Deaths in May 2025: Difference between revisions

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2025.

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.

May 2025

1

• Victor Aviat, 42, French oboist and conductor, brain tumor.
• Bob Brockie, 93, New Zealand biologist, cartoonist and columnist.
• Ruth Buzzi, 88, American comedian (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) and actress (Sesame Street, That Girl), complications from a stroke and Alzheimer's disease.
• Tania Marie Caringi, 38, American-Italian model.
• Nana Caymmi, 84, Brazilian singer, multiple organ failure.
• Mudabbir Hossain Chowdhury, 78, Bangladeshi police officer, inspector general (2001–2003).
• Ricky Davao, 63, Filipino actor (Ang Padrino, Kung Aagawin Mo ang Lahat sa Akin) and television director (!Oka Tokat), cancer.
• Antoni Garrallà, 81, Andorran politician and hotelier, mayor of La Massana (1995–2003) and deputy general syndic of the General Council (1985–1989).
• Jackson Guice, 63, American comics artist (Superman, Captain America), co-creator of Apocalypse, pneumonia.
• Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Larry Johnson, 70, American basketball player (Buffalo Braves).
• Irina Kostrova, 102, Russian actress.
• Barnabás Lenkovics, 74, Hungarian jurist, president of the Constitutional Court (2015–2016).
• Ezio Leonardi, 95, Italian politician, senator (1987–1994) and mayor of Novara (1971–1978).
• Lidwine, 64, French comic book author and illustrator.
• Manolo el del Bombo, 76, Spanish football fan (Valencia, national team), respiratory failure.
• Peter Nixon, 97, Australian politician, MP (1961–1983), minister for the interior (1967–1971) and primary industry (1979–1983).
• George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, 86, Scottish judge, member of the Court of Session.
• Andrejs Prohorenkovs, 48, Latvian footballer (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Liepājas Metalurgs, national team), cancer.
• Charley Scalies, 84, American actor (The Wire, The Sopranos, Liberty Heights).
• Jill Sobule, 66, American singer-songwriter ("I Kissed a Girl", "Supermodel"), house fire.
• Marie Vaislic, 94, French Holocaust survivor and writer.
• Girija Vyas, 78, Indian politician, minister of housing (2013–2014) and MP (1991–2004), injuries sustained in a fire.
• Tashi Wangdi, 78, Tibetan diplomat and politician.
• David Woodfield, 81, English football player (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Watford) and manager (Sabah).
• Ali Yachkaschi, 86, Iranian environmentalist.

2

• Alfred Kwame Agbesi, 70, Ghanaian politician, MP (2005–2017).
• Alexandra Bellow, 89, Romanian-American mathematician.
• Dara Birnbaum, 78, American video artist (Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman) and installation artist.
• Karel Bláha, 77, Czech singer.
• Lisa Brown-Miller, 58, American ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1998).
• Jorge Iván Castaño Rubio, 89, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Quibdó (1983–2001) and auxiliary bishop of Medellín (2001–2010).
• Kathleen Corrigan, 80, American Olympic gymnast (1964).
• Jean-François Davy, 79, French film director (Bananes mécaniques, Surprise Sock) and producer.
• Jim Dent, 85, American golfer.
• Esteban Escudero, 79, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate and theologian, bishop of Palencia (2010–2015) and auxiliary bishop of Valencia (2000–2010, 2015–2021).
• Harry Fritz, 74, American-Canadian tennis player.
• Dave Gorman, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (Atlanta Flames).
• Ron Haun, 82, American college football coach (Dixie State).
• Fidel Herrera Beltrán, 76, Mexican politician, governor of Veracruz (2004–2010), senator (2000–2004), and four-time deputy.
• Doug Hinds, 91, American politician, member of the South Carolina Senate.
• Hữu Ngọc, 106, Vietnamese writer and journalist.
• Sir Bob Jones, 85, New Zealand property investor and politician.
• Adnan Kassar, 94, Lebanese banker and politician, minister of economy and trade (2004–2005).
• George Ryan, 91, American politician, governor (1999–2003), secretary of state (1991–1999) and lieutenant governor of Illinois (1983–1991).
• Robert B. Shapiro, 86, American businessman (Monsanto, G.D. Searle, LLC).
• Jim Smith, 70, American animator (The Ren & Stimpy Show, Samurai Jack), co-founder of Spümcø, heart attack.
• José Torres, 65, American educator, CEO of Chicago Public Schools (2021).

3

• Humaira Ali, 65, Pakistani actress (Jab We Wed, Sammi).
• Pierre Audi, 67, French-Lebanese theatre director and artistic director.
• Greg Cannom, 73, American makeup artist (Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), four-time Oscar winner.
• Peter Coade, 83, Canadian meteorologist and television weather reporter (Information Morning).
• Ruth A. Davis, 81, American diplomat, director general of the Foreign Service (2001–2003), pneumonia.
• Alv Egeland, 93, Norwegian physicist.
• Jake Findlay, 70, Scottish footballer (Aston Villa, Luton Town, Swindon Town).
• Lino Gutierrez, 74, American diplomat, ambassador to Nicaragua (1996–1999), ambassador to Argentina (2003–2006).
• Stephen Harmelin, 85, American lawyer and speechwriter, White House director of speechwriting (1964–1965), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Lori Healey, 65, American urban planner, pancreatic cancer.
• Pedro Hidalgo, 88–89, Chilean politician, minister of agriculture (1973).
• Harold Horton, 85, American football player and coach (Arkansas Razorbacks).
• Sarah Kramer, 56, Canadian vegan cookbook author, glioblastoma.
• Sholom Lipskar, 78–79, Uzbek-born American Orthodox rabbi and community leader.
• Sajid Mir, 86, Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar, senator (1994–1999, 2003–2025) and amir of Jamiat Ahle Hadith (since 1987), heart attack.
• Walid Mostafa, 53, Egyptian media executive, founder of Youm7.
• Steve Pepoon, 68, American television writer (ALF, Get a Life, The Wild Thornberrys).
• Ian Polmear, 97, Australian metallurgist.
• James F. Rooney, 89, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1973–1985).
• Shōzō Satō, 91, Japanese-born American artist and theatre director, founder and director of Japan House.
• Sivananda, Indian yoga teacher and longevity claimant, cardiac arrest.
• Karsten Stolz, 60, German Olympic shot putter (1984).
• Sırrı Süreyya Önder, 62, Turkish actor, film director, and politician, member (2011–2018, since 2023) and deputy speaker (since 2023) of the GNAT, multiple organ failure.
• Lorraine Taylor, 63, New Zealand footballer (national team).
• Steve Uzelac, 72, English footballer (Doncaster Rovers, Stockport County, Preston North End).
• Paul Van Hoeydonck, 99, Belgian artist (Fallen Astronaut).
• David Young, 88, American poet, complications from Parkinson's disease.

4

• Julia Alexander, 57–58, American art historian and curator, heart attack.
• David Cope, 83, American author, composer, and scientist.
• John Davis, 101, British pediatrician.
• Donald Dwight, 94, American politician and newspaper executive, lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (1971–1975).
• André Foucher, 91, French racing cyclist.
• André Gounelle, 91, French Protestant theologian, pastor, and academic.
• Hsu Li-nung, 106, Taiwanese military officer, minister of the Veterans Affairs Council (1987–1993).
• Sean P. F. Hughes, 83, British orthopedic surgeon.
• David Karako, 80, Israeli football player (Maccabi Tel Aviv, national team) and manager (Hapoel Yehud).
• Guylaine Lanctôt, 84, Canadian phlebologist and anti-vaccine activist.
• Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, 105, German aristocrat and photographer.
• Jochen Mass, 78, German racing driver (Formula One), complications from a stroke.
• Peter McParland, 91, Northern Irish football player (Aston Villa, national team) and manager (Glentoran).
• Roger Meï, 90, French politician, member of the National Assembly (1996–2002).
• Petros Molyviatis, 96, Greek politician, minister of foreign affairs (2004–2006, 2012, 2015), complications from respiratory failure.
• Uno Piir, 95, Estonian football player (Tallinna Kalev) and manager (Tallinna Sadam, national team).
• K. V. Rabiya, 59, Indian social worker and literacy activist.
• Abdur Razzaq, 75, Bangladeshi lawyer.
• Rafael Rullán, 73, Spanish basketball player (Real Madrid, Collado Villalba, national team).
• Øyvind Thorsen, 81, Norwegian writer.
• Dennis Tipping, 85, Australian Olympic sprinter (1960).
• Sonni Gwanle Tyoden, 74, Nigerian politician, deputy governor of Plateau State (2015–2023).
• Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi, 75, Indian Islamic scholar, vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband (2011).
• Gerald Thomas Walsh, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of New York (2004–2017).
• Reinhard Wolschina, 72, German composer.
• Tom Youngs, 45, English footballer (Cambridge United, Northampton Town, Bury), complications from multiple sclerosis.

5

• May Abrahamse, 94, South African soprano (Eoan Group).
• James Baker, 71, Australian rock drummer (The Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon, The Dubrovniks), cancer.
• José Ángel de la Casa, 74, Spanish journalist and sports commentator, complications from Parkinson's disease and pneumonia.
• Sunney Chan, 88, American biophysical chemist.
• Luis Galván, 77, Argentine footballer (Talleres de Córdoba, national team), world champion (1978), complications from pneumonia.
• Revaz Gamkrelidze, 98, Georgian mathematician.
• Raniero Gnoli, 95, Italian orientalist, Indologist, and religious historian.
• Naeem Issa, 92, Egyptian actor, pneumonia.
• Pavel Kachkayev, 73, Russian politician, MP (since 2011), cardiac arrest.
• Race Mathews, 90, Australian politician, MP (1972–1975) and Victoria MLA (1979–1992), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Giuseppe Moioli, 97, Italian rower, Olympic champion (1948).
• Joan O'Brien, 89, American actress (It Happened at the World's Fair, Operation Petticoat, Get Yourself a College Girl).
• Squire Parsons, 77, American Southern gospel singer-songwriter, heart attack.
• Bendik Rugaas, 82, Norwegian librarian and politician.
• Tracy Sorensen, 61, Australian novelist and academic (The Lucky Galah).
• John Edd Thompson, 82, American meteorologist (WALA-TV).

6

• André Berland, 84, French historian and biographer.
• Carl Crabtree, 72, American politician, member of the Idaho Senate (2016–2022), brain cancer.
• Ovide Doiron, 84, Canadian racing driver.
• Terence Etherton, Baron Etherton, 73, British judge and politician, Master of the Rolls (2016–2021), chancellor of the High Court (2013–2016), and member of the House of Lords (since 2021).
• Stephen Fabian, 95, American painter.
• Gerda Fassel, 83, Austrian sculptor.
• Iain Finlay, 89, Australian author and journalist (Beyond 2000), euthanasia.
• James Foley, 71, American film director (Glengarry Glen Ross, Who's That Girl, Fifty Shades Darker), brain cancer.
• Hammond Furlonge, 90, Trinidadian cricketer (West Indies).
• Peter Goodchild, 85, British television editor (Q.E.D.).
• Kaqusha Jashari, 78, Kosovan politician, president of the Executive Council of SAP Kosovo (1987–1989).
• Lola Liivat, 96, Estonian abstract painter.
• Barry B. Longyear, 82, American author, (Sea of Glass, The Enemy Papers, Elephant Song).
• Luigi Lopez, 77, Italian singer and composer.
• Vakhtang Machavariani, 74, Georgian composer and conductor.
• Bill McCaw, 97, New Zealand rugby union player (Southland, national team).
• Barbara McIntire, 90, American amateur golfer.
• Pradeep Nepal, 71, Nepalese politician, minister of information (1994–1995), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Joseph Nye, 88, American political scientist (The Paradox of American Power), chair of the NIC (1993–1994) and ASD (ISA) (1994–1995).
• Fakhri Odeh, 84, Kuwaiti actor.
• Sugavasi Palakondrayudu, 78, Indian politician, MP (1984–1989) and Andhra Pradesh MLA (1978–1985, 1999–2009).
• Alamuddin Dimyati Rois, 44, Indonesian politician, MP (2009–2024), traffic collision.
• Valeriy Shevchuk, 85, Ukrainian writer.
• Viktor Talanov, 74, Russian politician, MP (1993–1995).

7

• Abdul Rauf Azhar, 48, Afghani-born Pakistani militant (Jaish-e-Muhammad), airstrike.
• Joe Don Baker, 89, American actor (GoldenEye, Walking Tall, Cape Fear), lung cancer.
• Frank Caprice, 63, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks).
• Raúl Celis López, 70, Peruvian journalist, shot.
• Ronald Corp, 74, British composer, conductor and Anglican priest.
• Joop van Daele, 77, Dutch football player (Feyenoord, Fortuna Sittard) and manager (Excelsior).
• Mykola Fedoruk, 71, Ukrainian politician, mayor of Chernivtsi (1994–2011), deputy (2012–2019).
• Ernesto Fernandes, 79, Timorese politician, MP (2017–2023).
• Alexey Gogua, 93, Abkhaz writer.
• DJ Hazel, 44, Polish DJ and music producer.
• Nate Holden, 95, American politician, member of the California Senate (1974–1978) and Los Angeles City Council (1987–2003).
• Otto Homlung, 81, Norwegian theatre producer and director, director of the Trøndelag Teater (1984–1989, 2005–2009) and Det Norske Teatret (1990–1997).
• Frank Johnson, 82, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
• Lothar Kolditz, 95, German chemist and politician, member of the State Council of East Germany (1982–1990) and the Volkskammer (1986–1990).
• Matthew Meadows, 87, American politician and educator, member of the Florida Senate (1992–1998) and Florida House of Representatives (2000–2008).
• Cleopa Msuya, 94, Tanzanian politician, prime minister (1980–1983, 1994–1995) and first vice president (1990–1995), heart failure.
• Saleem Nazim, 70, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic bronze medallist (1976).
• Rosanna Norton, 80, American costume designer (Tron, Carrie, Airplane!), bladder cancer.
• Anthony Nunn, 97, British field hockey player, Olympic bronze medallist (1952).
• Jacob Palis, 85, Brazilian mathematician.
• Enrico Paolini, 80, Italian racing cyclist.
• Aʻeau Peniamina, 82, Samoan politician, member (1985–1991, 2001–2021) and speaker (1988–1991) of the Legislative Assembly. (death announced on this date)
• Hannes Primus, 48, Austrian politician, member of the Carinthian Landtag (2013–2018).
• Chris Rabjohn, 80, English footballer (Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United).
• Angelo Rinaldi, 84, French writer and literary critic, member of the Académie Française.
• Losena Salabula, Fijian politician, MP (2001–2006). (death announced on this date)
• Jim Spenst, 99, Canadian World War II veteran.
• Paquita Tomàs, 81, Spanish cook and television host.
• Madhav Vaze, 85, Indian actor (Shyamchi Aai, 3 Idiots, Dear Zindagi).
• Bob White, 86, American football player (OSU, Houston Oilers).

8

• Jiří Bartoška, 78, Czech actor (All My Loved Ones, Tiger Theory), president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
• Yaqob Beyene, 89, Ethiopian linguist and academic.
• Charlie Buttons, 80, American Jewish community representative.
• Marco Causi, 68, Italian politician, deputy (2008–2018).
• Frances Crampton, 79, Australian gymnastics coach.
• Amos Elegbe, 78, Beninese academic and politician, MNA (1991–1995).
• Carlos Ferrari, 93, Argentine-Puerto Rican playwright and theatrical director.
• Oliviero Garlini, 68, Italian footballer (Cesena, Inter Milan, Atalanta).
• Hervé de La Martinière, 78, French businessman and publisher, founder of La Martinière Groupe.
• Chet Lemon, 70, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers), World Series champion (1984), complications from polycythemia vera.
• Alphonso Lingis, 91, American philosopher.
• Simon Mann, 72, British mercenary, heart attack.
• Andrew Norfolk, 60, British investigative reporter (The Times), enquired into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal.
• Johnny Parth, 95, Austrian record producer and musician.
• Mary Pérez de Marranzini, 98, Dominican philanthropist.
• Elizabeth Pochoda, 83, American journalist.
• Qiu Xigui, 89, Chinese paleographer.
• Josaia Raisuqe, 30, Fijian rugby union footballer (Stade Français, Nevers, Fiji 7s), traffic collision.
• B. Raji Reddy, 80, Indian politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA (2009–2014).
• Enea Riboldi, 70, Italian cartoonist and illustrator.
• Dan Seavey, 87, American musher.
• Eddie Sheldrake, 98, American basketball player (UCLA Bruins) and restaurateur.
• David Souter, 85, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1990–2009).
• Kikuo Wada, 74, Japanese wrestler, Olympic silver medallist (1972).
• Xatar, 43, Iranian-born German rapper.
• Yun Humyong, 79, South Korean poet.
• Miloš Zapletal, 95, Czech writer, pedagogue and translator.

9

• Nadja Abd el Farrag, 60, German reality television participant and singer, multiple organ failure.
• Giuseppe Basini, 78, Italian politician, senator (1996–2001), deputy (2018–2022).
• Bo Bjelfvenstam, 101, Swedish actor, film director and author.
• Wade Blanchard, 66, Canadian curler.
• Sir Tom Farmer, 84, British car servicing executive, founder and CEO (1971–2002) of Kwik Fit.
• Stewart Francke, 66, American singer-songwriter, complications from a stroke.
• Margot Friedländer, 103, German Holocaust survivor and public speaker.
• Douglas Gibson, 82, South African diplomat and politician, MNA (1994–2008).
• Fred Graham, 96, New Zealand rugby union player (New Zealand Māori) and artist (Kaitiaki), AFNZ Icon (since 2018).
• Mark Jabalé, 91, Welsh Roman Catholic prelate, bishop coadjutor (2000–2001) and bishop (2001–2008) of Menevia.
• Azmun Jaafar, 66, Indonesian civil servant and politician, regent of Pelalawan (2001–2008).
• Sahib Khazal, 82, Iraqi football player (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, national team) and manager (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya).
• Kim Yeong-hyeon, 70, South Korean poet and novelist.
• Maria Koleva, 84, Bulgarian-born French writer and filmmaker.
• Betty Krawczyk, 96, American-Canadian author and environmental activist.
• Dragan Labović, 38, Serbian basketball player (FMP, BC Nokia, national team), heart attack.
• Régent Lacoursière, 90, Canadian swimmer.
• Bob Lemieux, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (Oakland Seals, Muskegon Zephyrs, Vancouver Canucks) and coach.
• Milorad Mirčić, 69, Serbian politician, minister of diaspora (1998–2000), mayor of Novi Sad (1993–1994), and MP (1993–2007, 2016–2020).
• Serge Mongeau, 88, Canadian writer and politician.
• Peter Morwood, 68, Irish novelist (The Dragon Lord).
• Gordon Nuttall, 71, Australian politician, Queensland MLA (1992–2006), kidney cancer.
• Ana Pellicer, 79, Mexican sculptor, artisan, and jewellery maker. (death announced on this date)
• Johnny Rodriguez, 73, American country singer ("You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)", "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)").
• Francisco Rotunno, 49, Chilean footballer (Coquimbo Unido, Cobresal, Persekabpas Pasuruan).
• André Rouillé, 76–77, French historian and theorist of photography. (death announced on this date)
• Joan de Sagarra, 86, Spanish writer and journalist.
• John Stachel, 97, American physicist.
• John H. Thompson, 73, American statistician, director of the U.S. Census Bureau (2013–2017).
• Gianni Vasino, 88, Italian journalist (90º minuto).

10

• Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, 88, Bangladeshi musicologist.
• Subbanna Ayyappan, 69, Indian aquaculture scientist (Blue Revolution), drowned.
• Matthew Best, 68, English conductor and singer, cancer.
• Bob Cowper, 84, Australian cricketer (Victoria, Western Australia, national team).
• Neville Dilkes, 94, English conductor and organist.
• Charlotte Dravet, 88, French paediatric psychiatrist and epileptologist.
• Gerry Francis, 91, English footballer (Tonbridge Angels, Leeds United, York City).
• John Gale, 95, British theatrical producer and artistic director.
• Nina Grebeshkova, 94, Russian actress (The Diamond Arm, Sportloto-82, Tears Were Falling).
• David Hay, 91, Australian politician, New South Wales MLA (1984–1991) and three-time mayor of Manly.
• Kafon, 42, Tunisian rapper, heart attack.
• Gerald Kaufman, 92, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1967–1968, 1969–1972).
• Kaleria Kislova, 99, Russian television director (Vremya).
• Koyo Kouoh, 57, Cameroonian-born Swiss museum curator (Zeitz MOCAA), cancer.
• William Luers, 95, American diplomat, president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1986–1999).
• Aldo Maniacco, 90, Canadian-Italian Olympic ice hockey player (1956).
• Wolfgang Rausch, 78, German footballer (1. FC Köln, Kickers Offenbach, Bayern Munich).
• John Root, 87, American politician.
• Ramanand Prasad Singh, 83–84, Indian politician, Bihar MLA (2004–2010, 2015–2020).
• Johnnie Walls, 80, American lawyer and politician, member of the Mississippi State Senate (1993–2011).

11

• Hemaben Acharya, 91, Indian politician, Gujarat MLA (1965–1970).
• Chris Ballingall, 92, American baseball player (Muskegon Belles, Kalamazoo Lassies).
• John Barbato, 90, American mobster (Genovese crime family).
• Dominique Bellion, 76, French civil servant.
• Robert Benton, 92, American film director (Kramer vs. Kramer, Places in the Heart) and screenwriter (Bonnie and Clyde), Oscar winner (1980, 1985).
• Nils Bjørnflaten, 83, Norwegian politician.
• Colin Booth, 90, English footballer (Doncaster Rovers, Nottingham Forest, Wolverhampton Wanderers).
• Jim Burns, 81, Scottish footballer (Clyde, Cowdenbeath, Stirling Albion).
• Aidan Chambers, 90, English author (Postcards from No Man's Land).
• Giancarlo Cito, 79, Italian politician and businessman, mayor of Taranto (1993–1996) and deputy (1996–2001).
• Anne Dunham, 76, British equestrian, six-time Paralympic champion.
• John Edwards, 80, American Hall of Fame singer (The Spinners).
• Enzo Ferrari, 82, Italian football player (Arezzo, Palermo) and manager (Udinese).
• Viktor Gerashchenko, 87, Russian economist and politician, chairman of the Gosbank (1989–1991), twice governor of the CBR, and MP (2003–2007).
• Sharpe James, 89, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate (1999–2008) and mayor of Newark (1986–2006).
• Arjun Menon, 48, Singaporean cricket player (national team) and coach (Chile, Malawi).
• Larry Miller, 79, American basketball player (North Carolina Tar Heels, Los Angeles Stars, Carolina Cougars).
• Wilberforce Mfum, 88, Ghanaian footballer (1964 Olympics, New York Cosmos, national team).
• Leila Negra, 95, German singer and actress (Münchhausen, The Star of Rio, Salto Mortale).
• Hans Noë, 96, American architect and sculptor.
• Paddy O'Toole, 87, Irish politician, senator (1973–1977, 1987) and TD (1977–1987).
• Omoniyi Caleb Olubolade, 70, Nigerian military administrator, governor of Bayelsa State (1997–1998).
• Fatima Saad, 69, Syrian actress.
• Sabu, 60, American professional wrestler (ECW, WWE, TNA).
• Shi Xuemin, 86, Chinese traditional medicine practitioner.
• Alena Veselá, 101, Czech organist and academic.

12

• Zakaria al-Agha, 83, Palestinian politician.
• Per Bartram, 81, Danish footballer (Odense BK, Greenock Morton, national team).
• Adam Burton, 53, Australian baseball player (Melbourne Reds, 2000 Olympics).
• John Charmley, 69, British historian and academic.
• Jack Curtis, 88, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
• Mark Esser, 69, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
• Vlastimil Hort, 81, Czech-German chess player, complications from diabetes.
• Abdel Ghani al-Kikli, Libyan militia leader, shot.
• Moussa Koffoé, 66–67, Guinean actor and screenwriter.
• Roger Lassale, 89, French politician, mayor of Pont-sur-Yonne (1974–2005), deputy (1981–1986).
• Ernst Mahle, 96, German-Brazilian composer and conductor.
• Alla Osipenko, 92, Russian ballerina (Kirov Ballet, Yacobson Ballet).
• Geert Schipper, 76, Dutch road cyclist.
• Yasunao Tone, 90, Japanese artist.

13

• Murray Anderson, 75, Canadian hockey player (Washington Capitals).
• Rasammah Bhupalan, 98, Malaysian independence and social activist.
• Kit Bond, 86, American politician, governor of Missouri (1973–1977, 1981–1985) and member of the U.S. Senate (1987–2011).
• John Bryson, 81, American businessman, lawyer and politician, secretary of commerce (2011–2012).
• Luis Armando Córdova Díaz, 56, Mexican politician, deputy (2012–2014, 2015), shot.
• Billy Earheart, 71, American country keyboardist (The Amazing Rhythm Aces, The Bama Band), Grammy winner (1977), cancer.
• Gerry Fell, 74, English footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion, Torquay United, Southend United), cancer.
• Divaldo Franco, 98, Brazilian spiritist religious leader and medium, multiple organ failure.
• Bobby Franklin, 88, American football player (Ole Miss Rebels, Cleveland Browns).
• Richard Garwin, 97, American physicist.
• Derek Hallas, 90–91, English dual-code rugby player (Keighley, Parramatta Eels, Great Britain national team).
• Alice Hanratty, 85–86, Irish artist.
• Dale Henderson, 59, American musician (Beowülf).
• Yaak Karsunke, 90, German author and actor (Gods of the Plague).
• Phyllis Gutiérrez Kenney, 88, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1997–2013).
• Danny Lendich, 81, New Zealand businessman (Wendy's) and midget car racing team owner.
• Lu Ruihua, 86, Chinese politician, governor of Guangdong (1996–2003).
• D. S. Malik, 66, Indian-American mathematician.
• Ramón de Pablo Marañón, 87, Spanish footballer (Barcelona, Sabadell, Catalonia).
• Robson Mrombe, 79, Zimbabwean Olympic athlete (1964).
• José Mujica, 89, Uruguayan revolutionary and politician, president (2010–2015), minister of livestock (2005–2008), and four-time MP, esophageal cancer.
• Eddie Marzuki Nalapraya, 93, Indonesian general and politician, vice governor of Jakarta (1984–1987).
• Gheorghe Paladi, 96, Moldovan obstetrician and gynecologist, member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.
• Charles Phythian-Adams, 87, English historian.
• Rich Rollins, 87, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians).
• John R. Ross, 87, American linguist.
• Szvetiszláv Sasics, 77, Hungarian modern pentathlete, Olympic bronze medallist (1976).
• Muhammad Shabana, Palestinian militant, airstrike.
• Mohammed Sinwar, 49, Palestinian militant, leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip (since 2024), airstrike.
• Teijiro Tanikawa, 92, Japanese swimmer, Olympic silver medallist (1952), aortic dissection.
• Hewlett Thompson, 95, British Anglican bishop.
• Jon Ungphakorn, 77, Thai politician, senator (2000–2006).
• Tommy Vigorito, 65, American football player (Miami Dolphins).
• Gordon Wenham, 81, British religious scholar and writer.

14

• Chic Bates, 75, English football player (Shrewsbury Town, Swindon Town) and manager (Stoke City).
• Daniel Bilalian, 78, French journalist, news anchor, and television presenter.
• Enrique Cáncer, 90, Spanish judge and academic, justice of the Supreme Court (1986–2010) and president of the Central Electoral Commission (2000–2004).
• Dame June Clark, 83, British nurse.
• Dharío Primero, 72, Dominican singer.
• Đoàn Viết Hoạt, 82, Vietnamese journalist and political dissident.
• Frank Dunin, 89, Australian footballer (Richmond).
• Hervé Gauvain, 70, French tennis player.
• Alan Grieve, 97, British lawyer and charity founder (Jerwood Foundation).
• Cornal Hendricks, 37, South African rugby player (Bulls, Boland Cavaliers, national team), heart attack.
• Kip Holden, 72, American politician, mayor of Baton Rouge (2005–2016), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1988–2002) and Senate (2002–2004).
• Jeannette Laot, 100, French trade unionist (CFDT), women's rights activist (MLF) and presidential advisor (François Mitterrand).
• Chufo Lloréns, 94, Spanish writer.
• Valeria Márquez, 23, Mexican influencer, shot.
• Fadéla M'rabet, 90, Algerian writer.
• Rod Nichols, 60, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).
• Giorgio Panattoni, 88, Italian politician, deputy (1996–2006).
• Francis Phillimore, 5th Baron Phillimore, 80, British hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (1994–1999).
• Nandalike Balachandra Rao, 71, Indian journalist and writer.
• Alì Rashid, 72, Jordanian-born Italian politician, deputy (2006–2008).
• Panos Valavanis, 71, Greek archaeologist, cancer.
• Zhu Senyuan, 94, Chinese rocket scientist.

15

• Luigi Alva, 98, Peruvian tenor (La Scala, Metropolitan Opera).
• Bachtiar Basri, 71, Indonesian politician, vice governor of Lampung (2014–2019), vascular injury.
• Angeline Solange Bonono, 50, Cameroonian writer.
• Robert Brooke, 85, English cricket writer.
• Junior Byles, 77, Jamaican reggae singer.
• Judith Copithorne, 85, Canadian poet.
• Cristina Deleanu, 84, Romanian actress.
• Terry Draper, 73, Canadian musician (Klaatu) and songwriter ("Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft").
• Heidi Eisterlehner, 75, German tennis player.
• Taina Elg, 95, Finnish-American actress (Les Girls, Watusi, Imitation General).
• Bruno Franceschetti, 84, Italian Olympic gymnast (1964, 1968).
• Wilhelm Höynck, 91, German diplomat, secretary-general of the OSCE (1993–1996).
• Steve Inwood, 78, American actor (Fame, Staying Alive, Cruising).
• Kostas Lychnaras, 86, Greek film director (Christ Recrucified, Konstantinou kai Elenis, To kafe tis Charas).
• Teresa Costa Macedo, 82, Portuguese politician, MP (1981).
• Ali Özgentürk, 79, Turkish film director, screenwriter and producer.
• Thierry Picard, 68, French rugby union player (AS Montferrand, national team) and coach (Stade Nantais), cardiac arrest.
• Federica Ranchi, 86, Italian actress (Wives and Obscurities, The Wide Blue Road, Violent Summer).
• Glen Edward Rogers, 62, American convicted serial killer, execution by lethal injection.
• Tapas Kumar Saha, 65, Indian politician, West Bengal MLA (since 2021), cerebral haemorrhage.
• Montserrat Salvador, 97, Spanish actress (El Cor de la Ciutat, Cuéntame cómo pasó, Nissaga de poder).
• Natalya Shikolenko, 60, Belarusian javelin thrower, Olympic silver medallist (1992).
• Antónia de Sousa, 84, Portuguese journalist and feminist.
• Charles Strouse, 96, American composer (Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, Annie).
• Norma Meras Swenson, 92–93, American reproductive rights activist.
• Dušan Vujović, 73, Serbian politician, minister of finance (2014–2018).
• Hans-Georg Wagner, 86, German politician, member of the Landtag of Saarland (1975–1991), MP (1990–2005).
• Robert Walls, 74, Australian footballer (Carlton, Fitzroy), assisted suicide.
• Richard Weller, 61, Australian landscape architect and academic.

16

• Mariano Azuela Güitrón, 89, Mexican jurist, justice (1983–2009) and president (2003–2009) of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation.
• Marianne Bernadotte, 100, Swedish actress, philanthropist and royal family member.
• Howard Bier, 105, American politician, member (1959–1972) and speaker (1971–1972) of the North Dakota House of Representatives.
• René Bonora, 73, Cuban Olympic footballer (1976). (death announced on this date)
• Duncan Campbell, 80, British investigative journalist.
• Dada KD, 56, Ghanaian highlife musician.
• Shaun Dennis, 55, Scottish footballer (Raith Rovers, Hibernian, Brechin City).
• Tuppy Diack, 94, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, Southland, national team).
• Damir Dokić, 66–67, Serbian tennis coach.
• Brian Glanville, 93, English football writer and novelist.
• Maria Lúcia Godoy, 100, Brazilian soprano.
• Allen Goldman, 87, American physicist.
• Chris Hager, 67, American guitarist (Rough Cutt, Mickey Ratt).
• Emmanuel Kundé, 68, Cameroonian football player (Canon Yaoundé, national team) and manager (US Bitam), cardiac arrest.
• Peter Lax, 99, Hungarian-born American mathematician (Lax equivalence theorem, Lax–Friedrichs method), Abel Prize laureate (2005), cardiac amyloidosis.
• Domingos Maubere, 73, East Timorese Roman Catholic priest, lung infection.
• Manolis Papadopoulos, 57, Greek football player (Ionikos, national team) and manager (AE Giannena).
• Jadwiga Rappé, 73, Polish operatic contralto.
• Glenn Renwick, 69, New Zealand-born American business executive (Progressive), traffic collision.
• Rubí Sanz Gamo, 72, Spanish art historian, director of the National Archaeological Museum (2004–2010).
• Gerard Soeteman, 88, Dutch screenwriter (The Assault, Turkish Delight, Soldier of Orange).
• Jan Terlouw, 93, Dutch politician, minister of economic affairs and deputy prime minister (1981–1982), Queen's commissioner of Gelderland (1991–1996), and novelist (Winter in Wartime).
• Andy Tyrie, 85, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary leader, chairman of the Ulster Defence Association (1973–1988).
• Meta Velander, 100, Swedish actress (Honeymoon, Dear Alice, Marmalade Revolution).

17

• Osmany Cienfuegos, 94, Cuban politician.
• Jason Conti, 50, American baseball player (Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Milwaukee Brewers), brain injury.
• Paul Durcan, 80, Irish poet.
• Creswell Eastman, 85, Australian endocrinologist.
• Jackie Edwards, 85, English rugby league player (Warrington, Lancashire).
• Len Gardner, 94, Australian footballer (Richmond).
• Lungi Gcabashe, 64, South African politician, MNA (2014–2019, since 2024).
• Saroj Ghose, 89, Indian museum founder, director of Birla Industrial & Technological Museum and director general of NCSM.
• Gawn Grainger, 87, Scottish actor (Doctor Who) and writer.
• Belela Herrera, 98, Uruguayan human rights activist, academic and politician, deputy minister of foreign relations (2005–2010).
• Gorgis Ismail, 82, Iraqi footballer (Al-Athori, national team).
• Priit Jaagant, 52, Estonian business executive, helicopter crash.
• Phillip Jacobson, 96, American architect.
• Ali Kazak, 78, Palestinian diplomat.
• Michael Ledeen, 83, American scholar and policy analyst.
• Franco Merli, 68, Italian actor (Arabian Nights, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Down and Dirty).
• Fadiouf Ndiaye, 28, Senegalese footballer (US Ouakam).
• Roger Nichols, 84, American songwriter ("We've Only Just Begun", "Times of Your Life") and composer.
• Elisabeth Orth, 89, Austrian actress (Kurzer Prozess, Pepperminta, Superegos).
• Adam Selwood, 41, Australian footballer (West Coast Eagles), suicide.
• Oleg Sõnajalg, 65, Estonian businessman, co-founder of TV1, helicopter crash.
• David R. Slavitt, 90, American writer and poet.
• Ashish Ubale, Indian Marathi film producer and director, suicide.
• Luis Velásquez Alvaray, 71, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, deputy (2000–2004) and justice of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (2005–2006), prostate cancer.
• Werenoi, 31, French rapper.
• Zhu Yuanyuan, 51, Chinese actress (Ocean Heaven, Lost in Hong Kong, Sister), cancer.

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• Gordon Baldwin, 92–93, English studio potter.
• Jay Batt, 64, American businessman and politician, member of the New Orleans City Council (2002–2006).
• Mario Carbone, 101, Italian photographer.
• Leslie Epstein, 87, American writer and academic.
• Fernando González Ollé, 96, Spanish linguist, writer and academic, member of the Royal Spanish Academy.
• Harry Kelleher, 96, English cricketer (Surrey, Northamptonshire).
• Anne Merriman, 90, British doctor.
• S. R. Nayak, 80, Indian jurist, judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court (1994–2003), acting chief justice of the Karnataka High Court (2004) and chief justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court (2005–2007).
• Sir Bill O'Brien, 96, British politician, MP (1983–2005).
• Jo Ann Prentice, 92, American golfer.
• Cindy Schreiber-Beck, 70, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (since 2014).
• John Simpson, 100, Scottish-born New Zealand silversmith and fine arts academic.
• Charles Thiffault, 87, Canadian ice hockey assistant coach (Montreal Canadiens, Quebec Nordiques, New York Rangers), assisted suicide.
• James Till, 93, Canadian biophysicist.

19

• Joseph Akaagerger, 69, Nigerian politician, military administrator of Katsina State (1998–1999) and senator (2007–2011). (death announced on this date)
• Yusuf Ziya Bahadınlı, 97, Turkish politician, MP (1965–1969).
• Aurora Clavel, 88, Mexican actress (Tarahumara, Once Upon a Scoundrel, Mariana de la Noche).
• David Demaine, 83, English footballer (Tranmere Rovers, Southport).
• Belén del Valle Díaz, 82, Spanish attorney.
• Mike Doughty, 88, Kenyan rally co-driver.
• Alec Farrall, 89, English footballer (Everton, Gillingham, Watford).
• Colton Ford, 62, American gay pornographic actor (Naked Fame, The Lair) and singer, hiking accident.
• J. Arch Getty, 74, American historian and academic.
• Heorhiy Gina, 93, Ukrainian composer.
• Yury Grigorovich, 98, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (Bolshoi Ballet).
• Kathleen Hughes, 96, American actress (It Came from Outer Space, The Glass Web, The Golden Blade).
• George Leitmann, 99, Austrian-American engineer and scientist.
• Timothy O'Hagan, 80, British philosopher.
• Jonathan Paredes, 36, Colombian racing cyclist, traffic collision.
• Joseph Ponniah, 72, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, auxuliary bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa (2008–2012) and bishop of Batticaloa (2012–2024).
• Adam Ramey, 31, American vocalist (Dropout Kings), suicide.
• Ignacio Rodríguez, 68, Mexican football player (Atlante, national team) and manager (Necaxa), cancer.
• Martín Sombra, 87, Colombian guerrilla (Eastern Bloc of the FARC-EP).
• Manuel Torreiglesias, 84, Spanish television and radio presenter.
• Yuri Vladimirov, 83, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (Bolshoi Ballet).
• Hans Wiegel, 83, Dutch politician, deputy prime minister and minister of interior (1977–1981), Queen's commissioner of Friesland (1982–1994).

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• Ahmadshah Abdullah, 78, Malaysian civil servant, Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah (2003–2010).
• Lynn Amedee, 83, American football player (LSU) and coach (UT-Martin).
• Kay Arthur, 91, American Christian author, co-founder of Precept Ministries International.
• Nino Benvenuti, 87, Italian boxer, Olympic champion (1960), WBA/WBC light middleweight (1965–1966) and middleweight (1967, 1968–1970) champion.
• Michael Cavanagh, 84, American jurist, member of the Michigan Supreme Court (1983–2014), chief justice (1991–1995).
• Francisco de Borbón y Escasany, 5th Duke of Seville, 81, Spanish aristocrat and banker, Grandee of Spain.
• Leslie Dilley, 84, Welsh art director (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Alien) and production designer, Oscar winner (1978, 1982), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Barry Fantoni, 85, British author and cartoonist (Private Eye), heart attack.
• Mark Greene, American singer (The Moments). (death announced on this date)
• Joan Harrison, 89, South African swimmer, Olympic champion (1952).
• Willard D. James, 97, American mathematician.
• Gadi Kinda, 31, Ethiopian-born Israeli footballer (Ashdod, Sporting Kansas City, Israel national team).
• Scott Klingenbeck, 54, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
• Mine Kondō, 114, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest living person in Japan (since 2025).
• Dre Love, 55, American-born Italian singer and rapper.
• Harri Lumi, 92, Estonian politician, chairman of the Executive Committee of Tallinn (1984–1990).
• Jusuf Manggabarani, 72, Indonesian police officer, deputy chief of police (2010–2011).
• Jayant Narlikar, 87, Indian astrophysicist (Hoyle–Narlikar theory of gravity, Quasi-steady state cosmology).
• Alice Notley, 79, American poet.
• Patrick O'Flynn, 59, British journalist (Daily Express) and politician, MEP (2014–2019), liver cancer.
• Benjamin Ritchie, 45, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Michael Roemer, 97, American film director and screenwriter (Nothing but a Man, The Plot Against Harry, Dying).
• Roger Sainsbury, 88, English Anglican clergyman, bishop of Barking (1991–2002).
• Ibrahim Sjarief Assegaf, 54, Indonesian lawyer and activist.
• M. R. Srinivasan, 95, Indian nuclear scientist, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (1987–1990).
• Trần Đức Lương, 88, Vietnamese politician, president (1997–2006), deputy prime minister (1987–1997).
• Saply TH, 71, Indonesian civil servant and politician, regent of Mesuji (2019–2022).
• Michael B. Tretow, 80, Swedish record producer and sound engineer (ABBA).
• Birgitta Wallace, 91, Swedish–Canadian archaeologist.
• George Wendt, 76, American actor (Cheers, Forever Young, Elf), cardiac arrest.
• Marina von Neumann Whitman, 90, American economist.
• Billy Williams, 95, English cinematographer (Women in Love, On Golden Pond, Gandhi), Oscar winner (1983).

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• Michael Allaby, 91, British author and actor (Doctor Who, Crane, Maigret). (death announced on this date)
• Douglas Chamberlain, 94, British cardiologist.
• Marthe Cohn, 105, French spy, Holocaust survivor and author (Behind Enemy Lines).
• Gerry Connolly, 75, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 2009), esophageal cancer.
• George Coulam, 87, American businessman, founder of the Texas Renaissance Festival, suicide.
• Randy Crowder, 72, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
• Franz Demetz, 95, Italian politician, member of the Landtag of South Tyrol (1968–1973, 1974–1978).
• Nancy Doe, 76, Liberian first lady (1986–1990).
• Dorinha Duval, 96, Brazilian actress (O Bem-Amado, Selva de Pedra, Sítio do Picapau Amarelo).
• Eva, German performance artist (Eva & Adele).
• Mirosław Formela, 46, Polish middle-distance runner.
• Frank Gibson Jr., 79, New Zealand jazz drummer.
• Leszek Górski, 63, Polish Olympic swimmer (1980).
• Jørgen Gunnerud, 76, Norwegian crime fiction writer, complications from heart surgery.
• Robert A. Holton, 81, American chemist.
• Hou Beiren, 108, Chinese-American politician and painter.
• Jim Irsay, 65, American football executive, general manager (1984–1996) and owner (since 1997) of the Indianapolis Colts.
• Kirill Lebedev, 33, Russian ice hockey player (Metallurg Magnitogorsk, HC Sochi, Kunlun Red Star).
• Alasdair MacIntyre, 96, Scottish-American philosopher (After Virtue).
• Gloria Montenegro, 69, Peruvian politician, deputy (2016–2019), minister of women (2019–2020), and mayor of Trujillo (2014), complications from brain surgery.
• Mariano Ozores, 98, Spanish film director (The Daughters of Helena, Forty Degrees in the Shade, Operation Mata Hari).
• Jiří Pernes, 76, Czech historian and academic.
• Andriy Portnov, 51, Ukrainian politician and presidential aide, deputy (2006–2010), shot.
• Nambala Keshava Rao, 69–70, Indian Maoist rebel, shot.
• Nol de Ruiter, 85, Dutch football player and manager (FC Utrecht, Cambuur, national team).
• Albrecht Schöne, 99, German Germanist.
• Bernard Tchibambelela, 78, Congolese politician, member (1992–2002) and vice-president (1992) of the National Assembly.

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• Evanildo Bechara, 97, Brazilian grammarian and philologist.
• Ellen S. Berscheid, 88, American psychologist.
• Victoria Brownworth, 69, American writer and journalist.
• Thomas Brunner, 64, Swiss politician, MP (2019–2023).
• Amanda Feilding, 82, British drug policy activist and aristocrat.
• Hugo Fernández Faingold, 78, Uruguayan politician, vice president (1998–2000).
• Buddy Hall, 79, American pool player.
• Rattan Singh Jaggi, 97, Indian scholar, author, and literary critic.
• Mark Jones, 59, Welsh dual-code rugby player (Hull, Warrington), heart attack.
• Hassan Kamshad, 99, Iranian translator.
• Guy Klucevsek, 78, American accordionist, neuroendocrine tumor.
• Yurii Kruk, 83, Ukrainian politician, deputy (1994–2014).
• James Lowe, 82, American musician (The Electric Prunes) and record producer (A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing).
• Helvi Mustonen, 77, Finnish painter and sculptor.
• Georgia O'Connor, 25, English boxer, cancer.
• Bruce Olive, 94, Australian rugby league player (Newtown, New South Wales).
• Alfredo Palacio, 86, Ecuadorian cardiologist and politician, president (2005–2007) and vice president (2003–2005).
• James Lloydovich Patterson, 91, Russian-born American child actor (Circus) and naval officer.
• Tommy Reamon, 73, American football player (Florida Blazers, Kansas City Chiefs) and actor.
• Ignasi Riera i Gassiot, 85, Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of Catalonia (1987–1999).
• Pippa Scott, 90, American actress (As Young as We Are, Auntie Mame, Petulia).
• Gertrude Shope, 99, South African politician and trade unionist, MNA (1994–1999).
• Oscar Franklin Smith, 75, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Morten Steenstrup, 72, Norwegian politician, MP (1981–1989), cancer.
• Dan Storper, 74, American record label executive (Putumayo World Music), cancer.
• Wang Tao, 93, Chinese petroleum industry executive and politician, general manager of the CNPC (1989–1996) and Sinopec (1988–1989).
• Notable Americans killed in the San Diego Cessna Citation II crash:
  • Dave Shapiro, 42, music agent
  • Daniel Williams, 39, metalcore drummer (The Devil Wears Prada)

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• Gracia Baylor, 95, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1979–1985).
• Oleksandr Berezhnyi, 67, Ukrainian footballer (Dynamo Kyiv, Tavriya Simferopol, Soviet Union national team). (death announced on this date)
• Pieter Biesboer, 80–81, Dutch art historian.
• Lillian Boutté, 75, American jazz singer.
• Pavel Chaloupka, 66, Czech footballer (Bohemians 1905, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Czechoslovakia national team).
• Anne Cheynet, 86, French author.
• Luiz de Deus, 86, Brazilian politician, Bahia MLA (1995–2011), deputy (2013–2015).
• Mukul Dev, 54, Indian actor (Dastak, Yamla Pagla Deewana, Son of Sardaar).
• Jean-Robert Estimé, 83, Haitian politician, minister of foreign affairs (1982–1985).
• Barbara Ferris, 85, English actress (Catch Us If You Can, All in Good Faith) and fashion model.
• Mary K. Gaillard, 86, American physicist.
• Sarah Al-Ghamdi, 49, Saudi singer.
• Hans Geser, 78, Swiss sociologist.
• Sacha Jenkins, 53, American journalist (Ego Trip), complications from multiple system atrophy.
• Tor Kvarv, 72, Norwegian artist.
• Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, 91, Algerian film director (Chronicle of the Years of Fire, Sandstorm, The Last Image) and screenwriter.
• Jeff Margolis, 78, American television director (The Beatrice Arthur Special, Julie & Carol: Together Again, Richard Pryor: Live in Concert) and producer.
• Gerry Murphy, 81, Irish football manager (Huddersfield Town).
• Yuri Nikitin, 85, Russian author.
• Pat O'Connor, 74, American boxer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• W. Anthony Park, 90, American politician and attorney, Idaho attorney general (1971–1975).
• Sebastião Salgado, 81, Brazilian photographer, complications from leukemia and malaria.
• Rüşdü Saracoğlu, 77, Turkish economist and politician, governor of the central bank (1987–1993), MP (1996–1999).
• Margaret Weitz, 95, American scholar.
• John George Vlazny, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Portland (1997–2013).

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• Masao Akashi, 68, Japanese music arranger.
• Wilson Aragão, 75, Brazilian singer and composer.
• Cor Boonstra, 87, Dutch electronics executive, CEO of Philips (1996–2001).
• Susan Brownmiller, 90, American journalist and author (Against Our Will).
• Nestor Cariño, 86, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Borongan (1980–1986) and Legazpi (2005–2007).
• Josefina Costa, 97, Brazilian politician, Piauí MLA (1971–1975).
• Peter David, 68, American comic book writer (The Incredible Hulk, Young Justice, Spider-Man 2099) and novelist.
• Tom Dunphy, 87, Canadian politician, Prince Edward Island MLA (1986–1996).
• Malini Fonseka, 78, Sri Lankan actress (Pilot Premnath, Bambaru Avith, Beddegama) and politician, MP (2010–2015).
• Gu Yudong, 87, Chinese surgeon and politician, deputy (1997), heart attack.
• Kiril Ivkov, 78, Bulgarian footballer (Levski Sofia, Minyor Pernik, national team), Olympic silver medallist (1968).
• Paul Jasmin, 90, American artist and actor (Psycho, Marie Antoinette, Adaptation).
• Valery Lvov, 72, Russian boxer.
• Kenny Marco, 78, Canadian guitarist (Grant Smith & The Power, Motherlode, Blood, Sweat & Tears), cancer.
• Piro Milkani, 85, Albanian film director (The Lady from the City, The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider), People's Artist of Albania.
• T. Gopinath Naidu, 51, Malaysian footballer (Kuala Lumpur, Perak, national team).
• Marcel Ophuls, 97, French filmmaker (The Sorrow and the Pity, Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie).
• John Peters, 75, British radio presenter (Radio Trent, Boom Radio).
• Gary Pierce, 74, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Barnsley, Blackpool).
• Sir Derek Reffell, 96, British naval officer, governor of Gibraltar (1989–1993). (death announced on this date)
• Teresita Reyes, 75, Chilean actress (Sussi, The Toast, Santos), cancer.
• Eugenio Rizzolini, 87, Italian footballer (Inter Milan, Novara, Brescia).
• Christos Rokofyllos, 93, Greek politician, MP (1977–1981, 1985–2000).
• Fred Strutt, 85, Australian rugby league player (St. George, Eastern Suburbs).
• Miroslav Vaic, 78, Czech screenwriter and playwright (Vítr v kapse, Byl jednou jeden polda, Svatba upírů), cancer.
• Alan Yentob, 78, British television executive, director (Cracked Actor), and presenter, controller of BBC2 (1987–1993) and BBC1 (1993–1996).

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• Alberto Luis Aguilar, 74, Bolivian politician, deputy (2002–2006).
• Bill Asprey, 88, English football player (Stoke City, Oldham Athletic) and manager (Syrian national team).
• Walid Assaf, 64, Palestinian politician, minister of agriculture (2012–2014).
• Stan Atkinson, 92, American television news anchor (KOVR, KCRA).
• Günther Boekhoff, 87, German politician, member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony (1982–1994, 1996–2001).
• Guillermo Caballero Vargas, 81, Paraguayan politician and businessman.
• Christophe Clement, 59, French-born American Thoroughbred horse trainer, melanoma.
• Don Combs, 86, American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, complications from a stroke.
• Gaston, 93, French musician (Les Compagnons de la chanson).
• Ralph Heck, 83, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants), complications from myasthenia gravis.
• Simon House, 76, English multi-instrumentalist (Hawkwind, David Bowie, Third Ear Band).
• Cathy Hudgins, 81, American politician, member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors (2000–2019).
• Ilselil Larsen, 90, Danish actress (Det gælder os alle, The Child, Love Wins Out).
• Motarilavoa Hilda Lin̄i, 70, Ni-Vanuatu politician and women's rights activist, MP (1987–1996), minister of justice (1996), chief of the Turaga nation.
• Ángel Mahler, 65, Argentine conductor and composer, cancer.
• Marcos Martins, 79, Brazilian politician.
• Simon Mein, 68, British photographer.
• Kenneth Nicholls, 90, Irish academic and historian.
• Silvia Radu, 89, Romanian sculptor, potter, and painter.
• Phil Robertson, 79, American businessman (Duck Commander) and television personality (Duck Dynasty).
• Michael Sumler, 71, American stylist and choreographer (Kool & the Gang), traffic collision.
• Foday Musa Suso, 75, Gambian musician and composer (Village Life, Jazz Africa, Message from Home).
• Monna Tandberg, 85, Norwegian actress (Victoria L, Drømmeslottet, Bryllupsfesten).
• Marie Tomášová, 96, Czech actress (Anna Proletářka, Jan Hus, September Nights).
• Harrison Ruffin Tyler, 96, American chemical engineer and preservationist, complications from dementia.
• Yair Vardi, 76, Israeli dancer and choreographer.
• Ward Winer, 88, American engineer.

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• Jean-Raymond Abrial, 86, French computer scientist.
• Kamaluddin Azfar, 95, Pakistani politician, governor of Sindh (1995–1997).
• Ram Prakash Bambah, 99, Indian mathematician.
• Antonio Baseotto, 93, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Añatuya (1992–2002) and military ordinary (2002–2007).
• Sherry Bryce, 78, American country singer.
• Gigi Canu, 66, Italian guitarist (Planet Funk).
• Rick Derringer, 77, American musician (The McCoys), songwriter ("Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo") and record producer ("Weird Al" Yankovic).
• R. T. Deshmukh, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (2014–2019), traffic collision.
• Horacio Díaz Luco, 81, Chilean football player (Herediano, Águila, Limonense) and manager.
• Frances Doel, 83, British screenwriter (Big Bad Mama, Deathsport) and film producer (Starship Troopers).
• Maria João Duarte, 94, Portuguese sports journalist and writer.
• Ibou Faye, 55, Senegalese Olympic hurdler (1996).
• Ernst Hilger, 75, Austrian gallery owner.
• Yuriy Hnatkevych, 85, Ukrainian politician, deputy (1990–1994, 2006–2012).
• Co Hoedeman, 84, Dutch-born Canadian animator (The Sand Castle), Oscar winner (1978).
• Robert Jarvik, 79, American medical engineer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Waleed Al-Jasem, 65, Kuwaiti footballer (Kuwait, national team).
• Paul Marantz, 86–87, American architectural lighting designer.
• Barry McIlheney, 65, British journalist and editor (Empire).
• Grenville Millington, 73, Welsh footballer (Chester City, Wrexham).
• Charles Rangel, 94, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1971–2017).
• İlhan Şeşen, 76, Turkish musician, lung cancer.
• Horace Speed, 73, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants).
• Len St. Jean, 83, American football player (New England Patriots).
• Liz Tomkins, 42, Australian film producer and chair of Women in Film and Television Australia, traffic collision.
• Muhammad az-Zanati, 88, Libyan politician, secretary-general of the General People's Congress (1992–2008).

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• Freddie Aguilar, 72, Filipino musician and singer-songwriter ("Anak"), multiple organ failure.
• Janet Ajzenstat, 89, Canadian political scientist.
• Reditario Cassol, 89, Brazilian politician, complications from a stroke.
• Choi Jung-woo, 68, South Korean actor (Like a Virgin, City Hunter, Doctor Stranger).
• Presley Chweneyagae, 40, South African actor (Tsotsi, The River), complications from a breathing problem.
• Ronnie Dugger, 95, American journalist (The Texas Observer), complications from dementia.
• Paul Dutton, 81, Canadian poet and writer.
• Irianti Erningpraja, 59, Indonesian singer.
• Vasily Funtikov, 62, Russian actor (Tuning Fork, Presumption of Innocence, The Sisters Liberty).
• Ed Gale, 61, American stuntman (Child's Play) and actor (Howard the Duck, Spaceballs).
• Jim Gouk, 79, Canadian politician, MP (1993–2006), cancer.
• Devin Harjes, 41, American actor (Daredevil, Boardwalk Empire, Manifest).
• Brian Kellock, 63, Scottish jazz pianist.
• Peter Kwong, 73, American actor (Big Trouble in Little China, The Golden Child, Cooties).
• Banoth Madanlal, 62, Indian politician, Telangana MLA (2014–2019), heart disease.
• Claudio Michelotto, 82, Italian racing cyclist.
• Idriss Ngari, 79, Gabonese politician, minister of national defense (1994–1999) and MP (1996–2018).
• Serhiy Potimkov, 70, Ukrainian politician, deputy (1998–2002, 2006–2007).
• Red Sternberg, 50, Filipino actor (T.G.I.S.), heart attack.
• Willie Stevenson, 85, Scottish footballer (Rangers, Liverpool, Stoke City).
• Jean Tiberi, 90, French politician, mayor of Paris (1995–2001) and MP (1968–1976, 1976–2012).
• Juan Ramón Verón, 81, Argentine footballer (Estudiantes de La Plata, Panathinaikos, national team).
• Charles K. Wiggins, 77, American jurist, justice of the Washington Supreme Court (2011–2020), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Herbert P. Wilkins, 94, American jurist, chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1996–1999).

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• Marcos Azambuja, 90, Brazilian diplomat.
• Graeme Crawford, 77, Scottish footballer (York City, Scunthorpe United, Scarborough).
• Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, 89, Indian politician, MP (2004–2022).
• Heliodoro Dols, 91, Spanish architect (Shrine of Torreciudad).
• Al Foster, 82, American jazz drummer.
• Luisa Fuentes, 76, Peruvian Olympic volleyball player (1968, 1972).
• Hamit Geylani, 77, Turkish politician, MP (2007–2011).
• Giancarlo Gutierrez, 92, Italian Olympic equestrian (1956).
• Salman Hashimikov, 73, Russian wrestler, four-time world champion.
• Gill James, 90, Australian politician, Tasmania MHA (1976–1986, 1992–2002).
• Bradley Jennings, 47, American football player (Florida State Seminoles).
• Felix Konotey-Ahulu, 94, Ghanaian physician and geneticist.
• Sunjoy Monga, 63, Indian wildlife photographer, conservationist, and writer.
• Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan, 76, Somali military officer, minister of defence (1990–1991).
• Per Nørgård, 92, Danish composer (Gilgamesh, Symphony No. 3) and academic teacher (Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus/Aalborg).
• Sir Bob Reid, 91, British railway executive, chairman of the British Railways Board (1990–1995).
• Jacques Robert, 96, French jurist and academic administrator, president of the Paris-Panthéon-Assas University (1979–1984).
• Claude Roussel, 94, Canadian sculptor.
• Serhiy Shvets, 48, Ukrainian politician, deputy (since 2019).
• George E. Smith, 95, American physicist, co-inventor of the charge-coupled device, Nobel Prize laureate (2009).
• Soaring Free, 26, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, 87, Kenyan novelist (Weep Not, Child, The River Between, A Grain of Wheat).
• Verle Tiefenthaler, 87, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
• Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, 80, South Korean Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Korea (2010–2021).

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• Leorne Belém, 87, Brazilian politician.
• John Boardman, 92, American physicist.
• Alf Clausen, 84, American composer (The Simpsons, ALF, Moonlighting), Emmy winner (1997, 1998), progressive supranuclear palsy.
• Ludo Dierckxsens, 60, Belgian racing cyclist.
• Mike Eddy, 72, American stock car racer (ASA).
• Juan Manuel Eguiagaray, 79, Spanish politician and economist, minister of industry (1993–1996).
• Tshenuwani Farisani, 76, South African politician, MNA (2009–2010) and speaker of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature (2004–2009).
• Roberto Gomes Guimarães, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Campos (1995–2011).
• Bernard Kerik, 69, American police officer and political consultant, New York City police commissioner (2000–2001) and acting minister of interior of Iraq (2003), heart disease.
• Aleksey Lidov, 66, Russian art historian.
• Francesco Mallardo, 74, Italian mobster (Mallardo clan).
• Susann McDonald, 90, American classical harpist.
• Prasanna Pattnaik, 76, Indian politician, Odisha MLA (1977–1980, 1985–1995).
• Deborah Pellow, 80, American anthropologist.
• Rajesh, 75, Indian actor (Kanni Paruvathile, Achamillai Achamillai, Virumaandi).
• Vreni Spoerry, 87, Swiss politician, member of the National Council (1986–1996) and Council of States (1996–2003).
• David Trist, 77, New Zealand cricketer (Canterbury) and cricket coach (Eastern Province, national team).
• Charles Wadsworth, 96, American classical pianist and organizer of chamber music series (Festival dei Due Mondi, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Spoleto Festival USA).

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• Mario Adler, 86, Brazilian businessman, president of Estrela.
• Stjepan Andrašić, 83, Croatian journalist, chief editor of Večernji list (1983–1990).
• Étienne-Émile Baulieu, 98, French endocrinologist and biochemist.
• Michael J. Byrnes, 66, American Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Agaña (2019–2023), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Chang Yoon-chang, 64, South Korean Olympic volleyball player (1984, 1988), stomach cancer.
• Bedřich Dlouhý, 92, Czech painter and academic.
• Prentis Hancock, 83, British actor (Space: 1999, Doctor Who, Spy Trap).
• Abdul Ismail, 79, Indian cricketer (Bombay), cardiac arrest.
• Alenka Kham Pičman, 93, Slovenian architect. (death announced on this date)
• Dauda Musa Komo, 65, Nigerian military administrator, administrator of Rivers State (1993–1996).
• James Hector MacDonald, 100, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Hamilton (1978–1982), bishop of Charlottetown (1982–1991) and archbishop of St. John's (1991–2000).
• Valerie Mahaffey, 71, American actress (The Doctors, French Exit, Young Sheldon), Emmy winner (1992), cancer.
• Katarina Mazetti, 81, Swedish author and journalist.
• Red Pedersen, 89–90, Danish-born Canadian politician and trading post manager, Northwest Territories MLA (1983–1991).
• Mario Primicerio, 84, Italian mathematician and politician, mayor of Florence (1995–1999).
• Henning Scheich, 83, German brain researcher and psychiatrist.
• Paul Bernd Spahn, 85, German economist.
• Loretta Swit, 87, American actress (M*A*S*H, Freebie and the Bean, Race with the Devil), Emmy winner (1980, 1982).
• John Thrasher, 81, American politician and academic administrator, member of the Florida Senate (2009–2014) and House of Representatives (1992–2000), president of FSU (2014–2021), cancer.
• Fernando Venâncio, 80, Portuguese writer.
• H. S. Venkateshamurthy, 80, Indian screenwriter (Chinnari Mutha, Kraurya) and lyricist (Kotreshi Kanasu).
• Renée Victor, 86, American actress (Weeds, Coco, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim), lymphoma.

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• Adolfo Andrade, 75, Colombian footballer (Deportes Quindío, Deportivo Cali, national team).
• Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, 94, British civil servant.
• John Brenkus, 53, American television producer (Sport Science), suicide.
• William Dudley, 78, British theatre designer.
• Stanley Fischer, 81, Israeli-American economist, governor of the Bank of Israel (2005–2013) and Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve (2014–2017).
• Carmencita Hederman, 85, Irish politician, senator (1989–1993), lord mayor of Dublin (1987–1988).
• Betsy Jochum, 104, American baseball player (South Bend Blue Sox).
• Jerrauld Jones, 70, American politician and jurist, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1988–2002).
• Marcie Jones, 79, Australian singer (Marcie and The Cookies), leukaemia.
• Joan Lippincott, 89, American concert organist.
• Mike McCallum, 68, Jamaican boxer (1976 Olympics), WBA light middleweight (1984–1987) and middleweight (1989–1991), WBC light heavyweight (1994–1995) champion.
• Ernesto Pellegrini, 84, Italian catering industry and football executive, chairman of Inter Milan (1984–1995), lung infection.
• William S. Sly, 92, American physician.
• Lachie Stewart, 81, Scottish Olympic runner (1972).
• Valmik Thapar, 73, Indian naturalist (Land of the Tiger), cancer.

External links

• List of May 2025 deaths at IMDb