In the year 2021
1,570 Notable deaths
Friederike Mayröcker
Austrian poet (1924–2021).
Born December 20th, 1924 in Vienna.
Died June 4th, 2021 at 96 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan
Armenian general (1939-2021).
Born May 22nd, 1939 in Tbilisi.
Died March 31st, 2021 at 81 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Dani Karavan
Israeli sculptor (1930–2021).
Born December 7th, 1930 in Tel Aviv.
Died May 29th, 2021 at 90 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Volker Lechtenbrink
German actor and singer (1944–2021).
Born August 18th, 1944 in Zelenogradsk. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 2021 at 77 years old in Hamburg (cancer). [ref]
Gene Littles
American basketball player and coach (1943-2021).
Born June 29th, 1943 in Washington, D.C..
Died September 9th, 2021 at 78 years old [ref]
Karan Armstrong
Operatic soprano (1941–2021).
Born December 14th, 1941 in Havre.
Died September 28th, 2021 at 79 years old in Marbella. [ref]
Vasos Lyssarides
Cypriot politician (1920-2021).
Born May 13th, 1920 in Pano Lefkara. [ref]
Died April 26th, 2021 at 100 years old in Nicosia. [ref]
Shlomo Hillel
Israeli diplomat (1923-2021).
Born April 23rd, 1923 in Baghdad.
Died February 8th, 2021 at 97 years old in Ra'anana.
Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik
Israeli rabbi.
Born October 21st, 1921 in Brest.
Died January 31st, 2021 at 99 years old in Jerusalem (COVID-19). [ref]
Fayez al-Tarawneh
Jordanian politician (1949-2021).
Died December 15th, 2021 at 72 years old in Amman (cancer). [ref]
Carlos Holmes Trujillo
Colombian lawyer and politician.
Born September 23rd, 1951 in Cartago Municipality.
Died January 26th, 2021 at 69 years old in Bogotá (COVID-19). [ref]
David H. Gambrell
American politician (1929-2021).
Born December 20th, 1929 in Atlanta.
Died May 6th, 2021 at 91 years old in Atlanta. [ref]
Jaan Kaplinski
Estonian poet, philosopher, translator, politician and culture critic (1941–2021).
Born January 22nd, 1941 in Tartu.
Died August 8th, 2021 at 80 years old [ref]
Mauro Bellugi
Italian footballer (1950–2021).
Born February 7th, 1950 in Buonconvento.
Died February 20th, 2021 at 71 years old in Milan (COVID-19). [ref]
Nikolay Antoshkin
Russian air force colonel general and statesman (1942–2021).
Born December 19th, 1942 in Kuzminovka.
Died January 17th, 2021 at 78 years old in Moscow (COVID-19).
Gottfried Michael Koenig
German-dutch composer, producer and director (1926-2021).
Born October 5th, 1926 in Magdeburg.
Died December 30th, 2021 at 95 years old in Culemborg. [ref]
Franco Cerri
Italian musician (1926–2021).
Born January 29th, 1926 in Milan.
Died October 18th, 2021 at 95 years old in Milan. [ref]
Philip Wilson
Australian roman catholic archbishop (1950–2021).
Born October 2nd, 1950 in Cessnock. [ref]
Died January 17th, 2021 at 70 years old [ref]
Árpád Pusztai
Scientist, researcher.
Born September 8th, 1930 in Budapest.
Died December 17th, 2021 at 91 years old in Aberdeen. [ref]
Luis Ramos
Uruguayan footballer (1939–2021).
Born October 9th, 1939 in Montevideo.
Died March 14th, 2021 at 81 years old in Montevideo. [ref]
Fredi
Finnish singer (1942–2021).
Born July 23rd, 1942 in Mikkeli. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 2021 at 78 years old in Helsinki (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Alexander Stefanovich
Russian film director (1944-2021).
Born December 13th, 1944 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 13th, 2021 at 76 years old in Moscow (COVID-19). [ref]
Luminița Gheorghiu
Romanian actress (1949–2021).
Born September 1st, 1949 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died July 4th, 2021 at 71 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Zlatko Saračević
Croatian handball player (1961–2021).
Born July 5th, 1961 in Banja Luka.
Died February 21st, 2021 at 59 years old in Koprivnica (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Don Kojis
American basketball player.
Born January 15th, 1939 in Milwaukee.
Died November 19th, 2021 at 82 years old in San Diego. [ref]
Deaths 851 to 875 of 1570
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz