Deaths in December 2024

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

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

December

27

• Toshiyuki Adachi, 70, Japanese politician, MP (since 2016), shipwreck.
• Mickey Bullock, 78, English footballer (Leyton Orient, Halifax Town, Oxford United). (death announced on this date)
• Greg Gumbel, 78, American sportscaster, cancer.
• Bachuki Kardava, 54, Georgian politician, MP (since 2020).
• Humberto Lepe Lepe, 75, Mexican politician, MP (2009–2012). (death announced on this date)
• Stavri Lubonja, 89, Albanian football player (Dinamo Tirana) and manager (Flamurtari, Dinamo Tirana).
• Abdul Rehman Makki, 70–76, Pakistani Islamist, co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, heart attack.
• Rustam Shah Mohmand, 82, Pakistani diplomat, interior secretary (1999) and Chief Secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (1997–1998).
• Spyridon Moulopoulos, 98, Greek cardiologist, developed the intra-aortic balloon pump.
• David B. Rivkin, 68, American attorney and conservative commentator.
• Svetozar Šapurić, 64, Serbian football player (Vrbas, Vojvodina) and manager (Ethnikos Achna).
• Sammy Thurman Brackenbury, 91, American Hall of Fame barrel racer. (death announced on this date)

26

• Dick Capri, 93, American actor (They Still Call Me Bruce) and comedian, aortic dissection.
• John B. Cobb, 99, American environmentalist and theologian.
• Chisako Kakehi, 78, Japanese serial killer.
• Ney Latorraca, 80, Brazilian actor (Vamp, Da Cor do Pecado, TV Pirata), prostate cancer.
• OG Maco, 32, American rapper ("U Guessed It", "Doctor Pepper"), suicide by gunshot.
• Gianpaolo Ormezzano, 89, Italian journalist (La Stampa, Guerin Sportivo, Tuttosport).
• Richard Parsons, 76, American financial and media executive (CBS, Time Warner), chairman of Citigroup (2009–2012), multiple myeloma.
• Manmohan Singh, 92, Indian politician, prime minister (2004–2014), MP (1991–2024), and minister of finance (1991–1996), heart disease.
• Ruslan Solyanyk, 40, Ukrainian footballer (Vorskla Poltava, Mariupol, FC Tytan Armiansk).
• Sergei Toporov, 53, Russian football player (Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky, SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk) and manager (Shakhta Raspadskaya Mezhdurechensk).
• Vladimir Tsyrenov, 83, Russian long-distance and marathon runner.
• Janet Wanja, 40, Kenyan Olympic volleyball player (2004), gallbladder cancer.
• Geoff Wheel, 73, Welsh rugby player (Mumbles, Swansea, national team), motor neurone disease.

25

• Paul Abine Ayah, 74, Cameroonian politician, MP (2002–2011).
• Bill Bergey, 79, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles), cancer.
• Jax Dane, 48, American professional wrestler (NWA, ROH), complications from a heart attack.
• Dulce, 69, Mexican singer and actress, lung cancer.
• Eric Hänni, 86, Swiss judoka, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
• Bernice Heloo, 70, Ghanaian politician, MP (2013–2017).
• Farhad Karibov, 72, Azerbaijani politician, MP (2005–2015).
• María Antonia Morales, 93, Chilean judge, justice of the Supreme Court (2001–2006).
• Mary Murphy, 85, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1977–2023), complications from a stroke.
• M. T. Vasudevan Nair, 91, Indian novelist (Naalukettu, Manju, Kaalam) and screenwriter, heart failure.
• Brady Paxton, 77, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1993–1995, 1999–2014).
• Carlos Pedroso, 57, Cuban fencer, Olympic bronze medallist (2000), burns.
• Bapsi Sidhwa, 86, Pakistani novelist (Cracking India, Water, The Crow Eaters).
• Osamu Suzuki, 94, Japanese automotive industry executive, president (1978–2000) and chairman (2000–2021) of Suzuki, lymphoma.

24

• Nils Aaness, 88, Norwegian Olympic speed skater (1960, 1964).
• Dési Bouterse, 79, Surinamese politician, military officer, and convicted murderer, commander of the Armed Forces (1980–1990), chairman of the National Military Council (1980–1987) and president (2010–2020).
• Curtis Cheek, 66, American bridge player.
• Alceu Collares, 97, Brazilian politician, governor of Rio Grande do Sul (1991–1995) and mayor of Porto Alegre (1986–1989), pneumonia.
• Constantin Drumen, 74, Romanian politician, deputy (1996–2000).
• Alfredo Fiorito, 71, Argentine disc jockey. (death announced on this date)
• Edwin Gastanes, 66, Filipino lawyer and sports administrator, general secretary of the Philippine Football Federation (2013–2023) and Philippine Olympic Committee (2019–2023).
• Pascal Hervé, 60, French Olympic road racing cyclist (1992).
• Tom Hyland, 72, Irish human rights activist, campaigner for the East Timorese people.
• Richard Perry, 82, American record producer ("You're So Vain", "Photograph", "Slow Hand").
• George Petak, 75, American politician, member of the Wisconsin Senate (1991–1996), cancer.
• Alfredo Prior, 72, Argentine painter, writer and musician.
• Octavio Salazar Miranda, 72, Peruvian politician, MP (2011–2019), minister of the interior (2009–2010).
• Priya Suriyasena, 80, Sri Lankan singer.
• Gijs Versluys, 88, Dutch film producer (Flesh and Blood, Havinck, Leedvermaak). (death announced on this date)

23

• Shyam Benegal, 90, Indian film director (Ankur, Nishant, Mammo) and politician, MP (2006–2012), kidney disease.
• Vladimir Burakov, 70, Russian politician. (death announced on this date)
• Burt, c. 90, Australian saltwater crocodile (Crocodile Dundee). (death announced on this date)
• Teodoras Četrauskas, 80, Lithuanian writer and literary translator.
• Faiz Ali Chishti, 97, Pakistani general, heart and lung disease.
• Gary Cohn, 72, American investigative reporter and academic.
• Timothy Cullen, 80, American politician, member of the Wisconsin Senate (1975–1987, 2011–2015), heart condition.
• Tigran Eganyan, 46, Armenian politician, MP (2005–2006).
• Thomas Gaither, 86, American botanist and civil rights activist (Friendship Nine).
• Wacław Gluth-Nowowiejski, 98, Polish publicist and author.
• Gerardo Guevara, 94, Ecuadorian composer.
• Sophie Hediger, 26, Swiss Olympic snowboarder (2022), avalanche.
• Anatoly Khvorostov, 84, Russian art historian.
• Mieczysław Kolasa, 101, Polish football player (Cracovia) and coach.
• Pere Moles, 89, Andorran politician and historian, four-time general councillor.
• Dalmacio Negro Pavón, 93, Spanish philosopher, member of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.
• Nguyễn Quyết, 102, Vietnamese politician, MP (1971–1981).
• Zhaleh Olov, 97, Iranian actress (Wood Pigeon, Dash Akol, The Fateful Day).
• Victor Parsonnet, 100, American cardiac surgeon.
• Sylvia Rambo, 88, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Middle Pennsylvania (1979–2024).
• Helmut Schlesinger, 100, German economist, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank (1991–1993).
• Mel Shapiro, 89, American theater director.
• Shi Zhongheng, 94, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

22

• Geoffrey Deuel, 81, American actor (The Young and the Restless, The F.B.I., Chisum), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• David B. Douzanis, 74, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1974–1976).
• Sorin Dumitrescu, 78, Romanian painter and graphic designer.
• Vincent Fort, 68, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1996–2017), cancer.
• Qamruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri, 86, Indian Islamic scholar.
• Tengku Insyafuddin, 57, Indonesian politician, vice regent of Aceh Tamiang (2017–2022).
• Awang Faroek Ishak, 76, Indonesian politician, governor of East Kalimantan (2008–2018).
• Eduard Kuznetsov, 85, Russian-Israeli dissident, journalist, and writer, co-leader of the Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair.
• Dieter Lindner, 85, German footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt).
• Liu Yuan, 64, Chinese musician, cancer.
• Youssef Nada, 93, Egyptian banker, co-founder of Al Taqwa Bank.
• Augusto Rollandin, 75, Italian politician, senator (2001–2006) and president of Aosta Valley (1984–1990, 2008–2017).
• Hans Jörg Schimanek, 84, Austrian journalist and politician, member of the Landtag of Lower Austria (1999–2000).
• Alan Senauke, 77, American Sōtō Zen priest, folk musician, and poet, complications from a heart attack.
• Mykola Soroka, 72, Ukrainian politician, governor of Rivne Oblast (1997–2005) and MP (2012–2014).
• Roze Stiebra, 82, Latvian animator.
• Hisham Yans, 78, Jordanian writer and actor.

21

• Godwin Abbe, 75, Nigerian politician, minister of defence (2009–2010) and interior (2007–2009), governor of Akwa Ibom State (1988–1990).
• Jack Bond, 87, British film director (Separation, Anti-Clock, It Couldn't Happen Here).
• Michelle Botes, 62, South African actress (American Ninja 2: The Confrontation, Arende, Isidingo), cancer.
• Erik Brus, 60, Dutch editor, journalist and writer. (death announced on this date)
• Casey Chaos, 59, American punk and metal singer (Amen, Christian Death, Scum).
• Stephen Chmilar, 79, Canadian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, bishop of Toronto and Eastern Canada (2003–2019).
• Martin Dechev, 34, Bulgarian footballer (Montana, Oborishte, Slavia Sofia).
• Art Evans, 82, American actor (Die Hard 2, A Soldier's Story, Fright Night), complications from diabetes.
• Harvendra Singh Hanspal, 86, Indian politician, MP (1980–1992).
• Hannelore Hoger, 82, German actress (Long Hello and Short Goodbye, Henri 4, Heidi).
• Mohamed El Khalfi, 87, Moroccan actor.
• Maïté, 86, French restaurateur and television presenter.
• Brent Manley, 77, American bridge writer and editor (The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge), complications from dementia.
• Don Martina, 89, Curaçaoan politician, prime minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1979–1984, 1986–1988).
• Hudson Meek, 16, American actor (Baby Driver), traffic collision.
• Mestre Laurentino, 98, Brazilian musician.
• Ramón Montserrat Ballesté, 95, Spanish architect.
• Walter Pearson, 85, Costa Rican footballer (Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, Ramonense, national team).
• Valentin Petricenco, Romanian drummer.
• Terry Ree, 75, American comedian (Williams and Ree).
• Pedro Sobral, 51, Portuguese publisher and economist.
• Bernhard Worms, 94, German politician, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (1970–1990), MP (1990).

20

• Tofig Aghababayev, 96, Azerbaijani painter.
• A. F. Hassan Ariff, 83, Bangladeshi lawyer, attorney general (2001–2005), adviser of land (2008–2009, since 2024) and civil aviation and tourism (since 2024).
• Čedomir Božić, 40, Serbian administrator and politician, mayor of Žabalj (2012–2020), heart attack.
• Om Prakash Chautala, 89, Indian politician, four-time chief minister of Haryana, cardiac arrest.
• Sugar Pie DeSanto, 89, American singer.
• George Eastham, 88, English footballer (Arsenal, Stoke City, national team).
• Giovanni Graber, 85, Italian Olympic luger (1964, 1968).
• Ann Hartley, 81–82, New Zealand politician, MP (1999–2008), mayor of North Shore City (1989–1992).
• Rickey Henderson, 65, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres), World Series champion (1989, 1993), pneumonia.
• Thierry Jacob, 59, French boxer, WBC world champion (1992).
• Vilmos Jakab, 72, Hungarian Olympic boxer (1976). (death announced on this date)
• Márton Kalmár, 78, Hungarian sculptor.
• Kurt Laurenz Metzler, 83, Swiss sculptor.
• Raja Mitra, 79, Indian film director, cancer.
• Bright Owusu, 26, Ghanaian actor and comedian.
• Shirish B. Patel, 92, Indian civil engineer.
• Rey Misterio, 66, Mexican professional wrestler (AAA, WWA).
• Gearóid Ó Cairealláin, 67, Irish language activist, editor and president of Conradh na Gaeilge.
• Leif Silbersky, 86, Swedish lawyer and author.
• Turgut Toydemir, 86, Turkish architect, shot.
• C. B. Zaman, 78–79, Bangladeshi film director (Puroskar) and actor (Ek Takar Bou), heart attack.
• George Zebrowski, 78, Austrian-born American science fiction writer (Macrolife, The Killing Star, Nebula Awards 20).
• Helena Zeťová, 44, Czech singer.

19

• Stanley Booth, 82, American music journalist.
• Margalida Castro, 81, Colombian actress (Yo y tú, Adrián está de visita, La viuda de la mafia), cancer.
• Shankar Dayal, 54, Indian film director and screenwriter (Saguni), heart attack.
• David Farrell, 73, Canadian journalist, editor and publisher (The Record), lung cancer.
• Gaboro, 23, Swedish rapper, shot.
• Meena Ganesh, 82, Indian actress (Mukha Chithram, Pingami, Achan Kombathu Amma Varampathu), stroke.
• Vakhtang Golandzia, 55, Abkhazian politician, MP, shot.
• Martha Keys, 94, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1975–1979).
• Michael Leunig, 79, Australian cartoonist.
• Barry N. Malzberg, 85, American writer (The Falling Astronauts, Beyond Apollo, In the Stone House) and editor, pneumonia and bacterial infection.
• Federico Mayor Zaragoza, 90, Spanish scientist, academic and politician, director-general of UNESCO (1987–1999), minister of education and science (1981–1982) and MEP (1987).
• Darshanam Mogilaiah, 73, Indian tribal musician, kidney disease.
• Francisco Nemenzo Jr., 89, Filipino political scientist, president of the University of the Philippines (1999–2005) and chancellor of UP Visayas (1989–1992).
• Martin Óg Morrissey, 90, Irish hurler (Mount Sion) and Gaelic footballer (Waterford).
• Kirsten Simone, 90, Danish ballerina.
• Miet Smet, 81, Belgian politician, senator (2007–2010), MEP (1999–2004), and Flemish MP (since 2004).
• Paul Szabo, 76, Canadian politician, MP (1993–2011).
• Joanna Tope, 80, English actress (Emmerdale, The Omega Factor, The Tomorrow People).
• Ken Tschumper, 74, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2007–2009), cancer.
• Uncle Mo, 16, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
• Kevin Ray Underwood, 45, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Tsuneo Watanabe, 98, Japanese journalist and publisher (Yomiuri Shimbun), pneumonia.
• Ralph Wayne, 92, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1964–1972).
• Russ Weeks, 82, American politician, member of the West Virginia Senate (2002–2006).
• Xie Fang, 89, Chinese actress (Two Stage Sisters, The Chinese Widow).
• Charles Young Jr., 62, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (since 2012).
• Lan Zailan, 66, Malaysian actor (Takdir Itu Milik Aku).

18

• Cosmas Michael Angkur, 87, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Bogor (1994–2013).
• Tony Bentley, 84, English footballer (Southend United).
• James Coffey, 85, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (2010–2016).
• Patrick Conolly-Carew, 7th Baron Carew, 86, Irish Olympic equestrian (1972) and hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (1994–1999).
• Dietmar Constantini, 69, Austrian football player (SWW Innsbruck) and manager (Mainz 05, national team), complications from dementia.
• Joseph Edward Corcoran, 49, American convicted mass murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Carole Crawford, 81, Jamaican model and beauty queen, Miss World (1963).
• Thomas R. DiLuglio, 93, American politician, Rhode Island lieutenant governor (1977–1985). (death announced on this date)
• Vladimir Dorokhov, 70, Russian volleyball player, Olympic champion (1980).
• Slim Dunlap, 73, American guitarist (The Replacements).
• Gothandaraman, 65, Indian actor (Kalakalappu).
• Guido Henderickx, 82, Belgian film director.
• Sigrid Kehl, 95, German operatic soprano (Leipzig Opera).
• Frank Kendrick, 74, American basketball player (Purdue Boilermakers, Golden State Warriors).
• Waymond Lee, 72, American actor (Workaholics), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Fred Lorenzen, 89, American Hall of Fame racing driver, Daytona 500 winner (1965), complications from dementia.
• John Marsden, 74, Australian writer (Tomorrow, When the War Began, So Much to Tell You).
• Serhiy Olizarenko, 70, Ukrainian Olympic steeplechase runner (1980).
• Hermes Phettberg, 72, Austrian artist, comedian and actor.
• Abdel Hadi Al Rawi, 86, Iraqi director.
• Zilia Sánchez Domínguez, 96, Cuban-born Puerto Rican visual artist.
• Bjørn Sand, 96, Norwegian actor.
• Heikki Silvennoinen, 70, Finnish musician (Tabula Rasa), comedian (Kummeli), and actor (Kummeli: Kultakuume).
• Sokratis Skartsis, 88, Greek poet, writer, and academic.
• Mark Spain, 64, American journalist (WSET-TV), pancreatic cancer.
• Friedrich St. Florian, 91, Austrian-American architect (World War II Memorial, Providence Place).
• Pat White, 76, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1984–1994), neuroendocrine carcinoma.
• Klaus Wolfermann, 78, German javelin thrower, Olympic champion (1972).

17

• Alfa Anderson, 78, American singer (Chic).
• Gian Paolo Barbieri, 89, Italian fashion photographer.
• Francis Bellotti, 101, American politician, lieutenant governor (1963–1965) and attorney general of Massachusetts (1975–1987).
• Mike Brewer, 80, American musician (Brewer & Shipley) and songwriter ("One Toke Over the Line").
• David Brodie, 81, British motor racing driver.
• Kostas Chardavellas, 79, Greek journalist.
• Roberto Esteban Chavez, 92, American artist.
• Nicholas Chia, 86, Singaporean Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Singapore (2001–2013).
• Michel del Castillo, 91, French writer.
• Rayful Edmond, 60, American drug trafficker, heart attack.
• Aigars Fadejevs, 48, Latvian athlete, Olympic silver medalist (2000).
• Dmytro Habinet, 41, Ukrainian jurist and politician, governor of Khmelnytskyi Oblast (2019–2020).
• Mary Keir, 112, British supercentenarian, oldest person in Wales (since 2021).
• Kevin Kelly, 79, Irish Gaelic footballer (Carbury, Athlone, Kildare).
• Hassan Khan, 88, Indian politician, MP (1999–2004, 2009–2014).
• Igor Kirillov, 54, Russian military officer, commander of the Russian NBC Protection Troops (since 2017), bombing.
• Ralph Klemme, 85, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1993–2005), cancer.
• Nikolai Kryzhanovsky, 87, Belarusian politician, deputy (1990–1995).
• William Labov, 97, American linguist.
• Li Jianping, 64, Chinese politician, executed.
• José Antonio Lopetegui, 94, Spanish harrijasotzaile.
• David Mallett, 73, American singer and songwriter ("Garden Song").
• Marcel Marnat, 91, French musicologist, journalist, and radio producer.
• Alphonse S. Marotta, 90, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1990–1993).
• Ana Orsini, 28, American television presenter (KOLD-TV), brain aneurysm.
• Marisa Paredes, 78, Spanish actress (In a Glass Cage, Life Is Beautiful, Deep Crimson), heart failure.
• Willie Phua, 96, Singaporean cameraman.
• Beatriz Sarlo, 82, Argentine writer, essayist and literary critic, complications from a stroke.
• Son Se-il, 89, South Korean journalist and politician, MP (1981–1985, 1992–2000).
• Jānis Timma, 32, Latvian basketball player (ASK Riga, Zenit Saint Petersburg, Olympiacos), suicide.
• Rik Van Looy, 90, Belgian Hall of Fame racing cyclist, Olympic champion (1952), world champion (1960, 1961).

16

• S. M. Akram, 80, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1996–2001).
• Naa Amanua, 75–76, Ghanaian singer.
• Basim Bello, 61, Iraqi politician, mayor of Tel Keppe (2004–2017, 2018–2024).
• Thomas Berly, 92, Indian film director (Ithu Manushyano, Vellarikka Pattanam) and actor (Thiramala).
• Gunnar Breimo, 85, Norwegian politician, MP (1993–2001).
• Arlene Croce, 90, American dance critic (The New Yorker), co-founder of Ballet Review.
• Bob Davis, 83, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1973–1983).
• Enzo Francavilla, 90, Italian chef, inventor of the Spaghetti all'assassina.
• Gorica Gajević, 66, Serbian lawyer and politician.
• Tulsi Gowda, 86, Indian environmentalist.
• Enver Hadžihasanović, 74, Bosnian general and convicted war criminal.
• Dimitris Imellos, 57, Greek actor (The 10, Karyotakis, Ap' ta kokala vgalmena), cancer.
• Jean Jennings, 70, American automobile journalist and editor (Car and Driver, Automobile), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Steve Lewinson, 58, British bass guitarist (Simply Red).
• James E. Malone Jr., 67, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1995–2014), brain cancer.
• Ruth McArdle, Belgian singer (Lords of Acid). (death announced on this date)
• Lisa Morris-Julian, 48, Trinidadian politician, MP (since 2020), fire.
• Khaled Nabhan, 54, Palestinian social media personality, air strike.
• Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể, 89, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor archbishop of Huế (1975–1983) and archbishop of Huế (1998–2012).
• Rodessa Barrett Porter, 94, American gospel singer (The Barrett Sisters).
• Giuditta Saltarini, 83, Italian actress (Ovunque sei).
• Henri Simon, 102, French Marxist militant.
• Prem Lal Singh, 87, Nepalese politician, MP (1999–2008) and mayor of Kathmandu (1992–1997), stomach disease.
• Gary Sutherland, 80, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers), cholangiocarcinoma.
• Yoshio Taniguchi, 87, Japanese architect (MoMA), pneumonia.
• Dick Van Arsdale, 81, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns), kidney failure.
• Wittekind, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, 88, German member of former princely house.

15

• Jean Adamson, 96, British writer (Topsy and Tim).
• Jodhaiya Bai Baiga, 86, Indian visual artist.
• Aziza Barnes, 32, American poet and playwright, suicide.
• Andrew Bennett, 85, British politician, MP (1974–2005).
• Juan Cárdenas Arroyo, 85, Colombian painter.
• Jaime Córdoba, 74, Curaçaoan politician, member (since 2010) and vice president (2012–2015) of the Parliament.
• Loren Graham, 91, American science historian.
• Nabil Al Halfawy, 77, Egyptian actor.
• Zakir Hussain, 73, Indian tabla player (Shakti), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
• Lionel Manga, 69, Cameroonian writer and art critic.
• Sławomir Marczewski, 74, Polish politician, MP (1993–1997).
• David A. McIntee, 55, British writer (White Darkness, Sanctuary, The Shadow of Weng-Chiang).
• Robert H. McKercher, 94, Canadian lawyer, president of the Law Society of Saskatchewan (1978) and the Canadian Bar Association (1983–1984).
• Fada Santoro, 100, Brazilian actress (La Delatora, Needle in the Haystack, Berlin to the Samba Beat).
• Luis Suárez Fernández, 100, Spanish historian, member of the Royal Academy of History.
• Ankaralı Turgut, 61, Turkish singer, lung cancer.
• Monique Vézina, 89, Canadian politician, MP (1984–1993), minister responsible for La Francophonie (1984–1986; 1993) and of supply and services (1986–1988).
• Alexandra Zaharias, 95, American ballet dancer.
• Rezki Zerarti, 86, Algerian painter.

14

• Isak Andic, 71, Turkish-born Spanish businessman, founder and chairman of Mango, fall.
• Kevin Andrews, 69, Australian politician, MP (1991–2022), minister for defence (2014–2015) and social services (2013–2014), cancer.
• Austin Asche, 99, Australian jurist, administrator (1993–1997) and chief justice of the Northern Territory (1987–1993).
• Julio Camacho Aguilera, 100, Cuban politician.
• Israel Charny, 93, Israeli psychologist and genocide scholar.
• George Cummings, 86, American guitarist (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show) and songwriter.
• Mircea Diaconu, 74, Romanian actor (The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians) and politician, minister of culture (2012) and MEP (2014–2019), colon cancer.
• Rachel Dror, 103, German-Israeli teacher and Holocaust survivor.
• Richard Easterlin, 98, American economist.
• E. V. K. S. Elangovan, 75, Indian politician, MP (2004–2009) and Tamil Nadu MLA (1984–1989, since 2023), lung disease.
• George Eugeniou, 93, Cypriot actor and theatre director.
• Silvino Francisco, 78, South African snooker player, British Open winner (1985).
• Frans Körver, 87, Dutch football player (MVV) and manager (MVV, Fortuna Sittard).
• Bill Miller, 84, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Dallas Texans, Buffalo Bills).
• Frank Nabwiso, 84, Ugandan educator and politician, MP (2001–2006).
• Lina Sagaral Reyes, 63, Filipino journalist (Philippine Daily Inquirer).
• Horst Schild, 82, German politician, MP.
• John Spratt, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–2011), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Josef Taus, 92, Austrian politician and industrialist, member of the National Council (1975–1991).
• Giacinto Urso, 99, Italian politician, deputy (1963–1983).
• Klaus Wöller, 68, German handball player, Olympic silver medalist (1984).
• Jan Zoet, 66, Dutch theatre director, brain tumour.

13

• Duane Acker, 93, American academic, president of Kansas State University (1975–1986).
• Koko Ateba, Cameroonian singer and guitarist.
• James Callan, 77, American excommunicated Roman Catholic priest.
• Jon Camp, 75, British bass guitarist and singer (Renaissance).
• Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri, 77, Indian inorganic chemist and academic administrator, vice-chancellor of Tezpur University (2007–2017).
• Dan Coulter, 49, Canadian politician, British Columbia MLA (2020–2024).
• Diane Delano, 67, American actress (Northern Exposure, Popular, The Ellen Show), cancer.
• Carter Eckert, 78–79, American historian. (death announced on this date)
• Dimitrios Grafas, 87, Greek footballer (Ethnikos Piraeus, national team).
• Helal Hafiz, 76, Bangladeshi poet.
• Charles Handy, 92, Irish organizational behaviorist.
• Henk Herrenberg, 86, Surinamese diplomat and politician, minister of foreign affairs (1986–1987).
• Gheorghe Hioară, 76, Moldovan politician and diplomat, MP (1990–1994).
• Raúl Ilaquiche, 51, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician, deputy (2007), traffic collision.
• Bill Kelly, 74, American singer ("Timothy") and guitarist (The Buoys).
• Jerome H. Kern, 87, American lawyer and investment banker, pancreatic cancer.
• Karloff Lagarde Jr., 54, Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL).
• Antero Laukkanen, 66, Finnish priest and politician, MP (2015–2023).
• Lemon Drop Kid, 28, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1999 Belmont Stakes.
• Ron Locke, 85, American baseball player (New York Mets).
• Evelyn Lord, 98, American politician, member of the Delaware Senate (1962–1964), mayor of Beaumont, Texas (1990–1994, 2002–2005).
• Joanne Pierce Misko, 83, American FBI agent.
• Lorraine O'Grady, 90, American artist.
• Kay Patterson, 93, American politician, member of the South Carolina Senate (1985–2008) and House of Representatives (1975–1985).
• Orrin H. Pilkey, 90, American marine geologist.
• Freddie Strahan, 85, Irish footballer (Shelbourne, national team).
• Hiroshi Suda, 93, Japanese businessman.
• Toʻlqin Tojiyev, 88, Uzbek actor (Mahallada duv-duv gap).
• Jimmy Wilkerson, 43, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), heart attack.
• Axel Wirtz, 67, German government official and politician, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (1999–2017).

12

• Jeanne Bamberger, 100, American music educator.
• Ernie Beck, 93, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors).
• Wolfgang Becker, 70, German film director (Good Bye, Lenin!, Life Is All You Get, Child's Play) and screenwriter.
• Annelie Botes, 67, South African writer.
• Youcef Bouzidi, 67, Algerian football manager (NA Hussein Dey, JS Kabylie, MC Oran).
• Barry Cheatley, 85, Australian footballer (North Melbourne).
• Francesco Cinquemani, 46, Italian film director (Andron, Beyond the Edge, The Poison Rose), screenwriter, and journalist.
• R. Keith Dennis, 80, American mathematician.
• Lee Edwards, 92, American academic and political writer, co-founder of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.
• Jörg Fisch, 77, Swiss historian.
• Yvon Gattaz, 99, French electronics executive, co-founder and CEO of Radiall, president of the CNPF (1981–1986).
• Vic Gomersall, 82, English footballer (Swansea City, Manchester City).
• Márcia Gomes, 77, Brazilian voice actress.
• Dan Grecu, 74, Romanian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist (1976).
• Amparo Guillén, 71, Ecuadorian actress, complications from diabetes and COVID-19.
• Fethi Haddaoui, 63, Tunisian actor (Kingdoms of Fire, Omar, Halfaouine: Boy of The Terraces).
• Phil Hancock, 71, American golfer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Tom Harrison, 85, American politician, member of the Montana House of Representatives (1967–1973) and Senate (1973–1977).
• Muhamad Said Jonit, 71–72, Malaysian politician, Johor State MLA (2018–2022).
• Lee Tien-yu, 78, Taiwanese general and politician, minister of national defense (2007–2008) and chief of the general staff (2004–2007), pneumonia.
• Polly Allen Mellen, 100, American stylist and fashion editor (Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Allure).
• Alberto Merlati, 81, Italian basketball player (Pallacanestro Cantù, Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino, national team).
• Bill Mlkvy, 93, American basketball player (Temple Owls, Philadelphia Warriors).
• Duncan Norvelle, 66, English comedian, chest infection and sepsis.
• Jean-Marie Pallardy, 84, French film director (White Fire).
• Amaury Pasos, 89, Brazilian Hall of Fame basketball player (Corinthians, national team), world champion (1959, 1963), Olympic bronze medallist (1960, 1964).
• Alain Pompidou, 82, French histologist and politician, MEP (1989–1999).
• Tommy Robb, 90, Northern Irish Grand Prix motorcycle racer.
• Clive Robertson, 78, Australian radio and television personality. (death announced on this date)
• Papia Sarwar, 72, Bangladeshi singer, cancer.
• Patricia Smart, 84, Canadian writer and academic.
• Martial Solal, 97, French jazz pianist and composer.
• Wolfgang Steiert, 61, German ski jumper and coach.
• Vladimir Strelkov, 86, Russian film director (Allegro Con Brio) and screenwriter.
• Jim Tunney, 95, American football official.
• David Weatherley, 85, British-born New Zealand actor (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, Home and Away).

11

• Corinne Allal, 69, Tunisian-born Israeli rock musician and music producer, pancreatic cancer.
• Robert Amundson, 86, American judge, justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court (1991–2002).
• Hannes Androsch, 86, Austrian businessman, consultant, and politician, vice-chancellor (1976–1981) and minister of finance (1970–1981).
• Kostas Batuvas, 90, Greek politician, MP (1974–1981, 1985–2000), minister of transport and communication (1986–1988).
• Riccardo Bonacina, 70, Italian journalist and TV host.
• David Bonderman, 82, American businessman (TPG Inc.).
• Sandrino Castec, 64, Chilean footballer (Universidad de Chile, Audax Italiano, national team), complications from septic shock.
• Hugh Cornish, 90, Australian television personality.
• Alex Edwards, 78, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Hibernian).
• Bob Fernandez, 100, American veteran (Pearl Harbor).
• Khalil Haqqani, 58, Afghan politician, minister for refugees and repatriation (since 2021), bombing.
• Syd Hynes, 80, English rugby league player and coach (Leeds Rhinos).
• Diether Kunerth, 84, German contemporary artist.
• Jim Leach, 82, American politician, chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (2009–2013) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1977–2007), complications from a heart attack and stroke.
• António Loja, 90, Portuguese politician and teacher, MP (1976–1979) and Madeira MLA (1980–1984).
• Michio Mamiya, 95, Japanese composer, pneumonia.
• Troy Masters, 63, American journalist (Gay City News, Los Angeles Blade), suicide.
• Pat McBride, 81, American soccer player (St. Louis Stars).
• Miguel Rincón Rincón, 73, Peruvian convicted terrorist (Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement), cancer.
• Ranmal Singh Dorwal, 101, Indian politician, Rajasthan MLA (1977–1980).
• Vladimir Skočajić, 70, Bosnian football player (Velež Mostar, Apollon Kalamarias) and manager (Zrinjski Mostar).
• Albert Starr, 98, American cardiovascular surgeon.
• Purushottam Upadhyay, 90, Indian singer.
• Aili Vahtrapuu, 74, Estonian sculptor.
• Jermaine Walker, 47, American basketball player (Aris Thessaloniki).
• Deleta Williams, 89, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1993–2003).
• Marek Żyliński, 72, Polish engineer and politician, MP (2001–2005).

10

• Always Dreaming, 10, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 2017 Kentucky Derby, colic.
• Madeleine Arbour, 101, Canadian designer, painter, and journalist.
• Josy Arens, 72, Belgian politician, three-time deputy, member of the Parliament of Wallonia (2014–2019), mayor of Attert (since 1995).
• Donald Bitzer, 90, American Hall of Fame electrical engineer, co-inventor of the plasma display.
• David Carling, 55, British voice actor (Fireman Sam).
• Rocky Colavito, 91, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians), complications from diabetes.
• Michael Cole, 84, American actor (The Mod Squad, General Hospital, It).
• Lennie De Ice, 54, British musician ("We Are I.E."). (death announced on this date)
• Mario Fernández Pelaz, 81, Spanish lawyer and politician, deputy lehendakari (1982–1985) and member of the Basque Parliament (1984–1986).
• Mahieddine Khalef, 80, Algerian football player (JS Kabylie) and manager (JS Kabylie, national team).
• J. Max Kilpatrick, 79, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1972–1980).
• The Amazing Kreskin, 89, American mentalist, complications from dementia.
• S. M. Krishna, 92, Indian politician, minister of external affairs (2009–2012), governor of Maharashtra (2004–2008), and chief minister of Karnataka (1999–2004).
• Morgan Llewellyn, 87, British army officer.
• José Antonio Naya, 90, Spanish football manager (Burgos, Real Murcia, Real Burgos). (death announced on this date)
• Raghnall Ó Floinn, Irish art historian, director of the National Museum of Ireland (2013–2018).
• Claus Raidl, 82, Austrian banker, president of the Austrian National Bank (2008–2018).
• Serhiy Ralyuchenko, 62, Ukrainian football player (Zirka Kirovohrad, Metalist Kharkiv, SKA Kyiv) and manager.
• Herb Robertson, 73, American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.
• Hans Erik Saks, 68, Danish film and television producer (The Julekalender).
• María Socas, 65, Argentine actress (The Warrior and the Sorceress, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom, Deathstalker II).
• Brenda Walker, 67, Australian author (The Wing of Night), traffic collision.
• Lode Wils, 95, Belgian historian and academic.
• Xu Chao, 30, Chinese racing cyclist. (death announced on this date)
• Yu Jianhua, 62–63, Chinese politician and diplomat, head of the General Administration of Customs (since 2022).

9

• Benito Aguas Atlahua, 45, Mexican politician, deputy (since 2024), shot.
• Will Arnott, 25, British Paralympic boccia player (2024).
• Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin, 88, Israeli jurist, judge (1995–2006) and vice president (2000–2006) of the National Labor Court.
• Jack Behrens, 89, American-Canadian composer.
• Júlio Costamilan, 90, Brazilian lawyer and politician, deputy (1979–1991), member of the Constituent Assembly (1987–1988).
• Valère Depoorter, 94, Belgian politician, mayor of Avelgem (1980–1994).
• Friedhelm Farthmann, 94, German politician, MP (1971–1976), member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (1980–1995, 1995–2000).
• Nikki Giovanni, 81, American poet, author (Rosa) and professor, complications from lung cancer.
• Jody Gormley, 53, Irish Gaelic footballer (Tyrone, London) and manager, liver cancer.
• Riley Gunnels, 87, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Mazen al-Hamada, 47, Syrian human rights activist. (body discovered on this date)
• Fritz Hari, 96, Swiss politician, MP (1979–1995).
• Gerd Heidemann, 93, German journalist (Stern).
• William J. Hennessy Jr., 67, American court sketch artist.
• Thomas Hertel, 73, German composer.
• Uwe Hollweg, 87, German politician, member of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen (1975–1979, 1983–1991).
• Sachio Kuwae, 68, Japanese politician, mayor of Okinawa (since 2014), complications from myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Roger Madec, 74, French politician, senator (2004–2017).
• L. Sandy Maisel, 79, American political scientist, intestinal cancer.
• Sir David McMurtry, 84, Irish metrology industrialist, co-founder of Renishaw plc.
• Joel Mendes, 78, Brazilian footballer (Santos, Bahia, Santa Cruz), stroke.
• Gérard-Raymond Morin, 84, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA (1989–1998).
• Terry Nicoll, 91, Australian Olympic modern pentathlete (1956).
• Héctor Recalde, 86, Argentine politician, deputy (2005–2017).
• Claude Riveline, 88, French economist and academic.
• Alastair Salvesen, 83, Scottish businessman.
• Robert Sténuit, 91, Belgian journalist, writer and underwater archaeologist.
• Dalton Trevisan, 99, Brazilian writer, Camões Prize winner (2012).
• Ruut Veenhoven, 82, Dutch sociologist.
• Arnold Yarrow, 104, British actor (Doctor Who, EastEnders), screenwriter and novelist.

8

• Gérard Bessière, 96, French diarist, poet and priest.
• Lilly Forgách, 58, German actress (About a Girl), complications from a stroke.
• Alain Fuchs, 71, Swiss-born French chemist and academic, president of the Paris Sciences et Lettres University (2017–2024).
• Roberto Gómez, 35, Dominican baseball player (San Francisco Giants), traffic collision.
• Şerif Gören, 80, Turkish film director (Umut, Yol), complications from a fall.
• Alastair Hannay, 92, British-born Norwegian philosopher and academic.
• Jack Hennessy, 73, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (2005–2023). (death announced on this date)
• Arild Hiim, 79, Norwegian politician, MP (1989–1997).
• Douglas I. Hunt, 87, American football coach (Weber State) and politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (1975–1977).
• Jill Jacobson, 70, American actress (Falcon Crest, Days of Our Lives, Newhart).
• Jean Khamsé Vithavong, 82, Laotian Roman Catholic prelate, vicar apostolic coadjutor (1982–1984) and vicar apostolic (1984–2017) of Vientiane.
• Tony Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick, 95, British jurist, lord of appeal in ordinary (1993–1998), member of the House of Lords (1993–2015).
• Ihab Makhlouf, 51, Syrian mobile phone industry executive (Syriatel), shot.
• Luigi Manocchio, 97, American mobster (Patriarca crime family).
• Jelena Mašínová, 83, Czech screenwriter.
• Bobby Morrison, 79, American football coach (Michigan Wolverines).
• Erwin Nypels, 91, Dutch politician, MP (1967–1973, 1974–1982, 1982–1989).
• M. D. R. Ramachandran, 90, Indian politician, chief minister of Puducherry (1980–1983, 1990–1991) and speaker of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly (2001–2006).
• Clarke Reed, 96, American politician and businessman, complications from pneumonia.
• Leonid Rudnytzky, 89, Polish-born Ukrainian-American linguist.
• Nikos Sarganis, 70, Greek footballer (Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, national team), cancer.
• Manorama Singh, 86, Indian politician, MP (1984–1985, 1986–1989).
• Witthaya Thienthong, 83, Thai politician, MP (1983–2005), senator (2006).
• André Zysberg, 77, French historian and academic.

7

• Johan Abdullah, 75, New Zealand-Malaysian actor (29 Februari).
• Yevgeni Aleinikov, 57, Russian sport shooter, Olympic bronze medalist (2000).
• Hamida Banu, 64, Indian sprinter.
• Dmitry Buchkin, 97, Russian painter.
• Tyrus W. Cobb, 84, American national security scholar, member of the National Security Council (1983–1989).
• Gonzalo Correa, 90, Mexican actor (Dr. Cándido Pérez).
• Víctor Amador De Martino, 81, Argentine politician, deputy (1989–1993).
• Jack DiLauro, 81, American baseball player (New York Mets, Houston Astros).
• Dana Herrmannová, 93, Slovak television presenter.
• Daniel Lubetkin, 93, American lawyer and politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1962–1964).
• Gramiro de Matos, 80, Brazilian poet.
• Darrell McGraw, 88, American jurist and politician, justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1977–1988), West Virginia attorney general (1993–2013), heart attack.
• Vilma Nugis, 66, Estonian Paralympic skier (1994).
• Joshua Pandelaki, 65, Indonesian actor (Perempuan Berkalung Sorban, This Is Cinta, Like & Share).
• Merv Rettenmund, 81, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, California Angels) and coach (San Diego Padres).
• Orlando Rossardi, 86, Cuban poet, playwright, and researcher.
• Kushang Sherpa, 59, Indian Sherpa mountaineer.
• Steady Bongo, 58, Sierra Leonean musician and record producer, traffic collision.
• Doychin Vasilev, 80, Bulgarian mountaineer and cinematographer.
• Iosif Vitebskiy, 86, Ukrainian fencer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
• Tom Voyce, 43, English rugby union player (Bath, Wasps, national team), drowned.
• Alan Young, 69, Canadian lawyer.

6

• Ángela Álvarez, 97, Cuban-born American singer.
• Fuad Baradja, 64, Indonesian actor and activist.
• Andrew Boylan, 85, Irish politician, TD (1987–2002).
• Vitaliy Dyrdyra, 86, Ukrainian sailor, Olympic champion (1972).
• Michel Fardeau, 95, French pathologist, myologist, and researcher.
• Kostas Georgousopoulos, 87, Greek theater critic, translator and writer.
• Jayabharathi, 77, Indian film director (Kudisai, Rendum Rendum Anju, Kurukshetram).
• Ed Khayat, 89, American football player (Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (Baltimore Colts).
• Malcolm Le Grice, 84, British painter, filmmaker and photographer. (death announced on this date)
• John McDermid, 84, Canadian politician, MP (1979–1993), euthanasia.
• Canaan Mdletshe, 68–69, South African politician, MP (2024), traffic collision.
• Steve Mensch, 62, American business executive (Tyler Perry Studios), plane crash.
• Phelekezela Mphoko, 84, Zimbabwean diplomat and politician, second vice-president (2014–2017) and acting president (2017).
• Miho Nakayama, 54, Japanese singer ("C", "You're My Only Shinin' Star") and actress (Love Letter).
• Madhukar Pichad, 83, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (1980–2014).
• Andrzej Piliczewski, 90, Polish animation director (Przygody kota Filemona, Przygód kilka wróbla Ćwirka) and animator.
• Jean-Pierre Rioux, 85, French historian.
• Dickie Rock, 88, Irish singer ("Come Back to Stay") and musician (The Miami Showband).
• Elaine Smith, 78, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (2002–2020).
• Maggie Tabberer, 87, Australian model and television personality.
• Graham Tainton, 97, South African-born Swedish dancer and choreographer (ABBA).
• Stanisław Tym, 87, Polish actor (The Cruise), comedian and journalist (Wprost, Polityka).
• Theo van de Klundert, 88, Dutch economist.

5

• Wanda Adamska, 80, Polish politician, MP (1980–1985).
• Robert P. Black, 96, American economist, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (1973–1992).
• Christel Bodenstein, 86, German actress (The Captain from Cologne, The Singing Ringing Tree, Viel Lärm um nichts).
• Barbora Bühnová, 43, Czech computer scientist.
• Martin Chevallaz, 76, Swiss military officer and politician, member of the Grand Council of Vaud (2002–2005).
• Thom Christopher, 84, American actor (One Life to Live, Loving, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century).
• Cyril Dunne, 83, Irish Gaelic footballer (Galway).
• Frederik Finisie, 67, Surinamese politician, MP (1996–2018).
• Carol Goldwasser, 67, American casting director (Hannah Montana, Austin & Ally, American Dad!), complications following surgery.
• Gongbu, 91, Chinese mountaineer.
• Hiroshi Kagawa, 99, Japanese Hall of Fame footballer and journalist (Sankei Sports).
• Rodney Jenkins, 80, American Hall of Fame equestrian.
• Jean-Luc Maxence, 78, French poet, publisher, and writer.
• Bill Melton, 79, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
• Henry C. Mollett, 86, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1971–1973).
• Marthe Katrine Myhre, 39, Norwegian long-distance runner.
• Radovan Pankov, 77–78, Serbian politician, minister of the diaspora (1994–1998).
• Paolo Pillitteri, 84, Italian politician, deputy (1983–1987, 1992–1994) and mayor of Milan (1986–1992).
• Ron Rhine, 87, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2001–2003).
• Jacques Roubaud, 92, French poet, writer, and mathematician.
• David Schweizer, 74, American theatre director.
• István Stefanov, 60, Hungarian footballer (Csepel SC, Budapest Honvéd, Békéscsaba).
• David I. Steinberg, 96, American historian.
• Andy Stepp, 66, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (since 2024).
• Julie Stevens, 87, English actress (The Avengers, Carry On Cleo), singer and television presenter (Play School), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Mario Tessuto, 81, Italian singer ("Lisa dagli occhi blu").
• José de la Torre, 37, Spanish actor (Toy Boy).
• Trần Hanh, 92, Vietnamese air force pilot and military officer.
• Vincenzo Trantino, 90, Italian lawyer and politician, deputy (1972–2006).
• Evgeny Velikhov, 89, Russian physicist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
• John Williams, 78, South African rugby union player (Northern Transvaal, national team) and coach, leukemia.

4

• Princess Birgitta of Sweden, 87, Swedish royal.
• Eugenio Borgna, 94, Italian psychiatrist and essayist.
• M. R. Chandrasekharan, 95, Indian literary critic and author.
• Francis Caballero, 84, French lawyer and academic.
• Chiung Yao, 86, Taiwanese novelist (Fire and Rain, Wan-chun's Three Loves), suicide.
• Kamran Hossain Chowdhury, 72, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1988–1990), heart disease.
• Joseph Corozzo, 83, American mobster.
• John Docherty, 84, Scottish football player (Brentford) and manager (Millwall, Cambridge United).
• Guillermo Ferraro, 69, Argentine accountant and politician, minister of infrastructure (2023–2024).
• Al Fitzmorris, 78, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals).
• Joel Flaum, 88, American jurist, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (since 1983) and the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois (1974–1983).
• Donnie Gedling, 84, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1984–1995).
• Cherry Hill, 93, English model engineer.
• Roly Horrey, 81, English footballer (York City, Cambridge United, Blackburn Rovers).
• Yvonne Johnson, 82, American politician, mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina (2007–2009).
• Hisham Kabbani, 79, Lebanese-American Islamic scholar.
• Lucien Kassi-Kouadio, 61, Ivorian footballer (Montceau, Cannes, national team).
• Ruth Kleppe Aakvaag, 86, Norwegian politician, MP (1989–1990).
• Dante Mircoli, 77, Italian-Argentine football player (Independiente, Estudiantes de La Plata, Sampdoria) and manager.
• Louis Nelson, 88, American industrial designer and graphic artist (Korean War Veterans Memorial), cancer.
• Rafael Nieto Navia, 86, Colombian diplomat and political scientist, president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (1987–1989).
• Seiichi Ota, 79, Japanese politician, MP (1980–2003, 2005–2009) and minister of agriculture (2008).
• Rafał Piotrowski, 50, Polish footballer (Pogoń Szczecin, Stal Mielec).
• Péter Rózsás, 81, Hungarian table tennis player. (death announced on this date)
• Marshall Rutter, 93, American lawyer and choral administrator (Los Angeles Master Chorale).
• Ambroise Sarr, 73, Senegalese four-time Olympic wrestler.
• Milan Sládek, 86, Slovak mime, choreographer and theatre director. (death announced on this date)
• Rachmadi Bambang Sumadhijo, 84, Indonesian engineer and bureaucrat.
• Gilberto Mendonça Teles, 93, Brazilian writer and literary critic.
• Brian Thompson, 50, American insurance executive, CEO of UnitedHealthcare (since 2021), shot.
• Trần Anh Khoa, 33, Vietnamese footballer (SHB Da Nang), suicide.
• Jean-Didier Vincent, 89, French neuropsychiatrist, member of the French Academy of Sciences.
• César Yanes Urías, 104, Salvadoran naval officer and politician, member of the Junta of Government (1960–1961).
• Tony Young, 71, English footballer (Manchester United, Charlton Athletic, York City). (death announced on this date)

3

• Tengiz Beridze, 85, Georgian academic and biochemist.
• Ivor Bird, 80, Antiguan high jumper and broadcasting executive.
• Benjamin B. Blackburn, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1975).
• Jan Bloukaas, 25, South African singer, brain cancer.
• Henze Boekhout, 77, Dutch artist and photographer. (death announced on this date)
• Henri Borlant, 97, French doctor, writer, and Holocaust survivor.
• Denis Brihat, 96, French photographer.
• René Burkhalter, 90, Swiss Olympic official, president of the Swiss Olympic Association (1997–2001). (death announced on this date)
• Aileen H. Cowan, 98, Canadian painter and sculptor.
• John Stephen Cummins, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Sacramento (1974–1977) and bishop of Oakland (1977–2003).
• Dana Dimel, 62, American college football player and coach (Wyoming Cowboys, Houston Cougars, UTEP Miners).
• Philip Hacking, 93, English Anglican priest.
• Frederick Henry, 81, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of London (1986–1995), bishop of Thunder Bay (1995–1998) and of Calgary (1998–2017).
• Huang Zhun, 98, Chinese composer.
• Ali Krasniqi, 71–72, Kosovar Roma writer and activist.
• Beatriz Larrotcha Palma, 65, Spanish diplomat.
• Minny Luimstra-Albeda, 89, Dutch politician, senator (1992–1999).
• Jon McLachlan, 75, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, national team).
• Yastur-ul-Haq Malik, 92, Pakistani admiral, chief of the Naval Staff (1988–1991).
• Ecaterina Oancia, 70, Romanian rower, Olympic champion (1984) and silver medallist (1988).
• William H. Perry III, 84, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1973–1975).
• Jan Scott-Frazier, 59, American translator and anime producer.
• Rudolf Stärz, 78, Czech actor (Dobrodružství kriminalistiky, Bathory).
• Tan Howe Liang, 91, Singaporean weightlifter, Olympic silver medallist (1960).
• Mohamed Ali Yusuf, 80, Somali politician, vice president of Puntland (2004–2005) and speaker of the Senate (2021–2022).
• Mustapha Zaari, 79, Moroccan actor (The Hyena's Sun, Chroniques blanches), prostate cancer.

2

• Ömer Barutçu, 82, Turkish politician, minister of transport (1996–1997) and MP (1977–1980, 1987–2002).
• Ed Botterell, 93, Canadian Olympic sailor (1964).
• Lucjan Brychczy, 90, Polish football player (Legia Warsaw, national team) and manager (Legia Warsaw).
• Louise Cotnoir, 75, Canadian writer.
• Swadesh Chakraborty, 80, Indian politician, MP (1999–2009).
• Perry J. Dahl, 101, Canadian-born American air force colonel and World War II flying ace.
• Helmut Duckadam, 65, Romanian footballer (UTA Arad, Steaua București, national team).
• Sam Fox, 95, American businessman and diplomat, ambassador to Belgium (2007–2009).
• Neale Fraser, 91, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player, seven-time Davis Cup winner.
• Paul van Gelder, 77, Dutch radio disc jockey.
• Paulo Giardini, 62, Brazilian actor.
• Héctor Gutiérrez Pabón, 87, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Cali (1987–1998), bishop of Chiquinquirá (1998–2003) and of Engativá (2003–2015).
• Marie E. Howe, 85, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1965–1988).
• Harald Hudak, 67, German middle-distance runner.
• Heikki Koski, 84, Finnish civil servant and politician, minister of the interior (1975), governor of Western Finland (1997–2003).
• Yevgeni Kryukov, 61, Russian football player (Kuzbass Kemerovo, Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don, Zhemchuzhina-Sochi) and manager.
• Marvin Laird, 85, American composer and conductor.
• Eli Lancman, 88, Israeli historian.
• Liu Chia-chang, 81 or 84, Taiwanese songwriter ("Ode to the Republic of China", "The Plum Blossom"), cancer.
• Paul Maslansky, 91, American film producer (Police Academy, Return to Oz, Ski Patrol).
• Manu Padmanabhan Nair, Indian film producer (10 Kalpanakal).
• Debbie Mathers, 69, American author (My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem), complications from lung cancer.
• David Nething, 91, American politician, member of the North Dakota Senate (1966–2012).
• Marlos Nobre, 85, Brazilian composer.
• Don Ohl, 88, American basketball player (Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets, Atlanta Hawks).
• José Pinto Paiva, 86, Brazilian chess player.
• Willie Peete, 87, American football coach (Green Bay Packers).
• Albert Robinson, 85, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1972–1985, 1987–1989) and two-time member of the Kentucky Senate.
• Michael Ruetz, 84, German artist, photographer and author.
• Giovanni Sabbatucci, 80, Italian journalist and historian.
• Choudhary Piara Singh, Indian politician, Jammu and Kashmir MLA (1996–2002).
• Israel Vázquez, 46, Mexican super bantamweight boxer, IBF champion and twice WBC champion, sarcoma.

1

• Fahad Ag Almahmoud, Malian Tuareg militant, secretary-general of GATIA (2014–2023), airstrike.
• Khalil Ahmad, 67–68, Pakistani politician, MNA (2002–2007), heart attack.
• Vinci Vogue Anžlovar, 61, Slovenian film director, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Niels Arestrup, 75, French actor (The Beat That My Heart Skipped, A Prophet, War Horse).
• Jacques Barsamian, 81, French singer, writer, and journalist.
• Alioune Badara Bèye, 79, Senegalese novelist, playwright and publisher.
• Gjorgji Bojadžiev, 74, Macedonian army officer, chief of the general staff (2004–2005).
• Sir Richard Carew Pole, 13th Baronet, 85, British aristocrat.
• Mildred C. Crump, 86, American politician, member of the Municipal Council of Newark (1994–1998, 2006–2021).
• Crescenzo D'Amore, 45, Italian road racing cyclist, traffic collision.
• Art Fryslie, 83, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1999–2007) and Senate (2009–2013).
• Syed Ali Hassan Gilani, 50, Pakistani politician, MNA (2014–2018), traffic collision.
• David Griffith, 88, Welsh Anglican priest.
• Terry Griffiths, 77, Welsh snooker player, world champion (1979), complications from dementia.
• Padre Irala, 88, Paraguayan-Brazilian Jesuit priest.
• Fred Jüssi, 89, Estonian biologist, nature writer and photographer.
• Samantha Lawrence, 55, British musician (Wee Papa Girl Rappers).
• Rogério Cezar de Cerqueira Leite, 93, Brazilian physicist and engineer.
• Raj Manchanda, 79, Indian squash player.
• Christa Meier, 82, German politician, member of the Landtag of Bavaria (1978–1990), mayor of Regensburg (1990–1996).
• Helmut Münch, 85, German politician, member of the Landtag of Saxony (1990–2004).
• Toshifumi Nakamura, 85, Japanese politician, mayor of Hachinohe (2001–2005).
• Jacques Panciatici, 76, French rally driver.
• Kelly Powers, 45, American podiatric surgeon and television commentator (Fox News), glioblastoma.
• David Prosser Jr., 81, American jurist and politician, justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (1998–2016) and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1979–1997), cancer.
• Ian Redpath, 83, Australian cricketer (Victoria, national team).
• Sandra Reyes, 49, Colombian actress (La Mujer del Presidente, Pedro el escamoso, El cartel), breast cancer.
• Craig Rich, 86, British broadcaster and meteorologist.
• Artur Trendak, 64, Polish autogyro designer and manufacturer (Trendak Tercel).
• Rosalie Wilkins, Baroness Wilkins, 78, British politician, member of the House of Lords (1999–2015).
• Ilke Wyludda, 55, German discus thrower, Olympic champion (1996).
• Kais al-Zubaidi, 85, Iraqi film director (The Visit).

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External links

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