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.
March
16
15
- Napoleón Becerra, 61, Peruvian trade unionist and politician, presidential candidate (2026), traffic collision.[1]
- Abdulrahman Al-Bishi, 43, Saudi Arabian footballer (Al-Nassr, national team), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[2]
- Ken Cole, 82, Australian Olympic basketball player (1964) and coach.[3]
- Bill Dempsey, 83, Australian footballer (West Perth).[4]
- Jim Fleeting, 70, Scottish football player (Ayr United, Clyde) and manager (Kilmarnock).[5]
- Cinzia Oscar, 63, Italian singer and stage actress.[6]
- Richard Randriamandrato, 67, Malagasy diplomat, minister of economy (2019–2021) and foreign affairs (2021).[7]
- Jamal Rayyan, 72, Palestinian news anchor (Al Jazeera).[8]
- Bruno Salomone, 55, French actor (Fais pas ci, fais pas ça, Madeleine Collins, Tamara).[9]
- Andriy Serdyuk, 87, Ukrainian minister of healthcare (1996–1999).[10]
- Wakashimazu Mutsuo, 69, Japanese sumo wrestler.[11]
14
- Lyudmila Arinina, 99, Russian actress (A Teacher of Singing, Waiting for Love, Guest from the Future).[12]
- Volodymyr Babayev, 74, Ukrainian scholar and politician.[13]
- Gemma Cuervo, 91, Spanish actress (Vente a Alemania, Pepe, Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them, Aquí no hay quien viva).[14]
- Noureddine Djoudi, 92, Algerian diplomat.[15]
- Nikolay Garo, 88, Russian production manager, producer and actor.[16]
- Jürgen Habermas, 96, German philosopher and sociologist (The Theory of Communicative Action).[17]
- Henry Nwosu, 62, Nigerian football player (New Nigeria Bank, national team) and manager (Gateway United).[18]
- Birte Weiss, 84, Danish politician, minister of the interior (1993–1997).[19]
- Phil Woolas, 66, British politician, MP (1997–2010), brain cancer.[20]
13
- John Alford, 54, British actor (Grange Hill, London's Burning) and convicted sex offender.[21]
- Billy Campbell, 81, Northern Irish footballer (Dundee, Motherwell, national team).[22] (death announced on this date)
- Phil Campbell, 64, Welsh guitarist (Motörhead, Persian Risk, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons), complications from surgery.[23]
- Amy Carr, 34, English footballer (Reading, Northern Illinois Huskies, IL Sandviken), brain tumour.[24]
- Brian Doherty, 57, American journalist, fall.[25]
- H. J. Dora, 83, Indian police officer.[26]
- Paul R. Ehrlich, 93, American biologist, environmentalist and author (The Population Bomb).[27]
- Envoi Allen, 12, French Thoroughbred racehorse, heart attack.[28]
- Ralf Friberg, 89, Finnish journalist (Hufvudstadsbladet) and politician, MP (1970–1979).[29]
- Shujaat Hashmi, 75–76, Pakistani actor (Waris, Khaak Aur Khoon, Wadda Khan).[30] (death announced on this date)
- Aleksandr Karin, 73, Russian actor and stuntman (Peter the Great).[31]
- Sultan Ali Keshtmand, 90, Afghan politician, chairman of the Council of Ministers (1981–1988, 1989–1990).[32]
- Madhu Malhotra, 72, Indian actress (Vishwanath, Satte Pe Satta, Qayamat).[33]
- Billy McCullough, 90, Northern Irish footballer (Arsenal, Millwall, national team).[34] (death announced on this date)
- İlber Ortaylı, 78, Turkish historian.[35]
- John M. Perkins, 95, American Christian preacher, civil rights activist, and author.[36]
- Enric Reyna, 85, Spanish football executive, acting president of FC Barcelona (2003).[37]
- Fatma Sarhan, 97, Egyptian singer.[38]
- Gordon Wallace, 82, Scottish football player (Dundee, Montrose) and manager (Raith Rovers).[39]
- Siti Norma Yaakob, 85, Malaysian jurist, chief judge of Malaya (2004–2006).[40]
12
- Ernie Anastos, 82, American news anchor (WABC) and talk show host, pneumonia.[41]
- Tony Balsamo, 89, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).[42]
- Enrica Bonaccorti, 76, Italian television presenter (Non è la Rai) and actress (Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, The Sensual Man), pancreatic cancer.[43]
- Asim Bukhari, 76, Pakistani actor (Badmash Gujjar).[44]
- John Fisher Burns, 81, British journalist (The New York Times), pneumonia.[45]
- Bruno Contrada, 94, Italian police and intelligence officer.[46]
- Harimurali, 27, Indian actor (Rasikan, Amar Akbar Anthony, Annan Thampi), suicide.[47]
- Kevin Kiely, 64, Irish politician, mayor of Limerick (2009–2010), complications from Parkinson’s disease.[48]
- Donald Liao, 96, Hong Kong civil servant and architect, secretary for housing (1980–1985) and district administration (1985–1989).[49]
- Antón Louro, 73, Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of Galicia (1997–2004), deputy (2004–2009).[50]
- Trevor McMahon, 96, New Zealand cricketer (Wellington, national team).[51]
- Boubacar Ould Messaoud, 80, Mauritanian human rights activist.[52]
- Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson, 73, Icelandic composer.[53]
- Jacques Revel, 83, French historian.[54]
- Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said, 85, Omani politician, deputy prime minister (since 1972).[55]
- Soedjana Sapi'ie, 95, Indonesian academic, rector of Bandung Institute of Technology (1978–1979).[56]
- Peeter Simm, 73, Estonian film director (Georg, On the Water).[57]
- Andrei Socaci, 59, Romanian weightlifter, Olympic silver medallist (1984).[58] (death announced on this date)
- Iulian Vrabete, 70, Romanian bassist (Holograf), cancer.[59]
- Joachim Wanke, 84, German Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1980–1994) and bishop (1994–2012) of Erfurt.[60]
11
- Jean-François Boclé, 54, French artist.[61]
- Ron Delany, 91, Irish runner, Olympic champion (1956).[62]
- Valentin Gneushev, 74, Russian circus director (Cirque du Soleil, Moscow State Circus) and choreographer.[63]
- Jeong Chi-geun, 94–95, South Korean politician, minister of justice (1982).[64]
- Niaz Ahmed Jhakkar, 71, Pakistani politician, MNA (2002–2007, 2018–2023).[65]
- Lewis Lehrman, 87, American banker and politician, complications from Parkinson's disease.[66]
- Nev MacEwan, 91, New Zealand rugby union player (Wellington, national team).[67]
- Marcelino Miyares Sotolongo, 88–89, Cuban-American politician and marketing executive.[68]
- Salih Muslim, 75, Syrian Kurdish politician, kidney failure.[69]
- Catherine Nolan, 67, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1985–2022), cancer.[70]
- Judy Pace, 83, American actress (Peyton Place, The Young Lawyers, Brian's Song).[71]
- Wendy Playfair, 99, Australian actress (Prisoner).[72]
- Kiril Pop Hristov, 58, Macedonian actor (Bal-Can-Can).[73]
- Jesse Roth, 91, American endocrinologist.[74]
- Serena's Song, 33, American Thoroughbred racehorse.[75]
- Martha Sundquist, 88, American service executive, member of board of governors for the USO (1989–1992).[76]
- Ali Musallam Tabaja, Iranian militia commander, airstrike.[77]
- Gary Wagner, 85, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox).[78]
- Marina Yusoff, 84, Malaysian politician, lawyer and businesswoman.[79]
10
- Mohiuddin Ahmed, 75, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–1988), pneumonia.[80]
- IJf Blokker, 95, Dutch actor (De Fred Haché Show, Zeg 'ns Aaa, Van Oekel's Discohoek), musician and presenter.[81]
- Abdulwahab Darawshe, 82, Israeli politician, MK (1984–1999).[82]
- Alfredo Bryce Echenique, 87, Peruvian writer (A World for Julius, Huerto cerrado).[83]
- Pascal Edoh Agbove, 55, Togolese businessman and civil servant.[84]
- Biren Sing Engti, 81, Indian politician, MP (2004–2019).[85]
- Susan Haack, 80, British philosopher.[86]
- Michael Hague, 77, American illustrator (The Hobbit, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland).[87]
- Zdeněk Hummel, 79, Czech basketball player (USK Praha, Slovan Orbis Praha BK, Czechoslovakia national team) and coach.[88]
- Alojz Ihan, 64, Slovenian immunologist and poet.[89]
- Lloyd Jones, 74, Welsh novelist.[90]
- Kim Yong-chae, 93, South Korean politician, mayor of the Nowon District (1996–1998).[91]
- Orhan Kaynak, 56, Turkish football player (Beşiktaş, Trabzonspor, national team) and manager, heart attack.[92]
- László Kiss, 75, Hungarian judge, justice of the constitutional court (1998–2016).[93]
- Hermann Kulke, 87, German Indologist.[94]
- Lee Sang-hee, 80, South Korean general and politician, minister of national defense (2008–2009).[95]
- Moon Yong-joo, 93, South Korean politician, MP (1981–1985).[96]
- Giorgos Panousopoulos, 84, Greek film director (Mania, Love Me Not?, Testosterone), cinematographer and screenwriter.[97]
- Viktor Shreyder, 74, Russian politician, MP (2011–2021).[98]
- Matt Snell, 84, American football player (New York Jets).[99]
- Thakkali Srinivasan, 72, Indian film director (Jenma Natchathram, Witness, Aduthathu) and musician.[100]
- Melvin Steinberg, 92, American politician, lieutenant governor of Maryland (1987–1995) and member of the Maryland Senate (1967–1987).[101]
- Fumiko Takeshita, 69, Japanese novelist.[102]
- Willie Anthony Waters, 74, American opera conductor and artistic director (Connecticut Opera).[103] (death announced on this date)
- Zalek, 30, Colombian reggaeton singer, traffic collision.[104]
9
- Umberto Allemandi, 88, Italian publisher.[105]
- Alexander Butterfield, 99, American Air Force officer and presidential assistant (Richard Nixon), administrator of the FAA (1973–1975), key figure in the Watergate scandal.[106]
- Tamal Roy Chowdhury, 80, Indian actor (Challenge, Chander Pahar, Bindaas), cardiac arrest.[107]
- Patricia Clarke, 99, Australian writer, historian and journalist.[108]
- Merrill Cook, 79, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1997–2001).[109]
- Mario D'Acquisto, 95, Italian politician.[110]
- Tommy DeCarlo, 60, American singer (Boston), brain cancer.[111]
- Oleksandr Dovhach, 52, Ukrainian military pilot, Hero of Ukraine (2025).[112]
- Pierre el-Raï, 50, Lebanese Maronite priest, airstrike.[113]
- Blake Emmons, 81, Canadian country singer and television host (Funny Farm, Chain Reaction).[114]
- Engin Fırat, 55, Turkish football manager (Saipa, Moldova national team, Kenya national team).[115]
- Gabba, British guitarist (Chaos UK).[116] (death announced on this date)
- Heorhij Halenčanka, 89, Belarusian historian.[117]
- Allan Legere, 78, Canadian serial killer.[118]
- Yukie Maeda, 52, Japanese voice actress (Love Hina, Shin Koihime Musō, Transformers: Armada).[119]
- Mauricio Nanni, 46, Uruguayan footballer (Montevideo Wanderers, national team).[120]
- Sergei Nekrasov, 53, Russian footballer (Dynamo Moscow, Khimki, national team).[121]
- Festus Onigbinde, 88, Nigerian football manager (national team).[122]
- K. N. Panikkar, 89, Indian historian.[123]
- Kavuri Samba Siva Rao, 82, Indian politician, MP (1984–2014) and minister of textiles (2013–2014).[124]
- Leoš Šimánek, 79, Czech-German-Canadian traveler and writer.[125]
- Phil Summerill, 78, English footballer (Birmingham City, Millwall, Huddersfield Town).[126]
- Janne Tuomela, 51, Swedish convicted murderer, traffic collision.[127]
- Volodymyr Vlasenko, 77, Ukrainian scientist and military doctor.[128]
- Wang Jinshan, 81, Chinese politician, party secretary (2007–2010) and governor of Anhui (2003–2007).[129]
8
- Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, 94, Malaysian philosopher.[130]
- B. Wongar, 94, Serbian writer and photographer (Totem and Ore).[131]
- Abu al Qasem Babaiyan, Iranian military general, chief of staff of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, airstrike.[132]
- Hans-Georg Backhaus, 96–97, German Marxist economist and philosopher.[133]
- Maricla Boggio, 88, Italian writer.[134]
- Philip Bourne, 72, Australian bioinformatician and writer, mesothelioma.[135]
- Constantin Cojocariu, 60, Romanian rugby union player (Știința Baia Mare, national team).[136]
- Lutfiya al-Dulaimi, 87, Iraqi writer.[137]
- Zeph Ellis, 37, British rapper.[138]
- Curzia Ferrari, 96, Italian writer.[139]
- Matt Gallagher, English rugby union player (Coventry R.F.C.), motor neurone disease.[140]
- Mohamed Hansal, 78, Algerian football referee.[141]
- Dilworth Karaka, 75, New Zealand musician (Herbs) and songwriter ("Sensitive to a Smile").[142] (death announced on this date)
- Walid Khalidi, 100, Palestinian historian.[143]
- Sir Anthony Leggett, 87, British-American theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (2003).[144]
- Arturo López, 90, Bolivian footballer (Chaco Petrolero, national team).[145]
- Slavoljub Marjanović, 71, Serbian chess Grandmaster.[146]
- Fahad Al-Mejmed, 33, Kuwaiti footballer (Al Qadsia SC, Al-Salmiya SC, national team), military accident.[147]
- Mantana Morakul, 102, Thai singer and actress.[148]
- William Norvel, 90, American Catholic priest.[149]
- David Rokni, 94, Israeli colonel.[150] (death announced on this date)
- Shane Rout, 53, Australian drummer (Blood Duster).[151]
- Ray Schoenke, 84, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins), cancer.[152]
- Jerzy Szymanek, 88, Polish politician, MP (1972–1985).[153]
- Moulana Abdullah Tari, 86, Indian Islamic scholar and political activist.[154]
7
- Vidi Aldiano, 35, Indonesian singer-songwriter, kidney cancer.[155]
- Eduard Apalkov, 56, Russian footballer (Dynamo Stavropol, Belshina Bobruisk).[156]
- Abolghasem Babaeian, Iranian government official, head of the Supreme Leader's military office and chief of staff of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, airstrike.[157]
- Sadok Belaïd, 87, Tunisian jurist and academic.[158]
- Marie-Christine Boutonnet, 77, French politician, MEP (2014–2019).[159]
- David Brigati, 85, American singer (Joey Dee and the Starliters, The Rascals).[160]
- Rostyslav Chapiuk, 88, Ukrainian politician, MP (1994–1998).[161]
- Nick Ciancio, 79, Australian Olympic weightlifter.[162]
- Jamie Dunn, 75, Australian puppeteer (Agro), voice actor and radio host.[163]
- Donny Fattah, 76, Indonesian bassist (God Bless) and songwriter, sarcopenia, vascular blockage, and autoimmune diseases.[164]
- Rose Marie Heck, 93, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1991–2004).[165]
- Ian Huntley, 52, British convicted murderer (Soham murders), beaten.[166]
- Samir Karabašić, 59, Bosnian Olympic canoeist (1996).[167]
- Walter Martino, 72, Italian drummer (Goblin).[168]
- Country Joe McDonald, 84, American singer (Country Joe and the Fish) and songwriter ("I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag"), complications from Parkinson's disease.[169]
- Augie Meyers, 85, American musician (Sir Douglas Quintet, Texas Tornados).[170]
- Troy Murray, 63, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Winnipeg Jets, Colorado Avalanche) and broadcaster, Stanley Cup champion (1996), cancer.[171]
- Cameron Ontko, 33, American football player (BC Lions).[172]
- Vicente Paniagua, 78, Spanish basketball player (Real Madrid, national team).[173]
- Matt Salter, 49, English rugby union (Bristol) and rugby league (London Broncos) player.[174]
- Nuno Morais Sarmento, 65, Portuguese politician, minister of the presidency (2002–2005), MP (2005–2009).[175]
- Mahendra Pal Singh, 85, Indian legal scholar.[176]
- Sheldon Weinig, 98, American businessman, founder of Materials Research Corporation.[177]
6
- Gerda Antti, 96, Swedish writer.[178]
- Narayan Bareth, 68, Indian journalist and political analyst, cardiac arrest.[179]
- Rolf Birkhölzer, 76, German football player (1. FC Köln, KSV Hessen Kassel) and manager (FSV Frankfurt).[180]
- Aleksandr Dulichenko, 84, Russian-Estonian Esperantist, linguist and Slavic microlanguages expert.[181]
- Francisco Fernández Carvajal, 88, Spanish Roman Catholic priest and writer.[182]
- Pasquale Fiore, 72, Italian footballer (Napoli, Udinese).[183]
- Franco Vito Gaiezza, 66, Italian musician and writer, heart attack.[184]
- Giorgio Gosetti, 70, Italian film critic, journalist and essayist.[185]
- Colleen Hanabusa, 74, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2011–2015, 2016–2019), cancer.[186]
- Nathan Healey, 76, New Zealand runner, brain injuries sustained in a cycling accident.[187]
- André Kabile, 87, French footballer (Nîmes Olympique).[188]
- Nikolay Kondakov, 76, Russian politician, MP (1994–1996).[189]
- Jan Lenferink, 80, Dutch radio and television presenter.[190]
- Antonio Marsina, 80, Italian actor (Keoma, Vatican Conspiracy, Tornado: The Last Blood).[191]
- Lolo Matalasi Moliga, 78, American Samoan politician, governor of American Samoa (2013–2021).[192]
- Thaddeus Mosley, 99, American sculptor.[193]
- Govind Parmar, 72, Indian politician, Gujarat MLA (1995–2003, since 2017).[194]
- Patrick Pasculli, 78, American politician, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey (1988–1993).[195]
- Antonio Puddu, 81, Italian boxer.[196]
- Alan Ridge, 91, Australian politician, Western Australia MLA (1968–1980).[197]
- Eigra Lewis Roberts, 86, Welsh writer, playwright and poet.[198] (death announced on this date)
- Jennifer Runyon, 65, American actress (Another World, Ghostbusters, Charles in Charge), cancer.[199]
- Norma C. Russell, 88, American politician, member of the South Carolina Senate (1981–1983).[200]
- Tierney Thys, 59, American marine biologist and science educator.[201]
- Christos Valavanidis, 81, Greek actor (The Wretches Are Still Singing, Loafing and Camouflage, Crying... Silicon Tears) and poet.[202]
- Hans Wagner, 62, German-born Dutch politician, MP (2006).[203]
5
- Reinaldo Aleluia, 53, Brazilian footballer (Bahia, Espérance, Ceará), cardiorespiratory arrest.[204]
- Bobby Cummines, 74, English gangster.[205]
- Maurice J. Freedman, 86, American librarian, president of the American Library Association (2002–2003).[206]
- Pedro Friedeberg, 90, Italian-born Mexican visual artist.[207]
- H. H. Hamid, 83, Indian Olympic footballer (1960).[208]
- Bob Harlan, 89, American football executive (Green Bay Packers).[209]
- Sir Tony Hoare, 92, British computer scientist (Quicksort, Quickselect, Hoare logic).[210]
- Jerzy Józefiak, 88, Polish politician, MP (1989–1991).[211]
- Uladzimir Karyzna, 87, Belarusian poet (national anthem).[212]
- András Katona, 88, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic bronze medallist (1960).[213]
- Bernard Lafayette, 85, American civil rights activist, heart attack.[214]
- Marguerite Lamour, 69, French politician, mayor of Ploudalmézeau (2001–2025) and deputy (2002–2012).[215]
- Jane Lapotaire, 81, English actress (Piaf, Love Hurts, Rebecca), Tony Award winner (1981).[216]
- Joan Leitzel, 89, American mathematician.[217]
- António Lobo Antunes, 83, Portuguese novelist (The Land at the End of the World, Fado Alexandrino).[218]
- Karel Malý, 95, Czech lawyer, rector of Charles University (1995–1999).[219]
- Jacques Michel, 84, Canadian musician and songwriter.[220]
- Joaquín Palacín, 51, Spanish politician, member of the Cortes of Aragon (since 2011).[221]
- Corey Parker, 60, American actor (Biloxi Blues, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, Will & Grace), cancer.[222]
- Mihail Secichin, 82, Moldovan pianist, director of Maria Bieșu National Opera and Ballet Theatre (1990–1992).[223]
- Eli Shamir, 91–92, Israeli mathematician and computer scientist.[224]
- Jānis Streičs, 89, Latvian film director (A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve, Cilvēka bērns).[225]
- Lee Turner, 89, American musician (The Dream Weavers).[226]
- Masaru Urata, 100, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (1983–1989, 1992–1998).[227]
- Sandy Wernick, 86, American film and television producer (ALF, Happy Gilmore, Def Comedy Jam).[228]
- David Wilde, 75, English cricketer (Derbyshire).[229] (death announced on this date)
4
- Catherine C. Blake, 75, American jurist, chief judge (2014–2017) and judge (since 1995) of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.[230]
- Janusz Cegliński, 76, Polish Olympic basketball player (1972).[231]
- Dennis Cometti, 76, Australian sports commentator, football player and coach (West Perth).[232]
- Jacky Cupit, 88, American golfer.[233]
- Vasilios Daniil, 87, Greek football manager (Panathinaikos, Olympiacos Volos, national team).[234] (death announced on this date)
- Ahmed Ibrahim Darwish, 83, Egyptian writer and poet.[235]
- Luis del Castillo Estrada, 90, Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Montevideo (1988–1999) and bishop of Melo (1999–2009).[236]
- Rosario Di Vincenzo, 84, Italian footballer (Inter Milan, Genoa, U.C. Sampdoria).[237]
- Anis Djaad, 51, Algerian film director and screenwriter (La Vie d'après).[238]
- Hélène Dorlhac, 90, French doctor and politician.[239]
- H. K. Dua, 88, Indian journalist (Hindustan Times, The Tribune), MP (2009–2015).[240]
- Ronnie Eldridge, 95, American politician, member of the New York City Council (1989–2001).[241]
- Lou Holtz, 89, American Hall of Fame college football coach (Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Arkansas Razorbacks, NC State Wolfpack) and sportscaster.[242]
- Georg Koch, 54, German footballer (Fortuna Düsseldorf, MSV Duisburg, 1. FC Kaiserslautern), pancreatic cancer.[243]
- Mosiuoa Lekota, 77, South African politician and anti-Apartheid activist, minister of defence (1999–2008) and premier of the Free State (1994–1996), cancer.[244]
- Philip Low, 78, American chemist.[245]
- Victoria MacKenzie-Childs, 77, American ceramic artist, co-founder of MacKenzie-Childs.[246]
- Timothy A. McDonnell, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of New York (2001–2004) and bishop of Springfield of Massachusetts (2004–2014), cancer.[247]
- Russell W. Meyer Jr., 93, American aviation executive, CEO of Grumman (1966–1974) and Cessna (1975–2000, 2002–2004).[248]
- V. R. Muthu, 72, Indian sesame oil industry executive, chairman of Idhayam (since 1987).[249]
- Ana Luisa Peluffo, 96, Mexican actress (Las señoritas Vivanco, The Phantom of the Operetta, Paper Flowers).[250]
- Soli Philander, 65, South African actor (Devil's Peak), director and television presenter, cancer.[251]
- Boris Podkorytov, 77, Kyrgyzstani football player (Alga Frunze, Lokomotiv Moscow) and manager (national team).[252]
- Bernard Rands, 92, British-American composer.[253]
- Ari Salin, 79, Finnish Olympic hurdler and sprinter (1972).[254]
- Mouta Penda, Cameroonian comedian.[255]
- Song Ping, 108, Chinese politician, head of the organization department (1987–1989), state councillor (1983–1988), and governor of Gansu (1977–1979).[256]
- Sheik Mahaboob Subhani, 71, Indian nadaswaram player.[257]
- William Thoresson, 93, Swedish gymnast, Olympic champion (1952).[258]
- Joseph T. Threston, 90, American Navy systems engineer.[259]
- Philip Trusttum, 85, New Zealand figurative expressionist artist.[260]
- Ekaterina Vedunova, 45, Russian actress (Sklifosovsky), traffic collision.[261]
- Chris Wheeler, 52, English chef.[262]
3
- Alfredo Bengzon, 90, Filipino physician, secretary of health (1986–1992).[263]
- Roy Book Binder, 82, American blues musician.[264]
- Jack Chambers, 87, Canadian linguist.[265]
- Vijay Crishna, 81, Indian actor (Devdas, Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii, Guzaarish).[266]
- Sergey Duvakin, 97, Russian politician, chairman of the executive committee of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (1971–1985).[267]
- Ted Emery, Australian television director (Countdown, Fast Forward, Kath & Kim), cancer.[268]
- David Eugene Fellhauer, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Victoria in Texas (1990–2015).[269]
- Alvin Greene, 48, American politician.[270]
- Gustav Gunsenheimer, 91, German composer and church music director.[271]
- Masako Ikeda, 87, Japanese voice actress (Galaxy Express 999, Aim for the Ace!, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep).[272]
- Patrice Jeener, 81, French artist and copper engraver.[273]
- Unni-Lise Jonsmoen, 89, Norwegian illustrator and children's writer.[274]
- Billy Leon Kearse, 53, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[275]
- Zsolt Kerestely, 91, Romanian composer and conductor.[276]
- Muhammad al-Khuli, 88, Syrian military officer, chief of the air force intelligence directorate (1970–1987) and the air force (1994–1999).[277] (death announced on this date)
- Mujahid, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse.[278]
- Fernando Ónega, 78, Spanish journalist, speechwriter (Puedo prometer y prometo), and presidential communications director.[279]
- Bob Rosenfarb, 74, American television producer and writer (Step by Step, Who's the Boss?, Head of the Class).[280]
- Peter Schneider, 85, German writer (Berlin Now).[281]
- Valentin Shcherbakov, 89, Russian politician, member of the Soviet of the Union (1979–1984).[282]
- K. P. Unnikrishnan, 89, Indian politician, MP (1971–1996).[283]
- Gabriele Vianello, 87, Italian basketball player (Olimpia Milano, Reyer Venezia, Varese).[284]
- László Vincze, 74, Hungarian politician, MP (1998–2014).[285] (death announced on this date)
- Andrew Watson, 64, British Anglican clergyman, bishop of Aston (2008–2014) and Guildford (since 2014), member of the House of Lords (since 2022), pancreatic cancer.[286]
- Andrea Weiss, 60, American rabbi, cancer.[287]
- Valentyna Yeshchenko, 79, Ukrainian politician, deputy (1990–1994).[288]
2
- José Luis Álvarez, 65, Chilean footballer (Deportes La Serena, Colo-Colo, national team), complications from liver cancer.[289]
- Natale Amodeo, 92, Italian politician, deputy (1979–1992).[290]
- Jahanara Arzu, 93, Bangladeshi poet.[291]
- Kevin Ashcroft, 81, English rugby player (Leigh, Warrington) and coach (Salford).[292]
- Mahendra Bohra, 79, Indian film producer (Tejaa, Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna).[293]
- Alice Chien Chang, 75, Taiwanese molecular biologist and neuroscientist.[294]
- Sidney Dorsey, 86, American sheriff and convicted murderer.[295]
- Umar Dzhabrailov, 67, Russian banker and politician, senator (2004–2009), suicide by gunshot.[296]
- Len Garry, 84, English musician (The Quarrymen), pneumonia.[297]
- Andrew Gunn, 58, Canadian film producer (Freaky Friday, Sky High, Cruella), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[298]
- Ivan Hall, 93, British architectural historian.[299]
- Douglas Hambidge, 98, British-born Canadian Anglican clergyman, bishop of Caledonia (1969–1980) and New Westminster (1980–1993).[300]
- Stephen Hibbert, 68, American actor (Pulp Fiction, True Jackson, VP) and television writer (Late Night with David Letterman), heart attack.[301]
- Pat Hyland, 84, Australian jockey and horse trainer.[302]
- Nikolay Kolyada, 68, Russian playwright, actor, and stage director, double pneumonia.[303]
- Timothy D. Leonard, 86, American politician and jurist, member of the Oklahoma Senate (1979–1988), judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (since 1992).[304]
- Hussain Makled, Lebanese Hezbollah militant and intelligence chief, airstrike.[305]
- Daniel Migliore, 90, American theologian.[306]
- Yanar Mohammed, 66, Iraqi women's rights activist, shot.[307]
- Hélène Mouchard-Zay, 85, French academic and writer.[308]
- Kohei Otsuka, 66, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (2001–2024), heart failure.[309]
- Chase Pistone, 42, American racing driver.[310]
- Pockets Warhol, 33, Canadian capuchin monkey artist.[311]
- Billy Rafter, 96, American stock car driver.[312]
- John Resman, 70, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (since 2017).[313]
- Benedetto Santapaola, 87, Italian gangster.[314]
- Try Sutrisno, 90, Indonesian military officer and politician, vice president (1993–1998), commander of the Armed Forces (1988–1993), and chief of staff (1986–1988).[315]
- Oliver Thill, 55, Dutch architect.[316]
- Slava Tsukerman, 85, Russian film director, screenwriter and producer (Liquid Sky).[317]
- Mike Vernon, 81, English record producer ("Albatross", "Hocus Pocus"), music executive and recording studio owner (Chipping Norton Recording Studios).[318]
- Janardan Waghmare, 91, Indian educationist and politician, MP (2008–2014).[319]
- David "Diamond Dave" Whitaker, 88, American poet and activist.[320]
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- Eugènia Balcells, 82, Spanish visual artist, cancer.[321]
- Jeelani Bano, 89, Indian writer.[322]
- Mark Bittner, 74, American writer, heart attack.[323]
- Jacopo Camagni, 48, Italian illustrator and comics artist, complications from heart surgery.[324]
- Vasile Constantin Mao, 88, Romanian rugby union coach and academic.[325]
- Davíð Oddsson, 78, Icelandic politician, prime minister (1991–2004), minister for foreign affairs (2004–2005), and mayor of Reykjavík (1982–1991).[326]
- Dagfinn Føllesdal, 93, Norwegian-born American academic and philosopher.[327]
- Suzanne Gunzburger, 86, American activist.[328]
- Yuri Korolev, 91, Russian ice hockey player (Severstal Cherepovets) and administrator.[329]
- Slavcho Krumov, 50, Bulgarian politician, MP (2023–2024).[330]
- Vyacheslav Klepikov, 76, Ukrainian nuclear physicist.[331]
- Margaret Aliyatul Maimunah, 47, Indonesian women's rights activist.[332]
- Rino Marchesi, 88, Italian football player (Fiorentina, national team) and manager (Juventus).[333]
- Christine Johnson McPhail, 80, American academic administrator, president of St. Augustine's University (2021–2023), cancer.[334]
- Käthe Menzel-Jordan, 109, German architect.[335]
- Arnaud Nguefack, 38, Cameroonian journalist.[336]
- Ong Kok Hai, 80, Malaysian microbiologist.[337]
- Clément Oubrerie, 59, French comics artist (Aya de Yopougon).[338]
- Neville Peat, 78, New Zealand natural history writer and photographer.[339]
- Josep Perarnau, 97, Spanish theologian.[340]
- Bob Power, 74, American record producer and audio engineer.[341]
- Rémy Scheurer, 91, Swiss politician, MP (1991–2003).[342]
- Lubomír Šik, 98, Czech regional historian.[343]
- Mike Smith, 59, Scottish cricketer (national team).[344]
- J. Strauss, Swedish singer and musician (Morlocks).[345]
- Kenith Trodd, 90, British television producer (Pennies from Heaven).[346]
- Jonathan Tyler, 85, British political activist and academic.[347]
- Alexander Tzonis, 88, Greek-French architect.[348]
- Georgi Velinov, 68, Bulgarian footballer (Cherno More, CSKA Sofia, national team).[349]
- Gary Walker, 83, American musician (The Standells, The Walker Brothers), stroke.[350]
- Wong Kiew-kit, 81, Malaysian martial artist.[351]
- Vadim Zelichenok, 70, Russian track and field coach.[352]