Tom O’Brien passed away at age 39
Tom O'Brien, a British-based Irish jockey who competed in National Hunt racing, died of cancer on November 11, 2026, aged 39. Born in Wexford, he began in racing by riding out for his uncle Shay Slevin,…
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Tapio Koskinen obituary: died at age 73
Tapio Koskinen, a Finnish Olympic ice hockey player who competed at the 1976 Winter Games, died November 10, 2026, aged 73. Born in Pori on January 22, 1953, he was also known as Tapio Kalervo Koskinen.…
Antonello Palombi passed away at age 58
Italian opera tenor Antonello Palombi, aged 58, died November 10, 2026. Born in Spoleto on July 7, 1968, he began his singing career in 1990, making his debut as Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in Fürth, Germany. His path to the opera stage included service in the Carabinieri,…
Todd Russell died at age 54
Todd Russell, an Australian miner who survived the 2006 Beaconsfield Mine collapse, died November 10, 2026, aged 54. The disaster began at 9:26 p.m. on April 25, when a magnitude-2.3 earthquake triggered an underground rockfall at the gold mine in Beaconsfield, Tasmania. Of the 17 people underground, 14…
Željko Matuš passed away at age 91
Željko Matuš, the Croatian footballer who represented Dinamo Zagreb and Yugoslavia, died November 10, 2026, aged 91. Born in Donja Stubica on August 9, 1935, he began his playing career in 1955 and remained active through 1970. Matuš was part of the Yugoslav squad that won the gold…
Luciano Tessari died at age 98
Luciano Tessari, an Italian football player and manager, died on November 10, 2026, aged 98. Born on September 29, 1928, in San Martino Buon Albergo, in the Province of Verona, he built a career in Italian football as both a player and a coach. He played for Roma…
Mike Friedman dead, Mike Friedman, American college football coach
Mike Friedman, an American college football coach, died November 10, 2026. Educated at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, he went on to lead the football program at the University of Southern Colorado, now known as Colorado State University Pueblo, as head coach from 1974 to 1983. His tenure…
Héctor Aguer death at age 83
Héctor Aguer, the Argentine Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and later as coadjutor archbishop and archbishop of La Plata, died November 10, 2026, aged 83. Known in full as Héctor Rubén Aguer, he was born in Buenos Aires on May 24, 1943.…
Frédéric Boilet has died at age 66
Frédéric Boilet, a French cartoonist and manga artist, died November 10, 2026, aged 66. Born in Épinal on January 16, 1960, he studied at the École nationale supérieure d’art de Nancy. His debut in comics came in 1983 with La Nuit des Archées. In 1987, he created Le…
Oleg Lapshin died at age 89
Oleg Borisovich Lapshin, a Russian professional football coach, died November 10, 2026, aged 89. Born in Moscow on October 18, 1937, he is described in biographical accounts both as a Soviet association football player and as a coach. His recorded nationalities were Soviet Union and Russia, reflecting the…
Solange Alexandre passed away at age 104
Solange Alexandre, a French World War II resistance fighter and schoolteacher, died November 10, 2026, aged 104. Born Solange Dubuisson on September 9, 1922, in Mamers, Sarthe, she trained at a normal school before working as a teacher. She was one of the founders and the leader of…
Ninoslav Radovanović died at age 86
Ninoslav Radovanović, a Serbian cardiac surgeon, died on November 10, 2026, aged 86. Born in Niš on May 6, 1940, he graduated from the University of Belgrade School of Medicine and was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. His medical writing included a 1989…
Death of Shaji Kumar at age 57
Shaji Kumar, an Indian cinematographer whose work spanned Malayalam and Tamil films, died of heart failure on November 10, 2026, aged 57. Born in Kochi, Kerala, he was active in film from 2002 through 2026. He began his career as a cinematographer in Malayalam films, frequently collaborating with…
Bunker Roy passes away at age 81
Sanjit “Bunker” Roy, the Indian educationist and founder of the Barefoot College, died in Tilonia, Rajasthan, on November 10, 2026, aged 81. Born in Burnpur on June 30, 1945, he attended The Doon School, where he was a contemporary of Rajiv Gandhi, and later studied at St. Stephen’s…
Ryan Ghietti died at age 37
Ryan Ghietti, an Australian rugby league player who represented Italy internationally and played for Northern Pride, died on November 10, 2026, aged 37. Born in Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, on July 22, 1989, he played his junior…
Obituary: Sid Morrison, dead at age 93
Sidney Wallace Morrison, an American farmer and politician who served as Washington’s secretary of transportation, died November 10, 2026, aged 93. Born in Yakima, Washington, on May 13, 1933, Morrison attended public schools in Toppenish and entered Yakima Valley College in 1951. In 1954, he graduated from Washington…
Valery Kerdemelidi died at age 88
Valery Kerdemelidi, a Russian artistic gymnast and Olympic silver medallist, died on November 10, 2026, aged 88. Born in Moscow on July 18, 1938, he competed for the Soviet Union in artistic gymnastics. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, Kerdemelidi took part in every gymnastics event and won silver…
Stacy Keach died at age 85
Stacy Keach, the American actor known for playing private detective Mike Hammer, died November 10, 2026, aged 85. Born Walter Stacy Keach Jr. in Savannah, Georgia, he studied at the University of California, Berkeley, Yale University and the Yale School of Drama, as well as the London Academy…
Dai Henwood has died at age 48
Dafydd Morgan “Dai” Henwood, the New Zealand comedian and television host, died November 10, 2026, aged 48. Born in Wellington, Henwood began performing comedy while studying Theatre and Film at Victoria University of Wellington. His television career started in 1999 with an appearance on TV2’s Pulp Comedy, where…
Jim Herd death at age 87
Jim Herd, an American television production executive and professional wrestling executive, died November 10, 2026, aged 87. Born James Herd on March 24, 1939, he held positions in broadcasting and food service before becoming a senior executive in professional wrestling. In St. Louis, he served as station manager…
Dilyara Alkayeva death at age 77
Dilyara Alkayeva, a Russian jurist who served as a judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Tatarstan, died November 9, 2026, aged 77. Born on September 8, 1949, she was known in Russian as Dilyara Akhmetovna Alkayeva (Диляра Ахметовна Алкаева). Her judicial service on the Constitutional…
Tibor Palánkai dies at age 88
Tibor Palánkai, a Hungarian economist, university teacher and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, died November 9, 2026, aged 88. Born in Jakabszállás on March 1, 1938, he studied at Corvinus University of Budapest and later became an emeritus professor there. His academic leadership included serving as…
Death of Francis Pipelin at age 93
Francis Pipelin, a French professional racing cyclist, died in Noyal-sur-Vilaine on November 9, 2026, aged 93. Born on July 7, 1933, in Saint-Méen-le-Grand, France, he was a French bicycle racer whose career included participation in four editions of the Tour de France. That record places him among the…
Vanderlei Lázaro death at age 77
Vanderlei Lázaro, a Brazilian footballer who played as a left back, died on November 9, 2026, aged 77. Born in Uberaba on June 20, 1947, he began his career at Nacional de Uberaba in 1967 and moved to Corinthians the following year. He later returned to Minas Gerais…
Maurice Hasson has died at age 92
Maurice Hasson, a French-Venezuelan violinist, died November 9, 2026, aged 92. Born July 6, 1934, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Line Talluel and Joseph Calvet. He won a First Prize for violin and a Grand Prix for chamber music, as well as the first Prix d’Honneur…
Bob Mills died at age 79
Bob Mills, an American businessman and founder of Bob Mills Furniture, died November 9, 2026, aged 79. Born in Roswell, New Mexico, on July 13, 1947, he was raised in Oklahoma City. He graduated from Putnam City High School in 1965 and earned a degree in business administration…
Badrul Kamal death at age 80
Badrul Kamal, an Indonesian politician and former mayor of Depok, died November 9, 2026, aged 80. Born in Bogor on December 20, 1945, he was the son of Kyai Haji Jahja Sudja’i, a religious scholar, and Siti Djuariah. He attended Sekolah Rakyat, then SMP Negeri 1 Bogor and…
Bar Belfer passed away at age 37
Israeli actress, musician and radio personality Bar Belfer, who also worked as a journalist, died on November 8, 2026, aged 37. Born in Ramat Hasharon, she graduated from…
Darren Beckford has died at age 59
Darren Beckford, the English footballer who played as a forward, died on November 8, 2026, aged 59. Born in Moss Side on May 12, 1967, he was also…
Juozapas Matulaitis died at age 90
Juozapas Matulaitis, a Lithuanian Roman Catholic bishop who led the Diocese of Kaišiadorys from 1991 to 2012, died November 8, 2026, aged 90. He was born in Užgirėlis…
Kakule William dead, Kakule William, Ugandan film actor
Kakule William, a Ugandan film actor, died November 8, 2026. His listed acting credits include the Ugandan films Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010) and Bad Black (2016). Who…
Johnny McEvoy dead at age 81
Johnny McEvoy, the Irish singer and entertainer associated with country and Irish music, died November 8, 2026, aged 81. Born in Banagher, County Offaly, on April 24, 1945,…
Peter Jaroš died at age 86
Peter Jaroš, a Slovak writer and politician, died November 8, 2026, aged 86. Born in Hybe, he began writing while at secondary school and attended the gymnasium in…
Alberta Ampomah dead at age 32
Alberta Ampomah, a Ghanaian Olympic weightlifter who represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics, died November 8, 2026, aged 32. Born Alberta Boatema Ampomah in Accra on…
Prakash Mani Tripathi dead at age 91
Prakash Mani Tripathi, an Indian politician, former Lok Sabha member and retired Army officer, died on November 8, 2026, aged 91. He represented Deoria in the Lok Sabha…
Jaswant Singh Yadav passed away at age 73
Jaswant Singh Yadav, an Indian politician and social worker who served as a member of Parliament and the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, died on November 8, 2026, aged 73.…
Paweł Kakietek passed away at age 51
Paweł Kakietek, a Polish Olympic boxer, died November 8, 2026, aged 51. Born in Milanówek on July 2, 1975, he represented Poland in the men’s middleweight event at…
Cico Harahap, died aged 48
Cico Harahap, a Malay-Indonesian actor best known for the television series “Puteri Impian,” died November 8, 2026, aged 48. Born Ezzaq Farrouq Harahap Jamaludin in Kuala Lumpur on…
Death of Pou Temara at age 78
Sir William Te Rangiua “Pou” Temara, a New Zealand academic at the University of Waikato, died November 8, 2026, aged 78. A professor of Māori language and tikanga…
Domenico Berni has died at age 86
Domenico Berni, an Italian Roman Catholic bishop who served as Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla, died November 8, 2026, aged 86. Born in Bedonia, Italy, on…
Domenico Berni has died at age 86
Domenico Berni, an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla, died November 8, 2026, aged 86. Born in Bedonia on May 26, 1940,…
Engin Deniz Akarlı dies at 81
Engin Deniz Akarlı, a Turkish American historian, died November 8, 2026, aged 81. Born in Eskişehir, Turkey, on September 26, 1945, he specialized in Ottoman and Middle Eastern…
Death of Mike Carter at age 71
Mike Carter, the American-Israeli former basketball player, died November 7, 2026, aged 71, from complications during a medical procedure. Born Michael Timothy Carter in Eagle Rock, in Los…
Matjaž Kmecl, died aged 92
Matjaž Kmecl, a Slovenian linguist, poet and politician, died on November 7, 2026, aged 92. Born in Dobovec pod Kumom on February 23, 1934, he completed the First…
Vladimir Romanishin obituary: died at age 67
Vladimir Romanishin, a Russian Olympic rower who competed at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Games, died November 7, 2026, aged 67. Born Vladimir Stanislavovich Romanishin on August 27,…
Jeff Julian died at age 91
Jeffrey Lynn Julian, known as Jeff Julian, a New Zealand Olympic marathon runner, died November 7, 2026, aged 91. Born in Taumarunui on October 9, 1935, he trained…
Death of Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan at age 90
Raja Muhammad Zulqarnain Khan, a Pakistani politician who served as president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, died on November 7, 2026, aged 90. He held the presidency from…
Leonid Grigoryevich Leiman death at age 95
Leonid Grigoryevich Leiman, a Russian fencer and Soviet fencing coach, died on November 7, 2026, aged 95. Born on August 2, 1931, he specialized in sabre and represented…
Death of Kofi Wayo at age 71
Kofi Wayo, a Ghanaian businessman and politician, died on November 7, 2026, aged 71. Born Charles Eric Kofi Wayo, he was born around 1955 in Kofi Pare, in…
Frank Bergemann has died at age 70
Frank Bergemann, a German handball coach, died on November 7, 2026, aged 70. Born on April 20, 1956, Bergemann coached HG Erlangen and CSG Erlangen before moving to…
G. William Whitehurst passed away at age 101
G. William Whitehurst, an American politician who represented Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House for nine terms, died November 7, 2026, aged 101. Born George William…
Obituary: Bobby Sheehan, dead at age 77
Bobby Sheehan, the American ice hockey player also known as Robert Richard Sheehan, died November 7, 2026, aged 77. A center, he played in the National Hockey League…
Death of Richard Lloyd at age 75
Richard Lloyd, the American guitarist and songwriter best known as a founding member of Television, died of bile duct cancer on November 7, 2026, aged 75. Born in…
Death of Lucette Lousteau at age 77
Lucette Lousteau, a French politician who served as a deputy from 2012 to 2017, died on November 7, 2026, aged 77. Born in Oran, Algeria, on December 20,…
Yan Zhen has died at age 96
Yan Zhen, a Chinese poet, painter and calligrapher known chiefly for his writing, died November 7, 2026, aged 96. Born in 1930 in Laiyang, Shandong province, he spent…
Yui Ueda died at age 52
Yui Ueda, a Japanese professional golfer who competed on the Japan Golf Tour, died November 7, 2026, aged 52. Born March 9, 1974, in Gifu Prefecture, Ueda was…
Death of Roberto Cervellati at age 92
Roberto Cervellati, an Italian physicist and explorer, died aged 92 on November 7, 2026, in a traffic collision. Born in Rome, he died there. A researcher at ENEA,…
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina dead at age 88
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, the Russian actress, died of heart failure on November 7, 2026, aged 88. Born in Leningrad on September 25, 1938, she became known for roles in…
Ádám Rothermel, died aged 78
Ádám Rothermel, the Hungarian footballer and Olympic silver medallist, died on November 7, 2026, aged 78. Born in Budapest, he competed in the men’s football tournament at the…
Ritsuko Nakayama passes away at age 84
Ritsuko Nakayama, a Japanese professional bowler, died November 7, 2026, aged 84. Born in Kusatsu, Gunma, Japan, on October 12, 1942, she later moved to Kagoshima, her parents’…
Hillary Menard has died at age 92
Hillary Menard, a Canadian professional ice hockey player, died November 7, 2026, aged 92. Born Hillary Gilbert Menard in Timmins, Ontario, on January 15, 1934, he was known…
T. Cullen Davis passed away at age 93
T. Cullen Davis, an American oil tycoon and murder suspect, died November 6, 2026, aged 93. Born Thomas Cullen Davis in Fort Worth on September 22, 1933, he…
Billy C. Sanders died at age 90
Billy C. Sanders, a retired U.S. Navy senior enlisted sailor who served as the fifth Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, died November 6, 2026, aged 90.…
Obituary: Robert Parmet, dead at age 87
Robert Parmet, an American writer and professor of history at York College, City University of New York, died November 6, 2026, aged 87. Born in New York City…
Ben Reyes has died at age 79
Ben Reyes, an American politician who served in the Texas House of Representatives and on the Houston City Council, died November 6, 2026, aged 79. Known formally as…
Platon Udovenko dies at 85
Platon Udovenko, a Ukrainian bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, died in Moscow on November 6, 2026, aged 85. Born Vladimir Petrovich Udovenko on November 17, 1940, in…
Danuta Beata Postnikoff has died at age 78
Danuta Beata Postnikoff, a Polish journalist, film director and screenwriter, died on November 6, 2026, aged 78. Born in Sopot on May 13, 1948, she was also known…
Yuri Kayurov passes away at age 99
Yuri Ivanovich Kayurov, a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, died November 6, 2026, aged 99. Born in Cherepovets, then in the Soviet Union, on September 30,…
Sonomyn Luvsangombo dies at age 101
Sonomyn Luvsangombo, a Mongolian military officer, engineer and politician who served as minister of public security and mayor of Ulaanbaatar, died on November 6, 2026, aged 101. Born…
Ljubomir Maksimović died at age 87
Ljubomir Maksimović, a Serbian historian and Byzantinist, died November 6, 2026, aged 87. Born in Skopje on November 27, 1938, he pursued his education and academic career at…
Death of Sebastián Lelio at age 52
Sebastián Lelio, the Chilean film director and Oscar winner, died November 6, 2026, aged 52. Born Sebastián Lelio Watt in Mendoza, Argentina, on March 8, 1974, he moved…
Marko Turina dead at age 89
Marko Turina, a Croatian cardiac surgeon, died on November 6, 2026, aged 89. Born in Zagreb on January 23, 1937, he studied at the School of Medicine at…
Marcel Ndalé has died at age 60
Marcel Ndalé, a Central African militant and warlord who was shot, died on November 6, 2026, aged 60. Born Gbokaho Minang Sylvain in Niem, Nana-Mambéré, in the Central…
David Chelule obituary: died at age 49
David Chelule, a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialized in the half marathon, died on November 6, 2026, aged 49. Born on July 7, 1977, he competed in athletics…
Leonid Arkayev dead at age 86
Leonid Arkayev, a Russian gymnast and gymnastics coach inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, died in Moscow on November 6, 2026, aged 86. Born in Moscow…
Jay Rockefeller has died at age 89
Jay Rockefeller, an American Democratic politician who served as governor of West Virginia and a U.S. senator, died on November 6, 2026, aged 89. Born John Davison Rockefeller…
Konstantin Trenchev passed away at age 71
Konstantin Trenchev, a Bulgarian physician and syndicalist who led the Confederation of Labour Podkrepa, died November 6, 2026, aged 71. Born in Stara Zagora on February 8, 1955,…
Hossein Wahid Khorasani dead at age 108
Hossein Wahid Khorasani, an Iranian Shia marja', died November 6, 2026, aged 108. Born Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh on January 1, 1921, in Nishapur, he became known as Grand Ayatollah…
Arnošt Binter passes away at age 98
Arnošt Binter, a Czech educator and strength and conditioning coach for hockey players, died November 6, 2026, aged 98. Born in Bratislava on July 22, 1928, he was…
Billy Little obituary: died at age 86
Billy Little, a Scottish football player and manager, died November 6, 2026, aged 86. Tags Athletes, 06 November 2026, Billy, Capricorn, Little, Scotland, November 2026, November 6
Death of Michael Locke at age 47
Michael Locke, the Welsh stuntman and skateboarder known as Pancho, died November 6, 2026, aged 47. Born Michael Richard Locke on March 13, 1979, he worked as a…
Vezhdi Rashidov obituary: died at age 74
Vezhdi Rashidov, a Bulgarian sculptor and politician who served twice as minister of culture, died of a heart attack on November 6, 2026, aged 74. Born Vezhdi Letif…
Platon Udovenko dies at 85
Platon Udovenko, a Ukrainian Russian Orthodox prelate who served as Metropolitan of Feodosia and Kerch, died in Moscow on November 6, 2026, aged 85. Born Vladimir Petrovich Udovenko…
Bismarck obituary: died at age 36
Bismarck Vinicyus Freire do Nascimento, the Brazilian footballer known as Bismarck, died aged 36 on November 6, 2026, after being shot during a robbery at a bar in…
Nilton Travesso dead at age 92
Nilton Travesso, a Brazilian television director and producer associated with TV Globo, Rede Bandeirantes, Rede Manchete and SBT, died in São Paulo on November 6, 2026, aged 92.…