Deaths in 2025

The following notable deaths occurred in 2025. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.

December

6

• Bevan Spencer von Einem, 79, Australian convicted child murderer. (death announced on this date)

5

• Michael Annett, 39, American racing driver (NASCAR, ARCA Menards Series).
• Frank Gehry, 96, Canadian-American architect (Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Gehry Residence, Louis Vuitton Foundation), respiratory illness.
• Sandro Giacobbe, 75, Italian singer-songwriter, prostate cancer.
• Patrik Hezucký, 55, Czech radio presenter.
• Bung Moktar Radin, 66, Malaysian politician, MP (since 1999) and Sabah State MLA (since 2020), kidney failure and a lung infection.
• Alex Sánchez, 95, Costa Rican footballer (Saprissa, Alajuelense, national team).
• Simone Tata, 95, Swiss-born Indian cosmetics and retail industry executive, chairwoman of Lakmé Cosmetics (1982–1996) and Trent Limited (1996–2006).
• Alfonso Ussía, 77, Spanish writer and journalist.

4

• Muho Asllani, 88, Albanian politician, MP (1982–1991).
• Mabel Bocchi, 72, Italian Hall of Fame basketball player (national team).
• Giuseppe Caroli, 93, Italian politician, deputy (1968–1994).
• Sergey Dubinin, 74, Russian economist and politician, minister of finance (1994), president of the Central Bank of Russia (1995–1998).
• Ted Egan, 93, Australian folk singer and civil servant, administrator of the Northern Territory (2003–2007).
• Robert B. Fiske, 94, American trial attorney, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1976–1980), pancreatic cancer.
• Swaraj Kaushal, 73, Indian lawyer and politician, MP (1998–2004) and governor of Mizoram (1990–1993).
• Faouzi Khidr, 75, Egyptian journalist and writer.
• Rafał Kołsut, 35, Polish voice actor.
• Roy Kramer, 96, American college football coach (Central Michigan Chippewas) and athletics administrator (Vanderbilt Commodores, Southeastern Conference).
• Ivan Makedonskyi, 83, Ukrainian politician, deputy (1990–1992).
• Eduardo Manzano, 87, Mexican comedian and actor.
• Budoy Marabiles, 54, Filipino reggae singer (Junior Kilat).
• Pops Mohamed, 75, South African jazz musician.
• Arunee Nanthiwat, 69, Thai voice actress.
• Paolo Nuvoli, 90, Italian politician, president of Molise (1985–1988).
• Edward Gabriel Risi, 76, South African Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Keimoes–Upington (since 2000).
• M. Saravanan, 85, Indian film producer (Naanum Oru Penn, Samsaram Adhu Minsaram, Sivaji: The Boss).
• Yasser Abu Shabab, 31, Palestinian militia leader (Popular Forces), shot.
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, 75, American actor (Licence to Kill, Mortal Kombat, The Man in the High Castle), stroke.
• Tetsu Yamauchi, 79, Japanese bassist (Free, Faces).

3

• José Luis Alonso Coomonte, 93, Spanish sculptor and academic (University of Salamanca).
• Levi Aron, 49, American convicted killer.
• Jaakko Blomberg, 83, Finnish diplomat.
• Luigi Bonazzi, 77, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic nuncio to Haiti (1999–2004), Canada (2013–2020) and Albania (2020–2025).
• Bernard Charlot, 81, French academic and educational scientist.
• Kevin Coe, 78, American serial rapist.
• Steve Cropper, 84, American Hall of Fame guitarist (Booker T. & the M.G.'s), songwriter ("In the Midnight Hour") and record producer ("(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"), two-time Grammy winner.
• R. Bruce Dold, 70, American journalist (Chicago Tribune), esophageal cancer.
• Brian Havelock, 83, British motorcycle speedway rider.
• Moisés Fontela, 87, Argentine engineer and politician, deputy (1989–1993) and mayor of Castelli Partido (1987–1989).
• Epy Kusnandar, 61, Indonesian actor (Preman Pensiun, Petualangan Sherina, The Night Comes for Us), brainstem stroke.
• Beena Masroor, 67, Pakistani actress (Dil Banjaara, Aangan, Betiyaan), writer and director.
• Ted Pickering, 86, Australian politician, New South Wales MLC (1976–1995).
• Theodor Pištěk, 93, Czech artist and costume designer (Amadeus, Valmont, The People vs. Larry Flynt), Oscar winner (1984).
• Mohammed Rahmatullah, 87, Indian football player (Kolkata Mohammedan, national team) and manager (Pakistan national team).
• Nadiya Sabeh, 32, Ivorian actress and content creator, breast cancer.
• Abdulaziz Sachedina, 83, Tanzanian-born American Islamic scholar.
• Charles Norman Shay, 101, American army medic (16th Infantry Regiment) and writer.
• Luiz Antônio Silva dos Santos, 55, Brazilian football referee.
• Rodica Stănoiu, 86, Romanian jurist and politician, senator (1996–2000, 2004–2008).
• Maurizio Thermes, 86, Italian footballer (Sambenedettese, Foggia, Cosenza).
• Antonio Vargiu, 86, Italian Olympic field hockey player (1960), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
• Naĭden Vŭlchev, 98, Bulgarian poet and translator.

2

• Moustafa Ali, 59, Egyptian-born Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Calgary Stampeders), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Criscilla Anderson, 45, American television personality (Country Ever After), colon cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Anatoli Belyayev, 73, Belarusian ice hockey player, (Dinamo Minsk, Dynamo Moscow).
• Claude, 30, American albino alligator, liver cancer.
• Ena Collymore-Woodstock, 108, Jamaican barrister and magistrate.
• Juan Echevarría Puig, 101, Spanish businessman (Nissan Motor Ibérica) and politician.
• Hawk Wing, 26, American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, colic. (death announced on this date)
• Marvin Hinton, 85, English footballer (Charlton Athletic, Chelsea).
• Kseniya Kachalina, 54, Russian actress (Over the Dark Water, Three Sisters).
• Essau Kanyenda, 43, Malawian footballer (FC Rostov, Polokwane City, national team), liver cancer.
• Marianne Larsen, 74, Danish poet and writer.
• David Matalon, 82, American film producer (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Color of Night), co-founder of TriStar Pictures.
• Arnfinn Nesset, 89, Norwegian serial killer.
• Adrian Pleșca, 64, Romanian singer, stroke.
• Sir Alec Reed, 91, British recruitment executive and philanthropist, founder of Reed and The Big Give.
• Rudi Tröger, 96, German painter and academic.
• Arcadio Venturi, 96, Italian footballer (Roma, Inter Milan, national team).
• Margaret Jane Wray, 62, American soprano.

1

• Ann Bedsole, 95, American politician, member of the Alabama Senate (1982–1994).
• Elden Campbell, 57, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Detroit Pistons, Charlotte Hornets), drowned.
• R. V. Devraj, 67, Indian politician, Karnataka MLA (2004–2008) and chairman of the KSRTC (2000–2007), cardiac arrest.
• Denis Durnian, 75, English golfer. (death announced on this date)
• Jan Dušek, 83, Czech set designer, costume designer and professor.
• Anicet Ekane, 74, Cameroonian politician.
• Ebo Elder, 46, American boxer, glioblastoma.
• Patrick Galan, 75, French journalist, photographer and historian.
• Osvaldo Giuntini, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1982–1987), coadjutor bishop (1987–1992) and bishop of Marília (1992–2013).
• Michel van Hulten, 95, Dutch politician and social geographer, state secretary for transport and water management (1973–1977), MP (1971–1973, 1977), prostate cancer.
• Assusete Magalhães, 76, Brazilian magistrate, judge of the Superior Court of Justice (2012–2024).
• Gabriel Moiceanu, 91, Romanian Olympic cyclist (1960, 1964).
• Volodymyr Muntyan, 79, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kiev, Soviet Union national team) and manager (Guinea national team).
• Bruce Niemi, 76, American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives (1991–1993).
• Nicola Pietrangeli, 92, Italian Hall of Fame tennis player.
• Coleen Seng, 89, American politician, mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska (2003–2007).
• Luci Shaw, 96, British-American poet and essayist.
• Grace Smith, 79, American actress (Clerks).
• Robin Smith, 62, South African-born English cricketer (Natal, Hampshire, England national team).
• Uthopia, 24, British dressage horse, Olympic champion (2012), euthanised.
• Valegro, 23, British dressage horse, Olympic champion (2012), euthanised.
• Hugh Wallace, 68, Irish architect.
• Hennie van Zyl, 89, South African rugby union player (Transvaal, national team).

November

30

• Said Assagaff, 72, Indonesian politician, governor of Maluku (2014–2019).
• Billy Bonds, 79, English footballer (West Ham United, Charlton Athletic).
• Michael Boyers, 77, English cricketer (Essex).
• Robert H. Edwards, 90, American academic administrator, president of Carleton College (1977–1986) and Bowdoin College (1990–2001).
• Bob Foster, 78, American politician, mayor of Long Beach, California (2006–2014).
• Tim Harkness, 87, Canadian baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets).
• Brian Hayes, 87, Australian-born British broadcaster (BBC Radio 2).
• Ram Loevy, 85, Israeli film director (Bread, Close, Closed, Closure, The Dead of Jaffa) and screenwriter.
• Hege Newth, 59, Norwegian writer, cancer.
• Billy Nichols, 85, American musician and songwriter ("Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)").
• Harmon Seawel, 82, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (1999–2005).
• Dag Spantell, 75, Norwegian singer, cancer.
• M. S. Umesh, 80, Indian actor (Pillalu Techina Challani Rajyam, Katha Sangama, Shruthi Seridaaga) and comedian, liver cancer.
• Warren Williams, 85, Australian rock musician.

29

• Madeleine Alingué, 60, Chadian politician, Secretary of State for Economic Forecasting and International Partnerships (2022–2024).
• Amos Bairoch, 68, Swiss bioinformatician.
• Nigel de Gruchy, 82, British trade union official.
• Semion Duja, 79, Moldovan composer and clarinetist.
• Stan Evans, 95, Australian politician, South Australia MP (1968–1993).
• Leslie Fish, 72, American folk musician ("Banned from Argo"), author and political activist.
• Klavdiya Gadyuchkina, 114, Russian supercentenarian, oldest person in Russia (since 2022).
• Gary Iskak, 52, Indonesian actor (What's Up with Love?, Ungu Violet, One Day We'll Talk About Today), traffic collision.
• Kanathil Jameela, 59, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (since 2021), cancer.
• Erwin Jutzet, 74, Swiss politician, member of the Council of State of the Canton of Fribourg (2007–2016), National Council (1995–2007), and the Grand Council of Fribourg (1982–1995).
• Simon Kulli, 52, Albanian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Sapë (since 2017).
• Toni Lamond, 93, Australian actress (Number 96, Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance, In Melbourne Tonight).
• Ludwig Minelli, 92, Swiss lawyer, founder of Dignitas, assisted suicide.
• José Luis Olivas, 73, Spanish politician, president of the Valencian Government (2002–2003).
• José Ortega Torres, 82, Spanish poet, injuries sustained in a fire.
• Frank Pé, 69, Belgian comic book artist.
• Poorstacy, 26, American musician, suicide.
• Alonzo Saclag, 83, Filipino musician and dancer.
• Seo Dong-kown, 93, South Korean lawyer, prosecutor general (1985–1987).
• Dwight Morrell Smith, 94, American chancellor and professor, chancellor of the University of Denver (1984–1989).
• Bob "Bongo" Starkie, 73, Australian rock guitarist (Skyhooks), leukaemia.
• Sir Tom Stoppard, 88, Czech-born British playwright (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) and screenwriter (Shakespeare in Love, Empire of the Sun), five-time Tony winner.
• Chubby Tavares, 81, American singer (Tavares).
• Klaus von Trotha, 87, German politician, member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (1976–2001).
• Sir Andreas Whittam Smith, 88, British financial journalist, co-founder of The Independent.

28

• Ueli Aebi, 79, Swiss structural biologist.
• Ingrid van Bergen, 94, German actress (Roses for the Prosecutor, Town Without Pity, The Counterfeit Traitor).
• Arne Birkenstock, 57, German film director (12 Tangos, Chandani: The Daughter of the Elephant Whisperer, Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery) and screenwriter.
• Lise Bourdin, 99, French actress (The Last Five Minutes, Desperate Farewell, The River of Three Junks).
• Bill Butler, 88, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
• Sriprakash Jaiswal, 81, Indian politician, MP (1999–2014), minister of coal (2011–2014) and state minister of home affairs (2004–2009).
• Alain Jamet, 91, French politician, co-founder of the National Rally.
• Lukáš Kohout, 42, Czech fraudster and politician, traffic collision. (death announced on this date)
• Lee Moon-soo, 76, South Korean actor (My Son, Good Morning President, Late Blossom).
• Yutaka Ōta, 69, Japanese politician, mayor of Azumino (since 2021), cardiac arrest.
• Natalya Petrusyova, 70, Russian speed skater, Olympic champion (1980), world champion (1980, 1981).
• Ken Price, 71, English footballer (Southend United, Gillingham, Reading).
• Imran Sherwani, 63, British field hockey player, Olympic champion (1988), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Sir John Stanley, 83, British politician, MP (1974–2015).
• Sybill Storz, 88, German medical technology executive (Karl Storz GmbH).
• Charles W. Sydnor Jr., 82, American historian.
• Dan Tolkowsky, 104, Israeli military officer and businessman, commander of the Air Force (1953–1958).
• Mario de la Torre Hernández, 85, Mexican politician, member of the Congress of Chihuahua (1977–1980) and the Chamber of Deputies (1994–1997), mayor of Chihuahua (1986–1989).
• Daniel Woodrell, 72, American novelist (Give Us a Kiss, Winter's Bone), pancreatic cancer.
• Moshe Yegar, 95, Argentine-born Israeli diplomat and historian.
• Zhang Changlu, 98, Chinese basketball player.

27

• Lyudmila Bazarevich, 86, Russian basketball player, world champion (1964, 1967).
• Stjepan Blažević, 83, Bosnian footballer (Sarajevo, Borac Banja Luka).
• Barry Dempster, 73, Canadian poet and novelist.
• Ann-Margaret Ferrante, 53, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (since 2009), pancreatic cancer.
• Francisco Gil Hellín, 85, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, secretary of Pontifical Council for the Family (1996–2002) and archbishop of Burgos (2002–2015).
• Almeno Gonçalves, 66, Portuguese actor (Ilha dos Amores, Vidago Palace, Amor Amor) and theatre director.
• Peep Lassmann, 77, Estonian pianist.
• László Lehoczki, 67, Hungarian civil defense rescuer.
• Agnieszka Maciąg, 56, Polish actress and model.
• Nikodem Marecki, 11, Polish actor (White Courage), traffic collision.
• Vasco Martins, 68–69, Cape Verdean musician and composer.
• Yutaka Nakajima, 73, Japanese actress, colorectal cancer.
• Bodil Nyboe Andersen, 85, Danish economist, governor of the Danmarks Nationalbank (1995–2005).
• Raul Santoserpa, 86, Cuban painter and engraver.
• Robert A. M. Stern, 86, American architect (15 Central Park West, 220 Central Park South), dean of the Yale School of Architecture (1998–2016), lung disease.
• Pierre Suard, 91, French telecommunications industry executive, chairman of Alcatel (1986–1995).
• Jānis Arveds Trapāns, 87, Latvian politician and historian.
• Valentin Voicilă, 67, Romanian actor.
• Lorenz Weinrich, 96, German historian and academic.
• Peter Whittle, 64, British politician, member of the London Assembly (2016–2021), cancer.
• Prince Chulcherm Yukol, 78, Thai royal and military officer.
• Fuzzy Zoeller, 74, American golfer, Masters (1979) and U.S. Open (1984) champion.

26

• Valentina Basiul, 43, Moldovan-born Romanian journalist (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty), cancer.
• Dahiru Usman Bauchi, 98, Nigerian Islamic preacher and scholar.
• Donal Carey, 88, Irish politician, senator (1981–1982), TD (1982–2002) and minister of state (1995–1997).
• Judy Cheeks, 71, American singer ("Reach").
• Tony Germano, 55, Brazilian actor, fall.
• Sam E. Haddon, 88, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Montana (since 2001).
• Eugene Hasenfus, 84, American CIA operative (Iran–Contra affair), cancer.
• Pam Hogg, 74, Scottish fashion designer.
• Reginald Jackson, 71, American African Methodist Episcopal Church bishop.
• William Jenkins, 88, South African-born American veterinary scientist and academic administrator, president of the LSU System (1999–2007, 2012–2013).
• Shpat Kasapi, 40, Albanian singer-songwriter, heart attack.
• Marsha Kinder, 85, American film scholar.
• Andrew Lauder, 78, British record company executive.
• Lee Tien-Ming, 80, Hong Kong philosopher.
• Ferdinand Maemba Liwoke, 88, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1983–1987) and bishop of Lolo (1987–2015).
• Jo Luck, 83, American businesswoman, CEO of Heifer International.
• Ralph Menzies, 67, American convicted murderer.
• Tommy Murray, 82, Scottish footballer (Carlisle United, Heart of Midlothian, Airdrieonians).
• Les O'Neill, 81, English football player (Darlington, Carlisle United) and manager (Workington).
• Hubert Raudaschl, 83, Austrian sailor, Olympic silver medallist (1968, 1980).
• Vsevolod Shilovsky, 87, Russian actor (Destiny, Jaguar, Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman).
• Vladimir Susin, 69, Russian football player (SKA-Khabarovsk) and manager (Lokomotiv Moscow, SKA-Khabarovsk).
• Faith Winter, 45, American politician, member of the Colorado Senate (since 2019) and House of Representatives (2015–2019), traffic collision.
• Wong Choon Hin, 75, Malaysian Olympic field hockey player (1972, 1976).

25

• Bernardo Álvarez Afonso, 76, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (2005–2024), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Biyouna, 73, Algerian singer and actress (Bacon on the Side, Holiday, Belleville Cop).
• Diwakar Bhatt, 79, Indian politician, Uttarakhand MLA (2007–2012).
• Lorenzo Buffon, 95, Italian footballer (Milan, Inter Milan, national team), cardiac arrest.
• Alicia R. Chacón, 87, American politician.
• James F. Conway, 93, American politician, mayor of St. Louis (1977–1981), prostate cancer.
• Charles W. Dyke, 90, American lieutenant general.
• Gentildonna, 16, Japanese racehorse.
• Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins, 97, British Olympic athlete (1952) and politician, MP (1964–1997) and member of the House of Lords (1997–2019).
• Colleen Jones, 65, Canadian curler and television personality (CBC News Network), cancer.
• Albert Kassabi, 63, Tunisian-born French singer.
• Stancho Kolev, 88, Bulgarian freestyle wrestler, Olympic silver medallist (1960, 1964).
• Lee Soon-jae, 91, South Korean actor (Good Morning President, Grandpas Over Flowers, Idol School) and politician, MP (1992–1996).
• Trygve Moe, 97, Norwegian journalist.
• Guy Morançon, 97, French composer and organist.
• Johnny Newman, 91, English football player (Plymouth, Exeter) and manager (Grimsby). (death announced on this date)
• José Afonso da Silva, 100, Brazilian jurist.
• Valerian Sobolev, 87, Russian weapons designer.
• Gondoo U Thein Naing, 89, Burmese writer and educator.
• Mike Watkins, 73, Welsh rugby union player (Cardiff, Newport, national team). (death announced on this date)

24

• László Ábrahám, 82, Hungarian lawyer.
• Abu Ali, 79, Nigerian brigadier general and politician, governor of Bauchi State (1990–1992).
• George Altman, 92, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Tokyo / Lotte Orions).
• Ione Borges, 73, Brazilian television presenter (TV Gazeta).
• Jimmy Cliff, 81, Jamaican Hall of Fame reggae singer-songwriter ("Many Rivers to Cross", "You Can Get It If You Really Want") and actor (The Harder They Come), pneumonia.
• Joe Colborn, 70, American radio personality (Eddie & JoBo).
• Dharmendra, 89, Indian actor (Ayee Milan Ki Bela, Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Life in a... Metro) and politician, MP (2004–2009), heart disease.
• Viola Fletcher, 111, American civil rights activist, survivor of the Tulsa race massacre.
• Jill Freud, 98, British actress (Torchy the Battery Boy, Love Actually), inspiration for Lucy Pevensie.
• Bettye Frink, 92, American politician, Alabama secretary of state (1959–1963) and Alabama state auditor (1963–1967, 1975–1983).
• Mikhail Gorshkov, 74, Russian sociologist.
• Donald Havioyak, 75, Canadian politician, Nunavut MLA (1999–2004). (death announced on this date)
• Jodie Haydon, 80, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1997–2005).
• Dave Hewitt, 64, Scottish writer (The Angry Corrie).
• Derek Holmes, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Wembley Lions), administrator and scout (Hockey Canada).
• Loraine Hutchins, 77, American bisexual rights and feminist activist (Bi Any Other Name). (death announced on this date)
• Lars Johanson, 89, Swedish Turkologist.
• Stephen Kanitz, 79, Brazilian economist and political columnist (Revista Veja).
• Pamela Kola, 82, Kenyan children's author and educator.
• Jorga Kotrbová, 78, Czech actress (Princess Goldilocks, Honza málem králem, Utrpení mladého Boháčka).
• Sergei Krestenenko, 69, Russian football player (Dynamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow) and manager (Fakel Voronezh).
• Thomas McMahon, 89, English Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Brentwood (1980–2014).
• Thomas Michel SJ, 84, American Jesuit priest and leading scholar of Muslim-Christian relations.
• Juan José Mussi, 84, Argentine politician, member of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies (2013–2017).
• Heribert Offermanns, 88, German chemist.
• Park Sang-gyu, 89, South Korean politician, MP (1996–2004).
• Ronny Pasla, 78, Indonesian footballer (PSMS Medan, Persija Jakarta, national team).
• Rags to Riches, 21, American racehorse, Belmont Stakes winner (2007).
• David Rusk, 85, American politician, mayor of Albuquerque (1977–1981).
• Jack Shepherd, 85, English actor (Wycliffe, Bill Brand, Wonderland).
• Stanisław Sparażyński, 94, Polish actor.
• Randy Tyree, 85, American politician, mayor of Knoxville (1976–1983).

23

• Suhail Bahwan, 86, Omani conglomerate industry executive.
• Noureddine Ben Ayed, 73, Tunisian actor (Man of Ashes).
• H. Rap Brown, 82, American civil rights activist and convicted murderer, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (1967–1968).
• Antonio Buonomo, 92, Italian percussionist.
• Byeon Yung-jeon, 85, South Korean politician, MP (1996–2004, 2008–2012).
• Margaretta D'Arcy, 91, Irish actress, writer and activist.
• Ihor Duda, 85, Ukrainian art historian.
• Sir Terence English, 93, South African-born English cardiac surgeon, complications from a stroke.
• Michail Grobman, 86, Russian-born Israeli poet and painter.
• Jenő Hámori, 92, Hungarian fencer, Olympic champion (1956).
• Khizer Hayat, 86, Pakistani cricketer (Punjab, Pakistan Railways) and umpire.
• Jim Jacumin, 89, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (2005–2011).
• Ana Victoria Jiménez, 84, Mexican photographer and feminist activist.
• Alistar Jordan, 76, New Zealand cricketer (Central Districts, Cambridgeshire).
• Ljiljana Jorgovanović, 66, Serbian songwriter.
• Kumari Kamala, 91, Indian dancer and actress (Ekambavanan, Mohana Sundaram, Bhookailas).
• Fergus Kerr, 94, Scottish Catholic priest.
• Udo Kier, 81, German actor (Flesh for Frankenstein, My Own Private Idaho, Blade).
• Mikuláš Krnáč, 78, Slovak Olympic footballer (1968).
• Ian Lees, Australian bassist (Moving Pictures), heart attack.
• Yoro Lamine Ly, 37, Senegalese footballer (Shirak, national team).
• Vanes Martirosyan, 39, Armenian-born American Olympic boxer (2004), skin cancer.
• Dave Morehead, 82, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals).
• René Passet, 99, French economist.
• Tomáš Pecina, 59, Czech judicial activist.
• Kevin Ryan, 73, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (since 1993).
• Valentina Sharykina, 85, Russian actress (Yeltsin: Three Days in August, July Rain, Down House).
• Nikita Simonyan, 99, Russian football player (Spartak Moscow, Soviet Union national team) and manager (Soviet Union national team), Olympic champion (1956).
• Haytham Ali Tabatabai, 56–57, Lebanese militant, commander of Hezbollah, airstrike.
• Phil Upchurch, 84, American jazz and blues guitarist.
• Wang Huo, 101, Chinese novelist and journalist.
• Liliya Yudina, 96, Russian actress (May Nights, Behind the Footlights).

22

• William Addo, 72, Ghanaian actor.
• Robert Birenbaum, 99, French resistance fighter.
• Jonathan Farwell, 93, American actor (The Young and the Restless, The Doctors, The Edge of Night), complications from hip fracture.
• Toshio Gotō, 87, Japanese film director (Beauty), lymphoma.
• Skye Gyngell, 62, Australian chef and food editor (Vogue), cancer.
• Ko Lay Inwa Gonyi, 89, Burmese poet.
• Lesyk Sam, 58, Ukrainian singer (Dzidzio).
• Allan Moffat, 86, Canadian-born Australian racing driver, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Joseph K. Munyao, 85, Kenyan politician, MP (1975–1979, 1983–1988, 2003–2007).
• Dino Nascimento, Brazilian bassist (Ira!).
• Dadou Pasquet, 72, Haitian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Magnum Band, Tabou Combo).
• Jamie T. Phelps, 84, American theologian.
• Natalia Pimenta, 40, Brazilian journalist, leukemia.
• Claude Pringalle, 94, Belgian-born French politician, three-time deputy, mayor of Séranvillers-Forenville (1977–2008).
• Nuria Quevedo, 87, Spanish painter and graphic artist.
• Richard H. Shultz, 78, American scholar.
• Tamilanban, 92, Indian poet.
• Paul Tremmel, 96, German poet.
• Leonora van den Heever, 99, South African justice, judge of the High Court (1969–1990) and Supreme Court of Appeal (1991–1996).
• Gennady Voronin, 83, Russian economist and politician, president of Gosstandart (1997–2001).
• Huba Wass de Czege, 84, Hungarian-born American military officer.

21

• Wilfried Auerbach, 65, Austrian Olympic rower (1980, 1984).
• Lowell E. Baier, 85, American environmental historian.
• Leon Bates, 76, American classical pianist.
• Gianfredo Camesi, 85, Swiss painter.
• Paul Costelloe, 80, Irish fashion designer.
• Hazel Walford Davies, 85, Welsh academic and author.
• Gregor Duncan, 75, Scottish Episcopalian bishop, bishop of Glasgow and Galloway (2010–2018).
• Miriam Feirberg, 74, Israeli politician, mayor of Netanya (since 1998).
• Fernando Bale, 12, Australian racing greyhound. (death announced on this date)
• Llyn Foulkes, 91, American visual artist.
• Margit Frenk, 100, German-born Mexican philologist.
• Leonardo Fróes, 84, Brazilian poet.
• Teodor Gotszalk, 59, Polish scientist and academic (Wrocław University of Science and Technology).
• Jean Guidoni, 74, French singer and songwriter.
• Jonas Hallberg, 80, Swedish journalist.
• David Hanly, 81, Irish writer and radio broadcaster (Morning Ireland).
• Kenneth F. Harper, 94, American politician, secretary of state of Kentucky (1971–1972) and member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1964–1968, 1982–1995).
• Pierre Hérisson, 80, French politician.
• Roly Howard, 90, English football manager (Marine).
• Jellybean Johnson, 69, American musician (The Time), songwriter ("Criticize"), and record producer ("Black Cat").
• René Karst, 59, Dutch singer and guitarist, cardiac arrest.
• Vladimir Korotkov, 70, Russian politician.
• Gerald Matticks, 85, Canadian gangster.
• Fernando Naranjo, 77, Ecuadorian politician, prefect of Tungurahua Province (2000–2019).
• Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh, 79, Irish musician.
• Leila Pärtelpoeg, 98, Estonian architect.
• Philip Perkis, 90, American photographer.
• Rodney Rogers, 54, American basketball player (Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns), complications from spinal cord injury.
• Namansh Syal, 33, Indian air force pilot, plane crash.
• Doru Toma, 68, Romanian footballer (Argeș Pitești, Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea, Dacia Pitești).
• Max Urick, 85, American football coach (Wabash Little Giants) and athletic director (Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas State Wildcats).
• Ornella Vanoni, 91, Italian singer ("Senza fine", "L'appuntamento") and actress (Duel of the Titans), heart attack.
• Sir Po-shing Woo, 96, Hong Kong solicitor and politician, MUC (1967–1971).
• Eli Zeira, 97, Israeli military intelligence officer.

20

• Segun Awolowo, 62, Nigerian lawyer, executive director of the Export Promotion Council (2013–2021).
• Claudio Azzolini, 85, Italian politician, president of UFE (1996–1998).
• David Azzopardi, 72, Maltese footballer (Sliema Wanderers, national team).
• Zdeněk Böhm, 91, Czech footballer (Baník Kladno, Tankista Praha, Škoda Plzeň).
• Pelayo Correa, 98, Colombian pathologist.
• Tibor Cselkó, 94, Hungarian Olympic basketball player (1952).
• Milan Čuda, 86, Czech volleyball player, Olympic silver medallist (1964).
• Akilong Diabone, 70, Senegalese Olympic judoka (1980, 1988).
• Stephen Downing, 87, American screenwriter (MacGyver, Walking Tall, F/X: The Series) and journalist.
• Alice Esterházy, 93, Hungarian politician.
• Neil French, 81, British advertising executive.
• Dumitru Gherman, 70, Romanian politician, deputy (2017–2020), cancer.
• Paul van Gorcum, 91, German-born Dutch actor (Bassie & Adriaan, Turkish Delight) and voice actor (Efteling).
• Willi Halder, 67, German politician, member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (2011–2021).
• Helme Heine, 84, German writer.
• Dieter Herzog, 79, German footballer (Fortuna Düsseldorf, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, West Germany national team), world champion (1974).
• Branko Ivanda, 83, Croatian film director (Gravitation, Court Martial, A Crime in a School).
• Branislav Ivković, 73, Serbian politician, minister of science (1998–2000) and MP (1996–2000, 2001–2004).
• Miloud Khetib, 80, Algerian-born French actor.
• Ruth Kiew, 79, British botanist.
• Zdeněk Konečný, 89, Czech Olympic basketball player (1960).
• Anti Liiv, 79, Estonian psychiatrist and politician, MP (1995–2003).
• Mani, 63, English rock bassist (The Stone Roses, Primal Scream).
• Mohammed Matiul Islam, 95, Bangladeshi diplomat and civil servant.
• John Maxton, Baron Maxton, 89, British politician, MP (1979–2001) and member of the House of Lords (2004–2025).
• Mark Mellman, 70, American pollster and political consultant (Democratic Majority for Israel).
• Paul Mwazha, 107, Zimbabwean clergyman.
• Oleksandr Motsia, 75, Ukrainian archaeologist and medievalist, member of NASU Institute of Archaeology.
• Tommy Recco, 91, French convicted serial killer.
• Carlos Sánchez Romero, 55, Mexican politician, deputy (2012–2015), heart attack.
• Sudhakar Singh, 67, Indian politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (since 2023).
• Chester Talton, 84, American bishop.
• Yuriy Yeliseyev, 76, Ukrainian football player (Zorya Luhansk, Soviet Union national team) and manager (Zorya Luhansk), Olympic bronze medalist (1972).

19

• Walt Aldridge, 70, American singer-songwriter (The Shooters).
• Timothy App, 78, American painter and educator.
• Juana Arce, 90, Spanish politician, senator (1977–1979), deputy (1979–1982).
• Jorge Bátiz, 91, Argentine road and track cyclist.
• Prakash Bhandari, 89, Indian cricketer (national team).
• Francisco Centelles, 64, Cuban Olympic high jumper (1980).
• Carl Ciarfalio, 72, American actor and stuntman (The Fantastic Four, Casino, In the Line of Fire).
• William Coleridge, 5th Baron Coleridge, 88, British hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (1994–1999).
• Ronald Davis, 88, American painter.
• Vitalii Drobinskyi, 89, Ukrainian politician, MP (1990–1994).
• Fred Durhal Jr., 73, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2002, 2009–2014).
• Jean-Claude Éloy, 87, French composer.
• André Geraissati, 74, Brazilian guitarist and composer.
• Alun Gibbard, 65, Welsh writer.
• Jean-François Humbert, 73, French politician, president of the Regional Council of Franche-Comté (1998–2004), senator (1998–2014).
• Roza Jalilova, 96, Azerbaijani dancer.
• Heorhii Khodorovskyi, 87, Ukrainian politician, deputy (1990–1994).
• Kai Kiil, 78, Norwegian singer and guitarist.
• Lê Dũng Tráng, 78, Vietnamese-born French mathematician.
• Gerti Möller, 95, German singer.
• Domenico Morace, 82, Italian journalist.
• Magne Myrmo, 82, Norwegian cross-country skier, Olympic silver medallist (1972).
• José Navarro Grau, 90, Peruvian politician, minister of education (1965–1966) and mayor of Chincha Alta (1993–2002, 2007–2010).
• Josep Rius-Camps, 92, Spanish Roman Catholic priest and biblical scholar.
• Bart Shirley, 85, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets).
• Masaharu Udō, 81, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (1992–1995).
• Iwan Zen, 56, Indonesian singer and radio announcer.

18

• Anneli Aejmelaeus, 77, Finnish biblical scholar.
• William A. Bardeen, 84, American physicist.
• Guido Bastianini, 80, Italian papyrologist and palaeographer.
• Maureen U. Beecher, 90, Canadian historian and editor, assisted suicide.
• Randy Burke, 70, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
• André Chandernagor, 104, French jurist and politician, deputy (1958–1981), mayor of Mortroux (1953–1983) and president of the Cour des Comptes (1983–1993).
• Álvaro Domecq Romero, 85, Spanish bullfighter and cattle breeder, founder of the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art.
• Camille Dufour, 100, French trade unionist and politician, mayor of Le Creusot (1977–1995).
• Okechukwu Ezea, 62, Nigerian politician, senator (since 2023).
• Julio Fernández, 78, Spanish film producer, founder of Filmax.
• Mark Fisher, 81, British politician, minister for the arts (1997–1998) and MP (1983–2010). (death announced on this date)
• Alekos Flambouraris, 87, Greek politician, minister of state (2015–2019) and MP (2015–2023).
• Otacílio Gonçalves, 85, Brazilian football manager (Internacional, Paraná, Kuwait national team).
• Madvi Hidma, 44, Indian Naxalite-Maoist militant, shot.
• Sid Jensen, 78, Canadian Olympic gymnast (1968).
• Randy Jones, 75, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, New York Mets).
• Zaher el-Khatib, 85, Lebanese politician, MP (1971–2005).
• Spencer Lofranco, 33, Canadian actor (Gotti, Unbroken, Jamesy Boy).
• Mohamed Maaroufi, 76, Moroccan footballer (Difaa El Jadida, Nîmes Olympique, national team).
• Punji Mara, 81, Indian politician, Arunachal Pradesh MLA (1995–1999, 2009–2019), complications from a stroke.
• Bernhard Nyheim, 36, Norwegian footballer (Bryne).
• Alevtina Olyunina, 83, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic champion and silver medalist (1972).
• Yevgeni Petrov, 87, Russian sports shooter, Olympic champion (1968).
• J. J. Michel Robert, 87, Canadian judge and politician, president of the Liberal Party (1986–1990), chief justice of Quebec (2002–2011).
• Lele Rosolen, 96, Italian basketball player (Pallacanestro Pavia, national team) and coach.
• Ian Ross, 57, Canadian playwright.
• Siegfried Susser, 72, German footballer (1. FC Nürnberg, SC Freiburg, Stuttgarter Kickers).
• Joe Walsh, 79, Australian rugby league player (Balmain Tigers), cancer.
• Trygve Westgård, 76, Norwegian politician.

17

• Ouarda Amal, 79, Algerian actress.
• Michel Belotte, 92–93, French historian.
• Chen Yao-chang, 76, Taiwanese hematologist.
• Alain Cornu, 88, French footballer (Nice, Toulon, national team).
• Avishai Dekel, 74, Israeli cosmologist.
• Walter Dowdle, 94, American microbiologist.
• Paul Ekman, 91, American psychologist.
• Violet L. Fisher, 86, American bishop.
• Newman A. Flanagan, 95, American politician and attorney.
• Robert Gray, 80, Australian poet, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Murray Heimberg, 100, American medical scientist.
• Rebecca Heineman, 62, American video game designer and programmer (The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate, Dragon Wars), co-founder of Interplay Entertainment, adenocarcinoma.
• Ilie Ilașcu, 73, Moldovan-born Romanian politician, Moldovan MP (1994–2001) and Romanian senator (2000–2008).
• Antoni Jackowski, 90, Polish human geographer.
• Oldřich Jelínek, 95, Czech painter, graphic artist and caricaturist.
• Michael Hans Kater, 88, German-born Canadian historian.
• Alice Kessler, 89, German singer (Kessler Twins) and actress (Love and the Frenchwoman, Dead Woman from Beverly Hills), assisted suicide.
• Ellen Kessler, 89, German singer (Kessler Twins) and actress (Love and the Frenchwoman, Dead Woman from Beverly Hills), assisted suicide.
• Grigoriy Korchmar, 77, Russian pianist and composer.
• Märt Kruus, 83, Estonian entomologist.
• Bernard Larmande, 84, French actor (Fanny, Fallait pas !..., I as in Icarus).
• Andria Lawrence, 89, British actress (On the Buses, Coronation Street, Man About the House) and writer.
• Sven Lindman, 83, Swedish football player (Djurgården, national team) and manager (Karlstad BK).
• Ma Zhencheng, 91, Chinese translator.
• Jards Macalé, 82, Brazilian singer-songwriter, cardiac arrest.
• Ken Nielsen, 83, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
• Elzie Odom, 96, American politician, mayor of Arlington, Texas (1997–2003).
• Jean-Marie Petitclerc, 72, French Catholic priest, suicide by drowning.
• David Pryce-Jones, 89, British commentator, author (The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs) and historian.
• Tōru Rokkawa, 68, Japanese football journalist, lung cancer.
• Humane Sagar, 34, Indian playback singer (Baby, Kabula Barabula, Tu Mo Hero), liver failure.
• M. Motiur Rahman Talukdar, 78, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2001–2008).
• Olga Temonen, 47, Finnish actress (The Knocking), brain cancer.
• Yuri Tikhomirov, 94, Russian jurist and scientist.
• Jean-Louis Trudel, 58, Canadian science fiction author.
• A. Vellayan, 72, Indian conglomerate industry executive, chairman of Murugappa Group (2009–2018).
• Marcos Vizcaya Retana, 78, Spanish politician, deputy (1977–1986).
• Willis Whichard, 85, American politician and jurist, justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1986–1998) and member of the North Carolina Senate (1975–1980) and House of Representatives (1971–1975).
• DeWitt S. Williams, 86, American temperance lobbyist and author.

16

• Nawabzada Mazhar Ali, 80, Pakistani politician, MNA (2013–2018).
• Charlotte Bingham, 83, British author.
• Bill Brady, 93, Canadian journalist.
• Bob Caudle, 95, American professional wrestling announcer (National Wrestling Alliance).
• Edward L. Cochran, 96, American chemist.
• Giordano Colausig, 84, Italian footballer (Perugia, LR Vicenza, Genoa).
• Herb Cox, 75, Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA (2011–2020).
• Sidney Davidoff, 86, American political consultant.
• Robert L. Devaney, 77, American mathematician.
• Richard Dunleavy, 92, American naval officer.
• Xavier Emmanuelli, 87, French doctor and politician, co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières.
• Hans Friderichs, 94, German politician, minister of economy (1972–1977).
• Paige Greco, 28, Australian para-cyclist, Paralympic champion (2020).
• Ronald Grossarth-Maticek, 85, German sociologist.
• Bandula Harischandra, 62, Sri Lankan politician, governor of Southern Province (since 2024).
• Gérard Hausser, 84, French footballer (Strasbourg, Metz, national team).
• Mark Kaylor, 64, British Olympic boxer (1980).
• Yvonne Keuls, 93, Dutch writer.
• Lady Amabel Lindsay, 90, English aristocrat and socialite.
• Maxon Margiela, 21, American rapper, suicide.
• François Petitdemange, 80, French karateka.
• Sara Jordan Powell, 87, American gospel singer.
• Dimitrios Stamatis, 75, Greek politician, MP (1985–1993, 2015–2019), minister of state (2012–2015), cancer.
• Dragoslav D. Šiljak, 92, Serbian electrical engineer.
• Philippe Taquet, 85, French paleontologist.

15

• Kari Buen, 87, Norwegian sculptor.
• Greg Carlson, 77, American college football coach (Wabash Little Giants, Whittier Poets, St. Scholastica Saints).
• Francesco Cimino, 92, Italian politician, senator (1983–1992).
• Cesare Cursi, 83, Italian politician, deputy (1987–1994), senator (2001–2013).
• Víctor Delgado Mallarino, 96, Colombian police officer, director general of the National Police (1983–1986).
• Rolande Faucher, 83–84, Canadian author and community activist.
• Alejandro Frangioli, 66, Argentine racing driver, acute decompensated heart failure.
• Kjell Kaspersen, 86, Norwegian footballer (Skeid, national team).
• Antonín Kroča, 78, Czech painter.
• Derek Leask, 76–77, New Zealand diplomat, high commissioner to the United Kingdom (2008–2013).
• Kevin Mackin, 87, American Roman Catholic priest and academic administrator, president of Siena University (1996–2007).
• Hilly Michaels, 77, American musician (Sparks). (death announced on this date)
• Andriy Polunin, 54, Ukrainian footballer (Dnipro, St. Pauli, national team).
• Michael Reith, 77, Irish cricketer (Waringstown, national team).
• Jean-Max Rivière, 88, French singer-songwriter.
• Lorin S. Robert, 69, Micronesian politician, minister of foreign affairs (2007–2019, since 2023). (death announced on this date)
• David Rock, 96, English architect.
• Rosa Rosal, 97, Filipino actress (Child of Sorrow, Badjao: The Sea Gypsies, Blessings of the Land) and humanitarian.
• Hirokazu Shiba, 75, Japanese politician, MP (2004–2022) and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (2012).
• Sören Sommelius, 84, Swedish writer and journalist (Helsingborgs Dagblad).
• Franklin Sonn, 86, South African diplomat, ambassador to the U.S. (1995–1999).
• Inger Teien, 88, Norwegian actress (Hotel Cæsar, Lake of the Dead, Musikanter).
• Rod Thomas, 78, Welsh footballer (Swindon Town, Cardiff City, national team).

14

• André Aubry, 94, French politician, senator (1968–1977), mayor of Antony (1977–1983).
• Michèle Audin, 71, French mathematician and writer.
• Xabier Azkargorta, 72, Spanish football manager (Real Valladolid, Bolivia national team, Chile national team).
• John Beam, 66, American football coach (Laney College), shot.
• Hark Bohm, 86, German actor (The Marriage of Maria Braun, Lost in Siberia, Justice), screenwriter and film director.
• Donald Brockett, 89, American attorney.
• Stephen Corey Bryant, 44, American convicted spree killer, execution by firing squad.
• Jeff Burkhart, 63, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (since 2022).
• Joe Goodwin Burnett, 77, American Episcopalian prelate, bishop of Nebraska (2003–2011).
• Roger Burrows, 80, South African politician, member of parliament (1984–1994) and of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature (1994–2009).
• Diego Causero, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic nuncio to Chad (1992–1999), Syria (1999–2004), and the Czech Republic (2004–2011).
• John W. Colloton, 94, American hospital administrator, chief executive of University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (1971–1993).
• Rachel Cooke, 56, British journalist (The Observer) and writer, ovarian cancer.
• Saša Đorđević, 44, Serbian footballer (Bane, Rad, Shakhter Karagandy).
• Kenny Easley, 66, American Hall of Fame football player (Seattle Seahawks).
• John Eklund Jr., 74, American politician, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (since 2011), cancer.
• Sharna Fernandez, 66, South African politician, Western Cape MPP (2014–2024).
• Nick Griffiths, 73, Australian politician, president of the Western Australian Legislative Council (2005–2009).
• Barry Henderson, 89, British politician, MP (1974, 1979–1987).
• Kamini Kaushal, 98, Indian actress (Neecha Nagar, Biraj Bahu, Kabir Singh).
• Ian Marchant, 67, British writer, broadcaster and performer, prostate cancer.
• Dan McGrath, 61, American television writer (The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Saturday Night Live), stroke.
• Philippe Morat, 88, French botanist and academic (National Museum of Natural History, France).
• Lasse Norres, 73, Finnish music and entertainment industry producer.
• Encarnita Polo, 86, Spanish singer, strangulation.
• Mohamed Sabry, 51, Egyptian football player (Zamalek, national team) and manager (Nabarouh), traffic collision.
• Matthias Schuke, 70, German organ builder.
• V. Sekhar, 73, Indian film director (Pondatti Sonna Kettukanum, Viralukketha Veekkam, Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana).
• Guido Silberbach, 58, German footballer (SG Wattenscheid 09).
• Todd Snider, 59, American singer-songwriter ("Trouble").
• Saalumarada Thimmakka, Indian environmentalist and longevity claimant.
• Tom Timmermann, 85, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians).
• Alice Wong, 51, American disability rights activist, complications from an infection.
• Stoyan Yordanov, 81, Bulgarian footballer (CSKA Sofia, Sliven, national team), Olympic silver medalist (1968).
• Vicente Zarazúa, 81, Mexican Olympic tennis player (1968).

13

• Gerhard Allroggen, 89, German musicologist.
• Larry Brooks, 75, American Hall of Fame sports journalist (New York Post), cancer.
• Guy Cogeval, 70, French art historian.
• Mihai Dinvale, 74, Romanian actor (Sherlock: Case of Evil, Exam, Love Sick).
• Géza Fejér, 80, Hungarian Olympic discus thrower (1972).
• Fosforito, 93, Spanish flamenco singer.
• Jim Jarrett, 88, American college athletics administrator (Old Dominion Monarchs and Lady Monarchs).
• J. D. King, 74, American artist and musician (The Coachmen). (death announced on this date)
• Claude Lecouteux, 82, French philologist and medievalist.
• Edgar Lin, 87, Taiwanese biologist, diplomat, and politician, MP (1992–1996), representative to the United Kingdom (2004–2007), and minister of environment (2000–2001).
• Gyanashree Mahathero, 99, Bangladeshi Buddhist monk.
• Sir Donald McIntyre, 91, New Zealand opera singer, Grammy winner (1983), AFNZ Icon (since 2004).
• Fabian Monds, 85, Northern Irish broadcasting executive, governor of BBC Northern Ireland.
• Juan Ponce Enrile, 101, Filipino politician, president of the Senate (2008–2013), secretary of justice (1968–1970) and twice of national defense, pneumonia.
• Joel Primack, 80, American physicist.
• Harischandra Wijayatunga, 94, Sri Lankan lexicographer and politician.
• Efim Zubcu, 82, Moldovan politician, deputy (2001–2005).

12

• Muazzez Abacı, 78, Turkish singer, multiple organ failure.
• Jim Avila, 70, American television journalist (ABC News, 20/20), complications from a fall.
• Freddie Baer, 73, American artist, cancer.
• George Bloom, 68, American television director (New Monkees) and visual effects artist (Pope John Paul II).
• Kenneth G. Davey, 93, Canadian biologist.
• Gertrude Degenhardt, 85, German lithographer and illustrator.
• Dylan, 9, Argentine rough collie dog, presidential pet (Alberto Fernández).
• Jean Esmonin, 88, French politician, deputy (1983–1986), mayor of Chenôve (1999–2015).
• Roy Hardemon, 63, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2016–2018).
• Hồ Văn Lợi, 55, Vietnamese footballer (Cảng Sài Gòn).
• Philippe Juraver, 65, French politician, union activist, and RER B conductor, member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France (since 2021), cancer.
• Sriyanath Karalliyadde, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge of the Court of Appeal (since 2020).
• Steve Kurtz, 67, American artist.
• Lee Yoon-soo, 87, South Korean politician, MP (1992–2004).
• Juraj Lexmann, 84, Slovak musicologist and composer.
• Juan Carlos Lezcano, 87, Paraguayan footballer (Elche, Eldense, Villena).
• Bereket Mengisteab, 86–87, Eritrean musician.
• Fern Michaels, 92, American author.
• Horia Moculescu, 88, Romanian pianist and composer.
• Keiichirō Nakano, 87, Japanese screenwriter, (Tokyo Emmanuelle), pneumonia.
• Asbjørn Rødseth, 74, Norwegian economist.
• Vera Rüdiger, 89, German politician, member of the Landtag of Hesse (1978–1987).
• Sital Kumar Sardar, 83, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (1996–2016).
• Hiroshi Sugawara, 70, Japanese film director (That's Cunning! Shijō Saidai no Sakusen?) and producer (Ruby Cairo), pancreatic cancer.

11

• Bai Suocheng, 75, Burmese politician and convicted drug trafficker, head of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone and Shan State MP (2011–2016).
• Hennadiy Balashov, 64, Ukrainian economist and politician, deputy (1998–2002).
• Jean Benoist, 95, Canadian-French doctor and anthropologist.
• Ingamay Bylund, 78, Swedish equestrian, Olympic bronze medalist (1984), complications from COVID-19.
• Leon Byner, 77, Australian broadcaster (5AA), leukaemia.
• João Chagas Leite, 80, Brazilian gaúcho singer, colon cancer.
• Guido Di Leone, 61, Italian guitarist, heart attack.
• Anna Díaz Morello, Spanish politician, member of the Conselh Generau d'Aran (2011–2019).
• Jim Duckworth, 86, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Kansas City Athletics).
• Homayoun Ershadi, 78, Iranian actor (Taste of Cherry, Agora, The Kite Runner), cancer.
• Cleto Escobedo III, 59, American musician (Cleto and the Cletones) and bandleader (Jimmy Kimmel Live!), cardiogenic shock.
• Geoff Fox, 75, American meteorologist (WTIC, WTNH), pancreatic cancer.
• Édouard Garo, 90, Swiss musician and composer.
• Susanna Gross, 58, English journalist and bridge player.
• Robert Halliday, 93, Scottish Anglican clergyman, bishop of Brechin (1990–1997).
• Imkong L. Imchen, 75, Indian politician, Nagaland MLA (since 2003), heart attack.
• Francis Jordane, 79, French basketball coach (France national team, Tunisia national team, Morocco national team).
• Sally Kirkland, 84, American actress (Anna, Days of Our Lives, Coming Apart).
• Gary Lakes, 75, American operatic heldentenor.
• Marina Lewycka, 79, Ukrainian-British writer (A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, Two Caravans, We Are All Made of Glue).
• Kevin Mackey, 79, American basketball coach (Cleveland State Vikings, Atlantic City Seagulls, Mansfield Hawks).
• Carmen Moreno, 99, Polish singer.
• Helen Newlove, Baroness Newlove, 63, British community reform activist, member of the House of Lords (since 2010).
• Jack B. Newton, 83, Canadian astronomer.
• Geraldine O'Grady, 93, Irish violinist (RTÉ Symphony Orchestra).
• Bert W. O'Malley, 88, American endocrinologist.
• Franco Orsi, 59, Italian politician, senator (2008–2013), heart attack.
• Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan, 86, British hereditary peer and businessman, member of the House of Lords (1994–1999).
• Micheal Ray Richardson, 70, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets).
• Yury Sisikin, 88, Russian fencer, Olympic champion (1960, 1964).
• Martin Skan, 90, British businessman and hotelier, owner of Chewton Glen (1966–2006).
• Imre Sooäär, 56, Estonian politician, MP (2003–2023).
• Tiong Hiew King, 91, Malaysian timber industry executive, founder of Rimbunan Hijau.
• Helen Waddell, 95, American baseball player (Springfield Sallies, Rockford Peaches, Battle Creek Belles).
• João Casimiro Wilk, 74, Polish-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Formosa (1998–2004) and of Anápolis (since 2004).

10

• Rudolf Adler, 84, Czech filmmaker.
• Herzl Bodinger, 82, Israeli military officer, commander of the Air Force (1992–1996).
• Micha Brumlik, 78, German educational theorist and publicist.
• John R. Carpenter, 87, American geochemist.
• Richard Darbyshire, 65, English singer (Living in a Box) and songwriter ("Room in Your Heart").
• Kai T. Erikson, 94, Austrian-born American sociologist.
• Eduard Esterleyn, 90, Russian politician, senator (1994–1996).
• Jeanna Fine, 61, American pornographic actress. (death announced on this date)
• Antonio García-Bellido, 89, Spanish developmental biologist.
• Geng Baochang, 103, Chinese ceramics researcher, Palace Museum (1946–2025).
• Akira Ishimaru, 97, American electrical engineer.
• Abhinay Kinger, 44, Indian actor (Thulluvadho Ilamai, Pon Megalai, Solla Solla Inikkum), liver disease.
• Barry Knight, 87, English cricketer (Essex, Leicestershire, national team).
• Lam Leung-tim, 101, Hong Kong businessman.
• Catherine Léon Mba, 107, Gabonese socialite, first lady of Gabon (1961–1967).
• Ham Lin̄i, 73, Ni-Vanuatu politician, prime minister (2004–2008).
• Bahram Moshiri, 78, Iranian historian.
• Yosam Odur Ebii, 99, Ugandan traditional ruler, paramount chief of the Lango people (2003–2024), malaria.
• Karel Oujezdský, 79, Czech radio editor, publicist and fine arts promoter.
• Jonathan Pienaar, 63, South African actor (Skin, Black Venus, Fried Barry).
• Barbara Raetsch, 89, German painter.
• Dejan Ristanović, 62, Serbian writer and computer publicist.
• Kaspar Rostrup, 85, Danish film director (Jeppe på bjerget, Waltzing Regitze).
• Thomas Daniel Schlee, 68, Austrian composer, arts administrator and organist.
• Danny Seagren, 81, American puppeteer and actor (The Electric Company, Sesame Street, Spidey Super Stories).
• Irfan Siddiqui, Pakistani journalist, writer and politician, senator (since 2021), respiratory failure.
• Robert Skrolsvik, 65, Norwegian singer (Bjelleklang), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Hubert Skrzypczak, 82, Polish boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (1968).
• Vladimir Sloutsker, 69, Russian businessman and politician, senator (2002–2010), cancer. (death announced on this date)
• Ande Sri, 64, Indian poet and lyricist, heart attack.
• Georgy Tolstoy, 98, Russian legal scholar.
• Angelina Torres Vallbona, 112, Spanish supercentenarian, country's oldest woman (since 2025).
• Dorothy Vogel, 90, American art collector.
• Arfa Sayeda Zehra, 82, Pakistani educationist and human rights activist.

9

• Lázaro Beltrán, 61, Cuban Olympic volleyball player (1992).
• Vladimir Boldyrev, 98, Russian chemist.
• Erik Bulatov, 92, Russian visual artist.
• Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín, 88, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Tehuacán (1978–1980) and bishop of Papantla (1980–2012).
• Iftikhar Cheema, 86, Pakistani jurist and politician, MNA (2008–2018).
• Alban D'Amours, 85, Canadian businessman, president of the Desjardins Group (2000–2008).
• Zaghloul El-Naggar, 91, Egyptian geologist and Islamic scholar.
• Stefka Evstatieva, 78, Bulgarian operatic soprano (National Opera and Ballet of Bulgaria).
• Ermanno Fasoli, 82, Italian Olympic boxer (1964).
• Lapiso Gedelebo, 87, Ethiopian historian, scholar and writer.
• Walter Kern, 71, German politician, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (2005–2010, 2012–2017).
• Ward Landrigan, 84, American jeweler.
• Mick Lane, 99, Irish rugby union player (University College Cork, national team, British & Irish Lions).
• John Laws, 90, Australian radio and television presenter (2UE, 2SM, Beauty and the Beast).
• Lee Ki-jun, 87, South Korean academic and politician, president of Seoul National University (1998–2002), minister of education and human resources development (2005).
• Jacques Livage, 87, French chemist.
• Klaus Madritsch, 82, Austrian politician, member of the Landtag of Tyrol (1989–2008).
• Larry McKibben, 78, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (1997–2008).
• Yasuhiko Nishizawa, 64, Japanese novelist, lung cancer.
• Godofredo Pepey, 38, Brazilian mixed martial artist.
• Mohammed Rafie, 79, Afghan politician and military officer, vice president (1988–1992), minister of public works (1978) and twice of defence.
• Ernst-Wilhelm Rahe, 66, German politician, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (2012–2017, 2019–2022).
• Göran Ringbom, 81, Swedish musician.
• Pelayo Roces, 65, Spanish politician, member of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias (1995–2011, 2012–2015), cancer.
• John Sinclair-Hill, 91, Australian polo player.
• Susan Skerman, 97, New Zealand artist.
• Bill Slack, 92, Canadian Hall of Fame baseball coach (Winston-Salem Red Sox).
• Jana Štroblová, 89, Czech writer, poet and translator.
• Philip Sulumeti, 88, Kenyan Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop (1972–1976) and bishop (1976–1978) of Kisumu and bishop of Kakamega (1978–2014).
• Paul Tagliabue, 84, American lawyer and Hall of Fame football administrator, commissioner of the NFL (1989–2006), heart failure complicated by Parkinson's disease.
• Jeff Tobolski, 61, American politician, member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (2010–2020) and convicted extortionist.
• Lenny Wilkens, 88, American Hall of Fame basketball player (St. Louis Hawks, Seattle SuperSonics) and coach (Cleveland Cavaliers), NBA champion (1979).

8

• Mohammad Aftab Alam, 63, Nepali politician and convicted murderer, MP (1997–2002, 2018–2019).
• Antasari Azhar, 72, Indonesian politician and convicted murderer, chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (2007–2009).
• Ntombazana Botha, 82, South African politician, MP (1997–2009).
• Lino Cerati, 87, Italian Olympic shooter (1976).
• Tony Cole, 78, Australian economist.
• Mary Cybulski, 70, American script supervisor (Life of Pi, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and still photographer (The Wolf of Wall Street), glioblastoma.
• Jean-Claude Guillebaud, 81, French writer, lecturer and journalist.
• Lal Muhammad Khan, Pakistani politician, MNA (2008–2013) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA (1988–1990).
• Walery Kosyl, 81, Polish Olympic ice hockey player (1972, 1976).
• Amable Liñán, 90, Spanish aeronautical engineer.
• Barry McGann, 77, Irish rugby union player (Cork Constitution, Lansdowne, national team).
• A. J. Meek, 84, American photographer.
• Manuel Miranda, 66, American attorney and diplomat.
• Tatsuya Nakadai, 92, Japanese actor (The Human Condition, Yojimbo, Ran), pneumonia.
• Pavel Nikonov, 95, Russian painter and graphic artist.
• Eric Preven, 62, American television writer and producer (Santa Barbara, Reba, Popular), heart attack.
• Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman, 92, Indian computer scientist, academic and writer.
• M. R. Reghuchandrabal, 75, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (1980–1982, 1991–1996).
• Graham Richardson, 76, Australian politician, senator (1983–1994) and minister for health (1993–1994), pneumonia.
• Josep Antoni Rom Rodríguez, 61, Spanish historian and academic, rector of Ramon Llull University (since 2022), heart attack.
• Viorel Sălan, 66, Romanian politician, senator (2016–2024).
• Vladimir Simonov, 68, Russian actor, cardiac arrest.
• Charles Stewart, 79, Scottish Church of Scotland minister, chaplain of the fleet (1998–2000).
• Rosemary Thorp, 85, British development economist.
• Geert Versnick, 68, Belgian politician, MP (1994–2010).
• Giuseppe Vessicchio, 69, Italian conductor and composer, pneumonia.
• Ebrahim Victory, 91, Iranian mechanical engineer.
• Gary Williams, 72, New Zealand cricketer (Otago).
• Larry Willingham, 76, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals).
• Quentin Willson, 68, English television presenter (Britain's Worst Driver, Top Gear, Fifth Gear) and motoring journalist, lung cancer.

7

• Sion Assidon, 77, Moroccan human rights activist.
• Gisela Bock, 83, German historian.
• Thomas Childers, 78, American historian.
• Cacho de la Cruz, 88, Argentine-born Uruguayan comedian, complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and COVID-19.
• Jean-Paul Diamond, 85, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA (2008–2014).
• Ismet Đuherić, 76, Bosnian paramilitary leader.
• Harvey Ferrero, 91, American architect.
• Norma Helena Gadea, 69, Nicaraguan singer.
• Im Yeong-deuk, 93, South Korean politician, MP (1979–1980, 1985–1988).
• Bill Ivey, 81, American folklorist and author, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (1998–2001).
• Joravarsinh Jadav, 85, Indian folklorist.
• Andrew Kleinfeld, 80, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska (1986–1991) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (since 1991).
• Gerhard Krempel, 94, German politician, member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate (1967–1983).
• Brian Mackney, 77, Canadian professional wrestler (World Wrestling Federation).
• Roger McClay, 80, New Zealand politician, MP (1981–1996) and minister for youth affairs (1990–1996).
• Ernest Nycollin, 88, French politician, member (1973–2008) and president (1998–2008) of the General Council of Haute-Savoie, mayor of Taninges (1977–1986).
• Horst Panic, 87, Polish footballer (Górnik Wałbrzych).
• Roger Picard, 92, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues).
• Daya Prakash Sinha, 90, Indian director and writer.
• Zbigniew Rylski, 102, Polish lieutenant colonel and World War II veteran.
• Ans Schut, 80, Dutch speed skater, Olympic champion (1968).
• Lee Tamahori, 75, New Zealand film director (Once Were Warriors, Die Another Day, Along Came a Spider), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Paolo Virno, 73, Italian philosopher.
• Jerrol Williams, 58, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens), pancreatic cancer.
• Jeanette Winter, 86, American author and illustrator, heart and kidney failure.

6

• Richie Adubato, 87, American basketball coach (Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks, New York Liberty).
• Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, 82, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2009–2024), minister of foreign affairs (2013–2019) and finance (2024), kidney disease.
• Abduxoliq Aydarqulov, 82–83, Uzbek politician, hokim of Navoiy Region (1992–1995).
• Mohamed Ben Moussa, 71, Tunisian footballer (Club Africain, national team).
• Pijush Kanti Bhattacharjee, 85, Bangladeshi academic and politician, MP (1973–1975).
• Anna Laura Braghetti, 72, Italian political militant (Red Brigades).
• Mel Bridgman, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers, New Jersey Devils) and executive (Ottawa Senators), heart failure.
• David J. Brightbill, 83, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania Senate (1981–2006).
• Larry Caton, 77, American Olympic handball player (1972).
• Ulrich Claesges, 88, German philosopher and academic.
• John Kristian Comer, 80, Canadian politician.
• Naresh Dadhich, 81, Indian theoretical physicist, director of the IUCAA (2003–2009).
• Paulo Frateschi, 75, Brazilian politician, state deputy (1983–1987), stabbed.
• Anatoly Frolov, 95, Russian politician, member of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (1980–1985).
• Walter Giger, 82, Swiss chemist.
• Manfred Goldberg, 95, German-born British educator and Holocaust survivor.
• Eduardo Gullas, 95, Filipino politician, four-time representative, governor of Cebu (1976–1986), and twice mayor of Talisay, Cebu.
• Willi Gundlach, 96, German choral conductor and academic (Technical University of Dortmund).
• Mia Hamant, 21, American soccer player, kidney cancer.
• Frederick Hauck, 84, American astronaut (STS-7, STS-51-A, STS-26).
• Viola Holt, 76, Dutch television presenter.
• Gillian Hopwood, 98, British architect.
• Paul Ignatius, 104, American government official and publishing executive (The Washington Post), secretary of the Navy (1967–1969) and under secretary of the Army (1964).
• Chuck Kesey, 87, brother of Ken Kesey and probiotic yogurt pioneer.
• Marshawn Kneeland, 24, American football player (Western Michigan Broncos, Dallas Cowboys), suicide by gunshot.
• Woodrow Lowe, 71, American football player (Alabama Crimson Tide, San Diego Chargers).
• Viktor Marynyuk, 86, Ukrainian painter.
• Pirro Mosi, 98, Albanian photographer.
• Sasha Okun, 76, Soviet-born Israeli artist, author and educator.
• Sulakshana Pandit, 71, Indian actress (Sankalp, Sankoch, Waqt Ki Deewar) and playback singer, cardiac arrest.
• Manuel Pérez, 85, Cuban film director and screenwriter (The Man from Maisinicu).
• Anka Ptaszkowska, 89, Polish art critic and art historian.
• Don Robinson, 91, British football team owner (Scarborough, Hull City) and professional wrestler.
• Roh Su-hui, 81, South Korean political activist.
• Giulio Sanguineti, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Savona-Noli (1980–1989), La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato (1989–1998) and Brescia (1998–2007).
• Louis Schweitzer, 83, French automotive and pharmaceutical industry executive, CEO of Groupe Renault (1992–2005) and chairman of AstraZeneca (2004–2012).
• Binlah Sonkalagiri, 60, Thai writer.
• Wendy Wagner, 52, American Olympic cross-country skier (2002, 2006), ovarian cancer.
• James Watson, 97, American molecular biologist (nucleic acid double helix), Nobel Prize laureate (1962), complications from an infection.
• Peter Wright, 79, British engineer (Lotus 79).
• Victor Yakunin, 94, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Pakistan (1985–1993).
• Wiesław Żelazko, 92, Polish mathematician and academic (Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences).

5

• Andrea de Adamich, 84, Italian racing driver (Surtees, Brabham).
• Dave Anderson, 93, Australian rower, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
• Amaia Arrazola, 41, Spanish illustrator and muralist.
• Jean-Jacques Chardeau, 69, French singer-songwriter.
• Djamchid Chemirani, 83, Iranian musician.
• Pauline Collins, 85, British actress (Shirley Valentine, Upstairs, Downstairs, City of Joy), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• James Stevens Curl, 88, British architectural historian and author.
• Werner Fischer, 85, German academic, president of the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (1990–2005).
• Emerich Jenei, 88, Romanian football player (FCSB, national team) and manager (FCSB).
• Jeong Jong-taek, 90, South Korean politician, MP (1981–1992).
• Saber Kazemi, 26, Iranian volleyball player (Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi, Al Rayyan, national team).
• Lothar Klein, 69, German politician, member of the Volkskammer (1990).
• Jiří Kornatovský, 73, Czech painter, draughtsman and printmaker.
• Věra Křesadlová, 81, Czech artist, actress and singer.
• Gilson Lavis, 74, English drummer (Squeeze, Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra).
• Madiassa Maguiraga, 82, Malian academic and politician.
• Annibale Marini, 84, Italian judge, member (1997–2006) and president (2005–2006) of the constitutional court.
• Abdullahi Mohammed, 86, Nigerian major general, chief of staff to the president (1999–2008), national security adviser (1998–1999), and governor of Benue-Plateau State (1975–1976).
• Béla Nagy, 82, Hungarian Olympic archer (1972, 1980). (death announced on this date)
• Tarcisio Navarrete, 71, Mexican politician, deputy (2000–2003).
• Gavin Petrie, 83, British television writer (Second Thoughts, Next of Kin, Faith in the Future) and producer.
• Barbara Ptak, 95, Polish costume designer (Pharaoh, Pearl in the Crown, The Promised Land).
• Jay Stein, 87, American theme park executive, founder of Universal Studios Florida.
• Leon Stickle, 77, Canadian ice hockey official (NHL).
• Ronald Venetiaan, 89, Surinamese politician, president (1991–1996, 2000–2010).
• Mary Ann Wilson, 87, American fitness instructor and television host (Sit and Be Fit).

4

• Claude Bébéar, 90, French insurance executive, CEO of AXA (1985–2000).
• Sir Geoffrey Bindman, 92, English lawyer.
• Stuart Boam, 77, English football player (Mansfield Town, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United) and manager.
• Keith Browner, 63, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Francisco 49ers, San Diego Chargers).
• Cheng Tong Fatt, 96, Singaporean public servant, media executive and diplomat.
• George C. Christie, 91, American legal scholar.
• Francine Christophe, 92, French writer and Holocaust survivor.
• Tom Courchene, 85, Canadian economist.
• Dominik Duka, 82, Czech Roman Catholic cardinal, bishop of Hradec Králové (1998–2010) and archbishop of Prague (2010–2022).
• Ada Feinberg-Sireni, 95, Italian-born Israeli politician, MK (1969–1974).
• Giorgio Forattini, 94, Italian political cartoonist (La Repubblica, La Stampa, Il Giornale).
• Elizabeth Franz, 84, American actress (Death of a Salesman, Sabrina, Christmas with the Kranks), Tony winner (1999), cancer.
• Bernard Hall, 83, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).
• Gopichand Hinduja, 85, Indian conglomerate industry executive, chairman of Hinduja Group (since 1971).
• Knut Kjeldstadli, 77, Norwegian historian.
• Lam Sheung Mo, 75, Hong Kong actor (Days of Tomorrow).
• Gerald Maier, 97, Canadian engineer and businessman.
• H. Y. Meti, 79, Indian politician, Karnataka MLA (1989–1999, 2004–2007, 2013–2018).
• Yuri Nikolaev, 76, Russian television presenter and actor, cancer.
• Giuseppe Nocco, 86, Italian politician, senator (2001–2006).
• Penny Pence, 96, American Olympic swimmer (1948).
• Dietmar Salamon, 72, German mathematician.
• Elina Salo, 89, Finnish actress (Inspector Palmu's Mistake, The Diary of a Worker, Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana).
• Krys Sobieski, 75, Polish footballer (Legia Warsaw, Dallas Sidekicks, national team).
• Anunay Sood, 32, Indian photographer and influencer.
• Marino Specia, 82, Italian Olympic rower (1968).
• Runo Sundberg, 96, Swedish actor (Hem till byn).
• Robert Taylor, 74, New Zealand guitarist (Dragon) and songwriter ("This Time", "Magic").
• Oinam Thoiba, 71, Indian Shumang Leela actor and director.
• Tika, 14, Canadian greyhound.

3

• Kambiz Atabay, 86, Iranian football administrator, president of FFI (1972–1979) and the AFC (1976–1978).
• Rudolf Belin, 82, Croatian football player (Dinamo Zagreb, Beerschot V.A.V.) and manager (Yugoslavia national team).
• Judy Bell, 89, American Hall of Fame golfer and golf administrator, president of the USGA (1996–1997).
• Charles Bidwill Jr., 97, American businessman, owner of the Chicago / St. Louis Cardinals (1962–1972).
• Valery Borshchyov, 81, Russian politician and human rights activist, member of the Mossoviet (1990–1993), MP (1993–1999).
• Clara Charf, 100, Brazilian political activist (Brazilian Communist Party, Workers' Party).
• Dick Cheney, 84, American politician, vice president (2001–2009), secretary of defense (1989–1993), and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1989), pneumonia and heart disease.
• Jacqueline Cohen, 91, French dubbing actress.
• Victor Conte, 75, American musician (Tower of Power), businessman and convicted money launderer (BALCO scandal), founder and president (1983–2003) of BALCO, pancreatic cancer.
• André De Nul, 79, Belgian footballer (Lierse, Anderlecht, national team).
• Daya Dongre, 85, Indian actress (Umbartha, Navri Mile Navryala, Shubh Mangal Savdhan).
• David Gow, 80, British journalist (The Guardian), heart attack.
• Barbara R. Hatton, 84, American academic administrator, president of South Carolina State University (1993–1995) and Knoxville College (1997–2005).
• Eugene Hughes, 67, Irish Gaelic footballer (Monaghan), cancer.
• Stanislaus Kennedy, 86, Irish Roman Catholic nun and social activist, founder of Focus Ireland.
• Kim Yong-nam, 97, North Korean politician, president of the Presidium of the SPA (1998–2019) and minister of foreign affairs (1983–1998), multiple organ failure complicated by colorectal cancer.
• Diane Ladd, 89, American actress (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Wild at Heart, Rambling Rose), BAFTA winner (1976), respiratory failure complicated by idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
• Liu Dagang, 78, Chinese actor (Kung Fu Cult Master, Journey to the West, Romance of the Three Kingdoms).
• John Marshall, 85, British politician, MEP (1979–1989) and MP (1987–1997).
• Rubén Martínez Huelmo, 76, Uruguayan politician, senator (2015–2020) and president of the Mercosur Parliament (2013–2015).
• Giancarlo Pasquini, 88, Italian politician, senator (1996–2006).
• Joost Prinsen, 83, Dutch actor and television presenter (De Stratemakeropzeeshow, Het Klokhuis), cancer and complications from a stroke.
• Leonard Radowski, 73, Polish footballer (Lechia Gdańsk, Olimpia Elbląg).
• Dipak Sarma, 57, Indian flutist.
• Peter Skalicky, 84, Austrian academic, rector of TU Wien (1991–2011).
• Richard Sharp, 87, English rugby union player (Barbarians, national team, British & Irish Lions), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Kamal Uddin Siddiqui, 80, Bangladeshi economist and social scientist.
• Dragan Simeunović, 71, Serbian footballer (Red Star Belgrade, Yugoslavia national team).
• Gerard Somer, 81, Dutch football player (Go Ahead Eagles, Vitesse) and manager (Heracles Almelo).
• Daniel Willington, 83, Argentine footballer (Talleres de Córdoba, Vélez Sarsfield, national team).
• Constantin Zamfir, 74, Romanian footballer (Petrolul Ploiești, FCSB, national team).
• Tayeb Zitouni, 69, Algerian politician.
• Mladen Žižović, 44, Bosnian footballer (Zrinjski Mostar, national team) and manager (Radnički 1923).

2

• José Ángel Aguirrebengoa, 72–73, Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of Navarre (2007–2011).
• Aki Banayi, 81, Iranian singer.
• George Emil Banks, 83, American mass murderer (1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings), kidney cancer.
• Leszek Bednarczuk, 89, Polish linguist.
• Lô Borges, 73, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Clube da Esquina), multiple organ failure complicated by medication poisoning.
• Joseph Byrd, 87, American musician (The United States of America), songwriter ("Hard Coming Love"), and film composer (Health).
• Ronald Ian Cheffins, 95, Canadian lawyer and political scientist.
• Stanley M. Chesley, 89, American lawyer, complications from dementia.
• Maurice Denuzière, 99, French journalist and writer.
• Rafael de Paula, 85, Spanish bullfighter, cardiovascular complications.
• Giovanni Galeone, 84, Italian football player (Udinese) and manager (Pescara, Napoli).
• Albert Ganado, 101, Maltese lawyer, historian, and cartographer.
• Donna Jean Godchaux, 78, American Hall of Fame singer (Grateful Dead, Donna Jean Godchaux Band), cancer.
• Richard Gott, 87, British journalist (The Guardian).
• Mark Hallett, 82, American neurologist.
• Mainul Haque, 62, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (2016–2021), cardiac arrest.
• Betty Harford, 98, American actress (Dynasty, The Paper Chase, Inside Daisy Clover).
• Yoshinori Hirose, 89, Japanese baseball player (Nankai Hawks) and manager.
• William Duffy Keller, 91, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for Central California (since 1984).
• Harald Klose, 80, German footballer (Schalke 04, Valenciennes, AC Cambrai).
• Ivan Laptev, 91, Russian journalist and politician, member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1984–1989), chairman of the Soviet of the Union (1990–1991).
• Élie Lefranc, 93, French racing cyclist.
• Françoise Lengellé, 80–81, French harpsichordist and music professor (Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon).
• Bona Malwal, 97, South Sudanese journalist (The Vigilant) and politician, minister of information (1973–1978).
• Walter Maslow, 97, American actor (Atlas, Man with a Camera, The Cosmic Man).
• Pakubuwono XIII, 77, Indonesian traditional ruler, susuhunan (since 2004).
• Igor Palmin, 92, Russian photographer and journalist.
• Pavel Prošek, 85, Czech physical geographer and climatologist, founder of Mendel Polar Station.
• Renaud Revel, 71, French journalist (Le Matin de Paris, L'Express).
• John Wesley Ryles, 74, American country music singer ("Kay") and songwriter.
• George Sacco, 89, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1963–1974).
• Jim Self, 82, American tubist and composer.
• Bob Trumpy, 80, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals) and broadcaster (NBC, Westwood One).
• Guido Venturoni, 91, Italian naval officer, chief of staff of the Navy (1992–1993) and the defence staff (1994–1999), and chair of the NATO Military Committee (1999–2002).
• Setti Warren, 55, American politician, mayor of Newton, Massachusetts (2010–2018).
• Alejo Zavala Castro, 83, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Tlapa (1992–2005) and of Chilpancingo-Chilapa (2005–2015).

1

• John Adair, 91, British leadership theorist.
• Hedayat Amin Arsala, 83, Afghan economist and politician, vice president (2001–2002), minister of foreign affairs (1993–1994) and finance (2001–2002).
• Armand Avril, 98, French painter and sculptor.
• Alojz Bajc, 93, Slovenian Olympic road racing cyclist (1960).
• Charles D. Baker, 97, American businessman and politician, U.S. deputy secretary of health and human services (1983–1984).
• Eddy Boissézon, 73, Mauritian politician, vice-president (2019–2024).
• Beverly Burns, 76, American airline pilot.
• Martha Layne Collins, 88, American politician, governor (1983–1987) and lieutenant governor of Kentucky (1979–1983).
• Jean de Dieu Moukagni Iwangou, 65, Gabonese politician and magistrate.
• Ray Drummond, 78, American jazz bassist and teacher.
• Colin Duriez, 78, English writer.
• John Farragher, 68, Australian rugby league player (Penrith Panthers), cardiac arrest.
• Archie Fisher, 86, Scottish folk singer and songwriter.
• Clyde Hart, 91, American track and field coach (Baylor Bears), cancer.
• Robert A. Junell, 78, American politician and jurist, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1989–2003), judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (since 2003).
• Elspeth King, 76, Scottish art curator.
• Edward Lone Fight, 86, American First Nations leader, chairman of the Three Affiliated Tribes (1986–1990).
• Carlos Manzo, 40, Mexican politician, mayor of Uruapan (since 2024) and deputy (2021–2024), shot.
• Tim Marrs, 80, English toxicologist.
• Mike Mehta, 78, Indian advocate, actor and theatre director.
• Lorena Mirambell, 90, Mexican archaeologist.
• Aftab Shaban Mirani, 84–85, Pakistani politician, chief minister of Sindh (1990), minister of defence (1993–1996), and MP (2014–2023).
• Kenneth Minihan, 81, American Air Force general, director of the National Security Agency (1996–1999).
• Stephen Morris, 79, American politician, member (1993–2013) and president (2005–2012) of the Kansas Senate, president of the National Conference of State Legislatures (2011–2012).
• Faruk Fatih Özer, 31, Turkish cryptocurrency trader and convicted fraudster, founder of Thodex, suicide by hanging.
• Laila Øygarden, 78, Norwegian politician, county mayor of Aust-Agder (2007–2011).
• Mykhailo Reznik, 75, Ukrainian diplomat, ambassador to China (2001–2003) and the United States (2003–2005).
• Duane Roberts, 88, American businessman, inventor of the frozen burrito.
• Anna Sandor, 76, Hungarian-born Canadian-American television writer (Hangin' In), complications from melanoma.
• Thierry Sardo, 58, French football manager (New Caledonia national team).
• Omid Sarlak, 27, Iranian activist.
• Ralph Senensky, 102, American television director (Star Trek, The Waltons, The F.B.I.).
• Immo Stabreit, 92, German diplomat, ambassador to South Africa (1987–1992), ambassador to the United States (1992–1995).
• Tom Stolhandske, 94, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Edmonton Eskimos).
• Marina Yee, 67, Belgian fashion designer (Antwerp Six), cancer.
• Young Bleed, 51, American rapper, complications from ruptured brain aneurysm.

Previous months

• Deaths in January 2025
• Deaths in February 2025
• Deaths in March 2025
• Deaths in April 2025
• Deaths in May 2025
• Deaths in June 2025
• Deaths in July 2025
• Deaths in August 2025
• Deaths in September 2025
• Deaths in October 2025

External links

• The Guardian (UK) obituaries
• The Telegraph (UK) obituaries
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, obituaries
• The Washington Post obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) obituaries