Deaths in 2020

The following deaths of notable individuals occurred in 2020. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym.

A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:


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

27

 * Owen Arthur, 70, Barbadian politician, Prime Minister (1994–2008), heart failure.
 * Ghawi Ghawi, 70, Palestinian musician.
 * William Hill, 75, Hong Kong Olympic sprinter (1964).
 * Denise Johnson, 56, English singer (Primal Scream).
 * Magda Kósáné Kovács, 79, Hungarian politician, MEP (2004–2009).
 * Harun Hashim Rashid, 93, Palestinian poet.
 * Jan Skopeček, 94, Czech actor (Hroch, Tam, kde hnízdí čápi) and playwright.

26

 * Jim Abbott, 77, Canadian politician, MP (1993–2011).
 * Edmund Ansin, 84, American television executive, co-founder of Sunbeam Television.
 * Rafael Barraza Sánchez, 91, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mazatlán (1981–2005).
 * Alain Cacheux, 72, French politician, heart attack.
 * Dame Olivia de Havilland, 104, French-British-American actress (Gone with the Wind, The Adventures of Robin Hood, To Each His Own), Oscar winner (1947, 1950).
 * Francisco Frutos, 80, Spanish politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (1998–2009), cancer.
 * Dick Klaverdijk, 73, Dutch politician, Mayor of Bergen (1988–2011).
 * Guy Lutgen, 84, Belgian politician, Minister of Agriculture in the Walloon Government (1988–1999), Mayor of Bastogne (1976–2000) and Senator (1977–1995).
 * Michael Mandell, American actor. (death announced on this date)
 * Chris Needs, 66, Welsh radio broadcaster (BBC Cymru Wales), heart condition.
 * Lluís Serrahima, 88, Spanish writer.
 * Hans-Jochen Vogel, 94, German politician, Minister of Justice (1974–1981), Leader of the SPD (1987–1991), complications from Parkinson's disease.

25

 * Azimzhan Askarov, 69, Kyrgyz journalist and human rights activist, pneumonia.
 * Charlie Balducci, 44, American reality TV personality (True Life).
 * Jean Boin, 71, French footballer (Reims, Lens).
 * Steve dePyssler, 101, American Air Force colonel, COVID-19.
 * Peter Green, 73, English Hall of Fame blues rock singer-songwriter ("Black Magic Woman") and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green Splinter Group).
 * Flor Isava Fonseca, 99, Venezuelan journalist and sports executive.
 * Bernard Ładysz, 98, Polish opera singer and actor (The Doll, The Quack, Pierścień i róża).
 * CP Lee, 70, English musician (Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias).
 * José Mentor, 71, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Deputy (2003–2019), COVID-19.
 * Maurice Petty, 81, American Hall of Fame racing driver, crew chief and engine builder.
 * Turíbio Ruiz, 90, Brazilian actor, voice actor, television and radio presenter, stroke.
 * John Saxon, 83, American actor (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Enter the Dragon, Joe Kidd), pneumonia.
 * Eddie Shack, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins), four-time Stanley Cup winner (1962–1964, 1967), cancer.
 * Janell Smith, 73, American Olympic sprinter (1964), cancer.
 * Luciano Fabio Stirati, 97, Italian politician, Senator (1963–1968, 1972–1976).

24

 * Nina Andreyeva, 81, Russian chemist and politician, General Secretary of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks (since 1991).
 * Bob Bahre, 93, American auto racing executive, owner/developer of Oxford Plains Speedway and New Hampshire International Speedway.
 * Bo Black, 74, American festival director (Summerfest) and Playboy cover girl.
 * Dick Bond, 84, American politician, member of the Kansas Senate (1987–2001).
 * Ondřej Buchtela, 20, Czech ice hockey player (Piráti Chomutov, HC Benátky nad Jizerou), heart cancer.
 * Maurizio Calvesi (art historian), 92, Italian art critic, art historian and essayist.
 * Rene Carpenter, 92, American columnist and television personality, heart failure.
 * Roberto Draghetti, 59, Italian voice actor, heart attack.
 * El indio Rómulo, 89, Colombian poet, COVID-19.
 * David Hagen, 47, Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Clyde, Peterhead), motor neuron disease.
 * Ben Jipcho, 77, Kenyan athlete, Olympic silver medallist (1972).
 * Nejib Ben Khalfallah, 52–53, Tunisian dancer and choreographer.
 * Mário Maffei, 94, Brazilian politician and engineer, Mayor of São Carlos (1973–1977).
 * Benjamin Mkapa, 81, Tanzanian politician, President (1995–2005), heart attack as a complication of malaria.
 * Bernard Mohlalisi, 87, Lesothan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Maseru (1990–2009).
 * Kundi Paihama, 75, Angolan politician, MP (since 2018).
 * Regis Philbin, 88, American entertainer and television personality (The Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire), heart disease.
 * Naazim Richardson, 55, American boxing trainer.
 * Lotty Rosenfeld, 77, Chilean artist.
 * Amala Shankar, 101, Indian dancer and actress (Kalpana).
 * Jan Verroken, 103, Belgian politician (Chamber of Representatives, Flemish Parliament, European Parliament), mayor of Oudenaarde (1983–1988).
 * Zheng Shouren, 80, Chinese engineer, chief designer of the Three Gorges Dam.

23

 * Mike Adams, 55, American columnist (The Daily Wire) and professor (University of North Carolina Wilmington), shot.
 * Lamine Bechichi, 92, Algerian politician.
 * John Blake, 59, American football player and coach (Oklahoma Sooners), heart attack.
 * Jean Brankart, 90, Belgian racing cyclist.
 * Éric de Cromières, 66, French sporting (ASM Clermont Auvergne) and tire executive (Michelin), cancer.
 * Emmanuel Farhi, 41, French economist.
 * Alan Garner, 69, English footballer (Luton Town, Watford, Millwall).
 * Betty van Garrel, 81, Dutch art journalist and writer.
 * Noel Jenke, 73, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers).
 * Tomas Joson III, 72, Filipino politician, Governor of Nueva Ecija (1992–1995, 1998–2007).
 * Masakazu Konishi, 87, Japanese neurobiologist.
 * Leida Rammo, 96, Estonian actress (A Young Retiree, The Fencer) and theatre director.
 * Sérgio Ricardo, 88, Brazilian film director (The Night of the Scarecrow), composer (Black God, White Devil) and singer, heart failure.
 * José Said, 90, Chilean real estate developer, founder chairman of Parque Arauco S.A. (since 1979).
 * Paolo Sassone-Corsi, 64, Italian molecular biologist (French National Centre for Scientific Research, University of California, Irvine).
 * Dominic Sonic, 55, French singer.
 * Jerry Taft, 77, American meteorologist (WLS-TV, WMAQ-TV).
 * Ludmila Vachtová, 86, Czech historian and art critic.
 * Stuart Wheeler, 85, British financier and political activist, founder of IG Group and Treasurer of UKIP (2011–2014), stomach cancer.
 * Paulette Wilson, 64, Jamaican-British human rights activist.

22

 * Jos Bax, 74, Dutch footballer (FC Eindhoven, Helmond Sport, VVV-Venlo). (death announced on this date)
 * Zacharias Chaliabalias, 74, Greek footballer (Iraklis, national team).
 * Luigi Latini De Marchi, 93, Italian director and screenwriter.
 * Dino De Poli, 90, Italian lawyer and politician, Deputy (1968–1972).
 * Charles Dewachtere, 92, Belgian Olympic marathon runner (1952).
 * Theo Diergaardt, 50, Namibian politician.
 * Charles Evers, 97, American civil rights activist, disc jockey and politician, Mayor of Fayette, Mississippi (1969–1981, 1985–1989).
 * Evlogy, 83, Russian Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal (1990–2018).
 * Dirk Geukens, 57, Belgian motocross racer (1990 and 1991 Motocross World Championship medalist).
 * Alexander Gusev, 73, Russian ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1976).
 * František Hamada, 106, Czech Moravian folk music violinist.
 * Carlton Haselrig, 54, American wrestler, football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets) and mixed martial artist, NCAA Wrestling Division I and II champion (1987–1989).
 * Aleksandr Ivanitsky, 82, Russian wrestler, Olympic champion (1964).
 * Ralph Liguori, 93, American racing driver (NASCAR Cup Series, USAC Championship Car series).
 * Tom Mitchell, 88, Irish republican and politician, MP (1955).
 * Bruno Modugno, 87, Italian journalist, writer, director and author.
 * Miloš Nesvadba, 95, Czech illustrator, actor (National Theatre in Prague) and scenographer.
 * Stanley Robinson, 32, American basketball player (Iowa Energy, Moncton Miracles, Reales de La Vega).
 * Bob Sebra, 58, American baseball player (Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds), multiple organ failure.
 * Tim Smith, 59, English singer-songwriter (Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs, Spratleys Japs).
 * Chito Soganub, 59, Filipino Roman Catholic priest and kidnap victim, cardiac arrest.
 * Paul Van Roy, 88, Belgian basketball player (national team) and journalist (Gazet van Antwerpen), pancreatic cancer.
 * Luzius Wildhaber, 83, Swiss jurist, President of the European Court of Human Rights (1998–2007).

21

 * François Amoudruz, 93, French resistant and Holocaust survivor.
 * Valeriu Cazacu, 72, Moldovan actor.
 * Dobby Dobson, 78, Jamaican reggae singer and record producer, COVID-19.
 * Magda Faluhelyi, 73, Hungarian actress. (death announced on this date)
 * Suka K. Frederiksen, 55, Greenlandic politician, Foreign Minister (2017–2018).
 * Ted Gerela, 76, Canadian football player (BC Lions).
 * Rick Lawinger, 67, American wrestler (Wisconsin Badgers), NCAA Wrestling Division I champion (1974), complications from heart surgery.
 * Li Jijun, 87, Chinese geographer and geomorphologist.
 * Margaret McIver, 86, Australian Olympic equestrian (1984).
 * Hugh McLaughlin, 75, Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Third Lanark, Queen of the South).
 * Andrew Mlangeni, 95, South African political activist (Rivonia Trial).
 * Dan Nakrosis, 57, American cartoonist, writer and letterer.
 * Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, 98, Spanish Hellenist, translator and linguist, member of the Royal Spanish Academy.
 * Annie Ross, 89, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross), songwriter ("Twisted"), and actress (Superman III), complications from emphysema and heart disease.
 * Andrei Sirotin, 34, Russian actor (The Conductor).
 * Mike Slemen, 69, English rugby union player (Liverpool, national team).
 * Wouter Snijders, 92, Dutch judge and legal scholar, Justice (1970–1986) and Vice President (1986–1998) of the Supreme Court.
 * Lalji Tandon, 85, Indian politician, Governor of Bihar (2018–2019) and Madhya Pradesh (2019–2020).
 * Halldóra K. Thoroddsen, 70, Icelandic writer.
 * Kansai Yamamoto, 76, Japanese fashion designer.

20

 * Muhammad Aslam, 73, Pakistani jurist, Justice of the Supreme Court (2009–2012) and Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (2008–2009).
 * Hal Bernson, 89, American politician, member of the Los Angeles City Council (1979–2003).
 * Michael Brooks, 36, American political commentator (The Majority Report with Sam Seder), internal jugular vein thrombosis.
 * Oreste Casalini, 58, Italian sculptor and painter, lung cancer.
 * Victor Chizhikov, 84, Russian children's book illustrator, designer of Misha.
 * Ross Dallow, 82, New Zealand police officer.
 * Roy Den Hollander, 72, American lawyer and murderer, perpetrator of the Salas home shooting, suicide by gunshot.
 * Lone Dybkjær, 80, Danish politician, Minister for the Environment (1988–1990), cancer.
 * Ismaila Isa Funtua, 78, Nigerian politician, cardiac arrest.
 * Ruth Lewis, 77, Pakistani Roman Catholic nun, co-founder of Darul Sukun, COVID-19.
 * Salman Mazahiri, Indian Islamic scholar and chancellor of Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur.
 * Bijay Mohanty, 70, Indian actor (Naga Phasa, Suna Panjuri, Sahara Jaluchi).
 * Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, Iranian convicted spy, execution by hanging.
 * Frazier Reams Jr., 90, American politician.
 * Doug Rogers, 79, Canadian judoka, Olympic silver medallist (1964).
 * Ram Awadhesh Singh, 83, Indian politician, MP (1977–1979, 1986–1992).
 * Harry Smith, 85, Canadian ice hockey player.
 * Angela Spook, 66, German witch.
 * Günter-Helge Strickstrack, 99, German politician, founding member of the CDU.
 * Shane Tuck, 38, Australian footballer (Richmond), suicide.
 * Jorge Villavicencio, 62, Guatemalan surgeon, Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance (2012–2014), COVID-19.

19

 * Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai, 76, Iraqi military officer and convicted war criminal, Minister of Defence (1995–2003), heart attack.
 * Saleh Al-Shehhi, Saudi journalist, COVID-19.
 * Biri Biri, 72, Gambian footballer (Wallidan Banjul, Sevilla, national team).
 * Bruce G. Blair, 72, American nuclear security expert and scholar, stroke.
 * David Cliche, 68, Canadian politician.
 * Giulia Maria Crespi, 97, Italian non-profit executive and environmentalist, founder of Fondo Ambiente Italiano.
 * Doris Dartey, Ghanaian journalist, complications from cancer.
 * Osvaldas Daugelis, 64, Lithuanian art historian and museologist.
 * Seydou Diarra, 86, Ivorian politician, Prime Minister (2000, 2003–2005).
 * Louis Dicaire, 73, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Montreal (1999–2004) and Saint-Jean-Longueuil (since 2004).
 * Sapardi Djoko Damono, 80, Indonesian poet, multiple organ failure.
 * Denise Domenach-Lallich, 95, French resistance member.
 * Cor Fuhler, 55, Dutch-Australian experimental musician.
 * Nina Kapur, 26, American television news reporter (WCBS-TV), traffic collision.
 * Mikołaj Kubica, 74, Polish Olympic gymnast (1964, 1968, 1972).
 * Ildikó Marosi, 88, Romanian-Hungarian journalist.
 * Jack McIlhargey, 68, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Hartford Whalers), cancer.
 * Lodovico Meneghetti, 94, Italian architect, urbanist and professor.
 * Rajat Mukherjee, Indian film director (Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya, Road, Love in Nepal).
 * Giuseppe Ottaviani, 104, Italian masters athlete.
 * Ante Pavlović, 62, Croatian chiropractor.
 * Vladimir Proskurin, 79, Soviet football player and coach.
 * Emitt Rhodes, 70, American singer-songwriter ("Live") and musician (The Palace Guard, The Merry-Go-Round).
 * Viktor Ryashko, 56, Ukrainian football player (Nyva Ternopil) and manager (Hoverla Uzhhorod), traffic collision.
 * César Salinas, 58, Bolivian football chairman (Bolivian Football Federation, The Strongest), COVID-19.
 * István Séllyei, 70, Hungarian Olympic wrestler (1976).
 * Shukrullo, 98, Uzbek poet.
 * Nikolai Tanayev, 74, Kyrgyz politician, Prime Minister (2002–2005).
 * Franciszek Ziejka, 79, Polish literary historian, rector of Jagiellonian University (1999–2005).

18

 * Vishnu Raj Atreya, 75, Nepali writer and poet, gallbladder cancer.
 * Charles Bukeko, 58, Kenyan actor and comedian (The Captain of Nakara), COVID-19.
 * René Carmans, 75, Belgian footballer (K.F.C. Diest), heart disease.
 * Elize Cawood, 68, South African actress (Dis ek, Anna), lung cancer.
 * Roberto Choque Canqui, 78, Bolivian historian.
 * Paul Cunningham, 82, American Nazarene minister and superintendent (1993–2009).
 * Ismail Ebrahim, 73, South African cricketer (Natal).
 * Martha Flores, 91, Cuban radio host, journalist and singer (Cuban-American lobby), pancreatic cancer.
 * Pam Francis, 65, American photographer, complications from a hip injury.
 * Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, 57, Indian-born American physician, cancer.
 * Ray Hannigan, 93, Canadian-born American ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
 * Robert Hellenga, 78, American writer and academic.
 * Ashraf Hossain, 79, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991–1996, 2006–2008), cancer.
 * Lenzie Howell, 52, American basketball player (Red Giants, Cholet, Bourg-en-Bresse).
 * David Jisse, 74, French composer, cancer.
 * Myrzageldy Kemel, 71, Kazakhstani academic and politician, Deputy (1995–2004).
 * Hubert Kitchen, 91, Canadian politician, member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.
 * Boško Marinko, 81, Serbian Olympic wrestler (1968, 1972).
 * Juan Marsé, 87, Spanish novelist, journalist and screenwriter, renal failure.
 * Marie-Françoise Matouk, 91, French art reseller.
 * Maura McNiel, 99, American women's rights activist.
 * Ali Mirzaei, 91, Iranian weightlifter, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
 * Martha Mmola, South African politician, MP (2014–2019), COVID-19.
 * Haruma Miura, 30, Japanese actor (Koizora, Kimi ni Todoke, Attack on Titan) and singer, suicide by hanging.
 * Cécile Reims, 92, French engraver and writer.
 * David Romero Ellner, Honduran journalist, lawyer, politician and convicted rapist, COVID-19.
 * Jope Ruonansuu, 56, Finnish actor, musician and stand-up comedian (Jopet Show), esophageal cancer.
 * Jaybee Sebastian, 40, Filipino convicted kidnapper and carjacker, COVID-19.
 * Henrique Soares da Costa, 57, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Palmares (since 2014), COVID-19.
 * Manuel C. Sobreviñas, 96, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Imus (1993–2001).
 * Keith Sonnier, 78, American sculptor and artist.
 * Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita, 73, Sierra Leonean Olympic long-distance runner (1980, 1988).
 * Lucio Urtubia, 89, Spanish counterfeiter, robber and kidnapper (Anarchist Federation).
 * Alefoso Yalayalatabua, 43, Fijian rugby union player (Highlanders, Warriors, national team).

17

 * Emajuddin Ahamed, 86, Bangladeshi political scientist and academic administrator, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka (1992–1996), cardiac arrest.
 * Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, 20, Russian-Australian Olympic pair skater (2018), junior world champion (2017), suicide by jumping.
 * José Paulo de Andrade, 78, Brazilian journalist, complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and COVID-19.
 * Gian Franco Anedda, 89, Italian politician, Deputy (1992–2006).
 * Moussa Benhamadi, 67, Algerian politician and executive, COVID-19.
 * Brigid Berlin, 80, American artist, pulmonary embolism.
 * Pierre-Marie Coty, 92, Ivorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Daloa (1975–2005).
 * Josephine Cox, 82, English author.
 * Alex Dawson, 80, Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Preston North End, Brighton & Hove Albion).
 * Seyfi Dursunoğlu, 87, Turkish comedian and television presenter (Dans Eder misin?), pneumonia.
 * Enrico Ganni, 70, Italian translator (Franz Kafka), heart attack.
 * Zenon Grocholewski, 80, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (1999–2015).
 * Derek Ho, 55, American surfer, world champion (1993), heart attack.
 * Dustin Lee Honken, 52, American convicted murderer and drug dealer, execution by lethal injection.
 * Zizi Jeanmaire, 96, French ballet dancer (Carmen).
 * John Lewis, 80, American civil rights leader and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 1987), Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (2011), pancreatic cancer.
 * Shirley Love, 87, American broadcaster (WOAY-TV) and politician, member of the West Virginia Senate (1994–2008) and House of Delegates (2017–2019).
 * Volodymyr Lozynskyi, 65, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv) and manager (Vorskla Poltava).
 * Silvio Marzolini, 79, Argentine footballer (Ferro Carril Oeste, Boca Juniors, national team), complications from a stroke and cancer.
 * Daniel Ato Kwamina Mensah, 66, Ghanaian banker and economist, CEO of Ghana Association of Bankers.
 * John Neale, 93, English Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Ramsbury (1974–1988).
 * Angela von Nowakonski, 67, Brazilian physician, COVID-19.
 * J. I. Packer, 93, British-born Canadian evangelical theologian (Knowing God).
 * Bill Scott, 74, British Anglican priest, Deputy Clerk of the Closet (2007–2015).
 * C. S. Seshadri, 88, Indian mathematician (Seshadri constant).
 * Michael Silverstein, 74, American linguist and anthropologist, brain cancer.
 * Andrzej Strzelecki, 68, Polish actor, satirist and screenplay writer, rector of Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw (2008–2016), lung cancer.
 * Ron Tauranac, 95, British-Australian engineer and racing car designer, co-founder of Brabham.
 * C. T. Vivian, 95, American author and civil rights activist, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (2013).
 * Marian Więckowski, 86, Polish racing cyclist, Tour de Pologne winner (1954, 1955, 1956).

16

 * Rafael Aguirre Franco, 83, Spanish writer and researcher.
 * David Bobihoe Akib, 64, Indonesian politician, Regent of Gorontalo (2005–2015).
 * Ken Chinn, 57, Canadian punk rock vocalist (SNFU).
 * Roger Côté, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (Edmonton Oilers, Indianapolis Racers).
 * Christopher Dickey, 68, American journalist, news editor (The Daily Beast) and author, heart attack.
 * Elisabeth Ebeling, 73, German actress.
 * Gladys Ejomi, Cameroonian physician.
 * Tony Elliott, 73, English publisher, founder of Time Out Group.
 * Mason Gaffney, 96, American economist.
 * Barry Jarman, 84, Australian cricketer (South Australia, national team).
 * Mustapha Karkouti, 77, Syrian journalist, heart attack.
 * Azuma Morisaki, 92, Japanese film director (Tora-san, His Tender Love, Time and Tide, Pecoross' Mother and Her Days), stroke.
 * Cornelius Mwalwanda, Malawian economist and politician, COVID-19.
 * Norm Neeson, 86, Australian footballer (North Melbourne).
 * Vladimir Obuchov, 84, Russian basketball coach (MBC Dynamo Moscow, Soviet Union national team, Malta national team).
 * Jamie Oldaker, 68, American drummer (Eric Clapton, The Tractors).
 * Omaswati, 54, Indonesian comedian.
 * Jonathan Oppenheim, 67, American film editor (Paris Is Burning, The Oath), brain cancer.
 * Wesley Ira Purkey, 68, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
 * Rick Reed, 70, American baseball umpire.
 * Kurt Sampson, 87, American telecommunications and racing executive, CEO of Canterbury Park.
 * Neela Satyanarayanan, 72, Indian civil servant, COVID-19.
 * Phyllis Somerville, 76, American actress (The Big C, Little Children, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button).
 * Joe Sutton, 83, American publicist, radio host and producer.
 * Tony Taylor, 84, Cuban baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers), complications from a stroke.
 * Frits Tellegen, 101, Dutch urban designer.
 * Alexei Tezikov, 42, Russian ice hockey player (Washington Capitals, Vancouver Canucks, HC Lada Togliatti), heart attack.
 * Víctor Víctor, 71, Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist, COVID-19.
 * Delphine Zanga Tsogo, 84, Cameroonian writer, feminist and politician, Deputy (1965–1972).

15

 * Carlotta Barilli, 84, Italian actress (Ragazzi del Juke-Box, Howlers in the Dock, La commare secca).
 * Mateo A.T. Caparas, 96, Filipino lawyer and politician.
 * Severino Cavalcanti, 89, Brazilian politician, Deputy (1995–2005), complications from diabetes.
 * Igor Chernykh, 88, Russian cinematographer (The Diamond Arm, Particularly Important Task, Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation).
 * Elias Farkouh, 72, Jordanian novelist, heart attack.
 * Paul Fusco, 89, American photojournalist, dementia.
 * Juan José García Corral, 68, Spanish bullfighter.
 * Ivar Genesjö, 89, Swedish Olympic fencer (1964).
 * Louw de Graaf, 90, Dutch politician.
 * Sayed Haider, 95, Bangladeshi language movement activist, pneumonia.
 * Stan Hindman, 76, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
 * David Humphries, 66, English cricketer (Leicestershire, Worcestershire).
 * Arnol Kox, 67, Dutch street preacher.
 * Oscar Hugh Lipscomb, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Mobile (1980–2008).
 * Travell Mazion, 24, American boxer, traffic collision.
 * Nigel Murch, 76, Australian cricketer (Victoria, Northamptonshire).
 * Kieran O'Connor, 41, Irish Gaelic footballer (Aghada, Cork), Ewing's sarcoma.
 * Victoria Rodríguez, 88, Spanish actress, pneumonia.
 * Maurice Roëves, 83, Scottish actor (Oh! What a Lovely War, Escape to Victory, The Last of the Mohicans).
 * Ana Romero Reguera, 88, Spanish fighting bull rancher.
 * Eugenio Scarpellini, 66, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop (2010–2013) and Bishop of El Alto (since 2013), COVID-19.
 * George Simon, 73, Guyanese artist and archeologist, cancer.
 * Sir Toke Talagi, 69, Niuean diplomat and politician, MP (1999–2020) and Premier (2008–2020).
 * Mohd. Khusairi Abdul Talib, 59, Malaysian politician, Perak State MLA (since 2004), heart attack.

14

 * Adalet Ağaoğlu, 90, Turkish novelist and playwright, multiple organ failure.
 * Tolulope Arotile, 24, Nigerian helicopter pilot, traffic collision.
 * Gabriele Buschmeier, 65, German musicologist.
 * Tim Clark, 84, British physician.
 * Jyotsna Das, 92–93, Indian actress.
 * Galyn Görg, 55, American actress (RoboCop 2, M.A.N.T.I.S., Point Break) and dancer, cancer.
 * Bea Gorton, 73, American college basketball coach (Indiana Hoosiers).
 * Polad Hashimov, 45, Azerbaijani military officer, shot.
 * Dinah Hinz, 86, German actress and voice actress.
 * Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, 88, British jurist, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (1989–1997) and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1997–2004).
 * Muhammad Mohaiminul Islam, 78, Bangladeshi military officer, Chief of Naval Staff (1991–1995), COVID-19.
 * Ronald Johnson, 76, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1978), liver cancer.
 * Jindřich Kabát, 67, Czech psychologist and politician, Minister of Culture (1992–1994).
 * Caesar Korolenko, 86, Russian psychiatrist, COVID-19.
 * Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, American white supremacist and convicted triple murderer, execution by lethal injection.
 * Dave Lewis, 65, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Rams).
 * J. J. Lionel, 72, Belgian musician ("La danse des canards").
 * Ron de Lugo, 89, American politician.
 * Maria Lugones, 76, Argentine feminist philosopher.
 * Noël Martin, 60, Jamaican-born British assisted suicide activist and neo-Nazi victim.
 * Alex McCool, 96, American NASA manager.
 * Luis Orán Castañeda, 41, Colombian racing cyclist, conveyor belt accident.
 * Raúl Pagano, Argentine keyboard player (Bersuit Vergarabat, Fito Paez), hypothermia.
 * Susan Quimpo, 59, Filipino activist and author.
 * Sir Desmond Rice, 95, British army officer and courtier.
 * Arthur J. Samberg, 79, American businessman, leukemia.
 * Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh, 75, Iranian politician, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (1983–1989) and MP (1990–1992, 1996–2004).
 * Milan Šašik, 67, Slovak-born Ukrainian Ruthenian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Mukachevo (since 2002).
 * John Schaeffer, 79, Dutch-born Australian art collector and businessman, traffic collision.
 * Shajahan Siraj, 77, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–1991) and co-founder of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, cancer.
 * Stephen Susman, 79, American attorney, COVID-19.
 * Theo van der Westerlaken, 71, Dutch cycle racing executive (Acht van Chaam).

13

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

12

 * Jack Ah Kit, 69, Australian politician, Northern Territory MLA (1995–2005).
 * Pauls Bankovskis, 47, Latvian writer and journalist.
 * Miryana Basheva, 73, Bulgarian poet.
 * Rod Bernard, 79, American singer ("This Should Go On Forever").
 * Steve Bouchie, 59, American basketball player (Indiana Hoosiers, Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino), Indiana Mr. Basketball (1979), complications from a heart attack.
 * Raymundo Capetillo, 76, Mexican actor (Rosa salvaje, Corazón salvaje), COVID-19.
 * Divya Chouksey, 29, Indian actress and singer, cancer.
 * Joanna Cole, 75, American children's writer (The Magic School Bus), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
 * Alain Desvergnes, 88, French photographer.
 * Judy Dyble, 71, English singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention, Trader Horne), lung cancer.
 * Hassan Abshir Farah, 75, Somali politician, Prime Minister (2001–2003) and MP (since 2012).
 * Bill Gilbreth, 72, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, California Angels), complications from heart surgery.
 * Mohamed Hashi, Somali politician, President of Puntland (2004–2005).
 * Jane Campbell Hutchison, 87, American art historian.
 * Huey Johnson, 87, American environmentalist.
 * Ignat Kaneff, 93, Bulgarian-Canadian construction executive and philanthropist.
 * Benjamin Keough, 27, American backup singer ("To Whom It May Concern"), suicide by gunshot.
 * Nurhasanah Iskandar, 62, Indonesian voice actress (Doraemon).
 * Nelson Meurer, 77, Brazilian politician, Deputy (1995–2019), mayor of Francisco Beltrão (1989–1993), COVID-19.
 * Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell, 73, British hereditary peer.
 * Manuel Moroun, 93, American transportation executive, heart failure.
 * Alfred Mtsi, 69, South African politician, mayor of Buffalo City (2015–2016), COVID-19.
 * Frank Popper, 102, Czech-born French-British art and technology historian.
 * Kelly Preston, 57, American actress (Jerry Maguire, Twins, Sky High), breast cancer.
 * Henrik Ripa, 52, Swedish politician, MP (2010–2014).
 * Nagindas Sanghavi, 100, Indian political columnist.
 * Jarno Sarkula, 47, Finnish musician (Alamaailman Vasarat).
 * Eleanor Sokoloff, 106, American pianist.
 * Wim Suurbier, 75, Dutch football player (Ajax, national team) and manager (Tampa Bay Rowdies), cerebral hemorrhage.
 * Lajos Szűcs, 76, Hungarian footballer (Ferencvárosi, Budapest Honvéd, national team), Olympic champion (1968).
 * Nicole Thea, 24, British social media personality.

11

 * Marc Angelucci, 52, American attorney and men's rights activist, shot.
 * Jyotsna Bhatt, 80, Indian ceramicist and potter.
 * Frank Bolling, 88, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves).
 * Iñaxi Etxabe, 87, Spanish bertsolari.
 * Jane Gardner, 68, American journalist and news presenter (WSLS, WVEC, WTKR).
 * Andrés Indriðason, 78, Icelandic television producer.
 * Edward Kmiec, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nashville (1992–2004) and Buffalo (2004–2012).
 * Kyaw Hein, 72, Burmese actor (Kanyar Pyo Nae Zayar Ao, Sone Yay, Wai Lae Mhway Kyway Lae Mhway), complications from a stroke.
 * A. H. Jami, 77, Indian cartoonist.
 * Nicholas Lash, 86, English theologian.
 * Lil Marlo, 30, American rapper, shot.
 * Lim Boo Liat, 93, Malaysian zoologist.
 * Florence Littauer, 92, American self-help author.
 * Yoshihiko Matsuo, 86, Japanese car designer (Nissan).
 * Jacques Mazoin, 91, French rugby union player and coach (US Dax, Paris UC).
 * Mary Miller, 90, English actress.
 * Rich Priske, 52, Canadian bassist, heart attack.
 * Maynard Reece, 100, American wildlife artist.
 * Engel Reinhoudt, 74, Dutch troubadour and dialect writer.
 * Gergina Toncheva, 87, Bulgarian teacher.
 * Gabriella Tucci, 90, Italian operatic soprano.
 * Donald Whiston, 93, American ice hockey player, Olympic silver medallist (1952).

10

 * Ben Acton, 92, Australian Olympic ice hockey player (1960).
 * Phil Ashley, 65, American keyboardist (Kiss, Mick Jagger, Aerosmith).
 * Papa T Bob, 59, Indonesian songwriter, complications from diabetes.
 * Morris Cerullo, 88, American Pentecostal televangelist, pneumonia.
 * Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty, 82, Indian-American microbiologist (Diamond v. Chakrabarty).
 * Jack Charlton, 85, English football player (Leeds United, national team) and manager (Republic of Ireland national team), world champion (1966), lymphoma and dementia.
 * Vicente Cristófano, 68, Argentine football manager and coach (Club Atlético Brown), COVID-19.
 * Johnny Cusack, 92, Irish Gaelic footballer (Cavan, Lavey).
 * Corra Dirksen, 82, South African rugby player (Northern Transvaal, national team), COVID-19.
 * Vikas Dubey, 56, Indian gangster and convicted murderer, shot.
 * Eddie Gale, 78, American jazz trumpeter.
 * Wolfgang Jerat, 65, German football player and coach.
 * Ghaida Kambash, 46, Iraqi politician (Council of Representatives of Iraq), COVID-19.
 * Ferenc Koncz, 60, Hungarian politician, MP (1998–2002, 2004–2006, 2010–2014, since 2018), traffic collision.
 * Cosmas Magaya, 66, Zimbabwean mbira musician, COVID-19.
 * Peter Maertens, 88, German actor (Maximilian von Mexiko, Stammheim, Notruf Hafenkante).
 * Panagiotis Manias, 87, Greek basketball player, drowned.
 * Thomas Manthata, 80, South African anti-Apartheid activist (Delmas Treason Trial), COVID-19.
 * Svatopluk Matyáš, 90, Czech actor.
 * Ljubica Miletić, 72, Serbian poet, translator and essayist.
 * Colin Milner Smith, 83, British judge and cricketer.
 * Irena Milovan, 83, Croatian ballet dancer.
 * Pep Mòdol, 62, Spanish politician and writer, Deputy (1989–1993) and Senator (1996–2000), cancer.
 * Pat Musitano, 52, Canadian mobster (Musitano crime family), shot.
 * Paik Sun-yup, 99, South Korean military officer.
 * Dick Passwater, 93, American racecar driver.
 * Mahmoud Reda, 90, Egyptian dancer, choreographer and Olympic gymnast (1952).
 * Michael M. Richter, 82, German mathematician and computer scientist.
 * Lara van Ruijven, 27, Dutch short track speed skater, Olympic bronze medallist (2018) and world champion (2019), autoimmune disease.
 * Alfredo Sirkis, 69, Brazilian politician, Deputy (2011–2014), traffic collision.
 * Gordon Stone, 70, American bluegrass and fusion musician (Phish).
 * Anna Stroka, 97, Polish literary historian, author and translator.
 * Steve Sutherland, British club and radio disc jockey (Choice FM, Galaxy FM).
 * Olga Tass, 91, Hungarian gymnast, Olympic champion (1956).
 * Genevieve Westcott, 65, Canadian-born New Zealand journalist and television presenter, breast cancer.
 * Ed Wild, 85, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1956).
 * Dick Williams, 92, American magician.

9

 * Agustín Alezzo, 84, Argentine theater director, complications from COVID-19.
 * Johnny Beattie, 93, Scottish actor (River City) and comedian (Scotch & Wry, Rab C. Nesbitt).
 * Marlene Catzín Cih, 66, Mexican politician, mayor of Maxcanú (1994–1995, 2010–2012, since 2018), COVID-19.
 * Robert Curtis Clark, 83, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (1960–1981).
 * Roland Desné, 89, French philosopher and writer.
 * Jean-François Garreaud, 74, French actor (Violette Nozière, A Simple Story, I as in Icarus).
 * Ranjon Ghoshal, 65, Indian theatre director and musician (Moheener Ghoraguli).
 * Karrar Ibrahim Hashim, 25, Iraqi footballer (Al-Minaa, Naft Al-Junoob, national team).
 * Miloš Jakeš, 97, Czech politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989).
 * Nina Khachaturyan, 88, Russian historian.
 * Sahara Khatun, 77, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Home Affairs (2009–2012) and Posts and Telecommunications (2012–2013), MP (since 2009).
 * Mohamed Kouradji, 68, Algerian football referee, COVID-19.
 * Antonio Krastev, 59, Bulgarian weightlifter, world champion (1985, 1986), traffic collision.
 * Irma Lanzas, 86, Salvadoran writer and educator.
 * Patricia Majalisa, 53, South African singer, heart attack.
 * Sylvia Martínez Elizondo, 72, Mexican politician, Senator (2016–2018).
 * Bruce Nestande, 82, American politician, heart attack.
 * Park Won-soon, 64, South Korean politician, Mayor of Seoul (since 2011), suicide.
 * Hafiz Rahim, 36, Singaporean footballer (Geylang United, Gombak United, national team), traffic collision.
 * Vladimir Salkov, 83, Russian football player and manager (Shakhtar Donetsk, Rotor Volgograd).
 * Lino Sentimenti, 91, Italian footballer (Modena F.C.).
 * Tong Binggang, 92, Chinese physicist.
 * Joseph Vidal, 87, French politician, National Assembly member for Aude (1978–1993).

8

 * Jean-Claude Alibert, French rally racer.
 * Norman Allinger, 92, American chemist.
 * Daniel Alvarado, 70, Venezuelan actor (La revancha, Pecado de amor, My Sweet Fat Valentina), fall.
 * Odi Bouwmans, 76, Dutch politician, mayor of Helvoirt and Boxmeer.
 * Sheng-Chang Chiang, 56, Taiwanese information technology executive, CEO and president of MSI, suicide by jumping.
 * Amadou Gon Coulibaly, 61, Ivorian politician, Prime Minister (since 2017).
 * Lambert Croux, 93, Belgian politician, senator (1977–1981) and Member of the European Parliament (1979–1989).
 * Ramón Escobar Santiago, 83, Spanish politician, Mayor of Segovia (1991–1999).
 * Jagdeep, 81, Indian actor (Sholay, Purana Mandir, Andaz Apna Apna) and comedian.
 * Finn Christian Jagge, 54, Norwegian alpine skier, Olympic champion (1992), gastric volvulus.
 * Jimmy Johnson, 80, Nigerian actor (The Village Headmaster), surgery complications.
 * Liliane Klein-Lieber, 96, French resistance member (Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs israélites de France).
 * Louis Mazibuko, 69, South African sports journalist.
 * Wayne Mixson, 98, American politician, Governor of Florida (1987), member of the Florida House of Representatives (1967–1978).
 * Eldon A. Money, 89, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (1974–1979) and Senate (1980–1997).
 * Ricardo Mthembu, 50, South African politician, mayor of KwaDukuza (2011–2019), COVID-19.
 * Stella Nangonová, 82, Czech philologist and writer.
 * Santiago Nchama, 70, Equatoguinean politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1999–2003).
 * Munah Pelham-Youngblood, 36, Liberian politician, member of the House of Representatives (since 2011).
 * José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, 72, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Territorial Prelature of Jesús María del Nayar (1992–2010).
 * Ross Pritchard, 95, American academic administrator, Chancellor of the University of Denver (1978–1984).
 * Alex Pullin, 32, Australian Olympic snowboarder (2010, 2014, 2018), snowboard cross world champion (2011, 2013), drowned.
 * Naya Rivera, 33, American actress (Glee, The Royal Family, At the Devil's Door), model and singer, drowned.
 * Noloyiso Sandile, 56, South African royal, Regent of the Royal House of the AmaRharhabe, COVID-19.
 * Howard Schoenfield, 62, American tennis player, COVID-19.
 * Lyudmila Stanukinas, 89, Kazakhstani documentary filmmaker.
 * Abdelmajid Tlemçani, 82, Tunisian footballer (Espérance Sportive de Tunis, national team).
 * Brad Watson, 64, American author and academic, heart failure.
 * William Wolff, 93, German-British journalist and rabbi.
 * Flossie Wong-Staal, 72, Chinese-American virologist, pneumonia.

7

 * Hernán Alemán, 65, Venezuelan exiled politician, Deputy (since 2011) and mayor of Cabimas (1989–1996, 2000–2008), COVID-19.
 * Jale Aylanç, 72, Turkish actress (Suskunlar).
 * George Boyd, 68, Canadian playwright and news anchor (CBC Newsworld).
 * Dannes Coronel, 47, Ecuadorian footballer (El Nacional, Macará, national team), heart attack.
 * Gilbert Doucet, 64, French rugby union player and coach (FC Lourdes, RC Toulonnais).
 * Jahneil Douglas, 22, American football player (Toledo Rockets), shot.
 * Millicent S. Ficken, 86, American ethologist.
 * Elizabeth Harrower, 92, Australian novelist (Down in the City, The Watch Tower, In Certain Circles).
 * Bob Hitchens, 68, American football player and coach (Miami RedHawks).
 * Henry Jansen, 64, South African politician, Mayor of Langeberg, COVID-19.
 * Henry Krtschil, 87, German composer and pianist.
 * Mike Moran, 78, American sporting executive, spokesperson for USOC, pneumonia.
 * Bill Ramsey, 76, English rugby league player (Leeds, Hull, Hunslet).
 * Juan Rosai, 79, Italian-born American pathologist.
 * Mike Ryan, 78, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies).
 * Jay Severin, 69, American radio talk show host (WOR, WTKK, Blaze Media) and political consultant, stroke.
 * R. Sundarrajan, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA.
 * Henk Tennekes, 69, Dutch toxicologist, active euthanasia for pulmonary disease.
 * Chynybaĭ Tursunbekov, 59, Kyrgyz politician, President of the Supreme Council (2016–2017), pneumonia.
 * Wolfgard Voß, 94, German Olympic gymnast (1952).
 * Wang Jiafan, 81, Chinese historian.
 * Dhansiri Weerasinghe, 84, Sri Lankan cricketer (national team).

6

 * Inuwa Abdulkadir, 54, Nigerian politician, COVID-19.
 * Suresh Amonkar, 68, Indian politician, Goa MLA (2012–2017), COVID-19.
 * Rosario Bléfari, 54, Argentine actress (Poor Butterfly, I, the Worst of All, Rapado), singer and writer, cancer.
 * Louis Colavecchio, 78, American counterfeiter.
 * Carme Contreras i Verdiales, 87, Spanish actress (El cor de la ciutat).
 * Charlie Daniels, 83, American Hall of Fame country singer-songwriter and musician ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia", "Uneasy Rider"), Grammy Award winner (1980), hemorrhagic stroke.
 * Bishnu Charan Das, 65, Indian politician, MP (2016–2017), stroke.
 * Katie G. Dorsett, 87, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (2003–2011).
 * Esparbec, 79–80, French pornographic author.
 * Mahmoud Fadel, 71, Lebanese-American boxer, complications from Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body dementia.
 * Pavel Fieber, 78, German-Austrian actor, singer and theatre director.
 * Ronald Graham, 84, American mathematician (Graham's number), President of the American Mathematical Society (1993–1994), bronchiectasis.
 * Hisham al-Hashimi, 47, Iraqi historian and security expert, shot.
 * Julio Jiménez, 55, Bolivian politician, Deputy (since 2015), COVID-19.
 * Gordon Kegakilwe, 53, South African politician, North West MEC (since 2019), COVID-19.
 * Andrew Kishore, 64, Bangladeshi playback singer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
 * Juris Kronbergs, 73, Latvian-Swedish poet and translator.
 * Mary Kay Letourneau, 58, American teacher and convicted rapist, cancer.
 * Ennio Morricone, 91, Italian film composer (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Hateful Eight), Oscar winner (2016), complications from a fall.
 * Zithulele Patrick Mvemve, 79, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg (1986–1994) and Bishop of Klerksdorp (1994–2013).
 * Zdzisław Myrda, 69, Polish Olympic basketball player (1980).
 * Mark Naley, 59, Australian footballer (South Adelaide, Carlton), brain cancer.
 * Barbara Pec-Ślesicka, 83, Polish production manager and film producer (Rok pierwszy, Without Anesthesia, Danton).
 * Joe Porcaro, 90, American percussionist (Toto, The Wrecking Crew).
 * Giuseppe Rizza, 33, Italian footballer (Juve Stabia, Arezzo, Pergocrema), complications from ruptured brain aneurysm.
 * Song Jinsheng, 87, Chinese politician, Vice-Chairman of the Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party (1992–2007).
 * Osvaldo Sosa, 72, Argentine football player (Club Almagro, Argentinos Juniors) and manager (Talleres de Córdoba), complications from a stroke.
 * Marta Stebnicka, 95, Polish actress.
 * Zoran Stojković, 73, Serbian politician, Minister of Justice (2004–2007).
 * Sergey Zagraevsky, 55, Russian-Israeli painter, architectural historian and theologian, heart failure.

5

 * Ragaa Al Geddawy, 85, Egyptian actress and model, COVID-19.
 * Souzána Antonakáki, 84–85, Greek architect.
 * Alexander Balanta, 42, Colombian footballer, COVID-19.
 * Bill Barlow, 89, Canadian politician.
 * Horace Barlow, 98, British neuroscientist.
 * Fiorenza Bassoli, 71, Italian politician.
 * Léo Bergoffen, 97, German-born French Holocaust survivor.
 * Nirmalendu Bhattacharya, 61, Indian politician.
 * Antônio Bivar, 81, Brazilian writer and playwright, COVID-19.
 * Ismael Bonilla, 41, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, race collision.
 * Nick Cordero, 41, Canadian actor and singer (Bullets Over Broadway, A Bronx Tale, Waitress), complications from COVID-19.
 * Ayatullah Durrani, 64, Pakistani politician, MP (2008–2013), COVID-19.
 * Cleveland Eaton, 80, American jazz bassist.
 * Carlo Flamigni, 87, Italian physician, academic and writer.
 * Bettina Gilois, 58, German-born American screenwriter (Bessie, Glory Road, McFarland, USA), cancer.
 * Willi Holdorf, 80, German athlete, Olympic champion (1964).
 * Kōshū Itabashi, 93, Japanese Sōtō Zen master, abbot of Sōji-ji (1998–2002).
 * Ahmad Karami, 76, Lebanese politician.
 * Mauro Mellini, 93, Italian lawyer and politician, Deputy (1976–1992), secretary of the Radical Party (1968–1969).
 * John Monaco, 78, American politician, mayor of Mesquite, Texas (2007–2015).
 * Margarita Paksa, 88, Argentine artist.
 * Aubert Pallascio, 82, Canadian actor (The Kidnapping of the President, Black List, Punisher: War Zone), cancer.
 * Barrie Penrose, 78, British investigative journalist and author, complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Brad Pye Jr., 89, American sports journalist (Los Angeles Sentinel), broadcaster, and politician.
 * Bob Reade, 87, American college football player (Cornell College) and coach (Geneseo High School, Augustana College).
 * Juanito Rivera, 89, Filipino militant, co-founder of the NPA, stroke.
 * Grethe Ryen, 70, Norwegian actress (Karjolsteinen, Den sommeren jeg fylte 15).
 * Ena Thomas, 85, Welsh television cook.
 * Tiloun, 53, Réunionese singer.
 * Volodymyr Troshkin, 72, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv), Olympic bronze medallist (1976) and manager (Veres Rivne).
 * Naama Tsal, 39, Israeli editor and writer, cancer.
 * Olena Vasylivna Tsvek, 88, Ukrainian archaeologist.
 * Tom Vaughn, 77, American football player (Detroit Lions).
 * Ashoka Wadigamangawa, 68, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1989–1994), traffic collision.
 * Mahendra Yadav, 70, Indian politician, Delhi MLA (1998–2003) and convicted criminal, COVID-19.

4

 * TM Giasuddin Ahmed, 83, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–1990).
 * Sebastián Athié, 24, Mexican actor (Once) and musician.
 * Alan S. Becker, 74, American politician, attorney and educator, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1972–1978), cancer.
 * Angel D'Mayo, 65, Argentine guitarist (Vox Dei, Charly García), complications from COVID-19.
 * Angelo Fagiani, 77, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche (1997–2007).
 * Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, 68, American sideshow attractions and documentary subjects, world's oldest conjoined twins.
 * Martin Graßnick, 103, German architect.
 * Richard Haskins, 55, American casino executive, president of Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa, jet ski collision.
 * Brandis Kemp, 76, American actress (Fridays, AfterMASH), brain cancer and COVID-19.
 * Robert Mack, 61, Austrian Olympic ice hockey player (1988).
 * Irwin Molasky, 93, American real estate developer.
 * John Papworth, 98, British Anglican clergyman and activist.
 * Martha Rocha, 83, Brazilian model, Miss Universo Brasil (1954), heart attack.
 * Seninho, 71, Portuguese footballer (Porto, New York Cosmos, national team).
 * Silvano Silvi, 83, Italian singer.
 * Bhakti Charu Swami, 74, Indian spiritual teacher (International Society for Krishna Consciousness), COVID-19.
 * Earl Thomas, 71, American football player (Chicago Bears, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Oilers).
 * Marc Treanor, 57, British sand artist.
 * Mary Twala, 80, South African actress (Life, Above All, Beat the Drum, Sarafina!).
 * Arie van der Vlis, 79, Dutch military officer, Chief of the Defence Staff (1992–1994).
 * Niels De Vriendt, 20, Belgian racing cyclist, heart attack.
 * James Lee Wah, 89, Trinidadian theatre promoter and educator.
 * Kevin Wickham, 80, Australian Olympic rower (1964).

3

 * Ejike Obumneme Aghanya, 87, Nigerian military officer and electrical engineer.
 * Protik Prakash Banerjee, 51, Indian jurist, Judge of the Calcutta High Court (since 2017), heart failure.
 * J. Marvin Brown, 66, American soul singer (The Softones).
 * Tyson Brummett, 35, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), plane crash.
 * Cecilia Buscarons, 72–73, Uruguayan writer and historian.
 * Neil Erland Byers, 91, Canadian politician.
 * Earl Cameron, 102, Bermudian-born British actor (Doctor Who, Pool of London, The Interpreter).
 * Hermine de Clermont-Tonnerre, 54, French princess, writer and actress (La Ferme Célébrités), traffic collision.
 * Len Cunning, 69, Canadian ice hockey player (Johnstown Jets).
 * Scott Erskine, 57, American serial killer, COVID-19.
 * Wahidul Haq, 87, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Finance (1988, 1988–1990).
 * Saroj Khan, 71, Indian choreographer (Mr. India, Nagina, Chandni), cardiac arrest.
 * Lore Krainer, 89, Austrian composer.
 * Ardico Magnini, 91, Italian footballer (Pistoiese, Fiorentina, national team).
 * Claude Mercier-Ythier, 88–89, French harpsichord maker.
 * Aurelio Moyano, 81, Argentine footballer (FC Nancy, AS Cannes).
 * Welcome Msomi, 76, South African playwright (uMabatha).
 * Rolf Muuss, 95, German-born American psychologist.
 * Francis Nadeem, 64, Pakistani priest, heart attack.
 * Mamadou Bamba Ndiaye, 71, Senegalese politician.
 * Elba Perez-Cinciarelli, 76, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (2002–2004).
 * John Peter, 81, Hungarian-born British theatre critic.
 * Aleksandr Petrov (actor, born 1922), 98, Russian actor (At Early Morning).
 * Faruk Quazi, 71, Bangladeshi journalist, kidney failure.
 * Charlie Slack, 89, American basketball player (Marshall University).
 * Erika Taube, 86, German ethnologist and folklorist.
 * Leonardo Villar, 96, Brazilian actor (O Pagador de Promessas, The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga, Juego peligroso), cardiac arrest.

2

 * Olga Blinova, 89, Russian linguist.
 * Paolo Cabras, 89, Italian politician, Deputy (1972–1987), Senator (1987–1994).
 * Raymond Carter, 84, British politician, MP (1970–1979).
 * Chiu Chuang-huan, 94, Taiwanese politician, President of the Examination Yuan (1993–1996), Vice Premier (1981–1984) and Minister of Interior (1978–1981), complications from pneumonia.
 * Fan Yunruo, 24, Chinese professional Go player, suicide by jumping.
 * Christian Garrison, 78, American author and filmmaker, cancer.
 * Afroditi Grigoriadou, 88, Greek actress (Electra, I Agapi Argise mia Mera).
 * Jack Harding, 87, Irish hurler.
 * Ole Holsti, 86, American political scientist.
 * Ángela Jeria, 93, Chilean archaeologist and human rights activist.
 * Nikolai Kapustin, 81, Russian composer and pianist.
 * Jiří T. Kotalík, 69, Czech art historian, rector of the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague (1997–2003, 2010–2014).
 * Wanderley Mariz, 79, Brazilian politician, Deputy (1975–1987), COVID-19.
 * Bill Massey, 83, New Zealand Hall of Fame softball player (national team), World Championship bronze medallist (1966).
 * Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda, 73, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Huajuapan de León (since 2000).
 * John Ebong Ngole, 80, Cameroonian politician.
 * Tilo Prückner, 79, German actor (The NeverEnding Story, Iron Sky, Tatort).
 * Kevin Rafferty, 73, American film director (The Atomic Cafe, Blood in the Face) and cinematographer (Roger & Me), cancer.
 * Reckful, 31, Israeli-American Twitch streamer, suicide.
 * Abraham Louis Schneiders, 94, Dutch diplomat and writer.
 * Ronald L. Schwary, 76, American film and television producer (Ordinary People, Batteries Not Included, Medium), Oscar winner (1981).
 * Mike Walling, 69, English comic actor and screenwriter.
 * Xu Qifeng, 84, Chinese engineer.
 * Yoon Sam-yook, 83, South Korean film director (I Will Survive) and screenwriter (Yalkae, a Joker in High School, Suddenly at Midnight).
 * Galina Zolotova, 95, Russian scientist.
 * Willem van Zwet, 86, Dutch mathematician.

1

 * Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, 62–63, Ghanaian politician, CEO of the Forestry Commission (since 2017), COVID-19.
 * Stan Barré, 75, American restaurateur, complications from pancreatic surgery.
 * Bill Black, 76, New Zealand pilot and deer hunter.
 * Edward A. Burkhalter, 91, American navy officer, heart attack.
 * Jean Cabannes, 95, French magistrate and jurist, member of the Constitutional Council (1989–1998).
 * Cao Zhi, 92, Chinese politician, Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress (1998–2003).
 * Gyan Kumari Chhantyal, 63, Nepali politician, member of the Constituent Assembly (since 2013), heart disease.
 * Mel Coleman, 77, American college basketball coach (Norfolk State Spartans), heart attack.
 * Max Crook, 83, American keyboardist and songwriter ("Runaway").
 * Gay Culverhouse, 73, American academic administrator and sports executive, President of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1991–1994) and Notre Dame College (1995–1996), myelofibrosis.
 * Hugh Downs, 99, American broadcaster and television host (20/20, Today, Concentration), heart failure.
 * Luizinho Drummond, 80, Brazilian illegal lottery operator, stroke.
 * Bill Duplissea, 70, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1986–1988), cancer.
 * Heinrich Fink, 85, German theologian and politician.
 * David F. Gantt, 78, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (since 1983).
 * Beate Grimsrud, 57, Norwegian novelist and playwright, breast cancer.
 * Alex van Groningen, 55, Dutch business support executive and corporate trainer.
 * Ida Haendel, 91, Polish-born British violinist, kidney cancer.
 * George Hallett, 78, South African photographer.
 * Matthias Kaul, 71, German percussionist and composer.
 * Alfred Kotey, 52, Ghanaian Olympic boxer (1988), WBO bantamweight champion (1993–1994), complications from a stroke.
 * Lin Moyu, 96, Chinese actress (A Dream of Red Mansions).
 * Ian MacDougall, 82, Australian naval officer, Chief of the Naval Staff (1991–1994).
 * Santiago Manuin Valera, 63, Peruvian Awajún leader and Indigenous rights activist, COVID-19.
 * Ray Matheny, 91, American anthropologist.
 * Gisela Mayer, 88, German politician.
 * Eurídice Moreira, 81, Brazilian politician, Paraíba MLA (1995–1998), COVID-19.
 * Veronica Moser, 55–56, Austrian pornographic actress, intracerebral hemorrhage.
 * Jean-Pierre Moumon, 72–73, French writer.
 * Willem Olsthoorn, 81, Dutch fashion executive, complications from shingles.
 * Joe Pennington, 92, American musician.
 * Latifur Rahman, 75, Bangladeshi comprador (Transcom Group).
 * Emmanuel Rakotovahiny, 81, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996), heart disease.
 * Georg Ratzinger, 96, German Roman Catholic priest and musician, conductor of the Regensburger Domspatzen (1964–1994).
 * Tommy Ring, 81, Irish hurler.
 * Rokamlova, 79, Indian politician, Speaker of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly (1990–1993), kidney disease.
 * Pedro Luis Ronchino, 92, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (1993–2005).
 * Paul Seban, 90, Algerian-born French film director (La Musica, French Cancan).
 * Billy Tang, 69, Hong Kong film director (Dr. Lamb, Those Were the Days..., Dial D for Demons), nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
 * Jim Thorpe, 76, American Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Toronto Argonauts).
 * Aleksejs Vidavskis, 76, Latvian politician, mayor of Daugavpils (1994–2001).
 * Sir Everton Weekes, 95, Barbadian cricketer (West Indies, national team).
 * Sybil Wettasinghe, 92, Sri Lankan children's author.

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