Deaths in September 2019

The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2019.

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.

September 2019

1

• George Abe, 82, Japanese manga artist (Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin), pneumonia.
• Kenneth Baugh, 78, Jamaican politician, MP and Leader of the Opposition (2005).
• Alison Cheek, 92, Australian-born American Episcopal priest.
• Charles W. Daniels, 76, American judge, justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (2007–2018).
• Jacob Gelt Dekker, 71, Dutch businessman, writer and philanthropist, lymphoma.
• Radomil Eliška, 88, Czech conductor.
• Albert Fritz, 72, German racing cyclist.
• Alberto Goldman, 81, Brazilian politician, MP (1979–2006), Minister of Transport (1992–1993) and Governor of São Paulo (2010–2011), cancer.
• Adiss Harmandian, 74, Lebanese-Armenian pop singer, cancer.
• Gagik Hovunts, 89, Armenian composer.
• Astrid Hanzalek, 91, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1971–1981).
• Kari Lehtola, 80, Finnish lawyer, head of the Safety Investigation Authority (1996–2001).
• Nikon Liolin, 73, American Eastern Orthodox prelate, Archbishop of the Albanian Archdiocese (since 2003) and New England (since 2005).
• Katherine MacLean, 94, American science fiction author.
• Ciaran McKeown, 76, Northern Irish peace activist.
• Janet L. Mitchell, 69, American physician, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Barbara Probst Solomon, 90, American author.
• Joana Sainz García, 30, Spanish dancer and choreographer, injuries sustained in pyrotechnic explosion.
• Jean Edward Smith, 86, American biographer.
• Jukka Virtanen, 86, Finnish director, actor and screenwriter (Levyraati, Pähkähullu Suomi, Noin seitsemän veljestä), cancer.

2

• Isabel Keith Baker, 90, American educator.
• Michael Beddow, 72, British academic.
• Rémi Bouchard, 83, Canadian composer and educator.
• Rea Brändle, 66, Swiss journalist.
• Jack Clay, 92, American acting teacher, cancer.
• William G. Daughtridge Jr., 86, American politician.
• Atli Eðvaldsson, 62, Icelandic football player (Borussia Dortmund, Fortuna Düsseldorf, national team) and manager, cancer.
• Carlo Fonseka, 86, Sri Lankan physician, President of the Medical Council (2012–2017).
• Dorothea Benton Frank, 67, American author, myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Jose Garcia Cosme, 62, Puerto Rican convicted drug dealer, shot.
• Andrea Gemma, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Isernia-Venafro (1990–2006).
• Gordie Haworth, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
• Sergei Kirpichenko, 68, Russian diplomat, Ambassador to Egypt (since 2011).
• Gyoji Matsumoto, 85, Japanese footballer (national team), heart disease.
• Kevin Percy, 84, New Zealand Olympic hockey player (1960).
• Rainer Pethran, 68, German Olympic basketball player (1972).
• Frederic Pryor, 86, American economist.
• Helmut Rauch, 80, Austrian nuclear physicist.
• Joan Antoni Solans Huguet, 77, Spanish urban planner, traffic collision.
• Jan Storms, 93, Belgian racing cyclist.
• Mieczysław Tracz, 56, Polish Olympic wrestler (1988).

3

• Athanase Bala, 92, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bafia (1977–2003).
• Cassie Deveaux Cohoon, 84, Canadian writer.
• Henry Crapo, 87, American mathematician.
• LaShawn Daniels, 41, American songwriter ("Say My Name", "Love and War"), Grammy winner (2000), traffic collision.
• Diet Eman, 99, Dutch Resistance fighter and writer.
• David Evans, 94, Australian politician, MLA (1968–1989).
• Wendell Foster, 95, American politician, member of the New York City Council (1978–2001).
• Halvard Hanevold, 49, Norwegian biathlete, Olympic champion (1998, 2002, 2010).
• George Klopfer, 79, American physician.
• Hope Landrine, 65, American psychologist.
• Peter Lindbergh, 74, German fashion photographer (Stern, Vogue, Rolling Stone) and film director.
• Carol Lynley, 77, American actress (Harlow, Bunny Lake Is Missing, The Poseidon Adventure), heart attack.
• Pierre Nadeau, 82, Canadian journalist and television presenter (Radio-Canada), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, 100, Colombian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Manizales (1975–1996), heart attack.
• Rita Steblin, 68, Canadian musicologist.
• Tony Thiessen, 77, Australian footballer (Melbourne, Carlton, North Melbourne).

4

• Edgardo Andrada, 80, Argentine footballer (Rosario Central, Vasco, national team).
• James Atlas, 70, American publisher (Penguin Books), complications from a lung condition.
• Sir Hugh Beach, 96, British general, Master-General of the Ordnance (1977–1981).
• Pál Berendy, 86, Hungarian footballer (Vasas SC, national team).
• Charles Broad, 73, English-born New Zealand cricketer.
• Gerardo Bujanda Sarasola, 100, Spanish Civil War veteran and Basque nationalist politician, Deputy (1977–1982).
• Kottakkal Chandrasekharan, 74, Indian Kathakali dancer.
• Dai Tielang, 88, Chinese animator (Black Cat Detective, A Deer of Nine Colors, Where is Mama).
• Patrick Dehornoy, 66, French mathematician, discoverer of Dehornoy order.
• Peter Ellis, 61, New Zealand convicted child sex abuser and injustice claimant, bladder cancer.
• Roger Etchegaray, 96, French Roman Catholic cardinal, Auxiliary Bishop of Paris (1969–1970), Archbishop of Marseille (1970–1985) and President of PCCU (1984–1995).
• Henrietta Garnett, 74, English writer.
• Kylie Rae Harris, 30, American country singer, traffic collision.
• R. Ian Jack, 84, Scottish-born Australian historian.
• Jamie Janson, 43, British aid worker and militant, suicide.
• Tevfik Kış, 85, Turkish wrestler, Olympic champion (1960).
• Stuart B. Levy, 80, American microbiologist.
• Kenny Mitchell, 62, English footballer (Newcastle United).
• Abdullah Morsi, 25, Egyptian presidential son.
• Desmond Morton, 81, Canadian historian.
• Brendan O'Donoghue, 76, Irish civil servant.
• Felipe Ruvalcaba, 78, Mexican footballer (1964 Olympics, CD Oro, national team).
• Timothy Seow, 81, Singaporean architect, pancreatic cancer.
• Konstantin Simun, 85, Russian sculptor.
• S. Sriram, Indian film producer (Thiruda Thiruda, Bombay, Aasai), cardiac arrest.
• Tsem Tulku Rinpoche, 53, Taiwanese-born Malaysian Tibetan tulku, liver failure.
• Dan Warner, 49, American Grammy-award winning musician (Julio Iglesias, Alejandro Sanz, Calle 13), heart attack.

5

• Abid Ali, 67, Pakistani actor (Waris, Seerat) and director (Dasht), liver failure.
• Jack W. Carter, 81, American politician.
• Charlie Cole, 64, American photojournalist, World Press Photo of the Year winner (1989), sepsis.
• Rod Coneybeare, 89, Canadian puppeteer and voice actor (The Friendly Giant).
• Waldron Fox-Decent, 83, Canadian political scientist.
• Ji Guobiao, 87, Chinese chemical engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, laryngeal cancer.
• Alberto Jara Franzoy, 90, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chillán (1982–2006).
• Jimmy Johnson, 76, American musician (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) and record producer.
• Akitsugu Konno, 75, Japanese ski jumper, Olympic silver medallist (1972).
• Liu Xu, 80, Chinese pharmaceutical chemist, discovered artesunate.
• Chris March, 56, American fashion designer (Beach Blanket Babylon), heart attack.
• Kiran Nagarkar, 77, Indian novelist (Cuckold), cerebral hemorrhage.
• Denis Nsanzamahoro, Rwandan actor (100 Days, Sometimes in April) and film director, complications from diabetes.
• Glenn Pendlay, 48, American weightlifting coach, cancer.
• Tom Phoebus, 77, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
• Andrzej Polkowski, 80, Polish translator.
• Cardy Raper, 94, American mycologist and writer.
• Mary Rini, 94, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets, Muskegon Lassies).
• Parvez Rob, 56, Bangladeshi music director and composer, traffic collision.
• Bob Rule, 75, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics, Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland Cavaliers).
• Francisco Toledo, 79, Mexican expressionist artist.
• Jaroslav Weigel, 88, Czech actor (Empties, Waiter, Scarper!) and comics artist (Lips Tullian).
• Wally Westlake, 98, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians).

6

• Chng Seok Tin, 73, Singaporean multi-media artist, lung cancer.
• Bob Church, 82, Canadian geneticist.
• Chris Duncan, 38, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), World Series champion (2006), glioblastoma.
• Michael Fedechko, 82, Canadian bishop.
• Chandrasiri Gajadeera, 73, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1994–2001, since 2004).
• Susan Irvine, 91, Australian educator, author and rose authority.
• Sukhdev Singh Libra, 86, Indian politician, MP (1998–2014).
• Leonard W. Moore, 85, American chief executive.
• José Moreno, 61, Dominican baseball player (New York Mets, San Diego Padres), pulmonary failure.
• Robert Mugabe, 95, Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician, President (1987–2017) and Prime Minister (1980–1987), cancer.
• Abdul Qadir, 63, Pakistani cricketer (national team), heart attack.
• Chester Williams, 49, South African rugby union player (Western Province, national team) and coach (Blitzboks), heart attack.

7

• Robert Axelrod, 70, American actor (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The Blob, Digimon).
• Richard Ball, 87, American politician.
• George J. Berry, 82, American businessman.
• Roger Boutry, 87, French composer and conductor, music director of the Republican Guard (1973–1977).
• C. Loring Brace, 88, American anthropologist.
• Al Carmichael, 90, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Denver Broncos) and stuntman (Spartacus).
• Alberto Cerreti, 80, Italian politician, President of the Province of Grosseto (1985–1990).
• Naiyyum Choudhury, 72, Bangladeshi biochemist.
• Irvin M. Cohen, 97, American psychiatrist.
• Alfredo Córdoba, 94, Mexican Olympic footballer (1948).
• Lawrie Creamer, 81, New Zealand protein chemist (Fonterra).
• Terry Horne, 65, New Zealand cricketer (Central Districts).
• Veeru Krishnan, Indian film actor (Akele Hum Akele Tum, Raja Hindustani, Ishq).
• Volodymyr Luciv, 90, Ukrainian bandurist and tenor.
• Mongsen Ching Monsin, 58, Bangladeshi journalist, researcher and writer.
• Peter Nichols, 92, British playwright (A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Passion Play, Poppy).
• James Robertson, 81, American judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (1994–2008), cardiovascular disease.
• Charlie Silvera, 94, American baseball player (New York Yankees).
• Guy Travaglio, 93, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1995–2004).
• Peter van Dijk, 90, American architect (Blossom Music Center, Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building).
• John Wesley, 72, American actor (Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad, Hang 'Em High), multiple myeloma.
• Wu Minsheng, 73, Chinese mechanical engineer and academic, President of Fuzhou University (2002–2010).

8

• Tufail Abbas, 91, Pakistani trade unionist.
• Shlomo Bar-Shavit, 90, Israeli actor and theatre director, pneumonia.
• Marjorie Blamey, 101, British illustrator.
• Marca Bristo, 66, American disability rights activist, cancer.
• Alfred A. Cave, 84, American historian and author.
• Henri de Contenson, 93, French archaeologist.
• Sir Christopher Dobson, 69, British chemist, Master of St John's College, Cambridge (since 2007), pancreatic cancer.
• Timur Eneev, 94, Russian mathematician.
• David Hagberg, 76, American novelist.
• Jerry Haldi, 84, Israeli football player (Hapoel Petah Tikva, national team) and manager (Hakoah Sydney).
• Adelaine Hain, 82, South African anti-apartheid activist.
• Arnold R. Highfield, 79, American historian.
• Roger Hsieh, 85, Taiwanese politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1993–1999).
• Ram Jethmalani, 95, Indian lawyer and politician, MP (1977–1984, since 2010) and Minister of Law and Justice (1996, 1999–2000).
• James Johnson, 62, American wrestler and coach.
• Susan Kamil, 69, American journalist, editor-in-chief of Random House (since 2008), lung cancer.
• Ibrahima Kébé, 64, Senegalese painter, complications from diabetes.
• Yisrael Kessar, 88, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1984–1995).
• Joseph P. Kolter, 93, American politician, member of the House of Representatives (1983–1993).
• Lito Legaspi, 77, Filipino actor (Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping?, Pugoy Hostage: Davao, The Good Daughter), cardiac arrest.
• Paul Lyons, 50, Australian Olympic taekwondo practitioner (1992, 2000).
• Jane Mead, 61, American poet, cancer.
• Yusuf Motala, 72, Indian Islamic scholar, heart attack.
• Christopher James, 5th Baron Northbourne, 93, British aristocrat, member of the House of Lords (1982–2018).
• S. Rajasekar, 62, Indian actor (Saravanan Meenatchi) and director.
• Marina Schiano, 77, Italian fashion model and journalist, complications from kidney cancer surgery.
• Camilo Sesto, 72, Spanish singer-songwriter ("Algo Más", "Amor Mío, ¿Qué Me Has Hecho?"), heart failure.
• Olav Skjevesland, 77, Norwegian Lutheran prelate, Bishop of Agder og Telemark (1998–2012).
• Carlos Squeo, 71, Argentine footballer (Racing Club, Boca Juniors, national team).

9

• Jim Archer, 87, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics).
• Neiron Ball, 27, American football player (Oakland Raiders), arteriovenous malformation.
• Brian Barnes, 74, Scottish golfer, cancer.
• Robert Frank, 94, Swiss-American photographer (The Americans) and documentary filmmaker (Cocksucker Blues).
• Danny Frawley, 56, Australian football player (St Kilda, Victoria) and coach (Richmond), traffic collision.
• Clifton L. Ganus Jr., 97, American theologian.
• Dulce García, 54, Cuban Olympic javelin thrower (1992), heart attack.
• Jim Greengrass, 91, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds/Redlegs, Philadelphia Phillies).
• Lissy Gröner, 65, German politician, MEP (1989–2009).
• Gru, 46, Serbian rapper ("Da li imaš pravo?", "Biću tu", "I dalje me žele"), paragliding accident.
• Fred Herzog, 88, Canadian photographer.
• Joe Keough, 73, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox).
• Sahar Khodayari, 29, Iranian football fan and activist, self-immolation.
• Kim Seong-hwan, 86, South Korean cartoonist.
• Robert S. Lancaster, 61, American computer programmer and skeptical activist.
• Lavrentis Machairitsas, 62, Greek rock musician, heart attack.
• Joe McGhie, 72, Australian rules footballer (Footscray).
• Fred McLeod, 67, American sportscaster (Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons).
• Jarzinho Pieter, 31, Curaçaoan footballer (Centro Dominguito, national team), heart attack.
• Michael Shenstone, 91, Canadian diplomat.
• Alister Taylor, 75, New Zealand publisher.
• Derek Varnals, 84, South African cricketer (Eastern Province, Natal, national team).
• Gordon Willden, 89, Canadian politician.
• Jarrid Wilson, 30, American pastor and writer, suicide.

10

• Ahsan Ali, 82, Bangladeshi physician.
• David McCurdy Baird, 99, Canadian geologist, photographer and academic.
• Elmer Close, 82, American politician.
• Hal Colebatch, 73, Australian author.
• Betty Corwin, 98, American theatre archivist, founder of Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
• David Criswell, 78, American planetary scientist.,ref>David Russell Criswell</ref>
• Sam Davis, 75, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Stefano Delle Chiaie, 82, Italian neofascist activist, founder of the National Vanguard.
• Yuval Elizur, 92, Israeli economic journalist.
• Jeff Fenholt, 68, American musician (Bible Black, Geezer Butler Band), actor (Jesus Christ Superstar) and television evangelist.
• John Gordon Harris, 71, Canadian police officer.
• Ariel Hollinshead, 90, American pharmacologist.
• Nodar Khaduri, 49, Georgian politician, Minister of Finance (2012–2016), heart disease.
• Li Ping, 95, Chinese geologist and earthquake engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Branislav Lončar, 81, Serbian Olympic sport shooter (1960, 1968).
• Salvatore Mannuzzu, 89, Italian writer and politician, Deputy (1976–1987), heart attack.
• Robert N. McClelland, 89, American surgeon (operated on President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald), renal failure.
• Valerie Van Ost, 75, English actress (Carry On, The Beauty Jungle, Mister Ten Per Cent), liver cancer.
• Hossam Ramzy, 65, Egyptian percussionist and composer.
• Albert Razin, 79, Russian language activist, self-immolation.
• Jai Krishan Sharma, 76, Indian politician, President of Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (2000–2003), MLA (1998–2003).
• Billy Stacy, 83, American football player (Chicago Cardinals/St. Louis Cardinals) and politician, mayor of Starkville, Mississippi (1985–1989).
• Greg Thompson, 72, Canadian politician, MP (1988–1993, 1997–2011), Minister of Veterans Affairs (2006–2010), cancer.
• Süleyman Turan, 82, Turkish actor (Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde, Güllü, The Ark of the Sun God), heart attack.
• Lydia Zeitlhofer, 88, German Olympic gymnast (1952).

11

• Carlos Bazán Zender, 81, Peruvian physician and politician, Minister of Health (1985).
• Teneisha Bonner, 37, Jamaican-born English dancer and actress (StreetDance 3D, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Mary Poppins Returns), breast cancer.
• Len Clark, 103, English civil servant and countryside campaigner.
• Jerry Greenspan, 77, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers).
• B. J. Habibie, 83, Indonesian politician, President (1998–1999), Vice President (1998) and Minister of Research and Technology (1978–1998), heart failure.
• Daniel Johnston, 58, American singer-songwriter ("Walking the Cow") and visual artist, heart attack.
• Annette Kolodny, 78, American feminist literary critic, infections as a complication from rheumatoid arthritis.
• John M. Last, 92, Canadian public health scholar and author.
• B.C. Lee, 64, Taiwanese-born Canadian actor (Blood and Water) and politician, liver cancer.
• Mardik Martin, 84, Iranian-born Iraqi-American screenwriter (Raging Bull, Mean Streets, New York, New York).
• T. Boone Pickens, 91, American businessman and philanthropist.
• Maria Postoico, 69, Moldovan politician.
• László Rajk Jr., 70, Hungarian architect (Aquincum Museum), art director (The Martian) and politician, MP (1990–1996).
• Terrell Roberts, 38, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals), shot.
• Shafie Salleh, 72, Malaysian politician, MP (1999–2008), Minister of Higher Education (2004–2006).
• Joe Scudero, 88, American football player (Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers, Toronto Argonauts), cancer.
• Anne Rivers Siddons, 83, American novelist (Peachtree Road, The House Next Door), lung cancer.
• James B. Stoltman, 84, American archaeologist.
• Zbigniew Szymczak, 67, Polish chess player.
• Sándor Tóth, 80, Hungarian poet, journalist and politician, MP (1990–1994).
• Penny Whetton, 61, Australian climatologist.

12

• Juanita Abernathy, 87, American civil rights activist (Montgomery bus boycott), complications from a stroke.
• Ruth Abrams, 88, American judge.
• Linda Baboolal, 78, Trinidadian politician, President of the Senate (2002–2007).
• Bou Thang, 81, Cambodian politician, Senator (2012–2016) and Deputy Prime Minister (1986–1992, since 2016).
• Sir Norman Browse, 87, British surgeon, President of the States of Alderney (2002–2011).
• Al Crow, 87, American football player (Boston Patriots).
• Sir Hugh Cunningham, 97, British military officer, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (1976–1978).
• Wade Doak, 79, New Zealand marine conservationist.
• Bill Egerton, 75, British politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (1992–1993).
• Michael E. Haynes, 92, American minister and politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1965–1969).
• The Hun, 81, American cartoonist.
• Ida Laila, 75, Indonesian singer.
• I. Beverly Lake Jr., 85, American jurist, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2001–2006).
• Levon Manaseryan, 94, Armenian painter.
• László Marton, 76, Hungarian theatre director.
• Noriko Miyagawa, 40, Japanese politician, breast cancer.
• ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, 78, Tongan politician and activist, Prime Minister (since 2014), pneumonia.
• Keith Robbins, 79, British historian and vice-chancellor of University of Wales, Lampeter (1992–2003).
• Francis Xavier Roque, 90, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Military Archdiocese (1983–2004).
• Bill Rowekamp, 89, American football player (Edmonton Eskimos).
• Bill Schelly, 67, American writer, multiple myeloma.
• Dennis Schmitz, 82, American poet.
• Ed Stankiewicz, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).
• Martin Trust, 84, American businessman and philanthropist.

13

• Thomas A. Aldrich, 95, American USAF major general.
• Martha Alf, 89, American artist.
• Asadollah Asgaroladi, 85, Iranian businessman, stroke.
• James Bacque, 90, Canadian writer.
• Magdalen Berns, 36, Scottish YouTuber, glioblastoma.
• Cynthia Cockburn, 85, British feminist and peace activist.
• Paul Cronin, 81, Australian actor (The Sullivans, Matlock Police, State Coroner).
• Leon Crouch, 70, English businessman, cancer.
• Micky Donnelly, 67, Northern Irish artist, intracerebral hemorrhage.
• Dennis Edwards, 82, English footballer (Charlton Athletic).
• Rene Espina, 89, Filipino politician, Senator (1970–1973) and Governor of Cebu (1963–1968).
• Mary Anne Frey, 84, American aerospace physician.
• Artie Gaffin, 70, American stage manager.
• Larry Garron, 82, American football player (Boston Patriots).
• Alex Grammas, 93, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) and coach (Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers).
• Bruno Grandi, 85, Italian sports executive, President of the International Gymnastics Federation (1996–2016).
• Rudi Gutendorf, 93, German football manager (FC Luzern, Schalke 04, China national team).
• Charles Henderson, 96, Australian Olympic weightlifter (1956).
• Bavelile Hlongwa, 38, South African politician, MP (since 2019), traffic collision.
• Ghulam Shah Jeelani, 62, Pakistani politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh (since 2008), kidney failure.
• Frank Key, 60, British writer.
• György Konrád, 86, Hungarian novelist and political dissident, President of PEN International (1990–1993).
• Joachim Messing, 73, German-American microbiologist.
• Eddie Money, 70, American singer ("Take Me Home Tonight") and songwriter ("Two Tickets to Paradise", "Baby Hold On"), complications from heart surgery.
• Nana Yaa Nyamaa II, 64, Ghanaian royal, queen of Sunyani (since 1972).
• Noel O'Donovan, 69, Irish actor (Rawhead Rex, The Field, Far and Away).
• Nanos Valaoritis, 98, Greek writer.
• Joseph Peter Wilson, 84, American Olympic cross-country skier (1960).
• Steven Zucker, 70, American mathematician.

14

• Else Ackermann, 85, German politician.
• Gene Bacque, 82, American baseball player (Hanshin Tigers, Kintetsu Buffaloes), complications from abdominal aneurysm surgery.
• Paul Bannai, 99, American politician.
• Jean Heywood, 98, British actress (When the Boat Comes In, Our Day Out, Billy Elliot).
• Edmund Jones, 101, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1971–1974).
• Claudia Ochoa Félix, 32, Mexican model, pulmonary aspiration from drug overdose.
• Julian Piper, 72, English blues guitarist.
• John Ralston, 92, American Hall of Fame football coach (Utah State, Stanford, Denver Broncos).
• William Bradford Reynolds, 77, American attorney.
• Kathleen M. Richardson, 91, Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist, President of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet (1957–1961).
• Sam Szafran, 84, French artist.
• Roberto Villetti, 75, Italian politician.
• Tom Waddell, 60, Scottish-American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).
• Wu Yigong, 80, Chinese film director (My Memories of Old Beijing, Evening Rain, The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman).

15

• James J. Agazzi, 78, American art director and production designer (Hart to Hart, Match Game, Moonlighting).
• Fausto Alvarado, 69, Peruvian politician and historian, Congressman (1990–1992, 2001–2006) and Minister of Justice (2002–2004).
• Heather Ashton, 90, British psychopharmacologist and physician.
• Leah Bracknell, 55, British actress (Emmerdale, Casualty 1900s, The Royal Today), lung cancer.
• Lol Mahamat Choua, 80, Chadian politician, President (1979).
• Sir Michael Edwardes, 88, British-South African businessman, Chairman of British Leyland (1977–1982) and International Computers Limited (1984).
• Chadlia Fahrat Essebsi, 83, Tunisian consort, First Lady (2014–2019).
• Heikki Häiväoja, 90, Finnish sculptor and coin designer.
• Eva Haldimann, 92, Swiss literary critic and translator.
• David Hurst, 93, German-British actor (Kelly's Heroes, The Boys from Brazil, Hello, Dolly!).
• André Jourdain, 84, French politician.
• Roberto Leal, 67, Portuguese-Brazilian singer, skin cancer.
• Robert D. Lewis, 87, American politician.
• Tonny Maringgi, 60, Indonesian Olympic table tennis player (1988).
• Phyllis Newman, 86, American actress (Subways Are for Sleeping, Mannequin, To Find a Man) and singer.
• Arthur Nims, 96, American federal judge.
• Keith Foote Nyborg, 89, American diplomat. Ambassador to Finland (1981–1986).
• Ric Ocasek, 75, American Hall of Fame musician (The Cars), singer-songwriter ("My Best Friend's Girl", "You Might Think") and record producer, cardiovascular disease.
• Johann Pollak, 70, Austrian Olympic judoka (1972, 1976).
• Waldemar Rial, 79, Uruguayan Olympic basketball player.
• Eifion Roberts, 91, British judge and politician.
• Andrés Sardá Sacristán, 90, Spanish fashion designer (Andrés Sardá).
• Montserrat Soliva Torrentó, 76, Spanish chemistry doctor, specialist in composting.
• Mike Stefanik, 61, American racing driver, seven-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion, plane crash.
• Marcelo Trujillo, 84, Puerto Rican politician, mayor of Humacao (since 2001), cardiac arrest.
• Mark von Hagen, 65, American military historian.
• Azellia White, 106, American aviator.

16

• Anthony R. Bucco, 81, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1995–1998) and Senate (since 1998), heart attack.
• Henry Buttelmann, 90, American fighter pilot.
• Sir Toby Clarke, 80, British businessman.
• John Cohen, 87, American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers) and musicologist.
• Luigi Colani, 91, German industrial designer.
• Steve Dalachinsky, 72, American poet, stroke.
• Peter Stormonth Darling, 86, British investment banker.
• H. S. Dillon, 74, Indonesian agricultural expert, political economist and human rights activist.
• Olga Duque de Ospina, 89, Colombian politician and diplomat, Minister of Education (1996–1997), Senator (1978–1982, 1986–1990) and Governor of Huila (1974–1975).
• Sir Donald Gosling, 90, British vice admiral and businessman, Chairman of National Car Parks (1959–1998).
• Paul Ingrassia, 69, American journalist, Managing Editor of Reuters (2011–2016), Pulitzer Prize winner (1993), cancer.
• Davo Karničar, 56, Slovenian mountaineer, hit by falling tree.
• B. J. Khatal-Patil, 100, Indian politician, MLA (1962–1985).
• Ira A. Lipman, 78, American businessman, founder of Guardsmark, cancer.
• Peter Lucas, 89, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
• Ascención Mendieta, 93, Spanish anti-White Terror activist.
• Eric Woodfin Naylor, 82, American Hispanist.
• Manuel Delgado Parker, 82, Peruvian businessman, founder of Grupo RPP.
• Bobby Prentice, 65, Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian, Toronto Blizzard).
• Kodela Siva Prasada Rao, 72, Indian politician, MLA (since 1983), suicide by hanging.
• Sakahoko Nobushige, 58, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach (Izutsu stable), pancreatic cancer.
• Sander Vanocur, 91, American political journalist, complications from dementia.
• Kees Vermunt, 88, Dutch footballer.
• Vic Vogel, 84, Canadian jazz pianist, composer and conductor.

17

• Fabio Buzzi, 76, Italian motorboat racer, founder of FB Design, motorboat crash.
• Carlos Cisneros, 71, American politician, member of the New Mexico Senate (since 1985), heart attack.
• Dominique Damiani, 66, French Olympic racing cyclist (1984).
• Khem Singh Gill, 89, Indian geneticist and plant breeder, Vice-Chancellor of the Punjab Agricultural University (1990–1993).
• Jessica Jaymes, 40, American Hall of Fame pornographic actress, seizure.
• Harold Mabern, 83, American jazz pianist and composer, heart attack.
• Robert Oatey, 77, Australian footballer (Norwood, Sturt).
• Cokie Roberts, 75, American journalist (ABC News, NPR), political commentator and author, complications from breast cancer.
• Fred T. Sai, 95, Ghanaian family health physician.
• Sathaar, 67, Indian actor (Ottayan, God for Sale), liver disease.
• Dina Ugorskaja, 46, Russian-born German pianist, cancer.
• Suzanne Whang, 56, American actress (Las Vegas, From Here on OUT) and television host (House Hunters), breast cancer.
• Roy Williamson, 86, British Anglican cleric, Bishop of Southwark (1991–1998).
• Harvey Wylie, 86, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).
• Ye Xuanping, 94, Chinese politician, Mayor of Guangzhou (1980–1985) and Governor of Guangdong (1985–1991).

18

• Julius H. Baggett, 94, American politician and judge.
• Lady Anne Berry, 99, English-New Zealand horticulturist, founder of Rosemoor Garden.
• Robert H. Blackburn, 100, Canadian academic librarian.
• Alexandru Darie, 60, Romanian theater director.
• Chuck Dauphin, 45, American sports radio broadcaster and country music journalist, complications from diabetes.
• Ibrahim El-Orabi, 88, Egyptian military officer, Chief of Staff of Armed Forces (1983–1987).
• Graeme Gibson, 85, Canadian novelist.
• Imata Kabua, 76, Marshallese politician, President (1997–2000).
• José López, 89, Cuban Olympic wrestler.
• Constantine Lyngdoh, 63, Indian politician.
• Kelvin Maynard, 32, Surinamese-born Dutch footballer (Burton Albion, FC Volendam, FC Emmen), shot.
• Tony Mills, 57, English rock singer (Shy, TNT), pancreatic cancer.
• H. R. Mithrapala, 73, Sri Lankan politician, MP (2004–2015) and Minister of Consumer Affairs (2007–2010).
• Shyam Ramsay, 67, Indian film director (Darwaza, Veerana) and screenwriter (Zee Horror Show), pneumonia.
• Fernando Ricksen, 43, Dutch footballer (Fortuna Sittard, Rangers, national team), motor neurone disease.
• Masako Seki, 77, Japanese table tennis player.
• Richard Watson, 88, American philosopher and speleologist.
• Dolly Zegerius, 94, Indonesian athlete.
• Zhang Zhenxin, 48, Chinese financial entrepreneur, multiple organ failure.

19

• Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, 83, Tunisian military officer and politician, Prime Minister (1987) and President (1987–2011), prostate cancer.
• Irina Bogacheva, 80, Russian mezzo-soprano.
• Luigi Bommarito, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Agrigento (1976–1980) and Archbishop of Catania (1988–2002).
• Cecil H. Coggins, 85, American nephrologist.
• Wim Crouwel, 90, Dutch graphic and type designer (New Alphabet).
• Marco Feingold, 106, Austrian Holocaust survivor.
• Maurice Ferré, 84, American politician, Mayor of Miami (1973–1985) and member of the Florida House of Representatives (1967–1968), spinal cancer.
• Charles Gérard, 96, French actor (The Toy, Animal, A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later).
• Bert Hellinger, 93, German psychotherapist (Family Constellations).
• Barron Hilton, 91, American businessman, Chairman of Hilton Hotels Corporation (1966–2007), co-founder of the AFL and owner of the Los Angeles Chargers (1960–1966).
• Sam Hinds, 66, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers).
• Virginia Isbell, 87, American educator and politician.
• Sandie Jones, 68, Irish singer ("Ceol an Ghrá").
• Jason McManus, 85, American journalist.
• Peter J. McQuillan, 90, American judge.
• S. K. Padmadevi, 95, Indian actress (Bhakta Dhruva, Samsara Nauka, Gangavathar).
• Koča Pavlović, 57, Montenegrin journalist and politician, MP (since 2006).
• Peppers Pride, 16, American racehorse, euthanized.
• María Rivas, 59, Venezuelan Latin jazz singer, composer and painter, cancer.
• Levente Riz, 44, Hungarian politician, MP (2010–2014).
• Yonrico Scott, 63, American drummer (The Derek Trucks Band).
• Ibrahim Sesay, Sierra Leonean politician, MP.
• Sol Stein, 92, American publisher (Stein and Day), complications from dementia.
• Larry Wallis, 70, English musician (Pink Fairies, Motörhead).
• John Winston, 91, English actor (Star Trek).
• Henry Woods, 95, British army major general.

20

• Nikken Abe, 96, Japanese Buddhist monk, High Priest of Nichiren Shōshū (1978–2005).
• Abraham Octavianus Atururi, 68, Indonesian military officer and politician, Governor of West Papua Province (2006–2017).
• Rick Bognar, 49, Canadian wrestler (WWF, NJPW, FMW), heart attack.
• Robert Boyd, 91, American journalist (Knight Ridder) and bureau chief, Pulitzer Prize winner (1973), heart failure.
• Wayne Brown, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Seattle Bombers, Tacoma Rockets).
• Myles Burnyeat, 80, British philosopher and scholar.
• Howard Cassady, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Ohio State, Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns), Heisman Trophy winner (1955).
• Séamus Hegarty, 79, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Raphoe (1982–1994) and Derry (1994–2011).
• Diarmuid Lawrence, 71, British television director.
• Jim Macken, 92, Australian judge.
• Gregorio Martínez Sacristán, 72, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zamora (since 2007).
• Jan Merlin, 94, American actor (Gunfight at Comanche Creek, Take the Money and Run, The Twilight People).
• Patrick O'Neil, 77, American computer scientist.
• Marie Parente, 91, American politician.
• Eric Samuelsen, 63, American playwright.
• Su Beng, 100, Taiwanese dissident, political activist and historian (Modern History of Taiwanese in 400 Years), Senior advisor (since 2016), multiple organ failure.
• Tsang Hin-chi, 85, Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (1994–2008).
• Frans Van Looy, 69, Belgian Olympic racing cyclist (1972), suicide.
• Cheryl White, 65, American jockey.

21

• Gerhard Auer, 76, German rower, Olympic champion (1972).
• Tommy Brooker, 79, American football player (Alabama, Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs).
• Napoleon Chagnon, 81, American anthropologist.
• Mel Chionglo, 73, Filipino film director (Sibak: Midnight Dancers, Burlesk King, Twilight Dancers).
• David Combe, 76, Australian lobbyist (Combe-Ivanov affair).
• Jean-Claude Coucardon, 69, French Olympic rower (1972, 1976).
• Jack Donner, 90, American actor (As the World Turns, Four Christmases, All About Evil).
• Aron Eisenberg, 50, American actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Horror Show, Prayer of the Rollerboys), heart failure.
• Sid Haig, 80, American actor (The Devil's Rejects, Jason of Star Command, THX 1138), complications from a lung infection.
• Leigh Harris, 65, American singer, breast cancer.
• E. J. Holub, 81, American Hall of Fame football player (Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs).
• Sigmund Jähn, 82, German cosmonaut (Soyuz 31, Soyuz 29).
• Günter Kunert, 90, German writer.
• George Lardner, 85, American journalist (The Washington Post), Pulitzer Prize winner (1993), complications from strokes.
• Karin Larsson, 78, Swedish Olympic swimmer (1956, 1960).
• Gerard Mannion, 48, Irish theologian and ecumenist.
• Stan Quintana, 74, American football player.
• Mohamed Farid Md Rafik, 43, Malaysian politician, MP (since 2018), heart attack.
• Jarred Rome, 42, American Olympic discus thrower (2004, 2012), fentanyl overdose.
• Christopher Rouse, 70, American composer, Grammy (2002) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1993), complications from kidney cancer.
• Carl Ruiz, 44, American chef and television personality, heart attack.
• Naramalli Sivaprasad, 68, Indian actor (Khaidi, Aatadista) and politician, MP (2009–2019), kidney failure.
• Jevan Snead, 32, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Storm), suicide.
• Boriss Teterevs, 65, Latvian businessman and film producer (Machete Kills, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For).
• Shuping Wang, 59, Chinese-American medical researcher and public health whistleblower.
• Woo Hye-mi, 31, South Korean singer (The Voice of Korea).
• Aleko Yordan, 83, Turkish footballer (Beykoz, AEK, national team).

22

• Vytautas Briedis, 79, Lithuanian rower, Olympic bronze medallist (1968).
• Rosemarie Burian, 83, American humanitarian, founder of the Northern Illinois Food Bank.
• Wally Chambers, 68, American football player (Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
• Courtney Cox Cole, 48, American basketball player (Indiana Hoosiers), lung cancer.
• Chartwell Dutiro, 62, Zimbabwean musician.
• Harry Joseph Flynn, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (1995–2008), cancer.
• Tom Frantz, 76, American racing driver.
• Nat Frazier, 84, American college basketball coach (Morgan State), complications from heart disease.
• Rodolfo Guarnieri, 91, Argentine Olympic sport shooter.
• Ahmad Said Hamdan, 67, Malaysian civil servant, Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (2007–2009), complications from a stroke.
• Masroor Jahan, 81, Indian Urdu author.
• Ivan Kizimov, 91, Russian equestrian, Olympic champion (1968, 1972).
• Jack Meda, 73, Canadian boxer, heart attack.
• J. Michael Mendel, 54, American television producer (The Simpsons, Rick and Morty, The Critic), Emmy winner (1995, 1997, 1998, 2018).
• Nguyễn Văn Bảy, 83, Vietnamese jet fighter pilot.
• Miguel Patiño Velázquez, 80, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Apatzingán (1981–2014).
• Douglas H. Parker, 93, American legal scholar.
• Lee Paul, 80, American actor (The Sting, Hawaii Five-O, Ben).
• Tom Polanic, 76, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars).
• Sándor Sára, 85, Hungarian cinematographer (Ten Thousand Days, Szindbád) and film director (The Upthrown Stone).

23

• Al Alvarez, 90, English poet (The New Poetry) and writer (The Biggest Game in Town), pneumonia.
• Madhav Apte, 86, Indian cricket player (national team) and administrator, President of the Cricket Club of India (since 1989), cardiac arrest.
• Huguette Caland, 88, Lebanese painter.
• Dean Clukey, 83, American politician.
• Leslie Edwards Jr., 95, American pilot (Tuskegee Airmen).
• Andre Emmett, 37, American basketball player (Texas Tech, Memphis Grizzlies), shot.
• Fan Kang, 95, Chinese economic historian.
• Elaine Feinstein, 88, English poet.
• Lambert Hehl, 95, American politician.
• Robert Hunter, 78, American Hall of Fame lyricist (Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Bob Dylan), poet and musician.
• Harri Hurme, 74, Finnish chess player.
• William Green Miller, 88, American diplomat, second United States ambassador to Ukraine.
• Ginny NiCarthy, 92, American writer.
• Walter Nicoletti, 66, Italian football manager (Empoli, Pisa, Livorno).
• Joan Petersilia, 68, American criminologist, ovarian cancer.
• Artūras Rimkevičius, 36, Lithuanian footballer (FBK Kaunas, FK Liepājas Metalurgs, Šiauliai), suicide by gunshot.
• Tauto Sansbury, 70, Australian social justice advocate, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
• Arifin Siregar, 85, Indonesian bureaucrat, Minister of Trade (1988–1993), Governor of the Bank Indonesia (1983–1988).
• Jānis Šmits, 51, Latvian politician and Lutheran pastor.
• James Spilker, 86, American electrical engineer.
• Gordon C. Stauffer, 89, American college basketball coach (Washburn, Indiana State, Nicholls).
• Asim Umar, Pakistani terrorist, leader of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, air strike.
• Curt Wittlin, 78, Swiss philologist.
• Robert Zelnick, 79, American journalist (ABC News).

24

• Vurgun Ayyub, 61, Azerbaijani scientist.
• Luz Bulnes, 92, Chilean magistrate and academic, member of the Constitutional Court (1989–2002).
• Mordicai Gerstein, 83, American illustrator (Something Queer Is Going On), film director (The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree) and writer (The Man Who Walked Between the Towers).
• Tom Gilmore, 82, American politician.
• Jack Hatton, 24, American judoka, suicide.
• Abdellah Kadiri, 82, Moroccan politician and military officer, co-founder of the National Democratic Party.
• Magnar Lussand, 74, Norwegian politician, County Mayor of Hordaland (1991–1999).
• Jimmy Nelson, 90, American ventriloquist (Farfel the Dog), complications from a stroke.
• Luisito M. Reyes, 89, Filipino politician, Governor of Marinduque (1988-1995).
• Joyce Reynolds, 94, American actress (The Adventures of Mark Twain, Girls' School, Wallflower).
• Alfonso de Salas, 76, Spanish journalist, co-founder of El Mundo.
• Sana Solh, 80, Lebanese human rights activist.
• Donald L. Tucker, 84, American politician, member (1966–1978) and Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives (1975–1978).
• Roger H. Zion, 98, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana (1967–1975).

25

• Paul Badura-Skoda, 91, Austrian pianist.
• Michael D. Coe, 90, American archaeologist and anthropologist.
• Jesper Hoffmeyer, 77, Danish biologist, heart attack.
• Liakat Ali Khan, 64, Indian politician, MLA (1991–1996) and (2006–2011).
• Venu Madhav, 39, Indian comedian and actor (Master, Tholi Prema, Hungama), kidney disease.
• John McAdorey, 45, Irish Olympic sprinter (2000), melanoma.
• Isaac Namioka, 91, Japanese-born American mathematician.
• Donald Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead, 86, British jurist, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1994–2007).
• Hitoshi Nozaki, 97, Japanese chemist, co-discoverer of Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi reaction.
• Štefan Pipa, 60, Slovak Olympic volleyball player.
• Linda Porter, 86, American actress (Superstore, Dude, Where's My Car?, Twin Peaks), cancer.
• Raymond Roberts, 88, Welsh Anglican priest and Royal Navy chaplain, Chaplain of the Fleet (1980–1984).
• Libi Staiger, 91, American actress (The Most Happy Fella).
• Arne Weise, 89, Swedish journalist and television personality (Sveriges Television).
• Sir John Wilsey, 80, British general, Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces (1993–1996).
• Richard Wyands, 91, American jazz pianist.

26

• Lawrence J. Barkwell, 76, Canadian historian.
• Giovanni Bramucci, 72, Italian road cyclist, Olympic bronze medallist (1968).
• Plato Cacheris, 90, American defense lawyer, pneumonia.
• Jim Chapman, 84, American football coach.
• Jacques Chirac, 86, French politician, President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra (1995–2007), Prime Minister (1974–1976, 1986–1988) and Mayor of Paris (1977–1995).
• Mac Conner, 105, American commercial illustrator.
• Peter Downsborough, 76, English footballer (Halifax Town, Swindon Town, Bradford City).
• David Sidney Feingold, 96, American biochemist.
• King Billy Cokebottle, 70, Australian comedian.
• William Levada, 83, American Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Portland (1986–1995) and San Francisco (1995–2005).
• Dan Lovén, 58, Swedish Olympic sailor (1984).
• Gennady Manakov, 69, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-16).
• Joe Mason, 79, Scottish footballer (Morton, Kilmarnock, Rangers).
• Imre Molnár, 70, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (1972, 1976).
• Nick Polano, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Blazers) and coach (Detroit Red Wings).
• Ronald L. Schlicher, 63, American diplomat, Ambassador to Lebanon (1994–1996) and Cyprus (2005–2008).
• Irene Shubik, 89, British television producer.
• Sun Dafa, 73, Chinese general, Political Commissar of the PLA General Logistics Department (2005–2010).
• Kåre Tønnesson, 93, Norwegian historian.
• Vukašin Višnjevac, 80, Bosnian football manager (Sarajevo, Vardar, Leotar).
• Martin Wesley-Smith, 74, Australian composer, cancer.

27

• Rudy Behlmer, 92, American film historian and writer.
• Dante Bernini, 97, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Velletri-Segni (1981–1982) and Albano (1982–1999).
• Abu Solaiman Chowdhury, 69, Bangladeshi civil servant.
• Jack Edwards, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1965–1985), pancreatic cancer.
• Rob Garrison, 59, American actor (The Karate Kid, Iron Eagle, Prom Night), organ failure.
• Larry Hale, 77, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers).
• Ed Heavey, 90, American politician.
• Barrie Karp, 72, American artist and academic.
• Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan, 70, Pakistani military officer and politician, Minister of Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs (2017–2018) and MP (2013–2018), heart disease.
• John Francis Kinney, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bismarck (1982–1995) and Saint Cloud (1995–2013).
• Jack Lasenby, 88, New Zealand children's author.
• Sir Anthony Seymour Laughton, 92, British oceanographer.
• Gene Melchiorre, 92, American basketball player (Bradley Braves).
• Mohammed Manga, 42, Senegalese-born Nigerian footballer.
• Kiyoshi Nagai, 70, Japanese structural biologist, liver cancer.
• Guillermo Perry, 73, Colombian economist and politician, Minister of Finance and Public Credit (1994–1996) and of Mines and Energy (1986–1988).
• Russell Robins, 87, Welsh rugby union player (Pontypridd, national team).
• Balireddy Satya Rao, 81, Indian politician, minister (1992–1994), MLA (1989–1994) and (1999-2004), traffic collision.
• Inder Singh, 86, American human rights activist, founder of GOPIO.
• Jan Schmidt, 85, Czech film director (The Lanfier Colony).
• John J. Snyder, 93, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of St. Augustine (1979–2000), namesake of Bishop John J. Snyder High School.
• Jimmy Spicer, 61, American rapper, brain and lung cancer.
• József Szekó, 64, Hungarian politician, MP (2010–2014).
• Inés Talamantez, American ethnographer.
• Joseph C. Wilson, 69, American writer (The Politics of Truth) and diplomat, Ambassador to Gabon (1992–1995), organ failure.
• Ian Robert Young, 87, British medical physicist.

28

• Peter Adam, 90, German-born British filmmaker and author.
• Willie Adams, 77, American football player (Washington Redskins, Montreal Alouettes).
• José Aldunate, 102, Chilean Roman Catholic theologian and human rights activist.
• Suad Beširević, 56, Slovenian football player (Borac Banja Luka, Apollon Limassol) and manager (Olimpija Ljubljana).
• Ray Brain, 66, Australian rules footballer (Fitzroy).
• M. Chandran, 77, Malaysian Olympic football player (1972), (Selangor, national team) and manager.
• Franco Cuter, 79, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Grajaú (1998–2016).
• Alexander Davion, 90, French-born British actor (Gideon's Way).
• John Haylett, 74, British journalist, editor of the Morning Star (1995–2009).
• Ismail Petra of Kelantan, 69, Malaysian royal, Sultan of Kelantan (1979–2010).
• José José, 71, Mexican singer ("El Triste", "Como Tú") and actor (Gavilán o Paloma), pancreatic cancer.
• Jan Kobuszewski, 85, Polish actor (Kwiecień, Alternatywy 4).
• Loyd Lowe, 90, American football player (Chicago Bears).
• Nicolás Nogueras, 84, Puerto Rican politician, Senator (1973–1985, 1988–1996), heart disease.
• Dessie O'Halloran, 79, Irish fiddler and vocalist.
• Graciela Palau de Nemes, 100, Cuban literary critic.
• Val Pelizzaro, 88, American soccer player and coach.
• Bill Ridley, 91, American college basketball player (Illinois).
• Baikunth Lal Sharma, 89, Indian politician, MP (1991–2009).
• Hogan Sheffer, 61, American television writer (The Young and the Restless, As the World Turns, Days of Our Lives).
• Gérard Tremblay, 100, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal (1981–1991).
• Vitaly Voloshinov, 72, Russian physicist.
• Mark Zakharov, 85, Russian theater and film director (The Twelve Chairs, An Ordinary Miracle, To Kill a Dragon), pneumonia.

29

• Beatriz Aguirre, 94, Mexican actress (The Tiger of Jalisco, Flight 971, My Mother Is Guilty).
• Luz Amorocho, 97, Colombian architect.
• Martin Bernheimer, 83, American music critic, Pulitzer Prize winner (1982), sarcoma.
• busbee, 43, American songwriter ("Try", "Our Kind of Love", "Summer Nights") and music producer, glioblastoma.
• John D'Arcy, 84, Australian football player (Richmond).
• Patsy Elsener, 89, American diver, Olympic silver medallist (1948).
• Jiang Weipu, 93, Chinese lianhuanhua artist, publisher, and historian.
• Paavo Korhonen, 91, Finnish Olympic Nordic skier (1952, 1956, 1960), world champion (1958).
• Ilkka Laitinen, 57, Finnish military officer, Chief of the Border Guard (2018–2019) and Executive Director of Frontex (2005–2014).
• Jack Lawrence, 85, Australian rules footballer (North Melbourne).
• Yuriy Meshkov, 73, Russian politician, Prime Minister (1994) and President of Crimea (1994–1995).
• Bobby Mitchell, 75, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers).
• Jim Morgan, 85, American basketball player and coach.
• Nguyễn Hữu Hạnh, 93, Vietnamese military officer (Army of the Republic of Vietnam).
• Glen Smith, 90, American college basketball player (Utah).
• Neil D. Van Sickle, 104, American Air Force major general.
• Larry Willis, 78, American jazz pianist, complications from diabetes.
• Michael de Zoysa, 73, Sri Lankan cricket administrator.

30

• Sir David Akers-Jones, 92, British colonial official, Chief Secretary (1985–1987) and acting Governor of Hong Kong (1986–1987), colon cancer.
• Tom Allsop, 90, Australian footballer (Hawthorn).
• Victoria Braithwaite, 52, British biologist, pancreatic cancer.
• Barbara L. Drinkwater, 92, American physiologist, president of the American College of Sports Medicine (1988–1989).
• Marshall Efron, 81, American actor (The Transformers, THX 1138, Bang the Drum Slowly), cardiac arrest.
• Wayne Fitzgerald, 89, American film (Bonnie and Clyde, The Godfather Part II) and television (The Bronx Zoo) title designer, Emmy winner (1987).
• Shinya Inoué, 98, Japanese-born American scientist.
• Viju Khote, 77, Indian actor (Sholay, Andaz Apna Apna, Zabaan Sambhalke), multiple organ failure.
• Gianni Lenoci, 56, Italian jazz pianist.
• Sharon Malcolm, 72, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (since 2018).
• Enrico Masseroni, 80, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mondovi (1987–1996) and Archbishop of Vercelli (1996–2014).
• Richard Mattessich, 97, Austrian-born Canadian business economist.
• Kornel Morawiecki, 78, Polish politician and theoretical physicist, Senior Marshal of the Sejm (since 2015) and Chairman of Freedom and Solidarity (since 2016), pancreatic cancer.
• Jessye Norman, 74, American opera singer, Grammy winner (1984, 1988, 1989, 1998), Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), multiple organ failure.
• Ben Pon, 82, Dutch racing driver, Olympic sports shooter (1972) and businessman.
• Louie Rankin, 66, Jamaican-born Canadian dancehall reggae artist and actor (Belly, Shottas), traffic collision.
• Ed Simonini, 65, American football player (Baltimore Colts, New Orleans Saints), cancer.
• Pete Turnham, 99, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1958–1998).

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