Deaths in October 2019

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

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
 * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

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 * Gilbert Albert, 89, Swiss jeweller.
 * Joseph Bismuth, 92, Tunisian politician, senator (2005–2011).
 * Ed Chalpin, 84, American record executive and producer.
 * Cain Hope Felder, 76, American theologian and author.
 * Anders Ferm, 81, Swedish diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations (1982–1988).
 * Karel Gott, 80, Czech singer, acute myeloid leukemia.
 * Han Qiwei, 85, Chinese hydraulic engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
 * Jouko Innanen, 66, Finnish cartoonist.
 * Gertrude Newsome Jackson, 95, American community activist.
 * Miguel León-Portilla, 93, Mexican anthropologist and historian.
 * Michel Létourneau, 69, Canadian politician, MNA (1994–2007).
 * Mikayla Martin, 22, Canadian athlete, injuries sustained in biking accident.
 * C. K. Menon, 70, Indian transportation executive and philanthropist, complications from pneumonia.
 * Fred Molyneux, 75, English footballer (Southport, Plymouth Argyle, Tranmere Rovers).
 * Esther Takei Nishio, 94, American internee (Granada War Relocation Center).
 * Wolfgang Perner, 52, Austrian biathlete, Olympic bronze medalist (2002).
 * Walter C. Pitman III, 87, American geophysicist.
 * Eric Pleskow, 95, Austrian-born American film producer, President of United Artists (1973–1978) and Orion Pictures (1978–1991).
 * Richard Scotton, 88, Australian health economist.
 * Peter Sissons, 77, British journalist and broadcaster (BBC News, ITN, Question Time).
 * Dick Soash, 78, American politician, member of the Colorado Senate (1976–1984).
 * Arto Tchakmaktchian, 86, Egyptian-born Armenian-Canadian sculptor and painter.
 * Gérald Tougas, 86, Canadian writer.
 * Ruben A. Valdez, 82, American politician, member (1970–1978) and Speaker (1975–1976) of the Colorado House of Representatives.
 * Beverly Watkins, 80, American blues guitarist.
 * Wen Chuanyuan, 101, Chinese aeronautical engineer, designed China's first UAV and first flight simulator.

2

 * Dale Anderson, 66, Canadian Olympic boxer.
 * Grazia Barcellona, 90, Italian Olympic skater (1948).
 * Michael Bauman, 69, American theologian.
 * Bill Bidwill, 88, American football team owner (Arizona Cardinals).
 * Cecil Butler, 82, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves).
 * Custom Made, 34, American eventing horse, Olympic gold medallist (2000).
 * Julie Gibson, 106, American actress (Nice Girl?, The Feminine Touch, Lucky Cowboy) and singer.
 * Hans R. Griem, 90, German-American physicist.
 * Robert Hickman, 76, Australian football player (Richmond).
 * Tiny Hill, 92, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, Counties, national team) and selector.
 * Giya Kancheli, 84, Georgian composer (Unusual Exhibition, Don't Grieve, Mimino).
 * Jafar Kashani, 74, Iranian footballer (Shahin, Persepolis, national team), heart attack.
 * John Kirby, 79, American attorney, namesake of Kirby, myelodysplastic syndrome.
 * Paul LeBlanc, 73, Canadian makeup artist (Amadeus, No Country for Old Men, Return of the Jedi), Oscar winner (1985).
 * Ed Maley, 87, American judoka.
 * Robert Odle, 75, American public servant, cancer.
 * Beth Palmer, 67, American bridge player, breast cancer.
 * Isaac Promise, 31, Nigerian footballer (Gençlerbirliği, Antalyaspor, national team), Olympic silver medallist (2008), heart failure.
 * Hanno Selg, 87, Estonian modern pentathlete, Olympic silver medallist (1960).
 * Kim Shattuck, 56, American singer, songwriter and musician (The Muffs, The Pandoras, Pixies), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
 * Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi, 87, Indian nephrologist.
 * Matthew Wong, 35, Canadian painter, suicide.
 * Alan Zaslove, 91, American animation director and producer (Darkwing Duck, Aladdin, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers).
 * Ezra Zilkha, 94, American financier and philanthropist.

3

 * Márta Balogh, 76, Hungarian handball player (Budapesti Spartacus SC, national team), world champion (1965).
 * Vinnie Bell, 87, American inventor and guitarist.
 * John Buchanan, 88, Canadian politician, MLA (1967–1990) and Premier of Nova Scotia (1978–1990).
 * Lewis Dauber, 70, American actor (The Fall Guy), liver cancer.
 * Dana Fradon, 97, American cartoonist (The New Yorker), liver cancer.
 * Diogo Freitas do Amaral, 78, Portuguese politician, Acting Prime Minister (1980–1981), Minister of National Defence (1981–1983) and Foreign Affairs (1980–1981 and 2005–2006).
 * Philip Gips, 88, American graphic designer and film poster artist (Alien, Rosemary's Baby, Downhill Racer).
 * Coluthur Gopalan, 100, Indian nutritionist.
 * Hu Yamei, 96, Chinese physician and leukemia researcher, President of Beijing Children's Hospital (1982–1989).
 * Percy Lewis, 90, Trinidadian-born British Olympic boxer (1952).
 * Stephen J. Lukasik, 88, American physicist, respiratory failure.
 * Philip K. Lundeberg, 96, American naval historian and World War II veteran, last survivor of the USS Frederick C. Davis sinking.
 * Hussein Adel Madani, Iraqi cartoonist and political activist, shot.
 * Teresa Maryańska, 82, Polish paleontologist.
 * A. Grace Lee Mims, 89, American singer and radio personality.
 * Bob Nettle, 95, American politician.
 * Ignacio Noguer Carmona, 88, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guadix (1976–1990) and Huelva (1993–2006).
 * Roger Taillibert, 93, French architect (Parc des Princes, Olympic Stadium Montreal), complications from a fall.
 * Wei Zhongquan, 81, Chinese satellite engineer, chief designer of the Fengyun-2 and Yaogan-1 satellites.

4

 * Ed Ackerson, 54, American singer-songwriter, musician (Polara, Antenna) and record producer, pancreatic cancer.
 * Peter Beckwith, 80, American Anglican prelate, Bishop of Springfield (1992–2010).
 * Steve Bickerstaff, 73, American lawyer and legal scholar.
 * Glen Brown, 75, Jamaican reggae musician and record producer.
 * Mikhail Biryukov, 27, Russian tennis player, suicide
 * Diahann Carroll, 84, American actress (Julia, Dynasty, Claudine), Tony winner (1962), cancer.
 * Bryce Gaudry, 76, Australian politician, MLA (1991–2007), pancreatic cancer.
 * Margaret Lyons, 95, Canadian radio executive, assisted suicide.
 * Satya Priya Mahathero, 89, Bangladeshi Buddhist monk and social worker.
 * Bill McKnight, 79, Canadian politician, MP (1979–1993).
 * Stephen Moore, 81, British actor (A Bridge Too Far, The Last Place on Earth, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).
 * Fred Ohene-Kena, 83, Ghanaian politician.
 * Elmer Rees, 77, Welsh mathematician.
 * Enno Röder, 83, German Olympic skier (1960, 1964).
 * Gerald Sacks, 86, American logician and mathematician.
 * James Schmerer, 81, American television writer and producer (MacGyver, CHiPs, The High Chaparral), complications of a stroke.
 * Alberto Testa, 96, Italian dancer and choreographer.
 * Bob Tufts, 63, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants), multiple myeloma.
 * Zhang Guobao, 74, Chinese politician, Director of the National Energy Administration (2007–2011).
 * Zhang Siying, 94, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

5

 * Lee Botts, 91, American environmentalist.
 * Dick Clark, 86, American politician.
 * Dave Cummings, 79, American actor.
 * Dolores Dorn, 85, American actress (The Bounty Hunter, Underworld U.S.A.).
 * Andy Etchebarren, 76, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers).
 * Amalia Fuentes, 79, Filipino actress (Rodora, My Only Love, Kahit Isang Saglit), cardiac arrest.
 * Marcello Giordani, 56, Italian operatic tenor, heart attack.
 * Gary Goldschneider, 80, American astrologer and pianist.
 * David Greaves, 73, English snooker player.
 * Tony Hoar, 87, British racing cyclist, cancer.
 * Larry Junstrom, 70, American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special).
 * Kang Laiyi, 83, Chinese epidemiologist.
 * Henry Keizer, 58, Dutch politician, Chairman of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (2014–2017).
 * Blaine Lindgren, 80, American sprinter, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
 * Roger Mayorga, 73, Nicaraguan footballer (Motagua, national team), heart attack.
 * Eloy Pérez, 32, American boxer.
 * Philip J. Prygoski, 71, American legal scholar.
 * Vijay Sardeshmukh, 67, Indian classical vocalist, cancer.
 * Sally Soames, 82, English photographer.
 * Philippe Vandevelde, 62, Belgian comics writer (Le Petit Spirou, Soda, Spirou et Fantasio), heart attack.

6

 * Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Zamil, 77, Saudi Arabian oil executive, Chairman of Saudi International Petrochemical Company (since 2004).
 * Ginger Baker, 80, English Hall of Fame drummer (Cream, Blind Faith, Ginger Baker's Air Force), subject of Beware of Mr. Baker.
 * Paul Bircher, 90, British rower, Olympic silver medallist (1948).
 * Yevgeny Bushmin, 61, Russian politician.
 * Ciaran Carson, 70, Northern Irish poet, lung cancer.
 * Vlasta Chramostová, 92, Czech actress (The Trap, The Cassandra Cat, The Cremator).
 * Seán Clohessy, 87, Irish hurler (Tullaroan, Kilkenny).
 * Ezequiel Esperón, 23, Argentine footballer (Grêmio, Atlante), fall.
 * Joseph Gourmelon, 81, French politician, Deputy (1981–1993).
 * Stuart Heydinger, 92, British photojournalist.
 * Masaichi Kaneda, 86, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player (Kokutetsu Swallows, Yomiuri Giants) and manager (Lotte Orions), sepsis.
 * Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, 95, Tibetan Karma Kagyu lama, abbot of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra (since 1976).
 * Martin Lauer, 82, German athlete, Olympic champion (1960).
 * Neale Lavis, 89, Australian equestrian, Olympic champion (1960).
 * Eddie Lumsden, 83, Australian rugby league player (St. George Dragons, Manly Sea Eagles, national team).
 * John Mbiti, 87, Kenyan-born Swiss scholar.
 * Samvel Mnatsyan, 29, Russian ice hockey player (Barys Astana, HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, Admiral Vladivostok), cancer.
 * Bernard Muna, 79, Cameroonian politician, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1997–2001), heart disease.
 * Claude Ouimet, 58, Canadian actor (X-Men: Apocalypse), heart attack.
 * Karen Pendleton, 73, American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club), heart attack.
 * David Petel, 98, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1959–1969).
 * Richard W. Pfeiffer, 70, American LGBT rights activist.
 * Paul Gerhardt Rosenblatt, 91, American judge.
 * S. A. Stepanek, 59, American poet.
 * Stephen Swid, 78, American performance rights executive (SESAC), complications from frontotemporal degeneration.
 * Rip Taylor, 88, American actor (The $1.98 Beauty Show, Chatterbox, Down to Earth) and comedian.

7

 * Ovide Alakannuark, 80, Canadian politician, MLA (1999–2004).
 * Harvey Benge, 75, New Zealand photographer.
 * Herman Berendsen, 85, Dutch chemist.
 * Beppe Bigazzi, 86, Italian journalist and restaurateur.
 * Chen Zhongyi, 96, Chinese civil engineering professor and politician, Vice Chairman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League.
 * Warren William Eginton, 95, American judge (District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1979–1992).
 * Abrar Fahad, 21, Bangladeshi student, murdered by Bangladesh Chhatra League activists.
 * Arnold Heine, 93, New Zealand glaciologist and mountaineer.
 * Barry Jackson, 82, English rugby union player (Broughton Park, Lancashire, national team).
 * Willy Otto Jordan, 99, Brazilian Olympic swimmer.
 * Ed Kalafat, 87, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers).
 * Krishnamoorthy, 55, Indian Tamil actor, heart attack.
 * Janusz Kondratiuk, 76, Kazakh-born Polish film director.
 * Jari Laukkanen, 57, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (1988).
 * Tony Mulhearn, 80, British political campaigner, lung disease.
 * Ulick O'Connor, 90, Irish writer.
 * Stephen Okumu, 61, Kenyan Olympic boxer (1984).
 * Pepe Oneto, 77, Spanish journalist (Cambio 16) and writer.
 * Eugène Saccomano, 83, French journalist.
 * Eva Sisth, 78, Swedish Olympic sprint canoer.
 * Wilson Sutherland, 84, British mathematician.
 * Ella Vogelaar, 69, Dutch politician and trade union leader, Minister for Housing, Communities and Integration (2007–2008), suicide.
 * Makoto Wada, 83, Japanese illustrator, essayist and film director (Mahjong hōrōki, Kaitō Ruby), pneumonia.

8

 * Eduard Admetlla i Lázaro, 95, Spanish scuba diver, designer and photographer.
 * Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, 95, Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (1986–2004), complications from pneumonia.
 * John Bennett, 77, Australian politician, Attorney-General of Tasmania (1986–1989).
 * Litia Cakobau, 78, Fijian politician and tribal chief.
 * Carlos Celdran, 46, Filipino cultural activist and performance artist, cardiac arrest.
 * Ed Cray, 86, American journalist and biographer.
 * Francis S. Currey, 94, American technical sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient.
 * Molly Duncan, 74, Scottish saxophonist (Average White Band), cancer.
 * Georgette Elgey, 90, French journalist and historian.
 * Eberhard Ferstl, 86, German Olympic bronze medallist field hockey player (1956).
 * Ted Green, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Winnipeg Jets) and coach (Edmonton Oilers).
 * Chip Healy, 72, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals).
 * Roland Janson, 80, Swedish actor (Sällskapsresan, Rederiet).
 * Ryan Nicholson, 47, Canadian film director (Gutterballs) and visual effects artist (The Predator, Blade: Trinity), brain cancer.
 * Rosalie Passovoy, 89, American tennis player.
 * Helen Shingler, 100, British actress (Quiet Weekend, The Lady with a Lamp, Room in the House).
 * Harcharan Singh, 81, Indian cricketer (Services, Southern Punjab).
 * Raymond Squires, 93, Canadian politician.
 * Helen Stother, 64, English cricketer (England).
 * Sammy Taylor, 86, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, New York Mets).
 * Michael Uhlmann, 79, American political scientist.
 * Louis Waller, 84, Australian legal scholar.
 * Split Waterman, 96, English speedway rider.
 * Reg Watson, 93, Australian television producer (Prisoner, Neighbours, Sons and Daughters) and screenwriter.
 * Quade Winter, 68, American composer and opera singer.
 * Saadi Younis, 69, Iraqi footballer (national team), heart attack.
 * Talaat Zakaria, 59, Egyptian actor and comedian (Call Mama, Sayed the Romantic), inflammation of the brain.

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 * Richard Askey, 86, American mathematician, discoverer of Askey–Wilson polynomials, Askey scheme and Askey–Gasper inequality.
 * Dorothea Buck, 102, German author.
 * Éamonn Burns, 56, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Down).
 * John W. Corso, 89, American production designer (Coal Miner's Daughter, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off).
 * Robert W. Estill, 92, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of North Carolina (1983–1994).
 * Reino Fagerlund, 65, Finnish Olympic judoka (1980).
 * Thomas Flanagan, 88, Irish-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (1998–2005).
 * Jill Freedman, 79, American photographer, cancer.
 * Lorand Gaspar, 94, Hungarian-born French poet.
 * Andrés Gimeno, 82, Spanish tennis player, French Open winner (1972).
 * Robert Guestier Goelet, 96, French-born American banker (Chemical Bank) and philanthropist.
 * Anne Hart, 84, Canadian author.
 * Samuel Hynes, 95, American author, heart failure.
 * Eugene F. Lynch, 87, American judge.
 * James O. Mason, 89, American physician, public health administrator and Acting Surgeon General of the United States (1989–1990).
 * David C. Meade, 79, American major general.
 * Ion Moraru, 90, Moldovan writer and political activist (Sabia Dreptății).
 * Filippo Penati, 66, Italian politician, President of the Province of Milano (2004–2009), Mayor of Sesto San Giovanni (1994–2001).
 * Murray Rosenblatt, 93, American statistician and academic.
 * John Baptist Sequeira, 89, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chikmagalur (1987–2006).
 * Satnarine Sharma, 76, Trinidadian judge, Chief Justice (2002–2008).
 * Erling Steineide, 81, Norwegian Olympic cross country skier (1964).
 * Jan Szyszko, 75, Polish politician, academic and forester, Minister of Environment (1997–1999; 2005–2007; 2015–2018).
 * David Weisman, 77, American film producer (Kiss of the Spider Woman) and author.
 * John Williams, 79, Australian football player (Carlton).
 * Yang Enze, 99, Chinese telecommunications engineer and academic, cerebral hemorrhage.
 * Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof, 94, Polish-born French civil engineer and Esperantist.

10

 * Moji Akinfenwa, 89, Nigerian politician, senator (1999–2003).
 * Pierre Albrecht, 88, Swiss Olympic basketball player (1952).
 * Sir Desmond Cassidi, 94, British admiral, Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command (1983–1984).
 * Ugo Colombo, 79, Italian racing cyclist.
 * Marie Darby, 79, New Zealand marine biologist.
 * Md. Golam Mostofa, 70, Bangladeshi freedom fighter.
 * William J. Hamilton, 86, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1972–1978) and Senate (1978–1982).
 * Dominic Jala, 68, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Shillong (since 1999), traffic collision.
 * Richard Jeranian, 98, Armenian-born French painter and draftsman.
 * Tarek Kamel, 57, Egyptian politician and computer engineer, cancer.
 * Juliette Kaplan, 80, British actress (Last of the Summer Wine, Coronation Street), cancer.
 * John Kirkham, 84, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Sherborne (1976–2001) and Bishop to the Forces (1992–2001).
 * Enrique Moreno, 63, Mexican-born American lawyer, complications from cancer.
 * Trinidad Morgades Besari, 88, Equatorial Guinean writer.
 * Marie-José Nat, 79, French actress (A Woman in White, Violins at the Ball, La Vérité), cancer.
 * Jon Peterson, 65, American politician.
 * Paul Polak, 86, American psychiatrist and entrepreneur, heart failure.
 * Gordon Robertson, 93, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1952).
 * Miklós Szabó, 81, Hungarian sports shooter (1960).
 * Stuart Taylor, 72, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).
 * Joseph E. Tregoning, 78, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1967–1990).
 * Tsai Ying-wen, 67, Taiwanese political scientist, gastroesophageal reflux disease.

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 * Sam Bobrick, 87, American television writer (Saved by the Bell, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour), stroke.
 * Mac Christensen, 85, American clothier, president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (2000–2012).
 * Russell Doolittle, 88, American biochemist, complications from metastatic melanoma.
 * Woodie Flowers, 76, American mechanical engineering professor (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
 * Robert Forster, 78, American actor (Jackie Brown, The Black Hole, Medium Cool), brain cancer.
 * John Giorno, 82, American poet and performance artist, subject of Sleep, heart attack.
 * Kadri Gopalnath, 69, Indian saxophonist, cardiac arrest.
 * Joseph Helszajn, 85, Belgian-born British electrical engineer.
 * Aubrey Kuruppu, 74, Sri Lankan cricketer.
 * Alexei Leonov, 85, Russian cosmonaut (Voskhod 2), first person to walk in space.
 * Ram Mohan, 88, Indian animator (The Chess Player, Kaamchor, Meena).
 * Michael Mott, 88, British-born American poet, novelist and biographer.
 * Ali Nakhjavani, 100, Azerbaijani-born Iranian Baháʼí Faith leader.
 * Yoshinobu Nishioka, 96, Japanese art director (The Twilight Samurai, An Actor's Revenge, Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo).
 * Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao, 71, Indian film historian (Silent Cinema (1895-1930)) and critic.
 * Oriano Ripoli, 95, Italian politician, Mayor of Pisa (1985–1986).
 * Heather Robson, 91, New Zealand badminton and tennis player.
 * Ettore Spalletti, 79, Italian artist, heart attack.
 * James Hart Stern, 55, American civil rights activist, cancer.
 * Rita Thomson, 85, Scottish nurse.
 * Richard Tracey, 71, Australian judge and military officer, Judge Advocate General (2007–2014), cancer.
 * Gillian Trumper, 83, English-born Canadian politician and coroner, complications from renal failure.
 * Walter G. Vincenti, 102, American engineer.
 * Gundeboina Rammurthy Yadav, 71, Indian politician, MLA (1994–1999).

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 * Mel Aull, 90, Canadian football player.
 * Kate Braverman, 70, American author, cardiac arrest.
 * Joyce Cansfield, 90, British crossword compiler.
 * E. A. Carmean, 74, American art curator and historian, cancer.
 * Carlo Croccolo, 92, Italian actor, voice actor, director and screenwriter. (47 morto che parla, After the Fox, Three Men and a Leg)
 * Sara Danius, 57, Swedish literary critic and philosopher, member (2013–2019) and Permanent Secretary (2015–2018) of the Swedish Academy, breast cancer.
 * Ding Shisun, 92, Chinese mathematician and politician, President of Peking University (1984–1989), Chairman of the China Democratic League (1996–2005).
 * Nanni Galli, 79, Italian racing driver.
 * María Luisa García, 100, Spanish chef and cookbook author, proponent of Asturian cuisine.
 * Bob Goin, 81, American college sports administrator, athletics director (Florida State University, University of Cincinnati).
 * Dallas Harms, 84, Canadian country musician.
 * Jackie Hernández, 79, Cuban baseball player (Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates), World Series champion (1971), cancer.
 * James Hughes-Hallett, 70, British business executive (Swire Group).
 * Hevrin Khalaf, 34, Syrian politician and activist, Secretary General of the Kurdish Future Movement in Syria, shot.
 * Milcho Leviev, 81, Bulgarian jazz pianist.
 * Ronald Markarian, 88, American major general.
 * Emilio Nicolas Sr., 88, Mexican-born American television station owner (KWEX).
 * Glen Pettinger, 91, Canadian Olympic basketball player.
 * Alison Prince, 88, British children's writer.
 * Norman Schofield, 75, Scottish-American political scientist.
 * Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, 83, Japanese sport shooter, Olympic bronze medallist (1960, 1964), heart failure.

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 * John Algeo, 89, American linguist.
 * William T. Allen, 75, American law academic.
 * Hideo Azuma, 69, Japanese manga artist, esophageal cancer.
 * Scotty Bowers, 96, American author (Full Service) and pimp.
 * Bobby Del Greco, 86, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Athletics).
 * Duan Qingbo, 55, Chinese archaeologist (Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor), Dean of the School of Cultural Heritage of Northwest University (since 2017), kidney cancer.
 * Raymond Fairchild, 80, American banjo player, heart attack.
 * Helen Fix, 97, American politician.
 * Jay Frank, 47, American music executive, founder of DigSin, cancer.
 * Richard Huckle, 33, British convicted sex offender, strangled and stabbed.
 * Charles Jencks, 80, American architect, cultural theorist (Post-modernism) and philanthropist, co-founder of Maggie's Centres.
 * Mikheil Kobakhidze, 80, Georgian film director, screenwriter and composer.
 * Sophia Kokosalaki, 47, Greek fashion designer, cancer.
 * Ulrich Luz, 81, Swiss theologian.
 * Vasim Mammadaliyev, 77, Azerbaijani theologian.
 * Elias James Manning, 81, American-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Valença (1990–2014).
 * Goran Marković, 33, Serbian-born Montenegrin footballer (Željezničar Sarajevo, Čukarički, Zrinjski Mostar), fall.
 * Adolfo Mexiac, 92, Mexican graphic artist.
 * Włodzimierz Mucha, 63, Polish architect.
 * Sucheta Nadkarni, 52, Indian management studies academic.
 * Kanako Naito, 38, Japanese volleyball player.
 * Theo Verbey, 60, Dutch composer.

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 * Harold Bloom, 89, American literary critic and writer (The Anxiety of Influence, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages).
 * Bohdan Butenko, 88, Polish cartoonist.
 * Steve Cash, 73, American singer-songwriter, author and harmonica player (The Ozark Mountain Daredevils).
 * Emmett Chappelle, 93, American scientist (NASA) and World War II veteran (Buffalo Soldier), kidney failure.
 * Charles Dausabea, 59, Solomon Islands politician, MP (1990–1993, 1997–2001, 2006–2008).
 * Karen Lynn Davidson, 76, American Latter-day Saint hymn writer, pancreatic cancer.
 * Buckwheat Donahue, 68, American sportsman and tourism promoter.
 * Deborah Duchon, 70, American anthropologist, complications from glioblastoma.
 * Francisco Figueredo, 59, Paraguayan Olympic athlete (1984).
 * Louis Frey Jr., 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1969–1979).
 * Anke Fuchs, 82, German lawyer and politician, Federal Minister of Health (1982) and Vice President of the Bundestag (1998–2002).
 * Danny Grant, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings), Calder Memorial Trophy winner (1968).
 * Rosemary Harris, 96, British author (The Moon in the Cloud).
 * Igor Kaleshin, 67, Russian football player (Akhmat Grozny, Druzhba Maykop, Kuban Krasnodar) and manager (Kuban Krasnodar).
 * Barun Mazumder, 77, Indian journalist and writer.
 * Lorne Main, 89, Canadian tennis player.
 * Desmond Park, 83, New Zealand cricketer.
 * Bernice Robinson, 92, American Olympic hurdler.
 * Baby Saroja, 88, Indian actress (Balayogini, Thyaga Bhoomi, Kamadhenu).
 * Renato Scrollavezza, 92, Italian luthier.
 * Cooper Snyder, 91, American politician, member of the Ohio Senate (1979–1996).
 * Jeffrey Spalding, 67, Canadian artist, stroke.
 * Karola Stotz, 56, German philosopher.
 * Sulli, 25, South Korean singer (f(x)), songwriter and actress, suicide by hanging.
 * Michael C. Thomas, 71, American entomologist.
 * Gunnar Torvund, 71, Norwegian sculptor.
 * John Wilson Nattubu Tsekooko, 76, Ugandan lawyer and judge.
 * R. Tracy Walker, 82, American politician.
 * Patrick Ward, 69, Australian actor (The Unisexers, The Chain Reaction, My Two Wives).
 * Bob Will, 94, American Olympic rower (1948).
 * Yvonne S. Wilson, 90, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1999–2005) and Senate (2005–2010).

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 * Tamara Buciuceanu, 90, Romanian actress (Silent Wedding, Everybody in Our Family), heart disease.
 * Cacho Castaña, 77, Argentine singer and actor (Los Hijos de López, Merry Christmas), lung disease.
 * John Cavanagh, 98, British neurobiologist.
 * Andrew Cowan, 82, Scottish rally driver and team owner (Ralliart).
 * Hossein Dehlavi, 92, Iranian composer (Mana and Mani).
 * Robert Louis Dressler, 92, American botanist.
 * Stefan Edlis, 94, Austrian-born American art collector and philanthropist.
 * Mary Stuart Gile, 83, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1996–2019).
 * Jiang Haokang, 84, Chinese aerospace engineer.
 * R. Bruce Hoadley, 96, American materials scientist.
 * Igo Kantor, 89, American film producer (Kingdom of the Spiders, Mutant, Act of Piracy) and post-production executive.
 * Michael D. Reynolds, 65, American astronomer and educator.
 * Song Soon-chun, 85, South Korean boxer, Olympic silver medallist (1956).

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 * Bonnie Averbach, 85-86, American mathematician.
 * Ed Beck, 83, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats).
 * Utpal Bhayani, 66, Indian playwright and critic.
 * Paolo Bonaiuti, 79, Italian politician and journalist, MP (1996–2018).
 * Bin Cheng, 98, Chinese-born British legal scholar, Dean of the UCL Faculty of Laws (1971–1973).
 * John Clarke, 88, American actor (Days of Our Lives), complications from pneumonia.
 * David E. Carlson, 77, American physicist.
 * Patrick Day, 27, American professional boxer, brain injuries sustained in bout.
 * Bernard Fisher, 101, American surgeon, pioneer in breast cancer treatment.
 * Yehezkel Flomin, 84, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1974–1981).
 * Arline Friscia, 84, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1996–2004).
 * Han Aiping, 57, Chinese Hall of Fame badminton player, lung cancer.
 * Morton Mandel, 98, American industrial parts executive and philanthropist.
 * Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly, 72, American genealogist, kidney cancer.
 * Volodymyr Mulyava, 82, Ukrainian politician, MP (1994–1998).
 * Ángel Pérez García, 62, Spanish football player (Real Madrid, Elche) and manager (Sangonera), cancer.
 * Robert Ramage, 84, British organic chemist.
 * Harold Scheub, 88, American professor and folklorist of African cultures.
 * Andrey Smirnov, 62, Russian swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1976).
 * John Tate, 94, American mathematician (Tate's thesis, Tate conjecture, Tate cohomology group), Abel Prize winner (2010).

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 * Alicia Alonso, 98, Cuban prima ballerina, founder of the National Ballet.
 * William Andre, 88, American Olympic fencer and pentathlete.
 * Michael F. Armstrong, 86, American lawyer.
 * Hildegard Bachert, 98, German-born American art dealer (Galerie St. Etienne) and gallery director.
 * Michael Bowen, 89, British Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Southwark (1977–2003).
 * Zev Braun, 91, American film and television producer (Tour of Duty).
 * Elijah Cummings, 68, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 1996) and Maryland House of Delegates (1983–1996).
 * Alan Diamonstein, 88, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1968–2002).
 * Rom Harré, 91, New Zealand-born British philosopher and psychologist.
 * Procter Ralph Hug Jr., 88, American federal judge.
 * David King, 71, British graphic designer, cancer.
 * Bob Kingsley, 80, American Hall of Fame radio host (American Country Countdown, Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40), bladder cancer.
 * Márta Kurtág, 92, Hungarian pianist.
 * Bill Macy, 97, American actor (Maude, The Producers, The Jerk).
 * Göran Malmqvist, 95, Swedish linguist, sinologist and literary historian, member of the Swedish Academy.
 * Lucretia W. McClure, 94, American medical librarian.
 * Victor Mohica, 86, American actor (Blood In Blood Out).
 * Ray Ogden, 77, American football player (Chicago Bears, St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons).
 * Edmundo Rada, Venezuelan politician, shot.
 * Ray Santos, 90, American saxophonist and composer.
 * William Timberlake, 76, American psychologist.
 * Wendy Williams, 84, British actress (Crossroads, Doctor Who).

18

 * Luiz Olavo Baptista, 81, Brazilian jurist.
 * Sir John Boyd, 83, British diplomat, Ambassador to Japan (1992–1996).
 * Thelma Childress, 93, American baseball player (Grand Rapids Chicks).
 * Ed Clark, 93, American painter.
 * Nicolás Díaz, 90, Chilean politician and cardiologist, senator (1990–1998) and Mayor of Rancagua (1963–1964, 1967–1968).
 * James A. Donaldson, 78, American mathematician, heart disease.
 * Michael Flaksman, 73, American cellist.
 * Volker Hinz, 72, German photographer.
 * Mark Hurd, 62, American technology executive, CEO of Hewlett-Packard (2005–2010) and Oracle Corporation (since 2014).
 * Ahad Israfil, 47, American gunshot survivor.
 * Rui Jordão, 67, Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (Benfica, Sporting CP, national team), heart disease.
 * Kalidas Karmakar, 73, Bangladeshi painter and printmaker.
 * William Milliken, 97, American politician, Governor of Michigan (1969–1983).
 * Lou Palmer, 84, American sportscaster (SportsCenter, WFAN), lung cancer.
 * Mike Reilly, 77, American football player (Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings).
 * Mikhail Semyonov, 80, Russian politician.
 * Meir Shamgar, 94, Israeli lawyer and politician, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1983–1995).
 * Victor Sheymov, 73, Russian cybersecurity innovator and KGB officer.
 * Kamlesh Tiwari, 45, Indian politician, shot.
 * Bruce Walton, 68, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).
 * Zhao Yannian, 90, Chinese politician, Vice Minister of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission (1986–2003).

19

 * Adma d'Heurle, 95, Lebanese-born American psychologist.
 * Robert Chef d'Hôtel, 97, French Olympic sprinter.
 * Erhard Eppler, 92, German politician, Minister for Economic Development (1968–1974).
 * Margaret Gillett, 89, Australian-Canadian academic.
 * Salvador Giner, 85, Spanish sociologist, President of the Institute of Catalan Studies (2005–2013).
 * E. Bruce Heilman, 93, American educator and veterans advocate, President of the University of Richmond (1971–1986, 1987–1988).
 * Youssef Hourany, 88, Lebanese archaeologist and historian.
 * Jakir Khan, 56, Bangladeshi film director, cancer.
 * Ishmael Levenston, 79, Saban politician, member of the Island Council (1975–1979, 1983–1987) and founder of the Saba Labour Party.
 * Joseph Lombardo, 90, American mobster, consigliere of the Chicago Outfit.
 * Theodor Wonja Michael, 94, German Africanist and journalist.
 * Mikhail Motsak, 69, Russian naval officer.
 * Nathan Nurgitz, 85, Canadian politician.
 * Deborah Orr, 57, Scottish journalist (The Guardian, The Independent), breast cancer.
 * Rini Price, 78, American painter.
 * Carlos Suárez, 73, Spanish cinematographer (Unmarried Mothers, Rowing with the Wind), Goya Award winner (1988).
 * Alexander Volkov, 52, Russian tennis player.

20

 * Herbert Chappell, 85, British conductor, composer and film-maker.
 * Eric Cooper, 52, American baseball umpire, blood clot.
 * Thomas D'Alesandro III, 90, American politician, Mayor of Baltimore (1967–1971), complications from a stroke.
 * Arnold Gosewich, 85, Canadian literary agent, book publishing consultant and record industry executive.
 * Sir Peter Graham, 85, British lawyer and parliamentary draftsman, First Parliamentary Counsel (1991–1994).
 * Joseph Houssa, 89, Belgian politician, senator (1988–1995) and Mayor of Spa (1983–2018).
 * Huang Yong Ping, 65, Chinese-born French avant-garde installation artist and sculptor.
 * Rufus E. Jones, 79, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1981–1996).
 * Asbjørn Liland, 83, Norwegian politician.
 * Norman Myers, 85, British environmentalist, dementia.
 * Aquilino Pimentel Jr., 85, Filipino politician, President of the Senate (2000–2001) and senator (1987–1992, 1998–2010), lymphoma and pneumonia.
 * Robert I. Price, 98, American vice admiral (US Coast Guard).
 * Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez, 85, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (1998–2010).
 * Martin Tenni, 85, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (1974–1989).
 * Nick Tosches, 69, American journalist, music critic and writer (Country, The Devil and Sonny Liston, The Last Opium Den).
 * Dottie Wham, 94, American politician, member of the Colorado General Assembly (1984–2000).
 * Mellony Wijesinghe, 17, Sri Lankan netball player, leukemia.

21

 * Gilberto Aceves Navarro, 88, Mexican sculptor and painter.
 * Willie Brown, 78, American Hall of Fame football player (Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders) and coach.
 * Michael Detlefsen, 71, American philosopher.
 * John M. Downs, 82, American courtroom sketch artist, lymphoma.
 * Josip Elic, 98, American actor (The Twilight Zone, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Black Rain), complications from a fall.
 * Bengt Feldreich, 94, Swedish journalist and television host (From All of Us to All of You), pneumonia.
 * Jerry Fogel, 83, American actor (The Mothers-in-Law, The White Shadow).
 * Gerald Freihofner, 73, Austrian journalist.
 * Mike Hebert, 75, American volleyball coach (Minnesota Golden Gophers).
 * Gillian Jagger, 88, British sculptor and painter.
 * Nissim Karelitz, 93, Israeli rabbi, heart disease.
 * Garry Koehler, 64, Australian country musician and songwriter, cancer.
 * Taras Kutovy, 43, Ukrainian politician, MP (2012–2014) and Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food (2016–2018), helicopter crash.
 * Kent Larsson, 67, Swedish Olympic rower (1980).
 * Lho Shin-yong, 89, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1985–1987) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980–1982).
 * Ingo Maurer, 87, German industrial designer.
 * Aila Meriluoto, 95, Finnish poet, writer and translator.
 * Brian Noble, 83, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Shrewsbury (1995–2010).
 * Reginald Tate, 65, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (2006–2018).
 * Florence Signaigo Wagner, 100, American botanist.
 * Camille Zaidan, 75, Lebanese Maronite hierarch, Archbishop of Antelias (since 2012).

22

 * Christos Archontidis, 81, Greek football manager (Korinthos, PAOK, national team).
 * George Brancato, 88, American football player and coach (Ottawa Rough Riders).
 * Manfred Bruns, 85, German attorney and LGBT rights activist.
 * Al Burton, 91, American television composer (The Facts of Life, Diff'rent Strokes, Charles in Charge).
 * Ed Cherney, 69, American recording engineer, record producer and Grammy winner (1994, 2003, 2016, 2018), cancer.
 * Chris, 9, Australian sheep, world record holder for heaviest fleece.
 * Vicki Funk, 71, American botanist.
 * Greetje Galliard, Dutch Olympic swimmer.
 * Til Gardeniers-Berendsen, 94, Dutch politician, Minister of Social Work (1977–1981) and of Health (1981–1982), member of the Council of State (1983–1995).
 * Don Gruber, 89, American politician.
 * Guo Dehong, 77, Chinese historian.
 * Ole Henrik Laub, 81, Danish novelist, stomach cancer.
 * Raymond Leppard, 92, British conductor, director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (1987–2001).
 * George Masso, 92, American jazz musician.
 * Mike McClennan, 75, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team) and coach (St Helens). (body found on this date)
 * Dorylas Moreau, 72, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda (2001–2019).
 * Sadako Ogata, 92, Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1990–2000).
 * Lelio Orci, 82, Italian endocrinologist.
 * Bachirou Osséni, 33, Beninese footballer (Vitória, Diegem Sport, national team).
 * Rolando Panerai, 95, Italian baritone singer.
 * Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, 72, American legal scholar and civil rights activist.
 * Miguel Saiz, 70, Argentine politician, Governor of Río Negro (2003–2011).
 * Marieke Vervoort, 40, Belgian wheelchair racer, Paralympic champion (2012), assisted suicide.
 * Hans Zender, 82, German conductor and composer (Stephen Climax).
 * Zeng Rongsheng, 95, Chinese geophysicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
 * Therese Zenz, 87, German sprint canoer, Olympic silver medallist (1956, 1960).
 * Jo Ann Zimmerman, 82, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1987–1991).

23

 * Duncan Forbes, 78, Scottish footballer (Colchester United, Norwich City), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
 * Vicki Gregory, 51, British microbiologist, cancer.
 * J. Rogers Hollingsworth, 87, American historian and sociologist.
 * Ji Xiaocheng, 95, Chinese pediatrician, introduced perinatal medicine to China.
 * Demetrio Jiménez Sánchez-Mariscal, 56, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Prelate of Cafayate (since 2014).
 * Santos Juliá, 79, Spanish historian and sociologist (National University of Distance Education).
 * James W. Montgomery, 98, American Episcopalian prelate, Bishop of Chicago (1971–1987).
 * David O. Morgan, 74, British historian.
 * Bernie Parrish, 83, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
 * George Proud, 80, Canadian politician, MP (1988–2000).
 * Kingsley Rock, 81, Montserratian cricketer (national team).
 * Fides Romanin, 84, Italian Olympic cross country skier (1952, 1956).
 * Hansheinz Schneeberger, 93, Swiss violinist.
 * Tom Stevens, 63, American politician, founder of the Objectivist Party.
 * Francis A. Sullivan, 97, American theologian.
 * Keyth Talley, 29, American sprinter.
 * Phil Taylor, 88, English rugby player.
 * Francis Tresham, 83, British game designer.
 * Martin Vosseler, 71, Swiss renewable energy advocate, co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, traffic collision.
 * Xiao Han, 92, Chinese politician and coal executive, Minister of Coal Industry (1977–1980), Chairman of China Huaneng Group and Shenhua Group (1995–1998).
 * Xie Gaohua, 87, Chinese politician, Party Secretary of Yiwu (1982–1984), founded the Yiwu Market.
 * Alfred Znamierowski, 79, Polish vexillologist.

24

 * John W. Barker, 86, American historian.
 * Michael Blumlein, 71, American writer and physician.
 * Cookie Brinkman, 70, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
 * Janusz Brzozowski, 84, Polish-born Canadian computer scientist.
 * Bucky Curtis, 90, American football player (Toronto Argonauts, Cleveland Browns).
 * Tomas Dy-Liacco, 98, Filipino-American electrical engineer.
 * Walter Franco, 74, Brazilian singer and composer, stroke.
 * Ray Jenkins, 89, American journalist.
 * Leroy Johnson, 91, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1963–1975).
 * John G. Keane, 89, American business executive and government official.
 * Ron Rose, 75, American poker player.
 * Patricia de Souza, 55, Peruvian writer.
 * Norm Stoneburgh, 84, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).
 * George Tarasovic, 89, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos).
 * Ruth van Heyningen, 101, British biochemist.
 * Kaoru Yachigusa, 88, Japanese actress (Samurai Trilogy, Hachiko Monogatari, Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple), pancreatic cancer.

25

 * Earl Balmer, 83, American racecar driver.
 * John Allan Boyd, 89, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Queen's Park, national team).
 * Renzo Burini, 92, Italian footballer (Lazio, Milan, national team).
 * Chou Wen-chung, 96, Chinese-born American composer.
 * T. Loren Christianson, 93, American politician.
 * Gerry Dalton, 84, Irish sculptor. (death announced on this date)
 * Murray Feshbach, 90, American economist.
 * Salvador Freixedo, 96, Spanish ufologist and priest.
 * Peter H. Hassrick, 78, American artist and author, cancer.
 * Hu Dujing, 106, Chinese plant physiologist, agronomist and educator.
 * Victor J. Joos, 81, American politician.
 * William Loren Katz, 92, American historian and author.
 * Ghulam Mohammad Lot, 90, Pakistani politician, MPA (1993–1996), cardiac arrest.
 * Rafael Ninyoles i Monllor, 76, Spanish Catalan sociolinguist.
 * Dilip Parikh, 82, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Gujarat (1997–1998).
 * Mário Sabino, 47, Brazilian Olympic judoka (2000, 2004), shot.
 * Humayun Kabir Sadhu, 37, Bangladeshi television director, screenwriter and actor, stroke.
 * Vittorio Seghezzi, 95, Italian racing cyclist.
 * Kafil Uddin Sonar, 75, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1988–1990).
 * Carlo Strenger, 61, Swiss-Israeli psychologist and philosopher.
 * Joe Sun, 76, American country singer ("Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You").
 * Don Valentine, 87, American venture capitalist (Sequoia Capital).
 * Janko Vučinić, 53, Montenegrin boxer and politician, MP (since 2012) and President of the Workers' Party (since 2015).
 * Rudolf G. Wagner, 77, German sinologist.
 * Janet Yee, 85, Singaporean social worker.

26

 * Paul André Albert, 93, American metallurgist.
 * Paul Barrere, 71, American rock singer and guitarist (Little Feat), liver cancer.
 * Enriqueta Basilio, 71, Mexican Olympic sprinter and hurdler (1968).
 * Clinton Bernard, 89, Trinidadian judge, Chief Justice (1985–1995).
 * Raymond Ward Bissell, 83, American art historian.
 * Daniel W. Dobberpuhl, 74, American electrical engineer.
 * Jack Dunnett, 97, British politician and football administrator, MP for Nottingham Central (1964–1974) and Nottingham East (1974–1983).
 * Robert Evans, 89, American film producer (Chinatown, Marathon Man) and studio executive (Paramount Pictures).
 * Gao Di, 91, Chinese politician, Communist Party Secretary of Jilin.
 * Edward J. Green, 71, American economist.
 * John Howey, 87, American architect.
 * Thangeswary Kathiraman, 67, Sri Lankan politician, MP (2004–2010).
 * Mārtiņš Ķibilds, 45, Latvian journalist and television host (Gribi būt miljonārs?).
 * Chuck Meriwether, 63, American baseball umpire, cancer.
 * V. Nanammal, 99, Indian yoga teacher, complications from a fall.
 * Pan Handian, 98, Chinese legal scholar and translator (Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation).
 * Gregory E. Pyle, 70, American politician, Chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (1997–2014).
 * Pascale Roberts, 89, French actress (The Women Couldn't Care Less, The Sleeping Car Murders, Plus belle la vie).
 * Thaddeus Seymour, 91, American academic.
 * John Stauffer, 94, American politician.
 * John D. Turner, 81, American historian.
 * Hiromi Yoshida, 70, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (since 2001), brain cancer.

27

 * Walter Aussendorfer, 80, Italian Olympic luger.
 * Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 48, Iraqi insurgent and cleric, Emir of the Islamic State of Iraq (2010–2013) and Leader of ISIL (since 2013), suicide by explosive vest.
 * Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir, Saudi spokesman of ISIL (since 2016), airstrike.
 * Roger Ballenger, 69, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (2006–2014), melanoma.
 * Vladimir Bukovsky, 76, Russian-born British human rights activist and political dissident, heart attack.
 * Tim Chambers, 54, American college baseball coach (UNLV Rebels).
 * Stephen P. Cohen, 83, American political scientist and security expert.
 * John Conyers, 90, American politician, Dean (2015–2017) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1965–2017).
 * Kelly C. Crabb, 72, American sports and entertainment lawyer.
 * John Crncich, 94, Canadian football player.
 * Cécile Goldet, 105, French physician and politician, senator (1979–1984).
 * Humayun Kabir, 67, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, deputy minister, MP (1986–1990), heart attack.
 * Guido Lauri, 96, Italian dancer and choreographer.
 * Johanna Lindsey, 67, American novelist (Fires of Winter, Hearts Aflame), complications of treatment for lung cancer.
 * Ivan Milat, 74, Australian serial killer (backpacker murders), oesophageal and stomach cancer.
 * Fred Overton, 80, American basketball coach.
 * Anne Phelan, 71, Australian actress (Bellbird, Prisoner, Winners & Losers).
 * Sir Malcolm Ross, 76, British royal courtier, Master of the Household of the Prince of Wales (2006–2008).
 * Vladimir Rubin, 95, Russian composer, People’s Artist (1995).
 * Kamal Sharma, 49, Indian politician, heart attack.
 * Mary Spiller, 95, British horticulturist and teacher.
 * Hans-Peter Uhl, 75, German politician, MP (1998–2017).
 * Xi Enting, 73, Chinese table tennis player, world champion (1973), thoracic aortic rupture.

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 * Safaa Al Sarai, 26, Iraqi human rights activist.
 * Annick Alane, 94, French actress (Hibernatus, Pour la peau d'un flic, Three Men and a Cradle).
 * Al Bianchi, 87, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers), coach (Seattle SuperSonics) and general manager (New York Knicks).
 * Alfred L. Bright, 79, American artist and educator.
 * Glen Cavaliero, 92, English poet and literary critic.
 * Jean-Gabriel Diarra, 74, Malian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San (since 1987).
 * Ron Dunlap, 72, American basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv).
 * Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, 69, Greek-born American chemical engineer, cancer.
 * Art Foley, 90, Irish hurler (Wexford).
 * Kay Hagan, 66, American politician, U.S. Senator (2009–2015), complications from Powassan virus.
 * Piyare Jain, 97, Indian particle physicist.
 * Zoltán Jeney, 76, Hungarian composer.
 * Dean L. Larsen, 92, American Mormon historian.
 * Mao Kao-wen, 83, Taiwanese chemist, politician, and diplomat, Minister of Education (1987–1993).
 * Ken McCracken, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team), prostate cancer.
 * Bert Mozley, 96, English footballer (Derby County, national team).
 * Toivo Salonen, 86, Finnish speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
 * Keith Schellenberg, 90, British Olympic bobsledder and luger (1956, 1964).
 * John Walker, 82, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (since 2011).

29

 * Gerald Baliles, 79, American politician, Governor (1986–1990) and Attorney General of Virginia (1982–1985), member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1976–1982), renal cell carcinoma.
 * David Bostock, 83, British philosopher.
 * Cong Weixi, 86, Chinese author.
 * Claude Constantino, 80, Senegalese Olympic basketball player (1968).
 * Kaye Dening, 74, Australian tennis player.
 * Kees Driehuis, 67, Dutch television presenter, cancer.
 * Pat Griffin, 75, Irish Gaelic footballer (Kerry).
 * Jean E. Irving, 93, Canadian philanthropist.
 * Hiroshi Kashiwagi, 96, American poet, playwright and actor.
 * Johnny Joyce, 82, Irish football player (Dublin GAA).
 * Richard Lennon, 72, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cleveland (2006–2016).
 * Mustapha Matura, 79, Trinidadian playwright.
 * Epineri Naituku, 56, Fijian rugby union player (national team).
 * Ignazio Paleari, 65, Italian racing cyclist.
 * Charlie Taaffe, 69, American football coach (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes, Army Black Knights), cancer.
 * John Witherspoon, 77, American actor (Friday, The Wayans Bros., The Boondocks), heart attack.

30

 * Russell Brookes, 74, British rally driver, British Rally champion (1977, 1985).
 * Georges Courtès, 94, French astronomer.
 * Paul Crosby, 30, American basketball player (Mississippi Valley State, Minas), traffic collision.
 * Barbara Sutton Curtis, 89, American jazz pianist.
 * Meinrad Ernst, 94, Swiss Olympic wrestler.
 * Ron Fairly, 81, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos) and broadcaster (Seattle Mariners).
 * Beatrice Faust, 80, Australian author and women's activist.
 * Paul Geis, 66, American Olympic long-distance runner (1976).
 * Frank Giles, 100, British journalist and historian, editor of The Sunday Times (1981–1983).
 * Jim Gregory, 83, Canadian ice hockey coach (Toronto Marlboros) and executive (Toronto Maple Leafs).
 * William J. Hughes, 87, American politician and diplomat, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1995), ambassador to Panama (1995–1998).
 * Francis Xavier Irwin, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (1996–2009).
 * Sam Jankovich, 84, American sports administrator.
 * Mobolaji Johnson, 83, Nigerian military officer, Governor of Lagos State (1967–1975).
 * James Platz, 88, Canadian Olympic sport shooter.
 * Geoff Saunders, 91, English runner.
 * Bernard Slade, 89, Canadian playwright (Same Time, Next Year) and television writer (The Flying Nun, The Partridge Family), complications from Lewy body dementia.
 * Azam Taleghani, 76, Iranian politician and journalist, MP (1980–1984).
 * J. Bob Traxler, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1974–1993) and Michigan House of Representatives (1962–1974).
 * Ercílio Turco, 81, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Limeira (1989–2002) and Osasco (2002–2014), cancer.
 * N. Venkatachala, 89, Indian judge, member of the Supreme Court (1992–1995).
 * Paul Whelan, 75, Australian politician, NSW Minister for Police (1995–2001).

31

 * Ebrahim Abadi, 85, Iranian actor (Mokhtarnameh, On Tiptoes, Grand Cinema).
 * Anil Adhikari, 70, Indian politician, MLA (since 2011), cancer.
 * Robert I. Berdon, 89, American justice, Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1991–1999).
 * Denis Bernard, 86, Irish Gaelic footballer.
 * Enrico Braggiotti, 96, Monegasque banker, President of the Banca Commerciale Italiana (1988–1990).
 * Archie Brennan, 87, Scottish tapestry weaver.
 * Tarania Clarke, 20, Jamaican footballer (Waterhouse, national team), stabbed.
 * Ann Crumb, 69, American actress (Anna Karenina) and singer, ovarian cancer.
 * Gurudas Dasgupta, 82, Indian politician, MP (1985–2000, 2004–2014), lung cancer.
 * Noble Frankland, 97, British historian.
 * Geetanjali, 72, Indian actress (Seetharama Kalyanam, Murali Krishna, Kalam Marindi), cardiac arrest.
 * Florence Giorgetti, 75, French actress (La Grande Bouffe, The Lacemaker, Pepe Carvalho).
 * Champak Jain, 52, Indian film producer (Khiladi, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Josh).
 * Tom MacIntyre, 87, Irish writer and poet.
 * Raju Mavani, 62, Indian film producer, director, actor and screenplay writer, cancer.
 * Roger Morin, 78, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Biloxi (2009–2016).
 * Amjad Nasser, 64, Jordanian writer and poet.
 * Jack O'Dell, 96, American civil rights activist.
 * Silvio Padoin, 89, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pozzuoli (1993–2005).
 * Ren Xuefeng, 54, Chinese politician, Party Secretary of Guangzhou (2014–2018), Deputy Party Secretary of Chongqing (since 2018), fall.
 * Giannis Spanos, 85, Greek composer.
 * Vito Trause, 94, American soldier and prisoner of war.
 * Antoon van der Steen, 83, Dutch racing cyclist.