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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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 on May 18, 1931, Hurst played 64 games in the National Hockey League for Toronto during the 1955–56 and 1956–57…
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 in the Chamber of Deputies after winning election in 2024 for the 66th Congress. Beltrán Reyes was born in Tlapa…
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 July 17, 1943, he studied economics at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, earning his degree in…
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 Literature Institute and became known for her work in literature and film. Her screenwriting credits included Shared Bread, Car, Violin…
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 represented Arizona in the Senate from 1995 to 2013, served again briefly in 2018 after the death of John McCain,…
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, he began his career in 2004 and became…
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 organ failure. Born Duncan Scott Sheik in Montclair, New Jersey, he emerged in the 1990s with his 1996 debut single,…
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 at the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 1952 and placing fourth four years later alongside…
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, Jiangsu, he also worked as an engineer and held senior posts in China’s political system, including service as a representative…
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 William Montague Charles Gummow in Sydney on October 9, 1942, he went on to study at the University of Sydney,…
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 who competed in the world championship from 1965 to 1970. Racing a Bultaco, he won the 1966 250cc Ulster Grand…
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 SFSR of the Soviet Union, he built a distinguished career in winter sports before entering politics. Tchepikov competed in six…
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, drama and film writing, and was among the Soviet- and Azerbaijani-era literary figures whose work reached both page and screen.…
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 the underground church during the communist era in Czechoslovakia. Unable to enter religious life openly, she supported Church activities while…
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, he was also known as Blas Jaime and Agó Acoé Inó. Referred to as Tató Oyendén, or custodian of ancestral…
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 in business and real estate development after starting out in 1992 in wholesale food trade, including imports of canned exotic…
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, he served in the Rajya Sabha and was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Sivaganga constituency in 1999. Born…
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 Muhammad Hanif Jutt, he represented constituencies in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from February 2008 to May 2018 and…
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…
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…
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…
Ralf Richter death at age 69
Ralf Richter, the German actor known for Das Boot and Bang Boom Bang, died on September 14, 2026, aged 69. Richter made his screen debut as the rough-edged…
Jürg Marquard dies at 81
Jürg Marquard, the Swiss publisher and television personality, died on September 14, 2026, aged 81. A businessman and media figure, he was among Switzerland’s wealthiest people, with Bilanz…
Bob Mackie died at age 87
Bob Mackie, the American costume designer whose elaborate creations shaped television, concert and stage wardrobes for decades, died on September 14, 2026, aged 87. Born Robert Gordon Mackie…
Aleksandr Kupriyanov passed away at age 74
Aleksandr Kupriyanov, a Soviet footballer, died on September 14, 2026, aged 74. Born on July 23, 1952, he was also known as Aleksandr Ivanovich Kupriyanov and was born…
Dory Chamoun has died at age 94
Dory Chamoun, a Lebanese politician who led the National Liberal Party and served as a member of parliament from 2009 to 2018, died on September 14, 2026, aged…
Tara Singh Varma dead at age 78
Tara Singh Varma, a Dutch politician and former member of the House of Representatives for GroenLinks, died on September 14, 2026, aged 78. Born Tarapatie Oedayraj Singh Varma…
Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat dies at age 97
Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat, an Indian sattriya artist, died on September 14, 2026, aged 97. He was from Majuli, Assam, and was recognized for his lifelong association with the…
Louis Caron obituary: died at age 84
Louis Caron, the Canadian journalist, writer and screenwriter best known for co-creating and writing the television drama series He Shoots, He Scores, died on September 14, 2026, of…
Obituary: Catherine Ringer, dead at age 68
Catherine Ringer, the French singer and musician best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Les Rita Mitsouko, died on September 14, 2026, aged 68. Born in…
Ian Miller passed away at age 76
Ian Miller, the Australian footballer who played for Perth, Fitzroy and East Perth, died on September 14, 2026, aged 76. A versatile player, he began his senior career…
Luděk Mikloško passed away at age 64
Luděk Mikloško, the Czech footballer and coach who spent much of his career as a goalkeeper, died on September 14, 2026, aged 64. Born in Prostějov, he became…
Yun Tong-hyon dead, Yun Tong-hyon, North Korean general and politician
Yun Tong-hyon, a North Korean general and politician, died on September 14, 2026. He served as a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea…
Ken Laufman obituary: died at age 94
Ken Laufman, a Canadian ice hockey player and Olympian, died on September 14, 2026, at age 94. Born in Hamilton, he played centre and represented Canada at the…
Yehuda Aharon Vidovsky passes away at age 107
Yehuda Aharon Vidovsky, a Polish-born Israeli Holocaust survivor and businessman, died on September 13, 2026, aged 107. Born on July 25, 1919, he grew up in Poland and,…
Mohamed Garfi, died aged 77
Mohamed Garfi, a Tunisian musicologist, composer and conductor, died on September 13, 2026, aged 77. Born in Tunis on November 17, 1948, he studied at the National Conservatory…
Chung Ho-yong passed away at age 94
Chung Ho-yong, a South Korean politician and army general, died on September 13, 2026, aged 94. He served as minister of the interior and later as minister of…
René Bianchi passed away at age 92
René Bianchi, the French Olympic cyclist who won a silver medal in the team pursuit at the 1956 Summer Olympics, died on September 13, 2026, aged 92. Born…
Win Aung dies at age 60
Win Aung died on September 13, 2026, aged 60, after lung disease. He was a Burmese footballer who played for the national team. His death was reported on…
Anton Grunis dies at 46
Anton Grunis, a Russian military commander, died on September 13, 2026, at age 46. Also known as Anton Feliksovich Grunis, he was born in Kazan on October 5,…
Anton Grunis dies at 46
Anton Grunis, a Russian military commander, died on September 13, 2026, at age 46. Born in Kazan on October 5, 1979, he rose through the Russian armed forces…
Liang Shaoji passed away at age 81
Liang Shaoji, the Chinese conceptual artist known for work exhibited internationally, died on September 13, 2026, at age 81. Born in Shanghai in 1945 and originally from Zhongshan,…
Christof Straub dead at age 57
Christof Straub, the Austrian musician who co-founded the Vienna-based duo Papermoon, died on September 13, 2026, aged 57. Straub started the guitar-and-vocals act in 1991 with singer Edina…
Siddique Ahmed dies at age 63
Siddique Ahmed, an Indian politician and former Assam MLA, died on September 13, 2026, aged 63. An Indian National Congress leader from Assam, he represented the Karimganj South…
Obituary: Eugenia Apostol, dead at age 100
Eugenia Apostol, the Filipino journalist and publisher who founded the Philippine Daily Inquirer, died on September 13, 2026, aged 100. Known also as Eggie Apostol and Eugenia "Eggie"…
Mary Gaudron obituary: died at age 83
Mary Gaudron, the Australian judge and former justice of the High Court, died on September 13, 2026, aged 83. Born Mary Genevieve Gaudron in Moree, New South Wales,…
Pinula Contreras dead at age 91
Pinula Contreras, a Guatemalan football player and coach, died on September 13, 2026, aged 91. Born Francisco López Contreras in Santa Catarina Pinula, he was widely known by…
Jing Yidan died at age 71
Jing Yidan, a Chinese television presenter and host, died on September 13, 2026, at age 71. Born in Harbin in April 1955, she graduated from the Communication University…