Notable Deaths 2021
Remembering Hank Aaron, Colin Powell, Stephen Sondheim, Joan Didion, Desmond Tutu, Bob Dole, DMX, Betty White, Larry King, John Madden, Cicely Tyson, Beverly Cleary, Chuck Close, Michael K. Williams, Janet Malcolm, E.O. Wilson and many others who died in 2021.
Sam Jones, 88
Sharpshooting Celtics star of the 1960s
Betty White, 99
A television golden girl from the start
Harry M. Reid, 82
Senate leader behind Democratic victories
John Madden, 85
Face and voice of the N.F.L.
Thomas Lovejoy, 80
Amazon rescuer and climate change fighter
Keri Hulme, 74
New Zealand’s first Booker Prize winner
E.O. Wilson, 92
Pioneer of evolutionary biology
Richard Marcinko, 81
Founder of SEAL unit that killed bin Laden
Jonathan Spence, 85
Scholar of China’s past and present
Sarah Weddington, 76
Young lawyer who won Roe v. Wade
Desmond Tutu, 90
Archbishop whose voice helped slay apartheid
Wayne Thiebaud, 101
Playful painter of the everyday
Wanda Young, 78
Motown hitmaker with the Marvelettes
Grace Mirabella, 92
Editor who brought Vogue down to earth
Joan Didion, 87
“New journalist” who explored culture and chaos
Thomas Kinsella, 93
Evocative Irish poet
Franklin A. Thomas, 87
Pathbreaking Ford Foundation president
Sally Ann Howes, 91
Star of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
Carlos Marín, 53
Singer in operatic pop group Il Divo
Johnny Isakson, 76
Moderate Georgia conservative in the Senate
Lucía Hiriart, 98
Powerful wife of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet
Eve Babitz, 78
Hedonist with a notebook
Shirley Zussman, 107
Indefatigable sex therapist
Richard Rogers, 88
Architect behind Paris’s landmark Pompidou Center
Kangol Kid, 55
Early rapper who sought “Roxanne”
Oriol Bohigas, 95
Architect who helped transform Barcelona
bell hooks, 69
Pathbreaking Black feminist
Masayuki Uemura, 78
Designer of the first Nintendo console
Vicente Fernández, 81
King of traditional Mexican ranchera music
Anne Rice, 80
Gothic novelist
Demaryius Thomas, 33
Leader of Super Bowl-winning Broncos
Al Unser, 82
Four-time winner of the Indy 500
Michael Nesmith, 78
The "quiet Monkee"
Barry Harris, 91
Pianist and devoted scholar of bebop
Lina Wertmüller, 93
Italian director of provocative films
Darlene Hard, 85
Strong-willed tennis star before the pro era
Bob Dole, 98
Old soldier and stalwart of the Senate
Antony Sher, 72
Actor acclaimed for his versatility
Stonewall Jackson, 89
Grand Ole Opry star for over 60 years
Lawrence Weiner, 79
A pioneer of the Conceptual art movement
Rosalie Trombley, 82
Radio music director who picked hits and made stars
Linda McAlister, 82
Philosopher and founder of a feminist journal
Marjorie Tallchief, 95
Acclaimed ballerina
Ernesta Procope, 98
Pioneering Black insurance broker
Constance Ahrons, 84
Advocate of “good divorce”
Susan Rosenblatt, 70
Lawyer who took on Big Tobacco
LaMarr Hoyt, 66
Pitcher whose star shone brightly but briefly
Stu Rasmussen, 73
First openly transgender mayor in America
David Gulpilil, 68
Famed Aboriginal actor
Arlene Dahl, 96
Movie star turned entrepreneur
Lee Elder, 87
Golfer who broke a color barrier
Sylvia Weinstock, 91
“Da Vinci of wedding cakes”
Phil Saviano, 69
Survivor of clergy sex abuse
Virgil Abloh, 41
Path-blazing designer
Stephen Sondheim, 91
Titan of the American musical
Jakucho Sedouchi, 99
Buddhist priest who wrote of sex and love
Margo Guryan, 84
Singer and songwriter who earned belated acclaim
Chun Doo-hwan, 90
Ex-military dictator in South Korea
Maj. Ian Fishback, 42
Whistle-blower behind anti-torture legislation
Bill Virdon, 90
Quiet manager of four M.L.B. teams
Peter Buck, 90
Co-founder of the Subway sandwich chain
Robert Bly, 94
Poet who gave rise to a men’s movement
Sylvère Lotringer, 83
Shape-shifting force of the avant-garde
Mick Rock, 72
Sought-after rock photographer
Justus Rosenberg, 100
Beloved professor with a heroic past
Jimmie Durham, 81
Sculptor who set off an intense art-world debate
Dave Frishberg, 88
Writer of songs sardonic and nostalgic
Clarissa Eden, 101
British countess and political influencer
Etel Adnan, 96
Lebanese American author and artist
Sam Huff, 87
Fearsome Hall of Fame Giants linebacker
Graeme Edge, 80
Drummer and co-founder of the Moody Blues
Helene Fortunoff, 88
Powerhouse jewelry executive
F.W. de Klerk, 85
South African president who ended apartheid
Zuo Fang, 86
Chinese journalist who challenged the powerful
Ruth Ann Minner, 86
Down-to-earth governor of Delaware
Dean Stockwell, 85
Child actor turned “Quantum Leap“ star
Max Cleland, 79
Vietnam veteran and former senator
Pat Martino, 77
Jazz guitarist who overcame amnesia
Aaron T. Beck, 100
Developer of cognitive therapy
Elaine Romagnoli, 79
Longtime fixture of lesbian nightlife
Mark Glaze, 51
Influential gun control advocate
Julie Green, 60
Artist who memorialized inmates’ last suppers
Ivy Nicholson, 88
Model and Warhol Factory star who slid into poverty
Muriel Lezak, 94
Leading authority on brain injuries
Jerry Remy, 68
Red Sox player and longtime commentator
Viktor Bryukhanov, 85
Fall guy for the Chernobyl disaster
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, 87
The father of "flow"
Mort Sahl, 94
Comic who redefined stand-up
Arnold Hano, 99
Author of a bleachers’ view baseball classic
Roh Tae-woo, 88
South Korean leader during move toward democracy
Gene Freidman, 50
“Taxi King” who upended his industry
Jay Black, 82
Soaring lead singer of the Americans
Chuck Bundrant, 79
“The Henry Ford of Pacific fisheries”
Edita Gruberova, 74
Dazzling soprano with emotional power
Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, 59
Scientist who linked natural disasters to climate change
Bernard Haitink, 92
Conductor who let music speak for itself
Jerry Pinkney, 81
Acclaimed children’s book illustrator
Diane Weyermann, 66
Executive behind movies like “An Inconvenient Truth”
Earl Old Person, 92
Chief of the Blackfeet Nation
Colin Powell, 84
Top soldier, diplomat and national security adviser
Sister Megan Rice, 91
Fierce critic of U.S. nuclear arsenal
Brian Goldner, 58
Hasbro executive with Hollywood vision
Gary Paulsen, 82
Author of young-adult adventures
Myriam Sarachik, 88
Physicist who plumbed magnetism
Paddy Moloney, 83
Piper who led revival of Irish music
Tony De Marco, 89
Welterweight pride of Boston
Ruthie Tompson, 111
Behind-the-scenes worker on Disney classics
Jimmy Neary, 91
His Irish pub became a power brokers’ hub
Anne Saxelby, 40
Champion of fine American cheeses
Bernard Tapie, 78
French tycoon, actor and politician
Abdul Qadeer Khan, 85
Father of Pakistan’s nuclear program
Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, 67
General who oversaw the Iraq war surge
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, 88
Former Iranian president
Budge Patty, 97
Elegant tennis champion of the 1950s
Neal Sher, 74
U.S. government’s leading Nazi hunter
Todd Akin, 74
Senate candidate who faltered after a rape remark
Marie Wilcox, 87
Savior of her Indigenous language
Debby King, 71
Backstage aide known as “Soul of Carnegie Hall”
Mohib Ullah, 46
Record keeper of ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya
Richard H. Kirk, 65
Post-punk pioneer of industrial music
Takao Saito, 84
Creator of a Japanese comic book superstar
John J. Rigas, 96
Cable TV magnate who pillaged his company
Carlisle Floyd, 95
Composer whose operas spun fables of the South
Lonnie Smith, 79
Soulful jazz organist
Clive Sinclair, 81
Inventive computer pioneer
Alemayehu Eshete, 80
Ethiopian pop star known as the "Abyssinian Elvis"
Charles W. Mills, 70
Philosopher of race and liberalism
Frances T. Farenthold, 94
Liberal force in Texas and beyond
Bobby Zarem, 84
"Superflack" and maker of stars
Penny Harrington, 79
First female head of a major police department
Melvin Van Peebles, 89
Champion of new Black cinema
Carmen Balthrop, 73
Soprano known for Joplin opera role
Reuben Klamer, 99
Inventor of the Game of Life
John Shelby Spong, 90
Bishop who sought to open up the Episcopal church
Yolanda López, 78
Artist who portrayed herself as the Virgin of Guadalupe
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 84
Algeria’s longest-serving president
Antony Hewish, 97
Astronomer honored for the discovery of pulsars
Jane Powell, 92
Hollywood’s girl next door
Ida Nudel, 90
“Angel” to Soviet Jews seeking to flee
Cho Yong-gi, 85
South Korean megachurch leader
Norm Macdonald, 61
“Saturday Night Live” comedian
George Wein, 95
Newport Jazz Festival trailblazer
Abimael Guzmán, 86
Leader of guerrilla group that terrorized Peru
Elizabeth I. McCann, 90
Tony-winning Broadway producer
Phil Schaap, 70
Grammy-winning jazz D.J. and historian
Michael K. Williams, 54
Actor known for playing Omar in "The Wire"
Jean-Paul Belmondo, 88
Magnetic star of the French New Wave
Willard Scott, 87
Antic longtime weather forecaster
Syed Ali Geelani, 91
Face of Kashmiri resistance against India
Mikis Theodorakis, 96
“Zorba” composer and Marxist rebel
Iohan Gueorguiev, 33
"Bike Wanderer" of the wilderness
Michel Laclotte, 91
Director who "created the modern Louvre"
Patricia Maginnis, 93
Pioneering abortion-rights activist
Robert L. James, 84
Ad executive who made his firm the world's biggest
Edmond H. Fischer, 101
Nobelist who helped discover how cells talk
Carolyn Shoemaker, 92
Hunter of comets and asteroids
Ed Asner, 91
Emmy-winning star of “Lou Grant” and “Up”
Don Poynter, 96
Inventor who made toilets talk and golf balls walk
Jeanne Robertson, 77
Down-home humorist with a pageant past
David Roberts, 78
Artful adventure writer
Micki Grant, 92
First woman to write her own Broadway musical
Jean Breeze, 65
First woman of dub poetry
Charlie Watts, 80
Drummer for the Rolling Stones
Hissène Habré, 79
Ex-president of Chad jailed for war crimes
R. Murray Schafer, 88
Composer who heard nature’s music
Anthony M. Scotto, 87
Former union power on the docks
Rod Gilbert, 80
Hockey Hall of Famer known as Mr. Ranger
Hung Liu, 73
Artist who blended East and West
Lucille Times, 100
Inspiration for the Montgomery bus boycott
Don Everly, 84
Older brother in groundbreaking rock duo
Tom T. Hall, 85
Country music storyteller
Bill Freehan, 79
Champion Tigers’ durable centerpiece
Barbara Kannapell, 83
World-renowned deaf activist
James W. Loewen, 79
Sociologist who challenged how history is taught
Kaari Upson, 51
California artist of desire and disturbance
Chuck Close, 81
Artist of outsize reality
Hiro, 90
Fashion photographer who captured the surreal
Chucky Thompson, 53
Producer for Mary J. Blige, Nas and other stars
Maki Kaji, 69
“Godfather of Sudoku”
Joe Walton, 85
Giants star who found futility as Jets coach
Donald Kagan, 89
Leading historian of ancient Greece
Nanci Griffith, 68
Singer who blended folk and country
John Rizzo, 73
C.I.A. lawyer who sanctioned waterboarding
Neal Conan, 71
Humane broadcaster on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation”
Tony Esposito, 78
Nimble Hall of Fame goalie known as Tony O
Walter Yetnikoff, 87
Powerful but abrasive record executive
Sergei A. Kovalev, 91
Kremlin adversary during Soviet era and after
Jane Withers, 95
Child star with a second act in Comet cleanser ads
Bobby Bowden, 91
Football coach who led Florida State to greatness
Ilona Royce Smithkin, 101
Improbable muse in fashion and art
Richard Trumka, 72
A.F.L.-C.I.O. chief
Col. Dave Severance, 102
Iwo Jima commander who sent Marines to plant flag
Glen Ford, 71
Progressive critic of the liberal Black establishment
Toshihide Maskawa, 81
Nobelist who helped unlock a cosmic mystery
Jacob Desvarieux, 65
Guitarist of internationally popular band Kassav’
Patricia Wilde, 93
Ballerina showcased by Balanchine
Abebech Gobena, 85
"Mother Teresa of Africa"
Roberto Calasso, 80
Renaissance man of letters
Carl Levin, 87
Senate scourge of corporate America
Johnny Ventura, 81
Creator of the sound of modern merengue
Albert Bandura, 95
Leading psychologist of aggression
Ron Popeil, 86
Ubiquitous infomercial pitchman
Dusty Hill, 72
Long-bearded bassist for ZZ Top
Michael Enzi, 77
Long-serving senator From Wyoming
Steven Weinberg, 88
Groundbreaking Nobelist in physics
Bob Moses, 86
Crusader for civil rights and math education
Jackie Mason, 93
Comedian who upheld the borscht belt style
Purnell Choppin, 91
Researcher who laid the base for pandemic fight
Bruce Kirby, 92
Naval designer who transformed sailing
Kurt Westergaard, 86
Cartoonist who drew a controversial Muhammad
Shirley Fry Irvin, 94
Tennis star of the 1940s and ’50s
Biz Markie, 57
Hip-hop’s “Just a Friend” clown prince
William H. Regnery II, 80
Heir who bankrolled the rise of the alt-right
Oleg Briansky, 91
Star dancer turned star teacher
Paul Huntley, 88
Hair master of Broadway and Hollywood
Edwin Edwards, 93
Swashbuckling rogue and Louisiana governor
Athan Theoharis, 84
Revelatory researcher into the history of the F.B.I.
Jehan Sadat, 87
Widow of Egypt’s president and women’s advocate
Dicky Maegle, 86
Football star remembered for a bizarre tackle
Robert Downey Sr., 85
Filmmaker and provocateur
Richard C. Lewontin, 92
Eminent geneticist with a sharp pen
Dilip Kumar, 98
Method-acting star of Hindi cinema
Richard Donner, 91
Director of “Superman” and “Lethal Weapon”
Louis Andriessen, 82
Lionized composer with radical roots
Harry deLeyer, 93
Horse trainer of an unlikely triple crown-winner
Jane Kaufman, 83
Artist who celebrated women’s work
Delia Fiallo, 96
"Mother of the telenovela"
Tran Thien Khiem, 95
South Vietnam's second in command before its fall
Greg Noll, 84
“The Babe Ruth of surfing”
Donald H. Rumsfeld, 88
Defense secretary during the Iraq war
Elizabeth Martínez, 95
Voice of the Chicana movement
Frederic Rzewski, 83
Politically committed composer and pianist
Mike Gravel, 91
Unconventional two-term Alaska senator
Jeanne Lamon, 71
Director of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Stephen Dunn, 82
Pulitzer-winning poet who celebrated the ordinary
Milkha Singh,
Track star of post-colonial India
Gianna Rolandi, 68
Soprano with a radiant voice
Benigno S. Aquino III, 61
Former president of the Philippines
Richard Stolley, 92
Founding editor of People Magazine
Ei-ichi Negishi, 85
Nobel winner in chemistry
Mark Peel, 66
A pillar of California's pioneering food scene
Enrique Bolaños, 93
Former president of Nicaragua
Frances Stein, 83
Fashion force at Chanel and elsewhere
Kenneth Kaunda, 97
Patriarch of African independence
Janet Malcolm, 86
Provocative journalist with a piercing eye
Richard R. Ernst, 87
Nobel winner who paved the way for M.R.I.
Jack B. Weinstein, 99
U.S. judge with an activist streak
Karla Burns, 66
Color barrier-breaking singer and actress
Ned Beatty, 83
Actor known for “Network” and “Deliverance”
Mudcat Grant, 85
The American League’s first Black 20-game winner
Martha White, 99
Instigator of a bus boycott before Rosa Parks
Gottfried Böhm, 101
Pritzker-winning master architect in concrete
Jim Fassel, 71
Giants coach who led the team to the Super Bowl
Douglas Cramer, 89
Producer of “Dynasty” and “Love Boat”
Richard Robinson, 84
Head of Scholastic who made it into an empire
Clarence Williams III, 81
Star in “Mod Squad”
John M. Patterson, 99
Segregationist Alabama governor
Raymond Donovan, 90
Labor secretary who quit under a cloud
Ganga Stone, 79
Co-founder of AIDS charity God's Love We Deliver
Friederike Mayröcker, 96
Grande dame in German literature
F. Lee Bailey, 87
Lawyer for Patty Hearst and O.J. Simpson
Mike Marshall, 78
First relief pitcher to win the Cy Young Award
Paulo Mendes da Rocha, 92
Brutalist architect of “concrete acrobatics”
Cornelia Oberlander, 99
Farsighted landscape architect
Ron Hill, 82
Runner who set Boston Marathon record
Josep Almudéver, 101
Last known veteran of the International Brigades
B.J. Thomas, 78
Singer of “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”
Chi Modu, 54
Photographer of defining 1990s hip-hop images
Gavin MacLeod, 90
Actor know for “Mary Tyler Moore” and “Love Boat”
Sister Margherita Marchione, 99
Defender of Pope Pius XII
Carla Fracci, 84
Doyenne of Italian ballet
Alix Dobkin, 80
Folk singer of lesbian tunes
Rusty Warren, 91
Brash comic in a strait-laced time
Kay Tobin Lahusen, 91
Gay rights activist and photographer
Anna Halprin, 100
Choreographer committed to experimenting
Eric Carle, 91
Author of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”
Janine Brookner, 80
Punished C.I.A. officer who got revenge
John Warner, 94
Genteel senator from Virginia
Kentaro Miura, 54
Creator of epic manga “Berserk”
Yuan Longping, 90
Plant scientist credited with curbing famine
Roman Kent, 92
Leader of a Holocaust remembrance movement
Paul Van Doren, 90
Co-founder of Vans
Lee Evans, 74
Olympic runner who protested racism
Charles Grodin, 86
Star of “Beethoven” and “Heartbreak Kid”
Buddy Roemer, 77
Louisiana governor and reformer
Jack Terricloth, 50
Punk rocker with a cabaret air
Leigh Perkins, 93
Orvis owner who made it into a lifestyle brand
Spencer Silver, 80
An inventor of Post-it Notes
Norman Lloyd, 106
Associate of Welles, Hitchcock and others
Helmut Jahn, 81
“Convention-busting” architect
Pete du Pont, 86
Ex-Delaware governor who ran for president
Lloyd Price, 88
“Personality” hitmaker
Del Crandall, 91
All-star catcher with champion Braves
David Swensen, 67
Innovator in endowment investing
Lucinda Franks, 74
First female winner of national reporting Pulitzer
Helen Murray Free, 98
Chemist who developed diabetes test
Jacques d’Amboise, 86
Charismatic star of City Ballet
Bobby Unser, 87
Three-time Indy 500 winner and part of a racing clan
Olympia Dukakis, 89
Oscar-winning actress for “Moonstruck”
Madeline Davis, 80
First out lesbian national party convention speaker
Arthur Staats, 97
Psychologist who called "time out" for unruly kids
Faye Schulman,
Rare photographer among Jewish partisan fighters
Mary Beth Edelson, 88
Feminist art pioneer
Chad Kalepa Baybayan, 64
Seafarer who sailed using the stars
Barbara Stone, 87
Modeling agent to American beauties
Bill McCreary, 87
One of New York's first Black TV journalists
Geoff Crowther, 77
Early author for Lonely Planet
Milva, 81
Redheaded Italian diva of many artistic hues
Johnny Crawford, 75
Hero’s son on Western TV show "The Rifleman"
William T. Wiley, 83
Artist who spurned convention
Tamara Press, 83
Olympian whose feats raised questions
Eli Broad, 87
Billionaire who reshaped Los Angeles
Anthony Powell, 85
Oscar-winning costume designer
Paul Kellogg, 84
New York City Opera impresario
Michael Collins, 90
“Third man” of the moon landing
Ole Anthony, 82
Scourge of televangelists
Daniel Kaminsky, 42
Internet security savior
Christa Ludwig, 93
Mezzo-soprano of velvety hues
Bob Fass, 87
Pioneer of underground radio
Les McKeown, 65
Lead singer of the Bay City Rollers
Peter Warner, 90
Seafarer who discovered shipwrecked boys
Carl Spielvogel, 92
Longtime power in advertising
Tempest Storm, 93
Burlesque legend
Monte Hellman, 91
Cult director of “Two-Lane Blacktop”
Idriss Déby, 68
Chad’s longtime autocrat
Chuck Geschke, 81
Father of desktop publishing
Walter Mondale, 93
Ex-vice president and champion of liberal politics
LaDonna Allard, 64
Leader of Dakota Access Pipeline protests
Denis Donoghue, 92
Humanist literary critic
Helen McCrory, 52
British star of theater, film and TV
Vartan Gregorian, 87
Savior of the New York Public Library
John Naisbitt, 92
Business guru and author of "Megatrends"
Bernard Madoff, 82
Architect of history’s largest Ponzi scheme
Ramsey Clark, 93
Attorney general and rebel with a cause
DMX, 50
Top-selling but troubled rapper
Prince Philip, 99
Husband of Queen Elizabeth II
Anne Beatts, 74
Original “S.N.L.” writer
Charles Coolidge, 99
Oldest Medal of Honor recipient
Alcee Hastings, 84
Longtime Florida congressman
Isamu Akasaki, 92
Nobel winner who helped develop LED lighting
Hans Küng, 93
Catholic theologian critical of the Church
Gloria Henry, 98
Mother on "Dennis the Menace"
Robert A. Mundell, 88
Father of the euro and Reaganomics
Martha Lou Gadsden, 91
Soul-food matriarch
Arthur Kopit, 83
Playwright who thrust Off Broadway into a new era
Robert Middlekauff, 91
Historian of the American Revolution
Lyn Macdonald, 91
Historian who preserved voices of World War I
John C. Martin, 69
Innovative pharmaceutical executive
John Topping, 77
Early advocate for climate action
Phyllis Marchand, 81
Face of disputed deer-culling program
Lois Kirschenbaum, 88
Ultimate opera superfan
Winfred Rembert, 75
Artist who told the story of the Jim Crow South
G. Gordon Liddy, 90
Mastermind behind Watergate burglary
Joan Walsh Anglund, 95
Writer of children’s books that touched millions
Alvin Sykes, 64
Self-taught legal defender of civil rights
Edith Prentiss, 69
Fierce voice for disabled New Yorkers
Howard Schnellenberger, 87
Football coach who built winners
Liesbeth Stoeffler, 61
Runner whose rare lung treatment kept her going
Morris Dickstein, 81
Critic and cultural historian
Beverly Cleary, 104
Beloved children’s book author
Larry McMurtry, 84
Novelist of the American West
Janice McLaughlin, 79
Nun who pursued justice in African politics
Bill Brock, 90
G.O.P. national chairman after Watergate
Bobby Brown, 96
Infielder who left champion Yankees to be a doctor
Bertrand Tavernier, 79
French film director with wide appeal
Jessica Walter, 80
Tart-tongued matriarch of “Arrested Development”
Adam Zagajewski, 75
Polish poet and dissident
George Segal, 87
Veteran of serious drama and TV comedy
Elgin Baylor, 86
Acrobatic Hall of Fame basketball player
Nawal el Saadawi, 89
Advocate for women in the Arab world
Robina Asti, 99
Pioneering transgender veteran and flight instructor
Elsa Peretti, 80
Star designer of elegant jewelry
George Bass, 88
Father of underwater archaeology
Marianne Carus, 92
Founder of kids' publication Cricket Magazine
Cepillín, 75
Clown beloved across Latin America
Bhaskar Menon, 86
Executive and savior of Capitol Records
John Magufuli, 61
Tanzania leader who played down Covid-19
James Levine, 77
Former Met Opera maestro
Nicola Pagett, 75
“Upstairs, Downstairs” actress
Stephen Bechtel Jr., 95
Leader of family’s giant engineering firm
Sally Grossman, 81
Immortalized on a Dylan abum cover
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, 66
Middleweight boxing champion of the 1980s
Luis Palau, 86
the “Billy Graham of Latin America”
Patrick Dupond, 61
French ballet virtuoso
Goodwill Zwelithini ka Bhekuzulu, 72
King of the Zulu Nation
Lou Ottens, 94
Father of countless mixtapes
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, 98
National Museum of Women in the Arts founder
Roger Mudd, 93
Anchorman who stumped a Kennedy
Carla Wallenda, 85
Surefooted mainstay of a high-wire act
Tony Hendra, 79
Multiplatform humorist
Toko Shinoda, 107
Leading Japanese artist
Bunny Wailer, 73
Last surviving member of reggae group the Wailers
Vernon Jordan, 85
Civil rights leader and D.C. power broker
Pat Bond, 94
Sexual-subculture pioneer
Arlene Pieper Stine, 90
First woman to finish a marathon
Jessica McClintock, 90
Women’s clothing designer for weddings and proms
Aleksander Doba, 74
Adventurer who kayaked across the Atlantic
Charles Hill, 73
Detective who found “The Scream”
Henry Goldrich, 88
Gear guru to rock stars
Irv Cross, 81
First Black network TV sports analyst
Derek Khan, 63
Onetime stylist for hip-hop stars
Fred Segal, 87
Designer who commodified California cool
Lawrence Otis Graham, 59
Widely read and debated writer on race and class
Raymond Cauchetier, 101
Photographer of the French New Wave
Michael Somare, 84
Papua New Guinea’s “Father of the Nation”
Fanne Foxe, 84
Stripper at the center of a political sex scandal
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 101
Poet who nurtured the Beats
Ahmed Zaki Yamani, 90
Architect of Arab world’s drive to control its oil
Douglas Turner Ward, 90
Trailblazer in Black theater
Arturo Di Modica, 80
Sculptor of the Financial District’s “Charging Bull”
Shlomo Hillel, 97
Force behind the flight of 120,000 Jews from Iraq
Sister Dianna Ortiz, 62
American nun tortured in Guatemala
U-Roy, 78
D.J. whose “toasting” anticipated rap
Rupert Neve, 94
Father of modern studio recording
Rush Limbaugh, 70
Right-wing radio megastar
Bernard Lown, 99
Inventive heart doctor and antiwar activist
Johnny Pacheco, 85
Bandleader who popularized salsa
James Ridgeway, 84
Hard-hitting investigative journalist
Carlos Saúl Menem, 90
Led Argentina through economic turmoil
Isadore Singer, 96
Scholar who bridged a gulf from math to physics
S. Prestley Blake, 106
Co-founder of Friendly’s
Maria Guarnaschelli, 79
Book editor who changed what we cook
Chick Corea, 79
Jazz keyboardist and innovator
Ibrahim Idris, 60
Guantánamo Bay detainee on the prison's opening day
Leslie E. Robertson, 92
Twin Towers engineer
Larry Flynt, 78
Porn entrepreneur and free-speech hero
S. Clay Wilson, 79
Taboo-breaking underground cartoonist
Marty Schottenheimer, 77
Fiery N.F.L. coach with 200 wins
Mary Wilson, 76
Original Supreme and Motown mainstay
Joe Allen, 87
Restaurateur in the Theater District and abroad
George P. Shultz, 100
Top cabinet official under Nixon and Reagan
Emil Freireich, 93
Pioneering researcher and cancer doctor
Leon Spinks, 67
Boxer who took Ali’s crown and lost it
Christopher Plummer, 91
Actor from Shakespeare to "The Sound of Music"
John J. Sweeney, 86
Crusading head of the A.F.L.-C.I.O.
Jamie Tarses, 56
Executive in a Hollywood rise-and-fall story
Rosalind Cartwright, 98
Psychologist and "Queen of Dreams"
Rosalyn Koo, 94
Fund-raising powerhouse for Chinese communities
Shelia Washington, 61
Campaigner to exonerate Scottsboro Boys
Lenore Janis, 86
Cracked construction’s concrete ceiling
Kathleen Ham, 73
Rape victim who made legal history
Frank Shankwitz, 77
Co-founder of the Make-a-Wish Foundation
Margaret C. Snyder, 91
The U.N.’s “First Feminist”
Paul Crutzen, 87
Scientist who named our age the “Anthropocene”
Eugenio Martínez, 98
Last of the Watergate burglars
Hal Holbrook, 95
Actor who channeled Mark Twain
Andrew Brooks, 51
Designer of Covid-19 saliva test
Joseph Sonnabend, 88
Early force in the fight against AIDS
Sophie, 34
Musician who pushed pop's boundaries
John Chaney, 89
Temple basketball coach with more than 500 wins
Corky Lee, 73
Photographer of Asian-American life
Cicely Tyson, 96
Actress who shattered stereotypes
Cloris Leachman, 94
Oscar winner and TV comedy star
Christopher Little, 79
Agent who built an empire around Harry Potter
Gunnel Lindblom, 89
Actress in several of Bergman’s classics
George Armstrong, 90
All-star who led Toronto to four Stanley Cups
Junior Mance, 92
Jazz pianist who played with giants
Walter Bernstein, 101
Celebrated but also blacklisted screenwriter
Larry King, 87
Breezy interviewer of the famous and infamous
Jimmie Rodgers, 87
Singer of "Honeycomb" and other hits
Bob Avian, 83
Choreographer and producer of Broadway hits
Hank Aaron, 86
Home run king who defied racism
Joseph M. Scheidler, 93
Godfather of anti-abortion protest
Margo St. James, 83
Prominent ally to sex workers
Don Sutton, 75
Durable Hall of Fame pitcher
Martinus Veltman, 89
Physicist who explained fundamental forces
Phil Spector, 81
Famed music producer and convicted murderer
Sylvain Sylvain, 69
Core member of proto-punk New York Dolls
Marsha Zazula, 68
“Metal matriarch" of Metallica and others
Philip J. Smith, 89
Entrepreneur who wielded power on Broadway
Mary Catherine Bateson, 81
Scholar (and subject) of anthropology
Siegfried Fischbacher, 81
Magician of Siegfried & Roy
Harold N. Bornstein, 73
Physician to Trump for decades
Sheldon Adelson, 87
Billionaire donor to G.O.P. and Israel
Pat Loud, 94
Reality show matriarch of “An American Family”
Ved Mehta, 86
Writer who illuminated India
Michael Apted, 79
Versatile director of “Up” documentaries
Tommy Lasorda, 93
Dodger from his cleats to his cap
John Muckler, 86
Coach of an N.H.L. dynasty
Neil Sheehan, 84
Author and Times reporter on the Pentagon Papers
Eric Jerome Dickey, 59
Best-selling novelist
Gordon Stewart, 79
Founder of Sandals Resorts
Tanya Roberts, 65
Charlie’s Angel and Bond Girl
Gerry Marsden, 78
Hitmaker with the Pacemakers
Floyd Little, 78
Star running back for Syracuse and Broncos
Brian Urquhart, 101
Troubleshooter for the U.N.
Paul Westphal, 70
N.B.A. Hall of Famer and coach
Paige Rense, 91
Trendsetting editor of Architectural Digest