Deaths in 2022

The following notable deaths occurred in 2022. 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

14

13

• Herbert Achternbusch, 83, German film director (Hades, Der Neger Erwin, The Ghost), writer, and painter. (death announced on this date)
• CPO Boss Hogg, 52, American rapper. (death announced on this date)
• Eugen Fedorchenko [uk], 75, Ukrainian actor.
• Larry Forgy, 82, American politician.
• Arturo Frei Bolívar, 82, Chilean politician, deputy (1969–1973) and senator (1990–1998).
• Donald Gurnett [de], 81, American space physicist.
• Chiara Samugheo, 86, Italian photographer.
• Terry Teachout, 65, American playwright and critic (The Wall Street Journal).

12

• Christopher Alao-Akala, 71, Nigerian politician, governor of Oyo State (2006, 2007–2011).
• Luis Castañeda, 76, Peruvian politician and lawyer, mayor of Lima (2003–2010, 2015–2018), cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Harris Chowdhury, 67–68, Bangladeshi politician, complications from COVID-19. (death announced on this date)
• Valeriy Gorbach, 53, Tajik footballer (Fakel Voronezh, Lokomotiv Liski, national team), heart failure. (death announced on this date)
• Jan Einar Greve, 88, Norwegian lawyer.
• William Hogan, 84, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MHA (1989–1993).
• Stjepan Lamza, 81, Croatian footballer (Dinamo Zagreb, Châteauroux, Yugoslavia national team).
• Frank Moe, 56, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2005–2008), brain cancer.
• Chu Okongwu, 87, Nigerian economist and politician, minister of finance (1986–1990).
• Iraj Pezeshkzad, 94, Iranian writer (My Uncle Napoleon).
• Waiphot Phetsuphan, 79, Thai luk thung singer.
• Stephen H. Sachs, 87, American politician, attorney general of Maryland (1979–1987).
• Shebby Singh, 61, Malaysian footballer (Johor, Kuala Lumpur, national team), heart attack.
• Ronnie Spector, 78, American Hall of Fame singer (The Ronettes), cancer.
• Waheed Al Sunbati [ar], Egyptian actor.
• Taffy Thomas, 76, Welsh jockey.
• George O. Wood, 80, American Pentecostal minister, general superintendent of the Assemblies of God USA (2007–2017), cancer.
• J. Robert Wright, 85, American priest and church historian.

11

• Anatoly Alyabyev, 70, Russian biathlete, Olympic champion (1980 individual, 1980 relay), COVID-19.
• Bruce Anderson, American guitarist (MX-80).
• Clyde Bellecourt, 85, American civil rights activist, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, cancer.
• Jana Bennett, 66, American-born British media executive, brain cancer.
• Manglu Charan Biswal, 86, Indian playwright and writer (Bhukha).
• Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık, 27, Turkish footballer (Galatasaray, Konyaspor, national team), traffic collision.
• Martin Carrizo [es], 50, Argentine drummer (A.N.I.M.A.L., Gustavo Cerati, Indio Solari), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Mihir Das, 62, Indian actor (To Bina Bhala Lagena, Dream Girl, Tu Mo Love Story).
• Razmik Davoyan, 81, Armenian poet.
• Francesco Focardi, 72, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, vicar apostolic of Camiri (2009–2017).
• Richard Folmer, 79, American actor (The St. Tammany Miracle, Mad Money, Straw Dogs).
• Vince Fontaine, 60, Canadian musician (Eagle & Hawk, Indian City), heart attack.
• Rosa Lee Hawkins, 77, American singer (The Dixie Cups), complications from surgery.
• Rekha Kamat, 89, Indian actress (Bhoot, Aga Bai Arrecha!, Hawaa Hawaai).
• Juhan Lepasaar [et], 100, Estonian naturalist and writer.
• Duryodhan Majhi, 83, Indian politician, Odisha MLA (1990–2019).
• Abdillahi Nassir, 89, Kenyan Islamic scholar.
• Pang Chien-kuo, 68, Taiwanese politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (2002–2005), fall.
• Herman Rechberger [fi], 74, Austrian-born Finnish composer.
• Tim Rosaforte, 66, American golf writer (Sports Illustrated, Golf Digest) and broadcaster (ESPN), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Jordi Sabatés, 73, Spanish pianist.
• Guy Sajer, 94, French writer (The Forgotten Soldier) and cartoonist.
• Phil Samis, 94, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), Stanley Cup champion (1948).
• Nūr al-Dīn Ṣammūd [ar], 90, Tunisian author.
• David Sassoli, 65, Italian politician and journalist, member (since 2009) and president (since 2019) of the European Parliament, complications from multiple myeloma.
• Ernest Shonekan, 85, Nigerian politician, interim head of state (1993).
• Valentina Sorokina, 85, Russian politician, member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1971–1975).
• Don Sutherin, 85, American Hall of Fame Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders, Toronto Argonauts) and coach.

10

• Robert Allan Ackerman, 77, American film, television and theatre director, kidney failure.
• Rezo Amashukeli [ka], 85, Georgian poet.
• Johan Anuar, 56, Indonesian politician, regent of Ogan Komering Ulu (2021), cancer.
• Khalid Balti, 48–50, Pakistani militant commander, spokesman of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. (death announced on this date)
• Garry Bradbury, 61–62, British-born Australian electronic musician. (death announced on this date)
• Rose Beauchamp, 75, New Zealand puppeteer and pianist. (death announced on this date)
• Jan Ciechanowicz, 75, Lithuanian politician, member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1989–1991).
• Vladimir Dolgov, 61, Ukrainian swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1980), stomach cancer.
• Nicholas Donnelly, 83, British actor (Grange Hill, Venom, Lifeforce). (death announced on this date)
• Ciro Durán, 84, Colombian screenwriter and film director (Gamín).
• Robert Durst, 78, American real estate executive and convicted murderer, subject of The Jinx, cardiac arrest.
• Joyce Eliason, 87, American television writer and producer (The Jacksons: An American Dream, Titanic, A Loss of Innocence).
• Alfred Gager, 79, Austrian footballer (Austria Wien, Wacker Wien, national team).
• Lucian Giurchescu, 91, Romanian theatre director and manager. (death announced on this date)
• Ian Greenberg, 79, Canadian businessman, co-founder of Astral Media
• Brian Hannon, 85, Irish Anglican prelate, lord bishop of Clogher (1986–2001).
• Aura Herzog, 97, Israeli social activist, first lady (1983–1993) and founder of the Council for a Beautiful Israel.
• Francis Jackson, 104, British organist and composer.
• Khan Jamal, 75, American jazz vibraphonist, kidney failure.
• Glyn Jones, 85, English footballer (Sheffield United, Rotherham United, Mansfield Town). (death announced on this date)
• Friedrich Kurrent, 90, Austrian architect and author.
• Deon Lendore, 29, Trinidad and Tobago sprinter, Olympic bronze medallist (2012), traffic collision.
• Liu Xianping, 83, Chinese writer.
• Øystein Lønn, 85, Norwegian writer.
• Taskeen Manerwal, 71–72, Pakistani poet.
• Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este, 91, Italian aristocrat.
• Don Maynard, 86, American Hall of Fame football player (New York Titans / Jets, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals), Super Bowl champion (1969).
• Ali Mitgutsch, 86, German illustrator, pneumonia.
• Miguel Muñiz, 82, Spanish economist, president of Official Credit Institute (1986–1995) and director of Teatro Real (2004–2012).
• Chandrashekhar Patil, 82, Indian poet and playwright.
• Olavi Rinteenpää, 97, Finnish Olympic steeplechase runner (1952, 1956).
• Nils A. Røhne, 72, Norwegian politician, deputy MP (1997–2009).
• Burke Shelley, 71, Welsh bassist and vocalist (Budgie).
• Colin Slater, 87, English football commentator (BBC Radio Nottingham).
• Zhanat Suleimenov, 59, Kazakhstani military leader and politician, deputy minister of internal affairs (2017–2019), suicide.
• Silvia Tortora, 59, Italian journalist.
• Abdurrahman Vazirov, 91, Azerbaijani politician, leader of Azerbaijan SSR (1988–1990).
• Gary Waldhorn, 78, English actor (The Vicar of Dibley, Brush Strokes, All at No 20).

9

• Jim Bakhtiar, 88, Iranian-born American college football player (Virginia Cavaliers).
• Harley Balic, 25, Australian footballer (Fremantle, Melbourne).
• Bill Boomer, 84, American swim coach.
• Valentina Boscardin, 18, Brazilian model, COVID-19.
• Viktor Chakrygin, 37, Russian footballer (Dynamo Makhachkala, Zenit Penza, Anzhi Makhachkala).
• Michael Joe Cosgrave, 83, Irish politician, TD (1981–1992, 1997–2002).
• Fiona Denison, 51–52, Scottish academic, COVID-19.
• Shakuntala Devi, 90, Indian politician, MP (1957–1967).
• Wael Elebrashy [ar], 58, Egyptian journalist and television presenter, COVID-19.
• Maria Ewing, 71, American opera singer.
• Tahani al-Gebali, 71, Egyptian judge, vice president of the supreme constitutional court (2003–2012), COVID-19.
• Dwayne Hickman, 87, American actor (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Bob Cummings Show, Cat Ballou) and television director, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Akira Inoue, 93, Japanese film director (Zatoichi's Revenge, Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess, Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict), stroke and pneumonia.
• Toshiki Kaifu, 91, Japanese politician, prime minister (1989–1991).
• Roman Karpyuk, 57, Ukrainian teacher and politician, member (since 2010) and deputy chairman (since 2014) of the Volyn Oblast Council.
• Abdelkrim Kerroum, 85, Algerian footballer (FC Sète 34, Troyes, national team).
• Dušan Klein [cs], 82, Czech film director and screenwriter (How the World Is Losing Poets, How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions, How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives).
• Jean Maheu, 90, French government official, president of the Centre Pompidou (1983–1989), président-directeur général of Radio France (1989–1995).
• Colin A. Moore, 80, Guyanan-American attorney and civil rights advocate.
• James Mtume, 76, American musician (Mtume) and songwriter ("Juicy Fruit", "The Closer I Get to You").
• Brandon Murphy, 43, American screenwriter (Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard).
• Nguyễn Côn, 105, Vietnamese politician, deputy prime minister (1967–1976).
• Giacomo Properzj, 82, Italian politician, president of the Province of Milan (1990–1992).
• Bob Saget, 65, American comedian, television presenter (America's Funniest Home Videos) and actor (Full House, How I Met Your Mother).
• Bob Shearer, 73, Australian golfer and golf course architect, heart attack.

8

• Baktash Abtin, 48, Iranian poet and filmmaker, complications from COVID-19.
• Ramesh Babu, 56, Indian film producer (Arjun, Athidhi) and actor (Mugguru Kodukulu), liver disease.
• Eddie Basinski, 99, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Portland Beavers).
• Marilyn Bergman, 93, American Hall of Fame songwriter ("The Way We Were", "The Windmills of Your Mind", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"), Oscar winner (1969, 1974, 1984), respiratory failure.
• Hanef Bhamjee, 75–76, South African-British anti-apartheid activist.
• Lourdes Castro, 91, Portuguese abstract artist.
• Guy Cavagnac, 87, French filmmaker.
• José Curiel, 84, Venezuelan politician, governor of Falcón (1996–2000).
• Robin Fernando, 84, Sri Lankan actor (Veera Puran Appu, Saptha Kanya, Kolompoor), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Mike Gore, 87, British-born Australian physicist.
• Frank Hasenfratz, 86, Hungarian-born Canadian businessman (Linamar).
• Andrew Jennings, 78, British investigative journalist, aortic aneurysm.
• Ramdas Kamat, 90, Indian musician and actor.
• Attila Kelemen, 73, Romanian politician, deputy (1996–2016) and MEP (2007).
• Michael Lang, 77, American concert producer, co-creator of Woodstock, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
• Aleksandr Lebedev-Frontov, 61, Russian painter, collagist, and musician.
• Viktor Mazin, 67, Russian weightlifter, Olympic champion (1980).
• Jaime Ostos, 90, Spanish bullfighter, heart attack.
• Michael Parks, 78, American journalist and editor (The Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun), heart attack and kidney failure.
• Carmelo Pujia, 94, Italian politician, president of the Province of Catanzaro (1970–1975) and deputy (1983–1994).
• Nina Rocheva, 73, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic silver medallist (1980).
• Stanislav Rudolf [cs], 89, Czech writer, screenwriter and dramaturge.
• Hiranmay Sen Gupta, 87, Bangladeshi nuclear physicist, member of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.
• Sinan Al Shabibi, 80, Iraqi economist, governor of the central bank (2003–2012).
• Sornphet Sornsuphan, 73, Thai luk thung singer.
• Manfred Srb, 80, Austrian politician, MP (1986–1994).
• Kazuo Takahashi, 91, Japanese politician, governor of Yamagata Prefecture (1993–2005).
• Keith Todd, 80, Welsh footballer (Swansea Town, Pembroke Borough).
• Kwasi Wiredu, 90, Ghanaian philosopher. (death announced on this date)
• Vladimir Zaiciuc, 84, Moldovan actor.

7

• Amanda Asay, 33, Canadian baseball player (national team), injuries sustained in skiing accident.
• Ishmael Ashitey, 67, Ghanaian politician, MP (1997–2009).
• Stéphane Blet, 52, French classical pianist and composer, fall.
• Laurence Boissier, 56, Swiss writer and artist.
• Dee Booher, 73, American professional wrestler (GLOW) and actress (Brainsmasher... A Love Story, Spaceballs).
• Edward Bozek, 71, American Olympic fencer (1972, 1976).
• Harpdog Brown, 59, Canadian blues musician.
• Koady Chaisson, 37, Canadian musician (The East Pointers).
• Tom Corston, 72, Canadian Anglican prelate, bishop of Moosonee (2010–2013), cancer.
• Gerson da Cunha, 92, Indian actor (Electric Moon, Cotton Mary, Water).
• Marc Dé Hugar, 52, Australian glam metal guitarist (Candy Harlots, The Screaming Tribesmen).
• Jack Dromey, 73, British politician, MP (since 2010).
• José Évrard, 76, French politician, deputy (since 2017), COVID-19.
• Mark Forest, 89, American bodybuilder and actor (Goliath and the Dragon).
• Stewart Gilray, 51, Scottish video game developer, founder of Just Add Water, COVID-19.
• Lani Guinier, 71, American civil rights theorist.
• Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside, 90, British politician, MP (1970–1997) and chair of the Anti-Apartheid Movement (1976–1995).
• Anatoly Kvashnin, 75, Russian military officer, chief of the general staff (1997–2004), COVID-19.
• Francisco Laína, 85, Spanish politician.
• Liu Siqi, 91, Chinese public figure.
• Raymond Malenfant, 91, Canadian businessman.
• Ruby Moscoso de Young, 80, Panamanian politician, first lady (1999–2004).
• Luis Pareto González, 93, Chilean politician, three-time member and president (1973, 2001–2002) of the Chamber of Deputies.
• François Perigot, 95, French businessman and trade unionist, president of BusinessEurope (1988–1998) and CNPF (1986–1994).
• Jimmy Smith, 91, English footballer (Chelsea, Leyton Orient).
• Jorge Sotomayor Tello, 79, Peruvian-born Brazilian mathematician.
• John Swantek, 88, American Polish Catholic prelate, prime bishop (1985–2002).
• Alexander Timofeevskiy [ru], 88, Russian writer, songwriter and screenwriter (The Stone Flower).
• Vitaliano Trevisan, 61, Italian writer, playwright, and actor (First Love, Riparo).
• Eberhard Zeidler, 95, German-born Canadian architect.

6

• Maha Abou Ouf, 65, Egyptian actress (From A to B, The Blue Elephant 2).
• Peter Bogdanovich, 82, American film director (The Last Picture Show, What's Up, Doc?, Paper Moon), actor and writer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• José Cardoso Dutra, 84, Brazilian politician, deputy (1987–1995), cardiac arrest.
• Maria Victoria Carpio-Bernido, 60, Filipino physicist, colon cancer.
• Marian Coveny, 67, Canadian ice hockey player (national team), pancreatic cancer.
• Bob Falkenburg, 95, American Hall of Fame tennis player and businessman, founder of Bob's.
• Miranda Fryer, 34, Australian actress (Neighbours).
• Vladimir Gudev, 81, Russian diplomat, Soviet ambassador to Iran (1987–1993), Egypt (1995–2000) and Georgia (2000–2002).
• Larry Haylor, 76, Canadian football coach (Western Ontario Mustangs), heart attack.
• Barbara Jacket, 87, American track and field coach (Prairie View A&M) and athletic director.
• F. Sionil José, 97, Filipino writer (Po-on, Sin, Three Filipino Women).
• Maria Klenskaja, 70, Estonian actress (Autumn, Rahu tänav, Vana daami visiit).
• Mariano Laurenti, 92, Italian film director (Ubalda, All Naked and Warm, The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High, How to Seduce Your Teacher) and actor.
• Jo Manning, 98, Canadian etcher, painter and author, euthanasia.
• Carlo Meliciani, 92, Italian operatic baritone.
• Rómulo Méndez, 83, Guatemalan football referee.
• Volodymyr Pak, 87, Ukrainian politician, deputy (2005–2006).
• Murray Peden, 98, Canadian Air Force pilot and author.
• Gloria Piedimonte, 66, Italian actress (The Face with Two Left Feet), singer and dancer (Discoring), complications from COVID-19.
• Sidney Poitier, 94, Bahamian-American actor (In the Heat of the Night, Lilies of the Field, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), film director, and activist, Oscar winner (1963).
• Calvin Simon, 79, American Hall of Fame singer (Parliament-Funkadelic).
• Yoram Taharlev, 83, Israeli songwriter and poet.
• Michael Wilmington, 75, American film critic (The Chicago Tribune).
• Clive Zanda, 82, Trinidad and Tobago jazz musician and architect, complications from diabetes.
• Zhang Jiqing, 83, Chinese Kunqu artist.

5

• Josephine Abercrombie, 95, American horse breeder.
• Francisco Álvarez Martínez, 96, Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, bishop of Tarazona (1973–1976) and Orihuela-Alicante (1989–1995), archbishop of Toledo (1995–2002).
• Enrico Berti, 86, Italian philosopher.
• Robert Blust, 81, American linguist, cancer.
• Lawrence Brooks, 112, American supercentenarian, nation's oldest living man and oldest WWII veteran.
• Bill Bryden, 79, Scottish theatre and film director.
• Dale Clevenger, 81, American horn player, Grammy winner (1994, 2001), complications from Waldenstrom's disease.
• Antoni Dalmau, 70, Spanish politician and writer, member of the Catalan parliament (1988–1999) and president of the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona (1982–1987).
• Alyaksandr Fyedarovich, 48, Belarusian football player (BATE Borisov, Dnepr Mogilev, Naftan Novopolotsk) and coach.
• Ivor Herbert, 96, British racehorse trainer and journalist.
• Mohamed Hilmi, 90, Algerian film director and actor.
• Filza Khamidullin, 86, Russian economist and politician, senator (2003–2005).
• Kim Mi-soo, 29, South Korean actress (Hi Bye, Mama!, The School Nurse Files, Snowdrop).
• Jack Kissane, 92, Irish Gaelic footballer (Galway) and brigadier general.
• Saleh Al-Luhaidan, 89, Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar.
• Marian Machowski, 89, Polish footballer (Wisła Kraków, national team).
• Ralph Neely, 78, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), Super Bowl champion (1972, 1978).
• Neil Nongkynrih, 51, Indian pianist, founder of Shillong Chamber Choir.
• Anatole Novak, 84, French road bicycle racer.
• Siiri Perälä, 28, Finnish futsal player, B-cell lymphoma.
• Aiyappan Pillai, 107, Indian lawyer and politician, heart disease.
• Greg Robinson, 70, American football coach (Syracuse University, UCLA Bruins, Denver Broncos), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• George Rossi, 60, Scottish actor (The Bill, Roughnecks, The Singing Detective).
• Shahid Uddin Ahmed Selim, 69, Bangladeshi footballer (Brothers Union, national team), oral cancer.
• Mircea Stoenescu, 78, Romanian footballer (Dinamo București) and referee.
• Arnljot Strømme Svendsen, 100, Norwegian economist, politician, and writer.
• Olga Szabó-Orbán, 83, Romanian fencer, Olympic silver medallist (1956).

4

• Rolf-Dieter Amend, 72, German slalom canoeist, Olympic champion (1972).
• Leanne Armand, 53, Australian marine scientist.
• Javier Astúa, 53, Costa Rican footballer (Puntarenas, Palestino, national team), heart disease.
• Michael Billen, 66, German politician, member of the Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag (1996–2020), leukemia.
• Ross Browner, 67, American Hall of Fame football player (Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers), COVID-19.
• David Carpenter, 86, English cricketer (Gloucestershire).
• Hilton Cheong-Leen, 99, Hong Kong politician, member (1957–1991) and chairman (1983–1986) of the Urban Council, member of the Legislative Council (1973–1979, 1985–1988).
• Joan Copeland, 99, American actress (Search for Tomorrow, Brother Bear, The Peacemaker).
• Jim Corsi, 60, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros), cancer.
• Jessie Daniels, 58, American R&B singer (Force MDs).
• William M. Ellinghaus, 99, American business executive, president of AT&T (1979–1984).
• Julio Ferrer, 68, Puerto Rican Olympic sprinter (1976).
• Max Fordham, 88, British engineer.
• Josh Gelman, 62, American television producer (48 Hours), cancer.
• Aranka Goijert, 80, Dutch politician, senator (2007–2011).
• Percy Hobson, 79, Australian high jumper, British Empire and Commonwealth Games gold medallist (1962).
• William Terrell Hodges, 87, American jurist, judge for the U.S. District Court for Middle Florida (since 1971).
• Jaakko Jonkka, 68, Finnish jurist, chancellor of justice (2007–2018).
• Kevin Kalkhoven, 77, Australian telecom (JDS Uniphase) and motorsport (Champ Car World Series) executive and motor racing team owner (KV Racing Technology).
• Anatoliy Kuksov, 72, Ukrainian football player (Zorya Luhansk, Soviet Union national team) and coach (Hirnyk Rovenky), Olympic bronze medallist (1972).
• Russell Lees, 64, American-born Canadian playwright and video game screenwriter (Assassin's Creed, Far Cry New Dawn, Watch Dogs 2), heart attack.
• Valentine Ligny [fr], 115, French supercentenarian, world's sixth oldest person.
• Carl Linhart, 92, Czechoslovakian-born American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
• Tommy Matchick, 78, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers), World Series champion (1968), complications from COVID-19.
• María Mérida [es], 96, Spanish folk singer.
• Andreas Michalopoulos, 73, Greek footballer (Panachaiki, national team).
• Irma Mico, 107, Austro-Hungarian-born French resistance fighter.
• Andrzej Nowak [pl], 62, Polish guitarist (TSA), composer and music producer.
• Henny Orri [nl], 96, Dutch actress (Puppet on a Chain, Dokter Pulder zaait papavers).
• Darryl Owens, 84, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (2005–2019).
• Edward B. Rasmuson, 81, American philanthropist and banking executive, president of National Bank of Alaska, brain cancer.
• Craig Ruddy, 53, Australian artist, COVID-19.
• Sindhutai Sapkal, 73, Indian social worker, heart attack.
• Darwin Semotiuk, 76, Canadian football coach (Western Mustangs) and basketball player (national team).
• Stelios Serafidis, 86, Greek football player (AEK Athens, national team) and coach, cancer.
• Keishu Tanaka, 83, Japanese politician, minister of justice (2012) and three-time MP.
• Joan Vinyals [es], 63, Spanish guitarist, musical producer and composer, COVID-19.

3

• Oussou Konan Anicet, 32, Ivorian footballer (Makkasa, HJK, Nam Dinh), poisoned.
• Odell Barry, 80, American football player (Denver Broncos) and politician, mayor of Northglenn, Colorado (1980–1982), heart disease.
• Egle Becchi, 91, Italian pedagogist, historian and academic.
• Mordechai Ben-Porat, 98, Israeli politician, MK (1965–1984).
• Igor Bogdanoff, 72, French television presenter and academic fraudster (Bogdanov affair), COVID-19.
• Gina Cabrera, 93, Cuban actress (The White Rose, Star Without Light).
• Gianni Celati, 84, Italian writer and translator, complications from a broken hip.
• Daniel Colliard, 91, French politician, deputy (1993–1997).
• Delgamuukw, 85, Canadian indigenous leader and campaigner (Delgamuukw v British Columbia).
• Olga Gavrilova, 64, Russian javelin thrower.
• Nancy B. Jackson, 65, American chemist.
• Ulysses Kokkinos, 73, Turkish-born Australian footballer (South Melbourne Hellas, Melbourne Juventus).
• Mario Lanfranchi, 94, Italian film director (Death Sentence, Merciless Man, The Mistress Is Served) and screenwriter.
• Kamel Lemoui, 82, Algerian football player (Béziers, MC Alger) and manager (national team), COVID-19.
• Jud Logan, 62, American four-time Olympic hammer thrower, complications from COVID-19.
• Zbigniew Łój, 76, Polish Olympic field hockey player (1972).
• Adam Maldzis, 89, Belarusian historian and literary critic.
• Tu'u Maori, 33, New Zealand-born Papua New Guinean rugby league player (national team), motor neurone disease.
• Beatrice Mintz, 100, American embryologist.
• Silvino Adolfo Morais, 65, East Timorese politician, MNP (since 2018), complications from a heart attack.
• Viktor Saneyev, 76, Georgian triple jumper, Olympic champion (1968, 1972, 1976).
• S. H. Sarma, 99, Indian vice admiral, FOCEF (1971–1973) and commandant of the National Defence College (1975–1977).
• Richard Sinnott, 74, Irish academic, political commentator and broadcaster.
• Claude Taittinger, 94, French businessman, director of Taittinger.
• Bashir Tofa, 74, Nigerian politician, MP (1977–1979).
• Jay Wolpert, 79, American television producer (The Price Is Right) and screenwriter (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Count of Monte Cristo), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Zheng Min, 101, Chinese poet.
• Vladan Živković, 80, Serbian actor (England Made Me, Cross of Iron, A Tight Spot).

2

• Saliu Adetunji, 93, Nigerian traditional ruler, Olubadan of Ibadan (since 2016).
• Juan Manuel Albendea Pabón, 84, Spanish economist, bullfighting critic, and politician, deputy (1996–2015).
• Ana Bejerano [es], 60, Spanish singer (Mocedades).
• Larry Biittner, 75, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Washington Senators/Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos), cancer.
• Jean-Guy Couture, 92, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Chicoutimi (1979–2004).
• Edward J. Cowan, 77, Scottish historian, lung cancer.
• Da Hoss, 30, American racehorse.
• Karl Clauss Dietel [de], 87, German product designer.
• John Efford, 77, Canadian politician, MP (2002–2006) and Newfoundland and Labrador MHA (1985–2001).
• Nindy Ellesse [id], 54, Indonesian singer, actress and TV presenter.
• Eric Walter Elst, 85, Belgian astronomer.
• Jody Gibson, 64, American convicted procurer.
• Bob Halloran, 87, American sportscaster (CBS Sports).
• Jens Jørgen Hansen, 82, Danish football player (Esbjerg fB, national team) and manager.
• Karl Homole, 80, Austrian politician.
• Jarmo Jääskeläinen, 84, Finnish journalist and documentary filmmaker.
• Jorma Katrama, 85, Finnish double bassist.
• Kenny J, 69, Trinidad and Tobago calypsonian and soca parang singer, COVID-19.
• Strong Kobayashi [ja], 81, Japanese professional wrestler.
• Richard Leakey, 77, Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician, co-founder of Safina and WildlifeDirect.
• Mario Macalli [it], 84, Italian football administrator.
• Maharram Mammadyarov, 97, Azerbaijani chemist, member of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.
• Francisco Xavier Marques [de], 59, East Timorese politician, complications from Guillain–Barré syndrome.
• Abd al-Mawla Naqi, 90, Libyan politician, deputy (1960–1964).
• Hamish More, 81, Scottish cricketer (national team).
• Ion Niculiță, 82, Moldovan archaeologist.
• Charles Njonjo, 101, Kenyan jurist, attorney general (1963–1973), minister of justice (1978–1982) and MP (1980–1983), pneumonia.
• John Quinn, 67, British legal adviser, attorney general of the Isle of Man (since 2017).
• Basti Vaman Shenoy, 87, Indian writer and political activist, founder of World Konkani Centre.
• R. N. Singh, 74, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLC (since 2016), heart disease.
• Joan Soler i Amigó, 80, Spanish pedagogue and writer.
• Traxamillion, 42, American hip hop producer, cancer.
• Viktor Vrabec [cs], 80, Czech actor (Babičky dobíjejte přesně!).
• Jay Weaver, 42, American bassist (Big Daddy Weave), COVID-19.
• Karl Witti [de], 74, German designer and painter.
• Zhou Xiaofeng, 57, Chinese entrepreneur and politician, member of the National People's Congress (2008–2012).

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• Ramiz Abutalibov [ru], 84, Azerbaijani diplomat and historian.
• Paul Adegboyega Olawoore, 60, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor bishop (2018–2019) and bishop (since 2019) of Ilorin.
• Edna Brown, 81, American politician, member of the Ohio Senate (2011–2018) and House of Representatives (2002–2010).
• Gary Burgess, 46, British broadcaster (ITV Channel Television), cancer.
• Barbara Chilcott, 99, Canadian actress (The Full Treatment, The Trap, M. Butterfly).
• Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr., 92, American jurist, judge for the U.S. District Court for Western Pennsylvania (since 1976), complications from a stroke.
• Nick Colionne, American jazz guitarist.
• Francesco Forte, 92, Italian politician, economist and academic, MP (1979–1994), minister of European affairs (1983–1986) and of finance (1982–1983).
• Richard Freed, 93, American music critic, heart attack.
• Sir Victor Garland, 87, Australian politician and diplomat, MP (1969–1981) and high commissioner to the United Kingdom (1981–1983).
• Gergely Homonnay, 46, Hungarian writer, journalist and LGBTQ activist.
• Arnold Jeter, 82, American college football coach (Delaware State, New Jersey City).
• Max Julien, 88, American actor (The Mack, Getting Straight) and screenwriter (Cleopatra Jones).
• Andreas Kunz, 75, German Nordic combined competitor, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
• Roger-Xavier Lantéri, 91, French journalist.
• Bob Leamy, 87, New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Rarotonga (1984–1996).
• Mighty Bomber, 93, Grenadian-born Trinidad and Tobago calypsonian.
• Teresa Mota [pt], 81, Portuguese actress.
• Anthony Obi, 69, Nigerian politician, military administrator of Osun State (1996–1998).
• Pierre Parsus, 100, French painter and illustrator.
• Dan Reeves, 77, American football player (Dallas Cowboys) and coach (Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons), Super Bowl champion (1972), complications from dementia.
• Calisto Tanzi, 83, Italian food industry executive and convicted fraudster, founder of Parmalat and owner of Parma Calcio (1989–2003), lung infection.
• Jean-Charles Terrassier, 81, French psychologist.
• Jim Toy, 91, American LGBTQ activist.
• Xu Xingchu, 87, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.