Sergio Carpanesi has died at age 90
Sergio Carpanesi, the Italian footballer and coach who played as a midfielder, died on September 21, 2026, aged 90. Born in La Spezia on March 21, 1936, he spent 13 seasons in Serie A and made…
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Burhan Ozfatura died at age 83
Burhan Ozfatura, the Turkish mayor, politician and columnist, died on September 21, 2026, at the age of 83 after cardiac arrest. A native of Mustafakemalpaşa, he was born on June 8, 1943, and completed his secondary…
Ibrahim Al-Madani died at age 51
Ibrahim Al-Madani died on September 21, 2026, aged 51. He was a Saudi muezzin. Tags Other, 21 September 2026, Ibrahim, Al-Madani, Saudi Arabia, September 2026, September 21
Death of Stanisław Szelc at age 83
Stanisław Szelc, a Polish satirist and actor, died on September 21, 2026, aged 83. He was a member of the Kalambury Theatre from 1961 to 1976 and later appeared with Ewa Szumańska on the radio program From the Diary of a Young Doctor between 1989 and 2007. Szelc…
Carlos Alonso, died aged 97
Carlos Alonso, an Argentine painter, draftsman and printmaker, died on September 21, 2026, aged 97. Born in Tunuyán, Mendoza, in 1929, he developed an early reputation as a social realist before becoming better known as a New realist. His work often featured beef as a recurring motif. Alonso…
Jun Gato dies at age 66
Jun Gato, a Filipino politician and representative for Batanes's at-large congressional district in the Philippine House of Representatives since 2019, died on September 21, 2026, at age 66 after a heart attack. Born Ciriaco Bayaras Gato Jr. on November 16, 1959, in Sabtang, Batanes, he was known as…
Andrew Strathern died at age 87
Andrew Strathern, the British anthropologist known for his work on "Ongka's Big Moka," died on September 21, 2026, aged 87. Also known as Andrew Jamieson Strathern, Andrew J. Strathern and A. Strathern, he earned a doctorate at the University of Cambridge and later taught at the University of…
Jacko McDonagh passes away at age 64
Jacko McDonagh, the Irish footballer who played for Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers, died on September 21, 2026, aged 64. Born in Dublin on 26 April 1962, he built his career in Ireland before moving abroad, signing for Nîmes Olympique in France in July 1985 after joining Shamrock Rovers…
Yahya Lampong passed away at age 86
Yahya Lampong, a Malaysian politician, died on September 21, 2026, aged 86. Known in full as Mohammad Yahya bin Lampong, he served as the Member of Parliament for Kota Belud from 1982 to 1986 and represented Tempasuk in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1986. He…
Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has died at age 76
Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Emirati public official and lieutenant general who served as Deputy Chairman of Dubai Police & Public Security, died on September 21, 2026, aged 76. A member of Dubai’s ruling Al Maktoum family, he was born in Bur Dubai and was the fourth…
Mithu Mukherjee death at age 71
Mithu Mukherjee, the Indian actress best known for Marjina Abdulla and Safed Jhooth, died on September 21, 2026, aged 71. Born in Kolkata on June 19, 1955, she began her screen career with the Bengali film Shesh Parba in 1971 and went on to gain wide recognition for…
Chad Gilbert has died at age 45
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 lead guitar and sang backing vocals for the punk rock band and…
Obituary: Wes MacAleer, dead at age 82
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 Dunstan's University and later worked as a newspaper publisher. MacAleer also spent…
Payal Mehta, died aged 46
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…
Death of Milton Viera at age 80
Milton Viera, an Uruguayan footballer and midfielder, died on September 20, 2026, aged 80. Born in Rio de Janeiro on May 11, 1946, he became a professional association football player for Uruguay and was called up…
Tatiana Loginova dead at age 82
Tatiana Loginova, a Belarusian cinematographer at Belarusfilm, died on September 20, 2026, aged 82. Born in Moscow on April 5, 1944, she worked as a camera operator and cinematographer on Soviet and Belarusian feature films. Loginova was among the recipients of the USSR State Prize in 1984 and…
Ibrahim Idris died at age 77
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…
Obituary: Sid Ahmed Agoumi, dead at age 86
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…
Obituary: Franco Columbo, dead at age 73
Franco Columbo, the Mexican professional wrestler known in private life as Javier Esparza Coronado, died on September 20, 2026, aged 73. Born in Guadalajara on August 11, 1953, he made his wrestling debut in 1975 under the Franco Columbo name and later became a booker, match maker and…
Karim Bujang dies at 73
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…
Presley Gerber dead at age 27
Presley Gerber, an American male model, died on September 20, 2026, at age 27. Born in Los Angeles on July 2, 1999, he was the elder child of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber. Gerber began modeling as a teenager and went on to work with several major fashion…
G. Vijayaraghavan has died at age 84
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 dies at age 47
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 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 club career with Internazionale, having begun playing in 1960, and became one…
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 1990s and 2000s. As an amateur, Lloyd won the 1990 Amateur Boxing…
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…
Nathaniel Waena passes away at age 80
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Death of Patrick Zelnik at age 79
Patrick Zelnik, the French music publisher who helped shape the country’s recording industry, died on September 17, 2026, at age 79 in Paris. Born on November 10, 1946,…
Death of Jerry Thomas Howard at age 90
Jerry Thomas Howard, an American politician and member of the Missouri Senate, died on September 17, 2026, at age 90. A Democrat, he also served in the Missouri…
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…
Ron Hurst dead at age 95
Ron Hurst, a Canadian ice hockey player who spent part of his career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, died on September 17, 2026, aged 95. Born in Toronto…
Obituary: Anay Beltrán Reyes, dead at age 44
Anay Beltrán Reyes, a Mexican politician and incumbent federal deputy, died on September 17, 2026, aged 44. Affiliated with Morena, she represented the State of Mexico’s 8th district…
Alfredo Mantica passed away at age 83
Alfredo Mantica, the Italian politician and business advisor who served as a senator from 1996 to 2013, died on September 17, 2026, aged 83. Born in Rimini on…
Alla Akhundova passes away at age 86
Alla Akhundova, the Azerbaijani poet, screenwriter and translator, died on September 17, 2026, aged 86. Born in Moscow on October 27, 1939, she studied at the Maxim Gorky…
Jon Kyl has died at age 84
Jon Kyl, an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from Arizona and later as a lobbyist, died on September 17, 2026, aged 84. A Republican, he…
Sway obituary: died at age 44
Sway, the British rapper and record producer known off stage as Derek Andrew Safo, died on September 17, 2026, aged 44. Born in Hornsey on September 5, 1982,…
Duncan Sheik dies at 56
Duncan Sheik, the American singer-songwriter and composer known for “Barely Breathing” and the Broadway musical Spring Awakening, died on September 17, 2026, at age 56. The cause was…
Bryan Kelly passes away at age 92
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…
Obituary: Hans Andersson-Tvilling, dead at age 98
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…
Death of Shao Qihui at age 92
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 obituary: died at age 83
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 passed away at age 88
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 dies at age 59
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 passes away at age 86
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,…
Gary McCracken died at age 75
Gary McCracken, a Canadian musician and drummer, died on September 17, 2026, aged 75. He was best known as the drummer for Max Webster from 1976 until the…
Oscar Wambrauw dies at age 57
Oscar Wambrauw, an Indonesian academic and professor of economics at Cenderawasih University, died on September 17, 2026, aged 57. He had served as the university’s rector from 2022…
Ludmila Javorová, died aged 94
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 dies at age 92
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 has died at age 56
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…
Death of E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan at age 78
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,…
Death of Chaudhry Muhammad Hanif at age 62
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…
Obituary: Kōichi Watanabe, dead at age 68
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 obituary: died at age 93
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 dead, Eliana Moreno, News journalist KNBC, aircraft accident
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 obituary: died at age 49
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 dies at age 64
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…
Tim Janus dies at age 49
Tim Janus, a professional eater and contestant on The Amazing Race, died on September 16, 2026, aged 49. Known in competitive eating as “Eater X,” he was an…
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 Constant passes away at age 93
Pierre Constant, a French actor and stage director, died on September 16, 2026, aged 93. Born in Toulouse in 1933, he was primarily active in the theatre, where…
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…