Richard O’Sullivan dead at age 82
Richard O'Sullivan, the English actor known for television comedies including Man About the House, Robin's Nest and Dick Turpin, died on September 4, 2026, aged 82. Born in Chiswick on May 7, 1944, he began his…
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Győző Martos has died at age 76
Győző Martos, the Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros and the national team, died on September 3, 2026, aged 76. Born in Budapest on December 15, 1949, he built his career with Ferencvárosi TC from 1971…
Ramón Espinar Gallego death at age 72
Ramón Espinar Gallego, a Spanish politician and former member of the Assembly of Madrid, died on September 3, 2026, aged 72. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he was born in Úbeda in 1954 and became a prominent figure in Madrid regional politics. He served as…
Ahmad Muhammad Sani II passed away at age 83
Ahmad Muhammad Sani II, the Nigerian traditional ruler who served as emir of Gumel, died on September 3, 2026, aged 83. He was the 16th emir of Gumel in Jigawa State, Nigeria, a position he held from 1980. Born on December 12, 1942, Sani II was educated at…
Milan Ohnisko has died at age 61
Milan Ohnisko, the Czech poet, editor and dissident, died on September 3, 2026, aged 61. Born in Brno on July 16, 1965, he became known for work that combined naivist playfulness, irony, humor and absurdity with a darker, more tragic sense of outsider struggle. After leaving two secondary…
Blaine Campbell passes away at age 86
Blaine Campbell, an American politician and former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, died on September 3, 2026, aged 86. A Republican, Campbell represented District 35 in the South Dakota legislature from 2013 to 2019. Born in Rapid City, South Dakota, he served in the state…
Harish Chandra Mishra death at age 67
Harish Chandra Mishra, the Indian judge and Lokayukta of Delhi, died on September 3, 2026, aged 67. He served as Lokayukta of Delhi from 2022 and was a former judge of the Jharkhand High Court. During his judicial career, he also held the post of acting Chief Justice…
Enos Mafokate dies at 80
Enos Mafokate, a South African equestrian and pioneering show jumper, died on September 3, 2026, aged 80. Born in Alexandra, he became known as the first black South African show jumper and later founded a riding school. His early life was shaped by work on a farm, where…
Fabio Mussi passed away at age 78
Fabio Mussi, the Italian politician who served as minister of university and research from 2006 to 2008 and as a deputy from 1992 to 2008, died on September 3, 2026, aged 78. Born in Piombino in 1948, he studied at the University of Pisa and the Scuola Normale…
Iwan Setiawan dies at age 68
Iwan Setiawan, an Indonesian footballer and football coach, died on September 3, 2026, aged 68. Born in Medan, he was identified in official records as an association football player and association football coach. Setiawan was most recently the coach of Sriwijaya FC, a Championship club, and had been…
Alphonso Smith has died at age 40
Alphonso Smith, an American football player and former cornerback for the Denver Broncos and Detroit Lions, died on September 2, 2026, aged 40. Smith, also known as Alphonso Smith, Jr., was born in Pahokee, Florida, and played college football at Wake Forest, where he earned consensus All-American honors.…
Death of Pierre Tordo at age 86
Pierre Tordo, the French footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper, died on September 2, 2026, aged 86. Born in Nice on December 16, 1939, he came through the youth ranks at Cavigal Nice and ASPTT Nice before joining Sedan, where he spent most of his career…
Børge Thorup dies at 82
Børge Thorup, a Danish footballer who played as a defender, died on September 2, 2026, aged 82. Born in Copenhagen on October 4, 1943, he began and ended his career with Brønshøj Boldklub during the era when the Danish league was still amateur-only. Between 1966 and 1973, he…
Arthur Marshall dies at 57
Arthur Marshall, an American football player who spent time with the Denver Broncos and New York Giants, died on September 2, 2026, at age 57 of stomach cancer. Born in Fort Gordon, he was a native of Hephzibah, Georgia, and went on to play college football for the…
Hugh Curran dies at age 82
Hugh Curran, the Scottish footballer who spent much of his career in the English Football League, died on September 2, 2026, aged 82. Born in Carstairs on September 25, 1943, he began his career with Home…
Anil Sharma has died at age 63
Anil Sharma, an Indian politician and Uttar Pradesh MLA, died on September 2, 2026, at the age of 63. He represented the Shikarpur विधानसभा constituency in Bulandshahr district and served in the 17th and 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Sharma…
Obituary: Cassandra Wilson, dead at age 70
Cassandra Wilson, the American jazz singer and two-time Grammy winner, died on September 2, 2026, aged 70. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, she built a long career as a singer, songwriter and producer, and became one of the most successful female jazz vocalists of her generation. Wilson was known…
Lau Siu Ming, died aged 94
Lau Siu Ming, the Hong Kong dancer and actor known for work in A Chinese Ghost Story, The Swordsman and The Butterfly Murders, died on September 2, 2026, aged 94. Born on October 13, 1931, in Jiangmen, he began his acting career at TVB and made his film…
Jimmy Batten dies at age 70
Jimmy Batten, the English boxer who became British light middleweight champion for more than two and a half years, died on September 2, 2026, aged 70. Born in Millwall, London, on 7 November 1955, he began boxing at the age of 70 and took the sport more seriously…
Obituary: Gracindo Júnior, dead at age 83
Gracindo Júnior, the Brazilian actor, died on September 2, 2026, aged 83. Born in Rio de Janeiro on May 21, 1943, he built a career in theatre and television under the artistic name Epaminondas Xavier Gracindo. He made his professional debut in 1962 in the original production of…
Ivan Gudelj obituary: died at age 65
Ivan Gudelj, the Croatian football player and manager who represented Yugoslavia, died on September 2, 2026, aged 65. Born in Imotski on September 21, 1960, he began his career with NK Mračaj before moving to Hajduk Split, where he made 362 appearances and scored 93 goals between 1976…
Death of Eraj Ravindra Fernando at age 57
Eraj Ravindra Fernando, the Sri Lankan politician and mayor of the Hambantota Municipal Council, died on September 2, 2026, aged 57. He served as mayor of Hambantota from 2014 to 2023 and was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo. Born in Sri Lanka, Fernando was a member of the…
Raif Dizdarević dies at age 99
Raif Dizdarević, the Bosnian politician who served as president of the Presidency of Yugoslavia, died on September 2, 2026, aged 99. Born in Fojnica on December 9, 1926, he became Yugoslavia’s first Bosnian Muslim president of the Presidency, holding the post from 1988 to 1989. Dizdarević was active…
Gloria Steinem dies at age 92
Gloria Steinem, the American feminist, journalist and writer who co-founded the Women's Media Center, died on September 2, 2026, at age 92. Born Gloria Marie Steinem in Toledo, Ohio, she became one of the most recognized leaders of second-wave feminism in the United States during the late 1960s…
Tony Gatlif died at age 77
Tony Gatlif, the French film director, screenwriter, actor and producer, died on September 2, 2026, aged 77. Born Michel Dahmani in Algiers on September 10, 1948, he built a career that also included composing film scores and stage work. Gatlif was widely known for a body of films…
Jean-Paul Rappeneau passes away at age 94
Jean-Paul Rappeneau, the French film director and screenwriter whose work included Cyrano de Bergerac, died on September 2, 2026, aged 94. Born in Auxerre in 1932, he began in film as an assistant and screenwriter, collaborating with Louis Malle on Zazie dans le métro in 1960 and Vie…
Hasegawa Yoshikazu passed away at age 96
Hasegawa Yoshikazu, a Japanese vertebrate paleontologist and honorary museum director, died on September 2, 2026, aged 96. Born in 1930, he studied at Yokohama National University, where he later served as a part-time lecturer, and went on to earn a doctorate from the University of Tokyo in 1972…
Charles Josselin dies at 88
Charles Josselin, a French politician and economist, died on September 1, 2026, aged 88. Born in Pleslin-Trigavou, in Brittany, on March 31, 1938, he became a prominent Socialist…
Harold Gene Lucas death at age 74
Harold Gene Lucas, an American convicted murderer who was executed by lethal injection, died on September 1, 2026, aged 74. Lucas was convicted in the 1976 shooting death…
Annette Saint-Pierre passes away at age 101
Annette Saint-Pierre, a Canadian educator, writer and publisher, died on September 1, 2026, at age 101. Born in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec, she studied at the Scolasticat Saint-Joseph in Saint-Hyacinthe…
Lilia Lardone obituary: died at age 84
Lilia Lardone, the Argentine writer who focused on children’s and young adult literature, died on August 31, 2026, aged 84. Born in Hernando, Córdoba, she moved to Córdoba…
Vladimir Lakeev dies at age 77
Vladimir Lakeev, a Russian politician and communist party organizer, died on August 31, 2026, aged 77. Known also as Vladimir Ivanovich Lakeev, he was born in Moscow on…
Miguel Zavaleta passes away at age 71
Miguel Zavaleta, the Argentine musician and songwriter behind Suéter and the author of "Amanece en la ruta," died on August 31, 2026, aged 71. Born in Buenos Aires…
Death of Édouard Balladur at age 97
Édouard Balladur, the French politician who served as prime minister, minister of finance and twice deputy, died on August 31, 2026, aged 97. Born Édouard Léon Raoul Balladur…
Bill Schmidt died at age 78
Bill Schmidt, an American Olympic javelin thrower, died on August 31, 2026, aged 78. A native of the Pittsburgh suburb of Southview, Pennsylvania, he became one of the…
Michel Fano dies at age 96
Michel Fano, the French musician, composer and writer whose work also extended to filmmaking and sound design, died on August 31, 2026, aged 96. Born in the 16th…
Jean-François Leroy passes away at age 69
Jean-François Leroy, the French journalist and photographer who directed Visa pour l'image, died on August 31, 2026, aged 69. Born in Paris on October 3, 1956, he helped…
Death of Kippy Brown at age 71
Kippy Brown, an American football coach who worked for the Houston Texans, Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks, died on August 31, 2026, at age 71. Brown, whose full…
Obituary: Jerry Stovall, dead at age 85
Jerry Stovall, the American Hall of Fame football player and coach, died on August 31, 2026, at age 85. Born Jerry Lane Stovall in West Monroe, Louisiana, he…
Ada Yonath has died at age 87
Ada Yonath, the Israeli crystallographer and Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry, died on August 31, 2026, aged 87. Born in Jerusalem in 1939, she became known for pioneering…
Carlos Monforte dies at age 77
Carlos Monforte, a Brazilian journalist who helped anchor TV Globo’s morning news programming, died on August 31, 2026, at age 77. Born Carlos Américo Aguiar Monforte in Santos,…
Obituary: Elco Brinkman, dead at age 78
Elco Brinkman, the Dutch politician who served in the House of Representatives and Senate, died on August 31, 2026, aged 78. Born Leendert Cornelis Brinkman in Dirksland on…
Daniel Spagnou passed away at age 85
Daniel Spagnou, the French politician who served as mayor of Sisteron and represented Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the National Assembly, died on August 31, 2026, aged 85. Born in Barcelonnette…
Carlyto Lassa, died aged 65
Carlyto Lassa, the Congolese singer-songwriter, guitarist and evangelical pastor, died on August 31, 2026, aged 65. Born Charles Ndombasi Lassa in Kongo Central in what is now the…
Indu Mitha died at age 97
Indu Mitha, the Pakistani Bharatanatyam classical dancer and music educator, died on August 31, 2026, aged 97. Born Indu Chatterjee in 1929, she was among Pakistan’s best-known exponents…
Death of Jean-François Leroy at age 69
Jean-François Leroy, the French journalist and photographer who directed the Visa pour l’image festival from 1989, died on August 31, 2026, aged 69. Born in Paris on October…
Jean-François Leroy passes away at age 69
Jean-François Leroy, the French journalist and photographer who directed the Visa pour l'image festival from 1989, died on August 31, 2026, aged 69. The identity record identifies him…
Jaroslav Olejár died at age 67
Jaroslav Olejár, the Slovak football player who played for Sparta Prague and 1. FC Košice, died on August 31, 2026, aged 67. Born in Dvorianky on August 29,…
Liam King dies at 85
Liam King, the Irish hurler from Lorrha–Dorrha in County Tipperary, died on August 31, 2026, aged 85. Born in Lorrha, he played as a right corner-back for the…
Chan Sarun death at age 78
Chan Sarun, a Cambodian politician who served as minister of agriculture and a member of parliament, died on August 31, 2026, aged 78. Also known as Ngor Hong…
Artūras Fomenka obituary: died at age 49
Artūras Fomenka, a Lithuanian footballer who played as a forward, died on August 31, 2026, aged 49. Born in Panevėžys on February 14, 1977, he represented clubs including…
Toyohiro Akiyama dies at 84
Toyohiro Akiyama, the Japanese journalist and cosmonaut who became the first person of Japanese nationality to fly in space, died on August 31, 2026, aged 84. Born in…
Victor Miller died at age 86
Victor Miller, the American screenwriter best known for writing the original Friday the 13th, died on August 31, 2026, aged 86. Born Victor Brooke Miller in New Orleans,…
Obituary: Wendell Berry, dead at age 92
Wendell Berry, the American novelist and essayist whose work as a poet, farmer and cultural critic was closely tied to rural Kentucky, died on August 31, 2026, aged…
George Wells, died aged 72
George Wells, an American professional wrestler and football player, died on August 31, 2026, aged 72. Born George Oliver Wells in Oakland, Calif., on October 31, 1947, he…
Cornelius Cash dies at 74
Cornelius Cash, the American basketball player and former Detroit Pistons prospect, died on August 31, 2026, aged 74. Born Cornelius Cash Jr. in Macon, Mississippi, he stood 6-foot-8…
Peter Freebody obituary: died at age 76
Peter Freebody, an Australian literary educator and researcher, died on August 30, 2026, aged 76. Born in Sydney on August 12, 1950, he built a career in literacy…
Phil O’Reilly has died at age 92
Phil O'Reilly, an Irish Gaelic footballer, died on August 30, 2026, aged 92. Born in Tullamore, County Offaly, on November 16, 1933, he played at club level with…
Obituary: Tony Mundine, dead at age 75
Tony Mundine, the Australian boxer who was among the country’s most accomplished Indigenous fighters, died on August 30, 2026, aged 75. Born Anthony William Mundine in Baryulgil, New…
Yoshimi Masaki death at age 64
Yoshimi Masaki, a Japanese judoka and professor at Tenri University, died on August 30, 2026, aged 64. Born in Osaka Prefecture on August 20, 1962, he began judo…
Ibrahim Adam dead, Animal scientist, politician
Ibrahim Adam, a Ghanaian politician and animal scientist, died on August 30, 2026. He served as the member of parliament for the Choggo/Tishigu constituency in Ghana’s Northern Region…
Obituary: Igor Grekhov, dead at age 91
Igor Grekhov, a Soviet and Russian physicist and electrical engineer whose work advanced the physics and engineering of power semiconductor devices, died on August 30, 2026, at age…
Abid Mutlak al-Jubouri passed away at age 86
Abid Mutlak al-Jubouri, an Iraqi military officer and politician, died on August 30, 2026, aged 86. An Iraqi Sunni Arab, he served as a major general in Saddam…
Stjepan Jimmy Stanić passes away at age 97
Stjepan Jimmy Stanić, the Croatian musician, singer and double bassist, died on August 30, 2026, aged 97. Born in Zagreb on January 20, 1929, he was known for…
Iván T. Berend dies at 95
Iván T. Berend, the Hungarian historian who led the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and later taught at UCLA, died on August 30, 2026, aged 95. Born in Budapest…
Slobodan Šnajder passed away at age 78
Slobodan Šnajder, the Croatian writer and publicist, died on August 30, 2026, aged 78. Born in Zagreb in 1948, he studied at the Faculty of Humanities and Social…
Death of Paul LeDuc at age 89
Paul LeDuc, a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his tag-team partnership with his kayfabe brother Jos LeDuc, died on August 30, 2026, aged 89. Born in Mont-Louis,…
Joggie Jansen obituary: died at age 78
Joggie Jansen, the South African rugby union player known as Joachim Scholtz Jansen, died on August 30, 2026, aged 78. Born in Griekwastad on February 5, 1948, he…
Sé O’Hanlon dead at age 84
Sé O'Hanlon, the Irish road racing cyclist known also as Séamus or Shay O'Hanlon, died on August 30, 2026, aged 84. Born in Dublin on September 14, 1941,…
Death of Elia Zenghelis at age 89
Elia Zenghelis, the Greek architect and teacher, died on August 30, 2026, aged 89. Born in Athens in 1937, he studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of…
Oleksandr Kasyan dead at age 37
Oleksandr Kasyan, a Ukrainian professional footballer, died on August 30, 2026, at age 37 after cardiac arrest. Born on January 27, 1989, in Bezimenne, he played as a…
Obituary: Tony Mundine, dead at age 75
Tony Mundine, the Australian boxer also known as Anthony William Mundine, died on August 30, 2026, aged 75. Born in Baryulgil, New South Wales, on June 10, 1951,…
Death of Enamul Huq at age 88
Enamul Huq, the Bangladeshi police officer who served as inspector general of police, died on August 30, 2026, aged 88. Huq held the top post in the Bangladesh…
Death of Gene Bertoncini at age 89
Gene Bertoncini, the American jazz guitarist born in New York City on April 6, 1937, died on August 29, 2026, aged 89. A native of New York, he…
Helch passed away at age 34
Helch, the British graffiti artist known for his stylised capital lettering and widely seen HELCH tag, died on August 29, 2026, aged 34. Operating mainly in the United…
Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros y Bernaldo de Quirós dead at age 82
Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros y Bernaldo de Quirós, a Spanish businessman and civil servant who chaired Iberia and Aviaco from 1983 to 1985, died on August 29,…
Mehdi Zana passes away at age 85
Mehdi Zana, the Turkish Kurdish politician and human rights defender who served as mayor of Diyarbakır from 1977 to 1980, died on August 29, 2026, aged 85. Born…
Lee Yong-joo dead at age 44
Lee Yong-joo, a South Korean actor and businessman, died on August 29, 2026, aged 44. Born on August 21, 1982, he was identified in Korean biographical sources as…
Walter Tresch passes away at age 78
Walter Tresch, the Swiss alpine skier, died on August 29, 2026, aged 78. Born in Silenen on April 4, 1948, he represented Switzerland in alpine skiing at the…
Narana Coissoró obituary: died at age 94
Narana Coissoró, a Portuguese lawyer, academic and politician, died on August 29, 2026, aged 94. Born in Goa, then in Portuguese India, on October 3, 1931, he moved…
Death of Giacomo Aimoni at age 86
Giacomo Aimoni, an Italian ski jumper, died on August 29, 2026, aged 86. Born in Ponte di Legno on December 23, 1939, he represented Italy in ski jumping…
Obituary: Triona Holden, dead at age 66
Triona Holden, the British author, artist, journalist and former BBC presenter and correspondent, died on August 29, 2026, aged 66. Writing under the name Triona Palmer after her…
Helao Shityuwete death at age 92
Helao Shityuwete, the Namibian writer and military commander, died on August 29, 2026, aged 92. A politician, military commander and author, he was born on August 25, 1934,…
Franco Fontana dies at 92
Franco Fontana, the Italian photographer known for his abstract colour landscapes, died on August 29, 2026, aged 92. Born in Modena on December 9, 1933, he began taking…
Neil Walter obituary: died at age 83
Neil Walter, a New Zealand public servant and diplomat who served as Administrator of Tokelau, died on August 29, 2026, aged 83. Known formally as Neil Douglas Walter…