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.

May

23

• Zaw Htay, Burmese politician, spokesman of the President Office (2011–2016), heart attack.

22

• József Duró, 55, Hungarian football player (Debreceni VSC, national team) and manager (Vecsési).
• Les Dyl, 69, English rugby league player (Leeds Rhinos, Bramley).
• Joe Hawke, 82, New Zealand Māori activist and politician, MP (1996–2002).
• Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri, 84, Afghan four-time Olympic wrestler.
• Miss.Tic, 66, French street artist.
• Jaakko Syrjä, 96, Finnish writer, COVID-19.

21

• Colin Cantwell, 90, American film concept artist (2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, WarGames).
• Marco Cornez, 64, Chilean footballer (Club Deportivo Palestino, Antofagasta, national team), stomach cancer.
• Hubert Fermina, 74, Dutch politician MP (1994–1998).
• Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy [kk], 72, Kazakh football player (FC Vostok, Kairat Almaty, FC Spartak Semey) and coach.
• Heddy Honigmann, 70, Peruvian-born Dutch film director.
• Rosemary Radford Ruether, 85, American feminist theologian.
• Mohammad Riaz, 74, Indian film producer (Safar, Mehbooba, Bairaag).
• Tota Singh, 81, Indian politician, Punjab MLA (1997–2007, 2012–2017), complications from pneumonia.
• Tania Tinoco, 58, Ecuadorian journalist, author, and television producer.
• Natalya Velichko [ru], 81, Russian actress (Friends and Years, Nights of Farewell, The Beginning of the Legend) and film director.
• Yam Bing-yee, 90, Hong Kong Cantonese opera singer and actress.
• Achmad Yurianto, 60, Indonesian military doctor and bureaucrat.
• Jiří Zídek Sr., 78, Czech Hall of Fame Olympic basketball player (1972) and coach.
• Nikolai Zouev, 64, Russian mixed martial artist, heart disease.

20

• Muthaffar al-Nawab, 88, Iraqi poet and political critic.
• Roger Angell, 101, American sportswriter and author (Season Ticket: A Baseball Companion), heart failure.
• Ahmed Benaissa, 78, Algerian actor (Barakat!, Rome Rather Than You, The Colonel).
• Griselda El Tayib, 97, British-born Sudanese writer and cultural anthropologist.
• Jeffrey Escoffier, 79, American author and activist.
• Glenn Hackney, 97, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1973–1977) and Senate (1977–1981), traffic collision.
• Yuri Javadyan [hy], 87, Armenian politician.
• Caroline Jones, 84, Australian broadcaster (This Day Tonight, Four Corners, Australian Story), fall.
• Calvin Magee, 59, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and coach (Arizona Wildcats, West Virginia Mountaineers), complications from a heart attack.
• Vladimir Nenadić, 51, Serbian footballer (FK Bečej, Vojvodina, 1. FC Tatran Prešov).
• Camille Ninel [fr], 94, French footballer (Olympique Lyonnais, Moulins).
• Yitzhak Noy [he], 80, Israeli historian and radio presenter.
• Hillar Palamets, 94, Estonian historian.
• Dame Aroha Reriti-Crofts, 83, New Zealand community activist, president of the Māori Women's Welfare League (1990–1993).
• Susan Roces, 80, Filipino actress (Ang Daigdig Ko'y Ikaw, Patayin Mo Sa Sindak Si Barbara, Ang Probinsyano), cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Samir Sabri [ar], 85, Egyptian singer, actor (Chased by the Dogs, Abi foq al-Shagara, Truth Has a Voice) and television presenter.
• Kirill Teiter, 69, Estonian politician, MP (1992–1995).
• Walter Valentini [it], 93, Italian painter, sculptor and engraver.

19

• Sheherezade Alam, 74, Pakistani ceramist.
• Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, 87, Bangladeshi-born British journalist and songwriter ("Ekusher Gaan").
• Jean-Louis Comolli, 80, French film critic (Cahiers du Cinéma) and director.
• Jacques Couturier [fr], 97, French actor (Ni vu, ni connu).
• Aseff Ahmad Daula, 81, Pakistani politician, minister of foreign affairs (1993–1996) and education (2008–2010).
• Mavis Hutchison, 97, South African athlete.
• Hyon Chol-hae, 87, North Korean military officer, vice director of the GPB (1986–1995), multiple organ failure.
• Clay Jordan, 66, American reality television personality (Survivor: Thailand).
• Guido Lembo, 75, Italian singer and guitarist.
• Chete Lera, 72, Spanish actor (The Red Squirrel, Secrets of the Heart, Open Your Eyes), traffic collision.
• Ron Rice, 81, American sunscreen manufacturer (Hawaiian Tropic).
• Yaakov Sharett [he], 94, Israeli author, reporter and diplomat.
• Sam Smith, 78, American basketball player (Kentucky Colonels).
• Michael Sze, 76, Hong Kong civil servant, secretary for constitutional affairs (1991–1994) and executive director of the Trade Development Council (1996–2004).
• Bernard Wright, 58, American funk and jazz singer ("Who Do You Love"), traffic collision.
• Jerzy Zass [pl], 84, Polish actor (A Short Film About Killing, Korczak, Pigs).

18

• Miguel Báez Espuny, 91, Spanish bullfighter and actor (Litri and His Shadow).
• Silvia Baleani, Uruguayan operatic soprano.
• Brian Bedford, 88, Welsh footballer (AFC Bournemouth, Queens Park Rangers, Scunthorpe United).
• Anne Howells, 81, British operatic mezzo-soprano, myeloma.
• Larry Lacewell, 85, American football player (Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils), coach (Arkansas State Indians) and scouting director (Dallas Cowboys).
• Henry Mavrodin, 84, Romanian painter, designer and essayist.
• Mpho Moerane, 52, South African restaurateur and politician, mayor of Johannesburg (2021), traffic collision.
• Bob Neuwirth, 82, American singer-songwriter ("Mercedes Benz").
• Paul Plimley, 69, Canadian free jazz pianist and vibraphonist, cancer.
• Thomas Resetarits, 82, Austrian sculptor.
• Wim Rijken [nl], 63, Dutch actor, singer and lyricist.
• Oleksandr Smyk [uk], 64, Ukrainian singer-songwriter and poet.
• Martin Šustr, 31, Czech footballer (Zbrojovka Brno, Vítkovice, Líšeň), traffic collision.
• Domingo Villar, 51, Spanish writer (Death on a Galician Shore), complications from a stroke.

17

• Muhammad Baydoun, 70, Lebanese politician, MP (1992–2005).
• Robert Bertrand, 69, Canadian politician, MP (1993–2004).
• Rolands Kalniņš, 100, Latvian film director (I Remember Everything, Richard, Four White Shirts) and producer (Cilvēka bērns).
• Maurice Lindsay, 81, British sports administrator (Preston North End, Wigan Warriors).
• Eliseo Mendoza Berrueto, 91, Mexican politician, president of the Chamber of Deputies (1985) and governor of Coahuila (1987–1993).
• Antonio Oviedo, 83, Spanish football player (Mallorca, Elche) and manager (Atlético Baleares).
• Rick Price, 77, English bassist (The Move, Wizzard).
• Mohamed Rabbae, 81, Moroccan-born Dutch politician and activist, MP (1994–2002).
• Rodri, 88, Spanish footballer (Condal, Barcelona, national team).
• Marnie Schulenburg, 37, American actress (As the World Turns, One Life to Live, Tainted Dreams), breast cancer.
• Vangelis, 79, Greek musician (Aphrodite's Child) and film composer (Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner), Oscar winner (1982), heart failure.
• Musa Yamak, 38, Turkish-born German boxer, heart attack.
• Özlem Sarıkaya Yurt, 39, Turkish news presenter (Habertürk TV, NTV), breast cancer.

16

• Josef Abrhám, 82, Czech actor (Transport from Paradise, Courage for Every Day, Morgiana).
• John Aylward, 75, American actor (ER, The West Wing, The Way Back).
• William N. Dunn, 83, American international relations scholar.
• Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia, 76, Iranian Islamic cleric.
• Feng Jianshen, 69, Chinese politician, CPPCC chairman of Gansu (2011–2018).
• Brian Gaynor, 73, Irish-born New Zealand sharebroker, investment analyst and business commentator.
• Hilarion, 74, Canadian-born American Russian Orthodox prelate, first hierarch of the ROCOR (since 2008).
• Sidney Kramer, 96, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (1978–1986).
• Lenny Laroux [nl], Dutch musician and singer.
• Arkady Manjiev [ru], 60, Russian composer and singer.
• Faouzi Mansouri, 66, Algerian footballer (Nîmes, Mulhouse, national team).
• Albin Molnár, 86, Hungarian Olympic sailor (1960). (death announced on this date)
• Kjellaug Nakkim, 81, Norwegian politician, MP (1989–2001).
• Ademola Okulaja, 46, Nigerian-born German basketball player (Alba Berlin, FC Barcelona, Brose Baskets).
• Mabel Pesen [es], 85, Argentine actress (Floricienta, Los simuladores).
• Carol Ann Peters, 89, American figure skater and ice dancer.
• Chethana Raj, 21, Indian actress, complications from surgery.
• Epaminondas Stassinopoulos, 101, German-born American astrophysicist, writer, and World War II resistance member (EKKA).
• Vladimir Yanko [ru], 73, Russian bandy player and coach.

15

• Anekal Balraj, 64, Indian film producer (Kariya, Jackpot, Kariya 2).
• Rainer Basedow, 83, German actor (My Daughter, Your Daughter, Three Men in the Snow, Lina Braake).
• Sir Shane Blewitt, 87, British courtier and military officer.
• Robert Cogoi, 82, Belgian singer.
• Frank Curry, 72, Australian rugby league player and coach (South Sydney).
• Pallavi Dey, 25, Indian actress (Tobu Mone Rekho, Kunjochaya, Saraswatir Prem).
• Miguel Faustmann, 67, Filipino actor (Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection, Heneral Luna, Goyo: The Boy General).
• Jim Ferlo, 70, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania Senate (2003–2015).
• Deborah Fraser, 56, South African gospel singer, stroke.
• Hossein Ghafourizadeh, 78, Iranian Olympic sprinter (1964).
• Go Gwi-nam, 88, South Korean politician, member of the National Assembly (1972–1988).
• Ignacy Gogolewski, 90, Polish actor (Three Stories, Tonight a City Will Die, The Codes).
• Klara Höfels, 73, German actress (Toni Erdmann, Cut Off).
• Tadeusz Kowalczyk, 89, Polish politician and Rural Solidarity activist, MP (1989–1993).
• Knox Martin, 99, Colombian-born American painter and sculptor.
• Nina Mazaeva [ru], 100, Russian actress (Nebo Moskvy, Could One Imagine?, Gunpowder).
• Kay Mellor, 71, British actress and writer (Children's Ward, Families, Fat Friends).
• David Milgaard, 69, Canadian wrongfully convicted man, complications from pneumonia.
• Salah Montaser, 88, Egyptian writer and journalist.
• Ken Mulhall, 94, Australian footballer (St Kilda Football Club).
• Martin Munyanyi, 66, Zimbabwean Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Gweru (2006–2012).
• John Mutton, 74, British politician, member of Coventry City Council (since 1984).
• Stevan Ostojić, 80, Serbian footballer (Red Star Belgrade, Yugoslavia national team).
• Maggie Peterson, 81, American actress (The Andy Griffith Show, The Bill Dana Show) and location manager (Casino).
• Dhu al-Himma Shalish, 71, Syrian military officer.
• Sean Shanahan, 71, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Rockies, Boston Bruins).
• Yoshie Takahashi, 90, Japanese Olympic long jumper (1956) and sports administrator, stroke.
• Jerzy Trela, 80, Polish actor (Man of Iron, Danton, The Mother of Kings).
• Șerban Valeca, 65, Romanian engineer and politician, deputy (2000) and senator (2008–2020).
• Nasser Vardiani, 71, Syrian actor.
• Sagat Zhylgeldiev [kk], 67, Kazakh actor.

14

• Andrei Babushkin, 58, Russian human rights activist, politician and publicist, pancreatitis.
• Bernard Bigot, 72, French physicist and civil servant, director general of ITER (since 2015).
• François Blais, 49, Canadian writer (Lac Adélard).
• Piero Carletto, 59, Italian Olympic rower (1988), cancer.
• Donal Courtney, 52, Irish actor, playwright and stage director.
• James Francis Edwards, 100, Canadian fighter pilot.
• Ramez Elmasri, 71, Egyptian-American computer scientist.
• Christian Giudicelli, 79, French novelist and literary critic.
• Renat Ibragimov [ru], 74, Russian singer, actor and politician.
• Bernard Kelly, 90, New Zealand horse racing administrator, chair of the New Zealand Racing Conference (1984–1988).
• Peter Nicholas, 80, American businessman, co-founder of Boston Scientific, cancer.
• Valerio Onida, 86, Italian jurist, judge (1996–2005) and president (2004–2005) of the Constitutional Court.
• Maxi Rolón, 27, Argentine footballer (FC Barcelona B, Coquimbo Unido, Fuerza Amarilla), traffic collision.
• Donald K. Ross, 78, American public interest lawyer and author.
• Arthur Shurlock, 84, American Olympic gymnast (1964).
• Breno Silveira, 58, Brazilian film director (Two Sons of Francisco, Once Upon a Time in Rio).
• Toomas Suuman [et], 66, Estonian actor (Agent Wild Duck, Georg) and stage director.
• Andrew Symonds, 46, Australian cricketer (Queensland, Deccan Chargers, national team), traffic collision.
• Urvashi Vaid, 63, Indian-American LGBT activist and author (Virtual Equality).
• David West, 57, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets), brain cancer.
• Francesco Zerrillo, 91, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Tricarico (1985–1997) and of Lucera-Troia (1997–2007).

13

• Teresa Berganza, 89, Spanish mezzo-soprano.
• Bob Ciaffone, 81, American poker player.
• Karim Djoudi, 63, Algerian politician, minister of finance (2007–2014).
• Jean Faure, 85, French politician, senator (1983–2011).
• Ricky Gardiner, 73, Scottish guitarist (Beggars Opera) and composer.
• Arthur Getis, 87, American geographer.
• Sir Angus Grossart, 85, Scottish merchant banker and newspaper executive (Daily Record, Sunday Mail).
• Matteo Guarnaccia [it], 67, Italian painter and illustrator.
• Lil Keed, 24, American rapper ("Nameless").
• Jim Lyall, 76–77, Canadian politician, president of Nunatsiavut (2008–2012).
• Alec Mathieson, 101, Australian football player (Geelong).
• Ben Roy Mottelson, 95, American-Danish nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1975).
• Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 73, Emirati royal and politician, president (since 2004) and ruler of Abu Dhabi (since 2004).
• Simon Preston, 83, English organist, conductor, and composer.
• João Rendeiro, 69, Portuguese banker, founder of Banco Privado Português, suicide by hanging.
• Ed Rynders, 62, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (2003–2019).
• Viktor Samokhin, 66, Russian football player (Spartak Moscow, CSKA, Soviet Union national team) and coach.
• Uri Savir, 69, Israeli politician, MK (1999–2001) and diplomat.
• Richard Wald, 92, American television executive (NBC News, ABC News) and journalist (New York Herald Tribune), complications from a stroke.
• Yang Hyong-sop, 96, North Korean politician, chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1998), stroke.

12

• Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar, 77, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 2007).
• Andrei Alpatov, 55, Russian drummer (Trek).
• Juan Amat, 75, Spanish field hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
• Dawid Bręk [pl], 32, Polish basketball player (Kotwica Kołobrzeg, Polfarmex Kutno, national team).
• Gino Cappelletti, 88, American football player (Boston Patriots) and analyst.
• Bernard Carton, 74, French politician, deputy (1988–1993), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón, 70, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Vélez (2003–2015) and auxiliary bishop of Pereira (since 2015).
• Valeriy Grishko [ru], 70, Russian stage director, actor (Hotel Lux, White Tiger, Leviathan) and drama teacher.
• Djalu Gurruwiwi, 86–87, Australian yidaki player.
• Larry Holley, 76, American college basketball coach (William Jewell Cardinals, Central Methodist Eagles, Northwest Missouri State Bearcats).
• Ramesh Latke, 52, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (since 2014), heart attack.
• Daniel Joseph Marion, 76, Canadian politician, commissioner of the Northwest Territories (1999–2000).
• Robert McFarlane, 84, American Marine Corps officer and politician, national security advisor (1983–1985), complications from lung disease.
• Henry Mollicone, 76, American composer.
• Ben Moore, 80, American soul singer (James & Bobby Purify, The Blind Boys of Alabama).
• Francesco Nucara, 82, Italian politician, deputy (1983–1994, 2006–2013).
• Maria Pańczyk-Pozdziej, 80, Polish politician, senator (2005–2019).
• Giorgio Pasetto, 80, Italian politician, deputy (1996–2006), senator (2006–2008).
• Vagish Shastri, 86, Indian grammarian and linguist.
• Alexei Tsvetkov, 75, Russian poet.
• Arnold Walker, 70, English rugby league player (Whitehaven, Workington Town, Cumbria), cancer.

11

• Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, Palestinian-American journalist (Al Jazeera), shot.
• Edward Arnett, 99, American chemist.
• Peter Atkins, 86, British-born New Zealand Anglican priest, Bishop of Waiapu (1983–1990).
• Norberto Ávila [pt], 85, Portuguese playwright, writer and poet.
• Sam Basil, 52, Papua New Guinean politician, deputy prime minister (since 2020), MP (since 2007), and minister of finance (2019), traffic collision.
• William Bennett, 86, British flautist.
• Jeroen Brouwers, 82, Dutch writer.
• Patricia Cahill, 77, Irish singer.
• Clarence Dixon, 66, American murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Norman Dolph, 83, American songwriter and record producer, cancer.
• Marilyn Fogel, 69, American geo-ecologist.
• Paul Ginsborg, 76, British historian.
• Henk Groot, 84, Dutch footballer (Ajax Amsterdam, Feyenoord, national team).
• Margot Heuman, 94, German-born American Holocaust survivor.
• Harerangi Meihana, 88, New Zealand church leader, president of the Rātana Church (since 1999).
• Claude Peter, 74, French basketball player (Le Mans Sarthe Basket, national team).
• June Preston, 93, American actress (Anne of Green Gables, Christmas in July), dementia.
• Sukh Ram, 94, Indian politician, minister of communications (1993–1996) and MP (1984–1998), stroke.
• Vlastislav Toman [cs], 92, Czech writer and journalist.
• Alexander Toradze, 69, Georgian pianist.
• Ryuhei Ueshima, 61, Japanese comedian and actor, suicide by hanging.
• Randy Weaver, 74, American survivalist (Ruby Ridge).

10

• Manuel Abreu, 63, French-Portuguese football player (Reims, Nancy) and manager (Calais).
• James A. Beckford, 79, British sociologist.
• Richard Benson, 67, British-Italian guitarist, singer and television host.
• Paul Bladt, 90, French trade unionist and politician, deputy (1981–1986).
• Bob Blizzard, 71, British politician, MP (1997–2010), lord commissioner of the Treasury (2008–2010).
• Doug Caldwell, 94, New Zealand jazz musician.
• John Cripps, 95, British-Australian horticulturalist (Cripps Pink).
• Mike Davis, 80, English rugby union player (Sherborne, national team) and coach.
• María Duval, 95, Argentine actress (Historia de una mala mujer).
• Nessim Gaon, 100, Sudanese-Swiss financier.
• Walter Hirsch, 92, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats).
• Leonid Kravchuk, 88, Ukrainian politician, president (1991–1994), two-time people's deputy, and chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (1991).
• Bob Lanier, 73, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks) and coach (Golden State Warriors).
• Joan Bautista Llopis, 105, Spanish footballer (Barcelona).
• Kjell Lönnå, 85, Swedish conductor, composer and television host.
• Jesús Mariñas [es], 79, Spanish journalist and television personality, bladder cancer.
• Enrique Metinides, 88, Mexican crime photographer.
• Marcelo Pecci, 45, Paraguayan prosecutor, shot.
• Katsumoto Saotome, 90, Japanese author.
• Shivkumar Sharma, 84, Indian santoor player (Shiv–Hari) and composer (Chandni, Lamhe), cardiac arrest.
• Glyn Shaw, 71, Welsh rugby union (national team) and rugby league (Widnes, Wigan) player.
• Trevor Strnad, 41, American heavy metal singer (The Black Dahlia Murder).
• Karl Van Roy, 83, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (2003–2013).
• Richard Worth, 73, New Zealand politician, MP (1999–2009), minister of internal affairs (2008–2009).
• Peter Wu Junwei, 58, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, prefect apostolic of Xinjiang (since 2010), heart attack.

9

• Amarakeerthi Athukorala, 57, Sri Lankan politician, MP (since 2020).
• Robert Brom, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Duluth (1983–1989) and San Diego (1990–2013).
• John L. Canley, 84, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, cancer.
• Víctor Chamorro [es], 82, Spanish writer.
• Chen Bing-nan [zh], 88, Taiwanese actor (Forever Love, Zone Pro Site, The Great Buddha+).
• John H. Coates, 77, Australian mathematician.
• Paolo Dalle Fratte, 70, Italian politician, deputy (2001–2006).
• Midge Decter, 94, American non-fiction writer.
• Denys Dubrov, 33, Ukrainian swimmer, four-time Paralympic champion (2016, 2020).
• Tadeusz Grygiel, 68, Polish basketball player (Śląsk Wrocław).
• Gerald Hannon, 77, Canadian journalist (The Body Politic).
• Olawale Adeniji Ige, 83, Nigerian electrical engineer, minister of communications (1990–1992) and aviation (1993).
• Tim Johnson, 75, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2001–2013) and the Illinois House of Representatives (1977–2001).
• Steven Labat, 32, Canadian Emmanuel Community priest.
• Linda Lê, 58, French writer.
• John Leo, 86, American journalist (The New York Times).
• Jody Lukoki, 29, Dutch-Congolese footballer (Ajax, PFC Ludogorets Razgrad, DR Congolese national team), complications from injuries sustained in a beating.
• Andreas Lütkefels, 57, German Olympic rower (1988).
• David Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold, 84, British hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (2000–2014), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Minoru Nojima, 76, Japanese classical pianist.
• Adreian Payne, 31, American basketball player (Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Juventas Utina), shot.
• Qin Yi, 100, Chinese actress (Far Away Love, Woman Basketball Player No. 5, Troubled Laughter).
• Inge Viett, 78, German militant (2 June Movement, Red Army Faction) and writer.
• Lily Chodidjah Wahid, 74, Indonesian politician, MP (2009–2013).
• David Ward, 75, British programmer, co-founder of Ocean Software.
• Davyd Zhvania, 54, Ukrainian politician, minister of emergency (2005) and deputy (2002–2014), shelling.

8

• André Arthur, 78, Canadian radio host and politician, MP (2006–2011).
• John R. Cherry III, 73, American film director and screenwriter (Ernest Saves Christmas, Ernest Scared Stupid, Ernest Goes to Jail), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Harry Dornbrand, 99, American aerospace engineer.
• Syd Farrimond, 81, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Tranmere Rovers, Halifax Town), complications from dementia.
• Michel Gervais, 77, Canadian university professor, rector of Université Laval (1987–1997).
• Robert Gillmor, 85, British wildlife artist and illustrator.
• Maria Gusakova, 91, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1960).
• Bengt Johansson, 79, Swedish handball player and coach.
• Kim Chi-ha, 81, South Korean poet and playwright.
• Arthur Nzeribe, 83, Nigerian politician, senator (1999–2007).
• Nigel F. Palmer, 75, British Germanist.
• Waldemar Paruch [pl], 57, Polish politician and political scientist.
• Stefanos Petrakis, 97, Greek Olympic sprinter (1948, 1952).
• Mahendra Raj, 97, Indian engineer (Pragati Maidan, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Salar Jung Museum).
• Sunil Kanti Roy, 78, Indian businessman (Peerless Group).
• Osvaldo Schneider [pt], 77, Brazilian politician.
• Ray Scott, 88, American angler, founder of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society.
• Robert Vlasic, 96, American executive (Vlasic Pickles, Henry Ford Hospital).
• Fred Ward, 79, American actor (Escape from Alcatraz, The Right Stuff, Tremors).
• Dennis Waterman, 74, English actor (Minder, The Sweeney, New Tricks) and singer, lung cancer.
• Zhuang Qiaosheng, 105, Chinese geneticist and wheat breeder, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

7

• Mykola Adamenko [uk], 90, Ukrainian poet and dissident.
• Shah Jikrul Ahmad, 70, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2009–2014), heart attack.
• Antón Arieta, 76, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao, Hércules, national team).
• Yuri Averbakh, 100, Russian chess grandmaster and author.
• Jürgen Blin, 79, German boxer, European heavyweight champion (1972).
• Elisa Maria Damião, 75, Portuguese politician and trade union activist, MP (1987–1998), MEP (1998–2004).
• Fisseha Desta, 81, Ethiopian military officer and politician, vice president (1987–1991), heart disease.
• Suzi Gablik, 87, American artist, author and art critic.
• Mickey Gilley, 86, American country singer ("Room Full of Roses", "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time", "Stand by Me").
• Partha Ghosh, 81, Indian reciter.
• Marek Grabowski, 72, Polish doctor and politician.
• Mohan Juneja, 54, Indian actor (Jogi, Brindavana, James).
• Kang Soo-yeon, 55, South Korean actress (The Surrogate Woman, Come Come Come Upward, All That Falls Has Wings), complications from cerebral hemorrhage.
• Jack Kehler, 75, American actor (The Big Lebowski, Men in Black II, Fever Pitch), complications from leukemia.
• Jordan J. Louviere, 77, American marketing theorist.
• Bruce MacVittie, 65, American actor (Million Dollar Baby, The Sopranos, American Buffalo).
• Jack McDonald, 92, Australian footballer (St Kilda).
• Francis J. Meehan, 98, American diplomat, United States ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1979–1980), Poland (1980–1983) and East Germany (1985–1988).
• Sir Paul Mellars, 82, British archaeologist.
• Simion Mironaș, 56, Romanian footballer (CSM Suceava, Gloria Bistrița, Olimpia Satu Mare).
• Dominique Mortemousque, 71, French politician, senator (2002–2008).
• Adel Al Mulla, 51, Qatari footballer (1992 Olympic team, national team), heart attack.
• Ashley Nissenberg, 41, American entertainment attorney, breast cancer.
• Elvin Papik, 95, American college football coach (Doane University) and administrator.
• Robin Parkinson, 92, English actor ('Allo 'Allo!, Button Moon, Twisted Nerve).
• Bob Romanik, 72, American radio host.
• Amadou Soumahoro, 68, Ivorian politician, president of the National Assembly (since 2019).
• Angela Tiraboschi [it], 112, Italian supercentenarian, nation's oldest person (since 2022).

6

• Eugenio Allegri [it], 66, Italian actor (Hans, Valzer, Dracula 3D).
• Gabriel Garran, 95, French actor and director.
• Seán Garvey, 69, Irish traditional singer.
• Alan Gillis, 85, Irish farmers' leader and politician, MEP (1994–1999).
• Kostas Gousgounis, 91, Greek pornographic actor, heart attack.
• Helen Kleberg Groves, 94, American rancher.
• Alf Hambe, 91, Swedish author, composer, and singer-songwriter.
• George Huang, 86, Taiwanese politician, Changhua County magistrate (1981–1989) and chairman of the Central Election Commission (1994–1995, 1999–2004).
• Jewell, 53, American R&B singer.
• Bill Laskey, 79, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Baltimore Colts, Denver Broncos).
• Patricia A. McKillip, 74, American author (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, Harpist in the Wind, Ombria in Shadow).
• Kelly Meafua, 31, Samoan rugby player (US Montauban), jumping from bridge.
• Hajdar Muneka, 68, Albanian journalist and diplomat.
• John Akparibo Ndebugre, 72, Ghanaian politician, MP (2005–2009).
• George Pérez, 67, American comic book artist (The Avengers, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Teen Titans) and writer, pancreatic cancer.
• Mirosław Pietrewicz, 81, Polish economist and politician, minister of state treasury and deputy prime minister (1996–1997), MP (1997–2001).
• Bojjala Gopala Krishna Reddy, 73, Indian politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA (1989–2004, since 2009), cardiac arrest.
• Mark Sweeney, 62, American politician, member of the Montana Senate (since 2021).
• Marian van der Meer, 85, Dutch politician, senator (1983–1995).

5

• Sir James Anderton, 89, British police officer, chief constable of Greater Manchester Police (1976–1991).
• Justin Constantine, American military officer, cancer.
• Lamin Conteh, 45, Sierra Leonean footballer (Beerschot, Meppen, national team).
• Leonid Dukhovnyi [uk], 83, Ukrainian-American singer-songwriter, fire.
• Serhiy Dyachenko, 77, Ukrainian writer and screenwriter (Dark Planet).
• Du'Vonta Lampkin, 25, American football player (Massachusetts Pirates), shot.
• Axel Leijonhufvud, 88, Swedish economist.
• José Manuel Liaño Flores, 100, Spanish lawyer and politician, member of Cortes Españolas (1967–1977) and mayor of A Coruña (1976–1979).
• Mohammad Akbar Lone, 75, Indian politician, MP (since 2019) and Jammu and Kashmir MLA (2012–2018).
• Ronald Lopatni, 77, Croatian water polo player, Olympic champion (1968).
• Théodore Nzue Nguema, 48, Gabonese football player (Angers, national team) and manager (Estrellas del Futuro).
• František Plass, 78, Czech football player (Viktoria Plzeň, Czechoslovakia national team) and manager (Chmel Blšany).
• Regina Reyes Mandanas, 57, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (2013–2016).
• Mario Roy, 71, Canadian journalist (La Presse).
• Kevin Samuels, 57, American internet personality.
• José Luis Violeta, 81, Spanish footballer (Zaragoza, national team).
• Kenneth Welsh, 80, Canadian actor (Twin Peaks, The Aviator, The Day After Tomorrow), cancer.
• Leo Wilden, 85, German footballer (1. FC Köln, Bayer Leverkusen, West Germany national team).

4

• Joaquin C. Arriola, 96, American attorney and politician.
• Baek Nam-chi, 78, South Korean politician, MP (1988–2000).
• Amanda Claridge, 73, Canadian archaeologist.
• Richard Connolly, 94, Australian composer and musician.
• Anne de Leseleuc, 94, French writer, historian, and actress (Royal Affairs in Versailles, Charming Boys).
• Nguyễn Duy Quý, 90, Vietnamese academic and politician, MP (1992–2002).
• Mary Fuller, 99, American sculptor and art historian.
• Herschella Horton, 83, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1991–2001).
• Albin Julius, 54, Austrian musician (Der Blutharsch).
• Charoen Khanthawong, 89, Thai politician, MP (1975–2014).
• Zbigniew Kicka, 72, Polish Olympic boxer (1976).
• Józef Leśniak, 54, Polish politician, MP (2015–2019).
• Gerhard Mans, 60, Namibian rugby union player (Free State Cheetahs, South West Africa, national team), traffic collision.
• Donald McKellow, 96, British Olympic cyclist (1952).
• Kenny Moore, 78, American Olympic runner (1968, 1972).
• Ruža Nikolić-Lakatos [de], 77, Romani singer and ethnic ambassador.
• Harm Ottenbros, 78, Dutch racing cyclist, UCI Road World Champion (1969).
• Lalli Partinen, 80, Finnish Olympic ice hockey player (1968), COVID-19.
• Howie Pyro, 61, American punk bassist (D Generation), COVID-19.
• Odir Rocha, 81, Brazilian politician, deputy (1995) and mayor of Palmas (1997–2000).
• Hélène de Saint-Père, 62, French actress (Hôtel de France, Peau d'Ange, Vendredi soir).
• Juhani Salmenkylä, 90, Finnish Olympic basketball official (1964) and orienteering competitor, European relay champion (1964).
• Géza Varasdi, 94, Hungarian athlete, Olympic bronze medallist (1952). (death announced on this date)
• Wukun Wanambi, 59, Australian Yolngu painter.
• John Whitaker, 93, American cartoonist.
• Yuliya Voyevodina, 50, Russian Olympic racewalker (2004).

3

• Egidio Alagna, 86, Italian politician, deputy (1983–1992).
• Véronique Barrault, 64, French actress (My True Love, My Wound, Lady Cops, Love and Fear), traffic collision.
• Javier Barrero, 72, Spanish politician, deputy (1982–2016), cancer.
• Jan Béghin, 72, Belgian politician, Flemish MP (1997–1999).
• Luca Boschi [it], 66, Italian comic book artist (Topolino).
• Tony Brooks, 90, British racing driver (Formula 1).
• Lino Capolicchio, 78, Italian actor (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, The House with Laughing Windows, The Bloodstained Shadow) and director.
• Francesco D'Agostino, 76, Italian jurist.
• Carman L. Deck, 56, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection.
• Klaus Hirche, 82, German Olympic ice hockey player (1968).
• George Horvath, 62, Swedish pentathlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1980).
• Wilson Karunaratne, 79, Sri Lankan actor (One Shot, Vijaya Kuweni) and stunt director.
• Valeri Kocharov [ka], 74, Georgian rock guitarist and singer, stroke.
• Ted Luscombe, 97, British Anglican prelate, bishop of Brechin (1975–1990).
• Andra Martin, 86, American actress (Up Periscope, The Thing That Couldn't Die, Yellowstone Kelly).
• Norman Mineta, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1995), secretary of commerce (2000–2001) and transportation (2001–2006), heart disease.
• Meda Mládková, 102, Czech art collector.
• Bobby O'Jay, 68, American disc jockey (WDIA).
• Lahcen Sekkouri, 69–70, Moroccan politician, minister of youth and sports (2015–2016).
• Tim Shaffer, 76, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (1981–1996).
• Stanislav Shushkevich, 87, Belarusian politician, chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1994), complications from COVID-19.
• Hiroyuki Watanabe, 66, Japanese actor (Shinjuku Outlaw, Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!, Garo), suicide by hanging.
• Bert Weaver, 90, American golfer.
• Carrie White, 78, American hairdresser, cancer.
• Mieke Wijaya, 83, Indonesian actress (Tiga Dara, Badai Pasti Berlalu, Verses of Love) and model.
• Yu Zhigang, 48, Chinese politician.

2

• Max Boyes, 87, British Olympic hurdler (1960).
• Ursula Braun-Moser, 84, German politician, MEP (1984–1989, 1990–1994).
• María José Cantilo, 68, Argentine singer-songwriter.
• Roberto Chapula de la Mora, 66, Mexican politician, member of the Congress of Colima (2000–2003, 2006–2009, since 2021), shot.
• Gianfranco De Bosio, 97, Italian film director (The Terrorist, In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain) and screenwriter.
• Vitali Dzerbianiou, 45, Belarusian Olympic weightlifter (2008). (death announced on this date)
• Biancamaria Frabotta, 75, Italian writer.
• Peter Frohmader, 63, German composer, musician and visual artist.
• João Gago Horta, 79, Portuguese businessman and politician, MP (2002–2005). (death announced on this date)
• Lotty Harari, 51, Panamanian triathlete, traffic collision.
• Jan Kostrhun, 79, Czech writer and politician, MP (1996–2002).
• Kailia Posey, 16, American beauty pageant and reality show contestant (Toddlers & Tiaras), suicide.
• Joseph Raz, 83, Israeli philosopher.
• Đuro Seder, 94, Croatian painter.
• James V. Stanton, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1971–1977).
• Rob Stein, 78, American political strategist.
• Emmerich Tarabocchia [it], 75, Italian football player (Potenza F.C., Lecce) and coach (Virtus Entella).
• Radim Uzel, 82, Czech sexologist and academic, complications from stomach cancer.
• Yuri Vasenin, 73, Russian football player (Zaria Voroshilovgrad, Soviet Union national team) and manager (Baltika Kaliningrad).

1

• Millie Bailey, 104, American World War II veteran (WAC) and civil servant.
• Naftali Blumenthal, 100, Polish-born Israeli politician, MK (1981–1984).
• Kathy Boudin, 78, American political activist and convicted murderer, cancer.
• Bertha Conton, 98, Sierra Leonean educator.
• Carmen Costa Cerezuela, 51, Spanish politician, mayor of Fraga (since 2019), lung cancer.
• DJ Delete, 30, Australian DJ and music producer, overdose.
• Ray Freeman, 90, British chemist.
• Ilan Gilon, 65, Israeli politician, MK (1999–2003, 2009–2021).
• Ángela Hernández, 31, Colombian politician, lawyer and journalist, breast cancer.
• Prema Kiran, 61, Indian actress (Dhoom Dhadaka, De Danadan, Paagalpan).
• Dominique Lecourt, 78, French philosopher.
• Mike Liles, 76, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1991–1995).
• Totoyo Millares [es], 86, Spanish guitarist and composer.
• Takuya Miyamoto, 38, Japanese footballer (Cerezo Osaka, Montedio Yamagata, Avispa Fukuoka).
• Carlos Eduardo Moreira Ferreira, 83, Brazilian businessman and politician, deputy (1999–2003).
• Henry Coke Morgan Jr., 87, American federal judge, Eastern District of Virginia (since 1992).
• Jim Murphy, 74, American author (The Long Road to Gettysburg, Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America, The Call of the Wolves).
• Susan Olds, 74, American journalist (The Star-Ledger, Newsday, Miami Herald).
• Ivica Osim, 80, Bosnian football player (Sedan) and manager (Yugoslavia national team, Partizan, Japan national team), heart attack.
• Ric Parnell, 70, English drummer (Atomic Rooster, Spinal Tap) and actor (This Is Spinal Tap).
• Josephine Tsang Sau-ho, 62, Hong Kong politician, member of the Islands District Council (since 2014), suicide.
• Dario Sonda, 31, Italian racing cyclist, traffic collision.
• Jerry verDorn, 72, American actor (One Life to Live, Guiding Light), cancer.
• Michel Vinaver, 95, French writer and dramatist.
• Régine Zylberberg, 92, Belgian-born French singer and nightclub owner.

Previous months

• Deaths in January 2022
• Deaths in February 2022
• Deaths in March 2022
• Deaths in April 2022

See also

• List of deaths due to COVID-19