Deaths in April 2024

The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2024.

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.

April 2024

1

• Paliath Ravi Achan, 96, Indian cricketer (Travancore-Cochin, Kerala).
• Beatrice Bartlett, 95, American historian.
• Bob Bercich, 87, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).
• Lou Conter, 102, American naval commander, last survivor of the sinking of the USS Arizona, heart failure.
• Anne Innis Dagg, 91, Canadian zoologist and author.
• Vontae Davis, 35, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills).
• Reza Davood Nejad, 43, Iranian actor (The Accused Escaped, Reza, Without Her) and television presenter, complications from sepsis and liver surgery.
• Phil Delire, 67–68, Belgian music producer.
• Thomas Farr, 69, American attorney, heart disease.
• Sylvia Fein, 104, American painter and author.
• Sergio Fernández Fernández, 85, Chilean politician, minister of the interior (1978–1982, 1987–1988), comptroller general (1977–1978) and twice senator, cancer.
• Joe Flaherty, 82, American actor (SCTV, Freaks and Geeks, Happy Gilmore), writer, and comedian.
• Gisela Gaytán, 37, Mexican politician, shot.
• José Trinidad González Rodríguez, 80, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Guadalajara (1997–2015).
• Gennady Khripel, 74, Russian politician, senator (1996–2007).
• Cal Larson, 93, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1987–2007) and House of Representatives (1967–1975).
• Sami Michael, 97, Iraqi-born Israeli writer (All Men are Equal – But Some are More, A Handful of Fog, A Trumpet in the Wadi) and human rights activist.
• Janez Orešnik, 88, Slovenian linguist.
• Ed Piskor, 41, American comic book artist (Hip Hop Family Tree, Wizzywig, X-Men), suicide.
• Gene Raesz, 83, American football player (Edmonton Eskimos).
• Alejandro Semenewicz, 74, Argentine footballer (Morón, Independiente, national team), heart attack.
• Rosemarie Simmen, 85, Swiss pharmacist and politician, member of the Council of States (1987–1999).
• Zdzisław Skrzeczkowski, 93, Polish basketball player (Legia Warsaw, ŁKS Łódź, national team).
• Anne Vétillard, 60–61, French role-playing game creator.
• Michael Ward, 57, American musician (The Wallflowers, School of Fish), complications from diabetes.
• Pete Wilk, 58, American baseball coach (Vermont Lake Monsters), brain cancer.
• George Wingert, 92, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1971–1978).
• Mohammad Reza Zahedi, 63, Iranian military officer, commander of NEHSA (2005–2006) and NEZSA (2006–2008), airstrike.
• Eduardo Zuleta, 88, Ecuadorian tennis player.

2

• Jerry Abbott, 81, American songwriter and record producer (Pantera).
• Julius Adler, 93, American biochemist.
• John Barth, 93, American writer (The Sot-Weed Factor, Giles Goat-Boy, Lost in the Funhouse).
• Kevin Batiste, 57, American baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays).
• Eugenio Bozzello Verole, 95, Italian politician, senator (1979–1992).
• Veljko Bulajić, 96, Montenegrin film director (Train Without a Timetable, Kozara, Great Transport).
• Ali Chiroma, 91, Nigerian trade unionist, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (1984–1988).
• Doros Christodoulidis, 78, Cypriot cardiologist and politician, MP (1991–2006), MEP (2004).
• R. E. Clements, 94, British Old Testament scholar.
• Maryse Condé, 90, French novelist (Segu, Windward Heights, The Gospel According to the New World), critic and playwright.
• Edward B. Curtis, 91, American mathematician.
• Christopher Durang, 75, American playwright (Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), complications from aphasia.
• David Egilman, 71, American physician and editor (International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health).
• Thérèse Gouin-Décarie, 100, Canadian academic and psychologist.
• Göran Hagberg, 76, Swedish footballer (Östers IF, AIK, national team).
• Christopher Hewetson, 86, English Anglican priest, archdeacon of Chester (1994–2002).
• Jim Hopson, 73, Canadian football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders) and executive, president and CEO of the Saskatchewan Roughriders (2005–2015), colon cancer.
• Alena Hromádková, 80, Czech social scientist, politician and academic.
• Türker İnanoğlu, 87, Turkish film director and television producer (Yabancı Damat).
• Dodik Jégou, 89, French ceramist, painter, and poet.
• Michael C. Jensen, 84, American economist.
• Tatyana Konyukhova, 92, Russian actress (Over Tissa, Balzaminov's Marriage, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears).
• Li Xilin, 93, Chinese general, commander of the Guangzhou Military Region (1992–1996).
• Gerhard Lohfink, 89, German Catholic priest and theologian.
• Larry Lucchino, 78, American attorney and baseball executive (Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres), four-time World Series champion, heart failure.
• Judd Matheny, 53, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (2002–2018).
• Yagutil Mishiev, 97, Russian-Israeli historian.
• John Moyes, 77, English cricketer (Cumberland, Suffolk).
• Thomas Nisbett, 98, Bermudan Anglican priest.
• Juan Vicente Pérez, 114, Venezuelan supercentenarian, world's oldest living man (since 2022).
• C. J. Prentiss, 82, American politician, member of the Ohio Senate (1999–2006) and House of Representatives (1991–1998).
• Sade Robinson, 19, American homicide and dismemberment victim. (death announced on this date)
• Andrew Rudd, 74, American investor and financial academic.
• John Sinclair, 82, American poet, heart failure.
• Zhang Lixiong, 110, Chinese major general and politician, deputy (1975–1978).
• Notker Wolf, 83, German Benedictine priest-monk, abbot primate of the Benedictine Confederation (2000–2016), heart attack.

3

• Joe Aitken, 79, Scottish bothy ballad singer, cancer.
• Omirbek Baigeldi, 84, Kazakh politician, äkim of Jambyl Region (1992–1995), member (1995–2011) and chairman (1996–1999) of the Senate.
• Paolo Caccia, 86, Italian psychologist and politician, deputy (1979–1994).
• Stefano Cherchi, 23, Italian jockey, complications from a head injury.
• Luke Fleurs, 24, South African footballer (Ubuntu Cape Town, SuperSport United), shot.
• Albert Heath, 88, American jazz drummer (Heath Brothers), leukemia.
• Joan Hollobon, 104, Welsh-born Canadian writer and journalist (The Globe and Mail).
• Vitus Huonder, 81, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Chur (2007–2019).
• Kalevi Kiviniemi, 65, Finnish concert organist, heart attack.
• Mike Kolen, 76, American football player (Miami Dolphins), Super Bowl winner (VII, VIII).
• Sándor Müller, 75, Hungarian footballer (Vasas, Hércules, national team).
• Muñequita Milly, 23, Peruvian folk singer, complications from surgery.
• Hisashi Miura, 93, Japanese lawyer and politician, MP (1972–1976, 1979–1986, 1990–1993).
• Gaetano Pesce, 84, Italian architect and designer.
• Kaset Rojananil, 90, Thai military officer, commander-in-chief of the air force (1989–1992) and supreme commander of the armed forces (1992), co-leader of the 1991 coup d'état.
• Adrian Schiller, 60, English actor (Victoria, The Last Kingdom, The Danish Girl).
• Philippe Sellier, 92, French literary critic.
• Gadilbek Shalakhmetov, 80, Kazakh journalist and politician, MP (2004–2007).
• Patti Starr, 82, Canadian public servant (Patti Starr affair).
• Michael Tanner, 88, British philosopher and opera critic.
• Vera Tschechowa, 83, German actress (Widower with Five Daughters, Euridice BA 2037, And That on Monday Morning), director, and screenwriter.

4

• Bruce Armstrong, 67, Australian sculptor (Owl).
• Kaia Arua, 33, Papua New Guinean cricketer (national team).
• Lynne Reid Banks, 94, British author (The Indian in the Cupboard, The L-Shaped Room), cancer.
• Larry Beightol, 81, American football coach (Louisiana Tech Bulldogs), complications from heart failure, dementia and diabetes.
• Iona Campagnolo, 91, Canadian politician, lieutenant governor of British Columbia (2001–2007) and MP (1974–1979).
• Dan Cohen, 87, American author, businessperson and politician.
• Victor Corpus, 79, Filipino military and intelligence officer.
• Steve Duggan, 76, Irish Gaelic footballer (Ballyhaise, Cavan).
• Zsuzsa Ferge, 92, Hungarian sociologist.
• Thomas Gumbleton, 94, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Detroit (1968–2006).
• Bruce Kessler, 88, American director (The Gay Deceivers, The Monkees, McCloud) and racing driver.
• Bob Lanigan, 81, Australian rugby league player (Newtown Jets).
• Keith LeBlanc, 69, American drummer (Little Axe, Tackhead) and music producer ("No Sell Out").
• 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.
• Adela Montes, 95, Argentine entertainment journalist.
• K. H. Nandasena, 69, Sri Lankan politician, MP (since 2020).
• Russell Newcombe, 66, British substance use researcher, lung cancer.
• Danny O'Donnell, 85, Scottish footballer (Brentford, Brechin City, Dumbarton). (death announced on this date)
• Adrián Peña, 48, Uruguayan politician, deputy (2015–2020), twice senator and minister of environment (2020–2023), traffic collision.
• Hella Pick, 94, Austrian-born British journalist (The Guardian, New Statesman).
• Abu Maria al-Qahtani, 47, Iraqi Islamic militant, emir of Al-Nusra Front (2012–2017), assassination.
• Miron Sycz, 64, Polish teacher and politician, MP (2007–2015).
• Abubakar Tabuni, 28, Indonesian separatist militant, leader of the West Papua National Liberation Army, shot.
• Chris Williams, 61, Welsh historian, heart attack.
• Pat Zachry, 71, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers), World Series champion (1976).
• Vytautė Žilinskaitė, 93, Lithuanian writer.

5

• Márcia Denser, 74, Brazilian writer and journalist (Nova).
• Mahammed Dionne, 64, Senegalese politician, prime minister (2014–2019).
• John Louis, 82, English motorcycle speedway rider (national team).
• Vatslav Mikhalsky, 85, Russian writer.
• Cecil Murray, 94, American pastor and theologian.
• Phil Nimmons, 100, Canadian jazz clarinetist.
• Toni Ann Palermo, 91, American baseball player (Chicago Colleens, Springfield Sallies).
• Péter Schumann, 69, Hungarian footballer (Újpesti Dózsa, Váci Izzó, Tatabányai Bányász).
• C. J. Snare, 64, American musician (FireHouse) and songwriter ("Love of a Lifetime", "When I Look into Your Eyes"), colon cancer.
• Peter Sodann, 87, German actor (Tatort, Gundermann), theater director and politician.
• Ahmad Fathi Sorour, 91, Egyptian politician, speaker of the House of Representatives (1990–2011) and minister of education (1986–1990).
• Jaan Tooming, 78, Estonian actor (November) and film director.
• Herold Truffer, 87, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1964).

6

• Akebono Tarō, 54, American-born Japanese sumo wrestler, professional wrestler (AJPW, NJPW), and kickboxer (K-1), heart failure.
• Anestis Afentoulidis, 82, Greek footballer (PAOK, Kastoria).
• Joel Breman, 87, American epidemiologist, kidney cancer.
• Joseph E. Brennan, 89, American politician, governor of Maine (1979–1987) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1987–1991).
• Donald Bruneski, 87, Canadian Olympic alpine skier (1960).
• Pranavjyoti Deka, 84, Indian writer and geologist.
• Dinh Q. Lê, 56, Vietnamese multimedia artist.
• Dutty Dior, 27, Norwegian rapper.
• Ernesto Gómez Cruz, 90, Mexican actor (La venida del Rey Olmos, La Víspera, The Crime of Padre Amaro).
• Doug Hoyle, Baron Hoyle, 98, British politician, MP (1974–1979, 1981–1997) and member of the House of Lords (1997–2023).
• José Alberto Martín-Toledano, 61, Spanish politician, mayor of Malagón (1991–2003) and deputy (2011–2019).
• Francisco Pérez, 90, Uruguayan Olympic cyclist (1964).
• N. Pugazhenthi, 71, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (since 2021).
• Dickie Rooks, 83, English football player (Middlesbrough, Bristol City, Sunderland) and manager.
• Italo Rota, 70, Italian architect (Museo del Novecento).
• Sir Ian Stoutzker, 95, British banker and philanthropist.
• Esko-Juhani Tennilä, 76, Finnish politician, MP (1975–2011).
• Chadwick A. Tolman, 85, American chemist.
• Gerhard Welz, 79, German footballer (1. FC Köln, Tennis Borussia Berlin).
• Ziraldo, 91, Brazilian author (O Menino Maluquinho), painter, and journalist.

7

• Aderounmu Adejumoke, 40, Nigerian actress (Dazzling Mirage, Industreet, Jenifa's Diary).
• Jaroslav Bašta, 75, Czech politician and diplomat, deputy (1996–2000, since 2021), ambassador to Russia (2000–2005), Charter 77 signatory.
• Michael Boder, 65, German conductor (Vienna State Opera, Liceu, Royal Danish Theatre).
• Marcel André Boisard, 84, Swiss intellectual and diplomat.
• Edgar Burcksen, 76, Dutch editor (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, The Hollywood Sign, School of Life), heart attack.
• Chryssie Lytton Cobbold, Baroness Cobbold, 83, British aristocrat and organiser of the Knebworth Festival, pancreatic cancer.
• Barbara Czarniawska, 75, Polish scholar.
• Walid Daqqa, 62, Palestinian novelist and activist, complications from cancer.
• Michael Dingake, 96, Botswanan politician, MP (1994–1999).
• Nancie Fadeley, 93, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1971–1981).
• Gérard Gaudron, 74, French politician, deputy (2007–2012) and mayor of Aulnay-sous-Bois (2003–2008).
• Jerry Grote, 81, American baseball player (New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansas City Royals), World Series champion (1969), respiratory failure.
• Pat Hennen, 70, American motorcycle racer, Finnish Grand Prix, 500cc winner (1976).
• 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"), complications from surgery.
• Harry Lee Hudspeth, 88, American jurist, judge (1979–2016) and chief judge (1992–1999) of the U.S. District Court of Western Texas.
• Joe Kinnear, 77, Irish football player (Tottenham Hotspur, national team) and manager (Wimbledon), complications from vascular dementia.
• Aleksandr Kovalyov, 81, Russian politician, governor of Voronezh Oblast (1992–1996), mayor of Voronezh (2000–2003).
• Antonette Mendes, 79, Indian singer, actress (Amchem Noxib, Nirmon, Mohabbat Zindagi Hai), and playwright.
• Kathleen Okubo, 71, Filipino journalist.
• Rickey Parkey, 67, American boxer, IBF world cruiserweight champion (1986–1987).
• William F. Pepper, 86, American lawyer and conspiracy theorist, pneumonia.
• REX, 76–77, American artist and illustrator. (death announced on this date)
• Bernard Richards, 92, British computer scientist.
• Silento Rodriguez, 90, Mexican-American professional wrestler.
• Lori and George Schappell, 62, American conjoined twins.
• Toby Simkin, 59, English theatrical producer.
• Joe Viera, 91, German jazz saxophonist and educator, founder of the Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen.
• Wong Liang Hun, 70, Singaporean Olympic fencer (1992), cancer.
• Karen Yarbrough, 73, American politician, Cook County clerk (since 2018) and member of the Illinois House of Representatives (2001–2012).
• Zhong Binglin, 72, Chinese academic administrator and politician, president of Beijing Normal University (2001–2012).

8

• José Antonio Ardanza, 82, Spanish politician, lehendakari (1985–1999).
• Keith Barnes, 89, Welsh-born Australian Hall of Fame rugby league player (Balmain Tigers, New South Wales, national team), coach and commentator.
• Yorick Blumenfeld, 91, Dutch-born British writer.
• André Boniface, 89, French Hall of Fame rugby union player (Dax, Mont-de-Marsan, national team).
• Jon Card, 63, German-born Canadian drummer (SNFU, D.O.A., Subhumans).
• Bob Ellison, 91, American television consultant (Becker, Wings, The Mary Tyler Moore Show), screenwriter and producer.
• Bright Esieme, 31, Nigerian footballer (Enyimba).
• Sir Paul Fox, 98, British television producer (BBC Television), complications of a stroke.
• Jaak Gabriëls, 80, Belgian politician, mayor of Bree (1977–2012) and MP (1995–1999).
• Bill Gunter, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–1975) and Florida Senate (1966–1972).
• George Heussenstamm, 97, American composer.
• Peter Higgs, 94, British theoretical physicist, discoverer of the Higgs boson, Nobel Prize laureate (2013).
• Ron Lord, 94, Australian footballer (Sydney Prague, national team).
• Johnny Macknowski, 101, Russian-born American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals).
• Sir Stephen Oliver, 85, British judge.
• Ralph Puckett, 97, American Army officer, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Victor Riley, 49, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, Houston Texans).
• Christiane Scrivener, 98, French politician, MEP (1979–1989).
• Ilie Șerbănescu, 81, Romanian economist.
• Lubert Stryer, 86, American academic.
• Sue Stultz, 71, Canadian politician, New Brunswick MLA (2010–2014).
• Alexey Tsatevich, 34, Russian professional road bicycle racer.

9

• Vladimir Aksyonov, 89, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 22, Soyuz T-2).
• 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).
• Patti Astor, 74, American actress (Underground U.S.A., Wild Style) and gallerist (Fun Gallery).
• Carla Balenda, 98, American actress (Sealed Cargo, The Mickey Rooney Show, Lassie).
• Moisés Barack, 80, Peruvian football manager (Unión Huaral, Deportivo Garcilaso, national team).
• William J. Byron, 96, American Jesuit priest, president of the University of Scranton (1975–1982) and Catholic University of America (1982–1992).
• Martin Chambers, 59, Scottish Roman Catholic priest, bishop-elect of Dunkeld (since 2024).
• Hugo de los Reyes Chávez, 91, Venezuelan politician, governor of Barinas (2000–2008).
• Marcia Colish, 86, American historian.
• John Dekker, 94, Dutch-born Christian missionary.
• Eckart Dux, 97, German actor (The Merry Wives of Windsor, Mailman Mueller, Don't Forget Love).
• John Allen Fraser, 92, Canadian politician, speaker of the House of Commons (1986–1994).
• Paola Gassman, 78, Italian actress (Let's Have a Riot).
• Alasdair Macintosh Geddes, 89, British medical doctor.
• Saratu Gidado, 56, Nigerian actress.
• William Herbert Hunt, 95, American oil billionaire.
• Sheila Isham, 96, American printmaker, painter and book artist, pneumonia.
• Carolyn Laffan, 56, Australian arts curator.
• Bob Lanese, 82, American trumpeter (James Last Orchestra).
• Dave Mehmet, 63, English football player (Millwall, Gillingham) and manager, stroke.
• Muluken Melesse, 70, Ethiopian singer and drummer.
• Karl Momen, 90, Swedish architect and painter.
• Tony Morgan, 92, British sailor, Olympic silver medallist (1964)
• Sturgis Nikides, 66, American guitarist (Low Society, Cool It Reba), cancer.
• Paolo Pininfarina, 65, Italian car designer, CEO of Pininfarina (since 2008).
• Dieter Rexroth, 83, German musicologist and dramaturge (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Young Euro Classic).
• Edna Solodar, 94, Israeli politician, MK (1982–1992).
• Nathan Templeton, 44, Australian television journalist (Sunrise).
• Terto, 77, Brazilian footballer (Santa Cruz, São Paulo, Ferroviário), heart attack.
• R. M. Veerappan, 97, Indian film producer and screenwriter (Deiva Thai, Naan Aanaiyittal, Kannan En Kadhalan) and politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (1986–1996).
• Bernard Weisberger, 101, American historian.
• Max Werner, 70, Dutch singer and drummer (Kayak).

10

• Gordon Balser, 70, Canadian politician, Nova Scotia MLA (1998–2003).
• Brian Barnes, 90, British Olympic swimmer (1952).
• Marian Costea, 71, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player (1976, 1980).
• David Goodstein, 85, American physicist.
• Robert R. Holt, 106, American psychologist and peace activist.
• Kim Jelbart, 86, Australian Olympic rower (1960).
• Gordon Lund, 83, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Seattle Pilots).
• Mister Cee, 57, American DJ (WNBM), complications from diabetes.
• Frank Olson, 91, American business executive, complications from COVID-19.
• Junior Pope, 39, Nigerian actor (Professor Johnbull), drowning.
• Gankhüügiin Pürevbat, 59, Mongolian painter and art collector.
• Trina Robbins, 85, American comic book artist and writer (It Ain't Me, Babe, Wimmen's Comix, Wonder Woman), stroke.
• Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser, 79, British trade unionist and politician, member of the House of Lords (since 2004).
• Eric Sievers, 66, American football player (San Diego Chargers, New England Patriots, Los Angeles Rams), bladder cancer.
• 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.
• Kim Taplin, 80, British poet and writer. (death announced on this date)
• Ted Toleman, 86, British motor racing executive, founder of Toleman, heart attack.
• Mawuena Trebarh, 52, Ghanaian investor, CEO of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (2013–2017).
• Tusa Misi Tupuola, Samoan politician, MP (2011–2016). (death announced on this date)
• Dan Wallin, 97, American sound engineer (Woodstock, A Star Is Born, Star Trek).

11

• Bernard Baudoux, 95, French fencer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
• Meg Bennett, 75, American screenwriter (The Bold and the Beautiful, Sunset Beach) and actress (General Hospital), cancer.
• Bert Chaney, 96, American politician, member of the Kansas Senate (1973–1984) and House of Representatives (1967–1972).
• Knud Enggaard, 94, Danish politician, MP (1964–1977, 1979–1981, 1984–1988).
• Fat Cat, 20, Chinese internet personality, suicide by jumping.
• Anton Flešár, 79, Slovak footballer (Dukla Prague, Lokomotíva Košice, Czechoslovakia national team).
• Peter Fulde, 88, German physicist and quantum chemist.
• Tony Jones, 53, American professional wrestler (APW, XPW, WWE).
• Anna-Greta Leijon, 84, Swedish politician, minister of gender equality (1973–1976), employment (1982–1987) and twice of justice.
• Enrique Llácer Soler, 89, Spanish percussionist and composer.
• Harry Marcoplos, 98, American Olympic field hockey player (1948, 1956).
• Sergio Melnick, 72, Chilean politician and economist, minister of planning (1987–1989) and councilman of Las Condes (since 2021).
• Yasuo Muramatsu, 91, Japanese voice actor (One Piece, Case Closed, Mobile Suit Gundam).
• Ogbonnaya Onu, 72, Nigerian politician, minister of science (2015–2022) and governor of Abia State (1992–1993).
• Park Bo-ram, 30, South Korean singer.
• Penny Simkin, 85, American physical therapist and childbirth educator, co-founder of DONA International.
• Paddy Summerfield, 77, British photographer.
• Shigeharu Ueki, 69, Japanese football player (Fujita Industries, national team) and manager (Montedio Yamagata).
• Lorena Velázquez, 86, Mexican actress (Santo vs. las Mujeres Vampiro, Fray Don Juan, Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real).
• War Chant, 27, American Thoroughbred racehorse, Breeders' Cup Mile winner (2000).
• Lawrence Whalley, 78, British psychiatrist.
• Ted Wilson, 84, American politician, mayor of Salt Lake City (1976–1985), complications from heart failure and Parkinson's disease.
• Martin J. Wygod, 84, American businessman and racehorse breeder.
• Milan Žurman, 63, Slovenian football player (Maribor, Rudar Velenje) and manager (Kapfenberger SV).

12

• Lavern Ahlstrom, 87, Canadian politician.
• Roberto Cavalli, 83, Italian fashion designer and inventor.
• Colin W. Clark, 92, Canadian mathematician and behaviorial ecologist.
• Eleanor Coppola, 87, American filmmaker (Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, Paris Can Wait, Love Is Love Is Love).
• Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, 70, French lawyer, cancer.
• Adolf Dinglreiter, 88, German politician, member of the Landtag of Bavaria (1986–2003).
• Don Donoher, 92, American Hall of Fame college basketball coach and athletics administrator (Dayton Flyers).
• Ruben Douglas, 44, American basketball player (New Mexico Lobos, Panionios, Valencia).
• Olga Fikotová, 91, Czech-American discus thrower, Olympic champion (1956), breast cancer.
• Peter Förtig, 90, German composer and music theorist.
• Robert MacNeil, 93, Canadian-American Hall of Fame journalist (PBS NewsHour) and host (America at a Crossroads).
• Joseph Reynders, 94, Belgian Olympic swimmer (1948, 1952).
• Carrie Robbins, 81, American costume designer (Grease, Yentl), complications from COVID-19.
• Betinho Rosado, 75, Brazilian politician, deputy (1995–2015).
• John Steane, 92, British headmaster and archaeologist.
• Jeffrey Veregge, 50, American Klallam artist, heart attack.

13

• Joseph A. Bracken, 94, American philosopher and Catholic theologian.
• Larry Brown, 84, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles).
• Joanna Dworakowska, 45, Polish chess player.
• Richard Horowitz, 75, American film composer (Three Seasons, The Sheltering Sky, Any Given Sunday).
• W. R. Johnson, 90, American classicist.
• Charles F. Mertens, 91, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (1971–1990).
• Paulino Monsalve, 65, Spanish field hockey player, Olympic silver medallist (1980).
• Ian Morison, 80, British astronomer and astrophysicist.
• Austin Murphy, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1977–1995), Pennsylvania State Senate (1971–1977) and twice of the House of Representatives.
• Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller, 94, German musicologist.
• Rochelle Oliver, 86, American actress (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Scent of a Woman, Law & Order) and acting coach.
• Lorenzo Palomo, 86, Spanish composer.
• Ian Parmenter, 79, Australian television host and chef (Consuming Passions).
• Morten Rieker, 83, Norwegian Olympic sailor (1976).
• Faith Ringgold, 93, American artist and author (Tar Beach).
• Stephanie Sparks, 50, American golfer and television personality.
• Ron Thompson, 83, American actor (Baretta, Cargo, American Pop).
• Ângelo Victoriano, 56, Angolan four-time Olympic Hall of Fame basketball player.
• John Warnaby, 63, British actor (Les Misérables, The Raven, Ali G Indahouse) and priest.

14

• Crandell Addington, 85, American Hall of Fame poker player.
• George L. Atkins, 82, American politician, mayor of Hopkinsville, Kentucky (1972–1975) and Kentucky state auditor (1975–1979).
• Marcello Costa, 84, Italian-born Australian medical researcher.
• Dennis Covington, 75, American author (Salvation on Sand Mountain), complications from Lewy body dementia.
• Carl Crane, 84, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1982–2007).
• Diana Edwards-Jones, 91, Welsh television director.
• Ben Eldridge, 85, American five-string banjo player (The Seldom Scene).
• Giannis Fertis, 85, Greek actor (Electra, Slaves in Their Bonds).
• Vincent Friell, 64, Scottish actor (Trainspotting, Restless Natives, The Angels' Share).
• Trixie Gardner, Baroness Gardner of Parkes, 96, Australian-born British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1981).
• Kenneth W. Harrow, 80, American scholar.
• Steffen Heitmann, 79, German politician, minister of justice of Saxony (1990–2000) and member of the Landtag (1994–2009), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Boris Kayser, 85, American theoretical physicist.
• Calvin Keys, 82, American jazz guitarist, stroke.
• A. M. Krishnamurthy, 66, Indian politician, Puducherry MLA (2001–2006).
• Beverly LaHaye, 94, American Christian activist and author, founder of Concerned Women for America.
• Willie Limond, 45, Scottish boxer and footballer (Albion Rovers), complications from a seizure.
• Jacques Lussier, 64, Canadian actor (Intimate Power, Louis 19, King of the Airwaves, Grey Owl).
• Larry Masterson, 73, Irish television producer.
• Nancy Neveloff Dubler, 82, American bioethicist and attorney, heart and lung disease.
• Sam Nolan, 93, Irish trade unionist and political activist.
• Lloyd Omdahl, 93, American politician, North Dakota lieutenant governor (1987–1992).
• Frank O'Neill, 70, Irish footballer (Cobh Ramblers, Cork Celtic).
• Käthe Sasso, 98, Austrian child resistance activist.
• Steve Sloan, 79, American football player (Alabama Crimson Tide, Atlanta Falcons) and coach (Texas Tech Red Raiders).
• Werner Spitz, 97, German-American forensic pathologist.
• Luciano Sušanj, 75, Croatian Olympic runner (1976) and politician, MP (1990–1992, 2000–2003).
• Paul Tirone, 73, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2001–2003).
• Doru-Viorel Ursu, 71, Romanian politician, minister of the interior (1990–1991).
• Mohan R. Wani, 59, Indian biologist.
• Margaret Williams, 73, British film and television director.
• Yan Wenming, 91, Chinese archaeologist.

15

• Martin Aliker, 95, Ugandan political advisor and academic administrator, chancellor of Gulu University (2004–2014).
• Adriano Aprà, 83, Italian film critic and director.
• Pavel Balakshin, 87, Russian politician, governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast (1991–1996), senator (1993–1996), and mayor of Arkhangelsk (1996–2000).
• Noël del Bello, 81, French racing driver.
• Joseph Boum, 34, Cameroonian footballer (Mersin İdmanyurdu, Antalyaspor, Zira FK). (death announced on this date)
• Cleuber Brandão Carneiro, 84, Brazilian politician, deputy (1999–2007).
• Kim Christensen, 71, American journalist (Los Angeles Times, The Orange County Register), Pulitzer Prize winner (1996, 2010), cancer.
• Mehmet Coral, 77, Turkish novelist.
• Constantin Corduneanu, 54, Romanian Olympic wrestler (1992, 1996).
• Abdoulaye Diawara, 43, Ivorian footballer (KSK Beveren, PFC).
• Lowell Dittmer, 82, American political scientist and author.
• J. A. Garcia Jr., 87, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1968–1972).
• Mouncif El Haddaoui, 59, Moroccan footballer (AS Salé, national team).
• Casimiro Hernández Calvo, 82, Spanish politician, senator (1986–2000).
• Whitey Herzog, 92, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Washington Senators), executive (New York Mets), and manager (St. Louis Cardinals), World Series champion (1969, 1982).
• Robert Hessen, 87, American historian (Steel Titan, In Defense of the Corporation).
• Ken Holtzman, 78, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees), World Series champion (1972, 1973, 1974), heart disease.
• Bernd Hölzenbein, 78, German footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt, Memphis Americans, West Germany national team), world champion (1974), complications from dementia.
• R. Indira Kumari, 73, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (1991–1996).
• Anatoly Kvochur, 71, Russian test pilot.
• Josip Manolić, 104, Croatian politician, prime minister (1990–1991) and speaker of the Chamber of Counties (1993–1994).
• Mario Menéndez Rodríguez, 87, Mexican journalist (Por Esto!).
• Gerard Murphy, 73, Irish politician, TD (2002–2007).
• Pavlo Petrychenko, 31, Ukrainian soldier and public activist, killed in action.
• Naomi Polani, 96, Israeli actress (Someone to Run With).
• Ángela Ragno, 92, Argentine actress (Night of the Pencils, Kisses on the Forehead, Empty Nest).
• Noel Ratcliffe, 79, Australian golfer.
• Reita, 42, Japanese bassist (The Gazette).
• David Roselle, 84, American mathematician and academic administrator, president of the University of Kentucky (1987–1989) and University of Delaware (1990–2007).
• Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, 91, Colombian Roman Catholic cardinal, bishop of Cúcuta (1971–1983), archbishop of Cali (1985–1994) and Bogotá (1994–2010).
• Jerry Savelle, 77, American televangelist and author.
• Peter Smith, 80, English cricketer (Oxfordshire).
• Jadwiga Staniszkis, 81, Polish sociologist, political scientist and essayist, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Martin Stephens, 84, British judge.
• Matti Sutinen, 94, Finnish Olympic pole vaulter (1956, 1960).
• Derek Underwood, 78, English cricketer (Kent, national team), complications from dementia.
• Ernesto Wong, 50, Cuban-Italian baseball player and coach, crush injuries.

16

• Robert Merrihew Adams, 86, American philosopher.
• Vladimir Andreyev, 57, Russian race walker, Olympic bronze medallist (2000).
• A. T. Ariyaratne, 92, Sri Lankan activist, founder and president of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement.
• James A. Burg, 82, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1975–1984) and Senate (1985–1986).
• Clorofila, 56, Mexican nortec musician (Nortec Collective).
• Newton da Costa, 94, Brazilian mathematician.
• Peter Davidson, 60, Australian footballer (West Coast Eagles, Brisbane Bears), cancer.
• Dwarakish, 81, Indian film director (Nee Bareda Kadambari) and actor (Bedi Bandavalu, Haddina Kannu), heart attack.
• Carl Erskine, 97, American baseball player (Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers), World Series champion (1955), pneumonia.
• Rodney Gould, 81, British motorcycle road racer.
• Bob Graham, 87, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1987–2005), governor of Florida (1979–1987).
• Jean-Marie Haessle, 84, French-American painter.
• K. G. Jayan, 89, Indian Carnatic musician.
• Barbara O. Jones, 82, American actress (Daughters of the Dust, Freedom Road, Demon Seed).
• Bob Kloppenburg, 96, American basketball coach (Alliant International University, Donar).
• Anita Mackey, 110, American social worker.
• Alan Minshaw, 88, British racing driver.
• Márta Peterdy-Wolf, 101, Hungarian tennis player.
• Ellen Ash Peters, 94, American jurist, justice (1978–2000) and chief justice (1984–1996) of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
• Abdul Djalil Pirous, 92, Indonesian fine arts artist and lecturer.
• Boško Prodanović, 80, Serbian football player (Sarajevo, Yugoslavia national team) and manager (Napredak Kruševac).
• Shankar Rao, 40, Indian Maoist leader (Naxalite insurgency), shot.
• Rainer K. Sachs, 91, German-American mathematical physicist.
• Josep Maria Terricabras i Nogueras, 77, Spanish philosopher and politician, MEP (2014–2019).
• Palitha Thewarapperuma, 63, Sri Lankan politician, MP (2010–2020), electrocution.
• Keith Wainwright, 79, British hairdresser.

17

• Joseph Emmanuel Ackah, 89, Ghanaian politician, MP (1993–2005).
• Sue Chew, 66, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (since 2006), pancreatic cancer.
• Jack Disney, 93, American Olympic track cyclist (1956, 1964, 1968).
• Victor Fuentealba, 101, American labor union leader, president of the American Federation of Musicians (1978–1987).
• Sir Colin Giltrap, 84, New Zealand Hall of Fame businessman and philanthropist.
• Per Henriksen, 72, Norwegian footballer (Viking, national team).
• Roy Davage Hudson, 93, American academic, president of Hampton Institute (1970–1976).
• Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, 57, Nigerian politician, senator (2015–2019) and member of the House of Representatives (2011–2015).
• René Jean, 92, French rugby league player (SO Avignon, US Entraigues XIII, national team).
• Sir Chips Keswick, 84, British merchant banker, chairman of Arsenal F.C. (2013–2020).
• Joseph Kurup, 79, Malaysian politician, MP (2008–2018), minister in the Prime Minister's Department (2013–2018) and four-time Sabah State MLA.
• Alf McCarthy, 73, Irish broadcaster (RTÉ) and actor (Strength and Honour).
• Fred Neulander, 82, American rabbi and convicted criminal.
• Neil Rogers, 70, Australian Olympic swimmer (1972, 1976).
• Gerd Roggensack, 82, German football player (Borussia Dortmund, 1. FC Kaiserslautern) and manager (Arminia Bielefeld).
• Chiharu Saiguchi, 85, Japanese attorney and judge, stroke.
• Harry Schachter, 91, Canadian biochemist and glycobiologist.
• AJ Simon, 25, American football player (Bloomsburg Huskies, Albany Great Danes).
• Raman Subba Row, 92, English cricketer (Surrey, Northamptonshire, national team).

18

• Robert Basmann, 98, American econometrician.
• Dickey Betts, 80, American Hall of Fame musician (The Allman Brothers Band) and songwriter ("Jessica", "Ramblin' Man"), cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Mohan Bhakri, Indian director (Apradhi Kaun?).
• Laurence Broderick, 88, British sculptor.
• Archie Cooley, 85, American college football coach (Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils, Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions, Paul Quinn Tigers).
• Parviz Davoodi, 72, Iranian politician, first vice president (2005–2009) and member of the Expediency Discernment Council (since 2007).
• Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam, 89, Sri Lankan Olympic high jumper (1952, 1956).
• Jack Green, 73, Scottish musician (T. Rex) and songwriter, cancer.
• Wally Harris, 88, Canadian ice hockey referee.
• Glen Holden Sr., 96, American polo player and diplomat, ambassador to Jamaica (1989).
• Hong Sehwa, 76, South Korean journalist and political delegate, cancer.
• Sir Peter Hordern, 95, British politician, MP (1964–1997).
• Christopher Joll, 75, British military historian and author.
• James Laurenson, 84, New Zealand actor (Pink Floyd – The Wall, Boney, The Crown).
• Mandisa, 47, American gospel singer ("Only the World", "Overcomer", "Stronger"), Grammy winner (2014).
• Yoshio Masui, 93, Japanese-Canadian cell biologist.
• Spencer Milligan, 86, American actor (Land of the Lost).
• Dave Moyes, 68, Scottish footballer (Berwick Rangers, Meadowbank Thistle, Dunfermline Athletic).
• Francis Omondi Ogolla, 62, Kenyan air force general, chief of Defence Forces (since 2023), helicopter crash.
• Robert Oxnam, 81, American scholar (Asia Society), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Larry Page, 86, English pop singer, record producer ("Wild Thing"), and music manager (The Kinks, The Troggs).
• Julia Rausing, 63, British philanthropist, cancer.
• Keiko Yamamoto, 83, Japanese voice actress (Chibi Maruko-chan, Osomatsu-kun, Sazae-san), sepsis.

19

• Russell Bentley, 63–64, American communist fighter (Vostok Battalion). (death announced on this date)
• Noé Castañón León, 76, Mexican jurist and lawyer, justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (1985–1995).
• Shib Narayan Das, 77, Bangladeshi designer, first craftsman of the first national flag.
• Daniel Dennett, 82, American philosopher and author (Brainstorms, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, From Bacteria to Bach and Back), co-founder of The Clergy Project, interstitial lung disease.
• Daphne Douglas, 99, Jamaican librarian. (death announced on this date)
• Charles Edge, American computer scientist and author.
• Muhammed Faris, 72, Syrian aviator and cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-2, Soyuz TM-3), complications from a heart attack.
• Claes Fellbom, 81, Swedish film director (The Shot, Aida), screenwriter and composer (Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy).
• Leighton James, 71, Welsh footballer (Burnley, Swansea City, national team).
• Siegfried Kirschen, 80, German football referee.
• Thawee Kraikupt, 84, Thai politician, member of the House of Representatives (1979–2000).
• Lonhro, 25, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year (2004).
• Sharon Lubinski, 71, American law enforcement official.
• Ma Zhanmin, 91, Chinese lieutenant general and politician, chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (1982–1987).
• David McCarty, 54, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox), World Series champion (2004), heart attack.
• Naomy, 46, Romanian singer, stroke.
• Charles Parsons, 91, American philosopher.
• Motsoko Pheko, 93, South African lawyer, author and historian.
• Marcos Rivas, 76, Mexican footballer (Leones Negros Guadalajara, national team), complications from hernia repair.
• Ben Schrader, 59, New Zealand historian.
• Bill Tobin, 83, American football player (Houston Oilers) and executive (Chicago Bears).
• James Weiers, 70, American politician, member (1995–2013) and speaker (2001–2003, 2005–2009) of the Arizona House of Representatives.
• Tony Whyte, 84, Irish Gaelic football player (Clann na nGael, Roscommon GAA) and manager (Roscommon GAA).
• Sam Winningham, 97, American college football player (Colorado Buffaloes) and coach (Valley State).
• Zheng Jiagai, 61–62, Chinese paramilitary officer, chief of staff of the People's Armed Police Force (2017–2020).

20

• Jean-Marie Aerts, 72, Belgian guitarist (TC Matic).
• Temoteo Brito, 82, Brazilian politician, three-time mayor of Teixeira de Freitas, member of the Legislative Assembly of Bahia (1991–1992, 2011–2015).
• G. T. Blankenship, 96, American lawyer and politician, Oklahoma attorney general (1967–1971) and member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1961–1966).
• David Brading, 87, British historian.
• Antonio Cantafora, 80, Italian actor (Supersonic Man, Carambola!, Intervista), heart attack.
• Kaj Chydenius, 84, Finnish musician and composer.
• Michael Cuscuna, 75, American jazz record producer and music journalist (DownBeat), co-founder of Mosaic Records, Grammy winner (1993, 1998, 2002), complications from esophageal cancer.
• Sir Andrew Davis, 80, English conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra), leukaemia.
• Greg Dean, 95, Australian footballer (St Kilda).
• Rudolf Földvári, 102, Hungarian politician and revolutionary, MP (1953–1957).
• Roman Gabriel, 83, American Hall of Fame football player (Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles) and actor (The Undefeated).
• Pablo García Manzano, 91, Spanish judge and lawyer, magistrate of the Supreme Court (1978–1996) and Constitutional Court (1996–2004).
• Robert Kane, 85, American philosopher.
• Gediminas Kirkilas, 72, Lithuanian politician, prime minister (2006–2008), minister of national defence (2004–2006) and MP (1992–2020).
• Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen, 85, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1999), cancer.
• Cyra McFadden, 86, American author (The Serial).
• Antoine Mboumbou Miyakou, 87, Gabonese politician.
• Mohammed Hanif Omar, 85, Malaysian police officer, inspector-general of police (1974–1994).
• Jan Ørke, 92, Norwegian footballer (Viking, national team).
• Yuri Ponosov, 83, Tajikistani politician, mayor of Dushanbe (1994–1996).
• Lourdes Portillo, 80, Mexican filmmaker (The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, The Devil Never Sleeps, After the Earthquake).
• David Pryor, 89, American politician, governor of Arkansas (1975–1979), member of the U.S. Senate (1979–1997) and the House of Representatives (1966–1973).
• Howie Schwab, 63, American television personality (Stump the Schwab), producer (ESPN), and writer (Fox Sports), heart attack.
• Pauli Siitonen, 86, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (1968).
• Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh, 71, Indian politician, MP (2014–2019) and Uttar Pradesh MLA (1991–2007, 2012–2014), heart attack.
• György Tatár, 71, Hungarian footballer (Diósgyőri VTK, national team).
• Tony Tuff, 69, Jamaican reggae singer (The African Brothers).
• Octavian Vintilă, 85, Romanian Olympic fencer (1964, 1972).

21

• Agassiz Almeida, 88, Brazilian politician.
• Terry A. Anderson, 76, American journalist (Associated Press), Hezbollah hostage (1985–1991), complications from heart surgery.
• Don Beck, 88, Australian politician, New South Wales MLA (1984–1999).
• Étienne Delessert, 83, Swiss illustrator, cancer.
• Ana Estrada, 47, Peruvian psychologist and euthanasia activist, assisted suicide.
• Ray Garton, 61, American novelist, lung cancer.
• Luis Gil, 48, Spanish footballer (Logroñés, Real Murcia, Elche).
• Alex Hassilev, 91, American musician (The Limeliters) and actor (The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming), cancer.
• Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming, 92, Swedish classical pianist.
• Robin M. Hogarth, 81, British-American psychologist.
• James K. Hugessen, 90, Canadian jurist, justice of the Federal Court of Canada (1983–2008).
• Keith Kendall, 95, Australian cricketer (Victoria).
• 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).
• Marcel Kinsbourne, 92, Austrian-born American pediatric neurologist.
• KODA, 45, Ghanaian gospel singer.
• Haim Levin, 87, Israeli footballer (Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Tel Aviv, national team).
• MC Duke, 58, British rapper.
• Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker, 97, German lawyer.
• Renate Pickardt, 87, German endocrinologist.
• Chan Romero, 82, American singer-songwriter ("Hippy Hippy Shake") and guitarist.
• Jerome Rothenberg, 92, American poet (Technicians of the Sacred).
• Jerry Tennant, 86, American bobsledder.
• Pete Woolley, 94, Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).

22

• Hana Brejchová, 77, Czech actress (Loves of a Blonde, Amadeus, Cirkus Humberto). (death announced on this date)
• Yury Drobyshev, 68, Russian mathematician and academic administrator, rector of Kaluga State University (2004–2010).
• Durai, 84, Indian film director (Pasi, Oru Veedu Oru Ulagam).
• Tony Felloni, 81, Irish drug dealer, heart attack.
• Fedor Flašík, 66, Slovak political marketer, lymphoma.
• Charlie Hurley, 87, Irish football player (Sunderland, national team) and manager (Reading).
• Sudhir Kakar, 85, Indian psychoanalyst and writer.
• Philippe Laudenbach, 88, French actor (Muriel, My American Uncle, Confidentially Yours).
• Heamani Lavaka, 55, Tongan rugby union player (Eastern Suburbs, national team).
• Klaus Otto Nagorsnik, 68, German historian and quiz show contestant (Gefragt – Gejagt).
• Jay Robert Nash, 86, American author (The Motion Picture Guide), lung cancer.
• Katherine Porter, 82, American visual artist.
• Waliul Haq Rumi, 59, Bangladeshi actor, colon cancer.
• Al Shaver, 96, Canadian Hall of Fame sportscaster (Minnesota North Stars, Minnesota Golden Gophers).
• Jason Sutton, 56, British drag queen.
• Brian Tobin, 93, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player and executive, president of the International Tennis Federation (1991–1999).
• Michael Verhoeven, 85, German film director (Die Weiße Rose, o.k., The Nasty Girl), screenwriter and producer.
• Arthur Whittington, 68, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills).
• Cecil Williams, 94, American pastor (Glide Memorial Church) and LGBT activist.
• Abdul Majeed al-Zindani, 82, Yemeni Islamic cleric, founder of the Iman University.

23

• Zulu Adigwe, Nigerian actor (Basi and Company, Issakaba, Living in Bondage: Breaking Free).
• Syed Rafat Alam, 73, Indian judge, chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court (2009–2011).
• An Qiyuan, 90, Chinese politician.
• George Baker, 88, Welsh footballer (Plymouth Argyle, national team).
• Nora Vagi Brash, 79, Papua New Guinean playwright.
• Terry Carter, 95, American actor (Foxy Brown, McCloud, Battlestar Galactica).
• Ed Chadwick, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins).
• Ray Chan, 56, British art director (Avengers: Infinity War, Children of Men) and production designer (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves), stroke.
• Florian Chmielewski, 97, American musician and politician, member (1971–1997) and president (1987) of the Minnesota Senate.
• Robert H. Dennard, 91, American electrical engineer and inventor.
• Delaine Eastin, 76, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1986–1994).
• Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead, 81, British politician, MP (1979–2019) and member of the House of Lords (since 2020), prostate cancer.
• Dan Harnedy, 82, Irish hurler (Castlemagner, Carlow Town Hurling Club) and Gaelic footballer (UCC).
• Jürgen Herzog, 82, German mathematician, heart attack.
• Sue Johnson, 76, British clinical psychologist, couples therapist and author, cancer.
• Geoffrey Kapusa, 52, Malawian television and radio broadcaster.
• Elena Karpushenko, 62, Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach.
• Yukio Kasaya, 80, Japanese ski jumper, Olympic champion (1972).
• Samuel Kummer, 56, German organist (Frauenkirche, Dresden) and academic.
• Fergie MacDonald, 86, Scottish accordionist.
• Murunwa Makwarela, 51, South African politician, mayor of Tshwane (2023).
• David Marquand, 89, British politician and academic administrator, MP (1966–1977) and principal of Mansfield College, Oxford (1996–2002).
• James W. Moorman, 86, American politician.
• Florin Oprea, 76, Romanian footballer (Universitatea Craiova).
• Mai Raud-Pähn, 103, Estonian-Swedish art historian, editor and journalist.
• Ro Jai-bong, 88, South Korean politician, prime minister (1990–1991), blood cancer.
• Francisco Rodríguez, 78, Venezuelan boxer, Olympic champion (1968).
• Allan Rushmer, 80, British Olympic long-distance runner (1968).
• Rene Saguisag, 84, Filipino politician, senator (1987–1992).
• Mary V. Seeman, 89, Canadian psychiatrist.
• Charlie Siler, 94, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1985–1991, 1995–2011).
• Tom Tischinski, 79, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins).
• Helen Vendler, 90, American literary critic.

24

• Ron Cerrudo, 79, American golfer.
• Bob Cole, 90, Canadian Hall of Fame sportscaster (Hockey Night in Canada).
• Roy Cross, 100, British artist and aviation journalist.
• Rajvir Singh Diler, 65, Indian politician, MP (since 2019) and Uttar Pradesh MLA (2017–2019), heart attack.
• Adele Faber, 96, American author.
• Abdul Aleem Farooqui, 76, Indian Islamic scholar.
• Oľga Glosíková, 71, Slovak politician, MP (1991–1992).
• Erwin Hari, 90, Swiss Olympic cross-country skier (1956).
• 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).
• Friedrich Leisch, 55, Austrian statistician.
• Rudolf Mitteregger, 79, Austrian Olympic road racing cyclist (1972, 1976).
• Satomi Oka, 88, Japanese actress (Dai-bosatsu tōge, Akō Rōshi, Bushido, Samurai Saga).
• John O'Shea, 83, Welsh rugby union player (Cardiff RFC, British & Irish Lions, national team), pneumonia.
• Donald Payne Jr., 65, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 2012), heart attack.
• Donald Petersen, 97, American businessman, CEO of the Ford Motor Company (1985–1990).
• Nick Phipps, 72, British Olympic bobsledder (1980, 1992).
• Mike Pinder, 82, English Hall of Fame musician (The Moody Blues) and songwriter ("The Best Way to Travel", "A Simple Game").
• Jerome J. Pollitt, 89, American art historian.
• Wolfgang Schüler, 66, German footballer (Borussia Dortmund, Stuttgarter Kickers, 1. FC Saarbrücken).
• Mooryati Soedibyo, 96, Indonesian politician and royal, deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (2004–2009) and founder of Puteri Indonesia.
• Hans Tuppy, 99, Austrian biochemist and politician, minister for science and research (1987–1989).

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.
• Bob Appleby, 84, English footballer (Middlesbrough).
• Au Ho-nien, 89, Chinese painter.
• Earl M. Baker, 84, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania Senate (1989–1995).
• Laurent Cantet, 63, French film director (The Class, Human Resources, Time Out), screenwriter, and cinematographer.
• Korey Cunningham, 28, American football player (Arizona Cardinals, New England Patriots, New York Giants).
• Marek Czakon, 60, Polish footballer (Ilves, Eintracht Trier).
• Ayogu Eze, 65, Nigerian politician, senator (2007–2015).
• Kaisa Korhonen, 82, Finnish theatre director, actress, and singer.
• Robert Lichal, 91, Austrian politician, member of the National Council (1979–1987) and minister of defence (1987–1990).
• Constantin Lissenko, 90, French Olympic sprinter (1956).
• John Mildren, 91, Australian politician, MP (1980–1990).
• Doug Oldford, 75, Canadian politician, MHA (1991–2000).
• George Seligman, 96, American mathematician.
• Elmira Süleymanova, 86, Azerbaijani chemist and civil servant.
• Ross Thornton, 67, Australian footballer (Fitzroy), cancer.
• Kenji Tohira, 83, Japanese racing driver.

26

• Lyle Bauer, 65, Canadian football player and executive (Winnipeg Blue Bombers), infection.
• Sergio de Castro, 94, Chilean economist (El Ladrillo) and politician, minister of economy (1975–1976) and finance (1976–1982).
• Alfrēds Čepānis, 80, Latvian politician, speaker of the Saeima (1996–1998).
• Umm Fahad, 27, Iraqi social media personality, shot.
• Robin George, 68, British guitarist, singer and producer.
• Peter Ingham, 83, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Sydney (1993–2001) and bishop of Wollongong (2001–2017).
• Yumi Katsura, 94, Japanese fashion designer.
• Renna Kellaway, 92, British pianist and music teacher, founder of the Lake District Summer Music festival.
• Wim Kozijn, 83, Dutch politician, mayor of 's-Graveland (1987–2002).
• Joe Lartey, 96, Ghanaian sports commentator (GBC, FRCN).
• Donald Laub, 89, American plastic surgeon, founder of Interplast.
• Volker Mosblech, 69, German politician, MP (2015–2017) and member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (2004–2005).
• Dave O'Sullivan, 90, New Zealand Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and jockey.
• Francisco Rico Manrique, 81, Spanish philologist, member of the Royal Spanish Academy.
• José Santa Cruz, 95, Brazilian comedian (A Praça é Nossa, Zorra Total) and voice actor.
• Joe Sims, 55, American football player (Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles).
• Aaron Thomas, 86, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants).
• Marina Vishmidt, 47, American writer.
• Frank Wakefield, 89, American mandolin player.
• Graham Webb, 88, Australian radio and TV broadcaster (Blind Date).

27

• Elpidio Barzaga Jr., 74, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (2007–2016, since 2019) and three-time mayor of Dasmariñas.
• Roy Boyd, 85, English actor (The Wicker Man, Crossroads, Emmerdale).
• David Chackler, 79, American music and film executive.
• Chang Yinfo, 92, Chinese mineral deposit geologist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Jerome G. Cooper, 87, American politician and diplomat, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1974–1978), assistant secretary of the Air Force (MR) (1989–1992), and ambassador to Jamaica (1994–1997).
• Gul Hammad Farooqi, Pakistani journalist, heart attack.
• Jean-Pierre Ferland, 89, Canadian singer-songwriter.
• Boudewijn de Geer, 68, Dutch football player (HFC Haarlem, Molde) and manager (HBS Craeyenhout).
• Philip Hefner, 91, American theologian.
• James E. Henshaw, 92, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1981–1995).
• Wendy James, 84, British social anthropologist and academic.
• Louiselle, 77, Italian singer.
• Patsy Lovell, 69, English cricketer (Surrey, national team).
• Joseph H. McGee Jr., 95, American politician.
• Katherin Kovin Pacino, 71–72, American actress and child advocate.
• Joko Pinurbo, 61, Indonesian poet.
• C. J. Sansom, 71, British author (Shardlake), multiple myeloma.
• Frederick N. Six, 95, American jurist, justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (1988–2003).

28

• Ivan Argüelles, 85, American poet.
• Pranab Kumar Barua, 89, Bangladeshi literary scholar.
• Heinz Binder, 81, Austrian football player (Austria Wien, FC Wacker Innsbruck, national team) and coach.
• William Calley, 80, American war criminal (My Lai massacre).
• Norman Carol, 95, American violinist and concertmaster (Philadelphia Orchestra).
• M. K. Eelaventhan, 91, Sri Lankan Tamil politician, MP (2004–2007).
• Stephen Grimason, 67, Northern Irish journalist and editor (BBC Northern Ireland).
• Michael Hanna, 97, English cricketer (Somerset) and rugby union player (Bath).
• Lawrence Haworth, 97, American-born Canadian philosopher.
• Monty Jones, 73, Sierra Leonean plant breeder.
• Walter Kolbow, 80, German politician, MP (1980–2009).
• Jerry Labriola, 92, American politician, member of the Connecticut State Senate (1981–1983).
• Jerome Mayer, 93, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1973–1976, 1977–1980).
• Brian McCardie, 59, Scottish actor (Rob Roy, The Ghost and the Darkness, Speed 2: Cruise Control) and writer.
• Georgy Mondzolevski, 90, Russian volleyball player, Olympic champion (1964, 1968).
• Gilberto Noletti, 82, Italian footballer (Milan, Lazio, Juventus).
• Zack Norman, 83, American comedian, film producer (Tracks), and actor (Romancing the Stone, Cadillac Man), complications from COVID-19.
• Sir Vincent O'Sullivan, 86, New Zealand writer, Poet Laureate (2013–2015).
• Michael J. Roads, 87, English-born Australian author.
• Alan Scarfe, 77, British-Canadian actor (The Bay Boy, Deserters), stage director and author, colon cancer.
• Joe Thomas, 68, American music producer, businessman and songwriter.
• Petro Tolochko, 86, Ukrainian historian, archaeologist and political activist, MP (1998–2006).
• Andrei Tropillo, 73, Russian record producer and sound engineer, founder of AnTrop.
• Bob Tyler, 91, American college football coach (Mississippi State Bulldogs, North Texas Mean Green, Millsaps Majors) and administrator.
• Andris Vilks, 60, Latvian politician, minister of finance (2010–2014).
• Wan Huilin, 85, Chinese physical chemist.
• Daniel E. Winstead, 78, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1979–1990).

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• Haman Adama, 73–74, Cameroonian politician.
• Pieter Baas, 80, Dutch botanist.
• Wally Dallenbach Sr., 87, American Hall of Fame racing driver (CART).
• Peter Demetz, 101, Czechoslovak-born American Germanist and author.
• Mykhaylo Fomenko, 75, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv, Soviet Union national team) and manager (national team), Olympic bronze medallist (1976).
• Hans Geissel, 73, German experimental physicist.
• Jean-Pierre Giudicelli, 81, French pentathlete, Olympic bronze medallist (1968).
• Dagne Groven Myhren, 83, Norwegian literary scholar and folk musician.
• Nancy E. Gwinn, 78, American librarian.
• Jan Haag, 90, American filmmaker, artist and writer.
• Lesley Hazleton, 78, British-American author and journalist, assisted suicide.
• Mollie Lentaigne, 103, British artist and Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse during World War II.
• Luis Mendoza, 78, Venezuelan football player (national team) and manager (Mineros de Guayana).
• Charlotte F. Muller, 103, American economist and academic.
• Srinivasa Prasad, 76, Indian politician, MP (1980–1996, 1999–2004, since 2019).
• Charles Pryor, 64, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1993–2001).
• Red Giant, 20, American Thoroughbred racehorse. (death announced on this date)
• Billy Reil, 44, American professional wrestler (JAPW).
• Sérgio Ribeiro, 88, Portuguese politician, MEP (2004–2005).
• Andrew Stunell, Baron Stunell, 81, British politician, MP (1997–2015) and member of the House of Lords (since 2015).
• Fernando Suárez González, 90, Spanish politician and jurist, MP (1982–1986), MEP (1986–1994), and third deputy prime minister (1975).
• Dingaan Thobela, 57, South African boxer, WBO (1990–1991), WBA (1993) lightweight and WBC super middleweight champion (2000).
• Ben Weese, 94, American architect (Chicago Seven), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Gerhard Weisenberger, 72, German Olympic wrestler (1972, 1976).

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• Paul Auster, 77, American author (The New York Trilogy, Moon Palace, The Music of Chance), lung cancer.
• Richard J. Carling, 87, American politician, member of the Utah Senate (1973, 1975–1990) and House of Representatives (1966–1973).
• Renato De Fusco, 94, Italian architectural historian.
• Duane Eddy, 86, American Hall of Fame guitarist ("Rebel-'Rouser", "Because They're Young", "Peter Gunn"), cancer.
• Adrian Horridge, 96, British-born Australian microbiologist.
• Norma Howard, 65, American Choctaw artist.
• Sir Robert Martin, 66–67, New Zealand disability rights activist, member of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (since 2017).
• MC Conrad, 52, British musician.
• Herb Pardes, 89, American physician.
• Pino Pinelli, 85, Italian painter.
• Lyndall Ryan, 81, Australian historian, cancer.
• Andrea Shundi, 89, Albanian-American agronomist, pancreatic cancer.
• Stefano Stefani, 85, Italian politician, MP (1994–2013).
• Mely G. Tan, 93, Indonesian sociologist.
• Uyunqimg, 81, Chinese politician, vice chair of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (2003–2013) and chair of Inner Mongolia (2000–2003).
• Alice Holloway Young, 100, American educator.
• Fabrizio Zardini, 57, Italian alpine skier, Paralympic champion (2002).

External links

• List of April 2024 deaths at IMDb