2021 Deaths: 2

 2021 Deaths:

July

3^rd: Anne Stallybrass, 82, English actress (The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Heartbeat, Diana: Her True Story).

4^th: Maidarjavyn Ganzorig, 72, Mongolian cosmonaut, Soyuz 39 reserve pilot.

5^th: Vladimir Menshov, 81, Russian film director (Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, Love and Pigeons) and actor (The General), COVID-19.

6^th: Patrick John, 83, Dominican politician, prime minister (1978–1979), premier (1974–1978).

7^th: Anatoliy Franchuk, 85, Ukrainian politician, prime minister of Crimea (1994–1996, 1997–1998).

8^th: Paul Birckel, 82, Canadian businessman and indigenous leader, chief of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (1978–1998).

9^th: Jehan Sadat, 87, Egyptian human rights activist, first lady (1970–1981), cancer.

10^th: Esther Béjarano, 96, German singer (Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz) and Holocaust survivor, co-founder of the International Auschwitz Committee.

11^th: Charlie Robinson, 75, American actor (Night Court, Sugar Hill, The Black Gestapo), complications from cancer.

12^th: Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima, 88, Brazilian diplomat.

14^th: Yekutiel Gershoni, 78, Israeli historian and sprinter, Paralympic silver medallist (1980).

14^th: Mamnoon Hussain, 80, Pakistani politician, governor of Sindh (1999) and president (2013–2018), cancer.

15^th: William F. Nolan, 93, American author (Logan's Run) and screenwriter (Trilogy of Terror, Burnt Offerings).

15^th: Gloria Richardson, 99, American civil rights activist (Cambridge movement).

16^th: Charles Gomis, 80, Ivorian diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (2000), ambassador to the United States (1986–1994) and France (2013–2020), vice president of the Senate (since 2020).

18^th: Lawrence Seymour Goodman, 100, British bomber pilot (No. 617 Squadron RAF).

18^th: Enn Tarto, 82, Estonian dissident and politician, MP (1992–2003).

18^th: Paul D. Taylor, 82, American diplomat, ambassador to the Dominican Republic (1988–1992).

20^th: Louisette Texier, 105, Armenian-French resistant and racecar driver. Last remaining survivors of the Armenian genocide.

24^th: Dieter Brummer, 45, Australian actor (Home and Away, Neighbours, Underbelly: The Golden Mile), suicide.

24^th: Jackie Mason, 93, American comedian and actor (The Simpsons, The Jerk, Caddyshack II), Emmy winner (1988, 1992).

24^th: Pitaloosie Saila, 79, Canadian Inuk artist.

24^th: Alfie Scopp, 101, English-born Canadian actor (Tales of the Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer).

24^th: Johnny Young, 81, American diplomat, ambassador to Togo (1994–1997), Bahrain (1997–2001) and Slovenia (2001–2004), pancreatic cancer.

24^th: Viktor Zheliandinov, 86, Ukrainian chess player and coach, International Master (1962).

25^th: Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, 84, Portuguese military officer, chief strategist of the Carnation Revolution and leader of Forças Populares 25 de Abril, heart failure.

25^th: Helen Nicol, 101, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets, Rockford Peaches).

26^th: Rick Aiello, 65, American actor (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Do the Right Thing, The Sopranos), pancreatic cancer.

26^th: Eric Carter, 101, British RAF pilot.

27^th: Rudi Leavor, 95, German-born British community activist and Holocaust survivor.

27^th: Stefan Michnik, 91, Polish military judge and officer in Polish People's Army.

28^th: István Csom, 81, Hungarian chess Grandmaster (1973) and International Arbiter.

28^th: Bent Melchior, 92, Danish religious leader, chief rabbi of Denmark (1969–1996), heart attack.

28^th: Ron Popeil, 86, American inventor and businessman (Ronco).

29^th: Janet Banana, 83, Zimbabwean teacher, first lady (1980–1987), kidney failure.

29^th: Susan Reynolds, 92, British medieval historian.

30^th: Guy Eby, 102, American airline captain.

30^th: Jay Pickett, 60, American actor (Rush Week, Rumpelstiltskin, Port Charles), heart attack.

August

1^st: Kihi Ngatai, 91, New Zealand Māori leader, member of the Waitangi Tribunal.

2^nd: Dave Severance, 102, American Marine Corps colonel (Battle of Iwo Jima).

3^rd: Miroslav Lazanski, 70, Serbian diplomat and politician, deputy (2016–2019) and ambassador to Russia (since 2019).

3^rd: Vitaly Shishov, 26, Belarusian human rights activist.

5^th: Reg Gorman, 89, Australian actor (The Sullivans, Fergus McPhail, Neighbours), cancer.

7^th: Markie Post, 70, American actress (Night Court, The Fall Guy, Hearts Afire), cancer.

9^th: Sir Lester Bird, 83, Antiguan politician, prime minister (1994–2004).

9^th: Kasargod Patnashetti Gopal Rao, 94, Indian naval officer (Operation Trident).

9^th: Pat Hitchcock, 93, English-born American actress (Stage Fright, Strangers on a Train, Psycho).

9^th: Sergei Kovalev, 91, Russian human rights activist and politician, MP (1993–2003).

9^th: Annette Muller, 88, French writer and Holocaust survivor.

11^th: Barbara Kannapell, 83, American activist and sociolinguist, complications from hip surgery.

12^th: Eva Fastag, 104, Polish-born Belgian Holocaust survivor.

12^th: Una Stubbs, 84, English actress (Till Death Us Do Part, Worzel Gummidge, Sherlock).

13^th: Andrzej Borodzik, 91, Polish politician, chemist and scout leader, deputy (1965–1972), president of ZHP (2005–2007).

13^th: James Hormel, 88, American philanthropist, LGBT activist and diplomat, ambassador to Luxembourg (1999–2001).

13^th: Leon Kopelman, 97, Polish-Israeli, last known surviving fighter of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

13^th: Carolyn S. Shoemaker, 92, American astronomer, co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, complications from a fall.

13^th: Gino Strada, 73, Italian human rights activist and war surgeon, founder of Emergency, heart attack.

14^th: Carlos Correia, 87, Bissau-Guinean politician, prime minister (1991–1994, 1997–1998, 2008–2009, 2015–2016).

15^th: Paulette Goodman, 88, French-born American LGBT activist, president of PFLAG (1988–1992).

16^th: Zaki Anwari, 19, Afghan footballer, fall from aircraft.

16^th: Donald G. Dunn, 98, American World War II veteran, Silver Star recipient.

16^th: Carlos Iturralde Ballivián, 80, Bolivian diplomat and politician, foreign minister (1989–1992), ambassador to the United States (1978–1979).

16^th: Lucille Times, 100, American civil rights activist, COVID-19.

17^th: Nikolai Kuimov, 63, Russian test pilot, Hero of the Russian Federation (2006), air crash.

17^th: Tom Larkin, 103, New Zealand public servant and diplomat, ambassador to Japan (1972–1976).

18^th: B. Wayne Hughes, 87, American businessman, founder of Public Storage.

18^th: Jill Murphy, 72, British author (The Worst Witch), cancer.

18^th: Max Willis, 85, Australian politician, president (1991–1998) and member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1970–1999).

21^st: Don Everly, 84, American Hall of Fame singer (The Everly Brothers) and songwriter ("Cathy's Clown", "So Sad (to Watch Good Love Go Bad)").

21^st: Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, 81, Liechtensteiner royal, princess consort (since 1989), stroke.

22^nd: Kay Bullitt, 96, American civil rights activist and philanthropist.

22^nd: Marilyn Eastman, 87, American actress (Night of the Living Dead).

24^th: George S. Vest, 102, American diplomat, ambassador to the European Union (1981–1985).

28^th: Joye Evans, 92, New Zealand Girl Guides leader.

29^th: Ed Asner, 91, American actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Up), president of the Screen Actors Guild (1981–1985), seven-time Emmy winner.

30^th: Vicki Trickett, 80, American actress (The Three Stooges Meet Hercules, The Tab Hunter Show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet).

31^st: Michael Constantine, 94, American actor (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Room 222, The Hustler), Emmy winner (1970).

31^st: Oleg Khlestov, 98, Russian diplomat and legal academic.

September

3^rd: Ljubo Bešlić, 63, Bosnian politician, mayor of Mostar (2004–2021), complications from COVID-19.

5^th: Ion Caramitru, 79, Romanian actor (Citizen X, Adam & Paul, Charlie Countryman) and politician, minister of culture (1996–2000).

5^th: Mohammad Fahim Dashty, 48, Afghan journalist, politician and military officer, spokesperson of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, shot.

5^th: Jan Hecker, 54, German lawyer and diplomat, judge of the Federal Administrative Court (2011–2015) and ambassador to China (since 2021).

8^th: Sir Antony Acland, 91, British diplomat, ambassador to the United States (1986–1991).

8^th: Art Metrano, 84, American actor (Police Academy, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Joanie Loves Chachi) and comedian.

11^th: Nikolai Kozyrev, 87, Russian diplomat, Soviet and Russian ambassador to Ireland (1991–1998).

13^th: Don Collier, 92, American actor (Outlaws, The High Chaparral, The Young Riders), lung cancer.

13^th: Margaret Purves, 86, British nurse, recipient of the Albert Medal for Lifesaving.

13^th: Tom Vraalsen, 85, Norwegian politician and diplomat, minister of international development (1989–1990), ambassador to the United Kingdom (1994–1996) and the United States (1996–2001).

14^th: Reuben Klamer, 99, American board game inventor (The Game of Life).

14^th: Ida Nudel, 90, Russian-Israeli civil rights activist.

14^th: Norm Macdonald, 61, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (Saturday Night Live, The Norm Show, Dirty Work), leukemia.

16^th: Jane Powell, 92, American actress (A Date with Judy, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Royal Wedding), singer and dancer.

17^th: Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 84, Algerian politician, president (1999–2019), minister of foreign affairs (1963–1979) and president of the U.N. General Assembly (1974–1975), cardiac arrest.

17^th: Carlos Gianelli, 73, Uruguayan lawyer and diplomat, ambassador to the United States (2005–2012, 2015–2020), heart attack.

21^st: Willie Garson, 57, American actor (Sex and the City, White Collar, John from Cincinnati), pancreatic cancer.

21^st: Marilyn Golden, 67, American disability advocate.

25^th: Théoneste Bagosora, 80, Rwandan military officer and convicted war criminal.

25^th: Józef Rusak, 101, Polish WWII resistance fighter.

28^th: Tommy Kirk, 79, American actor (Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, The Misadventures of Merlin Jones).

28^th: Princess Lalla Malika of Morocco, 88, Moroccan royal.

October

1^st: William Izarra, 74, Venezuelan diplomat, military official and politician, senator (1998–1999) and ambassador to North Korea (since 2021), COVID-19.

1^st: Vytautas Kolesnikovas, 72, Lithuanian painter and politician, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.

2^nd: Matt Holmes, 54, British military officer, Commandant General Royal Marines (2019–2021).

2^nd: Ladislaus Löb, 88, Romanian-born Swiss Germanist and Holocaust survivor.

2^nd: Alfredo Martínez Moreno, 98, Salvadoran jurist, diplomat and writer, president of the Supreme Court (1968) and director of the Academia Salvadoreña de la Lengua (1969–2006).

2^nd: Sidney Walton, 102, American World War II veteran.

3^rd: Cynthia Harris, 87, American actress (Mad About You, Edward & Mrs. Simpson, Three Men and a Baby).

6^th: Gerald Home, 70, British actor (Return of the Jedi, London Boulevard) and puppeteer (Little Shop of Horrors), liver cancer.

6^th: V. M. M. Nair, 101, Indian diplomat and civil servant, ambassador to Norway (1960–1967), Poland (1967–1971) and Morocco (1971–1975).

10^th: Ruthie Tompson, 111, American animator (Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo).

11^th: Duane E. Dewey, 89, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.

11^th: Boris Minakov, 93, Russian diplomat, Soviet ambassador to Ivory Coast (1986–1990).

11^th: Paddy Moloney, 83, Irish musician (The Chieftains) and producer.

12^th: Victor Gregg, 101, British author and World War II veteran.

12^th: Eddie Jaku, 101, German-born Australian writer and Holocaust survivor.

12^th: Zinaida Korneva, 99, Russian military veteran and charity fundraiser.

13^th: Viktor Bryukhanov, 85, Uzbek engineer, director of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (1970–1986).

14^th: Ojārs Ēriks Kalniņš, 71, Latvian politician and diplomat, MP (since 2010), ambassador to the United States (1993–1999).

14^th: Gennady Sizov, 80, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Bolivia (1998–2003).

15^th: Sir David Amess, 69, British politician, MP (since 1983), stabbed.

15^th: Madame Nguyen Van Thieu, 90, Vietnamese socialite, first lady of South Vietnam (1967–1975).

16^th: Betty Lynn, 95, American actress (The Andy Griffith Show, Cheaper by the Dozen, Meet Me in Las Vegas).

17^th: Margaret York, 80, American police officer.

18^th: Jo-Carroll Dennison, 97, American pageant winner (Miss America 1942) and actress (Winged Victory, The Jolson Story).

18^th: Colin Powell, 84, American general and politician, secretary of state (2001–2005) and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993), complications from COVID-19.

19^th: Sir Archie Lamb, 99, British fighter pilot and diplomat, ambassador to Norway (1978–1980).

22^nd: Peter Scolari, 66, American actor (Newhart, Bosom Buddies, Girls), Emmy winner (2016), leukemia.

24^th: Bùi Diễm, 98, Vietnamese diplomat, ambassador of South Vietnam to the United States (1965–1972).

24^th: Erna de Vries, 98, German Holocaust survivor and lecturer.

24^th: James Michael Tyler, 59, American actor (Friends, Motel Blue), prostate cancer.

25^th: Eeileen Romero, 47, Salvadoran politician and disability rights activist, deputy (2018–2021), cardiac arrest.

26^th: Mort Sahl, 94, Canadian-born American comedian and actor (In Love and War, All the Young Men).

28^th: Sir Peter Petrie, 5th Baronet, 89, British diplomat, ambassador to Belgium (1985–1989).

30^th: Ado Campeol, 93, Italian restaurateur, co-inventor of tiramisu.

30^th: Francisco Ou, 81, Taiwanese diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (2008–2009), ambassador to Guatemala (1990–1996, 2002–2008) and Nicaragua (1984–1985), pneumonia.

31^st: Dame Catherine Tizard, 90, New Zealand politician, governor-general (1990–1996), mayor of Auckland City (1983–1990).

November

4^th: Francis Huré, 105, French World War II Resistance member, diplomat, and writer.

6^th: Peter Aykroyd, 65, Canadian comedian (Saturday Night Live) and actor (Coneheads, Nothing but Trouble), sepsis.

7^th: Dean Stockwell, 85, American actor (Quantum Leap, Married to the Mob, Paris, Texas).

8^th: Annette Chalut, 97, French World War II Resistance member.

11^th: F. W. de Klerk, 85, South African politician, state president (1989–1994), deputy president (1994–1996) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1993), mesothelioma.

11^th: Winter, 16, American dolphin with a prosthetic tail, subject of Dolphin Tale.

13^th: John Pearson, 91, British author (The Life of Ian Fleming, James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007).

14^th: Georgiy Roedov, 82, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Laos (1990–1993) and Kyrgyzstan (1997–2002).

17^th: Igor Savochkin, 58, Russian actor (Night Watch, Admiral, Leviathan) and television presenter.

18^th: Erhard Stenzel, 96, German political activist and French Resistance member.

18^th: Ardeshir Zahedi, 93, Iranian politician and diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (1966–1971), ambassador to the U.K. (1962–1966) and U.S. (twice), COVID-19 and pneumonia.

19^th: Veikko Kasslin, 102, Finnish road racing cyclist and Schutzstaffel officer during World War II.

20^th: Valery Garkalin, 67, Russian actor (Katala, Tsar Ivan the Terrible, Shirli-myrli), COVID-19.

21^st: Marcella LeBeau, 102, American Lakota politician, nurse and World War II veteran.

21^st: Jean-Pierre Schumacher, 97, French monk, survivor of the Tibhirine massacre.

24^th: Yvonne Wilder, 84, American actress (West Side Story, Seems Like Old Times).

25^th: Charles Moose, 68, American author and police officer (D.C. sniper attacks), chief of the Montgomery County Police Department (1999–2003).

26^th: Stephen Sondheim, 91, American composer and lyricist (West Side Story, Company, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street), nine-time Tony winner.

27^th: Eddie Mekka, 69, American actor (Laverne & Shirley, Blansky's Beauties, Catch Me If You Can).

27^th: Wilf Oldham, 101, British World War II veteran (Operation Market Garden).

28^th: Norodom Ranariddh, 77, Cambodian politician and law academic, prime minister (1993–1997), president (1998–2006) and twice-member of the National Assembly.

December

1^st: Petr Uhl, 80, Czech journalist, activist and politician, member of the Federal Assembly (1990–1992).

3^rd: Edward Shames, 99, American Army colonel, last surviving officer of Easy Company.

5^th: Bob Dole, 98, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1961–1969), Senate (1969–1996), and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, lung cancer.

6^th: Kåre Willoch, 93, Norwegian politician, prime minister (1981–1986), MP (1958–1989) and minister of trade (1963, 1965–1970).

7^th: Mustafa Ben Halim, 100, Libyan politician, prime minister (1954–1957) and minister of foreign affairs (1954–1956).

9^th: Otar Patsatsia, 92, Georgian politician, prime minister (1993–1995), COVID-19.

9^th: Larry Sellers, 72, American actor (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman).

9^th: Peter Spoden, 100, German Luftwaffe fighter pilot.

10^th: Michael Nesmith, 78, American musician (The Monkees) and songwriter ("Different Drum", "Joanne"), Grammy winner (1982), heart failure.

10^th: Ken Osinde, 59, Kenyan diplomat, ambassador to Germany (2010–2014).

10^th: Tyler E. Stovall, 67, American historian, president of the American Historical Association (2017).

11^th: Mel Lastman, 88, Canadian politician, mayor of North York (1973–1997) and Toronto (1998–2003).

11^th: Anne Rice, 80, American author (The Vampire Chronicles), complications from a stroke.

19^th: Carlos Marín, 53, German-born Spanish singer (Il Divo), COVID-19.

19^th: Ed van Thijn, 87, Dutch politician, MP (1967–1983), minister of the interior (1981–1982, 1994), mayor of Amsterdam (1983–1994).

19^th: Sally Ann Howes, 91, English actress (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Brigadoon, The Admirable Crichton) and singer.

25^th: Princess Maryam Begum, 85, Afghan princess.

25^th: Richard Marcinko, 81, American naval officer, commander of SEAL Team Six (1980–1983).

26^th: Karolos Papoulias, 92, Greek politician, president (2005–2015), deputy (1977–2004) and minister of foreign affairs (1985–1989, 1993–1996).

26^th: Desmond Tutu, 90, South African Anglican prelate and civil rights activist, bishop of Johannesburg (1985–1986) and archbishop of Cape Town (1986–1996), Nobel Prize laureate (1984).

26th: Gary B. Beikirch, 74, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.

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