List of Famous people who died in 2021

John Wes Townley

First Name John
Last Name Townley
Born on December 31, 1989
Died on October 2, 2021 (aged 31)

John Wes Townley was an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 05 Chevrolet Silverado for Athenian Motorsports, and part-time in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 05 Chevrolet Camaro for Athenian Motorsports. Townley's father Tony is a co-founder of the Zaxby's chain of chicken restaurants.

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Fofi Gennimata

First Name Fofi
Born on November 17, 1964
Died on October 25, 2021 (aged 56)

Fotini "Fofi" Gennimata was a Greek politician who served as president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) from 2015 to 2021. During her tenure as party leader, she also co-founded and led the Democratic Alignment and the Movement for Change, two successive political alliances of centre-left parties formed around PASOK. She was the daughter of Georgios Gennimatas, a high-profile government minister during the PASOK administrations of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Ron Tutt

Ronald Ellis Tutt
First Name Ron
Last Name Tutt
Born on March 12, 1938
Died on October 16, 2021 (aged 83)

Ron Tutt was an American drummer who played concerts and recording sessions for Elvis Presley, the Carpenters, Roy Orbison, Neil Diamond, and Jerry Garcia.

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Michael Tylo

First Name Michael
Last Name Tylo
Born on October 16, 1948
Died on September 28, 2021 (aged 72)

Michael Edward Tylo was an American actor.

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Bichu Thirumala

First Name Bichu
Born on February 13, 1942
Died on November 26, 2021 (aged 79)

B. Sivasankaran Nair, popularly known as Bichu Thirumala, was an Indian lyricist and poet. He, along with O. N. V. Kurup, is known for creating the style of arranging beautiful words in Malayalam film songs. In Malayalam cinema, Bichu Thirumala led the group of lyricists who wrote songs for readymade tunes. He won the Kerala State Film Award for the best lyricist two times. His prolific Malayalam film repertoire includes work with eminent composers like Shyam, G. Devarajan, V. Dakshinamurthy, M.S. Baburaj, K. Raghavan, M.S. Viswanathan, A.T. Ummer, K.J. Joy, Shankar–Ganesh, Jaya Vijaya, Raveendran, Jerry Amaldev, Johnson, Ouseppachan, Ilaiyaraaja, A. R. Rahman and the list goes on.

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Christopher Wenner

Max Christopher Wenner
First Name Christopher
Last Name Wenner
Born on December 6, 1954
Died on October 28, 2021 (aged 66)
Born in United Kingdom

Christopher Wenner, later known as Max Stahl, was a British journalist and television presenter.

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Russell Woolf

First Name Russell
Last Name Woolf
Born on November 30, 1963
Died on October 26, 2021 (aged 57)

Russell Woolf was a Western Australian media personality, who was best known as a presenter on ABC Radio Perth.

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Andrea Martin

First Name Andrea
Last Name Martin
Born on April 14, 1972
Died on September 27, 2021 (aged 49)

Andrea Monica Martin was an American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer.

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Joanna Cameron

First Name Joanna
Born on September 20, 1951
Died on October 22, 2021 (aged 70)

Joanna Kara Cameron, sometimes credited as JoAnna Cameron, was an American actress and model, perhaps best known for her portrayal of the title role on Isis, a 1970s children's television series, which was later rebroadcast as The Secrets of Isis.

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Ian St John

John St John
First Name Ian
Last Name John
Born on June 7, 1938
Died on March 1, 2021 (aged 82)

John "Ian" St John was a Scottish professional football player, coach and broadcaster. St John played as a forward for Liverpool throughout most of the 1960s. Signed by Bill Shankly in 1961, St John was a key member of the Liverpool team that emerged from the second tier of English football to win two league titles and one FA Cup—in which he scored the winner in the 1965 final—to cement a position as one of the country's top sides. He played for Scotland 21 times, scoring nine goals.

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