Deaths in 2026
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
May
16
15
- Bengt Berger, 83, Swedish jazz drummer, composer (Bitter Funeral Beer) and producer.[1]
- Jill Curzon, 87, English actress (Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.).[2] (death announced on this date)
- Angelica Domröse, 85, German actress (Love's Confusion, The Adventures of Werner Holt, The Legend of Paul and Paula).[3] (death announced on this date)
- Malik Nadeem Kamran, 72, Pakistani politician, Punjab MPA (1997–1999, 2008–2023).[4]
- Conceição Lima, 64, São Toméan poet (A Dolorosa Raiz do Micondó).[5]
- Brian Lindstrom, 65, American documentary filmmaker, complications from progressive supranuclear palsy.[6]
- Jimmy Mann, 73, English footballer (Bristol City, Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers).[7] (death announced on on this date)
- Dominic Su Haw Chiu, 86, Malaysian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Sibu (1987–2011).[8]
14
- Marin Andrei, 85, Romanian footballer (Rapid București, national team).[9]
- Zoya Boguslavskaya, 102, Russian poet and writer.[10]
- Paul Boutilier, 63, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders, Winnipeg Jets, Boston Bruins).[11]
- Pierre Cao, 88, Luxembourgish composer and conductor.[12] (death announced on this date)
- Apollinaire Compaoré, 72, Burkinabè businessman.[13]
- Valie Export, 85, Austrian artist.[14]
- Sophie Garel, 84, French media presenter (Les Grosses Têtes) and singer.[15]
- Raymond Eugene Johnson, 52, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[16]
- Caroline Jones, 71, Welsh politician, MS (2016–2021), sepsis.[17]
- David Kahler, 89, American architect and photographer.[18] (death announced on this date)
- Claudine Longet, 84, French-American singer and actress (McHale's Navy, The Party).[19]
- Rubem Medina, 83, Brazilian politician, deputy (1967–2003).[20]
- Abdelmadjid Meskoud, 73, Algerian chaabi singer, complications from a stroke.[21]
- Godefroid Mukeng'a Kalond, 95, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Luiza (1971–1997) and archbishop of Kananga (1997–2006).[22]
- Krzysztof Piesiewicz, 80, Polish screenwriter (No End, The Double Life of Veronique) and politician, senator (1991–1993, 1997–2011).[23]
- Stanisław Rakowicz, 90, Polish politician, voivode of Toruń (1988–1990).[24]
- Alan Rothwell, 89, English actor (Coronation Street, Brookside, Heartbeat) and television presenter.[25]
- Sudhangshu Seal, 81, Indian politician, MP (2004–2009) and West Bengal MLA (2001–2004).[26]
- Teh Kew San, 91, Malaysian badminton player, complications from a urinary tract infection.[27]
- Nikolay Tsaturyan, 81, Armenian theatre director.[28]
- Jorge Urquía, 79, Honduran footballer (Mallorca, Alavés, national team).[29]
13
- Kevin Buys, 40, South African rugby union player (Brive, Lions, Southern Kings), heart attack.[30] (death announced on this date)
- Clarence Carter, 90, American singer-songwriter ("Slip Away", "Patches", "Strokin'"), complications from pneumonia, prostate cancer and sepsis.[31]
- Khalifa Chater, 90, Tunisian academic and historian.[32]
- Fleury Di Nallo, 83, French footballer (Olympique Lyonnais, Montpellier, national team).[33]
- El Cabrero, 81, Spanish flamenco singer.[34]
- Hilda Farfante, 95, Spanish teacher and activist.[35]
- Mosharraf Hossain, 83, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1973–2024), minister of civil aviation and tourism (1997–2001) and twice of housing and public works.[36]
- M. P. Jayasinghe, 81, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, governor of Uva (2015–2018) and North Central (2018) provinces.[37]
- Sir Kenneth Keith, 88, New Zealand jurist and legal scholar, Supreme Court justice (2004–2005), judge of the International Court of Justice (2006–2015).[38]
- Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, 75, Cameroonian athletics official, president of the Confederation of African Athletics (since 2003).[39]
- Selemir Milošević, 86, Serbian football player (Red Star Belgrade, Oakland Clippers) and manager (Pelita Jaya).[40] (death announced on this date)
- Boutros Mouallem, 98, Israeli Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch, bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (1990–1998) and archbishop of Akka (1998–2003).[41]
- Vladimir Ovchinnikov, 88, Russian painter, ethnographer and social activist.[42]
- Dionisio Quintana, 68, Cuban javelin thrower and trainer.[43]
- Dileep Raj, 47, Indian actor (Milana, U Turn, Mahanadi), heart attack.[44]
- Peter Simpson, 81, English footballer (Arsenal, New England Tea Men, Hendon).[45] (death announced on this date)
- Kamal Zarara, 59, Algerian actor.[46]
12
- Patrick Arnold, 59, American organic chemist (BALCO scandal).[47]
- Barry W. Blaustein, 71, American screenwriter (Coming to America, The Nutty Professor) and film director (Beyond the Mat), pancreatic cancer.[48]
- Jean Bonfils, 96, French Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Viviers (1992–1998) and Nice (1998–2005).[49]
- Swapan Sadhan Bose, 78, Indian politician, MP (2005–2011) and sports administrator, president of Mohun Bagan AC.[50]
- Stanisława Celińska, 79, Polish actress (Mamuśki, The Maids of Wilko, Landscape After the Battle).[51]
- Jason Collins, 47, American basketball player (New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics), glioblastoma.[52]
- John Thomas Copenhaver Jr., 100, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Southern West Virginia (since 1976).[53]
- Alexx Ekubo, 40, Nigerian actor (Weekend Getaway, Lagos Cougars, The Bling Lagosians), kidney cancer.[54]
- Pedro Feist, 90, Portuguese politician, MP (1983–1987, 1995–1999).[55]
- Romuald Figuier, 88, French singer.[56]
- Donald Gibb, 71, American actor (Revenge of the Nerds, Bloodsport, 1st & Ten), complications from throat cancer.[57]
- Miriam Gonczarska, 53, Polish spiritual leader and journalist.[58] (death announced on this date)
- Zenonas Juknevičius, 76, Lithuanian politician and lawyer, minister of justice (1992).[59]
- Bobby Keasler, 80, American college football coach (McNeese State Cowboys, Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks).[60]
- Bassek Ba Kobhio, 69, Cameroonian writer and filmmaker (The Great White Man of Lambaréné, Le silence de la forêt).[61]
- Yebrgual Melese, 36, Ethiopian long-distance runner.[62]
- Ataur Rahman, 84, Bangladeshi actor.[63]
- Rex Reed, 87, American film critic (The New York Observer), journalist, and actor (Inchon, Myra Breckinridge).[64]
- William V. Tamborlane, 79, American pediatrician and academic.[65]
- Jack Taylor, 99, American actor (Succubus, Conan the Barbarian, The Ninth Gate).[66]
- Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi, 91, Indian classical dancer.[67]
- Emil Paul Tscherrig, 79, Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal, apostolic nuncio to Korea (2004–2008), Argentina (2012–2017) and Italy (2017–2024).[68]
- Anna Wagner, 111, Austrian supercentenarian.[69]
- Albrecht Weinberg, 101, German Holocaust survivor.[70]
- Herb Wharton, 89–90, Australian writer.[71] (death announced on this date)
- Charle Young, 75, American Hall of Fame football player (San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles), Super Bowl champion (1982).[72]
11
- Mal Anderson, 91, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player.[73]
- Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra, 92, Egyptian actor.[74]
- Buzz Capra, 78, American baseball player (New York Mets, Atlanta Braves).[75]
- Brandon Clarke, 29, Canadian-American basketball player (Gonzaga Bulldogs, Memphis Grizzlies).[76]
- Coquito, 60, Uruguayan footballer (Peñarol, Deportivo Morón, national team).[77]
- Jack Douglas, 80, American record producer (Toys in the Attic, Rocks, Double Fantasy).[78]
- Lou Graham, 88, American golfer, U.S. Open champion (1975).[79]
- Mbemba Jatta, Gambian politician, MP (1982–1994).[80]
- David Lee, 82, American football player (Baltimore Colts).[81]
- Hélène Mignon, 91, French politician, MP (1988–1993, 1997–2007) and mayor of Muret (1989–1995).[82]
- Vladimir Molchanov, 75, Russian television host and journalist.[83]
- Xuong Nguyen-Huu, 92, American biochemist.[84]
- Didier Pillet, 77, French journalist, editor-in-chief of Ouest-France (1991–2005).[85]
- Dovid Shmidel, 92, Israeli rabbi, chairman of Asra Kadisha (since 1977).[86]
- Silva, 67, Brazilian footballer (Botafogo, América de Natal, national team).[87]
- Bagi Kumar Verma, 77, Indian politician, Bihar MLA (1995–2005, 2020–2025).[88]
- José Adriano Gago Vitorino, 80–81, Portuguese politician, MP (1976–1985), secretary of state for emigration and the Portuguese communities (1981–1983).[89]
- Viorel Zgardan, 60–61, Moldovan operatic bass singer (Maria Bieșu National Opera and Ballet Theatre).[90]
10
- José Ballesta, 67, Spanish politician, medical doctor, and academic, mayor of Murcia (2015–2021, since 2023), cancer.[91]
- John Barbour, 93, Canadian actor, comedian, and television presenter (Real People).[92]
- Rosemarie Bergmans, 82, Belgian actress (Pauline and Paulette).[93]
- Anja Breien, 85, Norwegian film director (Arven, Rape, Games of Love and Loneliness).[94]
- David Burke, 91, British actor (Sherlock Holmes, Reilly, Ace of Spies, The Love School).[95]
- René Cárdenas, 96, Nicaraguan sportswriter (La Prensa) and announcer (Los Angeles Dodgers).[96]
- Jim Colbert, 85, American golfer.[97]
- Legh Davis, 85, Australian politician, South Australian MLC (1979–2002).[98]
- Jan E. DuBois, 95, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania (since 1988).[99]
- Ali Fassi-Fihri, 71, Moroccan civil servant and business executive, president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (2009–2013).[100]
- Abraham Foxman, 86, American lawyer and activist, director of the Anti-Defamation League (1987–2015).[101]
- Bianca Gambino, 52, Colombian journalist, radio announcer and television presenter.[102]
- Günther Maria Halmer, 83, German actor (21 Hours at Munich, Sophie's Choice, Amen.).[103]
- Rainer Nitschke, 79, German radio and television presenter.[104]
- Mary Lovelace O'Neal, 84, American artist and arts educator.[105]
- Ralph Ottey, 102, Jamaican-born British author and World War II veteran.[106]
- Doug Searl, 79, Australian footballer (Fitzroy, Collingwood).[107]
- Cyril Simard, 87, Canadian architect and ethnologist.[108]
- D. Sudhakar, 66, Indian politician, Karnataka MLA (2004–2018, since 2023), complications from a lung infection.[109]
9
- Antonio Becerra Gaytán, 93, Mexican politician, deputy (1979–1982), member of the Congress of Chihuahua (1989–1992).[110]
- Bruno Bischofberger, 86, Swiss art dealer.[111]
- Theo van Boven, 91, Dutch jurist.[112]
- Bobby Cox, 84, American Hall of Fame baseball manager (Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays), player (New York Yankees), and coach, World Series champion (1977, 1995).[113]
- Thomas G. Darling, 94, American air force general.[114]
- Maurice Freund, 82, French tourism personality and businessman (Point Air).[115]
- Robert D. Garton, 92, American politician, member (1970–2006) and president pro tempore (1980–2006) of the Indiana Senate.[116]
- Jennifer Harmon, 82, American actress (How to Survive a Marriage, One Life to Live).[117]
- Frid Ingulstad, 90, Norwegian novelist and stenographer, complications from Parkinson's disease.[118]
- Ioan Isaiu, 56, Romanian actor, heart attack.[119]
- Jean-Clément Jeanbart, 83, Syrian Melkite Catholic hierarch, archbishop of Aleppo (1995–2021).[120]
- Kevin McKenzie, 77, South African cricketer (Transvaal).[121]
- Craig Morton, 83, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos).[122]
- Harald Mothes, 69, German footballer (Wismut Aue, TSV Ampfing, East Germany national team).[123] (death announced on this date)
- Philippe Mpay, 86–87, Cameroonian army officer.[124]
- Kevin Ndjomo, Cameroonian sports journalist (Cameroon Radio Television).[125]
- Bill Posey, 78, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2009–2025) and the Florida Senate (2000–2008) and House of Representatives (1992–2000).[126]
- Dennis Rush, 74, American actor (Man of a Thousand Faces, The Andy Griffith Show, Wagon Train).[127]
- Michael Sefi, 82, British philatelist.[128]
- Mark Smythe, 53, New Zealand-born American composer (Daddy's Little Girl, Unfallen, The Reef: Stalked), atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.[129]
- Gerald Talbot, 94, American politician and civil rights leader, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1972–1978).[130]
- Allan Thigo, 77, Kenyan footballer (Gor Mahia, national team).[131]
- Warren Tipton, American singer (The Chi-Lites).[132]
8
- Vadim Alexandrov, 88, Russian actor (Kin-dza-dza!, The Woman who Sings, We Are from Jazz), head injury from a fall.[133]
- Auroras Encore, 24, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse.[134] (death announced on this date)
- Betty Broderick, 78, American convicted murderer, complications from a fall and sepsis.[135]
- Kapila Chandrasena, 61, Sri Lankan telecommunications and airlines executive, CEO of SriLankan Airlines, Mihin Lanka and SLTMobitel.[136]
- Nicola Colombo, 57, Italian football executive, chairman of Monza (2015–2018).[137]
- Abdelwahab Doukkali, 85, Moroccan composer and musician.[138]
- Melo Freire, 99, Brazilian politician, deputy (1975–1991).[139]
- Agberto Matos, 54, Brazilian Olympic handball player (1996, 2004).[140]
- Punch McLean, 93, Canadian ice hockey coach (New Westminster Bruins), traffic collision.[141]
- Festus Mogae, 86, Botswanan politician and economist, president (1998–2008), vice-president (1991–1998), and minister of finance (1989–1998).[142]
- Ravi Pandit, 75, Indian technology executive, co-founder of KPIT Technologies.[143]
- Karl-Heinz Ripkens, 88, German footballer (FC Köln, Bayer Leverkusen).[144]
- Tore Ryen, 79, Norwegian television producer and writer (Mot i brøstet).[145]
- Haerul Saleh, 44, Indonesian politician, MP (2014–2019, 2020–2022), burns.[146]
- Joe Sedelmaier, 92, American television advertising director.[147]
- Karin Spaink, 68, Dutch journalist (Het Parool) and feminist activist.[148]
- Kiara St. James, 52–53, American transgender activist, cancer.[149]
- Koji Suzuki, 68, Japanese writer (Ring, Dark Water).[150]
- Germán Vargas Lleras, 64, Colombian politician, vice-president (2014–2017), minister of the interior (2010–2012), and president of the Senate (2003–2004), brain cancer.[151]
- Joyce Woodhouse, 82, American politician, member of the Nevada Senate (2006–2010, 2012–2020).[152]
7
- Jaime Aparicio, 96, Colombian Olympic hurdler (1948, 1956).[153]
- Eugenio Binini, 91, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello (1983–1991) and Massa Carrara-Pontremoli (1991–2010).[154]
- Michael J. Bransfield, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Wheeling–Charleston (2004–2018).[155]
- Carlos Brito, 93, Portuguese politician, deputy (1980–1991).[156]
- Pat Caputo, 67, American sportswriter and broadcaster (WXYT-FM), pancreatic cancer.[157]
- Philip Caputo, 84, American author (A Rumor of War) and journalist, cancer.[158]
- Luiz Sérgio Carlini, 73, Brazilian songwriter and guitarist (Tutti Frutti).[159]
- Giovanni Cervetti, 92, Italian politician, deputy (1987–1994) and MEP (1984–1989).[160]
- Valery Denisov, 84, Russian diplomat, ambassador to North Korea (1996–2001).[161]
- Jana Dubovcová, 73, Slovak politician, minister of justice (2023) and MNC (2010–2012).[162]
- Claude Griscelli, 90, French doctor and immunologist, president of Inserm (1996–2001).[163]
- Günter Jena, 93, German church music director (St. Michaelis, Hamburg) and musicologist.[164]
- Rick Kreuger, 77, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).[165]
- Nabyl Lahlou, 81, Moroccan film director (Le Gouverneur General de l'ile Chakerbakerben, Brahim Who?, The Night of the Crime) and playwright.[166]
- Joni Lamb, 65, American Christian broadcaster, co-founder and president of Daystar Television Network, complications from bone cancer.[167]
- Bede Liu, 91, Taiwanese-American electrical engineer.[168]
- Michael Pennington, 82, English actor (Return of the Jedi, The Iron Lady), co-founder of the English Shakespeare Company and writer.[169]
- Joe Senser, 69, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).[170]
- James F. Sundah, 70, Indonesian songwriter.[171]
- Harold Theriault, 73, Canadian politician, Nova Scotia MLA (2003–2013).[172]
- Wang Yongguo, 87, Chinese vice admiral, commander of the South Sea Fleet (1994–2002).[173]
- Ryszard Zembaczyński, 77, Polish politician, mayor of Opole (2002–2014).[174]
- Zhang Anjian, 55, Chinese politician, deputy mayor of Chongqing.[175]
6
- Evaristo Beccalossi, 69, Italian footballer (Brescia, Inter Milan, Sampdoria), complications from a cerebral haemorrhage.[176]
- Vladimir Cvetković, 84, Serbian basketball player (Crvena zvezda, Yugoslavia national team) and sports administrator, Olympic silver medallist (1968).[177]
- László Fazekas, 78, Hungarian football player (Újpesti Dózsa, Royal Antwerp, national team) and manager, Olympic champion (1968), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[178]
- Georgy Golitsyn, 91, Russian atmospheric physicist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[179]
- Jake Hall, 35, British actor, model and reality television star (The Only Way Is Essex), head injury.[180]
- Jesse Hector, 78, English musician (The Gorillas).[181]
- Russ Hodge, 86, American Olympic decathlete (1964).[182]
- Manuela Hoelterhoff, 77, German-born American cultural journalist (Bloomberg News), cancer.[183]
- Dick Hughes, 88, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).[184]
- Aimable Karasira, 48, Rwandan singer and political activist, drug overdose.[185]
- Rajko Kasagić, 83, Bosnian Serb politician, prime minister of Republika Srpska (1995–1996).[186]
- Algis Jurgis Kundrotas, 75, Lithuanian physicist.[187]
- Mert Lawwill, 85, American motorcycle racer and designer, subject of On Any Sunday.[188]
- Carlos Malcolm, 91, Jamaican trombonist, percussionist, and bandleader.[189]
- José Navarro, 77, Peruvian footballer (Defensor Arica, Sporting Cristal, national team).[190]
- Kenji Ohba, 71, Japanese actor (Space Sheriff Gavan, Battle Fever J, Denshi Sentai Denjiman) and stuntman.[191]
- Marc Plantegenest, 82, French politician, deputy (1978–1981), senator (1981–1986).[192]
- Anatoly Rusanov, 94, Russian chemist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[193]
- Ronald Russell, 71, American Virgin Islander Olympic sprinter (1976, 1984).[194]
- Fili Seru, 56, Fijian rugby union (national team) and league (Hull, national team) player, complications from motor neuron disease.[195]
- Shin Jong-o, South Korean judge (Kim Keon Hee), suicide.[196]
- Lawrence J. Smith, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1993).[197]
- Aryeh Stern, 81, Israeli rabbi.[198]
- Ted Turner, 87, American Hall of Fame media proprietor (CNN) and sports team owner (Atlanta Braves), founder of Turner Broadcasting System, complications from Lewy body dementia.[199]
- Pierre-François Veil, 72, French lawyer and civil servant, president of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah (since 2023).[200]
- Liviu Volconovici, 69, Moldovan agronomist, academic and politician, minister of agriculture, regional development and environment (2018).[201]
- Morris Watts, 89–90, American football player (Tulsa) and coach.[202] (death announced on this date)
- Cavayé Yéguié Djibril, 86, Cameroonian politician, member (since 1983) and president (1992–2026) of the National Assembly.[203]
5
- Dante Ang, 83, Filipino journalist, owner of The Manila Times (since 2001) and chairman of the CFO (2005–2010).[204] (death announced on this date)
- Richard Cameron, 77, English playwright.[205]
- Pierre Chambon, 95, French biologist, member of the French Academy of Sciences.[206]
- R. B. Choudary, 77, Indian film producer (Pudhu Vasantham, Raja, Aanandham), traffic collision.[207]
- Evelyn Cox, 66, American country and bluegrass singer and musician (The Cox Family).[208]
- Crystal R. Emery, 65, American film director and producer (The Deadliest Disease in America).[209]
- Soledad Gallego-Díaz, 75, Spanish journalist, editor of El País (2018–2020).[210]
- René Groebli, 98, Swiss photographer.[211]
- Terje Haugland, 82, Norwegian long jumper.[212]
- Cheryl Mary Clare Hurst, 63, Antiguan and Barbudan politician, senator (2014–2026).[213]
- Shaikh Idrees, 64, Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA (2002–2007), shot.[214]
- Timo Kautonen, 81, Finnish footballer (Reipas, Kuusysi, national team).[215]
- Viktor Kuzmenko, 42, Ukrainian rescuer and civil defense officer, Hero of Ukraine (2025), airstrike.[216]
- Lee Hong-koo, 91, South Korean diplomat and politician, prime minister (1994–1995) and ambassador to the United States (1998–2000).[217]
- Kyle Loftis, 43, American internet personality and businessman.[218]
- Temur Maisuradze, 66, Georgian politician, MP (2012–2016).[219]
- Guto Graça Mello, 78, Brazilian composer and music producer.[220]
- Claude Morin, 96, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA (1976–1981).[221]
- Santhosh K. Nayar, 65, Indian actor (Nishedhi, Kurishuyudham, Vasantha Sena), heart attack.[222]
- José Ortiz, 62, Puerto Rican Hall of Fame basketball player (Atléticos de San Germán, Cangrejeros de Santurce, national team), colorectal cancer.[223]
- Pierre Pascallon, 84, French politician, deputy (1986–1988, 1993–1997), mayor of Issoire (1989–2008).[224]
- Servet Pëllumbi, 89, Albanian politician, speaker of parliament (2002–2005).[225]
- Chris Phelan, 70, Irish-born Australian rugby league player (Parramatta Eels, Oldham, Queensland), pancreatic cancer.[226]
- Donald Ross, 85, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1983–2003).[227]
- Yevhen Syvokin, 88, Ukrainian film director.[228]
- Jonathan Tiersten, 60, American actor (Sleepaway Camp, Return to Sleepaway Camp, The Perfect House).[229] (death announced on this date)
- Valeri Zhabko, 58, Russian footballer (Torpedo Volzhsky, Tekstilshchik, Metallurg Lipetsk).[230]
4
- Henk Beckers, 81, Dutch politician, senator (2011–2015).[231]
- Herman Branover, 94, Russian-Israeli physicist (SATEC).[232]
- Jorge Calandrelli, 86, Argentine composer.[233]
- André Cerdini, 96, French magistrate.[234]
- Derek Conway, 72, English politician, MP (1983–1997, 2001–2010) and television presenter (Press TV), primary biliary cholangitis.[235]
- Geoff Dakin, 90, South African cricketer (Eastern Province).[236]
- Alexis Dipanda Mouelle, 84, Cameroonian magistrate, president of the supreme court (1990–2014).[237]
- Olivier Dupuis, 68, Belgian politician, MEP (1996–2004).[238]
- Carlos Garaikoetxea, 87, Spanish politician, lehendakari (1979–1985), heart attack.[239]
- Pat Graham, 64, Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs).[240]
- Stein Erik Hagen, 69, Norwegian industrial conglomerate executive, founder of Rimi, cardiac arrest.[241]
- Jalil Hamid, 69, Malaysian actor (Buli), singer and producer.[242]
- Marcel Labine, 78, Canadian poet.[243]
- Tat'jana Ljubeckaja, 85, Russian fencer.[244]
- Kazuhiro Ninomiya, 79, Japanese judoka, Olympic champion (1976).[245]
- Brendan O'Brien, 82, Irish journalist (Prime Time).[246]
- Yuji Ohno, 84, Japanese musician and composer (Lupin III).[247]
- David Plowden, 93, American photographer.[248]
- Hermano da Silva Ramos, 100, French-Brazilian racing driver (Formula One).[249]
- Miguel Ángel J. Márquez Ruiz, 83, Mexican veterinarian.[250]
- Bob Skinner, 94, American baseball player and manager (Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies), World Series champion (1960, 1964, 1979).[251]
- John Sterling, 87, American sportscaster (New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves), heart failure.[252]
- Ion Toderaș, 77, Moldovan ecologist and biologist, member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.[253]
- Konstantin Tolkachyov, 73, Russian politician, speaker of the State Assembly of the Republic of Bashkortostan (since 1999), cancer.[254]
- George Trahern, 89, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1981–1988).[255]
- Eladio Zárate, 84, Paraguayan football player (Huracán, Unión Española, national team) and manager.[256]
3
- Jean Alambre, 79, French author and songwriter.[257]
- Babulal Bairwa, 72, Indian politician, Rajasthan MLA (1980–1990, 2008–2013, 2018–2023), complications from diabetes.[258]
- Régis Barroso, 84, Brazilian politician, deputy (1967–1971).[259]
- Leslie Campbell, 67, Jamaican politician, MP (2016–2020).[260]
- Pietro Giuseppe Grasso, 96, Italian jurist.[261]
- Alain Marchadour, 88, French Roman Catholic priest and exegetist.[262]
- Nelson Martínez Rust, 81, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Valencia in Venezuela (1982–1992) and bishop of San Felipe (1992–2016).[263]
- Branko Marušič, 88, Slovenian historian.[264] (death announced on this date)
- Claire Maurier, 97, French actress (La Cage aux Folles, Amélie, A Bad Son).[265]
- William Daniel Mayer, 84, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (2005–2007).[266]
- Michel Merlet, 86, French composer and pedagogue.[267]
- Józef Michalik, 85, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Przemyśl (1993–2016), bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów (1986–1993) and president of the PEC (2004–2014).[268]
- Cândido Mota, 82, Portuguese radio announcer, television presenter and actor.[269]
- Krzysztof Pawłowski, 79, Polish politician, senator (1989–1993).[270]
- Jean Raquin, 90, French politician, member (1994–2015) and president (2008–2011) of the General Council of Jura.[271]
- Paul Schwartz, 86, Romanian Jewish community leader.[272]
- Hany Shaker, 73, Egyptian singer, actor (Sayed Darwish) and composer.[273]
- Geoff Stedman, 83, New Zealand physicist, Hector Medal (1994), Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (since 1989).[274]
- Gheorghe Ștefăneț, 82, Moldovan singer and musician.[275]
- Boris Volodin, 94, Russian politician, member of the Soviet of the Union (1984–1989).[276]
- Lee Allen Zeno, 71, American bassist, cancer.[277]
2
- Roque Avallay, 80, Argentine footballer (Newell's Old Boys, Huracán, national team).[278]
- Ubaldo Biordi, 87, Sammarinese politician, captain regent (1981–1982, 1985–1986).[279]
- Castell V. Bryant, 88, American academic administrator, president of Florida A&M University (2005–2007).[280]
- Yaya Ceesay, 88–89, Gambian politician, MP (1960–1994).[281]
- José María Cruz Novillo, 89, Spanish painter, designer and sculptor.[282]
- Michel Debost, 92, French flutist.[283]
- Chet Dobis, 83, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1970–2012).[284]
- Doris F. Fisher, 94, American businesswoman (Gap Inc.).[285]
- Emily Grosholz, 75, American poet.[286]
- David Kendall, 68, American television writer, producer, (Boy Meets World, Growing Pains) and film director (Dirty Deeds).[287]
- James Lawrence King, 98, American jurist, judge (since 1970) and chief judge (1984–1991) of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.[288]
- John MacDonald, 88, British army major general and rugby union player (Scotland national team).[289]
- Ben Morea, 84, American artist and anarchist activist.[290]
- Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira, 85, Brazilian journalist.[291]
- Stanislav Petrov, 87, Russian military officer, chief of the Russian NBC Protection Troops (1992–2001), suicide.[292]
- Dame Shirley Porter, 95, British politician, leader of the Westminster City Council (1983–1991) and lord mayor of Westminster (1991–1992).[293]
- Moslem Uddin, 87, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–2024).[294]
- Finn Wagle, 84, Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman, bishop of Nidaros (1991–2008).[295]
- Martin C. Weisskopf, 84, American space scientist.[296]
- Soheir Zaki, 81, Egyptian belly dancer and actress (Cairo 30).[297]
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- Antonio Arcari, 72, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic nuncio to four nunciatures including Mozambique (2008–2014), Costa Rica (2014–2019) and Monaco (2019–2023).[298]
- Vladimir Bayunov, 73, Russian politician, MP (1993–1999).[299]
- Péter Bikár, 81, Hungarian Olympic ice hockey player (1964).[300]
- G. Robert Blakey, 90, American attorney, drafter of the RICO act.[301]
- Panayot Butchvarov, 93, Bulgarian philosopher.[302]
- Juliet Winters Carpenter, 77–78, American translator.[303]
- Audrey Beth Davis, 82, American entertainment publicist.[304]
- Yevgeniy Duleyev, 70, Russian rower, Olympic silver medallist (1976).[305]
- René Henry Gracida, 102, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Corpus Christi (1983–1997) and Pensacola–Tallahassee (1975–1983).[306]
- Stephen Greene, 81, Irish hurler (Mount Sion, Waterford).[307]
- Alfredrick Hughes, 63, American basketball player (Loyola Chicago Ramblers, San Antonio Spurs).[308]
- Sudesh Kumar, 95, Indian actor (Saranga, Bharosa, Gopi) and film producer.[309]
- Philippe Lazar, 90, French statistician and epidemiologist, president of Inserm (1982–1996), president of the Research Institute for Development (1997–2001).[310]
- Karl-Heinz Mühe, 77, German politician, member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony (1986–2003).[311]
- Stephen Owen, 79, American sinologist.[312]
- Tülay Özer, 79, Turkish singer.[313]
- René Paardekooper, 39, Dutch footballer (Helmond Sport).[314]
- Hans-Wilhelm Pesch, 88, German politician, MP (1983–1998).[315]
- Man Phatnothai, 85, Thai politician, minister of information and communication technology (2008), deputy prime minister (2008).[316]
- Michael Sollis, 40, Australian musician and artistic director, bowel cancer.[317]
- Csaba Takács, 71, Hungarian-Romanian politician, deputy (1990–1994).[318]
- Dionysis Tsamis, 74, Greek footballer (Panetolikos, AEK Athens, national team).[319]
- Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, 73, Swiss physician and advocate for therapeutic fasting.[320]
- Charlie Williams, 82, Maltese footballer (Valletta, Rochester Lancers, national team).[321]
- Alex Zanardi, 59, Italian racing driver and paracyclist, Paralympic champion (2012, 2016).[322]