Jean-Paul Huchon death at age 80
Jean-Paul Huchon, a French politician and retired civil servant who led the Regional Council of Île-de-France, died of cancer on October 23, 2026, aged 80. Born in Paris’s 1st arrondissement on July 29, 1946, he was…
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Francis Duru death at age 57
Francis Duru, Nigerian actor known for Blood Money, Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons and Blood Vessel, died on October 23, 2026, aged 57. Born in Cameroon on July 27, 1969, to Nigerian parents from Imo…
Ryū Murakami dies at 74
Ryū Murakami, the Japanese novelist whose books included *Almost Transparent Blue*, *Audition* and *In the Miso Soup*, died October 23, 2026, aged 74. Born Ryūnosuke Murakami in Sasebo, Nagasaki, on February 19, 1952, he attended school there and later studied at Musashino Art University. His novels examined human…
Russell Stone died at age 103
Russell Stone, a New Zealand historian, author and academic, died on October 22, 2026, aged 103. Born Russell Cyril James Stone in Mount Eden, Auckland, on April 7, 1923, he attended Mount Albert Grammar School before studying at Auckland University College, now the University of Auckland. He graduated…
Leaname Maotoanong passes away at age 35
Leaname Maotoanong, a Motswana Olympic sprinter who competed in the 200 and 400 metres, died October 22, 2026, aged 35. Born May 9, 1991, in Shoshong, Botswana, he represented his country at the 2016 Olympic Games. His events included two individual sprint distances, while the 4 × 400…
Death of Toya Jones at age 49
Toya Jones, an American football player who played for the San Francisco 49ers, Denver Broncos and Houston Texans, died October 22, 2026, aged 49. A defensive back, Jones was born in Victoria, Texas, on October 28, 1976, and attended Refugio High School. He also competed in track and…
Jorge Veras dead at age 67
Jorge de Souza Veras, the Brazilian footballer known as Jorge Veras, died October 22, 2026, aged 67, following complications from pancreatic cancer. Born in Fortaleza, he played as a forward and was revealed by Fortaleza EC. His early career took him through Ceará SC and Tiradentes-CE before he…
Death of Ron Duguay at age 69
Ron Duguay, the Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played for the New York Rangers, died of colon cancer on October 22, 2026, aged 69. Born Ronald Duguay on July 6, 1957, in Sudbury, Ontario, he spent part of his childhood in nearby Val Caron and played…
Obituary: Kwame Dzokoto, dead at age 51
Kwame Dzokoto, a Ghanaian television personality, comedian, actor and politician, died on October 22, 2026, aged 51. Also known as Seth Kwame Dzokoto, he was associated with the TV3 programme Edziban, which he hosted. The show explored Ghanaian food joints and cuisines, bringing food and dining places into…
Caryle Murphy dies at age 79
Caryle Murphy, an American journalist for The Washington Post, died of pulmonary fibrosis on October 22, 2026, aged 79. Her career included reporting for The Christian Science Monitor as well as The Washington Post, and later work with GlobalPost and The National while in Saudi Arabia. As a…
John Vaughan passes away at age 62
John Vaughan, an English professional footballer and coach who served as Bradford City’s goalkeeping coach, died October 22, 2026, aged 62. Born in Isleworth on June 26, 1964, he was a goalkeeper who made nearly 400 league appearances during a career that included lengthy spells at Fulham, Cambridge…
Mélanie Berger-Volle dies at 105
Mélanie Berger-Volle, an Austrian-born French veteran of World War II and member of the French Resistance, died October 22, 2026, aged 105. Born in Vienna, she grew up in the city’s Leopoldstadt district in a Jewish family and trained in dressmaking, learning the corset-making trade. She later described…
Krishnaraj dies at 75
Krishnaraj, an Indian playback singer, died on October 22, 2026, aged 75. Born in Tamil Nadu on December 25, 1951, he was the son of Varadammal and A. Ramasamy, whose family background was in weaving. Both his parents had musical knowledge, and two of his five elder brothers…
Yury Tsyhalka passes away at age 43
Yury Tsyhalka, a Belarusian footballer, died on October 22, 2026, aged 43. Born in Minsk on May 27, 1983, he played for Dinamo Minsk and Dinamo Brest, and Shakhtyor Soligorsk was his last club. Tsyhalka represented Belarus in international football, earning three caps for the national team. He…
Death of Nikolay Koshman at age 82
Nikolay Koshman, a Russian politician who served as deputy prime minister from 1999 to 2000, died on October 21, 2026, aged 82. Born on April 5, 1944, in Myronivka, in Svitlovodsk Raion of Kirovohrad Oblast in…
Bob “Hoolihan” obituary: died at age 93
Bob "Hoolihan" Wells, an American weatherman, television personality and actor, died of liver cancer on October 21, 2026, aged 93. Born Robert D. Wells in West Point, Nebraska, he began his broadcasting career at KWBE radio in Beatrice in 1951, after graduating from high school in Lincoln. He…
Cornell Green, died aged 86
Cornell Green, an American football player, died October 21, 2026, aged 86. Born Cornell M. Green on February 10, 1940, in Oklahoma City, he was raised in northern California and attended El Cerrito High School. One of five sons of Elijah and Gladys Green, he was the younger…
Tom Skerritt, died aged 93
Tom Skerritt, the American actor and Emmy winner known for Alien and Picket Fences, died October 21, 2026, aged 93. Born Thomas Roy Skerritt in Detroit, he built a career spanning more than 170 film and television productions, beginning in the early 1960s. His breakthrough came as Duke…
Jan Novák dead at age 79
Jan Novák, the Czech theatre director and educator, died on October 21, 2026, aged 79. Born in Velké Losiny on April 19, 1947, he studied at the Secondary Industrial School of Film in Čimelice before pursuing theatre directing at DAMU, graduating in 1971 in the class of František…
Romano Hummel died at age 27
Romano Hummel, a Dutch speedway rider, died by suicide on October 21, 2026, aged 27. Born in the Netherlands on January 4, 1999, he competed internationally in both long track and speedway. His career included individual and team championship competition as well as a season in British league…
Todd Benzinger dies at age 63
Todd Benzinger, an American baseball player and 1990 World Series champion, died October 21, 2026, aged 63. Born Todd Eric Benzinger in Dayton, Kentucky, on February 11, 1963, he graduated from New Richmond High School in New Richmond, Ohio. A first baseman and outfielder, he played nine seasons…
Georgi Nemsadze dies at age 54
Georgi Nemsadze, a Georgian professional footballer and manager, died of a heart attack in Tbilisi on October 21, 2026, aged 54. Born in Tbilisi on May 10, 1972, he played as a midfielder, representing Georgian teams as well as clubs elsewhere in Europe. His club career included Dinamo…
Alexander Sizov passed away at age 78
Alexander Alexandrovich Sizov, a Russian politician who served as a State Duma deputy from 2000 to 2007, died in Yaroslavl on October 21, 2026, aged 78. Born on September 12, 1948, in Buysky District, Kostroma Oblast, he was born in what was then the Russian SFSR, part of…
Jan Kříž dies at 51
Jan Kříž, a Czech physicist and university educator, died on October 21, 2026, aged 51. Born in Hradec Králové, he built his academic career at the University of Hradec Králové (UHK), where he became rector in July 2024 and served until his death. He had led the university’s…
Ng Joo Pong dies at 80
Ng Joo Pong, a Malaysian Olympic cyclist, died October 21, 2026, aged 80. Born in Kuala Lumpur on June 19, 1946, he competed for Malaysia on the international cycling stage. He represented the country at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics, and also took part in the 1966…
David Mouradian has died at age 74
David Mouradian, an Armenian philologist, writer and film critic, died on October 21, 2026, aged 74. Born in Yerevan on December 12, 1951, he graduated from Yerevan State University’s Faculty of Philology. His literary work began appearing in 1969 in Pioneer, a magazine for children; his first book,…
Ken Ring dies at age 86
Ken Ring, a New Zealand writer and astrologer, died October 21, 2026, aged 86. Born in England during the Second World War, he emigrated with his family to New Zealand in the 1960s and was based in Auckland. Ring also worked as a weather forecaster and mathematics teacher.…
Subagyo Hadi Siswoyo obituary: died at age 80
Subagyo Hadi Siswoyo, an Indonesian Army general, died in Yogyakarta on October 19, 2026, aged 80. Born in Yogyakarta on June 12, 1946, he studied at the Akademi…
Hilkka Kinnunen dies at age 101
Hilkka Kinnunen, a Finnish operatic soprano and actress, died October 19, 2026, aged 101. Born Hilkka Terttu Annikki Kinnunen in Viipuri on March 19, 1925, she began theatre…
Death of Andy King at age 78
Andy King, the British Labour politician who represented Rugby and Kenilworth in Parliament from 1997 to 2005, died on October 19, 2026, aged 78. Born on September 14,…
Kamaruddin Simanjuntak passed away at age 52
Indonesian lawyer Kamaruddin Simanjuntak, whose full name was Kamaruddin Hendra Simanjuntak, died on October 19, 2026, aged 52. Born on May 21, 1974, he completed secondary school at…
Coos Huijsen obituary: died at age 87
Coos Huijsen, a Dutch historian, writer and politician who served in the House of Representatives, died October 19, 2026, aged 87. Born Jacobus Huijsen in The Hague on…
Geoff Thompson has died at age 86
Geoffrey William Fleetwood Thompson, known as Geoff Thompson, a barrister and solicitor and former New Zealand National Party politician, died on October 19, 2026, aged 86. Born in…
Florin Cotora death at age 53
Florin Cotora, a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on October 19, 2026, aged 53. Born in Sibiu on December 12, 1972, Cotora built a career…
Demetris Kizas died at age 73
Demetris Kizas, a Cypriot footballer who played for Enosis Neon Paralimni, Panathinaikos, Panachaiki and OFI, died on October 19, 2026, aged 73. Born in Paralimni on September 6,…
Chuck Amato death at age 80
Chuck Amato, an American college football coach who led NC State and coached at Florida State, died of throat cancer on October 19, 2026, aged 80. Born Charles…
Carlos Miguel Suárez dead, Carlos Miguel Suárez, Mexican actor and salesman
Carlos Miguel Suárez, the Mexican actor and salesman known professionally as Carlos Miguel, died on October 19, 2026. His full name was Carlos Miguel Suárez Soto. During the…
Emmanuel Uduaghan passes away at age 71
Emmanuel Uduaghan, a Nigerian politician and former governor of Delta State, died October 19, 2026, aged 71. A physician by training, he led the state from 2007 to…
Yusef Majidzadeh obituary: died at age 90
Yusef Majidzadeh, an Iranian archaeologist, died on October 19, 2026, aged 90. A native of Tabriz, he built his career around the study of Iran’s archaeological past. He…
Frank Goode has died at age 86
Frank Goode, an Australian rules footballer and coach, died October 19, 2026, aged 86. Born on December 19, 1939, he played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football…
Ediémou Blin Jacob dies at 80
Ediémou Blin Jacob, an Ivorian pastor and civil servant, died in Abidjan on October 19, 2026, aged 80. Born in Grand-Bassam on November 5, 1945, he attended high…
Kenneth Atchity dead at age 82
Kenneth Atchity, an American film producer, died October 19, 2026, aged 82. Born Kenneth John Atchity in Eunice, Louisiana, on January 16, 1944, he worked in film and…
Vladlen Dozortsev dead at age 87
Vladlen Dozortsev, a Russian-Latvian politician who served in Latvia’s legislature, died in Latvia on October 19, 2026, aged 87. Born on July 3, 1939, in Roslavl, Smolensk Oblast,…
Vladlens Dozorcevs, died aged 87
Vladlens Dozorcevs, a Russian-Latvian politician, died on October 19, 2026, aged 87. Born on July 3, 1939, in Roslavl, Smolensk Oblast, in the Russian SFSR, he was educated…
Ibrahima Sory Sow passed away at age 85
Ibrahima Sory Sow, a Guinean politician and member of Ghana’s Parliament from 1995 to 2002, died in Dakar on October 18, 2026, aged 85. Born in Conakry on…
Larry Hibbard dead at age 81
Larry Hibbard, a rancher and Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, died October 18, 2026, aged 81. Born Larry Paul Hibbard on September 14, 1945, in…
Henry Dougier dies at age 90
Henry Dougier, a French publisher, died October 18, 2026, aged 90. Born on December 27, 1936, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, Dougier was associated with two publishing ventures: the magazine…
Ann Hornaday obituary: died at age 66
Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post’s chief film critic, died October 18, 2026, aged 66. She was an American film critic and journalist whose career included work at national…
Jost Hochuli death at age 93
Jost Hochuli, a Swiss graphic designer known for his book designs, died October 18, 2026, aged 93. Born in St. Gallen on June 8, 1933, he began his…
Ronald Lancaster dies at age 95
Ronald Lancaster, the British Anglican clergyman, chemist and businessman who founded Kimbolton Fireworks, died October 18, 2026, aged 95. Born in Huddersfield, he became interested in fireworks after…
Lua Blanco passed away at age 39
Lua Blanco, a Brazilian actress and singer known for Rebelde and the band Rebeldes, died of cancer on October 18, 2026, aged 39. Born in São Paulo on…
Ana Rita Sithole dead, Ana Rita Sithole, Mozambican politician
Ana Rita Sithole, a Mozambican politician and member of FRELIMO, died October 18, 2026. She had served in the Assembly of the Republic since 2000, spending more than…
Gregory Ibe death at age 63
Gregory Ikechukwu Ibe, a Nigerian industrialist, politician and academic who founded Gregory University, Uturu, died on October 18, 2026, aged 63. Born in Kaduna on December 10, 1963,…
Mary Fell dies at age 79
Mary Fell, an American poet and academic, died October 18, 2026, aged 79, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on September 22, 1947, she graduated…
Lee Kwan-Young passes away at age 80
Lee Kwan-Young, a South Korean taekwondo practitioner and former military officer, died October 18, 2026, aged 80. Born in Seoul on April 19, 1946, he worked in taekwondo…
Frans Geysen dies at age 90
Frans Geysen, a Belgian composer and writer on music topics, died October 18, 2026, aged 90. Born on July 29, 1936, in Oostham, Limburg, he studied at the…
Napoleon Bonaparte passes away at age 60
Napoleon Bonaparte, an Indonesian police officer, died on October 18, 2026, aged 60. Born in South Sumatra on October 26, 1965, he graduated from the Indonesian Police Academy…
Syukron Ma’mun passed away at age 84
Syukron Ma'mun, an Indonesian educator and politician, died on October 18, 2026, aged 84. Born on December 21, 1941, he was also a religious scholar and led the…
Ng Hong-mun dies at age 100
Ng Hong-mun, a Chinese politician who served as a deputy to China’s National People’s Congress, died October 18, 2026, aged 100. Born in Shantou in 1926, he studied…
Ken Ward death at age 91
Ken Ward, an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond, died October 18, 2026, aged 91. Born on September 30, 1935, Ward played for the club in the…
B. Madhusoodhana Kurup, died aged 71
B. Madhusoodhana Kurup, the founding vice-chancellor of Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), died October 18, 2026, aged 71. An Indian fisheries researcher and academic administrator,…
Obituary: Benito di Paula, dead at age 84
Benito di Paula, the Brazilian singer-songwriter, composer and pianist, died of prostate cancer on October 18, 2026, aged 84. Born Uday Vellozo in Nova Friburgo, he became known…
Death of James P. Axiotis at age 63
James P. Axiotis, an American television producer known for Cold Case Files, died October 18, 2026, aged 63. Born James Photi Axiotis in Athens, Greece, he was adopted…
John Beake obituary: died at age 87
John Beake, an American football coach and executive who served as general manager of the Denver Broncos, died October 17, 2026, aged 87. Born in Long Branch, New…
Death of Rinze Visser at age 87
Rinze Visser, a Dutch communist politician, died on October 17, 2026, aged 87, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Born in Lemmer, he encountered communist ideas early through his…
Leonel Nunes has died at age 76
Leonel Martinho Gomes Nunes, a Brazilian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira, died in Funchal on October 17, 2026, aged 76. A member of the…
Ota Jirák obituary: died at age 77
Ota Jirák, the Czech actor, voice actor and entertainer, died on October 17, 2026, aged 77. Born in Debř on April 12, 1949, he studied puppetry at the…
Jacques Charlin has died at age 77
Jacques Charlin, a French mathematician and professor of mathematics at Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, died on October 17, 2026, aged 77. Born on November 2, 1948, he…
Louis-André Dacoury-Tabley, died aged 81
Louis-André Dacoury-Tabley, an Ivorian politician, died on October 17, 2026, aged 81. Born in Gagnoa on September 14, 1945, he later served in government in two ministerial roles.…
Yvette Biro has died at age 96
Yvette Biro, a Hungarian-American screenwriter and essayist, died in Paris on October 17, 2026, aged 96. Born in Budapest on April 3, 1930, she worked as a film…
Obituary: Eduardo Viana, dead at age 71
Eduardo Viana, the Portuguese actor, died on October 17, 2026, aged 71. Born in Lisbon on May 3, 1955, he worked in film and television, appearing in more…
Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani has died at age 32
Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani, a Saudi Arabian footballer who played for Damac and Al-Diriyah, died aged 32 on October 17, 2026, from injuries sustained in a traffic collision. Born in…
Obituary: Pierre-Yves Collombat, dead at age 81
Pierre-Yves Collombat, a French politician who represented the Var department in France’s Senate as a member of the Socialist Party, died October 17, 2026, aged 81. Born in…
Per Haftorsen died at age 79
Per Haftorsen, a Norwegian football goalkeeper who represented Haugar, Fredrikstad and his country, died on October 17, 2026, aged 79. Born in Haugesund Municipality on September 6, 1947,…
Sabri Anar dies at age 60
Sabri Anar, a Turkish hierarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church and archbishop of Amida, died October 17, 2026, aged 60. He had served as archbishop of the Archeparchy…
Patrick Dele-Cole dies at 86
Patrick Dele-Cole, a Nigerian politician, journalist and historian who became managing director of the Daily Times, died October 17, 2026, aged 86. His career brought together newspaper leadership,…
Denis Boytsov passes away at age 40
Denis Boytsov, a Russian boxer, died on October 17, 2026, aged 40. Born Denis Nikolayevich Boytsov on February 14, 1986, he was from Oryol, then in the Russian…
Penehupifo Pohamba has died at age 78
Penehupifo Pohamba, a Namibian nurse, politician and former first lady, died on October 17, 2026, aged 78. She was the second First Lady of Namibia during the presidency…
Deva, died aged 75
Devanesan Chokkalingam, the Indian film composer and singer known as Deva, died October 17, 2026, aged 75. A prominent contributor to Tamil cinema, he also composed songs and…
Michael Cheng, died aged 88
Michael Cheng, a Hong Kong politician and school principal who served on the Legislative Council from 1988 to 1991, died October 17, 2026, aged 88. Born in Hong…
Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa, died aged 43
Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa, a Guatemalan public prosecutor and anti-corruption activist, died aged 43 on October 17, 2026, in an armed attack. A lawyer and notary, he studied…
Death of Barbara Gawryluk at age 69
Barbara Gawryluk, a Polish children’s book author, journalist and translator, died on October 16, 2026, aged 69. Born in Kraków on May 19, 1957, she studied Swedish philology…
Michael Gray passed away at age 75
Michael Gray, an American actor known for playing Billy Batson in the 1970s television series Shazam!, died October 16, 2026, aged 75. Born in Chicago on September 2,…
Medaglia d’Oro has died at age 27
Medaglia d’Oro, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, died October 16, 2026, aged 27. A dark bay or brown stallion marked with a white star and three white socks, he…
Noah Adams dead at age 84
Noah Adams, an American radio journalist and author associated with NPR, died October 16, 2026, aged 84. Born September 15, 1942, in Ashland, Kentucky, he began his career…