Deaths in May 2024

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2024.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

May 2024

1

• Hasna El-Bacharia, 74, Algerian musician.
• Michael Brown, 86, Canadian Olympic sprint canoer (1960, 1964).
• Chen Junwu, 97, Chinese petroleum engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Richard E. Cook, 93, American Mormon general authority, member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy (1997–2001), CFO of Perpetual Education Fund (2001–2012).
• Pierre Claver Damiba, 87, Burkinabè economist and politician, MP (1971–1974, 1978–1980).
• Michael D'Arcy, 90, Irish politician, senator (1993–1997), minister of state of fisheries (1982–1986), and three-times TD.
• Ildefonso Dell'Olmo, 67, Spanish politician and bullfighting arena president (Plaza de toros de La Malagueta), member of the Andalusian parliament (1990–1994, 1996–2008).
• Danilo Dončić, 54, Serbian football player (Valletta, Sliema Wanderers) and manager (Lokomotiv Sofia), heart attack.
• Dominique Dupuy, 93, French dancer and choreographer.
• Tibor Hollo, 96, Hungarian-born American real estate developer and Holocaust survivor.
• Erik Jayme, 89, Canadian-born German jurist.
• Jacques Lepatey, 94, French rugby union player (SC Mazamet, national team).
• Miroslav Macek, 79, Czech politician and writer, MP (1990–1992).
• Richard Maloof, 84, American musician (Les Brown, Lawrence Welk).
• Terry Medwin, 91, Welsh football player (Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, national team) and manager.
• Ian Mellor, 74, English footballer (Manchester City, Brighton, Sheffield Wednesday), amyloidosis.
• Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, 82, Emirati royal and politician, ruler's representative of the Al Ain Region (since 1971).
• Doyle Niemann, 77, American prosecutor, public administrator, and politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (2003–2015).
• Takayasu Okushima, 85, Japanese academic and scouting administrator, president of Hakuoh University (since 2013) and chief scout of the Scout Association of Japan (since 2010), pneumonia.
• Dallas Penn, 53, American fashion designer, musician and internet personality.
• Juzefs Petkēvičs, 83, Latvian chess grandmaster.
• Victoria Prego, 75, Spanish journalist (TVE) and television presenter (Telediario).
• Uma Ramanan, 69, Indian playback singer.
• Chauhdry Abdul Rashid, 83, Pakistani-born English politician, lord mayor of Birmingham (2008–2009).
• Barry Romo, 76, American antiwar activist, heart attack.
• Joe Shipley, 88, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox).
• Richard Tandy, 76, English Hall of Fame musician (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move).
• William Toye, 97, Canadian author and editor, co-founder of the Tamarack Review.

2

• A. J. Mohammad Ali, 73, Bangladeshi lawyer, attorney general (2005–2007).
• Derek Angus, 86, New Zealand politician, MP (1981–1990).
• Bruce Arnold, 87, English journalist and author, pneumonia.
• Josh Baker, 20, English cricketer (Worcestershire).
• Susan Buckner, 71, American actress (Grease, Deadly Blessing, The Brady Bunch Hour).
• Nalin de Silva, 79, Sri Lankan philosopher and political analyst.
• Sjoukje Dijkstra, 82, Dutch figure skater, Olympic champion (1964).
• Earl Edwards, 78, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, Edmonton Eskimos).
• Winfried Fockenberg, 79, German jurist and politician, MP (1990–1994).
• Derek Forster, 75, English footballer (Sunderland, Charlton Athletic, Vancouver Royals).
• Brian Halfpenny, 87, English Anglican priest and military chaplain.
• Ian Hayden, 83, Australian footballer (Richmond).
• David Konstan, 83, American classicist.
• Manca Košir, 76, Slovenian journalist (Nova revija) and actress (Real Pests).
• Edgar Lansbury, 94, British-American theatre producer (The Subject Was Roses), Tony winner (1960).
• Adolpho Lindenberg, 99, Brazilian civil engineer, architect and writer.
• Derrick Lonsdale, 100, British-born American pediatrician.
• Darius Morris, 33, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers).
• Peter Oosterhuis, 75, English golfer and broadcaster (CBS Sports), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• John Pisano, 93, American jazz guitarist.
• Roxanne, 95, American model and actress (The Seven Year Itch, The Young Don't Cry).
• Tito Steiner, 72, Paraguayan-Argentine Olympic decathlete (1976), pneumonia.
• Eloína Suárez, 101, Spanish politician, mayor of Oviedo (1978–1979).
• Bobby Tait, 85, Scottish footballer (Barrow, Notts County, Chesterfield).
• Werner Weinhold, 74, German deserter and convicted murderer.

3

• Kazuo Aichi, 86, Japanese politician, director-general of the Defence Agency (1993–1994) and MP (1976–2000, 2005–2009), COVID-19.
• Atul Kumar Anjan, 69, Indian political activist.
• Issam al-Attar, 97, Syrian political dissident (Muslim Brotherhood).
• Tony Bleasdale, 77, English-born Australian politician, mayor of Blacktown (since 2019).
• Mayotte Bollack, 95, French academic and philologist.
• Dorothy Bromiley, 93, British actress (The Girls of Pleasure Island, It's Great to Be Young, A Touch of the Sun).
• Nora Cortiñas, 94, Argentine social psychologist and human rights activist, co-founder of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo.
• Géraldine Carré, 54, French journalist and television presenter.
• Obi Ezeh, 36, American football player (Michigan Wolverines).
• Victor Farrant, 74, English convicted murderer and rapist, cancer.
• Roger Fortson, 23, American Air Force serviceman, shot.
• Kailash Chandra Gahtori, 55, Indian politician, Uttarakhand MLA (2017–2022).
• Paul-Henry Gendebien, 84, Belgian economist and politician, member of the Chamber of Representatives (1971–1981, 1985–1988) and MEP (1979–1984).
• László Hammerl, 82, Hungarian sport shooter, Olympic champion (1964).
• Avraham Harshalom, 99, Czech-Israeli businessman and Holocaust survivor. (death announced on this date)
• Helmut Howiller, 80, German Olympic judoka (1972).
• Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr., 93, American Foreign Service officer and hostage survivor (Iran hostage crisis).
• Imerio Massignan, 87, Italian road racing cyclist.
• Jim Mills, 57, American banjo player (Kentucky Thunder), heart attack.
• Mustafa Mkulo, 77, Tanzanian economist and politician, MP (2005–2015) and minister of finance (2007–2012).
• Terezinha Rêgo, 91, Brazilian botanist, respiratory failure.
• Jim Rodger, 90, Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Rangers, Queen of the South).
• Sum Ronghang, 61, Indian politician, Assam MLA (2016–2021), multiple organ failure.
• Dick Rutan, 85, American aviator, complications from COVID-19.
• Frank Shrontz, 92, American corporate executive, CEO of Boeing (1986–1996) and assistant secretary of defense for sustainment (1976–1977).
• Denis Trento, 41, Italian ski mountaineer, fall.
• Yashwant Trivedi, 89, Indian poet, pneumonia.
• Germain Viatte, 84, Canadian-born French art historian and museum curator.

4

• Badr bin Abdul Mohsen Al Saud, 75, Saudi prince and poet.
• Bob Avellini, 70, American football player (Chicago Bears), cancer.
• Mikhail Banshchikov, 75, Russian politician, MP (2007–2011), traffic collision.
• Ignacio Bayón, 80, Spanish politician, minister of industry and energy (1980–1982).
• Dagoberto Fontes, 80, Uruguayan footballer (Defensor Sporting, national team).
• Gangadhar Gade, 85, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (1972–1978).
• Judith G. Garber, 62, American diplomat, ambassador to Latvia (2009–2012) and Cyprus (2019–2022).
• Han Zhenxiang, 93, Chinese electrical engineer and academic administrator, president of Zhejiang University (1984–1988) and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Narcisa Hirsch, 96, German-born Argentine filmmaker.
• Fivos Ioannides, 88, Greek lawyer and politician, MP (1989–2004).
• Jūrō Kara, 84, Japanese playwright.
• Ron Kavana, 73, Irish singer-songwriter.
• Judith Medlicott, 82, New Zealand lawyer and advocate, New Zealand Mastermind champion (1988), chancellor of the University of Otago (1993–1998).
• David Messina, 92, Italian sports journalist (Tuttosport, Gazzetta dello Sport) and television presenter (Diretta Stadio).
• Carola Miró i Bedós, 58, Spanish teacher, cancer.
• Anna Panagiotopoulou, 78, Greek actress (Safe Sex, Crying... Silicon Tears, Oi Treis Harites), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Giusto Pellanera, 86, Italian Olympic basketball player (1964, 1968) and coach.
• Yechiel Perr, 89, American rabbi.
• Anthony Pascal Rebello, 74, Kenyan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Francistown (since 2021).
• Karl Ringel, 91, German footballer (Borussia Neunkirchen, Saarland national team, West Germany national team).
• Frank Stella, 87, American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, lymphoma.

5

• Belgacem Bouguenna, 61, Tunisian singer and teacher.
• Milagros Cámere, 51, Peruvian Olympic volleyball player (1996, 2000).
• Columba Cryan, 94, Irish Gaelic footballer (Ballinamore Seán O'Heslin's).
• Fred Dewilde, 58, French comics artist, suicide.
• Jeannie Epper, 83, American stuntwoman (Romancing the Stone, Kill Bill: Volume 2, Minority Report).
• Lizzy Evoeme, 81, Nigerian actress (New Masquerade).
• Bernard Hill, 79, English actor (The Lord of the Rings, Titanic, Wolf Hall).
• Phil Hoadley, 72, English footballer (Orient, Norwich City, Crystal Palace).
• Willie Hona, 70, New Zealand Hall of Fame musician (Herbs), pancreatic cancer.
• Jose Kattukkaran, 92, Indian politician, mayor of Thrissur (2000–2004).
• Etelka Kenéz Heka, 87, Hungarian writer, poet and singer.
• Eiji Kiyokawa, 62, Japanese baseball player (Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes), cancer.
• Vladimir Kuznetsov, 96, Russian archeologist and historian.
• Fernand Lalonde, 91, Canadian lawyer and politician, Quebec MNA (1973–1984).
• Frank Leeflang, 87, Surinamese jurist, diplomat, and politician, minister of justice (1982–1985).
• Horace Locklear, 81, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1977–1982).
• Kelath Aravindakshan Marar, 82, Indian chenda player.
• Olivier Masurel, 44, French aerobatic pilot, plane crash.
• César Luis Menotti, 85, Argentine football player (Rosario Central, national team) and manager (national team), world champion (1978), anemia.
• Ngoy Nsumbu, 51, Congolese footballer (Genk, Maccabi Petah Tikva, national team), complications from cancer.
• Oleksandr Pielieshenko, 30, Ukrainian Olympic weightlifter (2016) and serviceman, killed in action.
• Simona Postlerová, 59, Czech actress (The Territory of White Deer).
• Alexander Reichenberg, 31, Swedish-Norwegian ice hockey player (IK Oskarshamn, Norway national team, 2018 Olympics).
• David Shapiro, 77, American poet, literary critic, and art historian, complications from Parkinson’s disease.
• Gloria Stroock, 99, American actress (Fun with Dick and Jane, The Competition, Uncommon Valor).
• Zbigniew Szałajda, 89, Polish engineer and politician.
• Robert Zawada, 79, Polish Olympic handball player (1972).

6

• Haerul Amri, 51, Indonesian politician, MP (since 2022), heart attack.
• Joe Collier, 91, American football coach (Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, New England Patriots).
• Judy Devlin, 88, Canadian-born English-American Hall of Fame badminton player, cancer.
• Ian Gelder, 74, British actor (Game of Thrones, Torchwood, Little Dorrit), bile duct cancer.
• Kristin Hallenga, 38, English breast cancer awareness activist (CoppaFeel!), breast cancer.
• Kevin Hardy, 78, American football player (San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, Green Bay Packers).
• Harikumar, 68, Indian film director (Puli Varunne Puli, Jaalakam, Sukrutham), cancer.
• Steve Harney, 73, English footballer (Bradford City, Guiseley).
• Bill Holman, 96, American jazz composer and saxophonist.
• Wayland Holyfield, 82, American songwriter ("Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me)", "Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer", "You're My Best Friend").
• Hootie Ingram, 90, American football player (Alabama Crimson Tide), coach (Clemson Tigers), and athletic director (Florida State Seminoles).
• Kanakalatha, 63, Indian actress (Pookkaalam, Aakasha Ganga 2, Spadikam), complications from dementia.
• Rudolf Keszthelyi, 89, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (1960).
• Susanna Kubelka, 81, Austrian-born French writer.
• Takaharu Kyōgoku, 86, Japanese Shinto priest, chief priest of Yasukuni Shrine (2008–2013), epidural hematoma.
• Mike Nugent, 77, Australian athlete and wheelchair manufacturer, Paralympic champion (1980, 1984).
• Tony Parkes, 74, American folk dancer and choreographer.
• Don Penny, 91, American actor (12 O'Clock High, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, The Lieutenant) and comedian.
• Bernard Pivot, 89, French journalist (Le Figaro) and talk show host (Bouillon de culture), chairman of the Académie Goncourt (2014–2020), cancer.
• Petya Stavreva, 47, Bulgarian journalist and politician, MEP (2007–2009), MP (since 2023).
• Christiane Stefanski, 74, Belgian singer.
• Andy Stoglin, 81, American basketball coach (Southern Jaguars, Jackson State Tigers).
• André Trigano, 98, French camping industry executive and politician, mayor of Pamiers (1995–2020).
• Johnnie Walker, 79, Australian racing driver (Australian Formula 2, Formula 5000).
• Brian Wenzel, 94, Australian actor (A Country Practice, Rove, The Odd Angry Shot).

7

• Evald Aavik, 83, Estonian actor (Nest of Winds, Arvo Iho, Somnambuul).
• Steve Albini, 61, American musician (Big Black, Shellac) and record producer (In Utero), heart attack.
• Isabelle Becker, 59, French singer.
• Martin Cearns, 79, English football executive, chairman of West Ham United (1990–1992).
• Basit Ahmed Dar, 22, Indian Kashmiri militant commander (TRF).
• Jim Flegg, 87, British horticulturalist and broadcaster.
• Fabio Gallia, 60, Italian banker, CEO of BNP Paribas (2008–2015).
• Neil Grant, 85, New Zealand potter.
• Jan Helge Jansen, 86, Norwegian politician, MP (1981–1985).
• Ignatius Jones, 66–67, Australian-Filipino singer (Jimmy and the Boys, Pardon Me Boys) and journalist.
• Kim Ki-nam, 94, North Korean politician, director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea (1989–2017), multiple organ failure.
• Leo Kogeldans, 93, Surinamese footballer (VVV-Venlo, national team).
• Antonio Mentor, 74, Brazilian businessman and politician, São Paulo MLA (1999–2015).
• Reid Morden, 82, Canadian diplomat and civil servant, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (1988–1992).
• Paul Parkman, 91, American physician, lymphoblastic leukemia.
• Salam Bin Razzaq, 83, Indian writer and translator.
• Joan Rigol, 81, Spanish politician, president of the parliament of Catalonia (1999–2003), Catalan minister of employment (1980–1984) and culture (1984–1985).
• Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, 95, American landscape architect and graphic designer.
• Phil Wiggins, 69, American blues musician (Cephas & Wiggins), cancer.
• Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, 88, Polish jazz musician, composer and arranger.

8

• K. Vasantha Bangera, 78, Indian politician, Karnataka MLA (1983–1989, 1994–1999, 2008–2018).
• John Barbata, 79, American rock drummer (The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship).
• Colleen Barrett, 79, American airline executive, president of Southwest Airlines (2001–2008).
• Viv Busby, 74, English football player (Luton Town, Fulham) and manager (Hartlepool United).
• Chris Cannon, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1997–2009).
• Gérard César, 89, French politician, three-time deputy, senator (1990–2017).
• Lázaro Chiappe, 87, Argentine lawyer and politician, senator (2001–2003) and vice-governor of Corrientes Province (1993–1995).
• Graham Cooper, 83, British Olympic rower (1960).
• Jean Emelina, 90, French academic and writer.
• Vicente Fernández-Capel, 76, Spanish lawyer and politician, member of the Andalusian parliament (1986–1990), multiple contusions.
• Ramón Fonseca Mora, 71, Panamanian lawyer (Panama Papers, Operation Car Wash) and novelist, co-founder of Mossack Fonseca.
• Oleg Gudymo, 79, Transnistrian politician.
• Paul Holmes, 56, English footballer (Torquay United, Everton, West Bromwich Albion), cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Art Jimmerson, 60, American boxer and mixed martial artist (UFC 1).
• Jimmy Johnson, 86, American Hall of Fame football player (San Francisco 49ers).
• Carolyn J. Krysiak, 84, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1991–2011).
• George Lavery, 93, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Antrim, Down).
• Jean Lavoué, 69, French author, poet and essayist.
• Jan Lundqvist, 97, Swedish academic and geologist.
• Giovanna Marini, 87, Italian singer-songwriter.
• Pete McCloskey, 96, American politician and activist, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1983), heart and kidney failure.
• Brian Phelan, 89, Irish actor (The Criminal, Accident), dramatist and screenwriter (Little Mother).
• Jack Quinn, 74, American lawyer, White House counsel (1995–1997) and chief of staff to the vice president (1993–1995), complications from a double-lung transplant.
• Moosa Raza, 87, Indian civil servant.
• Julio Salazar, 89, Peruvian army general and convicted murderer (La Cantuta massacre), minister of defense (1998–1999) and head of the national intelligence service (1991–1998).
• Frank P. Simoneaux, 90, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1972–1982).
• Sangeeth Sivan, 65, Indian film director (Gandharvam, Johny, Apna Sapna Money Money) and screenwriter.
• Julia Trashlieva, 88, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast.
• C. Velayudham, 73, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (1996–2001).
• Wang Geng, 96, Chinese scientist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• K. P. Yohannan, 74, Indian Christian prelate, metropolitan bishop of Believers Eastern Church (since 1993), traffic collision.

9

• Barry Axelrod, 77, American sports agent.
• Ibrahim Babangida, 47, Nigerian footballer (FC Volendam), traffic collision.
• Bai Yilong, 83, Chinese mechanist and academic.
• Avner Ben-Gal, 57, Israeli painter and artist.
• Colin Breed, 77, British politician, MP (1997–2010).
• Sean Burroughs, 43, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Arizona Diamondbacks), Olympic champion (2000), heart attack.
• Dame Shirley Conran, 91, British writer and journalist, pneumonia.
• Roger Corman, 98, American film director (The Little Shop of Horrors, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre) and producer (Death Race 2000).
• Henri Coupon, 94, French lawyer, author and screenwriter.
• Vladimir Dorofeev, 86–87, Russian politician, deputy (1990–1993).
• Silvio Fazio, 72, Italian-French novelist.
• James Gregory, 78, American comedian, cardiac complications.
• Rosemary Haughton, 97, British Catholic lay theologian.
• Nonny Hogrogian, 92, American writer and illustrator (Always Room for One More, Cool Cat, One Fine Day), cancer.
• Bobby Hooper, 77, American basketball player (Dayton Flyers, Indiana Pacers).
• Tozammel Tony Huq, 84, Bangladeshi-British diplomat and civil servant.
• Ivan Ivanji, 95, Serbian author.
• Cam McCarthy, 29, Australian footballer (Greater Western Sydney, Fremantle).
• Yvonne Mokgoro, 73, South African jurist, judge of the Constitutional Court (1994–2009), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
• Rex Murphy, 77, Canadian commentator and writer (National Post), cancer.
• Larry Polansky, 69, American composer and musician.
• Toini Pöysti, 90, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic bronze medallist (1960, 1964).
• Raúl Sanz Jiménez, 74, Spanish businessman and politician, member of the Parliament of La Rioja (1983–1987).
• Tore Schweder, 81, Norwegian statistician.
• Buzz Stephen, 79, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins).
• Philip Tagg, 80, British musicologist, writer, and educator.
• Dennis Thompson, 75, American Hall of Fame drummer (MC5), complications from a heart attack.
• Jon Urbanchek, 87, Hungarian-born American Hall of Fame swimming coach (University of Michigan, five Olympic teams), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Andrés Vega Delfín, 93, Mexican folk guitarist.

10

• Svetomir Arsić-Basara, 95, Serbian sculptor and writer.
• Mary Banotti, 84, Irish politician, MEP (1984–2004).
• Bob Bruggers, 80, American football player (Miami Dolphins, San Diego Chargers) and professional wrestler.
• Kostas Chatzimichail, 92, Greek football player (AEK Athens) and manager (Doxa Drama, Kalamata).
• Christopher Edley Jr., 71, American legal scholar, complications from surgery.
• Hugh Edwards, 90, Australian journalist, writer (Islands of Angry Ghosts), and marine photographer.
• Ranjith Kumara, 77, Sri Lankan film journalist.
• Bruce Maccabee, 82, American physicist and ufologist.
• Tom Marshall, 93, American basketball player (Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, Rochester Royals, Detroit Pistons).
• Gerhard Müller, 95, German theologian and clergyman, bishop of the Lutheran Church in Brunswick (1982–1994), bishop of the VELKD (1990–1993).
• Barbara Nawratowicz, 91, Polish actress, journalist, and cabaret artist.
• Patrick Nilan, 82, Australian field hockey player, Olympic bronze (1964) and silver medalist (1968).
• Janis Paterson, 78, New Zealand psychologist and academic.
• Jim Peterson, 82, Canadian politician, MP (1980–1984, 1988–2007) and minister of international trade diversification (2003–2006), heart attack.
• Sam Rubin, 64, American entertainment journalist (KTLA), heart attack.
• Karen Saribekyan, 60, Armenian technician and politician, MP (2007–2017).
• Bodo Seidenthal, 76, German engineer and politician, MP (1987–2002).
• Frank Sibley, 76, English footballer (Queens Park Rangers), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• André Simonazzi, 55, Swiss politician and journalist.
• Jim Simons, 86, American mathematician (Simons' formula, Chern-Simons form), and hedge fund manager, founder of Renaissance Technologies.
• Ali Suheimat, 87–88, Jordanian politician and engineer, mayor of Amman (1989–1991).
• Mutang Tagal, 69, Malaysian politician, MP (1982–1990) and president of the Dewan Negara (since 2024).
• Alan Unwin, 82, Canadian politician, mayor of St. Catharines (1994–1997).
• Renaud Van Ruymbeke, 71, French magistrate, cancer.
• Hans Wahlgren, 86, Swedish actor (Wahlgrens värld, Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours, Rederiet).
• Corey Williams, 46, American basketball player (Dakota Wizards, Townsville Crocodiles, Melbourne United), colon cancer.
• Martin Young, 76, British television reporter and investigative journalist, liver cancer.
• Vladimir Zharikov, 85, Russian actor, stuntman (The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed) and stunt coordinator.

11

• Steve Andrascik, 75, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Hershey Bears, Indianapolis Racers).
• Susan Backlinie, 77, American actress (Jaws, Day of the Animals, 1941), heart attack.
• Joël Beaugendre, 74, French politician, member of the National Assembly (2002–2007).
• Terry Blair, 62, American convicted serial killer.
• Kevin Brophy, 70, American actor (Lucan, The Long Riders, Hell Night).
• Luc Bürgin, 53, Swiss writer, publicist, and journalist (Baslerstab).
• John Barnard Bush, 87, British farmer and public servant, lord lieutenant of Wiltshire (2004–2012).
• Peter C. Eagler, 69, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (2002–2006).
• Ron Ellis, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), Stanley Cup champion (1967).
• Tito Gotti, 96, Italian orchestra conductor, musicologist, and essayist.
• Rudolf Kučera, 84, Czech footballer (Dukla Prague, Czechoslovakia national team).
• Rubén Monasterios, 86, Venezuelan writer and theatre critic.
• Colin Moyle, 94, New Zealand politician, MP (1963–1976, 1981–1990) and two-time minister of agriculture.
• Jajang Paliama, 39, Indonesian footballer (PS Mojokerto Putra, Persibo Bojonegoro, Persepam Madura Utama), traffic collision.
• Surjit Patar, 79, Indian writer and poet.
• Dave Pivec, 80, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Denver Broncos).
• David Redden, 75, American auctioneer, complications from amyotropic lateral sclerosis.
• Haider Akbar Khan Rono, 81, Bangladeshi political activist.
• Richard Slayman, 62, American transplant patient.
• Aleksandr Surikov, 68, Russian diplomat.
• Juan María Traverso, 73, Argentine racing driver (Turismo Carretera, TC2000, European Formula Two), esophageal cancer.
• Ray Vandeveer, 70, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1998–2007) and senate (2007–2013).
• Mary Wells Lawrence, 95, American advertising executive.
• Jasper White, 69, American chef, restaurateur and cookbook author, brain aneurysm.
• John A. Wickham Jr., 95, American military officer, chief of staff (1983–1987).
• Vladimir Yastrebchak, 44, Transnistrian politician, minister of foreign affairs (2008–2012).

12

• T. D. Allman, 79, American historian and writer, pneumonia.
• Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury, 98, British hereditary peer, army officer and stockbroker, member of the House of Lords (1974–1999), fall.
• Cuno Barragan, 91, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), heart failure.
• Amália Barros, 39, Brazilian politician and journalist, federal deputy (since 2023), complications from surgery.
• Reg Burgess, 89, Australian footballer (Essendon).
• Mark Damon, 91, American actor (House of Usher, Ringo and His Golden Pistol) and film producer (Monster).
• Dame Elizabeth Fradd, 75, British nursing administrator.
• Sir Clive Johnstone, 60, British Royal Navy officer.
• Tapiwa Kumbuyani, 41, Zimbabwean footballer (CAPS United, national team), liver cancer.
• Ron Lynch, 84, Australian rugby league player (Parramatta, Penrith, national team) and coach.
• Javier Manterola, 87, Spanish civil engineer, member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.
• Franca Nuti, 95, Italian actress (Marco Visconti).
• Joy Parr, 74–75, Canadian historian, winner of the J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal (2000).
• Paulo César Pereio, 83, Brazilian actor (The Guns, The Brave Warrior, Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica).
• David Sanborn, 78, American alto saxophonist (Young Americans) and television host (Night Music), six-time Grammy winner, prostate cancer.
• A. J. Smith, 75, American football player, coach and executive, prostate cancer.
• Igor Sysoyev, 43, Russian Olympic triathlete (2004, 2008), traffic collision.
• James Williams, 57, British Olympic fencer (1992, 1996, 2000).

13

• Richard Bolton, 80, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team) and coach (New Zealand Māori).
• Yevgeniy Brago, 95, Russian rower, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
• Berkley Cox, 90, Australian footballer (Carlton).
• Dai Lixin, 99, Chinese chemist and academician.
• Joseph G. Di Pinto, 92, American politician, member of the Delaware House of Representatives (1987–2006).
• Christian Escoudé, 76, French Gypsy jazz guitarist.
• Bill Friday, 91, Canadian ice hockey referee, cancer.
• Iswar Prasanna Hazarika, 87, Indian politician, MP (1996–1998), heart disease.
• Arthur Irving, 93, Canadian petroleum executive, chairman of Irving Oil (since 1992).
• Albert C. Jones, 79, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1972–1976).
• Endel Kiisa, 86, Estonian motorcycle racer.
• Lucien Mias, 93, French rugby union player (Narbonne, national team).
• Josef Michl, 85, Czech-American chemist, Schrödinger Medal and James Flack Norris Award recipient.
• Sushil Kumar Modi, 72, Indian politician, Bihar MLA (1990–2004), deputy chief minister of Bihar (2005–2013, 2017–2020), and twice MP, cancer.
• Alice Munro, 92, Canadian short story writer (Dance of the Happy Shades, Lives of Girls and Women, Runaway), Nobel Prize laureate (2013), complications from dementia.
• Billy Murphy, 80, American baseball player (New York Mets).
• Native Upmanship, 31, Irish racehorse.
• Susanne Page, 86, American photographer.
• Marius Peiris, 82, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Colombo (2000–2018).
• Joseph E. Potter, American sociologist.
• Birubala Rabha, 70, Indian human rights activist, esophageal cancer.
• Loftus Roker, 88, Bahamian politician.
• Clarence Sasser, 76, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
• M. Selvarasu, 67, Indian politician, MP (1989–1991, 1996–1998, since 2019).
• Luis María Serra, 82, Argentine musician and composer (La Mary, Camila, I, the Worst of All).
• Uta Titze-Stecher, 81, German schoolteacher and politician, MP (1990–2002).
• Cyril Wecht, 93, American forensic pathologist, Allegheny County Medical Examiner (1970–1980, 1996–2006).
• Samm-Art Williams, 78, American playwright (Home), actor (Blood Simple) and television producer (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air).
• Talal Abu Zarifa, Palestinian communist militant and politician (Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine), airstrike.

14

• Édgar Alarcón, 63, Peruvian politician, deputy (2020–2021), traffic collision.
• Fabián Cancelarich, 58, Argentine footballer (Ferro Carril Oeste, Belgrano, Platense), heart attack.
• Diane Deans, 65, Canadian politician, member of Ottawa City Council (1994–2022), ovarian cancer.
• Ayten Gökçer, 84, Turkish actress (Red Istanbul).
• Harchibald, 25, Irish racehorse. (death announced on this date)
• Baiba Indriksone, 92, Latvian actress (A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve, The Devil's Servants).
• Jimmy James, 83, Jamaican-British singer ("Now Is the Time", "I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me"), complications from Parkinson's disease and a heart condition.
• Narong Kittikachorn, 90, Thai politician, MP (1983–1992).
• Maxim Kononenko, 53, Russian journalist and political activist, internal bleeding.
• Jacques Monet, 94, Canadian historian and Roman Catholic priest.
• Dene O'Kane, 61, New Zealand snooker player, fall.
• Mélanie Renaud, 42, Canadian singer, ovarian cancer.
• Don Perlin, 94, American comic book artist (Werewolf by Night, Ghost Rider, Transformers), co-creator of Moon Knight.
• Ramón Rocha, 84, Spanish politician, member of the Assembly of Extremadura (1995–2003) and mayor of Olivenza (1979–2007).
• Netiporn Sanesangkhom, 28, Thai political activist, cardiac arrest.
• Owen John Thomas, 84, Welsh politician, AM (1999–2007).
• Doug Underwood, 77, Australian motorcycle speedway rider.
• Gudrun Ure, 98, Scottish actress (Super Gran, The Million Pound Note, The Crow Road).
• Tony Windis, 91, American basketball player (Detroit Pistons).
• Mark Wells, 66, American ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1980).

15

• Abdellatif Abdelhamid, 70, Syrian film director (Layali Ibn Awa, Nassim al-Roh, Qamaran wa Zaytouna).
• Hisham Arafat, 60, Egyptian politician, minister of transport (2017–2019), cancer.
• Kamla Beniwal, 97, Indian politician, governor of Tripura (2009), Gujarat (2009–2014), and Mizoram (2014).
• Jeanne Bisgood, 100, English amateur golfer.
• Karin Bohle-Lawrenz, 66, German schoolteacher and politician, member of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen (2007–2011).
• Imma Costa, 62, Spanish politician, senator (2023) and mayor of El Montmell (2003–2019).
• Darren Dutchyshen, 57, Canadian sportscaster (SportsCentre), prostate cancer.
• Barbra Fuller, 102, American actress (Adventures of Superman, Four Star Playhouse, My Three Sons).
• Vlastimil Harapes, 77, Czech actor (Marketa Lazarová, Jak dostat tatínka do polepšovny, Beauty and the Beast), ballet dancer and choreographer, lung cancer.
• John Hastings, 82, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1995–2003) and Toronto District School Board trustee (2006–2014).
• John Hawken, 84, English keyboardist (The Nashville Teens, Renaissance, Strawbs), melanoma.
• Komao Hayashi, 87, Japanese dollmaker.
• Malti Joshi, 89, Indian novelist.
• Barry Kemp, 84, English archaeologist and Egyptologist.
• Tates Locke, 87, American basketball coach (Clemson Tigers, Jacksonville Dolphins, Indiana State Sycamores).
• Bob McCreadie, 73, American racing driver (Super DIRTcar Series).
• June Mendoza, 99, Australian portrait painter, stroke.
• Patrick Moenaert, 75, Belgian politician, mayor of Bruges (1995–2012), cancer.
• Elda Peralta, 91, Mexican actress (Hypocrite, Streetwalker, A Woman Without Love).
• Yvon Picotte, 82, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA (1970–1994).
• Ahmed Piro, 92, Moroccan singer.
• Washington Rodrigues, 87, Brazilian football color commentator (Super Rádio Tupi).
• Katherine Wei-Sender, 93, Chinese-American bridge player and author.
• Hans-Georg Wieck, 96, German diplomat.
• Heinz Zander, 84, German painter.
• Joe Zucker, 83, American artist, multiple organ failure.

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• Carmen Berenguer, 77, Chilean poet.
• John Brown, 76, English footballer (Preston North End, Wigan Athletic).
• Montserrat Casas, 90, Spanish Roman Catholic nun, abbess of the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes (since 2013).
• Dabney Coleman, 92, American actor (9 to 5, Tootsie, The Guardian), Emmy winner (1987), cardiac arrest.
• Randy Fuller, 80, American singer, songwriter and bass guitarist (The Bobby Fuller Four).
• Vishwas Gangurde, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (1999–2004).
• Ken Gardner, 74, American basketball player (Utah Utes, Utah Stars).
• Eddie Gossage, 65, American motorsports promoter (Texas Motor Speedway), cancer.
• Zari Khoshkam, 76, Iranian actress (What's the Time in Your World?).
• Silvio Luiz, 89, Brazilian sports commentator (Rede Bandeirantes, SBT, Rede Record), stroke.
• Enrique Méndez Jr., 92, Puerto Rican major general.
• Akira Nakao, 81, Japanese actor (Minbo, Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, Ninja Wars), heart failure.
• Vineet Nayyar, 85, Indian information technology executive, chairman of Mahindra Satyam (since 2009).
• Park Myeong-seo, 85, South Korean politician, MP (1992–1996).
• Dale Power, 74, Canadian tennis player, blood and bladder cancer.
• Jaye Robinson, 61, Canadian politician, member of Toronto City Council (since 2018), breast cancer.
• Carmen Sheila, 79, Brazilian voice actress (TV Colosso).
• Dharmapaal Barsingh Thapa, 85, Nepali military officer, chief of Army Staff (1995–1999), lung disease.
• Verónica Toussaint, 48, Mexican actress (Impossible Things) and television presenter (¡Qué chulada!), breast cancer.

17

• Bud Anderson, 102, American Air Force colonel and flying ace.
• Gordon Bell, 89, American electrical engineer (Bell's law of computer classes), aspiration pneumonia.
• Thaneswar Boro, 85, Indian politician, Assam MLA (1985–2001), heart disease.
• Pat Buckley, 72, Irish independent Catholic bishop.
• Charlie Colin, 57, American bassist and guitarist (Train, The Side Deal), fall.
• Isabella Dryden, 106, Canadian educator.
• Garba Duba, 82, Nigerian army general and politician, governor of Sokoto State (1984–1985) and Bauchi State (1978–1979).
• Tony Ekubia, 64, Nigerian-British boxer.
• Sid Going, 80, New Zealand Hall of Fame rugby union player (North Auckland, national team).
• James Hubbell, 92, American visual artist.
• Pål Johannessen, 65, Norwegian actor (Olsen Gang), heart attack.
• Schuyler Jones, 94, American archaeologist and anthropologist.
• Avtandil Jorbenadze, 73, Georgian politician, minister of health and social affairs (1993–2001).
• Yukio Kurita, 94, Japanese politician, governor of Fukui Prefecture (1987–2003).
• Roberta Marrero, 52, Spanish artist, singer and actress, suicide.
• Bette Nash, 88, American flight attendant and Guinness World Record holder, breast cancer.
• Benny Petrus, 67, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (2007–2012).
• Gene E. K. Pratter, 75, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (since 2004).
• Aminur Rahman, 69, Bangladeshi footballer (Sadharan Bima CSC, Team BJMC, national team), heart failure.
• Stephen J. Rivele, 75, American screenwriter (Nixon, Ali, Pawn Sacrifice).
• Príamo Tejeda, 90, Dominican Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Santo Domingo (1975–1986) and bishop of Baní (1986–1997).
• Hideyuki Umezu, 68, Japanese voice actor (Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Holly the Ghost, Shrine of the Morning Mist), pneumonia.
• Sharkey Ward, 80, British Royal Navy officer and aviator, heart attack.

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• Willi Brokmeier, 96, German tenor (Bavarian State Opera).
• Palle Danielsson, 77, Swedish jazz double bassist.
• Yael Dayan, 85, Israeli writer and politician, MK (1992–2003), lung disease.
• Joseph Suren Gomes, 80, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Krishnagar (2002–2019), heart failure.
• Geane Herrera, 33, American mixed martial artist, traffic collision.
• Frank Ifield, 86, Australian singer ("I Remember You", "Lovesick Blues", "The Wayward Wind").
• John Koerner, 85, American songwriter and guitarist (Koerner, Ray & Glover), bile duct cancer.
• Andrey Kudriashov, 32, Russian motorcycle speedway racer, skin cancer.
• Agustín Ramón Martínez, 62, Israeli-Paraguayan serial killer and fraudster.
• Jerrold Northrop Moore, 90, American-born British musicologist.
• Luis Moroder, 83, Italian peptide chemist.
• Ivan Mráz, 82, Slovak football player (Slovan Bratislava, Czechoslovakia national team) and manager (Alajuelense), Olympic silver medalist (1964).
• Bruce Nordstrom, 90, American retail executive, chairman of Nordstrom (1968–1995, 2000–2006).
• Sir Tony O'Reilly, 88, Irish media executive, owner of Mediahuis Ireland (1973–2009), and rugby union player (Barbarians, national team).
• George Papageorgiou, 68, American college football player (Washington Huskies) and coach (Bethel Threshers, Benedictine Ravens).
• Pequeño Nitro, 40, Mexican professional wrestler.
• Alberto Piazza, 82, Italian geneticist (University of Turin).
• Claude Pujade-Renaud, 92, Tunisian-born French writer.
• Fred Roos, 89, American film producer (The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, The Outsiders), Oscar winner (1975).
• Salim Haji Said, 80, Indonesian journalist and academician.
• Jerald D. Slack, 88, American air force major general, cancer.
• Alice Stewart, 58, American political commentator (CNN).
• Guy R. Strong, 93, American college basketball coach (Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers, Eastern Kentucky Colonels, Oklahoma State Cowboys).
• Narayanan Vaghul, 88, Indian banker, chairman of the Bank of India (1981–1984).
• Francisco Villagrán de León, 70, Guatemalan diplomat, academic and presidential advisor, ambassador to the United States (2008–2011, 2012–2013), complications from a fall.
• Md. Wali Ullah, 87, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991–1996).
• Harrison White, 94, American sociologist (vacancy chains, blockmodels).
• Rahmatullo Zoirov, 67, Tajik legal scholar and human rights activist.

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• Bola Afonja, 81, Nigerian politician, minister of labour (1993).
• Marshall Allen, 52, American journalist (Las Vegas Sun, ProPublica), heart attack.
• Larry Bensky, 87, American journalist and radio host.
• Prataprao Baburao Bhosale, 89, Indian politician, MP (1999–2009) and Maharashtra MLA (1967–1985).
• Peggi Blu, 77, American singer and vocal coach.
• Caroline Dawson, 45, Chilean-born Canadian writer, bone cancer.
• Peder Falk, 76, Swedish actor (Nya tider, Vägen till Gyllenblå!, Smash).
• Richard Foronjy, 86, American actor (Serpico, Midnight Run, Carlito's Way).
• Franchino, 71, Italian disc jockey, complications from a heart attack.
• H. Bruce Franklin, 90, American scholar, corticobasal degeneration.
• Aloísio Teixeira Garcia, 80, Brazilian academic and politician, Minas Gerais MLA (1987–1991).
• James L. Greenfield, 99, American newspaper editor (The New York Times) and government official, assistant secretary of state for public affairs (1964–1966), kidney failure.
• Ian Hamilton, 73, English footballer (Aston Villa, Sheffield United, Minnesota Kicks).
• Sjef Hensgens, 76, Dutch Olympic middle-distance runner (1972).
• Kwassi Klutse, 78, Togolese politician, prime minister (1996–1999).
• Ali Al-Kourani, 79, Lebanese Islamic cleric, heart attack.
• Dick Kuiper, 85, Dutch academic and politician, senator (1983–1995).
• Christian Malanga, 41, Congolese politician and military officer, leader of the 2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt, shot.
• Jim Otto, 86, American Hall of Fame football player (Oakland Raiders).
• Sigmund Rolat, 93, Polish philanthropist, art collector, and Holocaust survivor, founding donor of POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
• Bruno Siebert, 91, Chilean Army general and politician, minister of public works (1982–1989) and senator (1990–1998).
• Stephen Smalley, 93, British religious leader, Dean of Chester (1987–2001).
• Claude Villeneuve, 69, Canadian academic and biologist.
• Iranian politicians killed in the 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash:
  • Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, 61, representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan (since 2017)
  • Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, 60, minister of foreign affairs (since 2021), ambassador to Bahrain (2007–2010)
  • Malek Rahmati, 41–42, governor-general of East Azerbaijan (since 2024)
  • Ebrahim Raisi, 63, president (since 2021), chief justice (2019–2021), and prosecutor-general (2014–2016)

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• Bad Bones, 40, German professional wrestler (WXW, TNA), heart attack.
• Ivan Boesky, 87, American insider trader.
• Kevin Burns, 63, New Zealand cricketer (Southland, Otago).
• Sam Butcher, 85, American artist (Precious Moments).
• Gerry Collins, 69, Scottish football player (Ayr United, Hamilton Academical, Partick Thistle) and manager.
• Jean-Claude Gaudin, 84, French politician, senator (1998–2017), minister of the city (1995–1997), and mayor of Marseille (1995–2020).
• Gebhard Halder, 81, Austrian farmer and politician, president of the Landtag of Vorarlberg (2004–2009).
• Emmanuel Hendrickx, 84, Belgian lawyer and politician, governor of Walloon Brabant (2000–2006).
• Thomas W. Long, 94, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1983–1986).
• Fernando Martínez Castellano, 82, Spanish politician, mayor of Valencia (1979).
• Eiko Masuyama, 89, Japanese voice actress (Lupin III).
• Bertus Mulder, 95, Dutch architect (Rietveld Schröder House).
• Gary Okihiro, 79, American academic.
• David Penny, 85, New Zealand evolutionary biologist, Rutherford Medal (2004), Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (since 1990).
• Fran Rooney, 67, Irish footballer (Shamrock Rovers, Home Farm, St Patrick's Athletic) and businessman.
• Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, 85, German footballer (FC Köln, AC Milan, West Germany national team).
• Bill Serong, 88, Australian footballer (Collingwood, North Melbourne).
• Ewa Sikorska-Trela, 81, Polish trade unionist and politician, MP (1997–2001).
• Perrette Souplex, 94, French actress (Paris Still Sings, Suspicion, La smala).
• Hans Joachim Specht, 87, German nuclear physicist.
• Frank Yandrisevits, 69, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1985–1990, 1993–1994).
• Vladimir Yereshchenko, 61, Russian Olympic boxer (1988).

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• Vladimir Agapov, 90, Russian football player (Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union national team) and manager (CSKA Moscow).
• Sajjad Akbar, 63, Pakistani cricketer (national team), heart attack.
• Louis Bergaud, 95, French road bicycle racer.
• Robert Castelli, 74, American security consultant and politician, member of the New York State Assembly (2010–2013).
• Joan Cushing, 77, American political satirist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Richard Ellis, 86, American marine biologist, cardiac arrest.
• Hank Foiles, 94, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds).
• Stanley P. Goldstein, 89, American businessman, co-founder of CVS Health, cancer.
• Werner Hink, 81, Austrian violinist.
• Gene Nora Jessen, 87, American aviator (Mercury 13).
• Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, 71, Polish film composer (Finding Neverland, Unfaithful, The Visitor), Oscar winner (2005), complications from multiple system atrophy.
• Elbert Kimbrough, 86, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints).
• Ona Kreivytė-Naruševičienė, 88, Lithuanian ceramic artist.
• Manu Majumdar, 64, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2019–2024).
• Leocadio Marín, 81, Spanish politician, mayor of Baeza (2007–2015) and member of the Andalusian parliament (1982–1986, 1990–1994).
• Carlos Paravís, 56, Uruguayan physician and folk singer, esophageal cancer.
• Bastiaan Poortenaar, 55, Dutch Olympic field hockey player (1992), cardiac arrest.
• Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao, 84, Indian politician, member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1983–1994, 2004–2009).
• James Selfe, 68, South African politician, MP (1994–2021).
• Danny Wells, 84, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (2005–2014).
• Kiane Zawadi, 91, American jazz trombonist and euphonium player.

22

• Md. Anwarul Azim Anar, 56, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 2014). (body discovered on this date)
• Rolf-Ernst Breuer, 86, German businessman and jurist, CEO of Deutsche Bank (1997–2002).
• Barry Davis, 80, Australian footballer (Essendon, North Melbourne).
• Gaetano Di Vaio, 56, Italian actor (Gomorrah), screenwriter (Napoli, Napoli, Napoli) and producer (Per amor vostro), traffic collision.
• Peter Dusek, 79, Austrian historian, archivist, and journalist.
• John England, 83, New Zealand cricketer (Canterbury).
• Marie-France Garaud, 90, French politician and political advisor, MEP (1999–2004).
• Bob Grant, 77, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Washington Redskins).
• L. Martin Griffin, 103, American environmentalist.
• Darryl Hickman, 92, American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Leave Her to Heaven, Fighting Father Dunne).
• Toni Montano, 62, Serbian rock musician.
• Mimoza Nestorova-Tomić, 94–95, Macedonian architect, planner, and urban designer (reconstruction of Skopje 1963).
• Othon, 79, Brazilian football player (1964 Olympics) and manager (Botafogo, América Mineiro).
• Silvia Reyes, 75, Spanish LGBTI rights activist.
• Dorothy Ross, 87, American historian.
• Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi, 79, Indian politician, MP (1999–2009).
• Petri Sulonen, 60, Finnish footballer (FC Jazz, Turun Palloseura, national team), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Shin Kyeong-nim, 88, South Korean poet, cancer.
• John Upham, 83, Canadian baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
• Manfried Welan, 86, Austrian lawyer and politician, third president of the Municipal Council and Landtag of Vienna (1988–1991).
• David Wilkie, 70, Scottish swimmer, Olympic champion (1976), world champion (1973, 1975), cancer.

23

• Franco Anelli, 60, Italian academic administrator, rector of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (since 2012), suicide by jumping.
• Nabam Atum, 76, Indian social activist, throat cancer.
• Sir John Boardman, 96, British archaeologist and art historian.
• Caleb Carr, 68, American author (The Alienist, The Angel of Darkness, The Italian Secretary), cancer.
• Marc Camille Chaimowicz, 77, French artist.
• Valery Chtak, 42, Russian conceptual artist.
• Destiny Deacon, 67, Australian indigenous photographer.
• Travis Flores, 33, American writer, activist, and motivational speaker, complications from cystic fibrosis.
• Ángeles Flórez Peón, 105, Spanish socialist militant, writer and Civil War veteran.
• Russell Fraser, 90, Canadian politician, British Columbia MLA (1983–1991).
• Alan B. Handler, 92, American judge, justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1977–1999).
• Ibrahim Haydari, 88, Iraqi sociologist. (death announced on this date)
• Janusz Mazurek, 80, Polish politician, senator (1991–1993).
• P. N. Patil, 71, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (since 2019), fall.
• Terry Robards, 84, American wine critic.
• John Maddox Roberts, 76, American author (SPQR, Conan the Valorous, Hannibal's Children).
• Harry John Roland, 70, American orator.
• Emanuel Schegloff, 86, American linguist and sociologist.
• Sonja Morawetz Sinclair, 102, Czechoslovak-born Canadian journalist, author, and cryptographer.
• Rudolf Spoor, 85, Dutch television director.
• Morgan Spurlock, 53, American film director (Super Size Me, Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?, Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope), cancer.
• Eric Upton, 71, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).

24

• Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal, 81, Mexican civil engineer, secretary of infrastructure, communications and transport (2020–2022).
• Ayo Banjo, 90, Nigerian academic administrator, vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan (1984–1991).
• Stuart Borrowman, 71, Scottish politician, stroke.
• George William Coleman, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Fall River (2003–2014).
• Júlio Sarmento da Costa, 64, East Timorese politician, MP (2017–2018).
• Cynthia DeFelice, 72, American author (Signal).
• Mark Gormley, 67, American singer-songwriter.
• Jean-Marc Hamel, 99, Canadian civil servant, chief electoral officer (1966–1990).
• James A. Herrick, 69, American academic.
• Doug Ingle, 78, American musician (Iron Butterfly) and songwriter ("In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida").
• Kabosu, 18, Japanese Shiba Inu dog and Internet meme (Doge, Dogecoin), leukemia.
• Jan Kačer, 87, Czech actor (Death Is Called Engelchen), theatre director (The Drama Club) and politician, MP (1990–1992).
• Walter Kappacher, 85, Austrian writer.
• Nor Zamri Latiff, 55, Malaysian politician, Penang MLA (since 2023), stomach disease.
• Anna Mahase, 91, Trinidadian educator.
• Derek Morgan, 88, Welsh-English rugby union player (Northumberland, England national team).
• José Antonio Murgas, 94, Colombian politician, governor of Cesar (1970–1971) and minister of labour (1973–1974).
• Qiu Weiliu, 91, Chinese engineer.
• Santiago Omar Riveros, 100, Argentine general, clandestine detention center commander and convicted criminal.
• Lew Stansby, 83, American bridge player.
• David Teacher, 100, British World War II veteran.
• David Walker, 82, Australian racing driver (Formula One).
• Xavier Sylvestre Yangongo, 77, Central African general and politician, minister of justice (1982–1984).
• Janusz Edmund Zimniak, 90, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Katowice (1980–1992) and Bielsko and Żywiec (1992–2010).

25

• Carlo J. Caparas, 80, Filipino comics artist (Bakekang, Kamandag) and film director (Kambal Na Kamao: Madugong Engkwentro).
• Mike Cotten, 84, American college football player (Texas Longhorns).
• Rakesh Daultabad, 45, Indian politician, Haryana MLA (since 2019), heart attack.
• Hugues Gall, 84, French opera administrator, director of the Paris Opera (1995–2004).
• Janisa Johnson, 32, American volleyball player, cancer.
• Chip Kell, 75, American Hall of Fame football player (Tennessee Volunteers, Edmonton Eskimos), pneumonia.
• Ibrahim Lamorde, 61, Nigerian police officer, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (2011–2015).
• Richard Mazza, 84, American politician, member of the Vermont Senate (1985–2024) and House of Representatives (1973–1977).
• Grayson Murray, 30, American golfer, two-time PGA Tour winner, suicide.
• Johnny Ngan, 71, Hong Kong actor (The Seasons, A Kindred Spirit, File of Justice), squamous-cell carcinoma.
• Ōshio Kenji, 76, Japanese sumo wrestler.
• Mathias Asoma Puozaa, 76, Ghanaian politician, MP (2005–2017).
• Peter Rosenthal, 82, American-Canadian mathematician, lawyer, and activist, complications from COVID-19.
• Albert S. Ruddy, 94, American film and television producer (The Godfather, Hogan's Heroes, Million Dollar Baby), Oscar winner (1973, 2005).
• Richard M. Sherman, 95, American film songwriter (Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Oscar winner (1965).
• Sanford L. Smith, 84, American businessman, founder of the Outsider Art Fair, heart failure.
• Johnny Wactor, 37, American actor (General Hospital, Siberia, USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage), shot.

26

• Georgie Campbell, 37, British event rider, fall.
• Eduardo Contreras Mella, 84, Chilean politician, deputy (1973–1977).
• Samuel Lewis Galindo, 96, Panamanian businessman, politician, and author.
• Talat Hussain, 83, Pakistani actor (Karawaan, Jinnah, Actor in Law).
• Klaus Kilimann, 85, German physicist and politician, lord mayor of Rostock (1990–1993).
• John MacBean, 88, Australian trade unionist, secretary of Labor Council of New South Wales (1984–1989), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Bertien van Manen, 89, Dutch photographer.
• Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss, 76, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Tanjore (1997–2023).
• Tony Scott, 72, American baseball player (Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros).
• Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard, 78, American Samoan academic and writer, stabbed.
• Anant Solkar, 72, Indian cricketer (Railways, Maharashtra).
• Goran Stanisavljević, 60, Serbian football player (SV Ried, Austria Lustenau) and manager (Austria Lustenau).
• Don Webb, 89, British playwright and script writer (Juliet Bravo, Rockliffe's Babies, Byker Grove), prostate cancer.
• Scott Williams, 67, American stencil artist.
• Ludwika Wujec, 83, Polish physicist, politician, and anti-Communist dissident.

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• Ghigo Agosti, 87, Italian singer-songwriter.
• Salah Omar al-Ali, 85, Iraqi diplomat and politician.
• Ștefan Birtalan, 75, Romanian handball player (Steaua Bucharest, Minerul Baia Mare), coach and sports official, Olympic silver medallist (1976).
• Alan Choe, 93, Singaporean architect and urban planner.
• Joseph A. Day, 79, Canadian politician, senator (2001–2020).
• Rodger Fox, 71, New Zealand jazz trombonist, educator (Massey University) and bandleader.
• Orlando J. George Jr., 79, American academic administrator and politician, president of DTCC (1995–2014), member (1974–1995) and speaker (1983–1984) of the Delaware House of Representatives.
• Butch Johnson, 68, American archer, Olympic champion (1996) and bronze medalist (2000).
• Jan Kieniewicz, 85, Polish historian.
• Elizabeth MacRae, 88, American actress (General Hospital, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Conversation).
• Ivan O'Neal, Vincentian politician.
• Otoni de Paula Pai, 71, Brazilian politician, Rio de Janeiro MLA (since 2023), liver cancer.
• Francesco Petrozzi, 62, Peruvian lyric tenor and politician, MP (2016–2019).
• Surya Prakash, Indian film director (Manikkam, Maayi, Diwan).
• Bill Walton, 71, American Hall of Fame basketball player (UCLA Bruins, Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics), and sportscaster, colorectal cancer.

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• Terrence Beasor, 89, American actor (The Gangster Chronicles, The Middle, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story).
• Arthur Virgílio Bisneto, 44, Brazilian politician, heart attack.
• Róbert Cvi Bornstein, 98, Slovak resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor.
• Malcolm Fairley, 72, British criminal and sex offender.
• Sverre M. Fjelstad, 93, Norwegian zoologist, photographer, and non-fiction writer.
• Manuel Franquelo, 71, Spanish painter and sculptor.
• Elinor Fuchs, 91, American theatre scholar and critic.
• Oleksandr Martynenko, 63, Ukrainian journalist and presidential press secretary, deputy chief of the Presidential Administration (1998–2002).
• Gustavo Mullem, 72, Brazilian guitarist (Camisa de Vênus, Raul Seixas), complications from lung cancer.
• Jan van Munster, 84, Dutch sculptor and installation artist.
• George Provopoulos, 74, Greek economist, governor of the Bank of Greece (2008–2014), cancer.
• Hub Reed, 89, American basketball player (Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers, Cincinnati Royals).
• Morley Rosenberg, 87, Canadian lawyer and politician, mayor of Kitchener (1977–1982).
• Dadash Rzayev, 88, Azerbaijani major general, minister of defence (1993).
• Bill Spence, 101, English writer.
• Jac Venza, 97, American television producer (NET Playhouse, Great Performances).
• Wei Minglun, 83, Chinese dramatist.

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• Hank Allen, 83, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers).
• Ron Ayers, 92, English engineer (ThrustSSC, JCB Dieselmax).
• Sir Mansel Aylward, 81, Welsh physician and academic, chair of Public Health Wales (2009–2017).
• Margot Benacerraf, 97, Venezuelan film director (Reverón, Araya).
• Steve Blyth, 69, Australian rugby league player (Western Suburbs Magpies, Newtown Jets), complications from dementia.
• John Burnside, 69, Scottish writer (Dice) and poet (A Poet's Polemic, Black Cat Bone).
• Larry Cannon, 77, American basketball player (Denver Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers).
• Cayouche, 75, Canadian singer-songwriter, cancer.
• Jack Clemons, 80, American aerospace engineer.
• Gerald Dawe, 72, Irish poet, academic and literary critic.
• André Dupré, 93, French racing cyclist.
• Franziskus Eisenbach, 81, German Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Mainz (1988–2002).
• Pierre Flor-Henry, 90, Canadian psychiatrist.
• Annarosa Garatti, 90, Italian actress (Ore 10: lezione di canto, Be Sick... It's Free, Il triangolo rosso).
• Bishop Harris, 82, American football coach (North Carolina Central Eagles).
• Thomas Heise, 68, German documentary filmmaker.
• Larry R. Hicks, 80, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Nevada (since 2001), traffic collision.
• Qayum Karzai, 77, Afghan politician, MP (2004–2008).
• Henri Nallet, 85, French politician, minister for justice (1990–1992) and agriculture (1985–1986, 1988–1990).
• Alberto Robol, 79, Italian politician, senator (1987–2001).
• Bob Rogers, 97, Australian disc jockey and radio broadcaster (2UE, 2SM, 4BH).
• Mansour Seck, 69, Senegalese singer and musician.
• Arjen Teeuwissen, 53, Dutch equestrian, Olympic silver medalist (2000).
• Claude Torracinta, 89, French-born Swiss journalist.
• Manfred Wolke, 81, German boxer, Olympic champion (1968).
• Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, 53, Russian actress (My Fair Nanny) and television presenter, glioblastoma.

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• Ricardo Arques, 64, Spanish investigative journalist (GAL case), stomach cancer.
• Thumma Bala, 80, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Hyderabad (2011–2020).
• Mitchell Block, 73, American film producer (Big Mama, Poster Girl, The Testimony).
• Tom Bower, 86, American actor (Die Hard 2, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Undoing).
• Ron Branton, 90, Australian footballer (Richmond).
• Doug Dagger, 56, American punk rock singer (The Generators), cancer.
• Trevor Edwards, 87, Welsh footballer (Charlton Athletic, Cardiff City, national team).
• Kelvin Felix, 91, Dominican Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Castries (1981–2008).
• Danny Fife, 74, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Geneviève de Galard, 99, French nurse (First Indochina War).
• Drew Gordon, 33, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers), traffic collision.
• Kalev Kallo, 75, Estonian politician and convicted criminal.
• B. Sampath Kumar, Indian politician. (death announced on this date)
• Courtenay Meredith, 97, Welsh rugby player (British Lions, national team).
• Tina Serrano, 82, Argentine actress (Night of the Pencils, I Don't Want to Talk About It).
• Akira Shigino, 70, Japanese animator (KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops, Osomatsu-kun, Bismark).
• Carl A. Trocki, 84, American historian.

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• Amaral, 69, Brazilian footballer (Guarani, Universidad de Guadalajara, national team), cancer.
• Lizamma Augustine, 74, Indian judge.
• Richard Bawden, 88, English painter, printmaker and designer.
• Elvedin Begić, 63, Bosnian football executive, president of the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2012–2021), cancer.
• Lionel Dyck, 79–80, Zimbabwean mercenary and soldier, cancer.
• Ronald A. Edmonds, 77, American photojournalist, Pulitzer Prize winner (1982), pneumonia.
• Geoff Follin, 58, English video game composer (Silver Surfer, Plok!, Rock n' Roll Racing). (death announced on this date)
• John Goold, 82, Australian footballer (Carlton), cancer.
• David Grimmond, 80, Australian rugby union player (Queanbeyan RUFC, national team).
• John G. Hutchinson, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1980–1981).
• Alexander Lang, 82, German actor (Solo Sunny) and stage director (Deutsches Theater Berlin, Thalia Theater, Hamburg).
• Ed Mann, 69, American drummer and keyboardist (Frank Zappa).
• Ron Morris, 89, American pole vaulter, Olympic silver medalist (1960).
• Yuka Motohashi, 46, Japanese actress (Gekisou Sentai Carranger, Avataro Sentai Donbrothers, Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core), cancer.
• Robert Pickton, 74, Canadian serial killer, complications from stab wounds.
• Marian Robinson, 86, American secretary.
• Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah, 91, Pakistani actor.
• Seán Óg Sheehy, 85, Irish Gaelic footballer (John Mitchels GAA, Kerry).
• Kent Shelhamer, 99, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1965–1976).
• Martin Starger, 92, American entertainment executive (ABC Entertainment) and film and television producer (Sophie's Choice, Mask).
• Kátya Tompos, 41, Hungarian actress (Coming Out, Question in Details) and singer, cancer.
• Ruiko Yoshida, 89, Japanese photojournalist.