Józef Lipień, a Polish Greco-Roman wrestler and 1980 Olympic silver medalist, died October 25, 2026, aged 77. Born in Jaczków on February 6, 1949, he competed in amateur wrestling and represented Poland in the Greco-Roman discipline.…
José Luis García Sánchez, the Spanish film director and screenwriter, died October 25, 2026, aged 85. Born in Salamanca on September 22, 1941, he worked in cinema as a director, screenwriter and producer. His career began…
Darko Božović, a Montenegrin footballer, died October 25, 2026, aged 48. Born in Podgorica on August 9, 1978, he played as a goalkeeper. A memorable episode in his career came on October 28, 2006, when Bežanija hosted Voždovac in a league fixture. With Bežanija trailing 1-0, Božović saved…
Mohsen Rastani, an Iranian photographer and photojournalist, died on October 25, 2026, aged 67. His photographs focused on people, rendered in black and white against white backgrounds. He began taking photographs in 1982, after returning from Tehran to Khorramshahr shortly after the city’s liberation during the Iran-Iraq War.…
Paolo Romeo, an Italian priest, cardinal and archbishop emeritus of Palermo, died October 25, 2026, aged 88. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him to the see of Palermo on December 19, 2006, and Romeo served as the city’s archbishop before becoming archbishop emeritus. Born February 20, 1938, he was…
Misha Mavashi, the Russian rapper and singer-songwriter, died on October 25, 2026, aged 41. Born Mikhail Fyodorovich Nits on January 29, 1985, in Kostanay, then part of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, he was known as a performer, poet and writer, and as the frontman and founder of…
Jogen Chowdhury, the Indian painter and former member of Parliament, died of blood cancer on October 25, 2026, aged 87, in Kolkata. After a 15-month illness, he had been hospitalized since October 16 and was receiving treatment for complications that included an infection. He died at a private…
Damodharan Kothandaraman, professionally known as Chef Damu, an Indian celebrity chef and television personality, died October 25, 2026, aged 72. Born in Chennai, he became a familiar presence on Tamil-language television, hosting cooking programs and judging shows, including Star Vijay’s Cooku with Comali. In December 2010, he set…
Pete Banaszak, an American football player who was a running back for the Oakland Raiders, died October 24, 2026, aged 82. Born Peter Andrew Banaszak on May 21, 1944, in Crivitz, Wisconsin, he attended Crivitz High School. There, he played football, basketball and track and field and was…
Pius Olakunle Osunyikanmi, a Nigerian civil servant and former director general of the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps, died on October 24, 2026, aged 55. Born in Ile Oluji, Ondo State, Nigeria, on August 3, 1971, he studied at Adekunle Ajasin University and was a lawyer. Osunyikanmi led the…
Derrick Harriott, the Jamaican singer and record producer, died October 24, 2026, aged 87. Born in Kingston on February 6, 1939, he was identified by the full name Derrick Clifton Harriott and the honorific OD. His career began in 1958 and continued through 2026, spanning reggae, ska and…
John Cordts, a Canadian racing driver, died October 24, 2026, aged 91. Born July 23, 1935, in Hamburg, Germany, he competed in Formula One and North American sports car racing. His sole Formula One World Championship appearance was the 1969 Canadian Grand Prix, held September 20. Driving a…
Ali Haroun, an Algerian politician and member of the High Council of State, died October 24, 2026, aged 99. Also known as Mohamed Ali Haroun, he was born on February 8, 1927, in Bir Mourad Raïs, then part of French Algeria. Haroun was a lawyer as well as…
Choi Hyung-woo, a South Korean politician who served as Minister of Home Affairs from 1993 to 1994, died on October 24, 2026, aged 91. Tags Politicians, 24 October 2026, Choi, Hyung-woo, October 2026, October 24, South Korea
Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman, a Bangladeshi journalist and Awami League politician who represented Chandpur-4 in parliament, died of a stroke on October 24, 2026, aged 77. Born on September 25, 1949, in Faridganj Upazila, he studied at…
Oleg Viktorovich Breyev, a Russian politician and member of the Kursk Oblast Duma, died on October 24, 2026, aged 54. Born on March 12, 1972, in Lachinovo, in Kursk Oblast, he served in the regional legislature from October 8, 2026, until his death. His membership in the Duma…
Barry Murphy, the English footballer who played in the Football League for Barnsley, died October 24, 2026, aged 86. Born in Consett on February 10, 1940, he was also known as Laurence Barry Murphy and by the nickname “Spud.” Murphy joined Barnsley from South Shields in 1962 and…
Slavcho Binev, a Bulgarian politician and former Member of the European Parliament, died aged 60 in Sofia on October 24, 2026, after being shot. Born in Sofia as Slavcho Penchev Binev, he was also known as Slavi Binev and became a prominent figure in Bulgarian politics and sport.…
Widodo Adi Sutjipto, an Indonesian naval officer and politician who served as chief of staff of the Navy, commander of the National Armed Forces and coordinating minister for political and security affairs, died October 24, 2026, aged 82. Born in Boyolali on August 1, 1944, he studied at…
Pilar Burgués Monserrat, an Andorran writer, died on October 24, 2026, aged 67. Born in Escaldes-Engordany in 1958, she came from a family of doctors; her parents originally came from the Matarraña region. Monserrat studied geography and history at the University of Zaragoza, earning a diploma in the…
Arch Jelley, a New Zealand Hall of Fame athletics coach, died October 24, 2026, aged 104. Born Albert Archibald Jelley in Dunedin on August 13, 1922, he trained at Dunedin Teachers’ Training College and worked as a teacher alongside his coaching, athletics administration and bridge tutoring. Active as…
Lawrence McCutcheon, an American professional football player and running back, died October 23, 2026, aged 76. Born in Plainview, Texas, he graduated from Plainview High School in 1968 before playing college football at Colorado State University. The Los Angeles Rams selected him in the third round of the…
Dale Brown, an American college basketball coach, died October 23, 2026, aged 90. His full name was Dale Duward Brown; he was born October 31, 1935, in Minot, North Dakota. Raised in a family of limited means, he and his two older sisters were brought up by their…
Lorn Cowie, Lord Cowie, the Scottish rugby union player and jurist who served as a senator of the College of Justice, died October 23, 2026, aged 100. Born William Lorn Kerr Cowie in Glasgow on June 1, 1926, he studied at Clare College and played for West of…
Fedir Stryhun, the Ukrainian actor and director whose screen credits included The Lost Letter, Such Late, Such Warm Autumn and The Guide, died in Lviv on October 23, 2026, aged 86. Born in 1939 in Tomasivka, in what is now Cherkasy region, he trained in the workshop of…
Fedir Stryhun, a Ukrainian actor and director, died in Lviv on October 23, 2026, aged 86. Born in Tomashivka in the Cherkasy region on November 1, 1939, he trained at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University, graduating in 1961 from the workshop of…
Dónal Lunny, an Irish folk musician and producer, died of cancer on October 23, 2026, aged 79. Born in Tullamore, County Offaly, on March 10, 1947, he moved with his family to Newbridge, County Kildare, when he was five. He attended Newbridge College and later the National College…
William J. Thorn, an American runner and longtime coach, died October 22, 2026, aged 96. Born William Jackson Thorn on September 4, 1930, he coached football, cross country…
Krishnaraj, an Indian playback singer, died on October 22, 2026, aged 75. Born in Tamil Nadu on December 25, 1951, he was the son of Varadammal and A.…
Yury Tsyhalka, a Belarusian footballer, died on October 22, 2026, aged 43. Born in Minsk on May 27, 1983, he played for Dinamo Minsk and Dinamo Brest, and…
Arlene Lesewski, an American politician who served in the Minnesota Senate and worked as an insurance agent, died October 22, 2026, aged 90. Born Arlene Julia Dau on…
Nikolay Koshman, a Russian politician who served as deputy prime minister from 1999 to 2000, died on October 21, 2026, aged 82. Born on April 5, 1944, in…
Bob "Hoolihan" Wells, an American weatherman, television personality and actor, died of liver cancer on October 21, 2026, aged 93. Born Robert D. Wells in West Point, Nebraska,…
Cornell Green, an American football player, died October 21, 2026, aged 86. Born Cornell M. Green on February 10, 1940, in Oklahoma City, he was raised in northern…
Tom Skerritt, the American actor and Emmy winner known for Alien and Picket Fences, died October 21, 2026, aged 93. Born Thomas Roy Skerritt in Detroit, he built…
Jan Novák, the Czech theatre director and educator, died on October 21, 2026, aged 79. Born in Velké Losiny on April 19, 1947, he studied at the Secondary…
Romano Hummel, a Dutch speedway rider, died by suicide on October 21, 2026, aged 27. Born in the Netherlands on January 4, 1999, he competed internationally in both…
Todd Benzinger, an American baseball player and 1990 World Series champion, died October 21, 2026, aged 63. Born Todd Eric Benzinger in Dayton, Kentucky, on February 11, 1963,…
Georgi Nemsadze, a Georgian professional footballer and manager, died of a heart attack in Tbilisi on October 21, 2026, aged 54. Born in Tbilisi on May 10, 1972,…
Timothy Smiley, the British philosopher, died October 21, 2026, aged 95. Born in London on November 13, 1930, he was educated at Ardwyn Grammar School in Aberystwyth and…
Alexander Alexandrovich Sizov, a Russian politician who served as a State Duma deputy from 2000 to 2007, died in Yaroslavl on October 21, 2026, aged 78. Born on…
Jan Kříž, a Czech physicist and university educator, died on October 21, 2026, aged 51. Born in Hradec Králové, he built his academic career at the University of…
Ng Joo Pong, a Malaysian Olympic cyclist, died October 21, 2026, aged 80. Born in Kuala Lumpur on June 19, 1946, he competed for Malaysia on the international…
David Mouradian, an Armenian philologist, writer and film critic, died on October 21, 2026, aged 74. Born in Yerevan on December 12, 1951, he graduated from Yerevan State…
Ken Ring, a New Zealand writer and astrologer, died October 21, 2026, aged 86. Born in England during the Second World War, he emigrated with his family to…
Boris Kolar, a Croatian film director and animator, died October 21, 2026, aged 94. Born in Zagreb on April 13, 1933, he studied architecture there before beginning his…
John Anderson, an American country singer, died October 21, 2026, aged 71, in Smithville, Tennessee. Born John David Anderson in Apopka, Florida, on December 13, 1954, he attended…
Dan Davis, an American radio broadcaster known as “The Duke,” died October 21, 2026, aged 84. He spent nearly 30 years in radio, beginning in 1963 at WEMJ…
Şahan Arzruni, Armenian-Turkish pianist, composer and lecturer, died October 21, 2026, aged 83. Born in Istanbul, he was also described as an Armenian classical pianist, ethnomusicologist, writer and…
Keith Bailey, a Canadian professional soccer player whose clubs included Bradford City and the Tampa Bay Rowdies, died October 21, 2026, aged 65. He was born in Toronto,…
John M. Geddes, an American journalist and editor at The New York Times, died of lung disease on October 20, 2026, aged 74. Born in Providence, Geddes graduated…
Julio Dalmao, a Uruguayan footballer who played for Nacional, Vélez Sarsfield and Uruguay’s national team, died October 20, 2026, aged 86. Born in Montevideo on March 1, 1940,…
Alexander Mullings Sanders Jr., an American jurist, politician and academic administrator, died October 20, 2026, aged 88. Born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, he served in the…
Michael Joseph Melloy, an American jurist who served as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, died of cancer on October 20, 2026,…
Manuel Otto, a German game developer known for Stick Run, died by suicide on October 20, 2026, aged 30. He developed Stick Run, a free-to-play jump-and-run game that…
Paul Barril, a French military officer and former National Gendarmerie officer, died on October 20, 2026, aged 80. Born on April 13, 1946, in Vinay, he studied at…
Manuel Otto, a German video game developer who created Stick Run, died by suicide on October 20, 2026, aged 30. Born on July 18, 1996, Otto was a…
Sir Philip Otton, the British judge who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1995 to 2001, died October 20, 2026, aged 93. Born on 28 May…
Mehdi Khanbaba Tehrani, an Iranian politician, died on October 20, 2026, aged 92. A political and media activist who lived in Europe, Tehrani became involved in politics during…
Eva Ngigi–Sarwari, a Kenyan financial services executive, died October 20, 2026, aged 45. Born in Kenya in 1981, she was born Eva Ngigi. She graduated from Moi University…
Allen Bailey, an American football player who played defensive end in the NFL, died October 20, 2026, aged 37. Born March 25, 1989, on Sapelo Island, Georgia, he…
Early Voting, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, died of colic on October 20, 2026, aged 7. Born on March 7, 2019, and bred in Kentucky by Three Chimneys Farm,…
Antonio Grimau, an Argentinian actor whose career spanned film, theater and television, died October 20, 2026, aged 82. Born Antonio Rebolini in Lanús, Buenos Aires province, on March…
Kalju Kruusa, the Estonian poet, editor and translator, died October 20, 2026, aged 53. Born Jaanus Valk in Tallinn on October 10, 1973, he became known by the…
Rajaa Mohammed, the Kuwaiti actress and singer, died on October 20, 2026, aged 64. Born Raja Mohammed Saleem on October 4, 1962, she began her artistic career in…
Sergey Kucherov, a Russian track cyclist who competed for his country in the men’s team sprint at two Summer Olympics, died on October 20, 2026, aged 46. Born…
Noah Musingku, a Papuan con artist and fugitive, died October 20, 2026, aged 61. Born in 1964 in Tonu on Bougainville Island, he became known for U-Vistract, a…
Oleg Garin, the Russian footballer and manager associated with Okean Nakhodka and Lokomotiv Moscow as a player and Dynamo Bryansk as a manager, died October 20, 2026, aged…
William Reaves, an American convicted murderer, was executed by lethal injection on October 20, 2026, at age 77. His conviction was connected to the 1986 killing of Richard…
Amel Baccouche, a Tunisian actress, died on October 20, 2026, aged 77. Born on March 14, 1949, in Bab Souika, a district of Tunis, she grew up in…
Mr. Whitekeys, an American musician also known as W. Keys, died October 19, 2026, aged 79. A musician, recording artist, entrepreneur, writer, media personality and ornithologist in Alaska,…
Subagyo Hadi Siswoyo, an Indonesian Army general, died in Yogyakarta on October 19, 2026, aged 80. Born in Yogyakarta on June 12, 1946, he studied at the Akademi…
Hilkka Kinnunen, a Finnish operatic soprano and actress, died October 19, 2026, aged 101. Born Hilkka Terttu Annikki Kinnunen in Viipuri on March 19, 1925, she began theatre…
Andy King, the British Labour politician who represented Rugby and Kenilworth in Parliament from 1997 to 2005, died on October 19, 2026, aged 78. Born on September 14,…
Indonesian lawyer Kamaruddin Simanjuntak, whose full name was Kamaruddin Hendra Simanjuntak, died on October 19, 2026, aged 52. Born on May 21, 1974, he completed secondary school at…
Coos Huijsen, a Dutch historian, writer and politician who served in the House of Representatives, died October 19, 2026, aged 87. Born Jacobus Huijsen in The Hague on…
Geoffrey William Fleetwood Thompson, known as Geoff Thompson, a barrister and solicitor and former New Zealand National Party politician, died on October 19, 2026, aged 86. Born in…
Florin Cotora, a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on October 19, 2026, aged 53. Born in Sibiu on December 12, 1972, Cotora built a career…
Demetris Kizas, a Cypriot footballer who played for Enosis Neon Paralimni, Panathinaikos, Panachaiki and OFI, died on October 19, 2026, aged 73. Born in Paralimni on September 6,…
Chuck Amato, an American college football coach who led NC State and coached at Florida State, died of throat cancer on October 19, 2026, aged 80. Born Charles…
Carlos Miguel Suárez, the Mexican actor and salesman known professionally as Carlos Miguel, died on October 19, 2026. His full name was Carlos Miguel Suárez Soto. During the…
Emmanuel Uduaghan, a Nigerian politician and former governor of Delta State, died October 19, 2026, aged 71. A physician by training, he led the state from 2007 to…
Yusef Majidzadeh, an Iranian archaeologist, died on October 19, 2026, aged 90. A native of Tabriz, he built his career around the study of Iran’s archaeological past. He…
Frank Goode, an Australian rules footballer and coach, died October 19, 2026, aged 86. Born on December 19, 1939, he played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football…
Ediémou Blin Jacob, an Ivorian pastor and civil servant, died in Abidjan on October 19, 2026, aged 80. Born in Grand-Bassam on November 5, 1945, he attended high…