Josep Vallverdú dead at age 103
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Bohumil Vacík dead at age 74
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Germain Berthé dead at age 32
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Graeme Gilbert dead at age 76
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William Gehrlein dead at age 80
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Melvin R. Brown dead at age 88
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Bill Birch dead at age 92
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Angelo Buccarello dead at age 84
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Tersia Marshall dead at age 45
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Elza Berquó dead at age 100
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Lattie F. Coor dead at age 89
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Siva Afi dead at age 77
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Norman Ravitch dead at age 89
Norman Ravitch, an American historian and professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Riverside, died on July 16, 2026. Born on January 1, 1936, he spent…
Isamu Sonoda dead at age 79
Isamu Sonoda, the Japanese judoka who won Olympic gold, died on July 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan, on November 4, 1946,…
René Urtreger dead at age 92
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Renato Machado dead at age 83
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Lutz von Padberg dead at age 76
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Feras Esmaeel dead at age 43
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