Deaths in March 2023


March 2023

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Souley Abdoulaye, 66–67, Nigerien politician, prime minister (1994–1995). Ahmed Arab, 89, Algerian footballer (1960 Olympics, national team). Boris Bim-Bad, 81, Russian educator. William E. Cooper, 93, American major general. Ted Donaldson, 89, American actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Adventures of Rusty, Father Knows Best), complications from a fall. Charles Harrington Elster, 65, American writer and broadcaster (A Way with Words), cancer. Wally Fawkes, 98, Canadian-British jazz clarinettist and satirical cartoonist. Just Fontaine, 89, French footballer (Nice, Reims, national team). Leon Hughes, 92, American musician (The Coasters). Olga Kennard, 98, Hungarian-born British crystallographer, founder of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre. Anise Koltz, 94, Luxembourgish author. Marguerite Martel, 98, French Olympic long jumper (1948). Dan McGinn, 79, American baseball player (Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds). Allan McGraw, 83, Scottish football player (Hibernian, Linfield) and manager (Greenock Morton). Lorna Milne, 88, Canadian academic and politician, senator (1995–2009). Pintu Nanda, 45, Indian actor (Saathire, Mate Ta Love Helare, Love Express), cirrhosis. Milt Pahl, 79, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (1979–1986). Julian Peter, Pakistani army major general. Neela Ramgopal, 87, Indian Carnatic vocalist. Jerry Richardson, 86, American football player (Baltimore Colts) and executive (Carolina Panthers). Warren Saunders, 88, Australian cricketer (New South Wales). Irma Serrano, 89, Mexican actress (Tiburoneros, El monasterio de los buitres, Las amantes del señor de la noche) and singer, heart attack. Carlo Stelluti, 78, Italian politician, deputy (1996–2001). Joseph Edra Ukpo, 85, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1971–1973) and bishop (1973–2003) of Ogoja, archbishop of Calabar (2003–2013). Boybits Victoria, 50, Filipino basketball player (Pop Cola Panthers, San Miguel Beermen), heart attack. Peter Weibel, 78, Austrian post-conceptual artist. 2
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi, 90, Indian jurist, chief justice (1994–1997), chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (2003–2010). Awesome Feather, 14, American Thoroughbred racehorse, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner (2010). Mary Bauermeister, 88, German visual artist (Fluxus). Giuseppe Cacciatore, 77, Italian philosopher, member of the Accademia dei Lincei. Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, 82, Indian diplomat, ambassador to China (1993–1996) and the European Union (1996–2000). Lokenath Debnath, 87, Indian-American mathematician, founder of the International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences. Mabel Desmond, 94, Canadian-born American teacher and politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1994–2002). Frank Dickson, 91, New Zealand banker. Duncan Hendry, 71, Scottish theatre manager. Johnny Johnson, 80, American soul singer (Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon). Theodore Kanamine, 93, American brigadier general, cancer. Edward Kane, 87, American economist and writer. Bassma Kodmani, 64, Syrian academic and political dissident, cancer. Per Kristoffersen, 85, Norwegian footballer (Fredrikstad, national team). Steve Mackey, 56, English bassist (Pulp) and record producer. José Molíns, 90, Spanish Olympic long-distance runner (1960). Bertie O'Brien, 71, Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer (St Finbarr's, Cork GAA). Ryuho Okawa, 66, Japanese religious leader, founder of Happy Science. María Onetto, 56, Argentine actress (Montecristo, The Headless Woman, The Heavy Hand of the Law), suicide. Dell Raybould, 89, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (2000–2018). Sepp Reif, 85, German Olympic ice hockey player (1960, 1964, 1968). C. Paul Robinson, 81, American physicist. Wayne Shorter, 89, American jazz saxophonist (The Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis Quintet, Weather Report), 12-time Grammy winner. Nicholas Snowman, 78, British arts administrator, fall. Gothart Stier, 84, German singer. John Stobart, 93, British maritime artist. Rafael Viñoly, 78, Uruguayan architect (432 Park Avenue, 20 Fenchurch Street), aneurysm. Joan Williamson-Orr, 92, New Zealand politician, mayor of Taupō (1988–2001). Joachim Zeller, 70, German politician, MEP (2009–2019). Jan Żurawski, 91, Polish Olympic wrestler (1960). 3
Beatrice Aboyade, 87, Nigerian librarian and academic. Bruno Astorre, 59, Italian politician, senator (since 2013), suicide by jumping. Francisco J. Ayala, 88, Spanish-American evolutionary biologist and philosopher. Barbara Everitt Bryant, 96, American market researcher, director of the United States Census Bureau (1989–1993). Robert Chase, 84, British football executive, chairman of Norwich City F.C. (1985–1996). Sasthipada Chattopadhyay, 81, Indian novelist (Pandab Goenda), stroke. Chicita F. Culberson, 91, American lichenologist. Edwin A. Dawes, 97, British biochemist and magician. Christopher Fowler, 69, English novelist, cancer. Carlos Garnett, 84, Panamanian-American jazz saxophonist. Mohie El Din El Ghareeb, 90, Egyptian economist and politician, minister of finance (1996–1999). Hiroshi Imai, 81, Japanese politician, MP (1993–2000, 2003–2009), aspiration pneumonia. Antal Jancsó, 88, Hungarian tennis player. Sara Lane, 73, American actress (The Virginian, I Saw What You Did), breast cancer. Dane Lanken, 77, Canadian author and journalist. Lee San Choon, 87, Malaysian politician, MP (1959–1983), minister of labour (1974–1978) and transport (1979–1983). Pierre Legendre, 92, French historian and psychoanalyst. David Lindley, 78, American musician (Kaleidoscope, The Section) and singer ("Mercury Blues"). Jaak Lipso, 82, Estonian basketball player (CSKA Moscow), Olympic silver medallist (1964). Julien Manzano, 85, French footballer (Forbach, Red Star, Boulogne). Argentina Menis, 74, Romanian discus thrower, Olympic silver medallist (1972). Satyabrata Mookherjee, 90, Indian politician, MP (1999–2004). Franco Mulas, 84, Italian painter. Calvin Newton, 93, American gospel singer (The Oak Ridge Boys, Sons of Song). Kenzaburō Ōe, 88, Japanese novelist (A Personal Matter, The Silent Cry), Nobel Prize laureate (1994). Rita O'Hare, 80, Northern Irish political activist. Yana Rykhlitska, 29, Ukrainian combat medic, military combat. Alexandru Scripcenco, 32, Moldovan footballer (FC Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol, Iskra-Stal Rîbniţa, Sheriff Tiraspol). Tom Sizemore, 61, American actor (Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Heat), complications from a brain aneurysm. Camille Souter, 93, British-born Irish artist. Margherita Spiluttini, 75, Austrian photographer. Lou Stovall, 86, American painter. Yuri Zhukov, 85, Russian historian. 4
Romualdo Arppi Filho, 84, Brazilian football referee, kidney disease. Dietmar Artzinger-Bolten, 82, German lawyer and politician, president of 1. FC Köln (1987–1991). Phil Batt, 96, American politician, governor of Idaho (1995–1999), member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1965–1967) and twice of the Senate. Heinz Baumann, 95, German actor (I'm an Elephant, Madame, Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen, All People Will Be Brothers). Jacques Boigelot, 93, Belgian film director (Peace in the Fields) and screenwriter. Paulo Caruso, 73, Brazilian cartoonist. Sueli Costa, 79, Brazilian composer and singer. Roel Degamo, 56, Filipino politician, governor of Negros Oriental (since 2011), shot. Joseph Gabriel Fernandez, 97, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Quilon (1978–2001). Louise Archambault Greaves, 90, American filmmaker. Robert Haimer, 69, American musician (Barnes & Barnes) and songwriter ("Fish Heads"). Patti Hammond, 91, American football superfan (Seattle Seahawks). Judith Heumann, 75, American disability rights activist. Jan Lambrecht, 96, Belgian Catholic priest. John Nagenda, 84, Ugandan cricketer (East Africa, national team). Yaroslava Plaviuk, 96, Ukrainian women's rights activist, first lady in exile (1989–1992). János Rácz, 81, Hungarian Olympic basketball player (1964). Michael Rhodes, 69, American bassist (The Notorious Cherry Bombs). Jean-Michel Rosenfeld, 88, French Holocaust survivor and politician. Andre Smith, 64, American basketball player (Nebraska Cornhuskers). Donald Snyder, 71, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1981–2000). Spot, 71, American record producer (Damaged, Milo Goes to College, Zen Arcade). Leo Sterckx, 86, Belgian cyclist, Olympic silver medallist (1960). Christos Zanteroglou, 82, Greek footballer (Olympiacos, Egaleo, national team). 5
Azwar Anas, 91, Indonesian politician, coordinating minister for people's welfare (1993–1998), minister of transportation (1988–1993) and governor of West Sumatra (1977–1987). Richard Aylmer, 91, British Olympic cross-country skier (1956). Klaus Bonsack, 81, German luger, Olympic champion (1968). Arif Cooper, Jamaican musician, record producer and DJ. Diane Corcoran, 76, American colonel and nurse. Hilde De Ridder-Symoens, 79, Belgian historian. Heen Banda Dissanayaka, 85, Sri Lankan civil servant, governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon (1992–1995). Joanne Elliott, 97, American mathematician. Claire Etcherelli, 89, French novelist. Sharifa Fadel, 84, Egyptian singer and actress. Piero Gilardi, 80, Italian sculptor. Bob Goodman, 83, American Hall of Fame boxing promoter. Bob Goody, 71, British actor (Flash Gordon, Fire, Ice and Dynamite, Lighthouse) and writer, cancer. Frank Griswold, 85, American clergyman, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church (1998–2006). Antal Hetényi, 75, Hungarian Olympic judoka (1972). Tom Hsieh, 91, American politician, member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1986–1997). Ilkka Järvi-Laturi, 61, Finnish-born American film director (Spy Games). Allan Jay, 91, British fencer, double Olympic silver medallist (1960), COVID-19. Karounga Keïta, 81, Malian football player (Girondins de Bordeaux) and official. Qavi Khan, 80, Pakistani actor (Mitti Ke Putlay, Begum Jaan, Nahin Abhi Nahin), cancer. Takahiro Kimura, 58, Japanese animator (City Hunter, Brigadoon: Marin & Melan, Godannar), amyloidosis. Matti Klinge, 86, Finnish historian. Andrew Linklater, 73, British international relations scholar. Tate Makgoe, 59, South African politician and anti-apartheid activist, Free State MPL (since 1994), traffic collision. Kenneth Montgomery, 79, British conductor, pneumonia. Eugeniusz Olszyna, 69, Polish footballer (Lech Poznań). Pierluigi Onorato, 84, Italian magistrate and politician, deputy (1979–1987), senator (1987–1992). Mark Pilgrim, 53, South African radio broadcaster (5FM, 94.7 Highveld Stereo) and television presenter (Big Brother Africa), lung cancer. Pedro Rodrigues Filho, 68, Brazilian serial killer, shot. Gary Rossington, 71, American Hall of Fame guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins Band). Shozo Sasahara, 93, Japanese wrestler, Olympic champion (1956). Maurice Scully, 70–71, Irish poet. Ahuva Sherman, 96, Israeli artist. Sylviane Telchid, 81, Guadeloupean writer, complications from Alzheimer's disease. Imre Vagyóczki, 90, Hungarian Olympic sprint canoer (1956). Helen Vanni, 99, American opera singer. Dave Wills, 58, American sportscaster (Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago White Sox). 6
Ryuzan Aki, 80, Japanese manga artist, Shogakukan Manga Award recipient, heart attack. Abdulrahman al-Ansary, 87, Saudi Arabian archaeologist. Masum Babul, 60, Bangladeshi film dance director and choreographer (Beder Meye Josna, Keyamat Theke Keyamat, Ekti Cinemar Golpo). Georgina Beyer, 65, New Zealand politician and transgender rights activist, mayor of Carterton (1995–2000) and MP (1999–2007). Harvey Carignan, 95, American serial killer. Artak Davtyan, 56, Armenian economist and politician, member of the National Assembly (2007–2017). Sergey Grishin, 56, Russian-American businessman and engineer. Ivana Hloužková, 62, Czech actress (The Fortress, Boredom in Brno). Władysław Janecki, 88, Polish politician, MP (1985–1989). Jörg Jarnut, 81, German historian. Pavel Kharin, 95, Russian sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (1956). Traute Lafrenz, 103, German-American resistance fighter (White Rose). Reginald McFadden, 70, American serial killer. Toru Miyoshi, 95, Japanese judge, chief justice (1995–1997). Ken Money, 88, Canadian astronaut, scientist, and Olympic high jumper (1956). Seiko Obonai, 83, Japanese Olympic shot putter (1964). Irvo Otieno, 28, Kenyan-born American prisoner, asphyxiation. Benigno Luigi Papa, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Taranto (1990–2011) and bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi (1981–1990). Spiros Papadopoulos, 91, Greek politician, MP (1985–1993). Gérard Pelisson, 91, French hotelier, co-founder of Accor. Alfonso Quaranta, 87, Italian magistrate, president of the Constitutional Court (2011–2013). M. A. Ramlu, 96, Indian academic. Kuppuswami Sampath, 75, Indian footballer (Dempo, national team). Heinz Schwarz, 94, German politician, MP (1976–1990), minister of the interior of Rhineland-Palatinate (1971–1976) and member of the Landtag (1959–1976). Wally Smith, 96, British-born American mathematician. Wyndham St. John, 63, Canadian Olympic equestrian (2000). Mario Telò, 72, Italian political scientist and researcher. Josef Vojta, 87, Czech footballer (Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia national team), Olympic silver medallist (1964). Wang Xiaomo, 84, Chinese radar engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and deputy (1998–2008). 7
Ibtisam Abdallah, 80, Iraqi writer and translator. Vlastislav Antolák, 80, Czech teacher and politician, deputy (2002–2006). Michael Brimer, 89, South African-Australian organist, pianist, and conductor. Mik Critchlow, 68, British photographer. Ian Falconer, 63, American author (Olivia) and illustrator (The New Yorker), kidney failure. Salvador Farfán, 90, Mexican footballer (Atlante, national team). Władysław Findeisen, 97, Polish control theorist, academic, and politician, senator (1989–1993). Salvador García-Bodaño, 87, Spanish poet, member of the Royal Galician Academy (since 1992). E. Thurman Gaskill, 87, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (1997–2009). Marcel Gatsinzi, 75, Rwandan politician, minister of defence (2002–2010). Denise Goddard, 77, British Olympic artistic gymnast (1964). Kevin Alexander Gray, 65, American political activist and author. J. A. W. Gunn, 85, Canadian political philosopher. André Haefliger, 93, Swiss mathematician (Haefliger structure). Anton Ionescu, 83, Romanian politician, deputy (1996–2004). Lisa Janti, 89, American actress (World Without End, Ten Thousand Bedrooms). Prafulla Kumar Jena, 91, Indian metallurgist, member of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Cecil Kippins, 98, Guyanese cricket umpire. Dmytro Kotsiubailo, 27, Ukrainian soldier, shot. Augusto Lauro, 99, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea (1979–1999). Tom Love, 85, American entrepreneur, founder of Love's. Pat McCormick, 92, American diver, four-time Olympic champion (1952, 1956). Jitendra Nath Mohanty, 95, Indian philosopher. Siphamandla Mtolo, 29, South African footballer (Richards Bay). Lynn Seymour, 83, Canadian-born British ballerina and choreographer. Bill Siderewicz, 87, American football coach. Khatijun Nissa Siraj, 97, Singaporean women's rights activist. Peterson Zah, 85, American politician, president of the Navajo Nation (1991–1995). Andrei Zlotnikov, 52, Belarusian sociologist and politician, deputy (since 2019). 8
Ali Bilal, 40, Pakistani political worker. Marcel Amont, 93, French singer. Paul Anselin, 91, French politician, mayor of Ploërmel (1977–2008). Richard A. N. Bonnycastle, 88, Canadian business executive (Harlequin Enterprises). Hendrik Brocks, 80, Indonesian Olympic cyclist (1960). Gianmarco Calleri, 81, Italian football player (Novara) and executive, president of Lazio (1986–1992) and Torino (1994–1997). Philippe Fauveau, 96, French Olympic rower (1948). Italo Galbiati, 85, Italian football player (Lecco) and manager (Milan). Bert I. Gordon, 100, American film director and screenwriter (Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants, The Amazing Colossal Man). Martin Gorry, 68, English footballer (Barnsley, Hartlepool United, Newcastle United). Roland Hürzeler, 77, Swiss Olympic gymnast (1968). Ranjeet Singh Judeo, 80, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA. Satish Kaushik, 66, Indian film director (Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain), actor (Mr. India, Brick Lane), and comedian, heart attack. Jean-Marie Kieffer, 62, Luxembourgian composer. Dolores Klaich, 86, American author and activist, assisted suicide. Pentti Koskinen, 79, Finnish Olympic diver (1964, 1968, 1972). Jose David Lapuz, 84, Filipino educator and administrator. Sverre Olaf Lie, 85, Norwegian pediatrician. Dušan Mirković, 69, Yugoslav Olympic weightlifter (1980). (death announced on this date)
John Moelaert, 80, Belgian footballer (Cercle Brugge, Club Brugge), heart failure. Jim Moeller, 67, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (2003–2017), complications from Parkinson's disease. Tish Naghise, 59, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (since 2023). Grace Onyango, 98, Kenyan politician, mayor of Kisumu (1965–1969) and MP (1969–1983). Chaim Topol, 87, Israeli actor (Fiddler on the Roof, Flash Gordon, For Your Eyes Only), complications from Alzheimer's disease. 9
Azagaia, 38, Mozambican rapper, complications from epilepsy. Robert Blake, 89, American actor (Baretta, In Cold Blood, Lost Highway), Emmy winner (1975), heart disease. Roland Castro, 82, French architect and political activist. Michel Côté, 85, Canadian politician, member of the National Assembly of Quebec (1994–2003). William R. Cotter, 87, American lawyer, president of Colby College (1979–2000). Mark Crutcher, 74, American anti-abortion activist and author, founder of Life Dynamics Inc., heart attack. Lily Yulianti Farid, 51, Indonesian writer, researcher and cultural activist. Hassan Ghafourifard, 79, Iranian academic and politician, minister of energy (1981–1985) and three-time MP. Chris Greeley, 60, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (2002–2010). Shiro Hashizume, 94, Japanese swimmer, Olympic silver medallist (1952), prostate cancer. Heart's Cry, 21, Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Arima Kinen (2005) and Dubai Sheema Classic (2006). Bryan Horskins, 77, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn). Alan Jones, 77, Welsh footballer (Hereford United, Swansea City, Southport). Hisashi Kobayashi, 84, Japanese engineer, dean of Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science (1986–1991). Paul Locht, 93, Danish Olympic rower. Robin Lumley, 74, British jazz keyboardist (Brand X), heart failure. Connie Martinson, 90, American writer and television personality. Raphael Mechoulam, 92, Bulgarian-born Israeli organic chemist. Daud Muzamil, Afghan Taliban politician and militant, governor of Nangarhar (2021–2022) and of Balkh (since 2022), bombing. Mystic Meg, 80, British astrologer, influenza. Dave Nicoll, 78, British motocross racer. Chikage Oogi, 89, Japanese actress (A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye) and politician, president of the House of Councillors (2004–2007) and minister of land (2001–2003), esophageal cancer. Samaraditya Pal, 84, Indian lawyer. Fazalur Rehman, 81, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic champion (1968). Sir Sebastian Roberts, 69, British major general. Al Jawhara bint Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian royal. Randhir Singh, 65, Indian cricketer (national team). Tanja Heiberg Storm, 76, Norwegian diplomat, ambassador to the OECD (2001–2006). Jan Syczewski, 85, Polish politician, MP (1997–2001). Otis Taylor, 80, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs), Super Bowl champion (1970), complications from Parkinson's disease. Pearry Reginald Teo, 44, Singaporean film director (The Gene Generation, Witchville, The Curse of Sleeping Beauty) and producer. Fernando Valdés Dal-Ré, 77, Spanish jurist and academic, magistrate of the Constitutional Court (2012–2020). Ken Wagner, 75, American football coach. 10
Jesús Alou, 80, Dominican baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics), World Series champion (1973, 1974). Skip Bafalis, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–1983), Florida Senate (1966–1970), and Florida House of Representatives (1964–1966). William R. C. Blundell, 95, Canadian business executive. David Bottoms, 73, American poet. Niall Brophy, 87, Irish rugby union player (Leinster, national team, British & Irish Lions). Alwin Bully, 74, Dominican cultural administrator, playwright and artist, designer of the flag of Dominica. Junior English, 71, Jamaican reggae singer. Kevin Freeman, 81, American equestrian, Olympic silver medalist (1964, 1968, 1972). Naonobu Fujii, 31, Japanese volleyball player (Toray Arrows, national team), stomach cancer. Juan Francisco García Sánchez, 86, Spanish judge, magistrate of the Supreme Court (1999–2006). Antonín Hájek, 35, Czech Olympic ski jumper (2010, 2014). (death announced on this date)
Dick Haley, 85, American football player (Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings, Pittsburgh Steelers). Rolland Hein, 90, American college professor and scholar. Masatoshi Ito, 98, Japanese businessman (7-Eleven). Seiichi Kaneta, 75, Japanese politician, MP (1993–2009), cerebral hemorrhage. Goff Letts, 95, Australian politician, Northern Territory MP (1974–1977). Renán López, 83, Bolivian footballer (Jorge Wilstermann, national team). Rafael de Mendizábal Allende, 95, Spanish judge, president of the National Court (1977–1986, 1991–1992) and magistrate of the Constitutional Court (1992–2001). Napoleon XIV, 84, American singer ("They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!"). René Olmeta, 88, French politician, deputy (1981–1986). Juvencio Osorio, 72, Paraguayan footballer (Cerro Porteño, Espanyol, national team). Dhiruben Patel, 96, Indian novelist, playwright and translator. Demetrio Perez Jr., 77, Cuban-American educator and politician. Ayşegül Sarıca, 87, Turkish concert pianist. Vefa Tanır, 96, Turkish politician, minister of national defense (1995–1996), forestry (1991–1993) and twice of health. Tongo, 65, Peruvian singer and comedian, kidney failure. Anthony Verga, 87, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1995–2009). Tony Vincent, 97, American tennis player. Sheila Watt, 82, British Olympic swimmer (1960). Janusz Weiss, 74, Polish radio broadcaster, co-founder of Radio ZET. Michael Wilford, 84, English architect (The Lowry, Embassy of the United Kingdom, Berlin). William Wulf, 83, American computer scientist. Noriaki Yamada, 71, Japanese politician, member (1995–2014) and chairman (2012–2013) of the Ishikawa Prefectural Assembly, fall. 11
Wendy Barker, 80, American poet. Ernst Behringer, 81, German politician, member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (1994–2011). Ahlem Belhadj, 59, Tunisian women's rights activist. Erik Rud Brandt, 79, Danish fashion designer. Chen Kenichi, 67, Japanese chef (Iron Chef), interstitial lung disease. Chuanyin, 96, Chinese Buddhist monk, master of the Buddhist Association of China (2005–2010). R. Dhruvanarayana, 61, Indian politician, MP (2009–2019), cardiac arrest. Oleksandr Dovbiy, 69, Ukrainian football player (Metalist Kharkiv, SKA Kyiv) and manager (Naftovyk Okhtyrka). Amy Fuller, 54, American rower, Olympic silver medalist (1992), complications from breast cancer. Bud Grant, 95, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers), Hall of Fame football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) and coach (Minnesota Vikings). Guo Zhi, 98, Chinese politician, deputy (1978–1998). Angel Hobayan, 93, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Catarman (1975–2005). Eric Iles, 95, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (1966–1969). John Jakes, 90, American author (North and South, The Kent Family Chronicles). Jiang Yanyong, 91, Chinese physician and political dissident, pneumonia. William G. Johnsson, 88, Australian author. Keith Johnstone, 90, British-Canadian theatre director and educator (Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre). Karoline Käfer, 68, Austrian Olympic sprinter (1972, 1980). Ignacio López Tarso, 98, Mexican actor (Rosa Blanca, Esmeralda, Wild at Heart), pneumonia. Alexandru Mesian, 86, Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch, coadjutor bishop (1994–1995) and bishop (since 1995) of Lugoj. Takeshi Noma, 88, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (1992–2004). Ivonne Passada, 66, Uruguayan politician, MP (2005–2020) and speaker of the Chamber of Representatives (2010–2011). Michel Peyramaure, 101, French writer. David Reed, 96, American Anglican clergyman, bishop of Colombia (1964–1972) and Kentucky (1974–1994). Piero Sartogo, 88, Italian architect (Embassy of Italy, Washington, D.C.). Dimitrij Skolil, 92, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist. Bill Tidy, 89, British cartoonist (The Cloggies, The Fosdyke Saga). Costa Titch, 27, South African rapper. Derek Weddle, 87, English footballer (Sunderland, Darlington, York City). 12
Hussein Abu al-Khair, 57, Jordanian drug smuggler, executed. Franca Afegbua, 79, Nigerian politician, senator (1983). Dame Phyllida Barlow, 78, British visual artist. Alphonse Beni, 77, Cameroonian actor and film director. Warren Boroson, 88, American journalist, educator, and author, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Isabel Colegate, 91, British author (The Shooting Party) and literary agent. Chris Cooper, 44, American-Italian baseball player (San Marino, Italy national team), heart attack. Rolly Crump, 93, American animator and designer (Walt Disney Imagineering). Anatoly Dryukov, 86, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Singapore (1987–1990), India (1991–1996), and Armenia (1998–2005). Dick Fosbury, 76, American high jumper (Fosbury flop), Olympic champion (1968), lymphoma. Tom French, 88, Northern Irish politician, complications from Parkinson's disease. Karel Kaplan, 94, Czech historian. Liam Kearns, 60, Irish Gaelic football player (Austin Stacks) and manager (Offaly, Limerick). Marek Kopelent, 90, Czech composer and composition professor (Academy of Fine Arts, Prague). Li Laizhu, 90, Chinese military officer, commander of the Beijing Military Region (1993–1997) and deputy (1988–1993). Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton, 87, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1970) and Paralympic champion (1960, 1964). Jaume Medina, 73, Spanish philologist. Dragoslav Mihailović, 92, Serbian writer. Gyula Németh, 63, Hungarian high jumper. Rudel Obreja, 57, Romanian Olympic boxer (1984). Antônio Pedro, 82, Brazilian actor (Casa da Mãe Joana, Casa da Mãe Joana 2, Muito Prazer). Ondrej Šima, 86, Slovak Olympic sport shooter (1968). Felton Spencer, 55, American basketball player (Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz, Golden State Warriors). Joseph Edward Troy, 91, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor bishop (1984–1986) and bishop (1986–1997) of Saint John, New Brunswick. 13
Denis Bovey, 93, Scottish Episcopalian priest, dean of Aberdeen and Orkney (1983–1988). Bob Breitenstein, 79, American football player (Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons, Minnesota Vikings). Nicholas Calabrese, 80, American contract killer. Simon Emmerson, 67, English musician (Weekend, Working Week, Afro Celt Sound System), record producer and DJ. Jim Gordon, 77, American drummer (Derek and the Dominos, Traffic), songwriter ("Layla") and convicted murderer. Terry Grier, 86, Canadian university administrator and politician, MP (1972–1974). Donald Hinds, 89, Jamaican writer, journalist, and teacher. Mabo Ismaila, 78, Nigerian football manager (women's national team). Eden Knight, 23, Saudi Arabian trans woman, suicide. Momoko Kuroda, 84, Japanese poet and essayist, brain hemorrhage. Edward Leavy, 93, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Oregon (1984–1987) and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (since 1987). Mario Masini, 84, Italian cinematographer (Padre Padrone, Our Lady of the Turks, The Perfume of the Lady in Black) and film director. Jack McLaughlin, 93, Australian cricketer (Queensland). Karol Mikuláš, 100, Slovak miner. Hedley Muscroft, 84, English golfer. (death announced on this date)
Eliseu Padilha, 77, Brazilian lawyer and politician, chief of staff of the presidency (2016–2019), minister of transport (1997–2001) and three-time deputy. Joe Pepitone, 82, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs), World Series champion (1962). Jennifer Rahim, 60, Trinidadian writer, poet, and literary critic. Tom Ryan, 81, Irish hurler (Killenaule, Tipperary). Pat Schroeder, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–1997), complications from a stroke. Vera Selby, 93, English snooker and billiards player. Chris Shevlane, 80, Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Greenock Morton). Cyprian Tseriwa, 86, Zimbabwean Olympic runner (1960). Ernst Tugendhat, 93, Czechoslovak-born German philosopher. Marija Ujević-Galetović, 89, Croatian sculptor. Pradeep Uppoor, 65, Indian film producer (Ardh Satya, Aghaat, Chakra). Glen Weir, 71, Canadian Hall of Fame football player (Montreal Alouettes). Barbro Westerholm, 89, Swedish doctor and politician, MP (1988–1999, 2006–2022). Eric Lloyd Wright, 93, American architect. 14
Alexander Andreev, 82, Russian theoretical physicist. Samuel P. Bell III, 83, American politician. Gloria Bosman, 50, South African jazz singer. Bobby Caldwell, 71, American singer ("What You Won't Do for Love") and songwriter ("The Next Time I Fall"). Jacques Cossette-Trudel, 76, Canadian screenwriter and political activist (Front de libération du Québec). Laurie Daniel, 81, Welsh rugby union player (Newport, Pontypool, national team). Louisette Dussault, 82, Canadian actress (Françoise Durocher, Waitress, IXE-13, Wedding Night) and writer. Jim Ferree, 91, American golfer. Ángel Floro Martínez, 83, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Gokwe (2000–2017). Sergei Grigoryants, 81, Russian human rights activist and Soviet dissident. Leslie Hardcastle, 96, British arts administrator (BFI). Kim Yong-chul, 98, South Korean jurist and judge, chief justice (1986–1988). Arne Kjörnsberg, 87, Swedish politician, MP (1985–2006). Valery Loshchinin, 82, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Belarus (1996–1999). Andrzej Mazurkiewicz, 81, Polish footballer (Lech Poznań). R. Kenton Musgrave, 95, American jurist, judge of the United States Court of International Trade (since 1987). Luigi Piccatto, 68, Italian comic artist (Dylan Dog). Nukhim Rashkovsky, 76, Russian chess player and coach, Grandmaster (1980). Janet Sinsheimer, 65, American biostatistician. Betty Glassman Trachtenberg, 89, American college administrator (Yale College). Antonina Uccello, 100, American politician, mayor of Hartford, Connecticut (1967–1971). Ved Pratap Vaidik, 78, Indian journalist, fall. Dale K. Van Kley, 81, American historian. Richard Wagner, 70, Romanian-born German novelist. 15
Sir Geoffrey Allen, 94, British chemist. Théo de Barros, 80, Brazilian composer and musician (Quarteto Novo). Dorothy Bohm, 98, German-born British photographer. Chinga Chavin, 78, American musician and advertising executive. Pierluigi Concutelli, 78, Italian terrorist (Ordine Nuovo) and convicted murderer. Ron Cooper, 95, British Olympic boxer (1948). Peter Day, 76, British broadcaster. Jeff Gaylord, 64, American professional wrestler (UWF, WCCW) and football player (Toronto Argonauts). Stuart Hodes, 98, American dancer. Odd Hoftun, 95, Norwegian engineer and missionary. Sameer Khakhar, 70, Indian actor (Nukkad, Pushpaka Vimana, Shahenshah), multiple organ failure. Jüri Kraft, 88, Soviet-Estonian economist and politician, people's deputy (1989–1991). Alastair Lamb, 93, Chinese-born British diplomatic historian and author. Roman Lentner, 85, Polish footballer (1960 Olympics, Górnik Zabrze). Aleksander Łuczak, 79, Polish historian and politician, minister of national education (1993–1995). Fèlix Millet, 87, Spanish businessman and convicted fraudster. José Elias Moreira, 82, Brazilian businessman and politician, federal deputy (1988–1995). Taro Nakayama, 98, Japanese politician, minister for foreign affairs (1989–1991) and MP (1968–2009). Mimis Papaioannou, 80, Greek football player (AEK Athens, national team) and manager (New York Pancyprian-Freedoms). Mary Ann Nevins Radzinowicz, 97, American academic and scholar. Ronald Rice, 77, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1986–2022), cancer. Jonas Šimėnas, 69, Lithuanian politician, MP (1990–1992, 1996–2000, 2008–2012). Norman Steinberg, 83, American screenwriter (Blazing Saddles, My Favorite Year, Johnny Dangerously). John Thompson, 75, British Royal Air Force officer, head of the British Defence Staff – US (2000–2002). Victor Veretennikov, 82, Ukrainian politician, deputy (1990–1994, 2002–2006). Antje Vollmer, 79, German politician, MP (1983–1985, 1987–1990, 1994–2005). Thomas Wagner, 46, Austrian footballer (Mattersburg). 16
Sharon Acker, 87, Canadian model and actress (Lucky Jim, Point Blank, Happy Birthday to Me). Katalin Benkő, 81, Hungarian Olympic sprint canoeist (1964). Stephen Bromhead, 66, Australian politician, New South Wales MLA (since 2011), mesothelioma. Sean Burns, British overseas administrator, administrator of Tristan da Cunha (2010–2013, 2016–2020, since 2022). Tony Coe, 88, English jazz musician. Ron Elstob, 98, Australian politician, senator (1978–1987). Ángel Fournier, 35, Cuban Olympic rower (2008, 2012, 2016), heart attack. Claude Fournier, 91, Canadian film director (The Tin Flute, The Mills of Power, Alien Thunder), screenwriter and cinematographer, heart attack. Patrick French, 57, British writer and historian (Tibet, Tibet, The World Is What It Is), cancer. Sayyid Gaddaf al-Dam, 75, Libyan general. Jacqueline Gold, 62, British businesswoman (Ann Summers), breast cancer. Peter Hardy, 66, Australian actor (The Pursuit of Happiness, McLeod's Daughters, Dangerous Remedy), drowned. Fuzzy Haskins, 81, American Hall of Fame singer (Parliament-Funkadelic). Gladys Kessler, 85, American jurist, judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (1977–1994) and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (since 1994). Kenji Kosaka, 83, Japanese psychiatrist, aspiration pneumonia. Anna Sujatha Mathai, 89, Indian poet. Melanie McFadyean, 72, British journalist, cancer. Don Megson, 86, English football player (Sheffield Wednesday, Bristol Rovers) and manager (Portland Timbers). Emmanuelle Mottaz, 59, French singer and screenwriter (Hélène et les Garçons). Victor Ocampo, 71, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Gumaca (since 2015). Carolina Rieuwpassa, 74, Indonesian Olympic sprinter (1972, 1976). Franco Rotelli, 80, Italian psychiatrist. José Francisco Moreira dos Santos, 94, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Uíje (1979–2008). Helen Vari, 91, Czechoslovak-born Canadian philanthropist. Brian Walsh, 67, Australian television executive (Foxtel). Nani Widjaja, 78, Indonesian actress (Cinta Pertama, Catatan Si Boy, Maling Kutang), respiratory failure. 17
Isao Arita, 96, Japanese virologist. Giorgio Bornacin, 73, Italian politician, senator (1996–2001, 2006–2013) and deputy (2001–2006). Don Burgess, 76, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Blazers, Vancouver Blazers, San Diego Mariners). John Carenza, 73, American Olympic footballer (1972). Hal Dresner, 85, American screenwriter (The Eiger Sanction, Zorro, The Gay Blade, Sssssss), cancer. Adri Duivesteijn, 72, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1994–2006) and Senate (2013–2015), prostate cancer. Jorge Edwards, 91, Chilean novelist and diplomat, ambassador to France (2010–2014). Sir Paul Girolami, 97, Italian-British pharmaceutical executive, chairman of Glaxo (1985–1994). James Goldrick, 64–65, Australian rear admiral, naval historian and analyst, lymphoma and leukaemia. Ada den Haan, 81, Dutch Olympic swimmer (1960), European champion (1958). John Jenrette, 86, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1980) and the South Carolina House of Representatives (1964–1972). Paffard Keatinge-Clay, 97, British-born architect. Toon Meerman, 89, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord, Excelsior). (death announced on this date)
Pierre Michaud, 86, Canadian lawyer and judge, chief justice of Quebec (1994–2002). Edmar Moreira, 83, Brazilian lawyer and politician, federal deputy (1991–1995, 1999–2011, 2014). Jean-Bernard Ndongo Essomba, Cameroonian politician, MP (1992–1997, since 2002). Fito Olivares, 75, Mexican cumbia musician. Carlos Payán, 94, Mexican writer, journalist and politician, senator (1997–2000) and founder of La Jornada. Lance Reddick, 60, American actor (The Wire, Fringe, John Wick) and musician, heart disease. Mary Ronnie, 96, Scottish-born New Zealand librarian, national librarian (1976–1981). Robert W. Sennewald, 93, American army general. Raoul Servais, 94, Belgian filmmaker, animator, and comics artist (Harpya). Ray Solari, 95, American football player (California Golden Bears) and coach. Guy Troy, 100, American Olympic pentathlete (1952). Dubravka Ugrešić, 73, Croatian-Dutch writer. Laura Valenzuela, 92, Spanish television presenter (TVE) and actress (Spaniards in Paris, Growing Leg, Diminishing Skirt), complications from Alzheimer's disease. Tilman Zülch, 83, German human rights activist, founder of the Society for Threatened Peoples. 18
Vladimir Chernavin, 94, Russian admiral, commander-in-chief of the navy (1985–1992), Hero of the Soviet Union. Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, 96, Scottish politician and peer, MP (1955–1974), member of the House of Lords (1974–2019) and minister of state for defence procurement (1970–1972). Gloria Dea, 100, American actress (King of the Congo, Plan 9 from Outer Space) and magician, coronary artery disease. Sir James Dunbar-Nasmith, 96, British conservation architect (Sunninghill Park, Balmoral Estate). Bisi Egbeyemi, 78, Nigerian lawyer and politician, deputy governor of Ekiti State (2018–2022). Harold Parks Helms, 87, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1974–1984). Gerhard Kraft, 81, German physicist. Henry O. Macauley, 61, Sierra Leonean politician, minister of energy (2014–2018). Kathy MacKinnon, 75, British zoologist and conservationist. Mozart Mimms, 104, American-Canadian trade unionist. Karl Nicola, 83, German politician, member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (1972–1992). Pekka Paavola, 89, Finnish politician, minister of justice (1972). Joseph Powathil, 92, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic prelate, eparch of Kanjirappally (1977–1985), auxiliary bishop (1972–1977) and archeparch (1985–2007) of Changanacherry. Francisco Rodón, 88, Puerto Rican painter. Charity Scott, 72, American legal scholar, cancer. Spiros Simitis, 88, Greek-German jurist and data protection pioneer. Valeri Sinau, 78, Russian football player (Rostov-on-Don, Zorya Luhansk) and manager (Kuban Krasnodar). Pedro Solbes, 80, Spanish economist, twice minister of economy and finance, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs (1999–2004) and second deputy prime minister (2004–2009), liver cancer. Heinz Steinmann, 85, German footballer (Werder Bremen, Schwarz-Weiß Essen, West Germany national team). Steven Ungerleider, 73, American sports psychologist, author and documentary film producer (Munich '72 and Beyond, End Game, Citizen Ashe). Sverre Valen, 97, Norwegian choir conductor, founder of the Sandefjord Girls Choir. Dot Wilkinson, 101, American Hall of Fame bowler and softball player. Labo Yari, 80, Nigerian writer. 19
Malcolm R. Barnebey, 95, American diplomat, ambassador to Belize (1981–1985). Roger W. Brockett, 84, American control theorist. Willie Cager, 80, American basketball player (Texas Western Miners). Elizabeth de Cuevas, 94, American sculptor. Jean-Jacques Favier, 73, German-born French astronaut (STS-78). Clemens Ganz, 88, German organist. Walter Gassire, 76, Uruguayan footballer (Deportivo Toluca, Atletas Campesinos, Tampico Madero). Mike Kadish, 72, American football player (Buffalo Bills). Nelson Kiang, 93, Chinese-born American physiologist. Gottfried Kustermann, 79, German Olympic sport shooter (1972, 1976). John Linebaugh, 67, American weapons manufacturer (.500 Linebaugh, .475 Linebaugh). Marisol Malaret, 73, Puerto Rican television host, model, and beauty queen (Miss Universe 1970). Rui Nabeiro, 91, Portuguese businessman, founder of Delta Cafés. Petar Nadoveza, 80, Croatian football player (Hajduk Split, Yugoslavia national team) and manager (Olimpija Ljubljana). Emmanuel Oblitey, 89, Ghanaian Olympic footballer (1964). Ralph Roberts, 87, New Zealand Olympic sailor (1960, 1968). Csaba Schmidt, 43, Hungarian chemist and politician, MP (2010–2014) and mayor of Tatabánya (2010–2019). Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, 71, Tongan politician, prime minister (2019–2021), minister of finance (2018–2019) and MP (since 2014). Bob Wolfe, 76, American college football coach (Bowling Green Falcons, Tiffin Dragons). 20
Jiayegbade Alao, allegedly 121, Nigerian musician and longevity claimant. Syabda Perkasa Belawa, 21, Indonesian badminton player (PB Djarum, national team), traffic collision. Osvaldo Héctor Cruz, 91, Argentine footballer (Independiente, Unión Española, national team). Ross Douglas, 72, Canadian voice actor (Mobile Suit Gundam, Master Keaton, Sly 2: Band of Thieves). Michael Collins Dunn, 75, American scholar. Dave Gardner, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, California Golden Seals). Paul Grant, 56, British actor (Return of the Jedi, Labyrinth, The Dead) and stuntman. Bryn Hargreaves, 36–37, English rugby league player (Bradford Bulls, St Helens, Wigan Warriors). (body found on this date)
Al Horning, 83, Canadian politician, MP (1988–1993) and British Columbia MLA (2005–2009). Maria Ilnicka-Mądry, 77, Polish politician, physician and academic, chair of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship Sejmik (since 2018). Bob Johnston, 98, Australian economist, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (1982–1989). Muhammad Sayab Khalid Khan, 82, Pakistani politician, member (1985–1996, 2001–2016) and speaker (2001–2006) of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Geof Kotila, 64, American basketball player and coach (Michigan Tech Huskies). Mario López Estrada, 84, Guatemalan telecommunications executive, founder of Tigo Guatemala. Terry Norris, 92, Australian actor (Homicide, Cop Shop) and politician, Victorian MLA (1982–1992). Anthony Akoto Osei, 69, Ghanaian banker and politician, minister for finance (2007–2009) and MP (since 2005). Eduardo Ravani, 81, Chilean comedian, cancer. Michael Reaves, 72, American screenwriter (Gargoyles, Batman: The Animated Series, Spider-Man Unlimited), complications from Parkinson's disease. Karl-Heinz Reinfandt, 90, German musicologist and music educator. Vasily Reshetnikov, 103, Russian pilot and World War II veteran, Hero of the Soviet Union. Helmut Ringsdorf, 93, German chemist. Viliam Roth, 81, Slovak journalist and politician, minister without portfolio of Czechoslovakia (1989). Abdul Rahman Majeed al-Rubaie, 83, Iraqi novelist (The Tattoo Mark). Val Rushworth, 83, British road and track racing cyclist. (death announced on this date)
John Sattler, 80, Australian rugby league player (Kurri Kurri, South Sydney, national team). Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, 83, Ethiopian biologist. Anita Thallaug, 85, Norwegian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1963) and actress (Blonde in Bondage, I moralens navn). Virginia Zeani, 97, Romanian operatic soprano. 21
Charles E. Bastien, 60, Canadian animator (PAW Patrol, The Magic School Bus, Braceface), cancer. Willie Bell, 85, Scottish football player (Leeds United, national team) and manager (Birmingham City), stroke. Sir Nicholas Bonsor, 80, British politician, MP (1979–1997). Eric Brown, 62, British science fiction writer, sepsis. Alexander Cameron, 59, British barrister, pancreatic cancer. Yehezkel Chazom, 76, Israeli footballer (Hapoel Tel Aviv, national team). Fernand J. Cheri, 71, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of New Orleans (since 2015). K. P. Dandapani, 76, Indian lawyer. Fred Florusse, 85, Dutch actor (Intensive Care, Wilde Harten), director and cabaret artist. Joe Giella, 94, American comic book artist (Batman, Green Lantern, Adam Strange). Janez Gorišek, 89, Slovenian civil engineer, architect, and Olympic ski jumper (1956). Jacques Haitkin, 72, American cinematographer (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Wishmaster, Shocker), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and leukemia. Hugh Hiscutt, 96, Australian politician, Tasmania MLC (1983–1995). Henk de Jong, 91, Dutch theologian. Kicking King, 25, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. John Smith, Baron Kirkhill, 92, Scottish peer, lord provost of Aberdeen (1971–1975), minister of state for Scotland (1975–1978) and member of the House of Lords (1975–2018). Oleksandr Kozarenko, 59, Ukrainian composer, pianist and musicologist, COVID-19. Bill Lewellen, 71, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (1990–2000). Claude Lorius, 91, French glaciologist. Francesco Maselli, 92, Italian film director and screenwriter (Time of Indifference, A Tale of Love, Abandoned). Y. R. Meena, 76, Indian jurist, justice of the Calcutta High Court (1997–2001), Rajasthan High Court (2001–2006), and Gujarat High Court (2006–2008). Dan Morse, 85, American bridge player, complications from surgery. Jag Mohan Nath, 92, Indian Air Force officer. Harri Nykänen, 69, Finnish writer. Julie Anne Peters, 71, American novelist (Keeping You a Secret, Luna, Between Mom and Jo). Willis Reed, 80, American Hall of Fame basketball player (New York Knicks) and coach (New Jersey Nets), NBA champion (1970, 1973), heart failure. Shamim Sikder, 70, Bangladeshi sculptor (Shoparjito Shadhinota). Pedro Velasco, 85, American Olympic volleyball player (1964, 1968). Peter Werner, 76, American film and television director (In the Region of Ice, Moonlighting, Grimm), Oscar winner (1976), heart failure. Kyle White, 53, Australian rugby league footballer (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Western Suburbs Magpies). 22
Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim, 98, Lithuanian-born Israeli Yiddish poet. Vladimir Churov, 70, Russian civil servant, chairman of the Central Election Commission (2007–2016), heart attack. Jirō Dan, 74, Japanese actor (Daijōbu, My Friend, Return of Ultraman, Zero Woman), lung cancer. John Ene, 52, Romanian football player (Brașov, Dunărea Giurgiu) and manager, heart attack. Rafael Filippelli, 84, Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter (The Absentee). Marie-Thérèse Join-Lambert, 86, French government official, president of ONPES (1999–2005). Rebecca Jones, 65, Mexican-American actress (Imperio de cristal, Para volver a amar, Que te perdone Dios), ovarian cancer. Salim Khatri, 58, Pakistani religious leader, shot. Tony Knapp, 86, English football player (Southampton) and manager (Viking, Iceland national team). Rigmor Kofoed-Larsen, 79, Norwegian politician, MP (1997–2001). Jackie Lane, 91, English footballer (Notts County, Birmingham City). Tom Leadon, 70, American musician (Mudcrutch). Takafumi Matsui, 77, Japanese planetary scientist, prostate cancer. Arthur L. Peterson, 96, American educator and politician, member of the Montana House of Representatives (2000–2002). Lucy Salani, 98, Italian activist. Ahmad Samii Gilani, 102, Iranian translator and editor. Teresa Sempere Jaén, 75, Spanish politician, deputy (1989–1996). Ben Shelly, 75, American politician, president of the Navajo Nation (2011–2015). Vera T. Sós, 92, Hungarian mathematician (Kővári–Sós–Turán theorem), member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Marcus Wilson, 91, Irish Gaelic footballer (St Vincents, Dublin). Andrzej Zarębski, 65, Polish politician and journalist, MP (1991–1993) and member of KRRiT (1993–1997). 23
Tony Abbott, 92, Canadian politician, MP (1974–1979), minister of consumer and corporate affairs (1976–1977) and of national revenue (1978–1979). Jean-Marie Apostolidès, 79, French novelist, essayist, and theater director. Souhila Belbahar, 89, Algerian painter. Abhay Chhajlani, 88, Indian journalist. K. C. Constantine, 88, American author. Darcelle XV, 92, American drag queen. Sir Howard Fergus, 85, Montserratian author and historian. Marion Game, 84, Moroccan-born French actress (Scènes de ménages, Parking, Dickie-roi). Epeli Ganilau, 71, Fijian military officer and politician, minister for Fijian affairs (2007–2008) and chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs (2001–2004). Jerry Green, 94, American Hall of Fame sportswriter (Associated Press, The Detroit News). James Harithas, 90, American museum curator. Huang Baosheng, 80, Chinese Sanskrit scholar. Dafydd Hywel, 77, Welsh actor (Coming Up Roses, Off to Philadelphia in the Morning, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children). Joseph R. Inge, 75, American lieutenant general. Toichiro Kinoshita, 98, Japanese-born American theoretical physicist. Rita Lakin, 93, American screenwriter (Peyton Place, The Doctors, The Rookies). Frank LeMaster, 71, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles). Peter Marti, 70, Swiss footballer (Zürich, Basel, national team). Tomoko Naraoka, 93, Japanese actress (Poppoya, Ponyo, Wolf), pneumonia. Harald Neuwirth, 84, Austrian jazz pianist and composer. Letitia Obeng, 98, Ghanaian educational pioneer. Brendan O'Brien, 60, American voice actor (Crash Bandicoot). Rolando Picchioni, 86, Italian politician, deputy (1972–1983) and undersecretary for cultural heritage (1979–1981). Tommy Proffitt, 95, English Olympic boxer (1948). Keith Reid, 76, English lyricist (Procol Harum) and songwriter ("A Whiter Shade of Pale", "You're the Voice"), colon cancer. Peter Shelley, 80, British songwriter ("My Coo Ca Choo"), singer, and record producer (Magnet Records). Israel Zelitch, 98, American plant pathologist and ecologist, COVID-19. 24
Takashi Awamori, 84, Japanese businessman and politician, councillor (1989–1995). Marcel Blanc, 88, Swiss politician, Vaud state councillor (1978–1991). William D. Coleman, 72, Canadian political scientist. Scott Johnson, 70, American composer, pneumonia. Tim Joiner, 62, American football player (Houston Oilers, Denver Broncos). Orhan Karaveli, 93, Turkish journalist and writer. Marie Laing, 85, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (1986–1993). Gordon Moore, 94, American businessman, engineer (Moore's law), and philanthropist, co-founder of Intel and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Yakov Neishtadt, 99, Russian-Israeli chess player and author. One For Arthur, 14, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. Marko Petkovšek, 67, Slovenian mathematician. Randall Robinson, 81, American lawyer, author, and activist. Pradeep Sarkar, 67, Indian film director (Parineeta, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, Helicopter Eela) and producer. David Schoumacher, 88, American news anchor and journalist. Mel Semenko, 85, American football player (BC Lions, Ottawa Rough Riders, Montreal Alouettes). Bruce Sinclair, 94, Canadian politician, mayor of Etobicoke (1984–1994). 25
W. Onico Barker, 88, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate (1980–1992). Chabelo, 88, American-born Mexican actor (The Extra, Escuela para solteras) and comedian (La Carabina de Ambrosio), sepsis. Juca Chaves, 84, Brazilian singer and comedian, respiratory failure. Daniel Chorzempa, 78, American organist and composer. Csaba Czakó, 79, Hungarian Olympic rower (1972). Rita Czech-Blasl, 90, German Olympic cross-country skier (1956, 1960, 1964). Ger Glavin, 66, Irish Gaelic footballer (Midleton, Ballincollig, Cork) and hurler. Barry Goldberg, 61, American volleyball coach (American University), cancer. Christopher Gunning, 78, English composer (La Vie en rose, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Middlemarch), kidney cancer. Muhammad Idrees, Pakistani politician, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA (2013–2018). Pavel Krotov, 30, Russian Olympic freestyle skier (2014, 2018). Mitsuo Kurotsuchi, 76, Japanese director and screenwriter (The Samurai I Loved), multiple organ failure. Sassi Lamouri, 83, Algerian politician, minister of religious affairs and wakfs (1992–1993, 1994–1995). Reginald Wyndham Lloyd-Davies, 88, British urologist (A Colour Atlas of Urology), metastatic pancreatic cancer. Byron J. Matthews, 94, American politician, mayor of Newburyport, Massachusetts (1968–1978). Pascoal Mocumbi, 81, Mozambican politician, prime minister (1994–2004). Moosa Moolla, 88, South African activist and diplomat, ambassador to Iran (1995–1999), high commissioner to Pakistan (2000–2004). Hans Richter, 63, German footballer (Karl-Marx-Stadt, Lokomotive Leipzig, East Germany national team). Erwin Riess, 66, Austrian political scientist, playwright and journalist. Leo D. Sullivan, 82, American animator (Jabberjaw, BraveStarr, Taz-Mania). Tristán, 86, Argentine actor (Historia de un clan, La Casa de Madame Lulù, Los caballeros de la cama redonda) and comedian, double pneumonia. Lucinda Urrusti, 94, Spanish-born Mexican artist. Henk Visser, 92, Dutch pediatrician and professor. Nick Lloyd Webber, 43, English composer (Love, Lies and Records, Fat Friends The Musical, The Last Bus) and record producer, gastric cancer. Yang Bing-yi, 96, Taiwanese businessman, founder of Din Tai Fung. 26
Rudolf Atamalyan, 76, Russian football player (Lokomotiv Moscow, Nistru Chișinău) and manager (Irtysh Tobolsk). Dan Ben-Amos, 88, American folklorist and professor. Zvi Dershowitz, 94, Czech-born American rabbi. Oladipo Diya, 78, Nigerian military officer, chief of general staff (1993–1997) and governor of Ogun State (1984–1985). Nikolay Dupak, 101, Russian actor (The Forty-First, Intervention, Bumbarash). Köksal Engür, 77, Turkish actor (Whisper If I Forget, Leyla and Mecnun, Mommy, I'm Scared), kidney failure. Ron Faber, 90, American actor (The Exorcist, Navy SEALs, The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover), lung cancer. Ousmane Farota, 58, Malian footballer (Stade Malien, national team). Innocent, 75, Indian actor (Mazhavilkavadi, Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu) and politician, MP (2014–2019). María Kodama, 86, Argentine writer, breast cancer. Rick Lantz, 85, American football coach (Georgia Tech, Navy Midshipmen, Berlin Thunder). Ronnie Lee, 66, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks, Atlanta Falcons). Peter Mak, 66, Hong Kong film director (The Wicked City) and actor (Happy Sixteen, Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch). Ivano Marescotti, 77, Italian actor (King Arthur, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Hannibal) and theater director. David Christopher McGough, 78, English Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Birmingham (2005–2020). John Mengatti, 68, American actor (The White Shadow, Meatballs Part II, Dead Men Don't Die). Juan Carlos Murúa, 87, Argentine football player (Platense, national team) and manager (Gimnasia La Plata). Virginia Norwood, 96, American physicist. Thomas J. Osler, 82, American mathematician, long-distance runner and author. Ray Pillow, 85, American country singer ("I'll Take the Dog"). Abdelwahed Radi, 88, Moroccan politician, president of the House of Representatives (1997–2007, 2010–2011) and minister of justice (2007–2010). Karl-Josef Rauber, 88, German Roman Catholic cardinal, apostolic pro-nuncio to Uganda (1982–1990), president of the PEA (1990–1993) and apostolic nuncio to Hungary (1997–2003). Wolfgang Schivelbusch, 81, German historian. Paul Schmidt, 37, Canadian restaurant patron, stabbed. Claudia Schüler, 35, Chilean field hockey player (national team), liver cancer. Jaime Tadeo, 84, Filipino peasant and organic farming activist. D. M. Thomas, 88, British poet, translator and novelist (The Flute-Player, The White Hotel). Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, 99, Ethiopian nun, pianist and composer. Bill Zehme, 64, American writer and journalist, colorectal cancer. Jacob Ziv, 91, Israeli computer scientist (LZ77 and LZ78). 27
Philip Basoah, 53, Ghanaian politician, MP (since 2021). Wim de Bie, 83, Dutch comedian (Van Kooten en De Bie), writer, and singer. James Bowman, 81, English countertenor. Nick Galifianakis, 94, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1973) and the North Carolina House of Representatives (1961–1967). Max Hardcore, 66, American pornographic actor, pneumonia. Sir David Harrison, 92, English chemist and academic administrator, vice-chancellor of Keele University (1979–1984) and the University of Exeter (1984–1994). Tauno Honkanen, 95, Finnish Olympic skier (1948). Charles Hough Jr., 88, American equestrian, Olympic bronze medallist (1952). Howie Kane, 81, American pop singer (Jay and the Americans). (death announced on this date)
Carol Lavell, 79, American equestrian, Olympic bronze medallist (1992). Gianni Minà, 84, Italian journalist (RAI) and writer, heart disease. Jocelyn Morlock, 53, Canadian composer. Ronald A. Sarasin, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–1979) and the Connecticut House of Representatives (1969–1973). Peggy Scott-Adams, 74, American blues and R&B singer. Valerie Winn, 93, British athlete. 28
Maria Rosa Antognazza, 58, Italian-British philosopher. Ted CoConis, 95, American illustrator (Summer of the Swans) and painter. Theodor Otto Diener, 102, Swiss-American plant pathologist, discoverer of viroids. Blas Durán, 73, Dominican bachata singer. Ernesto García Seijas, 81, Argentine comics artist. Jimmy Gray, 93, Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler (Na Fianna, Dublin). Arthur Hammond, 92–93, Canadian filmmaker and director (Corporation). Mel King, 94, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1973–1983). Bill Leavy, 76, American football official. Nathaly López Borja, 35, Ecuadorian activist and hospital administrator, shot. Mardye McDole, 63, American football player (Minnesota Vikings). Derek Meyers, 45, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (since 2020), cancer. Sanath Nandasiri, 81, Sri Lankan singer, musician and composer. Paul O'Grady, 67, English comedian, drag queen, and television presenter (Blankety Blank, The Paul O'Grady Show, Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs), cardiac arrhythmia. Norris W. Overton, 97, American brigadier general. Joseph Michael Perera, 81, Sri Lankan politician, minister of home affairs (2015), member (since 1976) and speaker (2001–2004) of the Parliament. Ludwig A. Rehlinger, 95, German jurist. Jerzy Rzedowski, 96, Polish-born Mexican botanist. Ryuichi Sakamoto, 71, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and film composer (The Last Emperor, The Revenant), Oscar winner (1988), rectal cancer. Bill Saluga, 85, American comedian. Manfred Schaefer, 80, German-born Australian football player (St. George-Budapest, Australia national team) and manager (Sydney Olympic). Margot Stern Strom, 81, American teacher, co-founder of Facing History and Ourselves. Margareta Strömstedt, 91, Swedish author, journalist (Dagens Nyheter) and translator. Sun Yumin, 83, Chinese Peking opera artist, multiple organ failure. 29
Girish Bapat, 72, Indian politician, MP (since 2019) and Maharashtra MLA (1995–2019). Helen Barolini, 97, American writer (Umbertina), editor, and translator. Joan Wadleigh Curran, 72, American visual artist, complications from metastatic cancer. Albina Deriugina, 91, Ukrainian rhythmic gymnastics coach. David W. Hoyle, 84, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1993–2010). Arastun Javadov, 74, Azerbaijani politician, MP (2005–2015). Henry L. Joy, 89, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (2002–2010). John Kerin, 85, Australian politician, twice MP, minister for transport (1991) and trade (1991–1993). Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, 99, Austrian-born American wedding dress designer, co-founder of Kleinfeld Bridal. Arley McNeney, 40, Canadian wheelchair basketball player, Paralympic bronze medallist (2004). (death announced on this date)
Horst Milde, 89, German politician, president of the Landtag of Lower Saxony (1990–1998). Jennifer Muller, 78, American choreographer. Yerra Narayanaswamy, 91, Indian politician, MP (1994–1999). Vadim Oyun, 79, Russian politician, member of the Soviet of Nationalities (1984–1989). Angela Perez, 55, Filipino actress, stroke. Dragomir R. Radev, 54, American computer scientist. Gilmara Sanches, 79, Brazilian actress (Betão Ronca Ferro), dubbing artist and director. Sweet Charles Sherrell, 80, American bassist (James Brown, The J.B.'s). Nur-e-Alam Siddique, 82, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1973–1976). Vivan Sundaram, 79, Indian artist, complications from a brain hemorrhage. Myriam Ullens, 70, German-born Belgian entrepreneur, shot. Stewart West, 88, Australian politician, MP (1977–1983), minister for housing (1984–1987) and administrative services (1987–1990). David Willicombe, 72, Welsh rugby league player (Halifax Panthers, Wigan Warriors, national team). Tommy Wilson, 85, English cricket umpire. Frederick F. Woerner Jr., 89, American general. 30
John Allore, 59, Canadian-American actor (Trapped in Paradise), writer and podcaster, traffic collision. Leandro Becheroni, 72, Italian motorcycle racer, heart attack. Michael Berlyn, 73, American video game designer (Tass Times in Tonetown, Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind) and writer. Sujan Singh Bundela, 76, Indian politician, MP (1984–1989, 1999–2004). Roger Lindsay, Baron of Craighall, 81–82, Canadian accountant. Laura Gómez-Lacueva, 48, Spanish actress (Chrysalis, Uncertain Glory, The Realm), cancer. Fred Klages, 79, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox). Johan Leysen, 73, Belgian actor (The Abyss, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The American). Rolf Maier, 86, French Olympic weightlifter (1960, 1964, 1968). Doug Mulray, 71, Australian radio broadcaster (Triple J, Triple M Sydney, 2WS), liver cancer. Elemér Ragályi, 83, Hungarian cinematographer (The Phantom of the Opera, Mesmer, An American Rhapsody), film director and actor. Michael Rudman, 84, American theatre director. Mark Russell, 90, American political satirist and comedian, prostate cancer. Mate Šestan, 52, Croatian footballer (Copenhagen, Levante, Marsonia). Ray Shulman, 73, English musician (Gentle Giant) and record producer (Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, Life's Too Good). Steve Skeates, 80, American comic book writer (Aquaman, Hawk and Dove, Phantom Stranger). Bill Slocum, 75, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (1997–2000). Paweł Śpiewak, 71, Polish sociologist, historian, and politician, deputy (2005–2007). Dan Stannard, 85, Zimbabwean policeman and cricket administrator. Peter Usborne, 85, British publisher, founder of Usborne Publishing. Meir Wieseltier, 82, Israeli poet and translator. 31
Philip Balsam, 79, Canadian songwriter (Fraggle Rock). Ada Bello, 89, Cuban-American LGBT rights activist, co-founder of the Homophile Action League, COVID-19 and pneumonia. John Brockington, 74, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs). Albert M. Calland III, 70, American Navy SEAL, deputy director of the CIA (2005–2006). Harry Cassidy, 92, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Bellaghy, Derry). Brigette Dacko, 79, Central African first lady (1962–1966, 1979–1981). Gene Derricotte, 96, American football player (Michigan Wolverines). Palmério Dória, 74, Brazilian journalist and writer, sepsis. Joe Falzon, 90, Maltese strongman. Anthony H. Gair, 74, American attorney. (death announced on this date)
John S. Greenspan, 85, British-born American dental and HIV researcher. Raghavan Iyer, 61, Indian-born American chef and author, colorectal cancer. Christo Jivkov, 48, Bulgarian actor (The Passion of the Christ, The Profession of Arms, Barbarossa), lung cancer. Irina Kostyuchenkova, 61, Ukrainian Olympic javelin thrower (1988, 1992). Asja Łamtiugina, 82, Polish actress (The Scar, Pan Tadeusz, Boys Don't Cry). Jack Lumsden, 93, Australian rugby league footballer (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, national team). Mercia MacDermott, 95, English writer and historian. Ossama bin Abdul Majed Shobokshi, 79, Saudi Arabian diplomat and politician, minister of health (1995–2003). Antonio Martorell Lacave, 62, Spanish military officer, chief of staff of the Navy (since 2021), cancer. Vitaly Merinov, 32, Ukrainian kickboxer. George Nagobads, 101, Latvian-born American ice hockey team physician (United States national team, Minnesota Golden Gophers). Sir Rabbie Namaliu, 75, Papua New Guinean politician, prime minister (1988–1992), heart attack. Mimí Panayotti, 85, Honduran writer and journalist (La Prensa). Stanislav Párnický, 77, Slovak film director. Ricochet, 15, American Golden Retriever surfing dog, liver cancer. Viktor Scholz, 88, Russian-born German classical organist. Sarah Thomas, 88, Indian novelist. Sandipan Thorat, 90, Indian politician, MP (1977–1999). Boris Ulianich, 98, Italian politician, senator (1979–1992). Milena Usenik, 88, Slovenian Olympic shot putter (1956, 1960). Wan Haifeng, 102, Chinese military officer, political commissioner of the Chengdu Military Region (1982–1990) and deputy (1978–1983, 1988–1993). References

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