Deaths in March 2021

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2021.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

March 2021

1

• Flex-Deon Blake, 58, American pornographic actor (Niggas' Revenge).
• Sir Alan Bowness, 93, British art historian and art critic, director of the Tate Gallery (1980–1988).
• Hauk Buen, 87, Norwegian fiddler.
• Frederico Campos, 93, Brazilian politician, governor of Mato Grosso (1979–1983), COVID-19.
• Ann Casey, 82, American professional wrestler (GCCW, JCP, WWWF).
• Gheorghe Dănilă, 71, Romanian actor.
• Ejaz Durrani, 85, Pakistani actor (Shaheed, Lakhon Mein Aik, Heer Ranjha).
• Víctor Espinoza Peña, 73, Peruvian politician, mayor of Pucusana District (since 2020), COVID-19.
• Emmanuel Félémou, 60, Guinean Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kankan (since 2007), COVID-19.
• Jahmil French, 29, Canadian actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation, Soundtrack, Remedy).
• Fernando Olivié González-Pumariega, 96, Spanish diplomat, ambassador to Paraguay (1970–1973), Colombia (1973–1977) and Yugoslavia (1977–1981).
• Bernard Guyot, 75, French Olympic racing cyclist (1964).
• Vladimír Heger, 89, Czech basketball player (ATK Praha) and coach (Sparta Praha, Czechoslovakia national team).
• Eleanor Jones, 91, American mathematician.
• Vernon Jordan, 85, American attorney, non-profit executive (National Urban League, UNCF) and civil rights leader.
• Kirinji Kazuharu, 67, Japanese sumo wrestler, multiple organ failure.
• Howard Klein, 89, American music critic and pianist.
• Boris Kosarev, 69, Belarusian ice hockey player (Traktor Chelyabinsk, HC Dinamo Minsk) and coach (Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk).
• Agim Krajka, 83, Albanian composer.
• Zlatko Kranjčar, 64, Croatian football player (Dinamo Zagreb, Rapid Wien) and manager (national team).
• Pietro Larizza, 85, Italian trade unionist and politician, secretary general of the UIL (1992–2000) and senator (2007–2008).
• Lyn Macdonald, 91, British radio producer and military historian.
• Stephen Maloney, 60, Australian tennis player.
• Theodoros Margellos, 68, Greek businessman.
• Jorge Marticorena Cuba, 64, Peruvian politician, mayor of Lurín District (2007–2014, since 2019), COVID-19.
• Mary McHenry, 88, American academic.
• Max Morton, 78, British-born Belgian painter.
• Andrea Nannini, 76, Italian Olympic volleyball player (1976).
• János Németh, 87, Hungarian jurist, president of the Constitutional Court (1998–2003).
• Rossella Panarese, 60, Italian radio broadcaster (Radio3 Scienza) and scientific divulgator.
• Ralph Peterson Jr., 58, American jazz drummer (The Jazz Messengers, Out of the Blue), cancer.
• Helena Pietraszkiewicz, 67, Polish politician and psychologist, voivode of Łódź (2006–2007).
• Enrique San Francisco, 65, Spanish actor (La mujer del ministro, Navajeros, El pico) and comedian, pneumonia.
• Milenko Savović, 60, Serbian basketball player (Partizan, Oximesa, Vojvodina), COVID-19.
• David Searle, 85, Canadian politician, Northwest Territories MLA (1967–1979) and speaker (1975–1979), cancer.
• Toko Shinoda, 107, Japanese painter.
• Ian St John, 82, Scottish Hall of Fame football player (Motherwell, Liverpool, national team) and manager.
• Mikhail Studenetsky, 86, Russian basketball player, Olympic silver medallist (1956), COVID-19.
• Lise Toubon, 87, French art expert.
• Ngai Tupa, 84, Cook Islands politician, MP (2006–2010).
• Anatoliy Zlenko, 82, Ukrainian diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (1990–1994, 2000–2003) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1994–1997).

2

• Czesław Baran, 83, Polish politician and agronomist, deputy (1985–1989).
• Chris Barber, 90, English jazz bandleader and trombonist ("Petite Fleur").
• George Bass, 88, American archaeologist, pioneer of underwater archaeology.
• Luciano Capicchioni, 74, Sammarinese-American sports agent.
• Àlex Casademunt, 39, Spanish pop singer (Operación Triunfo 2001), actor and TV presenter, traffic collision.
• Nandkumar Singh Chauhan, 68, Indian politician, MP (1996–2009, since 2014), COVID-19.
• Claudio Coccoluto, 58, Italian disc jockey.
• Werner Dörflinger, 80, German politician, MP (1980–1998).
• Mark Goffeney, 51, American guitarist, fentanyl overdose.
• Peter Grosser, 82, German football player (1860 Munich, national team) and manager (SpVgg Unterhaching).
• Michael Gudinski, 68, Australian music industry executive, co-founder of Mushroom Records, mixed drug use.
• Jim Hodder, 80, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MHA (1975–1993, 2003–2007).
• Claude Lacroix, 77, French comic book author.
• Louise McBee, 96, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1993–2005).
• Stan Newens, 91, British politician, MP (1964–1970, 1974–1983) and MEP (1984–1999).
• Kari Rasmussen, 88, Norwegian actress and singer.
• ChoKyun Rha, 87, Korean-born American biotechnologist.
• Gil Rogers, 87, American actor (All My Children, Guiding Light).
• Carlos Sánchez, 68, Argentine comedian, cancer.
• Prabhat Sarma, 85, Indian flutist and singer.
• Anna Shuttleworth, 93, English cellist.
• Jaroslav Tetiva, 89, Czech basketball player (1960 Olympics, Czechoslovakia national team).
• Bunny Wailer, 73, Jamaican reggae singer (Bob Marley and the Wailers) and songwriter ("Electric Boogie"), Grammy winner (1991, 1995, 1997), complications from a stroke.
• Edward C. Waller III, 95, American vice admiral.
• Ahmad al-Zein, 88, Lebanese Sunni Islam scholar.
• Zhou Yulin, 98, Chinese mathematician, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

3

• Medea Abrahamyan, 88, Armenian cellist.
• Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, 57, Nigerian-born British biophysicist and virologist.
• Tomas Altamirano Duque, 87, Panamanian politician, vice president (1994–1999).
• Joe Altobelli, 88, American baseball manager (San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles), player (Cleveland Indians) and coach.
• Celestino Bonifacio Bacalé, 63, Equatoguinean politician, deputy.
• Władysław Baka, 84, Polish economist and PZPR activist, president of the National Bank of Poland (1981–1985, 1989–1991), member of government (1985–1989).
• Hans Blumer, 92, Swiss Olympic swimmer (1948).
• Byun Hui-su, 23, South Korean soldier. (body discovered on this date)
• William P. Cartlidge, 78, English film producer (The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, Consuming Passions).
• Marianne Carus, 92, American publisher, founder of Cricket.
• Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, 66, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Manaus (2012–2019), sepsis.
• Bill Collins, 89, British baker, co-developer of the Chorleywood bread process.
• Emmett Ripley Cox, 86, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Southern Alabama (1981–1988) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (since 1988).
• Jim Crockett Jr., 76, American professional wrestling promoter (Jim Crockett Promotions), three-time president of the NWA, liver and kidney failure from COVID-19.
• Nicolás Curiel, 92, Venezuelan stage director and actor.
• Sadiq Daba, 69, Nigerian actor (October 1) and broadcaster (Nigerian Television Authority), cancer.
• Alan Davis, 82, English Anglican clergyman, Archdeacon of West Cumberland (1996–2004).
• Wilhelm Eliassen, 85, Norwegian footballer (Frigg Oslo FK, national team).
• István Fehér, 66, Hungarian Olympic wrestler (1980).
• Kelly Flynn, 66, American politician, member of the Montana House of Representatives (2011–2019), cancer.
• Katharina Gaus, 48, German-Australian immunologist.
• Diego Gómez, 84, Spanish radio journalist, COVID-19.
• József Gurovits, 92, Hungarian sprint canoer, Olympic bronze medallist (1952).
• Duffy Jackson, 67, American jazz drummer, complications from hip surgery.
• Pedro Jiménez Galán, 100, Spanish politician, deputy (1977–1979).
• Helena Kružíková, 92, Czech actress, Thalia Award recipient.
• Kyal Sin, 19, Burmese protester (2021–2022 Myanmar protests), shot.
• Jerzy Limon, 70, Polish literary scholar and writer, COVID-19.
• Katharina Matz, 85, Czech-born German actress (The Man Who Sold Himself, The Wonderful Years, Maximilian von Mexiko).
• Hideshi Miyake, 86, Japanese baseball player.
• Kenneth Arthur Myers, 86, Australian surgeon.
• Richard Olivier, 75, Belgian filmmaker and documentarian.
• Nicola Pagett, 75, British actress (Upstairs, Downstairs, Anne of the Thousand Days, There's a Girl in My Soup), brain tumour.
• Dagoberto Planos Despaigne, 64, Cuban singer, cirrhosis.
• Andrei Polyakov, 70, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Tunisia (2006–2011) and Rwanda (2013–2017).
• Earl Renneke, 92, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1969–1993).
• Yuri Rozanov, 59, Russian sportscaster (NTV Plus, Match TV).
• John Sackett, 76, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1967–1971) and Senate (1973–1987).
• Edward Sandoval, 74, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1983–2015), complications from COVID-19.
• Ruy Scarpino, 59, Brazilian football manager (Imperatriz, Ceará, Ituano), COVID-19.
• Donald J. Summers, 69, American particle physicist.
• Jonathan Temm, 58, New Zealand lawyer, president of the New Zealand Law Society (2010–2013), Queen's Counsel (since 2019).
• Eli Timoner, 92, American businessman, founder of Air Florida, assisted suicide.
• Guerdon Trueblood, 87, Costan Rican-born American screenwriter (Jaws 3-D, Sole Survivor, The Candy Snatchers).

4

• Kamal Amer, 78, Egyptian politician and military officer, governor of Matrouh (1997–1999) and Aswan (1999–2001), senator (2012–2013), COVID-19.
• Karima Brown, 54, South African radio broadcaster (Radio 702) and journalist, COVID-19.
• Alan Cartwright, 75, English rock bassist (Procol Harum), stomach cancer.
• Colby Chandler, 95, American executive, CEO of Kodak (1983–1990).
• Phil Chisnall, 78, English footballer (Manchester United, Liverpool, Southend United).
• Marcel Courthiade, 67, French linguist.
• DJ Adviser, Ghanaian disc jockey (Happy FM).
• Osman Erbaş, 58, Turkish military officer, helicopter crash.
• Barbara Ess, 73, American photographer and musician (Disband, Y Pants).
• Sarah Everard, 33, British marketing executive, strangled.
• Francis Van den Eynde, 74, Belgian politician, member of the Chamber of Representatives (1991–2000).
• Majid Fakhry, 97–98, Lebanese philosopher and academic.
• Sir Leslie Fielding, 88, British diplomat.
• Walter Gretzky, 82, Canadian ice hockey coach, complications from a hip injury.
• Paulette Guinchard-Kunstler, 71, French politician, deputy (1997–2001, 2002–2007), assisted suicide.
• Zygmunt Hanusik, 76, Polish Olympic cyclist (1968).
• Tony Hendra, 79, British comedian and actor (This Is Spinal Tap), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Hossain Toufique Imam, 82, Bangladeshi political advisor, kidney disease.
• Hugh Newell Jacobsen, 91, American architect.
• Louis Jensen, 77, Danish writer.
• Atanasije Jevtić, 83, Serbian Orthodox hierarch, bishop of Zahumlje and Herzegovina (1992–1999), COVID-19.
• Johannes Kert, 61, Estonian politician and military officer, commander of the Estonian Defence Forces (1996–2000).
• Yuguda Hassan Kila, 70, Nigerian politician, member of the House of Representatives (since 2015).
• Donald Kinney, 63, Canadian politician, New Brunswick MLA (1999–2003), cancer.
• Heinz Klevenow Jr., 80, German actor (Entlassen auf Bewährung, Chingachgook, die große Schlange).
• Gerald Kogan, 87, American jurist, justice (1987–1998) and chief justice (1996–1998) of the Supreme Court of Florida.
• František Lízna, 79, Czech Jesuit priest, recipient of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, COVID-19.
• Moses McCormick, 39, American polyglot, heart disease.
• Paul McMullen, 49, American Olympic middle-distance runner (1996), skiing accident.
• Bhaskar Menon, 86, Indian-born American music industry executive, chairman and CEO of EMI Worldwide.
• Mark Pavelich, 63, American ice hockey player (New York Rangers), Olympic champion (1980), suicide by asphyxiation.
• Martin van de Pol, 56, Dutch criminal, shot.
• Andrew Porter, 75, British historian.
• Colin Robinson, 58, Trinidadian activist and writer, colon cancer.
• David Schindler, 80, American-Canadian limnologist.
• Chris Schultz, 61, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts, Dallas Cowboys) and sportscaster (TSN), heart attack.
• Tengiz Sichinava, 48, Georgian football player (Dinamo Batumi, national team) and manager (Gagra).
• Jimmy Spratt, 69, Northern Irish politician, MLA (2007–2015).
• Jonathan Steinberg, 86, American-born British historian.
• Marat Tarasov, 90, Russian poet and translator.
• Willie Whigham, 81, Scottish footballer (Albion Rovers, Falkirk, Middlesbrough), pneumonia.
• Helmut Winschermann, 100, German classical oboist and composer.
• Azad Zaman, 47, Indian politician, Meghalaya MLA (since 2018), cardiac arrest.

5

• Michèle Angirany, 95, French Olympic cross country skier (1952).
• Robert Ashby, 95, American fighter pilot (Tuskegee Airmen).
• Étienne Flaubert Batangu Mpesa, 78, Congolese pharmacist and scientific researcher, pancreatic cancer.
• Jerzy Boniecki, 87, Polish Olympic swimmer (1952).
• Nicolas Bwakira, 79, Burundian diplomat.
• Chuang Ling-yun, 21, Taiwanese singer and actress, suicide by jumping.
• Buddy Colt, 85, American professional wrestler and pilot.
• Patrick Dupond, 61, French dancer (Paris Opera Ballet).
• Paul Foster, 89, American playwright, founding member of the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.
• Martin Freeth, 76, British filmmaker, cancer.
• Henri Gaudin, 87, French architect.
• Don Gile, 85, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
• Enrique González Rojo Jr., 92, Mexican writer and philosopher.
• Vilém Holáň, 82, Czech politician, minister of defense (1994–1996).
• Cecil Jacobson, 84, American gynecologist and convicted fraudster.
• Bandula Jayasekara, 60, Sri Lankan diplomat and journalist, blood cancer.
• Yevgeny Kadyaykin, 92, Kazakhstani Olympic middle-distance runner (1956).
• Frank J. Kelley, 96, American politician, attorney general of Michigan (1961–1999).
• Sasa Klaas, 27, Botswanan singer-songwriter, helicopter crash.
• Mickey Lewis, 56, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Derby County, Oxford United), cancer.
• Stig Malm, 79, Swedish trade unionist, chairman of LO (1983–1993), COVID-19.
• Margarita Maslennikova, 92, Russian cross-country skier, world champion (1954).
• David Matthews, 78–79, British academic and translator.
• Paolo Moreno, 86, Italian archaeologist.
• M. G. George Muthoot, 71, Indian conglomerate executive, chairman of The Muthoot Group (since 1993), fall.
• Pavel Oliva, 97, Czech classical philologist and Holocaust survivor.
• Mo Pinel, 78, American mechanical engineer and product designer, complications from COVID-19.
• Birgitta Rasmusson, 81, Swedish television personality and cookbook author.
• Ann Riordan, 73, Irish businesswoman.
• Janet Sawbridge, 73–74, British ice dancer.
• Gerda Schmidt-Panknin, 100, German painter.
• Samuel J. Scott, 82, American engineer.
• Harold S. Shapiro, 92, American mathematician.
• José Carlos da Silva Júnior, 94, Brazilian businessman and politician, senator (1996–1999) and vice-governor of Paraíba (1983–1986), COVID-19.
• Aulis Sipponen, 92, Finnish Olympic skier (1952).
• Francis Small, 75, New Zealand civil engineer and scouting leader, president of IPENZ (1996–1997).
• Michael Stanley, 72, American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter, lung cancer.
• Czesława Stopka, 83, Polish Olympic cross-country skier (1964).
• Suna Tanaltay, 87, Turkish poet and psychologist.
• Adelio Terraroli, 89, Italian politician, deputy (1968–1979).
• Carlo Tognoli, 82, Italian politician, mayor of Milan (1976–1986), deputy (1987–1994), MEP (1984–1987), COVID-19.
• Anton Urban, 87, Slovak football player (Slovan Bratislava, Wacker Innsbruck) and manager (Petržalka), Olympic silver medallist (1964).

6

• Bengt Åberg, 76, Swedish motocross racer.
• Franco Acosta, 25, Uruguayan footballer (Fénix, Villarreal B, Plaza Colonia), drowned.
• David Bailie, 83, South African-born English actor (Pirates of the Caribbean, The House That Jack Built, Doctor Who).
• Katja Behrens, 78, German author and translator.
• Joaquin Bernas, 88, Filipino Jesuit priest, lawyer and writer, member of the Constitutional Commission (1986) and president of the Ateneo de Manila University (1984–1993).
• N. S. Lakshminarayan Bhat, 84, Indian poet.
• Martin Boykan, 89, American composer.
• Chi Shangbin, 71, Chinese football player (national team) and manager (Dalian Wanda, Dalian Aerbin), heart attack.
• Ned Cleary, 90, Irish Gaelic football player (Castlehaven) and coach.
• Renée Doria, 100, French opera singer.
• Jude Patrick Dougherty, 90, American philosopher.
• Ben Farrales, 88, Filipino fashion designer.
• Yehia El-Gamal, Egyptian pediatrician and immunologist.
• Abdul Ghani Gilong, 88, Malaysian politician, MP (1969–1978), minister of works (1972–1974, 1976–1978) and transport (1970–1971).
• Sir Jeremiah Harman, 90, English jurist, cancer.
• Wilhelmina Holladay, 98, American art collector and patron.
• Cassius Ionescu-Tulcea, 97, Romanian-American mathematician.
• Boris Komnenić, 63, Serbian actor (Days of Dreams, Loving Glances, Seven and a Half).
• Todd R. Klaenhammer, 69, American food scientist and microbiologist.
• Konrad Kornek, 84, Polish footballer (Odra Opole, national team).
• Valentin Kurbatov, 81, Russian literary critic and writer.
• Orlando Lansdorf, 55, Dutch drag queen and HIV activist.
• M. Mahadevappa, 83, Indian agricultural scientist and plant breeder.
• Pierre Maraval, 84, French historian.
• Katsuaki Matsumoto, 92, Japanese racing cyclist, lymphoma.
• Allan J. McDonald, 83, American aerospace engineer, fall.
• Herbert Meneses, 81, Guatemalan actor (Sólo de noche vienes, The Silence of Neto).
• Miguel Miranda, 54, Peruvian football player (Sporting Cristal, Universitario, national team) and manager.
• Shrikant Moghe, 91, Indian actor (Sinhasan, Gammat Jammat).
• Tom Moloughney, 80, Irish hurler (Kilruane MacDonagh's, Tipperary).
• Pedro Novoa, 46, Peruvian writer and educator, colon cancer.
• Bill O'Connor, 94, American football player (Toronto Argonauts).
• Lou Ottens, 94, Dutch engineer (Philips), inventor of the cassette tape.
• Graham Pink, 91, English nurse and whistleblower.
• Carmel Quinn, 95, Irish-American actress and singer, pneumonia.
• Sawsan Rabie, 59, Egyptian actress, COVID-19.
• Nikki van der Zyl, 85, German voice-over artist (James Bond films), stroke.
• Egil A. Wyller, 95, Norwegian philosopher and historian.

7

• Mordechai Bar-On, 92, Israeli historian and politician, member of the Knesset (1984–1986).
• Dmitri Bashkirov, 89, Russian pianist.
• Wiesław Bocheński, 77, Polish Olympic freestyle wrestler (1968).
• Fabio Brunelli, 51, Brazilian news anchor, journalist and writer, cancer.
• Thaddeus M. Buczko, 95, American politician, Massachusetts state auditor (1964–1981).
• Joketani Cokanasiga, 84, Fijian politician, minister for public works and energy (2000–2001).
• Bob Curtis, 88, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1971–1977).
• Olivier Dassault, 69, French politician and aerospace executive, deputy (1988–1997, since 2002), helicopter crash.
• Paul Devlin, 74, Canadian curler.
• Andreana Družina, 101, Slovenian political commissar and partisan, People's Hero of Yugoslavia.
• Duggie Fields, 75, British artist.
• Stone Foltz, 20, American student and hazing victim, alcohol intoxication.
• Georges Gruillot, 89, French politician, senator (1988–2008).
• Janis Hape, 62, American Olympic swimmer (1976).
• Sanja Ilić, 69, Serbian composer ("Nova deca") and keyboardist (San, Balkanika), COVID-19.
• Gene Kennedy, 93, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1969–1971) and Senate (1971–1975).
• Josky Kiambukuta, 72, Congolese singer (TPOK Jazz).
• John G. Lorber, 79, American general.
• Janice McLaughlin, 79, American Roman Catholic nun and human rights activist.
• Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta, 69, Nigerian jurist, justice of the Supreme Court (since 2011).
• Oishi Matashichi, 87, Japanese fisherman and anti-nuclear activist, pneumonia.
• Olga Orman, 77, Dutch-Aruban writer and poet.
• Mirko Pavinato, 86, Italian footballer (Bologna, Vicenza), kidney problems aggravated by COVID-19.
• Jerome K. Percus, 94, American physicist and mathematician.
• Lars-Göran Petrov, 49, Swedish heavy metal singer (Entombed, Entombed A.D., Firespawn), bile duct cancer.
• Maganti Ramji, 37, Indian film producer (Tuneega Tuneega), stroke.
• Yechezkel Roth, 85, Romanian-born American rabbi, heart attack.
• Charles Scontras, 91, American historian.
• Carl J. Shapiro, 108, American businessman and philanthropist, director of VF Corporation (1971–1976).
• Nikolay Smorchkov, 90, Russian actor (True Friends, The Cranes Are Flying, A Cruel Romance), COVID-19.
• Frank Thorne, 90, American comic book writer (Red Sonja).
• Albert Vallvé, 75, Spanish lawyer and politician, senator (1993–1996).
• Jack Welborn, 88, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1973–1974) and Michigan Senate (1975–1982, 1985–1994).

8

• Risto Aaltonen, 81, Finnish actor (Leikkikalugangsteri, Crime and Punishment, Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle).
• Josip Alebić, 74, Croatian Olympic sprinter (1972, 1976, 1980).
• Ronaldo Aquino, 59, Filipino politician, mayor of Calbayog (since 2011), shot.
• Kuryana Azis, 69, Indonesian politician, regent of Ogan Komering Ulu (since 2015), COVID-19.
• Clinton Ballou, 97, American biochemist and academic.
• Adrian Bărar, 61, Romanian guitarist and composer (Cargo), COVID-19.
• Joey Benjamin, 60, English cricketer (Warwickshire, Surrey, national team), heart attack.
• Tom Bland, 83, American football player (Wheeling Ironmen, Orlando Panthers, Toronto Argonauts).
• David M. Brink, 90, Australian-British nuclear physicist.
• Hervé Cassan, 74, French diplomat and professor.
• Cepillín, 75, Mexican clown, TV host and actor, complications from spinal surgery.
• Rhéal Cormier, 53, Canadian baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies), pancreatic cancer.
• Leon Gast, 85, American documentary filmmaker (When We Were Kings, The Grateful Dead Movie), Oscar winner (1997).
• Genésio Goulart, 66, Brazilian politician, Santa Catarina MLA (2003–2011) and mayor of Tubarão (1997–2000), degenerative disease.
• Keith Greene, 83, British racing driver (Formula One) and team owner, cardiac arrest.
• Norton Juster, 91, American author (The Phantom Tollbooth, The Dot and the Line, The Hello, Goodbye Window), complications from a stroke.
• Kind, 19, Irish racehorse, complications from foaling.
• Lee Ji-eun, 49, South Korean actress (Emperor of the Sea).
• Catherine Macleod, 72, Scottish-born Canadian writer.
• Alan Marnoch, 75, Scottish-born Australian soccer player (Sydney Hakoah, Australia national team).
• Danny McAlinden, 73, Northern Irish boxer.
• Fergal McCann, 47, Irish Gaelic football coach (Tyrone).
• Terrence F. McVerry, 77, American politician and jurist, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1979–1990) and judge of the U.S. District Court for Western Pennsylvania (since 2002), complications from a fall.
• Stanislav Meleiko, 84, Russian television presenter and journalist.
• Djibril Tamsir Niane, 89, Guinean writer and historian, COVID-19.
• Rasim Öztekin, 62, Turkish actor (Düğün Dernek, For Love and Honor, G.O.R.A.), heart disease.
• Rafael Palmero Ramos, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Palencia (1996–2006) and Orihuela-Alicante (2006–2012), complications from cancer and COVID-19.
• Trevor Peacock, 89, English actor (The Vicar of Dibley, Hamlet, Fred Claus), complications from dementia.
• Roman Pokora, 73, Ukrainian football player (Karpaty Lviv, Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk) and manager (Simurq PIK).
• Franca Polesello, 90, Italian actress (Il Sorpasso, Veneri al sole).
• Bill Searcey, 63, American football player (San Diego Chargers), pancreatic cancer.
• Norm Sherry, 89, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets) and manager (California Angels).
• Anshuman Singh, 85, Indian politician and jurist, governor of Gujarat (1998–1999) and Rajasthan (1999–2003), COVID-19.
• Mark Whitecage, 83, American jazz reedist.
• Julien-François Zbinden, 103, Swiss composer and jazz pianist.

9

• Adnan Abdallat, 78, Jordanian neurologist, complications from COVID-19.
• Joan Walsh Anglund, 95, American children's author.
• Agustín Balbuena, 75, Argentine footballer (Colón de Santa Fe, Independiente).
• Pierre Baroni, 65, Australian radio broadcaster and musician, cancer.
• Boston Harbor, 26, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Micky Brown, 76, English footballer (Millwall, Colchester United).
• Margarita Darbinyan, 100, Armenian historian and translator.
• Richard Driehaus, 78, American fund manager and philanthropist.
• Federico Fabregat, 46, Mexican visual artist, writer and musician.
• Hans-Christian Gabrielsen, 53, Norwegian trade unionist, leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (since 2017), heart failure.
• Bob Graves, 78, English footballer (Lincoln City).
• Daniel Hillel, 90, Israeli-American agronomist.
• Rafet Husović, 56, Montenegrin politician, deputy prime minister (2012–2020).
• Jhon Jarrín, 59, Ecuadorian Olympic cyclist (1980), traffic collision.
• Walter LaFeber, 87, American historian.
• James Levine, 77, American conductor and pianist (Metropolitan Opera).
• Marino Lombardo, 70, Italian footballer (Torino, Cesena, Pistoiese), heart attack.
• Erling Lorentzen, 98, Norwegian shipowner and industrialist, founder of Aracruz Celulose.
• Carlos Matallanas, 39, Spanish sports journalist and writer, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Biff McGuire, 94, American actor (The Thomas Crown Affair, Serpico, Gibbsville).
• Alec Monteath, 79, Scottish actor (Take the High Road).
• Roger Mudd, 93, American broadcast journalist (Meet the Press, NBC Nightly News), complications from kidney failure.
• Shuichi Murakami, 70, Japanese jazz drummer.
• Steve Ortmayer, 77, American football coach and executive (San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Rams).
• Sir Richard Pease, 3rd Baronet, 98, British banker.
• John Polkinghorne, 90, English theoretical physicist, theologian and Anglican priest.
• Léo Rosa, 37, Brazilian actor (Vidas Opostas), testicular cancer.
• Adhemar Santillo, 81, Brazilian politician, deputy (1975–1986) and mayor of Anápolis (1986–1989, 1997–2001), pulmonary embolism from COVID-19.
• Cliff Simon, 58, South African-born American actor (Stargate SG-1), kiteboarding accident.
• Len Skeat, 84, English jazz double-bassist.
• Jim Snyder, 88, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins) and manager (Seattle Mariners).
• Steven Spurrier, 79, British wine merchant and writer.
• Josy Stoffel, 92, Luxembourgian Olympic gymnast (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964).
• René Taesch, 69, French photographer, musician and writer, cancer.
• Tommy Troelsen, 80, Danish footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1960) and television presenter.
• Blanquita Valenti, 87, American politician.
• Isela Vega, 81, Mexican actress (Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia), screenwriter and film director, cancer.
• María de Jesús Velarde, 95, Spanish nun.
• Jiří Ventruba, 71, Czech neurosurgeon and politician, deputy (since 2017), COVID-19.
• Anthony Watson, 80, American Olympic long jumper (1960).
• Marina Zerova, 86, Ukrainian entomologist.

10

• Bruce Abel, 84, American bass singer.
• Mirko Bazić, 82, Croatian football player (NK Metalac Zagreb, NK Nehaj) and manager (Dinamo Zagreb).
• Mario Boccalatte, 87, Italian footballer (Biellese, Reggiana).
• Hamed Bakayoko, 56, Ivorian politician, prime minister (since 2020), cancer.
• Joan Burt, 91, Canadian architect.
• Dharamchand Chordia, 71, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA.
• Bob Desjarlais, 66, Canadian trade unionist.
• Dick Duckett, 87, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).
• Hélio Fernandes, 100, Brazilian journalist.
• János Gonda, 89, Hungarian jazz pianist.
• Eugene Hughes, 86, American educator, president of Northern Arizona University and Wichita State University.
• Per Kleppe, 97, Norwegian politician, minister of trade and shipping (1971–1972), Nordic cooperation (1971–1972) and finance (1973–1979).
• Lee Chiong Giam, 79, Singaporean diplomat, high commissioner to Papua New Guinea (1982–1999) and Pakistan (2006–2014), ambassador to East Timor (2005–2014), complications from a fall.
• Richard Lind, 98, Malaysian civil servant.
• Lyudmila Lyadova, 95, Russian composer and singer, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984), COVID-19.
• Henri-Thomas Lokondo, 65, Congolese politician, MP (since 2006), COVID-19.
• Chris Mann, 72, South African poet, cancer.
• Robert Middlekauff, 91, American historian, complications from a stroke.
• Ali Mahdi Muhammad, 82, Somali politician, president (1991–1997), COVID-19.
• Ron Phoenix, 91, English footballer (Manchester City, Rochdale).
• Scott Pilarz, 61, American Jesuit academic administrator, president of Marquette University (2011–2013) and the University of Scranton (2003–2011, since 2017), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Albert Resis, 99, American historian and writer.
• Henryk Rozmiarek, 72, Polish handball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1976).
• Manuel Saturnino da Costa, 78, Bissau-Guinean politician, prime minister (1994–1997).
• Marco Sciaccaluga, 67, Italian theatre director.
• Stephen Scott, 76, American composer.
• Lani Stephenson, 72, American parasitologist and nutritionist.
• Joe Tait, 83, American sportscaster (Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Rockers).
• Veaceslav Țurcan, 55, Moldovan human rights activist, COVID-19.
• Tomás Vidiella, 83, Chilean film director and actor, complications from COVID-19.
• Robert-Rudolf Volk, 100, Estonian sculptor.
• David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale, 85, British retail executive and politician, Downing Street chief of staff (1979–1985), member of the House of Lords (1991–2017), complications from dementia.

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• Mauro Aparecido dos Santos, 66, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Cascavel (since 2007), COVID-19.
• Ray Campi, 86, American rock double bassist.
• Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury, 66, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 2014), COVID-19.
• Carola B. Eisenberg, 103, Argentine-American psychiatrist.
• Jewlia Eisenberg, 50, American singer (Charming Hostess), GATA2 deficiency.
• Lin Emery, 94, American visual artist.
• Petar Fajfrić, 79, Serbian handball player and coach, Olympic champion (1972), COVID-19.
• Serge Giacchini, 89, French Olympic bobsledder (1956).
• Florentín Giménez, 95, Paraguayan pianist and composer, COVID-19.
• Sally Grossman, 81, American music label executive (Bearsville Records).
• Peter W. Hall, 72, American jurist, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (since 2004), cancer.
• Francis Hardy, 97, French politician, deputy (1973–1981, 1986–1988) and mayor of Cognac (1979–2001).
• Archie Lang, 72, Canadian politician, Yukon MLA (2002–2011), cancer.
• Victor Lebedev, 86, Russian composer (Heavenly Swallows, Be My Husband, Gardes-Marines, Ahead!), People's Artist of Russia (2005).
• Orlando Llenza, 90, Puerto Rican military officer.
• Curtis Lovejoy, 63, American swimmer, Paralympic champion (2000), blood cancer.
• Isidore Mankofsky, 89, American cinematographer (The Muppet Movie, Somewhere in Time, The Jazz Singer).
• Donald McDonnell, 87, Australian Olympic boxer (1952)
• Skip Mercier, 66, American set designer, pancreatic cancer.
• Takis Mousafiris, 84, Greek Aromanian composer and songwriter, cancer.
• Luis Palau, 86, Argentine-born American evangelist, lung cancer.
• Peter Patzak, 76, Austrian film director (Kassbach – Ein Porträt, Wahnfried, Shanghai 1937) and screenwriter.
• Ernesto Ráez Mendiola, 84, Peruvian stage director, actor and theater teacher.
• George Reihner, 65, American football player (Houston Oilers).
• Patrick Rieupeyrout, 69, French Olympic sailor.
• Jack Sandner, 79, American business executive (Chicago Mercantile Exchange), stroke.
• Jimmy Stevenson, 74, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Southend United, Margate).
• Maenoyama Tarō, 76, Japanese sumo wrestler.
• Norman J. Warren, 78, English film director (Satan's Slave, Prey, Terror).
• Hirotaro Yamazaki, 79, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1993–1996) and mayor of Fukuoka (1998–2006), intracerebral hemorrhage.
• Zin Mar Oo, 51, Burmese actress (Sone Yay).

12

• Andrés Abt, 47, Uruguayan politician, deputy (2020), COVID-19.
• Austen Angell, 87, Australian-born American physical chemist, cancer.
• Robina Asti, 99, American flight instructor and advocate for women's and transgender rights.
• Gérard Aygoui, 84, French footballer (Olympique de Marseille, national team).
• Fatima Aziz, 47, Afghan physician and politician, MP (since 2005), cancer.
• Miodrag Baletić, 72, Montenegrin basketball coach (Sutjeska, Budućnost, Željezničar Sarajevo).
• Gaynor Cawley, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1981–2006), cancer.
• Chao Kuang Piu, 100, Hong Kong textile executive and philanthropist, founder of Dragonair.
• Nicolae Dabija, 72, Moldovan writer, literary historian and politician, MP (1990–1994, 1998–2001), COVID-19.
• Ronald DeFeo Jr., 69, American mass murderer, basis for The Amityville Horror.
• Ademar Frederico Duwe, 82, Brazilian politician, Santa Catarina MLA (1987–1991).
• Daphne Gail Fautin, 74, American professor of invertebrate zoology.
• Uruguay Graffigna, 73, Uruguayan-Chilean footballer (San Luis de Quillota, Los Angeles Aztecs, PEC Zwolle), complications from COVID-19 and Alzheimer's disease.
• Ferdi Hartzenberg, 85, South African politician, leader of the opposition (1993–1994), minister of education and training (1979–1982).
• Khairuddin Haseeb, 91, Iraqi journalist.
• Chang Sik Kim, 77, South Korean-American Buddhist monk, creator of Shim Gum Do.
• Andrew Levine, 76, American political philosopher and commentator.
• Andrew Majda, 72, American mathematician.
• Noxolo Maqashalala, 44, South African actress. (body discovered on this date)
• Avenal McKinnon, 71, New Zealand art historian and writer, director of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery (2005–2014).
• Irina Vasilevna Medvedeva, 62, Russian scientist.
• John Albert Nordberg, 94, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois (since 1982).
• Dion Payton, 70, American blues guitarist and singer.
• Stahan Rakhimov, 83, Uzbek singer, People's Artist of Russia (2002).
• Daniell Revenaugh, 86, American pianist.
• Roei Sadan, 39, Israeli cyclist, traffic collision.
• Tapan Sarkar, 72, Indian-American electrical engineer and academic (Syracuse University).
• Ivo Trumbić, 85, Croatian water polo player, Olympic champion (1968) and coach (Netherlands national team).
• Bob Walkup, 84, American politician, mayor of Tucson (1999–2011), pulmonary fibrosis.
• Dwight Waller, 75, American basketball player (Atlanta Hawks).
• Zhou Youyuan, 82, Chinese astrophysicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Goodwill Zwelithini, 72, South African royal, King of the Zulus (since 1971), complications from COVID-19.

13

• Rostyslav Bahdasarov, 27, Ukrainian footballer (Kolos Kovaliva, Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk), heart disease.
• Raoul Casadei, 83, Italian bandleader, composer and liscio musician, COVID-19.
• Josep Anton Codina Olivé, 88, Spanish theatre director.
• Igor Cornelissen, 85, Dutch journalist.
• Bob Davis, 93, American college basketball coach (Georgetown Tigers, Auburn Tigers).
• Jean-Claude Fasquelle, 90, French publisher.
• Silvio Favero, 54, Brazilian politician and lawyer, Mato Grosso MLA (since 2019), COVID-19.
• Daniela Figueredo, 19, Venezuelan inmate, shot.
• Giovanni Gastel, 65, Italian photographer, COVID-19.
• Marvelous Marvin Hagler, 66, American Hall of Fame boxer, undisputed middleweight champion (1980–1987).
• Sir David Hull, 88, British paediatrician.
• Martin Johnson, 71, English sports journalist (The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times).
• Obren Joksimović, 68, Serbian politician, minister of health (2001), COVID-19.
• Mark Lubotsky, 89, Russian violinist.
• Roger Maes, 77, Belgian Olympic volleyball player (1968), COVID-19.
• Carole McCartney, 55–56, US-born Cypriot archeologist.
• Bob McPhee, 65, Canadian arts administrator, CEO of Calgary Opera (1998–2017), cancer.
• Menzi Ngubane, 56, South African actor (Generations, Yizo Yizo, How to Steal 2 Million), kidney disease.
• Kiyoko Ono, 85, Japanese gymnast and politician, Olympic bronze medallist (1964) and member of the House of Councillors (1986–2007), COVID-19.
• Nikola Spiridonov, 83, Bulgarian chess grandmaster.
• Rocky Thompson, 81, American professional golfer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Erol Toy, 84, Turkish novelist.
• Murray Walker, 97, British motorsport commentator (BBC Sport, Channel 4, ITV Sport).
• Wang Fuchun, 77, Chinese photographer.
• Dave Watson, 79, American football player (Boston Patriots).

14

• H. Douglas Barclay, 88, American politician and diplomat, member of the New York State Senate (1965–1984), ambassador to El Salvador (2003–2006).
• Clark M. Blatteis, 88, German-American physiologist.
• Aurora Cornu, 89, Romanian-born French writer, film director and actress (Claire's Knee, Love in the Afternoon).
• Jean-Louis Coustillet, 78, French football player and coach (ES Viry-Châtillon, Troyes AC).
• Ray Cullen, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars, Vancouver Canucks, Detroit Red Wings).
• Henry Darrow, 87, American actor (The High Chaparral, The Hitcher, Zorro).
• Ted Daryll, 81, American songwriter.
• Frankie de la Cruz, 37, Dominican baseball player (Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers), heart attack.
• Lester Francel, 70, Colombian Olympic weightlifter (1972).
• Jean Frydman, 95, French resistance member.
• Helena Fuchsová, 55, Czech Olympic runner (1996, 2000), cancer.
• Māris Grīnblats, 66, Latvian politician, deputy (1991–2010) and minister of education (1995–1997).
• Michael Gunder, 67, New Zealand urban planner.
• S. P. Jananathan, 61, Indian film director (Iyarkai, Peranmai, Laabam) and screenwriter, cardiac arrest.
• Khant Nyar Hein, 17, Burmese activist, shot.
• Mahmoud Khoshnam, 85, Iranian music critic.
• Iona McGregor, 92, Scottish author.
• Monty Meth, 95, British journalist (Daily Mail).
• Friedrich Meyer-Oertel, 84, German opera director.
• Laxman Pai, 95, Indian painter.
• Robert A. Pascal, 86, Canadian-American football player (Montreal Alouettes, Duke Blue Devils, Baltimore Colts) and politician, member of the Maryland Senate (1971–1974).
• Paul Ri Moun-hi, 85, South Korean Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Daegu (1986–2007).
• Marvin Scott, 26, American inmate, homicide.
• Thione Seck, 66, Senegalese singer and musician (Orchestra Baobab, Raam Daan).
• Rusty Tillman, 75, American football player (Washington Redskins) and coach (Seattle Seahawks, Minnesota Vikings).
• Francesco Trabucco, 76, Italian architect and designer, five-time winner of the Compasso d'Oro, COVID-19.
• Coot Veal, 88, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates), neuropathy.
• Jean-Jacques Viton, 87, French poet.
• Suzanne Zimmerman, 95, American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1948).

15

• Michel Alberganti, 65, French radio producer and writer, cancer.
• Masahiro Anzai, 66, Japanese voice actor (Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn), heart failure.
• Neil Ashcroft, 82, British-born American solid-state physicist.
• Desmond Barker, 71, South African Air Force officer, plane crash.
• Stephen Bechtel Jr., 95, American construction executive and civil engineer, co-owner of the Bechtel Corporation.
• Chai Kim Sen, 57, Malaysian politician, senator (2014–2020), cancer.
• Jim Dornan, 73, Northern Irish obstetrician and gynecologist, COVID-19.
• Dragoljub Đuričić, 68, Montenegrin drummer (YU Grupa, Leb i sol, Kerber), COVID-19.
• Daniel Eon, 81, French footballer (Nantes, national team).
• Les Fresholtz, 89, American sound mixer (All the President's Men, Bird, Lethal Weapon), Oscar winner (1977, 1989).
• Gilmar Fubá, 45, Brazilian footballer (Corinthians), bone marrow cancer.
• David Edwin Harrell, 91, American historian and biographer.
• Hendrik Hart, 85, Dutch-Canadian philosopher.
• Frances Degen Horowitz, 88, American developmental psychiatrist.
• Calvin Jackson, 48, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Birmingham Thunderbolts).
• Alan Kane, 75, Irish Gaelic footballer (St Joseph's, Aodh Ruadh, Donegal).
• Yaphet Kotto, 81, American actor (Live and Let Die, Alien, Homicide: Life on the Street).
• Gerard Alfons Kusz, 81, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Opole (1985–1992) and Gliwice (1992–2014).
• Anton Medan, 63, Indonesian gambling tycoon and Islamic preacher, stroke and diabetes.
• Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair, 104, Indian Kathakali actor.
• Yasuo Ōtsuka, 89, Japanese animator (The White Snake Enchantress, Alakazam the Great, The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots).
• Doug Parkinson, 74, Australian pop and rock singer ("Dear Prudence", Fanny Adams, The Life Organisation).
• Chester Porter, 95, Australian barrister.
• Michel Rabreau, 83, French politician, deputy (1968–1978).
• Henri Rancoule, 88, French rugby union player (FC Lourdes, national team).
• Paloma Rodríguez, 64, Spanish politician, deputy (2012–2015).
• Yuri Shikunov, 81, Russian football player (Torpedo Taganrog, SKA Rostov-on-Don) and manager (Rostov).
• Barry Sinervo, 60, Canadian-born American behavioral ecologist and evolutionary biologist, cancer.
• Daniel Vachez, 74, French politician, deputy (1997–2002), mayor of Noisiel (1980–2017).
• Ian Waddell, 78, Scottish-born Canadian politician, MP (1979–1993), MLA (1996–2001).

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• Moudud Ahmed, 80, Bangladeshi politician, prime minister (1988–1989), vice president (1989–1990) and MP (1979–1982, 1986–1996, 2001–2006).
• Sergio Ballesio, 86, Italian Olympic field hockey player.
• Sir Courtney Blackman, 88, Barbadian economist and diplomat.
• Kevin Bradshaw, 63, Australian Olympic racing cyclist (1980).
• Emma C. Chappell, 80, American activist, founder of the United Bank of Philadelphia.
• Micky Dulin, 85, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur).
• Amaranth Ehrenhalt, 93, American painter, sculptor and writer, COVID-19.
• Timur Faizutdinov, 19, Russian ice hockey player (HC Dinamo Saint Petersburg), cranial injury.
• Mauro Favilla, 87, Italian politician, senator (1987–1996) and mayor of Lucca (1972–1984, 1988, 2007–2012), COVID-19.
• Peter Freeman, 55, American musician, stomach cancer.
• Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli, 77, Italian politician, deputy (1987–1996) and senator (1996–2001).
• Aarón Gamal, 62, Mexican footballer (Deportivo Neza, Tigres, national team), heart disease.
• Líviusz Gyulai, 83, Romanian-born Hungarian graphic designer.
• Henry Kolowrat Jr., 87, Czech-born American Olympic fencer (1960).
• Rogers Lehew, 92, American football executive (Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Calgary Stampeders).
• Ahmed Mghirbi, 74, Tunisian footballer (Stade Tunisien).
• Allan Montgomery, 62, Australian footballer (Carlton).
• Erhan Önal, 63, Turkish footballer (Bayern Munich, Galatasaray, national team).
• Dwite Pedersen, 79, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (1993–2008).
• Jeremy Phipps, 78, British Army officer.
• David Dias Pimentel, 79, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of São João da Boa Vista (2001–2016), COVID-19.
• Borys Rassykhin, 83, Ukrainian football player (Shakhtar Donetsk, Karpaty Lviv) and manager (Karpaty Lviv).
• Euclides Scalco, 88, Brazilian pharmacist and politician, deputy (1979–1991) and co-founder of the PSDB, COVID-19.
• Sabine Schmitz, 51, German motor racer (Münnich Motorsport) and television presenter (Top Gear), cancer.
• Turi Simeti, 91, Italian painter, COVID-19.
• Jimmy Stafford, 77, Irish Gaelic footballer (Cavan).
• Patrick Viot, 68, French footballer (US Orléans).
• Mary Wilburn, 89, American lawyer and government official.
• Philip C. Wolf, 64, American travel entrepreneur.
• Laurent Zahui, 60, Ivorian footballer (national team).

17

• Ed Armbrister, 72, Bahamian baseball player (Cincinnati Reds), complications from diabetes.
• Gerhard Augustin, 79, German music producer (Beat-Club), complications from a stroke.
• Xosé Ramón Barreiro, 84, Spanish historian, president of the Royal Galician Academy (2001–2009).
• Helenês Cândido, 86, Brazilian politician and lawyer, governor of Goiás (1998–1999), COVID-19.
• Jacques Frantz, 73, French actor (Asterix and the Vikings, Heartbreaker, Cop au Vin) and voice actor.
• Anton Gămurari, 70, Moldovan general (Transnistria War), COVID-19.
• Dilipkumar Gandhi, 69, Indian politician, MP (1999–2004, 2009–2019), COVID-19.
• Antón García Abril, 87, Spanish composer (Tombs of the Blind Dead, Pancho Villa, Return of the Blind Dead), COVID-19.
• Rym Ghezali, 38, Algerian actress (El Wa3ra), cancer.
• Kristian Gullichsen, 88, Finnish architect.
• Steve Jagielka, 43, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Accrington Stanley, Sheffield United).
• Amy Johnston, 66, American actress (The Buddy Holly Story, Welcome Back, Kotter, Brothers and Sisters) and drama coach, cancer.
• John Magufuli, 61, Tanzanian politician, president (since 2015), minister of works, transports and communications (2000–2005, 2010–2015) and MP (1995–2015).
• Freddie Redd, 92, American pianist and composer (The Connection).
• Sonny Roberts, 89, Jamaican record producer, throat cancer.
• Vicente Rojo Almazán, 89, Spanish-born Mexican painter, graphic designer and sculptor.
• Ulisses dos Santos, 91, Brazilian Olympic hurdler (1956), COVID-19.
• Ram Swaroop Sharma, 62, Indian politician, MP (since 2014), suicide by hanging.
• Ian Shelton, 81, Australian footballer (Essendon).
• James Smith, 89, American Olympic sport shooter (1956).
• Gyula Szersén, 80, Hungarian actor (The Round-Up).

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• Zeev Aram, 89, Romanian-born British furniture designer.
• Chester Barnes, 74, English table tennis player and assistant racehorse trainer, heart attack.
• Luis Bedoya Reyes, 102, Peruvian politician, mayor of Lima (1964–1969), member of the Constituent Assembly (1978–1980) and minister of justice (1963).
• Michael Boardman, 83, English mathematician.
• Mark Boguski, 66, American pathologist.
• David Braithwaite, 83, New Zealand politician, mayor of Hamilton (2001–2004).
• Donald L. Custis, 103, American Navy vice admiral.
• Hermann Flaschka, 75, Austrian-American mathematical physicist.
• Mehmet Genç, 86, Turkish historian and academic.
• Richard Gilliland, 71, American actor (Designing Women, Operation Petticoat, Airplane II: The Sequel).
• Herzem Gusmão Pereira, 72, Brazilian politician and journalist, mayor of Vitória da Conquista (since 2017) and Bahia MLA (2015–2016), COVID-19.
• Steve Henry, 64, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Baltimore Colts), traffic collision.
• Bertrand Hourcade, 70, Swiss writer and professor.
• Paul Jackson, 73, American jazz bassist (The Headhunters, Azteca, Santana).
• Edward Nager, 93, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1962–1974).
• Major Olímpio, 58, Brazilian politician, senator (since 2019), deputy (2015–2019) and São Paulo MLA (2007–2015), COVID-19.
• Elsa Peretti, 80, Italian jewelry designer, philanthropist, and fashion model.
• Picanyol, 73, Spanish comic illustrator (Ot el bruixot).
• Jerzy Prokopiuk, 89, Polish philosopher, COVID-19.
• Jean-Michel Sanejouand, 86, French artist.
• Michael Stolleis, 79, German jurist and historian, director of the Max Planck Society (1991–2009).
• Wayne Kent Taylor, 65, American restaurateur, founder and CEO of Texas Roadhouse, suicide.
• Skariah Thomas, 77, Indian politician, MP (1977–1984), complications from COVID-19.
• John Vincent, 83, British historian.
• DeWitt Weaver, 81, American golfer, heart failure.
• Bill Young, 74, American football player and coach (Oklahoma State Cowboys).

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• Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni, 91, Syrian Islamic scholar.
• Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, 93, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Lima (1968–1978), bishop of Chimbote (1983–2003) and president of the Episcopal Conference of Peru (1999–2002), COVID-19.
• Toby Prince Brigham, 86, American lawyer and eminent domain scholar.
• Thomas Cavalier-Smith, 78, English biologist.
• Paul Coffin, 78–79, Canadian businessman and convicted fraudster.
• Jordi Cornet, 55, Spanish politician, member of the Catalan Parliament (2010–2012) and Barcelona City Council (1995–2010), cancer.
• Cristián Cuturrufo, 48, Chilean jazz trumpeter, COVID-19.
• Aurelio Desdentado, 76, Spanish judge, member of the Supreme Court (1986–2014), COVID-19.
• Margie Evans, 81, American blues and gospel singer and songwriter.
• Diana Grenfell, 85, English horticulturist and author.
• Andy Haman, 54, American bodybuilder, pulmonary embolism.
• Ludwig Heimrath Sr., 86, Canadian racing driver, pancreatic cancer.
• Bernard Hugo, 90, French politician, senator (1977–1986), mayor of Trappes (1966–1996).
• Henry Wanton Jones, 95, Canadian painter.
• Ali Khavari, 97, Iranian politician.
• Leonard Kniffel, 73, American librarian, pancreatic cancer.
• Melvin L. Kohn, 92, American sociologist.
• Irmão Lázaro, 54, Brazilian gospel singer and politician, deputy (2015–2019), COVID-19.
• Gary Leib, 65, American cartoonist (Idiotland) and musician (Rubber Rodeo).
• Glynn Lunney, 84, American aerospace engineer (Project Mercury, Project Gemini, Apollo program).
• Gabriel Milési, 73, French writer and journalist.
• Adel Nassief, 58, Egyptian Coptic painter, COVID-19.
• Barry Orton, 62, American professional wrestler (WWF, ICW, Stampede Wrestling).
• Leonard Sinclair Sparks, 81, Canadian boxer.
• Alvin Sykes, 64, American civil rights activist, complications from a spinal injury.
• Doug Williams, 75, American anti-polygraph activist.
• Budge Wilson, 93, Canadian writer (Before Green Gables, The Metaphor), complications from a fall.

20

• Rita Deanin Abbey, 90, American abstract artist.
• Fidelis Atienza, 102, Filipino nun and confectioner.
• Kermit Edward Bye, 84, American jurist, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (2000–2016), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Biagio Ciotto, 91, American politician, member of the Connecticut State Senate (1995–2007).
• Lawrence F. Dahl, 91, American chemist.
• Albert Joe Demby, 87, Sierra Leonean politician, vice president (1996–1997, 1998–1999, 2000–2002).
• Constance Demby, 81, American composer, heart attack.
• Buddy Deppenschmidt, 85, American jazz drummer, complications from COVID-19.
• Taryn Fiebig, 49, Australian operatic soprano, cancer.
• Anton Font, 89, Spanish mime and educator.
• Glenn T. Freeman, 91, American politician.
• Robert Gard, 93, British-born Australian tenor.
• Harry Guest, 88, Welsh-born British poet.
• Else Hammerich, 84, Danish politician, MEP (1979–1989), cancer.
• Robert Hershon, 84, American poet.
• Milan Hurtala, 74, Slovak Olympic rower (1968), COVID-19.
• Mohamed Ismaïl, 69, Moroccan film director (Goodbye Mothers).
• Rito Jiménez, 70, Venezuelan politician, deputy (since 2020), COVID-19.
• Bernal Jiménez Monge, 91, Costa Rican politician, member (1982–1986, 2002–2006) and president (1984–1985) of the Legislative Assembly, minister of economy and finance (1964–1965).
• Fred Jones, 78, Australian rugby league player (Manly Warringah, New South Wales, national team).
• Vladimir Kirsanov, 73, Russian choreographer and dancer, Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (1995), COVID-19.
• C. A. Kurian, 88, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (1977–1982, 1996–2001).
• Richard Lingenfelter, 86, American astrophysicist and historian.
• Peter Lorimer, 74, Scottish footballer (Leeds United, national team).
• Richard Mendani, 53, Papua New Guinean politician, MP (since 2012), COVID-19.
• Chris Nam, 66, South Korean realtor and community leader, liver cancer.
• Yevgeny Nesterenko, 83, Russian operatic singer, COVID-19.
• François Nicoullaud, 80, French diplomat and political analyst, ambassador to Hungary (1993–1997) and Iran (2001–2005).
• Jack Phelan, 95, American basketball player.
• Nguyễn Huy Thiệp, 70, Vietnamese writer, complications from a stroke.
• Dan Sartain, 39, American rock and roll musician.
• Raúl G. Villaronga, 82, American politician, mayor of Killeen, Texas (1992–1998).
• Bruce Wilson, 78, Australian Anglican bishop, Bishop of Bathurst (1989–2001), cardiac illness.
• Dale E. Wolf, 96, American politician, lieutenant governor (1989–1992) and governor of Delaware (1992–1993).
• Fred Wyant, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins, Toronto Argonauts) and official.

21

• Akio Arakawa, 93, Japanese-born American climatologist.
• José Baselga, 61, Spanish medical oncologist and researcher, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.
• Gilbert Blardone, 96, French economist and academic.
• Pat Collins, 88, American lighting designer (Ain't Misbehavin', I'm Not Rappaport, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical), Tony winner (1986), pancreatic cancer.
• Nawal El Saadawi, 89, Egyptian feminist and writer (Woman at Point Zero, The Fall of the Imam).
• Dick Enthoven, 84, Dutch racing cyclist.
• Brian Faehse, 96, Australian footballer (West Adelaide).
• Jeff Grayshon, 72, English rugby league footballer (Dewsbury, Bradford Northern, Featherstone).
• Herbert Gutfreund, 99, British biochemist.
• Barbara Hosking, 94, British broadcaster and civil servant.
• James W. Hunt, 68, American computer scientist and inventor (Hunt–Szymanski algorithm).
• Trisutji Kamal, 84, Indonesian composer.
• Teresa Lozano Long, 92, American educator and philanthropist.
• Christian Maes, 73, Belgian Olympic sailor (1968).
• Sharon Matola, 66, American biologist and environmentalist, founder of the Belize Zoo, heart attack.
• Bob McKnight, 83, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic silver medallist (1960).
• Terry Melling, 81, English footballer (Slough Town, Newcastle United, Mansfield Town).
• Honoré Ngbanda, 74, Congolese politician, minister of defense (1990–1997).
• Sir Stanley Odell, 91, British businessman and politician.
• Muchtar Pakpahan, 67, Indonesian lawyer and labor activist.
• Aris Poulianos, 96, Greek anthropologist and archaeologist.
• Harold Sharp, 93, American judoka and author.
• Jeffrey G. Smith, 99, American lieutenant general.
• Suraj Bhanu Solanki, 60, Indian politician, MP (1989–1996), heart attack.
• Joel Steiger, 79, American television producer and writer (Perry Mason, Matlock, Jake and the Fatman).
• Karin Strenz, 53, German politician, MP (since 2009).
• Nicholas Cunliffe-Lister, 3rd Earl of Swinton, 81, British peer.
• Xudoyberdi To'xtaboyev, 88, Uzbek children's author.
• Shahied Wagid Hosain, 59, Surinamese singer.
• Adam Zagajewski, 75, Polish poet (Unseen Hand, Another Beauty).

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• Henrique do Rego Almeida, 84, Brazilian politician, senator (1991–1999), COVID-19.
• Luis Arencibia, 74, Spanish sculptor, cancer.
• Elgin Baylor, 86, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers), coach (New Orleans Jazz) and executive (Los Angeles Clippers).
• Dušan Čamprag, 96, Serbian entomologist.
• Susana Canales, 87, Spanish actress (Black Sky, Such is Madrid, John Paul Jones).
• John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, 62, Scottish racing driver (Formula One, 24 Hours of Le Mans) and peer, cancer.
• Joseph Daaboul, 62, Lebanese poet and proofreader, complications from COVID-19.
• Zuhur Dixon, 88, Iraqi poet.
• Claudio Donoso, Chilean forester and academic.
• Theepetti Ganesan, 30, Indian actor (Renigunta, Kadhal Paathai, Mandya to Mumbai).
• Juan Carlos Gómez, 88, Argentine Olympic rower.
• Pierick Houdy, 92, French composer and musician.
• Floyd Hudlow, 77, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills).
• Barnabas Imenger, 45, Nigerian footballer (Lobi Stars, national team).
• Lorna Irungu, 47, Kenyan television presenter and media relations executive, COVID-19.
• Ted Itani, 81, Canadian military officer and humanitarian, complications from injuries sustained in traffic collision.
• Swede Knox, 73, Canadian NHL ice hockey linesman, cancer.
• Guy Brice Parfait Kolélas, 61, Congolese politician, deputy (since 2007), COVID-19.
• Heino Kostabi, 87, Estonian politician.
• Melissa Kremer, 25, Dutch writer, leukemia.
• Tatyana Lolova, 87, Bulgarian actress (Man of La Mancha, Indian Summer, Opasen char), complications from COVID-19.
• Alojzy Łysko, 85, Polish football player and coach.
• Tom Magee, 92, Australian footballer (Fitzroy, Melbourne).
• P. J. McGrath, 79, Irish Gaelic football player (Mayo) and referee.
• Paule Moris, 88, French Olympic alpine skier.
• Sante Notarnicola, 82, Italian poet and convicted robber and murderer, complications from influenza.
• Peng Shilu, 95, Chinese nuclear engineer (Type 091, Type 092), member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Sagar Sarhadi, 87, Indian screenwriter (Kabhi Kabhie, Noorie, Silsila) and film producer, heart disease.
• Alan Slough, 73, English footballer (Luton Town, Fulham, Peterborough United).
• Tapeta Tetopata, 67, French Polynesian politician, member of the Assembly (since 2018).
• Kotugoda Dhammawasa Thero, 88, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, Mahanayaka of Amarapura–Rāmañña Nikāya (since 2017).
• James M. Wall, 92, American Methodist minister.
• Ryszard Wasik, 89, Polish politician, master mariner and diplomat, deputy (1972–1976).
• Frank Worthington, 72, English footballer (Huddersfield Town, Leicester City, national team).
• May Wynn, 93, American actress (The Caine Mutiny).

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• Gurnam Singh Abulkhurana, 89, Indian politician, Punjab MLA (1992–1997).
• Mohammad Anwar, 66, American driver, murdered.
• Basrief Arief, 74, Indonesian prosecutor, attorney general (2010–2014).
• Noel Bridgeman, 74, Irish musician.
• Corinne Chapelle, 44, French-American violinist, cancer.
• Alberto Ciurana, 60, Mexican television producer (Televisa, TV Azteca), COVID-19.
• Cockney Rebel, 17, Irish thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
• Benny Dees, 86, American college basketball coach (Wyoming Cowboys, New Orleans Privateers, Western Carolina Catamounts).
• Jehan Desanges, 91, French historian and philologist.
• Sam Frazier Jr., 77, American blues musician.
• Ethel Gabriel, 99, American record producer (RCA Victor) and music executive, Grammy winner (1982).
• William A. Gamson, 87, American sociologist.
• Edmund Gettier, 93, American philosopher, complications from a fall.
• Tony Greaves, Baron Greaves, 78, British politician and peer, member of the House of Lords (since 2000).
• Bashir Ahmed Halepoto, Pakistani politician, Sindh MPA (2013–2018).
• Hana Hegerová, 89, Slovak singer and actress (Frona, If a Thousand Clarinets, Shameless), complications from a broken neck.
• Mark Jansen, 61, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1997–2002) and Senate (2007–2014), brain cancer.
• A. Mohammed John, 72, Indian politician, MP (since 2016) and Tamil Nadu MLA (2011–2014), cardiac arrest.
• Anne Kerylen, 77, French dubber and actress (I Am Frigid... Why?).
• Bob Lewis, 76, American amateur golfer, lung cancer.
• Enrique Martínez, 90, Spanish Olympic equestrian (1960, 1964, 1972).
• Yevgeny Morozov, 92, Russian Olympic rower (1952).
• Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez, 84, Spanish-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Sucre (1985–2021).
• Metod Pirih, 84, Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Koper (1987–2012).
• Julie Pomagalski, 40, French Olympic snowboarder (2002, 2006), world champion (1999), avalanche.
• Reg Poole, 79, Australian footballer (Hawthorn).
• John Ridpath, 84, Canadian intellectual historian.
• Gilles Rossignol, 78, French writer and editor.
• George Segal, 87, American actor (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Goldbergs, A Touch of Class), complications from bypass surgery.
• Hans Standl, 95, German Olympic sports shooter (1968).
• Erik Thorsby, 82, Norwegian physician.
• Houston Tumlin, 28, American child actor (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby), suicide by gunshot.
• Alhaj Shamim Uddin, 90, Pakistani politician, Sindh MPA (1985–1988).
• Joe Vancisin, 98, American basketball coach and executive.
• Irena Vrkljan, 90, Croatian writer and translator.
• Granville Waiters, 60, American basketball player (Indiana Pacers, Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls).

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• Alex Andjelic, 80, Serbian Olympic ice hockey player (1964) and coach, complications from COVID-19.
• Jean Baudlot, 74, French composer.
• Uldis Bērziņš, 76, Latvian poet and translator.
• Aécio de Borba, 89, Brazilian politician, deputy (1983–1995, 1997–1998) and member of the Constituent Assembly (1987–1988), cardiac arrest.
• Enrique Chazarreta, 73, Argentine footballer (San Lorenzo, Avignon, national team).
• Edward B. Cottingham, 92, American judge and politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1955–1958, 1967–1972).
• Morris Dickstein, 81, American literary scholar, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Jesús Fernández Vaquero, 67, Spanish politician, president (2015–2019) and member of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha (1999–2019), senator (since 2019).
• Finian's Rainbow, 18, British racehorse.
• Craig Grant, 52, American actor (Oz, She's Gotta Have It, Good Time) and poet, complications from diabetes.
• Derek Hawksworth, 93, English footballer (Bradford City, Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town).
• Don Heffington, 70, American drummer (Lone Justice, Watkins Family Hour), leukemia.
• Rudolf Kelterborn, 89, Swiss composer (Der Kirschgarten).
• Norm Kirby, 95, Canadian soldier (World War II).
• Toshihiko Koga, 53, Japanese judoka, Olympic champion (1992).
• Anna Koźmińska, 101, Polish recipient of Righteous Among the Nations award.
• Kentaro Kudo, 78, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (2004–2010) and House of Representatives (1993–1996, 2000–2003), respiratory failure.
• Camille Liénard, 86, Belgian Olympic bobsledder (1964).
• Haroldo Lima, 81, Brazilian politician and anti-dictatorship activist, general director of the ANP (2005–2011) and deputy (1983–2003), COVID-19.
• Kåre Arnstein Lye, 81, Norwegian botanist and field biologist.
• Hanna Lypkivska, 53, Ukrainian theatrologist, COVID-19.
• Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 75, Emirati politician and horse breeder (Shadwell Racing), deputy prime minister (1971–1973).
• Tony Martin, 83, American painter and sculptor, congestive heart failure.
• Jorge Martínez Reverte, 72, Spanish writer, journalist and historian, cancer.
• Pedro Saúl Morales, 61, Colombian racing cyclist, heart attack.
• Ezra T. Newman, 91, American physicist.
• Bob Plager, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers), traffic collision.
• Zora Plešnar, 95, Slovenian photographer.
• Richard Stoker, 82, British composer and actor.
• Tamás Sudár, 79, Hungarian Olympic ski jumper (1960).
• Kunie Tanaka, 88, Japanese actor (The Bad Sleep Well, Sanjuro, Battles Without Honor and Humanity).
• Vlasta Velisavljević, 94, Serbian actor, COVID-19.
• Jessica Walter, 80, American actress (Arrested Development, Archer, Play Misty for Me), Emmy winner (1975).
• Mahmoud al-Werfalli, 43, Libyan military officer, shot.
• Paul W. Whear, 95, American composer and music educator.
• Martin Woollacott, 81, British journalist.
• Inger-Marie Ytterhorn, 79, Norwegian politician, MP (1989–1993), member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (2000–2017).

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• Rais Abin, 94, Indonesian military officer and diplomat, commander of UNEF II (1976–1979).
• Stan Albeck, 89, American basketball coach (San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets, Bradley Braves).
• Rick Azar, 91, American broadcaster (WKBW-TV).
• Bill Brock, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1963–1971), senator (1971–1977), and secretary of labor (1985–1987).
• Bobby Brown, 96, American baseball player (New York Yankees) and executive, president of the American League (1984–1994).
• Chuck Burger, 84, American bridge player.
• Gladys Castillo, 98, Venezuelan pediatrician, first lady (1984–1988).
• Zakaria Khan Chowdhury, 87, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1996).
• Beverly Cleary, 104, American children's author (The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Ramona, Dear Mr. Henshaw), Newbery Medal winner (1984).
• Joe Cunningham, 89, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators).
• Manuel Dammert, 72, Peruvian sociologist and politician, member of Congress (1985–1992, 2013–2019), COVID-19.
• Marr Grounds, 90, American-Australian artist.
• Syarwan Hamid, 77, Indonesian military officer and politician, minister of home affairs (1998–1999).
• Tom Hilgendorf, 79, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies).
• Gil Jouanard, 83, French writer.
• Aleksandr Lipnitsky, 68, Russian musician (Zvuki Mu), drowned.
• Richard Marsina, 97, Slovak historian.
• Larry McMurtry, 84, American novelist and screenwriter (Lonesome Dove, The Last Picture Show, Brokeback Mountain), Oscar winner (2006), heart failure.
• Larry Melancon, 65, American jockey.
• Roman Micał, 82, Polish Olympic hockey player (1960).
• Kanwal Naseer, 78, Pakistani news presenter.
• WAG Pinto, 96, Indian military officer, commandant of the National Defence College (1979–1980).
• Gail Phillips, 76, American politician, member (1991–2001) and speaker (1995–1999) of the Alaska House of Representatives.
• Jim Quaid, 88, Irish hurler.
• Uta Ranke-Heinemann, 93, German theologian, academic and author (Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven).
• Robert Rodan, 83, American actor (Dark Shadows), heart failure.
• Arbi Sanit, 81, Indonesian political scientist.
• Bi Sidi Souleymane, 58, Central African militant, leader of Return, Reclamation, Rehabilitation (since 2015), complications from gunshot wounds.
• Kaleb Stewart, 45, American musician (As Friends Rust, Bridgeburne R), liver disease.
• Nazar Suyunov, 84, Turkmen politician, minister of foreign affairs (1979–1985).
• Randy Tate, 68, American baseball player (New York Mets), complications from COVID-19.
• Bertrand Tavernier, 79, French film director (A Sunday in the Country, Coup de Torchon, Life and Nothing But) and screenwriter.
• Miha Tišler, 94, Slovenian chemist.
• Jan Waszkiewicz, 76, Polish politician, COVID-19.
• Kenneth G. Wiman, 90, American rear admiral.

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• Želimir Altarac Čičak, 73, Bosnian music promoter, publicist and poet, COVID-19.
• Pandula Andagama, 82, Sri Lankan anthropologist, historian and academic.
• Rateb Al-Awadat, 50, Jordanian football player (Al-Faisaly, national team) and manager (Al-Sheikh Hussein), cancer.
• Elaine Baxter, 88, American politician, Iowa secretary of state (1987–1995).
• Mike Bell, 46, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) and coach (Minnesota Twins), kidney cancer.
• Cornelia Catangă, 63, Romanian singer, COVID-19.
• Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty, 68, Indian banker, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (2009–2014), heart attack.
• Mary Rawlinson Creason, 96, American aviator.
• John Richard Davey, 63, British-born Australian cricketer (South Australia).
• Anil Dharker, 73, Indian journalist and writer, heart disease.
• František Hajnovič, 71, Slovak economist, minister of finance (2002).
• Ursula Happe, 94, German swimmer, Olympic champion (1956).
• Piet Hartman, 98, Dutch crystallographer.
• Jo Helton, 87, American actress (Dr. Kildare, The Yellow Canary, Dumb and Dumber To).
• Nabindra Raj Joshi, 57, Nepalese politician, minister of industry (2016–2017), MP (since 2008) and deputy mayor of Kathmandu (1992–1997), stroke.
• Hossein Khodaparast, 82, Iranian Olympic footballer (1964).
• Orest Kryvoruchko, 78, Ukrainian artist.
• Lennart Larsson, 91, Swedish cross country skier, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
• Carole Lavallée, 67, Canadian politician, MP (2004–2011).
• Rod McKie, 63, British cartoonist (Punch, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review), brain hemorrhage.
• Vili Milisits, 72, Australian pastry chef and businessman.
• Haseena Moin, 79, Pakistani screenwriter (Tanhaiyaan, Dhoop Kinare, Shehzori), cancer.
• Azade Namdari, 36, Iranian actress and television host, suicide.
• Surinder Singh Nijjar, 71, Indian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (2009–2014) and chief justice of the Calcutta High Court (2007–2009), cardiac arrest.
• Bartomeu Planells, 71, Spanish furniture executive and politician, member of the Balearic Islands Parliament (1987–1991), cancer.
• Paul Polansky, 79, American writer and Romani activist.
• Tadashi Sawamura, 78, Japanese kickboxer.
• Shen Shanjiong, 103, Chinese microbiologist and geneticist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Pete Smith, 76, British Olympic cyclist (1968), injuries sustained in bicycle accident.
• Enzo Spaltro, 92, Italian psychologist.
• Louis St. Louis, 78, American songwriter (Grease).
• Elizabeth Thabethe, 61, South African politician, MP (since 1994), complications from a traffic collision.
• Ilie Vancea, 72, Moldovan politician, minister of education (2000–2002).
• Saâdeddine Zmerli, 91, Tunisian urologist and politician, minister of health (1988–1989).

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• Sir Roy Austen-Smith, 96, British air marshal.
• Bill Diessner, 97, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1983–1990).
• Nancy Dillow, 92, Canadian museum curator.
• Peter Fox, 61, Australian-born American computer scientist.
• Zafir Hadžimanov, 77, Macedonian-Serbian singer and actor, COVID-19.
• Leon Hale, 99, American journalist and author (Houston Chronicle, Houston Post).
• Redha Hamiani, 76, Algerian politician, minister for small business (1995).
• Charles Hill, 84, American diplomat and author.
• Todd Kabel, 55, Canadian jockey, Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey (1992, 1995, 2003–2006).
• Petr Kellner, 56, Czech financier and investment executive, founder of PPF, helicopter crash.
• Alex Kiddie, 93, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen).
• Barry King, 76, British Olympic decathlete (1972).
• Mary Jeanne Kreek, 84, American neurobiologist.
• Richard Loving, 97, Austrian-born American artist.
• Keith MacDonald, 93, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1987–1990).
• Graham Dunstan Martin, 88, British author (The Soul Master, Time-Slip, The Dream Wall).
• Gideon J. Mellenbergh, 82, Dutch psychologist.
• James R. Mills, 93, American politician, member (1961–1982) and president pro tempore (1970–1980) of the California State Senate, kidney cancer.
• Eugenio Mimica Barassi, 71, Chilean writer, member of the Chilean Language Academy (since 2014).
• Patrick O'Malley, 77, Irish politician. TD (1987–1989).
• Odirlei Pessoni, 38, Brazilian Olympic bobsledder (2014, 2018), traffic collision.
• Mahbubur Rahman, 81, Bangladeshi politician, minister of education (1986–1988) and religious affairs (1984–1987).
• Antonio Sanchez, 71, Filipino politician and convicted murderer, mayor of Calauan (1980–1986, 1988–1993).
• Howard Schnellenberger, 87, American football coach (Miami Hurricanes, Louisville Cardinals, Florida Atlantic Owls), national championship winner (1983).
• Paulo Stein, 73, Brazilian journalist and sports announcer, COVID-19.
• Derek Ufton, 92, English cricketer (Kent) and footballer (Charlton Athletic, national team).
• Sarah Whitmore, 89, British Olympic equestrian (1976).
• Aleksandr Yevteyev, 68, Russian military officer.
• Xie Yuyuan, 96, Chinese pharmaceutical chemist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Mohammad Yunus, 76, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1973–1976, 1986–1990, 2001–2006).
• Jai Zharotia, 74–75, Indian painter and artist, cardiac arrest.

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• Malcolm Cecil, 84, British musician (Tonto's Expanding Head Band, Blues Incorporated) and record producer (Talking Book).
• Gianluigi Colalucci, 91, Italian conservator-restorer (Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes).
• Joseph Edward Duncan, 58, American serial killer, glioblastoma.
• Marisa Ferretti Barth, 89, Italian-born Canadian politician, senator (1997–2006).
• Halyna Hai, 64, Ukrainian poet and writer, COVID-19.
• Jean-Pierre Hébert, 81, French-American artist.
• Christof Heyns, 62, South African human rights lawyer.
• Louise Horne, 108, Trinidadian politician and nutritionist, senator (1976–1991).
• David Kantor, 93, American systems psychologist, complications from a stroke.
• Juventino Kestering, 74, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Rondonópolis-Guiratinga (2014–2021).
• Karen Kleven, 95, Norwegian politician, deputy MP (1973–1981).
• Jean Langenheim, 95, American plant ecologist.
• Johnny Laws, 78, American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
• Liu Kai-chi, 67, Hong Kong actor (Cageman, Infernal Affairs II, SPL: Sha Po Lang), stomach cancer.
• Xabier Markiegi, 82, Spanish politician, member of the Basque Parliament (1981–1994).
• Neil Merryweather, 75, Canadian musician, brain tumor.
• Mel Pinto, 97, Moroccan-born American bicycle importer.
• Didier Ratsiraka, 84, Malagasy politician, president (1975–1993, 1997–2002), cardiac arrest.
• Kjell Risvik, 79, Norwegian translator.
• Michelle Ross, 66, Jamaican-born Canadian drag entertainer.
• Bobby Schmautz, 76, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks), pancreatic cancer.
• Constantin Simirad, 79, Romanian politician, mayor of Iași (1992–2003) and diplomat, ambassador to Cuba (2003–2006), COVID-19.
• Enrico Vaime, 85, Italian television and radio presenter, author and playwright.
• Géza Varga, 74, Hungarian agrarian manager and politician, MP (2010–2014).
• Neil Windsor, 75, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MHA (1975–1995).

29

• Constantin Brodzki, 96, Belgian architect.
• Carlos Busqued, 50, Argentine writer, radio producer, and engineer.
• Claude Callegari, 58, English football fan and YouTube personality.
• Antonio Caro, 71, Colombian conceptual artist, heart failure.
• Rex Malcolm Chaplin Dawson, 96, British biochemist.
• Saverio De Michele, 97, Italian businessman and politician, mayor of Olbia (1956–1963).
• Bashkim Fino, 58, Albanian politician, prime minister (1997), deputy prime minister (1997–1998) and deputy (since 1997), COVID-19.
• Jerry Griffin, 76, American football player (Edmonton Eskimos, Saskatchewan Roughriders).
• William Hill, 90, American politician.
• Bob Houmard, 74, American football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Ottawa Rough Riders).
• Elaine Hugh-Jones, 93, Welsh pianist and composer.
• Theodore Lambrinos, 85, Greek-American opera singer, complications from COVID-19.
• Bibian Mentel, 48, Dutch snowboarder, Paralympic champion (2014, 2018), cancer.
• Sarah Onyango Obama, 99, Kenyan educator and philanthropist, complications from diabetes and a stroke.
• Robert Opron, 89, French automotive designer, COVID-19.
• Park Kyung-ho, 91, South Korean football player (national team) and manager, Asian Games silver medallist (1958).
• Ferdinand Schladen, 81, German shot putter.
• David A. Shirley, 86, American chemist.
• Surendra Sirsat, 75, Indian politician, Goa MLA (1977–1980, 1989–1999), liver disease.
• L. Dennis Smith, 83, American embryologist and academic administrator, president of the University of Nebraska system (1994–2004).
• Elwood Thorpe, 92, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1991–1993, 1997–2010).
• Adam Toledo, 13, American teenager, shot.

30

• Nazar Albaryan, 77, Armenian Olympic wrestler (1968). (death announced on this date)
• Maria Bofill, 83–84, Spanish potter, COVID-19.
• Jean Bourlès, 90, French racing cyclist.
• Vincent Brümmer, 88, South African-Dutch philosopher and theologian.
• Contardo Calligaris, 72, Italian-Brazilian psychoanalyst and writer, cancer.
• Enrico Clementi, 89, Italian chemist, kidney infection.
• Josefina Cuesta, 74, Spanish historian and academic.
• Gérard Filippelli, 78, French actor (Bons Baisers de Hong Kong, The Big Store), musician and composer (Les Charlots).
• Myra Frances, 78, British actress (Doctor Who), cancer.
• Claire dela Fuente, 62, Filipino singer, cardiac arrest.
• Dhananjay Jadhav, 74, Indian police officer, Mumbai police commissioner (2007–2008), heart disease.
• Guy Lelièvre, 69, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA (1994–2008).
• G. Gordon Liddy, 90, American FBI agent, convicted criminal (Watergate scandal) and radio host.
• Khaya Makina, 56, South African military leader. (death announced on this date)
• Germán Medina Triviño, Colombian politician, governor of Caquetá Department (2010–2011), shot.
• Maurizio Moretti, 76, Italian footballer (S.P.A.L.), COVID-19.
• Carlo Mosca, 75, Italian prefect and magistrate, pneumonia.
• Patrick O. O'Meara, 83, South African-born American educator and author.
• Francis Otunta, 62, Nigerian mathematician and academic administrator, vice-chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (2016–2021), traffic collision.
• Thomas Saisi, 75, Kenyan Olympic runner (1968, 1972).
• Evelyn Sakash, 66, American production designer (Mermaids), heart disease. (body discovered on this date)
• Chuck Schilling, 83, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
• Ferenc Somogyi, 75, Hungarian politician, foreign minister (2004–2006), ambassador to the United States (2007–2009).
• Tony Turner, 88, British Olympic diver (1952).
• Alex Woo, 47, American jewelry designer, cancer.

31

• Carl Allen, 65, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Jean-Christophe Balouet, 64, French paleontologist and forensic scientist, stroke.
• Angelo Bertoni, 87, Australian politician, Queensland MLA (1974–1983).
• Alice Butler-Short, 77, Irish-American political activist and campaigner.
• Tamara Chikunova, 72, Uzbek human rights activist.
• Lee Collins, 32, English footballer (Port Vale, Northampton Town, Mansfield Town), suicide by hanging.
• Richard Coren, 66, American bridge player, Crohn's disease.
• Anzor Erkomaishvili, 80, Georgian composer and musician (Rustavi Ensemble), MP (2008–2009), COVID-19.
• Paul Feinman, 61, American lawyer and jurist, associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals (since 2017).
• Kamal Ganzouri, 88, Egyptian politician, prime minister (1996–1999, 2011–2012).
• Ron Greene, 82, American college basketball coach (Mississippi State, Murray State, Indiana State).
• Cleve Hall, 61, American special effects artist (Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn, Alienator), make-up artist and actor.
• Hsu Shui-teh, 89, Taiwanese politician, minister of the interior (1988–1991), president of the Examination Yuan (1996–2002), and mayor of Taipei (1985–1988), pneumonia.
• Ivan Klajn, 84, Serbian linguist, philologist and language historian, COVID-19.
• Diede Lameiro, 87, Brazilian football manager (Ferroviária, São Paulo, Palmeiras).
• Li Jingwen, 88, Chinese economist, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
• Jane Manning, 82, English operatic soprano.
• Lee Marmon, 95, American Laguna Pueblo photographer and author.
• Jerry McGee, 77, American golfer.
• Mary Mullarkey, 77, American jurist, justice (1987–2010) and chief justice (1998–2010) of the Colorado Supreme Court, multiple sclerosis.
• Pedro Nel Gil, 93, Colombian road racing cyclist.
• Ivair Nogueira do Pinho, 69, Brazilian politician, Minas Gerais MLA (1995–2011) and mayor of Betim (1991–1992), COVID-19.
• Kjellaug Nordsjö, 94, Swedish-Norwegian icon painter.
• Climent Palmitjavila, 80, Andorran politician, member of the General Council (1986–1992).
• Erwin Piechowiak, 84, German footballer (HSV).
• Valerie Pitts, 83, British television presenter (Play School).
• Ken Reitz, 69, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Winfred Rembert, 75, American artist.
• Khwaja Saeed Hai, 91, Pakistani tennis player.
• Gregory K. Scott, 72, American jurist, justice of the Colorado Supreme Court (1993–2000).
• Mike Sensibaugh, 72, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Cardinals).
• Izabella Sierakowska, 74, Polish politician, deputy (1989–2005, 2007–2011).
• Fabriciano Sigampa, 84, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Resistencia (2005–2013), bishop of La Rioja (1992–2005) and Reconquista (1985–1992).
• Jean-Pierre Tafunga Mbayo, 78, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kilwa–Kasenga (1992–2002) and Uvira (2002–2008), archbishop of Lubumbashi (since 2010).
• Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan, 81, Armenian major general.
• Muhammad Wakkas, 69, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–1991, 2001–2006).
• Jadwiga Wysoczanská, 93, Czech opera singer (National Theatre soloist).
• Carlos Pedro Zilli, 66, Brazilian-born Bissau-Guinean Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Bafatá (since 2001), COVID-19.
• Stefano Zuccherini, 67, Italian politician, senator (2006–2008).

External links

• List of March 2021 deaths at IMDb