Deaths in 2020
The following deaths of notable individuals occurred in 2020. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym.
A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality, what subject was noted for, cause of death, and reference.
August
3
2
- Saïd Amara, 87, Algerian football player.
- Anant Shet, 59, Indian politician, Goa MLA.
- Syed Iftikhar Ul Hassan, 78, Pakistani politician, MP.
- Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov, 69, Kazakh Soviet wrestler, Olympic champion.
- Kamal Rani Varun, 62, Indian politician, MP and Uttar Pradesh MLA, COVID-19.
- Wang Hai, 94, Chinese fighter pilot, Commander of the PLA Air Force.
1
- , 73, Mexican writer, poet and cultural journalist.
- Pablo Aranda, 52, Spanish writer, stomach cancer.
- Eduardo Arias, 64, Panamanian whistleblower.
- Resurreccion Borra, 84, Filipino civil servant, Commissioner and Chairman of the Commission on Elections.
- Wilford Brimley, 85, American actor and singer, kidney disease.
- David Darcy, 76, Australian football player and coach.
- Julio Diamante, 89, Spanish film director and screenwriter.
- Rickey Dixon, 53, American football player, Jim Thorpe Award winner, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Alex Dupont, 66, French football player and manager.
- Feri Horvat, 78, Slovenian politician, Speaker of the National Assembly.
- Vitold Kreyer, 87, Russian triple jumper, Olympic bronze medallist.
- Stan Mellor, 83, British National Hunt jockey and horse trainer, Champion Jockey.
- Pydikondala Manikyala Rao, 58, Indian politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA, COVID-19.
- Jamie Samuelsen, 48, American broadcaster, colon cancer.
- Khosrow Sinai, 79, Iranian film director, COVID-19.
- Amar Singh, 64, Indian politician, MP, kidney failure.
- , 66, Indonesian Islamic scholar.
July
31
- Dominique Aulanier, 46, French footballer.
- Mike Gale, 70, American basketball player.
- Go Yoo-min, 25, South Korean volleyball player.
- Sa. Kandasamy, 80, Indian novelist and filmmaker, heart attack.
- Jocelyne Khoueiry, 64, Lebanese militant and activist.
- Gary Knopp, 63, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives, plane collision.
- Gilles Lapouge, 96, French writer and journalist.
- , 93, Italian politician, mayor of Lucca.
- Eusebio Leal, 77, Cuban historian.
- Dilma Lóes, 70, Brazilian actress.
- Bill Mack, 88, American country music disc jockey and songwriter, Grammy winner, COVID-19.
- Sir Alan Parker, 76, English film director, BAFTA winner.
- Tamás Pomucz, 63, Hungarian Olympic sailor.
- R. D. Pradhan, 92, Indian civil servant.
- Wim Scherpenhuijsen Rom, 87, Dutch banker, founder of ING.
- Stephen Tataw, 57, Cameroonian footballer.
- Joan Mari Torrealdai, 77, Spanish writer and journalist, cancer.
- Musa Yerniyazov, 72, Uzbek politician, COVID-19.
- Miodrag Živković, 92, Serbian sculptor.
30
- , 88, Italian painter, sculptor and ceramist.
- Karen Berg, 77, American author, co-founder of the Kabbalah Centre.
- Ann Bergman, 56–57, Swedish academic.
- Maarten Biesheuvel, 81, Dutch writer.
- Herman Cain, 74, American food executive and politician, chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, COVID-19.
- B. Allen Casey, 86, American preservationist.
- Bob Dearing, 85, American politician, member of the Mississippi State Senate.
- Kurt Hennrich, 88, Czech alpine skier.
- Lee Teng-hui, 97, Taiwanese politician, President, Vice President and mayor of Taipei, multiple organ failure.
- Somen Mitra, 78, Indian politician, MP and West Bengal MLA, multiple organ failure.
- Anil Murali, 56, Indian actor, liver disease.
- Ashoke Mustafi, 86, Indian cricketer.
- Juan Ramón, 80, Argentine singer and actor, complications from pneumonia.
- Mark Rocco, 69, English professional wrestler, original Black Tiger.
- Lionel Rocheman, 92, French actor, musician, and writer.
- Jorge Santibáñez Ceardi, 86, Chilean politician, mayor of Viña del Mar and Deputy.
- Sonam Tshering Lepcha, 92, Indian folk musician.
- Oksana Voronina, 52, Ukrainian actress.
- Concepció Zendrera Tomás, 100, Spanish editor and translator.
- Helena Žigon, 92, Slovenian marathon runner.
29
- Kittie Blakemore, 91, American basketball coach.
- Salko Bukvarević, 53, Bosnian politician, COVID-19.
- Albin Chalandon, 100, French politician, Minister of Justice.
- Connie Culp, 57, American face transplant recipient, complications from an infection.
- Ayo Fasanmi, 94, Nigerian politician, MP.
- Anatoli Fedyukin, 69, Russian handball player, Olympic champion.
- Mike Gillespie, 80, American baseball player and coach, complications from a stroke.
- Oz Griebel, 71, American banker and lawyer, traffic collision.
- Andy Haden, 69, New Zealand rugby union player, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
- Sheikh Md. Nurul Haque, 79, Bangladeshi politician, MP, COVID-19.
- Michio Kinugasa, Japanese composer.
- Joe Kernan, 74, American politician, Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, mayor of South Bend, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
- Malik B., 47, American rapper.
- Bob McCurdy, 68, American basketball player, anal cancer.
- Mark V. Meierhenry, 75, American lawyer, Attorney General of South Dakota.
- , 67, Chilean politician, mayor of Valparaíso, COVID-19.
- Andre Ptaszynski, 67, British theatre producer.
- David Ramsay, 72, Australian-born Canadian politician, Ontario MPP.
- Ajip Rosidi, 82, Indonesian writer and poet.
- , 79, Spanish bullfighter.
- Lou Schwechheimer, 62, American baseball executive, owner of Wichita Wind Surge, COVID-19.
- Perence Shiri, 65, Zimbabwean military officer and politician, Minister of Agriculture and Commander of the Air Force, COVID-19.
- Balla Sidibé, 78, Senegalese musician.
- Giorgio Todde, 68, Italian writer.
- R. Toros, 85, Syrian-born French sculptor.
- Don Townsend, 89, English footballer.
28
- , 90, Iranian linguist.
- Aleksandr Aksinin, 65, Russian athlete, Olympic champion.
- Junrey Balawing, 27, Filipino record holder, world's shortest man.
- Renato Barros, 76, Brazilian singer and guitarist, lung infection.
- Angelo Carossino, 91, Italian politician, MEP and President of Liguria.
- Bent Fabric, 95, Danish pianist and composer.
- Mo Gaba, 14, American sports radio personality, cancer.
- José Luis García Ferrero, 90, Spanish veterinarian and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
- Gisèle Halimi, 93, Tunisian-French lawyer and feminist.
- Gerry Harris, 84, English footballer.
- Gísli Rúnar Jónsson, 67, Icelandic actor.
- Kul Bahadur Khadka, 69, Nepali military officer, Acting Chief of Army Staff, pancreatic cancer.
- Martin Konings, 91, Dutch politician, MP.
- Kumkum, 86, Indian actress.
- Raavi Kondala Rao, 88, Indian actor, cardiac arrest.
- Herbert Leuninger, 87, German Catholic priest, theologian and human rights activist.
- Sir Bruce Liddington, 70, British headteacher.
- Sydney Lotterby, 93, British television producer.
- John Loxley, 77, English-born Canadian economist.
- Mohamed Mashally, Egyptian physician.
- Masango Matambanadzo, 56, Zimbabwean politician, MP.
- John McNamara, 88, American baseball manager.
- Nicholas Micozzie, 89, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
- Joseph Moingt, 104, French Jesuit priest.
- Candy Moloi, 67, South African actress, cancer.
- Bill Montgomery, 80, American political activist, founder of Turning Point USA, COVID-19.
- Paul Morin, 96, French politician, mayor of Bourg-en-Bresse.
- Irene Pollin, 96, American sports executive and philanthropist, co-owner of the Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards.
- Clive Ponting, 74, British civil servant and historian.
- , 45, Brazilian journalist, complications from COVID-19.
- Diana E. H. Russell, 81, South African feminist activist and writer.
- Reese Schonfeld, 88, American television executive, president of CNN and founder of Food Network.
- Terry Waters, 76, Australian footballer, cancer.
- Ahlam Wehbi, 82, Iraqi singer and actress.
27
- Israfil Alam, 54, Bangladeshi politician, MP, COVID-19.
- Owen Arthur, 70, Barbadian politician, Prime Minister, heart failure.
- Marcelo Elío Chávez, 54, Bolivian politician, President of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly.
- AKM Amanul Islam Chowdhury, 83, Bangladeshi political advisor, COVID-19.
- , 70, Palestinian musician.
- Luc Goeminne, 86, Belgian politician, doctor and historian.
- Sir John Guinness, 84, British civil servant and businessman.
- William Hill, 75, Hong Kong Olympic sprinter.
- Frank A. Howard, 81, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, complications from COVID-19.
- Radhi Jazi, 92, Tunisian pharmacist.
- Denise Johnson, 56, English singer.
- Kina Kadreva, 88, Bulgarian children's book writer.
- Magda Kósáné Kovács, 79, Hungarian politician, MEP.
- Miss Mercy, 71, American groupie and singer.
- Muhammad Asad Malik, 78, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic champion, traffic collision.
- , 55, Romanian conductor, COVID-19.
- Becky Mullen, 56, American actress and model, colon cancer.
- , 93, Palestinian poet.
- Dipa Sahu, 34, Indian Odia actress, cancer.
- Jan Skopeček, 94, Czech actor and playwright.
- Khalil Taha, 88, Lebanese wrestler, Olympic bronze medallist.
- Gianrico Tedeschi, 100, Italian actor.
- Willie Young, 77, American football player.
26
- Jim Abbott, 77, Canadian politician, MP.
- Mishkan Al-Awar, Emirati chemist and researcher.
- Edmund Ansin, 84, American television executive, co-founder of Sunbeam Television.
- Rafael Barraza Sánchez, 91, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mazatlán.
- R. Stephen Berry, 89, American physical chemist.
- Alain Cacheux, 72, French politician, heart attack.
- Tereza Costa Rêgo, 91, Brazilian painter, stroke.
- Dame Olivia de Havilland, 104, French-British-American actress, Oscar winner.
- Bill English, 91, American computer engineer, co-developer of the computer mouse, respiratory failure.
- Francisco Frutos, 80, Spanish politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain, cancer.
- Claudia Giannotti, 83, Italian actress.
- Dick Klaverdijk, 73, Dutch politician, mayor of Bergen.
- Guy Lutgen, 84, Belgian politician, Minister of Agriculture in the Walloon Government, mayor of Bastogne and Senator.
- Michael Mandell, American actor.
- Chris Needs, 66, Welsh radio broadcaster, heart condition.
- Lluís Serrahima, 88, Spanish writer, co-creator of Nova Cançó.
- Babacar Touré, 69, Senegalese businessman and journalist.
- Hans-Jochen Vogel, 94, German politician, Minister of Justice, Leader of the SPD, complications from Parkinson's disease.
- Geoffrey Walton, 86, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Dorset.
- John Weeks, 79, American economist.
- Roger Williams, 88, British hepatologist.
25
- Azimzhan Askarov, 69, Kyrgyz journalist and human rights activist, pneumonia.
- Charlie Balducci, 44, American reality TV personality.
- Božena Böhmová, 95, Czech actress.
- Jean Boin, 71, French footballer.
- Steve dePyssler, 101, American Air Force colonel, COVID-19.
- Jim Frick, 68, Swedish horse harness racer.
- Peter Green, 73, English Hall of Fame blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.
- Flor Isava Fonseca, 99, Venezuelan journalist and sports executive.
- Lou Henson, 88, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach and administrator, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Bernard Ładysz, 98, Polish opera singer and actor.
- CP Lee, 70, English musician.
- Giulio Maceratini, 82, Italian politician, MEP.
- José Mentor, 71, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Deputy, COVID-19.
- Maurice Petty, 81, American Hall of Fame racing driver, crew chief and engine builder.
- , 90, Brazilian actor, voice actor, television and radio presenter, stroke.
- , 82, Kazakh economist and politician, COVID-19.
- John Saxon, 83, American actor, pneumonia.
- Eddie Shack, 83, Canadian ice hockey player, four-time Stanley Cup winner, cancer.
- Janell Smith, 73, American Olympic sprinter, cancer.
- Luciano Fabio Stirati, 97, Italian politician, Senator.
24
- Nina Andreyeva, 81, Russian chemist and politician, General Secretary of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks.
- Bob Bahre, 93, American auto racing executive, owner/developer of Oxford Plains Speedway and New Hampshire International Speedway.
- Claude Beausoleil, 71, Canadian writer and poet.
- Bo Black, 74, American festival director and Playboy cover girl.
- Ondřej Buchtela, 20, Czech ice hockey player, heart cancer.
- , 92, Italian art critic, art historian and essayist.
- Rene Carpenter, 92, American columnist and television personality, heart failure.
- Janine Despinette, 93–94, French researcher and critic.
- Roberto Draghetti, 59, Italian voice actor, heart attack.
- , 89, Colombian poet, COVID-19.
- David Hagen, 47, Scottish footballer, motor neuron disease.
- Ben Jipcho, 77, Kenyan athlete, Olympic silver medallist.
- Nejib Ben Khalfallah, 52–53, Tunisian dancer and choreographer.
- Mário Maffei, 94, Brazilian politician and engineer, mayor of São Carlos.
- Claude-Gérard Marcus, 86, French politician, MP.
- Benjamin Mkapa, 81, Tanzanian politician, President, heart attack as a complication of malaria.
- Bernard Mohlalisi, 87, Lesothan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Maseru.
- Kundi Paihama, 75, Angolan politician, MP.
- Regis Philbin, 88, American entertainer and television personality, heart attack.
- Naazim Richardson, 55, American boxing trainer.
- Wil Rieken, 85, Dutch war grave maintainer.
- Lotty Rosenfeld, 77, Chilean artist.
- Amala Shankar, 101, Indian dancer and actress.
- Jan Verroken, 103, Belgian politician, mayor of Oudenaarde.
- Alan Wilkinson, 72, English speedway racer, Knockout Cup winner.
- Zheng Shouren, 80, Chinese engineer, chief designer of the Three Gorges Dam.
- Chan Zwanzig, 71, American kayaker and sporting executive, founder of Wave Sports, heart attack and cancer.
23
- Mike Adams, 55, American columnist and professor, suicide by gunshot.
- Lamine Bechichi, 92, Algerian politician.
- John Blake, 59, American football player and coach, heart attack.
- Dick Bond, 84, American politician, member of the Kansas Senate.
- Jean Brankart, 90, Belgian racing cyclist.
- Hassan Brijany, 59, Swedish actor, COVID-19.
- Éric de Cromières, 66, French sporting and tire executive, cancer.
- Emmanuel Farhi, 41, French economist.
- Joseph Jerome Farris, 90, American judge, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
- Alan Garner, 69, English footballer.
- Betty van Garrel, 81, Dutch art journalist and writer.
- Noel Jenke, 73, American football player.
- Tomas Joson III, 72, Filipino politician, Governor of Nueva Ecija.
- Masakazu Konishi, 87, Japanese neurobiologist.
- Jurjaan Koolen, 81, Dutch Olympic volleyball player.
- Jacqueline Noonan, 91, American pediatric cardiologist.
- Ward Plummer, 79, American physicist.
- Leida Rammo, 96, Estonian actress and theatre director.
- Sérgio Ricardo, 88, Brazilian film director, composer and singer, heart failure.
- José Said, 90, Chilean real estate developer, founder chairman of Parque Arauco S.A..
- Paolo Sassone-Corsi, 64, Italian molecular biologist.
- Jacqueline Sauvage, 72, French convicted murderer, Presidentially pardoned.
- Jacqueline Scott, 89, American actress, lung cancer.
- Dominic Sonic, 55, French singer.
- Jerry Taft, 77, American meteorologist.
- Ludmila Vachtová, 86, Czech historian and art critic.
- Stuart Wheeler, 85, British financier and political activist, founder of IG Group and Treasurer of UKIP, stomach cancer.
- Paulette Wilson, 64, Jamaican-British human rights activist.
22
- Jos Bax, 74, Dutch footballer.
- Zacharias Chaliabalias, 74, Greek footballer.
- , 93, Italian director and screenwriter.
- Dino De Poli, 90, Italian lawyer and politician, Deputy.
- Charles Dewachtere, 92, Belgian Olympic marathon runner.
- Theo Diergaardt, 50, Namibian politician.
- Charles Evers, 97, American civil rights activist, disc jockey and politician, mayor of Fayette, Mississippi.
- Evlogy, 83, Russian Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal.
- Joan Feynman, 93, American astrophysicist.
- Dirk Geukens, 57, Belgian motocross racer.
- Alexander Gusev, 73, Russian ice hockey player, Olympic champion.
- František Hamada, 106, Czech Moravian folk music violinist.
- Carlton Haselrig, 54, American wrestler, football player and mixed martial artist, NCAA Wrestling Division I and II champion.
- Aleksandr Ivanitsky, 82, Russian wrestler, Olympic champion.
- Ralph Liguori, 93, American racing driver.
- Tom Mitchell, 88, Irish republican and politician, MP.
- , 87, Italian journalist, writer, director and author.
- , 95, Czech illustrator, actor and scenographer.
- Stanley Robinson, 32, American basketball player.
- Bob Sebra, 58, American baseball player, multiple organ failure.
- Tim Smith, 59, English singer-songwriter.
- Chito Soganub, 59, Filipino Roman Catholic priest and kidnap victim, cardiac arrest.
- Paul Van Roy, 88, Belgian basketball player and journalist, pancreatic cancer.
- Luzius Wildhaber, 83, Swiss jurist, President of the European Court of Human Rights.
- Tim Wilson, 59, New Zealand artist, cancer.
21
- François Amoudruz, 93, French resistant and Holocaust survivor.
- , 72, Moldovan actor.
- Jean-Noël de Bouillane de Lacoste, 85, French ambassador and diplomat.
- Dobby Dobson, 78, Jamaican reggae singer and record producer, COVID-19.
- Cheikh Sadibou Fall, 69, Senegalese politician, Minister of the Interior.
- Magda Faluhelyi, 73, Hungarian actress.
- Suka K. Frederiksen, 55, Greenlandic politician, Foreign Minister.
- Ted Gerela, 76, Canadian football player.
- Mieko Hirota, 73, Japanese singer, heart failure.
- Rick Lawinger, 67, American wrestler, NCAA Wrestling Division I champion, complications from heart surgery.
- Li Jijun, 87, Chinese geographer and geomorphologist.
- Margaret McIver, 86, Australian Olympic equestrian.
- Hugh McLaughlin, 75, Scottish footballer.
- Bruce McPhail, 83, New Zealand rugby union player.
- Andrew Mlangeni, 95, South African political activist.
- Lennox Napier, 92, British major general.
- Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, 98, Spanish Hellenist, translator and linguist, member of the Royal Spanish Academy.
- Annie Ross, 89, British-American jazz singer, songwriter, and actress, complications from emphysema and heart disease.
- Andrei Sirotin, 34, Russian actor.
- Mike Slemen, 69, English rugby union player.
- Wouter Snijders, 92, Dutch judge and legal scholar, Justice and Vice President of the Supreme Court.
- Lalji Tandon, 85, Indian politician, Governor of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
- Halldóra K. Thoroddsen, 70, Icelandic writer.
- Bob Wallace, 69, Australian-born American runner.
- Kansai Yamamoto, 76, Japanese fashion designer.
20
- Muhammad Aslam, 73, Pakistani jurist, Justice of the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court.
- Hal Bernson, 89, American politician, member of the Los Angeles City Council.
- Boka, 71, Azerbaijani singer.
- Michael Brooks, 36, American political commentator, internal jugular vein thrombosis.
- Oreste Casalini, 58, Italian sculptor and painter, lung cancer.
- Victor Chizhikov, 84, Russian children's book illustrator, designer of Misha.
- Ross Dallow, 82, New Zealand police officer.
- , 89, German children’s books author.
- Roy Den Hollander, 72, American lawyer and murderer, perpetrator of the Salas home shooting, suicide by gunshot.
- Lone Dybkjær, 80, Danish politician, Minister for the Environment, cancer.
- Ismaila Isa Funtua, 78, Nigerian politician, cardiac arrest.
- Ruth Lewis, 77, Pakistani Roman Catholic nun, co-founder of Darul Sukun, COVID-19.
- Salman Mazahiri, Indian Islamic scholar and chancellor of Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur.
- Bijay Mohanty, 70, Indian actor.
- Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, Iranian convicted spy, execution by hanging.
- Frazier Reams Jr., 90, American politician.
- Doug Rogers, 79, Canadian judoka, Olympic silver medallist.
- Ram Awadhesh Singh, 83, Indian politician, MP.
- Harry Smith, 85, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Angela Spook, 66, German witch.
- Günter-Helge Strickstrack, 99, German politician, founding member of the CDU.
- Shane Tuck, 38, Australian footballer, suicide.
- Jorge Villavicencio, 62, Guatemalan surgeon, Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance, COVID-19.
- Geoff Williams, 89, Australian footballer.
19
- Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai, 76, Iraqi military officer and convicted war criminal, Minister of Defence, heart attack.
- , Saudi journalist, COVID-19.
- Biri Biri, 72, Gambian footballer.
- Bruce G. Blair, 72, American nuclear security expert and scholar, stroke.
- David Cliche, 68, Canadian politician.
- Giulia Maria Crespi, 97, Italian non-profit executive and environmentalist, founder of Fondo Ambiente Italiano.
- Sonia Darrin, 96, American actress.
- Doris Dartey, Ghanaian journalist, complications from cancer.
- , 64, Lithuanian art historian and museologist.
- Seydou Diarra, 86, Ivorian politician, Prime Minister.
- Louis Dicaire, 73, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Montreal and Saint-Jean-Longueuil.
- Sapardi Djoko Damono, 80, Indonesian poet, multiple organ failure.
- Denise Domenach-Lallich, 95, French resistance member.
- Cor Fuhler, 55, Dutch-Australian experimental musician.
- Mikołaj Kubica, 74, Polish Olympic gymnast.
- Ildikó Marosi, 88, Romanian-Hungarian journalist.
- Jack McIlhargey, 68, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, cancer.
- , 94, Italian architect, urbanist and professor.
- Joan Moriarty, 97, British military nurse, Matron-in-chief of Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps.
- Rajat Mukherjee, Indian film director.
- Giuseppe Ottaviani, 104, Italian masters athlete.
- Ante Pavlović, 62, Croatian chiropractor.
- Vladimir Proskurin, 79, Soviet football player and coach.
- Emitt Rhodes, 70, American singer-songwriter and musician.
- Viktor Ryashko, 56, Ukrainian football player and manager, traffic collision.
- César Salinas, 58, Bolivian football chairman, COVID-19.
- István Séllyei, 70, Hungarian Olympic wrestler.
- Shanthamma, 95, Indian actress.
- Shukrullo, 98, Uzbek poet.
- Nikolai Tanayev, 74, Kyrgyz politician, Prime Minister.
- Franciszek Ziejka, 79, Polish literary historian, rector of Jagiellonian University.
18
- Vishnu Raj Atreya, 75, Nepali writer and poet, gallbladder cancer.
- Charles Bukeko, 58, Kenyan actor and comedian, COVID-19.
- René Carmans, 75, Belgian footballer, heart disease.
- Elize Cawood, 68, South African actress, lung cancer.
- , 78, Bolivian historian.
- Paul Cunningham, 82, American Nazarene minister and superintendent.
- Ismail Ebrahim, 73, South African cricketer.
- Martha Flores, 91, Cuban radio host, journalist and singer, pancreatic cancer.
- Pam Francis, 65, American photographer, complications from a hip injury.
- Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, 57, Indian-born American physician, cancer.
- Ray Hannigan, 93, Canadian-born American ice hockey player.
- Robert Hellenga, 78, American writer and academic.
- Katherine B. Hoffman, 105, American chemist and academic administrator, COVID-19.
- Ashraf Hossain, 79, Bangladeshi politician, MP, cancer.
- Lenzie Howell, 52, American basketball player.
- David Jisse, 74, French composer, cancer.
- Myrzageldy Kemel, 71, Kazakhstani academic and politician, Deputy.
- Hubert Kitchen, 91, Canadian politician, member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.
- Boško Marinko, 81, Serbian Olympic wrestler.
- Juan Marsé, 87, Spanish novelist, journalist and screenwriter, renal failure.
- Marie-Françoise Matouk, 91, French art reseller.
- Maura McNiel, 99, American women's rights activist.
- Ali Mirzaei, 91, Iranian weightlifter, Olympic bronze medalist.
- Martha Mmola, South African politician, MP, COVID-19.
- Haruma Miura, 30, Japanese actor and singer, suicide by hanging.
- Cécile Reims, 92, French engraver and writer.
- David Romero Ellner, Honduran journalist, lawyer, politician and convicted rapist, COVID-19.
- Jope Ruonansuu, 56, Finnish actor, musician and stand-up comedian, esophageal cancer.
- Jaybee Sebastian, 40, Filipino convicted kidnapper and carjacker, COVID-19.
- Henrique Soares da Costa, 57, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Palmares, COVID-19.
- Manuel C. Sobreviñas, 96, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Imus.
- Keith Sonnier, 78, American sculptor and artist.
- Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita, 73, Sierra Leonean Olympic long-distance runner.
- Lucio Urtubia, 89, Spanish counterfeiter, robber and kidnapper.
- Alefoso Yalayalatabua, 43, Fijian rugby union player.
17
- Emajuddin Ahamed, 86, Bangladeshi political scientist and academic administrator, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka, cardiac arrest.
- Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, 20, Russian-Australian Olympic pair skater, junior world champion, suicide by jumping.
- José Paulo de Andrade, 78, Brazilian journalist, complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and COVID-19.
- Gian Franco Anedda, 89, Italian politician, Deputy.
- Moussa Benhamadi, 67, Algerian politician and executive, COVID-19.
- Brigid Berlin, 80, American artist, pulmonary embolism.
- Pierre-Marie Coty, 92, Ivorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Daloa.
- Josephine Cox, 82, English author.
- Alex Dawson, 80, Scottish footballer.
- Seyfi Dursunoğlu, 87, Turkish comedian and television presenter, pneumonia.
- , 70, Italian translator, heart attack.
- Zenon Grocholewski, 80, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education.
- Derek Ho, 55, American surfer, world champion, heart attack.
- Dustin Lee Honken, 52, American convicted murderer and drug dealer, execution by lethal injection.
- Zizi Jeanmaire, 96, French ballet dancer.
- John Lewis, 80, American civil rights leader and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, pancreatic cancer.
- Shirley Love, 87, American broadcaster and politician, member of the West Virginia Senate and House of Delegates.
- Volodymyr Lozynskyi, 65, Ukrainian football player and manager.
- Silvio Marzolini, 79, Argentine footballer, complications from a stroke and cancer.
- Daniel Ato Kwamina Mensah, 66, Ghanaian banker and economist, CEO of Ghana Association of Bankers.
- John Neale, 93, English Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Ramsbury.
- Angela von Nowakonski, 67, Brazilian physician, COVID-19.
- J. I. Packer, 93, British-born Canadian evangelical theologian.
- Marcuse Pfeifer, 83, American gallerist.
- Bill Scott, 74, British Anglican priest, Deputy Clerk of the Closet.
- C. S. Seshadri, 88, Indian mathematician.
- Michael Silverstein, 74, American linguist and anthropologist, brain cancer.
- Andrzej Strzelecki, 68, Polish actor, satirist and screenplay writer, rector of Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, lung cancer.
- Ron Tauranac, 95, British-Australian engineer and racing car designer, co-founder of Brabham.
- C. T. Vivian, 95, American author and civil rights activist, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.
- Marian Więckowski, 86, Polish racing cyclist, Tour de Pologne winner.
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- , 83, Spanish writer and researcher.
- , 64, Indonesian politician, Regent of Gorontalo.
- Ken Chinn, 57, Canadian punk rock vocalist.
- Roger Côté, 80, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Christopher Dickey, 68, American journalist, news editor and author, heart attack.
- Elisabeth Ebeling, 73, German actress.
- Gladys Ejomi, Cameroonian physician.
- Tony Elliott, 73, English publisher, founder of Time Out Group.
- Patrick Ellis, 77, American radio host, COVID-19.
- Mason Gaffney, 96, American economist.
- Barry Jarman, 84, Australian cricketer.
- Mustapha Karkouti, 77, Syrian journalist, heart attack.
- Karl Heinrich Kaufhold, 87, German historian.
- Marie-Christine Lévesque, 61–62, Canadian author, brain cancer.
- Irena Milovan, 83, Croatian ballet dancer.
- Azuma Morisaki, 92, Japanese film director, stroke.
- Cornelius Mwalwanda, Malawian economist and politician, COVID-19.
- Norm Neeson, 86, Australian footballer.
- Vladimir Obuchov, 84, Russian basketball coach.
- Jamie Oldaker, 68, American drummer.
- Omaswati, 54, Indonesian comedian.
- Jonathan Oppenheim, 67, American film editor, brain cancer.
- Wesley Ira Purkey, 68, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
- Rick Reed, 70, American baseball umpire.
- Kurt Sampson, 87, American telecommunications and racing executive, CEO of Canterbury Park.
- Neela Satyanarayanan, 72, Indian civil servant, COVID-19.
- Phyllis Somerville, 76, American actress.
- Joe Sutton, 83, American publicist, radio host and producer.
- Tony Taylor, 84, Cuban baseball player, complications from a stroke.
- Frits Tellegen, 101, Dutch urban designer.
- Alexei Tezikov, 42, Russian ice hockey player, heart attack.
- Víctor Víctor, 71, Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist, COVID-19.
- Delphine Zanga Tsogo, 84, Cameroonian writer, feminist and politician, Deputy.
15
- Mirna Adriani, 58, Indonesian computer scientist.
- Carlotta Barilli, 84, Italian actress.
- Mateo A.T. Caparas, 96, Filipino lawyer and politician.
- Severino Cavalcanti, 89, Brazilian politician, Deputy, complications from diabetes.
- Igor Chernykh, 88, Russian cinematographer.
- Elias Farkouh, 72, Jordanian novelist, heart attack.
- Paul Fusco, 89, American photojournalist, dementia.
- Juan José García Corral, 68, Spanish bullfighter.
- Ivar Genesjö, 89, Swedish Olympic fencer.
- Louw de Graaf, 90, Dutch politician.
- Sayed Haider, 95, Bangladeshi language movement activist, pneumonia.
- Stan Hindman, 76, American football player.
- David Humphries, 66, English cricketer.
- David Kaiser, 50, American philanthropist, glioblastoma multiforme.
- Arnol Kox, 67, Dutch street preacher.
- Oscar Hugh Lipscomb, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Mobile.
- Travell Mazion, 24, American boxer, traffic collision.
- Nigel Murch, 76, Australian cricketer.
- Kieran O'Connor, 41, Irish Gaelic footballer, Ewing's sarcoma.
- Victoria Rodríguez, 88, Spanish actress, pneumonia.
- Maurice Roëves, 83, Scottish actor.
- Ana Romero Reguera, 88, Spanish fighting bull rancher.
- Eugenio Scarpellini, 66, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop and Bishop of El Alto, COVID-19.
- George Simon, 73, Guyanese artist and archeologist, cancer.
- Sir Toke Talagi, 69, Niuean diplomat and politician, MP and Premier.
- Mohd. Khusairi Abdul Talib, 59, Malaysian politician, Perak State MLA, heart attack.
14
- Adalet Ağaoğlu, 90, Turkish novelist and playwright, multiple organ failure.
- Tolulope Arotile, 24, Nigerian helicopter pilot, traffic collision.
- Gabriele Buschmeier, 65, German musicologist.
- Tim Clark, 84, British physician.
- Jyotsna Das, 92–93, Indian actress.
- Galyn Görg, 55, American actress and dancer, cancer.
- Bea Gorton, 73, American college basketball coach.
- Polad Hashimov, 45, Azerbaijani military officer, shot.
- Dinah Hinz, 86, German actress and voice actress.
- Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, 88, British jurist, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
- Muhammad Mohaiminul Islam, 78, Bangladeshi military officer, Chief of Naval Staff, COVID-19.
- Ronald Johnson, 76, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives, liver cancer.
- Jindřich Kabát, 67, Czech psychologist and politician, Minister of Culture.
- Caesar Korolenko, 86, Russian psychiatrist, COVID-19.
- Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, American white supremacist and convicted triple murderer, execution by lethal injection.
- Dave Lewis, 65, American football player.
- J. J. Lionel, 72, Belgian musician.
- Ron de Lugo, 89, American politician.
- Maria Lugones, 76, Argentine feminist philosopher.
- Noël Martin, 60, Jamaican-born British assisted suicide activist and neo-Nazi victim.
- Alex McCool, 96, American NASA manager.
- Luis Orán Castañeda, 41, Colombian racing cyclist, conveyor belt accident.
- Raúl Pagano, Argentine keyboard player, hypothermia.
- Susan Quimpo, 59, Filipino activist and author.
- Sir Desmond Rice, 95, British army officer and courtier.
- Arthur J. Samberg, 79, American businessman, leukemia.
- Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh, 75, Iranian politician, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs and MP.
- Milan Šašik, 67, Slovak-born Ukrainian Ruthenian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Mukachevo.
- John Schaeffer, 79, Dutch-born Australian art collector and businessman, traffic collision.
- Shajahan Siraj, 77, Bangladeshi politician, MP and co-founder of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, cancer.
- Noemi Steuer, 63, Swiss actress.
- Stephen Susman, 79, American attorney, COVID-19.
- Theo van der Westerlaken, 71, Dutch cycle racing executive.
13
- Hasan al-Lawzi, 68, Yemeni writer and politician, Acting Prime Minister, COVID-19.
- Luis Arias Graziani, 94, Peruvian air force officer and politician, Minister of Defence and Chief of the Joint Command, COVID-19.
- Nurul Islam Babul, 74, Bangladeshi business magnate, chairman of Jamuna Group, COVID-19.
- Christian Biet, 68, French writer and professor.
- Eugene Chelyshev, 98, Russian Indologist.
- Moses Costa, 69, Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Chittagong, stroke.
- Bernard Cottret, 69, French historian and literary scholar.
- Hadi Dahane, 76, Moroccan footballer.
- Sergio González, 59, Argentine footballer.
- Marilyn Howard, 81, American politician.
- Chuck Hulse, 92, American Hall of Fame racing driver.
- Grant Imahara, 49, American electrical engineer and television personality, brain aneurysm.
- Gerardo Juraci Campelo Leite, 88, Brazilian politician, Piauí MLA, COVID-19.
- Delphine Levy, 51, French museum director.
- Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias, 79, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Astorga.
- Zindzi Mandela, 59, South African politician and diplomat, COVID-19.
- Daniel David Moses, 68, Canadian poet and playwright.
- Pat Quinn, 84, Scottish football player and manager.
- Debendra Nath Roy, 64–65, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA, hanging.
- Borghild Røyseland, 93, Norwegian politician, MP.
- Fahim Saleh, 33, Bangladeshi-American web developer and entrepreneur, stabbed.
- Roger Simons, 93, Belgian journalist.
- Zeng Yi, 91, Chinese virologist.
- Susie Zhao, 33, American professional poker player.
12
- Jack Ah Kit, 69, Australian politician, Northern Territory MLA.
- , 47, Latvian writer and journalist.
- Miryana Basheva, 73, Bulgarian poet.
- Rod Bernard, 79, American singer.
- Steve Bouchie, 59, American basketball player, Indiana Mr. Basketball, complications from a heart attack.
- Raymundo Capetillo, 76, Mexican actor, COVID-19.
- Divya Chouksey, 29, Indian actress and singer, cancer.
- Joanna Cole, 75, American children's writer, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
- Alain Desvergnes, 88, French photographer.
- Kevin Dwyer, 91, New Zealand cricketer.
- Judy Dyble, 71, English singer-songwriter, lung cancer.
- Hassan Abshir Farah, 75, Somali politician, Prime Minister and MP.
- Bill Gilbreth, 72, American baseball player, complications from heart surgery.
- Mohamed Hashi, Somali politician, President of Puntland.
- Jane Campbell Hutchison, 87, American art historian.
- Huey Johnson, 87, American environmentalist.
- Ignat Kaneff, 93, Bulgarian-Canadian construction executive and philanthropist.
- Benjamin Keough, 27, American backup singer, suicide by gunshot.
- Nurhasanah Iskandar, 62, Indonesian voice actress.
- Nelson Meurer, 77, Brazilian politician, Deputy, mayor of Francisco Beltrão, COVID-19.
- Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell, 73, British hereditary peer.
- Manuel Moroun, 93, American transportation executive, heart failure.
- Alfred Mtsi, 69, South African politician, mayor of Buffalo City, COVID-19.
- Frank Popper, 102, Czech-born French-British art and technology historian.
- Kelly Preston, 57, American actress, breast cancer.
- Henrik Ripa, 52, Swedish politician, MP.
- Nagindas Sanghavi, 100, Indian political columnist.
- Jarno Sarkula, 47, Finnish musician.
- Eleanor Sokoloff, 106, American pianist.
- Wim Suurbier, 75, Dutch football player and manager, cerebral hemorrhage.
- Lajos Szűcs, 76, Hungarian footballer, Olympic champion.
- Nicole Thea, 24, British social media personality.
11
- Marc Angelucci, 52, American attorney and men's rights activist, shot.
- Jyotsna Bhatt, 80, Indian ceramicist and potter.
- Frank Bolling, 88, American baseball player.
- Iñaxi Etxabe, 87, Spanish bertsolari.
- Jane Gardner, 68, American journalist and news presenter.
- Robert Gnaizda, 83, American civil rights lawyer.
- Andrés Indriðason, 78, Icelandic television producer.
- Edward Kmiec, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nashville and Buffalo.
- Kyaw Hein, 72, Burmese actor, complications from a stroke.
- A. H. Jami, 77, Indian cartoonist.
- Nicholas Lash, 86, English theologian.
- Lil Marlo, 30, American rapper, shot.
- Lim Boo Liat, 93, Malaysian zoologist.
- Florence Littauer, 92, American self-help author.
- Yoshihiko Matsuo, 86, Japanese car designer.
- Jacques Mazoin, 91, French rugby union player and coach.
- Mary Miller, 90, English actress.
- Rich Priske, 52, Canadian bassist, heart attack.
- Maynard Reece, 100, American wildlife artist.
- Engel Reinhoudt, 74, Dutch troubadour and dialect writer.
- Gergina Toncheva, 87, Bulgarian teacher.
- Donald Whiston, 93, American ice hockey player, Olympic silver medallist.
10
- Ben Acton, 92, Australian Olympic ice hockey player.
- Phil Ashley, 65, American keyboardist.
- , 59, Indonesian songwriter, complications from diabetes.
- Steven J. Bresky, American agribusiness executive, CEO and chairman of Seaboard Corporation.
- Morris Cerullo, 88, American Pentecostal televangelist, founder of The Inspiration Network, pneumonia.
- Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty, 82, Indian-American microbiologist.
- Jack Charlton, 85, English football player and manager, world champion, lymphoma and dementia.
- Vicente Cristófano, 68, Argentine football manager and coach, COVID-19.
- Johnny Cusack, 92, Irish Gaelic footballer.
- Corra Dirksen, 82, South African rugby player, COVID-19.
- Vikas Dubey, 56, Indian gangster and convicted murderer, shot.
- Eddie Gale, 78, American jazz trumpeter.
- Wolfgang Jerat, 65, German football player and coach.
- Ghaida Kambash, 46, Iraqi politician, COVID-19.
- Ferenc Koncz, 60, Hungarian politician, MP, traffic collision.
- Cosmas Magaya, 66, Zimbabwean mbira musician, COVID-19.
- , 88, German actor.
- Panagiotis Manias, 87, Greek basketball player, drowned.
- Thomas Manthata, 80, South African anti-Apartheid activist, COVID-19.
- , 90, Czech actor.
- Ljubica Miletić, 72, Serbian poet, translator and essayist.
- Colin Milner Smith, 83, British judge and cricketer.
- Pat Musitano, 52, Canadian mobster, shot.
- Paik Sun-yup, 99, South Korean military officer.
- Dick Passwater, 93, American racecar driver.
- Mahmoud Reda, 90, Egyptian dancer, choreographer and Olympic gymnast.
- Michael M. Richter, 82, German mathematician and computer scientist.
- Lara van Ruijven, 27, Dutch short track speed skater, Olympic bronze medallist and world champion, autoimmune disease.
- Alfredo Sirkis, 69, Brazilian politician, Deputy, traffic collision.
- Gordon Stone, 70, American bluegrass and fusion musician.
- Anna Stroka, 97, Polish literary historian, author and translator.
- Steve Sutherland, British club and radio disc jockey.
- Olga Tass, 91, Hungarian gymnast, Olympic champion.
- Genevieve Westcott, 65, Canadian-born New Zealand journalist and television presenter, breast cancer.
- Ed Wild, 85, Canadian Olympic basketball player.
- Dick Williams, 92, American magician.
9
- Agustín Alezzo, 84, Argentine theater director, complications from COVID-19.
- Johnny Beattie, 93, Scottish actor and comedian.
- Marlene Catzín Cih, 66, Mexican politician, mayor of Maxcanú, COVID-19.
- Robert Curtis Clark, 83, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA.
- Roland Desné, 89, French philosopher and writer.
- Jean-François Garreaud, 74, French actor.
- Ranjon Ghoshal, 65, Indian theatre director and musician.
- Karrar Ibrahim Hashim, 25, Iraqi footballer.
- Miloš Jakeš, 97, Czech politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party.
- Nina Khachaturyan, 88, Russian historian.
- Sahara Khatun, 77, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Home Affairs and Posts and Telecommunications, MP.
- Mohamed Kouradji, 68, Algerian football referee, COVID-19.
- Antonio Krastev, 59, Bulgarian weightlifter, world champion, traffic collision.
- Irma Lanzas, 86, Salvadoran writer and educator.
- Patricia Majalisa, 53, South African singer, heart attack.
- Sylvia Martínez Elizondo, 72, Mexican politician, Senator.
- Bruce Nestande, 82, American politician, heart attack.
- Park Won-soon, 64, South Korean politician, mayor of Seoul, suicide.
- Hafiz Rahim, 36, Singaporean footballer, traffic collision.
- Vladimir Salkov, 83, Russian football player and manager.
- , 91, Italian footballer.
- Tong Binggang, 92, Chinese physicist.
- Gabriella Tucci, 90, Italian operatic soprano.
- Elizabeth Vallance, 75, British philosopher.
- Joseph Vidal, 87, French politician, National Assembly member for Aude.
8
- Jean-Claude Alibert, French rally racer.
- Norman Allinger, 92, American chemist.
- Daniel Alvarado, 70, Venezuelan actor, fall.
- Odi Bouwmans, 76, Dutch politician, mayor of Helvoirt and Boxmeer.
- Sheng-Chang Chiang, 56, Taiwanese information technology executive, CEO and president of MSI, suicide by jumping.
- Amadou Gon Coulibaly, 61, Ivorian politician, Prime Minister.
- Lambert Croux, 93, Belgian politician, senator and Member of the European Parliament.
- Ramón Escobar Santiago, 83, Spanish politician, mayor of Segovia.
- Jagdeep, 81, Indian actor and comedian.
- Finn Christian Jagge, 54, Norwegian alpine skier, Olympic champion, gastric volvulus.
- Jimmy Johnson, 80, Nigerian actor, surgery complications.
- Liliane Klein-Lieber, 96, French resistance member.
- Louis Mazibuko, 69, South African sports journalist.
- Wayne Mixson, 98, American politician, Governor of Florida, member of the Florida House of Representatives.
- Eldon A. Money, 89, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives and Senate.
- Ricardo Mthembu, 50, South African politician, mayor of KwaDukuza, COVID-19.
- Stella Nangonová, 82, Czech philologist and writer.
- Santiago Nchama, 70, Equatoguinean politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- Munah Pelham-Youngblood, 36, Liberian politician, member of the House of Representatives.
- José Antonio Pérez Sánchez, 72, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Territorial Prelature of Jesús María del Nayar.
- Ross Pritchard, 95, American academic administrator, Chancellor of the University of Denver.
- Alex Pullin, 32, Australian Olympic snowboarder, snowboard cross world champion, drowned.
- Naya Rivera, 33, American actress, model and singer, drowned.
- Noloyiso Sandile, 56, South African royal, Regent of the Royal House of the AmaRharhabe, COVID-19.
- Howard Schoenfield, 62, American tennis player, COVID-19.
- Lyudmila Stanukinas, 89, Kazakhstani documentary filmmaker.
- Abdelmajid Tlemçani, 82, Tunisian footballer.
- Brad Watson, 64, American author and academic, heart failure.
- William Wolff, 93, German-British journalist and rabbi.
- Flossie Wong-Staal, 72, Chinese-American virologist, pneumonia.
7
- Hernán Alemán, 65, Venezuelan exiled politician, Deputy and mayor of Cabimas, COVID-19.
- Jale Aylanç, 72, Turkish actress.
- George Boyd, 68, Canadian playwright and news anchor.
- Dannes Coronel, 47, Ecuadorian footballer, heart attack.
- Gilbert Doucet, 64, French rugby union player and coach.
- Jahneil Douglas, 22, American football player, shot.
- Millicent S. Ficken, 86, American ethologist.
- Elizabeth Harrower, 92, Australian novelist.
- Bob Hitchens, 68, American football player and coach.
- Henry Jansen, 64, South African politician, mayor of Langeberg, COVID-19.
- Henry Krtschil, 87, German composer and pianist.
- Mike Moran, 78, American sporting executive, spokesperson for USOC, pneumonia.
- Bill Ramsey, 76, English rugby league player.
- Juan Rosai, 79, Italian-born American pathologist.
- Mike Ryan, 78, American baseball player.
- Jay Severin, 69, American radio talk show host and political consultant, stroke.
- R. Sundarrajan, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA.
- Henk Tennekes, 69, Dutch toxicologist, active euthanasia for pulmonary disease.
- Chynybaĭ Tursunbekov, 59, Kyrgyz politician, President of the Supreme Council, pneumonia.
- Wolfgard Voß, 94, German Olympic gymnast.
- Wang Jiafan, 81, Chinese historian.
- Dhansiri Weerasinghe, 84, Sri Lankan cricketer.
6
- Inuwa Abdulkadir, 54, Nigerian politician, COVID-19.
- Suresh Amonkar, 68, Indian politician, Goa MLA, COVID-19.
- Rosario Bléfari, 54, Argentine actress, singer and writer, cancer.
- Louis Colavecchio, 78, American counterfeiter.
- Carme Contreras i Verdiales, 87, Spanish actress.
- Charlie Daniels, 83, American Hall of Fame country singer-songwriter and musician, Grammy Award winner, hemorrhagic stroke.
- Bishnu Charan Das, 65, Indian politician, MP, stroke.
- Katie G. Dorsett, 87, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate.
- Esparbec, 79–80, French pornographic author.
- Mahmoud Fadel, 71, Lebanese-American boxer, complications from Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body dementia.
- , 78, German-Austrian actor, singer and theatre director.
- Ronald Graham, 84, American mathematician, President of the American Mathematical Society, bronchiectasis.
- Hisham al-Hashimi, 47, Iraqi historian and security expert, shot.
- Julio Jiménez, 55, Bolivian politician, Deputy, COVID-19.
- Gordon Kegakilwe, 53, South African politician, North West MEC, COVID-19.
- Andrew Kishore, 64, Bangladeshi playback singer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Juris Kronbergs, 73, Latvian-Swedish poet and translator.
- Mary Kay Letourneau, 58, American teacher and convicted rapist, cancer.
- Ennio Morricone, 91, Italian film composer, Oscar winner, complications from a fall.
- Zithulele Patrick Mvemve, 79, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Johannesburg and Bishop of Klerksdorp.
- Zdzisław Myrda, 69, Polish Olympic basketball player.
- Mark Naley, 59, Australian footballer, brain cancer.
- Barbara Pec-Ślesicka, 83, Polish production manager and film producer.
- Joe Porcaro, 90, American percussionist.
- Giuseppe Rizza, 33, Italian footballer, complications from ruptured brain aneurysm.
- Song Jinsheng, 87, Chinese politician, Vice-Chairman of the Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party.
- Osvaldo Sosa, 72, Argentine football player and manager, complications from a stroke.
- Marta Stebnicka, 95, Polish actress.
- Zoran Stojković, 73, Serbian politician, Minister of Justice.
- Ernst Zacharias, 96, German electronic musician and engineer.
- Sergey Zagraevsky, 55, Russian-Israeli painter, architectural historian and theologian, heart failure.
- Deborah Zamble, 48–49, Canadian chemist, brain hemorrhage.
5
- Ragaa Al Geddawy, 85, Egyptian actress and model, COVID-19.
- Souzána Antonakáki, 84–85, Greek architect.
- Alexander Balanta, 42, Colombian footballer, COVID-19.
- Bill Barlow, 89, Canadian politician.
- Horace Barlow, 98, British neuroscientist.
- Fiorenza Bassoli, 71, Italian politician.
- Léo Bergoffen, 97, German-born French Holocaust survivor.
- Nirmalendu Bhattacharya, 61, Indian politician.
- Antônio Bivar, 81, Brazilian writer and playwright, COVID-19.
- Ismael Bonilla, 41, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, race collision.
- Nick Cordero, 41, Canadian actor and singer, complications from COVID-19.
- Ayatullah Durrani, 64, Pakistani politician, MP, COVID-19.
- Cleveland Eaton, 80, American jazz bassist.
- , 87, Italian physician, academic and writer.
- Bettina Gilois, 58, German-born American screenwriter, cancer.
- Willi Holdorf, 80, German athlete, Olympic champion.
- Kōshū Itabashi, 93, Japanese Sōtō Zen master, abbot of Sōji-ji.
- Ahmad Karami, 76, Lebanese politician.
- Mauro Mellini, 93, Italian lawyer and politician, Deputy, secretary of the Radical Party.
- John Monaco, 78, American politician, mayor of Mesquite, Texas.
- Margarita Paksa, 88, Argentine artist.
- Aubert Pallascio, 82, Canadian actor, cancer.
- Barrie Penrose, 78, British investigative journalist and author, complications from Parkinson's disease.
- Brad Pye Jr., 89, American sports journalist, broadcaster, and politician.
- Bob Reade, 87, American college football player and coach.
- Juanito Rivera, 89, Filipino militant, co-founder of the NPA, stroke.
- Grethe Ryen, 70, Norwegian actress.
- Ena Thomas, 85, Welsh television cook.
- Tiloun, 53, Réunionese singer.
- Volodymyr Troshkin, 72, Ukrainian football player, Olympic bronze medallist and manager.
- Naama Tsal, 39, Israeli editor and writer, cancer.
- Olena Vasylivna Tsvek, 88, Ukrainian archaeologist.
- Tom Vaughn, 77, American football player.
- Ashoka Wadigamangawa, 68, Sri Lankan politician, MP, traffic collision.
- Mahendra Yadav, 70, Indian politician, Delhi MLA and convicted criminal, COVID-19.
4
- TM Giasuddin Ahmed, 83, Bangladeshi politician, MP.
- Sebastián Athié, 24, Mexican actor and musician.
- Alan S. Becker, 74, American politician, attorney and educator, member of the Florida House of Representatives, cancer.
- Guy Beckers, 95, Belgian businessman.
- Angel D'Mayo, 65, Argentine guitarist, complications from COVID-19.
- Angelo Fagiani, 77, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche.
- Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, 68, American sideshow attractions and documentary subjects, world's oldest conjoined twins.
- , 103, German architect.
- Richard Haskins, 55, American casino executive, president of Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa, jet ski collision.
- Brandis Kemp, 76, American actress, brain cancer and COVID-19.
- Robert Mack, 61, Austrian Olympic ice hockey player.
- Irwin Molasky, 93, American real estate developer.
- John Papworth, 98, British Anglican clergyman and activist.
- Martha Rocha, 83, Brazilian model, Miss Universo Brasil, heart attack.
- Seninho, 71, Portuguese footballer.
- , 83, Italian singer.
- Bhakti Charu Swami, 74, Indian spiritual teacher, COVID-19.
- Earl Thomas, 71, American football player.
- Marc Treanor, 57, British sand artist.
- Mary Twala, 80, South African actress.
- Arie van der Vlis, 79, Dutch military officer, Chief of the Defence Staff.
- Niels De Vriendt, 20, Belgian racing cyclist, heart attack.
- James Lee Wah, 89, Trinidadian theatre promoter and educator.
- Kevin Wickham, 80, Australian Olympic rower.
3
- Ejike Obumneme Aghanya, 87, Nigerian military officer and electrical engineer.
- Protik Prakash Banerjee, 51, Indian jurist, Judge of the Calcutta High Court, heart failure.
- Tyson Brummett, 35, American baseball player, plane crash.
- Cecilia Buscarons, 72–73, Uruguayan writer and historian.
- Neil Erland Byers, 91, Canadian politician.
- Earl Cameron, 102, Bermudian-born British actor.
- Hermine de Clermont-Tonnerre, 54, French princess, writer and actress, traffic collision.
- Len Cunning, 69, Canadian ice hockey player.
- Scott Erskine, 57, American serial killer, COVID-19.
- Wahidul Haq, 87, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Finance.
- Saroj Khan, 71, Indian choreographer, cardiac arrest.
- Lore Krainer, 89, Austrian composer.
- Ardico Magnini, 91, Italian footballer.
- Claude Mercier-Ythier, 88–89, French harpsichord maker.
- Michel Meylan, 81, French politician, Member of the National Assembly.
- Aurelio Moyano, 81, Argentine footballer.
- Rolf Muuss, 95, German-born American psychologist.
- Francis Nadeem, 64, Pakistani Roman Catholic priest, heart attack.
- Mamadou Bamba Ndiaye, 71, Senegalese politician.
- Elba Perez-Cinciarelli, 76, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly.
- John Peter, 81, Hungarian-born British theatre critic.
- Faruk Quazi, 71, Bangladeshi journalist, kidney failure.
- Charlie Slack, 89, American basketball player.
- Erika Taube, 86, German ethnologist and folklorist.
- Leonardo Villar, 96, Brazilian actor, cardiac arrest.
- Emily Howell Warner, 80, American airline pilot.
2
- Olga Blinova, 89, Russian linguist.
- Paolo Cabras, 89, Italian politician, Deputy, Senator.
- Raymond Carter, 84, British politician, MP.
- Chiu Chuang-huan, 94, Taiwanese politician, President of the Examination Yuan, Vice Premier and Minister of Interior, complications from pneumonia.
- Fan Yunruo, 24, Chinese professional Go player, suicide by jumping.
- Christian Garrison, 78, American author and filmmaker, cancer.
- Afroditi Grigoriadou, 88, Greek actress.
- Jack Harding, 87, Irish hurler.
- Ole Holsti, 86, American political scientist.
- Ángela Jeria, 93, Chilean archaeologist and human rights activist.
- Nikolai Kapustin, 81, Russian composer and pianist.
- Jiří T. Kotalík, 69, Czech art historian, rector of the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague.
- Wanderley Mariz, 79, Brazilian politician, Deputy, COVID-19.
- Bill Massey, 83, New Zealand Hall of Fame softball player, World Championship bronze medallist.
- Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda, 73, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Huajuapan de León.
- John Ebong Ngole, 80, Cameroonian politician.
- Tilo Prückner, 79, German actor.
- Kevin Rafferty, 73, American film director and cinematographer, cancer.
- Reckful, 31, Israeli-American Twitch streamer, suicide.
- Abraham Louis Schneiders, 94, Dutch diplomat and writer.
- Ronald L. Schwary, 76, American film and television producer, Oscar winner.
- Billy Tang, 69, Hong Kong film director, nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
- Mike Walling, 69, English comic actor and screenwriter.
- Xu Qifeng, 84, Chinese engineer.
- Yoon Sam-yook, 83, South Korean film director and screenwriter.
- Galina Zolotova, 95, Russian scientist.
- Willem van Zwet, 86, Dutch mathematician.
1
- Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, 62–63, Ghanaian politician, CEO of the Forestry Commission, COVID-19.
- Bill Black, 76, New Zealand pilot and deer hunter.
- Edward A. Burkhalter, 91, American navy officer, heart attack.
- Jean Cabannes, 95, French magistrate and jurist, member of the Constitutional Council.
- Cao Zhi, 92, Chinese politician, Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress.
- Gyan Kumari Chhantyal, 63, Nepali politician, member of the Constituent Assembly, heart disease.
- Nancie Colling, 101, English lawn bowls player.
- Max Crook, 83, American keyboardist and songwriter.
- Gay Culverhouse, 73, American academic administrator and sports executive, President of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Notre Dame College, myelofibrosis.
- Hugh Downs, 99, American broadcaster and television host, heart failure.
- Luizinho Drummond, 80, Brazilian illegal lottery operator, stroke.
- Bill Duplissea, 70, American politician, member of the California State Assembly, cancer.
- Heinrich Fink, 85, German theologian and politician.
- David F. Gantt, 78, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly.
- Beate Grimsrud, 57, Norwegian novelist and playwright, breast cancer.
- Alex van Groningen, 55, Dutch business support executive and corporate trainer.
- Ida Haendel, 91, Polish-born British violinist, kidney cancer.
- George Hallett, 78, South African photographer.
- Matthias Kaul, 71, German percussionist and composer.
- Lin Moyu, 96, Chinese actress.
- Ian MacDougall, 82, Australian naval officer, Chief of the Naval Staff.
- Santiago Manuin Valera, 63, Peruvian Awajún leader and Indigenous rights activist, COVID-19.
- Ray Matheny, 91, American anthropologist.
- Gisela Mayer, 88, German politician.
- Eurídice Moreira, 81, Brazilian politician, Paraíba MLA, COVID-19.
- Jean-Pierre Moumon, 72–73, French writer.
- Willem Olsthoorn, 81, Dutch fashion executive, complications from shingles.
- Joe Pennington, 92, American musician.
- Latifur Rahman, 75, Bangladeshi comprador.
- Emmanuel Rakotovahiny, 81, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister, heart disease.
- Georg Ratzinger, 96, German Roman Catholic priest and musician, conductor of the Regensburger Domspatzen.
- Tommy Ring, 81, Irish hurler.
- Rokamlova, 79, Indian politician, Speaker of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly, kidney disease.
- Pedro Luis Ronchino, 92, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia.
- Paul Seban, 90, Algerian-born French film director.
- Jim Thorpe, 76, American Canadian football player.
- Aleksejs Vidavskis, 76, Latvian politician, mayor of Daugavpils.
- Sir Everton Weekes, 95, Barbadian cricketer.
- Sybil Wettasinghe, 92, Sri Lankan children's author.
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