Chronology of Notable Deaths

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


2021

January 1
  • Death of Dame Elmira Minita Gordon, 1st Governor-General of Belize (born 1930). [1420]
January 2
  • Death of Modibo Keita, 8th Prime Minister of Mali (born 1942). [1420]
  • Death of Michael McKevitt, Irish republican paramilitary leader (born 1949). [1420]
January 11
  • Death of Sheldon Adelson of complications from non-Hodgkins lymphoma at age 87; founder of casino operator Las Vegas Sands. [1385.4] [1420]
January 20
  • Death of Justin Lekhanya, Chairman of the Military Council of Lesotho (born 1938). [1420]
February 1
  • Death of Edward Babiuch, 5th Prime Minister of the Polish People's Republic (born 1927). [1420]
February 2
  • Death of Fausta Morganti, former Captain Regent of San Marino (born 1944). [1420]
February 9
  • Death of Armando Corea AKA Chick Corea at age 79; American pianist (Miles Davis), composer, pioneer of jazz fusion (Return to Forever band, "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" song (1973), "Spain" song (1973), 23 Grammy awards). [1420] [1599.74]
February 14
  • Death of Carlos Menem at age 90; 44th President of Argentina (born 1930). [1420] [1599.29]
February 16
  • Death of Gustavo Noboa, 42nd President of Ecuador (born 1937). [1420]
February 22
  • Luca Attanasio, the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is murdered near Goma. [1420]
February 24
  • Death of N'Singa Udjuu, First State Commissioner of Zaire (born 1934). [1420]
February 25
  • Death of Sir Michael Somare, 1st Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (born 1936). [1420]
March 10
  • Death of Hamed Bakayoko, 11th Prime Minister of Ivory Coast (born 1965). [1420]
  • Death of Ali Mahdi Muhammad, 4th President of Somalia (born 1939). [1420]
  • Death of Manuel Saturnino da Costa, 6th Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (born 1942). [1420]

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March 12
  • Death of Goodwill Zwelithini, king of the Zulu nation (born 1948). [1420]
March 16
  • Death of Moudud Ahmed, 7th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (born 1940). [1420]
March 17
  • Death of John Magufuli, 5th President of Tanzania (born 1959). [1420]
March 28
  • Death of Didier Ratsiraka, 3rd President of Madagascar (born 1936). [1420]
March 29
  • Death of Bashkim Fino, 29th Prime Minister of Albania (born 1962). [1420]
March 31
  • Death of Kamal Ganzouri, 46th Prime Minister of Egypt (born 1933). [1420]
April 9
  • Death of Prince Philip Montbatten, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1921). [1420] [1838.9]
April 14
  • Death of Yildirim Akbulut, 20th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1935). [1420]
April 19
  • Death of Walter Mondale, 42nd Vice President of the United States (born 1928). [1420]
April 20
  • Death of Idriss Déby, 6th President of Chad (born 1952). [1420]
April 28
  • Death of Federico Salas, 136th Prime Minister of Peru (born 1950). [1420]
May 4
  • Death of Simon Achidi Achu, 6th Prime Minister of Cameroon (born 1934). [1420]
May 7
  • Death of Hubert Hughes, 5th and 7th Premier of Anguilla (born 1933). [1420]
May 8
  • Death of Lee Han-dong, 33rd Prime Minister of South Korea (born 1934). [1420]
May 27
  • Death of Poul Schlüter, 22nd Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1929). [1420]
May 29
  • Death of Gavin Macleod, actor (Captain Merrill Stubing - The Love Boat). [339]
June 1
  • Death of Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (born 1943). [1420]
June 3
  • Death of Sir Anerood Jugnauth, 2nd Prime Minister and 4th President of Mauritius (born 1930). [1420]
June 14
  • Death of Enrique Bolaños, 29th President of Nicaragua (born 1928). [1420]
June 17
  • Death of Kenneth Kaunda, 1st President of Zambia (born 1924). [1420]
June 24
  • Death of Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines (born 1960). [1420]
  • Death of Tr?n Thi?n Khiêm, 7th Prime Minister of South Vietnam and army officer (born 1925). [1420]
June 26
  • Death of Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1929). [1420]
June 30
  • Death of Bonfoh Abass, Acting President of Togo (born 1948). [1420]
July 6
  • Death of Patrick John, 1st Prime Minister of Dominica (born 1938). [1420]
July 7
  • Death of Jovenel Moïse, assassinated by Colombian mercenaries; 42nd President of Haiti. [1420] [1533.76]
July 9
  • Death of Frank Lui, 3rd Premier of Niue (born 1935). [1420]
July 14
  • Death of Mamnoon Hussain, 12th President of Pakistan (born 1940). [1420]
July 19
  • Death of Arturo Armando Molina, 36th President of El Salvador (born 1927). [1420]
July 22
  • Death of Boris Chochiev, Acting Prime Minister of South Ossetia (born 1957). [1420]
August 3
  • Death of Arthur Dion Hanna, 7th Governor-General of the Bahamas (born 1928). [1420]
August 5
  • Death of Yevhen Marchuk, 4th Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1941). [1420]
August 9
  • Death of Sir Lester Bird, 2nd Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1938). [1420]
August 14
  • Death of Carlos Correia, 5th Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau (born 1933). [1420]
August 15
  • Death of Abdelhamid Brahimi, 3rd Prime Minister of Algeria (born 1936). [1420]
August 17
  • Death of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (born 1973). [1420]
August 21
  • Death of Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (born 1940). [1420]
August 24
  • Death of Hissène Habré, 1st Prime Minister and 5th President of Chad (born 1942). [1420]
August 25
  • Death of Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini, 7th Prime Minister of Yemen (born 1932). [1420]
August 29
  • Death of Jacques Rogge, Belgian Olympic sailor and 8th President of the International Olympic Committee (born 1942). [1420]
September 1
  • Death of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Kashmiri separatist leader (born 1929). [1420]
September 5
  • Death of Äivko RadiÜic, 2nd Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1937). [1420]
September 10
  • Death of Charles Konan Banny, 6th Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast (born 1942). [1420]
  • Death of Jorge Sampaio, 18th President of Portugal (born 1939). [1420]
September 13
  • Death of Borisav Jovic, 12th President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (born 1928). [1420]
September 16
  • Death of Silas Atopare, 7th Governor-General of Papua New Guinea (born 1951). [1420]
  • Death of Casimir Oyé-Mba, 3rd Prime Minister of Gabon (born 1942). [1420]
September 17
  • Death of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 7th President of Algeria (born 1937). [1420]
September 21
  • Death of Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Egyptian field marshal, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (born 1935). [1420]
September 22
  • Death of Abdelkader Bensalah, Acting Head of State of Algeria (born 1941). [1420]
September 29
  • Death of Ravil Isyanov at age 59 of cancer; actor (NCIS: Los Angeles TV show, The Americans TV show). [1586.28]
October 9
  • Death of Abolhassan Banisadr, 1st President of Iran (born 1933). [1420]
October 14
  • Death of Lee Wan-koo, 39th Prime Minister of South Korea (born 1950). [1420]
October 15
  • Death of Madame Nguyen Van Thieu, First Lady of South Vietnam (born 1930) . [1420]
October 17
  • Death of Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai, Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan (born 1944). [1420]
October 18
  • Death of Colin Powell at age 84 of Covid-19; American soldier (four-star general), recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom, national security advisor to President Ronald Reagan, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to President George H.W. Bush, secretary of State to President George W. Bush. [1420] [1586.29]
October 26
  • Death of Roh Tae-woo, 6th President of South Korea (born 1932). [1420]
October 29
  • Death of Clément Mouamba, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo (born 1943). [1420]
October 31
  • Death of Dame Catherine Tizard, 16th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1931). [1420]
November 2
  • Death of Ronnie Wilson at age 73 following a stroke; musician (Gap Band - "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"). [1445.31]
November 4
  • Death of Lionel Blair at age 92; British entertainer (Give Us a Clue TV show). [1584.7]
November 5
  • Death of Marília Mendonça at age 26 in a plane crash in Caratinga, Brazil; singer (Latin Grammy winner). [1584.7]
November 6
  • Death of Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, 12th Prime Minister of Mali (born 1948). [1420]
  • Death of Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Acting Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1933). [1420]
November 11
  • Death of Frederik Willem de Klerk at age 85; President of South Africa. [1407.20] [1410.86] [1420]
November 12
  • Death of Matthew Festing, 79th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (born 1949). [1420]
November 23
  • Death of Chun Doo-hwan at age 90, 5th President of South Korea (1979-1987) (born 1931). [1398.40] [1420]
  • Death of Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (born 1931). [1420]
November 26
  • Death of Stephen Sondheim at age 91; American musical theatre lyricist and composer (Gypsy (1959), Company (1970), Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962)). [1411.90] [1420] [1583.7]
November 27
  • Death of Eddie Mekka at age 69 in Newhall, California, USA; actor (Carmine Raqusa - Laverne & Shirley TV show). [1446.20]
November 28
  • Death of Virgil Abloh at age 41; American fashion designer, creative director for Louis Vuitton and Off-White. [1420] [1583.7]
  • Death of Prince Norodom Ranariddh; 31st Cambodia prime minister. [1420] [1583.7]
  • Death of Sir Frank Williams at age 79; mechanic, British founder of the Williams Formula One motor racing team. [1420] [1583.7]
November 29
  • Death of Kinza Clodumar, 7th President of Nauru (born 1945). [1420]
November 30
  • Death of Chun Doo-hwan at age 90 home in Seoul, Republic of Korea; military dictator of country (1979-1990s). [1583.7]
December 5
  • Death of Bob Dole at age 98 of lung cancer; US Senator (Republican, 27 years), Medal of Freedom recipient. [1446.21]
December 6
  • Death of Kåre Willoch, 30th Prime Minister of Norway (born 1928). [1420]
December 7
  • Death of Mustafa Ben Halim, 3rd Prime Minister of Libya (born 1921). [1420]
December 9
  • Death of Otar Patsatsia, 3rd Prime Minister of Georgia (born 1929). [1420]
  • Death of Demaryius Thomas at age 33 in Roswell, Georgia, USA; football player (NFL wide receiver, Denver Broncos, SuperBowl 2016 winner). [1439.24]
December 10
  • Death of Michael Nesmith of heart failure at age 78; American musician and television personality (The Monkees - Daydream Believer) . [1420] [1439.25]
December 11
  • Death of Anne Rice at age 80 following a stroke in Rancho Mirage, California, USA; American author (Interview With the Vampire). [1420] [1439.24]
December 12
  • Death of Sir Paulias Matane, 8th Governor-General of Papua New Guinea (born 1931). [1420]
  • Death of Vicente Fernández at age 81 following a spinal injury in a fall in Guadalahara, Mexico; Mexican singer and actor (50 albums, 3 Grammy awards, 8 Latin Grammy awards). [1420] [1439.25]
December 15
  • Death of Fayez Tarawneh, 31st Prime Minister of Jordan (born 1949). [1420]
December 19
  • Death of Carlos Marín at age 52 of COVID-19 in Manchester, England; singer (Il Divo). [1513.22]
December 21
  • Death of Sir Carlyle Glean, 5th Governor-General of Grenada (born 1932). [1420]
December 23
  • Death of Joan Didion at age 87 of Parkinson's disease in Manhattan, New York, USA (born 1934); American writer (The Year of Magical Thinking (2005), Blue Nights (2011), Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968), The White Album (1979), Play It As It Lays (1970)) [1420] [1513.23]
  • Death of Grace Mirabelle at age 92; former Vogue magazine editor. [1421.14]
December 25
  • Death of Jean-Marc Vallée at age 58 following a heart attack, outside Quebec City, Canada; filmmaker and screenwriter (Dallas Buyers Club). [1420] [1447.26]
December 26
  • Death of Desmond Tutu at age 90 of cancer; Anglican archbishop (Cape Town, South Africa), writer (No Future Without Forgiveness (1999)), Nobel Peace Price recipient. [1401.66] [1420] [1421.15] [1447.27]
  • Death of Karolos Papoulias, 6th President of Greece (born 1929). [1420]
  • Death of Sarah Weddington at age 76; American lawyer (Roe v. Wade). [1421.14]
December 28
  • Death of Harry Reid at age 82 from pancreatic cancer in Henderson, Nevada, USA; US Senator from Nevada, US Senate majority leader. [1421.17] [1447.26]
  • Death of John Madden at age 85 in Pleasanton, California, USA; American football coach (Oakland Raiders 1969-1978, Super Bowl win 1977), NFL TV commentator (1979-2008, 16 Sports Emmy awards), voice actor (Madden NFL video games). [1421.17] [1447.27]
December 31
  • Death of Betty White at age 99 of natural causes in Los Angeles, California, USA; American actress (Rose Nylund - The Golden Girls TV show, Sue Ann Niven - The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV show, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award), host (Saturday Night Live TV show). [1420] [1421.15] [1447.27]

End of 2021. Next: 2022.

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.
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