List of Famous people who died in 2021

Carman

Carmelo Domenic Licciardello
Born on January 19, 1956
Died on February 16, 2021 (aged 65)

Carmelo Domenic Licciardello, known by his stage name Carman, was an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, television host, life coach, and evangelist.

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Don Collier

Donald Mounger Collier
First Name Don
Last Name Collier
Born on October 17, 1928
Died on September 13, 2021 (aged 92)

Donald Mounger Collier was an American actor best known for Western films and NBC television shows such as The High Chaparral, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and Outlaws as Marshal Will Foreman.

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Ryan Sakoda

First Name Ryan
Last Name Sakoda
Born on December 31, 1972
Died on September 2, 2021 (aged 48)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Ryan Keiji Sakoda was a Japanese American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances in WWE and later Ultimate Pro Wrestling as a part-time trainer for the wrestlers, as well as working in the independents as Ryan Sakoda.

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Robin Wood

First Name Robin
Last Name Wood
Born on January 24, 1944
Died on October 17, 2021 (aged 77)

Robin Wood was a Paraguayan comic book writer and author. He is mostly known for his classical work in Argentine comics and his later work in European comics.

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Pierre Légaré

First Name Pierre
Last Name Légaré
Born on June 2, 1949
Died on October 5, 2021 (aged 72)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Pierre Légaré was a Canadian humorist, writer, and psychologist.

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Katarina Blagojević

Катарина Јовановић
First Name Katarina
Last Name Blagojević
Born on October 31, 1943
Died on November 15, 2021 (aged 78)

Katarina Blagojević, also known as Katarina Blagojević-Jovanović was a Serbian chess player who held the title of Woman Grandmaster. She shared 4th–5th place in the Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament in 1964. She was a three-time winner of the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship and won a team silver medal and bronze individual medal at the Women's Chess Olympiads in 1963 and 1966, respectively.

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Andy Carswell

First Name Andy
Last Name Carswell
Born on May 29, 1923
Died on July 25, 2021 (aged 98)

Andrew Gordon Carswell was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Avro Lancaster pilot who was shot down near Berlin on his fourth mission in 1943. After returning to Canada after the war, he rejoined the RCAF in 1948 as a search and rescue pilot flying Consolidated Canso flying boats off the coast of British Columbia. During this time he was involved in two famous rescues, including one in 1956 that won him the Air Force Cross which was presented personally by Elizabeth II. He later joined the Ministry of Transport and prepared a 1977 report on the shockingly poor quality of service and training of bush plane pilots operating in northern Ontario. The report led to the reformation of the Ministry's inspection bureaus and, ultimately, the formation of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

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Pepi Bader

First Name Pepi
Last Name Bader
Born on May 29, 1941
Died on October 30, 2021 (aged 80)
Born in Germany, Bavaria
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Josef "Pepi" Bader was a West German bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was born in Grainau.

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Gerry Marsden

Gerard Marsden
First Name Gerry
Last Name Marsden
Born on September 24, 1942
Died on January 3, 2021 (aged 78)

Gerard Marsden MBE was an English singer-songwriter, musician and television personality, best known for being leader of the Merseybeat band Gerry and the Pacemakers. He was the younger brother of fellow band member Freddie Marsden.

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Michael Chapman

First Name Michael
Last Name Chapman
Born on January 24, 1941
Died on September 10, 2021 (aged 80)

Michael Chapman was an English singer-songwriter, and virtuosic guitar player. Chapman originally began playing guitar with jazz bands, mainly in his home town of Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He became well known in the folk clubs of the late 1960s, as well as on the 'progressive' music scene, and released over 50 albums.

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