Deaths in 2024

The following notable deaths occurred in 2024. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.

January

24

• Carl Andre, 88, American artist.
• Ivor Browne, 94, Irish psychiatrist.
• Dai Yi, 97, Chinese historian.
• Howard Golden, 98, American lawyer and politician, borough president of Brooklyn (1977–2001).
• Azer Gurbanov, 68, Azerbaijani actor (The Magic Gown). (death announced on this date)
• Noble Jose, 44, Indian film producer (Ente Mezhuthiri Athazhangal, Krishnankutty Pani Thudangi), heart attack.
• Selwyn Muru, 86, New Zealand artist, broadcaster and writer.
• Ángel María de Pablos, 81, Spanish journalist (El Mundo, El Norte de Castilla), poet and writer.
• Māris Putniņš, 73, Latvian artist, screenwriter and producer.
• Mihai Scoarță, 74, Moldovan journalist.
• Väino Uibo, 81, Estonian actor (A Time to Live and a Time to Love) and politician, mayor of Elva (1993–1998).

23

• Jan Bogaert, 66, Belgian road racing cyclist.
• Zoubeir Boughnia, 68, Tunisian footballer (Espérance de Tunis, USM Malakoff, national team).
• Bruce Covernton, 57, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).
• Frank Farian, 82, German singer, songwriter ("Rasputin") and record producer (Boney M., Milli Vanilli).
• Charles Fried, 88, American jurist and lawyer, solicitor general (1985–1989) and associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1995–1999).
• Mohammad Ghobadloo, 23, Iranian political activist, executed.
• Ice Train, 56, American professional wrestler (CWA, WCW).
• David Kahn, 93, American historian, journalist, and writer.
• Melanie, 76, American singer-songwriter ("Brand New Key", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)") and guitarist.
• Martin Middlebrook, 91, English military historian and writer. (death announced on this date)
• Giuliano Musiello, 70, Italian footballer (Atalanta, Roma, Verona).
• Rene Oliveira, 68, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1981–2019).
• Ali Orumian, 92, Iranian ayatollah, MP (1984–1988) and member of the Assembly of Experts (1990–2006), cardiac arrest.
• Charles Osgood, 91, American news anchor (CBS News Sunday Morning), complications from dementia.
• Jean Petit, 74, French football player (Monaco, national team) and manager.
• Jack Riddell, 92, Canadian politician.
• Margaret Riley, 58, American film and television producer (Bombshell, Love & Other Drugs, Ratched), ovarian cancer.
• Anders Sandberg, 55, Swedish singer (Rednex).

22

• Turgʻun Azizov, 89, Uzbek actor (Maftuningman, Fiery Roads).
• Tommy Baldwin, 78, English footballer (Chelsea, Arsenal, Seattle Sounders).
• János Beszteri-Balogh, 85, Hungarian Olympic ice hockey player (1964).
• Derrick Bragg, 59, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MHA (since 2015), tongue cancer.
• Elke Erb, 85, German author.
• Maricet Espinosa, 34, Cuban Olympic judoka (2016), heart attack.
• Takashi Ezure, 82, Japanese screenwriter (Kamen Rider).
• Eleanor Fazan, 93, Kenyan-born British actress and choreographer. (death announced on this date)
• Jagdish Gandhi, 87, Indian educationist and politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (1969–1974) and founder of City Montessori School, complications from a heart attack.
• Gary Graham, 73, American actor (Alien Nation, Star Trek: Enterprise, All the Right Moves).
• Gabriela Hanuláková, 66, Slovak track and field athlete.
• Yahya Harahap, 89, Indonesian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (1982–2000).
• Jack Jennings, 104, British World War II veteran, last survivor of the Burma Death Railway. (death announced on this date)
• Dexter King, 62, American civil rights activist, prostate cancer.
• Neil Kulkarni, 51, British music journalist (Melody Maker, The Quietus, Drowned in Sound).
• Lior Lubin, 46, Israeli basketball player (Ironi Ramat Gan, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv) and coach, cancer.
• Martí, 68–69, Spanish comics artist, cancer. (death announced on this date)
• John McMahon, 91, Australian cricketer (Queensland).
• Arno Allan Penzias, 90, American physicist and radio astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (1978), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Anatoli Polivoda, 76, Ukrainian basketball player, Olympic champion (1972) and bronze medalist (1968).
• Gigi Riva, 79, Italian footballer (Cagliari, Legnano, national team), heart attack.
• Per Sønstabø, 82, Norwegian footballer (Vard, national team).
• Andrzej Szajna, 74, Polish Olympic artistic gymnast (1972, 1976, 1980).
• Sergei Yefremenko, 51, Russian singer, guitarist, and lyricist (Markscheider Kunst).

21

• Sir Christopher Benson, 90, British chartered surveyor.
• Vlad Ciobanu, 75, Romanian sculptor. (death announced on this date)
• Ergin Duru, 61, Turkish actor, complications from a heart attack.
• Jon Franklin, 82, American science journalist (The Baltimore Sun), esophageal cancer.
• Perry Friedman, 55, American poker player, pancreatic cancer.
• Mokhtar Hasni, 71, Tunisian footballer (EM Mahdia, R.A.A. Louviéroise, national team).
• Thomas Hussey, 87, Irish politician, senator (1981–1992) and TD (1969–1981).
• Jesús Federico Reyes Heroles, 71, Mexican politician, secretary of energy (1995–1997) and ambassador to the United States (1997–2000).
• Sérgio Rodrigues da Costa Silva, 44, Brazilian militia leader, shot.
• Roger Rogerson, 83, Australian police officer and convicted murderer, ruptured brain aneurysm.
• Frances Manners, Duchess of Rutland, 86, British peeress.
• Steve Staggs, 72, American baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics).
• Gus Wingfield, 97, American banker and politician, Arkansas state treasurer (2003–2007).

20

• Inguna Bauere, 63, Latvian writer, engineer, and teacher.
• Henk van den Breemen, 82, Dutch military officer, chief of defence (1994–1998).
• Choe Thae-bok, 93, North Korean politician, chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019), heart attack.
• Francisco Ciatso, 48, American professional wrestler.
• Piedad Córdoba, 68, Colombian politician, MP (1992–2010), heart attack.
• David Emge, 77, American actor (Dawn of the Dead, Basket Case 2, Hellmaster).
• Zoran Erić, 73, Serbian composer.
• Bobby Greenough, 84, English rugby league player (Warrington Wolves, Lancashire, Great Britain national team).
• Jacques Guhl, 101, Swiss writer, poet, and footballer (Lausanne-Sport, Sion).
• Norman Jewison, 97, Canadian film director (In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof, Moonstruck).
• Abbas Jirari, 86, Moroccan writer.
• Charis Kostopoulos, 59, Greek singer-songwriter, cancer.
• Devaki Krishnan, 100, Malaysian politician.
• Eugeniusz Lerch, 84, Polish footballer (Ruch Chorzów, ROW 1964 Rybnik, Maribyrnong Polonia).
• Jayanarayan Mohanty, 72, Indian politician, Odisha MLA (1995–2004).
• Anezi Okoro, 94, Nigerian author (One Week One Trouble).
• Sadegh Omidzadeh, Iranian intelligence officer (Quds Force), airstrike.
• Pietro Omodeo, 104, Italian biologist.
• Doug Padgett, 89, English cricketer (Yorkshire, national team).
• Mariano Ruiz-Esquide, 93, Chilean politician, senator (1990–2014).
• Anadi Charan Sahu, 83, Indian politician, MP (1977–1980).
• Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele, 103, British Army officer, businessman and hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (1968–1999).
• Sanjay Shah, Indian marketing executive, fall.
• John Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson, 84, British politician, MP (1974–1979), MEP (1984–1999) and member of the House of Lords (since 1998).
• Gaby Vallejo Canedo, 82, Bolivian writer, heart attack.
• Ali Zia, 66, Pakistani cricket player and coach (Bangladesh national team).

19

• Raymond Apple, 88, Australian-Israeli rabbi.
• Héctor Bidonde, 86, Argentine actor (La Rabona, Alma mía, Chile 672) and stage director.
• Sir Graham Bright, 81, British politician, MP (1979–1997) and Cambridgeshire police and crime commissioner (2012–2016).
• Jack Burke Jr., 100, American Hall of Fame golfer, PGA champion (1956), Masters champion (1956).
• Domenick DiCicco, 60, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (2010–2012).
• Mario E. Dorsonville, 63, Colombian-born American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Washington (2015–2023) and bishop of Houma–Thibodaux (since 2023).
• Erwin James, 66, English murderer and columnist (The Guardian).
• José Antonio Jiménez Jiménez, 71, Spanish boxer, European featherweight champion (1973–1975).
• Toru Kawashima, 53, Japanese footballer (Gamba Osaka, Tokushima Vortis).
• Lance Larson, 83, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1960).
• Lee Doo-yong, 81, South Korean film director (The General in Red Robes, The Korean Connection, Mulleya Mulleya) and screenwriter, lung cancer.
• Ewa Podleś, 71, Polish coloratura contralto singer.
• Pluto Shervington, 73, Jamaican reggae musician, pneumonia.
• Marlena Shaw, 81, American singer ("It's Better than Walking Out", "California Soul").
• Yves St-Denis, 60, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA (2014–2018), aneurysm.
• Mary Weiss, 75, American singer (The Shangri-Las), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Robert Whitman, 88, American artist.
• Ester Xargay Melero, 63, Spanish poet, video artist and translator.

18

• Ted Allsopp, 97, Australian Olympic race walker (1956, 1964).
• Katelele Ching'oma, 32, Malawian musician, liver damage.
• Seán Dineen, 79, Irish mathematician.
• Mohamed Ghozzi, 74, Tunisian poet and literary critic.
• Giovanni Giudici, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Milan (1990–2003) and bishop of Pavia (2003–2015).
• Orietta Grossi, 64, Italian Olympic basketball player (1980). (death announced on this date)
• Josef Haas, 86, Swiss cross-country skier, Olympic bronze medallist (1968).
• Ray Henderson, 86, English footballer (Hull City, Reading). (death announced on this date)
• John Hurst, 76, English footballer (Everton, Oldham Athletic).
• Mick Ives, 84, English racing cyclist.
• Alan Mills, 88, English tennis player and official, referee for Wimbledon Championships (1983–2005).
• Ivan Moody, 59, British composer and musicologist.
• Cecilia Ogwal, 77, Ugandan politician, MP (since 1996), cancer.
• Simon Peel, 54, British broadcaster (Gaydio).
• Louise Petherbridge, 92, New Zealand theatre actor, director and producer.
• Slim Pezin, 78, French guitarist, arranger and conductor.
• Amnon Rubinstein, 92, Israeli politician, MK (1977–2002), minister of communications (1984–1987) and education (1993–1996).
• Silent Servant, 46, Guatemalan-born American techno DJ and producer, drug overdose.
• Violet Siwela, 67, South African politician, MP (since 2019), member (2005–2019) and speaker (2018–2019) of the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature.
• Heinz Tesar, 84, Austrian architect.
• The Soft Moon, 44, American musician.
• Giuseppe Ticli, 44, Italian footballer (Monza, Padova, Pro Patria).
• Trini Tinturé, 88, Spanish cartoonist and illustrator.
• Yogesh Vaidya, 77, Nepalese singer.
• Romy Vitug, 86, Filipino cinematographer (Harvest Home, Sa Aking mga Kamay, Sa Pusod ng Dagat), blood cancer.
• Jan Zaanen, 66, Dutch theoretical physicist.

17

• Shawnacy Barber, 29, Canadian-American Olympic pole vaulter (2016), world champion (2015).
• Brian Brett, 73, Canadian poet, journalist (The Province, Yukon News), and novelist.
• Al Cantello, 92, American Olympic javelin thrower (1960).
• Leo Carlin, 86, American businessman (Philadelphia Eagles).
• Baldev Raj Chawla, 86, Indian politician, Punjab MLA.
• Günter Figal, 74, German philosopher.
• Benedict Fitzgerald, 74, American screenwriter (The Passion of the Christ, Wise Blood) and television consulting producer (Evil).
• Roger T. Forster, 90, British Christian theologian, founder of the Ichthus Christian Fellowship.
• Jean Freeman, 89, Canadian actress (Corner Gas).
• Robert Gaylor, 93, American military officer, chief master sergeant of the Air Force (1977–1979).
• Anthony Gobert, 48, Australian motorcycle road racer.
• Nancy Green-Keyes, 68, American casting director (The Notebook, The Family Man, Rush Hour), acute respiratory failure.
• Knut Hjeltnes, 72, Norwegian Olympic discus thrower (1976, 1984, 1988).
• Serge Laprade, 83, Canadian singer and radio broadcaster, cancer.
• Sir Tony Lloyd, 73, British politician, MP (1983–2012, since 2017) and mayor of Greater Manchester (2015–2017), leukaemia.
• Hussein Madi, 85, Lebanese painter and sculptor.
• David L. Mills, 85, American computer scientist (Network Time Protocol).
• Dejan Milojević, 46, Serbian basketball player (Budućnost, Partizan) and coach (Golden State Warriors), heart attack.
• Bennie Muller, 85, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team).
• Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez, 69, Mexican politician and engineer, senator (2000–2006) and secretary of social development (1993–1998).
• Jurij Souček, 94, Slovenian actor (Don't Whisper).
• Alex South, 93, English footballer (Liverpool, Halifax Town).
• César Suárez, 38, Ecuadorian prosecutor (TC Televisión newsroom takeover), shot.
• Gerd Uecker, 77, German music pedagogue, music and opera director.
• Jaakko Valtanen, 98, Finnish general, chief of defence (1983–1990).
• Aleksandr Vontov, 73, Russian actor (It, Pushkin: The Last Duel, Salyut 7).
• Ulrich Voß, 85, German actor and writer. (death announced on this date)
• Mark Woyongo, 77, Ghanaian politician, MP (2013–2017), minister for defence (2013–2014) and the interior (2014–2017).

16

• José Agustín, 79, Mexican novelist (La tumba, De perfil, Ciudades desiertas), short-story writer, and essayist.
• Kay Bernstein, 43, German entrepreneur, president of Hertha BSC (since 2022).
• Jean-Baptiste Bokam, 72, Cameroonian politician.
• Zevulun Charlop, 94, American rabbi.
• Ottavio Dazzan, 66, Argentine-born Italian Olympic cyclist (1980).
• Ervin Dér, 68, Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1980).
• Claire Fagin, 97, American nurse and academic administrator, interim president of the University of Pennsylvania (1993–1994).
• Hans Feurer, 84, Swiss fashion photographer.
• David Gail, 58, American actor (Port Charles, Beverly Hills 90210, Savannah), cardiac arrest.
• Dzintra Grundmane, 79, Latvian basketball player (TTT Riga).
• Esper Itō, 63, Japanese comedian.
• Laurie Johnson, 96, English composer (The Avengers, Dr. Strangelove, First Men in the Moon) and bandleader.
• Norbert Lichý, 59, Czech actor (Lidice, Hastrman) and musician.
• José Lifante, 80, Spanish actor (Spanish Fly, Butterfly on the Shoulder, National Heritage), blood clot.
• Milan Nenadić, 80, Serbian middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympic bronze medallist (1972).
• Philipp Sandner, 43, German economist and academic.
• Sergio Sebastiani, 92, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, apostolic pro-nuncio to Madagascar (1976–1985) and Turkey (1985–1994), head of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (1997–2008).
• Peter Schickele, 88, American composer and musical satirist (P. D. Q. Bach).
• Rezwan Hossain Siddiqui, 71, Bangladeshi journalist, director general of Press Institute of Bangladesh.
• Ajit Singh Gill, 95, Singaporean Olympic field hockey player (1956).
• K. B. Sreedevi, 83, Indian writer.
• Michael Sugrue, 66–67, American philosopher and academic (Princeton University), cancer.
• Lise Thiry, 102, Belgian scientist and politician.
• Vaino Väljas, 92, Estonian diplomat and politician, first secretary of the communist party (1988–1990).
• Torsten Wahlund, 85, Swedish actor (Vi på Saltkråkan, Rasmus, Pontus och Toker, Rederiet). (death announced on this date)
• Jacob Wit, 71, Dutch jurist, judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (2005–2023).
• Klaus Wunder, 73, German footballer (MSV Duisburg, Bayern Munich, 1972 Olympics).
• Lahcen Zinoun, 79, Moroccan choreographer (The Last Temptation of Christ, The Sheltering Sky, Joseph), cerebral hemorrhage.

15

• Charmian Abrahams, 96, British actress (Crossroads), traffic collision.
• Denis Connaghan, 79, Scottish footballer (Celtic, St Mirren, Morton). (death announced on this date)
• Georgios Darivas, 97, Greek football player (Olympiacos, national team) and manager (Olympiacos).
• Carles Falcón, 45, Spanish rally driver (2024 Dakar Rally), complications from racing crash.
• Nancy Deloye Fitzroy, 96, American engineer.
• Tatyana Frunze, 103, Russian organic chemist and professor.
• Dana Ghia, 91, Italian actress (Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye, Free Hand for a Tough Cop, California) and singer. (death announced on this date)
• Jorge Griffa, 88, Argentine footballer (Newell's Old Boys, Atlético Madrid, national team).
• Klaas de Groot, 83, Dutch bioengineer.
• Mo Henry, 67, American film negative cutter (The Matrix, The Dark Knight, Heat), complications from liver failure.
• K. J. Joy, 77, Indian composer.
• Dror Kashtan, 79, Israeli football player (Hapoel Petah Tikva, national team) and manager (national team).
• Vladimir Koloskov, 68, Russian basketball coach (Uralmash/UMMC Ekaterinburg).
• Roman Korban, 96, Polish Olympic middle-distance runner (1952).
• Karim Mojtahedi, 93, Iranian philosopher, stroke.
• Uno Palu, 90, Estonian Olympic decathlete (1956).
• Ronald Powell, 32, American football player (New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks).
• James Masih Shera, 77, Pakistani-born British politician and educationist.
• Shih Ming-teh, 83, Taiwanese politician, MP (1993–2002).
• Ronnie Shikapwasha, 76, Zambian politician, minister of foreign affairs (2005–2006) and minister of information and broadcasting services (2008–2011), shot.
• Brent Sikkema, 75, American art dealer, stabbed.
• Anita Sirgo, 93, Spanish trade unionist and anti-Francoist militant (Asturian miners' strike of 1962).
• Ron Suster, 81, American jurist and politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1981–1995).
• Nerene Virgin, 77, Canadian journalist, educator and actress (Today's Special).
• Helmut Willke, 78, German sociologist.
• Gavin Woods, 75–76, South African politician, MP (1994–2009), cancer.

14

• Malcolm Alker, 45, English rugby league player (Salford Red Devils, national team). (death announced on this date)
• Ricardo Alós, 92, Spanish footballer (Sporting de Gijón, Valencia, Real Murcia).
• Art Baker, 94, American football coach (Furman Paladins, The Citadel Bulldogs, East Carolina Pirates).
• Brian Barczyk, 54, American snake collector and YouTuber, pancreatic cancer.
• John Bingley, 82, Australian footballer (St Kilda).
• Christophe Boesch, 72, French-Swiss primatologist.
• Jerry Coker, 91, American jazz saxophonist.
• Joan Coxsedge, 93, Australian artist, activist, and politician.
• Samantha Fonseca, 37, Mexican trans rights activist and politician, shot.
• Jerry Hilgenberg, 92, American football player (Iowa Hawkeyes).
• Alan Jones, 83, American Episcopal priest, dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco (1985–2009).
• Lutz Lischka, 79, Austrian Olympic judoka (1972).
• Dan Marburger, 56, American victim of the Perry High School shooting, gunshot wound.
• T. H. Musthafa, 82, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (1977–1995, 2001–2006).
• Yuichi Ogawa, 77, Japanese politician, MP (2005–2009).
• Karl-Heinz Ohlig, 85, German theologian.
• Tom Purdom, 87, American writer (Romance on Four Worlds).
• Munawwar Rana, 71, Indian poet, throat cancer.
• Enrique Roizner, 84, Argentine drummer, stroke.
• Lev Rubinstein, 76, Russian poet, essayist, and social activist, complications from traffic collision.
• Raema Lisa Rumbewas, 43, Indonesian weightlifter, Olympic silver medallist (2000, 2004).
• Mohamed Said, 36, Swedish actor (Andra Avenyn). (death announced on this date)
• Norm Snead, 84, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants).
• Gagik Tadevosyan, 73, Armenian engineer and politician, MP (1995–2003).
• Makoto Taniguchi, 93, Japanese diplomat and academic, heart failure.
• Luís Torras, 111, Spanish painter.
• Elisabeth Trissenaar, 79, Austrian actress (Angry Harvest, The Stationmaster's Wife, Mario and the Magician).
• Winston Vallenilla Carreyó, 80, Venezuelan radio and television host.
• Howard Waldrop, 77, American science fiction author (Them Bones, A Dozen Tough Jobs, The Texas-Israeli War: 1999), stroke.
• Lizzie Wanyoike, 72, Kenyan educator and philanthropist, cancer.

13

• Abdullah CD, 100, Malaysian politician and paramilitary leader, commander of the 10th Malay Regiment (1949–1989).
• Prabha Atre, 91, Indian classical vocalist.
• Miguel Barroso Ayats, 70, Spanish journalist (El País) and political advisor, secretary of state for press (2004–2005), heart attack.
• Jean-Jacques Bénètière, 84, French agronomic engineer and politician, deputy (1981–1986).
• Glen Cochrane, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks), cancer.
• András Csiky, 93, Romanian-Hungarian actor (Forest of the Hanged, Vlad Țepes, The Stud Farm).
• Bernard Descôteaux, 77, Canadian journalist (Le Devoir).
• Bruno Ducol, 74, French pianist and composer.
• Mehmet Eymür, 80, Turkish intelligence official.
• Edemar Cid Ferreira, 80, Brazilian economist, banker, and art collector, heart attack.
• Tony Formosa, 86, Maltese football manager (national team, Valletta, Floriana).
• Larry E. Haines, 85, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (1991–2011).
• Jana Hlaváčová, 85, Czech actress (Operace Silver A, Angel of the Lord, The Dance Teacher).
• Moe L'Abbé, 76, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).
• Stephen Laybutt, 46, Australian footballer (Gent, Newcastle Jets, national team), suicide.
• Ernesto Martens, 90, Mexican chemical engineer, secretary of energy (2000–2003).
• Juli Mira, 74, Spanish actor (The Sea, Voices in the Night, The 7th Day).
• Sir Patrick Moberly, 95, British diplomat, ambassador to Israel (1981–1984) and South Africa (1984–1987).
• Enzo Moscato, 75, Italian playwright, actor (Libera, The Vesuvians, The Remains of Nothing) and stage director.
• Bertin Ollé Ollé, 62, Cameroonian footballer (Tonnerre, Racing Bafoussam, national team).
• Colin Murray Parkes, 95, British psychiatrist.
• Ran Poliakine, 56, Israeli wireless power industry executive, founder of Powermat Technologies.
• Joyce Randolph, 99, American actress (The Honeymooners).
• Charles Robins, 88, English cricket player and administrator (Middlesex).
• Sigi Rothemund, 79, German film director (Timm Thaler).
• Laureano Rubial, 76, Spanish footballer (Real Zaragoza, Pontevedra, UP Langreo).
• Tom Shales, 79, American writer and television critic (The Washington Post), Pulitzer Prize winner (1988), COVID-19 and renal failure.
• Jo-El Sonnier, 77, American singer-songwriter and accordionist, Grammy winner (2015).
• Ladislav Svoboda, 85, Czech physician (Rytíři Kladno) and politician, senator (1996–2008).
• Romuald Twardowski, 93, Polish composer, organist and academic teacher (Warsaw State Academy of Music).
• Joseph Zadroga, 76, American 9/11 survivor advocate, traffic collision.
• Shaukat Zaidi, 72, Pakistani actor (Hum Sub Umeed Se Hain), journalist and playwright, kidney disease.

12

• Amir Bhatia, Baron Bhatia, 91, British businessman and life peer, member of the House of Lords (2001–2023).
• Bev Dovey, 85, English rugby union player (Bristol, national team).
• Falbrav, 25, Irish racehorse.
• Claire Waters Ferguson, 88, American figure skating judge, president of the U.S. Figure Skating Association (1992–1995).
• Bill Gairdner, 83, Canadian Olympic track and field athlete (1964).
• Luis García Mosquera, 77, Spanish footballer (Deportivo La Coruña, Getafe Deportivo).
• Bill Hayes, 98, American singer ("The Ballad of Davy Crockett") and actor (Days of Our Lives, The Cardinal).
• Jiro Hirano, 83, Japanese news anchor, pneumonia.
• Hans Huber, 90, German Olympic boxer (1964).
• James D. Hughes, 101, American Air Force lieutenant general.
• František Janouch, 92, Czech nuclear physicist and dissident.
• Eric Krönmark, 92, Swedish politician, minister of defence (1976–1978, 1879–1981), governor of Kalmar County (1981–1996).
• Francis F. Lee, 96, Chinese-American inventor, businessman and academic, renal failure.
• Gonzalo Lira, 55, Chilean-American writer, YouTuber, and blogger.
• Marek Litewka, 75, Polish actor (Camera Buff, The Constant Factor).
• David Lumsdaine, 92, Australian composer.
• Pierre Mailloux, 74, Canadian psychiatrist.
• Alec Musser, 50, American actor (All My Children) and model (Abercrombie & Fitch), suicide by gunshot.
• Sekou Odinga, 79, American activist.
• Paulo Roberto, 71, Brazilian footballer (Fluminense de Feira, Vasco da Gama, Goiás).
• John Red Eagle, 75, American politician, principal chief of the Osage Nation (2010–2014), assistant chief (2006–2010).
• Jimmy Somers, 84, Irish trade unionist.
• Haruo Takahashi, 76, Japanese animator and manga creator.
• Wolfgang Wickler, 92, German zoologist and author.
• Gennady Yakovlev, 85, Russian botanist, pharmacognosist, and phytochemist.
• Telman Zeynalov, 92, Azerbaijani sculptor.

11

• Roberto Abugattás, 80, Peruvian Olympic high jumper (1964, 1968).
• Fariyar Aminipour, 23, Iranian Muay Thai fighter, traffic collision.
• Ruth Ashton Taylor, 101, American television journalist (KCBS-TV).
• Laurence Badie, 95, French actress (The Virtuous Scoundrel, Woman Times Seven, Bankers Also Have Souls) and comedian.
• Ted Blunt, 80, American politician.
• Mel Blyth, 79, English footballer (Crystal Palace, Southampton, Millwall).
• Ed Broadbent, 87, Canadian politician, MP (1968–1990, 2004–2006).
• Robin Brownlee, 65, Canadian journalist (Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun) and radio host (TSN 1260).
• Khalid Butt, Pakistani actor (Shah, Rahm, Motorcycle Girl) and film producer, kidney and liver disease.
• John V. Byrne, 95, American marine geologist and academic, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (1981–1984) and president of Oregon State University (1984–1995).
• April Ferry, 91, American costume designer (Maverick, Big Trouble in Little China, Rome).
• Bud Harrelson, 79, American baseball player (New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Jürgen Hövermann, 101, German geographer.
• Tony Iglio, 90, Italian arranger, composer (La pagella) and conductor.
• Guy Janvier, 75, French politician, member of the general council of Hauts-de-Seine (2004-2015).
• Kim Kyong-ok, 93, North Korean military officer, deputy (1998–2003) and member of the central military commission (2010–2021).
• Jean-Luc Laurent, 66, French politician, MP (2012–2017) and mayor of Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (1995–2016, since 2020).
• Michael I. Levy, 84, American talent representative and film producer (Masquerade, Article 99, Eye for an Eye).
• Lynne Marta, 78, American actress (Joe Kidd, Footloose, Love, American Style), brain cancer.
• Salvatore Mazzarano, 58, Italian footballer (Taranto, Fasano, AC Ancona).
• Jiří Neuwirt, 75, Czech painter, illustrator and printmaker.
• Annie Nightingale, 83, English radio and television broadcaster (BBC Radio 1).
• Efraín Antonio Ríos, 113, Colombian supercentenarian.
• Sigi Schwab, 83, German guitarist.
• John Short, 86, Canadian journalist (Edmonton Sun, Edmonton Journal) and broadcaster.
• Yury Solomin, 88, Russian actor (An Ordinary Miracle, Dersu Uzala, Die Fledermaus), complications from a stroke.
• Mike Taylor, Australian record company executive (Universal Music Australia), cancer.
• Agustín Téllez Cruces, 105, Mexican politician, interim governor of Guanajuato (1984–1985), justice (1974–1982) and president (1977–1982) of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. (death announced on this date)
• Bram Tuinzing, 75, Dutch Olympic rower (1972), surgeon, and professor.
• Arie van der Valk, 94, Dutch businessman (Van der Valk).
• Zhang Kehui, 95, Chinese politician, vice chairman of the CPPCC (1998–2008).

10

• César Alierta, 78, Spanish telecommunications executive, CEO of Telefónica (2000–2016), respiratory failure.
• Walmir Amaral, 84, Brazilian comic artist (The Phantom).
• Marat Baglai, 92, Russian jurist, judge (1995–2003) and chairman (1997–2003) of the Constitutional Court.
• Roy Battersby, 87, British television director (Between the Lines, A Touch of Frost, Cracker).
• Sir Anthony Battishill, 86, British civil servant, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue (1986–1997).
• Terry Bisson, 81, American science fiction author ("Bears Discover Fire", "They're Made Out of Meat").
• Audie Blaylock, 61, American bluegrass singer and guitarist.
• Marc Chavannes, 77, Dutch journalist and media studies academic (University of Groningen).
• Sir John Conant, 2nd Baronet, 100, British aristocrat.
• Peter Crombie, 71, American actor (Seinfeld, Se7en, My Dog Skip).
• Sushree Devi, 73, Indian politician, MP (2002–2008) and Odisha MLA (1990–1995).
• Tisa Farrow, 72, American actress (Homer, Zombi 2, Antropophagus).
• Jean Forest, 97, Canadian politician, senator (1996–1998).
• Sergio García Ramírez, 85, Mexican jurist and politician, attorney general (1982–1988) and secretary of labor and social welfare (1981–1982), president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2004–2007).
• Fernando Gualtieri, 104, Italian painter and footballer (Rimini, Anconitana, Riccione).
• Paul Günter, 80, Swiss doctor and politician, MP (1979–1991, 1995–2007).
• Shamim Jairajpuri, 81, Indian zoologist.
• Jennell Jaquays, 67, American game designer (Dungeons & Dragons) and video game artist (Pac-Man, Donkey Kong), complications from Guillain–Barré syndrome.
• Peter Johnson, 84, English food industry and football executive, chairman of Tranmere Rovers (1987–1998, 2000–2014) and Everton (1994–1999).
• Louis Le Pensec, 87, French politician, minister of agriculture (1997–1998) and senator (1998–2008).
• Janusz Majewski, 92, Polish film director (Lokis, An Epitaph for Barbara Radziwill, Hotel Pacific) and screenwriter.
• Tamara Milashkina, 89, Russian operatic soprano (Bolshoi Theatre).
• Ignacy Nowak, 74, Polish chess player.
• Conrad Palmisano, 75, American stuntman (Batman Forever, Weekend at Bernie's, 21 Jump Street).
• Peter H. Russell, 91, Canadian political scientist.
• Richard T. Schlosberg, 79, American business leader (Corpus Christi Caller-Times, The Denver Post, Los Angeles Times), brain cancer.
• Tom Tait, 86, American volleyball coach.
• Raymond Barnewall, 21st Baron Trimlestown, 93, British hereditary peer.
• Tian Zengpei, 93, Chinese diplomat and politician, ambassador to Yugoslavia (1986–1988) and chairperson of the committee of Foreign Affairs (1998–2003).
• Aronia Wilson, 64, Mexican Cocopah craftswoman, traditional ruler and Indigenous rights activist.

9

• Ali Hussein Barji, Lebanese militant, airstrike.
• Miklós Benedek, 77, Hungarian actor (Soldiers of Freedom, Free Fall) and theater director.
• Vitalii Bilonozhko, 70, Ukrainian singer.
• Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia, 67, Ghanaian politician, MP (2005–2009).
• Choi Hong-suk, 35, South Korean volleyball player (Seoul Woori Card Wibee, national team).
• Bernard Cecil Cohen, 97, American political scientist and academic administrator, acting chancellor of University of Wisconsin–Madison (1987).
• Yawe Davis, 61, Ugandan-born Italian boxer and actor (The Legend of Al, John and Jack).
• Thierry Desmarest, 78, French businessman (TotalEnergies), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Edward Jay Epstein, 88, American investigative journalist and professor, complications from COVID-19.
• Diego Gallardo, 31, Ecuadorian singer-songwriter, shot.
• Frédéric Guirma, 92, Burkinabé diplomat, writer, and politician.
• Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski, 67, Polish Roman Catholic priest and political dissident, cancer.
• Karel Janovický, 93, Czech-born British composer, pianist and radio producer (BBC World Service).
• Rashid Khan, 55, Indian Hindustani classical musician, prostate cancer.
• Amalija Knavs, 78, Slovenian-American textile pattern maker.
• James Kottak, 61, American drummer (Scorpions, Kingdom Come, Kottak).
• Philippe Fanoko Kpodzro, 93, Togolese Roman Catholic prelate and politician, bishop of Atakpamé (1976–1992), archbishop of Lomé (1992–2007) and president of the National Assembly (1991–1994).
• Lo Siaw Ging, 89, Indonesian physician.
• Santiago López Valdivielso, 73, Spanish politician and businessman, director-general of the Civil Guard (1996–2004) and deputy (1986–1996).
• Vazgen Manasyan, 65, Tajik football player (Pamir Dushanbe, Vorskla Poltava, national team) and manager.
• Robert Nemeček, 74, Serbian musician (Rok Mašina, Pop Mašina, Dogovor iz 1804.).
• Jaroslav Pavlů, 87, Czech ice hockey player (HC Škoda Plzeň, HC Kometa Brno, HC Bolzano) and head coach.
• Ira Reiss, 98, American sociologist.
• Elke Solomon, 80, American interdisciplinary artist, curator, and educator.

8

• Carl-Erik Asplund, 100, Swedish speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
• Normand de Bellefeuille, 74, Canadian poet.
• Guy Bonnet, 78, French author, composer and singer.
• Michael Brown, 87, New Zealand Anglican priest, dean of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul (1985–2002).
• Antoinette Candia-Bailey, 49, American academic administrator, suicide.
• Adan Canto, 42, Mexican actor (X-Men: Days of Future Past, Designated Survivor, The Cleaning Lady), appendiceal cancer.
• Djabrail Chahkiev, 68, Russian archaeologist.
• Joseph Esposito, 73, American police officer and civil servant.
• Gonzalo García Núñez, 76, Peruvian economist and politician, Lima City councilman (1984–1989) and director of BCRP (2001–2006).
• Tuomas Haapanen, 99, Finnish violinist, conductor and music teacher.
• Duncan Hales, 76, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, Manawatu, national team).
• Frans Janssens, 78, Belgian footballer (Lierse, national team).
• Mark Kharitonov, 86, Russian novelist, poet and translator.
• Shahla Lahiji, 81, Iranian writer.
• Mar Mar Aye, 81, Burmese singer and actress.
• Johanna Meehan, 67, American philosopher and academic.
• Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa, 84, Zimbabwean Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Mutare (1982–2016).
• Héctor Murguía Lardizábal, 70, Mexican politician, MP (1994–2012) and mayor of Ciudad Juárez (2004–2007, 2010–2013).
• Phill Niblock, 90, American composer, filmmaker and videographer.
• Ventura Pons, 78, Spanish film director (Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait, Anita Takes a Chance, Food of Love).
• Gian Franco Reverberi, 89, Italian composer (Django, Prepare a Coffin, A Black Veil for Lisa, Cry Chicago) and musician.
• Richard Rosenfeld, 75, American criminologist.
• J. B. Schneewind, 93, American scholar.
• Bohdan Shershun, 42, Ukrainian footballer (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, CSKA Moscow, national team).
• Wissam al-Tawil, 53–54, Lebanese militant, senior commander of Hezbollah, airstrike.
• Denis Walker, 90, British-Zimbabwean politician, member of the Parliament of Rhodesia (1974–1981).
• Reggie Wells, 76, American makeup artist (The Oprah Winfrey Show).
• Leon Wildes, 90, American lawyer.
• J. P. R. Williams, 74, Welsh rugby union player (Barbarians, British & Irish Lions, national team), bacterial meningitis.
• Raymond Zane, 84, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1974–2002).

7

• Joan Acocella, 78, American journalist and dance critic (The New Yorker), cancer.
• Alessandro Argenton, 86, Italian equestrian, Olympic silver medallist (1972).
• Franz Beckenbauer, 78, German football player (Bayern Munich, national team) and manager, two-time world champion and Ballon d'Or winner (1972, 1976).
• Martha Black, 78, Canadian art historian, cancer.
• Paul Burkett, 67, American economist, acute myeloid leukemia.
• Germana Caroli, 92, Italian singer.
• Tony Clarkin, 77, English guitarist and songwriter (Magnum).
• Alberto Colombo, 77, Italian racing driver (Formula Two).
• Dwight Cook, 72, American politician, member of the North Dakota Senate (1997–2020).
• Menachem Daum, 77, German-born American documentary film-maker (A Life Apart: Hasidism in America, Hiding and Seeking).
• Rick Duckett, 66, American basketball coach (Fayetteville State Broncos, Winston-Salem State Rams, Grambling State Tigers), cancer.
• John Pat Fanning, 89, American politician and mortician, member of the West Virginia Senate (1996–2012).
• Norma Fernandes, Pakistani teacher.
• József Finta, 88, Hungarian architect (InterContinental Budapest).
• Wendell Harris, 83, American football player (Baltimore Colts, New York Giants).
• Barton Jahncke, 84, American sailor, Olympic champion (1968).
• William Edward Kettler, 101, American archaeologist and Rotary International leader.
• Maksym Kryvtsov, 33, Ukrainian poet and soldier.
• Tofy Mussivand, 81, Iranian-Canadian medical engineer.
• Francisca Ravestein, 71, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1998–2002).
• Mateusz Rutkowski, 37, Polish ski jumper.
• Tim Steele, 55, American racing driver, ARCA Menards Series champion (1993, 1996, 1997).
• Arnold Taraborrelli, 92, American-Spanish choreographer.
• Yüksel Uzel, 73, Turkish singer.

6

• Tony Adeane, 72, New Zealand lawyer and judge, District Court judge (1993–2020).
• Francesco Amirante, 90, Italian magistrate, president of the Constitutional Court (2009–2010).
• Felice Besostri, 79, Italian lawyer and politician, mayor of Borgo San Giovanni (1983–1988) and senator (1996–2001).
• Sir Roy Calne, 93, British surgeon, heart failure.
• Fernando Capalla, 89, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Davao (1996–2012).
• Burke Dales, 46, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Eskimos).
• Kurt W. Forster, 88, Swiss architecture historian and teacher.
• Bob Gaiters, 85, American football player (New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Denver Broncos).
• Ricardo Gálvez, 90, Chilean lawyer, judge and academic, justice of the Supreme Court (1998–2008).
• Claude Gilbert, 91, American football coach (San Diego State Aztecs, San Jose State Spartans), lung cancer.
• Zahirul Haque, 89, Bangladeshi footballer (Police AC, Mohammedan SC, Pakistan national team), heart attack.
• Iasos, 76, Greek-born American musician.
• Vladimir Khavinson, 77, Russian gerontologist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
• Campos Machado, 84, Brazilian lawyer and politician, São Paulo MLA (1987–2023).
• Ivo Oberstein, 88, Czech architect and urbanist.
• Malcolm Price, 86, Welsh rugby union (British & Irish Lions, national team) and rugby league (Great Britain national team) player.
• Anton Pain Ratu, 95, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1982–1984) and bishop (1984–2007) of Atambua.
• Sarah Rice, 68, American actress (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) and singer, cancer.
• Amparo Rubín, 68, Mexican singer and lyricist.
• Erwin Schild, 103, German-born Canadian Conservative rabbi and author.
• Oleg Ryabokon, 84, Russian film director, screenwriter, and songwriter.
• Sabetai Unguru, 93, Romanian-born Israeli historian.
• Pablo Varela Server, 81, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Panamá (2004–2019).
• Richard Wallace, 78–79, New Zealand Māori Anglican bishop, Pīhopa o Te Waipounamu (since 2017).
• Viktor Yekimovsky, 76, Russian composer.

5

• Arstanbek Abdyldayev, 55, Kyrgyz political activist, suicide by hanging.
• Jorge Aguilar Mora, 77, Mexican poet and writer, winner of Xavier Villaurrutia Award (2015).
• Willie Bethea, 85, American football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
• Carlos Bremer, 63, Mexican businessman and philanthropist.
• Larry Collins, 79, American guitarist (The Collins Kids) and songwriter ("Delta Dawn").
• Gene Deer, 59, American blues musician.
• Giuseppe Fimognari, 91, Italian politician, senator (1979–1987).
• Mary Jane Garcia, 87, American politician, member of the New Mexico Senate (1988–2012).
• Joachim Giermek, 80, American Franciscan Father, minister general of the Conventuals (2002–2007).
• Philip Hedley, 85, British theatre director (Theatre Royal Stratford East).
• Ryszard Karpiński, 88, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Lublin (1985–2011).
• Ryan Lau Chun Kong, 42, Hong Kong journalist, suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
• William Lee, 82, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Waterford and Lismore (1993–2013).
• Joseph Lelyveld, 86, American journalist (The New York Times), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Herbert Linge, 95, German racing and rally driver.
• Harry Robert Lyall, 75, American conductor and opera administrator (New Orleans Opera), cancer.
• Bernard Malgrange, 95, French mathematician (Malgrange–Ehrenpreis theorem, Malgrange preparation theorem), member of the French Academy of Sciences.
• Jack Masters, 92, Canadian politician, MP (1980–1984) and mayor of Thunder Bay (1986–1991).
• Brian McConnachie, 81, American actor and writer (SCTV Network, Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Pat McNamara, 90, American actor (The Silence of the Lambs).
• Balwant Singh Nandgarh, 80, Indian Sikh leader, jathedar of the Takht Sri Damdama Sahib (2003–2015).
• Con O'Leary, 77, Irish politician.
• Del Palmer, 71, English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and sound engineer.
• Vinod Patel, 84, Fijian football executive and politician, MP (1992–1999) and president of Ba (1986–2001).
• James N. Purcell Jr., 85, American author and diplomat, director of the Bureau of Refugee Programs (1983–1986).
• Jean-Marie Rausch, 94, French politician, senator (1974–1988, 1992–2001) and mayor of Metz (1971–2008).
• Masood ur Rehman Usmani, Pakistani Islamic scholar, shot.
• Nicholas Rescher, 95, German-American philosopher, founder of American Philosophical Quarterly, History of Philosophy Quarterly and Public Affairs Quarterly.
• Robert Rosenthal, 90, German-born American psychologist.
• Bernard Rübsamen, 59, Dutch photographer (David Bowie, King of the Netherlands) and author.
• Giulio Santagata, 74, Italian politician, deputy (2001–2013).
• Jack Squirek, 64, American football player (Los Angeles Raiders).
• Mário Zagallo, 92, Brazilian football player and manager (Flamengo, Botafogo, national team), four-time world champion, multiple organ failure.
• Henk Zoetendal, 82, Dutch footballer (GVAV, Heerenveen, AZ '67).

4

• Felicia Abban, 87, Ghanaian photographer.
• Nancy Adler, 77, American health psychologist, pancreatic cancer.
• Ana Afonso, 47, Portuguese model and actress (Quinta das Celebridades).
• Ayla Algan, 86, Turkish singer and actress (The House of Leyla, O Hayat Benim, Binbir Gece).
• Marty Amsler, 81, American football player (Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers).
• John Scales Avery, 90, American chemist and peace activist.
• Dylan Butler, 17, American perpetrator of the Perry High School shooting, self-inflicted gunshot wound.
• Fred Chappell, 87, American author (Dagon) and poet.
• John Cockin, 84, English golfer. (death announced on this date)
• Raymond Elena, 92, French racing cyclist.
• Fabio Fabbri, 90, Italian politician, senator (1976–1994), minister of defence (1993–1994) and European affairs (1986–1987).
• Georgina Hale, 80, British actress (Mahler, The Devils, Castaway).
• Glynis Johns, 100, British actress (Mary Poppins, A Little Night Music, The Sundowners), Tony winner (1973).
• Elliott D. Kieff, 80, American virologist.
• Keith Lamb, 77, English football executive, chief executive of Middlesbrough (1987–2011).
• Bernhard Lewkovitch, 96, Danish composer.
• Asfaw Meshesha, 56–57, Ethiopian talk show host (EBS TV), brain cancer.
• Ruy Mingas, 84, Angolan composer (national anthem), musician and politician, deputy (2017–2021).
• Frank Q. Nebeker, 93, American jurist, judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (1969–2021) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (1989–2021).
• Marie Nilsson Lind, 62, Swedish singer (Ainbusk).
• Christian Oliver, 51, German actor (Speed Racer, The Good German, Saved by the Bell: The New Class), plane crash.
• Emil Polit, 83, Polish painter.
• Gert Rabanus, 100, German dubbing director.
• Y. P. Reddy, 89, Fijian businessman.
• Alan Redway, 88, Canadian politician, MP (1984–1993) and mayor of East York (1977–1982).
• Mike Sadler, 103, British Army officer, last original member of the Special Air Service.
• Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi, 43, Iraqi militant commander (Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba), drone strike.
• Kishin Shinoyama, 83, Japanese photographer.
• Antonino Solmer, 73, Portuguese actor (The King's Trial, The Jew) and stage director.
• David Soul, 80, American-British actor (Starsky & Hutch, Magnum Force) and singer ("Don't Give Up on Us").
• Ssu-ma Chung-yuan, 90, Taiwanese writer.
• Bill W. Stacy, 85, American educator and university administrator, president of California State University San Marcos (1989–1997) and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1997–2004).
• Richard Thornton, 65, American swimmer and swimming coach.
• Leonid Tkachenko, 70, Ukrainian-Russian football player (Baltika Kaliningrad, Metalist Kharkiv) and manager (Dynamo Saint Petersburg).
• Oleksandr Tkachenko, 84, Ukrainian politician, MP (1994–2012) and chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (1998–2000).
• Tracy Tormé, 64, American screenwriter (Fire in the Sky) and television producer (Sliders, Star Trek: The Next Generation), complications from diabetes.
• John White, 87, English experimental musician and composer.
• Tomonobu Yokoyama, 38, Japanese footballer (Kawasaki Frontale, Omiya Ardija, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo), brain tumour.
• Konstantin Zheldin, 90, Russian actor (Major Whirlwind, Seventeen Moments of Spring, Brother 2).

3

• Vladimir Ageyev, 91, Russian painter.
• Juan Alemann, 96, Argentine doctor and politician.
• Arévalo, 76, Spanish comedian and actor (Moscow Gold).
• Denise Assunção, 67, Brazilian actress (Hoje É Dia de Maria), singer and songwriter.
• Frédéric Bluche, 72, French legal historian.
• Sebastian Brodrick, 85, Nigerian Olympic footballer (1968) and coach, complications from a stroke.
• Pyotr Chernyayev, 70, Russian film critic, actor (Election Day), and journalist.
• Donald D. Clayton, 88, American astrophysicist.
• Mario Crescenzio, 81, Italian politician, senator (1994–2001).
• Lillian Crombie, 66, Australian actress (The Place at the Coast, Deadly, Jindalee Lady) and dancer.
• Roberto del Cueto Legaspi, 73, Mexican lawyer, president of the Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (2006–2007) and vice–governor of the Bank of Mexico (2007–2018).
• Bridget Dobson, 85, American television writer (General Hospital, The Guiding Light) and producer (Santa Barbara).
• Germana Dominici, 77, Italian actress (Black Sunday, Mi vedrai tornare, Il ragazzo del Pony Express).
• Derek Draper, 56, English lobbyist and political adviser, complications from a heart attack and COVID-19.
• Bernard Ducuing, 73, French footballer (Red Star, Reims, Montpellier).
• Günther Fielmann, 84, German eyewear retailer, founder of Fielmann.
• Billy Gardner, 96, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees) and coach (Minnesota Twins).
• David E. Hoffman, 70, American television writer (The Best Thing I Ever Ate) and author, glioblastoma.
• Bobby Hoy, 73, English footballer (Huddersfield Town, Halifax Town, Blackburn Rovers). (death announced on this date)
• Charles O. Jones, 92, American political scientist, stroke.
• Karsten Knolle, 84, German journalist and politician, MEP (1999–2004).
• René Metge, 82, French rally driver.
• Imoro Muniratu, 72, Ghanaian food vendor.
• Kunihiko Muroi, 76, Japanese politician, MP (2003–2005, since 2007), liver failure.
• Felicidad Ogumoro, 74, Northern Mariana Islands politician, member (1977–1981, 2009–2016) and vice speaker (2010–2013) of the House of Representatives.
• Quinho do Salgueiro, 66, Brazilian samba singer (Acadêmicos do Salgueiro).
• Don Read, 90, American football coach (Montana Grizzlies, Portland State Vikings, Oregon Ducks).
• Rosie Reyes, 84, Mexican Olympic tennis player (1968), lung disease.
• Tawl Ross, 75, American rhythm guitarist (Funkadelic).
• Paul Theriault, 73, Canadian ice hockey coach (Buffalo Sabres, Erie Otters, Flint Spirits).
• J. P. S. Uberoi, 90, Indian sociologist.

2

• Noel Aguirre, 63, Bolivian politician, economist and academic, COVID-19.
• Saleh al-Arouri, 57, Palestinian militant, commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (since 1993), airstrike.
• Sartaj Aziz, 94, Pakistani politician and economist, minister of foreign affairs (1998–1999, 2013–2017), national security advisor (2013–2015) and three-time minister of finance.
• Peter Berkos, 101, American sound editor (The Hindenburg, Slap Shot, The Great Waldo Pepper), Oscar winner (1975).
• Susan Campbell, 92, English illustrator, food writer and garden historian.
• Ángel Castellanos, 71, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Granada, national team), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Seán Donnelly, 83, Irish Gaelic footballer (University College Galway, Longford Slashers, Longford).
• Cameron Dunkin, 67, American professional boxing manager, cancer.
• Alberto Festa, 84, Portuguese footballer (Porto, Tirsense, national team).
• Attila Futaki, 39, Hungarian artist.
• David P. Gardner, 90, American academic administrator, president of the University of Utah (1973–1983) and the University of California (1983–1992).
• Andreas Heldal-Lund, 59, Norwegian activist (Operation Clambake), brain tumour.
• Juan Carlos Henao Pérez, 64, Colombian jurist (Colombian peace agreement) and academic, president of the Constitutional Court (2009–2010) and rector of Universidad Externado (2012–2021).
• Harry Johnson, 81, American actor (Battlestar Galactica, Law & Order, Need for Speed) and author.
• Chris Karrer, 76, German guitarist and composer (Amon Düül II), COVID-19.
• Qaiser Rashid Khan, 62, Pakistani jurist, chief justice of the Peshawar High Court (2021–2023), stroke.
• Willem Kind, 76, Dutch sculptor.
• Sir Frank Kitson, 97, British military officer, Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces (1982–1985) and deputy commander field army (1980–1982).
• Josiah K'Okal, 54, Kenyan-born Venezuelan Roman Catholic missionary and Indigenous rights activist, suicide by hanging.
• Osvaldo Lara, 68, Cuban Olympic sprinter (1980).
• Ronald Lunas, 57, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Pagadian (since 2018), complications from heart surgery.
• Connie Madigan, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues).
• E. Leo Milonas, 87, American judge and lawyer, chief administrative judge of New York State (1993–1995), heart failure.
• Gottfried Münzenberg, 83, German physicist.
• Rizal Ramli, 69, Indonesian politician, minister of finance (2001), coordinating minister for maritime affairs (2015–2016) and economic affairs (2000–2001), pancreatic cancer.
• Daniel Revenu, 81, French fencer, Olympic champion (1968) and five-time bronze medalist.
• Matisyahu Salomon, 86, English-born American rabbi.
• Michael Schwartz, 86, American academic administrator.
• Alexis Smith, 74, American visual artist, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Gordon R. Sullivan, 86, American general, chief of staff of the Army (1991–1995).
• Carmen Valero, 68, Spanish Olympic middle-distance runner (1976), stroke.
• Rafael Valle, 85, Puerto Rican Olympic basketball player (1960).
• Richard Woodcock, 95, American psychometrician.
• Zvi Zamir, 98, Polish-born Israeli military officer, director of the Mossad (1968–1974).

1

• Adaora Adimora, 67, American doctor and academic.
• Anthony J. Alvarado, 81, American educator, New York City Schools Chancellor (1983–1984).
• Camila Batmanghelidjh, 61, Iranian-Belgian charity executive, founder of Kids Company.
• Mario Boljat, 72, Croatian footballer (Hajduk Split, Schalke 04, Yugoslavia national team).
• James Herbert Brennan, 83, Irish author (The Faerie Wars Chronicles, The Occult Reich).
• Khemais Chammari, 81, Tunisian diplomat, human rights activist, and politician, deputy (1994–1996).
• Chang Chih-chia, 43, Taiwanese Olympic baseball player (2004, 2008).
• Ries Coté, 77, Dutch footballer (Elinkwijk, Utrecht).
• Mickey Cottrell, 79, American film publicist and actor (My Own Private Idaho, Volcano, Ed Wood), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Giancarlo Filini, 85, Italian footballer (Alessandria, Potenza, Pavia).
• Marcia Garbey, 74, Cuban Olympic long jumper (1968, 1972).
• J. Russell George, 60, American attorney, treasury inspector general for tax administration (since 2004).
• André Hissink, 104, Dutch World War II veteran (No. 320 Squadron).
• John Kinsella, 76, Irish hurler (Kilkenny, Bennettsbridge).
• Lynja, 67, American chef and social media influencer, complications from esophageal cancer.
• Peter Magubane, 91, South African photographer, cancer.
• Ved Prakash Nanda, 89, Indian-American legal scholar, complications from a fall.
• Lawrence Sydney Nicasio, 67, Belizean Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Belize City-Belmopan (since 2017), cancer.
• Jack O'Connell, 64, American author.
• Basdeo Panday, 90, Trinidad and Tobago politician, prime minister (1995–2001) and minister of foreign affairs (1987–1988).
• Hartmut Ritzerfeld, 73, German painter, complications from a traffic collision.
• Frank Ryan, 87, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins) and mathematician, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Oldřich Semerák, 91, Czech composer, trombonist and music educator.
• David J. Skal, 71, American film historian and author.
• Iwona Śledzińska-Katarasińska, 82, Polish politician, MP (1991–2023).
• Hans Sleeswijk, 88, Dutch Olympic sailor (1960).
• Graham Tripp, 91, English cricketer (Somerset).
• Riad al-Turk, 93, Syrian political dissident.
• René Verzier, 89, Canadian cinematographer (The Morning Man, Toby McTeague, Valérie).
• Niklaus Wirth, 89, Swiss computer scientist (Pascal).
• Sidney M. Wolfe, 86, American physician and health activist, brain tumor.
• Michele Zolla, 91, Italian government official and politician, deputy (1972–1992).

External links

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