Deaths in 2026

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• Ehtiram Aliyev [az], 54, Azerbaijiani colonel.
• Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, 80, Mexican drug lord.
• Tim Holden, 69, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2013).
• Vangelis Ioannidis, 78, Greek actor (Young Aphrodites, O striglos pou egine arnaki).
• Bill Watters, 83, Canadian sports media personality.

14

• Bob Allen, 81, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1989–2006).
• Giri Babu, 83, Indian actor (Karunamayudu, Kurukshetram) and director (Nee Sukhame Ne Koruthunna).
• Purabi Basu, 77, Bangladeshi poet.
• Vatsilov Davudov [ru], 31, Russian judoka and sambo practitioner, shot.
• Michel Destot, 80, French politician, MP (1988–2017) and mayor of Grenoble (1995–2014).
• Eddie Eckstein, 86, South African musician, comedian and actor.
• Carlo Favre, 77, Italian Olympic skier (1972, 1976).
• Freeman Johnson, 106, American World War II veteran, survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
• Ole Lund, 92, Norwegian barrister and industrial leader.
• Agron Memedi, 46, North Macedonian footballer (Shkëndija, Metalurg Skopje, national team).
• László Sáry, 86, Hungarian composer, pianist, and music educator.
• Jean-Louis Sbille, 78, Belgian radio producer.
• Yevhen Shakh [uk], 80, Ukrainian actor and voice actor.
• M. K. Shivajilingam, 69, Sri Lankan politician, MP (2001–2010).
• Richard Sterban, 83, American Hall of Fame singer (The Oak Ridge Boys), four-time Grammy winner, bronchitis and pneumonia.
• Joshua Tijani, 34, Ghanaian footballer (Wa All Stars, Ashanti Gold, national team). (death announced on this date)
• Paddy Turner, 87, Irish footballer (Dundalk, Morton, national team).
• Omar Walcott, 61, Venezuelan Olympic basketball player (1992), lung cancer.

13

• Zahidi Zainul Abidin, 65, Malaysian politician, Perlis MLA (1999–2008), MP (2013–2022), kidney failure.
• Nikolai Biryulya [ru], 89, Russian puppeteer and theatre director.
• Lucio Chiquito Caicedo, 110, Colombian engineer.
• Aline Desjardins [fr], 92, Canadian journalist and television presenter.
• Gualberto Fernández, 85, Salvadoran football player (Alianza, national team) and manager (Independiente).
• Dvora Hacohen, 89, Israeli historian. (death announced on this date)
• Dan Hall, 48, British-born Australian musician (Taxiride).
• Thore Henki Holm Hansen [no], 82, Norwegian musician and outlaw biker.
• C. S. Karnan, 71, Indian jurist, judge of the Madras High Court (2009–2016) and the Calcutta High Court (2016–2017).
• Jesse Mashburn, 93, American track and field racer, Olympic champion (1956).
• Norayr Mehrabyan [hy], 85, Armenian ballet dancer and choreographer.
• Mohamed Osman al-Mirghani, 90, Sudanese politician.
• Mondonguito [es], 67, Peruvian comedian, pulmonary fibrosis.
• Peter Moran, 91, Scottish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Aberdeen (2003–2011).
• Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier [de], 79, German classical archaeologist.
• Tony Pulguita, 63, Chilean clown, cancer.
• John Reilly, 68, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2017–2023), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
• Dionísio Mendes de Sousa, 86, Portuguese politician, president of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores (1995–1996).
• Jaroslav Šuvarský [cs], 85, Czech Orthodox priest.
• Guðjón Þórðarson, 71, Icelandic football player (Íþróttabandalag Akraness, national team) and manager (Stoke City), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Praneetsilpa Vacharapol, 94, Thai newspaper executive, chairwoman of Thairath (since 1996).
• Richard Weize, 81, German writer and record label founder (Bear Family Records).
• Masaaki Yamazaki, 84, Japanese politician, member (since 1992) and president (2013–2016) of the Senate, deputy chief cabinet secretary (2003–2005), aspiration pneumonia.

12

• Karl Johan Åström, 92, Swedish control theorist.
• Michael Bayham, 52, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (since 2024), liver failure.
• Pierre Bellocq, 99, French-born American cartoonist.
• Vyacheslav Briukhovetskyi, 79, Ukrainian literary scholar and pedagogue, rector of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (1991–2007).
• Toni Capuozzo [it], 77, Italian journalist and writer.
• Augusto Alves da Rocha, 93, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Picos (1975–2001), Oeiras-Floriano (2001–2008) and Floriano (2008–2010).
• Kevin Dillon, 85, Irish Gaelic footballer (Clonakilty, Cork).
• Hwang Jang-lee, 81, South Korean taekwondo practitioner and actor (Drunken Master, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, Hitman in the Hand of Buddha).
• Jim McDermott, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1989–2017).
• Aloysius Murwito, 75, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Agats (since 2002).
• James Pavatt, 73, American convicted murderer (murder of Rob Andrew), execution by lethal injection.
• Jan Pijnenburg, 70, Dutch drummer (Doe Maar).
• Jean Puech, 84, French politician, minister of agriculture (1993–1995) and of civil service (1995–1997).
• Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju, 78, Indian politician, MP (1989–1996, 1998–1999).
• John Allen Rubio, 46, American convicted murderer (2003 Brownsville child murders), execution by lethal injection.
• Koh Hock Seng, 81, Malaysian Olympic field hockey player (1964, 1968).
• Claudette Soares, 91, Brazilian singer.
• S. M. Srinivasan, 86, Indian artist.
• Eldon Stroburg, 99, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1969–1971).
• Brian Tracy, 82, Canadian-American motivational speaker.
• Young L, 39, American rapper (The Pack) and record producer ("Vans"). (death announced on this date)
• Zee Zee Top, 27, British Thoroughbred racehorse.

11

• Carlos Babington, 77, Argentine football player (Huracán, national team) and manager (Huracán).
• Ujjal Biswas, 72, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (2011–2026), multiple organ failure.
• Steve Camp, 71, American singer, heart failure.
• Finn Coren, 65, Norwegian singer-songwriter.
• Laurence Crouzet, 65, French voice actress.
• Alexander Darchiev, 66, Russian diplomat, ambassador to the United States (since 2025).
• F. A. Dry, 95, American college football player (Oklahoma State Cowboys) and coach (Tulsa Golden Hurricane, TCU Horned Frogs).
• Dan Hicks, 64, American sportscaster (NBC Sports).
• Dick Hoak, 86, American football player and coach (Pittsburgh Steelers).
• Clifford Huskilson, 73, Canadian politician, Nova Scotia MLA (1993–1999).
• Peter Iden, 88, German theater and art critic.
• Hamadou Moustapha, 81, Cameroonian politician.
• Tom O'Brien, 39, Irish jockey, cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Tony Richards, 69, American drummer (W.A.S.P). (death announced on this date)
• Michael John Roberts, 48, Canadian animator (TripTank, F Is for Family, BoJack Horseman), glioblastoma.
• Oldřich Svojanovský, 80, Czech rower, Olympic silver (1972) and bronze medalist (1976).
• Regina Torné, 82, Mexican actress (The Big Cube, El Chavo del Ocho, Like Water for Chocolate).

10

• Héctor Aguer, 83, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires (1992–1998), coadjutor archbishop (1998–2000) and archbishop (2000–2018) of La Plata.
• Frédéric Boilet, 66, French cartoonist.
• Marcos Camino [es], 76, Argentine accordionist (Los Palmeras), suicide by hanging.
• Anthony Clark, 62, American comedian and actor (Yes, Dear, Boston Common, The Rock), complications from pneumonia.
• Samuel O. Freedman, 98, Canadian immunologist and academic.
• Zuzana Fišárková [cs], 87, Czech actress (Četnické humoresky, Morgiana).
• Mike Friedman, 87, American college football coach (CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves).
• Petr Hajn [cs], 91, Czech lawyer and commercial law professor.
• Irma P. Hall, 91, American actress (The Ladykillers, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Soul Food).
• Dai Henwood, 48, New Zealand comedian, game show host (Family Feud), and television personality (7 Days, Taskmaster New Zealand), bowel cancer.
• Jim Herd, 87, American television production executive and professional wrestling executive (WCW). (death announced on this date)
• Stacy Keach, 85, American actor (Fat City, Titus, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer), heart failure.
• Danny Kelly, 69, British journalist (New Musical Express, Q) and radio presenter (talkSPORT), throat cancer.
• Valery Kerdemelidi, 88, Russian gymnast, Olympic silver medallist (1960).
• Tapio Koskinen, 73, Finnish ice hockey player (Ässät, 1976 Olympics).
• Shaji Kumar, 57, Indian cinematographer (Ponnar Shankar, Mambattiyan, Saagasam), heart failure.
• Catherine Laboubée, 71, French historian and writer.
• Dick Lamb, 88, American disc jockey (WGH-AM, WWDE-FM, WVBW-FM), co-founder of Max Media.
• Oleg Lapshin, 89, Russian football manager (women's national team).
• Marsha M. Linehan, 83, American psychologist.
• Don MacAdam, 76, Canadian ice hockey coach.
• Arif Mirzayev, 82, Azerbaijani composer.
• Mörður Árnason, 73, Icelandic politician, MP (2003–2007, 2010–2013).
• Sid Morrison, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1981–1993) and Washington secretary of transportation (1993–2001).
• Kevin Murray, 66, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1994–1998) and Senate (1998–2006).
• Antonello Palombi, 58, Italian operatic tenor.
• Richard Posner, 87, American legal scholar and judge, judge (1981–2017) and chief judge (1993–2000) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
• Ninoslav Radovanović, 86, Serbian cardiac surgeon.
• Elisa Ramírez, 82, Spanish actress (Man with the Golden Winchester, The Wanton of Spain, The Troublemaker).
• Bunker Roy, 81, Indian educationist, founder of the Barefoot College.
• Todd Russell, 54, Australian miner, survivor of the Beaconsfield Mine collapse.
• Luciano Tessari, 98, Italian football player (Roma, Palermo) and manager (Roma).
• David B. Wingate, 91, Bermudian-born British ornithologist and naturalist.

9

• Brian Ahern, 81, Canadian record producer and guitarist.
• Lenita Airisto, 89, Finnish journalist and socialite.
• Dilyara Alkayeva, 77, Russian jurist, judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Tatarstan (2000–2010).
• Ichgola Androgyn, 66, German actor (A Virus Knows No Morals, Anita: Dances of Vice, I Am My Own Woman) and LGBTQ+ activist.
• Paweł Anweiler, 76, Polish Lutheran clergyman, bishop of Cieszyn (1992–2016).
• Ballabriggs, 25, Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Bob Boone, 78, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels) and manager (Kansas City Royals), World Series champion (1980).
• David Bratman, 69, American librarian and Tolkien scholar.
• Ronald Canestrari, 83, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1989–2012).
• Ben Dekker, 86, South African environmentalist.
• Maurice Hasson, 92, French-Venezuelan violinist.
• Sir Garry Johnson, 89, British army general, pneumonia.
• Badrul Kamal, 80, Indonesian politician, mayor of Depok (2000–2005), lung cancer.
• Vanderlei Lázaro, 79, Brazilian footballer (Corinthians, Cruzeiro).
• Daryl Lilley, 52, New Zealand rugby union player (Taranaki, Canterbury, Hurricanes).
• Abune Lucas, 94, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church archbishop and administrator of the Office of the Patriarch.
• Robert Marty, 90, French mathematician and semiotician.
• Bob Mills, 79, American furniture store executive.
• Panda Nababan, 82, Indonesian politician, MP (1999–2012).
• Manilal Nag, 87, Indian sitar player.
• Michał Oksiński, 24, Polish spree killer (2026 Kraków shooting), complications from gunshot wounds.
• Tibor Palánkai, 88, Hungarian economist.
• Rita Paul, 99, American visual artist and hotel owner (Washington Square Hotel).
• Francis Pipelin, 93, French racing cyclist.
• Arpita Singh, 89, Indian visual artist.
• Roger Sippl, 71, American software developer (Informix Corporation). (death announced on this date)
• Brian Steele, 97, New Zealand rugby union player (Wellington, Horowhenua, national team).
• Ron Turner, 81, Australian rugby league player (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, national team).

8

• Engin Deniz Akarlı, 81, Turkish-American historian.
• Solange Alexandre, 104, French World War II resistance fighter.
• Hubert Ausbie, 88, American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters).
• Darren Beckford, 59, English footballer (Port Vale, Norwich City, Oldham Athletic).
• Bar Belfer, 37, Israeli actress (Someone to Run With), musician, and radio announcer, epileptic seizure.
• Domenico Berni, 86, Italian Roman Catholic bishop, prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla (1989–2018).
• Dennis Breakwell, 78, English cricketer (Northamptonshire, Somerset).
• Gordon Britton, 87, Welsh rugby union player (Newport, national team). (death announced on this date)
• Arnaldo Coen, 86, Mexican visual artist (Generación de la Ruptura).
• Ryan Ghietti, 37, Australian rugby league player (Northern Pride, Italy national team).
• Cico Harahap, 48, Malaysian actor (Puteri Impian).
• Skip Hinnant, 86, American actor (Fritz the Cat, The Electric Company, The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town).
• Peter Jaroš, 86, Slovak writer (The Millennial Bee) and politician, MNC (1992–1994).
• Paweł Kakietek, 51, Polish Olympic boxer (2000). (death announced on this date)
• Louisa Lesage, 28, French cartoonist and animator, fall.
• Franziska Liebhardt, 44, German shot putter, Paralympic champion (2016).
• Juozapas Matulaitis, 90, Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kaišiadorys (1991–2012).
• Johnny McEvoy, 81, Irish singer.
• Dževad Prekazi, 69, Kosovar football player (Partizan, Galatasaray) and coach (Železnik).
• Gerhard Schwenzer, 88, German Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Oslo (1983–2005).
• Sir Pou Temara, 78, New Zealand linguist and Tikanga Māori scholar.
• Prakash Mani Tripathi, 91, Indian politician, MP (1996–1998, 1999–2004).
• Tommy Walsh, 69, English television presenter and celebrity builder (Ground Force, Homes Under the Hammer).
• Kakule William, Ugandan actor (Who Killed Captain Alex?).
• Jaswant Singh Yadav, 73, Indian politician, MP (1999–2004) and Rajasthan MLA (2008–2018, since 2023).
• Kourosh Zarei, 54, Iranian actor.

7

• Alberta Ampomah, 32, Ghanaian Olympic weightlifter (2012).
• Frank Bergemann, 70, German handball coach (Alpla HC Hard, Erlangen, HBW Balingen-Weilstetten).
• Oleh Bilorus, 87, Ukrainian politician, ambassador of Ukraine to the United States (1992–1994).
• Mike Carter, 71, American-Israeli basketball player (Hapoel Holon, Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Ramat Gan), organ failure.
• Roberto Cervellati, 92, Italian physicist and explorer, traffic collision.
• Wayne Closter, 81, Australian footballer (Geelong).
• Barry Daines, 75, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Mansfield Town, Bulova SA).
• Agneta Ekmanner, 87, Swedish actress (Hugs and Kisses, Duet for Cannibals, The Fire Engine That Disappeared).
• Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, 88, Russian actress (Happy Go Lucky, The Red Snowball Tree, The Youth of Peter the Great), heart failure.
• Gary Fisketjon, 72, American book editor, stroke.
• Henryk Grychnik [pl], 93, Polish operatic tenor, soloist of the Silesian Opera (1956–1991).
• Jeff Julian, 91, New Zealand Olympic marathon runner (1960, 1964).
• Rick Kessell, 77, Canadian ice hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins, California Golden Seals).
• Matjaž Kmecl [sl], 92, Slovenian linguist, poet, and politician.
• Blanche Le Bris, 106, French bookseller and Holocaust survivor.
• Leonid Leitman [ru], 95, Russian fencer.
• Richard Lloyd, 75, American guitarist (Television, Rocket from the Tombs), bile duct cancer.
• Lucette Lousteau, 77, French politician, deputy (2012–2017).
• Blanche Martin, 87, American football player (Los Angeles Chargers, New York Titans).
• Željko Matuš, 91, Croatian footballer (Dinamo Zagreb, Yugoslavia national team), Olympic champion (1960).
• Hillary Menard, 92, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).
• Ritsuko Nakayama, 84, Japanese bowler and television personality (Takeshi's Castle).
• Enrique Quiñones Garzón, 57, Mexican baseball player (Tomateros de Culiacán), shot.
• Stephen Roberts, 77, Australian footballer (St Kilda).
• Vladimir Romanishin, 67, Belarusian Olympic rower (1988, 1992).
• Bobby Sheehan, 78, American ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers).
• Kofi Wayo, 71, Ghanaian politician.
• G. William Whitehurst, 101, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1969–1987).
• Françoise Woimant, 97, French librarian and art historian.
• Yui Ueda, 52, Japanese golfer.
• Yan Zhen, 95, Chinese poet.
• Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan, 90, Pakistani politician, president of Azad Kashmir (2006–2011).

6

• Leonid Arkayev, 86, Russian Hall of Fame gymnast.
• Arnošt Binter [cs], 98, Czech educator and fitness coach.
• Bismarck, 36, Brazilian footballer (Fortaleza, Espérance de Tunis), shot.
• Moysés Blás, 89, Brazilian basketball player, Olympic bronze medallist (1960).
• David Chelule, 49, Kenyan Olympic long-distance runner (2000).
• T. Cullen Davis, 93, American oil tycoon and murder suspect.
• Dawn Greenhalgh, 93, Canadian actress (Babar, The Virgin Suicides, Maps to the Stars).
• Yuri Kayurov, 99, Russian actor (The Sixth of July, The Long Farewell, White Snow of Russia).
• Lee Yiok Seng, 87, Singaporean politician, MP (1972–1996).
• Sebastián Lelio, 52, Chilean film director (Gloria, Disobedience, A Fantastic Woman), Oscar winner (2018).
• Billy Little, 86, Scottish football player (Aberdeen, Stirling Albion) and manager (East Stirlingshire).
• Michael Locke, 47, Welsh stuntman (Dirty Sanchez) and skateboarder.
• Sonomyn Luvsangombo, 101, Mongolian military officer and politician, minister of public security (1982–1984) and mayor of Ulaanbaatar (1971–1972).
• Ljubomir Maksimović, 87, Serbian historian.
• Mitsuru Nagai, 91, Japanese pianist.
• Robert Parmet, 87, American author and academic.
• Rosemary Payne, 93, Scottish Olympic discus thrower (1972). (death announced on this date)
• Danuta Beata Postnikoff [pl], 78, Polish journalist, film director, and screenwriter.
• Vezhdi Rashidov, 74, Bulgarian sculptor and politician, minister of culture (2009–2013, 2014–2017) and chairman of the National Assembly (2022–2023), heart attack.
• Ben Reyes, 79, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1973–1980) and Houston City Council (1980–1996).
• Jay Rockefeller, 89, American politician, governor of West Virginia (1977–1985) and U.S. senator (1985–2015).
• Ádám Rothermel, 78, Hungarian footballer (Tatabánya, Újpesti Dózsa), Olympic silver medallist (1972).
• Billy C. Sanders, 90, American naval officer, master chief petty officer of the Navy (1982–1985).
• Michael Sanft, 55, American attorney (murder of Tupac Shakur). (body discovered on this date)
• Nilton Travesso [pt], 92, Brazilian television director (TV Globo, Rede Bandeirantes, Rede Manchete).
• Konstantin Trenchev, 71, Bulgarian syndicalist, founder and president (1989–2015) of the Confederation of Labour Podkrepa.
• Marko Turina, 89, Croatian cardiac surgeon.
• Platon Udovenko, 85, Ukrainian-born Russian Orthodox prelate.

5

• Ahmed al-Alwani [ar], 57, Iraqi politician.
• Allen Ballard, 96, American author.
• Jean Bardet, 85, French politician, deputy (1986–1988, 1993–2012).
• Julian A. Brodsky, 93, American mass media executive, founder of Comcast.
• Antonio Carattoni, 80, Sammarinese politician, captain regent (2006–2007). (death announced on this date)
• Ali-Asghar Fani, 72, Iranian politician, minister of education (2005, 2013–2016).
• Rochelle Fleming, 72, American singer (First Choice).
• Sir Lloyd Geering, 108, New Zealand theologian.
• David Hewitt, 87, Irish rugby union player (national team, British & Irish Lions).
• Stuart Holland, 86, British economist and politician, MP (1979–1989). (death announced on this date)
• Alan Jones, 80, Australian racing driver, Formula One world champion (1980).
• Paul Langmack, 61, Australian rugby league player (Canterbury Bulldogs, Western Suburbs) and coach (South Sydney), heart attack.
• Gianpietro Marchetti, 78, Italian footballer (Atalanta, Juventus, national team).
• Pavel Moiseyev, 39, Russian educator and politician, member of the Tambov Oblast Duma (since 2022), traffic collision.
• Gonzalo Moratorio [es], 44, Uruguayan virologist, cancer.
• Marcel Ndalé, 65–66, Central African militant and warlord, shot.
• Nimeño I, 81, French bullfighter.
• Hossein Omoumi, 82, Iranian musician.
• Nikola Petrov-Korli, 81, Bulgarian illusionist.
• Gianluca Pierobon, 59, Italian racing cyclist.
• John Prausnitz, 98, American chemical engineer.
• Mikhail Vasiliev, 64, Russian ice hockey player (Torpedo Yaroslavl, CSKA Moscow, HC Bozen–Bolzano).
• Patricia Walsh, 74, Argentine politician, deputy (2001–2005), respiratory failure.
• Jeffrey Weisheit, 50, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.

4

• Hubert Aiwanger, 55, German politician, deputy minister-president of Bavaria (since 2018).
• Ray Alborn, 87, American football coach (Rice Owls).
• Drew Allbritten, 79, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1979–1980), cancer.
• Edward Anyamkyegh, 48, Nigerian footballer (Sheriff Tiraspol, Karpaty Lviv, Atlantis).
• Janaína Barbosa, 48, Brazilian actress and television presenter (RedeTV!), sepsis.
• Herbert Blomstedt, 99, Swedish-American conductor (Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, San Francisco Symphony).
• Tinto Brass, 93, Italian film director (Caligula, Salon Kitty, La vacanza) and screenwriter, heart attack.
• Bernard Cafferty, 92, English chess master.
• Ronald D. Castille, 82, American jurist, justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (1994–2014).
• Vadim Crîcimari, 38, Moldovan footballer (CSCA–Rapid Chișinău, Speranța Crihana Veche, Dacia Buiucani), cancer.
• Steve Davidson, 67, American science fiction editor (Amazing Stories).
• María Alicia Delgado, 77, Mexican actress and comedian.
• David Del Valle, 77, American film historian, esophageal cancer.
• Donnie Dunagan, 92, American actor (Bambi, Son of Frankenstein, Tower of London) and Marine Corps major, lung cancer.
• Fred Forest, 93, French media artist.
• Subramaniam Hariharan Iyer, Indian human rights lawyer.
• Tom Jensen, 77, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1985–1987, 1989–1997) and Senate (2005–2012).
• Jesús María de Jesús Moya, 91, Dominican Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros (1977–1984) and bishop of San Francisco de Macorís (1984–2012).
• Kimmarie Johnson, 50, American actress (The Summer of Massacre), businesswoman, and model, complications from a heart aneurysm.
• Jack Mapanje, 82, Malawian writer and poet (Of Chameleons and Gods).
• Billy Martindale, 88, American golfer, lung disease.
• Drew McMaster, 69, British Olympic sprinter (1980).
• Carlo Molinari, 93, French businessman, president of FC Metz (1967–1978, 1983–2009).
• Léone Nogarède, 100, French actress (Cartouche, King of Paris).
• Victor Pânzaru, 73, Moldovan poet and translator.
• Nicolas P. Retsinas, 79, American economist.
• Anthony Robinson, 95, American novelist and short story writer. (death announced on this date)
• Bernardo Rogora, 87, Italian footballer (Padova, Fiorentina, Brescia).
• Pierre Rosenthal, 65, French role-playing game designer.
• Toukie Smith, 74, American actress (227, I Like It Like That, Miami Vice) and model, complications from multiple sclerosis.
• Alessandro Staccioli, 94, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, vicar apostolic of Luang Prabang (1968–1975) and auxiliary bishop of Siena–Colle di Val d'Elsa–Montalcino (1975–1990).
• Liudvikas Žukauskas [lt], 73, Lithuanian politician.

3

• Carlos Albert, 83, Mexican footballer (Necaxa, national team).
• Toni Brogno, 53, Belgian footballer (Olympic Charleroi, Westerlo, national team), liver cancer.
• June Carpenter, 88, American Shaker.
• Frank Doran, 93, American aikido teacher.
• John Frieda, 75, British hairstylist, cancer.
• Marta Gastón, 53, Spanish economist and politician, senator (2004–2008) and deputy (2008–2011), cancer.
• Harold Greene, 82, American news anchor (KABC-TV, KCBS-TV, KCAL-TV).
• Janosch, 95, German children's author and illustrator.
• Paul Kihara Kariuki, 72, Kenyan lawyer and politician, attorney general (2018–2022).
• Nand Lal, 72, Indian politician, Himachal Pradesh MLA (since 2007).
• Daniel Marguerat, 83, Swiss theologian and Biblical scholar.
• Jesús de Miguel, 30, Spanish footballer (Castellón, Unionistas, Tenerife), blunt cardiac injury.
• Herman Morse, 77, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2017–2025), cardiac arrest.
• John Nicks, 97, British-American Olympic pair skater (1948, 1952) and figure skating coach, world champion (1953).
• Yekaterina Raikina [ru], 89, Russian actress.
• Peggy Rathmann, 73, American illustrator and author.
• Paul-Henri Rebut, 90–91, French nuclear physicist.
• Eliana Rocha [pt], 82, Brazilian actress (Pé na Cova, Negócio da China).
• Dulcy Singer, 92, American television producer (Sesame Street), Emmy Award winner (1979).
• Kjeld Thorst, 86, Danish football player (AaB, national team) and manager.
• Georges Werler, 88, French actor (Haine, Les Cinq Dernières Minutes, Julien Fontanes, magistrat) and stage director.
• Simon Winchester, 82, British-American author (The Surgeon of Crowthorne), heart attack.
• Jan Władysław Woś, 87, Polish historian and bibliophile.

2

• Clem Cattini, 89, English drummer (The Tornados, Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, Apollo 100), fall.
• Tobias Joaquim Dai, 75, Mozambican politician, minister of defence (2000–2008).
• Patrik Eichler [cs], 42, Czech journalist (Literární noviny) and political commentator. (death announced on this date)
• Metin Ergin, 59, Turkish diplomat.
• Erminia Ferrari, 94, Italian model and costume designer.
• Taurian Fontenette, 43, American basketball (Dallas Generals) and streetball player.
• Capers Funnye, 74, American rabbi, cancer.
• Jeannot Gilbert, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Hershey Bears, Quebec Nordiques, Boston Bruins).
• Stelios Gousios, 89, Greek basketball player (Aris B.C., national team).
• Herb Grubel, 92, German-born Canadian academic and politician.
• Hassan Habibi, 86, Iranian Olympic football player (1964) and manager.
• Georg Hack, 76, German speedway rider.
• John Killacky, 74, American politician, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (2019–2022) and intermedia artist, prostate cancer.
• Ignatiy Lapkin, 87, Russian Orthodox preacher and author.
• Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, 73, Indian neurosurgeon, stroke.
• Josef Mašín, 94, Czech anti-communist resistance fighter and defector.
• Lucia Modugno, 94, Italian actress (For a Few Dollars Less, My Name is Pecos, Navajo Joe).
• Don Murray, 80, Scottish footballer (Cardiff City, Heart of Midlothian, Newport County), complications from Lewy body dementia.
• Freddie Mwila, 80, Zambian footballer (Rhokana United, Atlanta Chiefs, national team).
• M. Ramachandran, 80, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (1989–1991, 1996–2001, 2016–2021), cardiac arrest.
• Luis Rico, 81, Bolivian singer-songwriter.
• Patty Ross, 70, American actress (Spotlight, Thief, Spenser Confidential).
• Nadia Santini, 72, Italian chef (Dal Pescatore).
• Jagdish Raj Sapolia, 80, Indian politician, Jammu and Kashmir MLA (1987–1996, 2008–2014).
• Aranka Siegal, 96, Ukrainian-born American Holocaust survivor and writer (Upon the Head of the Goat).
• Marin Srakić, 89, Croatian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1990–1996), coadjutor bishop (1996–1997) and archbishop (1997–2013) of Đakovo–Osijek.
• Lonnie Thompson, 78, American paleoclimatologist.
• Beverly Whipple, 85, American sexologist and academic (The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Ahmet Nazif Zorlu, 82, Turkish industrialist, chairman of Zorlu Holding, cancer.

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• Hamid Alidoosti, 70, Iranian football player (Daraei, national team) and manager (Sorkhpooshan), cardiac arrest complicated by prostate and bone cancer.
• Al Barkow, 93, American golf journalist and historian.
• Jacques Bolognesi, 79, French jazz musician (Orchestre National de Jazz).
• Tony Butala, 87, American singer (The Lettermen).
• Shirley Chow, 76, Malaysian bowler.
• Gerry Collins, 88, Irish politician, minister for foreign affairs (1982, 1989–1992), TD (1967–1997), and MEP (1994–2004).
• Kay Dickersin, 74, American epidemiologist.
• Ate Gay, 55, Filipino comedian and television presenter (Comedy Bar, Wowowillie), stroke complicated by mucoepidermoid carcinoma.
• Pavel Hulva [cs], 50, Czech zoologist and academic (Charles University).
• Ellis Johnson, 83, American football player (Boston Patriots).
• Jerry Koosman, 83, American baseball player (New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox), World Series champion (1969), heart failure.
• John Leeson, 83, English actor (Doctor Who, Rainbow, K9).
• Ciara Mageean, 34, Irish Olympic middle-distance runner (2016, 2020), bowel cancer.
• Miquel Navarro, 81, Spanish sculptor, painter and poet.
• Antonio Navarro Wolff, 78, Colombian guerrilla leader (M-19) and politician, senator (2002–2006, 2014–2018).
• Ved Rahi, 93, Indian film director (Veer Savarkar, Gul Gulshan Gulfaam) and screenwriter (Kali Ghata).
• QABM Rahman, 91, Bangladeshi government official.
• Adam Robinson, 45, American technology founder, plane crash.
• Waldemar Roszkiewicz [pl], 69, Polish dentist and politician.
• Frank Howell Seay, 88, American jurist, judge (since 1979) and chief judge (1980–1996) of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
• Todd Shell, 64, American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and coach.
• Pavel Žák [cs], 85, Czech composer and lyricist.
• Regina Ziegler, 82, German film and television producer (A Year of the Quiet Sun, Rosa Luxemburg, Fabian).