# Deaths in February 2021
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The following is a list of notable deaths in February 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.

## February 2021
### 1

* Soraya Abdullah, 42, Indonesian actress, COVID-19.
* Edward Babiuch, 93, Polish politician, prime minister (1980) and MP (1969–1980).
* Kwasi Sainti Baffoe-Bonnie, 71, Ghanaian media executive and politician.
* Umberto Bruni, 106, Canadian artist and painter.
* Tony Burns, 80, British boxer and trainer.
* Naty Crame-Rogers, 98, Filipino actress (A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino).
* Merryl Wyn Davies, 72, Welsh Muslim scholar.
* Dustin Diamond, 44, American actor (Saved by the Bell, Purple People Eater, Good Morning, Miss Bliss) and comedian, heart failure caused by lung cancer.
* Emil J. Freireich, 93, American oncologist, COVID-19.
* Rachna Gilmore, 67, Canadian children's writer.
* Jonas Gricius, 92, Lithuanian cinematographer (Hamlet, The Girl and the Echo, The Blue Bird).
* Joshua Hamidu, 85, Ghanaian military officer and diplomat, chief of the defence staff (1978–1979), high commissioner to Zambia (1978) and Nigeria (2003–2005).
* Peter Hindley, 76, English footballer (Nottingham Forest, Coventry City, Peterborough United), dementia.
* Mark Jensen, 60, Canadian Olympic luger (1980).
* Robert C. Jones, 84, American film editor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) and screenwriter (Coming Home), Oscar winner (1979).
* Jean-Pierre Jossua, 90, French writer and theologian, COVID-19.
* Ewald Kienle, 92, German inventor.
* Viktor Koval, 73, Russian writer, artist and child actor (The Rumyantsev Case, An Unusual Summer), COVID-19.
* Charlotte L'Écuyer, 77, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA (2003–2014).
* Arlon Lindner, 85, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1993–2005).
* Tony Momoh, 81, Nigerian politician and journalist, minister of information and culture (1986–1990).
* Aleksandr Nazarchuk, 81, Russian politician, deputy (1990–1993), minister of agriculture (1994–1996), and chair of the Altai Krai Legislative Assembly (1996–2008).
* P. S. Nivas, 75, Indian cinematographer and film director (Kallukkul Eeram, Enakkaga Kaathiru, Nizhal Thedum Nenjangal).
* Simeon Nyachae, 88, Kenyan politician and financier, minister for finance (1998–1999).
* Jack Palladino, 76, American private investigator and attorney, head injury.
* Victor Pavlyuchenkov, 57, Russian stuntman and actor.
* Ricky Powell, 59, American photographer, heart failure.
* Serhiy Proskurnia, 63, Ukrainian stage director.
* Abd al-Sattar Qasim, 72, Palestinian writer, COVID-19.
* Tamara Rylova, 89, Russian speed skater, Olympic bronze medallist (1960).
* Đuro Savinović, 70, Croatian Olympic water polo player (1976).
* Walter Savitch, 78, American computer scientist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Jacqueline Shumiatcher, 97, Canadian philanthropist.
* Harold Stephens, 94, American author and adventurer, stroke. (death announced on this date)
* John Sweeney, 86, American labor leader, president of the AFL–CIO (1995–2009).
* Ryszard Szurkowski, 75, Polish road bicycle racer, Olympic silver medallist (1972, 1976).
* Jamie Tarses, 56, American television executive (ABC Entertainment) and producer (Happy Endings, My Boys), complications from a stroke.
* Jean-Marie Touratier, 77, French writer, author and artistic director.
* Gilbert Tshiongo Tshibinkubula wa Ntumba, 78, Congolese politician, governor of Kasaï-Occidental (2006), president of Regideso.
* Temur Tsiklauri, 75, Georgian pop singer and actor, COVID-19.
* Cynthia Turner, 88, Maltese pianist, COVID-19.
* Steven A. White, 92, American Navy admiral.

### 2

* Naim Attallah, 89, Palestinian-born British book publisher, COVID-19.
* Manfred Baerns, 86, German chemist.
* Peg Blitch, 86, American politician.
* Brutus, 19, American grizzly bear.
* Roy Christopher, 85, American art director and production designer (Frasier, Murphy Brown, Wings).
* Mitrofan Cioban, 79, Moldovan mathematician, member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.
* Maureen Colquhoun, 92, British politician, MP (1974–1979).
* Rennie Davis, 80, American antiwar activist (Chicago Seven), lymphoma.
* Libuše Domanínská, 96, Czech operatic soprano.
* David Donato, 66, American singer (White Tiger, Black Sabbath).
* Peter Dunn, 91, British paediatrician.
* Gordon W. Duffy, 96, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1965–1974, 1974–1982).
* Héctor Epalza Quintero, 80, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Buenaventura (2004–2017).
* Heike Fleßner, 76, German educationalist.
* Reggie Ford, 67, Guyanese Olympic boxer (1972).
* Charan Gill, 84, Canadian social activist and community leader, cancer.
* Walter Graf, 83, Swiss bobsledder, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
* Cecília Guimarães, 93, Portuguese actress, COVID-19.
* Albert Hale, 70, American politician, president of the Navajo Nation (1995–1998), member of the Arizona House of Representatives (2011–2017) and Senate (2004–2011), COVID-19.
* Pastor Heydra, 72, Venezuelan journalist, columnist and politician, deputy and MP, stroke due to complications from COVID-19.
* Millie Hughes-Fulford, 75, American astronaut (STS-40) and molecular biologist, lymphoma.
* Denis Huisman, 91, French academic and writer.
* Grant Jackson, 78, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates), World Series champion (1979), complications from COVID-19.
* Kim Bo-kyung, 44, South Korean actress (Friend, Epitaph, The Day He Arrives), liver cancer.
* Jeremy Mallinson, 83, English conservationist, zookeeper (Jersey Zoo), and author.
* Laura Mason, 63, British food historian, cancer.
* Captain Sir Tom Moore, 100, British military officer and charity campaigner.
* Fausta Morganti, 76, Sammarinese politician, captain regent (2005), COVID-19.
* Zwelifile Christopher Ntuli, 67, South African politician, member of the National Assembly (2009–2014) and KwaZulu-Natal Legislature (2014–2019), COVID-19.
* Vera Nunes, 92, Brazilian actress.
* John O'Keeffe, 95, Irish Gaelic footballer (Millstreet).
* John Henry Osmeña, 86, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (1969–1971, 1995–1998) and Senate (1971–1972, 1987–1995, 1998–2004).
* Rudolph Pariser, 97, American theoretical chemist (Pariser-Parr-Pople method).
* Harry Mark Petrakis, 97, American novelist.
* Robert Pinker, 89, British sociologist.
* Ilse Rieth, 92, German church musician and choir director.
* David Seyfort Ruegg, 89, American-British Buddhologist, complications from COVID-19.
* Abu Salman Shahjahanpuri, 81, Pakistani Islamic historian.
* Frank Tandberg, 61, Norwegian author.
* Jean-François Voguet, 71, French politician, senator (2001–2016), COVID-19.

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* Joann Aalfs, 97, American women's rights and LGBT rights activist.
* Robert A. Altman, 74, American video game executive, co-founder and CEO of ZeniMax Media.
* Antonio Amato, 86, Italian Olympic rower.
* Ali Ansarian, 43, Iranian footballer (Persepolis, Shahrdari Tabriz, national team), COVID-19.
* Jean-Pierre Bastiat, 71, French rugby union player (US Dax, national team), stroke.
* Benito Boldi, 86, Italian footballer (Catania, Cesena, Biellese), complications from COVID-19.
* Nilson Borges, 79, Brazilian footballer (Portuguesa-SP, Atlético Paranaense).
* Klaus Bühler, 80, German politician, MP (1976–2002).
* Joan Corbella, 76, Spanish psychiatrist and science communicator.
* Norbert Eimer, 80, German politician, MP (1976–1994).
* Gilles Fauconnier, 76, French linguist.
* Anne Feeney, 69, American folk singer-songwriter and political activist, complications from COVID-19.
* James Fenton, 89, Northern Irish Ulster Scots poet.
* Haya Harareet, 89, Israeli actress (Ben-Hur, The Secret Partner, The Interns).
* Willard Hunter, 85, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets).
* Alijan Ibragimov, 67, Uzbek-born Kazakh mining executive.
* Jamali Shadat, 78, Malaysian actor (Sun Sun Thatha, Raja Lawak Astro, Upin & Ipin) and comedian, stroke.
* Abdelkader Jerbi, Tunisian film director.
* Adelaide João, 99, Portuguese actress (The End of the World), COVID-19.
* Art Jones, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (New Westminster Royals, Portland Buckaroos, Seattle Totems).
* Ismail Kijo, 68, Malaysian politician, Selangor MLA (1995–2008), COVID-19.
* Mahmoud Koushan, 88, Iranian cinematographer (Broken Spell).
* Patrick Lebon, 81, Belgian film director and screenwriter.
* Abdoul Aziz Mbaye, 66, Senegalese diplomat and politician, minister of culture (2012–2014), COVID-19.
* Pepi Merisio, 90, Italian photographer and photojournalist.
* Peter Nicholls, 84, New Zealand sculptor.
* Arthur W. Nienhuis, 79, American hematologist, CEO of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (1993–2004).
* Norbert Owona, 70, Cameroonian footballer (Union Douala, national team).
* Barry Pashak, 83, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (1986–1993).
* Vera Pedrosa, 85, Brazilian diplomat and poet.
* Régine Robin, 81, Canadian historian, novelist and sociologist.
* Pong Sarasin, 93, Thai conglomerate executive and politician, deputy prime minister (1986–1990).
* Jean-Daniel Simon, 78, French film director, screenwriter (Adélaïde) and actor (Vice and Virtue, Love at Sea).
* Ashley Stephenson, 94, British horticulturalist.
* M. Bala Subramanion, 103, Singaporean civil servant, postmaster-general (1967–1971).
* Wayne Terwilliger, 95, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Washington Senators, New York Giants) and coach, complications from dementia and bladder cancer.
* Tony Trabert, 90, American Hall of Fame tennis player, executive, and sports commentator, Wimbledon champion (1955).
* Albán Vermes, 63, Hungarian swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
* Jim Weatherly, 77, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("Midnight Train to Georgia", "Neither One of Us", "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me").
* Robb Webb, 82, American voice artist (60 Minutes, NFL Films, Fishing with John), complications from COVID-19.
* Margreth Weivers, 94, Swedish actress (Det är långt till New York, Lotta på Bråkmakargatan, Spring of Joy).
* Dahiru Yahaya, 73, Nigerian historian.

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* Firouz Bagherzadeh, 90, Iranian architect and art scholar.
* William Bains-Jordan, 104, American politician, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1959–1962).
* Paolo Bartolozzi, 63, Italian politician, MEP (1999–2014).
* Frank Baude, 84, Swedish politician, leader of the Communist Party (1970−1998), heart attack.
* Tom Bolton, 77, American-Canadian astronomer.
* Boulos Nassif Borkhoche, 88, Lebanese-born Syrian Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch, archbishop of Bosra-Hauran (1983–2011).
* Rachel Feldhay Brenner, 74, Polish-born American literary scholar.
* A. David Buckingham, 91, Australian chemist.
* Hüner Coşkuner, 57, Turkish singer, multiple myeloma.
* Hy Cohen, 90, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), complications from COVID-19.
* Robert Dean, 93, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA (1981–1985).
* Harry Donnelly, 83, Irish Gaelic footballer (Offaly).
* Dianne Durham, 52, American gymnast.
* Josh Evans, 48, American football player (Tennessee Titans, New York Jets), kidney cancer.
* Solomon Faine, 94, New Zealand microbiologist.
* Neville Fernando, 89, Sri Lankan physician and politician, MP (1977–1989) and founder of Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital, COVID-19.
* Santiago García, 30, Uruguayan footballer (Nacional, River Plate-UY, Godoy Cruz), suicide by gunshot.
* Ben Hannigan, 77, Irish footballer (Shelbourne, Wrexham, Dundalk).
* D. N. Jha, 81, Indian historian.
* Pyotr Kolodin, 90, Russian cosmonaut.
* Franz Josef Kuhnle, 94, German Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart (1976–1990).
* Mathoor Govindan Kutty, 81, Indian Kathakali artist, COVID-19.
* Robert Labine, 80, Canadian politician, mayor of Gatineau (1988–1994, 1999–2001), stroke.
* Cesare Leonardi, 85, Italian architect.
* Charles McGee, 96, American painter.
* Jaime Murrell, 71, Panamanian Christian singer and songwriter, COVID-19.
* Pierre-Antoine Paulo, 76, Haitian Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor bishop (2001–2008) and bishop (2008–2020) of Port-de-Paix.
* Nolan Porter, 71, American R&B singer-songwriter.
* R. T. Ramachandran, 73, Indian cricket umpire.
* Ri Jae-il, 86, North Korean politician, first deputy director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department (2004–2014), lung cancer.
* Pavlos Samios, Greek painter and academic.
* Gil Saunders, 68, American soul singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes), lung cancer and multiple sclerosis.
* David Shepard, 73, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (2001–2017), cancer and COVID-19.
* Lokman Slim, 58, Lebanese publisher and political activist, shot.
* Jessie Smith, 79, American R&B singer (The Ikettes).
* F. Christian Thompson, 76, American entomologist.
* Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey, 79, British peer and landowner, master of the horse (1999–2018).
* William George Wells, 81, Australian scouting leader, chief scout commissioner of Scouts Australia (1992–1999).
* Stanisław Wołodko, 70, Polish Olympic discus thrower (1976).
* Vlastimil Zábranský, 84, Czech visual artist, pneumonia.

### 5

* Ezzat El Alaili, 86, Egyptian actor (The Land, Alexandria... Why?, War in the Land of Egypt).
* Robert Armstrong, 77, British racehorse trainer.
* Susan Bayh, 61, American attorney, first lady of Indiana (1989–1997), glioblastoma.
* Jean Bayless, 88, British actress (Crossroads), bone cancer.
* Jules Bélanger, 91, Canadian academic.
* Isa Bellini, 98, Italian actress (The Happy Ghost, Without Family, Love and Anarchy), presenter and singer.
* Joseph Benz, 76, Swiss bobsledder and sports official, Olympic champion (1980), COVID-19.
* Julio Canani, 82, Peruvian-born American racehorse breeder and trainer, COVID-19.
* Ruth Dayan, 103, Israeli fashion house owner and social activist, founder of Maskit.
* José Durañona, 97, Argentine Olympic swimmer.
* Dag Jostein Fjærvoll, 74, Norwegian politician, minister of defence (1997–1999) and transport (1999–2000), MP (1985–1997).
* Marie Charlotte Fayanga, 75, Central African politician and diplomat.
* Laurent Dona Fologo, 81, Ivorian politician, president of the Economic and Social Council (2000–2011).
* Imre Furmen, 87, Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1952).
* Sam Gannon, 73, Australian cricketer (Western Australia, national team).
* Alan Hill, 92, English cricket historian.
* Abdoul Jabbar, 41, Guinean singer-songwriter.
* Rob Kane, 53, American politician, member of the Connecticut Senate (2009–2017).
* James Bond Kamwambi, 53, Malawian politician, COVID-19.
* Robert E. Kelley, 87, American lieutenant general.
* Charlie Krueger, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (San Francisco 49ers), heart and kidney failure.
* Franck Louissaint, 71, Haitian painter.
* Jake McCoy, 79, American Olympic ice hockey player (1964).
* Douglas Miller, 71, American gospel singer.
* Edward Moore, 50, Irish cricketer (national team).
* Christopher Plummer, 91, Canadian actor (The Sound of Music, Beginners, All the Money in the World), Oscar winner (2012), complications from a fall.
* John Pullin, 79, English rugby union player (Bristol, national team, British Lions).
* Butch Reed, 66, American professional wrestler (Mid-South Wrestling, WWF) and football player (Kansas City Chiefs), heart complications from COVID-19.
* Said Shah, 80, Pakistani cricket umpire.
* Hershel Shanks, 90, American author and editor (Biblical Archaeology Review), founder of the Biblical Archaeology Society, COVID-19.
* Shen Zhonghou, 92, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
* Atanas Skatov, 42, Bulgarian mountaineer, entomologist and ecologist, fall.
* R. C. Soles Jr., 86, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1969–1977) and Senate (1977–2011).
* Leon Spinks, 67, American boxer, WBA and WBC heavyweight champion (1978), Olympic champion (1976), prostate cancer.
* Ernie Tate, 86, Northern Irish-born Canadian Trotskyist and anti-war activist.
* Aurealius Thomas, 86, American Hall of Fame college football player (Ohio State Buckeyes).
* Sir Paul Tovua, 73, Solomon Islands politician, member (since 1976) and speaker (1994–2001) of parliament.
* Val Vigil, 73, American politician, member of the Colorado House of Representatives (1999–2007), stroke.
* Wim Vrösch, 75, Dutch football player (Sparta Rotterdam, Fortuna Sittard) and manager (Metalurh Donetsk).
* Vladimir Vysotsky, 66, Russian admiral, commander-in-chief of the navy (2007–2012).

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* Thomas Rutherford Brett, 89, American jurist, judge (1979–2003) and chief judge (1994–1996) of the U.S. District Court for Northern Oklahoma.
* Syed Ata-ul-Muhaimin Bukhari, 75, Pakistani Islamic scholar, president of Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam (since 1995).
* Rajie Cook, 90, American graphic designer.
* Zezinho Corrêa, 69, Brazilian singer (Carrapicho), COVID-19.
* Élisabeth Du Réau, 84, French historian.
* Bodil Skjånes Dugstad, 93, Norwegian politician, deputy MP (1973–1977).
* Zamfir Dumitrescu, 74, Romanian painter.
* Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, 57, Ghanaian Ga leader, Osu Mantse (since 2010).
* Ioan Dzițac, 67, Romanian mathematician and computer scientist, heart attack.
* James Eayrs, 94, Canadian historian.
* Harry Fielder, 80, British actor (CBTV, Doctor Who, Blake's 7).
* Afonso Fioreze, 78, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor bishop (2003–2004) and bishop (2004–2017) of Luziânia.
* Firmanzah, 44, Indonesian academic.
* Andrew Fraser, Baron Fraser of Corriegarth, 74, British financier and life peer, brain tumour.
* Maria Guarnaschelli, 79, American cookbook editor and publisher, complications from heart disease.
* Frank Hackinson, 93, American music publisher.
* Jolán Humenyánszky, 78, Hungarian sculptor.
* Burwell Jones, 87, American Olympic swimmer (1952).
* Bansi Kaul, 71, Indian theatre director.
* Hosea Kiplagat, 76, Kenyan politician and philanthropist, chair of the Co-operative Bank of Kenya.
* Krzysztof Kowalewski, 83, Polish actor (The Deluge, What Will You Do When You Catch Me?, Teddy Bear).
* Aleksandr Kozlov, 71, Russian politician, governor of Oryol Oblast (2009–2014). (death announced on this date)
* Alan Lerwill, 74, British long jumper, Commonwealth Games gold medalist (1974).
* Jan Willem Loot, 77, Dutch lawyer and cellist.
* Abdelkhalek Louzani, 75, Moroccan footballer (Anderlecht, K.V.V. Crossing Elewijt, Olympic Charleroi), COVID-19.
* Ken McCaffery, 91, Australian rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs, Queensland, national team).
* Columb McKinley, 70, Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians, Dumbarton).
* Osvaldo Mércuri, 76, Argentine politician, member (1985–2005) and president (1989–1997, 2001–2005) of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies, COVID-19.
* Ezra Moseley, 63, Barbadian cricketer (Glamorgan, West Indies, national team), traffic collision.
* Louis Pailhas, 94, French civil servant.
* René Victor Pilhes, 86, French writer and publicist.
* Ossy Prestige, 56, Nigerian businessman and politician, member of the House of Representatives (since 2015).
* Ken Roberts, 84, Welsh football player (Aston Villa) and manager (Chester City).
* Miyuri Samarasinghe, 81, Sri Lankan actress (How to Be an Adult, Avurududa, Bheeshanaye Athuru Kathawak).
* George Shultz, 100, American politician, secretary of labor (1969–1970), the treasury (1972–1974), and state (1982–1989).
* Pál Simon, 91, Hungarian chemical engineer, politician, minister of heavy industry (1975–1980).
* Jarnail Singh, 67, Singaporean aviation medicine pioneer.
* Bruce Taylor, 77, New Zealand cricketer (Canterbury, Wellington, national team).
* Claudette White, 49, American jurist, chief judge of the Quechan Tribal Indian Court (2006–2020) and for the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians (2018–2020), complications from COVID-19.
* Monique Yvinou, 92, French Olympic gymnast (1948).

### 7

* Akhtar Ali, 81, Indian tennis player and coach.
* Ralph Backstrom, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings), six-time Stanley Cup champion.
* Lilliane Brady, 90, Australian politician, mayor of Cobar Shire (1995–1999, 2001–2004, since 2007).
* Marshall Cassidy, 75, American public address announcer and sportscaster.
* Cheng Rongshi, 93, Chinese physical chemist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
* Cathy Cochran, 76, American jurist, judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (2001–2015).
* Louise Elisabeth Coldenhoff, 85, Indonesian military officer.
* Roz Cron, 95, American alto-saxophonist.
* Luis Feito, 91, Spanish painter, COVID-19.
* Pedro Gomez, 58, American sports journalist (The Mercury News, The Arizona Republic, ESPN).
* Oscar González Loyo, 61, Mexican comic book artist (Karmatron).
* Jerry Graves, 82, American basketball player (Mississippi State Bulldogs).
* Lew Hill, 55, American basketball coach (UTRGV Vaqueros).
* Maxine Horner, 88, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (1986–2004).
* Jean Josselin, 81, French Olympic boxer (1960).
* Tommy Kenny, 87, Irish sports administrator, president of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association (1977–1979).
* Robert J. Lagomarsino, 94, American politician, member of the California State Senate (1961–1974) and U.S. House of Representatives (1974–1993), secretary of the House Republican Conference (1985–1989).
* Leslie Laing, 95, Jamaican runner, Olympic champion (1952).
* Karen Lewis, 67, American labor leader, president of the Chicago Teachers Union (2010–2014), glioblastoma.
* Elliot Mazer, 79, American audio engineer and record producer.
* Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, 72, Italian opera director (Opéra Royal de Wallonie), cancer.
* J. Hillis Miller, 92, American literary critic, COVID-19.
* Nicole Mosconi, 78, French philosopher and professor.
* John Mullally, 90, Canadian politician, MP (1963–1965).
* José Ramón Ónega, 81, Spanish journalist, writer and politician, civil governor of Province of Zamora (1979–1982) and Biscay (1982–1984), COVID-19.
* Mario Osbén, 70, Chilean footballer (Colo-Colo, Cobreloa, national team), heart attack.
* Clayton Pachal, 64, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Colorado Rockies).
* Lula Pereira, 64, Brazilian football player (Santa Cruz, Ceará) and manager (Flamengo), complications from a stroke.
* Susan Playfair, 80, American author.
* Giuseppe Rotunno, 97, Italian cinematographer (All That Jazz, Amarcord, Sabrina), BAFTA winner (1981).
* Ricardo Silva Elizondo, 67, Mexican singer and actor (Destilando Amor, El premio mayor, Amigas y rivales), COVID-19.
* Duke Simpson, 93, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), Alzheimer's disease.
* Moufida Tlatli, 73, Tunisian film director (The Silences of the Palace, The Season of Men), minister of culture (2011), COVID-19.
* Jackie Vautour, 91, Canadian fisherman and activist, liver cancer and pneumonia.
* Whelan Ward, 91, English footballer (Bradford City, King's Lynn).
* S. Clay Wilson, 79, American cartoonist (The Checkered Demon, Zap Comix).
* Ron Wright, 67, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 2019), COVID-19.

### 8

* Roza Akkuchukova, 70, Russian singer, COVID-19.
* Maaher At-Thuwailibi, 28, Indonesian Islamic preacher.
* Davey Armstrong, 64, American Olympic boxer (1972, 1976), complications from dementia.
* Malik Badri, 88, Sudanese psychologist.
* Luis Barruffa, 74, Uruguayan Olympic cyclist.
* Roland Berthiaume, 93, Canadian caricaturist.
* Stig Brøgger, 79, Danish artist.
* Servando Cano Rodríguez, 78, Mexican singer-songwriter and producer.
* Jean-Claude Carrière, 89, French novelist and screenwriter (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Phantom of Liberty, The Unbearable Lightness of Being).
* Osvaldo Cattone, 88, Argentine theatre actor and director, prostate infection.
* Cala Cimenti, 45, Italian mountaineer, avalanche.
* Tony Collins, 94, English football player (Sheffield Wednesday, Watford) and manager (Rochdale).
* Claude Crabb, 80, American football player (Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams), complications from COVID-19.
* Graham Day, 67, English footballer (Bristol Rovers, Portland Timbers).
* Dave Egerton, 59, English rugby union player (Bath, national team), COVID-19.
* Roger Englander, 94, American television director and producer.
* Nola Fairbanks, 96, American actress (Paint Your Wagon).
* Corrado Francia, 74, Italian singer.
* Haguroyama Sojō, 86, Japanese sumo wrestler.
* George Hasay, 73, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1973–2006).
* Shlomo Hillel, 97, Iraqi-born Israeli politician and diplomat, speaker of the Knesset (1984–1988), minister of police (1969–1977) and internal affairs (1977).
* Darshan Lal Jain, 93, Indian social activist.
* Adam Kopczyński, 72, Polish Olympic ice hockey player (1972), COVID-19.
* Cyril Mango, 92, British scholar.
* José Maranhão, 87, Brazilian politician, deputy (1983–1994), senator (2003–2009, since 2015) and governor of Paraíba (1995–2002, 2009–2011), COVID-19.
* Robert Desmond Meikle, 97, Irish botanist.
* Jane Mellanby, 82, British neuroscientist, cancer.
* Shūichirō Moriyama, 86, Japanese actor (Shall We Dance?, Tsuribaka Nisshi Eleven, Ōedo Sōsamō) and voice actor, pneumonia.
* Harry A. McEnroe, 90, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1980–1996).
* Joan Clark Netherwood, 88–89, American photographer.
* Yurnalis Ngayoh, 78, Indonesian civil servant and politician, governor of East Kalimantan (2006–2008).
* GertJan Nijpels, 69, Dutch politician, mayor of Opmeer (since 2004), cardiac arrest.
* Tokuyasu Nishii, 76, Japanese table tennis player.
* Jean Obeid, 81, Lebanese politician, minister of foreign affairs and emigrants (2003–2004) and MP (1991–2005, since 2018), COVID-19.
* Rynagh O'Grady, 66, Irish actress (Far and Away, Father Ted, Breakfast on Pluto).
* Stan Palys, 90, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Redlegs, Tokyo Orions).
* Haroon Rasheed, 58, Pakistani cricketer (Lahore, Pakistan Railways).
* Phil Rollins, 87, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, Cincinnati Royals, Pittsburgh Rens).
* Marty Schottenheimer, 77, American football player (Buffalo Bills) and coach (Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Willie Scott, 61, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots).
* Anthony Sowell, 61, American serial killer.
* Michał Szewczyk, 86, Polish actor (Eroica, The Two Who Stole the Moon, The Young Magician).
* Tong Djoe, 94, Indonesian shipping executive.
* Els Vader, 61, Dutch Olympic sprinter (1980, 1984, 1988), major duodenal papilla cancer.
* Mary Wilson, 76, American Hall of Fame singer (The Supremes), hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
* Vera Wülfing-Leckie, 66, German-born British homeopath and translator.
* Beatriz Yamamoto Cázarez, 63, Mexican politician, deputy (since 2012), COVID-19.
* Seyyed Mohammad Ziaabadi, Iranian Islamic scholar, coronary heart disease.

### 9

* Aleksandr Blinov, 66, Russian equestrian, Olympic champion (1980), hypothermia.
* Éamonn Breslin, 80, Irish Gaelic footballer (Ballyfermot Gaels, Dublin County).
* Roland Chassain, 74, French politician, deputy (2002–2007).
* Peter C. Clapman, 84, American investment chief executive, complications from COVID-19.
* Chick Corea, 79, American jazz keyboardist (Return to Forever) and songwriter ("Spain", "500 Miles High"), 23-time Grammy winner, cancer.
* Kojo Dadson, 68, Ghanaian actor (Love Brewed in the African Pot, Run Baby Run, Elmina) and musician.
* Michael Downing, 62, American writer and academic, cancer.
* Richard Elmore, American educator (HGSE).
* Valeria Gagealov, 89, Romanian actress (The Mill of Good Luck, Mihail, câine de circ), COVID-19.
* Stewart Greenleaf, 81, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1977–1978) and Senate (1979–2019).
* Jean Grossholtz, 91, American women's studies professor.
* John Hora, 80, American cinematographer (Twilight Zone: The Movie, Gremlins, Explorers), heart failure.
* Ivan Izquierdo, 83, Argentine-born Brazilian neurobiologist, pneumonia.
* Rajiv Kapoor, 58, Indian actor (Ram Teri Ganga Maili, Aasmaan, Hum To Chale Pardes), heart attack.
* Rosemary Karuga, 92, Kenyan visual artist.
* Josef Kolmaš, 87, Czech sinologist and tibetologist.
* Ebbe Kops, 91, Danish Olympic boxer (1952).
* Franco Marini, 87, Italian politician, president of the senate (2006–2008), minister of labour (1991–1992) and MP (1992–2013), COVID-19.
* Baldev Raj Nayar, 89, Indian-born Canadian political scientist, cancer.
* Jean-Charles Perazzi, 84, French writer and journalist.
* Christy Ryan, 63, Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler (St Finbarr's, Cork County).
* Yisa Sofoluwe, 53, Nigerian footballer (Abiola Babes, national team), COVID-19.
* Ghédalia Tazartès, 73, French musician.
* Diógenes Vergara, 50, Panamanian politician, deputy (2014–2019), shot.

### 10

* Victor Ambrus, 85, Hungarian-born British illustrator.
* Maite Axiari, 71–72, French feminist activist and cultural activist.
* Gertrūda Benze, 87, German-born Lithuanian linguist and doctor.
* Bruce Berger, 82, American writer, poet and pianist, lung disease.
* Dick Bunt, 91, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Baltimore Bullets).
* James Celebrezze, 83, American politician and jurist, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1967–1974) and justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio (1983–1985).
* Billy Conigliaro, 73, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics).
* Alberto Corazón, 79, Spanish graphic designer and artist.
* Katherine Creag, 47, American newscaster (WNYW, WNBC).
* Edward W. Crosby, 88, American professor and academic administrator.
* Dai Davies, 72, Welsh footballer (Wrexham, Everton, national team), pancreatic cancer.
* Goran Daničić, 58, Serbian actor (The Meeting Point, The Robbery of the Third Reich, When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo).
* Larry Flynt, 78, American publisher (Hustler), founder of Larry Flynt Publications, heart failure.
* Fanne Foxe, 84, Argentine-born American stripper.
* Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, 91, Georgian linguist and Hittitologist, president of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences (2005–2013).
* Ibrahim Othman Ibrahim Idris, 60, Sudanese ex-detainee (Guantanamo Bay).
* Maurizio Liverani, 92, Italian film director (Il solco di pesca), screenwriter and journalist, heart attack.
* Jorge Morel, 89, Argentine classical guitarist and composer.
* Ebba Nørager, 93, Danish actress.
* Benjamin Orenstein, 94, Polish-born French Holocaust survivor and lecturer.
* Egil Øyjord, 92, Norwegian engineer.
* Pachín, 82, Spanish football player (Real Madrid, national team) and manager (Hércules).
* Heinz Schuster-Šewc, 94, German Sorbian Slavic scholar.
* Tim Selwood, 76, English cricketer (Middlesex, Central Districts).
* Lee Sexton, 92, American banjo player.
* Zainul Haque Sikder, 90, Bangladeshi businessman, founder of the Sikder Group, COVID-19.
* Takao Suzuki, 94, Japanese sociolinguist.
* Luc Versteylen, 93, Belgian Jesuit priest, founder of Agalev, COVID-19.
* Taavo Virkhaus, 86, Estonian-American conductor and composer, COVID-19.
* Mack Walker, 91, American historian, COVID-19.

### 11

* L. Desaix Anderson, 84, American diplomat, chargé d'affaires ad interim to Vietnam (1995–1997).
* Lila Oliver Asher, 99, American artist, complications following surgery.
* George Benneh, 86, Ghanaian academic administrator and politician, minister of finance (1981) and vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana (1992–1996).
* Beth Bentley, 99, American poet.
* S. Prestley Blake, 106, American restaurateur, co-founder of Friendly's.
* Richard Bracken, 90, American film editor (Swamp Thing, Rich Man, Poor Man, Power Rangers), kidney failure.
* Rusty Brooks, 63, American professional wrestler (IWCCW, WWF, FOW).
* Teresa Burga, 86, Peruvian artist.
* Jacques Crickillon, 80, Belgian writer.
* Bukhari Daud, 61, Indonesian academic and politician, regent of Aceh Besar (2007–2012).
* Pierre-Guillaume de Roux, 57, French editor.
* Charles Passmore Graham, 93, American lieutenant general.
* Mary Matsuda Gruenewald, 96, American writer, pneumonia.
* Wynn Hawkins, 84, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).
* Phil Horrocks-Taylor, 86, English rugby union player (Leicester Tigers, British & Irish Lions, national team).
* Noboru Ishiguro, 88, Japanese Olympic racewalker (1964).
* Lateef Jakande, 91, Nigerian journalist and politician, governor of Lagos State (1979–1983) and minister of works (1993–1998).
* John James, 72, English footballer (Port Vale, Chester City, Tranmere Rovers).
* Antonis Kalogiannis, 80, Greek singer, heart attack.
* Maria Kastrisianaki, 72, Greek broadcaster, cancer. (death announced on this date)
* John Kirkham, 79, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Peterborough United, Exeter City).
* Reg Lewis, 85, American bodybuilder and actor (Sextette).
* Abu Sujak Mahmud, 82, Malaysian politician, Selangor MLA (1986–1999) and mayor of Shah Alam (2000–2002).
* Marcelino da Mata, 80, Portuguese army officer, COVID-19.
* Frank Mills, 93, British actor (Coronation Street).
* Rowena Morrill, 76, American fantasy illustrator.
* Javier Neves, 67, Peruvian lawyer and academic, minister of labor and promotion of employment (2004–2005), COVID-19.
* Robert E. Pearlman, 81, American explorer, complications from lung cancer.
* Arlene Pieper, 90, American runner.
* Afzalur Rahman, 78, Indian politician, Assam MLA (1978–2011).
* Rubén Alfonso Ramírez, 84, Guatemalan television presenter and politician, minister of education (2015–2016).
* Leslie E. Robertson, 92, American structural engineer (World Trade Center, Shanghai World Financial Center, Bank of China Tower), blood cancer.
* Jayalal Rohana, 56, Sri Lankan actor (Tikiri Suwanda, Sinhawalokanaya, Nidahase Piya DS) and screenwriter, complications from a heart attack.
* Pat Russell, 97, American politician, member (1969–1987) and president (1983–1987) of the Los Angeles City Council.
* Isadore Singer, 96, American mathematician (Atiyah–Singer index theorem), Abel Prize winner (2004).
* Eli Soriano, 73, Filipino televangelist (Ang Dating Daan).
* Philip A. Stadter, 84, American scholar of Greek historiography.
* Mladen Vranković, 83, Croatian football player (HNK Rijeka, Kansas City Spurs) and manager (NK Orijent).
* Michael J. Weber, 78, American research scientist, pancreatic cancer.
* Joan Weldon, 90, American actress (Them!, Gunsight Ridge, Day of the Badman).

### 12

* Mahamed Abdiqadir, Somali royal, grand sultan of Isaaq (since 1975).
* Gianni Beschin, 67, Italian football referee.
* Tom Bethell, 84, British-born American music journalist and author, complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Ellen Cheever, 72, American interior designer and kitchen historian.
* William Chervy, 83, French politician, senator (1981–1998).
* Chris Conn, 83, British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, heart attack.
* Marcia Diamond, 95, Canadian actress (Deranged, Black Christmas, Spy Games).
* Antonio Giménez-Rico, 82, Spanish film director (Retrato de Familia, Jarrapellejos, The Disputed Vote of Mr. Cayo) and screenwriter, COVID-19.
* Milford Graves, 79, American jazz drummer (New York Art Quartet), heart failure.
* Roger Griffin, 85, British astronomer.
* Celso Güity, 63, Honduran footballer (Marathón, Sula, national team), cancer.
* Zdeněk Hoření, 91, Czech journalist and politician, editor-in-chief of Rudé právo (1983–1989), member of the CSFR (1976–1986) and the CNR (1986–1990), pneumonia and COVID-19.
* Paolo Isotta, 70, Italian musicologist and writer.
* Norman Jukes, 88, English footballer (York City).
* Tohami Khaled, Libyan military officer, head of the Internal Security Agency, COVID-19.
* Maurizio Mattei, 78, Italian football referee, COVID-19.
* Atashasta Justus Nditiye, 51, Tanzanian politician, MP (since 2015), traffic collision.
* Rupert Neve, 94, British electronics engineer (Neve Electronics), pneumonia and heart failure.
* Bernard Nsayi, 78, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Nkayi (1990–2001).
* Christopher Pennock, 76, American actor (Dark Shadows).
* Frederick K. C. Price, 89, American televangelist, founder of the Crenshaw Christian Center, COVID-19.
* Prie GS, 56, Indonesian journalist (Suara Merdeka), cartoonist, and radio and television host, heart attack.
* Paavo Pystynen, 89, Finnish Olympic long-distance runner (1964).
* Helen Rae, 83, American artist.
* Fujie Sakamoto, 97, Japanese nurse and midwife.
* Eunice Sato, 99, American politician, mayor of Long Beach (1980–1982).
* Tom Scullion, 81, Irish Gaelic footballer (Bellaghy, Derry).
* John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne, 80, British peer and businessman, member of the House of Lords (1971–2020).
* Lynn Stalmaster, 93, American casting director (Judgment at Nuremberg, Deliverance, Superman).
* Russ Thyret, 76, American music executive, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records (1995–2001).
* Richard Tomita, 93, American Olympic weightlifter (1948).
* Pavel Vácha, 80, Czech photographer.
* Carlo Wagner, 67, Luxembourgish politician, deputy (1994–1999, 2004–2013) and minister of health (1999–2004).

### 13

* Xabier Agirre, 69, Spanish politician, member of the Basque Parliament (2004–2005, 2005–2007, 2012–2016).
* Simonetta Bernardi, 81, Italian historian.
* Inger Bjørnbakken, 87, Norwegian alpine skier, world champion (1958), fire.
* Pat Bond, 94, American BDSM activist, founder of The Eulenspiegel Society, congestive heart failure.
* Louis Clark, 73, English musical arranger (Electric Light Orchestra, Hooked on Classics), conductor, and keyboardist.
* Peter G. Davis, 84, American music critic.
* Sydney Devine, 81, Scottish singer.
* Marco Dimitri, 58, Italian Satanist, heart attack.
* Jonathan Edewor, 78, Nigerian Anglican prelate, bishop of Oleh (1999–2012).
* Bud Estes, 74, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (2014–2017) and Senate (since 2017), mayor of Bucklin (1976–1990).
* Urs Jaeggi, 89, Swiss sociologist, painter, and author.
* Franz Jalics, 93, Hungarian Roman Catholic Jesuit priest and theologian, COVID-19.
* Bolesław Kwiatkowski, 78, Polish Olympic basketball player (1968).
* George Mandel, 101, American Beat writer.
* Helen Meier, 91, Swiss writer.
* Dave Nalle, 61, American political writer, game author and font designer, COVID-19.
* Masashige Narusawa, 96, Japanese film director and screenwriter (The Woman in the Rumor, Street of Shame).
* Olle Nygren, 91, Swedish speedway rider, COVID-19.
* Alberto Oliart, 92, Spanish politician, minister of defence (1981–1982) and chairman of RTVE (2009–2011), COVID-19.
* Frank Orr, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame sports journalist (Toronto Star).
* Andon Qesari, 78, Albanian actor and stage director.
* James Ridgeway, 84, American investigative journalist (The Village Voice, The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal).
* Enrique Rodríguez Galindo, 82, Spanish anti-ETA Civil Guard and convicted state terrorist (GAL), COVID-19.
* Emanuel Rubin, 92, American pathologist.
* Sinyo Harry Sarundajang, 76, Indonesian politician, mayor of Bitung (1991–2000), governor of North Sulawesi (2005–2015) and ambassador to the Philippines (since 2018).
* Raymond Specht, 96, Australian plant ecologist.
* Kadir Topbaş, 76, Turkish politician, mayor of Beyoğlu (1999–2004) and Istanbul (2004–2017), complications from COVID-19.
* Ansley Truitt, 70, American basketball player (Dallas Chaparrals, Crispa Redmanizers), COVID-19.
* Max Vernon, 85, British police officer and hostage negotiator (Balcombe Street siege, Iranian Embassy siege), pneumonia complicated by COVID-19.
* Yury Vlasov, 85, Russian writer and weightlifter, Olympic champion (1960).
* Françoise Winnik, 68, French-born Canadian chemist and researcher.
* Alan Woan, 90, English footballer (Northampton Town, Crystal Palace, Aldershot).

### 14

* Jody Alderson, 85, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
* Blanca Álvarez González, 63, Spanish journalist, writer and poet, multiple organ failure.
* Mourid Barghouti, 76, Palestinian poet and writer (I Saw Ramallah).
* Catherine Belsey, 80, British literary critic and academic, stroke.
* William M. Boothby, 102, American mathematician.
* Jacqueline Donny, 93, French beauty pageant contestant, Miss France (1948), Miss Europe (1948).
* Constance Fozzard, 88, English obstetrician and gynecologist.
* Hywel Francis, 74, Welsh politician, MP (2001–2015) and chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights (2010–2015), cancer.
* Robert R. Glauber, 81, American academic, pancreatic cancer.
* Ari Gold, 47, American singer-songwriter, leukemia.
* Ulla Johansen, 93, Estonian-German ethnologist.
* Serhii Kamyshev, 64, Ukrainian diplomat, ambassador to China (2004–2009, since 2019), heart attack.
* Finn Knutsen, 88, Norwegian politician, MP (1985–1989).
* Berta Berkovich Kohút, 99, Czechoslovakian-born American Holocaust survivor, complications from COVID-19.
* Nevenka Koprivšek, 61, Slovenian actress and theatrical producer.
* Christopher Lee, 79, British writer (This Sceptred Isle) and historian, COVID-19.
* W. J. M. Lokubandara, 79, Sri Lankan politician, member (1977–2010) and speaker (2004–2010) of the Parliament and governor of Sabaragamuwa Province (2010–2015), COVID-19.
* Sir William Macpherson, 94, Scottish jurist, High Court judge (1983–1996), hereditary chief of Clan Macpherson (since 1969).
* Audrey Meaney, 89, English-Australian archaeologist and historian.
* Carlos Menem, 90, Argentine politician, president (1989–1999), senator (since 2005) and governor of La Rioja Province (1973–1976, 1983–1989), complications from urinary tract infection.
* Michael Menaker, 86, Austrian-born American chronobiologist.
* William Meninger, 88, American Trappist monk.
* Doug Mountjoy, 78, Welsh snooker player.
* Nguyễn Tài Thu, 89, Vietnamese physician.
* Ion Mihai Pacepa, 92, Romanian intelligence officer and defector, COVID-19.
* Iain Pattinson, 67, British screenwriter, leukemia.
* Jean Roulland, 89, French sculptor.
* Syarifudin Tippe, 67, Indonesian military officer, rector of the Defence University (2011–2012).
* Hylke Tromp, 85, Dutch polemologist.
* Pilar Unzalu, 63, Spanish politician, member of the Basque Parliament (2000–2004) and deputy (2008–2009).
* Lorenzo Washington, 34, American football player (Alabama Crimson Tide, New England Patriots).
* Zachary Wohlman, 32, American boxer.

### 15

* Werner Aderhold, 83, German musicologist.
* Kōjirō Akagi, 87, Japanese painter.
* Andreas Apostolopoulos, 69, Greek-Canadian real estate developer.
* Tito Arecchi, 87, Italian physicist, fall.
* Steuart Bedford, 81, English conductor and pianist.
* Florence Birdwell, 96, American educator, musician and singer.
* Doris Bunte, 87, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1973–1984), cancer.
* Dame Fiona Caldicott, 80, British psychiatrist and academic administrator, principal of Somerville College, Oxford (1996–2010).
* Alberto Canapino, 57, Argentine racing car engineer, COVID-19.
* Gilles Capelle, 71, French Olympic field hockey player.
* Ed Coil, 89, American basketball executive (Detroit Pistons).
* Sandro Dori, 82, Italian actor (Be Sick... It's Free, Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue) and voice actor.
* Jimmy Evans, 81, American politician, attorney general of Alabama (1991–1995), complications from pneumonia and heart attack.
* Lucien Gourong, 77, French writer, singer, and storyteller, COVID-19.
* Lucía Guilmáin, 83, Mexican actress (Las fuerzas vivas, Length of War, Darker Than Night), COVID-19.
* Andréa Guiot, 93, French operatic soprano, COVID-19.
* George Hart, 75, British Egyptologist.
* Gerard Hemsworth, 75, British artist.
* Richard H. Holm, 87, American chemist.
* Vincent Jackson, 38, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
* Nechan Karakéhéyan, 88, Greek-born Armenian Catholic hierarch, ordinary of Eastern Europe (2005–2010) and Greece (1991–2000), eparch of Ishafan (2001–2003).
* Golnoush Khaleghi, 80, Iranian music researcher, composer, and arranger.
* Derek Khan, 63, Trinidadian-American fashion stylist, COVID-19.
* Muhammed Seif Khatib, 70, Tanzanian politician, MP (1995–2015).
* Raymond Lévesque, 92, Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and actor (Bernie and the Gang), COVID-19.
* Leopoldo Luque, 71, Argentine footballer (River Plate, Unión, national team), world champion (1978), COVID-19.
* Kenny McDevitt, 91, English footballer (Tranmere Rovers).
* Gideon Meir, 74, Israeli diplomat, ambassador to Italy and Malta (2006–2011), cancer.
* Zdzisław Najder, 90, Polish literary critic, historian and political activist.
* John Oyioka, Kenyan politician, MP (2017–2021).
* Johnny Pacheco, 85, Dominican-American musician (Fania All-Stars) and label executive (Fania Records), complications from pneumonia.
* José Pedrozo, 38, Paraguayan footballer (Antofagasta, San Marcos de Arica), traffic collision.
* Gregorio Américo Pérez Valdés, 79, Cuban baseball player, prostate cancer.
* Eva Maria Pracht, 83, German-Canadian equestrian, Olympic bronze medalist (1988), COVID-19.
* Jalaluddin Rakhmat, 71, Indonesian politician, MP (2014–2019), COVID-19.
* Lilia Quindoza Santiago, 72, Filipino writer and academic.
* P. B. Sawant, 90, Indian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (1989–1995), cardiac arrest.
* Rowsch Shaways, 74, Iraqi politician, prime minister of Kurdistan Region (1996–1999) and vice president (2004–2005).
* Arne Sorenson, 62, American hotel executive, president and CEO of Marriott International (since 2012), pancreatic cancer.
* Andreas Teuber, 78, American academic and actor (Doctor Faustus).
* Ștefan Tudor, 77, Romanian rower, Olympic bronze medallist (1972).
* István Turu, 58, Hungarian Olympic boxer (1988), COVID-19.
* Betty Willingale, 93, British television producer and script editor.
* Rhea Woltman, 92, American pilot (Mercury 13).

### 16

* José Álvarez de Paz, 85, Spanish politician, deputy (1979–1987) and MEP (1986–1995) and civil governor of Pontevedra province (1994–1996).
* Irit Amiel, 89, Polish writer and poet.
* Jason Benjamin, 50, Australian artist.
* James Bishop, 93, American painter.
* Carman, 65, American Christian singer, complications from hiatal hernia surgery.
* Otakar Černý, 77, Czech sports journalist and television presenter.
* Doğan Cüceloğlu, 83, Turkish psychologist, aortic dissection.
* Trevor Dannatt, 101, British architect (Royal Festival Hall).
* Don Dietrich, 59, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, New Jersey Devils), complications from cancer and Parkinson's disease.
* Niki Erlenmeyer-Kimling, 88, American psychiatric geneticist.
* Wayne Giardino, 77, Canadian football player (Ottawa Rough Riders).
* Werner Grobholz, 78, German violinist.
* Rama Jois, 89, Indian politician and jurist, governor of Jharkhand (2002–2003) and Bihar (2003–2004), chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court (1992), heart attack.
* John F. Kordek, 82, American diplomat.
* Lew Krausse Jr., 77, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals), cancer.
* Agnes Lange, 91, German politician, member of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen (1984–1991).
* Bernard Lown, 99, Lithuanian-born American inventor and cardiologist, developer of the defibrillator, pneumonia and heart failure.
* Ángel Mangual, 73, Puerto Rican baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates), World Series champion (1972, 1973, 1974).
* Joan Margarit, 82, Spanish poet, Miguel de Cervantes Prize winner (2019), cancer.
* Maïté Mathieu, 92, French political activist and feminist.
* Jessica McClintock, 90, American fashion designer.
* Gustavo Noboa, 83, Ecuadorian politician, president (2000–2003) and vice president (1998–2000), governor of Guayas Province (1983–1984), heart attack.
* Wayne Nunnely, 68, American college football coach (UNLV Rebels, San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos) and player (UNLV).
* Atsutada Otaka, 76, Japanese composer.
* Saw Swee Hock, 89, Singaporean mathematician and philanthropist.
* Jan Sokol, 84, Czech philosopher and politician, MP (1990–1992) and minister of education, youth and sports (1998), Charter 77 signatory.
* Claudio Sorrentino, 75, Italian voice actor and dubbing director, COVID-19.
* Soul Jah Love, 31, Zimbabwean reggae singer.
* Si Spencer, 59, British comic book writer (Books of Magick: Life During Wartime, The Vinyl Underground).
* Yusriansyah Syarkawi, 70, Indonesian politician, regent of Paser (1999–2004, since 2016).
* Tonton David, 53, French reggae singer, stroke.
* Sleiman Traboulsi, Lebanese politician and magistrate, minister of electrical and water resources (1998–2000).
* Michel Vuillermet, 70, French film director.

### 17

* Oscar Albarado, 72, American boxer, WBA/WBC super welterweight champion (1974–1975).
* Özcan Arkoç, 81, Turkish footballer (Hamburger SV, Beşiktaş, national team).
* Françoise Cactus, 56, French musician (Stereo Total) and author, breast cancer.
* Jacinto Cayco, 96, Filipino Olympic swimmer (1948).
* Carlos Chacón Galindo, 86, Peruvian politician, provincial mayor of Cusco Province (1967–1969, 1987–1989).
* Raffaele Cutolo, 79, Italian mobster, founder of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata, pneumonia.
* Darius Elias, 48, Canadian politician, Yukon MLA (2006–2016).
* Marc Ellington, 75, American-born Scottish folk-rock singer-songwriter, musician and conservationist.
* Edwin A. Fleishman, 93, American psychologist.
* Francis B. Francois, 87, American engineer.
* Jan Geersing, 80, Dutch politician, mayor of Ferwerderadiel (1988–2001).
* Seif Sharif Hamad, 77, Tanzanian politician, vice president (2010–2016, since 2020) and chief minister of Zanzibar (1984–1988), COVID-19.
* Frances Harris, 71, Australian-born British historian.
* Mary Holt, 96, British politician, MP (1970–1974).
* Ali Hossain, 80, Bangladeshi composer.
* Henry B. Heller, 79, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1987–2011).
* Iraj Kaboli, 82, Iranian writer, linguist and translator.
* Sir Eddie Kulukundis, 88, British shipping magnate and philanthropist.
* Rush Limbaugh, 70, American Hall of Fame radio host (The Rush Limbaugh Show), author, and political commentator, complications from lung cancer.
* Andrea Lo Vecchio, 78, Italian composer, lyricist and record producer, COVID-19.
* Francisco Luzón, 73, Spanish banker, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* John Manning, 80, English footballer (Tranmere Rovers, Barnsley).
* Christine McHorse, 72, American ceramics artist, COVID-19.
* Omar Moreno Palacios, 82, Argentine folk singer-songwriter, guitarist and gaucho, encephalitis.
* Joseph Pastor Neelankavil, 90, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, eparch of Sagar (1987–2006).
* Sanjaya Rajaram, 78, Indian-born Mexican scientist, COVID-19.
* John K. Rafferty, 82, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1986–1988), mayor of Hamilton Township (1976–1999).
* Vasco do Rego, 96, Indian Jesuit priest.
* Mike Renshaw, 72, English-born American soccer player (Rhyl, Dallas Tornado, United States national team).
* Sir Derek Roberts, 88, British engineer and academic administrator, provost of University College London.
* René Roemersma, 62, Dutch activist.
* Donald P. Ryder, 94, American architect.
* Gianluigi Saccaro, 82, Italian fencer, Olympic champion (1960).
* Tetsurō Sagawa, 84, Japanese actor, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Luna Shamsuddoha, 67, Bangladeshi software and banking executive, chairman of Janata Bank (since 2018).
* Satish Sharma, 73, Indian politician, MP (1991–1998, 1998–2004, 2010–2016), minister of petroleum and natural gas (1993–1996).
* Naomi Shelton, 78, American musician.
* Martha Stewart, 98, American actress (Doll Face, Johnny Comes Flying Home, Are You with It?) and singer.
* Gene Summers, 82, American rockabilly singer, complications from an injury sustained at home.
* Humphrey Taylor, 82, English Anglican clergyman, bishop of Selby (1991–2003).
* U-Roy, 78, Jamaican reggae singer.
* Martí Vergés, 86, Spanish footballer (España Industrial, Barcelona, national team).
* Mufwankolo Wa Lesa, 85, Congolese humorist and theatre director.
* Murray Weideman, 85, Australian football player (Collingwood, Victoria) and coach.
* Nancy Worden, 66, American artist and metalsmith, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Jyrki Yrttiaho, 68, Finnish politician, MP (2007–2015).
* Avetis Zenyan, 85, Russian cinematographer.

### 18

* Amīr Aṣlān Afshār, 101, Iranian diplomat, ambassador to West Germany (1973–1977) and the U.S. (1969–1972), COVID-19.
* Luis Balagué, 76, Spanish road bicycle racer.
* Balanchine, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse, Epsom Oaks and Irish Derby winner (1994).
* Vittore Bocchetta, 102, Italian sculptor, painter and academic.
* Alan Curtis, 90, British actor (Carry On Henry, Doctor Who, Four Dimensions of Greta).
* Thomas Dann, 40, English cricketer.
* Abdullahi Dikko, 60, Nigerian government official.
* Mark van Drumpt, Dutch sports physiotherapist (Garryowen, Limerick), cancer.
* Graeme English, 56, British Olympic freestyle wrestler (1988).
* Wolf-Peter Funk, 77, German-born Canadian religious historian.
* Ketty Fusco, 94, Swiss-Italian actress, director and writer.
* Hans-Werner Grosse, 98, German glider pilot.
* Sergo Karapetyan, 72, Armenian politician, minister of agriculture (2010–2016), COVID-19.
* Mushahid Ullah Khan, 68, Pakistani politician, senator (since 2009) and minister of climate change (2015, 2017–2018).
* Isaac Thomas Kottukapally, 72, Indian film score composer (Swaham, Thaayi Saheba, Adaminte Makan Abu).
* Frank Lupo, 66, American television writer and producer (The A-Team, Wiseguy, Walker, Texas Ranger).
* Jan Mans, 80, Dutch politician, mayor of Meerssen (1982–1989), Kerkrade (1989–1994), and Enschede (1994–2005).
* Farouk Muhammad, 71, Indonesian police officer and politician, senator (2009–2019).
* Andrey Myagkov, 82, Russian actor (The Irony of Fate, Office Romance, A Cruel Romance), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1986), heart attack.
* Leslie Osterman, 73, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (2011–2019).
* Juan Pizarro, 84, Puerto Rican baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, Chicago White Sox), cancer.
* Prince Markie Dee, 52, American rapper (The Fat Boys), heart failure.
* Bill Ramseyer, 84, American football player, coach and administrator.
* John Roach, 87, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
* Yehoshua Sagi, 87, Israeli intelligence officer and politician, director of the Military Intelligence Directorate (1979–1983) and member of the Knesset (1988–1992).
* Kristofer Schipper, 86, Dutch sinologist.
* John Spencer, 74, Australian rugby league player (Balmain, New South Wales).
* Guido Stagnaro, 96, Italian film director (I cinque del quinto piano) and screenwriter (In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain), co-creator of Topo Gigio, COVID-19.
* Chris Vincent, 86, British motorcycle sidecar road racer.
* Jack Vivian, 79, Canadian ice hockey coach (Bowling Green Falcons, Cleveland Crusaders).
* Donald C. Wintersheimer, 89, American jurist, justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court (1983–2007).
* Leonid Yachmenyov, 83, Russian basketball coach (WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk, women's national team).

### 19

* Faisal Abdulaziz, 53, Bahraini footballer (Muharraq, national team).
* Luigi Albertelli, 86, Italian songwriter ("Zingara") and television author, complications from a fall.
* Ebba Andersson, 85, Swedish footballer (Öxabäcks, national team).
* Đorđe Balašević, 67, Serbian singer-songwriter (Rani Mraz), COVID-19.
* Michel Bernard, 88, French politician, deputy (1986–1988).
* Philippe Chatel, 72, French singer-songwriter, heart attack.
* Bobby Lee Cook, 94, American lawyer (Wayne Williams, Bobby Hoppe, Jake Butcher).
* Kenneth Davey, 88, English academic.
* Arturo Di Modica, 80, Italian-American sculptor (Charging Bull), cancer.
* Lawrence Otis Graham, 59, American attorney and author.
* Rupert Hambro, 77, British banker, businessman and philanthropist.
* Jocelyn Hardy, 75, Canadian ice hockey player (California Golden Seals, Cleveland Crusaders) and coach (Shawinigan Cataractes), complications from a heart attack.
* Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu, 92, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Molegbe (1968–1997).
* Ludvík Liška, 91, Czech Olympic middle-distance runner (1952).
* Liu Fusheng, 89, Chinese politician, delegate to the National People's Congress (1975–1978, 1988–1998).
* Calixto Malcom, 73–74, Panamanian jurist and Olympic basketball player (1968).
* Fousiya Mampatta, 52, Indian football player and manager, cancer.
* Leonard Martino, 95, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1969–1974).
* Adolf Mathis, 83, Swiss Olympic alpine skier (1960, 1964).
* Ioannis Mazarakis-Ainian, 98, Greek army officer and historian.
* Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, 20, Burmese protester (2021–2022 Myanmar protests), complications from gunshot wounds.
* Tayseer Najjar, 46, Jordanian journalist, heart disease.
* Clotilde Niragira, 52–53, Burundian politician and lawyer, minister of justice (2005–2007), stroke.
* Dianna Ortiz, 62, American Roman Catholic nun and anti-torture advocate, cancer.
* Jerold Ottley, 86, American music director and choral conductor, complications from COVID-19.
* Les Pridham, 83, Australian footballer (Essendon).
* Naomi Rosenblum, 96, American photography historian, heart failure.
* Silvio Sérafin, 82, French footballer (FC Nancy, Angers SCO, Angoulême-Soyaux Charente).
* LaVannes Squires, 90, American basketball player (Kansas Jayhawks).
* Bill Wright, 84, American golfer.

### 20

* Chris Ajilo, 91, Nigerian highlife musician.
* I Gede Ardhika, 76, Indonesian politician, minister of culture and tourism (2000–2004).
* Serpil Barlas, 64, Turkish singer.
* Mauro Bellugi, 71, Italian footballer (Inter Milan, Bologna, national team), complications from COVID-19.
* Richard Boyd, 78, American philosopher.
* Joe Burke, 81, Irish accordionist.
* Gerald Cardinale, 86, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1980–1982) and Senate (since 1982).
* Henri Courtine, 90, French judoka.
* Chris Craft, 81, British racing driver.
* David de Keyser, 93, British actor (On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever, Doctor Who).
* Fredrik Stefan Eaton, 82, Canadian businessman and philanthropist.
* Charlotte Fielden, 88, Canadian novelist.
* Bob Hindmarch, 90, Canadian academic and ice hockey coach (UBC Thunderbirds, national team).
* Dean Ho, 88, American professional wrestler (WWWF, PNW, NWA Hawaii), complications from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
* Halja Klaar, 90, Estonian film artist.
* Alcide M. Lanoue, 86, American military officer, surgeon general of the United States Army (1992–1996).
* Koyya Hassan Manik, 67, Maldivian actor (Hinithun Velaashey Kalaa, Ihsaas, Bos) and producer, COVID-19.
* Nurul Haque Miah, 76, Bangladeshi chemist.
* Jean-Yves Moyart, 53, French criminal lawyer and blogger.
* Yemane Niguse, Ethiopian politician and Tigray activist, assassinated.
* Rosamond Asiamah Nkansah, 91, Ghanaian police officer, first woman recruited into the Ghanaian force.
* Maurice Pelé, 92, French road racing cyclist.
* ATM Shamsuzzaman, 79, Bangladeshi actor (Surja Dighal Bari, Hajar Bachhor Dhore) and playwright.
* Richard Shephard, 71, British composer and headmaster.
* Yuri Shvachkin, 90, Russian chemist.
* Gene Taylor, 68, American pianist (Canned Heat, The Blasters, The Fabulous Thunderbirds).
* Nicola Tempesta, 85, Italian Olympic judoka (1964, 1972).
* Wai Yan Tun, 16, Burmese protester, shot.
* Douglas Turner Ward, 90, American playwright and actor (The River Niger), co-founder of the Negro Ensemble Company.
* Stan Williams, 84, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians) and coach (Cincinnati Reds).

### 21

* Mireya Arboleda, 92, Colombian classical pianist.
* Rod Arrants, 76, American actor (Search for Tomorrow, Days of Our Lives, Rent).
* Christopher Cardozo, 72, American art collector, photographer and publisher, stroke.
* Arthur Cook, 92, American sports shooter, Olympic champion (1948).
* Kevin Dann, 62, Australian rugby league player (Penrith Panthers, New South Wales).
* Isabelle Dhordain, 62, French journalist.
* Patricia Drennan, 87, British cartoonist and illustrator, lung cancer.
* André Dufraisse, 94, French racing cyclist, world cyclo-cross champion (1954–1958).
* Dick Geary, 75, British historian.
* Charlie Gorin, 93, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves).
* Katie Hurley, 99, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1985–1987).
* Judy Irola, 77, American cinematographer (Northern Lights, Working Girls), complications from COVID-19.
* Giovanni Knapp, 77, Italian racing cyclist, complications from a fall.
* Mike Law, 78, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).
* Shane Lewis, 47, Australian Olympic swimmer (1992).
* Jan Lityński, 75, Polish politician and journalist, deputy (1989–2001).
* Hélène Martin, 92, French singer and songwriter.
* Bernard Njonga, 65, Cameroonian activist and politician.
* Jean-Claude Ruiz, 66, French Olympic boxer.
* Radamés Salazar, 46, Mexican politician, senator (since 2018), COVID-19.
* Hal Santiago, 80, Filipino Illustrator and writer.
* Zlatko Saračević, 59, Croatian handball player and coach, Olympic champion (1996).
* Glynne Thomas, 85, British ice hockey player (Streatham Redskins, Wembley Lions, national team).
* Abdülkadir Topkaç, 67, Turkish astronomer, cancer.
* Geoffrey Ursell, 77, Canadian writer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Marc Waelkens, 72, Belgian archaeologist.
* Doug Wilkerson, 73, American football player (Houston Oilers, San Diego Chargers).
* Alexander Zhdanov, 70, Russian actor (The Wind of Travel, Pugachev, Russian Symphony), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1995).

### 22

* Roy Addison, 82, British Olympic boxer.
* Luca Attanasio, 43, Italian diplomat, ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (since 2017), shot.
* Sir John Bailey, 92, British lawyer and public servant, HM procurator general and treasury solicitor (1984–1988).
* Seif Bamporiki, Rwandan politician, shot.
* Paul Barber, 85, English bishop.
* Peter J. Barnes III, 64, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (2007–2014) and Senate (2014–2016).
* Jack Bolton, 79, Scottish footballer (Ipswich Town, Raith Rovers, Dumbarton).
* Georges Bonnet, 101, French writer and poet.
* Paolo Castaldi, 90, Italian composer and essayist.
* Raymond Cauchetier, 101, French photographer, COVID-19.
* Hipólito Chaiña, 67, Peruvian doctor and politician, member of Congress (since 2020), COVID-19.
* Jean Cleymans, 76, Belgian physicist.
* Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar, 58, Indian politician, MP (1989–2009, since 2019).
* Xato de Museros, 88–89, Spanish Valencian pilotari.
* Aleksander Doba, 74, Polish kayaker and adventurer.
* William F. English, 86, American politician.
* Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 101, American poet (A Coney Island of the Mind) and co-founder of City Lights Bookstore, interstitial lung disease.
* Maria Ghezzi, 93, Italian designer (La Settimana Enigmistica) and painter.
* Yekaterina Gradova, 74, Russian actress (Seventeen Moments of Spring, The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed), stroke.
* Laurindo Guizzardi, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Bagé (1982–2001) and Foz do Iguaçu (2001–2010).
* Martin Heffernan, 76, Irish Gaelic footballer (Tullamore, Offaly).
* Pairoj Jaisingha, 77, Thai actor (Tears of the Black Tiger).
* Gary Kirkpatrick, 79, American concert pianist.
* Miguel Arsenio Lara Sosa, 68, Mexican politician, member of the Congress of Yucatán (1998–2001), heart attack.
* Lamberto Leonardi, 81, Italian football player (Roma, Juventus) and manager (Salernitana).
* Jean-François Leroux-Dhuys, 86, French writer and historian.
* Liu Zhongshan, 92, Chinese army officer and politician, political commissioner of National University of Defense Technology (1990–1994).
* Richard Marriott, 90, English banker and public administrator, lord lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire (1996–2005).
* Olle Martinsson, 76, Swedish Olympic ski jumper (1964).
* Anis al-Naqqash, 70, Lebanese political activist and guerrilla fighter, COVID-19.
* Benno Ndulu, 71, Tanzanian banker, governor of the Bank of Tanzania (2008–2018).
* Jack Quaid, 88, Irish hurler (Feohanagh-Castlemahon, Limerick).
* Peter Rattray, 62, New Zealand cricketer (Canterbury).
* Consuelo Rodríguez Píriz, 60, Spanish politician, member of the Assembly of Extremadura (since 2011), COVID-19.
* Yalchin Rzazadeh, 74, Azerbaijani pop singer.
* Giancarlo Santi, 81, Italian film director (The Grand Duel, Quando c'era lui... caro lei!).
* Daviz Simango, 57, Mozambican politician, mayor of Beira (since 2003) and leader of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (since 2009), complications from COVID-19 and diabetes.
* Anant Tare, 67, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLC (2000–2006).
* John Vattanky, 89, Indian Jesuit theologian.
* Philippe Venet, 91, French fashion designer and couturier.
* Thomas Vinciguerra, 57, American journalist (The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker) and writer.
* Jack Whyte, 80, Scottish-Canadian novelist (The Skystone, The Singing Sword, The Saxon Shore), cancer.
* Dick Witcher, 76, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), liver cancer.

### 23

* Vojkan Borisavljević, 73, Serbian composer (Hell River, Barking at the Stars).
* Franco Cassano, 77, Italian sociologist and politician, deputy (2013–2018).
* Harry Clark, 88, English footballer (Darlington, Hartlepool United).
* Jerzy Dietl, 93, Polish economist and politician, senator (1989–1991).
* Abdul Qadir Djaelani, 82, Indonesian Islamic preacher and politician, MP (2000–2004).
* P. J. Garvan, 92, Irish hurler.
* Jean Grenet, 81, French politician, deputy (1993–1997, 2002–2012) and mayor of Bayonne (1995–2014).
* Fausto Gresini, 60, Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, world champion (1985, 1987) and founder of Gresini Racing, complications from COVID-19.
* Peter Harris, 85, English television director (The Muppet Show, Spitting Image, Bullseye), COVID-19.
* Rafael Gurrea Induráin, 80, Spanish politician, member (1979–2007) and president (2003–2007) of the Parliament of Navarre.
* Herbin Hoyos, 53, Colombian journalist and broadcaster (Cadena SER), COVID-19.
* Gary Inness, 71, Canadian ice hockey player (Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers), dementia.
* Othman Kechrid, 100, Tunisian politician, minister of the interior (1979–1980).
* Rahul Khullar, 68, Indian civil servant, chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (2012–2015).
* Tormod Knutsen, 89, Norwegian Nordic combined skier, Olympic champion (1964).
* Syed Abul Maksud, 74, Bangladeshi journalist (Prothom Alo) and writer.
* Margaret Maron, 82, American mystery writer, complications from a stroke.
* Julio Márquez de Prado, 72, Spanish judge, president of the High Court of Justice of Extremadura (2004–2019).
* Yves Martin, 91, Canadian sociologist.
* Juan Masnik, 77, Uruguayan football player (Nacional, national team) and manager (Atlético Marte).
* Art Michalik, 91, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers) and professional wrestler.
* Gord Miller, 96, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1975–1990).
* Wolfango Montanari, 89, Italian Olympic sprinter (1952).
* Sergiu Natra, 96, Romanian-born Israeli composer.
* Pastoral Pursuits, 20, British Thoroughbred racehorse, July Cup winner (2005).
* Luz María Puente, 97, Mexican pianist.
* Néstor Mario Rapanelli, 91, Argentine economist, businessman (Bunge & Born) and politician, minister of economy (1989).
* Henry D. Sahakian, 84, Iranian-born American businessman, founder of Uni-Mart.
* Geoffrey Scott, 79, American actor (Dynasty, Dark Shadows, Hulk), Parkinson's disease.
* Sealy Hill, 17, Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse.
* James Sedin, 90, American ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
* František Šedivý, 93, Czech resistance fighter and political prisoner.
* Willy Ta Bi, 21, Ivorian footballer (national team), liver cancer.
* Heinz Hermann Thiele, 79, German transportation and parts executive (Knorr-Bremse, Vossloh) and investor (Lufthansa).
* Frits Veerman, 76, Dutch nuclear espionage whistleblower.
* Ahmed Zaki Yamani, 90, Saudi Arabian politician, minister of petroleum and mineral resources (1962–1986).

### 24

* Wolfgang Boettcher, 86, German classical cellist.
* Antonio Catricalà, 69, Italian civil servant and lawyer, secretary of the Council of Ministers (2011–2013), suicide by gunshot.
* Bulantrisna Djelantik, 73, Dutch-born Indonesian Balinese dancer and physician, pancreatic cancer.
* Tom Foley, 74, Irish racehorse trainer (Danoli), cancer.
* Gary Halpin, 55, Irish rugby union player (London Irish, Leinster, national team).
* Philippe Jaccottet, 95, Swiss poet and translator.
* Val Keckin, 83, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
* Ayong Maliksi, 82, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (1998–2001, 2010–2013), governor of Cavite (2001–2010).
* Enda McDonagh, 90, Irish Roman Catholic priest.
* Atsushi Miyagi, 89, Japanese tennis player, U.S. National doubles champion (1955).
* Sylvia Murphy, 89, Canadian singer, COVID-19.
* Alan Robert Murray, 66, American sound editor (Letters from Iwo Jima, American Sniper, Joker), Oscar winner (2007, 2015).
* Dal Orlov, 86, Russian film critic, screenwriter (Leader, Hard to Be a God) and writer.
* Peter Ostroushko, 67, American violinist and mandolinist.
* Ronald Pickup, 80, English actor (Darkest Hour, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Mission).
* Joseph Ponthus, 42, French writer, cancer.
* Sardool Sikander, 60, Indian folk and pop singer, COVID-19.
* N'Singa Udjuu, 86, Congolese politician, first state commissioner of Zaire (1981–1982).

### 25

* Art Anderson, 84, American football player (Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers).
* Mashari Al-Ballam, 49, Kuwaiti actor, COVID-19.
* Peter Beadle, 87, New Zealand artist.
* Albert Bers, 89, Belgian footballer (Sint-Truidense V.V.) and football coach (Belgium women's national team).
* Ivy Bottini, 94, American artist and civil rights activist.
* Arkady Davidowitz, 90, Russian writer and aphorist, cardiac arrest.
* Lorys Davies, 84, Welsh archdeacon.
* Craig Dixon, 94, American Olympic hurdler, bronze medalist (1948).
* Joseph Duffey, 88, American academic, anti-war activist and government official.
* Klaus Emmerich, 92, Austrian journalist, COVID-19.
* Hugh Fate, 91, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (2001–2005).
* Simone Gad, 73, Belgian-born American artist and actress (Speed).
* John Geddert, 63, American gymnastics coach, suicide by gunshot.
* Manfred Gerstenfeld, 84, Austrian-born Israeli author and economist.
* Andrei Gherman, 79, Moldovan physician, minister of health (2001–2005).
* Peter Gotti, 81, American mobster (Gambino crime family).
* Bede Vincent Heather, 92, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Sydney (1979–1986) and bishop of Parramatta (1986–1997).
* Zdeněk Herman, 86, Czech physical chemist.
* Darrius Johnson, 48, American football player (Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs), heart failure.
* Jim Johnson, 92, Australian Hall of Fame jockey.
* Rafi Levi, 83, Israeli footballer (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Sydney Hakoah, national team).
* John Mallard, 94, British medical researcher.
* Leroy J. Manor, 100, American Air Force lieutenant general, joint commander of Operation Ivory Coast.
* Muriel Marland-Militello, 77, French politician, deputy (2002–2012).
* Hannu Mikkola, 78, Finnish rally driver, world rally champion (1983), cancer.
* Archibald Mogwe, 99, Botswanan politician and diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (1974–1984).
* Erik Myers, 40, American comedian, actor and writer, traffic collision.
* Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri, 81, Indian poet.
* Andrei Palii, 80, Moldovan agronomist, genetics specialist, member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.
* Antoine Pfeiffer, 80, French reformist pastor, president of the Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine (1988–2000).
* Bob Pixel, 44, Ghanaian photographer, complications from COVID-19.
* Yves Ramousse, 93, French Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic vicar of Phnom Penh (1962–1976, 1992–2001) and Battambang (1992–2000), COVID-19.
* Hussein F. Sabbour, 85, Egyptian civil engineer and architect.
* George Sanford, 78, British political scientist.
* Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, 82, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Cali (2002–2011), complications from COVID-19.
* Bahjat Suleiman, 72, Syrian general and diplomat, COVID-19.
* Masako Sugaya, 83, Japanese voice actress (Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel, Astro Boy, Ohayō! Spank).
* János Szabó, 83, Hungarian politician, MP (1990–1994) and minister of agriculture (1993–1994).
* Maurice Tanguay, 87, Canadian businessman and sporting director.
* Ton Thie, 76, Dutch footballer (ADO Den Haag, San Francisco Golden Gate Gales).
* Vladimir Zuykov, 86, Russian film animator (Film, Film, Film), artist and illustrator, COVID-19.

### 26

* Tarhata Alonto-Lucman, 94, Filipino politician, governor of Lanao del Sur (1971–1975).
* Ladislava Bakanic, 96, American Olympic gymnast (1948).
* David Manyok Barac Atem, South Sudanese military officer, COVID-19.
* Patricia Bartley, 103, British codebreaker.
* Jacques Beckers, 87, Dutch-born American astronomer.
* Tarek El-Bishry, 87, Egyptian politician and judge, head of the constitutional review committee (2011), complications from COVID-19.
* Rosmarie Bleuer, 94, Swiss Olympic alpine skier (1948).
* Martin Brauer, 49, German actor.
* Bill C. Davis, 69, American playwright (Mass Appeal) and actor, complications from COVID-19.
* William de Gelsey, 99, Hungarian-British banker and economist.
* Johnny DeFazio, 80, American professional wrestler (WWWF), cancer.
* Noel Elliott, 74, Irish rugby union player (Dolphin, Munster, national team).
* Mo Forte, 73, American football coach (Denver Broncos).
* Ronald Gillespie, 96, Canadian chemistry professor, VSEPR theory model co-developer.
* Irving Grundman, 92, Canadian ice hockey general manager (Montreal Canadiens).
* José Guccione, 69, Argentine politician and physician, deputy (2011–2015), COVID-19.
* Mitsusuke Harada, 92, Japanese-English martial artist.
* Eva Herlitz, 68, German businesswoman and writer.
* Bob James, 68, American rock singer-songwriter (Montrose), stomach ulcer complications. (death announced on this date)
* Aleksandr Klepikov, 70, Russian rower, Olympic champion (1976).
* Philip Ray Martinez, 63, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Western Texas (since 2002), heart attack.
* Des McAleenan, 53, Irish-American soccer player (Connecticut Wolves, Albany Alleycats) and coach (New York Red Bulls).
* David McCabe, 80, British fashion photographer.
* John Mendenhall, 72, American football player (New York Giants).
* Horacio Moráles, 77, Argentine Olympic footballer (1964).
* Al Naples, 94, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns).
* Miloš Novák, 68, Czech ice hockey player, 1971 European U19 bronze medalist.
* D. Pandian, 88, Indian politician, MP (1989–1996), sepsis.
* Jean Perrottet, 95, French architect.
* Joel A. Pisano, 71, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for New Jersey (2000–2015).
* Àngel Pla, 91, Spanish-born Andorran wood carver, COVID-19.
* Alfredo Quintana, 32, Cuban-born Portuguese handballer (FC Porto, national team), cardiac arrest.
* Janice Sarich, 62, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (2008–2015), cancer.
* Anura Senanayake, Sri Lankan police officer and singer, cancer.
* Stan Shaw, 94, British cutler.
* György Snell, 71, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Esztergom–Budapest (since 2014), COVID-19.
* Sir Michael Somare, 84, Papua New Guinean politician, chief minister (1973–1975) and prime minister (1975–1980, 1982–1985, 2002–2010, 2011), pancreatic cancer.
* Ferdinand Vega, 84, Puerto Rican Olympic archer (1972).
* Gabriel Zavala, 76, Mexican-born American mariachi musician and teacher, COVID-19.

### 27

* Nozar Azadi, 82, Iranian comedian and actor.
* Alexander Barinev, 68, Russian ice hockey player (Kristall Saratov, HC Spartak Moscow, VEU Feldkirch).
* Serge Bec, 88, French poet.
* Vilmos Benczik, 75, Hungarian Esperantist.
* Juan Antonio Bolea, 90, Spanish politician, president of the Government of Aragon (1978–1981) and deputy (1977–1979), heart attack.
* Mike Bradner, 83, American politician, member (1967–1977) and speaker (1975–1977) of the Alaska House of Representatives, complications from COVID-19.
* Mike Burns, 84, British-born Irish newscaster (RTÉ News at One, This Week, World Report).
* Rachel Cathoud, 74, Swiss actress (The Porter from Maxim's, The Wonderful Day), COVID-19.
* José Manuel Cortizas, 58, Spanish sports journalist and voice actor, COVID-19.
* Dante Crippa, 83, Italian footballer (Brescia, Juventus, S.P.A.L.), complications from COVID-19.
* Edgar Gillock, 92, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1969–1983).
* Linus Nirmal Gomes, 99, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Baruipur (1977–1995).
* Alvils Gulbis, 84, Latvian basketball player (Rīgas ASK, VEF Rīga).
* Patrick Hoguet, 80, French politician, deputy (1993–1997, 2002–2003).
* Kenneth Lamar Holland, 86, American politician and lawyer, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1983).
* Ferdinand van Ingen, 87, Dutch Germanist.
* Marta Martin Carrera-Ruiz, 80, Cuban-American television personality, (El Gordo y la Flaca), COVID-19.
* Russ Martin, 60, American radio broadcaster (KEGL, KLLI-FM).
* Pascal Monkam, 90, Cameroonian businessman.
* Angel Moraes, 55, American DJ and producer.
* N. K. Sukumaran Nair, 78, Indian environmentalist.
* Ng Man-tat, 69, Hong Kong actor (My Heart Is That Eternal Rose, A Moment of Romance, Shaolin Soccer), liver cancer.
* Louis Nix, 29, American football player (Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Houston Texans), drowned.
* Éva Olsavszky, 91, Hungarian actress.
* Didier Poissant, 97, French Olympic sailor (1956).
* Peter Raedts, 72, Dutch historian, complications from a fall.
* Bill Sanders, 90, American political cartoonist.
* DeWitt Searles, 100, American major general.
* Robert Sommer, 91, American environmental psychologist.
* Mariano Valdés Chávarri, 74, Spanish cardiologist and academic, COVID-19.
* Erica Watson, 48, American actress (Precious, Chi-Raq), comedian and writer, complications from COVID-19.
* Michael Wieck, 92, German violinist and author.

### 28

* Sabah Abdul-Jalil, 69, Iraqi football player (national team) and manager (Al-Naft, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya), COVID-19.
* Artidjo Alkostar, 72, Indonesian judge, member of the Supreme Court (2000–2018).
* Taslim Azis, 56, Indonesian pesilat and politician, MP (2019).
* Milan Bandić, 65, Croatian politician, mayor of Zagreb (2000–2002, since 2005), heart attack.
* Michael J. Barron, 87, American jurist, judge of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court (1972–1988).
* Aqel Biltaji, 80, Jordanian politician, mayor of Amman (2013–2017), complications from COVID-19.
* Johnny Briggs, 85, English actor (Coronation Street, Man About the House, Carry On England).
* Larry Crabb, 77, American Christian counselor and author.
* Irv Cross, 81, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams) and sportscaster (The NFL Today).
* Zbyszek Darzynkiewicz, 84, Polish-American cell biologist.
* Sunil de Silva, 80, Sri Lankan politician, attorney general (1988–1992).
* Richard Faith, 94, American composer.
* Arnfinn Graue, 94, Norwegian nuclear physicist.
* Tom Green, 72, American Mormon polygamist, COVID-19.
* Roger Kibbe, 81, American serial killer, strangled.
* William Liller, 93, American astronomer.
* Ty Lund, 82, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA (1989–2012).
* Anna Majani, 85, Italian entrepreneur, COVID-19.
* Mamoru Morimoto, 81, Japanese Olympic runner (1964).
* Ian North, 68, American punk and new wave musician (Milk 'N' Cookies), heart attack.
* Jorge Oñate, 71, Colombian vallenato singer, complications from COVID-19.
* Mary Oshlag, 79, American bridge player, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Mahinur Qasim, 91, Kazakh-born Chinese politician, delegate to the National People's Congress (1959–1975) and member of the Standing Committee (1988–1993).
* Glenn Roeder, 65, English football player (Queens Park Rangers) and manager (West Ham United, Newcastle United), brain cancer.
* Andrew Sardanis, 89, Cypriot-Zambian journalist and businessman.
* Karl Schiewerling, 69, German politician, MP (2005–2017).
* Yousuf Shaaban, 89, Egyptian actor (There is a Man in our House, Mother of the Bride, My Wife, the Director General), COVID-19.
* Syd Slocomb, 90, Australian footballer (St Kilda).