Deaths in 2024

The following is a list of notable deaths that happened in the year 2024. Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by their last name, or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are also noted here, if worth noting.

Criteria

Every entry is backed by a source. Proper citations are used and no bare URLs so as to prevent link rot. The following are the requirements for adding a name to the list in its order: Name, age, origin, what the person is known for and his or her cause of death – if known – and a source for verification.

December

30

• Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, 95, Tanzanian Zanzibari royal, sultan (1963–1964).
• Arshad Pervez, 71, Pakistani cricketer (national team).

29

• Nigel Buesst, 86, Australian filmmaker (Dead Easy, Come Out Fighting, Compo). (death announced on this date)
• Aleksei Bugayev, 43, Russian footballer (Torpedo Moscow, Tom Tomsk, national team), killed in action.
• Jimmy Carter, 100, American politician, president (1977–1981), governor of Georgia (1971–1975), Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2002).
• Linda Lavin, 87, American actress (Alice, B Positive, Broadway Bound), Tony winner (1987), lung cancer.

28

• Jana Synková, 80, Czech actress (Calamity, Prachy dělaj člověka).

27

• Dayle Haddon, 76, Canadian model and actress (North Dallas Forty, Cyborg), carbon monoxide poisoning.
• Olivia Hussey, 73, British-Argentine actress (Romeo and Juliet, Black Christmas, Jesus of Nazareth), cancer.
• Charles Shyer, 83, American screenwriter and film director (Private Benjamin, Father of the Bride, The Parent Trap).

26

• Dick Capri, 93, American actor (They Still Call Me Bruce) and comedian, aortic dissection.
• Jan Plesman, 79, Dutch pilot.
• Manmohan Singh, 92, Indian politician, prime minister (2004–2014), MP (1991–2024), and minister of finance (1991–1996), heart disease.

25

• Mary Murphy, 85, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1977–2023), complications from a stroke.

24

• Jan Keja, 87, Dutch television director.
• Richard Perry, 82, American record producer ("You're So Vain", "Photograph", "Slow Hand").
• Gijs Versluys, 88, Dutch movie producer (Flesh and Blood, Havinck, Leedvermaak). (death announced on this date)

23

• Shyam Benegal, 90, Indian film director (Ankur, Nishant, Mammo) and politician, MP (2006–2012), kidney disease.
• Zhaleh Olov, 97, Iranian actress (Wood Pigeon, Dash Akol, The Fateful Day).

22

• Geoffrey Deuel, 81, American actor (The Young and the Restless, The F.B.I., Chisum).

21

• Michelle Botes, 62, South African actress (American Ninja 2: The Confrontation, Arende, Isidingo), cancer.
• Art Evans, 82, American actor (Die Hard 2, A Soldier's Story, Fright Night).
• Don Martina, 89, Curaçaoan politician, prime minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1979–1984, 1986–1988).

20

• Ann Hartley, 81-82, New Zealand politician, MP (1999–2008), mayor of North Shore City (1989–1992).
• Rickey Henderson, 65, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres), World Series champion (1989, 1993), pneumonia.

19

• Xie Fang, 89, Chinese actress (Two Stage Sisters, The Chinese Widow).

18

• Alfa Anderson, 78, American singer (Chic). (death announced on this date)
• Erik Brus, 60, Dutch editor, journalist and writer.
• John Marsden, 74, Australian writer (Tomorrow, When the War Began, So Much to Tell You). (death announced on this date)

17

• Thomas Berly, 92, Indian film director (Ithu Manushyano, Vellarikka Pattanam) and actor (Thiramala).
• Marisa Paredes, 78, Spanish actress (In a Glass Cage, Life Is Beautiful, Deep Crimson).
• Jānis Timma, 32, Latvian basketball player (ASK Riga, Zenit Saint Petersburg, Olympiacos), suicide.

16

• Guido Henderickx, 82, Belgian movie director.
• Prem Lal Singh, 87, Nepalese politician, MP (1999–2008) and mayor of Kathmandu (1992–1997), stomach disease.
• Dick Van Arsdale, 81, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns).

15

• Jaime Córdoba, 74, Curaçaoan politician, member (since 2010) and vice president (2012–2015) of the Parliament.
• Fada Santoro, 100, Brazilian actress (La Delatora, Needle in the Haystack, Berlin to the Samba Beat).

14

• Mircea Diaconu, 74, Romanian actor (The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians) and politician, minister of culture (2012) and MEP (2014–2019), colon cancer.
• Jan Zoet, 66, Dutch theater director, brain tumor.

13

• Jaime Córdoba, 74, Curaçaoan politician, Minister for Social Development, Work and Welfare (2016-2017).
• Diane Delano, 67, American actress (Northern Exposure, Popular, The Ellen Show), cancer.
• Henk Herrenberg, 86, Surinamese ambassador and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1986-1987).
• Toʻlqin Tojiyev, 88, Uzbek actor (Mahallada duv-duv gap).

12

• Wolfgang Becker, 70, German film director (Good Bye, Lenin!, Life Is All You Get, Child's Play) and screenwriter.
• Francesco Cinquemani, 57, Italian film director (Andron, Beyond the Edge, The Poison Rose), screenwriter, and journalist.
• Fethi Haddaoui, 63, Tunisian actor (Kingdoms of Fire, Omar, Halfaouine: Boy of The Terraces).
• Pim Wiersinga, 70, Dutch writer.
• David Weatherley, 85, British-born New Zealand actor (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, Home and Away).

10

• Michael Cole, 84, American actor (The Mod Squad, General Hospital, It).
• María Socas, 65, Argentine actress (The Warrior and the Sorceress, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom, Deathstalker II).
• Albien Van Holsbeeck, 78, Belgian athlete and politician.
• Lode Wils, 95, Belgian university professor and historian.

9

• Valère Depoorter, 94, Belgian politician, mayor of Avelgem (1980-1994).
• Theo Meeuwsen, 86, Dutch association footballer (Vitesse). (death announced on this date)
• Arnold Yarrow, 104, British actor (Doctor Who, EastEnders), screenwriter and novelist.

8

• Dirk Demets, 74, Belgian association football player (K.V. Kortrijk).
• Şerif Gören, 80, Turkish film director (Umut, Yol), complications from a fall.
• Mark Langaman, 42, Surinamese musician.
• Erwin Nypels, 91, Dutch politician, MP (1967–1973, 1974–1982, 1982–1989).

7

• Johan Abdullah, 75, Malaysian actor (29 Februari).
• Joshua Pandelaki, 65, Indonesian actor (Perempuan Berkalung Sorban, This Is Cinta, Like & Share).

6

• Leunus van Lieren, 71, Dutch horse breeder and dressage horse trainer.
• Miho Nakayama, 54, Japanese singer ("C", "You're My Only Shinin' Star") and actress (Love Letter). (body discovered on this date)
• Stanisław Tym, 87, Polish actor (The Cruise), comedian and journalist (Wprost, Polityka).
• Edwin Ysebaert, 64, Belgian radio and television presenter.

5

• Christel Bodenstein, 86, German actress (The Captain from Cologne, The Singing Ringing Tree, Viel Lärm um nichts).
• Frederik Finisie, 66, Surinames politician, MP (1996-2018).
• Bart Lensink, 99, Dutch zoologist, director of Artis. (death announced on this date)
• Jan Schmeitz, 71, Dutch journalist.
• José de la Torre, 37, Spanish actor (Toy Boy).
• John Williams, 78, South African rugby player (Northern Transvaal, national team) and coach.

4

• Jack Hoogland, 78, Dutch football player (FC Volendam).
• Hugo Verbrugh, 87, Dutch physician, philosopher and columnist.

3

• Jan Bloukaas, 25, South African singer, brain cancer.
• Inge Boulonois, 79, Dutch painter and poet.
• Minny Luimstra-Albeda, 89, Dutch politician, senator (1992-1999).
• Tinus Naber, 88, Dutch horse breeder.
• Mustapha Zaari, 79, Moroccan stage, movie and television actor (The Hyena's Sun, Chroniques blanches), prostate cancer.

2

• Lucjan Brychczy, 90, Polish footballer and manager
• Paul van Gelder, 77, Dutch DJ.

1

• Niels Arestrup, 75, French actor (The Beat That My Heart Skipped, A Prophet, War Horse).

November

30

• Lou Carnesecca, 99, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (New York Nets, St. John's Red Storm).
• Hans Hammerschmid, 94, Austrian composer and pianist.
• Eva Hermans-Kroot, 26, Dutch blogger and writer, lung cancer.
• Gunārs Placēns, 97, Latvian actor (The Silence of Dr. Evans).
• Ian Redpath, 83, Australian cricketer.

29

• Bert De Coninck, 75, Belgian singer.
• Marijke Ferguson, 97, Dutch musician and radio presenter.
• Jan Hendrikx, 83, Dutch politician, senator (2007-2011).
• Park Min-jae, 32, South Korean actor, cardiac arrest.

28

• Bill Battle, 82, American football player of the Alabama Crimson Tide and coach for the Tennessee Volunteers.
• James Beauregard-Smith, 81, Australian convicted murderer and rapist.
• René De Rey, 93, Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist.
• Tom Hughes, 101, Australian barrister, politician, MP (1963–1972) and attorney-general (1969–1971).
• Prince Johnson, 72, Liberian warlord, politician and senator (2006–2024).
• Ananda Krishnan, 86, Malaysian conglomerate industry executive, founder of Usaha Tegas and Astro Malaysia Holdings.
• Raymond Maffiolo, 86, Swiss footballer of the Servette and national team.
• John McNamee, 83, Scottish footballer of the Newcastle United, Hibernian and Blackburn Rovers. (death announced on this date)
• Silvia Pinal, 93, Mexican actress (Shark!, Viridiana, The Exterminating Angel).
• Roeland Raes, 90, Belgian politician and senator (1991–2001).

27

• Maria Alexandru, 84, Romanian table tennis player and world champion (1961, 1973, 1975).
• Georges Gilson, 95, French Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Sens (1996–2004) and bishop of Le Mans (1981–1996).
• Leonor González Mina, 90, Colombian singer and actress.
• Thomas Hylland Eriksen, 62, Norwegian anthropologist.
• Claudio Isaac, 67, Mexican writer, actor and film director.
• Brian Jackson, 91, English cricketer from Derbyshire.
• Vera Karpova, 91, Russian actress who starred in Son, Street Full of Surprises and Poor Poor Paul.
• Fedde Jonkman, 83, Dutch politician, mayor of Rijnsburg and mayor of Waddinxveen.
• Mary McGee, 87, American Hall of Fame motorcycle racer.
• Mighty Inoue, 75, Japanese professional wrestler of the AJPW, IWE and referee, heart issue.
• Thanos Papadopoulos, 86, Greek actor (Law 4000, O striglos pou egine arnaki).

26

• Jim Abrahams, 80, American film director and screenwriter (Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Hot Shots!).
• Karin Baal, 84, German actress (Tired Theodore, Rosemary, Between Shanghai and St. Pauli).
• Bob Bryar, 44, American drummer (My Chemical Romance). (body discovered on this date)
• Shalom Nagar, 88, Israeli prison guard, executioner of Adolf Eichmann.
• Ted Troost, 88, Dutch physician and physiotherapist. (death announced on this date)

25

• André Haakmat, 85, Surinamese politician and lawyer, deputy prime minister, minister of Foreign Affairs, minister of Justice and Police, minister of Justice and Police.
• Earl Holliman, 96, American actor (Police Woman, The Rainmaker, The Twilight Zone).
• Nikki Kaye, 44, New Zealand politician, MP (2008–2020), cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Raimo Piltz, 86, Finnish television director.
• Paul Stroobants, 77, Belgian three-cushion billiards player.

24

• Barbara Taylor Bradford, 91, British-American novelist (A Woman of Substance, Hold the Dream).
• Rico Carty, 85, Dominican baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs).
• Louis Debackere, 87, Belgian football player (Club Brugge K.V.). (death announced on this date)
• Helen Gallagher, 98, American actress (Hazel Flagg, Ryan's Hope, Pal Joey).
• Jany Gastaldi, 76, French actress (Solemn Communion, Édith et Marcel, Mina Tannenbaum).
• Maurits Geuns, 87, Belgian football player (Royal Antwerp F.C.).

23

• John Bernard, 87, Dutch weather presenter. (death announced on this date)
• René Bom, 66, Dutch local personality, night mayor of The Hague, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Karel Holý, 68, Czech ice hockey player (Sparta Praha, Czechoslovakia national team, 1980 Olympics).
• Julio Medina, 91, Colombian actor (Zoot Suit, Ilona Arrives with the Rain).
• Cynthia Zukas, 93, South African-born Zambian painter.

22

• Toni Price, 63, American country blues singer, brain aneurysm.
• Serge Vohor, 69, Vanuatuan politician, five-time prime minister.

21

• Jan Buisman, 99, Dutch historical geographer.
• Oswald Maes, 90, Belgian actor (Thuis).
• Meghanathan, 60, Indian actor (Asthram, Malappuram Haji Mahanaya Joji, The Godman), lung disease.
• Mohammad Nazir, 78, Pakistani cricketer (national team) and umpire.
• Dirk Nuyts, 72, Belgian politician, mayor of Schilde. (death announced on this date)
• Laura Samuel, 48, British violinist (Belcea Quartet, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra).

• Zanna Albinović, 17, Bosnian national kickboxing team's member.

20

• Jean-Noël Carpentier, 54, French politician, deputy (2012–2017).
• Manousos Manousakis, 74, Greek film director (Cloudy Sunday), producer, and writer.
• Manohar Tahasildar, 78, Indian politician, four-time Karnataka MLA.
• Marie-Paule von Roesgen, 93, Luxembourgish actress (Wedding Night – End of the Song, Humains, Amour Fou).

19

• Tony Campolo, 89, American sociologist and Baptist minister.
• Roy Christian, 81, New Zealand rugby player (national team) and church minister.
• Glenn De Gendt, 50, Belgian singer.
• Henk van Rooy, 76, Dutch footballer (FC Den Bosch, Roda JC Kerkrade, NAC Breda, Willem II Tilburg, K.V. Mechelen), Alzheimer's disease.
• Saafir, 54, American rapper and producer.

18

• Uma Dasgupta, 84, Indian actress (Pather Panchali).
• Emile Jansen, 64, Dutch stage, television and movie actor (Goede tijden, slechte tijden, Zeg 'ns Aaa, Winter in Wartime).
• Colin Petersen, 78, Australian drummer (Bee Gees, Humpy Bong) and actor (Smiley).

17

• Bernard Chiarelli, 90, French footballer (Valenciennes, Lille, national team).

16

• Karel Lassche, 87, Dutch businessman.
• Svetlana Svetlichnaya, 84, Russian actress (The Diamond Arm, Anna Pavlova, Goddess: How I fell in Love)

15

• Salwa Abu Khadra, 95, Palestinian politician.
• Elena Caragiu, 87, Romanian actress (The Lace Wars, Premiera).
• Lola Cordón, 88, Spanish actress (Seventeen).
• Al Ferrara, 84, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds).
• Ulla Jessen, 77, Danish actress (Girls at Arms, Girls at Sea, Mind Your Back, Professor).
• Jon Kenny, 66, Irish comedian and actor (The Banshees of Inisherin, Les Misérables, Father Ted), heart attack.
• Friedrich Knapp, 73, German businessman (New Yorker).
• Aleksandr Pankratov, 78, Russian film director (A Painter's Wife Portrait), cinematographer and screenwriter.
• Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, 101, Japanese royal, member of the Imperial House, pneumonia.

14

• Vadim Brovtsev, 55, Russian businessman and politician, prime minister (2009–2012) and acting president of South Ossetia (2011–2012), heart attack.
• Peter Sinfield, 80, English lyricist ("21st Century Schizoid Man", "I Believe in Father Christmas"), musician (King Crimson), and record producer.
• Piet Zwaanswijk, 77, Dutch artist.

13

• Barry Jordan, 66, South African church organist and composer.
• Paul Peters, 82, Dutch politician (senator) and physician.
• Luis Soares, 60, Portuguese-French Olympic long-distance runner (1992).
• Shel Talmy, 87, American record producer ("You Really Got Me", "My Generation", "Friday on My Mind"), complications from a stroke.
• Luis Ernesto Tapia, 80, Panamanian footballer (Alianza, national team), heart attack.

12

• Wim Denie, 78, Dutch politician.
• Bent Mejding, 87, Danish actor (Matador, We Shall Overcome, 1864), pneumonia. (death announced on this date)
• Manoj Mitra, 85, Indian actor (Banchharamer Bagaan, Ghare Baire, Ganashatru), director and playwright.
• Antoine Muylaert, 93, Belgian politician, mayor of Herdersem.
• Timothy West, 90, English actor (Coronation Street, EastEnders) and presenter (Great Canal Journeys).

11

• Christian Godard, 92, French cartoonist (The Vagabond of Limbo), cancer.

10

• Galliano Juso, 87, Italian film producer (Shoot First, Die Later, The Big Racket, The Heroin Busters) and screenwriter.
• Stanley Rensch, 84, Surinamese human rights activist.
• Bert Veldkamp, 72, Dutch bassist.

9

• Hassan Akesbi, 89, Moroccan footballer (Nîmes, Reims, national team).
• Bobby Allison, 86, American Hall of Fame race car driver, founder of the Alabama Gang and three-time Daytona 500 winner.
• Judith Jamison, 81, American dancer and choreographer.
• Jack Staller, 82, Dutch illustrator and comics artist.
• Alaaddin Yilmaz, 54, Turkish heart surgeon.

8

• Betty Bausch-Polak, 105 Dutch Holocaust survivor and resistance member.
• Fernando Fragata, 58, Portuguese film director (Backlight, Sorte Nula).
• Geneviève Grad, 80, French actress (The Troops of St. Tropez), cancer.
• June Spencer, 105, English actress (The Archers).

7

• Sir Bom Gillies, 99, New Zealand soldier, last surviving member of the Māori Battalion.
• Shreegopal Vyas, 92, Indian politician, MP (2006–2012).

6

• Don Bosseler, 88, American football player (Washington Redskins).
• Fabio Sartor, 70, Italian actor (Phantom of Death, The Passion of the Christ, La ladra).
• Tony Todd, 69, American actor (Candyman, Platoon, Night of the Living Dead).

5

• Marise Chamberlain, 88, New Zealand middle-distance runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).
• Sytze van der Zee, 85, Dutch writer and journalist, lung cancer.

4

• Jonathan Brostoff, 41, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (2015–2022) and the Milwaukee Common Council (since 2022).
• Jimmy Holley, 80, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1974–1994) and Senate (1998–2022).

3

• Abderrazak Cheraït, 86–87, Tunisian writer and politician, mayor of Tozeur (1995–2008), deputy (2014–2019).
• Quincy Jones, American arranger, composer.
• Con Power, 71, Irish show jumper (European Show Jumping Championships bronze medalist, Aga Khan Cup winner (1977, 1978, 1979)).
• Guruprasad, 52, Indian film director (Eddelu Manjunatha, Mata, Director's Special). (body discovered on this date)
• Maita Sanchez, 55, Filipino actress (Sa Dulo ng Baril, Batas ng Lansangan) and politician, mayor of Pagsanjan (2010–2019), endometrial cancer.

2

• Janey Godley, 63, Scottish stand-up comedian and writer, ovarian cancer.
• Jonathan Haze, 95, American actor (The Little Shop of Horrors, The Terror, It Conquered the World).
• Clement Quartey, 86, Ghanaian boxer, Olympic silver medallist (1960).
• Alan Rachins, 82, American actor (L.A. Law, Dharma & Greg, The Spectacular Spider-Man), heart failure.

1

• Loek Dijkman, 82, Dutch business person and philanthropist.
• Chuck Haytaian, 86, American politician, member (1982–1996) and speaker (1992–1996) of the New Jersey General Assembly. (death announced on this date)

October

31

• Masud Ali Khan, 95, Bangladeshi actor (Dipu Number Two, Dui Duari, Molla Barir Bou).

30

• Giovanni Cianfriglia, 89, Italian actor (Superargo Versus Diabolicus, Kill Them All and Come Back Alone, Everything Happens to Me) and stuntman.
• Erik Clausen, 82, Danish actor (In the Middle of the Night), film director (The Dark Side of the Moon) and screenwriter (Temporary Release).

29

• Nadia Cattouse, 99, Belizean-born British actress (Angels, Johnny Jarvis, Within These Walls), singer and songwriter.
• Teri Garr, 79, American actress (Tootsie, Young Frankenstein, Close Encounters of the Third Kind), multiple sclerosis.
• Denys Graham, 98, Welsh actor (The Dam Busters, Dunkirk, Zulu). (death announced on this date)
• Suzanne Osten, 80, Swedish film director (The Mozart Brothers, Mamma, The Guardian Angel) and screenwriter, complications from heart surgery.
• Hassan Youssef, 90, Egyptian actor (There is a Man in our House, Three Thieves). (death announced on this date)

28

• Paul Morrissey, 86, American film director (Flesh, Trash, Flesh for Frankenstein), pneumonia.
• Ulf Pilgaard, 83, Danish actor (Nightwatch, Cirkusrevyen, Nikolaj og Julie).
• Elżbieta Zającówna, 66, Polish actress (Vabank), singer and television presenter.

27

• Lily Li, 74, Hong Kong actress (The Wandering Swordsman, Executioners from Shaolin, The Young Master), lung cancer.

26

• William Beavers, 89, American politician, member of the Chicago City Council (1983–2006) and Cook County commissioner (2006–2013).
• Jim Donovan, 68, American sportscaster (Cleveland Browns Radio Network) and news anchor (WKYC), chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

25

• David Harris, 75, American actor (The Warriors, NYPD Blue, Brubaker), cancer.
• Kim Soo-mi, 75, South Korean actress (Barefoot Ki-bong, Late Blossom, Mapado).
• Phil Lesh, 84, American Hall of Fame musician (Grateful Dead) and songwriter ("Box of Rain", "Truckin'").

24

• Jadwiga Barańska, 89, Polish actress (Countess Cosel) and screenwriter.
• Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu, 93, Turkish politician, minister of defense (1999–2002)
• Tom Jarriel, 89, American journalist and television correspondent (20/20, ABC World News Tonight). (death announced on this date)

23

• Jack Jones, 86, American singer ("Wives and Lovers", "Love Boat") and actor (Over the Garden Wall).
• Rudy May, 80, American baseball player (Montreal Expos, New York Yankees, California Angels), complications from diabetes.

22

• Elizabeth Francis, 115, American supercentenarian, oldest person in the United States (since 2024). (death announced on this date)
• Dick Pope, 77, British cinematographer (Mr. Turner, The Illusionist, Motherless Brooklyn). (death announced on this date)
• Fernando Valenzuela, 63, Mexican-American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers), franchise owner (Tigres de Quintana Roo) and broadcaster.

21

• Christine Boisson, 68, French actress (Emmanuelle, Identification of a Woman, Born for Hell), stomach cancer.
• Paul Di'Anno, 66, English heavy metal singer (Iron Maiden) and songwriter ("Running Free").

20

• Fethullah Gülen, 83, Turkish Muslim scholar and preacher, leader of FETO.
• Janusz Olejniczak, 72, Polish pianist and actor (The Pianist), heart attack.

19

• Adamo Dionisi, 59, Italian actor (Dogman, Suburra, Enea).
• Vadiveloo Govindasamy, 92, Malaysian politician, president of the Dewan Negara (1992–1995).

18

• Shujeo Shyam, 78, Bangladeshi music director (Hason Raja, Joyjatra).

17

• Vural Çelik, 53, Turkish actor (G.O.R.A, Everything's Gonna Be Great, Magic Carpet Ride).
• Mitzi Gaynor, 93, American actress (There's No Business Like Show Business, The Birds and the Bees, South Pacific), singer and dancer.
• Toshiyuki Nishida, 76, Japanese actor (The Silk Road, Tsuribaka Nisshi 6, Emperor).
• Vasso Papandreou, 79, Greek politician and economist, European commissioner for jobs and social rights (1989–1992) and MP (1993–2012).
• Debraj Roy, 74, Indian actor (Pratidwandi, Calcutta 71, Marjina Abdulla).

16

• Paul McDonald Calvo, 90, Guamanian politician, governor (1979–1983) and senator (1971–1975).
• Liam Payne, 31, English singer (One Direction), fall.

15

• Ollie Olsen, 66, Australian musician (Max Q) and composer (Dogs in Space).

14

• Thomas J. Donohue, 86, American business executive, president (1997–2019) and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (1997–2021).
• Jiří Hromada, 66, Czech actor (Who's That Soldier?), gay activist and actors' unionist.
• Atul Parchure, 57, Indian actor (The Kapil Sharma Show, Jaago Mohan Pyare, Bhago Mohan Pyare), cancer.

13

• Peter Fregene, 77, Nigerian Olympic footballer (1968).
• Gyan Prakash Pilania, 92, Indian politician, MP (2003–2014).

12

• Oldřich Vlasák, 68, Czech politician, member (2004–2014) and vice-president (2012–2014) of the European Parliament.

11

• Ronnie Dawson, 92, Irish rugby union player (Barbarian, national team, British & Irish Lions).
• Vicente Juan Segura, 69, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Ibiza (2005–2020) and auxiliary bishop of Valencia (2020–2023).
• Abid Kashmiri, 74, Pakistani actor (Bazar-e-Husn, Samundar, Teesra Kinara) and comedian.
• Mario Morra, 89, Italian film editor (Red Roses for the Fuhrer, Cinema Paradiso). (death announced on this date)

10

• Fleur Adcock, 90, New Zealand poet.
• Ethel Kennedy, 96, American human rights advocate, founder of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, complications from a stroke.

9

• Hugo Koolschijn, 77, Dutch actor (Soldier of Orange, Suzy Q).
• T. P. Madhavan, 88, Indian actor (Chirikkudukka, Arangum Aniyarayum, Aavanikunnile Kinnaripookkal), stomach disease.
• Elisa Montés, 89, Spanish actress (Django the Condemned, Samson and His Mighty Challenge, 99 Women).
• Fritz von Friedl, 83, German-born Austrian actor (Ideal Woman Sought, Karl May).
• Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Group, passed away on October 9 at the age of 87

8

• Jorge Arriagada, 81, Chilean-French film composer (The Women on the 6th Floor, Bicycling with Molière, The Insomniac on the Bridge).
• Luis Tiant, 83, Cuban baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees).

7

• Brian Hastings, 84, New Zealand cricketer (Canterbury, national team).
• Cissy Houston, 91, American singer (The Sweet Inspirations) and actress (The Preacher's Wife), Grammy winner (1997, 1999), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Jack Ponti, 66, American songwriter ("Hey Stoopid", "Love's a Loaded Gun") and record producer.
• Nicholas Pryor, 89, American actor (Beverly Hills, 90210, Port Charles, Risky Business), cancer.

5

• A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, 93, Bangladeshi politician, president (2001–2002), lung infection.
• Naima Lamcharki, 81, Moroccan actress (Casablanca, Nest of Spies, Blood Wedding).

4

• Willi Giesemann, 87, German footballer (Hamburger SV, HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst, West Germany national team).
• Emiliano Queiroz, 88, Brazilian actor (Madame Satã, Xuxa e os Duendes, A Wolf at the Door).

3

• Michel Blanc, 72, French film director (Grosse fatigue, Summer Things) and actor (Marche à l'ombre), heart attack.
• Keerikkadan Jose, 72, Indian actor (Kireedam, Mimics Parade, Customs Diary).

2

• Ken Tobias, 79, Canadian singer-songwriter ("Stay Awhile"), brain cancer.
• Daniel Williams, 88, Grenadian politician and lawyer, governor-general (1996–2008).

1

• Jean-Claude Bourbault, 79, French actor (Les Uns et les Autres, Paris Lockdown).
• Denílson, 81, Brazilian footballer (Fluminense, national team).

September

30

• Park Ji-a, 52, South Korean actress (Breath, Epitaph, Masquerade), ischemic stroke.
• Pete Rose, 83, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos).

29

• Martin Lee, 77, English singer (Brotherhood of Man) and songwriter ("Save Your Kisses for Me", "Angelo"), heart failure.

28

• Winfield Dunn, 97, American politician, governor of Tennessee (1971–1975).
• Drake Hogestyn, 70, American actor (Days of Our Lives, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), pancreatic cancer.
• Kris Kristofferson, 88, American musician (The Highwaymen), songwriter ("Me and Bobby McGee") and actor (A Star Is Born), Grammy winner (1972, 1974, 1975).
• Glauco Mauri, 93, Italian actor (China Is Near, Deep Red, Ecce Bombo) and theatre director.

27

• Dame Maggie Smith, 89, British actress (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Harry Potter, Downton Abbey), Oscar winner (1969, 1978).

26

• John Ashton, 76, American actor (Beverly Hills Cop, Some Kind of Wonderful, Midnight Run), cancer.
• Neelam Karwariya, 55, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (2017–2022).

25

• Roman Madyanov, 62, Russian actor (Hopelessly Lost, Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation, Leviathan), lung cancer.

24

• Pierre-William Glenn, 80, French cinematographer (Day for Night) and film director.

23

• Tomris Giritlioğlu, 67, Turkish film director (Mr. Salkım’s Diamonds, Pains of Autumn) and producer, cancer.
• Freddie Salem, 70, American guitarist (Outlaws), cancer. (death announced on this date)

22

• W. Jayasiri, 77, Sri Lankan actor (Seilama, Visidela, Sudu Kaluwara).
• Koos van der Merwe, 87, South African politician, MP (1977–2014).
• Akkaphan Namart, 39, Thai actor (Sapai Glai Peun Tiang, Satja Nai Chum Joan), heart cancer.

21

• Al McCoy, 91, American sportscaster (Phoenix Suns). (death announced on this date)

20

• Kathryn Crosby, 90, American singer and actress (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Anatomy of a Murder, Operation Mad Ball).
• Barbara Horawianka, 94, Polish actress (Passenger, Maria and Napoleon, Colonel Kwiatkowski).
• Milena Jindrová, 80, Czech basketball player (Slavia VŠ Praha, national team).
• Petar Krelja, 84, Croatian film director (Southbound Train, Below the Line, The Four Seasons).
• Eddie Low, 81, New Zealand musician, cancer.
• Eddin Syazlee Shith, 50, Malaysian politician, MP (2018–2022).
• Cleo Sylvestre, 79, British actress (Crossroads, Paddington, All Creatures Great and Small).
• Radmila Živković, 71, Serbian actress (Variola Vera, The Meeting Point, Kuduz).

19

• Daniel Fanego, 69, Argentine actor (El Angel, Moon of Avellaneda, Coven), cancer.

18

• Salvatore Schillaci, 59, Italian footballer (Messina, Juventus, national team), colon cancer.

17

• Nelson DeMille, 81, American novelist (The General's Daughter, Plum Island, The Charm School), esophageal cancer.
• JD Souther, 78, American singer-songwriter ("You're Only Lonely", "Her Town Too", "New Kid in Town").

16

• Billy Edd Wheeler, 91, American singer and songwriter ("Jackson" , "It's Midnight", "Coward of the County").

15

• Leonid Burlaka, 85, Ukrainian cinematographer (Faithfulness, The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed).
• Geoffrey Hinsliff, 87, English actor (Coronation Street, Brass, Doctor Who).
• Tito Jackson, 70, American musician (The Jackson 5).
• Dinos Karydis, 85, Greek actor (Dancing the Sirtaki, My Daughter, the Socialist).

14

• Jean-Michel Dupuis, 69, French actor (Little Marcel, Dossier 51, La Boum).
• Sadreddin Hejazi, صدرالدین حجازی) ) 76, Iranian actor (The Gun Loaded, Santouri, Doubt).
• Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, 82, Kuwaiti royal, prime minister (2011–2019) and minister of defense (2001–2011).

13

• Franca Bettoia, 88, Italian actress (L'uomo di paglia, The Last Man on Earth, Sandokan Against the Leopard of Sarawak).
• Tommy Cash, 84, American country musician ("Six White Horses").
• Frank Misson, 85, Australian cricketer (New South Wales, national team). (death announced on this date)

12

• Aussie Malcolm, 83, Australian-born New Zealand politician, MP (1975–1984), minister of immigration (1981–1984) and health (1981–1984). (death announced on this date)

11

• Kenneth Cope, 93, English actor (Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Coronation Street, The Damned).
• Alberto Fujimori, 86, Peruvian politician, president (1990–2000), cancer.

10

• Maria Politseymako, 86, Russian actress (Success, 100 Days Before the Command, The Parrot Speaking Yiddish).

9

• James Earl Jones, 93, American actor (Star Wars, Fences, The Lion King), Tony winner (1969, 1987).
• Lee Hoi-sang, 83, Hong Kong actor (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, The Incredible Kung Fu Master, Shaolin and Wu Tang) and martial artist.
• Jeffrey Titford, 90, British politician, MEP (1999–2009).

8

• Toni d'Antonio, 51, Belgian actor (The Barons, Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami, Night Call).
• Henny Moan, 88, Norwegian actress (Nine Lives, Lake of the Dead, O' Horten).
• İlkan Karaman, 34, Turkish basketball player (Fenerbahçe, Tofaş Bursa, Brooklyn Nets), traffic collision.
• Vikas Sethi, 48, Indian actor (Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kahiin to Hoga, Kasautii Zindagii Kay), heart attack.
• Snezana Stameska, 78, North Macedonian actress (The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed, To the Hilt, The Liberation of Skopje).
• Wu Chien-pao, 73, Taiwanese politician and convicted game fixer, member (1998–2011) and speaker (2002–2010) of the Tainan City Council, esophageal cancer.

7

• Dan Morgenstern, 94, German-born American music journalist (Jazz Journal, DownBeat) and archivist, eight-time Grammy winner, heart failure.

6

• Armand de Fluvià, 92, Spanish genealogist and heraldist, respiratory failure.
• Will Jennings, 80, American lyricist ("My Heart Will Go On", "Higher Love", "Looks Like We Made It").
• Marie Michele St. Louis, 55, Mauritian Olympic judoka (1996).
• Ron Yeats, 86, Scottish football player (Liverpool, national team) and manager (Tranmere Rovers), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

5

• Manuel Antín, 98, Argentine film director (Don Segundo Sombra, Circe, The Venerable Ones).
• Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, Ugandan Olympic long-distance runner (2024), burns.
• Jorge Rivera López, 90, Argentine actor (Pobres habrá siempre, La Mary, Proceso a la infamia).
• Sérgio Mendes, 83, Brazilian bossa nova musician ("The Look of Love", "The Fool on the Hill", "Never Gonna Let You Go"), complications from long COVID.
• Laurent Tirard, 57, French film director (Little Nicholas, Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia, Return of the Hero).

4

• Bora Đorđević, 71, Serbian singer-songwriter (Riblja Čorba), pneumonia.
• Bernie Mireault, 63, Canadian comic book artist (The Jam), suicide. (death announced on this date)

3

• Selva Alemán, 80, Argentine actress (Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación, Count to Ten, Malparida), heart attack.
• Miguel Bermúdez, 80, Argentine actor (Buenos Aires, Summer 1912, The Desire to Live).

2

• James Darren, 88, American actor (Gidget, T. J. Hooker, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
• Kong Sam Ol, 94, Cambodian politician, MP (since 1993), minister of agriculture (1986–1989) and the Royal Palace (since 1998).

1

• Ahu Tuğba, 69, Turkish actress (Şeytan, Banker Bilo, Beyaz Ölüm).

August

30

• Tūheitia Paki, 69, New Zealand Māori monarch, king (since 2006), complications from heart surgery.
• Fatman Scoop, 53, American rapper ("Be Faithful", "Lose Control", "It's Like That").
• Jean-Charles Tacchella, 98, French film director (Cousin Cousine, Seven Sundays) and screenwriter (Typhoon Over Nagasaki).

29

• Johnny Gaudreau, 31, American ice hockey player (Calgary Flames, Columbus Blue Jackets), traffic collision.
• Renzo de' Vidovich, 90, Italian journalist and politician, deputy (1972–1976). (death announced on this date)

28

• Iryna Glibko, 34, Ukrainian handball player (CSM București, SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea, national team).
• Denzil Keelor, 90, Indian Air Force officer, Vir Chakra recipient (1965).
• K. C. Potter, 85, American academic administrator (Vanderbilt University).
• Behzod Yoʻldoshev, 79, Uzbek physicist, president of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan (2000–2005, since 2017).

27

• Bob Carr, 81, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1981, 1983–1995).
• Mohan, 76, Indian film director (Pakshe, Isabella, Oru Katha Oru Nunakkatha).

26

• Nabil Elaraby, 89, Egyptian politician, minister of foreign affairs (2011).
• Sven-Göran Eriksson, 76, Swedish football player and manager (IFK Göteborg, Benfica, England national team), pancreatic cancer.

25

• Amadeo Francis, 92, Puerto Rican Olympic hurdler (1952, 1956).
• Salim Al-Huss, 94, Lebanese politician, acting president (1988–1989) and three-time prime minister.
• Oh Seung-myung, 78, South Korean actor (Pillar of Mist, Passion Portrait, Seoul Evita).
• Asha Sharma, 86, Indian actress (Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam, Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai, Adipurush).
• Wang Ying, 66, Chinese actor (Battle of Xiangjiang River).
• Sugathapala Senarath Yapa, 88, Sri Lankan film director (Hanthane Kathawa).

24

• Karel Heřmánek, 76, Czech actor (Fešák Hubert, Give the Devil His Due, Forbidden Dreams).

23

• Wojciech Paszkowski, 64, Polish actor (Jezioro Bodeńskie, Three Colours: White) and dubbing director.
• István Pathó, 88, Hungarian actor (Drama of the Lark, Stars of Eger, Angi Vera).
• Catherine Ribeiro, 82, French singer (Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes) and actress (The Carabineers, Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West).

22

• Justin Chearno, 54, American musician (Pitchblende, Turing Machine) and restaurateur (The Four Horsemen).
• Dewi 'Pws' Morris, 76, Welsh actor (Grand Slam), singer and television presenter. (death announced on this date)

21

• Henryk Blaszka, 66, Polish Olympic sailor (1988).

20

• Yvonne Delcour, 92, Belgian actress (Moscow, Belgium).
• Hushang Harirchiyan, 92, Iranian actor (The Wind Carpet, A Little Kiss) and comedian.

19

• Maria Branyas, 117, American-born Spanish supercentenarian, world's oldest person (since 2023).

18

• Boris Bystrov, 79, Russian actor (Aladdin and His Magic Lamp, Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase, TASS Is Authorized to Declare...).
• Alain Delon, 88, Freanch actor (Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni and Louis Malle)
• Vladislav Gostishchev, 83, Russian actor (At the Beginning of Glorious Days, A Cruel Romance).

17

• Veliko Stoianov, 81, Bulgarian actor (Gentlemen for a Day, Mila from Mars).

16

• Aydemir Akbaş, 88, Turkish actor (Kolpaçino, Avrupalı).
• Afa Anoaʻi, 81, Samoan-American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (WWF, Stampede, GCW).

15

• Olga Horak, 98, Czechoslovak-born Australian Holocaust survivor. (death announced on this date)
• Sergey Kalyakin, 72, Belarusian politician.
• Paul Koeck, 83, Belgian author and screenwriter (Ons geluk).
• Ľubomír Paulovič, 71, Slovak actor (She Grazed Horses on Concrete, It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill, The Peacemaker), heart failure.

14

• Marcolino Franco, 65, Curaçao politician, MP, government commissioner of Sint Eustatius, cancer.
• Denise Gagnon, 87, Canadian actress (In the Shadow of the Wind, The Novena).
• Eugènie Herlaar, 84, Dutch news reporter.
• Gena Rowlands, 94, American actress (A Woman Under the Influence, Gloria, The Notebook), four-time Emmy winner.

13

• Sergio Donati, 91, Italian screenwriter (Once Upon a Time in the West, Island of the Fishmen, North Star).
• Greg Kihn, 75, American musician (The Greg Kihn Band) and songwriter ("Jeopardy", "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)") complications from Alzheimer's disease.

12

• Douglas Goodwin, 86, Irish cricketer (national team). (death announced on this date)
• Zaid Rifai, 87, Jordanian politician, prime minister (1973–1976, 1984–1989) and president of the senate (1997–2009).

11

• Samir Chamas, 81, Lebanese actor (Africano), writer and journalist.
• Mike Cubbage, 74, American baseball player (Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets), cancer.
• Ángel Salazar, 68, American comedian and actor (Scarface, Carlito's Way, Punchline).

10

• Rudolf Jelínek, 89, Czech actor (Thirty Cases of Major Zeman, The Fabulous Baron Munchausen).
• Dame June Mariu, 92, New Zealand Māori community leader and sportswoman.

8

• Hans Jonk, 76, Dutch footballer (FC Volendam).
• Otig Pakis, 64, Indonesian actor (A Perfect Fit, Foxtrot Six, Miracle in Cell No. 7), rectal cancer.
• Jorge Rodríguez, 56, Mexican footballer (Toluca, Santos Laguna, national team), Evans syndrome.
• Jaap Staal, 91, Dutch chess player.

7

• Lino Jannuzzi, 96, Italian journalist and politician, senator (1968–1972, 2001–2008).
• Jack Karlson, 82, Australian criminal and meme inspiration ("democracy manifest"), prostate cancer.

6

• Billy Bean, 60, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers), acute myeloid leukemia.
• Octave Landuyt, 101, Belgian painter and sculptor.
• Hans Plomp, 80, Dutch poet, playwright and writer, prostrate cancer.

5

• Mahmoud Bandok, 47, Egyptian actor (X-Large).
• Jeremy Strong, 74, British writer. (death announced on this date)
• Graham Thorpe, 55, English cricketer (Surrey, national team). (death announced on this date)
• Maurice Williams, 86, American singer (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs) and songwriter ("Stay").

4

• Juan Ramón Martínez, 76, Salvadoran footballer (Municipal, Águila, national team).
• Terry Snow, 80, Australian businessman and philanthropist.

3

• Shaun Martin, 45, American musician (Snarky Puppy) and record producer, seven-time Grammy winner.

2

• Tommy Cassidy, 73, Northern Irish football player (Newcastle, national team) and manager (APOEL), complications from Alzheimer's disease. (death announced on this date)
• John Clegg, 90, British actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Tom & Viv, Shooting Fish).

1

• Krzysztof Banaszyk, 54, Polish actor (Colonel Kwiatkowski, Poznań '56).
• Pina Bottin, 94, Italian actress (Marriage, A Hero of Our Times, The Intruder). (death announced on this date)

July

31

• Genco Erkal, 86, Turkish actor (A Season in Hakkari, The Market: A Tale of Trade, Sleeping Princess), leukemia.
• Anshuman Gaekwad, 71, Indian cricket player (national team) and coach, blood cancer.
• Ismail Haniyeh, 62, Palestinian politician, prime minister (2006–2014), Hamas chief in the Gaza Strip (2014–2017), and chairman of the Hamas political bureau (since 2017), airstrike.
• Roberto Herlitzka, 86, Italian actor (Morel's Invention, Seven Beauties, Summer Night).

30

• Vladimir Eshinov, 75, Russian rower, Olympic champion (1976).
• Kevin Laidlaw, 89, New Zealand rugby union player (Southland, national team) and coach (Southland).
• Onyeka Onwenu, 72, Nigerian singer, actress (Women's Cot, Rising Moon, Half of a Yellow Sun), and human rights activist.

29

• Kenan Işık, 76, Turkish actor (Dadı, Green Light), television presenter (Kim Milyoner Olmak İster?) and journalist.

28

• Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, 85, Greek royal, historian and author.
• Uğur Taşdemir, 58, Turkish actor (Valley of the Wolves: Gladio).

27

• Mariano Haro, 84, Spanish Olympic athlete (1968, 1972, 1976).

26

• Janet Andrewartha, 72, Australian actress (Neighbours, Prisoner, Fake).
• Prabhat Jha, 67, Indian politician, MP (2008–2020).

24

• Hamzah Haz, 84, Indonesian politician, vice president (2001–2004), minister of investment (1998–1999), and deputy (1971–1999).

23

• Teresa Gimpera, 87, Spanish actress (Eagles Over London, The Legend of Frenchie King, Course Completed) and model.
• Ken Palmer, 87, English cricketer (Somerset, national team) and umpire.

22

• Duke Fakir, 88, American Hall of Fame singer (Four Tops), heart failure.
• John Mayall, 90, English Hall of Fame musician (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) and songwriter ("I'm Your Witchdoctor", "Crawling Up a Hill").
• Saeed Rad, 79, Iranian actor (Adieu Friend, Daadshah, Eagles), complications from a fall.

21

• Paul Lederman, 84, French film producer (The Three Brothers) and agent.
• Salvatore Piscicelli, 76, Italian film director, screenwriter (The Opportunities of Rosa, Blues metropolitano, Regina) and film critic.
• Evelyn Thomas, 70, American singer.

20

• János Csányi, 92, Hungarian opera singer, actor (The Testament of Aga Koppanyi, Hungarians, Do not Panic, Major Kardos).
• Şener Kökkaya, 82, Turkish actor (The Herd, Vizontele).
• Sandy Posey, 80, American singer ("Single Girl", “Born a Woman”, "I Take It Back"), complications from dementia.

19

• Nguyễn Phú Trọng, 80, Vietnamese politician, general secretary of the Communist Party (since 2011), president (2018–2021) and chairman of the National Assembly (2006–2011).
• Sheila Jackson Lee, United States representative from Texas.

18

• Xabier Deive, 54, Spanish actor (Piratas, The Lesser Evil, Néboa).
• Ildikó Dobos, 82, Hungarian actress (Woyzeck).
• Jerry Fuller, 85, American songwriter ("Young Girl", "Travelin' Man", "Show and Tell"), lung cancer.
• Bob Newhart, 94, American comedian and actor (The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart, Elf), Emmy (2013) and Grammy (1961) winner.

17

• Cheng Pei-pei, 78, Chinese actress (Come Drink with Me, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Mulan), complications from corticobasal degeneration.
• Stu Starner, 81, American basketball coach (Montana State Bobcats).
• Pat Williams, 84, American basketball executive (Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers), complications from viral pneumonia.

16

• Joe Bryant, 69, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers, San Diego Clippers, Houston Rockets) and coach, stroke.
• Ewa Ciepiela, 82, Polish actress (Znaki na drodze, The Third Part of the Night, To Save the City).

15

• Jacques Boudet, 89, French actor (The Names of Love, Swann in Love, Father and Sons).
• Juan Ricardo Faccio, 87, Uruguayan football player (Nacional) and manager (Peñarol, El Salvador national team).
• Norm Hewitt, 55, New Zealand rugby union player (Hawke's Bay, Wellington, national team), complications from motor neurone disease.

14

• Jacoby Jones, 40, American football player (Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans, San Diego Chargers), Super Bowl champion (2012).
• Romildo Magalhães, 78, Brazilian politician.
• M. Mani, 77, Indian film producer and director (Kuyiline Thedi, Engane Nee Marakkum, Aanakkorumma).

13

• Shannen Doherty, 53, American actress (Beverly Hills, 90210, Heathers, Charmed), breast cancer.
• Claudio Reyes, 64, Chilean singer, actor (Cesante) and politician, heart attack.
• James B. Sikking, 90, American actor (Hill Street Blues, Doogie Howser, M.D., Star Trek III: The Search for Spock), complications from dementia.
• Richard Simmons, 76, American fitness personality.
• Iliya Valov, 62, Bulgarian football player (Botev Vratsa, CSKA Sofia, national team) and manager, lung infection.
• Enrique Wong Pujada, 83, Peruvian politician, deputy (1985–1990, 2011–2016, since 2021), cancer.

12

• Billy Ibadulla, 88, Pakistani-New Zealand cricketer (Warwickshire, Otago, Pakistan national team). (death announced on this date)
• Ruth Westheimer, 96, German-American sex therapist and Holocaust survivor.

11

• Shelley Duvall, 75, American actress (The Shining, Nashville, 3 Women), complications from diabetes.

10

• Bob Banks, 94, Australian rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs, Queensland, national team).
• Dave Loggins, 76, American singer and songwriter ("Please Come to Boston", "Pieces of April", "If I Had My Wish Tonight").

9

• Diana Hill, 81, New Zealand biochemist, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (since 1997).
• Jim Inhofe, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1994–2023) and House of Representatives (1987–1994), complications from a stroke.
• Jerzy Stuhr, 77, Polish actor (Camera Buff, Kingsajz, Kiler), film director and screenwriter.

8

• Pierre Nguyễn Soạn, 87, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Qui Nhơn (1999–2012).
• Jógvan Sundstein, 91, Faroese politician, prime minister (1989–1991).
• Thodoros Teknetzidis, Greek actor (It's a Long Road, Eternity and a Day).

7

• Josefina Herrán, 94, Uruguayan first lady (1972–1976).
• Bruno Zanin, 73, Italian actor (Amarcord, Killer Cop, The First Time on the Grass).

6

• Pino D'Angiò, 71, Italian singer ("Ma quale idea") and songwriter ("The Age of Love").
• Mustapha Dassoukine, 81, Morrocan comedian.
• Angela Pagano, 87, Italian actress (The Hideout, Naples in Veils, Like a Cat on a Highway 2).
• Rob Schröder, 73, Dutch graphic designer and cineast, cancer.
• Roberta Taylor, 76, English actress (EastEnders, The Bill, Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators) and author.
• Javier Valle Riestra, 92, Peruvian jurist and politician, MP (1978–1992, 2006–2011) and prime minister (1998).

5

• Serge Ducosté, 80, Haitian footballer (Aigle Noir AC, national team).
• Yvonne Furneaux, 98, French actress (Le Amiche, La Dolce Vita, Repulsion), stroke.
• Jon Landau, 63, American film producer (Titanic, Avatar, Solaris), Oscar winner (1998), cancer.
• Vic Seixas, 100, American Hall of Fame tennis player.

4

• Smriti Biswas, 100, Indian actress (Baap Re Baap, Maryada, Chandni Chowk).
• Henk van Mierlo, 66, Dutch motorcross racer. (death announced on this date)

3

• Geoff Robinson, 66, Australian rugby league player (Canterbury-Bankstown, Halifax), heart attack.

2

• Nilüfer Gürsoy, 103, Turkish politician, MP (1965–1969, 1973–1980).
• Wim Hazeu, 84, Dutch biographer.
• Comunardo Niccolai, 77, Italian footballer (Torres, Cagliari, national team). (death announced on this date)
• Ion Rițiu, 73, Romanian actor (Ciuleandra, The Last Assault, Oglinda).

1

• Maria Rosaria Omaggio, 67, Italian actress (The Tough Ones, The Cop in Blue Jeans, Walesa: Man of Hope) and writer. (death announced on this date)
• Robert Towne, 89, American screenwriter (Chinatown, Shampoo, The Last Detail), Oscar winner (1975).

June

30

• R. Sampanthan, 91, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1977–1983, 1997–2000, since 2001).
• Ileana Stana-Ionescu, 87, Romanian actress and politician, deputy (2000–2004).

29

• Syed Husin Ali, 87, Malaysian politician.
• Shi Ping, 112, Chinese academic administrator and politician, vice president of China Agricultural University (1953–1960), secretary of East China Normal University (1978–1983) and secretary general of Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (1983–1985).

28

• Txema Blasco, 82, Spanish actor (Vacas, By My Side Again, What You Never Knew).
• Orlando Cepeda, 86, Puerto Rican Hall of Fame baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals).
• Dudu, 84, Brazilian football player (Palmeiras, national team) and manager (Palmeiras), abdominal infection.
• Kostis Gontikas, 90, Greek politician, MP (1974–1981) and MEP (1981–1984).
• Yves Herbet, 78, French footballer (Sedan, Nancy, national team) and manager (FC Martigues, Dijon). (death announced on this date)
• Mohamed Osman Jawari, 78, Somali politician, speaker of the Parliament (2012–2018) and acting president (2012).
• Donna Reed Miller, 77, American politician, member of the Philadelphia City Council (1996–2012).

27

• Alexander Knaifel, 80, Russian composer (The Canterville Ghost).
• Maria Nápoles, 87, Portuguese Olympic fencer (1960). (death announced on this date)
• Landry Nguémo, 38, Cameroonian football player (Nancy, Bordeaux, national team) and manager, traffic collision.
• Donald Scott, 96, Scottish rugby union player (Langholm, South of Scotland District, national team).

26

• Jewel Brown, 86, American jazz and blues singer. (death announced on this date)
• Jim Connors, 77, American politician, mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania (1990–2002).
• Yaşar Yakış, 85, Turkish diplomat and politician, minister of foreign affairs (2002–2003) and MP (2002–2011).

25

• Sika Anoaʻi, 79, American Samoan Hall of Fame professional wrestler (The Wild Samoans).
• Bill Cobbs, 90, American actor (The Bodyguard, Night at the Museum, Oz the Great and Powerful).
• Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, 93, Irish Gaelic games commentator (RTÉ).
• Shayne Philpott, 58, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team). (death announced on this date)

24

• Dragan Kapičić, 75, Serbian Olympic basketball player (1972) and executive.
• Tamayo Perry, 49, American surfer and actor (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Blue Crush), shark attack.
• Shifty Shellshock, 49, American vocalist (Crazy Town) and songwriter ("Butterfly", "Starry Eyed Surprise").

23

• Hugo Villanueva, 85, Chilean footballer (Universidad de Chile, national team).

22

• Lala Mnatsakanyan, 66, Armenian actress.

21

• Keith Locke, 80, New Zealand politician, MP (1999–2011).
• Andrzej Mularczyk, 94, Polish writer, screenwriter (All Friends Here) and reporter.

20

• David Johnson, 52, Indian cricketer (Karnataka), fall.
• Donald Sutherland, 88, Canadian actor (M*A*S*H, Ordinary People, The Hunger Games), Emmy winner (1995).

19

• Arturo González Cruz, 69, Mexican politician, deputy (since 2021).

18

• Anouk Aimée, 92, French actress (La Dolce Vita, A Man and a Woman, A Leap in the Dark).
• Willie Mays, 93, American Hall of Fame baseball player (San Francisco Giants, New York Mets), World Series champion (1954), heart failure.
• Regina Veloso, 85, Portuguese Olympic swimmer (1960). (death announced on this date)

17

• Connor Garden-Bachop, 25, New Zealand rugby union player (Māori All Blacks, Highlanders, Wellington).
• Paul Spencer, 53, English musician (Dario G), rectal cancer.

16

• Buzz Cason, 84, American singer and songwriter ("Everlasting Love").
• Evans Evans, 87, American actress (Bonnie and Clyde, The Iceman Cometh, Dead Bang).

15

• Mike Brumley, 61, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox) and coach (Seattle Mariners), traffic collision.
• Freddy Willockx, 76, Belgian politician, MEP (1994–1999), mayor of Sint-Niklaas (1989–1994, 2001–2010).

14

• Pierre-Jean Samot, 89, French politician, mayor of Le Lamentin (1989–2018), deputy (2002–2003).
• Guy Warren, 103, Australian painter.

13

• Tommy Banks, 94, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Altrincham, national team). (death announced on this date)
• Angela Bofill, 70, American singer ("I'll Try", "This Time I'll Be Sweeter").
• Sirinal de Mel, 82, Sri Lankan politician, MP (2015–2019).
• Courtney Meredith, 97, Welsh rugby player (British Lions, national team).
• Benji Gregory 46, actor (ALF) heat stroke https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna161353

12

• Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem, 89, Angolan politician, president of the National Assembly (1992–1996), prime minister (1991–1992, 1996–1999).
• Fermí Reixach, 77, Spanish actor (The Mosquito Net, The Dead Man and Being Happy, 1000 Miles from Christmas).
• Jerry West, 86, American Hall of Fame basketball player, coach, and executive (Los Angeles Lakers), NBA (1972) and Olympic (1960) champion.

11

• Françoise Hardy, 80, French singer-songwriter ("Tous les garçons et les filles", "All Over the World") and actress (Grand Prix), laryngeal cancer.
• Robert Hughes, 96, American Hall of Fame basketball coach.
• Tony Lo Bianco, 87, American actor (The Honeymoon Killers, The French Connection, The Seven-Ups), prostate cancer.
• Violet Neilson, 92, Jamaican politician, MP (1989–1997).

10

• Ralph Caulton, 87, New Zealand rugby union player (Wellington, national team).
• Gérard Dériot, 79, French politician, senator (1998–2020), mayor of Cérilly (1995–2001).
• Steele Hall, 95, Australian politician.
• Malawians killed in the 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash:
  • Saulos Chilima, 51, economist and politician, vice-president (2014–2019, since 2020)
  • Patricia Shanil Muluzi, 59, first lady (1999–2004)

9

• Marzena Kipiel-Sztuka, 58, Polish actress (The Lousy World, Jak oni śpiewają, The Behaviorist).
• Isabel Moreno, 82, Cuban actress (Lucía, A Successful Man, The Beauty of the Alhambra).
• Michael Mosley, 67, British television journalist and writer. (body discovered on this date)

8

• Mark James, 83, American songwriter ("Hooked on a Feeling", "Suspicious Minds", "Always on My Mind").
• Ramoji Rao, 87, Indian conglomerate industry executive and film producer (Mayuri, Pakarathinu Pakaram, Mouna Poratam), founder of Ramoji Group, heart disease.
• Chet Walker, 84, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls).

7

• William Anders, 90, American astronaut (Apollo 8, author of the photograph Earthrise) and diplomat, ambassador to Norway (1976–1977), plane crash.
• Despina Stylianopoulou, 91, Greek actress (Alice in the Navy, Oh! That Wife of Mine).

6

• Nicholas Ball, 78, English actor (EastEnders, Footballers' Wives, Hazell). (death announced on this date)

5

• Rosalinda López Hernández, 56, Mexican politician, senator (2006–2012) and member of the Congress of Tabasco (2006–2015).
• Rosalina Neri, 96, Italian actress and singer (Three Men and a Leg, All the Moron's Men).

4

• Tom Bower, 86, American actor (Die Hard 2, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Undoing).
• Rex Kirton, 81–82, New Zealand politician, mayor of Upper Hutt (1977–2001).

3

• Brigitte Bierlein,74,first woman as Austrian Chancellor.
• Izabella Olszewska, 94, Polish actress (The Wedding, Karol: A Man Who Became Pope, Little Rose).
• William Russell, 99, English actor (Doctor Who, Coronation Street, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot).
• Armando Silvestre, 98, Mexican actor (Rossana, The Miracle Roses, Night of the Bloody Apes), complications from ulcer.
• Barbara Stewart, 72, New Zealand politician, MP (2002–2008, 2011–2017). (death announced on this date)
• Murisi Zwizwai, 54, Zimbabwean politician, MP (2003–2023). (death announced on this date)
• Morrie Markoff, 110, American blogger, writer, and supercentenarian.

2

• Donovan Ebanks, 72, Cayman diplomat, acting governor (2009–2010).
• Janis Paige, 101, American actress (Please Don't Eat the Daisies, The Pajama Game, It's Always Jan).
• Natasha Ryan, 40, Australian disappearance case. (death announced on this date)

1

• Andrzej Kostenko, 87, Polish screenwriter (Ręce do góry, Le Départ) and actor (When Angels Fall).
• Ruth Maria Kubitschek, 92, Czech-born German actress (He Can't Stop Doing It, Madame and Her Niece, Tears of Blood).
• Philippe Leroy, 93, French actor (The Hole, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci, Sandokan).
• Tin Oo, 97, Burmese general and politician, minister of defence (1974–1977) and commander-in-chief of defence services (1974–1976), pneumonia.

May

31

• Alexander Lang, 82, German actor (Denk bloß nicht, ich heule, Solo Sunny) and stage director.
• Robert Pickton, 74, Canadian convicted serial killer, complications from injuries sustained in stabbing.
• Kátya Tompos, 41, Hungarian actress (Coming Out, Question in Details) and singer, cancer.

30

• Dorothy Bromiley, 93, British actress (The Girls of Pleasure Island, It's Great to Be Young, A Touch of the Sun). (death announced on this date)
• Trevor Edwards, 87, Welsh footballer (Charlton Athletic, Cardiff City, national team). (death announced on this date)
• B. Sampath Kumar, Indian politician. (death announced on this date)
• Brian Phelan, 89, Irish actor (The Criminal, Accident), dramatist and screenwriter (Little Mother). (death announced on this date)
• Tina Serrano, 82, Argentine actress (Night of the Pencils, I Don't Want to Talk About It).

29

• Annarosa Garatti, 90, Italian actress (Ore 10: lezione di canto, Be Sick... It's Free, Il triangolo rosso).
• Henri Nallet, 85, French politician, minister justice (1990–1992) and agriculture (1985–1986, 1988–1990).
• Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, 53, Russian actress (My Fair Nanny) and television presenter, glioblastoma.

28

• Dadash Rzayev, 88, Azerbaijani major general, minister of defence (1993).

27

• Rodger Fox, 71, New Zealand jazz trombonist and bandleader.
• Elizabeth MacRae, 88, American actress (General Hospital, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Conversation).
• Surya Prakash, Indian film director (Manikkam, Maayi, Diwan).
• Bill Walton, 71, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics), and sportscaster (ESPN), cancer.

26

• Talat Hussain, 83, Pakistani actor (Karawaan, Jinnah, Actor in Law).

25

• Carlo J. Caparas, 80, Filipino comics artist (Bakekang, Kamandag) and film director (Kambal Na Kamao: Madugong Engkwentro).
• Bertus Mulder, 95, Dutch architect (Rietveld Schröder House). (death announced on this date)
• Johnny Ngan, 75, Hong Kong actor (The Seasons, A Kindred Spirit, File of Justice), squamous cell carcinoma.
• Johnny Wactor, 37, American actor (General Hospital, Siberia, USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage), shot.

24

• Jan Kačer, 87, Czech actor (Death Is Called Engelchen), theatre director (The Drama Club) and politician, MP (1990–1992).

23

• Ángeles Flórez Peón, 105, Spanish socialist militant, writer and Civil War veteran.
• Janusz Mazurek, 80, Polish politician, senator (1991–1993).
• P. N. Patil, 71, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (since 2019), fall.
• Morgan Spurlock, 53, American filmmaker (Super Size Me, Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?, Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope), cancer.
• Eric Upton, 71, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos). (death announced on this date)

22

• Charlie Colin, 58, American bassist and guitarist (Train, The Side Deal), fall. (death announced on this date)
• Darryl Hickman, 92, American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Network, Challenge of the GoBots).
• Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi, 79, Indian politician, MP (1999–2009).
• Othon Valentim Filho, 79, Brazilian football player (1964 Olympics) and manager (Botafogo, América Mineiro).

21

• Sajjad Akbar, 63, Pakistani cricketer (national team), heart attack.
• Vladimir Agapov, 90, Russian football player (Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union national team) and manager (CSKA Moscow).
• Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, 71, Polish film composer (Finding Neverland, Hachi: A Dog's Tale, The Visitor), Oscar winner (2005), multiple system atrophy.

20

• Ivan Boesky, 87, American stock trader and convicted felon.
• Kevin Burns, 63, New Zealand cricketer.
• Gerry Collins, 69, Scottish football player (Ayr United, Hamilton Academical, Partick Thistle) and manager.
• Jean-Claude Gaudin, 84, French politician, senator (1998–2017), minister of the city (1995–1997), and mayor of Marseille (1995–2020).
• Fernando Martínez Castellano, 82, Spanish politician, mayor of Valencia (1979).
• Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, 85, German footballer (FC Köln, AC Milan, West Germany national team). (death announced on this date)
• Perrette Souplex, 94, French actress (Paris Still Sings, Suspicion, La smala).

19

• Richard Foronjy, 86, American actor (Serpico, Midnight Run, Carlito's Way).
• Kwassi Klutse, 78, Togolese politician, prime minister (1996–1999).
• Ebrahim Raisi, 63, Iranian politician, president (since 2021), helicopter crash.
• Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, 60, politician, foreign minister of Iran, helicopter crash

18

• Frank Ifield, 86, Australian singer ("I Remember You", "Lovesick Blues", "The Wayward Wind").
• Sir Tony O'Reilly, 88, Irish businessman and rugby player (Barbarian, British & Irish Lions, national team).
• Md. Wali Ullah, 87, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991–1996).
• Jon Wysocki, 53, American rock drummer (Staind).

17

• Thaneswar Boro, 85, Indian politician, Assam MLA (1985–2001), heart disease.
• Pat Buckley, 72, Irish independent Catholic bishop.
• Sid Going, 80, New Zealand rugby union player (North Auckland, national team). (death announced on this date)

16

• Dabney Coleman, 92, American actor (9 to 5, WarGames, Recess), Emmy winner (1987).
• Zari Khoshkam, 76, Iranian actress (What's the Time in Your World?).
• Verónica Toussaint, 48, Mexican actress (Impossible Things) and television presenter (¡Qué chulada!), breast cancer.

15

• Abdellatif Abdelhamid, 70, Syrian film director (Layali Ibn Awa, Nassim al-Roh, Qamaran wa Zaytouna).
• Barbra Fuller, 102, American actress (Adventures of Superman, Four Star Playhouse, My Three Sons).
• Vlastimil Harapes, 77, Czech actor (Marketa Lazarová, Jak dostat tatínka do polepšovny, Beauty and the Beast), ballet dancer and choreographer.
• Oleg Levakov, 76, Russian actor (Sardar Udham) and stage director.
• Elda Peralta, 91, Mexican actress (Hypocrite, Streetwalker, A Woman Without Love).

14

• Ayten Gökçer, 84, Turkish actress (Red Istanbul).
• Baiba Indriksone, 92, Latvian actress (A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve, The Devil's Servants).
• Jimmy James, 84, British-Jamaican singer ("Now Is the Time", "I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me").
• Narong Kittikachorn, 90, Thai politician, MP (1983–1992).
• Gudrun Ure, 98, Scottish actress (Super Gran, The Million Pound Note, The Crow Road). (death announced on this date)

13

• Yevgeniy Brago, 95, Russian rower, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
• Rinus de Jong, 90, Dutch basketball player (Heroes Den Bosch, national team) and coach.
• Alice Munro, 92, Canadian short story writer (Dance of the Happy Shades, Lives of Girls and Women, Runaway), Nobel Prize laureate (2013), complications from dementia.
• Birubala Rabha, 70, Indian human rights activist, esophageal cancer.
• M. Selvarasu, 67, Indian politician, MP (1989–1991, 1996–1998, since 2019).
• Luis María Serra, 82, Argentine musician and composer (La Mary, Camila, I, the Worst of All).

12

• Abdul Sattar Al-Basry, Iraqi actor (Al-ayyam al-tawila, Al Qadisiyya).
• Mark Damon, 91, American actor (House of Usher, Ringo and His Golden Pistol) and film producer (9½ Weeks).
• Giannis Malouhos, 91, Greek actor (Alice in the Navy).
• Paulo César Pereio, 83, Brazilian actor (The Brave Warrior, Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica).
• David Sanborn, 78, American alto saxophonist ("Young Americans") and television host (Night Music), six-time Grammy winner, prostate cancer.
• Shi Wei-Jian, 89, Chinese actor (Legend of Tianyun Mountain, Qiu Jin).

11

• Susan Backlinie, 77, American actress (Jaws, Day of the Animals, 1941).
• Ron Ellis, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), Stanley Cup champion (1967). (death announced on this date)
• Baby Girija, 83, Indian actress (Jeevitha Nouka, Visappinte Vili, Achan).

10

• Hans Wahlgren, 86, Swedish actor (Wahlgrens värld, Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours, Rederiet).

9

• Dame Shirley Conran, 91, British writer.
• Roger Corman, 98, American filmmaker (The Little Shop of Horrors, Death Race 2000, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre).

8

• Gérard César, 89, French politician, three-time deputy, senator (1990–2017).
• Dennis Thompson, 75, American Hall of Fame drummer (MC5), complications from a heart attack.

7

• Evald Aavik, 83, Estonian actor (Nest of Winds, Arvo Iho, Somnambuul).
• Dorman Borisman, 73, Indonesian actor (Sundelbolong, Bayi Gaib: Bayi Tumbal Bayi Mati, Surat Kecil untuk Tuhan).
• Kim Ki-nam, 94, North Korean politician, director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea (1989–2017), multiple organ failure.
• Joan Rigol, 81, Spanish politician, president of the parliament of Catalonia (1999–2003), Catalan minister of employment (1980–1984) and culture (1984–1985).

6

• Ian Gelder, 74, British actor (Game of Thrones, Torchwood, Little Dorrit), bile duct cancer.
• Wayland Holyfield, 82, American songwriter ("Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me)", "Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer", "You're My Best Friend").
• Brian Wenzel, 94, Australian actor (A Country Practice, Rove).

5

• Bernard Hill, 79, English actor (The Lord of the Rings, Titanic, Boys from the Blackstuff).
• Willie Hona, New Zealand musician (Herbs), pancreatic cancer.
• César Luis Menotti, 85, Argentine football player (Rosario Central, national team) and manager (national team), world champion (1978), anemia.
• Simona Postlerová, 59, Czech actress (The Territory of White Deer).

4

• Badr bin Abdul Mohsen Al Saud, 75, Saudi prince and poet.
• Guilherme Fiúza Zenha, 55, Brazilian film director (O Menino no Espelho), heart attack.
• Anna Panayiotopoulou, 76, Greek actress (Safe Sex, Crying... Silicon Tears, Oi Treis Harites), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

3

• Kazuo Aichi, 86, Japanese politician, director-general of the Defence Agency (1993–1994) and MP (1976–2000, 2005–2009), COVID-19.

2

• Derek Angus, 86, New Zealand politician, MP (1981–1990).
• Mashrab Kimsanov, 68, Uzbek actor (Sohni Mahiwal).
• Manca Košir, 76, Slovenian journalist (Nova revija) and actress (Real Pests).
• Edgar Lansbury, 94, British-American theatre producer (The Subject Was Roses), Tony winner (1960).

1

• Richard Tandy, 76, English Hall of Fame musician (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move).

April

30

• Duane Eddy, 86, American guitarist ("Rebel-'Rouser", "Because They're Young", "Peter Gunn").
• Jacques Lussier, 64, Canadian actor (Intimate Power, Louis 19, King of the Airwaves, Grey Owl). (death announced on this date)
• Ella Maklakova, 84, Russian costume designer (Treasure Island).

29

• Mykhaylo Fomenko, 75, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv, Soviet Union national team) and manager (national team), Olympic bronze medallist (1976).
• Zoya Zelinskaya, 94, Russian actress (Tests for Real Men).

28

• Brian McCardie, 59, Scottish actor (Rob Roy, The Ghost and the Darkness, Speed 2: Cruise Control) and writer.
• Zack Norman, 83, American comedian, film producer (Tracks), and actor (Romancing the Stone, Cadillac Man).
• Sir Vincent O’Sullivan, 86, New Zealand writer, Poet Laureate (2013–2015).

26

• Dave O'Sullivan, 90, New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.
• Sunwoo Wan, 76, South Korean film director.
• Kostis Zois, 93, Greek film director, producer and screenwriter.

25

• Marla Adams, 85, American actress (The Young and the Restless, The Secret Storm, Splendor in the Grass), Emmy winner (2021).
• Ferenc András, 81, Hungarian film director (The Vulture, Rain and Shine) and screenwriter.
• Laurent Cantet, 63, French film director, screenwriter (The Class, Human Resources, Time Out) and cinematographer.

24

• Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead, 81, British politician, MP (1964–1968, 1979–2019). (death announced on this date)
• Terry Hill, 52, Australian rugby league player (Manly Warringah, New South Wales, national team), heart attack.
• Margaret Lee, 80, English actress (I due pericoli pubblici, Letti sbagliati, The Killers Are Our Guests).
• Mike Pinder, 82, English musician (The Moody Blues).
• Rene Saguisag, 84, Filipino politician, senator (1987–1992). (death announced on this date)
• Mooryati Soedibyo, 96, Indonesian politician, deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (2004–2009) and founder of Puteri Indonesia.

23

• Zulu Adigwe, Nigerian actor (Basi and Company, Issakaba, Living in Bondage: Breaking Free).
• George Baker, 88, Welsh footballer (Plymouth Argyle, national team).
• Mariana Evstatieva-Biolcheva, 84, Bulgarian film director (On the Top of the Cherry Tree).
• Ro Jai-bong, 88, South Korean politician, prime minister (1990–1991).
• Kostas Stefanakis, 76, Greek actor (From the Snow).

22

• Hana Brejchová, 77, Czech actress (Loves of a Blonde, Amadeus, Cirkus Humberto). (death announced on this date)
• Julio Calcagno, 87, Uruguayan actor (Seawards Journey).
• Nader Kashani, 79, Iranian basketball player.
• Philippe Laudenbach, 88, French actor (Muriel, My American Uncle, Confidentially Yours).
• Chan Romero, 82, American singer-songwriter ("Hippy Hippy Shake") and guitarist. (death announced on this date)

21

• Roedad Khan, 100, Pakistani civil servant and politician, secretary of industries and production (1958–1969), interior secretary (1978–1988), and minister of accountability (1990–1993).

20

• Antonio Cantafora, 80, Italian actor (Supersonic Man, Carambola!, Intervista). (death announced on this date)
• Roman Gabriel, 83, American Hall of Fame football player (NC State Wolfpack, Los Angeles Rams) and actor (The Undefeated).
• Josef Laufer, 84, Czech singer and actor (Starci na chmelu, Cirkus Humberto, The Last Butterfly), cardiac arrest.
• Lourdes Portillo, 80, Mexican filmmaker (The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, The Devil Never Sleeps, After the Earthquake).

19

• Salah El-Saadany, Egyptian actor (The Land, Yacoubian Building).

18

• Dickey Betts, 80, American Hall of Fame musician (The Allman Brothers Band) and songwriter ("Jessica", "Ramblin' Man"), cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Bob Ellison, 91, American consultant (Becker, Wings, The Mary Tyler Moore Show), screenwriter and television producer. (death announced on this date)
• Raman Subba Row, 92, English cricketer (Surrey, Northamptonshire, national team). (death announced on this date)

17

• Sir Colin Giltrap, 84, New Zealand Hall of Fame businessman and philanthropist.

16

• Dwarakish, 81, Indian film director (Nee Bareda Kadambari) and actor (Bedi Bandavalu, Haddina Kannu), heart attack.
• Vincent Friell, 64, Scottish actor (Trainspotting, Restless Natives, The Angels' Share). (death announced on this date)
• Barbara O. Jones, 82, American actress (Daughters of the Dust, Freedom Road, Demon Seed).
• Ángela Ragno, 92, Argentine actress (Night of the Pencils, Kisses on the Forehead, Empty Nest).
• Wichart von Roëll, 86, German actor (Meschugge).

15

• Martin Aliker, 95, Ugandan political advisor and academic administrator, chancellor of Gulu University (2004–2014).
• Mouncif El Haddaoui, 59, Moroccan footballer (AS Salé, national team).
• Whitey Herzog, 92, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Washington Senators), executive (New York Mets), and manager (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Bernd Hölzenbein, 78, German footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt, Memphis Americans, West Germany national team).
• Josip Manolić, 104, Croatian politician, prime minister (1990–1991) and speaker of the Chamber of Counties (1993–1994).
• Naomi Polani, 96, Israeli actress (Someone to Run With).
• Derek Underwood, 78, English cricketer (Kent, national team), complications from dementia.

14

• Giannis Fertis, 85, Greek actor (Electra, Slaves in Their Bonds).
• Jeon Se-kwon, 85, South Korean actor, screenwriter and playwright.

13

• Richard Horowitz, 75, American film composer (L'Atlantide, Three Seasons, Tobruk).

12

• Eleanor Coppola, 87, American filmmaker (Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, Paris Can Wait, Love Is Love Is Love).
• Rico Wade, 52, American music producer (Organized Noize) and songwriter ("Player's Ball", "Don't Let Go (Love)").

11

• O. J. Simpson, 76, American Hall of Fame football player (Buffalo Bills) and actor (The Naked Gun, The Towering Inferno), Heisman Trophy winner (1968), prostate cancer.
• Lorena Velázquez, 86, Mexican actress (Santo vs. las Mujeres Vampiro, Fray Don Juan, Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real).

10

• Paola Gassman, 78, Italian actress (Let's Have a Riot).

9

• Jack Alabaster, 93, New Zealand cricketer (Otago, national team).
• Jaime de Armiñán, 97, Spanish screenwriter and film director (My Dearest Senorita, The Nest, The Love of Captain Brando).
• Maria Aro, 82, Finnish actress (How to Kill a Bull).
• Patti Astor, 74, American actress (Underground U.S.A., Wild Style) and gallerist (Fun Gallery).
• Moisés Barack, 80, Peruvian football manager (Unión Huaral, Deportivo Garcilaso, national team).
• Eckart Dux, 97, German actor (The Merry Wives of Windsor, Mailman Mueller, Don't Forget Love).
• Sara Tafuri, 67, Italian actress (City of Women, Three Brothers).
• R. M. Veerappan, 97, Indian film producer (Kannan En Kadhalan, Oru Velladu Vengaiyagiradhu) and politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (1986–1996).

8

• Aderounmu Adejumoke, 37, Nigerian actress (Dazzling Mirage, Industreet, Jenifa's Diary).
• Keith Barnes, 89, Welsh-born Australian rugby player (Balmain Tigers, New South Wales, national team). (death announced on this date)
• Ricardo Bertone, 72, Argentine actor (Babilonia, The Absentee) and theater director.
• André Boniface, 89, French Hall of Fame rugby union player (Dax, Mont-de-Marsan, national team).
• Peter Higgs, 94, Nobel prize-winning physicist

7

• Clarence "Frogman" Henry, 87, American singer ("Ain't Got No Home", "(I Don't Know Why) But I Do", "You Always Hurt the One You Love").
• Antonette Mendes, 79, Indian singer, actress (Amchem Noxib, Nirmon, Mohabbat Zindagi Hai), and playwright.
• Gangu Ramsay, 83, Indian cinematographer (Saboot, Aatma, Ghutan).

6

• Cole Brings Plenty, 27, American actor (1923). (death announced on this date)
• Ernesto Gómez Cruz, 90, Mexican actor (La venida del Rey Olmos, La Víspera, The Crime of Padre Amaro).
• Zofia Kucówna, 90, Polish actress (Spiral, Syzyfowe prace).

5

• R. F. Lucchetti, 94, Brazilian screenwriter (The Strange World of Coffin Joe, The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures, Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind), respiratory failure.
• C. J. Snare, 64, American musician (FireHouse) and songwriter ("Love of a Lifetime", "When I Look into Your Eyes"), colon cancer.
• Jaan Tooming, 78, Estonian actor and film director (November).

4

• Kaia Arua, 33, Papua New Guinean cricketer (national team).
• Bruce Kessler, 88, American director (The Gay Deceivers, The Monkees, McCloud) and racing driver.
• Keith LeBlanc, American drummer (Little Axe, Tackhead) and music producer ("No Sell Out"). (death announced on this date)

3

• Veljko Bulajić, 96, Montenegrin film director (Train Without a Timetable, Kozara, Great Transport).
• Sándor Müller, 75, Hungarian footballer (Vasas, Hércules, national team).
• Adrian Schiller, 60, English actor (Victoria, The Last Kingdom, The Danish Girl).
• Song Min-hyung, 70, South Korean actor (Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth).
• Vera Tschechowa, 83, German actress (Widower with Five Daughters, Euridice BA 2037, And That on Monday Morning), director, and screenwriter.

2

• Maryse Condé, 90, Guadeloupean novelist (Segu, Windward Heights, The Gospel According to the New World), critic and playwright.
• Türker İnanoğlu, 87, Turkish film director and television producer (Yabancı Damat).
• Tatyana Konyukhova, 92, Russian actress (Over Tissa, Balzaminov's Marriage, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears).
• Larry Lucchino, 78, American attorney and baseball executive (Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres), World Series winner (1983, 2004, 2007, 2013).
• Juan Vicente Pérez, 114, Venezuelan supercentenarian, world's oldest living man (since 2022).

1

• Paliath Ravi Achan, 96, Indian cricketer (Travancore-Cochin, Kerala).
• Reza Davoud Nejad, 43, Iranian actor (The Accused Escaped, Reza, Without Her) and television presenter, complications from sepsis and liver surgery.
• Mieczysław Grąbka, 73, Polish actor (Woman in a Hat, Vinci, The Collector).

March

31

• Barbara Baldavin, 85, American actress (Medical Center, Star Trek) and casting director (Trapper John, M.D.), heart failure.
• Nam Il-woo, 85, South Korean actor (Small Town Rivals, Man in Love, Circle of Atonement).
• Barbara Rush, 97, American actress (It Came from Outer Space, Peyton Place, Robin and the 7 Hoods).

30

• Tim McGovern, 68, American visual effects artist (Total Recall, Tron, Dunkirk), Oscar winner (1990).
• Chance Perdomo, 27, American actor (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Gen V, After We Fell), traffic collision.
• Mark Spiro, 66–67, American songwriter ("Are You Still in Love with Me") and record producer, cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Géza Tordy, 85, Hungarian actor (Suburban Legend, For Whom the Larks Sing, Sleepless Years) and director. (death announced on this date)

29

• Daniel Balaji, 48, Indian actor (Kaadhal Kondein, Chirutha, Gnana Kirukkan), heart attack.
• Gerry Conway, 76, English drummer and percussionist (Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention, Cat Stevens), complications from motor neurone disease.
• Habib Benmimoun, 66, Algerian footballer (MC Oran, USM Bel Abbès, national team).
• Louis Gossett Jr., 87, American actor (An Officer and a Gentleman, Roots, Iron Eagle), Oscar winner (1982).

28

• Rahib Aliyev, 78, Azerbaijani actor (The Scoundrel).
• Lai Ming-sze, 58, Hong Kong singer and actress (The Inspector Wears Skirts).
• Larry Lloyd, 75, English football player (Liverpool, national team) and manager (Wigan Athletic). (death announced on this date)
• Ma Shitu, 109, Chinese writer and politician, deputy (1983–1993).
• Walt Wesley, 79, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers), leukemia.

27

• Russell Hamer, 76–77, Sri Lankan cricketer (national team). (death announced on this date)
• Joe Lieberman, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1989–2013), Connecticut attorney general (1983–1989) and member of the Connecticut State Senate (1971–1981), complications from a fall.
• Yriy Vaksman, 62, Russian actor (Garbage Man, Tycoon, Ragin) and film producer.

26

• Lamine Bangura, 59, Sierra Leonean footballer (national team), traffic collision.
• Brigid Kelly, 40, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2017–2022), esophageal cancer.

25

• Paula Weinstein, 78, American film producer (The Perfect Storm, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Blood Diamond).
• Fritz Wepper, 82, German actor (Derrick, Cabaret, Die Brücke).

24

• Amaechi Muonagor, 61, Nigerian actor (Karishika, Aki na Ukwa, Aki and Pawpaw).
• George Abbey, 91, American Engineer

23

• Daniel Beretta, 77, French actor (Revolver, Faceless).
• Leszek Długosz, 82, Polish actor (The Third Part of the Night, Smolensk), poet and composer.
• Maurizio Pollini, 82, Italian pianist.
• Abdulah Sidran, 79, Bosnian poet and screenwriter (When Father Was Away on Business).
• Silvia Tortosa, 77, Spanish actress (Horror Express, The Loreley's Grasp, The Girl from the Red Cabaret), cancer.

22

• Thodoros Katsadramis, 94, Greek actor (I Soferina, The Fear, Gia mia choufta Touristries).

21

• António Évora, 82, Portuguese actor (Slip-Up).
• Bahar Öztan, 61, Turkish actress (Ortadirek Şaban).

20

• Saeed Ahmed, 86, Pakistani cricketer (national team).
• Yves Michaud, 94, Canadian politician.
• Muhammad Alwi Dahlan, 90, Indonesian politician.
• Sten Elfström, 81, Swedish actor (Real Humans, Kronprinsessan, Beck – Annonsmannen).
• Alfred M. Gray Jr., 95, American military officer, commandant of the Marine Corps (1987–1991).
• Winai Kraibutr, 54, Thai actor (Nang Nak, The Snake King's Child, Queens of Langkasuka), blood infection.
• Dumitru Macri, 92, Romanian football player (Rapid București, national team) and manager (Algeria national team).

19

• Donny Kesuma, 55, Indonesian actor (Bidadari Yang Terluka, Rajawali).
• Ersen Martin, 44, Turkish footballer (Denizlispor, Ankaraspor, national team), complications from an aortic rupture.
• Neil Thimbleby, 84, New Zealand rugby union player (Hawke's Bay, national team).
• M. Emmet Walsh, 88, American actor (Blade Runner, Blood Simple, Fletch), cardiac arrest.

17

• Steve Harley, 73, English musician (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel), songwriter ("Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)", "Mr. Soft") and producer, cancer.
• Robin Hobbs, 81, English cricketer (Essex, Glamorgan, national team).

16

• David Seidler, 86, British-American screenwriter (The King's Speech, Quest for Camelot, Tucker: The Man and His Dream).

15

• Joe Camp, 84, American film director (Benji, Hawmps!, The Double McGuffin) and writer.
• Maria Chwalibóg, 91, Polish actress (Mother Joan of the Angels, Man – Woman Wanted, Korczak).
• Peter Kelly, 82, Scottish actor (The Tall Guy, Welcome to Sarajevo).
• Aleksandr Shirvindt, 89, Russian stage and film actor (The Irony of Fate, Three Men in a Boat, Winter Evening in Gagra) and screenwriter.

14

• Juanita Bynum, 65, American gospel singer and author.
• Léon Semmeling, 84, Belgian footballer (Standard Liège, national team).

13

• Stefan Abadzhiev, 89, Bulgarian footballer (Levski Sofia, Wiesbaden, national team).
• John Blunt, 76, British drummer (The Searchers). (death announced on this date)
• György Gát, 77, Hungarian television director and producer (Linda, A Fox's Tale).
• Sadi Mohammad, 70, Bangladeshi singer and composer.
• Dan Wakefield, 91, American author and screenwriter (Going All the Way).

12

• Philippe de Gaulle, 102, French admiral and politician, senator (1986–2004).
• Maria Richwine, 71, Colombian-born American model and actress (The Buddy Holly Story, a.k.a. Pablo, Freddy's Nightmares).

11

• Eric Carmen, 74, American musician (Raspberries) and songwriter ("Go All the Way", "All by Myself"). (death announced on this date)
• Surya Kiran, 51, Indian film actor and director (Satyam, Dhana 51, Brahmastram), jaundice.
• Malachy McCourt, 92, American actor (Ryan's Hope, Search for Tomorrow, Gods and Generals) and politician.
• Pete Rodriguez, 91, American pianist ("I Like It Like That") and bandleader.
• Dhirajlal Shah, Indian film producer (The Hero: Love Story of a Spy).

10

• Percy Adlon, 88, German film director, screenwriter, and producer (Fünf letzte Tage, Bagdad Cafe, Rosalie Goes Shopping).
• Gigio Morra, 78, Italian actor (Un posto al sole, Gomorrah, Pinocchio).
• T. M. Stevens, 72, American bass guitarist (The Pretenders), complications from dementia.
• Karl Wallinger, 66, Welsh musician (The Waterboys, World Party) and songwriter ("Ship of Fools").

9

• Mayte Carol, 82, Mexican actress (Ruletero a toda marcha, El patrullero 777, La boda de mi mejor amigo).
• Georgi Popov, 79, Bulgarian footballer (Botev Plovdiv, national team).
• Kayhan Yıldızoğlu, 90, Turkish actor (The Bandit).

8

• Jonathan Hunt, 85, New Zealand politician and diplomat, Postmaster-General (1984–1987), member (1966–2005) and speaker (1999–2005) of the House of Representatives. (death announced on this date)
• Estrela Novais, 70, Portuguese actress (Doce Fugitiva, Amar Demais).
• Dolly Sohi, 48, Indian actress (Kalash, Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev, Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani), cervical cancer.
• Ramya Wanigasekara, 73, Sri Lankan actress (Tikiri Suwanda, Ko Mark No Mark, Sarigama), singer, and radio broadcaster.

7

• Steve Lawrence, 88, American singer ("Go Away Little Girl", "Footsteps") and actor (The Blues Brothers), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Daniel Martin, 72, French actor (The Dinner Game, East/West, Most Promising Young Actress).
• Son Myung-soon, 95, South Korean first lady (1993–1998).

6

• Vikki Richards, 79, British actress (Curse of the Crimson Altar, Zeta One, Black Snake).
• Misha Suslov, 84, Russian cinematographer (The Sixth of July, The Seagull, Black Moon Rising).

5

• John Behrent, 85, New Zealand cricketer (Auckland, Wellington).
• Luc Boyer, 88, Dutch mime artist and actor (Het Phoenix Mysterie, Total Loss).
• Debra Byrd, 72, American singer and vocal coach.
• António-Pedro Vasconcelos, 84, Portuguese film director (Dead Man's Seat, Jaime, Beauty and the Paparazzo).

4

• Maurice Bembridge, 79, English golfer. (death announced on this date)
• Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, 82, French composer (The Game Is Over, Arsène Lupin, Les Maîtres du temps).
• Juan Verduzco, 78, Mexican actor (La familia P. Luche, Destilando Amor, The Stray Cat).

3

• Betty Brodel, 104, American actress (Swing Hostess, Too Young to Know, Cinderella Jones).
• Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadian jazz singer, television host and civic leader.
• Agbéyomé Kodjo, 69, Togolese politician, prime minister (2000–2002) and president of the National Assembly (1999–2000), heart attack.

2

• Paul Houde, 69, Canadian actor (Les Boys) and television and radio host.
• Valery Ivchenko, 84, Russian actor (The Tale about the Painter in Love, Rock'n'roll for Princesses, Me Ivan, You Abraham).
• Jaclyn Jose, 59, Filipino actress (The Flor Contemplacion Story, Familia Zaragoza, Ma' Rosa).
• John Okafor, 62, Nigerian actor (Issakaba) and comedian.

1

• Iris Apfel, 102, American businesswoman and designer.
• Oh Hyun-kyung, 87, South Korean actor (Now and Forever, The King's Letters).
• Akira Toriyama, 68, Japanese manga artist (Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump) and video game artist (Dragon Quest), subdural hematoma.

February

29

• Brian Mulroney, 84, Canadian politician, prime minister (1984–1993).
• Ali Hassan Mwinyi, 98, Tanzanian politician, president (1985–1995), lung cancer.
• Paolo Taviani, 92, Italian film director (Allonsanfàn, Padre Padrone, Kaos) and screenwriter.

28

• Jean Allison, 94, American actress (Bad Company, Gunsmoke, Devil's Partner).
• Ilias Logothetis, 84, Greek actor (Landscape in the Mist, The Suspended Step of the Stork, The Bubble).
• Luis Molteni, 73, Italian actor (Nero, The Phantom of the Opera, The Legend of 1900).
• Dave Myers, 66, English television presenter (The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook), cancer.
• Nikolai Ryzhkov, 94, Soviet and Russian politician.
• Virgil, 61, American professional wrestler (WWE, WCW) and actor (Bridge and Tunnel).

27

• Michael Culver, 85, British actor (The Empire Strikes Back, A Passage to India, The Adventures of Black Beauty).
• Richard Lewis, 76, American comedian and actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Anything but Love, Robin Hood: Men in Tights), heart attack.
• Camila Perissé, 70, Argentine actress (Atrapadas, Siempre es difícil volver a casa), dancer and vedette.

26

• Salah Larbès, 71, Algerian footballer (JS Kabylie, national team).
• Tolga Savacı, 60, Turkish actor (Dersimiz: Atatürk, Kızım Nerede?, Kurt Seyit ve Şura), heart attack.

25

• Charles Dierkop, 87, American actor (Police Woman, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting), heart attack.
• Ernst Romanov, 87, Russian actor (Monologue, Failure of Engineer Garin, Moonzund).
• Violet Lee Ying, 70, Hong Kong actress (He Has Nothing But Kung Fu).

24

• Stan Bowles, 75, English footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Brentford, national team), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Chris Nicholl, 77, English-born Northern Irish football player (Aston Villa, Southampton, Northern Ireland national team) and manager.
• Kumar Shahani, 83, Indian film director (Maya Darpan, Khayal Gatha, Kasba).

23

• Flaco, 13, American owl, window collision.
• Manohar Joshi, 86, Indian politician, speaker of the Lok Sabha (2002–2004), chief minister of Maharashtra (1995–1999), and minister of heavy industries (1999–2002), cardiac arrest.
• Stuart Organ, 72, British actor (Grange Hill).
• Rajendra Sukhanand Patni, 59, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (2004–2009, since 2014).
• Tina Rainford, 77, German singer ("Silver Bird"). (death announced on this date)
• Shinsadong Tiger, 40, South Korean record producer ("U&I", "No No No").

22

• Liudmyla Alfimova, 88, Ukrainian actress (Wedding in Malinovka).
• Edith Ceccarelli, 116, American supercentenarian.
• Lanny Flaherty, 81, American actor (Miller's Crossing, Signs, Men in Black 3). (death announced on this date)

21

• Efeso Collins, 49, New Zealand politiican, MP (since 2023).
• Ewen MacIntosh, 50, British actor (The Office, Finding Fatimah) and comedian.
• Micheline Presle, 101, French actress (Adventures of Captain Fabian, Blind Date, The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful).
• Pamela Salem, 80, British actress (Never Say Never Again, EastEnders, Into the Labyrinth).
• John Savident, 86, British actor (Waterloo, A Clockwork Orange, The Remains of the Day).

20

• Andreas Brehme, 63, German footballer (Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, national team) and manager, cardiac arrest.
• Thanaa Debsi, 83, Syrian actress (The Dupes).
• Vladimir Makeranets, 76, Russian film director (The Golden Snake, You Exist...) and cinematographer (Semyon Dezhnev).
• Rituraj Singh, 59, Indian actor, cardiac arrest.
• Charles Swini, 38, Malawian footballer (ESCOM United, Civo United, national team), kidney problems.
• Raina Tomova, 83, Bulgarian screenwriter (Adaptatziya) and playwright.
• Yoko Yamamoto, 81, Japanese actress (Red Handkerchief, Gappa: The Triphibian Monster, Hissatsu!5 Ōgon no Chi).

19

• Tikoy Aguiluz, 72, Filipino film director (Dead Sure, Rizal sa Dapitan, Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story). (death announced on this date)
• Roland Bertin, 93, French actor (Charlotte for Ever, West Indies, Diva).
• Paul D'Amato, 75, American actor (Slap Shot, The Deer Hunter, Firepower), progressive supranuclear palsy.
• Ira von Fürstenberg, 83, Italian actress (Five Dolls for an August Moon, The Vatican Affair, The Battle of El Alamein).

18

• Bernard Aubouy, 84–85, French sound engineer and film director (Le Père Noël a les yeux bleus, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything).
• Jacques Bernard, 94, French actor (Les Enfants terribles, Quintuplets in the Boarding School, Love and the Frenchwoman).
• Tony Ganios, 64, American actor (Porky's, The Wanderers, Die Hard 2), heart failure following surgery.

17

• Suhani Bhatnagar, Indian actress (Dangal), Dermatomyositis.
• Sevda Ferdağ, 81, Turkish actress (Cennetin Kapısı, King of the Doormen, The Secret Face) and singer.
• Mike Procter, 77, South African cricketer (Gloucestershire, Natal, Rhodesia).

16

• Idris Ali, 73, Indian politician, MP (2014–2019) and West Bengal MLA (since 2019).
• Etterlene DeBarge, 88, American singer (DeBarge).
• Maciej Grzybowski, 81, Polish actor (Przygoda z piosenką, Stones for the Rampart).
• Ian McMillan, 92, Scottish footballer (Airdrieonians, Rangers, national team).
• Alexei Navalny, 47, Russian lawyer, politician and leader of the Russian opposition to Putin's presidency.
• Jorge Toro, 85, Chilean footballer (Modena, Colo-Colo, national team).

15

• Gérard Barray, 92, French actor (Shéhérazade, Open Your Eyes, Captain Fracasse).
• José Pinto, 95, Portuguese actor (Abraham's Valley, O Delfim, Duas Mulheres).

14

• Tamara Kolesnikova, 85, Russian actress (Day of Sun and Rain, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Raspoutine).

13

• Aletta Bezuidenhout, 74, Kenyan-born South African actress (In My Country, Paljas).
• Datta Gaekwad, 95, Indian cricketer (Baroda, national team).
• Johanna von Koczian, 90, German actress (Victor and Victoria, The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi, Our House in Cameroon).

12

• Mounir Hamoud, 39, Moroccan-born Norwegian footballer (Lyn, Bodø/Glimt, Strømsgodset), cardiac arrest.
• Chakradhar Jena, Indian actor (City of Joy, Electric Moon, Sanju Aau Sanjana).
• Zdenko Morovic, 57, Yugoslav-born Venezuelan footballer (Deportivo Italia, national team).

11

• Kelvin Kiptum, 24, Kenyan long-distance runner, traffic collision.

10

• Edward Lowassa, 70, Tanzanian politician, prime minister (2005–2008) and MP (1995–2015).

9

• Aleksander Fabisiak, 78, Polish actor (Dagny, Pigs, Afterimage).
• Renata Flores, 74, Mexican actress (Rosa salvaje, La usurpadora, Amores verdaderos).
• Damo Suzuki, 74, Japanese singer (Can) and songwriter ("Vitamin C", "Spoon"), colon cancer.

8

• Soso Jachvliani, 65, Georgian actor (The Wishing Tree, The Sun of the Sleepless, A Chef in Love), film director and sportsman.

7

• Abu Baqer al-Saeedi, Commander of Kata'ib Hezbollah, american airstrike.
• Henry Fambrough, 85, American Hall of Fame singer (The Spinners).
• Mojo Nixon, 66, American musician ("Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child") and actor (Super Mario Bros., Great Balls of Fire!).
• Abror Tursunov, Uzbek actor (Suyunchi, Abdullajon).

6

• Miguel Ángel, 76, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Castellón, national team), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Michael A. Epstein, 102, British virologist, 102.
• Tommy Karlsen Sandum, 48, Norwegian actor (Lilyhammer, Døden på Oslo S).
• Don McKay, 86, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, national team).
• Sebastián Piñera, 74, Chilean politician, president (2010–2014, 2018–2022) and senator (1990–1998), helicopter crash.
• Robert M. Young, 99, American film director, screenwriter (Alambrista!, The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez) and producer (American Me).

5

• Michael Jayston, 88, English actor (Only Fools and Horses, Doctor Who, Nicholas and Alexandra).
• Toby Keith, 62, American country singer ("Should've Been a Cowboy", "How Do You Like Me Now?!", "Who's That Man"), songwriter and record producer, stomach cancer.
• Namkoong Won, 89, South Korean actor (Eunuch, Woman of Fire, Assassin).
• Jimi Solanke, 81, Nigerian actor (Sango, Shadow Parties), poet, and playwright.

4

• N. K. Desam, 87, Indian poet and literary critic.
• Hage Geingob, 82, Namibian politician, president (since 2015) and prime minister (1990–2002, 2012–2015), cancer.
• Barry John, 79, Welsh rugby player (Cardiff, Barbarian, national team).

3

• Charles Ouda, 38, Kenyan actor (Makutano Junction, The First Grader).
• Helena Rojo, 79, Mexican actress (The House in the South, The Great Adventure of Zorro, Misterio) and model, liver cancer.

2

• Francisco Jara, 82, Mexican footballer (Guadalajara, national team).
• Wayne Kramer, 75, American guitarist (MC5).
• Ian Lavender, 77, English actor (Dad's Army, EastEnders, Parsley Sidings).
• Don Murray, 94, American actor (Bus Stop, A Hatful of Rain, The Plainsman). (death announced on this date)
• Claudio Rissi, 67, Argentine actor (El marginal, The Desert Bride, Tiger, Blood in the Mouth), cancer.
• Gregory Charles Rivers, 58, Australian actor (Man from Guangdong, Triumph in the Skies, Under the Canopy of Love), suicide by charcoal-burning.

1

• Pasha Kapinos, 48, Russian cinematographer (Hardcore Henry, Yolki 5, Kitchen. The Last Battle).
• Nikos Vandoros, 99, Greek actor (Jenny Jenny, I charavgi tis nikis, The Man with the Carnation).
• Carl Weathers, 76, American actor (Rocky, Predator, The Mandalorian), television director, and football player (Oakland Raiders).

January

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Glynis Johns

31

• Rick Boland, 70, Canadian actor (Finding Mary March, Extraordinary Visitor, The Divine Ryans).
• Anatoliy Dryzhenko, 82, Ukrainian actor (Two in One).
• Farida Muminova, 66, Russian actress (Toʻylar muborak, Such Late, Such Warm Autumn, The Battle of the Three Kings).

30

• György Barkó, 92, Hungarian actor (The Witman Boys, Mom and Other Loonies in the Family).
• Chita Rivera, 91, American actress (West Side Story, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Chicago), Tony winner (1984, 1993).

29

• Richard Howard, 79, British actor (Emmerdale Farm). (death announced on this date)
• Sandra Milo, 90, Italian actress (8½, Juliet of the Spirits, Vanina Vanini).

28

• Troy Beckwith, 48, Australian actor (The Miraculous Mellops, Neighbours, Pugwall). (death announced on this date)
• Víctor Luna, 64, Colombian football player (Atlético Nacional, national team) and manager (Barcelona), heart attack.
• Luis Tejada, 41, Panamanian footballer (Juan Aurich, Universitario, national team), heart attack.

27

• Harmohan Dhawan, 83, Indian politician, MP (1989–1991) and minister of civil aviation (1990–1991).
• Enrique Liporace, 82, Argentine actor (Time for Revenge, Last Days of the Victim, Eva Perón: The True Story).
• Susumu Taira, 89, Japanese actor (Nabbie's Love).

26

• El Amry Farouk, 53, Egyptian businessman and politician.

25

• Bhavatharini, 47, Indian composer (Bharathi, Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu) and music director (Mitr, My Friend), cancer.
• Bat-Sheva Dagan, 98, Polish-Israeli Holocaust survivor, educator and author.
• Roger Donlon, 89, American army officer, Medal of Honor recipient (1964).
• Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, American convicted murderer, execution by nitrogen hypoxia.

24

• Harry Connick Sr., 97, American attorney, district attorney of New Orleans (1973–2003).
• Herbert Coward, 85, American actor (Deliverance), traffic collision.
• Howard Golden, 98, American lawyer and politician, borough president of Brooklyn (1977–2001).
• Azer Gurbanov, 68, Azerbaijani actor (The Magic Gown). (death announced on this date)
• N. Scott Momaday, 89, American author (House Made of Dawn, The Way to Rainy Mountain, The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages).
• Selwyn Muru, 86, New Zealand artist. (death announced on this date)
• Väino Uibo, 81, Estonian actor (A Time to Live and a Time to Love) and politician, mayor of Elva (1993–1998).

23

• Zoubeir Boughnia, 68, Tunisian footballer (Espérance de Tunis, USM Malakoff, national team).
• Frank Farian, 82, German singer, songwriter ("Rasputin") and record producer (Boney M, Milli Vanilli).
• Charles Fried, 88, American jurist and lawyer, solicitor general (1985–1989) and associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1995–1999).
• David Kahn, 93, American historian, journalist, and writer.
• Melanie, 76, American singer-songwriter ("Brand New Key", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)") and guitarist.
• Giuliano Musiello, 70, Italian footballer (Atalanta, Roma, Verona).
• Charles Osgood, 91, American news anchor (CBS News Sunday Morning), complications from dementia.
• Jean Petit, 74, French footballer (AS Monaco, France national football team).
• Anders Sandberg, 55, Swedish singer (Rednex).
• Ice Train, 56, American professional wrestler (CWA, WCW).

22

• Turgʻun Azizov, 89, Uzbek actor (Maftuningman, Fiery Roads).
• Elke Erb, 85, German author.
• Gary Graham, 73, American actor (Alien Nation, Star Trek: Enterprise, All the Right Moves).
• Dexter King, 62, American civil rights activist, prostate cancer.
• Arno Allan Penzias, 90, American physicist and radio astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (1978), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Anatoli Polivoda, 76, Ukrainian basketball player, Olympic champion (1972) and bronze medalist (1968).
• Gigi Riva, 79, Italian footballer (Cagliari, Legnano, national team), heart attack.

21

• Vlad Ciobanu, 75, Romanian sculptor. (death announced on this date)
• David Gail, 58, American actor (Robin's Hoods, Savannah, Port Charles). (death announced on this date)
• Mokhtar Hasni, 71, Tunisian footballer (EM Mahdia, R.A.A. Louviéroise, national team).

20

• Choe Thae-bok, 93, North Korean politician, chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1998–2019), heart attack.
• Piedad Córdoba, 68, Colombian politician, MP (1992–2010), heart attack.
• David Emge, 77, American actor (Dawn of the Dead, Basket Case 2, Hellmaster).
• Norman Jewison, 97, Canadian film director (Moonstruck, In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof).
• Sadegh Omidzadeh, Iranian intelligence officer (Quds Force), israeli airstrike.
• Doug Padgett, 89, English cricketer (Yorkshire, national team).
• Anadi Charan Sahu, 83, Indian politician, MP (1977–1980). Age related health issues

19

• Héctor Bidonde, 86, Argentine actor (La Rabona, Alma mía, Chile 672) and stage director.
• Lance Larson, 83, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1960).
• Lee Doo-yong, 81, South Korean film director (The General in Red Robes, The Korean Connection, Mulleya Mulleya) and screenwriter, lung cancer.
• Toru Kawashima, 53, Japanese footballer (Gamba Osaka, Tokushima Vortis).
• Ewa Podleś, 71, Polish coloratura contralto singer.
• Marlena Shaw, 81, American singer ("It's Better than Walking Out", "California Soul").
• Mary Weiss, 75, American singer (The Shangri-Las).

18

• Donald Adamson, 84, British literary scholar, philosopher and historian.
• Mohamed Ghozzi, 74, Tunisian poet and literary critic.
• Giovanni Giudici, 83, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Milan (1990–2003) and bishop of Pavia (2003–2015).
• Josef Haas, 86, Swiss cross-country skier, Olympic bronze medallist (1968).
• Norbert Lichý, 59, Czech actor (Lidice, Hastrman) and musician. (death announced on this date)
• Cecilia Ogwal, 77, Ugandan politician, MP (since 1996), cancer.
• Amnon Rubinstein, 92, Israeli politician, MK (1977–2002), minister of communications (1984–1987) and education (1993–1996).
• Romy Vitug, 86, Filipino cinematographer (Harvest Home, Sa Aking mga Kamay, Sa Pusod ng Dagat).

17

• Shawnacy Barber, 29, Canadian-American Olympic pole vaulter (2016), world champion (2015).
• Baldev Raj Chawla, 86, Indian politician, Punjab MLA.
• Roger T. Forster, 90, British Christian theologian, founder of the Ichthus Christian Fellowship.
• Sir Tony Lloyd, 73, British politician, MP (1983–2012, since 2017) and mayor of Greater Manchester (2015–2017), leukemia.
• Knut Hjeltnes, 72, Norwegian Olympic discus thrower (1976, 1984, 1988).
• Hussein Madi, 85, Lebanese painter and sculptor.
• Dejan Milojević, 46, Serbian basketball player (Budućnost, Partizan) and coach (Golden State Warriors), heart attack.
• Bennie Muller, 85, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team).
• Jurij Souček, 94, Slovenian actor (Don't Whisper).
• Ulrich Voß, 85, German actor and writer.
• Aleksandr Vontov, 73, Russian actor (It, Pushkin: The Last Duel, Salyut 7).

16

• John Bingley, 82, Australian footballer (St Kilda).
• José Lifante, 80, Spanish actor (Spanish Fly, Butterfly on the Shoulder, National Heritage), blood clot.
• Milan Nenadić, 80, Serbian middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympic bronze medallist (1972).
• Sergio Sebastiani, 92, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, apostolic pro-nuncio to Madagascar (1976–1985) and Turkey (1985–1994), head of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (1997–2008).
• Peter Schickele, 88, American composer and musical satirist (P. D. Q. Bach).
• Lise Thiry, 102, Belgian scientist and politician.
• Vaino Väljas, 92, Estonian diplomat and politician, first secretary of the communist party (1988–1990).
• Klaus Wunder, 73, German footballer (MSV Duisburg, Bayern Munich, 1972 Olympics).
• Lahcen Zinoun, 79, Moroccan choreographer (The Last Temptation of Christ, The Sheltering Sky, Joseph), cerebral hemorrhage.

15

• Dana Ghia, 91, Italian actress (Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye, Free Hand for a Tough Cop, California) and singer. (death announced on this date)
• Jorge Griffa, 88, Argentine footballer (Newell's Old Boys, Atlético Madrid, national team).
• Dror Kashtan, 79, Israeli football player (Hapoel Petah Tikva, national team) and manager (national team).
• Shih Ming-teh, 83, Taiwanese politician, MP (1993–2002).

14

• Dominick Cirillo, 94, American mobster (Genovese crime family).
• Munawwar Rana, 71, Indian poet, throat cancer.
• Raema Lisa Rumbewas, 43, Indonesian weightlifter, Olympic silver medallist (2000, 2004).
• Elisabeth Trissenaar, 79, Austrian actress (Angry Harvest, The Stationmaster's Wife, Mario and the Magician).
• Howard Waldrop, 77, American science fiction author (Them Bones, A Dozen Tough Jobs, The Texas-Israeli War: 1999), stroke.

13

• Abdullah CD, 100, Malaysian politician and paramilitary leader, commander of the 10th Malay Regiment (1949–1989).
• András Csiky, 93, Romanian-Hungarian actor (Forest of the Hanged, Vlad Țepes, The Stud Farm).
• Jana Hlaváčová, 85, Czech actress (Operace Silver A).
• Stephen Laybutt, 46, Australian footballer (Gent, Newcastle Jets, national team), suicide.
• Juli Mira, 74, Spanish actor (The Sea, The 7th Day, Shiver).
• Enzo Moscato, 75, Italian playwright, actor (Libera, The Vesuvians, The Remains of Nothing) and stage director.
• Joyce Randolph, 99, American actress (The Honeymooners).

12

• Bill Hayes, 98, American singer ("The Ballad of Davy Crockett") and actor (Days of Our Lives).
• Marek Litewka, 75, Polish actor.
• Pierre Mailloux, 74, Canadian psychiatrist.
• Gennadi Yakovlev, 85, Russian botanist, pharmacognosist, and phytochemist.

11

• Laurence Badie, 95, French actress (The Virtuous Scoundrel, Woman Times Seven, Bankers Also Have Souls) and comedian.
• Khalid Butt, Pakistani actor (Shah, Rahm, Motorcycle Girl) and film producer, kidney and liver disease.
• Yury Solomin, 88, Russian actor (An Ordinary Miracle, Dersu Uzala, Die Fledermaus), complications from a stroke.

10

• Tisa Farrow, 72, American actress (Homer, Zombi 2, Antropophagus).
• Janusz Majewski, 92, Polish film director (Lokis, Epitafium dla Barbary Radziwiłłówny, Hotel Pacific) and screenwriter.
• Conrad Palmisano, 75, American stuntman (Batman Forever, Weekend at Bernie's, Rush Hour 2).

9

• Miklós Benedek, 77, Hungarian actor (Soldiers of Freedom, Free Fall), and theater director.
• James Kottak, 61, American drummer (Scorpions, Kingdom Come, Kottak).
• Ustad Rashid Khan, 55, Indian classical musician. Prostate cancer
• Kai Wiedenhöfer, 57, German photojournalist

8

• Adan Canto, 42, Mexican actor (X-Men: Days of Future Past, Designated Survivor, The Cleaning Lady), appendiceal cancer.
• Duncan Hales, 76, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, Manawatu, national team).
• Ventura Pons, 78, Spanish film director (Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait, Anita Takes a Chance, Food of Love).
• Gian Franco Reverberi, 89, Italian composer (Django, Prepare a Coffin, A Black Veil for Lisa, Cry Chicago) and musician. (death announced on this date)
• Ron Taylor, 91, Australian rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs, South Sydney, New South Wales). (death announced on this date)
• J. P. R. Williams, 74, Welsh rugby union player (Barbarians, British & Irish Lions, national team).

7

• Joan Acocella, 78, American journalist and dance critic (The New Yorker), cancer.
• Franz Beckenbauer, 78, German football player (Bayern Munich, national team) and manager, world champion (1974) and Ballon D'or winner (1972, 1976).
• Mateusz Rutkowski, 37, Polish ski jumper.

6

• Felice Besostri, 79, Italian lawyer and politician.
• Cindy Morgan, 69, American actress (Tron, Caddyshack, Falcon Crest). (death announced on this date)

5

• Larry Collins, 79, American guitarist (The Collins Kids) and songwriter ("Delta Dawn").
• Derek Draper, 56, English lobbyist and political adviser, complications from a heart attack. (death announced on this date)
• Joseph Lelyveld, 86, American journalist (The New York Times), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Mário Zagallo, 92, Brazilian football player, world champion (1958, 1962), and manager (Flamengo, Botafogo, national team).

4

• Ayla Algan, 86, Turkish singer and actress (The House of Leyla, O Hayat Benim, Binbir Gece).
• Fabio Fabbri, 90, Italian politician, senator (1976–1994), and lawyer.
• Georgina Hale, 80, British actress (Mahler, The Devils, Castaway).
• Glynis Johns, 100, British actress (Mary Poppins, A Little Night Music, The Sundowners), Tony winner (1973).
• Christian Oliver, 51, German actor (Speed Racer, The Good German, Saved by the Bell: The New Class), plane crash.
• Mike Sadler, 103, British Army officer, last original member of the Special Air Service.
• Antonino Solmer, 73, Portuguese actor (The King's Trial, The Jew) and stage director.
• David Soul, 80, American-British actor (Starsky & Hutch, Here Come the Brides) and singer ("Don't Give Up on Us").
• Konstantin Zheldin 90, Russian actor (Major Whirlwind, Seventeen Moments of Spring, Brother 2).

3

• Lillian Crombie, 66, Australian actress (Jindalee Lady) and dancer.
• Germana Dominici, 77, Italian actress (Black Sunday, Mi vedrai tornare, Il ragazzo del Pony Express).
• Bernard Ducuing, 73, French footballer (Red Star, Reims, Montpellier).

2

• Saleh al-Arouri, 57, Palestinian militant and commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (since 1993), israeli airstrike.
• Sartaj Aziz, 94, Pakistani politician and economist, minister of foreign affairs (1998–1999, 2013–2017), national security advisor (2013–2015) and three-time minister of finance.
• Peter Berkos, 101, American sound editor (The Hindenburg, Slap Shot, The Great Waldo Pepper), Oscar winner (1975).
• Alberto Festa, 84, Portuguese footballer (Porto, Tirsense, national team).
• Connie Madigan, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues) and actor (Slap Shot).
• Gordon R. Sullivan, 86, American general, chief of staff of the Army (1991–1995).

1

• Mario Boljat, 72, Croatian footballer (Hajduk Split, Schalke 04, Yugoslavia national team).
• James Herbert Brennan, 83, Northern Irish author (The Faerie Wars Chronicles, The Occult Reich).
• Mickey Cottrell, 79, American film publicist and actor (My Own Private Idaho, Volcano, Ed Wood).
• Peter Magubane, 91, South African photographer.
• Basdeo Panday, 90, Trinidadian politician, prime minister (1995–2001).
• Frank Ryan, 87, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins) and mathematician, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Iwona Śledzińska-Katarasińska, 82, Polish politician, MP (1991–2023).
• Niklaus Wirth, 89, Swiss computer scientist (Pascal).
• Sidney M. Wolfe, 86, American physician and health activist, brain tumor.
• Lynn Yamada Davis, 67, TikTok and Youtube star (Cooking with Lynja).

Other websites

• The Guardian (UK) obituaries
• The New York Times obituaries

Preceded by Deaths in 2023

Deaths by year

Succeeded by Deaths in 2025