Deaths in May 2023

Deaths in May 2023
May 2023
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Per Åhlin, 91, Swedish animator (Out of an Old Man's Head, Dunderklumpen!, The Journey to Melonia).
Lotta Bouvin-Sundberg, 63, Swedish journalist and news presenter (SVT Rapport), cancer.
Dick Burwell, 83, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
M. Chandran, 76, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (2006–2016).
Felipe Colares, 29, Brazilian mixed martial artist, traffic collision.
Moustafa Darwish, 43, Egyptian actor.
Calvin Davis, 51, American hurdler, Olympic bronze medalist (1996).
Andrew Delaplaine, 73, American novelist and screenwriter (Meeting Spencer), stomach cancer.
John Dunmore, 99, French-born New Zealand academic, historian and author.
Llambi Gegprifti, 81, Albanian politician, mayor of Tirana (1986–1987, 1989–1990).
Paul Giambarba, 94, American graphic designer and cartoonist (This Week).
Gordon Lightfoot, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("Sundown", "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", "If You Could Read My Mind").
Jordan Neely, 30, American subway passenger, compression of the neck.
G. R. Perera, 83, Sri Lankan actor (Welikathara, Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli, Aswesuma).
Pugh Rogefeldt, 76, Swedish musician, complications from corticobasal degeneration.
Eileen Saki, 79, Japanese-American actress (M*A*S*H, Splash, Policewomen), cancer.
Marshall S. Smith, 85, American educator.
Everett M. Snortland, 86, American politician, member of the Montana House of Representatives (1970–1971).
Brendan Walsh, 50, Irish hurler (Killeagh, Cork).
Duncan Wright, 82, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
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Khader Adnan, 45, Palestinian activist, hunger strike.
Eugeniusz Bedeniczuk, 62, Polish Olympic triple jumper (1992).
Matahi Brothers, 62, French Polynesian businessman.
Barbara Bryne, 94, British-American actress (The Bostonians, Amadeus, Two Evil Eyes).
Gabrielle Carey, 64, Australian author (Puberty Blues).
Alice Coleman, 99, British geographer.
Charles Engola, 64, Ugandan politician, MP (2016–2021), shot.
Heidy Forster, 92, Swiss-German actress (Hinter den sieben Gleisen, The Roaring Fifties, The Foster Boy).
Arun Manilal Gandhi, 89, Indian-American author and political activist.
Bernard Lapasset, 75, French rugby union administrator, chairman of the International Rugby Board (2008–2016), Alzheimer's disease.
Christian Larièpe, 63, French footballer (FC Montceau Bourgogne) and sporting director (Lausanne Sport, Saint-Étienne), malaria.
Mzwandile Masala, 85, South African politician, MNA (1997–2004), ambassador to Zambia (2004–2007).
Sid Ali Mazif, 79, Algerian film director.
Albert Narath, 90, German-born American chemist.
Frank Phillips, 90, Australian golfer.
Mike Pinner, 89, English footballer (Aston Villa, Leyton Orient, Sheffield Wednesday).
Ruth Porta, 66, Spanish politician, senator (2007–2011).
Michael Roskin, 84, American political scientist.
Souli Sabah, 91, Greek singer and actress.
Guido Sacconi, 74, Italian politician, MEP (1999–2009).
Damir Šolman, 74, Croatian basketball player, Olympic silver medallist (1968, 1976).
Achmad Sujudi, 82, Indonesian physician, minister of health (1999–2004).
Giovanni Urbinati, 76, Italian ceramist and sculptor.
Valentin Yudashkin, 59, Russian fashion designer, kidney cancer.
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Asia Abdelmajid, 80, Sudanese actress and teacher, shot.
Lance Blanks, 56, American basketball player (Detroit Pistons, Minnesota Timberwolves) and general manager (Phoenix Suns), suicide.
Bear F. Braumoeller, 55, American political scientist.
Dean Corren, 67, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1993–2001), heart attack.
Alessandro D'Alatri, 68, Italian film director (Red American, No Skin, The Fever), screenwriter and actor.
Gustaf Douglas, 85, Swedish aristocrat and investment executive, founder of Investment AB Latour and member of the IVA.
John Edmunds, 94, British television presenter (ABC Weekend TV, Associated-Rediffusion) and academic.
Kabir Hossain, 84, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991–2006).
Razie Jachya, 92, Indonesian politician, governor of Bengkulu (1989–1994).
Josef Jařab, 85, Czech academic, rector of Palacký University Olomouc (1990–1997) and senator (1996–1998, 2000–2006).
Howard Krongard, 82, American Hall of Fame lacrosse player, attorney, and government official, inspector general of the Department of State (2005–2008), cancer.
Ronald Rene Lagueux, 91, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island (since 1986).
Josef Lenz, 88, German luger.
Linda Lewis, 72, English singer-songwriter ("Rock-a-Doodle-Doo").
Manobala, 69, Indian film director (December 31) and actor (Gopurangal Saivathillai, James Pandu), liver failure.
Vicky Neale, 39, British mathematician (Closing the Gap: The Quest to Understand Prime Numbers), cancer.
Michael O'Halloran, 86, Irish politician and trade unionist, lord mayor of Dublin (1984–1985).
Francisco Paesa, 87, Spanish spy, banker and businessman.
Roland Pattillo, 89, American physician.
Carl Reissigl, 98, Austrian politician, member (1979–1994) and president (1989–1994) of the Landtag of Tyrol.
Don Short, 90, British writer and journalist, heart failure.
Franc Škerlj, 81, Slovenian Olympic cyclist (1968).
Tony Staley, 83, Australian politician, MP (1970–1980), minister for the Capital Territory (1976–1977) and post and telecommunications (1977–1980).
Jasmin Stavros, 68, Croatian pop musician.
Muhammad Taufik, 66, Indonesian politician, member (since 2009) and deputy speaker (2014–2022) of the Jakarta Regional People's Representative Council, lung cancer.
Gail Tremblay, 77, American writer and artist.
Nikica Valentić, 72, Croatian politician, prime minister (1993–1995).
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Sir John Aird, 4th Baronet, 83, British aristocrat and businessman.
Joop van den Berg, 81, Dutch politician, MP (1988–1994).
Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell, 88, Northern Irish jurist, lord chief justice (1997–2004).
Bruce Childs, 88, Australian politician, senator (1981–1997).
Henri Coulonges, 86, French writer.
John C. Cushman III, 82, American real estate executive (Cushman & Wakefield), national president of the Boy Scouts (2004–2006).
Rafael Guillén, 90, Spanish poet, stroke.
Stewart Harris, 74, American songwriter ("Lonely Nights", "Hurricane", "Rose in Paradise").
Iain Johnstone, 80, English author, broadcaster and television producer.
Petr Klíma, 58, Czech ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, Tampa Bay Lightning), Stanley Cup champion (1990).
Hans-Jörg Krüger, 81, German Olympic basketball player (1972).
Rob Laakso, 44, American musician (Kurt Vile and the Violators, Swirlies), cholangiocarcinoma.
Karaikudi Mani, 77, Indian mridangam player.
Bill Mondt, 88, American college football player (Colorado Buffaloes) and coach (New Mexico Lobos).
Achmad Mubarok, 77, Indonesian academic and politician, MP (1999–2009).
Rifat Rastoder, 72, Montenegrin politician, writer, and journalist, acting president (2003).
Chris Reynolds, 63, Welsh comics author (Mauretania Comics).
Tom Spencer, 75, British politician, MEP (1979–1984, 1989–1999), progressive supranuclear palsy.
Michael Squire, 77, British architect.
Georgi Stoykovski, 81, Bulgarian Olympic triple jumper (1964, 1968).
Diane Stratas, 90, Canadian politician, MP (1979–1980).
Terry Vaughn, 50, American soccer referee, complications from Huntington's disease.
Robert E. Wade, 89, Canadian politician, mayor of Hamilton (2000–2003).
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Martti Aiha, 70, Finnish sculptor.
Valeriy Baranov, 66, Ukrainian politician, MP (2007–2012), governor of Zaporizhzhia Oblast (2014).
Gloria Belle, 83, American bluegrass vocalist and musician.
Fortunato Benavides, 76, American jurist, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (since 1994).
Ilse Buding, 83, Romanian-born German tennis player.
Richard E. Carver, 85, American politician, SAF/FM (1984–1987), mayor of Peoria, Illinois (1973–1984) and president of the USCM (1979–1980).
Michel Cordes, 77, French actor (The Horseman on the Roof, Didier, A Question of Taste), author and stage director, suicide by gunshot.
Samuel T. Durrance, 79, American astronaut (STS-35, STS-67), complications from a fall.
Gary Finch, 79, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1999–2021).
George Fouché, 57, South African racecar driver, complications from a fall.
Haidar Haidar, 87, Syrian novelist (The Desolate Time, A Feast for the Seaweeds, The Mirrors of Fire).
Arsenio Iglesias, 92, Spanish football player (Deportivo de La Coruña, Granada) and manager (Zaragoza).
Marc Jeuniau, 95, Belgian sports journalist.
Terry Lewis, 95, Australian convicted corrupt police officer, commissioner of the Queensland Police Force (1976–1987).
Christopher William Long, 85, British diplomat, ambassador to Switzerland (1988–1992), Egypt (1992–1995) and Hungary (1995–1998).
Jesús Mancha, 81, Spanish politician, senator (1996–2000), deputy (2000–2008).
Fozi el-Mardi, 69–70, Sudanese football player, coach, and administrator.
Bruce McCall, 87, Canadian author and illustrator (The New Yorker, Zany Afternoons), complications from Parkinson's disease.
Brian McKenna, 77, Canadian filmmaker and producer (The Fifth Estate, The Valour and the Horror).
Carlos Padilla, 78, Filipino politician, three-time member of the House of Representatives, governor of Nueva Vizcaya (since 2016), heart attack.
Mary Price, 79, English lawn bowler.
Siiri Rantanen, 98, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1956).
Gerald Rose, 87, British illustrator.
Robert C. Shinn Jr., 85, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1985–1994) and commissioner of the NJDEP (1994–2002).
Amy Silverstein, 59, American writer, cancer.
Philippe Sollers, 86, French writer and literary critic, founder of Tel Quel and L'Infini, subject of Writer Sollers.
Chris Strachwitz, 91, American record company founder and executive (Arhoolie Records).
Beverly Torok-Storb, 75, American physician.
Sophia Vari, 82–83, Greek painter and sculptor.
Ján Vilikovský, 85, Slovak translator and diplomat, ambassador to the United Kingdom (1992–1996).
Brian Warner, 83, British-South African astronomer.
Jack Wilkins, 78, American jazz guitarist.
Ian Witten, 76, English-born New Zealand computer scientist.
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Nigar Alam, Pakistani cleric, lynched.
Pietro Barucci, 100, Italian architect and urban planner.
Ivan Bizjak, 67, Slovenian mathematician and politician, minister of the interior (1993–1994) and of justice (2000–2004).
Vida Blue, 73, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, Kansas City Royals), three-time World Series champion (1972, 1973, 1974).
Anthony Cartwright, 82, New Zealand cricketer (Otago, North Otago).
Habib Chaab, 49, Iranian-Swedish political activist, founder of the ASMLA, execution by hanging.
Jim Copeland, 84, Canadian football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders, Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes).
Sam Gross, 89, American cartoonist (The New Yorker).
Norman Hill, 87, English cricketer (Nottinghamshire).
Tom Hornbein, 92, American mountaineer.
Derek Keating, 67, Irish politician, TD (2011–2016).
Frank Kozik, 61, American artist and graphic designer.
Marc Lalonde, 93, Canadian politician, MP (1972–1984), minister of finance (1982–1984) and justice (1978–1979).
Néstor Matamala, 82, Chilean football manager (Motagua, Real España, Olimpia).
Eugeniusz Matyjas, 71, Polish politician, voivode of Leszno Voivodeship (1990–1994).
Newton N. Minow, 97, American attorney, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (1961–1963), heart attack.
Paulus Moa, 82, Indonesian bureaucrat and politician, regent of Sikka (1998–2003).
Raimo Partanen, 82, Finnish Olympic skier (1964).
Hanna Fenichel Pitkin, 91, German-born American political theorist.
Gary Prado Salmón, 84, Bolivian military officer and diplomat, ambassador to Mexico (2000–2002).
Menahem Pressler, 99, German-born Israeli-American pianist (Beaux Arts Trio).
Erika Raue, 85, German Olympic javelin thrower (1956).
Petruška Šustrová, 75, Czech dissident (Charter 77), journalist, and translator.
Gianluca Tonetti, 56, Italian road racing cyclist, heart attack.
Nabeesa Ummal, 92, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (1987–1991).
Joe Young, 89, Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler (Galway).
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David Albiston, 78, Australian footballer (Hawthorn).
Jerry Armstrong, 86, American Olympic boxer (1960), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Ingrid Arvidsson, 103, Swedish poet, author, and diplomat.
Balarama, 67, Indian elephant.
Byrna Barclay, 82, Canadian writer and editor.
Albert Borgmann, 85, German-born American philosopher.
Gail Bromley, 72–73, English botanist.
Grace Bumbry, 86, American operatic mezzo-soprano (Bayreuth Festival), complications from a stroke.
Soňa Červená, 97, Czech operatic mezzo-soprano (Oper Frankfurt, San Francisco Opera).
Lindsay Crocker, 64, New Zealand cricketer (Northern Districts) and sports administrator.
Viktor Djalilov, 71, Uzbek football player and manager (Politotdel, Navbahor, Pakhtakor Tashkent). (death announced on this date)
Vladimir Dybo, 92, Russian linguist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Ray Fortin, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues).
Aase Foss Abrahamsen, 92, Norwegian writer.
Larry Foster, 85, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
Hassan Idrissi, 46, Belgian politician, Walloon deputy (2018–2019), suicide.
Don January, 93, American golfer (PGA Tour, Senior PGA Tour), PGA Championship winner (1967).
Deacon Jones, 89, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox) and coach (Houston Astros, San Diego Padres).
Seán Keane, 76, Irish fiddler (The Chieftains).
James Kerr, 82, American Olympic fencer (1984).
Jan Klein, 87, Czech-American immunologist.
Larry Mahan, 79, American Hall of Fame rodeo cowboy, subject of The Great American Cowboy.
Patrick J. McGrath, 77, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of San Francisco (1989–1998), coadjutor bishop (1998–1999) and bishop (1999–2019) of San José in California.
Yaseen Akhtar Misbahi, 69, Indian Islamic scholar.
Saint Obi, 57, Nigerian actor and film producer.
Palmirinha Onofre, 91, Brazilian television chef and presenter.
Filippo Ottoni, 84, Italian film director, screenwriter (Detective School Dropouts, A Bay of Blood, Jonah Who Lived in the Whale) and dubbing director.
John Roland, 81, American news presenter (WNEW-TV, NBC News), complications from a stroke.
Fred Siegel, 78, American historian and conservative writer.
Boris Sket, 86, Slovenian zoologist and speleobiologist.
Vic Stasiuk, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings) and coach (Philadelphia Flyers), Stanley Cup champion (1952, 1954, 1955).
Ronald Steel, 92, American author and biographer (Walter Lippmann).
Alexandros Varitimiadis, 28, Greek basketball player (PAOK, Filippos Verias, Aries Trikala), cancer.
Myron Worobec, 78, Austrian-born American soccer player (national team).
Peter Zeindler, 89, Swiss journalist, writer, and playwright.
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Tinagaran Baskeran, 32, Malaysian footballer (Penang, Petaling Jaya City), bone cancer.
K. Patricia Cross, 97, American education scholar.
Kemal Derviş, 74, Turkish economist and politician, minister of economic affairs (2001–2002) and administrator of the UNDP (2005–2009).
Sergey Dreyden, 81, Russian actor (About Love, Window to Paris, Russian Ark).
Wilfried Erdmann, 83, German sailor and author.
Vern Holtgrave, 80, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
Joe Kapp, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (BC Lions, Minnesota Vikings), coach (California Golden Bears) and executive.
Rita Lee, 75, Brazilian singer (Os Mutantes), lung cancer.
Vishwanath Mahadeshwar, 63, Indian politician, mayor of Mumbai (2017–2019).
Samaresh Majumdar, 79, Indian writer, complications from COPD.
Erzsi Máthé, 95, Hungarian actress (Before the Bat's Flight Is Done, Two Confessions).
Neil Matthews, 56, English footballer (Halifax Town, Lincoln City, Stockport County), cancer.
Jorge Niosi, Argentine-born Canadian academic.
Benito Pavoni, 86, Italian politician, deputy (1987–1992).
Robert L. Peters, 68, Canadian graphic designer.
Stanton Samenow, 81, American psychologist and writer.
Jerzy Szteliga, 69, Polish politician, MP (1993–2005).
Pema Tseden, 53, Chinese film director (The Silent Holy Stones, Old Dog, Tharlo), heart attack.
Iranian blasphemers, hanged:
Yousef Mehrdad
Sadrollah Fazeli Zare
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Heather Armstrong, 47, American blogger, suicide.
John Bland, 77, South African golfer.
Antonio Carbajal, 93, Mexican football player (León, national team) and manager (Atlético Morelia).
Denny Crum, 86, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Louisville Cardinals).
Edward Cullen, 90, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia (1994–1998) and bishop of Allentown (1998–2009).
Josef Ehmer, 74, Austrian historian.
Nurul Islam, 94, Bangladeshi economist.
Anna Kolbrún Árnadóttir, 53, Icelandic politician, member of the Althing (2017–2021).
Liudmila Kovnatskaya, 82, Russian musicologist.
Sir Richard Lawson, 95, British general, commander-in-chief of AFNORTH (1982–1986).
Wilferd Madelung, 92, German-British author and scholar of Islamic history.
Mohan Maharishi, 83, Indian theatre director and playwright.
Eric McCormack, 85, Scottish-born Canadian author.
David Miranda, 37, Brazilian politician, deputy (2019–2023), gastrointestinal infection.
Moon Fun Chin, 110, Taiwanese-American supercentenarian, last surviving CNAC pilot.
Terje Rafdal, 58, Norwegian Paralympic wheelchair curler (2014).
Joaquin Romaguera, 90, American tenor (The Most Important Man) and actor.
Allan Sobocinski, 91, Brazilian Olympic sport shooter (1948).
Arman Soldin, 32, Bosnian-born French journalist (Agence France-Presse), rocket explosion.
Carl F. Ullrich, 94, American rowing coach and academic administrator.
Günter Wewel, 88, German operatic bass (Dortmund Opera) and television presenter.
Tadayoshi Yokota, 75, Japanese volleyball player, Olympic champion (1972).
Jacklyn Zeman, 70, American actress (General Hospital, One Life to Live, The Bay), cancer.
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Utz Aichinger, 84, German Olympic field hockey player (1960, 1968).
Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés, 78, Cuban Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of San Cristóbal de la Habana (1992–1998) and bishop of Guantánamo-Baracoa (1998–2006).
Hugo Burge, 51, British businessman.
Massimo Cavezzali, 73, Italian comic book artist.
Rosemary Crossley, 78, Australian author.
Vandana Das, 22, Indian surgeon, stabbed.
Mike Feldman, 95, Canadian politician, Toronto city councillor (1998–2010) and deputy mayor of Toronto (2003–2006).
Ed Flanagan, 79, American football player (Detroit Lions, San Diego Chargers).
Virginia von Fürstenberg, 48, Italian artist, poet and fashion designer, fall.
Ian Hacking, 87, Canadian philosopher and author (The Taming of Chance, Rewriting the Soul, Mad Travelers).
Rolf Harris, 93, Australian entertainer (Rolf's Cartoon Club, Animal Hospital), singer ("Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport"), and convicted sex offender, neck cancer.
Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, 89, Italian musicologist.
Loonkito, 19, Kenyan lion, speared.
Jan Lundin, 80, Swedish Olympic swimmer (1964).
Russ Nicholson, British illustrator (The Warlock of Firetop Mountain).
Colette Nucci, 73, French actress and director, cancer.
Enrico Oldoini, 77, Italian film director (Don Matteo, Vacanze di Natale '90, Anni 90) and screenwriter, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Thelston Payne, 66, Barbadian cricketer (West Indies, national team), pancreatic cancer.
Metello Savino, 59, Italian Olympic swimmer (1984).
Arne Strand, 79, Norwegian journalist (Dagsavisen), cancer.
Sun Jiulin, 85, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Martin Wiehle, 96, German historian.
Albert Zwaveling, 95, Dutch surgeon.
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András Adorján, 73, Hungarian chess grandmaster and author.
Kenneth Anger, 96, American filmmaker (Fireworks, Lucifer Rising) and writer (Hollywood Babylon).
Ana Paula Borgo, 29, Brazilian volleyball player (Volley Bergamo, national team), stomach cancer.
Nedeljko Bulatović, 84, Serbian footballer (NEC, Tongeren, Fortuna Sittard).
Hodding Carter III, 88, American journalist and spokesman, U.S. State Department spokesperson (1977–1980).
Leon Comber, 101, British military officer and author.
Stanley Engerman, 87, American economist and historian (Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery), myelodysplastic syndrome.
Joe A. Garcia, 70, American indigenous political activist and musician, president of the National Congress of American Indians (2006–2009).
Guido Gorgatti, 103, Italian-born Argentine actor (Bárbara atómica, An American in Buenos Aires, Would You Marry Me?).
Lloyd Inman Hendricks, 81, American politician.
Beverley Holloway, 91, New Zealand entomologist.
Karl Sverre Klevstad, 96, Norwegian politician, mayor of Vestvågøy (1987–1991).
Marcel Lagorce, 90, French classical trumpeter.
Long Boi, British Mallard-Indian Runner duck cross. (death announced on this date)
Teina Maraeura, 72, French Polynesian politician, deputy (1986–2013, 2018–2023) and mayor of Rangiroa (1986–2021).
Sue Maroroa, 32, New Zealand-English chess player, complications following childbirth.
Futoshi Nakanishi, 90, Japanese baseball player and manager (Nishitetsu Lions, Nippon Ham-Fighters, Hanshin Tigers), heart failure.
Barry Newman, 92, American actor (Vanishing Point, The Salzburg Connection, Petrocelli).
Shaun Pickering, 61, Welsh Olympic shot putter (1996).
Andy Provan, 79, Scottish footballer (York City, Torquay United, Chester), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Jean-Paul Savoie, 76, Canadian social worker and politician, New Brunswick MLA (1987–1999).
Michael Waterfield, 81, British biochemist.
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Thembinkosi Apleni, 49, South African politician, delegate to the National Council of Provinces (since 2019).
Alfonso Buonocore, 90, Italian Olympic swimmer (1952) and water polo player (1956).
Leroy Cooper, 62, Jamaican-born British photographer. (body discovered on this date)
Owen Davidson, 79, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player.
Don Denkinger, 86, American baseball umpire (Major League Baseball).
Shaden Gardood, Sudanese singer, mortar fire.
Ísak Harðarson, 66, Icelandic poet and translator.
Gerry Hart, 75, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, New York Islanders, St. Louis Blues).
Michael J. Juneau, 60, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Western Louisiana (since 2018).
Aleksandr Karakin, 32, Russian footballer (Khimki), traffic collision.
Ralph Lee, 87, American puppeteer and special effects artist.
Bernard Membe, 69, Tanzanian diplomat and politician, MP (2000–2005) and minister of foreign affairs (2006–2015).
Judy Messer, 89, Australian conservationist.
Francis Monkman, 73, English musician (Curved Air, Sky, Matching Mole), songwriter and composer, cancer.
Jacques Mouilleron, 82, French footballer (Angers, Red Star, Caen).
Joe Mpisi, 56, South African politician, Gauteng MPL (since 2014).
Michael Norell, 85, American actor (Emergency!) and television writer (The Love Boat, Nash Bridges).
David Pollock, 81, British humanist.
Jethabhai Rathod, 86, Indian politician, Gujarat MLA (1967–1971).
Bruce Robertson, 71, New Zealand rugby union player (Counties, national team).
Christine Savage, 91, American politician, member of the Maine Senate (2000–2008).
Fanta Singhateh, 93, Gambian socialite, first lady (1966–1970).
David Stripp, 88, English cricketer (Sussex).
Umar Apong, 83, Bruneian nobleman and police officer, commissioner of the Royal Brunei Police Force (1984–1991). (death announced on this date)
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Tayeb Belaiz, 74, Algerian jurist, minister of justice (2004–2012).
Giotto Bizzarrini, 96, Italian automobile engineer.
Harry Bentley Bradley, 83, American car and toy car designer.
Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, 89, British politician, secretary of state for Northern Ireland (1989–1992) and national heritage (1992–1994), MP (1977–2001).
Yaqoob Atif Bulbula, 76, Pakistani singer and actor.
John Flood, 90, English footballer (Southampton, Bournemouth, Headington United).
Bob Garibaldi, 81, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
Johan Gullichsen, 86, Finnish Olympic sailor (1964).
Bill Kelly, 75, American college football coach (West Texas A&M Buffaloes, Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds), pneumonia.
Rahmatollah Khosravi, 72, Iranian politician, MP (1988–1992).
Sibylle Lewitscharoff, 69, German writer.
Weldon Olson, 90, American ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1960).
Mary Parker, 92, English-born Australian actress and television presenter.
Eduard Sagalaev, 76, Russian media executive, founder of TV-6 and chairman of the VGTRK (1996–1997).
Ram G. Takwale, 90, Indian academic administrator, vice-chancellor of YCMOU (1989–1994) and IGNOU (1995–1998).
Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda, 89, Japanese gymnast, Olympic bronze medallist (1964), brain cancer.
Jürgen Trumpf, 91, German diplomat and politician, secretary-general of the European Council (1994–1999).
Carl Yankowski, 74, American businessman (Palm, Inc., Ambient Devices).
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József Ács, 92, Hungarian sculptor.
Billy Wayne Bailey, 65, American politician, member of the West Virginia Senate (1991–2008).
Doyle Brunson, 89, American Hall of Fame poker player, WSOP champion (1976, 1977).
Guerrino Riccardo Brusati, 78, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Caetité (2003–2015) and Janaúba (2015–2019).
Loris Ohannes Chobanian, 90, Armenian-American composer.
Cornelius, 87, Greek Orthodox prelate.
Garðar Cortes, 82, Icelandic operatic tenor singer and opera director, founder of The Icelandic Opera.
John Giblin, 71, Scottish bass player, sepsis.
Ingrid Haebler, 93, Austrian pianist.
Christian Hansen Jr., 91, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1981–1982), U.S. Marshal for Vermont (1969–1977, 1982–1984).
Karl Hesse, 86, German Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1978–1980) and archbishop (1990–2011) of Rabaul, bishop of Kavieng (1980–1990).
Dame Rosie Horton, 83, New Zealand philanthropist.
Omar A. Jallow, 76, Gambian politician, leader of the People's Progressive Party (2002–2018), minister of agriculture (2017–2018).
Billy Masetlha, 68, South African intelligence officer, director of the National Intelligence Agency (2004–2005).
Gloria Molina, 74, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1982–1987) and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (1991–2014).
Ferran Olivella, 86, Spanish footballer (CD Condal, Barcelona, national team).
Craig Puki, 66, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, St. Louis Cardinals).
Regīna Razuma, 71, Latvian actress (The Arrows of Robin Hood, Aquanauts, Unfinished Supper).
John Refoua, 58, American film editor (Avatar, Olympus Has Fallen, Southpaw), complications from bile duct cancer.
Lamin Swann, 45, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (since 2023).
John Teague, 78, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1974–1976) and Alabama Senate (1976–1986), cancer.
Albert Vecten, 97, French politician, senator (1983–2001).
Marco Warren, 29, Bermudan footballer (PHC Zebras, national team), traffic collision.
Samantha Weinstein, 28, Canadian actress (Carrie, D.N. Ace, The Rocker), ovarian cancer.
Walter Murray Wonham, 88, Canadian mathematician.
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Stanley Appel, 89, British television producer (Top of the Pops) and director.
Bruce Bould, 73, English actor (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin).
Madjiguène Cissé, 71, Senegalese activist.
Essambo Ewane, 70, Cameroonian Olympic judoka (1980, 1984).
Giuseppe Fallarini, 89, Italian racing cyclist.
Sharon Farrell, 82, American actress (The Stunt Man, It's Alive, Hawaii Five-O).
Farooque, 74, Bangladeshi actor (Sujon Sokhi, Lathial) and politician, MP (since 2018).
Belmar Gunderson, 88, American tennis player.
Billy Guyton, 33, New Zealand rugby union player (Tasman Mako, Blues).
Hassan Hallak, 77, Lebanese historian.
Shoaib Hashmi, 87, Pakistani playwright, complications from a stroke.
Fahd Al-Hayyan, 52, Saudi Arabian actor (Ghashamsham, Tash ma Tash).
Deborra Hope, 67, Canadian journalist and news anchor (Global BC), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Zbigniew Kaczmarek, 76, Polish weightlifter, Olympic bronze medalist (1972).
Eugene Kozlovsky, 76, Russian writer, screenwriter (Schizophrenia), theatre and film director.
Robert Lucas Jr., 85, American economist (Lucas critique), Nobel Prize laureate (1995).
Marty Lynch, 59, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (John Mitchel, Newry Bosco) and association footballer (Monaghan United), complications from motor neurone disease.
Chow Tewa Mein, 80, Indian politician, Arunachal Pradesh MLA (since 2014).
Paris Moayedi, 84, Iranian-British businessman. (death announced on this date)
Ron Northcott, 87, Canadian Hall of Fame curler.
Valentin Pozaić, 77, Croatian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Zagreb (2005–2017).
Bernt Rosengren, 85, Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist.
Peter Scott, 92, Australian footballer (Hawthorn).
Jitka Svobodová, 81, Czech painter, sculptor and academic.
Anyimchukwu Ude, 81, Nigerian politician, senator (2007–2011).
Marko Zalaznik, 28, Slovenian footballer (Radomlje, Olimpija Ljubljana).
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Akwaboah Snr., Ghanaian singer-songwriter.
Iñaki Alkiza, 89, Spanish politician and footballer (Hernani, Real Sociedad), mayor of San Sebastián (1979).
Lynne Allsup, 74, American Olympic swimmer (1964).
Rodrigo Barnes, 73, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, Oakland Raiders).
Frédéric Bastien, 53, Canadian historian and journalist, cardiac arrest.
Barry Dwolatzky, 71, South African software engineer.
Mark Gietzen, 69, American anti-abortion and political activist, plane crash.
Marlene Hagge, 89, American Hall of Fame golfer, co-founder of the LPGA, complications from a fall.
Ulf Högberg, 77, Swedish Olympic runner (1972, 1976).
Ian Jarvie, 85, British-born Canadian philosopher.
Uwe Kitzinger, 95, English economist and political adviser, heart attack.
Dorothy Knowles, 96, Canadian visual artist.
Richard Landis, 77, American singer-songwriter, record producer, and music executive.
Sunday Mbang, 86, Nigerian Methodist prelate.
Maria Mies, 92, German sociologist.
Patricia Morgan-Webb, 79, British educator.
Cyril Agodi Onwumechili, 91, Nigerian physicist and academic administrator (University of Ife), member of the Nigerian Academy of Science.
Reiji Oyama, 96, Japanese pastor, founder of The Biblical Church.
Pale Male, 32–33, American red-tailed hawk.
Daniel Paul, 79, French politician, deputy (1997–2012).
Bill Perkins, 74, American politician, member of the New York State Senate (2007–2017) and City Council (1998–2005, 2017–2021).
P. K. R. Pillai, 92, Indian film producer (Chithram, Thathamme Poocha Poocha, Ezhu Muthal Onpathu Vare).
Per Røntved, 74, Danish footballer (Brønshøj Boldklub, Werder Bremen, national team).
Nelsinho Rosa, 85, Brazilian football player (Flamengo) and manager (Fluminense, Vasco da Gama).
Inger Sandberg, 92, Swedish children's author (The Little Ghost Godfrey, Lilla Anna och Långa farbrorn).
Nikolay Shaklein, 79, Russian politician, senator (2009–2011), governor of Kirov Oblast (2004–2009) and deputy prosecutor general (1991–1993).
Andy Smart, 63, English comedian (The Comedy Store Players), actor and writer.
Lester Sterling, 87, Jamaican saxophonist (The Skatalites, Byron Lee and the Dragonaires).
Hari Shankar Tiwari, 89, Indian gangster and politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (1985–2007), kidney failure.
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Ray Austin, 90, British stuntman (The Avengers) and director (Zorro, Magnum, P.I.).
Livia Bitton-Jackson, 92, Czechoslovak-born American-Israeli author and Holocaust survivor.
Creative Force, 5, Irish-bred British Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the British Champions Sprint Stakes (2021).
Alicia Dussán de Reichel, 102, Colombian anthropologist.
David Gardner, 82, English cricketer (Wiltshire).
Graham Gipson, 90, Australian sprinter, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
"Superstar" Billy Graham, 79, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (WWWF), multiple organ failure.
James Hartle, 83, American physicist, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
S. P. Hinduja, 87, Indian-born British businessman (Hinduja Group) and philanthropist, complications from Lewy body dementia.
Dvora Kedar, 98, Israeli actress (Lemon Popsicle, Going Steady, Operation Thunderbolt).
Liu Feng-shueh, 97, Taiwanese choreographer.
Jean Madelain, 99, French politician, senator (1980–1998) and mayor of Fougères (1965–1971).
Jovo Mišeljić, 55, Bosnian footballer (Radnički Niš, Aris Limassol, Leotar).
Chiara Moretti, 67, Italian actress (Seeking Asylum).
Johnny Morgan, 76, American politician, member of the Mississippi Senate (1983–1991), plane crash.
Telésforo Pedraza Ortega, 77, Colombian diplomat and politician, deputy (2002–2004, 2005–2006, 2008–2018).
Jean-Louis Pesch, 94, French cartoonist (Sylvain et Sylvette).
Eddie Southern, 85, American hurdler, Olympic silver medallist (1956).
Charles Stenholm, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–2005).
Marge Summit, 87, American LGBT rights activist.
Kacper Tekieli, 38, Polish alpinist, avalanche.
Jorrit Tornquist, 85, Austrian-Italian visual artist, color consultant, and theorist.
Dinmukhammed Ulysbayev, 24, Kazakh road racing cyclist, heart failure.
Algy Ward, 63, English heavy metal bassist (Tank, The Damned, The Saints).
Norman Wood, 76, Scottish golfer.
Lee Yoder, 92, American Olympic hurdler (1952).
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Helmut Berger, 78, Austrian actor (Ludwig, The Damned, The Godfather Part III).
Albert Bregman, 86, Canadian psychologist and academic.
Jim Brown, 87, American Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns), actor (The Dirty Dozen, Mars Attacks!), and civil rights activist.
Rashid Buttar, 57, American physician and conspiracy theorist.
Giuseppe Casale, 99, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Foggia-Bovino (1988–1999) and bishop of Vallo della Lucania (1974–1988).
Marlene Clark, 85, American actress (Sanford and Son, Slaughter, The Beast Must Die) and model.
Frank A. DeMarco, 102, Italian-born Canadian chemical engineer and academic administrator, co-founder of the University of Windsor.
Jimmy Dimos, 84, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1976–1999).
Wolf-Dieter Hauschild, 85, German conductor, choirmaster and composer.
Harald Jährling, 68, German rower, Olympic champion (1976, 1980).
Rattan Lal Kataria, 71, Indian politician, MP (since 2014) and minister of state for social justice and empowerment (2019–2021), pneumonia.
Hugh Maguire, 90, American actor (Cheers, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Doctor Sleep).
Mao Jiangsen, 89, Chinese virologist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Buddy Melges, 93, American sailor, Olympic champion (1972).
Hasanuddin Murad, 65, Indonesian politician, MP (1999–2007).
Masatoshi Nei, 92, Japanese-born American evolutionary biologist.
Dick Nourse, 83, American television news anchor (KSL-TV).
Jan Olsson, 79, Swedish footballer (GAIS, VfB Stuttgart, national team).
Mehmet Özyürek, 73, Turkish record holder, heart attack.
Jasaral Quanyşälin, 74, Kazakh politician and journalist, member of the Supreme Council of Kazakhstan (1994–1995), stroke.
Ray Wilkie, 98, Australian meteorologist and television weather presenter (Nine Network).
Sam Zell, 81, American businessman.
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Lena Adler, 81, Swedish Olympic gymnast (1960).
Sir Martin Amis, 73, British novelist (London Fields, Money, Time's Arrow), oesophageal cancer.
Subomi Balogun, 89, Nigerian banker, founder of FCMB.
Marion Berry, 80, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1997–2011).
Brian Booth, 89, Australian cricketer (New South Wales, national team) and Olympic field hockey player (1956).
Christian Aaron Boulogne, 60, French photographer, actor (The Inner Scar, The Secret Son, Nathalie...) and writer, drug overdose. (body discovered on this date)
Pete Brown, 82, English poet, lyricist ("I Feel Free", "Sunshine of Your Love", "White Room") and singer, cancer.
Arturo Grávalos, 25, Spanish road racing cyclist, brain tumor.
Kevin Ireland, 89, New Zealand poet, cancer.
Dževad Karahasan, 70, Bosnian writer, essayist and philosopher.
Gordon Keddie, 78, Scottish-born American pastor and theologian, prostate cancer.
Tim Keller, 72, American pastor (Redeemer Presbyterian Church) and author (The Reason for God), pancreatic cancer.
Winfield M. Kelly Jr., 87, American politician, secretary of state of Maryland (1987–1993).
David Lambert, 89, British trade unionist, president of the National Union of Hosiery and Knitwear Workers (1982–1991).
Ronald S. W. Lew, 81, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Central California (since 1987).
Seán McCormack, 79, Irish Gaelic footballer (Meath).
Véra Norman, 98, French actress (The Man from Jamaica, A Caprice of Darling Caroline, One Bullet Is Enough).
Mirko Ramovš, 87, Slovenian ethnochoreologist.
Bernhard Rohloff, 73, German bicycle engineer, founder of Rohloff, complications from Parkinson's disease.
Andy Rourke, 59, English bassist (The Smiths), pancreatic cancer.
Sir Derek Spencer, 87, British politician, solicitor general for England and Wales (1992–1997) and MP (1983–1987, 1992–1997).
Ella Stack, 94, Australian politician, mayor (1975–1979) and lord mayor (1979–1980) of Darwin.
Sergei Vorzhev, 73, Russian painter.
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Mike Carey, 87, British sports presenter (BBC Radio Derby).
Noel Clough, 86, Australian track and field athlete.
Paul Desenne, 63, Venezuelan cellist and composer, heart attack.
Marv Edwards, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs).
Tony Eggleton, 91, Australian political operative, federal director of the Liberal Party (1975–1990).
Benjamin Harjo Jr., 77, American painter.
Rick Hummel, 77, American sportswriter (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) and author.
Seigo Kitamura, 76, Japanese politician, MP (since 2000).
Györgyi Lang, 66, Hungarian actress and singer.
John Loveday, 74, New Zealand rugby union player (Manawatu, national team).
Terry McDermott, 82, American speed skater, Olympic champion (1964).
Edmond J. Muniz, 83, American politician, founder of Krewe of Endymion and mayor of Kenner, Louisiana (2006–2010).
Sven Nyhus, 90, Norwegian folk musician.
Valentin Petit, 32, French filmmaker, plane crash.
Jim Powell, 74, British novelist.
Sante Ranucci, 89, Italian racing cyclist.
Tom Sawyer, 77, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1987–2003) and Ohio Senate (2007–2016), mayor of Akron (1984–1986).
Brian Shul, 75, American Air Force major and aerial photographer.
Doris Sikosana, 80–81, South African politician and anti-apartheid activist, MNA (2008–2009). (death announced on this date)
Veno Taufer, 90, Slovenian poet, translator and playwright.
Luis Walton, 73, Mexican politician, senator (2006–2012) and municipal president of Acapulco (2012–2015).
Zohar Zisapel, 74, Israeli entrepreneur, co-founder of RAD Group, cancer.
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Alma Adamkienė, 96, Lithuanian philologist and philanthropist, first lady (1998–2003, 2004–2009), stroke.
Ed Ames, 95, American singer ("My Cup Runneth Over", "Time, Time") and actor (Daniel Boone).
Margaret Archer, 80, English sociologist.
Antón Arrufat, 87, Cuban writer and poet, bronchopneumonia.
C. Donald Bateman, 91, Canadian electrical engineer, inventor of the ground proximity warning system.
David Brandt, 76, American farmer, traffic collision.
Brad Crawford, 67, American football player.
Chungkhokai Doungel, 82, Indian politician.
Jonty Driver, 83, South African anti-apartheid activist.
Sir Matthew Farrer, 93, British solicitor.
Julio González, 79, Salvadoran Olympic sport shooter.
C. Boyden Gray, 80, American lawyer and diplomat, White House counsel (1989–1993), ambassador to the EU (2006–2007) and special envoy for Eurasian energy (2008–2009), heart failure.
Kathryn Jones Harrison, 99, American tribal leader.
Leon Ichaso, 74, Cuban-American film director (El Super, Sugar Hill, El Cantante), heart attack.
David M. Jennings, 74, American politician, member (1979–1987) and speaker (1985–1987) of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
Tze Leung Lai, 77, American statistician.
George Logan, 78, British actor, composer and screenwriter (Dear Ladies).
Donald Macleod, 82, Scottish theologian.
Valentyna Maslovska, 86, Ukrainian Olympic sprinter (1960).
Claude Noel, 74, Trinidadian boxer, WBA world lightweight champion (1981).
Lew Palter, 94, American actor (First Monday in October, Titanic, The Flying Nun) and acting teacher, lung cancer.
Victoriano Sánchez Arminio, 80, Spanish football referee.
Sam Slom, 81, American politician, member of the Hawaii Senate (1997–2017).
Thotakura Somaraju, 68, Indian film music composer (Hello Brother), singer-songwriter and record producer.
Dougie Squires, 91, English choreographer.
Ray Stevenson, 58, Northern Irish actor (Rome, Thor, Punisher: War Zone).
Jason Twist, 55, English pool player.
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Sarath Babu, 71, Indian actor (Nizhal Nijamagiradhu, Seethakoka Chilaka, Neerajanam), multiple organ failure.
George E. Bemi, 96, Canadian architect.
Vágner Benazzi, 68, Brazilian football player and manager (São José, Portuguesa, Nacional).
Daniel Brooks, 64, Canadian theater director.
Michael E. Dreher, 79, Swiss politician, MP (1987–1999).
Patrick Edgeworth, 90, English screenwriter (BMX Bandits, Raw Deal, Ship to Shore).
Antoni Flores Ardiaca, 60, Spanish engineer and politician, member of the Parliament of Catalonia (since 2021).
Ildar Garifullin, 59, Russian Olympic Nordic combined skier (1984).
Candace Introcaso, 69, American nun and academic administrator, president of La Roche University (since 2004).
Ismail Kassim, 63, Malaysian politician, Perlis State MLA (2013–2022), MP (2008–2013) and senator (1999–2005), heart attack.
Peggy Lee Leather, 64, American professional wrestler (WWF, NWA).
Jeff Machado, 44, Brazilian journalist and actor, asphyxiated. (body discovered on this date)
Harold Mockford, 91, English artist. (death announced on this date)
Ferus Mustafov, 72, Macedonian saxophonist.
Chas Newby, 81, British bassist (The Beatles).
Mosobalaje Oyawoye, 95, Nigerian geologist.
George J. Pedersen, 87, American government contracting pioneer, co-founder of ManTech International.
Erick Pohlhammer, 68, Chilean poet, complications from a stroke.
Aditya Singh Rajput, 32, Indian actor (Cambala Investigation Agency).
Kethu Viswanatha Reddy, 83, Indian writer.
Elias Saba, 90, Lebanese politician and economist, minister of finance (1970–1972, 2004–2005) and defense (1970–1972).
Wahid Satay, 93, Singaporean actor (Pontianak, Puteri Gunong Ledang, Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam), comedian and singer, complications from diabetes.
Hugh Strachan, 84, Scottish footballer (Motherwell, Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle).
Wim Udenhout, 85, Surinamese politician, prime minister (1984–1986).
Vaibhavi Upadhyay, 38, Indian actress, traffic collision.
John A. Walker, 84, British art critic and historian. (death announced on this date)
Zheng Zhenyao, 86, Chinese actress (Sparkling Red Star, My Memories of Old Beijing, Shanghai Story).
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Javier Álvarez, 67, Mexican composer.
Andrew Burke, 78–79, Australian poet.
Neil Dansie, 94, Australian cricketer (South Australia).
Arno Dübel, 67, German unemployed person.
John Dunning, 81, American author.
Fusaichi Pegasus, 26, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
Guan Xingya, 91, Chinese petroleum engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Jean Haudry, 88, French linguist.
Redd Holt, 91, American jazz drummer (Ramsey Lewis Trio, Young-Holt Unlimited).
Aida Khasanova, 39, Uzbek fencer and international fencing referee, complications from plastic surgery.
Novak Kilibarda, 89, Montenegrin politician, professor and literary historian, deputy prime minister (1998–2000).
Sergei Kulbach, 30, Ukrainian skater, suffocated.
Jaromír Málek, 79, Czech Egyptologist.
David Mitogo, 32, Equatorial Guinean footballer (national team). (body discovered on this date)
Cotton Nash, 80, American basketball (Los Angeles Lakers, Kentucky Colonels) and baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
Floyd Newman, 91, American saxophonist (The Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns).
Nitesh Pandey, 50, Indian actor (Om Shanti Om), heart attack.
Sheldon Reynolds, 63, American guitarist (Sun, Commodores, Earth, Wind & Fire).
Pedro N. Rivera, 76, Puerto Rican brigadier general.
Radullan Sahiron, Filipino Islamic militant. (death announced on this date)
Alojz Tkáč, 89, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, bishop (1990–1995) and archbishop (1995–2010) of Košice.
Robert Zimmer, 75, American mathematician and academic administrator, president of the University of Chicago (2006–2021), brain cancer.
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Emerson Allsworth, 96, American lawyer and politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1959–1966).
Cotton Tree, 400, Sierra Leonean kapok tree, felled.
Đặng Văn Thân, 90, Vietnamese politician.
Hans-Peter Feldmann, 82, German visual artist.
İlham Gencer, 97, Turkish pianist.
David Grove, 87, American anthropologist and archaeologist.
Jack Martin Händler, 75, Slovak conductor and violinist.
Dano Heriban, 43, Slovak actor (The Man Who Stood in the Way), heart attack.
Jerry Krause, 87, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Gonzaga Bulldogs, Eastern Washington Eagles), colon cancer.
Bill Lee, 94, American jazz musician and film composer (She's Gotta Have It, School Daze, Do the Right Thing).
George Maharis, 94, American actor (Route 66, Exodus) and singer ("Teach Me Tonight").
Norbaiti Isran Noor, 54, Indonesian politician, MP (2014–2015), brain cancer.
Clare Nowland, 95, Australian aged care resident, complications from Tasering.
Peter Oliphant, 72, American video game designer (Stonekeep, Lexi-Cross) and actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show).
Ergun Öztuna, 85, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe, Bursaspor, national team).
Dennis L. Riley, 77, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1980–1990).
Adil Serdar Saçan, 60, Turkish police chief, lung cancer.
Rolf Skår, 82, Norwegian computer engineer.
Tina Turner, 83, American-born Swiss Hall of Fame singer ("River Deep – Mountain High", "What's Love Got to Do with It") and actress (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome), eight-time Grammy winner.
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Robert William Bradford, 99, Canadian aviation artist.
Glenn Farr, 77, American film editor (The Right Stuff, Commando, The Serpent and the Rainbow), Oscar winner (1984), brain tumor.
Mac Gudgeon, 74, Australian screenwriter (The Delinquents, Wind, Last Ride).
Riad Haidar, 71, Syrian-born Polish politician and physician, MP (since 2019).
Jalna Hanmer, 91, British feminist.
Frank Handlen, 106, American painter and sculptor.
Ahmad Johar, 65, Kuwaiti actor, writer and television director.
Ahmad Kamal, 85, Pakistani diplomat, permanent representative to the United Nations (1995–1999).
Gary Kent, 89, American actor and stuntman (The Savage Seven, Psych-Out, Bubba Ho-Tep).
Maciej Kujawski, 70, Polish actor (Na Wspólnej).
Wolfgang Lakenmacher, 79, German Olympic handball player (1972).
Karen Lumley, 59, British politician, MP (2010–2017).
Joy McKean, 93, Australian country singer and songwriter ("Lights on the Hill", "The Biggest Disappointment"), cancer.
Jens Jørn Mortensen, 96, Danish Olympic weightlifter.
Jean-Louis Murat, 71, French singer-songwriter.
Ning Cai, 75, Chinese mathematician and electrical engineer.
Alice Palmer, 83, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate (1991–1997).
Denny Stolz, 89, American college football coach (Michigan State Spartans, Bowling Green Falcons, San Diego State Aztecs).
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J. J. Bittenbinder, 80, American police officer and television host (Tough Target).
Aaron Brink, 48, American mixed martial artist and pornographic actor (Spider-Man XXX: A Porn Parody).
French Chang-Him, 85, Seychellois Anglican clergyman, bishop of Seychelles (1979–2004), archbishop of the Indian Ocean (1984–1995).
Roberto Cicciomessere, 76, Italian politician, MEP (1984–1989).
Kay B. Cobb, 81, American jurist and politician, justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1999–2007) and member of the Mississippi State Senate (1992–1996).
Andrew Evans, 87, Australian Assemblies of God pastor and politician, member of the South Australian Legislative Council (2002–2008).
Flemensfirth, 31, American-born British Thoroughbred racehorse, Prix Lupin winner (1995).
Pedro González Ramos, 88, Puerto Rican doctor and educator.
Nils Henriksson, 94, Finnish Olympic cyclist (1952).
László Hódi, 88, Hungarian-Australian Olympic basketball player (1952, 1964).
Micky Jagtiani, 70, Indian businessman, founder of Landmark Group.
Mohammad Jamal, 84, Lebanese singer, composer and actor.
Kalanisi, 27, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. (death announced on this date)
Saul Kent, 83, American life extension activist, co-founder of Biomedical Research & Longevity Society.
Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei, 37, Kenyan-born American long-distance runner, traffic collision.
Sheldon Lavin, 89, American businessman.
Jack Lee, 71, American songwriter ("Hanging on the Telephone", "Come Back and Stay") and musician (The Nerves), colon cancer.
Lin Wenyue, 89, Taiwanese writer and translator.
Emily Morgan, 45, British journalist (ITV News), lung cancer.
Govindray H. Nayak, 89, Indian writer and professor.
Hans Palmer, 89, American economist.
Igor Vasilyev, 57, Russian handball player, Olympic champion (1992).
K. Vasu, 72, Indian film director (Pranam Khareedu, Aarani Mantalu, Thodu Dongalu), screenwriter and producer.
Lawrence Williams, 76, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan).
Reuben Wilson, 88, American jazz organist.
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Engin Ardıç, 71, Turkish journalist and columnist.
Miroslav Belanský, 81, Slovak agronomist, minister of agriculture (1989–1990).
Hans Bosse, 84, German anthropologist, sociologist, and social psychologist.
Anita Cornwell, 99, American author and activist.
Jayantha Dhanapala, 84, Sri Lankan diplomat, member of the constitutional council (2018–2020) and ambassador to the United States (1995–1997).
Màrius Díaz, 89, Spanish politician, mayor of Badalona (1979–1983) and member of the Parliament of Catalonia (1984–1988).
Uali Elamanov, 70, Kazakh military officer, commander of the Air Assault Forces (2001–2004).
Lahouari Godih, 94, Algerian boxer and political activist.
Seemin Jamali, 61, Pakistani physician, colon cancer.
Ilya Kabakov, 89, Russian-American conceptual artist.
Graham Knuttel, 69, Irish painter and sculptor.
Héctor Lacognata, 60, Paraguayan diplomat and politician, minister of foreign affairs (2009–2011).
Jan Mrvík, 84, Czech rower, Olympic bronze medallist (1964).
Odette Nilès, 100, French Resistance militant.
Tyrone O'Sullivan, 77, Welsh trade unionist (NUM).
Robin Page, 80, English journalist, politician and television presenter (One Man and His Dog), pancreatic cancer.
Mordechai Rechtman, 97, German-born Israeli bassoonist (Israel Philharmonic Orchestra), conductor and teacher (Tel Aviv University).
Claudia Rosett, 67, American journalist (The Wall Street Journal).
Modesto Sandoval, 82, Paraguayan footballer (Sportivo Luqueño, Deportivo Galicia, Estudiantes).
Stephen Waddams, 80, English-born Canadian legal scholar.
James G. Watt, 85, American politician, secretary of the interior (1981–1983).
Whisnu Sakti Buana, 48, Indonesian politician, mayor of Surabaya (2021), heart attack.
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Kjell Aartun, 97, Norwegian theologian and linguist.
Frédéric Barbier, 70, French historian.
Isa Barzizza, 93, Italian actress (The Two Orphans, Bluebeard's Six Wives, It's Never Too Late).
Ernest Bertrand Boland, 97, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Multan (1966–1984).
Sir David Brewer, 83, British businessman and politician, lord mayor of London (2005–2006), lord-lieutenant of Greater London (2008–2015).
Choi Il-nam, 90, South Korean writer.
Carlos Alberto Prates Correia, 81, Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter (Castelar e Nelson Dantas no País dos Generais).
Jean-Claude Cros, 80, French rugby league footballer (national team).
Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr., 91, American businessman and philanthropist.
Antonio Gala, 92, Spanish poet, playwright and writer.
Owen Gingerich, 93, American astronomer.
Mike de la Hoz, 84, Cuban baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves).
Matti Kilpiö, 83–84, Finnish philologist.
Kim Seok-hun, 93, South Korean actor (Farewell to the Duman River, The Genealogy, General's Son).
Milt Larsen, 92, American actor and magician, creator of the Magic Castle.
Hein Schreuder, 71, Dutch economist and business executive (DSM).
Sergey Sirotkin, 71, Russian politician, MP (2003–2008, 2011–2016).
Mele Siuʻilikutapu, 75, Tongan royal and politician, first female MP (1975–1978).
Alan Smith, 74, English physiotherapist.
Karim Tizouiar, 60, Algerian Kabyle singer.
Piet de Zoete, 79, Dutch footballer (ADO Den Haag, national team).
Harald zur Hausen, 87, German virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (2008).
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Thomas Buergenthal, 89, Czechoslovak-born American international lawyer and law school dean, judge of the International Court of Justice (2000–2010).
Shaw Clifton, 77, Irish minister, general of the Salvation Army (2006–2011).
Michel Côté, 72, Canadian actor (Cruising Bar, Life After Love, C.R.A.Z.Y.), bone marrow disease.
Raymond Dokpesi, 71, Nigerian media executive, founder of AIT, stroke.
Victor Galeone, 87, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of St. Augustine (2001–2011).
Pierre Gaudot, 95, French racing cyclist.
Asad Gulzoda, 88, Tajik poet and linguist.
Claes Insulander, 78, Swedish sailor and organist.
Vítězslav Mácha, 75, Czech wrestler, Olympic champion (1972).
Mirosława Masłowska, 79, Polish politician, MP (2005–2007).
Bernadette Menu, 85, French Egyptologist.
William O'Neil, 90, American businessman, stockbroker and writer.
Teppo Rastio, 89, Finnish ice hockey (Lukko, Ilves) and football (national team) player.
Peter Simonischek, 76, Austrian actor (Love and Fear, Toni Erdmann, Kursk).
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, 82, Finnish linguist.
Jacob Turkel, 88, Israeli jurist, justice of the Supreme Court (1995–2005).
Robin Wagner, 89, American set designer (The Producers, Jesus Christ Superstar, City of Angels), Tony winner (1978, 1990, 2001).
Javier Yacuzzi, 43, Argentine footballer (Tigre, Arsenal de Sarandí, Club Tijuana), virus.
Mike Young, 63, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
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John Beasley, 79, American actor (Rudy, Everwood, The General's Daughter).
Don Bonker, 86, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1989), gallbladder cancer.
Peggy Brock, 75, Australian historian.
Suresh Dhanorkar, 47, Indian politician, MP (since 2019) and Maharashtra MP (2014–2019), complications from kidney stones.
Gershon Edelstein, 100, Soviet-born Israeli rabbi.
Karl-Heinz Ferschl, 78, German footballer (1. FC Nürnberg, Hertha BSC).
Fiorente, 15, Irish-bred Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Melbourne Cup (2013) and Australian Cup (2014).
Peter Harbison, 84, Irish archaeologist.
Mike Hoban, 71, American football player (Chicago Bears).
Jessie Maple, 76, American cinematographer and film director (Will, Twice as Nice).
Lou Marcon, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Flyers, Pittsburgh Hornets).
Bill McGovern, 60, American football coach (Boston College Eagles, New York Giants, UCLA Bruins), cancer.
Eusebius McKaiser, 45, South African political analyst and journalist (Mail & Guardian, Sunday Times).
Nice Nature, 35, Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, Takamatsunomiya Kinen winner (1994).
Raisa O'Farrill Bolanos, 51, Cuban volleyball player, Olympic champion (1992, 1996), cancer.
Mina Pandey, 71, Nepali politician, MP (1991–1999, since 2018).
Harvey Pitt, 78, American lawyer, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (2001–2003).
Paolo Portoghesi, 91, Italian architect (Mosque of Rome).
Peter Pouncey, 85, British-American author and classicist, president of Amherst College (1984–1994).
Rite Of Passage, 19, British Thoroughbred racehorse. (death announced on this date)
Gurdial Singh, 99, Indian mountaineer, complications from a broken hip.
Michael Viney, 90, British-born Irish journalist (The Irish Times).
Wan Zhexian, 95, Chinese mathematician, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Milka Zimková, 71, Slovak actress and screenwriter (She Grazed Horses on Concrete).
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Agnes Abuom, 73, Kenyan Anglican theologian.
Ama Ata Aidoo, 81, Ghanaian author, playwright (The Dilemma of a Ghost, Anowa), and politician, minister of education (1982–1983).
Vellayani Arjunan, 90, Indian literary scholar.
Andrew Bellucci, 59, American pizza chef, heart attack.
Lewis M. Branscomb, 96, American physicist, director of the National Institute of Standards (1969–1972).
Donald D. Brown, 91, American professor and developmental biologist.
Sergio Calderón, 77, Mexican-born American actor (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Men in Black, The Ruins).
Brian Chisholm, 85, Australian footballer (South Melbourne).
Edward Czernik, 82, Polish Olympic high jumper (1964).
Patricia Dainton, 93, British actress (Dancing with Crime, The Passionate Stranger, Sixpenny Corner).
Luca Di Fulvio, 66, Italian writer, actor and playwright, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Amitai Etzioni, 94, Israeli-American sociologist.
Ramon Farolan, 88, Philippine general, commanding general of the Philippine Air Force (1988).
Ved Kumari Ghai, 91, Indian Sanskrit scholar.
Peter K. Machamer, 80, American philosopher and historian.
Theodoros Pangalos, 84, Greek politician, deputy prime minister (2009–2012) and minister of foreign affairs (1996–1999).
Vera Putina, 96, Georgian woman, claimed to be the mother of Vladimir Putin. (death announced on this date)
Gene Rogers, 93, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1987–2003).
Katakam Sudarshan, Indian communist militant, heart attack.
Gabi Tolkowsky, 84, Belgian diamond cutter.
Kurt Widmer, 82, Swiss baritone and voice teacher (City of Basel Music Academy).
Stanley Wojcicki, 86, Polish-American physicist, heart failure.
Viktor Zubarev, 62, Russian politician, MP (since 2007).
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