2021 Deaths: 1

2021 Deaths

 

January

1^st: Simone Chrisostome, 97, French resistance member and Holocaust survivor.

1^st: Pierantonio Costa, 81, Italian honorary consul, arranged safe passage during the Rwandan genocide.

1^st: Dame Elmira Minita Gordon, 90, Belizean viceroy, Governor-General (1981–1993).

2^nd: Vladimir Korenev, 80, Russian actor (Amphibian Man, Children of Don Quixote, Criminal Talent) and teacher, People's Artist of Russia (1998), COVID-19.

2^nd: Michael McKevitt, 71, Irish republican, founder of Real IRA, cancer.

2^nd: Sir Brian Urquhart, 101, British diplomat, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (1971–1985).

2^nd: Kerry Vincent, 75, Australian pastry chef and television personality (Food Network Challenge).

3^rd: Renate Lasker-Harpprecht, 96, German Holocaust survivor and journalist.

4^th: Tanya Roberts, 65, American actress (A View to a Kill, Charlie's Angels, That '70s Show), complications from a blood infection.

5^th: John Richardson, 86, English actor (One Million Years B.C., Black Sunday, Torso), COVID-19.

6^th: James Cross, 99, Irish-born British diplomat and kidnapping survivor (October Crisis), COVID-19.

7^th: Michael Apted, 79, English filmmaker (Up, Coal Miner's Daughter, The World Is Not Enough).

7^th: Valeri Khlevinsky, 77, Russian actor (Big School-Break, Valentin and Valentina, Taxi Blues), People's Artist of Russia (2002).

7^th: Tommy Lasorda, 93, American Hall of Fame baseball manager (Los Angeles Dodgers) and player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Kansas City Athletics), heart failure.

7^th: Marion Ramsey, 73, American actress (Police Academy, Return to Babylon, Lavalantula) and singer.

8^th: Meredith Anding, 79, American civil rights activist, member of the Tougaloo Nine, leukemia.

8^th: Ed Bruce, 81, American singer-songwriter ("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys", "You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had") and actor (Bret Maverick).

8^th: Emile Hemmen, 97, Luxembourgian novelist and poet, member of the Luxembourgish Patriot League resistance.

10^th: Nancy Walker Bush Ellis, 94, American philanthropist, complications from COVID-19.

10^th: Pat Loud, 94, American reality TV personality (An American Family).

13^th: Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, German-American magician and entertainer (Siegfried & Roy), pancreatic cancer.

13^th: Seyoum Mesfin, 71, Ethiopian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1991–2010) and Ambassador to China (2011–2017), shot.

14^th: Norodom Yuvaneath, 77, Cambodian royal.

14^th: Joanne Rogers, 92, American pianist and puppeteer (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood), heart disease.

16^th: Phương Mai, 83, Vietnamese royal.

17^th: Nikolay Antoshkin, 78, Russian military officer (Chernobyl disaster), Deputy (since 2014) and Hero of the Soviet Union, COVID-19.

18^th: Svavar Gestsson, 76, Icelandic politician and diplomat, Minister of Social Affairs (1980–1983), ambassador to Sweden (2001–2005) and Denmark (2005–2012).

19^th: Lâm Quang Thi, 88, Vietnamese military officer (ARVN), COVID-19.

19^th: Zdeněk Sternberg, 97, Czech aristocrat, Medal of Merit recipient.

22^nd:  Hank Aaron, 86, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Indianapolis Clowns) and civil rights activist.

22^nd: Ráphael Steger Cataño, 74, Mexican diplomat, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1989–1991), Turkey (1992–1996), and Australia (1996–2004).

23^rd: Larry King, 87, American Hall of Fame broadcaster (Larry King Live, Larry King Now, Politicking with Larry King), sepsis.

26^th: Harry Beal, 90, American veteran, first Navy SEAL.

27^th: Cloris Leachman, 94, American Hall of Fame actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Last Picture Show, Young Frankenstein), Oscar winner (1971).

28^th: Cicely Tyson, 96, American Hall of Fame actress (Sounder, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The Trip to Bountiful), Tony winner (2013).

30^th: Alfreda Markowska, 94, Polish Holocaust survivor and philanthropist.

February

1^st: Dustin Diamond, 44, American actor (Saved by the Bell, Purple People Eater) and comedian, small-cell carcinoma.

1^st: Joshua Hamidu, 85, Ghanaian military officer and diplomat, Chief of the Defence Staff (1978–1979), High Commissioner to Zambia (1978) and Nigeria (2003–2005.)

2^nd: Millie Hughes-Fulford, 75, American astronaut (STS-40) and molecular biologist.

2^nd: Captain Sir Tom Moore, 100, British military officer and charity campaigner, COVID-19.

2^nd: Fausta Morganti, 76, Sammarinese politician, Captain Regent (2005), COVID-19.

3^rd: Haya Harareet, 89, Israeli actress (Ben-Hur, The Secret Partner, The Interns).

4^th: Patricia Healey, 85, British singer and actress (The White Bus, Britannia Hospital), complications from COVID-19.

4^th: Pyotr Kolodin, 90, Russian cosmonaut.

5^th: Jean Bayless, 88, British actress (The Sound of Music, Crossroads), bone cancer.

5^th: Christopher Plummer, 91, Canadian actor (The Sound of Music, Beginners, All the Money in the World), Oscar winner (2012), complications from a fall.

6^th: George Shultz, 100, American politician, Secretary of State (1982–1989), Secretary of the Treasury (1972–1974), Secretary of Labor (1969–1970).

8^th: Mary Wilson, 76, American Hall of Fame singer (The Supremes), hypertensive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

10^th: Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, 91, Georgian linguist and Hittitologist, President of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences (2005–2013).

10^th: Benjamin Orenstein, 94, Polish-born French Holocaust survivor and lecturer.

11^th: L. Desaix Anderson, 84, American diplomat, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim to Vietnam (1995–1997).

11^th: S. Prestley Blake, 106, American restaurateur, co-founder of Friendly's.

14^th: Serhii Kamyshev, 64, Ukrainian diplomat, ambassador to China (2004–2009, since 2019).

14^th: Carlos Menem, 90, Argentine politician, President (1989–1999), Senator (since 2005) and Governor of La Rioja (1973–1976, 1983–1989), complications from urinary tract infection.

14^th: Ion Mihai Pacepa, 92, Romanian intelligence officer and defector, COVID-19.

15^th: Zdzisław Najder, 90, Polish literary critic, historian and political activist.

15^th: Rhea Woltman, 92, American pilot (Mercury 13).

16^th: Gustavo Noboa, 83, Ecuadorian politician, President (2000–2003) and Vice President (1998–2000), Governor of Guayas (1983–1984), heart attack.

16^th: Jan Sokol, 84, Czech philosopher and politician, MP (1990–1992) and Minister of Education, Youth and Sports (1998), Charter 77 signatory.

17^th: Rush Limbaugh, 70, American Hall of Fame radio host (The Rush Limbaugh Show), author, and political commentator, complications from lung cancer.

18^th: Amīr Aṣlān Afshār, 101, Iranian diplomat, ambassador to Germany (1973–1977) and the U.S. (1969–1972), COVID-19.

18^th: Andrey Myagkov, 82, Russian actor (The Irony of Fate, Office Romance, A Cruel Romance), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1986), heart attack.

19^th: Mya Thwe Thwe Khaing, 20, Burmese protester (2021 Myanmar protests), complications from gunshot wounds.

20^th: Rosamond Asiamah Nkansah, 91, Ghanaian police officer, first woman recruited into the Ghanaian force.

22^nd: Luca Attanasio, 43, Italian diplomat, Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (since 2017), shot.

22^nd: Yekaterina Gradova, 74, Russian actress (Seventeen Moments of Spring, The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed), stroke.

23^rd: Geoffrey Scott, 79, American actor (Dynasty, Dark Shadows, Hulk), Parkinson's disease.

25^th: Leroy J. Manor, 100, American Air Force lieutenant general, joint commander of Operation Ivory Coast.

25^th: Halina Wołłowicz, 93, Polish activist and resistance fighter.

26^th: Sir Michael Somare, 84, Papua New Guinean politician, Prime Minister (1975–1980, 1982–1985, 2002–2010, 2011), chief minister (1973–1975), pancreatic cancer.

March

1^st: Sir Alan Bowness, 93, British art historian and art critic, director of the Tate Gallery (1980–1988).

1^st: Jahmil French, 29, Canadian actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation, Soundtrack, Remedy).

1^st: Anatoliy Zlenko, 82, Ukrainian diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (1990–1994, 2000–2003) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1994–1997).

1^st: Jahmil French, 29, Canadian actor (Degrassi: The Next Generation, Soundtrack, Remedy).

1^st: Fernando Olivié González-Pumariega, 96, Spanish diplomat, ambassador to Paraguay (1970–1973), Colombia (1973–1977) and Yugoslavia (1977–1981).

1^st: Anatoliy Zlenko, 82, Ukrainian diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (1990–1994, 2000–2003) and permanent representative to the United Nations (1994–1997).

3^rd: Kyal Sin, 19, Burmese protester (2021 Myanmar protests), shot.

3^rd” Nicola Pagett, 75, British actress (Upstairs, Downstairs, Anne of the Thousand Days, There's a Girl in My Soup), brain tumour.

3^rd: Andrei Polyakov, 70, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Tunisia (2006–2011) and Rwanda (2013–2017).

4^th: Johannes Kert, 61, Estonian politician and military officer, commander of the Estonian Defence Forces (1996–2000).

5^th: Nicolas Bwakira, 79, Burundian diplomat.

5^th: Pavel Oliva, 97, Czech classical philologist and Holocaust survivor.

7^th: Lou Ottens, 94, Dutch engineer (Philips), inventor of the cassette tape.

7^th: Mordechai Bar-On, 92, Israeli historian and politician, member of the Knesset (1984–1986).

7^th: Andreana Družina, 101, Slovenian political commissar and partisan, People's Hero of Yugoslavia.

9^th: Cliff Simon, 58, South African-born American actor (Stargate SG-1), kiteboarding accident.

10^th: Lee Chiong Giam, 79, Singaporean diplomat, high commissioner to Papua New Guinea (1982–1999) and Pakistan (2006–2014), ambassador to East Timor (2005–2014), complications from a fall.

10^th: Lyudmila Lyadova, 95, Russian composer and singer, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1984), COVID-19.

10^th: Ali Mahdi Muhammad, 82, Somali politician, president (1991–1997), COVID-19.

11^th: Orlando Llenza, 90, Puerto Rican military officer.

11^th: Curtis Lovejoy, 63, American swimmer, Paralympic champion (2000), blood cancer.

13^th: Goodwill Zwelithini, 72, South African royal, King of the Zulus (since 1971), complications from COVID-19.

14^th: H. Douglas Barclay, 88, American politician and diplomat, member of the New York State Senate (1965–1984), ambassador to El Salvador (2003–2006).

14^th: Jean Frydman, 95, French resistance member.

15^th: Desmond Barker, 71, South African Air Force officer, plane crash.

15^th: Miriama Rauhihi Ness, 69, New Zealand Māori activist and social worker, cancer.

17^th: Xosé Ramón Barreiro, 84, Spanish historian, president of the Royal Galician Academy (2001–2009).

17^th: Amy Johnston, 66, American actress (The Buddy Holly Story, Welcome Back, Kotter, Brothers and Sisters) and drama coach, cancer.

17^th: John Magufuli, 61, Tanzanian politician, president (since 2015), minister of works, transports and communications (2000–2005, 2010–2015) and MP (1995–2015), heart failure.

17^th: Mirjam Moll, 54, Dutch museum director (Dutch Museum Association, Museumkaart foundation).

18^th: Donald L. Custis, 103, American Navy vice admiral.

18^th: Richard Gilliland, 71, American actor (Designing Women, Operation Petticoat, Airplane II: The Sequel).

19^th: Aurelio Desdentado, 76, Spanish judge, member of the Supreme Court (1986–2014), COVID-19.

19^th: Jordi Cornet, 55, Spanish politician, member of the Catalan Parliament (2010–2012) and Barcelona City Council (1995–2010), cancer.

20^th: François Nicoullaud, 80, French diplomat and political analyst, ambassador to Hungary (1993–1997) and Iran (2001–2005).

22^nd” Marie Šupíková, 88, Czech survivor of the Lidice massacre.

23^rd: George Segal, 87, American actor (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Goldbergs, A Touch of Class), complications from bypass surgery.

24^th: Anna Koźmińska, 101, Polish recipient of Righteous Among the Nations award.

24^th: Jessica Walter, 80, American actress (Arrested Development, Archer, Play Misty for Me), Emmy winner (1975).

25^th: Beverly Cleary, 104, American children's author (The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Ramona, Dear Mr. Henshaw), Newbery Medal winner (1984).

26^th: Paul Polansky, 79, American writer and Romani activist.

27^th: Sir Roy Austen-Smith, 96, British air marshal.

27^th: Bohdan Gruchman, 92, Polish economist and lawyer, rector of Poznań Academy of Economics and Business (1989–1996).

28^th: Gianluigi Colalucci, 91, Italian conservator-restorer (Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes).

28^th: Didier Ratsiraka, 84, Malagasy politician, president (1975–1993, 1997–2002), cardiac arrest.

28^th: Constantin Simirad, 79, Romanian politician, mayor of Iași (1992–2003) and diplomat, ambassador to Cuba (2003–2006), COVID-19.

30^th: G. Gordon Liddy, 90, American FBI agent, convicted criminal (Watergate scandal) and radio host.

31^st: Tamara Chikunova, 72, Uzbek human rights activist.

31^st: Kamal Ganzouri, 88, Egyptian politician, prime minister (1996–1999, 2011–2012).

31^st: Shot-Aman Valikhanov, 88, Kazakh sculptor, designer of the emblem of Kazakhstan.

April

1^st: Bruce Dinwiddy, 75, British diplomat, Governor of the Cayman Islands (2002–2005)

1^st: Nemam Ghafouri, 52, Iraqi-born Swedish physician, Kurdish activist and humanitarian, COVID-19.

2^nd: Clara LaMore, 94, American Olympic swimmer (1948).

2^nd: Gabi Luncă, 82, Romanian folk and lăutărească singer, politician and missionary, complications from COVID-19.

3^rd: Gloria Henry, 98, American actress (Dennis the Menace, Miss Grant Takes Richmond, Rancho Notorious).

4^th: Robert Mundell, 88, Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (1999), cholangiocarcinoma.

4^th: Keosaychay Sayasone, 62, Laotian socialite, first lady (2006–2016), drowned.

5^th: Joye Hummel, 97, American comic book writer (Wonder Woman).

5^th: Paul Ritter, 54, English actor (Friday Night Dinner, Chernobyl, No Offence), brain cancer.

6^th: Charles H. Coolidge, 99, American technical sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient.

7^th: James Hampton, 84, American actor (F Troop, The Longest Yard, Teen Wolf) and director, complications from Parkinson's disease.

8^th: Jovan Divjak, 84, Bosnian army general (Bosnian War, Siege of Sarajevo).

9^th: Ramsey Clark, 93, American lawyer (Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milošević), attorney general (1966–1969) and deputy attorney general (1965–1967).

9^th: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 99, Greek-born British royal consort (since 1952).

9^th: Konstantin Provalov, 71, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Estonia (2000–2006).

13^th: Walter Spitzer, 93, Polish-born French Holocaust survivor and painter.

14^th: Bernie Madoff, 82, American investment advisor, financier and convicted fraudster (Madoff investment scandal).

15^th: Aleksandr Churilin, 74, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Romania (2006–2011).

15^th: Nikolai Olovyannikov, 98, Russian military pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1944).

17^th: Hubert Faure, 106, French World War II hero (Operation Overlord), Grand Croix of the Legion of Honour recipient.

19^th: Idriss Déby, 68, Chadian military officer and politician, president (since 1990), shot.

19^th: Walter Mondale, 93, American politician, vice president (1977–1981), member of the U.S. Senate (1964–1976), ambassador to Japan (1993–1996).

20^th: José Joaquín Puig de la Bellacasa, 89, Spanish diplomat, ambassador to the Holy See (1980–1983), secretary general of the Royal Household (1990–1991), member of the Council of State (since 1997).

20^th: Bill Wynne, 99, American World War II veteran, photojournalist and dog trainer (Smoky).

21^st: Mercedes Colás de Meroño, 95, Argentine human rights activist (Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo).

21^st: Irina Moiseeva, 96, Russian dancer and ballet teacher, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour (2012)

21^st: Carl Spielvogel, 92, American marketing executive and diplomat, ambassador to Slovakia (2000–2001).

22^nd: Krystyna Łyczywek, 100, Polish photographer, translator and journalist, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture (2010), Officer of the Legion of Honour (2013).

25^th: Willemijn van Gurp, 102, Dutch World War II resistance fighter.

28^th: Michael Collins, 90, American astronaut (Apollo 11), assistant secretary of state for public affairs (1970–1971), cancer.

28^th: Madeline Davis, 80, American LGBT activist and historian.

28^th: Jason Matthews, 69, American author (Red Sparrow), complications from corticobasal degeneration.

29^th: Johnny Crawford, 75, American actor (The Rifleman, Village of the Giants, The Space Children) and singer, complications from Alzheimer's disease and COVID-19.

29^th: Frank McRae, 80, American actor (*batteries not included, Licence to Kill) and football player (Chicago Bears), heart attack.

29^th: Prince Muhammad bin Talal, 80, Jordanian royal.

May

1^st: Olympia Dukakis, 89, American actress (Moonstruck, Steel Magnolias, Tales of the City), Oscar winner (1988).

1^st: Paul Ioannidis, 97, Greek resistance fighter and pilot.

1^st: Andrzej Osęka, 89, Polish art historian, journalist and art critic, recipient of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

1^st: Ernest E. West, 89, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.

2^nd: Jacques d'Amboise, 86, American ballet dancer, choreographer and actor (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Carousel, Off Beat), stroke.

2^nd: Carlos Romero Barceló, 88, Puerto Rican politician, mayor of San Juan (1969–1977) and governor (1977–1985), sepsis complicated by a urinary tract infection.

2^nd: Bobby Unser, 87, American Hall of Fame racing driver, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner.

3^rd: András Gergely, 74, Hungarian historian and diplomat, ambassador to the Netherlands.

3^rd: Surat Ikramov, 76, Uzbekistani human rights activist, pneumonia, diabetes and prostate cancer.

6^th: Yitzhak Arad, 94, Israeli military officer and historian, director of Yad Vashem (1972–1993).

7^th: Oleg Krivonogov, 82, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Luxembourg (1997–2001).

7^th: Yegor Ligachyov, 100, Russian politician, member of the Central Committee (1981–1990) and Politburo (1985–1990), second secretary of the Communist Party (1985–1990).

7^th: Tai, American Asian elephant (Larger than Life, Operation Dumbo Drop, Water for Elephants), kidney failure.

8^th: Bo, 12, American dog, presidential pet (2009–2017), cancer.

8^th: Graeme Ferguson, 91, Canadian filmmaker, co-inventor of IMAX, cancer.

8^th: Miguel Schweitzer Walters, 80, Chilean lawyer and diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (1983), ambassador to the United Kingdom (1980–1983).

8^th: Spencer Silver, 80, American chemist, co-inventor of Post-it Notes.

9^th: Karl-Günther von Hase, 103, German diplomat, ambassador to the United Kingdom (1970–1977), director of ZDF (1977–1982).

13^th: Kenneth Mayhew, 104, British army officer, Military William Order recipient (1946).

15^th: Karl Schleunes, 84, American Holocaust historian.

18^th: Charles Grodin, 86, American actor (The Heartbreak Kid, Midnight Run, Beethoven) and comedian, Emmy winner (1978), bone marrow cancer.

18^th: Albert Planasdemunt i Gubert, 91, Spanish politician, member of the Catalan parliament (1980–1984).

19^th: Alix Dobkin, 80, American folk singer-songwriter, lesbian feminist activist and memoirist, brain aneurysm.

19^th: Charles C. Hagemeister, 74, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (1968).

20^th: Bertrand Herz, 91, French engineer, Holocaust survivor.

20^th: Erin O'Brien, 87, American actress (John Paul Jones, Onionhead, Girl on the Run).

21^st: Roman Kent, 92, Polish-born American Holocaust survivor, president of the International Auschwitz Committee.

21^st: Merv Norrish, 94, New Zealand diplomat, ambassador to the United States (1978–1980).

22^nd: Edminas Bagdonas, 57, Lithuanian diplomat, ambassador to Italy (2001–2004), Belarus (2007–2012) and Israel (2014–2019).

22^nd: Jiřina Šiklová, 85, Czech sociologist and political dissident, Charter 77 signatory.[718] (death announced on this date).

23^rd: Eric Carle, 91, American writer and illustrator (The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Grouchy Ladybug, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?), kidney failure.

24^th: Josep Almudéver Mateu, 101, French veteran of the Spanish Civil War (CXXIX International Brigade).

27^th: Poul Schlüter, 92, Danish politician, prime minister (1982–1993), minister of justice (1989), MEP (1994–1999).

29^th: Gavin MacLeod, 90, American actor (The Love Boat, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, McHale's Navy).

30^th: Andriy Beshta, 44, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, ambassador to Thailand (since 2015), heart attack.

31^st: Arlene Golonka, 85, American actress (Mayberry R.F.D., The In-Laws, Hang 'Em High).

June

1^st: Jacques Lacoursière, 89, Canadian TV host, writer and historian.

1^st: Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, 77, Italian royal, disputed head of the House of Savoy (since 2006), complications from surgery.

2^nd: James W. Pardew, 77, American diplomat, ambassador to Bulgaria (2002–2005).

3^rd: Sir Anerood Jugnauth, 91, Mauritian politician, prime minister (1982–1995, 2000–2003, 2014–2017) and president (2003–2012).

3^rd: F. Lee Bailey, 87, American attorney (Sam Sheppard, O. J. Simpson, Patty Hearst).

3^rd: Ernie Lively, 74, American actor (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Fire Down Below, The Dukes of Hazzard), heart failure.

4^th: David Dushman, 98, Danzig-born Russian Red Army soldier and fencing trainer.

4^th: Władysław Ciastoń, 96, Polish state official, general of MO, chief of SB and Deputy Interior Minister (1981–1987).

4^th: David Dushman, 98, Danzig-born Russian Red Army soldier and fencing trainer.

7^th: Larry Gelman, 90, American actor (The Bob Newhart Show, The Odd Couple, Maude), complications from a fall.

8^th: Édith Moskovic, 89, French Holocaust survivor and activist.

9^th: Noel Conway, 71, British assisted-death campaigner, assisted suicide.

10^th: Rudolf Zeman, 82, Czech journalist (editor-in-chief of Lidové noviny) and dissident (Charter 77 signatory).

11^th: John Gabriel, 90, American actor (Ryan's Hope, Stagecoach, The Mary Tyler Moore Show), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

12^th: Witold Kieżun, 99, Polish economist and Warsaw Uprising insurgent.

14^th: Lisa Banes, 65, American actress (Cocktail, Young Guns, Gone Girl), injuries sustained in traffic collision.

14^th: Enrique Bolaños, 93, Nicaraguan politician, president (2002–2007) and vice president (1997–2000).

15^th: Vladimir Shatalov, 93, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10).

15^th: Yves Dassonville, 73, French civil servant and statistician, high commissioner of New Caledonia (2007–2010).

15^th: Pavel Galkin, 98, Russian military pilot.

16^th: John Osmers, 86, New Zealand anti-apartheid activist and Anglican cleric, bishop of East Zambia (1995–2002), complications from COVID-19.

17^th: Kenneth Kaunda, 97, Zambian politician, president (1964–1991), prime minister of Northern Rhodesia (1964) and chairperson of the NAM (1970–1973), pneumonia.

21^st: Jean Guéguinou, 79, French diplomat, ambassador to the United Kingdom (1993–1998), Czechoslovakia (1990–1993) and the Holy See (1993–1998).

 

 

23^rd: John McAfee, 75, British-American computer programmer and businessman (McAfee Associates), suicide by hanging.

23^rd: Viktor Potapov, 87, Russian military aviator, commander of Soviet Naval Aviation (1988–1991) and Russian Naval Aviation (1991–1994).

24^th: Benigno Aquino III, 61, Filipino politician, president (2010–2016), senator (2007–2010) and member of the House of Representatives (1998–2007), diabetic nephropathy.

24^th: Zedekia Ngavirue, 88, Namibian diplomat.

24^th: Ronald I. Spiers, 95, American diplomat, Ambassador to the Bahamas (1973–1974), Turkey (1977–1980) and Pakistan (1981–1983).

24^th: Trần Thiện Khiêm, 95, Vietnamese military officer and politician, Prime Minister of South Vietnam (1969–1975).

27^th: Reuven Bulka, 77, Canadian rabbi, leader of Machzikei Hadas (since 1967), liver and pancreatic cancer.

29^th: Stuart Damon, 84, American actor (General Hospital, The Champions, Port Charles), kidney failure.

29^th: Donald Rumsfeld, 88, American politician, secretary of defense (1975–1977, 2001–2006) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1963–1969), multiple myeloma.

30^th: Bonfoh Abass, 72, Togolese politician, acting president (2005), president (2005–2013) and member (1999–2013) of the National Assembly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2021