2022 Deaths

The following notable deaths occurred in 2022. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

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

December

25

* Chalapathi Rao, 78, Indian actor and producer, heart attack. (death announced on this date)

24

*Vittorio Adorni, 85, Italian road racing cyclist.
*Cotton Davidson, 91, American football player ( Baltimore Colts, Dallas Texans, Oakland Raiders). (death announced on this date)
*Franco Frattini, 65, Italian politician and magistrate, twice minister of foreign affairs, twice of public administration, European commissioner for justice (2004–2008), cancer.
*Madosini, 78, South African musician.
*Barry Round, 72, Australian footballer (Sydney, Footscray, Williamstown), organ failure.
*Royal Applause, 29, British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. (death announced on this date)
*Tunisha Sharma, 20, Indian actress ('' Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap'', '' Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat'', ''Ishq Subhan Allah''), suicide by hanging.
*, 102, Chinese paediatric surgeon, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

23

*Su'ad al-Fatih al-Badawi, 90, Sudanese politician, MP (1996–2005).
*Karnendu Bhattacharjee, 84, Indian politician, MP (1996–2008) and Assam MLA (1985–1991).
*George Cohen, 83, English footballer (Fulham, national team), world champion ( 1966).
*Cue Card, 16, British Thoroughbred racehorse, heart attack.
*Jean-Robert de Cavel, 61, French-American chef, leiomyosarcoma.
* József Fitos, 63, Hungarian football player (Szombathelyi Haladás, national team) and manager (Budapest Honvéd).
* Odette Roy Fombrun, 105, Haitian writer and intellectual.
* Spyridon Galinos, 70, Greek politician, mayor of Lesbos (2014–2018) and MP (2009–2012), cancer.
*Maxi Jazz, 65, English musician ( Faithless) and songwriter ("Insomnia", " God Is a DJ").
* Jiang Hualiang, 57, Chinese pharmaceutical scientist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
*Colin Jillings, 91, New Zealand Hall of Fame horse trainer.
*Li Wenhua, 90, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
* Lu Qiang, 86, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
* Ma Jianzhang, 85, Chinese zoologist, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
*, 93, Moldovan psychiatrist, honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.
* Christopher Needler, 78, British businessman, chairman of Hull City F.C. (1975–1997).
* Txetxu Rojo, 75, Spanish football player ( Athletic Bilbao, national team) and manager (Salamanca).
*Kaikala Satyanarayana, 87, Indian actor (''Kodama Simham'', ''Bangaru Kutumbam'') and politician, MP (1996–1998).
*Massimo Savić, 60, Croatian singer (Dorian Gray), lung cancer.
* Willie Sims, 64, American-Israeli basketball player ( Hapoel Tel Aviv, Elitzur Netanya, Maccabi Tel Aviv), complications from a heart attack.
*Philippe Streiff, 67, French racing driver.
*Anthony Whetstone, 95, British naval admiral.
* Zhang Youshang, 97, Chinese biochemist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

22

*Thom Bell, 79, Jamaican-born American songwriter ("The Rubberband Man", "La-La (Means I Love You)", "Mama Can't Buy You Love"), arranger and record producer.
*Big Scarr, 22, American rapper, drug overdose.
* Stephan Bonnar, 45, American professional wrestler (UFC).
*John Moffat Fugui, 61, Solomon Islands politician, MP (since 2010), cardiac arrest.
* Odd-Bjørn Fure, 80, Norwegian historian and political scientist.
* Gu Zhen'an, 86, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
* Gui Yufang, 92, Chinese translator.
* Alikram Hummatov, 74, Azerbaijani political activist, president of the Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic (1993).
* Concha Ibáñez, 93, Spanish painter and writer.
*Ze'ev Iviansky, 99, Israeli political scientist.
*Ronnie Lamont, 81, Northern Irish rugby union player (British & Irish Lions, Ireland national team).
* Long Yuqiu, 96, Chinese engineer and academic, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
* Frank I. Marcus, 94, American cardiologist. (death announced on this date)
* Gibson Mbugua, 56, Kenyan actor (''The Air Up There'', '' Vioja Mahakamani'').
*Milan, 24, British Thoroughbred racehorse.
* Maria Nowak, 87, Polish economist.
*Julieta Pinto, 101, Costa Rican educator and writer.
* Abbas Sheibani, 91, Iranian politician, member of the City Council of Tehran (2003–2017) and MP (1981–2000).
*Mukta Tilak, 57, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (since 2019), cancer.
*Anton Tkáč, 71, Slovak racing cyclist, Olympic champion ( 1976).
*Christopher Tucker, 76, British make-up artist (''The Elephant Man'', ''Quest for Fire'', ''The Phantom of the Opera''). (death announced on this date)
*, 75, Azerbaijani tarist.
*Ronan Vibert, 58, British actor (''Saving Mr. Banks'', ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', ''The Snowman'').
* Piet Visagie, 79, South African rugby union player (national team).
*Walter "Wolfman" Washington, 79, American blues singer and guitarist, cancer.
* Ken Wilson, 70, Australian rugby league player ( Newtown, Penrith), cancer.

21

* Alberto Asor Rosa, 89, Italian literary critic, historian, and politician, deputy (1979–1980), cardiac arrest.
* Amangeldy Aytaly, 83, Kazakh academic and politician, MP (1999–2007).
*Tony Barry, 81, Australian actor (''Australia'', ''Goodbye Pork Pie'', '' The Time of Our Lives''), melanoma.
* John Berchmans Conway, 93, Irish Roman Catholic religious sister.
* Aminah Cendrakasih, 84, Indonesian actress (''Si Doel Anak Sekolahan'', ''Tjambuk Api'', '' Mustika Ibu'').
* Christopher Dowling, 78, Maltese Olympic swimmer ( 1960).
*, 94, Argentine human rights activist (Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo).
*Franz Gertsch, 92, Swiss painter.
* Ron Hein, 73, American politician, member of the Kansas Senate (1977–1985) and House of Representatives (1975–1977).
*Ronnie Hillman, 31, American football player (Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings, San Diego Chargers), Super Bowl champion ( 2016), complications from renal medullary carcinoma.
*Harvey Jett, 73, American guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas).
*H. R. Keshava Murthy, 88, Indian gamaka artist.
* Bilqees Khanum, 82–83, Pakistani classical singer.
* Noreen Kokoruda, 75, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (2011–2021).
* Lajos Koutny, 83, Hungarian Olympic ice hockey player ( 1964).
*Diane McBain, 81, American actress ('' Spinout'', ''Surfside 6'', '' Batman''), liver cancer.
*Éric Molinié, 62, French businessman.
* Laura Podestà, 68, Italian Olympic swimmer ( 1972). (death announced on this date)
*, 74, Brazilian actor ('' Saramandaia'', '' Vale Tudo'', ''Gabriela'').
* Gary Ridley, 77, American engineer and politician, Oklahoma secretary of transportation (2009–2017).
*, 65, Italian composer and keyboardist (Matia Bazar).
*, 70, Turkish actress.
*, 76, Spanish judge.
* György Tumpek, 93, Hungarian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist ( 1956).
*Shigeru Uchida, 83, Japanese politician, chairman of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (2003–2005).
* Zhang Guocheng, 91, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
* Zhao Yijun, 92, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

20

* Nasser Abu Hamid, 50, Palestinian prisoner (al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades), lung cancer.
* Chia Boon Leong, 97, Singaporean-Chinese Olympic footballer ( 1948).
*Denny Doyle, 78, American baseball player ( Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, California Angels).
*Franco Harris, 72, American Hall of Fame football player ( Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks), four-time Super Bowl champion.
* Anton Khabibulin, 44, Russian guitarist ( Tantsy Minus).
*Lech Kuropatwiński, 75, Polish politician and entepreneur, deputy (2001–2007).
* Vladimír Krčméry, 62, Slovak physician, pneumonia.
* Zoran Lakić, 89, Montenegrin historian, member of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts.
* Barbara Noack, 98, German writer.
* Luigi Stucchi, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Milan (2004–2020).
* Subroto, 99, Indonesian administrator and economist, secretary general of OPEC (1984–1985, 1988–1994).
*Brenda Swinbank, 93, British archaeologist.
* Toru Takahashi, 81, Japanese computer scientist.
* Iain Templeton, British drummer (The La's, Shack).
* Dejan Tiago-Stanković, 57, Serbian-Portuguese writer and translator.
* Tadeusz Werno, 91, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg (1974–2007).
*Maya Widmaier-Picasso, 87, French art curator.
* Zhu Zhihong, 89, Chinese politician, CPPCC chairman of Jiangxi (1994–2003).

19

* H. Norman Abramson, 96, American engineer and scientist.
*Ali Ahmed Aslam, 77, Pakistani-born Scottish chef and restaurateur, credited with inventing chicken tikka masala, septic shock and organ failure.
* Jonas Algimantas Boruta, 78, Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Vilnius (1997–2002) and bishop of Telšiai (2002–2017).
*Max Brito, 51, Ivorian rugby union player (national team).
*Tom Browning, 62, American baseball player ( Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals), World Series champion ( 1990).
* Claudisabel, 40, Portuguese singer, traffic collision.
*Luc De Schepper, 65, Belgian physicist and academic administrator, rector of Hasselt University (2014–2020).
* Stanley Drucker, 93, American clarinetist.
*Mircea Dușa, 67, Romanian politician, minister of national defence (2012–2015), cancer.
*Sonya Eddy, 55, American actress ('' General Hospital'', ''Those Who Can't'', '' Barbershop'').
* Sandy Edmonds, 74, British-born New Zealand pop singer.
*Erwin Josef Ender, 85, German Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic nuncio to Estonia (1997–2001) and the Czech Republic (2001–2003), apostolic delegate to Somalia (1990–1997).
*Khalaf Al-Enezi, 76, Kuwaiti politician, MP (1981–2016).
*Iraj Etesam, 91, Iranian architect.
* Joseph Gao Hongxiao, 77, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, coadjutor bishop (2005–2007) and bishop (since 2007) of Kaifeng.
* Encarna Hernández, 105, Spanish basketball player and coach.
*Gary Knafelc, 90, American football player ( Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Cardinals), NFL champion ( 1961, 1962).
* Jamila Ksiksi, 54, Tunisian politician, MP (2014–2021), traffic collision.
* Per-Ola Lindberg, 82, Swedish Olympic swimmer ( 1960, 1964).
* Jamie Lopez, 37, American reality television personality, heart disease. (death announced on this date)
*Aonghas MacNeacail, 80, Scottish Gaelic writer.
* Iván Mesías, 87, Chilean businessman and politician, deputy (1998–2002).
*Manfred Messerschmidt, 96, German historian (''Germany and the Second World War'').
*Graham Oakley, 93, English children's author ('' The Church Mice'').
*Alexandr Rodin, 75, Belarusian contemporary painter.
* Steve Smoger, 72, American Hall of Fame boxing referee.
* Andrei Svislotski, 62, Russian animator ('' Curious George'', ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'', ''Rugrats'').
*, 91, Slovak basketball player and coach (BK Iskra Svit).
* Salam al-Zaubai, 63, Iraqi politician, MP (2005–2010).

18

* Lyudmila Agranovskaya, 90, Russian mountain climber.
* Hilda Augustovičová, 88, Slovak actress.
* Pradeep Bhol, 59, Indian film director and writer ('' Chini''), heart attack.
* Stephanie Bissonnette, 32, American dancer and choreographer (''Mean Girls''), medulloblastoma.
* Maurice Briand, 73, French lawyer and politician, deputy (1981–1986, 1988–1993), mayor of Guingamp (1983–1989).
*Lando Buzzanca, 87, Italian actor (''Divorce Italian Style'', ''The Girl from Parma'', ''Il merlo maschio''), complications from a fall.
*Peter Darby, 84, Irish Gaelic footballer (Trim, Meath) and hurler.
*Martin Duffy, 55, English keyboardist (Felt, Primal Scream), complications from a fall.
* Janine Ghobert, 91, Belgian judge and politician, senator (1981–1991), MP (1991–1992).
* Juan Giaconi Gandolfo, 77, Chilean doctor and politician, minister of public health (1986–1990).
*Daniela Giordano, 76, Italian actress (''I See Naked'', '' Have a Good Funeral, My Friend... Sartana Will Pay'', ''Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key'').
*Hans Grosheide, 92, Dutch politician, MP (1971), state secretary for education (1963–1971) and justice (1971–1973).
* Terry Hall, 63, English singer (The Specials, Fun Boy Three) and songwriter ("Our Lips Are Sealed"), pancreatic cancer.
* Ivan Hamaliy, 66, Ukrainian football player ( SKA Lviv/SKA Karpaty Lviv, FC Krystal Chortkiv) and manager.
*Wim Henderickx, 60, Belgian composer ( Muziektheater Transparant) and teacher (Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, Conservatorium van Amsterdam).
*Don McKenney, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, New York Rangers) and coach (Northeastern Huskies).
* Mikhail Moiseev, 83, Russian military officer and politician, chief of the general staff (1988–1991).
* Greetje den Ouden-Dekkers, 82, Dutch politician, MP (1982–1986).
* Emilio Pegoraro, 101, Italian partisan and politician, senator (1968–1972, 1976–1979) and deputy (1972–1976).
*Petro Pylypchuk, 75, Ukrainian judge, chairman of the Supreme Court (2011–2013).
* Galust Sahakyan, 73, Armenian politician, member (1995–2018) and president (2014–2017) of the National Assembly.
*Laith Shubeilat, 80, Jordanian politician, MP (1984–1993), heart attack.
*Hitomi Suzuki, 26, Japanese voice actress, cancer.
* Carol Teichrob, 83, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1991–1999).
*Maggie Thrett, 76, American actress ('' The Devil's Brigade'', ''Three in the Attic'', ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'').
*Rosalba Todaro, Chilean economist.
*, 90, Czech actor (''Silvery Wind'', ''High Blue Wall'', ''Forbidden Dreams'').
*, 79, Italian poet.
*Gavin Weightman, 77, British journalist (''New Society'') and documentary filmmaker.
*Xi Xi, 85, Chinese novelist and poet, heart failure.

17

*Lawrence Costa, 52, Australian politician, Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Northern Territory MLA (since 2016).
*Eloy Fernández Clemente, 80, Spanish economist and historian.
*Drew Griffin, 60, American newscaster (CNN), cancer.
*Dale Harrop, 33, New Zealand ice hockey player (Canterbury Red Devils, West Auckland Admirals, New Zealand men's national ice hockey team, national team), drowned.
*Dieter Henrich, 95, German philosopher.
*Blanca Heredia, 88, Venezuelan beauty queen, Miss Venezuela winner (Miss Venezuela 1956, 1956).
*Mike Hodges, 90, British screenwriter and director (''Get Carter'', ''Pulp (1972 film), Pulp'', ''Flash Gordon (film), Flash Gordon'').
*Jacky Jakoba, 61, Dutch Olympic baseball player (Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988).
*Werner Leich, 95, German Protestant clergyman, bishop of the Evangelical Church in Thuringia (1978–1992).
*Liu Dalin, 90, Chinese sexology, sexologist.
*Maria Helena de Moura Neves, 91, Brazilian linguist, stroke.
*Manuel Muñoz (footballer), Manuel Muñoz, 94, Chilean footballer (Colo-Colo, Chile national football team, national team).
*Anders Nyström (actor), Anders Nyström, 89, Swedish actor (''Gentleman with a Briefcase'', ''Maria of Kvarngarden'', ''Barnen från Frostmofjället'').
*Soumanou Oke, 67, Beninese military officer.
*P-22 (mountain lion), P-22, 12, American mountain lion, euthanized.
*Philip Pearlstein, 98, American painter.
*Nélida Piñon, 85, Brazilian-Spanish writer, president of the Academia Brasileira de Letras (1996–1997).
*Severino Poletto, 89, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Fossano, Fossano (1980–1989) and Roman Catholic Diocese of Asti, Asti (1989–1999), archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Turin, Turin (1999–2010).
*Clyde L. Reese, 64, American jurist, judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals (since 2016).
*Albert Reichmann, 93, Austrian-born Canadian real estate executive.
*Christian Saulsberry, 25, American football player (Edmonton Elks), shot.
*Marie-Luise Scherer, 84, German writer and journalist (''Der Spiegel'', ''Sinn und Form'').
*Mario Sconcerti, 74, Italian sports journalist (''Corriere dello Sport'') and writer.
*Urmas Sisask, 62, Estonian composer.
*, 65, Japanese drummer (Anzen Chitai).
*Eero Tapio, 81, Finnish Olympic wrestler (Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight, 1964, Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 70 kg, 1968, Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg, 1972).
*Philippe Tillous-Borde, 76, French entrepreneur and engineer.
*Sunday Tuoyo, 84, Nigerian military officer and politician, governor of Ondo State (1978–1979).

16

*Robert Adamson (poet), Robert Adamson, 79, Australian poet and publisher.
*Rick Anderson (musician), Rick Anderson, 75, American rock bassist (The Tubes).
*Elia Alessandrini, 25, Swiss footballer (FC Chiasso, Chiasso, SC Kriens, Kriens, FC Stade Lausanne Ouchy, Stade Lausanne Ouchy), drowned.
*Antonín Bajaja, 80, Czech writer, laureate of the Czech State Award for Literature (2010).
*Doreen Brownstone, 100, British-born Canadian actress (''High Life (2009 film), High Life'', ''Foodland (film), Foodland'', ''Silent Night (2012 film), Silent Night'').
*Petre Constantin Buchwald, 85, Romanian politician, Senate of Romania, senator (1992–1996).
*Masud Choudhary, 78, Indian police officer and academic administrator, vice-chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (2002–2007).
*Jean-Paul Corbineau, 74, French singer-songwriter (Tri Yann), leukemia.
*Barry Cullen, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, Buffalo Bisons (AHL), Buffalo Bisons).
*Peter Daly (Gaelic footballer), Peter Daly, 82, Irish Gaelic footballer (Ballinamere GAA, Ballinamere, Tullamore GAA, Tullamore, Offaly county football team, Offaly).
*Paul De Keersmaeker, 93, Belgian politician, Minister of Agriculture (Belgium), minister of agriculture (1981–1992), MP (1968–1995) and Member of the European Parliament, MEP (1979–1981).
*, 46, German trance DJ and producer.
*Ernest Fernando, 84, Sri Lankan Olympic wrestler (Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle flyweight, 1964).
*Charlie Gracie, 86, American rock and roll singer ("Butterfly (1957 song), Butterfly", "Fabulous (Charlie Gracie song), Fabulous"), complications from COVID-19.
*Sue Hardesty, 89, American novelist, cancer.
*Aleh Hulak, 55, Belarusian human rights defender, clot.
*Elliott H. Levitas, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1985) and the Georgia House of Representatives (1965–1975).
*Bogdan Łysak, 86, Polish politician and economist, deputy (1976–1985), deputy president of the Supreme Audit Office (Poland), Supreme Audit Office (1989–1991).
*Klaus Mayer, 99, German Roman Catholic priest.
*Denise Meunier, 104, French schoolteacher and French Resistance, resistant.
*Siniša Mihajlović, 53, Serbian football player (S.S. Lazio, Lazio, Serbia and Montenegro national football team, FR Yugoslavia national team) and manager (Bologna F.C. 1909, Bologna), leukaemia.
*Mohammad Sadeq Rouhani, 96, Iranian Shia marja.
*Jane Sherwin, 88, British actress (''Doctor Who'', ''Blake's 7'').
*Jose Maria Sison, 83, Filipino writer and political activist, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
*Song Young-jin, 75, South Korean politician, National Assembly (South Korea), MNA (1992–1996, 2000–2004).
*Tang Hongxiao, 91, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

15

*Luis Aguilar (writer), Luis Aguilar, 53, Mexican writer and poet.
*Karel Anthierens, 87, Belgian journalist (''HUMO'', ''Het Laatste Nieuws'', ''Knack (magazine), Knack'').
*Bertha Barbee-McNeal, 82, American singer (The Velvelettes).
*Idrio Bui, 90, Italian racing cyclist.
*Calpurnio, 63, Spanish comics artist and illustrator, cancer.
*Bernard Chabbert, 78, French writer and journalist.
*Dino Danelli, 78, American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame drummer (The Rascals).
*Shirley Eikhard, 67, Canadian singer-songwriter ("Something to Talk About (Bonnie Raitt song), Something to Talk About", "It Takes Time (Anne Murray song), It Takes Time", "Smiling Wine").
*Sylvie Genty, 67, French writer and actress (''Betty (film), Betty'', ''Julie Lescaut'', ''Navarro (TV series), Navarro'').
*Håkan Lindquist, 64, Swedish writer.
*Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone, 79, British politician, member of the House of Lords (1997–2016), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
*Liu Mingjiu, 88, Chinese translator.
*Shepherd Makunura, 46, Zimbabwean cricket player (Mashonaland A cricket team, Mashonaland A, Northerns cricket team (Zimbabwe), Northerns) and coach.
*Belinda Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu, 90, British embroiderer.
*James J. Murakami, 91, American art director and production designer (''Deadwood (TV series), Deadwood'', ''Changeling (film), Changeling'', ''Letters from Iwo Jima''), Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series, Emmy winner (57th Primetime Emmy Awards, 2005), complications from a fall.
*Eliyahu Offer, 78, Israeli football player (Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C., Hapoel Be'er Sheva) and manager (Beitar Jerusalem F.C., Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C., Maccabi Sha'arayim).
*Louis Orr, 64, American basketball player (Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks) and coach (Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball, Seton Hall Pirates), pancreatic cancer.
*Oqtay Radjabov, 81, Azerbaijani academic and composer.
*Michael Reed (cinematographer), Michael Reed, 93, British cinematographer (''The Gorgon'', ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film), On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', ''Galileo (1975 film), Galileo'').
*Thai Selvam, Indian film director (''Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhal Varai'').
*Ademola Rasaq Seriki, 63, Nigerian politician, House of Representatives (Nigeria), MP (1998–1999).
*Swami Shilananda, 97, Spanish Jesuit missionary.
*, 75, Japanese actress (''The Ballad of Narayama (1983 film), The Ballad of Narayama''), colon cancer.
*Vikramjeet (politician), Vikramjeet, 63, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh MLA (2017–2022), heart attack.
*Barry West, 64, English snooker player.
*Zhao Zisen, 90, Chinese engineer and politician, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, National People's Congress, deputy (1983–1998).

14

*Bert Beverly Beach, 94, Swiss-born American Adventist theologian.
*Constantin Dinu, 77, Romanian rugby union player (Știința Petroșani, Romania national rugby union team, national team).
*Djene Djento, 58–59, Cameroonian singer-songwriter.
*Alex Duchart, 89, Scottish footballer (East Fife F.C., East Fife, Dumbarton F.C., Dumbarton, Falkirk F.C., Falkirk).
*Karel van Eerd, 84, Dutch businessman (Jumbo (supermarket), Jumbo).
*Jean Franco, 98, British-born American academic and literary critic.
*Riccardo Giovanelli, 76, Italian-born American astronomer.
*John Hughes (editor), John Hughes, 92, British-born American journalist (''The Christian Science Monitor'', ''Deseret News''), Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, Pulitzer Prize winner (1967).
*Roch Kereszty, 89, Hungarian-American monk and scholar.
*Wulf Kirsten, 88, German poet, novelist, and publisher.
*Franz Kurzreiter, 78, Austrian politician, member of the Landtag of Lower Austria (1986–2003).
*Jacob Luitjens, 103, Dutch Nazi collaborator.
*Charlene Mitchell, 92, American labor and civil rights activist and politician.
*Billie Moore, 79, American Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame basketball coach (Cal State Fullerton Titans women's basketball, Cal State Fullerton Titans, UCLA Bruins women's basketball, UCLA Bruins, Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976 Olympic women's team), multiple myeloma.
*Haydée Padilla, 86, Argentine actress (''Time for Revenge'', ''The Deal (1983 film), The Deal'', ''The Supporter'').
*, 60, Japanese musician (C-C-B), stroke.
*Sinnayah Sabapathy, 75, Malaysian Olympic sprinter (Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 1972).
*Sydney Samuelson, Sir Sydney Samuelson, 97, British cinematographer.
*Cecil T. Sandifer, 99, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1972–1980).
*Frank J. Shakespeare, 97, American diplomat and media executive, ambassador to List of ambassadors of the United States to Portugal, Portugal (1985–1986) and List of ambassadors of the United States to the Holy See, the Holy See (1987–1989).
*Georgi Stoilov, 93, Bulgarian architect and politician, National Assembly (Bulgaria), MP (1966–1990), List of mayors of Sofia, mayor of Sofia (1967–1971).
*Salim Zanoun, 88, Palestinian politician, chairman of the Palestinian National Council, PNC (since 1993).

13

*Alauddin Ahammad, 74, Bangladeshi academic administrator and politician, Jatiya Sangsad, MP (1999–2006), vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (1998–1999).
*Sol Amarfio, 84, Ghanaian-British drummer (Osibisa).
*Miguel Barbosa Huerta, 63, Mexican politician, governor of Puebla (since 2019), Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), deputy (2000–2003) and Senate of the Republic (Mexico), senator (2012–2018).
*Stephen "tWitch" Boss, 40, American dancer, television personality (''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', ''So You Think You Can Dance (American TV series), So You Think You Can Dance'') and actor (''Step Up (franchise), Step Up''), suicide by gunshot.
*Benjamin Bossi, 69, American saxophonist (Romeo Void), complications from Alzheimer’s disease.
*Willard L. Boyd, 95, American academic administrator, president of the University of Iowa (1969–1981).
*Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, 85, Indian politician, MP (2014–2019) and Punjab Legislative Assembly, Punjab MLA (1977–1980, 1997–2012).
*Ronnie R. Campbell, 68, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (since 2019), cancer.
*Paul Chollet, 94, French politician, National Assembly (France), deputy (1986–1997), mayor of Agen (1989–2001).
*Luis "Checho" González, 89, Chilean musician.
*Grand Daddy I.U., 54, American rapper (Juice Crew).
*Jean-Jacques de Granville, 79, French botanist and curator.
*Ludwig Hoffmann-Rumerstein, 85, Austrian Roman Catholic official, List of grand masters of the Knights Hospitaller, lieutenant ad interim (2017) of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
*Jean Landis, 104, American World War II aviator (Women Airforce Service Pilots#Notable WASP aviators, Women Airforce Service Pilots).
*Alejandro Luna, 83, Mexican scenographer.
*John MacDermott (judge), Sir John MacDermott, 95, Northern Irish jurist, judge of the Courts of Northern Ireland, high court (1973–1998).
*Sylvester Mubayi, 80, Zimbabwean sculptor.
*Mikhail Musatov, 72, Russian politician, State Duma, deputy (since 1995).
*Nihal Nelson, 76, Sri Lankan vocalist and songwriter, heart attack.
*Bayan Northcott, 82, English music critic (''The Independent'', ''BBC Music Magazine'') and composer.
*Han Peekel, 75, Dutch television presenter, heart failure.
*David Ramsbotham, Baron Ramsbotham, 88, British military officer and life peer, member of the House of Lords (since 2005), fall.
*Lalo Rodríguez, 64, Puerto Rican salsa singer ("Ven, Devórame Otra Vez").
*Frank Salemme, 89, American mobster (Patriarca crime family).
*Adrian Shooter, 74, British transport executive, founder of Vivarail and member of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
*Kim Simmonds, 75, British rock guitarist (Savoy Brown), colon cancer.
*Curt Simmons, 93, American baseball player ( Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs), World Series champion (1964 World Series, 1964).
*, 85, Polish media mogul, journalist and film director, co-founder of ITI Group, co-owner of TVN (Poland), TVN.
*Richard Wurtman, 86, American neuroscientist.

12

*Jonas Abib, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic priest, founder of Canção Nova, multiple myeloma.
*Alberto Alessi, 83, Italian politician, deputy (1981–1983, 1987–1994).
*Ekambi Brillant, 74, Cameroonian makossa singer.
*Jim Carr, 71, Canadian politician, House of Commons of Canada, MP (since 2015), minister of Minister of Natural Resources, natural resources (2015–2018) and Minister of International Trade Diversification, international trade diversification (2018–2019), multiple myeloma.
*Philippa Roe, Baroness Couttie, 60, British politician, leader of Westminster City Council (2012–2017) and member of the House of Lords (since 2016), cancer.
*Ciro Cruz Zepeda, 77, Salvadoran politician, List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, president of the Legislative Assembly (2000–2001, 2002–2006, 2009–2011).
*Maurice Desnoyers, 95, Canadian architect (Autostade).
*Assunção dos Anjos, 76, Angolan diplomat, Minister of External Relations (Angola), minister of external relations (2008–2010), heart attack.
*Iván Faragó, 76, Hungarian chess grandmaster.
*, 75, Italian singer, songwriter, and lyricist.
*John Gregory (American football coach), John Gregory, 84, American football coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Iowa Barnstormers).
*Mirosław Hermaszewski, 81, Polish cosmonaut (Soyuz 30).
*Chaudhry Saeed Iqbal, 56, Pakistani politician, National Assembly (Pakistan), MNA (2008–2013), cardiac arrest.
*Mohan Jena, 65, Indian politician, MP (2004–2014).
*, 97, Czech economist, academic and author.
*Lado Kralj, 84, Slovenian theatre critic and literary historian.
*Mike Leach (American football coach), Mike Leach, 61, American college football coach (Texas Tech Red Raiders football, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Washington State Cougars football, Washington State Cougars, Mississippi State Bulldogs football, Mississippi State Bulldogs), heart disease.
*Kurt Linder, 89, German football player (Urania Genève Sport, Rot-Weiss Essen) and manager (BSC Young Boys, Young Boys).
*Stuart Margolin, 82, American actor (''The Rockford Files'', ''Death Wish (1974 film), Death Wish'', ''Bret Maverick''), Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Emmy winner (31st Primetime Emmy Awards, 1979, 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards, 1980), pancreatic cancer.
*Kim Mohan, 73, American tabletop game designer.
*Claude Mossé, 97, French historian.
*Hermann Nuber, 87, German footballer (Kickers Offenbach).
*Latinka Perović, 89, Serbian historian and politician.
*Sheila Russell, 87, American politician, mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1996–1997).
*Josef Schagerl, 99, Austrian sculptor.
*Anton Šoltýs, 85, Slovak Olympic alpine skier (Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics, 1964).
*Jacqueline Stanley, 94, British-Irish painter.
*Remy Sylado, 77, Indonesian author.
*Teh Hong Piow, 92, Malaysian banker, founder of Public Bank Berhad.
*Zbigniew Wawer, 66, Polish academic and historian.
*Wolfgang Ziffer, 81, German actor and radio personality.

11

*Angelo Badalamenti, 85, American film and television composer (''Soundtrack from Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks'', ''Blue Velvet (soundtrack), Blue Velvet'', ''Mulholland Drive (film)#Soundtrack, Mulholland Drive''), Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Grammy winner (33rd Annual Grammy Awards, 1991).
*Walter Bénéteau, 50, French racing cyclist. (body discovered on this date)
*Pravrajika Bhaktiprana, 102, Indian Hindu nun, president of Sri Sarada Math (since 2009).
*Chris Boucher (writer), Chris Boucher, 79, British television screenwriter (''Doctor Who'', ''Blake's 7'', ''Shoestring (TV series), Shoestring'') and novelist.
*Munzur Çem, 77, Turkish writer and journalist.
*Geoff Doidge, 68, South African politician, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, minister of public works (2008–2010).
*Wolf Erlbruch, 74, German illustrator and writer (''Duck, Death and the Tulip'', '''s Nachts'', ''The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business'').
*Peter Ester, 69, Dutch sociologist and politician, Senate (Netherlands), senator (since 2011).
*Ed Goorjian, 96, American college basketball coach (Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball, Loyola Marymount).
*Frances Hesselbein, 107, American management consultant, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA (1976–1990).
*Mel James, 74, Welsh rugby union (Swansea RFC, Swansea) and league (St Helens R.F.C., St Helens, Wales national rugby league team, national team) player.
*Effie Kapsalis, 51, American open access advocate, suicide.
*Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa, 96, American Hawaiian royal princess.
*Gabriel Kinney, 101, American World War II veteran (Merrill's Marauders).
*Joseph Kromelis, 75, American street vendor, complications from burn injuries.
*Klemens Ludwig, 66, German astrologist and writer, amytrophic lateral sclerosis.
*Adrienne Mancia, 95, American film curator.
*, 86, Australian economist.
*, 42–43, Qatari photojournalist (''Alkass Sports Channels''). (death announced on this date)
*Moshe Mizrahi, 72, Israeli politician, Knesset, MK (2013–2015, 2018–2019).
*John Molyneux (academic), John Molyneux, 74, British Marxist activist, academic and author.
*Kenneth Powell (sprinter), Kenneth Powell, 82, Indian Olympic sprinter (Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964).
*T. Radhakrishnan, 67, Indian politician, MP (2014–2019), heart attack.
*Pieter ter Veer, 77, Dutch politician, MP (1981–1982, 1989–2002).
*, 84, Chilean footballer (Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Universidad Católica).

10

*John Aler, 73, American lyric tenor.
*John Allen (rugby union), John Allen, 80, British rugby union player and administrator (Leicester Tigers).
*J. J. Barnes, 79, American R&B singer.
*Sulochana Chavan, 89, Indian Marathi language, Marathi singer (''Sawaal Majha Aika!'').
*Salah Fadl, 84, Egyptian writer and translator.
*John Fogarty (judge), John Fogarty, 75, New Zealand jurist, King's Counsel (New Zealand), king's counsel (since 1990), judge of the High Court of New Zealand, High Court (2003–2017).
*Beryl Grey, Dame Beryl Grey, 95, English ballerina.
*Tracy Hitchings, 60, English singer (Landmarq), cancer. (death announced on this date)
*Georgia Holt, 96, American singer and actress (''Watch the Birdie (1950 film), Watch the Birdie'', ''Grounds for Marriage''), subject of ''Dear Mom, Love Cher''.
*Gabor Kalman, 92, Hungarian-American physicist.
*Tony Lancaster, 84, British-American Bayesian econometrician.
*Victor Lewis-Smith, 65, British writer and producer (''In Confidence'').
*Antonio Mazzone, 87, Italian lawyer and politician, deputy (1983–1989, 1994–1996), Member of the European Parliament, MEP (1989–1994).
*Tshala Muana, 64, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese singer (''La Vie est Belle (1987 film), La Vie est Belle'', ''Aya of Yop City (film), Aya of Yop City'').
*Aziouz Raïs, 68, Algerian Chaabi (Algeria), chaabi singer.
*, 78, Japanese actor (''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'').
*Otto Seidl, 80, German judge, vice-president of the Federal Constitutional Court (1995–1998).
*Paul Silas, 79, American basketball player (Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics) and coach (Charlotte Hornets), cardiac arrest.
*José Ángel Trelles, 78, Argentine singer, musician and composer.
*Soňa Valentová, 76, Slovak actress (''Witchhammer'', ''The Feather Fairy'', ''Requiem pro panenku'').
*Kihnu Virve, 94, Estonian folk singer.
*Grant Wahl, 49, American sports journalist (''Sports Illustrated'') and author (''The Beckham Experiment''), aortic aneurysm.
*Ryuji Yamane, 74, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (2001–2013), lung cancer.

9

*Pedro Miguel Arce, 46, Nicaraguan-born Canadian actor (''True Blue (2001 film), True Blue'', ''Land of the Dead'', ''Are We Done Yet?''), cancer.
*Jovit Baldivino, 29, Filipino singer (''Pilipinas Got Talent (season 1), Pilipinas Got Talent'') and actor, intracranial aneurysm.
*Scott M. Bennett, 45, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate (since 2015), complications from a brain tumor.
*Bob Cooper (rugby league), Bob Cooper, 67, Australian rugby league player (Western Suburbs Magpies, Western Suburbs), cancer.
*Herbert Deutsch, 90, American composer, co-inventor of the Moog synthesizer.
*Franco Gaudenzi, 81, Italian film producer (''Robowar (film), Robowar'', ''Zombi 3'', ''Shocking Dark'').
*Ademar José Gevaerd, 60, Brazilian ufologist, complications from a fall.
*Jonathan Goldberg, 79, American literary theorist.
*Qamar Gula, 70, Afghan singer, cancer.
*Mihály Huszka, 89, Hungarian Olympic weightlifter (Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg, 1960, Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg, 1964).
*Joseph Kittinger, 94, American air force officer and command pilot (Project Manhigh, Project Excelsior), lung cancer.
*Judith Lauand, 100, Brazilian painter and printmaker.
*Emilia Lupan, 73, Moldovan actress.
*Ruth Madoc, 79, British actress (''Hi-de-Hi!'', ''Fiddler on the Roof (film), Fiddler on the Roof'', ''Little Britain (TV series), Little Britain''), and singer.
*Daniel Micallef, 94, Maltese diplomat and politician, speaker of the Parliament of Malta, House of Representatives (1982–1986).
*Lucien Mongrain, 90, Canadian politician, mayor of Trois-Rives (since 1981).
*Abraham Nehmé, 95, Syrian Melkite Greek Catholic prelate, archbishop of Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Homs, Homs (1986–2005).
*Txomin Peillen, 90, French writer, linguist, and biologist.
*, 76, Czech Roma activist.
*Soko Shimabuku, 96, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (1992–2004).
*Fredrick Terna, 99, Austrian-born American painter and Holocaust survivor.
*Jean-Nickolaus Tretter, 76, American LGBTQ activist and archivist.
*Milton Viorst, 92, American journalist (''The New Yorker'').
*Wes Wise, 94, American politician, mayor of Dallas (1971–1976).
*David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, 90, British politician, secretary of state for Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, trade and industry (1987–1989) and Secretary of State for Employment, employment (1985–1987), member of the House of Lords (1984–2022).

8

*Jean-Louis Bourgeois, 82, American author.
*Albert Brenner, 96, American production designer (''Bullitt'', ''Beaches (1988 film), Beaches'', ''Backdraft (film), Backdraft'').
*, 80, Brazilian musician and composer.
*Patrick Delsemme, 48, Belgian snooker player.
*Tom Flanigan (baseball), Tom Flanigan, 88, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals).
*Sylvia Flores, 71, Belizean politician, List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Belize, speaker of the House of Representatives (1998–2001) and List of presidents of the Senate of Belize, president of the Senate (2001–2003).
*Gary Fox (politician), Gary Fox, 78, Canadian politician, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Ontario MPP (1995–1999), cancer.
*Rostam Ghasemi, 58, Iranian military officer and politician, minister of Ministry of Petroleum (Iran), petroleum (2011–2013) and Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, roads (2021–2022), cancer.
*Aldona Gustas, 90, Lithuanian-German poet and illustrator.
*Martha Hildebrandt, 97, Peruvian linguist and politician, member (1995–2001, 2006–2011) and President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru, president (1999–2000) of the Congress of the Republic of Peru, congress.
*Ian Hunter (admiral), Ian Hunter, 83, New Zealand naval officer, Chief of Navy (New Zealand), chief of naval staff (1991–1994).
*Miodrag Ješić, 64, Serbian football player (Yugoslavia national football team, Yugoslavia national team) and manager (FK Partizan, Partizan, Altay S.K., Altay), traffic collision.
*Carl Kleinschmitt, 85, American television writer (''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'', ''1st & Ten (1984 TV series), 1st and Ten''), complications from myelodysplastic syndrome.
*Yitzhak Klepter, 72, Israeli singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist (The Churchills (Israeli band), The Churchills, Kaveret).
*, 73, Brazilian singer, guitarist and composer.
*Lee Lorenz, 90, American cartoonist and editor (''The New Yorker'').
*Jackie McLeod, 92, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers) and coach (Canada men's national ice hockey team, national team, Saskatoon Blades).
*Richard Miller (visual effects), Richard Miller, 80, American visual effects artist (''Star Trek'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean (film series), Pirates of the Caribbean'', ''The Rocketeer (film), The Rocketeer'').
*Rizong Rinpoche, 94, Tibetan Buddhist monk, Ganden Tripa (2009–2016).
*Maurice Robert (ethnologist), Maurice Robert, 92, French academic and ethnologist.
*Max van Rooy, 80, Dutch writer and journalist (''NRC (newspaper), NRC Handelsblad'').
*Lidia Elsa Satragno, 87, Argentine actress (''La caída'') and politician, Argentine Chamber of Deputies, deputy (2007–2011).
*Kevin Schamehorn, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings).
*René Snelders, 85, Belgian footballer (Beerschot A.C., Beerschot AC, Royal Antwerp F.C., Royal Antwerp) and businessman.
*Kayf Tara, 28, British Thoroughbred racehorse.
*Erasmus Desiderius Wandera, 92, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Soroti, Soroti (1981–2007).
*Yoshishige Yoshida, 89, Japanese film director (''Coup d'Etat (1973 film), Coup d'Etat'', ''A Promise (1986 film), A Promise'', ''Women in the Mirror'') and screenwriter, pneumonia.

7

*Karim Bavi, 57, Iranian footballer (Shahin Tehran F.C., Shahin, Persepolis F.C., Persepolis, Iran national football team, national team), bladder cancer.
*Jaroslav Bogdálek, 93, Czech Olympic alpine skier (Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics, 1956).
*Bernhard Brinkmann, 70, German politician, Bundestag, MP (1998–2013).
*Jacques Ciron, 94, French actor (''And God Created Woman (1956 film), And God Created Woman'', ''The Brain (1969 film), The Brain'', ''Frantic (film), Frantic'').
*Manohar Devadoss, 86, Indian visual artist and writer.
*John Dodge (paediatrician), John Dodge, 89, British paediatrician.
*Darel Glaser, 66, American actor (''Bless the Beasts and Children (film), Bless the Beasts and Children'', ''An Enemy of the People (1978 film), An Enemy of the People'').
*Armando González (rowing), Armando González, 91, Spanish Olympic rower (Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's coxed four, 1960).
*Clive Inman, 86, Sri Lankan cricketer (Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire, Sri Lanka national cricket team, national team).
*Roddy Jackson, 80, American rockabilly singer, songwriter and pianist.
*Jann-Peter Janssen, 77, German politician, Bundestag, MP (1994–2005).
*Johnny Johnson (RAF officer), Johnny Johnson, 101, British Royal Air Force officer (Operation Chastise).
*Jan Nowicki, 83, Polish actor (''Colonel Wolodyjowski (film), Colonel Wolodyjowski'', ''Spiral (1978 film), Spiral'', ''Magnat (film), Magnat''), COVID-19.
*Rubby Opio Aweri, 69, Ugandan jurist, justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda, Supreme Court (since 2015).
*, 55, Indonesian internet personality, founder of the Sunda Empire.
*Ronald Sherr, 70, American painter.
*Helen Slayton-Hughes, 92, American actress (''Parks and Recreation'', ''Crazy on the Outside'', ''Moxie (film), Moxie'').
*Mack Allen Smith, 84, American rockabilly musician.
*Herbert Volney, 69, Trinidadian jurist and politician, judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Trinidad and Tobago), Supreme Court (1994–2010), Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, MP (2010–2015).
*Stevan Vrbaški, 81–82, Serbian politician, List of mayors of Novi Sad, mayor of Novi Sad (1997–2000).
*Harry Yee, 104, American bartender, inventor of the Blue Hawaii (drink), Blue Hawaii.

6

*Yoginder K Alagh, 83, Indian economist, chairman of Institute of Rural Management Anand, IRMA (2006–2012).
*Risto Alapuro, 78, Finnish sociologist.
*James Alty, 83, British computer scientist.
*Miha Baloh, 94, Slovenian actor (''And Love Has Vanished'', ''Among Vultures'', ''Winnetou and the Crossbreed'').
*Jet Black, 84, English drummer (The Stranglers).
*Antonio D'Amico, 63, Italian fashion designer.
*Andrée Damant, 93, French actress (''Plus belle la vie'', ''Amélie'', ''Belle and Sebastian (film), Belle and Sebastian'').
*Jan-Åke Edvinsson, 81, Swedish IIHF Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame ice hockey administrator, general secretary of International Ice Hockey Federation, IIHF (1986–2006).
*Alain Fousseret, 66, French politician, member of the Regional Council of Franche-Comté (since 1998).
*Beto Fuscão, 72, Brazilian footballer (América Futebol Clube (SC), América, Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Grêmio, Brazil national football team, national team), stomach cancer.
*Pavel Gajdoš, 86, Czech Olympic gymnast (Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960, Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964).
*Huang Kezhi, 95, Chinese physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
*, 85, Spanish Copla (music), copla singer.
*Hamish Kilgour, 65, New Zealand musician (The Clean, Bailter Space). (body discovered on this date)
*Hy Kloc, 75, German-born American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (2012–2018), heart attack.
*Edino Krieger, 94, Brazilian composer and conductor.
*Mills Lane, 85, American boxing referee and television personality (''Judge Mills Lane'', ''Celebrity Deathmatch'').
*David Lifton, 83, American author.
*S. A. Malek, 86, Bangladeshi politician, Jatiya Sangsad, MP (1973–1979).
*Ichirou Mizuki, 74, Japanese composer (JAM Project) and voice actor, lung cancer.
*Jacques Pousaz, 75, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics, 1972), heart attack.
*Salinero, 28, Dutch dressage horse, Olympic champion (Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage, 2004, Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage, 2008). (death announced on this date)
*Adolfas Šleževičius, 74, Lithuanian politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania, prime minister (1993–1996).
*François Tanguy, 64, French theatre director.
*Omar Varela, 65, Uruguayan playwright and stage actor, complications from Parkinson's disease.
*Bart de Vries, 57, Dutch actor (''Punk Lawyer'', ''Left Luggage (film), Left Luggage'', ''Het Woeden der Gehele Wereld (film), Het Woeden der Gehele Wereld''), COVID-19.

5

*Kirstie Alley, 71, American actress (''Cheers'', ''Veronica's Closet'', ''Look Who's Talking''), Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy winner (43rd Primetime Emmy Awards, 1991, 46th Primetime Emmy Awards, 1994), colon cancer.
*Ahmad Ali Barqi Azmi, 67, Indian poet.
*Jess Barr, 46, American guitarist (Slobberbone).
*John Beckwith (composer), John Beckwith, 95, Canadian composer, writer and pianist.
*Georges Caudron, 70, French actor and artistic director (''Médecins de nuit'').
*Jeremy Davies (exorcist), Jeremy Davies, 87, English Roman Catholic priest and exorcist, co-founder of the International Association of Exorcists.
*František Dostál, 84, Czech photographer.
*Jaison Elamgulam, 44, Indian film producer (''Ormayundo Ee Mukham'', ''Lavakusha'').
*L. Patrick Engel, 90, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (1993–2009).
*Hamsou Garba, 63, Nigerien singer.
*Jay Goldberg, 89, American lawyer and author.
*Mária Kráľovičová, 95, Slovak actress.
*John McGeever, 83, American football player (Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins).
*Jost Meier, 83, Swiss composer and orchestral conductor.
*Marie-Édouard Mununu, 86, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1985–1986) and bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kikwit, Kikwit (1986–2016).
*Terrence O'Hara, 76, American television director (''NCIS (franchise), NCIS'', ''Smallville'', ''Grimm (TV series), Grimm''), cancer.
*Eduard Ovčáček, 89, Czech graphic artist.
*Éric Pfrunder, 74, French artistic director.
*Bernd Rohr, 85, German racing cyclist.
*Hélène Roussel, 90, French actress (''The Apprentices'', ''A Christmas Tale'').
*Jim Stewart (record producer), Jim Stewart, 92, American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame record producer, co-founder of Stax Records.
*Sahibzada Nazir Sultan, 78, Pakistani politician, National Assembly (Pakistan), MNA (1970–1985, 1988–1997, 2013–2018).
*Ronaldo Veitía, 75, Cuban judo coach, complications from diabetes.
*Sam Wakim, 85, Canadian lawyer and politician, House of Commons of Canada, MP (1979–1980).

4

*Amable Aristy, 73, Dominican Republic, Dominican politician, member (1990–1999, since 2010) and president (1994–1998) of the Senate of the Dominican Republic, senate, cardiac arrest.
*David Bishop (British politician), David Bishop, 78, British politician.
*June Blair, 90, American model and actress (''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'', ''Hell Bound (1957 film), Hell Bound'', ''The Rabbit Trap'').
*Nick Bollettieri, 91, American International Tennis Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame tennis coach.
*Hamadi Bousbiaâ, 88, Tunisian businessman and sporting director.
*Saïd Chibane, 97, Algerian doctor and politician, Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments (Algeria), minister of religious affairs and endowments (1989–1991).
*Yuriy Dubrovin (actor), Yuriy Dubrovin, 83, Russian-Ukrainian actor (''D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers'', ''Trial on the Road'', ''The Prisoner of Château d'If'').
*Mofeed Fawzy, 89, Egyptian journalist (''Rose al-Yūsuf'') and television presenter (''Al Qahera Al Youm'').
*Barry Fraser, 82, Canadian ice hockey executive (Edmonton Oilers).
*Manuel Göttsching, 70, German musician (Ash Ra Tempel, Ashra (band), Ashra) and composer (''E2-E4'').
*Peter Hedger, 82, British racehorse trainer.
*Saeed Mohammad Khan, 87, Pakistani naval officer, Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan), chief of naval staff (1991–1994) and chairman of Pakistan National Shipping Corporation, PNSC (1988–1990).
*Kevin Kilmurray, 72, Irish Gaelic footballer (Offaly county football team, Offaly).
*Magomedali Magomedov, 92, Russian politician, Head of the Republic of Dagestan, chairman of the State Council of Dagestan (1994–2006).
*Bob McGrath, 90, American actor and singer (''Sesame Street'', ''Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird, Follow That Bird'', ''Sing Along with Mitch''), complications from a stroke.
*Karl Merkatz, 92, Austrian actor (''Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter'', ''Der Bockerer'', ''Lethal Obsession'').
*Norman Pattiz, 79, American broadcaster and business executive (Westwood One (1976–2011), Westwood One, Podcast One).
*Patrick Peacock, 79, Canadian lawyer, president of the Canadian Bar Association (1988–1989).
*Pablo Puente (prelate), Pablo Puente, 91, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic nuncio to Apostolic Nunciature to Indonesia, Indonesia (1980–1986), Apostolic Nunciature to Lebanon, Lebanon (1989–1997) and Apostolic Nunciature to Kuwait, Kuwait (1993–1997).
*Antonio Recalcati, 84, Italian painter and sculptor.
*Jacqueline Rigaud, 97, French resistance fighter, Righteous Among the Nations (2017).
*Gino Scarpa, 98, Italian-born Norwegian painter, printmaker and sculptor.
*Alex Sherzer, 51, American chess grandmaster and physician.
*Patrick Tambay, 73, French racing driver (Formula One), complications from Parkinson's disease.
*Robert E. Tranquada, 92, American physician and academic administrator.
*Jeffrey James West, 72, British Anglican priest.

3

*, 68, Kazakh poet, composer and journalist.
*Willi Blodt, 93, German politician, member of the Landtag of Hesse (1966–1970).
*Gordon Bradt, 98, American art designer.
*Paul Broughton, 91, Australian rugby league player (St. George Dragons, St. George) and coach (Balmain Tigers, Balmain, Newtown).
*Kenneth O. Chilstrom, 101, American air force colonel and test pilot.
*Michael Collins (Limerick politician), Michael Collins, 82, Irish politician, Teachta Dála, TD (1997–2007).
*John Edward Critien, 73, Maltese Roman Catholic official, grand chancellor of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2016–2017).
*Jamie Freeman, 57, British singer and songwriter, brain cancer.
*Milton Gómez, 74, Bolivian mining union leader and politician, Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security, minister of labor, employment, and social security (2019).
*Ursula Hayden, 56, American professional wrestler (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling) and actress, cancer.
*Svenne Hedlund, 77, Swedish singer (Hep Stars, Idolerna, Svenne and Lotta).
*Sonny Holland, 84, American football player and coach (Montana State Bobcats football, Montana State Bobcats).
*Leslie Houlden, 93, British Anglican priest and academic.
*Janis Hunter, 66, American music manager.
*Antigone Kefala, 87, Romanian-born Australian poet.
*Jim Kolbe, 80, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1985–2007) and Arizona Senate (1977–1982), stroke.
*Volodymyr Kozhukhar, 81, Ukrainian classical conductor.
*ABM Ghulam Mostafa, 88, Bangladeshi businessman and politician, Jatiya Sangsad, MP (2008–2014).
*Bobby Naughton, 78, American jazz vibraphonist and pianist.
*Annie Yellowe Palma, 60, British poet, author and child protection advocate.
*Kochu Preman, 67, Indian actor (''Dilliwala Rajakumaran'', ''Udayon'', ''My Big Father'') and comedian.
*Tyler Roberts (actor), Tyler Roberts, American adult film actor, heart failure.
*Gina Romand, 84, Cuban-Mexican actress (''I Am Very Macho'', ''Immediate Delivery'', ''Los astronautas'').
*Ilya Shtemler, 89, Russian writer, COVID-19.
*Svyatoslav Sokol, 76, Russian politician, State Duma, deputy (1995–2003, 2007–2016), heart attack.
*Hari Vairavan, Indian actor (''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'', ''Naan Mahaan Alla (2010 film), Naan Mahaan Alla'', ''Kullanari Koottam''), kidney failure.
*Eduardo Vio Grossi, 78, Chilean lawyer and academic, judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2010–2021).
*Alfons Vogtel, 70, German businessman and politician, member of the Landtag of Saarland (1985–2007).
*Tony Waldrop, 70, American middle-distance runner and academic administrator, president of the University of South Alabama (2014–2021).
*Alexandre Zelkine, 84, French folk music singer and rail transport modelist.
*Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, 78, Kazakh basketball player (PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Soviet Union men's national basketball team, Soviet Union national team) and coach, Olympic champion (Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972).

2

*Afzaal Ahmad, Pakistani actor (''Permit (film), Permit'', ''Malanga (film), Malanga'', ''Mukhra (1988 film), Mukhra''), brain haemorrhage.
*Assem Allam, 83, Egyptian-British football executive, chairman of Hull City A.F.C., Hull City (2010–2022), cancer.
*Tony Allen (footballer), Tony Allen, 83, English footballer (Stoke City F.C., Stoke City, Bury F.C., Bury, national team).
*Imran Aslam (journalist), Imran Aslam, 70, Pakistani journalist, screenwriter (''Parey Hut Love'') and media personality.
*Vittorio Barino, 87, Italian stage and television director and producer (''Journey of Hope'').
*Mahmoud Bayati, 94, Iranian football player (Esteghlal F.C., Taj, Iran national football team, national team) and manager.
*Walter Broadnax, 78, American academic administrator and professor of politics.
*Jaume Camps i Rovira, 78, Spanish lawyer and politician, member of the Parliament of Catalonia, Catalan parliament (1980–2005).
*Choi Byung-ryeol, 84, South Korean politician, mayor of Seoul (1994–1995).
*Sam A. Crow, 96, American jurist, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas (since 1981).
*Jharana Das, 82, Indian actress (''Malajahna'', ''Adina Megha'', ''Hisab Nikas'') and radio announcer.
*, 54, South Korean actor (''Happy Ero Christmas'', ''Mother (2009 film), Mother'', ''Tidal Wave (2009 film), Tidal Wave'').
*Phil Edmonston, 78, American-born Canadian consumer advocate and politician, House of Commons of Canada, MP (1990–1993).
*Dick Enthoven, 85, South African insurance executive, owner of Nando's (since 2014), cancer.
*Gary Friedkin, 70, American actor (''Under the Rainbow'', ''Young Doctors in Love'', ''Snow White (1987 film), Snow White'').
*Jeffrey Friedman (political scientist), Jeffrey Friedman, 63, American political scientist (''Critical Review (journal), Critical Review'').
*Tukaram Gangadhar Gadakh, 69, Indian politician, MP (2004–2009), heart failure.
*Carolyn Grace, 70, Australian-British pilot, traffic collision.
*Raúl Guerra Garrido, 87, Spanish writer, Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas, National Prize for Spanish Literature (2006).
*Najma Hameed, 78, Pakistani politician, Senate of Pakistan, senator (2009–2021).
*Doreen Hamilton, 71, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1991–2007) and List of mayors of Regina, Saskatchewan, mayor of Regina (1988), cancer.
*Jill Jolliffe, 77, Australian journalist and author.
*Yoshio Kikugawa, 78, Japanese football player (Urawa Red Diamonds, Mitsubishi Motors, Japan national football team, national team) and manager (Avispa Fukuoka, Chuo Bohan), pneumonia.
*Dominique Lapierre, 91, French writer (''City of Joy'', ''Is Paris Burning? (book), Is Paris Burning?'', ''O Jerusalem!'').
*Quentin Oliver Lee, 34, American baritone and actor (''The Phantom of the Opera''), colon cancer.
*Floris Maljers, 89, Dutch business executive, CEO of Unilever (1984–1994).
*K. Muralidharan, Indian film producer (''Bagavathi'', ''Anbe Sivam'', ''Pudhupettai''), heart attack.
*Louis Negin, 93, British-born Canadian actor (''Get Charlie Tully'', ''Rabid (1977 film), Rabid'', ''Physical Evidence'').
*Jo Carol Pierce, 78, American singer-songwriter and playwright, cancer.
*Qerlos, 94, Eritrean prelate, patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (since 2021).
*Duncan Robinson (art historian), Duncan Robinson, 79, British art historian and academic.
*Gaddis Smith, 90, American historian and foreign policy expert.
*Laila Storch, 101, American oboist.
*Al Strobel, 83, American actor (''Twin Peaks'', ''Child of Darkness, Child of Light'', ''Megaville'').
*Tiit-Rein Viitso, 84, Estonian linguist.

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*Tumso Abdurakhmanov, 36, Russian blogger and Chechen dissident, shot.
*, 75, Spanish diplomat.
*Ferry Mursyidan Baldan, 61, Indonesian politician, Working Cabinet (2014–2019), minister of land and spatial planning (2014–2016) and People's Representative Council, MP (1997–2009).
*Ercole Baldini, 89, Italian cyclist, Olympic champion (Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, 1956).
*Gerardo Bianco, 91, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Public Education, minister of education (1990–1991) and deputy (1968–1994, 2001–2008).
*Norm Brown, 79, Australian Australian rules football, footballer (Fitzroy Football Club, Fitzroy).
*Kypros Chrysostomides, 80, Cypriot politician, House of Representatives (Cyprus), MP (2006–2008).
*Skip Cleaver, 78, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (2016–2022).
*Thomas C. Corrigan, 84, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1987–2006).
*Mylène Demongeot, 87, French actress (''The Crucible (1957 film), The Crucible'', ''French California'', ''36 Quai des Orfèvres (film), 36 Quai des Orfèvres''), primary peritoneal carcinoma.
*Hannes Keller, 88, Swiss mathematician and deep diver.
*Igor Krichever, 72, Russian academic and mathematician.
*Gary LaPaille, 68, American politician, member of the Illinois Senate (1993–1995), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
*Sylvia La Torre, 89, Filipino actress (''One Two Bato, Three Four Bapor'') and singer.
*Lu Zhuguo, 94, Chinese screenwriter (''The Great Military March Forward: Engulf the Southwest'', ''On the Mountain of Tai Hang'') and writer.
*Yadollah Maftun Amini, 96, Iranian poet, cardiac arrest.
*Robert Morris (historian), Robert Morris, 79, British historian. (death announced on this date)
*Abdul Hamid Pawanteh, 78, Malaysian politician, twice Parliament of Malaysia, MP, Menteri Besar of Perlis (1986–1995) and president of the Dewan Negara (2003–2009).
*Roni Peiponen, 25, Finnish footballer (Klubi 04, Åsane Fotball, Åsane, Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, HJK Helsinki). (death announced on this date)
*Ludwik Peretz, 99, French architect.
*Gaylord Perry, 84, American National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Hall of Fame baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres).
*Vasu Pisharody, 79, Indian Kathakali actor, heart disease.
*Dorothy Pitman Hughes, 84, American feminist.
*Julia Reichert, 76, American documentarian (''American Factory'', ''Seeing Red (1983 film), Seeing Red'', ''Union Maids''), Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, Oscar winner (92nd Academy Awards, 2019), bladder cancer.
*, 83, Russian poet and songwriter.
*Alain Sailhac, 87, French chef.
*Haralds Sīmanis, 71, Latvian singer.
*Samresh Singh, 81, Indian politician, Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, Jharkhand (2009–2014) and four-time Bihar Legislative Assembly, Bihar MLA.
*Tord Sjöman, 82, Swedish organist (Vikingarna (band), Vikingarna).
*Andrew Speight, 58, Australian-born American saxophonist, struck by train.
*Omar Trujillo, 45, Mexican footballer (Atlético Morelia, Morelia, Celaya F.C., Celaya, Mexico national football team, national team), cardiac arrest.
*Yoo Jae-geon, 85, South Korean politician, National Assembly (South Korea), MNA (1996–2008).
*Mort Zarcoff, 95, American television producer and screenwriter (''It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series), It Takes a Thief'').Morton Zarcoff, ‘It Takes a Thief’ Producer and Former USC Film Department Co-Chairman, Dies at 95
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See also

* List of deaths due to COVID-19

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