Deaths in May 2020

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2020.

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

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

May 2020

1

• Mathew Anikuzhikattil, 77, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Idukki (2003–2018).
• Allah Yar Ansari, 77, Pakistani politician, MPA (1997–1999), COVID-19.
• Beth Ashley, 93, American author and columnist.
• Else Blangsted, 99, German-born American music editor (The Goonies, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, The Color Purple).
• Chung Hae-won, 60, South Korean football player (Daewoo Royals, national team) and manager (Jeonnam Dragons), liver cancer.
• Gilbert Luis R. Centina III, 72, Filipino-American Roman Catholic poet, complications from COVID-19.
• Lajos Engler, 91, Serbian basketball player (Partizan, Proleter Zrenjanin).
• Judith Esser-Mittag, 98, German gynecologist.
• Ruy Fausto, 85, Brazilian philosopher, heart attack.
• Deb Foskey, 70, Australian politician, ACT MLA (2004–2008), lung cancer.
• Anne Heaton, 89, British ballet dancer.
• Ben Hoekendijk, 81, Dutch evangelist.
• Christophe Keckeis, 75, Swiss lieutenant general, Chief of the General Staff (2003) and Armed Forces (2004–2007).
• Matt Keough, 64, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics), pulmonary embolism.
• Silvia Legrand, 93, Argentine actress (Educating Niní, Seven Women).
• África Lorente Castillo, 65, Spanish politician, member of the Catalan parliament (1984–1988), COVID-19.
• Augustine Mahiga, 74, Tanzanian diplomat and politician, Minister of Justice (since 2019) and Permanent Representative to the UN (2003–2010).
• Elaine McCart, 91, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1975–1976).
• Francis Megahy, 85, British film director (The Great Riviera Bank Robbery, Taffin), cancer.
• Patrick D. Miller, 84, American biblical scholar.
• Benjamín Moreno, 65, Spanish footballer (Leganés).
• Dolf Niezen, 94, Dutch footballer (ADO).
• Derek Ogg, 65, Scottish lawyer.
• Patrick W. O'Reilly, 95, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1955–1956).
• Louis Pastore, 88, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate (1971–1976).
• Reuben Perach, 87, Israeli Olympic basketball player (1952).
• Tony Rand, 80, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (1981–1988, 1995–2009), skin and throat cancer.
• Samuel Rivera, 73, American politician, mayor of Passaic, New Jersey (2001–2008).
• Antonina Ryzhova, 85, Russian volleyball player, world champion (1956, 1960) and Olympic silver medallist (1964).
• Fernando Sandoval, 77, Brazilian Olympic water polo player (1968), complications from COVID-19.
• Simon Schenk, 73, Swiss ice hockey coach (national team) and politician, National Councillor (1994–2011).
• Nancy Stark Smith, 68, American contact improvisation dancer, ovarian cancer.
• Tun Tin, 99, Burmese military officer and politician, Prime Minister (1988).
• Ryan Wetnight, 49, American football player (Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers), stomach cancer.
• Georgios Zaimis, 82, Greek sailor, Olympic champion (1960).
• Pankaj Zaveri, 75, Indian cricketer (Gujarat).
• Sabine Zimmermann, 68, German TV presenter (Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst).

2

• Justa Barrios, American home care worker and labor organizer, COVID-19. (death announced on this date)
• Morris Belzberg, 90, Canadian-born American businessman and sports team owner (Pittsburgh Penguins).
• Sue Bruce-Smith, 62, British film producer, cancer.
• Richie Cole, 72, American jazz saxophonist and composer.
• Jim Cross, 87, American ice hockey player and coach (University of Vermont), complications from COVID-19.
• Maurice Dayan, 85, French psychoanalyst.
• Louis Delsarte, 75, American artist.
• Cady Groves, 30, American singer-songwriter.
• Jimmy Grundy, 97, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1956–1958).
• Shady Habash, 24, Egyptian media producer and political prisoner.
• Jim Henderson, 79, Canadian politician, Ontario MLA (1985–1995), complications from Parkinson's disease and COVID-19.
• Samuel Roger Horchow, 91, American theatre producer (Crazy for You) and mail order executive, cancer.
• Htay Kywe, 68, Burmese politician, MP (since 2016), cancer.
• Idir, 70, Algerian singer, pulmonary disease.
• George Kauffman, 89, American chemist.
• Jonathan Kelly, 72, Irish singer-songwriter.
• Daniel S. Kemp, 83, American organic chemist, COVID-19.
• Bing Liu, 37, American scientist, shot.
• Munir Mangal, 70, Afghan general, commander of the National Police, COVID-19.
• Ralph McGehee, 92, American intelligence officer, COVID-19.
• Bernard Nyarko, Ghanaian actor, colon cancer.
• John Ogilvie, 91, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Leicester City, Mansfield Town), COVID-19.
• Meyer Rubin, 96, American geologist, COVID-19.
• Jan Saxl, 71, Czechoslovak-born British mathematician.
• Gil Schwartz, 68, American humor columnist (Fortune, Esquire), author and television executive (CBS), heart attack.
• Gilbert Sigrist, 82, French pianist.
• Gennadiy Solodov, 85, Russian Olympic racewalker (1960, 1964).
• Jan-Olof Strandberg, 93, Swedish actor (Wild Birds, Last Pair Out, Varning för Jönssonligan).
• Erik Tandberg, 87, Norwegian engineer and space educator.
• Ajay Kumar Tripathi, 62, Indian jurist, Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court (2018–2019) and Judicial Member of Lokpal (since 2019), COVID-19 and heart attack.
• Arif Wazir, 37, Pakistani politician (Pashtun Tahafuz Movement), shot.

3

• Selma Barkham, 93, Canadian maritime historian.
• Mohamed Ben Omar, 55, Nigerien politician, vice-president of the National Assembly (2009–2010, 2011–2016), founder and president of the PSD (since 2015), COVID-19.
• Stefan Burkart, 62, Swiss Olympic sprinter (1992, 1996) and sports coach.
• Paul Cholakis, 91, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
• Q. Todd Dickinson, 67, American lawyer, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (1999–2001).
• Ömer Döngeloğlu, 52, Turkish theologian, writer and broadcaster, COVID-19.
• Rosalind Elias, 90, American operatic mezzo-soprano, heart failure.
• John Ericson, 93, German-born American actor (Bedknobs and Broomsticks, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, Honey West), pneumonia.
• Sir Peter Froggatt, 91, Northern Irish academic administrator and epidemiologist.
• Dave Greenfield, 71, English keyboardist (The Stranglers), heart disease and COVID-19.
• Tendol Gyalzur, 68, Tibetan-Swiss humanitarian, COVID-19.
• Bill Hull, 79, American football player (Dallas Texans).
• Pavle Jovanovic, 43, Serbian-American Olympic bobsledder (2006), suicide.
• Eugene Kostyra, 72, Canadian politician, Manitoba MLA (1981–1988).
• Roy Lester, 96, American football player (West Virginia) and coach (Richard Montgomery, Maryland), complications from COVID-19.
• K. S. Nissar Ahmed, 84, Indian poet and writer, cancer.
• Chanut Piyaoui, 95, Thai hotelier, founder of Dusit International.
• John Ridley, 68, English footballer (Port Vale, Leicester City, Chesterfield).
• Rick Roberson, 72, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers).
• Salty Saltwell, 96, American baseball general manager (Chicago Cubs).
• John Hugh Seiradakis, 72, Greek astronomer, co-founder of the European Astronomical Society, complications from cancer.
• Phil Smith, 88, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1967–1975).
• Frederick C. Tillis, 90, American jazz saxophonist and composer.
• June A. Willenz, 95, American military veterans advocate, heart attack.
• Nancy Workman, 79, American politician, Mayor of Salt Lake County (2000–2004).
• Zhang Qian'er, 91, Chinese chemist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

4

• Aldir Blanc, 73, Brazilian songwriter, COVID-19.
• James Malone Coleman, 90, American Episcopal Bishop of West Tennessee (1994–2001).
• Najaf Daryabandari, 90, Iranian translator and writer.
• Norma Doggett, 94, American actress (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers).
• Baldwin Domingo, 93, American aviation historian and politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1998–2000, 2004–2012).
• Jean Erdman, 104, American dancer and choreographer.
• Maria Galitzine, 31, Luxembourgian-born Russian interior designer and princess, cardiac aneurysm.
• Marvin Hershkowitz, 89, American basketball player.
• Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite, 92, American preservationist, last surviving female Monuments Men, COVID-19.
• Gunnar Larsson, 80, Swedish sports administrator, COVID-19.
• Michael Lucas, 96, Czechoslovakian-born Canadian political activist.
• Michael McClure, 87, American poet and writer, complications from a stroke.
• Flávio Migliaccio, 85, Brazilian film director (The Beggars) and actor (My Home Is Copacabana, The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga), suicide by hanging.
• Anna Mohr, 75, Swedish archaeologist, COVID-19.
• Lorne Munroe, 95, Canadian-born American cellist.
• Garba Nadama, 82, Nigerian politician, Governor of Sokoto (1982–1983).
• Lucila Santos Trujillo, 91, Ecuadorian First Lady (1966–1968).
• Don Shula, 90, American Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Colts) and coach (Miami Dolphins).
• Marion Hartzog Smoak, 103, American politician, Chief of Protocol (1972–1974) and South Carolina state senator (1967–1968).
• Alan Sutherland, 76, New Zealand rugby union player (Marlborough, national team).
• Álvaro Teherán, 54, Colombian basketball player (Baloncesto Málaga, Fort Wayne Fury, KK Olimpija), kidney failure.
• Froilan Tenorio, 80, Northern Marianan politician, Governor (1994–1998) and Resident Representative (1984–1990).
• Dragan Vučić, 64, Macedonian composer and singer, COVID-19.
• Cedric Xulu, 80, South African footballer (AmaZulu F.C.), cancer.
• Greg Zanis, 69, American carpenter and activist, bladder cancer.

5

• Sergei Adian, 89, Russian mathematician (Adian–Rabin theorem).
• Renee Amoore, 67, American politician and health care consultant, deputy chair of the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania (since 1996).
• Sweet Pea Atkinson, 74, American singer (Was (Not Was)), heart attack.
• Brian Axsmith, 57, American paleobotanist, COVID-19.
• Johanna Bassani, 18, Austrian Nordic combined skier, Youth Olympic silver medalist (2020), suicide.
• Wayne Burkes, 90, American politician and lieutenant general, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1976–1980) and Senate (1980–1990).
• Sonny Cox, 82, American saxophonist and basketball coach (King College Prep).
• Max Crellin, 86, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1970–1982).
• John Dallat, 73, Irish politician, MLA (1998–2016, 2017–2020), cancer.
• Claud M. Davis, 95, American engineer.
• Stéphane Dupont, 70, Belgian radio host and producer.
• Michael Friedman, 59, American author and poet, cancer.
• Jan Halvarsson, 77, Swedish cross-county skier, Olympic silver medallist (1968).
• George Henderson, 84, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons (1980–1988).
• Kjell Karlsen, 88, Norwegian composer and bandleader.
• Didi Kempot, 53, Indonesian campursari singer, heart attack.
• Kiing Shooter, 24, American rapper, liver failure reportedly complicated by COVID-19.
• Diran Manoukian, 101, French Olympic field hockey player (1948, 1952, 1960).
• Ann McBride Norton, 75, American activist and businesswoman.
• Azimulhaq Pahalwan, 54, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (since 2012), complications from diabetes.
• Ciro Pessoa, 62, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Titãs, Cabine C), journalist and poet, complications from cancer and COVID-19.
• Thomas Reppetto, 88, American police officer and author.
• Alfred "Uganda" Roberts, 77, American percussionist (Professor Longhair, Dr. John), lung cancer.
• Paulette Sarcey, 96, French resistance fighter.
• Mimmo Sepe, 65, Italian comedian.
• Millie Small, 72, Jamaican singer ("My Boy Lollipop"), stroke.
• J. Denis Summers-Smith, 99, British ornithologist and engineer.
• André Ungar, 90, Hungarian-born British Jewish philosopher.

6

• Jane Alexander, 90, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1965).
• Norbert Balatsch, 92, Austrian choral conductor (Vienna State Opera, Bayreuth Festival), Grammy winner (1981, 2002).
• Hamid Bernaoui, 82, Algerian footballer (USM Alger).
• Sir John Birch, 84, British diplomat, ambassador to Hungary (1989–1995), cancer.
• Chrystelle Trump Bond, 82, American dancer, choreographer and author.
• Dmitry Bosov, 52, Russian natural resource executive, head of supervisory board of HC Sibir Novosibirsk, suicide by gunshot.
• Thomas Clark, 93, American politician, Mayor of Long Beach, California (1975–1980, 1982–1984).
• Paul Doyle, 80, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, California Angels, San Diego Padres).
• Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejía, 57, Salvadoran-born American immigrant, COVID-19.
• Dalit Ezhilmalai, 74, Indian politician, MP (since 1998).
• Barry Farber, 90, American Hall of Fame radio talk show host, linguist, and author.
• Herbert Frankenhauser, 74, German politician, MP (1990–2013).
• Brian Howe, 66, English rock singer (Bad Company), heart attack.
• John Laver, 82, Indian-born British phonetician.
• Jean Le Dû, 82, French linguist.
• Darby McCarthy, 76, Australian jockey.
• Cameron McGlenn, 32, American arena football player (New Orleans VooDoo, Iowa Barnstormers), traffic collision.
• Habibur Rahman Mollah, 78, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1996–2001, since 2008), kidney disease.
• Paddy Molloy, 85–86, Irish hurler (Offaly, Drumcullen).
• Riyaz Naikoo, 35, Indian pro-Pakistani militant, shot.
• Karen Neander, 66, American philosopher, cancer.
• Antonio Piraíno, 91, Chilean Olympic equestrian (1968).
• Leslie Pope, 65, American set decorator (Seabiscuit, Django Unchained, Avengers: Endgame).
• Mary Pratt, 101, American baseball player (Rockford Peaches, Kenosha Comets).
• Nahum Rabinovitch, 92, Canadian-born Israeli Orthodox rabbi and posek, head of Yeshivat Birkat Moshe.
• Jacques Reymond, 69, Swiss ski trainer, COVID-19.
• Vladimir Simonov, 84, Russian design engineer.
• Martin Spellman, 94, American child actor.

7

• Alfonsas Vincentas Ambraziūnas, 86, Lithuanian sculptor (Ninth Fort memorial).
• Maria Teresa Beccari, 69, Sanmarinese politician, Mayor of City of San Marino (2009–2018).
• Steve Blackmore, 58, Welsh rugby union player (national team), brain cancer.
• Brian Bolus, 86, English cricketer (Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, national team).
• Princess Diana of Bourbon-Parma, 87, French royal, COVID-19.
• Daniel Cauchy, 90, French film actor (Bob le flambeur, D'où viens-tu Johnny?, The Troops of St. Tropez) and producer.
• Terry Clark, 101, British Royal Air Force officer (The Few).
• E. Wayne Craven, 89, American art historian, complications from COVID-19.
• Joyce Davidson, 89, Canadian television presenter, COVID-19.
• Peque Gallaga, 76, Filipino film director (Oro, Plata, Mata, Scorpio Nights, Magic Temple), screenwriter and actor, pneumonia.
• İbrahim Gökçek, 41, Turkish bass player (Grup Yorum), starvation following hunger strike.
• Antonio González Pacheco, 73, Spanish Francoist police inspector (Political-Social Brigade), COVID-19.
• Andre Harrell, 59, American record producer, founder of Uptown Records, heart failure.
• Manuel Jove, 78, Spanish businessman, founder of Fadesa.
• Abdiwali Olad Kanyare, 39, Somali footballer (Horseed, national team), shot.
• Margaret Loutit, 90, Australian-born New Zealand microbiologist.
• Daisy Lúcidi, 90, Brazilian actress (Paraíso Tropical, Babilônia, Passione), COVID-19.
• John Macurdy, 91, American operatic bass.
• Cecil Maguire, 90, Irish painter.
• Sylvia Ostry, 92, Canadian economist.
• Darrin Patrick, 49, American author and megachurch pastor, suicide by gunshot.
• Eugenio Ravignani, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (1983–1997) and Trieste (1997–2009).
• Richard Sala, 65, American cartoonist.
• Mike Storen, 84, American basketball executive (Indiana Pacers, Atlanta Hawks), commissioner of the ABA, complications from cancer.
• Arnold Stulce, 95, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1993–1996).
• Ty, 47, British rapper, pneumonia and COVID-19.
• Maks Velo, 84, French-born Albanian artist.
• Carolyn Welch, 97, American figure skater.
• Emile Wijntuin, 95, Surinamese politician, Chairman of the Staten (1973–1975) and of the National Assembly (1975–1980).
• Dan Wood, 73, American soccer coach and golfer.
• Joseph Zhu Baoyu, 98, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nanyang (2002–2010).

8

• Mark Barkan, 85, American songwriter ("Pretty Flamingo", "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)", "She's a Fool").
• Harry Berg, 76, American politician, member of the Montana Senate (1981–1985).
• Lúcia Braga, 85, Brazilian politician, Deputy (1987–1995, 2003–2007), COVID-19.
• Aart Brederode, 78, Dutch Olympic hockey player (1968).
• Tomás Carlovich, 74, Argentine footballer (Rosario Central, Central Córdoba, Independiente Rivadavia), brain injury from fall during beating.
• Jesus Chediak, 78, Brazilian actor, director and producer, COVID-19.
• Sigma Faye Coran, 54, American rabbi, breast cancer.
• J. J. Cribbin, 73, Irish Gaelic footballer (Ballyhaunis, Mayo).
• Vicente André Gomes, 68, Brazilian politician, Deputy (1995–1999), complications from COVID-19.
• Yuri Gryadunov, 90, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Jordan (1990–1992).
• James Hill, 89, New Zealand Olympic rower (1956, 1960).
• Roy Horn, 75, German-American magician (Siegfried & Roy), COVID-19.
• Ben Johnson, 88, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
• Dimitris Kremastinos, 78, Greek politician, MP (2000–2004, 2009–2019) and Minister of Health (1993–1996), COVID-19.
• Adi Kurdi, 71, Indonesian actor (3 Hari Untuk Selamanya, Aku Ingin Menciummu Sekali Saja).
• Byron Mallott, 77, American politician and Tlingit elder, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (2014–2018), heart attack.
• Nancy Morin, 44, Canadian goalball player.
• David Nakdimen, 86, American broadcaster.
• Cécile Rol-Tanguy, 101, French resistance officer.
• Iepe Rubingh, 45, Dutch performance artist, co-founder of chess boxing.
• Thérence Sinunguruza, 60, Burundian politician, MP (2005–2010), Permanent Representative to the UN (1993–1994) and Vice-President (2010–2013).
• Carl Tighe, 70, British author and academic, COVID-19.
• Ritva Valkama, 87, Finnish actress (Häpy Endkö? Eli kuinka Uuno Turhapuro sai niin kauniin ja rikkaan vaimon, Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti, Borrowing Matchsticks).

9

• Johannes Beck, 97, German Jesuit priest and social ethicist, COVID-19.
• Robert Bru, 89, French rugby union coach (Stade Toulousain, RC Narbonne).
• Tony Carrillo, 83, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1963–1969).
• Arthur Dignam, 80, Australian actor (The Devil's Playground, Summer of Secrets, Strange Behavior).
• Georges Domercq, 89, French rugby union referee and politician, mayor of Bellocq (1971–2014).
• Brooks Douglass, 56, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (1990–2002), cancer.
• Freda Gardner, 91, American religion academic.
• Timo Honkela, 57, Finnish computer scientist.
• Carlos José, 85, Brazilian singer-songwriter, complications from COVID-19.
• Kari Karanko, 79, Finnish diplomat.
• Rich Kreitling, 84, American football player (Cleveland Browns).
• Ahmad Kurd, 70, Palestinian politician, mayor of Deir al-Balah (since 2005), stroke.
• Pedro Pablo León, 76, Peruvian footballer (Alianza Lima, Barcelona de Ecuador, national team), pneumonia and kidney failure.
• Little Richard, 87, American Hall of Fame rock and roll singer ("Tutti Frutti", "Long Tall Sally", "Lucille"), pianist and songwriter, bone cancer.
• Winona Littleheart, 64, American professional wrestler and valet (NWA, WWF), kidney disease.
• Kristina Lugn, 71, Swedish poet and writer, member of the Swedish Academy.
• Lidia Marchetti, 80, Italian basketball player.
• Johnny McCarthy, 86, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, St. Louis Hawks, Boston Celtics).
• Abraham Palatnik, 92, Brazilian kinetic artist, COVID-19.
• Jaquelin T. Robertson, 88, American architect and urban planner, Alzheimer's disease.
• Geno Silva, 72, American actor (Scarface, Amistad, Key West), complications from frontotemporal degeneration.
• Sven-Erik Westlin, 86, Swedish Olympic weightlifter (1964).

10

• Aldo Bassi, 58, Italian jazz trumpeter.
• David H. Bayley, 87, American political scientist and criminologist.
• David Corrêa, 82, Brazilian singer-songwriter, kidney failure brought on by COVID-19.
• Lloyd Criss, 79, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1979–1991), anemia.
• Lynn Deas, 67, American bridge player.
• Peter Elsbach, 95, Dutch physician.
• Fritz Gerber, 91, Swiss business executive (Roche Group, Zurich Insurance).
• Sai Gundewar, 42, Indian actor (David, I, Me Aur Main, Baazaar), brain cancer.
• Anna Handzlová, Czech orienteer.
• Trivo Inđić, 82, Serbian political advisor and diplomat, ambassador to Spain (2001–2004).
• Neville Jayaweera, 89, Sri Lankan-English radio executive and civil servant.
• Athar Shah Khan Jaidi, 76, Pakistani writer and actor, complications from a stroke.
• Frances Kinne, 102, American educator, President of Jacksonville University (1979–1989).
• José López Calo, 98, Spanish musicologist and priest.
• Arva Moore Parks McCabe, 81, American historian and preservationist.
• John McKenzie, 65, British bass guitarist.
• Jack Mundey, 90, Australian trade unionist and environmental activist.
• Khairi Nazarova, 90, Tajik actress and politician.
• Nita Pippins, 93, American registered nurse and AIDS activist, COVID-19.
• Sonny Parsons, 61, Filipino actor (Sparrow Unit, Agila) and singer (Hagibis), heart attack.
• Martin Pasko, 65, Canadian-born American comic book writer (Superman, E-Man) and screenwriter (Batman: Mask of the Phantasm).
• Sérgio Sant'Anna, 78, Brazilian writer, COVID-19.
• Djoko Santoso, 67, Indonesian military officer, Army Chief of Staff (2005–2007) and Commander of the Armed Forces (2007–2010), complications from surgery.
• Barbara Sher, 84, American motivational speaker and author.
• Yogendra Singh, 87, Indian sociologist, heart attack.
• John Teerlinck, 69, American football player (San Diego Chargers) and coach (Denver Broncos, Indianapolis Colts).
• Hari Vasudevan, 68, Indian historian, COVID-19.
• Mare Vint, 77, Estonian graphic artist.
• Abdikani Mohamed Wa'ays, Somalian diplomat, Ambassador to Egypt and envoy to the Arab League, COVID-19.
• Betty Wright, 66, American soul and R&B singer ("Clean Up Woman"), Grammy winner (1976), cancer.
• Abraham Yakin, 95, Israeli artist.

11

• Francisco Aguilar, 71, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, national team).
• Alberto Carpani, 64, Italian singer, COVID-19.
• Paloma Cordero, 82, Mexican socialite, First Lady (1982–1988).
• Ewie Cronje, 80, South African cricketer.
• Herbert Dardik, 84, American vascular surgeon.
• Terry Erwin, 79, American entomologist.
• Will Forsyth, 24, English rugby league footballer (Dewsbury Rams), cancer.
• Hutton Gibson, 101, American sedevacantism writer and Holocaust denier.
• Larry Gowell, 72, American baseball player (New York Yankees), heart attack.
• Thorkild Grosbøll, 72, Danish Lutheran clergyman.
• Anne Kernan, 87, Irish particle physicist.
• Christian Kieckens, 69, Belgian architect and photographer.
• Oleg Ivanovich Kovalyov, 71, Russian politician, governor of Ryazan Oblast (2008–2017).
• Moon Martin, 69, American singer-songwriter ("Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)", "X-Ray Vision").
• Doug McKay, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).
• Ann Katharine Mitchell, 97, British cryptanalyst and psychologist, COVID-19.
• Petr Nemšovský, 77, Slovak-born Czech triple jumper.
• Jean Nichol, 75, Canadian singer.
• Ietje Paalman-de Miranda, 85, Surinamese born Dutch mathematician and professor.
• Roland Povinelli, 78, French politician, Senator (2008–2014), mayor of Allauch (since 1975), heart attack.
• James R. Redmond, 91, American zoologist.
• Andrea Rinaldi, 19, Italian footballer (Atalanta), brain aneurysm.
• Gregorio Scalise, 80, Italian poet.
• Zay N. Smith, 71, American journalist (Chicago Sun-Times), lung cancer.
• Thyra Stevenson, 75, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (2012–2014, since 2016), heart attack.
• Jerry Stiller, 92, American actor (Seinfeld, The King of Queens) and comedian (Stiller and Meara).
• Miloslav Stingl, 89, Czech ethnologist and author.
• Susan Subtle, 78, American art curator and columnist.
• Tissa Wijesurendra, 71, Sri Lankan actor (Christhu Charithaya, Dadabima, Rupantharana).
• Don Zimmerman, 70, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).

12

• George Akiyama, 77, Japanese manga artist (Zeni Geba, Haguregumo).
• John Beattie, 87, Australian politician, Tasmanian MHA (1972–1989).
• Frank Bolle, 95, American cartoonist (Winnie Winkle, The Heart of Juliet Jones).
• Guillermo Capobianco Ribera, 74, Bolivian politician.
• Felice Cece, 84, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Teano-Calvi (1984–1989) and Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia (1989–2012).
• Renée Claude, 80, Canadian actress (It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux, Avec un grand A, He Shoots, He Scores) and singer, COVID-19.
• Henriette Conté, Guinean socialite, First Lady (1984–2008).
• Johnnie H. Corns, 84, American lieutenant general.
• Renato Corti, 84, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Novara (1990–2011).
• S. David Freeman, 94, American engineer, author and attorney, chairman of the TVA, NYPA and LADWP, heart attack.
• Richard Gilder, 87, American brokerage executive and philanthropist.
• David Green, 84, English cricketer (Derbyshire).
• Morris Hood III, 54, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2003–2008) and Senate (2011–2018), COVID-19.
• Sisavath Keobounphanh, 92, Laotian military officer and politician, Vice President (1996–1998) and Prime Minister (1998–2001).
• Astrid Kirchherr, 81, German photographer (The Beatles), cancer.
• Claus Larsen, 65, Danish footballer (Køge BK, KB, national team).
• Thomas M. Liggett, 76, American mathematician.
• George Mikell, 91, Lithuanian-Australian actor (Kill Her Gently, The Guns of Navarone, The Great Escape).
• Clarence Mini, 68, South African doctor and human rights activist, COVID-19.
• Radim Novák, 42, Czech footballer (FK Litvínov, FK Ústí nad Labem), pancreatic cancer.
• Michel Piccoli, 94, French actor (La Grande Bouffe, A Leap in the Dark, We Have a Pope), stroke.
• Philippe Redon, 69, French footballer (Stade Rennais, Paris Saint-Germain, Stade Lavallois).
• Carolyn Reidy, 71, American publisher, CEO of Simon & Schuster, heart attack.
• Giulio Savelli, 78, Italian publisher and politician, Deputy (1996–2001).
• Farzad Sharifian, Iranian-born Australian linguist.
• Edin Sprečo, 73, Bosnian footballer (Željezničar, Iskra Bugojno, Yugoslavia national team).
• Aimee Stephens, 59, American funeral director and transgender rights activist, kidney failure.
• Ernest Vinberg, 82, Russian mathematician (Vinberg's algorithm, Koecher–Vinberg theorem), complications from COVID-19.

13

• Afwerki Abraha, 71, Eritrean diplomat, COVID-19.
• Francis Andersen, 94, Australian scholar.
• Ágnes Babos, 76, Hungarian handball player, world champion (1965).
• Gabriel Bacquier, 95, French operatic baritone.
• Anthony Bailey, 87, English writer and art historian, COVID-19.
• Walter Bingham, 89, American sportswriter and golf historian, chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
• Jean Lau Chin, 75, American clinical psychologist, COVID-19.
• Tom Cox, 57, American football player.
• Jack Delveaux, 83, American football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
• Gérard Dionne, 100, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Edmundston (1983–1993).
• Malibongwe Gcwabe, 55, South African gospel singer, asthma attack.
• Gaetano Gorgoni, 86, Italian politician, Deputy (1983–1994).
• Rolf Hochhuth, 89, German author and playwright (The Deputy).
• Riad Ismat, 72, Syrian writer and theatre director, Minister of Culture (2010–2012), COVID-19.
• Shobushi Kanji, 28, Japanese sumo wrestler, COVID-19-related pneumonia.
• Chedli Klibi, 94, Tunisian politician, Minister of Culture (1961–1970, 1971–1973, 1976–1978) and Secretary General of the Arab League (1979–1990).
• Giorgio Kutufà, 72, Italian politician, President of the province of Livorno (2004–2014).
• Derek Lawrence, 78, English record producer (Deep Purple, Wishbone Ash).
• Clive Limpkin, 82, British photojournalist.
• Keith Lyons, 68, Welsh-born Australian sports scientist.
• Michael Madhu, 50, Indian actor (Bhajarangi, Shhh!, Ashwamedha), heart attack.
• John O'Brien, 88, Australian Olympic water polo player (1956, 1960).
• Jeremiah F. O'Connor, 86, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1966–1968), Bergen County Freeholder (1975–1980).
• Garland Shifflett, 85, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins).
• Patrick Simon, 64, French politician, Mayor of Villers-Bretonneux (since 2008), advocate of Australia–France relations, COVID-19.
• Andy Thompson, 57, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2011–2018).
• Yoshio, 70, Mexican singer, COVID-19.
• Daren Zenner, 48, Canadian-American boxer.

14

• Anisuzzaman, 83, Bangladeshi academic, COVID-19.
• Tessie Aquino-Oreta, 75, Filipino politician, MP (1987–2004).
• Berith Bohm, 87, Swedish operatic soprano.
• Bertram S. Brown, 89, American psychiatrist, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (1970–1977), cardiovascular disease.
• Guido Cerniglia, 81, Italian actor (The Scientific Cardplayer, Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno, Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno).
• Hans Cohen, 97, Dutch microbiologist, COVID-19.
• Tony Coll, 70, New Zealand rugby league player (West Coast, national team), heart attack.
• Dalila Ennadre, 53, Moroccan film director (J'ai tant aimé...).
• Ingvar Ericsson, 92, Swedish Olympic runner (1952, 1956).
• Phyllis George, 70, American sportscaster (The NFL Today), First Lady of Kentucky (1979–1983), and beauty queen (Miss America 1971), polycythemia vera.
• Joey Giambra, 86, American jazz musician, playwright and actor, COVID-19.
• Henryk Jaskuła, 96, Polish yachtsman.
• Albert Krieger, 96, American defense lawyer.
• Attila Ladinszky, 70, Hungarian footballer (Tatabánya, Feyenoord, Anderlecht), heart attack.
• Ray Land, 89, Australian Olympic sprinter (1956).
• Ronald Ludington, 85, American figure skater, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).
• Khalid Mahmood, 94, Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer, complications from a broken hip.
• Bhabani Charan Pattanayak, 98, Indian politician, MP (1961–1972, 1978–1984).
• Pepper Rodgers, 88, American football player and coach (Kansas Jayhawks, UCLA Bruins, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets), complications from a fall.
• Sally Rowley, 88, American jeweler and civil rights activist, COVID-19.
• Debesh Roy, 83, Indian writer, cardiac arrest.
• Jorge Santana, 68, Mexican guitarist (Malo).
• Ronald J. Shurer, 41, American army medic, recipient of Medal of Honor, complications from lung cancer.
• William W. Snavely, 100, American Air Force lieutenant general.
• Michel Souplet, 91, French politician, Senator (1983–2001).
• Czesław Stanula, 80, Polish-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Floresta (1989–1997) and Itabuna (1997–2017).
• Jim Tucker, 87, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals, Harlem Globetrotters), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Bob Watson, 74, American baseball player (Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves) and executive (New York Yankees), kidney disease.
• Larry W. Womble, 78, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1994–2012).

15

• José Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa, 39, Mexican cartel leader, shot.
• Gurdas Singh Badal, 88, Indian politician, MP (1971–1977).
• Frank Bielec, 72, American interior designer (Trading Spaces, While You Were Out), heart attack.
• Herbert Blendinger, 84, Austrian composer and violist.
• Claes Borgström, 75, Swedish lawyer and politician, Equality Ombudsman (2000–2007), COVID-19.
• Ezio Bosso, 48, Italian composer (I'm Not Scared), pianist and conductor, neurodegenerative illness.
• Bob Cline, 87, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1971–1981).
• Denny DeMarchi, 57, Canadian multi-instrumentalist (Alias, Killer Bee, The Cranberries), cancer.
• Sergio Denis, 71, Argentine singer, songwriter and actor, complications from a fall.
• Paddy Fenning, 69, Irish Gaelic footballer (Tullamore, Offaly), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Juan Genovés, 89, Spanish painter and graphic artist.
• Ernie Gonzalez, 59, American golfer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Bruno Graf, 66, Swiss footballer (FC Basel), cancer.
• Mitch Greenlick, 85, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (since 2003).
• Shri Krishna Joshi, 84, Indian physicist.
• Frederick Kantor, 77, American physicist and inventor.
• Allen Lee, 80, Hong Kong industrialist and politician, member of the Legislative Council (1978–1998) and Chairman of the Liberal Party (1993–1998).
• Sergio Marchant, 58, Chilean football player (Arturo Fernández Vial, Antofagasta, national team) and manager.
• Phil May, 75, English singer (The Pretty Things), complications following hip surgery.
• Paul McCurrie, 91, American politician, New Jersey assemblyman (1962–1964).
• Rick Muru, 69, New Zealand rugby league player (Waikato, national team).
• Franco Nenci, 85, Italian boxer, Olympic silver medallist (1956).
• Tom O'Donoghue, 79, Irish hurler.
• John Palmer, 77, Canadian theatre and film director.
• Sandro Petrone, 66, Italian journalist, lung cancer.
• Henrik Pontén, 54, Swedish jurist, complications from a traffic collision.
• Muthappa Rai, 68, Indian restaurateur, brain cancer.
• Olga Savary, 86, Brazilian writer and poet.
• Ralph Sorenson, 93, Canadian politician, cancer.
• Steve Spray, 79, American golfer.
• Henri Vergon, 51, Belgian-born art dealer, heart attack.
• Fred Willard, 86, American actor (Best in Show, Fernwood 2 Night, Modern Family) and comedian, heart attack.
• Ye Yonglie, 79, Chinese writer.

16

• Julio Anguita, 78, Spanish politician, Secretary General of the Communist Party (1988–1998), mayor of Córdoba (1979–1986) and coordinator of United Left (1989–2000), heart attack.
• Larry Aubry, 86, American columnist and activist.
• Rodger Bird, 76, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Kentucky Wildcats).
• Gerard Brady, 83, Irish politician, Minister for Education (1982) and TD (1977–1992).
• Émile Chaline, 98, French admiral and resistance fighter.
• Chung Chao-cheng, 95, Taiwanese writer.
• Mário Chermont, 83, Brazilian politician, COVID-19.
• Laurie Craker, 67, English football player (Watford, Hayes) and manager (Flackwell Heath), cancer.
• Jacques Crevoisier, 72, French football coach, cardiac arrest.
• Cliff Eyland, 65, Canadian painter and writer.
• Frances Goldin, 95, American housing rights activist and literary agent.
• Eusebio Grados, 66, Peruvian huayno singer, cardiac arrest.
• Mizban Khadr al-Hadi, 81, Iraqi military officer, member of the Revolutionary Command Council (1991–2001).
• Him Chhem, 82, Cambodian politician, MP (since 2003).
• Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, 91, American White House butler and staffer (1957–2012), COVID-19.
• Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, 67, Iranian politician, Minister of Commerce (1980–1981) and representative to OPEC (1995–2008, since 2013), brain haemorrhage.
• James Gordon Kelly, 90, American psychologist.
• Raine Loo, 75, Estonian actress (Georg).
• Michael McCaskey, 76, American sports executive, president of the Chicago Bears (1983–1999), leukemia.
• Monique Mercure, 89, Canadian actress (Naked Lunch, The Red Violin, J.A. Martin Photographer), cancer.
• René Moreu, 99, French painter and illustrator.
• A. T. Pathrose, 88, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (1965).
• Pilar Pellicer, 82, Mexican actress (The Life of Agustín Lara, Day of the Evil Gun, La Choca), COVID-19.
• Constantin Radu, 75, Romanian footballer (Argeș Pitești).
• Azad Rahman, 76, Bangladeshi composer.
• Gene Rossides, 92, American politician and football player (Columbia Lions).
• Lynn Shelton, 54, American film and television director (Humpday, Your Sister's Sister, Fresh Off the Boat), blood disorder.
• Chuck Sieminski, 79, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons).
• Arthur Summons, 84, Australian rugby football player (Western Suburbs, national rugby league and rugby union team), namesake of the Provan-Summons Trophy.
• László Szabó, 85, Hungarian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
• Donn Trenner, 93, American jazz pianist.
• K. Varadarajan, 73, Indian politician.
• Jon Whiteley, 75, Scottish child actor (The Kidnappers, The Spanish Gardener) and historian.
• Tony Yates, 82, American college basketball player and coach (Cincinnati Bearcats).
• Donald Yeagley, 100, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1959–1963) and Senate (1963–1965).

17

• Wilson Braga, 88, Brazilian politician, Paraíba MLA (1955–1967, 2011–2015), Deputy (1967–1982, 1995–2003, 2007–2011) and Governor of Paraíba (1983–1987), COVID-19.
• José Cutileiro, 85, Portuguese diplomat and writer, Secretary General of the Western European Union (1994–1999).
• Du Wei, 57, Chinese diplomat, ambassador to Ukraine (2016–2020) and Israel (since 2020).
• Vormsi Enn, 76, Estonian esotericist.
• Hermann Fellner, 69, German politician, MP (1980–1990), heart attack.
• Colin Franklin, 96, English writer and bibliographer.
• Shad Gaspard, 39, American professional wrestler (WWE) and actor (Get Hard, From Dusk till Dawn: The Series), drowning.
• Hans-Joachim Gelberg, 89, German writer and publisher.
• Cornel Georgescu, 64, Romanian football player and coach.
• Ernest W. Gibson III, 92, American politician and jurist, Vermont state representative (1961–1963) and Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court (1983–1997).
• Aleksandra Kornhauser Frazer, 93, Slovenian chemist.
• Tatjana Lematschko, 72, Russian chess player.
• Ratnakar Matkari, 81, Indian writer and film producer, COVID-19.
• Mercedes Mendoza Suasti, 93, Ecuadorian pasillo singer.
• Lucky Peterson, 55, American blues singer, keyboardist and guitarist.
• Ken Retzer, 86, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
• George Brian Sinclair, 91, British army officer.
• Peter Thomas, 94, German composer.
• Sean Tyla, 73, English rock musician (Ducks Deluxe) and singer-songwriter.
• William Whitehall, 85, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1983–1987).
• Yuri Zisser, 59, Belarusian web services executive, founder and owner of Tut.By.

18

• Allan Acosta, 95, American engineer.
• Minkailu Bah, Sierra Leonean politician.
• Massimo Berta, 71, Italian footballer (Alessandria, Sambenedettese, Reggio Audace).
• Karen Blumenthal, 61, American business journalist and author, heart attack.
• Philip Bromberg, 89, American psychoanalyst.
• Antonio Colomban, 88, Italian football player and manager (Messina), heart attack.
• Mujibur Rahman Devdas, 90, Bangladeshi political activist and mathematician.
• Marko Elsner, 60, Slovenian footballer (Red Star Belgrade, Nice, Yugoslavia national team).
• Ronald T. Farrar, 84, American journalist and academic.
• Jesse Freitas Sr., 99, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Rockets, Buffalo Bills), cancer.
• Rae Johnson, 67, Canadian painter, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Saleh Abdullah Kamel, 79, Saudi Arabian conglomerate and banking executive, founder of Dallah Al-Baraka.
• Leonard Levitt, 79, American crime reporter, lung cancer.
• Vincent Malone, 88, English Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool (1989–2006), COVID-19.
• Bill Olner, 78, British politician, MP (1992–2010), COVID-19.
• Ken Osmond, 76, American actor (Leave It to Beaver, The New Leave It to Beaver) and police officer (Los Angeles Police Department), complications from COPD.
• Michelle Rossignol, 80, Canadian actress (Once Upon a Time in the East, Beyond Forty, You).
• Susan Rothenberg, 75, American painter.
• James Sherwood, 86, American-born British shipping executive.
• Raman Pratap Singh, 69, Fijian politician, president of the National Federation Party (2005–2014).
• Craig Welch, 71, Canadian animator (No Problem, How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels), COVID-19.
• Fred Wendt, 95, American football player (UTEP Miners).
• Ben Williams, 65, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Ole Miss Rebels).
• Willie K, 59, American singer and ukulele player, lung cancer.

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• Richard Anuszkiewicz, 89, American artist.
• Ken Burmeister, 72, American college basketball coach (Loyola Ramblers, UTSA Roadrunners, Incarnate Word Cardinals), cancer.
• Peter Day, 81, British chemist.
• Annie Glenn, 100, American disability rights activist and philanthropist, complications from COVID-19.
• Chuck Graham, 55, American politician, member of the Missouri Senate (2005–2009) and House of Representatives (1997–2005), heart attack.
• Carlos Jirón, 65, Nicaraguan politician, member of the National Assembly, complications from diabetes.
• Peter Kiilu, Kenyan politician, MP (2007–2013).
• Arvid Torgeir Lie, 81, Norwegian writer and poet.
• Charley Lippincott, 80, American film marketing publicist, complications from a heart attack.
• Stacey Milbern, 33, American disability rights activist, complications following surgery.
• Ken Nightingall, 92, British film sound engineer (For Your Eyes Only, A View to a Kill, Octopussy), COVID-19.
• Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri, 78, Indian Islamic scholar.
• Mary-Anne Plaatjies van Huffel, 60, South African pastor and academic, complications from surgery.
• Salah Stétié, 90, Lebanese writer and poet.
• John W. Turnbull, 84, Canadian politician.
• Gil Vianna, 54, Brazilian politician, complications from COVID-19.
• Ravi Zacharias, 74, Indian-born Canadian-American Christian apologist, spine cancer.

20

• Syed Fazal Agha, 78, Pakistani politician, Governor of Balochistan (1999), COVID-19.
• Emma Amos, 83, American painter and printmaker, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Joe Beauchamp, 76, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
• Anthony DiGiorgio, 79, American academic administrator, president of Winthrop University (1989–2013), pulmonary embolism.
• Stephen A. DiMauro, 87, American jockey, horse breeder and trainer (Lady Pitt, Dearly Precious, Wajima), cancer.
• Denis Farkasfalvy, 83, Hungarian-American Roman Catholic priest and theologian, COVID-19.
• Ronald Giere, 82, American philosopher.
• Malin Gjörup, 56, Swedish actress (Hello Baby) and operatic mezzo-soprano, cerebral haemorrhage.
• Wolfgang Gunkel, 72, German rower, Olympic champion (1972).
• Juan Justo Amaro, 89, Uruguayan politician, Senator (2005–2010) and Deputy (1971–1973, 1985–1994).
• William J. Keating, 93, American law firm executive and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1971–1974).
• Wilbur MacDonald, 86, Canadian politician, MP (1979–1980).
• Karl-Göran Mäler, 81, Swedish environmental economist.
• Margaret Maughan, 91, British archer, swimmer and lawn bowler, Paralympic champion (1960, 1972).
• Adolfo Nicolás, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic priest, Superior General of the Society of Jesus (2008–2016).
• Howard C. Nielson, 95, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1991), Utah House of Representatives (1967–1975) and Senate (1997–2000).
• Shaheen Raza, 60, Pakistani politician, Punjab MPA (since 2018), COVID-19.
• George T. Ross, 70, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2011–2013).
• Gemma Salem, 76, Turkish-born Swiss writer.
• Dan Simkovitch, 66, French actress (Les Mystères de l'amour, L'Opération Corned-Beef).
• Trevor Stewart, 80, Australian cricketer (Queensland).
• Gianfranco Terenzi, 79, Sammarinese politician, Captain Regent (1987–1988, 2000–2001, 2006, 2014–2015), traffic collision.
• Hector Thompson, 70, Australian Hall of Fame boxer.
• Surapong Tovichakchaikul, 67, Thai politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2012–2014) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2011–2014), liver cancer.
• Rakesh Verma, 59, Indian politician, Himachal Pradesh MLA, cardiac arrest.
• Wan Weixing, 62, Chinese space physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

21

• Bobby Digital, 59, Jamaican reggae and dancehall producer.
• Mamoon al-Farkh, 62, Syrian actor (Bab Al-Hara), heart attack.
• Alexander Gerasimov, 61, Russian ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1984).
• Neil Howlett, 85, English operatic baritone.
• Lluís Juste de Nin, 75, Spanish cartoonist and fashion designer (Armand Basi), cancer.
• Markus Klaer, 51, German engineer and politician, member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (2011–2016, since 2019).
• Arnulf Kolstad, 78, Norwegian social psychologist.
• Sergey Kramarenko, 97, Russian Air Force officer, Hero of the Soviet Union.
• Lew Byong-hyun, 95, South Korean military officer and diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1982–1985).
• Lawrence Lindemer, 98, American politician and jurist, Michigan state representative (1951–1952) and Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1975–1977.
• Maamaloa Lolohea, 51, Tongan Olympic weightlifter (2008).
• Alan Merten, 78, American academic administrator, president of George Mason University (1996–2012), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Shirley McKague, 84, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1996–2007) and Senate (2007–2012).
• Freddy Michalski, 73, French translator.
• Roberto Moya, 55, Cuban athlete, Olympic bronze medallist (1992).
• Julitta Münch, 60, German television presenter (WDR).
• John Murphy, 72, Irish Gaelic football player and manager.
• Merlin Nunn, 89, Canadian judge, chief justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court (1982–2005).
• Héctor Ochoa, 77, Argentine Olympic footballer (1964).
• Jörg Ohm, 76, German footballer (1. FC Magdeburg, FC Sachsen Leipzig).
• David Pawson, 90, English evangelical minister.
• Kamrun Nahar Putul, Bangladeshi politician, COVID-19.
• Gerhard Strack, 64, German footballer (1. FC Köln, FC Basel, national team), heart attack.
• Oliver E. Williamson, 87, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (2009), complications from pneumonia.
• Douglas Tyndall Wright, 92, Canadian engineer and academic administrator, President of the University of Waterloo (1981–1993).
• John Zdechlik, 83, American composer.

22

• Zara Abid, 28, Pakistani model and actress (Chaudhry – The Martyr), plane crash.
• Antonio Bonet Correa, 94, Spanish art historian.
• André Cartier, 74, Canadian actor (Bound for Glory, Passe-Partout).
• Heather Chasen, 92, British actress (Cat Run, Les Misérables).
• Peter Harold Cole, 83, Australian electronic engineer.
• Ashley Cooper, 83, Australian tennis player, four-time Grand Slam tournament singles champion, Australian Open (1957, 1958), US Open (1958), Wimbledon (1958).
• Denise Cronenberg, 81, Canadian costume designer (The Fly, A History of Violence, Crash).
• Robb Forman Dew, 73, American writer, complications from endocarditis.
• Nancy Harrington, 94, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1974–1976).
• Adam Henein, 91, Egyptian sculptor.
• José Jacinto Hidalgo, 77, Venezuelan Olympic sprinter (1968).
• Francine Holley, 100, Belgian-born French painter.
• Mory Kanté, 70, Guinean singer and kora player ("Yé ké yé ké").
• Jack Klotz, 87, American football player (New York Titans, San Diego Chargers, New York Jets, Houston Oilers).
• William Lyon, 97, American major general.
• Anatoliy Matviyenko, 67, Ukrainian politician, Governor of Vinnytsia Oblast (1996–1998) and Deputy (1990–1994, 1998–2012, 2014–2019).
• Albert Memmi, 99, Tunisian-born French writer and essayist.
• Miljan Mrdaković, 38, Serbian footballer (Metalist Kharkiv, OFK Beograd, Maccabi Tel Aviv), suicide.
• Cristina Pezzoli, 56, Italian theatre director.
• Hecky Powell, 72, American businessman, philanthropist and community leader, COVID-19.
• Saturn, 83–84, American-born alligator (Berlin Zoological Garden, Battle of Berlin, Moscow Zoo).
• Peter Schiller, 62, German Olympic ice hockey player (1988), heart failure.
• Luigi Simoni, 81, Italian football player (Brescia) and manager (Napoli, Inter Milan), complications from a stroke.
• Naipal Singh, 79, Indian politician, MP (2014–2019), cardiac arrest.
• Jerry Sloan, 78, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls) and Hall of Fame coach (Utah Jazz), complications from Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia.
• Dave Smith, 73, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Oilers, Kansas City Chiefs).
• Richard Timberlake, 97, American economist.

23

• Alberto Alesina, 63, Italian political economist, heart attack.
• Richard Byerly, 81, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1973–1983).
• Maria Velho da Costa, 81, Portuguese writer (New Portuguese Letters).
• Kåre Dæhlen, 93, Norwegian diplomat.
• Valeriy Davydenko, 47, Ukrainian politician, Deputy (since 2014), shot.
• John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton, 94, British politician, member of the House of Lords (1983–2015), MP (1954–1983).
• Jennie Erdal, 69, Scottish novelist, melanoma.
• Hana Kimura, 22, Japanese professional wrestler (Stardom, Wrestle-1) and reality TV personality (Terrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020), suicide by hydrogen sulfide.
• Fabrice Lepaul, 43, French footballer (Auxerre, Saint-Étienne, Colmar), traffic collision.
• Robert F. Mager, 96, American psychologist and author.
• Jitendra Nath Pande, 79, Indian physician, COVID-19.
• Brian Sharoff, 77, American politician and manufacturing executive, member of the New York State Assembly (1971–1976).
• Eddie Sutton, 84, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach (Arkansas Razorbacks, Kentucky Wildcats, Oklahoma State Cowboys).
• Johann Weber, 93, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Graz-Seckau (1969–2001).
• Bryan Wharton, 86, British photographer.
• Edward A. Wilkinson, 86, American rear admiral.

24

• Tom Arie, 86, Czech-born British psychiatrist.
• Joe Bertram, 63, American politician.
• Mukar Cholponbayev, 70, Kyrgyz politician, speaker of the Supreme Council (1995–1996), COVID-19.
• Jimmy Cobb, 91, American jazz drummer (Miles Davis Quintet), lung cancer.
• Jean-Loup Dabadie, 81, French journalist and screenwriter (Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me, Courage fuyons, Clara et les Chics Types).
• Warren DeBoer, 74, American anthropologist, esophageal cancer.
• Arthur Dehaine, 87, French politician, Deputy (1976–1981, 1986–2002), mayor of Senlis (1974–2008).
• Carlo Durante, 73, Italian marathon runner, Paralympic champion (1992), heart attack.
• José Figueroa, 60, Honduran footballer (Real Murcia, Hércules, national team).
• Mockbul Hossain, 70, Bangladeshi teaching hospital executive and politician, MP (1996–2001), COVID-19.
• Robert K. Jaedicke, 91, American academic, Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business (1983–1990).
• Hussain Ahmad Kanjo, Pakistani politician, Minister of Science and Technology (2002–2007), COVID-19.
• Ron Landry, 76, American politician, member of the Louisiana State Senate (1976–2000).
• Lily Lian, 103, French singer.
• John Loengard, 85, American photographer.
• Lucia Mee, 20, Northern Irish organ donation campaigner, liver failure.
• Biff Pocoroba, 66, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves).
• Bruce Reid, 84, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1990–1998).
• Al Rex, 91, American bassist (Bill Haley & His Comets).
• William J. Small, 93, American journalist, President of NBC News (1979–1982).
• Zdena Tominová, 79, Czech novelist and political dissident.
• Marshall Tymn, 82, American editor and academic, pneumonia.
• Dinaldo Wanderley, 69, Brazilian politician and economist, COVID-19.

25

• Bucky Baxter, 65, American guitarist (Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Ryan Adams).
• Joseph Bouasse, 21, Cameroonian footballer (Roma, Vicenza, Universitatea Cluj), heart attack.
• Nadejda Brânzan, 71, Moldovan politician, MP (1990–1994).
• Marcelino Campanal, 88, Spanish footballer (Sevilla, Deportivo de La Coruña, national team).
• Otto de la Rocha, 86, Nicaraguan singer, songwriter and actor.
• Francis Dufour, 91, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA (1985–1996).
• Chris Dufresne, 62, American sports writer.
• Louise Feltham, 85, Canadian politician, cancer.
• George Floyd, 46, American police detainee, asphyxia.
• Ismail Gamadiid, Somali politician, Minister of Agriculture, the Environment, and Climate Change of Puntland, COVID-19. (death announced on this date)
• Hyun Soong-jong, 101, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1992–1993).
• Jimmy Kirunda, 70, Ugandan football player (Express, KCC, national team) and manager, heart attack.
• Renate Krößner, 75, German actress (Solo Sunny, Alles auf Zucker!).
• Marv Luster, 82, American Hall of Fame CFL football player (Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts), COVID-19.
• Bob Lynn, 87, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (2003–2017).
• Paolo Mietto, 85, Italian-born Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Vicar of Napo (1996–2010).
• Balbir Singh Sr., 96, Indian field hockey player and manager, Olympic champion (1948, 1952, 1956) and World Cup winner (1975), complications from bronchopneumonia.
• John Peter Sloan, 51, English comedian, theatre actor and writer, respiratory failure.
• Vadão, 63, Brazilian football manager (Corinthians, women's national team), liver cancer.
• Henri van Zanten, 63, Dutch artist.
• Mary J. Wilson, 83, American zookeeper, COVID-19.
• Wu Pong-fong, 55, Taiwanese actor and choreographer, Golden Bell winner (2008, 2019), stroke.

26

• Peter Alexander, 81, American sculptor (Light and Space).
• Miguel Artola Gallego, 96, Spanish historian, Prince of Asturias Award (1991).
• Michael Athans, 83, Greek-born American control theorist and professor.
• Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga, 88, Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Benguela (1975–2008).
• Sir John Brigstocke, 74, British admiral, Second Sea Lord (1997–2000).
• Johanna Ehrnrooth, 61, Finnish painter.
• Moysey Fishbein, 73, Ukrainian poet and translator.
• Samvel Gasparov, 81, Russian film director (Hatred, The Sixth, Coordinates of Death) and short story writer, COVID-19.
• Mauricio Hanuch, 43, Argentine footballer (Platense, Independiente, Olimpo), stomach cancer.
• Jon Hellevig, 58, Finnish lawyer and businessman.
• Richard Herd, 87, American actor (T. J. Hooker, All the President's Men, The China Syndrome, Star Trek: Voyager), complications from cancer.
• Irm Hermann, 77, German actress (Katzelmacher, The Merchant of Four Seasons, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant).
• Floyd Hillman, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
• Stanley Ho, 98, Hong Kong-Macanese gambling executive and philanthropist, founder of Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau, kidney failure.
• Oleh Hornykiewicz, 93, Austrian biochemist, Wolf Prize winner (1979).
• Anthony James, 77, American actor (In the Heat of the Night, High Plains Drifter, Gunsmoke), cancer.
• Prahlad Jani, 90, Indian breatharian monk.
• İsmail Hakkı Karadayı, 88, Turkish military officer, Chief of the General Staff (1994–1998), multiple organ failure.
• Geoff Kerr, 95, Australian VFL footballer.
• Vladimir Lopukhin, 68, Russian politician, Minister of Energy (1991–1992), COVID-19.
• Christian Mbulu, 23, English footballer (Brentwood Town, Motherwell, Morecambe).
• Glyn Pardoe, 73, English footballer (Manchester City).
• Cliff Pennington, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (1960).
• Ejaz Qaiser, 68, Pakistani singer.
• Tony Scannell, 74, Irish actor (Flash Gordon, The Bill).
• Bonno Thoden van Velzen, 87, Dutch anthropologist.
• Arumugam Thondaman, 55, Sri Lankan politician, MP (since 1994), heart attack.
• Claire Nicolas White, 94, Dutch-born American poet and author.
• Jonathan Whitehead, 59, English musician and composer.
• Katie Wolf, 94, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1984–1986) and Senate (1986–2000).

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• Tony Brown, 83, English cricketer (Gloucestershire).
• Murilo Melo Filho, 91, Brazilian writer, lawyer and journalist, multiple organ failure.
• Wally Gacek, 92, Canadian ice hockey player (Michigan Wolverines).
• Bruno Galliker, 88, Swiss Olympic hurdler (1960).
• Federico García Vigil, 79, Uruguayan composer and conductor.
• Herbert Gross, 91, American mathematician.
• Robert Hite, 63, American artist.
• Jack Hunt, 97, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1973–1995).
• Mujtaba Hussain, 83, Indian Urdu author and satirist.
• Sam Johnson, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. (1991–2019) and Texas (1985–1991) Houses of Representatives.
• Regis Korchinski-Paquet, 29, Canadian, victim of possible police interference and brutality.
• Larry Kramer, 84, American playwright (The Normal Heart) and LGBT rights activist, pneumonia.
• Liesbeth Migchelsen, 49, Dutch footballer (Heike Rheine, AZ Alkmaar, national team), cancer.
• Aldo Nardin, 72, Italian footballer (Arezzo, Ternana, Lecce).
• Peri Vaevae Pare, Cook Islands politician.
• Hugh Parmer, 80, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1963–1965) and Senate (1983–1991), mayor of Fort Worth (1977–1979).
• Peggy Pope, 91, American actress (9 to 5, Calucci's Department, The Last Starfighter).
• Nicholas Rinaldi, 86, American poet and author (The Jukebox Queen of Malta, Between Two Rivers), pneumonia from COVID-19.
• Glenn Roush, 86, American politician, member of the Montana House of Representatives (1981–1984) and Senate (1999–2011).
• Peter V. Sampo, 89, American educator and academic.
• Arthur L. Thurlow, 107, Canadian politician and judge, Nova Scotia MLA (1949–1953).
• Billie Lee Turner, 95, American botanist, COVID-19.
• Dario Vidošević, 52, Croatian Olympic rower (1984).
• Vegard Vigerust, 94, Norwegian author.
• Ubaidur Rahman Zia, Pakistani Islamic scholar.

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• Gracia Barrios, 92, Chilean painter.
• Guy Bedos, 85, French actor (Sweet and Sour, Pardon Mon Affaire, Too!, All Together) and comedian, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Jock Blair, Australian television writer and producer (Homicide, The Sullivans, Paradise Beach). (death announced on this date)
• Brendan Bowyer, 81, Irish singer ("The Hucklebuck").
• David Owen Brooks, 65, American serial killer, COVID-19.
• Jim Brown, 93, Australian politician, Western Australian MLA (1971–1974) and MLC (1980–1992).
• F. Enzio Busche, 90, German LDS Church general authority.
• Gustaaf De Smet, 85, Belgian Olympic cyclist (1956).
• Mary D'Imperio, 90, American cryptographer.
• Celine Fariala Mangaza, 52, Congolese disability advocate, COVID-19.
• Claude Goasguen, 75, French politician, Deputy (since 2012), COVID-19.
• Gustavo Guillén, 57, Argentine actor (Chiquititas) and drummer, complications from prostate surgery.
• Claude Heater, 92, American opera singer.
• Vernon Kerr, 92, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1971–1986).
• Bob Kulick, 70, American guitarist (W.A.S.P., Lou Reed) and record producer (Kiss).
• M. P. Veerendra Kumar, 83, Indian journalist and politician, MP (1996–1998, 2004–2009, 2016–2017, since 2018), cardiac arrest.
• Robert M. Laughlin, 85, American anthropologist and linguist (Tzotzil language), COVID-19.
• Charlie Monttana, 58, Mexican rock urbano singer, heart attack.
• Lennie Niehaus, 90, American saxophonist and film composer (Unforgiven, The Bridges of Madison County, Space Cowboys).
• Wolfram Paulus, 62, Austrian film director (Heidenlöcher) and screenwriter, cancer.
• Suzanne Roquette, 77, German actress.
• Reed Scowen, 88, Canadian politician.
• Paul Shrubb, 64, English football player (Brentford, Aldershot, Aldershot Town), manager and scout, motor neurone disease.
• Jaroslav Švach, 47, Czech footballer (Zlín), stroke.
• Ron Withem, 73, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (1983–1997).

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• Maikanti Baru, 60, Nigerian crude oil marketer, Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (2016–2019).
• Henri Baudouin, 93, French politician, Deputy (1962–1986) and mayor of Granville (1961–1977, 1983–1989).
• John Bermingham, 96, American politician, member of the Colorado Senate (1965–1973).
• Henry Brault, 92, French Olympic runner (1952).
• Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler, 86, British politician, MP (1970–1983).
• Delores Brumfield, 88, American baseball player (South Bend Blue Sox, Kenosha Comets, Fort Wayne Daisies).
• Walter Cahn, 86, German-born American medievalist and art historian.
• Curtis Cokes, 82, American Hall of Fame boxer, WBA/WBC world welterweight champion (1966–1969), heart failure.
• Bejan Daruwalla, 88, Indian astrology columnist, pneumonia.
• Gilberto Dimenstein, 63, Brazilian journalist (Folha de S.Paulo), pancreatic cancer.
• Evaldo Gouveia, 91, Brazilian singer and songwriter, COVID-19.
• Ajit Jogi, 74, Indian politician, MP (1986–1999, 2004–2008), Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh (2000–2003) and Chhattisgarh MLA (2001–2013, since 2018), cardiac arrest.
• Ron Johnston, 79, British geographer, heart attack.
• Alfred Kolleritsch, 89, Austrian writer, poet and philosopher.
• Jeanie Lambe, 79, Scottish jazz singer.
• Leslie R. Lemon, 73, American meteorologist.
• Sidney Locks, 71, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1982–1990).
• Hank Mason, 88, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Jerzy Pilch, 67, Polish journalist and writer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Shahine Robinson, 66, Jamaican politician, MP (since 2001), lung cancer.
• Eric Schreurs, 61, Dutch cartoonist, heart failure.
• Bhanwar Lal Sharma, 95, Indian politician, member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (1977–2003).
• Louis P. Sheldon, 85, American Anglican priest.
• Susie Simcock, 81, New Zealand sports administrator, president of the World Squash Federation (1996–2002).
• Hank Stackpole, 85, American military officer.
• Henk Steevens, 88, Dutch racing cyclist (1953 Tour de France), cancer.
• Randy Staten, 76, American football player (New York Giants) and politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1981–1987).
• Célio Taveira, 79, Brazilian footballer (Vasco da Gama, Nacional, national team), COVID-19.
• Roosevelt Taylor, 82, American football player (Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins).
• Ernest Wooton, 78, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (2000–2012).
• Joe Yeninas, 86, American cartoonist, illustrator and graphic editor.
• Yogesh, 77, Indian lyricist (Anand, Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain, Manzil).
• Darwin Young, 95, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1977–1981).
• Abderrahmane Youssoufi, 96, Moroccan politician, Prime Minister (1998–2002), lung cancer.

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• Yawovi Agboyibo, 76, Togolese politician, Prime Minister (2006–2007).
• Michael Angelis, 76, British actor (Boys from the Blackstuff, The Liver Birds, Thomas & Friends), heart attack.
• John Cole, 91, Australian-born British geographer.
• Sir John Coward, 82, British vice admiral, Commandant Royal College of Defence Studies (1992–1994) and Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (1994–2000).
• Phil Croyle, 70, American football player (Houston Oilers, Buffalo Bills), cancer.
• Roger Decock, 93, Belgian racing cyclist, Tour of Flanders winner (1952).
• Bobby Dimond, 90, Australian rugby league footballer (Western Suburbs, New South Wales, national team).
• Elsa Dorfman, 83, American photographer, kidney failure.
• Michel Gauthier, 70, Canadian politician, Leader of the Opposition (1996–1997), MP (1994–2007), and Quebec MNA (1981–1988), lung cancer.
• Chick Gillen, 87, Irish boxer.
• Xavier Grau i Masip, 69, Spanish artist, cancer.
• Józef Grzesiak, 79, Polish Olympic bronze medallist boxer (1964).
• Bob Hammond, 78, Australian Hall of Fame football player (North Adelaide, Norwood) and coach (Sydney Swans), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Fachtna Joseph Harte, 90, Irish priest.
• Hassan Hosny, 88, Egyptian actor (Nasser 56, El-Limby, Bobbos), heart attack.
• Kim Yong-un, 92, South Korean mathematician.
• Mady Mesplé, 89, French operatic soprano, Parkinson's disease.
• Bobby Morrow, 84, American Hall of Fame sprinter, triple Olympic champion (1956).
• John Nzenze, 80, Kenyan musician, complications from stomach surgery.
• Louise Page, 65, British dramatist, cancer.
• Marshal Perera, 89, Sri Lankan politician.
• Edward O. Phillips, 89, Canadian writer, heart failure.
• Ana Portnoy, 69, Argentine photographer, cancer.
• James Scurlock, 22, American protester, shot.
• Trevor Thomas, 85, British historian.
• Arnold Umbach, 77, American baseball player (Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Don Weller, 79, English jazz saxophonist.
• Károly Wieland, 86, Hungarian sprint canoeist, Olympic bronze medallist (1956).

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• Bob Bennett, 86, American Hall of Fame college baseball coach (Fresno State).
• Carina Boberg, 68, Swedish actress.
• Christo, 84, Bulgarian-born American artist (Running Fence).
• John Furnival, 87, British artist and teacher.
• Kjell B. Hansen, 63, Norwegian politician.
• Danny Havoc, 34, American professional wrestler (CZW).
• Dan van Husen, 75, German actor (Fellini's Casanova, Salon Kitty, Nosferatu the Vampyre), COVID-19.
• Pedro Kozak, 71, Argentine football player and manager.
• Norman Lamm, 92, American rabbi, President of Yeshiva University (1976–2003).
• Osia Lewis, 57, American football player (Oregon State, Chicago Bruisers) and coach (Vanderbilt), liver cancer.
• Lewis Marquardt, 83, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1969–1970).
• Muhammad Yahya Rasool Nagari, 75, Pakistani Qāriʾ and Qira'at teacher.
• Bob Northern, 86, American jazz French hornist.
• Tan Aik Mong, 70, Malaysian badminton player, Badminton Asia champion (1971).
• David N. Ott, 83, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1990–1998, 2004–2006).
• Badrul Feisal Abdul Rahim, 50, Malaysian businessman, Chairman of UMW Holdings (since 2015), heart attack.
• Lia Schwartz, 78, Argentine-American literary scholar and historian.
• Jayanendra Chand Thakuri, 80, Nepali actor (Kanchhi, Pheri Bhetaula, Tapasya).
• Irene Triplett, 90, American woman, last living recipient of a Civil War pension.
• William Vobach, 90, American politician, member of the Indiana Senate (1982–1990).
• Peggy Wallace, 73, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (2001–2006).