List of Famous people who died at 71

Osamu Masuko was a Japanese business executive. He was an executive of Mitsubishi Motors, serving as president from 2005 to 2020, CEO from 2005 to 2014 and 2016 to 2019, as well as chairman from 2018 to 2020.

Alejandro Jesús Obregón Rosės was a Colombian painter, muralist, sculptor and engraver.

Jean-François Parot was a French diplomat and writer of historical mysteries, born in Paris.

Pietro Anastasi, nicknamed Petruzzu 'u turcu by fans, was an Italian footballer who played mainly in the role of a striker.

Garon Tsuchiya , also known as Marley Caribu and Marginal, was a Japanese manga writer.

Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records. Williams wrote and arranged for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and she was friend, mentor, and teacher to Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie.

Lucien Léger (1937–2008) was a French criminal.

Jürgen Roth was a German publicist and investigative journalist.

Chen Xiaolu was a Chinese military officer and businessman. As a son of Marshal Chen Yi, he was one of China's most prominent princelings, or children of high officials. He held the rank of colonel when he quit his military and government posts in 1992 and entered business. His military background and princeling status helped his businesses expand to great sizes. He was an early director of privately held Anbang, which grew into an insurance giant. In 2013, he made national headlines when he publicly confessed and apologized for torturing and persecuting his teachers during the Cultural Revolution. He has been called the "conscience" of princelings.

Mehmet Ali Birand was a Turkish journalist, political commentator and writer.