Deaths in December 2023

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

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

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

December 2023

1

• Ezan Akélé, 85, Ivorian politician.
• Tony Allen, 78, English comedian and writer, co-founder of Alternative Cabaret.
• Shlomo Avineri, 90, Israeli political scientist.
• Burny Bos, 79, Dutch film producer (Miss Minoes, Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse), screenwriter and children's author, mesothelioma.
• Gérard Bramoullé, 78, French economist and politician.
• Shaun Davis, 57, British bodybuilder, Mr. Universe winner (1996). (death announced on this date)
• Leena de Silva, 87, Sri Lankan actress (Ganga Addara, Kaliyugaya, Awaragira).
• Bruce Dickson, 92, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1952).
• Carissa Etienne, 71, Dominican physician, director of PAHO (2018–2023).
• Kiki Fatmala, 56, Indonesian actress (Pintu Hidayah), lung cancer.
• Brigit Forsyth, 83, Scottish actress (Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Boon, Still Open All Hours).
• Heinz Gstrein, 81, Austrian-Swiss Oriental Orthodox theologian, foreign correspondent, and lecturer (University of Vienna).
• Hamish Hardie, 95, British Olympic sailor (1948).
• Amira Hess, 80, Israeli poet, cancer.
• Joanne Hewson, 93, Canadian Olympic alpine skier (1952).
• Viktor Kalashnikov, 83, Russian politician, governor of Voronezh Oblast (1991–1992).
• Daniel Langlois, 66, Canadian computer graphics pioneer and businessman, founder of Excentris and Softimage.
• Michel Le Milinaire, 92, French football player (Laval) and manager (Rennes).
• Richard McKenzie, 93, American actor (It Takes Two, Being There, Corvette Summer).
• Sandra Day O'Connor, 93, American jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court (1981–2006), member of the Arizona Senate (1969–1975) and chancellor of W&M (2005–2012), complications from dementia and respiratory illness.
• Charles Officer, 48, Canadian film director (Nurse.Fighter.Boy, Unarmed Verses, Akilla's Escape), screenwriter and actor.
• Winston Churchill Rea, 72, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary commander.
• Lakhbir Singh Rode, 71, Indian Khalistani separatist, heart attack.
• Jerome K. Sherman, 98, American biologist.
• Lyle Elmer Strom, 98, American jurist, judge (since 1985) and chief judge (1987–1994) of the U.S. District Court for Nebraska.
• Vivi-Anne Wassdahl, 91, Swedish Olympic alpine skier (1956).
• Badar uz Zaman, 83, Pakistani classical singer.

2

• Medea Amiranashvili, 93, Georgian opera singer.
• Luís Araújo, 74, Portuguese military officer, chief of the general staff (2011–2014).
• Neville Callaghan, 77, Irish racehorse trainer.
• Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano, 102, Italian politician, MP (1948–1972) and MEP (1979–1989).
• A. Deivanayagam, 88, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (1984–1989, 1991–2001).
• Felo García, 95, Costa Rican footballer (Deportivo Saprissa, Herediano, Hendon), painter, and architect.
• Roy Gerson, 64, American jazz pianist.
• Stanley Graham, 97, American psychologist, president of the American Psychological Association (1990).
• Walter Harms, 61, Paraguayan politician, deputy (since 2013), plane crash.
• Joe Hicks, 91, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, New York Mets).
• Wolfgang Hollegha, 94, Austrian painter.
• Clarence Kelly, 82, American sedevacantist traditionalist Catholic prelate, superior general of the Society of Saint Pius V (since 1983), cancer.
• V. Lakshmibai, 78, Indian mathematician.
• Maria Martin, 72, Mexican-American radio journalist (Latino USA), complications from surgery.
• Mike Maxfield, 79, English songwriter and guitarist (The Dakotas).
• Roberto Pazzi, 77, Italian novelist and poet.
• Saulius Pečeliūnas, 67, Lithuanian politician, MP (1992–2000, 2004–2008) and signatory of the act of re-establishment.
• Edwin J. Peterson, 93, American jurist, justice (1979–1993) and chief justice (1983–1991) of the Oregon Supreme Court.
• Jean Ristat, 80, French poet and writer.
• Sufian Tayeh, 52, Palestinian scientist, president of the Islamic University of Gaza, airstrike.
• Faustin Twagiramungu, 78, Rwandan politician, prime minister (1994–1995).
• Jun Urbano, 84, Filipino actor (Magic Kingdom: Ang Alamat ng Damortis), film director and screenwriter (Juan Tamad at Mister Shooli: Mongolian Barbecue), ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.
• Concha Velasco, 84, Spanish actress (The Witching Hour, Esquilache, 32 Malasana Street), singer and television presenter.
• Ingrid Wigernæs, 95, Norwegian Olympic cross-country skier (1956, 1964).
• Edwin Wilson, 96, American theater critic (The Wall Street Journal).

3

• Avraham Avi-hai, 92, Israeli civil servant, journalist and author.
• Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, 95, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of İzmir (1983–2004).
• Klaus Bernbacher, 92, German conductor.
• Chua Jui Meng, 80, Malaysian politician, minister of health (1995–2004) and MP (1986–2008), heart attack.
• Peter d'Hamecourt, 77, Dutch journalist and writer, heart attack.
• Thanga Darlong, 103, Indian folk musician.
• Claude Engle, 85, American electrical engineer.
• Malin Falkenmark, 98, Swedish hydrologist.
• Andrea Fay Friedman, 53, American actress (Life Goes On), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Léonard Gianadda, 88, Swiss journalist (TSR), engineer, and philanthropist, bone cancer.
• Gil Brother, 66, Brazilian humorist (Hermes & Renato), actor (Copa de Elite), and Internet personality, complications from prostate and bladder cancer.
• Gaetano Giuliano, 94, Italian politician, acting president of Sicily (1980).
• Myles Goodwyn, 75, Canadian musician (April Wine) and songwriter ("Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love", "Just Between You and Me").
• Major Hazelton, 80, American football player (Florida A&M, Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints).
• Sigurður Helgason, 96, Icelandic mathematician.
• Elsi Hetemäki, 96, Finnish politician, MP (1970–1991).
• Kim Soo-yong, 94, South Korean film director (The Sea Village, Mist, The Land).
• Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, 79, British politician, MEP (1994–2009), member of the House of Lords (2009–2021), and minister of state for Europe (2009), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Ma Sen, 91, Taiwanese playwright and literary critic.
• Doni Monardo, 60, Indonesian military officer, head of the NADC (2019–2021), commander of Kodam III/Siliwangi (2017–2018) and Kodam XVI/Pattimura (2015–2017), complications from a stroke.
• Jerome O'Neill, 77, American attorney, U.S. attorney for the District of Vermont (1981), cancer.
• Martin Patching, 65, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Watford, Northampton Town).
• Santo Pezzutti, 101, Italian-American artist.
• Leontiy Sandulyak, 86, Ukrainian political figure, scientist, and diplomat.
• Yacouba Sawadogo, 77, Burkinabé farmer and agronomist.
• Lawrence Sifuna, 77, Kenyan politician, MP (1979–1988, 1992–1997).
• James Robert Slagle, 89, American computer scientist.
• Idrissa Traoré, 79, Burkinabé footballer.
• Valery Vishnichenko, 74, Kazakh politician, MP (2007–2011).

4

• Abang Abu Bakar, 82, Malaysian politician, MP (1982–1999).
• Peter R. Adam, 66, German film editor (An American Werewolf in Paris, Good Bye, Lenin!, Anonymous).
• Zdzisław Antolski, 70, Polish poet.
• Suren Babayan, 73, Armenian film director (The 13th Apostle) and actor.
• Juanita Castro, 90, Cuban political dissident.
• Gerald Comeau, 77, Canadian politician, MP (1984–1988) and senator (1990–2013), cancer.
• Lütfi Doğan, 93, Turkish theologian and politician, senator (1973–1980) and MP (1991–2002), president of the Diyanet (1968–1972).
• James L. Easton, 88, American businessman, philanthropist, and Hall of Fame archer, president of the World Archery Federation (1989–2005).
• Marius Frattini, 82, French rugby league player (Avignon, Entraigues, national team).
• Erol Madison Gwion, 59, Liberian politician, member of the House of Representatives (since 2021).
• Hadžem Hajdarević, 67, Bosnian writer.
• Grete Knudsen, 83, Norwegian politician, MP (1981–2001), minister of social affairs (1992–1994) and three-times of trade (1994–1997, 2000–2001).
• Sakari Knuuttila, 93, Finnish politician, MP (1966–1991).
• Queta Lavat, 94, Mexican actress (Las tandas del principal, Cruz de amor, Clase 406).
• Stefano Menicacci, 92, Italian politician, deputy (1968–1979).
• Peta Murphy, 50, Australian politician, MP (since 2019), breast cancer.
• Norman F. Ness, 90, American geophysicist.
• David Powell, 79, Welsh footballer (Wrexham, Sheffield United, national team).
• Vlado Pravdić, 73, Bosnian keyboardist (Bijelo Dugme).
• Suminda Sirisena, 75, Sri Lankan actor (Duhulu Malak, Saptha Kanya, Yakada Pihatu).
• Josef Vacenovský, 86, Czech footballer (Dukla Prague, Gent, Czechoslovakia national team).
• Volodia Vaisman, 85, Romanian-born French chess player.
• Edgar S. Woolard Jr., 89, American businessman (DuPont).

5

• Juan Pablo Adame, 38, Mexican politician, deputy (2012–2015), stomach cancer.
• Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein, 51, Liechtensteiner royal.
• Lionel Dahmer, 87, American chemist and writer (A Father's Story), heart attack.
• Richard J. Daschbach, 87, American politician, commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission (1977–1982) and member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1986–1988).
• Mama Diabaté, 63, Guinean singer and musician.
• Paul Dibble, 80, New Zealand sculptor.
• Ron Fernandes, 72, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
• Jean Garnault, 98, French politician, mayor of Auxerre (1998–2001).
• Vojislav Govedarica, 82–83, Serbian-American actor (Rambo: First Blood Part II, Little Nikita, Lionheart). (death announced on this date)
• Mirush Kabashi, 75, Albanian actor.
• Denny Laine, 79, English Hall of Fame musician (Wings, The Moody Blues) and songwriter ("Mull of Kintyre"), interstitial lung disease.
• Norman Lear, 101, American Hall of Fame television writer and producer (All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons), cardiac arrest.
• Abdul Malik, 94, Bangladeshi cardiac surgeon, minister of health and family welfare (2001), national professor (since 2006).
• Lawrence Steven Meyers, 67, American actor (Dick Tracy, Battle Beyond the Stars) and film producer (Unfaithful).
• Kojiro Nakamura, 87, Japanese Islamic scholar, subdural hematoma.
• Dinesh Phadnis, 57, Indian actor (C.I.D., Sarfarosh, Super 30), liver damage.
• John Rumble, 90, Canadian equestrian, Olympic bronze medallist (1956).
• Rosemary Smith, 86, Irish rally driver, cancer.
• Ranjit Singh Talwandi, 67, Indian politician, Punjab MLA (2012–2017).
• Aatqall Taúaa, 74, Iraqi sculptor, film critic and novelist.
• Wolfgang Wieland, 75, German lawyer and politician, MP (2005–2013).

6

• Refaat Alareer, 44, Palestinian writer, professor and activist, airstrike.
• Tore Aleksandersen, 55, Norwegian volleyball coach (Allianz MTV Stuttgart, women's national team, Finland women's national team), prostate cancer.
• Joseph Bernardo, 94, French swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist (1948, 1952).
• Fran Bladel, 90, Australian politician, Tasmania MHA (1986–2002).
• Natalya Bogomolova, 83, Russian animator (Winnie-the-Pooh, The Blue Bird, Alice's Birthday).
• Alfredo Bonanno, 86, Italian anarchist.
• Ennio Candotti, 81, Italian-born Brazilian physicist and scientific leader.
• Dean Crawford, 65, Canadian rower, Olympic champion (1984).
• Cilly Dartell, 66, Dutch television presenter (Hart van Nederland) and actress, lung cancer.
• Vic Davalillo, 84, Venezuelan baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers).
• Emmanuelle Debever, 60, French actress (Danton, Sweet Inquest on Violence), drowned.
• Edmundo Desnoes, 93, Cuban writer.
• Amos Ettinger, 86, Israeli poet, songwriter, and radio presenter.
• Jack Hogan, 94, American actor (Combat!, The Bonnie Parker Story, Jake and the Fatman).
• Ellen Holly, 92, American actress (One Life to Live, School Daze, Cops and Robbers).
• Arve Johnsen, 89, Norwegian politician and industrial executive, chief executive of Statoil (1972–1987).
• Noël Kinsella, 84, Canadian politician, senator (1990–2014) and speaker of the Senate (2006–2014).
• Michael A. Knibb, 84, English biblical scholar.
• Mirosława Krajewska, 83, Polish actress (How to Be Loved, Brunet wieczorową porą).
• Illia Kyva, 46, Ukrainian politician, people's deputy (2019–2022), shot.
• Barbara Levick, 92, British historian and epigrapher.
• Marisa Pavan, 91, Italian actress (The Rose Tattoo, I Chose Love, Drum Beat).
• Richard Pilbrow, 90, British stage lighting designer, author and theatre design consultant.
• Michel Sardaby, 88, French jazz pianist.
• John Brooks Slaughter, 89, American electrical engineer (National Science Foundation).
• Michael H. Stone, 90, American forensic psychiatrist and writer, complications from a stroke.
• Jimmy Villotti, 79, Italian musician.
• Mike Wegener, 77, American baseball player (Montreal Expos), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
• Dave Wehrmeister, 71, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies).
• Kevin Wylie, 90, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
• Yang Ching-shun, 45, Taiwanese pool player, world champion (2001), cancer.
• Nur Yasin, 69, Indonesian politician, MP (2009–2014, since 2018).

7

• Bijan Allipour, 74, Iranian petroleum executive, chairman of NISOC (2014–2018).
• Ramón Ayala, 96, Argentine poet, singer and writer, pneumonia.
• Terry Baucom, 71, American bluegrass singer and banjo player (Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out), Lewy body dementia.
• Pierre Berthelot, 80, French mathematician.
• Zita Carno, 88, American pianist.
• Lola Dee, 95, American singer.
• Aleksandr Dronov, 77, Russian chess grandmaster.
• Jacques Duquesne, 83, Belgian footballer (Olympic Charleroi, La Gantoise, national team).
• David Ellenson, 76, American rabbi and academic administrator, president of HUC-JIR (2001–2013, 2018).
• Bent Fuglede, 98, Danish mathematician.
• Hamka Haq, 71, Indonesian academician and politician, MP (2014–2019).
• Ernst Jansen Steur, 78, Dutch neurologist, pneumonia.
• Thomas Kilroy, 89, Irish playwright and novelist (The Big Chapel).
• Ken Long, 70, American football player (Detroit Lions).
• Alan Longhurst, 98, British-born Canadian oceanographer.
• John McBeth, 79, New Zealand author and journalist.
• Jacqueline Mesmaeker, 93, Belgian plastic artist.
• Emiko Miyamoto, 86, Japanese volleyball player, Olympic champion (1964), sepsis.
• Vera Molnár, 99, Hungarian media artist.
• Gerhard Reber, 86, German organizational theorist and professor of management and organizational behavior (Johannes Kepler University of Linz).
• Stan Rogow, 75, American television producer (Lizzie McGuire, Flight 29 Down, Fame).
• Alberto Ruz Buenfil, 78, Mexican environmental activist.
• Sang Guowei, 82, Chinese pharmacologist and politician, vice chairperson of the SCNPC (2008–2013) and member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
• Guy Stern, 101, German-American intelligence officer (Ritchie Boys).
• Şükrü Yürür, 79, Turkish politician and economist, minister of industry and technology (1987–1991), MP (1983–2002).
• Benjamin Zephaniah, 65, British poet, writer (Face, Refugee Boy) and actor (Peaky Blinders), brain tumour.

8

• Clyde Butts, 66, Guyanese cricketer (West Indies), traffic collision.
• Itziar Castro, 46, Spanish actress (Locked Up, Skins, Champions), cardiac arrest.
• Michel Dovaz, 95, Swiss wine critic (Guide Hachette des Vins) and food writer.
• Frank Fiscalini, 101, American politician and educator.
• David Gell, 94, Canadian radio and television presenter.
• Carlos Jurado, 76, Uruguayan football player (national team) and manager (Cienciano, Tampico Madero), cardiac arrest.
• Richard Kerr, 78, English singer, songwriter ("Brandy", "I'll Never Love This Way Again", "Looks Like We Made It") and composer.
• Peter-Michael Kolbe, 70, German rower, Olympic silver medalist (1976, 1984, 1988).
• Leelavathi, 86, Indian actress (Bhakta Kumbara, Mana Mecchida Madadi, Santha Thukaram).
• Charles A. Legge, 93, American jurist, judge (1984–2001) and of the U.S. District Court for Northern California.
• Jack Martin, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
• Junior Mehmood, 67, Indian actor (Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong, Mohabbat Ke Dushman, Ramgarh Ke Sholay) and singer, stomach cancer.
• Luigi Milan, 85, Italian footballer (Fiorentina, Atalanta) and manager (Olbia).
• Jean-Pierre Moulin, 101, Swiss journalist (Le Matin), writer and author.
• Ryan O'Neal, 82, American actor (Love Story, Barry Lyndon, Paper Moon) and boxer, congestive heart failure.
• Kanam Rajendran, 73, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (1982–1991), heart attack.
• Alan Raph, 90, American trombonist, composer and arranger, traffic collision.
• Mohan Singh Rawat, Indian politician, Uttarakhand MLA.
• Joe Solomon, 93, Guyanese cricketer (West Indies).
• Speightstown, 25, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
• Tony Tarantino, 83, American actor (It's the Rage) and producer.
• Yayu Unru, 61, Indonesian actor (Lovely Man, Night Bus, Posesif) and acting coach.
• Paul Unruh, 95, American college basketball player (Bradley Braves).
• Paul Webb, 94, American college basketball coach (Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets, Old Dominion Monarchs).
• Wei Jinshan, 96, Chinese vice admiral, political commissioner of PLAN (1990–1993), and deputy (1978–1983).

9

• Rehmat Shah Afridi, 74, Pakistani journalist (The Frontier Post).
• Edward Baugh, 87, Jamaican poet and scholar.
• George Getzel Cohen, 96, South African-Australian radiologist.
• Mort Engelberg, 86, American film producer (Smokey and the Bandit) and advance man (Walter Mondale 1984 presidential campaign, Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign).
• Larisa Gershtein, 72, Soviet-born Israeli politician, deputy mayor of Jerusalem (1993–2003).
• Raymond E. Goedert, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Chicago (1991–2003).
• Dærick Gröss Sr., 76, American illustrator (The Guide to Getting it On) and writer, cancer.
• Maxim Gustik, 35, Belarusian Olympic freestyle skier (2018, 2022), traffic collision.
• Mary Ann Handley, 87, American politician, member of the Connecticut State Senate (1997–2011).
• Thomas Haug, 96, Norwegian-Swedish electrical engineer.
• Jim Heighton, 79, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes), complications from dementia.
• Mainul Hosein, 83, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, MP (1973–1975), cancer.
• Walter Leiser, 92, Swiss rower, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
• Willie McCulloch, 75, Scottish football player (Alloa Athletic, Airdrieonians) and manager (Cowdenbeath).
• Hartland Monahan, 72, Canadian ice hockey player (Washington Capitals, St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings).
• Carles Soler Perdigó, 91, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Barcelona (1991–2001) and bishop of Girona (2001–2008).
• Graham Petrie, 83, Scottish-Canadian author and academic.
• Kenneth Ringsrød, 54, Norwegian footballer (Sarpsborg, Kongsvinger, Fredrikstad).
• Mike Urquhart, 65, Canadian-British Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Kamloops Chiefs, Nottingham Panthers, Chelmsford Chieftains).
• Frank Wycheck, 52, American football player (Washington Redskins, Houston / Tennessee Oilers / Titans), complications from a fall.

10

• Michel Bertraneu, 74, French Olympic equestrian (1984).
• Michael Blakemore, 95, Australian theatre director.
• Philip Bushill-Matthews, 80, British businessman and politician, MEP (1999–2009).
• Julian Carroll, 92, American politician, governor (1974–1979) and lieutenant governor (1971–1974) of Kentucky, member of the Kentucky Senate (2005–2021).
• Chen Lip Keong, 75, Malaysian gambling industry executive, founder of NagaCorp.
• Michael L. Cowan, 78, American navy admiral.
• David Drake, 78, American writer (Hammer's Slammers, RCN Series).
• Shirley Anne Field, 87, English actress (The Entertainer, The Damned, Alfie).
• Gao Yaojie, 95, Chinese gynecologist and dissident.
• Barbara Iglewski, 85, American microbiologist.
• Jonathan Irwin, 82, British-Irish auctioneer and philanthropist.
• Orland Lindsay, 95, Antiguan Anglican clergyman, bishop of Antigua and archbishop of the West Indies (1970–1996).
• Graziella Magherini, 96, Italian psychiatrist (Stendhal syndrome).
• Edna Mazia, 74, Israeli playwright.
• Syd Millar, 89, Northern Irish rugby union player (Ballymena, Ireland national team), coach (British & Irish Lions), and executive, chairman of the IRB (2003–2007).
• Theo Öhlinger, 84, Austrian constitutional scholar and educator.
• Mariya Pisareva, 90, Russian athlete, Olympic silver medallist (1956).
• James L. Robertson, 83, American jurist, justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1983–1992).
• Melker Schörling, 76, Swedish businessman.
• Bert Stenfeldt, 90, Swedish Air Force officer.
• Chuck Stern, 44, American composer, musician (Time of Orchids), and writer.
• Mark Villiger, 73, Swiss judge, justice of the European Court of Human Rights (2006–2015).
• Norby Walters, 91, American music and sports agent.

11

• Shūji Abe, 74, Japanese film producer (Godzilla Minus One, The Eternal Zero, Bayside Shakedown 2).
• Andre Braugher, 61, American actor (Homicide: Life on the Street, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Glory), Emmy winner (1998, 2006), lung cancer.
• Ivan Čeliković, 34, Croatian footballer (NK Konavljanin, Inter Zaprešić, Lokomotiva).
• Alain Chartrand, 77, Canadian film director (Ding et Dong) and screenwriter.
• Paul Chevigny, 88, American lawyer and author.
• Kathy Chow, 57, Hong Kong actress (Time Before Time, E.U., The Breaking Point) and singer, lupus.
• Phil Cooley, 72, Australian rugby league referee.
• Jeffrey Foskett, 67, American singer, songwriter, and producer (The Beach Boys), thyroid cancer.
• Ian Gibson, 77, British comic book artist (2000 AD, Judge Dredd, The Ballad of Halo Jones), cancer.
• Kenny Graham, 82, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Abdelhafid Kadiri, 96, Moroccan politician, minister of youth and sport (1977–1981).
• Ferdinand Keller, 77, German footballer (TSV 1860 Munich, Hannover 96, West Germany national team).
• Ken Kelsch, 76, American cinematographer (Bad Lieutenant, The Driller Killer, Big Night), COVID-19 and pneumonia.
• Osamu Kido, 73, Japanese professional wrestler (NJPW, UWF), cancer.
• Randy Legge, 77, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Winnipeg Jets).
• Essra Mohawk, 75, American singer-songwriter (Primordial Lovers, "Change of Heart").
• Paulin Obame-Nguema, 88, Gabonese politician, prime minister (1994–1999).
• Edgar Quinteros, 83, Bolivian footballer (national team).
• Renée, 94, New Zealand feminist writer and playwright (Wednesday to Come, Pass It On).
• Eduard Rius, 70, Spanish physician, minister of health and social assistance of Catalonia (1996–2002) and member of the Catalan parliament (1996–2003).
• Ahmad Salim, 78, Pakistani poet and literary scholar.
• John "Rambo" Stevens, 66, English music producer and manager, aortic dissection.
• Camden Toy, 68, American actor (The Bay, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2) and film editor, pancreatic cancer.
• Frank Twomey, 68, Irish children's television entertainer (Bosco, Bull Island).
• Zahara, 36, South African singer ("Phendula", "Loliwe"), liver disease.

12

• Bob Allen, 86, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).
• Babken Ararktsyan, 79, Armenian politician, president of the National Assembly (1995–1998) and chairman of the Supreme Council (1991–1995).
• Jean-François Bach, 83, French medical professor, biologist and immunologist.
• Shirley Barber, 88, English author.
• Yevgeny Belousov, 61, Russian luger, Olympic silver medallist (1984).
• Yitzhak Ben-Bashat, 44, Israeli IDF officer (Yiftach Brigade, Paran Brigade), killed in action.
• Ama Bame Busia, 87, Ghanaian politician, member of the Council of State (2001–2009).
• William G. Connolly, 86, American newspaper editor (The New York Times), complications from a fall.
• Jakob Margido Esp, 80, Norwegian actor and writer.
• Richard Gaddes, 81, English arts administrator (Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis).
• Hiroshi Hasegawa, 89, Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle racer.
• Zurab Karumidze, 66, Georgian writer (Dagny, or a Love Feast) and culturologist.
• Adriano Marques de Magallanes, 98, Spanish businessman, diplomat and politician, deputy (1986–1989) and senator (1998–2000).
• Larry Miggins, 98, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Kostas Nestoridis, 93, Greek football player (AEK Athens, national team) and manager (Paniliakos).
• Ole Paus, 76, Norwegian singer ("Innerst i sjelen", "Mitt lille land") and songwriter.
• J. G. A. Pocock, 99, New Zealand historian of political thought.
• Albert Stone, 95, American businessman and philanthropist.
• Mario Valdemarin, 96, Italian actor (Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis, Sandokan the Great, The End of the Night), COVID-19.
• Craig Watkins, 56, American lawyer and politician, district attorney for Dallas County, Texas (2007–2015).

13

• Charlie Allan, 84, Scottish farmer, athlete and economist.
• Yılmaz Atadeniz, 91, Turkish film director (Killing in Istanbul, The Deathless Devil), producer (A Season in Hakkari) and screenwriter, COVID-19.
• Hermann Brede, 100, German architect.
• Bill Burgess, 82, American football player (Auburn Tigers) and coach (Jacksonville State).
• Gene Carr, 72, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues).
• Anda Caropol, 84, Romanian actress (The Snails' Senator).
• Kenny DeForest, 37, American comedian, traffic collision.
• Julia Gentleman, 92, American politician, member of the Iowa State House of Representatives (1975–1979) and Iowa State Senate (1979–1991).
• Wolfgang Glück, 94, Austrian film director and screenwriter (Endangered Girls, The Count of Luxemburg, '38 – Vienna Before the Fall).
• Peter Godsoe, 85, Canadian banker, CEO of Scotiabank (1992–2003).
• Mike Grgich, 100, Croatian-American winemaker.
• Ernő Gubányi, 73, Hungarian Olympic handball player (1976, 1980).
• Antonio Juliano, 80, Italian footballer (Napoli, Bologna, national team).
• Steve Junker, 88, American football player (Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins).
• Lech Konopiński, 92, Polish poet and writer.
• K. Kunhiraman, 80, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (2006–2016).
• Wojciech Łazarek, 86, Polish footballer (ŁKS Łódź, Lechia Gdańsk) and football manager (Lech Poznań).
• Paul Litjens, 76, Dutch Olympic field hockey player (1972, 1976).
• Wilf Lunn, 81, British inventor, prop maker and TV presenter (Vision On).
• Roger McMurrin, 84, American conductor and pastor.
• Zofia Merle, 85, Polish actress (The Codes, Nights and Days, Chopin: Desire for Love).
• Ted Morgan, 91, French-American historian, complications from dementia.
• Verica Nedeljković, 94, Serbian chess player.
• Ann Newdigate, 89, South African-born Canadian fibre artist.
• Maâmar Ousser, 88, Algerian footballer (USM Blida).
• Geraldine Peten, 75, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (2017–2021).
• Ram Prakash, 84, Indian politician, MP (2007–2014) and Haryana MLA (1991–1996).
• Arfanul Haque Rifat, 65, Bangladeshi politician, mayor of Cumilla (since 2022).
• Maria Rozanova, 93, Russian publisher, editor (Sintaksis), and political dissident.
• Derek Stirling, 62, New Zealand cricketer (Central Districts, Wellington, national team), cancer.
• Dick Tommel, 81, Dutch politician, MP (1981–1994).
• Ramón Enrique Torres, 71, Puerto Rican journalist and news anchor (Las Noticias, Tu Mañana), throat cancer.
• John Wade, 95, American Olympic rower (1948).
• Wolfram Waibel Sr., 76, Austrian five-time Olympic sports shooter.
• Des White, 96, New Zealand Hall of Fame rugby league player (Auckland, national team) and coach.
• Margaret Whiting, 90, British actress (Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, The Secret Garden, The Password Is Courage).

14

• Selma Archerd, 98, American actress (Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Melrose Place).
• Qapik Attagutsiak, 103, Canadian Inuit World War II war effort contributor.
• Cari Beauchamp, 74, American author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker.
• Clyde Berry, 92, American football and baseball player and coach (Henderson State).
• Hasan Bitmez, 53, Turkish politician, MP (since 2023), complications from a heart attack.
• Curt Brunnée, 95, German physicist.
• Chen Wen-hui, 80, Taiwanese educator and politician, member of the Legislative Yuan (1996–1999), liver cancer.
• Betty Cooper Hearnes, 96, American politician, first lady of Missouri (1965–1973) and member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1979–1989).
• Ghislain de Diesbach, 92, French writer and biographer.
• Chukwuemeka Ezeife, 86, Nigerian politician, governor of Anambra State (1992–1993).
• Rudolf Hrubý, 69, Slovak businessman (ESET), president of HC Slovan Bratislava, stroke.
• Tomáš Janovic, 86, Slovak writer, playwright and poet.
• Allen Kerr, 97, Scottish-born Australian biologist.
• Liu Ho-chien, 97, Taiwanese admiral, commander of the navy (1983–1988) and chief of the general staff (1991–1995).
• Ken MacKenzie, 89, Canadian baseball player (Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals).
• Hanzala Malik, 67, Scottish politician, MSP (2011–2016). (death announced on this date)
• George McGinnis, 73, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets), complications from cardiac arrest.
• Gus Morrison, 88, American politician, mayor of Fremont, California (1985–1989, 1994–2004, 2012–2013).
• Yevgeniy Perventsev, 97, Russian government official, head of the KGB of the Tajik SSR (1975–1985).
• Lee Redmond, 82, American world record holder, longest fingernails on both hands.
• Ra. Sankaran, 92, Indian film director (Then Sindhudhe Vaanam) and actor (Mouna Ragam, Pondatti Thevai).
• James Templer, 87, British Olympic equestrian (1964) and army officer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
• Amerigo Thodé, 73, Curaçaoan politician, president of the Parliament (2012, 2017).
• Marge Villa, 98, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets).
• Howard Weaver, 73, American journalist and newspaper executive (McClatchy), Pulitzer Prize winner (1976, 1989), pancreatic cancer.
• Yehuda Yannay, 86, Israeli composer.

15

• Samer Abu Daqqa, 46, Palestinian-Belgian video journalist, airstrike.
• Jim Ashmore, 88, American basketball player (Mississippi State Bulldogs).
• Abdulaziz Al-Babtain, 87, Kuwaiti poet.
• Sir Tim Brighouse, 83, British educator.
• Anup Ghoshal, 78, Indian playback singer and film composer (Sagina Mahato).
• Steve Halliwell, 77, English actor (Emmerdale, Coronation Street) and singer (The Woolpackers).
• Bob Johnson, 79, British guitarist, singer and songwriter (Steeleye Span).
• Sherryl Jordan, 74, New Zealand writer (Winter of Fire).
• Guy Marchand, 86, French actor (Coup de Torchon, Family Business, My New Partner II), musician and singer.
• Bruno Santon, 81, Italian footballer (Venezia, Livorno, Lucchese).
• Hans Selander, 78, Swedish football player (Helsingborgs, national team) and manager (Falkenberg).
• Tang Xiao'ou, 55, Chinese computer scientist, founder of SenseTime.
• Hannu Vaahtoranta, 80, Finnish Olympic swimmer (1964).
• K. P. Viswanathan, 83, Indian politician.

16

• Óscar Agudelo, 91, Colombian musician, complications from Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
• Sailakshmi Balijepally, 48, Indian paediatrician.
• Colin Burgess, 77, Australian rock drummer (The Masters Apprentices, AC/DC).
• Peter Bush, 93, New Zealand photographer and sportswriter (The New Zealand Herald).
• Ann Elizabeth Carson, 94, Canadian poet.
• Jayanta Das, 54, Indian actor (Raamdhenu, Kanyadaan, Bharaghar), liver disease.
• Beatriz Abril de Leal, 84, Colombian politician and lawyer, governor of Meta Department (1983–1984).
• Larry V. Faircloth, 75, American politician, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1980–2012).
• Joseph Finnegan, 81, Irish jurist, judge (1999–2006) and president (2001–2006) of the High Court, judge of the Supreme Court (2006–2012).
• Rolando Garbey, 76, Cuban boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1968), amateur world champion (1974), cardiac arrest.
• Richard Hunt, 88, American sculptor (A Bridge Across and Beyond, Wing Generator, Build-Grow).
• Scott Lautenbaugh, 59, American politician, member of the Nebraska Legislature (2007–2014).
• Sebastiano Lo Monaco, 65, Italian actor (La piovra, I Viceré, Where Are You? I'm Here).
• Carlos Lyra, 90, Brazilian singer and composer ("Maria Ninguém").
• Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 86, Kuwaiti royal, emir (since 2020).
• Antonio Negri, 90, Italian philosopher (Empire) and politician, deputy (1983–1987) and founder of Potere Operaio.
• Rosita Pelayo, 64, Mexican actress (Las amazonas, Salomé, Sortilegio), colon cancer.
• Bert Peletier, 86, Dutch mathematician.
• Lorenzo Riva, 85, Italian fashion designer.
• Oleg Ryakhovskiy, 90, Russian triple jumper.
• Kenpachiro Satsuma, 76, Japanese actor (Godzilla vs. Hedorah, The Return of Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Destoroyah) and stuntman, pneumonia.
• Mathieu Segers, 47, Dutch historian, colorectal cancer.
• Bernd Siebert, 74, German politician, MP (1994–2009, 2010–2017, 2020–2021).
• Gyula Szabó Nagy, 79, Hungarian Olympic boxer (1968).
• Theodore Y. Wu, 99, Chinese-born American engineer.

17

• José Luis Abellán, 90, Spanish philosopher.
• John Ashford, 79, British theatre director (The Place, London), prostate cancer.
• Norma Barzman, 103, American screenwriter (Finishing School, The Locket, Never Say Goodbye).
• John Biehl, 84, Chilean lawyer, political scientist, and diplomat, minister secretary-general of the Presidency (1998–1999).
• Florence de la Courtie-Billat, 88, French tennis player.
• Linda van Dyck, 75, Dutch actress (10:32, A Gangstergirl, De grens).
• Amp Fiddler, 65, American musician (Enchantment, Parliament, Funkadelic), composer, and record producer.
• Gurdev Singh Gill, 92, Indian-born Canadian physician.
• Otar Iosseliani, 89, Georgian film director and screenwriter (Pastorale, Favorites of the Moon, Monday Morning).
• Reggie Lacefield, 78, American basketball player (Kentucky Colonels, Wilmington Blue Bombers).
• Jim Ladd, 75, American disc jockey (KMET, KLOS, Sirius XM), radio producer and writer, heart attack.
• Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, 76, Indonesian politician, minister of energy and mineral resources (1998–1999).
• Philippe Martin, 57, French economist, chairman of the Conseil d'Analyse Économique (2008–2012).
• James McCaffrey, 65, American actor (Max Payne, Rescue Me, Viper), multiple myeloma.
• Eric Montross, 52, American basketball player (North Carolina Tar Heels, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons), cancer.
• Nikola Padevsky, 90, Bulgarian chess grandmaster.
• Camillus Perera, 84, Sri Lankan cartoonist.
• Roy Roebuck, 94, British journalist (News Chronicle, Daily Express) and politician, MP (1966–1970).
• Sam Silas, 83, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants).
• Maureen Flavin Sweeney, 100, Irish postmistress.
• Terao Tsunefumi, 60, Japanese sumo wrestler.
• Ronaldo Valdez, 76, Filipino actor (The Mad Doctor of Blood Island, Karma, Cedie), suicide by gunshot.
• Robert Wahl, 96, American football player (Michigan Wolverines, Chicago Bears).
• Lionel Wickrama, 77, Sri Lankan actor (Sanda Yahanata, Mathu Yam Dawasa, Sangili).

18

• Sulaiman Abdullah, 77, Malaysian lawyer.
• Giovanni Anselmo, 89, Italian visual artist.
• Sir Norman Arthur, 92, British military officer and Olympic equestrian (1960), GOC Scotland (1985–1988) and Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright (1996–2006).
• Ronnie Caryl, 70, English guitarist (Flaming Youth, Phil Collins).
• Olive Clarke, 101, English farmer.
• Irwin Cohen, 90, American real estate developer.
• Bronislovas Genzelis, 89, Lithuanian politician, MP (1992–1996) and signatory of the Act of Re-Establishment.
• John Godfrey, 81, Canadian politician, MP (1993–2008).
• Dan Greenburg, 87, American writer (How to Be a Jewish Mother, The Zack Files, Maximum Boy), complications from a stroke.
• Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, 60, Finnish Islamic scholar.
• Dmitry Krasilov, 29, Russian dancer (Little Big), endocrinopathy.
• Valery Lagunov, 81, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer.
• Lao Rongzhi, 48, Chinese serial killer, executed.
• Bo Larsson, 79, Swedish footballer (Malmö, VfB Stuttgart, national team).
• David Maxwell, 72, British rower, Olympic silver medalist (1976).
• Arno J. Mayer, 97, Luxembourgish-born American historian.
• Abderrahim Ouakili, 53, Moroccan footballer (Mainz 05, Karlsruher SC, national team).
• Susanna Parigi, 62, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist.
• Lewis Pragasam, 66, Malaysian jazz fusion drummer, heart attack.
• Brian Price, 86, Welsh rugby union player (Newport, British Lions, national team).

19

• Ed Budde, 83, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs).
• Andy Clements, 68, English footballer (York City, Bolton Wanderers, Port Vale).
• Frank Collazo Jr., 92, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1977–1993).
• Darryl Cowie, 62, Australian footballer (Central Districts, St Kilda, South Australia).
• Giulio De Stefano, 94, Italian sailor, Olympic bronze medallist (1960).
• Mark Elvin, 85, Australian Sinologist.
• Oliver Emanuel, 43, English playwright and radio dramatist, brain cancer.
• Gunther Emmerlich, 79, German operatic bass and television presenter.
• Bruce Gilberd, 85, New Zealand Anglican clergyman, bishop of Auckland (1985–1994).
• V. Mohini Giri, 85, Indian social worker, chairperson of the National Commission for Women (1995–1998).
• Janusz Gortat, 75, Polish boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (1972, 1976).
• Lyda Green, 85, American politician, member (1995–2009) and president (2007–2009) of the Alaska Senate.
• Edith Hemenway, 96, American composer and pianist.
• Bram Inscore, 41, American musician, songwriter ("Youth", "Don't Give Up on Me") and producer, suicide.
• Jiang Ping, 93, Chinese legal scholar, president of the CUPL (1988–1990).
• Boro Jovanović, 84, Croatian tennis player.
• Stefan Olszowski, 92, Polish politician, minister of foreign affairs (1971–1976, 1982–1985).
• K. M. Peyton, 94, British author (Flambards, Fly-by-Night, Pennington's Seventeenth Summer).
• Joseph Henry Smith, 78, Ghanaian military officer and diplomat, minister for defence (2009–2013) and chief of army staff (1996–2001).
• Bryan Thomas, 95, English architect.
• Karl Volkmer, 101, Swiss Olympic sprinter (1948).

20

• Dennis Avoth, 76, Welsh boxer.
• Andrea Barberi, 44, Italian sprinter.
• Carl Barzilauskas, 72, American football player (New York Jets, Green Bay Packers).
• Mohammad Youssef Beydoun, 92, Lebanese politician.
• Antonio Burgos, 80, Spanish journalist, novelist, and multi-media writer.
• Franco Cozzo, 88, Italian-Australian businessman.
• Khadijo Mohamed Diriye, 74, Somali politician, minister for women and human rights (2014–2015) and youth and sports (2017–2020).
• Johnny Flaherty, 74, Irish hurler (Kinnitty, Offaly).
• Philip H. Hayes, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1977) and Indiana Senate (1970–1974).
• Tambusamy Krishnan, 79, Malaysian Olympic sprinter (1972).
• James Kelsey McConica, 93, Canadian Roman Catholic priest and academic.
• Eric Moyo, 41, Zimbabwean gospel singer, brain bleed.
• Yıldıray Pağda, 85, Turkish Olympic athlete (1960). (death announced on this date)
• Pat Quartermain, 86, English footballer (Oxford United, Cambridge United).
• Atiqur Rahman, 92, Bangladeshi lieutenant general, chief of army staff (1986–1990) and director general of Bangladesh Rifles (1977–1982), heart attack.
• Frank Riggs, 73, American politician and charter school executive, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1991–1993, 1995–1999).
• Harrie Smeets, 63, Dutch Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Roermond (2018–2023), brain tumour.
• Torben Ulrich, 95, Danish tennis player, writer and musician.

21

• Carmen Barros, 98, Chilean actress (La Fiebre del Loco, The Guest), singer and theatre director.
• David Donachie, 79, British historical novelist, cancer.
• Martin Feeley, 73, Irish Olympic rower (1976) and surgeon.
• Rebekka Habermas, 64, German historian (University of Göttingen).
• Robert Harland, 88, American actor (Target: The Corruptors!).
• Lenka Hlávková, 49, Czech musicologist, music historian and academic, shot.
• Camille Huyghe, 93, French racing cyclist.
• Norbert Kindlmann, 79, German Olympic rower (1972).
• John C. Kornblum, 80, American diplomat, ambassador to Germany (1997–2001).
• Paula Murphy, 95, American Hall of Fame racing driver.
• David L. Norvell, 88, American politician, attorney general of New Mexico (1971–1975) and member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1962–1970).
• Cristina Pacheco, 82, Mexican journalist (La Jornada) and television presenter.
• Roger Pomerleau, 76, Canadian politician, MP (1993–1997, 2008–2011).
• Frederic Raurell, 93, Spanish Capuchin and theologian, co-founder of the Catalan Journal of Theology.
• Josefa Saniel, 98, Filipino scholar, dean of University of the Philippines Asian Center (1980–1985).
• Robert Solow, 99, American economist (Solow–Swan model), Nobel Prize laureate (1987).
• Alexei Starobinsky, 75, Russian astrophysicist and cosmologist (Starobinsky inflation).
• Ricardo Taja Ramírez, 40, Mexican politician, deputy (2015–2018), shot.
• Dick Thoenen, 79, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).
• Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, 86, Salvadoran military officer, head of the national guard (1979–1983) and minister of national defense (1983–1989).
• Carl Webb, 42, Australian rugby league player (Brisbane Broncos, North Queensland Cowboys, national team), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

22

• Tom Bogs, 79, Danish Olympic boxer (1964).
• Andy Brandt, 85, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1981–1990).
• Frank Cassenti, 78, French stage and film director and screenwriter (The Song of Roland).
• Jorge Cauas, 89, Chilean economist and politician, minister of finance (1974–1976) and ambassador to the United States (1977–1978).
• Aleksei Chernavskii, 85, Russian mathematician.
• Oliver Everett, 80, British diplomat and public servant, Royal Librarian (1985–2002).
• Howard Fargo, 95, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1981–2000).
• Dimas Filgueiras, 79, Brazilian Olympic footballer (1964).
• Eva Hauserová, 69, Czech journalist and writer.
• Imroz, 97, Indian visual artist and poet.
• Sajid Khan, 71, Indian actor and singer, cancer.
• John Mairai, 78, French Polynesian poet, actor, and playwright.
• Micha Michaely, 95, Israeli economist.
• Heike Matthiesen, 59, German classical guitarist, cancer.
• Ryan Minor, 49, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), colon cancer.
• Ian Punnett, 63, American radio broadcaster (Coast to Coast AM), author and academic, liver disease.
• Armando Sardi, 83, Italian Olympic sprinter (1960).
• Ruth Seymour, 88, American radio executive (KCRW).
• Garly Sojo, 24, Venezuelan basketball player (Cocodrilos de Caracas, Broncos de Caracas, Capitanes de Ciudad de México), complications from an epileptic seizure.
• Pratap Narayanrao Sonawane, 75, Indian politician, MP (2009–2014) and Maharashtra MLC (1998–2009).
• Ingrid Steeger, 76, German actress (Nurse Report, Three Men in the Snow, Andre Handles Them All), intestinal obstruction.
• Naser Tahmasb, 84, Iranian actor and voice actor (Princess of Rome), stroke.
• Giancarlo Tesini, 94, Italian politician, minister of transport (1992–1993) and deputy (1972–1992).
• Thomas Williams, 93, New Zealand Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Wellington (1979–2005).
• Zhu Ling, 50, Chinese thallium poisoning victim, brain cancer.

23

• Iván Almeida, 45, Paraguayan football player (Sportivo Patria) and manager (Sportivo Trinidense, Resistencia), complications from aortic valve surgery.
• Hugh Aynesworth, 92, American journalist (Dallas Times Herald, Dallas Morning News, The Washington Times) and author.
• Bernard Bem, 87, Polish footballer (Ruch Chorzów, BKS STAL).
• Izabella Cywińska, 88, Polish theater and film director, and film critic.
• Fredrik Heffermehl, 85, Norwegian peace activist, president of the Norwegian Peace Council (1988–2004).
• Murad Kajlayev, 92, Russian composer and conductor, People's Artist of the USSR (1981).
• Rihupisa Justus Kandando, 60, Namibian politician, president of SWANU (1998–2007).
• Roman Krutsyk, 78, Ukrainian politician, MP (1994–1998), director of Museum of Soviet Occupation (since 2007).
• Dejumo Lewis, 80, Nigerian actor (The Village Headmaster, A Place in the Stars, Agogo Eewo).
• Samboy Lim, 61, Filipino basketball player (San Miguel Beermen, Welcoat House Paints, national team).
• Lynn Loring, 80, American actress (Splendor in the Grass, Pressure Point, Doppelgänger) and television and film producer.
• Bonda Mani, 60, Indian actor (Muthu, Sundara Travels, Winner) and comedian, kidney failure.
• Lisandro Meza, 86, Colombian singer and accordionist, complications from a stroke.
• Mike Nussbaum, 99, American actor (Fatal Attraction, Field of Dreams, Men in Black).
• Frank Okey, 104, American tennis and squash player.
• William Pope.L, 68, American visual artist.
• Michael Radulescu, 80, Romanian-German composer.
• M. M. Rajendran, 88, Indian civil servant, governor of Odisha (1999–2004).
• Richard Rampton, 82, British libel lawyer.
• Richard Romanus, 80, American actor (Mean Streets, Strike Force, Wizards).
• Yoshikatsu Takeiri, 97, Japanese politician, MP (1967–1990), pneumonia.
• James Weldishofer, 94, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1967–1968).

24

• Cheri Barry, 68, American politician, mayor of Meridian, Mississippi (2009–2013).
• Joseph Berger, 99, American sociologist and social psychologist (Expectation states theory).
• Richard Bowes, 79, American science fiction author.
• Len Cella, 86, American actor and director, traffic collision.
• Tibor Czibere, 93, Hungarian engineer, university professor, minister of education (1988–1989).
• Troy Dargan, 26, Australian rugby league player (South Sydney Rabbitohs, Cook Islands national team), traffic collision.
• Mary Dawson, 81, Canadian lawyer and civil servant, conflict of interest and ethics commissioner (2007–2018).
• Kamar de los Reyes, 56, Puerto Rican actor (One Life to Live, Sleepy Hollow, Call of Duty: Black Ops II), cancer.
• Naomi Feil, 91, American gerontologist.
• Richard Franklin, 87, English actor (Doctor Who, Crossroads, Emmerdale), writer and director.
• Eveline Gottzein, 92, German engineer and university professor.
• José Haring, 83, German Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Limoeiro do Norte (2000–2017).
• Vasilis Karras, 70, Greek laïko singer, complications from cancer and COVID-19.
• Rex Kodippili, 85, Sri Lankan actor (Kauda Bole Alice, Sonduru Dadabima, Ohoma Harida).
• David Leland, 82, British film director (Wish You Were Here, Virgin Territory), screenwriter (Mona Lisa), BAFTA winner (1988), and actor.
• David Libai, 89, Israeli jurist and politician, MK (1984–1996), minister of justice (1992–1996) and interior (1995).
• Melika Mohammadi, 23, Iranian footballer (Bam Khatoon, national team), traffic collision.
• Ron Nelson, 94, American composer.
• Ngethe Njoroge, 95, Kenyan diplomat, high commissioner to the United Kingdom (1970–1979).
• Alice Parker, 98, American composer, arranger, and choral conductor.
• Nisar Qadri, 82, Pakistani actor (Khamosh Pani, Hum Ek Hain).
• Kazimieras Ragulskis, 97, Lithuanian engineer, member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
• Harry Rosen, 92, Canadian menswear retailer, founder of Harry Rosen Inc.
• Willie Ruff, 92, American jazz musician and educator.
• Reggie Savage, 53, Canadian ice hockey player (Washington Capitals, Quebec Nordiques), cancer.
• Bjørn Skogstad Aamo, 77, Norwegian politician and economist, director of the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (1993–2011).
• Sherif Sonbol, 67, Egyptian photographer.
• Paul Tapponnier, 76, French geologist.
• Mike Weston, 85, English rugby union player (national team, British & Irish Lions).
• Milan Zeleny, 81, Czech-American economist.

25

• Yehoshua Ben-Arieh, 95, Israeli geographer, rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1993–1997).
• Frieder Birzele, 83, German politician, member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (1976–2006).
• Anthony Dias Blue, 82, American author and columnist.
• Jim Breaks, 83, British professional wrestler.
• Vinie Burrows, 99, American stage actress.
• Pamela Cluff, 92, British-born Canadian architect.
• Élise Fischer, 75, French writer, journalist and novelist.
• David Freeman, 84, American record label owner (County Records) and music historian, Alzheimer's disease.
• Bill Granger, 54, Australian chef and food writer (The Independent), cancer.
• Alain Laurier, 79, French Olympic football player (1968) and manager (Istres).
• Razi Mousavi, 59–60, Iranian major general, airstrike.
• Tom Priestley, 91, British film and sound editor (Deliverance, The Great Gatsby, 1984).
• Eugenio Riccomini, 87, Italian art historian.
• Henry Sandon, 95, English antique expert (Antiques Roadshow), stroke.
• Thanh Điền, 56, Vietnamese guitarist, anemia.
• Larry Walker, 88, American visual artist.
• Thomas Walter Warnes, 84–85, English gastroenterologist.

26

• Bandit, 38, Thai drag queen (Drag Race Thailand), costume designer, and stylist.
• Jolly Bastian, 57, Indian stunt director (Putnanja, Annayya, Super Ranga), heart attack.
• Patrick Buisson, 74, French journalist (Minute, Valeurs actuelles, Le Crapouillot) and political advisor.
• Lukas Enembe, 56, Indonesian politician, governor of Papua (2013–2023), kidney failure.
• John Fernandez, 82, Malaysian politician, MP (2008–2013).
• Armando Guadiana Tijerina, 77, Mexican politician, member of the Congress of Coahuila (1973–1976) and senator (since 2018), prostate cancer.
• Joseph Hendrie, 98, American physicist, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1977–1979).
• David Kernan, 85, British actor (Mix Me a Person, Zulu, Carry On Abroad).
• Riaz Khokhar, 80, Pakistani diplomat, foreign secretary (2002–2005), ambassador to the United States (1997–1999) and China (1999–2002).
• Elsa Lystad, 93, Norwegian actress (Hurra for Andersens!, Deilig er fjorden!, Smuglere).
• Salmi Manja, 86, Malaysian novelist, poet, and journalist.
• Lesley McNaught-Mändli, 59, British-born Swiss show jumper, Olympic silver medallist (2000).
• Ronald Mehlich, 54, Polish athlete.
• Yaşar Okuyan, 73, Turkish politician, writer, and journalist, minister of labour and social security (1999–2002) and MP (1996–2002), lung disease.
• Tony Oxley, 85, English free improvising drummer, co-founder of Incus Records.
• Sir Gurney Pease, 5th Baronet, 96, British hotelier and politician.
• Noel Peyton, 88, Irish footballer (Leeds United, Shamrock Rovers, national team.
• James Ray, 66, American basketball player (Denver Nuggets, Berloni Torino, Fenerbahçe), complications from surgery.
• Bobby Rivers, 70, American television personality (WISN-TV, WPIX, VH1), cancer.
• Wolfgang Schäuble, 81, German politician and lawyer, minister of finance (2009–2017), president (2017–2021) and member of the Bundestag (since 1972), cancer.
• Tom Smothers, 86, American comedian, musician (Smothers Brothers) and actor (Get to Know Your Rabbit, Serial), lung cancer.

27

• Rotimi Akeredolu, 67, Nigerian lawyer and politician, governor of Ondo State (since 2017), leukemia.
• Yuri Arabov, 69, Russian screenwriter (The Lonely Voice of Man, Days of Eclipse, Moloch), writer and poet.
• Ken Bowman, 81, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
• Juliette Carré, 90, French actress.
• Jackie D'Amico, 87, American mobster (Gambino crime family).
• Darchhawna, 87, Indian writer.
• Jacques Delors, 98, French economist and politician, minister of finance (1981–1984), MEP (1979–1981), and president of the European Commission (1985–1995).
• Éamonn Draper, 83, Irish actor (Ros na Rún).
• Patricia Ferreira, 65, Spanish film and television director and screenwriter (I Know Who You Are, The Wild Ones).
• Forestry, 27, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Gaston Glock, 94, Austrian engineer and weapons industry executive, founder of Glock.
• Fred Kaufman, 99, Canadian jurist, judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal (1973–1991) and acting chief justice of Quebec (1990–1991).
• Herb Kohl, 88, American politician, businessman (Kohl's), and sports team owner (Milwaukee Bucks), member of the U.S. Senate (1989–2013).
• Maria Laina, 76, Greek poet.
• Sir Martin Laing, 81, British construction executive.
• Lee Sun-kyun, 48, South Korean actor (My Mister, Parasite, Paju), suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
• Itzhak Levanon, 79, Israeli diplomat, ambassador to Egypt (2009–2011).
• Ignacio E. Lozano Jr., 96, American diplomat, ambassador to El Salvador (1976–1977).
• Jack McLean, 77, Scottish journalist and art teacher.
• Ghali Umar Na'Abba, 65, Nigerian politician, speaker of the House of Representatives (1999–2003).
• Mbongeni Ngema, 68, South African playwright (Sarafina!, Woza Albert!), traffic collision.
• Michael Kwabena Ntumy, 65, Ghanaian Pentecostal televangelist, chairman of the Church of Pentecost (1998–2008).
• Bob Panasik, 82, Canadian golfer.
• Robert Andrew Parker, 96, American illustrator.
• Frederick Sachs, 82, American biologist.
• Odete Santos, 82, Portuguese politician, MP (1980–2007).
• María Seoane, 75, Argentine economist, journalist, and writer, director of LRA Radio Nacional (2009–2015).
• Leonard Singer, 80, British-born Manx politician, member of the House of Keys (2001–2006, 2011–2016).
• PC Siqueira, 37, Brazilian Internet personality, actor (Internet – O Filme), and television presenter, suicide by hanging.

28

• Shaharuddin Abdullah, 75, Malaysian footballer (Penang, national team, 1972 Olympic team).
• Norair Arakelian, 87, Armenian mathematician. (death announced on this date)
• Elmer Austin, 74, American basketball player (North Carolina A&T Aggies)
• Dave Bailey, 97, American jazz drummer.
• François Bracci, 72, French football player (Marseille, national team) and manager (Rouen).
• Francis Dhomont, 97, French composer.
• Kelly Doran, 66, American businessman and real estate developer, cancer.
• Alda Grimaldi, 104, Italian television director and actress.
• Hardi, 72, Indonesian visual artist.
• Günter Hirschmann, 88, German footballer (1. FC Magdeburg, East Germany national team).
• Frank Kaderabek, 94, American trumpeter.
• Eduard Khamitov, 86, Russian scientist and politician, MP (2005–2007).
• Hernán Martínez, 81, Colombian chemical engineer and politician, minister of mines and energy (2006–2010).
• Dick Marty, 78, Swiss politician, member of the Council of States (1995–2011).
• Jacquelyn Mattfeld, 98, American musicologist and academic administrator.
• Bill McColl, 93, American football player (Chicago Bears).
• Per Myrberg, 90, Swedish actor (A Handful of Love, The Simple-Minded Murderer, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo).
• Carlos Pulido, 52, Venezuelan baseball player (Minnesota Twins).
• Herman Raucher, 95, American writer (Summer of '42, Watermelon Man, The Other Side of Midnight).
• Michael Sacco, 86, American labor leader.
• Abubakar Siddique, 89, Bangladeshi poet, writer and critic.
• Pedro Suárez-Vértiz, 54, Peruvian singer-songwriter (Arena Hash), heart attack.
• Tommy Talton, 74, American guitarist (We the People, Cowboy).
• Vijayakanth, 71, Indian actor (Senthoora Poove, Thayagam) and politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (2006–2016), pneumonia and COVID-19.
• Bill Voss, 80, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers).
• Kurt Wagner, 70, German actor, cancer.
• Patrick Walsh, 92, Northern Irish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Down and Connor (1991–2008).
• Lloyd R. Welch, 96, American information theorist.
• Donald Wildmon, 85, American United Methodist minister, author, and radio host, founder of the American Family Association, Lewy body dementia.

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• Mike Barnett, 77, English-born Australian politician, member (1974–1996) and speaker (1986–1993) of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, complications from dementia.
• Hermann Baumann, 89, German horn player.
• Greg Boester, 55, American Olympic ski jumper (1994).
• John M. Burns, 84–85, English comics artist (The Seekers, Modesty Blaise, Judge Dredd).
• Kurtis Chapman, 26, English professional wrestler (Revolution Pro Wrestling).
• Gustavo Cisneros, 78, Venezuelan conglomerate industry executive, president of Grupo Cisneros (since 1970).
• Gil de Ferran, 56, French-born Brazilian racing driver, CART champion (2000, 2001), 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner, heart attack.
• Sir Michael Hardie Boys, 92, New Zealand lawyer, jurist, and vice-regal representative, judge of the High Court (1980–1989), governor-general (1996–2001), privy counsellor (since 1989).
• Maurice Hines, 80, American dancer, singer and actor (The Cotton Club).
• Killer Khan, 76, Japanese professional wrestler (Mid-South, Stampede, WWF), aortic dissection.
• Marceli Kosman, 83, Polish historian.
• Roland Leong, 78, American drag racer.
• Les McCann, 88, American jazz pianist, pneumonia.
• Rossy Mendoza, 80, Mexican vedette, actress (Sweetly You'll Die Through Love), and dancer, heart attack.
• Joey Meyer, 74, American basketball coach (DePaul Blue Demons).
• Khaled Nezzar, 86, Algerian military officer, chief of staff (1988–1990).
• Sandra Reaves-Phillips, 79, American actress (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Round Midnight, Lean on Me), writer, and singer.
• Lammie Robertson, 76, Scottish footballer (Halifax Town, Exeter City, Brighton & Hove Albion), prostate cancer.
• A. Kimball Romney, 98, American social sciences professor (University of California, Irvine), co-founder of cognitive anthropology.
• Ramzi T. Salamé, 70, Lebanese writer and artist.
• Ron Taylor, 91, Australian rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs, South Sydney, New South Wales).
• Mosese Tikoitoga, Fijian soldier and diplomat, commander of the Military Forces (2014–2015).

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• Bryan Ansell, 68, British game designer (Warhammer).
• Paul Buysse, 78, Belgian businessman.
• Jean-Gabriel Castel, 95, French-Canadian law professor.
• Nelma Costa, 101, Brazilian actress.
• Martha Diamond, 79, American painter.
• Dennis Edney, 77, Scottish-born Canadian lawyer, complications from dementia.
• Bernie Fagan, 74, English footballer (Los Angeles Aztecs, Portland Timbers).
• Chuck Harrison, 82, American baseball player (Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals).
• Yehudith Huebner, 102, Austrian-born Israeli civil servant and diplomat.
• Norma Izard, 90, English cricketer (national team).
• Khachim Karmokov, 82, Russian politician, MP (1993–1995) and senator (2001–2009).
• Roger E. Kirk, 93, American psychologist.
• Luboš Kohoutek, 88, Czech astronomer, discoverer of Comet Kohoutek.
• Harvey S. Leff, 86, American physicist.
• Cindy Morgan, 69, American actress (Tron, Caddyshack, Falcon Crest).
• Red Paden, 67, American juke joint owner, complications following heart surgery.
• Douglas J. J. Peters, 60, American politician, member (2007–2021) and majority leader (2016–2019) of the Maryland Senate, multiple myeloma.
• John Pilger, 84, Australian documentary filmmaker (Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia, Death of a Nation, The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back) and journalist, pulmonary fibrosis.
• Leo Prabhu, 90, Indian dramatist, playwright and novelist.
• Pierre Pranchère, 96, French politician, deputy (1956–1958) and MEP (1979–1989).
• Bhavani Shankar, 66–67, Indian pakhawaj drum player, cardiac arrest.
• Sir Moray Stewart, 85, British civil servant, Second Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence (1990–1996).
• Mick Wheble, 74, British racing manager, author and charity advocate, oesophageal cancer.
• Tom Wilkinson, 75, British actor (The Full Monty, In the Bedroom, Michael Clayton), BAFTA winner (1998), cardiac arrest.
• Aki Yashiro, 73, Japanese singer, interstitial pneumonia.

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• Luís Blanco Vila, 87, Spanish journalist.
• June Jackson Christmas, 99, American psychiatrist, heart failure.
• Jay Clayton, 82, American jazz vocalist, small-cell lung cancer.
• Colita, 83, Spanish photographer, peritonitis.
• Shecky Greene, 97, American comedian and actor (History of the World, Part I, Splash, Tony Rome).
• Kariman Hamza, 81, Egyptian journalist and presenter.
• Dale Hodges, 82, Canadian politician, Calgary city councillor (1983–2013).
• Melissa Hoskins, 32, Australian Olympic cyclist (2012), traffic collision.
• Eddie Bernice Johnson, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2023) and Texas Senate (1987–1993).
• Amir Banoo Karimi, 92, Iranian academic, pulmonary heart disease.
• Mathieu Khedimi, 59, French rugby league footballer (AS Saint-Estève, national team) and coach (AS Saint-Estève).
• Benjamin Kiplagat, 34, Ugandan Olympic long-distance runner (2008, 2012, 2016), stabbed.
• Maunu Kurkvaara, 97, Finnish film director (Yksityisalue, 4x4) and producer (Let Not One Devil Cross the Bridge).
• Jaerock Lee, 80, South Korean Christian pastor and convicted sex offender, founder of the Manmin Central Church.
• Erik Meyn, 68, Norwegian journalist and television director.
• Ana Ofelia Murguía, 90, Mexican actress (The Queen of the Night, Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead, Coco).
• Oscar Quitak, 97, British actor (Yes, Prime Minister, Howards' Way, A Very British Coup).
• Pranab K. Sen, 87, Indian-American statistician and academic.
• O. S. Thyagarajan, 76, Indian Carnatic musician.
• Cale Yarborough, 84, American Hall of Fame racing driver and founder of Cale Yarborough Motorsports, NASCAR Cup Series champion (1976, 1977, 1978).

External links

• List of December 2023 deaths at IMDb