Deaths in 2021

The following notable deaths occurred in 2021. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.

September

28

• Bala V. Balachandran, 84, Indian educationist, founder of Great Lakes Institute of Management.
• Wajid Shamsul Hasan, Pakistani diplomat.
• Bienvenido Lumbera, 89, Filipino poet, critic and dramatist.
• Phi Nhung, 49, Vietnamese-American singer, COVID-19.

27

• Martin Burleigh, 70, English footballer (Darlington, Carlisle United, Hartlepool United).
• Caressing, 23, American racehorse and broodmare, complications from laminitis.
• B. B. Dutta, 86, Indian politician, MP (1993–1999).
• François Florent, 84, French theatre actor, founder of the Cours Florent.
• Francisco Franco del Amo, 61, Spanish academic and author.
• Chris Ho, Singaporean singer (Zircon Lounge), musician and radio DJ, stomach cancer.
• Zaur Kantemirov, 79, Azerbaijani artist, COVID-19.
• Andrea Martin, 49, American singer, songwriter ("I Love Me Some Him", "Before You Walk Out of My Life", "Don't Let Go"), and producer.
• Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, 83, Cameroonian politician and royal, king of the Bamum people (since 1992), COVID-19.
• Teymur Mirzoyev, 85, Azerbaijani singer (Gaya Quartet).
• Boban Petrović, 64, Serbian basketball player (Partizan, Yugoslavia national team).
• R. R. Venkat, 54, Indian film producer (Divorce Invitation, Lovely, Damarukam), kidney disease.
• Ülo Vilimaa, 80, Estonian dancer, choreographer, theatre director and painter.

26

• Siamak Atlassi, 85, Iranian actor (Ballad of Tara, A Man Without a Shadow), COVID-19.
• Eliécer Cárdenas, 70, Ecuadorian novelist.
• José Freire Falcão, 95, Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal, bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (1967–1971), archbishop of Teresina (1971–1984) and Brasília (1984−2004), COVID-19.
• Frances Farenthold, 94, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1969–1973), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• George Frayne IV, 77, American country singer and keyboardist (Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen), cancer.
• Zumrud Gulu-zade, 89, Azerbaijani philosopher.
• Syarhey Herasimets, 55, Belarusian football player (Dinamo Minsk, national team) and manager (Junior Sevan).
• Kjersti Holmen, 65, Norwegian actress (Orion's Belt, Rød snø, The Telegraphist).
• Alan Lancaster, 72, English rock bassist (Status Quo, The Party Boys), complications from multiple sclerosis.
• Marida Lombardo, 65, Italian journalist and writer.
• Giulia Mafai, 91, Italian costume and set designer (Two Women, My Friends, Tom Dollar).
• Ugo Malaguti, 76, Italian novelist and editor.
• Franz Marx, 79, South African screenwriter, actor and director, complications from COVID-19.
• Gheorghe Moldovanu, 72, Moldovan academic.
• Judd Ne'eman, 84, Israeli film director.
• Paddy Prendergast, 95, Irish Gaelic footballer (Mayo GAA).
• Kirill Razlogov, 75, Russian film critic and cultural researcher.
• Herzl Shafir, 92, Israeli general, commissioner of Israel Police (1980).
• Mark Strudwick, 76, British Army officer.
• Bobby Zarem, 84, American publicist (Dustin Hoffman, Cher, Arnold Schwarzenegger), lung cancer.

25

• Len Ashurst, 82, English football player (Sunderland, Hartlepool United) and manager (Cardiff City).
• Théoneste Bagosora, 80, Rwandan military officer and convicted war criminal.
• Dean Berta Viñales, 15, Spanish motorcycle racer, race collision.
• Kamla Bhasin, 75, Indian feminist activist.
• Swapan Kumar Chakravorty, 67, Indian academic, chairman of CSSSC (since 2020), complications from COVID-19.
• Henri Cirelli, 86, Luxembourgian footballer (Avenir Beggen, Swift Hesperange, F91 Diddeleng).
• Franco Di Giuseppe, 79, Italian politician, deputy (1992–1994), complications from traffic collision.
• Marcello Diomedi, 78, Italian footballer (ACF Fiorentina, Bari, Pol. Alghero).
• Antonio Franco, 74, Spanish journalist (El Periódico de Catalunya, El País).
• Elmer Fung, 73, Taiwanese politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1999–2002), cancer.
• Constantine Glushkov, 56, Russian actor (12, Stone) and screenwriter.
• Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli, 92, Iranian Islamic scholar, lung disease.
• Patricio Manns, 84, Chilean singer, composer ("Arriba en la Cordillera") and writer, heart failure.
• Greg Parke, 73, Australian footballer (Melbourne, Footscray, Norwood).
• Al Ramsawack, 91, Trinidadian folklorist.
• Józef Rusak, 101, Polish WWII resistance fighter.
• Walter Scott Jr., 90, American civil engineer, CEO of Kiewit Corporation (1979–1998).
• Sergei Shuvalov, 70, Russian politician, chairman of the Saratov Oblast Duma (2002–2005), senator (2005–2010).
• Mehdi Yaghoubi, 91, Iranian wrestler, Olympic silver medallist (1956), heart disease.

24

• Maxime Blasco, 34, French soldier, shot.
• Cornelia Clark, 71, American jurist, justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court (since 2005), cancer.
• Pee Wee Ellis, 80, American saxophonist, composer and arranger.
• Eugeniusz Faber, 82, Polish footballer (Ruch Chorzów, Lens, national team).
• Gomaa Frahat, 80, Egyptian political cartoonist.
• Freddie Fu, 70, Hong Kong-American orthopaedic surgeon, melanoma.
• Jitender Mann Gogi, 38, Indian mobster, shot.
• Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, 81, British politician, businessman, and arts administrator, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1984–1985).
• Talat Iqbal, Pakistani actor (Ab Dekh Khuda Kya Karta Hai, Kaif-e-Baharan).
• Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad, Pakistani military officer, chief of general staff (2013–2015), cardiac arrest.
• Diana Natalicio, 82, American academic administrator, president of the University of Texas at El Paso (1988–2019).
• Waka Nathan, 81, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, national team).
• Ota, 67, Brazilian cartoonist.
• Raymundo Joseph Peña, 87, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of El Paso (1980–1995) and Brownsville (1995–2009).
• Paul Quilès, 79, French politician, deputy (1993–2007), minister of the interior (1992–1993) and defence (1985–1986), cancer.
• Staffan Skott, 78, Swedish writer and journalist.
• Jorge Velasco Mackenzie, 72, Ecuadorian writer.
• Jerome Yenson, 24, Filipino baseball player (Adamson Soaring Falcons, national team).

23

• Kjell Askildsen, 91, Norwegian writer.
• Janet Bordon, 61, Filipino actress.
• Andrew Douglas, 89, American jurist, justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1985–2002), pulmonary fibrosis.
• John Elliott, 79, Australian businessman, president of the Carlton Football Club (1983–2002), complications from a fall.
• Taito Phillip Field, 68, Samoan-born New Zealand politician, MP (1993–2008).
• Bruce Fleisher, 72, American golfer, (PGA Tour, Champions Tour), U.S. Amateur winner (1968), cancer.
• Axel Gehrke, 79, German politician, deputy (since 2017).
• Edward Janiak, 69, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Wrocław (1996–2012) and bishop of Kalisz (2012–2020), lung cancer.
• Natalie Meyer, 91, American politician, secretary of state of Colorado (1983–1995).
• John Mitchell, 80, New Zealand historian.
• Billa O'Connell, 91, Irish pantomimer.
• Jan Piecyk, 81, Polish footballer (GKS Katowice). (death announced on this date)
• Gholamali Raisozzakerin, 82, Iranian anthropologist, poet, and singer.
• Sharad Ranpise, 70, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLC (since 2018).
• Roberto Roena, 81, Puerto Rican salsa percussionist, orchestra leader, and dancer.
• Charles Grier Sellers, 98, American historian.
• Radiy Shmakov, 90, Russian shipbuilder.
• John August Swanson, 83, American visual artist.
• Mervyn Taylor, 89, Irish politician, TD (1981–1997) and minister for labour (1993).
• Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, 79, Venezuelan Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Valencia (1990–2005) and Caracas (2005–2018), COVID-19.
• Nino Vaccarella, 88, Italian racecar driver.

22

• Eric Alfasi, 49, Israeli basketball player (Maccabi Netanya) and coach (Maccabi Ashdod, Hapoel Eilat), COVID-19.
• Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland, 88, Dutch politician, deputy (1981), mayor of Amstelveen (1971–1977) and Hengelo (1981–1985, 1999–2000).
• Abdelkader Bensalah, 79, Algerian politician, head of state (2019), president of the Council of the Nation (2002–2019) and the APN (1997–2002), complications from cancer and COVID-19.
• Libuše Billová, 87, Czech actress.
• Odile Caradec, 96, French poet.
• Huang Hongjia, 97, Chinese physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Colin Jones, 85, English photographer and ballet dancer.
• Doğan Kuban, 95, Turkish architectural historian.
• Süleyman Məmmədli, 73, Azerbaijani martial artist.
• Orlando Martínez, 77, Cuban boxer, Olympic champion (1972).
• Roger Michell, 65, South African-born British film director (Notting Hill, Venus, My Cousin Rachel).
• Bob Moore, 88, American Hall of Fame session bassist (The Nashville A-Team) and orchestra leader.
• Ulf Nilsson, 73, Swedish children's author.
• Floyd Sagely, 89, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Cardinals).
• Jay Sandrich, 89, American Hall of Fame television director (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Cosby Show, Soap), 4-time Emmy winner.
• Jan Stanienda, 68, Polish violinist and conductor.
• Jüri Tamm, 64, Estonian politician and hammer thrower, Olympic bronze medalist (1980, 1988).
• Eliyantha White, 48, Sri Lankan spiritual healer, COVID-19.
• Tamara Zastavnițchi, Moldovan journalist.

21

• Aharon Abuhatzira, 82, Israeli politician and convicted fraudster, MK (1977–1992), minister of religions (1977–1981) and labor (1981–1982).
• Tommaso Avagliano, 81, Italian writer and editor, complications from heart surgery.
• Kurt Boese, 91, German-born Canadian Olympic wrestler (1960).
• Enea Cerquetti, 83, Italian politician, mayor of Cinisello Balsamo (1970–1979) and of Cusano Milanino (1990–1994).
• Angelo Codevilla, 78, Italian-born American international relations scholar.
• Dallas Dempster, 80, Australian property developer (Burswood Resort and Casino), traffic collision.
• Romano Fogli, 83, Italian football player (Bologna, Milan, national team) and manager.
• Marcia Freedman, 83, American-Israeli peace activist, MK (1974–1977).
• Willie Garson, 57, American actor (Sex and the City, White Collar, John from Cincinnati), pancreatic cancer.
• Marilyn Golden, 67, American disability advocate.
• Al Harrington, 85, Samoan-American actor (Hawaii Five-O), stroke.
• Don Honea, 90, American indigenous leader, traditional chief of the Alaskan Athabaskans (since 2008).
• Rumi Kazama, 55, Japanese professional wrestler (DDT, JWP), promoter (LLPW) and kickboxer.
• Sir Maurice King, 85, Barbadian lawyer and politician, minister of foreign affairs, foreign trade and international business (1989–1993).
• Richard H. Kirk, 65, English electronic musician (Cabaret Voltaire, Sweet Exorcist) and songwriter ("Yashar").
• La Prieta Linda, 88, Mexican singer and actress (Valente Quintero).
• John Brendan McCormack, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Manchester (1998–2011).
• Jack Minore, 82, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1999–2004).
• Peter Palmer, 90, American actor (Li'l Abner, Custer).
• Anthony Pilla, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1979–1980) and bishop (1980–2006) of Cleveland.
• Frank Pratt, 79, American politician, member of the Arizona Senate (2017–2021) and House of Representatives (2009–2017, since 2021).
• Carlos Ramos Núñez, 61, Peruvian jurist and academic, justice of the Constitutional Court (since 2014), cardiac arrest.
• Jacob Elfinus Sahetapy, 89, Indonesian law professor.
• Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, 85, Egyptian field marshal and politician, chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (2011–2012) and minister of defense (1991–2012).
• Melvin Van Peebles, 89, American film director, actor and playwright (Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Posse, Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death).
• Günther Wienhold, 73, German Olympic footballer (1972).

20

• Colin Bailey, 87, English-born American jazz drummer.
• Sherwood Boehlert, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–2007) and chair of the House Science Committee (2001–2007).
• Cloyd Boyer, 94, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Sarah Dash, 76, American singer (Labelle).
• Jackie De Caluwé, 87, Belgian footballer (Cercle Brugge).
• Gary Eckstein, 73, Israeli blues rock singer.
• Jim Van Engelenhoven, 78, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1999–2012).
• Guy Friedrich, 93, French footballer (Angers SCO, CO Roubaix-Tourcoing).
• Narendra Giri, 72, Indian Hindu sant, president of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, suicide by hanging.
• Chauncey Howell, 86, American journalist (Women's Wear Daily, The New York Times, WNBC).
• Roland Jaccard, 79, Swiss writer, journalist and literary critic, suicide by barbiturate overdose.
• Jan Jindra, 89, Czech rower, Olympic champion (1952).
• Aloys Jousten, 83, Belgian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Liège (2001–2013).
• Vidyadhar Karmakar, 96, Indian actor (Karthik Calling Karthik, Ek Thi Daayan, Veerey Ki Wedding).
• Claude Lombard, 76, Belgian singer ("Quand tu reviendras").
• Keith Macdonald, 88, Scottish rugby union player (Barbarians, national team).
• Billy Maxwell, 92, American golfer (PGA Tour, Champions Tour), U.S. Amateur winner (1951).
• Charles W. Mills, 70, Jamaican philosopher.
• Mat Noh, 67, Singaporean footballer (national team).
• Rafael Niyazbekov, 78, Kazakh poet and writer.
• Helmut Oberlander, 97, Ukrainian-born Canadian World War II soldier, member of the Einsatzgruppen.
• Paul Patterson, 78, American college basketball coach (Taylor Trojans).
• Valentina Petrachkova, 82, Belarusian actress (In August of 1944).
• Julz Sale, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Delta 5), cancer.
• Yudhvir Singh Judev, 39, Indian politician, Chhattisgarh MLA (2008–2018).
• Pablo Richard Guzmán, 82, Chilean priest and Biblical scholar.
• Carlo Vichi, 98, Italian businessman.
• Warner Williams, 91, American blues musician (Little Bit A Blues).
• Ken Worden, 78, English football player (Hobart Juventus) and manager (F.A. Selangor, Malaysia national team).

19

• Godil Prasad Anuragi, 92, Indian politician, MP (1980–1984).
• Ama Benyiwa-Doe, 71, Ghanaian politician, MP (1992–2004).
• Françoise Bernard, 100, French gastronomic author and TV presenter.
• James Bilbray, 83, American politician and postal executive, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1987–1995) and chairman of the Board of Governors of the USPS (2014–2016).
• Richard Buckley, 72, American journalist and writer.
• Sylvano Bussotti, 89, Italian composer, poet, and artistic director (La Fenice, Puccini Festival).
• John Carroll, 91, American lawyer and politician, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1971–1979) and Senate (1979–1981).
• John Challis, 79, English actor (Only Fools and Horses, The Green Green Grass, Benidorm) and comedian, cancer.
• Cheung Yan-lung, 99, Hong Kong businessman and politician, member of the Legislative Council (1981–1991), chairman of the Regional Council (1986–1991) and the HYK (1964–1966).
• Stephen Critchlow, 54, British actor (The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells, Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!, Star Wars: The Old Republic).
• Steve Davisson, 63, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (since 2010), cancer.
• Nilay Dutta, 68, Indian lawyer, cricket administrator, and umpire.
• Dame Jocelyn Fish, 90, New Zealand women's rights advocate.
• Jimmy Greaves, 81, English Hall of Fame footballer (Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, national team), world champion (1966).
• Maria Günther, 96, German equestrian.
• George Holliday, 61, American videographer (Rodney King), COVID-19.
• Richard Lachmann, 65, American sociologist.
• András Ligeti, 68, Hungarian violinist and conductor.
• Terry Long, 86, English football player (Crystal Palace) and coach.
• Luis Gustavo, 87, Brazilian actor (Beto Rockfeller, Elas por Elas, Sai de Baixo), cancer.
• Obadiah Mailafia, 64, Nigerian economist and politician, deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (2005–2007).
• René Malleville, 73, French football supporter (Olympique de Marseille), cancer.
• Joan Martínez Vilaseca, 78, Spanish football player (Espanyol, Levante) and manager.
• Ole Nordhaug, 96, Norwegian Lutheran clergyman, bishop of Møre (1983–1991).
• Mats Paulson, 83, Swedish singer-songwriter ("Barfotavisan", "Visa vid vindens ängar") and painter.
• Morris Perry, 96, English actor (Nothing But the Night, The Avengers, Z-Cars).
• Gabby Petito, 22, American vandweller, homicide. (body discovered on this date)
• Ronald F. Probstein, 93, American engineer.
• Tomáš Prokop, 27, Czech ice hockey player (Mountfield HK, Motor České Budějovice, Draci Šumperk).
• María del Carmen Rovira Gaspar, 97–98, Spanish historian, researcher and academic.
• Allan Slaight, 90, Canadian magician, media mogul, and philanthropist.
• Dinky Soliman, 68, Filipino politician, secretary of social welfare and development (2001–2005, 2010–2016), complications from kidney and heart failure.
• Jerzy Targalski, 69, Polish publicist, historian and oppostition activist.
• Marina Tucaković, 67, Serbian lyricist ("Ovo je Balkan", "Nije ljubav stvar", "Ljubav je svuda"), complications from cancer and COVID-19.
• Charles Vardis, 35, Ghanaian footballer (Accra Hearts of Oak, New Edubiase United, Maccabi Herzliya).
• Petter Vennerød, 72, Norwegian film director (Lasse & Geir, Drømmeslottet, Bryllupsfesten).
• Liam Walsh, 23, English rugby league player (Widnes Vikings).
• Max Wiltshire, 83, Welsh rugby union player (Aberavon RFC, Barbarian, national team).

18

• Julos Beaucarne, 85, Belgian singer, writer and actor (The Mystery of the Yellow Room).
• Jean-Patrice Brosse, 71, French harpsichordist and organist.
• Mario Camus, 86, Spanish film director and screenwriter (La colmena, The Holy Innocents, The House of Bernarda Alba).
• Anna Chromý, 81, Czech painter and sculptor.
• Aquilino Duque, 90, Spanish poet and writer.
• Anto Finnegan, 48, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Antrim), motor neurone disease.
• José-Augusto França, 98, Portuguese historian, art critic and professor.
• César José García Otero, 63, Spanish judge, justice of the High Court of Justice of Canarias (since 1998).
• Ali Kalora, 40, Indonesian Islamic militant, leader of the East Indonesia Mujahideen (since 2016), shot.
• Jolidee Matongo, 46, South African politician, mayor of Johannesburg (since 2021), traffic collision.
• Neil McCarthy, 81, American college basketball coach (Weber State Wildcats, New Mexico State Aggies).
• Mick McGinty, American artist (Street Fighter II), cancer.
• Fakhraddin Mousavi, 90–91, Iranian judge and politician, three-time MP and member of the Assembly of Experts (since 2016).
• Albert J. Raboteau, 78, American religion scholar, dean of Princeton University Graduate School (1992–1993).
• Gudmund Restad, 83, Norwegian politician, MP (1985–2001), minister of finance (1997–2000).
• Stu Schwartz, 90, American professional wrestling referee.
• Chris Anker Sørensen, 37, Danish road racing cyclist, traffic collision.
• Kristoffer Stensrud, 67, Norwegian investor.

17

• Angela Ballara, 77, New Zealand historian.
• Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 84, Algerian politician, president (1999–2019), minister of foreign affairs (1963–1979) and president of the U.N. General Assembly (1974–1975), cardiac arrest.
• Roger Brown, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (Maryland State Hawks, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams).
• Rafael Consuegra, 80, Cuban sculptor.
• Russ Dallen, 58, American economist.
• Tim Donnelly, 77, American actor (Emergency!, The Secret of Santa Vittoria, The Toolbox Murders).
• Jimmy Garrett, 66, American actor (The Lucy Show).
• Carlos Gianelli, 73, Uruguayan lawyer and diplomat, ambassador to the United States (2005–2012, 2015–2020), heart attack.
• Basil Hoffman, 83, American actor (The Artist, Hill Street Blues, Santa Barbara).
• Shukhrat Irgashev, 76, Uzbekistani actor (The Battle of the Three Kings, Day Watch, Nothing Personal).
• Kemal Kurspahić, 74, Bosnian journalist (Oslobođenje) and diplomat.
• Albert Linder, 25, Kazakhstani weightlifter.
• Murtaza Lodhgar, 45, Indian cricketer (Bengal), heart attack.
• Alfred Miodowicz, 92, Polish trade unionist and politician, MP (1985–1989).
• Thanu Padmanabhan, 64, Indian theoretical physicist, heart attack.
• Ronald Paris, 88, German painter and graphic artist.
• Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, 48, Moroccan Islamic militant, leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (since 2015), shot.
• Alfonso Sastre, 95, Spanish playwright, essayist, and critic.
• Tony Scott, 80, English footballer (West Ham United, Aston Villa, Torquay United).
• J.V. Smith, 95, English rugby union player (Cambridge University, national team).
• Minja Subota, 82, Serbian television host.
• Wataru Takeshita, 74, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (since 2000), esophageal cancer.
• Michał Turkiewicz, 64, Polish politician and teacher, MP (2001–2005).
• Rey Vásquez, 83, Colombian actor (La Tormenta, Pobre Pablo), COVID-19.

16

• Álex Alemany, 78, Spanish painter.
• Sir Silas Atopare, 70, Papua New Guinean politician, governor-general (1997–2004).
• Arnaldo Di Benedetto, 80, Italian academic and literary critic.
• Boet van Dulmen, 73, Dutch motorcycle road racer, traffic collision.
• Hicham El-Mashtoub, 49, Lebanese-born Canadian football player (Houston Oilers, Edmonton Eskimos), cancer.
• Sverre Fornes, 89, Norwegian footballer (Rosenborg).
• Geoff Hill, 52, British news editor (ITV News), leukaemia.
• Dušan Ivković, 77, Serbian Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (Partizan, Olympiacos, Yugoslavia national team), pulmonary edema.
• Geir Johnson, 68, Norwegian composer and writer.
• Kowhe, 75, Ghanaian actor and comedian, complications from a stroke.
• Maria Leonor Machado de Sousa, 88, Portuguese academic, director of the Biblioteca Nacional (1990–1996) and vice-rector of the Universidade Aberta (2002–2004).
• František Maxa, 98, Czech Olympic sport shooter (1952, 1956).
• Hlengiwe Mkhize, 69, South African politician, minister of higher education (2017–2018) and home affairs (2017).
• George Mraz, 77, Czech-born American jazz musician (Quest, New York Jazz Quartet, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra).
• Casimir Oyé-Mba, 79, Gabonese politician, prime minister (1990–1994), COVID-19.
• Margarita Ponomaryova, 58, Russian Olympic hurdler (1992).
• Agustina Posse, 46, Argentinian actress (Gasoleros), brain aneurysm.
• Jane Powell, 92, American actress (A Date with Judy, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Royal Wedding), singer and dancer.
• Steve Riley, 68, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).
• John Ruggie, 76, American political scientist.
• Graciete Santana, 40, Brazilian Olympic long-distance runner (2016), melanoma.
• Sir Clive Sinclair, 81, English entrepreneur and inventor, founder of Sinclair Radionics, Sinclair Research and Sinclair Vehicles.
• Ruth C. Sullivan, 97, American autism advocate.
• David Sweeney, 61, Canadian Olympic sailor (1984, 1988, 1992).
• Tim Thorne, 77, Australian poet.

15

• Philippe Adrien, 81, French actor (Green Harvest) and playwright.
• Lou Angotti, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues) and coach.
• Fazlul Haque Aspia, 85, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1996–2001), dengue virus.
• Norman Bailey, 88, British-born American opera singer.
• Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba, 88, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Zacatecas (1999–2008), COVID-19.
• Carl DePasqua, 93, American college football player (Pittsburgh Panthers) and coach (Waynesburg Yellow Jackets).
• Leta Powell Drake, 83, American broadcaster and television executive (KOLN-TV).
• Ephraim Einhorn, 103, Austrian-born British Orthodox rabbi.
• Robert Fyfe, 90, Scottish actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Around the World in 80 Days, Cloud Atlas), kidney disease.
• Leonard Gibbs, 73, American percussionist, prostate cancer.
• Patti Hammond, 71, British dancer (Legs & Co., Ruby Flipper).
• Penny Harrington, 79, American police officer.
• Satoshi Hirayama, 91, American baseball player (Hiroshima Carp).
• Justín Javorek, 85, Slovak football player (Inter Bratislava, Czechoslovakia national team) and manager (Tatran Prešov).
• Žana Lelas, 51, Croatian basketball player, Olympic silver medalist (1988).
• Marthe Mercadier, 92, French actress (Three Telegrams, The Night Is My Kingdom, Rendezvous in Grenada).
• W. Tayloe Murphy Jr., 88, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1982–2000) and Virginia secretary of natural resources (2002–2006).
• Tullio Pironti, 84, Italian editor and boxer.
• Joel Rapp, 87, American film director and television writer (High School Big Shot, McHale's Navy, Gilligan's Island).
• Ronald Roose, 75, American film editor (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Hoffa) and screenwriter (Collateral Damage), Parkinson's disease.
• Bill Sudakis, 75, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees).
• Dany Toussaint, Haitian military officer and politician.

14

• Joseba Arregui Aramburu, 75, Spanish theologian, academic and politician, member of the Basque Parliament (1999-2001).
• Zaitoon Bano, 83, Pakistani feminist writer, poet and broadcaster.
• Irene Brietzke, 76, Brazilian actress (Doce de Mãe, Antes Que o Mundo Acabe, Seashore).
• David Yonggi Cho, 85, South Korean Christian minister and convicted embezzler, co-founder of Yoido Full Gospel Church, complications from a stroke.
• Rob Duhamel, 66, Jersey politician, member of the States Assembly (1993–2014) and minister of planning and environment (2011–2014).
• George Ferencz, 74, American theatre director.
• Guilherme Inês, 70, Portuguese composer and percussionist (Quarteto 1111).
• Dave Jenks, 79, American author and real estate mogul.
• Viktor Kazantsev, 75, Russian military officer, envoy to the Southern Federal District (2000–2004).
• Reuben Klamer, 99, American board game inventor (The Game of Life).
• Hubert de Lapparent, 102, French actor.
• Ladislav Lubina, 54, Czech ice hockey player (HC Pardubice, HC Dukla Jihlava, HC Oceláři Třinec), Olympic bronze medallist (1992), brain cancer.
• Józef Polonek, 72, Polish footballer (Wisła Kraków, Garbarnia Kraków).
• Lung Shao-hua, 68, Taiwanese actor (10,000 Miles, March of Happiness) and television host (Guess).
• Norm Macdonald, 61, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (Saturday Night Live, The Norm Show, Dirty Work), leukemia.
• Antonio Martínez Sarrión, 82, Spanish poet and translator, heart attack.
• Ida Nudel, 90, Russian-Israeli civil rights activist.
• Guillermo Ortiz Mondragón, 74, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Cuautitlán (since 2005).
• Yuriy Sedykh, 66, Ukrainian hammer thrower, Olympic champion (1976, 1980).
• Vicente Zarzo Pitarch, 83, Spanish horn player and writer.

13

• Mike Boyle, 77, American politician, mayor of Omaha, Nebraska (1981–1987), pneumonia.
• Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury, 70, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 2019).
• Ruly Carpenter, 81, American baseball executive, president of the Philadelphia Phillies (1972–1981).
• Don Collier, 92, American actor (Outlaws, The High Chaparral, The Young Riders), lung cancer.
• Fred Dakota, 84, American Chippewa leader, chairman of the Keweenaw Bay Tribal Council (1970–1982, 1990–1997).
• Oscar Fernandes, 80, Indian politician, MP (1980–1996, since 1998) and minister of road transport and highways (2013–2014), complications from a fall.
• Bob Faehn, 63, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (2005–2011), cancer.
• Olivier Giscard d'Estaing, 93, French politician, deputy (1968–1973) and co-founder of INSEAD.
• Rafiq Hajat, 65, Malawian civil rights activist, heart attack.
• Parys Haralson, 37, American football player (Tennessee Volunteers, San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints).
• Antony Hewish, 97, British radio astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (1974).
• Charlotte Johnson Wahl, 79, British painter, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Borisav Jović, 92, Serbian politician, president of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1990–1991) and secretary general of the Non-Aligned Movement (1990–1991), COVID-19.
• Leroy Sherrier Lewis, 76, Costa Rican football player (Limonense, Uruguay de Coronado) and coach (Belize national team), prostate cancer.
• Andrey Makeyev, 69, Russian basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1976).
• Carlos Pérez Siquier, 90, Spanish photographer.
• Ruben Reyes, 82, Filipino jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court (2007–2009).
• Rizabawa, 54, Indian actor (In Harihar Nagar, Vakkeel Vasudev, Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji), kidney failure.
• Fred Stanfield, 77, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres).
• Thommayanti, 85, Thai novelist (Thawiphop, Khu Kam).
• Colin Urquhart, 81, British neocharismatic preacher, cancer.
• Tom Vraalsen, 85, Norwegian politician and diplomat, minister of international development (1989–1990), ambassador to the United Kingdom (1994–1996) and the United States (1996–2001).
• George Wein, 95, American festival promoter and jazz pianist, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival, and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
• Owain Williams, 56, Welsh rugby union player (Glamorgan Wanderers, national team), cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Earl P. Yates, 97, American navy rear admiral.

12

• Bashurverse, 36, American YouTuber, COVID-19.
• Fran Bennett, 84, American actress (Nightingales, Sunset Beach, Wes Craven's New Nightmare).
• Ben Best, 46, American screenwriter (Eastbound & Down) and actor (Superbad, Land of the Lost).
• Bernardino Cano Radil, 65, Paraguayan diplomat and politician, ambassador to Cuba (since 2015) and deputy (1989–1998), COVID-19.
• Carlo Chendi, 88, Italian cartoonist.
• Jack D. Dunitz, 98, Scottish chemist.
• Bob Enyart, 62, American talk radio host and pastor, COVID-19.
• Guang Gao, 76, Chinese computer scientist.
• Sondra James, 82, American sound designer (Sex and the City, Royal Pains) and actress (Joker), lung cancer.
• Djohari Kahar, 89, Indonesian politician, member of the People's Representative Council (1987–1992).
• Russ Kick, 52, American writer, editor and publisher.
• Jim King, 86, American golfer (PGA Tour, Champions Tour), COVID-19.
• Don Maddox, 98, American country singer (Maddox Brothers and Rose).
• Michel Maïque, 73, French rugby league player (Lézignan, national team) and politician, mayor of Lézignan-Corbières (2014–2020), pancreatitis.
• Wendell Wise Mayes Jr., 97, American radio and cable television executive.
• Nicolás Naranjo, 31, Argentine road racing cyclist, traffic collision.
• James Snyder Jr., 76, American author, attorney and politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1969–1973).
• John Shelby Spong, 90, American Episcopal prelate, bishop of Newark (1979–2000).
• Bruce Spraggins, 82, American basketball player (Philadelphia Tapers, New Jersey Americans).
• Fabio Taborre, 36, Italian road racing cyclist.
• Giannis Theonas, 80, Greek politician, MEP (1994–2001).
• Gunnar Utterberg, 78, Swedish sprint canoer, Olympic champion (1964).
• Antonio Verini, 85, Italian politician, deputy (2006), complications from surgery.
• Enrique Yannuzzi, 71, Uruguayan sports journalist and radio personality.

11

• Carlo Alighiero, 94, Italian actor (The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia, Silent Action) and voice actor.
• Joan Berger, 87, American baseball player (Rockford Peaches).
• Abimael Guzmán, 86, Peruvian Maoist leader and convicted terrorist, founder of Shining Path.
• Audrey Haine, 94, American baseball player (Fort Wayne Daisies, Grand Rapids Chicks, Peoria Redwings).
• Aziz Hajini, 64, Indian poet and writer.
• Tommy Hazouri, 76, American politician, mayor of Jacksonville (1987–1991) and member of the Florida House of Representatives (1974–1986), lung disease.
• Nikolai Kozyrev, 87, Russian diplomat, Soviet and Russian ambassador to Ireland (1991–1998).
• Stephan Koranyi, 64, German philologist, lecturer, and editor.
• Giulia Daneo Lorimer, 89, Italian violinist and singer.
• María Mendiola, 69, Spanish pop singer (Baccara).
• Radmilo Pavlović, 40, Serbian footballer, (Trayal Kruševac, Napredak Kruševac).
• Roger Sénié, 101, French politician.
• Catherine Sheldrick Ross, 75, Canadian academic, bile duct cancer.
• Simon Shnoll, 91, Russian biophysicist and science historian.
• Phùng Quang Thanh, 72, Vietnamese military officer and politician, minister of defence (2006–2016) and chief of the general staff (2001–2006).
• Mick Tingelhoff, 81, American Hall of Fame football player (Minnesota Vikings).
• Ramesh Valiyasala, Indian actor (Kadamattathu Kathanar), suicide by hanging.
• Nicolás Villamil, 56, Argentine footballer (Racing Club, Fernández Vial, Concepción), heart attack.
• Gloria Warren, 95, American actress (Dangerous Money, Cinderella Swings It, Bells of San Fernando) and singer.

10

• Felix Alen, 71, Belgian chef.
• Charles Konan Banny, 78, Ivorian politician, prime minister (2005–2007), COVID-19.
• Denys Barvinko, 27, Ukrainian footballer (Metalist Kharkiv).
• Antonio Caballero Holguín, 76, Colombian writer and cartoonist.
• Manuel Calvo Fernández, 79, Spanish boxer.
• Michael Chapman, 80, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (True North).
• Jack Egers, 72, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Washington Capitals), pulmonary fibrosis.
• Gerhard Heitz, 96, German historian.
• Rosalía Garrido, 77, Spanish singer and politician.
• Stephen H. Grimes, 93, American judge, justice for the Supreme Court of Florida (1987–1996).
• Jaime Jaramillo Escobar, 89, Colombian poet and essayist.
• Roger Kangni, 77, Togolese Olympic middle-distance runner (1972).
• Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige, 67, Ugandan hotel executive.
• Leonid Lyubovskiy, 84, Ukrainian-born Russian composer and professor, COVID-19.
• Roger Newell, 73, English bassist (Rainbow Ffolly, Rick Wakeman, Marty Wilde), aortic aneurysm.
• Concepción Ramírez, 79, Guatemalan peace activist.
• Jorge Sampaio, 81, Portuguese lawyer and politician, president (1996–2006) and mayor of Lisbon (1990–1995), respiratory failure.
• Dalal bint Saud Al Saud, 63–64, Saudi royal and philanthropist, cancer.
• Lars-Henrik Schmidt, 68, Danish philosopher and educator.
• Nadir Shah, 57, Bangladeshi cricket umpire, cancer.
• Jón Sigurðsson, 75, Icelandic politician, minister of industry and commerce (2006–2007) and governor of the Central Bank of Iceland (2003–2006), prostate cancer.
• Gordon Spice, 81, British racing driver and car constructor (Spice Engineering), cancer.
• Syntar Klas Sunn, 62, Indian politician, Meghalaya MLA (since 2018), COVID-19.
• José Verón Gormaz, 75, Spanish poet, journalist and photographer.
• Saadi Yacef, 93, Algerian independence fighter and actor (The Battle of Algiers).
• Duygun Yarsuvat, 84, Turkish lawyer and football executive, chairman of Galatasaray (2014–2015).
• André Zacharow, 82, Brazilian politician, economist, and lawyer, deputy (2003–2015), COVID-19.

9

• Borhane Alaouié, 80, Lebanese film director (Kafr kasem, Beyroutou el lika, Khalass).
• Susan Anway, American singer (The Magnetic Fields). (death announced on this date)
• Marianne Battani, 77, American federal judge, Eastern District of Michigan (since 2000), cancer.
• Urbain Braems, 87, Belgian football player (Club Brugge) and manager (Anderlecht, Trabzonspor).
• Sir Timothy Colman, 91, British businessman, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk (1978–2004).
• Tino Contreras, 97, Mexican jazz musician and composer.
• Bruce Cowie, 83, Canadian broadcaster and radio and television executive.
• Marian Duś, 83, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Warsaw (1986–2013).
• Caspar Einem, 73, Austrian politician, minister of the interior (1995–1997).
• Harold Franklin, 88, American lecturer.
• Wiesław Gołas, 90, Polish actor (Dzięcioł, Czterdziestolatek, The Deluge).
• Jon Gregory, 77, British film editor (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Secrets and Lies, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri).
• Amanda Holden, 73, British musician, librettist (Bliss) and translator.
• Jean-Claude van Itallie, 85, Belgian-born American playwright (America Hurrah), pneumonia.
• Jean-Paul Jeannotte, 95, Canadian operatic tenor and artistic director (Opéra de Montréal).
• Gene Littles, 78, American basketball player (Carolina Cougars) and coach (Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets).
• Bruce McFee, 60, Scottish politician, MSP (2003–2007), complications from a stroke.
• Richard McGeagh, 77, American water polo player and Olympic swimmer (1964), COVID-19.
• Lucette Michaux-Chevry, 92, French politician, deputy (1988–1993), senator (1995–2011) and twice mayor of Basse-Terre.
• Leif Frode Onarheim, 87, Norwegian businessman and politician, MP (2001–2005).
• Tarcísio Padilha, 93, Brazilian philosopher, COVID-19.
• Hans Pfann, 100, German Olympic gymnast (1952, 1956).
• Danilo Popivoda, 74, Slovenian football player (Olimpija, Eintracht Braunschweig, Yugoslavia national team) and manager.
• Ferry Radax, 89, Austrian filmmaker.
• Helm Stierlin, 95, German psychiatrist.
• Albert Kakou Tiapani, 86, Ivorian politician, minister of housing and urban planning (1998–1999).
• Rahimullah Yusufzai, 66, Pakistani journalist (Time, BBC), cancer.

8

• Sir Antony Acland, 91, British diplomat, ambassador to the United States (1986–1991).
• Abbas Ansarifard, 65, Iranian football executive, chairman of Persepolis (1990–1993, 2001, 2009), COVID-19.
• Derek Bailey, 48, American tribal leader and convicted sex offender, chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (2008–2012).
• José Augusto Delgado, 83, Brazilian jurist, judge of the Superior Court of Justice (1995–2008).
• Gérard Farison, 77, French footballer (Saint-Étienne, ÉFC Fréjus, national team).
• Fabriciano Gómez, 77, Argentine sculptor.
• Big Daddy Graham, 68, American radio presenter (WIP-FM) and comedian.
• Franco Graziosi, 92, Italian actor (The Terrorist, Duck, You Sucker!, We Have a Pope).
• Amy Hawkins, 110, Welsh supercentenarian and TikTok star, oldest person in Wales.
• Alicia Iturrioz, 94, Spanish painter.
• Betty Karnette, 89, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1992–1994, 2004–2008) and Senate (1996–2004).
• Guido Lanfranco, 90, Maltese writer.
• Uno Loop, 91, Estonian singer and musician.
• Juan Guillermo López Soto, 74, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera (since 1995), COVID-19.
• Dietmar Lorenz, 70, German judoka, Olympic champion (1980).
• Aleksandr Melnik, 63, Russian film director (Terra Nova, Territory) and screenwriter, fall.
• Art Metrano, 84, American actor (Police Academy, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Joanie Loves Chachi) and comedian.
• Amobé Mévégué, 52, Cameroonian journalist and radio host, malaria.
• Claude Montmarquette, 78, Canadian economist.
• Robert Prizeman, 68, British composer.
• Pulamaipithan, 85, Indian lyricist (Kudiyirundha Koyil, Neengal Kettavai, Manjal Nila).
• Jordi Rebellón, 64, Spanish actor (Hospital Central, Médico de familia, Sin identidad), stroke.
• Robert A. Rovner, 77, American politician and lawyer, member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (1971–1974).
• Igor Shklerevskiy, 83, Russian poet and translator, COVID-19.
• Sadanand Singh, 78, Indian politician, Bihar MLA (1969–2020).
• Neddy Smith, 76, Australian serial criminal.
• Matthew Strachan, 50, English composer (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?) and singer-songwriter (Next Door's Baby).
• Ludovico Vico, 69, Italian politician, deputy (2006–2013, 2015–2018).
• Luis Villafuerte, 86, Filipino politician, minister of trade (1979–1981), governor of Camarines Sur (1986–1992, 1995–2004) and deputy (2004–2013).
• Kyle Van De Water, 41, American veteran and attorney, suicide by gunshot. (body discovered on this date)
• Enrique Villanueva Cañadas, 81, Spanish forensic doctor and academic.
• Yevgeny Zinichev, 55, Russian politician and military and intelligence officer, minister of emergency situations (since 2018), fall.

7

• Noubir Amaoui, 85, Moroccan trade unionist.
• Rick Arrington, 74, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
• Edward Barnes, 92, British television executive and producer, co-creator of Blue Peter.
• Carl Bean, 77, American Protestant church leader, singer ("I Was Born This Way") and LGBT rights activist.
• Terry Brennan, 93, American college football player and coach (Notre Dame).
• Jahangir Butt, 78, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic champion (1968).
• Elizabeth A. Clark, 82, American patrologist.
• Sam Cunningham, 71, American football player (New England Patriots).
• Koes Hendratmo, 79, Indonesian singer.
• Sir John Herbecq, 99, British civil servant.
• Daikichi Irokawa, 96, Japanese historian.
• Issei Kitagawa, 78, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (2004–2016), prostate cancer.
• Steve Pugh, 60, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (2008–2020).
• Martha Patricia Ramírez Lucero, 69, Mexican lawyer and politician, deputy (2018-2021).
• Tanwa Rasitanoo, 50, Thai Luk thung singer, COVID-19.
• Elia Rodríguez, 38, Spanish journalist, fall.
• Phil Schaap, 70, American disc jockey and jazz historian.
• Badri Spanderashvili, 51, Georgian football player (Spartak Vladikavkaz, Rostov) and manager (Bataysk-2007).
• Warren Storm, 84, American swamp pop singer and drummer.
• Bill White, 76, American professional wrestler (WWE, GCW, JCP).
• Eiichi Yamamoto, 80, Japanese film director (Belladonna of Sadness, Little Wansa) and screenwriter (Space Battleship Yamato).
• Ameer Zaman, 65, Pakistani politician, MP (2013–2018) and minister of postal services (2017–2018), complications from diabetes.

6

• Jean-Pierre Adams, 73, French footballer (Nîmes, Nice, national team).
• Billy Apple, 85, New Zealand painter and sculptor.
• Peter Arnold, 94, New Zealand cricketer (Northamptonshire, Canterbury).
• Claude Azéma, 78, French Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Montpellier (2003–2018).
• Adam Baumann, 73, Polish actor (Śmierć jak kromka chleba, Wojaczek, Destined for Blues).
• Jean-Paul Belmondo, 88, French actor (Breathless, That Man from Rio, Pierrot le Fou).
• Peter Bentley, 91, Austrian-born Canadian businessman.
• Nino Castelnuovo, 84, Italian actor (Rocco and His Brothers, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Five Man Army).
• Thierry Choffat, 53, French political scientist.
• Cockie van der Elst, 93, Dutch Olympic speed skater (1952).
• Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño, 86, Guatemalan businesswoman and philanthropist.
• Jennifer Fiori, 35, Italian racing cyclist, traffic collision.
• Enrique González Pedrero, 91, Mexican politician, senator (1970–1976) and governor of Tabasco (1982–1987).
• Derek Goodrich, 94, British Anglican clergyman, dean of St. George's Cathedral, Georgetown (1984–1993).
• Anthony Johnson, 55, American actor (House Party, Friday, Menace II Society) and comedian.
• Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi, 59, South African politician, MP (2014–2019), COVID-19.
• Jan-Erik Kjellberg, 97, Swedish engineer and writer, last living Swedish volunteer soldier of the Continuation War.
• Tomasz Knapik, 77, Polish film, radio, and television reader.
• Eberhard Kulenkampff, 93, German-Namibian architect and city planner.
• Dick Parfitt, 90, American college basketball coach (Central Michigan Chippewas).
• Pedrés, 90, Spanish bullfighter.
• Sunil Perera, 68, Sri Lankan vocalist (The Gypsies), complications from COVID-19.
• Bennie Pete, 45, American sousaphonist (Hot 8 Brass Band), complications from sarcoidosis and COVID-19.
• Frank Russell, 72, American basketball player (Detroit Titans, Chicago Bulls).
• Todd Scully, 72, American Olympic racewalker (1976), traffic collision.
• Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, 88, Algerian actor (The Battle of Algiers, The Winds of the Aures, Chronicle of the Years of Fire).
• Adlai Stevenson III, 90, American politician, U.S. senator (1970–1981), Illinois Treasurer (1967–1970) and member of the House of Representatives (1965–1967), complications from dementia.
• Anthony Ukpo, 74, Nigerian politician, military governor of Rivers State (1986–1988).
• Károly Vass, 77, Hungarian Olympic handballer (1972, 1976).
• Iván Vitányi, 96, Hungarian philosopher and politician, MP (1990–2014).
• Michael K. Williams, 54, American actor (The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, 12 Years a Slave), drug overdose.
• Severian Yakymyshyn, 91, Canadian Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, bishop of New Westminster (1995–2007).
• Donald Zec, 102, British journalist (Daily Mirror).
• Sabina Zimering, 98, Polish-American ophthalmologist and memoirist.

5

• Carmen Balthrop, 73, American operatic soprano.
• Eugene N. Borza, 86, American historian.
• Ion Caramitru, 79, Romanian actor (Citizen X, Adam & Paul, Charlie Countryman) and politician, minister of culture (1996–2000).
• Keshav Desiraju, 66, Indian bureaucrat and mental health advocate, cardiac arrest.
• Sándor Egeresi, 57, Serbian politician, president of the Assembly of Vojvodina (2008–2012).
• Mohammad Fahim Dashty, 48, Afghan journalist, politician and military officer, spokesperson of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, shot.
• Marcel Garrouste, 100, French politician, deputy (1976–1986, 1988–1993), mayor of Penne-d'Agenais (1971–1983).
• Sarah Harding, 39, English singer (Girls Aloud) and actress (Run for Your Wife, St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold), breast cancer.
• Jan Hecker, 54, German lawyer and diplomat, judge of the Federal Administrative Court (2011–2015) and ambassador to China (since 2021).
• Robert P. Hollenbeck, 89, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1974–1986).
• Susana Lanteri, 86, Argentinian actress (Argentino hasta la muerte, Let's Play in the World, Los golpes bajos).
• Jonah Lwanga, 76, Ugandan Orthodox prelate, metropolitan of Kampala and all Uganda (since 1997).
• Matej Marin, 41, Slovenian racing cyclist.
• Donald Meyers, 86, American actor (Lovely by Surprise, Cigarette Girl, N-Secure), film director and producer.
• Jonathan Mirsky, 88, American journalist and historian.
• Donncha Ó Dúlaing, 88, Irish broadcaster (RTÉ Radio).
• Ivan Patzaichin, 71, Romanian sprint canoeist and coach, four-time Olympic champion, lung cancer.
• Živko Radišić, 84, Bosnian politician, chairman of the Presidency (1998–1999, 2000–2001) and mayor of Banja Luka (1977–1982).
• Rickie Lee Reynolds, 72, American rock guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas), complications from COVID-19.
• João Sayad, 75, Brazilian economist, blood cancer.
• Tony Selby, 83, English actor (Get Some In!, Doctor Who, Witchfinder General), COVID-19.

4

• Billy Cafaro, 84, Argentine singer.
• Bohumil Cepák, 70, Czech Olympic handball player (1976).
• Gerhard Erber, 86, German classical pianist.
• Dell Furano, 70, American music industry executive and entrepreneur, CEO of Live Nation Entertainment (2008–2012).
• Rune Gerhardsen, 75, Norwegian politician and sports executive, mayor of Oslo (1992–1997), leader of the AUF (1973–1975), and three-time chairman of the NSF.
• Albert Giger, 74, Swiss cross country skier, Olympic bronze medalist (1972), cancer.
• Léonard Groguhet, 82, Ivorian actor (Ma Famille) and comedian.
• Bernard Holdridge, 86, British Anglican priest, archdeacon of Doncaster (1994–2001).
• Derek Hole, 87, British Anglican priest, provost of Leicester Cathedral (1992–1999).
• Tunch Ilkin, 63, Turkish-born American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers) and broadcaster, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Raymund Isaac, 59, Filipino photographer, COVID-19.
• Christian Lenglolo, 39, Cameroonian footballer (Persipura Jayapura, Persikota Tangerang, Sriwijaya), heart attack.
• David Pallister, 76, British investigative journalist (The Guardian, Exaro).
• Abdul Amir Qabalan, 85, Lebanese Shia clergyman.
• Mort Ransen, 88, Canadian film director (Margaret's Museum) and screenwriter, dementia.
• Jörg Schlaich, 86, German structural engineer.
• Willard Scott, 87, American weatherman (WRC-TV, Today), creator of Ronald McDonald.
• Martin Thompson, 65, New Zealand artist.
• Alberto Vilar, 80, American investment manager, arts patron and convicted fraudster.
• Lydia Wevers, 71, Dutch-born New Zealand literary critic, editor and historian.

3

• Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim, 85, Iraqi marja', heart attack.
• Ljubo Bešlić, 63, Bosnian politician, mayor of Mostar (2004–2021), complications from COVID-19.
• David Borwein, 97, Canadian mathematician.
• Raghunath Chandorkar, 100, Indian cricketer (Maharashtra).
• Marian Collier, 90, American actress (Some Like It Hot).
• Erik Cowie, 53, American zookeeper and reality television personality (Tiger King). (body discovered on this date)
• Janet Doub Erickson, 97, American graphic artist and writer.
• Hassan Firouzabadi, 70, Iranian military officer, chief of staff of the Armed Forces (1989–2016), COVID-19.
• Barbara Inkpen, 71, British Olympic high jumper (1968, 1972).
• Philip Jamison, 96, American watercolorist.
• Juan Kahnert, 93, Argentine Olympic shot putter (1948).
• Irma Kalish, 96, American television writer and producer (Good Times, The Facts of Life, Family Affair), complications from pneumonia.
• Yolanda López, 78, American painter, printmaker, and film producer, cancer.
• Sérgio Mamberti, 82, Brazilian actor (O Baiano Fantasma, The Lady from the Shanghai Cinema, Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum), multiple organ failure.
• Attilio Maseri, 85, Italian cardiologist.
• Bernadetta Matuszczak, 84, Polish composer.
• Enrique Molina, 77, Cuban actor (The Man from Maisinicu, Hello Hemingway, Video de Familia), COVID-19.
• Ruth Olay, 97, American jazz singer.
• Bert Pence, 79, American voice actor (Meet the Press, Red Dead Revolver).
• Igor Sampaio, 76, Portuguese actor.
• Ahamed Samsudeen, 32, Sri Lankan terrorist (2021 Auckland Countdown stabbing), shot.
• Shinichiro Sawai, 83, Japanese film director (W's Tragedy, Early Spring Story, Bloom in the Moonlight), multiple organ failure.
• Nestor Soriano, 67, Filipino Olympic sailor (1988), COVID-19.
• Henriette Valium, 62, Canadian comic book artist and painter.
• John Watkins, 98, South African cricketer (Natal, national team), COVID-19.
• Robert C. Wetenhall, 86, American executive of Canadian football, owner of the Montreal Alouettes (1997–2018).

2

• Efren Arroyo, 68, Puerto Rican journalist (WAPA-TV, WKAQ-TV, WKAQ-AM), COVID-19.
• Liliana Cano, 96, Italian painter.
• Michel Corboz, 87, Swiss conductor.
• Manuel Soares Costa, 88, Portuguese politician, minister of agriculture (1983–1984).
• Daniele Del Giudice, 72, Italian author and lecturer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Alemayehu Eshete, 80, Ethiopian singer.
• Ruth Bradley Holmes, 96, American Cherokee language linguist and educator.
• Vladimír Hubáček, 89, Czech rally driver.
• Aydin Ibrahimov, 82, Azerbaijani wrestler, Olympic bronze medallist (1964), COVID-19.
• Gurbanmuhammet Kasymow, 67, Turkmen politician and lawyer, minister of internal affairs (1993–1998), defense (1998–1999), and justice (1999–2001), COVID-19.
• Steve Lawler, 56, American professional wrestler and trainer, COVID-19.
• MadClip, 34, Greek rapper, traffic collision.
• George Mawle, American video game developer (God of War).
• Keith McCants, 53, American football player (Alabama Crimson Tide, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Oilers).
• Josephine Medina, 51, Filipino table tennis player, Paralympic bronze medallist (2016).
• Ataullah Mengal, 92, Pakistani politician, chief minister of Balochistan (1972–1973), heart attack.
• Chandan Mitra, 65, Indian journalist (The Pioneer) and politician, MP (2003–2016).
• Isabel da Nóbrega, 96, Portuguese writer.
• David Patten, 47, American football player (New York Giants, New England Patriots, Washington Redskins), traffic collision.
• Ryan Sakoda, 48, Japanese-American professional wrestler (EWF, WWE).
• Maher Salim, Egyptian actor (Alexandria Again and Forever, Alexandria... New York, 18 Days).
• Sidharth Shukla, 40, Indian actor (Broken But Beautiful, Balika Vadhu, Dil Se Dil Tak) and reality show contestant, heart attack.
• Hashibur Rahman Swapon, 67, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1996–1998, since 2014), COVID-19.
• Mikis Theodorakis, 96, Greek composer ("Mauthausen Trilogy", Zorba the Greek, Z), MP (1981–1993).
• Frederick L. Van Sickle, 78, American federal judge, Eastern District of Washington (since 1991).
• Joan Washington, 71, British dialect coach (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Crimson Peak, 101 Dalmatians), lung cancer.

1

• Assyr Abdulle, 50, Swiss mathematician.
• Tamilla Agamirova, 93, Russian actress (Don Quixote, Matteo Falcone).
• Adalberto Álvarez, 72, Cuban pianist (Son 14, Adalberto Álvarez y su Son), COVID-19.
• Javier Ayala Álvarez, 79, Colombian journalist and radio personality, COVID-19.
• Amanda Bayard, 39, American television producer (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver).
• Jean-Denis Bredin, 92, French attorney, founder of Bredin Prat and member of the Académie Française.
• Anna Cataldi, 81, Italian journalist and humanitarian.
• Paul Chillan, 85, French footballer (US Robert, Nîmes, Arles).
• Daffney, 46, American professional wrestler (WCW, SHINE, TNA), suicide by gunshot.
• Robbie Dale, 81, British radio presenter (Radio Caroline), dementia.
• Carol Fran, 87, American soul blues singer, pianist, and songwriter.
• Jim Fuller, 76, American football player and coach (Alabama Crimson Tide, Jacksonville State Gamecocks), complications from COVID-19.
• Syed Ali Shah Geelani, 91, Indian Kashmiri separatist leader, Jammu and Kashmir MLA (1972–1982, 1987–1990).
• Doug Green, 66, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2013–2020), COVID-19.
• José Gonçalves Heleno, 93, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor bishop (1976–1977) and bishop of Governador Valadares (1977–2001).
• Waldo Holmes, 92, American trumpeter and songwriter (Rock the Boat).
• Aleksandr Khrabunov, 61, Russian guitarist (Zoopark).
• Norbert Klein, 65, Dutch politician, MP (2012–2017).
• Gregg Leakes, 66, American reality television personality (The Real Housewives of Atlanta, I Dream of NeNe: The Wedding), colon cancer.
• Catherine MacPhail, 75, Scottish author (Roxy's Baby).
• Norberto Mario Oyarbide, 70, Argentine judge, justice of the Supreme Court (1994–2016), COVID-19.
• Allison Payne, 57, American news anchor (WGN-TV).
• Juan Rodríguez Vega, 77, Chilean footballer (Unión Española, Atlético Español, national team).
• Leopoldo Serantes, 59, Filipino boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (1988), COPD.
• Margaret Stone, Australian judge, inspector-general of intelligence and security (2015–2020).
• Dan Swecker, 74, American politician, member of the Washington State Senate (1995–2013).
• Carlos Thorne, 98, Peruvian novelist and lawyer.
• Sid Watson, 93, English footballer (Mansfield Town, Ilkeston Town).

Previous months

• Deaths in January 2021
• Deaths in February 2021
• Deaths in March 2021
• Deaths in April 2021
• Deaths in May 2021
• Deaths in June 2021
• Deaths in July 2021
• Deaths in August 2021

See also

• List of deaths due to COVID-19

External links

• The Guardian (UK) obituaries
• The Telegraph (UK) obituaries
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, obituaries
• The Washington Post obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) obituaries