Deaths in February 2023

The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2023.

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.

February 2023

1

• Angel Alcala, 93, Filipino biologist, president of Silliman University (1991–1992), secretary of environment and natural resources (1992–1995) and chairperson of the CHED (1995–1999).
• Hans Alsén, 96, Swedish politician, MP (1974–1982), governor of Uppsala County (1986–1992).
• Renato Benaglia, 84, Italian football player (Fiorentina, Catania, Roma) and coach.
• Joanne Bracker, 77, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach (Midland University), cancer.
• Don Bramlett, 60, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).
• Jozef Čapla, 84, Slovak ice hockey player (HC Slovan Bratislava, HC Dukla Jihlava, Augsburger EV).
• Parimal Dey, 81, Indian footballer (East Bengal FC, Mohun Bagan AC, national team).
• Terence Dickinson, 79, Canadian astrophotographer and amateur astronomer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Benny Dollo, 72, Indonesian football manager (Persita Tangerang, Arema Malang, national team).
• Eunice Dwumfour, 30, American politician, shot.
• Franklin Florence, 88, American civil rights activist.
• Billy Galligan, 86, Irish hurler (Avondhu, Blackrock, Cork).
• Kit Hesketh-Harvey, 65, British comedian and screenwriter (Maurice).
• Jennifer Johnson, 76, Trinidad and Tobago politician.
• Maria Mykolaichuk, 81, Ukrainian singer and actress, People's Artist of Ukraine.
• Roland Muhlen, 82, American Olympic sprint canoer (1972, 1976).
• Leonard Pietraszak, 86, Polish actor (Vabank, Danton, Kingsajz).
• Phillip Price Jr., 88, American politician.
• Lucy Quintero, 74, Panamanian folk singer, heart attack.
• Terry Saldaña, 64, Filipino basketball player (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, Pop Cola Panthers, Shell Turbo Chargers), kidney disease.
• René Schérer, 100, French philosopher.
• Matthew Schure, 74, American educational psychologist.
• Dan Suleiman, 80, Nigerian air force officer and politician, governor of Plateau State (1976–1978).
• Philippe Tesson, 94, French journalist (Le Quotidien de Paris, Combat).
• Roman L. Weil, 82, American economist, cancer.
• George P. Wilbur, 81, American actor (Halloween, Remote Control, The Running Man) and stuntman.
• Stanley Wilson Jr., 40, American football player (Detroit Lions).
• George Zukerman, 95, Canadian bassoonist.

2

• Don Bielke, 90, American basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons).
• Trevor Boys, 65, Canadian racecar driver (NASCAR).
• Ron Campbell, 82, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
• Enzo Carra, 79, Italian journalist and politician, deputy (2001–2013).
• Chris Chesser, 74, American film producer (Major League, The Rundown, Bad Day on the Block).
• Calton Coffie, 68, Jamaican vocalist (Inner Circle).
• Marcel Duriez, 82, French Olympic hurdler (1960, 1964, 1968).
• Peter Facklam, 92, Swiss politician, member of the Executive Council of Basel-Stadt (1980–1992).
• Fred la marmotte, Canadian groundhog.
• George Hams, 94, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
• Gerardo Islas Maldonado, 39, Mexican businessman and politician, member of the Congress of Puebla (2018–2021), heart attack.
• Jean-Pierre Jabouille, 80, French racing driver (Formula One, 24 Hours of Le Mans).
• Kenny Jay, 85, American professional wrestler (AWA).
• Glória Maria, 73, Brazilian journalist and reporter (Fantástico, Globo Repórter), cancer.
• Linda Matar, 97, Lebanese women's rights activist.
• Butch Miles, 78, American jazz drummer.
• Mohammed Saeed Al Mulla, 97, Emirati banker and politician, co-founder of the National Bank of Dubai, minister of state for federation and Gulf affairs (1971–1973) and transport (1973–1997).
• Dennis Munari, 74, Australian footballer (Carlton, North Melbourne).
• Robert Orben, 95, American comedian and speechwriter.
• Solomon Perel, 97, German-born Israeli author and motivational speaker (Europa Europa).
• Lanny Poffo, 68, Canadian-American professional wrestler (WWF, CWA, ICW), heart failure.
• Tim Quy, 61, British musician (Cardiacs).
• Pete Reed, 33, American aid worker, shell explosion.
• Kenneth D. Scott, 92, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (1973–1977, 1987–1991).
• D. R. Thorpe, 79, British historian and biographer.
• Louis Velle, 96, French actor (Stopover in Orly, The Impossible Mr. Pipelet, Kings for a Day).
• K. Viswanath, 92, Indian film director (Sankarabharanam, Sagara Sangamam, Saptapadi).
• Barbara Wilk, 87, Polish gymnast, Olympic bronze medallist (1956).
• James C. Wofford, 78, American equestrian, Olympic silver medalist (1968, 1972).
• Richard Woolcott, 95, Australian diplomat, author and commentator, permanent representative to the United Nations (1982–1988).
• Takahiro Yokomichi, 82, Japanese politician, twice member and speaker (2009–2012) of the House of Representatives, governor of Hokkaido (1983–1995), cancer.
• John Zizioulas, 92, Greek Orthodox prelate, metropolitan of Pergamon (since 1986), COVID-19.

3

• Bernard Bardin, 88, French politician, deputy (1981–1993).
• Giuseppina Bersani, 73, Italian Olympic fencer (1972).
• Ronald Enroth, 84, American sociologist and author.
• Anthony Fernandes, 86, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Bareilly (1989–2014), multiple organ failure.
• Andreas Gielchen, 58, German footballer (1. FC Köln, Alemannia Aachen).
• Oswald Gomis, 90, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate and academic administrator, auxiliary bishop (1968–1996) and archbishop (2002–2009) of Colombo, chancellor of the UoC (2002–2021).
• Robert Key, 77, English politician, MP (1983–2010) and minister for sport (1992–1993).
• Alain Lacouchie, 76, French poet, illustrator, and photographer.
• José Luiz de Magalhães Lins, 93, Brazilian banker.
• Lawrence M. McKenna, 89, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Southern New York (since 1990).
• Ronald Meisburg, 75, American labor lawyer.
• Hiroshi Mizuta, 103, Japanese economist and historian, member of the Japan Academy.
• Ken Monteith, 84, Canadian politician, MP (1988–1993).
• Joan Oates, 94, American-British archaeologist and academic.
• Roberto Purini, 85, Brazilian lawyer and politician, São Paulo MLA (1979–1999).
• Paco Rabanne, 88, Spanish fashion designer.
• Portia Robinson, 96, Australian historian.
• Bine Rogelj, 93, Slovene Olympic ski jumper (1956) and caricaturist.
• Sergio Solli, 78, Italian actor (Il mistero di Bellavista, I Can Quit Whenever I Want, Ciao, Professore!).
• Dante Stefani, 95, Italian partisan and politician, senator (1979–1987).
• Irving Stern, 94, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1979–1982).
• Jack Taylor, 94, American broadcaster, heart failure.
• Ismail Tipi, 64, Turkish-German politician, member of the Landtag of Hesse (since 2010).
• Naďa Urbánková, 83, Czech singer and actress (Closely Watched Trains, Larks on a String, Seclusion Near a Forest), complications from cancer and COVID-19.
• Juan Velarde, 95, Spanish economist and academic.
• Shevah Weiss, 87, Polish-born Israeli politician, member (1981–1999) and speaker (1992–1996) of the Knesset.

4

• Oshwin Andries, 19, South African footballer (Stellenbosch), stabbed.
• Luciano Armani, 82, Italian racing cyclist.
• Vaco Baissac, 82, Mauritian artist.
• Don Blackburn, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers, New York Islanders, New York Rangers).
• José del Castillo, 79, Peruvian footballer (Cristal, national team).
• César Cordero Moscoso, 95, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic priest.
• Elettra Deiana, 81, Italian teacher and politician, deputy (2001–2008).
• Léon Engulu, 88, Congolese politician, governor of Katanga (1968–1970), minister of the interior (1990–1991) and senator (2003–2018).
• Susan Duhan Felix, 85, American ceramic artist.
• Jürgen Flimm, 81, German theater director and manager (Salzburg Festival, Berlin State Opera).
• Adrian Hall, 95, American theatre director.
• Eugene Iglesias, 96, Puerto Rican actor (Jack McCall, Desperado, Taza, Son of Cochise, The Naked Dawn), heart attack.
• Sherif Ismail, 67, Egyptian politician, prime minister (2015–2018).
• Vani Jairam, 77, Indian playback singer (Sankarabharanam, Guddi, Sollathaan Ninaikkiren), fall.
• Marv Kellum, 70, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, St. Louis Cardinals).
• Floyd Kerr, 76, American basketball player (Colorado State Rams).
• Pete Koegel, 75, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies).
• Sarah Landau, 87, American architectural historian.
• Paul Martha, 80, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers) and executive (San Francisco 49ers).
• Alois Mayer, 73, Austrian politician, member of the Municipal Council and Landtag of Vienna (1997–2015).
• Roberto Ongpin, 86, Filipino businessman and politician, MP (1978–1984) and minister of commerce and industry (1978–1986).
• Edward Pangelinan, 81, Northern Marianan politician, resident representative (1978–1984), pancreatic cancer.
• Anita Phillips, 77, Australian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (2001–2004).
• Arnold Schulman, 97, American screenwriter (Love with the Proper Stranger, Goodbye, Columbus, Tucker: The Man and His Dream).
• Jerry W. Tillman, 82, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (2003–2020).
• Ron Tompkins, 78, American baseball player (Kansas City Athletics, Chicago Cubs).
• Yagbonwura Tumtunba Boresa II, Ghanaian monarch, ruler of Gonja (since 2010).
• Harry Whittington, 95, American attorney and political figure (Dick Cheney hunting accident), complications from a fall.
• Rob Williams, 92, New Zealand army general, chief of the general staff (1981–1984).

5

• Hilda Adefarasin, 98, Nigerian women's rights activist.
• Hilary Alexander, 77, New Zealand-born British fashion journalist (The Daily Telegraph).
• Hank Beebe, 96, American composer (Bathtubs Over Broadway).
• Mordechai Bibi, 100, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, MK (1959–1974).
• Catherine Bonnet, 57, French tennis player.
• Knut Borchardt, 93, German historian.
• John Bracey Jr., 81, American scholar and historian.
• Chris Browne, 70, American cartoonist (Hägar the Horrible).
• Demetrius Calip, 53, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers).
• Donn Charnley, 94, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1971–1981, 1983–1985) and senate (1980–1983).
• Chu Yun-han, 67, Taiwanese political scholar, rectal cancer.
• Robin Cocks, 84, British geologist.
• Joy Davidson, 85, American operatic mezzo-soprano.
• Renato Del Ponte, 78, Italian essayist.
• Jean Desanlis, 97, French veterinarian and politician, deputy (1972–1997).
• Joan Wall, 89, English field hockey player and teacher, complications from dementia.
• Josep Maria Espinàs, 95, Spanish writer ("Cant del Barça"), journalist, and publisher.
• T. P. Gajendran, 68, Indian film director (Budget Padmanabhan, Middle Class Madhavan, Banda Paramasivam) and actor.
• Geoff Heskett, 93, Australian Olympic basketball player (1956).
• Hsing Yun, 95, Chinese Buddhist monk, founder of Fo Guang Shan and Buddha's Light International Association, kidney failure.
• Kang Seong-mo, 89, South Korean entrepreneur and politician, MNA (1988–1992).
• Abraham Lempel, 86, Polish-born Israeli computer scientist (LZ77 and LZ78).
• Pervez Musharraf, 79, Pakistani politician and military officer, president (2001–2008), minister of defence (1999–2002) and chief of Army staff (1998–2007), cardiac amyloidosis.
• Khalipha Nando, 81, Filipino Islamic militant, wa'lī of Bangsamoro (since 2019) and co-founder of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
• Ong Leong Boon, 76–77, Singaporean surgeon and politician, MP (1972–1980).
• Alan Orange, 67, British lichenologist.
• John H. Panabaker, 94, Canadian business executive and academic administrator, chancellor of McMaster University (1986–1992).
• Gerald Parsons, 89, English cricketer (Cornwall).
• Nukun Prachuapmo, 93, Thai politician, minister of transport (1991–1992, 1992).
• Inge Sargent, 90, Austrian-American author and human rights activist, queen consort of Hsipaw State (1953–1962).
• Takako Sasuga, 87, Japanese voice actress (Sazae-san, Danganronpa).
• May Sayegh, 82, Palestinian poet and political activist.
• Hansi Schmidt, 80, Romanian-born German handball player (VfL Gummersbach, Steaua București, West Germany national team).
• Vladimir Skulachev, 87, Russian biochemist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
• Phil Spalding, 65, English bassist (GTR, Original Mirrors, Toyah).
• Roslyn Swartzman, 91, Canadian printmaker and painter.
• Rosa Tavarez, 83, Dominican painter and engraver.
• Jusaburō Tsujimura, 89, Japanese puppeteer and doll maker, heart failure.
• Kaye Vaughan, 91, American-born Canadian Hall of Fame football player (Ottawa Rough Riders).
• Quirin Vrehen, 90, Dutch physicist.
• Wu Zhongru, 83, Chinese hydraulic engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

6

• Moslem Uddin Ahmad, 74, Bangladeshi politician, MP (since 2020), cancer.
• Peter Allen, 76, English footballer (Leyton Orient, Millwall).
• Greta Andersen, 95, Danish swimmer, Olympic champion (1948).
• Janet Anderson, 73, British politician, minister for film, tourism and broadcasting (1998–2001) and MP (1992–2010).
• Abdellatif Ben Ammar, 79, Tunisian film director (A Simple Story, Aziza).
• Nugraha Besoes, 81, Indonesian football administrator and politician, MP (1977–1992).
• Niamh Bhreathnach, 77, Irish politician, twice minister for education, TD (1992–1997) and senator (1997).
• Bong Kee Chok, 85, Malaysian political activist.
• Rob Bruniges, 66, British Olympic fencer (1976, 1980, 1984).
• Gerardo Cavallieri, 80, Argentine Olympic cyclist.
• Jane Dowling, 97, British artist.
• Moses Gray, 85, American football player (Indiana Hoosiers, New York Titans).
• David Harris, 76, American journalist and anti-war activist.
• Emory Kristof, 80, American photographer.
• Inge Krogh, 102, Danish politician, MP (1973–1984).
• Carole Laganière, 64, Canadian documentary filmmaker
• Eugene Lee, 83, American set designer (Saturday Night Live, Candide, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street).
• Nicolò Mineo, 89, Italian literary critic, literary historian and philologist.
• John Moeti, 55, South African footballer (Orlando Pirates, SuperSport United, national team).
• Charlie Norris, 59, American professional wrestler (Pro Wrestling America, WCW).
• Květa Pacovská, 94, Czech illustrator and writer.
• Pierre-Alain Parot, 72, French stained-glass artist.
• Jim Rose, 56, American sculptor, suicide.
• Violet Stanger, 82, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (1991–1999).
• Lubomír Štrougal, 98, Czech politician, prime minister of Czechoslovakia (1970–1988).
• Răzvan Theodorescu, 83, Romanian historian and politician, senator (2000–2008) and minister of culture (2000–2004).
• Billy Thomson, 64, Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Dundee United, national team).
• Miguel Lucas Tomás, 85, Spanish physician.
• B. K. S. Varma, 74, Indian painter, heart attack.
• Steve Woodmore, 62, British electronics salesman, Guinness World Records record holder for most words articulated per minute (1990–1995).
• Notable people killed during the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake:
  • Christian Atsu, 31, Ghanaian footballer (Newcastle United, Hatayspor, national team)
  • Nilay Aydoğan, 31, Turkish basketball player (national team)
  • Nader Joukhadar, 45, Syrian football player (Al-Wathba, national team) and manager (Salam Zgharta)
  • Cemal Kütahya, 32, Turkish handball player (national team)
  • Taner Savut, 48, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe, Siirtspor) and sporting director (Hatayspor)
  • Yakup Taş, 63, Turkish politician, MP (since 2018)
  • Zilan Tigris, 50–51, Turkish-Armenian singer
  • Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan, 28, Turkish footballer (Osmanlıspor, Ümraniyespor, Yeni Malatyaspor)

7

• Tunku Abdul Aziz, 89, Malaysian politician, senator (2009–2012).
• Fernando Becerril, 78, Mexican actor (Zapata: el sueño del héroe, The Mask of Zorro, Get the Gringo).
• Luis Jaime Carvajal y Salas, 80, Spanish Olympic equestrian (1972).
• František Cipro, 75, Czech football player and manager (Slavia Prague, Dynamo České Budějovice, Chmel Blšany), colon cancer.
• Pio D'Emilia, 68, Italian journalist (il manifesto, L'Espresso).
• Daniel Defert, 85, French sociologist and AIDS activist, founder of AIDES.
• Abdelkader Drif, 85, Algerian sporting director.
• Jane F. Gentleman, 82–83, American-Canadian statistician.
• Karma Ghale, 59, Nepali politician, MP (since 2018), prostate cancer.
• Mihail-Viorel Ghindă, 73, Romanian chess International Master. (death announced on this date)
• Lee Greenfield, 81, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1979–2001).
• Dieter Haaßengier, 88, German politician, member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony (1970–1976).
• Benet Hytner, 95, English barrister.
• Teuku Sama Indra, 58, Indonesian politician, regent of South Aceh (2013–2018).
• Makoto Itoh, 86, Japanese economist, heart attack.
• Richard Kell, 95, Irish poet, composer, and teacher. (death announced on this date)
• Tonya Knight, 56, American professional bodybuilder and game show contestant (American Gladiators), cancer.
• Joseph Loeckx, 85, Belgian comic book artist (Clifton, Tintin, La Ribambelle).
• Friedel Lutz, 84, German footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt, West Germany national team).
• Andrew J. McKenna, 93, American businessman, chairman of McDonald's (2004–2016).
• Mendelson Joe, 78, Canadian singer-songwriter, assisted suicide.
• Hiroki Nakata, 58, Japanese professional shogi player.
• Mati Põldre, 86, Estonian film director (Those Old Love Letters, Georg), screenwriter and cinematographer.
• Oleksandr Radchenko, 46, Ukrainian footballer (Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro, national team).
• Thibaut de Reimpré, 73–74, French painter.
• Alfredo Rizzo, 89, Italian Olympic runner (1960).
• K. Warner Schaie, 95, American social gerontologist and psychologist.
• Volkmar Sigusch, 82, German sexologist, physician and sociologist.
• Sir William Taylor, 92, British educator and academic administrator, vice-chancellor of the University of Hull (1985–1991). (death announced on this date)
• Anthony Thiselton, 85, English Anglican priest, theologian and academic.
• Fleur de Villiers, 85, South African journalist and business consultant, stroke.
• Leontii Voitovych, 71, Ukrainian historian.
• Wolfgang Weber, 83, German engineer and politician, member of the Landtag of Saxony (1990–1994).
• Luc Winants, 60, Belgian chess player.
• Royden Wood, 92, English footballer (New Brighton, Clitheroe, Leeds United).

8

• Burt Bacharach, 94, American Hall of Fame composer ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", "Walk On By", "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"), six-time Grammy winner.
• Miroslav Blažević, 87, Croatian football player (Rijeka) and manager (Dinamo Zagreb, national team), prostate cancer.
• Fritz Enskat, 84, German Olympic diver (1960).
• Elena Fanchini, 37, Italian Olympic alpine ski racer (2006, 2010, 2014), cancer.
• Shirley Fulton, 71, American jurist, judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1988–2002), gallbladder cancer.
• Arto Heiskanen, 59, Finnish ice hockey player (Porin Ässät, Lukko, Albatros de Brest).
• Volkan Kahraman, 43, Austrian football player (Excelsior, SV Pasching, national team) and manager, shot.
• Cody Longo, 34, American actor (Hollywood Heights, Days of Our Lives, Piranha 3D).
• Jesús Agustín López de Lama, 93, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop-prelate of Corocoro (1966–1991).
• Dennis Lotis, 97, South African-born British singer and actor (It's a Wonderful World, The City of the Dead, What Every Woman Wants).
• Igor Mangushev, 36, Russian nationalist and mercenary, founder of the E.N.O.T. Corp., shot.
• Dennis M. McCarthy, 78, American lieutenant general.
• Subimal Mishra, 79, Indian novelist.
• Vladimir Ivanovich Morozov, 82, Turkmen sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (1964, 1968, 1972).
• Mihály Oláh, 74, Hungarian Olympic biathlete.
• Ignatius Paul Pinto, 97, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Shimoga (1989–1998) and archbishop of Bangalore (1998–2004).
• Ramón Saadi, 74, Argentine politician, MP (1987–1988, 2003–2009) and governor of Catamarca Province (1983–1991).
• Wolfgang Schallenberg, 92, Austrian diplomat, ambassador to India (1974–1978), Spain (1979–1981), and France (1988–1992).
• Ivan Silayev, 92, Russian politician, premier of the Soviet Union (1991), chairman of the council of ministers (1990–1991) and minister of aviation industry (1981–1985).
• Branka Veselinović, 104, Serbian actress (A Child of the Community).
• Manousos Voloudakis, 56, Greek politician, MP (2007–2009, 2012–2014, since 2019).
• Julian Wasser, 89, American photographer.
• Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, 96, American pilot (Tuskegee Airmen) and radio personality.

9

• Marcos Alonso, 63, Spanish football player (Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, national team) and manager.
• Ain Andressoo, 87, Estonian archer and architect.
• Jen Angel, 48, American writer, traffic collision.
• Ali al-Bahadili, 80, Iraqi politician, minister of agriculture (2005–2010).
• Baracouda, 28, French racehorse.
• Changoleón, c. 82, Mexican television personality.
• Bill Currey, 78, New Zealand rugby player.
• György Czakó, 89, Hungarian Olympic figure skater (1952).
• Jean-Maurice Dehousse, 86, Belgian politician, MP (1971–1981), minister-president of Wallonia (1982–1985), MEP (1999–2004).
• Charlie Faulkner, 81, Welsh rugby union player (national team, British & Irish Lions) and coach (Newport RFC), heart failure.
• Sıtkı Güvenç, 61, Turkish politician, MP (2011–2015), complications from injuries sustained in an earthquake.
• Princess Marie Gabrielle, 97, Luxembourgish royal.
• Doug Mattis, 56, American figure skater.
• Marijke Merckens, 83, Dutch actress and singer (A Woman Like Eve, Honneponnetje).
• O Kuk-ryol, 93, North Korean military officer, chief of the general staff (1980–1988) and vice chairman of the National Defence Commission (2009–2016), heart failure.
• Ferhat Ozcep, 55, Turkish geophysicist.
• Nelson Rising, 81, American businessman (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Lewis Spratlan, 82, American music academic and composer, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
• Wesley Stacey, 81–82, Australian photographer, co-founder of the Australian Centre for Photography.
• Dimitrious Stanley, 48, American football player (New Jersey Red Dogs, Winnipeg Blue Bombers), prostate cancer.
• Tunnet Taimla, 34, Estonian renju player, world champion (2003, 2013).
• Yukio Takano, 85, Japanese politician, mayor of Toshima (since 1999) and member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (1989–1999), COVID-19.
• David Vaughan, 60, British climatologist, stomach cancer.
• Sasa Zivoulovic, 50, Greek Olympic handball player (2004).

10

• Marcel Adamczyk, 88, French footballer (FC Nancy, Lille, national team).
• AKA, 35, South African rapper, shot.
• Garland E. Allen, 86, American historian and biographer.
• Morris J. Amitay, 86, American administrator, executive director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (1974–1980).
• Amjad Islam Amjad, 78, Pakistani poet and screenwriter (Waris, Dehleez, Din), cardiac arrest.
• Giovanni Bettini, 84, Italian architect and politician, deputy (1979–1983).
• Len Birman, 90, Canadian-American actor (Silver Streak, Generations, Captain America).
• Robbyanto Budiman, 56, Indonesian businessman.
• Larry Coyer, 79, American football coach (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Denver Broncos, Indianapolis Colts).
• Sir David Elliott, 93, British diplomat.
• Delano Franklyn, 63, Jamaican politician, senator (2002–2007).
• Erich Froelich, 85, German-born Canadian professional wrestler.
• Sir Charles Gray, 94, Scottish politician, leader of the Strathclyde Regional Council (1986–1992).
• Michael Green, 69, American molecular and cell biologist.
• Toni Harper, 85, American singer.
• Hugh Hudson, 86, English film director (Chariots of Fire, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, My Life So Far).
• Satoshi Iriki, 55, Japanese baseball player (Kintetsu Buffaloes, Yomiuri Giants, Tokyo Yakult Swallows), traffic collision.
• Marguerite Jauzelon, 105, French volunteer paramedic.
• Jacob L. Mey, 96, Dutch-born Danish professor of linguistics.
• Hans Modrow, 95, German politician, chairman of the Council of Ministers of East Germany (1989–1990), MEP (1999–2004) and MP (1990–1994), stroke.
• Carleton Moore, 90, American molecular scientist.
• Samuel Moreno Rojas, 62, Colombian politician, senator (1991–2006), mayor of Bogotá (2008–2011), cardiac arrest.
• Horst Nickel, 88, German Olympic biathlete (1960).
• Ron Roddan, 91, British athletics coach.
• Carlos Saura, 91, Spanish film director (Mama Turns 100, Carmen, The Hunt), respiratory failure.
• Mitsuo Shindō, 74, Japanese art director, stomach cancer.
• Gautam Shome Sr., 62, Indian cricketer (Bengal).
• René-Samuel Sirat, 92, French rabbi, chief rabbi of France (1981–1988).
• Ben Steinberg, 93, Canadian composer, conductor and music educator.
• Paul Sullivan, 85, Australian footballer (Hawthorn).
• Sergey Tereshchenko, 71, Kazakh politician, prime minister (1991–1994).
• Nancy Tichborne, 80, New Zealand watercolour artist and gardener.
• Tôn Đức Lượng, 98, Vietnamese painter.
• Xiang Xuan, 96, Chinese soldier, youngest soldier to take part in the Long March.
• Zhai Zhonghe, 92, Chinese biologist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

11

• Barrie Barbary, 84, Australian footballer (North Adelaide, Woodville).
• David K. Barton, 95, American radar systems engineer.
• Deniz Baykal, 84, Turkish politician, minister of foreign affairs and deputy prime minister (1995–1996).
• Kevin Bell, 67, American football player (New York Jets).
• Howard Bragman, 66, American public relations executive, leukemia.
• Helena Parente Cunha, 93, Brazilian educator and writer.
• Odd Eriksen, 67, Norwegian politician, minister of trade and industry (2005–2006) and governor of Nordland (2006–2013).
• Adrien Fainsilber, 90, French architect.
• Tito Fernández, 80, Chilean singer-songwriter.
• James Flynn, 57, Irish film and television producer (Vikings, The Last Duel, The Banshees of Inisherin).
• Brianna Ghey, 16, British transgender girl, stabbed.
• Anatoly Grigoriev, 79, Russian physiologist.
• Robert Hébras, 97, French massacre survivor (Oradour-sur-Glane).
• Robert Dean Hunter, 94, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1986–2007).
• Lee James, 69, American weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist (1976).
• Jassim Ismail Juma, 85, Kuwaiti politician, MP (1971–1975).
• Ivan Kováč, 74, Slovak middle-distance runner and radio sports commentator.
• Simas Kudirka, 92, Lithuanian sailor (The Defection of Simas Kudirka).
• Erwan Kurtubi, 72, Indonesian politician, regent of Pandeglang (2009–2010, 2011–2016).
• Agnès Laroche, 57, French author and novelist.
• Séamus Ryan, 85–86, Irish hurler.
• Donald Spoto, 81, American biographer, brain hemorrhage.
• Eleanor Sterling, 62, American conservationist and biologist.
• Muhammad Waris, Pakistani alleged blasphemer, lynched.

12

• Vadim Abdrashitov, 78, Russian film director (Fox Hunting, The Train Has Stopped, Planet Parade), cancer.
• Lualhati Bautista, 77, Filipino novelist (Dekada '70, Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?), screenwriter (Bulaklak sa City Jail) and activist.
• Roger Bobo, 84, American tuba player.
• Aimé Brisson, 94, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA (1962–1976).
• Theo Dunne, 85, Irish football player (Shelbourne) and manager (UCD).
• Enrich, 93, Spanish cartoonist.
• Doug Fisher, 75, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Nadine Girault, 63, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA (2018–2022).
• John Godwin, 94, British-Nigerian architect.
• Nadia Hashem, Jordanian journalist (Al Ra'i) and politician, minister of state for women's affairs (2012).
• Miloš Janoušek, 70, Slovak folk musician, stroke.
• David Jolicoeur, 54, American rapper (De La Soul) and songwriter ("Me Myself and I", "Feel Good Inc."), Grammy winner (2006).
• Brian Lee, 86, British football manager (Wycombe Wanderers).
• Ted Lerner, 97, American real estate developer, owner of the Washington Nationals (since 2006) and founder of Lerner Enterprises, pneumonia.
• Philippe Lopes-Curval, 71, French film director and screenwriter (The Chorus, Monsieur Batignole, Boudu).
• Amazonino Mendes, 83, Brazilian politician, mayor of Manaus (2009–2012) and three-time governor of Amazonas, pneumonia.
• Linda King Newell, 82, American historian and Mormon scholar (Mormon Enigma).
• Franc' Pairon, 74, Belgian fashion designer, cancer.
• Subbarayan Pasupathy, 82, Indian-born Canadian electrical engineer.
• Ramón Palacios Rubio, 102, Spanish engineer and politician, senator (1996–2000).
• Yousef Al-Salem, 37, Saudi Arabian footballer (Al Qadsiah, Ettifaq, national team).
• Narayan Satham, 73, Indian cricketer (Baroda).
• Robert Sauzet, 95, French historian.
• Eileen Sheridan, 99, English racing cyclist.
• J. Paul Taylor, 102, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1987–2005).
• George Tidy, 91, Scottish footballer (Brechin City, Berwick Rangers, Dunfermline Athletic).
• W. Russell Todd, 94, American army major general.
• Arne Treholt, 80, Norwegian convicted spy.
• Suat Türker, 46, Turkish-German footballer (Kickers Offenbach, TSF Ditzingen, İstanbulspor), heart attack.
• Billy Two Rivers, 87, Canadian professional wrestler (GPW), actor (Black Robe), and chief of the Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke (1978–1998).

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• Reza Ali, 82, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2009–2014).
• Thierry Alla, 67, French musicologist and composer.
• Tim Aymar, 59, American heavy metal singer (Pharaoh).
• Guido Basso, 85, Canadian jazz trumpeter.
• Oleg Bejenar, 51, Ukrainian-Moldovan football player (Tiligul Tiraspol, Dinamo Bender) and manager (Speranța Crihana Veche), heart attack.
• Roger Bonk, 78, American football player (North Dakota Fighting Sioux, Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
• Josie Childs, 96, American civic leader and community activist.
• Eddie Conway, 76, American Black Panther Party leader.
• Conrad Dobler, 72, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals, New Orleans Saints, Buffalo Bills).
• Brian DuBois, 55, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
• Mikaela Fabricius-Bjerre, 53, Finnish Olympic dressage rider (2012), cancer.
• Pierre Garcia, 79, French football player and manager (Stade Briochin, Rennes).
• Robert Geddes, 99, American architect, dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture (1965–1982).
• José María Gil-Robles, 87, Spanish politician, president of the European Parliament (1997–1999).
• Alain Goraguer, 91, French jazz pianist, arranger and film composer (Fantastic Planet, Saint Laurent).
• Milan Hamada, 89, Slovak literary critic.
• Tamás Holovits, 83, Hungarian Olympic sailor (1980).
• Lalita Lajmi, 90, Indian painter.
• Carl-Åke Ljung, 88, Swedish Olympic sprint canoer (1956).
• Tom Luddy, 79, American film producer (Barfly, The Secret Garden), co-founder of the Telluride Film Festival.
• Leiji Matsumoto, 85, Japanese manga artist (Space Battleship Yamato, Galaxy Express 999, Space Pirate Captain Harlock), heart failure.
• Zia Mohyeddin, 91, British-Pakistani actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Khartoum, Ashanti) and television broadcaster.
• Chris Mushohwe, 69, Zimbabwean politician, senator (2008–2018).
• Kéné Ndoye, 44, Senegalese Olympic track and field athlete (2000, 2004).
• Deirdre Purcell, 77, Irish author, journalist and stage actor.
• Nektarios Santorinios, 50, Greek politician, MP (since 2015), cancer.
• Suzanne Sens, 92, French author and teacher.
• Shi Zhongci, 89, Chinese mathematician, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• David Singmaster, 84, American mathematician.
• Huey "Piano" Smith, 89, American R&B pianist and songwriter ("Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu").
• Jesse Treviño, 76, Mexican-American painter, throat cancer.
• István Varga, 62, Hungarian Olympic judoka (1988).
• Spencer Wiggins, 81, American soul singer.
• Oliver Wood, 80, British cinematographer (The Bourne Ultimatum, Face/Off, Morbius), cancer.
• Maurie Young, 85, Australian footballer (Hawthorn, East Perth).

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• Afternoon Deelites, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
• Javed Khan Amrohi, 73, Indian actor (Andaz Apna Apna, Lagaan, Chak De! India), respiratory failure.
• Viktor Aristov, 84, Ukrainian football player (Metalist Kharkiv, SKA Odesa, Energiya Volzhsky) and coach.
• Friedrich Cerha, 96, Austrian composer, conductor, and music educator.
• John Chipman, 95–96, Canadian-born American economist. (death announced on this date)
• Mikhael Daher, 94, Lebanese lawyer and politician, MP (1972–1996, 2000–2005), minister of education (1992–1995).
• Roger Ellis, 93, British headmaster, heart failure.
• Charley Ferguson, 83, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings).
• Emil C. Gotschlich, 88, American chemist, developer of the meningococcal vaccine.
• Allen Green, 84, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).
• Anthony Green, 83, English painter and printmaker.
• Gary L. Harrell, 71, American major general, glioblastoma.
• Jerry Jarrett, 80, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (NWA Mid-America) and promoter, founder of CWA and NWA:TNA, esophageal cancer.
• Hrvoje Kačić, 91, Croatian legal scholar, politician and water polo player, Olympic silver medallist (1956), MP (1990–1994).
• Wim Kras, 79, Dutch footballer (Volendam).
• William Joseph Kurtz, 87, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kundiawa (1982–1999), coadjutor archbishop (1999–2001) and archbishop (2001–2010) of Madang.
• Greg McMackin, 77, American football coach (Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls, Hawaii Warriors).
• Marwan G. Najjar, 76, Lebanese screenwriter.
• John Prince, 77, New Zealand croquet player.
• Christine Pritchard, 79, British actress (Cara Fi, The Indian Doctor, O Na! Y Morgans!).
• Duangphet Phromthep, 17, Thai footballer, suicide.
• Peter Renkens, 55, Belgian singer (Confetti's). (death announced on this date)
• Serge Roullet, 96, French film director and screenwriter (The Wall, Benito Cereno).
• Baxtiyor Sayfullayev, 71, Uzbek politician, minister of culture (2012–2020), senator (since 2020).
• Vito Schlickmann, 94, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Florianópolis (1995–2004).
• Sherwood Schwarz, 92, American sports executive, owner of the Toronto Argonauts.
• Antoine Stinco, 89, French architect.
• Neale Stoner, 88, American sports coach and athletic director.
• Kudarikoti Annadanayya Swamy, 87, Indian jurist, chief justice of Madras High Court (1993–1997).
• Dame Kathrin Thomas, 78, British public servant, lord lieutenant of Mid Glamorgan (2003–2019).
• Shoichiro Toyoda, 97, Japanese automotive executive, chairman of Toyota (1992–1999).
• John M. Veitch, 77, American Hall of Fame racehorse trainer.
• John Ward, 84, English potter.

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• Paul Berg, 96, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1980).
• Kevin Bird, 70, English footballer (Mansfield Town, Huddersfield Town).
• Bill Brown, 71, American basketball coach (Kenyon Lords).
• Eileen Fitt, 71, British news editor and journalist, lung infection.
• James Fleming, 83, Canadian journalist and politician, MP (1972–1984), minister of state for multiculturalism (1980–1983).
• Shōzō Iizuka, 89, Japanese voice actor (Mobile Suit Gundam, Fist of the North Star, Dragon Ball Z), heart failure.
• Paul Jerrard, 57, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars) and coach (Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames), cancer.
• Ron Johnson, 84, Australian footballer (Richmond).
• Catherine McArdle Kelleher, 84, American political scientist.
• Gummadi Kuthuhalamma, 73, Indian politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA (1985–2014).
• Bernie Laffey, 94, Australian footballer (Footscray).
• Graham Lake, 87, English cricketer (Gloucestershire).
• Leone Manti, 79, Italian politician, deputy (1992–1994).
• Herbie McCracken, 95, Northern Irish rugby union player.
• Giampiero Neri, 95, Italian poet.
• Oh Takbeon, 79, South Korean writer, poet and literary critic.
• David Oreck, 99, American entrepreneur.
• Dario Penne, 84, Italian actor (E le stelle stanno a guardare) and voice actor.
• Qian Guoliang, 83, Chinese general, commander of the Jinan (1993–1996) and the Shenyang Military Region (1999–2004).
• Gilbert Rist, 84, Swiss educator.
• Hans-Christian Siebke, 82, German farmer and politician, member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein (1996–2000).
• Grzegorz Skrzecz, 65, Polish Olympic boxer (1980).
• Brigitte Smadja, 67, Tunisian-born French author.
• David Smith, 87, British chemical physicist.
• Kerstin Tidelius, 88, Swedish actress (Fanny and Alexander, Ådalen 31, Hem till byn).
• Raquel Welch, 82, American actress (One Million Years B.C., The Three Musketeers, Fantastic Voyage), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• John E. Woods, 80, American translator.
• Xu Binshi, 91, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Zaenal Ma'arif, 67, Indonesian politician, MP (2004–2007).
• Algimantas Žižiūnas, 83, Lithuanian photographer.

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• Jana Andrsová, 83, Czech ballerina and actress (The Strakonice Bagpiper, Jak se Franta naučil bát).
• Tulsidas Balaram, 86, Indian footballer (Hyderabad City Police, East Bengal, national team), multiple organ failure.
• Sham Binda, 69, Surinamese entrepreneur and politician, MP (since 2020).
• Michel Deville, 91, French film director (The Reader, Le Voyage en douce, Death in a French Garden).
• Colin Dobson, 82, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town, Bristol Rovers).
• Simone Edwards, 49, Jamaican-American basketball player (Seattle Storm), ovarian cancer.
• Parvis Emad, 87, Iranian-American philosopher and translator.
• John Fedosoff, 90, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Saskatchewan Roughriders).
• Kim Fripp, 70, Canadian Olympic ski jumper (1976).
• Héctor Mario Gómez Galvarriato, 85, Mexican engineer, inventor and businessman.
• Gunnar Heinsohn, 79, German author, sociologist and economist.
• Alex Herrera, 43, Venezuelan baseball player (Cleveland Indians).
• Ellen Hovde, 97, American documentary filmmaker (Grey Gardens).
• Al Jacks, 87, American college football coach (Clarion Golden Eagles, Williams Ephs).
• Chuck Jackson, 85, American R&B singer ("Any Day Now", "I Keep Forgettin'", "Tell Him I'm Not Home").
• Charles Knode, 80, British costume designer (Blade Runner, Braveheart, Monty Python's Life of Brian).
• Maon Kurosaki, 35, Japanese pop singer.
• Jatu Lahiri, 86, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (1991–2006, 2011–2016).
• Tim Lobinger, 50, German Olympic pole vaulter (1996, 2000, 2004), leukaemia.
• J.D. MacFarlane, 89, American politician, Colorado Attorney General (1975–1983).
• Marilú, 95, Mexican singer and actress (El barchante Neguib).
• Tony Marshall, 85, German Schlager and opera singer.
• Tim McCarver, 81, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies) and broadcaster (Fox Sports), heart failure.
• Yvette Monginou, 95, French Olympic athlete (1948, 1952).
• Aníbal Palma, 87, Chilean politician and diplomat, minister general secretariat of government (1973), minister of education (1972) and housing and urbanism (1973).
• Gunvor Pontén, 94, Swedish actress (Violence, Tic Tac, Spring of Joy).
• Helen Fogwill Porter, 92, Canadian author.
• Fritz Prossinagg, 92, Austrian Olympic middle-distance runner.
• Alberto Radius, 80, Italian guitarist and singer-songwriter (Formula 3).
• Marie Borge Refsum, 95, Norwegian politician, deputy MP (1973–1977).
• Giorgio Ruffolo, 96, Italian politician, MP (1983–1994) and minister of the environment (1987–1992).
• Kenny Simpkins, 79, Welsh footballer (Hartlepool United, Boston United, Wrexham).
• Hank Skinner, 60, American convicted murderer.
• Stratis Stratigis, 89, Greek lawyer and politician, MP (1985–1989).
• Mario Vitti, 96, Italian philologist.
• Mario Zurlini, 80, Italian football player (Napoli, F.C. Matera) and coach (Savoia).

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• Yuth Angkinandana, 86, Thai politician, MP (1983–2001).
• Joyce Arleen, 91, American actress (Kings Row, The Gay Sisters, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch).
• Alparslan Arslan, 45–46, Turkish convicted murderer, suicide by hanging.
• Otis Barthoulameu, 71, American musician (Fluf, Olivelawn) and record producer (Cheshire Cat).
• Géza Bejek, 88, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (1960).
• Rebecca Blank, 67, American economist and academic administrator, acting secretary of commerce (2011, 2012–2013) and chancellor of UW-Madison (2013–2022), cancer.
• Elda Cerrato, 92, Argentine artist.
• Amritpal Chotu, Indian comedian and actor (Sardaar Ji, Ravanan).
• Keith Christensen, 75, American football player (New Orleans Saints, Edmonton Eskimos).
• Jenny Clève, 92, French actress (F comme Fairbanks, One Deadly Summer, Welcome to the Sticks).
• Michaël Denard, 78, German-born French dancer and actor.
• Jerry Dodgion, 90, American jazz saxophonist and flautist, complications from an infection.
• Moses Elisaf, 68, Greek politician, mayor of Ioannina (since 2019), cancer.
• Gerald Fried, 95, American film and television composer (Paths of Glory, The Killing, Star Trek), pneumonia.
• Elissa Minet Fuchs, 103, American ballerina and choreographer.
• Ángela Gurría, 93, Mexican sculptor.
• John Holdsworth, 76, English rugby league referee.
• Kyle Jacobs, 49, American songwriter ("More Than a Memory"), suicide by gunshot.
• James A. Joseph, 87, American diplomat, ambassador to South Africa (1996–1999).
• Vijay Kichlu, 92, Indian classical singer, heart attack.
• Henry LaFont, Puerto Rican actor and comedian.
• André Le Goupil, 92, French Olympic equestrian (1968).
• Patti Love, 75, British actress (That'll Be the Day, The Long Good Friday, Mrs Henderson Presents).
• John Mason, 78, Indian schoolmaster and educationist.
• Henrietta Mbawah, 34, Sierra Leonean actress and social activist.
• Jim Mellen, 87, American Marxist activist, COPD.
• George T. Miller, 79, Scottish-born Australian film director (The Man from Snowy River, The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter, Zeus and Roxanne), heart attack.
• Peter Muller, 95, Australian architect.
• George Myers, 83, Jamaican-born Bahamian hotelier, vice president of Resorts International (1977–1992).
• Peter Nanfuri, 80, Ghanaian police officer, inspector general of police (1996–2001).
• Pansequito, 78, Spanish flamenco singer, brain cancer.
• Hans Poulsen, 77, Australian singer and songwriter.
• Shahnawaz Pradhan, 56, Indian actor (Alif Laila, Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi, Phantom), heart attack.
• Malik Mohammad Qayyum, 79, Pakistani lawyer, attorney general (2007–2008).
• João Maurício Fernandes Salgueiro, 88, Portuguese economist and politician, minister of finance (1981–1983).
• Maurizio Scaparro, 91, Italian stage director.
• Stella Stevens, 84, American actress (Girls! Girls! Girls!, The Nutty Professor, The Poseidon Adventure), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Arne Tumyr, 89, Norwegian journalist (Nybrott, Sørlandet, Fædrelandsvennen) and politician, leader of Stop Islamisation of Norway (2007–2014).
• Lee Whitlock, 54, British actor (Shine on Harvey Moon, Cassandra's Dream, Grange Hill).
• Tom Whitlock, 68, American songwriter ("Danger Zone", "Take My Breath Away", "Winner Takes It All"), Oscar winner (1987), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

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• Clemens Arvay, 42, Austrian biologist and writer, suicide by jumping.
• Britt Bendixen, 81, Danish choreographer.
• Peter Bonnet, 86, British major general.
• Barbara Bosson, 83, American actress (Hill Street Blues, The Last Starfighter, Murder One).
• Jim Broyhill, 95, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1963–1986) and Senate (1986).
• Peter Cairns, 84, Canadian navy admiral.
• Ilario Castagner, 82, Italian football player and manager (Perugia, Milan, Inter Milan).
• Robert Cazala, 89, French road racing cyclist.
• Thomas R. Donahue, 94, American labor leader, president of the AFL–CIO (1995), complications from a fall.
• Wendell Fleming, 94, American mathematician.
• Léopold L. Foulem, 77, Canadian ceramicist.
• Peter Herrndorf, 82, Canadian lawyer and television executive, chairman of TVOntario (1992–1999).
• Huang Da, 97, Chinese economist and academic administrator, president of the Renmin University of China (1991–1994).
• Cam Jacobs, 60, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), complications from cardiac arrest.
• Gabriel Chen-Ying Ly, 93, Taiwanese philosopher, president of Fu Jen Catholic University (1992–1996).
• Ammon McNeely, 52, American rock climber, fall.
• David G. O'Connell, 69, Irish-born American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles (since 2015), shot.
• Yoshihisa Okumura, 96, Japanese engineer.
• Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı, 87, Turkish football player (İdmanocağı) and manager (Trabzonspor).
• Taraka Ratna, 39, Indian actor (Okato Number Kurraadu, Yuva Rathna, Taarak), cardiac arrest.
• Terry Rodgers, 80, Australian footballer (Essendon).
• Steve Satterfield, 85, American football coach (Wofford Terriers)
• Justin O. Schmidt, 75, American entomologist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Don Shinn, 77, British musician.
• Richard H. Tilly, 90, American economic historian.
• Peter B. Warr, 85, British occupational psychologist.
• Peter Wolfenden, 88, New Zealand Hall of Fame harness racing driver and trainer.
• Petar Zhekov, 78, Bulgarian football player (Beroe, CSKA Sofia) and manager, Olympic silver medallist (1968).

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• Richard Belzer, 78, American actor (Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Flash), comedian, and author.
• Frieda Brown, 91, Australian Christian campaigner.
• Nicola Bulley, 45, British missing person. (body discovered on this date)
• Dickie Davies, 94, British television presenter (World of Sport).
• Greg Foster, 64, American hurdler, Olympic silver medalist (1984).
• David Lance Goines, 77, American artist.
• Pierre Haïk, 72, French lawyer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Nazmul Huda, 80, Bangladeshi politician, minister of communications (2001–2006), minister of information (1991–1996) and MP (1991–2006).
• Ferenc Jánosi, 84, Hungarian Olympic volleyball player (1964).
• Jean Le Garrec, 93, French politician, deputy (1981, 1986–1993, 1997–2007).
• Mayilsamy, 57, Indian actor (Manathile Oru Paattu, Vaimaye Vellum, Thai Poranthachu) and comedian, heart attack.
• Ebrima Mballow, Gambian diplomat and politician, minister of the interior (2018–2019).
• Red McCombs, 95, American businessman and sports team owner (San Antonio Spurs, Minnesota Vikings), co-founder of iHeartMedia.
• Henry McDonald, 57, Northern Irish writer and journalist (The Guardian, The Observer), cancer.
• Jim McMillin, 85, American football player (Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders).
• Christopher Nupen, 88, South African filmmaker, complications from dementia.
• Jansen Panettiere, 28, American actor (The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry, The X's, Robots), cardiomegaly.
• Cornelius Price, 41, Irish organised crime leader, limbic encephalitis.
• Daniel Roche, 87, French historian.
• Jonathan M. Thompson, 51, American game designer.
• S. N. M. Ubayadullah, 81, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (1989–1991, 1996–2006).
• Rolf Wirtén, 91, Swedish politician, minister of economics (1981–1982) and MP (1966–1983).

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• Bruce Barthol, 75, American bassist (Country Joe and the Fish).
• S. K. Bhagavan, 89, Indian film director, producer and screenwriter (Goa Dalli CID 999, Pratidwani, Chandanada Gombe).
• Bela Bose, 80, Indian actress (Shikar, Jeene Ki Raah, Jai Santoshi Maa) and dancer.
• Victor Brox, 81, English blues musician.
• Carla Casper, 77, American Olympic curler.
• George B. Dertilis, 84, Greek historian.
• Eldridge Emory, 87, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1998–2006).
• Şener Eruygur, 81, Turkish military officer, general commander of the gendarmerie (2002–2004).
• Semyon Gershtein, 93, Russian physicist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
• Michael S. Heiser, 60, American biblical scholar and author, pancreatic cancer.
• Husnie Hentihu, 72, Indonesian politician, regent of Buru (2002–2012).
• John Hitt, 82, American academic administrator, president of the University of Central Florida (1992–2018).
• Om Prakash Kohli, 87, Indian politician, governor of Gujarat (2014–2019) and MP (1994–2000).
• Miklós Lendvai, 47, Hungarian footballer (Zalaegerszegi, Ferencvárosi, national team), suicide.
• Joe McKnight, 89, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1987–1995).
• Rick Newman, 81, American comedy club owner (Catch a Rising Star), pancreatic cancer.
• Russell Peck, 89, American medievalist.
• Jim Savage, 86, New Zealand athlete, archer and table tennis player, Paralympic bronze medalist (1972, 1976).
• Ad Stouthamer, 91, Dutch microbiologist.
• Ken Warby, 83, Australian motorboat racer, holder of the water speed record (since 1977).

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• Ron Altbach, 76, American keyboardist (King Harvest, Celebration) and songwriter ("Alone on Christmas Day").
• Amancio, 83, Spanish football player (Real Madrid, national team) and manager.
• Iris de Araújo, 79, Brazilian politician, deputy (2007–2015).
• John Arbuthnott, 83, Scottish microbiologist.
• W. Carl Burger, 97, German-born American painter.
• Abby Choi, 28, Hong Kong socialite and model.
• Zandra Flemister, 71, American Secret Service agent and diplomat.
• Ricardo García García-Ochoa, 78, Spanish lawyer and politician, member of the Cortes of Castile and León (1987–1991).
• Jesse Gress, 67, American rock guitarist.
• Helen Hutchinson, 88–89, Canadian broadcaster and media personality.
• Iraj Kalantari Taleghani, 85, Iranian architect.
• Nurul Islam Khan, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1973–1976).
• J. B. Kristiadi, 76, Indonesian civil servant.
• Mimika Luca, 85, Albanian actress (Our Friend Tili, Botë e padukshme, A Tale from the Past) and dancer.
• Ramiz Novruz, 67, Azerbaijani actor, stomach cancer.
• Albie Pearson, 88, American baseball player (Los Angeles/California Angels, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles).
• Achebe Betty Powell, 82, American activist and community leader, complications from COVID-19.
• Rayford Price, 86, American politician, member (1961–1973) and speaker (1972–1973) of the Texas House of Representatives.
• Simone Segouin, 97, French Resistance fighter.
• Eva Siracká, 96, Slovak physician.
• Marian Skubacz, 64, Polish Olympic wrestler (1988).
• Nadja Tiller, 93, Austrian actress (Rosemary, The Rough and the Smooth, Wanted: Babysitter).
• Norman Zide, 94, American linguist.

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• Pascual Babiloni, 76, Spanish footballer (Castellón, Real Madrid, Benicarló).
• André Bailly, 81, Belgian politician, member of the Parliament of Wallonia (2001–2004).
• Elaine Barkin, 90, American composer.
• Mick Burns, 85, Irish hurler (Nenagh Éire Óg, Tipperary).
• Oyibo Chukwu, Nigerian lawyer and politician, shot.
• Richard Cooke, 76, English archaeologist.
• Guremu Demboba, 88, Ethiopian Olympic road cyclist (1956, 1960).
• Ellen Inga O. Hætta, 69, Norwegian politician.
• Kristina Holland, 78, American actress (The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Funky Phantom, Butch Cassidy).
• Fujima Kansuma, 104, Japanese-American kabuki dancer, heart failure.
• Giorgos Katsoulis, 60, Greek water polo player (Olympiacos) and coach, cancer.
• Dermot Kelly, 90, Irish hurler (Limerick).
• Howard R. Lamar, 99, American historian, president of Yale University (1992–1993).
• Tatiana Lobo, 83, Chilean-born Costa Rican writer.
• Mats Löfving, 61, Swedish police officer, deputy director of the Swedish Police Authority (2014–2018).
• Dylan Lyons, 24, American television journalist (Spectrum News 13), shot.
• Bruno Mahlow, 85, German diplomat.
• Germano Mathias, 88, Brazilian samba singer.
• Román Mejías, 97, Cuban baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox).
• Augie Nieto, 65, American businessman, founder of Life Fitness, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Phyllis Perkins, 89, British Olympic middle-distance runner (1960).
• Ahmed Qurei, 85, Palestinian politician, prime minister (2003–2006).
• Kanak Rele, 85, Indian classical dancer.
• Harry D. Schultz, 99, American investment advisor and author.
• Stanislav Štefkovič, 93, Slovak decathlete.
• Sun Manji, 91, Chinese biochemical pharmacologist.
• Subi Suresh, 41, Indian actress (Happy Husbands, Drama, Panchavarnathatha) and television anchor, liver disease.
• Tasuku Tsukada, 86, Japanese politician, mayor of Nagano (1985–2001).
• Jeff Watson, 80, British-born Australian journalist, presenter ('Beyond Tomorrow, Getaway) and author, brain cancer.
• Philip Ziegler, 93, British biographer and historian, cancer.

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• Bernard Bellec, 88, French politician, mayor of Niort (1986–2002).
• Slim Borgudd, 76, Swedish racing driver and drummer (Lea Riders Group).
• Esperanza Bravo de Varona, 95, Cuban-born American archivist.
• Adrian Breacker, 88, English athlete.
• François Couchepin, 88, Swiss lawyer and politician, chancellor (1991–1999).
• John Croneberger, 84, American Episcopalian clergyman, bishop of Newark (2000–2007).
• Andrée Desautels, 99, Canadian musician, musicologist and music educator.
• Donald Dillbeck, 59, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Tony Earl, 86, American politician, governor of Wisconsin (1983–1987) and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1969–1975), stroke.
• Raymond L. Finch, 82, American judge.
• Syd Fischer, 95, Australian property developer and sailor.
• Jane Franklin, 88, American historian and author.
• Salundik Gohong, 76, Indonesian army officer and politician, mayor of Palangka Raya (1998–2003).
• Birgit Hein, 80, German film director, producer, and performance artist.
• Hasan Ali Khan, 71, Indian businessman.
• Thomas H. Lee, 78, American financier, founder of Thomas H. Lee Partners and Lee Equity Partners, suicide by gunshot.
• José Lei, 92, Hong Kong Olympic sport shooter (1968) and civil servant.
• Adam Lisewski, 79, Polish fencer, Olympic bronze medallist (1968).
• Mohd Kamal Hassan, 80, Malaysian Islamic scholar, rector of the IIUM (1998–2006), complications from surgery.
• John Motson, 77, English football commentator (BBC Sport, Talksport).
• Giuseppe Nirta, 82, Italian mobster, heart disease.
• John Olver, 86, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1991–2013), Massachusetts Senate (1973–1991) and Massachusetts House of Representatives (1969–1973).
• Leonard E. Opdycke, 93, American historian.
• Bob Perryman, 58, American football player (New England Patriots, Denver Broncos).
• Jack Sheedy, 96, Australian Hall of Fame football player (East Fremantle, Western Australia) and coach (East Perth).
• Allen Steck, 96, American mountaineer and rock climber.
• Peter Tábori, 83, Hungarian-born British architect (Whittington Estate).
• Irving Wardle, 93, English theatre critic and writer.
• Patricia S. Warrick, 98, American literary scholar and editor.

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• James Abourezk, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1971–1973) and Senate (1973–1979).
• Giorgos Adamopoulos, 76–77, Greek lawyer and politician, MP (1989–2000).
• Vic Anciaux, 91, Belgian doctor and politician, MP (1965–1995).
• Bae Deok-kwang, 74, South Korean politician, MNA (2014–2018).
• Merrick Baker-Bates, 83, British diplomat, commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory (1990–1992).
• Michael Blackwood, 88, American documentary filmmaker.
• Roslyn Chasan, 90, American lawyer.
• Maurizio Costanzo, 84, Italian television host, journalist, and screenwriter (The House with Laughing Windows, A Special Day, Zeder), complications from surgery.
• Ed Fury, 94, American bodybuilder and actor (Ursus, The Seven Revenges, Ursus in the Land of Fire).
• Adolf Goetzberger, 94, German physicist.
• Víctor Gómez Bergés, 82, Dominican lawyer, jurist and diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (1972–1975) and judge of the Constitutional Court (2011–2018).
• Felipe González González, 76, Mexican politician, governor of Aguascalientes (1998–2004) and senator (2006–2012).
• Sir Bernard Ingham, 90, British journalist and civil servant, Downing Street press secretary (1979–1990).
• Juraj Jakubisko, 84, Slovak film director (Birds, Orphans and Fools, The Millennial Bee, The Feather Fairy) and screenwriter.
• Serhii Korol, 52, Ukrainian soldier, Hero of Ukraine.
• William Leckie, 94, British Olympic rower (1948).
• Walter Liese, 97, German forestry and wood researcher and wood biologist.
• Jim Lightfoot, 89, English motorcycle speedway rider.
• Walter Mirisch, 101, American film producer (In the Heat of the Night, Midway, The Hawaiians), Oscar winner (1967).
• Edith Peinemann, 85, German violinist.
• Edith Roger, 100, Norwegian dancer and choreographer.
• Georgios Romeos, 88, Greek writer and politician, MEP (1984–1993).
• Louis Roquet, 80, Canadian academic, chancellor of the University of Montreal (2018–2021).
• Peter Roquette, 95, German mathematician.
• Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat, 89, Indian politician, first gentleman (2007–2012) and Maharashtra MLA (1985–1990), complications from a fall.
• David L. Starling, 73, American railroad executive (Kansas City Southern Railway).
• Tom Tierney, 46, Irish rugby union player (national team) and coach.
• Patrick Vian, 80, French musician.

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• Pierre Apraxine, 88, Estonian-born American art historian.
• Torbjörn Axelman, 90, Swedish television producer, director, and writer.
• Victor Babiuc, 84, Romanian jurist and politician, MP (1990, 1992–2004) and minister of national defence (1996–2000).
• Beverley Lawrence Beech, 78, Welsh author and home birth activist, pancreatic cancer.
• Jack Billion, 83, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1993–1997).
• Wayne Burtt, 78, New Zealand cricketer (Canterbury, Central Districts).
• Ernest L. Daman, 99, German-born American mechanical engineer, inventor, and business executive, president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1988–1989).
• John P. Fackler Jr., 88, American inorganic chemist.
• Walter Ferguson, 103, Panamanian-born Costa Rican calypso singer-songwriter.
• François Hadji-Lazaro, 66, French actor (Cemetery Man, The City of Lost Children, Dante 01), musician and producer, sepsis.
• Allan Hotchkin, 79, Australian footballer (South Melbourne).
• Kris Jordan, 46, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2009–2010, since 2019) and Senate (2011–2018), diabetic reaction.
• Max King, 92–93, American theologian.
• Sir David Lumsden, 94, British musician and choirmaster.
• Corinna Miazga, 39, German politician, member of the Bundestag (since 2017), breast cancer.
• Fred Miller, 82, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
• Rusty Mitchell, 80, American Olympic gymnast (1964).
• Dave Nicholson, 83, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros).
• Jerry Olson, 89, American football coach.
• François Engongah Owono, 77, Gabonese politician, MP (2001–2006).
• Sixtus Josef Parzinger, 91, Austrian-Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Villarrica (2001–2009).
• Martin Pěnička, 53, Czech footballer (Slavia Prague, Lokeren, Stavo Artikel Brno).
• Gordon Pinsent, 92, Canadian actor (Away from Her, Babar, The Red Green Show), cerebral hemorrhage.
• Dieter Pürschel, 82, German Olympic ice hockey player (1968).
• Carl Saunders, 80, American jazz trumpeter, composer and educator.
• Mitsuo Senda, 82, Japanese voice actor (Golgo 13, Sherlock Hound, Naruto), heart failure.
• Mihai Șora, 106, Romanian philosopher, essayist, and politician, minister of teaching (1989–1990).
• Traute, Princess of Lippe, 98, German princess.
• Richard Trefry, 98, American army lieutenant general, inspector general of the U.S. Army (1977–1983).
• Ali Yafie, 96, Indonesian Islamic scholar, chairman of the Indonesian Ulema Council (1990–2000).

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• Ali Al-Baghli, 76, Kuwaiti politician, minister of oil (1992–1996).
• Béchir Ben Slama, 91, Tunisian politician, minister of culture (1981–1986).
• Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, 93, British politician, member (1973–2000) and speaker (1992–2000) of the House of Commons and member of the House of Lords (since 2001).
• Julian Christopher, 78, American actor (The Magician, Smallville, Upload).
• Helmut Gneuss, 95, German Anglo-Saxon and Latin manuscript scholar.
• Alberto Mario González, 81, Argentine footballer (Boca Juniors, national team).
• Terry Holland, 80, American basketball coach (Davidson Wildcats, Virginia Cavaliers), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Ian Hunter, 75, Northern Irish artist and art curator.
• Mandy Jenkins, 42, American journalist, co-founder of Fusion, breast cancer.
• Ted Knap, 102, American journalist.
• Jim Lewis, 88, British racehorse owner (Best Mate), kidney failure.
• Günther von Lojewski, 87, German journalist, television presenter, and author.
• Mário Lucunde, 65, Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Menongue (2005–2018).
• Curzio Maltese, 63, Italian journalist (la Repubblica, La Gazzetta dello Sport) and politician, MEP (2014–2019).
• Eduardo Mendúa, c. 39, Ecuadorian Cofán indigenous leader, environmentalist, and land rights activist, shot.
• Gus Franklin Mutscher, 90, American politician, speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1969–1972).
• Tony O'Donoghue, 86, Irish sports commentator.
• Valeria Ogășanu, 76, Romanian actress (Michael the Brave, The Yellow Rose).
• Francisco Osorto, 65, Salvadoran footballer (Santiagueño, Municipal Limeño, national team), liver failure.
• Barbara Paulson, 94, American human computer.
• Tom Pendry, Baron Pendry, 88, British politician, MP (1970–2001) and member of the House of Lords (since 2001).
• Shahida Raza, Pakistani field hockey player (national team), boat accident.
• Bob Richards, 97, American pole vaulter and politician, Olympic champion (1952, 1956).
• Amy Schwartz, 68, American author and illustrator.
• Ziya Şengül, 78–79, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe, national team), organ failure.
• Fred Shabel, 90, American basketball coach (UConn Huskies).
• Mohammed Stuart, 77, Namibian politician, member of the National Assembly (1990–1999).
• Morris Tanenbaum, 94, American physical chemist.
• Sandy Valdespino, 84, Cuban baseball player (Minnesota Twins, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers).
• Johnnie Walters, 90, Canadian broadcaster and television personality.
• Ans Westra, 86, Dutch-born New Zealand photographer (Washday at the Pa).
• Kieron Wood, 73, Irish author, journalist, and barrister.

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• Nobuo Ariga, 58, Japanese singer-songwriter, bassist, and record producer, prostate cancer.
• Jean Balfour, 95, Scottish forester, landowner and conservationist.
• Chester Borrows, 65, New Zealand politician, MP (2005–2017), minister for courts (2011–2014), deputy speaker of the House of Representatives (2014–2017), cancer.
• Ricou Browning, 93, American actor (Creature from the Black Lagoon, Revenge of the Creature) and television director (Flipper).
• Ron Brownson, 70-71, New Zealand art curator.
• Eduardo Burguete, 61, Spanish Olympic pentathlete (1984).
• Srutimala Duara, 57, Indian writer, ovarian cancer.
• Wolfgang Dudda, 65, German politician, member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein (2012–2017).
• Paul East, 76, New Zealand politician, MP (1978–1999), attorney-general (1990–1997) and minister of defence (1996–1997).
• Royston Ellis, 82, English novelist, travel writer and poet, heart failure.
• Sir Anthony Hartwell, 82, British mariner and aristocrat.
• Koo Kwang-ming, 96, Taiwanese independence activist.
• Gérard Latortue, 88, Haitian politician, prime minister (2004–2006) and foreign minister (1988), fall.
• Li Yining, 92, Chinese economist.
• Óscar López Balestra, 88, Uruguayan politician, deputy (1972–1973, 1985–1990).
• Burny Mattinson, 87, American animator (The Great Mouse Detective, Robin Hood) and screenwriter (Beauty and the Beast).
• Tom McLeish, 60, British theoretical physicist.
• Juan Muñoz, 93, Spanish children's author (El Barco de Vapor).
• Gleb Pavlovsky, 71, Russian political scientist.
• Bluey Scott, 93, Australian motorcycle speedway rider.
• Shen Zulun, 91, Chinese politician, governor of Zhejiang (1988–1990).
• Filipp Sidorsky, 85, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Uzbekistan (1992–1997) and to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1998–2000).
• Jerry Simmons, 76, American tennis coach (LSU Tigers).
• Chrysostomos A. Sofianos, 83, Cypriot educator and politician, co-founder of CNTI.
• Juha Valjakkala, 57, Finnish convicted murderer.
• Ed Weber, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1981–1983).
• Sammy Winston, 44, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Leyton Orient).

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• Dennis Aase, 81, American race car driver.
• Abdoh Besisi, 45, Saudi Arabian footballer (Al Ahli, Al-Ansar, Ohod).
• Michael Botticelli, 63, American Olympic figure skater (1980).
• Yvonne Constant, 92, French actress (Gigot, Monkeys, Go Home!, Their Last Night), singer and ballerina.
• Bay Darnell, 91, American racing driver.
• John T. Dillon, 84, American businessman, chairman of the International Paper (1996–2003).
• Brian J. Donnelly, 76, American politician and diplomat, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1993) and ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago (1994–1997).
• Jean Faut, 98, American baseball player (South Bend Blue Sox).
• Maurencia Gillion, South African politician, member of the National Council of Provinces (since 2019).
• Jimmy Hatton, 88, Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler (Kilcoole, Wicklow GAA).
• Bo Hickey, 77, American football player (Montreal Alouettes, Brooklyn Dodgers, Denver Broncos).
• Wsevolod W. Isajiw, 89, Ukrainian-born Canadian sociologist and scholar.
• Jay Arlen Jones, 69, American actor (The Patriot, Eight Legged Freaks, Extreme Justice).
• John Jordan, 73, American woodturner.
• Geneviève Lhermitte, 56, Belgian convicted murderer, assisted suicide.
• Lu Gongxun, 89, Chinese politician, deputy (1993–2003).
• Fred Marolewski, 94, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Pelayo Novo, 32, Spanish footballer (Oviedo, Elche), train collision.
• Brian O'Brien, 83, Irish rugby union player (national team) and manager.
• Pirouz, 10 months, Iranian Asiatic cheetah, kidney failure.
• Giovanni Prezioso, 65, American lawyer.
• Tony Scherman, 72, Canadian painter, cancer.
• Javad Tabatabai, 77, Iranian philosopher and political scientist.
• Indrek Toome, 79, Estonian politician, chairman of the Council of Ministers (1988–1990).
• Grant Turner, 64, New Zealand footballer (Stop Out, national team), cancer.
• Jay Weston, 93, American film producer (Lady Sings the Blues, Buddy Buddy).

External links

• List of February 2023 deaths at IMDb