List of Famous people who died in 2021
Carles Romeu Müller
Carlos Romeu Müller, better known as Romeu, was a Spanish graphic humorist.
Bernard Guyot
Bernard Guyot was a French road cyclist. His sporting career began with U.S. Creteil. As an amateur he competed in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics, won the Peace Race in 1966, and placed fourth in the team time trial at the 1966 UCI Road World Championships. In 1967 he turned professional and won 10 races before retiring in 1974. He raced the Tour de France in 1968-1972, placing 27th in 1968 and 28th in 1971. In the national professional road championship, Guyot placed second in 1972 and third in 1969. His father Bernard Sr. and brothers Claude and Serge were also competitive cyclists.
Geneviève Asse
Geneviève Asse was a French painter. She died in August 2021 at the age of 98. She was awarded the Grand-Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour.
Keith Nichols
Keith Nichols was an English jazz multi-instrumentalist and arranger, a player of the piano, trombone, reeds, and accordion.
Raoul Casadei
Raoul Casadei was an Italian bandleader, composer and musician. The leader for about 40 years of Orchestra Casadei, he was nicknamed "Re del Liscio".
Tamara Rylova
Tamara Nikolayevna Rylova was a speed skater.
Natty Hollmann
Natty Hollmann, also known by her married name Natty Petrosino, was an Argentine philanthropist and humanitarian known for her advocacy and work for the indigent.
Myriam Colombi
Myriam Colombi was a French film, television and stage actress. She was theatre director of the Théâtre Montparnasse.
Teresa Żylis-Gara
Teresa Żylis-Gara was a Polish operatic soprano who enjoyed a major international career from the 1950s through the 1990s.
Franz Josef Altenburg
Franz Josef Georg Clemens Maria Leopold Salvator, Prince of Altenburg was an Austrian ceramicist and sculptor. He was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was regarded as a leading modern ceramicist of Austria, and received awards including the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.