Deaths in June 2020

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

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

June 2020

1

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

2

• Arrogate, 7, American Thoroughbred racehorse, Breeders' Cup Classic winner (2016) and American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (2016), euthanized.
• Brad Babcock, 81, American college baseball coach (James Madison).
• Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, 55, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh (since 2016), COVID-19.
• Werner Böhm, 78, German singer and musician.
• Geoffrey Burnstock, 91, English-born Australian neuroscientist.
• Jono Clarke, 76, Zimbabwean cricketer (Rhodesia).
• Hiber Conteris, 86, Uruguayan writer, playwright, and literary critic.
• John Cuneo, 91, Australian sailor, Olympic champion (1972).
• David Dorn, 77, American police officer, shot.
• James F. English Jr., 93, American bank executive (Connecticut Bank and Trust Company) and academic administrator, president of Trinity College (Connecticut) (1981–1989).
• Paolo Fabbri, 81, Italian semiotician.
• Lugi Gizenga, 54, Congolese politician.
• Roberto Gervaso, 82, Italian writer and journalist, cancer.
• Mary Pat Gleason, 70, American actress (Guiding Light, A Cinderella Story, Mom), Emmy winner (1986), cancer.
• Gerald Jay Goldberg, 90, American author.
• Jean-Claude Hamel, 90, French football executive, President of Auxerre (1963–2009).
• Gaynel Hodge, 83, American doo-wop singer (The Platters), pianist and songwriter ("Earth Angel").
• Leslie Kay, 98, British-born New Zealand electrical engineer and academic.
• Rusty Kidd, 74, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (2009–2017).
• Yvon Lamarre, 85, Canadian politician.
• John Luk Jok, 68, South Sudanese politician, Minister of Justice (2011–2013).
• Henadz Mardas, 49, Belarusian footballer (Neman Grodno, BATE Borisov), bowel cancer.
• Sean Monterrosa, 22, American protester, shot.
• Des Moore, 94, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alotau-Sideia (1970–2001).
• Jacques Noyer, 93, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Amiens (1987–2003).
• Munir Khan Orakzai, 60, Pakistani politician, MP (2002–2013, since 2018), heart attack.
• Jean Pineau, 97, French politician, Deputy (1978–1981).
• Janine Reiss, 99, French vocal coach and harpsichordist.
• Muriel Kent Roy, 98, Canadian demographer.
• Riaz Sheikh, 51, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistan National Shipping Corporation).
• Héctor Suárez, 81, Mexican actor (National Mechanics, El buscabullas, El derecho de nacer) and comedian.
• Lindsay Townsend, 86, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, national team).
• Chris Trousdale, 34, American actor and singer (Dream Street), COVID-19.
• Carlo Ubbiali, 90, Italian motorcycle road racer, nine-time world champion, respiratory failure.
• Wes Unseld, 74, American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (Washington Bullets), pneumonia.
• Floyd Zaiger, 94, American fruit breeder.

3

• Atta Muhammad Bhanbhro, 84, Pakistani writer and translator.
• Oscar Brown, 74, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves).
• Shaukat Manzoor Cheema, 66, Pakistani politician, Punjab MPA (since 2008), COVID-19.
• Abdelmalek Droukdel, 50, Algerian Islamic militant, founder of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, shot.
• Bob Dupuis, 84, American ice hockey player (Boston University Terriers).
• Bruce Jay Friedman, 90, American author and screenwriter (Splash, Doctor Detroit, Stir Crazy).
• Jeanne Goosen, 81, South African writer.
• Marc de Hond, 42, Dutch television presenter and wheelchair basketball player, cancer.
• Mohsen Ibrahim, 85, Lebanese politician.
• Mian Jamshed Uddin Kakakhel, 65, Pakistani politician, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA (since 2018), COVID-19.
• István Kausz, 87, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1964).
• Veli Lehtelä, 84, Finnish rower, Olympic bronze medalist (1956, 1960).
• Jerzy Łukaszewski, 95, Polish diplomat and academic, Rector of the College of Europe (1972–1990).
• Donald Macgregor, 81, Scottish Olympic runner (1972).
• Johnny Majors, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Tennessee Volunteers) and coach (Pitt Panthers, Iowa State Cyclones), national championship (1976).
• Héctor Ortega, 81, Mexican actor (Las fuerzas vivas, Santa sangre, Lucía, Lucía).
• Pleasantly Perfect, 22, American racehorse and sire, Breeders' Cup Classic (2003) and Dubai World Cup (2004) winner.
• Gary Potts, 75, Canadian Temagami First Nation chief.
• Tony Romandini, 91, Canadian jazz guitarist and composer.
• Adriano Silva, 49, Brazilian politician, complications from COVID-19.
• Pritam Singh, 78, Indian academic.
• Mário Rino Sivieri, 78, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Propriá (1997–2017).
• Sheikh Tahir Rasheed, 66, Pakistani politician, MP (1993–1999) and Punjab MPA (1990–1993), liver cancer.
• Valentina Tăzlăuanu, 70, Moldovan essayist, journalist and theatre critic.
• Maria Alice Vergueiro, 85, Brazilian actress (O Corpo, Cronicamente Inviável), pneumonia.
• Lawrence M. Walsh Sr., 72, American politician, member of the Illinois State Senate (1997–2005), prostate cancer.
• Midge Ware, 92, American actress (Gunslinger, The Phil Silvers Show).
• Ray Webster, 82, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox).
• Conrad Worrill, 78, American writer and political activist.

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

• Joost Boks, 78, Dutch-born Canadian Olympic field hockey player (1964, 1968).
• Claude A. Bray, Jr., 88, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1967–1987).
• Carl Brewer, 63, American politician, mayor of Wichita (2007–2015).
• Rayshard Brooks, 27, American police detainee, shot.
• Aileen Christianson, 75, Scottish academic and writer.
• Gulzar Dehlvi, 93, Indian Urdu poet.
• Carl Eiríksson, 90, Icelandic Olympic sports shooter (1992).
• Lino Esterino Garavaglia, 92, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tivoli (1987–1991) and Cesena-Sarsina (1991–2003).
• Ali Hadi, 53, Iraqi football player (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Zawraa) and manager (Zakho), COVID-19.
• Abani Mohan Joardar, 79, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (since 2011).
• Charles Wing Krafft, 72, American painter and ceramicist, cancer.
• Malcolm Mabry, 86, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1964–1980) and Senate (1980–1988).
• Geoffrey Martin, 92, Australian footballer (Launceston, Ulverstone, Burnie).
• Claude Ndam, 65, Cameroonian singer-songwriter.
• Molly Neptune Parker, 81, American basketweaver, cancer.
• Chylgychy Ondar, 64, Russian politician, Deputy (1999–2007), COVID-19.
• Juli Sanclimens i Genescà, 84, Spanish politician, Mayor of Manresa (1987–1995) and member of the Catalan Parliament (1984–1995).
• William S. Sessions, 90, American civil servant, Director of the FBI (1987–1993), Judge (1974–1987) and Chief Judge (1980–1987) of the U.S. District Court for Western Texas.
• Arthur Spatt, 94, American jurist, Judge of the U.S. District Court for Eastern New York (since 1989).
• Ricky Valance, 84, Welsh singer ("Tell Laura I Love Her").
• Albert Vitali, 64, Swiss politician, member of the National Council (since 2011), cancer.
• Parasnath Yadav, 71, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA, bladder cancer.
• Perfecto Yasay Jr., 73, Filipino politician, Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2016–2017), pneumonia complicated by cancer.

13

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

14

• Saiful Azam, 79, Bangladeshi air force pilot.
• Sally Banes, 69, American dance historian and critic, ovarian cancer.
• Stefano Bertacco, 57, Italian politician.
• Don Candy, 91, Australian tennis player, 1956 French Open champion.
• Luce Douady, 16, French climber, world youth champion and European championships bronze medalist (2019), fall.
• Ed Fitz Gerald, 96, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians) and coach.
• Jacqui Gasson, Welsh politician, lord mayor of Cardiff (2004–2005).
• Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk, 96, Dutch resistance member.
• Sarah Hegazi, 30, Egyptian LGBT rights activist, suicide.
• Ibidunni Ighodalo, 39, Nigerian beauty queen and businesswoman, cardiac arrest.
• Elsa Joubert, 97, South African Sestigers writer, COVID-19.
• Noel Kelly, 84, Australian rugby league player (Ipswich, Western Suburbs Magpies, national team).
• Helena van der Kraan, 80, Dutch artist and photographer, cancer.
• Mohammad-Ali Keshavarz, 90, Iranian actor (The Desert of the Tartars, The Fateful Day, Through the Olive Trees).
• Simon Kverndal, 62, British barrister.
• Pierre Lumbi, 70, Congolese politician, Senator (since 2016), COVID-19.
• Nurul Haque Manik, 55, Bangladeshi footballer (Brothers Union, national team), brain hemorrhage.
• Arunkumar Mehta, 80, Indian diamond and gem executive, CEO of Rosy Blue.
• Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, 77, Mexican footballer (Pumas, Atlante, national team), COVID-19.
• Sushant Singh Rajput, 34, Indian actor (M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, Chhichhore, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!), suicide by hanging.
• Haroldo Rodas, 74, Guatemalan diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2008–2012), COVID-19.
• Claude Samuel, 88, French music critic and radio executive.
• Keith Tippett, 72, British jazz pianist (King Crimson, Centipede) and composer.
• Raj Mohan Vohra, 88, Indian military officer, COVID-19.
• Tawfiq al-Yasiri, Iraqi politician, member of the IRDC, COVID-19.

15

• B. Santosh Babu, 37, Indian military officer, beaten.
• Winston Backus, 99, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (1971–1979).
• Mário Calixto Filho, 73, Brazilian politician, Senator for Rondônia (2004–2005), COVID-19.
• Juan Díaz, 84, Chilean Olympic boxer (1960).
• Lilia Dizon, 91, Filipino actress (The Moises Padilla Story).
• José Gentil Rosa, 80, Brazilian politician, Maranhão MLA (1987–1991, 1995–1999, since 2019), complications from COVID-19.
• Giulio Giorello, 75, Italian philosopher, COVID-19.
• Clara Gowases, 59–60, Namibian politician, cancer.
• Ismail Ibrahim, 87, Pakistani cricketer (Karachi).
• Fred Jarvis, 95, British trade union leader, President of the Trades Union Congress (1987).
• Renato de Jesus, 67, Brazilian politician, Rio de Janeiro MLA (1995–2011), complications from COVID-19.
• Nagendra Nath Jha, 85, Indian diplomat, Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (2001–2004).
• Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran, 69, Bangladeshi politician, mayor of Sylhet (2003–2013), COVID-19.
• Jan Peder Lamm, 84, Swedish archaeologist.
• Beth Levine, 60, American physician, cancer.
• Wolfram Lorenzen, 68, German pianist.
• Seifu Makonnen, 68, Ethiopian Olympic boxer (1972).
• Marinho, 63, Brazilian footballer (Atlético Mineiro, América, national team), pancreatitis and prostate cancer.
• Robert S. Molaro, 69, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate (1993–2003) and Illinois House of Representatives (2003–2009).
• Adebayo Osinowo, 64, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate (since 2019) and Lagos State House of Assembly (2003–2019), complications from COVID-19.
• Michel Roquebert, 91, French historian and writer.
• Jorge Rubio, 75, Mexican baseball player (California Angels).
• Anton Schlembach, 88, German Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Speyer (1983–2007).
• Kirk R. Smith, 73, American climatologist, cardiac arrest.
• Phil Takahashi, 63, Canadian Olympic judoka (1984, 1988).
• Nana Tuffour, 66, Ghanaian highlife singer.

16

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

17

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

18

• Tibor Benedek, 47, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic champion (2000, 2004, 2008), pancreatic cancer.
• Claus Biederstaedt, 91, German actor (The Great Temptation, Don't Worry About Your Mother-in-Law, Before Sundown).
• Anna Blume, 83, German art photographer.
• John Bredenkamp, 79, Zimbabwean rugby union player (national team) and businessman.
• Hux Brown, 75, Jamaican guitarist (Toots and the Maytals).
• Arturo Chaires, 83, Mexican footballer (C.D. Guadalajara, national team).
• Barbara Costikyan, 91, American food writer, complications from COVID-19.
• Ali Kamal Etman, 79, Egyptian Olympic football player (1964) and coach.
• Ingegärd Fredin, 89, Swedish freestyle swimmer.
• Malim Ghozali PK, 71, Malaysian writer, cancer.
• Breene Harimoto, 66, American politician, member of the Hawaii Senate (since 2015), pancreatic cancer.
• Mikhail Ignatyev, 58, Russian politician, Head of the Chuvash Republic (2010–2020), bilateral pneumonia and complications from COVID-19.
• Nicolas Joel, 67, French opera director, GM of Paris Opera (2009–2014), complications from a stroke.
• Ellington Jordan, 80, American songwriter (I'd Rather Go Blind).
• Jeffrey S. Juris, 48–49, American anthropologist.
• Sergei Khrushchev, 84, Russian-American engineer.
• Kossi Koudagba, 24, Togolese footballer (Espoir Tsevie, ASC Kara, national team).
• Lachhman Singh Lehl, 96, Indian general and military historian.
• Endre Lépold, 64, Hungarian Olympic sprinter (1976).
• Dame Vera Lynn, 103, British singer ("We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs of Dover").
• Francisco Moniz, 54, Angolan Olympic boxer.
• Thomas S. Moorman Jr., 79, American Air Force general.
• Sachy, 48, Indian screenwriter (Makeup Man) and film director (Anarkali, Ayyappanum Koshiyum), cardiac arrest.
• Milo Sarens, 82, Belgian Olympic boxer (1960).
• Alfred Schmidtberger, 90, Austrian Olympic sprint canoer.
• Jules Sedney, 97, Surinamese economist and politician, Prime Minister (1969–1973) and Governor of the Central Bank of Suriname (1980–1983).
• Antonio Veciana, 91, Cuban spy (CIA, Alpha 66).
• Jim Young, 94, New Zealand boat builder and designer.

19

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

20

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

21

• Marconi Alencar, 81, Brazilian politician, COVID-19.
• Sergio Salvador Aguirre Anguiano, 77, Mexican jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court (1995–2012), stomach cancer.
• György Bálint, 100, Hungarian horticulturist and politician, MP (1994–1998), COVID-19.
• Lucius Barker, 92, American political scientist, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Richárd Bicskey, 83, Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1964).
• Sheela Borthakur, 84, Indian social worker.
• Felicity Bryan, 74, British literary agent and journalist, stomach cancer.
• Sergey Chilikov, 66, Russian photographer.
• Pascal Clément, 75, French politician, Minister of Justice (2005–2007), pulmonary infection.
• Rajinder Goel, 77, Indian cricketer (Delhi, Haryana, Southern Punjab).
• Edward Grant, 93, American historian.
• Jürgen Holtz, 87, German actor (Rosa Luxemburg, Made in Israel, Good Bye, Lenin!), complications from cancer.
• Bill Horace, 44, Liberian fighter, shot.
• Talib Jauhari, 80, Pakistani Islamic scholar, COVID-19.
• Apinan Kaewpila, 35, Thai footballer (Samutsongkhram, TOT, Samut Sakhon), traffic collision.
• Joseph Korto, Liberian politician, minister of education (2006-2010).
• Angela Madsen, 60, American athlete, Paralympic bronze medallist (2012), drowned.
• Hugh Mellor, 81, British philosopher.
• Anthony J. Naldrett, 86, Canadian geologist.
• Mile Nedelkoski, 84, Macedonian writer and poet.
• Jeet Singh Negi, 95, Indian folk singer and composer.
• Étienne Périer, 88, Belgian film director (Bridge to the Sun, When Eight Bells Toll, Zeppelin).
• Bernardino Piñera, 104, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Temuco (1960–1977) and Archbishop of La Serena (1983–1990), COVID-19.
• Ahmed Radhi, 56, Iraqi football player (Al-Zawraa, national team) and manager (Al-Shorta), COVID-19.
• Manny Santos, 85, Australian Olympic weightlifter (1956, 1960).
• Sam Sarin, 84, Croatian-born Australian fisherman.
• Ken Snow, 50, American soccer player (Chicago Power, St. Louis Steamers, national team), complications from COVID-19.
• Florence M. Sullivan, 90, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1979–1983).
• Zeev Sternhell, 85, Polish-born Israeli historian and political scientist.
• Bobby Storey, 64, Irish IRA volunteer.
• Badiuzzaman Tunu, 91, Bangladeshi military officer.
• Bobana Veličković, 30, Serbian Olympic sport shooter (2012, 2016), complications from childbirth.
• Joan Pau Verdier, 73, French singer.
• Dennis Young, 90, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team), cancer.

22

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

23

• Saadi Toma Abbas, 81, Iraqi politician, Minister of Defence (1990–1991).
• Vehbi Akdağ, 71, Turkish freestyle wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1972).
• Nikos Alefantos, 81, Greek football player (Atromitos Piraeus, Panegialios) and manager (Olympiacos), heart attack.
• Ryan Anthony, 51, American trumpeter (Canadian Brass, Dallas Symphony Orchestra), multiple myeloma.
• Harry Basch, 94, American actor (Falcon Crest).
• Jean-Michel Bokamba-Yangouma, Congolese trade unionist and politician, COVID-19.
• Xabiiba Cabdilaahi, 58, Djiboutian singer.
• Lydia Chagoll, 89, Dutch-born Belgian dancer, choreographer and film director.
• Lawrence Chelin, 61, South African footballer (Arcadia Shepherds, Durban City F.C., Atlanta Chiefs), leukaemia.
• Shiraz Dharsi, 73, Indian cricketer (Sind, Karachi Blues, Scotland).
• Nikolai Fadeyechev, 87, Russian ballet dancer and teacher, People's Artist of the USSR (1976).
• Michael Falzon, 48, Australian musical actor and producer, cancer.
• Aziz Ur Rahman Hazarvi, 72, Pakistani Islamic scholar.
• Dick Jefferies, 88, English palaeontologist.
• Arthur Keaveney, 68, Irish historian, COVID-19.
• Jurjaan Koolen, 81, Dutch Olympic volleyball player (1964).
• Li Zhensheng, 79, Chinese photojournalist, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Jampel Lodoy, 44, Russian-Tuvan Buddhist lama, Kamby Lama of Tuva (2005–2010, since 2019), COVID-19.
• Justin Love, 41, American basketball player (Saint Louis Billikens, Beijing Olympians, BC Odesa).
• Mike McCool, 68, New Zealand rugby union player (Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa Bush, national team).
• Robert Newton Peck, 92, American author (A Day No Pigs Would Die, Soup), laryngeal cancer.
• Margarita Pracatan, 89, Cuban novelty singer.
• Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, 91, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rancagua (1993–2004) and Iquique (1984–1988), cancer.
• Patricio Rodríguez, 81, Chilean tennis player, cancer.
• Nilamber Dev Sharma, 88, Indian writer and literary scholar.
• Liam Treadwell, 34, English National Hunt jockey.
• César Bosco Vivas Robelo, 78, Nicaraguan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of León (1991–2019).

24

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

25

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

26

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

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

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

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• Bode Akindele, 88, Nigerian industrialist.
• Efraín Barquero, 89, Chilean poet.
• Richard Brooke, 93, British explorer.
• Abdullah al Mohsin Chowdhury, 57, Bangladeshi civil servant, Defence Secretary (since 2020), complications from COVID-19.
• James Paul Churchill, 96, American jurist, Judge (since 1974) and Chief Judge (1989) of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Michigan.
• Gernot Endemann, 77, German actor (Sesamstraße).
• James Douglas Henderson, 93, Canadian politician.
• Hachalu Hundessa, 34, Ethiopian singer-songwriter, shot.
• Jan Krajenbrink, 78, Dutch politician (House of Representatives, mayor of Woudenberg).
• Gene Lakusiak, 78, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers), dementia.
• Kamruddin Ahia Khan Majlish, Bangladeshi politician, cardiac arrest.
• Johnny Mandel, 94, American composer ("Suicide Is Painless", "The Shadow of Your Smile", "Emily"), Grammy winner (1966).
• Ernesto Marcel, 72, Panamanian boxer, WBA featherweight champion (1972–1974).
• Paula Marckx, 94, Belgian model, journalist and pilot (Marckx v Belgium).
• Benny Mardones, 73, American singer-songwriter ("Into the Night"), Parkinson's disease.
• Marian Orzechowski, 88, Polish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1985–1988).
• Kevin Pay, 80, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
• Svend Aage Rask, 84, Danish footballer (B 1909, national team).
• Carl Reiner, 98, American actor, film director and writer (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Ocean's Eleven, The Jerk), Grammy winner (1999), nine-time Emmy winner, complications from a fall.
• Ken Shadie, 84, Australian screenwriter (Crocodile Dundee), cancer.
• Albert Sulon, 82, Belgian footballer (Club Liège, national team).
• Anthony Terlato, 86, American winemaker.
• Fredrick Töben, 76, German-born Australian Holocaust denier.
• Willie Wright, 80, American soul singer.

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• Joe Arenas, 94, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
• Ivo Banac, 73, Croatian historian and politician, president of the Liberal Party (2003–2004), MP (2003–2008).
• Tim Brooks, 72, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (BTW, GCW, SCW), cancer.
• Ludwig Finscher, 90, German musicologist (Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart).
• Jim Hargreaves, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks).
• Dan Hicks, 68, American actor (Evil Dead II, Darkman, Intruder), cancer.
• Aleksandr Kabanov, 72, Russian water polo player, Olympic champion (1972, 1980).
• Alfred Kotey, 52, Ghanaian Olympic boxer (1988), WBO bantamweight champion (1993–1994), complications from a stroke.
• Tomio Kubota, 89, Japanese mathematician.
• Henry Martin, 94, American cartoonist.
• John Metras, 70, American-born Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
• J. Nagbe Sloh, 55, Liberian politician and media executive, member of the House of Representatives.