Ajazdin Nuhi passed away at age 46
Ajazdin Nuhi, a Serbian footballer who played as a midfielder, died on September 10, 2026, aged 46. Born in Prizren on October 10, 1979, he began his senior career with Čukarički in 1997 before moving to…
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Claudio Carsughi obituary: died at age 93
Claudio Carsughi, the Italian-Brazilian sports journalist associated with Corriere dello Sport, Rádio Jovem Pan and Quatro Rodas, died on September 10, 2026, aged 93. Born in Arezzo in 1932, he was identified in Brazilian reporting as…
Mike McFarland obituary: died at age 56
Mike McFarland, an American voice actor, died on September 10, 2026, aged 56. Born in Texas City, Texas, he worked extensively on English-language dubs of Japanese anime as a voice actor, ADR director, script writer and line producer. He was best known as the original English voice of…
Chuni Lal Bhagat passes away at age 93
Chuni Lal Bhagat, an Indian politician and former Punjab MLA, died on September 10, 2026, aged 93. He represented the Bharatiya Janata Party and served in the Punjab government as minister for forest and wildlife and labour. Born in Sialkot on December 1, 1932, he was a long-serving…
Obituary: Elio Zamuto, dead at age 85
Elio Zamuto, the Italian actor and voice actor known professionally by that name, died on September 9, 2026, aged 85. Born Elio Mazzamuto in Syracuse, Sicily, he began his career in the mid-1960s and worked steadily in Italian television and cinema, with much of his most visible screen…
Paddy Doherty passed away at age 92
Paddy Doherty, the Irish Gaelic footballer from Down and bricklayer, died on September 9, 2026, aged 92. Born in Ballykinler, County Down, he played for his local club Ballykinler and went on to represent the Down senior inter-county team from the 1950s into the 1960s. Doherty also captained…
Hyacinth Knight, died aged 86
Hyacinth Knight, a Jamaican politician and former member of Parliament, died on September 9, 2026, aged 86. Knight served in Jamaica’s House of Representatives from 1983 to 1989 as a member of the Jamaica Labour Party, representing the western district of Saint Mary Parish. She was also known…
Giorgos Mazonakis obituary: died at age 54
Giorgos Mazonakis, the Greek singer known for modern folk-pop and pop performances, died on September 9, 2026, aged 54, after cardiac arrest. Born Georgios Mazonakis on March 4, 1972, in Nikaia, he began his career in 1992 after being discovered at a nightclub performance in Patras. Over more…
Jackson Nascimento dead at age 102
Jackson Nascimento, the Brazilian football player and manager who played for Athletico Paranaense and Corinthians, died on September 9, 2026, aged 102. A midfielder, he was revealed by Atlético Paranaense in 1943 and remained with the club until 1950, winning state championships in 1943, 1945 and 1949. He…
Harry Burrows has died at age 85
Harry Burrows, the English footballer who played for Aston Villa, Stoke City and Plymouth Argyle, died on September 9, 2026, aged 85. Born in Haydock on March 17, 1941, he broke through with Aston Villa after turning down interest from several leading clubs as a youngster and signing…
Paddy Keenan passed away at age 76
Paddy Keenan, the Irish uilleann piper best known as a founding member of The Bothy Band, died on September 9, 2026, aged 76. Born in Trim on January 30, 1950, he first came to prominence with the influential traditional group before going on to record and tour extensively…
Obituary: Samuel Gelblung, dead at age 82
Samuel Gelblung, the Argentine journalist and television host known as Chiche Gelblung, died on September 9, 2026, aged 82, of respiratory failure. Born in Buenos Aires on February 7, 1944, he built a long career in Argentine media as a journalist, television presenter, war correspondent and photographer. He…
Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano death at age 79
Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, the Italian energy distribution industry executive who served as chairman of Hera from 2002 to 2023, died on September 9, 2026, aged 79. Born in Brescia in 1947, he earned a law degree before beginning his career in the personnel department at SIP, the…
Obituary: Alexander Sharovsky, dead at age 78
Alexander Sharovsky, the Azerbaijani actor and theatre director, died on September 9, 2026, aged 78. Born in Baku in 1948, he began his career in 1967 and went on to work at the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators before joining the Azerbaijan State Academic Russian Drama Theatre…
Isao Harimoto dies at age 86
Isao Harimoto, a Japanese baseball player, died on September 9, 2026, at age 86. Known in Korean as Jang Hun, he was born in Hiroshima on June 19, 1940, and spent a 23-season career in Nippon…
Death of Blanche d’Alpuget at age 82
Blanche d'Alpuget, the Australian writer and widow of former prime minister Bob Hawke, died on September 9, 2026, aged 82, after complications from influenza. Born Josephine Blanche d'Alpuget in Sydney on January 3, 1944, she built a career as a novelist, biographer and journalist. Her books included "The…
Barry Melrose passes away at age 70
Barry Melrose, the Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach and sportscaster, died on September 9, 2026, aged 70. Born in Kelvington, Saskatchewan, Melrose played professionally in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League before turning to coaching and broadcasting. He went on to lead the Los Angeles…
Death of Ismael Laguna at age 83
Ismael Laguna, the Panamanian boxer who became a two-time undisputed lightweight champion, died on September 8, 2026, aged 83. Born Ismael Laguna Meneses in Colón City, Panama, he rose to prominence as one of the sport’s leading lightweight fighters and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of…
Takao Jinnouchi has died at age 93
Takao Jinnouchi, a Japanese politician and former bureaucrat, died on September 8, 2026, aged 93. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served in Japan’s Upper House for three terms and held the post of parliamentary vice minister for agriculture, forestry and fisheries. Jinnouchi worked in the…
Frank Bridel died at age 101
Frank Bridel, the Swiss journalist and writer who served as editor-in-chief of the Gazette de Lausanne and later became a longtime columnist at Entreprise romande, died on September 8, 2026, aged 101. Born in Lausanne on December 25, 1924, Bridel built a career in Swiss journalism that also…
Lucien Smith has died at age 37
Lucien Smith, an American artist known for painting, died on September 8, 2026, aged 37. Born in Los Angeles in 1989, he studied at The Cooper Union and became one of the most closely watched young figures in contemporary art, drawing notice for abstract work that reached galleries…
Monowar Hossain Chowdhury dies at 78
Monowar Hossain Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on September 8, 2026, aged 78. He represented the Gaibandha-4 constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad and was elected to parliament as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2018. Chowdhury also took part in the 2008 and…
Tung Chee-hwa passed away at age 89
Tung Chee-hwa, the Hong Kong politician and businessman who became the territory’s first chief executive, died on September 8, 2026, aged 89. Born in Shanghai on July 7, 1937, he was a shipping magnate’s son who went on to lead the family business and later entered public life…
Obituary: Alexandr Pashchenko, dead at age 81
Alexandr Pashchenko, a Russian singer, actor, and director and People’s Artist of Russia, died on September 8, 2026, aged 81. Born in Orenburg on June 3, 1945, he became associated with the Orenburg Theatre of Musical Comedy, where he began working in 1963 as a stagehand before passing…
André Pronovost dies at 90
André Pronovost, a Canadian ice hockey player who spent parts of his career with the Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings, died on September 8, 2026, aged 90. Born in Shawinigan, Quebec, on July 9, 1936, he played professional hockey in the National Hockey League and…
André Navez has died at age 74
André Navez, a Belgian politician and clerk, died on September 8, 2026, aged 74. Born in Bienne-lez-Happart, Belgium, on March 12, 1952, he was a member of the Socialist Party. Navez served as a member of the Parliament of Wallonia from 1999 to 2004 and as mayor of…
Margaret Bedggood has died at age 87
Margaret Bedggood, the New Zealand legal scholar and former chief human rights commissioner, died on September 8, 2026, aged 87. Born Margaret Ann Bedggood in Takapuna on April 10, 1939, she became a jurist and was known for a time by her married name, Margaret Mulgan. Bedggood served…
Hafidh Ameir Hassan passed away at age 76
Hafidh Ameir Hassan, a Tanzanian agriculturalist and teacher who served as First Gentleman of Tanzania, died on September 7, 2026, aged 76. He held the role from March…
Gastón Acurio Velarde has died at age 95
Gastón Acurio Velarde, the Peruvian politician who served as minister of development and later as a senator, died on September 7, 2026, aged 95. Born in Cusco on…
David Worth passed away at age 86
David Worth, an American film director and cinematographer, died on September 7, 2026, aged 86. Born March 2, 1940, he built a career behind the camera on more…
Nina Popova dies at 81
Nina Popova, a Russian actress who worked in theater and film, died on September 7, 2026, aged 81. Born in Bugulma on March 20, 1945, she studied at…
Walter Kershaw obituary: died at age 85
Walter Kershaw, the English artist known for graffiti, street art, sculpture and mural painting, died on September 6, 2026, aged 85. Born in Rochdale in 1940, he worked…
Death of Rosa Maria Duran at age 99
Rosa Maria Duran, a Spanish-born Mexican translator and teacher, died on September 6, 2026, aged 99. Born in Barcelona in 1927, she spent more than six decades promoting…
Jim Geoghan passes away at age 79
Jim Geoghan, an American television writer and producer known for his work on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Family Matters and Silver Spoons, died on September…
Israël Isaac Besançon dies at age 81
Israël Isaac Besançon, a French-Israeli rabbi and painter, died on September 6, 2026, at age 81. Born in Nice on December 27, 1944, Besançon developed an early interest…
Barry Cleavin passes away at age 86
Barry Cleavin, a New Zealand printmaker and artist, died on September 6, 2026, aged 86. Born in Dunedin in 1939, he attended King’s High School before moving to…
Bruce Lunsford dies at age 78
Bruce Lunsford, an American politician and attorney from Kentucky, died on September 6, 2026, aged 78. Born William Bruce Lunsford in Kenton County on November 11, 1947, he…
Georgina Lightning died at age 63
Georgina Lightning, a Canadian Cree film director, died on September 6, 2026, aged 63. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she was an enrolled member of the Samson Cree Nation…
Hristo Spasov dies at age 38
Hristo Spasov, a Bulgarian footballer, died on September 6, 2026, at age 38. A forward by trade, he was born in Dorkovo and built much of his career…
Obituary: Richard Tesařík, dead at age 80
Richard Tesařík, the Czech singer best known for his work with Yo Yo Band, died on September 6, 2026, aged 80. Born in Ostrava on December 25, 1945,…
Bill Dundee dies at age 82
Bill Dundee, the Scottish professional wrestler better known to fans by his ring name, died on September 6, 2026, aged 82. Born William Cruickshanks in Dundee on October…
Rudy Ariffin dead at age 73
Rudy Ariffin, the Indonesian politician who served as governor of South Kalimantan and regent of Banjar, died on September 6, 2026, aged 73. A bureaucrat and politician, he…
Guus Kouwenhoven died at age 84
Guus Kouwenhoven, the Dutch arms dealer convicted of arms trafficking in Liberia during the presidency of Charles Taylor, died on September 6, 2026, aged 84. Often misspelled as…
Obituary: Nina Shipman, dead at age 88
Nina Shipman, an American actress known for roles in films including Say One for Me, Blue Denim and Vertigo, died on September 6, 2026, aged 88. Born in…
Sudivya Kumar passed away at age 56
Sudivya Kumar, an Indian politician and member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, died on September 6, 2026, aged 56, after a heart attack. A member of the Jharkhand…
Matt Suhey dies at 68
Matt Suhey, an American football player who spent ten seasons as a fullback with the Chicago Bears, died on September 6, 2026, aged 68. Born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania,…
Edward Field died at age 102
Edward Field, the American poet, died on September 6, 2026, at age 102. Born in Brooklyn on June 7, 1924, he built a career as a poet and…
Obituary: Darío Silva Silva, dead at age 88
Darío Silva Silva, a Colombian Evangelical pastor, died on September 6, 2026, aged 88. Born in Tarqui, Huila, in 1938, he was known as a journalist, columnist, conferencier,…
John O’Leary has died at age 72
John O'Leary, an American football player who starred as a running back for the Montreal Alouettes and later played for the Chicago Bears, died on September 6, 2026,…
Iván Carvajal dies at age 78
Iván Carvajal, the Ecuadorian poet and writer, died on September 6, 2026, aged 78. Born in San Gabriel, he became one of Ecuador’s notable literary voices and worked…
Otto Jelinek has died at age 86
Otto Jelinek, the Czech-born Canadian figure skater and politician who served as a member of Parliament from 1972 to 1993 and as minister of national revenue from 1989…
Joe Morgan died at age 95
Joe Morgan, an American baseball player and manager, died on September 5, 2026, at age 95. A native of Walpole, Massachusetts, Morgan was a graduate of Walpole High…
Radim Raděvič obituary: died at age 59
Radim Raděvič, a Czech ice hockey player who competed for Czechoslovakia, died on September 5, 2026, aged 59. Born in Opava on December 16, 1966, he was known…
Serhat Kılıç dead at age 51
Serhat Kılıç, the Turkish actor known for his roles in Kuruluş: Osman, Maraşlı and Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı, died on September 5, 2026, aged 51. Born in Ankara on…
Obituary: Robert Alexy, dead at age 80
Robert Alexy, the German jurist and legal philosopher, died on September 5, 2026, aged 80. Born in Oldenburg on September 9, 1945, he studied law and philosophy at…
Klaus Wanger death at age 85
Klaus Wanger, the Liechtenstein politician and former president of the Landtag of Liechtenstein, died on September 5, 2026, aged 85. Born in Schaan on February 24, 1941, he…
Robin Morgan passes away at age 85
Robin Morgan, the American poet, writer and activist, died on September 5, 2026, aged 85. Born on January 29, 1941, in Lake Worth Beach, Florida, she became a…
Georgy Matyukhin, died aged 92
Georgy Matyukhin, a Russian economist who served as chairman of the Central Bank of Russia from August 1990 to June 1992, died on September 5, 2026, aged 92.…
Jean-Pierre Clar died at age 84
Jean-Pierre Clar, the French rugby league and rugby union player, died on September 5, 2026, aged 84. Born in Hanoi on February 27, 1942, he became known as…
Andy Williams dead at age 48
Andy Williams, the American metal guitarist and professional wrestler known as The Butcher, died on September 5, 2026, aged 48. Born Andrew J. Williams in Buffalo on December…
Michael Mendl died at age 82
Michael Mendl, the German actor known for roles in Downfall, 14 Days to Life and Dark, died on September 5, 2026, aged 82. Born Michael Sandrock in Lünen…
Filip Sternberg has died at age 69
Filip Sternberg, a Czech-Austrian lawyer and member of the Sternberg nobility, died on September 5, 2026, aged 69. He belonged to the Sternberg family and was the owner…
Erni Mangold, died aged 99
Erni Mangold, the Austrian actress and stage director known for roles in films and television including Before Sunrise, Therapy for a Vampire and The Forester of the Silver…
Frank McDonald has died at age 76
Frank McDonald, the Irish environmental journalist and former environment editor of The Irish Times, died on September 5, 2026, aged 76. Born in Dublin in 1950 and raised…
Obituary: Alberto Iribarne, dead at age 76
Alberto Iribarne, the Argentine lawyer and politician who served as minister of justice from 2005 to 2007, died on September 5, 2026, aged 76. Born in Buenos Aires…
Thérèse Brenet dead at age 90
Thérèse Brenet, the French composer and educator, died on September 5, 2026, aged 90. Born in Paris in 1935, she studied piano at the Conservatoire de Reims and…
Peter Katsambanis death at age 60
Peter Katsambanis, an Australian politician who served in both Victoria and Western Australia, died on September 5, 2026, aged 60. Born in Melbourne on December 24, 1965, as…
Obituary: Shirley Strum Kenny, dead at age 92
Shirley Strum Kenny, an English scholar and university president, died on September 5, 2026, aged 92. Kenny led Stony Brook University as its fourth president from 1994 through…
Resil B. Mojares died at age 83
Resil B. Mojares, a Filipino author, historian and literary critic, died on September 5, 2026, aged 83. Born Resil Buagas Mojares on September 4, 1943, in Polanco, Zamboanga…
Jorge Gallego obituary: died at age 86
Jorge Gallego, the Colombian footballer better known as Jorge Enrique Ramírez Gallego, died on September 4, 2026, aged 86. Born in Cali, he began his professional career with…
Zenyazen Escobar died at age 42
Zenyazen Escobar, a Mexican politician and federal deputy, died on September 4, 2026, aged 42. Escobar García, whose full name was Zenyazen Roberto Escobar García, was affiliated with…
Zenyazen Escobar García, died aged 42
Zenyazen Escobar García, a Mexican politician and incumbent federal deputy, died on September 4, 2026, aged 42. Affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement, he represented Veracruz’s 16th district…
Javad Mojabi died at age 86
Javad Mojabi, the Iranian poet and writer, died on September 4, 2026, at age 86. Born in Qazvin in 1939, he was among Iran’s prominent modern writers and…
Death of Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton at age 92
Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton, a British-Australian aristocrat and academic, died on September 4, 2026, aged 92. Born Francis Egerton Grosvenor on February 8, 1934, he was…
S. R. Janakiraman death at age 98
S. R. Janakiraman, an Indian Carnatic vocalist and musicologist, died on September 4, 2026, aged 98. Born S. Rangasamy Janakiraman on July 12, 1928, he was known for…
Obituary: Edward Raradza, dead at age 79
Edward Raradza, a Zimbabwean politician and tobacco farmer, died on September 4, 2026, aged 79. He was also a former vice-chairperson of the Zimbabwe Farmers Union. Raradza entered…
Shin’ichi Abe has died at age 76
Shin'ichi Abe, a Japanese mangaka, died on September 4, 2026, at age 76. Born in Tagawa on April 7, 1950, he joined the magazine Garo at 20 and…
Death of Tahir Nikšić at age 76
Tahir Nikšić, a Bosnian actor and theatre artist, died on September 4, 2026, aged 76. Born in Mostar on June 12, 1950, he began his stage career at…
Pedro Rodriguez dead at age 93
Pedro Rodriguez, the Spanish theologian and priest of the prelature of Opus Dei, died on September 4, 2026, aged 93. Born Pedro Rodríguez García in Cartagena in 1933,…
Shin’ichi Abe has died at age 76
Shin'ichi Abe, a Japanese mangaka and novelist, died on September 4, 2026, at age 76. Born in Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, he became active from the 1970s and was…
Death of Keyvan Khosrovani at age 88
Keyvan Khosrovani, the Iranian architect and lighting designer, died on September 4, 2026, aged 88. Born in Tehran in 1938, he later studied architecture at the University of…
Death of Tadeush Kasyanov at age 87
Tadeush Kasyanov, a Soviet and Russian martial artist and stunt coordinator, died on September 4, 2026, aged 87. Born in Moscow on November 14, 1938, he also worked…
Yves Brunier, died aged 85
Yves Brunier, the French animator, puppeteer and actor associated with "L'Île aux enfants," died on September 4, 2026, aged 85. Born in Lyon in 1943, he became known…
Don Wilhelms, died aged 96
Don Wilhelms, an American geologist who helped map the Moon and train Apollo astronauts, died on September 4, 2026, aged 96. Born Don Edward Wilhelms in Los Angeles…
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…