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

## June 2021
### 1

* Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, 77, Italian royal, disputed head of the House of Savoy (since 2006), complications from surgery.
* Jane Bigelow, 92, Canadian politician, mayor of London, Ontario (1972–1978), complications from a fall.
* Steve Broussard, 71, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
* Leon Burtnett, 78, American football coach (Indianapolis Colts).
* Hichem Djait, 85, Tunisian Islamic scholar.
* Petr Dostál, 74, Czech geographer and professor (UJEM, Charles University).
* Silvio Francesconi, 68, Italian football player and manager, COVID-19.
* Tom Gibson, 90, Scottish-born Canadian photographer.
* Chris Goode, 48, British playwright, theatre director and actor, suicide.
* Román Hernández Onna, 71, Cuban chess grandmaster, respiratory failure.
* James D. Hornfischer, 55, American literary agent and naval historian.
* Hsing Yin Shean, 62, Malaysian politician, MP (1986–1990), COVID-19.
* Walter F. Huebner, 93, American astrophysicist.
* Khalid Jamai, 77, Moroccan political analyst, journalist and writer, cancer.
* Jacques Lacoursière, 89, Canadian television host, writer and historian.
* Bunny Matthews, 70, American cartoonist and writer, central nervous system lymphoma.
* Matthieu Messagier, 71, French poet.
* Leonard Norman, 73, British politician, connétable of Saint Clement, Jersey (since 2008).
* Jovino Novoa, 76, Chilean politician and lawyer, member (1998–2014) and president (2009–2010) of the Senate, emphysema.
* Vince Promuto, 82, American football player (Washington Redskins).
* Robert Rutman, 90, German-American visual artist and musician.
* Paula Sémer, 96, Belgian radio and TV presenter, and actress (Thuis).
* Adnan Al Sharqi, 79, Lebanese football player (Al Ansar) and manager (Al Nahda, national team).
* Ian Shearer, 79, New Zealand politician, MP (1975–1984), minister for the environment, science and technology and broadcasting (1981–1984).
* Samadagha Shikhlarov, 65, Azerbaijani footballer (Khazar Sumgayit, Neftçi Baku, FK Ganca), traffic collision.
* Melor Sturua, 93, Russian journalist (Izvestia).
* Ujwal Thapa, 44, Nepalese political activist and entrepreneur, COVID-19.
* Tram Iv Tek, 72, Cambodian politician, MP (2003–2008, since 2018), minister of public works and transport (2008–2016) and posts and telecommunications (2016–2020).
* Violeta Vidaurre, 92, Chilean actress (La Colorina, Pampa Ilusión, Romané), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Faizul Waheed, 56, Indian Islamic scholar, multiple organ failure.

### 2

* Fred Dewey, 63, American writer and artist, prostate cancer.
* Raymond J. Donovan, 90, American politician, secretary of labor (1981–1985), heart failure.
* Odero Gon, 88, Italian footballer (Palmanova, Udinese, Vittorio Falmec).
* Shah Abdul Hannan, 82, Bangladeshi Islamic philosopher, economist, and academic administrator.
* Carl Høgset, 79, Norwegian musician and choral conductor.
* Fritz Hollenbeck, 91, German actor (Uncle Bräsig).
* Jane Kaufman, 83, American artist, lung cancer.
* Manas Kongpan, 65, Thai human trafficker and military officer, heart attack.
* Pasión Kristal, 45, Mexican professional wrestler, drowned.
* Stanislav Lunin, 28, Kazakh footballer (Shakhter Karagandy, Kairat), cardiac arrest.
* Eric Mobley, 51, American basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks, Vancouver Grizzlies), cancer.
* Linah Mohohlo, 69, Motswana economist, governor of the Bank of Botswana (1999–2016) and chancellor of the University of Botswana (since 2017), COVID-19.
* Minoru Nakamura, 82, Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants).
* James W. Pardew, 77, American diplomat, ambassador to Bulgaria (2002–2005).
* Luiz Pedro de Oliveira, 68, Brazilian journalist and politician, Maranhão MLA (1983–1987, 2003–2007), chief secretary of the cabinet (2007–2009).
* Giuseppe Perrino, 29, Italian footballer (Ebolitana, Battipagliese, Bellaria Igea Marina), heart attack.
* Evelyne Porret, 81, Swiss potter.
* Les Rackley, 92, British-born New Zealand boxing trainer.
* G. Ramachandran, 73, Indian film producer, COVID-19.
* David Rehling, 72, Danish lawyer and journalist.
* Bijayshree Routray, 67, Indian politician, Odisha MLA (since 1990), complications from COVID-19.
* Hasan Saltık, 57, Turkish record producer and free speech activist, heart attack.
* Ottorino Sartor, 75, Peruvian footballer (Defensor Arica, Atlético Chalaco, national team).
* Bill Scanlon, 64, American tennis player, cancer.
* Ganga Stone, 79, American social activist, founder of God's Love We Deliver.
* Piet A. Verheyen, 89, Dutch economist.
* Tsutomu Yamazaki, 74, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (1995–2007, 2010–2017) COVID-19.

### 3

* Afemata Tunumafono Apelu Aiavao, 90, Samoan journalist.
* Piero Attorrese, 91, Italian Olympic rower (1952).
* F. Lee Bailey, 87, American attorney (Sam Sheppard, O. J. Simpson, Patty Hearst).
* Lakshmi Nandan Bora, 89, Indian author, complications from COVID-19.
* Marcel Czermak, 79, French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
* Alajos Dornbach, 85, Hungarian politician and lawyer, member (1990–2002) and deputy speaker (1990–1994) of the National Assembly.
* Georgios Drys, 77, Greek politician, MP (1989–2004) and minister of agriculture (2001–2004).
* Wilfried Feichtinger, 70, Austrian gynaecologist.
* Cathal Flynn, 87, Irish Gaelic footballer (Leitrim).
* Willemijn Fock, 78, Dutch art historian and professor (Leiden University).
* Robert Gordy, 89, American musician and music publishing executive.
* Damaris Hayman, 91, English actress (Doctor Who, Steptoe and Son, The Young Ones).
* B. Jaya, 76, Indian actress (Nyayave Devaru, Devaru Kotta Thangi, Sampathige Savaal).
* Sir Anerood Jugnauth, 91, Mauritian politician, prime minister (1982–1995, 2000–2003, 2014–2017) and president (2003–2012).
* Vladimir Kadannikov, 79, Russian businessman and politician, deputy prime minister (1996).
* Fernando Lima Bello, 89, Portuguese Olympic sailor (1968, 1972) and administrator.
* Ernie Lively, 74, American actor (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Fire Down Below, The Dukes of Hazzard), heart failure.
* Anne van der Meiden, 91, Dutch theologian, professor (Utrecht University) and translator.
* Alan Miller, 51, English footballer (Arsenal, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion).
* James Norris, 91, American Olympic water polo player (1952).
* Ezio Motta, 90, Italian football referee (Serie A).
* G. N. Rangarajan, 90, Indian film director (Meendum Kokila, Ellam Inba Mayyam, Kadal Meengal).
* Murat Šaran, 71, Bosnian footballer (Sarajevo, Rijeka, Levante).
* Tim Tolman, 65, American baseball player (Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers), Parkinson's disease.
* Yoshio Yatsu, 86, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1986–1990, 1992–2009) and minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries (2000–2001).
* John Sacret Young, 75, American television writer and producer (China Beach, The West Wing, Firefly Lane), brain cancer.

### 4

* Jacques Amalric, 82, French journalist, editor-in-chief (Le Monde).
* Karla Burns, 66, American opera singer and actress (Show Boat), stroke.
* Rafael Castillejo, 68–69, Spanish researcher, cultural activist, and writer.
* Władysław Ciastoń, 96, Polish state official, general of MO, chief of SB and Deputy Interior Minister (1981–1987).
* Santiago Cid Harguindey, 76, Spanish politician, mayor of Verín (1983–1991).
* Douglas S. Cramer, 89, American television producer (Wonder Woman, Dynasty, The Love Boat) and art collector, heart and kidney failure.
* Roberto Depietri, 55, Argentine footballer (Club Olimpo, Deportivo Toluca), COVID-19.
* Roberto Derlin, 78, Italian football player (Genoa, Spezia Calcio) and manager (Sestri Levante).
* Loris Dominissini, 59, Italian football player (Udinese, Reggiana) and manager (Reggiana), COVID-19.
* David Dushman, 98, Danzig-born Russian Red Army soldier and fencing trainer.
* Richard R. Ernst, 87, Swiss physical chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1991).
* Tom Fink, 92, American politician, member (1967–1975) and speaker (1973–1975) of the Alaska House of Representatives, mayor of Anchorage (1987–1994).
* Vilen Galstyan, 80, Armenian ballet dancer and actor (The Color of Pomegranates).
* Yosef Govrin, 90, Israeli diplomat, ambassador to Romania (1985–1989) and to Austria, Slovakia, and Slovenia (1993–1995).
* Tilly Hirst, 79, New Zealand netball player (national team), world champion (1967).
* Dumitru Ivanov, 75, Moldovan politician, deputy (2005–2009).
* Vadim Kapranov, 81, Russian basketball player (Soviet team, CSKA, Dynamo Moscow) and coach, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
* Friederike Mayröcker, 96, Austrian poet.
* Barbara Mertens, 53, Belgian journalist and TV presenter (Bel RTL, RTL-TVI), cancer.
* John M. Patterson, 99, American politician, attorney general (1955–1959) and governor (1959–1963) of Alabama.
* Kalipatnam Ramarao, 96, Indian poet and writer.
* Nikolai Serdtsev, 73, Russian military officer, commander of the Russian Engineer Troops (1999–2008).
* Wolfgang Strödter, 73, German Olympic field hockey champion (1972).
* Clarence Williams III, 81, American actor (The Mod Squad, Purple Rain, The Butler), colon cancer.

### 5

* Lucette Aldous, 82, New Zealand-born Australian ballerina.
* Bikram Keshari Barma, 81, Indian politician, Odisha MLA (2004–2009), complications from COVID-19.
* Narinder Bragta, 68, Indian politician, Himachal Pradesh MLA (since 2017), complications from COVID-19.
* William F. Burns, 88, American major general.
* Jean-Claude Caron, 77, French actor (Navarro).
* Philippe Courtot, 76, French-American entrepreneur, chairman and CEO of Qualys (since 2001).
* Fred Foldvary, 75, American economist.
* Grace Griffith, 64, American folk and Celtic singer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
* F. Gerald Ham, 91, American archivist.
* Maksim Ishkeldin, 30, Russian bandy player (Sibselmash, Zorky, SKA-Neftyanik), blood clot.
* S. B. John, 87, Pakistani singer.
* TB Joshua, 57, Nigerian televangelist, founder of Synagogue, Church of All Nations.
* Ann Russell Miller, 92, American socialite and nun.
* George Murphy, 58, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MHA (2011–2015), heart attack.
* Nguyễn Thu Thủy, 44, Vietnamese beauty pageant winner, Miss Vietnam (1994), stroke.
* Kelvin Odenigbo, 20, Nigerian footballer (NAF Rockets, Vitebsk), drowned.
* Irena Ondrová, 71, Czech politician, senator (1996–2002), mayor of Zlín (2006–2010).
* Atal Bihari Panda, 92, Indian actor (Sala Budha, Aadim Vichar), playwright, and lyricist, complications from COVID-19.
* Dina Recanati, 93, Israeli artist.
* Richard Robinson, 84, American businessman and educator, president and CEO of Scholastic Corporation (since 1975).
* Surekha, 66, Indian actress (Mulamoottil Adima, Chekkeranoru Chilla, Idhuthanda Sattam), heart attack.
* Pedro Taberner, 74, Spanish footballer (RCD Mallorca, Celta de Vigo).
* Paulo Thiago, 75, Brazilian film director (Sagarana: The Duel, The Long Haul), screenwriter and producer.
* William Joseph Whelan, 96, British-born American biochemist.
* Galen Young, 45, American basketball player (Charlotte 49ers, Yakima SunKings, Perth Wildcats), injuries sustained from car accident.

### 6

* Camilla Amado, 82, Brazilian actress (Cordel Encantado, Prime Time Soap).
* Gwyn Arch, 90, British composer and choir director.
* Addo Bonetti, 95, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1967–1979).
* James B. Brennan, 95, American politician, member of the Wisconsin Senate (1959–1961), U.S. attorney of the Eastern District of Wisconsin (1961–1969).
* Paul Cahill, 65, English footballer (Portsmouth, California Surf).
* Lewis J. Clarke, 94, English-American landscape architect.
* Leonard Crow Dog, 78, American Lakota medicine man, liver cancer.
* Jovan I. Deretić, 82, Serbian publicist and writer.
* John Ernest Ekuban, 84, Ghanaian politician, MP (1993–1997).
* Murray Enkin, 97, Canadian physician and writer.
* Revaz Gabriadze, 84, Georgian screenwriter (Mimino, Kin-dza-dza!, Passport), writer and sculptor.
* Ted C. Gertsch, 87, American politician.
* Paokai Haokip, 80, Indian politician, MP (1967–1977), cancer.
* Aby Har Even, 84, Romanian-Israeli engineer, complications from arson injuries.
* Rolf Hellem, 97, Norwegian politician, MP (1965–1981).
* Jacques Behnan Hindo, 79, Turkish-born Syrian Syriac Catholic hierarch, archbishop of Al-Hasakah-Nisibis (1996–2019).
* Michel Host, 83, French writer, COVID-19.
* Ann Hraychuck, 69, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (2007–2011), cancer.
* William L. Joyce, 79, American archivist and academic administrator, cancer.
* Kim Yun-sim, 98, North Korean admiral, commander of the Korean People's Navy (1997–2007).
* Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, 92, Indonesian diplomat, minister of justice (1974–1978) and foreign affairs (1978–1988).
* Philip McCracken, 92, American visual artist.
* Michele Merlo, 28, Italian singer-songwriter, complications from cerebral hemorrhage.
* Julio Miranda, 74, Argentine politician, governor of Tucumán Province (1999–2003), senator (1992–1999, 2003–2009), and president of Atlético Tucumán (1997–1999).
* Kiyoo Mogi, 91, Japanese seismologist, aspiration pneumonia.
* Rick Mohr, 61, American football player (Toronto Argonauts, Saskatchewan Roughriders), heart attack.
* Maciej Morawski, 91, Polish journalist (Radio Free Europe).
* Betty Mpeka, 67, Ugandan physician, COVID-19.
* Ei-ichi Negishi, 85, Japanese chemist (Negishi coupling), Nobel Prize winner (2010).
* Mansour Ojjeh, 68, French-Saudi Arabian entrepreneur.
* Guaçu Piteri, 86, Brazilian politician, mayor of Osasco (1967–1970, 1977–1982), São Paulo MLA (1971–1975), and deputy (1975–1977).
* Chanie Rosenberg, 99, South African-born British activist and artist. (death announced on this date)
* Sanyika Shakur, 57, American criminal, member of Crips and author (Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member).
* Carol Smith, 95, American contralto.
* Frances Stein, 83, American-French fashion designer, lung cancer.
* Gérard Vergnaud, 88, French mathematician and philosopher.
* Philip Wong, 82, Hong Kong politician, MLC (1991–2012), brain cancer.
* Vera Zelinskaya, 76, Russian film production designer (Of Freaks and Men), Russian Guild of Film Critics winner (1988).

### 7

* Abd Rahman Yusof, 64, Malaysian politician, MP (1999–2004), lung cancer.
* Vadim Cojocaru, 60, Moldovan politician, deputy (since 2009).
* Dixie Dansercoer, 58, Belgian explorer, endurance athlete and photographer, fall.
* Iluminado Davila Medina, 102, Puerto Rican musician.
* Guglielmo Epifani, 71, Italian trade unionist and politician, general secretary of CGIL (2002–2010) and deputy (since 2013), pulmonary embolism.
* Jim Fassel, 71, American football coach (University of Utah, New York Giants) and player (The Hawaiians), heart attack.
* Larry Gelman, 90, American actor (The Bob Newhart Show, The Odd Couple, Maude), complications from a fall.
* Gertrud Herrbruck, 94, German Olympic swimmer (1952).
* Renato Iturrate, 99, Chilean Olympic cyclist (1948).
* Mikhail Karpeyev, 98, Russian military officer.
* Mumtaz Ali Khan, 94, Indian politician, Karnataka minister for minority affairs, haj, and wakf (2008–2013).
* David C. Lewis, American keyboardist (Ambrosia), brain cancer.
* Richard Longenecker, 91, American-Canadian scholar.
* John McDonnell, 82, Irish-born American athletics coach.
* Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur, 73, Iranian politician, MP (1990–1992, 2000–2004), minister of the interior (1985–1989), co-founder of Hezbollah, complications from COVID-19.
* Moon In-soo, 76, South Korean poet.
* Richard Nunns, 75, New Zealand traditional Māori instrumentalist.
* Pete Ohler, 80, Canadian football player (BC Lions, Winnipeg Blue Bombers), cancer.
* Risuke Otake, 95, Japanese martial artist.
* Ben Roberts, 70, British actor (The Bill, Jane Eyre, A Little Chaos), kidney failure.
* Martin Schechter, 90–91, American mathematician.
* Tom Stechschulte, 72, American actor (The Clairvoyant, What About Bob?, The Manchurian Candidate).
* Su Yiran, 102, Chinese revolutionary and politician, governor of Shandong (1979–1982), member of the Central Advisory Commission (1987–1992) and CCP Central Committee (1977–1987).
* Shaleen Surtie-Richards, 66, South African actress (Mama Jack, Fiela's Child, Egoli: Place of Gold).
* Fulvio Varglien, 85, Italian footballer (Triestina, Livorno, Pordenone).
* Dheeraj Verma, 53, Indian comic book artist, pulmonary fibrosis complicated by COVID-19.
* Yoo Sang-chul, 49, South Korean footballer (Ulsan Hyundai, Yokohama F. Marinos, national team), pancreatic cancer.
* John Zampieri, 80, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1965–1985), heart failure.

### 8

* John Angus, 82, English footballer (Burnley, national team).
* Sylvain Ducange, 58, Haitian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Port-au-Prince (since 2016), complications from COVID-19.
* Farhad Humayun, 42, Pakistani singer and drummer (Overload).
* Karen MacLeod, 63, British Olympic long-distance runner (1996).
* Joseph Margolis, 97, American philosopher.
* Édith Moskovic, 89, French Holocaust survivor and activist.
* Dean Parrish, 79, American soul singer.
* Desanka Pešut, 79, Serbian Olympic sport shooter (1976).
* Tim Pickup, 72, Australian rugby league player (Canterbury-Bankstown, St Helens, national team), complications from dementia.
* Dave Reid, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
* Ivy Ruckman, 90, American author (Night of the Twisters).
* K. Sornam, 88, Indian journalist and film director (Ulagam Sutrum Valiban, Thangathile Vairam).
* Gennadi Syomin, 53, Russian football player (FShM Torpedo Moscow, Fakel Voronezh) and manager (Dynamo Voronezh).
* Ilpo Tiihonen, 70, Finnish writer.
* C. M. Udasi, 84, Indian politician, four-time Karnataka MLA.
* Kamla Verma, 93, Indian politician, Haryana MLA (1977–2000), mucormycosis.

### 9

* Rabi Banerjee, 70, Indian cricketer (Bengal), complications from COVID-19.
* Jan Bieleman, 72, Dutch historian.
* Gottfried Böhm, 101, German architect (Maria, Königin des Friedens) and sculptor, Pritzker Prize winner (1986).
* Edward de Bono, 88, Maltese philosopher (lateral thinking) and author (Six Thinking Hats, The Mechanism of Mind).
* Saul B. Cohen, 95, American human geographer.
* Dale Danks, 81, American politician, mayor of Jackson, Mississippi (1977–1989), complications from a stroke.
* Claude Dufau, 75, French rugby union player and manager.
* Jon Hameister-Ries, 37, Canadian football player (BC Lions).
* Cynthia Hargrave, 64, American film producer (Bottle Rocket, Perfume).
* Helmud Hontong, 58, Indonesian politician, vice regent of the Sangihe Islands (since 2017), heart attack.
* Abdul Latif Ibrahimi, 62, Afghan politician, governor of Kunduz (2002–2004), Faryab (2004–2005), and Takhar (2009–2010, 2013–2015), COVID-19.
* Robert Katzmann, 68, American jurist, judge (since 1999) and chief judge (2013–2020) for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, pancreatic cancer.
* Buddhika Kurukularatne, 77, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1989–1994).
* Kirkland Laing, 66, Jamaican-born British boxer, European welterweight champion (1990), British welterweight champion (1979–1980, 1987–1991).
* Steve Mrkusic, 92, New Zealand architect.
* Diogo Correa de Oliveira, 38, Brazilian footballer (Flamengo, Kalmar, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo), traffic collision.
* Alejandro Orfila, 96, Argentine diplomat and winemaker, secretary general of the Organization of American States (1975–1984).
* Robert W. Porter, 94, American neurosurgeon.
* Libuše Šafránková, 68, Czech actress (The Salt Prince, Tři oříšky pro Popelku, Kolya).
* Valentina Sidorova, 67, Russian fencer, Olympic champion (1976) and silver medalist (1980).
* Dakota Skye, 27, American pornographic film actress, acute multidrug intoxication.

### 10

* James E. Alderman, 84, American jurist, justice of the Supreme Court of Florida (1978–1985).
* Alexander, 68, Azerbaijani Russian Orthodox prelate, archbishop of Baku and Azerbaijan (since 1999), COVID-19.
* Douglas Cagas, 77, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (1998–2007), governor of Davao del Sur (2007–2013, since 2016), COVID-19.
* Buddhadeb Dasgupta, 77, Indian film director (Bagh Bahadur, Tahader Katha, Uttara) and poet, kidney disease.
* Peter C. Fishburn, 84, American mathematician.
* Henry Ford, 89, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers).
* Elizabeth French, 90, English archaeologist.
* Getatchew Haile, 90, Ethiopian-American philologist.
* Willem Konjore, 75, Namibian politician, member (1989–2010) and deputy speaker (2000–2005) of the National Assembly.
* Bob Leaf, 89, American public relations executive, cancer.
* Douglas Ley, 62, American academic and politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (since 2012).
* Frank Lobman, 67, Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer.
* Ray MacDonnell, 93, American actor (All My Children).
* Joyce MacKenzie, 95, American actress (Tarzan and the She-Devil).
* Mickey Muennig, 86, American architect.
* Neno, 59, Portuguese footballer (Vitória de Guimarães, Benfica, national team), heart attack.
* Duncan Pegg, 40, Australian politician, Queensland MP (since 2015), cancer.
* Sir Dai Rees, 85, British biochemist, chief executive of the Medical Research Council (1987–1996).
* Haico Scharn, 75, Dutch Olympic middle-distance runner (1972).
* Dingko Singh, 42, Indian Olympic boxer (2000), complications from liver cancer.
* Larisa Shoygu, 68, Russian politician, deputy (since 2007), complications from COVID-19.
* Gheorghe Staicu, 85, Romanian football player (Steaua București) and manager (Olimpia Satu Mare, Universitatea Cluj).
* Enzo Tonti, 85, Italian physicist and mathematician.
* John Wingard, 93, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1963–1972).

### 11

* Aziza Baccouche, 48, American physicist, brain tumour.
* Ivo Baldi Gaburri, 74, Italian-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Huaraz (1999–2004) and Huarí (since 2004), COVID-19.
* Heribert Beissel, 88, German conductor.
* Valentín de la Cruz, 92–93, Spanish monk and historian, member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.
* Husin Din, 68, Malaysian politician, Perak MLA (2008–2018).
* Art Ditmar, 92, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics), World Series champion (1958).
* Walter Michael Ebejer, 91, Maltese-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of União da Vitória (1976–2007).
* Geoffrey Edelsten, 78, Australian medical entrepreneur.
* Jerald Ericksen, 96, American mathematician.
* John Gabriel, 90, American actor (Ryan's Hope, Stagecoach, The Mary Tyler Moore Show), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Mudcat Grant, 85, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics).
* Haji Gora Haji, 88, Tanzanian poet.
* Hash Halper, 41, American street artist, suicide by jumping.
* Sando Harris, 58, Sri Lankan actor (Seethala Gini Kandu, A Common Man, Singa Machan Charlie) and stunt director.
* Kay Hawtrey, 94, Canadian actress (Funeral Home, Max & Ruby, Trapped in Paradise).
* Hessley Hempstead, 49, American football player (Detroit Lions), heart attack.
* Leroy Jones, 70, American football player (Edmonton Eskimos, San Diego Chargers).
* Taha Karaan, 52, South African Islamic scholar, complications from COVID-19.
* Dame Georgina Kirby, 85, New Zealand Māori leader and women's advocate.
* Jon Lukas, 72, Maltese musician.
* Surat Mathur, 90, Indian Olympic long-distance runner (1952).
* Bernardo Mercado, 69, Colombian boxer, cardiac arrest.
* Vern Miller, 92, American politician, attorney general of Kansas (1971–1975).
* David Naugle, 68–69, American religious philosopher and author.
* Ashok Panagariya, 71, Indian neurologist and medical researcher, complications from COVID-19.
* Lewis Pickles, 88, English cricketer (Somerset).
* Paola Pigni, 75, Italian middle-distance runner, Olympic bronze medallist (1972), heart attack.
* Lucinda Riley, 55, Northern Irish author and actress (Auf Wiedersehen, Pet), oesophageal cancer.
* Ron Sang, 82, Fijian-born New Zealand architect and art collector.
* Howard Sattler, 76, Australian radio host, progressive supranuclear palsy.
* Siddalingaiah, 67, Indian poet, COVID-19.
* Karel Štogl, 48, Czech lawyer, bureaucrat and diplomat.
* Andrzej Szczytko, 65, Polish actor and stage director.
* Bob Tata, 91, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1984–2014).
* Quarto Trabacchini, 71, Italian politician, deputy (1987–1994).
* Sara Wedlund, 45, Swedish Olympic long-distance runner (1996).
* Zhang Zuoji, 76, Chinese politician, minister of labour and social security (1998–2003), governor of Heilongjiang (2003–2007) and MP (2008–2018).

### 12

* Jack Adams, 34, English rugby union player (Gloucester, Moseley, Bristol), cancer.
* Dennis Berry, 76, American-French film director (The Big Delirium, Chloé, Highlander: The Raven).
* Anatoly Chukanov, 67, Russian racing cyclist, Olympic champion (1976).
* James Cohn, 93, American composer.
* Larry Giles, 73, American historical preservationist, leukemia.
* Chad Hundeby, 50, American long-distance swimmer, heart attack.
* Piyong Temjen Jamir, 87, Indian literary scholar.
* Witold Kieżun, 99, Polish economist and Warsaw Uprising insurgent.
* Marco Maciel, 80, Brazilian politician and academic, president of the Chamber of Deputies (1977–1979), minister of education (1985–1986), and vice president (1995–2002), COVID-19.
* John Marinatto, 63, American college athletics commissioner, commissioner of the Big East Conference (2009–2012).
* Jesús Martín-Barbero, 83, Spanish-born Colombian communication scientist.
* John Millman, 90, American-born Canadian-English Olympic cyclist (1952).
* Robert Edgcumbe, 8th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 82, New Zealand-British peer, member of the House of Lords (1982–1999).
* Fazlullah Mujadedi, 64, Afghan politician, governor of Logar (2001–2002) and Takhar (2017–2019), COVID-19. (death announced on this date)
* Richard Samson Odingo, 86, Kenyan environmental scientist.
* Ash Riser, 31, American musician and music producer.
* Slavko Špan, 83, Slovene Olympic steeplechaser (1964).
* William L. Swing, 86, American diplomat.
* Nergüin Tümennast, 54, Mongolian Olympic wrestler (1992).
* Gert Watzke, 98, Austrian Olympic rower (1948).
* Igor Zhelezovski, 57, Belarusian speed skater, Olympic silver (1994) and bronze medalist (1988), COVID-19.

### 13

* Ned Beatty, 83, American actor (Network, Deliverance, Superman).
* Hans Breuer, 90, German politician, mayor of Augsburg (1972–1990).
* JJ Brine, 38, American visual artist.
* Ken Burgess, 76, British-Israeli musician.
* Georges Cadoudal, 91, French sonneur.
* Siegfried Jost Casper, 92, German biologist.
* Hryhorii Chapkis, 91, Ukrainian dancer and choreographer, complications from COVID-19.
* Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, 84, Polish naval engineer and sailor.
* Raul de Souza, 86, Brazilian trombonist (Sérgio Mendes, Baden Powell, Milton Nascimento), throat cancer.
* Sven Erlander, 87, Swedish mathematician.
* Ashley Henley, 40, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (2016–2020), shot.
* Toeti Heraty, 87, Indonesian poet.
* Indira Hridayesh, 80, Indian politician, Uttarakhand MLA (2002–2007, since 2012), heart attack.
* Viktor Ivankov, 96, Russian military officer.
* Carol Jarecki, 86, American chess organizer.
* Maurice Joncas, 84, Canadian writer.
* Sir John Kemball, 82, British air marshal, deputy commander of RAF Strike Command (1989–1993).
* Deona Knajdek, 31, American activist, traffic collision.
* David Lightfoot, 61, Australian film producer (Wolf Creek), heart attack.
* Nikita Mandryka, 80, French comics artist (L'Écho des savanes, Pilote).
* Nirmal Saini, 82, Indian volleyball player (national team), COVID-19.
* Su Dongshui, 89, Chinese economist.
* Margarita Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya, 88, Russian Orientalist and academic.
* Saadi Youssef, 87, Iraqi poet and author, complications from lung cancer.
* Ziona, 75, Indian sect leader and polygamist.

### 14

* Jock Aird, 94, Scottish footballer (Burnley, national team).
* Paul Alexander, 83, American illustrator.
* Lisa Banes, 65, American actress (Cocktail, Young Guns, Gone Girl), traffic collision.
* Gunnar Birgisson, 73, Icelandic politician, MP (1999–2006).
* Enrique Bolaños, 93, Nicaraguan politician, president (2002–2007) and vice president (1997–2000).
* Livio Caputo, 87, Italian politician and journalist, senator (1994–1996), director of Il Giornale (since 2021).
* Chen Shijun, 23, Chinese student, stabbed.
* Manuel Clavero, 95, Spanish politician, assistant minister of the regions (1977–1979) and minister of culture (1979–1980).
* Sir Eion Edgar, 76, New Zealand businessman and philanthropist, chancellor of the University of Otago (1999–2003), pancreatic cancer.
* Sir Ian Hassall, 79, New Zealand paediatrician, commissioner for children (1989–1994).
* Schang Hutter, 86, Swiss sculptor.
* Robert D. Keppel, 76, American police officer (HITS database, investigations of Ted Bundy and Gary Ridgway).
* Mburumba Kerina, 89, Namibian politician and academic, deputy speaker of the Constituent Assembly (1989) and coiner of country's name, COVID-19.
* Markis Kido, 36, Indonesian badminton player, Olympic (2008) and world champion (2007, 2010), heart attack.
* Chris Kirubi, 80, Kenyan industrialist, cancer.
* Jean-Baptiste Libouban, 86, French syndicalist (Community of the Ark).
* Washington Jakoyo Midiwo, 54, Kenyan politician, MP (2007–2017), heart attack.
* Tuono Pettinato, 44, Italian comics writer and illustrator.
* Horst Rittner, 90, German chess grandmaster.
* Moira Roth, 87, British art historian.
* Dinah Shearing, 95, Australian actress (Farscape, Family and Friends, E Street).
* Edmund Sieminski, 88, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1979–1982).
* Adam Smelczyński, 90, Polish trap shooter, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
* Selçuk Tekay, 68, Turkish composer, heart attack.
* Facinet Touré, 87, Guinean politician, soldier and coup leader, minister of foreign affairs (1984–1985) and co-founder of the CMRN.
* Ivan Vertelko, 94, Russian military officer.
* Wang Chiu-Hwa, 95, Taiwanese architect, heart failure.
* Qazi Amin Waqad, 73–74, Afghan politician, leader of Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin, minister of communications (1994–1997).
* Robert C. Witcher, 94, American bishop.

### 15

* Aleksandr Averyanov, 72, Russian football player (Lokomotiv Moscow) and manager (Okean Nakhodka, Dynamo Saint Petersburg).
* Sheldon Bach, 96, American psychologist.
* Warren Barker, 92, Canadian journalist.
* Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati, 18, Indian chess variant inventor, cardiac arrest.
* Yves Dassonville, 73, French civil servant and statistician, high commissioner of New Caledonia (2007–2010).
* Thomas B. Day, 89, American scientist, president of San Diego State University (1978–1996).
* Silvio De Florentiis, 86, Italian Olympic long-distance runner (1960).
* Robert Desroches, 91, Canadian actor (Terre humaine, Duplessis, There's Always a Way to Find a Way).
* Allistar Fredericks, 49, South African Olympic field hockey player (1996).
* Pavel Galkin, 98, Russian military pilot.
* Howie Glover, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).
* M. A. Hannan, 86, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2014–2018), cancer.
* Allan Kiil, 57, Estonian swimmer.
* Paul Alois Lakra, 65, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Gumla (since 2006).
* Nikolai Lukashevich, 80, Russian military officer.
* Benon Magezi, 60, Ugandan Anglican prelate, bishop of North Kigezi (since 2017), COVID-19.
* Jim Phelan, 92, American college basketball coach (Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers).
* Ron Saul, 73, American football player (Houston Oilers, Washington Redskins).
* Jackie Shako Diala Anahengo, 62, Congolese actress.
* Vladimir Shatalov, 93, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10), twice Hero of the Soviet Union.
* Thaika Shuaib, 90, Indian Islamic scholar.
* James Jim Skosana, 59, South African politician, member of the National Assembly (2009–2018).
* Vince Steckler, 62, American businessman, CEO of Avast, traffic collision.
* Tim Thorney, 66, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and record producer.
* William vanden Heuvel, 91, American attorney and author.
* Anna C. Verna, 90, American politician, member (1975–2012) and president (1999–2011) of the Philadelphia City Council.
* Sanchari Vijay, 37, Indian actor (Harivu, Naanu Avanalla...Avalu, Killing Veerappan), traffic collision.
* Gustavo Villapalos, 71, Spanish academic and politician, rector of Complutense University of Madrid (1987–1995).
* Lily Weiding, 96, Danish actress (Lady with the Light Gloves, Be Dear to Me, Martha).
* Jack B. Weinstein, 99, American jurist, judge (since 1967) and chief judge (1980–1988) of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern New York.

### 16

* Edward Baldwin, 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, 83, British hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (1977–2018).
* Byrd Baylor, 97, American author.
* Renate Blank, 79, German politician, MP (1990–2009).
* Frank Bonner, 79, American actor (WKRP in Cincinnati, Just the Ten of Us) and television director (City Guys), complications from Lewy body dementia.
* Michael Champion, 74, American singer and actor (Beverly Hills Cop, Total Recall, Pink Cadillac).
* Chandrashekhar, 98, Indian actor (Surang, Cha Cha Cha, Ramayan).
* Chou Ching-chun, 77, Taiwanese social activist and politician, president of the Patriot Alliance Association (since 2018), COVID-19.
* Bill Dotson, 80, American middle-distance runner, cancer.
* Laila Hirvisaari, 83, Finnish author.
* Huang Xiling, 94, Chinese geotechnical specialist, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
* A. Santha Kumar, 52, Indian playwright and screenwriter, complications from leukaemia and COVID-19.
* Jabu Mabuza, 63, South African utilities executive, chairman of Eskom (since 2018), COVID-19.
* Janet Malcolm, 86, Czech-born American journalist (The New Yorker, Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession, The Journalist and the Murderer), lung cancer.
* Allen Midgette, 82, American actor (La commare secca, Before the Revolution, Lonesome Cowboys).
* Mogens Møller, 86, Danish minimalist artist.
* J. Peter Neary, 71, Irish economist.
* K. S. Nijhar, 85, Malaysian politician, MP (1999–2008).
* John Osmers, 86, New Zealand anti-apartheid activist and Anglican cleric, bishop of East Zambia (1995–2002), complications from COVID-19.
* Joel Otim, 49, Ugandan Olympic sprinter (1992), COVID-19.
* Bhekiziziwe Peterson, 60, South African writer and academic.
* Norman Powell, 86, American television producer (24) and executive, acute respiratory failure.
* Cyril Ranatunga, 91, Sri Lankan military officer.
* Swatilekha Sengupta, 71, Indian actress (Ghare Baire, Bela Seshe), kidney disease.
* Dwight Siebler, 83, American professional baseball player (Minnesota Twins).
* Richard Stolley, 92, American journalist and editor (People), heart disease.
* Boris Tarasov, 89, Russian military officer and politician, member of the Supreme Soviet (1990–1993).
* Vance Trimble, 107, American journalist (The Kentucky Post), Pulitzer Prize winner (1960).
* Romulo Yanes, 62, Cuban-born American photographer (Gourmet), peritoneal cancer.
* Novica Zdravković, 73, Serbian folk musician, prostate cancer.

### 17

* Halvard Bjørkvik, 96, Norwegian historian.
* Ulrich Bremi, 91, Swiss politician, member (1986–1989) and president (1990–1991) of the National Council.
* Mike Burgess, 89, Canadian-born English footballer (AFC Bournemouth).
* Kamil Ferkhanov, 56, Russian footballer (Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda, Turbostroitel Kaluga, Volga Ulyanovsk), heart attack.
* Fane Flaws, 70, New Zealand musician, songwriter, and artist (Blerta, The Crocodiles, The Spats).
* Billy Fuccillo, 65, American car dealer.
* Alex Harvill, 29, American motorcycle stuntman, crash during practice.
* Kenneth Kaunda, 97, Zambian politician, president (1964–1991), prime minister of Northern Rhodesia (1964) and chairperson of the NAM (1970–1973), pneumonia.
* Robert Lima, 48, Uruguayan football player (Peñarol, Chacarita) and manager (Juticalpa), cardiac arrest.
* Mary Frances McDonald, 91–92, Irish feminist.
* Shaman Mithru, 43, Indian actor (Thorati) and cinematographer (Huchudugaru), COVID-19.
* Clive Murphy, 85, British author and social historian.
* John Mutwa, 60, Namibian military officer.
* Tubilandu Ndimbi, 73, Congolese footballer (AS Vita Club, national team).
* Teddy Parker, 83, German singer.
* Eric Pike, 84, South African Anglican prelate, bishop of Port Elizabeth (1993–2001).
* Deniz Poyraz, 38, Turkish political operative, shot.
* Juha Siira, 75, Finnish Olympic sailor (1976, 1980).
* B. Vijayakrishna, 71, Indian cricketer (Karnataka).
* Xu Yuanchong, 100, Chinese literary translator.
* Giacomo Zani, 89, Italian conductor and musicologist, traffic collision.

### 18

* Lamia Abbas Amara, 92, Iraqi poet.
* Jeannette Altwegg, 90, Indian-born English figure skater, Olympic champion (1952).
* Giampiero Boniperti, 92, Italian footballer (Juventus, national team) and politician, MEP (1994–1999), heart failure.
* Boris Borovsky, 82, Russian tennis player and sports journalist.
* Ron Buxton, 72, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1993–2012), lung disease.
* John Bertrand Conlan, 90, American politician, member of the Arizona Senate (1965–1973) and U.S. House of Representatives (1973–1977).
* Gérard Fromanger, 81, French artist.
* Gift of Gab, 50, American rapper (Blackalicious, Quannum Projects).
* Joralf Gjerstad, 95, Norwegian faith healer.
* Sir Ronald Halstead, 94, British businessman, heart failure.
* Ian MacGillivray, 100, Scottish doctor.
* John Martyr, 89, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1975–1980) and Senate (1981–1983).
* Edward Mortimer, 77, British civil servant, journalist and academic, cancer.
* Rodrigo Munilla, 44, Argentine sports journalist, COVID-19.
* S. Ramesan Nair, 73, Indian poet and lyricist, COVID-19.
* Andrés Ortiz-Osés, 78, Spanish philosopher.
* S. R. Ramaiah, 102, Indian politician, Karnataka MLA (1957–1962).
* Hélène Ramjiawan, 69, Surinamese children's book author.
* Emma Roca Rodríguez, 47, Spanish ski mountaineer, vulvar cancer.
* Vekuii Rukoro, 66, Namibian lawyer, politician and traditional leader, MP (1989–2000), attorney general (1995–2000), and chief of the Herero people (since 2014), COVID-19.
* Milkha Singh, 91, Indian Olympic sprinter (1956, 1960, 1964) and writer (The Race of My Life), COVID-19.
* Takeshi Terauchi, 82, Japanese rock guitarist and actor (Ereki no Wakadaishō), pneumonia.
* Hans Toch, 91, Austrian-born American social psychologist.
* Joan Ullyot, 80, American physician and marathon runner.
* Andrew Welsh, 77, Scottish politician, MP (1974–1979, 1987–2001), MSP (1999–2011).

### 19

* Dhiraj Bora, 69, Indian physicist.
* Freimut Börngen, 90, German astronomer.
* Champ, 12, American dog, presidential pet (since 2021).
* Ove Emanuelsson, 80, Swedish Olympic sprint canoer (1960, 1964, 1968).
* Isaac Fola-Alade, 87, Nigerian architect (1004 Estate).
* Armin Franulic, 77, Bolivian rally driver.
* Winfried Gottschalk, 77, German racing cyclist.
* Leon Greene, 89, English actor (A Challenge for Robin Hood, Flash Gordon, The Return of the Musketeers) and opera singer.
* Éric Guglielmi, 51, French photographer and photojournalist.
* Richard C. Howe, 97, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (1951–1959, 1969–1973) and Senate (1973–1979), chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court (1998–2002).
* Carel Knoppers, 91, Dutch politician, mayor of Abcoude (1963–1974) and Ommen (1974–1990).
* Colin Loader, 90, New Zealand rugby union player (Wellington, national team).
* Juan Alberto Merlos, 76, Argentine Olympic cyclist (1964, 1968).
* Tapu Mishra, 36, Indian Ollywood playback singer (Mate Ta Love Helare, Dream Girl, Love Dot Com), complications from COVID-19.
* Roger Mpanano, 58, Congolese politician, member of the National Assembly (2007–2018).
* Jayanta Naskar, 73, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (since 2011), COVID-19.
* Arnold Odermatt, 96, Swiss police photographer.
* Philousports, 49, French internet personality, heart attack.
* Alaa al-Siddiq, 33, Emirati human rights activist, traffic collision.
* Lennox Stewart, 71, Trinidadian Olympic middle-distance runner (1972).
* Boryana Straubel, 38, Bulgarian business executive (Tesla, Wikimedia Foundation), traffic collision.
* Stanislav Tomáš, 46, Czech Romani citizen, drug overdose.
* Glenn Watkins, 94, American musicologist.
* Spencer Whelan, 49, English footballer (Chester City, Shrewsbury Town).

### 20

* Mike Bailey, 71, Australian television presenter (ABC, Seven News), stroke.
* Harry Cameron, 73, Australian rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs, Queensland).
* Thomas Cleary, 72, American author and translator.
* Marianne Debouzy, 91, French historian.
* Isla Dewar, 74, Scottish novelist and screenwriter (Women Talking Dirty), heart attack.
* Gordon Dunne, 62, Northern Irish politician, MLA (2011–2021).
* David Edwards, 56, Welsh musician (Datblygu) and writer.
* Bernette Ford, 70, American author, cancer.
* Juan Forn, 61, Argentine writer and translator.
* Alex Hesegem, 63, Indonesian politician, vice governor of Papua (2006–2011), complications from diabetes, pneumonia and COVID-19.
* Daniel Ivin, 89, Croatian writer, politician and human rights activist, co-founder of the Croatian Social Liberal Party.
* Jeanne Lamon, 71, American-Canadian violinist and conductor.
* Lionel Leroy, 65, French singer.
* Joanne Linville, 93, American actress (A Star Is Born, Scorpio, James Dean).
* Anatoly Lysenko, 84, Russian television personality, journalist and producer.
* Irene Mambilima, 69, Zambian jurist, chief justice (since 2015) and deputy chief justice (2008–2015) of the Supreme Court.
* Mark Peel, 66, American chef (Campanile), cancer.
* Lucas Pereira, 39, Brazilian footballer (AC Ajaccio), COVID-19.
* Peter Rock, 79, German footballer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).
* Gianna Rolandi, 68, American operatic soprano.
* Herbert Schnoor, 94, German politician and lawyer, minister of the interior of North Rhine-Westphalia (1980–1995).
* Neville Sillitoe, 96, Australian athletics coach.
* Luis del Sol, 86, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Juventus, national team) and coach.
* Ike Stubblefield, 69, American organist, cancer.
* Herbert Titus, 83, American lawyer and politician.
* Bernard Van Der Linde, 75, Dutch-born French cyclist, leukemia.
* Laura Yasán, 60, Argentine poet, suicide.

### 21

* Amarasigamani, 70, Indian poet and actor (Raman Abdullah, Julie Ganapathi, Rendu).
* Jack Bertolini, 87, Scottish footballer (Workington, Brighton & Hove Albion, Stirling Albion).
* Gabriele Boscetto, 76, Italian politician and lawyer, senator (2001–2006, 2008–2013), president of the Province of Imperia (1995–2001).
* Oleg Burlakov, 71, Russian businessman and inventor, COVID-19.
* Diego Cortez, 74, American art curator, kidney failure.
* Nina Divíšková, 84, Czech actress (Morgiana, Shameless).
* Mark Doumit, 59, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1997–2002) and Senate (2002–2006), heart attack.
* Jean Guéguinou, 79, French diplomat, ambassador to the United Kingdom (1993–1998), Czechoslovakia (1990–1993) and the Holy See (1993–1998).
* Nobuo Hara, 94, Japanese jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.
* Haribhushan, Indian politician and guerrilla, COVID-19.
* Masatomi Ikeda, 81, Japanese aikidoka.
* Usman Kakar, 60, Pakistani politician, senator (2015–2021), brain hemorrhage.
* Mamady Keïta, 70, Guinean drummer.
* Tom Kurvers, 58, American ice hockey player (New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils), Stanley Cup champion (1986), lung cancer.
* Tiit Madisson, 71, Estonian activist, writer and politician, mayor of Lihula (2002–2005).
* Harry Prosen, 90, American psychiatrist.
* Reshma, 42, Indian actress (Ennai Thalatta Varuvala, Kizhakku Mugam, Vadagupatti Maapillai), complications from COVID-19.
* Tamanofuji Shigeru, 71, Japanese sumo wrestler, liver cancer.
* Hatiro Shimomoto, 85, Brazilian politician, São Paulo MLA (1971–1999), COVID-19 and diabetes.
* Jeffrey Steele, 89, British abstract painter.
* Richard S. Stein, 95, American scientist.
* Tuufuli Uperesa, 73, American football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Ottawa Rough Riders, Philadelphia Eagles), kidney failure.

### 22

* Mohiuddin Ahmed, 77, Bangladeshi publisher.
* Patrick Allen, 59, American football player (Houston Oilers).
* Giancarlo Amadeo, 87, Italian football player (Pro Patria) and manager (Borgosesia).
* Jim Bessman, 68, American music journalist (Billboard).
* Winsford Devine, 77, Trinidadian songwriter.
* Hans Drewanz, 91, German conductor.
* Yaroslav Dumanskyi, 61, Ukrainian footballer (Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk, Karpaty Lviv, Dynamo Kyiv).
* Donald Gemmell, 89, New Zealand Olympic rower (1956).
* Patricia Reilly Giff, 86, American author (Lily's Crossing, Pictures of Hollis Woods).
* Horacio González, 77, Argentine teacher and essayist, director of the National Library of the Argentine Republic (2005–2015, since 2019), COVID-19.
* Poovachal Khader, 72, Indian lyricist (Chuzhi, Criminals, Utsavam), complications from COVID-19.
* Mzilikazi Khumalo, 89, South African composer.
* Masatake Kuranishi, 96, Japanese mathematician (Cartan–Kuranishi prolongation theorem).
* Richard H. Kyle, 84, American jurist, justice of the U.S. District Court for Minnesota (since 1992).
* Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale, 72, British aristocrat.
* Pandukht Manukyan, 70, Armenian politician, governor of Vayots Dzor Province (1997–2003), deputy (1995–1999).
* Hamid Mojtahedi, 79, Iranian film director (Iran Documentary), liver cancer.
* Chloe Munro, Australian public servant.
* Giulia Niccolai, 86, Italian poet and translator.
* Zbigniew Pełczyński, 95, Polish-British political philosopher and academic.
* Parassala B. Ponnammal, 96, Indian Carnatic musician.
* Reisen Ri, 79, Japanese actress and theater director, pneumonia.
* René Robert, 72, Canadian ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies), heart attack.
* Antonio Salines, 84, Italian actor (Monella, The Gamecock, Senso '45) and director.
* Vitaliy Shalychev, 74, Ukrainian football player (Shakhtar Donetsk, Kolhozchi Aşgabat) and coach (FC Ocean Kerch).
* Sergei Shaposhnikov, 98, Russian football player (Ska-Khabarovsk) and manager (CSKA Moscow, SKA Odesa).
* Gordana Suša, 75, Serbian journalist (Blic).
* Tsevi E. Tal, 94, Polish-born Israeli judge, justice of the Supreme Court (1994–1997).
* Per Inge Torkelsen, 68, Norwegian comedian, complications from surgery.
* Leopoldo Torres, 80, Spanish jurist and politician, deputy (1979–1989) and attorney general (1990–1991).
* Jean-Pierre Vallat, 69, French historian and archeologist.
* Ad van 't Veer, 80, Dutch music director and music group founder (Xenakis Ensemble).
* Derek Fuller Wrigley, 97, English-born Australian architect.

### 23

* Paul Auerbach, 70, American physician and author, brain tumor.
* Viktor Balashov, 96, Russian radio and television presenter.
* Johannes Baumgartner, 93, Swiss Olympic runner (1952).
* Mike Brooks, 66, American journalist (CNN).
* Kulasiri Budawatta, 71, Sri Lankan dancer and choreographer.
* Bill Byrne, 80, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
* Cassandra Go, 25, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse.
* Melissa Coates, 50, Canadian professional wrestler (DSW, NWWL), bodybuilder and actress (Extreme Dodgeball), complications from COVID-19.
* Eldon Danenhauer, 85, American football player (Denver Broncos).
* Diana de Feo, 84, Italian journalist and politician, senator (2008–2013).
* Wojciech Karolak, 82, Polish musician.
* Priscilla Kavita, 59, Namibian politician.
* Jackie Lane, 79, British actress (Doctor Who, Compact).
* Alan Lewis, 75, British music journalist and editor.
* Tomáš Lom, 96, Czech World War II veteran.
* Brian London, 87, English heavyweight boxer, British and Commonwealth champion (1958–1959).
* John McAfee, 75, British-American computer programmer and businessman (McAfee Associates), suicide by hanging.
* Ellen McIlwaine, 75, American-born Canadian guitarist and blues singer, cancer.
* Mike McLachlan, 75, American politician, member of the Colorado House of Representatives (2013–2015).
* Morton Myles, 92, American fashion designer.
* Beryl Penrose, 90, Australian tennis player.
* Clare Peploe, 79, British-Italian film director (High Season, The Triumph of Love) and screenwriter (Zabriskie Point).
* Viktor Potapov, 87, Russian military aviator, commander of Soviet Naval Aviation (1988–1991) and Russian Naval Aviation (1991–1994).
* Raymond, 32, Burmese singer-songwriter, cerebral malaria.
* Jean-Pierre Renevier, 92, Swiss Olympic sailor (1964).
* Med Reventberg, 73, Swedish actress (Ronia, the Robber's Daughter).
* Ramón Romero Roa, 55, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, deputy (since 2013), COVID-19.
* Pentti Saarman, 79, Finnish Olympic boxer (1972).
* Robert Sacchi, 89, Italian-born American actor (The Man with Bogart's Face, Casa d'appuntamento, Funland).
* Barbara Sargeant, 81, Australian Olympic swimmer (1956).
* Bev Scalze, 77, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2005–2013) and Senate (2013–2017), cancer.
* Arturo Schwarz, 97, Italian art historian, poet, and writer.
* Martine Segalen, 80, French ethnologist.
* Yuriy Sevenard, 85, Russian politician, deputy (1991–1999), COVID-19.
* Shalala, 61, Filipino television host (Juicy!, Hey It's Saberdey!, Good Morning Club) and comedian, cardiac arrest.
* Vyacheslav Shverikas, 60, Russian politician, senator (2004–2017).
* René Sylvestre, 58, Haitian jurist and lawyer, president of the Supreme Court (since 2019), COVID-19.
* Ngarikutuke Tjiriange, 77, Namibian politician, member of the Constituent Assembly (1989–1990) and National Assembly (1990–2010), minister of justice (1990–2003).
* Bart Van Lancker, 48, Belgian football coach (KV Kortrijk, Sint-Truiden, OH Leuven), cancer.
* Daniel Vélez, 47, Colombian footballer (DIM, Atlético Bucaramanga, Santa Fe), COVID-19.
* Mila Ximénez, 69, Spanish journalist, writer, and television personality, lung cancer.
* Darius Young, 83, American Olympic shooter (1988, 1992).
* Peter Zinovieff, 88, British engineer (EMS VCS 3) and composer.

### 24

* Benigno Aquino III, 61, Filipino politician, president (2010–2016), senator (2007–2010) and member of the House of Representatives (1998–2007), diabetic nephropathy.
* Francis X. Archibald, 89, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1981–1986).
* Brian Baker, 47, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2002–2008), complications from COVID-19.
* Nizar Banat, 42, Palestinian human rights activist.
* Mohamed Boucha, 54–55, Nigerien politician, minister of employment, labor and social protection (2020–2021).
* Sonny Callahan, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1985–2003), Alabama Senate (1979–1985) and House of Representatives (1971–1979).
* Misheck Chidzambwa, 66, Zimbabwean football player (Dynamos, national team) and manager (Chapungu United).
* Stephen Dunn, 82, American poet, Pulitzer Prize winner (2001), complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Tom Flaws, 89, New Zealand cricketer (Otago).
* Neil Hirsch, 74, American businessman, founder of Telerate.
* Richard Hoffmann, 96, American composer and musicologist.
* Paul B. Huber, 86, American-Canadian economist.
* Frederick S. Humphries, 85, American educator, president of Florida A&M University (1985–2001).
* David Lee Hunter, 87, American mathematician.
* Alain Paul Lebeaupin, 76, French Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic nuncio to the European Union (2012–2020), heart attack.
* Dick Leonard, 90, British writer, journalist and politician, MP (1970–1974).
* Paul Mea, 81, I-Kiribati Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Tarawa and Nauru (1978–2020).
* Juliette Minces, 83, French sociologist.
* Ludwig Müller, 79, German footballer (1. FC Nürnberg, Hertha, West Germany national team).
* Zedekia Ngavirue, 88, Namibian diplomat.
* Isabel Pallarès, 57, Spanish teacher and trade unionist.
* Thomas G. Plaskett, 77, American business executive.
* Bachir Qamari, 70, Moroccan literary critic.
* Alain Richard, 95, French monk.
* Keith Rutter, 89, English footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Colchester United). (death announced on this date)
* Edna Schmidt, 51, Puerto Rican journalist.
* Sivan, 89, Indian photographer, cinematographer and film director (Yagam, Abhayam).
* Eleazar Soria, 73, Peruvian footballer (Universitario, Independiente, national team) and lawyer.
* Ronald I. Spiers, 95, American diplomat, Ambassador to the Bahamas (1973–1974), Turkey (1977–1980) and Pakistan (1981–1983).
* Trần Thiện Khiêm, 95, Vietnamese military officer and politician, prime minister of South Vietnam (1969–1975).
* Don Worland, 89, Australian footballer (Geelong).
* LaMetta Wynn, 87, American politician, mayor of Clinton, Iowa (1995–2007), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Petr Zuman, 95, Czech chemist.

### 25

* Brian Bamford, 85, English professional golfer.
* Olga Barnet, 69, Russian actress (Solaris, The Flight of Mr. McKinley, Takeoff).
* Oliva Blanchette, 92, American philosopher.
* Serge Buttet, 66, French Olympic swimmer (1976).
* Luis Cáceres Velásquez, 90, Peruvian politician, mayor of Juliaca (1964–1970, 1975, 1981–1983) and Arequipa (1987–1992), congressman (2000–2001).
* Harry deLeyer, 93, Dutch-born American equestrian.
* Juergen B. Donges, 80, German economist.
* John Erman, 85, American television director (My Favorite Martian, Peyton Place, That Girl), Emmy winner (1983).
* Marcos Ferrufino, 58, Bolivian football player (Club Bolívar, national team) and manager (San José), COVID-19.
* Justine Héroux, 78-79, Canadian film and television producer (The Crime of Ovide Plouffe).
* June Kenney, 87, American actress.
* José Nino Gavazzo, 81, Uruguayan military officer and convicted criminal.
* Antonio Helguera, 55, Mexican cartoonist (La Jornada).
* Jack Ingram, 84, American Hall of Fame racing driver, NASCAR Busch Grand National Series champion (1982, 1985).
* Raymond Masono, Bougainvillean politician, vice-president (2017–2020).
* Jack Melick, 91, American bandleader and pianist.
* Rinaldo Rafanelli, 71, Argentine singer (Sui Generis, Color Humano).
* Yuri Raizer, 94, Russian theoretical physicist.
* Umberto Riva, 93, Italian architect, designer and academic.
* Chandrama Santha, 83, Indian politician, MLA.
* Kostas Sarantidis, 94, Greek-Vietnamese guerrilla fighter.
* Ahmed Bilal Shah, 67, Pakistani-Zimbabwean physician and television presenter, COVID-19.
* John Sigley, 89, New Zealand cricketer (Wellington).
* Andy Wells, 75–77, Canadian politician, mayor of St. John's (1997–2008).
* Peter Willis, 54, British journalist and newspaper editor (Sunday Mirror, The Sunday People).
* Wes, 57, Cameroonian singer ("Alane"), complications from surgery.

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* Antoine Bailly, 76, Swiss geographer, recipient of the Vautrin Lud Prize (2011).
* Joseph Behar, 94, American television director (From These Roots, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital).
* José Paulo Bisol, 92, Brazilian politician, deputy (1983–1987) and senator (1987–1995), multiple organ failure.
* Arnold H. Buss, 96, American psychologist.
* Marcelo Campo, 63, Argentine rugby union player (Club Pueyrredón, national team), heart attack.
* Sow-Hsin Chen, 86, Taiwanese physicist.
* Edward Crowther, 92, British-born South African-American Anglican prelate, bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman (1965–1967).
* Dennis Good, 94, English cricketer (Worcestershire, Glamorgan).
* Dave Gorsuch, 82, American Olympic alpine skier (1960).
* Mike Gravel, 91, American politician, senator (1969–1981), member (1963–1967) and speaker (1965–1967) of the Alaska House of Representatives, myeloma.
* Abdalelah Haroun, 24, Sudanese-born Qatari Olympic sprinter (2016), Asian Games 400m champion (2018), world junior 400m champion (2016), traffic collision.
* Jon Hassell, 84, American trumpeter and composer.
* Paula Jacobs, 88–89, English actress (Albion Market, An American Werewolf in London, The Remains of the Day).
* S. Kameswaran, 98, Indian surgeon.
* Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, 91, Pakistani jurist and politician, chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court (1992–1994) and caretaker prime minister (2013), cardiac arrest.
* John Langley, 78, American television producer (Cops), heart attack.
* José Antonio Morales Ehrlich, 85, Salvadoran politician, mayor of San Salvador (1974–1976, 1987–1988).
* Lebogang More, 41, South African politician, Gauteng MPL (since 2013).
* Joyce Mulliken, 75, American politician, cancer.
* Josip Osti, 75, Bosnian-born Slovenian poet and translator.
* Jhon Mario Ramírez, 49, Colombian football player (Boyacá Chicó, national team) and manager (Patriotas), COVID-19.
* Frederic Rzewski, 83, American composer (The People United Will Never Be Defeated!) and pianist, heart attack.
* Johnny Solinger, 55, American singer-songwriter (Skid Row), liver failure.
* David Yale, 93, British legal historian.

### 27

* Donald Arnold, 85, Canadian rower, Olympic champion (1956), heart failure.
* Silvano Bertini, 81, Italian boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (1964).
* Big Jake, 20, American Belgian gelding, tallest living horse (since 2010). (death announced on this date)
* Reuven Bulka, 77, Canadian rabbi, leader of Machzikei Hadas (since 1967), liver and pancreatic cancer.
* Lellia Cracco Ruggini, 89, Italian historian.
* Jean-Claude Dionne, 86, Canadian geographer and professor.
* Jack G. Downing, 80, American CIA field officer, colon cancer.
* Jevgeņijs Drobots, 74, Latvian politician, member of the Supreme Council (1990–1993).
* Kolbein Falkeid, 87, Norwegian poet.
* Noel Furlong, 83, Irish poker player and carpet distributor.
* Erwin Carl Gangl, 83, American electrical engineer, fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
* Gao Shangquan, 92, Chinese economist.
* Alison Greenspan, 48, American film and television producer (Monte Carlo, The Best of Me, For Life), cancer.
* Steven Horwitz, 57, American economist.
* Jiang Jingshan, 85, Chinese aerospace engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
* José Luis Liso, 86, Spanish politician, mayor of Soria (1979–1987) and senator (1986–2000).
* Jean Macdonald, 101, Scottish archaeologist and museum curator.
* Lambert Mascarenhas, 106, Indian journalist (The Navhind Times, Goa Today) and independence activist.
* Dominick Montiglio, 73, American mob associate (Gambino crime family).
* Andrew Moody, 60, British journalist (China Daily, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Hiroaki Nakanishi, 75, Japanese electronics executive, president (2010–2014) and chairman (since 2014) of Hitachi, lymphoma.
* Kenneth Ogba, 54, Nigerian politician, Delta State MHA (since 2019).
* Peps Persson, 74, Swedish musician, heart failure.
* Khursheed Shahid, 95, Pakistani actress, cardiac arrest.
* Greg Sizer, 55, Australian footballer (Melbourne).
* Bill Weigand, 92, Canadian politician, mayor of Whitehorse (1991–1994).
* Ian White, 76, British politician, MEP (1989–1999).

### 28

* Lázaro Barbosa de Sousa, 32, Brazilian murderer and kidnapper, shot.
* Lauren Berlant, 63, American scholar and writer, cancer.
* Ivan Bordi, 83, Romanian Olympic water polo player (1956).
* Maurice Buffière, 87, French Olympic basketball player (1956).
* Burton Greene, 84, American jazz pianist.
* Harry Johnston, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1989–1997), member (1974–1986) and president (1984–1986) of the Florida Senate.
* Richard H. Jefferson, 90, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1987–1999).
* Liliane Kerjan, 81, French author.
* Jeannot Mwenze Kongolo, 61, Congolese politician, minister of interior affairs (1997–1998).
* Paul Koulak, 78, French composer.
* Vera Nikolić, 72, Serbian Olympic middle-distance runner (1968, 1972).
* Greg Noll, 84, American surfer.
* Fernand Ouellet, 94, Canadian author.
* Sergio Víctor Palma, 65, Argentine boxer, WBA super bantamweight champion (1980–1982), complications from COVID-19.
* Menelik Shabazz, 67, Barbadian-born British film director (Burning an Illusion), producer and educator, complications from diabetes.
* John C. H. Spence, 75, Australian-born American physicist.
* Joe Winston, 77, Irish Gaelic footballer (St Eunan's, Donegal).

### 29

* Dalenda Abdou, 92, Tunisian actress (El Icha), COVID-19.
* William S. Anderson, 102, British-American businessman, president of NCR (1972–1984).
* Rita Asfour, 88, American painter.
* Fintan Aylward, 93, Canadian jurist and politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MHA (1972–1975).
* Evgeni Bakardzhiev, 66, Bulgarian politician, MP (1997–2005).
* Gordon Brooks, 81, Barbadian cricket photographer (national team) and sports journalist.
* Ronnie Cramer, 64, American film producer and director.
* Stuart Damon, 84, American actor (General Hospital, The Champions, Port Charles), kidney failure.
* Abu Deraa, Iraqi militant, shot.
* Maxime Ferrari, 91, Seychellois politician, minister of labor (1975–1978), planning and development (1978–1982), and planning and external relations (1982–1984).
* Émile-José Fettweis, 93, Belgian architect.
* Delia Fiallo, 96, Cuban author and screenwriter (Lucecita, Estrellita mía, Cristal).
* Ramlan Hutahaean, 65, Indonesian Lutheran priest.
* Carolyn Tanner Irish, 81, American Anglican prelate, bishop of Utah (1996–2010).
* Xavier Lacroix, 74, French philosopher and theologian.
* John Lawton, 74, English hard rock singer (Uriah Heep, Lucifer's Friend).
* Petros Leventakos, 75, Greek footballer (Panachaiki, Ethnikos Piraeus, PAS Giannina).
* Norman Lowe, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
* Elizabeth Martínez, 95, American Chicana feminist.
* Vicky Peretz, 68, Israeli football player (Maccabi Tel Aviv, national team) and manager (Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan).
* Goolam Rajah, 74, South African cricket administrator and manager (national team), COVID-19.
* Scott Reid, 74, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies) and scout (Detroit Tigers).
* Jane, Lady Roberts, 71, British librarian and curator, royal librarian (2002–2013).
* Donald Rumsfeld, 88, American politician, secretary of defense (1975–1977, 2001–2006) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1963–1969), multiple myeloma.
* Onsi Sawiris, 91, Egyptian businessman, founder of Orascom Construction.
* Carlos Vilar, 91, Argentine sailor, world champion (1948, 1951), COVID-19 and heart disease.
* César Virguetti, 66, Bolivian politician and academic, deputy (since 2020), COVID-19.
* Robert Wykes, 95, American classical composer and flautist.
* Xue Yuqun, 89, Chinese hydrogeologist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

### 30

* Bonfoh Abass, 72, Togolese politician, member (1999–2013) and president (2005–2013) of the National Assembly, acting president (2005).
* Silvia Alessandri, 94, Chilean politician, deputy (1969–1973).
* Bart Bartholomew, 85, American Olympic weightlifter (1968).
* Skippy Blair, 97, American ballroom dancer.
* Jean Botham, 86, British Olympic swimmer (1952).
* Vic Briggs, 76, English blues and rock guitarist (Steampacket, Eric Burdon and the Animals), cancer.
* Ruth Budd, 97, Canadian bassist.
* Inge Danielsson, 80, Swedish footballer (Helsingborg, Ajax, national team).
* Richard Dolley, 61, South African cricket player (Eastern Province) and administrator, COVID-19.
* Antoinette Duclaire, 33, Haitian feminist and political activist, shot.
* Joel Edwards, 70, Jamaican-born British writer and broadcaster, general director of the Evangelical Alliance, cancer.
* Jimmy Fitzmorris, 99, American politician, lieutenant governor of Louisiana (1972–1980).
* Abdur Razzaq Iskander, 85, Pakistani Islamic scholar, chancellor of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia (since 1997), emir of AMTKN (since 2015) and president of Wifaq ul Madaris (since 2017).
* Daniel Jarvis, 85, Canadian politician.
* Ryūichi Kaneko, 72, Japanese photography historian and critic.
* Raj Kaushal, 49, Indian film director (Anthony Kaun Hai?, Shaadi Ka Laddoo, Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi) and producer, heart attack.
* K. V. Sampath Kumar, 64, Indian newspaper editor (Sudharma), heart attack.
* Janet Moreau, 93, American track and field athlete, Olympic champion (1952).
* Rafael Moreno Rojas, 84, Chilean politician, senator (1972–1973, 1998–2006).
* Barbara Murphy, 56, Irish nephrologist, glioblastoma.
* Paul Musso, 89, French Olympic sports shooter (1968).
* Bob Newland, 72, American football player (New Orleans Saints).
* Yasunori Oshima, 70, Japanese baseball player (Chunichi Dragons, Nippon Ham Fighters), colorectal cancer.
* The Patriot, 59, American professional wrestler (AWA, AJPW, WWF), heart attack.
* John L. Pearson, 95, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1966–1980).
* Arthur M. Poskanzer, 90, American experimental physicist.
* Dick Railsback, 75, American pole vaulter.
* Wayne Reid, 83, Australian tennis player.
* Märt Ringmaa, 83, Estonian serial bomber, stroke.
* William St Clair, 83, British historian.
* Sharad Tripathi, 49, Indian politician, MP (2014–2019).
* Alain Viala, 73, English literary scientist.
* Tim Webster, 71, American football player (Green Bay Packers).