Deaths in July 2023

July 2023

1

• Qadri Abu Bakr, 70, Palestinian politician, minister of detainees affairs (since 2018) and MP (since 2018), traffic collision.
• Ahn Junghyo, 81, South Korean novelist and translator, cancer.
• Victoria Amelina, 37, Ukrainian writer, injuries sustained in missile strike.
• Birger Asplund, 93, Swedish Olympic hammer thrower (1956, 1960, 1964).
• Ints Cālītis, 92, Latvian politician, MP (1990–1993).
• Gerard Cott, 83, Irish politician, TD (1969–1973).
• Christian Dalger, 73, French footballer (Toulon, Monaco, national team).
• Vincenzo D'Amico, 68, Italian footballer (Lazio, Torino, Ternana), cancer.
• Frank Field, 100, American meteorologist (WNBC, WCBS, WWOR).
• Andrei Fomin, 57, Russian lawyer and state prosecutor, acting prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea (2016–2017), prosecutor of Chuvashia (since 2020), drowning.
• Meg Johnson, 86, English actress (Coronation Street, Brookside, Emmerdale).
• Bob Kerslake, Baron Kerslake, 68, British civil servant, head of the home civil service (2012–2014) and member of the House of Lords (since 2015), cancer.
• Ippei Kuri, 83, Japanese manga artist (Judo Boy) and animator (Speed Racer), co-founder of Tatsunoko Production.
• Robert Lieberman, 75, American film director (D3: The Mighty Ducks, Fire in the Sky, All I Want for Christmas), cancer.
• Valery Manilov, 84, Russian military officer and politician, senator (2001–2004).
• Paul David Manson, 88, Canadian general, chief of the Defence Staff (1986–1989).
• Francisco Molina Ruiz, 72, Mexican lawyer and politician, senator (1997–2000).
• John O'Grady, 83, Irish hurling referee.
• Sampat Prakash, 86, Indian trade unionist, cardiac arrest.
• Habib Sadek, 92, Lebanese writer and politician, MP (1992–1996).
• Christopher H. Sterling, 80, American media historian.
• Klaus Täuber, 65, German football player (Schalke 04, Bayer Leverkusen) and manager (Schwarz-Weiß Essen).
• Sir David Tompkins, 93, New Zealand lawyer and judge, King's Counsel (since 1974), High Court judge (1983–1997), chancellor of the University of Waikato (1981–1985).
• Lawrence Turman, 96, American film producer (The Graduate, The Thing, The River Wild).
• Dilano van 't Hoff, 18, Dutch racing driver, race collision.
• Serge Vieira, 46, French chef.

2

• Syaukat Banjaransari, 86, Indonesian general and presidential advisor.
• Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri, 80, Italian archaeologist.
• Valeriano Bozal, 82, Spanish historian and philosopher.
• Michel Charpentier, 95, French sculptor and medalist.
• Cho Yong-ik, 89, South Korean painter.
• Choi Bong-hong, 80, South Korean politician, MNA (2012–2016).
• Wayne Evans, 51, Welsh footballer (Rochdale, Walsall, Kidderminster Harriers), heart attack.
• Joseph John Gerry, 94, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Portland (1989–2004) and auxiliary bishop of Manchester (1986–1989).
• Fodil Goumrassa, 71, Algerian judoka.
• Mario Guerrero, 73, Dominican baseball player (Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Oakland Athletics).
• Khosrow Hassanzadeh, 60, Iranian painter.
• K. Jayaram, 74, Indian photographer.
• Ling Yongshun, 86, Chinese academic, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Susan Love, 75, American surgeon, leukemia.
• Đorđe Mihailović, 95, Greek-Serbian cemetery keeper (Zeitenlik).
• Milan Milutinović, 80, Serbian politician, president (1997–2002) and minister of foreign affairs of Yugoslavia (1995–1998).
• Doug Naysmith, 82, British politician, MP (1997–2010).
• Margaret Nisbett, 94, Australian soprano.
• Theo Pahlplatz, 76, Dutch footballer (Twente, national team).
• Sepúlveda Pertence, 85, Brazilian jurist, prosecutor general (1985–1989) and justice of the Supreme Federal Court (1989–2007).
• Minnie Bruce Pratt, 76, American writer and activist.
• James A. Sharp Jr., 90, American politician, mayor of Flint, Michigan (1983–1987).
• Randolf Stich, 57, German lawyer and politician, cancer.
• Arturo Woodman, 91, Peruvian sports administrator and politician.

3

• Vicki Anderson, 83, American soul singer.
• Michael Baden-Powell, 4th Baron Baden-Powell, 82, Australian scouting leader.
• Catherine Burks-Brooks, 83, American civil rights activist.
• James Dobbins, 81, American diplomat, ambassador to the European Union (1991–1993) and Afghanistan (2001–2002), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Antwun Echols, 52, American middleweight boxer.
• Elsu, 23, New Zealand Standardbred racehorse.
• Cecil Exum, 60, American basketball player (North Melbourne Giants, Melbourne Tigers, Geelong Supercats).
• Mo Foster, 78, English multi-instrumentalist (Affinity, Fancy, RMS) and record producer, cancer.
• Léon Gautier, 100, French soldier, France's last surviving D-Day veteran.
• Lincoln Mayorga, 86, American pianist and arranger.
• Greig Oliver, 58, Scottish rugby union player (national team) and coach (Munster), paragliding accident.
• Carlos Raffo Dasso, 95, Peruvian diplomat and politician, ambassador to the United Kingdom (1986–1989) and minister of industry (1989–1990).
• Don Reinhoudt, 78, American weightlifter, World's Strongest Man (1979), traffic collision.
• Sudakshina Sarma, 88, Indian singer and musician.
• Vince Tobin, 79, American football coach (Arizona Cardinals).
• Abuhuraira Udasan, 81, Filipino Muslim theologian.
• Francis Wodié, 87, Ivorian politician, MP (1990–1995) and president of the Constitutional Council (2011–2015).
• Yan Mingfu, 91, Chinese politician, vice chairperson of the CPPCC (1988–1993).

4

• George Aghajanian, 91, American psychiatrist.
• Amer Alwan, 66, Iraqi-French film director and actor (The Girl on the Train), cancer.
• Aleksey Avramenko, 46, Belarusian politician, minister of transport and communications (since 2019).
• Georges Bereta, 77, French footballer (Saint-Étienne, Marseille, national team).
• John Berylson, 70, American businessman and football club chairman (Millwall), traffic collision.
• Denise Bombardier, 82, Canadian journalist (Radio-Canada).
• Ulrich Braun, 81, German footballer (Schwarz-Weiß Essen, Arminia Bielefeld, FC Gütersloh 2000).
• Siqueira Campos, 94, Brazilian politician, four-time governor of Tocantins, senator (2019), infection.
• Chico Ferramenta, 64, Brazilian trade unionist and politician, deputy (1995–1996).
• Adolfo Gilly, 94, Mexican historian.
• Tabaré Gómez Laborde, 74, Uruguayan cartoonist, pancreatic cancer.
• Jenő Jandó, 71, Hungarian pianist.
• Kristaps Keggi, 88, Latvian-American orthopedic surgeon.
• Miki Liukkonen, 33, Finnish writer, poet and musician.
• Canelita Medina, 84, Venezuelan salsa singer.
• Abdul Ghapur Salleh, 80, Malaysian politician, MP (2004–2018), kidney failure.
• Liaqat Shabab, Pakistani politician, cardiac arrest.
• Jan Sierhuis, 94, Dutch painter.
• Robin Tamang, 60, Nepalese singer and actor (The Last Hour).
• Fred Willis, 75, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Oilers).

5

• Rob Agerbeek, 85, Indonesian-born Dutch pianist.
• Marvin S. Arrington Sr., 82, American politician and jurist, president of the Atlanta City Council (1980–1997) and Fulton County superior court judge (2002–2012).
• Keith Ball, 82, English footballer (Port Vale, Walsall).
• Franca Capetta, 86, Italian Olympic archer (1976, 1980).
• Francis R. Dillon, 83, American Air Force general, commander of the OSI (1988–1993).
• Mario Dumaual, 64, Filipino entertainment journalist (ABS-CBN), septic shock.
• Awa Ehoura, Ivorian journalist and radio host.
• Anthony Gilbert, 88, British composer and academic.
• Ezekiel Guti, 100, Zimbabwean evangelist.
• Aleksey Kuznetsov, 82, Russian actor (The Green Flame, D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers, Dark Eyes).
• Jacob Larsen, 44, Danish cricketer (national team).
• Coco Lee, 48, Hong Kong-American singer-songwriter (Singer), suicide.
• Ralph Lundsten, 86, Swedish composer.
• Roly Meates, 85, Irish rugby union coach.
• Andrés Oliva, 74, Spanish racing cyclist.
• Jack Rains, 85, American attorney, secretary of state of Texas (1987–1989).
• Shen Binyi, 78, Chinese vice admiral, deputy commander of PLAN (1999–2004) and deputy head of GLD (1994–1999).
• Martin Stevens, 69, Canadian disco singer ("Love Is in the Air").
• Walkiria Terradura, 99, Italian partisan.
• George Tickner, 76, American rock guitarist (Journey, Frumious Bandersnatch). (death announced on this date)
• Margaret Kemarre Turner, 84–85, Australian Arrente interpreter, artist, and author.

6

• Attila Abonyi, 76, Hungarian-born Australian football player (Melbourne Hungaria, Australia national team) and manager (Sydney Croatia).
• Jeffrey Carlson, 48, American actor (All My Children, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, Hitch).
• Zé Celso, 86, Brazilian playwright, stage director and actor (Teatro Oficina), injuries from a fire.
• Graham Clark, 81, English opera tenor, cancer.
• Johnie Cooks, 64, American football player (Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts, New York Giants, Cleveland Browns).
• Brendan Daly, 83, Irish politician, TD (1973–1992, 1997–2002) and three-time senator, minister for fisheries and forestry (1982).
• Arnaldo Forlani, 97, Italian politician, prime minister (1980–1981), minister of foreign affairs (1976–1979) and defence (1974–1976).
• Gene Gaines, 85, American football player (Ottawa Rough Riders, Montreal Alouettes) and coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
• James Hayes, 92, British colonial administrator and historian.
• Margaret Irvine, 75, British crossword compiler. (death announced on this date)
• George W. Jackson, 98, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1981–1990).
• Lâm Thị Mỹ Dạ, 73, Vietnamese poet.
• Lê Phước Thọ, 95, Vietnamese politician, member of the 7th Politburo (1991–1996).
• Iván Márquez, 68, Colombian guerrilla leader (FARC).
• Peter Nero, 89, American pianist and conductor (Philly Pops), Grammy winner (1962, 1963).
• Essop Pahad, 84, South African politician, minister in the presidency (1999–2008), cancer.
• Victor Pikayzen, 90, Russian violinist and teacher.
• Beverley Salmon, 92, Canadian activist and municipal politician.
• Joop Sanders, 101, Dutch-American painter and educator.
• Eva Schreiber, 65, German politician, MP (2017–2021).
• Mutulu Shakur, 72, American convicted robber and murderer (1981 Brink's robbery), bone marrow cancer.
• Dick Sheridan, 81, American football coach (Furman Paladins, NC State Wolfpack).
• Stephen M. Silverman, 71, American journalist (New York Post, Time Inc.).
• Caleb Southern, 53, American musician, record producer (Icky Mettle, Whatever and Ever Amen) and computer scientist (Georgia Tech).
• Colin Spencer, 89, English writer (The Guardian) and artist.
• Marlena Spieler, 74, American food writer (Bon Appétit, Saveur, San Francisco Chronicle).
• Alamgir Tareen, 63, Pakistani businessman and cricket club owner (Multan Sultans), suicide by gunshot.
• Jimmy Weldon, 99, American voice actor (The Yogi Bear Show, Challenge of the Superfriends, Shirt Tales), ventriloquist and television host.

7

• Michael Ashburner, 81, English biologist.
• Oscar Brashear, 78, American jazz trumpeter.
• Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, 86, British judge and life peer, justice of the Supreme Court (2009–2012) and member of the House of Lords (2004–2023).
• Joseph Chebet, 52, Kenyan long-distance runner.
• Amando Doronila, 95, Filipino journalist, complications from pneumonia.
• Neusa Maria Faro, 78, Brazilian actress (Torre de Babel, Alma Gêmea, A Vida da Gente), thrombosis.
• Violeta Hemsy de Gainza, 94, Argentine pianist and piano pedagogue.
• Tara Heiss, 66, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Maryland Terrapins).
• Mary Ann Hoberman, 92, American author (You Read to Me, I'll Read to You) and poet.
• Ahmed Ilias, 88, Bangladeshi poet.
• Joe Irukwu, 88, Nigerian insurance executive, lawyer and lecturer.
• Anne Klinck, 80, Canadian academic, esophageal cancer.
• Ivan Levačić, 91, Croatian Olympic cyclist (1960).
• Yvonne Littlewood, 95, British television producer and director.
• Nikki McCray-Penson, 51, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Washington Mystics, Indiana Fever) and coach (Old Dominion Lady Monarchs), Olympic champion (1996, 2000).
• Namboothiri, 97, Indian painter and sculptor.
• Kara Puketapu, 89, New Zealand rugby union player (New Zealand Māori), public servant and Māori leader, secretary of Maori Affairs (1977–1983).
• Tan Yock Lin, 70, Singaporean law professor, traffic collision.

8

• Gary Allen, 63, American football player (Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys, Calgary Stampeders), heart failure.
• Elkin Fernando Álvarez Botero, 54, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Medellín (2012–2020) and bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos (since 2020).
• Patrice Aouissi, 57, French Olympic boxer (1992).
• Earle Bailey, 81, Australian politician, Queensland MP (1983–1986).
• Tarun Chatterjee, 78, Indian jurist, judge of the Calcutta High Court (1990–2003) and the Supreme Court (2004–2010), chief justice of the Allahabad High Court (2003–2004).
• Bryan Collins, 58, American football coach (LIU Sharks).
• Srđan Koljević, 56, Serbian screenwriter and film director (The Red Colored Grey Truck, The Woman with a Broken Nose, The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip).
• Judith Liebman, 86, American operations researcher and engineer.
• Gloria Mange, 92, Mexican actress (¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?, If I Were a Congressman, The Unknown Mariachi).
• José Mattoso, 90, Portuguese medievalist and academic.
• K. Ravindranathan Nair, 90, Indian film producer (Kanchana Sita, Kummatty, Elippathayam).
• Gordon Reid, 89, Canadian businessman, founder of Giant Tiger.
• Renault Robinson, 80, American police officer.
• Bill Shipp, 89, American author and journalist (The Atlanta Constitution).
• Adrian Tan, 57, Singaporean novelist (The Teenage Textbook, The Teenage Workbook) and lawyer, president of the Law Society (since 2022), cancer.
• Özkan Uğur, 69, Turkish musician (MFÖ) and actor (A.R.O.G, Arif V 216), lymphoma.
• Bilge Umar, 87, Turkish writer.
• Evelyn M. Witkin, 102, American geneticist, complications from a fall.
• Melvin Wulf, 95, American lawyer.
• Juris Zarins, 78, German-born American archaeologist.
• Arnulf Zitelmann, 94, German writer.

9

• Dur Muhammad Baloch, 40, Pakistani boxer, heart attack.
• Alain Besançon, 91, French historian.
• Joe Campbell, 68, American football player (New Orleans Saints, Oakland Raiders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
• Manny Coto, 62, American television writer and producer (Star Trek: Enterprise, 24, American Horror Story), pancreatic cancer.
• Charlie Daniels, 83, American politician, Arkansas commissioner of state lands (1985–2003), secretary of state (2003–2011), and state auditor (2011–2015).
• Rajani Duganna, 78, Indian politician, mayor of Mangalore City Corporation (2010–2011).
• Michel Dupuy, 93, Canadian politician, minister of multiculturalism and citizenship (1993–1996) and communications (1993–1996), ambassador to the UN (1980–1981).
• Andrea Evans, 66, American actress (Passions, The Bold and the Beautiful, One Life to Live), breast cancer.
• Kenton Forsythe, 78, American audio engineer and inventor.
• Roger Gnoan M'Bala, 80, Ivorian film director (Ablakon, Bouka, Adanggaman).
• Alfred Thomas Grove, 99, British geographer and climatologist.
• Lee Hedges, 93, American high school football coach (Captain Shreve High School).
• Roy Herron, 69, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1987–1997) and Senate (1997–2013), jetski accident.
• Alice Ho, 72, Singaporean actress (Hainan Kopi Tales, Beautiful Connection, The Sky is Still Blue).
• Henry Kamm, 98, German-born American journalist (The New York Times), Pulitzer Prize winner (1978).
• Paul Kestel, 91, German politician, member of the Landtag of Bavaria (1986–1990).
• Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, 89, Mexican politician, secretary of labor (1972–1975) and public education (1976–1977), twice president of the chamber of deputies.
• Heinz Ostheimer, 91, German Olympic gymnast (1952).
• Benno C. Schmidt Jr., 81, American law scholar, president of Yale University (1986–1992).
• Asbjørn Sennels, 44, Danish footballer (Viborg, Brøndby, national team), cancer.
• Leroy W. Stutz, 84, American Air Force officer, pilot, and prisoner of war.
• Luis Suárez, 88, Spanish football player (Barcelona, Inter Milan, national team) and manager.
• Mel Wakabayashi, 80, Canadian-Japanese ice hockey player (Michigan Wolverines, Memphis Wings, Johnstown Jets) and coach.

10

• Enzo Bartocci, 94, Italian sociologist and politician, deputy (1976–1979).
• Derek Beales, 92, British historian.
• Jean-Jacques Becker, 95, French historian.
• Ümit Birol, 60, Turkish football player (Adanaspor, national team) and manager (Alibeyköy), heart attack.
• Erich Bitter, 89, German automobile designer, road racing cyclist, and automobile racer.
• Ben Briscoe, 89, Irish politician, TD (1965–2002) and lord mayor of Dublin (1988–1989).
• Randy Fullmer, 73, American animator (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Beauty and the Beast) and film producer (The Emperor's New Groove).
• Al Giordano, 63, American journalist (Narco News) and political commentator, lung cancer.
• Richard G. Hovannisian, 90, American historian and professor.
• Sally Kempton, 80, American spiritual writer.
• Brigitte Klump, 88, German author.
• Lyudmila Kononova, 47, Russian politician, member of the Federation Council (2013–2018), Arkhangelsk Oblast Assembly of Deputies (since 2018).
• Esther Kostøl, 86, Norwegian trade unionist.
• Isao Kuwabara, 78, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (2009–2012).
• Eero Lohi, 95, Finnish Olympic modern pentathlete (1960).
• Manny the Frenchie, 12, American French Bulldog. (death announced on this date)
• Marga Minco, 103, Dutch journalist and writer.
• Millison Narh, 68, Ghanaian banker, deputy governor of the Bank of Ghana (2009–2017). (death announced on this date)
• Tommy Møller Nielsen, 61, Danish football player (OB) and manager (B1909, VFF). (death announced on this date)
• Per Odensten, 84, Swedish novelist and poet.
• Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer, 71, British aristocrat and landowner, member of the House of Lords (since 1990), stroke.
• Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, 89, German jazz musician.
• Bob Segarini, 77, American-Canadian musician (The Wackers) and radio presenter.
• JoAnn Watson, 72, American pastor and politician, member of the Detroit City Council (2003–2013).
• Alan Wilkie, 94, Australian meteorologist and weather presenter.

11

• Ahmadreza Ahmadi, 83, Iranian poet and screenwriter.
• George Armstrong, 60, British actor (Grange Hill, Tucker's Luck), leukaemia.
• Michael Bakewell, 92, British television producer.
• Sepp Behr, 93, German Olympic alpine skier (1956, 1960).
• Jorge Bernal Vargas, 94, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Cancún-Chetumal (1974–2004).
• Dale Brede, 48, Australian racing driver (V8 Supercar Championship).
• Vladimir Butov, 78, Russian football player (Tekstilshchik, SKA-Khabarovsk) and coach.
• Toni Carbone, 62, Italian bass guitarist (Denovo), complications from a heart attack.
• Sam Cutler, 80, English tour manager (The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead), cancer.
• Philippe Garot, 74, Belgian football player (K.S.K. Beveren, national team) and manager (Francs Borains).
• G. Gnanalingam, 78, Malaysian businessman, chairman of West Port, Malaysia (since 2013).
• Dakota Fred Hurt, 80, American television personality (Gold Rush: White Water), brain cancer.
• Indian Haven, 23, British Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Dmitri Ivanov, 52, Russian football player (Krylia Sovetov Samara, Torpedo Volzhsky, Olimpia Volgograd) and manager.
• Hans-Jochen Jaschke, 81, German Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Osnabrück (1989–1994) and Hamburg (1994–2016).
• Milan Kundera, 94, Czech-French writer (The Joke, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, The Unbearable Lightness of Being).
• Mercedes Luzuriaga, 95, Spanish actress (Camera Café).
• Ravindra Mahajani, 74, Indian actor (Sarja, Kalat Nakalat, Kaay Raav Tumhi).
• Mantaur, 55, American professional wrestler (WWF, ECW, USWA).
• Pierre Martin, 79, French politician, senator (1995–2014).
• Torleiv Maseng, 76, Norwegian engineer.
• Rebecca Momin, 76, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 2009).
• Fazil Najafov, 88, Azerbaijani sculptor.
• Cynthia Okereke, Nigerian actress (Osuofia in London).
• Ales Pushkin, 57, Belarusian painter, theatre director, and political prisoner.
• Agim Rada, 70, Albanian sculptor, lung disease.
• S. A. Rajkannu, 80, Indian film producer (16 Vayathinile, Kanni Paruvathile, Enga Chinna Rasa).
• C. R. Roberts, 87, American football player (Toronto Argonauts, San Francisco 49ers).
• Richard von Schirach, 81, German sinologist and author.
• Yuzo Toyama, 92, Japanese composer.
• Oleg Tsokov, 51, Russian general, airstrike.
• Mirsad Tuka, 58, Bosnian actor (Cirkus Columbia, Ja sam iz Krajine, zemlje kestena, Holiday in Sarajevo).
• Sir Peter Walters, 92, British businessman (BP).
• Wang Yingluo, 93, Chinese academic, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

12

• Gustavo Badell, 50, Venezuelan-born Puerto Rican bodybuilder.
• Seilda Baishakov, 72, Kazakh football player (Kairat, Soviet Union national team) and manager.
• Jean Brodie-Hall, 97, Australian landscape architect.
• Abdulbaki Erol, 74, Turkish Islamic scholar, kidney failure.
• Rajab Ali Etemadi, 89, Iranian writer, novelist, and journalist.
• Daniel Goldberg, 74, Canadian film producer (The Hangover, Stripes, Space Jam) and screenwriter.
• Mirella Izzo, 64, Italian LGBT activist.
• Maba Jobe, 58–59, Gambian politician, minister of foreign affairs (2006).
• Nick Köster, 34, South African rugby union player (Bristol, Bath, Western Province).
• Larysa Marshalava, 44, Belarusian actress.
• John Nettleton, 94, English actor (Yes Minister, Black Beauty, Oliver Twist).
• Miloslav Netušil, 77, Czech Olympic gymnast (1968, 1972, 1976).
• Ryuchell, 27, Japanese model, suicide.
• Heide Simonis, 80, German politician, minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein (1993–2005) and MP (1976–1988).
• André Watts, 77, American pianist and academic, Grammy winner (1964), Avery Fisher Prize recipient (1988), cancer.
• An Yin, 64, Chinese-American geologist.

13

• Sérgio Amaral, 79, Brazilian diplomat and politician, minister of development (2001–2003) and ambassador to the United States (2016–2019).
• Josette Baisse, 98, French Olympic cross-country skier (1952).
• Ed Bressoud, 91, American baseball player (New York / San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals), cerebellar ataxia.
• Josephine Chaplin, 74, American actress (The Canterbury Tales, Escape to the Sun, Nuits Rouges).
• Ion Crăciun, 67, Romanian handball player and coach.
• Juan Carlos Durán, 73, Bolivian lawyer, sports executive and politician, minister of the interior (1987–1989) and senator (1993–1994, 1995–1996), cancer.
• Mike Endsley, 61, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (2011–2015).
• Marilies Flemming, 89, Austrian politician, MEP (1996–2004).
• Chris Garland, 74, English footballer (Bristol City, Chelsea, Leicester City).
• Carlin Glynn, 83, American actress (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Sixteen Candles, The Trip to Bountiful), Tony winner (1979), complications from dementia and cancer.
• Kalyan Jain, 88, Indian politician, MP (1977–1979).
• Ewen Jones, 63, Australian politician, MP (2010–2016), cancer.
• Guy Lagorce, 86, French journalist (L'Équipe, Le Figaro, Paris Match) and writer.
• Alan Morrow, 86, Australian footballer (St Kilda).
• Kate Morse, 64, Australian archaeologist.
• John Graham Nicholls, 93, British physiologist.
• Justin Peacock, 52, American television writer and producer (Suits, The Lincoln Lawyer, Alert: Missing Persons Unit), complications from cardiovascular disease.
• Bill Reynolds, 78, American sports journalist (The Providence Journal).
• Chérubin Okende Senga, 61, Congolese politician, deputy (2003–2005, since 2018), shot.

14

• Bernard Bachrach, 84, American historian.
• Nick Benedict, 77, American actor (All My Children, The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives), complications from spinal surgery.
• Tony Butler, 88, British sports broadcaster (BRMB, BBC Radio WM).
• Dianne Chambless, 75, American clinical psychologist, lung cancer.
• Michael Dusek, 64, German football player (Kaiserslautern) and manager (Idar-Oberstein, Pirmasens), cancer.
• Albert Eschenmoser, 97, Swiss organic chemist (Eschenmoser's salt, Eschenmoser fragmentation, Eschenmoser sulfide contraction).
• Luís Rocha Filho, 59, Brazilian lawyer and politician, deputy (2007).
• Georg Hille, 99, Norwegian Lutheran prelate, bishop of Hamar (1974–1993).
• Gerda Hnatyshyn, 87, Canadian philanthropist, viceregal consort (1990–1995).
• Ashfaqur Rahman Khan, 81, Bangladeshi activist.
• Theodore Khoury, 93, Lebanese Catholic theologian and historian.
• Kazimierz Klimczak, 109, Polish soldier (Warsaw Uprising).
• Blagomir Krivokuća, 78, Serbian football player (Javor Ivanjica, OFK Beograd, Freiburger FC) and manager.
• Bulbul Mahalanobish, 70, Bangladeshi singer and author.
• Anthony Meo, American drummer (Biohazard), cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Mader Moussayev, 75, Azerbaijani politician, MP (since 1995).
• Ralston Otto, 65, Antiguan cricketer (Leeward Islands), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Vladimir Portnov, 82, Russian actor (The Prisoner of Château d'If) and stage director.
• Nancy Pyle, 85, American politician, complications from dementia.
• Sergey Seryogin, 56, Russian animation director and writer (Alice's Birthday).
• Vladimir Silovanov, 56, Russian football player (Kristall Smolensk, Iskra Smolensk) and manager (Volna Nizhny Novgorod Oblast).
• Hettie Simmons Love, 100, American graduate, one of the first African Americans to earn an Ivy League MBA.
• Beverly Moss Spatt, 99, American public official and preservationist, chair of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (1970–1974).

15

• Darrel Aschbacher, 88, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles, Saskatchewan Roughriders).
• Chen Mao-shuen, 87, Taiwanese composer.
• Julius Crosslin, 39, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).
• Dave Currey, 80, American football coach (Long Beach State 49ers, Cincinnati Bearcats).
• Marie-Laure de Decker, 75, French photographer.
• Daniel Frasson, 56, Brazilian football player (Figueirense, Inter de Limeira, Palmeiras) and coach.
• Vítor Godinho, 78, Portuguese footballer (Belenenses, national team).
• Sergei Godunov, 93, Russian mathematician (Godunov's theorem, Godunov's scheme), member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
• Yrjö Hakala, 91, Finnish Olympic ice hockey player (1952, 1960).
• Leonard Retel Helmrich, 63, Dutch cinematographer, film director and screenwriter (Eye of the Day, Shape of the Moon, Position Among the Stars).
• Peter Takaaki Hirayama, 99, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Oita (1970–2000).
• Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, 87, Spanish comic book artist (Mort & Phil, 13, Rue del Percebe, Rompetechos).
• K. Jayaraman, 67, Indian cricketer (Kerala).
• Dano LeBlanc, 55, Canadian musician and cartoonist (Acadieman), pancreatic cancer.
• Billy MacMillan, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders, Toronto Maple Leafs) and coach (New Jersey Devils), Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
• Derek Malcolm, 91, English film critic (The Guardian, Evening Standard) and historian, heart and lung failure.
• John R. Manz, 77, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Chicago (1996–2021).
• Daniza Mastilović, 89, Yugoslav-born German opera singer.
• Lew Morrison, 75, Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Washington Capitals).
• William O'Malley, 91, American Roman Catholic priest and actor (The Exorcist).
• Aleksandr Orlovskiy, 61, Russian actor (Transit, Alexander). (body discovered on this date)
• Thomas Plenert, 72, German cinematographer (Berlin Babylon, Nuit de chien).
• Oscar J. Schwenk, 78, Swiss businessman (Pilatus Aircraft).
• Veniamin Soldatenko, 84, Kazakh racewalker, Olympic silver medallist (1972).
• Abdourahmane Sow, 81, Senegalese politician, minister of the interior (1995–1998).
• Justyn Vicky, 33, Indonesian bodybuilder and personal trainer, weightlifting accident.
• James Zagel, 82, American jurist and novelist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois (since 1987) and the FISA Court (2008–2015).

16

• George Alston-Roberts-West, 85, British army officer and courtier.
• Luigi Bettazzi, 99, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (Pact of the Catacombs), auxiliary bishop of Bologna (1963–1966) and bishop of Ivrea (1966–1999).
• Jane Birkin, 76, English-French singer ("Je t'aime... moi non plus") and actress (La Piscine, Evil Under the Sun).
• Harry Frankfurt, 94, American philosopher and author (On Bullshit, On Truth), congestive heart failure.
• Funny Cide, 23, American Thoroughbred racehorse (2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner), colic.
• Yoandy Garlobo, 46, Cuban baseball player (national team), complications from diabetes.
• Franz Hinkelammert, 92, German-born Costa Rican theologian and economist.
• SunRay Kelley, 71, American builder.
• Diego Matthai Springer, 81, Mexican designer and architect.
• Neil Maune, 62, American football player (Notre Dame Fighting Irish).
• Richard Henry Mills, 93, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Central Illinois (since 1985).
• Kevin Mitnick, 59, American computer security consultant, author (The Art of Deception, The Art of Intrusion) and convicted hacker, pancreatic cancer.
• Angelo Mozilo, 84, American banker, CEO of Countrywide Financial (1969–2008).
• Yoshinori Ohno, 87, Japanese politician, director general of the defense agency (2004–2005) and MP (1986–2012).
• Christian Quadflieg, 78, German actor (Star Maidens, Derrick, Der Landarzt).
• Ricky Rivero, 51, Filipino actor (Do Re Mi, Petrang Kabayo, Yorme: The Isko Domagoso Story) and director.
• Mario Videla, 84, Argentine organist.
• Bibiana Zeller, 95, Austrian actress (Julia – Eine ungewöhnliche Frau, Kottan ermittelt).

17

• Jerry Bradley, 83, American Hall of Fame music executive (Wanted! The Outlaws).
• Gary Brandt, 80, Canadian football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
• Robert Budzynski, 83, French footballer (Nantes, Lens, national team).
• DJ Deeon, 56, American dance music DJ and producer.
• João Donato, 88, Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist.
• Manuel Duarte Velarde, 93, Peruvian agronomist and politician, governor of Junín (2003–2006) and deputy (1990–1992).
• Stuart Epperson, 86, American evangelical and businessman, co-founder of Salem Media Group.
• Bruno Flierl, 96, German architect.
• Valentin Gheorghiu, 95, Romanian pianist and composer.
• Walt Groller, 92, American polka musician.
• Rudolf Hendel, 75, German Olympic judoka (1972).
• Marc Herrand, 98, French singer (Les Compagnons de la chanson).
• Bohdan Hreshchak, 79, Ukrainian football player (Karpaty Lviv, CSKA Moscow) and manager (Nyva Ternopil-2).
• Lech Jęczmyk, 87, Polish publicist (Nowa Fantastyka), essayist, and writer.
• Oleg Khorzhan, 47, Moldovan lawyer and politician, member of the supreme council of Transnistria (2010–2018), stabbed.
• László Lator, 95, Hungarian poet and translator.
• Rubén Martínez Bulnes, 94, Salvadoran architect and sculptor.
• Barry Martyn, 82, English jazz drummer.
• Sue Marx, 92, American documentary film director and producer (Young at Heart), Oscar winner (1987).
• Mangala Narlikar, 80, Indian mathematician, cancer.
• José Bonifácio Novellino, 78, Brazilian economist and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (2005–2007), cancer.
• Palhinha, 73, Brazilian football player (Cruzeiro, national team) and manager (União São João).

18

• Alexandre Adler, 72, French historian and journalist (Courrier International, Le Figaro, Libération).
• Paul Kamuza Bakyenga, 79, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop (1991–1999) and archbishop (1999–2020) of Mbarara.
• David Carr, 91, Australian masters athlete.
• Oommen Chandy, 79, Indian politician, chief minister of Kerala (2004–2006, 2011–2016) and Kerala MLA (since 1970), cancer.
• Miller Farr, 80, American football player (Houston Oilers, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Chargers).
• Walter Gilbey, 88, British-Manx politician and entrepreneur, member of the House of Keys (1982–2001).
• Richard W. Goldberg, 95, American jurist, judge of the United States Court of International Trade (since 1991).
• Mike Hellawell, 85, English footballer (Birmingham City, Huddersfield Town, national team).
• Viktor Melikhov, 61, Russian actor (Bandit Petersburg, Streets of Broken Lights).
• Lew Perkins, 78, American athletic director (Wichita State Shockers, UConn Huskies, Kansas Jayhawks).
• Viktor Pronin, 84, Russian writer.
• B. Sathianathan, 65, Malaysian football player (Negeri Sembilan, national team) and manager, cancer.
• Martha Saxton, 77, American historian, lung cancer.
• Stu Silver, 76, American screenwriter (Throw Momma from the Train) and television writer (Soap, Webster), complications from prostate cancer.
• Keiko Suzuka, 67, Japanese actress.
• Larry Yellen, 80, American baseball player (Houston Colt .45s).
• Shintaro Yokota, 28, Japanese baseball player (Hanshin Tigers), brain cancer.

19

• Raymond Bagnis, 91, French-born French Polynesian doctor, ciguatera fish poisoning researcher.
• Wasef Bakhtari, 80, Afghan poet, literary figure, and intellectual.
• Lajos Balázsovits, 76, Hungarian actor (Bizalom, Milarepa, Mary, Mother of Jesus), theatre director and manager, COPD.
• Anita Carey, 75, English actress (Coronation Street, Doctors), breast cancer.
• Chung Lim, 37, South Korean singer and actor (Dream), colon cancer.
• Alex Etheridge, 13, American child, bone cancer.
• Tibor Füzessy, 94, Hungarian politician, minister of civilian intelligence services (1992–1994).
• Mike Hammond, 33, British ice hockey player (Nottingham Panthers), traffic collision.
• Tolib Karimov, 83, Uzbek actor.
• Silvana Lattmann, 104, Italian-Swiss poet and author.
• Åge Maridal, 58, Norwegian footballer (Start, Fyllingen).
• Robert McFarlane, 80–81, Australian photographer.
• Nguyễn Khánh, 95, Vietnamese politician, deputy prime minister (1987–1997).
• Kole Omotoso, 80, Nigerian writer and intellectual.
• Andrea Purgatori, 70, Italian journalist (Corriere della Sera), screenwriter (The Rubber Wall, The Entrepreneur), and actor, cancer.
• Sri Ramana, 70, Indian columnist and writer.
• James Reston Jr., 82, American journalist, pancreatic cancer.
• Irina Rozova, 65, Lithuanian journalist and politician, MP (2006–2008, 2012–2020).
• Mark Thomas, 67, British film composer (Twin Town, The Final Curtain, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London).
• Nohora Tovar, 55, Colombian politician, senator (2014–2018), plane crash.
• Eleanor Vadala, 99, American chemist and materials engineer.
• Remigijus Valiulis, 64, Lithuanian sprinter, Olympic champion (1980).
• Dedric Willoughby, 49, American basketball player (Iowa State Cyclones, Chicago Bulls), heart attack.
• Jean Fagan Yellin, 92, American historian and author.
• Matthias Zimmer, 62, German politician, MP (2009–2021).

20

• Arnaud Bédat, 58, Swiss journalist (L'Illustré) and author.
• Massimiliano Damerini, 72, Italian pianist.
• Matei-Agathon Dan, 73, Romanian politician, MP (1992–2004) and minister of tourism (1992–1996).
• Merrill J. Fernando, 93, Sri Lankan tea industry executive, founder of Dilmah.
• Jaime Galarza Zavala, 92, Ecuadorian writer, lung disease.
• Concha García Zaera, 93, Spanish digital artist.
• Bill Geddie, 68, American television producer (The View).
• Adam Gnatov, 78, Ukrainian weightlifter.
• Myron Goldfinger, 90, American architect, liver cancer.
• Luis Hiraldo, 31, Puerto Rican jockey.
• Patricia T. Holland, 81, American Latter-day Saints writer and leader.
• Jahangir Khanji, 67, Pakistani Nawab of Junagadh state.
• Bambang Kristiono, 62, Indonesian military officer and politician, MP (since 2019).
• Juan Meza, 67, Mexican boxer, WBC super bantamweight champion (1984–1985).
• Aadu Must, 72, Estonian historian and politician, MP (since 2007).
• Mirko Novosel, 85, Croatian Hall of Fame basketball player (Lokomotiva) and coach (Napoli, Yugoslavia national team).
• Bradley Olivier, 36, South African actor (Binnelanders).
• Gustavo Pallicca, 87, Italian sports writer.
• Manjur Rahman Biswas, 73, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1988–1990).
• Rachid Sfar, 89, Tunisian politician, prime minister (1986–1987), minister of finance (1986) and defence (1979–1980).
• Theo Smit, 72, Dutch racing cyclist.
• José Sulantay, 83, Chilean football player (Deportes La Serena) and manager (Coquimbo Unido, Deportes La Serena), stroke.
• Iraj Taghipoor, 64, Iranian film producer (Dancing in the Dust, The Beautiful City).
• Romain Winding, 71, French cinematographer (La Discrète, The Counterfeiters, Farewell, My Queen).

21

• Hafiz Abdelrahman, Sudanese flautist.
• Luis Aguirre, 64, Ecuadorian stage and television director and actor.
• Tony Bennett, 96, American singer ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco", "Rags to Riches", "Because of You"), 20-time Grammy winner.
• Bill Cashin, 85, Irish politician, senator (1993–1997).
• Mahabhashyam Chittaranjan, 84, Indian author and Telugu musician and composer.
• Isabelle Choko, 94, Polish Holocaust survivor and chess champion.
• Ann Clwyd, 86, Welsh politician, MP (1984–2019) and MEP (1979–1984).
• Jerome Coopersmith, 97, American television writer (Hawaii Five-O, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, An American Christmas Carol) and playwright.
• Aleksandr Gurevich, 92, Russian physicist.
• Mike Ivie, 70, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers).
• Jacinto Santos, 82, Portuguese footballer (Benfica, national team).
• Monte Kwinter, 92, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1985–2018).
• Neal Langford, 50, American bass guitarist (The Shins).
• Robert Lister, 79, British actor (Wish Me Luck).
• Petru Marta, 70, Moldovan freestyle wrestler, stroke.
• Juliette Mayniel, 87, French actress (Les Cousins, The Fair, Eyes Without a Face).
• Brian O'Neill, 94, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey executive.
• Marcello Osler, 77, Italian racing cyclist.
• Emilio Ostorero, 88, Italian motocross racer and rally driver.
• Zhanna Samsonova, 39, Russian vegan influencer, starvation.
• Hassan Sane'i, 89, Iranian Shia cleric and politician, member of the Expediency Discernment Council (since 1989).
• Roy Swetman, 89, English cricketer (Surrey, Nottinghamshire, national team), pneumonia.
• Brian Taber, 83, Australian cricketer (New South Wales, national team).
• Jane Tehira, 95, New Zealand basketball (national team), softball (national team), and field hockey (national team) player.
• Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani, 94, Qatari royal and politician.
• Chonlathee Tharnthong, 85, Thai luk thung composer and singer.
• Miroslav Toman Sr., 88, Czech politician, member of the Federal Assembly (1986–1990), minister of agriculture (1981–1983), traffic collision.
• Malú Urriola, 56, Chilean poet.

22

• Viive Aamisepp, 87, Estonian actress.
• Karim Allawi Homaidi, 95, Iraqi football player (Al-Minaa, national team) and manager (Al-Minaa).
• Hassan Amcharrat, 75, Moroccan footballer (Chabab Mohammédia, Raja Casablanca, national team).
• Peter Austin, 78, Jamaican singer (The Clarendonians).
• Sherry Ayittey, 75, Ghanaian politician and women's activist, minister for environment, science and technology (2009–2013), health (2013–2014), fisheries and aquaculture development (2014–2017).
• Aaron Cicourel, 94, American sociologist.
• Ferenc Cserháti, 76, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Esztergom–Budapest (2007–2023).
• Miles Feinstein, 82, American attorney, cancer.
• Lelia Goldoni, 86, American actress (Shadows, Hysteria, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore).
• Russell H. Greenan, 97, American author (It Happened in Boston?).
• ASM Enamul Haque, 78, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1996).
• Günther Herrmann, 83, German footballer (Karlsruher SC, Schalke 04, West Germany national team).
• Vince Hill, 89, English singer ("Edelweiss", "Take Me to Your Heart Again").
• Paul Hince, 78, English footballer (Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra) and journalist (Manchester Evening News).
• Eduard Labkovsky, 84, Russian singer.
• Ernesto Mastrángelo, 75, Argentine footballer (River Plate, Boca Juniors, national team), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
• Dame Sonia Proudman, 73, British barrister and judge.
• Larry Ray, 65, American baseball player (Houston Astros).
• Knut Riisnæs, 77, Norwegian jazz musician.
• Arthur Rubin, 97, American singer and actor (The Patty Duke Show, The Producers).
• Adolf Scherer, 85, Slovak footballer (CH Bratislava, Nîmes, Czechoslovakia national team).
• Roger Sprung, 92, American folk banjo player.
• Marianne Werner, 99, German athlete, Olympic silver (1952) and bronze medallist (1956).
• Eduardas Vilkelis, 70, Lithuanian economist, minister of finance (1992–1995).

23

• Howard Adelman, 85, Canadian philosopher and academic.
• Earl I. Anzai, 81, American politician, attorney general of Hawaii (1999–2002).
• Salahuddin Ayub, 61, Malaysian politician, twice MP, minister of agriculture (2018–2020) and domestic trade (since 2022), brain hemorrhage.
• Zdeňka Bauerová, 92, Czech fashion designer and academic.
• Pamela Blair, 73, American actress (A Chorus Line, Annie, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America).
• Raymond Froggatt, 81, English songwriter ("Callow-la-vita", "Big Ship", "Rachel") and singer.
• John Gibson, British computer game programmer and designer (Gift from the Gods, Microcosm), co-founder of Denton Designs. (death announced on this date)
• Jacob Golomb, 76, Israeli philosopher.
• Dorothy Goodman, 97, American educator, heart failure.
• Nick Hitchon, 65, British academic, subject of Up, cancer.
• Agustín Intriago, 38, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician, mayor of Manta (since 2019), shot.
• Adrian Lustig, 69, Romanian writer and screenwriter (Happy Funerals, Silent Wedding).
• Abdul Khaleque Mondal, 78, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2001–2006).
• Jānis Andris Osis, 79, Latvian painter.
• Kottai Perumal, 58, Indian actor (Ullam Kollai Poguthae, Raajjiyam, Aivar).
• Otello Profazio, 88, Italian cantastorie, folk singer-songwriter, and author.
• Leo Richardson, 91, American basketball (Savannah State, Buffalo Bulls) and football coach (Savannah State).
• Rolf Rustad, 88, Norwegian handball player (national team) and television editor (NRK).
• Edward Sexton, 80, British tailor and fashion designer.
• Les Smith, 89, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
• Inga Swenson, 90, American actress (Benson, 110 in the Shade, The Miracle Worker).
• Martine Tanghe, 67, Belgian journalist and news presenter (VRT), cancer.
• Aleksandr Tsilyurik, 58, Russian footballer (Krylia Sovetov Samara, Spartak-Telekom Shuya, Uralmash Yekaterinburg).
• Kostiantyn Tyshchenko, 81, Ukrainian linguist, teacher and translator.

24

• George Alagiah, 67, British journalist and presenter (BBC News), bowel cancer.
• Leny Andrade, 80, Brazilian singer and musician.
• Marc Augé, 87, French anthropologist.
• Denis Badault, 65, French pianist, conductor and composer (Orchestre National de Jazz).
• Chris Bart-Williams, 49, English football player (Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday, Charlton Athletic) and manager.
• Trevor Francis, 69, English football player (Birmingham City, national team) and manager (Sheffield Wednesday), heart attack.
• Mario Hirsch, 74, Luxembourgish journalist.
• Brad Houser, 62, American musician (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Critters Buggin), stroke.
• Pat Hunt, 92, New Zealand politician, MP (1978–1984).
• Alfonso Iturralde, 73, Mexican actor (Ángeles blancos, Marimar, Querida enemiga).
• Václav Kahuda, 57, Czech writer.
• Anne-Chatrine Lafrenz, 86, German Olympic athlete (1956).
• Jesse Lott, 80, American visual artist.
• Alexandre de Lur Saluces, 89, French viticulturist.
• Ahmad Sami Minkara, 85, Lebanese politician.
• Charles W. Misner, 91, American physicist (Gravitation).
• Takashi Miura, 45, Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants, Saitama Seibu Lions).
• Dóris Monteiro, 88, Brazilian singer and actress.
• Seiichi Morimura, 90, Japanese novelist.
• Dan Morrison, 75, American baseball umpire.
• Stanislav Neveselý, 87, Czech hockey player (HC Sparta Praha, HC Dukla Jihlava) and coach.
• Rose Zang Nguele, 76, Cameroonian politician, MP (1992–1997).
• Ronald Numbers, 81, American science historian (The Creationists).
• Cecilia Pantoja, 79, Chilean singer-songwriter.
• Tony Priscott, 82, English footballer (Portsmouth, Aldershot, AFC Bournemouth). (death announced on this date)
• Jayant Savarkar, 87, Indian actor (Vaastav: The Reality, Singham, Rocky Handsome).
• Alexander Solovyov, 73, Russian politician, head of the Udmurt Republic (2014–2017) and senator (2013–2014).
• Adrian Street, 82, Welsh professional wrestler (NWA, CCW), sepsis from colitis.
• Annamária Tóth, 77, Hungarian athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1968). (death announced on this date)
• Marianna Vardinogiannis, 80, Greek children's rights activist.
• Oswaldo Viteri, 91, Ecuadorian painter.

25

• Jani Allan, 70, South African journalist (Sunday Times) and author (Face Value, Jani Confidential), cancer.
• Mercedes Aragonés de Juárez, 96, Argentine politician, deputy (1993–1999) and governor of Santiago del Estero (2002–2004).
• Julian Barry, 92, American screenwriter (Lenny, The River, Rhinoceros).
• Gérard Besson, 81, Trinidadian writer and publisher.
• Earl Buford, 81, American police officer, Pittsburgh police chief (1992–1995).
• Pat Carney, 88, Canadian politician, MP (1980–1988) and senator (1990–2008).
• Paul Darmanin, 82, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Garissa (1984–2015).
• Giorgio Di Genova, 89, Italian art historian (History of Italian Art of the Twentieth Century).
• Augusto Ferrero Costa, 78, Peruvian jurist, member (2017–2023) and president (2022) of the Constitutional Court, ambassador to Italy (2009–2010).
• Bo Goldman, 90, American screenwriter (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Melvin and Howard, Scent of a Woman), Oscar winner (1975, 1980).
• Yılmaz Gruda, 93, Turkish actor (Hercai, İşler Güçler, Yabancı Damat), poet and playwright.
• Roy Harrisville, 101, American theologian.
• Mahmoud Jarkas, 90, Syrian actor (Old Times).
• Raphick Jumadeen, 75, Trinidadian cricketer (West Indies).
• Michele Kalamera, 84, Italian actor and voice actor.
• Semyon Kaminsky, 82, Russian writer, entertainer and songwriter.
• Shirish Kanekar, 80, Indian writer and journalist.
• Joe Kowal, 67, Canadian ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Rochester Americans, Hershey Bears).
• Johnny Lujack, 98, American football player (Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Chicago Bears), Heisman Trophy winner (1947).
• Eduardo Pitta, 73, Portuguese poet, fiction writer and essayist.
• Antonio Porpetta, 87, Spanish writer and poet.
• Anthony Potts, 59, American major general, plane crash.
• Bishnu Pada Ray, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (2021–2023), cardiac arrest.
• Tommy Seigler, 84, American professional wrestler.
• Andreas Tsoukalas, 60, Greek singer.
• Rocky Wirtz, 70, American businessman, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks (since 2007) and president of Wirtz Corporation (since 2007).

26

• Ewa Ambroziak, 72, Polish Olympic rower (1976).
• Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, 32, British rapper and Islamic State militant.
• Umakanta Bairagi, 80, Indian Tokari geet musician.
• Arthur Blanch, 94, Australian country singer.
• Wendy Bowman, 89, Australian farmer and environmentalist.
• Cheng Shu-min, 77, Taiwanese politician, minister of culture (1994–1996), fall.
• Jonathan Cuneo, 70, American lawyer, melanoma.
• Roseline Damian, 39, Kenyan gospel singer, cancer.
• Roger Dorchy, 78, French racing driver (24 Hours of Le Mans).
• Patricia A. Goldman, 81, American public official and women's rights advocate, pneumonia.
• John Gough, 93, British Olympic sports shooter (1976).
• Curtis Graves, 84, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1967–1973).
• James Harvey, 35, American bassist (Goatwhore).
• Jean-Jacques Honorat, 92, Haitian politician, minister of foreign affairs (1991) and prime minister (1991–1992).
• Lâm Quang Mỹ, 79, Vietnamese-Polish poet.
• Henry Logan, 77, American basketball player (Oakland Oaks/Washington Caps).
• Mark Lowery, 66, American politician, treasurer of Arkansas (since 2023) and member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (2013–2023).
• Randy Meisner, 77, American Hall of Fame musician (Eagles, Poco) and songwriter ("Take It to the Limit"), Grammy winner (1976, 1978), complications from COPD.
• Willie Nepomuceno, 75, Filipino impressionist and comedian, complications from a fall.
• Sinéad O'Connor, 56, Irish singer ("Nothing Compares 2 U") and songwriter ("Mandinka", "The Emperor's New Clothes"), Grammy winner (1991). (body discovered on this date)
• Igor Panchenko, 60, Russian politician, senator (since 2014).
• Geraldo Lyrio Rocha, 81, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Colatina (1990–2002), archbishop of Vitória da Conquista (2002–2007) and Mariana (2007–2018).
• Alan Schoen, 98, American physicist and computer scientist (Gyroid).
• Surinder Shinda, 70, Indian Punjabi singer.
• R. Vittal, 91, Indian film editor (Puttinillu Mettinillu, Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri), film director (Veettukku Vandha Marumagal) and producer.
• Victor Vroom, 90, Canadian psychologist.
• Martin Walser, 96, German writer (Runaway Horse, A Man in Love, Marriage in Philippsburg).
• Zhao Youliang, 78, Chinese actor (An End to Killing, Blue Sky Bones, Lost in Hong Kong).

27

• Bobby Arthur, 78, British boxer, lung cancer.
• Beatle Bob, 69, American dancer, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Ali Ben Salem, 91, Tunisian human rights activist, MP (2014–2019).
• François Castaing, 78, French Hall of Fame automotive executive (Renault, American Motors, Chrysler).
• Pierre Collin, 85, Canadian actor (Seducing Doctor Lewis, Aurore, Ésimésac) and stage director.
• Gordon Dean, 81, Australian politician, solicitor and magistrate, MP (1977–1983).
• Nina Drobysheva, 84, Russian actress (Two Captains, Clear Skies, A Frenchman).
• Joseph Druar, 60, American Olympic ice dancer (1988).
• Fritz Eisenhofer, 96, Austrian-born New Zealand architect.
• Mike Giddings, 89, American football coach (San Francisco 49ers), complications from a stroke.
• Gary Glenn, 65, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2015–2018).
• Ruth W. Greenfield, 99, American concert pianist and teacher.
• Dimiter Guerasimof, 76, Bulgarian actor (It's Raining on Santiago).
• Margriet Heymans, 90, Dutch writer and illustrator.
• Didier Lourenço, 55, Spanish painter, cancer.
• Remi Lucidi, 30, French photographer and daredevil, fall.
• Wayne Maxner, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins) and coach (Detroit Red Wings).
• Saeed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 57–58, Emirati politician and businessman.
• Bapusaheb Parulekar, 94, Indian politician, MP (1977–1984).
• Michael Peers, 88, Canadian Anglican bishop, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada (1986–2004).
• Ján Polgár, 94, Slovak footballer (Dynamo ČSD Košice, Křídla vlasti Olomouc, Tatran Prešov). (death announced on this date)
• Rune Richardsen, 60, Norwegian footballer (Lillestrøm, national team).
• Iréne Söderblom, 101, Swedish actress.
• Bea Van der Maat, 62, Belgian singer, television presenter and actress (Koko Flanel), assisted suicide.
• Keith Waldrop, 90, American poet.
• Douglas S. Wright, 75, American politician, mayor of Topeka, Kansas (1983–1989).

28

• Florin Bejinaru, 53, Romanian football coach (Pandurii Târgu Jiu), cancer.
• Chandini, 5, Indian student, strangled.
• Louis DeLuca, 89, American politician, member of the Connecticut State Senate (1991–2007).
• Saridewi Djamani, 45, Singaporean drug smuggler, execution by hanging.
• Dave Hilton Sr., 82, Canadian boxer.
• Timo Hirvonen, 49, Finnish ice hockey player (Kiekko-Espoo, SaiPa) and coach, complications following cancer surgery.
• Gerd Jüttemann, 89, German psychologist.
• Sergej Kapus, 72, Slovenian painter. (death announced on this date)
• Eddie Long, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (Louisville Rebels, Fort Wayne Komets).
• Monjalés, 91, Spanish painter, ceramist and sculptor.
• Danila Comastri Montanari, 74, Italian historical fiction novelist.
• Flor O'Mahony, 77, Irish politician, senator (1981–1987) and MEP (1983–1984).
• Jim Parker, 88, British television composer (Midsomer Murders, House of Cards, Foyle's War).
• Tommi Stumpff, 65, German EBM musician.
• Jana Šulcová, 76, Czech actress (I Enjoy the World with You, Horákovi, Fešák Hubert).
• Klaas Veenhof, 87, Dutch professor and Assyriologist.
• Justin Yerbury, 49, Australian molecular biologist, complications from motor neurone disease.

29

• Vittorio Capecchi, 84, Italian sociologist.
• Wolfgang Dandorfer, 74, German politician, member of the Landtag of Bavaria (1982–1990) and mayor of Amberg (1990–2014), heart attack.
• Malcolm Deas, 82, English historian.
• Esther Eillam, 84, Israeli social and feminist activist.
• Marc Gilpin, 56, American actor (Jaws 2, The Legend of the Lone Ranger, Earthbound), brain cancer.
• Thomas Goltz, 68, American writer and journalist.
• Danny Grossman, 80, Canadian dancer and choreographer.
• Manolo Miralles, 71, Spanish musician and singer (Al Tall).
• Edgar Pozzer, 84, Brazilian singer.
• N. S. R. Prasad, 49, Indian film director (Shatruvu).
• Vittorio Prodi, 86, Italian politician, MEP (2004–2014).
• Clive Rowlands, 85, Welsh rugby union player (Pontypool, national team) and coach, fall.
• O'Shae Sibley, 28, American gay dancer and choreographer, stabbed.
• Ken Suarez, 80, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers).
• Dare Valič, 82, Slovenian actor (The Widowhood of Karolina Žašler, Real Pests, A Summer in a Sea Shell).
• Nancy Van de Vate, 92, American composer.
• Ben Wilson, 84, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers).
• George Wilson, 81, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Bulls, Seattle SuperSonics).

30

• David Albahari, 75, Serbian writer and translator, member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
• Dragu Bădin, 75, Romanian footballer (Petrolul Ploiești, Universitatea Craiova, Jiul Petroșani).
• Betty Ann Bruno, 91, American journalist (KTVU) and actress (The Wizard of Oz), heart attack.
• Jorge Domínguez, 64, Argentine footballer (Gimnasia, Nice, national team).
• Konrad Klapheck, 88, German painter and graphic artist.
• Valeriy Lapikura, 79, Ukrainian writer and journalist.
• Ichsan Loulembah, 57, Indonesian journalist and politician, member of the Regional Representative Council (2004–2009).
• Chima Centus Nweze, 64, Nigerian jurist, justice of the Supreme Court (since 2014).
• David W. Potter, 74, Scottish sportswriter.
• Paul Reubens, 70, American actor (Pee-wee's Playhouse, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Blow), cancer.
• Vladimiro Roca, 80, Cuban political dissident, complications from diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.
• Frank Rodgers, 82, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Beragh Red Knights, Tyrone).
• Benny Rooney, 80, Scottish football player (St Johnstone, Partick Thistle) and manager (Greenock Morton). (death announced on this date)
• Kavita Singh, 58, Indian art historian, cancer.

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• Leonid Alaev, 90, Russian historian and indologist.
• Angus Cloud, 25, American actor (Euphoria, North Hollywood, The Line), overdose.
• Jimmy Cooney, 68, Irish hurler (Sarsfields, Galway) and referee.
• Rusi Cooper, 100, Indian cricketer (Parsis, Bombay, Middlesex).
• Carol Duvall, 97, American television host (The Carol Duvall Show).
• Carl-Erik Eriksson, 93, Swedish six-time Olympic bobsledder.
• Sophie Fillières, 58, French film director (Good Girl, If You Don't, I Will) and screenwriter (Sombre).
• María Fux, 101, Argentine dancer and choreographer.
• Surat Huseynov, 64, Azerbaijani military officer and politician, prime minister (1993–1994), gastric bleeding.
• Inga Landgré, 95, Swedish actress (The Seventh Seal, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Crisis).
• Jim Larkin, 74, American journalist and publisher (Phoenix New Times), suicide by gunshot.
• Liliane Pierre-Paul, 70, Haitian journalist, activist, and radio broadcaster.
• Jan Przewoźnik, 65, Polish chess player.
• Vakkom Purushothaman, 95, Indian politician, governor of Mizoram (2011–2014) and Tripura (2014), MP (1984–1991).
• Mel Roach, 90, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies).
• Roberto Cintli Rodríguez, 69, Mexican-American columnist, author, and academic (Mexican American studies), heart failure.
• Jess Search, 54, British documentary filmmaker, co-founder of the Doc Society, brain tumour.
• Dušan Velič, 56, Slovak chemist and politician, traffic collision.
• Melaku Worede, 86–87, Ethiopian geneticist.
• Kamel Yahiaoui, 57, Algerian painter.