Chad Gilbert, the American guitarist, songwriter and record producer best known as a founding member of New Found Glory, died on September 20, 2026, aged 45. Born Chad Everett Gilbert in Coral Springs, Florida, he played…
Wes MacAleer, a Canadian politician and Prince Edward Island MLA from 1996 to 2007, died on September 20, 2026, aged 82. Born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, on February 12, 1944, he was educated at Saint…
Payal Mehta, an Indian journalist who covered Parliament of India, national politics and governance, died on September 20, 2026, aged 46. She worked for more than 15 years in broadcast journalism, reporting on public policy and parliamentary affairs as well as national politics. Mehta began her career in…
Ibrahim Idris, the Nigerian politician and businessman who served as governor of Kogi State, died on September 20, 2026, aged 77. Born in Idah in 1949, he was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party and led the state from 2003 to 2008 and again from 2008 to…
Sid Ahmed Agoumi, the Algerian actor also known as Sid Ahmed Méziane, died on September 20, 2026, aged 86. Born on October 5, 1940, in Bologhine, near Algiers, he began his career in the 1960s and went on to work across theatre, television and cinema. Over the course…
Karim Bujang, a Malaysian politician and former member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Bongawan, died on September 20, 2026, aged 73. Born Karim bin Bujang in Bongawan, he represented Bongawan in the assembly from 1990 to 2013 and was also known as Datuk Karim Bujang. A…
G. Vijayaraghavan, an Indian cardiologist, died on September 20, 2026, aged 84. Also known as Govindan Vijayaraghavan, he was born in Perumpuzha on September 18, 1942, and became a prominent figure in Indian cardiac care. He established one of the country’s first two-dimensional echocardiography laboratories, and later founded…
Davide di Lernia, an Italian filmmaker, died on September 20, 2026, aged 47. Born Davide Antonio di Lernia in Milan on November 11, 1978, he worked as a film director, producer and editor. Over the course of his career, he also worked with three Italian radio stations: Radio…
Sandro Mazzola, the Italian footballer who starred for Inter Milan and the Italy national team, died on September 19, 2026, aged 83. Born Alessandro Mazzola in Turin on November 8, 1942, he spent his entire 17-season club career with Internazionale, having begun playing in 1960, and became one…
Paul Lloyd, the English boxer known as “Livewire,” died on September 19, 2026, aged 57. Born in Bebington, he competed as an amateur bantamweight before turning professional in the bantamweight and super bantamweight divisions during the 1990s and 2000s. As an amateur, Lloyd won the 1990 Amateur Boxing…
Peter Hermann, the German football coach and former player, died on September 19, 2026, aged 74. Born Franz-Peter Hermann in Kleinmaischeid on March 22, 1952, he went on to build a long career in German football as both a player and coach. He was most recently assistant coach…
Nathaniel Waena, who served as Governor-General of Solomon Islands from 2004 to 2009, died on September 19, 2026, aged 80. Known formally as Sir Nathaniel Rahumaea Waena, he was a Solomon Island politician and diplomat born in Makira-Ulawa Province on November 1, 1945. Before his election by the…
Ernie Accorsi, the American football executive and general manager who ran the Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns and New York Giants, died on September 19, 2026, aged 84. Born in Hershey, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Wake Forest University in 1963 and began his sports career as a reporter before…
Abraham Julios, an Indian bishop, died on September 19, 2026, aged 81. Known as Dr. Abraham Mar Julios, he served as the Metropolitan Bishop of the Eparchy of Muvattupuzha of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. Born on May 25, 1945, in Kalloopara, Thiruvalla, Kerala, he entered the Infant Mary…
Mykola Karpyuk, a Ukrainian political activist and former vice leader of UNA-UNSO, died on September 19, 2026, aged 62. Born Mykola Andronovych Karpyuk on May 21, 1964, in Velykyi Zhytyn, he later became a member of…
Richard Giragosian, an Armenian-American academic and political scientist, died on September 19, 2026, aged 61. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, on January 8, 1965, he became known as a contributing analyst for Al Jazeera and the Asia Times. He also worked as a consultant for the Asian Development…
Frans Kgomo, a South African jurist and High Court judge, died on September 19, 2026, aged 75. Known also as Nare Frans Kgomo, he joined the bench in 2008 as a judge of the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa before later serving in the…
Danny Setiawan, an Indonesian politician who served as governor of West Java from 2003 to 2008, died on September 19, 2026, aged 81. Born on August 28, 1945, in Waru, he also worked as a civil servant and later became one of the province’s leading officials. His tenure…
Sophia Horner-Sam, a Ghanaian diplomat and politician, died on September 19, 2026, aged 77. Born in Ghana, she served as deputy Western Regional minister and as deputy minister of ports, harbours and railways during the John Agyekum Kufuor administration. In July 2017, President Nana Akufo-Addo appointed her Ghana’s…
Tim Read, an Australian politician and former general practitioner and medical researcher, died on September 19, 2026, aged 64. He represented the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Brunswick from November 2018 and sat with the Victorian Greens, serving as the party’s spokesperson for Health, Justice, Integrity and Science.…
Susy Aponte Polo, a Peruvian journalist and politician, died on September 19, 2026, aged 43, after being shot during a campaign event in Caraz, in Peru’s Áncash region. Widely known as La China Polo, she hosted the digital program China Polo Dominical and in 2026 ran for the…
Graciela Taquini, the Argentine artist, curator and teacher whose work helped shape the country’s video-art scene, died on September 19, 2026, aged 85. Born in Buenos Aires on July 1, 1941, she developed much of her artistic output in single-channel experimental video and was widely associated with the…
Carolyn J. B. Howard, an American politician and longtime member of the Maryland House of Delegates, died on September 19, 2026, at age 87. She represented District 24 in Prince George's County and served in the House from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1991 to 2019. Howard…
Joyce L. Kennard, the American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1989 to 2014, died on September 18, 2026, aged 85. Born Josephine Luther in Bandung in 1941, she was appointed to the court by Gov. George Deukmejian and went on…
Bryan Bishop, an American radio personality and production and sound-effects worker known to podcast listeners as Bald Bryan, died on September 18, 2026, aged 48. He was best known for his work on The Adam Carolla Show podcast and its earlier radio version. Born on September 13, 1978,…
Arthur B. Hancock III, a Thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner of Stone Farm, died September 18, 2026, at age 83. Born in the United States on February 22, 1943, he was known in racing as Arthur Boyd Hancock III and was part of a prominent American horse-breeding family.…
Hans Grodotzki, the East German long-distance runner who won two silver medals at the 1960 Rome Olympics, died on September 18, 2026, aged 90. Born on April 4, 1936, in Preußisch Holland, then in East Prussia and now Pasłęk in Poland, he became one of East Germany’s leading…
Bryan Kelly, the English composer, conductor and pianist from Oxford, died on September 17, 2026, aged 92. Born Bryan George Kelly on January 3, 1934, he studied at…
Hans Andersson-Tvilling, the Swedish ice hockey player and footballer, died on September 17, 2026, aged 98. Born Hans Lennart Andersson in Bromma, he represented Sweden in ice hockey…
Shao Qihui, the Chinese politician who served as governor of Heilongjiang from 1989 to 1994, died on September 17, 2026, aged 92. Born in June 1934 in Yixing,…
William Gummow, the Australian jurist who served as a justice of the High Court of Australia from 1995 to 2012, died on September 17, 2026, aged 83. Born…
Ginger Molloy, a New Zealand motorcycle racer, died on September 17, 2026, aged 88. Born in Gisborne on December 25, 1937, he became a Grand Prix road racer…
Sergei Tchepikov, the Russian politician, biathlete and cross-country skier, died on September 17, 2026, aged 59. Born Sergei Vladimirovich Tchepikov in Khor, in what was then the Russian…
Alla Akhundova, the Azerbaijani poet, screenwriter and translator, died on September 17, 2026, aged 86. Born in Moscow on October 27, 1939, she built a career across poetry,…
Ludmila Javorová, a Czech Roman Catholic theologian, died on September 17, 2026, aged 94. Born in Brno in 1932, she came from a Catholic family and worked for…
Blas Wilfredo Omar Jaime, the last native speaker of Chaná and a transporter, died on September 17, 2026, aged 92. Born in Nogoyá, Argentina, on February 2, 1934,…
Richard Morávek, a Czech entrepreneur, developer and investor, died on September 17, 2026, aged 56, from complications of a head injury. Based in Olomouc, he built his career…
E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan, a lawyer and politician who represented Tamil Nadu in Parliament, died on September 17, 2026, aged 78. A member of the Indian National Congress,…
Chaudhry Muhammad Hanif, a Pakistani politician and member of the Punjab Assembly, died on September 17, 2026, at age 62 after a cardiac arrest. Known also as Chaudhry…
Kōichi Watanabe, a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives and as mayor of Iwamizawa, died on September 17, 2026, aged 68. A…
Barry T. Parker, an American politician who served in both the New Jersey General Assembly and the State Senate, died on September 17, 2026, aged 93. A Republican,…
Eliana Moreno, a news journalist for KNBC and KVEA, died on September 17, 2026, in an aircraft accident. She was among two people aboard a Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil…
Jeffery Lee, an American convicted murderer who was executed by lethal injection, died on September 17, 2026, at age 49. Born Jeffery James Lee in Alabama, he was…
Randy Pedersen, the American ten-pin bowler and sportscaster, died September 16, 2026, aged 64. Born in Shallotte, North Carolina, he became a member of the Professional Bowlers Association…
Henrique, the Brazilian footballer known for his spells with Vasco da Gama, Atlético Mineiro and Fluminense, died on September 16, 2026, aged 49. Born Leonardo Henrique Peixoto dos…
Fredd Young, the American football player who spent seven seasons as a linebacker in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks and the Indianapolis Colts, died on September 16,…
Pierre de Chastonay, a Swiss politician and lawyer, died on September 16, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Sierre on June 20, 1931, he was a…
Bonnie Greer, the American-British playwright, critic and novelist, died on September 16, 2026, aged 77. Born in Chicago in 1948, she lived in the UK from 1986 and…
Esterina Tartman, an Israeli politician who served in the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu from 2006 to 2009, died on September 16, 2026, aged 68. Born in Jerusalem on…
Dolores Sibonga, an American lawyer and Seattle City Council member, died on September 16, 2026, aged 94. Washington’s first Filipina American female lawyer, she became the first minority…
Xaxá, the Brazilian footballer also known as Maximiliano Rodrigues Lopes, died on September 16, 2026, aged 74. A right winger, he was part of Portuguesa de Desportos in…
Pietro Soddu, the Italian politician who served as a deputy and three-time president of Sardinia, died on September 16, 2026, aged 97. Born in Benetutti on June 19,…
Him Bahadur Shahi, a Nepali politician and member of the Karnali Provincial Assembly, died on September 16, 2026, at age 80 after a heart attack. He represented the…
Princess Lindiwe, a Swazi royal and politician, died on September 16, 2026. She served as Eswatini’s minister of home affairs and sat in the House of Assembly from…
Pilar Malla Escofet, a Spanish social worker, teacher and public administrator who served as Barcelona’s first ombudsman and later as a member of the Parliament of Catalonia, died…
Toji Mitamura, the Japanese politician who served as mayor of Yame and as a member of the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly, died on September 16, 2026, aged 82. Born…
Domingo Buesa Conde, a Spanish historian, writer, politician and Aragonese cultural advocate, died on September 16, 2026, aged 73. Born in Bagüés in 1952, he earned a doctorate…
John Broughton, the New Zealand academic and playwright, died on September 15, 2026, aged 78. Also known as John Renata Broughton and John R. Broughton, he was a…
John Delaney, the English footballer who played for Wycombe Wanderers, Bournemouth and the national amateur team, died on September 15, 2026, aged 84. Born John Joseph Delaney in…
Pierre Collin, the French painter, engraver, illustrator and sculptor, died on September 15, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Paris on September 27, 1956, he studied…
Gerrit Graham, the American actor best known for Phantom of the Paradise and for voicing Franklin Sherman on The Critic, died on September 15, 2026, aged 77. Born…
Brian Wolfe, an American baseball player who pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Saitama Seibu Lions, died on September 15, 2026, at age 45.…
Andy Donato, a Canadian editorial cartoonist, newspaper art director and painter, died on September 15, 2026, aged 89. His newspaper career spanned 65 years, beginning with his move…
Jim Bradshaw, an American football player who played safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers, died on September 15, 2026, aged 87. Born James Alfred Bradshaw in St. Clairsville, Ohio,…
Peter Nieuwenhuis, the Dutch Olympic cyclist who represented the Netherlands in track cycling, died on September 15, 2026, aged 75. Born in Amsterdam on April 3, 1951, under…
Sven-Bertil Bärnarp, the Swedish cartoonist, died on September 15, 2026, aged 86. Born in Gothenburg on January 16, 1940, he trained in graphic design and became known for…
Patricio Guzmán, the Chilean film director known for The Battle of Chile, Nostalgia for the Light and The Pearl Button, died on September 15, 2026, at age 85.…
René Aphing Kouassi, an Ivorian politician and magistrate, died on September 15, 2026, aged 78. Born in Abidjan on July 2, 1948, he was associated with the Democratic…
Ben Saunders, the Dutch singer and tattoo artist who won the first title of The Voice of Holland, died on September 15, 2026, at age 43. Born in…
Viktor Anuškevičius, the Ukrainian politician who served as mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk, died on September 15, 2026, aged 63. Born in Vorkuta in the Komi ASSR, he later moved…
Angélica Tiscornia, an Argentine supercentenarian, died on September 15, 2026, aged 114. Born in Gualeguay on August 22, 1912, she was among the oldest verified people in the…
Nebojša Radunović, a Serbian university professor of obstetrics and gynecology, died on September 15, 2026, aged 72. He taught at the University of Belgrade’s School of Medicine and…
Ahmed Ammi, the Dutch-Moroccan footballer who played as a right defender for ADO Den Haag, VVV-Venlo and NAC Breda, died on September 15, 2026, aged 45. Born in…
Kevin Miller, the British footballer and coach, died on September 15, 2026, aged 57. Born in Falmouth, Cornwall, he made more than 600 appearances in the Premier League…
Annie Dillard, the American writer whose work included Tickets for a Prayer Wheel, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and The Maytrees, died on September 15, 2026, aged 81. Born…
Amelinha Teles, a Brazilian journalist and political activist, died on September 15, 2026, aged 81. Born Maria Amélia de Almeida Teles in Contagem, Minas Gerais, she became known…
Vitantonio Lovallo, the Italian veteran and supercentenarian who was the oldest living World War II veteran and the oldest living man in Italy, died on September 15, 2026,…
Ronnie Dove, the American pop singer whose career produced a string of hit records in the 1960s, died on September 15, 2026, aged 91. Born Ronald Eugene Dove…
Rachid Sabbagh, a Tunisian politician and former defence minister, died on September 15, 2026, aged 76. An independent politician, he joined the Ali Laarayedh cabinet in 2013 as…
Sunny, the Obama family’s pet dog and a First Dog of the United States, died on September 15, 2026, aged 14. A female Portuguese Water Dog, she was…
Andy Gallagher, the Irish hurler, manager and Gaelic games administrator from Offaly, died on September 15, 2026, aged 89. Born in Tullamore in 1936 and also known as…
Kenneth Roy Burnham, a British telephone engineer and the father of incumbent Prime Minister Andy Burnham, died on September 15, 2026, from complications of Alzheimer's. He was identified…
Georgios Makropoulos, the Greek chess player who won the national championship seven times, died on September 15, 2026, aged 72. A leading figure in Greek chess in the…
Flora Brovina, the Kosovar-Albanian poet, pediatrician, women's rights activist and politician, died on September 15, 2026, aged 76. Born in Skenderaj in Kosovo’s Drenica Valley, she was raised…
Alla Nani, the Indian politician who served as an Andhra Pradesh MLA and deputy chief minister, died on September 15, 2026, at age 56 after a heart attack.…