Deaths in August 2021

The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2021.

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.

August 2021

1

• Abdalqadir as-Sufi, 91, Scottish Islamic scholar, founder of the Murabitun World Movement.
• David A. Gall, 79, Canadian Hall of Fame jockey.
• Guy Herbulot, 96, French Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes (1978–2000).
• Omar Jazouli, 75, Moroccan politician, MP (since 1977) and mayor of Marrakesh (2003–2009), COVID-19.
• Kazimierz Kowalski, 70, Polish opera singer, opera manager and television presenter.
• Kyaw Hla Aung, 80, Burmese lawyer and civil rights activist.
• Armin Lemme, 65, German Olympic discus thrower (1980).
• Aliaksei Mzhachyk, 25, Belarusian Olympic weightlifter (2016), traffic collision.
• Kihi Ngatai, 91, New Zealand Māori leader, member of the Waitangi Tribunal.
• Mthokozisi Nxumalo, 32, South African politician, member of the National Assembly (since 2019), traffic collision.
• Fiorentino Palmiotto, 92, Italian chess player, International Arbiter (1991).
• Abe E. Pierce III, 86, American politician, mayor of Monroe, Louisiana (1996–2000).
• Eddie Presland, 78, English footballer (West Ham United, Crystal Palace), cancer.
• Gino Renni, 78, Italian-Argentine actor and singer, complications from COVID-19.
• Vicente Rodríguez, 62, Paraguayan politician, deputy (since 2018) and governor of San Pedro (2013–2018), heart attack.
• Peter F. Schabarum, 92, American politician and football player (San Francisco 49ers), member of the California State Assembly (1967–1972) and LACBOS (1972–1991).
• Ilona Royce Smithkin, 101, Polish-born American artist, author and model.
• Vimla Sood, 98–99, Indian dentist, first female dentist in India.
• Stephen Szára, 98, Hungarian-American chemist.
• Ian Thomson, 92, English cricketer (national team).
• Francisco Weffort, 84, Brazilian political scientist, minister of culture (1995–2002), heart attack.
• Tom York, 96, American television personality (WBRC).
• Yu Ying-shih, 91, Chinese-born American sinologist and historian.

2

• Alfonso Álvarez Gándara, 82, Spanish politician and lawyer, secretary-general of the Partido Galeguista (1981–1982).
• Lilia Aragón, 82, Mexican actress (De frente al sol, Más allá del puente, Velo de novia) and politician, deputy (2004–2006).
• Rolf Arfwidsson, 93, Swedish curler.
• Hendrik Born, 77, German naval officer, chief of the Volksmarine (1989–1990).
• Robert H. Burnside, 88, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1971–1978).
• Emilio Bianchi Di Cárcano, 91, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Azul (1982–2006).
• Alicinha Cavalcanti, 59, Brazilian events promoter, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• June Daugherty, 64, American college basketball coach (Boise State Broncos, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars).
• Ged Dunn, 74, English rugby league footballer (Hull Kingston Rovers, national team).
• Thor Helland, 84, Norwegian Olympic long-distance runner (1964).
• Allen Hill, 84, British chemist.
• Ruth Horam, 90, Israeli painter and sculptor.
• Hideki Hosaka, 49, Japanese professional wrestler (FMW, AJPW, Zero-One), colon and liver cancer.
• Ursula Kraus, 91, German politician, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (1984–1990) and mayor of Wuppertal (1984–1996).
• Elias John Kwandikwa, 55, Tanzanian politician, MP (since 2015) and minister of defence (since 2020).
• Marc Lieberman, 72, American humanitarian, prostate cancer.
• Kalyani Menon, 80, Indian playback singer (Nallathoru Kudumbam, Pudhiya Mannargal, Paarthale Paravasam).
• Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri, 81, Indian Kathakali artist, pancreatic cancer.
• Luigi Paleari, 79, Italian footballer (Como 1907, A.S.D. Fanfulla).
• Runoko Rashidi, 67, American historian, author and scholar.
• Diego Rosas Anaya, 31, Mexican politician, member-elect of the Congress of the State of Mexico, heart attack.
• Dave Severance, 102, American Marine Corps colonel (Battle of Iwo Jima).
• Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh, 76, British politician and life peer, member of the House of Lords (since 1999).
• Antonio de la Torre Villalpando, 69, Mexican footballer (América, Puebla, national team).
• Yves de Wasseige, 95, Belgian politician and economist, senator (1979–1991).
• Derek Williams, 91, British documentary film director (The Tide of Traffic, The Shetland Experience) and writer.
• John Zulberti, 54, American college lacrosse player (Syracuse Orange), drowned.

3

• Saggaf bin Muhammad Aljufri, 83, Indonesian Islamic scholar.
• Julian Beale, 86, Australian businessman and politician, MP (1984–1996).
• Allan Blazek, 71, American record producer, mixer and audio engineer.
• Jocelyne Bourassa, 74, Canadian golfer (LPGA).
• Jerry Carter, 66, American politician and pastor, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (since 2019), complications from surgery.
• Tommy Curtis, 69, American college basketball player (UCLA Bruins), NCAA champion (1972, 1973).
• Đỗ Quang Em, 79, Vietnamese painter.
• Sir John Enderby, 90, British physicist.
• Eric Freeman, 51, American artist.
• Noel Guzmán Boffil Rojas, 66, Cuban painter and poet, COVID-19.
• Jean Hale, 82, American actress (In Like Flint).
• Jody Hamilton, 82, American professional wrestler (GCW), promoter (DSW) and trainer (WCW Power Plant).
• Kelli Hand, 56, American musician and DJ.
• Arthur Dion Hanna, 93, Bahamian politician, governor-general (2006–2010).
• Jergé Hoefdraad, 35, Dutch footballer (RKC Waalwijk, Almere City, Telstar), complications from gunshot wounds.
• Elizabeth Anne Hull, 84, American academic and political activist.
• Khin Maung Win, 80, Burmese mathematician, COVID-19.
• Yūsuke Kinoshita, 27, Japanese baseball player (Chunichi Dragons).
• Fred Ladd, 94, American television producer.
• Jørgen Langhelle, 55, Norwegian actor (Elling, I Am Dina, The Thing), cardiac arrest.
• Miroslav Lazanski, 70, Serbian diplomat and politician, deputy (2016–2019) and ambassador to Russia (since 2019).
• Noel Lynch, 74, Irish politician, member of the London Assembly (2003–2004).
• Brian Maunsell, 83, New Zealand Olympic boxer (1964).
• María Teresa Marú Mejía, 62, Mexican politician, deputy (since 2018), COVID-19.
• Kazem Mohammadi, 47, Iranian futsal player (Tam Iran Khodro, national team), COVID-19.
• Pierre Montaz, 97, French cable transport engineer.
• Lorris Murail, 70, French author.
• Antonio Pennacchi, 71, Italian writer, Strega Prize winner (2010), heart attack.
• Nader Shariatmadari, 60, Iranian politician and geotechnical engineer, member of the Islamic City Council of Tehran (2003–2007), COVID-19.
• Gholam Hosein Shiri Aliabad, 60, Iranian politician, MP (2012–2016), complications from COVID-19.
• Vitaly Shishov, 26, Belarusian human rights activist.
• Soerjadi Soedirdja, 82, Indonesian politician, governor of Jakarta (1992–1997).
• Catherine Squires, 80, American microbiologist.
• Allan Stephenson, 71, British-born South African composer, cellist, and conductor.
• José Ramos Tinhorão, 93, Brazilian music critic and journalist, pneumonia.
• Godfred Yeboah, 41, Ghanaian footballer (Asante Kotoko, All Stars, national team).

4

• R. Aravamudan, 84, Indian aerospace engineer.
• Aleksandr Aravin, 63, Russian film director.
• Razzy Bailey, 82, American country musician ("Midnight Hauler", "She Left Love All Over Me", "I Keep Coming Back").
• Toupta Boguena, Chadian agronomist, minister of health (2010–2011), secretary of the Niger Basin Authority (since 2016).
• Karl Heinz Bohrer, 88, German literary scholar and essayist.
• Zelá Brambillé, 27, Mexican writer and novelist, COVID-19.
• Jean "Binta" Breeze, 65, Jamaican dub poet, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Bobby Eaton, 62, American professional wrestler (JCP, WCW, SMW).
• Richard T. Farmer, 86, American businessman and philanthropist, founder and CEO of Cintas (1968–2003).
• Dick Farrel, 65, American radio host, complications from COVID-19.
• María Ester Feres, 78, Chilean politician and academic.
• Martin Graff, 77, French writer and cabaretist.
• Aimé Halbeher, 85, French political activist and syndicalist.
• Paul Johnson, 50, American DJ ("Get Get Down") and record producer, COVID-19.
• David Lee, 80, American jazz drummer and composer.
• John H. Logie, 81, American politician, mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan (1991–2003), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Åke Lundqvist, 85, Swedish actor (Beck – Mannen med ikonerna).
• Graham McRae, 81, New Zealand racing driver.
• Dominic Oneya, 73, Nigerian civil servant, administrator of Kano State (1996–1998) and Benue State (1998–1999).
• J. R. Richard, 71, American baseball player (Houston Astros), complications from COVID-19.
• Padma Sachdev, 81, Indian poet and novelist.
• Bo Scott, 78, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Ottawa Rough Riders).
• Dario Sorrentino, 64, Italian medical researcher, traffic collision.
• Moisés Torres, 72, Bolivian journalist, professor and politician, deputy (1997–2002), COVID-19.
• Betty Lou Varnum, 90, American television presenter (The Magic Window).
• Tachi Yamada, 76, Japanese-born American physician and gastroenterologist.
• Laurence R. Young, 85, American physicist.

5

• Maurice Brun, 96, French politician, mayor of Montluçon (1972–1977) and deputy (1973–1978).
• Terry Davies, 87, Welsh rugby union player (Swansea, British and Irish Lions, national team).
• Hanns Eckelkamp, 94, German film producer (The Marriage of Maria Braun).
• Guillermo González, 80, Colombian engineer and politician, governor of Cauca (2008–2011), minister of national defense (1997) and mayor of Popayán (1977–1978).
• Reg Gorman, 89, Australian actor (The Sullivans, Fergus McPhail, Neighbours), cancer.
• Eloise Greenfield, 91, American author (Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir, The Great Migration: Journey to the North).
• Brian Henderson, 89, New Zealand-born Australian radio and television presenter (Nine News Sydney, Bandstand), kidney cancer.
• Hassaballah El Kafrawy, 90, Egyptian politician, minister of housing (1977–1993) and governor of Damietta (1976–1977).
• Roger Lenaers, 96, Belgian-born Austrian Jesuit pastor.
• Leon Litwack, 91, American historian (Been in the Storm So Long), Pulitzer Prize winner (1980), bladder cancer.
• E. Madhusudhanan, 80, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (1991–1996).
• Yevhen Marchuk, 80, Ukrainian politician, prime minister (1995–1996), minister of defence (2003–2004) and deputy (1995–2000), COVID-19.
• Jan Mayman, 80, Australian journalist (The Sunday Times, The Age, The Canberra Times).
• S. S. Narayan, 86, Indian Olympic footballer (1956, 1960), cardiac arrest.
• Jane Ngwenya, 86, Zimbabwean politician.
• Gábor Novák, 87, Hungarian sprint canoer, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
• Murray Rose, 81, New Zealand politician, MP (1969–1972).
• Geoffrey Scott, 83, Canadian politician, MP (1978–1993).
• Andrei Strâmbeanu, 86, Moldovan writer and politician, deputy (1998–2001).
• Richard Trumka, 72, American labor leader, president of the AFL–CIO (since 2009) and the United Mine Workers (1982–1995), heart attack.
• Vito Valentinetti, 92, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians).
• Walter Wangerin Jr., 77, American author (The Book of the Dun Cow).
• Russ Washington, 74, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
• Graeme Whitnall, 69, Australian footballer (Carlton).

6

• Mikel Azurmendi, 78, Spanish anthropologist, ETA dissident and writer, co-founder of Foro Ermua and ¡Basta Ya!.
• Noureddine Bahbouh, 72, Algerian politician, minister of agriculture (1994–1995).
• Barry, American barred owl, traffic collision.
• Margaret Bourke, 75, Australian bridge player, melanoma.
• José Carreira Marques, 77, Portuguese politician, constituent deputy (1975–1976), deputy (1976–1982) and mayor of Beja (1983–2005), cardiac arrest.
• Francesco Dibenedetto, 80, Italian football manager (Matera Calcio, Bisceglie, U.S.D. Città di Fasano).
• Rita Pitka Blumenstein, 84–85, American Yup'ik traditional healer.
• Stefano Di Marino, 60, Italian novelist and translator, suicide by jumping.
• Christian Dumont, 58, French Olympic biathlete (1988, 1992), heart attack.
• Ed Emery, 71, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2003–2011) and Senate (2013–2021).
• Salvador Escrihuela, 70, Spanish footballer (Sabadell, Granada, Alavés).
• Aryeh Gamliel, 70, Israeli rabbi and politician, member of the Knesset (1988–2003).
• Einar Holm, 87, Norwegian politician.
• Babulal Jain, 86, Indian politician.
• Donald Kagan, 89, Lithuanian-born American historian.
• Richard Konvička, 64, Czech painter.
• Teresa Miller, 59, American author, legal scholar, and educator.
• John A. Rizzo, 73, American attorney.
• Herbert Schlosser, 95, American television executive, president and CEO of NBC (1974–1978).
• Oleg Shapovalov, 58, Ukrainian politician, president of the Kharkiv Oblast Council (2005–2006).
• Jakob Skarstein, 100, Norwegian journalist.
• Yevgen Sotnikov, 40, Ukrainian judoka and convicted murderer, shot.
• Yuri Trutnev, 93, Russian theoretical physicist and nuclear engineer.
• Mark Turpin, 64, American tennis player.
• Les Vandyke, 90, English singer and songwriter ("What Do You Want?", "Poor Me", "Well I Ask You").
• Wang Wenjuan, 94, Chinese Yue opera performer.

7

• Dalal Abdel Aziz, 61, Egyptian actress (A Girl's Secret, Sorry for the Disturbance, El Ashash), complications from COVID-19.
• Akhudiat, 75, Indonesian poet.
• Brad Allan, 48, Australian martial artist, action choreographer, and stunt performer (Rush Hour 2, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Solo: A Star Wars Story).
• Rolf Erling Andersen, 74, Norwegian politician, deputy MP (1997–2005).
• Julio César Anderson, 73, Guatemalan footballer (C.S.D. Municipal, national team).
• Douglas Applegate, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1995).
• Paul Bragdon, 94, American academic.
• Robbie Cooke, 64, English footballer (Peterborough United, Cambridge United, Brentford), cancer.
• Alma Cullen, 83, British television writer (Inspector Morse) and playwright.
• Mike De Palmer, 59, American tennis player and coach (Boris Becker), pancreatic cancer.
• John Dickinson, 87, English rugby league player (St Helens).
• Sir Patrick Forrest, 98, Scottish surgeon.
• Magda Godia, 68, Spanish politician, mayor of Mequinenza (since 2003) and member of the Aragonese Courts (2013–2015), cancer.
• José Gómez del Moral, 89, Spanish road racing cyclist.
• Johnny Groth, 95, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics).
• Robert Martin Gumbura, 65, Zimbabwean preacher and convicted rapist, COVID-19.
• Carol Harris, 98, American Hall of Fame Quarter Horse equestrian, cancer.
• Albert B. Lewis, 95, American politician, member of the New York State Senate (1967–1972, 1973–1978), .
• Hung Liu, 73, Chinese-born American artist, pancreatic cancer.
• Isabel Martínez, 75, Mexican actress and comedian, heart attack.
• Trevor Moore, 41, American comedian (The Whitest Kids U' Know) and actor (Miss March), fall.
• Purnendu Sekhar Mukherjee, Indian politician, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Keith Patchel, 65, American musician and composer.
• Alfredo Petit-Vergel, 85, Cuban Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana (1991–2016).
• Markie Post, 70, American actress (Night Court, The Fall Guy, Hearts Afire), cancer.
• Amando Samo, 72, Micronesian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Caroline Islands (1995–2020).
• Larry Swider, 66, American football player (Detroit Lions, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
• Michael M. Thomas, 85, American writer.
• Werner Tochtermann, 87, German chemist.
• Mohammad Hadis Uddin, 72, Bangladeshi police officer, IGP (2005), COVID-19.
• Melinda Vigh, 39, Hungarian sport climber, fall.
• Mark Weedon, 53, New Zealand rugby union player (Bay of Plenty, North Harbour, Wasps).
• Willie Williamson, 76, American football coach (Albany State Golden Rams).
• Jane Withers, 95, American actress (Giant, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Paddy O'Day).
• Gary Lee Yoder, 75, American musician (The Oxford Circle, Blue Cheer).
• Wasi Zafar, 72, Pakistani lawyer and politician, MP (2002–2008) and minister of law.

8

• Bobby Bowden, 91, American Hall of Fame college football coach (Florida State, West Virginia), pancreatic cancer.
• Paul Brewster, 85, American college football coach (Austin Peay).
• Sarah Broadie, 79, British philosopher.
• Najma Chowdhury, 79, Bangladeshi academic, COVID-19.
• Ken Clark, 73, English-born Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Los Angeles Rams).
• Bruce Conte, 71, American guitarist (Tower of Power), leukemia.
• Bill Davis, 92, Canadian politician, premier of Ontario (1971–1985) and MPP (1959–1985).
• Aleksej Demjanov, 47, Croatian-Russian Olympic gymnast (1996).
• Christian Penda Ekoka, 69, Cameroonian government official.
• Vera Fusek, 89, Czechoslovak-born British actress (The Great Van Robbery, Doctor Who).
• Lila R. Gleitman, 91, American academic (University of Pennsylvania).
• Maria José Gonzaga, 75, Brazilian businesswoman, philanthropist and politician, mayor of Tatuí (since 2017), abdominal cancer.
• Perry Harris, 75, New Zealand rugby union player (Manawatu, national team).
• Paul Hellyer, 98, Canadian politician, MP (1949–1974), minister of national defence (1963–1967) and transport (1967–1969), complications from a fall.
• Ben Kamin, 68, American rabbi, heart failure.
• Stefan Kapłaniak, 88, Polish Olympic sprint canoer, bronze medalist (1960).
• Jaan Kaplinski, 80, Estonian poet, translator, and philosopher, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Garry Kennedy, 85, Canadian artist and educator.
• Fernando López de Olmedo, Spanish general commander of Ceuta (Perejil Island crisis), COVID-19.
• Mohammad Reza Madhi, Iranian alleged intelligence agent.
• Colum McKinstry, 71, Irish Gaelic football player (Clan na Gael, Armagh).
• Hosa Wells Okunbo, 63, Nigerian oil executive and philanthropist, cancer.
• Adelaide Pereira da Silva, 93, Brazilian pianist, composer and painter.
• Luciano Pérez de Acevedo, 78, Spanish politician and lawyer, president of the province of Badajoz (1979–1983) and member of the Extremaduran assembly (1983–1987).
• Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy, 86, Indian politician, MP (1984–1990) and Tamil Nadu MLA (1967–1971).
• Hipólito Reyes Larios, 74, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Xalapa (since 2007) and bishop of Orizaba (2000–2007), internal hemorrhage.
• Oleksandr Rojtburd, 59, Ukrainian painter and installation artist, director of the Odessa Art Museum (2018–2019), cancer.
• Cesare Salvadori, 79, Italian fencer, Olympic champion (1972).
• Anupam Shyam, 63, Indian actor (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Slumdog Millionaire, The Curse of King Tut's Tomb), multiple organ failure.
• Pierre Sprey, 84, French-born American defence analyst (Fighter Mafia) and record producer, founder of Mapleshade Records.

9

• Joey Ambrose, 87, American Hall of Fame saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets).
• Rand Araskog, 89, American businessman, CEO of ITT Corporation (1979–1998).
• Aung Cheint, 73, Burmese poet.
• Sir Lester Bird, 83, Antiguan politician, prime minister (1994–2004).
• Cameron Burrell, 26, American sprinter, suicide by gunshot.
• María Elena Chapa, 77, Mexican politician and women's rights activist, deputy (1988–1991, 2000–2003) and senator (1991–1997), cancer.
• Carlton H. Colwell, 95, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1964–1995).
• Alex Cord, 88, American actor (Airwolf, Stagecoach, The Brotherhood).
• Neal Craig, 73, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns).
• Gord Cruickshank, 56, Canadian ice hockey player (Maine Mariners).
• Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao, 94, Indian naval officer (Operation Trident).
• Roy F. Guste, 69, American author, photographer and culinary historian.
• Pat Hitchcock, 93, English-born American actress (Stage Fright, Strangers on a Train, Psycho).
• František Hrúzik, 94, Slovak Olympic equestrian (1960).
• Ken Hutchison, 72, Scottish actor (Straw Dogs, All Quiet on the Western Front, Ladyhawke).
• Ryszard Jarzembowski, 75, Polish politician and journalist, senator (1991–2005).
• Bob Jenkins, 73, American motorsports announcer (ESPN, ABC, NBC Sports), brain cancer.
• Killer Kau, 23, South African rapper, dancer, and record producer, traffic collision.
• Joseph Koterski, 67, American Jesuit priest, philosopher and author.
• Sergei Kovalev, 91, Russian human rights activist and politician, MP (1993–2003).
• Jean-Marie Léonard, 78, Belgian politician, deputy (1990–1995), Walloon deputy (1990–2004).
• Viktor Likhonosov, 85, Russian writer, COVID-19.
• Mpura, 25, South African rapper, record producer, and fashion designer, traffic collision.
• Annette Muller, 88, French writer and Holocaust survivor.
• Craig Ogletree, 53, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals), complications from COVID-19.
• Olivia Podmore, 24, New Zealand Olympic cyclist (2016).
• Peter Richter de Rangenier, 91, Czech-born Austrian composer and conductor.
• Ingrid Remmers, 56, German politician, member of the Bundestag (since 2017).
• Ian Russell, 86, English Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Coventry (1989–2000).
• Saranya Sasi, 35, Indian actress (Maanikyan, Chotta Mumbai, Annmariya Kalippilaanu), cancer.
• Siti Sarah, 36, Malaysian singer and actress, COVID-19.
• Nadir Tedeschi, 90, Italian politician, deputy (1976–1987).
• Chucky Thompson, 53, American record producer (Bad Boy Records), complications from COVID-19.
• Naftali Tishby, 68, Israeli computer scientist.
• Ary Ribeiro Valadão, 102, Brazilian lawyer and politician, governor of Goiás (1979–1983), deputy (1967–1979, 1989–1991) and Goiás MLA (1959–1967).
• Walter Yetnikoff, 87, American music industry executive (CBS Records International), cancer.
• Zairaini Sarbini, 48, Malaysian voice actress, cervical cancer.

10

• Gun Ädel, 82, Swedish Olympic cross-country skier (1964).
• Sabina Ajrula, 75, Macedonian-Turkish actress (Muhteşem Yüzyıl, My Mother's Wound, Shadows), brain cancer.
• Júlio Chaves, 76, Brazilian voice actor, COVID-19.
• Neal Conan, 71, American radio journalist (Talk of the Nation), glioblastoma.
• Tony Esposito, 78, Canadian-American Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks, Montreal Canadiens), Stanley Cup champion (1969), pancreatic cancer.
• Petr Esterka, 85, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Brno (1999–2013) and titular bishop of Cefala (since 1999).
• Michael Gaudion, 83, Australian footballer (North Melbourne).
• Maki Kaji, 69, Japanese businessman, president of Nikoli and creator of Sudoku, bile duct cancer.
• Michel Le Flochmoan, 69, French football player and manager (Sedan, R.E. Virton, F91 Dudelange).
• Giorgio Lopez, 74, Italian voice actor, dubbing director and theatre director.
• Cary M. Maguire, 93, American businessman and philanthropist.
• Samuel Marful-Sau, 64, Ghanaian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (since 2018).
• Eduardo Martínez Somalo, 94, Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (1993–2007), prefect of the CICLSAL (1992–2004) and apostolic nuncio to Colombia (1975–1979).
• Don McKechnie, 77, New Zealand cricketer (Otago) and cricket umpire.
• Lev Pidlisetskyi, 44, Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur, MP (2014–2019).
• John Riordan, 85, New Zealand jockey.
• Vincent M. Russo, 90, American lieutenant general.
• Mirjana Stefanović, 81, Serbian writer.
• Pio Teek, 74, Namibian judge, justice of the Supreme Court (2003–2005).
• Naga Thein Hlaing, 87, Burmese surgeon.
• Dilys Watling, 78, English actress (Calculated Risk, Two Left Feet, Theatre of Death).
• Peter Whittle, 94, New Zealand mathematician and statistician.
• Stephen Wilkinson, 102, English choral conductor and composer.

11

• Geneviève Asse, 98, French painter.
• Marco Borradori, 62, Swiss politician, mayor of Lugano (since 2013) and national councillor (1991–1995), heart attack.
• Clyde Evans, 83, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2003–2010).
• Mike Finnigan, 76, American keyboardist and vocalist, kidney cancer.
• Peter Fleischmann, 84, German film director (Hunting Scenes from Bavaria, Weak Spot, Hard to Be a God) and screenwriter.
• Adela Forestello, 98, Argentine human rights activist (Mothers of the Plaza 25 de Mayo).
• Roy Gaines, 83, American blues guitarist.
• Gianluigi Gelmetti, 75, Italian-Monégasque conductor and composer, director of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (2000–2009).
• Benoît Genecand, 57, Swiss politician, national councilor (2015–2019), cancer.
• Dick Huddart, 85, English rugby league player (St. Helens, St. George, national team).
• Paulo José, 84, Brazilian actor (O Padre e a Moça, Macunaíma, The Clown), pneumonia.
• Michel Laclotte, 91, French art historian, director of the Louvre (1987–1995).
• Abdelhamid Laghouati, 77, Algerian poet.
• Guy Lalumière, 91, Canadian graphic designer and photographer.
• Sir David Levene, 91, New Zealand businessman and philanthropist.
• Stanley Okoro, 28, Nigerian actor, food poisoning.
• Caroline Peyton, 69, American singer-songwriter.
• Adam Sadowsky, 50, American entrepreneur and actor (It's Your Move, Second Chance).
• Hugo Salas Wenzel, 85, Chilean military officer and convicted murderer.
• Miroslav Tetter, 83, Czech academic and politician, mayor of České Budějovice (1998–2006, 2010).
• Carveth Thompson, 88, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1968–1972).
• Bill Todd, 91, Canadian football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
• Claudio Ventura, 67, Italian film director and editor.
• Ernst van de Wetering, 83, Dutch art historian.
• Göran Zachrisson, 83, Swedish sports journalist, cancer.
• Yehoshua Zuckerman, 83, Belgian-born Israeli rabbi.

12

• Kurt Biedenkopf, 91, German politician, minister-president of Saxony (1990–2002) and MP (1976–1980, 1987–1990).
• Ronnell Bright, 91, American jazz pianist.
• Brian P. Burns, 85, American entrepreneur, attorney and philanthropist.
• Durdana Butt, 83, Pakistani actress (Ruswai, Tanhaiyaan, Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay), COVID-19.
• Haydée Coloso-Espino, 83, Filipino Olympic swimmer (1960).
• Dominic DeNucci, 89, Italian-American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (Stampede Wrestling, WCW, WWWF) and trainer, heart failure.
• Eva Fastag, 104, Polish-born Belgian Holocaust survivor.
• Jay Greenberg, 71, American sports journalist (The Kansas City Star, Philadelphia Daily News, New York Post).
• Karl-Friedrich Haas, 90, German sprinter, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
• Stanislav Hanzík, 90, Czech sculptor.
• Roger Harring, 88, American Hall of Fame college football coach (Wisconsin-La Crosse).
• Claude Javeau, 80, Belgian sociologist and professor.
• João Lyra, 90, Brazilian politician, deputy (2003–2007, 2011–2015) and senator (1989–1991), complications from COVID-19.
• Tarcísio Meira, 85, Brazilian actor (Irmãos Coragem, Sangue e Areia, Espelho Mágico), COVID-19.
• Robert Orr, 68, American business executive, ambassador to the Asian Development Bank (2010–2016).
• Jose P. Perez, 74, Filipino jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court (2009–2016).
• Pyotr Pimashkov, 73, Russian politician, mayor of Krasnoyarsk (1996–2011) and deputy (since 2011).
• K. Schippers, 84, Dutch poet.
• Alfonso Sepúlveda, 82, Chilean footballer (Club Universidad de Chile).
• Hadiza Shagari, 80, Nigerian socialite, first lady (1979–1983), COVID-19.
• Una Stubbs, 84, English actress (Till Death Us Do Part, Worzel Gummidge, Sherlock).
• Igael Tumarkin, 87, Israeli painter and sculptor.
• Andrew Walls, 93, British Christianity scholar.
• Stephen Wiesner, 78, American-Israeli research physicist.

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• Carlos Ardila Lülle, 91, Colombian entrepreneur, founder of Organización Ardila Lülle.
• Alia Muhammad Baker, 69, Iraqi librarian, COVID-19.
• Osório Bebber, 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Tubarão (1981–1992), Coxim (1992–1999), and Joaçaba (1999–2003).
• Kelsey Begaye, 70, American politician, president of the Navajo Nation (1999–2003).
• Franck Berrier, 37, French football player (Cannes, Zulte Waregem, Oostende) and manager, heart attack.
• Andrzej Borodzik, 91, Polish politician, chemist and scout leader, deputy (1965–1972), president of ZHP (2005–2007).
• Enzo Facciolo, 89, Italian comic book artist (Diabolik).
• Georg Gallus, 94, German politician, member of the Bundestag (1970–1994).
• Ernest Gondzik, 90, Polish Olympic wrestler (1952, 1960).
• Nanci Griffith, 68, American singer-songwriter ("Love at the Five and Dime", "Outbound Plane"), Grammy winner (1994).
• Egon Guttman, 94, German-born American law professor.
• Alejandro Guzmán Brito, 76, Chilean lawyer and historian.
• Stanley S. Harris, 93, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1983–2001) and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (1972–1982).
• James Hormel, 88, American philanthropist, LGBT activist and diplomat, ambassador to Luxembourg (1999–2001).
• Henryk Hoser, 78, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Warszawa-Praga (2008–2017), COVID-19.
• Ahmed Joda, 91, Nigerian government administrator.
• Charlie Johnson, 69, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings).
• Leon Kopelman, 97, Polish-Israeli, last known surviving fighter of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
• Mangkunegara IX, 69, Indonesian royal, Duke of Mangkunegaran (since 1987).
• Vladimir Mendelssohn, 71, Romanian composer and violist.
• Angela Milner, 73, British paleontologist.
• Rich Milot, 64, American football player (Washington Redskins), Super Bowl champion (1982, 1987).
• Marek Minda, 71, Polish doctor and politician, senator (1993–1997).
• Rhys Morgan, 67, Welsh rugby union player (national team).
• Kaycee Moore, 77, American actress (Killer of Sheep, Bless Their Little Hearts, Daughters of the Dust).
• Carmen Morales, 81, Argentine actress (Los caballeros de la cama redonda).
• Sir Michael Peckham, 86, British oncologist and artist.
• Steve Perrin, 75, American game designer (RuneQuest), technical writer and editor.
• Jean-Pierre Pichard, 75, French musician and academic.
• Pil Trafa, 62, Argentine singer and composer (Los Violadores).
• Carolyn S. Shoemaker, 92, American astronomer, co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, complications from a fall.
• Gino Strada, 73, Italian human rights activist and war surgeon, founder of Emergency, heart attack.
• Bobby Stein, 82, Scottish footballer (Raith Rovers, Montrose).
• Matthias U Shwe, 77, Burmese Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1979–1989) and bishop of Taunggyi (1989–2015).
• Andrew Turton, 83, English anthropologist.
• Dante C. Youla, 95, American engineer and control theorist.

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• Mian Bashir Ahmed, 97, Indian Islamic scholar and religious leader, four-time Jammu and Kashmir MLA.
• Boonruen Choonhavan, 101, Thai socialite, spouse of the prime minister (1988–1991), COVID-19.
• Carlos Correia, 87, Bissau-Guinean politician, prime minister (1991–1994, 1997–1998, 2008–2009, 2015–2016).
• Piera Degli Esposti, 83, Italian actress (A Joke of Destiny, Sweet Dreams, Il divo), heart failure.
• Gabriel Fortuné, Haitian politician, mayor of Les Cayes (since 2016), earthquake.
• Jacques Fournier, 92, French government official, president of SNCF (1988–1993).
• Jerry Fujio, 81, Japanese singer and actor (Yojimbo, Ereki no Wakadaishō, The Stingiest Man in Town), COPD.
• Robin Hahn, 88, Canadian Olympic equestrian (1968, 1972, 1976).
• Sol Kimel, 92, Israeli chemical physicist.
• Ibrahim Kalil Konaté, 44, Guinean politician, COVID-19.
• Buckie Leach, 62, American fencer and coach, motorcycle accident.
• Brigitte Maillard, 66, French writer and singer.
• Virginia Moreno, 98, Filipino writer.
• Francis Mossman, 33, New Zealand actor (Ruben Guthrie).
• Igor Oistrakh, 90, Ukrainian violinist and teacher (Moscow Conservatory)
• Enrique Pérez Parrilla, 73, Spanish politician, president of the Insular Cabildo of Lanzarote (1983–1987, 1994–1995, 1996–2003) and mayor of Arrecife (2007–2009), heart attack.
• Algirdas Pocius, 90, Lithuanian politician, member of the Seimas (1992–1996).
• Dako Radošević, 86, Bosnian Olympic discus thrower (1956, 1964).
• R. Murray Schafer, 88, Canadian composer and writer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Mickey Stephens, 77, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (since 2009).
• Fez Whatley, 57, American comedian and radio host (The Ron and Fez Show), heart failure.
• Hugh Wood, 89, British composer.

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• Usmankhan Alimov, 71, Uzbek Islamic cleric, chief mufti (since 2006).
• Arthur J. Ammann, 85, American immunologist.
• Ruth Apilado, 113, American newspaper editor and civil rights activist, founder of America's Intercultural Magazine.
• Philip James Ayres, 77, Australian literary historian.
• Abdelhamid Brahimi, 85, Algerian politician, prime minister (1984–1988).
• Lester Coleman, 77, American author (Trail of the Octopus).
• Gianfranco D'Angelo, 84, Italian actor (La liceale, La compagna di banco) and comedian (Drive In).
• James DeMile, 82–83, American martial artist.
• Ann Lawrence Durviaux, 53, Belgian jurist and professor, shot.
• Roque Ferriols, 96, Filipino Jesuit priest and philosopher.
• Paulette Goodman, 88, French-born American LGBT activist, president of PFLAG (1988–1992).
• Alena Hatvani, 46, Czech bodybuilder. (death announced on this date)
• Hiro, 90, Japanese-born American commercial photographer.
• Karen Fort Hood, 68, American jurist, judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals (since 2003).
• Claude Hudelot, 79, French sinologist and radio producer.
• Jagjit Kaur, 91, Indian playback singer (Shagoon).
• Nathalie Maillet, 51, French architect and racecar driver, shot.
• Paul Mitchell, 64, American businessman and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2017–2021), kidney cancer.
• Giuseppe Montalbano, 96, Italian politician, senator (1979–1987), mayor of Sambuca di Sicilia (1964–1980).
• Gerd Müller, 75, German footballer (1861 Nördlingen, Bayern Munich, West Germany national team), world champion (1974), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Abdur Rahim, 68, Bangladeshi military officer, director general of National Security Intelligence (2001–2005), COVID-19.
• Rafael Romero, 83, Venezuelan Olympic sprinter (1956, 1960, 1964).
• Mike Rose, 77, American education scholar.
• Greg Rowlands, 73, New Zealand rugby union player (Bay of Plenty, national team).
• Dick Schafrath, 84, American football player (Cleveland Browns) and politician, member of the Ohio Senate (1987–2000).
• Ernie Sigley, 82, Australian radio and television presenter (Sunnyside Up, Adelaide Tonight, Wheel of Fortune) and singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Jan David Simon, 3rd Viscount Simon, 81, British hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (since 1994).
• Joe Walton, 85, American football player (Washington Redskins, New York Giants) and coach (New York Jets).
• Gary Woollard, 79, New Zealand rugby league player (Wellington, Auckland, national team).

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• Stanley Aronowitz, 88, American sociologist, author, and political activist.
• Donald G. Dunn, 98, American World War II veteran, Silver Star recipient.
• Hormoz Farhat, 93, Iranian-American composer and ethnomusicologist.
• William R. Haine, 77, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate (2002–2019).
• Volodymyr Holubnychy, 85, Ukrainian race walker, Olympic champion (1960, 1968).
• Carlos Iturralde Ballivián, 80, Bolivian diplomat and politician, foreign minister (1989–1992), ambassador to the United States (1978–1979).
• Oswaldo Johnston, 91, Guatemalan Olympic wrestler (1952).
• Anandha Kannan, 48, Singaporean actor (Adhisaya Ulagam) and television host, cancer.
• Sean Lock, 58, English comedian (15 Storeys High, 8 Out of 10 Cats, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown), lung cancer.
• Duda Mendonça, 77, Brazilian propagandist and political strategist.
• Abdullah Mokoginta, 86, Indonesian politician, member of the People's Representative Council (1992–1999).
• Paul Muegge, 84, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (1990–2002).
• Adedayo Omolafe, 57, Nigerian politician, member of the House of Representatives.
• John Pease, 77, American football player and coach (Utah Utes, New Orleans Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars).
• Bishwaishwar Ramsaroop, 81, Guyanese politician, Vice President of Guyana (1980–1984).
• Yvonne Pope Sintes, 90, South African-born British aviator, pneumonia.
• Omrane Sadok, 83, Tunisian Olympic boxer (1960).
• Hiroshi Sakagami, 85, Japanese author, cancer.
• Simão Sessim, 85, Brazilian lawyer and politician, deputy (1979–2019), COVID-19.
• Lucille Times, 100, American civil rights activist, COVID-19.
• Maurice Watkins, 79, British sports administrator and solicitor (Manchester United), prostate cancer.
• Marilynn Webb, 83, New Zealand artist.

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• Olav Akselsen, 55, Norwegian politician, minister of petroleum and energy (2000–2001) and MP (1989–2009).
• Sheila Bromberg, 92, British harpist.
• David W. J. Brown, 79, English cricketer (Gloucestershire).
• Joe Chasteen, 96, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1973–1977).
• Rock Demers, 87, Canadian film producer (The Dog Who Stopped the War, The Peanut Butter Solution, Vincent and Me), heart failure.
• Yvon Duhamel, 81, Canadian motorcycle racer.
• Guo Jingkun, 87, Chinese scientist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Ágnes Hankiss, 71, Hungarian politician, MEP (2009–2014).
• Chicken Hirsh, 81, American drummer (Country Joe and the Fish).
• Anwar Hossain, 83, Bangladeshi entrepreneur, industrialist and politician, MP (1988–1990).
• Kazenambo Kazenambo, 58, Namibian politician, MP (2004–2014), complications from COVID-19.
• Nikolai Kuimov, 63, Russian test pilot, Hero of the Russian Federation (2006), air crash.
• Jack Lamb, 85, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos, Calgary Stampeders).
• Tom Larkin, 103, New Zealand public servant and diplomat, ambassador to Japan (1972–1976).
• Chong-Sik Lee, 90, North Korean-born American political scientist.
• Thierry Liagre, 70, French actor (The Cabbage Soup, Les Visiteurs, Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse).
• Ibrahim Mantu, 74, Nigerian politician, deputy president of the senate (2003–2007), complications from COVID-19.
• Basil Mramba, 81, Tanzanian politician, minister of finance (2001–2005), complications from COVID-19.
• Eddie Paskey, 81, American actor (Star Trek).
• Paulão, 51, Angolan footballer (Benfica, Espinho, national team).
• Rodrigo Paz, 87, Ecuadorian politician, mayor of Quito (1988–1992).
• René Quéré, 89, French painter and ceramist.
• Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, 48, Moroccan Islamic militant, leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (since 2015), shot.
• Saul Soliz, 55, American mixed martial arts trainer, COVID-19.
• John Studd, 81, British gynaecologist.
• Fereshteh Taerpour, 68, Iranian film producer, COVID-19.
• Leonard Thompson, 69, American football player (Detroit Lions).
• Maurice Vandeweyer, 76, Belgian writer and mathematician.

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• José Abueva, 93, Filipino political scientist, president of the University of the Philippines (1987–1993) and chancellor of UP Diliman (1990–1991).
• Abdul Hamid AbuSulayman, 84, Saudi Islamic scholar and educationist, rector of the IIUM (1989–1999).
• Muhammad Alim, 76, Indonesian jurist, judge of the Constitutional Court (2008–2015).
• Franz Josef Altenburg, 80, Austrian ceramicist and sculptor.
• Ron Cornelius, 76, American musician and record producer, complications from a stroke.
• Guy de Rougemont, 86, French painter and sculptor.
• Solly Drake, 90, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies).
• Joseph L. Galloway, 79, American newspaper correspondent and columnist.
• Pablo P. Garcia, 95, Filipino politician, congressman (1987–1995, 2007–2013) and governor of Cebu (1995–2004).
• Bojan Globočnik, 59, Slovenian Olympic ski jumper (1984). (death announced on this date)
• B. Wayne Hughes, 87, American businessman, founder of Public Storage.
• Gerry Jones, 75, English footballer (Stoke City, Macclesfield Town, Stafford Rangers).
• Alejandro Lamalfa, 74, Spanish politician, senator (1996–2000) and mayor of Barruelo de Santullán (1990–2007, 2011–2016).
• Austin Mitchell, 86, British politician, MP (1977–2015).
• Jill Murphy, 72, British author (The Worst Witch), cancer.
• Andrés Navarro, 83, Spanish Olympic boxer (1960).
• Didier Notheaux, 73, French football player (Rouen, Lens) and manager (Burkina Faso national team).
• Eric Poole, 79, Australian politician, Northern Territory MLA (1986–2001).
• Robert Smith, 85, American sport executive and administrator, president of the International Baseball Federation (1981–1993).
• Frank Soos, 70, American writer.
• Evgeny Sveshnikov, 71, Russian chess player and writer, complications from COVID-19.
• Tomiyama Taeko, 99, Japanese visual artist.
• Kaari Upson, 51, American artist, breast cancer.
• Stephen Vizinczey, 88, Hungarian-Canadian author and writer.
• E. J. Williams, 103, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1958–1959).
• Max Willis, 85, Australian politician, president (1991–1998) and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1970–1999).

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• Junaid Babunagari, 67, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and writer, amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (since 2020), stroke.
• Gary Bouma, 79, American-born Australian sociologist and Anglican priest.
• Trygve Brudevold, 100, Norwegian Olympic bobsledder (1952, 1956).
• Carlo Cataldo, 88, Italian historian, poet, and teacher.
• Raoul Cauvin, 82, Belgian comics writer (Les Tuniques Bleues, Agent 212, Les Femmes en Blanc).
• Sonny Chiba, 82, Japanese actor (The Street Fighter, The Storm Riders, Kill Bill: Volume 1) and martial artist, complications from COVID-19.
• Chuck Close, 81, American photorealist painter, heart failure.
• William Clotworthy, 95, American television censor (Saturday Night Live) and writer.
• Robert Cogan, 91, American music theorist and composer.
• Arturo Cucciolla, 73, Italian architect.
• Sir Michael Cullen, 76, New Zealand politician, deputy prime minister (2002–2008), minister of finance (1999–2008), and MP (1981–2009), lung cancer.
• Bill Freehan, 79, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers) and coach (Michigan Wolverines), World Series champion (1968), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Rod Gilbert, 80, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
• Sir Peter Harding, 87, British air force officer, chief of the Air Staff (1988–1992) and Defence Staff (1992–1994).
• Július Holeš, 82, Slovakian Olympic footballer (1968).
• Genevieve M. Knight, 82, American mathematician and educator, stroke.
• Percha Leanpuri, 35, Indonesian politician, member of the People's Representative Council (since 2019), complications from childbirth.
• Li Hsing, 91, Taiwanese film director (Beautiful Duckling, Execution in Autumn, The Heroic Pioneers), heart failure.
• James W. Loewen, 79, American sociologist, historian, and author.
• Wes Modder, 55, American marine and military chaplain.
• O. M. Nambiar, 89, Indian athletics coach (P. T. Usha).
• Enrique Sánchez Carrasco, 93, Spanish politician, mayor of Huesca (1987–1995).
• Sandro Hit, 28, German dressage horse and sire, infection.
• Bill Sidwell, 101, Australian tennis player.
• Robert D. Springer, 88, American lieutenant general.
• Ramo Stott, 87, American racing driver, cancer.
• Sergio Vuskovic, 90, Chilean politician, mayor of Valparaíso (1970–1973).
• Keith Webb, 88, Australian footballer (Fitzroy).
• Martin Wiggemansen, 64, Dutch footballer (Ajax, Lugano, PEC Zwolle).
• Jean Yokum, 90, American financial executive.

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• Annegret Bollée, 84, German linguist.
• Emilio Carrara, 75, Argentine politician, vice governor of Chaco Province (1987–1991).
• Ian Carey, 45, American DJ and record producer.
• Nino D'Agata, 65, Italian actor (The Consequences of Love, Giovanni Falcone, RIS Delitti Imperfetti) and voice actor.
• Tom T. Hall, 85, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("Harper Valley PTA", "I Love", "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died"), suicide.
• Mark Hamister, 69, American arena football executive, owner of the Buffalo Destroyers (1999–2003) and Rochester Brigade (2001–2003), COVID-19.
• Larry Harlow, 82, American salsa musician and composer, kidney disease.
• Peter Ind, 93, British jazz double bassist and record producer.
• Michael Morgan, 63, American conductor.
• Spain Musgrove, 76, American football player (Washington Redskins, Houston Oilers).
• Stephen B. Oates, 85, American professor and historian, cancer.
• David Roberts, 78, American rock climber and author, complications from throat cancer.
• Lester Salamon, 78, American political scientist.
• Paolo Saviane, 59, Italian politician, senator (since 2018), complications from heart surgery.
• Gaia Servadio, 82, Italian writer.
• Michel Steiner, 74, French writer and psychoanalyst.
• Sally Tanner, 94, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1978–1992).
• Igor Vovkovinskiy, 38, Ukrainian-born American law student and actor.
• Rebecca Wasserman-Hone, 84, American-French wine expert, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Brent Yonts, 72, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1997–2016), COVID-19.

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• Ernest Aljančič Jr., 76, Slovenian ice hockey player (Yugoslavia national team).
• Jarvis Astaire, 97, British boxing promoter and film producer (Agatha).
• Clifford Barry, 75, Canadian Olympic water polo player (1972, 1976).
• Chithra, 56, Indian actress (Manya Mahajanangale, Katha Ithuvare, Panchagni), cardiac arrest.
• Budi Darma, 84, Indonesian writer and academic.
• Nickolas Davatzes, 79, American television executive, founder of A&E Networks.
• Rudolf Edlinger, 81, Austrian politician and football executive, minister of finance (1997–2000) and president of SK Rapid Wien (2001–2013).
• Bill Emerson, 83, American five-string banjo player (The Country Gentlemen).
• Don Everly, 84, American Hall of Fame singer (The Everly Brothers) and songwriter ("Cathy's Clown", "So Sad (to Watch Good Love Go Bad)").
• Boutros Gemayel, 89, Lebanese Maronite Catholic prelate, archeparch of Cyprus (1988–2008).
• Micki Grant, 92, American playwright (Your Arms Too Short to Box with God, Working) and actress (Another World).
• Joe Grech, 66, Maltese snooker player.
• Connie Hamzy, 66, American groupie.
• Eddie Healey, 83, British businessman.
• Reino Hiltunen, 96, Finnish Olympic triple jumper (1952).
• Karolina Kaczorowska, 90, Polish academic, first lady in exile (1989–1990).
• Paul Lokech, 55, Ugandan military officer, deputy inspector general of the National Police (since 2020), blood clot.
• Countess Marie Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, 81, Liechtensteiner royal, princess consort (since 1989), stroke.
• Thad McClammy, 78, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 1994).
• Masanari Nihei, 80, Japanese actor (Revive! Ultraman), aspiration pneumonia.
• Andreas Norland, 86, Norwegian newspaper editor (Aftenposten, Verdens Gang, Adresseavisen).
• Tunji Olurin, 76, Nigerian general, military governor of Oyo State (1985–1988).
• Jean Orchampt, 97, French Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Angers (1974–2000).
• Nicoletta Orsomando, 92, Italian continuity announcer (Rai 1).
• Floyd Reese, 73, American football player (Montreal Alouettes), coach (Minnesota Vikings) and executive (Tennessee Titans), cancer.
• Jeanne Robertson, 77, American humorist, motivational speaker and pageant winner, Miss North Carolina (1963).
• Guy Sansaricq, 86, Haitian-born American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn (2006–2010).
• Andrzej Schinzel, 84, Polish mathematician (Davenport–Schinzel sequence, Schinzel's hypothesis H).
• Frank L. Schmidt, 77, American psychology professor (University of Iowa).
• Anthony Scotto, 87, American mobster (Gambino crime family).
• Kalyan Singh, 89, Indian politician, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh (1991–1992, 1997–1999) and governor of Rajasthan (2014–2019), multiple organ failure.
• Arthur Smith, 106, English footballer (Bury, Leicester City).
• Chris Torrance, 80, British poet.
• Kostas Triantafyllopoulos, 65, Greek actor (Symmathites, Peninta Peninta, Kaneis de leei s' agapo) and voice actor.
• Phil Valentine, 61, American talk radio show host (WWTN), COVID-19.
• Nick Volpe, 95, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).
• Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza, 82, Congolese politician, governor of Katanga (1991–1995, 1997), COVID-19.

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• Sir Eric Ash, 93, German-born British electrical engineer.
• Alberto Bica, 63, Uruguayan footballer (Club Atlético Unión, Racing Club de Montevideo, national team), leukemia.
• Álvaro Blancarte, 84, Mexican painter, sculptor and muralist.
• Juan Carlos Blanco Estradé, 87, Uruguayan lawyer, politician and convicted criminal, minister of foreign relations (1972–1976).
• William J. Boarman, 75, American printer, public printer of the U.S. (2010–2012).
• George Bournoutian, 77, Iranian-American historian.
• Charles Burles, 85, French tenor.
• Kay Bullitt, 96, American civil rights activist and philanthropist.
• Grange Calveley, 78, British writer (Roobarb, Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk) and artist, stroke complications.
• Vivian Caver, 93, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1994–1995).
• Lloyd Dobyns, 85, American news reporter (NBC News).
• Mo Drake, 93, British advertising executive.
• Pierre Dumay, 92, French racing driver.
• Marilyn Eastman, 87, American actress (Night of the Living Dead).
• Jean-Pierre Fragnière, 76, Swiss academic and political scientist.
• Syed Shahid Hakim, 82, Indian Olympic football player (1960), manager (Bengal Mumbai) and referee, cardiac arrest.
• Raymond Hamers, 88, Belgian immunologist.
• Jack Hirschman, 87, American poet and social activist.
• Marcos Libedinsky, 88, Chilean judge, member (1993–2008) and president of the Supreme Court (2004–2006).
• Donna Merwick, 89, American-Australian historian.
• Sheikh Shahidur Rahman, 70, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–1988), heart attack.
• Nelly Restar, 81, Filipino Olympic sprinter (1964).
• Edin Šaranović, 45, Bosnian football player (Sarajevo, Kamen Ingrad, national team) and manager, heart attack.
• Powell St. John, 80, American singer and songwriter (Mother Earth).
• Eric Wagner, 62, American heavy metal singer (Trouble), COVID-19.
• Jane Wenham-Jones, 59, British writer and journalist (Woman's Weekly).
• Douglas R. White, 79, American anthropologist.
• John Wofford, 90, American equestrian, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).

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• Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, 97, Nigerian socialite, first lady (1966), stroke.
• Peter Baumgartner, 82, Swiss cinematographer (Two Bavarians in Bonn, Jack the Ripper, Commando Leopard).
• Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, 89, Scottish painter.
• Brick Bronsky, 57, American professional wrestler (Stampede) and actor (Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., The Quest), COVID-19.
• Mamadouba Toto Camara, Guinean politician.
• Terry Driver, 56, Canadian convicted murderer, cancer.
• Daniel Farhi, 79, French rabbi.
• Tom Flynn, 66, American author, novelist, and editor (Free Inquiry), executive director of the Council for Secular Humanism.
• Michael Gage, 76, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1976–1980).
• Robert Gerhart, 100, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1967–1968) and Senate (1969–1972).
• Yusuf Grillo, 86, Nigerian artist, complications from COVID-19.
• Jimmy Hayes, 31, American ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Florida Panthers, Chicago Blackhawks).
• Michèle Minerva, 62, French pétanque player.
• Michael Nader, 76, American actor (Dynasty, All My Children, Lucky Chances), cancer.
• Jean-Luc Nancy, 81, French philosopher.
• Liam O'Brien, 72, Irish hurler (James Stephens).
• Giovanni Pretorius, 49, South African Olympic boxer (1992), COVID-19.
• Rosita Quintana, 96, Argentine-Mexican actress (Susana, The Price of Living, To the Four Winds) and singer, complications from thyroid surgery.
• Gary Tricker, 82, New Zealand painter and printmaker, stroke.
• Miguel Ángel Vicco, 76, Argentine politician and presidential private secretary, complications from intestinal surgery.
• Anestis Vlahos, 87, Greek actor (A Girl in Black, Young Aphrodites, The Man with the Carnation).
• Olli Wisdom, 63, English musician (Specimen).
• José Yudica, 85, Argentine football player (Boca Juniors, national team) and manager (Newell's Old Boys).

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• Kyle Anderson, 33, Australian darts player, kidney failure.
• Ray Aspden, 83, English footballer (Rochdale).
• Volodymyr Bondarenko, 68, Ukrainian politician, MP (1996–2014) and head of the Kyiv City State Administration (2014).
• Alain Boudet, 71, French poet.
• Claude Bourrigault, 89, French footballer (Angers SCO, Stade Rennais F.C.).
• O. Chandrashekar, 85, Indian Olympic footballer (1960).
• Anatoliy Chizhov, 87, Russian engineer and politician, deputy (1989–1991).
• Bruce Culpan, 91, New Zealand rower.
• Ivan Dorovský, 86, Czech Slavist and Balkanologist.
• Olabiyi Durojaiye, 88, Nigerian politician, senator (1999–2003), COVID-19.
• Pierre Dutot, 75, French trumpeter and professor.
• Dale Derby, 72, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (2017–2019), drowned.
• Léopold K. Fakambi, 78, Beninese agronomist and engineer.
• Nicholas Felice, 94, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1982–2002), mayor of Fair Lawn, New Jersey (1972–1974).
• P. J. Garvey, 50, Irish hurler (Hospital-Herbertstown) and Gaelic footballer (Limerick).
• Hissène Habré, 79, Chadian politician and convicted war criminal, prime minister (1978–1979) and president (1982–1990), COVID-19.
• Jerry Harkness, 81, American basketball player (Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks), NCAA champion (1963).
• Elia Hernández Núñez, 59, Mexican politician, deputy (2006–2009).
• Harry Kent, 74, New Zealand Olympic cyclist (1972).
• Olga Lipovskaya, 67, Russian journalist and feminist.
• Calogero Lo Giudice, 83, Italian politician, president of Sicily (1982–1983).
• Michel Marot, 95, French architect.
• Yasuko Matsuda, 84, Japanese Olympic shot putter (1960).
• Fritz McIntyre, 62, English keyboardist (Simply Red).
• Nadir Nadirov, 89, Kazakh engineer.
• Norman Pender, 73, Scottish rugby union player (South of Scotland, national team), heart attack.
• Mario Pennacchia, 93, Italian journalist and writer.
• Wynn Roberts, 97, Australian actor (Special Squad, Neighbours, Picnic at Hanging Rock).
• Mangala Samaraweera, 65, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1989–2020) and minister of foreign affairs (2005–2007, 2015–2017), COVID-19.
• Ghazali Mohd Seth, 92, Malaysian military officer, chief of army (1977–1982) and defence forces (1982–1985).
• John Sheridan, 75, American jazz pianist and arranger, cancer.
• Jan Suchý, 76, Czech ice hockey player (HC Dukla Jihlava), Olympic silver medalist (1968).
• Wilfried Van Moer, 76, Belgian footballer (Standard Liège, national team), stroke.
• George S. Vest, 102, American diplomat, ambassador to the European Union (1981–1985).
• Charlie Watts, 80, English Hall of Fame drummer (The Rolling Stones, Blues Incorporated).

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• Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini, 88, Yemeni politician, prime minister (1967, 1969, 1970–1971, 1971–1972, 1974–1975).
• Gerry Ashmore, 85, English motor racing driver, cancer.
• Subhankar Banerjee, 55, Indian tabla player, complications from COVID-19.
• Gunilla Bergström, 79, Swedish children's book writer and illustrator (Alfie Atkins).
• Ethel Brez, 84, American television writer (Days of Our Lives, One Life to Live, Passions).
• Eduardo Brizuela del Moral, 77, Argentine politician, deputy (since 2013), governor of Catamarca Province (2003–2011) and senator (2001–2003), pneumonia.
• Antônio Câmara, 83, Brazilian politician, Rio Grande do Norte MLA (1966–1982), secretary-general of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (1982) and constituent deputy (1988–1991).
• Metin Çekmez, 76, Turkish actor (Tatlı Dillim, The Shadow Play, Adını Feriha Koydum), cancer.
• Max Cryer, 85, New Zealand television host and author.
• Ted Dexter, 86, English cricketer (Sussex, national team).
• Paul Dukes, 87, British historian.
• Aldo Eminente, 90, French swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist (1952).
• Mario Gareña, 88, Colombian singer and composer.
• Leo Gately, 84, Australian politician, Queensland MLA (1986–1989).
• Manuel Guerra Gómez, 90, Spanish priest and sectologist.
• Mario Guilloti, 75, Argentine boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
• Milan Gutović, 75, Serbian actor (A Tight Spot, Bela lađa) and comedian, complications from COVID-19.
• Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, 75, Romanian fencer, Olympic bronze medallist (1968, 1972).
• Said al-Harumi, 49, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (since 2017), heart attack.
• Ida Keeling, 106, American centenarian track and field athlete.
• Robin Miller, 71, American motorsports journalist (Indianapolis Star, Speed Channel, NBCSN), multiple myeloma and leukemia.
• Jonathan Myles-Lea, 52, British painter, cancer.
• B. V. Nimbkar, 90, Indian agricultural scientist.
• Gail Omvedt, 80, American-born Indian sociologist and human rights activist.
• Zdenka Procházková, 95, Czech actress (A Dead Man Among the Living, Steam Above a Pot, May Events).
• Bobby Waddell, 81, Scottish footballer (Dundee, East Fife).
• Zheng Zhemin, 96, Chinese explosives engineer and physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.

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• Rodolfo Aínsa, 76, Spanish politician and businessman, senator (2004–2008) and president of Huesca province (1995–1999).
• Neal Brendel, 66, American rugby union player (national team) and executive, chairman of USA Rugby (2002–2005), mesothelioma.
• Charles Chuka, 68, Malawian economist, governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi (2012–2017).
• Marco Hausiku, 67, Namibian politician, minister of foreign affairs (2004–2010).
• Rafael Hechanova, 93, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1952).
• JB Tuhure, 78, Nepali singer and politician, MP (2014–2017).
• Kenny Malone, 83, American drummer, COVID-19.
• Wataru Mimura, 67, Japanese screenwriter (Godzilla), multiple system atrophy.
• Hans Müller, 90, Swiss Olympic figure skater (1956).
• Victor Olaotan, 69, Nigerian actor (Tinsel, Three Wise Men), complications from a traffic collision.
• Taffy Owen, 85, Welsh speedway rider.
• Jérôme Proulx, 91, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA (1966–1970, 1976–1985).
• Aleś Razanaŭ, 73, Belarusian poet and translator.
• Sompote Sands, 80, Thai film director (Jumborg Ace & Giant, Hanuman and the Five Riders, Crocodile), cancer.
• Vladimir Shadrin, 73, Russian ice hockey player (HC Spartak Moscow, Oji Eagles) and coach, Olympic champion (1972, 1976), COVID-19.
• Jerry Thompson, 98, American Olympic distance runner (1948).
• French Tickner, 91, American-Canadian voice actor (Death Note, Inuyasha, Madeline).
• Stanley A. Weiss, 94, American mining executive and writer, founder of Business Executives for National Security.

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• Stjepan Babić, 95, Croatian linguist, MP (1993–1997).
• Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla, 63, Filipino jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court (2020).
• Jim Bartlett, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens).
• Jean-Pierre Bastiani, 71, French politician, deputy (1993–1997), mayor of Auterive (1989–2008, 2014–2018).
• Edmond H. Fischer, 101, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1992).
• Beniamino Giribaldi, 79, Italian organ builder.
• Mizanul Haque, 76, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991–2001).
• Anne Jolliffe, 87, Australian animator (Yellow Submarine).
• Babette Josephs, 81, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1985–2012), cancer.
• Hae Un Lee, 79, South Korean-born American businessman, founder of Lee's Discount Liquor.
• Hermann Kinder, 77, German writer.
• Siegfried Matthus, 87, German composer (Judith) and opera festival director (Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg).
• Peter McNamee, 86, Scottish footballer (Peterborough United, Notts County).
• Daasebre Oti Boateng, 83, Ghanaian academic and traditional ruler, omanhene of New Juaben (since 1992). (death announced on this date)
• Rubina Saigol, Pakistani feminist scholar and women's rights activist.
• Sam Salter, 46, American R&B singer.
• L. Neil Smith, 75, American science fiction author (The Lando Calrissian Adventures).
• Nenad Trinajstić, 84, Croatian chemist.
• Akis Tsochatzopoulos, 82, Greek politician and convicted criminal, MP (1981–2007), minister of the interior (1987–1989, 1993–1995) and national defence (1996–2001).
• Joan Whalley, 93, Australian actress.
• Lucille Whipper, 93, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1985–1995).
• Johnny Williamson, 92, English footballer (Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers).
• Peter Zimmerman, 80, American nuclear physicist and arms control expert.

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• Nasrul Abit, 66, Indonesian politician, vice governor of West Sumatra (2016–2021), COVID-19.
• Joan Almond, 86, American photographer.
• John Anton, 94, English cricketer (Cambridge University, Worcestershire).
• Alioune Badara Cissé, 63, Senegalese lawyer and politician, foreign minister (2012), COVID-19.
• Pierre Bourque, 62, Canadian race car driver, journalist and politician, heart attack.
• Francesc Burrull, 86, Spanish jazz musician and composer.
• Bulbul Chowdhury, 74, Bangladeshi writer, cancer.
• Noel Cringle, 83, Manx politician, president of Tynwald (2000–2011).
• Pablo Dabezies, 81, Uruguayan priest and theologian.
• Jacques Drouin, 78, Canadian animator and director (Mindscape/Le paysagiste).
• Joye Evans, 92, New Zealand Girl Guides leader.
• Bob Fisher, 92, Australian footballer (Hawthorn).
• Giraldo González, 63, Cuban baseball player, COVID-19.
• Roman Gromadskiy, 80, Russian actor (King Lear, A Lover's Romance, The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone).
• Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid, 82, Malaysian civil servant, chief secretary to the government (1990–1996), COVID-19.
• Jiang Chunyun, 91, Chinese politician, vice premier (1995–1998) and governor of Shandong (1987–1988).
• Jin Renqing, 77, Chinese politician, minister of finance (2003–2007) and director of the State Taxation Administration (1998–2003), house fire.
• Dimitri Kitsikis, 86, Greek academic.
• Sam Oji, 35, English footballer (Tamworth, Limerick, Hednesford Town).
• Victor Uwaifo, 80, Nigerian musician.
• Teresa Żylis-Gara, 91, Polish operatic soprano (Metropolitan Opera).

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• Ed Asner, 91, American actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Up), president of the Screen Actors Guild (1981–1985), seven-time Emmy winner.
• Kolë Berisha, 73, Kosovar politician, chairman of the Assembly (2006–2007).
• Ron Bushy, 79, American drummer (Iron Butterfly), esophageal cancer.
• Sione Vuna Fa'otusia, 68, Tongan politician, deputy prime minister (2019–2020), minister for justice and prisons (2014–2019) and deputy (since 2014).
• Peggy Farrell, 89, American costume designer (Dog Day Afternoon, Holocaust, The Stepford Wives), Emmy winner (1978).
• Fran Frisch, 73, American cartoonist, prostate cancer.
• Alex Gallacher, 67, Scottish-born Australian politician, senator (since 2011), lung cancer.
• Buddhadeb Guha, 85, Indian writer, complications from COVID-19.
• Tudor Gunasekara, 86, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat, MP (1977–1983), COVID-19.
• Muhammad Hamza, 92, Pakistani politician, deputy (1985–1988, 1990–1999) and senator (2012–2018), complications from COVID-19.
• John A. Kaneb, 86, American businessman, CEO of HP Hood, part-owner of the Boston Red Sox, complications from heart surgery.
• Joe McInnes, 88, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle, Stirling Albion).
• Manuel Monerris, 75, Spanish politician, mayor of Ferreries (2011–2015) and member of the Balearic Islands parliament (2011–2015).
• Mikhail Nenashev, 61, Russian politician, member of the State Duma (2007–2011), cardiac arrest.
• Pat Nolan, 84, Irish hurler (Wexford).
• Lee "Scratch" Perry, 85, Jamaican reggae musician (The Upsetters), songwriter ("Run for Cover", "Police and Thieves") and record producer.
• Yuri Pudyshev, 67, Belarusian football player (Dinamo Minsk, Dynamo Yakutsk, Soviet Union national team) and manager.
• Rodney Rice, 76, Irish journalist and broadcaster.
• Jacques Rogge, 79, Belgian Olympic sailor (1968, 1972, 1976) and sports administrator, president of the IOC (2001–2013).
• Valer Săsărman, 52, Romanian football player (Gloria Bistrița) and manager (FC Bistrița), stroke.
• Michael Simon, 73, American ceramic artist.
• Lajim Ukin, 66, Malaysian politician, MP (2008–2013) and Sabah MLA (2013–2018), COVID-19.
• Robert Wolke, 93, American chemist, complications from Alzheimer's disease.

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• Sune Bergman, 68, Swedish ice hockey player (Troja-Ljungby) and coach (HV71, Frisk Asker).
• Anand Dev Bhatt, 84, Nepalese writer and politician, president of the Progressive Writers' Movement.
• José María Libório Camino Saracho, 89, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Presidente Prudente (2002–2008) and Urusi (1999–2002) and auxiliary bishop of São Miguel Paulista (1999–2002).
• Junior Coffey, 79, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants), heart failure.
• Nelson Cowles, 90, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1961–1967).
• Bjarne Fiskum, 82, Norwegian violinist, conductor, and pedagogue.
• Jean-Louis Fiszman, 60–61, French caricaturist and comic book author.
• Claude Guichard, 92, French politician, deputy (1967–1968, 1968–1972).
• Marcel Henry, 94, French politician, senator (1977–2004).
• Latif Nassif Jassim, 80, Iraqi politician and convicted murderer, minister of agriculture (1977–1979).
• Saleem Kidwai, 70, Indian historian and LGBT rights activist.
• Ray Kinasewich, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (Hershey Bears) and coach (Edmonton Oilers).
• Benjamin Woods Labaree, 94, American historian.
• Mal Z. Lawrence, 88, American comedian and actor (Rounders).
• Oliver Loftéen, 42, Swedish actor (Underground Secrets, Tic Tac, Vägen ut).
• Allen Lowrie, 72, Australian botanist.
• David Luscombe, 83, British historian.
• Maggie Mae, 61, German singer, COVID-19.
• Pat Maginnis, 93, American abortion-rights activist.
• Giuseppe Marchetti, 86, Italian literary critic and journalist.
• Seán McGuinness, 76, Irish hurling manager (Down GAA).
• Messaoud Nedjahi, 67, Algerian writer and singer-songwriter, COVID-19.
• Vsevolod Ovchinnikov, 94, Russian journalist and writer-publicist.
• Brian Packer, 77, British Olympic boxer (1964).
• Vasoo Paranjape, 82, Indian cricketer (Mumbai, Baroda) and coach.
• Sakaran Dandai, 91, Malaysian politician, MP (1986–1995), chief minister (1994) and governor of Sabah (1995–2002), COVID-19.
• Zurab Samadashvili, 66, Georgian writer and playwright, cirrhosis.
• Sadashiv Sathe, 95, Indian sculptor.
• Cecil Souders, 100, American football player (Detroit Lions).
• Robert David Steele, 69, American computer scientist and historian, COVID-19.
• Summerly, 19, American racehorse, colic. (death announced on this date)
• Vicki Trickett, 82, American actress (The Three Stooges Meet Hercules, The Tab Hunter Show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet).
• Wang Kuang-hui, 56, Taiwanese baseball player (Brother Elephants) and coach, liver cancer.
• Lee Williams, 75, American gospel singer.

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• Tamilla Agamirova, 93, Russian actress (Don Quixote, Matteo Falcone).
• Léon Aimé, 97, French politician, deputy (1993–1997).
• Vasile Belous, 33, Moldovan Olympic boxer (2012), traffic collision.
• Sal Cenicola, 62, American boxer, restaurateur and actor.
• Michael Constantine, 94, American actor (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Room 222, The Hustler), Emmy winner (1970).
• Robbie Dale, 81, British radio DJ.
• Sebastiano Dho, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Saluzzo (1986–1993) and Alba (1993–2010).
• Julie Ditty, 42, American tennis player, cancer.
• Geronimo, 8, New Zealand-born British alpaca.
• Bashir Al Helal, 85, Bangladeshi novelist.
• Anatoly Kavkayev, 72, Russian Greco-Roman wrestler, European champion (1974).
• Oleg Khlestov, 98, Russian diplomat and legal academic.
• Přemysl Krbec, 81, Czech Olympic gymnast (1964).
• Mahal, 46, Filipino actress and comedian, COVID-19.
• Roman Malinowski, 86, Polish politician and economist, deputy prime minister (1980–1985), chairman of United People's Party (1981–1989), marshal of the Sejm (1985–1989).
• Kebby Maphatsoe, 58, South African politician, MNA (since 2009).
• Les Martyn, 89, Australian sports administrator.
• Nobesuthu Mbadu, 76, South African mbaqanga singer (Mahotella Queens), kidney failure.
• Francesco Morini, 77, Italian footballer (Sampdoria, Juventus, national team).
• Francisco Monterrosa, 52, Mexican Zapotec visual artist, muralist, and engraver, COVID-19.
• Kazimieras Motieka, 91, Lithuanian politician and lawyer.
• Heru Nerly, 40, Indonesian footballer (Persipura Jayapura, national team).
• Goran Obradović, 34, Serbian footballer (Gandzasar, Mika, Lanexang United), suicide.
• K. P. Pillai, 91, Indian film director.
• Theresa Plummer-Andrews, 77, British television producer (Bob the Builder, The Animals of Farthing Wood, Little Robots).
• Ferhan Şensoy, 70, Turkish actor (When Luck Breaks the Door, Pardon, Son Ders) and playwright, internal hemorrhage.
• George S. Tolley, 95, American agricultural economist.
• Thompson Usiyan, 65, Nigerian footballer (Montreal Manic, Tulsa Roughnecks, national team).
• Xu Houze, 87, Chinese geodesist and geophysicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.