Obituary: Browning Nagle, dead at age 57
Browning Nagle, an American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League, died on April 10, 2026, at age 57 of colon cancer. He played for the…
Who Died in April 2026?
Who died in April 2026? Over 800 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Harry Kim dead at age 74
Harry Kim, an American trumpeter best known for his work with the Phenix Horns and his long association with Phil Collins, died on April 10, 2026, of cancer. Born and…
Barney Fisher died at age 78
Barney Fisher died on April 10, 2026. He was an American politician and a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2005 to 2013. Barney Fisher, 78, American politician,…
Maria Agostina Pellegatta dies at age 87
Maria Agostina Pellegatta, an Italian politician and teacher, died on April 10, 2026, in Cassano Magnago at the age of 87. She served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1972…
Colette Khoury dies at 95
Colette Khoury, a Syrian novelist and poet, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in 1931 in Bab Tuma, Damascus, she was also a writer, academic…
Gerry Ward passed away at age 84
Gerry Ward, an American basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers and Chicago Bulls, died on April 10, 2026, at age 84. Born Gerald W. Ward on…
Brian Rotman dies at 87
Brian Rotman, a British academic who worked in the United States, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in London in 1938, he studied mathematics at…
Sir Hayden Phillips dies at 83
Sir Hayden Phillips, the British civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor’s Office from 1998 to 2003, died on April 10, 2026, aged 83. Sir Gerald…
Obituary: Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, dead at age 46
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, an American painter, died on April 10, 2026. Born in New York City in 1979, she received a BFA from Bard College in 2007 and was based in…
Rudi Schmitt passed away at age 98
Rudi Schmitt, a German politician and former teacher, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Frankfurt on January 8, 1928, he was a member of…
Eliot Engel dies at age 79
Eliot Engel, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2021, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 79. A Democrat, he…
William Edwin Franklin has died at age 95
William Edwin Franklin, an American Roman Catholic prelate and former auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque and bishop of the Diocese of Davenport, died on April 10, 2026, at…
Sid Krofft has died at age 96
Sid Krofft, the Canadian puppeteer and television writer behind H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, died on April 10, 2026. He was 96. Born…
Marianne Lederer dead at age 91
Marianne Lederer, a French translation scholar, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 91. She further developed the Interpretive Theory of Translation with Danica Seleskovitch, who first proposed…
Jacek Magiera dies at 49
Jacek Magiera, a Polish football coach, died on April 10, 2026. Jacek Magiera, 49, Polish football coach. Tags Athletes, 10 April 2026, Jacek, Magiera, Poland, 2026-04-10, April 10, April 2026
Vojtěch Adam death at age 75
Vojtěch Adam, Czech politician and surgeon who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2017, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 75.…
Robert Bagg has died at age 90
Robert Bagg died on April 9, 2026. Tags Writers, 09 April 2026, America, Bagg, Robert, April 2026, April 9
Zulfiqar Ali Khosa dead at age 90
Zulfiqar Ali Khosa, a Pakistani politician who served as governor of Punjab in 1999 and as a senator from 2012 to 2018, died on April 9, 2026. He was 90.…
Afrika Bambaataa dies at 67
Afrika Bambaataa, an American DJ, rapper, and record producer, died on April 9, 2026, of complications from cancer. Born Lance Taylor on April 17, 1957, he was known for the…
C. D. Gopinath has died at age 96
C. D. Gopinath, the Indian test cricketer who represented Madras and the national team, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Madras on March 1,…
Tarun Ghosh passed away at age 73
Tarun Ghosh, a Bangladeshi animation editor and art director, died on April 9, 2026, of heart disease complicated by asthma. He worked on Nirontor as an animation editor and on…
Obituary: Arkady Yanenko, dead at age 85
Arkady Yanenko died on April 9, 2026. He was a Russian physicist and politician who served as a people's deputy of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991. Arkady Yanenko…
Kamal Kharazi died at age 82
Kamal Kharazi, an Iranian reformist politician and diplomat, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Tehran in 1944, he served as Iran’s foreign minister from…
Björgvin Halldórsson dies at 74
Björgvin Halldórsson, an Icelandic musician and singer, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 74. Born Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson in Hafnarfjörður on April 16, 1951, he was an…
Eva Ramm passed away at age 100
Eva Ramm, a Norwegian psychologist and essayist, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 100. Born in Bergen on November 23, 1925, she also worked as a novelist…
Eirwyn George obituary: died at age 89
Eirwyn George, a Welsh poet, died on April 9, 2026. Eirwyn George, 89–90, Welsh poet. Tags Writers, 09 April 2026, Eirwyn, George, Wales, 2026-04-09, April 2026, April 9
Miroj Abdulloyev obituary: died at age 77
Miroj Abdulloyev, a Tajik politician and chairman of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Langar-kalon in Mu'minobod District, Khatlon…
Valery Rukhledev, died aged 78
Valery Rukhledev, a Russian sports activist and six-time Deaflympics wrestling gold medalist, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on January 18, 1948, in Rybinsky District,…
Sammy Forcillo, died aged 75
Sammy Forcillo, a Canadian politician, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 75. A retired politician, he was a former mayor of Ville-Marie borough in Montreal, Quebec. Forcillo,…
Jeremy Beecham, Baron Beecham has died at age 81
Jeremy Beecham, Baron Beecham, a British politician and member of the House of Lords from 2010 to 2021, died on April 9, 2026, aged 81. Born in 1944, he was…
Jackie Moore dies at age 93
Jackie Moore, an American basketball player, died on April 9, 2026, at age 93. Born in Philadelphia on September 24, 1932, John T. "Jackie" Moore was a 6-foot-5 small forward…
Stephen M. Schwebel dies at age 97
Stephen M. Schwebel, an American jurist and judge who served on the International Court of Justice from 1981 to 2000, died on April 9, 2026. He was vice president of…
Héctor Vargas Haya, died aged 98
Héctor Vargas Haya, Peruvian politician and former deputy, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Rioja, Peru, on March 29, 1928, he served in the…
Obituary: John Edelman, dead at age 90
John Edelman, an American former Major League Baseball pitcher, died on April 9, 2026. He was 90. Edelman, whose full name was John Rogers Edelman, signed with the Milwaukee Braves…
Ari Ben-Menahem death at age 97
Ari Ben-Menahem, a German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist, died on April 9, 2026. He was 97. Born in Berlin on November 4, 1928, he was a professor of mathematics and…
Erik Lallerstedt passed away at age 79
Erik Lallerstedt, a Swedish chef and restaurateur, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Kungsholmen, Sweden, on June 23, 1946, he opened Erik Lallerstedts Restaurang…
Angelo Pavan dead at age 95
Angelo Pavan, an Italian politician and senator, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Postioma, Italy, on November 17, 1930, he was a member of…
Billy Bryan, died aged 87
Billy Bryan, an American baseball player who appeared for the Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees and Washington Senators, died on April 9, 2026, at age 87. William Ronald Bryan…
Michael Paget-Wilkes passes away at age 74
Michael Paget-Wilkes, an English archdeacon, died on April 9, 2026, aged 74. Michael Jocelyn James Paget-Wilkes was Archdeacon of Warwick from 1990 to 2009. Born in Bath, Somerset, he was…
Domingos Lucas Naftal, died aged 84
Domingos Lucas Naftal, a Mozambican footballer, died on April 9, 2026, aged 84. Born on April 23, 1941, Naftal played as a forward and began at youth level with FC…
Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman dies at 95
Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman, a British businessman and politician and member of the House of Lords since 1983, died on April 9, 2026, aged 95. Born Robin John Orlando…
Srećko Bogdan dies at age 69
Srećko Bogdan, a Croatian footballer and former professional defender, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Mursko Središće, Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia, he began his career…
Imrich Bugár has died at age 71
Imrich Bugár, Czech Olympic discus thrower, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Ohrady, Czechoslovakia, he represented Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic during a…
Nguyễn Đức Mậu dead at age 78
Nguyễn Đức Mậu died on April 8, 2026. He was a Vietnamese poet. Nguyễn Đức Mậu, 78, Vietnamese poet. Tags Writers, 08 April 2026, 2026-04-08, April 2026, April 8, Mậu,…
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury passes away at age 88
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, an Indian politician who served as an MP from 2006 to 2024 and as minister of health and family welfare from 2012 to 2014, died on…
Vaughn Solomon Schofield passes away at age 82
Vaughn Solomon Schofield, Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan from 2012 to 2018, died on April 8, 2026, at age 82. Born in Regina on October 25, 1943, she…
Melchor Peredo, died aged 99
Melchor Peredo, a Mexican muralist, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 99. Born Oscar Melchor Peredo in Mexico City on January 6, 1927, he was a representative…
Death of Koo Sze-yiu at age 80
Koo Sze-yiu, a Chinese political activist known for anti-communism protests, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 80 from colon cancer. Also known by the nickname "Long Beard,"…
Mario Adorf, died aged 95
Mario Adorf, the German actor and writer known for Major Dundee, Short Night of Glass Dolls and Fedora, died on April 8, 2026, at age 95. Born in Zürich, Switzerland,…
Duško Vujošević passes away at age 67
Duško Vujošević, a Montenegrin basketball coach, died on April 8, 2026, of heart and kidney disease. He was 67. Vujošević coached Partizan Belgrade in four stints and also worked with…
Obituary: Harald Ofner, dead at age 93
Harald Ofner, an Austrian lawyer and politician, died on April 8, 2026. He was 93. Born in Vienna on October 25, 1932, he studied law and received a doctorate in…
Jimmy Sullivan death at age 44
Jimmy Sullivan, an Australian politician and Queensland MLA, died on April 8, 2026, aged 44. James Anthony Sullivan served as the member for Stafford in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from…
Davey Lopes dead at age 80
Davey Lopes, an American baseball player and coach, died April 8, 2026, of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 80. Lopes played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman…
Ali Hussain Khan public figure dies
Ali Hussain Khan, a Pakistani politician and member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since 2024, died on April 8, 2026. He was elected to the assembly as a…
Doug Allan has died at age 74
Doug Allan, the Scottish wildlife photographer and cameraman, died on April 8, 2026, aged 74–75. Known for his work in polar regions and underwater, he was born in Dunfermline, Scotland,…
Charles Delhez dies at age 74
Charles Delhez, a Belgian Roman Catholic priest and sociologist, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Uccle on October 30, 1951, he was ordained a…
Ahmet Altay Cengizer death at age 71
Ahmet Altay Cengizer, a Turkish diplomat, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Istanbul on October 22, 1954, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political…
Obituary: Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, dead at age 77
Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, an Indian-American medical examiner who served as Los Angeles County chief medical examiner-coroner from 1992 to 2013 and again from 2016 to 2017, died on April 8, 2026.…
Mohsina Kidwai dies at age 94
Mohsina Kidwai, an Indian politician and twice-elected member of Parliament who served as minister of health from 1984 to 1986 and minister of urban development from 1986 to 1989, died…
Obituary: Sherig-ool Oorzhak, dead at age 83
Sherig-ool Oorzhak, a Russian politician, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on July 24, 1942, in Shekpeer, in the Tuvan People's Republic, he was a…
Leïla Marouane has died at age 65
Leïla Marouane, a Tunisian-born French creative writer and journalist who wrote for El Watan and Jeune Afrique, died on April 8, 2026. She was 65. Born Leyla Zineb Mechentel in…
Death of Gerd Winner at age 89
Gerd Winner, a German painter and sculptor, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Braunschweig in 1936, he graduated from the Berlin University of the…
Eldrid Nordbø dies at 83
Eldrid Nordbø, Norwegian politician and minister of trade and shipping from 1990 to 1991, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 83. A member of the Labour Party,…
Nancy Sheppard passed away at age 96
Nancy Sheppard, an American trick rider and trick roper, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 96. She was born on December 29, 1929, on a ranch in…
David Kabua obituary: died at age 74
David Kabua, a Marshallese politician who served as president from 2020 to 2024, died on April 8, 2026, of cancer. He was born in Majuro in 1951 and represented Wotho…
Roger Establet dead at age 87
Roger Establet, the French educational sociologist, died on April 8, 2026, aged 87 or 88. Born in 1938, he was a scholar of the sociology of education and an emeritus…
Kostakis Pierides death at age 85
Kostakis Pierides, a Cypriot footballer who played for Pezoporikos Larnaca, Olympiakos Nicosia and the Cyprus national team, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 85. Born on April…
Mohammed Washah passed away at age 39
Mohammed Washah, a Palestinian journalist, died on April 8, 2026, after an Israeli airstrike targeted the vehicle he was in while driving in Gaza City. He was 39–40 and worked…
Peter Rull Jr. obituary: died at age 80
Peter Rull Jr., a Hong Kong sports shooter, died on April 8, 2026. Born on November 23, 1945, he competed in the men's 50 metre rifle, prone event at the…
Abass Kaboua death at age 63
Abass Kaboua, a Togolese politician and senator since 2025, died on April 8, 2026. He was 63. Kaboua was a member of the Movement of Centrist Republicans (MRC), which he…
Terry Gabinski passes away at age 87
Terry Gabinski, an American politician who served on the Chicago City Council, died on April 8, 2026. He was 87. Gabinski represented the 32nd Ward on the Chicago City Council…
Obituary: Mark Weissman, dead at age 77
Mark Weissman, a funeral home director and Democratic politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2002, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of…
Rosemary Edghill death at age 69
Rosemary Edghill died on April 7, 2026. Tags Writers, 07 April 2026, America, Edghill, Rosemary, April 2026, April 7
Obituary: Viktor Kravchenko, dead at age 84
Viktor Kravchenko died on April 7, 2026. Tags Other, 07 April 2026, Cancer, Kravchenko, Russia, Viktor, April 2026, April 7
Muguette Dini passes away at age 86
Muguette Dini, a French politician, died on April 7, 2026. Muguette Dini, 86, French politician. Tags Politicians, 07 April 2026, Dini, France, Muguette, 2026-04-07, April 2026, April 7
Obituary: Rolf Alsing, dead at age 78
Rolf Alsing died on April 7, 2026. He was a Swedish journalist for Aftonbladet. No further details were provided. Rolf Alsing, 78, Swedish journalist (Aftonbladet). Tags Journalists, 07 April 2026,…
Jim Whittaker passes away at age 97
Jim Whittaker, an American mountaineer, died on April 7, 2026, at age 97. Born in Seattle on February 10, 1929, he was an American climber and mountain guide. Whittaker became…
John Flanagan passes away at age 81
John Flanagan, the Australian fantasy author best known for the Ranger's Apprentice series, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 81. Born John Anthony Flanagan in Sydney, Australia,…
Averil Cameron has died at age 86
Averil Cameron, a British teacher and historian, died on April 7, 2026, aged 86. Born Averil Millicent Sutton in Leek, Staffordshire, on February 8, 1940, she was the only child…
Matlab Mutallimli dies at 76
Matlab Mutallimli, an Azerbaijani politician and member of parliament from 1991 to 2000, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on May 20, 1949, in Horavar,…
Ken Smale dies at age 92
Ken Smale, an Australian footballer and music director, died on April 7, 2026. He was 92. Smale played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was a forward…
Ihor Mityukov passed away at age 73
Ihor Mityukov, a Ukrainian diplomat and Minister of Finance of Ukraine from 1997 to 2001, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Kyiv on September…
Louis Tapardjuk dead at age 73
Louis Tapardjuk, a Canadian politician and former Nunavut MLA, died on April 7, 2026, at age 73. He represented Amittuq from 2004 to 2013 after winning the seat in the…
Vyacheslav Golishev died at age 75
Vyacheslav Golishev, an Uzbek politician and economist who served as minister of economy from 2005 to 2006, died on April 7, 2026, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, at the age of 75.…
Valentina Savostyanova passes away at age 77
Valentina Savostyanova, a Russian politician and lawyer who served as a member of the State Duma from 2000 to 2007, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 77.…
Michael Patrick dies at 35
Michael Patrick died on April 7, 2026, from complications from motor neuron disease. He was an Irish actor and writer known for My Left Nut. Michael Patrick, 35, Irish actor…
Anatoly Dolmatov has died at age 75
Anatoly Dolmatov, a Russian politician and farmer, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 75. He was a member of the Soviet of the Union from 1987 to…
Obituary: Rodney Pyles, dead at age 80
Rodney Pyles, an American politician and member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, died on April 7, 2026. He was 80. Pyles served in the House from the 51st…
Adolf Scherwitzl died at age 87
Adolf Scherwitzl, an Austrian Olympic biathlete, died on April 7, 2026. Adolf Scherwitzl, 87, Austrian Olympic biathlete. Tags Other, 07 April 2026, Adolf, Austria, Scherwitzl, 2026-04-07, April 2026, April 7
Albert N. Martin died at age 91
Albert N. Martin, an American Reformed Baptist minister, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 91. Born Albert Newton Martin in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 11, 1934, he…
Barbara Gordon died at age 90
Barbara Gordon, an American documentary filmmaker and producer, died on April 7, 2026, at age 90. Born Barbara Sue Loeb in Miami Beach, Florida, on December 19, 1935, she graduated…
Luciano Muratori death at age 72
Luciano Muratori, an Italian sound engineer, died on April 7, 2026. Tags Other, 07 April 2026, Aquarius, Italy, Luciano, Muratori, April 2026, April 7
Robert G. Gard Jr. dies at 98
Robert G. Gard Jr., a United States Army lieutenant general and former chairman of the board of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, died on April 6, 2026, at…
Mary Nomura passes away at age 100
Mary Nomura died on April 6, 2026. Tags Musicians, 06 April 2026, America, Mary, Nomura, April 2026, April 6
Helena Vovsová passes away at age 100
Helena Vovsová, a Czech resistance member, died on April 6, 2026, aged 100. Born in Prague on February 12, 1926, she came of age during the Nazi German occupation of…
Majid Khademi Iranian general and intelligence officer, head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization,…
Majid Khademi died on April 6, 2026, in an airstrike. He was an Iranian general and intelligence officer who served as head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization from 2025. No…
Michail Belchev, died aged 79
Michail Belchev died on April 6, 2026. He was a Bulgarian singer and poet. Michail Belchev, 79, Bulgarian singer and poet. Tags Musicians, Writers, 06 April 2026, Belchev, Bulgaria, Michail,…
Gabriel Rosenstock obituary: died at age 76
Gabriel Rosenstock died on April 6, 2026. Gabriel Rosenstock, 76, Irish writer, cancer. (death announced on this date) Tags Writers, 06 April 2026, Gabriel, Ireland, Rosenstock, 2026-04-06, April 2026, April…
Death of Pietro Calogero at age 86
Pietro Calogero, an Italian magistrate, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Pace del Mela, Italy, on December 28, 1939, he graduated from the University…