Deaths in 2023

The following notable deaths occurred in 2023. 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.

May

5

• Haidar Haidar, 87, Syrian novelist (The Desolate Time, A Feast for the Seaweeds, The Mirrors of Fire).
• Arsenio Iglesias, 92, Spanish football player (Deportivo de La Coruña, Granada) and manager (Zaragoza).
• Terry Lewis, 95, Australian police officer, commissioner of Queensland Police Force (1976–1987), convicted of corruption and forgery.
• Sienna Weir , 23, Australian model

4

• Gabrielle Carey, 64, Australian author (Puberty Blues). (death announced on this date)
• Rafael Guillén, 90, Spanish poet, stroke.
• Petr Klíma, 58, Czech ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, Tampa Bay Lightning), Stanley Cup champion (1990).
• Karaikudi Mani, 77, Indian mridangam player.
• Rifat Rastoder, 72, Montenegrin politician, writer, and journalist, acting president (2003).
• Jasmin Stavros, 68, Croatian pop musician.
• Terry Vaughn, 50, American soccer referee, Huntington's disease.

3

• Asia Abdelmajid, 80, Sudanese actress and teacher, shot.
• Moulay Tahar Al Asbahani, 75, Moroccan singer (Jil Jilala) and actor.
• Lance Blanks, 56, American basketball player (Detroit Pistons, Minnesota Timberwolves) and general manager (Phoenix Suns).
• Dean Corren, 67, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1993–2001), heart attack.
• Alessandro D'Alatri, 68, Italian film director (Red American, No Skin, The Fever), screenwriter and actor.
• Gustaf Douglas, 85, Swedish aristocrat and investment executive, founder of Investment AB Latour and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
• Kabir Hossain, 84, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991–2006).
• Josef Jařab, 85, Czech academic, rector of Palacký University Olomouc (1990–1997) and senator (1996–1998, 2000–2006).
• Ronald Rene Lagueux, 91, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island (since 1986).
• Linda Lewis, 72, English singer-songwriter ("Rock-a-Doodle-Doo").
• Manobala, 69, Indian film director (December 31) and actor (Gopurangal Saivathillai, James Pandu), liver failure.
• Velho Milongueiro, 83, Brazilian singer and composer.
• Tony Staley, 83, Australian politician, MP (1970–1980), minister for the Capital Territory (1976–1977) and post and telecommunications (1977–1980). (death announced on this date)
• Nikica Valentić, 72, Croatian politician, prime minister (1993–1995).

2

• Khader Adnan, 45, Palestinian Islamic militant, hunger strike.
• Tori Bowie, 32, American athlete, Olympic champion (2016).
• Barbara Bryne, 94, British-American actress (The Bostonians, Amadeus, Two Evil Eyes).
• Charles Engola, 64, Ugandan politician, MP (2016–2021), shot.
• Heidy Forster, 91, Swiss-German actress (Hinter den sieben Gleisen, The Roaring Fifties, The Foster Boy).
• Arun Manilal Gandhi, 89, Indian-American author and political activist.
• Helmut Krätzl, 91, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Vienna (1977–2008).
• Bernard Lapasset, 75, French rugby union administrator, chairman of the International Rugby Board (2008–2016).
• Christian Larièpe, 63, French footballer (FC Montceau Bourgogne) and sporting director (Lausanne Sport, Saint-Étienne), malaria.
• Frank Phillips, 90, Australian golfer.
• Souli Sabah, 91, Greek singer and actress.
• Guido Sacconi, 74, Italian politician, MEP (1999–2009).
• B. S. Shaad, 85, Indian film producer (Himmat Aur Mehanat, Insaaf Ki Devi, Smuggler), director and actor.
• Damir Šolman, 74, Croatian basketball player, Olympic silver medallist (1968, 1976).
• Achmad Sujudi, 82, Indonesian physician, minister of health (1999–2004).
• Giovanni Urbinati, 76, Italian ceramist and sculptor.
• Valentin Yudashkin, 59, Russian fashion designer, kidney cancer.

1

• Per Åhlin, 91, Swedish animator (Out of an Old Man's Head, Dunderklumpen!, The Journey to Melonia).
• Mikhail Beskorovayny, 65, Russian actor (The Return of the Battleship, Radio Day).
• Lotta Bouvin-Sundberg, 63, Swedish journalist and news presenter (SVT Rapport).
• M. Chandran, 76, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (2006–2016).
• Felipe Colares, 29, Brazilian mixed martial artist, traffic collision.
• Mostafa Darwish, 43, Egyptian actor.
• Calvin Davis, 51, American hurdler, Olympic bronze medalist (1996).
• John Dunmore, 99, French-born New Zealand academic, historian and author.
• Gordon Lightfoot, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("Sundown", "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", "If You Could Read My Mind").
• Ola Lundberg, 81, Swedish actor (Anita och Televinken).
• Jordan Neely, 30, American vagrant, compression of the neck.
• G. R. Perera, 83, Sri Lankan actor (Welikathara, Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli, Aswesuma).
• Pugh Rogefeldt, 76, Swedish musician, complications from corticobasal degeneration.
• Eileen Saki, 79, Japanese-American actress (M*A*S*H, Splash, Policewomen), cancer.
• Gastón Tuset, 80, Mexican actor (Los ricos también lloran) and television director (Las dos caras de Ana, Querida enemiga).
• Brendan Walsh, 50, Irish hurler (Killeagh, Cork).
• Yang Hsiao-ping, 78, Chinese pop singer and actress.

April

30

• Ralph Boston, 83, American long jumper, Olympic champion (1960), stroke.
• Elizabeth Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch, 68, Scottish noble and philanthropist.
• Ian Crowden, 90, Australian cricketer (Tasmania).
• Havre de Grace, 16, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Ntate Daniel Kgwadi, 55–56, South African academic administrator, rector (2004–2014) and vice-chancellor (2014–2021) of the North-West University.
• Luis Larrosa, 65, Uruguayan Olympic basketball player (1984).
• Broderick Smith, 75, English-born Australian musician (Carson, The Dingoes) and actor.
• Lance Ten Broeck, 67, American professional golfer and caddie.
• Mihails Vasiļonoks, 74, Latvian ice hockey player (Dinamo Riga, Soviet Union national team), coach, and executive (HK Liepājas Metalurgs).
• Vyacheslav Zaitsev, 85, Russian fashion designer, gastrointestinal disease.
• Zhou Junliang, 98, Chinese hydraulic engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Jock Zonfrillo, 46, Scottish-Australian chef and television presenter (Restaurant Revolution, MasterChef Australia).

29

• Adam Brace, 43, British playwright and director.
• S. S. Chakravarthy, 55, Indian film producer (Raasi, Vaalee, Kadhal Sadugudu), cancer.
• Dream Alliance, 22, British Thoroughbred racehorse, Welsh Grand National winner (2009).
• Tony Duke, 76–77, English rugby league player (Hull), dementia.
• Edward J. Garcia, 94, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Eastern California (since 1984).
• Janet G. Mullins Grissom, 73, American lobbyist, White House director of political affairs (1992–1993), assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs (1989–1992).
• Sergei Kolesnikov, 68, Russian actor (Man with an Accordion, Daddy, Cold Souls) and television presenter.
• Yuri Korolyov, 60, Russian artistic gymnast, nine-time world champion.
• Nicolae Neagoe, 81, Romanian bobsledder, Olympic bronze medallist (1968).
• Holger Perfort, 97, Danish actor.
• Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, Islamist militant, caliph of the Islamic State (since 2022).
• Larry Rivers, 73, American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters), cancer.
• Eero Saari, 94, Finnish Olympic ice hockey player (1952).
• Don Sebesky, 85, American composer, arranger, and conductor (Giant Box, The Rape of El Morro).
• Mike Shannon, 83, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster, World Series champion (1964, 1967), stroke.
• Monina Solá, 89, Dominican actress.
• István Vágó, 74, Hungarian television host and political activist.

28

• Andrea Augello, 62, Italian politician, senator (2006–2018, since 2022).
• Tim Bachman, 71, Canadian guitarist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Brave Belt).
• LeRoy Carhart, 81, American physician, subject of After Tiller.
• Helge Engelke, 61, German guitarist (Fair Warning), colon cancer.
• Johnny Fean, 71, Irish guitarist (Horslips, Zen Alligators).
• Jim Fox, 81, British modern pentathlete, Olympic champion (1976).
• Ludmila Golubeva, 95, Russian actress (The Rumyantsev Case, Other People's Relatives, Dima Gorin's Career).
• James Gracie, 45, South African actor (Leading Lady, Eye in the Sky), screenwriter and producer (Semi-Soet).
• Robson Gracie, 88, Brazilian jujutsu master.
• Claude Gray, 91, American country music singer-songwriter ("Family Bible").
• Ranajit Guha, 99, Indian historian.
• David Jacobs, 45, Indonesian table tennis player, Paralympic bronze medallist (2012, 2020).
• Taini Jamison, 95, New Zealand netball coach (national team).
• Peter Lilienthal, 93, German film director (David, Das Autogramm, Dear Mr. Wonderful).
• Sergio Ottolina, 80, Italian Olympic sprinter (1964, 1968).
• Yuri Petrov, 48, Russian footballer (RKC, Twente, Volendam).
• Vincent Stewart, 64, Jamaican-born American Marine Corps general, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (2015–2017).
• Ben Tompkins, 93, American football referee (NFL).
• Ivan Vyskočil, 94, Czech theatre director, actor (Pearls of the Deep, A Report on the Party and the Guests, Mazaný Filip) and academic.

27

• Jean-Paul Costa, 81, French jurist, president of the European Court of Human Rights (2007–2011).
• Dame Rosemary Cramp, 93, English archaeologist and academic.
• Dick Groat, 92, American baseball (Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals) and basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons), World Series champion (1960, 1964), complications from a stroke.
• Wee Willie Harris, 90, English rock and roll singer.
• Harold Kushner, 88, American rabbi and author (When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Overcoming Life's Disappointments, When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough).
• Francis Macnab, 91, Australian Christian minister and psychologist, founder of the Cairnmillar Institute.
• Ray Minus, 58, Bahamian boxer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Gerald Nesbitt, 91, American football player (Ottawa Rough Riders, Arkansas Razorbacks).
• Giovanni Lombardo Radice, 68, Italian actor (The House on the Edge of the Park, Cannibal Apocalypse, City of the Living Dead).
• Ramiro Oliveros, 82, Spanish actor (Cannibal Apocalypse, Naked Therapy, Death's Newlyweds).
• Kaur Singh, 74, Indian boxer.
• Jerry Springer, 79, British-born American television host (The Jerry Springer Show, America's Got Talent) and politician, mayor of Cincinnati (1977–1978), pancreatic cancer.
• Wiktor Wysoczański, 84, Polish Old Catholic prelate, superior of the Polish Catholic Church (since 1995).
• Girma Yeshitilla, Ethiopian politician, shot.
• Barbara Young, 92, English actress (Coronation Street, I, Claudius, Last of the Summer Wine).
• Kaddour Brahim Zakaria, 76, Algerian television film director (Al-Mufattish Tāher Yusajjil al-Hadaf).

26

• Jerry Apodaca, 88, American politician, governor of New Mexico (1975–1979) and chair of the PCPFS (1978–1980).
• Michel Biron, 89, Canadian politician, senator (2001–2009).
• Vladimir Borisov, 75, Russian actor (Eternal Call, Pugachev, Mirror for a Hero).
• Boris Budnikov, 81, Russian sailor, Olympic silver medallist (1980).
• Chandan Ram Das, 65, Indian politician, Uttarakhand MLA (since 2007), cardiac arrest.
• Cilia van Dijk, 81, Dutch film producer (Anna & Bella), Oscar winner (1986).
• Tony Dreyfus, 84, French lawyer and politician, deputy (1997–2012).
• Isidore Fernandes, 76, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Allahabad (1988–2013), heart attack.
• Sonny Gordon, 57, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Saskatchewan Roughriders), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Sami Khayat, 79, Lebanese stage actor and comedian, bone cancer.
• Stew Leonard Sr., 93, American grocery store founder (Stew Leonard's).
• Roger Lise, 95, French politician, senator (1977–1995).
• Martin Lönnebo, 93, Swedish Lutheran clergyman, bishop of Linköping (1980–1994).
• Jay Mala, 64, Indian political activist, fall.
• Mamukkoya, 76, Indian actor (Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam, Perumazhakkalam, Innathe Chintha Vishayam) and comedian, heart attack.
• Stina Rautelin, 59, Finnish-Swedish actress (Beck, Fallet, Rederiet).
• Adela Ringuelet, 93, Argentine astronomer.
• Alzira Rufino, 73, Brazilian writer and social activist.
• Abbas-Ali Soleimani, 75, Iranian ayatollah, member of the Assembly of Experts (since 2005), shot.
• Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, Singaporean drug trafficker, execution by hanging.
• Tsung Hua, 79, Taiwanese actor (Duel for Gold, The Killer, The 14 Amazons).
• Zhang Jihui, 96, Chinese air force officer, deputy commander of PLAAF (1973–1978).

25

• Frank Agrama, 93, American film director (Queen Kong, Dawn of the Mummy) and producer, founder of Harmony Gold USA.
• Parkash Singh Badal, 95, Indian politician, minister of agriculture (1977) and four-time chief minister of Punjab, complications from bronchial asthma.
• Harry Belafonte, 96, American Hall of Fame musician ("The Banana Boat Song", "Jump in the Line"), actor (Odds Against Tomorrow), and civil rights activist, heart failure.
• Sir Winfried Bischoff, 81, German-born British banker, chairman of Citigroup (2007–2009) and Lloyds Banking Group (2009–2014).
• Gennadi Bogachyov, 78, Russian actor (Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Speed, Simple Things).
• Himangshu Mohan Choudhury, 83, Indian civil servant.
• John Cockcroft, 88, English journalist (Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph) and politician, MP (1974–1979).
• Carolyn Bryant Donham, 88, American storekeeper whose accusation led to murder of Emmett Till.
• Billy "The Kid" Emerson, 97, American singer-songwriter ("Red Hot", "When It Rains, It Really Pours").
• Ralph Humphrey, 79, American rock drummer (The Mothers of Invention).
• Hanna Johansen, 83, German-born Swiss writer (7×7 Tales of a Sevensleeper).
• Vera Krepkina, 90, Ukrainian long jumper, Olympic champion (1960).
• François Léotard, 81, French politician, minister of culture (1986–1988) and defence (1993–1995).
• Alapati Lui Mataeliga, 70, Samoan Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Samoa-Apia (since 2003) and superior of Tokelau (since 2015).
• Robin Mathews, 91, Canadian poet and activist.
• MoneySign Suede, 22, American rapper, stabbed.
• Matjaž Turk, 84, Slovenian actor.
• Pamela Turnure, 85, American press secretary (Jacqueline Kennedy), lung cancer.
• Roberto Urretavizcaya, 65, Argentine racecar driver (Turismo Carretera), complications from a traffic collision.
• Paul van Vliet, 87, Dutch comedian and UNICEF goodwill ambassador.
• Manfred Weiss, 88, German composer.

24

• Tomas Alibegov, 85, Russian banker, director general of Eurobank (1982–1987).
• David E. Carter, 80, American entrepreneur and writer, lymphoma.
• Șerban Ciochină, 83, Romanian Olympic triple jumper (1964, 1968). (death announced on this date)
• Fumio Demura, 84, Japanese martial artist.
• José Aníbal Díaz, 52, Puerto Rican politician, member of the House of Representatives (since 2015), cancer.
• Peter Enahoro, 88, Nigerian journalist (New African).
• Tarek Fatah, 73, Pakistani-Canadian journalist (Toronto Sun) and writer, cancer.
• Senahid Halilović, 65, Bosnian linguist, member of the ANUBH.
• Alejandro Hamed, 89, Paraguayan diplomat and politician, minister of foreign affairs (2008–2009).
• Ernst Huberty, 96, German-Luxembourgish sports journalist (Sportschau).
• Lilian Day Jackson, 63, American singer (Spargo).
• Sir Basil Markesinis, 78, Greek-British legal scholar, complications from dementia.
• Mike Pride, 76, American journalist (Concord Monitor) and writer.
• Dennis Ribant, 81, American baseball player (New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers).
• Gilbert Sheldon, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Steubenville (1992–2002) and auxiliary bishop of Cleveland (1976–1992).
• Casper R. Taylor Jr., 88, American politician, speaker (1994–2003) and member (1975–2003) of the Maryland House of Delegates.

23

• Anatoly Akentyev, 81, Russian Olympic cross-country skier (1968).
• Nikolay Bortsov, 77, Russian politician, MP (since 2003).
• Robert Forrest-Webb, 94, British author (And to My Nephew Albert I Leave the Island What I Won off Fatty Hagan in a Poker Game, The Great Dinosaur Robbery) and journalist.
• Keith Gattis, 52, American country music singer, songwriter ("El Cerrito Place", "When I See This Bar"), and producer, tractor accident.
• Randor Guy, 85, Indian lawyer, columnist (The Hindu, The Indian Express) and film historian.
• Yvonne Jacquette, 88, American painter.
• Zahoor Hussain Khoso, Pakistani politician, speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan (1990), lung cancer.
• Alton H. Maddox Jr., 77, American lawyer.
• Boris Markarov, 88, Russian water polo player, Olympic bronze medallist (1956).
• Warren Monson, 48, Australian sidecar speedway racer, race collision.
• Rainer Osselmann, 62, German water polo player, Olympic bronze medallist (1984).
• Robert Patrick, 85, American playwright, poet, and lyricist.
• Julie Paulsen Johannessen, 21, Norwegian shooter.
• Gemini Sankaran, 98, Indian circus owner.
• Jacy Miguel Scanagatta, 88, Brazilian politician, mayor of Cascavel (1977–1983).
• Frank Shu, 79, Chinese-American astrophysicist (density wave theory), president of the National Tsing Hua University (2002–2006) and member of the National Academy of Sciences.
• Dick Towers, 92, American football coach (Southern Illinois Salukis).
• Dzhasharbek Uzdenov, 56, Russian politician, MP (since 2021).
• Saša Vidić, 53, Serbian fashion designer, sepsis.
• Isaac Wiley Jr., 69, American drummer (Dazz Band).

22

• Mudar Badran, 89, Jordanian politician, prime minister (1976–1979, 1980–1984, 1989–1991).
• István Bajkai, 59, Hungarian politician, MP (since 2018).
• Hugh Byrne, 83, Irish politician, TD (1969–1982).
• Ron Cahute, 68, Canadian singer-songwriter and accordionist.
• James Chan Soon Cheong, 96, Malaysian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Melaka-Johor (1973–2001).
• Herb Douglas, 101, American long jumper, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).
• Marcela González Salas, 75, Mexican politician, president of the Chamber of Deputies (2006), cancer.
• Len Goodman, 78, English ballroom dancer, television presenter, and coach (Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing with the Stars), bone cancer.
• Barry Humphries, 89, Australian comedian (Dame Edna Everage) and actor (Bedazzled, Finding Nemo), complications from hip surgery.
• Ju Ming, 85, Taiwanese sculptor, suicide.
• Edmund Karwański, 94, Polish actor (Man of Marble, Death of a President, Ojciec królowej) and stage director.
• Rambahadur Limbu, 83, Nepali soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross, heart and kidney failure.
• Mick Loftus, 93, Irish Gaelic footballer (Mayo) and sports administrator, president of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1985–1988).
• Dale Meeks, 48, English actor (Emmerdale, Byker Grove), heart failure.
• Aleksei Muravlyov, 98, Russian composer (The White Poodle, Aladdin and His Magic Lamp, Vasili and Vasilisa).
• Mohamed Qanuaa, 49, Syrian actor (Maraya, Bab Al-Hara), heart attack.
• Emanuel V. Soriano, 86, Filipino engineer and academic administrator, president of the University of the Philippines (1979–1981).
• Ulf Sundqvist, 78, Finnish politician, minister of education (1972–1975) and trade (1979–1981).
• Juhn Atsushi Wada, 99, Japanese-born Canadian neurologist.

21

• Enver Baig, 77, Pakistani politician, senator (2003–2009) and chairperson of the BISP (2013–2014).
• Ernie Barrett, 93, American basketball player (Boston Celtics).
• Ernő Béres, 94, Hungarian Olympic long-distance runner (1952).
• Guillermo Calabrese, 61, Argentine chef (Cocineros argentinos), cardiorespiratory arrest.
• Mahulena Čejková, 86, Czech physician, politician (MP, 1990–1992) and official of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren.
• Maria Charles, 93, English actress (Agony, Hot Fuzz, Never the Twain).
• Mike Coulman, 78, English rugby league (Salford, national team) and union (national team) player.
• John A. Curry, 88, American academic administrator, president of Northeastern University (1989–1996).
• Mirella Giai, 93, Italian politician, senator (2008–2013).
• Trilochan Kanungo, 82, Indian politician, MP (1999–2004).
• David Knollys, 3rd Viscount Knollys, 91, British hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (1966–1999).
• Dalia Kuodytė, 61, Lithuanian historian and politician, MP (2008–2016).
• Emily Meggett, 90, American chef and author.
• Ivan Moscovich, 96, Yugoslav-born Dutch toy and game designer and Holocaust survivor.
• Ken Potts, 102, American World War II veteran, survivor of the attack on the USS Arizona.
• Sergio Rendine, 68, Italian composer, cultural manager and theatre director (Teatro Marrucino).
• Ted Richards, 76, American cartoonist, lung cancer.
• Juan Carlos Sarnari, 81, Argentine footballer (River Plate, Santa Fe, national team).
• Kate Saunders, 62, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh: The Best Bear in All the World), journalist and actress (Angels), cancer.
• Mark Stewart, 62, English musician (The Pop Group) and songwriter ("She Is Beyond Good and Evil", "This Is Stranger Than Love").
• John Tranter, 79, Australian poet, founder of Jacket.

20

• Rana Cabbar, 78, Turkish actor (Hercai, O Hayat Benim, Kadın).
• Pamela Chopra, 75, Indian playback singer (Kabhi Kabhie, Kaala Patthar, Chandni), pneumonia.
• Marek Fila, 63, Slovak mathematician.
• Josep Maria Fusté, 82, Spanish footballer (Barcelona, Hércules, national team).
• Salma Khadra Jayyusi, 95, Palestinian poet and anthropologist, founder of PROTA.
• Ada Mello, 69, Brazilian social worker and politician, senator (2008–2009), lung cancer.
• Seo Se-won, 67, South Korean comedy actor and broadcaster.
• Moshe Stern, 87, Hungarian-born Israeli cantor.
• John Wright, 79, American film editor (The Hunt for Red October, Speed, X-Men), cancer.
• Kenji Yonekura, 88, Japanese Olympic boxer (1956).

19

• Boris Bjarni Akbashev, 89, Soviet-born Icelandic handball player (Soviet Union national team) and coach (Hapoel Rishon LeZion, Valur).
• Alfonso Araújo Cotes, 99, Colombian politician, governor of Cesar Department (1968–1970, 1975–1977).
• Bob Berry, 81, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons).
• Angelo Carella, 73, Italian football player (Bari, Matera, Lecce) and manager.
• Robert Dean, 67, American Olympic handball player (1976).
• Yehonatan Geffen, 76, Israeli author, poet and songwriter.
• Todd Haimes, 66, American artistic director.
• Ron "Patch" Hamilton, 72, American Christian singer-songwriter, preacher, and voice actor.
• Shahidul Haque Khan, 74, Bangladeshi film director and lyricist, cancer.
• Giuseppe Lacarra, 36, Italian footballer (Chieti, Matera, Monopoli).
• Lin Hui, 21, Chinese-born Thai giant panda.
• Bob Maguire, 88, Australian Roman Catholic priest, subject of In Bob We Trust.
• Sanda Manu, 89, Romanian actress and movie director.
• Peter Martin, 81, English actor (Emmerdale, The Royle Family, Brassed Off).
• Volodymyr Melnychenko, 91, Ukrainian visual artist, sculptor, and architect.
• Moonbin, 25, South Korean singer (Astro), actor (Boys Over Flowers, At Eighteen) and dancer.
• Jeremy Nobis, 52, American Olympic alpine skier (1994).
• Harriet Nordlund, 68, Swedish actress.
• Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, 86, Belgian politician, twice president of the Chamber of Representatives, minister of foreign affairs (1980–1981) and the interior (1981–1986).
• Victor Nunweiller, 81, Romanian footballer (Dinamo București).
• Coulter Osborne, 88, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1956) and arbitrator, integrity commissioner of Ontario (2001–2007).
• Elena Pampoulova, 50, Bulgarian Olympic tennis player (1992).
• Martin Petzold, 67, German classical tenor (Thomanerchor).
• Ed Picson, 69, Filipino sportscaster (Philippine Basketball Association), sports administrator, and columnist.
• Luc Portelance, 63, Canadian police officer, president of the Canada Border Services Agency (2010–2015).
• Otis Redding III, 59, American singer and guitarist (The Reddings), cancer.
• Richard Riordan, 92, American investment banker, businessman and politician, mayor of Los Angeles (1993–2001).
• Carlo Saba, 54, Indonesian singer (Kahitna), heart disease.
• Federico Salvatore, 63, Italian singer-songwriter and comedian, complications from a cerebal haemorrhage.
• Takeo Shiina, 93, Japanese business executive.
• Bud Shuster, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–2001), complications from a fractured hip.
• Gloria Cranmer Webster, 91, Canadian writer, activist, and museum curator.
• I Ketut Wiana, 77, Indonesian Hindu scholar.
• Dave Wilcox, 80, American Hall of Fame football player (San Francisco 49ers).

18

• Väino Aren, 89, Estonian actor and ballet dancer.
• Abdul Azeem, 62, Indian cricketer (Hyderabad), kidney failure.
• Stephan Cohen, 51, French pocket billiards player, heart attack.
• Sergio DeFassio, 70, Mexican comedian and actor (Las vías del amor, Serafín, Amigas y rivales).
• Boris Fausto, 92, Brazilian historian.
• Alfred L. Goldberg, 80, American biochemist and academic.
• Pablo González Casanova, 101, Mexican lawyer, sociologist and historian.
• Joel Hochberg, 87, American businessman, president of Rare.
• Evan Jones, 95, Jamaican poet, playwright and screenwriter (Eva, Modesty Blaise, Escape to Victory).
• Víctor Marrero Padilla, 84, Puerto Rican politician, senator (1993–2000).
• Willie McCarter, 76, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Portland Trail Blazers) and coach (Detroit Mercy Titans).
• Don McIlhenny, 88, American football player (Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys).
• Nimrod Mkono, 79, Tanzanian politician, MP (2000–2015).
• Chandita Mukherjee, 70, Indian documentary film director (Bharat Ki Chhap).
• Colm Murphy, 70, Irish republican and convicted arms trafficker (Omagh bombing), degenerative lung disease.
• Allu Ramesh, 52, Indian actor (Ravana Desam, Kerintha) and comedian, cardiac arrest.
• Harold Riley, 88, English painter.
• Albert del Rosario, 83, Filipino diplomat, secretary of foreign affairs (2011–2016) and ambassador to the United States (2001–2006).
• Vadym Shevchenko, 66, Ukrainian football player (Avanhard Rivne, CSKA Kyiv, Nyva Bereshany) and referee.
• Ajai Singh, 88, Indian military officer, governor of Assam (2003–2008).
• Charles Stanley, 90, American pastor and televangelist, president of the Southern Baptist Convention (1984–1986) and founder of In Touch Ministries.
• Oleksandr Tartyshnikov, 80, Ukrainian actor.
• Lensley Wolfe, 85, Jamaican jurist, chief justice (1996–2007).
• Zdeněk Ziegler, 90, Czech graphic designer, typographer and academic.

17

• Oleh Barna, 55, Ukrainian human rights activist and politician, MP (2014–2019), shot.
• Ivan Conti, 76, Brazilian drummer (Azymuth).
• Viktoriya Divak, 29, Russian handball player (Astrakhanochka, Kuban Krasnodar).
• Josip Duvančić, 87, Croatian football player (Partizan, İzmirspor) and manager (Sarıyer).
• Jim Gillis, 64, American journalist and newspaper columnist (The Newport Daily News).
• Rein Jansma, 63, Dutch architect (ZJA).
• Maxine Klibingaitis, 58, Australian actress (Prisoner, Neighbours, Hampton Court).
• Lázár Lovász, 80, Hungarian hammer thrower, Olympic bronze medallist (1968).
• Morena Marjanović, 36, Croatian pop singer and reality television contestant, leukemia.
• Luis Márquez Martín, 51, Spanish footballer (Real Betis, Real Valladolid, Real Jaén).
• James Melcher, 83, American hedge fund manager and Olympic fencer (1972).
• Ernst Oberaigner, 90, Austrian Olympic alpine skier (1960).
• Randy Seiler, 76, American attorney, U.S. attorney for the district of South Dakota (2015–2017), complications from a heart attack.
• Pavlo Shkapenko, 50, Ukrainian footballer (Dynamo Kyiv, Torpedo Moscow, national team).
• Chris Smith, 31, American football player (Jacksonville Jaguars, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns).
• April Stevens, 93, American singer ("Deep Purple", "Whispering"), Grammy winner (1964).
• Nikita Storojev, 73, Russian-American operatic singer.
• Ronald R. Thomas, 74, American academic administrator, president of the University of Puget Sound (2003–2016).
• Virgilio Tosi, 97, Italian documentary filmmaker.
• Bente Træen, 64, Norwegian sexologist, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Shlomo Yitzhaki, 79, Iraqi-born Israeli economist, director of the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (2002–2012).

16

• Paul Aizley, 87, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly (2009–2017).
• Chuck Ciprich, 81, American racing driver, cancer.
• Eddie Colquhoun, 78, Scottish footballer (Bury, West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United).
• Gary Eddy, 78, Australian Olympic sprinter (1964).
• Ahmad Jamal, 92, American jazz pianist, prostate cancer.
• Slobodan Lalović, 68, Serbian politician, minister of labour, employment, and social policy (2004–2007).
• Darryl Lenox, 56–57, American comedian.
• Cesare Marchetti, 95, Italian physicist (Marchetti's constant).
• Antônio Celso Queiroz, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of São Paulo (1975–2000) and bishop of Catanduva (2000–2009).
• Gregorios Elias Tabé, 82, Syrian Syriac Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1996–1997), coadjutor archbishop (1997–1999) and archbishop (2001–2019) of Damascus.

15

• Atiq Ahmed, 60, Indian politician and gangster, MP (2004–2009) and Uttar Pradesh MLA (1989–2004), shot.
• Peter Badie, 97, American jazz bass player.
• Mario Fratti, 95, Italian playwright.
• Maryellen Goodwin, 58, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate (since 1987), colorectal cancer.
• Katerina Helmi, 83, Greek actress (Law 4000, Iligos, The Red Lanterns).
• V.T. Joseph, 89, Indian actor (Puthradharmam).
• Johannes Karavidopoulos, 86, Greek biblical scholar.
• Beatrice Marshoff, 65, South African politician, MP (1994–1999) and premier of the Free State (2004–2009).
• Lynda Myles, 83, American television writer (Santa Barbara, Loving, As the World Turns), actress and playwright.
• Mufti Abdul Shakoor, 55, Pakistani politician, minister for religious affairs and inter-faith harmony (since 2022) and MP (since 2018), traffic collision.
• Bill Thomas, 91, American college basketball coach (Missouri State Bears).
• Faith Thomas, 90, Australian cricketer (South Australia, national team).
• Kanithi Viswanatham, 90, Indian politician, MP (1989–1996).
• Francisco Viti, 89, Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Menongue (1975–1986) and archbishop of Huambo (1986–2003).

14

• Egil Abrahamsen, 100, Norwegian marine engineer.
• Emad Afroogh, 65, Iranian sociologist and politician, MP (2004–2008), cancer.
• Ken Archer, 95, Australian cricketer (Queensland, national team) and broadcaster.
• Mark Arneson, 73, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Juan Avilés Farré, 73, Spanish historian, cancer.
• Irma Blank, 88, German-Italian painter and graphic artist.
• Enore Boscolo, 93, Italian footballer (Triestina, Padova, Udinese).
• Bill Bradbury, 73, American politician, secretary of state of Oregon (1999–2009), member (1985–1995) and president (1993–1994) of the State Senate.
• Voldemar Dundur, 85, Russian Olympic rower (1960).
• Emmanuel Ebiede, 45, Nigerian footballer (SC Heerenveen, Ashdod, national team).
• Sylvie Fanchon, 70, Kenyan-born French contemporary painter.
• Cliff Fish, 73, British bassist (Paper Lace), cancer.
• Dave Frost, 70, American baseball player (California Angels).
• Shane Gough, 5th Viscount Gough, 81, British hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (1951–1999).
• George van Heukelom, 73, Dutch politician, member of the provincial executive of Zeeland (2003–2015).
• Ed Koren, 87, American cartoonist (The New Yorker), lung cancer.
• Peter Lin Jiashan, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor bishop (1997–2010) and archbishop (since 2010) of Fuzhou.
• Luigi Mele, 85, Italian racing cyclist.
• Murray Melvin, 90, English actor (Alfie, Lisztomania, Barry Lyndon).
• Kensei Mizote, 80, Japanese politician, MP (1993–2019), complications from a stroke.
• Andy Mullen, 94, English footballer (Aston Villa, South Shields, Workington). (death announced on this date)
• Lonnie Napier, 82, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1985–2013).
• Abel Posse, 89, Argentine novelist and diplomat.
• Bob Potter, 94, British businessman, founder of Lakeside Leisure Complex.
• Luc Sala, 73, Dutch businessman and writer.
• Mark Sheehan, 46, Irish guitarist (The Script) and songwriter ("Breakeven", "Hall of Fame").
• James M. Skibo, 63, American archaeologist.
• Garn Stephens, 78, American actress (Phyllis, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, The Sunshine Boys). (death announced on this date)
• Alec Stockwell, 73, Canadian actor (Crimson Peak, The Second Time Around, The Silencing) and stage director.
• Marilyn Ruth Take, 95, Canadian Olympic figure skater (1948).
• Akira Tamba, 90, Japanese-French composer and musicologist.
• George Verwer, 84, American evangelist, founder of Operation Mobilisation, sarcoma.
• Bob Vidler, 66, Australian cricketer (New South Wales), motor neuron disease.
• Margareta Wallenius-Kleberg, 85, Swedish business magnate (Wallenius Lines).
• Vanik Zakaryan, 87, Armenian mathematician and chess player.

13

• Mike Baxes, 92, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics).
• Craig Breen, 33, Irish rally driver, rally car collision.
• Willie Callaghan, 56, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Cowdenbeath, Livingston).
• József Cserkuti, 76, Hungarian rally driver.
• Tibor Debreceni, 76, Hungarian Olympic road racing cyclist (1972).
• Eduardo Heras León, 82, Cuban writer.
• Lorenzo Holzknecht, 38, Italian ski mountaineer, world champion (2010), avalanche.
• Julia Ituma, 18, Italian volleyball player (Igor Gorgonzola Novara, national team), fall.
• Norm Kent, 73, American attorney and gay rights activist, pancreatic cancer.
• Stanko Klinar, 89, Slovenian writer and translator.
• Eberhard W. Kornfeld, 99, Swiss auctioneer, author, and art dealer.
• Larry LeGrande, 83, American baseball player (Memphis Red Sox, Detroit Stars, Kansas City Monarchs).
• Don Leppert, 91, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Senators).
• Marilyn McReavy, 78, American Olympic volleyball player (1968).
• Rabey Hasani Nadwi, 93, Indian Islamic scholar, chancellor of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama (since 2000) and president of AIMPLB (since 2002).
• Dame Mary Quant, 93, British fashion designer.
• Josef Schütz, 102, Lithuanian-born German Nazi concentration camp guard (Sachsenhausen).
• Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, 76, Nepali Tibetan Buddhist lama, founder of FPMT, respiratory failure.

12

• Ivo Babuška, 97, Czech-American mathematician (Babuška–Lax–Milgram theorem, Ladyzhenskaya–Babuška–Brezzi condition).
• Eduard Bagirov, 47, Russian writer, radio presenter, and politician, multiple organ failure.
• Carolyn Long Banks, 82, American civil rights activist and politician, member of the Atlanta City Council (1980–1997).
• Uttara Baokar, 79, Indian actress (Ek Din Achanak, Sardari Begum, Samhita).
• James Bradley, 67, American basketball player (Pallacanestro Trieste).
• Jacques Gaillot, 87, French Roman Catholic prelate and social activist, bishop of Évreux (1982–1995).
• Louis Gaskin, 56, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• David Hurles, 78, American gay pornography distributor.
• Radoslav Kunzo, 48, Slovak footballer (Inter Bratislava, Kapfenberger SV). (body discovered on this date)
• Keshub Mahindra, 99, Indian automotive executive, chairman of Mahindra Group (1963–2012).
• Tamilla Nasirova, 86, Azerbaijiani mathematician.
• Senan Louis O'Donnell, 96, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Maiduguri (1993–2003).
• Gianfranco Palazzoli, 89, Italian racing driver and manager, complications from a fall.
• Bryn Parry, 66, British cartoonist and charity worker, co-founder of Help for Heroes, pancreatic cancer.
• Jah Shaka, 75, Jamaican dub and reggae sound system operator.
• Yō Takeyama, 76, Japanese screenwriter, septic shock.
• Megan Terry, 90, American playwright (Viet Rock).
• Doug Tibbles, 83, American television writer (Bewitched, My Three Sons) and drummer (The Stone Coyotes).
• Blair Tindall, 63, American oboeist and journalist, heart disease.
• G. I. Williamson, 97, American theologian, pastor, and author.
• Takaaki Yamazaki, 79, Japanese politician, mayor of Kōtō (since 2007).

11

• George Bobolas, 95, Greek media executive (Mega Channel).
• Zafrullah Chowdhury, 81, Bangladeshi public health activist.
• Joan Clark, 88, Canadian author (The Hand of Robin Squires).
• Cynara, 78, Brazilian singer (Quarteto em Cy).
• Miguel Escobar, 77, Colombian footballer (Deportivo Cali, Independiente Santa Fe, national team).
• Alan Herbert, 78, Canadian politician, member of the Vancouver City Council (1996–1999).
• Jung Chae-yul, 26, South Korean actress (Zombie Detective).
• Emlain Kabua, 95, Marshallese socialite, designer of the national flag.
• Lotti Krekel, 81, German actress (The True Jacob, Willy the Private Detective, Robert and Bertram) and singer.
• Carol Locatell, 82, American actress (Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, Coffy, The Family Stone), cancer.
• Tibisay Lucena, 63, Venezuelan civil servant, president of the national electoral council (2006–2020).
• Jerry Mander, 86, American activist and author (Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television).
• Chinwoke Mbadinuju, 77, Nigerian politician, governor of Anambra State (1999–2003).
• Stanislav Mitin, 72, Russian stage and film director and screenwriter (Family Name, Lyubka).
• Dana Němcová, 89, Czech psychologist and dissident (Charter 77, Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted).
• John Olsen, 95, Australian visual artist.
• John O'Shaughnessy, 95, British academic.
• Sandro Panseri, 78, Italian actor (Il Posto, Made in Italy).
• Freddie Scappaticci, 76, Northern Irish PIRA leader. (death announced on this date)
• Meir Shalev, 74, Israeli author and newspaper columnist (Yedioth Ahronoth), cancer.
• Maelíosa Stafford, 66–67, Irish-Australian actor (The Fantasist, Quigley Down Under, Me Myself I) and stage director.
• Lesley Swick Van Ness, 42, American television news anchor (WGEM).
• Drago Tršar, 95, Slovenian sculptor.
• Donald Voet, 84, American biochemist.
• Maya Wildevuur, 78, Dutch painter.

10

• Gad Barzilai, 65, Israeli lawyer and political scientist.
• Andrzej Bławdzin, 84, Polish Olympic cyclist (1964, 1968).
• Nimi Briggs, 79, Nigerian academic.
• Kun Daravann, 70, Cambodian actor.
• Jane Davis Doggett, 93, American graphic designer.
• Paul Furlan, 60, Belgian politician, Wallonia MP (1999–2009), cancer.
• Richard Ieyoub, 78, American politician, attorney general of Louisiana (1992–2004).
• Al Jaffee, 102, American cartoonist (Mad, Trump, Humbug), multiple organ failure.
• Pierre Lacotte, 91, French ballet dancer and choreographer, sepsis.
• Frank Lasky, 81, American football player (New York Giants, Montreal Alouettes).
• Pat Magner, 82, Irish politician, senator (1981–1982, 1983–1987, 1993–1997).
• Anne Perry, 84, British author (Thomas Pitt, William Monk) and convicted murderer.
• K. V. Ramanathan, 90, Indian children's writer.
• Fernando Sánchez Dragó, 86, Spanish writer and journalist, heart attack.
• Raymond Sawada, 38, Canadian ice hockey player (Dallas Stars), heart attack.
• Danny Schur, 56, Canadian composer (Strike!), brain cancer.
• Hervé Temime, 65, French lawyer.
• John Joe Walsh, 82, Irish Gaelic footballer (St Laurence's, St Mary's Rochfortbridge, Kildare).
• Ronald Whyte, 80, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern California (since 1992).
• Rick Wolff, 71, American writer and radio host, brain cancer.

9

• Dario Acquaroli, 48, Italian mountain bike racer, heart attack.
• Walter Asbil, 90, Canadian Anglican clergyman, bishop of Niagara (1991–1997).
• Nicolás Eduardo Becerra, 80, Argentine attorney.
• Karl Berger, 88, German-American jazz pianist, composer, and educator (Creative Music Studio).
• Bruria David, 84, American-Israeli rebbetzin, founder of Beth Jacob Jerusalem.
• Valter Dešpalj, 75, Croatian cellist.
• Alexander J. Dessler, 94, American planetary scientist.
• Donald W. Ernst, 89, American film editor (The Brave Little Toaster, The Lord of the Rings) and producer (Fantasia 2000).
• Ettore Fiorini, 89, Italian physicist.
• Max Hazelton, 95, Australian aviator and businessman, founder of Hazelton Airlines.
• Paul Hinrichs, 97, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).
• Anatoly Makagonov, 90, Russian volleyball player (Soviet Union national team) and coach.
• Chuck Morris, 46, American percussionist (Lotus). (body discovered on this date)
• Baker Abdel Munem, 80, Palestinian diplomat.
• Richard Ng, 83, Hong Kong actor (The Private Eyes, Winners and Sinners, Beyond the Sunset), cardiac arrest.
• Huub Oosterhuis, 89, Dutch theologian and poet ("Ik sta voor U in leegte en gemis").
• Justin Owen, 26, American racing driver, race crash.
• Fred Pancoast, 90, American football coach (Vanderbilt Commodores, Memphis State Tigers, Tampa Spartans).
• Andrew Phillips, Baron Phillips of Sudbury, 84, British solicitor and politician, member of the House of Lords (1998–2015), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Muhammad Rapsel Ali, 51, Indonesian businessman and politician, MP (since 2019), heart attack.
• Valda Setterfield, 88, British-born American dancer, pneumonia.
• Dick Springer, 75, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1981–1989) and Senate (1989–1995), heart attack.
• Holger Sundström, 97, Swedish sailor, Olympic bronze medallist (1964).
• James Timlin, 95, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1976–1984) and bishop (1984–2003) of Scranton.
• Jalabala Vaidya, 86, Indian stage actress, respiratory failure.
• Vadim Volkov, 59, Russian actor (Streets of Broken Lights, Brezhnev, The Fall of the Empire).
• Philip Wilcocks, 69, British Royal Navy rear admiral.
• Hidehiko Yamamoto, 87, Japanese politician, governor of Yamanashi Prefecture (2003–2007), mayor of Kōfu (1991–2002).
• Tom Yurkovich, 87, American Olympic ice hockey player (1964).

8

• Bola Ajibola, 89, Nigerian jurist, minister of justice and attorney general (1985–1991), judge of the International Court of Justice (1991–1994).
• Matt Baldwin, 96, Canadian curler.
• Manuel Baptista, 87, Portuguese artist.
• Deborah Brown, 95, Northern Irish sculptor.
• Dan Callikan, 75, Mauritian politician, political adviser, and author.
• Djene Kaba Condé, 62–63, Guinean socialite, first lady (2010–2021).
• Simon France, 64, New Zealand jurist, judge of the High Court (2005–2022) and Court of Appeal (2022–2023).
• Bob Heatlie, 76, Scottish songwriter ("Japanese Boy", "Cry Just a Little Bit", "Merry Christmas Everyone") and record producer.
• Elizabeth Hubbard, 89, American actress (The Doctors, As the World Turns, Ordinary People), cancer.
• Michael Lerner, 81, American actor (Barton Fink, Eight Men Out, Elf).
• Frankie Lucas, 69, Vincentian boxer.
• Kenneth McAlpine, 102, English racing driver.
• Rami Meir, 60, Azerbaijani-born Israeli artist, poet, and singer.
• Andreas K. W. Meyer, 64, German dramaturge, playwright and opera manager (Oper Bonn), heart failure.
• Judith Miller, 71, British antiques expert and broadcaster (Antiques Roadshow).
• William Newton-Smith, 79, Canadian philosopher.
• Valérie Oka, 56, Ivorian artist and designer.
• Peter Palmér, 83, Swedish actor (Rederiet, Skilda världar).
• Murod Rajabov, 73, Uzbek actor (Shikari), film director and screenwriter.
• Paulo de Tarso Sanseverino, 63, Brazilian judge and academic, magistrate of the Superior Court of Justice (since 2010), cancer.
• Mickey Slaughter, 81, American football player (Denver Broncos).
• Otto Thomas Solbrig, 92, Argentine evolutionary biologist and botanist.
• Norman H. Stahl, 92, American jurist, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (since 1992) and the U.S. District Court for New Hampshire (1990–1992).
• Rebecka Teper, 50, Swedish actress (Solsidan, Morden i Sandhamn, Bonus Family).
• Andres Valdes, 86, Cuban-born Slovene mime artist.
• Isi Yanouka, Israeli diplomat, ambassador to Ivory Coast (2013–2016) and Cameroon (since 2016).
• András Zsinka, 75, Hungarian Olympic middle-distance runner (1972).

7

• Ian Bairnson, 69, Scottish musician (The Alan Parsons Project, Pilot, Kate Bush).
• Larisa Bergen, 73, Kazakhstani volleyball player, Olympic silver medallist (1976).
• Philippe Bouvatier, 58, French Olympic cyclist (1984), complications from a stroke.
• Kalamandalam Devaki, 76, Indian Ottan Thullal dancer.
• Ben Ferencz, 103, Hungarian-American lawyer (Einsatzgruppen trial).
• Carl Fischer, 98, American art director and photographer.
• Prabir Ghosh, 78, Indian writer and skeptic, founder of the Science and Rationalists' Association of India.
• Billy Hahn, 69, American basketball coach (Ohio Bobcats, La Salle Explorers, West Virginia Mountaineers).
• Bruce Haigh, 77, Australian diplomat and political commentator, cancer.
• Tracy Johnson, 56, American football player (Houston Oilers, Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks), cancer.
• Kidd Jordan, 87, American jazz saxophonist.
• William Myles Knighton, 91, British civil servant.
• Elisabeth Kopp, 86, Swiss politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council and minister of justice and police (1984–1989).
• Harry Lorayne, 96, American magician.
• Steve H. Murdock, 74, American sociologist, director of the United States Census Bureau (2008–2009).
• Elizabeth Murray, 63, British medical practitioner and academic, breast cancer.
• Aleksandr Negreba, 61, Russian actor (Little Vera, How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea, Dyuba-Dyuba).
• Rachel Pollack, 77, American author (Unquenchable Fire) and comic book writer (Doom Patrol), Hodgkin lymphoma.
• John Regan, 71, American bass guitarist (Frehley's Comet).
• Gareth Richards, 43, British comedian and radio host, injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
• Inés Sánchez, 91, Cuban-Costa Rican journalist.
• Charles Scriver, 92, Canadian pediatrician and geneticist.
• Priyani Soysa, 97, Sri Lankan paediatrician.
• Sherine El Tahan, 46, Egyptian actress, cancer.
• Antonio Tarín García, 47, Mexican politician, suicide by jumping.
• James W. Valentine, 96, American evolutionary biologist.
• Lasse Wellander, 70, Swedish guitarist (ABBA).
• Wolfgang Wild, 92, German nuclear physicist and academic administrator, president of the Technical University of Munich (1980–1986).

6

• Jim Caldwell, 80, American basketball player (New York Knicks), heart condition.
• Paul Cattermole, 46, English singer (S Club 7).
• Rawle Douglin, 90, Trinidadian Anglican clergyman, bishop of Trinidad and Tobago (1993–2001).
• Nora Forster, 80, German music promoter (The Slits, Sex Pistols, The Clash), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Bill Hellmuth, 69, American architect, chairman of HOK (since 2005).
• Nicola Heywood-Thomas, 67, Welsh broadcaster and journalist (BBC Radio Wales, HTV).
• Ingvar Hirdwall, 88, Swedish actor (Beck, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Children's Island).
• Hobie Landrith, 93, American baseball player (New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants).
• Jagarnath Mahto, 56, Indian politician, Jharkhand MLA (since 2014), complications from lung transplant.
• Jim McKeever, 92, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Derry, Ballymaguigan, Newbridge).
• Nei Paulo Moretto, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Cruz Alta (1973–1976), coadjutor bishop (1976–1983) and bishop (1983–2011) of Caxias do Sul.
• Kent C. Nelson, 85, American businessman, CEO of United Parcel Service (1989–1996), complications from COVID-19.
• Bruce Petty, 93, Australian cartoonist and animator (Leisure).
• Josep Piqué, 68, Spanish businessman and politician, minister of foreign affairs (2000–2002) and twice of industry, chairman of Vueling (2007–2013), cancer.
• Norman Reynolds, 89, British production designer (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Empire of the Sun), Oscar winner (1978, 1982).
• Mimi Sheraton, 97, American food critic (The New York Times, The Daily Beast).
• Volodymyr Stretovych, 64, Ukrainian politician, MP (1994–1998, 2002–2012), traffic collision.
• Taeko Tomioka, 87, Japanese writer.

5

• Anne Agius Ferrante, 97, Maltese politician, MP (1980–1981).
• Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki, 93, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Hoima (1969–1991).
• Malika El Aroud, 64, Belgian-Moroccan jihadist.
• Harrison Bankhead, 68, American jazz double bassist.
• Bill Butler, 101, American cinematographer (Jaws, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Grease).
• Nancy Detert, 78, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (2008–2016) and House of Representatives (1998–2006).
• Jan Dorrestein, 77, Dutch golfer.
• Duško Gojković, 91, Serbian jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger.
• Sergio Gori, 77, Italian footballer (Inter, Cagliari, Juventus).
• Masanori Hata, 87, Japanese zoologist, essayist and film director (The Adventures of Milo and Otis).
• Cedric Henderson, 57, American basketball player (Atlanta Hawks, Albany Patroons, Olympique Antibes).
• Ismail Mahmud Hurre, 80, Somali politician, minister of foreign affairs (2000–2002, 2006–2007).
• Leon Levine, 85, American businessman, founder of Family Dollar.
• Ian McIntosh, 84, Zimbabwean rugby union coach (Natal, South Africa national team, Zimbabwe national team), cancer.
• Ross Murray, 89, New Zealand amateur golfer.
• Khalid Naciri, 77, Moroccan politician, minister of communications (2007–2012).
• Sudhir Naik, 78, Indian cricketer (Mumbai, national team).
• Booker Newberry III, 67, American singer ("Love Town") and keyboardist.
• Kiumars Pourahmad, 73, Iranian film director (Strange Sisters, The Night Bus, Blade and Termeh), screenwriter, and producer, suicide by hanging.
• Rokeya Afzal Rahman, 82, Bangladeshi women's rights activist.
• Hugo Rodríguez Chinchilla, 47, Guatemalan politician, deputy (since 2020), pneumonia.

4

• David Bartholomae, 75, American scholar, head and neck cancer.
• Bokito, 27, German-born Dutch western gorilla, heart failure.
• Ethan Boyes, 44, American track cyclist, traffic collision.
• Craig Breedlove, 86, American racecar driver, cancer.
• Suneet Chopra, 81, Indian trade unionist.
• Cui Naifu, 94, Chinese politician, minister of civil affairs (1982–1993).
• Andrés García, 81, Dominican-Mexican actor (Tú o nadie, The Bermuda Triangle, Manaos).
• Birger Jensen, 72, Danish footballer (Club Brugge, national team).
• Bob Lee, 43, American tech executive, founder of Cash App, stabbed.
• Marian Marzyński, 85, Polish-American documentary filmmaker.
• Tea Petrin, 78, Slovenian economist and politician.
• Rockstar Ramani Ammal, 69, Indian playback singer (Kathavarayan, Haridas, Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja).
• Maria Sebaldt, 92, German actress (Ich heirate eine Familie, Die Wicherts von nebenan, The Story of Anastasia).
• Vivian Trimble, 59, American musician (Luscious Jackson, Dusty Trails, Kostars), cancer.
• Billy Waugh, 93, American Special Forces army soldier.

3

• William M. Barker, 81, American jurist, chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court (1995–2009).
• Neal Boenzi, 97, American photographer.
• Mario Božić, 39, Bosnian footballer (Slovan Bratislava, Videoton Fehérvár, national team).
• Nico Cirasola, 71, Italian film director, screenwriter and actor (The Wholly Family).
• David Finfer, 80, American film editor (The Fugitive, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause), complications from a heart attack.
• Greg Francis, 48, Canadian Olympic basketball player (2000).
• Heklina, 55, American drag queen and actor.
• Rena Koumioti, 81, Greek new wave singer.
• Jane LaTour, 76, American labor activist and journalist, lung cancer.
• Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, 91, British politician, MP (1974–1992) and member of the House of Lords (1992–2022), chancellor of the Exchequer (1983–1989), bronchopneumonia.
• Roy McGrath, 53, American public official and fugitive, chief of staff to the governor of Maryland (2020), shot.
• Enrique Mendoza, 77, Venezuelan politician, governor of Miranda (1995–2004) and mayor of Sucre Municipality (1989–1995), leukemia.
• Kristaq Mitro, 77, Albanian film director.
• T. B. Radhakrishnan, 63, Indian jurist, judge of the Kerala High Court (2004–2017), chief justice of Calcutta High Court (2019–2021) and Chhattisgarh High Court (2017–2018).
• Michael Roberts, 75, British fashion journalist.
• Gershon Rorich, 49, South African Olympic volleyball player (2004), cancer.
• Herb Rule, 87, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives.
• Konstantinos Staikos, 80, Greek architect and historian.
• Tu Tongjin, 108, Chinese military officer and neurosurgeon, president of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences (1977–1983).
• Jack Vreeswijk, 59, Swedish singer and composer (Cornelis), colon cancer.
• Galarrwuy Yunupingu, 74, Australian indigenous land rights activist.
• Marjorie Ziff, 93, British philanthropist.

2

• Gilbert Bailliu, 86, Belgian footballer (Cercle Brugge, Club Brugge).
• José Jovêncio Balestieri, 83, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Humaitá (1991–1998), coadjutor bishop (1998–2000) and bishop (2000–2008) of Rio do Sul.
• Bushwhacker Butch, 78, New Zealand Hall of Fame professional wrestler (WWF, WWC, PNW).
• Max Crabtree, 90, English professional wrestler and promoter (Joint Promotions).
• Salim Durani, 88, Afghan-born Indian cricketer (Gujarat, Rajasthan, India national team), cancer.
• Toni Elling, 94, American burlesque dancer.
• Judy Farrell, 84, American actress (M*A*S*H) and television writer (Port Charles), complications from a stroke.
• Wolfgang Gerz, 70, German Olympic sailor (1984).
• Frank Gilliam, 89, American football player (Iowa Hawkeyes, Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
• Aram Karam, 93, Iraqi footballer (national team).
• Haziqul Khairi, 91, Pakistani jurist, chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court (2006–2009).
• Pedro Lavirgen, 92, Spanish tenor.
• Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen, 78, Danish art historian.
• Raúl Padilla López, 68, Mexican academic, rector of the University of Guadalajara (1989–1995), suicide by gunshot.
• William Persson, 95, British Anglican prelate, bishop of Doncaster (1982–1992).
• Luigi Raffin, 86, Italian football player (Biellese, Venezia, Brescia) and manager.
• Michael Saywell, 80, British Olympic equestrian (1972).
• Seymour Stein, 80, American Hall of Fame music executive, co-founder of Sire Records, cancer.
• Vladlen Tatarsky, 40, Russian blogger, explosion.
• Igor Vysotsky, 69, Russian boxer.
• Ian Watson, 88, Canadian politician, MP (1963–1984).

1

• Leonard Abrams, 68, American journalist (East Village Eye), heart attack.
• Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner, 91, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Toledo (1983–1995) and archbishop of Cascavel (1995–2007).
• Kwame Brathwaite, 85, American photojournalist and activist.
• Ken Buchanan, 77, Scottish boxer, undisputed world lightweight champion (1971), complications from dementia.
• Christopher Budd, 85, British Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Plymouth (1986–2013).
• Dario Campeotto, 84, Danish singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1961), actor (Peters baby, Han, hun, Dirch og Dario), and entertainer, cancer.
• Hans Ettmayer, 76, Austrian football player (Wacker Innsbruck, VfB Stuttgart, national team) and manager.
• Ken Girard, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
• Amarasiri Kalansuriya, 82, Sri Lankan actor (Hanthane Kathawa, Akkara Paha, Bambaru Avith).
• Yasumichi Kushida, 46, Japanese voice actor (The Aquatope on White Sand, Demon Prince Enma, Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet).
• Michael Lipton, 86, British economist.
• Luo Zhijun, 71, Chinese politician, chairman of the agriculture and rural affairs committee (since 2019), governor of Jiangsu (2008–2010) and mayor of Nanjing (2001–2003).
• Fay Miller, 75, Australian politician, Northern Territory MLA (2003–2008), primary myelofibrosis.
• Albert Ndele, 92, Congolese economist and politician, chairman of the board of commissioners-general (1960) and minister of finance (1970).
• Swarna Ram, 83, Indian politician, Punjab MLA (1997–2002, 2007–2012).
• Red Robinson, 86, Canadian disc jockey.
• John Sainty, 77, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, AFC Bournemouth) and manager (Chester City).
• Włodzimierz Schmidt, 79, Polish chess grandmaster.
• Alicia Shepard, 69, American journalist and writer, complications from lung cancer.
• Klaus Teuber, 70, German board game designer (Catan, Drunter und Drüber, Hoity Toity).
• Roger Vinson, 83, American jurist, judge (since 1983) and chief judge (1997–2004) of the U.S. District Court for Northern Florida, prostate cancer.

Previous months

• Deaths in January 2023
• Deaths in February 2023
• Deaths in March 2023

External links

• The Guardian (UK) obituaries
• The Telegraph (UK) obituaries
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, obituaries
• The Washington Post obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) obituaries