, English musician (Rod, Jane and Freddy) and actor.
• Erin O'Brien, 87, American actress (John Paul Jones, Onionhead, Girl on the Run).
• Florian Pilkington-Miksa, 70, English rock drummer (Curved Air).
• Jerry Planutis, 91, American football player (Washington Redskins).
• John Powless, 88, American college basketball and tennis coach (Wisconsin Badgers).
• Sándor Puhl, 65, Hungarian football referee, complications from COVID-19.
• U. Visweswar Rao, Indian film director (Nagna Sathyam, Harischandrudu) and screenwriter, COVID-19.
• Tarannum Riyaz, 60, Indian writer, COVID-19.
• Rizuan Abdul Hamid, Malaysian businessman and politician, senator (since 2005) and chairman of Halal Development Corporation (since 2019), COVID-19.
• Ray Thomas, 80, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
• Fred Tobias, 93, American songwriter ("Good Timin'", "Little Bitty Girl", "Born Too Late").
• Taygib Tolboyev, 65, Russian test pilot.
• Tshoganetso Tongwane, South African politician, MP (2008–2014, 2014–2019, since 2019), COVID-19.
• Mike Weatherley, 63, British politician, MP (2010–2015), lung cancer.
• Johan Weyts, 81, Belgian politician, member of the Flemish Parliament (1999–2004) and senator (1987–1999).
• Gary Wilson, 65, American anti-pornography activist.
• Eric Winstanley, 76, English footballer (Barnsley, Chesterfield).
• Zuo Hui, 50, Chinese real estate broker.

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• Farhat Abdraimov, 55, Kazakh actor (Whoever Softer, Fara, Tale of Pink Hare), heart attack.
• Vitold Ashurak, 50, Belarusian activist and political prisoner, cardiac arrest.
• Ibrahim Attahiru, 54, Nigerian military officer, chief of Army staff (since 2021), plane crash.
• Sunderlal Bahuguna, 94, Indian environmentalist (Chipko movement), COVID-19.
• Om Prakash Bhardwaj, 79, Indian boxing coach.
• Ajoy Dey, 69, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (1991–2016), COVID-19.
• Zdzisław Dobrucki, 76, Polish speedway rider (Unia Leszno).
• 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 (1996–1998), member (1985–1989, 1994–1996, 2006–2008) and speaker (2004–2008) 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 (1999–2005).
• Mark Levitan, 73, American academic, complications from leukemia.
• Ken MacKinnon, 87, Scottish Gaelic sociolinguist.
• Usman Mansoorpuri, 76, Indian Islamic scholar, COVID-19.
• Sakti Mazumdar, 89, Indian Olympic boxer (1952), heart attack.
• Walter Müller, German Olympic gymnast (1952).
• Dieter Neuendorf, 80, German Olympic ski jumper.
• Merv Norrish, 94, New Zealand diplomat, ambassador to the United States (1978–1980).
• Manfred Ommer, 70, German Olympic sprinter (1972).
• Babagouda Patil, 76, Indian politician, minister of rural development (1998–1999).
• Tahir Salahov, 92, Azerbaijani painter and draughtsman, first secretary of the Artists' Union of the USSR (1973–1992), vice president of the Russian Academy of Arts.
• Dwayne Sandy, 32, Saint Vincent footballer (Pastures United FC, Avenues United FC, national team), 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 (since 2013).
• Stephen Zappala Sr., 88, American jurist, justice (1983–2002) and chief justice (2001–2002) of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

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• Francesc Arnau, 46, Spanish football player (Barcelona, Málaga) and executive (Real Oviedo), suicide.
• Benjamin Ayimba, 44, Kenyan rugby union player (Nondescripts RFC, Cornish Pirates) and coach (national sevens team), cerebral malaria.
• Edminas Bagdonas, 57, Lithuanian diplomat, ambassador to Italy (2001–2004), Belarus (2007–2012) and Israel (2014–2019).
• Joe Beckwith, 66, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals), World Series champion (1985), colon cancer.
• Colette Brull-Ulmann, 101, French physician, pediatrician, and Resistance fighter.
• Jacqueline Caurat, 93, French television presenter, journalist and actress (Mon pote le gitan).
• Anna Maria Cecchi, 78, Italian Olympic swimmer (1960, 1964).
• Charles G. Cleveland, 93, American lieutenant general.
• David Danielson, 74, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (since 2013), cancer.
• Iain R. Edgar, 72, British social anthropologist.
• Peter Fish, 65, American composer.
• Fred Ford, 83, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Chargers).
• Sister Loyola Galvin, 99, New Zealand nun, nurse and gardener.
• Jorge García Carneiro, 69, Venezuelan politician, governor of Vargas (since 2008) and minister of defense (2004–2006), heart attack.
• Mels Kenetaev, 75, Kazakh footballer (Dinamo Tselinograd).
• Harold Lambert, 99, Australian footballer (Essendon).
• Jorge Larrañaga, 64, Uruguayan politician, senator (2000–2020) and minister of the interior (since 2020), heart attack.
• Charles R. Larson, 83, American scholar.
• R. S. Lugani, 94, Indian educator.
• Syamsuddin Mahmud, 86, Indonesian economist and politician, governor of Aceh (1993–2000), COVID-19.
• Robert Marchand, 109, French racing cyclist.
• Cornelia Oberlander, 99, Canadian landscape architect, COVID-19.
• Raamlaxman, 78, Indian composer (Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, Hum Saath-Saath Hain), heart attack.
• André Ribeiro, 55, Brazilian racing driver (CART), 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 (1997–2002), COVID-19.
• Jiřina Šiklová, 85, Czech sociologist and political dissident, Charter 77 signatory. (death announced on this date)
• Pavol Szikora, 69, Slovak Olympic race walker (1988, 1992).
• Marek Trončinský, 32, Czech ice hockey player (Progym Gheorgheni, Bílí Tygři Liberec, Sheffield Steelers).
• Glenn Douglas Tubb, 85, American singer-songwriter ("Skip a Rope", "Two Story House").
• 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 (Buffalo Bills).
• Eddy Zemach, 85–86, Israeli philosopher.
• Chinese marathon runners killed in the Gansu ultramarathon disaster:
  • Huang Guanjun, 34
  • Liang Jing, 31

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• Dennis A'Court, 83, Welsh cricketer (Gloucestershire).
• Abel Almarez, 79, Argentine Olympic boxer.
• Srikumar Banerjee, 75, Indian metallurgical engineer, director of BARC (2004–2010) and chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (2009–2012), heart attack.
• Baby Barredo, 80, Filipino theater actress and producer, complications from sepsis.
• Dewayne Blackwell, 84, American songwriter ("Friends in Low Places", "Mr. Blue").
• Charles Boutin, 79, American politician and administrative law judge, mayor of Aberdeen, Maryland (1994–1998) and member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1999–2005).
• José Agusto Briones, 60, Ecuadorian politician, minister of energy and non-renewable natural resources (2019–2020), suicide by hanging.
• Eric Carle, 91, American writer and illustrator (The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Grouchy Ladybug, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?), kidney failure.
• Barney Curley, 81, Irish horse trainer and gambler (Yellow Sam betting coup).
• Lorrae Desmond, 91, Australian singer, television presenter (The Lorrae Desmond Show) and actress (A Country Practice, Arcade).
• Aly Doerfel, 71, Luxembourgish Olympic fencer (1972).
• Bob Fulton, 73, English-born Australian rugby league player and coach (Manly-Warringah, Eastern Suburbs, national team), cancer.
• Alan Garside, 94, Australian footballer (national team).
• Milton Moses Ginsberg, 85, American film director (Coming Apart, The Werewolf of Washington), cancer.
• Cristóbal Halffter, 91, Spanish classical composer and conductor.
• Charles Hamlin, 74, American Olympic rower (1968).
• James Harman, 74, American harmonica player and singer-songwriter, heart attack.
• Malik Dohan al-Hassan, 101, Iraqi politician, minister of justice (2004–2005).
• Ron Hill, 82, English Olympic marathon runner (1964, 1972).
• Richard R. G. Hobson, 89, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1976–1980).
• Amolak Chand Jain, 92, Indian scientist.
• Paulo Mendes da Rocha, 92, Brazilian architect (Estádio Serra Dourada, Pinacoteca do Estado, National Coach Museum), Pritzker Prize winner (2006).
• Ahmed Mestiri, 95, Tunisian lawyer and politician, minister of the interior (1970–1971), defence (1966–1968) and justice (1956–1958).
• Max Mosley, 81, British racing driver and lawyer, president of the FIA (1993–2009), suicide by gunshot.
• Makoto Nagao, 84, Japanese computer scientist, president of Kyoto University (1997–2003), stroke.
• John Waddington Oakes, 88, British law enforcement officer and Olympic alpine skier (1960), high sheriff of Warwickshire (1996).
• Luiz Gonzaga Paes Landim, 79, Brazilian politician, Piauí MLA (1979–1991), COVID-19.
• Shanti Pahadia, 86, Indian politician, MP (1984–1990), COVID-19.
• Lionel Platts, 86, English golfer.
• Alex Salaueu, 94, Belarusian artist.
• Nina Shatskaya, 81, Russian actress (Welcome, or No Trespassing, A Man Before His Time, Visit to Minotaur), COVID-19.
• Ross Taylor, 95, New Zealand geochemist and planetary scientist.
• Douglas Winston, 89, Australian Olympic sprinter (1956).

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• Cabo Almi, 58, Brazilian politician, Mato Grosso MLA (since 2011), complications from COVID-19.
• Josep Almudéver Mateu, 101, French veteran of the Spanish Civil War (CXXIX International Brigade).
• Aung Toe, 96, Burmese jurist, chief justice of the Supreme Court (1988–2011).
• Frithjof Bergmann, 90, German philosopher, founder of the New Work movement.
• Paul Christy, 82, American professional wrestler (NWA, ICW, WWF).
• Russell Church, 90, American psychologist.
• John Davis, 66, American singer (Milli Vanilli, The Real Milli Vanilli), COVID-19.
• Aldo Forbice, 80, Italian radio host.
• Keith Foulger, 96, British naval architect, colorectal cancer.
• Dan Frank, 67, American editor (Pantheon Books).
• Banira Giri, 75, Nepalese poet, heart attack and COVID-19.
• Desiree Gould, 76, American actress (Sleepaway Camp).
• Robert Green Hall, 47, American makeup artist (Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and film director (Laid to Rest).
• Anna Halprin, 100, American choreographer.
• Jeetmal Khant, 58, Indian politician, Rajasthan MLA (2013–2018), COVID-19.
• Eugene Marve, 60, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Diego Chargers).
• Hazen Myers, 86, Canadian politician, New Brunswick MLA (1978–1987).
• Henri Paris, 85, French general.
• Milan Puzrla, 75, Czech Olympic cyclist (1968, 1972, 1976).
• Ron Rhodes, 88, Australian footballer (Carlton).
• 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 (since 2018).
• Lyubov Talalaeva, 68, Russian rower, Olympic silver medallist (1976).
• Beverly White, 92, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (1971–1991), longest serving female member of the Utah State Legislature.
• Samuel E. Wright, 74, American actor (The Little Mermaid, Dinosaur) and singer ("Under the Sea"), prostate cancer.
• Marinette Yetna, 55, Cameroonian politician, deputy (since 2020).

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• Alfonso Barasoain, 63, Spanish football player and manager (Barakaldo, Eibar, Lemona).
• Felix Boehm, 96, Swiss-American experimental physicist.
• Rod Breedlove, 83, American football player (Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Jáchym Bulín, 86, Czech Olympic ski jumper (1956).
• Pete Correll, 80, American businessman, CEO-emeritus of Georgia-Pacific (1993–2005).
• Richard Dixon, 90, British chemist.
• Lois Ehlert, 86, American children's author and illustrator (Chicka Chicka Boom Boom).
• Johnny Everard, 97, Irish hurler (Moyne-Templetuohy, Tipperary) and Gaelic footballer.
• David Foot, 92, English journalist and historian.
• Arturo Gentili, 85, Italian footballer (Atalanta B.C., Varese Calcio, Triestina Calcio).
• Sir Roger Gifford, 65, English banker and philanthropist, lord mayor of London (2012–2013).
• Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, 86, Syrian-born Lebanese Armenian Catholic hierarch, catholicos patriarch of Cilicia (since 2015).
• 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 (1985–1989).
• 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 (Rahu tänav, Those Old Love Letters), cancer.
• David Klein, 86, Israeli economist, governor of the Bank of Israel (2000–2005).
• John Lynch, 74, Australian linguist.
• Juan Máximo Martínez, 74, Mexican Olympic long-distance runner (1968, 1972), cancer.
• Eilat Mazar, 64, Israeli archaeologist.
• José Melitón Chávez, 63, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Añatuya (2015–2019) and Concepción (since 2020), COVID-19.
• Bobby Mohammed, 78, Trinidadian pannist.
• Elisapee Ootoova, 90, Canadian Inuit elder. (death announced on this date)
• George Patterson, 86, English footballer (Hull City, York City).
• David Pole, 95, English health economist.
• Robert Ridder, 94, American politician, member of the Washington State Senate (1967–1973).
• J. D. Roberts, 88, American football player and coach (New Orleans Saints).
• Eva Sereny, 86, Swiss photographer and film director (Foreign Student).
• Amichai Shoham, 99, Israeli footballer (Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C., national team).
• John Warner, 94, American politician, senator (1979–2009), secretary of the Navy (1972–1974), heart failure.
• Rusty Warren, 91, American comedian and singer (Knockers Up!).

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• Abdul Wahab Al-Dailami, 82–83, Yemeni politician, minister of justice (1994–1997), COVID-19.
• Adrián Babič, 24, Slovak touring cyclist, traffic collision.
• Armand Bissen, 91, Luxembourgian Olympic footballer.
• Jan Borgman, 91, Dutch astronomer.
• Roser Bru, 98, Spanish-born Chilean painter and engraver.
• Tarcisio Burgnich, 82, Italian football player (Inter Milan, Napoli, national team) and manager.
• Chen Qingru, 94, Chinese scientist, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Vincent Daly, 73, Irish Gaelic footballer (Longford GAA).
• Arturo de Jesús Correa Toro, 80, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Ipiales (2000–2018), COVID-19.
• H. S. Doreswamy, 103, Indian journalist and independence activist, cardiac arrest.
• Murray Dowey, 95, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1948).
• Sir Llew Edwards, 85, Australian politician, deputy premier and treasurer of Queensland (1978–1983).
• Heidi Ferrer, 50, American screenwriter (Dawson's Creek, The Hottie and the Nottie, Princess), suicide.
• Alastair Hanton, 94, British banker, inventor of the direct debit system.
• Jerome Hellman, 92, American film producer (Midnight Cowboy, The Mosquito Coast, Coming Home), Oscar winner (1970).
• Ben Kruger, 64, South African actor and author (A Case of Murder, Silent Witness, Binnelanders), 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.
• Therese McKinley, 93, American baseball player (Muskegon Lassies).
• Majendra Narzary, 68, Indian politician, Assam MLA (since 2006), complications from COVID-19.
• Ranjita Rane, 43, Indian cricketer (Mumbai), cancer.
• Mufti Abdul Razzaq, 95, Indian Muslim scholar.
• Elisabeth Rechlin, 91, German Olympic swimmer (1952).
• Ren Farong, 84, Chinese Taoist priest and politician, MP (1993–2018), venerable master of the Chinese Taoist Association (2005–2015).
• Kunjulekshmi Saradamoni, 93, Indian historian and economist, president of the National Federation of Indian Women (2002–2008).
• Henry Sayler, 100, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1967–1971, 1973–1978).
• Gottfried Schär, 84, Swiss Olympic rower.
• Sureni Senarath, 61, Sri Lankan actress (Surapurata Kanyaviyak, Aathma Warusha, Yalu Malu Yalu 2).
• Tom Shannon, 82, American disk jockey (WKBW, CKLW), songwriter ("Wild Weekend") and musician (The Rebels), pancreatic cancer.
• Patrick Sky, 80, American singer-songwriter.
• Llew Smith, 77, Welsh politician, MEP (1984–1994) and MP (1992–2005), cancer.
• Paul Soles, 90, Canadian actor (Spider-Man, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Redwall).
• Sze-Piao Yang, 100, Taiwanese pulmonologist.
• Red Top Young, 85, American musician.

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• Shane Briant, 74, British actor (Demons of the Mind, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter).
• Violetta Elvin, 97, Russian prima ballerina and actress.
• Carla Fracci, 84, Italian ballet dancer and actress, cancer.
• Foster Friess, 81, American investment manager.
• Karl-Heinz Heddergott, 94, German football manager (FC Köln, Egypt national team, Oman national team).
• Robert Hogan, 87, American actor (The Lady in Red, Species II, Youth in Oregon), complications from pneumonia.
• Kees de Jager, 100, Dutch astronomer.
• Lorina Kamburova, 30, Bulgarian actress (Nightworld, Leatherface, Doom: Annihilation) and singer, pneumonia.
• Shantiraj Khosla, 54, Indian composer, COVID-19.
• Jaime Lerner, 83, Brazilian architect, urban planner and politician, governor of Paraná (1995–2002), mayor of Curitiba (1971–1974, 1979–1983, 1989–1992), kidney disease.
• Mohan Raj Malla, Nepalese politician, governor of Sudurpashchim Province (2019), COVID-19.
• Peter Millett, Baron Millett, 88, British jurist and life peer, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1998–2004) and non-permanent judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (since 2000).
• María Teresa Miras Portugal, 73, Spanish biochemist, cancer.
• Vladilen Nikitin, 84, Russian politician, Soviet minister of agriculture (1985) and first deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers (1989–1990). (death announced on this date)
• František Reich, 91, Slovak Olympic rower (1952, 1956).
• Patricio Rojas, 88, Chilean physician, surgeon and politician, minister of the interior (1969–1970) and national defence (1990–1994).
• Nicos A. Rolandis, 86, Cypriot politician, minister of foreign affairs (1978–1983) and deputy (1991–1996).
• Nelson Sargento, 96, Brazilian samba musician (Estação Primeira de Mangueira), COVID-19.
• Poul Schlüter, 92, Danish politician, prime minister (1982–1993), minister of justice (1989), and MEP (1994–1999).
• Jay Sydeman, 93, American composer.
• John Roper-Curzon, 20th Baron Teynham, 92, British peer, member of the House of Lords (1972–1999).
• Zdenko Vukasović, 79, Croatian footballer (Anderlecht, Cercle Brugge, Lokeren).
• Steef Weijers, 91, Dutch politician, member of the Second Chamber (1970–1972, 1975–1989).
• 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 (since 2019), COVID-19.
• Zablon Amanaka, 45, Kenyan footballer (Željezničar Sarajevo, Mahakama, national team).
• Jim Beirne, 74, American football player (Houston Oilers, San Diego Chargers).
• 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 (1979–1997) and chair of the House Oversight Committee (1995–1997).
• Mark Eaton, 64, American basketball player (Utah Jazz), bicycle crash.
• Markus Egen, 93, German Olympic ice hockey player (1952, 1956, 1960).
• Fujie Eguchi, 88, Japanese table tennis player, pancreatic cancer.
• Henrik Enderlein, 46, German economist and political scientist, complications from melanoma.
• He Zhaowu, 99, Chinese historian, translator, and professor at Tsinghua University.
• Viktor Hvozd, 61, Ukrainian intelligence officer, drowned.
• Paul Johnsgard, 89, American ornithologist.
• T. M. Kaliannan, 100, Indian politician, MP (1950–1952) and Tamil Nadu MLA (1952–1967).
• Rina Katselli, 83, Cypriot playwright and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1981–1996).
• Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, 85, Indian humanitarian.
• Albert Kookesh, 72, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1997–2005) and Senate (2005–2013).
• Joseph Nunzio Latino, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Jackson (2003–2013).
• Tony Marino, 90, American professional wrestler (WWWF, NWA).
• Archie Matsos, 86, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos).
• Ken McElligott, 81, Australian politician, Queensland MLA (1983–1998).
• Barbara Ossenkopp, 78, German actress (Seduction: The Cruel Woman, Dem Täter auf der Spur, Mozart und Meisel).
• Pragmulji III, 85, Indian royal, maharao of Kutch (since 1991), complications of COVID-19.
• Henryk Samsonowicz, 91, Polish historian, minister of education (1988–1991).
• Benoît Sokal, 66, Belgian comics artist (Inspector Canardo) and video game developer (Syberia, Sinking Island).
• Christopher Taylor, 85, British landscape archaeologist.
• Emma Shannon Walser, 91, Liberian lawyer and jurist.
• Zhang Kaiyuan, 94, Chinese historian, president of CCNU (1984–1990).

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• Munirathna Anandakrishnan, 92, Indian civil engineer, vice-chancellor of Anna University (1990–1996), COVID-19.
• Francis J. Bradley, 85, American health physicist.
• Maurice Capovilla, 85, Brazilian film director (The Prophet of Hunger, The Night of the Scarecrow, O Jogo da Vida) and screenwriter.
• Judith Godwin, 91, American painter.
• John Gregg, 82, Australian actor (Armchair Thriller, Bodyline, Heatwave).
• Marcell Jankovics, 79, Hungarian animator and film director (Johnny Corncob, Sisyphus, The Struggle).
• Dani Karavan, 90, Israeli sculptor (Monument to the Negev Brigade).
• Johan von Koskull, 56, Finnish Olympic sailor (1984, 1988).
• Forrest Lothrop, 96, American college football coach (Dickinson State).
• Gavin MacLeod, 90, American actor (The Love Boat, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, McHale's Navy).
• Ian Marsh, 65, Australian footballer (Essendon), 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 (1962–1966).
• Keith Mullings, 53, Jamaican boxer, WBC super welterweight champion (1997–1999).
• Abner Oakes, 87, Canadian-born American ice hockey player (Dartmouth) and coach.
• Kenzo Oshima, 78, Japanese diplomat, United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator (2001–2003), 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 (since 2005), cardiac arrest.
• Venkat Subha, Indian actor (Kattappava Kanom, Kazhugu 2, Gorilla), COVID-19.
• B. J. Thomas, 78, American singer ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", "Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song", "Hooked on a Feeling"), 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 (American Cyborg: Steel Warrior, Steel Frontier, Tarzan: The Epic Adventures).
  • Gwen Shamblin Lara, 66, writer and dietician (Christian diet programs).

30

• Chester Apy, 89, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1968–1970, 1972–1974).
• Tonnie van As, 93, Dutch footballer (SBV Vitesse).
• Mikhail Beregovoy, 103, Russian military officer.
• Andriy Beshta, 44, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, ambassador to Thailand (since 2015), heart attack.
• John Carpenter, 84, Irish football referee.
• Jacke Davis, 85, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Ralph Davis, 82, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Packers).
• 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 (Wolf Boy Ken, The King Kong Show, Tekkaman: The Space Knight), heart failure.
• Muriel Kovitz, 95, Canadian academic.
• Claude Landini, 95, Swiss Olympic basketball player (1948).
• Neville Meaney, 88, Australian historian.
• Rick Mitchell, 66, Australian sprinter, Olympic silver medalist (1980), prostate cancer.
• Frank Navarro, 91, American college football player (Maryland Terrapins) and coach (Williams Ephs, Princeton Tigers).
• Parminder Singh Saini, 63, Kenyan Olympic field hockey player (1984, 1988).
• Baddegama Samitha Thero, 68, Sri Lankan monk and politician, MP (1997–2004), 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 (1967–1971).
• Choudhary Khush Akhtar Subhani, Pakistani politician, Punjab MPA (since 2018).
• George Tintor, 64, Canadian Olympic rower (1976).
• Håvard Tveite, 59, Norwegian orienteer.

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• Colin Appleton, 85, English football player (Leicester City, Charlton Athletic) and manager (Swansea City).
• Hugo Bakker, 35, Dutch organist and music educator.
• Dave Barsley, 81, Australian rugby league player (Western Suburbs, Newtown).
• Andreea Bollengier, 46, Romanian-born French chess player, Woman International Master (2000).
• Romain Bouteille, 84, French playwright and actor.
• James Crawford, 72, Australian jurist, judge of the International Court of Justice (since 2015).
• Peter Del Monte, 77, Italian film director (Traveling Companion, Etoile, Piccoli fuochi) and screenwriter.
• Arlene Golonka, 85, American actress (Mayberry R.F.D., The In-Laws, Hang 'Em High).
• Albert Krivchenko, 85, Russian politician and journalist, governor of Amur Oblast (1991–1993).
• Lil Loaded, 20, American rapper and internet personality, suicide.
• Robert Low, 68–69, Scottish author (The Whale Road, The Wolf Sea, The Lion Wakes) and journalist.
• Mike Marshall, 78, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Sérgio Mascarenhas de Oliveira, 93, Brazilian physicist and educator.
• Istvan Raskovy, 84, Australian Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler (1964).
• Laxmikant Sharma, 60, Indian politician, Madhya Pradesh minister for education, leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, COVID-19.
• Devendra Pratap Singh, 55, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLC (2010–2016).
• Hemendra Singh Banera, 75, Indian politician, MP (1971–1977, 1989–1991), COVID-19.