# Deaths in September 2020
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The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2020.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
* Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

## September 2020
### 1

* Wick Allison, 72, American magazine publisher (National Review, The American Conservative) and author, bladder cancer.
* Nada Birko, 89, Croatian Olympic skier (1952).
* Joseph H. Connell, 96, American ecologist.
* Edwin M. Cronk, 102, American diplomat, Ambassador to Singapore (1972–1975).
* Délio dos Santos, 95, Brazilian pro-democracy lawyer and politician, Deputy (1979–1987), pneumonia.
* Arnold Frutkin, 101, American aerospace administrator.
* Shekhar Gawli, 45, Indian cricketer (Maharashtra), fall.
* Melanie Wade Goodwin, 50, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2005–2011), cancer.
* Vic Heron, 81-82, Australian politician.
* Shanna Hogan, 37, American author, drowned.
* Sheila Ingram, 63, American Olympic runner, silver medallist (1976).
* James Jackson, 76, American social psychologist.
* Jimmy Janes, 73, American comic book artist (Legion of Super-Heroes) and animator (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, X-Men: The Animated Series).
* Dianne Kirksey, 69–70, American actress and director.
* Boris Klyuyev, 76, Russian actor (D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, TASS Is Authorized to Declare...), People's Artist (2002), lung cancer.
* Vladislav Krapivin, 81, Russian children's author, pneumonia.
* François Lalande, 89, Algerian-born French actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, French Postcards, Dangerous Liaisons).
* Moose Lallo, 95, Canadian ice hockey player (Muskegon Zephyrs, Grand Rapids Rockets, Washington Presidents).
* Erick Morillo, 49, American DJ (Reel 2 Real), music producer and record label owner, acute ketamine toxicity.
* John Najarian, 92, American transplant surgeon.
* Sue C. Nichols, 55, American animator and screenwriter (The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Aladdin), cancer.
* Terje Steen, 76, Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player (1968, 1972), national team.
* Thomas L. Steffen, 90, American jurist, Justice (1982–1997) and Chief Justice (1995–1997) of the Supreme Court of Nevada.
* Lyndon Stevens, 79, Australian cricket umpire.
* Jerzy Szczakiel, 71, Polish speedway rider, world champion (1973).
* James A. Taylor, 92, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1971–1987).

### 2

* Abdúl Aramayo, 86, Bolivian footballer (Chaco Petrolero, Bolívar, national team).
* Georges Azenstarck, 85–86, French photographer.
* Danie Brits, 55, South African professional wrestler, heart attack.
* David Capel, 57, English cricketer (Northamptonshire, national team), brain tumour.
* Albert Cheesebrough, 85, English footballer (Burnley, Leicester City, Port Vale).
* Philippe Daverio, 70, French-born Italian art critic, gallerist, academic, and television presenter, cancer.
* Fred Davies, 81, English football player (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bournemouth) and manager (Shrewsbury Town), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
* Jon Dooley, 74, British racing driver.
* Stephen M. Drance, 95, Canadian ophthalmologist.
* Datta Ekbote, 84, Indian activist and politician, mayor of Pune, COVID-19.
* David Evans, 95, Australian RAAF Air Marshal, Chief of the Air Staff (1982–1985).
* M. J. Appaji Gowda, 69, Indian politician, Karnataka MLC (2013–2018), COVID-19.
* David Graeber, 59, American anthropologist and author (Bullshit Jobs, Debt: The First 5000 Years, The Utopia of Rules), internal bleeding.
* Ted Halstead, 52, American climatologist and author, fall.
* Clyde H. Hamilton, 86, American jurist, Judge of the D.S.C. (1981–1991) and Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (since 1991).
* Rinat Ibragimov, 59, Russian double bass player, COVID-19.
* Irving Kanarek, 100, American defense attorney (Charles Manson, Jimmy Lee Smith).
* Kang Kek Iew, 77, Cambodian internal security leader (Tuol Sleng, Santebal) and convicted war criminal, lung disease.
* Christian Liaigre, 77, French architect and interior designer.
* Esther McCready, 89, American nurse.
* Ismail Molla, 82, Greek politician, MP (1989–1990), stroke.
* Maria Celeste Nardini, 77, Italian politician.
* Carol Braun Pasternack, 70, American literary historian, brain cancer.
* Ramkrishna Baba Patil, 84, Indian politician, MP (1998–2004) and Maharashtra MLA (1985–1995), complications from diabetes.
* Mark Prent, 72, Canadian-American sculptor, aortic aneurysm.
* Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, 75, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Neuquén (1991–2001) and Lomas de Zamora (2001–2007), Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján (2007–2019), COVID-19.
* Serara Selelo-Mogwe, 93, Botswana nurse and academic.
* Wanda Seux, 72, Paraguayan-Argentine-Mexican vedette and actress (La vida difícil de una mujer fácil, Spicy Chile, Paradas Contínuas), complications from multiple strokes.
* John Shrapnell, 85, British-born New Zealand journalist, actor and singer.
* Adrianus Johannes Simonis, 88, Dutch Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht (1983–2007).
* Norman J. W. Thrower, 100, English-born American cartographer and scholar.
* František Vaněk, 88, Czech Olympic ice hockey player (1956, 1960).
* John Yates, 90, English footballer (Chester).
* William Yorzyk, 87, American Hall of Fame swimmer, Olympic champion (1956).
* Dave Zeller, 81, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).

### 3

* Kathleen Byerly, 76, American U.S Navy captain, cancer.
* Betty Caywood, 89, American sportscaster (Kansas City Athletics).
* Michael J. Cleary, 95, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Banjul (1981–2006).
* Antônio de Jesus Dias, 78, Brazilian pastor and politician, Deputy (1987–1991, 1991–1993), COVID-19.
* Alércio Dias, 77, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Deputy (1983–1991), gastrointestinal complications.
* Dito, 58, Portuguese football player (Braga, Benfica, national team) and manager, heart attack.
* Bernard Edelman, 82, French jurist, lawyer, and philosopher.
* Karel Knesl, 78, Czech footballer (Dukla Prague, Slavia Prague, Czechoslovakia national team), Olympic silver medallist (1964).
* Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert, 90, German surgeon.
* Mary Marzke, 83, American anthropologist.
* Jean-François Poron, 84, French actor (The Air of Paris, A Captain's Honor).
* Bill Pursell, 94, American composer ("Our Winter Love"), pianist and music teacher, COVID-19.
* Ahmed Al-Qadri, 64, Syrian agricultural engineer, Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform (2013–2020), COVID-19.
* Elkin Reilly, 81, Australian footballer (South Melbourne).
* Gianni Serra, 86, Italian film director and screenwriter.
* Félix Suárez Colomo, 69, Spanish Olympic racing cyclist (1972).
* Reinhard Theimer, 72, German Olympic hammer thrower (1968, 1972).
* Birol Ünel, 59, Turkish-born German actor (Head-On, Transylvania, Enemy at the Gates), cancer.

### 4

* Vince Agro, 83, Canadian politician and novelist.
* Bryan Anderson, 78, Canadian politician.
* Ajibade Babalade, 48, Nigerian footballer (Shooting Stars, national team), cardiac arrest.
* Sir Simon Boyle, 79, British business executive and public servant, Lord Lieutenant of Gwent (2001–2016).
* Lloyd Cadena, 26, Filipino YouTuber, COVID-19.
* Mike Cooley, 86, Irish engineer and trade unionist.
* Annie Cordy, 92, Belgian actress (Victor and Victoria, Ces dames s'en mêlent, Souvenir of Gibraltar) and singer, cardiac arrest.
* Peter Cronjé, 70, South African rugby union player (Golden Lions, national team), cancer.
* Gregory de Vink, 22, South African racing cyclist, traffic collision.
* Leon Finney Jr., 82, American minister and community organizer.
* Andrzej Gawroński, 85, Polish actor (Everything for Sale, How I Unleashed World War II, A Short Film About Killing).
* Nandi Glassie, 69, Cook Islands politician, MP (2006–2018), cancer.
* Tony Goolsby, 86, American politician, cancer.
* Gary Peacock, 85, American jazz double-bassist.
* Curtis S. Person Jr., 85, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1966–1968) and Senate (1968–2006).
* Betty Petryna, 89, Canadian baseball player (Grand Rapids Chicks, Fort Wayne Daisies).
* Pierre Sidos, 93, French neo-Pétainist and political activist, founder of Jeune Nation.
* Lucille Starr, 82, Canadian singer ("Cajun Love").
* Dmitry Svetushkin, 40, Moldovan chess grandmaster, suicide by jumping.
* Carl-Henning Wijkmark, 85, Swedish novelist (Stundande natten).
* Joe Williams, 85, Cook Islands politician, Prime Minister (1999), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1999) and MP (1994–2004), COVID-19.

### 5

* Dwight Anderson, 59, American basketball player (Denver Nuggets, Albuquerque Silvers, Evansville Thunder).
* Johnny Bakshi, 88, Indian film producer, director (Raavan, Khudai) and actor, heart attack.
* Orlando Bauzon, 75, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1968), cardiac arrest.
* Rich Buzin, 74, American football player (New York Giants, Los Angeles Rams).
* Zelmar Casco, 94, Argentine Olympic fencer (1964).
* Francis Chapman, 97, Canadian cinematographer and television director.
* Abu Osman Chowdhury, 85, Bangladeshi resistance fighter (Mukti Bahini).
* Žarko Domljan, 87, Croatian politician, Speaker of the Parliament (1990–1992).
* Christy Elliot, 87, Scottish rugby player.
* Smokey Gaines, 80, American basketball player (Kentucky Colonels) and coach (Detroit Titans, San Diego State Aztecs), cancer.
* Marian Jaworski, 94, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins (1991–2008).
* Mohamed Haytham Khayat, 83, Syrian physician and lexicographer.
* Jimmy Lavin, 92, Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler.
* Rodney Litchfield, 81, English actor (Early Doors, Coronation Street, Testimony).
* Thandeka Mdeliswa, 34, South African actress (Generations: The Legacy, Isidingo, Rhythm City), shot.
* Jiří Menzel, 82, Czech director, actor and screenwriter (Closely Watched Trains, My Sweet Little Village, Larks on a String), Oscar winner (1967).
* Steve Merrill, 74, American politician, Governor (1993–1997) and Attorney General of New Hampshire (1985–1989).
* Frédéric Musso, 79, Algerian-born French writer and poet.
* Brigitte Peskine, 68, French author and screenwriter (Plus belle la vie, Candice Renoir).
* Ethan Peters, 17, American beauty influencer, drug overdose.
* Malka Ribowska, 89, Polish-born French actress (Sundays and Cybele, The Shameless Old Lady).
* Antoine Rufenacht, 81, French politician, mayor of Le Havre (1995–2010), President of the Regional Council of Upper Normandy (1992–1998).
* Tam Ping-man, 86, Hong Kong actor (Exiled, Wild City, House of Wolves).
* Yousef Wali, 90, Egyptian politician, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (1982–2004).
* David Walter, 80, New Zealand politician, mayor of Stratford (1989–1998), leukaemia.
* Al G. Wright, 104, English-born American band director (Purdue All-American Marching Band).

### 6

* Levon Altounian, 84, Lebanese footballer (Homenetmen, national team).
* Sergey Belyayev, 60, Kazakh sport shooter, Olympic silver medallist (1996).
* Kesavananda Bharati, 79, Indian civil rights activist (Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala).
* Joan Blackham, 74, English actress (Bridget Jones's Diary, Judge John Deed, Doctors).
* Lou Brock, 81, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals).
* Marco Cariola, 87, Chilean cattle farmer, lawyer and politician, Senator (1998–2006).
* Paul Chittilapilly, 86, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Kalyan (1988–1996) and Thamarassery (1996–2010).
* Achmat Dangor, 71, South African author and political activist.
* Nancy Dine, 83, American filmmaker (Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls), lung cancer.
* Kevin Dobson, 77, American actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Midway), heart attack.
* Christiane Eda-Pierre, 88, French coloratura soprano.
* Lennart Forsberg, 92, Swedish footballer (GIF Sundsvall, Djurgården).
* George Carr Frison, 95, American archaeologist.
* Bob Fujitani, 98, American comics artist (Flash Gordon, Rip Kirby), co-creator of Solar.
* Dick Gill, 88, Australian footballer (Carlton).
* Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch, 89, Guatemalan businesswoman and philanthropist.
* Tom Jernstedt, 75, American Hall of Fame basketball administrator.
* Sir Vaughan Jones, 67, New Zealand mathematician (Jones polynomial), Fields Medal winner (1990).
* Gavin Keneally, 86, Australian politician, South Australian MHA (1970–1989).
* Anita Lindblom, 82, Swedish singer and actress.
* Gerry Lynn, 68, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (2005–2007).
* Sterling Magee, 84, American blues musician, complications from COVID-19.
* Col Markham, 80, Australian politician, New South Wales MLA (1988–2003).
* Nirvendra Kumar Mishra, 74–76, Indian politician, beaten.
* S. Mohinder, 95, Indian composer (Paapi, Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai) and music director.
* Dragoljub Ojdanić, 79, Serbian military officer and convicted war criminal, Chief of the General Staff (1998–2000) and Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia (2000).
* Bob Robertson, 91, American sportscaster.
* Mike Sexton, 72, American Hall of Fame poker player and commentator, prostate cancer.
* Catana Starks, 75, American golfing coach.
* Lotte Strauss, 107, German-born American author.
* Takashi Sugimura, 94, Japanese biochemist, heart failure.
* Helen Taylor Thompson, 96, British aid worker.
* Ethel Soliven Timbol, 80, Filipino journalist (Manila Bulletin).
* Dickson Wamwiri, 35, Kenyan Olympic taekwondo practitioner (2008).
* Bruce Williamson, 49, American singer (The Temptations), COVID-19.
* Kevin Zeese, 64, American lawyer and political activist, heart attack.

### 7

* Berni Alder, 94, German-born American physicist.
* Abdul Qadir Bajamal, 74, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (2001–2007) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998–2001), complications from multiple strokes.
* Chen Dingchang, 83, Chinese aerospace engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
* Abdul Malik Fadjar, 81, Indonesian politician and academic, Minister of Religious Affairs (1998–1999) and Education (2001–2004).
* Gao Wenbin, 99, Chinese historian and jurist.
* Aurelio Iragorri Hormaza, 83, Colombian politician, Senator (1991–2014), Governor of Cauca (1975–1976) and President of the Chamber of Representatives (1981–1982), COVID-19.
* John Houska, 64, American soccer player (Memphis Rogues).
* Aida Kamel, 89, Egyptian actress.
* Sergey Koltakov, 64, Russian actor (Mirror for a Hero, New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Life of Klim Samgin).
* Logie Bruce Lockhart, 98, Scottish rugby union player (national team), writer and journalist.
* Paul E. Menoher, 81, American lieutenant general.
* Tim Mulherin, 63, Australian politician, Queensland MP (1995–2015), cancer.
* Xavier Ortiz, 48, Mexican actor (Journey from the Fall, Un gancho al corazón), singer (Garibaldi) and television host, suicide by hanging.
* Luba Perchyshyn, 96, American folk artist.
* André Reichling, 64, Luxembourgish conductor and composer ("The NATO Hymn").
* Narendra Kumar Swain, 80, Indian politician, MP (2015–2020).
* Govind Swarup, 91, Indian radio astronomer.
* Patrick Sweeney, 81, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1967–1997) and Senate (1997–1998).
* Mir Haji Muhammad Hayat Khan Talpur, 83, Pakistani politician, Sindh MPA (2013–2018).
* Patricia Thiel, 67, American chemist and materials scientist.
* Luis Zárate, 79, Mexican Olympic cyclist (1960).

### 8

* Sonia Anderson, 76, British archivist, cancer.
* Jean-Léon Beauvois, 77, French psychologist.
* Gene Budig, 81, American academic and baseball executive, Chancellor of KU (1980–1994), president of WVU (1977–1981) and the American League (1994–1999).
* Joseph Chennoth, 76, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Milevum (since 1999) and Apostolic Nuncio to Japan (since 2011).
* Héctor Giorgetti, 64, Argentine footballer (Chacarita Juniors, Estudiantes, Club Universidad de Chile).
* James Greeno, 85, American psychologist.
* Sir Ronald Harwood, 85, South African-born British dramatist and screenwriter (The Pianist, The Dresser, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), Oscar winner (2003).
* Robert L. Lynn, 88, American poet, President of Louisiana College (1975–1997).
* Anita Mason, 78, English novelist.
* Sally Engle Merry, 75, American anthropologist.
* Jim Owens, 86, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Colt .45s/Astros).
* Claude Peretti, 78, French footballer (Monaco, Ajaccio).
* Jaya Prakash Reddy, 73, Indian actor (Samarasimha Reddy, Jayam Manadera, Chennakesava Reddy), cardiac arrest.
* Alfred Riedl, 70, Austrian football player (Standard Liège, national team) and manager (Vietnam national team).
* Vexi Salmi, 77, Finnish lyricist ("Huilumies", "Katson sineen taivaan").
* Jane Soons, 89, British-born New Zealand geomorphologist.
* Yvette Taborin, 91, French archaeologist.
* Tony Tanner, 87, British actor (Stop the World – I Want to Get Off) and theatre director (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat).
* Benedict To Varpin, 84, Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bereina (1979–1987) and Archbishop of Madang (1987–2001).
* Robert Wilson, 46, American football player (Seattle Seahawks, New Orleans Saints), complications from a stroke.
* Elgar Baeza, 80, Uruguayan footballer.

### 9

* Elidà Amigó i Montanya, 85, Andorran writer, activist and suffragist.
* Francisco de Assis Luz Silva, 76, Brazilian footballer (Fluminense, Clube do Remo).
* Ronald Bell, 68, American saxophonist (Kool & the Gang) and songwriter ("Ladies' Night", "Celebration").
* George Bizos, 92, South African human rights lawyer (Rivonia Trial) and anti-apartheid activist.
* Cini Boeri, 96, Italian architect and designer.
* Henrietta Boggs, 102, American-Costa Rican author, journalist and activist, First Lady of Costa Rica (1948–1949), subject of First Lady of the Revolution, COVID-19.
* Sonny Chua, 52, Malaysian-born Australian composer and pianist, stroke.
* Patrick Davin, 58, Belgian orchestra conductor.
* Giuseppe Favero, 88, Italian racing cyclist (1954 Milan–San Remo, 1958 Paris–Nice).
* KS Firoz, 76, Bangladeshi actor (Chandragrohon), complications from COVID-19.
* Arnulfo Fuentebella, 74, Filipino politician, member (1992–2001, 2004–2013, 2016–2019), Deputy Speaker (2007–2013) and Speaker (2000–2001) of the House of Representatives, heart failure.
* Chhetan Gurung, 41, Nepalese film director and screenwriter (November Rain, Damaru Ko Dandibiyo), liver disease.
* Shere Hite, 77, American-born German feminist and sex educator.
* Yopie Latul, 65, Indonesian singer, COVID-19.
* Gienek Loska, 45, Belarusian-born Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist, complications from a stroke.
* Amos Luzzatto, 92, Italian writer and essayist, President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (1998–2006).
* Edward J. Mason, 90, American politician.
* Sid McCray, 63, American singer (Bad Brains).
* Alan Minter, 69, British boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (1972) and undisputed world middleweight champion (1980), cancer.
* Nico Naldini, 91, Italian novelist and poet, complications from a fall.
* Jakob Oetama, 88, Indonesian journalist, co-founder of Kompas Gramedia Group and Kompas.
* Richard A. Smith, 95, American movie theater executive, CEO of General Cinema Corporation (since 1961).
* William D. Smith, 87, American navy admiral.
* Tadeusz Szelachowski, 88, Polish politician and physician, Minister of Health and Social Security (1980–1985), vice-chairman of Council of State and MP (1985–1989).
* Edgard Tupët-Thomé, 100, French Resistance fighter.
* Tony Villars, 68, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City, Newport County, national team).

### 10

* Vadivel Balaji, 45, Indian actor (Yaaruda Mahesh, Kolamavu Kokila) and television personality, complications from a stroke.
* Gerald Blidstein, 82, Israeli academic (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities).
* Mark Bomani, 88, Tanzanian jurist, Attorney General (1965–1976).
* Terry Buckle, 80, Canadian Anglican prelate, Archbishop of Yukon (1995–2010), cancer.
* Caroline Chomienne, 62, French film director and producer.
* Piotr Eberhardt, 84, Polish geographer specialising in demography and geopolitics.
* Patti Flynn, 83, Welsh jazz singer, cancer.
* Frederick K. Goodwin, 84, American psychiatrist.
* Marilyn Kagan, 69, American psychotherapist and actress (Foxes).
* Emma Morosini, 96, Italian Roman Catholic pilgrim.
* Pierre Nahon, 84, Algerian-born French art collector and gallery owner.
* William L. Ogg, 83, American politician.
* Melih Onuş, 39, Turkish mathematician, COVID-19.
* Florence Pendleton, 94, American politician, U.S. shadow senator (1991–2007).
* Pamela L. Reeves, 66, American jurist, Judge (since 2014) and Chief Judge (since 2019) of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Tennessee, cancer.
* Franco Maria Ricci, 82, Italian art publisher and magazine editor, heart attack.
* Dame Diana Rigg, 82, English actress (The Avengers, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Game of Thrones), Tony winner (1994), cancer.
* Barry Scott, 65, American actor (Ernest Goes to Jail, The Expert) and voice-over artist (Impact Wrestling).
* Srećko Štiglić, 77, Croatian Olympic athlete (1972).
* Leen van der Waal, 91, Dutch engineer and politician, MEP (1984–1997).
* Narong Wongwan, 94, Thai industrialist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1992), Leader of the Opposition (1988–1990) and Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives (1983–1986).
* Witold Zapała, 85, Polish dancer and choreographer.

### 11

* Agnivesh, 80, Indian politician and social activist, Haryana MLA (1977–1979) and founder of the Bandhua Mukti Morcha, multiple organ failure.
* Sonny Allen, 84, American basketball coach (Old Dominion Monarchs, Nevada Wolf Pack, Sacramento Monarchs), Parkinson's disease.
* Marilee Shapiro Asher, 107, American sculptor and author.
* Stéphane Caillat, 92, French conductor and composer.
* Roger Carel, 93, French actor (Meeting in Paris, Le Plumard en folie, The Umbrella Coup).
* Anthony Cekada, 69, American Catholic priest and Sedevacantist, stroke.
* Martin J. Dunn, 64, American politician, member of the Massachusetts Senate (1991–1993).
* László Gálos, 87, Hungarian Olympic volleyball player (1964).
* Bill Heller, 85, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2007–2011).
* Toots Hibbert, 77, Jamaican singer (Toots and the Maytals) and songwriter ("54-46 That's My Number", "Pressure Drop"), COVID-19.
* Olaf Holmstrup, 89, Danish Olympic cyclist (1952).
* Anthony Holten, 75, Irish author and historian.
* Annette Jahns, 62, German opera singer and director (Semperoper).
* Reggie Johnson, 79, American jazz double-bassist.
* Henryk Łapiński, 87, Polish actor (How I Unleashed World War II, Man of Marble, A Short Film About Killing).
* Grant Larson, 87, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate (1995–2011).
* Christian Manen, 86, French composer.
* H. Jay Melosh, 73, American geophysicist.
* Tony Opatha, 73, Sri Lankan cricketer (national team).
* Peter Paret, 96, German-born American historian.
* Angelo Pereni, 76, Italian football player and manager.
* Christian Poncelet, 92, French politician, Deputy (1962–1972), member (1977–2008) and President of the Senate (1998–2008).
* Malcolm Scott, 84, English cricketer.
* Nadhim Shaker, 61, Iraqi football player (Al-Tayaran, national team) and manager (Erbil), COVID-19.
* Keith Short, 79, English sculptor and visual effects technician (Batman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Dark Crystal), stroke.
* Lois Stratton, 93, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1980–1985) and Senate (1985–1993).
* Richard William Timm, 97, American Roman Catholic priest, missionary and educator, co-founder of Notre Dame College, Dhaka.
* Nicholas Zagone, 89, American politician.
* Hans Zoller, 98, Swiss Olympic bobsledder.

### 12

* Navid Afkari, 27, Iranian wrestler, protester (2018 Iranian protests), and convicted murderer, execution by hanging.
* Jean-Claude Annaert, 85, French racing cyclist.
* Billy Autrey, 87, American football player (Chicago Bears).
* Joaquín Carbonell, 73, Spanish singer-songwriter, journalist and poet, COVID-19.
* Carlos Casamiquela, 72, Argentine agricultural engineer and public official, Minister of Agriculture (2013–2015) and President of INTA (2009–2013), COVID-19.
* Aline Chrétien, 84, Canadian socialite, Spouse of the Prime Minister (1993–2003).
* Jean Cluzel, 96, French politician, Senator (1971–1998).
* Alberto Collino, 73, Italian mathematician.
* Sir Terence Conran, 88, English designer (Habitat) and restaurateur (D&D London).
* Bob Crowell, 74, American politician, mayor of Carson City, Nevada (since 2009).
* John Fahey, 75, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales (1992–1995), Minister for Finance (1996–2001), and President of WADA (2008–2013), leukaemia.
* Tracy Grose, 43, American soccer player and coach.
* Florence Howe, 91, American feminist author, complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Barbara Jefford, 90, British actress (Ulysses, Philomena, The Ninth Gate).
* Dominique Kalifa, 63, French historian, suicide.
* Didier Lapeyronnie, 64, French sociologist.
* Mohammed Makhlouf, 87, Syrian businessman, COVID-19.
* Azmi Mohamed Megahed, 70, Egyptian Olympic volleyball player (1976), COVID-19.
* Jack Roland Murphy, 83, American jewel thief and murderer, heart and organ failure.
* Mark Newman, 71, American baseball coach (Old Dominion Monarchs) and executive (New York Yankees).
* Linus Okok Okwach, 67, Kenyan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Homa Bay (1993–2002), complications from a fall.
* Hugh Routley, 80, Australian footballer (Geelong).
* Yousef Saanei, 82, Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and politician, member of the Guardian Council (1980–1983), Prosecutor-General (1981–1989), kidney failure.
* Katip Şadi, 88, Turkish kemenche player.
* Sudhangan, 63, Indian journalist (Kumudam, Vikatan, Dinamani).
* Edna Wright, 76, American R&B singer (Honey Cone).

### 13

* Ayo Akinwale, 74, Nigerian actor (The Bridge, Sango).
* Sabit Brokaj, 78, Albanian physician and politician, Minister of Health (1991) and Defence (1997–1998), heart attack.
* Lillian Brown, 106, American media producer and makeup artist (Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King Jr.).
* Mario Cafiero, 64, Argentine politician, Deputy (1997–2005), cancer.
* Ajit Das, 71, Indian actor (Sindura Bindu, Mu Sapanara Soudagar, Luchakali), COVID-19.
* Bernard Debré, 75, French politician, Deputy (2012–2017) and Councillor of Paris (since 2008).
* Graham Dunscombe, 96, Australian footballer.
* John Ferris, 71, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968), lung cancer.
* Jean Garrabé, 89, French psychiatrist.
* Dave Halligan, 61, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, Auckland).
* Lars Idermark, 63, Swedish businessman (PostNord, Swedbank, Kooperativa Förbundet).
* Egon Jensen, 82, Danish footballer (Esbjerg, national team).
* Bill Johnson, 84, American football player (Tennessee Volunteers).
* György Keleti, 74, Hungarian military officer and politician, Minister of Defence (1994–1998) and MP (1992–2010).
* Said Ali Kemal, 81–82, Comorian politician, Member of the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros (2004–2010).
* Paolo Knill, 88, Swiss scientist.
* Joe Lawson, 86, Australian footballer (Swan Districts).
* André Lespagnol, 77, French politician, President of the Regional Council of Brittany (2004–2010).
* Bruno Madaule, 49, French comic book author.
* Russ Meekins Jr., 71, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1973–1975, 1977–1983).
* Zameer Akhtar Naqvi, 76, Indian-born Pakistani Islamic scholar, heart attack.
* Parrerito, 67, Brazilian singer, COVID-19.
* Don Piccard, 94, Swiss-born American balloonist.
* Günter Siegmund, 83, German heavyweight boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).
* Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, 74, Indian politician, Minister of Rural Development (2004–2009) and MP (1996–2014), complications from COVID-19.
* Alan Smurfit, 77, Irish poker player.
* K. Thangavel, 68, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (2011–2016), COVID-19.
* Catherine Wilfert, 84, American pediatrician.

### 14

* Sei Ashina, 36, Japanese actress (Kamen Rider Hibiki, Silk, Kamui Gaiden), suicide.
* Sadek Bachchu, 66, Bangladeshi actor (Super Hero, Nissash Amar Tumi), COVID-19.
* Cynthia Barker, 58, Filipino-born British politician, Mayor of Hertsmere (since 2015).
* Robert Chabbal, 93, French physician, Director General of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (1976–1979).
* Petko Christov, 69, Bulgarian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nicopolis (since 1994).
* François Debré, 78, French writer and journalist.
* Council Julian Dunbar Jr., 98, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1971–1972).
* Jeff Dunne, 64, Australian footballer (St Kilda), heart attack.
* Enrique Ramón Fajarnés, 91, Spanish lawyer and politician, Mayor of Ibiza (1971–1974), Senator (1982–1986) and Deputy (1986–1993).
* Fer, 71, Spanish comics artist.
* Ralph Gants, 65, American jurist, Associate Justice (2009–2014) and Chief Justice (since 2014) of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, heart attack.
* Bill Gates Sr., 94, American attorney and philanthropist, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
* Bruce Goodwin, 71, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2007–2012), multiple myeloma.
* André Guesdon, 71, French football player (Monaco, Nice) and manager (Angers).
* Al Kasha, 83, American songwriter ("Operation Heartbreak", "The Morning After", "We May Never Love Like This Again"), Oscar winner (1973, 1975).
* Alicia Maguiña, 81, Peruvian singer and composer.
* Oh In-hye, 36, South Korean actress, suicide.
* Benedicta de Oliveira, 92, Brazilian Olympic sprinter (1948).
* Florent Pereira, 67, Indian actor (Kayal, Nagesh Thiraiyarangam, Utraan), COVID-19.
* Sarah Poyntz, 93, Irish journalist and author, cancer.
* Dennis Sommers, 80, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, New York Mets).
* Daniel Soulage, 78, French politician, Deputy (1993–1997) and Senator (2001–2011).
* Andrzej Stalmach, 78, Polish Olympic long jumper (1964, 1968).
* Peter Starkie, 72, Australian rock guitarist (Skyhooks, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons), fall.
* Anne Stevenson, 87, American-British poet, heart failure.
* Roy Williams, 93, Canadian Olympic basketball player.
* Mack Yoho, 84, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Ottawa Rough Riders).

### 15

* Vital Alsar, 87, Spanish sailor and scientist.
* Faith Alupo, 36, Ugandan politician, MP (since 2018), COVID-19.
* Russell A. Anderson, 78, American jurist, Associate Justice (1998–2006) and Chief Justice (2006–2008) of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
* Aloysio de Andrade Faria, 99, Brazilian banker, founder of Banco Real.
* Edward D. Baca, 82, American lieutenant general, leukemia.
* Stephen B. Baxter, 91, American historian.
* Ed Bearss, 97, American military historian and author.
* Steve Carter, 90, American playwright (Eden, Nevis Mountain Dew, Dame Lorraine).
* Nicolò D'Amico, 67, Italian astrophysicist.
* Davis A. Donnelly, 93, American politician.
* Fatima Gallaire, 76, Algerian playwright.
* Johnny Gayle, 96, Jamaican cricket umpire.
* Sheldon Gomes, 69, Trinidadian cricketer (North Trinidad, East Trinidad, national team).
* James "T" Jones, 89, American football player (Texas Longhorns) and athletic director (Texas Tech Red Raiders).
* Suna Kıraç, 79, Turkish-American businesswoman, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Danilo Kocevski, 73, Macedonian literary critic and novelist.
* Momčilo Krajišnik, 75, Bosnian politician and convicted war criminal, Member of the Presidency (1996–1998) and Speaker of the NSRS (1991–1996), COVID-19.
* Jan Krenz, 94, Polish composer and conductor.
* Paul Méfano, 83, Iraqi-born French composer and conductor.
* Denise Murray, 56, Canadian country singer.
* Sadashiv Patil, 86, Indian cricketer (Maharashtra, national team).
* Bill Power, 82, Australian footballer.
* Nahau Rooney, 75, Papua New Guinean politician, stroke.
* Nikolay Shmatko, 77, Ukrainian sculptor and painter.
* Yasin Mazhar Siddiqui, 75, Indian Islamic scholar.
* Pat Smullen, 43, Irish jockey, pancreatic cancer.
* Péter Tereánszki-Tóth, 39, Hungarian footballer (Videoton).
* Mario Torelli, 83, Italian archaeologist.
* Moussa Traoré, 83, Malian military officer and politician, President (1968–1991).
* Floyd Vrtiska, 93, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (1993–2005).
* Wang Zhiliang, 79, Chinese table tennis player, world champion (1963), stroke.
* Alan Wolstencroft, 83, English Anglican priest.
* Brien S. Wygle, 96, American aviator and test pilot (Boeing).

### 16

* B. Babusivan, 54, Indian film director (Vettaikaaran) and screenwriter (Kuruvi, Bairavaa), liver failure.
* Ahmed Ben Salah, 94, Tunisian politician, Minister of Finance (1961–1969).
* Chea Cheapoo, 77, Liberian politician and judge, chief justice (1987).
* Edward M. Coffman, 91, American military historian.
* Stanley Crouch, 74, American music critic, novelist, and poet.
* William Henry Danforth, 94, American physician and academic administrator, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis (1971–1995).
* Margaret Donaldson, 94, Scottish development psychologist.
* Núria Gispert i Feliu, 84, Spanish politician, Catholic activist and social worker, City Councillor of Barcelona (1979–1995), colon cancer.
* Alien Huang, 36, Taiwanese singer, actor (Already Famous, Din Tao: Leader of the Parade) and television presenter (100% Entertainment), aortic dissection.
* Enrique Irazoqui, 76, Spanish actor (The Gospel According to St. Matthew).
* Jack Kelley, 93, American ice hockey coach (New England Whalers) and team executive (Pittsburgh Penguins).
* Anna Kędzierska, 88, Polish politician, economist and party activist, Minister of Internal Trade and Service (1984–1985).
* P. R. Krishna Kumar, 68, Indian ayurvedic physician, founder of the AVP Research Foundation, COVID-19.
* Apolonio Lombardo, 86, Panamanian footballer (national team).
* Maxim Martsinkevich, 36, Russian political activist, leader of Format18 and founder of Occupy Pedophilia.
* Kay McIff, 80, American politician.
* Nick Mourouzis, 83, American football player (Miami RedHawks) and coach (DePauw Tigers), complications from COVID-19.
* Mary Nash, 96, American author (Mrs. Coverlet).
* Balli Durga Prasad Rao, 64, Indian politician, MP (since 2019) and Andhra Pradesh MLA (1985–1989, 1994–1999, 2009–2014), COVID-19.
* David Rawson, 79, American diplomat, ambassador to Rwanda (1993–1996) and Mali (1996–1999).
* Roy C, 81, American southern soul singer-songwriter ("Impeach the President").
* Saefullah, 56, Indonesian politician, Mayor of Central Jakarta (2010–2014) and Regional Secretary of Jakarta (since 2014), COVID-19-induced septic shock and ARDS.
* Elsa Serrano, 79, Italian-born Argentinian fashion designer, asphyxiation due to fire.
* Doak Snead, 70, American singer-songwriter.
* Francisco Trois, 74, Brazilian chess player, diabetes.
* Kapila Vatsyayan, 91, Indian classical scholar, MP (2006–2012).
* James T. Willerson, 80, American cardiologist.

### 17

* Hassan Achour, 82, Algerian football player (CR Belouizdad, national team) and manager (Chéraga).
* Jimoh Aliu, 80, Nigerian actor.
* Roger Armour, 87, British vascular surgeon.
* Daniel Charles-Alfred, 86, French footballer (Nîmes Olympique, Montpellier).
* Ricardo Ciciliano, 43, Colombian footballer (Deportes Tolima, Millonarios, Juan Aurich), pneumonia.
* Irma Dryden, 100, American nurse (Tuskegee Airmen).
* Donald Keith Duncan, 80, Jamaican politician, MP (1976–1983, 2007–2016), COVID-19.
* Birger Folke, 84, Swedish tennis player and television commentator.
* Ashok Gasti, 55, Indian politician, MP (since 2020), COVID-19.
* Barry Griffiths, 81, English violinist.
* Terry Goodkind, 72, American author (The Sword of Truth, The Law of Nines).
* Robert W. Gore, 83, American engineer, philanthropist and inventor.
* Winston Groom, 77, American novelist (Forrest Gump), heart attack.
* Reg Harrison, 97, English football player (Derby County, Boston United) and manager (Long Eaton United).
* Harvey Hodder, 77, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MHA (1993–2007), cancer.
* Miao Chunting, 101, Chinese politician, Guizhou CPPCC Committee Chairman (1959–1967, 1980–1993).
* Luboš Perek, 101, Czech astronomer.
* Joe Ruklick, 82, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors).
* Alwi Shahab, 84, Indonesian journalist (Republika), pneumonia.
* Pir Hameeduddin Sialvi, 84, Pakistani politician, Senator (1988–1994).
* László Török, 79, Hungarian historian and archaeologist.
* Liladhar Vaghela, 85, Indian politician, MP (2014–2019) and Gujarat MLA (1975–1980, 1985–1995, 1998–2002, 2007–2014), respiratory failure.
* Larry Wilson, 82, American Hall of Fame football player (St. Louis Cardinals), coach and executive.

### 18

* Mohamad Atwi, 32, Lebanese footballer (Ansar, Akhaa Ahli Aley, national team), complications from gunshot wounds.
* Asit Bandopadhyay, 84, Indian dramatist, screenwriter and actor (Mahaprithibi), COVID-19.
* Talat Basari, 97, Iranian Baháʼí poet, feminist, academic, and writer.
* Stephen F. Cohen, 81, American academic and historian, lung cancer.
* Don Feeley, 82, American college basketball coach (Sacred Heart, Fairleigh Dickinson).
* Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (since 1993) and Judge of the D.C. Cir. (1980–1993), complications from pancreatic cancer.
* Enzo Golino, 88, Italian journalist and writer.
* A. Kalanithi, Indian politician, MP (1980–1988), cardiac arrest.
* Joachim Kunert, 90, German film director and screenwriter.
* Sam McBratney, 77, Northern Irish author (Guess How Much I Love You).
* Anacleto de Oliveira, 74, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Viana do Castelo (since 2010), traffic collision.
* Awang anak Raweng, 91, Malaysian military officer.
* Amélie Rorty, 88, Belgian-born American philosopher.
* Daphne Seeney, 87, Australian tennis player.
* Shah Ahmad Shafi, 90, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, Rector of the Hathazari Madrassah (1986–2020) and Chairman of the Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh.
* Mike Tilleman, 76, American football player (New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, Houston Oilers).
* Marcel Trillat, 80, French journalist and filmmaker.

### 19

* David Cook, 76, Northern Irish politician, MPA (1982–1986) and Lord Mayor of Belfast (1978–1979), COVID-19.
* Roza Vidyadhar Deshpande, 91, Indian politician, MP (1971–1977).
* J. Delano Ellis, 75, American Pentecostal clergyman.
* Károly Fatér, 80, Hungarian footballer, Olympic champion (1968).
* Yutakayama Hiromitsu, 72, Japanese sumo wrestler.
* Gary Hughes, 79, American baseball executive (Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees), cancer.
* Donald M. Kendall, 99, American food and beverage executive and political advisor, CEO of PepsiCo (1971–1986).
* Lee Kerslake, 73, English drummer (Uriah Heep, Ozzy Osbourne, Toe Fat), prostate cancer.
* Al Langlois, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings), Stanley Cup champion (1958-1960).
* Richard Lewis, 76, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (1997–2007).
* Dame Georgina Mace, 67, British ecologist and conservation scientist.
* Ephrem M'Bom, 66, Cameroonian footballer (Canon Yaoundé, national team).
* Darvin Moon, 56, American poker player, complications from surgery.
* Dick Nemelka, 76, American basketball player (BYU Cougars, Utah Stars), cancer.
* Mary O'Malley, 79, English playwright (Once a Catholic).
* Andrzej Pitynski, 73, Polish-American monumental sculptor (Katyń Memorial, The Partisans).
* Jean-Pierre Pophillat, 83, French painter and lithographer.
* Janez Puterle, 70, Slovenian ice hockey player.
* Charles E. Schaefer, 86, American psychologist.
* Tara Singh, 82, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (1999–2019).
* John Turner, 91, Canadian politician, Prime Minister (1984), Minister of Justice (1968–1972) and Finance (1972–1975), and MP (1962–1976, 1984–1993).

### 20

* Uktam Barnoev, 56, Uzbek politician and agricultural engineer, Deputy Prime Minister (2020), COVID-19.
* Meron Benvenisti, 86, Israeli political scientist, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem (1971–1978).
* Ken Blaiklock, 92, British Antarctic explorer.
* James A. Boucher, 83, American politician.
* Michael Chapman, 84, American cinematographer (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Fugitive) and film director, heart failure.
* Robert Graetz, 92, American clergyman and civil rights activist (Montgomery bus boycott).
* Shehu Idris, 84, Nigerian aristocrat, Emir of Zazzau (since 1975).
* Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight, 82, Scottish herald, Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland (1981–2001), cancer.
* Keith Jobling, 86, English football player (Grimsby Town) and manager (Boston United).
* Eliahu I. Jury, 97, Iraqi-born American engineer.
* Knut Kloster, 91, Norwegian shipping magnate, co-founder of Norwegian Cruise Line.
* Longcat, 18, Japanese domestic cat, internet meme.
* Blanche M. Manning, 85, American jurist, Judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois (since 1994).
* Caroline Mortimer, 78, British actress (The Death of Adolf Hitler, The Pallisers), leukaemia.
* Dan Olweus, 89, Swedish-Norwegian psychologist.
* Rosa María Ortiz, 65, Peruvian lawyer and politician, Minister of Energy and Mines (2015–2016).
* Walter Owens, 87, American baseball player.
* Marian Packham, 92, Canadian biochemist.
* Garland F. Pinholster, 92, American college basketball coach (Oglethorpe) and politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1991–2003).
* Mary Pruitt, 86, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1985–2013), blood clot as a result of a fall.
* Rossana Rossanda, 96, Italian politician and journalist, Deputy (1963–1968) and co-founder of Il manifesto.
* Moshe Sharoni, 91, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (2006–2009).
* Alan Tomkins, 81, British art director (The Empire Strikes Back, Saving Private Ryan, Batman Begins).
* Richard Turner-Warwick, 95, British urologist.
* Gerardo Vera, 73, Spanish costume designer (El Amor brujo), film director (La Celestina, Second Skin) and actor, COVID-19.
* Margaret Sellers Walker, 84, American civil servant.

### 21

* Jaime Alves, 55, Portuguese footballer (Boavista, Vitória de Guimarães, national team).
* Arthur Ashkin, 98, American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (2018).
* Hamdi Benani, 77, Algerian musician and singer, COVID-19.
* Virginio Bettini, 78, Italian politician, MEP (1989–1994).
* Giuseppe Caldarola, 74, Italian journalist and politician, Deputy (2001–2008).
* Julián Cardona, 59–60, Mexican photojournalist.
* Ron Cobb, 83, American-Australian editorial cartoonist and prop and set designer (Star Wars, Back to the Future, Conan the Barbarian), Lewy body dementia.
* Tommy DeVito, 92, American Hall of Fame musician and singer (The Four Seasons), COVID-19.
* Roy Head, 79, American singer ("Treat Her Right"), heart attack.
* Lars-Åke Lagrell, 80, Swedish sports personality, Governor of Kronoberg County (2002–2006).
* Amos Lin, 87, Israeli Olympic basketball player (1952).
* Michael Lonsdale, 89, British-French actor (The Day of the Jackal, Moonraker, The Remains of the Day).
* Gilbert Meyer, 78, French politician, Deputy (1993–2007) and mayor of Colmar (1995–2020).
* Claude Moisy, 93, French journalist and writer, President of the Agence France-Presse (1990–1993).
* Jacques-Louis Monod, 93, French composer and pianist.
* Roger R. Moore, 98, American politician.
* John Meirion Morris, 84, Welsh sculptor.
* Harold Moss, 90, American politician, mayor of Tacoma, Washington (1994–1996).
* Bob Nevin, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers), Stanley Cup champion (1962, 1963).
* Phil O'Keefe, 71, British geographer, cancer.
* Bernt Persson, 74, Swedish speedway rider.
* Brian Peterson, 83, South African footballer (Blackpool, Durban United, Durban City).
* Bryndís Pétursdóttir, 92, Icelandic actress.
* Mykola Polyakov, 74, Ukrainian scientist, rector of Oles Honchar Dnipro National University (since 1998).
* K. V. Shanthi, 83, Indian actress (Chori Chori, Madhuvidhu, Devi Kanyakumari).
* Shyama Sharma, 70, Indian politician, Himachal Pradesh MLA, COVID-19.
* Ang Rita Sherpa, 72, Nepalese mountaineer, complications from a stroke.
* Bob Smith, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1995, 1997–1999).
* Jackie Stallone, 98, American astrologer.
* Ira Sullivan, 89, American jazz trumpeter, metastatic pancreatic cancer.
* Richard Trim, 88, British radar engineer.
* Wan Mokhtar Ahmad, 88, Malaysian politician, Menteri Besar of Terengganu (1974–1999) and Terengganu State MLA (1974–1999), heart disease.
* Sune Wehlin, 97, Swedish Olympic modern pentathlete (1948).
* Bobby Wilson, 84, English tennis player.

### 22

* Bob Atkins, 74, American football player (Houston Oilers, St. Louis Cardinals).
* Neil Brannon, 79, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (2002–2010).
* Rajendra Devlekar, 54, Indian politician, mayor of Kalyan-Dombivli (2015–2018), COVID-19.
* Mary Gergen, 81, American social psychologist.
* Michael Gwisdek, 78, German actor and film director (Treffen in Travers, The Big Mambo).
* Bob Ingham, 88, Australian poultry magnate (Inghams Enterprises), philanthropist and racehorse breeder.
* Jon Hui-jong, 90, North Korean politician and diplomat, member of the Central Committee of the WPK (1980–2016), SPA (1982–1998).
* Sergey Khoruzhiy, 78, Russian theoretical physicist, philosopher and translator (Ulysses).
* Frie Leysen, 70, Belgian festival director.
* Li Dongying, 99, Chinese metallurgist.
* Archie Lyndhurst, 19, English actor (So Awkward), brain hemorrhage caused by acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
* Ashutosh Mohunta, 67, Indian jurist, Acting Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court (2014) and member of the PSHRC (since 2016), COVID-19.
* Jacques Senard, 100, French diplomat.
* Gopal Singh Rawat, Indian politician, Uttarakhand MLA (2012–2017), COVID-19.
* Dudley Riggs, 88, American improvisational comedian.
* Road Warrior Animal, 60, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (NWA, WWF, AJPW), heart attack.
* Adamu Daramani Sakande, 58, Ghanaian politician, MP (2009–2013).
* Agne Simonsson, 84, Swedish football player (Örgryte, national team) and manager (Iraklis), pneumonia.
* Mark Snyder, 74, American politician.
* Soraya Santiago Solla, 72, Puerto Rican transgender pioneer.
* Andre Vltchek, 57, Russian-born American political analyst, journalist and filmmaker, complications from diabetes.
* Ashalata Wabgaonkar, 79, Indian actress (Ankush, Ahista Ahista, Yaadon Ki Kasam), COVID-19.

### 23

* Vakha Agaev, 67, Russian politician, Deputy (since 2011), COVID-19.
* Yvette Alloo, 90, Belgian table tennis player, Paralympic gold medalist (1960, 1964).
* Suresh Angadi, 65, Indian politician, Minister of State for Railways (since 2019) and MP (since 2004), COVID-19.
* Ray Batten, 75, English rugby league player (Leeds Rhinos, national team) and coach (Wakefield Trinity).
* Charles Stuart Bowyer, 86, American astronomer, complications from COVID-19.
* Eric Bransby, 103, American artist.
* David K. Cohen, 86, American educational researcher.
* François Diederich, 68, Luxembourgish chemist, cancer.
* Arthur A. Dugoni, 95, American dentist.
* Sir Harold Evans, 92, British-American journalist (The Sunday Times, The Week, The Guardian), and author, heart failure.
* Renée Fox, 92, American sociologist, leukemia.
* Toomas Frey, 82, Estonian ecologist, geobotanist and forest scientist.
* John Gray, 83, Canadian journalist and author, complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Juliette Gréco, 93, French actress (The Sun Also Rises, Belphegor, or Phantom of the Louvre, The Night of the Generals) and singer.
* Guitar Crusher, 89, American blues singer and guitarist.
* W. S. Holland, 85, American drummer (The Tennessee Three).
* Dave Nutting, 89, American industrial designer and engineer.
* Zlatko Portner, 58, Serbian handball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1988).
* Krishna Chandra Punetha, Indian politician, Uttarakhand MLA.
* Brenda Robertson, 91, Canadian politician, Senator (1984–2004) and New Brunswick MLA (1967–1984).
* Erich Romauch, 81, Austrian Olympic ice hockey player (1964).
* Gale Sayers, 77, American Hall of Fame football player (Chicago Bears) and administrator (Southern Illinois), characterized in Brian's Song, complications from dementia.
* James E. Smith, 89, American politician.
* Steve Smith, 68, American Olympic pole vaulter (1972).
* Laurie Smith Camp, 66, American jurist, Judge (since 2001) and Chief Judge (2011–2018) of the U.S. District Court for Nebraska.
* Leo Sugar, 91, American football player (Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions).
* Eddie Thomas, 87, English footballer (Southampton, Salisbury City).
* Pierre Troisgros, 92, French restaurateur.
* G. P. Venkidu, 85, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (1996–2001), COVID-19.
* Iván Verebély, 82, Hungarian actor, voice actor (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas).

### 24

* Sekhar Basu, 68, Indian nuclear scientist, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (2015–2018) and director of BARC (2012–2016), COVID-19.
* Robert Bechtle, 88, American painter, Lewy body dementia.
* Jaime Blanco García, 76, Spanish politician, President of Cantabria (1990–1991).
* Colette Giudicelli, 76, French politician, Senator (since 2008).
* Arnold Goldberg, 91, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
* Capistrano Francisco Heim, 86, American-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Territorial Prelate of Itaituba (1988–2010).
* Paul Hernandez, 74, American civil rights activist.
* Keith Hufnagel, 46, American skateboarder, brain cancer.
* Dean Jones, 59, Australian cricket player (Victoria, Derbyshire, national team) and commentator, stroke.
* John Walter Jones, 74, Welsh civil servant, Chief Executive of the Welsh Language Board (1993–2004).
* William E. McEuen, 79, American record producer (Steve Martin, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and film producer (The Jerk).
* Max Merritt, 79, New Zealand musician ("Slipping Away"), Goodpasture syndrome.
* Derland Moore, 68, American football player (New Orleans Saints, New York Jets).
* John J. Myers, 79, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Peoria (1990–2001), Ecclesiastical Superior of Turks and Caicos (2001–2016) and Archbishop of Newark (2001–2016).
* Kevin O'Brien, 88, Australian footballer (Carlton).
* Paul Pettit, 88, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
* Robert Poydasheff, 90, American politician, Mayor of Columbus, Georgia (2003–2007).
* B. Narayan Rao, 65, Indian politician, Karnataka MLA (since 2018), COVID-19.
* Bertram Richardson, 88, English cricketer (Derbyshire).
* Corine Rottschäfer, 82, Dutch model and beauty pageant winner (Miss World 1959).
* Christopher Vialva, 40, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
* Gerhard Weber, 79, German fashion designer and retail executive (Gerry Weber).
* Zhang Xinshi, 86, Chinese plant ecologist.

### 25

* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, 74, Indian playback singer ("Didi Tera Devar Deewana") and actor (Maya, Mayabazar), complications from COVID-19.
* James P. Carse, 87, American academic, heart failure.
* Frans Derks, 89, Dutch football referee and executive (Dordrecht).
* Peter Hampton, 66, English footballer (Leeds United, Stoke City, Burnley).
* Christine Hunt, 70, Australian Olympic javelin thrower (1976).
* Johann Löser, 83, Austrian football player (Austria Wien) and manager (SV Stockerau).
* Bernard Madrelle, 76, French politician, Deputy (1978–2007), mayor of Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac (1983–1989) and Blaye (1989–2008), liver cancer.
* Keith McGuinness, 87, Australian footballer (South Melbourne).
* Jerry Oliver, 89, American basketball coach (Indiana Hoosiers, Indiana Pacers).
* Viktor Panin, 89, Russian physicist.
* Goran Paskaljević, 73, Serbian film director (The Dog Who Loved Trains, Special Treatment, How Harry Became a Tree).
* Matt Ratana, 54, New Zealand-born British police officer, shot.
* Conrad Roland, 86, German architect.
* George Sayliss, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (East York Lyndhursts).
* Simos Simopoulos, Greek politician, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport (2012) and Rector of National Technical University of Athens (2010–2014).
* Colin Tully, 75, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
* Jeanne Valérie, 79, French actress.

### 26

* Isher Judge Ahluwalia, 74, Indian economist, brain cancer.
* José Antonio Arbesú, 80, Cuban diplomat, cancer.
* John D. Barrow, 67, English cosmologist, theoretical physicist and mathematician, colon cancer.
* Erik Bartnes, 80, Norwegian politician, county mayor of Nord-Trøndelag (2003–2007).
* Almontaser Bellah, 70, Egyptian actor.
* John Bernhagen, 86, American politician.
* Jacques Beurlet, 75, Belgian footballer (Standard Liège, national team).
* Greg Brown, 63, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons).
* Ernest Carl Castle, 93, American Navy captain.
* Mark Cousins, 72, British cultural critic and architectural theorist.
* Dai Yuanben, 92, Chinese physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
* Sir Geoffrey Dalton, 89, British vice admiral, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (1984–1987).
* Moshe Efrati, 86, Israeli choreographer.
* Norman Gorbaty, 87, American artist.
* Abdul Mahdi Hadi, 74, Iraqi footballer (Al-Mina'a, national team) and manager (Al-Mina'a), COVID-19.
* Jay Johnstone, 74, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees) and commentator, World Series champion (1978, 1981), complications from COVID-19.
* Masayoshi Kabe, 70, Japanese bassist and guitarist (The Golden Cups, Speed, Glue & Shinki, Vodka Collins), multiple organ failure.
* John K. McNulty, 85, American legal scholar.
* Rebecca Morton, 56, American political scientist.
* Hal Raether, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics).
* Nasser Sebaggala, 72, Ugandan politician, mayor of Kampala (1998–1999, 2006–2011), intussusception.
* Adele Stolte, 87, German soprano singer.
* Denis Tillinac, 73, French writer and journalist.
* Leo Traister, 101, American college football coach (Eureka College Red Devils).
* Suzanne Tremblay, 83, Canadian politician, MP (1993–2004), Opposition House Leader (1997), cancer.
* Szabolcs Udvari, 46, Hungarian footballer (Szeged LC, Békéscsaba 1912 Előre, Budapest Honvéd).
* Patricia Warner, 99, American spy.
* Nicolas Wildhaber, 90, Swiss Olympic swimmer and LEN official.
* Jimmy Winston, 75, English musician (Small Faces) and actor (Doctor Who).

### 27

* Mahbubey Alam, 71, Bangladeshi jurist, Attorney General (since 2009), COVID-19.
* Kevin Burns, 65, American film and television producer (Ancient Aliens, Lost in Space, Poseidon), cardiac arrest.
* Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, 86, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1991–1999).
* Kenneth E. Calvert, 91, American politician.
* Wolfgang Clement, 80, German politician, Minister for Economics and Labour (2002–2005) and Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (1998–2002), lung cancer.
* Noriyuki Haraguchi, 74, Japanese artist, stomach cancer.
* David Hinchcliffe, 81, Australian footballer (Geelong).
* Kevin Lewis, 72, Australian cricketer (South Australia).
* Mario Luis Bautista Maulión, 85, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Paraná (2003–2010).
* Larry Nichols, 70, American political commentator (The Clinton Chronicles).
* Yuri Orlov, 96, Russian-born American nuclear physicist, political dissident and human rights activist, founder of the Moscow Helsinki Group.
* Barclay Palmer, 88, English Olympic shot putter (1956).
* Susan Ryan, 77, Australian politician and public servant, Senator (1975–1987), Minister for Education (1983–1987) and Age Discrimination Commissioner (2011–2016).
* Jaswant Singh, 82, Indian politician, Minister of Finance (1996, 2002–2004), Defence (2000–2001) and External Affairs (1998–2002), multiple organ failure.
* Yuko Takeuchi, 40, Japanese actress (Ring, Miss Sherlock, FlashForward), hanging.
* C. F. Thomas, 81, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (since 1980).
* Kōsei Tomita, 84, Japanese voice actor (Doraemon, Tensai Bakabon, Mazinger Z), stroke.
* Ivo Vykydal, 55, Czech politician, Deputy (2002–2006).
* John Waddy, 100, British Army officer, Colonel SAS (1964–1967).
* Tjalling Waterbolk, 96, Dutch archaeologist.
* Douglas Benefield, 58, consultant and Navy veteran, shot.

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* Robert Adair, 96, American physicist.
* G. S. Amur, 95, Indian literary critic and writer.
* Rubén Anguiano, 64, Mexican footballer (Zacatepec, Atlante, national team), COVID-19.
* Doug Brinham, 86, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1956).
* Bruce Bronzan, 73, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1982–1993).
* Dee Cannon, 58, British acting coach (Cynthia Erivo, Colin Firth, Tom Hiddleston), lymphoma.
* Lodwrick Cook, 92, American businessman and philanthropist.
* Tennyson Cooray, 68, Sri Lankan actor (Re Daniel Dawal Migel, Cheriyo, Somy Boys), cardiac arrest.
* Gene Corman, 93, American film producer and agent.
* Jackie Dennis, 77, Scottish singer.
* Frédéric Devreese, 91, Belgian composer (Benvenuta, The Cruel Embrace).
* Jacqueline Diffring, 100, German-British sculptor.
* Laurie Fagan, 79, Australian rugby league player (Balmain Tigers, Penrith Panthers).
* Ronald Forfar, 81, English actor (Bread).
* Juan Carlos Guerra Zunzunegui, 85, Spanish lawyer and politician, Senator (1977–1986) and Deputy (1986–2008).
* Josephine Harris, 89, British glass engraver and painter, complications from a fall.
* Peter Jutzeler, 80, Swiss Olympic wrestler (1964, 1968).
* Paul Moore, 61, British banker and whistleblower, colitis.
* Maynard Solomon, 90, American music producer and biographer.
* Anwara Taimur, 83, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Assam (1980–1981), MP (1988–1990, 2004–2010) and Assam MLA (1972–1985, 1991–1996).
* Joy A. Thomas, 57, Indian-born American information theorist.
* Hiroki Yuhara, 36, Japanese rugby union player (Toshiba Brave Lupus).

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* Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq, 80, Egyptian-Kuwaiti Islamic scholar and preacher, heart attack.
* Luigi Arisio, 94, Italian politician and union worker, Deputy (1983–1987).
* Silva Batuta, 80, Brazilian footballer (Flamengo, Corinthians, national team).
* Aster Berkhof, 100, Belgian author.
* Tom Blake, 93, American football player (New York Bulldogs).
* Timothy Ray Brown, 54, American considered the first person cured of HIV/AIDS, leukemia.
* Justin Connolly, 87, British composer.
* Rebecca Cryer, 73, American attorney and tribal judge, COVID-19.
* János Dalmati, 78, Hungarian Olympic athlete (1972).
* Mac Davis, 78, American singer-songwriter ("Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me", "It's Hard to Be Humble") and actor (North Dallas Forty), complications from heart surgery.
* Robert Eighteen-Bisang, 72–73, Canadian author and scholar of vampire literature.
* Mamu Ram Gonder, 70, Indian politician, Haryana MLA (2009–2014), post-COVID-19 complications.
* Rocco Prestia, 69, American bassist (Tower of Power).
* Phillip Rebbeck, 72, Australian cricketer (South Australia).
* Helen Reddy, 78, Australian-American singer ("I Am Woman", "Delta Dawn") and actress (Pete's Dragon), Grammy winner (1973).
* Doyle Royal, 101, American college soccer and tennis coach (Maryland).
* Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 91, Kuwaiti royal, Emir (since 2006) and Prime Minister (2003–2006).
* Mirza Shahi, 88–89, Pakistani actor (Chakori), complications from COVID-19.
* KC Sivasankaran, 96, Indian artist.
* Jack Stephans, 81, American football coach, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Carlisle Trost, 90, American Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations (1986–1990).
* Ania Walwicz, 68–69, Polish-born Australian poet, playwright and visual artist.
* John Whittaker, 70, New Zealand rugby league player (Warrington, Wellington, national team), cancer.
* Isidora Žebeljan, 53, Serbian composer and conductor.

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* Ali Bozer, 95, Turkish politician and academic, Acting Prime Minister (1989) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1990), COVID-19.
* Jacques Brunhes, 85, French politician, Deputy (1978–2007).
* Simon Eine, 84, French actor (Another Man, Another Chance, Notre musique, Sarah's Key).
* Burnham Hodgson, 94, English archdeacon.
* Emyr Humphreys, 101, Welsh novelist (A Toy Epic) and poet.
* John Jenkins, 68, American politician, member of the Maine Senate (1996–1998), mayor of Lewiston (1994–1998) and Auburn, Maine (2007–2009).
* Pia Juul, 58, Danish poet.
* Homer Kent, 94, American theologian.
* Romain Bruno Légaré, 95, French missionary.
* Scott Lilienfeld, 59, American psychologist and author (50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology), pancreatic cancer.
* Mai Chia-je, 33, Taiwanese baseball player (Brother Elephants), traffic collision.
* Vittorio Mathieu, 96, Italian philosopher.
* Leonard Mastroni, 71, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (since 2017).
* Ken McKim, 95, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts, Saskatchewan Roughriders).
* Bob Miller, 64, American Olympic ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, national team).
* Guy Natusch, 99, New Zealand architect.
* Viktor Nikitin, 59, Russian writer, playwright and editor, complications from COVID-19.
* Ardeth Platte, 84, American Dominican nun and anti-war activist.
* Quino, 88, Argentine-Spanish cartoonist (Mafalda), stroke.
* Rinaldo Ruatti, 90, Italian Olympic bobsledder (1968), world champion (1962).
* Eli Ruckenstein, 95, Romanian-born American physical chemist.
* John Russell, 100, American Hall of Fame equestrian, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
* Ananta Charan Sukla, 77, Indian literary scholar, multiple organ failure.
* Frank Windsor, 92, English actor (Z-Cars, Softly, Softly, EastEnders).