# Dead-People.com | Organized Archive of Recent Deaths and Obituaries

> Explore a continuously updated archive of public figure death reports, obituary entries, and death news from around the world.

Canonical HTML: https://www.dead-people.com/
LLM index: https://www.dead-people.com/llms.txt
Editorial policy: https://www.dead-people.com/about-editorial-policy
Sitemap index: https://www.dead-people.com/sitemap.xml
API catalog: https://www.dead-people.com/.well-known/api-catalog
AI Catalog (ARD): https://www.dead-people.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json
OpenSearch: https://www.dead-people.com/.well-known/opensearchdescription.xml

## Site search contract
- HTML: GET https://www.dead-people.com/?s={query} (param `s`, WordPress full-text; not fuzzy; not exact-name-only).
- JSON: GET https://www.dead-people.com/wp-json/dead-people/v1/search?q={query} (param `q`; optional `page`, `per_page` ≤ 50). Response includes `match_mode: wordpress_fulltext`.
- Celebrity status directory (living/rumor tracking): GET https://www.dead-people.com/celebrity-status/?q={query} (param `q`, not `s` or WP post-slug `name`; substring match on tracked names).
- OpenSearch description: https://www.dead-people.com/.well-known/opensearchdescription.xml

## Start here
- [Who died today](https://www.dead-people.com/today/): Current calendar day
- [Who died yesterday](https://www.dead-people.com/yesterday/): Previous calendar day
- [Last 30 days](https://www.dead-people.com/last-30-days/): Rolling recent deaths
- [Death feeds index (JSON)](https://www.dead-people.com/deaths): Machine-readable feeds
- [Site search (JSON)](https://www.dead-people.com/wp-json/dead-people/v1/search): GET ?q= — structured person results

## Recent obituaries
- [Guruvayur Dorai](https://www.dead-people.com/guruvayur-dorai): died 2026-10-10; age 91; Indian percussionist
- [Freddie Foreman](https://www.dead-people.com/freddie-foreman): died 2026-10-10; age 94; Publican
- [Musa Taimazov](https://www.dead-people.com/musa-taimazov): died 2026-10-10; age 42; Russian Paralympic athlete
- [Lou Yulie](https://www.dead-people.com/lou-yulie): died 2026-10-09; age 91; Chinese philosopher
- [Eduardo Vilarete](https://www.dead-people.com/eduardo-vilarete): died 2026-10-09; age 73; Colombian footballer
- [Colin Gabelmann](https://www.dead-people.com/colin-gabelmann): died 2026-10-09; age 82; British Columbia attorney general and MLA
- [Bakir Bayakhunov](https://www.dead-people.com/bkir-iakhiianuly-baiakhunov): died 2026-10-09; age 93; Kazakh composer
- [Jim Richards](https://www.dead-people.com/jim-richards-basketball): died 2026-10-09; age 90; American basketball coach
- [Mike Ditka](https://www.dead-people.com/mike-ditka): died 2026-10-09; age 86; American football player and coach
- [Alan Thornett](https://www.dead-people.com/alan-thornett): died 2026-10-09; age 89; British activist and car worker
- [Carl Abbott](https://www.dead-people.com/carl-abbott): died 2026-10-09; age 90; American architect
- [Salah Bachir](https://www.dead-people.com/salah-bachir): died 2026-10-09; age 71; Canadian business executive and entrepreneur
- [Burudi Nabwera](https://www.dead-people.com/burudi-nabwera): died 2026-10-09; age 99; and diplomat
- [Federico l’Olandese](https://www.dead-people.com/federico-lolandese-volante): died 2026-10-09; age 76; Dutch-born Italian radio host
- [Goran Bare](https://www.dead-people.com/goran-bare): died 2026-10-09; age 62; poznat kao osnivač i glavni vokal vinkovačkog rock sastava Majke
- [Les Latcham](https://www.dead-people.com/les-latcham): died 2026-10-09; age 83; English footballer
- [Chris Wickham](https://www.dead-people.com/chris-wickham): died 2026-10-09; age 76; British historian and academic
- [António Vitalino Dantas](https://www.dead-people.com/antonio-vitalino-dantas): died 2026-10-09; age 84; auxiliary bishop of Lisbon and bishop of Beja
- [Colin Mackerras](https://www.dead-people.com/colin-mackerras): died 2026-10-08; age 87; Sinologist
- [Abdelghani El Mansouri](https://www.dead-people.com/abdelghani-el-mansouri): died 2026-10-08; Moroccan footballer
- [Chris Welsh](https://www.dead-people.com/chris-welsh-drummer): died 2026-10-08; age 71; Australian rock drummer
- [Stephen A. Jarislowsky](https://www.dead-people.com/stephen-a-jarislowsky): died 2026-10-08; age 101; Canadian investor and philanthropist
- [Hamid Lounaouci](https://www.dead-people.com/hamid-lounaouci): died 2026-10-08; age 71; Civil servant
- [Jeff Cannonball](https://www.dead-people.com/jeff-cannonball): died 2026-10-08; age 39; complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- [Geoffrey Chard](https://www.dead-people.com/geoffrey-chard): died 2026-10-08; age 96; Australian opera baritone
- [Vladimír Kopecký](https://www.dead-people.com/vladimir-kopecky-p1659069): died 2026-10-08; age 94; university teacher
- [Hamid Lounaouci](https://www.dead-people.com/hmyd-lwnwsy): died 2026-10-08; age 71; Algerian politician
- [Michael Canavan](https://www.dead-people.com/michael-canavan-politician): died 2026-10-08; age 102; Irish businessman and politician
- [Chris Welsh](https://www.dead-people.com/died-pretty): died 2026-10-08; Australian rock drummer
- [Henk Cornelisse](https://www.dead-people.com/henk-cornelisse): died 2026-10-08; age 85; Dutch cyclist
- [L. Ian MacDonald](https://www.dead-people.com/l-ian-macdonald): died 2026-10-08; age 78; broadcaster and diplomat
- [Xosé Manuel Beiras](https://www.dead-people.com/xose-manuel-beiras): died 2026-10-08; age 90; Economist
- [Myles O’Connor](https://www.dead-people.com/myles-oconnor): died 2026-10-08; age 59; Canadian ice hockey player
- [Nana Patekar](https://www.dead-people.com/nana-patekar): died 2026-10-08; age 75; cardiac arrest
- [Piero](https://www.dead-people.com/piero-argentine-singer): died 2026-10-07; age 81; Italian-born Argentine singer-songwriter
- [Curtis Flowers](https://www.dead-people.com/curtis-flowers): died 2026-10-07; age 56; American wrongfully imprisoned man
- [Patricia Blevins](https://www.dead-people.com/patricia-blevins): died 2026-10-07; age 72; American politician
- [Eirik Skadsdammen](https://www.dead-people.com/eirik-skadsdammen): died 2026-10-07; age 45; cardiac arrest
- [Frank Dewane](https://www.dead-people.com/frank-dewane): died 2026-10-07; age 76; coadjutor bishop and bishop of Venice in Florida
- [Maricarmen Abascal](https://www.dead-people.com/maricarmen-abascal): died 2026-10-07; age 87; Spanish evicted woman