Deaths in 2024

The following notable deaths occurred in 2024. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.

July

3

• Roland Dumas, 101, French lawyer and politician, president of the Constitutional Council (1995–2000) and minister of foreign affairs (1984–1986, 1988–1993).
• Geoff Robinson, 66, Australian rugby league player (Canterbury-Bankstown, Halifax), heart attack.
• Hidayat Ullah, Pakistani politician, senator (2012–2024), bombing.

2

• Rick Cluff, 74, Canadian journalist (CBC Radio), cancer.
• Nilüfer Gürsoy, 103, Turkish politician, MP (1965–1969, 1973–1980).
• Germán Gutiérrez de Piñeres, 67, Colombian footballer (Millonarios), respiratory failure.
• Ramon Montaño, 87, Filipino police officer, chief of the Philippine Constabulary (1988–1990).
• Comunardo Niccolai, 77, Italian footballer (Torres, Cagliari, national team), heart attack.
• Ion Rițiu, 73, Romanian actor (Ciuleandra, The Last Assault, Oglinda).
• Aydos Sadykov, 55, Kazakh journalist and opposition figure, complications from gunshot wounds.
• Saturnin Soglo, Beninese diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (1992–1993).
• Jeff Whitefoot, 90, English footballer (Nottingham Forest, Manchester United, Grimsby Town). (death announced on this date)

1

• Funso Aiyejina, 75, Nigerian poet and academic.
• Giorgio Biguzzi, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Makeni (1986–2012).
• Fausto Bordalo Dias, 75, Portuguese composer and singer.
• Jacques Freitag, 42, South African Olympic high jumper (2004), shot. (body discovered on this date)
• Jeffrey Hopkins, 83, American Tibetologist.
• Ismail Kadare, 88, Albanian novelist (The General of the Dead Army, Chronicle in Stone, The File on H.), heart attack.
• Clyde Laidlaw, 90, Australian footballer (Melbourne).
• June Leaf, 94, American visual artist, gastric cancer.
• Beth Long, 76, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives.
• Maria Rosaria Omaggio, 67, Italian actress (The Tough Ones, The Cop in Blue Jeans, Walesa: Man of Hope) and writer.
• Vasil Ravyaka, 75, Belarusian politician, deputy (2008–2012).
• Jack Rowell, 87, English rugby union coach (Bath, national team) and executive.
• Thor Spydevold, 79, Norwegian footballer (Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg, national team), cardiac arrest.
• Robert Towne, 89, American screenwriter (Chinatown, Shampoo, The Last Detail) and director, Oscar winner (1975).
• Nino Vella, 31, French musician.
• Jan-Erik Wikström, 91, Swedish politician, minister for education (1976–1982), MP (1971–1974, 1976–1992).

June

30

• Hallvard Bakke, 81, Norwegian politician, minister of trade (1976–1979) and culture (1986–1989), chairman of the NRK (2006–2010).
• Lucius Banda, 53, Malawian singer-songwriter and politician, MP (2004–2006).
• Manuel Cargaleiro, 97, Portuguese painter and ceramist.
• Peter Collins, 73, English record producer (Power Windows, Operation: Mindcrime, These Days), pancreatic cancer. (death announced on this date)

• Jean-Pierre Descombes, 76, French television host, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Gilbert Desmet, 93, Belgian professional cyclist.
• Soma Golden Behr, 84, American newspaper editor (The New York Times).
• Ion Ionescu, 88, Romanian football player (Știința București) and manager (FC Politehnica Timișoara, UTA Arad).
• Nadim Mostafa, 58, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1996–2006), heart attack.
• Ibrahim Ogohi, 75, Nigerian admiral, chief of defence staff (1999–2003).
• Dylcia Noemi Pagan, 77, Puerto Rican political activist and convicted bomber, respiratory failure.
• Éric Poujade, 51, French Olympic gymnast (1996, 2000).
• R. Sampanthan, 91, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1977–1983, 1997–2000, since 2001).
• Justin Shonga, 27, Zambian footballer (Orlando Pirates, Cape Town City, national team).
• Wayne Smith, 92, American diplomat and author.
• Ileana Stana-Ionescu, 87, Romanian actress and politician, deputy (2000–2004).
• Zhang Zhijie, 17, Chinese badminton player, cardiac arrest.

29

• Syed Husin Ali, 87, Malaysian politician, senator (2009–2015).
• Johnny Cooke, 89, English boxer, pneumonia.
• Pål Enger, 57, Norwegian footballer (Vålerenga), art thief (The Scream), and painter.
• Luciano Giovannetti, 89, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Arezzo (1978–1981) and bishop of Fiesole (1981–2010).
• Jacqueline de Jong, 85, Dutch painter, sculptor, and visual artist, liver cancer.
• Princess Lalla Latifa Amahzoune, 78, Moroccan royal consort.
• Angus McLaren, 81, Canadian historian. (death announced on this date).
• William F. Mullen III, 59, American Marine Corps major general. (body discovered on this date)
• Ramesh Rathod, 57, Indian politician, MP (2009–2014) and Andhra Pradesh MLA (1999–2004).
• Shi Ping, 112, Chinese academic administrator and politician, vice president of CAU (1953–1960), secretary of ECNU (1978–1983) and secretary general of SMPC (1983–1985).
• Joan Specter, 90, American politician, member of the Philadelphia City Council (1980–1996), complications from dementia.
• D. Srinivas, 75, Indian politician, MP (2016–2022) and Andhra Pradesh MLA (1989–1994, 1999–2009), heart attack.
• Mildred T. Stahlman, 101, American neonatologist and academic.
• Mourad Tsimpou, 19, French pianist and singer, complications from liver disease.
• Sigifredo Vega, 74, Colombian actor (Pasión de gavilanes, La traición, Te voy a enseñar a querer), cancer.
• Martti Wallén, 75, Finnish operatic bass singer.
• Yang Sok-il, 87, South Korean-Japanese novelist.

28

• Lando Bartolini, 87, Italian operatic tenor.
• Jacques Berthelot, 78, French politician, mayor of Brest (1983–1985), member of the General Council of Finistère (1985–1998).
• Txema Blasco, 82, Spanish actor (Vacas, By My Side Again, What You Never Knew).
• Orlando Cepeda, 86, Puerto Rican Hall of Fame baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals), World Series champion (1967).
• Peter Crittle, 85, Australian rugby union player (national team), coach and administrator.
• Francisco Díaz Yubero, 81, Spanish agronomist and politician, member of the Parliament of La Rioja (1983–1987).
• Dudu, 84, Brazilian football player (Palmeiras, national team) and manager (Palmeiras), abdominal infection.
• Audrey Flack, 93, American artist.
• Kostis Gontikas, 90, Greek politician, MP (1974–1981) and MEP (1981–1984).
• Yves Herbet, 78, French footballer (Nancy, national team) and manager (FC Martigues). (death announced on this date)
• Mohamed Osman Jawari, 78, Somali politician, speaker of the Parliament (2012–2018) and acting president (2012).
• Kong Nay, 80, Cambodian musician and chapei dang veng player.
• Donna Reed Miller, 77, American politician, member of the Philadelphia City Council (1996–2012).
• Joss Naylor, 88, English fell runner.
• Marty Pavelich, 96, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings), four-time Stanley Cup champion.
• Lubomyr Romankiw, 93, American computer scientist and researcher, IBM Fellow (1986).
• Jim Scott, 81, American talk radio host (WLW), complications from amytrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Shi Jin-Hua, 60, Taiwanese contemporary artist, traffic collision.
• Betty Veldpaus, 72, Dutch singer (Pussycat).

27

• Adam, 64, Israeli singer and actor, cancer.
• Cristina Alberdi, 78, Spanish lawyer and politician, deputy (1996–2003), minister of social affairs (1993–1996) and member of the CGPJ (1985–1990).
• Hugh Aldons, 99, Sri Lankan field hockey (national team), cricket (national team), and rugby union (national team) player.
• Fernando Bolea, 59, Spanish Olympic handball player (1992).
• Alon Confino, 65, Israeli historian and author (A World Without Jews).
• Benoît Dagenais, 71, Canadian comedian, complications (Watatatow, Fortier, 30 vies).
• Dragan Đurović, 64, Montenegrin politician, deputy prime minister (2001–2007).
• Manuel Fernandes, 73, Portuguese football player (Sporting CP, national team) and manager (Vitória Setúbal).
• Orville Frenette, 97, Canadian judge, deputy judge of the Federal Court (since 2007). (death announced on this date)
• Kinky Friedman, 79, American musician, writer, and politician, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Ilse Fuskova, 95, Argentine LGBT rights activist.
• Alexander Knaifel, 80, Russian composer (The Canterville Ghost).
• Marc Laviolette, Canadian trade unionist, president of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (1999–2002).
• Alois Mikulka, 90, Czech illustrator, sculptor, and children's literature writer.
• Martin Mull, 80, American actor (Clue, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Roseanne) and musician.
• Maria Nápoles, 87, Portuguese Olympic fencer (1960).
• Landry Nguémo, 38, Cameroonian football player (Nancy, Bordeaux, national team) and manager, traffic collision.
• Sir Jack Petchey, 98, English football executive and philanthropist, chairman of Watford (1987–1994).
• Donald Scott, 96, Scottish rugby union player (Langholm, South of Scotland District, national team).
• Alberto Tricarico, 96, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic delegate to Malaysia (1987–1993) and Myanmar (1990–1993), apostolic pro-nuncio to Thailand (1987–1993).
• Yosh Uchida, 104, American judo coach (San Jose State University).
• Alan Westwater, 78, Scottish-Australian footballer (Stirling Albion, Sydney Olympic FC, Australia national team).

26

• Sergei Berezin, 52, Russian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes).
• Keith Bromage, 86, Australian footballer (Collingwood, Fitzroy), brain cancer.
• Carlos Cascos, 71, American politician, secretary of state of Texas (2015–2017).
• Jackie Clarkson, 88, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1994–2002) and three-times of New Orleans City Council.
• Jim Connors, 77, American politician, mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania (1990–2002).
• Muchkund Dubey, 90, Indian civil servant, foreign secretary (1990–1991).
• Gary Grant, American trumpeter, composer, and music producer.
• Bakhyt Kenjeev, 73, Kazakh-Russian poet.
• Can Kıraç, 97, Turkish businessman.
• Karl-Hans Laermann, 94, German politician, MP (1974–1998), minister of education and research (1994).
• Taiki Matsuno, 56, Japanese actor (Kusa Moeru, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Digimon Data Squad), intracranial hemorrhage.
• Juhani Palmu, 79, Finnish painter.
• Barry Pullen, 84, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1982–1999).
• Carolyn Richmond, 86, American literary scholar and translator.
• Stefan Romaniw, 68, Ukrainian-Australian activist, first vice-president of the Ukrainian World Congress (since 2018).
• Steffen Tangstad, 65, Norwegian boxer, complications from peripheral neuropathy.
• Superstar Leo, 26, British Thoroughbred racehorse. (death announced on this date)
• Richard Taylor, 89, British politician, MP (2001–2010).
• Renauld White, 80, American model and actor (Guiding Light).
• Yaşar Yakış, 85, Turkish diplomat and politician, minister of foreign affairs (2002–2003) and MP (2002–2011).

25

• Sika Anoaʻi, 79, American Samoan Hall of Fame professional wrestler (The Wild Samoans).
• Mohamed Arif, 38, Maldivian footballer (VB Sports Club, Club Eagles, national team), meningococcal disease.
• Ana M. Briongos, 77, Spanish writer.
• Jewel Brown, 86, American jazz and blues singer, colon cancer.
• José Cademartori, 93, Chilean politician, deputy (1957–1973), minister of economy, development, and reconstruction (1973).
• Billy Carter, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, Denver Spurs).
• Zbyněk Čeřovský, 92, Czech general and dissident (Charter 77).
• Kamal Chaudhry, 76, Indian politician, MP (1984–1996, 1998–1999).
• Bill Cobbs, 90, American actor (The Bodyguard, The Hudsucker Proxy, Air Bud).
• Anton van Dalen, 86, Dutch-American artist.
• Fredl Fesl, 76, German musician, Parkinson's disease.
• Tam Fiofori, 82, Nigerian documentary photographer.
• Tommie Gorman, 68, Irish journalist (RTÉ).
• Lynford Manning, Jamaican singer (Carlton and The Shoes, The Abyssinians).
• Kaus Mia, 92, Bangladeshi tobacco executive.
• Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, 93, Irish Gaelic games commentator (RTÉ).
• Shayne Philpott, 58, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team).
• Norman Shetler, 93, American-born Austrian pianist and puppeteer.
• Ray St. Germain, 83, Canadian singer, author and television host.
• José Antonio Urtiaga, 81, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Atlético Madrid, Real Sociedad).
• Alvin Wolfe, 96, American anthropologist.

24

• Kari Aartoma, 65, Finnish poet, translator, and columnist.
• Marc Ambroise-Rendu, 94, French journalist (Le Monde).
• Humberto Horacio Ballesteros, 80, Argentine footballer (Lanús, Universitario de Deportes, Millonarios).
• Anton Blok, 89, Dutch anthropologist.
• Anna Dmitrieva, 83, Russian tennis player and sports commentator.
• Mike Farnan, 83, Irish-born Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1987–1995), assisted suicide.
• Melvin M. Hawkrigg, 93, Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats) and academic administrator, chancellor of McMaster University (1998–2007).
• Dragan Kapičić, 75, Serbian Olympic basketball player (1972) and executive.
• Tom Kent, 69, American radio personality, cancer.
• Ann Lurie, 79, American philanthropist, co-founder of the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Foundation, brain cancer.
• Susana Ruiz Cerutti, 83, Argentine diplomat and politician, minister of foreign affairs and worship (1989).
• Shifty Shellshock, 49, American singer (Crazy Town) and songwriter ("Butterfly", "Starry Eyed Surprise"), drug overdose.
• Dzianis Sidarenka, 48, Belarusian diplomat, ambassador to Germany (2016–2024), suicide by fall.
• Rob Stone, 55, American record producer, founder of Cornerstone and co-founder of The Fader, cancer.
• Gunnar Stubseid, 76, Norwegian fiddler. (death announced on this date)
• Alexandros Tombazis, 85, Greek architect (Basilica of the Holy Trinity).

23

• Tanri Abeng, 82, Indonesian businessman and politician, minister of state owned enterprises (1998–1999).
• Bernard Allen, 79, Irish politician, TD (1981–2011).
• Claude Buchon, 75, French Olympic cyclist (1976).
• Stathis Chatzilampros, 26, Greek footballer (Levadiakos, Thiva), traffic collision.
• Dennis Deer, 51, American politician, member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (since 2017).
• Julio Foolio, 26, American rapper, shot.
• Luis Teodoro Gastón, 86, Cuban judoka.
• Robert Germain, 90, Haitian politician, minister of public health (1984–1985).
• Walter J. Gray, 96, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate (1991–1995).
• Kaz Hosaka, 65, Japanese-American dog handler, brain injury.
• Nikolay Kotelnikov, 66, Russian Orthodox protoiereus, rector of the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin of Derbent, shot.
• Michael Krause, 77, German field hockey player, Olympic champion (1972).
• Olav T. Laake, 89, Norwegian judge and politician.
• Adebayo Lawal, 83, Nigerian politician and air force commander, military governor of Benue State (1978–1979).
• Joseph L. Levesque, 85, American academic administrator, president of Niagara University (2000–2013).
• Angelo Paina, 75, Italian footballer (Milan, SPAL, Atalanta), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Tamayo Perry, 49, American surfer and actor (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Blue Crush), shark attack.
• Sakini Ramachandraih, 61, Indian folk singer and dhol player.
• Sergeant Cecil, 25, British Thoroughbred horse.
• Bud S. Smith, 88, American film editor (The Exorcist, Sorcerer, Flashdance).
• David Tunley, 94, Australian musicologist.
• Hugo Villanueva, 85, Chilean footballer (Universidad de Chile, national team).
• Willi Waike, 86, German politician, member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony (1982–1994).
• Doris Y. Wilkinson, 88, American sociologist.

22

• Malcolm George Baker, 76, Australian convicted mass murderer (Central Coast massacre).
• Sir Howard Bernstein, 71, British civil servant, chief executive of the Manchester City Council (1998–2017).
• Danilo Montero Campos, 86, Costa Rican footballer (Herediano, Audax Italiano, national team).
• Rafael Edri, 86, Israeli politician, MK (1981–1999) and minister of the environment (1990).
• Johan Dalgas Frisch, 93, Brazilian ornithologist.
• Lenie Gerrietsen, 94, Dutch Olympic gymnast (1948, 1952).
• Kamala Hampana, 88, Indian writer and literary scholar, heart attack.
• Mogens Herman Hansen, 83, Danish classical philologist and classical demographer.
• Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, 90, Tibetan Buddhist scholar.
• Sidiba Koulibaly, Guinean diplomat and soldier, chief of staff for the Republic of Guinea Armed Forces (2021–2023), cardiac arrest.
• Péter Kovács, 64, Hungarian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist (1980).
• John A. McDougall, 77, American physician and author.
• Lala Mnatsakanyan, 66, Armenian actress.
• Dale Planck, 53, American dirt modified racing driver.
• Alfred Teschl, 99, Austrian politician, MP (1970–1986).
• Ivo Urban, 93, Czech footballer (Dukla Prague, SK Slavia Prague, Czechoslovakia national team) and sports journalist. (death announced on this date)
• Thomas Wilhelmi, 56, German football coach.

21

• Colin G. Campbell, 88, American academic administrator, president of Wesleyan University (1970–1988).
• Busi Cortés, 73, Mexican filmmaker and screenwriter.
• Frederick Crews, 91, American writer (The Pooh Perplex) and critic.
• Romay Davis, 104, American World War II veteran.
• Frank Duckworth, 84, English statistician (Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method).
• Andy Dyer, British video game journalist (Total!, Mega, Commodore Format). (death announced on this date)
• Gianfranco Gardin, 80, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, secretary for the Institutes of Consecrated Life (2006–2009) and archbishop-bishop of Treviso (2009–2019).
• Gerhard Hund, 92, German chess player, mathematician and computer scientist.
• James K. Irving, 96, Canadian conglomerate executive, owner and chairman of J. D. Irving (since 1992).
• Heinz Lanfermann, 74, German politician, MP (1994–1996, 2005–2013).
• Jamie Kellner, 77, American television executive (Fox, The WB, Turner).
• Darren Lewis, 55, American football player (Texas A&M Aggies, Chicago Bears), cancer.
• Keith Locke, 80, New Zealand politician, MP (1999–2011).
• Salah Aboud Mahmoud, 82, Iraqi general.
• John Middendorf, 65, American mountain climber.
• Andrzej Mularczyk, 94, Polish writer, screenwriter (All Friends Here, Niespotykanie spokojny człowiek, Take It Easy) and reporter.
• Janos Quittner, 82, Slovak dancer and choreographer.
• Saleh Zain Al-Abidin Al-Shaibi, 78–79, Saudi caretaker (Kaaba).
• Fred Smith, 82, Australian footballer (Collingwood, Sturt), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
• Spiridon Vangheli, 92, Moldovan children's author, poet and translator.
• Zhang Xuelei, 61, Chinese Olympic basketball player (1988).

20

• Gerhard Aigner, 80, German football executive, UEFA chief executive (1999–2003).
• Oleksandr Boichuk, 73, Ukrainian mathematician.
• Arnaldo Cestaro, 85, Italian communist militant, victim of the 2001 raid on Armando Diaz.
• Paul Davidson, 93, American macroeconomist.
• Lothar Gall, 87, German historian.
• Dave Gatherum, 92, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).
• Peter B. Gillis, 71, American comic book writer (Strikeforce: Morituri, Captain America, Doctor Strange).
• Eberhard Hertel, 85, German Volkstümliche Musik singer.
• David Johnson, 52, Indian cricketer (Karnataka, national team), fall.
• Drosos Kalotheou, 79, Cypriot footballer (Omonia Nicosia, national team).
• Charles S. Klabunde, 88, American artist.
• Guram Kostava, 87, Georgian fencer, Olympic bronze medalist (1960, 1964).
• Zeev Kun, 94, Hungarian-born Israeli painter.
• Greg Larson, 84, American football player (New York Giants).
• Alessandra Valeri Manera, 67, Italian songwriter, television author and television producer.
• Jonathan Morano, 56, American television writer (The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson), glioblastoma.
• Russell Morash, 88, American television producer and director (This Old House, The French Chef, The Victory Garden).
• Chiharu Ogiwara, 67, Japanese Olympic boxer (1984), complications from a heart attack.
• Diego Orejuela, 62, Spanish footballer (Espanyol, Palamós).
• Dylon Powley, 27, Canadian soccer player (FC Edmonton, Atlético Ottawa), traffic collision.
• Alhaja Ramota Bankole, 60, Nigerian politician, heatstroke. (death announced on this date)
• Haviland Smith, 94, American CIA station chief, complications from COPD and COVID-19.
• Donald Sutherland, 88, Canadian actor (M*A*S*H, Ordinary People, The Hunger Games), Emmy winner (1995).
• Ion Vianu, 90, Romanian writer and psychiatrist.
• Margarita Voites, 87, Estonian opera singer.
• Phuntsok Wangchuk, 50–51, Tibetan independence activist and political prisoner.
• Taylor Wily, 56, American actor (Hawaii Five-0, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Magnum P.I.) and sumo wrestler.

19

• Roland Armitage, 99, Canadian horse breeder and politician, mayor of West Carleton Township (1991–1994).
• Halina Bortnowska, 92, Polish social and ecumenical activist and publicist.
• C. V. Chandrasekhar, 89, Indian Bharatanatyam dancer.
• Chrystian, 67, Brazilian sertanejo singer, polycystic kidney disease.
• Jan Cremer, 84, Dutch author and painter.
• Michel Dupuch, 92, French diplomat and government official.
• Arturo González Cruz, 69, Mexican politician, deputy (since 2021) and three-time mayor of Tijuana, complications from injuries sustained in a skiing accident.
• Silvia Infantas, 101, Chilean singer and actress.
• Mikhail Kryukov, 91, Russian anthropologist and historian.
• James Loughran, 92, Scottish orchestral conductor.
• Jean-Claude Lefort, 79, French politician, deputy (1988–2007).
• Stefano Malinverni, 65, Italian sprinter, Olympic bronze medallist (1980).
• Katsue Miwa, 80, Japanese voice actress (Phoenix 2772, Unico, Calimero), pulmonary embolism.
• José Ángel Rovai, 87, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Córdoba (1999–2006) and bishop of Villa María (2006–2013).
• Bernd Schmidt, 80, German footballer (Werder Bremen, Hessen Kassel). (death announced on this date)
• Hagi Šein, 78, Estonian journalist.
• Luca Trevisan, 52, Italian computer scientist.
• Claudia Williams, 90, Welsh artist.
• Dave Williams, 78, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Chargers, Southern California Sun).

18

• Billy Abercromby, 65, Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Partick Thistle, Dunfermline Athletic). (death announced on this date)
• Anouk Aimée, 92, French actress (La dolce vita, A Man and a Woman, A Leap in the Dark).
• Stojan Andov, 88, Macedonian politician, interim president (1995–1996) and president of the assembly (1991–1996, 2000–2002).
• Nathaly Antona, 49, French politician, MEP (since 2024).
• András Bíró, 98, Hungarian journalist and human rights activist.
• James Chance, 71, American musician (James Chance and the Contortions).
• Nizar Choucair, Lebanese chocolatier, founder of Patchi. (death announced on this date)
• CJ de Silva, 36, Filipino visual artist, stroke.
• Zafrul Ehsan, 60, Bangladeshi cricket coach (women's national team), acute myeloid leukemia.
• Sara Facio, 92, Argentine photojournalist and publisher.
• Vitaly Fen, 76, Uzbek diplomat, ambassador to South Korea (1995–2013, since 2017).
• Alan Gold, 78–79, British-born Australian novelist.
• Nicolas Gruson, 49, French Olympic swimmer (1996). (death announced on this date)
• Volodymyr Ivanenko, 69, Ukrainian politician, deputy (2007–2012).
• Gerhard Klingenberg, 95, Austrian actor (Was wäre, wenn...?).
• Bing Lao, 75, Filipino screenwriter.
• Yoyong Martirez, 77, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1972), actor (Lab en Kisses), and politician, vice mayor of Pasig (2004–2013).
• Willie Mays, 93, American Hall of Fame baseball player (New York / San Francisco Giants, New York Mets), World Series champion (1954), heart failure.
• P. Thankappan Nair, 91, Indian historian.
• Armando Pugliese, 76, Italian stage director and playwright.
• Daniel Patrick Reilly, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Norwich (1975–1994) and Worcester (1994–2004).
• Ashim Saha, 75, Bangladeshi poet and novelist.
• Allan Saxe, 85, American political scientist, philanthropist, and academic, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Anthea Sylbert, 84, American costume designer (Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Julia).
• Franjo Vladić, 73, Bosnian footballer (Velez Mostar, AEK Athens, Yugoslavia national team).
• George M. Woodwell, 95, American ecologist.

17

• Luciano Acquarone, 93, Italian long-distance runner.
• Mario Alberto Becerra Pocoroba, 68, Mexican lawyer and politician, deputy (2009–2012).
• Arvind, 77, Indian-born American computer scientist and professor.
• Leon Berner, 88, Australian footballer (Carlton).
• Paul Coyle, 56, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Devenish St Mary's, Swatragh, Fermanagh) and selector.
• Robert A. Dressler, 78, American lawyer and politician, mayor of Fort Lauderdale (1982–1986).
• Armand Fouillen, 91, French football player (Red Star, AS Cherbourg) and manager (Brest).
• Connor Garden-Bachop, 25, New Zealand rugby union player (Māori All Blacks, Highlanders, Wellington).
• Claudio Graziano, 70, Italian military officer, chief of army staff (2011–2015), chief of the defence staff (2015–2018), and chairman of the EUMC (2018–2022), suicide by gunshot.
• Hosenara Islam, Indian politician, Assam MLA (2001–2006). (death announced on this date)
• Hubert Lauper, 80, Swiss politician, MP (1995–2003), prefect of Sarine District (1976–1996).
• Jacqueline Laurence, 91, French-Brazilian actress (Aquele Beijo, O Dono do Mundo, Água Viva).
• Brian Makepeace, 92, English footballer (Doncaster Rovers, Boston United). (death announced on this date)
• Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla, 69, Nigerian financial accountant, accountant-general of the Federation (2011–2015).
• Paul Spencer, 53, English musician (Dario G), rectal cancer.
• Pam Stephenson, 73, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (2013–2020).
• Milan Urbáni, 79, Slovak politician, MP (2002–2010).
• Ricardo M. Urbina, 78, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1981–2012), complications from Parkinson's disease.

16

• Ludwig Adamovich Jr., 91, Austrian jurist, president of the Constitutional Court (1984–2002).
• Bruce Bastian, 76, American computer scientist and LGBTQ+ philanthropist, co-founder of WordPerfect.
• Anders Bodegård, 80, Swedish translator.
• Jan Breytenbach, 91, South African military officer.
• Buzz Cason, 84, American singer and songwriter ("Everlasting Love").
• Paul Chemetov, 95, French architect (Ministry of the Economy and Finance building).
• Chen Zhenggao, 72, Chinese politician, minister of housing (2014–2017), governor of Liaoning (2007–2014), and mayor of Shenyang (2000–2005).
• Jodie Devos, 35, Belgian opera singer (Opéra-Comique), breast cancer.
• Willy Dullens, 79, Dutch footballer (RKSV Sittardia, national team), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Evans Evans, 91, American actress (Bonnie and Clyde, The Iceman Cometh, Dead Bang).
• Barbara Gladstone, 89, American art dealer and film producer (Drawing Restraint 9).
• Scott Henson, 40, Canadian professional wrestler (ECCW).
• Constantine P. Iordanou, 74, Cypriot insurance executive, co-founder of Arch Capital Group.
• Oldřich Karásek, 91, Czech sailor.
• Hiram Kasten, 71, American comedian and actor (Seinfeld).
• Roberto Lückert León, 84, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop (1993–1998) and archbishop (1999–2016) of Coro.
• Marcelo Martorell, 79, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Puerto Iguazú (2006–2020).
• Bob Schul, 86, American long-distance runner, Olympic champion (1964).
• Carl Olof Tallgren, 97, Finnish politician, minister of finance (1970–1971).
• Nikita Tsitsagi, Russian photojournalist, shelling.
• Regina Veloso, 85, Portuguese Olympic swimmer (1960). (death announced on this date)
• Aloyse Warhouver, 94, French politician, deputy (1988–2002), mayor of Xouaxange (1983–2001).
• Dmitri Yafaev, 76, Russian-French mathematical physicist.
• Masa Yamada, 94, Japanese actress (Black Rain, Dr. Akagi, A Long Walk).

15

• Manfred Ach, 83, German politician, member of the Landtag of Bavaria (1994–2008).
• Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, 95, Indian politician, MP (1980–1994) and governor of Odisha (2007–2013).
• Mike Brumley, 61, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox) and coach (Seattle Mariners), traffic collision.
• Kevin Campbell, 54, English footballer (Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Everton).
• Érik Canuel, 63, Canadian film and television director (Bon Cop, Bad Cop, Red Nose, Hemingway: A Portrait), plasma cell leukemia.
• James Castle, 35, English professional wrestler (Revolution Pro Wrestling).
• Frank D'Arcy, 77, English footballer (Everton, Tranmere Rovers, Kirkby Town).
• James Kent, 45, American chef, Bocuse d'Or USA winner (2010), heart attack.
• Al Kresta, 72, American broadcaster (WDEO), liver cancer.
• Francine Leca, 86, French cardiac surgeon.
• John McClelland, 89, English footballer (Portsmouth, Lincoln City, Queens Park Rangers).
• Thomas McCormack, 92, American writer and publisher.
• Enrique Pinder, 76, Panamanian boxer, WBA world champion (1972–1973), heart disease.
• Sakae Saitō, 91, Japanese mystery novelist.
• Matija Sarkic, 26, English-born Montenegrin footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Millwall, national team).
• Barbara Schäfer, 89, German politician, member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (1979–1995).
• Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi, 85, Libyan politician, secretary-general (1979–1984, 1986–1987) and minister of foreign affairs (1987–1990).
• Zofia Wilczyńska, 82, Polish politician, MP (1989–1991, 1993–2005).
• Freddy Willockx, 76, Belgian politician, MEP (1994–1999), mayor of Sint-Niklaas (1989–1994, 2001–2010).

14

• Johnny Boone, 80, American marijuana farmer, leader of the Cornbread Mafia.
• Greg Brown, 51, American basketball player (New Mexico Lobos), traffic collision.
• Gerhart Bruckmann, 92, Austrian politician, MP (1986–1994, 1999–2002).
• Sreedharan Champad, 86, Indian circus artist and writer.
• Eugene Davis, 70, Irish footballer (Athlone Town, St Patrick's Athletic, Bray Wanderers).
• Dendê, 71, Brazilian footballer (Bahia, Flamengo).
• Theo Fischer, 94, Swiss politician, MP (1983–1995).
• Ali Yaqoub Gibril, Sudanese tribal militia leader (Rapid Support Forces), shot.
• Maurice Godin, 91, Canadian politician, MP (1993–2000).
• Gustavo Lorgia, 73, Colombian magician, spinal shock.
• Nancy MacKenzie, 81, Peruvian-Mexican voice actress .
• Christiane Mercelis, 92, Belgian tennis player.
• Dudu Myeni, 60, South African airline executive and convicted embezzler, chairperson of South African Airways (2012–2017), cancer.
• George Nethercutt, 79, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1995–2005).
• Gregorio Pérez Companc, 89, Argentine food executive, chairman of Molinos Río de la Plata (since 1998).
• Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Juticalpa (1983–2012).
• Trygve Reenskaug, 93, Norwegian computer scientist.
• Tagwai Sambo, 87, Nigerian traditional ruler, chief of Moroa (since 1966).
• Pierre-Jean Samot, 89, French politician, mayor of Le Lamentin (1989–2018), deputy (2002–2003).
• Shōichirō Sasaki, 88, Japanese filmmaker.
• Kazuko Shiraishi, 93, Canadian-born Japanese poet, heart failure.
• Jean Succar Kuri, 79, Lebanese-born Mexican tourism executive and child pornographer, heart failure.
• Jeremy Tepper, 60, American radio executive (Sirius XM), journalist (Vending Times, Pulse!), and musician, co-founder of Diesel Only Records, heart attack.
• Joshua Wade, 44, American serial killer.
• Guy Warren, 103, Australian painter.
• Sir David Younger, 85, British public servant, lord lieutenant of Tweeddale (1994–2014).

13

• Bénédicte Atger, 66, French equestrian, team endurance world champion (1994).
• Jonathan Axelrod, 74, American screenwriter and producer (Every Little Crook and Nanny, Dave's World).
• Tommy Banks, 94, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Altrincham, national team), complications from dementia.
• Gert van den Berg, 88, Dutch politician, senator (1995–2011).
• Angela Bofill, 70, American singer-songwriter ("This Time I'll Be Sweeter").
• Joan Brady, 84, American-British writer (Theory of War). (death announced on this date)
• Don De Grazia, 56, American professor and author.
• Bernard Gavillet, 64, Swiss road racing cyclist.
• Laurence Gluck, 71, American real estate investor and landlord, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Armando Oscar González, 56, Argentine footballer (Lanús, Deportivo Español).
• Pepe Guerra, 80, Uruguayan guitarist (Los Olimareños), cancer.
• Liu Jinyun, 86, Chinese playwright.
• Jorge Luque, 88, Colombian Olympic road racing cyclist (1956).
• Sirinal de Mel, 82, Sri Lankan politician, MP (2015–2019).
• Nahim, 71, Brazilian singer, fall.
• Ludolfo Paramio, 75, Spanish journalist, sociologist, and politician.
• Sir Larry Siedentop, 88, American-born British political philosopher.
• Skowa, 68, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Trio Mocotó).
• Paul Sperry, 90, American lyric tenor.
• Simo Vuorilehto, 93, Finnish businessman (Nokia).

12

• Nuel Belnap, 94, American logician and philosopher.
• Johnny Canales, 81, Mexican Tejano singer and television host.
• J. Warren Cassidy, 93, American politician and lobbyist, mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts (1970–1972), NRA vice president (1986–1991).
• T. K. Chathunni, 79, Indian football player (Kerala) and manager (Kochin, Mohun Bagan), cancer.
• Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem, 89, Angolan politician, president of the National Assembly (1992–1996), prime minister (1991–1992, 1996–1999).
• William H. Donaldson, 93, American businessman, SEC chair (2003–2005).
• Mike Downey, 72, American newspaper columnist (Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Los Angeles Times), heart attack.
• Neil Goldschmidt, 83, American politician, governor of Oregon (1987–1991), U.S. secretary of transportation (1979–1981), heart failure.
• Bob Harris, 81, American sportscaster (Duke Blue Devils).
• Helvi Kissala, 110, Finnish supercentenarian, country's oldest person.
• Ion Krasnopolsky, 79, Moldovan musician.
• Josep Pons Grau, 75, Spanish teacher and politician, deputy (1982–1986) and MEP (1986–1999).
• Fermí Reixach, 77, Spanish actor (The Mosquito Net, The Dead Man and Being Happy, 1000 Miles from Christmas).
• Ron Simons, 63, American theatre producer (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) and actor (The Defenders), Tony winner (2013).
• Jerry West, 86, American Hall of Fame basketball player, coach, and executive (Los Angeles Lakers), NBA champion (1972) and Olympic champion (1960).
• Permadi Satrio Wiwoho, 84, Indonesian politician, founder of Gerindra Party.
• Katsura Zakoba, 76, Japanese rakugo writer, asthma.
• Vyacheslav Zudov, 82, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 23).

11

• Majed Abu Maraheel, 61, Palestinian Olympic long-distance runner (1996), kidney failure.
• Doris Ilda Allen, 97, American intelligence analyst.
• Alberts Bels, 85, Latvian writer.
• Dianne Burge, 80, Australian Olympic sprinter (1964, 1968).
• Barry Butler, 62, English footballer (Chester City). (death announced on this date)
• Ernest Cunningham, 87, American politician, member (1969–1998) and speaker (1987–1989) of the Arkansas House of Representatives.
• Enchanting, 26, American rapper, complications from a drug overdose.
• Howard Fineman, 75, American journalist and television commentator (NBC News), pancreatic cancer.
• Ruth Stiles Gannett, 100, American author (My Father's Dragon, Elmer and the Dragon, The Dragons of Blueland).
• Walter Schmitt Glaeser, 90, German politician, president of the Bavarian Senate (1994–1996).
• Mansour Guettaya, 74, Tunisian Olympic middle-distance runner (1972).
• Marcel Guilloux, 93, French singer and storyteller.
• Françoise Hardy, 80, French singer-songwriter ("Tous les garçons et les filles", "All Over the World") and actress (Grand Prix), laryngeal cancer.
• Gaps Hendrickson, 73, British musician and vocalist (The Selecter), cancer.
• Robert Hughes, 96, American Hall of Fame basketball coach.
• Tony Hunter, 64, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams).
• Harry Leinenweber, 87, American jurist and politician, judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois (since 1985) and member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1973–1983), lung cancer.
• Orest Lenczyk, 81, Polish football player (Stal Sanok) and manager (Wisła Kraków, Ruch Chorzów).
• Adam Lewis, 45, American musician (Fenix TX), pancreatic cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Bill Ligon, 72, American basketball player (Vanderbilt Commodores, Detroit Pistons).
• Tony Lo Bianco, 87, American actor (The Honeymoon Killers, The French Connection, The Seven-Ups), prostate cancer.
• Kevork Mardirossian, 70, American violinist.
• Gerhard Merz, 71, German politician, member of the Landtag of Hesse (2008–2018).
• Tony Mordente, 88, American actor (West Side Story).
• Bill Nankivell, 100, Australian politician, South Australia MHA (1959–1979).
• Violet Neilson, 92, Jamaican politician, MP (1989–1997).
• Gilles Perron, 83, Canadian politician, MP (1997–2008).
• Dick Rosenthal, 94, American basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons).
• Cristino Seriche Bioko, 83, Equatoguinean politician, prime minister (1982–1992).
• Arcadie Spoială, 36, Moldovan film director, hit by a tree.
• Éric Tappy, 93, Swiss operatic tenor (Grand Théâtre de Genève) and academic teacher (Conservatoire de Musique de Genève).
• Rajeev Taranath, 91, Indian classical musician.
• Marina Tarkovskaya, 89, Russian writer and critic.
• Wang Yongzhi, 91, Chinese aerospace engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Shay Youngblood, 64, American writer.

10

• Terry Allcock, 88, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Norwich City) and cricketer (Norfolk).
• Willie Carlin, 83, English footballer (Halifax Town, Carlisle United, Derby County).
• Jennifer Cashmore, 86, Australian politician, member of the South Australian House of Assembly (1977–1993).
• Gérard Dériot, 79, French politician, senator (1998–2020), mayor of Cérilly (1995–2001).
• Brad Dusek, 73, American football player (Washington Redskins), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Giancarlos García, 18, Panamanian footballer (C.D. Árabe Unido), shot.
• William Goines, 87, American Navy SEAL.
• Steele Hall, 95, Australian politician, premier of South Australia (1968–1970), MP (1981–1996) and senator (1974–1977).
• Nathan Hare, 91, American sociologist.
• Amol Kale, 47, Indian cricket administrator, heart attack.
• Arnold Mindell, 84, American author, therapist and teacher.
• Abel Nado, 90, Central African military officer and politician.
• Trinitat Neras i Plaja, 82, Spanish businesswoman and politician, member of the Catalan parliament (1980–2003).
• Sheila O'Toole, 94, New Zealand Catholic nun and welfare worker.
• Park Yang-soo, 86, South Korean politician, MP (2000–2004).
• Homer Rice, 97, American football coach (Cincinnati Bengals) and athletic director (Georgia Tech).
• Dame Jennifer Roberts, 71, English jurist, High Court judge (since 2014).
• Guillermo Segurado, 77, Argentine Olympic rower (1968, 1972).
• Charles Gad Strasser, 97, Czechoslovak-born British WWII veteran, photographer and philanthropist.
• Malawians killed in the 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash:
  • Saulos Chilima, 51, economist and politician, vice-president (2014–2019, since 2020)
  • Patricia Shanil Muluzi, 59, teacher and politician, first lady (1999–2004), member of the National Assembly (2014–2019)

9

• Carmen M. Amedori, 68, American politician and journalist, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1999–2004).
• Lyons Brown Jr., 87, American businessman and diplomat, ambassador to Austria (2001–2005).
• William Carragan, 86, American musicologist, Bruckner expert, stroke.
• Frank Carroll, 85, American Hall of Fame competitive skater and figure-skating coach.
• Ralph Caulton, 87, New Zealand rugby union player (Wellington, national team) and coach.
• Lynn Conway, 86, American computer scientist, heart disease.
• Simon Cowell, 72, British television presenter (Wildlife SOS) and conservationist, founder of the Wildlife Aid Foundation, lung cancer.
• V. Craig Jordan, 76, American-British scientist.
• Kim Kwang-lim, 94, South Korean poet.
• Marzena Kipiel-Sztuka, 58, Polish actress (The Lousy World).
• Mikhail Kolyushev, 81, Russian Olympic cyclist (1968).
• Svenn Kristiansen, 84, Norwegian politician, mayor of Oslo (2007).
• Yoshiko Kuga, 93, Japanese actress (Equinox Flower, Good Morning, Drunken Angel), aspiration pneumonia.
• James Lawson, 95, American civil rights activist.
• Michael Lovell, 57, American academic administrator, president of Marquette University (since 2014), sarcoma.
• Beata Maksymow, 56, Polish Olympic judoka (1992, 1996, 2000).
• Masuo Matsuoka, 89, Japanese politician, MP (1993–1996), member of the House of Councillors (1983–1989, 1998–2004), mayor of Hikari (1971–1982).
• Isabel Moreno, 82, Cuban actress (Lucía, A Successful Man, The Beauty of the Alhambra).
• Robert E. Raiche, 87, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1965–1972).
• Barbara Repetto, 77, Italian politician, member of the Landtag of South Tyrol (2008–2010).
• Alex Riel, 83, Danish jazz and rock drummer.
• Ernie Ruple, 78, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Junichi Seki, 88, Japanese politician, mayor of Osaka (2003–2007).
• David Shrayer-Petrov, 88, Russian-American novelist and poet.
• Ann Spohnholz, 74, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1989).
• Edward C. Stone, 88, American scientist and physics professor, director of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1991–2001).
• Vincent Waydell Warner Jr., 83, American priest, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia (1990–2007).
• William, 90, Brazilian footballer (Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineiro, national team), complications from a fall.

8

• Frank Arnold, 89, American basketball coach (BYU Cougars).
• John Benson, 85, American calligrapher and stonecarver.
• Sergei Beshukov, 53, Russian chess grandmaster.
• Anthony Brummet, 93, Canadian politician, British Columbia MLA (1979–1991).
• Owen Coté, 63, American academic.
• Christophe Deloire, 53, French civil rights activist and journalist, brain cancer.
• Oswald Ducrot, 93, French linguist.
• Ewald Frank, 90, German Pentecostal preacher.
• Richard B. Hetnarski, 96, Polish-born American academic and translator.
• Sir Martin Jacomb, 94, British financier.
• Mark James, 83, American songwriter ("Hooked on a Feeling", "Suspicious Minds", "Always on My Mind").
• Charlie Lennon, 85, Irish traditional fiddler and composer.
• Musa Mohamad, 80, Malaysian academic administrator and politician, minister of education (1999–2004) and vice-chancellor of the Universiti Sains Malaysia (1982–1998).
• Akio Nakajima, 88, Japanese politician, MP (1993–1996), member of the House of Councillors (2003–2004).
• Ben Potter, 40, American Internet personality, traffic collision.
• Ramoji Rao, 87, Indian conglomerate executive and film producer (Mayuri, Pakarathinu Pakaram, Mouna Poratam), founder of Ramoji Group, heart disease.
• Nanae Sasaya, 74, Japanese manga artist (Year 24 Group), lung cancer.
• Valery Saykin, 86, Russian politician, deputy chairman of the council of ministers of the Russian SFSR (1990) and MP (1999–2003).
• Maria da Conceição Tavares, 94, Portuguese-Brazilian economist and politician, deputy (1995–1999).
• Klaus Töpfer, 85, German politician, MP (1990–1998), executive director of the UNEP (1998–2006), and minister of environment (1987–1994).
• Éric Vu-An, 60, French dancer, choreographer, and actor (The Sheltering Sky, Les Liaisons dangereuses), brain tumour.
• Chet Walker, 84, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls), NBA champion (1967).
• Dale Walz, 59, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2001–2004).
• Zhu Yongjun, 94, Chinese nuclear specialist.

7

• William Anders, 90, American astronaut (Apollo 8) and diplomat, ambassador to Norway (1976–1977), photographer of Earthrise, plane crash.
• Alex Araya, 42, Chilean actor. (body discovered on this date)
• Jean-Kasongo Banza, 49, Congolese footballer (AS Vita Club, VfL Wolfsburg, national team).
• David Boaz, 70, American libertarian philosopher, cancer.
• Arne Olav Brundtland, 87, Norwegian political scientist.
• Vincent Duggleby, 85, British radio presenter (Money Box).
• Geoff Dupuy, 87, Australian footballer (Hawthorn).
• André Ferreira, 59, Brazilian volleyball player, Olympic champion (1992), lymphoma.
• Hermína Franková, 95, Czech writer and screenwriter (The Girl on the Broomstick).
• Regina Gordilho, 91, Brazilian politician, deputy (1991–1995).
• A. J. T. Johnsingh, 78, Indian ecologist.
• Siri Kannangara, Sri Lankan-Australian sports medical doctor and trainer.
• Ralph Kasambara, 54, Malawian lawyer, minister of justice (2012–2013), heart failure.
• Abdul Wahab Al-Nafisi, 90–91, Kuwaiti politician.
• Paul Pressler, 94, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1957–1959) and judge.
• Gerhard Rödding, 91, German politician, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (1980–1987).
• Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, 90, German composer.
• Despina Stylianopoulou, 91, Greek actress (Alice in the Navy, Oh! That Wife of Mine).
• Nozomu Suzuki, 75, Japanese politician, MP (2012–2014), mayor of Iwata (1998–2009).
• Beksultan Tutkushev, 75, Kazakh politician, senator (1995–2008).
• Warren Winiarski, 95, American winemaker.
• Dale Yakiwchuk, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg Jets, Milwaukee Admirals, Kalamazoo Wings).

6

• Roberto Cossa, 89, Argentine playwright and theatre director.
• Rexhep Ferri, 86, Kosovan-Albanian artist and writer.
• Dan Flavin, 67, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1996–2005).
• Joseph Hardy, 95, American director (Great Expectations) and producer (Ryan's Hope).
• Éric Hazan, 87, French author and publisher.
• Jacques Insermini, 96, French stuntman and actor.
• Glan Letheren, 68, Welsh footballer (Leeds United, Scunthorpe United, Swansea City), peritoneal cancer.
• Fumihiko Maki, 95, Japanese architect (Makuhari Messe, 4 World Trade Center, Aga Khan Museum).
• Alan Millard, 86, British orientalist.
• Sergei Novikov, 86, Russian mathematician (Novikov conjecture).
• Sir Oliver Popplewell, 96, British judge (Bradford City stadium fire) and cricketer (Cambridge University, Free Foresters).
• Stanley Sue, 80, American clinical psychologist.
• Abdul Wahid, 64, Indonesian politician, regent of North Hulu Sungai Regency (2012–2021).
• John Wilmerding, 86, American art collector and curator, heart failure.
• Ahmed Zitouni, 74, Algerian author.

5

• Vassilios Brakatsoulas, 95, Greek lawyer and politician, MP (1958–1961, 1989–1996).
• Kaye Breadsell, 82, Australian Olympic gymnast (1960).
• Alexandrina Cernov, 80, Romanian-Ukrainian academic, literary historian and philologist.
• Fred Dallmayr, 95, German-born American philosopher.
• André Desvallées, 92–93, French museologist.
• Jean-Paul Émin, 84, French politician, senator (1989–2008).
• Akira Endo, 90, Japanese biochemist.
• Daniel Etounga-Manguelle, 81, Cameroonian economist and writer.
• Charles Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip, 83, British peer and businessman, member of the House of Lords (1993–1999).
• Adam Kaczmarek, 62, Polish Olympic shooter (1988, 1992).
• Peter C. Knudson, 86, American politician, member of the Utah Senate (1993–2019).
• Rosalinda López Hernández, 56, Mexican politician, senator (2006–2012) and member of the Congress of Tabasco (2006–2015).
• Dicoh Mariam, 79–80, Ivorian chemist.
• Michael Mosley, 67, British television journalist and presenter (The One Show, The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion, The Genius of Invention).
• Rosalina Neri, 96, Italian actress (Three Men and a Leg, All the Moron's Men, The Predators) and singer.
• Petter Nome, 69, Norwegian journalist (Dagsrevyen, Dagsavisen), cancer.
• Doug Porter, 94, American college football coach (Mississippi Valley State, Fort Valley State).
• Rosa, 24, American sea otter, euthanasia.
• Rose-Marie, 68, Northern Irish singer and television personality.
• Faisal Andi Sapada, 66, Indonesian politician, deputy mayor of Parepare (2013–2018), heart attack.
• David Scott, 83, Scottish journalist and broadcaster (Scottish Daily Express, BBC Scotland, STV). (death announced on this date)
• Ranch Sironi, 32, American bassist (Nebula).
• Reiner Uthoff, 86, German writer and stage director.
• Ben Vautier, 88, French visual artist, suicide by gunshot.
• Richard Zuschlag, 76, American ambulance service executive, founder of Acadian Ambulance, cancer.

4

• Charles-Albert Antille, 79, Swiss businessman and politician, MP (1998–2003).
• Asmatullah, Pakistani politician, MNA (2008–2013, 2018–2023).
• Nicholas Ball, 78, English actor (EastEnders, Footballers' Wives, Hazell).
• Yves Beaujard, 84, French illustrator, engraver, and stamp designer.
• B. R. P. Bhaskar, 92, Indian journalist (The Hindu, The Statesman, Deccan Herald) and human rights activist.
• John Blackman, 76, Australian radio and television presenter (Hey Hey It's Saturday), heart attack.
• Ngoy Bomboko, 47, Congolese footballer (TP Mazembe, Gabala, national team), injuries sustained in a fire.
• Francesco Bruni, 95, Italian politician, deputy (1979–1994).
• C.Gambino, 26, Swedish rapper, shot.
• Gianpaolo Dozzo, 69, Italian politician, deputy (1994–2013).
• Daniel T. Eismann, 77, American jurist, justice (2001–2017) and chief justice (2007–2011) of the Idaho Supreme Court.
• Bill Estabrooks, 76, Canadian politician, Nova Scotia MLA (1998–2013).
• Karin Gundersen, 79, Norwegian literary scholar and translator.
• Kamal Haider, 77, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–1988).
• Parnelli Jones, 90, American Hall of Fame racing driver and team owner (Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing), 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner.
• Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan, 89, Afghan royal, head of the House of Barakzai (since 2007).
• Rex Kirton, 82, New Zealand politician, mayor of Upper Hutt (1977–2001).
• Matilda Koen-Sarano, 84, Italian-born Israeli writer.
• Moshe Kotlarsky, 74, American Orthodox rabbi, cancer.
• Aase Moløkken, 94, Norwegian politician, MP (1980–1981, 1982–1989).
• Yves Morin, 94, Canadian cardiologist and politician, senator (2001–2004).
• Jan Reehorst, 101, Dutch politician, MP (1956–1967), mayor of Haarlem (1977–1984).
• Yury Semyonov, 86, Russian economist and politician, first secretary of the Kaliningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1989–1991).
• Hubert Taczanowski, 63, Polish-born British cinematographer (The Opposite of Sex, Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj, D-War).
• John Todd, 86, Australian football player (South Fremantle) and coach (Swan Districts, West Coast Eagles).
• Marvin Upshaw, 77, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Cleveland Browns, St. Louis Cardinals).

3

• Brigitte Bierlein, 74, Austrian jurist, president of the Constitutional Court (2018–2019) and chancellor (2019–2020).
• Brother Marquis, 58, American rapper (2 Live Crew), heart attack.
• Charoen Chaoprayun, 89, Thai schoolteacher and politician, MP (1979–1996).
• Vagif Huseynov, 81, Azerbaijani military officer and politician, chairman of the Committee for State Security of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1989–1991).
• Lee Chun-seok, 65, South Korean footballer (Daewoo Royals).
• Johannes Lott, 94, Estonian lawyer and politician, chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR (1975–1978).
• Morrie Markoff, 110, American blogger, writer, and supercentenarian.
• Les Mason, 69, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (since 2014).
• Jürgen Moltmann, 98, German theologian (University of Tübingen).
• Dag Erik Pedersen, 64, Norwegian road racing cyclist and television host.
• William Russell, 99, English actor (Doctor Who, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, The Great Escape).
• Remo Saraceni, 89, Italian-American toy inventor (Walking Piano).
• Armando Silvestre, 98, American-Mexican actor (Rossana, The Miracle Roses, Night of the Bloody Apes).

2

• Larry Allen, 52, American Hall of Fame football player (Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers).
• Wensley Bundel, 75, Surinamese football player (Transvaal, national team) and manager (national team).
• Rob Burrow, 41, English rugby league player (Leeds Rhinos, Yorkshire, national team), complications from motor neurone disease.
• Carl Cain, 89, American basketball player (Iowa Hawkeyes), Olympic champion (1956).
• Jeannette Charles, 96, British actress (National Lampoon's European Vacation, The Naked Gun, Austin Powers in Goldmember).
• Edgardo Cozarinsky, 85, Argentine writer and filmmaker (One Man's War).
• Emma Lou Diemer, 96, American composer.
• Donovan Ebanks, 72, Cayman diplomat, acting governor (2009–2010).
• Elizabeth Freeman, 58, American scholar, cancer.
• Uzi Geller, 93, Israeli chess master.
• Maciej Gliwicz, 85, Polish biologist.
• Michael J. Karels, 67, American software engineer.
• Duane Klueh, 98, American basketball player (Denver Nuggets, Fort Wayne Pistons, Indiana State Sycamores).
• David Levy, 86, Israeli politician, MK (1969–2006), minister of construction (1979–1990) and three-times of foreign affairs.
• Farrel O'Shea, 60, British professional windsurfer.
• Janis Paige, 101, American actress (Please Don't Eat the Daisies, The Pajama Game, It's Always Jan).
• Natasha Ryan, 40, Australian runaway, subject of a disappearance case. (death announced on this date)
• Luigi Saraceni, 86, Italian politician, deputy (1994–2001).
• T. J. Simers, 73, American sports columnist (Los Angeles Times, The Orange County Register) and television personality (Around the Horn), brain cancer.
• Harold Snoad, 88, British television producer, writer and director (Keeping Up Appearances, Ever Decreasing Circles, Don't Wait Up).
• Barbara Stewart, 72, New Zealand politician, MP (2002–2008, 2011–2017).

1

• Erich Anderson, 67, American actor (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Bat*21, Unfaithful), esophageal cancer.
• Raffaele Aurisicchio, 70, Italian politician, deputy (2006–2008).
• Chen Jing, 89, Chinese engineer and metallurgist.
• Artur Chilingarov, 84, Russian polar explorer and politician, member of the State Duma (1993–2011, since 2016) and senator (2011–2014).
• José Domínguez Abascal, 70, Spanish politician and engineer, secretary of state for energy (2018–2020).
• Henry Gunstone, 83, Australian footballer (South Melbourne) and cricketer (Richmond Cricket Club).
• Harry van Hoof, 81, Dutch conductor ("Ding-a-dong", "I See a Star"), composer ("How Do You Do") and music arranger.
• Andrzej Kostenko, 87, Polish screenwriter (Ręce do góry, Le Départ) and actor (When Angels Fall).
• Maguni Charan Kuanr, 87, Indian puppeteer.
• Ruth Maria Kubitschek, 92, Czechoslovak-born German actress (He Can't Stop Doing It, Madame and Her Niece, Tears of Blood).
• Philippe Leroy, 93, French actor (The Hole, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci, Sandokan).
• Gary Nairn, 73, Australian politician, MP (1996–2007) and special minister of state (2006–2007), cancer.
• Tin Oo, 97, Burmese general and politician, minister of defence (1974–1977) and commander-in-chief of defence services (1974–1976).
• Mary-Lou Pardue, 90, American geneticist and academic.
• Q.S. Serafijn, 64, Dutch conceptual artist, author, and sculptor.
• Janusz Rewiński, 74, Polish actor and politician, MP (1991–1993).
• Dick Sears, 81, American politician, member of the Vermont Senate (since 1993).
• Roman Verostko, 94, American artist and academic.
• Ben White, 52, American finance journalist (CNBC).
• Murisi Zwizwai, 54, Zimbabwean politician, MP (2003–2023).

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External links

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• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
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• The New York Times, obituaries
• The Washington Post obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) obituaries