Deaths from lung cancer

South Korean writer (1926-2008)

American actor (1927-1973)

swimmer (1915-1998)

American rower (1930–2012)

Japanese astronomer (1952-)

American painter (1940–2007)

German actor (1940–2000)

Indian-American neurosurgeon and writer

Japanese actor (1924–1987)

Japanese novelist (1957–2008)

Japanese actor (1949–2023)

Hong Kong writer and scholar (1949–2013)

Roman Catholic bishop (1942-2010)

British writer

Czech bassguitarist and singer (1951-2001)

American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler (1928–2005)

sound engineer (1932-1989)

father of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (1936–2007)

American musician (1948–2021)

American urologist (1891–1966)

British composer

British composer, musician and sound specialist (1953-2007)

Belgian sports executive (1934–2002)

American ufologist

American radiologist (1918–1984)

Mexican actor (1920–1997)

American-born writer of gay romance (1916–1988)

Swedish politician

Japanese rakugoka (1933-2009)

British singer (1894–1961)

English painter and illustrator (1870–1937)

British musician (1901-1953)

British industrialist and businessman (1929-2000)

Jamaican musician

Soviet Ukrainian scientist (1891–1949)