This is a list of notable people reported as having died either from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or post COVID-19 (long COVID), as a result of infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic and post-COVID-19 pandemic in North America.
Canada
Date Image Name Age Notes Place of death Marguerite Lescop104AuthorCanada (Montreal) Ghyslain Tremblay68Actor (Les Brillant)Canada (Verdun) Robert L. Carroll81Paleontologist Canada (Westmount) Ho Kam-ming94Martial artistCanada (Toronto) Claude Beauchamp80JournalistCanada (Montreal) Claude Lafortune83Artist and sculptorCanada (Longueuil) Sylvie Vincent79Anthropologist Canada (Montreal) Jim Henderson79Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1985–1995)Canada (Toronto) Joyce Davidson89JournalistCanada (Toronto) Renée Claude80SingerCanada (Montreal) John Palmer77Film director and playwright Canada (Ottawa) Craig Welch71AnimatorCanada (Montreal) Margaret Waterchief88PriestCanada (Strathmore) Fred Sasakamoose86Ice hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks)Canada (Prince Albert) Marc-André Bédard85Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (1973–1985)Canada (Saguenay) Sol Tolchinsky91Basketball player (Canada)Canada (Montreal) Joan Dougherty93Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (1981–1987)Canada (Westmount) Leo Panitch75Political scientist Canada (Toronto) George Robertson93Ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens)Canada (Winnipeg) Shingoose74SingerCanada (Winnipeg) Henry Tarvainen76ActorCanada (Toronto) Eva Maria Pracht83Olympic equestrian (Bronze – 1988)Canada Raymond Lévesque92SingerCanada (Montreal) Sylvia Murphy89SingerCanada (Mississauga) Clotilda Douglas-Yakimchuk89NurseCanada (Halifax) Michael Bedford-Jones83Bishop of Toronto (1994–2008)Canada (Oshawa) Cornelia Oberlander99ArchitectCanada (Vancouver) Peter Jenkins77Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon (1995–2006)Canada (Vancouver) Josée Forest-Niesing56Member of the Senate of Canada (since 2019)Canada (Sudbury) Les Emmerson77Singer (Five Man Electrical Band)Canada (Ottawa) Kay McNamee91Olympic swimmerCanada (Richmond) Marc Hamilton78SingerCanada (Saint-Jérôme)
Cuba
Date Image Name Age Notes Place of death Victor Batista Falla87Journalist Cuba (Havana) Marta Martin Carrera-Ruiz80ActressCuba Higinio Vélez74Baseball manager (Cuba)Cuba (Havana) Noel Guzmán Boffil Rojas66PainterCuba (Santa Clara) Giraldo González63Baseball player (Cuba)Cuba Adalberto Álvarez72PianistCuba (Havana) Enrique Molina77Actor Cuba (Havana) Bernardino Cano Radil65Ambassador of Paraguay to Cuba (since 2015) and member of the Congress of Paraguay (1989–1998)Cuba (Havana)
Haiti
Date Image Name Age Notes Place of death Sylvain Ducange58Bishop of Port-au-Prince (since 2016)Haiti (Mirebalais) René Sylvestre58Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Haiti (since 2019)Haiti (Mirebalais) Gilbert Dragon52Police officer Haiti
Jamaica
Date Image Name Age Notes Place of death Toots Hibbert77Singer (Toots and the Maytals)Jamaica (Kingston) Donald Keith Duncan80Member of the Parliament of Jamaica (2007–2016 & 1976–1983)Jamaica (Kingston) Erica Watson48Actress (Precious & Chi-Raq)Jamaica (Montego Bay) Dennis Johnson81Olympic sprinterJamaica (Kingston) Marco Brown94Member of the Parliament of Jamaica (1980–1989)Jamaica
Mexico
Date Image Name Age Notes Place of death Jaime Ruiz Sacristán70Chairman of the Mexican Stock Exchange (since 2015)Mexico (Mexico City) Óscar Chávez85Singer-songwriterMexico (Mexico City) Yoshio70SingerMexico (Mexico City) Pilar Pellicer82Actress (Ariel Award for Best Actress – 1974)Mexico (Mexico City) Manuel Felguérez92PainterMexico (Mexico City) Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez77Footballer (Mexico)Mexico (Guadalajara) Reynaldo Salazar65Taekwondo athleteMexico (Mexico City) Raymundo Capetillo76ActorMexico (Mexico City) Claudio Zupo35JudokaMexico (Sonora) Cecilia Romo74ActressMexico (Mexico City) Miguel Acundo González58Member of the Chamber of Deputies (since 2018)Mexico (Puebla) Rubén Anguiano69Footballer (Mexico)Mexico Joel Molina Ramírez77Member of the Senate of Mexico (since 2019)Mexico (Tlaxcala City) Arturo Lona Reyes94Bishop of Tehuantepec (1980–2001)Mexico (Lagunas) Víctor Valencia de los Santos61Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2006–2009)Mexico (Ciudad Juárez) Isidro Pedraza Chavez61Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2006–2015)Mexico (Pachuca) Pedro Ávila Nevárez83Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2003–2012)Mexico Juan de Dios Castro Lozano78Member of the Chamber of Deputies (1979–2004)Mexico José Manuel Mireles Valverde62DoctorMexico (Morelia) Balfre Vargas Cortez61Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2009–2012)Mexico (Mexico City) José María de la Torre Martín68Bishop of Aguascalientes (since 2008)Mexico (Aguascalientes City) Delfino López Aparicio60Member of the Chamber of Deputies (since 2018)Mexico Florencio Olvera Ochoa87Bishop of Cuernavaca (2002–2009)Mexico Gilberto Ensástiga57Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2003–2006)Mexico Benedicto Bravo58Footballer (Club León)Mexico (León) Armando Romero60Footballer (Mexico)Mexico Alberto Amador Leal69Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2000–2009)Mexico Florentino Domínguez Ordóñez58Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2003–2006)Mexico Othón Cuevas Córdova55Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2006–2009)Mexico Luis Enrique Mercado68Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2009–2012)Mexico (Mexico City) Armando Manzanero85Singer (Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award – 2014 & Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award – 2010)Mexico (Mexico City) Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Machado60Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2000–2003)Mexico Marissa Garrido95ActressMexico (Mexico City) Carlos Armando Biebrich61Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2006–2009 & 1967–1970) and Governor of Sonora (1973–1975)Mexico (Hermosillo) Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez66Bishop Mexico City (since 2020)Mexico (Mexico City) Gustavo Peña78Footballer (Mexico)Mexico (Mexico City) Martha Madrigal91PoetMexico Avelino Méndez Rangel62Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2015–2018 & 2009–2012)Mexico (Mexico City) Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez61AstrobiologistMexico Ricardo Silva Elizondo67ActorMexico (Mexico City) Beatriz Yamamoto Cázarez63Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2012–2015)Mexico (León) Lucía Guilmáin78ActressMexico (Mexico City) Sanjaya Rajaram77–78ScientistMexico (Ciudad Obregón) Radamés Salazar46Member of the Senate of Mexico (since 2018)Mexico (Mexico City) Alberto Ciurana60Television producer Mexico (Mexico City) Hermenegildo Ramírez Sánchez92Bishop of Santa Giusta (1975–2005)Mexico (Querétaro City) Francisco Haghenbeck56WriterMexico (Tehuacán) José Francisco Gallardo Rodríguez75Military officerMexico (Mexico City) Rene Juarez Cisneros65Member of the Chamber of Deputies (Since 2018 & 1994–1997), Senate of Mexico (2012–2016) and Governor of Guerrero (1999–2005)Mexico (Mexico City) Martha Sánchez Néstor49ActivistMexico María Teresa Marú Mejía62Member of the Chamber of Deputies (since 2018)Mexico (Mexico City) Zelá Brambillé27WriterMexico (Saltillo) Francisco Monterrosa53ArtistMexico Juan Guillermo López Soto74Bishop of Cuauhtémoc-Madera (since 1995)Mexico (Chihuahua City) Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba89Bishop of Zacatecas (1999–2008)Mexico (Zacatecas City) Onésimo Cepeda Silva84Bishop of Ecatepec (1995–2012)Mexico Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla84Bishop of Saltillo (1975–1999)Mexico (Saltillo) Super Muñeco69Professional wrestlerMexico (Mexico City) José Isidro Guerrero Macías70Bishop of Mexicali (since 1997)Mexico (Mexicali) Israel Beltrán Montes74Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2006–2009 & 1991–2002)Mexico (Chihuahua City) Francisco Solís Peón53Member of the Legislative Assembly of Mexico City (2000–2003)Mexico (Mérida)
United States
Alabama
Date Image Name Age Notes Place of death Bennie G. Adkins86Military officer (Medal of Honor recipient)Alabama (Opelika) Brian Axsmith57PaleobotanistAlabama (Mobile) Pamela Rush49Civil rights activist Alabama (Selma) Henrietta Boggs102First Lady of Costa Rica (1953–1954 & 1948–1949)Alabama (Montgomery) Larry Dixon78Member of the Alabama Senate (1983–2011)Alabama (Montgomery) Jack Page70Member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1993–2011)Alabama (Gadsden) Taavo Virkhaus86Conductor and composerAlabama (Huntsville) Randy Tate68Baseball player (New York Mets)Alabama (Muscle Shoals) Lucille Times100Civil rights activist Alabama (Montgomery) Rudy Abbott81College baseball coach (Jacksonville State Gamecocks)Alabama (Jacksonville)
Alaska
Date Image Name Age Notes Place of death Mike Bradner83Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives (1975–1977) and member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1967–1977)Alaska (Anchorage) Martin B. Moore84Member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1971–1973)Alaska (Bethel)
Arizona
Date Image Name Age Notes Place of death Sally Rowley88Civil rights activist Arizona (Tucson) Tootie Robbins62American football player (Arizona Cardinals)Arizona (Chandler) Anthony Casso78MobsterArizona (Tucson) Albert Hale70Member of the Arizona House of Representatives (2011–2017) and member of the Arizona Senate (2004–2011)Arizona (Mesa) Claudette White49Judge of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians (2018–2020) and Quechan Tribal Indian Court (2006–2020)Arizona (Yuma) Reggie Parks87Wrestler Arizona (Tucson) Ricky Nelson62Baseball player (Seattle Mariners)Arizona (Phoenix) Doug Jones64Baseball player (Cleveland Indians – All-Star champion – 1988–1990, 1992 & 1994)Arizona (Tucson) Nancy Lord70AttorneyArizona (Show Low) Donald Machholz69AstronomerArizona (Wikieup) Sylvia Laughter63Member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1999–2005)Arizona (Mesa) Lew Hunter87Screenwriter and educator Arizona (Tucson)
California