Deaths in July 2020

The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2020.

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.

July 2020

1

• Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, 62–63, Ghanaian politician, CEO of the Forestry Commission (since 2017), COVID-19.
• Bill Black, 76, New Zealand pilot and deer hunter.
• Edward A. Burkhalter, 91, American navy officer, heart attack.
• Jean Cabannes, 95, French magistrate and jurist, member of the Constitutional Council (1989–1998).
• Cao Zhi, 92, Chinese politician, Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress (1998–2003).
• Gyan Kumari Chhantyal, 63, Nepali politician, member of the Constituent Assembly (since 2013), heart disease.
• Nancie Colling, 101, English lawn bowls player.
• Max Crook, 83, American keyboardist and songwriter ("Runaway").
• Gay Culverhouse, 73, American academic administrator and sports executive, President of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1991–1994) and Notre Dame College (1995–1996), myelofibrosis.
• Hugh Downs, 99, American broadcaster and television host (20/20, Today, Concentration), heart failure.
• Luizinho Drummond, 80, Brazilian illegal lottery operator, stroke.
• Bill Duplissea, 70, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1986–1988), cancer.
• Heinrich Fink, 85, German theologian and politician.
• David F. Gantt, 78, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (since 1983).
• Beate Grimsrud, 57, Norwegian novelist and playwright, breast cancer.
• Ida Haendel, 91, Polish-born British violinist, kidney cancer.
• George Hallett, 78, South African photographer.
• Matthias Kaul, 71, German percussionist and composer.
• Ian MacDougall, 82, Australian naval officer, Chief of the Naval Staff (1991–1994).
• Lorenz Magaard, 86, German-American mathematician and oceanographer.
• Santiago Manuin Valera, 63, Peruvian Awajún leader and Indigenous rights activist, COVID-19.
• Ray Matheny, 91, American anthropologist.
• Eurídice Moreira, 81, Brazilian politician, Paraíba MLA (1995–1998), complications from COVID-19.
• Jean-Pierre Moumon, 72–73, French writer.
• Joe Pennington, 92, American musician.
• Latifur Rahman, 75, Bangladeshi comprador (Transcom Group).
• Emmanuel Rakotovahiny, 81, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996), heart disease.
• Georg Ratzinger, 96, German Roman Catholic priest and musician, conductor of the Regensburger Domspatzen (1964–1994).
• Tommy Ring, 81, Irish hurler.
• Rokamlova, 79, Indian politician, Speaker of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly (1990–1993), kidney disease.
• Pedro Luis Ronchino, 92, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (1993–2005).
• Paul Seban, 90, Algerian-born French film director (La Musica, French Cancan).
• Jan Steward, 91, American photographer, complications from pneumonia.
• Jim Thorpe, 76, American Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Toronto Argonauts).
• Aleksejs Vidavskis, 76, Latvian politician, mayor of Daugavpils (1994–2001).
• Sir Everton Weekes, 95, Barbadian cricketer (West Indies, national team).
• Sybil Wettasinghe, 92, Sri Lankan children's author.

2

• Ira Albright, 61, American football player (Montreal Alouettes, Buffalo Bills).
• Betsy Ancker-Johnson, 93, American plasma physicist.
• Olga Blinova, 89, Russian linguist.
• Paolo Cabras, 89, Italian politician, Deputy (1972–1987), Senator (1987–1994).
• Raymond Carter, 84, British politician, MP (1970–1979).
• Chiu Chuang-huan, 94, Taiwanese politician, President of the Examination Yuan (1993–1996), Vice Premier (1981–1984) and Minister of Interior (1978–1981), complications from pneumonia.
• Fan Yunruo, 24, Chinese professional Go player, suicide by jumping.
• Christian Garrison, 78, American author and filmmaker, cancer.
• Afroditi Grigoriadou, 88, Greek actress (Electra, I Agapi Argise mia Mera).
• Jon Gilliam, 81, American football player (Dallas Texans, Kansas City Chiefs).
• Jack Harding, 87, Irish hurler.
• Ludwig Hinterstocker, 89, German footballer (VfB Stuttgart).
• Ole Holsti, 86, American political scientist.
• Ángela Jeria, 93, Chilean archaeologist and human rights activist.
• Nikolai Kapustin, 82, Russian composer and pianist.
• Jiro Kuwata, 85, Japanese manga artist (8 Man).
• Tunney Lee, 88, Chinese-born American architect, complications from cancer.
• Wanderley Mariz, 79, Brazilian politician, Deputy (1975–1987), complications from COVID-19.
• Bill Massey, 83, New Zealand Hall of Fame softball player (national team), World Championship bronze medallist (1966).
• Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda, 73, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Huajuapan de León (since 2000).
• John Ebong Ngole, 80, Cameroonian politician.
• Tilo Prückner, 79, German actor (The NeverEnding Story, Iron Sky, Tatort), heart failure.
• Kevin Rafferty, 73, American film director (The Atomic Cafe, Blood in the Face) and cinematographer (Roger & Me), cancer.
• Avon Riley, 62, American football player (Houston Oilers, Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Reckful, 31, Israeli-American Twitch streamer, suicide.
• Abraham Louis Schneiders, 94, Dutch diplomat and writer.
• Ronald L. Schwary, 76, American film and television producer (Ordinary People, Batteries Not Included, Medium), Oscar winner (1981).
• Billy Tang, 69, Hong Kong film director (Dr. Lamb, Those Were the Days..., Dial D for Demons), nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
• Marc Treanor, 57, British sand artist.
• Mike Walling, 69, English comic actor and screenwriter.
• Xu Qifeng, 84, Chinese engineer.
• Yoon Sam-yook, 83, South Korean film director (I Will Survive) and screenwriter (Yalkae, a Joker in High School, Suddenly at Midnight).
• Willem van Zwet, 86, Dutch mathematician.

3

• Ejike Obumneme Aghanya, 87, Nigerian military officer and electrical engineer.
• Manuel Machado Alvarez, 59, Cuban murderer, COVID-19.
• Protik Prakash Banerjee, 51, Indian jurist, Judge of the Calcutta High Court (since 2017), heart failure.
• Tyson Brummett, 35, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), plane crash.
• Neil Erland Byers, 91, Canadian politician.
• Earl Cameron, 102, Bermudian-born British actor (Doctor Who, Pool of London, The Interpreter).
• Hermine de Clermont-Tonnerre, 54, French princess, writer and actress (La Ferme Célébrités), traffic collision.
• Len Cunning, 69, Canadian ice hockey player (Johnstown Jets).
• Scott Erskine, 57, American serial killer, COVID-19.
• Bob Gleeson, 88, Australian footballer (Richmond).
• Wahidul Haq, 87, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Finance (1988, 1988–1990).
• Saroj Khan, 71, Indian choreographer (Mr. India, Nagina, Chandni), cardiac arrest.
• Lore Krainer, 89, Austrian composer.
• Ardico Magnini, 91, Italian footballer (Pistoiese, Fiorentina, national team).
• Willie McGrotty, 67, Scottish footballer (Blackpool).
• Claude Mercier-Ythier, 88–89, French harpsichord maker.
• Michel Meylan, 81, French politician, Member of the National Assembly (1988–2002).
• Aurelio Moyano, 81, Argentine footballer (FC Nancy, AS Cannes).
• Rolf Muuss, 95, German-born American psychologist, heart failure.
• Francis Nadeem, 64, Pakistani Roman Catholic priest, heart attack.
• Mamadou Bamba Ndiaye, 71, Senegalese politician, Minister of Religious Affairs (2000–2012).
• Elba Perez-Cinciarelli, 76, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (2002–2004).
• John Peter, 81, Hungarian-born British theatre critic.
• Faruk Quazi, 71, Bangladeshi journalist, kidney failure.
• Pamela Rush, 49, American anti-poverty activist, COVID-19.
• Charlie Slack, 89, American basketball player (Marshall Thundering Herd).
• Bill Stricker, 72, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers).
• Leonardo Villar, 96, Brazilian actor (O Pagador de Promessas, The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga, Juego peligroso), cardiac arrest.
• Emily Howell Warner, 80, American airline pilot.

4

• Barbara Ackermann, 95, American politician.
• T. M. Giasuddin Ahmed, 83, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–1990).
• Alan S. Becker, 74, American politician, attorney and educator, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1972–1978), cancer.
• Angelo Fagiani, 77, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche (1997–2007).
• Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, 68, American sideshow attractions and documentary subjects, world's oldest conjoined twins.
• Brandis Kemp, 76, American actress (Fridays, AfterMASH, Hexed), brain cancer and complications from COVID-19.
• Robert Mack, 61, Austrian Olympic ice hockey player (1988).
• Irwin Molasky, 93, American real estate developer.
• John Papworth, 98, British Anglican clergyman and activist.
• Martha Rocha, 83, Brazilian model, Miss Universo Brasil (1954), heart attack.
• Seninho, 71, Portuguese footballer (Porto, New York Cosmos, national team).
• Bhakti Charu Swami, 74, Indian spiritual teacher (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), COVID-19.
• Earl Thomas, 71, American football player (Chicago Bears, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Oilers).
• Mary Twala, 80, South African actress (Life, Above All, Beat the Drum, Sarafina!).
• Arie van der Vlis, 79, Dutch military officer, Chief of the Defence Staff (1992–1994).
• Kevin Wickham, 80, Australian Olympic rower (1964).

5

• Ragaa Al Geddawy, 85, Egyptian actress and model, COVID-19.
• Souzána Antonakáki, 84–85, Greek architect.
• Bill Barlow, 89, Canadian politician.
• Horace Barlow, 98, British neuroscientist.
• Fiorenza Bassoli, 71, Italian politician.
• Léo Bergoffen, 97, German-born French Holocaust survivor.
• Nirmalendu Bhattacharya, 61, Indian politician.
• Antônio Bivar, 81, Brazilian writer and playwright, complications from COVID-19.
• Tom Churchill, 59, American meteorologist and radio personality, melanoma.
• Mário Coelho, 84, Portuguese bullfighter, COVID-19.
• Nick Cordero, 41, Canadian actor and singer (Bullets Over Broadway, A Bronx Tale, Waitress), complications from COVID-19.
• Ayatullah Durrani, 64, Pakistani politician, MP (2008–2013), COVID-19.
• Cleveland Eaton, 80, American jazz bassist.
• Marc A. Franklin, 88, American lawyer.
• Bettina Gilois, 58, German-born American screenwriter (Bessie, Glory Road, McFarland, USA), cancer.
• Richard C. Henry, 94, American lieutenant general.
• Willi Holdorf, 80, German athlete, Olympic champion (1964).
• Kōshū Itabashi, 93, Japanese Sōtō Zen master, abbot of Sōji-ji (1998–2002).
• Ahmad Karami, 76, Lebanese politician.
• Mauro Mellini, 93, Italian lawyer and politician, Deputy (1976–1992), secretary of the Radical Party (1968–1969).
• Aubert Pallascio, 82, Canadian actor (The Kidnapping of the President, Black List, Punisher: War Zone), cancer.
• Barrie Penrose, 78, British investigative journalist and author, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Brad Pye Jr., 89, American sports journalist (Los Angeles Sentinel), broadcaster, and politician.
• Bob Reade, 87, American college football player (Cornell College) and coach (Geneseo High School, Augustana College).
• Ena Thomas, 85, Welsh television cook.
• Tiloun, 53, Réunionese singer.
• Volodymyr Troshkin, 72, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv), Olympic bronze medallist (1976) and manager (Veres Rivne).
• Olena Tsvek, 88, Ukrainian archaeologist.
• Tom Vaughn, 77, American football player (Detroit Lions, Iowa State Cyclones).
• Ashoka Wadigamangawa, 68, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1989–1994), traffic collision.
• Mahendra Yadav, 70, Indian politician, Delhi MLA (1998–2003) and convicted criminal, COVID-19.

6

• Inuwa Abdulkadir, 54, Nigerian politician, complications from COVID-19.
• Suresh Amonkar, 68, Indian politician, Goa MLA (2012–2017), COVID-19.
• Rosario Bléfari, 54, Argentine actress (Poor Butterfly, I, the Worst of All, Rapado), singer and writer, cancer.
• Louis Colavecchio, 78, American counterfeiter.
• Carme Contreras i Verdiales, 87, Spanish actress (El cor de la ciutat).
• Charlie Daniels, 83, American Hall of Fame country singer-songwriter and musician ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia", "Uneasy Rider"), Grammy winner (1980), hemorrhagic stroke.
• Bishnu Charan Das, 65, Indian politician, MP (2016–2017), stroke.
• Katie G. Dorsett, 87, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (2003–2011).
• Esparbec, 79–80, French pornographic author.
• Ronald Graham, 84, American mathematician (Graham's number), President of the American Mathematical Society (1993–1994), bronchiectasis.
• Hisham al-Hashimi, 47, Iraqi historian and security expert, shot.
• Julio Jiménez, 55, Bolivian politician, Deputy (since 2015), COVID-19.
• Gordon Kegakilwe, 53, South African politician, North West MEC (since 2019), COVID-19.
• Andrew Kishore, 64, Bangladeshi playback singer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
• Juris Kronbergs, 73, Latvian-Swedish poet and translator.
• Mary Kay Letourneau, 58, American teacher and convicted rapist, cancer.
• Steve Madge, 72, English birder and author.
• Ennio Morricone, 91, Italian film composer (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Hateful Eight), Oscar winner (2016), complications from a fall.
• Zithulele Patrick Mvemve, 79, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg (1986–1994) and Bishop of Klerksdorp (1994–2013).
• Zdzisław Myrda, 69, Polish Olympic basketball player (1980).
• Mark Naley, 59, Australian footballer (South Adelaide, Carlton), brain cancer.
• Joe Porcaro, 90, American percussionist (The Wrecking Crew).
• Giuseppe Rizza, 33, Italian footballer (Juve Stabia, Arezzo, Pergocrema), complications from ruptured brain aneurysm.
• Song Jinsheng, 87, Chinese politician, Vice-Chairman of the Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (1992–2007).
• Osvaldo Sosa, 72, Argentine football player (Club Almagro, Argentinos Juniors) and manager (Talleres de Córdoba), complications from a stroke.
• Zoran Stojković, 73, Serbian politician, Minister of Justice (2004–2007).
• Ernst Zacharias, 96, German electronic musician and engineer.
• Sergey Zagraevsky, 55, Russian-Israeli painter, architectural historian and theologian, heart failure.
• Deborah Zamble, 48, Canadian chemist, brain hemorrhage.

7

• Hernán Alemán, 65, Venezuelan exiled politician, Deputy (since 2011) and mayor of Cabimas (1989–1996, 2000–2008), complications from COVID-19.
• Jale Aylanç, 72, Turkish actress (Suskunlar).
• George Boyd, 68, Canadian playwright and news anchor (CBC Newsworld).
• Dannes Coronel, 47, Ecuadorian footballer (El Nacional, Macará, national team), heart attack.
• Gilbert Doucet, 64, French rugby union player and coach (FC Lourdes, RC Toulonnais).
• Millicent S. Ficken, 86, American ethologist.
• Elizabeth Harrower, 92, Australian novelist (Down in the City, The Watch Tower, In Certain Circles).
• Bob Hitchens, 68, American football player and coach (Miami RedHawks).
• Khalid bin Saud Al Saud, 95, Saudi prince.
• Henry Krtschil, 87, German composer and pianist.
• Yves Lever, 78, Canadian film historian and academic.
• Bill Ramsey, 76, English rugby league player (Leeds, Hull, Hunslet).
• Juan Rosai, 79, Italian-born American pathologist.
• Mike Ryan, 78, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies).
• Jay Severin, 69, American radio talk show host (WOR, WTKK, Blaze Media) and political consultant, stroke.
• R. Sundarrajan, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA.
• Henk Tennekes, 69, Dutch toxicologist, active euthanasia for pulmonary disease.
• Chynybaĭ Tursunbekov, 59, Kyrgyz politician, President of the Supreme Council (2016–2017), pneumonia.
• Wolfgard Voß, 94, German Olympic gymnast (1952).
• Wang Jiafan, 81, Chinese historian.
• Dhansiri Weerasinghe, 84, Sri Lankan cricketer (national team).
• Wally Wolf, 78, American baseball player (California Angels).

8

• Jean-Claude Alibert, 71, French rally racer.
• Norman Allinger, 92, American chemist.
• Daniel Alvarado, 70, Venezuelan actor (La revancha, Pecado de amor, My Sweet Fat Valentina), fall.
• F. G. Bailey, 96, British social anthropologist.
• Amadou Gon Coulibaly, 61, Ivorian politician, Prime Minister (since 2017).
• Jagdeep, 81, Indian actor (Sholay, Purana Mandir, Andaz Apna Apna) and comedian.
• Finn Christian Jagge, 54, Norwegian alpine skier, Olympic champion (1992), gastric volvulus.
• Jimmy Johnson, 80, Nigerian actor (The Village Headmaster), surgery complications.
• Liliane Klein-Lieber, 96, French resistance member (Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs israélites de France).
• E. Walter Miles, 86, American political scientist and legal scholar.
• Wayne Mixson, 98, American politician, Governor of Florida (1987), member of the Florida House of Representatives (1967–1978).
• Eldon A. Money, 89, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (1974–1979) and Senate (1980–1997).
• Ricardo Mthembu, 50, South African politician, mayor of KwaDukuza (2011–2019), COVID-19.
• Santiago Nsobeya, 70, Equatoguinean politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1999–2003).
• Munah Pelham-Youngblood, 36, Liberian politician, member of the House of Representatives (since 2011).
• José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, 72, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Territorial Prelature of Jesús María del Nayar (1992–2010).
• Ross Pritchard, 95, American academic administrator, Chancellor of the University of Denver (1978–1984).
• Alex Pullin, 32, Australian Olympic snowboarder (2010, 2014, 2018), snowboard cross world champion (2011, 2013), drowned.
• Naya Rivera, 33, American actress (Glee, The Royal Family, Step Up), model and singer, drowned.
• Noloyiso Sandile, 56, South African royal, Regent of the Royal House of the AmaRharhabe, COVID-19.
• Howard Schoenfield, 62, American tennis player, complications from COVID-19.
• Lyudmila Stanukinas, 89, Kazakhstani documentary filmmaker.
• Abdelmajid Tlemçani, 82, Tunisian footballer (Espérance Sportive de Tunis, national team).
• Brad Watson, 64, American author and academic, heart failure.
• William Wolff, 93, German-British journalist and rabbi.
• Flossie Wong-Staal, 72, Chinese-American virologist, pneumonia.
• Jelko Yuresha, 83, Croatian-born British ballet dancer and choreographer.

9

• Johnny Beattie, 93, Scottish actor (River City) and comedian (Scotch & Wry, Rab C. Nesbitt).
• Maurice Born, 76–77, Swiss architect and sociologist.
• Roland Desné, 89, French philosopher and writer.
• Jean-François Garreaud, 74, French actor (Violette Nozière, A Simple Story, I as in Icarus).
• Franz Frauneder, 92, Austrian Olympic rower (1948).
• Ranjon Ghoshal, 65, Indian theatre director and musician (Moheener Ghoraguli).
• Sahara Khatun, 77, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Home Affairs (2009–2012) and Posts and Telecommunications (2012–2013), MP (since 2009).
• Mohamed Kouradji, 68, Algerian football referee, COVID-19.
• Antonio Krastev, 59, Bulgarian weightlifter, world champion (1985, 1986), traffic collision.
• Cam Millar, 92, Canadian athlete.
• Sylvia Martínez Elizondo, 72, Mexican politician, Senator (2016–2018).
• Bruce Nestande, 82, American politician, heart attack.
• Park Won-soon, 64, South Korean politician, mayor of Seoul (since 2011), suicide.
• Hafiz Rahim, 36, Singaporean footballer (Geylang United, Gombak United, national team), traffic collision.
• Bob Sabourin, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
• Vladimir Salkov, 83, Russian football player and manager (Shakhtar Donetsk, Rotor Volgograd).
• Tong Binggang, 92, Chinese physicist.
• Gabriella Tucci, 90, Italian operatic soprano.
• Elizabeth Vallance, 75, British philosopher.
• Joseph Vidal, 87, French politician, National Assembly member for Aude (1978–1993).

10

• Ben Acton, 92, Australian Olympic ice hockey player (1960).
• Morris Cerullo, 88, American Pentecostal televangelist, founder of The Inspiration Network, pneumonia.
• Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty, 82, Indian-American microbiologist (Diamond v. Chakrabarty).
• Jack Charlton, 85, English football player (Leeds United, national team) and manager (Republic of Ireland national team), world champion (1966), lymphoma and dementia.
• Robert Curtis Clark, 83, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (1960–1981).
• Johnny Cusack, 92, Irish Gaelic footballer (Cavan, Lavey).
• Corra Dirksen, 82, South African rugby player (Northern Transvaal, national team), complications from COVID-19.
• Vikas Dubey, 56, Indian gangster and convicted murderer, shot.
• Eddie Gale, 78, American jazz trumpeter.
• Andrés Indriðason, 78, Icelandic television producer.
• Miloš Jakeš, 97, Czech politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989).
• Wolfgang Jerat, 65, German football player and coach.
• Ghaida Kambash, 46, Iraqi politician (Council of Representatives of Iraq), COVID-19.
• Ferenc Koncz, 60, Hungarian politician, MP (1998–2002, 2004–2006, 2010–2014, since 2018), traffic collision.
• Cosmas Magaya, 66, Zimbabwean mbira musician, COVID-19.
• Panagiotis Manias, 87, Greek basketball player, drowned.
• Colin Milner Smith, 83, British judge and cricketer.
• Pep Mòdol, 62, Spanish politician and writer, Deputy (1989–1993) and Senator (1996–2000), cancer.
• Paik Sun-yup, 99, South Korean military officer.
• Dick Passwater, 93, American racecar driver.
• Mahmoud Reda, 90, Egyptian dancer, choreographer and Olympic gymnast (1952).
• Michael M. Richter, 82, German mathematician and computer scientist.
• Lara van Ruijven, 27, Dutch short track speed skater, Olympic bronze medallist (2018) and world champion (2019), autoimmune disease.
• Alfredo Sirkis, 69, Brazilian politician, Deputy (2011–2014), traffic collision.
• Steve Sutherland, British club and radio disc jockey (Choice FM, Galaxy FM).
• Olga Tass, 91, Hungarian gymnast, Olympic champion (1956).
• Genevieve Westcott, 65, Canadian-born New Zealand journalist and television presenter, breast cancer.
• Ed Wild, 85, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1956).
• Dick Williams, 92, American magician.

11

• Marc Angelucci, 52, American attorney and men's rights activist, shot.
• Jyotsna Bhatt, 80, Indian ceramicist and potter.
• Frank Bolling, 88, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves).
• Al Gagne, 78, American curler, world champion (1965).
• Robert Gnaizda, 83, American civil rights lawyer.
• Kyaw Hein, 72, Burmese actor (Kanyar Pyo Nae Zayar Ao, Sone Yay, Wai Lae Mhway Kyway Lae Mhway), complications from a stroke.
• A. H. Jami, 77, Indian cartoonist.
• Patti Karr, 88, American actress.
• Edward Kmiec, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nashville (1992–2004) and Buffalo (2004–2012).
• Nicholas Lash, 86, English theologian.
• Lim Boo Liat, 93, Malaysian zoologist.
• Florence Littauer, 92, American self-help author.
• Jacques Mazoin, 91, French rugby union player and coach (US Dax, Paris UC).
• Mary Miller, 90, English actress (Crown Court, EastEnders).
• Rich Priske, 52, Canadian bassist, heart attack.
• Tõnu Puu, 83, Estonian-born Swedish economist.
• Maynard Reece, 100, American wildlife artist.
• Engel Reinhoudt, 74, Dutch troubadour and dialect writer.
• Sergey Smiryagin, 56, Russian Olympic swimmer (1980).
• Donald Whiston, 93, American ice hockey player, Olympic silver medallist (1952).

12

• Jack Ah Kit, 69, Australian politician, Northern Territory MLA (1995–2005).
• Miryana Basheva, 73, Bulgarian poet.
• Doris Beck, 91, American politician.
• Rod Bernard, 79, American singer ("This Should Go On Forever").
• Raymundo Capetillo, 76, Mexican actor (Rosa salvaje, Corazón salvaje), COVID-19.
• Divya Chouksey, 29, Indian actress and singer, cancer.
• Joanna Cole, 75, American children's writer (The Magic School Bus), pulmonary fibrosis.
• Alain Desvergnes, 88, French photographer.
• Kevin Dwyer, 91, New Zealand cricketer (Auckland).
• Judy Dyble, 71, English singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention, Trader Horne), lung cancer.
• Hassan Abshir Farah, 75, Somali politician, Prime Minister (2001–2003) and MP (since 2012).
• Bill Gilbreth, 72, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, California Angels), complications from heart surgery.
• Mohamed Abdi Hashi, Somali politician, President of Puntland (2004–2005).
• Jane Campbell Hutchison, 87, American art historian.
• Huey Johnson, 87, American environmentalist.
• Ignat Kaneff, 93, Bulgarian-Canadian construction executive and philanthropist.
• Nelson Meurer, 77, Brazilian politician, Deputy (1995–2019), mayor of Francisco Beltrão (1989–1993), COVID-19.
• Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell, 73, British hereditary peer.
• Manuel Moroun, 93, American transportation executive, heart failure.
• Alfred Mtsi, 69, South African politician, mayor of Buffalo City (2015–2016), COVID-19.
• Frank Popper, 102, Czech-born French-British art and technology historian.
• Kelly Preston, 57, American actress (Jerry Maguire, Twins, Sky High), breast cancer.
• Henrik Ripa, 52, Swedish politician, MP (2010–2014).
• Nagindas Sanghavi, 100, Indian political columnist.
• Jarno Sarkula, 47, Finnish musician (Alamaailman Vasarat).
• Eleanor Sokoloff, 106, American pianist.
• Wim Suurbier, 75, Dutch football player (Ajax, national team) and manager (Tampa Bay Rowdies), cerebral hemorrhage.
• Lajos Szűcs, 76, Hungarian footballer (Ferencvárosi, Budapest Honvéd, national team), Olympic champion (1968).

13

• Hasan al-Lawzi, 68, Yemeni writer and politician, Acting Prime Minister (2011), COVID-19.
• Luis Arias Graziani, 94, Peruvian air force officer and politician, Minister of Defence (1978–1980) and Chief of the Joint Command (1979), COVID-19.
• Nurul Islam Babul, 74, Bangladeshi business magnate, chairman of Jamuna Group, COVID-19.
• Christian Biet, 68, French writer and professor.
• Ian Black, 76, Australian politician.
• Eugene Chelyshev, 98, Russian Indologist.
• Kenneth Church, 90, American jockey, pneumonia and COVID-19.
• Barrie Cook, 91, British abstract artist.
• Moses Costa, 69, Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Chittagong (since 2017), stroke.
• Bernard Cottret, 69, French historian and literary scholar.
• Hadi Dahane, 76, Moroccan footballer (Union Sidi Kacem, national team).
• Sergio González, 59, Argentine footballer (Instituto).
• Marilyn Howard, 81, American politician.
• Chuck Hulse, 92, American Hall of Fame racing driver.
• Grant Imahara, 49, American electrical engineer (Star Wars, The Matrix) and television personality (MythBusters), brain aneurysm.
• Gerardo Juraci Campelo Leite, 88, Brazilian politician, Piauí MLA (1983–1991, 1995–2015), complications from COVID-19.
• Delphine Levy, 51, French museum director (Paris Musées).
• Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias, 79, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Astorga (1995–2015).
• Zindzi Mandela, 59, South African politician and diplomat.
• Daniel David Moses, 68, Canadian poet and playwright.
• Pat Quinn, 84, Scottish football player (Motherwell, national team) and manager (East Fife).
• Debendra Nath Roy, 64–65, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (since 2016), hanging.
• Borghild Røyseland, 93, Norwegian politician, MP (1985–1993).
• Fahim Saleh, 33, Bangladeshi-American web developer and entrepreneur, stabbed.
• Zeng Yi, 91, Chinese virologist.

14

• Adalet Ağaoğlu, 90, Turkish novelist and playwright, multiple organ failure.
• Tolulope Arotile, 24, Nigerian helicopter pilot, traffic collision.
• James Victor Brown, 85, Australian rugby union player.
• Gabriele Buschmeier, 65, German musicologist.
• Tim Clark, 84, British physician.
• Galyn Görg, 55, American actress (RoboCop 2, M.A.N.T.I.S., Point Break) and dancer, cancer.
• Bea Gorton, 73, American college basketball coach (Indiana Hoosiers).
• Polad Hashimov, 45, Azerbaijani military officer, shot.
• Dinah Hinz, 86, German actress and voice actress.
• Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, 88, British jurist, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (1989–1997) and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1997–2004).
• Muhammad Mohaiminul Islam, 78, Bangladeshi military officer, Chief of Naval Staff (1991–1995), COVID-19.
• Ronald Johnson, 76, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1978), liver cancer.
• Jindřich Kabát, 67, Czech psychologist and politician, Minister of Culture (1992–1994).
• Caesar Korolenko, 86, Russian psychiatrist, COVID-19.
• Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, American white supremacist and convicted triple murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Dave Lewis, 65, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Rams).
• J. J. Lionel, 72, Belgian musician ("La danse des canards").
• Ron de Lugo, 89, American politician.
• Maria Lugones, 76, Argentine feminist philosopher.
• Noël Martin, 60, Jamaican-born British assisted suicide activist and neo-Nazi victim.
• Alex McCool, 96, American NASA manager.
• Luis Orán Castañeda, 41, Colombian racing cyclist, conveyor belt accident.
• Susan Quimpo, 59, Filipino activist and author.
• Sir Desmond Rice, 95, British army officer and courtier.
• Maurice Roëves, 83, Scottish actor (Oh! What a Lovely War, Escape to Victory, The Last of the Mohicans).
• Arthur Samberg, 79, American businessman, leukemia.
• Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh, 75, Iranian politician, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (1983–1989) and MP (1990–1992, 1996–2004).
• Milan Šašik, 67, Slovak-born Ukrainian Ruthenian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Mukachevo (since 2002).
• John Schaeffer, 79, Dutch-born Australian art collector and businessman, traffic collision.
• Shajahan Siraj, 77, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–1991) and co-founder of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, cancer.
• Noemi Steuer, 63, Swiss actress (Die Zweite Heimat).
• Stephen Susman, 79, American attorney, COVID-19.
• Juan Uder, 93, Argentine basketball player, world champion (1950).

15

• Carlotta Barilli, 84, Italian actress (Ragazzi del Juke-Box, Howlers in the Dock, La commare secca).
• Mateo A. T. Caparas, 96, Filipino lawyer and politician.
• Severino Cavalcanti, 89, Brazilian politician, Deputy (1995–2005), complications from diabetes.
• Igor Chernykh, 88, Russian cinematographer (The Diamond Arm, Particularly Important Task, Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation).
• Elias Farkouh, 72, Jordanian novelist, heart attack.
• Catherine Freeman, 88, British television producer.
• Paul Fusco, 89, American photojournalist, dementia.
• Juan José García Corral, 68, Spanish bullfighter.
• Ivar Genesjö, 89, Swedish Olympic fencer (1964).
• Louw de Graaf, 90, Dutch politician.
• Sayed Haider, 95, Bangladeshi language movement activist, pneumonia.
• Stan Hindman, 76, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
• David Humphries, 66, English cricketer (Leicestershire, Worcestershire).
• David Kaiser, 50, American philanthropist, glioblastoma multiforme.
• Arnol Kox, 67, Dutch street preacher.
• Oscar Hugh Lipscomb, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Mobile (1980–2008).
• Hem Lumphat, 43, Cambodian Olympic swimmer (1996).
• Travell Mazion, 24, American boxer, NABF super welterweight champion, traffic collision.
• Nigel Murch, 76, Australian cricketer (Victoria, Northamptonshire).
• Kieran O'Connor, 41, Irish Gaelic footballer (Aghada, Cork), Ewing's sarcoma.
• Ana Romero Reguera, 88, Spanish fighting bull rancher.
• Eugenio Scarpellini, 66, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop (2010–2013) and Bishop of El Alto (since 2013), COVID-19.
• George Simon, 73, Guyanese artist and archeologist, cancer.
• Sir Toke Talagi, 69, Niuean diplomat and politician, MP (1999–2020) and Premier (2008–2020).
• Mohd. Khusairi Abdul Talib, 59, Malaysian politician, Perak State MLA (since 2004), heart attack.

16

• David Bobihoe Akib, 64, Indonesian politician, Regent of Gorontalo (2005–2015).
• Ken Chinn, 57, Canadian punk rock vocalist (SNFU).
• Roger Côté, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (Edmonton Oilers, Indianapolis Racers).
• Christopher Dickey, 68, American journalist, news editor (The Daily Beast) and author, heart attack.
• Tony Elliott, 73, English publisher, founder of Time Out Group.
• Patrick Ellis, 77, American radio host, complications from COVID-19.
• Mason Gaffney, 96, American economist.
• Marcus Gaither, 59, American-French basketball player.
• Ted Gerela, 76, Canadian football player (BC Lions).
• Mustapha Karkouti, 77, Syrian journalist, heart attack.
• Karl Heinrich Kaufhold, 87, German historian.
• Janis Kravis, 84, Latvian-born Canadian architect.
• Marie-Christine Lévesque, 61–62, Canadian author, brain cancer.
• Azuma Morisaki, 92, Japanese film director (Tora-san, His Tender Love, Time and Tide, Pecoross' Mother and Her Days), stroke.
• Cornelius Mwalwanda, Malawian economist and politician, COVID-19.
• Norm Neeson, 86, Australian footballer (North Melbourne).
• Vladimir Obuchov, 84, Russian basketball coach (MBC Dynamo Moscow, Soviet Union national team, Malta national team).
• Jamie Oldaker, 68, American drummer (Eric Clapton, The Tractors).
• Omaswati, 54, Indonesian comedian.
• Jonathan Oppenheim, 67, American film editor (Paris Is Burning, The Oath), brain cancer.
• Elmer Pato, 66, Filipino taekwondo practitioner, COVID-19.
• Wesley Ira Purkey, 68, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Rick Reed, 70, American baseball umpire.
• Neela Satyanarayanan, 72, Indian civil servant, COVID-19.
• Phyllis Somerville, 76, American actress (The Big C, Little Children, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button).
• Tony Taylor, 84, Cuban baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers), complications from a stroke.
• Frits Tellegen, 101, Dutch urban designer.
• Alexei Tezikov, 42, Russian ice hockey player (Washington Capitals, Vancouver Canucks, HC Lada Togliatti), heart attack.
• Víctor Víctor, 71, Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist, COVID-19.
• Delphine Zanga Tsogo, 84, Cameroonian writer, feminist and politician, Deputy (1965–1972).

17

• Emajuddin Ahamed, 86, Bangladeshi political scientist and academic administrator, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka (1992–1996), cardiac arrest.
• Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, 20, Russian-Australian Olympic pair skater (2018), junior world champion (2017), suicide by jumping.
• Gian Franco Anedda, 89, Italian politician, Deputy (1992–2006).
• Moussa Benhamadi, 67, Algerian politician and executive, COVID-19.
• Brigid Berlin, 80, American artist, pulmonary embolism.
• Pierre-Marie Coty, 92, Ivorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Daloa (1975–2005).
• Josephine Cox, 82, English author.
• Alex Dawson, 80, Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Preston North End, Brighton & Hove Albion).
• Seyfi Dursunoğlu, 87, Turkish comedian and television presenter (Dans Eder misin?), pneumonia.
• Julian Farrand, 84, English legal academic, pulmonary embolism.
• Peter Ford, 86, English footballer (Port Vale, Macclesfield Town, Stoke City).
• Dominic Foreman, 86, Australian politician, Senator (1981–1997).
• Zenon Grocholewski, 80, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (1999–2015).
• Derek Ho, 55, American surfer, world champion (1993), heart attack.
• Barry Jarman, 84, Australian cricketer (South Australia, national team).
• Zizi Jeanmaire, 96, French ballet dancer (Carmen).
• John Lewis, 80, American civil rights leader and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 1987), Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (2011), pancreatic cancer.
• Shirley Love, 87, American broadcaster (WOAY-TV) and politician, member of the West Virginia Senate (1994–2008) and House of Delegates (2017–2019).
• Volodymyr Lozynskyi, 65, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv) and manager (Vorskla Poltava).
• Silvio Marzolini, 79, Argentine footballer (Ferro Carril Oeste, Boca Juniors, national team), complications from a stroke and cancer.
• Daniel Ato Kwamina Mensah, 66, Ghanaian banker and economist, CEO of Ghana Association of Bankers.
• John Neale, 93, English Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Ramsbury (1974–1988).
• Angela von Nowakonski, 67, Brazilian physician, COVID-19.
• Thomas O'Regan, 64, Australian media theorist and academic.
• J. I. Packer, 93, British-born Canadian evangelical theologian (Knowing God).
• Marcuse Pfeifer, 83, American gallerist.
• Bill Scott, 74, British Anglican priest, Deputy Clerk of the Closet (2007–2015).
• C. S. Seshadri, 88, Indian mathematician (Seshadri constant).
• Michael Silverstein, 74, American linguist and anthropologist, brain cancer.
• Andrzej Strzelecki, 68, Polish actor, satirist and screenplay writer, rector of Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw (2008–2016), lung cancer.
• Ron Tauranac, 95, British-Australian engineer and racing car designer, co-founder of Brabham.
• C. T. Vivian, 95, American author and civil rights activist, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (2013).
• Marian Więckowski, 86, Polish racing cyclist, Tour de Pologne winner (1954, 1955, 1956).

18

• Vishnu Raj Atreya, 75, Nepali writer and poet, gallbladder cancer.
• Charles Bukeko, 58, Kenyan actor and comedian (The Captain of Nakara), COVID-19.
• Elize Cawood, 68, South African actress (Dis ek, Anna), lung cancer.
• Paul Cunningham, 82, American Nazarene minister and superintendent (1993–2009).
• Ismail Ebrahim, 73, South African cricketer (Natal).
• Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, 57, Indian-born American physician, cancer.
• Ray Hannigan, 93, Canadian-born American ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
• Robert Hellenga, 78, American writer and academic.
• Katherine B. Hoffman, 105, American chemist and academic administrator, COVID-19.
• Ashraf Hossain, 79, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991–1996, 2006–2008), cancer.
• Lenzie Howell, 52, American basketball player (Red Giants, Cholet, Bourg-en-Bresse).
• David Jisse, 74, French composer, cancer.
• Myrzageldy Kemel, 71, Kazakhstani academic and politician, Deputy (1995–2004).
• Paul Kiener, 74, American director and cinematographer.
• Hubert Kitchen, 91, Canadian politician, member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.
• Moonyeenn Lee, 76, South African casting director, talent agent and producer, complications from COVID-19.
• Boško Marinko, 81, Serbian Olympic wrestler (1968, 1972).
• Juan Marsé, 87, Spanish novelist, journalist and screenwriter, renal failure.
• Colin Mason, 93, Australian journalist, author and politician, Senator (1978–1987).
• Maura McNiel, 99, American women's rights activist.
• Ali Mirzaei, 91, Iranian weightlifter, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
• Martha Mmola, South African politician, MP (2014–2019), COVID-19.
• Haruma Miura, 30, Japanese actor (Koizora, Kimi ni Todoke, Attack on Titan) and singer, suicide by hanging.
• David Romero Ellner, Honduran journalist, lawyer, politician and convicted rapist, COVID-19.
• Jope Ruonansuu, 56, Finnish actor, musician and stand-up comedian (Jopet Show), esophageal cancer.
• Jaybee Sebastian, 40, Filipino convicted kidnapper and carjacker, COVID-19.
• Henrique Soares da Costa, 57, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Palmares (since 2014), COVID-19.
• Manuel C. Sobreviñas, 96, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Imus (1993–2001).
• Keith Sonnier, 78, American sculptor and artist.
• Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita, 73, Sierra Leonean Olympic long-distance runner (1980, 1988).
• Lucio Urtubia, 89, Spanish counterfeiter, robber and kidnapper (Anarchist Federation).
• Alefoso Yalayalatabua, 43, Fijian rugby union player (Highlanders, Warriors, national team).

19

• Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai, 76, Iraqi military officer and convicted war criminal, Minister of Defence (1995–2003), heart attack.
• Biri Biri, 72, Gambian footballer (Wallidan Banjul, Sevilla, national team).
• Bruce G. Blair, 72, American nuclear security expert and scholar, stroke.
• Oreste Casalini, 58, Italian sculptor and painter, lung cancer.
• David Cliche, 68, Canadian politician.
• Giulia Maria Crespi, 97, Italian non-profit executive and environmentalist, founder of Fondo Ambiente Italiano.
• Sonia Darrin, 96, American actress (Bury Me Dead, Federal Agent at Large).
• Doris Dartey, Ghanaian journalist, complications from cancer.
• Seydou Diarra, 86, Ivorian politician, Prime Minister (2000, 2003–2005).
• Louis Dicaire, 73, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Montreal (1999–2004) and Saint-Jean-Longueuil (since 2004).
• Sapardi Djoko Damono, 80, Indonesian poet, multiple organ failure.
• Denise Domenach-Lallich, 95, French resistance member.
• Cor Fuhler, 55, Dutch-Australian experimental musician.
• Mikołaj Kubica, 74, Polish Olympic gymnast (1964, 1968, 1972).
• Jack McIlhargey, 68, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Hartford Whalers), cancer.
• Lorenzo Milam, 86, American writer.
• Joan Moriarty, 97, British military nurse, Matron-in-chief of Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (1977–1981).
• Giuseppe Ottaviani, 104, Italian masters athlete.
• Vladimir Proskurin, 79, Soviet football player and coach.
• Emitt Rhodes, 70, American singer-songwriter ("Live") and musician (The Palace Guard, The Merry-Go-Round).
• Viktor Ryashko, 56, Ukrainian football player (Nyva Ternopil) and manager (Hoverla Uzhhorod), traffic collision.
• István Séllyei, 70, Hungarian Olympic wrestler (1976).
• Shanthamma, 95, Indian actress.
• Shukrullo, 98, Uzbek poet.
• Nikolai Tanayev, 74, Kyrgyz politician, Prime Minister (2002–2005).
• Franciszek Ziejka, 79, Polish literary historian, rector of Jagiellonian University (1999–2005).

20

• Muhammad Aslam, 73, Pakistani jurist, Justice of the Supreme Court (2009–2012) and Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (2008–2009), COVID-19.
• Hal Bernson, 89, American politician, member of the Los Angeles City Council (1979–2003).
• Boka, 71, Azerbaijani singer.
• Michael Brooks, 36, American political commentator (The Majority Report with Sam Seder), internal jugular vein thrombosis.
• Victor Chizhikov, 84, Russian children's book illustrator, designer of Misha.
• Saskia Cohen-Tanugi, 61, French theatre director.
• Ross Dallow, 82, New Zealand police officer.
• Lone Dybkjær, 80, Danish politician, Minister for the Environment (1988–1990), cancer.
• Roy Den Hollander, 72, American lawyer and murderer, perpetrator of the Salas home shooting, suicide by gunshot.
• Ismaila Isa Funtua, 78, Nigerian politician, cardiac arrest.
• Mirja Jämes, 95, Finnish Olympic hurdler (1948).
• Gunther Kaschlun, 85, German Olympic rower (1956).
• Ruth Lewis, 74, Pakistani Roman Catholic nun, co-founder of Darul Sukun, COVID-19.
• Robert "Bob" Martin, 71, American editor.
• Salman Mazahiri, Indian Islamic scholar and chancellor of Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur.
• Bijay Mohanty, 70, Indian actor (Naga Phasa, Sahara Jaluchi).
• Kenneth L. Peek Jr., 87, American lieutenant general.
• Frazier Reams Jr., 90, American politician.
• Doug Rogers, 79, Canadian judoka, Olympic silver medallist (1964).
• Ram Awadhesh Singh, 83, Indian politician, MP (1977–1979, 1986–1992).
• Mike Slemen, 69, English rugby union player (Liverpool, national team).
• Harry Smith, 85, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Günter-Helge Strickstrack, 99, German politician, founding member of the CDU.
• Shane Tuck, 38, Australian footballer (Richmond), suicide.
• Jorge Villavicencio, 62, Guatemalan surgeon, Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance (2012–2014), COVID-19.
• Geoff Williams, 89, Australian footballer (Geelong).

21

• François Amoudruz, 93, French resistance member and Holocaust survivor.
• Jos Bax, 74, Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven, Helmond Sport, VVV-Venlo).
• Jean-Noël de Bouillane de Lacoste, 85, French ambassador and diplomat.
• Dobby Dobson, 78, Jamaican reggae singer and record producer, COVID-19.
• Eva Lois Evans, 85, American educator.
• Cheikh Sadibou Fall, 69, Senegalese politician, Minister of the Interior (2004).
• Suka K. Frederiksen, 55, Greenlandic politician, Foreign Minister (2017–2018).
• Mieko Hirota, 73, Japanese singer, heart failure.
• Dean Ing, 89, American author.
• Alice Koller, 94, American author and academic.
• Li Jijun, 87, Chinese geographer and geomorphologist.
• Margaret McIver, 86, Australian Olympic equestrian (1984).
• Hugh McLaughlin, 75, Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Third Lanark, Queen of the South).
• Bruce McPhail, 83, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, Nelson, national team).
• Andrew Mlangeni, 95, South African political activist (Rivonia Trial).
• Lennox Napier, 92, British major general.
• Sean O'Mahony, 88, British music writer and magazine editor (The Beatles Book, Record Collector).
• Stanley Robinson, 32, American basketball player (Iowa Energy, Moncton Miracles, Reales de La Vega).
• Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, 98, Spanish Hellenist, translator and linguist, member of the Royal Spanish Academy.
• Annie Ross, 89, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross), songwriter ("Twisted"), and actress (Superman III), complications from emphysema and heart disease.
• Michelle Senlis, 87, French songwriter and lyricist.
• Susan Sizemore, 69, American novelist.
• Tim Smith, 59, English singer-songwriter (Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs, Spratleys Japs).
• Wouter Snijders, 92, Dutch judge and legal scholar, Justice (1970–1986) and Vice President (1986–1998) of the Supreme Court.
• Lalji Tandon, 85, Indian politician, Governor of Bihar (2018–2019) and Madhya Pradesh (2019–2020).
• Halldóra K. Thoroddsen, 70, Icelandic writer.
• Bob Wallace, 69, Australian-born American runner.
• Kansai Yamamoto, 76, Japanese fashion designer, acute myeloid leukemia.

22

• John Boyagis, 92, British Olympic alpine skier (1948, 1952).
• Zacharias Chaliabalias, 74, Greek footballer (Iraklis, national team).
• Dino De Poli, 90, Italian lawyer and politician, Deputy (1968–1972).
• Charles Dewachtere, 92, Belgian Olympic marathon runner (1952).
• Theo Diergaardt, 50, Namibian politician.
• Eulogius, 83, Russian Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal (1990–2018).
• Charles Evers, 97, American civil rights activist, disc jockey and politician, mayor of Fayette, Mississippi (1969–1981, 1985–1989).
• Joan Feynman, 93, American astrophysicist.
• Dirk Geukens, 57, Belgian motocross racer (1990 and 1991 Motocross World Championship medalist).
• Alexander Gusev, 73, Russian ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1976).
• Carlton Haselrig, 54, American wrestler, football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets) and mixed martial artist, NCAA Wrestling Division I and II champion (1987–1989).
• Aleksandr Ivanitsky, 82, Russian wrestler, Olympic champion (1964).
• Ralph Liguori, 93, American racing driver (NASCAR Cup Series, USAC Championship Car series).
• Tom Mitchell, 88, Irish republican and politician, MP (1955).
• Raoul Sarrazin, 81, Canadian Olympic boxer (1960).
• Bob Sebra, 58, American baseball player (Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds), multiple organ failure.
• Chito Soganub, 59, Filipino Roman Catholic priest and kidnap victim, cardiac arrest.
• Tony Turner, 90, English archdeacon.
• Luzius Wildhaber, 83, Swiss jurist, President of the European Court of Human Rights (1998–2007).

23

• Mike Adams, 55, American columnist (The Daily Wire) and professor (University of North Carolina Wilmington), suicide by gunshot.
• Lamine Bechichi, 92, Algerian politician.
• John Blake, 59, American football player and coach (Oklahoma Sooners), heart attack.
• Dick Bond, 84, American politician, member of the Kansas Senate (1987–2001).
• John Bradbury, 79, Australian footballer (Footscray).
• Jean Brankart, 90, Belgian racing cyclist.
• Hassan Brijany, 59, Swedish actor, COVID-19.
• Éric de Cromières, 66, French sporting (ASM Clermont Auvergne) and tire executive (Michelin), cancer.
• Emmanuel Farhi, 41, French economist.
• Joseph Jerome Farris, 90, American jurist, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (since 1979).
• Alan Garner, 69, English footballer (Luton Town, Watford, Millwall).
• Noel Jenke, 73, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers).
• Tomas Joson III, 72, Filipino politician, Governor of Nueva Ecija (1992–1995, 1998–2007).
• Ove König, 70, Swedish Olympic speed skater (1972).
• Masakazu Konishi, 87, Japanese neurobiologist.
• Jacqueline Noonan, 91, American pediatric cardiologist.
• Ward Plummer, 79, American physicist.
• Leida Rammo, 96, Estonian actress (A Young Retiree, The Fencer) and theatre director.
• Sérgio Ricardo, 88, Brazilian film director (The Night of the Scarecrow), composer (Black God, White Devil) and singer, heart failure.
• José Said, 90, Chilean real estate developer, founder chairman of Parque Arauco S.A. (since 1979).
• Paolo Sassone-Corsi, 64, Italian molecular biologist (French National Centre for Scientific Research, University of California, Irvine).
• Jacqueline Scott, 89, American actress (Macabre, Duel, The Fugitive), lung cancer.
• Dominic Sonic, 55, French singer.
• Jerry Taft, 77, American meteorologist (WLS-TV, WMAQ-TV).
• Ludmila Vachtová, 86, Czech historian and art critic.
• Geoffrey Walton, 86, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Dorset (1982–2000).
• Stuart Wheeler, 85, British financier and political activist, founder of IG Group and Treasurer of UKIP (2011–2014), stomach cancer.
• Paulette Wilson, 64, Jamaican-British human rights activist.

24

• Nina Andreyeva, 81, Russian chemist and politician, General Secretary of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (since 1991).
• Claude Beausoleil, 71, Canadian writer and poet.
• Bo Black, 74, American festival director (Summerfest) and Playboy cover girl.
• Ondřej Buchtela, 20, Czech ice hockey player (Piráti Chomutov, HC Benátky nad Jizerou), heart cancer.
• Humbert Camerlo, 76, French opera director (Bluebeard's Castle, The Gypsy Baron).
• Rene Carpenter, 92, American columnist and television personality, heart failure.
• Roberto Draghetti, 59, Italian voice actor, heart attack.
• H. George Frederickson, 86, American academic.
• Jean-Marc Gabaude, 92, French philosopher.
• Ray Grant, 86, Canadian curler.
• Malcolm Green, 84, British inorganic chemist.
• David Hagen, 47, Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Clyde, Peterhead), motor neuron disease.
• James Hughes Hancock, 89, American jurist, Judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern Alabama (since 1973).
• Delwar Hossain, 85–86, Bangladeshi politician.
• Ben Jipcho, 77, Kenyan athlete, Olympic silver medallist (1972).
• Denise Idris Jones, 69, Welsh politician.
• Nejib Ben Khalfallah, 52–53, Tunisian dancer and choreographer.
• Nicolai Lomov, 74, Russian-born American pianist.
• John Machacek, 80, American journalist (The Times-Union).
• Claude-Gérard Marcus, 86, French politician, MP (1968–1997).
• Benjamin Mkapa, 81, Tanzanian politician, President (1995–2005), heart attack as a complication of malaria.
• Bernard Mohlalisi, 87, Lesothan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Maseru (1990–2009).
• Cristal Nell, 42, American bridge player.
• Kundi Paihama, 75, Angolan politician, MP (since 2018).
• Regis Philbin, 88, American entertainer and television personality (The Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire), heart attack.
• Naazim Richardson, 55, American boxing trainer.
• Lotty Rosenfeld, 77, Chilean artist.
• Amala Shankar, 101, Indian dancer and actress (Kalpana).
• Barry St. John, 77, Scottish singer ("Come Away Melinda").
• Ann Syrdal, 74, American psychologist and computer science researcher, developed the first female-sounding voice synthesizer.
• Jan Verroken, 103, Belgian politician (Chamber of Representatives, Flemish Parliament, European Parliament), mayor of Oudenaarde (1983–1988).
• Zheng Shouren, 80, Chinese engineer, chief designer of the Three Gorges Dam.

25

• Azimzhan Askarov, 69, Kyrgyz journalist and human rights activist, pneumonia.
• Charlie Balducci, 44, American reality TV personality (True Life).
• Božena Böhmová, 95, Czech actress (Žena za pultem).
• Jean Boin, 71, French footballer (Reims, Lens).
• Peter Bowler, 86, Australian lexicographer.
• Roger Buckley, 82–83, American academic.
• Angelo Carossino, 91, Italian politician, MEP (1979–1989) and President of Liguria (1975–1979).
• Mogens Christensen, 90, Norwegian Olympic luger (1964).
• Steve dePyssler, 101, American Air Force colonel, COVID-19.
• Jim Frick, 68, Swedish horse harness racer.
• Peter Green, 73, English Hall of Fame blues rock singer-songwriter ("Black Magic Woman") and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green Splinter Group).
• Lou Henson, 88, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach (Hardin-Simmons, New Mexico State, Illinois) and administrator, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
• Flor Isava Fonseca, 99, Venezuelan journalist and sports executive.
• Lady Red Couture, 43, American drag queen, complications of cyclic vomiting syndrome.
• Bernard Ładysz, 98, Polish opera singer and actor (The Doll, The Quack, Pierścień i róża).
• CP Lee, 70, English musician (Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias).
• Giulio Maceratini, 82, Italian politician, MEP (1988).
• Thomas J. McCormick, 87, American historian.
• José Mentor, 71, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Deputy (2003–2019), COVID-19.
• Maurice Petty, 81, American Hall of Fame racing driver, crew chief and engine builder.
• Pauline Pirok, 93, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets, South Bend Blue Sox).
• Turíbio Ruiz, 90, Brazilian actor, voice actor, television and radio presenter, stroke.
• John Saxon, 83, American actor (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Enter the Dragon, Joe Kidd), pneumonia.
• Eddie Shack, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins), four-time Stanley Cup winner (1962–1964, 1967), cancer.
• Janell Smith, 73, American Olympic sprinter (1964), cancer.
• Soe Win, 59, Burmese bodyguard (Aung San Suu Kyi), heart disease.
• Luciano Fabio Stirati, 97, Italian politician, Senator (1963–1968, 1972–1976).
• Richard L. Weldon, 87, Canadian politician.
• Helen Jones Woods, 96, American trombonist, COVID-19.

26

• Jim Abbott, 77, Canadian politician, MP (1993–2011).
• Edmund Ansin, 84, American television executive, co-founder of Sunbeam Television.
• Rafael Barraza Sánchez, 91, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mazatlán (1981–2005).
• R. Stephen Berry, 89, American physical chemist.
• Alain Cacheux, 72, French politician, heart attack.
• Brian Chewter, 66, Canadian Olympic cyclist (1972, 1976).
• Tereza Costa Rêgo, 91, Brazilian painter, stroke.
• Dame Olivia de Havilland, 104, French-British-American actress (Gone with the Wind, The Adventures of Robin Hood, To Each His Own), Oscar winner (1947, 1950).
• Bill English, 91, American computer engineer, co-developer of the computer mouse, respiratory failure.
• Alison Fiske, 76, English actress (For Services Rendered), cancer.
• Francisco Frutos, 80, Spanish politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (1998–2009), cancer.
• Claudia Giannotti, 83, Italian actress (Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue).
• Guy Lutgen, 84, Belgian politician, Minister of Agriculture in the Walloon Government (1988–1999), mayor of Bastogne (1976–2000) and Senator (1977–1995).
• Chris Needs, 66, Welsh radio broadcaster (BBC Radio Cymru), heart condition.
• Alireza Raheb, 53, Iranian poet, songwriter and literary critic, COVID-19.
• Lluís Serrahima, 88, Spanish writer, co-creator of Nova Cançó.
• Robert Smith, 55, Canadian actor. (body discovered on this date)
• Anne K. Stokowski, 94, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1979–1982).
• Hans-Jochen Vogel, 94, German politician, Minister of Justice (1974–1981), Leader of the SPD (1987–1991), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• John Weeks, 79, American economist.
• Roger Williams, 88, British hepatologist.
• Willie Young, 77, American football player (New York Giants).

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• Israfil Alam, 54, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 2009), complications from COVID-19.
• Owen Arthur, 70, Barbadian politician, Prime Minister (1994–2008), heart failure.
• Felicia F. Campbell, 89, American academic, COVID-19.
• Lars-Göran Carlsson, 71, Swedish Olympic sports shooter (1980).
• Kathy Charmaz, 80, American sociologist, cancer.
• AKM Amanul Islam Chowdhury, 83, Bangladeshi political advisor, COVID-19.
• Bernard Cleary, 83, Canadian politician, MP (2004–2006).
• Frank Guilford, 92, American politician.
• Sir John Guinness, 84, British civil servant and businessman.
• William Hill, 75, Hong Kong Olympic sprinter (1964).
• Frank Howard, 81, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (2008–2020), complications from COVID-19.
• Radhi Jazi, 92, Tunisian pharmacist.
• Kina Kadreva, 88, Bulgarian children's book writer.
• Magda Kósáné Kovács, 79, Hungarian politician, MEP (2004–2009).
• Muhammad Asad Malik, 78, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic champion (1968), traffic collision.
• Jan Skopeček, 94, Czech actor (Hroch, Tam, kde hnízdí čápi) and playwright.
• Khalil Taha, 88, Lebanese wrestler, Olympic bronze medallist (1952).
• Gianrico Tedeschi, 100, Italian actor (Susanna Whipped Cream, Il merlo maschio, Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot).
• Terry Waters, 76, Australian footballer (Collingwood), cancer.

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• Aleksandr Aksinin, 65, Russian athlete, Olympic champion (1980).
• Daphne Athas, 96, American author.
• Junrey Balawing, 27, Filipino record holder, world's shortest man (since 2015).
• Roland Boullanger, 81, French Olympic swimmer (1960).
• Eugénio Eleutério, 99, Portuguese Olympic runner (1952).
• Bent Fabric, 95, Danish pianist and composer ("Alley Cat").
• Mo Gaba, 14, American sports radio personality, cancer.
• José Luis García Ferrero, 90, Spanish veterinarian and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1982).
• Gisèle Halimi, 93, Tunisian-French lawyer and feminist.
• Gerry Harris, 84, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
• Kurt Hennrich, 88, Czech Olympic alpine skier (1956).
• Gísli Rúnar Jónsson, 67, Icelandic actor.
• Kul Bahadur Khadka, 69, Nepali military officer, Acting Chief of Army Staff (2009), pancreatic cancer.
• Jerzy Konieczny, 69, Polish lawyer and civil servant, chief of UOP (1992–1993), Minister of the Interior (1995–1996).
• Martin Konings, 91, Dutch politician, MP (1973–1986).
• Kumkum, 86, Indian actress (Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo, Mr. X in Bombay, Gunah Aur Kanoon).
• Herbert Leuninger, 87, German Catholic priest, theologian and human rights activist (Pro Asyl).
• Sir Bruce Liddington, 70, British headteacher.
• Sydney Lotterby, 93, British television producer (Last of the Summer Wine, Yes Minister, Open All Hours).
• John Loxley, 77, English-born Canadian economist.
• Mohamed Mashally, Egyptian physician.
• Masango Matambanadzo, 56, Zimbabwean politician, MP (since 2013).
• John McNamara, 88, American baseball manager (San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox).
• Nicholas Micozzie, 89, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1979–2014).
• Joseph Moingt, 104, French Jesuit priest.
• Bill Montgomery, 80, American political activist, co-founder of Turning Point USA, COVID-19.
• Paul Morin, 96, French politician, mayor of Bourg-en-Bresse (1989–1995).
• Marcel Plasman, 95, Belgian politician, pneumonia.
• Irene Pollin, 96, American sports executive and philanthropist, co-owner of the Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards.
• Clive Ponting, 74, British civil servant and historian.
• Donald Prell, 96, American venture capitalist and futurist.
• Raavi Kondala Rao, 88, Indian actor (Ramudu Bheemudu, Preminchi Choodu, Jeevitha Chakram), cardiac arrest.
• Diana E. H. Russell, 81, South African feminist activist and writer.
• Reese Schonfeld, 88, American television executive, president of CNN (1980–1982) and founder of Food Network.
• Anna Simková, 89, Slovak stage actress.

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• Salko Bukvarević, 53, Bosnian politician, complications from COVID-19.
• Albin Chalandon, 100, French politician, Minister of Justice (1986–1988).
• Connie Culp, 57, American face transplant recipient, complications from an infection.
• Ayo Fasanmi, 94, Nigerian politician, MP (since 1983).
• Anatoli Fedyukin, 68, Russian handball player, Olympic champion (1976).
• Mike Gillespie, 80, American baseball player and coach (USC Trojans, national team), complications from a stroke.
• Dave Gray, 77, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
• Oz Griebel, 71, American banker and lawyer, traffic collision.
• Andy Haden, 69, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, national team), chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
• Sheikh Md. Nurul Haque, 79, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991–2001, 2014–2019), COVID-19.
• Michio Kinugasa, Japanese composer (Utawarerumono, Living for the Day After Tomorrow).
• Joe Kernan, 74, American politician, Governor (2003–2005) and Lieutenant Governor (1997–2003) of Indiana, mayor of South Bend (1988–1997), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Harold D. Langley, 95, American naval historian.
• Dave Mackay, 88, American jazz pianist.
• Malik B., 47, American rapper (The Roots).
• Bob McCurdy, 68, American basketball player (Richmond Spiders), anal cancer.
• Mark V. Meierhenry, 75, American lawyer, Attorney General of South Dakota (1979–1987).
• Hernán Pinto, 67, Chilean politician, mayor of Valparaíso (1990–1992, 1992–2004), COVID-19.
• André Ptaszynski, 67, British theatre producer.
• David Ramsay, 72, Australian-born Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1985–2011).
• Ajip Rosidi, 82, Indonesian writer and poet.
• Perrance Shiri, 65, Zimbabwean military officer and politician, Minister of Agriculture (since 2017) and Commander of the Air Force (1992–2017), COVID-19.
• Giorgio Todde, 68, Italian writer.
• R. Toros, 85, Syrian-born French sculptor.
• Don Townsend, 89, English footballer (Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace).
• Bob Wilson, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).

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• Randy Barlow, 77, American country singer, cancer.
• Karen Berg, 77, American author, co-founder of the Kabbalah Centre.
• Maarten Biesheuvel, 81, Dutch writer.
• Herman Cain, 74, American food executive (Godfather's Pizza, Pillsbury Company) and politician, chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (1995–1996), complications of COVID-19.
• Bob Dearing, 85, American politician, member of the Mississippi State Senate (1980–2012, 2016–2019).
• Pino Grioni, 88, Italian painter, sculptor and ceramist.
• Leslie Iversen, 82, British pharmacologist.
• Amy Kaplan, 66, American academic and author, glioblastoma.
• Lee Teng-hui, 97, Taiwanese politician, President (1988–2000), Vice President (1984–1988) and mayor of Taipei (1978–1981), multiple organ failure.
• Somen Mitra, 78, Indian politician, MP (2009–2014) and West Bengal MLA (1972–1977, 1982–2009), multiple organ failure.
• Anil Murali, 56, Indian actor (Nakshatratharattu, Ivar), liver disease.
• Ashoke Mustafi, 86, Indian cricketer (Bengal).
• Alan Petherbridge, 92, British Olympic judoka (1964).
• Juan Ramón, 80, Argentine singer and actor, complications from pneumonia.
• Mark Rocco, 69, English professional wrestler (ASW, IWE, NJPW).
• Lionel Rocheman, 92, French actor, musician, and writer (I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything, Red Kiss).
• Noel Rose, 92, American immunologist, stroke.
• Helen Sanger, 96, American librarian.
• Jorge Santibáñez Ceardi, 86, Chilean politician, mayor of Viña del Mar (1994–1996) and Deputy (1965–1973).
• Toshimitsu Tanaka, 90, Japanese composer, lung cancer.
• Sonam Tshering Lepcha, 92, Indian folk musician.
• Michael Yama, 76, American actor (G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Dumb and Dumber To, Dead Rising).

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• Robert John Audley, 91, British psychologist.
• Dominique Aulanier, 46, French footballer (Saint-Étienne, Nice).
• Martin Barner, 99, German mathematician.
• Mike Clark, 73, American film critic (USA Today), injuries sustained from a fall.
• André Darrieussecq, 93, French rugby union player (Biarritz Olympique, national team).
• Maria Friesenhausen, 88, German soprano and academic teacher.
• Mike Gale, 70, American basketball player (Kentucky Colonels, New York Nets, Portland Trail Blazers).
• Sa. Kandasamy, 80, Indian novelist and filmmaker, heart attack.
• Jocelyne Khoueiry, 64, Lebanese militant and activist.
• Gary Knopp, 63, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (since 2017), plane collision.
• Gilles Lapouge, 96, French writer and journalist.
• Giulio Lazzarini, 93, Italian politician, mayor of Lucca (1994–1998).
• Eusebio Leal, 77, Cuban historian (Old Havana).
• Bill Mack, 88, American country music disc jockey (WBAP), songwriter ("Blue", "Drinking Champagne"), Grammy winner (1997), and radio host, COVID-19.
• Sir Alan Parker, 76, English film director (Midnight Express, Pink Floyd – The Wall, Mississippi Burning), BAFTA winner (1977, 1979, 1992).
• Zamuxolo Peter, 55, South African politician, MP (since 2019), COVID-19.
• Tamás Pomucz, 63, Hungarian Olympic sailor (1992).
• R. D. Pradhan, 92, Indian civil servant.
• David Gwilym Morris Roberts, 95, British civil engineer.
• Wim Scherpenhuijsen Rom, 87, Dutch banker, founder of ING.
• Yury Savenko, 59, Russian politician, Mayor of Kaliningrad (1998–2007).
• Stephen Tataw, 57, Cameroonian footballer (Tonnerre Yaoundé, Olympic Mvolyé, national team).
• Bert Thiel, 94, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
• Joan Mari Torrealdai, 77, Spanish writer and journalist, cancer.
• Guy Verhoeven, 82, Belgian Olympic hockey player (1964).
• Ruth Weiss, 92, American poet, complications from a series of strokes.
• Musa Yerniyazov, 72, Uzbek politician, complications from COVID-19.
• Miodrag Živković, 92, Serbian sculptor.