Hossein Wahid Khorasani dead at age 108
Hossein Wahid Khorasani, an Iranian Shia marja', died November 6, 2026, aged 108. Born Mohammad-Hossein Molla-Saleh on January 1, 1921, in Nishapur, he became known as Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Hossein…
Famous Capricorn Zodiac Sign People Who Have Died
Which famous people born under the Capricorn zodiac sign have died? Over 600 obituaries with info, news, and memorial pages.
Nicolas P. Retsinas died at age 79
Nicolas P. Retsinas, an American economist who held senior housing and financial-regulatory posts in the Clinton administration, died November 5, 2026, aged 79. He served as the U.S. assistant secretary…
Patricia Walsh, died aged 74
Patricia Walsh, an Argentine politician and former deputy representing Buenos Aires city, died of respiratory failure on November 5, 2026, aged 74. Born in Buenos Aires on January 1, 1952,…
Ali-Asghar Fani died at age 72
Ali-Asghar Fani, an Iranian politician and former minister of education, died November 5, 2026, aged 72. Born in Tehran on January 3, 1954, he studied at the University of Tehran…
Ray Alborn, died aged 87
Ray Alborn, an American football coach who led Rice and Lamar, died November 4, 2026, aged 87. Born Gus Raymond Alborn on December 23, 1938, he attended Rice University, his…
Death of Georges Werler at age 73
Georges Werler, a French actor and stage director, died on November 4, 2026, aged 73. Born Georges Wojazer on January 1, 1953, he trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art…
Tom Jensen dies at 77
Thomas Lee Jensen, an American politician who served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and Senate, died in London, Kentucky, on November 4, 2026, aged 77. He was born on…
Jeannot Gilbert passed away at age 85
Jeannot Gilbert, a Canadian professional ice hockey forward, died November 2, 2026, aged 85. Born in Grande-Baie, he built a professional career that lasted from 1960 to 1975, spending most…
Beverly Whipple passed away at age 85
Beverly Whipple, an American sexologist and professor emerita at Rutgers University, died November 2, 2026, of Alzheimer’s disease, aged 85. Born January 1, 1934, she studied at Wagner College and…
Taurian Fontenette dies at age 43
Taurian Fontenette, an American basketball player known for streetball, died November 2, 2026, aged 43. Born in Hitchcock, Texas, on January 1, 1983, he attended Hitchcock High School as a…
Ashok Kumar Mahapatra passed away at age 74
Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, an Indian neurosurgeon and academic known for craniopagus surgery and academic leadership, died November 2, 2026, aged 74. Born in Odisha, he built a career spanning complex…
Nadia Santini dead at age 73
Nadia Santini, an Italian chef known for Dal Pescatore, died November 2, 2026, aged 73. Born in San Pietro Mussolino, she became closely associated with the restaurant in Canneto sull’Oglio,…
Obituary: Don Murray, dead at age 80
Donald James Murray, the Scottish professional footballer known as Don Murray, died aged 80 on November 2, 2026, from complications of Lewy body dementia. Born on January 18, 1946, he…
Death of Jacques Bolognesi at age 79
Jacques Bolognesi, the French jazz musician and longtime member of the Orchestre National de Jazz, died November 1, 2026, aged 79. Born in Gap on January 6, 1947, he studied…
Al Barkow passes away at age 93
Al Barkow, an American golf journalist and historian who also worked as an author, editor and lecturer, died November 1, 2026, aged 93. Born in Chicago in 1932, he attended…
Jerry Koosman death at age 83
Jerry Koosman, an American professional baseball pitcher, died November 1, 2026, aged 83. Born Jerome Martin Koosman in Appleton, he played in Major League Baseball from 1967 to 1985 for…
Sheila Lapinsky has died at age 82
Sheila Lapinsky, a South African anti-apartheid and LGBTQ+ activist, died November 1, 2026, aged 82. Born Sheila Barsel in Johannesburg on January 1, 1944, she grew up in a middle-class…
Hamid Alidoosti obituary: died at age 70
Hamid Alidoosti, an Iranian football player and manager who died of cancer, was 70 when he died on November 1, 2026. Born in Tehran on January 1, 1956, he played…
Sara Bender died at age 78
Sara Bender, an Israeli historian, died October 31, 2026, aged 78. Born in 1948, she earned a doctoral degree in 1994 from the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew…
Geoffrey Richmond passed away at age 85
Geoffrey Richmond, the English football executive who chaired Scarborough F.C. and Bradford City A.F.C., died October 30, 2026, aged 85. He chaired Scarborough from 1988 to 1994 before taking the…
Waldemar Gerhardt passes away at age 87
Waldemar Gerhardt, a German footballer, died on October 30, 2026, aged 87. Born in Gelsenkirchen on January 6, 1939, he played as a forward in association football. His Bundesliga record…
Domanlal Korsewada passes away at age 78
Domanlal Korsewada, an Indian politician and Chhattisgarh MLA, died on October 30, 2026, aged 78, while receiving treatment for a prolonged lung infection at Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad. He represented…
Vatsala Rajagopal has died at age 92
Vatsala Rajagopal, an Indian television and film actor, died on October 30, 2026, aged 92. Born on December 25, 1933, she began her acting career in 1979 as a stage…
Josef Ritler, died aged 87
Josef Ritler, a Swiss journalist and photographer, died on October 29, 2026, aged 87. Born in Naters, in the canton of Valais, he first imagined following his father, a foreman,…
Keri Jones dies at age 81
William Keri Jones, a Welsh dual-code rugby international and track-and-field athlete, died on October 29, 2026, aged 81. Born in Neath, he played rugby union and professional rugby league in…
Freddie James dies at 89
Freddie James, an American high school football coach who led David W. Carter High School in Dallas, died October 29, 2026, aged 89. He played college football at Prairie View…
Obituary: Paweł Socha, dead at age 91
Paweł Socha, a Polish Roman Catholic prelate who served as titular bishop of Thunigaba and auxiliary bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, died October 29, 2026, aged 91. Born in Wojsławice, in…
Paolo Galluzzi passes away at age 84
Paolo Galluzzi, an Italian historian of science, died October 29, 2026, aged 84. Born in Florence in 1942, he held the chair of history of science at the University of…
Ünal Erkan dies at 83
Ünal Erkan, a Turkish politician, died October 29, 2026, aged 83. Born in Erzurum in 1942, he held senior roles in policing, regional administration and party politics. He headed police…
Pipo Nguyen-duy died at age 63
Pipo Nguyen-duy, a Vietnamese fine art photographer and professor of Photography at Oberlin College, died October 28, 2026, aged 63. Born Nguyễn Duy Hiếu in Hue, Vietnam, in 1962, he…
Alvin Hellerstein dies at age 92
Alvin Hellerstein, an American judge, died October 28, 2026, aged 92. Born in New York City on December 28, 1933, he graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in…
Obituary: Fátima Báñez, dead at age 59
Fátima Báñez, a Spanish politician, economist and jurist, died in a train crash on October 28, 2026, aged 59. Born María Fátima Báñez García in San Juan del Puerto, she…
Gotaro Yoshimura died at age 87
Gotaro Yoshimura, a Japanese politician who served in the House of Councillors, died of aspiration pneumonia on October 27, 2026, aged 87. Born on January 3, 1939, in Harbin, then…
Ronny Hallin passed away at age 88
Ronny Hallin, an American television producer and actress, died October 27, 2026, aged 88. Born in New York City on January 2, 1938, she was active in television from 1974…
Mieke Sterk died at age 80
Mieke Sterk, a Dutch Olympic pentathlete and politician, died on October 27, 2026, aged 80. Born in Haarlem on January 5, 1946, she competed for the Netherlands as a sprinter,…
Peter Medak has died at age 88
Peter Medak, Hungarian-born British film and television director, died in Los Angeles on October 27, 2026, aged 88. Born Péter Medák in Budapest on December 23, 1937, he was the…
Ursula von Rydingsvard dead at age 84
Ursula von Rydingsvard, a German-born American sculptor, died October 27, 2026, aged 84, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born Ursula Karoliszyn in Deensen, Germany, in 1942, she was the daughter…
Italo Zannier has died at age 94
Italo Zannier, Italian art connoisseur and art historian, died October 27, 2026, aged 94. Born in Spilimbergo, he worked as a photographer, academic and historian of photography, joining photographic practice…
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…
Yahaya Ibrahim Masussuka obituary: died at age 47
Yahaya Ibrahim Masussuka, a Nigerian Islamic preacher and religious teacher, was shot and died on October 26, 2026, aged 47. From Katsina State, he was known for Qur’an-centred teachings and…
Jonathan Finlay dead at age 78
Jonathan Finlay, a British pediatric neuro-oncologist who specialized in brain tumors in children, adolescents and young adults, died October 26, 2026, aged 78. Born in Manchester in 1948, he was…
Sir David Gascoigne died at age 86
Sir David Rendel Kingston Gascoigne, a New Zealand lawyer and former judicial conduct commissioner who served as viceregal consort from 2016 to 2021, died October 26, 2026, aged 86. Born…
Carlos Gerena dead at age 55
Carlos Gerena, a Puerto Rican boxer, died aged 55 in a traffic collision on October 26, 2026. Born Carlos Gerena Allende on January 12, 1971, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, he…
Christine Wren has died at age 78
Christine Wren, an American baseball umpire, died October 25, 2026, aged 78. She was the second woman to umpire professionally in organized baseball and the first woman to work a…
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…
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
Sandra Yanira Martínez Tobar dead at age 66
Sandra Yanira Martínez Tobar, a Salvadoran meteorologist and politician who served as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly, died October 25, 2026, aged 66. Born in San Salvador, she became…
Mohsen Rastani passed away at age 67
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…
Obituary: Miroslav Rodić, dead at age 58
Miroslav Rodić, a Serbian politician who served in the municipal government of Bačka Palanka and the Assembly of Vojvodina, died October 23, 2026, aged 58. He lived in Bačka Palanka,…
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 at the…
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, with his…
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 a forward…
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 long track…
Michael Joseph Melloy death at age 78
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, aged 78.…
Kenneth Atchity dead at age 82
Kenneth Atchity, an American film producer, died October 19, 2026, aged 82. Born Kenneth John Atchity in Eunice, Louisiana, on January 16, 1944, he worked in film and literary fields…
Mr. Whitekeys, died aged 79
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, he became…
Henry Dougier dies at age 90
Henry Dougier, a French publisher, died October 18, 2026, aged 90. Born on December 27, 1936, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, Dougier was associated with two publishing ventures: the magazine Le Management…
Obituary: Raymond Heard, dead at age 90
Raymond Heard, a South African-born Canadian journalist, died October 17, 2026, aged 90. His career included journalism, editing, media management and political strategy. He contributed to Canada’s National Post and…
Michèle Magny passes away at age 82
Michèle Magny, a Canadian actress and theatre director, died October 17, 2026, aged 82. Tags Actors, Politicians, Writers, 17 October 2026, Canada, Capricorn, France, Magny, Michèle, October 17, October 2026
Tom DeSimone passes away at age 87
Tom DeSimone, an American film director, writer and producer whose work included Chatterbox, Hell Night and The Concrete Jungle, died October 17, 2026, aged 87. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in…
Alan Cribb passes away at age 101
Alan Cribb, an Australian botanist and phycologist, died on October 17, 2026, aged 101. Born in Ipswich, Queensland, he grew up around Longreach, where his father, a grazier, encouraged his…
Michael Cheng, died aged 88
Michael Cheng, a Hong Kong politician and school principal who served on the Legislative Council from 1988 to 1991, died October 17, 2026, aged 88. Born in Hong Kong, he…
Death of Rinze Visser at age 87
Rinze Visser, a Dutch communist politician, died on October 17, 2026, aged 87, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Born in Lemmer, he encountered communist ideas early through his father and…
Sabri Anar dies at age 60
Sabri Anar, a Turkish hierarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church and archbishop of Amida, died October 17, 2026, aged 60. He had served as archbishop of the Archeparchy of Diyarbakır…
Joe Redner, died aged 86
Joe Redner, an American strip club owner, died October 16, 2026, aged 86. A businessman, activist and sometime political candidate in Florida, he became closely associated with Mons Venus, the…
Richard E. Holmes death at age 82
Richard E. Holmes, an American civil rights activist and physician, died October 16, 2026, aged 82. Born in Chicago to Horace and Minnie Holmes, he was raised in Starkville, Mississippi,…
Md. Abdul Hai passes away at age 77
Md. Abdul Hai, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on October 15, 2026, aged 77. Born on January 5, 1949, in Munshiganj District, he entered parliament after…
André Ledran death at age 93
André Ledran, a French politician and member of the Socialist Party, died in Caen on October 14, 2026, aged 93. Born in Carentan on January 16, 1933, he held public…
Thomas H. Buxton passed away at age 86
Thomas H. Buxton, an American academic, died October 14, 2026, aged 86. Born Thomas Hamilton Buxton on January 18, 1940, in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, he was the son of…
Gamal Nkrumah death at age 68
Gamal Nkrumah, a Ghanaian journalist and editor at Al-Ahram Weekly, died October 14, 2026, aged 68. Also known as Gamal Gorkeh Nkrumah, he was born in Accra on January 1,…
Death of Rita Vorperian at age 88
Rita Vorperian, a Syrian-born American literary scholar, journalist, writer, translator and researcher who served as executive director of the Armenian Relief Society in the Western United States, died October 14,…
Luigi Malice dies at 88
Luigi Malice, an Italian painter and sculptor known for abstract art, died October 14, 2026, aged 88. Born in Naples, he studied at the Naples Academy of Fine Arts under…
Cheruvayal Raman passed away at age 74
Cheruvayal Raman, an Indian tribal farmer from Wayanad district in Kerala, died October 14, 2026, aged 74. Known as the guardian of rare seeds, he conserved more than 55 varieties…
Alpay has died at age 91
Alpay, the Turkish singer born Ahmet Alpay Nazikioğlu, died October 14, 2026, aged 91. Born in Ankara on January 1, 1935, he studied at Ankara University Law School before pursuing…
Alan Mandell dead at age 98
Alan Mandell, a Canadian-American actor, died October 13, 2026, aged 98, in Westwood, Los Angeles. Born Albert Mandell on December 27, 1927, in Toronto, he performed on stages in Canada…
Craig L. Symonds died at age 79
Craig L. Symonds, an American naval historian whose work examined the Civil War, World War II and maritime history, died of cancer October 13, 2026, aged 79. Born in Long…
Pat Karney dead at age 78
Pat Karney, an Irish-born British Labour politician and Manchester councillor, died on October 13, 2026, aged 78. Born in Dublin and raised in Harpurhey, he represented the Manchester ward on…
Death of Peter Nagy at age 67
Peter Nagy, an American artist known for post-conceptual work and his role as a gallerist, died October 13, 2026, aged 67. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1959, he studied communication…
Doug Loft died at age 39
Doug Loft, an English professional footballer, died on October 12, 2026, aged 39. Known also as Douglas James Loft, he was born in Maidstone on December 25, 1986. A midfielder,…
Zaynolabideen Ghorbani passed away at age 93
Zaynolabideen Ghorbani, an Iranian ayatollah who represented the Supreme Leader of Iran in Gilan Province, died on October 12, 2026, aged 93. Born on January 8, 1933, in Panchah, Gilan,…
Che Hongcai obituary: died at age 90
Che Hongcai, a Chinese linguist and lexicographer who specialized in Pashto, died October 11, 2026, aged 90. Born in Hailun, Heilongjiang province, in 1936, he enrolled at Beijing Foreign Studies…
Ellen Meliesie dies at age 63
Ellen Meliesie, the Dutch Olympic rower who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, died of breast cancer on October 10, 2026, aged 63. Born Elisabeth Johanna Wilhelmina Meliesie in Zwolle…
Sir Donald Insall passes away at age 100
Sir Donald Insall, the British architect, conservationist and author, died October 10, 2026, aged 100. Born in Bristol, he attended Bristol Grammar School and served in the Coldstream Guards during…
Les Latcham dead at age 83
Les Latcham, an English footballer who played as a defender for Burnley, Plymouth Argyle and Bradford City, died on October 9, 2026, aged 83. Born Leslie Arnold Latcham in Crook…
Stephen A. Schuker died at age 87
Stephen A. Schuker, an American historian who served as William W. Corcoran Professor of History at the University of Virginia, died October 8, 2026, aged 87. He studied at Cornell…
L. Ian MacDonald dies at 78
L. Ian MacDonald, a Canadian writer, broadcaster and diplomat, died October 8, 2026, aged 78. A journalist and political scientist educated at Loyola College, he built a career spanning political…
Nana Patekar dead at age 75
Nana Patekar, the Indian actor and filmmaker, died of cardiac arrest on October 8, 2026, aged 75. Born Vishwanath Patekar in Murud on January 1, 1951, he studied at Sir…
Rachid Soualhi death at age 77
Rachid Soualhi, an Algerian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on October 7, 2026, aged 77. Born in Batna on January 16, 1949, he joined MSP Batna in 1968,…
Theodore J. St. Antoine death at age 97
Theodore J. St. Antoine, an American lawyer and academic who served as dean of the University of Michigan Law School from 1971 to 1978, died October 7, 2026, aged 97.…
Patrick Anthony Conmy dead at age 92
Patrick Anthony Conmy, an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, died October 7, 2026, aged 92. Born in Fargo, North Dakota,…
Hans-Dieter Schmidt died at age 78
Hans-Dieter Schmidt, a German football manager and former player, died on October 7, 2026, aged 78. Born in Hanover on January 9, 1948, Schmidt played football, including for Hannover 96.…
Fusako Yusaki death at age 89
Fusako Yusaki, the Japanese-Italian stop-motion animator, died October 6, 2026, aged 89. Born in 1937, she studied at Brera Academy and became known for claymation, making animated works with plasticine.…
Juarez Machado passes away at age 85
Juarez Machado, the Brazilian painter, died October 6, 2026, aged 85. Born in Joinville, Santa Catarina, in 1941, he studied fine arts at the School of Art in Paraná, in…
Death of Calvin Schofield Jr. at age 93
Calvin Schofield Jr., an American Episcopalian bishop, died October 5, 2026, aged 93. Known formally as Calvin Onderdonk Schofield Jr., he was born in Delhi, New York. He served as…
Obituary: Olivier Mourgue, dead at age 87
Olivier Mourgue, a French industrial designer, died October 5, 2026, aged 87. Born in Paris in 1939, he studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. His work spanned…
Obituary: Michael Kearns, dead at age 76
Michael Kearns, an American actor and activist, died October 5, 2026, aged 76. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he studied at the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago, graduating in…
Jim Bakker dies at 86
Jim Bakker, an American televangelist known for The PTL Club, died October 5, 2026, aged 86. Born James Orsen Bakker in Muskegon, Michigan, he attended North Central University in Minneapolis,…
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.…
Dean Hawkes, died aged 87
Dean Hawkes, a British designer, architect and award-winning academic, died on October 4, 2026, aged 87. Born in Rochdale, Lancashire, in 1938, he studied at the Regional College of Art…