Siva Afi dead at age 77
Siva Afi, the Samoan professional wrestler best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1980s, died on July 16, 2026. Born Max Amata Taogaga in Samoa on April 28, 1949, he…
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Isamu Sonoda dead at age 79
Isamu Sonoda, the Japanese judoka who won Olympic gold, died on July 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan, on November 4, 1946, he became one of Japan’s leading competitors in…
Renato Machado dead at age 83
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Feras Esmaeel dead at age 43
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Jim Corrigall dead at age 80
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Denise Oliver-Velez dead at age 78
Denise Oliver-Velez, an American activist and community organizer, died on July 15, 2026. She was 78. Born Denise Roberts Oliver on August…
Herbert Laming, Baron Laming dead at age 89, British social worker and life peer, member of the Hou…
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Guy Scott dead at age 82
Guy Scott, the Zambian politician who served as vice president from 2011 to 2014 and as acting president from 2014 to 2015,…
Margarita Andrey dead at age 99
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Seputla Sebogodi dead at age 63
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Margarita Andrey dead at age 99
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Maro Kontou dead at age 92
John Esposito dead at age 86
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Vladyslav Duyun dead at age 49
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Hal Williams dead at age 91
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Cees Geel dead at age 61
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Janice McNair dead at age 89
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Mudragada Padmanabha Reddy dead at age 73
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Hannelore Zober dead at age 79
Hannelore Zober, the German handball player and 1976 Olympic silver medalist, died on July 14, 2026. Born in Leipzig on November 6,…
Wolfgang Brase dead at age 87
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Sheikh Mustafa Kamal dead at age 83
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Azucena Mora dead at age 80
Azucena Mora, the Ecuadorian theater and television actress known by her screen name for performances in stage and television, died on July…
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Alcides Bernal dead at age 60, Lawyer, Radio Broadcaster, Politician
Alcides Bernal, a Brazilian lawyer, radio broadcaster and politician, died on July 13, 2026, at age 60. Born Alcides Jesus Peralta Bernal on July 14, 1965, in Corumbá,…
Nansun Shi dead at age 74
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Georg Ferstl dead at age 89
Georg Ferstl, an Austrian politician who served in the Landtag of Styria from 2000 to 2005, died on July 13, 2026. Born on December 30, 1936, in Trofaiach,…
Jean-François Coste dead
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Raymond Razakarinvony dead at age 98
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Rob Dieperink dead
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Melaine Favennec dead at age 75
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Barry Dickins dead at age 76, author, artist, actor, educator, journalist
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Markus Beierle dead at age 54
Markus Beierle, the German footballer who played as a striker, died on July 13, 2026, at the age of 54. Born in Brackenheim on June 2, 1972, he…
Dudley Laufman dead at age 95
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Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher dead at age 101
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher, a British politician and Labour life peer who served in the House of Lords from 1998 to 2026, died on July 13, 2026, aged…
Giuseppe Galtarossa dead at age 88
Giuseppe Galtarossa, an Italian footballer and sporting director, died on July 13, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Padua on March 12, 1938, he was known…
Pedro Ignacio Calderón dead at age 92
Pedro Ignacio Calderón, an Argentine musician and conductor, died on July 13, 2026. Born in Paraná on December 13, 1933, he studied music from childhood and went on…
John Berne dead at age 72
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Kim Ha-soo dead at age 67
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Sam Neill dead at age 78
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Poomani dead at age 79, Novelist, short story writer
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Mary Morello dead at age 102
Mary Morello died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 102. An American activist and founder of Parents for Rock and Rap, she was also known as…
Josef Kompalla dead at age 90
Josef Kompalla died on July 12, 2026. He was a Polish-German ice hockey player and later an ice hockey official and referee. Born on March 13, 1936, in…
Luis Sanguino dead at age 91
Luis Sanguino, the Spanish sculptor known for monumental bronze works in Spain and the Americas, died on July 12, 2026. Born Luis Antonio Sanguino de Pascual in Barcelona…
Gita Upadhyay dead at age 87
Gita Upadhyay, an Indian writer and translator from Assam, died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on February 14, 1939, in Gangmouthan in what…
Kent Carpenter dead at age 73
Kent Carpenter, an American marine biologist who spent much of his career based in the Philippines, died on July 12, 2026. Born on January 20, 1953, he earned…
Mary Otis Stevens dead at age 98
Mary Otis Stevens, an American architect, died on July 12, 2026. She was born in New York City on March 28, 1928, and built her career in Cambridge,…
Chris Scheuer dead at age 73
Chris Scheuer, an Austrian comic book author and illustrator, died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Graz on September 19, 1952, he built…
David Willey dead at age 93
David Willey died on July 12, 2026. He was a British journalist. He worked for the BBC and Reuters during his career. Tags Journalists, 12 July 2026, Britain,…
Günter Kuntz dead at age 87
Günter Kuntz, the German footballer who played as a right winger for VfR Kaiserslautern, Borussia Neunkirchen and Austria Wien, died on July 12, 2026. Born on November 28,…
Fernando Scarpa dead at age 79
Fernando Scarpa, an Italian footballer best known for his time with Potenza, died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 79. Also known as Nando, he was…
Vernon Taylor dead at age 88
Vernon Taylor, an American rockabilly singer, died on July 12, 2026, at age 88. Born Walton Alderton on November 9, 1937, he grew up in a Baptist family…
Gariba II dead at age 87
Gariba II, the Ghanaian traditional ruler of the Kingdom of Dagbon, died on July 12, 2026. Widely known as the Yaa Naa, he led the Dagbon traditional state…
Kent E. Carpenter dead at age 73
Kent E. Carpenter, an American marine biologist and professor of biological sciences at Old Dominion University, died on July 12, 2026. He was a researcher in marine biology…
Wai Ching Ho dead at age 82
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Cronwell Jara dead at age 76
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Péter Szolnoki dead at age 56
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Lindsey Graham dead at age 71
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Gilda Love dead at age 100
Gilda Love, the Spanish drag queen and transformist known offstage as Eduardo Rondón Gallardo, died on July 12, 2026. Born on August 21, 1925, in Cádiz, he became…
Temon Templar dead at age 59
Temon Templar died on July 12, 2026. He was an Indonesian actor and comedian. No further details about his death were provided. Tags Actors, 12 July 2026, Capricorn,…
Luis Goytisolo dead at age 91
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Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dead at age 74
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H. Hanumanthappa dead at age 94
H. Hanumanthappa, an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, died on July 12, 2026. He represented Karnataka in India’s upper house of Parliament…
Scott Bryce dead at age 68
Scott Bryce, an American actor best known for his work on "As the World Turns," died on July 12, 2026. Born Scott Macalister Bryce in New York City…
Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar dead at age 94
Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar died on July 12, 2026. He was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician who served as acting president of Bangladesh in 2002. Sircar studied at the…
Rui Resende dead at age 88
Rui Resende, the Brazilian actor known for work in film and television, died on July 12, 2026. Born José Pereira Rezende Filho in Araguari in 1937, he began…
Rui Rezende dead at age 88
Rui Rezende, the Brazilian actor known for roles in "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands" and "Roque Santeiro," died on July 12, 2026. He was 88. Born José…
Susumu Tonegawa dead at age 86
Susumu Tonegawa, the Japanese biologist who won the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering V(D)J recombination, died on July 11, 2026. Born in Nagoya on…
Valery Serov dead at age 86
Valery Serov, a Russian politician and civil engineer who chaired the State Committee for Construction from 1989 to 1991, died on July 11, 2026. He was 86. Born…
Horia Nestorescu-Bălcești dead at age 87
Horia Nestorescu-Bălcești died on July 11, 2026. He was a Romanian journalist and museographer. No further details about his death were immediately available. Tags Journalists, 11 July 2026,…
Sombun Wanchaithanawong dead at age 89
Sombun Wanchaithanawong, a Thai politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1988 to 2011, died on July 11, 2026. He was 89. Born on October 1,…
Jun Isezaki dead at age 90
Jun Isezaki, a Japanese potter and ceramicist, died on July 11, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Bizen on February 20, 1936, he studied at Okayama…
S. Janaki dead at age 88
S. Janaki, the Indian playback singer whose career began in 1957, died on July 11, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Sistla Sreeramamurthy Janaki on April 23,…
Hans Ewald Hansen dead at age 82
Hans Ewald Hansen, a Danish footballer, died on July 11, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on February 15, 1944, he represented Denmark in the men's football…
Jean-Paul Pigasse dead at age 86, French journalist, director-general of ADIAC
Jean-Paul Pigasse, a French journalist and media proprietor who served as director-general of ADIAC since 1997, died on July 11, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in…
Antonio Rattín dead at age 89
Antonio Rattín died on July 11, 2026. He was an Argentine footballer best known for his career with Boca Juniors and the national team. Born in Tigre in…
Ken Bates dead at age 94
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Jayden Adams dead at age 25
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Manú dead at age 43
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Dermot Murnaghan dead at age 68
Dermot Murnaghan died on July 11, 2026, at the age of 68. He was an English television presenter and news reporter, known for his work on Sky News…
Lenzman dead at age 47
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Yuri Smirnov dead at age 87
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