Deaths in 2024

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

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

December

5

• Hiroshi Kagawa, 99, Japanese footballer and journalist (Sankei Sports).

4

• Princess Birgitta of Sweden, 87, Swedish royal.
• Eugenio Borgna, 94, Italian psychiatrist and essayist.
• M. R. Chandrasekharan, 95, Indian literary critic and author.
• 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.
• John Docherty, 84, Scottish football player (Brentford) and manager (Millwall, Cambridge United). (death announced on this date)
• Guillermo Ferraro, 69, Argentine accountant and politician, minister of infrastructure (2023–2024).
• Al Fitzmorris, 78, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals).
• Yvonne Johnson, 82, American politician, mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina (2007–2009).
• Heikki Koski, 84, Finnish civil servant and politician, minister of the interior (1975), governor of Western Finland (1997–2003). (death announced on this date)
• Jon McLachlan, 75, New Zealand rugby player (Auckland, national team). (death announced on this date)
• Dante Mircoli, 77, Italian-Argentine football player (Independiente, Estudiantes de La Plata, Sampdoria) and manager.
• Rafał Piotrowski, 50, Polish footballer (Pogoń Szczecin, Stal Mielec).
• Péter Rózsás, 81, Hungarian table tennis player. (death announced on this date)
• Ambroise Sarr, 73, Senegalese Olympic wrestler.
• Milan Sládek, 86, Slovak mime, choreographer and theatre director. (death announced on this date)
• 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.
• Tony Young, 71, English footballer (Manchester United, Charlton Athletic, York City). (death announced on this date)

3

• Ivor Bird, 80, Antiguan high jumper and broadcasting executive.
• 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)
• 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).
• 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.
• 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).
• 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).
• Israel Vázquez, 46, Mexican super bantamweight boxer, IBF champion and twice WBC champion, sarcoma. (death announced on this date)
• 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).
• Lucjan Brychczy, 90, Polish football player (Legia Warsaw, national team) and manager (Legia Warsaw).
• Louise Cotnoir, 75, Canadian writer.
• Swadesh Chakraborty, 80, Indian politician.
• 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.
• 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).
• Yevgeni Kryukov, 61, Russian football player (Kuzbass Kemerovo, Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don, Zhemchuzhina-Sochi) and manager.
• Eli Lancman, 88, Israeli historian.
• Liu Chia-chang, 81 or 84, Taiwanese songwriter ("Ode to the Republic of China", "The Plum Blossom"), cancer.
• Manu Padmanabhan Nair, Indian film producer (10 Kalpanakal).
• Debbie Mathers, 69, American author (My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem), complications from lung cancer.
• Marlos Nobre, 85, Brazilian composer.
• Don Ohl, 88, American basketball player (Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets, Atlanta Hawks).
• José Pinto Paiva, 86, Brazilian chess player.
• Albert Robinson, 85, American politician.
• 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).
• Rosalie Wilkins, Baroness Wilkins, 78, British politician, member of the House of Lords (1999–2015). (death announced on this date)

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.
• Syed Ali Hassan Gilani, 50, Pakistani politician, MNA (2014–2018), traffic collision.
• Terry Griffiths, 77, Welsh snooker player, world champion (1979), complications from dementia.
• Fred Jüssi, 89, Estonian biologist, nature writer and photographer.
• 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).
• Toshifumi Nakamura, 85, Japanese politician, mayor of Hachinohe (2001–2005).
• Jacques Panciatici, 76, French rally driver.
• 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).
• Ilke Wyludda, 55, German discus thrower, Olympic champion (1996).
• Kais al-Zubaidi, 85, Iraqi film director (The Visit).

November

30

• Steve Alaimo, 84, American singer ("Every Day I Have to Cry") and record producer, co-founder of TK Records.
• Mahmoud Almadhoun, Palestinian activist, co-founder of the Gaza Soup Kitchen, airstrike.
• Fernando Aspiazu, 89, Ecuadorian banker and businessman (Emelec), minister of economy and finance (1979–1980).
• Lou Carnesecca, 99, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (New York Nets, St. John's Red Storm).
• René Couanau, 88, French politician, deputy (1988–2012).
• Kanta Saroop Krishen, 95, Indian social worker.
• Prithwindra Mukherjee, 88, Indian author and researcher.
• Howard W. Peak, 75, American politician, mayor of San Antonio (1997–2001).
• Pepe Pinto, 95, Spanish football player (Barcelona, Real Valladolid) and manager (Girona).
• Gunārs Placēns, 97, Latvian actor (The Silence of Dr. Evans).
• Ryszard Poznakowski, 78, Polish musician, composer and arranger.
• Ladislav Rygl Sr., 77, Czech Olympic Nordic combined skier (1968, 1972), world champion (1970).
• Robert Skoglund, 88, American humorist, columnist, and radio personality (Maine Public Radio).
• Donald H. Turner, 60, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (2007–2019), glioblastoma.
• Nizoramo Zaripova, 101, Tajik politician.

29

• Morton I. Abramowitz, 91, American diplomat, assistant secretary of state (1985–1989) and ambassador to Thailand (1978–1981) and Turkey (1989–1991).
• Tchinda Andrade, 45, Cape Verdean LGBT activist, subject of Tchindas.
• Marshall Brickman, 85, American screenwriter (Annie Hall, Manhattan) and playwright (Jersey Boys), Oscar winner (1978).
• Bert De Coninck, 75, Belgian singer and guitarist.
• Bob Gable, 90, American politician.
• Joseph T. Gormley Jr., 92, American politician, lawyer, and jurist, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1961–1962), Chief State's Attorney of Connecticut (1973–1978).
• Dale Hamer, 87, American football official.
• Will Cullen Hart, 53, American musician (The Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System), co-founder of Elephant 6.
• Jan Hendrikx, 83, Dutch politician, Queen's commissioner of Overijssel (1988–2002), senator (2007–2011).
• Josef Jelínek, 83, Czech footballer (Dukla Prague, VTŽ Chomutov, Czechoslovakia national team).
• Tony Jian, 69, Taiwanese politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (2002–2005, 2010–2011), esophageal cancer.
• Fedde Jonkman, 83, Dutch politician, mayor of Rijnsburg (1985–1997) and Waddinxveen (1997–2004). (death announced on this date)
• Thirman L. Milner, 91, American politician, mayor of Hartford, Connecticut (1981–1987).
• Lance Morrow, 85, American writer and journalist, prostate cancer.
• Eva Mosnáková, 95, Slovak human rights activist and Holocaust survivor.
• Rafig Nasirov, 77, Azerbaijani sculptor.
• Wayne Northrop, 77, American actor (Dynasty, Days of Our Lives, Port Charles), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Antonio Romero, 69, Spanish politician, deputy (1989–1995) and senator (1986–1989).
• Peter Westbrook, 72, American fencer, Olympic bronze medalist (1984), cancer.

28

• Amiya Kumar Bagchi, 87–88, Indian political economist.
• Bill Battle, 82, American football player (Alabama Crimson Tide), coach (Tennessee Volunteers) and executive, founder of the CLC.
• James Beauregard-Smith, 81, Australian convicted murderer and rapist. (death announced on this date)
• Lía Crucet, 72, Argentine singer, model and actress.
• Jim Earthman, 90, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1969–1973).
• Kenneth R. Grant, 83, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1998–2000).
• Tom Hughes, 101, Australian politician and barrister, MP (1963–1972), attorney-general (1969–1971).
• Prince Johnson, 72, Liberian warlord and politician, senator (since 2006).
• Ananda Krishnan, 86, Malaysian conglomerate industry executive, founder of Usaha Tegas and Astro Malaysia Holdings.
• Raymond Maffiolo, 86, Swiss footballer (Servette, national team).
• John McNamee, 83, Scottish footballer (Newcastle United, Hibernian, Blackburn Rovers). (death announced on this date)
• Silvia Pinal, 93, Mexican actress (Maribel and the Strange Family, Viridiana, The Exterminating Angel), urinary tract infection.
• Kioumars Pourhashemi, Iranian military general, shot.
• Roeland Raes, 90, Belgian politician, senator (1991–2001).
• Santanina Rasul, 94, Filipino politician, senator (1987–1995).
• Joseph Serra, 84, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1993–2021).
• Trent Zelazny, 48, American author, liver failure.

27

• Maria Alexandru, 84, Romanian table tennis player, world champion (1961, 1973, 1975).
• Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, American football player (Alabama A&M Bulldogs), head injury.
• Joe Campbell, 89, American professional golfer.
• Amandine Chazot, 33, French standup paddleboarder, cancer.
• Oscar Feldman, 103, American attorney.
• Tor Fosse, 58, Norwegian footballer (Bryne), cancer.
• Artt Frank, 91, American jazz drummer and biographer (Chet Baker).
• Georges Gilson, 95, French Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Paris (1976–1981), bishop of Le Mans (1981–1996) and archbishop of Sens (1996–2004).
• Leonor González Mina, 90, Colombian singer and actress.
• Thomas Hylland Eriksen, 62, Norwegian anthropologist.
• Takashi Inoguchi, 80, Japanese international political scientist, injuries from a fire.
• Claudio Isaac, 67, Mexican writer, actor and film director.
• Vera Karpova, 91, Russian actress (Son, Street Full of Surprises, Poor Poor Paul).
• Bob Kelly, 97, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Redlegs, Cleveland Indians).
• Morgan Lofting, 84, American voice actress (G.I. Joe, Spider-Man, Star Blazers).
• Angus Macfarlane, New Zealand education academic, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (since 2018).
• Mary McGee, 87, American Hall of Fame motorcycle racer.
• Mighty Inoue, 75, Japanese professional wrestler (AJPW, IWE) and referee, heart failure.
• Faustine Ndugulile, 55, Tanzanian politician, MP (since 2010).
• Thanos Papadopoulos, 86, Greek actor (Law 4000, O striglos pou egine arnaki).
• John Stanley Pottinger, 84, American novelist and lawyer, cancer.
• Adam Somner, 57, American film producer and assistant director (Licorice Pizza, Blitz, West Side Story), anaplastic thyroid cancer.
• Bengt-Arne Strömberg, 70, Swedish football player (GAIS) and coach (IF Elfsborg, IFK Norrköping).

26

• Jim Abrahams, 80, American film director and screenwriter (Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Hot Shots!), leukemia.
• Karin Baal, 84, German actress (Tired Theodore, Rosemary, Between Shanghai and St. Pauli).
• Victor Brombert, 101, German-born American scholar and World War II veteran (Ritchie Boys).
• Bob Bryar, 44, American drummer (My Chemical Romance). (body discovered on this date)
• Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari, 85, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (1989–2017).
• Birgitta Dahl, 87, Swedish politician, minister for energy (1982–1990), minister for the environment (1986–1991), speaker of the Riksdag (1994–2002), heart failure.
• Jahangir Darvish, 91, Iranian architect (Takhti Stadium).
• Gilles Devers, 68, French lawyer and academic.
• Paul Dickenson, 74, English Olympic hammer thrower (1976, 1980) and sports commentator.
• Gabriel Escarrer, 89, Spanish hotelier, founder of Meliá Hotels International.
• Katinka Faragó, 87, Austrian-born Swedish film producer (Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Friends, Comrades) and production manager (Fanny and Alexander).
• Jan Furtok, 62, Polish football player (GKS Katowice, Hamburger SV, national team) and manager.
• Gemma Hussey, 86, Irish politician, TD (1982–1989), senator (1977–1982) and minister for education (1982–1986).
• Brian Jackson, 91, English cricketer (Derbyshire).
• Leah Kunkel, 76, American singer (The Coyote Sisters) and attorney.
• André Lajoinie, 94, French politician, deputy (1978–1993, 1997–2002).
• Maria Limanskaya, 100, Russian traffic controller.
• Shalom Nagar, Yemeni-born Israeli prison guard, executioner of Adolf Eichmann.
• Idris Niblett, 93, Welsh footballer (Hereford United, Barry Town).
• Peng Tien-fu, 73, Taiwanese politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (2002–2008), member (1990–1998) and speaker (2000–2001) of the TPCC.
• Nicolae Popa, 85, Romanian jurist, president of the High Court of Cassation and Justice (2004–2009).
• M. Harunur Rashid, 84, Bangladeshi literary scholar, director general of Bangla Academy (1991–1995), cancer.
• Pedro Orlando Reyes, 65, Cuban boxer, world amateur champion (1986).
• Scott L. Schwartz, 65, American actor (Savate, Fire Down Below, Ocean's), stuntman and wrestler.
• Malcolm Smith, 83, Canadian-American motorcycle racer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• C. S. Song, 95, Taiwanese academic and theologian.
• Sivapatham Vittal, 83, Indian endrocrinologist.
• Anders Widmark, 61, Swedish jazz musician and composer, cancer.

25

• Pedro Agramunt, 73, Spanish politician, deputy (1989–1991), senator (2008–2019), and PACE president (2016–2017).
• Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, 72, Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, president of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue (since 2019).
• Gianfranco Calligarich, 85, Italian novelist and screenwriter.
• Amalia Ciardi Dupré, 89, Italian sculptor.
• Bradford English, 82, American actor (Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Wolf).
• Odd Flattum, 82, Norwegian politician and sports official, mayor of Modum (1991–2007), president of the Norwegian Football Federation (1992–1996).
• Gail Henley, 96, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Earl Holliman, 96, American actor (Police Woman, The Rainmaker, The Twilight Zone).
• Hal Lindsey, 95, American evangelist and Christian writer (The Late Great Planet Earth).
• Ernie McMillan, 86, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals, Green Bay Packers).
• Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha, 79, Czech singer-songwriter.
• Harry Nippert, 90, German football player (ASK Vorwärts Berlin, SC Dynamo Berlin) and coach (Hansa Rostock).
• Raimo Piltz, 86, Finnish television director.
• Will Green Poindexter, 80, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1976–1993).
• M. Jagannadha Rao, 88, Indian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (1997–2000), chief judge of the Kerala High Court (1991–1994) and the Delhi High Court (1994–1997).
• James F. Rea, 87, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1979–1989) and Senate (1989–1999).
• Harris Rosen, 85, American hotelier, investor, and philanthropist (Rosen Jewish Community Center), complications from surgery.
• Shashi Ruia, 80, Indian conglomerate industry executive, co-founder of Essar Group.
• Kuldip Singh, 92, Indian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (1988–1996).
• Timotej of Debar and Kichevo, 73, Macedonian Orthodox prelate, heart disease.
• John Tinniswood, 112, English supercentenarian, world's oldest man (since 2024).
• Lars Wistedt, 60, Swedish military officer and politician, MP (since 2022).

24

• Urs Allemann, 76, Swiss writer and journalist (Theater heute, Basler Zeitung).
• Md. Ruhul Amin, 83, Bangladeshi jurist, chief justice (2007–2008).
• Julien Arnold, 60, Canadian actor.
• Amund Bjørgen, 83, Norwegian fiddler.
• Barbara Taylor Bradford, 91, British-American novelist (A Woman of Substance, Hold the Dream).
• Breyten Breytenbach, 85, South African writer, poet, and painter.
• Rico Carty, 85, Dominican baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs).
• Mohamed Chaker, 93, Tunisian lawyer and politician, minister of justice (1980–1984).
• Helen Gallagher, 98, American actress (Hazel Flagg, Ryan's Hope, Pal Joey).
• Jany Gastaldi, 76, French actress (Solemn Communion, Édith et Marcel, Mina Tannenbaum).
• Mike Hasenfratz, 58, Canadian ice hockey referee.
• Zvi Kogan, 28, Israeli-Moldovan rabbi, homicide. (body discovered on this date)
• Jos Lammertink, 66, Dutch road bicycle racer, respiratory failure.
• José Lecaros, 73, Peruvian magistrate, justice (since 2007) and president of the Supreme Court and the Judiciary (2019–2021).
• Elisa Lerner, 92, Venezuelan writer, recipient of the National Prize for Literature (1999).
• Tarky Lombardi Jr., 95, American politician, member of the New York Senate (1967–1992).
• Ahmad Nawab, 92, Malaysian composer.
• Félix Manuel Pérez Miyares, 88, Spanish politician, minister of labour (1980–1981).
• Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, 87, British archaeologist, academic and peer, member of the House of Lords (1991–2021).
• Donald B. Robertson, 93, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1971–1989).
• Carl Runk, 88, American college lacrosse and football coach (Towson University).
• Siegfried Thiele, 90, German composer.
• Bruce Thompson, 59, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (2013–2023), Georgia Labor Commissioner (since 2023), pancreatic cancer.
• Vishakha Tripathi, 75, Indian spiritual leader and philanthropist (Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat), traffic collision.
• Chia-ying Yeh, 100, Chinese-born Canadian poet and sinologist.
• Joe Zuger, 84, American football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).

23

• Marius Bațu, 65, Romanian folk singer (Pasărea Colibri), heart attack.
• John Bernard, 87, Dutch meteorologist. (death announced on this date)
• Gabriel Cotabiță, 69, Romanian singer, stroke.
• John Delzoppo, 92, Australian politician, Victorian MLA (1982–1996).
• Roberto José Dromi, 79, Argentine politician, minister of public works (1989–1991) and mayor of Mendoza (1981–1982).
• Tetsuo Harada, 75, Japanese-born French painter and sculptor.
• Fred R. Harris, 94, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1964–1973).
• Karel Holý, 68, Czech ice hockey player (Sparta Praha, Czechoslovakia national team, 1980 Olympics).
• Helen Hughes, 95, New Zealand botanist, parliamentary commissioner for the environment (1987–1996).
• Jean Jourden, 82, French road racing cyclist.
• Johan Kaggestad, 81, Norwegian athletics coach and sports commentator.
• Walter Kaminsky, 83, German chemist.
• Pavel Karmanov, 54, Russian composer.
• Nikki Kaye, 44, New Zealand politician, MP (2008–2020), cancer.
• Julio Medina, 91, Colombian actor (Zoot Suit, Ilona Arrives with the Rain).
• Samaya Piriyeva, 79, Azerbaijani politician, MP (1995–1999).
• Rajkumar Singhajit Singh, 93, Indian classical dancer.
• Susan Pitt, 76, American Olympic swimmer (1964), glioblastoma.
• Fred L. Smith, 83, American economist and political writer, founder of Competitive Enterprise Institute.
• Walter King Stapleton, 90, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (1970–1985) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (since 1985).
• Jürgen Thormann, 96, German actor.
• Michael Villella, 84, American actor (The Slumber Party Massacre, Love Letters, Wild Orchid).
• Chuck Woolery, 83, American game show host (Wheel of Fortune, Love Connection) and musician (The Avant-Garde).
• Cynthia Zukas, 93, South African-born Zambian painter.

22

• Kenny Aird, 77, Scottish footballer (St Mirren, St Johnstone, Heart of Midlothian).
• Mercedes Bulnes, 74, Chilean lawyer and politician, deputy (since 2022).
• Gianfranco Dalla Barba, 67, Italian fencer and neurologist, Olympic champion (1984). (death announced on this date)
• Peter Fenwick, 89, British neuropsychiatrist and neuropsychologist.
• Jim Grant, 87, Canadian lawyer.
• Bob Hattaway, 88, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1974–1982).
• Janabil, 90, Chinese politician.
• Neal Malicky, 90, American academic administrator.
• Dragan Marković, 64, Serbian politician, mayor of Jagodina (2004–2012).
• Omchery N. N. Pillai, 100, Indian playwright, novelist, and poet.
• Dumitru Popescu, 96, Romanian politician, journalist, and novelist, member of the Great National Assembly (1965–1989).
• Marianne Preger-Simon, 95, American dancer and choreographer.
• Toni Price, 63, American country blues singer, brain aneurysm.
• Kirk Schuring, 72, American politician, speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives (2018), member of the Ohio Senate (2003–2010, since 2019), pancreatic cancer.
• Charles L. Scofield, 99, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1973–1980).
• Jörg Philipp Terhechte, 49, German legal scholar and academic.
• Serge Vohor, 69, Vanuatuan politician, five-time prime minister.
• Harry Williams, 80, American singer (Bloodstone).
• Eduard Zehnder, 84, Swiss mathematician.

21

• H. S. Bedi, 78, Indian jurist, chief judge of the Bombay High Court (2006–2007) and judge of the Supreme Court (2007–2011).
• Alice Brock, 83, American artist and restaurateur, inspiration for "Alice's Restaurant".
• Matthew Byars, 37, American actor and talent manager (The Real Housewives of Potomac).
• Peggy Caserta, 84, American businesswoman and memoirist.
• Ronald Everson, 94, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1961–1971).
• Pehr G. Gyllenhammar, 89, Swedish automotive industry executive, chairman and CEO of Volvo (1970–1994).
• Marjan Kandus, 93, Slovenian basketball player (AŠK Olimpija, Yugoslavia national team, 1960 Olympics). (death announced on this date)
• Manuel Lillo Torregrosa, 84, Spanish classical composer.
• Oswald Maes, 90, Belgian actor (Thuis).
• Vicente de la Mata, 80, Argentine footballer (Independiente, Veracruz, national team).
• Luciano Miguens, 85, Argentine veterinarian, landowner and agrarian activist (2008 Argentine agrarian strike).
• Meghanathan, 60, Indian actor (Asthram, Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji, The Godman), lung disease.
• Mohammad Nazir, 78, Pakistani cricket player (Railways, Punjab University, national team) and umpire.
• Willy Quiroga, 84, Argentine musician (Vox Dei).
• Richard J. Scott, 86, Canadian jurist, chief justice of Manitoba (1990–2013).
• Esmail Shooshtari, 74–75, Iranian politician, minister of justice (1989–2005).
• Richard J. Sklba, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Milwaukee (1979–2010).
• Ray Smith, 90, English footballer (Hull City, Peterborough United, Northampton Town).
• Kathleen Wharton, 41, New Zealand rugby league player (New Zealand Warriors, Māori All Stars, national team).

20

• José Luis Azcona Hermoso, 84, Spanish-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Marajó (1987–2016).
• Celeste Barker, 64, South African politician, member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature (2014–2019).
• Ita Beausang, 88, Irish musicologist.
• Marshall Brain, 63, American author (Manna), public speaker and entrepreneur, creator of HowStuffWorks.
• Jean-Noël Carpentier, 54, French politician, deputy (2012–2017), lung cancer.
• John Faria, 87, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate (1971–1973).
• Rino Hansen, 54, Norwegian footballer (Moss, Fredrikstad), cancer.
• Tommy Hart, 80, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints).
• Ursula Haverbeck, 96, German neo-Nazi and convicted Holocaust denier.
• Lucian Iancu, 84, Romanian theater and film actor and director.
• J. Lawrence Irving, 89, American jurist, judge of U.S. District Court for Southern California (1982–1990).
• Peter Maddocks, 96, English cartoonist (The Family-Ness, Penny Crayon, Jimbo and the Jet-Set).
• Malkhaz Makharadze, 61, Georgian footballer (Dinamo Tbilisi, Guria, Dinamo Batumi).
• Manousos Manousakis, 74, Greek film director (Cloudy Sunday), producer, and writer.
• Ken McCulloch, 76, British hotelier, founder of the Malmaison and Dakota hotel chains.
• Al McLean, 87, Canadian politician, member (1981–1999) and speaker (1995–1996) of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
• Sir Kit McMahon, 97, Australian-born British banker, deputy governor of the Bank of England (1980–1986).
• Flaviano Melo, 75, Brazilian civil engineer and politician, governor of Acre (1987–1990), senator (1991–1999), deputy (2007–2023), pneumonia.
• Rasoul Mirmalek, 86, Iranian Olympic wrestler (1964).
• Dahir Mohammed, 51, Ethiopian-born American soccer player (Long Island Rough Riders).
• Andy Paley, 72, American musician (The Paley Brothers, The Modern Lovers), record producer, and composer (SpongeBob SquarePants), throat cancer.
• Mike Pinera, 76, American guitarist (Blues Image, Iron Butterfly) and songwriter ("Ride Captain Ride"), liver failure.
• Chad Posthumus, 33, Canadian basketball player (Winnipeg Sea Bears), brain aneurysm.
• John Prescott, Baron Prescott, 86, British politician, deputy prime minister (1997–2007), first secretary of state (2001–2007), and MP (1970–2010), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• V. T. Rajshekar, 92, Indian journalist, founder of Dalit Voice.
• Jodi Rell, 78, American politician, governor (2004–2011) and lieutenant governor (1995–2004) of Connecticut.
• Marie-Paule von Roesgen, 93, Luxembourgish actress (Wedding Night – End of the Song, Humains, Amour Fou).
• Mynever Shuteriqi, 100, Albanian writer and academician.
• Göran Skytte, 79, Swedish journalist and author (Arbetet, Aftonbladet, Svenska Dagbladet).
• Michael P. Sullivan, 90, American attorney and businessman, President and CEO of Dairy Queen (1987–2001).
• Manohar Tahasildar, 78, Indian politician, four-time Karnataka MLA.

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• Odile Bailleux, 84, French harpsichordist and organist.
• Patty Berg, 82, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (2002–2008).
• Cesare Bonizzi, 78, Italian Capuchin friar and heavy metal singer.
• Tony Campolo, 89, American sociologist and Baptist minister.
• Chang Si-liang, 83, Taiwanese police officer, director-general of the National Police Agency (2003–2004).
• Colin Chilvers, 79, English music video director ("Smooth Criminal") and special effects coordinator (Superman, X-Men).
• Roy Christian, 81, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team) and church minister.
• Don Cowan, 93, English footballer (Darlington).
• Bernadette Després, 83, French illustrator.
• Graciela Susana, 71, Argentine tango singer.
• Diva Gray, 72, American singer (Change, Chic).
• Walter Korpi, 90, Swedish sociologist.
• Lucas Moripe, 71, South African footballer (Pretoria Callies, Caroline Hill, Orlando Pirates).
• Dirk Nuyts, 72, Belgian politician, mayor of Schilde (1995–2000).
• Ron O'Brien, 86, American diving coach and author.
• Donato Paduano, 75, Italian-born Canadian Olympic boxer (1968), complications from diabetes.
• Ken Reid, 69, Northern Irish journalist and political editor (UTV).
• Henk van Rooy, 76, Dutch footballer (Den Bosch, Roda JC Kerkrade, NAC Breda), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Saafir, 54, American rapper and actor (Menace II Society).
• Vojo Stanić, 100, Montenegrin painter and sculptor.

18

• Paulo Alexandre, 93, Portuguese singer.
• Jordi Bonell, 66, Spanish jazz guitarist.
• Fernando Carbone Campoverde, 65, Peruvian physician and politician, minister of health (2002–2003).
• John Cartwright, 90, British politician, MP (1974–1992).
• Uma Dasgupta, 84, Indian actress (Pather Panchali).
• Michel Debout, 79, French doctor and politician, member of the Regional Council of Rhône-Alpes (1986–1998).
• Samir Dey, 67, Indian politician, Odisha MLA (1995–2009), kidney infection and pneumonia.
• Charles Dumont, 95, French singer and songwriter ("Non, je ne regrette rien").
• Mike C. Frietze Jr., 97, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1965).
• Arthur Frommer, 95, American travel writer, founder of Frommer's, pneumonia.
• Junko Hori, 89, Japanese voice actress (Obake no Q-Tarō, Ninja Hattori-kun, Chimpui).
• Emile Jansen, 64, Dutch actor (Winter in Wartime).
• Jan Keizer, 84, Dutch football referee.
• Karl Kohn, 98, Austrian-born American composer, teacher and pianist.
• Amar Kudin, 32, Croatian-born Italian rugby union player (Fiamme Oro Rugby, Benetton Rugby, Rugby San Donà), traffic collision.
• Bob Love, 81, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls), cancer.
• Giridhar Malaviya, 88, Indian jurist and academic administrator, judge of the Allahabad High Court (1988–2001) and chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (since 2018).
• Bjørn Müller, 64, Norwegian rock singer (Backstreet Girls).
• Antonio Noblejas, 76, Spanish economist and businessman (Deloitte), drowned. (body discovered on this date)
• Manfred Ohrenstein, 99, German-born American lawyer and politician, member (1961–1994) and minority leader (1975–1994) of the New York State Senate.
• György Pauk, 88, Hungarian violinist.
• José Miguel Pérez García, 67, Spanish academic and politician, member of the Canarian Parliament (2011–2015), cancer.
• Colin Petersen, 78, Australian drummer (Bee Gees, Humpy Bong) and actor (Smiley).
• Zakaria Pintoo, 81, Bangladeshi football player (Mohammedan SC, Pakistan national team, Bangladesh national team) and manager, multiple organ failure.
• Enriqueta Tarrés, 90, Spanish soprano.
• ʻAna Taufeʻulungaki, 78, Tongan politician, member of the Privy Council of Tonga (since 2022).
• Mark Wildman, 88, English snooker and billiards player and commentator, WPBSA World Champion (1984).

17

• Khaled Ahmed, 81, Pakistani journalist.
• Honorio Bórquez, 77, Chilean Olympic boxer (1968).
• Bernard Chiarelli, 90, French footballer (Valenciennes, Lille, national team).
• Choi Jae-uk, 84, South Korean politician, MP (1988–1996), minister of environment (1998–1999).
• Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, 110, Turkish archaeologist.
• Robert Cohen, 86, American playwright.
• Wesley Cox, 69, American basketball player (Golden State Warriors).
• Daman Nath Dhungana, 83, Nepali politician, speaker of the House of Representatives (1991–1994).
• John Ray Godfrey, 80, American basketball player (Abilene Christian Wildcats).
• Joachim Griese, 72, German sailor, Olympic silver medallist (1984).
• Münci Kalayoğlu, 84, Turkish surgeon.
• S. M. Khan, 67, Indian Information Service officer.
• Jim Knaub, 68, American wheelchair marathon athlete and actor (The Man Who Loved Women), five-time Boston Marathon winner.
• Eugeniusz Kubiak, 85, Polish Olympic rower (1964).
• Andrius Kulikauskas, 73, Lithuanian composer, musician and arranger.
• Vladimir Lyovkin, 57, Russian singer (Na Na).
• Ehrhart Neubert, 84, German Evangelical priest and theologian.
• Vincenzo Perrone, 87, Italian entrepreneur and politician, deputy (1992–1994).
• Apóstolo Rina, 52, Brazilian surfer and evangelical preacher, founder of Bola de Neve Church, traffic collision.
• Orestes Rodríguez Vargas, 81, Peruvian chess grandmaster.
• Viktor Samsonov, 83, Russian military officer, chief of the general staff (1996–1997).
• Siaka Toumani Sangaré, 69, Malian civil servant and politician, president of the Independent National Electoral Commission of Guinea (2010–2011).
• Artur Sarnat, 54, Polish footballer (Wisła Kraków, KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Kmita Zabierzów).
• Allan Svensson, 73, Swedish actor (Svensson, Svensson, Vänner och fiender, Gåsmamman), prostate cancer.
• Hugo Villaverde, 70, Argentine footballer (Colón de Santa Fe, Independiente, national team).
• John Waiko, 79, Papua New Guinean historian, anthropologist, playwright, and politician.

16

• Richard V. Allen, 88, American public servant, national security advisor (1981–1982).
• Tommy Andersson, 60, Swedish footballer (Halmstad).
• S. Atan, 75, Singaporean-born Malaysian music composer.
• Ilyas Ahmed Bilour, 84, Pakistani politician, senator (2012–2018), kidney disease.
• Agnes Boström, 112, Swedish supercentenarian, oldest person in Sweden (since 2024).
• Coloso Colosetti, 76, Argentine professional wrestler (NWA, CMLL).
• Peter Cowley, 69, British businessman, cancer.
• William S. Crismore, 91, American politician, member of the Montana Senate (1995–2003).
• Dejan Despić, 94, Serbian classical composer, author, and music theoretician.
• Mikhail Eremets, 75, Belarusian physicist and chemist.
• Mohammad Fazlul Karim, 81, Bangladeshi jurist, chief justice (2010).
• Sergey Govorushko, 69, Russian geographer.
• Esther Haywood, 84, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2001–2009).
• John Hine, 86, British Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Southwark (2001–2016).
• Denise Holstein, 97, French author.
• Howard Hughes, British podcaster, radio presenter and journalist (BBC Radio Berkshire, Capital London). (death announced on this date)
• Hamid Merakchi, 48, Algerian footballer (Gençlerbirliği, MC Alger, national team).
• Nara Ramamurthy Naidu, 72, Indian politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA (1994–1999).
• Vladlen Naumenko, 77, Ukrainian footballer (FC Avanhard Ternopil, FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv) and coach (MFC Mykolaiv).
• Zhenis Nurgaliyev, 62, Kazakh agronomist and politician, senator (2010–2023).
• Eunice Parsons, 108, American modernist artist.
• Jiří Pospíšil, 75, Czech politician and psychologist, senator (1996–2012).
• Frank Robson, 78, English-born Finnish singer.
• Vladimir Shklyarov, 39, Russian ballet dancer, fall.
• Sir Lady Java, 82, American drag performer and transgender rights activist.
• Svetlana Svetlichnaya, 84, Russian actress (The Diamond Arm, Anna Pavlova, Goddess: How I fell in Love).
• Pat Koch Thaler, 92, American educator, assisted suicide.
• Olav Thon, 101, Norwegian businessman and philanthropist.
• Joseph Tsang Mang Kin, 86, Mauritian poet, political scientist, and biographer.
• Javier de Villota, 82, Spanish painter.
• Gerry Weil, 85, Austrian-born Venezuelan jazz musician.
• Clifton R. Wharton Jr., 98, American academic and diplomat, deputy secretary of state (1993), cancer.

15

• Salwa Abu Khadra, 95, Palestinian politician.
• Graham Bailey, 104, English footballer (Huddersfield Town, Sheffield United).
• Frank Bentley, 90, English Anglican clergyman, archdeacon of Worcester (1984–1999), heart failure.
• Helen Ginger Berrigan, 76, American jurist, judge (since 1994) and chief judge (2001–2008) of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana.
• Trygve Bornø, 82, Norwegian football player (Skeid, national team) and official, secretary general of the Norwegian Football Federation (1983–1985, 1996–1999).
• Celeste Caeiro, 91, Portuguese pacifist (Carnation Revolution).
• Elena Caragiu, 87, Romanian actress (The Lace Wars, Premiera).
• Don Carter, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (Greensboro Generals).
• Lola Cordón, 88, Spanish actress (Seventeen).
• Robert Dixon, 103, American World War II veteran, last surviving Buffalo Soldier.
• Elvstroem, 24, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Al Ferrara, 84, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds), pneumonia.
• Tom Forrestall, 88, Canadian realist painter.
• Ulla Jessen, 77, Danish actress (Girls at Arms, Girls at Sea, Mind Your Back, Professor).
• Romualds Kalsons, 88, Latvian composer.
• Béla Károlyi, 82, Hungarian-American Hall of Fame gymnastics coach.
• Jon Kenny, 66, Irish comedian and actor (The Banshees of Inisherin, Les Misérables, Father Ted), heart attack.
• Aashish Khan, 84, Indian classical musician.
• Friedrich Knapp, 73, German industrialist (New Yorker).
• Eileen Kramer, 110, Australian dancer and choreographer.
• Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, 86, Somaliland politician, president (2010–2017), minister of finance (1997–1999) and MP (1993–1996).
• István Nemere, 80, Hungarian novelist, heart attack.
• Michael Osei, 53, Ghanaian football player (Asante Kotoko, national team) and manager (Bibiani Gold Stars).
• Dick Packer, 90, American soccer player (Uhrik Truckers, 1956 Olympics).
• Aleksandr Pankratov, 78, Russian film director (A Painter's Wife Portrait), cinematographer and screenwriter.
• Ibrahim Saad, 78, Malaysian politician, MP (1995–1999).
• Suresh Sangaiah, Indian filmmaker (Oru Kidayin Karunai Manu, Sathiya Sothanai), liver failure.
• Frank Schäffer, 72, German footballer (Borussia Mönchengladbach, SpVgg Ludwigsburg).
• Sönke Sönksen, 86, German equestrian, Olympic silver medalist (1976).
• Paul Teal, 35, American actor (One Tree Hill, Deep Water, The Staircase), cancer.
• Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, 101, Japanese royal, stroke and pneumonia.

14

• Jacques Adélaïde-Merlande, 91, French historian.
• Tommy Alverson, 74, American country singer-songwriter, liver cancer.
• Ichlasul Amal, 82, Indonesian academic, chancellor of Gadjah Mada University (1998–2002).
• Greg Bialecki, 64, American attorney.
• Vadim Brovtsev, 55, Russian businessman and politician, prime minister (2009–2012) and acting president of South Ossetia (2011–2012), heart attack.
• Dennis Bryon, 75, Welsh drummer (Amen Corner, Bee Gees).
• Harischandra Chavan, 72, Indian politician, member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1995–1999) and of the Lok Sabha (2004–2019).
• Dervilla M. X. Donnelly, 94, Irish chemist and academic.
• Michel Elkoubi, 77, French racing driver. (death announced on this date)
• Vic Flick, 87, English studio guitarist ("James Bond Theme"), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Arturo García Tenorio, 70, Mexican actor (Chespirito, Carrusel, María Mercedes) and television director.
• Keith Hepworth, 82, English rugby league player (Castleford, Leeds, Hull F.C.) and coach.
• Shōhei Hino, 75, Japanese actor (Eijanaika, The Boy and the Heron, Emperor) and singer.
• William J. Lavery, 86, American politician and jurist, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1967–1971), judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court (1989–2007).
• Max Freitas Mauro, 87, Brazilian doctor and politician, deputy (1979–1987, 1999–2003), governor of Espírito Santo (1987–1991).
• Alberto Monaci, 83, Italian politician, deputy (1987–1992).
• Matti Päts, 91, Estonian civil servant and politician, MP (1992–1995).
• Peter Sinfield, 80, English lyricist ("21st Century Schizoid Man", "I Believe in Father Christmas"), musician (King Crimson), and record producer.
• Carlos Steneri, 78, Uruguayan economist (2002 Uruguay banking crisis) and academic.
• Frances Strong, 93, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1983–1986).
• Andrzej Sykta, 84, Polish footballer (Wisła Kraków, Motor Lublin, national team).
• Pavel Traubner, 83, Slovak neurologist.
• Igor Volke, 74, Estonian ufologist.
• Saburo Yokomizo, 84, Japanese Olympic middle-distance runner (1964), liver cancer.
• Kadyr Yusupov, 72, Uzbek diplomat.

13

• Edgard Brito, 50, Brazilian keyboardist (Tuatha de Danann).
• Teodoro Buhain Jr., 87, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Manila (1983–2003).
• Michał Dąbrowski, 38, Polish fencer, Paralympic silver and bronze medalist (2024), bile duct cancer.
• Daim Zainuddin, 86, Malaysian politician, minister of finance (1984–1991, 1999–2001), MP (1982–2004).
• Ricky Dandan, 62, Filipino basketball coach (UP Fighting Maroons, Columbian Dyip), renal cancer.
• Trond Eliassen, 102, Norwegian architect (Norwegian Maritime Museum).
• Franco Ferrarotti, 98, Italian sociologist and politician, deputy (1959–1963).
• Raj Gauthaman, 74, Indian literary scholar.
• Ken Gill, 76, English rugby league player (Salford Red Devils, national team).
• John Hambrick, 79, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly (2008–2020), cancer.
• Bobby Harris, 83, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1985–1995).
• Dan Hennessey, 82, Canadian voice actor (Care Bears, Inspector Gadget, X-Men: The Animated Series), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• John Indi, 70, Zimbabwean actor (Mandela, Incident at Victoria Falls).
• Junaedi, 57, Indonesian bureaucrat, regent of Thousand Islands (since 2020).
• Begum Rosy Kabir, 73, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2005–2006), liver disease.
• Hashem Kolahi, 68, Iranian Olympic wrestler (1976).
• Jussuf Koschier, 78, Austrian film producer and production manager.
• Miodrag Kostić, 65, Serbian businessman, founder of MK Group.
• Elizabeth Kridl Valkenier, 98, Polish-American art historian.
• Spencer Lawton, 81, American district attorney.
• Doireann MacDermott, 100, Irish translator, writer and academic.
• John Skeffington, 14th Viscount Massereene, 84, British peer, member of the House of Lords (1992–1999), sepsis and pneumonia.
• Brian Maxine, 86, English wrestler and cabaret artist, British welterweight (1969–1971) and middleweight champion (1971).
• Adolfo Moran, 70–71, Spanish architect.
• Theodore Olson, 84, American lawyer, U.S. solicitor general (2001–2004), stroke.
• Paul Peters, 82, Dutch politician, senator (2007–2011).
• Kianush Sanjari, 42, Iranian journalist and activist (VOA-PNN, IHRDC, IHR), suicide.
• Ken Shorter, 74, Australian actor (Stone, You Can't See 'round Corners, Dragonslayer). (death announced on this date)
• Luis Soares, 60, Portuguese-French Olympic long-distance runner (1992).
• Paul Staes, 78, Belgian politician, MEP (1984–1994), senator (1995–1999).
• Shel Talmy, 87, American record producer ("You Really Got Me", "My Generation", "Friday on My Mind"), complications from a stroke.
• Shuntarō Tanikawa, 92, Japanese poet and translator.
• Luis Ernesto Tapia, 80, Panamanian footballer (Alianza, national team), heart attack.
• Alexei Zimin, 52, Russian chef, television presenter, and restaurateur. (death announced on this date)

12

• Naoyuki Agawa, 73, Japanese academic and attorney.
• Bendiks H. Arnesen, 73, Norwegian politician, MP (1997–2013).
• Gift Atulewa, 38, Nigerian footballer (Bayelsa United, Ocean Boys, Warri Wolves), heart failure.
• Saïd Ben Mustapha, 86, Tunisian politician and diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (1997–1999).
• Bronislaw Bernacki, 80, Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Odesa-Simferopol (2002–2020).
• Agnes Buen Garnås, 78, Norwegian singer.
• Joanne Chory, 69, American plant biologist and geneticist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Elizabeth Darling, 68, American administrator, commissioner of the Administration for Children and Families (2019–2021), ovarian cancer.
• Johnny Duhan, 74, Irish singer-songwriter ("The Voyage"), drowned.
• Michalis Ganas, 80, Greek poet.
• Barrie Gavin, 89, British film and television director.
• Roy Haynes, 99, American jazz drummer.
• John Horgan, 65, Canadian politician and diplomat, premier of British Columbia (2017–2022) and ambassador to Germany (since 2023), thyroid cancer.
• Michael Hübner, 65, German sprint track cyclist, six-time world champion.
• Morgan Jenness, 72, American freelance dramaturg.
• Fred Kessler, 84, American politician and judge, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1961–1972, 2005–2019), cancer.
• Kitanofuji Katsuaki, 82, Japanese sumo wrestler.
• Helen Kleinbort Krauze, 99, Polish-born Mexican journalist (Novedades de México).
• Helmut Koch, 92, German mathematician.
• Radivoje Krivokapić, 71, Serbian handball player (1976 Olympics, RK Partizan, Yugoslavia national team), heart attack.
• Liang Guanglie, 83, Chinese army general and politician, minister of national defense (2008–2013) and head of the Joint Staff Department (2002–2007).
• Thomas E. Kurtz, 96, American mathematician and computer scientist, co-developer of the BASIC programming language.
• Bent Mejding, 87, Danish actor (Matador, We Shall Overcome, 1864), pneumonia.
• Manoj Mitra, 85, Indian actor (Banchharamer Bagaan, Ghare Baire, Ganashatru), director, and playwright.
• Camay Calloway Murphy, 97, American educator.
• Jean Nallit, 101, French Resistance member.
• Helmut Nonn, 91, German Olympic field hockey player (1956, 1960).
• Kalambay Otepa, 76, Congolese footballer (TP Mazembe, Zaire national team).
• M. T. Padma, 81, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (1987–1991).
• Silviu Prigoană, 60, Romanian businessman and politician, deputy (2008–2012), heart attack.
• Song Jae-rim, 39, South Korean actor (The Idle Mermaid, Our Gap-soon, Goodbye Mr. Black) and model.
• Giorgos Valavanidis, 50, Greek basketball player (PAOK, M.E.N.T.), heart attack.
• Vardis Vardinogiannis, 90, Greek shipping and oil executive, chairman of Motor Oil Hellas and Vegas Oil and Gas.
• Timothy West, 90, English actor (Hedda, EastEnders) and television presenter (Great Canal Journeys).
• Shreenarayan Yadav, 88–89, Indian politician, Bihar MLA (1977–2020).
• Eiji Yanagisawa, 57, Japanese voice actor (Baki the Grappler, Code Geass, Digimon Frontier), intracerebral hemorrhage.
• Lindsay Yeo, 78, New Zealand radio broadcaster (2ZB).
• František Zvardoň, 75, Czech writer and photographer.

11

• Marco Angulo, 22, Ecuadorian footballer (LDU Quito, Independiente del Valle, national team), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
• Frank Auerbach, 93, German-British painter.
• Ray Baxter, 84, Australian footballer (Footscray).
• Marie Benešová, 76, Czech politician and lawyer, minister of justice (2013–2014, 2019–2021).
• Harvey Burnett, 29, Scottish rugby league player (London Broncos, Oxford Rugby League, national team), cancer.
• Walter Dahn, 70, German painter, photographer, and sound artist.
• Gerry Faust, 89, American football coach (Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Akron Zips).
• Gloria Fox, 82, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1987–2017).
• Ubayd Haider, 25, Fijian boxer, brain haemorrhage.
• Richard D. James, 88, American production designer (Star Trek) and art director (Local Hero, Silkwood), complications from an infection.
• R. Sharath Jois, 53, Indian yoga teacher.
• Jan Kiedrowicz, 64, Polish chess grandmaster.
• Clay Foster Lee Jr., 94, American Methodist bishop.
• Papa Noël Nedule, 83, Congolese guitarist.
• Manfred Niekisch, 73, German biologist.
• Kenneth Oliver, 79, American politician, member of Baltimore County Council (2002–2014).
• John Peaslee, 73, American television writer and producer (Coach, According to Jim, Liv and Maddie).
• Ivica Rajković, 89, Croatian cinematographer.
• Ulrich Renz, 90, German journalist (United Press International, Associated Press) and historian.
• John Robinson, 89, American football coach (USC Trojans, Los Angeles Rams), pneumonia.
• Dmitry Sukharev, 94, Russian biologist, poet, and bard.
• Coşkun Taş, 90, Turkish footballer (Beşiktaş, 1. FC Köln, national team).
• Carolina Valdivia, 46, Chilean politician, minister of foreign affairs (2022), pancreatic cancer.

10

• Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Senna, 87, Egyptian poet.
• Barbara Aland, 87, German theologian.
• Paul Caponigro, 91, American photographer.
• Mary Pat Clarke, 83, American politician, member of the Baltimore City Council (1975–1983, 2004–2020).
• Tim Crow, 86, British psychiatrist and researcher, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Inés Fernández Moreno, 77, Argentinian novelist.
• Sandra Gilbert, 87, American literary critic (The Madwoman in the Attic) and poet.
• Derrick Grant, 86, Scottish rugby union player (Hawick, national team).
• Michael Hogan, 56, Irish hurler (Birr, Offaly).
• Sir Maurice Robert Johnston, 95, British army officer.
• Galliano Juso, 87, Italian film producer (Shoot First, Die Later, The Big Racket, The Heroin Busters) and screenwriter.
• Pepe Justicia, 64, Spanish flamenco guitarist.
• John LaBarge, 72, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1993–2003).
• Abdelkader Lecheheb, 70, Moroccan diplomat and footballer (USM d'Oujda, MC Oujda, national team), ambassador to Russia (2008–2019).
• Dallas Long, 84, American shot putter, Olympic champion (1964), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• João Omar Macagnan, 81, Brazilian politician, Santa Catarina MLA (1987–1988, 1999–2003), mayor of Itajaí (1989–1992).
• Mahendra Singh Mewar, 83, Indian politician, MP (1989–1991).
• Nosratollah Moeinian, 103, Iranian politician. (death announced on this date)
• Helmut Pflugradt, 75, German politician, member of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen (1975–2009).
• William Radice, 73, British poet, writer, and translator, cancer.
• Stanley Rensch, 84, Surinamese Maroon and human rights activist, denounced the Moiwana massacre.
• Gary Smyth, 60, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary, heart attack.
• Indra Soundar Rajan, 65, Indian author.
• Tim Sullivan, 76, American science fiction author, heart failure.
• Michel Sy, 94, French politician, deputy (1960–1962).
• Vicente Tarancón, 72, Spanish sportswear executive, founder of Luanvi, drowned. (body discovered on this date)
• Noel Tierney, 82, Irish Gaelic footballer (Galway).
• Emre Tukur, 55, Turkish keyboardist (Klips ve Onlar). (death announced on this date)
• Alina Vaz, 88, Portuguese actress.

9

• Hassan Akesbi, 89, Moroccan footballer (Nîmes, Reims, national team).
• Bobby Allison, 86, American Hall of Fame racing driver, NASCAR Cup Series champion (1983) and three-time Daytona 500 winner.
• Morihisa Aoki, 85, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to Peru (1994–1997).
• Masao Arai, 75, Japanese wrestler, Olympic bronze medallist (1976).
• Yiannis Boutaris, 82, Greek winemaker and politician, mayor of Thessaloniki (2011–2019).
• Jean-Marie Untaani Compaoré, 91, Burkinabè Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Ouagadougou (1973–1979), bishop of Fada N'Gourma (1979–1995) and archbishop of Ouagadougou (1995–2009).
• Lou Donaldson, 98, American jazz saxophonist.
• Patricia H. Foss, 98, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1984–1992).
• Edith Franke, 82, German politician, member of the Landtag of Saxony (2009–2014).
• Felice D. Gaer, 78, American human rights activist, metastatic breast cancer.
• Delhi Ganesh, 80, Indian actor (Kaatru Veliyidai, Muni, Pattina Pravesam).
• José Garrido, 64, Portuguese football player (Benfica, Boavista) and manager (Al-Nasr).
• Judith Jamison, 81, American dancer and choreographer.
• Ella Jenkins, 100, American singer-songwriter.
• James Patrick Keleher, 93, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Belleville (1984–1993) and archbishop of Kansas City (1993–2005).
• Gudmar Wivesson, 71, Swedish actor (Varuhuset, Rederiet).
• Lee Shi-yoon, 89, South Korean lawyer and judge, justice of the Constitutional Court (1988–1993).
• Pedro Machete, 59, Portuguese judge, justice (2012–2023) and vice-president (2021–2023) of the constitutional court, cancer.
• Viesturs Meijers, 56, Latvian chess grandmaster.
• J. Reginald Murphy, 90, American business executive and journalist (The Atlanta Constitution, The Baltimore Sun).
• Valeria Narbikova, 66, Russian writer.
• Hashem Siddiq, 67, Sudanese poet.
• Ram Narayan, 96, Indian sarangi player.
• Günter Rixe, 85, German politician, MP (1987–1998).
• Rudolf Trauner Jr., 70, Austrian businessman and politician, member of the Landtag of Upper Austria (1991–1997).
• Vyacheslav Uzelkov, 45, Ukrainian heavyweight boxer.
• George Wilkins, 90, American composer.

8

• Asbjørn Agerschou, 76, Danish seminary teacher and politician, MP (1981–1990).
• Antônio de Orléans e Bragança, 74, Brazilian royal (Brazilian imperial family).
• Jesús Ares, 90, Spanish footballer (Langreo, Salamanca, Celta Vigo).
• A. Cornelius Baker, 63, American HIV/AIDS activist, atherosclerosis.
• Betty Bausch-Polak, 105, Dutch Holocaust survivor.
• Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, 94, Indian musician.
• George Bohanon, 87, American jazz trombonist.
• Jack Boul, 97, American artist and teacher.
• James Buskey, 87, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1976–2018).
• Stanisław Chiliński, 68, Polish Olympic wrestler (1980).
• Michael Eitan, 80, Israeli politician, MK (1984–2013), minister of science (1997–1998) and government service (2009–2013).
• Aud Voss Eriksen, 87, Norwegian politician, deputy member of the Storting (1981–1993).
• Kazimierz Ferenc, 80, Polish architect and politician, voivode of Rzeszów (1990–1994).
• Fernando Fragata, 58, Portuguese film director (Backlight, Sorte Nula).
• Eugen Gerritz, 89, German politician, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (1980–1995).
• José Botafogo Gonçalves, 89, Brazilian lawyer, diplomat, and politician, minister of industry, commerce and tourism (1998–1999), respiratory failure.
• Geneviève Grad, 80, French actress (The Troops of St. Tropez), cancer.
• Charles Herring, 79, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1988–1992).
• Harald Holz, 94, German philosopher, theologian, and mathematician.
• Rumen Ivanov, 51, Bulgarian footballer (Etar V. Tarnovo, Botev Plovdiv, Aarau), heart attack.
• Gabriel Kney, 94, Canadian pipe organ builder.
• Marty Kuehnert, 78, American baseball executive (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles).
• Billy Lawless, 73, Irish politician and businessman, senator (2016–2020).
• George Lehmann, 83, American basketball player (St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, New York Nets).
• Peter Loukianoff, 76, American Russian Orthodox prelate.
• Rachid Mekhloufi, 88, Algerian football player (Saint-Étienne, France national team) and manager (national team).
• Helle Meri, 75, Estonian actress and socialite, first lady (1992–2001).
• Elizabeth Nunez, 80, American novelist (Anna In-Between), stroke.
• Titinga Frédéric Pacéré, 80, Burkinabé solicitor, writer, and poet.
• Jerry M. Patterson, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1985).
• Trevor Sorbie, 75, British celebrity hairdresser, bowel cancer.
• June Spencer, 105, English actress (The Archers).
• Virginia Stroud, 73, American Cherokee painter.
• Brian Wheeler, 62, American basketball announcer (Portland Trail Blazers).

7

• Selçuk Ayhan, 71, Turkish engineer and politician, MP (2007–2011), hyperglycemia.
• Dinanath Batra, 94, Indian educationist.
• Jürgen Becker, 92, German poet, prose writer and radio play author.
• Ivan Charota, 72, Belarusian literary critic, cultural historian and translator. (death announced on this date)
• Nitin Chauhaan, 35, Indian actor (Dadagiri, MTV Splitsvilla 5, Zindagi Dot Com), suicide.
• Phil Cohen, 81, British cultural theorist, urban ethnographer and writer. (body discovered on this date)
• Bruce Degen, 79, American illustrator (The Magic School Bus), pancreatic cancer.
• Louis Edward Gelineau, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Providence (1972–1997).
• Sir Bom Gillies, 99, New Zealand soldier, last surviving member of the Māori Battalion.
• John C. Hartigan, 67, American visual effects artist (Kill Bill, Hawaii Five-0, Click).
• Arent M. Henriksen, 78, Norwegian politician, MP (1973–1977, 1981–1989).
• Ana Maria Lajusticia, 100, Spanish biochemist and nutritionist.
• Sergio Los, 90, Italian architect and educator.
• Lui Che-woo, 95, Hong Kong property developer, founder of Galaxy Entertainment Group and K. Wah International.
• Joseph T. Maguire, 98, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1977–1979).
• Éden Pedroso, 81, Brazilian politician, Rio Grande do Sul MLA (1987–1991), deputy (1991–1995).
• John Phiri, 75, Zambian politician.
• Cédric Plançon, 55, French Olympic weightlifter (1992, 1996).
• James Rawson, 59, British table tennis player, Paralympic champion (1992). (death announced on this date)
• Jacques Renoir, 81, French photographer and cinematographer.
• Scorpio Jr., 58, Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL).
• Pim Sierks, 92, Dutch airline pilot (1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague).
• Shreegopal Vyas, 92, Indian politician, MP (2006–2012).
• Kathleen Watkins, 90, Irish broadcaster, actress (Insurrection), and harpist.

6

• Dorothy Allison, 75, American writer (Bastard Out of Carolina), cancer.
• Johannes Beutler, 91, German theologian and priest.
• Don Bosseler, 88, American football player (Washington Redskins).
• Christopher Bruell, 81, American philosopher.
• John Cannan, 70, British convicted murderer and rapist.
• John Dempsey, 78, English-Irish football player (Fulham, Chelsea, Ireland national team) and manager, lung cancer.
• Wolt Fabrycky, 91, American systems engineer.
• Josep Ferrer Sala, 99, Spanish wine executive, president of Freixenet (1978–1999).
• Charles Geerts, 81, Dutch businessman and brothel owner.
• Christian Godard, 92, French cartoonist (The Vagabond of Limbo), cancer.
• Pablo León Hakimian, 70, Egyptian Armenian Catholic hierarch, eparch of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (since 2018) and Latin America and Mexico (since 2018).
• Maximilian Heidenreich, 57, German football player (Hannover 96, SC Freiburg) and manager (Freiburger FC), bowel cancer.
• Syed Shah Khusro Hussaini, 79, Indian scholar and educator.
• Philippe Nkiere Keana, 86, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Bondo (1992–2005) and Inongo (2005–2018).
• Pavel Klimenko, 47, Russian major general.
• Anna Lo, 74, Northern Irish politician, MLA (2007–2016).
• K. Malaisamy, 87, Indian politician, MP (1999–2014).
• Sir John Nott, 92, British politician, MP (1966–1983) and defence secretary (1981–1983).
• Phyllis O'Donnell, 87, Australian surfer.
• Madeleine Riffaud, 100, French Resistance member, poet, and war correspondent (L'Humanité).
• Fabio Sartor, 70, Italian actor (Phantom of Death, The Passion of the Christ, La ladra).
• Yigal Shilon, 78, Israeli television host and prankster.
• Daniel Spoerri, 94, Swiss visual artist and writer.
• Tony Todd, 69, American actor (Candyman, Platoon, Final Destination).
• Vojtěch Vašíček, 68, Czech pentathlete, Paralympic champion (1992). (death announced on this date)

5

• Félicie Affolter, 98, Swiss psychologist and psychotherapist.
• Pavel Anisimov, 77, Russian politician, senator (1997–2001).
• Naresh Yadav Ateli, 61, Indian politician, Haryana MLA (2005–2009).
• Ben Baldanza, 62, American economist and airline executive (Spirit Airlines), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Manjari Bhargava, 68, Indian diver, brain cancer.
• Marise Chamberlain, 88, New Zealand Hall of Fame middle-distance runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).
• Parvati Devi, 90, Indian royal and politician, MP (1977–1980).
• Elwood Edwards, 74, American voice actor (America Online), complications from a stroke.
• David P. Farrington, 80, British criminologist, forensic psychologist, and academic.
• Andrzej Hachuła, 64, Polish Olympic ice hockey player (1984). (death announced on this date)
• Sir Henry Keswick, 86, British businessman (Jardine Matheson).
• Taoreed Lagbaja, 56, Nigerian military officer, chief of army staff (since 2023).
• Volodymyr Matvieiev, 81, Ukrainian politician, people's deputy (1990–1994, 1998–2006, 2007–2012).
• Asot Michael, 54, Antiguan politician, MP (since 2004).
• William O'Gara, 92, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1985–1997) and Senate (1997–2003).
• Nestor Rateș, 91, Romanian-American writer and journalist (Radio Free Europe).
• Jerry Reitman, 86, American author, businessman, and executive.
• Reddi Satyanarayana, 99, Indian politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA (1983–2004).
• Sharda Sinha, 72, Indian folk and classical singer.
• Dave Stephens, 95, Australian Olympic athlete (1956).
• Charlie Turner, 79, American football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton Eskimos, Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
• Mick Waters, 81, Irish hurler (Blackrock, Cork).
• Sytze van der Zee, 85, Dutch writer and journalist (Het Parool), lung cancer.

4

• Kristian Antila, 44, Finnish ice hockey player (Ilves, Porin Ässät, Luleå HF).
• Mamadou Moustapha Ba, 59, Senegalese politician, minister of economy and finance (2022–2024).
• Barbara T. Bowman, 96, American education activist.
• Jonathan Brostoff, 41, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (2015–2022) and the Milwaukee Common Council (since 2022).
• Daniel Ceppi, 73, Swiss comics artist.
• Gary Cormack, 74, Canadian wheelchair curler, Paralympic champion (2006).
• Sarah Cunningham, 31, British painter. (body discovered on this date)
• Janet Douglas, 81, English historian.
• Sir Christopher Drewry, 77, British military officer, commander of ARRC (2000–2002), cancer.
• Charlie Evans, 76, American football player (New York Giants, Washington Redskins).
• Don Ferrarese, 95, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies).
• Kiki Håkansson, 95, Swedish model and beauty queen, Miss World winner (1951).
• David Hill, 76, British political adviser, Downing Street director of communications (2003–2007), pneumonia.
• Jim Hoagland, 84, American journalist (The Washington Post), Pulitzer Prize winner (1971, 1991), stroke.
• Jimmy Holley, 80, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1974–1994) and Senate (1998–2022).
• Henryk Kocój, 93, Polish historian.
• Andrzej Krzesiński, 97, Polish Olympic athlete (1960).
• Miguel Ledo, 34, Spanish footballer (SD Logroñés), leukemia.
• Victor A. Lundy, 101, American modernist architect (Warm Mineral Springs Motel).
• Johnny Madsen, 73, Danish singer.
• Bernard Marcus, 95, American businessman, co-founder and chairman of Home Depot.
• David Maxwell, 81, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (2013–2023).
• Heorhiy Mozer, 84, Ukrainian politician, MP (1994–1998).
• Tyka Nelson, 64, American singer.
• Rudolf Nieuwenhuys, 97, Dutch neuroanatomist.
• Olivera Nikolova, 88, Macedonian author.
• William C. Norris, 98, American air force major general.
• James Penton, 92, Canadian historian and author.
• Agnaldo Rayol, 86, Brazilian singer and actor, complications from a fall.
• Robin Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton, 86, British diplomat and life peer, ambassador to the United States (1991–1995), lung disease.
• Albert Schmidt, 73, German politician, MP (1994–2005).
• Renato Serio, 78, Italian composer.
• Murray Sinclair, 73, Canadian First Nations lawyer, judge and politician, senator (2016–2021), chancellor of Queen's University (2021–2024).
• Benedykt Suchecki, 79, Polish politician, MP (2001–2005).
• Jim Webber, 84, Australian politician, mayor of the City of Rockhampton (1982–1991).
• Betty Wei, 94, Chinese-born American historian and writer.

3

• Flint Breckinridge, 64, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1993–1997).
• Louis Cane, 80, French painter and sculptor.
• Stephanie Chasteen, 52, American physicist, glioblastoma.
• Abderrazak Cheraït, 86–87, Tunisian writer and politician, mayor of Tozeur (1995–2008), deputy (2014–2019).
• Ed de Noorlander, 79, Dutch Olympic decathlete (1968).
• Paul Engelen, 75, British make-up artist (Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Game of Thrones, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein), cancer.
• Huckleberry Fox, 50, American actor (Terms of Endearment, Misunderstood, The Blue Yonder).
• John Gottschalk, 81, American businessman, CEO and publisher of Omaha World-Herald (1989–2008) and president of the Boy Scouts of America (2008–2010).
• Guruprasad, 52, Indian film director (Eddelu Manjunatha, Mata, Director's Special), suicide by hanging. (body discovered on this date)
• Quincy Jones, 91, American Hall of Fame record producer (Thriller, "We Are the World"), composer ("Soul Bossa Nova"), and arranger, 28-time Grammy winner, pancreatic cancer.
• Andy Leek, 66, English musician (Dexys Midnight Runners), songwriter and poet, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Helena Luke, Indian actress (Judaai, Mere Saath Chal, Ek Naya Rishta).
• Dina Mariana, 59, Indonesian singer and actress.
• Kathleen McGee, 43, Canadian comedian and columnist (BeatRoute), colon cancer.
• Jean McLane, 98, American politician, member of the Montana House of Representatives (1977–1979, 1981–1983).
• Herby Moreau, 56, Canadian journalist.
• Maita Sanchez, 55, Filipino actress (Sa Dulo ng Baril, Batas ng Lansangan) and politician, mayor of Pagsanjan (2010–2019), endometrial cancer.
• Peter Schnell, 88, German lawyer and politician, member of the Landtag of Bavaria (1966–1972) and mayor of Ingolstadt (1972–2002).
• Joseph Slogan, 93, Canadian politician, MP (1958–1965).
• Marcel Tassy, 91, French politician, deputy (1978–1981).
• Birutė Žilytė-Steponavičienė, 94, Lithuanian graphic artist, book illustrator, and painter.

2

• Mirta Acuña de Baravalle, 99, Argentine human rights activist, co-founder of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo.
• Wolfgang Börnsen, 82, German politician, MP (1987–2013).
• Cassius, Australian saltwater crocodile, largest crocodile in captivity. (death announced on this date)
• Annie Choong, 90, Malaysian Olympic sprinter (1956), complications from dementia.
• Yaakov Cohen, 66, Moroccan-born Israeli actor, comedian, and stand-up artist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Mack Daughtry, 78, American basketball player (Carolina Cougars, Harlem Globetrotters, Wilkes-Barre Barons).
• Janey Godley, 63, Scottish stand-up comedian and writer, ovarian cancer.
• Len Green, 88, English footballer (Darlington).
• Tomasz Gruszecki, 78, Polish economist and politician.
• Jonathan Haze, 95, American actor (The Little Shop of Horrors, The Terror, It Conquered the World).
• Darrel Janz, 83, Canadian newscaster (CFCN-TV).
• Dub Jones, 99, American football player (Miami Seahawks, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Browns) and coach.
• Alain Madalle, 87, French politician, deputy (1993–1997).
• Hippolyte Piroux, 94, French farmer and writer.
• Clement Quartey, 86, Ghanaian boxer, Olympic silver medallist (1960).
• Alan Rachins, 82, American actor (L.A. Law, Dharma & Greg, Showgirls), heart failure.
• Seo Sang-hong, 75, South Korean lawyer and judge, chief secretary of the constitutional court (2005–2007).
• Paul Stephenson, 87, British community worker and civil rights activist (Bristol Bus Boycott).
• Amos Utuama, 77, Nigerian politician, deputy governor of Delta State (2007–2015).

1

• Rohit Bal, 63, Indian fashion designer, heart attack.
• Marcel Bédard, 84, Canadian politician, mayor of Beauport (1970–1980), Quebec MNA (1973–1976).
• Kulada Kumar Bhattacharya, 91, Indian radio artist, actor (Raamdhenu, Maj Rati Keteki) and director, pneumonia and heart problems.
• William B. Bridges, 89, American engineer and inventor.
• Morten Stig Christensen, 65, Danish Olympic handball player (1976, 1980, 1984) and sports administrator.
• João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic priest and religious writer, founder of the Heralds of the Gospel.
• Diane Coleman, 71, American lawyer and disability rights advocate, sepsis.
• Bibek Debroy, 69, Indian economist.
• Alastair Down, 68, English journalist (Sporting Life, Racing Post) and broadcaster (Channel 4 Racing).
• Chuck Haytaian, 86, American politician, member (1982–1996) and speaker (1992–1996) of the New Jersey General Assembly.
• Faye Leung, 92, Canadian businesswoman.
• Fay Marles, 98, Australian public servant and academic administrator, member of the VEOHRC (1977–1987) and chancellor of the University of Melbourne (2001–2005).
• Richard Bernard Moore, 59, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Camilo Mortágua, 90, Portuguese antifascist militant, participant in the Santa Maria hijacking.
• Abderrahmane Mostefa, 76, Algerian documentary filmmaker, photographer and journalist.
• Kanji Nishio, 89, Japanese literary scholar.
• Peter Oloo-Aringo, 83, Kenyan politician, MP (1974–1988, 1997–2002).
• Luiz Onmura, 64, Brazilian judoka, Olympic bronze medallist (1984), squamous-cell carcinoma.
• Peanut, c. 7, American Eastern grey squirrel, Instagram subject, euthanasia.
• Alexander Pines, 79, American chemist.
• Ida G. Ruben, 95, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (1987–2007) and House of Delegates (1975–1987)
• Michael Ruse, 84, British-born Canadian philosopher of science.
• Zaal Samadashvili, 71, Georgian writer.
• Juan José Sebreli, 93, Argentine sociologist, essayist and philosopher.
• Gianpaolo Silvestri, 70, Italian journalist and politician, senator (2006–2008).

Previous months

• Deaths in January 2024
• Deaths in February 2024
• Deaths in March 2024
• Deaths in April 2024
• Deaths in May 2024
• Deaths in June 2024
• Deaths in July 2024
• Deaths in August 2024
• Deaths in September 2024
• Deaths in October 2024

External links

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