Vatsala Rajagopal has died at age 92
Vatsala Rajagopal, an Indian television and film actor, died on October 30, 2026, aged 92. Born on December 25, 1933, she began her acting career in 1979 as a stage artist. Over 25 years, she appeared…
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Josip Pečarić dead at age 79
Josip Pečarić, a Croatian mathematician and writer whose work centered on the theory of inequalities, died October 29, 2026, aged 79. Born in Kotor, then part of Yugoslavia, he completed elementary and secondary school there before…
Ralph Sonnenberg obituary: died at age 92
Ralph Sonnenberg, the Dutch businessman who owned at least 80% of Hunter Douglas, died October 29, 2026, aged 92. Born in 1934, he became a senior leader of the Netherlands-based Hunter Douglas Group, serving as its chairman and chief executive and later as a former CEO. The company…
Obituary: Marvin Shanken, dead at age 83
Marvin Shanken, an American publisher and founder of M. Shanken Communications, died October 29, 2026, aged 83. Born in New Haven on October 4, 1943, he built a roster of lifestyle publications that included Wine Spectator, Cigar Aficionado and Whisky Advocate. Shanken served as editor and publisher of…
June Jones dies at age 73
June Jones, an American football player and coach whose full name was June Sheldon Jones III, died October 29, 2026, aged 73. Born in Portland, Oregon, on February 19, 1953, he played quarterback professionally in the NFL and Canadian Football League after playing college football for the Oregon…
Obituary: Paweł Socha, dead at age 91
Paweł Socha, a Polish Roman Catholic prelate who served as titular bishop of Thunigaba and auxiliary bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, died October 29, 2026, aged 91. Born in Wojsławice, in present-day Masovian Voivodeship, he joined the Congregation of the Mission, also known as the Vincentian Fathers, in 1951…
Death of Andrés Mendoza at age 78
Andrés Mendoza, a Mexican convicted serial killer and butcher, died on October 29, 2026, aged 78. Born Andrés Filomeno Mendoza Celis in Zimatlán de Álvarez, Oaxaca, he was captured in Atizapán de Zaragoza, in the State of Mexico. For several years he worked as a butcher at a…
Sir Patrick Stewart, died aged 86
Sir Patrick Stewart, the English actor known for Star Trek: The Next Generation, X-Men and Hamlet, died October 29, 2026, aged 86, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Mirfield on July 13, 1940, he built a career spanning more than six decades across stage and screen. Stewart…
Obituary: Manuel Donoso, dead at age 90
Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, a Chilean Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop and later archbishop of La Serena, died October 29, 2026, aged 90. Born in Santiago on October 16, 1936, he completed his humanities studies at the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones in the city…
Paolo Galluzzi passes away at age 84
Paolo Galluzzi, an Italian historian of science, died October 29, 2026, aged 84. Born in Florence in 1942, he held the chair of history of science at the University of Siena from 1979 to 1994, followed by the same chair at the University of Florence from 1994 to…
Michel Pineda passed away at age 62
Michel Pineda, the French footballer who played as a striker, died October 29, 2026, aged 62. Born Michel Pineda Ozaeta in Gien, France, on June 9, 1964, he was the son of Spanish immigrants and spent most of his playing career in Spain, his parents’ country. His career…
Liudmyla Radchenko has died at age 94
Liudmyla Radchenko, a Ukrainian athlete and long jumper, died October 29, 2026, aged 94. Born in Kyiv on October 1, 1932, when the city was part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, she was known by her full name, Liudmyla Mykolaivna Radchenko. Her name is also rendered as…
Choi Bool-am has died at age 86
Choi Bool-am, a South Korean actor and professor, died October 29, 2026, aged 86. Born in Incheon on June 15, 1940, he began his acting career in 1970 and remained active through 2025. His work extended beyond acting: he was also a television presenter and academic, and was…
Ünal Erkan dies at 83
Ünal Erkan, a Turkish politician, died October 29, 2026, aged 83. Born in Erzurum in 1942, he held senior roles in policing, regional administration and party politics. He headed police in Ankara and Istanbul before serving as chief of the General Directorate of Security from July 1991 to…
Desmond D’Sa dead at age 70
Desmond D'Sa, a South African environmentalist, died aged 70 in a traffic collision on October 29, 2026. Born in Durban, he became known for environmental-justice advocacy in the city, where his work addressed pollution and unequal…
Shirish Hiremath dies at age 75
Shirish Hiremath, an Indian interventional cardiologist, died of brain cancer on October 29, 2026, aged 75. Born on July 17, 1951, he studied at B.J. Medical College in Pune and the University of Mumbai. In Pune, he served as director of the Cardiac Cath Lab at Ruby Hall…
Freddie James dies at 89
Freddie James, an American high school football coach who led David W. Carter High School in Dallas, died October 29, 2026, aged 89. He played college football at Prairie View A&M University under coach Billy Nicks in the late 1950s. After college, James worked for a couple of…
Bronislava Volková, died aged 80
Bronislava Volková, a Czech-American poet, died on October 29, 2026, aged 80. Born Bronislava Fischerová in Děčín, she grew up in Prague and completed her primary and secondary schooling there. In 1969, she graduated from Charles University’s Philosophical Faculty with a master’s degree in Russian and Spanish; the…
Kojiro Ikegaya passes away at age 74
Kojiro Ikegaya, a Japanese professional baseball player with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, died October 29, 2026, aged 74. Born in Shizuoka on June 28, 1952, he was identified in the biographical record as a Japanese baseball player. Tags Athletes, 29 October 2026, Cancer, Ikegaya, Japan, Kojiro, October 2026,…
Eudaldo Báez Galib passed away at age 88
Eudaldo Báez Galib, a Puerto Rican politician and senator, died October 29, 2026, aged 88. Born in Mayagüez in 1939, he served in the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1992 to 2008. At the University of Puerto Rico, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics…
Death of Pino Presti at age 83
Pino Presti, the professional name of Italian arranger Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta, died October 28, 2026, aged 83. Born in Milan on August 23, 1943, he entered music early: the son of violinist Arturo Prestipino Giarritta, he began studying piano and music theory at six. At 17, he started…
Glynn Simmons passes away at age 72
Glynn Simmons, an American wrongfully convicted prisoner who died of cancer, was 72 when he died October 28, 2026. Also known as Glynn Ray Simmons, he was convicted in Oklahoma in 1975 of the 1974 murder of Carolyn Sue Rogers, a 30-year-old clerk at a liquor store in…
Barbara Barrie obituary: died at age 95
Barbara Barrie, the American actress and author known for roles in Breaking Away, Suddenly Susan and Hercules, died by assisted suicide on October 28, 2026, aged 95. Born Barbara Ann Berman in Chicago on May 23, 1931, she worked across film, television and theater, and was also a…
Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading dies at 84
Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading, a British peer, banker and philanthropist who was a member of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1999, died on October 28, 2026, aged 84. Born on May 18, 1942, he was the son of Michael Isaacs, 3rd Marquess of Reading,…
Eddie Gray passes away at age 78
Eddie Gray, an American guitarist with Tommy James and the Shondells, died October 28, 2026, aged 78. Formed in Niles, Michigan, in 1964, the band worked across rock, bubblegum and psychedelic styles. Its U.S. chart history included two No. 1 singles: “Hanky Panky,” which topped the chart in…
Jean-Baptiste Motroni died at age 91
Jean-Baptiste Motroni, a French politician who served as senator for Haute-Corse from 1997 to 1998, died October 28, 2026, aged 91. Born on November 10, 1934, Motroni served in the Senate during a brief period spanning two calendar years. His recorded parliamentary role was representing Haute-Corse, a department…
Alvin Hellerstein dies at age 92
Alvin Hellerstein, an American judge, died October 28, 2026, aged 92. Born in New York City on December 28, 1933, he graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1950 and earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia College in 1954. He received his law degree from Columbia…
Stephen Kovacevich dead at age 86
Stephen Kovacevich, the American classical pianist and composer, died October 27, 2026, aged 86. Born in San Pedro, California, to a Croatian father and an American mother, he…
Obituary: Franco Carrera, dead at age 82
Franco Carrera, an Italian footballer, died on October 27, 2026, aged 82. Born in Turin on November 8, 1943, he began playing with Juventus and made his Serie…
Barry Clemens, died aged 83
Barry Clemens, an American professional basketball player, died October 27, 2026, aged 83. Born in Dayton on May 1, 1943, he was also known as John Barry Clemens.…
Valery Lysenko died at age 65
Valery Lysenko, a Russian drummer and singer with Mister Twister, died October 27, 2026, aged 65. The band, which is identified with Lysenko’s work as a performer, was…
Norbert Haupert dead at age 86
Norbert Haupert, a Luxembourgish Olympic athlete and politician, died October 27, 2026, aged 86. Born in Schifflange on April 2, 1940, he became a leading figure in Luxembourgish…
Ursula von Rydingsvard dead at age 84
Ursula von Rydingsvard, a German-born American sculptor, died October 27, 2026, aged 84, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born Ursula Karoliszyn in Deensen, Germany, in 1942, she was…
Peter Medak has died at age 88
Peter Medak, Hungarian-born British film and television director, died in Los Angeles on October 27, 2026, aged 88. Born Péter Medák in Budapest on December 23, 1937, he…
Obituary: Gandung Pardiman, dead at age 73
Gandung Pardiman, an Indonesian politician and member of the House of Representatives, died on October 27, 2026, aged 73. His parliamentary service began in 2009 and extended across…
Italo Zannier has died at age 94
Italo Zannier, Italian art connoisseur and art historian, died October 27, 2026, aged 94. Born in Spilimbergo, he worked as a photographer, academic and historian of photography, joining…
B. P. Singh has died at age 77
B. P. Singh, the Indian television producer and director known for C.I.D., Aahat and SuperCops Vs Super Villains, died of a heart attack on October 27, 2026, aged…
Tetsuya Chiba dies at age 87
Tetsuya Chiba, the Japanese manga artist best known for the sports series “Ashita no Joe,” died October 27, 2026, aged 87. Born January 11, 1939, in Tsukiji, Tokyo,…
J. M. Ranson death at age 88
John Matthew Ranson (J. M. Ranson), an English rugby union player who represented his country, died October 27, 2026, aged 88. Born in Durham on July 26, 1938,…
Andrew P. Iosue, died aged 98
Andrew P. Iosue, an American Air Force general, died October 27, 2026, aged 98. Born Andrew Philip Iosue on November 7, 1927, in Somerville, Massachusetts, he attended Everett…
Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham dies at 86
Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, a British Labour politician who served in the House of Commons and House of Lords, died on October 27, 2026, aged 86.…
Jim Boyd passed away at age 84
Jim Boyd, an American news anchor and reporter for WCVB-TV and an actor, died October 27, 2026, aged 84. Born James Lloyd Boyd in Harlem, New York City,…
Pauline Parker death at age 88
Pauline Parker, the New Zealand-born convicted murderer in the Parker–Hulme case, died October 26, 2026, aged 88. Born Pauline Yvonne Parker in Christchurch on May 26, 1938, she…
Andrés Hernando dies at 88
Andrés Hernando García, the Spanish bullfighter and fighting-bull rancher, died aged 88 in a traffic collision on October 26, 2026, in La Colilla. Born in La Velilla, a…
Frank Portelli, died aged 82
Frank Portelli, a Maltese politician and former member of Parliament, died on October 26, 2026, aged 82. Born on June 8, 1944, he served in the Maltese Parliament…
Akio Usami, died aged 83
Akio Usami, a Japanese Olympic long-distance runner, died of cancer on October 26, 2026, aged 83. Born May 31, 1943, in Tsubame, Niigata, Japan, he represented his country…
Carlos Gerena dead at age 55
Carlos Gerena, a Puerto Rican boxer, died aged 55 in a traffic collision on October 26, 2026. Born Carlos Gerena Allende on January 12, 1971, in Bayamón, Puerto…
David Rigert, died aged 79
David Rigert, a Russian Olympic weightlifter and coach, died October 26, 2026, in Rostov Oblast, aged 79. Born David Adamovich Rigert in Nagornoye, in the Kazakh SSR, he…
Andrei Doroshkevich died at age 89
Andrei Georgievich Doroshkevich, a Russian theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist, died October 26, 2026, aged 89. Born January 22, 1937, he was identified as both Russian and former Soviet,…
Victor Anicet dies at 88
Victor Anicet, a French visual artist and ceramist, died October 26, 2026, aged 88. Born April 18, 1938, in Le Marigot, a commune in northern Martinique, he was…
Death of Susan Saint James at age 80
Susan Saint James, the American actress known for It Takes a Thief, McMillan & Wife and Kate & Allie, died of pancreatic cancer on October 26, 2026, aged…
Sir David Gascoigne died at age 86
Sir David Rendel Kingston Gascoigne, a New Zealand lawyer and former judicial conduct commissioner who served as viceregal consort from 2016 to 2021, died October 26, 2026, aged…
Heiko Weber passes away at age 61
Heiko Weber, the German football player and manager who played for Carl Zeiss Jena and managed ZFC Meuselwitz and Carl Zeiss Jena, died of pancreatic cancer on October…
Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín passed away at age 69
Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín, a Spanish politician and former mayor of Seville, died October 26, 2026, aged 69. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), he led…
Leo Barry dead at age 83
Leo Denis Barry, a Canadian jurist and politician who served as a Newfoundland and Labrador member of the House of Assembly, died October 26, 2026, aged 83. Born…
Death of Sheffi Paz at age 74
Sheffi Paz, an editor and Israeli activist opposing African immigration, died of cancer on October 26, 2026, aged 74. Born in Łódź, Poland, to parents who had survived…
Abdul Waheed Kakar dead at age 89
Abdul Waheed Kakar, the Pakistani military officer who served as chief of the army staff, died October 26, 2026, aged 89. Born in Peshawar on March 23, 1937,…
Lily Wong Fillmore death at age 92
Lily Wong Fillmore, an American linguist and professor emerita in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, died October 26, 2026, aged 92. Her…
Mahadev Shankar dies at 94
Mahadev Shankar, a Malaysian jurist and former judge of the Court of Appeal, died on October 26, 2026, aged 94. He served on the court from 1994 to…
Antoine Spire dies at 80
Antoine Spire, a French essayist and journalist, died on October 26, 2026, aged 80. Born in Paris on March 31, 1946, he studied at HEC Paris and was…
Donnie Iris obituary: died at age 83
Donnie Iris, an American rock musician and songwriter, died of bladder cancer on October 26, 2026, aged 83. Born Dominic Ierace in New Castle, Pennsylvania, he began his…
Death of Gerald Fischbach at age 87
Gerald Fischbach, an American neuroscientist, died October 25, 2026, aged 87. Born in New Rochelle on November 15, 1938, he attended Colgate University on a New York State…
Robin Stubbs dead at age 85
Robin Stubbs, the English professional footballer, died October 25, 2026, aged 85. Born Robin Gregory Stubbs in Quinton, Birmingham, on April 22, 1941, he played as a centre-forward…
Peggy King passed away at age 96
Peggy King, an American jazz singer and actress, died on October 25, 2026, aged 96, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on February 16, 1930,…
Komanche obituary: died at age 30
Carlos José Rivera Alfaro, the Salvadoran streamer and organizer of the Squid Craft Games known as El Komanche or Komanche, died in Monterrey, Mexico, on October 25, 2026,…
Kevin Bleyer dies at age 54
Kevin Bleyer, an American television writer and speechwriter, died at 54 on October 25, 2026, in a traffic collision. His television credits included The Daily Show with Jon…
Roxana Amed death at age 63
Roxana Amed, an Argentine jazz singer, died October 25, 2026, aged 63. Born in Buenos Aires, she also worked as a composer, producer and educator, and was an…
René Belletto dies at age 81
René Belletto, the French writer, novelist and screenwriter, died October 25, 2026, aged 81. Born in Lyon on September 11, 1945, he was educated at the lycée du…
Ross Newhan has died at age 89
Ross Newhan, an American sportswriter known for his work at the Los Angeles Times and Long Beach Press-Telegram, died October 25, 2026, aged 89. Born April 5, 1937,…
Phil O’Callaghan dead at age 80
Phil O’Callaghan, the Irish rugby union international prop, died October 25, 2026, aged 80. Born in Cork on March 25, 1946, he was known in rugby as “Philo.”…
Death of Oswaldinho do Acordeon at age 72
Oswaldinho do Acordeon, the Brazilian accordionist and composer, died October 25, 2026, aged 72. Born Oswaldo de Almeida e Silva in Duque de Caxias on June 5, 1954,…
Death of Jack Armstrong at age 79
Jack Armstrong, an American professional wrestler known for work in the World Wide Wrestling Federation and Universal Wrestling Federation, died October 25, 2026, aged 79. Born Leonard Ornstein…
Walter Koenig death at age 90
Walter Koenig, the American actor and screenwriter known for Pavel Chekov in Star Trek, died October 25, 2026, aged 90. Born Walter Marvin Koenig in Chicago, he began…
Misha Mavashi died at age 41
Misha Mavashi, a Russian rapper and political activist, died October 25, 2026, aged 41. In 2022, he founded Northern Man (Severnyy chelovek); his real name was Mikhail Nitz.…
Jumbo Baretta died at age 58
American professional wrestler Jumbo Baretta died October 25, 2026, aged 58. Born Julio Barrera in Tampa, Florida, in 1967, he trained with Boris Malenko and made his professional…
Rudi Fuchs death at age 84
Rudi Fuchs, the Dutch art historian and museum curator, died October 25, 2026, aged 84. Born Rudolf Herman Fuchs in Eindhoven on April 28, 1942, he studied art…
Józef Lipień has died at age 77
Józef Lipień, a Polish Greco-Roman wrestler and 1980 Olympic silver medalist, died October 25, 2026, aged 77. Born in Jaczków on February 6, 1949, he competed in amateur…
Sverre Horge death at age 82
Sverre Horge, the Norwegian actor best known for playing Sverre in TVNorge’s popular Christmas series Nissene på låven, died on October 25, 2026, aged 82. Born in Oslo…
José Luis García Sánchez has died at age 85
José Luis García Sánchez, the Spanish film director and screenwriter, died October 25, 2026, aged 85. Born in Salamanca on September 22, 1941, he worked in cinema as…
Frank Gagliano dies at 89
Frank Gagliano, an American track and field coach, died October 25, 2026, aged 89. Tags Athletes, 25 October 2026, America, Capricorn, Frank, Gagliano, October 2026, October 25
Darko Božović has died at age 48
Darko Božović, a Montenegrin footballer, died October 25, 2026, aged 48. Born in Podgorica on August 9, 1978, he played as a goalkeeper. A memorable episode in his…
Mohsen Rastani passed away at age 67
Mohsen Rastani, an Iranian photographer and photojournalist, died on October 25, 2026, aged 67. His photographs focused on people, rendered in black and white against white backgrounds. He…
Paolo Romeo has died at age 88
Paolo Romeo, an Italian priest, cardinal and archbishop emeritus of Palermo, died October 25, 2026, aged 88. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him to the see of Palermo on…
Misha Mavashi died at age 41
Misha Mavashi, the Russian rapper and singer-songwriter, died on October 25, 2026, aged 41. Born Mikhail Fyodorovich Nits on January 29, 1985, in Kostanay, then part of the…
Jogen Chowdhury passes away at age 87
Jogen Chowdhury, the Indian painter and former member of Parliament, died of blood cancer on October 25, 2026, aged 87, in Kolkata. After a 15-month illness, he had…