Deaths in 2020

The following deaths of notable individuals occurred in 2020. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym.

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.

April

22

• Hartwig Gauder, 65, German race walker, Olympic champion (1980).
• Jimmy Goodfellow, 76, English football player (Workington, Rotherham United) and manager (Cardiff City).
• Shirley Knight, 83, American actress (The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Sweet Bird of Youth, As Good as It Gets).
• Marcos Mundstock, 77, Argentine musician, comedian and actor (Les Luthiers), brain tumor.
• Zoe Dell Nutter, 104, American dancer, model and philanthropist.
• Catherine Paysan, 93, French writer.

21

• Richard Akinjide, 89, Nigerian jurist, Minister of Justice (1979–1983).
• Dave Bacuzzi, 79, English football player (Arsenal, Manchester City, Reading) and manager.
• Koos van den Berg, 77, Dutch politician, MP (1986–2002), COVID-19.
• José María Calleja, 64, Spanish journalist, political prisoner and anti-ETA activist, COVID-19.
• Ernest Courant, 100, American physicist.
• Hubert Deittert, 79, German politician, MP (1994–2009).
• Abdurrahim El-Keib, 70, Libyan politician, acting Prime Minister (2011–2012), heart attack.
• Derek Jones, 35, American rock guitarist (Falling in Reverse).
• Fang Keli, 81, Chinese New Confucian philosopher.
• Philip Foglia, 69, American lawyer and civic activist, advocate for Italian American rights issues, COVID-19.
• Donald Kennedy, 88, American administrator, president of Stanford University (1980–1992), Commissioner of Food and Drugs (1977–1979), COVID-19.
• Liu Ping-wei, 67, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1999–2002), oral cancer.
• Lewis MacAdams, 75, American conservationist, poet and artist, co-founder of FoLAR, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Teruyuki Okazaki, 88, Japanese karate master, founder of the International Shotokan Karate Federation, COVID-19.
• Jacques Pellen, 63, French jazz guitarist, COVID-19.
• Laisenia Qarase, 79, Fijian politician, Prime Minister (2000–2001, 2001–2006).
• Teresa Rodrigo, 63, Spanish physicist (Compact Muon Solenoid, Collider Detector at Fermilab).
• Milt Sunde, 78, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), complications from Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.
• Shōmei Yokouchi, 78, Japanese politician, MP (1993–2002) and Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture (2007–2015).

20

• Heherson Alvarez, 80, Filipino politician, Senator (1987–1998), Congressman (1998–2001), Minister of Agrarian Reform (1986–1987), COVID-19.
• Scott Bowden, 48, American professional wrestling manager, referee (USWA) and historian.
• Libero Cecchini, 100, Italian architect.
• Mike Curtis, 77, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Seattle Seahawks, Washington Redskins).
• Noureddine Diwa, 83, Tunisian footballer (Stade Tunisien, Limoges, national team).
• Farit Ismeth Emir, 65, Malaysian news anchor (Radio Television Malaysia), lung cancer.
• Horacio Fontova, 73, Argentine singer, actor and comedian, cancer.
• Marie Rose Guiraud, 75, Ivorian dancer and choreographer.
• Zac Henderson, 64, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).
• Tom Lester, 81, American actor (Green Acres, Benji, Gordy), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Krystyna Łybacka, 74, Polish politician, Minister of National Education and Sport (2001–2004) and MEP (2014–2019).
• Sirio Maccioni, 88, Italian restaurateur and writer, founder of Le Cirque, complications from dementia.
• Demas Paulus Mandacan, 45, Indonesian politician, Manokwari regent (since 2016), heart attack.
• Ronan O'Rahilly, 79, Irish businessman, founder of Radio Caroline, vascular dementia.
• Hezakiah Oshutapik, 63, Canadian politician, MLA (2011–2013). (death announced on this date)
• Gérard Piouffre, 74, French writer and historian.
• Gabriel Retes, 73, Mexican film director (Paper Flowers, Broken Flag, A Sweet Scent of Death).
• Manjeet Singh Riyat, 52, British emergency care consultant, COVID-19.
• Josep Sala Mañé, 82, Spanish casteller, founder of Castellers de Barcelona, COVID-19.
• Innokentiy Samokhvalov, 22, Russian footballer (FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Kazanka Moscow), heart failure.
• Rudratej Singh, 46, Indian businessman, CEO of BMW India (since 2019), cardiac arrest.
• Arsen Yegiazarian, 49, Armenian chess grandmaster.

19

• Marat Aleksanian, 70, Armenian politician, Minister of Justice (1996–1998).
• Edmond Baraffe, 77, French football player (Toulouse) and manager (Le Touquet).
• Peter Beard, 82, American photographer. (body discovered on this date)
• Cecil Bødker, 93, Danish writer.
• Aileen Carroll, 75, Canadian politician, Minister for International Cooperation (2003–2006).
• Noach Dear, 66, American jurist, New York Supreme Court judge (since 2015), COVID-19.
• Terry Doran, 83–84, British music manager (Grapefruit).
• Dickie Dowsett, 88, English footballer (Southend United, Bournemouth, Crystal Palace), complications from dementia.
• John A. Gordon, 73, American general and public servant, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1997–2000), Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security (2000–2002) and Homeland Security Advisor (2003–2004).
• Índio, 89, Brazilian footballer (Flamengo, Espanyol, national team).
• Sergio Onofre Jarpa, 99, Chilean politician, Senator (1973, 1990–1994) and Minister of the Interior (1983–1985), COVID-19.
• Aleksandr Kapto, 87, Ukrainian sociologist and diplomat.
• Claude Lafortune, 83, Canadian television presenter, sculptor and costume designer, COVID-19.
• Pellom McDaniels, 52, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons).
• Philippe Nahon, 81, French actor (High Tension, I Stand Alone, Calvaire).
• Bob Oliver, 77, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals, California Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Margit Otto-Crépin, 75, German-born French equestrian, Olympic silver medalist (1988).
• Sy Rogers, 63, American pastor and ex-gay movement activist, kidney cancer.
• Joel Rogosin, 87, American television producer (The Virginian, Ironside, Magnum, P.I.), COVID-19.
• Delphine Serina, 49, French actress (The Liars, On Guard, Tanguy).
• Milen Tsvetkov, 53, Bulgarian journalist, traffic collision.
• Alexander Vustin, 76, Russian composer, pneumonia.
• Ian Whitcomb, 78, English singer-songwriter ("You Turn Me On") and author.
• Emina Zečaj, 91, Bosnian sevdalinka singer.

18

• Erik Belfrage, 74, Swedish diplomat and banking executive, COVID-19.
• Aurelio Campa, 86, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid).
• Ratnakar Chaini, 74, Indian writer and academic.
• Virender Lal Chopra, 83, Indian geneticist and agronomist, director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (1992–1994).
• Georges Cukierman, 93, French resistance and communist activist.
• Amparo Dávila, 92, Mexican writer.
• Rezo Esadze, 86, Georgian film director (Love at First Sight), actor (Nine Days in One Year, Wolfhound) and screenwriter.
• Allan Gotlieb, 92, Canadian public servant, Ambassador to the United States (1981–1989), cancer and Parkinson's disease.
• Lennart Jirlow, 83, Swedish painter and scenographer.
• Aleksandr Kabakov, 76, Russian journalist, writer and screenwriter (The Man Who Doesn't Return).
• François Lafortune Jr., 87, Belgian rifle shooter, seven-time Olympic competitor (1952–1976), Parkinson's disease.
• Bob Lazier, 81, American racing driver (CART), COVID-19.
• Iris Love, 87, American archaeologist and dog breeder. (death announced on this date)
• Urano Navarrini, 74, Italian footballer, COVID-19.
• Paul H. O'Neill, 84, American politician, Secretary of the Treasury (2001–2002), lung cancer.
• Sebastián Pereira, 48, Argentine businessman, CEO of Flybondi.
• Tariq Pervez Khan, 71, Pakistani judge, Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court.
• Willy Quadackers, 82, Dutch footballer (Fortuna '54, MVV Maastricht, national team).
• Jacques Rosny, 81, French actor (The Tenant, Catherine & Co., L.627), COVID-19.
• Claude Silberzahn, 85, French civil servant, Mayor of Simorre (2001–2014), Director of the Directorate-General for External Security (1989–1993).
• Erik Súñiga, 44, Guatemalan politician, pancreatic cancer.
• Lucien Szpiro, 78, French mathematician (Szpiro's conjecture), heart failure.
• Gangchen Tulku Rinpoche, 78, Tibetan Buddhist monk, COVID-19.
• Gayraud Wilmore, 98, American historian, writer and theologian.
• Richard Wood, 93, American business executive, president and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company (1973–1991). (death announced on this date)

17

• Bennie G. Adkins, 86, American army Green Beret and intelligence sergeant major, Medal of Honor recipient, COVID-19.
• Jubayer Ahmed Ansari, 59, Bangladeshi political leader (Khelafat Majlish party) and madrasa principal.
• Ton Bakhuis, 66, Dutch futsal player.
• Jean-François Bazin, 77, French politician and writer.
• Carlos Contreras, 81, Chilean footballer (Universidad de Chile, national team).
• George Curtis, 96, English greyhound trainer.
• Filipe Duarte, 46, Portuguese actor (The Miracle According to Salomé, The Murmuring Coast, Blood Curse), heart attack.
• Sergio Fantoni, 89, Italian actor (Von Ryan's Express, Esther and the King, The Manageress).
• Gilbert Garcin, 90, French photographer.
• Giuseppe Guarino, 97, Italian jurist.
• Allan Heyl, South African bank robber (Stander Gang).
• Norman Hunter, 76, English football player (Leeds United, Bristol City, national team) and manager, world champion (1966), COVID-19.
• Abba Kyari, 67, Nigerian politician, Chief of Staff to the President (since 2015), COVID-19.
• Corrado Lamberti, 72, Italian scientist and astrophysicist, COVID-19.
• Giuseppi Logan, 84, American jazz musician, COVID-19.
• Lukman Niode, 56, Indonesian Olympic swimmer (1984), COVID-19.
• Arlene Saunders, 89, American operatic soprano, COVID-19. (death announced on this date)
• Matthew Seligman, 64, English new wave bassist (The Soft Boys, Thompson Twins), COVID-19.
• Robin Seymour, 94, American disc jockey (CKLW, WKNR) and television host (Swingin' Time, Teen Town).
• Gene Shay, 85, American disc jockey (WXPN), co-founder of Philadelphia Folk Festival, COVID-19.
• Yevgeniya Uralova, 79, Russian actress (July Rain, One-Two, Soldiers Were Going..., Incident at Map Grid 36-80).
• Raymond Van Gestel, 90, Belgian footballer (K. Lyra, Verbroedering Geel, national team).
• Jesús Vaquero, 70, Spanish neurosurgeon, COVID-19.
• Bobby Winkles, 90, American Hall of Fame baseball coach (Arizona State Sun Devils) and manager (California Angels, Oakland Athletics).

16

• Joseph Adler, 79, American theatre and film director (Scream, Baby, Scream).
• Rafik Aliev, 70, Azerbaijani actor.
• Steve Cash, 40, American YouTuber, suicide by gunshot.
• Christophe, 74, French singer-songwriter ("Aline"), COPD.
• Gene Deitch, 95, American-born Czech illustrator, animator (Munro, Tom Terrific, Nudnik) and comics artist.
• Francesco Di Carlo, 79, Italian mobster (Sicilian Mafia) and pentito, COVID-19.
• Carlos Donoso, 72, Venezuelan comedian, singer and screenwriter, lung cancer.
• Andrew J. Fenady, 91, American screenwriter, producer, and actor (Stakeout on Dope Street, The Young Captives).
• Howard Finkel, 69, American Hall of Fame professional wrestling ring announcer (WWE).
• Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza, 84, Brazilian professor and writer.
• Kenneth Gilbert, 88, Canadian harpsichordist, organist and music educator.
• Danièle Hoffman-Rispal, 68, French politician, Deputy (2002–2012).
• Jane Dee Hull, 84, American politician, Governor of Arizona (1997–2003) and Secretary of State (1995–1997).
• Milena Jelinek, 84, Czech-American screenwriter (Forgotten Light), COVID-19.
• Ulrich Kienzle, 83, German author and journalist (ARD, ZDF).
• Leonie Kooiker, 92, Dutch children's book writer, Gouden Griffel and Vlag en Wimpel winner.
• Eric Lambert, 84, Belgian footballer (ARA La Gantoise)
• Santiago Lanzuela, 71, Spanish politician, President of the Government of Aragon (1995–1999), COVID-19.
• Althea McNish, 95, Trinidadian-British textile designer.
• Arne Nilsen, 96, Norwegian politician, Minister of Local Government (1978–1979) and Social Affairs (1979–1981).
• Peter Phoenix, 83, English footballer (Oldham Athletic, Rochdale, Stockport County). (death announced on this date)
• Luis Sepúlveda, 70, Chilean writer and journalist, COVID-19.
• Jan Talich, Sr., 74, Czech violinist and violist (Talich Quartet).
• Shamardal, 18, American-bred British racehorse and sire.
• Glider Ushñahua, 51, Peruvian lawyer and politician, Congressman (2016–2019), pneumonia.
• Dušan Vančura, 82, Czech singer, double-bassist and lyricist (Spirituál kvintet), sepsis.
• Jack Wallace, 86, American actor (Death Wish, Eagleheart, Boogie Nights).

15

• Adam Alsing, 51, Swedish television and radio presenter (Big Brother, Adam Live, Mix Megapol), COVID-19.
• Sean Arnold, 79, English actor (Grange Hill, Bergerac).
• Joe Brown, 89, English mountaineer.
• John Buchanan, 86, American Episcopal bishop of West Missouri (1990–1999).
• Ranjit Chowdhry, 64, Indian actor (Baton Baton Mein, Bollywood/Hollywood, Last Holiday), complications from a ruptured ulcer.
• Eddie Cooley, 87, American songwriter ("Fever") and singer ("Priscilla").
• Allen Daviau, 77, American cinematographer (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Color Purple, Empire of the Sun), COVID-19.
• Willie Davis, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers).
• Bernard Deconinck, 83, French track cyclist, amateur world motor-paced silver medallist (1959).
• Brian Dennehy, 81, American actor (First Blood, Tommy Boy, Cocoon), Tony winner (1999, 2003), cardiac arrest due to sepsis.
• Rubem Fonseca, 94, Brazilian fiction writer.
• Dámaso García, 63, Dominican baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, Montreal Expos) and footballer (national team).
• Ed Genson, 78, American attorney (R. Kelly, Rod Blagojevich, Conrad Black), bile duct cancer.
• Henry Grimes, 84, American jazz musician, COVID-19.
• Sir John Houghton, 88, Welsh atmospheric physicist, COVID-19.
• Dick Hyde, 91, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles).
• Lee Konitz, 92, American jazz composer and alto saxophonist, COVID-19.
• Finau Mara, 60, Fijian diplomat and politician, Ambassador-at-large (since 2001).
• Alfonso Marquez, 82, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1960, 1968).
• Ashley Mattingly, 33, American model (Playboy), suicide.
• Gary McSpadden, 77, American gospel singer (The Imperials, Gaither Vocal Band), pastor and television host, pancreatic cancer.
• Eric Mergenthaler, 56, Mexican Olympic sailor (1984, 1988, 1992), and world champion (1992), bicycle accident.
• Aldo Mongiano, 100, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roraima (1979–1996), complications from a broken femur.
• Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, 82, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mweka (1989–2017), COVID-19.
• Bruce Myers, 77–78, British actor (The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Let There Be Light), comedian, and director, COVID-19.
• Siamak Shayeghi, 66, Iranian film director and producer, cancer.
• George Curtis Smith, 84, American jurist, Judge of the U.S. District Court for Southern Ohio (since 1987).
• Vesa Törnroos, 37, Finnish Olympic sports shooter (2016), cancer.
• Andrei Ursu, 91, Moldovan pedologist, member of the Academy of Sciences.
• Ken Walibora, 56, Kenyan author and journalist (Siku Njema), traffic collision.
• Dorick M. Wright, 74, Belizean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan (2006–2017).

14

• Tommy Astone, 70, American Hall of Fame racing driver.
• Pip Baker, 91, British screenwriter (Doctor Who), complications from a fall.
• Haydar Baş, 73, Turkish politician, founder and leader of the Independent Turkey Party (since 2002), COVID-19.
• Paul Bayvel, 71, South African rugby union player (Transvaal, national team), cancer.
• John Collins, 71, Welsh footballer (Portsmouth, Halifax Town, Barnsley).
• Helen Damico, 89, Greek-born American literary scholar.
• Miguel Ángel D'Annibale, 61, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Río Gallegos (2013–2018) and San Martín (since 2018), leukaemia.
• Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, 70, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sobral (1998–2004) and Archbishop of Paraíba (2004–2016), COVID-19.
• Mario Donatone, 86, Italian actor (Phenomena, The Godfather Part III, John Wick: Chapter 2).
• Sir Roger Du Boulay, 98, British diplomat.
• Akin Euba, 84, Nigerian musician.
• Margit Feldman, 90, Hungarian-American educator, activist, and Holocaust survivor, COVID-19.
• William H. Gerdts, 91, American art historian, COVID-19.
• Michael Gilkes, 86, Guyanese writer, COVID-19.
• Judith Innes, 78, American planning theorist, lymphoma.
• Kasongo wa Kanema, 73, Congolese musician (Orchestra Super Mazembe).
• Franco Lauro, 58, Italian sports journalist, heart attack.
• Cyril Lawrence, 99, English footballer (Rochdale, Wrexham), COVID-19.
• John Lee, 92, British politician, MP (1966–1970, 1974–1979).
• Kerstin Meyer, 92, Swedish mezzo-soprano.
• Naoki Murata, 70, Japanese judoka, heart failure.
• Dean Parker, 72, New Zealand screenwriter, journalist and political commentator.
• Luis Parodi, 83, Ecuadorian engineer and politician, Vice President (1988–1992).
• Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza, 84, Mexican politician, Governor of the State of Mexico (1989–1993) and President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (1994), complications from surgery.
• Igor Petrov, 86, Russian naval officer and academic.
• Markus Raetz, 78, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator.
• C. S. Rao, 84, Indian screenwriter (Pranam Khareedu, Sarada Ramudu).
• Sir Hugh Rossi, 92, British politician, MP (1966–1992) and Minister for Social Security (1981–1983).
• Maria de Sousa, 81, Portuguese immunologist, COVID-19.
• Hank Steinbrenner, 63, American sports executive, co-owner of the New York Yankees (since 2008).
• Ella King Russell Torrey, 94, American human rights activist, COVID-19.
• Jimmy Webb, 62, American clothing stylist and merchandiser (Trash and Vaudeville), cancer.
• Peter Whiteside, 67, British Olympic modern pentathlete (1980), COVID-19.
• Billy Wright, 89, English footballer (Blackpool, Leicester City).
• Ron Wylie, 86, Scottish football player (Notts County, Aston Villa, Birmingham City) and manager.

13

• Baldiri Alavedra, 76, Spanish footballer (Sabadell), COVID-19.
• Gil Bailey, 84, Jamaican radio broadcaster, COVID-19.
• William H. Bailey, 89, American artist.
• Jacques Blamont, 93, French astrophysicist.
• Daniel Camiade, French rugby union player (US Quillan, national team).
• David Corbett, 79, English footballer (Swindon Town, Plymouth Argyle).
• Juan Cotino, 70, Spanish businessman and politician, President of Valencian Courts (2011–2014) and Director General of the National Police (1996–2002), COVID-19.
• Ashok Desai, 77, Indian lawyer, Attorney General (1996–1998) and Solicitor General (1989–1990).
• Alain Duret, 84, French writer.
• Pierre Ébert, 81, Canadian actor (Life After Love).
• Jens Erik Fenstad, 83, Norwegian mathematician.
• Jerry Givens, 67, American chief executioner of Virginia (1982–1999) and anti-death penalty advocate, COVID-19.
• Gerald O. Glenn, 70, American evangelist, COVID-19.
• Glenna Goodacre, 80, American sculptor (Sacagawea dollar, Vietnam Women's Memorial).
• Charlie Harrison, 70, American college basketball coach (East Carolina, New Mexico).
• Ryo Kawasaki, 73, Japanese jazz fusion guitarist and composer.
• Thomas Kunz, American zoologist, COVID-19.
• Landelino Lavilla Alsina, 85, Spanish politician, President of the Congress of Deputies (1979–1982), Minister of Justice (1976–1979) and member of the Council of State (since 1983).
• Philippe Lécrivain, 78, French Catholic priest (Society of Jesus), COVID-19.
• Peter Madden, 85, English football player (Rotherham United) and manager (Darlington, Rochdale).
• Vicente Magsaysay, 80, Filipino politician, Governor of Zambales (1968–1986, 1998–2007).
• Sarah Maldoror, 90, French documentary film director (Sambizanga), COVID-19.
• Rick May, 79, American voice actor (Team Fortress 2, Star Fox 64, Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves), COVID-19.
• Patricia Millardet, 63, French actress (La Boum 2, P'tit Con, La piovra), heart attack.
• Moraes Moreira, 72, Brazilian guitarist and singer (Novos Baianos), heart attack.
• U Pannya Jota Mahathera, 64, Bangladeshi Theravada Buddhist monk, cardiac arrest.
• Dennis G. Peters, 82, American electrochemist, COVID-19.
• Avrohom Pinter, 71, British rabbi and politician, Hackney Borough councillor (1982–1990), COVID-19.
• M. V. Rajasekharan, 91, Indian politician, MP.
• Zafar Sarfraz, 50, Pakistani cricketer (Peshawar), COVID-19.
• Bernard Stalter, 63, French entrepreneur and politician, member of the Regional Council of Grand Est (since 2016) and the ESEC (since 2015), COVID-19.
• Ann Sullivan, 91, American animator (The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Atlantis: The Lost Empire), COVID-19.

12

• Francisco Aritmendi, 81, Spanish Olympic long-distance runner (1964), International Cross Country Champion (1964), COVID-19.
• Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, 78, Israeli rabbi and convicted fraudster, Rishon LeZion (1993–2003), COVID-19.
• Camillo Ballin, 75, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia (since 2001).
• Maurice Barrier, 87, French actor and comedian (The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Les Compères, Les Fugitifs), COVID-19.
• Victor Batista Falla, 87, Cuban publisher and editor, COVID-19.
• Claude Beauchamp, 80, Canadian journalist, publisher and political activist.
• Glenn Beckert, 79, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres).
• Kishen Bholasing, 35, Surinamese singer, COVID-19.
• Peter Bonetti, 78, English footballer (Chelsea, Dundee United, national team), world champion (1966).
• Tim Brooke-Taylor, 79, English comedian (The Goodies) and panellist (I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue), COVID-19.
• Anthony Causi, 48, American photographer (New York Post), COVID-19.
• Chung Won-shik, 91, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1991–1992), kidney disease.
• Jacques De Decker, 74, Belgian writer and author.
• Louis van Dijk, 78, Dutch pianist, cancer.
• Ted Evans, 79, Australian public servant, Secretary of the Department of the Treasury (1993–2001).
• Jim Frey, 88, American baseball manager (Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs).
• Keiji Fujiwara, 55, Japanese voice actor (Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, Attack on Titan), cancer.
• Danny Goldman, 80, American actor (The Smurfs, M*A*S*H, Young Frankenstein), stroke.
• Matt Holzman, 56, American radio producer (KCRW), cancer.
• Sascha Hupmann, 49, German basketball player (Evansville Aces, Panathinaikos, national team), ataxia.
• Farouk Abu Issa, 86, Sudanese politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1969–1971).
• Tarvaris Jackson, 36, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills), traffic collision.
• William H. Langille, 76, Canadian politician, MLA (1999–2006), liver cancer.
• Abdul Majed, Bangladeshi military officer and convicted murderer (Jail Killing), execution by hanging.
• André Manaranche, 93, French Jesuit priest and theologian, COVID-19.
• Tantinho da Mangueira, 73, Brazilian samba singer and songwriter (Estação Primeira de Mangueira).
• Jacques Maury, 99, French pastor.
• Boo McLee, 36, American football player (Wheeling Wildcats).
• Charles Miossec, 81, French politician, Deputy (1978–2002).
• Sir Stirling Moss, 90, British Hall of Fame racing driver.
• Jon Ola Norbom, 96, Norwegian economist and politician, leader of the Young Liberals (1950–1952) and Minister of Finance (1972–1973).
• Joe Pedicino, 70, American professional wrestling ring announcer (WCW).
• Ahfazur Rahman, 78, Pakistani journalist.
• Joel M. Reed, 86, American film director, producer and screenwriter (The G.I. Executioner, Blood Sucking Freaks, Night of the Zombies), COVID-19.
• Jaime Ruiz Sacristán, 70, Mexican businessman and chief of the Mexican Stock Exchange, COVID-19.
• Doug Sanders, 86, American professional golfer.
• Henry G. Schogt, 92, Dutch-born Canadian linguist.
• Carlos Seco Serrano, 96, Spanish historian, COVID-19.
• Charles Alexander Shaw, 75, American jurist, Judge of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Missouri (since 1993).
• Vasily Sidorov, 75, Russian diplomat, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva (1997–2001).
• Khalif Mumin Tohow, Somali justice minister (Hirshabelle State), COVID-19.
• Josephat Torner, 42, Tanzanian albino activist, traffic collision.
• Samuel Wembé, 73, Cameroonian businessman and politician, COVID-19.

11

• Amanda Baggs, 40, American autism blogger.
• Simon Barrington-Ward, 89, English Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Coventry (1985–1997).
• Michael Bowden, 73, Australian footballer (Richmond), motor neurone disease.
• Colby Cave, 25, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers), complications from intracerebral hemorrhage.
• Hélène Châtelain, 84, Belgian-born French actress (La Jetée), documentary film director and writer.
• Stanley Chera, 77, American real estate executive, COVID-19.
• John Horton Conway, 82, English mathematician (Conway's Game of Life, surreal numbers, monstrous moonshine), COVID-19.
• Justus Dahinden, 94, Swiss architect, teacher and writer.
• Michael W. R. Davis, 89, American historian and author, COVID-19.
• Mariano De Nicolò, 88, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro (1989–1995) and Rimini (1989–2007).
• Antonio Ferres, 96, Spanish writer and poet.
• Paul Haddad, 56, English-born Canadian actor (Babar, John Callahan's Quads!, Resident Evil 2), throat cancer.
• Wynn Handman, 97, American artistic director (The American Place Theatre), COVID-19.
• Margot Hartman, 86, American actress (The Curse of the Living Corpse, Violent Midnight, Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women).
• Kristin Jacobs, 60, American politician, mayor of Broward County (2012–2013) and member of the Florida House of Representatives (since 2014), colon cancer.
• Edem Kodjo, 81, Togolese politician, Prime Minister (1994–1996, 2005–2006) and Chairperson of the African Union Commission (1978–1983).
• Periklis Korovesis, 78, Greek journalist and politician, MP (2007–2009).
• Phil Langley, 83, American harness racing official, president of the United States Trotting Association (2003–2016).
• Liu Dehai, 82, Chinese pipa player.
• Ruth Mandel, 81, Austrian-born American political scientist, women's advocate and Holocaust survivor, ovarian cancer.
• Might and Power, 26, New Zealand-bred Australian racehorse, Melbourne Cup (1997), Caulfield Cup (1997) and W.S. Cox Plate (1998) winner.
• Luciano Pellicani, 81, Italian sociologist and journalist.
• Lenore L. Prather, 88, American Chancery judge, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
• Abd al-Rahman Mortadanov, 63–64, Russian qadi, Grand Mufti of Ingushetia (since 2019), COVID-19.
• Gus Rodríguez, 59, Mexican writer, director and video game journalist, lung cancer.
• Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs, 95, English industrialist and politician, member of the House of Lords (1990–2015).
• Joseph Tusiani, 96, Italian poet and translator.
• Alojz Uran, 75, Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop (1992–2004) and Archbishop of Ljubljana (2004–2009).
• Arne Wilhelmsen, 90, Norwegian businessman, co-founder of Royal Caribbean Cruises.

10

• Julio Blanco Alfonso, 82, Cuban footballer (FC Industriales, national team).
• Bruce Baillie, 88, American filmmaker (Castro Street).
• Big George Brock, 87, American blues harmonicist and singer.
• Antonio Carro Martínez, 96, Spanish politician, Minister of the Presidency (1974–1975), member of the Congress of Deputies (1982–1989).
• Rifat Chadirji, 93, Iraqi architect, COVID-19.
• Lucie Dolène, 88, Syrian-born French actress and singer.
• Walter D'Souza, 93, Indian cricketer (Gujarat).
• Mary Jane Fate, 87, American Athabaskan tribal leader.
• Nicholas Fernando, 87, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Colombo (1977–2002).
• Frits Flinkevleugel, 80, Dutch footballer (national team, FC Amsterdam, DWS).
• Shanti Hiranand, 87, Indian classical singer.
• Ceybil Jefferies, American house and R&B singer ("It's Gonna Be Alright"), COVID-19.
• Ronald J. Kurth, 88, American rear admiral, government expert on Russian policy and study.
• Jymie Merritt, 93, American jazz bassist (The Jazz Messengers), liver cancer.
• Enrique Múgica, 88, Spanish lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice (1988–1991), Deputy (1977–2000) and Ombudsman (2000–2010), COVID-19.
• Bas Mulder, 88, Dutch-Surinamese priest, COVID-19.
• Nobuhiko Obayashi, 82, Japanese film director (House, Toki o Kakeru Shōjo, Hanagatami), screenwriter and editor, lung cancer.
• Jacob Plange-Rhule, Ghanaian physician, Rector of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, COVID-19.
• Marke Raines, 93, Canadian politician, MP (1974–1979).
• Pete Retzlaff, 88, American football player and executive (Philadelphia Eagles).
• Francis Reusser, 77, Swiss film director (The Big Night, Derborence, War in the Highlands).
• Richard Richardson, 60, American football player (Arkansas Razorbacks), COVID-19.
• Diane Rodriguez, 68, American actress (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, La Bamba), cancer.
• Carlo Sabatini, 88, Italian actor (Strangled Lives) and voice actor.
• Ing Yoe Tan, 71, Dutch politician, Senator (1999–2011).
• Hans Verhagen, 81, Dutch journalist, poet and painter.
• Tom Webster, 71, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, New England Whalers) and coach (Los Angeles Kings), brain cancer.
• Alf Wood, 74, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Millwall).
• Iris M. Zavala, 83, Puerto Rican author, independence activist and intellectual, COVID-19.

9

• Torvild Aakvaag, 93, Norwegian businessman, CEO of Norsk Hydro (1984–1991).
• Sufia Ahmed, 87, Bangladeshi academic, cardiac arrest.
• Reggie Bagala, 54, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (since 2020), COVID-19.
• Daniel Bernard, 70, French footballer (Rennes, Paris Saint-Germain, Brest).
• Jim Bolger, 88, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
• Jacques Calvet, 88, French businessman, CEO of Groupe PSA.
• Jim Conacher, 98, Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks).
• Surésh Dhargalkar, 85, British architect.
• Malcolm Dixon, 66, English actor (Time Bandits, Return of the Jedi, Flash Gordon).
• Mort Drucker, 91, American caricaturist and comics artist (Mad).
• Marc Engels, 54, Belgian sound engineer (The Odyssey, I'm Dead but I Have Friends), COVID-19.
• Paul Gilissen, 85, Dutch politician.
• Mark Golden, 71, Canadian historian.
• Harvey Goldstein, 80, British statistician and academic, COVID-19.
• Andy González, 69, American jazz and Latin dance bassist.
• Bert van de Kamp, 73, Dutch music journalist.
• Donna Kauffman, 60, American romance novelist and columnist, pancreatic cancer.
• Simplice Guédet Manzela, 71, Gabonese politician.
• Ho Kam Ming, 96, Macanese-born Canadian martial artist, COVID-19.
• Zdeněk Jičínský, 91, Czech lawyer and politician, Deputy (1996–2002, 2003–2010).
• Clément-Joseph Hannouche, 70, Egyptian Syriac Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Cairo (since 1995).
• Phyllis Lyon, 95, American gay rights activist.
• Liliane Marchais, 84, French political activist.
• Guy Miserque, 74, Belgian Olympic field hockey player (1964, 1968, 1972, 1976).
• Lee Nurse, 43, English cricketer (Berkshire), COVID-19.
• Marcel Rainaud, 80, French politician, Senator (2006–2014).
• Giuseppe Aldo Rossi, 106, Italian screenwriter (Giallo club. Invito al poliziesco).
• Ida Schuster, 101, Scottish actress (Death Watch, A Shot at Glory).
• Ernst-Georg Schwill, 81, German actor (Alarm in the Circus, A Berlin Romance, The Shield and the Sword).
• Junzo Sekine, 93, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, Yomiuri Giants) and manager (Yakult Swallows).
• Dmitri Smirnov, 71, Russian-born British composer (Tiriel, The Lamentations of Thel), COVID-19.
• Richard Teitelbaum, 80, American electronic music composer, stroke.
• Ksenia Tripolitova, 104, Russian ballet dancer.
• Saul Turteltaub, 87, American television writer and producer (That Girl, Sanford and Son, What's Happening!!).
• Phyllis Wallbank, 101, British educationalist.
• Won Pyong-oh, 91, South Korean ornithologist.
• Jim Youel, 98, American football player (Washington Redskins).

8

• Andrzej Adamiak, 60, Polish bass guitarist, singer and songwriter.
• Siri Berg, 98, Swedish-born American abstract artist.
• Leila Benitez-McCollum, 89, Filipino-American television and radio host (Student Canteen), COVID-19.
• Richard L. Brodsky, 73, American lawyer and politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1983–2010), heart attack.
• Dirk van den Broek, 96, Dutch supermarket founder.
• Jaroslava Brychtová, 95, Czech glass artist.
• Boško Bursać, 74, Bosnian footballer (Rijeka, Vitesse Arnhem, NK Zagreb).
• Elly Coenen-Vaessen, 88, Dutch politician, mayor of Nuth (1986–1997).
• Carl Dobkins Jr., 79, American singer ("My Heart Is an Open Book").
• John Downing, 79, Welsh photojournalist, cancer.
• Jackie du Preez, 77, Zimbabwean cricketer (Rhodesia, South Africa).
• Peter Ecklund, 74, American jazz cornetist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Madeleine Fischer, 84, Swiss-born Italian actress (Le Amiche, The Bachelor, The Day the Sky Exploded).
• Glenn Fredly, 44, Indonesian singer, meningitis.
• Norah Gibbons, 68, Irish children's rights activist.
• Hiphei, 82, Indian politician, MP (1990–2002).
• John Hughes, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (Cincinnati Stingers).
• Miguel Jones, 81, Equatoguinean-born Spanish footballer (Barakaldo, Indautxu, Atlético Madrid), COVID-19.
• Bernie Juskiewicz, 77, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (2013–2019), COVID-19.
• Luďa Klusáková, 69, Czech historian.
• Paul Lambert, 61, British television and media producer, suicide.
• Francesco La Rosa, 93, Italian footballer (Pro Patria, Palermo, national team), COVID-19.
• Lars-Eric Lundvall, 85, Swedish ice hockey player (Frölunda), world champion (1962) and Olympic silver medallist (1964).
• François Luc Macosso, 81, Congolese politician.
• Henri Madelin, 83, French Jesuit theologian and editor, COVID-19.
• David Méresse, 89, French footballer (CO Roubaix-Tourcoing, FC Sète 34).
• Michael McCarthy, 61, American television writer (Saturday Night Live), cancer.
• Lois Kelly Miller, 102, Jamaican actress (Meet Joe Black).
• Valeriu Muravschi, 70, Moldovan politician, Prime Minister (1991–1992), Minister of Finance (1990–1991) and MP (1998–2001).
• Bill Nellor, 96, American cartoonist.
• Shimon Okshtein, 69, Ukrainian-American artist.
• Eileen Croxford Parkhouse, 96, British cellist and pedagogue.
• Norman I. Platnick, 68, American arachnologist and curator (American Museum of Natural History).
• Robert Poujade, 91, French politician, Deputy (1967–1981, 1986–2002) and mayor of Dijon (1971–2001).
• Toni Rettaliata, 75, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1979–1987).
• John A. Rocco, 83, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1980–1998), mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey (1975–1977), respiratory failure.
• Chynna Rogers, 25, American rapper, drug overdose.
• Larry Sherman, American house music publisher, founder of Trax Records, heart failure.
• Pat Stapleton, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins), stroke.
• Linda Tripp, 70, American civil servant and whistleblower (Clinton–Lewinsky scandal), pancreatic cancer.
• Te Huirangi Waikerepuru, 91, New Zealand trade unionist and Māori language activist.
• Carmen Williamson, 94, American amateur boxer and Olympic judge, COVID-19.

7

• Albert Almoznino, 97, Israeli hand shadow artist.
• Jawdat Al-Qazwini, 67, Iraqi scholar.
• Wiktor Bater, 53, Polish journalist.
• Betty Bennett, 98, American jazz and big band singer.
• Christian Bonnet, 98, French politician, Minister of the Interior (1977–1981).
• Roger Chappot, 79, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1964), COVID-19.
• Robert Chaudenson, 82, French Creole linguist, COVID-19.
• Jim Clarko, 87, Australian politician.
• Jean-Laurent Cochet, 85, French stage director and actor (A Thousand Billion Dollars, Fort Saganne), COVID-19.
• Peter Cory, 94, Canadian judge, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1989–1999).
• Faith Dane, 96, American actress (Gypsy) and politician.
• Oleksandr Datsyuk, 56, Ukrainian singer and guitarist, stabbed.
• Eddy Davis, 79, American jazz musician (Woody Allen), COVID-19.
• Fariborz Esmaeili, 79, Iranian Olympic footballer (1964).
• Steve Farmer, 71, American musician (The Amboy Dukes) and songwriter ("Journey to the Center of the Mind").
• Charlotte Figi, 13, American medical cannabidiol patient and reform figure, namesake of Charlotte's web cannabis, seizure.
• Jacques Frémontier, 89, French journalist and television producer.
• Allen Garfield, 80, American actor (The Conversation, Nashville, Beverly Hills Cop II), COVID-19.
• Henry Graff, 98, American historian, COVID-19.
• Leib Groner, 88, American Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi and secretary to Menachem Schneerson, COVID-19.
• Irene Hirano, 71, American non-profit executive, president of U.S.-Japan Council (since 2009) and the Japanese American National Museum (2008–2012).
• Sasi Kalinga, 59, Indian actor (Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha, Pranchiyettan & the Saint, Indian Rupee), liver disease.
• Mishik Kazaryan, 72, Russian physicist, COVID-19.
• Jan Křen, 89, Czech historian, academic and dissident, Charter 77 signatory, COVID-19.
• John Percy Leon Lewis, 77, Guyanese military officer, COVID-19.
• John Matias, 75, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
• Roger Matthews, 71, British criminologist, COVID-19.
• Thomas Mensah, 87, Ghanaian judge.
• Travis Nelsen, American drummer (Okkervil River).
• Yaakov Perlow, 89, American Novominsk rebbe, president of Agudah, COVID-19.
• John Prine, 73, American singer-songwriter ("Sam Stone", "Angel from Montgomery"), Grammy winner (1992, 2006), COVID-19.
• Nipper Read, 95, British police officer and boxing administrator, COVID-19.
• Jan Reijnen, 93, Dutch politician, mayor of Wervershoof (1964–1969), Oldenzaal (1969–1976) and Heerlen (1976–1986), Senator (1972–1977).
• Donato Sabia, 56, Italian Olympic middle-distance runner (1984, 1988), COVID-19.
• Harv Schmidt, 84, American college basketball player and coach (Illinois Fighting Illini).
• Barbara Smoker, 96, British humanist activist, president of the National Secular Society (1972–1996).
• André Stordeur, 79, Belgian electronic musician.
• Miguel Ángel Tábet, 78, Venezuelan theologian and exegete, COVID-19.
• Agop Terzan, 92, French-Armenian astronomer.
• Ghyslain Tremblay, 68, Canadian actor (The Plouffe Family, Robin et Stella, The Revenge of the Woman in Black) and comedian.
• Hal Willner, 64, American music producer (Saturday Night Live, Stay Awake), COVID-19.
• Harry Wouters van den Oudenweijer, 86, Dutch equestrian show jumper, European team champion (1977).
• Xudeydi, 91, Somali oud player, COVID-19.

6

• Radomir Antić, 71, Serbian football player (Partizan) and manager (Atlético Madrid, national team), pancreatitis.
• M. K. Arjunan, 84, Indian composer.
• Helène Aylon, 89, American ecofeminist artist, COVID-19.
• Roger Beatty, 87, American television writer (The Carol Burnett Show), prostate cancer.
• Steven C. Beering, 87, German-born American physician and academic, President of Purdue University (1983–2000).
• Josep Maria Benet i Jornet, 79, Spanish playwright and screenwriter, COVID-19.
• Black the Ripper, 32, British grime MC, rapper and cannabis activist.
• Marcel Boillat, 90, Swiss political activist.
• Ruben Burks, 86, American labor union executive (United Auto Workers), COVID-19.
• Marc Chardonnens, 59–60, Swiss government official, Director of the Federal Office for the Environment (2016–2020).
• Alfonso Cortina, 76, Spanish businessman, chairman and CEO of Repsol YPF (1996–2004), COVID-19.
• John Dossetor, 94, Indian-born Canadian physician.
• James Drury, 85, American actor (The Virginian, Forbidden Planet, The Young Warriors).
• Jock Edwards, 64, New Zealand cricketer (Central Districts, national team).
• Ferenc Füzesi, 59, Hungarian Olympic handball player (1992).
• Gerhard Giebisch, 93, Austrian-born American physiologist.
• Earl G. Graves Sr., 85, American entrepreneur and businessman, founder of Black Enterprise.
• Sergio Guenza, 87, Italian football player (Lazio) and manager (women's national team).
• Onaje Allan Gumbs, 70, American pianist.
• Armando Francioli, 100, Italian actor (The Pharaohs' Woman, The Opium Den, Hawk of the Caribbean).
• Vic Henley, 57, American comedian, pulmonary embolism.
• Jack Hill, 75, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (since 1991).
• Al Kaline, 85, American Hall of Fame baseball player, broadcaster and executive (Detroit Tigers).
• Hendrik Jan Korterink, 64, Dutch crime journalist, colon cancer.
• Jacques Le Brun, 88, French historian, COVID-19.
• Claude Le Pen, 72, French economist.
• Quenton Leach, 47, Australian footballer (Fremantle), cancer.
• Jean Little, 88, Canadian writer (Mine for Keeps, From Anna, Orphan at My Door).
• Naek L. Tobing, 79, Indonesian physician and sexologist, COVID-19.
• Vinolia Mashego, 56, South African TV presenter and actress (Generations, Muvhango, Isibaya).
• Art Paleczny, 91, Canadian politician, Mayor of Waterloo, Ontario (1966–1967), COVID-19.
• Trevor Platt, 78, British marine scientist.
• William R. Polk, 91, American foreign policy consultant and author, leukemia.
• Bullet Prakash, 44, Indian comedian and actor (Mast Maja Maadi, Aithalakkadi, Aryan), liver failure.
• James F. Scott, 77, American physicist.
• Lucien Schmitthäusler, 85, French writer.
• Fred Singer, 94, Austrian-born American physicist and climate change denier.
• Mark Steiner, 77, American philosopher, COVID-19.
• Stephen Sulyk, 95, Polish-born American Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Philadelphia (1980–2000), COVID-19.
• Riay Tatary, 72, Syrian-born Spanish doctor and imam, president of Islamic Commission of Spain (since 1992), COVID-19.
• Eli Velder, 94, American academic.
• Ksenia Vereshchagina, 32, Russian swimmer.
• Michael Yun, Korean-born American politician, COVID-19. (death announced on this date)
• Jean-Marie Zoellé, 75, French politician, mayor of Saint-Louis (since 2011), COVID-19.

5

• Jean-Guy Astresses, 90, French footballer (Girondins de Bordeaux).
• Ray Authement, 91, American academic administrator, President of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1974–2008).
• Ed Biles, 88, American football coach (Houston Oilers), leukemia.
• Honor Blackman, 94, English actress (The Avengers, Goldfinger, Jason and the Argonauts).
• Margaret Burbidge, 100, British-born American astronomer, complications from a fall.
• Gregory W. Carman, 83, American politician and judge, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1981–1983).
• André Cristol, 77, French footballer (Montpellier, Limoges).
• DJ Miller, 29, Rwandan DJ and musician, stroke.
• Shirley Douglas, 86, Canadian actress (Wind at My Back, Lolita, Barney's Great Adventure) and civil rights activist, complications from pneumonia.
• Svein Ellingsen, 90, Norwegian hymnist and visual artist.
• Jun Factoran, 76, Filipino lawyer and politician, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (1987–1992).
• Lee Fierro, 91, American actress (Jaws), COVID-19.
• Leo Geurtjens, 96, Dutch sculptor.
• Bob Hermann, 97, American Hall of Fame soccer executive, president and founder of the NASL, owner of the St. Louis Stars, namesake of Hermann Trophy and Hermann Stadium.
• Ray Hiron, 76, English footballer (Portsmouth, Reading).
• Mahmoud Jibril, 67, Libyan politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister (2011), COVID-19.
• Tom Larkin, 88–89, Irish hurler (Tipperary).
• Sir John Laws, 74, English jurist, High Court Judge (1992–1998) and Lord Justice of Appeal (1999–2016), sepsis and COVID-19.
• Pentti Linkola, 87, Finnish deep ecologist and writer.
• John Lucas, 90, English philosopher.
• Thomas L. Miller, 79, American television producer (Family Matters, Full House, Perfect Strangers), complications from heart disease.
• Bobby Mitchell, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins) and executive.
• Dougie Morgan, 73, Scottish rugby union player (Stewart's Melville, British and Irish Lions, national team).
• George Ogilvie, 89, Australian theatre and film director (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome), cardiac arrest.
• Michel Parisse, 83, French historian and professor, COVID-19.
• Peter Walker, 84, English cricketer (Glamorgan, national team), stroke.

4

• Barry Allen, 74, Canadian rock musician and record producer (Painter).
• Jerónimo Arango, 92–93, Mexican businessman (Walmart de México y Centroamérica).
• Arminsyah, 59, Indonesian prosecutor, Vice Attorney General (since 2017), traffic collision.
• Luis Eduardo Aute, 76, Filipino-born Spanish artist.
• Jay Benedict, 68, American actor (Foyle's War, Double Team, The Dark Knight Rises), COVID-19.
• Philippe Bodson, 75, Belgian businessman and politician, Senator (1999–2003), COVID-19.
• Timothy Brown, 82, American singer, actor (M*A*S*H), and football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Colts), complications of dementia.
• John D. Buenker, 82, American historian, cancer.
• Carol Burkett, 74, American drag racing driver.
• Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero, 76, Honduran politician, President (1990–1994), cardiac arrest.
• Silvano Carroli, 81, Italian baritone.
• Forrest Compton, 94, American actor (The Edge of Night, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The F.B.I.), COVID-19.
• Florindo Corral, 70, Brazilian businessman, COVID-19.
• Tom Dempsey, 73, American football player (New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams), COVID-19.
• Xavier Dor, 91, French embryologist and anti-abortion activist, COVID-19.
• Kenneth Farnum, 89, Barbadian-born Jamaican Olympic cyclist (1952), COVID-19.
• Patrick Gibson, 64, French drummer and singer (Gibson Brothers), COVID-19.
• Carlos González-Artigas, 72, Ecuadorian businessman, COVID-19.
• Bashirul Haq, 77, Bangladeshi architect.
• Alex Harvey, 79, American singer, songwriter and actor (Gettysburg, Fire Down Below, The Rainmaker).
• Arnold Heertje, 86, Dutch economist.
• Muhammad Sirajul Islam, 77, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1973–1982), COVID-19.
• Volodymyr Korolyuk, 94, Ukrainian mathematician.
• Carlo Leva, 90, Italian production designer and set decorator (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Cat o' Nine Tails), heart attack.
• Leïla Menchari, 92–93, Tunisian decorator and designer (Hermès).
• Andrea Mitchell, 64, Australian politician, MLA (2008–2017), heart condition.
• Olan Montgomery, 56, American actor (Stranger Things) and pop artist, COVID-19.
• Marcel Moreau, 86, Belgian writer, COVID-19.
• Pertti Paasio, 81, Finnish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1991) and MP (1975–1979, 1982–1996).
• Rao Pingru, 98, Chinese comic book author (Our Story: A Memoir of Love and Life in China), multiple organ failure.
• Susanna Ramel, 100, Swedish actress.
• Arlene Schnitzer, 91, American art collector and philanthropist.
• Anton Sebastianpillai, 70s, Sri Lankan born British geriatrician and author, COVID-19.
• Julio Silva, 90, Argentine-born French painter and sculptor.
• Victor Skrebneski, 90, American photographer, cancer.
• Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, 87, English politician and artist, Lord Temporal (1992–1999), COVID-19.
• Ivan Vakarchuk, 73, Ukrainian physicist, Minister of Education and Science (2007–2010) and rector of the University of Lviv (1990–2007, 2010–2013).
• Peter Vaughan, 89, British Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Ramsbury (1989–1998).
• Ezio Vendrame, 72, Italian footballer (Lanerossi Vicenza, Napoli, Padova) and writer, cancer.
• Cheryl Wall, 71, American literary critic.
• Michel Wiblé, 97, Swiss composer and teacher.

3

• Yūtokutaishi Akiyama, 85, Japanese engraver and photographer.
• Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster, 93, British civil servant, Cabinet Secretary (1979–1987) and Lord Temporal (since 1998).
• Helin Bölek, 28, Turkish singer (Grup Yorum), suicide by fasting.
• Dorothy Dells, 91, American actress (An Eye for an Eye, Death Warrant, Kickboxer 2: The Road Back).
• Arnold Demain, 92, American microbiologist, COVID-19.
• Hilary Dwyer, 74, English actress (Witchfinder General, Cry of the Banshee, Wuthering Heights), COVID-19.
• Henri Ecochard, 96, French military officer, COVID-19.
• Ira Einhorn, 79, American convicted murderer and fugitive.
• Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, 97, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ales-Terralba (1983–1989) and Reggio Emilia-Guastalla (1989–1998).
• Bob Glanzer, 74, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (since 2017), COVID-19.
• Alexander A. Gurshtein, 83, Russian astronomer.
• Francisco Hernando Contreras, 74, Spanish housing developer, COVID-19.
• Reinhard Klette, 70, German computer scientist.
• Marguerite Lescop, 104, Canadian writer, COVID-19.
• George Mackie, 70, Scottish rugby union player (Highland RFC, national team), cancer.
• Hans Meyer, 94, South African actor (Colditz).
• C. W. Nicol, 79, Welsh-born Japanese writer, cancer.
• Yoichi Nishimaru, 93, Japanese physician.
• Hans Prade, 81, Surinamese diplomat, COVID-19.
• Rodrigo Pesántez Rodas, 82, Ecuadorian writer and poet, COVID-19.
• Omar Quintana, 76, Ecuadorian politician and sports executive, President of the National Congress (2005), president of C.S. Emelec, COVID-19.
• Tim Robinson, 85, English writer and cartographer, COVID-19.
• Sergio Rossi, 84, Italian shoe designer (Sergio Rossi), COVID-19.
• Yusuf Kenan Sönmez, 71–72, Turkish politician, MP (1987–1991), COVID-19.
• Joel Shatzky, 76, American author, COVID-19.
• Arlene Stringer-Cuevas, 86, American politician, member of the New York City Council (1976–1977), COVID-19.
• Thio Gim Hock, 82, Singaporean Olympic water polo player (1956) and property developer, blood disease and kidney failure.
• Eric Verdonk, 60, New Zealand rower, Olympic bronze medallist (1988), cancer.
• Constand Viljoen, 86, South African general and politician, MP (1994–2001).
• Frida Wattenberg, 95, French resistance member, COVID-19.

2

• Mike Appleton, 83, British television producer (The Old Grey Whistle Test).
• Goyo Benito, 73, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, national team), COVID-19.
• Ranko Borozan, 86, Bosnian footballer (Velež Mostar, Partizan, Red Star Belgrade).
• Patricia Bosworth, 86, American actress (The Nun's Story) and author, COVID-19.
• John B. Bryant, 72, American economist.
• Bernardita Catalla, 62, Filipino diplomat, ambassador to Lebanon (since 2017), COVID-19.
• Mario Chaldú, 77, Argentine footballer (Club Atlético Banfield, Racing Club, national team).
• Zaccaria Cometti, 83, Italian footballer (Atalanta), COVID-19.
• François de Gaulle, 98, French missionary, COVID-19.
• Oskar Fischer, 97, German politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the GDR (1975–1990).
• William Frankland, 108, British immunologist, COVID-19.
• Louis J. Gill, 80, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1988–1992).
• Juan Giménez, 76, Argentine comic book artist (Heavy Metal, Métal hurlant), COVID-19.
• Ron Graham, 93, English-Australian actor (Home and Away, Waterloo Station).
• Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg, 83, Norwegian politician, MP (1985–1989, since 2013), president of the IFRC (1997–2001).
• Daniel Jacoby, 86, French lawyer and human rights activist.
• Anick Jesdanun, 51, American technology journalist (Associated Press), COVID-19.
• Eddie Large, 78, British comedian (Little and Large), heart failure and COVID-19.
• João Marcos, 66, Brazilian footballer (Palmeiras, Grêmio), esophageal disease.
• Maeve Kennedy McKean, 40, American lawyer, health official and academic, drowning.
• Johannes van Knobelsdorff, 102, Dutch mayor (Goedereede, Stellendam, Sassenheim).
• Vaughan Mason, 69, American music producer (Raze, Vaughan Mason & Crew) and songwriter ("Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll").
• James Megellas, 103, American military officer.
• Emmitt Peters, 79, American dog musher.
• Zdeněk Přikryl, 91, Czech sculptor.
• Hans Reiss, 97, German-born Irish academic.
• Aaron Rubashkin, 92, American businessman, patriarch of the Rubashkin family, COVID-19.
• George Shepperson, 98, British historian.
• Shamsur Rahman Sherif, 79, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Land (2014–2019).
• Nirmal Singh Khalsa, 67, Indian singer and priest (Darbar Sahib), COVID-19.
• Guus Smeets, 71, Dutch singer, COVID-19.
• Arnold Sowinski, 89, French footballer (RC Lens), COVID-19.
• Claudio Spies, 95, Chilean-born American composer.
• Carl Tacy, 86, American college basketball coach (Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Marshall Thundering Herd).
• Aptripel Tumimomor, 53, Indonesian politician, North Morowali regent (since 2016), COVID-19.
• Seppo Vesterinen, 71, Finnish music manager and producer.
• Arthur Whistler, 75, American ethnobotanist and author, COVID-19.
• Jacques Yankel, 99, French artist.

1

• Anne Hendricks Bass, 78, American investor and philanthropist.
• Branislav Blažić, 63, Serbian surgeon and politician, Minister of Environmental Protection (1998–2000), COVID-19.
• Peter Brooke, 90, American businessman.
• Zev Buffman, 89, Israeli theatre producer, President and CEO of Ruth Eckerd Hall (2011–2018).
• Bruce Dawe, 90, Australian poet.
• Ricardo Díez Hochleitner, 91, Spanish economist and diplomat, president of the Club of Rome (1991–2000).
• David Driskell, 88, American visual artist and academic, COVID-19.
• Kevin Duffy, 87, American jurist, U.S. District Court Judge for Southern New York (1972–2016), COVID-19.
• Bernard Epin, 83, French writer and literary critic, COVID-19.
• Ed Farmer, 70, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies) and broadcaster, kidney disease.
• Edward L. Feightner, 100, American Navy officer and flying ace.
• Luiz Flávio Gomes, 62, Brazilian jurist, professor and politician, Deputy (since 2019), leukaemia.
• Sir James Learmonth Gowans, 95, British immunologist.
• Nur Hassan Hussein, 83, Somali politician, Prime Minister (2007–2009), COVID-19.
• Martin Khor, 68, Malaysian journalist (The Star) and economist, executive director of the South Centre (2009–2018), cancer.
• Fernando Labra Hidalgo, 68, Chilean diplomat, consul to Rosario, Argentina, COVID-19.
• Tony Lewis, 78, English mathematician, co-inventor of cricket's Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method.
• Philippe Malaurie, 95, French lawyer.
• Gérard Mannoni, 92, French sculptor.
• Ellis Marsalis Jr., 85, American jazz pianist, COVID-19.
• Rüdiger Nehberg, 84, German human rights activist and survival expert.
• Floris Michael Neusüss, 83, German photographer.
• Dirceu Pinto, 39, Brazilian Paralympic boccia player (2008, 2012, 2016), heart failure.
• Bucky Pizzarelli, 94, American jazz guitarist, COVID-19.
• Dieter Reith, 82, German pianist and organist.
• Harold Rubin, 87, South African-born Israeli jazz clarinettist.
• Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, 70, Mexican politician, Secretary of Communications and Transportation (2012–2018), stroke.
• Adam Schlesinger, 52, American musician (Fountains of Wayne, Ivy) and songwriter ("That Thing You Do"), Emmy winner (2012, 2013, 2019), COVID-19.
• John Tydeman, 84, English radio producer and theatre director.
• Dora Werzberg, 99, French nurse and social worker.
• Mahmoud Zakzouk, 86, Egyptian academic and politician, Minister of Awqaf (1995–2011).

Previous months

• Deaths in January 2020
• Deaths in February 2020
• Deaths in March 2020

See also

• List of deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019
• Lists of deaths by year

External links

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