Notable deaths on October 21

Prime Minister of Portugal from 1981 to 1983

Canadian singer and comedian (1933–2024)

Australian politician (1933–2023)

English footballer (1937–2023)

Revoked Guinness World Record holder for oldest dog ever

Dutch conductor (1929–2021)

English television presenter (1933–2020)

Slovenian politician, legal expert and author

American actor (1936–2015)

British conservationist and dragonfly researcher (1923–2015)

American political theorist (1922–2015)

Executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991

American genealogist and hula expert (1925–2014)

Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975

Iranian Ayatollah (1931–2014)

American businessman (1926–2014)

American football executive, owner (1923–2013)

American singer

Italian composer (1924–2013)

American politician (1936–2013)

Venezuelan journalist (1927–2013)

Danish writer, storyteller, musician and artist

British swimmer

South African photographer (1930–2012)