Deaths in October 2019
The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2019.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
 
October 2019
    
    1
    
- Gilbert Albert, 89, Swiss jeweller.[1]
 - Joseph Bismuth, 92, Tunisian politician, senator (2005–2011).[2]
 - Cain Hope Felder, 76, American theologian and author.[3]
 - Anders Ferm, 81, Swedish diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations (1982–1988).[4]
 - Karel Gott, 80, Czech singer, acute myeloid leukemia.[5]
 - Han Qiwei, 85, Chinese hydraulic engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.[6]
 - Jouko Innanen, 66, Finnish cartoonist.[7]
 - Gertrude Newsome Jackson, 95, American community activist.[8]
 - Miguel León-Portilla, 93, Mexican anthropologist and historian.[9]
 - Michel Létourneau, 69, Canadian politician, MNA (1994–2007).[10]
 - C. K. Menon, 70, Indian transportation executive and philanthropist, complications from pneumonia.[11]
 - Fred Molyneux, 75, English footballer (Southport, Plymouth Argyle, Tranmere Rovers).[12]
 - Esther Takei Nishio, 93, American internee (Granada War Relocation Center).[13]
 - Wolfgang Perner, 52, Austrian biathlete, Olympic bronze medalist (2002).[14]
 - Eric Pleskow, 95, Austrian-born American film producer, President of United Artists (1973–1978) and Orion Pictures (1978–1991).[15]
 - Richard Scotton, 88, Australian health economist.[16]
 - Peter Sissons, 77, British journalist and broadcaster (BBC News, ITN, Question Time).[17]
 - Dick Soash, 78, American politician, member of the Colorado Senate (1976–1984).[18]
 - Arto Tchakmaktchian, 86, Egyptian-born Armenian-Canadian sculptor and painter.[19]
 - Gérald Tougas, 86, Canadian writer.[20]
 - Ruben A. Valdez, 82, American politician, member (1970–1978) and Speaker (1975–1976) of the Colorado House of Representatives.[21]
 - Beverly Watkins, 80, American blues guitarist.[22]
 - Wen Chuanyuan, 101, Chinese aeronautical engineer, designed China's first UAV and first flight simulator.[23]
 
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- Grazia Barcellona, 90, Italian Olympic skater (1948).[24]
 - Michael Bauman, 69, American theologian.[25]
 - Bill Bidwill, 88, American football team owner (Arizona Cardinals).[26]
 - Cecil Butler, 82, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves).[27]
 - Custom Made, 34, American eventing horse, Olympic gold medallist (2000).[28]
 - Julie Gibson, 106, American actress (Nice Girl?, The Feminine Touch, Lucky Cowboy) and singer.[29]
 - Robert Hickman, 76, Australian football player (Richmond).[30]
 - Tiny Hill, 92, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, Counties, national team) and selector.[31]
 - Giya Kancheli, 84, Georgian composer (Unusual Exhibition, Don't Grieve, Mimino).[32]
 - Jafar Kashani, 74, Iranian footballer (Shahin, Persepolis, national team), heart attack.[33]
 - John Kirby, 79, American attorney, namesake of Kirby, myelodysplastic syndrome.[34]
 - Paul LeBlanc, 73, Canadian makeup artist (Amadeus, No Country for Old Men, Return of the Jedi), Oscar winner (1985).[35]
 - Beth Palmer, 67, American bridge player, breast cancer.[36]
 - Isaac Promise, 31, Nigerian footballer (Gençlerbirliği, Antalyaspor, national team), Olympic silver medallist (2008), heart failure.[37]
 - Hanno Selg, 87, Estonian modern pentathlete, Olympic silver medallist (1960).[38]
 - Kim Shattuck, 56, American singer, songwriter and musician (The Muffs, The Pandoras, Pixies), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[39]
 - Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi, 87, Indian nephrologist.[40]
 - Matthew Wong, 35, Canadian painter, suicide.[41]
 - Alan Zaslove, 91, American animation director and producer (Darkwing Duck, Aladdin, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers).[42]
 - Ezra Zilkha, 94, American financier and philanthropist.[43]
 
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- Márta Balogh, 76, Hungarian handball player (Budapesti Spartacus SC, national team), world champion (1965).[44]
 - Vinnie Bell, 87, American inventor and guitarist.[45]
 - John Buchanan, 88, Canadian politician, MLA (1967–1990) and Premier of Nova Scotia (1978–1990).[46]
 - Lewis Dauber, 70, American actor (The Fall Guy), liver cancer.[47]
 - Dana Fradon, 97, American cartoonist (The New Yorker), liver cancer.[48]
 - Diogo Freitas do Amaral, 78, Portuguese politician, Acting Prime Minister (1980–1981), Minister of National Defence (1981–1983) and Foreign Affairs (1980–1981 and 2005–2006).[49]
 - Philip Gips, 88, American graphic designer and film poster artist (Alien, Rosemary's Baby, Downhill Racer).[50]
 - Coluthur Gopalan, 100, Indian nutritionist.[51]
 - Hu Yamei, 96, Chinese physician and leukemia researcher, President of Beijing Children's Hospital (1982–1989).[52]
 - Percy Lewis, 90, Trinidadian-born British Olympic boxer (1952).[53]
 - Stephen J. Lukasik, 88, American physicist, respiratory failure.[54]
 - Philip K. Lundeberg, 96, American naval historian and World War II veteran, last survivor of the USS Frederick C. Davis sinking.[55]
 - Hussein Adel Madani, Iraqi cartoonist and political activist, shot.[56]
 - Teresa Maryańska, 82, Polish paleontologist.[57]
 - Ignacio Noguer Carmona, 88, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guadix (1976–1990) and Huelva (1993–2006).[58]
 - Roger Taillibert, 93, French architect (Parc des Princes, Olympic Stadium Montreal), complications from a fall.[59]
 - Wei Zhongquan, 81, Chinese satellite engineer, chief designer of the Fengyun-2 and Yaogan-1 satellites.[60]
 
4
    
- Ed Ackerson, 54, American singer-songwriter, musician (Polara, Antenna) and record producer, pancreatic cancer.[61]
 - Peter Beckwith, 80, American Anglican prelate, Bishop of Springfield (1992–2010).[62]
 - Glen Brown, 75, Jamaican reggae musician and record producer.[63]
 - Mikhail Biryukov, 27, Russian tennis player, suicide [64]
 - Diahann Carroll, 84, American actress (Julia, Dynasty, Claudine), Tony winner (1962), cancer.[65]
 - Bryce Gaudry, 76, Australian politician, MLA (1991–2007), pancreatic cancer.[66]
 - Margaret Lyons, 95, Canadian radio executive, assisted suicide.[67]
 - Satya Priya Mahathero, 89, Bangladeshi Buddhist monk and social worker.[68]
 - Bill McKnight, 79, Canadian politician, MP (1979–1993).[69]
 - Stephen Moore, 81, British actor (A Bridge Too Far, The Last Place on Earth, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).[70]
 - Fred Ohene-Kena, 83, Ghanaian politician.[71]
 - Elmer Rees, 77, Welsh mathematician.[72]
 - Enno Röder, 83, German Olympic skier (1960, 1964).[73]
 - James Schmerer, 81, American TV writer and producer (MacGyver, CHiPs, The High Chaparral), complications of a stroke.[74]
 - Alberto Testa, 96, Italian dancer and choreographer.[75]
 - Bob Tufts, 63, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants), multiple myeloma.[76]
 - Zhang Guobao, 74, Chinese politician, Director of the National Energy Administration (2007–2011).[77]
 - Zhang Siying, 94, Chinese engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[78]
 
5
    
- Lee Botts, 91, American environmentalist.[79]
 - Dave Cummings, 79, American actor.[80]
 - Dolores Dorn, 85, American actress (The Bounty Hunter, Underworld U.S.A.).[81]
 - Andy Etchebarren, 76, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers).[82]
 - Amalia Fuentes, 79, Filipino actress (Rodora, My Only Love, Kahit Isang Saglit), cardiac arrest.[83]
 - Marcello Giordani, 56, Italian operatic tenor, heart attack.[84]
 - Gary Goldschneider, 80, American astrologer and pianist.[85]
 - David Greaves, 73, English snooker player.[86]
 - Tony Hoar, 87, British racing cyclist, cancer.[87]
 - Larry Junstrom, 70, American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special).[88]
 - Kang Laiyi, 83, Chinese epidemiologist.[89]
 - Henry Keizer, 58, Dutch politician, Chairman of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (2014–2017).[90]
 - Blaine Lindgren, 80, American sprinter, Olympic silver medalist (1964).[91]
 - Roger Mayorga, 73, Nicaraguan footballer (Motagua, national team), heart attack.[92]
 - Eloy Pérez, 32, American boxer.[93]
 - Philip J. Prygoski, 71, American legal scholar.[94]
 - Vijay Sardeshmukh, 67, Indian classical vocalist, cancer.[95]
 - Sally Soames, 82, English photographer.[96]
 - Philippe Vandevelde, 62, Belgian comics writer (Le Petit Spirou, Soda, Spirou et Fantasio), heart attack.[97]
 
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- Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Zamil, 77, Saudi Arabian oil executive, Chairman of Saudi International Petrochemical Company (since 2004).[98]
 - Ginger Baker, 80, English Hall of Fame drummer (Cream, Blind Faith, Ginger Baker's Air Force), subject of Beware of Mr. Baker.[99]
 - Paul Bircher, 90, British rower, Olympic silver medallist (1948).[100]
 - Yevgeny Bushmin, 61, Russian politician.[101]
 - Ciaran Carson, 70, Northern Irish poet, lung cancer.[102]
 - Vlasta Chramostová, 92, Czech actress (The Trap, The Cassandra Cat, The Cremator).[103]
 - Seán Clohessy, 87, Irish hurler (Tullaroan, Kilkenny).[104]
 - Ezequiel Esperón, 23, Argentine footballer (Grêmio, Atlante), fall.[105]
 - Joseph Gourmelon, 81, French politician, Deputy (1981–1993).[106]
 - Stuart Heydinger, 92, British photojournalist.[107]
 - Masaichi Kaneda, 86, Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player (Kokutetsu Swallows, Yomiuri Giants) and manager (Lotte Orions), sepsis.[108]
 - Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, 95, Tibetan Karma Kagyu lama, abbot of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra (since 1976).[109]
 - Martin Lauer, 82, German athlete, Olympic champion (1960).[110]
 - Neale Lavis, 89, Australian equestrian, Olympic champion (1960).[111]
 - Eddie Lumsden, 83, Australian rugby league player (St. George Dragons, Manly Sea Eagles, national team).[112]
 - John Mbiti, 87, Kenyan-born Swiss scholar.[113]
 - Samvel Mnatsyan, 29, Russian ice hockey player (Barys Astana, HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, Admiral Vladivostok), cancer.[114]
 - Bernard Muna, 79, Cameroonian politician, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1997–2001), heart disease.[115]
 - Karen Pendleton, 73, American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club), heart attack.[116]
 - David Petel, 98, Iraqi-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1959–1969).[117]
 - Paul Gerhardt Rosenblatt, 91, American judge.[118]
 - S. A. Stepanek, 59, American poet.[119]
 - Stephen Swid, 78, American performance rights executive (SESAC), complications from frontotemporal degeneration.[120]
 - Rip Taylor, 88, American actor (The $1.98 Beauty Show, Chatterbox, Down to Earth) and comedian.[121]
 
7
    
- Ovide Alakannuark, 80, Canadian politician, MLA (1999–2004).[122]
 - Harvey Benge, 75, New Zealand photographer.[123]
 - Herman Berendsen, 85, Dutch chemist.[124]
 - Beppe Bigazzi, 86, Italian journalist and restaurateur.[125]
 - Chen Zhongyi, 96, Chinese civil engineering professor and politician, Vice Chairman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League.[126]
 - Warren William Eginton, 95, American judge (District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1979–1992).[127]
 - Barry Jackson, 82, English rugby union player (Broughton Park, Lancashire, national team).[128]
 - Ed Kalafat, 87, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers).[129]
 - Krishnamoorthy, 55, Indian Tamil actor, heart attack.[130]
 - Janusz Kondratiuk, 76, Kazakh-born Polish film director.[131]
 - Jari Laukkanen, 57, Finnish Olympic cross-country skier (1988).[132]
 - Tony Mulhearn, 80, British political campaigner, lung disease.[133]
 - Ulick O'Connor, 90, Irish writer.[134]
 - Stephen Okumu, 61, Kenyan Olympic boxer (1984).[135]
 - Pepe Oneto, 77, Spanish journalist (Cambio 16) and writer.[136]
 - Eugène Saccomano, 83, French journalist.[137]
 - Wilson Sutherland, 84, British mathematician.[138]
 - Ella Vogelaar, 69, Dutch politician and trade union leader, Minister for Housing, Communities and Integration (2007–2008), suicide.[139]
 - Makoto Wada, 83, Japanese illustrator, essayist and film director (Mahjong hōrōki, Kaitō Ruby), pneumonia.[140]
 
8
    
- Eduard Admetlla i Lázaro, 95, Spanish scuba diver, designer and photographer.[141]
 - Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, 95, Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (1986–2004), complications from pneumonia.[142]
 - John Bennett, 77, Australian politician, Attorney-General of Tasmania (1986–1989).[143]
 - Litia Cakobau, 78, Fijian politician and tribal chief.[144]
 - Carlos Celdran, 46, Filipino cultural activist and performance artist, cardiac arrest.[145]
 - Ed Cray, 86, American journalist and biographer.[146]
 - Francis S. Currey, 94, American technical sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient.[147]
 - Molly Duncan, 74, Scottish saxophonist (Average White Band), cancer.[148]
 - Georgette Elgey, 90, French journalist and historian.[149]
 - Eberhard Ferstl, 86, German Olympic bronze medallist field hockey player (1956).[150]
 - Ted Green, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Winnipeg Jets) and coach (Edmonton Oilers).[151]
 - Chip Healy, 72, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals).[152]
 - Roland Janson, 80, Swedish actor (Sällskapsresan, Rederiet).[153]
 - Ryan Nicholson, 47, Canadian film director (Gutterballs) and visual effects artist (The Predator, Blade: Trinity), brain cancer.[154]
 - Helen Shingler, 100, British actress (Quiet Weekend, The Lady with a Lamp, Room in the House).[155]
 - Harcharan Singh, 81, Indian cricketer (Services, Southern Punjab).[156]
 - Helen Stother, 64, English cricketer (England).[157]
 - Sammy Taylor, 86, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, New York Mets).[158]
 - Michael Uhlmann, 79, American political scientist.[159]
 - Louis Waller, 84, Australian legal scholar.[160]
 - Split Waterman, 96, English speedway rider.[161]
 - Reg Watson, 93, Australian television producer (Prisoner, Neighbours, Sons and Daughters) and screenwriter.[162]
 - Quade Winter, 68, American composer and opera singer.[163]
 - Saadi Younis, 69, Iraqi footballer (national team), heart attack.[164]
 - Talaat Zakaria, 59, Egyptian actor and comedian (Call Mama, Sayed the Romantic), inflammation of the brain.[165]
 
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- Richard Askey, 86, American mathematician, discoverer of Askey–Wilson polynomials, Askey scheme and Askey–Gasper inequality.[166]
 - Dorothea Buck, 102, German author.[167]
 - Éamonn Burns, 56, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Down).[168]
 - John W. Corso, 89, American production designer (Coal Miner's Daughter, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off).[169]
 - Robert W. Estill, 92, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of North Carolina (1983–1994).[170]
 - Reino Fagerlund, 65, Finnish Olympic judoka (1980).[171]
 - Thomas Flanagan, 88, Irish-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (1998–2005).[172]
 - Jill Freedman, 79, American photographer, cancer.[173]
 - Lorand Gaspar, 94, Hungarian-born French poet.[174]
 - Andrés Gimeno, 82, Spanish tennis player, French Open winner (1972).[175]
 - Robert Guestier Goelet, 96, French-born American banker (Chemical Bank) and philanthropist.[176]
 - Anne Hart, 84, Canadian author.[177]
 - Samuel Hynes, 95, American author, heart failure.[178]
 - James O. Mason, 89, American physician, public health administrator and Acting Surgeon General of the United States (1989–1990).[179]
 - Ion Moraru, 90, Moldovan writer and political activist (Sabia Dreptății).[180]
 - Filippo Penati, 66, Italian politician, President of the Province of Milano (2004–2009), Mayor of Sesto San Giovanni (1994–2001).[181]
 - Murray Rosenblatt, 93, American statistician and academic.[182]
 - John Baptist Sequeira, 89, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chikmagalur (1987–2006).[183]
 - Satnarine Sharma, 76, Trinidadian judge, Chief Justice (2002–2008).[184]
 - Erling Steineide, 81, Norwegian Olympic cross country skier (1964).[185]
 - Jan Szyszko, 75, Polish politician, academic and forester, Minister of Environment (1997–1999; 2005–2007; 2015–2018).[186]
 - David Weisman, 77, American film producer (Kiss of the Spider Woman) and author.[187]
 - John Williams, 79, Australian football player (Carlton).[188]
 - Yang Enze, 99, Chinese telecommunications engineer and academic, cerebral hemorrhage.[189]
 - Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof, 94, Polish-born French civil engineer and Esperantist.[190]
 
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- Moji Akinfenwa, 89, Nigerian politician, senator (1999–2003).[191]
 - Pierre Albrecht, 88, Swiss Olympic basketball player (1952).[192]
 - Sir Desmond Cassidi, 94, British admiral, Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command (1983–1984).[193]
 - Ugo Colombo, 79, Italian racing cyclist.[194]
 - Marie Darby, 79, New Zealand marine biologist.[195]
 - Md. Golam Mostofa, 70, Bangladeshi freedom fighter.[196]
 - William J. Hamilton, 86, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1972–1978) and Senate (1978–1982).[197]
 - Dominic Jala, 68, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Shillong (since 1999), traffic collision.[198]
 - Richard Jeranian, 98, Armenian-born French painter and draftsman.[199]
 - Tarek Kamel, 57, Egyptian politician and computer engineer, cancer.[200]
 - Juliette Kaplan, 80, British actress (Last of the Summer Wine, Coronation Street), cancer.[201]
 - John Kirkham, 84, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Sherborne (1976–2001) and Bishop to the Forces (1992–2001).[202]
 - Enrique Moreno, 63, Mexican-born American lawyer, complications from cancer.[203]
 - Trinidad Morgades Besari, 88, Equatorial Guinean writer.[204]
 - Marie-José Nat, 79, French actress (A Woman in White, Violins at the Ball, La Vérité), cancer.[205]
 - Paul Polak, 86, American psychiatrist and entrepreneur, heart failure.[206]
 - Gordon Robertson, 93, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1952).[207]
 - Miklós Szabó, 81, Hungarian sports shooter (1960).[208]
 - Stuart Taylor, 72, English footballer (Bristol Rovers).[209]
 - Joseph E. Tregoning, 78, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1967–1990).[210]
 - Tsai Ying-wen, 67, Taiwanese political scientist, gastroesophageal reflux disease.[211]
 
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- Sam Bobrick, 87, American television writer (Saved by the Bell, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour), stroke.[212]
 - Mac Christensen, 85, American clothier, president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (2000–2012).[213]
 - Woodie Flowers, 76, American mechanical engineering professor (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).[214]
 - Robert Forster, 78, American actor (Jackie Brown, The Black Hole, Medium Cool), brain cancer.[215]
 - John Giorno, 82, American poet and performance artist, subject of Sleep, heart attack.[216]
 - Kadri Gopalnath, 69, Indian saxophonist, cardiac arrest.[217]
 - Joseph Helszajn, 85, Belgian-born British electrical engineer.[218]
 - Aubrey Kuruppu, 74, Sri Lankan cricketer.[219]
 - Alexei Leonov, 85, Russian cosmonaut (Voskhod 2), first person to walk in space.[220]
 - Ram Mohan, 88, Indian animator (The Chess Player, Kaamchor, Meena).[221]
 - Michael Mott, 88, British-born American poet, novelist and biographer.[222]
 - Ali Nakhjavani, 100, Azerbaijani-born Iranian Baháʼí Faith leader.[223]
 - Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao, 71, Indian film historian (Silent Cinema (1895-1930)) and critic.[224]
 - Oriano Ripoli, 95, Italian politician, Mayor of Pisa (1985–1986).[225]
 - Heather Robson, 91, New Zealand badminton and tennis player.[226]
 - Ettore Spalletti, 79, Italian artist, heart attack.[227]
 - James Hart Stern, 55, American civil rights activist, cancer.[228]
 - Richard Tracey, 71, Australian judge and military officer, Judge Advocate General (2007–2014), cancer.[229]
 - Gillian Trumper, 83, English-born Canadian politician and coroner, complications from renal failure.[230]
 - Gundeboina Rammurthy Yadav, 71, Indian politician, MLA (1994–1999).[231]
 
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- Mel Aull, 90, Canadian football player.[232]
 - Kate Braverman, 70, American author, cardiac arrest.[233]
 - Joyce Cansfield, 90, British crossword compiler.[234]
 - E. A. Carmean, 74, American art curator and historian, cancer.[235]
 - Carlo Croccolo, 92, Italian actor, voice actor, director and screenwriter. (47 morto che parla, After the Fox, Three Men and a Leg)[236]
 - Sara Danius, 57, Swedish literary critic and philosopher, member (2013–2019) and Permanent Secretary (2015–2018) of the Swedish Academy, breast cancer.[237]
 - Ding Shisun, 92, Chinese mathematician and politician, President of Peking University (1984–1989), Chairman of the China Democratic League (1996–2005).[238]
 - Nanni Galli, 79, Italian racing driver.[239]
 - María Luisa García, 100, Spanish chef and cookbook author, proponent of Asturian cuisine.[240]
 - Bob Goin, 81, American college sports administrator, athletics director (Florida State University, University of Cincinnati).[241]
 - Dallas Harms, 84, Canadian country musician.[242]
 - Jackie Hernández, 79, Cuban baseball player (Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates), World Series champion (1971), cancer.[243]
 - James Hughes-Hallett, 70, British business executive (Swire Group).[244]
 - Hevrin Khalaf, 34, Syrian politician and activist, Secretary General of the Kurdish Future Movement in Syria, shot.[245]
 - Milcho Leviev, 81, Bulgarian jazz pianist.[246]
 - Emilio Nicolas Sr., 88, Mexican-born American television station owner (KWEX).[247]
 - Alison Prince, 88, British children's writer.[248]
 - Norman Schofield, 75, Scottish-American political scientist.[249]
 - Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, 83, Japanese sport shooter, Olympic bronze medallist (1960, 1964), heart failure.[250]
 
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- John Algeo, 89, American linguist.[251]
 - William T. Allen, 75, American law academic.[252]
 - Hideo Azuma, 69, Japanese manga artist, esophageal cancer.[253]
 - Scotty Bowers, 96, American author (Full Service) and pimp.[254]
 - Bobby Del Greco, 86, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Athletics).[255]
 - Duan Qingbo, 55, Chinese archaeologist (Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor), Dean of the School of Cultural Heritage of Northwest University (since 2017), kidney cancer.[256]
 - Helen Fix, 97, American politician.[257]
 - Jay Frank, 47, American music executive, founder of DigSin, cancer.[258]
 - Richard Huckle, 33, British convicted sex offender, strangled and stabbed.[259]
 - Charles Jencks, 80, American architect, cultural theorist (Post-modernism) and philanthropist, co-founder of Maggie's Centres.[260]
 - Mikheil Kobakhidze, 80, Georgian film director, screenwriter and composer.[261]
 - Sophia Kokosalaki, 47, Greek fashion designer, cancer.[262]
 - Ulrich Luz, 81, Swiss theologian.[263]
 - Vasim Mammadaliyev, 77, Azerbaijani theologian.[264]
 - Elias James Manning, 81, American-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Valença (1990–2014).[265]
 - Goran Marković, 33, Serbian-born Montenegrin footballer (Željezničar Sarajevo, Čukarički, Zrinjski Mostar), fall.[266]
 - Adolfo Mexiac, 92, Mexican graphic artist.[267]
 - Włodzimierz Mucha, 63, Polish architect.[268]
 - Sucheta Nadkarni, 52, Indian management studies academic.[269]
 - Kanako Naito, 38, Japanese volleyball player.[270]
 - Theo Verbey, 60, Dutch composer.[271]
 
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- Harold Bloom, 89, American literary critic and writer (The Anxiety of Influence, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages).[272]
 - Bohdan Butenko, 88, Polish cartoonist.[273]
 - Steve Cash, 73, American singer-songwriter, author and harmonica player (The Ozark Mountain Daredevils).[274]
 - Emmett Chappelle, 93, American scientist (NASA) and World War II veteran (Buffalo Soldier), kidney failure.[275]
 - Charles Dausabea, 59, Solomon Islands politician, MP (1990–1993, 1997–2001, 2006–2008).[276]
 - Buckwheat Donahue, 68, American sportsman and tourism promoter.[277]
 - Francisco Figueredo, 59, Paraguayan Olympic athlete (1984).[278]
 - Louis Frey Jr., 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1969–1979).[279]
 - Anke Fuchs, 82, German lawyer and politician, Federal Minister of Health (1982) and Vice President of the Bundestag (1998–2002).[280]
 - Danny Grant, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings), Calder Memorial Trophy winner (1968).[281]
 - Rosemary Harris, 96, British author (The Moon in the Cloud).[282]
 - Igor Kaleshin, 67, Russian football player (Akhmat Grozny, Druzhba Maykop, Kuban Krasnodar) and manager (Kuban Krasnodar).[283]
 - Barun Mazumder, 77, Indian journalist and writer.[284]
 - Lorne Main, 89, Canadian tennis player.[285]
 - Baby Saroja, 88, Indian actress (Balayogini, Thyaga Bhoomi, Kamadhenu).[286]
 - Renato Scrollavezza, 92, Italian luthier.[287]
 - Cooper Snyder, 91, American politician, member of the Ohio Senate (1979–1996).[288]
 - Jeffrey Spalding, 67, Canadian artist, stroke.[289]
 - Karola Stotz, 56, German philosopher.[290]
 - Sulli, 25, South Korean singer (f(x)), songwriter and actress, suicide by hanging.[291]
 - Michael C. Thomas, 71, American entomologist.[292]
 - Gunnar Torvund, 71, Norwegian sculptor.[293]
 - John Wilson Nattubu Tsekooko, 76, Ugandan lawyer and judge.[294]
 - Patrick Ward, 69, Australian actor (The Unisexers, The Chain Reaction, My Two Wives).[295]
 - Bob Will, 94, American Olympic rower (1948).[296]
 - Yvonne S. Wilson, 90, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1999–2005) and Senate (2005–2010).[297]
 
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- Tamara Buciuceanu, 90, Romanian actress (Silent Wedding, Everybody in Our Family), heart disease.[298]
 - Cacho Castaña, 77, Argentine singer and actor (Los Hijos de López, Merry Christmas), lung disease.[299]
 - John Cavanagh, 98, British neurobiologist.[300]
 - Andrew Cowan, 82, Scottish rally driver and team owner (Ralliart).[301]
 - Hossein Dehlavi, 92, Iranian composer (Mana and Mani).[302]
 - Robert Louis Dressler, 92, American botanist.[303]
 - Stefan Edlis, 94, Austrian-born American art collector and philanthropist.[304]
 - Mary Stuart Gile, 83, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (1996–2019).[305]
 - Jiang Haokang, 84, Chinese aerospace engineer.[306]
 - R. Bruce Hoadley, 96, American materials scientist.[307]
 - Igo Kantor, 89, American film producer (Kingdom of the Spiders, Mutant, Act of Piracy) and post-production executive.[308]
 - Michael D. Reynolds, 65, American astronomer and educator.[309]
 - Song Soon-chun, 85, South Korean boxer, Olympic silver medallist (1956).[310]
 
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- Ed Beck, 83, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats).[311]
 - Utpal Bhayani, 66, Indian playwright and critic.[312]
 - Paolo Bonaiuti, 79, Italian politician and journalist, MP (1996–2018).[313]
 - Bin Cheng, 98, Chinese-born British legal scholar, Dean of the UCL Faculty of Laws (1971–1973).[314]
 - John Clarke, 88, American actor (Days of Our Lives), complications from pneumonia.[315]
 - Patrick Day, 27, American professional boxer, brain injuries sustained in bout.[316]
 - Bernard Fisher, 101, American surgeon, pioneer in breast cancer treatment.[317]
 - Yehezkel Flomin, 84, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1974–1981).[318]
 - Arline Friscia, 84, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1996–2004).[319]
 - Han Aiping, 57, Chinese Hall of Fame badminton player, lung cancer.
 - Morton Mandel, 98, American industrial parts executive and philanthropist.[320]
 - Volodymyr Mulyava, 82, Ukrainian politician, MP (1994–1998).[321]
 - Ángel Pérez García, 62, Spanish football player (Real Madrid, Elche) and manager (Sangonera), cancer.[322]
 - Harold Scheub, 88, American professor and folklorist of African cultures.[323]
 - Andrey Smirnov, 62, Russian swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1976).[324]
 - John Tate, 94, American mathematician (Tate's thesis, Tate conjecture, Tate cohomology group), Abel Prize winner (2010).[325]
 
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- Alicia Alonso, 98, Cuban prima ballerina, founder of the National Ballet.[326]
 - Michael F. Armstrong, 86, American lawyer.[327]
 - Hildegard Bachert, 98, German-born American art dealer (Galerie St. Etienne) and gallery director.[328]
 - Michael Bowen, 89, British Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Southwark (1977–2003).[329]
 - Zev Braun, 91, American film and television producer (Tour of Duty).[330]
 - Elijah Cummings, 68, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 1996) and Maryland House of Delegates (1983–1996).[331]
 - Alan Diamonstein, 88, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1968–2002).[332]
 - Horace Romano Harré, 91, New Zealand-born British philosopher and psychologist.[333]
 - Procter Ralph Hug Jr., 88, American federal judge.[334]
 - Bob Kingsley, 80, American Hall of Fame radio host (American Country Countdown, Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40), bladder cancer.[335]
 - Márta Kurtág, 92, Hungarian pianist.[336]
 - Bill Macy, 97, American actor (Maude, The Producers, The Jerk).[337]
 - Göran Malmqvist, 95, Swedish linguist, sinologist and literary historian, member of the Swedish Academy.[338]
 - Victor Mohica, 86, American actor (Blood In Blood Out).[339]
 - Edmundo Rada, Venezuelan politician, shot.[340]
 - Ray Santos, 90, American saxophonist and composer.[341]
 - Wendy Williams, 84, British actress (Crossroads, Doctor Who).[342]
 
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- Luiz Olavo Baptista, 81, Brazilian jurist.[343]
 - Sir John Boyd, 83, British diplomat, Ambassador to Japan (1992–1996).[344]
 - Edward Clark, 93, American painter.[345]
 - Nicolás Díaz, 90, Chilean politician and cardiologist, senator (1990–1998) and Mayor of Rancagua (1963–1964, 1967–1968).[346]
 - Michael Flaksman, 73, American cellist.[347]
 - Volker Hinz, 72, German photographer.[348]
 - Mark Hurd, 62, American technology executive, CEO of Hewlett-Packard (2005–2010) and Oracle Corporation (since 2014).[349]
 - Ahad Israfil, 47, American gunshot survivor.[350]
 - Rui Jordão, 67, Angolan-born Portuguese footballer (Benfica, Sporting CP, national team), heart disease.[351]
 - Kalidas Karmakar, 73, Bangladeshi painter and printmaker.[352]
 - William Milliken, 97, American politician, Governor of Michigan (1969–1983).[353]
 - Lou Palmer, 84, American sportscaster (SportsCenter, WFAN), lung cancer.[354]
 - Mike Reilly, 77, American football player (Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings).[355]
 - Mikhail Semyonov, 80, Russian politician.[356]
 - Meir Shamgar, 94, Israeli lawyer and politician, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1983–1995).[357]
 - Victor Sheymov, 73, Russian cybersecurity innovator and KGB officer.[358]
 - Kamlesh Tiwari, 45, Indian politician, shot.[359]
 - Bruce Walton, 68, American football player (Dallas Cowboys).[360]
 - Zhao Yannian, 90, Chinese politician, Vice Minister of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission (1986–2003).[361]
 
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- Erhard Eppler, 92, German politician, Minister for Economic Development (1968–1974).[362]
 - Salvador Giner, 85, Spanish sociologist, President of the Institute of Catalan Studies (2005–2013).[363]
 - E. Bruce Heilman, 93, American educator and veterans advocate, President of the University of Richmond (1971–1986, 1987–1988).[364]
 - Youssef Hourany, 88, Lebanese archaeologist and historian.[365]
 - Jakir Khan, 56, Bangladeshi film director, cancer.[366]
 - Ishmael Levenston, 79, Saban politician, member of the Island Council (1975–1979, 1983–1987) and founder of the Saba Labour Party.[367]
 - Joseph Lombardo, 90, American mobster, consigliere of the Chicago Outfit.[368]
 - Theodor Wonja Michael, 94, German Africanist and journalist.[369]
 - Mikhail Motsak, 69, Russian naval officer.[370]
 - Deborah Orr, 57, Scottish journalist (The Guardian, The Independent), breast cancer.[371]
 - Carlos Suárez, 73, Spanish cinematographer (Unmarried Mothers, Rowing with the Wind), Goya Award winner (1988).[372]
 - Alexander Volkov, 52, Russian tennis player.[373]
 
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- Herbert Chappell, 85, British conductor, composer and film-maker.[374]
 - Eric Cooper, 52, American baseball umpire, blood clot.[375]
 - Thomas D'Alesandro III, 90, American politician, Mayor of Baltimore (1967–1971), complications from a stroke.[376]
 - Arnold Gosewich, 85, Canadian literary agent, book publishing consultant and record industry executive.[377]
 - Sir Peter Graham, 85, British lawyer and parliamentary draftsman, First Parliamentary Counsel (1991–1994).[378]
 - Joseph Houssa, 89, Belgian politician, senator (1988–1995) and Mayor of Spa (1983–2018).[379]
 - Huang Yong Ping, 65, Chinese-born French avant-garde installation artist and sculptor.[380]
 - Rufus E. Jones, 79, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1981–1996).[381]
 - Asbjørn Liland, 83, Norwegian politician.[382]
 - Norman Myers, 85, British environmentalist, dementia.[383]
 - Aquilino Pimentel Jr., 85, Filipino politician, President of the Senate (2000–2001) and senator (1987–1992, 1998–2010), lymphoma and pneumonia.[384]
 - Robert I. Price, 98, American vice admiral (US Coast Guard).[385]
 - Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez, 85, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Medellín (1998–2010).[386]
 - Martin Tenni, 85, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (1974–1989).[387]
 - Nick Tosches, 69, American journalist, music critic and writer (Country, The Devil and Sonny Liston, The Last Opium Den).[388]
 - Dottie Wham, 94, American politician, member of the Colorado General Assembly (1984–2000).[389]
 - Mellony Wijesinghe, 17, Sri Lankan netball player, leukemia.[390]
 
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- Gilberto Aceves Navarro, 88, Mexican sculptor and painter.[391]
 - Willie Brown, 78, American Hall of Fame football player (Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders) and coach.[392]
 - John M. Downs, 82, American courtroom sketch artist, lymphoma.[393]
 - Josip Elic, 98, American actor (The Twilight Zone, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Black Rain), complications from a fall.[394]
 - Bengt Feldreich, 94, Swedish journalist and television host (From All of Us to All of You), pneumonia.[395]
 - Jerry Fogel, 83, American actor (The Mothers-in-Law, The White Shadow).[396]
 - Gerald Freihofner, 73, Austrian journalist.[397]
 - Mike Hebert, 75, American volleyball coach (Minnesota Golden Gophers).[398]
 - Gillian Jagger, 88, British sculptor and painter.[399]
 - Nissim Karelitz, 93, Israeli rabbi, heart disease.[400]
 - Garry Koehler, 64, Australian country musician and songwriter, cancer.[401]
 - Taras Kutovy, 43, Ukrainian politician, MP (2012–2014) and Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food (2016–2018), helicopter crash.[402]
 - Kent Larsson, 67, Swedish Olympic rower (1980).[403]
 - Lho Shin-yong, 89, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1985–1987) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980–1982).[404]
 - Ingo Maurer, 87, German industrial designer.[405]
 - Aila Meriluoto, 95, Finnish poet, writer and translator.[406]
 - Brian Noble, 83, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Shrewsbury (1995–2010).[407]
 - Reginald Tate, 65, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (2006–2018).[408]
 - Florence Signaigo Wagner, 100, American botanist.[409]
 - Camille Zaidan, 75, Lebanese Maronite hierarch, Archbishop of Antelias (since 2012).[410]
 
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- Christos Archontidis, 81, Greek football manager (Korinthos, PAOK, national team).[411]
 - George Brancato, 88, American football player and coach (Ottawa Rough Riders).[412]
 - Manfred Bruns, 85, German attorney and LGBT rights activist.[413]
 - Ed Cherney, 69, American recording engineer, record producer and Grammy winner (1994, 2003, 2016, 2018), cancer.[414]
 - Chris, 9, Australian sheep, world record holder for heaviest fleece.[415]
 - Vicki Funk, 71, American botanist.[416]
 - Til Gardeniers-Berendsen, 94, Dutch politician, Minister of Social Work (1977–1981) and of Health (1981–1982), member of the Council of State (1983–1995).[417]
 - Guo Dehong, 77, Chinese historian.[418]
 - Ole Henrik Laub, 81, Danish novelist, stomach cancer.[419]
 - Raymond Leppard, 92, British conductor, director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (1987–2001).[420]
 - Mike McClennan, 75, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team) and coach (St Helens).[421] (body found on this date)
 - Dorylas Moreau, 72, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda (2001–2019).[422]
 - Sadako Ogata, 92, Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1990–2000).[423]
 - Lelio Orci, 82, Italian endocrinologist.[424]
 - Bachirou Osséni, 33, Beninese footballer (Vitória, Diegem Sport, national team).[425]
 - Rolando Panerai, 95, Italian baritone singer.[426]
 - Miguel Saiz, 70, Argentine politician, Governor of Río Negro (2003–2011).[427]
 - Marieke Vervoort, 40, Belgian wheelchair racer, Paralympic champion (2012), assisted suicide.[428]
 - Hans Zender, 82, German conductor and composer (Stephen Climax).[429]
 - Zeng Rongsheng, 95, Chinese geophysicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[430]
 - Therese Zenz, 87, German sprint canoer, Olympic silver medallist (1956, 1960).[431]
 - Jo Ann Zimmerman, 82, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Iowa (1987–1991).[432]
 
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- Duncan Forbes, 78, Scottish footballer (Colchester United, Norwich City), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[433]
 - Vicki Gregory, 51, British microbiologist, cancer.[434]
 - J. Rogers Hollingsworth, 87, American historian and sociologist.[435]
 - Ji Xiaocheng, 95, Chinese pediatrician, introduced perinatal medicine to China.[436]
 - Demetrio Jiménez Sánchez-Mariscal, 56, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Prelate of Cafayate (since 2014).[437]
 - Santos Juliá, 79, Spanish historian and sociologist (National University of Distance Education).[438]
 - James W. Montgomery, 98, American Episcopalian prelate, Bishop of Chicago (1971–1987).[439]
 - David O. Morgan, 74, British historian.[440]
 - Bernie Parrish, 83, American football player (Cleveland Browns).[441]
 - George Proud, 80, Canadian politician, MP (1988–2000).[442]
 - Kingsley Rock, 81, Montserratian cricketer (national team).[443]
 - Fides Romanin, 84, Italian Olympic cross country skier (1952, 1956).[444]
 - Hansheinz Schneeberger, 93, Swiss violinist.[445]
 - Tom Stevens, 63, American politician, founder of the Objectivist Party.[446]
 - Francis A. Sullivan, 97, American theologian.[447]
 - Francis Tresham, 83, British game designer.[448]
 - Martin Vosseler, 71, Swiss renewable energy advocate, co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, traffic collision.[449]
 - Xiao Han, 92, Chinese politician and coal executive, Minister of Coal Industry (1977–1980), Chairman of China Huaneng Group and Shenhua Group (1995–1998).[450]
 - Xie Gaohua, 87, Chinese politician, Party Secretary of Yiwu (1982–1984), founded the Yiwu Market.[451]
 - Alfred Znamierowski, 79, Polish vexillologist.[452]
 
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- Michael Blumlein, 71, American writer and physician.[453]
 - Janusz Brzozowski, 84, Polish-born Canadian computer scientist.[454]
 - Walter Franco, 74, Brazilian singer and composer, stroke.[455]
 - Leroy Johnson, 91, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1963–1975).[456]
 - Patricia de Souza, 55, Peruvian writer.[457]
 - Norm Stoneburgh, 84, Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts).[458]
 - George Tarasovic, 89, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos).[459]
 - Ruth van Heyningen, 101, British biochemist.[460]
 - Kaoru Yachigusa, 88, Japanese actress (Samurai Trilogy, Hachiko Monogatari, Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple), pancreatic cancer.[461]
 
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- Renzo Burini, 92, Italian footballer (Lazio, Milan, national team).[462]
 - Chou Wen-chung, 96, Chinese-born American composer.[463]
 - Gerry Dalton, 84, Irish sculptor.[464] (death announced on this date)
 - Murray Feshbach, 90, American economist.[465]
 - Salvador Freixedo, 96, Spanish ufologist and priest.[466]
 - Peter H. Hassrick, 78, American artist and author, cancer.[467]
 - Hu Dujing, 106, Chinese plant physiologist, agronomist and educator.[468]
 - William Loren Katz, 92, American historian and author.[469]
 - Ghulam Mohammad Lot, 90, Pakistani politician, MPA (1993–1996), cardiac arrest.[470]
 - Rafael Ninyoles i Monllor, 76, Spanish Catalan sociolinguist.[471]
 - Dilip Parikh, 82, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Gujarat (1997–1998).[472]
 - Mário Sabino, 47, Brazilian Olympic judoka (2000, 2004), shot.[473]
 - Humayun Kabir Sadhu, 37, Bangladeshi television director, screenwriter and actor, stroke.[474]
 - Vittorio Seghezzi, 95, Italian racing cyclist.[475]
 - Kafil Uddin Sonar, 75, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1988–1990).[476]
 - Carlo Strenger, 61, Swiss-Israeli psychologist and philosopher.[477]
 - Joe Sun, 76, American country singer ("Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You").[478]
 - Don Valentine, 87, American venture capitalist (Sequoia Capital).[479]
 - Janko Vučinić, 53, Montenegrin boxer and politician, MP (since 2012) and President of the Workers' Party (since 2015).[480]
 - Rudolf G. Wagner, 77, German sinologist.[481]
 - Janet Yee, 85, Singaporean social worker.[482]
 
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- Paul André Albert, 93, American metallurgist.[483]
 - Paul Barrere, 71, American rock singer and guitarist (Little Feat), liver cancer.[484]
 - Enriqueta Basilio, 71, Mexican Olympic sprinter and hurdler (1968).[485]
 - Clinton Bernard, 89, Trinidadian judge, Chief Justice (1985–1995).[486]
 - Raymond Ward Bissell, 83, American art historian.[487]
 - Daniel W. Dobberpuhl, 74, American electrical engineer.[488]
 - Jack Dunnett, 97, British politician and football administrator, MP for Nottingham Central (1964–1974) and Nottingham East (1974–1983).[489]
 - Robert Evans, 89, American film producer (Chinatown, Marathon Man) and studio executive (Paramount Pictures).[490]
 - Gao Di, 91, Chinese politician, Communist Party Secretary of Jilin.[491]
 - Thangeswary Kathiraman, 67, Sri Lankan politician, MP (2004–2010).[492]
 - Mārtiņš Ķibilds, 45, Latvian journalist and television host (Gribi būt miljonārs?).[493]
 - Chuck Meriwether, 63, American baseball umpire, cancer.[494]
 - V. Nanammal, 99, Indian yoga teacher, complications from a fall.[495]
 - Pan Handian, 98, Chinese legal scholar and translator (Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation).[496]
 - Gregory E. Pyle, 70, American politician, Chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (1997–2014).[497]
 - Pascale Roberts, 89, French actress (The Women Couldn't Care Less, The Sleeping Car Murders, Plus belle la vie).[498]
 - Thaddeus Seymour, 91, American academic.[499]
 - John Stauffer, 94, American politician.[500]
 - John D. Turner, 81, American historian.[501]
 - Hiromi Yoshida, 70, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councillors (since 2001), brain cancer.[502]
 
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- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 48, Iraqi insurgent and cleric, Emir of the Islamic State of Iraq (2010–2013) and Leader of ISIL (since 2013), suicide by explosive vest.[503]
 - Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir, Saudi spokesman of ISIL (since 2016), airstrike.[504]
 - Roger Ballenger, 69, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (2006–2014), melanoma.[505]
 - Vladimir Bukovsky, 76, Russian-born British human rights activist and political dissident, heart attack.[506]
 - Tim Chambers, 54, American college baseball coach (UNLV Rebels).[507]
 - Stephen P. Cohen, 83, American political scientist and security expert.[508]
 - John Conyers, 90, American politician, Dean (2015–2017) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1965–2017).[509]
 - Kelly C. Crabb, 72, American sports and entertainment lawyer.[510]
 - John Crncich, 94, Canadian football player.[511]
 - Cécile Goldet, 105, French physician and politician, senator (1979–1984).[512]
 - Humayun Kabir, 67, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, deputy minister, MP (1986–1990), heart attack.[513]
 - Guido Lauri, 96, Italian dancer and choreographer.[514]
 - Johanna Lindsey, 67, American novelist (Fires of Winter, Hearts Aflame), complications of treatment for lung cancer.[515]
 - Ivan Milat, 74, Australian serial killer (backpacker murders), oesophageal and stomach cancer.[516]
 - Anne Phelan, 71, Australian actress (Bellbird, Prisoner, Winners & Losers).[517]
 - Sir Malcolm Ross, 76, British royal courtier, Master of the Household of the Prince of Wales (2006–2008).[518]
 - Vladimir Rubin, 95, Russian composer, People’s Artist (1995).[519]
 - Kamal Sharma, 49, Indian politician, heart attack.[520]
 - Mary Spiller, 95, British horticulturist and teacher.[521]
 - Hans-Peter Uhl, 75, German politician, MP (1998–2017).[522]
 - Xi Enting, 73, Chinese table tennis player, world champion (1973), thoracic aortic rupture.[523]
 
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- Safaa Al Sarai, 26, Iraqi human rights activist.[524]
 - Annick Alane, 94, French actress (Hibernatus, Pour la peau d'un flic, Three Men and a Cradle).[525]
 - Al Bianchi, 87, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers), coach (Seattle SuperSonics) and general manager (New York Knicks).[526]
 - Alfred L. Bright, 79, American artist and educator.[527]
 - Glen Cavaliero, 92, English poet and literary critic.[528]
 - Jean-Gabriel Diarra, 74, Malian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San (since 1987).[529]
 - Ron Dunlap, 72, American basketball player (Maccabi Tel Aviv).[530]
 - Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, 69, Greek-born American chemical engineer, cancer.[531]
 - Art Foley, 90, Irish hurler (Wexford).[532]
 - Kay Hagan, 66, American politician, U.S. Senator (2009–2015), complications from Powassan virus.[533]
 - Piyare Jain, 97, Indian particle physicist.[534]
 - Zoltán Jeney, 76, Hungarian composer.[535]
 - Dean L. Larsen, 92, American Mormon historian.[536]
 - Mao Kao-wen, 83, Taiwanese chemist, politician, and diplomat, Minister of Education (1987–1993).[537]
 - Ken McCracken, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team), prostate cancer.[538]
 - Bert Mozley, 96, English footballer (Derby County, national team).[539]
 - Toivo Salonen, 86, Finnish speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).[540]
 - Keith Schellenberg, 90, British Olympic bobsledder and luger (1956, 1964).[541]
 - John Walker, 82, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (since 2011).[542]
 
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- Gerald Baliles, 79, American politician, Governor (1986–1990) and Attorney General of Virginia (1982–1985), member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1976–1982), renal cell carcinoma.[543]
 - David Bostock, 83, British philosopher.[544]
 - Cong Weixi, 86, Chinese author.[545]
 - Claude Constantino, 80, Senegalese Olympic basketball player (1968).[546]
 - Kees Driehuis, 67, Dutch television presenter, cancer.[547]
 - Pat Griffin, 75, Irish Gaelic footballer (Kerry).[548]
 - Hiroshi Kashiwagi, 96, American poet, playwright and actor.[549]
 - Johnny Joyce, 82, Irish football player (Dublin GAA).[550]
 - Richard Lennon, 72, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cleveland (2006–2016).[551]
 - Mustapha Matura, 79, Trinidadian playwright.[552]
 - Epineri Naituku, 56, Fijian rugby union player (national team).[553]
 - Ignazio Paleari, 65, Italian racing cyclist.[554]
 - Charlie Taaffe, 69, American football coach (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes, Army Black Knights), cancer.[555]
 - John Witherspoon, 77, American actor (Friday, The Wayans Bros., The Boondocks), heart attack.[556]
 
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- Russell Brookes, 74, British rally driver, British Rally champion (1977, 1985).[557]
 - Georges Courtès, 94, French astronomer.[558]
 - Paul Crosby, 30, American basketball player (Mississippi Valley State, Minas), traffic collision.[559]
 - Ron Fairly, 81, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos) and broadcaster (Seattle Mariners).[560]
 - Beatrice Faust, 80, Australian author and women's activist.[561]
 - Paul Geis, 66, American Olympic long-distance runner (1976).[562]
 - Frank Giles, 100, British journalist and historian, editor of The Sunday Times (1981–1983).[563]
 - Jim Gregory, 83, Canadian ice hockey coach (Toronto Marlboros) and executive (Toronto Maple Leafs).[564]
 - William J. Hughes, 87, American politician and diplomat, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1995), ambassador to Panama (1995–1998).[565]
 - Francis Xavier Irwin, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (1996–2009).[566]
 - Sam Jankovich, 84, American sports administrator.[567]
 - Mobolaji Johnson, 83, Nigerian military officer, Governor of Lagos State (1967–1975).[568]
 - Bernard Slade, 89, Canadian playwright (Same Time, Next Year) and television writer (The Flying Nun, The Partridge Family), complications from Lewy body dementia.[569]
 - Azam Taleghani, 76, Iranian politician and journalist, MP (1980–1984).[570]
 - J. Bob Traxler, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1974–1993) and Michigan House of Representatives (1962–1974).[571]
 - Ercílio Turco, 81, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Limeira (1989–2002) and Osasco (2002–2014), cancer.[572]
 - N. Venkatachala, 89, Indian judge, member of the Supreme Court (1992–1995).[573]
 - Paul Whelan, 75, Australian politician, NSW Minister for Police (1995–2001).[574]
 
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- Ebrahim Abadi, 85, Iranian actor (Mokhtarnameh, On Tiptoes, Grand Cinema).[575]
 - Anil Adhikari, 70, Indian politician, MLA (since 2011), cancer.[576]
 - Robert I. Berdon, 89, American justice, Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1991–1999).[577]
 - Enrico Braggiotti, 96, Monegasque banker, President of the Banca Commerciale Italiana (1988–1990).[578]
 - Tarania Clarke, 20, Jamaican footballer (Waterhouse, national team), stabbed.[579]
 - Ann Crumb, 69, American actress (Anna Karenina) and singer, ovarian cancer.[580]
 - Gurudas Dasgupta, 82, Indian politician, MP (1985–2000, 2004–2014), lung cancer.[581]
 - Noble Frankland, 97, British historian.[582]
 - Geetanjali, 72, Indian actress (Seetharama Kalyanam, Murali Krishna, Kalam Marindi), cardiac arrest.[583]
 - Florence Giorgetti, 75, French actress (La Grande Bouffe, The Lacemaker, Pepe Carvalho).[584]
 - Champak Jain, 52, Indian film producer (Khiladi, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Josh).[585]
 - Tom MacIntyre, 87, Irish writer and poet.[586]
 - Raju Mavani, 62, Indian film producer, director, actor and screenplay writer, cancer.[587]
 - Roger Morin, 78, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Biloxi (2009–2016).[588]
 - Amjad Nasser, 64, Jordanian writer and poet.[589]
 - Jack O'Dell, 96, American civil rights activist.[590]
 - Silvio Padoin, 89, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pozzuoli (1993–2005).[591]
 - Ren Xuefeng, 54, Chinese politician, Party Secretary of Guangzhou (2014–2018), Deputy Party Secretary of Chongqing (since 2018), fall.[592]
 - Giannis Spanos, 85, Greek composer.[593]
 - Vito Trause, 94, American soldier and prisoner of war.[594]
 - Antoon van der Steen, 83, Dutch racing cyclist.[595]
 
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 - Ekushey Padak winning pundit Satya Priya Mahathero dies
 - Former Sask. Treaty Commissioner Bill McKnight dies at 79
 - RIP Stephen Moore
 - Former Minister of Mines & Energy dies at 83
 - Professor Elmer Rees (1941-2019)
 - Enno Röder (in German)
 - James Schmerer, Writer on 'MacGyver,' 'CHiPs' and 'The High Chaparral,' Dies at 81
 - Morto Alberto Testa, il 'prof' della Danza (in Italian)
 - Bob Tufts, Syms Professor, Passes Away at 63 after Long Cancer Battle
 - 国家发改委原副主任、国家能源局原局长张国宝逝世 (in Chinese)
 - 自动控制专家张嗣瀛院士逝世 (in Chinese)
 - Celebrating Environmentalist Lee Botts
 - Dave Cummings, the 'Oldest Actor in Porn,' Passes
 - SAG-AFTRA Magazine In Memoriam Summer 2021 Edition
 - Andy Etchebarren, who led York Revolution to two Atlantic League titles, dies at age 76
 - Amalia Fuentes, pillar of Philippine cinema, dies
 - Marcello Giordani Dead
 - The Joy of Kooky (subscription required)
 - David Greaves
 - Tour de France cult figure, inventor Tony Hoar dies at 87
 - .38 Special, Lynyrd Skynyrd Bassist Larry Junstrom Dies at 70
 - 上海疾病预防控制中心终身教授康来仪逝世,享年84岁 (in Chinese)
 - Voormalig VVD-voorzitter Henry Keizer (58) plotseling overleden (in Dutch)
 - Harold Blaine Lindgren
 - Muere Roger Mayorga, mitico portero nicaraguense ex de Motagua (in Spanish)
 - Former Jr. lightweight contender Eloy Perez passes
 - Philip Jerome Prygoski
 - पंडित विजय सरदेशमुख यांचे निधन (in Marathi)
 - Newspaper photographer Sally Soames dies at 82
 - Philippe Tome
 - Sipchem and Zamil group Chairman Eng Abdulaziz Al-Zamid dies
 - Ginger Baker, Legendary Cream drummer, dies aged 80
 - Bircher
 - Стала известна причина смерти вице-спикера Совета Федерации Евгения Бушмина (in Russian)
 - Award winning Belfast poet Ciaran Carson passes away aged 70
 - Acting great and Charter 77 signatory Vlasta Chramostová dies at 92
 - Legendary Kilkenny hurler passes away
 - Ezequiel Esperon dead: Argentine football dies after falling from sixth-floor terrace, aged 23
 - Brest. L’ancien député Jo Gourmelon est décédé (in French)
 - Stuart Heydinger obituary
 - 元巨人の金田正一さんが死去 前人未到400勝投手 (in Japanese)
 - KTD Abbot Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche passes on
 - Die deutsche Leichtathletik trauert um Martin Lauer (in German)
 - Equestrian legend Neal Lavis dies
 - St George nine-time premiership winner Eddie Lumsden dies
 - Celebrated Kenyan Scholar Dies in Switzerland
 - Умер хоккеист «Сибири» Мнацян (in Russian)
 - Cameroun :: Nécrologie : L'ancien Batonnier Bernard Muna Eest Mort :: Cameroon (in French)
 - Karen Pendleton, One of the Original Mouseketeers, Dies at 73
 - Knesset Member, David Petel
 - Obituary: Paul Gerhardt Rosenblatt III
 - Sally Anna Stepanek Cox Ph.D.
 - Stephen Swid, Music Industry Entrepreneur & Former SESAC CEO, Dies at 78
 - Rip Taylor, Comedian Known For His Camp And Confetti, Dies At 88
 - Speaker of legislative assembly pays homage to the late Ovide Alakannuark
 - Harvey Benge
 - In memoriam Herman Berendsen
 - È morto Beppe Bigazzi, l'esperto gastronomo della 'Prova del cuoco' (in Italian)
 - 北京市政协原副主席、清华大学教授陈仲颐逝世 (in Chinese)
 - Warren Eginton, veteran US judge for Connecticut, dies at 95
 - Broughton Park Legend Barry Jackson has Passed Away
 - Edward "Ed" Lawrence Kalafat
 - Popular Tamil comedian Krishnamurthy passes away in Kerala
 - Janusz Kondratiuk nie żyje. Reżyser filmu "Dziewczyny do wzięcia" miał 76 lat (in Polish)
 - KSML: Ex-hiihtäjä Jari Laukkanen kuoli 57-vuotiaana kesken työpäivän (in Finnish)
 - Veteran Liverpool political campaigner Tony Mulhearn dies aged 80
 - Ulick O’Connor obituary: A man of contradictions, who quarrelled with friends, foes and bus conductors
 - Boxing fraternity mourns international referee
 - Muere el periodista Pepe Oneto a los 77 años (in Spanish)
 - Le journaliste Eugène Saccomano est mort (in French)
 - Sutherland Wilson A
 - Voormalig minister Ella Vogelaar (69) overleden (in Dutch)
 - 和田誠さん、83歳で死去 イラストレーター・映画監督 (in Japanese)
 - Mor el pionier del submarinisme català Eduard Admetlla (in Catalan)
 - Cardeal dom Serafim Fernandes de Araújo more aos 95 anos em Belo Horizonte (in Portuguese)
 - John Bennett
 - Chiefly funeral for Adi Litia today
 - Carlos Celdran dies at 46
 - Ed Cray, Biographer of Woody Guthrie and Earl Warren, Dies at 86
 - Local WWII veteran, Medal of Honor recipient dies at 94
 - Founding member of Average White Band dies
 - L'historienne Georgette Elgey est morte (in French)
 - HC Wacker-Idol Eberhard Ferstl starb 86-jährig (in German)
 - Former Oilers coach, Bruins defenceman Ted Green dies at 79
 - 1960s Vanderbilt football standout Chip Healy — a champion for Nashville's recovering addicts — dies
 - Roland Janson är död (in Swedish)
 - Victoria-raised makeup-effects artist Ryan Nicholson dies at 47
 - Helen Shingler
 - Harcharan Singh
 - Helen Stother
 - Sammy Taylor
 - Remembering Dr. Michael Uhlmann
 - Vale Emeritus Professor (Peter) Louis Waller AO
 - Speedy Star Home Page: October 19 issue
 - Reg Watson obituary
 - The Victor Herbert World Says Goodbye To Restorationist Quade Winter (1951-2019)
 - وفاة اللاعب الدولي السابق سعدي يونس واتحاد الكرة يصدر بياناً (in Arabic)
 - L'acteur Egyptien Talaat Zakaria est mort (in French)
 - In Memoriam: Richard Askey
 - Solange wir miteinander reden, bringen wir uns nicht um (in German)
 - Down All-Ireland hero Eamonn Burns dies aged 56
 - John's Obituary
 - Remembering the Right Reverend Robert Whitridge Estill
 - Suru-uutinen judoperheelle: Olympiakävijä ja entinen päävalmentaja Reino ”Fagu” Fagerlund on poissa (in Finnish)
 - Bishop Thomas J. Flanagan
 - Jill Freedman, photographer who lingered in the margins, dies at 79
 - Les Entrelacs d’Aymen Hacen : Lorand Gaspar n’est plus (in French)
 - Andres Gimeno, Roland Garros' Oldest Champion of Modern Era, Dies at 82
 - Robert G. Goelet, 96, of Gardiner’s Island
 - Margaret Eleanor Anne Hart (Hill)
 - Samuel Hynes, ‘highly respected scholar-critic’ of British literature and World War II veteran, dies at 95
 - Elder James O. Mason — emeritus General Authority Seventy — dies at age 89
 - Scriitorul Ion Moraru s-a stins din viata la varsta de 90 de ani (in Romanian)
 - È morto Filippo Penati, ex presidente della Provincia di Milano (in Italian)
 - Murray Rosenblatt
 - Former Bishop of Chikkamagaluru John Baptist Sequeira passes away
 - Sat Sharma dies
 - Tidligere norsk OL-deltager er død (in Norwegian)
 - Poland's former environment minister dies aged 75
 - David Weisman, 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' Producer, Dies at 77
 - Blues' father/son link ends with Williams' passing
 - 天津大学教授杨恩泽逝世,系“我国光纤通信领域元老级专家” (in Chinese)
 - Zmarł Ludwik Krzysztof Zaleski-Zamenhof. Był Honorowym Obywatelem Białegostoku (in Polish)
 - Former AD National Chairman, Senator Akinfenwa, Dies At 89
 - Pierre Albrecht
 - Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi
 - Scomparso Ugo Colombo (in Italian)
 - Marie Buchler
 - মুক্তিযোদ্ধা সার্জেন্ট গোলাম মোস্তফা আর নেই (in Bengali)
 - William J. Hamilton, former Assembly Speaker, dies at 86
 - Archbishop Dominic Jalla dies in road accident
 - French-Armenian artist Richard Jéranian dies aged 98
 - MCIT Mourns Former ICT Minister Tarek Kamel
 - Juliette Kaplan: Last of the Summer Wine actress dies
 - Kirkham
 - El Paso lawyer and defender of civil rights, Enrique Moreno, passed away Thursday
 - Fallece Trinidad Morgades Besari, intelectual y escritora ecuatoguineana a la edad de 88 años (in Spanish)
 - L'actrice Marie-José Nat, star des annèes 60 et 70 est morte (in French)
 - In Memoriam: Tribute to Paul Polak - Market-Based Development Pioneer 1933 - 2019
 - Gordon “Gordie” Robertson
 - Elhunyt Szabó Miklós (in Hungarian)
 - A Tribute to Stuart Taylor
 - Joseph E. “Joe” Tregoning
 - Researcher Tsai Ying-wen dies
 - Sam Bobrick, 'Saved by the Bell' Creator, Dies at 87
 - Mac Christensen, founder of 'Mr. Mac,' dies at 85
 - A Message about Dr. Woodie Flowers
 - Robert Forster, Resurgent Oscar Nominee From 'Jackie Brown,' Dies at 78
 - In memoriam: John Giorno (1936–2019)
 - Saxophone wizard Kadri Gopalnath dies at 69
 - Helszajn
 - Former cricketer Aubrey Kuruppu dies at 74
 - Alexei Leonov: First person to walk in space dies aged 85
 - Animator of Meena passes away
 - Michael Mott
 - Ali Nakhjavani, 1919–2019
 - Noted poet Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao passes away, CM condoles
 - E' morto l'ex sindaco Oriano Ripoli (in Italian)
 - Badminton community mourns death of Heather Robson
 - In memoriam: Ettore Spalletti (1940–2019)}
 - Black man who led one of nation's largest neo-Nazi groups dies amid bid to destroy it
 - Aged care royal commission chair dead
 - Obituary: Former Port Alberni mayor Gillian Trumper a tireless worker for others
 - Former MLA Rammurthy Yadav passes away at 72
 - Melvin Andrew Aull (1928 - 2019)
 - Kate Braverman, whose poetry and prose captured a dark Los Angeles, dies in Santa Fe, N.M.
 - Joyce Cansfield
 - Modern art historian, US museum director and clergyman EA Carmean, Jr has died, age 74
 - È morto Carlo Croccolo, attore comico napoletano (in Italian)
 - Sara Danius, former head of Swedish Academy, dies aged 57
 - Former Peking University President Ding Shisun dies at 93
 - È morto Nanni Galli, imprenditore e pilota (in Italian)
 - Fallece María Luisa García, la centenaria maestra de la cocina casera asturiana (in Spanish)
 - Former FSU Athletics Director Bob Goin passes away
 - Dallas Harms, Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Member, Dead at 84
 - Obituary: Jackie Hernandez (1940-2019)
 - James Hughes-Hallett CMG (1949–2019)
 - Senior female Kurdish political leader killed in ambush in Syria
 - Milcho Leviev, Bulgarian jazz great, dead at 81
 - Univision Founding Pioneer Emilio Nicolás Sr Dies At 88
 - Touchstones: Alison Prince
 - Obituary: Norman Schofield, professor in Arts & Sciences, 75
 - 東京五輪射撃銅メダリストの吉川貴久さん死去 83歳 (in Japanese)
 - John Thomas Algeo
 - In Memoriam: William Allen
 - Prolific Manga Creator Hideo Azuma Passes Away at 69
 - Scotty Bowers, "Male Madam" to the Stars, Dies at 96
 - Robert G. Del Greco
 - 原秦始皇陵考古队长段清波逝世,曾发现秦陵地宫阻排水渠 (in Chinese)
 - Helen Fix
 - Jay Frank, Digital Music Pioneer and UMG Senior VP, Dies at 47
 - Richard Huckle: Paedophile killed in prison 'strangled and stabbed'
 - Charles Jencks, co-founder of Maggie's cancer charity, dies at 80
 - გარდაიცვალა რეჟისორი მიხეილ კობახიძე (in Georgian)
 - Inspired London-based Greek fashion designer dies
 - Neutestamentler Ulrich Luz ist tot (in German)
 - Academician Vasim Mammadaliyev passes away
 - Bishop Elias James Manning
 - Tragedija u Pančevo: Bivši fudbaler Čukaričkog popravljao roletnu i poginuo (in Serbian)
 - Muere Adolfo Mexiac, el gran artista del grabado, a los 92 años (in Spanish)
 - Nie żyje ceniony architekt Włodzimierz Mucha (in Polish)
 - A tribute to Professor Sucheta S. Nadkarni (1967-2019)
 - "元女子バレーボール日本代表・内藤香菜子死去 38歳 武富士、NECで活躍". (in Japanese)
 - Theo Verbey overleden (in Dutch)
 - Obituary: Harold Bloom died on October 14th
 - Zmarł Bohdan Butenko. "Artysta o doświadczeniu mistrza i wyobraźni dziecka" (in Polish)
 - Ozark Mountain Daredevils announce the passing of founding member Steve Cash
 - Emmett W. Chappelle
 - Solomon Islands' Charles Dausabea dies at 59
 - Robert C. Donahue (1951 - 2019)
 - Exatleta muere en accidente sobre Acceso Sur (in Spanish)
 - Lou Frey: Former longtime congressman from Winter Park has died
 - Trauer um SPD-Politikerin und Ex-Gesundheistsministerin Anke Fuchs (in German)
 - Hockey legend Danny Grant dead at 73
 - Harris
 - Умер Игорь Калешин (in Russian)
 - প্রয়াত আকাশবাণীর প্রাক্তন সাংবাদিক ‘পদ্মশ্রী’ বরুণ মজুমদার (in Bengali)
 - Obituary: Lorne Main
 - Baby Saroja, child star of yesteryear, dies at 88
 - Influential Italian luthier Renato Scrollavezza has died
 - Former State Sen. Cooper Snyder remembered as 'strong advocate for southern Ohio'
 - 'A great loss to the art community': Former Glenbow president Jeffrey Spalding dead at 67
 - Stotz, Dr Karola
 - Singer and actor Sulli found dead
 - Michael C. Thomas
 - Gunnar Torvund (in Norwegian)
 - Retired Supreme Court Justice Wilson Tsekooko is dead
 - Vale: Patrick Ward
 - Robert I. Will
 - Yvonne Wilson, longtime Missouri state senator, dies at 90
 - A murit marea actriţă Tamara Buciuceanu Botez (in Romanian)
 - Murió "Cacho" Castaña (in Spanish)
 - Professor John Barr Cavanagh 1918-2019 (SH 35-38)
 - Obituary: Andrew Cowan
 - “Sabokbal” composer Hossein Dehlavi passes away at 92
 - The world has lost one of the great botanists who left his mark in Costa Rica
 - Stefan Edlis, Towering Chicago Collector of Pop Masters and Contemporary Art, Is Dead at 94
 - Mary Stuart Gile, Concord representative and community pillar, dies at 83
 - 84岁中国著名航空发动机试验与测量领域专家蒋浩康逝世 (in Chinese)
 - R. Bruce Hoadley
 - Igo Kantor, Producer and Post-Production Executive, Dies at 89
 - Mike Reynolds
 - 한국 최초 올림픽 은메달리스트 송순천 교수 별세 (in Korean)
 - Ed Beck, part of Kentucky's 1958 NCAA title team, dies at 83
 - Utpal Bhayani passed away at 66
 - E' morto Paolo Bonaiuti, ex portavoce di Berlusconi (in Italian)
 - UCL Laws pays tribute to Professor Bin Cheng
 - John Clarke Dies: ‘Days Of Our Lives’ Actor & Lifetime Achievement Emmy Recipient Was 88
 - Patrick Day dies of brain injuries 4 days after knockout
 - Bernard Fisher, M.D., Pioneer in Breast Cancer Research, Dies at 101
 - עו"ד ורו"ח יחזקאל פלומין ז"ל (in Hebrew)
 - Arline's Obituary
 - Jewish philanthropist Morton Mandel dies at 98
 - В Киеве умер украинский генерал, один из создателей Минобороны Владимир Мулява (in Ukrainian)
 - Pérez García passes away
 - UW-Madison mourns legendary professor/storyteller Harold Scheub
 - Памяти Андрея Владиславовича Смирнова (in Russian)
 - John Tate 1925–2019
 - ‘A genius of dance.’ Cuban ballet icon Alicia Alonso dies at age 98
 - Michael Armstrong, Lawyer Who Helped Expose 1970s NYPD Corruption, Dies at 86
 - Hildegard Bachert, Veteran Dealer Who Championed Overlooked Artists, Is Dead at 98
 - Southwark auxiliary Michael Bowen dies aged 89
 - Zev Braun Dies: ‘Tour Of Duty’ Vietnam Drama Producer Was 90
 - Congressman Elijah Cummings Dead: Central Figure in Trump Impeachment Inquiry Dies Aged 68
 - Attorney, former lawmaker Alan Diamonstein dies at 88
 - Rom Harré (1927–2019)
 - Procter R. Hug. Jr.
 - Bob Kingsley, Legendary Country Radio DJ, Dies at 80
 - Kurtág Márta (in Hungarian)
 - Bill Macy, Bea Arthur's Husband on 'Maude,' Dies at 97
 - Göran Malmqvist har avlidit (in Swedish)
 - Victor Manuel Mojica Sr
 - Spain condemns murder of Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Rada and calls for investigation
 - Latin Music Maestro Ray Santos Dies at 90
 - Wendy Williams 1934–2019
 - Luiz Olavo Baptista 1938-2019
 - Boyd
 - Painter Ed Clark, 93, a Pioneering Figure in Post-War Abstraction, Has Died
 - Falleció ex alcalde de Rancagua y ex senador Nicolas Diaz (in Spanish)
 - Obituary: Michael Flaksman, cellist, 1947-2019
 - Hamburger Abendblatt.de: Hamburger Fotograf Volker Hinz ist gestorben (in German)
 - Mark Hurd, Oracle CEO, has died
 - Ahad Israfil, gunshot wound survivor, dies
 - Morreu Rui Jordão, o grande goleador que se zangou com o futebol (in Portuguese)
 - Prominent artist Kalidas Karmakar dies at 73
 - Bill Milliken, Michigan's longest-serving governor, dies
 - Lou Palmer, ESPN’s original ‘SportsCenter’ anchor, dies at 84
 - Former Iowa football All-American, broadcaster Mike Reilly dies
 - Скончался первый председатель Народного Хурала Бурятии (in Russian)
 - Former President Meir Shamgar passed away at the age of 94
 - Victor Sheymov, KGB officer who defected from Soviet Union, dies at 73 (subscription required)
 - Ex-Hindu Mahasabha Leader Murdered in Lucknow, Five Detained
 - Bruce Walton, athlete and radio executive, 1951-2019
 - 国家民委原副主任、党组副书记赵延年逝世,享年90岁 (in Chinese)
 - Erhard Eppler ist tot (in German)
 - Fallece el sociólogo y jurista Salvador Giner, Premio Nacional en 2006 (in Spanish)
 - Former President E. Bruce Heilman dies at age 93
 - الموت يفجع دومينيك حوراني بأقرب الناس لها (in Arabic)
 - চলচ্চিত্র নির্মাতা জাকির খান আর নেই (in Bengali)
 - Saba mourns the passing of SPL-leader Ishmael Levenston
 - Chicago mobster 'Joey the Clown' Lombardo dies in prison
 - Trauer um Autor und Aktivist Theodor W. Michael (in German)
 - Умер вице-адмирал Михаил Моцак. Он руководил учениями, во время которых затонул "Курск" (in Russian)
 - Deborah Orr obituary
 - Muere el cineasta ovetense Carlos Suárez (in Spanish)
 - СПОРТ Умер теннисист Александр Волков (in Russian)
 - Herbert Chappell: TV composer and producer who brought the Three Tenors to the world stage
 - Iowa native, veteran MLB umpire Eric Cooper dead at 52
 - Thomas D'Alesandro III, ex-Baltimore mayor and brother to Nancy Pelosi, dies at 90
 - Arnold Gosewich, Former President of Capitol Records Canada, Dies at 85
 - Sir Peter Graham
 - L'ancien bourgmestre de Spa, Joseph Houssa, est décédé à l'âge de 89 ans (in French)
 - Huang Yong Ping, Provocateur Artist Who Pushed Chinese Art in New Directions, Has Died at 65
 - Former state Rep. Rufus E. Jones dies at 79
 - Liland, Asbjørn (1936-2019) (in Norwegian)
 - Norman Myers obituary
 - Former Senate President Nene Pimentel dies at 85
 - Robert Ira Price
 - Fallece Monseñor Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez (in Spanish)
 - Tenni, Hon Martin James
 - Nick Tosches, Music Journalist and Novelist, Dead at 69
 - Dorothy Stonecipher Wham
 - Netballer Melony Lost Her Bout with Leukaemia
 - Murió el artista Gilberto Aceves Navarro (in Spanish)
 - HoFer Willie Brown passes away
 - Artist John M. Downs, a witness to history in a long career with Sun-Times, Daily News, has died
 - Josip Elic, Actor in 'One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest,' Dies at 98
 - Bengt Feldreich död – blev 94 år gammal (in Swedish)
 - Jerry Fogel, Actor on 'The Mothers-in-Law,' Dies at 83
 - Ehemaliger Aufdeckerjournalist Gerald Freihofner gestorben (in German)
 - Former Gophers volleyball coach Mike Hebert dies at 75
 - Gillian Jagger, Sculptor Who Used Trees And Animal Carcasses, Has Died At 88
 - Tens of Thousands Attend Funeral of Rabbi Nissim Karelitz, Influential Figure in Israeli Ultra-Orthodox World
 - The Man in the Picture songwriter, Garry Koehler of The Bobkatz, dies aged 64
 - В авіакатастрофі під Полтавою загинув екс-міністр Тарас Кутовий (in Ukrainian)
 - Kent Larsson (in Swedish)
 - 노신영 전 국무총리 별세 (in Korean)
 - Ingo Maurer, il poeta della luce (in Italian)
 - Runoilija Aila Meriluoto on kuollut (in Finnish)
 - Bishop Brian Noble, Emeritus Bishop of Shrewsbury, dies in Wirral hospital at age of 83
 - Former Memphis state Sen. Reggie Tate found dead in home
 - Florence Wagner
 - المطران كميل زيدان في ذمّة الله (in Arabic)
 - Πέθανε o πρώην προπονητής της Εθνικής, Χρήστος Αρχοντίδης (in Greek)
 - Ottawa CFL legend George Brancato dies at age 88
 - Trauer um Manfred Bruns (in German)
 - Recording Engineer Ed Cherney Dies at 69
 - Chris, sheep famed for heaviest fleece, dies
 - Because of Her Story: The Funk List
 - Oud-bewindsvrouw Til Gardeniers (94) overleden (in Dutch)
 - 著名党史学者、中国现代史学会会长郭德宏逝世,享年77岁 (in Chinese)
 - Nekrolog: Forfatteren Ole Henrik Laub er dod, 81 ar (in Danish)
 - Conductor and Composer Raymond Leppard - A Champion Of The Old And The New - Has Died
 - Rugby league world in mourning for Mike McClennan, 75, whose body was found on Tuesday
 - Décès de Mgr Dorylas Moreau (in French)
 - Japan's Sadako Ogata, ex-U.N. high commissioner for refugees, dies at 92
 - Morto lo scienziato ciociaro Lelio Orci, famose le sue scoperte sul diabete (in Italian)
 - Stephane Sessegnon pays tribute to late Benin teammate Osseni Bachirou
 - Rolando Panerai has died
 - Falleció el exgobernador rionegriono Miguel Saiz (in Spanish)
 - Rolstoelatleet Marieke Vervoort (40) is overlden na euthanasie (in Dutch)
 - Zum Tod des Komponisten und SWR Gastdirigenten Hans Zender (in German)
 - 著名固体地球物理学家曾融生院士逝世 (in Chinese)
 - Das saarlandische "Silbermadchen" Therese Zenz ist tot (in German)
 - Iowa's first female lieutenant governor, Jo Ann Zimmerman, dies at 82
 - Norwich City legend Duncan Forbes dies aged 78 after long Alzheimer's battle
 - Vicki Gregory obituary
 - Remembering J. Rogers Hollingsworth (1932-2019)
 - 96岁著名儿科专家籍孝诚教授逝世 (in Chinese)
 - Fallece el obispo prelado de Cafayate (Argentina), José Demetrio Jiménez, a los 56 años (in Spanish)
 - Muere Santos Juliá, el gran historiador del siglo XX español (in Spanish)
 - In Memoriam: Bishop James Montgomery, 1921-2019
 - Professor David O. Morgan
 - Bernie Parrish dies at 83
 - Former P.E.I. MLA, MP George Proud dies in Charlottetown at 80
 - Former Montserrat star batsman Kingsley Rock dies at 81: ‘Cricket was his life’
 - Morta Fides Romanin, prima donna portabandiera alle olimpiadi (in Italian)
 - Geigenlegende Hansheinz Schneeberger tot (in German)
 - Thomas Robert Stevens
 - Jesuit priest who was one of leading experts on ecclesiology dies at 97
 - 18XX Legend – Francis Tresham – passed away
 - Tödlich verunfallter Velofahrer war Martin Vosseler (in German)
 - 原煤炭工业部部长、原神华集团董事长肖寒逝世 (in Chinese)
 - 义乌小商品市场“培育者”谢高华逝世,市民自发进行告别 (in Chinese)
 - Zmarł Alfred Znamierowski - jeden z czołowych helardyków na świecie (in Polish)
 - Physician and Author Michael Blumlein, 1948-2019
 - Janusz A. Brzozowski
 - Walter Franco morre em São Paulo aos 74 anos (in Portuguese)
 - Leroy Johnson, first African-American Senator elected after reconstruction, dies at age 91
 - Escritora peruana Patricia de Souza falleció en París a los 55 años (in Spanish)
 - Former Argonauts C Stoneburgh dies at 84
 - George Kenneth Tarasovic
 - Ruth van Heyningen obituary
 - 女優の八千草薫さん死去 88歳 (in Japanese)
 - Burini si spegne a novantadue anni, il cordoglio del Milan (in Italian)
 - “父亲让我自己去思考。”
 - Hidden treasures: a statue-filled canal garden
 - The Wilson Center Mourns the Loss of Murray Feshbach
 - Muere el ex Jesuita y ufologo Salvador Freixedo a los 96 años (in Spanish)
 - Peter Hassrick of Cody, Wyoming
 - 著名植物生理学家胡笃敬去世,享年107岁 (in Chinese)
 - William Loren Katz: Teacher, Author, Editor and Activist (1927-2019)
 - Ex-lawmaker Ghulam M. Lot passes away
 - Muere Rafael Ninyoles, el padre de la sociolingüística valenciana (in Spanish)
 - Former Gujarat CM Dilip Parikh dies at 82; PM pays tributes
 - Ex-judoca olímpico é morto após desentendimento com militar (in Portuguese)
 - Humayun Sadhu passes away
 - Vittorio Seghezzi
 - মান্দায় সাবেক সাংসদ কফিল সোনার আর নেই(in Bengali)
 - Für einen wehrhaften Linksliberalismus: Zum Tod des Philosophen und NZZ-Kolumnisten Carlo Strenger (in German)
 - Honky-tonk country singer Joe Sun dies at age 76
 - Sequoia Capital founder Don Valentine dies
 - Umro Janko Vučinić! Moždani udar ga pokosio ispred prostorija stranke (in Serbian)
 - Rudolf G. Wagner (1941-2019)
 - Pioneering social worker Janet Yee dies aged 85, remembered as compassionate and nurturing leader
 - Paul Andre Albert
 - Paul Barrere July 3 1948 - October 26, 2019
 - Enriqueta Basilio: Mexican sprinter and first woman to light Olympic flame
 - Ex-chief justice Clinton Bernard dies at 89
 - Raymond Ward Bissell
 - Daniel William Dobberpuhl
 - Jack Dunnett obituary
 - Robert Evans, ‘Chinatown’ Producer and Paramount Chief, Dies at 89
 - 《人民日报》前社长高狄病逝 (in Chinese)
 - தங்கேஸ்வரியின் உடல் நல்லடக்கம் செய்யப்பட்டது! (in Tamil)
 - 46 gadu vecumā pēkšņi miris Mārtiņš Ķibilds (in Latvian)
 - MLB mourns passing of former umpire Meriwether
 - V Nanammal, India's oldest yoga teacher, passes away in Tamil Nadu
 - 著名法学家、中国政法大学教授潘汉典病逝,享年98周岁 (in Chinese)
 - Former Choctaw Nation Chief Gregory Pyle dies at 70
 - Pascale Roberts, actrice dans "Plus belle la vie", est morte (in French)
 - Former Rollins College President Thaddeus Seymour Sr. Passes Away
 - John Stauffer
 - John D. Turner
 - 吉田博美氏が死去=自民党前参院幹事長、70歳 (in Japanese)
 - ISIS leader al-Baghdadi confirmed dead after apparent suicide during U.S. operation: sources
 - ISIS spokesman Al-Muhajir killed in U.S. airstrike in Syria
 - ‘Everybody liked him’: Former Sen. Roger Ballenger dies at 69
 - Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky dies aged 76
 - Former UNLV coach Tim Chambers dies at 54
 - Stephen Cohen, pioneering strategic affairs expert on India, dies at 83
 - Former Rep. John Conyers, Longest-Serving Black Member Of Congress, Dies At 90
 - Kelly Crabb, Prominent Sports and Entertainment Attorney, Dies at 72
 - John George Crncich (1925 - 2019)
 - Avis de décès et obsèques de Cécile Goldet (in French)
 - Ex-deputy minister Humayun Kabir dies
 - Guido Lauri è morto/ Addio al maestro della danza, aveva 96 anni (in Italian)
 - Best-selling romance novelist Johanna Lindsey dead at 67
 - 'Rot in hell': Australia’s most notorious serial killer Ivan Milat, 74, dies
 - Vale Anne Phelan, actor and activist
 - Sir Malcolm Ross, 1943-2019
 - Скончался композитор Владимир Рубин (in Russian)
 - Former Punjab BJP Chief Kamal Sharma Dies of Heart Attack
 - Obituary: First female presenter of Gardener's World Mary Spiller dies at 95
 - CSU-Grande Hans-Peter Uhl ist tot (in German)
 - 乒乓球前世界冠军郗恩庭因病去世,享年73岁 (in Chinese)
 - 'He died for a cause': Safaa al-Saray has become the face of an uprising
 - Le monde du cinéma en deuil: l’actrice Annick Alane, connue pour son rôle dans «Hibernatus» ou «Les trois frères», est décédée (in French)
 - Knicks News: Former GM Al Bianchi Dies of Natural Causes at Age 87
 - Renowned artist and African American educator Al Bright dies
 - Cavaliero
 - Bishop Jean-Gabriel Diarra
 - Ron Dunlap, longtime Appleton educator and influential leader in Fox Valley's African-American community, has died
 - Remembering Distinguished Professor Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos
 - Death of legendary Wexford goalkeeper Art Foley
 - Former US Senator Kay Hagan dead at 66 after three-year battle with encephalitis
 - Piyare Lal Jain
 - Meghalt Jeney Zoltán (in Hungarian)
 - Former LDS Church Historian Dean Larsen dies at 92
 - Professor Kao-wen Mao, Former Chairman of the Foundation, has Passed Away
 - The passing of Ken McCracken
 - RIP Bert Mozley
 - Olympiamitalisti Toivo Salonen on kuollut (in Finnish)
 - Yorkshire Olympian Keith Schellenberg who once owned his own remote Scottish Island has died
 - Arkansas lawmaker and civil rights leader John Walker dies at 82
 - Former Virginia Governor Gerald Baliles Dies at 79
 - In Memoriam: David Bostock
 - 作家从维熙去世 享年86岁 (in Chinese)
 - Décès de Claude Constantino: Une Vie Dèdièe au Basketball Sénégalais et Africain (in French)
 - Reacties op overlijden Kees Driehuis: 'Deugde tot in diepste van zijn vezels' (in Dutch)
 - Kerry All-Ireland football winner Pat Griffin passes away age 75
 - Tule Lake icon passes: Hiroshi Kashiwagi was a noted poet, playwright, author, actor and symbol of wartime resistance
 - Death of Dublin scoring machine Johnny Joyce
 - Former Bishop Richard Lennon dies at age 72
 - Playwright Mustapha Matura dies aged 79
 - Ex-Flying Fijan Centre, Naituku Dies
 - Ignazio Paleari
 - Former CFL head coach Charlie Taaffe dies after battle with cancer
 - Film And Television Comic John Witherspoon Dies At 77
 - British rallying legend Russell Brookes dies
 - Décès de l’astronome Georges Courtès (in French)
 - Lansing remembers Paul Crosby, a former Holt basketball player, who died at 30
 - Former Seattle Mariners broadcaster Ron Fairly dies at 81
 - Courageous, inspired a generation
 - Paul Geoffrey Geis
 - Frank Giles, journalist who edited ‘The Sunday Times’ during a turbulent period and was unfairly blamed by Rupert Murdoch for his part in the ‘Hitler Diaries’ fiasco – obituary (subscription required)
 - Former Maple Leafs GM Jim Gregory dies at 83
 - William Hughes, former New Jersey congressman, dies at 87
 - Bishop Francis Xavier Irwin †
 - Sam Jankovich, Miami AD during rise to football power in 1980s, dies at 84
 - First Lagos military gov, Mobolaji Johnson, dies
 - Bernard Slade, 'Partridge Family' Creator and 'Same Time, Next Year' Writer, Dies at 89
 - اعظم طالقانی درگذشت (in Persian)
 - Former US Rep. 'Bingo Bob' Traxler dies at 88, served in Washington nearly 20 years
 - Morre Dom Ercílio Turco (in Portuguese)
 - Former Lokayukta N Venkatachala dies at 90
 - NSW's longest serving police minister Paul Whelan dies
 - ابراهیم آبادی درگذشت (in Persian)
 - Gurudas Dasgupta passes away, CM condoles death
 - Justice Robert I. Berdon, Connecticut’s great dissenter, dies at 89
 - È morto l'ex banchiere Enrico Braggiotti (in Italian)
 - Tarania Clarke: Jamaica women's midfielder dies after stabbing incident
 - Tony Nominee Ann Crumb Passes Away from Ovarian Cancer
 - CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta passes away
 - Noble Frankland (subscription required)
 - Veteran actress Geetanjali Ramakrishna passes away
 - The actress Florence Giorgetti, figure of the theater and cinema, is dead
 - Film producer Champak Jain passes away
 - Playwright and poet Tom MacIntyre dies aged 87
 - Filmmaker Raju Mavani loses his battle to cancer
 - Retired Biloxi Bishop Roger Morin passes away on flight
 - وفاة الشاعر الأردني أمجد ناصر عن 64 عاما (in Arabic)
 - O'Dell, Hunter Pitts "Jack"
 - Lutto a Pozzuoli, si è spento il vescovo Silvio Padoin (in Italian)
 - Senior Chongqing official dies amid corruption rumors
 - Greek music composer Spanos dies at 85
 - Vito Trause, who left school in Bergen County to fight in WWII, dies at 94
 - Antoon van der Steen
 
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