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 reference.
May
8
7
- Fabio Gallia, 60, Italian banker, CEO of BNP Paribas (2008–2015).[1]
- Bill Holman, 96, American jazz composer and saxophonist.[2] (death announced on this date)
- Joan Rigol, 81, Spanish politician, president of the parliament of Catalonia (1999–2003), Catalan minister of employment (1980–1984) and culture (1984–1985).[3]
- Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, 88, Polish jazz musician, composer and arranger.[4]
6
- Haerul Amri, 51, Indonesian politician, MP (since 2022), heart attack.[5]
- Kristin Hallenga, 38, English breast cancer awareness activist (CoppaFeel!), breast cancer.[6] (death announced on this date)
- Harikumar, 68, Indian film director (Puli Varunne Puli, Jaalakam, Sukrutham), cancer.[7]
- Hootie Ingram, 90, American football player (Alabama Crimson Tide), coach (Clemson Tigers), and athletic director (Florida State Seminoles).[8]
- Kanakalatha, 63, Indian actress (Pookkaalam, Aakasha Ganga 2, Spadikam), complications from dementia.[9]
- Bernard Pivot, 89, French journalist (Le Figaro) and talk show host (Bouillon de culture), chairman of Académie Goncourt (2014–2020), cancer.[10]
- André Trigano, 98, French camping industry executive and politician, mayor of Pamiers (1995–2020).[11]
- Johnnie Walker, 79, Australian racing driver (Australian Formula 2, Formula 5000).[12]
- Brian Wenzel, 94, Australian actor (A Country Practice, Rove, The Odd Angry Shot).[13]
5
- Belgacem Bouguenna, 61, Tunisian singer and teacher.[14]
- Milagros Cámere, 51, Peruvian Olympic volleyball player (1996, 2000).[15]
- Jeannie Epper, 83, American stuntwoman (Romancing the Stone, Kill Bill: Volume 2, Minority Report).[16]
- Obi Ezeh, 36, American football player (Michigan Wolverines).[17] (death announced on this date)
- Bernard Hill, 79, English actor (The Lord of the Rings, Titanic, Boys from the Blackstuff).[18]
- Phil Hoadley, 72, English footballer (Orient, Norwich City, Crystal Palace).[19]
- Willie Hona, 70, New Zealand Hall of Fame musician (Herbs), pancreatic cancer.[20]
- Jose Kattukkaran, 92, Indian politician, mayor of Thrissur (2000–2004).[21]
- Kelath Aravindakshan Marar, 82, Indian chenda player.[22]
- Olivier Masurel, 42, French aerobatic pilot, plane crash.[23]
- César Luis Menotti, 85, Argentine football player (Rosario Central, national team) and manager (national team), world champion (1978), anemia.[24]
- Ngoy Nsumbu, 51, Congolese footballer (Genk, Maccabi Petah Tikva, national team).[25]
- Oleksandr Pielieshenko, 30, Ukrainian Olympic weightlifter (2016), shot.[26]
- Simona Postlerová, 59, Czech actress (The Territory of White Deer).[27]
- Alexander Reichenberg, 31, Swedish-Norwegian ice hockey player (IK Oskarshamn, Norway national team, 2018 Olympics).[28]
- Robert Zawada, 79, Polish Olympic handball player (1972).[29]
4
- Badr bin Abdul Mohsen Al Saud, 75, Saudi prince and poet.[30]
- Bob Avellini, 70, American football player (Chicago Bears), cancer.[31]
- Mikhail Banshchikov, 75, Russian politician, MP (2007–2011), traffic collision.[32]
- Ignacio Bayón, 80, Spanish politician, minister of industry and energy (1980–1982).[33]
- Dan Castellano, 77, American sportswriter (The Star-Ledger).[34]
- Dagoberto Fontes, 80, Uruguayan footballer (Defensor Sporting, national team).[35]
- Han Zhenxiang, 93, Chinese electrical engineer and academic administrator, president of Zhejiang University (1984–1988) and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[36]
- Narcisa Hirsch, 96, German-born Argentine filmmaker.[37]
- Miroslav Imrich, 71, Czech singer and composer (Abraxas).[38]
- Fivos Ioannides, 88, Greek lawyer and politician, MP (1989–2004).[39]
- Jūrō Kara, 84, Japanese playwright.[40]
- Ron Kavana, 73, Irish singer-songwriter.[41]
- Judith Medlicott, 82, New Zealand lawyer and advocate, New Zealand Mastermind champion (1988), chancellor of the University of Otago (1993–1998).[42]
- David Messina, 92, Italian sports journalist (Tuttosport, Gazzetta dello Sport) and television presenter (Diretta Stadio).[43]
- Carola Miró i Bedós, 58, Spanish teacher, cancer.[44]
- Darius Morris, 33, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers).[45]
- Anna Panagiotopoulou, 76, Greek actress (Safe Sex, Crying... Silicon Tears, Oi Treis Harites), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[46]
- Yechiel Perr, 89, American rabbi.[47]
- Anthony Pascal Rebello, 74, Kenyan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Francistown (since 2021).[48]
- Frank Shrontz, 92, American corporate executive, CEO of Boeing (1986–1996) and assistant secretary of defense for sustainment (1976–1977).[49]
- Frank Stella, 87, American painter, sculptor and printmaker, lymphoma.[50]
- Guilherme Fiúza Zenha, 55, Brazilian film director (O Menino no Espelho), heart attack.[51]
3
- Kazuo Aichi, 86, Japanese politician, director-general of the Defence Agency (1993–1994) and MP (1976–2000, 2005–2009), COVID-19.[52]
- Atul Kumar Anjan, 69, Indian political activist.[53]
- Issam al-Attar, 97, Syrian political dissident (Muslim Brotherhood).[54]
- Tony Bleasdale, 77, Australian politician, mayor of Blacktown (since 2019).[55]
- Géraldine Carré, 54, French journalist and television presenter.[56] (death announced on this date)
- Victor Farrant, 74, English convicted murderer and rapist, cancer.[57]
- Kailash Chandra Gahtori, 55, Indian politician, Uttarakhand MLA (2017–2022).[58]
- László Hammerl, 82, Hungarian sport shooter, Olympic champion (1964).[59] (death announced on this date)
- Avraham Harshalom, 99, Czech-Israeli businessman and Holocaust survivor.[60] (death announced on this date)
- Imerio Massignan, 87, Italian road racing cyclist.[61]
- Jim Mills, 57, American banjo player, heart attack.[62]
- Mustafa Mkulo, 77, Tanzanian economist and politician, MP (2005–2015) and minister of finance (2007–2012).[63]
- Petr Novotný, 72, Czech glass artist.[64] (death announced on this date)
- Jim Rodger, 90, Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Rangers, Queen of the South).[65]
- Sum Ronghang, 61, Indian politician, Assam MLA (2016–2021), multiple organ failure.[66]
- Dick Rutan, 85, American aviator, complications from COVID-19.[67]
- Denis Trento, 41, Italian ski mountaineer, fall.[68]
- Yashwant Trivedi, 89, Indian poet, pneumonia.[69]
- Ján Uličiansky, 68, Slovak playwright, dramaturge and academic.[70]
- Germain Viatte, 84, Canadian-born French art historian and museum curator.[71]
2
- A. J. Mohammad Ali, 73, Bangladeshi lawyer, attorney general (2005–2007).[72]
- Derek Angus, 86, New Zealand politician, MP (1981–1990).[73]
- Bruce Arnold, 87, English journalist and author.[74]
- Josh Baker, 20, English cricketer (Worcestershire).[75]
- Nalin de Silva, 79, Sri Lankan philosopher and political analyst.[76]
- Sjoukje Dijkstra, 82, Dutch figure skater, Olympic champion (1964).[77]
- Gary Floyd, 71, American singer (Dicks, Sister Double Happiness).[78]
- Derek Forster, 75, English footballer (Sunderland, Charlton Athletic, Vancouver Royals).[79]
- Walter Hanel, 93, German political caricaturist.[80] (death announced on this date)
- Ian Hayden, 83, Australian footballer (Richmond).[81]
- Mashrab Kimsanov, 68, Uzbek actor (Sohni Mahiwal).[82]
- David Konstan, 83, American classicist.[83]
- Manca Košir, 76, Slovenian journalist (Nova revija) and actress (Real Pests).[84]
- Praveen Kumar, 28, Indian composer (Raakadhan).[85]
- Edgar Lansbury, 94, British-American theatre producer (The Subject Was Roses), Tony winner (1960).[86]
- Adolpho Lindenberg, 99, Brazilian civil engineer, architect and writer.[87]
- Peter Oosterhuis, 75, English golfer and broadcaster (CBS Sports), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[88]
- John Pisano, 93, American jazz guitarist.[89]
- Tito Steiner, 72, Paraguayan-Argentine Olympic decathlete (1976), pneumonia.[90]
- Eloína Suárez Suárez, 101, Spanish politician, mayor of Oviedo (1978–1979).[91]
- Werner Weinhold, 74, German deserter and convicted murderer.[92]
1
- Hasna El-Bacharia, 74, Algerian musician.[93]
- Chen Junwu, 97, Chinese petroleum engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[94]
- Richard E. Cook, 93, American Mormon general authority, member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy (1997–2001), CFO of Perpetual Education Fund (2001–2012).[95]
- Pierre Claver Damiba, 87, Burkinabè economist and politician, MP (1971–1974, 1978–1980).[96]
- Michael D'Arcy, 90, Irish politician, senator (1993–1997), minister of state of fisheries (1982–1986), and three-times TD.[97]
- Ildefonso Dell'Olmo, 67, Spanish politician and bullfighting arena manager (Plaza de toros de La Malagueta), member of the Andalusian parliament (1990–1994, 1996–2008).[98]
- Danilo Dončić, 54, Serbian football player (Valletta, Sliema Wanderers) and manager (Lokomotiv Sofia), heart attack.[99]
- Dominique Dupuy, 93, French dancer and choreographer.[100]
- Jacques Lepatey, 94, French rugby union player (SC Mazamet, national team).[101]
- Miroslav Macek, 79, Czech politician and writer, MP (1990–1992).[102]
- Richard Maloof, 84, American musician (Les Brown, Lawrence Welk).[103]
- Terry Medwin, 91, Welsh football player (Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, national team) and manager.[104]
- Ian Mellor, 74, English footballer (Manchester City, Brighton, Sheffield Wednesday), amyloidosis.[105]
- Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, 82, Emirati royal and politician, ruler's representative of the Al Ain Region (since 1971).[106]
- Doyle Niemann, 77, American prosecutor, public administrator, and politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (2003–2015).[107]
- Takayasu Okushima, 85, Japanese academic and scouting administrator, president of Hakuoh University (since 2013) and chief scout of the Scout Association of Japan (since 2010), pneumonia.[108]
- Juzefs Petkēvičs, 83, Latvian chess grandmaster.[109]
- Victoria Prego, 75, Spanish journalist (TVE) and television presenter (Telediario).[110]
- Uma Ramanan, 69, Indian playback singer.[111]
- Chauhdry Abdul Rashid, 83, Pakistani-born English politician, lord mayor of Birmingham (2008–2009).[112]
- Joe Shipley, 88, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox).[113]
- Richard Tandy, 76, English Hall of Fame musician (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move).[114]
- Paco Villa, 54, Mexican sports journalist (TUDN), pancreatic cancer.[115]
Previous months
References
- ^ È morto Fabio Gallia, guidò Bnl e la Cdp. Ex ragazzo prodigio della finanza romana, aveva 61 anni (in Italian)
- ^ Le saxophoniste et arrangeur Bill Holman est décédé (in French)
- ^ Mor l'expresident del Parlament Joan Rigol als 81 anys (in Catalan)
- ^ Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski nie żyje (in Polish)
- ^ NasDem Ungkap Anggota DPR Haerul Amri Meninggal Usai Serangan Jantung (in Indonesian)
- ^ CoppaFeel! founder Kris Hallenga dies aged 38 from breast cancer
- ^ Director Harikumar passes away
- ^ Cecil "Hootie" Ingram, the former Alabama football player and AD, dies at 90
- ^ Actress Kanakalatha passes away; death at home in Thiruvananthapuram
- ^ Le présentateur et écrivain Bernard Pivot est mort à l'âge de 89 ans (in French)
- ^ Mort d'André Trigano, ancien maire de Pamiers et député de l'Ariège, à 99 ans (in French)
- ^ Vale: Johnnie Walker
- ^ A Country Practice star Brian Wenzel dead at 94
- ^ Décès de l'artiste Belgacem Bouguenna (in French)
- ^ Falleció Milagros Cámere, campeona sudamericana y 2 veces olímpica con la selección peruana de vóley (in Spanish)
- ^ Jeannie Epper, Legendary ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Romancing the Stone’ Stuntwoman, Dies at 83
- ^ Former Michigan linebacker, Grand Rapids Catholic star, dies at 36
- ^ Bernard Hill: Titanic and Lord of the Rings actor dies
- ^ Phil Hoadley: 1952–2024
- ^ New Zealand music legend Willie Hona dead
- ^ First Thrissur Mayor Jose Kattukaran dies at 92
- ^ Renowned percussionist Kelath Aravindhaksha Marar passes away at 82
- ^ Todesdrama nach Flugshow: Weltklasse-Pilot kollidiert mit Geier und stirbt (in German)
- ^ Murió César Luis Menotti, DT campeón con la selección en 1978 (in Spanish)
- ^ RIP Ngoy N'Sumbu
- ^ Olympian Oleksandr Pielieshenko killed in Russia-Ukraine war
- ^ Zemřela Simona Postlerová (in Czech)
- ^ Alexander Reichenberg är död (in Swedish)
- ^ Zmarł Robert Zawada (in Polish)
- ^ Kingdom mourns death of pioneering Saudi poet Prince Badr bin Abdul Mohsen
- ^ Bob Avellini, Bears QB who teamed with Walter Payton, dies
- ^ В Вологодском районе погиб экс-депутат Государственной Думы Михаил Банщиков (in Russian)
- ^ Muere Ignacio Bayón, ministro de Industria y Energía con Adolfo Suárez (in Spanish)
- ^ Saying goodbye to Dan Castellano, a Star-Ledger giant
- ^ Murió Dagoberto Fontes, mundialista con Uruguay en México 70 y exfutbolista de Nacional y Defensor (in Spanish)
- ^ 沉痛悼念！中国科学院院士、原浙江大学校长韩祯祥同志逝世 (in Chinese)
- ^ Murió Narcisa Hirsch, pionera del cine experimental, artista total (in Spanish)
- ^ Zemřel zpěvák Miroslav Imrich, který vystupoval s kapelami Abraxas či Tango (in Czech)
- ^ Πέθανε ο πρώην βουλευτής του ΠΑΣΟΚ Φοίβος Ιωαννίδης (in Greek)
- ^ 唐十郎さん死去、84歳…「泥人魚」「ベンガルの虎」アングラ小劇場運動を先導 (in Japanese)
- ^ Ronnie (Ron) Kavanagh
- ^ Lawyer, former uni chancellor dies at 82
- ^ Giornalismo sportivo in lutto: è morto il 'maestro' David Messina, aveva 92 anni (in Italian)
- ^ Muere Carola Miró, la esposa del expresidente de la Generalitat Quim Torra (in Spanish)
- ^ Former Los Angeles Lakers draft pick Darius Morris, 33, dies
- ^ Πέθανε η ηθοποιός Άννα Παναγιωτοπούλου (in Greek)
- ^ Rav Yechiel Yitzchok Perr zt”l
- ^ Botswana: The Faithful of Francistown mourn the sudden death of Bishop Rebello SVD
- ^ Frank Shrontz, former CEO and chairman of Boeing dies at 92
- ^ Frank Stella, Towering Artist and Master of Reinvention, Dies at 87
- ^ Guilherme Fiúza, cineasta mineiro, morre aos 55 anos em Belo Horizonte (in Portuguese)
- ^ 元衆院議員 愛知和男さん死去 ８６歳 後日仙台でお別れ会 (in Japanese)
- ^ CPI leader Atul Kumar Anjaan passes away
- ^ Islamischer Gelehrter Issam al-Attar ist in Aachen gestorben (in German)
- ^ Mayor of Sydney’s biggest council dies on flight home from China
- ^ Mort de Géraldine Carré : la journaliste avait 54 ans (in French)
- ^ Victor Farrant: "Psychopath” Portsmouth murderer dies behind bars after being considered for release
- ^ Uttarakhand BJP Leader Kailash Gahtori No More; CM Dhami Remembers 'Dear Friend, Elder Brother'
- ^ Meghalt dr. Hammerl László, a nemzet sportolója (in Hungarian)
- ^ Israeli-Czech Holocaust survivor Avraham Harshalom dies at 99
- ^ Il ciclismo piange Imerio Massignan, l’eroe del Gavia (in Italian)
- ^ Jim Mills passes
- ^ Aliyekuwa Waziri wa Fedha Mustafa Mkulo afariki dunia (in Swahili)
- ^ Zemřel sklář Petr Novotný (in Czech)
- ^ St Mirren pay condolences following sad passing of Jim Rodger
- ^ Assam: Former Hill Area Development (HAD) minister Sum Ronghang passes away at 61
- ^ Dick Rutan Dies At 85
- ^ Scivola e muore durante una gita con le pelli: addio a Denis Trento, campione di scialpinismo (in Italian)
- ^ જાણીતા સાહિત્યકાર અને કવિ ડૉ. યશવંત ત્રિવેદીનું અવસાન (in Gujarati)
- ^ Zomrel rozprávkár Ján Uličiansky. Zanechal výrazné stopy v detských dušiach (in Slovak)
- ^ Germain Viatte, pionnier du Centre Pompidou et du Quai Branly, est mort (in French)
- ^ Former attorney general AJ Mohammad Ali passes away
- ^ Derek Alan Angus
- ^ The death has occurred of Bruce Arnold
- ^ Worcestershire have lost 'brilliant guy and fantastic cricketer'
- ^ Prof. Nalin de Silva has passed away
- ^ Olympisch kampioene kunstschaatsen Sjoukje Dijkstra (82) overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ Gary Floyd (The Dicks / Sister Double Happiness) has died
- ^ Record-breaking Sunderland goalkeeper Derek Forster dies at 75
- ^ Walter Hanel ist tot (in German)
- ^ Vale — Ian Michael Hayden
- ^ Скончался известный актёр Машраб Кимсанов (in Russian)
- ^ David Konstan
- ^ Umrla je novinarka in publicistka Manca Košir (in Slovene)
- ^ 'Methagu' music composer Praveen Kumar passes away at 28
- ^ Edgar Lansbury, Tony-Winning Producer and Brother of Angela Lansbury, Dies at 94
- ^ Morre aos 99 anos o engenheiro e arquiteto Adolpho Lindenberg, ícone do mercado imobiliário paulista (in Portuguese)
- ^ PGA TOUR winner, beloved Masters analyst Peter Oosterhuis dies at age 75
- ^ Tijuana Brass guitarist John Pisano has died at the age of 93
- ^ Murió Tito Steiner, el atleta más completo de la historia del deporte argentino (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece a los 101 años Eloína Suárez, la única alcaldesa que ha tenido Oviedo (in Spanish)
- ^ Werner Weinhold ist tot Bei seiner Flucht aus der DDR erschoss er zwei Grenzer (in German)
- ^ Algeria's pioneering singer of diwan music Hasna El Becharia dies age 74
- ^ 陈俊武同志逝世 (in Chinese)
- ^ Elder Richard E. Cook, emeritus General Authority Seventy, dies at age 93
- ^ Burkina Faso : Décès de l'ancien ministre Pierre Claver Damiba (in French)
- ^ The death has occurred of Michael D'Arcy
- ^ Fallece Ildefonso Dell´Olmo a los 67 años (in Spanish)
- ^ Внезапно почина бившият футболист и треньор на Локомотив София Данило Дончич (in Bulgarian)
- ^ La mort du danseur et chorégraphe Dominique Dupuy (in French)
- ^ Rugby à XV : le Sallélois Jacques Lepatey, ancien international français, est décédé (in French)
- ^ Zemřel někdejší výrazný politik ODS Miroslav Macek (in Czech)
- ^ Richard David Maloof
- ^ Obituary | Terry Medwin
- ^ Ian Mellor dead: Sheffield Wednesday mourn hero of 1979 'Boxing Day massacre' win over Sheffield United
- ^ UAE President mourns passing of Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohamed Al Nahyan
- ^ Former state Delegate Doyle Niemann dies
- ^ 元日本高野連会長の奥島孝康氏（鬼北町出身）が死去 (in Japanese)
- ^ Mūžībā devies Juzefs Petkēvičs (in Lithuanian)
- ^ Muere Victoria Prego: su importante trayectoria en televisión desde 'Al cierre' a 'La transición' (in Spanish)
- ^ Playback singer Uma Ramanan passes away at 69
- ^ Tributes paid following death of ex Lord Mayor of Birmingham who 'taught by example'
- ^ Joseph C. Shipley
- ^ Richard Tandy, Keyboardist of ELO Dies at 76
- ^ Murió Paco Villa, conductor y narrador de TUDN (in Spanish)