Deaths in 2023

The following notable deaths occurred in 2023. 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.

June

30

• Judi Farr, 84, Australian actress (My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?, Kingswood Country, Please Like Me). (death announced on this date)
• Carlos Alberto Montaner, 80, Cuban writer, neurodegenerative illness.
• Vahidin Musemić, 76, Bosnian footballer (Sarajevo, Nice, Yugoslavia national team).
• Bir Devinder Singh, 73, Indian politician, deputy speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (2003–2004), cancer.

29

• Alan Arkin, 89, American actor (The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, Edward Scissorhands, Little Miss Sunshine), Oscar winner (2006).
• Clarence Barlow, 77, British composer. (death announced on this date)
• Inoslav Bešker, 73, Croatian-Italian journalist and academic.
• Mita Chowdhury, 65, Bangladeshi-British actress (Doll's House), pancreatic cancer.
• Smaro Gaitanidou, 83, Greek actress (Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow).
• Christine King Farris, 95, American civil rights activist.
• Marvin Kitman, 93, American television critic (Newsday) and humorist, cancer.
• Hipólito Mora, 67, Mexican farmer and politician.
• Semion Odainic, 84, Moldovan painter.
• Stephen Owen, 74, Canadian politician, MP (2000–2007).
• Alysson Paolinelli, 86, Brazilian agronomic engineer, minister of agriculture (1974–1979).
• Sir Tapley Seaton, 72, Saint Kitts and Nevis politician, governor-general (2015–2023).
• Shakeel, 85, Pakistani actor (Uncle Urfi, Aangan Terha, Ankahi).
• Jan Stekelenburg, 81, Dutch television presenter.
• Angel Wagenstein, 100, Bulgarian screenwriter (Stars, Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment, Eolomea).
• Angela Zilia, 88, Greek singer and actress (Dead Man's Treasure).

28

• Soumia Benkhaldoun, 60, Moroccan women's rights activist.
• Willie Carrick, 70, Irish football player (Luton Town, Chelmsford City) and manager (Witham Town). (death announced on this date)
• Jean-Michel Cazes, 88, French winemaker and insurance executive (AXA).
• Rabiatou Sérah Diallo, 73, Guinean trade unionist, secretary-general of the CNTG (since 2000).
• Talina Fernández, 78, Mexican television presenter and actress (Muchachita, Tenías que ser tú).
• Sue Johanson, 93, Canadian sex educator.
• Dobby Lentz, 76, Israeli music editor, radio broadcaster and music critic.
• Corazon Nuñez Malanyaon, 73, Filipino politician, lawyer, and accountant, governor of Davao Oriental (2007–2016, since 2022), twice member of the House of Representatives.
• William Marshall, 87, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MHA (1970–1986).
• Iyabo Oko, 62, Nigerian actress (Ayitale).
• Jerry Okorodudu, 64, Nigerian Olympic boxer (1984), complications from a foot ulcer.
• Matt Rendell, 64, Australian footballer (West Torrens, Fitzroy, Brisbane), heart attack.
• Bob Shannon, 74, American radio disc jockey (WCBS-FM).
• Dietrich Wagner, 78, German engineer and protestor (Stuttgart 21).
• Lowell Weicker, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1969–1971) and Senate (1971–1989), governor of Connecticut (1991–1995).

27

• Marie-Joseph Bissonnier, 82, French dental surgeon and politician, president of the General Council of Ille-et-Vilaine (2001–2004).
• Joana Brito, 76, Mexican actress (Duelo de Pasiones, Teresa, La fuerza del destino).
• Dewey L. Hill, 97, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1992–2012).
• Graeme John, 80, Australian football player (East Perth, South Melbourne), coach and administrator.
• Ivan Kunstman, 50, Russian bandy player (Sayany) and coach.
• Avtar Lit, 73, British businessman, owner and chairman of Sunrise Radio Group. (death announced on this date)
• Nahel Merzouk, 17, French motorist, shot.
• Ryan Mallett, 35, American football player (New England Patriots, Houston Texans, Baltimore Ravens), drowned.
• P. Chitran Namboodirippad, 103, Indian writer and educationist.
• Bobby Osborne, 91, American bluegrass musician (Osborne Brothers).
• Rudolf Pardede, 81, Indonesian businessman and politician, governor of North Sumatra (2005–2008), senator (2009–2014).
• Daniel N. Paul, 84, Canadian author (We Were Not the Savages), cancer.
• Carmen Sevilla, 92, Spanish actress (Vengeance, Don Juan, King of Kings), singer and dancer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Robert Sherman, 90, American radio broadcaster (WFUV, WQXR), author, and music critic (The New York Times).
• C. V. Shivashankar, 90, Indian film director (Rathna Manjari, Mane Katti Nodu, Padavidhara), heart attack.
• Cok Budi Suryawan, 65, Indonesian politician, regent of Gianyar (1993–2003).
• Max Thompson, 66, English footballer (Blackpool, Baltimore Blast, Liverpool).
• Jakub Ulewicz, 56, Polish actor (My Nikifor, Generał Nil).

26

• David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, 97, Scottish peer, Lord Chamberlain (1984–1997).
• Robin Aisher, 89, British sailor, Olympic bronze medallist (1968).
• Tony Bouza, 94, Spanish-born American police chief.
• Craig Brown, 82, Scottish football player (Dundee) and manager (Aberdeen, national team).
• Florence Chenoweth, 78, Liberian politician and agriculture specialist, minister of agriculture (1977–1979, 2009–2015).
• John Cockbill, 83, Australian Olympic rower (1956).
• Nicolas Coster, 89, British-American actor (Santa Barbara, Another World, All the President's Men).
• C. V. Dev, 83, Indian actor (The Good Boys, Kilichundan Mampazham, Mizhi Randilum).
• Hardwar Dubey, 73, Indian politician, MP (since 2020) and Uttar Pradesh MLA (1989–1993).
• Raanan Gissin, 74, Israeli political scientist.
• Juha Hernesniemi, 75, Finnish neurosurgeon.
• Ysabelle Lacamp, 68, French writer, singer, and actress (Je vous aime, Fire, Ice and Dynamite).
• Carroll Leavell, 86, American politician, member of the New Mexico Senate (1997–2018).
• David Neubert, 69, American double bassist and academic.
• Scott Pelluer, 64, American football player (New Orleans Saints) and coach (Boise State Broncos, Washington Huskies), cardiac arrest.
• Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, 86, Barbadian politician, prime minister (1987–1994).
• Vladimir Sedov, 35, Kazakh Olympic weightlifter (2008), suicide.
• François Thibodeau, 83, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Edmundston (1994–2009).

25

• Hugo Blanco, 88, Peruvian politician and writer, MP (1978–1985, 1990–1992).
• David Bohrman, 69, American television executive (ABC News, CNN, Current TV).
• Wilhelm Büsing, 102, German equestrian, Olympic silver (1952) and bronze (1952) medallist.
• Simon Crean, 74, Australian politician and trade unionist, minister for trade (2007–2010) and the arts (2010–2013), and MP (1990–2013).
• James Crown, 70, American businessman, racing collision.
• Tapas Das, 68, Indian singer-songwriter (Moheener Ghoraguli), lung cancer.
• John B. Goodenough, 100, American materials scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (2019).
• Elizabeth Greene, 82, Canadian Olympic alpine skier (1960).
• Leo Insam, 48, Italian Olympic ice hockey player (1994, 1998).
• Mike Kellogg, 81, American radio broadcaster (Moody Radio) and writer.
• Dame Ann Leslie, 82, British journalist (Daily Mail).
• Richard Ravitch, 89, American businessman and politician, lieutenant governor of New York (2009–2010).
• Raj Karan Singh, 87, Indian politician, MP (1984–1989).
• José Antonio Sistiaga, 91, Spanish filmmaker.
• Janko Stanoev, 78, Bulgarian writer.
• Edward Turay, 77, Sierra Leonean diplomat, high commissioner to the United Kingdom (since 2010).
• Peg Yorkin, 96, American philanthropist.
• Ján Zvonár, 72, Slovak physician and politician, MP (2006–2010).

24

• Claude Barzotti, 69, Belgian singer.
• Ian Browne, 92, Australian cyclist, Olympic champion (1956).
• S. M. Cyril, 86, Irish-born Indian educator.
• Dahrran Diedrick, 44, Canadian football player (Washington Redskins, Edmonton Eskimos, Montreal Alouettes), cancer.
• Saundra Graham, 81, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1977–1988).
• Dodie Heath, 96, American actress (Brigadoon, The Diary of Anne Frank, Seconds).
• Lena Kourkoutis, 44, American physicist, colon cancer.
• Desmond Junaidi Mahesa, 57, Indonesian politician, MP (since 2009).
• Margaret McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh, 61, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 2004), glioblastoma.
• Robert "Say" McIntosh, 79, American political activist.
• Kujit Pal, 90, Indian film producer (Arth).
• David Richards, 82, American theater critic and novelist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Cédric Roussel, 45, Belgian footballer (La Louvière, Coventry City, national team), heart attack.
• Julian Sands, 65, British actor (A Room with a View, The Killing Fields, 24). (body discovered on this date)
• Dean Smith, 91, American track and field athlete, Olympic champion (1952), stuntman, and actor (Rhinestone, Creepshow 2).
• Rachel Yakar, 87, French soprano.
• Sir Ti-liang Yang, 93, Hong Kong jurist, chief justice (1988–1996).

23

• Luís Aleluia, 63, Portuguese actor (Bem-Vindos a Beirais, O Processo dos Távoras).
• Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani Araghi, 82, Iranian Shia cleric and politician, MP (2004–2016).
• Penny Ann Early, 80, American jockey and basketball player (Kentucky Colonels), suicide.
• Harold Elletson, 62, British politician, MP (1992–1997), pulmonary embolism.
• Frederic Forrest, 86, American actor (The Rose, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now).
• Rocky Gattellari, 81, Italian-Australian Olympic boxer (1960).
• Sheldon Harnick, 99, American lyricist (Fiorello!, Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me) and songwriter.
• Georg Indrevik, 83, Norwegian politician, deputy MP (2001–2009).
• Jimmy Kim, 56, American taekwondo practitioner, Olympic champion (1988).
• Omer Léger, 92, American-born Canadian politician, New Brunswick MLA (1971–1987).
• Branko Lukovac, 79, Montenegrin politician, minister of foreign affairs (2000–2003).
• Jesse McReynolds, 93, American bluegrass musician (Jim & Jesse).
• Malcolm Mowbray, 74, British film director and screenwriter (A Private Function, Don't Tell Her It's Me, Sweet Revenge).
• Willem Nijholt, 88, Dutch actor (Ciske de Rat, Havinck, Under the Palms) and singer.
• Kunto Ojansivu, 63, Finnish actor (Elf Toljander, Sibelius, Rentun Ruusu).
• Keith Ovenden, 79, British-born New Zealand political scientist, writer, and social commentator.
• Yuri Pereskokov, 60, Russian football player (Krasnaya Presnya Moscow, Spartak Vladikavkaz) and manager (Arsenal Tula).
• Lee Rauch, 58, American drummer (Megadeth, Dark Angel).
• Bev Risman, 85, English rugby union (national team) and league (Leigh, Leeds) player and coach. (death announced on this date)
• Paul de Senneville, 89, French composer and music producer.
• Manamourou Silikam, 49, Cameroonian politician, MP (since 2020).
• Amy Uyematsu, 75, American poet.
• Sergo Yeritsyan, 66, Armenian journalist and politician, MP (1995–1999).

22

• Peter Allan, 87, Australian cricketer (Queensland, national team).
• Robert Black, 67, American bassist (Bang on a Can All Stars), colon cancer.
• Peter Brötzmann, 82, German jazz saxophonist.
• Cora Cohen, 79, American artist.
• Stéphane Demol, 57, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, Porto, national team), cardiac arrest.
• Nomiyama Gyōji, 102, Japanese painter, heart failure.
• Ben Heaton, 33, English rugby league footballer (Oldham, Halifax, Hunslet).
• Michael Horodniceanu, 78, Romanian-born American engineer, pancreatic cancer.
• Volodymyr Hryshchenko, 77, Ukrainian engineer and politician, acting mayor of Zaporizhzhia (2003).
• Jacques Ishaq, 85, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic hierarch, archbishop of Arbil (1997–1999) and curial bishop of the Chaldean Patriarchate (2005–2014).
• Harry Markowitz, 95, American economist (modern portfolio theory), Nobel Prize laureate (1990), pneumonia and sepsis.
• Shyqri Nimani, 82, Albanian graphic designer.
• Della Pascoe, 74, British Olympic sprinter (1968, 1972), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Victor Pușcaș, 79, Moldovan politician and jurist, MP (1990–1994) and president of the Constitutional Court (2001–2007).
• Marion Reid, 94, Canadian politician, MLA (1979–1989) and lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island (1990–1995).
• P. Sabanayagam, 101, Indian Administrative Service officer.
• Dave Wilkes, 59, English footballer (Barnsley, Stockport County, Carlisle United).

21

• Paul Cardona, 70, Maltese Roman Catholic clergyman.
• Russell H. Dilday, 92, American pastor, president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (1978–1994).
• Ali Duba, 89, Syrian intelligence officer, head of the Military Intelligence Directorate (1973–2000).
• Guillermo Escalada, 87, Uruguayan footballer (Gimnasia de La Plata, national team).
• Winnie Ewing, 93, Scottish politician, MP (1967–1970, 1974–1979), MEP (1979–1999).
• Daniel Fuller, 97, American theologian and academic.
• Lucia Hippolito, 72, Brazilian political scientist, journalist and historian.
• Vigen Khachatryan, 71, Armenian politician, governor of Lori Province (1996–1998), MP (since 2021).
• Cedric Killings, 45, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins, Houston Texas), pancreatic cancer.
• Ronnie Nolan, 89, Irish footballer (Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians, national team).
• Mario Perani, 86, Italian politician, deputy (1987–1994).
• Tom Roper, 78, Australian politician, Victoria MP (1973–1994).
• Vytautas Šustauskas, 78, Lithuanian politician, MP (2000–2004).
• Vũ Khoan, 85, Vietnamese politician, deputy prime minister (2002–2006).
• George Winterling, 91, American television meteorologist (WJXT).
• Robin F. Wynne, 70, American jurist, associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court (since 2014).

20

• Choi Sung-bong, 33, South Korean singer, suicide.
• Sylvester da Cunha, 92, Indian advertising professional (Amul girl campaign).
• Robert Elegant, 95, American-British author and journalist.
• Rogelio Esquivel Medina, 83, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of México (2001–2008).
• Phyllis Gomda Hsi, 85, Taiwanese vocalist, complications from a fall.
• Rohana Jalil, 68, Malaysian singer.
• Brison Manor, 70, American football player (Denver Broncos, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
• Vyacheslav Nagovitsin, 83, Russian composer.
• P. Venkateswara Rao, 72, Indian film editor (Palaivana Rojakkal, Muddayi, Moondravadhu Kann).
• Zain Safar-ud-Din, 85, Malaysian Olympic cyclist (1964).
• Luís Saias, 98, Portuguese politician, minister of agriculture (1978).
• H. Lee Sarokin, 94, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court of New Jersey (1979–1994) and Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1994–1996).
• Claude Sarraute, 95, French writer and journalist (Le Monde, Les Grosses Têtes).
• Doris Stockhausen, 99, German music pedagogue.
• John Waddington, 63, English guitarist (The Pop Group, Maximum Joy, Perfume).
• Ray Wheatley, 74, Australian boxer and Hall of Fame official.
• Yu Wei-Yen, 71, Taiwanese film producer (A Brighter Summer Day, A Confucian Confusion, Mahjong), director and screenwriter.
• Paolo Zavallone, 90, Italian singer and composer.

19

• Arnfinn Astad, 84, Norwegian politician, mayor of Bjugn (1999–2014).
• Billy Bales, 94, English motorcycle speedway rider (Yarmouth Bloaters, Norwich Stars, Sheffield Tigers).
• Karolis Chvedukas, 32, Lithuanian footballer (Sūduva, Waterford, national team). (death announced on this date)
• Gabriella Csapó-Fekete, 68, Hungarian Olympic volleyball player (1976, 1980).
• George Frazier, 68, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins).
• Clark Haggans, 46, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers).
• Liviu Hodorcă, 61, Romanian rugby union player (Steaua București, national team).
• Bernie Massey, 83, Australian footballer (Melbourne).
• Jim McCourt, 79, Irish boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).
• Gerald C. Meyers, 94, American businessman, CEO of American Motors Corporation (1977–1982).
• Max Morath, 96, American ragtime pianist, television presenter and author.
• Diane Rowe, 90, English table tennis player.
• Gabriele Schnaut, 72, German opera singer (Bayreuth Festival, Hamburg State Opera, Bavarian State Opera).
• Ryan Siew, 26, Australian guitarist (Polaris).
• Gaetano Troja, 78, Italian footballer (Palermo, Brescia, Bari), complications from diabetes.

18

• Sher Muhammad Baloch, Pakistani politician, MNA (2002–2013).
• Sheldon Bergstrom, 51, Canadian actor (A.R.C.H.I.E., SuperGrid, I Downloaded a Ghost).
• Big Pokey, 48, American rapper (Screwed Up Click, "Sittin' Sidewayz").
• Jim Brandenburg, 87, American college basketball coach (Wyoming Cowboys, San Diego State Aztecs).
• Jellie Brouwer, 59, Dutch journalist and radio presenter, cancer.
• Cameron Buchanan, 76, Scottish politician, MSP (2013–2016).
• Gérard Charasse, 79, French politician, deputy (1997–2017).
• Wenceslas Compaoré, 88, Burkinabé Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Manga (1997–2010).
• Navroze Contractor, 80, Indian cinematographer (22 June 1897, Percy, Hun Hunshi Hunshilal), traffic collision.
• Christian Espiritu, 89, Filipino fashion designer.
• Isabel da Costa Ferreira, 49, East Timorese human rights activist, first lady (2012–2017), cancer.
• Dick Hall, 92, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies), multiple myeloma and heart failure.
• James R. Hurley, 91, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1968–1982) and Senate (1982–1990). (death announced on this date)
• Sir Robert Malpas, 95, British engineer and businessman.
• Rakesh Master, 55, Indian dance choreographer.
• Adriano Mazzoletti, 87, Italian musicologist.
• Nasrollah Nasehpour, 82, Iranian musician.
• Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 46, Indian Sikh separatist, shot.
• Krzysztof Olesiński, 70, Polish bassist (Maanam).
• Graziano Origa, 70, Italian comic book artist.
• Poojappura Ravi, 82, Indian actor (Puthariyankam, Kaattu Kallan, Guppy) and comedian.
• Charley Scales, 85, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Montreal Alouettes).
• Bernd Schroeder, 79, German writer (Alte Liebe).
• Geoffrey Stevens, 83, Canadian journalist (The Globe and Mail), heart attack.
• Swan, 42, Italian dancer and choreographer.
• Cornel Țăranu, 88, Romanian composer.
• Teresa Taylor, 60, American drummer (Butthole Surfers) and actress (Slacker), lung disease.
• David Walker, 66, British air marshal.
• Wan Sha Lang, 74, Taiwanese singer.
• Rosario Zúñiga, 59, Mexican actress (Salvador).
• Notable victims of the Titan submersible implosion:
  • Shahzada Dawood, 48, Pakistani-British businessman
  • Hamish Harding, 58, British businessman
  • Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, French navy commander and explorer
  • Stockton Rush, 61, American businessman, CEO and founder of OceanGate

17

• Sri Adiningsih, 62, Indonesian economics professor, chairperson of the Presidential Advisory Council (2015–2019).
• Stella Arach-Amoko, 69, Ugandan judge, justice of the Supreme Court (since 2013).
• Oleg Betin, 72, Russian politician, head of Tambov Oblast (1995, 1999–2015), cancer.
• Yngve Hågensen, 84, Norwegian trade unionist, leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (1989–2001).
• Sir Michael Hopkins, 88, English architect (Portcullis House), complications from vascular dementia.
• Grigory Klinishov, 92, Russian physicist, co-creator of the RDS-37 hydrogen bomb. (body discovered on this date)
• Maria Lampadaridou-Pothou, 89, Greek novelist, poet, and playwright.
• Dave Maclean, 78, Brazilian singer-songwriter.
• Gus Newport, 88, American politician, mayor of Berkeley, California (1979–1986).
• Siobhan O'Sullivan, 49, Australian political scientist and political theorist, ovarian cancer.
• Naum Prifti, 91, Albanian writer, screenwriter and essayist.
• Ligia Seman, 52, Romanian poet and novelist.

16

• Bob Brown, 81, American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, Oakland Raiders).
• Norman Burtenshaw, 97, English football referee.
• Anadi Charan Das, 88, Indian politician, MP (1971–1977, 1980–1996).
• Nicola De Angelis, 84, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Toronto (1992–2002) and bishop of Peterborough (2002–2014).
• Peter Dickinson, 88, English composer and musicologist.
• Daniel Ellsberg, 92, American whistleblower (Pentagon Papers), pancreatic cancer.
• Sir Ben Helfgott, 93, Polish-born British Holocaust survivor and Olympic weightlifter (1956, 1960).
• Manabu Kitabeppu, 65, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player (Hiroshima Toyo Carp), leukemia.
• Gennady Kulik, 88, Russian politician, minister of agriculture (1990–1991), first deputy prime minister (1990–1991) and twice MP.
• Gino Mäder, 26, Swiss Olympic road cyclist (2020), race collision.
• Bruce Roberts, 93, American photographer and author.
• Alfredo Rojas, 86, Argentine footballer (Lanús, Boca Juniors, national team), heart attack.
• Norman R. Stone Jr., 87, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1963–1967) and Senate (1967–2015).
• Angela Thorne, 84, British actress (Lady Oscar, To the Manor Born, Silent Hours).
• Jim Tweto, 68, American bush pilot (Flying Wild Alaska), plane crash.
• Dave Viti, 83, American football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats). (death announced on this date)
• Esteban Volkov, 97, Mexican chemist.
• Paxton Whitehead, 85, English actor (Camelot, Back to School, Kate & Leopold), complications from a fall.
• Hanna Zembrzuska, 88, Polish actress.

15

• David P. Calleo, 88, American political scientist.
• Gheorghe Dungu, 94, Romanian footballer (Rapid București, national team).
• Beatrix Eypeltauer, 93, Austrian politician, member of the National Council (1975–1983).
• Patrick Guzman, 55, Canadian-Filipino actor (Mahirap Maging Pogi, O-Ha! Ako Pa?, Muntik Nang Maabot ang Langit), heart attack.
• Sir James Hardy, 90, Australian winemaker and Olympic sailor (1964, 1968).
• Eva Hög, 95, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (1960). (death announced on this date)
• Bret Hudson, 49, Australian Olympic gymnast (1996). (death announced on this date)
• Glenda Jackson, 87, English actress (Women in Love, Sunday Bloody Sunday, A Touch of Class) and politician, MP (1992–2015), Oscar winner (1970, 1973).
• Antonio Jiménez Quiles, 88, Spanish road cyclist.
• Sergey Kolchin, 45, Russian guitarist (Zemlyane).
• Kyôko Kozakura, 88, Japanese actress.
• Dan Lardner, American singer and guitarist (QTY). (death announced on this date)
• Mari Carmen, 80, Spanish ventriloquist and humorist, complications from a fall.
• Gordon McQueen, 70, Scottish football player (Leeds United, Manchester United, national team) and manager, complications from dementia.
• Luiz Schiavon, 64, Brazilian keyboardist (RPM).
• Yevgenia Shmelyova, 90, Russian singer and actress (Carnival Night).
• Donald Triplett, 89, American medical figure, first person diagnosed with autism, cancer.
• Bohdan Urbankowski, 80, Polish writer.

14

• Khamis Abakar, Sudanese politician, governor of West Darfur (since 2021), assassinated.
• Afeez Agoro, 47, Nigerian record holder, country's tallest person, complications from acromegaly.
• Charles L. Blockson, 89, American historian, author, and bibliophile.
• Henri Boulad, 91, Egyptian-Hungarian Jesuit priest and human rights activist.
• Mavis Cheek, 74, English novelist.
• Cheung Ying Choi, 88, Hong Kong actor.
• Raimondo Crociani, 77, Italian film editor (A Special Day, We All Loved Each Other So Much, Le Bal).
• Joaquín Espert, 84, Spanish politician, president of La Rioja (1987–1990).
• Luisa Gándara, 69, Puerto Rican politician, first lady (2005–2009) and member of the House of Representatives (2013–2017), breast cancer.
• Robert Gottlieb, 92, American writer and editor (The New Yorker).
• Brett Hadley, 92, American actor (The Young and the Restless).
• John Hollins, 76, English football player (Chelsea, Arsenal, national team) and manager, heart failure.
• Roman Jackiw, 83, American theoretical physicist, Dirac Medalist (1998).
• Homer Jones, 82, American football player (New York Giants, Cleveland Browns), lung cancer.
• George Leslie, 86, Scottish politician.
• Vincentius Sonny Loho, 66, Indonesian accountant and bureaucrat.
• Charles C. Lovell, 93, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Montana (since 1985).
• Warren McGraw, 84, American lawyer, politician, and judge, justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1999–2004).
• Valeri Mnatsakanov, 76, Russian screenwriter (It Doesn't Hurt Me).
• Titus Okere, 94, Nigerian footballer (Swindon Town, national team).
• K. R. Parthasarathy, 86, Indian statistician.
• Henry Petroski, 81, American engineer and professor.
• Jordi Porta i Ribalta, 86, Spanish Catalan cultural activist, president of Òmnium Cultural (2002–2010).
• Sharda, 85, Indian playback singer (Suraj, Gumnaam, Around the World).
• Vladimir Shmelyov, 76, Russian modern pentathlete, Olympic champion (1972).
• Nikolay Sviridov, 84, Russian Olympic long-distance runner (1968, 1972).
• Bence Szvoboda, 31, Hungarian motorcycle racer, race collision.
• Dmitri Tarasov, 44, Russian ice hockey player (Amur Khabarovsk, Salavat Yulaev Ufa, Dynamo Moscow).
• Maurice Taylor, 97, British Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Galloway (1981–2004).
• Rob Tucker, 74, New Zealand photographer and photojournalist.

13

• Mohamed Tahar Aït Aldjet, 106, Algerian da'i.
• Dennis Argall, 79, Australian diplomat, ambassador to China (1984–1985).
• David M. Bartley, 88, American politician, member (1963–1976) and speaker (1969–1975) of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
• Pierre Cabanes, 92, French historian and epigraphist (University of Paris X-Nanterre).
• Christy Dignam, 63, Irish singer (Aslan), cancer.
• Edward Fredkin, 88, American physicist, computer scientist and businessman.
• Lonnie Hammargren, 85, American neurosurgeon and politician, lieutenant governor of Nevada (1995–1999).
• Huang Yongyu, 98, Chinese painter.
• Nick Kaiser, 68, British cosmologist.
• Viktor Lisitsky, 83, Russian gymnast, five-time Olympic silver medallist (1964, 1968).
• Jean-Pierre Marongiu, 66, French businessman and writer.
• Cormac McCarthy, 89, American novelist (Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, The Road), Pulitzer Prize winner (2007).
• Curtis L. Meinert, 88, American epidemiologist.
• Joachim N'Dayen, 88, Central African Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Bangui (1970–2003).
• Constantin Nicolescu, 77, Romanian politician, senator (2000–2004), cancer.
• Blackie Onassis, 57, American rock drummer (Urge Overkill).
• Paul Rendall, 69, English rugby union player (Wasps, national team), complications from motor neuron disease.
• Hiroe Tsukamoto, American anime producer. (death announced on this date)

12

• Silvio Berlusconi, 86, Italian politician, three-time prime minister, MP (1994–2013, since 2022) and twice MEP, leukemia.
• Rodolfo Biazon, 88, Filipino military officer and politician, chief of staff (1991), member of the House of Representatives (2010–2016) and twice senator, lung cancer.
• Michael Catt, 70, American pastor (Sherwood Baptist Church) and film producer (Fireproof, Courageous), complications from prostate cancer.
• Carol Higgins Clark, 66, American mystery author and actress, appendix cancer.
• Meindert Fennema, 77, Dutch political scientist.
• John Fru Ndi, 81, Cameroonian politician and opposition activist.
• Patrick Gasienica, 24, American Olympic ski jumper (2022), traffic collision.
• Mette Gjerskov, 56, Danish politician, minister for food, agriculture and fisheries (2011–2013) and MP (since 2005), nerve inflammation.
• Harvey Glance, 66, American sprinter, Olympic champion (1976), cardiac arrest.
• Sergey Goryachev, 52, Russian major general, missile strike.
• Kazan Khan, Indian actor (Senthamizh Paattu, En Aasai Machan, Gandhi Pirantha Mann), heart attack.
• Ronnie Knight, 89, English nightclub owner and convicted robber, pneumonia.
• Alexander Kolodich, 58, Russian politician.
• Reggie Moore, 42, American-born Angolan basketball player (Maccabi Givat Shmuel, UB La Palma, Primeiro de Agosto).
• Rubén Moya, 62, Mexican voice actor and dubbing director, throat cancer.
• Douglas Nonis, 86, Malaysian Olympic field hockey player (1964).
• Francesco Nuti, 68, Italian film director (Stregati, The Pool Hustlers), actor (West of Paperino), and comedian.
• John Romita Sr., 93, American comic book artist (The Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America), co-creator of Wolverine.
• Stan Savran, 76, American sports media personality, lung cancer.
• Richard Severo, 90, American science journalist (The New York Times), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Shigeru Sugishita, 97, Japanese baseball player (Nagoya/Chunichi Dragons, Daimai Orions) and coach (Hanshin Tigers), pneumonia.
• William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby, 95, British peer, member of the House of Lords (1983–2015).
• Treat Williams, 71, American actor (Hair, Prince of the City, Everwood), traffic collision.
• Vyacheslav Zaytsev, 70, Russian volleyball player, Olympic champion (1980) and silver medallist (1976, 1988).

11

• Mikio Aoki, 89, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (1986–2010), chief cabinet secretary (1999–2000), and acting prime minister (2000).
• László Balogh, 93, Hungarian painter.
• Charles Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan, 86, British peer and football administrator, chairman of Chelsea (1981–1982).
• Stanley Clinton-Davis, Baron Clinton-Davis, 94, British politician, minister of state for trade policy (1997–1998), MP (1970–1983) and member of the House of Lords (1990–2018).
• Mangal Dhillon, 64, Indian actor (Amba, Zindagi Ek Juaa, Train to Pakistan), cancer.
• Panagiotis Hadjinikolaou, 90, Greek dentist and politician, MP (1974–1996).
• Suna Kan, 86, Turkish violinist.
• Franz S. Leichter, 92, Austrian-born American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1969–1974) and Senate (1975–1998), pneumonia and renal failure.
• Liu Shouren, 89, Chinese scientist, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Sadao Nakajima, 88, Japanese film director (Kunoichi ninpō, Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku, Seburi Monogatari), pneumonia.
• Silvia Năstase, 80, Romanian actress.
• John Nkemngong Nkengasong, 64, Cameroonian playwright, novelist, and poet.
• Michael A. Noonan, 82, Irish-born New Zealand television writer (Close to Home, The Governor, Homeward Bound).
• Jesús Ruiz Fernández, Spanish politician, deputy (1986–1989).
• Magda Saleh, 79, Egyptian ballerina.
• Anatoly Sedykh, 60, Russian serial killer, suicide.
• János Söre, 88, Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1960).
• Jean Wicki, 89, Swiss bobsledder, Olympic champion (1972).
• Danny Young, 51, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
• Rob Young, 76, Canadian sound engineer (Unforgiven, Romeo + Juliet, Jumanji), complications from a fall.

10

• Hassana Alidou, 60, Nigerien diplomat, ambassador to the United States (2015–2019).
• Clive Barker, 78, South African football player (Durban United) and manager (AmaZulu, national team), complications from Lewy body dementia.
• Kyle Brown, 42, American baseball player (Ohio State Buckeyes) and network director (ESPN).
• Étienne De Beule, 69, Belgian racing cyclist.
• Ken Hansen, 71, American politician, member of the Montana Senate (2002–2010).
• Don Hood, 73, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals).
• Ted Kaczynski, 81, American mathematician and domestic terrorist (Unabomber Manifesto), suicide.
• Fakhri Khorvash, 94, Iranian actress (Mr. Naive, Chess of the Wind, A Little Kiss).
• Eric Kokish, 76, Canadian bridge player.
• Virgil Luken, 80, American Olympic swimmer (1964).
• A. Mangalam, 97, Singaporean-born Malaysian nun and human rights activist.
• Yannis Markopoulos, 84, Greek composer (Young Aphrodites, Sin, Who Pays the Ferryman?), cancer.
• Jari Niinimäki, 65, Finnish footballer (Ilves, AIK, national team).
• Nuccio Ordine, 64, Italian literary scholar and philosopher, stroke.
• Park Je-chun, 78, South Korean poet.
• Roger Payne, 88, American biologist, environmentalist and record producer (Songs of the Humpback Whale).
• Berdibek Saparbayev, 70, Kazakh politician, deputy prime minister (2014–2015, 2019–2020) and twice minister of labour and social protection of the population.
• Adrian Sprott, 61, Scottish footballer (Meadowbank Thistle, Hamilton Academical, Stenhousemuir).
• Jim Turner, 82, American football player (New York Jets, Denver Broncos), heart failure.

9

• Camilla Ah Kin, 58, Australian actress (Going Home, Stupid, Stupid Man, Holding the Man).
• Ahn Yeong-gi, 87, South Korean doctor and politician, MNA (1988–1992).
• Jim Allen, 100, New Zealand visual artist, AFNZ icon (since 2015).
• Roger Boon, 88, New Zealand rugby union player (Taranaki, national team) and coach (Wanganui).
• Barbara Borys-Damięcka, 85, Polish theatre director and politician, senator (since 2007).
• Ndoye Douts, 50, Senegalese plastic artist.
• Dinah Faust, 96, German-born French actress and singer.
• Carlos Gamou, 63, Uruguayan politician, deputy (1995–2000, 2005–2015).
• Otis Grand, 73, Lebanese-born American blues musician. (death announced on this date)
• Muhammed Gwady, 64, Egyptian writer and philosopher.
• Yumie Hiraiwa, 91, Japanese author, pneumonia.
• Niel Immelman, 78, South African pianist. (death announced on this date)
• George Isaac, 85, Egyptian political activist, co-founder of Kefaya.
• Yoshikazu Kawaguchi, 84, Japanese farmer.
• Denis Kessler, 71, French businessman, CEO of SCOR SE (since 2002).
• Serajul Alam Khan, 82, Bangladeshi philosopher and political activist, founder of JASAD and co-founder of Mujib Bahini, respiratory failure.
• Daniel Mandon, 84, French politician, deputy (1993–1997).
• Floyd Martin, 93, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic silver medallist (1960).
• Helmar Müller, 83, German runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
• Firouz Naderi, 77, Iranian-American scientist.
• Wladimir Pomar, 86, Brazilian journalist, author, and activist.
• Ron Richard, 75, American politician, member (2003–2011) and speaker (2009–2011) of the Missouri House of Representatives and member of the Missouri Senate (2011–2019).
• Michael Shirima, 80, Tanzanian businessman, founder of Precision Air.
• Vasile Tonoiu, 82, Romanian philosopher.
• Alain Touraine, 97, French sociologist (Critique of Modernity).
• John F. Wood Jr., 87, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1987–2015).

8

• Klaus Beer, 80, German long jumper, Olympic silver medallist (1968).
• Robert Holmes Bell, 79, American jurist, judge (since 1987) and chief judge (2001–2008) of the U.S. District Court for Western Michigan.
• Peter Belli, 79, Danish singer and actor (The Double Man, Truly Human, Koko-di Koko-da).
• Guido Bodrato, 90, Italian politician, minister of public education (1980–1982), deputy (1968–1994) and MEP (1999–2004).
• Charles Kimberlin Brain, 92, South African paleontologist, director of the Transvaal Museum (1965–1991).
• Paul Coghlan, 79, Irish politician, senator (1997–2020) and leas-chathaoirleach (2016–2020).
• Charles Elworthy, 61, New Zealand economist and social scientist.
• Fields of Omagh, 25, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. (death announced on this date)
• Julie Garwood, 78, American author (Ransom).
• Wade Goodwyn, 63, American news journalist (NPR), cancer.
• Pavel Gurkalov, 84, Russian politician, senator (1994–1996).
• Véronique Jardin, 56, French Olympic swimmer (1984, 1992).
• Zina Jasper, 84, American actress (Crimes and Misdemeanors).
• Louis LeBel, 83, Canadian jurist, puisne justice of the supreme court (2000–2014).
• Renato Longo, 85, Italian Hall of Fame cyclo-cross racer.
• Ian McGinty, 38, American comic book writer and artist (Bravest Warriors, Bee and PuppyCat).
• Stephan Pelger, 44, Romanian fashion designer, suicide by hanging.
• Domingo Perurena, 79, Spanish road racing cyclist.
• Maria Peschek, 69, German cabaret artist, actress and playwright, heart attack.
• Rale Rasic, 87, Yugoslav-born Australian football player (Proleter Zrenjanin) and manager (Marconi Stallions, national team).
• Vyacheslav Rebrov, 78, Russian film director, special effects and visual effects production designer (Guest from the Future).
• Pat Robertson, 93, American televangelist (The 700 Club), founder of CBN and Regent University.
• Jorge Roldán, 82, Guatemalan football player (Aurora, national team) and manager (Once Municipal).
• Mari Ruti, 58–59, Finnish-born Canadian philosopher.
• Carlos Sada, 70, Mexican politician and diplomat, ambassador to the United States (2016–2017).
• André Simon, 35, Antiguan road racing cyclist, traffic collision.
• Craig Stewart, 66, Australian football player (Collingwood, Richmond).
• Marlene van Staden, 42, South African politician, mayor of Modimolle–Mookgophong (since 2016), cancer.
• Nugroho Wisnumurti, 83, Indonesian diplomat, permanent representative to the UN in Geneva (2000–2004) and president of the UN Security Council (1995, 1996).

7

• Aud-Inger Aure, 80, Norwegian politician, minister of justice (1997–1999).
• Marino Busdachin, 66, Italian human rights activist.
• Irma Capece Minutolo, 87, Italian operatic singer and actress (Neapolitans in Milan, Young Toscanini).
• Banani Ghosh, Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer.
• Saskia Hamilton, 56, American poet, cancer.
• The Iron Sheik, 80, Iranian-born American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (AWA, WWF).
• Tom Jolls, 89, American television personality (WKBW-TV).
• Lim Kean Chye, 103, Malaysian lawyer and independence activist.
• Stefan Ljungqvist, 74, Swedish opera singer and actor (Polisen i Strömstad, Monopol).
• Sir Ivan Menezes, 63, Indian-born American-British beverage industry executive, CEO of Diageo (since 2013), complications from stomach ulcer surgery.
• Lia Mortensen, 57, American actress (A Nightmare on Elm Street), lung cancer.
• Leonardo Nierman, 90, Mexican artist.
• Annie Okonkwo, 63, Nigerian politician, senator (2007–2011).
• Miroslav Řepa, 93, Czech architect.
• Ethna Rouse, 85, New Zealand cricketer (Canterbury, national team).
• Baena Soares, 92, Brazilian diplomat, secretary general of the Organization of American States (1984–1994).
• Lisl Steiner, 95, Austrian-American photographer, photojournalist (Life, Newsweek), and documentary filmmaker.
• Valentin Tatarchuk, 85, Russian politician, deputy (1994–1996).
• Eve Tetaz, 91, American anti-war activist.

6

• Béla Andrásfai, 92, Hungarian mathematician.
• Jack Baldschun, 86, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres), leukemia.
• Linda Burdette, 74, American gymnastics coach (West Virginia University).
• Pat Casey, 29, American BMX rider, motorcycle crash.
• Pat Cooper, 93, American actor (Fighting Back, Analyze This, Analyze That) and comedian.
• Paul Eckstein, 59, American television writer and producer (Godfather of Harlem, Narcos, Law & Order: Criminal Intent).
• Gints Freimanis, 38, Latvian footballer (Jelgava, Spartaks Jūrmala, national team).
• Françoise Gilot, 101, French painter.
• Peter Henrici, 95, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate and philosopher, auxiliary bishop of Chur (1993–2007).
• Tom Herzfeld, 87, Australian politician, Western Australia MLA (1977–1983).
• William Howarth, 82, American writer and professor.
• Árni Johnsen, 79, Icelandic journalist and politician, member of the Althing (1983–1987, 1991–2001, 2007–2013).
• Lino Jordan, 79, Italian Olympic biathlete (1972, 1976).
• Pavel Lebeda, 82, Czech physician and politician, senator (2008–2014).
• Lu Yuanjiu, 103, Chinese physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Engineering.
• Virginia Marí, 60, Spanish politician, mayor of Ibiza (2014–2015) and member of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands (2019–2023), lung cancer.
• Jim May, 88, Australian chemical engineer.
• Teddy McCarthy, 57, Irish hurler (Cork) and Gaelic footballer (Cork).
• John McCoy, 79, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (2003–2013) and Senate (2013–2020).
• Mike McFarlane, 63, English sprinter, Olympic silver medallist (1988), heart attack.
• Tony McPhee, 79, English guitarist (The Groundhogs), complications from a fall.
• Tony Murray, 103, French-born British businessman (Andrews Sykes Group).
• Noreen Nash, 99, American actress (The Big Fix, Phantom from Space, Giant).
• Dinny Powell, 90, British stuntman and actor (Town Tamer, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Superman II).
• Richard E. Snyder, 90, American publishing executive (Simon & Schuster, Western Publishing), heart failure.
• William Spriggs, 68, American economist, stroke.

5

• Aud Blattmann, 85, Norwegian politician, MP (1985–2001).
• Elspeth Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Pittenweem, 83, British baroness.
• Nurhan Damcıoğlu, 82, Turkish Kanto artist, singer and actress, heart failure.
• Giorgos Georgiou, 71, Greek television host and radio broadcaster, cancer.
• Astrud Gilberto, 83, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer ("The Girl from Ipanema"), Grammy winner (1965).
• Vladimir Golovanov, 83, Russian writer, playwright and screenwriter (Film, Film, Film, Border dog Alyi).
• Robert Hanssen, 79, American FBI agent and convicted spy.
• Werner Herbers, 82, Dutch oboist and conductor, cancer.
• Tina Joemat-Pettersson, 59, South African politician, minister of energy (2014–2017) and agriculture (2009–2014), twice MP.
• Mads Lundby Hansen, 53, Danish economist.
• Anatoly Makarenko, 86, Russian engineer and politician, member of the Supreme Soviet of Russia (1986–1988).
• Vadim Malakhatko, 46, Ukrainian-Belgian chess grandmaster, heart attack.
• Mohamed Moatassim, 67, Moroccan royal advisor, scholar and politician.
• John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, 91, British politician, attorney general for England and Wales (1997–1999), MP (1959–2001) and member of the House of Lords (since 2001).
• Lilita Ozoliņa, 75, Latvian actress (Oļegs un Aina, Unfinished Supper, Double Trap).
• Gufi Paintal, 78, Indian actor (Suhaag, Daava, Mahabharat).
• Ahmed Emad El-Din Radi, 67, Egyptian doctor and politician, minister of health (2015–2018).
• Egor Shuppe, 52, Russian-British businessman and venture investor, co-founder of Cityline.
• Kollam Sudhi, 39, Indian actor (Kuttanadan Marpappa, Adhyarathri, Keshu Ee Veedinte Nadhan), traffic collision.

4

• Mariano Arana, 90, Uruguayan politician, intendant of Montevideo (1995–2005) and minister of housing, territorial planning and environment (2005–2008).
• Iliyas Azmi, 88, Indian politician, MP (1996–1997, 2004–2014).
• Bill Beck, 61, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (since 2014), heart attack.
• Selahattin Çetiner, 100, Turkish military officer and politician, minister of interior (1980–1983).
• Germán Chaves, 28, Colombian racing cyclist, traffic collision.
• Roger Craig, 93, American baseball player (Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets) and manager (San Francisco Giants), four-time World Series champion.
• Zola Dabula, 66, South African military officer, surgeon general of the SAMHS (2019–2021).
• Bartolomé Gamundi, 84, Puerto Rican businessman and politician, secretary of the department of economic development and commerce (2007–2009), cancer.
• Macram Max Gassis, 84, Sudanese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of El Obeid (1988–2013).
• Pierre Gruneberg, 92, German-born French ski and swim instructor.
• Norma Hunt, 85, American businesswoman, owner of the Kansas City Chiefs (since 2006).
• Józef Klasa, 91, Polish politician, MP (1972–1976).
• Leon Kovalsky, 83, Russian politician, chairman of the Samara Regional Duma (1994–2001).
• Sulochana Latkar, 94, Indian actress (Sunghursh, Main Sunder Hoon, Dil Daulat Duniya), respiratory failure.
• Dora María, 89, Mexican folk singer, respiratory arrest.
• Luigi Marrucci, 78, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia (2011–2020).
• Mochtar Pabottingi, 77, Indonesian writer, heart attack.
• Zdeněk Pouzar, 91, Czech mycologist.
• Scott Schinder, 61, American music critic and journalist (Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Trouser Press).
• Ruth Schweikert, 57, Swiss writer, cancer.
• Sharari al-Shakhanbeh, 80, Jordanian politician, minister of agriculture (2004–2005), senator (2020–2022).
• George Winston, 74, American pianist (December, Summer, Forest), Grammy winner (1996), cancer.

3

• Byron Barton, 92, American writer and illustrator.
• Paul Geoffrey, 68, British-born American actor (Excalibur, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights), cancer.
• Jim Hines, 76, American sprinter, Olympic champion (1968), and football player (Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs).
• Aamir Raza Husain, 66, Indian theatre actor and director.
• Conor O'Brien, 18th Baron Inchiquin, 79, English-born Irish peer.
• Khalid Kishtainy, 93, Iraqi writer and satirist.
• Totto Osvold, 81, Norwegian radio broadcaster (NRK).
• John Regala, 55, Filipino actor (That's Entertainment, The Fatima Buen Story, Batas Ko Ay Bala), complications from cirrhosis.
• Mario Sábato, 78, Argentine film director (Y que patatín...y que patatán, Los golpes bajos, The Power of Darkness) and screenwriter.
• Michael Sheehan, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Lubbock (1983–1993) and archbishop of Santa Fe (1993–2015).
• Josser Watling, 98, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).

2

• Natasha Al-Maani, 64, Jordanian artist.
• Muhammad Afsarul Ameen, 71, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 2009) and minister of primary and mass education (2008–2013), lung cancer.
• Bob Bolin, 84, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers).
• Jean-Camille DeGrâce, 81, Canadian educator and politician, New Brunswick MLA (1995–1999).
• Nitin Gopi, 39, Indian actor and television director (Hara Hara Mahadeva, Tamil Kadavul Murugan), heart attack.
• Michail Kostarakos, 67, Greek military officer, chief of the general staff (2011–2015) and chairman of the European Union Military Committee (2015–2018).
• Willie Marshall, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (Hershey Bears, Toronto Maple Leafs, Baltimore Clippers).
• Bob Menne, 81, American golfer.
• Achille Ottaviani, 72, Italian journalist and politician, senator (1992–1994).
• Marcus Plantin, 77, British television producer and director (The Two Ronnies, The Two of Us). (death announced on this date)
• George Riddle, 86, American actor (Simon, Arthur, Little Manhattan).
• Jacques Rozier, 96, French film director (Adieu Philippine, Du Cote D'Orouet, Maine-Ocean Express) and screenwriter.
• Kaija Saariaho, 70, Finnish composer (Petals, La Passion de Simone, D'Om le Vrai Sens), glioblastoma.
• Reno Salvail, 75, Canadian artist, photographer, and author.
• Beverly Shade, 87, American professional wrestler, complications from lung cancer.
• Yukiko Takayama, 83, Japanese screenwriter (Terror of Mechagodzilla, Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo, Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac).

1

• Billy Ray Adams, 84, American football player (Ole Miss Rebels).
• Ronald L. Baker, 85, American folklorist.
• Michael Batayeh, 52, American actor (Breaking Bad, American Dreamz, AmericanEast), heart attack.
• Anatoly Bolshakov, 92, Russian politician, member of the Soviet of Nationalities (1979–1989).
• Margit Carstensen, 83, German actress (The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Martha, Possession).
• Pacho El Antifeka, 42, Puerto Rican rapper, shot.
• Gerhart Hecker, 89, Hungarian Olympic runner (1960).
• David Jones, 83, British athlete, Olympic bronze medallist (1960).
• Grégor Marchand, 55, French academic and archeologist.
• Jim Melchert, 92, American artist.
• Pedro Messone, 88, Chilean singer, composer and actor.
• Philippe Pozzo di Borgo, 72, French businessman (Pommery), subject of The Intouchables.
• Robert Rigot, 93, French sculptor.
• Anna Shay, 62, Japanese-born American socialite, businesswoman and television personality (Bling Empire), stroke.
• Roger Squires, 91, British crossword compiler.
• John Sullivan, 82, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, New York Mets) and coach (Toronto Blue Jays).
• Cynthia Weil, 82, American Hall of Fame songwriter ("You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "Here You Come Again", "Somewhere Out There"), Grammy winner (1988).

Previous months

• Deaths in January 2023
• Deaths in February 2023
• Deaths in March 2023
• Deaths in April 2023
• Deaths in May 2023

External links

• The Guardian (UK) obituaries
• The Telegraph (UK) obituaries
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, obituaries
• The Washington Post obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) obituaries