Carlos Alberto Dias dies at 59
Carlos Alberto Dias, a Brazilian football player, died October 5, 2026, aged 59. Born in Brasília on May 5, 1967, he is also known by the fuller name Carlos Alberto Costa Dias. His football career began…
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Tadeusz Lutak dies at 109
Tadeusz Lutak, a Polish World War II veteran and soldier, died October 5, 2026, aged 109. Born Tadeusz Władysław Lutak on August 29, 1917, in Żarnowa, then part of Austria-Hungary, he was known by the nom…
Ilie Datcu dead at age 89
Ilie Datcu, a Romanian footballer and coach who played as a goalkeeper, died on October 5, 2026, aged 89. Born in Bucharest, he began playing in the junior ranks of Constructorul București in 1950, moving four years later to Metalul Câmpina and then to Progresul CPCS București. Datcu…
Death of Matt Howarth at age 72
Matt Howarth, an American comic book writer and artist, died October 5, 2026, aged 72. He was known for the series Those Annoying Post Bros, Savage Henry, Star Crossed and Bugtown. Howarth was active in fanzines from 1969, when he also co-founded Howski Studios. Through the studio, he…
Vlado Jug death at age 79
Vlado Jug, a Slovenian ice hockey player and Olympian, died October 5, 2026, aged 79. Born in Jesenice, in what was then Yugoslavia, on April 6, 1947, he was identified in biographical records as both a Yugoslav and Slovenian ice hockey player. Jug competed in the men’s ice…
Lena Martell dies at age 86
Lena Martell, the Scottish singer known for “One Day at a Time,” died October 5, 2026, aged 86. Born Helen Thomson in Glasgow, she began singing at 11 with her eldest brother’s band and later performed with the Jimmie McGregor Band at the city’s Barrowland Ballroom. In the…
Obituary: George Ali Murad Khan, dead at age 93
George Ali Murad Khan, the Pakistani monarch who served as Mir of Khairpur from 1947 to 1954, died October 5, 2026, aged 93. Born in Brighton, England, on June 29, 1933, he was a member of the Talpur dynasty. His parents were Faiz Muhammad Khan II of Khairpur…
Göksel Arsoy obituary: died at age 90
Göksel Arsoy, the Turkish actor known for films including Şafak Bekçileri, Gençlik Hülyaları and Şehirdeki Yabancı, died on October 5, 2026, aged 90. Born in Kayseri on March 15, 1936, he became one of the familiar names of Turkish cinema and was later labeled the industry’s “Golden Child”…
Dennis Hastert died at age 84
Dennis Hastert, the American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007 and as speaker from 1999 to 2007, died October 5, 2026, aged 84. A Republican from Illinois, he represented the state’s 14th Congressional District and became the sixth longest-serving speaker in…
Gordon Davis obituary: died at age 85
Gordon Jamison Davis, an American lawyer and civic leader who served as New York City parks commissioner from 1978 to 1983, died October 4, 2026, from complications of emphysema. He was 85. Born in Chicago, Davis moved to New York after graduating from Harvard Law School in 1967…
Death of Denis Zacharopoulos at age 74
Denis Zacharopoulos, a Greek art historian, died in Athens on October 4, 2026, aged 74. Born in Athens on June 11, 1952, he studied music there before moving to France in 1970. His studies in France began with literature, semantics and philosophy, and later included the history and…
Yosef Hagoel death at age 80
Yosef Hagoel, an Israeli military officer, died on October 4, 2026, aged 80. Born in Tel Aviv and raised in Ramat Gan, he enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces and served in the Six-Day War with the 28th Battalion of the 55th Paratroopers Brigade. During that fighting, his…
Louis Erlo death at age 97
Louis Erlo, the French stage director who led the Opéra de Lyon from 1969 to 1995, died October 4, 2026, aged 97. Born Louis Jean Marie Camerlo in Lyon on April 26, 1929, he was also known as Louis Erlo. At the Lyon opera house, his work included…
Obituary: Emil Poklitar, dead at age 87
Emil Poklitar, a German footballer and coach, died in Saarbrücken on October 4, 2026, aged 87. Born in Tatanir on June 14, 1939, he was the son of Vladimir and Maria Poklitar. Poklitar played as a striker and was associated with East German and German football. He played…
Amund Sjøbrend death at age 73
Amund Sjøbrend, the Norwegian Olympic speed skater, died October 4, 2026, aged 73. Born Amund Martin Sjøbrend on December 1, 1952, in Slåstad, he became one of Norway’s leading all-round skaters of the 1970s and early…
Messan Hilaire Locoh-Donou dead, Messan Hilaire Locoh-Donou, Togolese architect and hotelier
Messan Hilaire Locoh-Donou, a Togolese architect, urban planner, lecturer and hotelier, died in Lomé on October 4, 2026. He studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris before returning to Togo, where he worked in architecture and urban planning. In 1973, he founded AUBA in Lomé,…
Death of Clément Atangana at age 85
Clément Atangana, a Cameroonian magistrate who served as a counsellor of the Supreme Court from 1991 to 2014, died in Paris on October 4, 2026, aged 85. He was born in Ekoumeyeck, in what was then French Cameroon, on September 20, 1941. Atangana earned a licentiate in private…
Death of Vladimir Gogoladze at age 60
Vladimir Gogoladze, the Georgian gymnast who represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Olympic Games, died on October 4, 2026, aged 60. Born in Tbilisi on August 18, 1966, he competed internationally under the name Vladimer Omarovich "Lado" Gogoladze and emerged at elite level in 1985. That year…
Anastazja Pustelnik passes away at age 76
Anastazja Pustelnik, the Polish Roman Catholic nun of the Daughters of Divine Charity and cookbook author known as Sister Anastazja, died on October 4, 2026, aged 76. Born in Dylągowa on October 13, 1950, she was also known by the religious name Anastazja Pustelnik FDC and her birth…
Devprasad John Ganawa has died at age 74
Devprasad John Ganawa, an Indian Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Jhabua from 2009 to 2012 and of Udaipur from 2012, died on October 4, 2026, aged 74. Born on December 8, 1951, in Panchkui, Madhya Pradesh, India, he was ordained a priest for the Society…
Shalva Bedoyev passes away at age 85
Shalva Bedoyev, a Russian painter, died on October 4, 2026, aged 85. Born on October 15, 1940, in the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, he became known as a Soviet and Russian painter and teacher, later serving as a professor at K. L. Khetagurov North Ossetian State University. Bedoyev…
Ángel Arroyo passed away at age 70
Ángel Arroyo, the Spanish racing cyclist who finished second overall in the 1983 Tour de France, died on October 4, 2026, aged 70. Born in El Barraco, Spain, Arroyo was a former professional road bicycle racer who earned a stage victory in that 1983 Tour and, in the…
Obituary: Robert Corbin, dead at age 78
Robert Corbin, a Guyanese politician who led the opposition People's National Congress from 2002 to 2012, died on October 4, 2026, aged 78. Born Robert Herman Orlando Corbin in Linden, Guyana, he worked for the Youth Ministry of the Presbyterian Church before studying social work and law at…
Neem Chandra Bhowmik dead, Neem Chandra Bhowmik, Bangladeshi physicist and diplomat
Neem Chandra Bhowmik, a Bangladeshi physicist and diplomat, died on October 4, 2026. He was a professor in the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Dhaka and a prominent leader in Bangladesh’s Hindu minority community. Bhowmik also served as Bangladesh’s ambassador to Nepal, a posting that…
Palle Rama Rao passes away at age 89
Palle Rama Rao, an Indian scientist and metallurgist, died on October 3, 2026, aged 89. He was known for his work in physical and mechanical metallurgy and held academic and research posts at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru and later at the Indian Institute of Technology…
Dafroza Gauthier dies at age 72
Dafroza Gauthier, a Rwandan political activist and chemical engineer, died on October 3, 2026, aged 72. Born Dafroza Mukarumongi in Butare on August 4, 1954, she became known as a Franco-Rwandan activist who worked to pursue those responsible for the Rwandan genocide in France. She and her husband,…
Robert Kelker-Kelly died at age 62
Robert Kelker-Kelly, the American actor known for playing Bo Brady on Days of Our Lives and Sam Fowler on Another World, and a professional aircraft pilot, died October 3, 2026, aged 62. Born in Wichita, Kansas, on April 18, 1964, he briefly attended the University of Kansas before…
Ray Close dead at age 57
Ray Close, a Northern Irish boxer, died on October 2, 2026, aged 57. Born in Belfast, he spent much of his career in the super-middleweight division before finishing…
Irene Butter death at age 95
Irene Butter, the German-American academic and Holocaust survivor, died on October 2, 2026, aged 95. Born Irene Hasenberg in Berlin in 1930, she became a public health scholar…
Death of Sir William Heseltine at age 96
Sir William Heseltine, the Australian civil servant who served as Private Secretary to the Sovereign from 1986 to 1990, died on October 2, 2026, aged 96. Born Sir…
Death of Bruce Baird at age 84
Bruce Baird, the Australian politician and trade commissioner, died on October 2, 2026, aged 84. Born Bruce George Baird in Sydney on February 28, 1942, he served in…
Irene H. Butter passed away at age 95
Irene H. Butter, a German-American academic and Holocaust survivor, died on October 2, 2026, aged 95. Born Irene Hasenberg in Berlin in 1930, she was a public health…
Dottie Martin died at age 89
Dottie Martin, an American educator and real estate broker who served as First Lady of North Carolina, died on October 2, 2026, aged 89. Born Dorothy Ann McAulay…
Cesar Virata passes away at age 95
Cesar Virata, the Filipino politician who served as prime minister of the Philippines, died on October 2, 2026, aged 95. Born Cesar Enrique Aguinaldo Virata in Kawit, he…
Sass Jordan, died aged 63
Sass Jordan, the Canadian singer-songwriter known for her rock recordings, died on October 2, 2026, at age 63. Born Sarah Jordan in Birmingham, England, she was raised in…
Oscar Reynert Olsen has died at age 101
Oscar Reynert Olsen, a Norwegian artist, died on October 1, 2026, aged 101. Born in Stavanger on May 23, 1925, he built a career as an illustrator, painter,…
Hilary McPhee, died aged 85
Hilary McPhee, the Australian publisher who co-founded McPhee Gribble with Di Gribble, died on October 1, 2026, aged 85. Also known as Hilary Jane McPhee, she was born…
Obituary: Kol Israel, dead at age 85
Kol Israel, an Israeli radio program editor, died on October 1, 2026, at age 85. Also known as Kol Yisrael, the name identified Israel’s public domestic and international…
George Waft passes away at age 26
George Waft, British politician, died on October 1, 2026, aged 26. A Manx politician, he served as a Member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man.…
Khawaja Zakauddin died at age 89
Khawaja Zakauddin, a Pakistani Olympic field hockey player and forward, died on October 1, 2026, aged 89. Born in Jalandhar in 1936, he played for Pakistan from 1958…
Lito Sousa died at age 59
Lito Sousa, a Brazilian aviation specialist known for his YouTube channel Aviões e Músicas, died on October 1, 2026, aged 59. Born Joselito Geraldo de Sousa on January…
J. Todd Anderson dead at age 125
J. Todd Anderson, an American storyboard artist, died on October 1, 2026, aged 125. He worked with a number of filmmakers, including the Coen brothers, and also helped…
Obituary: Bart Batten, dead at age 68
Bart Batten, an American professional wrestler known as one-half of the Batten Twins, died on October 1, 2026, at age 68. Batten and his identical twin brother, Brad,…
Conrad Lant passed away at age 63
Conrad Lant, the British metal singer and bassist known as Cronos and founder, vocalist and bassist of Venom, died on October 1, 2026, aged 63. Born Conrad Thomas…
Death of Ken Krawetz at age 75
Ken Krawetz, a Canadian politician and Saskatchewan MLA from 1995 to 2016, died on October 1, 2026, aged 75. Known formally as Kenneth Patrick Krawetz, he was born…
Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega dead at age 86
Mario Eusebio Mestril Vega, a Cuban Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Camagüey from 1991 to 1996 and bishop of Ciego de…
Kamil Pulec passes away at age 63
Kamil Pulec, a Czech actor, died on October 1, 2026, aged 63. Born on September 1, 1963, in Prešov, then in Czechoslovakia, he grew up from 1969 in…
Štěpánka Ranošová dies at age 99
Štěpánka Ranošová, the Czech actress and founding member of the Petr Bezruč Theatre in Ostrava, died on October 1, 2026, aged 99. Born in Mariánské Hory, now part…
James Walker dies at age 38
James Walker, the English-born Antiguan and Barbudan footballer who played as a striker, died on October 1, 2026, aged 38. Born in the London Borough of Hackney on…
Gilad Ben Shach death at age 85
Gilad Ben Shach, an Israeli radio program editor at Kol Israel, died on October 1, 2026, at age 85. According to the Hebrew biographical record, he was also…
Antônio Roberto Cavuto dies at 82
Antônio Roberto Cavuto, a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Itapipoca, died on October 1, 2026, aged 82. Born in Espírito Santo do Pinhal on May 19,…
Alisa Aksyonova dies at age 95
Alisa Aksyonova, a Russian museum director, died on October 1, 2026, aged 95. Born Alisa Ivanovna Kurnaeva on March 13, 1931, in Savino in what is now Ivanovo…
Obituary: Biljana Plavšić, dead at age 96
Biljana Plavšić, the Bosnian Serb politician who served as president of Republika Srpska, died on October 1, 2026, aged 96. Born in Tuzla in 1930, she worked as…
Nobutaka Tsutsui dies at age 81
Nobutaka Tsutsui, a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in Japan’s Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan, died on October 1,…
Don Wing dies at age 88
Don Wing, the Australian politician who served in the Tasmanian Legislative Council and as mayor of Launceston, died on October 1, 2026, aged 88. Born in Ulverstone on…
Milton Windler, died aged 94
Milton Windler, the American NASA flight director who helped guide some of the space agency’s most significant missions, died on October 1, 2026, aged 94. Known as Milt…
Brooke Eby dies at 37
Brooke Eby, an American social media personality and ALS advocate, died on October 1, 2026, at age 37. Eby, who was also known as B. Eby, built an…
Death of Mary Louise Weller at age 80
Mary Louise Weller, the American actress best known for playing Mandy Pepperidge in the 1978 comedy "Animal House," died on October 1, 2026, aged 80. Born in New…
Caupolicán Peña passes away at age 96
Caupolicán Peña, the Chilean football player and manager who was a key figure for Colo-Colo and later coached Palestino, died on October 1, 2026, aged 96. Born in…
Karel Zelenko has died at age 101
Karel Zelenko, the Slovenian graphic artist and illustrator, died on October 1, 2026, aged 101. Born in Celje on September 15, 1925, he studied at art and design…
Mario Mestril passes away at age 86
Mario Mestril, a Cuban Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of Camagüey and later bishop of Ciego de Ávila, died on October 1, 2026, aged 86.…
Omar Boutmazought dead at age 62
Omar Boutmazought, a Moroccan singer, died on September 30, 2026, aged 62. He sang in Amazigh and was among the most prominent figures to shape Amazigh music over…
Obituary: Jérôme Bignon, dead at age 77
Jérôme Bignon, a French politician and senator, died on September 30, 2026, aged 77. A member of the Union for a Popular Movement, he represented the Somme department…
Wicknell Chivayo obituary: died at age 43
Wicknell Chivayo, a Zimbabwean businessman, died on September 30, 2026, aged 43. Known also as Sir Wicknell, he was the founder and managing director of Intratrek Zimbabwe (Private)…
Andrea Kdolsky dies at age 63
Andrea Kdolsky, the Austrian politician and former health minister, died on September 30, 2026, aged 63. Born Andrea Pelucha on November 2, 1962, in Vienna, she grew up…
Scott Froschauer obituary: died at age 57
Scott Froschauer, an American artist, sculptor and key grip, died on September 30, 2026, aged 57. He was known for public art installations that altered traditional traffic signs…
Gabino Palomares obituary: died at age 76
Gabino Palomares, the Mexican singer-songwriter and political activist, died on September 30, 2026, at age 76. Born in Comonfort, Guanajuato, he became one of the leading figures of…
Obituary: Gabriel Serville, dead at age 67
Gabriel Serville, the French Guianan politician who served as president of the Assembly of French Guiana, died on September 30, 2026, aged 67. Born in Cayenne on September…
Obituary: Josef Buchner, dead at age 84
Josef Buchner, the Austrian politician who served as mayor of Steyregg, died on September 30, 2026, aged 84. Born in Hagenberg im Mühlkreis on March 2, 1942, he…
Adrian Rurawhe dies at age 64
Adrian Rurawhe, a New Zealand politician and Labour Party MP from 2014 to 2026, died on September 30, 2026, aged 64. Also known as Adrian Paki Rurawhe, he…
Keith B. McMullin died at age 85
Keith B. McMullin, an American Latter-Day Saint operating executive who served as chief executive of Deseret Management Corporation from 2012 to 2023, died on September 30, 2026, aged…
Ramón Luis Rivera passed away at age 97
Ramón Luis Rivera, the Puerto Rican politician who served as mayor of Bayamón from 1977 to 2001, died on September 30, 2026, at age 97. A native of…
Obituary: Janice Laking, dead at age 96
Janice Laking, the Canadian politician who served as mayor of Barrie, died on September 30, 2026, aged 96. Known also by her married name and born Janice McCuaig,…
Eddie Belmonte passed away at age 83
Eddie Belmonte, a Puerto Rican jockey, died on September 30, 2026, aged 83. Born on February 5, 1943, in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, he competed at the…
Dame Esther Rantzen passed away at age 86
Dame Esther Rantzen, the British journalist and television presenter best known for hosting the BBC’s That's Life!, died on September 30, 2026, aged 86, after a period with…
Dave Rosello passed away at age 76
Dave Rosello, a Puerto Rican baseball player who spent nine seasons in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians, died on September 30, 2026, at…
Jorge Kahwagi passes away at age 58
Jorge Kahwagi, a Mexican businessman, politician and boxer, died on September 30, 2026, aged 58. Born Jorge Antonio Kahwagi Macari in Mexico City on May 28, 1968, he…
Paulien Cornelisse has died at age 50
Paulien Cornelisse, the Dutch writer and television presenter, died on September 30, 2026, aged 50. Born in Amsterdam in 1976, she built a career across writing, cabaret, podcasting…
Peppino Mazzullo has died at age 100
Peppino Mazzullo, the Italian actor and voice actor whose voice helped define the character Topo Gigio for decades, died on September 30, 2026, aged 100. Born Giuseppe Mazzullo…
Andy Fenton dies at age 73
Andy Fenton, an Irish sportsperson and teacher, died on September 30, 2026, aged 73. Also known as Andrew Fenton, he was born in 1952 in Kiltormer, County Galway,…
Athanasios Iliadis, died aged 74
Athanasios Iliadis, a Greek boxer who competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics, died on September 30, 2026, aged 74. Born in Thessaloniki on…
John Bröcheler passed away at age 81
John Bröcheler, the Dutch operatic baritone, died on September 30, 2026, aged 81. Born in Vaals on February 21, 1945, he began his career as a concert singer…
Pat Saiki death at age 96
Pat Saiki, an American politician and educator who represented Hawaii in the U.S. House of Representatives, died on September 30, 2026, at age 96. Born Patricia Hatsue Fukuda…
Frank Grønlund passes away at age 73
Frank Grønlund, the Norwegian footballer and football official who played for Lillestrøm SK and the Norway national team, died on September 29, 2026, aged 73. Grønlund was capped…