Death of Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo at age 80
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, a Mexican drug lord, died on November 15, 2026, aged 80. Born in Culiacán, Sinaloa, on January 8, 1946, he was also known as El jefe de jefes and El Padrino. He…
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Bob Allen has died at age 81
Bob Allen, an American politician and Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, died November 15, 2026, aged 81. He represented the 125th legislative district from 1989 through 2006, serving in the state legislature for…
Tim Holden, died aged 69
Thomas Timothy Holden, an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House, died November 15, 2026, aged 69. Born in St. Clair, Pennsylvania, he remained a lifelong resident of the community. Holden graduated from St. Clair Area High School in 1975 and earned a bachelor’s degree in…
Death of Bill Watters at age 83
Bill Watters, the Hockey Central cohost and Toronto Maple Leafs general manager, died November 15, 2026, aged 83. Born William Wayne Watters in Orillia, he attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto, where he played football for the Varsity Blues from 1961 to 1964. A…
Ethiram Aliyev died at age 54
Ethiram Aliyev, an Azerbaijani colonel and National Hero of Azerbaijan who took part in the First Karabakh War, died in Baku on November 15, 2026, aged 54. The Azerbaijani biographical account gives his full name as Ehtiram İsrayıl oğlu and says he was born on August 1, 1972,…
Obituary: M. K. Shivajilingam, dead at age 69
M. K. Shivajilingam, a Sri Lankan politician and former member of Parliament, died on November 15, 2026, aged 69. Born on August 15, 1957, he was from Valvettithurai in northern Sri Lanka and was known by his full name, Mahalingam Kanagalingam Shivajilingam. His political career included local government,…
Death of Richard Sterban at age 83
Richard Sterban, the bass singer for the country and gospel quartet the Oak Ridge Boys, died of pancreatic cancer on November 14, 2026, aged 83. Born Richard Anthony Sterban in Camden, New Jersey, he grew up in Collingswood. After graduating from Collingswood High School, he attended Trenton State…
Michel Destot has died at age 80
Michel Destot, a French politician, died November 14, 2026, aged 80. Born in Malo-les-Bains on September 2, 1946, he was also a physicist and studied at Arts et Métiers ParisTech and the Grenoble Institute of Political Studies. His public roles included service in France’s National Assembly, where he…
Paddy Turner passes away at age 87
Paddy Turner, an Irish footballer who represented Dundalk, Morton and the Republic of Ireland, died November 14, 2026, aged 87. He played as a forward for clubs in Ireland, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with his career taking in Shamrock Rovers, Shelbourne, Morton, Celtic, Glentoran, Dundalk and Bohemians. At…
Ole Lund, died aged 92
Ole Lund, a Norwegian barrister and industrial leader, died on November 14, 2026, aged 92. He was born in Hammerfest on July 8, 1934, to lawyer Ole Lund (1903–1981) and Hjørdis Stavseth. He studied law at the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo, graduating with the…
Carlo Favre has died at age 77
Carlo Favre, an Italian cross-country skier, died November 14, 2026, aged 77. Born in Nus, Italy, on February 2, 1949, he competed for Italy in cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics and the 1976 Winter Olympics. Those appearances placed him in two editions of the Winter Games,…
Vatsilov Davudov died at age 31
Vatsilov Davudov, a Russian judoka and sambo practitioner, was shot and killed in Makhachkala on November 14, 2026, aged 31. He was born on March 29, 1995, in Gindib, in Dagestan’s Tlyaratinsky district. His sporting career began in 2009, when he moved to Makhachkala with his older brother,…
Giri Babu has died at age 83
Giri Babu, the Indian actor and director known for films including Karunamayudu and Kurukshetram, died on November 14, 2026, aged 83. Born Yerra Seshagiri Rao on June 8, 1943, in Ravinuthala, in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district, he moved to Madras to pursue a career in films. He began…
Eddie Eckstein dead at age 86
Eddie Eckstein, the South African musician, comedian and actor best known for his performances with The Bats, died November 14, 2026, aged 86. Born Edwin Richard Eckstein in Bezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg, on November 29, 1939, he attended Marist Brothers College in Observatory. After completing matric, he sought employment…
Obituary: Yevhen Shakh, dead at age 80
Yevhen Shakh, a Ukrainian actor and voice actor known as the Ukrainian voice of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, died on November 14, 2026, aged 80. Born on February 9, 1946, in Kulikiv, in…
Death of Purabi Basu at age 77
Purabi Basu, a Bangladeshi poet, short-story writer, essayist, pharmacologist and feminist activist, died November 14, 2026, aged 77. Born in Munshiganj District, then part of East Bengal, she began writing in childhood and later published in Dainik Bangla under Ahsan Habib's guidance. Her academic path joined literary work…
László Sáry dies at age 86
László Sáry, the Hungarian composer, pianist and music educator, died November 14, 2026, aged 86. Born in Győr, Hungary, on January 1, 1940, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and later taught there as a university teacher. His professional work also included musicology. Sáry was…
Omar Walcott has died at age 61
Omar Walcott, a Venezuelan Olympic basketball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, died of lung cancer on November 14, 2026, aged 61. Born in Caracas on July 24, 1965, he was also known by his full name, Omar Alejandro Walcott Roberts. His Olympic appearance came at…
Joshua Tijani dead at age 34
Joshua Tijani, a Ghanaian footballer aged 34, died on November 14, 2026. Born in Ghana on April 21, 1992, he played as a left back and began his youth and senior career with Wa All Stars. He made his debut for the club in the 2012–2013 Ghana Premier…
Jean-Louis Sbille, died aged 78
Jean-Louis Sbille, a Belgian radio producer, French-speaking artist, actor and writer, died November 14, 2026, aged 78. Born March 14, 1948, in Ottignies, Belgium, he worked in radio and television, performance and writing over a career active from 1974 to 2026. In the mid-1970s, Sbille and Marc Borgers,…
Jan Pijnenburg passed away at age 70
Jan Pijnenburg, the Dutch drummer who became known as a member of Doe Maar, died November 13, 2026, aged 70. Born in Vught on December 29, 1955, Pijnenburg pursued musical and artistic training before building a career as a drummer. After completing secondary school, he began studying graphic…
Jesse Mashburn obituary: died at age 93
Jesse Mashburn, an American track and field racer and Olympic champion, died November 13, 2026, aged 93. Born February 14, 1933, in Seminole, Oklahoma, he was also known by his full name, Jesse William Mashburn, and the initials J. W. Mashburn. He studied at Oklahoma State University, where…
Mohamed Osman al-Mirghani dies at 90
Mohamed Osman al-Mirghani, a Sudanese politician and Islamic leader, died on November 13, 2026, aged 90. Born in 1936, he led the Khatmiyya Sufi order and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), joining religious and political leadership in his public life. He became leader of the Khatmiyya and the…
Peter Moran passed away at age 91
Peter Antony Moran, the British Roman Catholic bishop who served as bishop of Aberdeen from 2003 to 2011, died November 13, 2026, aged 91. Born in Glasgow on April 13, 1935, he received early schooling in Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire before spending nine years in further primary and…
Agron Memedi dies at 45
Agron Memedi, a North Macedonian footballer and coach, died on November 13, 2026, aged 45. Born in Tetovo on November 5, 1980, he was identified in biographical accounts as a former footballer who played as a defender. He came from an Albanian family in North Macedonia and became…
Death of Guðjón Þórðarson at age 71
Guðjón Þórðarson, the Icelandic football player and manager, died of Parkinson’s disease on November 13, 2026, aged 71. Born in Akranes on September 14, 1955, he played for Íþróttabandalag Akraness and represented Iceland’s national team before taking managerial posts at clubs and national sides in several countries. Known…
Claudete Soares obituary: died at age 91
Claudete Soares, a Brazilian singer, died on November 13, 2026, aged 91. Born Claudette Colbert Soares in Rio de Janeiro on October 31, 1935, she began performing as a child, gaining early exposure on A raia miúda, a program hosted by Renato Murce on Rádio Nacional. She later…
Obituary: Pierre Bellocq, dead at age 99
Pierre Bellocq, the French-American cartoonist known as “Peb,” died November 12, 2026, aged 99. Born in Bedenac, Charente-Maritime, France, on November 25, 1926, he grew up near the…
Hwang Jang-lee dies at age 81
Hwang Jang-lee, the South Korean taekwondo practitioner and actor known for his martial arts films, died November 12, 2026, aged 81. Born in Aomori, Japan, he began martial…
Toni Capuozzo dead at age 77
Toni Capuozzo, an Italian journalist and writer who also worked as a television presenter, died on November 12, 2026, aged 77. Born Antonio Capuozzo in Palmanova on December…
Aloysius Murwito has died at age 75
Aloysius Murwito, an Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate and the second Bishop of Agats, died November 12, 2026, aged 75. Born in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on December 20, 1950,…
John Allen Rubio, died aged 46
John Allen Rubio, an American convicted murderer in the 2003 Brownsville child murders, died by lethal injection on November 12, 2026, aged 46. On March 11, 2003, Rubio…
Jean Puech, died aged 84
Jean Puech, the French politician who served as minister of agriculture and fisheries and minister of civil service, died November 12, 2026, aged 84. Born in Viviez, in…
Michael Bayham passes away at age 52
Michael Bayham, a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, died November 12, 2026, at age 52. He represented the 103rd District, which includes parts of St.…
Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju dies at 78
Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju, an Indian politician, died on November 12, 2026, aged 78. The identity record lists his birth date as January 1, 1948. Tags Politicians, 12…
Young L dead, Young L, American rapper and songwriter
Young L, the American rapper and songwriter associated with the Pack, died November 12, 2026. He was part of the Berkeley hip-hop group, formed in 2005 with Lil…
James Pavatt obituary: died at age 73
James Pavatt, an American convicted murderer who was executed by lethal injection, died November 12, 2026, aged 73. Born James Dwight Bowling, he was convicted in the 2001…
Augusto Alves da Rocha passed away at age 93
Augusto Alves da Rocha, a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, died November 12, 2026, aged 93. He was born on July 17, 1933, in Bertolínia, in the state of…
F. A. Dry obituary: died at age 95
F. A. Dry, an American college football player and coach who led Tulsa and TCU, died November 11, 2026, aged 95. Born September 2, 1931, Dry played football…
Clifford Huskilson passes away at age 73
Clifford Huskilson, a Canadian politician and funeral director, died November 11, 2026, aged 73. Born on February 11, 1953, he represented the electoral district of Shelburne in the…
Dick Hoak passes away at age 86
Dick Hoak, an American football player and coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, died November 11, 2026, aged 86. Born Richard John Hoak in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, he played college…
Ujjal Biswas death at age 72
Ujjal Biswas, an Indian politician and West Bengal MLA, died of multiple organ failure on November 11, 2026, aged 72. Born in Krishnanagar, Nadia district, on June 17,…
Laurence Crouzet passes away at age 65
Laurence Crouzet, a French voice actress, died November 11, 2026, aged 65. Born in France on March 31, 1961, she worked as an actress, translator and dubbing director…
Alexander Darchiev dies at 66
Alexander Nikitich Darchiev, a Russian diplomat who served as ambassador to the United States from 2025, died on November 11, 2026, aged 66. Born in Budapest in 1960…
Dan Hicks dies at age 64
John Daniel Hicks, an American sportscaster for NBC Sports, died November 11, 2026, aged 64. Born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, Hicks attended Sabino High School, graduating in…
Carlos Babington death at age 77
Carlos Alberto Babington, an Argentine footballer and manager, died November 11, 2026, aged 77. Born in Buenos Aires on September 20, 1949, he played as an attacking midfielder…
Peter Iden has died at age 88
Peter Iden, a German theater critic and art critic, died November 11, 2026, aged 88. Born in Meseritz, now Międzyrzecz, Poland, he fled with his family from the…
Oldřich Svojanovský, died aged 80
Oldřich Svojanovský, a Czech rower known chiefly for competing in coxed pairs with his older brother, Pavel, died November 11, 2026, aged 80. Born March 9, 1946, in…
Tom O’Brien passed away at age 39
Tom O'Brien, a British-based Irish jockey who competed in National Hunt racing, died of cancer on November 11, 2026, aged 39. Born in Wexford, he began in racing…
Obituary: Tony Richards, dead at age 69
Tony Richards, an American drummer and original member of heavy metal band W.A.S.P., died November 11, 2026, aged 69. Born in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 19, 1957, Richards…
Finn Coren dies at 65
Finn Coren, the Norwegian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, died November 11, 2026, aged 65. Born in Herøy Municipality on March 28, 1961, he became known for albums that set…
Steve Camp has died at age 71
Steve Camp, an American contemporary Christian singer and pastor, died of heart failure on November 11, 2026, aged 71. Born Steven J. Camp in Wheaton, Illinois, he began…
Regina Torné died at age 82
Mexican actress Regina Torné, born Rosa Virgen del Pilar Martina Incháustegui Anaya, died November 11, 2026, aged 82. Born on July 21, 1944, in Villahermosa, Tabasco, she worked…
Hamadou Moustapha dies at 81
Hamadou Moustapha, a Cameroonian politician, died November 11, 2026, aged 81. Born in Maroua on May 11, 1945, he studied at Cameroon’s National School of Administration and Magistracy…
Tapio Koskinen obituary: died at age 73
Tapio Koskinen, a Finnish Olympic ice hockey player who competed at the 1976 Winter Games, died November 10, 2026, aged 73. Born in Pori on January 22, 1953,…
Antonello Palombi passed away at age 58
Italian opera tenor Antonello Palombi, aged 58, died November 10, 2026. Born in Spoleto on July 7, 1968, he began his singing career in 1990, making his debut…
Kevin Murray passes away at age 66
Kevin Girard Murray, an American lawyer and former politician who served in the California State Assembly and Senate, died November 10, 2026, aged 66. Born in Los Angeles…
Todd Russell died at age 54
Todd Russell, an Australian miner who survived the 2006 Beaconsfield Mine collapse, died November 10, 2026, aged 54. The disaster began at 9:26 p.m. on April 25, when…
Željko Matuš passed away at age 91
Željko Matuš, the Croatian footballer who represented Dinamo Zagreb and Yugoslavia, died November 10, 2026, aged 91. Born in Donja Stubica on August 9, 1935, he began his…
David B. Wingate dies at 91
David B. Wingate, a Bermuda-British ornithologist and naturalist, died November 10, 2026, aged 91. Born in Smith’s Parish, Bermuda, on October 11, 1935, Wingate became known for his…
Elisa Ramírez death at age 82
Elisa Ramírez, the Spanish actress whose screen credits included Man with the Golden Winchester, The Wanton of Spain and The Troublemaker, died on November 10, 2026, aged 82.…
Luciano Tessari died at age 98
Luciano Tessari, an Italian football player and manager, died on November 10, 2026, aged 98. Born on September 29, 1928, in San Martino Buon Albergo, in the Province…
Obituary: Don MacAdam, dead at age 76
Don MacAdam, a Canadian ice hockey coach, died November 10, 2026, aged 76. Born Donald Joseph MacAdam on August 14, 1950, he played as a defenceman for the…
Arif Mirzayev obituary: died at age 82
Arif Mirzayev, an Azerbaijani composer, organist and pianist, died on November 10, 2026, aged 82. Born in Baku on April 10, 1944, he grew up in a family…
Obituary: Marsha M. Linehan, dead at age 83
Marsha M. Linehan, an American professor, psychologist and creator of dialectical behavior therapy, died November 10, 2026, aged 83. Born in Tulsa on May 5, 1943, she became…
Mike Friedman dead, Mike Friedman, American college football coach
Mike Friedman, an American college football coach, died November 10, 2026. Educated at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, he went on to lead the football program at the…
Catherine Laboubée, died aged 71
Catherine Laboubée, a French historian and writer, died November 10, 2026, aged 71. Born in Rouen on May 4, 1955, she earned a maîtrise and taught art history…
Héctor Aguer death at age 83
Héctor Aguer, the Argentine Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and later as coadjutor archbishop and archbishop of La Plata, died November 10,…
Irma P. Hall death at age 91
Irma P. Hall, the American actress whose film credits included The Ladykillers, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Soul Food, died November 10, 2026, aged…
Frédéric Boilet has died at age 66
Frédéric Boilet, a French cartoonist and manga artist, died November 10, 2026, aged 66. Born in Épinal on January 16, 1960, he studied at the École nationale supérieure…
Oleg Lapshin died at age 89
Oleg Borisovich Lapshin, a Russian professional football coach, died November 10, 2026, aged 89. Born in Moscow on October 18, 1937, he is described in biographical accounts both…
Death of Petr Hajn at age 91
Petr Hajn, a Czech lawyer and professor of commercial law, died November 10, 2026, aged 91. Born in Prague on March 30, 1935, he studied at Charles University’s…
Zuzana Fišárková dead at age 87
Zuzana Fišárková, a Czech actress, died in Prague on November 10, 2026, aged 87. Born in Prague on February 11, 1939, she worked in theatre and film. Her…
Solange Alexandre passed away at age 104
Solange Alexandre, a French World War II resistance fighter and schoolteacher, died November 10, 2026, aged 104. Born Solange Dubuisson on September 9, 1922, in Mamers, Sarthe, she…
Danny Kelly dies at 69
Danny Kelly, the British journalist and radio presenter whose career included work at New Musical Express, Q and Talksport, died of throat cancer on November 10, 2026, aged…
Ninoslav Radovanović died at age 86
Ninoslav Radovanović, a Serbian cardiac surgeon, died on November 10, 2026, aged 86. Born in Niš on May 6, 1940, he graduated from the University of Belgrade School…
Samuel O. Freedman has died at age 98
Samuel O. Freedman, a Canadian immunologist and academic, died November 10, 2026, aged 98. Born in Montreal, he studied at McGill University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree…
Marcos Camino passed away at age 76
Marcos Camino, the Argentine accordionist associated with Los Palmeras, died by suicide on November 10, 2026, aged 76. Los Palmeras, a cumbia band founded in Santa Fe in…
Death of Shaji Kumar at age 57
Shaji Kumar, an Indian cinematographer whose work spanned Malayalam and Tamil films, died of heart failure on November 10, 2026, aged 57. Born in Kochi, Kerala, he was…
Bunker Roy passes away at age 81
Sanjit “Bunker” Roy, the Indian educationist and founder of the Barefoot College, died in Tilonia, Rajasthan, on November 10, 2026, aged 81. Born in Burnpur on June 30,…
Ryan Ghietti died at age 37
Ryan Ghietti, an Australian rugby league player who represented Italy internationally and played for Northern Pride, died on November 10, 2026, aged 37. Born in Innisfail, Queensland, Australia,…
Obituary: Sid Morrison, dead at age 93
Sidney Wallace Morrison, an American farmer and politician who served as Washington’s secretary of transportation, died November 10, 2026, aged 93. Born in Yakima, Washington, on May 13,…
Valery Kerdemelidi died at age 88
Valery Kerdemelidi, a Russian artistic gymnast and Olympic silver medallist, died on November 10, 2026, aged 88. Born in Moscow on July 18, 1938, he competed for the…
Marcos Camino passed away at age 76
Argentine accordionist Marcos Camino died by suicide on November 10, 2026, aged 76. He was associated with Los Palmeras, the cumbia band founded in Santa Fe in 1972.…
Stacy Keach died at age 85
Stacy Keach, the American actor known for playing private detective Mike Hammer, died November 10, 2026, aged 85. Born Walter Stacy Keach Jr. in Savannah, Georgia, he studied…