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.
August
7
6
- Vasile Bahnaru, 74, Moldovan philologist.[1]
- Ron Bain, 79, Scottish actor (Naked Video, A Kick Up the Eighties) and director (I, Lovett).[2] (death announced on this date)
- Billy Bean, 60, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers), acute myeloid leukemia.[3]
- Doris Brougham, 98, American-born Taiwanese educator and missionary.[4]
- Connie Chiume, 72, South African actress (Black Panther, Black Is King, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) and filmmaker.[5]
- Sultan Al-Dughaither, Saudi business executive, CEO of Zain Saudi Arabia.[6]
- Jay Kanter, 97, American talent agent and film producer (Fear Is the Key).[7]
- Jim Kearney, 81, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints).[8]
- George Koukis, Greek-Australian businessman, founder of Temenos AG.[9]
- Waldemar Marszałek, 82, Polish powerboat racer.[10]
- Mercedes Pomares, 70, Cuban volleyball player, three-time Olympic competitor, world champion (1978).[11]
- Bobby Thomson, 87, Scottish footballer (Aston Villa, Birmingham City).[12] (death announced on this date)
5
- Adílio, 68, Brazilian footballer (Flamengo, national team), pancreatic cancer.[13]
- Mahmoud Bandok, 47, Egyptian actor (X-Large).[14]
- Ismail Berdiyev, 70, Russian Sunni mufti.[15]
- Wilson Borja, 71, Colombian trade unionist and politician, deputy (2002–2010), bone marrow cancer.[16]
- Caçulinha, 86, Brazilian musician (Domingão do Faustão).[17]
- Pascal Chabi Kao, 89, Beninese politician, minister of economy and finance (1967–1968, 1970–1972).[18]
- Jim Doherty, 65, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock, Clyde, Queen of the South).[19] (death announced on this date)
- Henry Downs, 92, British amateur bodybuilder, Mr. Universe (1960).[20]
- George Herd, 88, Scottish football player (Sunderland, national team) and manager (Queen of the South).[21]
- Vyacheslav Ivanov, 86, Russian rower, Olympic champion (1956, 1960, 1964).[22] (death announced on this date)
- Sérgio Lopes, 83, Brazilian football player (Grêmio, national team) and manager (Avaí), complications from cancer and Alzheimer's disease.[23]
- Krishna Maharaj, 85, British-Trinidadian businessman and convicted murderer.[24]
- Daniel Mastral, 57, Brazilian author and speaker, suicide by gunshot.[25]
- Elliot McAdam, 72, Australian politician, Northern Territory MLA (2001–2008).[26]
- Mumtaz Mustafa, Pakistani politician, MP (since 2024), heart attack.[27]
- Iurie Păsat, 51, Moldovan politician, MP (since 2021), mayor of Bălceana (2011–2015, 2019–2021), anaphylactic shock.[28]
- Yuri Skobov, 75, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1972).[29]
- Jeremy Strong, 74, British writer.[30] (death announced on this date)
- Graham Thorpe, 55, English cricketer (Surrey, national team).[31]
- Patti Yasutake, 70, American actress (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Beef, Gung Ho), T-cell lymphoma.[32]
- Izaskun Zubizarreta Gerendiain, 53, Spanish ski mountaineer.[33]
4
- Nicodème Barrigah-Benissan, 61, Togolese Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Lomé (since 2019) and bishop of Atakpamé (2008–2019).[34]
- Josef Beránek, 82, Czech ice hockey player (Litvínov) and coach (Litvínov, Slavia Prague).[35] (death announced on this date)
- Charles Cyphers, 85, American actor (Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13, Major League).[36]
- Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, 74, Spanish conductor and composer.[37]
- Valentin Ioviță, 40, Romanian footballer (Dunărea Galați, Gloria Buzău, Sportul), stroke.[38]
- Jay Jay, 67, Malaysian singer, complications from surgery and stroke.[39]
- Steve Kragthorpe, 59, American football coach (Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Louisville Cardinals), complications from Parkinson's disease.[40]
- Anatol Latîșev, 63, Moldovan singer.[41]
- Tsung-Dao Lee, 97, Chinese-American physicist (Lee-Yang theory, Kinoshita–Lee–Nauenberg theorem, Lee–Yang theorem), Nobel Prize laureate (1957).[42]
- Juan Ramón Martínez, 76, Salvadoran footballer (Municipal, Águila, national team).[43]
- Lily Monteverde, 85, Filipina film producer (Mano Po, Shake, Rattle & Roll), founder of Regal Entertainment.[44]
- Shobhana Ranade, 99, Indian Gandhian social worker.[45]
- Paul Ariano Roderick Jean, 35, Panamanian footballer (Árabe Unido, Plaza Amador, Real Cartagena), shot.[46]
- Emanoil Savin, 65, Romanian politician, senator (2016–2020) and mayor of Bușteni (since 2024), heart attack.[47]
- Terry Snow, 80, Australian real estate developer (Canberra Airport) and philanthropist.[48]
- Duane Thomas, 77, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins).[49]
3
- Endre Gyulay, 93, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Szeged–Csanád (1987–2006).[50]
- Sir Ernest Hall, 94, English businessman, pianist and composer.[51]
- Pasi Ikonen, 44, Finnish orienteering competitor, world champion (2001), brain tumour.[52]
- Yamini Krishnamurthy, 83, Indian Bharatanatyam dancer.[53]
- Shaun Martin, 45, American musician (Snarky Puppy) and record producer, seven-time Grammy winner.[54]
- Antônio Meneses, 66, Brazilian cellist.[55]
- Mustapha Moussa, 62, Algerian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1984), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.[56]
- José Agustín Ortiz Pinchetti, 87, Mexican politician, deputy (2003–2006).[57]
- Phloen Phromdaen, 85, Thai singer.[58]
- Viktor Podvesko, 72, Russian footballer (Kairat, Zvezda).[59]
- George Schenck, 82, American television writer and producer (NCIS).[60]
- Teófilo Serrano, 74, Spanish politician, senator (1991–1994) and member of the Assembly of Madrid (1991–1994).[61]
- Kalin Stepanyan, 69, Russian football player (Oryol, Spartak Vladikavkaz) and manager (Astrakhan).[62]
- Dimitris Theofanis, 91, Greek footballer (Panathinaikos, national team) and manager (Panegialios).[63]
2
- Ramadan Al-Bakshishi, 86, Libyan painter.[64]
- Joe Brincat, 80, Maltese politician, minister of justice and governance (1979–1981) and member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1971–1992).[65]
- Alun Carter, 59, Welsh rugby union player (Pontypool RFC, national team).[66]
- Sergio Codognato, 80, Italian football player (Ravenna, Cosenza) and manager (Cosenza).[67]
- James H. Coleman, 91, American judge, associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey (1994–2003).[68]
- Massimo Cotto, 62, Italian radio host (Virgin Radio), journalist, and writer, complications from a heart attack.[69]
- Nicu Covaci, 77, Romanian rock musician (Transsylvania Phoenix).[70]
- Michel Godard, 90, French politician, deputy (1993–1997), mayor of Ploemeur (1983–1995).[71]
- Henry Lim Bon Liong, 72, Filipino businessman.[72]
- Pradeep Mahapatra, 69, Indian journalist and academic (Berhampur University), pneumonia and cardiac complications.[73]
- Shari Martin, 54, Kenyan gospel singer.[74]
- Ivica Mavrenski, 58, Serbian basketball player (Vojvodina, Crvena zvezda) and coach (Železničar Inđija).[75]
- Kamel Najmi, 60, Syrian sports journalist (Tishreen), heart attack.[76]
- Walter Orthmann, 102, Brazilian textile worker.[77]
- Galboda Gnanissara Thera, 80, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, chief of Gangaramaya Temple (since 1959).[78]
- Ajay Sastry, 50, Indian film director (Nenu Meeku Telusa).[79]
- Bernard Seillier, 83, French politician, senator (1989–2008).[80]
- Chandrakant Sheth, 86, Indian poet and literary critic.[81]
- Hassan Sami Youssef, 79, Palestinian novelist and screenwriter.[82]
- Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain, 63, Malaysian politician, Johor State MLA (since 2018), internal bleeding.[83]
1
- Jürgen Ahrend, 94, German pipe organ builder.[84]
- Obadare Akpata, 67, Nigerian production designer and film director.[85]
- Krzysztof Banaszyk, 54, Polish actor (Colonel Kwiatkowski, Poznań '56).[86]
- Pina Bottin, 94, Italian actress (Marriage, A Hero of Our Times, The Intruder).[87]
- Joyce Brabner, 72, American comic book writer (Brought to Light, Our Cancer Year).[88]
- Sandy Bresler, 87, American talent agent (Jack Nicholson).[89]
- Tommy Cassidy, 73, Northern Irish football player (Newcastle, national team) and manager (APOEL), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[90]
- Leonard Engelman, 83, American makeup artist (Ghostbusters, Batman Forever, How the Grinch Stole Christmas).[91]
- Dmitri Filimonov, 52, Russian ice hockey player (Ottawa Senators, Dynamo Moscow, KalPa).[92] (death announced on this date)
- Bertrand Fourcade, 81, French rugby union player (FC Lourdes, Stade Toulousain) and coach (Italy national team).[93] (death announced on this date)
- Dilmo Franco de Campos, 52, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Anápolis (since 2019).[94]
- Claudio Gaitán, 48, Spanish radio host and rapper, heart problems.[95]
- Joe Hand Sr., 87, American businessman and media executive, COVID-19.[96]
- Leonard Hayflick, 96, American anatomist (Hayflick limit).[97]
- Villu Jürjo, 73, Estonian Lutheran cleric and political activist.[98]
- Suzanne Kala Lobè, 71, Cameroonian journalist.[99] (death announced on this date)
- Hinke Luiten, 69, Dutch artist and dress designer.[100]
- Zdeněk Prokeš, 71, Czech footballer (Bohemians 1905, 1860 Munich, Czechoslovakia national team).[101]
- María Eugenia Ríos, 88, Mexican actress (Rubí, Chucho el roto, María Mercedes).[102]
- Daniel Selznick, 88, American film and television producer (Blood Feud, The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind, Hoover vs. The Kennedys).[103]
- Craig Shakespeare, 60, English football player (Walsall, West Bromwich Albion) and manager (Leicester City), cancer.[104]
- Hossam Shawky, Egyptian film producer, traffic collision.[105]
- Morris Solomon Jr., 80, American serial killer.[106]
- Tengiz Tsertsvadze, 76, Georgian physician.[107]
- Daniel Wansi, 42, Cameroonian footballer (Dynamo Dresden, Shenzhen Kingway, RAEC Mons).[108]
Previous months
References
- ^ S-a stins din viață lingvistul Vasile Bahnaru (in Romanian)
- ^ 'Naked Video' actor and director Ron Bain dies aged 79
- ^ Baseball trailblazer Billy Bean, who dedicated life to inclusion, dies at 60
- ^ American Taiwanese educator Doris Brougham dies at 98
- ^ Veteran actress Connie Chiume dies in Joburg hospital
- ^ وفاة سلطان الدغيثر… رجل الاتصالات الذي انتشل «زين السعودية» من الخسائر محا 533 مليون دولار متراكمة على الشركة .. اخبار عربية (in Arabic)
- ^ Jay Kanter Dies: Film Producer & Agent To Marlon Brando, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe Was 97
- ^ Chiefs mourn the passing of Super Bowl IV champion Jim Kearney
- ^ Temenos Founder George Koukis Passes Away
- ^ Legendary powerboat champion Waldemar Marszałek dies at 82
- ^ Fallece Mercedes Pomares, la zurda de oro de las Morenas del Caribe (in Spanish)
- ^ Bobby Thomson (1937-2024)
- ^ Adílio, ídolo e campeão do mundo pelo Flamengo, morre aos 68 anos (in Brazilian Portuguese)
- ^ وفاة الفنان محمود بندق عن عُمر ناهز 47 عاماً (in Arabic)
- ^ Ушёл из жизни муфтий КЧР Исмаил Бердыев (in Russian)
- ^ Murió Wilson Borja, sindicalista y excongresista del Polo Democrático (in Spanish)
- ^ Caçulinha, músico do Domingão do Faustão, morre aos 86 anos (in Brazilian Portuguese)
- ^ Bénin – Carnet noir : décès d’un ancien ministre des finances (in French)
- ^ Jim Doherty]
- ^ Henry Downs 1931 – 2024
- ^ George Herd
- ^ Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov 1938 – 2024
- ^ Morre Sérgio Lopes, pentacampeão gaúcho pelo Grêmio na década de 1960 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Kris Maharaj, who spent 38 years in Florida prison despite judge finding him innocent, dies
- ^ Morre o ex-satanista Daniel Mastral, autor de 'Filho do Fogo' (in Portuguese)
- ^ Elliot McAdam AM remembered as a 'fierce advocate' for Barkly community and NT Labor minister
- ^ PTI lawmaker Mumtaz Mustafa passes away in Islamabad
- ^ A decedat deputatul PAS Iurie Păsat (in Romanian)
- ^ Ушёл из жизни чемпион Олимпийских игр Юрий Скобов (in Russian)
- ^ Tributes paid to 'brilliantly talented' Jeremy Strong
- ^ Former England batter Thorpe dies aged 55
- ^ Patti Yasutake, Actress on ‘Star Trek Generations’ and ‘Beef,’ Dies at 70
- ^ Izaskun Zubizarreta mendizalea hil da (in Basque)
- ^ Archbishop Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan †
- ^ Legendary Czech striker and hockey coach Josef Beranek sr. dies at 82
- ^ Charles Cyphers, ‘Halloween’ Actor, Dies at 85
- ^ Ha muerto Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez (in Spanish)
- ^ Doliu în fotbalul românesc! » Fostul fotbalist a decedat la doar de 40 de ani (in Romanian)
- ^ Malaysian singer Jay Jay passed away at 63
- ^ Steve Kragthorpe passes away after battle with Parkinson's disease
- ^ Mourning in the world of music from the Republic of Moldova. Artist Anatol Latîșev passed away
- ^ Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee dies at age 97
- ^ Fallece Juan Ramón Martínez, el autor del gol que clasificó a El Salvador a su primer mundial (in Spanish)
- ^ Mother Lily Monteverde, Regal Entertainment matriarch and star-maker, dead at 85
- ^ Gandhian Social Worker Shobhana Ranade Passes Away at 99
- ^ Futbolista baleado en Colón murió tras agonizar cuatro días (in Spanish)
- ^ Emanoil Savin a murit. Primarul ales al Bușteniului s-a prăbușit pe terenul de fotbal (in Romanian)
- ^ Philanthropist and business leader Terry Snow dead at 80
- ^ Former Dallas Cowboys running back Duane Thomas dies at 77
- ^ Bishop Endre Gyulay †
- ^ Sir Ernest Hall, visionary behind transformation of Halifax's Dean Clough, has died aged 94 after extraordinary life
- ^ Pasi Ikonen 1980-2024 (in Finnish)
- ^ Bharatanatyam icon and Padma awards winner Yamini Krishnamurthy dies at 84
- ^ Grammy Award-winning musician Shaun Martin dies aged 45
- ^ Morre aos 66 anos o violoncelista Antonio Meneses (in Portuguese)
- ^ La légende de la boxe algérienne Mustapha Moussa n’est plus (in French)
- ^ Fallece José Agustín Ortiz Pinchetti a los 87 años (in Spanish)
- ^ วงการเพลงสูญเสีย ‘เพลิน พรหมแดน’ ศิลปินแห่งชาติราชาเพลงพูด สิริอายุ 85 ปี (in Thai)
- ^ Ушел из жизни известный иркутский футболист Виктор Подвеско (in Russian)
- ^ George Schenck Dies: Former ‘NCIS’ Showrunner Was 82
- ^ Fallece el tudelano Teófilo Serrano Beltrán, histórico del PSOE y expresidente de Renfe (in Spanish)
- ^ Ушёл из жизни Калин Степанян (in Russian)
- ^ Πέθανε ο Δημήτρης «Λώρης» Θεοφάνης (in Greek)
- ^ وفاة الفنان التشكيلي الليبي الكبير رمضان البكشيشي عن 86 عاما (in Arabic)
- ^ Former minister and PL deputy leader Joe Brincat passes away at 81
- ^ Ex-international Alun Carter passes away
- ^ Addio a Sergio Codognato, bandiera del Cosenza degli anni ’70 (in Italian)
- ^ Sharecropper's son who rose from poverty to become first Black New Jersey justice dies at 91
- ^ Morto Massimo Cotto, critico musicale e voce di Virgin Radio (in Italian)
- ^ Nicu Covaci a murit. Liderul trupei Phoenix avea 77 de ani (in Romanian)
- ^ « C'était un humaniste » : l'ancien maire de Plœmeur Michel Godard est décédé à l'âge de 90 ans (in French)
- ^ Tsinoy business leader Henry Lim Bon Liong; 72
- ^ Former Journalism Professor Pradeep Mahapatra passes away
- ^ End of an era: ‘Rafiki Pesa’ hitmaker Shari Martin dies
- ^ Преминуо наш Ивица Мавренски (1966-2024) (in Serbian)
- ^ وفاة الإعلامي السوري كامل نجمي (in Arabic)
- ^ Morre aos 102 anos catarinense que entrou para o Guinness como funcionário mais antigo do mundo (in Portuguese)
- ^ Gangaramaya Chief Incumbent Ven. Galboda Gnanissara Thera passes away
- ^ Nenu Meeku Telusa director passes away
- ^ Sévérac d'Aveyron. Figure de la politique locale, Bernard Seillier s'en est allé (in French)
- ^ `સાંકડી શેરી`ના કવિ ચંદ્રકાન્ત શેઠે આજે જીવનને કહી દીધું `કોઈ નહિ રોકો આજ પંથ` (in Gujarati)
- ^ Novelist Hassan Sami Youssef passes away at 79
- ^ Umno's Mahkota assemblyman Sharifah Azizah dies
- ^ Orgelmaker Jurgen Ahrend 94 overleden (in Dutch)
- ^ Veteran Production Designer, Film Director, Obadare-Akpata Dies At 67
- ^ Nie żyje Krzysztof Banaszyk. Znany aktor miał 54 lata (in Polish)
- ^ E' morta l'attrice Padovana Pina Bottin: recitò con Sordi e De Sica (in Italian)
- ^ Joyce Brabner, Comic Book Writer, Editor & Publisher Has Died At 72
- ^ Sandy Bresler, Jack Nicholson’s Longtime Agent, Dies at 87
- ^ Tommy Cassidy (1950-2024)
- ^ Leonard Engelman Dies: Emmy Nominated, Lifetime Achievement Award-Winning Makeup Artist Was 83
- ^ Скончался экс-хоккеист московского «Динамо» и сборной СССР Дмитрий Филимонов (in Russian)
- ^ Addio a Bertrand Fourcade: lanciò la generazione di fenomeni del rugby italiano (in Italian)
- ^ Bishop Dilmo Franco de Campos †
- ^ Tristísima noticia: falleció el Piojo Gaitán (in Spanish)
- ^ Pay-per-view pioneer Joe Hand Sr. has died at 87 after a battle with COVID-19
- ^ Leonard Hayflick
- ^ Suri vaimulik Villu Jürjo (in Estonian)
- ^ Décès de la journaliste Suzanne Kala-Lobè (in French)
- ^ Kunstenares Hinke Luiten uit Deventer overleden, bekend van jurk van 50 euro biljetten (in Dutch)
- ^ Zemřel legendární Zdeněk Prokeš (in Czech)
- ^ Muere María Eugenia Ríos, famosa actriz de 'Rubí' y 'María Mercedes'; esto sabemos (in Spanish)
- ^ Daniel Selznick, ‘The Making of a Legend: Gone With the Wind’ and ‘Blood Feud’ Producer, Dies at 88
- ^ Craig Shakespeare: Former Leicester manager dies aged 60
- ^ مصر.. مصرع 3 منتجين مشهورين إثر حادث مروع (in Arabic)
- ^ Condemned Incarcerated Person Morris Solomon Jr. Dies
- ^ Head of Infectious Diseases & AIDS Center Tengiz Tsertsvadze dies aged 76
- ^ Nécrologie : décès de l’ancien international camerounais Daniel Wansi (in French)