Deaths in 2024
The following notable deaths occurred in 2024. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
December
7
6
- Angela Alvarez, 97, Cuban-born American singer.[1]
- Vitaliy Dyrdyra, 86, Ukrainian sailor, Olympic champion (1972).[2]
- Jayabharathi, 77, Indian film director (Kudisai, Rendum Rendum Anju, Kurukshetram).[3]
- Canaan Mdletshe, 68–69, South African politician, MP (2024), traffic collision.[4]
- Phelekezela Mphoko, 84, Zimbabwean diplomat and politician, second vice-president (2014–2017) and acting president (2017).[5]
- Miho Nakayama, 54, Japanese singer ("C", "You're My Only Shinin' Star") and actress (Love Letter).[6]
- Madhukar Pichad, 83, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (1980–2014).[7]
- Dickie Rock, 88, Irish singer.[8]
- Elaine Smith, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (2002–2020).[9] (death announced on this date)
- Maggie Tabberer, 87, Australian model and television personality.[10]
- José de la Torre, 37, Spanish actor (Toy Boy).[11] (death announced on this date)
- Stanisław Tym, 87, Polish actor (The Cruise), comedian and journalist (Wprost, Polityka).[12]
5
- Thom Christopher, 84, American actor (One Life to Live, Loving, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century).[13]
- Cyril Dunne, 83, Irish Gaelic footballer (Galway).[14]
- Hiroshi Kagawa, 99, Japanese Hall of Fame footballer and journalist (Sankei Sports).[15]
- Rodney Jenkins, 80, American equestrian.[16]
- Bill Melton, 79, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).[17]
- Radovan Pankov, 77–78, Serbian politician, minister of the diaspora (1994–1998).[18]
- Paolo Pillitteri, 84, Italian politician, deputy (1983–1987, 1992–1994) and mayor of Milan (1986–1992).[19]
- Jacques Roubaud, 92, French poet, writer, and mathematician.[20]
- István Stefanov, 60, Hungarian footballer (Csepel SC, Budapest Honvéd, Békéscsaba).[21] (death announced on this date)
- David I. Steinberg, 96, American historian.[22]
- Andy Stepp, 66, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (since 2024).[23]
- Mario Tessuto, 81, Italian singer ("Lisa dagli occhi blu").[24]
- Evgeny Velikhov, 89, Russian physicist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[25]
- John Williams, 78, South African rugby player (Northern Transvaal, national team) and coach, leukemia.[26]
4
- Princess Birgitta of Sweden, 87, Swedish royal.[27]
- Eugenio Borgna, 94, Italian psychiatrist and essayist.[28]
- M. R. Chandrasekharan, 95, Indian literary critic and author.[29]
- Chiung Yao, 86, Taiwanese novelist (Fire and Rain, Wan-chun's Three Loves), suicide.[30]
- Kamran Hossain Chowdhury, 72, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1988–1990), heart disease.[31]
- Tony Clarke, 80, Canadian anti-free trade activist.[32]
- John Docherty, 84, Scottish football player (Brentford) and manager (Millwall, Cambridge United).[33] (death announced on this date)
- Guillermo Ferraro, 69, Argentine accountant and politician, minister of infrastructure (2023–2024).[34]
- Al Fitzmorris, 78, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals).[35]
- Joel Flaum, 88, American jurist, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (since 1983) and the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois (1974–1983).[36]
- Roly Horrey, 81, English footballer (York City, Cambridge United, Blackburn Rovers).[37]
- Yvonne Johnson, 82, American politician, mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina (2007–2009).[38]
- Lucien Kassi-Kouadio, 61, Ivorian footballer (Montceau, Cannes, national team).[39]
- Heikki Koski, 84, Finnish civil servant and politician, minister of the interior (1975), governor of Western Finland (1997–2003).[40] (death announced on this date)
- Dante Mircoli, 77, Italian-Argentine football player (Independiente, Estudiantes de La Plata, Sampdoria) and manager.[41]
- Seiichi Ota, 79, Japanese politician, MP (1980–2003, 2005–2009) and minister of agriculture (2008).[42]
- Rafał Piotrowski, 50, Polish footballer (Pogoń Szczecin, Stal Mielec).[43]
- Péter Rózsás, 81, Hungarian table tennis player.[44] (death announced on this date)
- Ambroise Sarr, 73, Senegalese four-time Olympic wrestler.[45]
- Milan Sládek, 86, Slovak mime, choreographer and theatre director.[46] (death announced on this date)
- Brian Thompson, 50, American insurance executive, CEO of UnitedHealthcare (since 2021), shot.[47]
- Trần Anh Khoa, 33, Vietnamese footballer (SHB Da Nang), suicide.[48]
- Jean-Didier Vincent, 89, French neuropsychiatrist, member of the French Academy of Sciences.[49]
- Tony Young, 71, English footballer (Manchester United, Charlton Athletic, York City).[50] (death announced on this date)
3
- Ivor Bird, 80, Antiguan high jumper and broadcasting executive.[51]
- Benjamin B. Blackburn, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1967–1975).[52]
- Henze Boekhout, 77, Dutch artist and photographer.[53] (death announced on this date)
- Henri Borlant, 97, French doctor, writer, and Holocaust survivor.[54]
- Denis Brihat, 96, French photographer.[55]
- René Burkhalter, 90, Swiss Olympic official, president of the Swiss Olympic Association (1997–2001).[56] (death announced on this date)
- John Stephen Cummins, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Sacramento (1974–1977) and bishop of Oakland (1977–2003).[57]
- Dana Dimel, 62, American college football player and coach (Wyoming Cowboys, Houston Cougars, UTEP Miners).[58]
- Frederick Henry, 81, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of London (1986–1995), bishop of Thunder Bay (1995–1998) and of Calgary (1998–2017).[59]
- Huang Zhun, 98, Chinese composer.[60]
- Ali Krasniqi, 71–72, Kosovar Roma writer and activist.[61]
- Beatriz Larrotcha Palma, 65, Spanish diplomat.[62]
- Minny Luimstra-Albeda, 89, Dutch politician, senator (1992–1999).[63]
- Jon McLachlan, 75, New Zealand rugby player (Auckland, national team).[64]
- Yastur-ul-Haq Malik, 92, Pakistani admiral, chief of the Naval Staff (1988–1991).[65]
- Ecaterina Oancia, 70, Romanian rower, Olympic champion (1984) and silver medallist (1988).[66]
- Jan Scott-Frazier, 59, American translator and anime producer.[67]
- Rudolf Stärz, 78, Czech actor (Dobrodružství kriminalistiky, Bathory).[68]
- Tan Howe Liang, 91, Singaporean weightlifter, Olympic silver medallist (1960).[69]
- Mohamed Ali Yusuf, 80, Somali politician, vice president of Puntland (2004–2005) and speaker of the Senate (2021–2022).[70]
- Mustapha Zaari, 79, Moroccan actor (The Hyena's Sun, Chroniques blanches), prostate cancer.[71]
2
- Ömer Barutçu, 82, Turkish politician, minister of transport (1996–1997) and MP (1977–1980, 1987–2002).[72]
- Ed Botterell, 93, Canadian Olympic sailor (1964).[73]
- Lucjan Brychczy, 90, Polish football player (Legia Warsaw, national team) and manager (Legia Warsaw).[74]
- Louise Cotnoir, 75, Canadian writer.[75]
- Swadesh Chakraborty, 80, Indian politician, MP (1999–2009).[76]
- Helmut Duckadam, 65, Romanian footballer (UTA Arad, Steaua București, national team).[77]
- Sam Fox, 95, American businessman and diplomat, ambassador to Belgium (2007–2009).[78]
- Neale Fraser, 91, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player, seven-time Davis Cup winner.[79]
- Paulo Giardini, 62, Brazilian actor.[80]
- Héctor Gutiérrez Pabón, 87, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Cali (1987–1998), bishop of Chiquinquirá (1998–2003) and of Engativá (2003–2015).[81]
- Marie E. Howe, 85, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1965–1988).[82]
- Harald Hudak, 67, German middle-distance runner.[83]
- Yevgeni Kryukov, 61, Russian football player (Kuzbass Kemerovo, Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don, Zhemchuzhina-Sochi) and manager.[84]
- Eli Lancman, 88, Israeli historian.[85]
- Liu Chia-chang, 81 or 84, Taiwanese songwriter ("Ode to the Republic of China", "The Plum Blossom"), cancer.[86]
- Manu Padmanabhan Nair, Indian film producer (10 Kalpanakal).[87]
- Debbie Mathers, 69, American author (My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem), complications from lung cancer.[88]
- Marlos Nobre, 85, Brazilian composer.[89]
- Don Ohl, 88, American basketball player (Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets, Atlanta Hawks).[90]
- José Pinto Paiva, 86, Brazilian chess player.[91]
- Albert Robinson, 85, American politician, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives (1972–1985, 1987–1989) and two-time member of the Kentucky Senate.[92]
- Michael Ruetz, 84, German artist, photographer and author.[93]
- Giovanni Sabbatucci, 80, Italian journalist and historian.[94]
- Choudhary Piara Singh, Indian politician, Jammu and Kashmir MLA (1996–2002).[95]
- Israel Vázquez, 46, Mexican super bantamweight boxer, IBF champion and twice WBC champion, sarcoma.[96]
1
- Fahad Ag Almahmoud, Malian Tuareg militant, secretary-general of GATIA (2014–2023), airstrike.[97]
- Khalil Ahmad, 67–68, Pakistani politician, MNA (2002–2007), heart attack.[98]
- Vinci Vogue Anžlovar, 61, Slovenian film director, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[99]
- Niels Arestrup, 75, French actor (The Beat That My Heart Skipped, A Prophet, War Horse).[100]
- Jacques Barsamian, 81, French singer, writer, and journalist.[101]
- Alioune Badara Bèye, 79, Senegalese novelist, playwright and publisher.[102]
- Gjorgji Bojadžiev, 74, Macedonian army officer, chief of the general staff (2004–2005).[103]
- Sir Richard Carew Pole, 13th Baronet, 85, British aristocrat.[104]
- Mildred C. Crump, 86, American politician, member of the Municipal Council of Newark (1994–1998, 2006–2021).[105]
- Crescenzo D'Amore, 45, Italian road racing cyclist, traffic collision.[106]
- Syed Ali Hassan Gilani, 50, Pakistani politician, MNA (2014–2018), traffic collision.[107]
- Terry Griffiths, 77, Welsh snooker player, world champion (1979), complications from dementia.[108]
- Fred Jüssi, 89, Estonian biologist, nature writer and photographer.[109]
- Samantha Lawrence, 55, British musician (Wee Papa Girl Rappers).[110]
- Rogério Cezar de Cerqueira Leite, 93, Brazilian physicist and engineer.[111]
- Raj Manchanda, 79, Indian squash player.[112]
- Christa Meier, 82, German politician, member of the Landtag of Bavaria (1978–1990), mayor of Regensburg (1990–1996).[113]
- Toshifumi Nakamura, 85, Japanese politician, mayor of Hachinohe (2001–2005).[114]
- Jacques Panciatici, 76, French rally driver.[115]
- Kelly Powers, 45, American podiatric surgeon and television commentator (Fox News), glioblastoma.[116]
- David Prosser Jr., 81, American jurist and politician, justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (1998–2016) and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1979–1997), cancer.[117]
- Ian Redpath, 83, Australian cricketer (Victoria, national team).[118]
- Sandra Reyes, 49, Colombian actress (La Mujer del Presidente, Pedro el escamoso, El cartel), breast cancer.[119]
- Craig Rich, 86, British broadcaster and meteorologist.[120]
- Artur Trendak, 64, Polish autogyro designer and manufacturer (Trendak Tercel).[121]
- Rosalie Wilkins, Baroness Wilkins, 78, British politician, member of the House of Lords (1999–2015).[122]
- Ilke Wyludda, 55, German discus thrower, Olympic champion (1996).[123]
- Kais al-Zubaidi, 85, Iraqi film director (The Visit).[124]
Previous months
References
- ^ Angela Alvarez, Nonagenarian Winner of the 2022 Latin Grammy for Best New Artist, Dies at 97
- ^ В возрасте 86 лет умер золотой медалист ОИ-1972 в парусном спорте Виталий Дырдыра (in Russian)
- ^ Tamil alternate genre film director 'Kudisai' Jayabharathi no more
- ^ MK leader dies after late-night drive from polls
- ^ Former Zimbabwean Vice President Mphoko Dies at 84
- ^ Japanese actress Miho Nakayama passes away at 54, leaving a legacy of stardom
- ^ भाजपचे ज्येष्ठ नेते मधुकर पिचड यांचे निधन:वयाच्या 84 व्या वर्षी घेतला अखेरचा श्वास, सलग 7 वेळा राहिले आमदार (in Marathi)
- ^ Irish singer Dickie Rock dies aged 88
- ^ Idaho Democrats announce the death of former Pocatello legislator Elaine Smith
- ^ ‘An icon in every sense of the word’: Maggie Tabberer dies, aged 87
- ^ È morto José de la Torre, era Ivan nella serie Netflix Toy Boy (in Italian)
- ^ Zmarł Stanisław Tym. Wielka postać polskiej kultury, aktor, satyryk, felietonista „Polityki” (in Polish)
- ^ Thom Christopher, ‘One Life to Live’ Actor, Dies at 84
- ^ Galway great Cyril Dunne dies aged 83
- ^ 世界最年長のサッカージャーナリスト、賀川浩さんが99歳で死去 元大阪サンスポ編集局長 (in Japanese)
- ^ Rodney Jenkins Dies At 80
- ^ Former White Sox star, broadcaster Bill Melton dies at 79
- ^ Uumro Radovan Pankov Bio je član SPS, ministar i potpredsednik Skupštine Srbije: Doživeo strašnu porodičnu tragediju (in Serbian)
- ^ Paolo Pillitteri è morto: fu sindaco di Milano dal 1986 al 1992. Oggi avrebbe compiuto 84 anni (in Italian)
- ^ Le poète mathématicien Jacques Roubaud en 2014 dans “Télérama” : “L’Oulipo, c’était à la fois très sérieux et un peu dingue” (in French)
- ^ Gyász: 60 évesen elhunyt a Honvéd egykori kupagyőztes középpályása (in Hungarian)
- ^ David Steinberg, prominent expert on Myanmar, dies at 96 (subscription required)
- ^ Calhoun County lawmaker Andy Stepp dies at 66
- ^ È morto Mario Tessuto, il cantante di Lisa dagli occhi blu. Aveva 81 anni (in Italian)
- ^ Биография физика Евгения Велихова (in Russian)
- ^ John Williams, the first Springbok coach post-isolation, has died
- ^ Prinsessan Birgitta är död (in Swedish)
- ^ Morto Eugenio Borgna, insieme a Basaglia ha rivoluzionato la psichiatria (in Italian)
- ^ സാഹിത്യ നിരൂപകന് എംആര് ചന്ദ്രശേഖരന് അന്തരിച്ചു (in Malayalam)
- ^ 《還珠格格》作家瓊瑤淡水住處輕生 享壽86歲 (in Chinese)
- ^ Ex-MP Kamran Hossain Chowdhury passes away
- ^ Tony Clarke, renowned advocate for water justice and social equity, dies at 80
- ^ John Docherty
- ^ Murió Guillermo Ferraro, exministro de Infraestructura del Gobierno de Milei (in Spanish)
- ^ Original Royal Al Fitzmorris passes away at 78
- ^ Passing of Circuit Judge Joel M. Flaum
- ^ Roly Horrey 1943–2024
- ^ Former Greensboro mayor, city council member Yvonne Johnson dead at 82
- ^ Le football ivoirien en deuil : Décès de Lucien Kassi-Kouadio (in French)
- ^ Alkon entinen pääjohtaja Heikki Koski on kuollut (in Finnish)
- ^ Dolor en el fútbol: murió el Tano Mírcoli, el multicampeón con Independiente que protagonizó una inolvidable jugada con Johan Cruyff (in Spanish)
- ^ 元農相の太田誠一氏が死去、７９歳 (in Japanese)
- ^ Nie żyje Rafał Piotrowski. Miał 50 lat. Tragiczne wieści ze Szczecina (in Polish)
- ^ Elhunyt az Európa-bajnok asztaliteniszező, mesteredző, Rózsás Péter (in Hungarian)
- ^ Décès de l'ancien sélectionneur national de lutte, Ambroise Sarr à l'âge de 73 ans (in French)
- ^ World-famous Mime Milan Sladek Dies Aged 86
- ^ UnitedHealthcare’s CEO is shot and killed outside a New York City hotel, AP source says
- ^ Cựu cầu thủ Đà Nẵng, Trần Anh Khoa tự vẫn (in Vietnamese)
- ^ Le professeur girondin Jean-Didier Vincent, pionnier des neurosciences, est décédé (in French)
- ^ Man Utd saddened by loss of former player Tony Young
- ^ Antiguan media pioneer Ivor Bird passes away
- ^ Benjamin Bentley Blackburn
- ^ Henze Boekhout overleden. Maakte naam met foto’s van vliegtuigen en passagiers. ‘Het ging me om het precaire moment van loskomen’ (in Dutch)
- ^ Henri Borlant, ancien déporté et «figure de la mémoire de la Shoah», est mort (in French)
- ^ Monsieur Denis Brihat Photographe (in French)
- ^ René Burkhalter dies at 90
- ^ Bishop John Stephen Cummins †
- ^ Illinois Assistant Coach Dana Dimel Passes Away
- ^ The Most Reverend Frederick Henry
- ^ 视频 | 98岁黄准去世，听她最后一次唱响《娘子军连歌》 (in Chinese)
- ^ Umro Alija Krasnići (in Serbian)
- ^ Beatriz Larrotcha, la diplomática que ordenaba el mundo (in Spanish)
- ^ Oud-senator Minny Luimstra-Albeda (CDA) overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ Jon Stanley McLachlan
- ^ Ex-naval chief Admiral Yastur-ul-Haq Malik passes away in Lahore
- ^ S-a stins din viață Ecaterina Oancia, campioana olimpică din anii '80 (in Romanian)
- ^ Anime Industry Veteran Jan Scott-Frazier Dies at 59
- ^ Zemřel Rudolf Stärz, zahrál si v Dobrodružství kriminalistiky i Postřižinách (in Czech)
- ^ Tan Howe Liang, Singapore’s first Olympic medallist, dies at 91
- ^ Former Puntland Vice President and Senator Mohamed Ali Yusuf “Gaagaab” Passes Away in Istanbul, Aged 80
- ^ Moroccan Actor Mustapha Zaari Dies at 79
- ^ Eski Devlet Bakanı Ömer Barutçu hayatını kaybetti (in Turkish)
- ^ Eight Bells - Ed Botterell: Another Legend Gone - Sailing in Canada
- ^ Nie żyje legenda polskiej piłki. W wieku 90 lat zmarł Lucjan Brychczy (in Polish)
- ^ La poète Louise Cotnoir n’est plus (in French)
- ^ সিপিএমের প্রাক্তন সাংসদ স্বদেশ চক্রবর্তী প্রয়াত, মেয়র থাকাকালীন উন্নয়ন হাওড়ায় (in Bengali)
- ^ Romanian football loses 'heroic' goalkeeper Duckadam
- ^ Sam Fox, self-made entrepreneur, civic leader and former U.S. Ambassador, dies at 95
- ^ Neale Fraser, Australian 19-time tennis major winner, dies aged 91
- ^ Morre o ator Paulo Giardini, aos 62 anos, vítima de um AVC (in Portuguese)
- ^ Bishop Héctor Luis Gutiérrez Pabón †
- ^ Marie E. Howe obituary
- ^ Trauer um Harald Hudak (in German)
- ^ В Сочи ушел из жизни известный футболист и тренер Евгений Крюков (in Russian)
- ^ סידורי הלוויה ושבעה - אלי לנצמן (in Hebrew)
- ^ 劉家昌病逝／劉家昌傳香港癌逝「享壽81歲」 大兒子低調不願回應 (in Chinese)
- ^ Film producer Manu Padmanabhan Nair passes away during his bus journey
- ^ Debbie Nelson, Eminem's Mother, Dies at 69
- ^ Morre compositor pernambucano Marlos Nobre, aos 85 anos (in Portuguese)
- ^ Edwardsville's Don Ohl, a five-time NBA All-Star, passes away at 88
- ^ Morre em Salvador o bicampeão brasileiro de xadrez Pinto Paiva (in Portuguese)
- ^ Former state lawmaker Albert Robinson dies
- ^ Berliner Fotograf Michael Ruetz gestorben (in German)
- ^ Morto Giovanni Sabbatucci, storico dell'«anomalia italiana» (in Italian)
- ^ Former MLA Ch Piara Singh Passes Away, Community Mourns a Respected Leader
- ^ Mexican boxing star Israel 'El Magnífico' Vázquez dies at age 46
- ^ Mali announces killing of senior rebel commander in drone strike
- ^ JUIN ex-minister passes away
- ^ Umrl je Vinci Vogue Anžlovar (in Slovene)
- ^ L’acteur Niels Arestrup est mort (in French)
- ^ Décès de Jacques Barsamian (in French)
- ^ Alioune Badara Beye (in French)
- ^ Тажна вест: Почина генерал-мајор Ѓорѓи Бојаџиев, поранешен Началник на Генералштабот на Армијата (in Macedonian)
- ^ Carew Pole (subscription required)
- ^ Mildred Crump, longtime Newark councilwoman, dies at 86
- ^ Crescenzo D’Amore è morto a 45 anni, l’ex campione del mondo di ciclismo vittima di un incidente in auto (in Italian)
- ^ Ex-MNA Makhdoom Ali Hassan Gillani dies in road accident in Uch Sharif
- ^ Former snooker world champion Terry Griffiths dies after lengthy battle with dementia
- ^ Zoologist and nature promoter Fred Jüssi dies
- ^ Wee Papa Girl Rappers singer dies aged 55
- ^ Rogério Cerqueira Leite, um dos maiores cientistas brasileiros, morre aos 93 anos (in Portuguese)
- ^ Manchanda was an Asian Championships medallist and a six-time national champion
- ^ Große Sozialdemokratin ist tot: Regensburgs frühere Oberbürgermeisterin Christa Meier verstorben (in German)
- ^ 元八戸市長の中村寿文さんが死去 東北新幹線開業後の広域観光振興や市町村合併などに尽力 (in Japanese)
- ^ Disparitition de Jacques Panciatici (1948-2024) (in French)
- ^ Dr Kelly Powers, Fox News commentator dies, aged 45
- ^ David Prosser, who served as Wisconsin Assembly speaker and as a state Supreme Court justice, dies
- ^ Former Australia opener Ian Redpath dies aged 83
- ^ Falleció la actriz colombiana Sandra Reyes (in Spanish)
- ^ BBC's first regional weather forecaster dies after 'amazing life'
- ^ Z ogromnym smutkiem żegnamy Artura Trendaka (in Polish)
- ^ Baroness Wilkins
- ^ Olympiasiegerin Ilke Wyludda gestorben (in German)
- ^ توفى منذ ساعات.. من هو المخرج العراقي قيس الزبيدي؟ (تقرير) (in Arabic)