Tetsuya Chiba dies at age 87
Tetsuya Chiba, the Japanese manga artist best known for the sports series “Ashita no Joe,” died October 27, 2026, aged 87. Born January 11, 1939, in Tsukiji, Tokyo, Chiba became a major figure in manga, with…
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Pauline Parker death at age 88
Pauline Parker, the New Zealand-born convicted murderer in the Parker–Hulme case, died October 26, 2026, aged 88. Born Pauline Yvonne Parker in Christchurch on May 26, 1938, she was also known as Pauline Rieper. Her name…
Frank Portelli, died aged 82
Frank Portelli, a Maltese politician and former member of Parliament, died on October 26, 2026, aged 82. Born on June 8, 1944, he served in the Maltese Parliament during the 1987–1992 legislature. His political career also involved senior roles in the Nationalist Party. He was president of its…
Victor Anicet dies at 88
Victor Anicet, a French visual artist and ceramist, died October 26, 2026, aged 88. Born April 18, 1938, in Le Marigot, a commune in northern Martinique, he was identified as a visual artist, ceramicist and sculptor. These descriptions place his work within the visual arts and name ceramics…
Heiko Weber passes away at age 61
Heiko Weber, the German football player and manager who played for Carl Zeiss Jena and managed ZFC Meuselwitz and Carl Zeiss Jena, died of pancreatic cancer on October 26, 2026, aged 61. Born in Thale on June 26, 1965, Weber began his senior football career with BSG Stahl…
Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín passed away at age 69
Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín, a Spanish politician and former mayor of Seville, died October 26, 2026, aged 69. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), he led the city from 1999 to 2011. Monteseirín was born on September 25, 1957, in La Rinconada, Spain. His education was…
Death of Sheffi Paz at age 74
Sheffi Paz, an editor and Israeli activist opposing African immigration, died of cancer on October 26, 2026, aged 74. Born in Łódź, Poland, to parents who had survived the Holocaust, she moved to Israel with them at four and grew up in Holon. She joined the youth movement…
Abdul Waheed Kakar dead at age 89
Abdul Waheed Kakar, the Pakistani military officer who served as chief of the army staff, died October 26, 2026, aged 89. Born in Peshawar on March 23, 1937, he studied at Edwardes College in Peshawar before joining the Pakistan Army. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointed him the army’s…
Mahadev Shankar dies at 94
Mahadev Shankar, a Malaysian jurist and former judge of the Court of Appeal, died on October 26, 2026, aged 94. He served on the court from 1994 to 1997 and was a lawyer. Born in 1932 on Peel Avenue in Kuala Lumpur, Shankar attended the Victoria Institution. His…
Donnie Iris obituary: died at age 83
Donnie Iris, an American rock musician and songwriter, died of bladder cancer on October 26, 2026, aged 83. Born Dominic Ierace in New Castle, Pennsylvania, he began his musical career in 1961 as a guitarist and singer. He attended Lincoln High School and Slippery Rock University. During the…
Death of Gerald Fischbach at age 87
Gerald Fischbach, an American neuroscientist, died October 25, 2026, aged 87. Born in New Rochelle on November 15, 1938, he attended Colgate University on a New York State Regents Scholarship, graduating magna cum laude with high honors in mathematics and chemistry. He was elected to Colgate’s Phi Beta…
Robin Stubbs dead at age 85
Robin Stubbs, the English professional footballer, died October 25, 2026, aged 85. Born Robin Gregory Stubbs in Quinton, Birmingham, on April 22, 1941, he played as a centre-forward and made nearly 400 Football League appearances, scoring 170 goals for Birmingham City, Torquay United and Bristol Rovers. His career…
Peggy King passed away at age 96
Peggy King, an American jazz singer and actress, died on October 25, 2026, aged 96, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on February 16, 1930, she attended Ravenna High School. Her parents were Floyd Henry King and Mary Margaret Finan. King performed with big bands…
René Belletto dies at age 81
René Belletto, the French writer, novelist and screenwriter, died October 25, 2026, aged 81. Born in Lyon on September 11, 1945, he was educated at the lycée du Parc. Belletto received the Prix Femina in 1986 for L'Enfer. His other honors included the Prix du Livre Inter and…
Ross Newhan has died at age 89
Ross Newhan, an American sportswriter known for his work at the Los Angeles Times and Long Beach Press-Telegram, died October 25, 2026, aged 89. Born April 5, 1937, he began his journalism career in 1961 and…
Phil O’Callaghan dead at age 80
Phil O’Callaghan, the Irish rugby union international prop, died October 25, 2026, aged 80. Born in Cork on March 25, 1946, he was known in rugby as “Philo.” Raised in the city, he began as a soccer player and took up rugby union in his teenage years. His…
Death of Oswaldinho do Acordeon at age 72
Oswaldinho do Acordeon, the Brazilian accordionist and composer, died October 25, 2026, aged 72. Born Oswaldo de Almeida e Silva in Duque de Caxias on June 5, 1954, he was the son of accordionist Pedro de Almeida e Silva, known as Pedro Sertanejo, and Noêmia Lima e Silva.…
Death of Jack Armstrong at age 79
Jack Armstrong, an American professional wrestler known for work in the World Wide Wrestling Federation and Universal Wrestling Federation, died October 25, 2026, aged 79. Born Leonard Ornstein in Los Angeles, he performed under the ring name “Wildman” Jack Armstrong from the 1960s into the early 1990s. Armstrong…
Walter Koenig death at age 90
Walter Koenig, the American actor and screenwriter known for Pavel Chekov in Star Trek, died October 25, 2026, aged 90. Born Walter Marvin Koenig in Chicago, he began acting professionally in the mid-1960s and became known to television audiences as Ensign Pavel Chekov on Star Trek: The Original…
Misha Mavashi died at age 41
Misha Mavashi, a Russian rapper and political activist, died October 25, 2026, aged 41. In 2022, he founded Northern Man (Severnyy chelovek); his real name was Mikhail Nitz. The Russian political organization set out goals that included bringing citizens together on the basis of Slavic ethnicity, popularizing and…
Jumbo Baretta died at age 58
American professional wrestler Jumbo Baretta died October 25, 2026, aged 58. Born Julio Barrera in Tampa, Florida, in 1967, he trained with Boris Malenko and made his professional debut in 1986. His early work included Florida promotions, notably Championship Wrestling From Florida, as well as the World Wrestling…
Rudi Fuchs death at age 84
Rudi Fuchs, the Dutch art historian and museum curator, died October 25, 2026, aged 84. Born Rudolf Herman Fuchs in Eindhoven on April 28, 1942, he studied art history at Leiden University from 1967 to 1975 before moving into museum direction and criticism. His professional affiliations included the…
Józef Lipień has died at age 77
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. His Olympic distinction came in 1980, when he won a silver medal,…
Sverre Horge death at age 82
Sverre Horge, the Norwegian actor best known for playing Sverre in TVNorge’s popular Christmas series Nissene på låven, died on October 25, 2026, aged 82. Born in Oslo on May 10, 1944, Horge began his acting career in 1971. He appeared in many Norwegian films and television series,…
José Luis García Sánchez has died at age 85
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 in 1964, and he directed 30 films from 1968 onward. His film…
Frank Gagliano dies at 89
Frank Gagliano, an American track and field coach, died October 25, 2026, aged 89. Tags Athletes, 25 October 2026, America, Capricorn, Frank, Gagliano, October 2026, October 25
Darko Božović has died at age 48
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…
George Thomas, died aged 88
George Thomas, an American former professional baseball player for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins, died October 23, 2026, aged 88. Born…
Dale Brown dies at age 90
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,…
Lorn Cowie, Lord Cowie, died aged 100
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…
Fedir Stryhun passed away at age 86
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,…
Fedir Stryhun passed away at age 86
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…
Dónal Lunny death at age 79
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…
Judith Blegen dies at age 85
Judith Blegen, an American soprano associated with light lyric roles in French, Italian and German repertories, died October 23, 2026, aged 85. Born in Lexington on April 27,…
Josef Duchač dies at 88
Josef Duchač, a German politician and chemical engineer who served as Thuringia’s minister-president from 1990 to 1992, died October 23, 2026, aged 88. He was also an engineering…
Obituary: William Cowie, Lord Cowie, dead at age 100
William Lorn Kerr Cowie, Lord Cowie, the Scottish rugby union player who played for West of Scotland and represented Scotland internationally, died October 23, 2026, aged 100. Born…
Mathew J. Burrows passes away at age 73
Mathew J. Burrows, an American intelligence and strategic foresight expert and author, died October 23, 2026, aged 73. He was director of the Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative…
Asim Kurjak has died at age 84
Asim Kurjak, a Croatian scientist and gynecologist, died October 23, 2026, aged 84. He served as president of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine and director of the…
Wm. Roger Louis dies at 90
Wm. Roger Louis, an American historian and professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, died October 23, 2026, aged 90. Born in Detroit on May 8,…
Virginio Bressanelli obituary: died at age 84
Virginio Bressanelli, an Argentine Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, coadjutor bishop and bishop of Neuquén, died October 23, 2026, aged 84. Born in…
Jean-Paul Huchon death at age 80
Jean-Paul Huchon, a French politician and retired civil servant who led the Regional Council of Île-de-France, died of cancer on October 23, 2026, aged 80. Born in Paris’s…
Bruno Spaggiari dies at 93
Bruno Spaggiari, an Italian motorcycle road racer, died October 23, 2026, aged 93. Born in Reggio Emilia on January 11, 1933, he competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing,…
Francis Duru death at age 57
Francis Duru, Nigerian actor known for Blood Money, Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons and Blood Vessel, died on October 23, 2026, aged 57. Born in Cameroon on…
Ryū Murakami dies at 74
Ryū Murakami, the Japanese novelist whose books included *Almost Transparent Blue*, *Audition* and *In the Miso Soup*, died October 23, 2026, aged 74. Born Ryūnosuke Murakami in Sasebo,…
Mariusz Urbaniak passed away at age 54
Mariusz Urbaniak, a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder, died on October 23, 2026, aged 54. Born in Zgorzelec on June 22, 1972, he began his football…
Death of Daniel Stewart at age 37
Daniel Stewart, an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL), died on October 23, 2026, aged 37. Born on October 30,…
Death of Harry Shorstein at age 86
Harry Shorstein, an American lawyer and former Florida state attorney, died in Jacksonville on October 23, 2026, aged 86. Born in Jacksonville on August 3, 1940, he grew…
Russell Stone died at age 103
Russell Stone, a New Zealand historian, author and academic, died on October 22, 2026, aged 103. Born Russell Cyril James Stone in Mount Eden, Auckland, on April 7,…
Death of Gnénéma Coulibaly Mamadou at age 64
Gnénéma Coulibaly Mamadou, an Ivorian politician and magistrate who served as minister of justice from 2012 to 2017, died in Abidjan on October 22, 2026, aged 64. Born…
Leaname Maotoanong passes away at age 35
Leaname Maotoanong, a Motswana Olympic sprinter who competed in the 200 and 400 metres, died October 22, 2026, aged 35. Born May 9, 1991, in Shoshong, Botswana, he…
Ricardo Durán dies at age 88
Ricardo Durán, an Argentine Olympic rower who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics, died on October 22, 2026, aged 88. Born on September 20, 1938, Durán represented Argentina…
Richard Green death at age 58
Richard Green, an English professional footballer, died on October 22, 2026, aged 58. Born in Wolverhampton on November 22, 1967, he was also known as Richard Edward Green.…
Petr Slaný death at age 74
Petr Slaný, a Czech footballer who represented Czechoslovakia, died on October 22, 2026, aged 74. Born in Olomouc on September 1, 1952, he played for Baník Ostrava, Dukla…
Death of Toya Jones at age 49
Toya Jones, an American football player who played for the San Francisco 49ers, Denver Broncos and Houston Texans, died October 22, 2026, aged 49. A defensive back, Jones…
Jorge Veras dead at age 67
Jorge de Souza Veras, the Brazilian footballer known as Jorge Veras, died October 22, 2026, aged 67, following complications from pancreatic cancer. Born in Fortaleza, he played as…
Death of Ron Duguay at age 69
Ron Duguay, the Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played for the New York Rangers, died of colon cancer on October 22, 2026, aged 69. Born Ronald…
Obituary: Kwame Dzokoto, dead at age 51
Kwame Dzokoto, a Ghanaian television personality, comedian, actor and politician, died on October 22, 2026, aged 51. Also known as Seth Kwame Dzokoto, he was associated with the…
Caryle Murphy dies at age 79
Caryle Murphy, an American journalist for The Washington Post, died of pulmonary fibrosis on October 22, 2026, aged 79. Her career included reporting for The Christian Science Monitor…
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji dead at age 93
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, a French physicist and Nobel laureate, died on October 22, 2026, aged 93. Born on April 1, 1933, in Constantine, then part of French Algeria, he…
John Vaughan passes away at age 62
John Vaughan, an English professional footballer and coach who served as Bradford City’s goalkeeping coach, died October 22, 2026, aged 62. Born in Isleworth on June 26, 1964,…
Mélanie Berger-Volle dies at 105
Mélanie Berger-Volle, an Austrian-born French veteran of World War II and member of the French Resistance, died October 22, 2026, aged 105. Born in Vienna, she grew up…
William J. Thorn passed away at age 96
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 dies at 75
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.…
Yasuo Fukuda passed away at age 90
Yasuo Fukuda, a Japanese politician who served as prime minister, chief cabinet secretary and member of parliament, died on October 22, 2026, aged 90. Born in Takasaki on…
Jaume Pont death at age 79
Jaume Pont, the Spanish poet, literary critic and academic, died in Lleida on October 22, 2026, aged 79. Born in the city on March 24, 1947, Pont studied…
Yury Tsyhalka passes away at age 43
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 dead at age 90
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…
Death of Nikolay Koshman at age 82
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” obituary: died at age 93
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, died aged 86
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, died aged 93
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 dead at age 79
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 died at age 27
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 dies at age 63
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 dies at age 54
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,…
Death of Timothy Smiley at age 95
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 Sizov passed away at age 78
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 dies at 51
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 dies at 80
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 has died at age 74
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 dies at age 86
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…
Kevin O’Neill obituary: died at age 89
Kevin O'Neill, a Northern Irish Gaelic footballer and veterinarian, died on October 21, 2026, aged 89. Born and raised in Newry, County Down, he attended Abbey CBS, where…
Boris Kolar, died aged 94
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…
Obituary: Jozef Deleu, dead at age 89
Jozef Deleu, the Belgian writer, poet and editor, died October 21, 2026, aged 89. Born in Roeselare, he was also a prose writer, essayist and anthologist, with a…
John Anderson dies at age 71
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…