Deaths in January 2021

1

 * Abdul Hakim Al-Taher, 71, Sudanese director and actor, COVID-19.
 * George Ancona, 91, American photo essayist and illustrator.
 * Barry Austin, 52, British record holder, nation's heaviest man, heart attack.
 * Jan de Bie, 74, Dutch painter and photographer.
 * Dame Margaret Booth, 87, British judge, judge of the High Court of Justice (1979–1994), chair of the Family and Parenting Institute (1999–2004).
 * Clint Boulton, 72, English footballer (Port Vale, Torquay United).
 * Colin J. Bushnell, 73, British mathematician.
 * Carlos do Carmo, 81, Portuguese fado singer ("Uma flor de verde pinho"), ruptured aneurysm.
 * Ben Chafin, 60, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (2014) and Senate (since 2014), complications from COVID-19.
 * Emanuele Chiapasco, 90, Italian baseball player (Milano Baseball Club), sporting director, and entrepreneur.
 * Simone Chrisostome, 97, French resistance member and Holocaust survivor.
 * Pierantonio Costa, 81, Italian businessman and diplomat, arranged safe passage during the Rwandan genocide.
 * Christine Dacera, 23, Filipino flight attendant, ruptured aortic aneurysm.
 * Carrie Dann, 88, American Western Shoshone indigenous rights activist and spiritual leader.
 * Paul Delorey, 71, Canadian curler and politician, Northwest Territories MLA (1999–2011).
 * Traude Dierdorf, 73, Austrian politician, mayor of Wiener Neustadt (1997–2005).
 * Irene Dixon, 96, British World War II codebreaker.
 * Ron Dominguez, 85, American theme park executive, vice-president of Walt Disney Attractions (1990–1994).
 * Zoran Džorlev, 53, Macedonian violinist, complications from COVID-19.
 * Mark Eden, 92, English actor (Coronation Street, The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs, An Adventure in Space and Time), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Carlos Escudé, 72, Argentine political scientist and author, COVID-19.
 * Cleonâncio Fonseca, 84, Brazilian politician, deputy (1987–2007).
 * Seizō Fukumoto, 77, Japanese actor (Nihon no Fixer, New Battles Without Honor and Humanity, The Last Samurai), lung cancer.
 * George Gerdes, 72, American singer-songwriter and actor (Hidalgo, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, L.A. Noire), brain aneurysm.
 * Dame Elmira Minita Gordon, 90, Belizean educator, psychologist, and politician, governor-general (1981–1993).
 * Ágúst Herbert Guðmundsson, 53, Icelandic basketball player and coach (Þór Akureyri), motor neurone disease.
 * Bernard Guignedoux, 73, French football player (Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco) and manager (Valenciennes).
 * Joanne Head, 90, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1976–1984).
 * Pablo Hernández, 80, Colombian Olympic racing cyclist (1964).
 * Abderrahim Lahjouji, 79, Moroccan construction executive and politician, founder of the Citizens' Forces, complications from COVID-19.
 * Ishak Pamumbu Lambe, 74, Indonesian pastor (Toraja Church) and politician, senator (2004–2009).
 * Michele Leber, 82, American journalist (The Post-Crescent).
 * Floyd Little, 78, American Hall of Fame football player (Syracuse Orange, Denver Broncos), cancer.
 * Harald Maartmann, 94, Norwegian Olympic cross-country skier (1952).
 * Georg Maier, 79, German actor (Familie Meier, Irgendwie und Sowieso) and theatre director.
 * Christian Massé, 69, French writer.
 * Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, 85, Iranian Islamic cleric and philosopher, member of the Assembly of Experts (1991–2016).
 * Misty Morgan, 75, American country music singer (Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan), cancer.
 * Muspandi, 45, Indonesian politician, member of the East Kalimantan Regional People's Representative Council (since 2014), COVID-19.
 * Norma, 74, French comic book artist.
 * Rosemary Nyerere, 59, Tanzanian politician, MP (2000–2005).
 * Dhimitër Orgocka, 84, Albanian actor and director, People's Artist, cerebral hemorrhage.
 * Jean Panisse, 92, French actor (An Angel on Wheels, The Young Wolves, Perched on a Tree), COVID-19.
 * Paatje Phefferkorn, 98, Indonesian-born Dutch martial artist, COVID-19.
 * Toabur Rahim, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1973–1976), COVID-19.
 * Liam Reilly, 65, Irish singer and songwriter (Bagatelle).
 * Paige Rense, 91, American editor (Architectural Digest), heart disease.
 * Usama Nadeem Satti, 22, Pakistani student, shot.
 * Sun Qiaolu, 25, Chinese actress, heart attack.
 * Thomas Symons, 91, Canadian professor and author, president of Trent University (1961–1972).
 * Tam Sheung-wai, 86, Hong Kong academic administrator, president of the Open University of Hong Kong (1997–2003).
 * Felix Tarasenko, 88, Russian mathematician.
 * Jan Vering, 66, German gospel singer and playwright.
 * George Whitmore, 89, American mountaineer and conservationist, member of first team to summit El Capitan, complications from COVID-19.

2

 * Cléber Arado, 48, Brazilian footballer (Kyoto Purple Sanga, Coritiba), COVID-19.
 * Alex Asmasoebrata, 69, Indonesian auto racer and politician, MP (1992–1997).
 * Mary Catherine Bateson, 81, American writer and cultural anthropologist.
 * Mirzaq Biqtash, 75, Algerian writer.
 * Asher Brauner, 74, American actor (B.A.D. Cats, Switchblade Sisters).
 * Robbins Burling, 94, American anthropologist and sociolinguist.
 * Lady Mary Colman, 88, English socialite and philanthropist.
 * Brad Cox, 76, American computer scientist.
 * Brian Cowan, 58, Scottish actor (Taggart, Family Affairs, River City).
 * Bahrum Daido, 56, Indonesian politician, MP (2009–2019), COVID-19.
 * Oleg Danilov, 71, Russian playwright and screenwriter (You Are My Only Love, From Hell to Hell, Give Me Moonlight), COVID-19.
 * Miquel Ferrer, 89, Spanish footballer (FC Barcelona, CD Condal, Real Oviedo).
 * Rob Flockhart, 64, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks, Minnesota North Stars), heart attack.
 * Marco Formentini, 90, Italian politician, deputy (1992–1993), MEP (1994–2004), and mayor of Milan (1993–1997).
 * Guadalupe Grande, 55, Spanish poet.
 * Wahid Hamed, 76, Egyptian screenwriter (Terrorism and Kebab, Ma'ali al Wazir, The Yacoubian Building).
 * P. G. Harlankar, 88, Indian police officer, police commissioner of Bangalore (1983–1986).
 * Bernadette Isaac-Sibille, 90, French politician, deputy (1988–2002).
 * Modibo Keita, 78, Malian politician, prime minister (2002, 2015–2017).
 * Vladimir Korenev, 80, Russian actor (Amphibian Man, Children of Don Quixote, Criminal Talent) and teacher, People's Artist (1998), COVID-19.
 * Robert Livingston, 87, American Zen Buddhist teacher.
 * Arsenio Lope Huerta, 77, Spanish politician, mayor of Alcalá de Henares (1983–1987).
 * Michael McKevitt, 71, Irish republican, founder of Real IRA, cancer.
 * Ryder Mofokeng, 68, South African football player (Kaizer Chiefs).
 * Christopher Moore, 80, British DJ and radio presenter (Radio Caroline).
 * Neelamperoor Madhusoodanan Nair, 84, Indian poet.
 * Aylin Özmenek, 79, Turkish animator, complications from COVID-19.
 * W. B. Park, 84, American cartoonist and illustrator, heart failure.
 * Marek Pivovar, 56, Czech writer and theatre director, complications from COVID-19.
 * Mike Reese, 42, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 2009), ruptured brain aneurysm following COVID-19.
 * Don Salls, 101, American football player (Alabama Crimson Tide) and coach (Jacksonville State Gamecocks).
 * Yuri Saukh, 69, Russian football player (SKA Rostov, CSKA Moscow, Soviet Union national team) and manager.
 * George Seage, 63, American epidemiologist, acute myeloid leukemia.
 * Buta Singh, 86, Indian politician, minister of home affairs (1986–1989), governor of Bihar (2004–2006), and chairman of NCSC (2007–2010), complications from a cerebral haemorrhage.
 * Gary Staples, 80, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1988–1992, 2004–2020), cancer.
 * Aziz Tamoyan, 87, Armenian politician, president of the Yezidi National Union (since 1989).
 * Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya, 76, Indonesian politician, minister of cooperatives and small business (1993–1998), COVID-19.
 * Sir Brian Urquhart, 101, British diplomat, under-secretary-general of the United Nations (1971–1985).
 * Rudolf Vatinyan, 79, Armenian cinematographer (The Tango of Our Childhood).
 * Kerry Vincent, 75, Australian pastry chef and television personality (Food Network Challenge).
 * Johannes Wallmann, 90, German theologian, COVID-19.
 * Paul Westphal, 70, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns) and coach (Sacramento Kings), glioblastoma.
 * Brian Whitcombe, 86, Welsh rugby union player (Keighley).

3

 * Tasso Adamopoulos, 76, French violist, COVID-19.
 * Carlos Aránguiz, 67, Chilean jurist, justice of the Supreme Court (since 2014), pulmonary fibrosis.
 * David Arnold, 81, American mathematician.
 * Raúl Baglini, 71, Argentine politician, deputy (1983–1993) and senator (2001–2003).
 * Lee Breuer, 83, American playwright (The Gospel at Colonus).
 * Alf Callick, 95, Australian footballer (South Melbourne).
 * Valentina Chumicheva, 89, Russian Olympic diver (1952, 1956).
 * Alan Daly, 91, Australian footballer (Melbourne).
 * Zoe Davison, 60, British horse trainer, cancer.
 * Eric Jerome Dickey, 59, American author, cancer.
 * Cornelis Feoh, 57, Indonesian politician, member of the East Nusa Tenggara Regional People's Representative Council (since 2019).
 * Salvador Franco, Venezuelan Pemon detainee, tuberculosis.
 * Rosa Giannetta, 75, Italian journalist and sociologist.
 * Roger Hassenforder, 90, French racing cyclist.
 * Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, 71, Nigerian academic administrator, vice chancellor of the University of Lagos (2000–2007), COVID-19.
 * Naohiro Ikeda, 80, Japanese volleyball player, Olympic silver medallist (1968), lymphoma.
 * Shyamji Kanojia, 65, Indian cricketer (Railways).
 * Rabeya Khatun, 85, Bangladeshi novelist, cardiac arrest.
 * Dick Kulpa, 67, American cartoonist (Cracked, Weekly World News), cancer.
 * Renate Lasker-Harpprecht, 96, German Holocaust survivor and journalist.
 * Shani Mahadevappa, 88, Indian actor (Shankar Guru, Kaviratna Kalidasa, Guru Brahma), complications from COVID-19.
 * Gerry Marsden, 78, English musician (Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Crowd), heart infection.
 * Anil Panachooran, 51, Indian lyricist (Arabikkatha, Katha Parayumpol, Marykkundoru Kunjaadu) and poet, cardiac arrest.
 * Donald Perry Polsky, 92, American architect, COVID-19 and pneumonia.
 * Werner Rataiczyk, 99, German painter.
 * George F. Regas, 90, American Episcopal priest, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church (Pasadena) (1967–1995).
 * James C. Renick, 72, American academic administrator, chancellor of University of Michigan–Dearborn (1993–1999) and North Carolina A&T State University (1999–2006), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Manola Robles, 72, Chilean journalist.
 * Elena Santiago, 79, Spanish writer.
 * Barbara Shelley, 88, British actress (Village of the Damned, Dracula: Prince of Darkness, Quatermass and the Pit), complications from COVID-19.
 * Ali Taher, 59, Indonesian politician, MP (1997–1999, since 2014), COVID-19.
 * Wolfgang Wippermann, 75, German historian.
 * Ricardo Akinobu Yamauti, 71, Brazilian politician, mayor of Praia Grande (1997–2000), COVID-19.

4

 * Tom Acker, 90, American baseball player (Cincinnati Redlegs).
 * Anatoliy Butenko, 82, Ukrainian politician, MP (1990–1994).
 * Ronnie Burgess, 57, American football player (Green Bay Packers), cardiac arrest.
 * Judy Cornell, 87, American Olympic swimmer (1952).
 * Josep Fornas, 96, Spanish editor and politician, member of the Parliament of Catalonia (1980–1984).
 * Sandra Hutchens, 65, American law enforcement official, sheriff-coroner of Orange County, California (2008–2019), breast cancer.
 * Lee Heung-kam, 88, Hong Kong actress (Story of the White-Haired Demon Girl, Moonlight Resonance, Can't Buy Me Love).
 * Franco Loi, 90, Italian poet.
 * Laurent Mailhot, 89, Canadian historian and writer.
 * John Muckler, 86, Canadian ice hockey coach (Minnesota North Stars, Edmonton Oilers, Buffalo Sabres) and executive, complications from heart surgery.
 * Elias Rahbani, 82, Lebanese lyricist and composer, COVID-19.
 * Bernard P. Randolph, 87, American general, complications from COVID-19.
 * Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo, 77, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of San Martín (2003–2018).
 * Albert Roux, 85, French restaurateur and chef (The Waterside Inn, Le Gavroche).
 * M. R. Schunker, 96, Indian naval officer, FOCWF (1976–1977), vice chief of the Naval Staff (1980–1982) and director general of the Coast Guard (1982–1984).
 * Gregory Sierra, 83, American actor (Barney Miller, Sanford and Son, The Other Side of the Wind), cancer.
 * Antoni Stankiewicz, 85, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, lawyer and theologian, dean of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota (2004–2012).
 * Butch Stewart, 79, Jamaican hotelier, founder and chairman of Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts.
 * Bambang Suryadi, 52, Indonesian politician, MP (since 2019), COVID-19.
 * David Thompson, 84, British food manufacturing executive and horse stable owner (Cheveley Park Stud), co-founder of Hillsdown Holdings, renal failure.
 * Kay Ullrich, 77, Scottish politician, MSP (1999–2003).
 * Martinus J. G. Veltman, 89, Dutch theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate (1999).
 * Karl-Heinz Vosgerau, 93, German actor (World on a Wire).

5

 * Marie Albe, 96, French journalist (Radio France) and actress (Alone in the World, The Horseman on the Roof).
 * Bonifácio José Tamm de Andrada, 90, Brazilian professor, lawyer and politician, deputy (1979–2019), complications from COVID-19.
 * Colin Bell, 74, English footballer (Bury, Manchester City, national team).
 * Jerry Berger, 87, American press agent and journalist (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).
 * Emilia De Biasi, 62, Italian politician, deputy (2006–2013) and senator (2013–2018).
 * C. George Boeree, 68, Dutch-born American psychologist.
 * Brandãozinho, 90, Brazilian footballer (Palmeiras, Celta de Vigo).
 * Bob Brett, 67, Australian tennis coach, cancer.
 * Christina Crosby, 67, American scholar and writer, pancreatic cancer.
 * João Cutileiro, 83, Portuguese sculptor, respiratory failure.
 * Annasif Døhlen, 90, Norwegian sculptor.
 * Thereasea Elder, 93, American nurse.
 * Osian Ellis, 92, Welsh harpist and composer.
 * Patricia C. Frist, 81, American banker and philanthropist.
 * Karl Gamma, 93, Swiss Olympic alpine skier (1948).
 * John Georgiadis, 81, British violinist (London Symphony Orchestra) and conductor (Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra).
 * Mluleki George, 72, South African politician, MP (1994–2008), founder of the United Congress, COVID-19.
 * Vladimir Gerdt, 73, Russian mathematician.
 * Benoît Godin, 62, Canadian political scientist and sociologist.
 * Goldikova, 15, French Hall of Fame racehorse.
 * Daniel Grau, 72, Venezuelan jazz musician.
 * James Greene, 89, Northern Irish actor (William and Mary, Johnny English, Empire of the Sun).
 * András Haán, 74, Hungarian Olympic basketball player (1964) and sailor (1976).
 * Happy Man Tree, c. 150, British plane tree, Tree of the Year (2020), cut down.
 * Robert Heptinstall, 100, British pathologist.
 * Neil Hopkinson, 63, English Hellenist, myeloma.
 * Kim Tschang-yeul, 91, South Korean painter.
 * Tyberii Korponai, 62, Ukrainian football player and manager (Karpaty Lviv, Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, Kremin Kremenchuk).
 * Don Leppert, 90, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
 * A. Madhavan, 86, Indian writer.
 * Jonas Neubauer, 39, American Tetris player, seven-time world champion, cardiac arrhythmia.
 * Vladimír Oplt, 83, Czech politician, senator (1996–2000).
 * Pat Patrick, 91, American racing team owner (Patrick Racing).
 * John Richardson, 86, English actor (One Million Years B.C., Black Sunday, Torso), COVID-19.
 * Moncer Rouissi, 80, Tunisian politician and diplomat, minister of social affairs, culture, vocational training, and education, ambassador to France (2003–2005).
 * Thelma Shoher Baker, 96, American educator and anthropologist, COVID-19.
 * Nghlhav Mehtabs Singh, 72, Indian Olympic boxer (1972).
 * Jim Sperry, 90, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1997–1998), COVID-19.
 * Telly Tjanggulung, 47, Indonesian politician, regent of Southeast Minahasa (2008–2013).
 * Anatol Tsitou, 74, Belarusian historian.
 * Vennelakanti, 63, Indian lyricist (Murali Krishnudu, Gharana Bullodu, Pellaina Kothalo), cardiac arrest.
 * Pungky Purnomo Wibowo, 52, Indonesian economist, heart attack.
 * Keliek Wicaksono, 42, Indonesian visual effects artist (212 Warrior), Citra Cup awardee (2018), blood cancer.
 * William Windham, 94, British Olympic rower (1952).
 * Mikhail Zhelev, 77, Bulgarian Olympic steeplechaser (1968, 1972).
 * Joseph Zong Huaide, 100, Chinese Roman Catholic clandestine prelate, bishop of Sanyuan (1987–2003).

6

 * Jonathan Aldrich, 84, American poet, stroke.
 * Kenneth Z. Altshuler, 91, American psychiatrist, COVID-19.
 * Ashli Babbitt, 35, American rioter, shot.
 * Vladimir Biryukov, 87, Russian politician, governor of Kamchatka Oblast (1991–1996) and Kamchatka Krai (1996–2000).
 * Mircea Bolba, 59, Romanian football player (Politehnica Timișoara, Bihor Oradea) and manager (Olimpia Satu Mare).
 * Leonid Bujor, 65, Moldovan politician, deputy (2005–2009) and minister of education (2009–2011), COVID-19.
 * Alan Burgess, 100, New Zealand cricketer (Canterbury).
 * Thomas G. Carpenter, 94, American academic administrator, president of the University of North Florida (1969–1980) and University of Memphis (1980–1991).
 * Mihai Cotorobai, 69, Moldovan politician, deputy (1990–1994), COVID-19.
 * James Cross, 99, Irish-born British diplomat and kidnapping survivor (October Crisis), COVID-19.
 * Peter S. Eagleson, 92, American hydrologist.
 * Nsikak Eduok, 73, Nigerian air force officer, chief of the Air Staff (1993, 1996–1999).
 * Bobby Few, 85, American jazz pianist.
 * Eldon Fortie, 79, American football player (BYU Cougars, Edmonton Eskimos).
 * Donald Frith, 96, American ceramic artist and academic.
 * Wiesław Glos, 84, Polish Olympic fencer (1960, 1964) and architect.
 * Edward Gnat, 80, Polish politician, deputy (1985–1989, 1993–1997), COVID-19.
 * Francis Hammel, 70, French politician, deputy (1997–2002).
 * Jim Haynes, 87, American-British underground and avant-garde theatre producer, co-founder of the Traverse Theatre and International Times.
 * Gerald Hiken, 93, American actor (Reds, Car 54, Where Are You?, Invitation to a Gunfighter).
 * Laurence H. Kedes, 83, American scientist.
 * Ferdinand Kolarik, 83, Austrian footballer (Admira Wien, national team).
 * John Land, 82, British Olympic field hockey player (1964), motor neurone disease.
 * Jack Lihou, 90, Australian cricketer (Queensland).
 * Danilo Lim, 65, Filipino military officer, chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (since 2017), COVID-19.
 * Alf Lomas, 92, British politician, MEP (1979–1999).
 * Pag-asa, 28, Filipino Philippine eagle, first to have been bred and hatched in captivity.
 * Thanasis Papazoglou, 67, Greek footballer (PAS Giannina, national team).
 * Kate Payne, 63, American nurse and bioethicist.
 * Tanya Roberts, 71, American actress (A View to a Kill, Charlie's Angels, That '70s Show), complications from a blood infection.
 * Gord Renwick, 85, Canadian ice hockey administrator, president of CAHA (1977–1979) and vice-president of IIHF (1986–1994).
 * Barry Schwartz, 82, American sociologist.
 * Iulian Șerban, 35, Romanian paracanoeist, world champion (2010, 2011, 2012).
 * Mehtab Singh, 73, Indian Olympic boxer.
 * Victor Thulare III, 40, South African royal, king of the Pedi people (since 2020), COVID-19.
 * Jim Townsend, 83, Irish politician, senator (1993–1997).
 * Filip Trifonov, 73, Bulgarian actor (The Boy Turns Man, The Hare Census, A Nameless Band).
 * Antonio Valdes, 91, Mexican actor (Club de Cuervos).
 * Burt Wilson, 87, American philosopher, writer and jazz musician, COVID-19.

7

 * María Paula Acevedo Guzmán, 88, Dominican activist, first lady (1965).
 * Alex Apolinário, 24, Brazilian footballer (Alverca, Cruzeiro), cardiac arrest.
 * Michael Apted, 79, English film director (Gorillas in the Mist, Coal Miner's Daughter, The World Is Not Enough).
 * Val Bettin, 97, American actor (The Great Mouse Detective, Aladdin, Shrek).
 * Jan Blommaert, 59, Belgian sociolinguist and linguistic anthropologist, cancer.
 * Elanga Buala, 56, Papua New Guinean Olympic runner (1984).
 * Biserka Cvejić, 97, Serbian opera singer.
 * Deezer D, 55, American rapper and actor (ER, In the Mix, CB4), heart attack.
 * Miriam DeCosta-Willis, 86, American educator and civil rights activist.
 * Ronnie Ellenblum, 68, Israeli geographer and historian, heart failure.
 * Ian Foreman, 90, Australian footballer (Footscray).
 * Hussein Bakry Gazzaz, 95, Saudi Arabian cosmetics businessman.
 * Grant Gondrezick, 57, American basketball player (Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers, Limoges CSP).
 * Thomas Gumpert, 68, German actor (Verbotene Liebe, Lindenstraße, Polizeiruf 110).
 * Connie Hall, 91, American country singer.
 * John Heilpern, 78, British theatre critic and editor (The Observer, The New York Observer, Vanity Fair), lung cancer.
 * Valeri Khlevinsky, 77, Russian actor (Big School-Break, Valentin and Valentina, Taxi Blues), People's Artist of Russia (2002).
 * Taky Kimura, 96, American martial artist.
 * Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa, 75, Ugandan agricultural economist and politician, MP (1980–1985, 1991–2004), COVID-19.
 * Vladimir Kiselyov, 64, Ukrainian shot putter, Olympic champion (1980).
 * Tom LaBonge, 67, American politician, member of the Los Angeles City Council (2001–2015), cardiac arrest.
 * Genival Lacerda, 89, Brazilian forró singer, complications from COVID-19.
 * Tommy Lasorda, 93, American Hall of Fame baseball manager (Los Angeles Dodgers) and player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics), heart failure.
 * Christopher Little, 79, British literary agent, founder of Christopher Little Literary Agency.
 * Cassim Louis, 73, Saint Lucian football manager (national team).
 * Jamie O'Hara, 70, American country musician and songwriter ("Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)", "Older Women"), Grammy winner (1987), cancer.
 * Guy Péqueux, 78, French painter.
 * Lonnie Perrin, 68, American football player (Denver Broncos, Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins).
 * Dominique Rakotorahalahy, 76, Malagasy Olympic decathlete.
 * Marion Ramsey, 73, American actress (Police Academy, Return to Babylon, Lavalantula) and singer.
 * Carlos Rasch, 88, Brazilian science fiction author.
 * Norberto James Rawlings, 75, Dominican poet, complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Adebayo Salami, 69, Nigerian politician, senator (1999–2003).
 * Munira Yamin Satti, Pakistani politician, Punjab MPA (since 2018), COVID-19.
 * Henri Schwery, 88, Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal, bishop of Sion (1977–1995).
 * Neil Sheehan, 84, American journalist (The New York Times), Pulitzer Prize winner (1989), complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Brian Sicknick, 42, American police officer (U.S. Capitol Police).
 * Solange, 69, Italian psychic and television personality.
 * Reynaldo Umali, 63, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (2010–2019), COVID-19.
 * Mel Weitsman, 91, American Buddhist priest, founder of the Berkeley Zen Center.
 * David Wheldon, 70, English writer and physician.

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 * Paul Amargier, 96, French historian and Roman Catholic priest.
 * Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, 69, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Trujillo (since 2012), COVID-19.
 * Eva Badura-Skoda, 91, Austrian musicologist.
 * William H. Barbour Jr., 79, American jurist, judge (since 1983) and chief judge (1989–1996) of the U.S. District Court for Southern Mississippi.
 * Harold Bornstein, 73, American gastroenterologist.
 * Eve Branson, 96, British philanthropist and child welfare advocate, COVID-19.
 * Ed Bruce, 81, American singer-songwriter ("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys", "You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had") and actor (Bret Maverick).
 * David Buchsbaum, 91, American mathematician, heart failure.
 * Steve Carver, 75, American film director (Lone Wolf McQuade, Big Bad Mama, Capone), complications from COVID-19.
 * John Corcoran, 83, American logician and philosopher.
 * David Darling, 79, American cellist and composer.
 * Květa Eretová, 94, Czech chess grandmaster.
 * Michael Fonfara, 74, Canadian keyboardist (The Electric Flag, Downchild Blues Band, Rhinoceros), cancer.
 * Marissa Garrido, 94, Mexican telenovela writer (La Leona), complications from COVID-19.
 * Otto Geisert, 81, German footballer (Karlsruhe, Kaiserslautern).
 * Emile Hemmen, 97, Luxembourgian novelist and poet, member of the Luxembourgish Patriot League resistance.
 * Steve Hendrickson, 54, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, San Diego Chargers, Houston Oilers).
 * Mike Henry, 84, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers) and actor (Smokey and the Bandit, Tarzan and the Valley of Gold), Parkinson's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
 * Peter W. Huber, 68, American lawyer and writer.
 * Seth Abid Hussain, 85, Pakistani businessman and philanthropist.
 * Norm Jary, 91, Canadian politician, mayor of Guelph (1970–1985).
 * Werner Klumpp, 92, German politician, minister-president of the Saarland (1979).
 * Barbara Köhler, 61, German poet.
 * Marian Kondratowicz, 79, Polish footballer (Odra Opole).
 * Steve Lightle, 61, American comic book artist (Legion of Super-Heroes, Doom Patrol, The Flash), complications from COVID-19.
 * Colin McDonald, 92, Australian cricketer (Victoria, national team).
 * Jay W. McGee, 71, American-Canadian musician, complications from COVID-19.
 * Stewart McKnight, 85, New Zealand cricketer (Otago) and curler.
 * José Méndez, 83, Spanish Olympic rower (1960).
 * Diana Millay, 85, American actress (Street of Sinners, Dark Shadows, The Secret Storm).
 * Dorine Mokha, 31, Congolese dancer, malaria.
 * Samuel L. Myers Sr., 101, American economist and educationist, president of Bowie State University (1968–1977).
 * Bill Nankeville, 95, British Olympic runner (1948, 1952).
 * Oleg Negrobov, 79, Russian entomologist.
 * Ivo Niederle, 91, Czech actor.
 * Folabi Olumide, 81, Nigerian academic, vice-chancellor of Lagos State University (1983–1988).
 * Wojciech Przybylski, 81, Polish football player (Broń Radom) and manager (Lechia Gdańsk, Al-Jaish).
 * Deborah Rhode, 68, American legal scholar.
 * Don Robertson, 92, American television announcer (CBS Sports).
 * Grace Robertson, 90, British photographer.
 * Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead, 100, British politician and life peer, MP (1960–1964, 1966–1992).
 * Rajkumar Jhalajit Singh, 96, Indian historian.
 * Pamela Joy Spry, 96, Australian nurse.
 * Igor Tõnurist, 73, Estonian ethnographer and folklorist.
 * Vladimir Tretyakov, 84, Russian mathematician, rector (1993–2006) and president (since 2006) of Ural State University.
 * Iancu Țucărman, 98, Romanian Holocaust survivor, COVID-19.
 * Katharine Whitehorn, 92, English journalist (The Observer), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Shirley Wilson, 95, American football coach (Elon Phoenix, Duke Blue Devils).
 * Xu Qinxian, 85, Chinese military officer and political dissident, choking.
 * Zoffany, 12, Irish racehorse and sire, liver failure.

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 * Beddu Amang, 84, Indonesian economist, chairman of State Logistics Agency (1995–1998).
 * Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi, 72, Iranian Olympic weightlifter (1976).
 * Kenneth Barker, 86, British academic administrator, vice-chancellor of De Montfort University (1992–1999) and Thames Valley University (1999–2003).
 * Harry Brüll, 85, Dutch footballer (Rapid JC Heerlen, Fortuna Sittard, national team).
 * Antón Cancelas, 65, Spanish voice actor.
 * Jerry Douglas, 85, American director and writer.
 * František Filip, 90, Czech film director (Tři chlapi v chalupě, Chalupáři, Utrpení mladého Boháčka), COVID-19.
 * William Alexander Gambling, 94, British electrical engineer.
 * Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington, 90, British farmer and landowner (Muncaster Castle).
 * Mohamud Mohammed Hassan, 24, British security guard.
 * Barbara Hewson, 59, Irish barrister, pancreatic cancer.
 * Isaak Khalatnikov, 101, Russian physicist (BKL singularity).
 * James L. Larson, 89, American historian.
 * Vivalyn Latty-Scott, 82, Jamaican cricketer (national team, West Indies team) and coach.
 * Howard Liebengood, American police officer (U.S. Capitol Police), suicide.
 * John Lutz, 81, American mystery writer (SWF Seeks Same), complications of Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's disease, and COVID-19.
 * Ved Mehta, 86, Indian novelist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Ken Middleditch, 95, British motorcycle speedway rider (Hastings Saxons, Poole Pirates, Swindon Robins).
 * Johnson Mlambo, 80, South African political activist, complications from COVID-19.
 * Anatolii Mokrousov, 77, Ukrainian politician, MP (1990–2006), COVID-19.
 * Margaret Morrison, 66, Canadian philosopher of science, cancer.
 * Ezra Nawi, 69, Israeli human rights activist, cancer.
 * Hans Frede Nielsen, 77, Danish philologist.
 * John Reilly, 86, American actor (General Hospital, Sunset Beach, Passions), heart attack.
 * Llorenç Rifé, 82, Spanish football player (Barcelona, Deportivo de La Coruña).
 * George Robertson, 93, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), COVID-19.
 * Rong Zi, 98, Chinese-Taiwanese writer and poet.
 * John Joseph Ryba, 91, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1993–2003).
 * Ken Sedd, 81, British television actor (The Benny Hill Show, Doctor Who, Z-Cars).
 * Philip Seeman, 86, Canadian neuropharmacologist, muscle disease.
 * Kathy Shaidle, 56, Canadian writer, cancer.
 * Bruce W. Shore, 85, American theoretical physicist.
 * Fabrizio Soccorsi, 78, Italian physician, Papal private doctor (since 2015), complications from cancer and COVID-19.
 * Madhav Singh Solanki, 93, Indian politician, chief minister of Gujarat (1976–1977) and minister of External Affairs (1991–1992), cardiac arrest.
 * Todd Stadtman, 59, American musician and writer.
 * Mulyadi Tamsir, 39, Indonesian politician and student activist, chairman of the Muslim Students' Association (2015–2018), plane crash.
 * Berta Taracena, 95–96, Mexican historian and art critic.
 * Caroly Wilcox, 89, American puppeteer (The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock).
 * Jeannette Wood, 88, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1988–1994) and Senate (1994–1999).

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 * Ahmet Vefik Alp, 72, Turkish architect and political advisor, heart attack.
 * Graham Arthur, 84, Australian football player (Hawthorn, Victoria) and coach.
 * Hubert Auriol, 68, French rally driver, Dakar Rally winner (1981, 1983, 1992), complications from COVID-19.
 * Sir David Barclay, 86, British businessman.
 * Joël Batteux, 77, French politician, mayor of Saint-Nazaire (1983–2014), complications from surgery.
 * Louis-Pierre Bougie, 74, Canadian painter and engraver, pneumonia.
 * Arthur Bramley, 91, English footballer (Mansfield Town).
 * Harry Brown, 72, American basketball player (Oklahoma Sooners), diabetes.
 * Michel Caffier, 90, French journalist and literary critic.
 * Pedro Casado, 83, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Sabadell, national team).
 * Tosh Chamberlain, 86, English footballer (Fulham, Dover Athletic, Gravesend and Northfleet).
 * Avelino Chaves, 89, Spanish football player (Real Zaragoza) and executive.
 * Adam Dyczkowski, 88, Polish Roman Catholic prelate and philosopher, bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów (1993–2007), COVID-19.
 * Nancy Walker Bush Ellis, 94, American philanthropist, complications from COVID-19.
 * Theo English, 90, Irish hurler (Marlfield, Tipperary).
 * Kristen K. Flaa, 95, Norwegian politician, mayor of Aust-Agder (1972–1976).
 * James Follett, 81, British writer (A Cage of Eagles).
 * Tom Gannon, 77, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1979–2006).
 * Bruno Ghedina, 77, Italian Olympic ice hockey player (1964), COVID-19.
 * Pedro González, 83, Dominican baseball player (New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians).
 * Tony Gregory, 83, English footballer (Luton Town, Watford).
 * Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier, 85, Mexican politician, governor of Durango (1998–2004).
 * Robert Halley, 85, French politician and businessman.
 * Betty Lou Holland, 95, American actress.
 * Bobby Kellard, 77, English football player (Southend United, Portsmouth, Crystal Palace) and manager.
 * Aminu Isa Kontagora, 64, Nigerian politician, administrator of Benue State (1996–1998) and Kano State (1998–1999), COVID-19.
 * Sonny Leonard, 77, American engine designer and builder.
 * Christopher Maboulou, 30, French-Congolese footballer (Châteauroux, Bastia, PAS Giannina), heart attack.
 * Geraldo Antônio Miotto, 65, Brazilian general, commander of the Amazon Military Command (2016–2018) and Southern Military Command (2018–2020), COVID-19.
 * Behzad Moezi, 82, Iranian aviator, leukemia.
 * Tahir Mughal, 43, Pakistani cricketer (Gujranwala, Allied Bank Limited, National Bank of Pakistan), gallbladder cancer.
 * Josep Antoni Noya, 81, Spanish footballer (Sabadell, Atlético Madrid).
 * Barry Oringer, 85, American television producer and screenwriter (Ben Casey, The Fugitive, Hotel).
 * Georges Pernoud, 73, French journalist, television presenter and television producer.
 * Wayne Radford, 64, American basketball player (Indiana Hoosiers, Indiana Pacers).
 * Benita Raphan, 58, American filmmaker and designer.
 * Dee Rowe, 91, American basketball coach (UConn Huskies), COVID-19 and cancer.
 * Antonio Sabàto Sr., 77, Italian-American actor (Grand Prix, One Dollar Too Many, Shoot Twice), COVID-19.
 * Donald Smith, 97, English cricketer (Sussex, national team).
 * Julie Strain, 58, American actress (Heavy Metal 2000) and model (Penthouse, Heavy Metal), complications from dementia.
 * David Stypka, 41, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist, complications from pancreatic cancer and COVID-19.
 * Walter Taibo, 89, Uruguayan footballer (Huracán, Nacional, national team).
 * Mohammad Khaledur Rahman Tito, 75, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–1988, 2008–2014).
 * Pala Thankam, 79, Indian actress (Rebecca, Gangasangamam, Ormakal Marikkumo).
 * Thorleif Torstensson, 71, Swedish singer (Thorleifs), COVID-19.
 * Naseer Turabi, 75, Indian-born Pakistani poet.
 * Yeng Pway Ngon, 73, Singaporean writer and poet, prostate cancer.

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 * Massoud Achkar, 64, Lebanese military leader and politician, COVID-19.
 * Sheldon Adelson, 87, American casino owner, founder of Las Vegas Sands, lymphoma.
 * Vassilis Alexakis, 77, Greek-born French writer and translator.
 * Guy Auffray, 75, French judoka.
 * Éric Babin, 61, New Caledonian politician, member of the Congress (1995–1999), traffic collision.
 * Edward Beard, 80, American politician, member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (1972–1974) and U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1981), Parkinson's disease.
 * Joseph Berke, 81, American-born English psychotherapist and author, heart failure.
 * Roger Cayrel, 95, French astronomer.
 * José Centenera, 89, Spanish Olympic equestrian (1960).
 * Shashikumar Chitre, 84, Indian mathematician and astrophysicist.
 * Lloyd Cowan, 58, British hurdler and track coach.
 * Étienne Draber, 81, French actor (May Fools, Madame Bovary, House of D), COVID-19.
 * Fabio Enzo, 74, Italian footballer (Roma, Cesena, Novara), complications from COVID-19.
 * Yousef Ghawanmeh, 85, Jordanian historian.
 * Lionel Gossman, 91, Scottish-American literary scholar.
 * Ron Grigg, 92, British chemist.
 * Ian Griggs, 92, British Anglican prelate, bishop of Ludlow (1987–1994).
 * Ronald J. Hays, 92, American admiral.
 * Kathleen Heddle, 55, Canadian rower, Olympic champion (1992, 1996), breast and lymph node cancer.
 * Howard Johnson, 79, American jazz musician.
 * Mark Keds, 50, English singer (Senseless Things, Deadcuts), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
 * David Khakhaleishvili, 49, Georgian judoka, Olympic champion (1992), heart disease.
 * Gothard Kokott, 77, Polish football manager (Raków Częstochowa, Ruch Radzionków).
 * Paul Kölliker, 88, Swiss Olympic rower (1960), COVID-19.
 * Rada Lysenko, 99, Ukrainian pianist and pedagogue, People's Artist of Ukraine.
 * Bogdan Macovei, 67, Romanian handball manager (women's national team, Macedonia women's national team).
 * Mmule Maluleka, South African politician, member of the National Assembly (2009–2016), COVID-19.
 * Jean-Marie Marconot, 82, French sociolinguist.
 * Mario Masuku, 69, Swazi politician.
 * Tetsuo Najita, 84, American historian.
 * Lindiwe Ndlovu, 44, South African actress (Little One, EHostela).
 * Kurt Oddekalv, 63, Norwegian environmentalist, founder of Green Warriors of Norway, drowning.
 * Francis Perekamoya, 63, Malawian economist, governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi (1992–1995), COVID-19.
 * Tord Peterson, 94, Swedish actor (Honeymoon, House of Angels, Echoes from the Dead).
 * Luis Adriano Piedrahíta Sandoval, 74, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Apartadó (2007–2014) and Santa Marta (since 2014), COVID-19.
 * Turlapaty Kutumba Rao, 87, Indian writer and orator.
 * Oscar Rizzato, 92, Italian Roman Catholic titular bishop, COVID-19.
 * Prentice Earl Sanders, 83, American police officer, chief of the San Francisco Police Department (2002–2003).
 * Benoît Sinzogan, 90, Beninese military officer and politician, minister of foreign affairs (1967–1968) and member of the Military Directorate (1969–1970).
 * Margo St. James, 83, American women's rights activist and sex worker.
 * Paul Taylor, 81, American engineer.
 * Howard Teten, 88, American FBI instructor, complications from COVID-19.
 * William E. Thornton, 91, American astronaut (Challenger).
 * Stacy Title, 56, American film director (The Bye Bye Man, The Last Supper, Hood of Horror), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, 96, Indian independence activist and politician, Bihar MLA (1977–1985) and MLC (1990–1996), COVID-19.

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 * Gerald Achee, 68, Trinidadian drummer, cancer.
 * Frank Arok, 88, Serbian-Australian football player (FK Jedinstvo) and manager (St George Saints, Australia national team).
 * Lingson Belekanyama, Malawian politician, minister of local government and rural development (since 2020), COVID-19.
 * Bruce Bennett, 77, American Canadian football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders), pneumonia and COVID-19.
 * Florentin Crihălmeanu, 61, Romanian Greek Catholic hierarch, bishop of Cluj-Gherla (since 2002), COVID-19.
 * Wim de Graaff, 89, Dutch Olympic speed skater (1956, 1960) and coach.
 * Cecil Humphery-Smith, 92, British genealogist and heraldist.
 * Carlos Joseph, 40, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Manchester Wolves), ruptured brain aneurysm.
 * Sid Lerner, 90, American advertising executive, founder of Meatless Monday.
 * Tim Lester, 52, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, Dallas Cowboys), COVID-19.
 * Fred Levin, 83, American lawyer, COVID-19.
 * Barry Lewis, 75, American architectural historian, heart failure.
 * Mona Malm, 85, Swedish actress (Heja Roland!, Fanny and Alexander, The Tattooed Widow).
 * Per Martinsen, 84, Norwegian footballer (Lisleby, Fredrikstad, national team).
 * Álvaro Mejía, 80, Colombian Olympic long-distance runner (1964, 1968, 1972).
 * Sidik Mia, 55, Malawian politician, MP (2004–2014), minister of defence (2009–2010) and transport and public works (since 2020), COVID-19.
 * Willie Miller, 70, Scottish urban planner.
 * Theodoros Mitras, 72, Greek politician, MP (1993–1996).
 * Christopher P. Monkhouse, 73, American architectural historian, stroke.
 * Jim Norton, 78, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons, Washington Redskins).
 * Osvaldo Peredo, 79, Bolivian revolutionary (Ñancahuazú Guerrilla).
 * Philaret, 85, Belarusian Orthodox prelate, metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk (1978–2013), leader of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (1990–2013), COVID-19.
 * John G. Ramsay, 89, British structural geologist.
 * Bridget Rowe, 70, British journalist, editor of Sunday Mirror (1991–1992, 1997–1998), The People (1992–1996), COVID-19.
 * Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud, 84, Saudi royal, conglomerate magnate (Mawarid Holding) and horse stable owner (Juddmonte).
 * Liudmyla Semykina, 97, Ukrainian painter.
 * Shingoose, 74, Canadian folk musician, COVID-19.
 * João Henrique de Souza, 78, Brazilian politician, Paraíba MLA (since 2007), COVID-19.
 * Yuval Stonis, 37, Israeli actor and screenwriter, stomach cancer.
 * Keith Valigura, 63, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1985–1991).
 * John Ward, 83, New Zealand cricketer (Canterbury, national team).
 * Robert Warke, 90, Irish Anglican prelate, bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (1988–1998).
 * Dame Margaret Weston, 94, British museum curator, director of the Science Museum (1973–1986).

13

 * Howard Andrew, 86, American poker player.
 * Tim Bogert, 76, American rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Cactus), cancer.
 * Duke Bootee, 69, American rapper and songwriter ("The Message"), heart failure.
 * Nicky Booth, 40, British boxer.
 * Mario Cecchini, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola (1986–1998), COVID-19.
 * Borivoje Cenić, 90, Serbian basketball player (Radnički Belgrade) and coach (OKK Beograd, Apollon Patras).
 * Patrick Chapuis, 71, French photographer.
 * Sir Robert Cohan, 95, American-born British dancer and choreographer, founder of The Place, London Contemporary Dance School, and LCDT.
 * Frank J. Coppa, 83, American historian and author.
 * Gerry Cottle, 75, British circus owner and presenter, COVID-19.
 * Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, German-American magician and entertainer (Siegfried & Roy), pancreatic cancer.
 * Benjamin F. Gibson, 89, American jurist, judge (1979–1999) and chief judge (1991–1995) of the U.S. District Court for Western Michigan.
 * Gimax, 83, Italian racing driver.
 * Henri Goraïeb, 85, Lebanese pianist.
 * Michel Gravel, 84, Canadian photographer.
 * Moses Hamungole, 53, Zambian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Monze (since 2014), COVID-19.
 * Ben Hines, 85, American baseball coach (Los Angeles Dodgers).
 * Ken Jones, 70, American LGBT rights activist, bladder cancer.
 * Bernd Kannenberg, 78, German race walker, Olympic champion (1972).
 * Ndubuisi Kanu, 77, Nigerian rear admiral and politician, military governor of Imo State (1976–1977) and Lagos State (1977–1978).
 * Gail Kopplin, 81, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (2005–2009).
 * Fiu Loimata II, 79, Samoan politician, MP (1996–2001).
 * Norman MacLeod, 93, Canadian financier and politician, president of the Liberal Party (1980–1982).
 * Don Mason, 86, British immunologist.
 * Seyoum Mesfin, 71, Ethiopian politician and diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (1991–2010) and ambassador to China (2011–2017), shot.
 * Bryan Monroe, 55, American journalist (CNN, Ebony, Jet), heart attack.
 * Nelson Nieves, 86, Venezuelan Olympic fencer (1952).
 * Sinikka Nopola, 67, Finnish writer (Ricky Rapper).
 * Norodom Yuvaneath, 77, Cambodian prince, privy counsellor (1993–2004) and supreme royal advisor (since 2004).
 * Ben Nsibandze, 89, Swazi politician, acting prime minister (1979).
 * Mircea Păcurariu, 88, Romanian theologian.
 * Bruce Pasternack, 73, American businessman and philanthropist, president of the Special Olympics (2005–2007).
 * Devarapalli Prakash Rao, 62, Indian social worker, COVID-19.
 * Joël Robert, 77, Belgian motocross racer, six-time world champion, COVID-19.
 * Øyvind Sandberg, 67, Norwegian film director.
 * Marielle de Sarnez, 69, French politician, MEP (1999–2017), minister in charge of European affairs (2017), and deputy (since 2017), leukemia.
 * Eusébio Scheid, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (2001–2009), COVID-19.
 * Safwat El-Sherif, 87, Egyptian politician, minister of information (1981–2004) and speaker of the Shura Council (2004–2011), leukemia.
 * Sylvain Sylvain, 69, Egyptian-born American guitarist (New York Dolls), cancer.
 * Philip Tartaglia, 70, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, metropolitan archbishop of Glasgow (since 2012), COVID-19.
 * Abay Tsehaye, 67, Ethiopian politician, co-founder of the Marxist–Leninist League of Tigray, shot.
 * Maguito Vilela, 71, Brazilian lawyer and politician, governor of Goiás (1995–1998), senator (1999–2007) and mayor-elect of Goiânia (since 2021), COVID-19.
 * Hannes Viljoen, 77, South African rugby union player (Natal, national team).
 * Timothy Whidborne, 93, British artist.

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 * James B. Anderson, 85, American chemist and physicist.
 * Melanio Asensio, 84, Spanish Olympic sprinter (1960).
 * Veronica Beechey, 75, British feminist sociologist and patients' rights advocate.
 * Carlos Armando Biebrich, 81, Mexican lawyer and politician, deputy (1967–1970) and governor of Sonora (1973–1975), COVID-19.
 * Cliff Burvill, 83, Australian Olympic cyclist (1956), fall.
 * José Luis Caballero, 65, Mexican Olympic footballer (1976).
 * Storm Constantine, 64, British fantasy and science fiction author (Sea Dragon Heir, Grigori Trilogy).
 * Simon Crosse, 90, British Olympic rower (1960).
 * Todd Gabbett, 78, American football player (Illinois, Virginia Sailors) and coach.
 * Boris Grachevsky, 71, Russian film director, screenwriter and actor (Yeralash), COVID-19.
 * Vicente Alejandro Guillamón, 90, Spanish journalist.
 * Eiji Hashimoto, 89, Japanese-American harpsichordist.
 * Sheikh Ali Jaber, 44, Saudi-born Indonesian Islamic cleric.
 * Shirley Johnson, 83, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1981–1992, 1993–1998) and Senate (1999–2004).
 * John LaRose, 69, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), COVID-19.
 * Vincent Logan, 79, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Dunkeld (1981–2012), COVID-19.
 * Harold Lawrence McPheeters, 97, American psychiatrist.
 * Brian Moller, 85, Irish Anglican priest, dean of Connor (1998–2001).
 * Elijah Moshinsky, 75, Australian opera, theatre, and television director, COVID-19.
 * Evžen Neustupný, 87, Czech archaeologist.
 * Aleksandr Nikitin, 59, Russian football player (Torpedo Volzhsky, SKA Rostov-on-Don, Rotor Volgograd) and manager.
 * Leonidas Pelekanakis, 58, Greek Olympic sailor (1984, 2000, 2004), COVID-19.
 * Yrjö Rantanen, 70, Finnish chess grandmaster.
 * Peter Mark Richman, 93, American actor (Dynasty, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Poolhall Junkies).
 * David Roth, 68, American magician.
 * Éamonn Ryan, 79, Irish Gaelic football player (Glenville, UCC) and manager (Cork).
 * Ron Samford, 90, American baseball player (New York Giants, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators).
 * Jane Sinclair, 64, British Anglican priest, canon of Westminster (2014–2020).
 * Jember Teferra, 77, Malagasy-born Ethiopian community development worker.
 * Jan de Vries, 77, Dutch motorcycle racer, cardiac arrest.
 * Larry Willoughby, 70, American country singer-songwriter ("Building Bridges", "Operator, Operator") and music executive, vice-president of A&R at Capitol Records, COVID-19.
 * Dinesh Chandra Yadav, Nepalese politician, member of the Constituent Assembly (2014–2017), COVID-19.
 * Roman Zakharov, 91, Russian Olympic rower (1952).

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 * William R. Allen, 96, American economist.
 * Dale Baer, 70, American animator (The Lion King, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Robin Hood), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Sjarifuddin Baharsjah, 89, Indonesian academic and politician, minister of agriculture (1993–1998).
 * Geoff Barnett, 74, English footballer (Everton, Arsenal, Minnesota Kicks), complications from COVID-19.
 * Liz Berube, 78, American comic book artist (Young Love, Aquaman, Plastic Man).
 * Ali Brakchi, 86, French Olympic long jumper.
 * Wilbur Brotherton, 98, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1975–1988).
 * Michael Bryce, 82, Australian architect and graphic designer, spouse of the governor-general (2008–2014).
 * Vicente Cantatore, 85, Argentine football player (San Lorenzo, Tigre) and manager (Real Valladolid).
 * Rosalind Cartwright, 98, American neuroscientist.
 * Tyrone Crawley, 62, American boxer.
 * Dalakhani, 21, Irish racehorse and sire.
 * Elizam Escobar, 72, Puerto Rican art theorist, poet, and political activist, cancer.
 * Gildardo García, 66, Colombian chess grandmaster, COVID-19.
 * B. S. Gnanadesikan, 71, Indian politician, MP (2001–2013).
 * James Gustafson, 95, American theological ethicist.
 * Alan Hart, 85, British television executive, controller of BBC1 (1981–1984).
 * Bruce Headley, 86, American thoroughbred trainer (Kona Gold, Got Koko), stroke.
 * Michael Kelly, 91, Irish Jesuit priest and missionary.
 * Kathleen Krull, 68, American children's writer and book editor, cancer.
 * Eddie Kuligowski, 74, French photographer.
 * Ramji Lal, 88, Indian politician, MP (1992–1993, 1994–2000).
 * Mark Langham, 60, British Roman Catholic priest.
 * Lệ Thu, 77, Vietnamese-American singer, COVID-19.
 * Tiit Lilleorg, 79, Estonian actor (Agent Wild Duck, Autumn Ball, O2), COVID-19.
 * Thomas V. Miller Jr., 78, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1971–1975) and Senate (1975–2020), president of the Senate (1987–2020), prostate cancer.
 * Kamal Morarka, 74, Indian businessman and politician, MP (1988–1994).
 * Benjamin de Rothschild, 57, French banker, heart attack.
 * J. Michael Schweder, 71, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1975–1980).
 * Olav M. Skulberg, 90, Norwegian limnologist.
 * Jeffrey L. Smith, 35, American police officer (D.C. Metropolitan Police), suicide.
 * Paola Veneroni, 99, Italian actress (Maddalena, Zero for Conduct).
 * Anatoliy Vishnevskiy, 85, Russian economist and demographer.
 * Mihajlo Vuković, 76, Serbian basketball player (Sloboda Tuzla) and coach (Valencia Basket, Yugoslavia women's national team).
 * Jon Westling, 78, American educator, president of Boston University (1996–2002).
 * Gerald Wiegert, 76, American automotive businessman and engineer, founder of Vector Motors.
 * James White, 78, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (2009–2015), and Senate (since 2016).
 * Bill Whitehead, 89, New Zealand sports administrator.

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 * Salleh Abas, 91, Malaysian judge and politician, Lord President of the Supreme Court (1984–1988) and Terengganu MLA (1999–2004), COVID-19.
 * Ernest Ako, 97, Ghanaian police officer, inspector general of police (1974–1978).
 * Jon Arnett, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (USC Trojans, Los Angeles Rams), heart failure.
 * Sharon Begley, 64, American science journalist.
 * Mahaveer Bhagora, 73, Indian politician, MP (2004–2009), COVID-19.
 * Jerry Brandt, 82, American club owner and manager (The Ritz), COVID-19 and pneumonia.
 * Charlotte Cornwell, 71, English actress (Dressing for Breakfast, The Saint, White Hunter Black Heart), cancer.
 * Choi Jeongrye, 65, South Korean poet.
 * Juan Carlos Copes, 89, Argentine tango dancer and choreographer, COVID-19.
 * Chris Cramer, 73, British news journalist and executive (BBC News, CNN International), cancer.
 * Little Walter DeVenne, 73, American radio host, COVID-19.
 * Einar Eriksen, 87, Norwegian newspaper editor, chief editor of Bergens Tidende (1986–1991).
 * Alice Gibson, 97, Belizean librarian.
 * György Handel, 61, Hungarian footballer (MTK-VM, Rába ETO, national team), COVID-19.
 * Bill Heal, 86, British soil scientist.
 * Dustin Higgs, 48, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
 * Xavier Hunault, 97, French politician, deputy (1962–1993).
 * Bob Langas, 90, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
 * Mona Lohanda, 73, Indonesian historian, archivist and academic, heart attack.
 * Jim MacGeorge, 92, American voice actor (Bionic Six, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Clue Club).
 * Pave Maijanen, 70, Finnish musician (Hurriganes, Dingo), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * George von Mallinckrodt, 90, German merchant banker, chairman of Schroders (1984–1995).
 * Sergi Mingote, 49, Spanish mountain climber and politician, mayor of Parets del Vallès (2011–2018), mountaineering fall.
 * Steve Molnar, 73, Canadian football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
 * Claudia Montero, 58, Argentine classical composer, Latin Grammy winner (2014, 2016, 2018), cancer.
 * Chris Murphy, 66, Australian talent manager (INXS, Models), lymphoma.
 * Carlo Nayaradou, 63, French-Martinican comic book author.
 * Petrica Novosel Žic, 89, Croatian cartographer and academic.
 * Christian Myekeni Ntshangase, Swazi politician, minister of public service (since 2019), COVID-19.
 * Bheki Ntuli, 63, South African politician, MP (1999–2003), COVID-19.
 * Meghrig Parikian, 53, Armenian Apostolic prelate, bishop of Canada (since 2014).
 * Farida Pasha, 68, Indonesian actress (Misteri Gunung Merapi), COVID-19.
 * Phương Mai, 83, Vietnamese princess.
 * Jimmy Powell, 85, American golfer, kidney failure.
 * Sergei Rodin, 39, Russian footballer (CSKA Moscow, Sportakademklub Moscow, Sokol Saratov).
 * Om Prakash Sharma, 87, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLC (1972–2020), dysentery.
 * David Shaw-Smith, 81, Irish film director (Hands).
 * Phil Spector, 81, American Hall of Fame record producer (Wall of Sound), musician (The Teddy Bears), and convicted murderer, founder of Philles Records, COVID-19.
 * Muammer Sun, 88, Turkish composer, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
 * Sayidiman Suryohadiprojo, 93, Indonesian military officer and diplomat, deputy chief of staff of the Army (1973–1974).
 * Arturo Tizón, 36, Spanish motorcycle racer, mountain bike fall.
 * Pedro Trebbau, 91, German-born Venezuelan zoologist.
 * Paul Varelans, 51, American mixed martial artist (UFC), COVID-19.
 * Lars Westman, 86, Swedish writer.

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 * Nikolay Antoshkin, 78, Russian military officer (Chernobyl disaster), Hero of the Soviet Union, deputy (since 2014), COVID-19.
 * Dave Arnold, 49, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (since 2020), brain cancer.
 * Keith Arnold, 94, British Anglican prelate, bishop of Warwick (1980–1990).
 * Jacques Bral, 72, French film director (Black Really Suits You) and screenwriter.
 * Manford Byrd Jr., 92, American academic administrator, superintendent of Chicago Public Schools (1985–1989).
 * Luis María Cassoni, 82, Argentine politician and pharmacist, governor of Misiones Province (1987), COVID-19.
 * Joevana Charles, 66, Seychellois politician, member of the National Assembly (1993–2016).
 * Robert Cheezic, 82, American Tang Soo Do practitioner.
 * Brian Christie, American news host and journalist (CNN, WRAU-TV Peoria, WCVB-TV Boston).
 * Camille Cléroux, 67, Canadian serial killer.
 * Giles Constable, 91, British historian.
 * Víctor Crisólogo, 68, Peruvian politician, congressman (2011–2016), COVID-19.
 * Abel Gabuza, 65, South African Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop coadjutor of Durban (since 2018) and bishop of Kimberley (2010–2018), COVID-19.
 * Barbara Gronemus, 89, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1982–2008).
 * Muriel Grossfeld, 80, American Olympic gymnast (1956, 1960, 1964).
 * Ghulam Mustafa Khan, 89, Indian classical singer.
 * Kurofune, 22, American-bred Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse.
 * Marlin Kuykendall, 86, American politician, mayor of Prescott, Arizona (2009–2015).
 * David Lea, 85, Australian politician, Victoria MLA (1985–1992).
 * Gerald Locklin, 79, American poet and lecturer, COVID-19.
 * Roger Machin, 94, French football referee.
 * Junior Mance, 92, American jazz pianist and educator.
 * Jubril Martins-Kuye, 78, Nigerian politician, minister of commerce and industry (2010–2011).
 * Haydn Morris, 92, Welsh rugby union player (Cardiff, British & Irish Lions, national team), fall.
 * Sammy Nestico, 96, American jazz composer and arranger.
 * Tom Prebble, 75, British-born New Zealand educationalist and university administrator (Massey University).
 * Vincent M. Rizzotto, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Galveston–Houston (2001–2006).
 * József Sas, 82, Hungarian stage actor, comedian and theatre director, COVID-19.
 * K. G. Shankar, 70, Indian politician, Puducherry MLA (since 2017), cardiac arrest.
 * Jon Sullivan, 70, Australian politician, Queensland MLA (1989–1998) and MP (2007–2010).
 * Marius Swart, 79, South African politician, executive mayor of the George Local Municipality (2000–2004) and MP (2004–2014), COVID-19.
 * Vicent Tur, 62, Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands (1984-1987, 1991–2007), cancer.
 * Joan Eloi Vila, 61, Spanish guitarist.
 * Richard Vogt, 71, American herpetologist.
 * Maynard Wallace, 77, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2003–2011).
 * Philip Wilson, 70, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Adelaide (2001–2018).
 * Liane Winter, 78, German long-distance runner.
 * Willis A. Wood, 99, American biochemist.

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 * Harry Abend, 83, Polish-born Venezuelan sculptor and architect.
 * Jean-Pierre Bacri, 69, Algerian-born French actor (Same Old Song, Place Vendôme) and screenwriter (The Taste of Others), cancer.
 * Perry Botkin Jr., 87, American composer and musician (Happy Days, Mork & Mindy, "Nadia's Theme"), Grammy winner (1978).
 * Carlos Burga, 68, Peruvian Olympic boxer (1972), COVID-19.
 * Alberto Cantù, 70, Italian musicologist and musical critic.
 * Volodymyr Chernyak, 79, Ukrainian politician, MP (1998–2006), COVID-19.
 * Jean Dumont, 90, French politician, senator (1986–1995).
 * Ash Gardiner, 74, New Zealand rugby union player (Taranaki, national team).
 * Svavar Gestsson, 76, Icelandic politician and diplomat, minister of social affairs (1980–1983), ambassador to Sweden (2001–2005) and Denmark (2005–2012).
 * Andy Gray, 61, Scottish actor (River City, Naked Video), COVID-19.
 * James D. Heiple, 87, American jurist, justice (1990–2000) and chief justice (1997) of the Supreme Court of Illinois, brain hemorrhage.
 * Nombulelo Hermans, 51, South African politician, member of the National Assembly (since 2019), COVID-19.
 * Joyce Hill, 95, American baseball player (South Bend Blue Sox, Peoria Redwings, Racine Belles).
 * Alan J. Hoffman, 96, American mathematician (Hoffman–Singleton graph).
 * Sinclair Hood, 103, British archaeologist, director of the British School at Athens (1980–1997).
 * Tony Ingle, 68, American basketball coach (BYU Cougars, Kennesaw State Owls, Dalton State Roadrunners), COVID-19.
 * Thorsten Johansson, 70, Swedish Olympic sprinter (1976).
 * Lubomir Kavalek, 77, Czech-American Hall of Fame chess grandmaster.
 * Maria Koterbska, 96, Polish singer.
 * Ákos Kriza, 55, Hungarian health economist and politician, mayor of Miskolc (2010–2019).
 * Joshua Kyeremeh, Ghanaian politician, kidney complications.
 * Jack London, 83, American information technology executive, chairman of the board of CACI International Inc.
 * Stephen Lungu, 78, Zimbabwean evangelist, COVID-19.
 * Josep Mestres Quadreny, 91, Spanish composer.
 * Chuck Mills, 92, American football coach (Utah State, Southern Oregon), pneumonia and organ failure.
 * Vic Mitchell, 86, British railway preservationist and writer.
 * Dündar Ali Osman, 90, Turkish royal, head of the House of Osman (since 2017).
 * Henryk Ostrowski, 60, Polish politician and farmer, deputy (2001–2005).
 * V. Doraswamy Raju, 74, Indian film producer (Seetharamayya Gari Manavaralu, Annamayya) and politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA (1994–1999), cardiac arrest.
 * Catherine Rich, 88, French actress.
 * David Richardson, 65, American television writer and producer (The Simpsons, Two and a Half Men, F Is for Family), heart failure.
 * Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, 65, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Mexico (since 2020), COVID-19.
 * Jimmie Rodgers, 87, American pop singer ("Honeycomb", "Kisses Sweeter than Wine", "Secretly").
 * John Russell, 66, English guitarist.
 * Dani Shmulevich-Rom, 80, Israeli footballer (Maccabi Haifa, national team), cancer.
 * Gatot Sudjito, 60, Indonesian politician, MP (since 2014), COVID-19.
 * Juan Carlos Tabío, 77, Cuban film director (Strawberry and Chocolate, Lista de Espera, 7 Days in Havana).
 * Kees Teer, 95, Dutch electrical engineer, director of Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium (1968–1985).
 * K. V. Vijayadas, 61, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (since 2011), cerebral haemorrhage.

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 * Habibullah Abdurazzaq, 83, Tajik actor (Ilya Muromets).
 * José Alves, 86, Brazilian footballer (Botafogo, Corinthians, América).
 * Ron Anthony, 87, American jazz guitarist and singer.
 * John G. Bartlett, 83, American physician and medical researcher, pneumonia.
 * Morice Benin, 73, French singer.
 * Ginette Bucaille, 94, French tennis player, 1954 French Championships finalist.
 * Mujibur Rahman Dilu, 69, Bangladeshi actor (Songsoptok), pneumonia.
 * William Fey, 78, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kimbe (2010–2019), COVID-19.
 * Gordon Galley, 90, English footballer (Darlington, Sheffield Wednesday) and police officer.
 * Louis Giani, 86, American Olympic wrestler (1960).
 * Lou Goetz, 74, American basketball coach (Richmond Spiders), cancer.
 * Renita Grigoryeva, 89, Russian film director, screenwriter (Boys) and actress (There Is Such a Lad).
 * Brian Hillery, 83, Irish politician, senator (1977–1982, 1983–1989, 1992–1997) and TD (1989–1992).
 * Roberta Hodes, 93, American screenwriter (Lad, a Dog) and script supervisor (On the Waterfront, The King of Comedy).
 * W. John Hutchins, 81, English linguist.
 * Danial Jahić, 41, Serbian Olympic long jumper (2000), COVID-19.
 * Daniel Kobialka, 77, American violinist.
 * Lâm Quang Thi, 88, Vietnamese military officer (ARVN), COVID-19.
 * Narendra Luther, 88, Indian writer and civil servant.
 * Emanuele Macaluso, 96, Italian trade unionist, journalist and politician, deputy (1963–1976) and senator (1976–1992), editor-in-chief of L'Unità (1982–1986), complications from a fall.
 * Cesare Maestri, 91, Italian mountaineer and writer.
 * Enrique Marcatili, 95, Argentine-American physicist.
 * James Kombo Moyana, 78, Zimbabwean banker, governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (1983–1993), COVID-19.
 * Mieko Nagaoka, 106, Japanese swimmer, respiratory failure.
 * James L. Nagle, 83, American architect (Chicago Seven), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Diana O'Hehir, 98, American poet and author.
 * Gustavo Peña, 78, Mexican football player (Monterrey, national team) and manager (Leones Negros), COVID-19.
 * Toleafoa Ken Vaafusuaga Poutoa, 53, Samoan politician, MP (since 2016).
 * Felipe Quispe, 78, Bolivian Quechua politician, Indigenous rights activist and peasant leader (CSUTCB), deputy (2002–2004), cardiac arrest.
 * V. Shanta, 93, Indian oncologist, director of the Adyar Cancer Institute (1980–1997), heart attack.
 * Zdeněk Sternberg, 97, Czech aristocrat, Medal of Merit recipient.
 * Don Sutton, 75, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers) and broadcaster, cancer.
 * Carlos Tapia García, 79, Peruvian politician, congressman (1985–1990) and member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2001–2003), COVID-19.
 * Jack Turley, 93, American screenwriter (General Hospital, Hawaii Five-O, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.).
 * Jim Vickerman, 89, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1987–2011).
 * Ellinah Wamukoya, 69, Swazi Anglican prelate, bishop of Eswatini (since 2012), COVID-19.
 * Bob Williams, 89, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers, Harlem Globetrotters).
 * Mark Wilson, 91, American magician and author.
 * Giovanni Zucchi, 89, Italian rower, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).

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 * Raisuddin Ahmed, 82, Bangladeshi cricket player (Dhaka University) and administrator, COVID-19.
 * Hagop S. Akiskal, 77, Lebanese-born American psychiatrist.
 * Bridgette Barry, 63, American biophysicist and biochemist.
 * Jaume Bassó, 91, Spanish basketball player (Club Joventut Badalona, national team).
 * Dinesh Chandra Bhandary, 86, Indian military officer.
 * Vorsila L. Bohrer, 89, American ethnobotanist.
 * Doug Bowden, 93, New Zealand cricketer (Central Districts).
 * Claude Bremond, 91–92, French semiologist.
 * David Brewster, 56, British politician, member of the Northern Ireland Forum (1996–1998), heart attack.
 * Sir Keith Bright, 89, British transport executive, chairman of London Regional Transport.
 * Aslan Byutukayev, 46, Russian Islamic militant, commander of Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs (since 2010), shot.
 * Marion Colthorpe, 87, British historian.
 * Mira Furlan, 65, Croatian-American actress (Babylon 5, Lost, The Abandoned), complications from West Nile virus.
 * Joyce Hearn, 91, American politician, member of South Carolina House of Representatives (1975–1990).
 * John Jeffers, 52, English footballer (Port Vale, Shrewsbury Town, Stockport County).
 * Pam Johnson, 74, American newspaper editor, dementia.
 * John Baptist Kaggwa, 77, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Masaka (1998–2019), COVID-19.
 * Justin Lekhanya, 82, Lesothan politician, chairman of the Military Council (1986–1991).
 * Joyce Lishman, 73, British social worker, bronchopneumonia.
 * Gordon McVie, 76, British oncologist.
 * Rabi Mishra, 64, Indian actor (Dhauli Express), cardiac arrest.
 * Sibusiso Moyo, 60, Zimbabwean politician, minister of foreign affairs (since 2017), COVID-19.
 * Unnikrishnan Namboothiri, 97, Indian actor (Kalyanaraman, Mayamohini, Photographer), complications from COVID-19.
 * Ronnie Nasralla, 90, Jamaican record producer (Byron Lee and the Dragonaires).
 * Lonnie Nielsen, 67, American golfer.
 * Storrs L. Olson, 76, American paleontologist and ornithologist.
 * Wayne Roberts, 76, Canadian food analyst and writer.
 * Mike Sadek, 74, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants), heart and lung disease.
 * Abdul Sahrin, 70, Filipino revolutionary (Moro National Liberation Front) and politician, member of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament (since 2019), brain tumor.
 * Gajendra Singh Shaktawat, 47, Indian politician, Rajasthan MLA (2008–2013, since 2018), COVID-19.
 * Eden Shand, 81, Trinidadian environmentalist and politician, MP (1987–1991).
 * Bill Sheat, 90, New Zealand lawyer and arts advocate.
 * Dominic J. Squatrito, 82, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Connecticut (since 1994).
 * Peter Swan, 84, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Matlock Town, national team).
 * Ted Thompson, 68, American football player (Houston Oilers) and executive, general manager of Green Bay Packers, Super Bowl champion (1997, 2011), dysautonomia.
 * Martha Jachi Umbulla, 65, Tanzanian politician, MNA (since 2005).
 * Harold Widom, 88, American mathematician, complications from COVID-19.
 * Ian Wilson, 81, English cinematographer (The Crying Game, Emma, Erik the Viking), COVID-19.
 * Harthorne Wingo, 73, American basketball player (Allentown Jets, New York Knicks, Pallacanestro Cantù).
 * Boris Zaborov, 85, Belarusian artist.

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 * Clarence Allen, 95, American geologist and seismologist.
 * Calixto Avena, 77, Colombian footballer (Millonarios, Atlético Junior, national team), COVID-19.
 * Bob Avian, 83, American choreographer and theatre producer (Dreamgirls, A Chorus Line, West Side Story), cardiac arrest.
 * Evert Båge, 95, Swedish major general.
 * Fred C. Bailey, 95, American engineer.
 * Dave Bolton, 83, English rugby league player (Wigan, Balmain, Blackpool Borough).
 * Donna Britt, 62, American news anchor (WAFB), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Howard Carson, 63, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).
 * Hank Coe, 74, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate (1989–2021), cancer.
 * Anthony Dawes, 92, British actor (The Avengers, Fawlty Towers, Z-Cars).
 * Nathalie Delon, 79, French actress (When Eight Bells Toll, The Monk, Le Samouraï), cancer.
 * Brian G. Gardiner, 88, British palaeontologist and zoologist.
 * Jorunn Bjørg Giske, 93, Norwegian politician, deputy MP (1973–1977).
 * Jean Graton, 97, French comic book writer and artist (Michel Vaillant).
 * Kenneth Halverson, 87, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1967–1968, 1969–1980).
 * George T. Heery, 93, American architect.
 * Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa, 63, Nicaraguan jurist, general secretary of Central American Integration System (2000).
 * Hasso Hofmann, 86, German philosopher.
 * Rémy Julienne, 90, French stuntman (Licence to Kill, Fantômas, The Da Vinci Code), COVID-19.
 * Jerry Kiernan, 67, Irish Olympic long-distance runner (1984).
 * Roger LeClerc, 84, American football player (Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos).
 * Abdul Majid Mandal, 72, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2014–2018).
 * Jackson Mthembu, 62, South African politician, MP (since 2014) and minister in the Presidency (since 2019), complications from COVID-19.
 * Cecilia Mangini, 93, Italian film director.
 * Anthony Mwamba, 60, Zambian Olympic boxer (1988), COVID-19.
 * Keith Nichols, 75, English jazz musician and arranger, COVID-19.
 * Solveig Nordström, 97, Swedish archeologist.
 * José Pampuro, 71, Argentine politician, general secretary of the Presidency (2002–2003), minister of defense (2003–2005), and provisional president of the Senate (2006–2011).
 * Randy Parton, 67, American country singer-songwriter, cancer.
 * José Rivera Pérez, 73, Spanish bullfighter, cancer.
 * Johnny Rogan, 67, English music journalist and biographer (Van Morrison: No Surrender).
 * Phillip Russell, 88, American arbovirologist and general, cancer.
 * Guy Shuttleworth, 94, English cricketer (Cambridge University).
 * José Crisologo Sorra, 91, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Virac (1974–1993) and Legazpi (1993–2005).
 * Dalma Špitzerová, 95, Slovak actress.
 * Tony Waldron, British bioarchaeologist. (death announced on this date)

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 * Hank Aaron, 86, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Indianapolis Clowns) and civil rights activist.
 * Edwin Ariyadasa, 98, Sri Lankan journalist.
 * Jean-Pierre Baeumler, 72, French politician, deputy (1988–1993, 1997–2002).
 * Jacqueline Berenstein-Wavre, 99, Swiss politician and feminist, member of the Grand Council of Geneva (1973–1989).
 * José Manuel Botella Crespo, 71, Spanish politician, deputy (1986–1993) and member of the Corts Valencianes (1991–2003).
 * Élisabeth Burdot, 81, Belgian journalist.
 * Ron Campbell, 81, Australian animator (Yellow Submarine, The Flintstones, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh).
 * Narendra Chanchal, 80, Indian singer.
 * Aeneas Chigwedere, 81, Zimbabwean politician, minister of education (2001–2008) and governor of Mashonaland East (2008–2013), COVID-19.
 * Henryk Chmielewski, 97, Polish comic book artist (Tytus, Romek i A'Tomek).
 * Hughroy Currie, 61, Jamaican-born British boxer.
 * Louis Dandrel, 82, French sound designer and musician.
 * Nick Drake-Lee, 78, English rugby union player (Leicester Tigers, national team).
 * Ricardo Durão, 92, Portuguese Olympic modern pentathlete (1952).
 * José Ángel García, 70, Mexican actor and television director (La rosa de Guadalupe), pulmonary fibrosis.
 * Routouang Yoma Golom, Chadian militant and politician, MP (since 2011).
 * Feliks Gromov, 83, Russian admiral, commander-in-chief of the Navy (1992–1997).
 * Guem, 73, Algerian musician, composer and dancer.
 * Juan Guzmán Tapia, 81, Chilean judge (Augusto Pinochet's arrest and trial).
 * Jean Assaad Haddad, 94, Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch, archeparch of Tyre (1988–2005).
 * Marius van Heerden, 46, South African Olympic middle-distance runner (1996), COVID-19.
 * Ibrahim Ishaq, 75, Sudanese writer.
 * Tony Jones, 54, American football player (Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens).
 * Jorunn Kirkenær, 94, Norwegian ballet dancer.
 * Steven T. Kuykendall, 73, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1994–1998) and U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2001), pulmonary fibrosis.
 * Janet Lawson, 80, American jazz singer.
 * Gianfranco Lombardi, 79, Italian Hall of Fame basketball player (Virtus Bologna, national team) and coach (Scaligera Verona).
 * Alfredo Magarotto, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Chioggia (1990–1997) and Vittorio Veneto (1997–2003).
 * Meherzia Labidi Maïza, 57, Tunisian politician and translator, member of the Constituent Assembly (2011–2014) and deputy (since 2014).
 * Joel Matiza, 60, Zimbabwean politician, minister of transport, communication and infrastructural development (since 2018), COVID-19.
 * Forrest Moses, 86, American abstract painter.
 * Sharon Kay Penman, 75, American historical novelist, pneumonia.
 * Harry Perry, 86, Irish Olympic boxer (1956, 1960).
 * Cyril Pinder, 74, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys).
 * James Purify, 76, American soul singer (James & Bobby Purify), complications of COVID-19.
 * Freddie Ryder, 78, British singer and guitarist.
 * Abdul Aziz Said, 90, Syrian-American political scientist.
 * Martin Schneider, 82, German opera director.
 * Alan Selman, 79, American mathematician and theoretical computer scientist.
 * Luton Shelton, 35, Jamaican footballer (Harbour View, Vålerenga, national team), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Raimo Suikkanen, 78, Finnish Olympic racing cyclist (1968, 1972).
 * F. X. Sudjasmin, 77, Indonesian military officer, deputy chief of staff of the Army (1995–1997).
 * Johnny Williams, 73, English footballer (Watford, Colchester United, Margate).
 * Paradzai Zimondi, 73, Zimbabwean independence activist and military officer, COVID-19.

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 * Carlos Antunes, 82, Portuguese revolutionary and anti-fascist militant, COVID-19.
 * RaNae Bair, 77, American Olympic javelin thrower (1964, 1968), cancer.
 * Walter Bernstein, 101, American screenwriter (The Front, Miss Evers' Boys) and film director (Little Miss Marker), pneumonia.
 * Emil Bildstein, 89, German Olympic water polo player (1952, 1956, 1960).
 * Sylvanus Blackman, 87, Barbadian-British Olympic weightlifter (1960, 1964, 1968).
 * Marty Brill, 88, American comedian and actor (The Pope of Greenwich Village).
 * Andrew Brooks, 51, American medical researcher, heart attack.
 * Mohamed Hédi Chérif, 88, Tunisian historian and academic.
 * Charles Dyer, 92, English screenwriter (Rattle of a Simple Man, Staircase), playwright and actor.
 * Dennis Ede, 89, British Anglican priest, archdeacon of Stoke (1989–1997).
 * Tony Ferrer, 86, Filipino actor (The Vengeance of Fu Manchu, Chinatown: Sa Kuko ng Dragon, Manila Boy), heart disease.
 * Paul Foytack, 90, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels).
 * Abukari Gariba, 81, Ghanaian Olympic footballer (1968, 1972).
 * Peter Gillott, 85, English footballer (Barnsley, Chelmsford City).
 * Alberto Grimaldi, 95, Italian film producer (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Gangs of New York, Last Tango in Paris).
 * Jonas Gwangwa, 83, South African jazz trombonist and film composer (Cry Freedom).
 * Sir Peter Harper, 81, British geneticist.
 * Hal Holbrook, 95, American actor (Mark Twain Tonight!, All the President's Men, Into the Wild), Emmy winner (1971, 1974, 1976, 1989).
 * Larry King, 87, American Hall of Fame broadcaster (Larry King Live, Larry King Now, Politicking with Larry King), sepsis as a complication of COVID-19.
 * Martha Madrigal, 92, Mexican poet, COVID-19.
 * Lothar Metz, 82, German Olympic wrestler, gold (1968), silver (1960), and bronze medalist (1964).
 * Geronimo Meynier, 79, Italian actor.
 * Trisha Noble, 76, Australian singer and actress (Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Strike Force), mesothelioma.
 * John Oliver, 81, English Anglican priest, archdeacon of Leeds (1992–2005).
 * Nilda Pedrosa, 46, American politician, acting under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs (2020–2021), cancer.
 * Omar Pirrera, 88, Italian poet, COVID-19.
 * J. D. Power III, 89, American marketing executive, founder of J.D. Power.
 * Margherita Roberti, 95, American operatic soprano.
 * Robert Rowland, 54, British politician, MEP (2019–2020), drowned.
 * Sumiko Sakamoto, 84, Japanese actress (The Pornographers, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, The Ballad of Narayama) and singer, stroke.
 * Robert William Schrier, 84, American medical researcher.
 * Song Yoo-jung, 26, South Korean actress (Golden Rainbow, Make Your Wish, School 2017).
 * Tom Stevens, 64, American musician (The Long Ryders).
 * Wayne Stevens, 84, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).
 * Roy Torrens, 72, Irish cricket player and manager (national team), COVID-19.
 * Makhosi Vilakati, Swazi politician, minister of labour and social security (since 2019), COVID-19.
 * George Weatherill, 84, Australian politician, South Australia MLC (1986–2000).
 * Pheoris West, 70, American artist.
 * Gunawan Wirosaroyo, 74, Indonesian politician, MP (1999–2009).
 * Joan Luedders Wolfe, 91, American environmentalist.

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 * George Armstrong, 90, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), Stanley Cup champion (1962–1964, 1967).
 * Arik Brauer, 92, Austrian artist, co-founder of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.
 * Jevrem Brković, 87, Montenegrin writer, poet, and historian.
 * Roberto Cañas López, 70, Salvadoran politician, economist and academic, signatory of the Chapultepec Peace Accords.
 * Nikolay Chebotko, 38, Kazakh Olympic cross country skier (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014), traffic collision.
 * António Cardoso e Cunha, 87, Portuguese politician, European Commissioner (1986–1992).
 * Muhanna Al-Dura, 83, Jordanian painter.
 * Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, 70, Icelandic footballer (Celtic, Motherwell, national team).
 * Sonny Fox, 95, American television host (Wonderama, Way Out Games), COVID-19.
 * Phyllis Gilmore, 74, American politician.
 * John F. Grundhofer, 82, American banker and executive, chairman of U.S. Bancorp (1990–1997, 1999–2002).
 * Abdullahi Ibrahim, 82, Nigerian lawyer and politician, minister of justice (1997–1999), COVID-19.
 * Jerry Johnson, 102, American basketball coach (LeMoyne–Owen Magicians).
 * Bruce Kirby, 95, American actor (L.A. Law, Stand by Me, Crash).
 * Franciszek Kokot, 91, Polish nephrologist and endocrinologist, rector of Medical Academy of Silesia (1982–1984), complications from COVID-19.
 * Barry Le Va, 79, American sculptor and installation artist.
 * Gunnel Lindblom, 89, Swedish actress (The Silence, Winter Light, The Virgin Spring).
 * William Alwyn Lishman, 89, British psychiatrist and neurologist.
 * Polly Lou Livingston, 91, American voice actress (Adventure Time).
 * Sigvard Marjasin, 91, Swedish civil servant, president of the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union (1977–1988) and governor of Örebro County (1989–1994), COVID-19.
 * Bobby McKee, 79, Northern Irish politician, mayor of Larne (2002–2004, 2011–2012).
 * Jean-Pierre Michel, 82, French politician, deputy (1981–1986, 1988–2002) and senator (2004–2014).
 * Barrie Mitchell, 73, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Aberdeen, Tranmere Rovers).
 * Moshe Moskowitz, 96, Israeli politician, head of Shafir Regional Council (1952–1979).
 * Bootsie Neal, 68, American politician, city commissioner of Dayton, Ohio (1991–2005).
 * Don M. Newman, 97, American pharmacist, deputy secretary of health and human services (1985–1989).
 * Patrick O'Donoghue, 86, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Lancaster (2001–2009).
 * Mike Omoighe, 62, Nigerian artist and educator, COVID-19.
 * Urszula Plenkiewicz, 99, Polish scout and liaison officer.
 * Ron Rafferty, 86, English footballer (Grimsby Town, Aldershot, Portsmouth).
 * Carl Schalk, 91, American composer.
 * Frank Shankwitz, 77, American philanthropist, co-founder of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, esophageal cancer.
 * Joseph Sonnabend, 88, South African physician and HIV/AIDS researcher (How to Have Sex in an Epidemic), complications from a heart attack.
 * Barbara Sullivan, 78, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1987–1995), cancer.
 * Marcel Uderzo, 87, French comic book artist, COVID-19.
 * Sifis Valirakis, 77, Greek politician and anti-junta activist, MP (1977–2004, 2009–2012) and minister of public order (1995–1996), drowned.
 * David Washbrook, 72, British historian.
 * Notable Brazilians who died in the 2021 Palmas FR plane crash:
 * Marcus Molinari, 23, footballer (Tupi, Ipatinga, Tupynambás).
 * Guilherme Noé, 28, footballer (Batatais, Rio Preto, Ipatinga).
 * Ranule, 27, footballer (Atlético Itapemirim, Democrata, Resende).

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 * Ihwan Datu Adam, 56, Indonesian politician, MP (2016–2019).
 * Sōichi Aikawa, 78, Japanese politician, mayor of Urawa, Saitama (1991–2001) and Saitama (2001–2009), respiratory failure.
 * Mike Bell, 63, American motorcycle racer, heart attack.
 * Big Drama, 15, American racehorse, euthanized. (death announced on this date)
 * Chico Borja, 61, Ecuadorian-American soccer player (New York Cosmos, Wichita Wings, U.S. national team) and manager, colon cancer.
 * David Bright, 64, Botswanan football manager (Mogoditshane Fighters, Cape Town, national team), complications from COVID-19.
 * Tseng Chang, 90, Chinese-American actor (Romeo Must Die, Agent Cody Banks, 2012).
 * Jaoid Chiguer, 35, French Olympic boxer (2008), heart attack.
 * Marie Harmon, 97, American actress (The El Paso Kid, Secret Beyond the Door, I Married a Woman).
 * Iron, 29, South Korean rapper (Show Me the Money 3), blunt force trauma.
 * Masada Iosefa, 32, Samoan rugby league player (Penrith Panthers, Wests Tigers, national team), traffic collision.
 * David Katzenstein, 69, American virologist, COVID-19.
 * Pierre Lherminier, 90, French cinematic historian and writer.
 * Richard McCann, 71, American writer.
 * Avelino Méndez Rangel, 62, Mexican politician, deputy (2009–2012), COVID-19.
 * C. R. Parthiban, 92, Indian actor (Veerapandiya Kattabomman).
 * Jane Priestman, 90, British designer.
 * Herman Puig, 92, Cuban photographer and painter.
 * Jean Richard, 99, French historian.
 * Ron Rodecker, 90, American educator, artist and television writer (Dragon Tales), heart failure.
 * Dick Smith, 94, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
 * Vladimír Suchánek, 87, Czech artist.
 * Maryan Synakowski, 84, French footballer (Sedan, Union SG, national team).
 * Enrique Tábara, 90, Ecuadorian painter, heart attack.
 * Mart Vilt, 85, Estonian middle-distance runner.
 * Alistair Walker, 76, Canadian-born English racing driver.

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 * 6 Dogs, 21, American rapper, suicide by jumping.
 * Georgi Ananiev, 70, Bulgarian politician, minister of defence (1997–1999), COVID-19.
 * Alan Ashcroft, 90, English rugby union player (Waterloo, British & Irish Lions, national team).
 * Harry Beal, 90, American soldier, first Navy SEAL.
 * Winfried Bölke, 79, German racing cyclist.
 * Stephen Carter, 77, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (2008–2020), COVID-19.
 * Kjersti Døvigen, 77, Norwegian actress (The Last Fleksnes, Lasse & Geir, Life and Death).
 * Yabing Masalon Dulo, 106, Filipino textile weaver and dyer.
 * Berit Oskal Eira, 69, Norwegian politician, Sámi MP (since 2001).
 * Fred Forsberg, 76, American football player (Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills).
 * Peter Forster, 86, British wood engraver and printmaker. (death announced on this date)
 * Virginia Fraser, 73, Australian artist.
 * Ken Frost, 82, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).
 * Margitta Gummel, 79, German shot putter, Olympic champion (1968).
 * James Gita Hakim, 66, South Sudanese–Ugandan cardiologist, COVID-19.
 * Richard Holzer, 97, Austrian-born Panamanian architect.
 * Val Howell, Welsh lawn bowler.
 * Nurul Huq, 85, Bangladeshi naval officer, chief of Naval Staff (1972–1973), complications from diabetes.
 * Constance Isherwood, 101, Canadian lawyer.
 * Ron Johnson, 64, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals, Montreal Expos) and manager (Norfolk Tides), COVID-19.
 * Billy Kenoi, 52, American politician, mayor of Hawaii County (2008–2016), myelofibrosis.
 * Norman Krivosha, 86, American lawyer and jurist, chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court (1978–1987).
 * María Teresa Linares Savio, 100, Cuban musicologist and ethnographer.
 * Hana Maciuchová, 75, Czech actress (Holiday for a Dog, In the Coat of Lioness' Arms, Loners).
 * Luc Julian Matthys, 85, Belgian-born Australian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Armidale (1999–2011).
 * Bob McCallister, 86, American golfer, PGA Tour champion (1961, 1964).
 * George T. McDonald, 76, American philanthropist and social worker.
 * Gene McDowell, 81, American football player (Florida State Seminoles) and coach (UCF Knights), leukemia.
 * Stephan P. Mickle, 76, American jurist, judge (since 1998) and chief judge (2009–2011) of the U.S. District Court for Northern Florida.
 * John Mortimore, 86, English football player (Chelsea) and manager (Benfica, Belenenses).
 * John Morton, 95, English trade unionist and musician, general secretary of the Musicians' Union (1971–1990) and president of the International Federation of Musicians (1973–2004).
 * Cindy Nemser, 83, American art historian.
 * Lars Norén, 76, Swedish playwright, novelist and poet, COVID-19.
 * Abdulkadir Orire, 87, Nigerian Islamic legal scholar.
 * Cara O'Sullivan, 59, Irish coloratura soprano singer.
 * Sergei Prikhodko, 64, Russian politician, deputy prime minister (2013–2018), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Sekou Smith, 48, American sportswriter and journalist (The Indianapolis Star, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, NBA TV), COVID-19.
 * Margaret C. Snyder, 91, American social scientist and feminist, founder of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, cardiac arrest.
 * Ben Te Haara, 88, New Zealand Anglican prelate, bishop of Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau (1992–2001).
 * Peter Thorburn, 81, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland) and coach (North Harbour, U.S. national team).
 * Carlos Holmes Trujillo, 69, Colombian politician and diplomat, minister of the interior (1997–1998), foreign affairs (2018–2019) and defense (since 2019), COVID-19.
 * Jozef Vengloš, 84, Slovak football player (Slovan Bratislava) and manager (Celtic, Czechoslovakia national team).
 * Peter Vere-Jones, 81, British-born New Zealand actor (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Shortland Street, Xena: Warrior Princess).
 * Osamu Yamaji, 91, Japanese footballer.

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 * Flavio Alfaro, 59, American baseball player, Olympic silver medalist (1984), pancreatic cancer.
 * Sidney Alford, 86, British explosives engineer and inventor, heart failure.
 * Bertulfo Álvarez, 69–70, Colombian guerrilla fighter (Caribbean Bloc of the FARC-EP).
 * Ansif Ashraf, 37, Indian magazine editor (Cochin Herald), COVID-19.
 * Gert Blomé, 86, Swedish ice hockey player, Olympic silver medallist (1964).
 * Blas Camacho, 81, Spanish lawyer and politician, deputy (1977–1982, 1986–1993), COVID-19.
 * Yvonne Conolly, 81, Jamaican-born British educator, myeloma.
 * José Cruz, 68, Honduran footballer (Motagua, Real España, national team), COVID-19.
 * Anne Daubenspeck-Focke, 98, German sculptor and painter.
 * Héctor Fix-Zamudio, 96, Mexican jurist, judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (1987–1997).
 * Freddy, 8, English Great Dane, world's tallest dog.
 * Dick Gallup, 79, American poet.
 * Guy Emmanuel Alain Gauze, 68, Ivorian politician and diplomat, ambassador to the European Union (2000–2002).
 * Goddess Bunny, 61, American drag queen and actress (Hollywood Vice Squad, The Goddess Bunny, Rage), COVID-19.
 * Godfrey Hodgson, 86, British journalist and historian.
 * Margareta Jacobsson, 91, Swedish Olympic alpine skier (1952).
 * Helga Klein, 89, German Olympic sprinter (1952).
 * Cloris Leachman, 94, American Hall of Fame actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Last Picture Show, Young Frankenstein), Oscar winner (1971), stroke and COVID-19.
 * Corky Lee, 73, American photojournalist, complications from COVID-19.
 * Saini Lemamea, 56, Samoan rugby union player (national team). (death announced on this date)
 * Wendel Meldrum, 66, Canadian actress (The Wonder Years, Less Than Kind, Seinfeld).
 * Mehrdad Minavand, 45, Iranian football player (Pas, Persepolis, national team) and manager, COVID-19.
 * Phillida Nicholson, 96, British artist. (death announced on this date)
 * Tim Owhefere, 57, Nigerian politician, Delta State MHA (since 2007).
 * Aminuddin Ponulele, 81, Indonesian academician and politician, governor of Central Sulawesi (2001–2006).
 * Antoni Puigdellívol, 74, Andorran politician, mayor of Andorra la Vella (1978–1979), MP (1982–1985), and minister of tourism and environment (2005–2007).
 * Tiina Rinne, 91, Finnish actress (Kotikatu).
 * Efraín Ruales, 36, Ecuadorian actor, musician, and TV presenter, shot.
 * Trung Kiên, 81, Vietnamese classical singer.
 * Carmen Vázquez, 72, American LGBT activist and writer, complications from COVID-19.

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 * Wismoyo Arismunandar, 80, Indonesian military officer, chief of staff of the Army (1993–1995).
 * Chedly Ayari, 87, Tunisian economist and politician, minister of education (1970–1971) and finance (1972–1974), president of the Central Bank (2012–2018), COVID-19.
 * Mangal Bagh, 47–48, Pakistani militant, leader of Lashkar-e-Islam (since 2006), mine explosion.
 * Lida Barrett, 93, American mathematician.
 * John L. Behan, 76, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1979–1995).
 * Rod Boll, 68, Canadian Olympic sports shooter (1996).
 * Ron Botchan, 85, American football player (Los Angeles Chargers, Houston Oilers) and umpire (National Football League).
 * Leslie Brown, 84, English footballer (Dulwich Hamlet).
 * Adrián Campos, 60, Spanish racing driver (Formula One) and team owner (Campos Racing).
 * Miguel Celdrán, 80, Spanish politician, senator (2000, 2004–2007) and mayor of Badajoz (1995–2013).
 * Eddie Connachan, 85, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Middlesbrough, national team).
 * Paul J. Crutzen, 87, Dutch atmospheric chemist, Nobel laureate (1995).
 * Cédric Demangeot, 46, French poet.
 * Yvon Douis, 85, French footballer (Lille, AS Monaco, national team), COVID-19.
 * Jean Dubois, 94, Belgian Olympic field hockey player (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960).
 * Guillermo Galeote, 79, Spanish doctor and politician, deputy (1977–1993), COVID-19.
 * Kathleen Ann Goonan, 68, American science fiction author, bone cancer.
 * John Grant, 89, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, national team).
 * Morton Ira Greenberg, 87, American jurist, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (since 1987).
 * Shaibal Gupta, 67, Indian social scientist, multiple organ failure.
 * Rafael Heredia, 84, Mexican Olympic basketball player (1964, 1968).
 * Bjarne Holen, 95, Norwegian politician, deputy MP (1965–1973).
 * Gil Imaná, 87, Bolivian muralist and painter.
 * César Isella, 82, Argentine singer-songwriter (Los Fronterizos), coronary disease.
 * Abu Yasser al-Issawi, 43, Iraqi Islamic militant (Islamic State), military strike.
 * Dominic Jeeva, 93, Sri Lankan author.
 * Mangalamkunnu Karnan, 60–63, Indian elephant, cardiac arrest.
 * Ryszard Kotys, 88, Polish actor (Operacja Himmler, Shivers, Świat według Kiepskich), COVID-19.
 * Sibongile Khumalo, 63, South African singer.
 * Annette Kullenberg, 82, Swedish journalist (Aftonbladet) and author, COVID-19.
 * Vasily Lanovoy, 87, Russian actor (Colleagues, Going Inside a Storm, Officers), People's Artist of the USSR (1985), complications of COVID-19.
 * Christopher Lewis, 76, American filmmaker (Blood Cult), heart disease.
 * Juan del Río Martín, 73, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, military archbishop of Spain (since 2008) and bishop of Asidonia-Jerez (2000–2008), COVID-19.
 * Alberto Matos, 76, Portuguese Olympic sprinter (1972).
 * Kenneth Mthiyane, 76, South African jurist, deputy president of the Supreme Court of Appeal (2012–2014), COVID-19.
 * Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez, 61, Mexican astrobiologist, COVID-19.
 * Walter Plywaski, 91, Polish-born American Holocaust survivor and lecturer, complications from COVID-19.
 * Alice Recoque, 91, French computer scientist.
 * Sherman Robertson, 72, American blues musician.
 * Krishan Dev Sethi, 93, Indian politician and independence activist, member of the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir (1951–1957).
 * Singing Sandra, 64, Trinidadian calypso singer.
 * Bachir Skiredj, 81, Moroccan actor (In Search of My Wife's Husband), COVID-19.
 * Aidan Sprot, 102, British army officer.
 * Cicely Tyson, 96, American Hall of Fame actress (Sounder, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The Trip to Bountiful), Tony winner (2013).
 * Wang Shouguan, 98, Chinese astronomer, delegate to the National People's Congress (1978–1998) and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
 * Jeffrey Watson, 81, British priest, archdeacon of Ely (1993–2004).
 * Heidi Weisel, 59, American fashion designer.
 * Lewis Wolpert, 91, South African-born British developmental biologist, COVID-19.
 * Valerie Yule, 92, Australian child psychologist.

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 * Ahmed Achour, 75, Tunisian composer and conductor.
 * Emilia Asim-Ita, 33, Nigerian entrepreneur, co-founder of The Future Awards Africa.
 * Beatriz Barba, 92, Mexican archaeologist, member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.
 * Bunki Bankaitis-Davis, 63, American Olympic cyclist (1988), world champion (1992), cancer.
 * Walker Boone, 76, Canadian actor (The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World).
 * Dick Callahan, 80, American public address announcer (Oakland Athletics, Golden State Warriors, California Golden Bears football).
 * John Chaney, 89, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Cheyney State Wolves, Temple Owls).
 * Cy Chermak, 91, American television producer (CHiPs, Ironside, Kolchak: The Night Stalker).
 * Michael Clanchy, 84, British medieval historian, stroke.
 * Calane da Silva, 75, Mozambican writer and journalist, COVID-19.
 * Christian Daigle, 42, Canadian ice hockey agent.
 * Art Davis, 86, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), Parkinson's disease.
 * Donald J. Delandro, 85, American brigadier general.
 * Richard L. Feigen, 90, American art gallery owner, complications from COVID-19.
 * Roberto Frojuello, 83, Brazilian footballer (São Paulo, River Plate, Colo-Colo).
 * Grady Gaines, 86, American blues saxophonist.
 * Robert Heuberger, 99, Swiss businessman.
 * Flory Jagoda, 97, Bosnian-born American musician and songwriter.
 * Arvind Joshi, 84, Indian actor (Sholay, Love Marriage, Ab To Aaja Saajan Mere).
 * José Júlio, 85, Portuguese bullfighter, COVID-19.
 * Maurice Kleman, 86, French physicist.
 * Otto Dov Kulka, 88, Israeli historian.
 * John E. Kutzbach, 83, American climate scientist.
 * Lai Xiaomin, 58, Chinese economist and convicted embezzler, chairman of China Huarong Asset Management (2012–2018), execution.
 * Jeremy Lubbock, 89, English pianist and Grammy-winning arranger ("Hard Habit to Break", "When I Fall in Love").
 * Mary Anne Marchino, 83, American Olympic swimmer (1956).
 * Alberto Neuman, 87, Argentine classical pianist.
 * Reinaldo Paniagua Diez, 86, Puerto Rican politician, secretary of state (1977–1979) and senator (1985–1989).
 * Didier Pasgrimaud, 54, French Olympic cyclist (1988).
 * Joe Pat Prunty, 88, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Roslea Shamrocks).
 * Merritt Ruhlen, 76, American linguist.
 * Rolf Siemssen, 87, Dutch-German nuclear physicist.
 * Steve Stephens, 90, American personal relations practitioner and presenter.
 * Tochinoumi Teruyoshi, 82, Japanese sumo wrestler, aspiration pneumonia.
 * Jacqueline Thévoz, 94, Swiss writer, poet and journalist.
 * Percy Tucker, 92, South African author and ticket selling agent, COVID-19.
 * Varol Ürkmez, 84, Turkish footballer (Beşiktaş, Altay, national team).
 * Hilton Valentine, 77, English Hall of Fame guitarist (The Animals).

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 * Jay Blumler, 96, American-British theorist of communication and media.
 * Allan Burns, 85, American television producer and screenwriter (The Munsters, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda), Emmy winner (1968, 1971, 1977).
 * Helene S. Coleman, 95, American religious activist, president of the National Council of Jewish Women.
 * Chad Colley, 76, American para-alpine skier, army officer, and disability advocate, Paralympic champion (1992).
 * József Csatári, 77, Hungarian wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (1968, 1972).
 * Nisa Donnelly, 70, American novelist.
 * Double K, 43, American rapper (People Under the Stairs).
 * Rafael Gallardo García, 93, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Linares (1974–1987) and Tampico (1987–2003).
 * Bill Hammond, 74, New Zealand artist.
 * Bernice Falk Haydu, 100, American aviator.
 * Mick Kerr, 86, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Tyrone).
 * Abbas Khan, 66, Pakistani squash player, complications from COVID-19.
 * Wilhelm Knabe, 97, German ecologist and politician, MP (1987–1990), COVID-19.
 * Rosalyn Koo, 94, Chinese-born American businesswoman and philanthropist.
 * Michel Le Bris, 76, French writer.
 * Alfreda Markowska, 94, Polish Holocaust survivor and philanthropist.
 * Eugenio Martínez, 98, Cuban-born American operative (CIA, Brigade 2506) and convicted criminal (Watergate burglary).
 * Edward Stourton, 27th Baron Mowbray, 67, English peer, fall.
 * Neelo, 80, Pakistani actress (Bhowani Junction, Do Raste, Ghunghat).
 * Pantelei Sandulache, 64, Moldovan politician, MP (1990–1994).
 * Turki bin Nasser Al Saud, 72, Saudi prince and military officer.
 * Sophie, 34, Scottish singer-songwriter ("Bipp", "Lemonade") and record producer, accidental fall.
 * Robert Stevens, 87, British lawyer and academic.
 * Nelly Toll, 88, Polish-born American artist, writer, and Holocaust survivor, cardiac arrhythmia and pulmonary embolism.
 * Michel Trempont, 92, Belgian opera singer.
 * Marc Wilmore, 57, American comedian and screenwriter (In Living Color, The Simpsons, F Is for Family), Emmy winner (2008), COVID-19.
 * Alla Yoshpe, 83, Russian pop singer, People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2002).

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 * Zoila Águila Almeida, 82, Cuban revolutionary combatant, COVID-19.
 * Mark Beard, 72, American racing driver and team owner (Beard Motorsports).
 * Douglas Bravo, 88, Venezuelan guerrilla fighter (FALN), COVID-19.
 * Philip Favel, 98, Canadian indigenous activist.
 * Peter T. Fay, 92, American jurist, judge of the S.D. Fla. (1970–1976) and judge of the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth (1976–1981) and Eleventh (since 1981) Circuits.
 * Benedict J. Fernandez, 84, American educator and photojournalist.
 * Terrence L. Fine, 81, American scientist and philosopher.
 * John Gibbons, 95, English footballer (QPR, Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur), COVID-19.
 * Alejandro Gómez, 53, Spanish Olympic long-distance runner (1996), brain tumor.
 * Nate Hawkins, 70, American football player (Houston Oilers), COVID-19.
 * Andrej Hryc, 71, Slovak actor (Rivers of Babylon, Habermann, Colette), leukemia.
 * Ilahi Jamadar, 74, Indian Marathi ghazal poet.
 * Andrzej Kossakowski, 82, Polish theoretical physicist.
 * Abdul Hamid Mahmud, 79, Indonesian military officer and politician, regent of Malang (1985–1995) and vice-governor of East Java (1995–2000).
 * Tozama Mantashe, 60, South African politician, MP (since 2014), complications from COVID-19.
 * Bill McKenny, 80, American football player (Georgia Bulldogs, Edmonton Eskimos).
 * Lothar Meister, 90, German racing cyclist.
 * Wambali Mkandawire, 68, Malawian jazz singer, COVID-19.
 * Michel Murr, 88, Lebanese construction executive and politician, MP (1968–1972, since 1992), minister of national defense (1990–1992) and interior (1994–2000), COVID-19.
 * Elizabeth Muyovwe, 64, Zambian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (since 2010), COVID-19.
 * Michael O'Keefe, 89, American politician, member (1960–1983) and president (1976–1983) of the Louisiana State Senate, cancer.
 * Mihail Popescu, 60, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player (1980).
 * David Rose, 89, Scottish rugby union (Jed-Forest RFC, national team) and rugby league (Leeds) player.
 * Martial Rose, 98, English educator and historian.
 * Herman Prins Salomon, 91, Dutch translator and academic.
 * Pierre-Paul Savoie, 66, Canadian choreographer and dancer, cancer.
 * Yitzchok Scheiner, 98, American-born Israeli Haredi rabbi, COVID-19.
 * Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, 99, Polish-born Israeli Haredi rabbi, rosh yeshiva of the Brisk yeshiva (since 1959), complications from COVID-19.
 * John M. Squire, 75, British biophysicist, COVID-19.
 * Ladislav Štaidl, 75, Czech composer and musician, Medal of Merit recipient, complications from COVID-19.
 * Justo Tejada, 88, Spanish footballer (Barcelona, Real Madrid, national team).
 * Miroslav Tuđman, 74, Croatian scientist and politician, MP (since 2011), COVID-19.
 * Abraham J. Twerski, 90, American-born Israeli Hasidic rabbi and psychiatrist, COVID-19.
 * Oliver Welden, 74, Chilean poet.
 * Victor Ziga, 75, Filipino politician, senator (1987–1992), multiple organ failure.