Deaths in November 2020

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The following is a list of notable deaths in November 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.

November 2020

1

  • Carol Arthur, 85, American actress (Blazing Saddles), Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Julio Bécquer, 88, Cuban baseball player (Washington Senators, Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins).
  • Tonny Bruins Slot, 73, Dutch football manager (FC Barcelona, Ajax, Benfica).
  • Rachel Caine, 58, American novelist, soft-tissue sarcoma.
  • Chang Yi, 68, Taiwanese film director (Jade Love, Kuei-Mei, a Woman), co-founder of Liuli Gongfang.
  • Paul Crane, 76, American football player (New York Jets).
  • Ali El Kenz, 74, Algerian writer and sociologist.
  • John R. Dunne, 90, American jurist and politician, member of the New York Senate.
  • Tuomas Gerdt, 98, Finnish military officer, last surviving Mannerheim Cross recipient.
  • Yalçın Granit, 88, Turkish Olympic basketball player (1952).
  • Eddie Hassell, 30, American actor (The Kids Are All Right, Surface, Devious Maids), shot.
  • Keith Hitchins, 89, American historian specialized on Romanian history.
  • Pedro Iturralde, 91, Spanish saxophonist and composer.
  • Phil K, 51, Australian DJ (Lostep), bladder cancer.
  • Dan Kohn, 47, American entrepreneur, founder of NetMarket, complications from colon cancer.
  • Burhan Kuzu, 65, Turkish politician, MP (2002–2018), COVID-19.
  • Nikolay Maksyuta, 73, Russian politician, Governor of Volgograd Oblast (1997–2010), COVID-19.
  • Don McDermott, 90, American speed skater, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
  • Nikki McKibbin, 42, American singer-songwriter and reality show contestant (American Idol), brain aneurysm.
  • Des Moore, 88, Australian economist.
  • Jorge Núñez Sánchez, 73, Ecuadorian writer and historian, cancer.
  • Ronnie Peel, 74, Australian guitarist and singer (Thunderclap Newman, The La De Da’s, John Paul Young).
  • Stafford Poole, 90, American Catholic priest and research historian.
  • Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy, 96, Indian anti-Apartheid activist.
  • Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, 79, British socialite.
  • Tinín, 74, Spanish matador.
  • Billy Tubbs, 85, American basketball coach (Lamar Cardinals, Oklahoma Sooners, TCU Horned Frogs), leukemia.

2

  • Dietrich Adam, 67, German actor (Mostly Martha, French for Beginners, Storm of Love).
  • Robert Sam Anson, 75, American journalist and author.
  • Earl Brian, 78, American physician and businessman.
  • Dorothy Christ, 95, American baseball player (South Bend Blue Sox).
  • Nancy Darsch, 68, American basketball coach, Olympic champion (1984, 1996), complications from Parkinson’s disease.
  • Léo de Almeida Neves, 88, Brazilian politician, economist and lawyer, Deputy (1967–1969, 1983–1987), intestinal problems.
  • Rajko Đurić, 73, Serbian writer.
  • Roy Edwards, 66, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (since 2015), COVID-19.
  • Peter Goodwright, 84, English impressionist (Who Do You Do?).
  • Chuck Hartman, 85, American baseball coach (Virginia Tech Hokies).
  • Ashish Kakkad, 49, Indian film director (Mission Mummy), writer and actor (Kai Po Che!, Vitamin She), heart attack.
  • T. N. Krishnan, 92, Indian Carnatic violinist.
  • Ahmed Laraki, 89, Moroccan politician, Prime Minister (1969–1971).
  • Euan MacKie, 84, British archaeologist and anthropologist.
  • Bhagirathi Majhi, 66, Indian politician, MP (2006–2010), COVID-19.
  • Trevor Malloch, 91, New Zealand cricketer (Wellington).
  • Oscar W. McConkie Jr., 94, American politician, President of the Utah State Senate (1965–1966), COVID-19.
  • Raju Mishra, 72, Indian cinematographer (Aranya Rodan, Nirbachana, Joymoti), screenwriter and film director, cardiac arrest.
  • Park Ji-sun, 35, South Korean comedian and actress.
  • Gigi Proietti, 80, Italian actor (Febbre da cavallo, Lady Liberty, Brancaleone at the Crusades) and comedian, heart attack.
  • Rodolfo Rabanal, 80, Argentine writer and journalist, brain cancer.
  • Elsa Raven, 91, American actress (Back to the Future, Amen, Titanic).
  • John Sessions, 67, British actor and comedian (Stella Street, Spitting Image, Whose Line Is It Anyway?), heart attack.
  • Satish Prasad Singh, 84, Indian politician, MP (1980–1984) and Chief Minister of Bihar (1968), COVID-19.
  • Maria Tsien, 95, American actress.
  • Max Ward, 98, Canadian aviator, founder of Wardair.
  • Baron Wolman, 83, American photographer (Rolling Stone), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

3

  • Isaac Alvarez, 90, French actor and mime.
  • Anthony Van Dyck, 4, Irish racehorse, euthanised.
  • Irvin Baxter Jr., 75, American Pentecostal preacher and televangelist, COVID-19.
  • Henry Brind, 93, British diplomat, ambassador to Somalia (1977–1980) and high commissioner to Malawi (1983–1987).
  • Gennady Bukharin, 91, Russian sprint canoeist, double World champion (1958).
  • Blair Campbell, 74, Australian cricketer (Victoria, Tasmania) and footballer (Richmond).
  • Taymi Chappe, 52, Cuban-Spanish Olympic fencer (1996).
  • Anne Covell, 70, Canadian Olympic athlete (1968).
  • Claude Giraud, 84, French actor (Angélique, Marquise des Anges, Circle of Love, The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob).
  • William Helburn, 96, American photographer.
  • Dharshibhai Khanpura, 80, Indian politician, Gujarat MLA (1990–2007, 2012–2017), COVID-19.
  • Matti Laakso, 79, Finnish Olympic wrestler (1960, 1964, 1972).
  • Faustas Latėnas, 64, Lithuanian composer (My Little Wife, Wooden Staircase).
  • Seno Nugroho, 48, Indonesian artist and puppeteer, heart attack.
  • Aileen Passloff, 89, American dancer and choreographer, heart failure.
  • Jacques Pereira, 65, Portuguese footballer (Braga, Porto, national team), heart failure.
  • H. G. Somashekar Rao, 86, Indian actor (27 Mavalli Circle, Mithileya Seetheyaru, Koormavatara), cardiac arrest.
  • Grzegorz Szerszenowicz, 75, Polish footballer (Broń Radom, Jagiellonia Białystok, Mazur Ełk).
  • Don Talbot, 87, Australian Olympic Hall of Fame swimming coach.

4

  • Lakhdar Bouregaa, 87, Algerian independentist militant, COVID-19.
  • Maurice Faivre, 94, French general and political scientist.
  • Theodore Friend, 89, American historian, president of Swarthmore College (1973–1982), cancer.
  • Ken Hensley, 75, English singer-songwriter (Uriah Heep, Blackfoot, Toe Fat).
  • Bruce Hurley, 86, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1971–1989).
  • Faraaz Khan, 50, Indian actor (Fareb, Mehndi, Achanak 37 Saal Baad), neurological disease.
  • Benjamin LaGuer, 57, American convicted rapist, liver disease.
  • Naomi Long Madgett, 97, American poet.
  • Sergio Matteucci, 89, Italian voice actor and radio presenter.
  • Tom Metzger, 82, American white supremacist, founder of White Aryan Resistance, Parkinson’s disease.
  • John Meyer, 78, American football player (Houston Oilers) and coach (Green Bay Packers, Boston/New England Patriots), COVID-19.
  • Adam David Miller, 98, American poet and memoirist.
  • Moncef Ouannes, 63–64, Tunisian sociologist, COVID-19.
  • Abdul Rashid, 73, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic champion (1968).
  • Shakey Rodriguez, 67, American basketball coach (FIU Panthers), brain aneurysm.
  • Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, 78, Mexican admiral, Secretary of the Navy (2006–2012).
  • Montinee Tangphong, 35, Thai tennis player, lymphoma.
  • Matt Tees, 81, Scottish footballer (Grimsby Town, Charlton Athletic, Airdrieonians).
  • Jean-Pierre Vincent, 78, French theatre actor and director, Administrator of the Comédie-Française (1983–1986).
  • Jan Vrba, 83, Czech politician, Minister of Industry (1990–1992).
  • Ernest Westfield, 80, American baseball player (Birmingham Black Barons).
  • Luis Zapata, 69, Mexican writer.

5

  • Len Barry, 78, American singer (“1-2-3”, “Bristol Stomp”), myelodysplasia.
  • Yuvensius Alfonsius Biakai, 63, Indonesian politician, Regent of Asmat (2005–2015).
  • Maggie Crotty, 72, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate (2003–2009).
  • François d’Harcourt, 91, French politician, Deputy (1973–1997).
  • Jacques Glowinski, 84, French pharmacist.
  • David Hawkins, 86, Australian Olympic swimmer.
  • Jim Marurai, 73, Cook Island politician, Prime Minister (2004–2010), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009) and MP (1994–2017).
  • Barbara McAulay, 91, Australian Olympic diver (1956).
  • Ouyang Zhongshi, 92, Chinese calligrapher.
  • Leonid Osipov, 77, Russian water polo player, Olympic champion (1972).
  • Geoffrey Palmer, 93, British actor (As Time Goes By, Butterflies, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin).
  • Johnny Paredes, 58, Venezuelan baseball player (Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers), cancer.
  • Robert Peterson, 83, Canadian politician, Senator (2005–2012).
  • Janine Puget, 93, French-born Argentine psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
  • Jim Ramstad, 74, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1981–1991) and U.S. House of Representatives (1991–2009), Parkinson’s disease.
  • Reynaert, 65, Belgian singer (“Laissez briller le soleil”), COVID-19.
  • Joseph Rishel, 80, American art curator, complications from Parkinson’s disease.
  • Ossi Runne, 93, Finnish trumpeter, orchestra leader and composer (“Playboy”).
  • Pierre Simonet, 99, French militant and international civil servant.
  • Géza Szőcs, 67, Romanian-Hungarian poet and politician, Secretary of State for Culture (2010–2012), COVID-19.
  • Govardhan Upadhyay, 77, Indian politician, Madhya Pradesh MLA (1985–1990, 2013–2018).
  • Gordon Van Wylen, 100, American physicist and academic administrator, President of Hope College (1972–1987), COVID-19.
  • Joy Westmore, 88, Australian actress (Prisoner, Neighbours, Blue Heelers).

6

  • Caprino Alendy, 68, Surinamese politician, MP (1991–2010).
  • Giuseppe Amadei, 101, Italian politician, Deputy (1958–1987).
  • Mick Barry, 77, Australian rugby union player (national team), drowned.
  • Jean-Michel Boris, 87, French artistic director, Director General of the Olympia (1979–2001).
  • Paul Carey, 41, Irish hurler, traffic collision.
  • Patrick Chokala, 72, Tanzanian diplomat, Ambassador to Russia (2002–2004), heart attack.
  • Ray Daviault, 86, Canadian baseball player (New York Mets).
  • Dovid Feinstein, 91, Belarusian-born American Orthodox rabbi, rosh yeshiva of the Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem (since 1986).
  • June Foulds, 86, British athlete, Olympic silver (1956) and bronze medalist (1952).
  • Jean-Michel Goudard, 80, French public relations executive (BBDO).
  • Harry Holman, 62, English footballer (Exeter City, Peterborough United).
  • King Von, 26, American rapper, shot.
  • Mluleki Ndobe, 46, South African politician, member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature (since 2019), suicide by gunshot.
  • Jim Neilson, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
  • Andrzej Owczarek, 70, Polish politician and teacher, mayor of Łask (1990–1998), member of Senate (2005–2015), COVID-19.
  • Jim Radford, 92, English folk singer-songwriter and peace activist, COVID-19.
  • Luke Rhinehart, 87, American author (The Dice Man).
  • Les Rohr, 74, British-born American baseball player (New York Mets).
  • Timur Selçuk, 74, Turkish singer, pianist and composer (“Bana Bana”).
  • Bernard Sesé, 91, French academic, essayist, poet, and translator.
  • Piero Simondo, 92, Italian artist.
  • Fernando Solanas, 84, Argentine film director (The Hour of the Furnaces, Tangos, the Exile of Gardel, Social Genocide) and politician, Senator (2013–2019), COVID-19.
  • Ken Spears, 82, American animator and television producer (Scooby-Doo, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, Alvin and the Chipmunks), complications from Lewy body dementia.
  • Gerald Stone, 87, American-born Australian television producer (60 Minutes) and journalist.
  • Constantin Dan Vasiliu, 69, Romanian politician, Senator (1992–2004).
  • Oliver Winterbottom, 76, British automotive designer.
  • Nathan Zach, 89, Israeli poet.
  • Mikhail Zhvanetsky, 86, Ukrainian-Russian writer and satirist, People’s Artist of Russia (2012).

7

  • Adrian Cahill, 49, Irish hurler (Offaly).
  • Cándido Camero, 99, Cuban jazz percussionist.
  • Chung Laung Liu, 86, Chinese-born Taiwanese computer scientist.
  • Cyril Colbeau-Justin, 50, French film producer (Me, Myself and Mum, The Last Deadly Mission), cancer.
  • Norm Crosby, 93, American comedian and actor (Eight Crazy Nights).
  • John Fraser, 89, Scottish actor (The Good Companions, The Trials of Oscar Wilde, Repulsion), cancer.
  • Vasile Gherasim, 70, Romanian politician, mayor of Sector 1 (2000–2004) and Deputy (2008–2012), COVID-19.
  • Edwin Gilbert, 91, American swimmer.
  • Abdelkader Guerroudj, 92, Algerian political activist.
  • Henry Haller, 97, Swiss-American chef, White House Executive Chef (1966–1987).
  • Bones Hillman, 62, New Zealand bassist (Midnight Oil, The Swingers, Suburban Reptiles), cancer.
  • Fred Hills, 85, American literary editor, complications from prostate cancer.
  • Hou Feng, 92, Chinese plant breeding engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
  • Pierre Lataillade, 87, French politician, Mayor of Arcachon (1985–2001).
  • Jeanne Little, 82, Australian entertainer (The Mike Walsh Show, Cuckoo in the Nest, Beauty and the Beast).
  • Rina Macrelli, 91, Italian screenwriter and essayist.
  • Jean Maissant, 94, French Olympic discus thrower (1952).
  • Mike McCormack, 98, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1971–1981), Washington House of Representatives (1957–1961) and Senate (1961–1970).
  • Jean-Marie Mérigoux, 82, French Roman Catholic priest.
  • Sakari Paasonen, 85, Finnish Olympic shooter (1988, 1992).
  • Edward J. Perkins, 92, American diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations, South Africa and Liberia.
  • Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks, 72, British Orthodox rabbi, Chief Rabbi of the United Synagogue (1991–2013) and member of the House of Lords (since 2013), cancer.
  • Moustafa Safouan, 99, Egyptian psychoanalyst.
  • Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, 79, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Medan (2009–2018), COVID-19.
  • Willie Smith, 64, American sprinter, Olympic champion (1984).
  • Song Jae-ho, 83, South Korean actor (Yeong-ja’s Heydays, Memories of Murder, The President’s Last Bang).
  • Anatoly Mikhailovich Stepin, 80, Russian mathematician.
  • Sir Philip Wroughton, 86, British businessman and public servant, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (1995–2008).
  • Yang Zhenduo, 94, Chinese martial artist.
  • Vera Zima, 67, Croatian actress (Love Letters with Intent, Cashier Wants to Go to the Seaside, Sorry for Kung Fu).

8

  • Joseph Altairac, 63, French literary critic and essayist.
  • Mohammed Bakar, 75, Malaysian Olympic football player (1972), (Penang FA, national team) and manager, bone marrow failure.
  • Oscar Benton, 71, Dutch vocalist (“Bensonhurst Blues”).
  • Herman Daled, 90, Belgian art collector.
  • Horst David, 81, German serial killer.
  • Clive Griffiths, 91, Australian politician, President (1977–1997) and member (1965–1997) of the Western Australian Legislative Council.
  • Raphael Hadane, 97, Ethiopian-Israeli religious leader, Kahen of Beta Israel.
  • Cliff Joseph, 98, Panama-born American artist.
  • Sanchaman Limboo, 73, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Sikkim (1994).
  • Howie Meeker, 97, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), commentator (HNIC) and politician, MP (1951–1953), four-time Stanley Cup champion.
  • Marc Metdepenningen, 62, Belgian journalist.
  • Stéphane Moulin, 57, French football referee.
  • Chuck Mrazovich, 96, American basketball player (Anderson Packers, Indianapolis Olympians).
  • Jean-Yves Nau, 68, French physician and scientific journalist.
  • Richard Neely, 79, American judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1973–1995), liver cancer.
  • Heidar Shonjani, 74, Iranian Olympic swimmer (1964) and water polo player (1976).
  • Ataullah Siddiqui, 66, Indian-born British scholar of Islam, cancer.
  • Miro Steržaj, 87, Slovene nine-pin bowler, businessman and politician, mayor of Ljutomer (1988–1992).
  • Seymour Topping, 98, American journalist (The New York Times), stroke.
  • Alex Trebek, 80, Canadian-American game show host (Jeopardy!, High Rollers, Classic Concentration), seven-time Emmy winner, pancreatic cancer.
  • Víctor Valencia de los Santos, 61, Mexican politician, Deputy (2006–2008), COVID-19.
  • Vanusa, 73, Brazilian singer.
  • Andrzej Wawrzyniak, 88, Polish diplomat and art collector.

9

  • Fernando Atzori, 78, Italian boxer, Olympic champion (1964).
  • Bruno Barbey, 79, Moroccan-born French photographer.
  • Virginia Bonci, 71, Romanian Olympic athlete (1968).
  • Foster Castleman, 89, American baseball player (New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles).
  • Daryono, 26, Indonesian footballer (Persija Jakarta, Badak Lampung), dengue fever.
  • Charles M. Eastman, 80, American architect.
  • Glenn Ezell, 76, American baseball executive (Detroit Tigers) and coach (Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals).
  • W. D. Ariyasinghe, 64, Sri Lankan musician.
  • Domènec Fita i Molat, 93, Spanish painter and sculptor.
  • Charles-Henri Flammarion, 74, French literary editor.
  • Tom Heinsohn, 86, American Hall of Fame basketball player, coach, and broadcaster (Boston Celtics), NBA Champion (1957, 1959–1965, 1974, 1976).
  • Israel Horovitz, 81, American playwright and screenwriter (Author! Author!, Sunshine, James Dean).
  • Harry R. Jackson Jr., 66, American Christian preacher and Pentecostal bishop.
  • Gordon Joseloff, 75, American journalist (CBS News), myelofibrosis.
  • John Kinsela, 70, Australian Olympic wrestler (1968, 1972).
  • Robert Layton, 90, English musicologist and music critic.
  • Lawrence LeShan, 100, American psychologist, educator and author.
  • Lê Dinh, 86, Vietnamese-Canadian songwriter.
  • Edward McClain, 80, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1995–2009).
  • C. Moyinkutty, 77, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (1996–2016), liver disease.
  • Dan Pfister, 83, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics).
  • Marco Santagata, 73, Italian writer and academic, COVID-19.
  • Eleanor Schano, 88, American journalist, COVID-19.
  • Howard P. Segal, 72, American historian of technology.
  • Amadou Toumani Touré, 72, Malian politician, President (1991–1992, 2002–2012).
  • Shkëlqim Troplini, 54, Albanian Olympic wrestler (1996), COVID-19.
  • William G. T. Tuttle Jr., 84, American general.
  • Carlos G. Vallés, 95, Spanish-Indian Jesuit priest and author.
  • Doug Wragg, 86, English footballer (Rochdale, West Ham United, Mansfield Town).
  • Basil Yamey, 101, South African economist.
  • Daniel Yonnet, 87, French journalist and literary critic.

10

  • Hanane Al-Barassi, 46, Libyan anti-corruption and women’s rights activist, shot.
  • Alec Baillie, American bassist (Choking Victim, Leftöver Crack).
  • Carlo Bordini, 82, Italian poet.
  • Charles Corver, 84, Dutch football referee.
  • Graham Cowdrey, 56, English cricketer (Kent).
  • Dino da Costa, 89, Brazilian-born Italian footballer (Botafogo, Roma, Italy national team).
  • Jerzy Derkacz, 70, Polish politician, Senator (1993–1997).
  • DJ Spinbad, 46, American DJ (WHTZ) and record producer.
  • Harold Edwards, 84, American mathematician, colon cancer.
  • Saeb Erekat, 65, Palestinian politician and diplomat (Oslo Accords), MP (since 1996) and Secretary-General of the PLO (since 2015), COVID-19.
  • Renzo Gattegna, 81, Italian lawyer, President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (2006–2016), COVID-19.
  • Vladimir Găitan, 73, Romanian actor (The Reenactment, Accident, Uncle Marin, the Billionaire), cancer.
  • Bob Hantla, 89, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, BC Lions).
  • Luis Ibero, 71, Spanish politician, COVID-19.
  • Bede Lackner, 92, Hungarian-American priest and monk.
  • Igor Moskvin, 91, Russian figure skating coach.
  • Ba Ag Moussa, Malian militant and jihadist, shot.
  • Günther Pfaff, 81, Austrian canoeist, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
  • Isidro Pedraza Chávez, 61, Mexican politician, Senator (2006–2009, 2012–2015), COVID-19.
  • Mahadeepak Singh Shakya, 98, Indian politician, MP (1977–1998).
  • Juan Sol, 73, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Real Madrid, national team).
  • Mila del Sol, 97, Filipino actress (Giliw Ko, Ibong Adarna).
  • Rahayu Supanggah, 71, Indonesian composer.
  • Russell T. Thane, 94, American politician.
  • Tony Waiters, 83, English football player (Blackpool, national team) and manager (Plymouth Argyle).
  • Sven Wollter, 86, Swedish actor (The Sacrifice, The Man on the Roof, A Song for Martin), COVID-19.
  • Amir Yavari, 88, Iranian Olympic boxer (1960).
  • Mahmoud Yavari, 81, Iranian football player (PAS Tehran, national team) and manager (Tractor).

11

  • Mongameli Bobani, 52, South African politician, mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay (2018–2019), COVID-19.
  • Carlos Campos, 83, Chilean footballer (Universidad de Chile, national team), respiratory failure.
  • Shegufta Bakht Chaudhuri, 86, Bangladeshi economist, Governor of Bangladesh Bank (1987–1992).
  • Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí, 80, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Menorca (1991–1999) and Lleida (1999–2007).
  • Justin Cronin, 40, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (2009–2019).
  • Jean Collet, 88, French writer.
  • Titus Davis, 27, American football player (Central Michigan Chippewas), renal medullary carcinoma.
  • Charles DeJurnett, 68, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Rams), cancer.
  • Edward Flak, 72, Polish lawyer and German minority politician, mayor of Olesno (1990–1994, 1998–2006), member of the Sejm (1992–1993).
  • Juan Gómez-Quiñones, 80, Mexican-born American historian.
  • Dame Margaret Guilfoyle, 94, Northern Irish-born Australian politician, Senator (1971–1987), Minister for Finance (1980–1983) and Social Security (1975–1980).
  • Edmund Jagiełło, 73, Polish physician and politician, member of the Sejm (1989–1991), Senator (1991–1993).
  • Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, 84, Bahraini royal and politician, Prime Minister (since 1970).
  • Valentin Khromov, 86, Russian poet.
  • Mark Kosmos, 75, American football player (Ottawa Rough Riders).
  • Mileta Lisica, 54, Serbian-Slovene basketball player (Sloboda Tuzla, Crvena zvezda, Pivovarna Laško).
  • Jorge Llopart, 68, Spanish race walker, Olympic silver medallist (1980), heart attack.
  • Robert Lue, 56, Jamaican biologist, cancer.
  • Thembekile Kimi Makwetu, 54, South African accountant, Auditor-General (since 2013), lung cancer.
  • Les Massie, 85, Scottish footballer (Huddersfield Town).
  • Giuliana Minuzzo, 88, Italian alpine skier, Olympic bronze medallist (1952, 1960).
  • Michel Mongeau, 74, Canadian actor (How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause, Gaz Bar Blues, Shake Hands with the Devil).
  • Reg Morelli, 84, American-Canadian ice hockey player (North Dakota Fighting Hawks).
  • Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, 84, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kaduna State (1979–1981).
  • Netatua Pelesikoti, Tongan environmentalist.
  • Jude Stéfan, 90, French poet.
  • Theresa Stewart, 90, English politician, Lord Mayor of Birmingham (2000–2001).
  • Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles, 98, Portuguese landscape architect and politician, co-founder of the People’s Monarchist Party and the Earth Party.
  • Faye Urban, 75, Canadian tennis player.
  • Marie-Claude Vayssade, 84, French politician, MEP (1979–1994).
  • Andrew White, 78, American jazz saxophonist and musicologist.

12

  • Asif Basra, 53, Indian actor (Outsourced, One Night with the King, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai), suicide by hanging.
  • William T. Beaver, 87, American medical researcher and educator, complications of COVID-19.
  • Wolfgang Engelmann, 78, German politician, MP (1990–1998).
  • Walter J. Gex III, 81, American federal judge, member of the U.S. District Court for Southern Mississippi (since 1986).
  • Alan Glazier, 81, English darts player.
  • Boris Gurevich, 83, Ukrainian wrestler, Olympic champion (1968).
  • Michael Z. Hobson, 83, American comic book publisher (Marvel Comics).
  • Kanybek Isakov, 51, Kyrgyz politician, COVID-19.
  • Surendra Singh Jeena, 50, Indian politician, Uttarakhand MLA (since 2007), COVID-19.
  • Nelly Kaplan, 89, Argentine-born French film director (A Very Curious Girl) and screenwriter, COVID-19.
  • Lynn Kellogg, 77, American singer and actress (Hair, Charro!), COVID-19.
  • Masatoshi Koshiba, 94, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (2002).
  • Jacob M. Landau, 96, Israeli political scientist.
  • Tibor Méray, 96, Hungarian journalist and writer (Catch Me a Spy).
  • Marc Monchal, 85, French army general.
  • John Outterbridge, 87, American sculptor and activist.
  • Piem, 97, French designer.
  • Leonid Potapov, 85, Russian politician, President of Buryatia (1994–2007), COVID-19.
  • Arjun Prajapati, 63, Indian pottery artist, Padma Shri (2010), COVID-19.
  • Dave Quall, 84, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1993–2011).
  • Albert Quixall, 87, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Manchester United, national team).
  • Jerry Rawlings, 73, Ghanaian politician, President (1979, 1981–2001), COVID-19.
  • Gernot Roll, 81, German cinematographer (The Last Escape, Zero Hour, Beyond Silence) and film director.
  • Krasnodar Rora, 75, Croatian football player (Dinamo Zagreb, Yugoslavia national team) and manager (NK Radnik Velika Gorica).
  • Paul Schrieber, 54, American baseball umpire, brain hemorrhage.
  • Guy-Olivier Segond, 75, Swiss politician, Member of the Swiss National Council (1987–1990).
  • Waqar Ahmed Seth, 59, Pakistani jurist, Justice (since 2011) and Chief Justice (since 2018) of the Peshawar High Court, COVID-19.
  • Aldo Tambellini, 90, Italian-American artist, complications from surgery.
  • Sakata Tōjūrō IV, 88, Japanese kabuki actor.
  • Howie Winter, 91, American mobster (Winter Hill Gang), heart attack.

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  • Mohammad Ali, 76, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1996–2001).
  • Thomas J. Allen, 89, American organizational theorist.
  • Vidin Apostolov, 79, Bulgarian footballer (Lokomotiv Sofia, Botev Plovdiv, national team).
  • Ravi Belagere, 62, Indian journalist (Hai Bangalore, O Manase), heart attack.
  • Robert Byron Bird, 96, American chemical engineer.
  • Rik Boel, 89, Belgian politician and judge, Minister of the Interior (1977–1979).
  • João Cunha, 81, Brazilian politician, Deputy (1975–1991).
  • Terry Duerod, 64, American basketball player (Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks), NBA champion (1981), leukemia.
  • József Halzl, 86, Hungarian mechanical engineer, co-founder of the Hungarian Democratic Forum and CEO of MVM Group (1991–1994).
  • Mohand Chérif Hannachi, 70, Algerian football player (national team) and executive.
  • John Hays, 71, British travel agency executive, founder of Hays Travel.
  • Noah Hershkowitz, 79, American physicist.
  • Paul Hornung, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (Green Bay Packers), Super Bowl champion (1966), Heisman Trophy winner (1956), complications from dementia.
  • Attila Horváth, 53, Hungarian Olympic discus thrower (1992, 1996), COVID-19.
  • Konrad Hünteler, 73, German flutist.
  • Abiola Félix Iroko, 73–74, Beninese historian and university professor.
  • Roger Jepsen, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1979–1985) and Iowa Senate (1966–1968), Lt. Governor of Iowa (1969–1973).
  • Kjartan Jóhannsson, 80, Icelandic diplomat and politician, Minister of Fisheries (1978–1980) and of Commerce (1979–1980).
  • Gwyn Jones, 85, Welsh footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bristol Rovers).
  • Jay Kerttula, 92, American politician, member (1961–1963, 1965–1973) and speaker (1969–1971) of the Alaska House of Representatives, member (1973–1995) and president (1981–1985) of the Alaska Senate.
  • Jam Madad Ali Khan, 57, Pakistani politician, Sindh MPA (since 2008), COVID-19.
  • Akira Kubodera, 43, Japanese actor (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Kamen Rider Blade, Kamen Rider Kiva), suicide.
  • Halina Kwiatkowska, 99, Polish actress (Ashes and Diamonds, The Doll, And Along Come Tourists).
  • Pierre Mercier, 83, Canadian politician.
  • Walter C. Miller, 94, American television producer (Grammy Awards).
  • Jean Morzadec, 67, French singer-songwriter and media director.
  • Alfred Muller, 79, French politician, Deputy (1993–1997) and mayor of Schiltigheim (1977–2008).
  • Jim Pace, 59, American racing driver, complications of COVID-19.
  • Patricia Pariseau, 84, American politician, complications from dementia.
  • Louis Rostollan, 84, French racing cyclist.
  • Kićo Slabinac, 76, Croatian pop singer (“Tvoj dječak je tužan”).
  • Henry Slaughter, 93, American gospel pianist, complications from COVID-19.
  • Doug Supernaw, 60, American country musician (“I Don’t Call Him Daddy”, “Reno”, “Not Enough Hours in the Night”), lung and bladder cancer.
  • Peter Sutcliffe, 74, English serial killer, complications of COVID-19.
  • Vladimír Székely, 79, Hungarian electrical engineer.
  • Sir John Meurig Thomas, 87, Welsh chemist and academic administrator, Director of the Royal Institution (1986–1991).
  • Jan van Toorn, 88, Dutch graphic designer.
  • Julio Videla, 76, Chilean radio and television presenter.
  • Philip Voss, 84, British actor (Vicious, Doctor Who, Fish), cancer and COVID-19.
  • Made Wianta, 70, Indonesian painter.
  • Günther Wirth, 87, German footballer.

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  • Jay E. Adams, 91, American religious author, founder of Nouthetic counseling.
  • Osmo Ala-Honkola, 81, Finnish Olympic shooter (1968, 1972).
  • Robert Brown, 85, American politician.
  • Adolfo Bolea, 87, Spanish football player (Sant Andreu, Tenerife, Cádiz) and manager.
  • Sydney Chandrasekara, 61, Sri Lankan journalist.
  • Lamin N. Dibba, Gambian politician.
  • Gerald Nicholas Dino, 80, American Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch, Eparch of the Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix (2008–2016).
  • Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, 85, Armenian-Russian actor (The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers, The Crown of the Russian Empire, The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed).
  • Peter Florjančič, 101, Slovenian inventor.
  • Jacques Fornier, 94, French theatrical actor and director.
  • Barbara Granlund, 92, American politician.
  • Max Gros-Louis, 89, Canadian politician, Grand Chief of the Huron-Wendat Nation (1964–1984, 1994–2008).
  • Greg Growden, 60, Australian sports journalist and author, cancer.
  • János Gróz, 49, Hungarian handball and beach handball coach, COVID-19.
  • James Haynes, 60, American football player (New Orleans Saints).
  • Abu Hena, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1996–2006), COVID-19.
  • Maria Kalinowska, 75, Polish filmgoer.
  • Lindy McDaniel, 84, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs), COVID-19.
  • Hasan Muratović, 80, Bosnian politician, Prime Minister (1996–1997) and Minister of Foreign Trade (1997–1999), COVID-19.
  • Rae Norman, 62, American actress (The Harsh Life of Veronica Lambert).
  • Des O’Connor, 88, English television presenter (The Des O’Connor Show, Des O’Connor Tonight), comedian and singer (“I Pretend”), complications from a fall.
  • Peter Pagé, 81, German computer scientist.
  • Kailash Sarang, 85, Indian politician, MP.
  • Terry A. Simmons, 74, Canadian-American lawyer and environmental activist.
  • David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon, 94, British politician, MP (1970–1983) and member of the House of Lords (since 1983).
  • William Thomas Jr., 73, American actor (Frank’s Place, The Cosby Show).
  • António Valverde Martins, 85, Portuguese politician and trade unionist, Deputy (1978).
  • Kay Wiestål, 80, Swedish entrepreneur (Victoria Day) and footballer (Djurgårdens IF), COVID-19.

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  • Mahjoubi Aherdane, 99, Moroccan politician.
  • Carlos Amadeu, 55, Brazilian football player (Bahia) and manager (Vitória, Al Hilal), heart attack.
  • Chandrawati, 92, Indian politician, MP (1977–1979), COVID-19.
  • Soumitra Chatterjee, 85, Indian actor (The World of Apu, Abhijan, Rupkatha Noy), complications from COVID-19.
  • Ray Clemence, 72, English footballer (Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, national team), prostate cancer.
  • Henrique Córdova, 81, Brazilian politician, Governor of Santa Catarina (1982–1983).
  • Egidio Cosentino, 93, Italian Olympic field hockey player (1952).
  • Drew S. Days III, 79, American lawyer and academic, U.S. Solicitor General (1993–1996).
  • Cecil Duckworth, 83, British businessman and charity executive.
  • Campbell Forsyth, 86, Scottish footballer (St. Mirren, Kilmarnock).
  • Mary Fowkes, 66, American physician and neuropathologist, heart attack.
  • Yairus Gwijangge, 51, Indonesian politician, Regent of Nduga (since 2011).
  • Rudolf Kippenhahn, 94, German astrophysicist.
  • Richard Kosolapov, 90, Russian social philosopher and journalist.
  • Ivan Kožarić, 99, Croatian artist.
  • Leon Claire Metz, 90, American cultural historian, complications from COVID-19.
  • Kyle Morrell, 57, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Fred Morrison, 94, American football player (Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns), complications from a broken hip.
  • Victor Popa, 71, Moldovan jurist and politician, Deputy (2010–2013) and Justice of the Constitutional Court (since 2013).
  • Anne Rasa, 80, British-South African ethologist.
  • Jacques Rifflet, 91, Belgian writer and political scientist.
  • Witold Sadowy, 100, Polish actor (Zakazane piosenki, Bad Luck).
  • Mohammad Sozib, 21, Bangladeshi cricketer (Shinepukur), suicide.
  • Anthony Stewart, 50, American basketball coach (UT Martin Skyhawks).
  • Ioannis Tassias, 62, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan, COVID-19.
  • Norman Taylor, 55, American-born Australian basketball player (Illawarra Hawks), heart attack.
  • Ivan Vandor, 88, Italian composer and musician.
  • Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, 86, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Azogues (1975–1989), Military Ordinary of Ecuador (1989–2003) and Archbishop of Quito (2003–2010).
  • Marvin Zonis, 84, American political economist.

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  • Shawkat Ali, 83, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1979–1986, 1991–2014).
  • Lanie Black, 73, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1998–2006).
  • Dairon Blanco, 28, Cuban footballer (Las Tunas, national team), traffic collision.
  • Eddie Borysewicz, 81, American cycling coach, complications of COVID-19.
  • Jim Bradford, 87, American politician.
  • David Carter, 92, British industrial designer.
  • Raul del Mar, 79, Filipino politician, member (1987–1998, 2001–2010, since 2013) and deputy speaker (2004–2010) of the House of Representatives.
  • David Faulkner, 86, British civil servant and academic. (death announced on this date)
  • Rick Fraser, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (Indianapolis Racers), cancer.
  • Antonis Georgiadis, 87, Greek football manager (AEK Athens, Olympiacos, national team).
  • Henryk Gulbinowicz, 97, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Wrocław (1976–2004).
  • Eric Hall, 73, English football and music agent, COVID-19.
  • David Hemblen, 79, English-born Canadian actor (X-Men, The Sweet Hereafter, Tommy Boy).
  • Alfred Laureta, 96, American jurist, Judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands (1978–1988).
  • Bhanwarlal Meghwal, 72, Indian politician, Rajasthan MLA (since 2018), brain haemorrhage.
  • Tomislav Merčep, 68, Croatian politician, convicted war criminal and paramilitary, founder of the Croatian Popular Party.
  • Bill Morgan, 80, Australian-born Canadian journalist and television producer (CBC News).
  • Walid Muallem, 79, Syrian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (since 2006), Deputy Prime Minister (since 2012) and Ambassador to the United States (1990–2000).
  • Sheila Nelson, 84, English string teacher.
  • John Nurser, 91, English priest and theologian.
  • Tulsi Ram, 76, Indian politician, Himachal Pradesh MLA (1990–1993, 1998–2003, 2007–2012), kidney disease.
  • Eugenia Ratti, 87, Italian operatic soprano.
  • Bruce Swedien, 86, American audio engineer and producer, Grammy winner (1983, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1996).
  • Harry van Raaij, 84, Dutch football executive, Chairman of PSV Eindhoven (1996–2004).
  • Clark Williams, 78, American politician.
  • Art Wolff, 82, American television director (Seinfeld, The Tracey Ullman Show, Grand) and acting coach, heart failure.

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  • Camille Bonnet, 102, French rugby union player (SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne, Sporting Club Graulhetois), COVID-19.
  • Angelo Caroli, 83, Italian footballer (Juventus, Catania, Lucchese) and journalist.
  • William A. Clemens Jr., 88, American paleontologist.
  • Alokeranjan Dasgupta, 87, Indian poet.
  • Walt Davis, 89, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, St. Louis Hawks) and high jumper, Olympic champion (1952).
  • Pim Doesburg, 77, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven, Sparta Rotterdam).
  • Stanisław Dulias, 81, Polish politician and economist, Deputy (2001–2005), COVID-19.
  • Ljubisav Ivanov-Dzingo, 84, Macedonian sporting executive, football administrator and politician, president of the Football Federation of Macedonia (1993–1999).
  • Willy Kuijpers, 83, Belgian politician, MP (1971–1984), MEP (1984–1989), Senator (1989–1995), Mayor of Herent (1995–2012).
  • Kay Morley, 100, American actress (Campus Honeymoon, Six-Gun Serenade, Trails End).
  • Eitaro Okano, 90, Japanese Olympic sprinter (1952), subarachnoid hemorrhage.
  • Napane Pemasiri Thero, 98, Sri Lankan Buddhist clergy, Maha Nayaka of Rāmañña Nikāya (since 2012).
  • Manis Muka Mohd Darah, 65, Malaysian politician and member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly.
  • John Poole, 87, English footballer (Port Vale, Macclesfield Town).
  • Jean-Ernest Ramez, 88, French Olympic fencer (1964, 1968).
  • Vincent Reffet, 36, French BASE jumper, wingsuit flyer and jetpack pilot, training accident.
  • Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf, 98, Austrian Olympic skier (1948).
  • Anjum Singh, 53, Indian artist, cancer.
  • Jagmohan Singh, 88, Indian Olympic hurdler (1960), heart attack.
  • Paul Sobol, 94, Belgian Holocaust survivor and educator.
  • Sheldon Solow, 92, American real estate developer, lymphoma.
  • Roman Viktyuk, 84, Russian theater director, People’s Artist of Ukraine (2006) and Russia (2009), COVID-19.

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  • Thore Göran Andersson, 81, Swedish Olympic sailor (1960).
  • Claire Boudreau, 55, Canadian genealogist, historian, and Chief Herald of Canada (2007–2020), cancer.
  • Iwannis Louis Awad, 86, Syrian Syriac Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (2003–2011).
  • Mel Brez, 84, American television writer (The Doctors, As the World Turns, Days of our Lives), complications from Parkinson’s disease.
  • George Carter, 74, American basketball player (Detroit Pistons, Virginia Squires, New York Nets).
  • Alexander Dubyanskiy, 79, Russian Tamil scholar, COVID-19.
  • Umar Ghalib, 90, Somali politician, Prime Minister (1991–1993) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1969–1976).
  • Mokhtar Hashim, 78, Malaysian politician, Minister of Culture (1981–1983) and Youth and Sports (1981–1983).
  • Tony Hooper, 81, English guitarist (Strawbs).
  • Arthur Imperatore Sr., 95, American transportation executive and hockey team owner (Colorado Rockies), founder of the NY Waterway.
  • Leonard Kamsler, 85, American golf photographer, organ failure.
  • Draga Olteanu Matei, 87, Romanian actress (The Famous Paparazzo, Uncle Marin, the Billionaire, Explosion), gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
  • Kirby Morrow, 47, Canadian voice actor (Dragon Ball Z, Inuyasha, Ninjago), complications from substance abuse.
  • Adam Musiał, 71, Polish football player (Wisła Kraków, national team) and manager (Stal Stalowa Wola).
  • Rosario Porto, 50, Spanish convicted child killer, suicide by hanging.
  • Michel Robin, 90, French actor (Farewell, My Queen, The Triplets of Belleville, Just a Breath Away), COVID-19.
  • Marguerite Ray, 89, American actress (The Young and the Restless, Sanford and Son). 
  • Juan Roldán, 63, Argentine middleweight boxer, COVID-19.
  • Esko Silvennoinen, 89, Finnish Olympic field hockey player (1952).
  • Mridula Sinha, 77, Indian politician, Governor of Goa (2014–2019).
  • Firsat Sofi, 42, Iraqi politician, Governor of Erbil (since 2019), COVID-19.
  • Janusz Turowski, 93, Polish electrical engineer, Deputy Rector of Lodz University of Technology (1990–1996).
  • James Wasserman, 72, American author.

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  • Michael J. Budds, 73, American musicologist.
  • Sebouh Chouldjian, 61, Turkish-born Armenian Apostolic prelate, Archbishop of Gougark (since 1996), COVID-19.
  • Ted Carpenter, 68, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1999–2007).
  • Manvel Grigoryan, 64, Armenian military officer and politician, Deputy (2012–2018).
  • Digamber Hansda, 81, Indian Santhali linguist and tribal rights advocate.
  • Reşit Karabacak, 66, Turkish Olympic wrestler (1984), COVID-19.
  • Charles Levin, 94, American judge, Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1973–1996).
  • Helen Morgan, 54, Welsh field hockey player, Olympic bronze medallist (1992), cancer.
  • Dumitru Noroc, 87, Moldovan doctor and politician, Deputy (1990–1994).
  • Hayford Peirce, 78, American science fiction author, suicide by gunshot.
  • Roger J. Phillips, 80, American geophysicist, complications from Parkinson’s disease.
  • Alcino Pinto, 64, São Toméan politician, President of the National Assembly (2012–2014).
  • André Quilis, 79, French rugby union player (RC Narbonne, national team) and coach.
  • Harald Ringstorff, 81, German politician.
  • Khadim Hussain Rizvi, 54, Pakistani Islamic preacher, founder of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.
  • Michal Šafařík, 43, Slovak ice hockey player (HC Slovan Bratislava), traffic collision.
  • Jake Scott, 75, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Washington Redskins), Super Bowl champion (1973, 1974), Super Bowl MVP (1973), complications from a fall.
  • Herbert Franklin Solow, 89, American television producer (Man from Atlantis).
  • Stan Trafford, 74, English footballer (Port Vale, Macclesfield Town) and cricketer (Staffordshire).
  • Gennady Zdanovich, 82, Russian archaeologist.

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  • Antonio Ambrosetti, 75, Italian mathematician, discoverer of the mountain pass theorem.
  • Patricia Beatty, 84, Canadian choreographer and dancer.
  • Jorge Horacio Brito, 68, Argentine banker, CEO of Banco Macro (since 1988), helicopter crash.
  • Michael Brooks, 85, British music historian and archivist.
  • Ernesto Canto, 61, Mexican race walker, Olympic champion (1984).
  • Daniel Cordier, 100, French militant, historian, and art dealer.
  • Marian Cycoń, 80, Polish politician, Deputy (1997–2001, 2011–2015), mayor of Nowy Sącz (1988–1990) and Stary Sącz (1995–1998, 2002–2011).
  • Jean Darnel, 96–97, French actor and director.
  • Rudy del Rosario, 51, Filipino football player (Kaya, national team) and manager.
  • Jacques Déprez, 82, French Olympic hurdler (1960).
  • Ajay Desai, 63, Indian wildlife expert, cardiac arrest.
  • Sandy Dvore, 86, American graphic designer, bone cancer.
  • Mony Elkaïm, 79, Moroccan-Belgian psychiatrist and psychotherapist.
  • June Furlong, 90, English model.
  • Irinej, 90, Serbian Orthodox prelate, Patriarch of the Church (since 2010), COVID-19.
  • Judith Jarvis Thomson, 91, American moral philosopher.
  • Hannu Lahtinen, 60, Finnish Olympic wrestler (1984), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Jan Morris, 94, Welsh historian (Pax Britannica Trilogy), novelist (Last Letters from Hav) and travel writer.
  • Deb Price, 62, American journalist, pioneering lesbian columnist.
  • František Reichel, 82, Czech politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1989–1990).
  • John Rowland, 79, English footballer (Nottingham Forest, Port Vale, Mansfield Town).
  • Albert Salomon, 85, Bulgarian-Israeli accordionist and social activist.
  • Rita Sargsyan, 58, Armenian music teacher and socialite, First Lady (2008–2018), COVID-19.
  • Ken Schinkel, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins).

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  • Chen Ailian, 80, Chinese dancer, stomach cancer.
  • C. K. Bhaskaran, 79, Indian cricketer (Kerala, Madras), cancer.
  • Dena Dietrich, 91, American actress (Adam’s Rib, Friends and Lovers, The Wild Party).
  • Oliver Friggieri, 73, Maltese poet, writer and philosopher.
  • Sandy Harbutt, 79, Australian actor, director and writer.
  • Léon Herschtritt, 84, French photographer.
  • Alvin Holmes, 81, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1974–2018).
  • Htike Zaw, 53, Burmese politician, shot.
  • Jacques Jurquet, 98, French political activist.
  • Donal Leace, 81, American singer, COVID-19.
  • Malcolm Marmorstein, 92, American screenwriter and film director (Pete’s Dragon, Love Bites, Dark Shadows).
  • Devi Priya, 71, Indian poet and political satirist.
  • Artemije Radosavljević, 85, Serbian Orthodox prelate, Eparch of Raška and Prizren (1991–2010), COVID-19.
  • Jožef Smej, 98, Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor (1983–2009).
  • Jens Sørensen, 79, Danish Olympic racing cyclist (1960).
  • Ricky Yacobi, 57, Indonesian footballer (PSMS Medan, Arseto Solo, national team), heart attack.
  • Chester Yorton, 81, American bodybuilder, heart attack.

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  • Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, 82, Mauritanian politician, President (2007–2008).
  • Shamim Akhtar, 93, Pakistani politician, Punjab MPA (2013–2018).
  • Carlo Ausino, 82, Italian film director (Double Game, Tony: Another Double Game, Don’t Look in the Attic) and cinematographer.
  • Paul Callan, 81, British journalist (Evening Standard, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror), fall.
  • Anwar Aziz Chaudhry, 89, Pakistani Olympic swimmer (1948) and politician, MP (1988–1990).
  • Paul Covington, 86, American basketball coach (Jackson State Tigers).
  • Doris de Agostini, 62, Swiss Olympic alpine skier (1976, 1980).
  • Khalil el-Moumni, 79, Moroccan imam, COVID-19.
  • Billy Evans, 88, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats), Olympic champion (1956).
  • Muharrem Fejzo, 87, Albanian film director, set designer and sculptor, COVID-19.
  • Gonzalo Galván Castillo, 69, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Autlán (2004–2015).
  • Elena Hrenova, 70, Moldovan politician, MP (2014–2019), COVID-19.
  • Otto Hutter, 96, Austrian-born British physiologist.
  • Helen LaFrance, 101, American artist.
  • Lupo, 8, British royal cocker spaniel. (death announced on this date)
  • David Maas, 57, American magician, circus performer, and entertainer, COVID-19.
  • Hamish MacInnes, 90, Scottish mountaineer.
  • Mustafa Nadarević, 77, Bosnian actor (When Father Was Away on Business, The Glembays, Silent Gunpowder) and comedian, lung cancer.
  • George Nock, 74, American football player (New York Jets, Washington Redskins), COVID-19.
  • Yuriy Pleshakov, 32, Ukrainian-Russian footballer (Sevastopol, Desna Chernihiv).
  • Jerrold Post, 86, American psychiatrist and author, COVID-19.
  • Ray Prosser, 93, Welsh rugby union player (Pontypool, British and Irish Lions, Barbarians).
  • Patrick Quinn, 37, American disability activist, co-creator of the Ice Bucket Challenge, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Jon Peter Rolie, 74, Norwegian author.
  • Noëlla Rouget, 100, French resistance member and teacher.
  • Maurice Setters, 83, English football player (West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United) and manager (Doncaster Rovers), complications from Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Raimo Tuomela, 80, Finnish philosopher.
  • Corrie van Gorp, 78, Dutch singer and actress (De Wereld Draait Door).

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  • Imoro Andani, Ghanaian royal, Northern Regional minister.
  • Franco Archibugi, 94, Italian scholar.
  • Dorothy Gill Barnes, 93, American artist, compications from COVID-19.
  • Vinicio Bernardini, 94, Italian politician, COVID-19.
  • Bruce Boynton, 83, American civil rights activist (Freedom Riders, Boynton v. Virginia), cancer.
  • Tamás Böröndi, 65, Hungarian actor (Szomszédok, Samba), COVID-19.
  • Vittorio Catani, 80, Italian science fiction writer.
  • Karl Dall, 79, German actor (Freddy in the Wild West, Hotel Clausewitz, Student of the Bedroom) and comedian, stroke.
  • Abby Dalton, 88, American actress (Falcon Crest, The Joey Bishop Show, Hennesey).
  • Hartmut Derendorf, 67, German-American pharmacist, clinical pharmacologist and professor.
  • David Dinkins, 93, American politician, mayor of New York City (1990–1993), borough president of Manhattan (1986–1989) and member of the New York State Assembly (1966).
  • Otto Duintjer, 88, Dutch philosopher.
  • Admir Džubur, 56, Bosnian public utility executive and football administrator, Chairman of Željezničar (since 2019), COVID-19.
  • Marco Virgilio Ferrari, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Milan (1987–2009), COVID-19.
  • Konrad Fiałkowski, 80, Polish computer scientist, engineer and science fiction writer.
  • Jofran Frejat, 83, Brazilian politician, Deputy (1987–2003, 2007–2011), lung cancer.
  • Tarun Gogoi, 84, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Assam (2011–2016), MP (1971–1984, 1991–1996, 1998–2001) and Assam MLA (1996–1998, since 2001), complications from COVID-19.
  • Robert Hammerstiel, 87, Austrian painter and engraver.
  • Klaus Heinrich, 93, German philosopher of religion.
  • Arthur Hervet, 82, French Roman Catholic priest.
  • Hal Ketchum, 67, American country singer-songwriter (“Small Town Saturday Night”, “Past the Point of Rescue”, “Hearts Are Gonna Roll”), complications from dementia.
  • Yasumi Kobayashi, 58, Japanese science fiction writer, cancer.
  • Edward Lazear, 72, American economist, pancreatic cancer.
  • Peter Lichtner-Hoyer, 94, Austrian Olympic equestrian (1956), pentathlete (1960) and colonel.
  • Édouard Marquis, 51, French television and radio host.
  • Christian Mistral, 56, Canadian novelist, poet and songwriter.
  • Nikolai Myshagin, 65, Kazakh ice hockey coach (Metallurg Novokuznetsk, Barys Astana, national team).
  • Anele Ngcongca, 33, South African footballer (FC Fortune, Genk, national team), traffic collision.
  • John Oldham, 97, American basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons) and coach (Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles, Western Kentucky Hilltoppers).
  • Louise Pajo, 80, New Zealand actress (Doctor Who, The Avengers, Prisoner).
  • Günter Rittner, 93, German painter and illustrator.
  • Józef Rysula, 81, Polish Olympic cross-country skier (1960, 1964, 1968).
  • Sergei Shmonin, 51, Russian football player (Krylia Sovetov) and executive (Yunit Samara).
  • Nikola Spasov, 61, Bulgarian football player (Dunav Ruse, Cherno More) and manager (Kaliakra Kavarna), COVID-19.
  • Viktor Zimin, 58, Russian politician, Chairman of the Government of Khakassia (2009–2018), COVID-19.

24

  • João Alves Filho, 79, Brazilian politician and civil engineer, Governor of Sergipe (1983–1987, 1991–1995, 2003–2007) and mayor of Aracaju (1975–1979, 2013–2017), COVID-19.
  • Rose Marie Battaglia, 91, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach (Bergen Community College, Iona College), lung cancer.
  • Fasih Bokhari, 78, Pakistani military officer and civil servant, Chief of Naval Staff (1997–1999) and Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (2011–2013).
  • Montserrat Carulla, 90, Spanish actress (Companys, procés a Catalunya, El Cor de la Ciutat, The Orphanage).
  • Juan de Dios Castro Lozano, 78, Mexican lawyer and politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (2003–2004) and MP (1979–1985, 1991–2000, 2003–2006), COVID-19.
  • Yves Vander Cruysen, 57, Belgian historian and politician, COVID-19.
  • José de Bastos, 91, Portuguese football player (Benfica, Beira-Mar) and manager (Estoril Praia).
  • Christophe Dominici, 48, French rugby union player (Toulon, Stade Français, national team), fall.
  • Erik Galimov, 84, Russian geochemist.
  • Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo, 77, Cuban vice admiral, Minister of the Interior (since 2017).
  • Jim Hanifan, 87, American football coach (St. Louis Cardinals) and player (Toronto Argonauts).
  • Yaroslav Horak, 93, Australian illustrator and comics artist.
  • Damián Iguacén Borau, 104, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (1984–1991).
  • Mohammad Khadem, 85, Iranian Olympic wrestler (1960).
  • Kambuzia Partovi, 65, Iranian film director (Café Transit, Closed Curtain) and screenwriter (The Circle), COVID-19.
  • Dorothea G. Petrie, 95, American television producer.
  • Alan Ramsey, 82, Australian journalist (The Sydney Morning Herald) and speechwriter, complications from dementia.
  • Mike Reed, 75, Australian politician, MLA (1987–2003), Deputy Chief Minister of the Northern Territory (1995–2001).
  • Ashiesh Roy, 55, Indian actor (Home Delivery, Raja Natwarlal, Barkhaa), kidney failure.
  • Harry Ryan, 63, Irish hurler (Kilkenny).
  • Bob Ryder, 64, American professional wrestling journalist.
  • Kalbe Sadiq, 81, Indian Islamic scholar, pneumonia and colorectal cancer.
  • Fred Sasakamoose, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks), COVID-19.
  • Mamadou Tandja, 82, Nigerien politician, President (1999–2010).
  • Vasil Yakusha, 62, Belarusian rower, Olympic silver (1980) and bronze medallist (1988).
  • Hussein Al-Zuhairi, Iraqi politician, MP, COVID-19.

25

  • Marc-André Bédard, 85, Canadian lawyer and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec (1984–1985) and Quebec MNA (1973–1985), COVID-19.
  • Saïd Bouhadja, 82, Algerian politician, President of the People’s National Assembly (2017–2018).
  • Bob DeWeese, 86, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1993–2016).
  • Cor Geelhuijzen, 91, Dutch footballer (Ajax).
  • Karl Janetschek, 80, Austrian chess player.
  • Uriah Adolphus Ashley Maclean, 76, Panamanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Penonomé (1993–2015).
  • Diego Maradona, 60, Argentine footballer (Barcelona, Napoli, national team), World Cup winner (1986), heart attack.
  • José Manuel Mireles Valverde, 62, Mexican paramilitary leader, COVID-19.
  • Ahmad Mukhtar, 74, Pakistani politician, Minister of Defence (2008–2012) and Water and Power (2012–2013).
  • Colin Newell, 47, British television personality (Storage Hunters, Celebrity Big Brother).
  • William L. Nicholson, 94, American Air Force major general.
  • Paul Nyman, 91, Finnish Olympic racing cyclist (1952, 1956, 1960).
  • Ahmed Patel, 71, Indian politician, MP (1977–1989, since 1993), COVID-19.
  • Markus Paul, 54, American football player (Chicago Bears) and coach (New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys).
  • Zenon Plech, 67, Polish motorcycle speedway rider.
  • Alan Powell, 84, New Zealand-born Australian historian.
  • Jacques Secrétin, 71, French table tennis player, world champion (1977).
  • Flor Silvestre, 90, Mexican singer (“Cielo rojo”), actress (The Soldiers of Pancho Villa, Ánimas Trujano) and equestrienne.
  • Camilla Wicks, 92, American violinist.
  • James Wolfensohn, 86, Australian-American banker and Olympic fencer (1956), President of the World Bank Group (1995–2005).

26

  • Fecó Balázs, 69, Hungarian singer and composer, COVID-19.
  • Allan Botschinsky, 80, Danish jazz trumpeter.
  • George H. Carley, 82, American judge, member of the Supreme Court of Georgia (1993–2012), COVID-19.
  • Athol Kennedy Chase, 84, Australian anthropologist and ethnographer.
  • Garry Davidson, 66, Australian footballer (Geelong).
  • Cecilia Fusco, 87, Italian operatic soprano, COVID-19.
  • Jamir Garcia, 42, Filipino singer (Slapshock), suicide by hanging.
  • Vladimir Ivanov, 65, Bulgarian Olympic sprinter (1980), complications from COVID-19.
  • Benjamín Jiménez Hernández, 82, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Culiacán (1993–2011).
  • F. C. Kohli, 96, Indian industrialist, founder of Tata Consultancy Services and President of NASSCOM (1995–1996), heart attack.
  • Dimitar Largov, 84, Bulgarian footballer (Slavia Sofia, national team).
  • Sadiq al-Mahdi, 84, Sudanese politician and religious leader, Prime Minister (1966–1967, 1986–1989), COVID-19.
  • Alfonso Milián Sorribas, 81, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón (2004–2014).
  • Tevita Momoedonu, 74, Fijian politician, Prime Minister (2000, 2001).
  • Daria Nicolodi, 70, Italian actress (Deep Red, Shock) and screenwriter (Suspiria).
  • Louis Nzala Kianza, 74, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Popokabaka (1996–2020).
  • Hafez Abu Seada, 55, Egyptian human rights activist, Chairman of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (since 2004), COVID-19.
  • Nur Supriyanto, 55, Indonesian politician, MP of West Java (2004–2018, since 2019), COVID-19.
  • Kamen Tchanev, 56, Bulgarian operatic tenor, COVID-19.
  • Celestino Vercelli, 74, Italian racing cyclist.
  • Dadang Wigiarto, 53, Indonesian politician, Regent of Situbondo (since 2010), COVID-19.

27

  • Kevin Burnham, 63, American sailor, Olympic champion (2004) and silver medalist (1992), pulmonary disease.
  • Selva Casal, 93, Uruguayan poet.
  • Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, 59, Iranian nuclear scientist, shot.
  • Gene Fraise, 88, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (1986–2013), COVID-19.
  • Tony Hsieh, 46, American internet entrepreneur (Zappos), injuries sustained in a house fire.
  • Madieng Khary Dieng, 88, Senegalese politician, Minister of the Interior (1991–1993).
  • Jin Zhanpeng, 82, Chinese metallurgist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  • Keisuke Kumakiri, 86, Japanese photographer, aspiration pneumonia.
  • Dainis Liepiņš, 58, Latvian racing cyclist.
  • Kamel Madoun, Algerian handball player and coach (NA Hussein Dey, Oman Club, national team).
  • Jim McFarland, 73, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals, Miami Dolphins) and politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (1986–1991).
  • Bob Miller, 94, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
  • Lou Nistico, 67, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Toros, Colorado Rockies).
  • Dieter Popp, 82, German spy.
  • Parviz Poorhosseini, 79, Iranian actor (Bashu, the Little Stranger, Saint Mary), COVID-19.
  • Aly Zaker, 76, Bangladeshi actor (Agami, Nodir Naam Modhumoti, Lalsalu), marketing director and writer, COVID-19.

28

  • Shams Badran, 91, Egyptian politician, Minister of Defense (1966–1967).
  • Hakam Balawi, 82, Palestinian politician, Minister of the Interior (2003–2005).
  • Clifton Bertrand, 84, Trinidadian Olympic sprinter (1960, 1964).
  • Philippe Clair, 90, French film director (Déclic et des claques, Par où t’es rentré ? On t’a pas vu sortir), actor (Girl on the Road) and screenwriter.
  • Othella Dallas, 95, American dancer and jazz singer, lung cancer.
  • Roger Fite, 82, French rugby union player (Cahors Rugby, CA Brive, national team).
  • Andrea Huser, 46, Swiss mountain biker and triathlete, fall.
  • Jin Dinghan, 90, Chinese translator.
  • Ian Jenkins, 67, British archaeologist and curator.
  • Shahadat Hossain Khan, 62, Bangladeshi sarod player, COVID-19.
  • Jan Kilian, 66, Polish politician and entrepreneur, member of the Sejm (2015–2019).
  • Roberto Leitão, 83, Brazilian martial artist, COVID-19.
  • Sara Leland, 79, American ballet dancer and répétiteur, New York City Ballet principal dancer (1972–1983), congestive heart failure.
  • Roger Mandle, 79, American art curator and academic administrator, President of the Rhode Island School of Design (1993–2008).
  • David Mordaunt, 83, English cricketer (Sussex).
  • Basil Moss, 85, British actor (Emergency Ward 10, First Among Equals, David Copperfield).
  • Vítor Oliveira, 67, Portuguese football player (Portimonense) and manager (Paços de Ferreira, Gil Vicente), heart attack.
  • Bonifácio Piccinini, 91, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cuiabá (1981–2004).
  • Maria Piechotka, 100, Polish architect and politician, member of the Sejm (1961–1965).
  • David Prowse, 85, English actor (Star Wars, A Clockwork Orange, Jabberwocky) and bodybuilder, COVID-19.
  • Peter Radtke, 77, German actor and playwright.
  • Juan de Dios Román, 77, Spanish handball coach (Atlético Madrid BM, BM Ciudad Real, national team) and President of the RFEBM (2008–2013), stroke.
  • Anneliese Seonbuchner, 91, German Olympic hurdler (1952).
  • Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber, 83, French journalist, COVID-19.
  • Pearl Sullivan, 59, Malaysian-Canadian engineer, cancer.
  • Jean Tavernier, 92, French politician.
  • Wendy Weir, 72, Australian cricketer, cancer.

29

  • Miša Aleksić, 67, Serbian rock bassist (Riblja Čorba), complications from COVID-19.
  • Sahibzada Farooq Ali, 89, Pakistani politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1973–1977).
  • José Rafael Barquero Arce, 89, Costa Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Alajuela (1980–2007).
  • Ben Bova, 88, American science fiction writer (Grand Tour), complications from COVID-19.
  • Edda Bresciani, 90, Italian Egyptologist.
  • Marco Dino Brogi, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and Delegate to the Arab League (2002–2006), COVID-19.
  • Tom Casperson, 61, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2003–2008) and Senate (2011–2018), lung cancer.
  • Mary R. Dawson, 89, American vertebrate paleontologist and museum curator (Carnegie Museum of Natural History), heart failure.
  • Papa Bouba Diop, 42, Senegalese footballer (Fulham, Portsmouth, national team), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Philip Dulhunty, 96, Australian aviator, aspiration pneumonia.
  • Jack Foley, 81, American basketball player (Holy Cross Crusaders, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks).
  • Vladimir Fortov, 74, Russian physicist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, COVID-19.
  • Ernesto Galli, 75, Italian football player and coach (Lanerossi Vicenza), COVID-19.
  • Sam Herman, 84, British glass artist.
  • Siegfried Hug, 84, German Olympic cross-country skier (1960).
  • Joe Mooney, 90, American stadium groundskeeper (Boston Red Sox).
  • Giorgio Morales, 88, Italian politician, mayor of Florence (1989–1995), pneumonia.
  • Peg Murray, 96, American actress (Cabaret), Tony winner (1967).
  • April Boy Regino, 59, Filipino musician and actor, chronic kidney disease.
  • Remo Sernagiotto, 65, Italian politician, MEP (2014–2019), heart attack.
  • Ali-Asghar Shahbazi, 98, Iranian actor (A Separation), cardiac arrest.
  • Suh Se-ok, 91, South Korean painter.
  • Nedal Abu Tabaq, 49, Polish-Palestinian imam and doctor, COVID-19.
  • Viorel Turcu, 60, Romanian footballer (Argeș Pitești, Steaua București, national team), heart attack.

30

  • Miguel Algarín, 79, Puerto Rican writer, co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
  • Sheetal Amte, 39, Indian social worker, suicide.
  • Irina Antonova, 98, Russian art historian, complications from COVID-19.
  • Herman van Bekkum, 88, Dutch chemist.
  • Dee Benson, 72, American federal judge, member of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah (since 1991), brain cancer.
  • Eddie Benton-Banai, 89, American civil rights activist (American Indian Movement).
  • Betty Bobbitt, 81, American-born Australian actress (Prisoner, Crocodile Dundee II, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles), stroke.
  • Hella Brock, 101, German music educator and musicologist, COVID-19.
  • Vishwa Nath Datta, 94, Indian historian.
  • Ross Dykes, 75, New Zealand cricketer (Auckland).
  • Jim Ebben, 83, American educator, president of Edgewood College (1987–2004).
  • Chico Fernández, 81, Cuban baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
  • Guido Goldman, 83, American political scientist.
  • Bruce Herschensohn, 88, American political commentator.
  • Liliane Juchli, 87, Swiss nurse and author, COVID-19.
  • Frank Kramer, 73, Dutch footballer (FC Volendam, Telstar), TV presenter and football commentator.
  • Kiran Maheshwari, 59, Indian politician, MP (2004–2009), COVID-19.
  • Branimir Šćepanović, 83, Serbian writer.
  • Aleksandr Shatskikh, 46, Kazakh football player (Kainar, national team) and manager.
  • Muhammad Adil Siddiqui, 57, Pakistani politician, Sindh MPA (2013–2018), COVID-19.
  • Anne Sylvestre, 86, French singer-songwriter.
  • Tan Eng Bock, 84, Singaporean Olympic water polo player (1956), stroke.