Sandro Mazzola death at age 83
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…
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Paul Lloyd dies at age 57
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…
Peter Hermann, died aged 74
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…
Abraham Julios, died aged 81
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…
Frans Kgomo dies at age 75
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 passed away at age 81
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…
Tim Read dies at age 64
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 dies at age 43
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 passed away at age 85
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 dies at 87
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 dies at age 85
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…
Obituary: Bryan Bishop, dead at age 48
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 obituary: died at age 83
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.…
Mike Burton dies at 79
Mike Burton, an American Olympic swimmer and later swimming coach, died on September 18, 2026, aged 79. Born Michael Jay Burton in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 3, 1947, he became one of the country’s leading distance freestylers, competing for UCLA and winning three Olympic gold medals. Burton…
Vissarion Stretovych, died aged 72
Vissarion Stretovych, a Ukrainian bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, died on September 18, 2026, aged 72. Born on December 4, 1953, in Polianka, he was an Eastern Orthodox priest who studied at Moscow Theological Seminary…
Colin Powers died at age 70
Colin Powers, a British boxer, died on September 18, 2026, aged 70. Born in London in 1956, he turned professional in June 1975 with a win over Kevin Quinn and went on to build a notable record in the light welterweight division. After suffering his first professional defeat…
Death of Jimmy Revie at age 79
Jimmy Revie, the British boxer who held the British featherweight title from 1969 to 1971, died on September 18, 2026, aged 79. Born in Stockwell, London, in 1947, he made his professional debut in September 1966 with a fifth-round stoppage of Brian Gullefer. Revie won his first 13…
Stephanie Cole died at age 84
Stephanie Cole, the English actress known for roles in Tenko, Doc Martin and Coronation Street, died on September 18, 2026, aged 84. Born Patricia Stephanie Cole in Solihull on October 5, 1941, she trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and began her career in 1968. Over…
Obituary: Chanmyay Sayadaw, dead at age 98
Chanmyay Sayadaw, a Burmese monk and teacher, died on September 18, 2026, aged 98. Known in Buddhism as U Janakābhivaṃsa, he was born on July 24, 1928, in Taungdwingyi Township, then in British Burma, and was identified in Myanmar as a Theravada Buddhist monk. His work and writings…
Obituary: Alfred Tyrone Cooke, dead at age 86
Alfred Tyrone Cooke, an Indian pilot and Vir Chakra recipient, died on September 18, 2026, aged 86. Known as Flight Lieutenant Alfred Tyrone Cooke, he was decorated for his role in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, when he earned the Vir Chakra in September that year for shooting…
Zimani Kadzamira passed away at age 85
Zimani Kadzamira, the Malawian academic, civil servant and diplomat, died on September 18, 2026, aged 85. Also known as Zimani David Kadzamira, he was born in Harare in July 1941 and went on to become vice-chancellor of the University of Malawi, a post he held until 2009. He…
Margaret Chant-Papandreou dead at age 102
Margaret Chant-Papandreou, an American-born Greek women’s rights activist, writer and former first lady, died on September 18, 2026, aged 102. Born Margaret Esther Chant in Oak Park, Illinois, she later became known in Greece as a feminist campaigner and author and was the former wife of former Greek…
Vissarion Stretovych, died aged 72
Vissarion Stretovych, a Ukrainian bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, died on September 18, 2026, aged 72. Born Vasyl Oleksandrovych Stretovych in the village of Polyanka in Zhytomyr region, he served as a bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and was metropolitan of Ovruch and Korosten in Zhytomyr…
Grazia Daddario passed away at age 94
Grazia Daddario, an Italian actress, died on September 18, 2026, aged 94. Born in Bari on July 12, 1932, she made her theater debut in 1980 alongside Nico Salatino and went on to appear on Mediaset and Rai television programs. Her film work included roles in Mannaggia alla…
Eugenio Zanetti, died aged 79
Eugenio Zanetti, the Argentine dramatist and set designer who won an Academy Award for Best Production Design, died on September 18, 2026, aged 79. Born in Córdoba in 1946, Zanetti worked across theater, opera, painting, and film, with a career that began in 1974. He won the Academy…
Anton Kurnia, died aged 52
Anton Kurnia, an Indonesian writer and translator, died on September 18, 2026, aged 52. He studied geological engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology and journalism at IAIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung before working in publishing as a translator and editor. Kurnia spent many years at Serambi in…
Michael Sweetney death at age 43
Michael Sweetney, the American basketball player who played for the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls, died on September 17, 2026, aged 43. Born in Washington, D.C., he attended Oxon Hill High School before moving on to Georgetown University, where he became one of the program’s most productive…
Obituary: Henrique, dead at age 49
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 died at age 64
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 has died at age 95
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…
Obituary: Bonnie Greer, dead at age 77
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 dies at 68
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 obituary: died at age 94
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…
Obituary: Xaxá, dead at age 74
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 dies at 97
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,…
Obituary: Him Bahadur Shahi, dead at age 80
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 dead, Princess Lindiwe, Swazi royal and politician
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…
Death of Pilar Malla Escofet at age 95
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 has died at age 82
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…
Death of Domingo Buesa Conde at age 73
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, died aged 78
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 passed away at age 84
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 obituary: died at age 69
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, died aged 77
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 passes away at age 45
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.…
Obituary: Andy Donato, dead at age 89
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 obituary: died at age 87
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 passes away at age 75
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…
Death of Sven-Bertil Bärnarp at age 86
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 has died at age 85
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 dead at age 78
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 passed away at age 43
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 dies at age 63
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…
Death of Angélica Tiscornia at age 114
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 passes away at age 72
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…
Death of Ahmed Ammi at age 45
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 obituary: died at age 57
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…
Obituary: Annie Dillard, dead at age 81
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 death at age 81
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…
Death of Vitantonio Lovallo at age 112
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 died at age 91
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 died at age 76
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…
Death of Sunny at age 14
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 passed away at age 89
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 dead, Kenneth Roy Burnham, British telephone engineer and father of incumbent P…
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 obituary: died at age 72
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 died at age 76
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 death at age 56
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.…
Death of Laureano Leone at age 98
Laureano Leone, a Canadian politician, died on September 15, 2026, at age 98. Born in Rocca Pia, he was educated at the Detroit Institute of Technology before entering…
Jim Peters, died aged 88
Jim Peters, the New Zealand politician and former MP who served from 2002 to 2005, died on September 15, 2026, aged 88. Born James Leonard Peters in Kawakawa…
Seppo Lindblom obituary: died at age 91
Seppo Lindblom, the Finnish banker and politician who served as minister of trade and industry, died on September 15, 2026, aged 91. A member of the Social Democratic…
KNBC dead, George Marciniw, news aircraft pilot KNBC
KNBC, the Los Angeles NBC television station where George Marciniw served as a news aircraft pilot, died on September 15, 2026. Known on the air as channel 4,…
Griselda Gambaro passes away at age 98
Griselda Gambaro, the Argentine playwright and writer whose work examined political violence in her country, died on September 15, 2026, aged 98. Born in Buenos Aires on July…
Obituary: Sheila Kennelly, dead at age 88
Sheila Kennelly, the British-born Australian actress known for roles in Number 96, Kingswood Country and Home and Away, died on September 15, 2026, aged 88. Born in Brighton,…
Dakila Cua, died aged 48
Dakila Cua, the Filipino politician who served as governor and representative of Quirino, died on September 15, 2026, aged 48. Born Dakila Carlo Enriquez Cua on November 4,…
Rosalind Ashford death at age 83
Rosalind Ashford, the American singer best known as an original member of Martha and the Vandellas, died on September 15, 2026, aged 83. Born Rosalind Ashford on September…
Martin Gutzeit obituary: died at age 74
Martin Gutzeit, a German clergyman and politician who served as commissioner of the Stasi Records Agency, died on September 15, 2026, aged 74. Born in Cottbus in 1952,…
David C. Kronick dead at age 94
David C. Kronick, an American politician and member of the New Jersey General Assembly, died on September 15, 2026, at age 94. A Democrat, he represented the 32nd…
Nael Abu Obeid died at age 53
Nael Abu Obeid, a Palestinian militant commander with Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades, died on September 15, 2026, aged 53, after being killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern…
Peter Max, died aged 88
Peter Max, the German-American pop artist known for his bright, vividly colored work, died on September 14, 2026, at age 88. Born Peter Max Finkelstein in Berlin on…
Bodil Cappelen dies at age 96
Bodil Cappelen, a Norwegian artist and writer, died on September 14, 2026, aged 96. Born in Stavanger on April 26, 1930, she worked as a painter, textile artist…
Death of Gianfranco Pieri at age 89
Gianfranco Pieri, an Italian basketball player, died on September 14, 2026, aged 89. Born in Trieste in 1937, he played professionally from 1950 to 1970 and represented Italy…
Death of Victoria Okojie at age 66
Victoria Okojie, Registrar/CEO of the Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria, died on September 14, 2026, aged 66. A Nigerian librarian, academician and administrator, she was the first Registrar…
Fabio Mosquera passed away at age 78
Fabio Mosquera, a Colombian footballer, died on September 14, 2026, aged 78. Born in Cali, he played for Deportivo Cali and Cúcuta Deportivo and represented Colombia at the…
Aracy Amaral, died aged 96
Aracy Amaral, the Brazilian art historian and curator who directed the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo from 1975 to 1979 and the Museum of Contemporary Art at…