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.

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• Aïcha Chenna, 81, Moroccan social worker and women's rights activist.
• Aryadan Muhammed, 87, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (1977–2016).
• Igor Varlamov, 51, Russian footballer (Torpedo Vladimir, Tyumen, Spartak Nalchik).
• Oleksii Zhuravko, 48, Ukrainian-Russian politician, people's deputy (2006–2012), airstrike.

24

• Hudson Austin, 84, Grenadian military officer, chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council (1983).
• Bill Blaikie, 71, Canadian politician, MP (1979–2008) and Manitoba MLA (2009–2011), cancer.
• Andon Boshkovski, 47, Macedonian handball coach (HC Rabotnichki, RK Eurofarm Rabotnik, Georgia national team).
• Chris Davidson, 45, Australian surfer, head injury.
• Marie-Louise Fort, 71, French politician, deputy (2007–2017), mayor of Sens (2001–2008, since 2014).
• Rahim Nawaz, 84, Bangladeshi film director (Moner Moto Bou) and producer.
• Pavel Pervushin, 75, Russian heavyweight weightlifter, 110kg world champion (1973).
• Pharoah Sanders, 81, American jazz saxophonist.
• Valentin Senyushkin [ru], 85, Russian ice hockey player (CSKA Moscow, SKA Leningrad) and coach (Legia Warsaw).
• Sali Shijaku [sq], 89, Albanian painter.
• Amin Tarokh, 69, Iranian actor (Mother, Sara, Aghazadeh), heart disease.

23

• Carlos Balá, 97, Argentine actor (My Family's Beautiful!) and comedian, heart failure.
• Jamie Brannen, 47, Canadian curler.
• Marut Bunnag, 98, Thai politician, speaker of the House of Representatives (1992–1995).
• Boris Dobrodeev, 95, Russian screenwriter (The First Teacher, Particularly Important Task, Recollections of Pavlovsk).
• Louise Fletcher, 88, American actress (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Brainstorm), Oscar winner (1976).
• Giuliano Fortunato, 82, Italian footballer (Triestina, Milan, Lazio).
• Bill Fulcher, 88, American football player (Washington Redskins) and coach (Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Tampa Spartans).
• Igor Gorbunov, 81, Russian politician.
• Vladimir Krasnopolskiy, 89, Russian film director (The Slowest Train, Not Under the Jurisdiction, Eternal Call), screenwriter and producer.
• Bob Lokman [ms], 58, Malaysian lyricist and actor (Iskandar).
• Zeynettin Maraş [tr], 95, Turkish composer.
• Vladimir Petercă, 78, Romanian Roman Catholic theologian.
• Franciszek Pieczka, 94, Polish actor (Four Tank-Men and a Dog, The Deluge, Quo Vadis).
• Elena Prorokova [ru], 74, Russian animator.
• Jim Sheridan, 69, British politician, MP (2001–2015).
• Willy Soemita, 86, Surinamese politician, deputy vice president (1988–1990).
• Starman, 47, Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL).

22

• Stu Allan, 60, British dance music DJ (Clock) and record producer, stomach cancer.
• István Aranyos, 80, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (1964, 1968).
• Dave Barrow, 75, Canadian politician, mayor of Richmond Hill (2006–2021).
• Dmitriy Besov [ru], 98, Russian football coach.
• Donald M. Blinken, 96, American diplomat, ambassador to Hungary (1994–1997).
• François Bott, 87, French novelist and journalist, founder of Le Nouveau Magazine Littéraire.
• Marc Danval, 85, Belgian journalist and writer.
• Jorge Fons, 83, Mexican film director (Los Cachorros, Fé, Esperanza y Caridad, The Bricklayers).
• Tim Hankinson, 67, American soccer coach (Oglethorpe University, Indy Eleven, Chattanooga Red Wolves).
• John Hartman, 72, American Hall of Fame drummer (The Doobie Brothers). (death announced on this date)
• Rainer Keller, 56, German politician, MP (since 2021).
• Humayun Khan, 90, Pakistani diplomat and politician, foreign secretary (1988–1989).
• Dame Hilary Mantel, 70, British author (Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, The Mirror & the Light), Booker Prize winner (2009, 2012), complications from a stroke.
• Nick Mumley, 85, American football player (New York Titans).
• Natalia Pozdnyakova, 66, Russian actress (The Prisoner of Château d'If, Police Academy: Mission to Moscow, Heads and Tails).
• Pal Singh Purewal, 90, Indian-Canadian scholar (Nanakshahi calendar).
• Ren Rongrong, 99, Chinese children's author and translator.
• Hesham Selim, 64, Egyptian actor, cancer.
• Mohamed Sheikh, Baron Sheikh, 81, British businessman and peer, member of the House of Lords (since 2006).
• Ladislav Švihran, 90, Belgian-born Slovak writer and translator.

21

• Mohd Adib Mohamad Adam, 81, Malaysian politician, chief minister of Malacca (1978–1982) and MP (1982–1990).
• Lydia Alfonsi, 94, Italian actress (Black Sabbath, The Strange Night, Open Doors).
• Tom Benner, 72, Canadian sculptor and painter.
• Roland Bulirsch, 89, German mathematician (Bulirsch–Stoer algorithm).
• Dean Caswell, 100, American World War II flying ace.
• Antonio Ceballos Atienza, 87, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1988–1993) and Cádiz y Ceuta (1993–2011), stroke.
• François Corteggiani, 69, French comics artist (Pif le chien, Pif Gadget).
• Bernhardt Edskes, 81, Dutch-Swiss organ builder.
• Jimmy Elder, 94, Scottish footballer (Portsmouth, Colchester United, Yeovil Town).
• Anton Fier, 66, American drummer (The Feelies, The Golden Palominos, Bob Mould), composer and producer.
• Anatoly Gerashchenko [ru], 72, Russian aviation scientist and academic, rector of the Moscow Aviation Institute (2007–2015), fall.
• John Hamblin, 87, English-born Australian television presenter (Play School) and actor (The Restless Years).
• Raymond Huguet, 84, French racing cyclist.
• Greg Lee, 70, American basketball player (UCLA Bruins, Portland Trail Blazers) and beach volleyball player, infection.
• Darrell Mudra, 93, American Hall of Fame college football coach (North Dakota State Bison, Arizona Wildcats, Eastern Illinois Panthers).
• Sedapatti Muthiah, 76, Indian politician, twice MP, member (1977–1989) and speaker (1991–1996) of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
• Paul-Emile Saadé, 89, Lebanese Maronite Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Antioch (1986–1999) and eparch of Batroun (1999–2011).
• Allan M. Siegal, 82, American newspaper editor (The New York Times).
• Raju Srivastav, 58, Indian actor (Bombay to Goa, Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya) and comedian (The Great Indian Laughter Challenge), complications from a heart attack.
• Kapil Narayan Tiwari, 93, Indian activist and politician, MLA (1977–1980).
• Tu Zhen, 88, Chinese translator.
• Tomasz Wołek, 74, Polish journalist and sports commentator.

20

• Oleg Alkajew [be], 69, Belarusian executioner.
• Émile Antonio, 94, French footballer (FC Sète, OGC Nice, Olympique Lyonnais).
• Choi U-geun, 96, South Korean businessman and politician, MNA (1976–1980).
• David C. Harrington, 68, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (2008–2011) and mayor of Bladensburg (1995–2002).
• Tanios El Khoury, 92, Lebanese Maronite Catholic prelate, eparch of Sidon (1996–2005).
• Andrei Mogilnikov [ru], 33, Russian bandy player.
• Tunç Oral [tr], 84, Turkish actor.
• Sergei Puskepalis, 56, Russian actor (Metro, How I Ended This Summer, Simple Things) and theatre director, traffic collision.
• Jamie Roy, 33, Scottish DJ and producer.
• Song Baorui, 84, Chinese politician, governor of Sichuan (1996–1999).
• Viktor Vladyushchenkov [ru], 70, Russian footballer (FC Volga, Spartak Moscow, Sports Club Rotor).

19

• Lija Brīdaka [lv], 90, Latvian poet.
• Dosyo Dosev [bg], 88, Bulgarian actor (Don Quixote Returns).
• Vernon Dvorak, 93, American meteorologist.
• Joseph Fiorenza, 91, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of San Angelo (1979–1984), bishop (1985–2004) and archbishop (2004–2006) of Galveston–Houston.
• David Foreman, 74, American environmentalist, co-founder of Earth First!.
• Rocco Fotia [it], 75, Italian footballer (Internapoli, Sampdoria, Mantova).
• Vladimir Golubev, 72, Russian football player (Zenit, Soviet Union national team) and manager.
• Benon Hardy [pl], 92, Polish musician and composer.
• John, 87, Canadian Orthodox prelate, metropolitan primate of the UOCC (2005–2010).
• Marilyn P. Johnson, 100, American diplomat, ambassador to Togo (1978–1981).^{[better source needed]}
• Thomas Jung, 64, German lawyer and politician, member of the Landtag of Brandenburg (2014–2019). (death announced on this date)
• Harry Langford, 92, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).
• Herb Lusk, 69, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles) and pastor.
• Shabsa Mashkautsan, 98, Romanian-born soldier, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
• Susan Menard, American politician, mayor of Woonsocket, Rhode Island (1995–2009). (body discovered on this date)
• Jaakko Numminen, 93, Finnish politician, minister of education (1970).
• Pak Yong-il, 56, North Korean politician, vice-chairman of the standing committee of the SPA (since 2019).
• Julien Rascagnères, 77, French rugby league player (XIII Catalan, Pia) and international referee.
• Virginio Rognoni, 98, Italian politician, minister of the interior (1978–1983), justice (1986–1987) and defence (1990–1992).
• Bishnu Sethi, 61, Indian writer and politician, Odisha MLA (2000–2004), kidney disease.
• Maury Wills, 89, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates) and manager (Seattle Mariners), World Series champion (1959, 1963, 1965).

18

• Azyumardi Azra, 67, Indonesian Islamic scholar, rector of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta (1998–2006).
• Mustafa Dağıstanlı, 91, Turkish freestyle wrestler, Olympic champion (1956, 1960).
• Kjell Espmark, 92, Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy (since 1981).
• Yakov Gorelnikov, 74, Kazakh actor and politician, deputy (1994–1995).
• Diane Guérin, 74, Canadian singer and actress (Sol et Gobelet).
• Elyakim Haetzni, 96, German-born Israeli lawyer, settlement activist and politician, MK (1988–1992).
• Nick Holonyak, 93, American engineer and inventor.
• Huang Nianlai, 82, Chinese mycologist and politician, member of the National People's Congress (1983–1993).
• Rashmi Jayagopal, 51, Indian actress (Swantham Sujatha).
• Martha Karagianni, 82, Greek actress (Something Is Burning, Kiss the Girls, Marijuana Stop!).
• Svetozar Saša Kovačević, 72, Serbian composer, music pedagogue and church organist.
• Ilona Kuśmierska [pl], 74, Polish actress (Lenin in Poland, Sami swoi, Nights and Days).
• Marcello Magni, 63, Italian actor (The Tudors, Pingu, Doctor Who).
• Carmen A. Miró, 103, Panamanian sociologist, statistician, and demographer.
• Teruyuki Noda [ja], 82, Japanese composer and music educator.
• Héctor Polino, 89, Argentine lawyer and politician, deputy (1993–2005).
• Nicolas Schindelholz, 34, Swiss footballer (Thun, Aarau, Luzern), lung cancer.
• Nishi Singh, 50, Indian actress (Qubool Hai, Tenali Rama).
• Wally Tatomir, 76, Canadian-born American ice hockey equipment manager (Carolina Hurricanes) and inventor.
• Cherry Valentine, 28, English drag queen (RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Cherry Valentine: Gypsy Queen and Proud).

17

• Meinhard Doelle, 68, German-born Canadian lawyer.
• Jim Frazier, 81, Australian inventor (Frazier lens) and cinematographer.
• José García Buitrón, 77, Spanish doctor and politician, senator (2015–2016).
• Mathias Feldges, 85, Swiss politician, member of the Executive Council of Basel-Stadt (1984–1997).
• Manikrao Hodlya Gavit, 87, Indian politician, MP (1980–2014).
• Kelsang Gyatso, 91, Tibetan Buddhist monk and meditation teacher, founder of New Kadampa Tradition.
• Hrafn Jökulsson, 56, Icelandic writer, journalist (Tíminn, Alþýðublaðið) and politician, MP (1995–1999), cancer.
• Mal Logan, 91, Australian geographer and university administrator, vice-chancellor and president of Monash University (1987–1996).
• Igor Maslennikov, 90, Russian film director (Sentimental Romance, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Winter Cherry).
• Vlado Milunić, 81, Yugoslav-born Czech architect (Dancing House).
• Louise O'Neal, 83, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach (Southern Connecticut Owls).
• Maria Grazia Pagano, 76, Italian politician, senator (1992–2006), MEP (2008–2009).
• Farida Saboundji [ar], 92, Algerian actress.
• Maarten Schmidt, 92, Dutch-born American astronomer (Kennicutt–Schmidt law), discoverer of the quasar.
• Anna Thynn, Marchioness of Bath, 78, Hungarian-born British actress (Therese and Isabelle, The House of the Missing Girls, Zeta One).

16

• Heinz Allenspach, 94, Swiss politician, MP (1979–1995).
• Mahsa Amini, 22, Iranian woman, subject of the Mahsa Amini protests.
• Allen Aylett, 88, Australian football player (North Melbourne) and administrator.
• Mark Bloch, 98, Russian linguist.
• Ronald Cohn, 78, American zoologist.
• Sergei Gorenko, 40, Russian politician and public prosecutor, explosion.
• Abul Hasnat, 82, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, MP (1990), twice minister of housing, mayor of Dhaka (1977–1982, 1990).
• Marva Hicks, 66, American singer and actress (Mad About You, One Life to Live, Star Trek: Voyager).
• Amedeo Matacena, 59, Italian shipowner, mobster and politician, deputy (1994–2001), heart attack.
• James Aubrey Parker, 85, American lawyer, judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico (since 1987).
• Haluk Pekşen, 61, Turkish lawyer and politician, MP (2015–2018).
• Raymundo Taco Sabio, 76, Filipino Roman Catholic priest, prefect of the Marshall Islands (2007–2017) and member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (since 1969).
• Hajrudin Saračević, 73, Bosnian football player (Željezničar) and manager (Bačka 1901).
• K. D. Shorey, 92, Indian film producer and screenwriter (Be-Reham).
• Luciano Vassallo, 87, Ethiopian football player (Asmara Calcio, national team) and manager (Cotton Factory Club).
• Stanisław Żytkowski, 74, Polish lawyer and politician, senator (1989–1991).

15

• Brian Binnie, 69, American commercial astronaut (SpaceShipOne flight 17P).
• Eddie Butler, 65, Welsh rugby union player (British & Irish Lions, Barbarian F.C., national team), commentator and journalist.
• Gopanarayan Das, 74, Indian advocate and politician, MLA, cardiac arrest.
• M. L. Pundhevanop Dhewakul, 69, Thai film director and screenwriter (Jan Dara: The Finale).
• Françoise Dupuy, 97, French dancer and choreographer.
• Jörg Faerber, 93, German conductor (Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn).
• Tibor Frank, 74, Hungarian historian, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
• Liam Holden, 68, Northern Irish victim of a miscarriage of justice.
• Sam Howe, 84, American squash player, complications from an infection.
• Ferdinandas Jakšys [lt], 85, Lithuanian actor and stage director.
• Axel Jodorowsky, 57, Mexican-French actor (Santa Sangre, The Dance of Reality).
• Saul Kripke, 81, American philosopher and logician.
• Werner Loewe, 81, German politician, member of the Hamburg Parliament (1978–1986). (death announced on this date)
• Diana Maggi, 97, Italian-born Argentine actress (Campeón a la fuerza, Nacha Regules, Una Ventana a la vida).
• Francescantonio Nolè, 74, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro (2000–2015) and archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano (since 2015).
• Maanu Paul, 83, New Zealand Māori leader.
• Fritz Pleitgen, 84, German journalist and author, director of WDR (1995–2007), president of the German Cancer Aid (2011–2021) and head of the EBU (2006–2008), pancreatic cancer.
• Radko Polič, 80, Slovenian actor (The Widowhood of Karolina Žašler, Balkan Express, Silent Gunpowder).
• Asad Rauf, 66, Pakistani cricket player (National Bank of Pakistan, Lahore) and umpire, cardiac arrest.
• Jeanne Renaud, 94, Canadian choreographer.
• Mykhailo Rodionov, 85, Ukrainian politician, people's deputy (2002–2006).
• Anatoliy Smirnov, 80, Russian politician.
• John Stearns, 71, American baseball player and coach (New York Mets), cancer.
• Svend Studsgaard, 75, Danish Olympic wrestler (1980).
• Samy Vellu, 86, Malaysian politician, minister of works (1979–1989, 1995–2008) and MP (1974–2008).

14

• David Andersson, 47, Swedish heavy metal guitarist (Soilwork, The Night Flight Orchestra). (death announced on this date)
• Cal Browning, 84, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Kevin M. Cahill, 86, American physician.
• Géza Csapó, 71, Hungarian canoeist, Olympic silver medallist (1976).
• Ken Douglas, 86, New Zealand trade unionist, president of the NZCTU (1987–1999).
• Henry Fuhrmann, 65, American newspaper editor (Los Angeles Times).
• Shah Moazzem Hossain, 83, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991–1995).
• Naresh Kumar, 93, Indian tennis player.
• Li Qiwan, 86–87, Chinese politician, member of the National People's Congress (1983–1988).
• Liu Yiin-Shang [zh], 84, Taiwanese actress (The Tag-Along).
• Robert P. Maginnis, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia (1996–2010).
• Louis-Michel Nourry, 76, French historian.
• Mariano Ondo, 23, Equatoguinean footballer (Cano Sport, Shkupi, national team), cardiac arrest.
• Dimitrios Pandermalis, 82, Greek archaeologist and curator (Acropolis Museum).
• Irene Papas, 93, Greek actress (Zorba the Greek, The Guns of Navarone, Z) and singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Park Byeong-yun, 81, South Korean politician, member of the National Assembly (2000–2004).
• Bill Pearl, 91, American bodybuilder.
• Rubén Placanica, 79, Argentine Olympic cyclist (1964), COVID-19.
• Jim Post, 82, American singer (Friend & Lover) and songwriter ("Reach Out of the Darkness").
• Jeff Pyle, 58, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2005–2021), kidney cancer.
• Yadollah Royaee, 90, Iranian poet.
• Paul Sartin, 51, English folk singer, musician (Bellowhead, Faustus, Belshazzar's Feast) and composer.
• Henry Silva, 95, American actor (Ocean's 11, The Manchurian Candidate, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai).
• Vladimir Sungorkin [ru], 68, Russian journalist and media manager.
• P. S. Thiruvengadam, 87, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (1977–1984, 1987–1991, 1996–2001).
• Michel Verschueren, 91, Belgian businessman and sporting director, manager of R.S.C. Anderlecht (1981–2003).
• Mária Wittner, 85, Hungarian revolutionary and politician, MP (2006–2014).

13

• Horacio Accavallo, 87, Argentine boxer, WBA flyweight champion (1966–1968).
• Jaswant Bakrania, 74, Indian cricketer (Saurashtra, Gujarat).
• Mark Belodubrovskiy [ru], 81, Russian composer.
• Heiderose Berroth, 75, German politician, member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (1996–2011).
• Fred Callaghan, 77, English football player (Fulham) and manager (Woking, Brentford).
• Jack Charles, 79, Australian actor (The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Blackfellas, Tom White) and musician, stroke.
• Bertha Espinoza Segura, 64, Mexican politician, deputy (since 2018), cancer.
• Sarah Ferguson, 80, Jersey politician.
• Fred Franzia, 79, American winemaker (Bronco Wine Company).
• Jean-Luc Godard, 91, French-Swiss film director (Breathless, Bande à part, Pierrot le Fou), screenwriter and critic, assisted suicide.
• Mieczysław Gogacz [pl], 95, Polish philosopher.
• Anatol Gugel [ro], 100, Moldovan poet, essayist and publicist.
• Brian Hewson, 89, English Olympic middle-distance runner (1956, 1960).
• N. M. Joseph, 78, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (1987–1991).
• Theophilos Kamberidis, 92, Greek politician, MP (1964–1967) and mayor of Katerini (1987–1990).
• Kostas Kazakos, 87, Greek actor (Act of Reprisal, Bullets don't come back, The Man with the Carnation).
• Tessa Keswick, 79, British policy analyst.
• Kornelije Kovač, 80, Serbian composer and musician (Korni Grupa, Indexi).
• Roxanne Lowit, 80, American fashion photographer.
• Grzegorz Matuszak, 81, Polish sociologist and politician, senator (2001–2005).
• Abderrahmane Mehdaoui, 72, Algerian footballer (WA Tlemcen, DRB Tadjenanet, national team).
• Giuseppe Pino [it], 82, Italian photographer.
• Jesse Powell, 51, American R&B singer ("All I Need", "I Wasn't with It", "You"), cardiac arrest.
• Jim Russell, 76, American journalist and radio producer, complications from a fall.
• Faisal Saif, 46, Indian film director (Jigyaasa, Main Hoon Part-Time Killer, Paanch Ghantey Mien Paanch Crore), multiple organ failure.
• Ken Starr, 76, American lawyer (Whitewater controversy), judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1983–1989) and solicitor general (1989–1993), complications from surgery.
• Suh Dae-sook, 90, North Korean biographer.
• Toshiko Taira, 101, Japanese textile artist.
• Pierre Tournier, 88, French football player (SO Montpellier, FC Rouen) and manager (US Saint-Malo).

12

• Harry Booth, 81, American college basketball and baseball coach (Saint Joseph's Hawks).
• Ken Brownlee, 87, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Third Lanark, Boksburg), heart failure.
• Radu Ciuceanu, 94, Romanian historian and politician, deputy (1990–1992, 2000–2004).
• Michael DeGroote, 89, Belgian-born Canadian businessman and philanthropist.
• Dennis East, 73, South African singer (Stingray), songwriter and record producer, stroke.
• Vadim Filimonov, 91, Russian legal scholar and politician, deputy (1993–1999).
• Jimmy Flynn, 88, American teamster and actor (Good Will Hunting, The Cider House Rules).
• Efraín Forero Triviño, 92, Colombian road racing cyclist.
• Albert Galeev [ru], 81, Russian physicist.
• Mikheil Gomiashvili [ru], 61, Georgian actor (5 Days of War, Hostages, Good as New).
• Britt Hildeng, 79, Norwegian politician, MP (1997–2009).
• Ramsey Lewis, 87, American jazz pianist ("The 'In' Crowd"), composer and radio personality (WNUA), Grammy winner (1966, 1967, 1974).
• Dick Littlejohn, 91, New Zealand Hall of Fame rugby union administrator.
• Manolete [es], 77, Spanish choreographer and dancer.
• Lowry Mays, 87, American mass media executive, co-founder of Clear Channel Communications.
• Akio Miyazawa, 65, Japanese playwright, heart failure.
• Ryuji Mizuno, 70, Japanese voice actor (Naruto, Berserk, Virtua Fighter), sepsis.
• Eric Pianka, 83, American herpetologist and evolutionary ecologist.
• PnB Rock, 30, American rapper ("Selfish"), shot.
• Oleksandr Shapoval, 48, Ukrainian ballet dancer, shelling.
• Rimantas Šidlauskas, 60, Lithuanian diplomat.
• Henry Rupert Wilhoit Jr., 87, American lawyer, judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (since 1981).
• Shahpour Zarnegar, 93, Iranian Olympic fencer (1964).
• Larisa Zinovieva, 85, Moldovan Russian-language television announcer.
• Spiros Zournatzis, 86, Greek journalist and politician, MEP (1989).

11

• Jean Bock, 91, Belgian politician, senator (1995–1999) and mayor of Gouvy (1983–2004).
• Muhammad Ali Chamseddine, 79, Lebanese writer and poet.
• Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, 87, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 2008), complications from COVID-19.
• Malcolm Erskine, 17th Earl of Buchan, 92, Scottish peer, member of the House of Lords (1984–1999).
• David E. Grange Jr., 97, American military officer.
• Joe Hart, 78, American politician, Arizona State Mine Inspector (2007–2021) and member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1992–2001).
• Florin Hidișan, 40, Romanian footballer (Otopeni, UTA Arad, Pandurii Târgu Jiu), stomach cancer.
• Harry Landis, 95, British actor (EastEnders, Friday Night Dinner, Bitter Victory) and stage director, cancer.
• Kim Lenaghan, 61, Northern Irish journalist and radio presenter (BBC Radio Ulster).
• Javier Marías, 70, Spanish novelist (A Heart So White, Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me, Dark Back of Time), complications from pneumonia.
• John W. O'Malley, 95, American historian and Jesuit priest.
• W. David McIntyre, 90, British-born New Zealand historian.
• Page Pate, 55, American attorney, drowned.
• Nadezhda Petina [ru], 89, Russian sculptor.
• Krishnam Raju, 82, Indian actor (Dharmaatmudu, Bobbili Brahmanna) and politician, MP (1998–2004), complications from COVID-19.
• Roland Reber, 68, German film director (The Truth of Lie, 24/7: The Passion of Life) and author.
• Joyce Reynolds, 103, British classicist and academic.
• Swaroopanand Saraswati, 98, Indian religious leader, shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharada Peetham (since 1982), heart attack.
• Roy Schmidt, 80, American football player (New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins).
• Alain Tanner, 92, Swiss film director (Charles, Dead or Alive, Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000, In the White City) and screenwriter.
• Elias Theodorou, 34, Canadian mixed martial artist, colon cancer.
• Ahmet Toptaş, 73, Turkish politician, MP (2011–2015), lymphoma.
• Anthony Varvaro, 37, American baseball player (Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox), traffic collision.
• Steven Zelditch, 68, American mathematician.

10

• Paulino Bernal, 83, American accordionist and Christian evangelist.
• Menno Boelsma, 61, Dutch Olympic speed skater (1988).
• Mario Bortolotto, 65, Australian footballer (Geelong, Carlton).
• Pyotr Chaplygin [ru], 82, Russian artist, graphic artist and sculptor.
• Frank Cignetti Sr., 84, American Hall of Fame college football coach (IUP Crimson Hawks, West Virginia Mountaineers).
• Hugo Engelhart [cs], 96, Czech physician and political prisoner.
• Jorja Fleezanis, 70, American violinist.
• Feargus Flood, 94, Irish judge.
• Eric Jones, 51, American comic book artist (Little Gloomy).
• William Klein, 96, American-born French photographer, film director, and screenwriter (Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, Mr. Freedom, The Model Couple).
• B. B. Lal, 101, Indian archaeologist, director general of the ASI (1968–1972).
• Maximilian Lerner, 98, Austrian-born American intelligence soldier (Ritchie Boys).
• Christopher McFarlane, Jamaican actor.
• Joseph Amangi Nacua, 77, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Ilagan (2008–2017).
• Ilja Seifert, 71, German politician, MP (1990–1994, 1998–2002, 2005–2013).
• Henri Stierlin, 94, Egyptian-born Swiss journalist and writer.
• Choichi Terukina, 90, Japanese Ryukyuan musician.
• Jonathan Tjarks, 34, American sportswriter and podcaster (The Ringer), cancer.

9

• Carol Arnauld, 61, French singer-songwriter.
• Nicolae Bulat, 70, Moldovan historian, brain cancer.
• Zaurbek Dzanagov [ru], 66, Russian sculptor.
• Jack Ging, 90, American actor (The A-Team, The Eleventh Hour, High Plains Drifter).
• Shelby Jordan, 70, American football player (New England Patriots, Los Angeles Raiders).
• Gayle S. Maffeo, 81, American television producer (Head of the Class, Soul Man, Home Improvement).
• Mark Miller, 97, American actor (Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Guestward, Ho!, Savannah Smiles).
• Pierre Muller, 70, Swiss politician, mayor of Geneva (1999–2000, 2004–2005).
• James Polshek, 92, American architect (Clinton Presidential Center, Brooklyn Museum).
• Ray Rippelmeyer, 89, American baseball player (Washington Senators) and coach (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Herschel Sizemore, 87, American bluegrass mandolinist.
• Robert Hitchcock Spain, 96, American United Methodist bishop.
• Clive Tanner, 88, British-born Canadian politician, British Columbia MLA (1991–1996).
• Trevor Tomkins, 81, British jazz drummer (Gilgamesh). (death announced on this date)
• Vladimir Vyshegorodtsev [ru], 72, Russian animator (The Swans of Nepryadva, Dog in Boots, Dobrinya and the Dragon).

8

• Jens Birkemose, 79, Danish painter.
• Marciano Cantero, 62, Argentine singer (Enanitos Verdes).
• Pinya Chuayplod, 82, Thai politician, MP (1979–1992), senator (2000–2006).
• LaDeva Davis, 78, American television host and food educator.
• Ľubomír Dobrík, 70, Slovak judge, member of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia (1997–2016).
• Albert J. Dooley, 92, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1959–1964) and Senate (1971–1976).
• Queen Elizabeth II, 96, British monarch and head of the Commonwealth (since 1952).
• A. Cecile J.W. Janssens, 54, Dutch epidemiologist, leukemia.
• Bobby Keyes, 79, Australian rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs, Newtown).
• Akbar Ali Khan, 78, Bangladeshi economist.
• Anders Lönnbro, 76, Swedish actor (The Score).
• Eluki Monga Aundu, 81, Congolese military officer.
• Mavis Nicholson, 91, Welsh writer and broadcaster.
• Paulo Pitta e Cunha, 85, Portuguese lawyer, professor, and politician, deputy (1976–1980).
• Aleksandr Polynnikov [ru], 81, Russian cinematographer (D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers, The Adventures of the Elektronic), film director (Simply Awful!) and producer.
• Gwyneth Powell, 76, English actress (Grange Hill, Man Down, The Guardians), complications from colon surgery.
• Ted Schreiber, 84, American baseball player (New York Mets).
• Yoel Schwartz, 82, Israeli Haredi rabbi.
• Kamal Narain Singh, 95, Indian jurist, chief justice (1991) and chairman of the law commission (1991–1994).
• Dave Smith, 88, Scottish football player (Burnley, Brighton & Hove Albion) and manager (Plymouth Argyle).
• Susan L. Solomon, 71, American health activist and lawyer.
• Luke Swann, 39, English cricket coach (Northamptonshire).
• Sonny West, 85, American songwriter ("Oh, Boy!", "Rave On") and musician.

7

• Emanoel Araújo [pt], 81, Brazilian artist, art curator and museologist (Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Museu Afro Brasil).
• David A. Arnold, 54, American comedian and television writer (Fuller House, The Rickey Smiley Show, That Girl Lay Lay).
• Radoslav Brđanin, 74, Bosnian military officer and convicted war criminal.
• James L. Fisher, 91, American academic administrator and psychologist.
• János Fuzik, 64, Hungarian journalist and politician.
• Anne Garrels, 71, American journalist (NPR, ABC News, NBC News), lung cancer.
• Marsha Hunt, 104, American actress (Pride and Prejudice, Blossoms in the Dust, The Human Comedy).
• Syed Amirul Islam, 86, Bangladeshi jurist, judge of the high court (1994–2007).
• Børge Krogh, 80, Danish Olympic boxer (1960, 1964).
• Willie Los'e, 55, New Zealand-born Tongan rugby union player (Auckland, North Harbour, Tonga national team) and broadcaster.
• Lance Mackey, 52, American dog musher, four-time Iditarod champion (2007–2010) and Yukon Quest champion (2005–2008), throat cancer.
• Giorgio Maioli [it], 82, Italian football player (Verona, Napoli, Foggia) and coach.
• Ramchandra Manjhi, 97, Indian folk dancer.
• Anatoliy Molotay, 84, Ukrainian football player (Lokomotyv Vinnytsia) and manager (Dnipro Cherkasy, Dynamo Irpin).
• Valeri Polyakov, 80, Russian cosmonaut (Mir EO-3, Mir EO-4).
• Rommy Hunt Revson, 78, American nightclub singer, inventor of the scrunchie, aortic rupture.
• Dagmar Schipanski, 79, German physicist and politician, member and president of the Landtag of Thuringia (2004–2009).
• Piet Schrijvers, 75, Dutch football player (Ajax, national team) and manager (TOP Oss), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Bernard Shaw, 82, American journalist (CNN), pneumonia.
• Alan Wilkins, 52, Scottish playwright.

6

• Olga Andrianova, 70, Russian curler and curling coach.
• Salvatore Biasco, 82, Italian economist and politician, deputy (1996–2001).
• Ligia Borowczyk, 89, Polish actress (La Jetée, Goto, Island of Love).
• Bohdan Bratko [uk], 80, Ukrainian actor.
• Brian Carey, 83, American landscape designer.
• Arvind Giri, 64, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (since 1996), heart attack.
• Herman, 90, American Orthodox prelate, primate of the Orthodox Church in America (2002–2008).
• Just Jaeckin, 82, French film director (Emmanuelle, Story of O, Lady Chatterley's Lover), photographer and sculptor.
• Umesh Katti, 61, Indian politician, Karnataka MLA (1985–2004, since 2008), cardiac arrest.
• Vic Kohring, 64, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1995–2007), traffic collision.
• Tatyana Koryagina, 79, Russian economist and politician, deputy (1990–1993).
• Kazimierz Mazur [pl], 73, Polish actor (Nights and Days).
• John McVicar, 82, English robber and journalist, subject of the biopic McVicar, heart attack.
• Guy Morriss, 71, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots) and coach (Kentucky), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Ronald Pelton, 80, American intelligence analyst (NSA) and convicted spy.
• Fahad Al Rajaan, 73, Kuwaiti banker and convicted embezzler.
• Tina Ramirez, 92, Venezuelan-born American dancer and choreographer.
• Philippe Ranaivomanana, 73, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Ihosy (1999–2009) and Antsirabe (since 2009).
• Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú, 91, Argentine journalist and human rights activist.
• Dan Schachte, 64, American ice hockey linesman (NHL).
• Valeria Seciu [ro], 83, Romanian actress (Blestemul pământului, blestemul iubirii).
• Sydney Shoemaker, 90, American philosopher.
• Earl J. Silbert, 86, American lawyer (Watergate scandal), aortic dissection.
• Edo Spier, 96, Dutch architect and politician, senator (1991–1995).
• Thẩm Thúy Hằng, 82, Vietnamese actress (The Beauty of Binh Duong, Four Oddballs of Saigon).
• Hilda Žīgure [lv], 104, Latvian stage actress.

5

• Gias Uddin Ahmed, 68, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2008–2014).
• Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger, 89, Swiss jurist and politician.
• Patricia Burke Brogan, 90, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet.
• Virginia Dwan, 90, American art collector and patron.
• Hans Eder, 87, German football player (Tennis Borussia Berlin, Hertha BSC) and manager (Hertha BSC).
• Hermann Gummel, 99, German physicist.
• Merlin Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron Sudeley, 83, British peer, member of the House of Lords (1960–1999).
• Molrudee Kasemchaiyanan [de], 43, New Zealand pool and billiards player, brain tumour.
• Moon Landrieu, 92, American politician, HUD secretary (1979–1981), mayor of New Orleans (1970–1978), and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1960–1966).
• Li Dequn, 77, Chinese material scientist, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Mark Littell, 69, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals), complications from heart surgery.
• Shirley McKechnie, 96, Australian dancer and choreographer.
• Mariella Mehr, 74, Swiss writer.
• Jeff Robson, 95, New Zealand badminton and tennis player.
• Lars Vogt, 51, German concert pianist, conductor (Orchestre de chambre de Paris) and festival director (Spannungen), cancer.
• Eva Zeller, 99, German poet and novelist.

4

• Gazi Mazharul Anwar, 79, Bangladeshi film director, producer and lyricist (Nil Akasher Niche, Kokhono Megh Kokhono Brishti, Meyeti Ekhon Kothay Jabe).
• Janusz Batugowski, 74, Polish football player and manager (KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski).
• Bo Brundin, 85, Swedish actor (Tales of the Gold Monkey, The Great Waldo Pepper, Russian Roulette).
• Coroebus, 3, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Heidemarie Fischer, 77, German politician, member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (1986–1990, 1995–2006).
• Wes Freed, 58, American outsider artist, colorectal cancer.
• Alain Goldmann, 90, French rabbi.
• Rodrigo González Torres, 80, Chilean politician, deputy (since 2002) and mayor of Viña del Mar (1992–1994, 1996–2000).
• Edward Hulewicz, 84, Polish singer and composer.
• Dep Kirkland, 72, American actor (Twin Peaks).
• Boris Lagutin, 84, Russian boxer, Olympic champion (1964, 1968).
• Helen Matthews Lewis, 97, American sociologist, historian, and activist.
• Cyrus Mistry, 54, Indian-Irish automotive executive, chairman of the Tata Group (2012–2016), traffic collision.
• Ramachandran Mokeri, 75, Indian stage actor, lung disease.
• Arthur Cotton Moore, 87, American architect.
• Hendrik Nielsen, 80, Greenlandic politician, MP (1979–1991).
• Ernst Pfister, 75, German politician, member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (1980–2011).
• Ram Naresh Rawat, 60, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (since 2017), liver disease.
• Art Rosenbaum, 83, American visual artist and musician, Grammy winner (2008).
• Isolde Schmitt-Menzel, 92, German artist (Die Sendung mit der Maus), author, and photographer.
• Dave Sherman, 55, American rock bassist and singer (Spirit Caravan, Earthride, Wretched).
• Thorkild Simonsen, 96, Danish politician, minister of the interior (1997–2000) and mayor of Aarhus (1982–1997).
• Pat Stay, 36, Canadian rapper, stabbed.
• Peter Straub, 79, American novelist (Julia, Ghost Story, The Talisman), complications from a broken hip.
• Pauline Stroud, 92, British actress (Lady Godiva Rides Again), cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Georges Tignard, 67, French footballer (US Toulouse, Paris FC).
• John Till, 76, Canadian guitarist (Full Tilt Boogie Band).
• Saint-Ange Vebobe, 69, French basketball player (JA Vichy, Antibes, national team).

3

• Martin Bailie, 60, Irish hurler (Ballygalget).
• Yuri Bashkatov, 54, Moldovan swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1988, 1992).
• Eva Børresen, 101, German-born Norwegian ceramist.
• Scott Campbell, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg Jets, St. Louis Blues), cancer.
• Alarico Gattia, 94, Italian comic artist and illustrator.
• Jeff German, 69, American journalist (Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas Sun), stabbed.
• Shavez Hart, 29, Bahamian Olympic sprinter (2016), shot.
• Takanori Hayashi, 84, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1969–1980).
• Specs Howard, 96, American radio presenter.
• Paddy Kerrigan, 94, Irish Gaelic footballer (Rhode).
• Herbert Kohler Jr., 83, American manufacturing executive, chairman of Kohler Co. (1972–2015).
• Sterling Lord, 102, American literary agent.
• Dieter Schulte, 82, German trade unionist, chairman of DGB (1994–2002).

2

• Mujib Rahman Ansari, 39–40, Afghan cleric, bombing.
• Gustavo Arnal, 52, Venezuelan business executive (Bed Bath & Beyond), suicide by jumping.
• Bamba Bakya, 49, Indian playback singer, cardiac arrest.
• Denis Berthiaume, 53, Canadian academic and researcher, assisted suicide.
• Noureddine Bikr [ar], 70, Moroccan actor.
• Mišo Cebalo, 77, Croatian chess grandmaster.
• Jordi Cervelló, 86, Spanish composer, pneumonia.
• Joseph Cheng Tsai-fa, 90, Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Tainan (1991–2004) and archbishop of Taipei (2004–2007).
• Ian Cockbain, 64, English cricketer (Lancashire).
• Frank Drake, 92, American astronomer and astrophysicist (Drake equation), designer of the Arecibo message.
• Manuel Duarte, 77, Portuguese footballer (Leixões, Sporting CP, national team).
• Peter Eckersley, 44, Australian computer scientist (Let's Encrypt, Privacy Badger, HTTPS Everywhere) and cyber security activist, cancer.
• Georgios Kalamidas, 77, Greek judge, president of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court (2009–2011).
• T. V. Sankaranarayanan, 77, Indian Carnatic vocalist.
• Ramveer Upadhyay, 65, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (since 1996), cancer.
• Xue Fan [zh], 87, Chinese musicologist and translator.
• Drummie Zeb, 62, English reggae musician (Aswad) and record producer.
• Zenno Rob Roy, 22, Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, heart failure.

1

• Mahmoud Ahmadzadeh, 89, Iranian engineer and politician, minister of industries and mines (1979–1980).
• Guy-Pierre Baumann, 82, French chef and restaurateur, owner of the Kammerzell House (1987–2009).
• Jakez Cornou, 87, French historian and ethnologist.
• John Dapcevich, 95, American politician, mayor of Sitka, Alaska (1971–1975, 1979–1985, 1987–1989).
• Barbara Ehrenreich, 81, American author (Nickel and Dimed, Bait and Switch, Dancing in the Streets) and political activist, stroke.
• John Gamble, 74, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
• Kim Goldwater, 85, New Zealand winemaker, tractor crash.
• Albert Hasibuan, 83, Indonesian lawyer and politician, member of the Presidential Advisory Council (2012–2015) and Congress (1971–1997).
• François-Bernard Huyghe, 71, French essayist and political scientist.
• Rashleigh Jackson, 93, Guyanese politician, minister for foreign affairs (1978–1990).
• Ľudovít Komadel, 94, Slovak Olympic swimmer (1952) and sports physician.
• Adam Kułach, 57, Polish diplomat, ambassador to Saudi Arabia (2004–2010), European Union ambassador to Saudi Arabia (2012–2016) and Djibouti (2016–2020).
• Ravil Maganov, 67, Russian petroleum executive (Lukoil), fall.
• Phillip Mann, 80, British-born New Zealand writer (Master of Paxwax, The Fall of the Families), teacher and theatre director.
• Jack Marchal, 75, French musician, illustrator, and political activist.
• Abbas Maroufi, 65, Iranian writer.
• Diane Noomin, 75, American underground cartoonist and editor (Wimmen's Comix, Twisted Sisters), uterine cancer.
• Luis Pascual Estevill [es], 88, Spanish lawyer and judge.
• Mary Roy, 89, Indian educator and women's rights activist.
• Hermann Schaufler, 75, German politician, member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (1980–2001).
• Earnie Shavers, 78, American boxer.
• István Szalay, 78, Hungarian mathematician and politician, MP (1998–2002).
• Nelly Trenti [es], 85, Argentine broadcasting host and announcer.
• Robert L. Vining Jr., 91, American lawyer, judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern Georgia (since 1979).
• Kenneth Wernicke, 89, American aerospace engineer.
• Yang Yongsong, 103, Chinese military officer.
• Zhu Yinghao, 93, Chinese transformer expert.

Previous months

See also

• List of deaths due to COVID-19