Deaths in September 2020

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

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

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

September 2020

1

• Wick Allison, 72, American magazine publisher (National Review, The American Conservative) and author, bladder cancer.
• Nada Birko, 89, Croatian Olympic skier (1952).
• Joseph H. Connell, 96, American ecologist.
• Edwin M. Cronk, 102, American diplomat, Ambassador to Singapore (1972–1975).
• Délio dos Santos, 95, Brazilian pro-democracy lawyer and politician, Deputy (1979–1987), pneumonia.
• Arnold Frutkin, 101, American aerospace administrator.
• Shekhar Gawli, 45, Indian cricketer (Maharashtra), fall.
• Melanie Wade Goodwin, 50, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2005–2011), cancer.
• Vic Heron, 81–82, Australian politician.
• Shanna Hogan, 37, American author, drowned.
• Sheila Ingram, 63, American Olympic runner, silver medallist (1976).
• James Jackson, 76, American social psychologist.
• Jimmy Janes, 73, American comic book artist (Legion of Super-Heroes) and animator (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, X-Men: The Animated Series).
• John Joseph, 97, Iraqi-born American historian.
• Dianne Kirksey, 69–70, American actress and director.
• Boris Klyuyev, 76, Russian actor (D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, TASS Is Authorized to Declare...), People's Artist (2002), lung cancer.
• Vladislav Krapivin, 81, Russian children's author, pneumonia.
• François Lalande, 89, Algerian-born French actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, French Postcards, Dangerous Liaisons).
• Moose Lallo, 95, Canadian ice hockey player (Muskegon Zephyrs, Grand Rapids Rockets, Washington Presidents).
• Erick Morillo, 49, American DJ (Reel 2 Real), music producer and record label owner, acute ketamine toxicity.
• John Najarian, 92, American transplant surgeon.
• Sue C. Nichols, 55, American animator and screenwriter (The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Aladdin), cancer.
• Terje Steen, 76, Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player (1968, 1972), national team.
• Thomas L. Steffen, 90, American jurist, Justice (1982–1997) and Chief Justice (1995–1997) of the Supreme Court of Nevada.
• Lyndon Stevens, 79, Australian cricket umpire.
• Jerzy Szczakiel, 71, Polish speedway rider, world champion (1973).
• James A. Taylor, 92, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1971–1987).

2

• Abdúl Aramayo, 86, Bolivian footballer (Chaco Petrolero, Bolívar, national team).
• Georges Azenstarck, 85–86, French photographer.
• Danie Brits, 55, South African professional wrestler, heart attack.
• David Capel, 57, English cricketer (Northamptonshire, national team), brain tumour.
• Albert Cheesebrough, 85, English footballer (Burnley, Leicester City, Port Vale).
• Philippe Daverio, 70, French-born Italian art critic, gallerist, academic, and television presenter, cancer.
• Fred Davies, 81, English football player (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bournemouth) and manager (Shrewsbury Town), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
• Jon Dooley, 74, British racing driver.
• Stephen M. Drance, 95, Canadian ophthalmologist.
• Datta Ekbote, 84, Indian activist and politician, mayor of Pune, COVID-19.
• David Evans, 95, Australian RAAF Air Marshal, Chief of the Air Staff (1982–1985).
• Takashi Furuya, 84, Japanese saxophonist, pneumonia.
• M. J. Appaji Gowda, 69, Indian politician, Karnataka MLC (2013–2018), COVID-19.
• David Graeber, 59, American anthropologist and author (Bullshit Jobs, Debt: The First 5000 Years, The Utopia of Rules), internal bleeding.
• Ted Halstead, 52, American climatologist and author, fall.
• Clyde H. Hamilton, 86, American jurist, Judge of the D.S.C. (1981–1991) and Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (since 1991).
• Rinat Ibragimov, 59, Russian double bass player, COVID-19.
• Irving Kanarek, 100, American defense attorney (Charles Manson, Jimmy Lee Smith).
• Kang Kek Iew, 77, Cambodian internal security leader (Tuol Sleng, Santebal) and convicted war criminal, lung disease.
• Royce R. Lewellen, 89, American judge.
• Christian Liaigre, 77, French architect and interior designer.
• Esther McCready, 89, American nurse.
• Ismail Molla, 82, Greek politician, MP (1989–1990), stroke.
• Maria Celeste Nardini, 77, Italian politician.
• Carol Braun Pasternack, 70, American literary historian, brain cancer.
• Ramkrishna Baba Patil, 84, Indian politician, MP (1998–2004) and Maharashtra MLA (1985–1995), complications from diabetes.
• Mark Prent, 72, Canadian-American sculptor, aortic aneurysm.
• Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, 75, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Neuquén (1991–2001) and Lomas de Zamora (2001–2007), Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján (2007–2019), COVID-19.
• Serara Selelo-Mogwe, 93, Botswana nurse and academic.
• Wanda Seux, 72, Paraguayan-Argentine-Mexican vedette and actress (La vida difícil de una mujer fácil, Spicy Chile, Paradas Contínuas), complications from multiple strokes.
• John Shrapnell, 85, British-born New Zealand journalist, actor and singer.
• Adrianus Johannes Simonis, 88, Dutch Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Utrecht (1983–2007).
• Norman J. W. Thrower, 100, English-born American cartographer and scholar.
• František Vaněk, 88, Czech Olympic ice hockey player (1956, 1960).
• John Yates, 90, English footballer (Chester).
• William Yorzyk, 87, American Hall of Fame swimmer, Olympic champion (1956).
• Gerry Young, 83, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday).
• Dave Zeller, 81, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).

3

• Kathleen Byerly, 76, American U.S Navy captain, cancer.
• Betty Caywood, 89, American sportscaster (Kansas City Athletics).
• Michael J. Cleary, 95, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Banjul (1981–2006).
• Antônio de Jesus Dias, 78, Brazilian pastor and politician, Deputy (1987–1991, 1991–1993), COVID-19.
• Alércio Dias, 77, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Deputy (1983–1991), gastrointestinal complications.
• Dito, 58, Portuguese football player (Braga, Benfica, national team) and manager, heart attack.
• Bernard Edelman, 82, French jurist, lawyer, and philosopher.
• Karel Knesl, 78, Czech footballer (Dukla Prague, Slavia Prague, Czechoslovakia national team), Olympic silver medallist (1964).
• Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert, 90, German surgeon.
• Mary Marzke, 83, American anthropologist.
• Jean-François Poron, 84, French actor (The Air of Paris, A Captain's Honor).
• Bill Pursell, 94, American composer ("Our Winter Love"), pianist and music teacher, COVID-19.
• Ahmed Al-Qadri, 64, Syrian agricultural engineer, Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform (2013–2020), COVID-19.
• Elkin Reilly, 81, Australian footballer (South Melbourne).
• Gianni Serra, 86, Italian film director and screenwriter.
• Félix Suárez Colomo, 69, Spanish Olympic racing cyclist (1972).
• Reinhard Theimer, 72, German Olympic hammer thrower (1968, 1972).
• Birol Ünel, 59, Turkish-born German actor (Head-On, Transylvania, Enemy at the Gates), cancer.

4

• Vince Agro, 83, Canadian politician and novelist.
• Bryan Anderson, 78, Canadian politician.
• Ajibade Babalade, 48, Nigerian footballer (Shooting Stars, national team), cardiac arrest.
• Sir Simon Boyle, 79, British business executive and public servant, Lord Lieutenant of Gwent (2001–2016).
• Lloyd Cadena, 26, Filipino YouTuber, COVID-19.
• Mike Cooley, 86, Irish engineer and trade unionist.
• Annie Cordy, 92, Belgian actress (Victor and Victoria, Ces dames s'en mêlent, Souvenir of Gibraltar) and singer, cardiac arrest.
• Peter Cronjé, 70, South African rugby union player (Golden Lions, national team), cancer.
• Gregory de Vink, 22, South African racing cyclist, traffic collision.
• John S. Dugdale, 86, New Zealand entomologist.
• Leon Finney Jr., 82, American minister and community organizer.
• Andrzej Gawroński, 85, Polish actor (Everything for Sale, How I Unleashed World War II, A Short Film About Killing).
• Nandi Glassie, 69, Cook Islands politician, MP (2006–2018), cancer.
• Tony Goolsby, 86, American politician, cancer.
• Khanifa Iskandarova, 92, Russian educator.
• Gary Peacock, 85, American jazz double-bassist.
• Fortunato Perri, 83, American politician.
• Curtis S. Person Jr., 85, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1966–1968) and Senate (1968–2006).
• Betty Petryna, 89, Canadian baseball player (Grand Rapids Chicks, Fort Wayne Daisies).
• Pierre Sidos, 93, French neo-Pétainist and political activist, founder of Jeune Nation.
• Lucille Starr, 82, Canadian singer ("Cajun Love").
• Dmitry Svetushkin, 40, Moldovan chess grandmaster, suicide by jumping.
• Carl-Henning Wijkmark, 85, Swedish novelist (Stundande natten).
• Joe Williams, 85, Cook Islands politician, Prime Minister (1999), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1999) and MP (1994–2004), COVID-19.

5

• Dwight Anderson, 59, American basketball player (Denver Nuggets, Albuquerque Silvers, Evansville Thunder).
• Johnny Bakshi, 88, Indian film producer, director (Raavan, Khudai) and actor, heart attack.
• Orly Bauzon, 75, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1968), cardiac arrest.
• Jim Buick, 79, American racing driver.
• Rich Buzin, 74, American football player (New York Giants, Los Angeles Rams).
• Zelmar Casco, 94, Argentine Olympic fencer (1964).
• Francis Chapman, 97, Canadian cinematographer and television director.
• Abu Osman Chowdhury, 85, Bangladeshi resistance fighter (Mukti Bahini).
• Žarko Domljan, 87, Croatian politician, Speaker of the Parliament (1990–1992).
• Christy Elliot, 87, Scottish rugby player.
• Smokey Gaines, 80, American basketball player (Kentucky Colonels) and coach (Detroit Titans, San Diego State Aztecs), cancer.
• Marian Jaworski, 94, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins (1991–2008).
• Mohamed Haytham Khayat, 83, Syrian physician and lexicographer.
• Jimmy Lavin, 92, Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler.
• Rodney Litchfield, 81, English actor (Early Doors, Coronation Street, Testimony).
• Thandeka Mdeliswa, 34, South African actress (Generations: The Legacy, Isidingo, Rhythm City), shot.
• Jiří Menzel, 82, Czech director, actor and screenwriter (Closely Watched Trains, My Sweet Little Village, Larks on a String), Oscar winner (1967).
• Steve Merrill, 74, American politician, Governor (1993–1997) and Attorney General of New Hampshire (1985–1989).
• Frédéric Musso, 79, Algerian-born French writer and poet.
• Brigitte Peskine, 68, French author and screenwriter (Plus belle la vie, Candice Renoir).
• Ethan Peters, 17, American beauty influencer, drug overdose.
• Malka Ribowska, 89, Polish-born French actress (Sundays and Cybele, The Shameless Old Lady).
• Antoine Rufenacht, 81, French politician, mayor of Le Havre (1995–2010), President of the Regional Council of Upper Normandy (1992–1998).
• Tam Ping-man, 86, Hong Kong actor (Exiled, Wild City, House of Wolves).
• Yousef Wali, 90, Egyptian politician, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (1982–2004).
• David Walter, 80, New Zealand politician, mayor of Stratford (1989–1998), leukaemia.
• Al G. Wright, 104, English-born American band director (Purdue All-American Marching Band).

6

• Levon Altounian, 84, Lebanese footballer (Homenetmen, national team).
• Sergey Belyayev, 60, Kazakh sport shooter, Olympic silver medallist (1996).
• Kesavananda Bharati, 79, Indian civil rights activist (Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala).
• Joan Blackham, 74, English actress (Bridget Jones's Diary, Judge John Deed, Doctors).
• Lou Brock, 81, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals).
• Marco Cariola, 87, Chilean cattle farmer, lawyer and politician, Senator (1998–2006).
• Paul Chittilapilly, 86, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Kalyan (1988–1996) and Thamarassery (1996–2010).
• Achmat Dangor, 71, South African author and political activist.
• Nancy Dine, 83, American filmmaker (Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls), lung cancer.
• Kevin Dobson, 77, American actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Midway), heart attack.
• Christiane Eda-Pierre, 88, French coloratura soprano.
• Lennart Forsberg, 92, Swedish footballer (GIF Sundsvall, Djurgården).
• George Carr Frison, 95, American archaeologist.
• Bob Fujitani, 98, American comic book artist (Flash Gordon, Rip Kirby), co-creator of Solar.
• Dick Gill, 88, Australian footballer (Carlton).
• Isabel Gutiérrez de Bosch, 89, Guatemalan businesswoman and philanthropist.
• Tom Jernstedt, 75, American Hall of Fame basketball administrator.
• Sir Vaughan Jones, 67, New Zealand mathematician (Jones polynomial), Fields Medal winner (1990).
• Gavin Keneally, 86, Australian politician, South Australian MHA (1970–1989).
• Anita Lindblom, 82, Swedish singer and actress.
• Gerry Lynn, 68, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (2005–2007).
• Sterling Magee, 84, American blues musician, complications from COVID-19.
• Col Markham, 80, Australian politician, New South Wales MLA (1988–2003).
• Nirvendra Kumar Mishra, 74–76, Indian politician, beaten.
• S. Mohinder, 95, Indian composer (Paapi, Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai) and music director.
• Dragoljub Ojdanić, 79, Serbian military officer and convicted war criminal, Chief of the General Staff (1998–2000) and Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia (2000).
• Bob Richardson, 76, American football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Denver Broncos).
• Bob Robertson, 91, American sportscaster.
• Mike Sexton, 72, American Hall of Fame poker player and commentator, prostate cancer.
• Catana Starks, 75, American golfing coach.
• Lotte Strauss, 107, German-born American author.
• Takashi Sugimura, 94, Japanese biochemist, heart failure.
• Helen Taylor Thompson, 96, British aid worker.
• Ethel Soliven Timbol, 80, Filipino journalist (Manila Bulletin).
• Dickson Wamwiri, 35, Kenyan Olympic taekwondo practitioner (2008).
• Bruce Williamson, 49, American singer (The Temptations), COVID-19.
• Kevin Zeese, 64, American lawyer and political activist, heart attack.

7

• Berni Alder, 94, German-born American physicist.
• Abdul Qadir Bajamal, 74, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (2001–2007) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998–2001), complications from multiple strokes.
• Chen Dingchang, 83, Chinese aerospace engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Kate Daw, 55, Australian visual artist.
• Abdul Malik Fadjar, 81, Indonesian politician and academic, Minister of Religious Affairs (1998–1999) and Education (2001–2004).
• Gao Wenbin, 99, Chinese historian and jurist.
• Aurelio Iragorri Hormaza, 83, Colombian politician, Senator (1991–2014), Governor of Cauca (1975–1976) and President of the Chamber of Representatives (1981–1982), COVID-19.
• John Houska, 64, American soccer player (Memphis Rogues).
• Aida Kamel, 89, Egyptian actress.
• Sergey Koltakov, 64, Russian actor (Mirror for a Hero, New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Life of Klim Samgin).
• Logie Bruce Lockhart, 98, Scottish rugby union player (national team), writer and journalist.
• Paul E. Menoher, 81, American lieutenant general.
• Tim Mulherin, 63, Australian politician, Queensland MP (1995–2015), cancer.
• Xavier Ortiz, 48, Mexican actor (Journey from the Fall, Un gancho al corazón), singer (Garibaldi) and television host, suicide by hanging.
• Luba Perchyshyn, 96, American folk artist.
• André Reichling, 64, Luxembourgish conductor and composer ("The NATO Hymn").
• Narendra Kumar Swain, 80, Indian politician, MP (2015–2020).
• Govind Swarup, 91, Indian radio astronomer.
• Patrick Sweeney, 81, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1967–1997) and Senate (1997–1998).
• Mir Haji Muhammad Hayat Khan Talpur, 83, Pakistani politician, Sindh MPA (2013–2018).
• Patricia Thiel, 67, American chemist and materials scientist.
• Luis Zárate, 79, Mexican Olympic cyclist (1960).

8

• Sonia Anderson, 76, British archivist, cancer.
• Elgar Baeza, 80, Uruguayan footballer.
• Jean-Léon Beauvois, 77, French psychologist.
• Gene Budig, 81, American academic and baseball executive, Chancellor of KU (1980–1994), president of WVU (1977–1981) and the American League (1994–1999).
• Joseph Chennoth, 76, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Milevum (since 1999) and Apostolic Nuncio to Japan (since 2011).
• Héctor Giorgetti, 64, Argentine footballer (Chacarita Juniors, Estudiantes, Club Universidad de Chile).
• James Greeno, 85, American psychologist.
• Sir Ronald Harwood, 85, South African-born British dramatist and screenwriter (The Pianist, The Dresser, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), Oscar winner (2003).
• Robert L. Lynn, 88, American poet, President of Louisiana College (1975–1997).
• Anita Mason, 78, English novelist.
• Sally Engle Merry, 75, American anthropologist.
• Jim Owens, 86, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Colt .45s/Astros).
• Claude Peretti, 78, French footballer (Monaco, Ajaccio).
• Jaya Prakash Reddy, 73, Indian actor (Samarasimha Reddy, Jayam Manadera, Chennakesava Reddy), cardiac arrest.
• Alfred Riedl, 70, Austrian football player (Standard Liège, national team) and manager (Vietnam national team).
• Vexi Salmi, 77, Finnish lyricist ("Huilumies", "Katson sineen taivaan").
• Jane Soons, 89, British-born New Zealand geomorphologist.
• Yvette Taborin, 91, French archaeologist.
• Tony Tanner, 87, British actor (Stop the World – I Want to Get Off) and theatre director (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat).
• Benedict To Varpin, 84, Papua New Guinean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bereina (1979–1987) and Archbishop of Madang (1987–2001).
• Robert Wilson, 46, American football player (Seattle Seahawks, New Orleans Saints), complications from a stroke.

9

• Elidà Amigó i Montanya, 85, Andorran writer, activist and suffragist.
• Assis, 76, Brazilian footballer (Fluminense, Clube do Remo).
• Ronald Bell, 68, American saxophonist (Kool & the Gang) and songwriter ("Ladies' Night", "Celebration").
• George Bizos, 92, South African human rights lawyer (Rivonia Trial) and anti-apartheid activist.
• Cini Boeri, 96, Italian architect and designer.
• Henrietta Boggs, 102, American-Costa Rican author, journalist and activist, First Lady of Costa Rica (1948–1949), subject of First Lady of the Revolution, COVID-19.
• Sonny Chua, 52, Malaysian-born Australian composer and pianist, stroke.
• Patrick Davin, 58, Belgian orchestra conductor.
• Giuseppe Favero, 88, Italian racing cyclist (1954 Milan–San Remo, 1958 Paris–Nice).
• KS Firoz, 76, Bangladeshi actor (Chandragrohon), complications from COVID-19.
• Arnulfo Fuentebella, 74, Filipino politician, member (1992–2001, 2004–2013, 2016–2019), Deputy Speaker (2007–2013) and Speaker (2000–2001) of the House of Representatives, heart failure.
• Chhetan Gurung, 41, Nepalese film director and screenwriter (November Rain, Damaru Ko Dandibiyo), liver disease.
• Shere Hite, 77, American-born German feminist and sex educator.
• Yopie Latul, 65, Indonesian singer, COVID-19.
• Gienek Loska, 45, Belarusian-born Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist, complications from a stroke.
• Amos Luzzatto, 92, Italian writer and essayist, President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (1998–2006).
• Edward J. Mason, 90, American politician.
• Sid McCray, 63, American singer (Bad Brains).
• Alan Minter, 69, British boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (1972) and undisputed world middleweight champion (1980), cancer.
• Nico Naldini, 91, Italian novelist and poet, complications from a fall.
• Jakob Oetama, 88, Indonesian journalist, co-founder of Kompas Gramedia Group and Kompas.
• Peter Sandoval, 73, Guatemalan Olympic footballer.
• Richard A. Smith, 95, American movie theater executive, CEO of General Cinema Corporation (since 1961).
• William D. Smith, 87, American navy admiral.
• Tadeusz Szelachowski, 88, Polish politician and physician, Minister of Health and Social Security (1980–1985), vice-chairman of Council of State and MP (1985–1989).
• Edgard Tupët-Thomé, 100, French Resistance fighter.
• Henry van Ameringen, 89, American philanthropist.
• Tony Villars, 68, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City, Newport County, national team).

10

• Vadivel Balaji, 45, Indian actor (Yaaruda Mahesh, Kolamavu Kokila) and television personality, complications from a stroke.
• Gerald Blidstein, 82, Israeli academic (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities).
• Mark Bomani, 88, Tanzanian jurist, Attorney General (1965–1976).
• Terry Buckle, 80, Canadian Anglican prelate, Archbishop of Yukon (1995–2010), cancer.
• Caroline Chomienne, 62, French film director and producer.
• Piotr Eberhardt, 84, Polish geographer specialising in demography and geopolitics.
• Patti Flynn, 83, Welsh jazz singer, cancer.
• Frederick K. Goodwin, 84, American psychiatrist.
• Marilyn Kagan, 69, American psychotherapist and actress (Foxes).
• Simon Hugh Piper Maddrell, 82, British insect physiologist.
• Emma Morosini, 96, Italian Roman Catholic pilgrim.
• Pierre Nahon, 84, Algerian-born French art collector and gallery owner.
• William L. Ogg, 83, American politician.
• Melih Onuş, 39, Turkish mathematician, COVID-19.
• Florence Pendleton, 94, American politician, U.S. shadow senator (1991–2007).
• Pamela L. Reeves, 66, American jurist, Judge (since 2014) and Chief Judge (since 2019) of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Tennessee, cancer.
• Franco Maria Ricci, 82, Italian art publisher and magazine editor, heart attack.
• Dame Diana Rigg, 82, English actress (The Avengers, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Game of Thrones), Tony winner (1994), cancer.
• Barry Scott, 65, American actor (Ernest Goes to Jail, The Expert) and voice-over artist (Impact Wrestling).
• Srećko Štiglić, 77, Croatian Olympic athlete (1972).
• Leen van der Waal, 91, Dutch engineer and politician, MEP (1984–1997).
• Barbara Ker Wilson, 90, English-born Australian novelist.
• Narong Wongwan, 94, Thai industrialist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1992), Leader of the Opposition (1988–1990) and Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives (1983–1986).
• Witold Zapała, 85, Polish dancer and choreographer.

11

• Agnivesh, 80, Indian politician and social activist, Haryana MLA (1977–1979) and founder of the Bandhua Mukti Morcha, multiple organ failure.
• Sonny Allen, 84, American basketball coach (Old Dominion Monarchs, Nevada Wolf Pack, Sacramento Monarchs), Parkinson's disease.
• Marilee Shapiro Asher, 107, American sculptor and author.
• Max Brannon, 86, American politician.
• Stéphane Caillat, 92, French conductor and composer.
• Roger Carel, 93, French actor (Meeting in Paris, Le Plumard en folie, The Umbrella Coup).
• Anthony Cekada, 69, American Catholic priest and Sedevacantist, stroke.
• John W. Costello, 93, American politician.
• Martin J. Dunn, 64, American politician, member of the Massachusetts Senate (1991–1993).
• László Gálos, 87, Hungarian Olympic volleyball player (1964).
• Bill Heller, 85, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2007–2011).
• Toots Hibbert, 77, Jamaican singer (Toots and the Maytals) and songwriter ("54-46 That's My Number", "Pressure Drop"), COVID-19.
• Olaf Holmstrup, 89, Danish Olympic cyclist (1952).
• Anthony Holten, 75, Irish author and historian.
• Annette Jahns, 62, German opera singer and director (Semperoper).
• Reggie Johnson, 79, American jazz double-bassist.
• Henryk Łapiński, 87, Polish actor (How I Unleashed World War II, Man of Marble, A Short Film About Killing).
• Grant Larson, 87, American politician, member of the Wyoming Senate (1995–2011).
• Christian Manen, 86, French composer.
• H. Jay Melosh, 73, American geophysicist.
• Tony Opatha, 73, Sri Lankan cricketer (national team).
• Peter Paret, 96, German-born American historian.
• Angelo Pereni, 76, Italian football player and manager.
• Christian Poncelet, 92, French politician, Deputy (1962–1972), member (1977–2008) and President of the Senate (1998–2008).
• Malcolm Scott, 84, English cricketer.
• Nadhim Shaker, 61, Iraqi football player (Al-Tayaran, national team) and manager (Erbil), COVID-19.
• Keith Short, 79, English sculptor and visual effects technician (Batman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Dark Crystal), stroke.
• Lois Stratton, 93, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1980–1985) and Senate (1985–1993).
• Richard William Timm, 97, American Roman Catholic priest, missionary and educator, co-founder of Notre Dame College, Dhaka.
• Nicholas Zagone, 89, American politician.
• Hans Zoller, 98, Swiss Olympic bobsledder.

12

• Navid Afkari, 27, Iranian wrestler, protester (2018 Iranian protests), and convicted murderer, execution by hanging.
• Jean-Claude Annaert, 85, French racing cyclist.
• Billy Autrey, 87, American football player (Chicago Bears).
• Joaquín Carbonell, 73, Spanish singer-songwriter, journalist and poet, COVID-19.
• Carlos Casamiquela, 72, Argentine agricultural engineer and public official, Minister of Agriculture (2013–2015) and President of INTA (2009–2013), COVID-19.
• Aline Chrétien, 84, Canadian socialite, Spouse of the Prime Minister (1993–2003).
• Jean Cluzel, 96, French politician, Senator (1971–1998).
• Alberto Collino, 73, Italian mathematician.
• Sir Terence Conran, 88, English designer (Habitat) and restaurateur (D&D London).
• Bob Crowell, 74, American politician, mayor of Carson City, Nevada (since 2009).
• John Fahey, 75, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales (1992–1995), Minister for Finance (1996–2001), and President of WADA (2008–2013), leukaemia.
• Tracy Grose, 43, American soccer player and coach.
• Florence Howe, 91, American feminist author, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Barbara Jefford, 90, British actress (Ulysses, Philomena, The Ninth Gate).
• Dominique Kalifa, 63, French historian, suicide.
• Didier Lapeyronnie, 64, French sociologist.
• Mohammed Makhlouf, 87, Syrian businessman, COVID-19.
• Azmi Mohamed Megahed, 70, Egyptian Olympic volleyball player (1976), COVID-19.
• Jack Roland Murphy, 83, American jewel thief and murderer, heart and organ failure.
• Mark Newman, 71, American baseball coach (Old Dominion Monarchs) and executive (New York Yankees).
• Linus Okok Okwach, 67, Kenyan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Homa Bay (1993–2002), complications from a fall.
• Hugh Routley, 80, Australian footballer (Geelong).
• Yousef Saanei, 82, Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and politician, member of the Guardian Council (1980–1983), Prosecutor-General (1981–1989), kidney failure.
• Katip Şadi, 88, Turkish kemenche player.
• Donald Steinbeisser, 85, American politician.
• Sudhangan, 63, Indian journalist (Kumudam, Vikatan, Dinamani).
• Edna Wright, 76, American R&B singer (Honey Cone).

13

• Ayo Akinwale, 74, Nigerian actor (The Bridge, Sango).
• Sabit Brokaj, 78, Albanian physician and politician, Minister of Health (1991) and Defence (1997–1998), heart attack.
• Lillian Brown, 106, American media producer and makeup artist (Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King Jr.).
• Mario Cafiero, 64, Argentine politician, Deputy (1997–2005), cancer.
• Ajit Das, 71, Indian actor (Sindura Bindu, Mu Sapanara Soudagar, Luchakali), COVID-19.
• Bernard Debré, 75, French politician, Deputy (2012–2017) and Councillor of Paris (since 2008).
• Graham Dunscombe, 96, Australian footballer.
• Kirsty Durward, 61, New Zealand gymnast.
• John Ferris, 71, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968), lung cancer.
• Jean Garrabé, 89, French psychiatrist.
• Raymond Grew, 89, American social historian.
• David Halligan, 61, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, Auckland).
• Lars Idermark, 63, Swedish businessman (PostNord, Swedbank, Kooperativa Förbundet).
• Egon Jensen, 82, Danish footballer (Esbjerg, national team).
• Bill Johnson, 84, American football player (Tennessee Volunteers).
• György Keleti, 74, Hungarian military officer and politician, Minister of Defence (1994–1998) and MP (1992–2010).
• Said Ali Kemal, 81–82, Comorian politician, Member of the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros (2004–2010).
• Paolo Knill, 88, Swiss scientist.
• Joe Lawson, 86, Australian footballer (Swan Districts).
• André Lespagnol, 77, French politician, President of the Regional Council of Brittany (2004–2010).
• Bruno Madaule, 49, French comic book author.
• Russ Meekins Jr., 71, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1973–1975, 1977–1983).
• Zameer Akhtar Naqvi, 76, Indian-born Pakistani Islamic scholar, heart attack.
• Parrerito, 67, Brazilian singer, COVID-19.
• Don Piccard, 94, Swiss-born American balloonist.
• Günter Siegmund, 83, German heavyweight boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).
• Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, 74, Indian politician, Minister of Rural Development (2004–2009) and MP (1996–2014), complications from COVID-19.
• Alan Smurfit, 77, Irish poker player.
• K. Thangavel, 68, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (2011–2016), COVID-19.
• Catherine Wilfert, 84, American pediatrician.

14

• Sei Ashina, 36, Japanese actress (Kamen Rider Hibiki, Silk, Kamui Gaiden), suicide.
• Sadek Bachchu, 66, Bangladeshi actor (Super Hero, Nissash Amar Tumi), COVID-19.
• Cynthia Barker, 58, Filipino-born British politician, Mayor of Hertsmere (since 2015).
• Robert Chabbal, 93, French physician, Director General of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (1976–1979).
• Petko Christov, 69, Bulgarian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nicopolis (since 1994).
• François Debré, 78, French writer and journalist.
• Council Julian Dunbar Jr., 98, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1971–1972).
• Jeff Dunne, 64, Australian footballer (St Kilda), heart attack.
• Enrique Ramón Fajarnés, 91, Spanish lawyer and politician, Mayor of Ibiza (1971–1974), Senator (1982–1986) and Deputy (1986–1993).
• Fer, 71, Spanish comics artist.
• Ralph Gants, 65, American jurist, Associate Justice (2009–2014) and Chief Justice (since 2014) of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, heart attack.
• Bill Gates Sr., 94, American attorney and philanthropist, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Ann Getty, 79, American philanthropist, heart attack.
• Bruce Goodwin, 71, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2007–2012), multiple myeloma.
• André Guesdon, 71, French football player (Monaco, Nice) and manager (Angers).
• Al Kasha, 83, American songwriter ("Operation Heartbreak", "The Morning After", "We May Never Love Like This Again"), Oscar winner (1973, 1975).
• Alicia Maguiña, 81, Peruvian singer and composer.
• Oh In-hye, 36, South Korean actress, suicide.
• Benedicta de Oliveira, 92, Brazilian Olympic sprinter (1948).
• Florent Pereira, 67, Indian actor (Kayal, Nagesh Thiraiyarangam, Utraan), COVID-19.
• Sarah Poyntz, 93, Irish journalist and author, cancer.
• Dennis Sommers, 80, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, New York Mets).
• Daniel Soulage, 78, French politician, Deputy (1993–1997) and Senator (2001–2011).
• Andrzej Stalmach, 78, Polish Olympic long jumper (1964, 1968).
• Peter Starkie, 72, Australian rock guitarist (Skyhooks, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons), fall.
• Anne Stevenson, 87, American-British poet, heart failure.
• Roy Williams, 93, Canadian Olympic basketball player.
• Mack Yoho, 84, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Ottawa Rough Riders).

15

• Vital Alsar, 87, Spanish sailor and scientist.
• Faith Alupo, 36, Ugandan politician, MP (since 2018), COVID-19.
• Russell A. Anderson, 78, American jurist, Associate Justice (1998–2006) and Chief Justice (2006–2008) of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
• Aloysio de Andrade Faria, 99, Brazilian banker, founder of Banco Real.
• Edward D. Baca, 82, American lieutenant general, leukemia.
• Stephen B. Baxter, 91, American historian.
• Ed Bearss, 97, American military historian and author.
• Steve Carter, 90, American playwright (Eden, Nevis Mountain Dew, Dame Lorraine).
• Neal Creighton Sr., 90, American major general.
• Nicolò D'Amico, 67, Italian astrophysicist.
• Davis A. Donnelly, 93, American politician.
• Fatima Gallaire, 76, Algerian playwright.
• Johnny Gayle, 96, Jamaican cricket umpire.
• Sheldon Gomes, 69, Trinidadian cricketer (North Trinidad, East Trinidad, national team).
• James "T" Jones, 89, American football player (Texas Longhorns) and athletic director (Texas Tech Red Raiders).
• Suna Kıraç, 79, Turkish-American businesswoman, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Danilo Kocevski, 73, Macedonian literary critic and novelist.
• Momčilo Krajišnik, 75, Bosnian politician and convicted war criminal, Member of the Presidency (1996–1998) and Speaker of the NSRS (1991–1996), COVID-19.
• Jan Krenz, 94, Polish composer and conductor.
• Paul Méfano, 83, Iraqi-born French composer and conductor.
• Denise Murray, 56, Canadian country singer.
• Sadashiv Patil, 86, Indian cricketer (Maharashtra, national team).
• Playalitical, 38, American rapper.
• Bill Power, 82, Australian footballer.
• Nahau Rooney, 75, Papua New Guinean politician, stroke.
• Nikolay Shmatko, 77, Ukrainian sculptor and painter.
• Yasin Mazhar Siddiqui, 75, Indian Islamic scholar.
• Pat Smullen, 43, Irish jockey, pancreatic cancer.
• Bobby Susser, 78, American songwriter.
• Péter Tereánszki-Tóth, 39, Hungarian footballer (Videoton).
• Mario Torelli, 83, Italian archaeologist.
• Moussa Traoré, 83, Malian military officer and politician, President (1968–1991).
• Floyd Vrtiska, 93, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (1993–2005).
• Wang Zhiliang, 79, Chinese table tennis player, world champion (1963), stroke.
• Alan Wolstencroft, 83, English Anglican priest.
• Brien S. Wygle, 96, American aviator and test pilot (Boeing).

16

• B. Babusivan, 54, Indian film director (Vettaikaaran) and screenwriter (Kuruvi, Bairavaa), liver failure.
• Ahmed Ben Salah, 94, Tunisian politician, Minister of Finance (1961–1969).
• Chea Cheapoo, 77, Liberian politician and judge, chief justice (1987).
• Edward M. Coffman, 91, American military historian.
• Stanley Crouch, 74, American music critic, novelist, and poet.
• William Henry Danforth, 94, American physician and academic administrator, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis (1971–1995).
• Margaret Donaldson, 94, Scottish development psychologist.
• Núria Gispert i Feliu, 84, Spanish politician, Catholic activist and social worker, City Councillor of Barcelona (1979–1995), colon cancer.
• Alien Huang, 36, Taiwanese singer, actor (Already Famous, Din Tao: Leader of the Parade) and television presenter (100% Entertainment), aortic dissection.
• Enrique Irazoqui, 76, Spanish actor (The Gospel According to St. Matthew).
• Jack Kelley, 93, American ice hockey coach (New England Whalers) and team executive (Pittsburgh Penguins).
• Anna Kędzierska, 88, Polish politician, economist and party activist, Minister of Internal Trade and Service (1984–1985).
• P. R. Krishna Kumar, 68, Indian ayurvedic physician, founder of the AVP Research Foundation, COVID-19.
• Apolonio Lombardo, 86, Panamanian footballer (national team).
• Maxim Martsinkevich, 36, Russian political activist, leader of Format18 and founder of Occupy Pedophilia.
• Kay McIff, 80, American politician.
• Nick Mourouzis, 83, American football player (Miami RedHawks) and coach (DePauw Tigers), complications from COVID-19.
• Mary Nash, 96, American author (Mrs. Coverlet).
• Balli Durga Prasad Rao, 64, Indian politician, MP (since 2019) and Andhra Pradesh MLA (1985–1989, 1994–1999, 2009–2014), COVID-19.
• David P. Rawson, 79, American diplomat, ambassador to Rwanda (1993–1996) and Mali (1996–1999).
• Roy C, 81, American southern soul singer-songwriter ("Impeach the President").
• Saefullah, 56, Indonesian politician, Mayor of Central Jakarta (2010–2014) and Regional Secretary of Jakarta (since 2014), COVID-19-induced septic shock and ARDS.
• Elsa Serrano, 79, Italian-born Argentinian fashion designer, asphyxiation due to fire.
• Doak Snead, 70, American singer-songwriter.
• Francisco Trois, 74, Brazilian chess player, diabetes.
• Kapila Vatsyayan, 91, Indian classical scholar, MP (2006–2012).
• James T. Willerson, 80, American cardiologist.

17

• Hassan Achour, 82, Algerian football player (CR Belouizdad, national team) and manager (Chéraga).
• Jimoh Aliu, 80, Nigerian actor.
• Roger Armour, 87, British vascular surgeon.
• Daniel Charles-Alfred, 86, French footballer (Nîmes Olympique, Montpellier).
• Ricardo Ciciliano, 43, Colombian footballer (Deportes Tolima, Millonarios, Juan Aurich), pneumonia.
• Irma Dryden, 100, American nurse (Tuskegee Airmen).
• Donald Keith Duncan, 80, Jamaican politician, MP (1976–1983, 2007–2016), COVID-19.
• Birger Folke, 84, Swedish tennis player and television commentator.
• Ashok Gasti, 55, Indian politician, MP (since 2020), COVID-19.
• Barry Griffiths, 81, English violinist.
• Terry Goodkind, 72, American author (The Sword of Truth, The Law of Nines).
• Robert W. Gore, 83, American engineer, philanthropist and inventor.
• Winston Groom, 77, American novelist (Forrest Gump), heart attack.
• Reg Harrison, 97, English football player (Derby County, Boston United) and manager (Long Eaton United).
• Harvey Hodder, 77, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MHA (1993–2007), cancer.
• Miao Chunting, 101, Chinese politician, Guizhou CPPCC Committee Chairman (1959–1967, 1980–1993).
• Luboš Perek, 101, Czech astronomer.
• Joe Ruklick, 82, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors).
• Alwi Shahab, 84, Indonesian journalist (Republika), pneumonia.
• Pir Hameeduddin Sialvi, 84, Pakistani politician, Senator (1988–1994).
• Dick Taylor, 89, American politician.
• László Török, 79, Hungarian historian and archaeologist.
• Liladhar Vaghela, 85, Indian politician, MP (2014–2019) and Gujarat MLA (1975–1980, 1985–1995, 1998–2002, 2007–2014), respiratory failure.
• Larry Wilson, 82, American Hall of Fame football player (St. Louis Cardinals), coach and executive.

18

• Mohamad Atwi, 32, Lebanese footballer (Ansar, Akhaa Ahli Aley, national team), complications from gunshot wounds.
• Asit Bandopadhyay, 84, Indian dramatist, screenwriter and actor (Mahaprithibi), COVID-19.
• Talat Basari, 97, Iranian Baháʼí poet, feminist, academic, and writer.
• Stephen F. Cohen, 81, American academic and historian, lung cancer.
• Georgia Dobbins, 78, American singer.
• Don Feeley, 82, American college basketball coach (Sacred Heart, Fairleigh Dickinson).
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (since 1993) and Judge of the D.C. Cir. (1980–1993), complications from pancreatic cancer.
• Enzo Golino, 88, Italian journalist and writer.
• A. Kalanithi, Indian politician, MP (1980–1988), cardiac arrest.
• Joachim Kunert, 90, German film director and screenwriter.
• Sam McBratney, 77, Northern Irish author (Guess How Much I Love You).
• Xenofon Moudatsios, 60, Greek Olympic water polo player.
• Anacleto de Oliveira, 74, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Viana do Castelo (since 2010), traffic collision.
• Awang anak Raweng, 91, Malaysian military officer.
• Amélie Rorty, 88, Belgian-born American philosopher.
• Daphne Seeney, 87, Australian tennis player.
• Shah Ahmad Shafi, 90, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, Rector of the Hathazari Madrassah (1986–2020) and Chairman of the Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh.
• Mike Tilleman, 76, American football player (New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, Houston Oilers).
• Marcel Trillat, 80, French journalist and filmmaker.

19

• David Cook, 76, Northern Irish politician, MPA (1982–1986) and Lord Mayor of Belfast (1978–1979), COVID-19.
• Roza Vidyadhar Deshpande, 91, Indian politician, MP (1971–1977).
• J. Delano Ellis, 75, American Pentecostal clergyman.
• Károly Fatér, 80, Hungarian footballer, Olympic champion (1968).
• Yutakayama Hiromitsu, 72, Japanese sumo wrestler.
• Gary Hughes, 79, American baseball executive (Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees), cancer.
• Donald M. Kendall, 99, American food and beverage executive and political advisor, CEO of PepsiCo (1971–1986).
• Lee Kerslake, 73, English drummer (Uriah Heep, Ozzy Osbourne, Toe Fat), prostate cancer.
• Al Langlois, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings), Stanley Cup champion (1958-1960).
• Richard Lewis, 76, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (1997–2007).
• Dame Georgina Mace, 67, British ecologist and conservation scientist.
• Brett Madden, 41, American voice actress (Alan Wake), brain cancer.
• Ephrem M'Bom, 66, Cameroonian footballer (Canon Yaoundé, national team).
• Darvin Moon, 56, American poker player, complications from surgery.
• Dick Nemelka, 76, American basketball player (BYU Cougars, Utah Stars), cancer.
• Mary O'Malley, 79, English playwright (Once a Catholic).
• Andrzej Pityński, 73, Polish-American monumental sculptor (Katyń Memorial, The Partisans).
• Jean-Pierre Pophillat, 83, French painter and lithographer.
• Paitoon Pumrat, 54, Thai actor and comedian.
• Janez Puterle, 70, Slovenian ice hockey player.
• Charles E. Schaefer, 86, American psychologist.
• Tara Singh, 82, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (1999–2019).
• John Turner, 91, Canadian politician, Prime Minister (1984), Minister of Justice (1968–1972) and Finance (1972–1975), and MP (1962–1976, 1984–1993).

20

• Uktam Barnoev, 56, Uzbek politician and agricultural engineer, Deputy Prime Minister (2020), COVID-19.
• Meron Benvenisti, 86, Israeli political scientist, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem (1971–1978).
• Ken Blaiklock, 92, British Antarctic explorer.
• James A. Boucher, 83, American politician.
• James Breeden, 85, American civil rights activist and Episcopal priest.
• Michael Chapman, 84, American cinematographer (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Fugitive) and film director, heart failure.
• Robert Graetz, 92, American clergyman and civil rights activist (Montgomery bus boycott).
• Shehu Idris, 84, Nigerian aristocrat, Emir of Zazzau (since 1975).
• Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight, 82, Scottish herald, Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland (1981–2001), cancer.
• Keith Jobling, 86, English football player (Grimsby Town) and manager (Boston United).
• Eliahu I. Jury, 97, Iraqi-born American engineer.
• Knut Kloster, 91, Norwegian shipping magnate, co-founder of Norwegian Cruise Line.
• Longcat, 18, Japanese domestic cat, internet meme.
• Blanche M. Manning, 85, American jurist, Judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois (since 1994).
• Caroline Mortimer, 78, British actress (The Death of Adolf Hitler, The Pallisers), leukaemia.
• Dan Olweus, 89, Swedish-Norwegian psychologist.
• Rosa María Ortiz, 65, Peruvian lawyer and politician, Minister of Energy and Mines (2015–2016).
• Walter Owens, 87, American baseball player.
• Marian Packham, 92, Canadian biochemist.
• Garland F. Pinholster, 92, American college basketball coach (Oglethorpe) and politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1991–2003).
• Mary Pruitt, 86, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1985–2013), blood clot as a result of a fall.
• Archie Romines, 91, American politician.
• Rossana Rossanda, 96, Italian politician and journalist, Deputy (1963–1968) and co-founder of Il manifesto.
• Moshe Sharoni, 91, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (2006–2009).
• Alan Tomkins, 81, British art director (The Empire Strikes Back, Saving Private Ryan, Batman Begins).
• Richard Turner-Warwick, 95, British urologist.
• Gerardo Vera, 73, Spanish costume designer (El Amor brujo), film director (La Celestina, Second Skin) and actor, COVID-19.
• Margaret Sellers Walker, 84, American civil servant.

21

• Jaime Alves, 55, Portuguese footballer (Boavista, Vitória de Guimarães, national team).
• Arthur Ashkin, 98, American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (2018).
• Hamdi Benani, 77, Algerian musician and singer, COVID-19.
• Virginio Bettini, 78, Italian politician, MEP (1989–1994).
• Varujan Boghosian, 94, American artist, complications from a hip fracture.
• Giuseppe Caldarola, 74, Italian journalist and politician, Deputy (2001–2008).
• Julián Cardona, 59–60, Mexican photojournalist.
• Ron Cobb, 83, American-Australian editorial cartoonist and prop and set designer (Star Wars, Back to the Future, Conan the Barbarian), Lewy body dementia.
• Tommy DeVito, 92, American Hall of Fame musician and singer (The Four Seasons), COVID-19.
• Roy Head, 79, American singer ("Treat Her Right"), heart attack.
• Lars-Åke Lagrell, 80, Swedish sports personality, Governor of Kronoberg County (2002–2006).
• Amos Lin, 87, Israeli Olympic basketball player (1952).
• Michael Lonsdale, 89, British-French actor (The Day of the Jackal, Moonraker, The Remains of the Day).
• Gilbert Meyer, 78, French politician, Deputy (1993–2007) and mayor of Colmar (1995–2020).
• Claude Moisy, 93, French journalist and writer, President of the Agence France-Presse (1990–1993).
• Jacques-Louis Monod, 93, French composer and pianist.
• Roger R. Moore, 98, American politician.
• John Meirion Morris, 84, Welsh sculptor.
• Harold Moss, 90, American politician, mayor of Tacoma, Washington (1994–1996).
• Bob Nevin, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers), Stanley Cup champion (1962, 1963).
• Phil O'Keefe, 71, British geographer, cancer.
• Bernt Persson, 74, Swedish speedway rider.
• Brian Peterson, 83, South African footballer (Blackpool, Durban United, Durban City).
• Bryndís Pétursdóttir, 92, Icelandic actress.
• Mykola Polyakov, 74, Ukrainian scientist, rector of Oles Honchar Dnipro National University (since 1998).
• Rip Ryman, 86, American politician.
• K. V. Shanthi, 83, Indian actress (Chori Chori, Madhuvidhu, Devi Kanyakumari).
• Shyama Sharma, 70, Indian politician, Himachal Pradesh MLA, COVID-19.
• Ang Rita Sherpa, 72, Nepalese mountaineer, complications from a stroke.
• Bob Smith, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1995, 1997–1999).
• Jackie Stallone, 98, American astrologer.
• Ira Sullivan, 89, American jazz trumpeter, metastatic pancreatic cancer.
• Richard Trim, 88, British radar engineer.
• Wan Mokhtar Ahmad, 88, Malaysian politician, Menteri Besar of Terengganu (1974–1999) and Terengganu State MLA (1974–1999), heart disease.
• Sune Wehlin, 97, Swedish Olympic modern pentathlete (1948).
• Martin Williams, 72, Welsh chemist and environmentalist.
• Bobby Wilson, 84, English tennis player.

22

• Bob Atkins, 74, American football player (Houston Oilers, St. Louis Cardinals).
• Neil Brannon, 79, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (2002–2010).
• Malcolm Carson, 60, American football player (Minnesota Vikings).
• Rajendra Devlekar, 54, Indian politician, mayor of Kalyan-Dombivli (2015–2018), COVID-19.
• Mary Gergen, 81, American social psychologist.
• Michael Gwisdek, 78, German actor and film director (Treffen in Travers, The Big Mambo).
• Bob Ingham, 88, Australian poultry magnate (Inghams Enterprises), philanthropist and racehorse breeder.
• Jon Hui-jong, 90, North Korean politician and diplomat, member of the Central Committee of the WPK (1980–2016), SPA (1982–1998).
• Sergey Khoruzhiy, 78, Russian theoretical physicist, philosopher and translator (Ulysses).
• Frie Leysen, 70, Belgian festival director.
• Li Dongying, 99, Chinese metallurgist.
• Archie Lyndhurst, 19, English actor (So Awkward), brain hemorrhage caused by acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
• Ashutosh Mohunta, 67, Indian jurist, Acting Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court (2014) and member of the PSHRC (since 2016), COVID-19.
• Jacques Senard, 100, French diplomat.
• Gopal Singh Rawat, Indian politician, Uttarakhand MLA (2012–2017), COVID-19.
• Dudley Riggs, 88, American improvisational comedian.
• Road Warrior Animal, 60, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (NWA, WWF, AJPW), heart attack.
• Adamu Daramani Sakande, 58, Ghanaian politician, MP (2009–2013).
• Agne Simonsson, 84, Swedish football player (Örgryte, national team) and manager (Iraklis), pneumonia.
• Mark Snyder, 74, American politician.
• Soraya Santiago Solla, 72, Puerto Rican transgender pioneer.
• Andre Vltchek, 57, Russian-born American political analyst, journalist and filmmaker, complications from diabetes.
• Ashalata Wabgaonkar, 79, Indian actress (Ankush, Ahista Ahista, Yaadon Ki Kasam), COVID-19.

23

• Vakha Agaev, 67, Russian politician, Deputy (since 2011), COVID-19.
• Yvette Alloo, 90, Belgian table tennis player, Paralympic gold medalist (1960, 1964).
• Suresh Angadi, 65, Indian politician, Minister of State for Railways (since 2019) and MP (since 2004), COVID-19.
• Ray Batten, 75, English rugby league player (Leeds Rhinos, national team) and coach (Wakefield Trinity).
• Charles Stuart Bowyer, 86, American astronomer, complications from COVID-19.
• Eric Bransby, 103, American artist.
• David K. Cohen, 86, American educational researcher.
• François Diederich, 68, Luxembourgish chemist, cancer.
• Arthur A. Dugoni, 95, American dentist.
• Sir Harold Evans, 92, British-American journalist (The Sunday Times, The Week, The Guardian), and author, heart failure.
• Renée Fox, 92, American sociologist, leukemia.
• Toomas Frey, 82, Estonian ecologist, geobotanist and forest scientist.
• John Gray, 83, Canadian journalist and author, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Juliette Gréco, 93, French actress (The Sun Also Rises, Belphegor, or Phantom of the Louvre, The Night of the Generals) and singer.
• Guitar Crusher, 89, American blues singer and guitarist.
• W. S. Holland, 85, American drummer (The Tennessee Three).
• Dave Nutting, 89, American industrial designer and engineer.
• Zlatko Portner, 58, Serbian handball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1988).
• Krishna Chandra Punetha, Indian politician, Uttarakhand MLA.
• Brenda Robertson, 91, Canadian politician, Senator (1984–2004) and New Brunswick MLA (1967–1984).
• Erich Romauch, 81, Austrian Olympic ice hockey player (1964).
• Gale Sayers, 77, American Hall of Fame football player (Chicago Bears) and administrator (Southern Illinois), characterized in Brian's Song, complications from dementia.
• James E. Smith, 89, American politician.
• Steve Smith, 68, American Olympic pole vaulter (1972).
• Laurie Smith Camp, 66, American jurist, Judge (since 2001) and Chief Judge (2011–2018) of the U.S. District Court for Nebraska.
• Leo Sugar, 91, American football player (Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions).
• Eddie Thomas, 87, English footballer (Southampton, Salisbury City).
• Pierre Troisgros, 92, French restaurateur.
• G. P. Venkidu, 85, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (1996–2001), COVID-19.
• Iván Verebély, 82, Hungarian actor (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas).

24

• Sekhar Basu, 68, Indian nuclear scientist, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (2015–2018) and director of BARC (2012–2016), COVID-19.
• Robert Bechtle, 88, American painter, Lewy body dementia.
• Jaime Blanco García, 76, Spanish politician, President of Cantabria (1990–1991).
• Colette Giudicelli, 76, French politician, Senator (since 2008).
• Arnold Goldberg, 91, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
• Capistrano Francisco Heim, 86, American-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Territorial Prelate of Itaituba (1988–2010).
• Paul Hernandez, 74, American civil rights activist.
• Keith Hufnagel, 46, American skateboarder, brain cancer.
• Dean Jones, 59, Australian cricket player (Victoria, Derbyshire, national team) and commentator, stroke.
• John Walter Jones, 74, Welsh civil servant, Chief Executive of the Welsh Language Board (1993–2004).
• William E. McEuen, 79, American record producer (Steve Martin, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and film producer (The Jerk)).
• Max Merritt, 79, New Zealand musician ("Slipping Away"), Goodpasture syndrome.
• Derland Moore, 68, American football player (New Orleans Saints, New York Jets).
• John J. Myers, 79, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Peoria (1990–2001), Ecclesiastical Superior of Turks and Caicos (2001–2016) and Archbishop of Newark (2001–2016).
• Kevin O'Brien, 88, Australian footballer (Carlton).
• Paul Pettit, 88, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Robert Poydasheff, 90, American politician, Mayor of Columbus, Georgia (2003–2007).
• B. Narayan Rao, 65, Indian politician, Karnataka MLA (since 2018), COVID-19.
• Bertram Richardson, 88, English cricketer (Derbyshire).
• Corine Rottschäfer, 82, Dutch model and beauty pageant winner (Miss World 1959).
• Christopher Vialva, 40, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Gerhard Weber, 79, German fashion designer and retail executive (Gerry Weber).
• Zhang Xinshi, 86, Chinese plant ecologist.

25

• Ronnie Bacon, 85, English footballer (Gillingham, Norwich City).
• S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, 74, Indian playback singer ("Didi Tera Devar Deewana") and actor (Maya, Mayabazar), complications from COVID-19.
• James P. Carse, 87, American academic, heart failure.
• Ed Cummings, 79, American football player (New York Jets, Denver Broncos).
• Frans Derks, 89, Dutch football referee and executive (Dordrecht).
• Peter Hampton, 66, English footballer (Leeds United, Stoke City, Burnley).
• Christine Hunt, 70, Australian Olympic javelin thrower (1976).
• Johann Löser, 83, Austrian football player (Austria Wien) and manager (SV Stockerau).
• Bernard Madrelle, 76, French politician, Deputy (1978–2007), mayor of Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac (1983–1989) and Blaye (1989–2008), liver cancer.
• Keith McGuinness, 87, Australian footballer (South Melbourne).
• Jerry Oliver, 89, American basketball coach (Indiana Hoosiers, Indiana Pacers).
• Viktor Panin, 89, Russian physicist.
• Goran Paskaljević, 73, Serbian film director (The Dog Who Loved Trains, Special Treatment, How Harry Became a Tree).
• Matt Ratana, 54, New Zealand-born British police officer, shot.
• Conrad Roland, 86, German architect.
• George Sayliss, 89, Canadian ice hockey player (East York Lyndhursts).
• Simos Simopoulos, Greek politician, Minister of Infrastructure and Transport (2012) and Rector of National Technical University of Athens (2010–2014).
• Colin Tully, 75, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
• Jeanne Valérie, 79, French actress.

26

• Isher Judge Ahluwalia, 74, Indian economist, brain cancer.
• Feda Almaliti, 43, American autism advocate, house fire.
• José Antonio Arbesú, 80, Cuban diplomat, cancer.
• John D. Barrow, 67, English cosmologist, theoretical physicist and mathematician, colon cancer.
• Erik Bartnes, 80, Norwegian politician, county mayor of Nord-Trøndelag (2003–2007).
• Almontaser Bellah, 70, Egyptian actor.
• John Bernhagen, 86, American politician.
• Jacques Beurlet, 75, Belgian footballer (Standard Liège, national team).
• Dan W. Brock, 82, American philosopher.
• Greg Brown, 63, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons).
• Ernest Carl Castle, 93, American Navy captain.
• Mark Cousins, 72, British cultural critic and architectural theorist.
• Dai Yuanben, 92, Chinese physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Sir Geoffrey Dalton, 89, British vice admiral, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (1984–1987).
• Moshe Efrati, 86, Israeli choreographer.
• Norman Gorbaty, 87, American artist.
• Abdul Mahdi Hadi, 74, Iraqi footballer (Al-Mina'a, national team) and manager (Al-Mina'a), COVID-19.
• Jay Johnstone, 74, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees) and commentator, World Series champion (1978, 1981), complications from COVID-19.
• Masayoshi Kabe, 70, Japanese bassist and guitarist (The Golden Cups, Speed, Glue & Shinki, Vodka Collins), multiple organ failure.
• John K. McNulty, 85, American legal scholar.
• Rebecca Morton, 56, American political scientist.
• Hal Raether, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics).
• Nasser Sebaggala, 72, Ugandan politician, mayor of Kampala (1998–1999, 2006–2011), intussusception.
• Adele Stolte, 87, German soprano singer.
• Denis Tillinac, 73, French writer and journalist.
• Leo Traister, 101, American college football coach (Eureka College Red Devils).
• Suzanne Tremblay, 83, Canadian politician, MP (1993–2004), Opposition House Leader (1997), cancer.
• Szabolcs Udvari, 46, Hungarian footballer (Szeged LC, Békéscsaba 1912 Előre, Budapest Honvéd).
• Patricia Warner, 99, American spy.
• Nicolas Wildhaber, 90, Swiss Olympic swimmer and LEN official.
• Jimmy Winston, 75, English musician (Small Faces) and actor (Doctor Who).

27

• Mahbubey Alam, 71, Bangladeshi jurist, Attorney General (since 2009), COVID-19.
• Pete Ankney, 88, American football coach.
• Oleksandr Blizniuchenko, 69, Ukrainian Olympic sport shooter.
• Kevin Burns, 65, American film and television producer (Ancient Aliens, Lost in Space, Poseidon), cardiac arrest.
• Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, 86, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1991–1999).
• Kenneth E. Calvert, 91, American politician.
• Wolfgang Clement, 80, German politician, Minister for Economics and Labour (2002–2005) and Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (1998–2002), lung cancer.
• Noriyuki Haraguchi, 74, Japanese artist, stomach cancer.
• David Hinchcliffe, 81, Australian footballer (Geelong).
• Kevin Lewis, 72, Australian cricketer (South Australia).
• Mario Luis Bautista Maulión, 85, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Paraná (2003–2010).
• Larry Nichols, 70, American political commentator (The Clinton Chronicles).
• Yuri Orlov, 96, Russian-born American nuclear physicist, political dissident and human rights activist, founder of the Moscow Helsinki Group.
• Barclay Palmer, 88, English Olympic shot putter (1956).
• Susan Ryan, 77, Australian politician and public servant, Senator (1975–1987), Minister for Education (1983–1987) and Age Discrimination Commissioner (2011–2016).
• Jaswant Singh, 82, Indian politician, Minister of Finance (1996, 2002–2004), Defence (2000–2001) and External Affairs (1998–2002), multiple organ failure.
• Yuko Takeuchi, 40, Japanese actress (Ring, Miss Sherlock, FlashForward), hanging.
• C. F. Thomas, 81, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (since 1980).
• Kōsei Tomita, 84, Japanese voice actor (Doraemon, Tensai Bakabon, Mazinger Z), stroke.
• Ivo Vykydal, 55, Czech politician, Deputy (2002–2006).
• John Waddy, 100, British Army officer, Colonel SAS (1964–1967).
• Tjalling Waterbolk, 96, Dutch archaeologist.

28

• Robert Adair, 96, American physicist.
• G. S. Amur, 95, Indian literary critic and writer.
• Rubén Anguiano, 64, Mexican footballer (Zacatepec, Atlante, national team), COVID-19.
• Doug Brinham, 86, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1956).
• Bruce Bronzan, 73, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1982–1993).
• Dee Cannon, 58, British acting coach (Cynthia Erivo, Colin Firth, Tom Hiddleston), lymphoma.
• Lodwrick Cook, 92, American businessman and philanthropist.
• Tennyson Cooray, 68, Sri Lankan actor (Re Daniel Dawal Migel, Cheriyo, Somy Boys), cardiac arrest.
• Gene Corman, 93, American film producer and agent.
• Jackie Dennis, 77, Scottish singer.
• Frédéric Devreese, 91, Belgian composer (Benvenuta, The Cruel Embrace).
• Jacqueline Diffring, 100, German-British sculptor.
• Laurie Fagan, 79, Australian rugby league player (Balmain Tigers, Penrith Panthers).
• Ronald Forfar, 81, English actor (Bread).
• Juan Carlos Guerra Zunzunegui, 85, Spanish lawyer and politician, Senator (1977–1986) and Deputy (1986–2008).
• Josephine Harris, 89, British glass engraver and painter, complications from a fall.
• Peter Jutzeler, 80, Swiss Olympic wrestler (1964, 1968).
• Paul Moore, 61, British banker and whistleblower, colitis.
• Terry Mulvoy, 81, English footballer.
• Maynard Solomon, 90, American music producer and biographer.
• Anwara Taimur, 83, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Assam (1980–1981), MP (1988–1990, 2004–2010) and Assam MLA (1972–1985, 1991–1996).
• Joy A. Thomas, 57, Indian-born American information theorist.
• Hiroki Yuhara, 36, Japanese rugby union player (Toshiba Brave Lupus).

29

• Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq, 80, Egyptian-Kuwaiti Islamic scholar and preacher, heart attack.
• Luigi Arisio, 94, Italian politician and union worker, Deputy (1983–1987).
• Silva Batuta, 80, Brazilian footballer (Flamengo, Corinthians, national team).
• Aster Berkhof, 100, Belgian author.
• Tom Blake, 93, American football player (New York Bulldogs).
• Timothy Ray Brown, 54, American considered the first person cured of HIV/AIDS, leukemia.
• Justin Connolly, 87, British composer.
• Rebecca Cryer, 73, American attorney and tribal judge, COVID-19.
• János Dalmati, 78, Hungarian Olympic athlete (1972).
• Mac Davis, 78, American singer-songwriter ("Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me", "It's Hard to Be Humble") and actor (North Dallas Forty), complications from heart surgery.
• Robert Eighteen-Bisang, 72–73, Canadian author and scholar of vampire literature.
• Mamu Ram Gonder, 70, Indian politician, Haryana MLA (2009–2014), post-COVID-19 complications.
• Rocco Prestia, 69, American bassist (Tower of Power).
• Phillip Rebbeck, 72, Australian cricketer (South Australia).
• Helen Reddy, 78, Australian-American singer ("I Am Woman", "Delta Dawn") and actress (Pete's Dragon), Grammy winner (1973).
• Doyle Royal, 101, American college soccer and tennis coach (Maryland).
• Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 91, Kuwaiti royal, Emir (since 2006) and Prime Minister (2003–2006).
• Mirza Shahi, 88–89, Pakistani actor (Chakori), complications from COVID-19.
• KC Sivasankaran, 96, Indian artist.
• Jack Stephans, 81, American football coach, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Carlisle Trost, 90, American Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations (1986–1990).
• Ania Walwicz, 68–69, Polish-born Australian poet, playwright and visual artist.
• John Whittaker, 70, New Zealand rugby league player (Warrington, Wellington, national team), cancer.
• Isidora Žebeljan, 53, Serbian composer and conductor.

30

• Roger Ballard, 77, British sociologist.
• Tom Bermingham, 80, Irish Gaelic footballer.
• Ali Bozer, 95, Turkish politician and academic, Acting Prime Minister (1989) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1990), COVID-19.
• Jacques Brunhes, 85, French politician, Deputy (1978–2007).
• Simon Eine, 84, French actor (Another Man, Another Chance, Notre musique, Sarah's Key).
• Burnham Hodgson, 94, English archdeacon.
• Emyr Humphreys, 101, Welsh novelist (A Toy Epic) and poet.
• John Jenkins, 68, American politician, member of the Maine Senate (1996–1998), mayor of Lewiston (1994–1998) and Auburn, Maine (2007–2009).
• Pia Juul, 58, Danish poet.
• Homer Kent, 94, American theologian.
• Romain Bruno Légaré, 95, French missionary.
• Scott Lilienfeld, 59, American psychologist and author (50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology), pancreatic cancer.
• Mai Chia-je, 33, Taiwanese baseball player (Brother Elephants), traffic collision.
• Vittorio Mathieu, 96, Italian philosopher.
• Leonard Mastroni, 71, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (since 2017).
• Ken McKim, 95, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts, Saskatchewan Roughriders).
• Bob Miller, 64, American Olympic ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, national team).
• Guy Natusch, 99, New Zealand architect.
• Viktor Nikitin, 59, Russian writer, playwright and editor, complications from COVID-19.
• Ardeth Platte, 84, American Dominican nun and anti-war activist.
• Quino, 88, Argentine-Spanish cartoonist (Mafalda), stroke.
• Rinaldo Ruatti, 90, Italian Olympic bobsledder (1968), world champion (1962).
• Eli Ruckenstein, 95, Romanian-born American physical chemist.
• John Russell, 100, American Hall of Fame equestrian, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
• Vasily Sorokin, 93, Russian Olympic sport shooter.
• Ananta Charan Sukla, 77, Indian literary scholar, multiple organ failure.
• Frank Windsor, 92, English actor (Z-Cars, Softly, Softly, EastEnders).
• Lamu, 30, Tibetan-Chinese Vlogger.

External links

• List of September 2020 deaths at IMDb