Deaths in October 2019

The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2019.

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

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

October 2019

1

• Gilbert Albert, 89, Swiss jeweller.
• Joseph Bismuth, 92, Tunisian politician, senator (2005–2011).
• Cain Hope Felder, 76, American theologian and author.
• Anders Ferm, 81, Swedish diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations (1982–1988).
• Karel Gott, 80, Czech singer, acute myeloid leukemia.
• Han Qiwei, 85, Chinese hydraulic engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Jouko Innanen, 66, Finnish cartoonist.
• Gertrude Newsome Jackson, 95, American community activist.
• Miguel León-Portilla, 93, Mexican anthropologist and historian.
• Michel Létourneau, 69, Canadian politician, MNA (1994–2007).
• C. K. Menon, 70, Indian transportation executive and philanthropist, complications from pneumonia.
• Fred Molyneux, 75, English footballer (Southport, Plymouth Argyle, Tranmere Rovers).
• Esther Takei Nishio, 93, American internee (Granada War Relocation Center).
• Wolfgang Perner, 52, Austrian biathlete, Olympic bronze medalist (2002).
• Eric Pleskow, 95, Austrian-born American film producer, President of United Artists (1973–1978) and Orion Pictures (1978–1991).
• Richard Scotton, 88, Australian health economist.
• Peter Sissons, 77, British journalist and broadcaster (BBC News, ITN, Question Time).
• Dick Soash, 78, American politician, member of the Colorado Senate (1976–1984).
• Arto Tchakmaktchian, 86, Egyptian-born Armenian-Canadian sculptor and painter.
• Gérald Tougas, 86, Canadian writer.
• Ruben A. Valdez, 82, American politician, member (1970–1978) and Speaker (1975–1976) of the Colorado House of Representatives.
• Beverly Watkins, 80, American blues guitarist.
• Wen Chuanyuan, 101, Chinese aeronautical engineer, designed China's first UAV and first flight simulator.

2

• Grazia Barcellona, 90, Italian Olympic skater (1948).
• Michael Bauman, 69, American theologian.
• Bill Bidwill, 88, American football team owner (Arizona Cardinals).
• Cecil Butler, 82, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves).
• Custom Made, 34, American eventing horse, Olympic gold medallist (2000).
• Julie Gibson, 106, American actress (Nice Girl?, The Feminine Touch, Lucky Cowboy) and singer.
• Robert Hickman, 76, Australian football player (Richmond).
• Tiny Hill, 92, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, Counties, national team) and selector.
• Giya Kancheli, 84, Georgian composer (Unusual Exhibition, Don't Grieve, Mimino).
• Jafar Kashani, 74, Iranian footballer (Shahin, Persepolis, national team), heart attack.
• John Kirby, 79, American attorney, namesake of Kirby, myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Paul LeBlanc, 73, Canadian makeup artist (Amadeus, No Country for Old Men, Big Fish), Oscar winner (1985).
• Beth Palmer, 67, American bridge player, breast cancer.
• Isaac Promise, 31, Nigerian footballer (Gençlerbirliği, Antalyaspor, national team), Olympic silver medallist (2008), heart failure.
• Hanno Selg, 87, Estonian modern pentathlete, Olympic silver medallist (1960).
• Kim Shattuck, 56, American singer, songwriter and musician (The Muffs, The Pandoras, Pixies), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi, 87, Indian nephrologist.
• Matthew Wong, 35, Canadian painter, suicide.
• Alan Zaslove, 91, American animation director and producer (Darkwing Duck, Aladdin, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers).
• Ezra Zilkha, 94, American financier and philanthropist.

3

• Márta Balogh, 76, Hungarian handball player (Budapesti Spartacus SC, national team), world champion (1965).
• Vinnie Bell, 87, American inventor and guitarist.
• John Buchanan, 88, Canadian politician, MLA (1967–1990) and Premier of Nova Scotia (1978–1990).
• Lewis Dauber, 70, American actor (The Fall Guy), liver cancer.
• Dana Fradon, 97, American cartoonist (The New Yorker), liver cancer.
• Diogo Freitas do Amaral, 78, Portuguese politician, Acting Prime Minister (1980–1981), Minister of National Defence (1981–1983) and Foreign Affairs (1980–1981 and 2005–2006).
• Philip Gips, 88, American graphic designer and film poster artist (Alien, Rosemary's Baby, Downhill Racer).
• Coluthur Gopalan, 100, Indian nutritionist.
• Hu Yamei, 96, Chinese physician and leukemia researcher, President of Beijing Children's Hospital (1982–1989).
• Percy Lewis, 90, Trinidadian-born British Olympic boxer (1952).
• Stephen J. Lukasik, 88, American physicist, respiratory failure.
• Philip K. Lundeberg, 96, American naval historian and World War II veteran, last survivor of the USS Frederick C. Davis sinking.
• Hussein Adel Madani, Iraqi cartoonist and political activist, shot.
• Teresa Maryańska, 82, Polish paleontologist.
• Ignacio Noguer Carmona, 88, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guadix (1976–1990) and Huelva (1993–2006).
• Roger Taillibert, 93, French architect (Parc des Princes, Olympic Stadium Montreal), complications from a fall.
• Wei Zhongquan, 81, Chinese satellite engineer, chief designer of the Fengyun-2 and Yaogan-1 satellites.

4

• Ed Ackerson, 54, American singer-songwriter, musician (Polara, Antenna) and record producer, pancreatic cancer.
• Peter Beckwith, 80, American Anglican prelate, Bishop of Springfield (1992–2010).
• Glen Brown, 75, Jamaican reggae musician and record producer.
• Mikhail Biryukov, 27, Russian tennis player, suicide
• Diahann Carroll, 84, American actress (Julia, Dynasty, Claudine), Tony winner (1962), cancer.
• Bryce Gaudry, 76, Australian politician, MLA (1991–2007), pancreatic cancer.
• Margaret Lyons, 95, Canadian radio executive, assisted suicide.
• Satya Priya Mahathero, 89, Bangladeshi Buddhist monk and social worker.
• Bill McKnight, 79, Canadian politician, MP (1979–1993).
• Stephen Moore, 81, British actor (A Bridge Too Far, The Last Place on Earth, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).
• Fred Ohene-Kena, 83, Ghanaian politician.
• Elmer Rees, 77, Welsh mathematician.
• Enno Röder, 83, German Olympic skier (1960, 1964).
• James Schmerer, 81, American TV writer and producer (MacGyver, CHiPs, The High Chaparral), complications of a stroke.
• Alberto Testa, 96, Italian dancer and choreographer.
• Bob Tufts, 63, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants), multiple myeloma.
• Zhang Guobao, 74, Chinese politician, Director of the National Energy Administration (2007–2011).
• Zhang Siying, 94, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

5

• Lee Botts, 91, American environmentalist.
• Dave Cummings, 79, American actor.
• Dolores Dorn, 85, American actress (The Bounty Hunter, Underworld U.S.A.).
• Andy Etchebarren, 76, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers).
• Amalia Fuentes, 79, Filipino actress (Rodora, My Only Love, Kahit Isang Saglit), cardiac arrest.
• Marcello Giordani, 56, Italian operatic tenor, heart attack.
• Gary Goldschneider, 80, American astrologer and pianist.
• David Greaves, 73, English snooker player.
• Tony Hoar, 87, British racing cyclist, cancer.
• Kang Laiyi, 83, Chinese epidemiologist.
• Henry Keizer, 58, Dutch politician, Chairman of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (2014–2017).
• Blaine Lindgren, 80, American sprinter, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
• Roger Mayorga, 73, Nicaraguan footballer (Motagua, national team), heart attack.
• Eloy Pérez, 32, American boxer.
• Philip J. Prygoski, 71, American legal scholar.
• Vijay Sardeshmukh, 67, Indian classical vocalist, cancer.
• Sally Soames, 82, English photographer.
• Philippe Vandevelde, 62, Belgian comics writer (Le Petit Spirou, Soda, Spirou et Fantasio), heart attack.

6

• Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Zamil, 77, Saudi Arabian oil executive, Chairman of Saudi International Petrochemical Company (since 2004).
• Ginger Baker, 80, English Hall of Fame drummer (Cream, Blind Faith, Ginger Baker's Air Force), subject of Beware of Mr. Baker.
• Paul Bircher, 90, British rower, Olympic silver medallist (1948).
• Yevgeny Bushmin, 61, Russian politician.
• Ciaran Carson, 70, Northern Irish poet, lung cancer.
• Vlasta Chramostová, 92, Czech actress (The Trap, The Cassandra Cat, The Cremator).
• Seán Clohessy, 87, Irish hurler (Tullaroan, Kilkenny).
• Ezequiel Esperón, 23, Argentine footballer (Grêmio, Atlante), fall.
• Joseph Gourmelon, 81, French politician, Deputy (1981–1993).
• Stuart Heydinger, 92, British photojournalist.
• Larry Junstrom, 70, American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special).
• Masaichi Kaneda, 86, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player (Kokutetsu Swallows, Yomiuri Giants) and manager (Lotte Orions), sepsis.
• Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, 95, Tibetan Karma Kagyu lama, abbot of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra (since 1976).
• Martin Lauer, 82, German athlete, Olympic champion (1960).
• Neale Lavis, 89, Australian equestrian, Olympic champion (1960).
• Eddie Lumsden, 83, Australian rugby league player (St. George Dragons, Manly Sea Eagles, national team).
• John Mbiti, 87, Kenyan-born Swiss scholar.
• Samvel Mnatsyan, 29, Russian ice hockey player (Barys Astana, HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, Admiral Vladivostok), cancer.
• Bernard Muna, 79, Cameroonian politician, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1997–2001), heart disease.
• Karen Pendleton, 73, American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club), heart attack.
• David Petel, 98, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1959–1969).
• Paul Gerhardt Rosenblatt, 91, American judge.
• S. A. Stepanek, 59, American poet.
• Stephen Swid, 78, American performance rights executive (SESAC), complications from frontotemporal degeneration.
• Rip Taylor, 88, American actor (The $1.98 Beauty Show, Chatterbox, Down to Earth) and comedian.

7

• Ovide Alakannuark, 80, Canadian politician, MLA (1999–2004).
• Harvey Benge, 75, New Zealand photographer.
• Herman Berendsen, 85, Dutch chemist.
• Beppe Bigazzi, 86, Italian journalist and restaurateur.
• Chen Zhongyi, 96, Chinese civil engineering professor and politician, Vice Chairman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League.
• Warren William Eginton, 95, American judge (District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1979–1992).
• Barry Jackson, 82, English rugby union player (Broughton Park, Lancashire, national team).
• Ed Kalafat, 87, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers).
• Krishnamoorthy, 55, Indian Tamil actor, heart attack.
• Janusz Kondratiuk, 76, Kazakh-born Polish film director.
• Jari Laukkanen, 57, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (1988).
• Tony Mulhearn, 80, British political campaigner, lung disease.
• Ulick O'Connor, 90, Irish writer.
• Stephen Okumu, 61, Kenyan Olympic boxer (1984).
• Pepe Oneto, 77, Spanish journalist (Cambio 16) and writer.
• Eugène Saccomano, 83, French journalist.
• Wilson Sutherland, 84, British mathematician.
• Ella Vogelaar, 69, Dutch politician and trade union leader, Minister for Housing, Communities and Integration (2007–2008), suicide.
• Makoto Wada, 83, Japanese illustrator, essayist and film director (Mahjong hōrōki, Kaitō Ruby), pneumonia.

8

• Eduard Admetlla i Lázaro, 95, Spanish scuba diver, designer and photographer.
• Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, 95, Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (1986–2004), complications from pneumonia.
• John Bennett, 77, Australian politician, Attorney-General of Tasmania (1986–1989).
• Litia Cakobau, 78, Fijian politician and tribal chief.
• Carlos Celdran, 46, Filipino cultural activist and performance artist, cardiac arrest.
• Ed Cray, 86, American journalist and biographer.
• Francis S. Currey, 94, American technical sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Molly Duncan, 74, Scottish saxophonist (Average White Band), cancer.
• Georgette Elgey, 90, French journalist and historian.
• Eberhard Ferstl, 86, German Olympic bronze medallist field hockey player (1956).
• Ted Green, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Winnipeg Jets) and coach (Edmonton Oilers).
• Chip Healy, 72, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Roland Janson, 80, Swedish actor (Sällskapsresan, Rederiet).
• Ryan Nicholson, 47, Canadian film director (Gutterballs) and visual effects artist (The Predator, Blade: Trinity), brain cancer.
• Helen Shingler, 100, British actress (Quiet Weekend, The Lady with a Lamp, Room in the House).
• Harcharan Singh, 81, Indian cricketer (Services, Southern Punjab).
• Helen Stother, 64, English cricketer (England).
• Sammy Taylor, 86, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, New York Mets).
• Michael Uhlmann, 79, American political scientist.
• Louis Waller, 84, Australian legal scholar.
• Split Waterman, 96, English speedway rider.
• Reg Watson, 93, Australian television producer (Prisoner, Neighbours, Sons and Daughters) and screenwriter.
• Quade Winter, 68, American composer and opera singer.
• Saadi Younis, 69, Iraqi footballer (national team), heart attack.
• Talaat Zakaria, 59, Egyptian actor and comedian (Call Mama, Sayed the Romantic), inflammation of the brain.

9

• Richard Askey, 86, American mathematician, discoverer of Askey–Wilson polynomials, Askey scheme and Askey–Gasper inequality.
• Dorothea Buck, 102, German author.
• Éamonn Burns, 56, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Down).
• John W. Corso, 89, American production designer (Coal Miner's Daughter, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off).
• Robert W. Estill, 92, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of North Carolina (1983–1994).
• Reino Fagerlund, 65, Finnish Olympic judoka (1980).
• Thomas Flanagan, 88, Irish-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (1998–2005).
• Jill Freedman, 79, American photographer, cancer.
• Lorand Gaspar, 94, Hungarian-born French poet.
• Andrés Gimeno, 82, Spanish tennis player, French Open winner (1972).
• Robert Guestier Goelet, 96, French-born American banker (Chemical Bank) and philanthropist.
• Anne Hart, 84, Canadian author.
• Samuel Hynes, 95, American author, heart failure.
• James O. Mason, 89, American physician, public health administrator and Acting Surgeon General of the United States (1989–1990).
• Ion Moraru, 90, Moldovan writer and political activist (Sabia Dreptății).
• Filippo Penati, 66, Italian politician, President of the Province of Milano (2004–2009), Mayor of Sesto San Giovanni (1994–2001).
• Murray Rosenblatt, 93, American statistician and academic.
• John Baptist Sequeira, 89, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chikmagalur (1987–2006).
• Satnarine Sharma, 76, Trinidadian judge, Chief Justice (2002–2008).
• Erling Steineide, 81, Norwegian Olympic cross country skier (1964).
• Jan Szyszko, 75, Polish politician, academic and forester, Minister of Environment (1997–1999; 2005–2007; 2015–2018).
• David Weisman, 77, American film producer (Kiss of the Spider Woman) and author.
• John Williams, 79, Australian football player (Carlton).
• Yang Enze, 99, Chinese telecommunications engineer and academic, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof, 94, Polish-born French civil engineer and Esperantist.

10

• Moji Akinfenwa, 89, Nigerian politician, senator (1999–2003).
• Pierre Albrecht, 88, Swiss Olympic basketball player (1952).
• Sir Desmond Cassidi, 94, British admiral, Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command (1983–1984).
• Ugo Colombo, 79, Italian racing cyclist.
• Marie Darby, 79, New Zealand marine biologist.
• Md. Golam Mostofa, 70, Bangladeshi freedom fighter.
• William J. Hamilton, 86, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1972–1978) and Senate (1978–1982).
• Dominic Jala, 68, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Shillong (since 1999), traffic collision.
• Richard Jeranian, 98, Armenian-born French painter and draftsman.
• Tarek Kamel, 57, Egyptian politician and computer engineer, cancer.
• Juliette Kaplan, 80, British actress (Last of the Summer Wine, Coronation Street), cancer.
• John Kirkham, 84, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Sherborne (1976–2001) and Bishop to the Forces (1992–2001).
• Enrique Moreno, 63, Mexican-born American lawyer, complications from cancer.
• Trinidad Morgades Besari, 88, Equatorial Guinean writer.
• Marie-José Nat, 79, French actress (A Woman in White, Violins at the Ball, La Vérité), cancer.
• Paul Polak, 86, American psychiatrist and entrepreneur, heart failure.
• Gordon Robertson, 93, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1952).
• Miklós Szabó, 81, Hungarian sports shooter (1960).
• Stuart Taylor, 72, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).
• Joseph E. Tregoning, 78, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1967–1990).
• Tsai Ying-wen, 67, Taiwanese political scientist, gastroesophageal reflux disease.

11

• Sam Bobrick, 87, American television writer (Saved by the Bell, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour), stroke.
• Mac Christensen, 85, American clothier, president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (2000–2012).
• Woodie Flowers, 76, American mechanical engineering professor (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
• Robert Forster, 78, American actor (Jackie Brown, The Black Hole, Medium Cool), brain cancer.
• John Giorno, 82, American poet and performance artist, subject of Sleep, heart attack.
• Kadri Gopalnath, 69, Indian saxophonist, cardiac arrest.
• Joseph Helszajn, 85, Belgian-born British electrical engineer.
• Aubrey Kuruppu, 74, Sri Lankan cricketer.
• Alexei Leonov, 85, Russian cosmonaut (Voskhod 2), first person to walk in space.
• Ram Mohan, 88, Indian animator (The Chess Player, Kaamchor, Meena).
• Michael Mott, 88, British-born American poet, novelist and biographer.
• Ali Nakhjavani, 100, Azerbaijani-born Iranian Baháʼí Faith leader.
• Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao, 71, Indian film historian (Silent Cinema (1895-1930)) and critic.
• Oriano Ripoli, 95, Italian politician, Mayor of Pisa (1985–1986).
• Heather Robson, 91, New Zealand badminton and tennis player.
• Ettore Spalletti, 79, Italian artist, heart attack.
• James Hart Stern, 55, American civil rights activist, cancer.
• Richard Tracey, 71, Australian judge and military officer, Judge Advocate General (2007–2014), cancer.
• Gillian Trumper, 83, English-born Canadian politician and coroner, complications from renal failure.
• Gundeboina Rammurthy Yadav, 71, Indian politician, MLA (1994–1999).

12

• Mel Aull, 90, Canadian football player.
• Kate Braverman, 70, American author, cardiac arrest.
• Joyce Cansfield, 90, British crossword compiler.
• E. A. Carmean, 74, American art curator and historian, cancer.
• Carlo Croccolo, 92, Italian actor, voice actor, director and screenwriter. (47 morto che parla, After the Fox, Three Men and a Leg)
• Sara Danius, 57, Swedish literary critic and philosopher, member (2013–2019) and Permanent Secretary (2015–2018) of the Swedish Academy, breast cancer.
• Ding Shisun, 92, Chinese mathematician and politician, President of Peking University (1984–1989), Chairman of the China Democratic League (1996–2005).
• Nanni Galli, 79, Italian racing driver.
• María Luisa García, 100, Spanish chef and cookbook author, proponent of Asturian cuisine.
• Bob Goin, 81, American college sports administrator, athletics director (Florida State University, University of Cincinnati).
• Dallas Harms, 84, Canadian country musician.
• Jackie Hernández, 79, Cuban baseball player (Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates), World Series champion (1971), cancer.
• James Hughes-Hallett, 70, British business executive (Swire Group).
• Hevrin Khalaf, 34, Syrian politician and activist, Secretary General of the Kurdish Future Movement in Syria, shot.
• Milcho Leviev, 81, Bulgarian jazz pianist.
• Emilio Nicolas Sr., 88, Mexican-born American television station owner (KWEX).
• Alison Prince, 88, British children's writer.
• Norman Schofield, 75, Scottish-American political scientist.
• Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, 83, Japanese sport shooter, Olympic bronze medallist (1960, 1964), heart failure.

13

• John Algeo, 89, American linguist.
• William T. Allen, 75, American law academic.
• Hideo Azuma, 69, Japanese manga artist, esophageal cancer.
• Scotty Bowers, 96, American author (Full Service) and pimp.
• Bobby Del Greco, 86, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Athletics).
• Duan Qingbo, 55, Chinese archaeologist (Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor), Dean of the School of Cultural Heritage of Northwest University (since 2017), kidney cancer.
• Helen Fix, 97, American politician.
• Jay Frank, 47, American music executive, founder of DigSin, cancer.
• Richard Huckle, 33, British convicted sex offender, strangled and stabbed.
• Charles Jencks, 80, American architect, cultural theorist (Post-modernism) and philanthropist, co-founder of Maggie's Centres.
• Mikheil Kobakhidze, 80, Georgian film director, screenwriter and composer.
• Sophia Kokosalaki, 47, Greek fashion designer, cancer.
• Ulrich Luz, 81, Swiss theologian.
• Vasim Mammadaliyev, 77, Azerbaijani theologian.
• Elias James Manning, 81, American-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Valença (1990–2014).
• Goran Marković, 33, Serbian-born Montenegrin footballer (Željezničar Sarajevo, Čukarički, Zrinjski Mostar), fall.
• Adolfo Mexiac, 92, Mexican graphic artist.
• Włodzimierz Mucha, 63, Polish architect.
• Sucheta Nadkarni, 52, Indian management studies academic.
• Kanako Naito, 38, Japanese volleyball player.
• Theo Verbey, 60, Dutch composer.

14

• Harold Bloom, 89, American literary critic and writer (The Anxiety of Influence, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages).
• Bohdan Butenko, 88, Polish cartoonist.
• Steve Cash, 73, American singer-songwriter, author and harmonica player (The Ozark Mountain Daredevils).
• Emmett Chappelle, 93, American scientist (NASA) and World War II veteran (Buffalo Soldier), kidney failure.
• Charles Dausabea, 59, Solomon Islands politician, MP (1990–1993, 1997–2001, 2006–2008).
• Buckwheat Donahue, 68, American sportsman and tourism promoter.
• Francisco Figueredo, 59, Paraguayan Olympic athlete (1984).
• Louis Frey Jr., 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1969–1979).
• Anke Fuchs, 82, German lawyer and politician, Federal Minister of Health (1982) and Vice President of the Bundestag (1998–2002).
• Danny Grant, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings), Calder Memorial Trophy winner (1968).
• Rosemary Harris, 96, British author (The Moon in the Cloud).
• Igor Kaleshin, 67, Russian football player (Akhmat Grozny, Druzhba Maykop, Kuban Krasnodar) and manager (Kuban Krasnodar).
• Barun Mazumder, 77, Indian journalist and writer.
• Lorne Main, 89, Canadian tennis player.
• Baby Saroja, 88, Indian actress (Balayogini, Thyaga Bhoomi, Kamadhenu).
• Renato Scrollavezza, 92, Italian luthier.
• Cooper Snyder, 91, American politician, member of the Ohio Senate (1979–1996).
• Jeffrey Spalding, 67, Canadian artist, stroke.
• Karola Stotz, 56, German philosopher.
• Sulli, 25, South Korean singer (f(x)), songwriter and actress, suicide by hanging.
• Michael C. Thomas, 71, American entomologist.
• Gunnar Torvund, 71, Norwegian sculptor.
• John Wilson Nattubu Tsekooko, 76, Ugandan lawyer and judge.
• Patrick Ward, 69, Australian actor (The Unisexers, The Chain Reaction, My Two Wives).
• Bob Will, 94, American Olympic rower (1948).
• Yvonne S. Wilson, 90, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1999–2005) and Senate (2005–2010).

15

• Tamara Buciuceanu, 90, Romanian actress (Silent Wedding, Everybody in Our Family), heart disease.
• Cacho Castaña, 77, Argentine singer and actor (Los Hijos de López, Merry Christmas), lung disease.
• John Cavanagh, 98, British neurobiologist.
• Andrew Cowan, 82, Scottish rally driver and team owner (Ralliart).
• Hossein Dehlavi, 92, Iranian composer (Mana and Mani).
• Robert Louis Dressler, 92, American botanist.
• Stefan Edlis, 94, Austrian-born American art collector and philanthropist.
• Mary Stuart Gile, 83, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1996–2019).
• Jiang Haokang, 84, Chinese aerospace engineer.
• R. Bruce Hoadley, 96, American materials scientist.
• Igo Kantor, 89, American film producer (Kingdom of the Spiders, Mutant, Act of Piracy) and post-production executive.
• Michael D. Reynolds, 65, American astronomer and educator.
• Song Soon-chun, 85, South Korean boxer, Olympic silver medallist (1956).

16

• Ed Beck, 83, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats).
• Utpal Bhayani, 66, Indian playwright and critic.
• Paolo Bonaiuti, 79, Italian politician and journalist, MP (1996–2018).
• Bin Cheng, 98, Chinese-born British legal scholar, Dean of the UCL Faculty of Laws (1971–1973).
• John Clarke, 88, American actor (Days of Our Lives), complications from pneumonia.
• Patrick Day, 27, American professional boxer, brain injuries sustained in bout.
• Bernard Fisher, 101, American surgeon, pioneer in breast cancer treatment.
• Yehezkel Flomin, 84, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1974–1981).
• Arline Friscia, 84, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1996–2004).
• Han Aiping, 57, Chinese Hall of Fame badminton player, lung cancer.
• Morton Mandel, 98, American industrial parts executive and philanthropist.
• Volodymyr Mulyava, 82, Ukrainian politician, MP (1994–1998).
• Ángel Pérez García, 62, Spanish football player (Real Madrid, Elche) and manager (Sangonera), cancer.
• Harold Scheub, 88, American professor and folklorist of African cultures.
• Andrey Smirnov, 62, Russian swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1976).
• John Tate, 94, American mathematician (Tate's thesis, Tate conjecture, Tate cohomology group), Abel Prize winner (2010).

17

• Alicia Alonso, 98, Cuban prima ballerina, founder of the National Ballet.
• Michael F. Armstrong, 86, American lawyer.
• Hildegard Bachert, 98, German-born American art dealer (Galerie St. Etienne) and gallery director.
• Michael Bowen, 89, British Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Southwark (1977–2003).
• Zev Braun, 91, American film and television producer (Tour of Duty).
• Elijah Cummings, 68, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 1996) and Maryland House of Delegates (1983–1996).
• Alan Diamonstein, 88, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1968–2002).
• Horace Romano Harré, 91, New Zealand-born British philosopher and psychologist.
• Procter Ralph Hug Jr., 88, American federal judge.
• Bob Kingsley, 80, American Hall of Fame radio host (American Country Countdown, Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40), bladder cancer.
• Márta Kurtág, 92, Hungarian pianist.
• Bill Macy, 97, American actor (Maude, The Producers, The Jerk).
• Göran Malmqvist, 95, Swedish linguist, sinologist and literary historian, member of the Swedish Academy.
• Victor Mohica, 86, American actor (Blood In Blood Out).
• Edmundo Rada, Venezuelan politician, shot.
• Ray Santos, 90, American saxophonist and composer.
• Wendy Williams, 84, British actress (Crossroads, Doctor Who).

18

• Luiz Olavo Baptista, 81, Brazilian jurist.
• Sir John Boyd, 83, British diplomat, Ambassador to Japan (1992–1996).
• Edward Clark, 93, American painter.
• Nicolás Díaz, 90, Chilean politician and cardiologist, senator (1990–1998) and Mayor of Rancagua (1963–1964, 1967–1968).
• Michael Flaksman, 73, American cellist.
• Volker Hinz, 72, German photographer.
• Mark Hurd, 62, American technology executive, CEO of Hewlett-Packard (2005–2010) and Oracle Corporation (since 2014).
• Ahad Israfil, 47, American gunshot survivor.
• Rui Jordão, 67, Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (Benfica, Sporting CP, national team), heart disease.
• Kalidas Karmakar, 73, Bangladeshi painter and printmaker.
• William Milliken, 97, American politician, Governor of Michigan (1969–1983).
• Lou Palmer, 84, American sportscaster (SportsCenter, WFAN), lung cancer.
• Mike Reilly, 77, American football player (Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings).
• Mikhail Semyonov, 80, Russian politician.
• Meir Shamgar, 94, Israeli lawyer and politician, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1983–1995).
• Victor Sheymov, 73, Russian cybersecurity innovator and KGB officer.
• Kamlesh Tiwari, 45, Indian politician, shot.
• Bruce Walton, 68, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).
• Zhao Yannian, 90, Chinese politician, Vice Minister of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission (1986–2003).

19

• Erhard Eppler, 92, German politician, Minister for Economic Development (1968–1974).
• Salvador Giner, 85, Spanish sociologist, President of the Institute of Catalan Studies (2005–2013).
• E. Bruce Heilman, 93, American educator and veterans advocate, President of the University of Richmond (1971–1986, 1987–1988).
• Youssef Hourany, 88, Lebanese archaeologist and historian.
• Jakir Khan, 56, Bangladeshi film director, cancer.
• Ishmael Levenston, 79, Saban politician, member of the Island Council (1975–1979, 1983–1987) and founder of the Saba Labour Party.
• Joseph Lombardo, 90, American mobster, consigliere of the Chicago Outfit.
• Theodor Wonja Michael, 94, German Africanist and journalist.
• Mikhail Motsak, 69, Russian naval officer.
• Deborah Orr, 57, Scottish journalist (The Guardian, The Independent), breast cancer.
• Carlos Suárez, 73, Spanish cinematographer (Unmarried Mothers, Rowing with the Wind), Goya Award winner (1988).
• Alexander Volkov, 52, Russian tennis player.

20

• Herbert Chappell, 85, British conductor, composer and film-maker.
• Eric Cooper, 52, American baseball umpire, blood clot.
• Thomas D'Alesandro III, 90, American politician, Mayor of Baltimore (1967–1971), complications from a stroke.
• Arnold Gosewich, 85, Canadian literary agent, book publishing consultant and record industry executive.
• Sir Peter Graham, 85, British lawyer and parliamentary draftsman, First Parliamentary Counsel (1991–1994).
• Joseph Houssa, 89, Belgian politician, senator (1988–1995) and Mayor of Spa (1983–2018).
• Huang Yong Ping, 65, Chinese-born French avant-garde installation artist and sculptor.
• Rufus E. Jones, 79, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1981–1996).
• Asbjørn Liland, 83, Norwegian politician.
• Norman Myers, 85, British environmentalist, dementia.
• Aquilino Pimentel Jr., 85, Filipino politician, President of the Senate (2000–2001) and senator (1987–1992, 1998–2010), lymphoma and pneumonia.
• Robert I. Price, 98, American vice admiral (US Coast Guard).
• Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez, 85, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (1998–2010).
• Martin Tenni, 85, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (1974–1989).
• Nick Tosches, 69, American journalist, music critic and writer (Country, The Devil and Sonny Liston, The Last Opium Den).
• Dottie Wham, 94, American politician, member of the Colorado General Assembly (1984–2000).
• Mellony Wijesinghe, 17, Sri Lankan netball player, leukemia.

21

• Gilberto Aceves Navarro, 88, Mexican sculptor and painter.
• Willie Brown, 78, American Hall of Fame football player (Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders) and coach.
• John M. Downs, 82, American courtroom sketch artist, lymphoma.
• Josip Elic, 98, American actor (The Twilight Zone, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Black Rain), complications from a fall.
• Bengt Feldreich, 94, Swedish journalist and television host (From All of Us to All of You), pneumonia.
• Jerry Fogel, 83, American actor (The Mothers-in-Law, The White Shadow).
• Gerald Freihofner, 73, Austrian journalist.
• Mike Hebert, 75, American volleyball coach (Minnesota Golden Gophers).
• Gillian Jagger, 88, British sculptor and painter.
• Nissim Karelitz, 93, Israeli rabbi, heart disease.
• Garry Koehler, 64, Australian country musician and songwriter, cancer.
• Taras Kutovy, 43, Ukrainian politician, MP (2012–2014) and Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food (2016–2018), helicopter crash.
• Kent Larsson, 67, Swedish Olympic rower (1980).
• Lho Shin-yong, 89, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1985–1987) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980–1982).
• Ingo Maurer, 87, German industrial designer.
• Aila Meriluoto, 95, Finnish poet, writer and translator.
• Brian Noble, 83, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Shrewsbury (1995–2010).
• Reginald Tate, 65, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (2006–2018).
• Florence Signaigo Wagner, 100, American botanist.
• Camille Zaidan, 75, Lebanese Maronite hierarch, Archbishop of Antelias (since 2012).

22

• Christos Archontidis, 81, Greek football manager (Korinthos, PAOK, national team).
• George Brancato, 88, American football player and coach (Ottawa Rough Riders).
• Manfred Bruns, 85, German attorney and LGBT rights activist.
• Ed Cherney, 69, American recording engineer, record producer and Grammy winner (1994, 2003, 2016, 2018), cancer.
• Chris, 9, Australian sheep, world record holder for heaviest fleece.
• Vicki Funk, 71, American botanist.
• Til Gardeniers-Berendsen, 94, Dutch politician, Minister of Social Work (1977–1981) and of Health (1981–1982), member of the Council of State (1983–1995).
• Guo Dehong, 77, Chinese historian.
• Ole Henrik Laub, 81, Danish novelist, stomach cancer.
• Raymond Leppard, 92, British conductor, director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (1987–2001).
• Mike McClennan, 75, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team) and coach (St Helens). (body found on this date)
• Dorylas Moreau, 72, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda (2001–2019).
• Sadako Ogata, 92, Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1990–2000).
• Lelio Orci, 82, Italian endocrinologist.
• Bachirou Osséni, 33, Beninese footballer (Vitória, Diegem Sport, national team).
• Rolando Panerai, 95, Italian baritone singer.
• Miguel Saiz, 70, Argentine politician, Governor of Río Negro (2003–2011).
• Marieke Vervoort, 40, Belgian wheelchair racer, Paralympic champion (2012), assisted suicide.
• Hans Zender, 82, German conductor and composer (Stephen Climax).
• Zeng Rongsheng, 95, Chinese geophysicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Therese Zenz, 87, German sprint canoer, Olympic silver medallist (1956, 1960).
• Jo Ann Zimmerman, 82, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1987–1991).

23

• Duncan Forbes, 78, Scottish footballer (Colchester United, Norwich City), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Vicki Gregory, 51, British microbiologist, cancer.
• J. Rogers Hollingsworth, 87, American historian and sociologist.
• Ji Xiaocheng, 95, Chinese pediatrician, introduced perinatal medicine to China.
• Demetrio Jiménez Sánchez-Mariscal, 56, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Prelate of Cafayate (since 2014).
• Santos Juliá, 79, Spanish historian and sociologist (National University of Distance Education).
• James W. Montgomery, 98, American Episcopalian prelate, Bishop of Chicago (1971–1987).
• David O. Morgan, 74, British historian.
• Bernie Parrish, 83, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
• George Proud, 80, Canadian politician, MP (1988–2000).
• Kingsley Rock, 81, Montserratian cricketer (national team).
• Fides Romanin, 84, Italian Olympic cross country skier (1952, 1956).
• Hansheinz Schneeberger, 93, Swiss violinist.
• Tom Stevens, 63, American politician, founder of the Objectivist Party.
• Francis A. Sullivan, 97, American theologian.
• Francis Tresham, 83, British game designer.
• Martin Vosseler, 71, Swiss renewable energy advocate, co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, traffic collision.
• Xiao Han, 92, Chinese politician and coal executive, Minister of Coal Industry (1977–1980), Chairman of China Huaneng Group and Shenhua Group (1995–1998).
• Xie Gaohua, 87, Chinese politician, Party Secretary of Yiwu (1982–1984), founded the Yiwu Market.
• Alfred Znamierowski, 79, Polish vexillologist.

24

• Michael Blumlein, 71, American writer and physician.
• Janusz Brzozowski, 84, Polish-born Canadian computer scientist.
• Walter Franco, 74, Brazilian singer and composer, stroke.
• Leroy Johnson, 91, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1963–1975).
• Patricia de Souza, 55, Peruvian writer.
• Norm Stoneburgh, 84, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).
• George Tarasovic, 89, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos).
• Ruth van Heyningen, 101, British biochemist.
• Kaoru Yachigusa, 88, Japanese actress (Samurai Trilogy, Hachiko Monogatari, Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple), pancreatic cancer.

25

• Renzo Burini, 92, Italian footballer (Lazio, Milan, national team).
• Chou Wen-chung, 96, Chinese-born American composer.
• Gerry Dalton, 84, Irish sculptor. (death announced on this date)
• Murray Feshbach, 90, American economist.
• Salvador Freixedo, 96, Spanish ufologist and priest.
• Peter H. Hassrick, 78, American artist and author, cancer.
• Hu Dujing, 106, Chinese plant physiologist, agronomist and educator.
• William Loren Katz, 92, American historian and author.
• Ghulam Mohammad Lot, 90, Pakistani politician, MPA (1993–1996), cardiac arrest.
• Rafael Ninyoles i Monllor, 76, Spanish Catalan sociolinguist.
• Dilip Parikh, 82, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Gujarat (1997–1998).
• Mário Sabino, 47, Brazilian Olympic judoka (2000, 2004), shot.
• Humayun Kabir Sadhu, 37, Bangladeshi television director, screenwriter and actor, stroke.
• Vittorio Seghezzi, 95, Italian racing cyclist.
• Kafil Uddin Sonar, 75, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1988–1990).
• Carlo Strenger, 61, Swiss-Israeli psychologist and philosopher.
• Joe Sun, 76, American country singer ("Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You").
• Don Valentine, 87, American venture capitalist (Sequoia Capital).
• Janko Vučinić, 53, Montenegrin boxer and politician, MP (since 2012) and President of the Workers' Party (since 2015).
• Rudolf G. Wagner, 77, German sinologist.
• Janet Yee, 85, Singaporean social worker.

26

• Paul André Albert, 93, American metallurgist.
• Paul Barrere, 71, American rock singer and guitarist (Little Feat), liver cancer.
• Enriqueta Basilio, 71, Mexican Olympic sprinter and hurdler (1968).
• Clinton Bernard, 89, Trinidadian judge, Chief Justice (1985–1995).
• Raymond Ward Bissell, 83, American art historian.
• Daniel W. Dobberpuhl, 74, American electrical engineer.
• Jack Dunnett, 97, British politician and football administrator, MP for Nottingham Central (1964–1974) and Nottingham East (1974–1983).
• Robert Evans, 89, American film producer (Chinatown, Marathon Man) and studio executive (Paramount Pictures).
• Gao Di, 91, Chinese politician, Communist Party Secretary of Jilin.
• Thangeswary Kathiraman, 67, Sri Lankan politician, MP (2004–2010).
• Mārtiņš Ķibilds, 45, Latvian journalist and television host (Gribi būt miljonārs?).
• Chuck Meriwether, 63, American baseball umpire, cancer.
• V. Nanammal, 99, Indian yoga teacher, complications from a fall.
• Pan Handian, 98, Chinese legal scholar and translator (Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation).
• Gregory E. Pyle, 70, American politician, Chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (1997–2014).
• Pascale Roberts, 89, French actress (The Women Couldn't Care Less, The Sleeping Car Murders, Plus belle la vie).
• Thaddeus Seymour, 91, American academic.
• John Stauffer, 94, American politician.
• John D. Turner, 81, American historian.
• Hiromi Yoshida, 70, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (since 2001), brain cancer.

27

• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 48, Iraqi insurgent and cleric, Emir of the Islamic State of Iraq (2010–2013) and Leader of ISIL (since 2013), suicide by explosive vest.
• Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir, Saudi spokesman of ISIL (since 2016), airstrike.
• Roger Ballenger, 69, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (2006–2014), melanoma.
• Vladimir Bukovsky, 76, Russian-born British human rights activist and political dissident, heart attack.
• Tim Chambers, 54, American college baseball coach (UNLV Rebels).
• Stephen P. Cohen, 83, American political scientist and security expert.
• John Conyers, 90, American politician, Dean (2015–2017) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1965–2017).
• Kelly C. Crabb, 72, American sports and entertainment lawyer.
• John Crncich, 94, Canadian football player.
• Cécile Goldet, 105, French physician and politician, senator (1979–1984).
• Humayun Kabir, 67, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, deputy minister, MP (1986–1990), heart attack.
• Guido Lauri, 96, Italian dancer and choreographer.
• Johanna Lindsey, 67, American novelist (Fires of Winter, Hearts Aflame), complications of treatment for lung cancer.
• Ivan Milat, 74, Australian serial killer (backpacker murders), oesophageal and stomach cancer.
• Anne Phelan, 71, Australian actress (Bellbird, Prisoner, Winners & Losers).
• Sir Malcolm Ross, 76, British royal courtier, Master of the Household of the Prince of Wales (2006–2008).
• Vladimir Rubin, 95, Russian composer, People’s Artist (1995).
• Kamal Sharma, 49, Indian politician, heart attack.
• Mary Spiller, 95, British horticulturist and teacher.
• Hans-Peter Uhl, 75, German politician, MP (1998–2017).
• Xi Enting, 73, Chinese table tennis player, world champion (1973), thoracic aortic rupture.

28

• Safaa Al Sarai, 26, Iraqi human rights activist.
• Annick Alane, 94, French actress (Hibernatus, Pour la peau d'un flic, Three Men and a Cradle).
• Al Bianchi, 87, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers), coach (Seattle SuperSonics) and general manager (New York Knicks).
• Alfred L. Bright, 79, American artist and educator.
• Glen Cavaliero, 92, English poet and literary critic.
• Jean-Gabriel Diarra, 74, Malian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San (since 1987).
• Ron Dunlap, 72, American basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv).
• Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, 69, Greek-born American chemical engineer, cancer.
• Art Foley, 90, Irish hurler (Wexford).
• Kay Hagan, 66, American politician, U.S. Senator (2009–2015), complications from Powassan virus.
• Piyare Jain, 97, Indian particle physicist.
• Zoltán Jeney, 76, Hungarian composer.
• Dean L. Larsen, 92, American Mormon historian.
• Mao Kao-wen, 83, Taiwanese chemist, politician, and diplomat, Minister of Education (1987–1993).
• Ken McCracken, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team), prostate cancer.
• Bert Mozley, 96, English footballer (Derby County, national team).
• Toivo Salonen, 86, Finnish speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
• Keith Schellenberg, 90, British Olympic bobsledder and luger (1956, 1964).
• John Walker, 82, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (since 2011).

29

• Gerald Baliles, 79, American politician, Governor (1986–1990) and Attorney General of Virginia (1982–1985), member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1976–1982), renal cell carcinoma.
• David Bostock, 83, British philosopher.
• Cong Weixi, 86, Chinese author.
• Claude Constantino, 80, Senegalese Olympic basketball player (1968).
• Kees Driehuis, 67, Dutch television presenter, cancer.
• Pat Griffin, 75, Irish Gaelic footballer (Kerry).
• Hiroshi Kashiwagi, 96, American poet, playwright and actor.
• Johnny Joyce, 82, Irish football player (Dublin GAA).
• Richard Lennon, 72, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cleveland (2006–2016).
• Mustapha Matura, 79, Trinidadian playwright.
• Epineri Naituku, 56, Fijian rugby union player (national team).
• Ignazio Paleari, 65, Italian racing cyclist.
• Charlie Taaffe, 69, American football coach (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes, Army Black Knights), cancer.
• John Witherspoon, 77, American actor (Friday, The Wayans Bros., The Boondocks), heart attack.

30

• Russell Brookes, 74, British rally driver, British Rally champion (1977, 1985).
• Georges Courtès, 94, French astronomer.
• Paul Crosby, 30, American basketball player (Mississippi Valley State, Minas), traffic collision.
• Ron Fairly, 81, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos) and broadcaster (Seattle Mariners).
• Beatrice Faust, 80, Australian author and women's activist.
• Paul Geis, 66, American Olympic long-distance runner (1976).
• Frank Giles, 100, British journalist and historian, editor of The Sunday Times (1981–1983).
• Jim Gregory, 83, Canadian ice hockey coach (Toronto Marlboros) and executive (Toronto Maple Leafs).
• William J. Hughes, 87, American politician and diplomat, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1995), ambassador to Panama (1995–1998).
• Francis Xavier Irwin, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (1996–2009).
• Sam Jankovich, 84, American sports administrator.
• Mobolaji Johnson, 83, Nigerian military officer, Governor of Lagos State (1967–1975).
• Bernard Slade, 89, Canadian playwright (Same Time, Next Year) and screenwriter (The Flying Nun, The Partridge Family), complications from Lewy body dementia.
• Azam Taleghani, 76, Iranian politician and journalist, MP (1980–1984).
• J. Bob Traxler, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1974–1993) and Michigan House of Representatives (1962–1974).
• Ercílio Turco, 81, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Limeira (1989–2002) and Osasco (2002–2014), cancer.
• N. Venkatachala, 89, Indian judge, member of the Supreme Court (1992–1995).
• Paul Whelan, 75, Australian politician, NSW Minister for Police (1995–2001).

31

• Ebrahim Abadi, 85, Iranian actor (Mokhtarnameh, On Tiptoes, Grand Cinema).
• Anil Adhikari, 70, Indian politician, MLA (since 2011), cancer.
• Robert I. Berdon, 89, American justice, Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1991–1999).
• Enrico Braggiotti, 96, Monegasque banker, President of the Banca Commerciale Italiana (1988–1990).
• Tarania Clarke, 20, Jamaican footballer (Waterhouse, national team), stabbed.
• Ann Crumb, 69, American actress (Anna Karenina) and singer, ovarian cancer.
• Gurudas Dasgupta, 82, Indian politician, MP (1985–2000, 2004–2014), lung cancer.
• Noble Frankland, 97, British historian.
• Geetanjali, 72, Indian actress (Seetharama Kalyanam, Murali Krishna, Kalam Marindi), cardiac arrest.
• Florence Giorgetti, 75, French actress (La Grande Bouffe, The Lacemaker, Pepe Carvalho).
• Champak Jain, 52, Indian film producer (Khiladi, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Josh).
• Tom MacIntyre, 87, Irish writer and poet.
• Raju Mavani, 62, Indian film producer, director, actor and screenplay writer, cancer.
• Roger Morin, 78, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Biloxi (2009–2016).
• Amjad Nasser, 64, Jordanian writer and poet.
• Jack O'Dell, 96, American civil rights activist.
• Silvio Padoin, 89, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pozzuoli (1993–2005).
• Ren Xuefeng, 54, Chinese politician, Party Secretary of Guangzhou (2014–2018), Deputy Party Secretary of Chongqing (since 2018), fall.
• Giannis Spanos, 85, Greek composer.
• Vito Trause, 94, American soldier and prisoner of war.
• Antoon van der Steen, 83, Dutch racing cyclist.