# Deaths in 2025

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restricting page to simple cites to reduce load time The following notable deaths occurred in 2025. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

## March
### 19

* Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, 72-73, Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician, MP (1988–1990, 2002–2007).
* Andrija Delibašić, 43, Montenegrin footballer (Partizan, Rayo Vallecano, national team), cancer.
* Hernán Godoy, 83, Chilean football player (Deportes La Serena) and manager (Audax Italiano, Santiago Morning), liver cancer.
* Cláudio Lembo, 90, Brazilian lawyer, politician and university professor, governor of São Paulo (2006–2007).
* Ellen Ringier, 73, Swiss publisher.
* Eisaku Satō, 85, Japanese politician, governor of Fukushima Prefecture (1988–2006) and member of the House of Councillors (1983–1998).
* Vasile Simionaș, 74, Romanian football player (Politehnica Iași, national team) and manager (Oțelul Galați). (death announced on this date)

### 18

* Denise Boucher, 89, Canadian writer.
* Nadia Cassini, 76, American-Italian actress (Il dio serpente, Starcrash, La dottoressa ci sta col colonnello).
* Paul Cremona, 79, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Malta (2007–2014).
* Essam al-Da'alis, 58, Palestinian politician, airstrike.
* Ara Deghtrikyan [hy], 60, Armenian actor, reciter and television presenter.
* Derrick Gaffney, 69, American football player (New York Jets). (death announced on this date)
* Antonio Gasalla, 84, Argentine actor (Waiting for the Hearse, The Truce), comedian, and theatre director.
* Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi, 84, Iranian Kurdish politician.
* Abu Hamza, Palestinian militant, spokesperson for the Al-Quds Brigades (since 2019), airstrike.
* Jessie Hoffman Jr., 46, American convicted murderer, execution by nitrogen hypoxia.
* Bedros Kirkorov, 92, Bulgarian-Russian singer.
* Fedor Malykhin, 34, Russian ice hockey player (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, Traktor Chelyabinsk, Spartak Moscow).
* Wlamir Marques, 87, Brazilian basketball player, Olympic bronze medallist (1960, 1964).
* Jean Michel, 76, French politician, MP (1997–2012).
* Édouard Niankoye Lamah, 79, Guinean politician, minister of foreign affairs (2010–2012) and of health (2018–2019).
* Marshall Rauch, 102, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1967–1990).
* Jaroslav Vostrý [cs], 94, Czech playwright, theatre director and manager (The Drama Club).

### 17

* Armando Aguirre, 92, Spanish actor (El Cor de la Ciutat).
* AnNa R., 55, German singer (Rosenstolz, Gleis 8). (death announced on this date)
* Oscar M. Babauta, 70, Northern Mariana Islander politician, speaker of the House of Representatives (2006–2008).
* David Steven Cohen, 58, American television writer (Courage the Cowardly Dog, Parker Lewis Can't Lose) and screenwriter (Balto), cancer.
* César di Candia, 95, Uruguayan journalist and writer.
* Monique Andréas Esoavelomandroso, 79, Malagasy politician, secretary general of the Indian Ocean Commission (2004–2008).
* Peter Farrelly, 76, Northern Irish musician (Fruupp). (death announced on this date)
* Ger FitzGerald, 60, Irish hurler (Midleton, Cork).
* John Fraser, 88, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Stenhousemuir). (death announced on this date)
* Mankombu Gopalakrishnan, 77, Indian lyricist, heart attack.
* Paddy Hemingway, 105, Irish RAF pilot (Battle of Britain).
* Abu Ishaq al-Heweny, 68, Egyptian Islamic cleric, stroke.
* Lee Shau-kee, 97, Hong Kong real estate investor, founder of Henderson Land Development.
* Aurelio Martínez, 55, Honduran musician and politician, plane crash.
* Colin McFadyean, 82, English rugby union player (Moseley, national team, British Lions). (death announced on this date)
* Branislava Peruničić, 88, Bosnian engineer.
* Debendra Pradhan, 83, Indian politician, MP (1999–2004).
* Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao, 83, Indian lawyer.
* Shu Shengyou, 88, Chinese politician, governor of Jiangxi (1995–2001).
* Mat Solar [id], 62, Indonesian actor and comedian (Tukang Bubur Naik Haji).
* Naseer Soomro, 55, Pakistani airline employee, tallest man in Pakistan, chronic lung disease.
* Gheorghe Vărzaru [fr], 64, Romanian rugby union player (Steaua București, national team).
* Hocine Zehouane, 89, Algerian politician.

### 16

* Dandy Bestia [it], 72, Italian guitarist (Skiantos).
* Gavrilă Birău, 79, Romanian football player (UTA Arad, Aurul Brad) and manager (UTA Arad).
* Émilie Dequenne, 43, Belgian actress (Rosetta, Our Children, Not My Type), adrenocortical carcinoma.
* Jon Durham, 59, English footballer (Torquay United, Rotherham United). (death announced on this date)
* Bindu Ghosh, 76, Indian actress (Kozhi Koovuthu, Uruvangal Maralam, Thoongathey Thambi Thoongathey) and choreographer.
* Anvar Hasanov [az], 74, Azerbaijani actor (The Last Night of Childhood, My Seven Sons, Babek).
* William Hayes, 94, British physicist and academic administrator, president of St. John's College, Oxford (1987–2001).
* Antoine Kerbaj [ar], 89, Lebanese actor.
* Don Kitchenbrand, 91, South African footballer (Rangers, Sunderland). (death announced on this date)
* Tomáš Klouček, 45, Czech ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Nashville Predators, Atlanta Thrashers), skiing accident.
* Milorad Komrakov [sr], 69, Serbian journalist.
* Lawrence L. Koontz Jr., 85, American jurist, justice of the Virginia Supreme Court (1995–2011).
* Doug Laughton, 80, English rugby league player (Widnes, Lancashire, Great Britain national team) and coach.
* Andrej Lazarov, 25, Macedonian football player (GFK Tikvesh, NK Rudeš, KF Shkupi), smoke inhalation.
* Bob Long, 83, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Washington Redskins, Atlanta Falcons).
* Arvind Singh Mewar, 80, Indian royal and hotelier, chairman of HRH Group of Hotels (since 1984).
* Jean Mongrédien, 92, French musicologist.
* Rob de Nijs, 82, Dutch singer and actor (Hamelen), complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Ramakanta Rath, 90, Indian modernist poet.
* Fernando Sátiro, 87, Brazilian footballer (São Paulo, Fortaleza).
* Lenny Schultz, 91, American stand-up comedian.
* Burton Tansky, 87, American retail executive (Bergdorf Goodman), president and CEO of Neiman Marcus (2001–2010), cancer.
* Jesse Colin Young, 83, American singer (The Youngbloods) and songwriter ("Darkness, Darkness").

### 15

* Ihsan Al-Turk [ar], 71, Egyptian actor.
* Wataru Asō, 85, Japanese politician, governor of Fukuoka Prefecture (1995–2011).
* Anatol Borș, 77, Moldovan football player (Zimbru Chișinău) and coach.
* Peter Bichsel, 89, Swiss writer and journalist.
* Alex Daoud, 81, American attorney, politician and convicted felon, mayor of Miami Beach, Florida (1985–1991).
* Bruce Dombolo, 39, French footballer (Pro Vasto, Marignane, Ancona) and actor.
* Miljenko Domijan [hr], 78, Croatian historian and photographer. (death announced on this date)
* Bernie Fedderly, 83, Canadian drag racing crew chief.
* Saul Fenster, 91, American academic administrator, president of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (1978–2002).
* Doris Fitschen, 56, German footballer (TSV Siegen, Philadelphia Charge, national team).
* Paul Flatley, 84, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons), sepsis.
* Filemona F. Indire, 95, Kenyan diplomat and politician, MP (1983–1988).
* Hernán Lara Zavala, 79, Mexican novelist and literary critic.
* Nita Lowey, 87, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1989–2021), breast cancer.
* Malcolm F. Marsh, 96, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Oregon (since 1987).
* James Murphy, 88, American soccer player (St. Louis Kutis, national team) and sheriff of St. Louis (1988–2016).
* Delia Razon, 94, Filipino actress (Rodrigo de Villa, Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan?, Ipagpatawad Mo).
* Munir Shakir, 55, Pakistani Islamic cleric, founder of Lashkar-e-Islam, injuries sustained in bomb blast.
* Barbara Skrzypek, 66, Polish civil servant.
* Slick Watts, 73, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics, New Orleans Jazz, Houston Rockets).

### 14

* Claude Dhinnin, 90, French politician, mayor of La Madeleine (1977–2008), deputy (1973–1981, 1986–1997).
* Fred Eversley, 83, American sculptor.
* Pietro Genuardi [it], 62, Italian actor (CentoVetrine, Killer Crocodile, Paganini Horror).
* Abdul Ghani Kasuba, 73, Indonesian politician, governor of North Maluku (2019–2023).
* Bogusław Gierajewski, 87, Polish Olympic sprinter (1960).
* Ken Hall, 89, American football player (Edmonton Eskimos, Chicago Cardinals, Houston Oilers). (death announced on this date)
* Demyan Hanul, 31, Ukrainian activist (Right Sector), shot.
* Panchakshari Hiremath, 92, Indian writer, critic and translator.
* Peter Hric, 59, Slovak Olympic cyclist (1996).
* Lothar John, 91, German motorcycle road racer.
* Red Lerille, 88, American bodybuilder.
* Lin Tsan-ting [zh], 94, Taiwanese cinematographer.
* Liu Hongru, 94, Chinese economist and banker.
* Deb Mukherjee, 83, Indian actor (Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool, Karate, Gudgudee).
* Virginia Newell, 107, American academic, author and politician.
* P2istheName, 26, American YouTuber. (body discovered on this date)
* Bruno Romani, 65, Italian saxophonist.
* Manfred Schukowski, 97, German academic teacher and author of works on astronomical clocks.
* Alan Simpson, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1979–1997) and the Wyoming House of Representatives (1965–1977), complications from a broken hip.
* Dag Solstad, 83, Norwegian author (Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelse som har hjemsøkt vårt land) and dramatist.

### 13

* Jim Breazeale, 75, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox).
* Lil Bahadur Chettri, 92, Indian novelist (Basain).
* John Feinstein, 69, American Hall of Fame sportswriter (The Washington Post, The Sporting News) and author (A Season on the Brink).
* Vincent Gillespie, 71, British scholar.
* Raúl Grijalva, 77, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 2003), lung cancer.
* Sofia Gubaidulina, 93, Russian composer (Offertorium, The Canticle of the Sun, Concerto for violin, cello and bayan), cancer.
* Mark Holder, 52, American blues musician (Black Diamond Heavies).
* Radiša Ilić, 47, Serbian footballer (Partizan, OFK Beograd, national team).
* K. K. Kochu, 76, Indian writer and social activist, cancer.
* Miguel Macedo, 65, Portuguese politician, MP (1987–2002, 2005–2015) and minister of internal administration (2011–2015), heart attack.
* Edgar Oehler, 83, Swiss politician, MP (1971–1995).
* Valeriy Oseledets, 84, Russian mathematician.
* Pierluigi Sangalli, 83, Italian comic book artist (Geppo, Nonna Abelarda).
* David Schmittlein, 69, American academic administrator, dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management (2007–2024).
* A. A. M. S. Arefin Siddique, 71, Bangladeshi academic administrator, vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka (2009–2017), stroke.
* Maria Grazia Spina, 88, Italian actress (Samson and the Slave Queen, Toto vs. the Black Pirate, Rugantino).
* Claude Verret, 61, Canadian ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Trois-Rivières Draveurs, Rochester Americans).
* Clive Wilmer, 80, British poet.
* Yallunder, 30, South African singer.
* Şinasi Yurtsever [tr], 51, Turkish actor (Vavien).

### 12

* Syed Abid Ali, 83, Indian cricketer (Hyderabad, national team).
* Khalid Anwer, 86, Pakistani lawyer and jurist, minister of law and justice (1997–1999).
* Michel Arrignon, 76, French clarinetist.
* Aleksandr Baranov, 78, Russian military officer.
* Thomas Cahir, 72, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1985–1999).
* Emilio Cárdenas [es], 80–81, Argentine diplomat, permanent representative to the United Nations (1993–1996).
* Mary Cirelli, 85, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2001–2004), heart failure and kidney disease.
* Norbert Cyffer, 81, German-Austrian linguist.
* Syed Manzur Elahi, 83, Bangladeshi businessman.
* Mahmoud Farshidi, 73, Iranian politician, minister of education (2005–2007).
* Steve Fleet, 87, English football player (Wrexham, Stockport County) and manager (ÍBV). (death announced on this date)
* John French, 94, Australian racing driver.
* Eduardo Nonato Joson, 74, Filipino politician, governor of Nueva Ecija (1995–1998) and member of the House of Representatives (1987–1992, 2007–2010).
* Billy Joyce, 75, Irish Gaelic footballer (Killererin, Galway).
* Einar Kringlen, 93, Norwegian psychiatrist.
* Billy McCombe, 76, Irish rugby union player (Bangor, Dublin University, national team).
* Fiona McHugh, 57, Irish journalist (The Sunday Times) and editor, cancer.
* Oliver Miller, 54, American basketball player (Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors), cancer.
* Ron Nessen, 90, American government official and journalist, White House press secretary (1974–1977).
* Peggy Parnass, 97, German-Swedish actress (Nobody Loves Me), columnist and writer.
* Felice Picano, 81, American author (Ambidextrous), lymphoma.
* Walter Schwimmer, 82, Austrian politician and diplomat, secretary general of the Council of Europe (1999–2004).
* Tamilla Shiraliyeva, 78, Azerbaijani ballerina and ballet master, brain hemorrhage.
* Maisie Trollette, 91, British drag queen.
* Linda Williams, 79, American film scholar.
* Witold-K, 92, Polish-American artist.

### 11

* Alekos Alexiadis, 79, Greek footballer (Aris, Panetolikos, national team).
* Junior Bridgeman, 71, American basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Clippers) and businessman.
* Cocoa Tea, 65, Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter, cardiac arrest.
* Blanca Castilla de Cortázar Larrea [es], 73, Spanish philosopher and anthropologist, cancer.
* Francesco Cuccarese, 95, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Acerenza (1979–1987) and Pescara-Penne (1990–2005), bishop of Caserta (1987–1990).
* Carole D'Andrea, 87, American dancer and actress (West Side Story).
* Billie Jean Floyd, 95, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (1984–1988).
* Subarkah Hadisarjana [id], 66, Indonesian artist and actor, cancer.
* Ayumi Ishida, 76, Japanese actress (Yaju-deka, Tokei – Adieu l'hiver, House on Fire) and singer, hypothyroidism.
* Kazuo Ishikawa, 86, Japanese convicted murderer (Sayama incident).
* Dave Mallow, 76, American voice actor (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Digimon, World of Warcraft).
* Janet Metcalf, 89, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1985–2003).
* Norair Nurikyan, 76, Bulgarian weightlifter, Olympic champion (1972, 1976), cancer.
* Horst Paulmann, 89, German-born Chilean retailer, founder of Cencosud.
* Anthony Phelps, 96, Haitian-born Canadian writer.
* Bob Rivers, 68, American Hall of Fame radio personality (KISW, KJR) and parody musician (Twisted Christmas), esophageal cancer.
* Witold Tomczak, 67, Polish politician, MP (1997–2004) and MEP (2004–2009).
* Ayako Yoshikawa, 92, Japanese Olympic long jumper (1952).

### 10

* Sven Coomer, 84, Australian Olympic pentathlete (1956) and ski boot designer.
* Anthony R. Dolan, 77, American journalist and political speechwriter.
* Sir Francis Billy Hilly, 76, Solomon Islands politician, prime minister (1993–1994).
* Stanley R. Jaffe, 84, American film producer (Kramer vs. Kramer, Fatal Attraction, The Accused), Oscar winner (1980).
* Ljubomir Katić, 90, Serbian basketball player (Proleter Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia national team) and coach (Čelik Zenica).
* Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco, 79, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Mexico (2009–2019) and bishop of Iztapalapa (2019–2021).
* Carl Lundström, 64, Swedish businessman and political activist, plane crash.
* Thomas V. McComb, 88, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1966–1970) and Senate (1970–1974).
* Marc Neil-Jones, 67, British-born Vanuatuan journalist.
* Stedman Pearson, 60, British singer (Five Star), complications from diabetes.
* Ali Rahman [id], 54, Indonesian politician.
* B. Subbayya Shetty, 91, Indian politician, Karnataka MLA (1972–1983).
* Alfredo Stranieri, 68, Italian-French serial killer.
* John Taffin, 85, American author.
* Paul Wheeler, 90, British screenwriter (Caravan to Vaccarès) and novelist.
* Wheesung, 43, South Korean singer, cardiac arrest. (body discovered on this date)
* Andy Wolfe, 99, American basketball player (California Golden Bears).
* Craig Wolfley, 66, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), cancer.

### 9

* George Battle, 77, American Methodist bishop.
* Eileen Bennett, 105, British actress (Thursday's Child, Much Too Shy, Trunk Crime).
* Narve Bjørgo, 88, Norwegian historian.
* Larry Buendorf, 87, American security officer (United States Olympic Committee) and Secret Service agent (attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in Sacramento).
* Simon Fisher-Becker, 63, British actor (Puppy Love, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Doctor Who).
* Alexander Forger, 102, American civil rights lawyer.
* Tatyana Govorova [ru], 84, Russian actress (A Strange Woman).
* Renata Kodadová [cs], 83, Czech harpist (Czech Philharmonic) and academic.
* Hans Peter Korff, 82, German actor (Diese Drombuschs, Pappa Ante Portas, Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland).
* Taras Levkiv, 84, Ukrainian ceramic artist.
* Dick McTaggart, 89, Scottish boxer, Olympic lightweight champion (1956), complications from dementia.
* Akinori Nakayama, 82, Japanese Hall of Fame gymnast, Olympic champion (1968, 1972), stomach cancer.
* Garimella Balakrishna Prasad, 76, Indian classical musician and composer.
* Yola Ramírez, 90, Mexican tennis player.

### 8

* Junaedi Abdillah [id], 77, Indonesian footballer (Persija Jakarta, Persebaya Surabaya, national team).
* Pavel Androsov, 70, Russian military officer, major general, commander of the 37th Air Army (2007–2009), cardiac arrest.
* Michael Armacost, 87, American diplomat, ambassador to Japan (1989–1993) and the Philippines (1982–1984), acting secretary of state (1989).
* Bill Ashton, 88, British jazz musician and composer.
* Ayo-Maria Atoyebi, 80, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Ilorin (1992–2019).
* Khasan Bakayev, 66, Russian historian.
* Philippe Bär, 96, Dutch Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Rotterdam (1983–1993).
* A. H. M. Touhidul Anowar Chowdhury, 87, Bangladeshi gynaecologist and obstetrician.
* Simonne Creyf, 78, Belgian politician, senator (1991–1995), MP (1995–2007).
* Beau Dozier, 45, American songwriter and record producer. (death announced on this date)
* Athol Fugard, 92, South African playwright (The Road to Mecca, Blood Knot, "Master Harold"...and the Boys) and political activist.
* Donald Hazelwood, 95, Australian violinist.
* Harbans Jandu, Indian lyricist.
* Mark Klein, 79, American technician and whistleblower, pancreatic cancer.
* K. W. Lee, 96, American journalist, founding president of the Korean American Journalists Association.
* Al Matthews, 77, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
* Isabel Miranda de Wallace, 73, Mexican social activist.
* Attila Monostori, 54, Hungarian Olympic water polo player (1996).
* Giles Paxman, 73, British diplomat, ambassador to Mexico (2005–2009) and Spain (2009–2013), lung cancer.
* V. Ramaswami, 96, Indian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (1989–1994) and chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court (1987–1989), cardiac arrest.
* Naima Samih, 71, Moroccan singer.
* Nota Schiller, 88, American-born Israeli rabbi.
* Brian Waites, 85, English golfer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
* Ella Zeller, 91, Romanian table tennis player.

### 7

* Oumarou Malam Alma, 73, Nigerien politician, MP (since 2021).
* Robert Bender, 88, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1983–1995).
* Danny Cox, 81, American singer and songwriter.
* Kevin Drum, 66, American journalist and blogger (Mother Jones), cancer.
* Richard Fortey, 79, British palaeontologist (Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth), natural historian and television presenter.
* Luís Carlos Galter, 77, Brazilian footballer (Corinthians, Flamengo, national team), kidney disease.
* Joan Dye Gussow, 96, American food writer and academic, heart failure.
* Edward F. Harrington, 91, American lawyer, judge of the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts (since 1988).
* Brûni Heinke [nl], 84, Dutch actress (Goede tijden, slechte tijden, Soldier of Orange, Spetters), cancer.
* Rifaat Hussain, 72, Pakistani political scientist and defence analyst.
* Răzvan Ionilă, 43, Romanian football player (CF Braila, Petrolul Ploiești, Fortuna Covaci) and manager.
* Armand LaMontagne, 87, American sculptor.
* Doyin Okupe, 72, Nigerian physician and politician, cancer.
* Oleksiy Shubin, 49, Ukrainian footballer (Vedrich Rechitsa, Torpedo Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy), drone strike. (death announced on this date)
* Brad Sigmon, 67, American convicted murderer, execution by firing squad.
* Norris Thomas, 70, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
* Wally Ursuliak, 95, Canadian curler, world champion (1961).
* Sergei Vostokov, 79, Russian mathematician.
* Sir David Vunagi, 74, Solomon Islands Anglican prelate and politician, governor-general (2019–2024) and archbishop and primate of Melanesia (2009–2017).
* D'Wayne Wiggins, 64, American musician (Tony! Toni! Toné!) and songwriter ("Feels Good"), bladder cancer.

### 6

* Australian Suicide, 32, Australian professional wrestler (AAA), cardiac arrest.
* Mike Battle, 78, American football player (New York Jets) and actor (C.C. and Company).
* Meredith Belbin, 98, British researcher (Team Role Inventories) and management consultant.
* Walter Bucher, 98, Swiss Olympic cyclist (1948).
* Dušan Čaplovič, 78, Slovak politician, minister of education (2012–2014), MP (2002–2020).
* Dick Cherry, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins).
* Henri Duez, 87, French Olympic cyclist (1960).
* Brian James, 70, English punk rock guitarist (The Damned, The Lords of the New Church) and songwriter ("New Rose").
* Fikri Jufri [id], 88, Indonesian journalist (Tempo).
* Krzysztof Kononowicz, 62, Polish political activist.
* Domingo Massaro, 97, Chilean Olympic footballer (1952).
* Daniel Pearl, 65, Brazilian journalist.
* Klaus Richtzenhain, 90, German athlete, Olympic silver medalist (1956). (death announced on this date)
* Crystal-Donna Roberts, 40, South African actress (Arendsvlei, The Endless River, Chronicle), breast cancer.
* Olavi Salonen, 91, Finnish Olympic middle-distance runner (1960, 1964).
* Art Schallock, 100, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles).
* Ricardo Scofidio, 89, American architect.
* Mabel Segun, 95, Nigerian writer and poet.
* Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey, 89–90, Pakistani admiral, chief of the naval staff (1986–1988) and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee (1988–1991).
* Ray Snowball, 92, English footballer (Darlington).
* Árpád Sopsits, 72, Hungarian film director (Strangled).
* Josef Zíma [cs], 92, Czech actor (The Princess with the Golden Star, The Sinful People of Prague) and singer (Starci na chmelu).

### 5

* Edesio Alejandro, 66, Cuban singer, guitarist and composer (Clandestinos, Hello Hemingway), cancer.
* Pamela Bach, 61, American actress (Baywatch), suicide by gunshot.
* S. K. Bagga, 71, Indian politician, Delhi MLA (since 2015).
* Jean-Claude Barreau, 91, French essayist and writer.
* Eduardo Cruickshank Smith, 67, Costa Rican politician, member (since 2018) and president (2020–2021) of the Legislative Assembly, heart disease.
* Altin Çuko, 50, Albanian footballer (KS Lushnja, FK Tomori, KF Laçi).
* DJ Funk, 53, American musician and producer, cancer. (death announced on this date)
* Sandra Harding, 89, American philosopher.
* Ewald Heer, 94, American aerospace engineer.
* Norberto Huezo, 68, Salvadoran footballer (Atlético Marte, Palencia, national team), complications from a stroke.
* Herry Irama [id], 68, Indonesian singer and actor.
* Zoya Kornilova, 85, Russian politician, MP (1995–1999).
* Linda McKee, 83, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1996–2004).
* Bruno Pizzul, 86, Italian footballer (Catania, Cremonese) and journalist (RAI).
* Daniel Rovero, 87, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (2011–2019).
* Pavel Staněk [cs], 97, Czech composer and conductor.
* Fred Stolle, 86, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player, cancer.
* Charles Tart, 87, American psychologist and parapsychologist.
* Sylvester Turner, 70, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 2025), mayor of Houston (2016–2024).
* Terry Wilson, 83, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Eskimos).
* Haruo Yoshimuta, 85, Japanese Olympic swimmer (1960, 1964), heart failure.

### 4

* Roy Ayers, 84, American musician and composer (Everybody Loves the Sunshine).
* Margaret Brazier, 74, British academic.
* Robert G. Clark Jr., 96, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1968–2003).
* Stephen Custer, 81, American classical cellist (Los Angeles Philharmonic).
* Jean-Louis Debré, 80, French judge and politician, president of the Constitutional Council (2007–2016) and of the National Assembly (2002–2007), minister of the interior (1995–1997).
* Harry Elston, 86, American singer (The Friends of Distinction).
* Peter Engel, 88, American television producer (Saved by the Bell, City Guys, Hang Time).
* Dave Gillespie, 90, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, Wellington, national team). (death announced on this date)
* Cássio de Jesus, 35, Brazilian footballer (Semen Padang, Kelantan, Barito Putera), aplastic anemia.
* Jack Kibbie, 95, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (1965–1969, 1989–2013) and House of Representatives (1960–1964).
* Joe Nickell, 80, American skeptic (The Bondwoman's Narrative) and paranormal investigator.
* Jerzy Pasiński, 77, Polish politician, mayor of Gdańsk (1989–1990).
* Jean-Louis Pichon, 76, French theatre director. (body discovered on this date)
* Selwyn Raab, 90, American journalist (The New York Times) and author, inspiration for Kojak, intestinal complications.
* Ciclón Ramirez, 64, Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL, IWRG), heart attack.
* Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna, 87, Brazilian writer.
* Roses In May, 25, American racehorse.
* Mario Trabucco, 73, Italian violinist.
* José Valdivielso, 89, Cuban-American baseball player (Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins).
* Gene Winfield, 97, American automotive customizer (Blade Runner), cancer.
* Serhiy Zhuravlyov, 65, Ukrainian footballer (Dynamo Kyiv, Zorya Luhansk, national team). (death announced on this date)

### 3

* Kathryn Apanowicz, 64, British actress (Angels, EastEnders) and television presenter (Calendar).
* Sonny Arguinzoni, 85, American author and pastor.
* Peter Bevilacqua, 91, Italian-born Australian footballer (Carlton).
* Henryk Bielski, 90, Polish film director (Pastorale heroica).
* Randy Brown, 72, American R&B singer.
* Victor Cicansky, 90, Canadian sculptor.
* Carl Dean, 82, American businessman.
* Lincoln Díaz-Balart, 70, Cuban-American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2011), cancer.
* Peter Eyre, 85, English cricketer (Derbyshire).
* Walter Fahrer, 85, Argentine comic book writer.
* Dan Gawrecki, 81, Czech historian.
* Eleonora Giorgi, 71, Italian actress (Talcum Powder, To Forget Venice, Inferno) and film director, pancreatic cancer.
* Dore Gold, 71, American-Israeli political scientist and diplomat, permanent representative of Israel to the UN (1997–1999).
* Herb Greene, 82, American photographer.
* Geraint Jarman, 74, Welsh musician, poet and television producer.
* Sébastien Lepetit, 55, French crime fiction writer, colorectal cancer.
* Leif Ljungqvist, 82, Swedish murder witness (assassination of Olof Palme).
* Jean-Marie Londeix, 92, French saxophonist.
* Jozef Markuš, 80, Slovak politician, deputy prime minister (1989–1990), president of Matica slovenská (1990–2010).
* Carol McNicoll, 81, English studio potter.
* John McTavish, 93, Scottish footballer (Manchester City, St Mirren, Stranraer).
* Craig Richard Nelson, 77, American actor (The Paper Chase, 3 Women, Friends and Lovers).
* Jeffrey Runnings, 61, American musician (For Against) and songwriter, cancer.
* Bob Rupe, 68, American musician (The Silos, Cracker, Sparklehorse).
* Antoine Saad, 87–88, Lebanese politician, MP (2005–2018).
* Sunil Satpal Sangwan, 77, Indian politician, Haryana MLA (1996–2001, 2009–2014, since 2024), liver cancer.
* Frank Saucier, 98, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns).
* Padmakar Shivalkar, 84, Indian cricketer (Bombay).
* Felicia Țilea-Moldovan, 57, Romanian four-time Olympic javelin thrower.
* Woo Chia-wei, 87, Hong Kong physicist and academic administrator, president of HKUST (1991–2001) and SFSU (1983–1988).

### 2

* Edip Akbayram, 74, Turkish singer, multiple organ failure.
* Felicia Minei Behr, 83, American television producer (All My Children).
* Dieuwertje Blok, 67, Dutch actress, writer, and television presenter (Het Sinterklaasjournaal), cancer.
* Dennis Bond, 77, English footballer (Watford, Charlton Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur).
* Gérard Bourgoin, 85, French sports executive, president of AJ Auxerre (2011–2013) and Ligue de Football Professionnel (2000–2002).
* Marc Boutte, 55, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins).
* Colin Burdett, 94, Australian Olympic basketball player (1956).
* John Cummins, 82, Canadian politician, MP (1993–2011).
* Ray De Gruchy, 92, British footballer (Grimsby Town, Chesterfield).
* Flo Fox, 79, American street photographer.
* Roger Gyles, 86, Australian judge (Federal Court of Australia).
* Herbert Léonard, 80, French singer, lung cancer.
* George Lowe, 67, American voice actor (Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken).
* Frank Maher, 90, Canadian musician.
* Kee Malesky, 74, American author and research librarian.
* Juan Margallo, 84, Spanish actor (Dragon Rapide, Solitary Fragments) and theatre director, complications from a fall.
* Marysa Navarro, 90, Spanish-American historian.
* Buvaisar Saitiev, 49, Russian freestyle wrestler and politician, Olympic champion (1996, 2004, 2008), MP (2016–2021), fall.
* Bruno Souza, 99, Indian architect.
* Bernhard Vogel, 92, German politician, minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate (1976–1988) and of Thuringia (1992–2003), twice president of the Bundesrat.
* Peter Wall, 87, Ukrainian-born Canadian real estate developer.

### 1

* Paula Alvarellos, 62, Spanish politician and lawyer, mayor of Lugo (since 2024), heart attack.
* Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky, 74, Georgian prince, throne claimant and theatre director, head of the House of Gruzinsky (since 1984).
* Asoma Banda, 92, Ghanaian businessman and philanthropist.
* Susantha Chandramali, 61, Sri Lankan actress (Gamane Yaa), cancer.
* Rosemary Crowley, 86, Australian politician, minister assisting the prime minister for the status of women (1993) and senator (1983–2002).
* Allan Cruickshank, 73, Vincentian politician, minister of foreign affairs (1998–2001).
* Bill Dare, 64, English television producer and writer (Dead Ringers, The Now Show, Spitting Image), traffic collision.
* Merrill Douglas, 88, American football player (Chicago Bears, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles).
* Hazel Nell Dukes, 92, American civil rights activist, president of the NAACP (1990–1992).
* Marged Esli, 75, Welsh actress (Pobol y Cwm).
* Prince Frederik of Nassau, 22, Luxembourgian member of the grand ducal family of Luxembourg, POLG mitochondrial disease.
* Bunky Green, 91, American jazz alto saxophonist.
* Nico Hidalgo, 32, Spanish footballer (Recreativo Granada, Cádiz, Racing de Santander), lung cancer.
* Pat Ingoldsby, 82, Irish poet and television presenter, subject of The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby.
* Vladimir Krpan, 87, Croatian pianist.
* Robert T. Kuhn, 87, American publicist and church leader.
* Tim Kruger, 44, German pornographic film actor and director, domestic accident.
* Tullio Lanese, 78, Italian football referee.
* Jiří Liška, 75, Czech politician, member (1996–2010) and vice-president (2004–2010) of the Senate.
* Monta Mino, 80, Japanese television presenter (Quiz $ Millionaire).
* Joey Molland, 77, English guitarist (Badfinger) and songwriter ("Love Is Easy", "Love Is Gonna Come at Last").
* Miguel Otero Lathrop, 94, Chilean politician and diplomat, senator (1991–1998).
* Paulito FG, 63, Cuban salsa and timba musician, traffic collision.
* John Curtis Perry, 94, American historian and scholar.
* Fulco Pratesi, 90, Italian environmentalist, journalist and politician, deputy (1992–1994).
* Flor Procuna, 72, Mexican actress (Los ricos también lloran).
* Richard Hughes-Young, 2nd Baron St Helens, 79, British hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (1982–1999).
* Alan Self, 80, Australian footballer (South Melbourne).
* Bill Smith, Scottish musician (The Corries).
* Angie Stone, 63, American singer ("No More Rain (In This Cloud)", "Wish I Didn't Miss You") and rapper (The Sequence), traffic collision.
* Amadu Sulley, Ghanaian civil servant, deputy chairman of the Electoral Commission (2012–2018).
* Jack Vettriano, 73, Scottish painter (The Singing Butler).
* Pedro Zarraluki, 70, Spanish writer.

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