In the year 2021
1,567 Notable deaths
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]
Alan Davidson
Australian cricketer (1929–2021).
Born June 14th, 1929 in Lisarow. [ref]
Died October 30th, 2021 at 92 years old in Sydney. [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]
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]
Gerd Lüdemann
German biblical scholar (1946–2021).
Born July 5th, 1946 in Visselhövede.
Died May 23rd, 2021 at 74 years old in Göttingen. [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]
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]
Sylvano Bussotti
Italian composer.
Born October 1st, 1931 in Florence.
Died September 19th, 2021 at 89 years old in Milan. [ref]
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]
Michael R. Clifford
American army officer and astronaut (1952–2021).
Born October 13th, 1952 in San Bernardino.
Died December 28th, 2021 at 69 years old in North Myrtle Beach (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Franco Acosta
Footballer.
Born March 5th, 1996 in Montevideo.
Died March 6th, 2021 at 25 years old in Pando. [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]
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]
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]
Man Kaur
Aged indian athlete.
Born March 1st, 1916 in British Raj.
Died July 31st, 2021 at 105 years old in India (gallbladder cancer).
Geraldo Francisco dos Santos
Brazilian footballer.
Born June 11th, 1962 in Timbaúba.
Died July 29th, 2021 at 59 years old in Los Angeles. [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]
Lars Norén
Swedish playwright, novelist and poet (1944-2021).
Born May 9th, 1944 in Stockholm.
Died January 26th, 2021 at 76 years old in Stockholm (COVID-19). [ref]
Jack Hirschman
American writer.
Born December 13th, 1933 in New York City.
Died August 22nd, 2021 at 87 years old in San Francisco.
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]
Aisha Jummai
Nigerian politician, public servant, lawyer (1959–2021).
Born September 16th, 1959 in Jalingo.
Died May 7th, 2021 at 61 years old
Dale E. Wolf
American politician (1924–2021).
Born September 6th, 1924 in Kearney.
Died March 20th, 2021 at 96 years old in Wilmington. [ref]
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]
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]
Metin Çekmez
Turkish actor (1945–2021).
Born July 26th, 1945 in Istanbul.
Died August 25th, 2021 at 76 years old in Aydın (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 751 to 775 of 1567
Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. Jo Nesbø