Deaths in June 2020

The following is a list of notable deaths in June 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.

June 2020

1

  • Javier Alva Orlandini, 92, Peruvian politician, Vice President (1980–1985), President of the Senate (1981–1982).
  • Jean-Michel Cadiot, 67, French writer and journalist.
  • Silver Donald Cameron, 82, Canadian journalist and author.
  • Garth Dawley, 86, Canadian journalist, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Pat Dye, 80, American Hall of Fame college football player (Georgia Bulldogs), athletic director and coach (East Carolina Pirates, Auburn Tigers).
  • Asif Farrukhi, 60, Pakistani writer.
  • Majek Fashek, 57, Nigerian reggae singer and songwriter.
  • Marian Filar, 77, Polish lawyer, academic and politician, member of the Sejm (2007–2011).
  • Lee Grosscup, 83, American football player (New York Giants) and broadcaster (ABC).
  • John Hartigan, 80, American Olympic rower (1968), respiratory failure.
  • Bill Hill, 84, American Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).
  • Joey Image, 63, American drummer (Misfits), liver cancer.
  • Dave Kelly, 64, American darts player.
  • Janez Kocijančič, 78, Slovenian politician and lawyer, Deputy (1993–1996).
  • K. N. Lakshmanan, 89, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (since 2001).
  • Ron Larrieu, 83, American Olympic athlete (1964).
  • Daniel Levy, 89, Israeli Olympic basketball player (1952).
  • David McAtee, 53, American barbecue stand owner, shot.
  • Roberto Peccei, 78, Italian physicist, co-formulator of the Peccei–Quinn theory.
  • Giyannedra Prasad, 60, Fijian lawyer and politician, member and Deputy Speaker of Parliament (1999–2000), cancer.
  • Nicolas Rea, 3rd Baron Rea, 91, British hereditary peer and politician.
  • Piotr Rocki, 46, Polish footballer (Polonia Warsaw, Górnik Zabrze, Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski), ruptured aneurysm.
  • Douglas Rolfe, 67, Australian cricketer (Victoria, South Australia).
  • Mariya Shtepa, 95, Ukrainian writer.
  • Pedro Ercílio Simon, 78, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Passo Fundo (2011–2012) and Bishop of Uruguaiana (1995–1998).
  • Myroslav Skoryk, 81, Ukrainian composer.
  • Josef Smolka, 81, Czech volleyball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
  • Christoph Sydow, 35, German journalist (Der Spiegel), suicide.
  • Marion Zarzeczna, 89, American pianist.

2

  • Arrogate, 7, American Thoroughbred racehorse, Breeders’ Cup Classic winner (2016) and American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (2016), euthanized.
  • Brad Babcock, 81, American college baseball coach (James Madison).
  • Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, 55, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh (since 2016), COVID-19.
  • Werner Böhm, 78, German singer and musician.
  • Geoffrey Burnstock, 91, English-born Australian neuroscientist.
  • Rosa Canales, 46, Ecuadorian football referee, Hodgkin lymphoma.
  • Hiber Conteris, 86, Uruguayan writer, playwright, and literary critic.
  • John Cuneo, 91, Australian sailor, Olympic champion (1972).
  • David Dorn, 77, American police officer, shot.
  • Inga Edwards, 82, Swedish actress (Raggare!Wallander).
  • James F. English Jr., 93, American bank executive (Connecticut Bank and Trust Company) and academic administrator, president of Trinity College (Connecticut) (1981–1989).
  • Paolo Fabbri, 81, Italian semiotician.
  • Lugi Gizenga, 54, Congolese politician.
  • Roberto Gervaso, 82, Italian writer and journalist, cancer.
  • Mary Pat Gleason, 70, American actress (Guiding LightA Cinderella StoryMom), Emmy winner (1986), cancer.
  • Jean-Claude Hamel, 90, French football executive, President of Auxerre (1963–2009).
  • Gaynel Hodge, 83, American doo-wop singer, pianist and songwriter (“Earth Angel”).
  • Tarq Hoekstra, 81, Dutch archeologist.
  • Leslie Kay, 98, British-born New Zealand electrical engineer and academic.
  • Rusty Kidd, 74, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (2009–2017).
  • Yvon Lamarre, 85, Canadian politician.
  • John Luk Jok, 68, South Sudanese politician, Minister of Justice (2011–2013).
  • Henadz Mardas, 49, Belarusian footballer (Neman Grodno, BATE Borisov), bowel cancer.
  • Amalia Megapanou, 91, Greek writer and politician.
  • Sean Monterrosa, 22, American protester, shot.
  • Desmond Charles Moore, 94, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alotau-Sideia (1970–2001).
  • Jacques Noyer, 93, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Amiens (1987–2003).
  • Munir Khan Orakzai, 60, Pakistani politician, MP (2002–2013, since 2018), heart attack.
  • Jean Pineau, 97, French politician, Deputy (1978–1981).
  • Markéta Procházková-Lutková, 56, Czech composer and poet.
  • Janine Reiss, 99, French vocal coach and harpsichordist.
  • Muriel Kent Roy, 98, Canadian demographer.
  • Riaz Sheikh, 51, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistan National Shipping Corporation).
  • Héctor Suárez, 81, Mexican actor (National MechanicsEl buscabullasEl derecho de nacer) and comedian.
  • Lindsay Townsend, 86, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, national team).
  • Chris Trousdale, 34, American actor and singer (Dream Street), COVID-19.
  • Carlo Ubbiali, 90, Italian motorcycle road racer, nine-time world champion, respiratory failure.
  • Wes Unseld, 74, American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (Washington Bullets), pneumonia.
  • Floyd Zaiger, 94, American fruit breeder.
  • Jan Zeeman, 78, Dutch businessman, founder of Zeeman.

3

  • Atta Muhammad Bhanbhro, 84, Pakistani writer and translator.
  • Oscar Brown, 74, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves).
  • Shaukat Manzoor Cheema, 66, Pakistani politician, Punjab MPA (since 2008), COVID-19.
  • Abdelmalek Droukdel, 50, Algerian Islamic militant, founder of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, shot.
  • Bruce Jay Friedman, 90, American author and screenwriter (SplashDoctor DetroitStir Crazy).
  • Jeanne Goosen, 81, South African writer.
  • Marc de Hond, 42, Dutch television presenter and wheelchair basketball player, cancer.
  • Mohsen Ibrahim, 85, Lebanese politician.
  • Mian Jamshed Uddin Kakakhel, 65, Pakistani politician, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA (since 2018), COVID-19.
  • István Kausz, 87, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1964).
  • Veli Lehtelä, 84, Finnish rower, Olympic bronze medalist (1956, 1960).
  • Jerzy Łukaszewski, 95, Polish diplomat and academic, Rector of the College of Europe (1972–1990).
  • Donald Macgregor, 81, Scottish Olympic runner (1972).
  • Johnny Majors, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Tennessee Volunteers) and coach (Pitt Panthers, Iowa State Cyclones), national championship (1976).
  • Héctor Ortega, 81, Mexican actor (Las fuerzas vivasSanta sangreLucía, Lucía).
  • Pleasantly Perfect, 22, American racehorse and sire, Breeders’ Cup Classic (2003) and Dubai World Cup (2004) winner.
  • Gary Potts, 75, Canadian Temagami First Nation chief.
  • Adriano Silva, 49, Brazilian politician, COVID-19.
  • Pritam Singh, 78, Indian academic.
  • Mário Rino Sivieri, 78, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Propriá (1997–2017).
  • Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Rasheed, 66, Pakistani politician, MP (1993–1999) and Punjab MPA (1990–1993), liver cancer.
  • Rosalia Tarnavska, 87, Ukrainian poet.
  • Valentina Tăzlăuanu, 70, Moldovan essayist, journalist and theatre critic.
  • Maria Alice Vergueiro, 85, Brazilian actress (O CorpoCronicamente Inviável), pneumonia.
  • Lawrence M. Walsh Sr., 72, American politician, member of the Illinois State Senate (1997–2005), prostate cancer.
  • Midge Ware, 92, American actress (GunslingerThe Phil Silvers Show).
  • Ray Webster, 82, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox).
  • Conrad Worrill, 78, American writer and political activist.

4

  • Marcello Abbado, 93, Italian pianist and composer.
  • Fabiana Anastácio, 45, Brazilian CCM singer, COVID-19.
  • Milena Benini, 54, Croatian science fiction writer and translator (SFERA Award).
  • Earl Brown, 92, American lieutenant general.
  • Ralph Caplan, 95, American design consultant and writer.
  • Basu Chatterjee, 93, Indian film director (Us PaarPiya Ka GharChameli Ki Shaadi).
  • Max Clendinning, 95, Northern Irish furniture designer and architect.
  • Walt Elliot, 86, Canadian politician.
  • Kathryn Hach-Darrow, 97, American businesswoman.
  • Laura Hillman, 96, German-born American Holocaust survivor.
  • Rupert Hine, 72, English musician (Quantum Jump), songwriter and record producer (The Fixx, Howard Jones), cancer.
  • Mikhail Kokshenov, 83, Russian actor (Zhenya, Zhenechka and KatyushaThe GarageSportloto-82), film director and producer.
  • Faina Kotkova, 87, Russian weaver.
  • Pieter van der Kruk, 78, Dutch Olympic weightlifter (1968) and shot putter.
  • Jean Link, 80, Luxembourgian Olympic fencer (1960).
  • Bobby Locke, 86, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies).
  • Roberto Faraone Mennella, 48, Italian jewelry designer, cancer.
  • Dulce Nunes, 90, Brazilian artist, composer, singer and music producer, COVID-19.
  • Bamidele Olumilua, 80, Nigerian politician, Governor of Ondo State (1992–1993).
  • Steve Priest, 72, British bassist and singer (The Sweet).
  • James P. Quirk, 93, American economist.
  • Pete Rademacher, 91, American boxer, Olympic champion (1956).
  • Antonio Rodríguez de las Heras, 72, Spanish historian and academic, COVID-19.
  • Isabel Sánchez Montenegro, 58, Spanish politician.
  • Don E. Schultz, 86, American marketing theorist and professor.
  • Bixente Serrano Izko, 72, Spanish historian and politician, Deputy (2015).
  • Albert N. Whiting, 102, American academic administrator, President of North Carolina Central University (1966–1983).

5

  • Deborah Washington Brown, 68, American computer scientist.
  • Andrée Champagne, 80, Canadian actress (Les Belles Histoires des pays d’en haut) and politician, MP (1984–1993, 2005–2014).
  • Jonathan Dowling, 65, Irish-American theoretical physicist.
  • Jim Fryatt, 79, English footballer (Bradford Park Avenue, Oldham Athletic, Southport).
  • Boris Gaganelov, 78, Bulgarian football player (Belasita Petrich, CSKA Sofia, national team) and manager.
  • Doris Goodale, 71, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (2009–2015).
  • Jiří Hanák, 82, Czech journalist and dissident, Charter 77 signatory.
  • Rosemary Hollis, 68, British political scientist.
  • Keiko Itō, 85, Japanese haiku poet.
  • A. Dale Kaiser, 92, American biochemist and developmental biologist, complications from Parkinson’s disease.
  • Tomisaku Kawasaki, 95, Japanese pediatrician, discoverer of Kawasaki disease.
  • Vilhelm Kraus, 71, Bulgarian politician, Minister of Transport (1997–1999).
  • Carlos Lessa, 83, Brazilian economist, COVID-19.
  • Kristin Linklater, 84, Scottish actress, acting and vocal coach.
  • Ved Marwah, 85, Indian police officer, governor of Mizoram (2000–2001), Manipur (1999–2003) and Jharkhand (2000–2004).
  • John Miller, 79, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), heart failure.
  • James Albert Murray, 87, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kalamazoo (1998–2009).
  • George V. Murry, 71, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint Thomas (1999–2007) and Youngstown (since 2007), leukemia.
  • Betty Ann Norton, 83, Irish acting teacher.
  • Mary Overlie, 74, American choreographer, dancer and writer (the Six Viewpoints).
  • Edeltraud Roller, 62, German political scientist.
  • Chizu Saeki, 76, Japanese cosmetologist and beauty adviser, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Ko Si-chi, 90, Taiwanese photographer.
  • Friedrich Stelzner, 98, German surgeon and educator.
  • Kurt Thomas, 64, American Hall of Fame gymnast, world champion (1978, 1979), complications from basilar stroke.
  • Ron Thompson, 88, English footballer (Carlisle United), bowel cancer.
  • Marian Tomaszewski, 97, Polish scout leader, officer and tank commander (2nd Polish Corps).
  • Liliya Tugusheva, 89, Russian scientist.
  • Vicki Wood, 101, American racing driver (NASCAR).
  • Xu Sihai, 74, Chinese teapot creator and collector, expert on purple Yixing clay teapots, founder of the Sihai Teapot Museum.
  • Shigeru Yokota, 87, Japanese author and human rights activist, founder of National Association for the Rescue of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea.

6

  • Arthur Berman, 85, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1969–1976) and Senate (1977–2000).
  • Jean-Marie Bourgeois, 80, French Olympic skier (1968).
  • Reche Caldwell, 41, American football player (San Diego Chargers, New England Patriots, Washington Redskins), shot.
  • Jean-Marc Chaput, 89, Canadian author and public speaker, bone cancer.
  • Dan Danglo, 95, American cartoonist (Felix the Cat).
  • Earl Davie, 93, American biochemist.
  • Christel DeHaan, 77, German-born American timeshare exchange executive and philanthropist, founder of RCI and Christel House International.
  • Milt Earnhart, 102, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (1959–1966) and Senate (1967–1980).
  • Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, 82, French art historian.
  • Allan Evans, 64, American record producer and musicologist.
  • Corey Fischer, 75, American actor (M*A*S*HBrewster McCloudMcCabe & Mrs. Miller), complications from a brain aneurysm.
  • Thomas Freeman, 100, American educator and debate coach.
  • Uttam Gada, 72, Indian screenwriter and playwright, chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
  • Chandrakanta Goyal, 88, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (1990–1995).
  • Hsu Kun-yuan, 63, Taiwanese politician, speaker of the Kaohsiung City Council (since 2018), suicide by jumping.
  • Marjan, 72, Iranian singer and actress.
  • Jordi Mestre, 38, Spanish actor (Sé lo que hicisteis…) and model, traffic collision.
  • Bill Oster, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
  • Zambrose Abdul Rahman, 76, Malaysian Olympic hurdler (1968).
  • Lester Ryan, 61, Irish hurler (Clara, Kilkenny), traffic collision.
  • T. Terrell Sessums, 89, American politician, member (1963–1974) and speaker (1972–1974) of the Florida House of Representatives.
  • Dietmar Seyferth, 91, German-born American chemist, COVID-19.
  • Eduard Shaihullin, 45, Russian motorcycle speedway rider.
  • Ramadan Shalah, 62, Palestinian Islamic militant, Secretary-general of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine (1995–2018), complications from heart surgery.
  • Francesco Squillace, 94, Italian lawyer and politician, president of the Province of Catanzaro (1975).
  • Malcolm Terris, 79, English actor (When the Boat Comes InCoronation StreetThe Plague Dogs).
  • Jayamohan Thampi, 64, Indian cricketer (Kerala).
  • Andrea Veggio, 96, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Verona (1983–2001).
  • Constantin Xenakis, 88, Egyptian-born Greek painter.
  • John Zook, 72, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, St. Louis Cardinals), cancer.

7

  • Sir Michael Beavis, 90, British Royal Air Force officer.
  • Frank Bey, 74, American blues singer.
  • Marina Blagojević, 62, Serbian sociologist.
  • Jean Bolinder, 84, Swedish author.
  • Paul Boundoukou-Latha, 67, Gabonese diplomat and politician.
  • Hubert Gagnon, 73, Canadian actor (Nic and Pic) and voice dubber (Homer Simpson), cancer.
  • Józef Gruszka, 73, Polish politician, member of the Sejm (1993–2005) and chairman of the PKN Orlen investigation commission (2004–2005).
  • Bettina Heinen-Ayech, 82, German painter.
  • Denis Howe, 91, English football (Southend United, Darlington, West Ham United).
  • Doris Jones-Baker, 94, British-American historian and folklorist.
  • Bohdana Kostyuk, 55, Ukrainian journalist.
  • Floyd Lee, 86, American blues musician (Music Under New York), heart failure.
  • Liu Aiqin, 92, Chinese educator.
  • Paul Lombard, 92, French politician, mayor of Martigues (1968–2009).
  • Péter Marót, 75, Hungarian fencer, Olympic silver medallist (1972), traffic collision.
  • Oliver McGee, 62, American political analyst and strategist.
  • James D. Meindl, 87, American engineer.
  • Alan Metter, 77, American film director (Back to SchoolGirls Just Want to Have Fun), heart attack.
  • Ken Riley, 72, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals) and coach (Florida A&M Rattlers), heart attack.
  • Paul Rochester, 81, American football player (New York Jets, Dallas Texans), Super Bowl champion (1969).
  • Roger Saint-Vil, 70, Haitian footballer (Racing CH, Cincinnati Comets, national team).
  • Chiranjeevi Sarja, 39, Indian actor (VayuputraVaradhanayakaAatagara), heart attack.
  • Olʹga Semenovna Ostroĭ, 91, Russian bibliographer.
  • Lynika Strozier, 35, American biologist and researcher, COVID-19.
  • Terêza Tenório, 70, Brazilian writer and poet.
  • Edith Thallaug, 90, Norwegian actress and operatic singer.
  • Ralph Wright, 72, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, New York Cosmos, Miami Toros).

8

  • Klaus Berger, 79, German academic theologian.
  • Tobias Berggren, 80, Swedish poet.
  • Renzo Bulgarello, 72, Italian Olympic rower (1972).
  • R. L. Clark, 89, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1995–1998).
  • Nicholas Cummings, 95, American psychologist and author.
  • Tony Dunne, 78, Irish football player (Manchester United, Bolton Wanderers, national team) and manager.
  • Manuel Felguérez, 91, Mexican abstract artist (Generación de la Ruptura), COVID-19.
  • Maggie Fitzgibbon, 91, Australian actress (Sunstruck).
  • James Hand, 67, American country music singer-songwriter.
  • Marion Hänsel, 71, French-born Belgian film director and screenwriter (Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea).
  • G. C. Jennings, 81, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1982–1994).
  • Sedley Joseph, 80, Trinidadian footballer (national team), kidney disease.
  • Stan London, 94, American physician (St. Louis Cardinals).
  • Luo Xiaowei, 94, Chinese architect.
  • Fabrizio Mioni, 89, Italian actor (Roland the MightyHercules).
  • Tavares Moreira, 75, Portuguese economist, governor of the Bank of Portugal (1986–1992).
  • Basen Murmu, 33, Indian singer, cardiac arrest.
  • Sardar Dur Muhammad Nasir, 61, Pakistani politician, Balochistan MPA (2013–2018), COVID-19.
  • Pierre Nkurunziza, 55, Burundian politician, President (since 2005), heart attack.
  • Oliver Ongtawco, 78, Filipino bowler, heart attack.
  • Lillemor Östlin, 79, Swedish writer and criminal.
  • Aspasia Papathanasiou, 101, Greek stage actress.
  • Uta Pilling, 71, German musician, songwriter and painter.
  • Bonnie Pointer, 69, American singer (The Pointer Sisters), cardiac arrest.
  • Arjun Charan Sethi, 79, Indian politician, MP (1971–1977, 1980–1984, 1991–1996, since 1998).
  • Daniel Stolper, 85, American oboist.
  • Heli Susi, 90, Estonian teacher and translator.
  • Ian Taylor, 64, British commodity trading executive, chairman and CEO of Vitol, pneumonia.
  • Shim Wan-koo, 81, South Korean politician, MP (1985–1992) and mayor of Ulsan (1997–2002).
  • Stefan Vodenicharov, 75, Bulgarian academic, President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2012–2016) and Minister of Education (2013).

9

  • Parviz Aboutaleb, 78, Iranian football player (Rah Ahan, Esteghlal) and manager (national team), complications from Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Ayşegül Atik, 72, Turkish actress.
  • Joseph Mohsen Béchara, 85, Lebanese Maronite Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Cyprus (1986–1988) and Antelias (1988–2012).
  • Paul Chapman, 66, Welsh rock guitarist (UFO, Lone Star).
  • Pau Donés, 53, Spanish singer-songwriter (Jarabe de Palo) and guitarist, cancer.
  • Michael Drosnin, 74, American author and journalist.
  • Anthony Obiagboso Enukeme, 76, Nigerian politician.
  • Ödön Földessy, 90, Hungarian long jumper, Olympic bronze medallist (1952).
  • Kasirye Ggwanga, 68, Ugandan military officer, complications from brain surgery.
  • Simon Henshaw, 59, American diplomat, Ambassador to Guinea (since 2019).
  • Dick Johnson, 66, American news reporter (WMAQ-TV).
  • Noel Johnson, 47 American college basketball coach (Midwestern State), ovarian cancer.
  • Ain Kaalep, 94, Estonian writer and poet.
  • Kim Chang-sop, 74, North Korean politician, Vice Minister of the State Security Department (since 2015).
  • Nemir Kirdar, 83, Iraqi-British investment banker and financier, founder of Investcorp.
  • Krystyna Krupska-Wysocka, 84, Polish film director.
  • Francis Lagan, 85, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Derry (1988–2010).
  • Gigi Marga, 91, Romanian-American singer.
  • Gwen Margolis, 85, American politician, member (1980–1992, 2002–2008, 2010–2016) and president (1990–1992) of the Florida Senate.
  • Chrysostomos P. Panayiotopoulos, 82, Greek neurologist, heart attack.
  • Jean-Philippe Reverdot, 67, French photographer.
  • William Russell Robinson, 78, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1989–2002).
  • Jeanne Rynhart, 74, Irish sculptor.
  • Ajay Singh, 69, Indian diplomat and politician.
  • Wang Dingguo, 108, Chinese politician, member of the Political Consultative Conference (1978–1993).
  • Jas Waters, 39, American television writer (This Is UsKidding) and columnist (Vibe), suicide by hanging.
  • Adam Wodnicki, 89, Polish translator and writer.

10

  • J. Anbazhagan, 62, Indian politician, MLA (2001–2006, since 2011), COVID-19.
  • Duilio Arigoni, 91, Swiss chemist.
  • Naresh Aula, 34, Indian footballer (ONGC).
  • Michel Bellen, 74, Belgian serial killer, heart failure.
  • Jesse Blackadder, 56, Australian novelist, screenwriter and journalist, pancreatic cancer.
  • Aloysius G. Casey, 88, American lieutenant general.
  • Justin Champion, 59, British historian.
  • Hans Cieslarczyk, 83, German football player (Borussia Dortmund, national team) and manager (SpVgg Fürth).
  • Richard Damen, 55, Dutch radio presenter.
  • Joan Ferner, 87, Canadian-born New Zealand women’s rights advocate.
  • Rosita Fornés, 97, Cuban-American actress (Musical RomanceThe Unknown Mariachi) and singer, complications from emphysema.
  • Vera Gancheva, 77, Bulgarian translator, publisher and author.
  • Charlotte Gardner, 88, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1985–2001).
  • Harry Glickman, 96, American Hall of Fame sports executive (Portland Trail Blazers) and journalist (The Oregonian).
  • Antonio González Orozco, 87, Mexican muralist, cancer.
  • William Hale, 88, American film and television director (Gunfight in AbileneRed AlertMurder in Texas).
  • Araceli Herrero Figueroa, 71, Spanish writer, COVID-19.
  • Murray Hill, 80, New Zealand seed technologist.
  • James Holland, 81, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1975–1977).
  • Paul Johnson, 53, Canadian wheelchair tennis player and Paralympic athlete (1988).
  • Maria José, 91, Portuguese actress.
  • Tom Keeping, 78, Canadian politician.
  • Dorothy Kovalchick, 94, American baseball player (Fort Wayne Daisies).
  • Anita Linda, 95, Filipino actress (Weighed But Found WantingJaguarTemptation Island).
  • Elizabeth-Ann de Massy, 73, Monegasque aristocrat.
  • Fred McIlhattan, 75, American politician, heart attack.
  • Hans Mezger, 90, German automotive engineer (Porsche).
  • Miliky MiCool, 53, Ghanaian actress, complications from high blood pressure.
  • Mr. Wrestling II, 85, American professional wrestler (GCW, Mid-South, CWF).
  • Murray Olderman, 98, American sports columnist, cartoonist and author.
  • Paul Owen, 51, Canadian cricketer (Gloucestershire).
  • Talat Özkarslı, 82, Turkish football player (Galatasaray, national team) and manager (Gaziantepspor).
  • Edward Ross Ritvo, 90, American psychiatrist.
  • Stuart Lyon Smith, 82, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1975–1982), leader of the Ontario Liberal Party (1976–1982).
  • William Tietz, 93, American veterinarian and academic administrator, president of Montana State University (1977–1990).
  • Aad van den Heuvel, 84, Dutch television presenter and writer.
  • Claudell Washington, 65, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics), World Series champion (1974), prostate cancer.
  • Eppie Wietzes, 82, Dutch-born Canadian racing driver, heart failure.
  • Sarunyoo Wongkrachang, 59, Thai actor (13 BelovedOng Bak 2) and film director (Kon Khon), liver cancer.
  • Zoogin, 30, Swedish racehorse.

11

  • Mahjoub Ben Bella, 73, Algerian-born French painter.
  • Silke Blumbach, 49, German poet.
  • Kraisak Choonhavan, 72, Thai politician, Senator (2000–2006), tongue cancer.
  • Katsuhisa Hattori, 83, Japanese composer (Fist of the North Star), heart failure.
  • Marjorie G. Horning, 102, American biochemist and pharmacologist.
  • Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet, 59, Gabonese politician, Prime Minister (2016–2019) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012–2016), asthma.
  • Yūko Kagiwada, 88, Japanese poet.
  • Earnie Killum, 72, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers).
  • František Kotlaba, 93, Czech botanist and mycologist.
  • Roy Little Chief, 81, Canadian First Nations rights activist and politician, Chief of the Siksika Nation (1981–1983).
  • Rodolfo Machado, 82, Argentinian actor (Bajo el signo de la patriaLet’s Play in the WorldEl Picnic de los Campanelli).
  • Marcel Maréchal, 82, French actor (I as in IcarusFanfanJulien Fontanes, magistrat) and film director.
  • Bernard J. Matkowsky, 80, American mathematician.
  • Basil Meeking, 90, New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Christchurch (1987–1995).
  • Burton Natarus, 86, American politician, Chicago alderman (1971–2007).
  • Dennis O’Neil, 81, American comic book writer (BatmanIron Man) and editor (Marvel Comics).
  • Stella Pevsner, 98, American author.
  • Matt Poore, 90, New Zealand cricketer (Canterbury, national team).
  • Sir Clem Renouf, 99, Australian accountant, president of Rotary International (1978–1979).
  • Hermann Salomon, 82, German Olympic athlete (1960, 1964, 1968).
  • Colibrine Sandström, 91, Swedish writer.
  • Rosa Maria Sardà, 78, Spanish actress (Alegre ma non troppoCarol’s JourneyMy Mother Likes Women) and comedian, Goya winner (1994, 2002), lymphoma.
  • Cy Strulovitch, 94, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1948).
  • Elly Stone, 93, American singer and actress.
  • Hosbet Suresh, 90, Indian jurist and human rights activist.
  • Stefania Świerzy, 86, Polish Olympic gymnast (1952).
  • Mel Winkler, 78, American voice actor (Crash BandicootOswald) and actor (Devil in a Blue Dress).

12

  • Joost Boks, 78, Dutch-born Canadian Olympic field hockey player (1964, 1968).
  • Claude A. Bray, Jr., 88, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1967–1987).
  • Carl Brewer, 63, American politician, mayor of Wichita (2007–2015).
  • Rayshard Brooks, 27, American police detainee, shot.
  • Aileen Christianson, 75, Scottish academic and writer.
  • Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi, 93, Indian Urdu poet.
  • Carl Eiríksson, 90, Icelandic Olympic sports shooter (1992).
  • Ursula Fuchs, 87, German author.
  • Lino Esterino Garavaglia, 92, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tivoli (1987–1991) and Cesena-Sarsina (1991–2003).
  • Ali Hadi, 53, Iraqi football player (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Zawraa) and manager (Zakho), COVID-19.
  • Abani Mohan Joardar, 79, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (since 2011).
  • Charles Wing Krafft, 72, American painter and ceramicist, cancer.
  • Ilona Lucassen, 23, Dutch judoka, suicide.
  • Malcolm Mabry, 86, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1964–1980) and Senate (1980–1988).
  • Geoffrey Martin, 92, Australian footballer (Launceston, Ulverstone, Burnie).
  • Claude Ndam, 65, Cameroonian singer-songwriter.
  • Molly Neptune Parker, 81, American basketweaver, cancer.
  • Juli Sanclimens i Genescà, 84, Spanish politician, Mayor of Manresa (1987–1995) and member of the Catalan Parliament (1984–1995).
  • Emmy Schörg, 90, Austrian actress.
  • William S. Sessions, 90, American civil servant, Director of the FBI (1987–1993) and member and chief judge of the US District Court for Western Texas (1974–1987).
  • Arthur Spatt, 94, American federal judge, member of the US District Court for Eastern New York (since 1989).
  • Ricky Valance, 84, Welsh singer (“Tell Laura I Love Her”).
  • Albert Vitali, 64, Swiss politician, member of the National Council (since 2011), cancer.
  • Parasnath Yadav, 71, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA, bladder cancer.
  • Perfecto Yasay Jr., 73, Filipino politician, Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2016–2017), pneumonia complicated by cancer.

13

  • Sheikh Md Abdullah, 74, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Religious Affairs (since 2019), COVID-19.
  • Théophile Philippe Barakat, 67, Syrian Syriac Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Homs (since 2016).
  • Leslie Cohen Berlowitz, 76, American academic administrator (American Academy of Arts and Sciences).
  • Sultan Uddin Bhuiyan, 69, Bangladeshi politician.
  • Eula Bingham, 90, American scientist.
  • Marj Carpenter, 93, American Presbyterian leader, missionary and reporter, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (1995–1996).
  • Ralph Doty, 78, American politician.
  • Pepe el Ferreiro, 78, Spanish archaeologist.
  • Kirvan Fortuin, 28, South African dancer and choreographer, stabbed.
  • Dick Garmaker, 87, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers, New York Knicks, Minnesota Golden Gophers).
  • Jim Grelle, 83, American Olympic middle-distance runner (1960).
  • Denise Jallais, 89, French journalist and poet.
  • Nic Jorge, 78, Filipino basketball coach (national team) and secretary general of the Basketball Association of the Philippines.
  • B. Kannan, 69, Indian cinematographer (Oru Nadigai Natakam ParkiralKadalora KavithaigalSolla Thudikuthu Manasu).
  • Weldon L. Kennedy, 81, American FBI agent.
  • Sabiha Khanum, 84, Pakistani actress (Do AnsooMukhraAnjuman), kidney disease.
  • Bram Kloppert, 73, Dutch boxer.
  • Rabi Lenke, 65–66, Hungarian librarian and historian.
  • Mike McCormick, 81, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals), Cy Young Award (1967), Parkinson’s disease.
  • Donald W. Meinig, 95, American geographer.
  • Mags Murray, 58, Irish politician.
  • Mohammed Nasim, 72, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–1987, 1991–2006, since 2014), Minister of Home Affairs (1999–2001) and Health (2014–2019), stroke.
  • Luther Price, 58, American experimental filmmaker and visual artist.
  • Vasant Raiji, 100, Indian cricketer (Bombay, Baroda).
  • Maurice Rajsfus, 92, French writer and historian.
  • Jean Raspail, 94, French author (The Camp of the SaintsMoi, Antoine de Tounens, roi de Patagonie).
  • Helge Rykkja, 76, Norwegian writer and poet.
  • Lucy Scarbrough, 92, American classical pianist and teacher.
  • Colo Tavernier, 75, British-French screenwriter (A Week’s VacationBeatriceStory of Women), cancer.
  • Herbert T. Ueda, 91, American ice drilling engineer.
  • Tineke Verburg, 64, Dutch journalist and TV presenter.
  • Pramono Edhie Wibowo, 64, Indonesian military officer, Army Chief of Staff (2011–2013), heart attack.
  • Marc Zermati, 75, French record producer and promoter.

14

  • Saiful Azam, 79, Bangladeshi air force pilot.
  • Sally Banes, 69, American dance historian and critic, ovarian cancer.
  • Stefano Bertacco, 57, Italian politician.
  • Don Candy, 91, Australian tennis player, 1956 French Open champion.
  • Luce Douady, 16, French climber, world youth champion and European championships bronze medalist (2019), fall.
  • Ed Fitz Gerald, 96, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians) and coach.
  • Jacqui Gasson, Welsh politician, lord mayor of Cardiff (2004–2005).
  • Ulrike Gaul, 59, German developmental biologist and university teacher.
  • Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk, 96, Dutch resistance member.
  • Virgínia Hagge, 56, Brazilian pedagogue and politician, member of Legislative Assembly of Bahia (2007–2011).
  • Sarah Hegazi, 30, Egyptian LGBT rights activist, suicide.
  • Ibidunni Ighodalo, 39, Nigerian beauty queen and businesswoman, cardiac arrest.
  • Elsa Joubert, 97, South African Sestigers writer, COVID-19.
  • Noel Kelly, 84, Australian rugby league player (Ipswich, Western Suburbs Magpies, national team).
  • Helena van der Kraan, 80, Dutch artist and photographer, cancer.
  • Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, 90, Iranian actor (The Desert of the TartarsThe Fateful DayThrough the Olive Trees).
  • Eva Kristínová, 91, Slovak actress.
  • Simon Kverndal, 62, British barrister.
  • Nguea Laroute, 59–60, Cameroonian Makossa singer, diabetes.
  • Pierre Lumbi, 70, Congolese politician, Senator (since 2016), COVID-19.
  • Arunkumar Mehta, 80, Indian diamond and gem executive, CEO of Rosy Blue.
  • Maret Olvet, 89, Estonian printmaker.
  • Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, 77, Mexican footballer (Pumas, Atlante, national team), COVID-19.
  • Eva Petrus-Pekny, 95, Austrian stage actress.
  • Sushant Singh Rajput, 34, Indian actor (M.S. Dhoni: The Untold StoryChhichhoreDetective Byomkesh Bakshy!), asphyxiation by hanging.
  • Haroldo Rodas, 74, Guatemalan diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2008–2012), COVID-19.
  • Claude Samuel, 88, French music critic and radio executive.
  • Keith Tippett, 72, British jazz pianist (King Crimson, Centipede) and composer.
  • Raj Mohan Vohra, 88, Indian military officer, COVID-19.
  • Tawfiq al-Yasiri, Iraqi politician, member of the IRDC, COVID-19.

15

  • B. Santosh Babu, 37, Indian military officer, beaten.
  • Winston Backus, 99, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (1971–1979).
  • Mário Calixto Filho, 73, Brazilian politician, Senator for Rondônia (2004–2005), COVID-19.
  • Juan Díaz, 84, Chilean Olympic boxer (1960).
  • Lilia Dizon, 91, Filipino actress (The Moises Padilla Story).
  • Paul Fortune, 69, British-American interior designer.
  • José Gentil Rosa, 80, Brazilian politician, Maranhão MLA (1987–1991, 1995–1999, since 2019), COVID-19.
  • Giulio Giorello, 75, Italian philosopher, COVID-19.
  • Clara Gowases, 59–60, Namibian politician, cancer.
  • Fred Jarvis, 95, British trade union leader, President of the Trades Union Congress (1987).
  • Renato de Jesus, 67, Brazilian politician, Rio de Janeiro MLA (1995–2011), COVID-19.
  • Nagendra Nath Jha, 85, Indian diplomat, Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (2001–2004).
  • Janne Bondi Johannessen, 59, Norwegian linguist.
  • Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran, 69, Bangladeshi politician, mayor of Sylhet (2003–2013), COVID-19.
  • Jan Peder Lamm, 84, Swedish archaeologist.
  • Beth Levine, 60, American physician, cancer.
  • Wolfram Lorenzen, 68, German pianist.
  • Seifu Makonnen, 68, Ethiopian Olympic boxer (1972).
  • Marinho, 63, Brazilian footballer (Atlético Mineiro, América, national team), pancreatitis and prostate cancer.
  • Robert S. Molaro, 69, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate (1993–2003) and Illinois House of Representatives (2003–2009).
  • Adebayo Osinowo, 64, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate (since 2019) and Lagos State House of Assembly (2003–2019), COVID-19.
  • Michel Roquebert, 91, French historian and writer.
  • Jorge Rubio, 75, Mexican baseball player (California Angels).
  • Anton Schlembach, 88, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Speyer (1983–2007).
  • Kirk R. Smith, 73, American climatologist, cardiac arrest.
  • Phil Takahashi, 63, Canadian Olympic judoka (1984, 1988).
  • Nana Tuffour, 66, Ghanaian highlife singer.

16

  • Yuji Adachi, 56, Japanese guitarist and songwriter (Dead End), sepsis.
  • Lidija Pavlovna Arseneva, 79, Russian textile worker, Hero of Socialist Labour (1981).
  • Mohammad Asghar, 74, Welsh politician, member of the Senedd (since 2007).
  • Abner M. Aust, 98, American Air Force colonel.
  • John Benfield, 68, British actor (Prime SuspectSpeed RacerCassandra’s Dream), sarcoma.
  • Knut Bohwim, 89, Norwegian film director (Olsen Gang).
  • Roger Borniche, 101, French author and police detective.
  • Tamar Bornstein-Lazar, 93, Israeli children’s writer.
  • Valério Breda, 75, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Penedo, Brazil (since 1997).
  • Martin T. Carey, 98, American entrepreneur and preservationist.
  • Danding Cojuangco, 85, Filipino food and beverage executive and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1969–1972), CEO and chairman of San Miguel Corporation.
  • Federico Corriente, 79, Spanish Arabist, lexicographer and academic (Royal Spanish Academy).
  • Jannie van Eyck-Vos, 84, Dutch Olympic athlete (1964).
  • Ben Goto, 90, Japanese journalist and novelist, aspiration pneumonia.
  • Joan Hill, 89, American artist.
  • Haribhau Jawale, 66, Indian politician, MP (2009–2019), COVID-19.
  • Paul Kramer, 86, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1992–2000).
  • John Madigan, 53, Australian politician, Senator (2011–2016), liver and bowel cancer.
  • Reavis L. Mitchell Jr., 72, American historian and academic administrator (Fisk University).
  • John J. Mooney, 90, American chemical engineer, stroke.
  • Gerda Mylle, 67, Belgian politician, mayor of Izegem (2007–2012) and MP (2013–2014).
  • Peter Nguyen, 76, Hong Kong judge, Director of Public Prosecutions (1994–1997).
  • Edén Pastora, 83, Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician, respiratory failure.
  • Paulinho Paiakan, 67, Brazilian indigenous leader, COVID-19.
  • Patrick Poivey, 72, French actor (LoulouMune: Guardian of the Moon) and voiceover artist.
  • Ernest Poruthota, 88, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Colombo (1987–1991).
  • Juan Floreal Recabarren, 93, Chilean historian and politician, Deputy (1969–1973) and mayor of Antofagasta (1964–1967, 1990–1992).
  • John G. Richardson, 62, American politician, member and Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives (1998–2006), heart attack.
  • Robert D. Richardson, 86, American historian and biographer, complications from a fall.
  • Georgi Ryabov, 81, Estonian-born Russian footballer (Tallinna Dünamo, Dynamo Moscow, USSR national team).
  • John Joe Sheehan, 90, Irish Gaelic footballer (Kerry).
  • Alistair Soper, 83, New Zealand rugby union player (national team, Southland, Blackheath).
  • A. K. S. Usgaonkar, 92, Indian politician, Goa MLA.
  • Eusebio Vélez, 85, Spanish racing cyclist.
  • Charles Webb, 81, American novelist (The Graduate).

17

  • Marlene Ahrens, 86, Chilean javelin thrower and equestrian, Olympic silver medallist (1956), heart failure.
  • Harold David Anderson, 96, Australian public servant and diplomat.
  • Tariq Aziz, 84, Pakistani actor, television show host (Bazm E Tariq Aziz) and politician, MP (1997–1999).
  • Gordon H. Bower, 87, American cognitive psychologist.
  • Lewis John Carlino, 88, American screenwriter (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden) and director (The Great Santini), blood cancer.
  • William C. Dement, 91, American psychiatrist and sleep researcher, cardiovascular disease.
  • Terry Dicks, 83, British politician, MP (1983–1997).
  • Madanmohan Dutta, 62, Indian politician.
  • K. Anders Ericsson, 72, Swedish psychologist and scholar.
  • Victor Feldbrill, 96, Canadian conductor and violinist.
  • Dan Foster, 61, American radio broadcaster, COVID-19.
  • Hugh Fraser, 62, Canadian jazz musician, cancer.
  • Galina Galadzheva, 87, Russian art history editor, painter, and costume designer.
  • Vic Gilliam, 66, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (2007–2017), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Astrid Gjertsen, 91, Danish-born Norwegian politician, MP (1973–1989).
  • Arthur R. Gottschalk, 95, American politician.
  • Bill Groman, 83, American football player (Houston Oilers, Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills).
  • Raimo Honkanen, 81, Finnish Olympic racing cyclist (1960, 1968).
  • Magda Kandil, 62, Egyptian economist.
  • György Kárpáti, 84, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic champion (1952, 1956, 1964).
  • Petr Král, 78, Czech poet.
  • William W. McCutcheon, 93, American police officer and politician.
  • David Morgan, 82, British sociologist.
  • Fabrice Philipot, 54, French racing cyclist.
  • Roberto Salmeron, 98, Brazilian electrical engineer.
  • Jean Kennedy Smith, 92, American diplomat, ambassador to Ireland (1993–1998), Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, founder of VSA.
  • Michael E. Soulé, 84, American biologist, co-founder of the Society for Conservation Biology.
  • Jerry Sturm, 83, American football player (Calgary Stampeders, Denver Broncos, New Orleans Saints).
  • Willie Thorne, 66, English snooker player and commentator, leukaemia.
  • Trần Ngọc Châu, 96, Vietnamese soldier and politician, COVID-19.
  • Ronny Van Sweevelt, 57, Belgian Olympic racing cyclist (1984), food poisoning.
  • Vatanyar Yagyua, 81, Russian politician, Saint Petersburg MLA (1994–2011).
  • Pietro Zoppas, 86, Italian racing cyclist.

18

  • Tibor Benedek, 47, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic champion (2000, 2004, 2008), pancreatic cancer.
  • Claus Biederstaedt, 91, German actor (The Great TemptationDon’t Worry About Your Mother-in-LawBefore Sundown).
  • Anna Blume, 83, German art photographer.
  • John Bredenkamp, 79, Zimbabwean rugby union player (national team) and businessman.
  • Hux Brown, 75, Jamaican guitarist (Toots and the Maytals).
  • Arturo Chaires, 83, Mexican footballer (C.D. Guadalajara, national team).
  • Galina Dashevskaya, 79, Russian actress (July RainAn Incident that no one noticed), fell under train.
  • Ali Kamal Etman, 79, Egyptian Olympic football player (1964) and coach.
  • Feng Lijun, 55, Chinese politician. (death announced on this date)
  • Ingegärd Fredin, 89, Swedish freestyle swimmer.
  • Malim Ghozali PK, 71, Malaysian writer, cancer.
  • Breene Harimoto, 66, American politician, member of the Hawaii Senate (since 2015), pancreatic cancer.
  • Mikhail Ignatyev, 58, Russian politician, Head of the Chuvash Republic (2010–2020), COVID-19.
  • Nicolas Joel, 67, French opera director, GM of Paris Opera (2009–2014), complications from a stroke.
  • Ellington Jordan, 80, American songwriter (I’d Rather Go Blind).
  • Jeffrey S. Juris, 48–49, American anthropologist.
  • Sergei Khrushchev, 84, Russian-American engineer.
  • Kossi Koudagba, 24, Togolese footballer (Espoir Tsevie, ASC Kara, national team).
  • Nora Kutti, 97, Estonian swimmer and masters athlete.
  • Lachhman Singh Lehl, 96, Indian general and military historian.
  • Endre Lépold, 64, Hungarian Olympic sprinter (1976).
  • Dame Vera Lynn, 103, British singer (“We’ll Meet Again”, “The White Cliffs of Dover”).
  • Thomas S. Moorman Jr., 79, American Air Force general.
  • Ada Rapoport-Albert, 74, Israeli historian.
  • Georges Octors, 97, Belgian violinist and conductor.
  • Anni Paspati, Greek actress.
  • Sachy, 48, Indian screenwriter (Makeup Man) and film director (AnarkaliAyyappanum Koshiyum), cardiac arrest.
  • Milo Sarens, 82, Belgian Olympic boxer (1960).
  • Jules Sedney, 97, Surinamese economist and politician, Prime Minister (1969–1973) and Governor of the Central Bank of Suriname (1980–1983).
  • Antonio Veciana, 91, Cuban spy (CIA, Alpha 66).
  • Jim Young, 94, New Zealand boat builder and designer.

19

  • Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan, 67, Bangladeshi businessman.
  • Terry Brennan, 79, Irish Fine Gael politician.
  • Karen Bridge, 60, English badminton player, cancer.
  • Malcolm Brooks, 90, Australian politician, New South Wales MLA (1973–1976).
  • Thomas Brzustowski, 83, Polish-born Canadian engineer and academic.
  • Cho Hae-il, 79, South Korean writer.
  • Mario Corso, 78, Italian football player (Inter, national team) and manager (Mantova).
  • Madeline McWhinney Dale, 98, American economist and banker.
  • Svetlana Efremova, 73, Russian ballerina and teacher (Mikhailovsky Theatre Company), People’s Artist of Russia.
  • Ramchand Goala, 79, Bangladeshi cricket player (national team) and coach.
  • Ralph Haas, 87, Canadian engineer and academic.
  • Sir Ian Holm, 88, English actor (AlienChariots of FireThe Lord of the Rings), BAFTA winner (1982), complications from Parkinson’s disease.
  • Marjorie Hoy, 79, American entomologist.
  • Kevin Leahy, 71, Australian politician, Western Australian MLA (1989–1996) and MLC (2004–2005).
  • Thandi Mpambo-Sibhukwana, South African politician, MP (since 2019).
  • Dumitru Munteanu, 87, Romanian footballer (Petrolul Ploiești, Steaua București, national team).
  • David Perlman, 101, American science journalist (San Francisco Chronicle), cancer.
  • Karin Peschel, 84, German economist, rector of University of Kiel (1992–1996).
  • A. L. Raghavan, 87, Indian playback singer (Pona Machaan Thirumbi VandhanKudumba GouravamAzhagarmalai Kalvan).
  • Carlos Ruiz Zafón, 55, Spanish novelist (The Prince of MistThe Shadow of the WindThe Prisoner of Heaven), colon cancer.
  • Regan Russell, 65, Canadian animal rights activist, traffic collision.
  • Vidyaben Shah, 97, Indian social worker.
  • Harry Smith, 69, British journalist.
  • Pat Stark, 90, American football player (Syracuse Orange) and coach (Rochester Yellowjackets).
  • Melville Y. Stewart, 85, American philosopher.
  • René Alphonse van den Berghe, 80, Belgian art dealer and convicted art thief, complications during surgery.
  • Noël Vandernotte, 96, French coxswain, Olympic bronze medallist (1936).

20

  • Dennis T. Avery, 84, American food writer and policy analyst.
  • Gerhard J. Bellinger, 89, German theologian.
  • Constance Curry, 86, American civil rights activist and writer, sepsis.
  • Ema Derossi-Bjelajac, 94, Croatian politician, President of the Presidency of SR Croatia (1985–1986).
  • Bettina Falckenberg, 93, German actress.
  • Sylvio Capanema, 82, Brazilian jurist, COVID-19.
  • Joseph Ferris, 85, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1975–1984), COVID-19.
  • Svein Arne Hansen, 74, Norwegian sports official, president of the European Athletic Association (since 2015).
  • Angur Baba Joshi, 87, Nepali educationist and social activist, throat and breast cancer.
  • Jim Kiick, 73, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos), Super Bowl champion (1972, 1973), Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Philip Latham, 91, British actor (The TroubleshootersDracula: Prince of DarknessRing of Spies).
  • Pedro Lima, 49, Portuguese actor (Ilha dos AmoresSecond Life) and Olympic swimmer (1988, 1992).
  • Kamal Lohani, 85, Bangladeshi journalist, Director General of the Shilpakala Academy (2009–2011), COVID-19.
  • William Millerson, 67, Aruban-born Curaçaoan karateka and politician, chairman of the Estates of Curaçao (2017–2020).
  • Mufti Muhammad Naeem, 64, Pakistani Islamic scholar, co-founder of Jamia Binoria, COVID-19.
  • Joseph D. Patero, 88, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1974–1986, 1988–1991).
  • Maria Lluïsa Oliveda Puig, 97, Spanish actress.
  • Robert L. Taylor, 95, American aviator.
  • Aaron Tokona, 45, New Zealand guitarist and singer (Weta, Cairo Knife Fight, Fly My Pretties), heart attack.
  • Max Tuerk, 26, American football player (Los Angeles Chargers, Arizona Cardinals, USC Trojans).
  • Usharani, 62, Indian actress (Puthiya VaarpugalOru Oorla Oru RajakumariMillennium Stars), kidney failure.
  • John White, 77, Australian politician, Tasmanian MHA (1986–1998) and MLC (1998–1999).

21

  • Marconi Alencar, 81, Brazilian politician, COVID-19.
  • Sergio Salvador Aguirre Anguiano, 77, Mexican jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court (1995–2012), stomach cancer.
  • György Bálint, 100, Hungarian horticulturist and politician, MP (1994–1998), COVID-19.
  • Lucius Barker, 92, American political scientist, complications from Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Richárd Bicskey, 83, Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1964).
  • Sheela Borthakur, 84, Indian social worker.
  • Felicity Bryan, 74, British literary agent and journalist, stomach cancer.
  • Sergey Chilikov, 66, Russian photographer.
  • Pascal Clément, 75, French politician, Minister of Justice (2005–2007), pulmonary infection.
  • Jens van Daele, 48, Belgian-born Dutch dancer and choreographer, esophageal bleeding.
  • Rajinder Goel, 77, Indian cricketer (Delhi, Haryana, Southern Punjab).
  • Edward Grant, 93, American historian.
  • Jürgen Holtz, 87, German actor (Rosa LuxemburgMade in IsraelGood Bye, Lenin!), complications from cancer.
  • Talib Jauhari, 80, Pakistani Islamic scholar, COVID-19.
  • Apinan Kaewpila, 35, Thai footballer (Samutsongkhram, TOT, Samut Sakhon), traffic collision.
  • Angela Madsen, 60, American athlete, Paralympic bronze medallist (2012), drowned.
  • Hugh Mellor, 81, British philosopher.
  • Anthony J. Naldrett, 86, Canadian geologist.
  • Mile Nedelkoski, 84, Macedonian writer and poet.
  • Jeet Singh Negi, 95, Indian folk singer and composer.
  • Étienne Périer, 88, Belgian film director (Bridge to the SunWhen Eight Bells TollZeppelin).
  • Bernardino Piñera, 104, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Temuco (1960–1977) and Archbishop of La Serena (1983–1990), COVID-19.
  • Ahmed Radhi, 56, Iraqi football player (Al-Zawraa, national team) and manager (Al-Shorta), COVID-19.
  • Manny Santos, 85, Australian Olympic weightlifter (1956, 1960).
  • Sam Sarin, 84, Croatian-born Australian fisherman.
  • Ken Snow, 50, American soccer player (Chicago Power, St. Louis Steamers, national team), COVID-19.
  • Florence M. Sullivan, 90, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1979–1983).
  • Zeev Sternhell, 85, Polish-born Israeli historian and political scientist.
  • Bobby Storey, 64, Irish IRA volunteer.
  • Badiuzzaman Tunu, 91, Bangladeshi military officer.
  • Bobana Veličković, 30, Serbian Olympic sport shooter (2012, 2016), complications from childbirth.
  • Joan Pau Verdier, 73, French singer.
  • Dennis Young, 90, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team), cancer.

22

  • Vernon Alden, 97, American scholar, president of Ohio University.
  • Witold Baran, 80, Polish Olympic middle-distance runner (1964).
  • Pappukutty Bhagavathar, 107, Indian actor (‘Sree GuruvayoorappanKattukurangu) and playback singer.
  • Steve Bing, 55, American entertainment executive (Shangri-La Entertainment), screenwriter and film producer (Kangaroo JackRules Don’t Apply), suicide by jumping.
  • Carlos Bosch, 75, Argentine photojournalist.
  • Dick Buerkle, 72, American Olympic runner (1976).
  • Xavier Buisseret, 79, Belgian politician (Chamber of Representatives, Flemish Parliament).
  • Nouri Dhiab, 76, Iraqi footballer (national team).
  • Jesus Dosado, 80, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Ozamiz (1981–2016).
  • Annie Goldmann, 89, French cinema sociologist.
  • Phil Krueger, 90, American football player, coach (Utah State Aggies, Fresno State Bulldogs), and general manager (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
  • Liliane Mandema, 61, Dutch athlete, cancer.
  • Carlos Luis Morales, 55, Ecuadorian footballer (Independiente, Emelec, national team) and politician, cardiocirculatory arrest.
  • Dick Oxtoby, 80, English footballer (Tranmere Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Runcorn), Lewy body dementia.
  • Harry Penk, 85, English footballer (Wigan Athletic, Plymouth Argyle, Southampton).
  • Pierino Prati, 73, Italian footballer (Milan, Roma, national team), cancer.
  • Joel Schumacher, 80, American film director (The Lost BoysFalling DownBatman Forever), cancer.
  • Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui, 76, Pakistani academic.
  • Shirley Adelson Siegel, 101, American lawyer, complications from a stroke.
  • Stewart Speed, 77, New Zealand cricketer (Auckland).
  • Karlman Wasserman, 93, American physiologist (Wasserman 9-Panel Plot).
  • Thomas Welder, 80, American Benedictine nun and educator, President of the University of Mary (1978–2009), kidney cancer.

23

  • Saadi Toma Abbas, 81, Iraqi politician, Minister of Defence (1990–1991).
  • Shafkat Bose Adewoyin, Nigerian actress.
  • Vehbi Akdağ, 71, Turkish freestyle wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1972).
  • Nikos Alefantos, 81, Greek football player (Atromitos Piraeus, Panegialios) and manager (Olympiacos), heart attack.
  • Ryan Anthony, 51, American trumpeter (Canadian Brass, Dallas Symphony Orchestra), multiple myeloma.
  • Harry Basch, 94, American actor (Falcon Crest).
  • Jean-Michel Bokamba-Yangouma, Congolese trade unionist and politician, COVID-19.
  • Xabiiba Cabdilaahi, 58, Djiboutian singer.
  • Lydia Chagoll, 89, Dutch-born Belgian dancer, choreographer and film director.
  • Lawrence Chelin, 61, South African footballer (Arcadia Shepherds, Durban City F.C., Atlanta Chiefs), leukaemia.
  • Nikolai Fadeyechev, 87, Russian ballet dancer and teacher, People’s Artist of the USSR (1976).
  • Michael Falzon, 48, Australian musical actor and producer, cancer.
  • Aziz Ur Rahman Hazarvi, 72, Pakistani Islamic scholar.
  • Dick Jefferies, 88, English palaeontologist.
  • Arthur Keaveney, 68, Irish historian, COVID-19.
  • Jurjaan Koolen, 81, Dutch Olympic volleyball player (1964).
  • Li Zhensheng, 79, Chinese photojournalist, cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Jampel Lodoy, 44, Russian-Tuvan Buddhist lama, Kamby Lama of Tuva (2005–2010, since 2019), COVID-19.
  • Justin Love, 41, American basketball player (Saint Louis Billikens, Beijing Olympians, BC Odessa).
  • Mike McCool, 68, New Zealand rugby union player (Hawke’s Bay, Wairarapa Bush, national team).
  • Margarita Pracatan, 89, Cuban novelty singer.
  • Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, 91, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rancagua (1993–2004) and Iquique (1984–1988), cancer.
  • Patricio Rodríguez, 81, Chilean tennis player, cancer.
  • Nilamber Dev Sharma, 88, Indian writer and literary scholar.
  • Liam Treadwell, 34, English National Hunt jockey.
  • César Bosco Vivas Robelo, 78, Nicaraguan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of León (1991–2019).

24

  • Gösta Ågren, 83, Finnish poet.
  • Alfredo Biondi, 91, Italian politician, MP (1968–1972, 1979–2008), Minister of Justice (1994–1995) and Environment (1983–1984).
  • Harry Britt, 82, American political activist, member (1979–1993) and president (1989–1990) of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
  • Cees de Bruin, 74, Dutch financier and investor.
  • Robert L. Carneiro, 93, American anthropologist.
  • Étienne Cerexhe, 89, Belgian politician and judge, member of the Senate (1985–1987) and Chamber of Representatives (1988–1991).
  • Ding-Shinn Chen, 76, Taiwanese hepatologist, pancreatic cancer.
  • Lester Crystal, 85, American news executive (PBS NewsHourNBC Nightly News), president of NBC News (1977–1979), stomach cancer and pneumonia.
  • Jacques Demêtre, 96, French blues historian.
  • Shelagh Duffett, 65, Scottish-born Canadian artist, pancreatic cancer.
  • Ralph Dunagin, 83, American cartoonist (The MiddletonsGrin and Bear It).
  • Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi, 73, Ukrainian football player and manager (Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk, Karpaty Lviv).
  • Marc Fumaroli, 88, French historian and essayist.
  • Sir Anthony Hammond, 79, British lawyer and public servant, Treasury Solicitor (1997–2000).
  • Michael Hawley, 58, American educator, pianist and visual artist, colon cancer.
  • Alan Howard, 91, English nutritionist.
  • Roger Johnston, 90, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1977–1980).
  • Eddie Kasko, 88, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros) and manager (Boston Red Sox).
  • Claude Le Péron, 72, French bass guitarist.
  • David MacLennan, 82, Canadian biochemist.
  • Mohammed Yaseen Mohammed, 57, Iraqi Olympic weightlifter (1980, 1984), COVID-19.
  • Jane Parker-Smith, 70, British classical organist.
  • Wan Gengyu, 98, Chinese painter and dunhuangologist.
  • Nigel Weiss, 83, South African astronomer and mathematician.

25

  • Perry Adkisson, 91, American entomologist and academic administrator, Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System (1986–1990).
  • Abiola Ajimobi, 70, Nigerian politician, Senator (2004–2007) and Governor of Oyo State (2011–2019), COVID-19.
  • Suzana Amaral, 88, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (Hour of the StarA Hidden Life).
  • A. J. Beirens, 73, Belgian radio producer and journalist, physician assisted suicide.
  • Nimai Bhattacharya, 89, Indian writer.
  • Chen Zhaoyuan, 89, Chinese engineer.
  • Patrice Gélard, 81, French politician, Senator (1995–2014).
  • Lester Grinspoon, 92, American psychiatrist and marijuana advocate (Marihuana Reconsidered).
  • Richard Grove, 64, British environmental historian.
  • Owen Harries, 90, Welsh-born Australian academic and magazine editor.
  • Huey, 32, American rapper (“Pop, Lock & Drop It”), shot.
  • Lonnie Ingram, 72, American microbiologist.
  • John Kennedy Sr., 91, Australian Hall of Fame football player and coach (Hawthorn, North Melbourne).
  • Olivier Le Fèvre, 59, French astrophysicist, brain cancer.
  • Tien-Yien Li, 75, Chinese-born American mathematician.
  • Liu Guangning, 81, Chinese voice actor.
  • Emeka Mamale, 42, Congolese footballer (DC Motema Pembe, Kaizer Chiefs, national team).
  • Kilasu Massamba, 69, Congolese footballer (AS Dragons, national team).
  • Maria Mayans Juan, 90, Spanish singer.
  • Art Miller Jr., 73, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate (1977–2002), lung cancer.
  • Juan Ostoic, 89, Chilean Olympic basketball player (1952, 1956), heart failure.
  • Papaléo Paes, 67, Brazilian politician, Senator (2003–2011) and Vice Governor of Amapá (2015–2018), COVID-19.
  • Ionuț Popa, 67, Romanian football player and manager (UTA Arad, Bihor Oradea, Politehnica Iași).
  • Marga Richter, 93, American composer.
  • Joe Sinnott, 93, American Hall of Fame comic book artist (The AvengersThorFantastic Four).
  • Hans Sleutelaar, 84, Dutch poet.
  • Peter E. Toschek, 87, German physicist.
  • Maya Ulanovskaya, 87, American-born Russian-Israeli political dissident, writer and translator.
  • Ivan Utrobin, 86, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).
  • Wendy Wheeler, 71, British literary scholar and semiotician.

26

  • Abdoulatifou Aly, 60, Malagasy-born French Mahoran politician, Deputy (2007–2012).
  • Kelly Asbury, 60, American animator and film director (Spirit: Stallion of the CimarronShrek 2Gnomeo & Juliet), abdominal cancer.
  • Pierre-Antoine-Jean Bach, 87, French-born Laotian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (1971–1975).
  • Katrin Beinroth, 38, German judoka, European open class champion (2003).
  • Hermes Binner, 77, Argentine politician, Governor of Santa Fe (2007–2011) and Mayor of Rosario (1995–2003), pneumonia.
  • Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., 82, American terrorist and convicted murderer (16th Street Baptist Church bombing).
  • Francis Carnwath, 80, British banker and charity executive.
  • Chen Peiqiu, 97, Chinese painter and calligrapher.
  • Choi Suk-hyeon, 22, South Korean triathlete, suicide.
  • Ed Conroy, 73, Canadian politician, MLA for Rossland-Trail (1991–2001).
  • Stuart Cornfeld, 67, American film producer (ZoolanderDodgeball: A True Underdog StoryTropic Thunder), cancer.
  • Marcela Costales, 68, Ecuadorian historian and politician.
  • Robert Donnelly, 58, Scottish footballer (Clyde). (death announced on this date)
  • James Dunn, 80, British theologian.
  • Theo Foley, 83, Irish football player (Burnley, Northampton Town, national team).
  • Richard Gelles, 73, American sociologist, brain cancer.
  • Arnie Ginsburg, 93, American disc jockey (WMEX).
  • Milton Glaser, 91, American graphic designer, creator of the I ❤ NY slogan and co-founder of New York magazine, stroke and renal failure.
  • Bernhard van Haersma Buma, 88, Dutch politician, mayor of Workum (1962–1970) and Sneek (1970–1993).
  • Fred Hammer, 90, Luxembourgian sprinter (1952, 1956).
  • Munawar Hasan, 78, Pakistani politician, Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (2009–2014), COVID-19.
  • Madeleine Juneau, 74, Canadian museologist (Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal).
  • Margaret Jurgensmeier, 85, American baseball player (Rockford Peaches).
  • Tami Lynn, 77–78, American soul singer.
  • Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock, 75, British politician, MP (1993–1997), Lord Temporal (since 1997) and President of the Liberal Democrats (1999–2000).
  • Félix de Almeida Mendonça, 92, Brazilian politician, Deputy (1983–1987, 1991–2011), COVID-19.
  • Yordan Milanov, 95, Bulgarian military officer.
  • Rosemarie Müller-Streisand, 96, German church historian and theologian.
  • Faqir Nabi, 67, Afghan actor, COVID-19.
  • Maria Nanaeva, 93, Kyrgyz pharmacologist.
  • William Negri, 84, Italian footballer (Mantova, Bologna, national team).
  • Tony Pidgley, 72, British property developer and financier (Berkeley Group).
  • Jaroslav Pollák, 72, Slovak footballer (Sparta Prague, Austria Salzburg, national team).
  • Taryn Power, 66, American actress (The Count of Monte CristoSinbad and the Eye of the TigerEating), leukemia.
  • Ramon Revilla Sr., 93, Filipino actor (Iyo ang Tondo Kanya ang CaviteArrest: Pat. Rizal AlihExodus: Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom) and politician, Senator (1992–2004), heart failure.
  • Viola Sachs, 90, Polish professor of literature.
  • Don Seymour, 58, Canadian Hall of Fame jockey.
  • John Springall, 87, English cricketer (Nottinghamshire).
  • Julianus Kemo Sunarko, 78, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Purwokerto (2000–2016).
  • Narcisa Toldrà, 96, Spanish musician.
  • Arthur Williamson, 89, Scottish footballer (Southend United).

27

  • Belaid Abdessalam, 91, Algerian politician, Prime Minister (1992–1993).
  • Clarice Amaral, 84, Brazilian radio and television presenter.
  • Norman C. Anderson, 92, American politician.
  • Belén Bermejo, 50–51, Spanish publisher, cancer.
  • Pete Carr, 70, American guitarist (LeBlanc and Carr, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section).
  • Freddy Cole, 88, American jazz singer and pianist, complications from cardiovascular disease.
  • Linda Cristal, 89, Argentine actress (The Perfect FurloughThe High ChaparralMr. Majestyk).
  • Antonio Cuenco, 84, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (1965–1969, 1987–1998, 2001–2010), COVID-19.
  • Julian Curry, 82, English actor (Rumpole of the BaileySky Captain and the World of TomorrowEscape to Victory).
  • Adrian Devine, 68, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers), cancer.
  • Tom Finn, 71, American musician (The Left Banke) and DJ.
  • Eva Galvache, 57, Spanish journalist.
  • Susan Laughlin, 88, American politician.
  • Giuseppe Matarrese, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Frascati (1989–2009).
  • Margaret Morton, 71, American photographer, leukemia.
  • Nwam Jar Thaing, 67, Burmese writer, heart failure.
  • Ilija Petković, 74, Serbian football player (OFK Beograd, Yugoslavia national team) and manager (national team), COVID-19.
  • Nicola Quarta, 92, Italian politician, Deputy (1978–1983).
  • Mats Rådberg, 72, Swedish singer.
  • Mihai Romilă, 69, Romanian footballer (Politehnica Iași, Dunărea Galați, national team).
  • Luciano Rondinella, 86, Italian singer and actor.
  • Sander Schnitger, 61, Dutch air force general, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (2012–2016).
  • David Stronach, 89, Scottish archaeologist.
  • Arja Tuomarila, 78, Finnish singer and continuity announcer.
  • Bob Warner, 69, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
  • Khalid Wazir, 84, Pakistani cricketer (national team).
  • Jack Whittaker, 72, American Powerball lottery winner.

28

  • Nasir Ajanah, 64, Nigerian judge, Chief Judge of Kogi State (since 2004), COVID-19.
  • Rudolfo Anaya, 82, American author (Bless Me, Ultima).
  • Kim Bridgford, 60, American poet and professor, cancer.
  • Joe Bugel, 80, American football coach (Phoenix Cardinals, Oakland Raiders, Washington Redskins).
  • Zuriñe del Cerro, 64, Spanish feminist activist.
  • Marián Čišovský, 40, Slovak footballer (Inter Bratislava, Viktoria Plzeň, national team), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Manuel Donley, 92, Mexican-born American Tejano singer and musician.
  • Simon H. Fell, 61, English bassist and composer.
  • Klaus Francke, 83, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1976–1998, 2001–2002).
  • Jim Holloway, American artist (Dungeons & Dragons).
  • Edward Kleinbard, 68, American lawyer and tax academic, cancer.
  • John Kneebone, 84, New Zealand farming leader.
  • Silvia Lazarte, 56, Bolivian politician, President of the Constituent Assembly (2006–2008).
  • Louis Mahoney, 81, Gambian-born British actor (Omen III: The Final ConflictDoctor WhoCaptain Phillips).
  • Bill McFarlane, 90, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).
  • Matthew Morris, 51, Australian politician, New South Wales MP (2003–2011).
  • Geetha Nagabhushan, 78, Indian writer, cardiac arrest.
  • Dame Ingrid Roscoe, 76, English writer, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire (2004–2018).
  • Jim Ross, 90, New Zealand educationalist and public servant.
  • Shen Jilan, 90, Chinese politician, delegate to the National People’s Congress (since 1954), stomach cancer.
  • Mimi Soltysik, 45, American socialist activist, co-chair of the Socialist Party USA (2013–2015), liver cancer.
  • Md. Shahjahan Ali Talukder, 65, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1988–1990), COVID-19.
  • Yu Lan, 99, Chinese actress (A Revolutionary Family).

29

  • Bode Akindele, 88, Nigerian industrialist.
  • Tatyana Aleynikova, 89, Russian neurophysiologist, psychophysiologist and psychoanalyst.
  • Efraín Barquero, 89, Chilean poet.
  • Richard Brooke, 93, British explorer.
  • Abdullah al Mohsin Chowdhury, 57, Bangladeshi civil servant, Defence Secretary (since 2020), COVID-19.
  • James Paul Churchill, 96, American jurist, Judge of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Michigan (since 1974).
  • Gernot Endemann, 77, German actor (Sesamstraße).
  • Juliana Fariña González, 74, Spanish physician.
  • James Douglas Henderson, 93, Canadian politician.
  • Hachalu Hundessa, 34, Ethiopian singer-songwriter, shot.
  • Jan Krajenbrink, 78, Dutch politician (House of Representatives, mayor of Woudenberg).
  • Gene Lakusiak, 78, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers), dementia.
  • Kamruddin Ahia Khan Majlish, Bangladeshi politician, cardiac arrest.
  • Johnny Mandel, 94, American composer (“Suicide Is Painless”, “The Shadow of Your Smile”, “Emily”), Grammy winner (1966).
  • Ernesto Marcel, 72, Panamanian boxer, WBA featherweight champion (1972–1974).
  • Paula Marckx, 94, Belgian model, journalist and pilot (Marckx v Belgium).
  • Benny Mardones, 73, American singer-songwriter (“Into the Night”), Parkinson’s disease.
  • Marian Orzechowski, 88, Polish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1985–1988).
  • Kevin Pay, 80, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
  • Svend Aage Rask, 84, Danish footballer (B 1909, national team).
  • Carl Reiner, 98, American actor, film director and writer (The Dick Van Dyke ShowOcean’s ElevenThe Jerk), Grammy winner (1999), nine-time Emmy winner, complications from a fall.
  • Ken Shadie, 84, Australian screenwriter (Crocodile Dundee), cancer.
  • Albert Sulon, 82, Belgian footballer (Club Liège, national team).
  • Anthony Terlato, 86, American winemaker.
  • Fredrick Töben, 76, German-born Australian Holocaust denier.
  • Irina Aleksandrovna Tyulina, 98, Russian science historian.
  • Willie Wright, 80, American soul singer.

30

  • Joe Arenas, 94, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
  • Ivo Banac, 73, Croatian historian and politician, president of the Liberal Party (2003–2004), MP (2003–2008).
  • Tim Brooks, 72, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (BTW, GCW, SCW), cancer.
  • Elena Flerova, 76, Russian artist (Artists’ Union of the USSR).
  • Ludwig Finscher, 90, German musicologist (Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart).
  • Dan Hicks, 68, American actor (Evil Dead IIDarkmanIntruder), cancer.
  • Aleksandr Kabanov, 72, Russian water polo player, Olympic champion (1972, 1980).
  • Alfred Kotey, 52, Ghanaian Olympic boxer (1988), WBO bantamweight champion (1993–1994), complications from a stroke.
  • Henry Martin, 94, American cartoonist.
  • John Metras, 70, American-born Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
  • Walter Nita, 69, Dutch singer.
  • J. Nagbe Sloh, 55, Liberian politician and media executive, member of the House of Representatives.
  • Xiao Bilian, 96, Chinese endocrinologist.