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In the year 2021
1,570 Notable deaths
Yegor Ligachev
Soviet politician (1920–2021).
Born November 29th, 1920 in Novosibirsk Oblast. [ref]
Died May 7th, 2021 at 100 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Gerd Lüdemann
German biblical scholar (1946–2021).
Born July 5th, 1946 in Visselhövede.
Died May 23rd, 2021 at 74 years old in Göttingen. [ref]
Alfredo Quintana
Cuban-portuguese handballer.
Born March 20th, 1988 in Havana. [ref]
Died February 26th, 2021 at 32 years old in Porto (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Libero De Rienzo
Italian actor (1977–2021).
Born February 24th, 1977 in Naples.
Died July 15th, 2021 at 44 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction, drug overdose). [ref]
Ennio Doris
Italian businessman (1940-2021).
Born July 3rd, 1940 in Tombolo.
Died November 24th, 2021 at 81 years old in Milan. [ref]
Yu Ying-shih
American china historian (1930-2021).
Born January 22nd, 1930 in Tianjin.
Died August 1st, 2021 at 91 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Budge Patty
Us tennis player (1924–2021).
Born February 11th, 1924 in Fort Smith.
Died October 3rd, 2021 at 97 years old in Lausanne. [ref]
Robert C. Jones
American film editor and screenwriter (1936-2021).
Born March 30th, 1936 in Los Angeles.
Died February 2nd, 2021 at 84 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Azadeh Namdari
Iranian actress and tv host (1984–2021).
Born November 30th, 1984 in Kermanshah.
Died March 27th, 2021 at 36 years old in Tehran. [ref]
Sylvano Bussotti
Italian composer.
Born October 1st, 1931 in Florence.
Died September 19th, 2021 at 89 years old in Milan. [ref]
Sanja Ilic
Serbian singer and composer (1951-2021).
Born March 27th, 1951 in Belgrade.
Died March 7th, 2021 at 69 years old in Belgrade (COVID-19). [ref]
Arturo Armando Molina
Salvadoran politician, president of el salvador between 1972–1977 (1927–2021).
Born August 6th, 1927 in San Salvador.
Died July 19th, 2021 at 93 years old [ref]
Jack Hirschman
American writer.
Born December 13th, 1933 in New York City.
Died August 22nd, 2021 at 87 years old in San Francisco.
Horst Eckel
German association football player (1932–2021).
Born February 8th, 1932 in Vogelbach.
Died December 3rd, 2021 at 89 years old in Landstuhl. [ref]
Hans van Baalen
Dutch politician and mep (1960-2021).
Born June 17th, 1960 in Rotterdam.
Died April 29th, 2021 at 60 years old in Rotterdam. [ref]
Anthony Powell
English costume designer (1935-2021).
Born June 2nd, 1935 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
Died April 16th, 2021 at 85 years old in London. [ref]
Margaret Maron
American crime fiction writer (1938–2021).
Born August 25th, 1938 in Greensboro. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 2021 at 82 years old in Raleigh (stroke). [ref]
Man Kaur
Aged indian athlete.
Born March 1st, 1916 in British Raj.
Died July 31st, 2021 at 105 years old in India (gallbladder cancer).
Mary Beth Edelson
American artist (1933–2021).
Born February 6th, 1933 in East Chicago.
Died April 20th, 2021 at 88 years old in Ocean Grove (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Dimitri Bashkirov
Russian pianist (1931–2021).
Born November 1st, 1931 in Tbilisi.
Died March 7th, 2021 at 89 years old in Moscow, Madrid. [ref]
Elmira Minita Gordon
Governor-general of belize from 1981 to 1993.
Born December 30th, 1930 in Belize City. [ref]
Died January 1st, 2021 at 90 years old in Inglewood. [ref]
Larisa Flamenbaum
Russian politician (1953—2021).
Born January 21st, 1953 in Chadan.
Died June 10th, 2021 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Seamus Deane
Irish writer and critic (1940-2021).
Born February 9th, 1940 in Derry.
Died May 12th, 2021 at 81 years old in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. [ref]
Steve Carver
American film director and producer (1945–2021).
Born April 5th, 1945 in Brooklyn.
Died January 8th, 2021 at 75 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction, COVID-19). [ref]
Cornelius Sim
Catholic bishop (1951–2021).
Born September 16th, 1951 in Seria.
Died May 29th, 2021 at 69 years old in Taipei. [ref]
Deaths 751 to 775 of 1570
Do not fear death. Death is always at our side. When we show fear, it jumps at us faster than light. But, if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity. Laughing Bull