List of Famous people who died in 2021
Antonio Helguera
Antonio Helguera was a Mexican cartoonist. He studied engraving at La Esmeralda National School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving. In 1983, he began his career as a political cartoonist in the newspaper El Día. He continued this work at La Jornada and Siempre!, in addition to El Chahuistle and El Chamuco, magazines of which he was also the co-editor. In 1996 and 2002 he received the Premio Nacional de Periodismo.
Alijan Ibragimov
Alijan Ibragimov was a Kazakh oligarch of the Uyghur descent. He was born in Fergana, Uzbek SSR, and was a member of a well-known circle of oligarchs in Kazakhstan known as the "Trio." The "Trio" comprises Ibragimov and his business partners, Alexander Mashkevich and Patokh Chodiev, active in the mining, oil & gas, and banking sectors in Kazakhstan. Ibragimov has been ranked #382 on Forbes’ list of world billionaires.
Tony Collins
Anthony Norman Collins was an English football player, manager and scout, who played as a left winger. He managed Rochdale between 1960 and 1967, becoming the first black manager in The Football League and leading them to the 1962 Football League Cup Final, their only major final appearance.
Phil Chisnall
John Philip Chisnall was an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1964 he signed for Liverpool from Manchester United, and as of 2021 he remains the last player to have been transferred between the two rivals.
Oleg Marusev
Oleg Fyodorovich Marusev was a Russian film and theater actor, director. Honored Artist of Russia. Actor of Moscow Moon Theatre. Professor Graduate School of Film and Television Ostankino.
Miroslav Lazanski
Miroslav Lazanski was а Serbian journalist, military analyst, politician, and a diplomat who served as ambassador of Serbia to the Russian Federation. Previous to his appointment, Lazanski was a Member of parliament. He wrote on political and military matters and was a correspondent and commentator for the Belgrade daily Politika. He was a member of the National Assembly of Serbia from 2016 to 2019 as member of the governing coalition led by the Serbian Progressive Party.
Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar
Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar was a Pakistani politician and leader of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP). He was an activist in the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), a social movement campaigning for Pashtun human rights. He was a member of Senate of Pakistan from 2015 to 2021.
Sylvano Bussotti
Sylvano Bussotti was an Italian composer of contemporary classical music, also a painter, set and costume designer, opera director and manager, writer and academic teacher. His compositions employ graphic notation, which has often created special problems of interpretation. He was known as a composer for the stage. His first opera was La Passion selon Sade, premiered in Palermo in 1965. Later operas and ballets were premiered at the Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Teatro Lirico di Milano, Teatro Regio di Torino and Piccola Scala di Milano, among others. He was artistic director of La Fenice in Venice, the Puccini Festival and the music section of the Venice Biennale. He taught internationally, for a decade at the Fiesole School of Music. He is regarded as a leading composer of Italy's avantgarde, and a Renaissance man with many talents who combined the arts expressively.
Wayne Terwilliger
Willard Wayne Terwilliger, nicknamed "Twig", was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1949 and 1960 for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators, New York Giants, and Kansas City Athletics.
Sonny Fox
Irwin "Sonny" Fox was an American television host and broadcaster who was the host of the children's television program, Wonderama. Through his career he had hosted other children's educational and entertainment shows including Let's Take a Trip, Just for Fun and On Your Mark, in addition to family shows including The $64,000 show. He was also a producer of movies including And Baby Makes Six, Mysterious Two and Brontë. He served as the chairman of Populations Communication International, a non profit advocating for a change in attitudes toward family planning.