Sadio Camara, a Malian military officer, died on April 25, 2026, aged 47, after being shot in Kati, in Mali’s Koulikoro Region. He took part in the 2020 Malian coup d'état with Colonel Assimi Goïta that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar…
Mircea Răceanu, a Romanian-born American diplomat and political dissident, died on April 25, 2026, at age 90. Born Mircea Bernat on October 17, 1935, he was born in Văcărești Prison, where his mother was serving a sentence for Communist activities.…
Jaan Puhvel, an Estonian-American linguist, died on April 25, 2026, at age 94. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, on January 24, 1932, he was an Estonian comparative linguist and comparative mythologist who specialized in Indo-European studies. He fled Estonia with his…
Christian Verrier, a French footballer who played as a forward for LB Châteauroux, died on April 25, 2026, at the age of 73. He spent almost his entire career with LB Châteauroux and had a brief stint with FC Bourges…
Muni Narayana Prasad, an Indian spiritual teacher and author, died on April 25, 2026, at the age of 87. He was the head of the Narayana Gurukula Foundation, a philosophical and educational organisation inspired by the teachings of Narayana Guru.…
Katsumi Miyaji, a Japanese rugby union player and coach, died on April 25, 2026. He was 85. Miyaji played as a prop and attended Shijonaga High School before going on to Doshisha University. During his university years, he joined the…
Biplab Dasgupta died on April 24, 2026. He was an Indian actor known for his work in Baishe Srabon, Gumnaami and Zulfiqar. Dasgupta’s death was announced on that date. His name was associated with these films in reports of his…
Gordon Ingate, an Australian Olympic sailor who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 100. Born Gordon Wilson Ingate on March 29, 1926, he sailed in the Tempest class keelboat at the…
Donald Riegle, an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1976 and in the Senate from 1976 to 1995, died on April 24, 2026, at age 88 of cardiac arrest. Born in Flint, Michigan,…
G. A. Hardaway, an American politician and member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 71. Goffrey A. Hardaway Sr. was born on June 18, 1954, in Meridian, Mississippi, and held a…
Michal Donath, a Czech public relations expert, died on April 24, 2026.
Bill Ind, the English Anglican bishop who served as bishop of Truro from 1997 to 2008, died on April 24, 2026. He was 84. Born on 26 March 1942, he was educated at the Duke of York's School in Dover,…
Gran Markus Jr., a Mexican wrestler, died on April 24, 2026.
Günter Pichler, Austrian violinist, teacher and conductor, died on April 24, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was 85. Pichler was the first violin in the Alban Berg Quartett. Born on September 9, 1940, in Kufstein, he was accepted at…
Cristian Camilo Muñoz, a Colombian road racing cyclist, died on April 24, 2026, in Valladolid, Spain, from complications from a fall. He was 30. Born in Ventaquemada, Colombia, on March 20, 1996, Muñoz competed professionally from 2017 until his death…
Benoît Rousseau, a Canadian actor, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 66. He was best known for providing the Quebec voices of Austin Powers, Dr. Evil and Mini-Me in the Quebec versions of the Austin Powers film…
Zofia Zdybicka, a Polish Roman Catholic nun and philosopher, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Kraśnik, Poland, on August 5, 1928, she was a member of the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing…
Bill Swain, an American football player who played in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings, died on April 24, 2026, of complications from dementia. He was 85. Born on February 22, 1941,…
Gurbux Singh, the Indian field hockey player and 1964 Olympic champion, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 84, according to reports of a heart attack. Born in Peshawar in 1942, he was a member of the Indian…
Jade Kops died on April 24, 2026, of rhabdomyosarcoma. Kops was a Dutch social media influencer and activist. The death was reported without further details.
Jean-Yves Hugon, French politician and deputy from 2002 to 2007, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Aurillac on May 16, 1949, he worked first as a German teacher before entering politics in 2001. That…
Josep Manuel Anglada, a Spanish mountaineer, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Barcelona on August 5, 1933, he was known by his full name, Josep Manuel Anglada i Nieto. He received the Creu de…
Tommy Nuñez, an American basketball referee, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Santa Maria, California, on September 10, 1938, he was of Mexican American descent. Nuñez was hired by the NBA in 1972 and…
Włodzimierz Korohoda, a Polish cell biologist and swimmer, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on January 1, 1937, in Kraków, he attended Bartłomiej Nowodoworski High School in Kraków. From 1948, he competed in swimming for…
Mary Grech died on April 24, 2026. She was a Maltese actress.
George Herms, an American artist known for assemblages, works on paper, and poetry, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in 1935 in Woodland, California, he was best known for creating assemblages from discarded, often rusty,…
Dirk Kempthorne, the American politician who served as Idaho governor from 1999 to 2006 and as U.S. secretary of the interior from 2006 to 2009, died on April 24, 2026, at age 74 of colon cancer. A Republican, he also…
Michael Eneramo, a Nigerian footballer who played for Espérance Tunis, Sivasspor and the national team, died on April 24, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 40. Eneramo was a striker who began his career with Lobi Stars and was…
Erich Arndt, a German table tennis player, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 87. He was an international table tennis player from Germany and won a bronze medal at the 1963 World Table Tennis Championships in the…
Kim Bowers, an Australian musician, music director and sound artist associated with Spdfgh, died on April 24, 2026, of breast cancer. Bowers was a founding member of Spdfgh, an Australian rock band active from 1990 to 1997. The band was…
Quintin Young, a Scottish footballer, died on April 24, 2026, aged 78. He was best known for his time with Rangers, where he spent three seasons after starting his career at Ayr United in 1969 and later moving to Coventry…
Tony Wilson, a Trinidadian musician and songwriter best known for his work with Hot Chocolate and for co-writing "You Sexy Thing," died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Anthony Wilson in Trinidad on October 8, 1947,…
Musa Akhmadov died on April 23, 2026. He was a Russian playwright, poet and writer. No other details about his life or work were provided.
Richard P. Simmons, an American metallurgist, industrialist and philanthropist, died on April 23, 2026. He was 94. Simmons was born on May 3, 1931, and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology beginning in 1949. He became a metallurgist at Allegheny…
Will Stanhope, a Canadian rock climber and professional rock guide, died on April 23, 2026, after a climbing accident in which his protection failed and he took a ground fall. He was 39. Before his death, Stanhope was described as…
George Ley, an English footballer who played for Portsmouth, Dallas Tornado and Exeter City, died on April 23, 2026. He also played professionally for Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham between 1963 and 1976. After his English career, Ley moved…
Claude Bessy, the French ballerina who served as ballet master of the Paris Opera Ballet and later directed the Paris Opera Ballet School, died on April 23, 2026, at age 93. Born on October 20, 1932, she trained at the…
Josh Mauro, an English-born American football player who played for the Arizona Cardinals, New York Giants and Jacksonville Jaguars, died on April 23, 2026, at age 35. Born in St Albans, England, on February 17, 1991, he moved to Texas…
Sylvana Lorenz, French art dealer and writer, died on April 23, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Tunis, Tunisia, on February 14, 1953, she opened her first art gallery in 1981 and became known for supporting young artists.…
Suresh Harilal Soni, an Indian social worker and Padma Shri winner (2025), died on April 23, 2026, at the age of 81. He worked for the welfare and rehabilitation of leprosy patients and intellectually disabled people. Born on November 23,…
Jack Bass, an American author and journalist, died on April 23, 2026, at age 91. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1934 and grew up in North as the youngest of seven children. Bass graduated from the University…
Nancy Cox, an American virologist and former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Influenza Division, died on April 23, 2026, at age 77. Cox, who was born in 1949 and was a native of Curlew, Iowa, served…
Jean-Benoît Meybeck, a French comic book author and illustrator, died on April 23, 2026, at the age of 53. Born in Grenoble on January 29, 1973, he worked as a graphic designer before starting a comics blog in 2010. He…
Łukasz Litewka, a Polish sociologist and politician, died on April 23, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was 36. Born in Sosnowiec on May 9, 1989, he studied sociology at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Litewka served on the…
Jack R. Thornell, an American photographer, died on April 23, 2026, from complications from kidney disease. He was 86. Born Jack Randolph Thornell in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on August 29, 1939, he served in the Army Signal Corps and worked as…
Luigi Farina, an Italian footballer, died on April 23, 2026.
Jean Pierre Biyiti bi Essam died on April 23, 2026. He was a Cameroonian politician and diplomat who served as ambassador to Israel from 2018 to 2025.
James Valentine, an Australian radio and television presenter and musician, died on April 23, 2026, by assisted suicide. He was 64. Born in Ballarat, Victoria, Valentine worked as a saxophonist and was a member of Jo Jo Zep, Models and…
Aleksey Pimanov died on April 23, 2026. He was a Russian television presenter, journalist and film director, known for Eleven Silent Men. His work spanned television, journalism and film directing.
Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor, died on April 23, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Béziers, France, on August 17, 1944, he began playing the piano at age four and gave his first public concert at seven.…
Renzo Travanut, an Italian politician, died on April 23, 2026.
Tajang Laing died on April 23, 2026. He was a Malaysian Orang Ulu politician and served as a member of the Cobbold Commission. Laing also served in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 1979 to 1983.
Ellie Rodríguez, a Puerto Rican baseball catcher, died on April 23, 2026, at age 79. Born Eliseo Rodríguez Delgado on May 24, 1946, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, he moved with his family to New York City in 1953 and grew…
Kay Denman, an Australian politician and former schoolteacher, died on April 23, 2026. She was 88. Denman was a Senator for Tasmania from 1993 to 2005, representing the Australian Labor Party. Born in Latrobe, Tasmania, and raised in Railton, she…
Ruth Slenczynska, an American classical pianist, died on April 23, 2026. She was 101. Slenczynska was born in Sacramento, California, on January 15, 1925, and was the last living piano student of Sergei Rachmaninoff. She studied in Europe from age…
Abdullah Rahi, a Pakistani footballer, died on April 23, 2026, aged 87 or 88. He played as an inside right forward and represented the Pakistan national football team in the 1960s, including the squad that finished runners-up at the 1962…
Rexhep Qosja, an Albanian writer and politician, died on April 23, 2026, at the age of 89. He was a novelist, poet, social critic, literary critic and professor at the University of Prishtina. Qosja was a prolific literary critic and…
Gregg Foreman, an American musician and DJ, died on April 22, 2026, at age 53. Born in Philadelphia on October 5, 1972, he was the front man of The Delta 72, a band known for a frenetic style drawing on…
Biagio De Giovanni, an Italian philosopher and politician, died on April 22, 2026.
Karina Duprez, a Mexican actress and television director, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 79. Born Karina Julia Descalzó Guzmán in Mexico City on December 23, 1946, she worked as an actress from the 1960s to 1990…
Allan Hosie, the Scottish rugby referee and former Scottish Rugby Union president, died on April 22, 2026, aged 80. He was the 116th president of the Scottish Rugby Union and received a Scotland referee cap in January 2025. Hosie refereed…
Amal Khalil, a Lebanese journalist and reporter for Al-Akhbar, died on April 22, 2026, when she was killed in an Israel Defense Forces airstrike in Southern Lebanon while covering the Israel-Hezbollah war. She died in a house where she had…
Peter J. Carroll, a British occultist and writer, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 72–73. Born in England in 1953, he was one of the originators of chaos magic theory, a cofounder of the Illuminates of Thanateros,…
N. Bhaskara Rao, Indian politician and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 90. He served as the 11th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for a brief period in 1984 and later…
Manfred Kreuz, a German footballer, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 90. Born on 7 March 1936, he spent his entire career with Schalke 04. From 1956 to 1963, he played 135 matches and scored 42 goals…
Acharya Chandana, an Indian Jain nun, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Shakuntala on January 26, 1937, in Chaskaman, Maharashtra, she entered Jain monastic life at age 14 and was named sadhvi Chandana. Known to…
Tony Parkes, an English football player and manager with Blackburn Rovers, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 76 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. A midfielder, he began his career at Buxton in non-League football in 1969 before… · 25 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 25 · Other
Darrell Sheets, an American reality television personality known for Storage Wars, died on April 22, 2026, at age 67 by gunshot suicide. Sheets appeared on the A&E series during its run from 2010 to 2012, returned in 2014 and remained…
Dean Tavoularis, the American production designer known for The Godfather, Apocalypse Now and Bonnie and Clyde, died on April 22, 2026, at age 93. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on May 18, 1932, he grew up in Los Angeles and studied…
Mike Ohnstad, an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1973 to 1974, died on April 22, 2026, at age 99. Born Michas Monroe Ohnstad on August 14, 1926, in Hinckley, Minnesota, he was also a…
Michael Tilson Thomas, an American conductor, pianist, and composer, died on April 22, 2026, at age 81. Born in Los Angeles on December 21, 1944, he studied piano with John Crown and composition and conducting under Ingolf Dahl at the…
Eugene Braunwald died on April 22, 2026. He was an Austrian-born American cardiologist.
David Scott, an American politician and member of the House of Representatives since 2003, died on April 22, 2026, at age 80. He served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 13th congressional district from 2003 until his death. Born in… · England · 24 October 2022 · October 2022 · October 24 · Writers
Paul Tawiah Quaye died on April 22, 2026. He was a Ghanaian police officer who served as inspector general of police from 2009 to 2013.
Kathy Dooley died on April 22, 2026, after living with dementia. She was a British singer with The Dooleys.
José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate and archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo, died on April 22, 2026, at age 85. He served as bishop of Mexicali from 1984 to 1996 and as archbishop of Hermosillo from…
Daniel L'Homond, the French storyteller and author, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Pau, France, on June 13, 1954, he graduated from Bordeaux Montaigne University. L'Homond was best known for the Périgord accent in…
Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans, a British aristocrat, died on April 22, 2026, aged 87. Born on January 19, 1939, he was styled Earl of Burford from 1964 to 1988 before becoming duke. He was a member of…
J. H. Prynne, a British poet, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 89. Jeremy Halvard Prynne was closely associated with the British Poetry Revival and was a key figure in the Cambridge group among its poets. He…
David Malouf, the Australian writer, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Brisbane on March 20, 1934, he was a novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright and librettist. He lectured at the University of Queensland…
Évelyne Lenton died on April 22, 2026. She was a French singer.
Brian Edgerly, an American Olympic baseball player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, died on April 22, 2026, at age 82. Born in 1943, he played baseball internationally with Team USA and was an outfielder. At Colgate University, he…
Kenneth Roman, an American advertising executive and chairman of Ogilvy from 1985 to 1989, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Boston on September 6, 1930, he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1952, where he…
Mijo Kovačić, a Croatian painter and naïve artist, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on 5 August 1935 in Gornja Šuma, Molve, in Croatia’s Podravina region, he spent his childhood painting and looking after the…
Edward Lozzi, an American publicist, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 77. He was also a political consultant, former White House Press Advance staffer and writer. Lozzi founded Edward Lozzi & Associates, a Beverly Hills public relations…
Corky Withrow, an American baseball player who appeared in six major league games for the St. Louis Cardinals, died on April 22, 2026. He was 87. Raymond Wallace Withrow played four games as a pinch hitter and two as an…
Lena Maria Gårdenäs, the Swedish singer and actress, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Brännkyrka, a suburb of Stockholm, in 1947, she moved to Helsingborg at the age of five. She began her career…
Henry J. Mansell, an American Roman Catholic prelate and archbishop of Hartford from 2004 to 2013, died April 21, 2026, at age 88. Born in the Bronx section of New York City on October 10, 1937, he was ordained a…
Federico Vercellone, an Italian philosopher, died on April 21, 2026.
Barrie Tomlinson, a British comic book editor and writer, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in St Albans, England, in February 1938, he began his career at IPC Magazines in 1961 after responding to a…
Hussein Mohammed Hadi Al-Sadr, an Iraqi politician, died on April 21, 2026.
Carlos Mella, a Spanish writer and politician, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 95. Born Xosé Carlos Mella Villar on August 13, 1930, in A Estrada, Spain, he was a member of the Union of the Democratic…
Mariano Baptista Gumucio, a Bolivian politician and writer, died on April 21, 2026, in La Paz at the age of 92. Born in Cochabamba on December 11, 1933, he was a member of the Academia Boliviana de la Lengua and…
Luis Puenzo, the Argentine film director, producer and screenplay writer, died on April 21, 2026, at age 80. Born in Buenos Aires on Feb. 19, 1946, he worked mainly in the cinema of Argentina and also worked in the United…
Moogie Canazio, a Brazilian recording engineer, mixing engineer and record producer, died on April 21, 2026, at age 70. Born Antonio Canazio in Rio de Janeiro, he worked with artists including Antônio Carlos Jobim, Caetano Veloso, Ivan Lins, João Gilberto,…
Andrew Hacker, an American political scientist and academic, died on April 21, 2026. He was 96 or 97. Hacker was a professor in the department of political science at Queens College in New York and had taught at Cornell before…
Hayat Al-Fahad, a Kuwaiti actress, writer, broadcaster and producer known for Um Harun, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Sharq, Kuwait, she was active from 1970 to 2026. Al-Fahad was best known for her…
José Honório, an East Timorese politician and minister of higher education, science and culture, died on April 21, 2026. Also known as José Honório da Costa Pereira Jerónimo, he was an East Timorese university lecturer and independent politician. He served…
Gopalrao Patil, an Indian politician and former Rajya Sabha member, died on April 21, 2026. He was 94. Patil was a Bharatiya Janata Party member and served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2000. He was…