Phil Lyne dies at age 79
Phil Lyne, an American rodeo cowboy who won multiple world championships in the Rodeo Cowboys Association and Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, died on August 14, 2026, aged 79. Born in…
Who Died in August 2026?
Who died in August 2026? Over 800 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Obituary: Nikki Ross, dead at age 54
Nikki Ross, an American gospel singer, died on August 14, 2026, at age 54. A singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and composer from Houston, Texas, she was known for her work…
Jill Gomez passes away at age 83
Jill Gomez, the Trinidadian-British soprano who built an active career on the operatic stage and in the concert hall, died on August 13, 2026, aged 83. Born Barbara Jill Gomez…
Richard Čemus died at age 72
Richard Čemus, a Czech Catholic priest, Jesuit and professor of the spirituality of the Christian East at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, died on August 13, 2026, aged 72.…
Obituary: Jack Crabtree, dead at age 87
Jack Crabtree, an English painter and teacher, died on August 13, 2026, aged 87. Born in Rochdale in 1938, he studied at Rochdale College of Art before continuing at Saint…
Stan Adelstein dies at 94
Stan Adelstein, an American politician who served in the South Dakota House of Representatives and Senate, died on August 13, 2026, aged 94. Adelstein, a Republican, represented the House from…
James T. Laney, died aged 98
James T. Laney, an American minister, professor and diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to South Korea from 1993 to 1996 and as president of Emory University from 1977 to…
Sumit Sarkar has died at age 87
Sumit Sarkar, the Indian historian of modern India, died on August 13, 2026, aged 87. A Marxist historian and writer, he was among the leading scholars of modern Indian history…
Death of Bill Kerby at age 88
Bill Kerby, an American screenwriter whose credits included the 1970s films "Hooper" and "The Rose," died on August 13, 2026, aged 88. Born in the United States, he built a…
Peter Maher passed away at age 79
Peter Maher, the Canadian radio broadcaster best known as the Calgary Flames’ longtime play-by-play voice, died on August 13, 2026, aged 79. Born in Campbellton, New Brunswick, he began broadcasting…
Adolf Prokop dies at age 87
Adolf Prokop, a German football referee, died on August 13, 2026, aged 87. Born in Altenbuch on February 2, 1939, he began his refereeing career in 1969 and became best…
Prichard Colón died at age 33
Prichard Colón, the Puerto Rican boxer who became an honorary WBC World Champion, died on August 13, 2026, aged 33, from complications of a brain hemorrhage. Born in Maitland, Florida,…
Wolfgang Haber dead at age 100
Wolfgang Haber, the German biologist who helped establish landscape ecology, died on August 13, 2026, aged 100. Born in Datteln in 1925, he studied botany, zoology, chemistry and geography at…
Obituary: Jana Hádková, dead at age 74
Jana Hádková, a Czech director, documentarian and dramaturg at Czech Television, died on August 13, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Prague on April 4, 1952, she worked…
Helmut Lethen death at age 87
Helmut Lethen, the German Germanist and cultural scholar, died on August 13, 2026, aged 87. Born in Mönchengladbach in 1939, he studied at universities in Bonn, Amsterdam and Berlin after…
Jacques Wallage died at age 79
Jacques Wallage, the Dutch politician who served as a Labour Party (PvdA) member of the House of Representatives and later as mayor of Groningen, died on August 13, 2026, aged…
Anton Stankov died at age 60
Anton Stankov, a Bulgarian politician and judge who served as minister of justice from 2001 to 2005, died on August 13, 2026, aged 60. Born Anton Iliev Stankov on February…
Death of Consuelo Rodríguez Álvarez at age 84
Consuelo Rodríguez Álvarez, the Spanish-Venezuelan actress and model known professionally as Chelo Rodríguez, died on August 13, 2026, aged 84. Born in Sober, Galicia, Spain, she moved to Venezuela with…
Lucio Montanaro dead at age 75
Lucio Montanaro, the Italian actor and comedian known for work in films such as Zappatore, La liceale al mare con l'amica di papà and La dottoressa preferisce i marinai, died…
Abderrahmane Alane passes away at age 55
Abderrahmane Alane, the Algerian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on August 13, 2026, aged 55. He was a member of JS Kabylie’s title-winning sides in the 1994–95 Algerian…
Tyler Duckworth passes away at age 44
Tyler Duckworth, an American reality television contestant known for appearing on The Real World: Key West and multiple seasons of The Challenge, died on August 13, 2026, aged 44. Duckworth…
Vito Gruosso, died aged 78
Vito Gruosso, an Italian trade unionist and politician, died on August 13, 2026, aged 78. Born in San Fele, Italy, on April 23, 1948, he was a member of the…
Dick Proctor has died at age 85
Dick Proctor, a Canadian political activist, former New Democratic Party member of Parliament and journalist, died on August 13, 2026, aged 85. Born in Toronto on February 12, 1941, he…
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, died aged 74
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, the Bangladeshi chief of air force staff, died on August 13, 2026, aged 74. Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Islam served as the 10th chief of the Bangladesh…
Elżbieta Barys obituary: died at age 79
Elżbieta Barys, a Polish lawyer and politician who served in the Sejm from 1997 to 2001, died on August 13, 2026, aged 79. Born Elżbieta Krystyna Barys, she was a…
Dumitru Marcu dies at 76
Dumitru Marcu, the Romanian football player and manager known as “Mitică,” died on August 13, 2026, aged 76. Born in Drăghiceni on April 9, 1950, he began playing junior football…
Yukio Shimomura obituary: died at age 94
Yukio Shimomura, the Japanese football player and manager who represented Japan as both a player and coach, died on August 13, 2026, aged 94. Born in Hiroshima on January 25,…
Horst Jaunich has died at age 96
Horst Jaunich, a German politician and trade unionist who served in the Bundestag from 1972 to 1994, died on August 13, 2026, aged 96. Born on June 7, 1930, in…
Ruby Andrews passes away at age 79
Ruby Andrews, the American soul singer known professionally by that name, died on August 13, 2026, aged 79. Born Ruby Mae Stackhouse in Hollandale, Mississippi, she began her career in…
Obituary: Robert Shageev, dead at age 49
Robert Shageev, a Ukrainian-Russian Navy officer, died on August 13, 2026, aged 49. He commanded the Ukrainian submarine Zaporizhzhia and served as an officer in the Ukrainian Navy before later…
Brendan Myers dies at age 52
Brendan Myers, a Canadian philosopher and author, died on August 13, 2026, aged 52. Also known as Brendan Cathbad Myers, he was recognized for work in environmental philosophy, Druidry and…
Gregor Benko passed away at age 82
Gregor Benko, the American music historian behind the International Piano Archives, died on August 13, 2026, aged 82. Born in Cleveland on August 4, 1944, he built a career as…
Death of Carlos Domingos Massoni at age 87
Carlos Domingos Massoni, the Brazilian basketball player and Olympic bronze medallist known as Mosquito, died on August 13, 2026, aged 87. Born in São Paulo on January 4, 1939, Massoni…
Agim Bubeqi dies at 63
Agim Bubeqi, an Albanian footballer, died on August 13, 2026, aged 63. Born in Vlorë on April 7, 1963, he spent his entire professional career as a striker with Flamurtari…
Jim Powers has died at age 89
Jim Powers, a Canadian hockey player who played for the Vancouver Canucks, died on August 13, 2026, aged 89. Born James Leroy Powers in Claresholm, Alberta, he built a lengthy…
Janez Kajzer dies at 88
Janez Kajzer, a Slovene writer and journalist, died on August 13, 2026, aged 88. Born in Vižmarje in 1938, he built a career across several corners of the literary and…
Anton Stankov died at age 60
Anton Stankov, a Bulgarian politician who served as minister of justice, died on August 13, 2026, aged 60. He held the justice portfolio in Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005 and…
Olivier Lebas passes away at age 62
Olivier Lebas, the French naval officer who served as a vice-admiral, died on August 12, 2026, aged 62. Born in Boulogne-sur-Mer on June 24, 1964, he joined the French Navy…
Cordula Trantow dead at age 83
Cordula Trantow, the German actress and director known for Die Brücke, Hitler and The Castle, died on August 12, 2026, aged 83. Born in Berlin on December 29, 1942, she…
Reidun Andreassen has died at age 90
Reidun Andreassen, a Norwegian politician and former member of Parliament, died on August 12, 2026, aged 90. Born in Oslo on 15 June 1936, she represented the Labour Party in…
Freddy Makafui Dunyah dies at age 64
Freddy Makafui Dunyah, a Togolese environmental activist, died on August 12, 2026, aged 64. A national of Togo, he worked as an environmental defender and was known for communications roles…
Olivier Echaudemaison has died at age 84
Olivier Echaudemaison, the French makeup artist, died on August 12, 2026, aged 84. Born in Périgueux on April 4, 1942, he went on to build a long career in fashion…
Arthur Bodson has died at age 94
Arthur Bodson, the Belgian philologist and academic who served as rector of the University of Liège from 1985 to 1997, died on August 12, 2026, aged 94. Born Arthur Léon…
Bernard Pottier passes away at age 101
Bernard Pottier, the French linguist and academic, died on August 12, 2026, aged 101. Born in Paris on September 29, 1924, he studied at the École pratique des hautes études…
Juan Manuel Escobar death at age 76
Juan Manuel Escobar, an American politician and judge, died on August 12, 2026, aged 76. A former member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 43rd district, he served…
Gianpaolo Bellini death at age 91
Gianpaolo Bellini, the Italian experimental physicist known for his work in low-background neutrino detection and the Borexino experiment, died on August 12, 2026, aged 91. Born in Milan on June…
Pramuan Rujanaseri passes away at age 87
Pramuan Rujanaseri, a Thai politician and civil servant who served as director-general of the Department of Provincial Administration from 1997 to 1999 and later represented the House of Representatives from…
Steve Barwick obituary: died at age 65
Steve Barwick, the Welsh cricketer who played for Glamorgan and Wales Minor Counties, died on August 12, 2026, aged 65. Born in Neath, he was also known as Stephen Royston…
Kai Krüger dies at age 86
Kai Krüger, the Norwegian jurist and academic who was a professor of law at the University of Bergen, died on August 12, 2026, aged 86. Born in Copenhagen on May…
Darina Laščiaková, died aged 94
Darina Laščiaková, the Slovak folk singer and ethnographer known for her long work in radio and traditional music, died on August 12, 2026, aged 94. Born Darina Gažová in Tvrdošín…
Cheryl Hall dies at age 75
Cheryl Hall, the British actress best known for her work in television, died on August 12, 2026, aged 75. Born in London on July 23, 1950, she built a long…
Nancy Wyman dies at age 80
Nancy Wyman, an American politician who served as Connecticut’s lieutenant governor and state comptroller, died on August 12, 2026, aged 80. A Democrat, she was the 108th lieutenant governor of…
Death of Tulio Ramírez Padilla at age 66
Tulio Ramírez Padilla, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate and canonist who served as auxiliary bishop of Caracas from 2012 to 2020 and as bishop of Guarenas from 2020, died on August…
Death of Chen Ying-git at age 72
Chen Ying-git, a Taiwanese singer and actor, died on August 12, 2026, aged 72. Known in Chinese as 陳盈潔, she was a singer of Taiwanese Hakka heritage whose recordings helped…
Death of Iraj at age 93
Iraj, the Iranian Persian singer known professionally by that name, died on August 12, 2026, aged 93. Born Hossein Khajeh Amiri on January 2, 1933, in Khaledabad, Iran, he began…
Obituary: Takamitsu Ota, dead at age 56
Takamitsu Ota, a Japanese footballer who played for Shimizu S-Pulse, Consadole Sapporo and Jatco TT, died on August 12, 2026, aged 56. Born in Shizuoka Prefecture on July 19, 1970,…
Josef Deimer, died aged 90
Josef Deimer, the German politician who served in the Landtag of Bavaria and the Bavarian Senate, died on August 12, 2026, aged 90. Born in Landshut on January 1, 1936,…
Pádraig Horan, died aged 76
Pádraig Horan, the Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer from St. Rynagh’s, Offaly, died on August 12, 2026, aged 76. Born in Banagher on April 21, 1950, he became known for…
Obituary: Chelo Rodríguez, dead at age 84
Chelo Rodríguez, the Spanish-born Venezuelan actress and model known for her work in telenovelas, died on August 12, 2026, at age 84. Born María Consuelo Rodríguez Álvarez in Galicia, Spain,…
Zhu Rongji dies at age 97
Zhu Rongji, the Chinese politician and electrical engineer who served as premier of China from 1998 to 2003, died on August 12, 2026, aged 97. Born in Changsha in 1928,…
Víctor Limba dead at age 78
Víctor Limba, an Argentine Olympic cyclist, died on August 12, 2026, aged 78. Born on October 6, 1947, he represented Argentina in the sprint event at the 1972 Summer Olympics…
Ahn Pan-seok death at age 65
Ahn Pan-seok, the South Korean film and television director behind Behind the White Tower, Secret Affair and Heard It Through the Grapevine, died on August 12, 2026, aged 65, of…
Piet du Plessis died at age 79
Piet du Plessis, a South African rugby union player, died on August 12, 2026, aged 79. Also known as Pieter George du Plessis, he was born in Modimolle on July…
Silvia Monti dies at age 80
Silvia Monti, the Italian actress who appeared in a handful of films between 1969 and 1974, died on August 12, 2026, aged 80. Born Silvia Cornacchia in Venice on January…
Mikhail Gulko obituary: died at age 95
Mikhail Gulko, the singer-songwriter known for his Russian chanson performances, died on August 12, 2026, at age 95. Born Mikhail Aleksandrovich Gulko on July 23, 1931, in Kharkiv, in the…
Brian Smith has died at age 59
Brian Smith, the Australian rugby union and league player who represented both Australia and Ireland in rugby union, died on August 12, 2026, aged 59. Smith, whose full name was…
Oren Nahari dead at age 70
Oren Nahari, an Israeli journalist and presenter, died on August 12, 2026, aged 70, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He worked as a television and radio editor and presenter…
Wang Xiji has died at age 105
Wang Xiji, a Chinese aerospace engineer who played a leading role in the development of China’s early rocket and satellite programs, died on August 12, 2026, aged 105. Born in…
David Charles obituary: died at age 26
David Charles, the British philosopher, died on August 12, 2026, aged 26. Known professionally as David Owain Maurice Charles, he taught philosophy and classics at Yale University and held posts…
Gary “Gazza” death at age 61
Gary "Gazza" Johnson, the English synth-pop bassist best known for his work with China Crisis, died on August 12, 2026, aged 61. Associated with the new wave and synth-pop scene,…
Giles Chichester has died at age 80
Giles Chichester, the British politician and Conservative Member of the European Parliament for South West England and Gibraltar, died on August 12, 2026, aged 80. Born Giles Bryan Chichester in…
John Irvin dead at age 86
John Irvin, the English filmmaker behind The Dogs of War, Hamburger Hill and the BBC adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, died on August 11, 2026, aged 86. A three-time…
Faisal Saleh Hayat died at age 74
Faisal Saleh Hayat, a Pakistani politician who served as minister of commerce from 1988 to 1990 and minister of interior from 2002 to 2004, died on August 11, 2026, at…
Fiorenza Marchegiani death at age 73
Fiorenza Marchegiani, the Italian actress known for her work in film, stage and television, died on August 11, 2026, aged 73. Born in Osimo on July 31, 1953, she began…
Kosti Manibe Ngai dies at age 78
Kosti Manibe Ngai, a South Sudanese politician who served as Minister for Cabinet Affairs in the Cabinet of South Sudan, died on August 11, 2026, aged 78. He was appointed…
Christy Knowings dead at age 46
Christy Knowings, the American actress and comedian best known for her work on Nickelodeon’s sketch-comedy series "All That," died August 11, 2026, at age 46 from complications from an asthma…
Ingeborg Friebe dead at age 95
Ingeborg Friebe, the German politician and trade unionist who served as president of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, died on August 11, 2026, aged 95. Born Ingeborg Röh in Brunswick…
Kriang Kalptinan dies at age 73
Kriang Kalptinan, a Thai military officer and politician, died on August 11, 2026, aged 73. Born on November 27, 1952, in Mueang Ubon Ratchathani district, Thailand, he was elected to…
Sensational dies at 51
Sensational, the Guyanese-American rapper known to fans as Colin Julius Bobb, died on August 11, 2026, at age 51. Born on October 18, 1974, in Guyana, he began making music…
Alexander Romanovich dead at age 73
Alexander Romanovich, a Russian politician and military officer, died on August 11, 2026, aged 73. Born in Moscow on October 15, 1952, he was a member of A Just Russia…
Obituary: Vyacheslav Vorobyov, dead at age 63
Vyacheslav Vorobyov, a Russian footballer who played for Kuban, Tighina and KAMAZ, died on August 11, 2026, aged 63. Also known as Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Vorobyov, he was identified in records…
Andrzej Zaborski died at age 75
Andrzej Zaborski, a Polish actor and theatre director, died on August 11, 2026, at age 75. Born in Wałbrzych on March 7, 1951, he trained at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National…
Obituary: Yehuda Lapidot, dead at age 97
Yehuda Lapidot, an Israeli historian and biochemist, died on August 11, 2026, aged 97. Born in Mandatory Palestine on August 13, 1928, he studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem…
Harold P. Freeman passed away at age 93
Harold P. Freeman, an American physician and patients' rights advocate, died on August 11, 2026, at age 93. A leading figure in the study of race, poverty and cancer, he…
Sami Mohammad dies at 82
Sami Mohammad, the Kuwaiti sculptor and artist known for bronze works exploring freedom, oppression, genocide and suffering, died on August 11, 2026, aged 82. Born in Rumaithiya on October 1,…
Death of Tomasz Szarota at age 86
Tomasz Szarota, the Polish historian and publicist, died on August 11, 2026, aged 86. Born in Warsaw on January 2, 1940, he focused his work on the history of World…
Lúcia Viveiros passed away at age 91
Lúcia Viveiros, a Brazilian politician and civil engineer, died on August 11, 2026, aged 91. Born in Belém on April 13, 1935, she was known for her work in public…
Carol Cass dies at age 83
Carol Cass, an American-born Canadian medical researcher, died on August 11, 2026, aged 83. A research scientist in oncology, she led Alberta's Cross Cancer Institute from 2003 to 2010 and…
Alaksandar Milinkievič has died at age 79
Alaksandar Milinkievič, a Belarusian politician and opposition figure, died on August 11, 2026, aged 79. Born in Hrodna on July 25, 1947, he was a physicist, ethnologist, university teacher, historian,…
M. P. Parameswaran passes away at age 91
M. P. Parameswaran, the Indian physicist, nuclear engineer and educationist who played an important role in the Indian nuclear programme, died on August 11, 2026, aged 91. Born in Kiralur…
Krishneswara Rao dead, Krishneswara Rao, Indian actor and writer
Krishneswara Rao, an Indian actor and writer known for his work in Telugu films and stage theatre, died on August 11, 2026. Born in Guntur district, he was credited as…
Roman Knap dead at age 51
Roman Knap, a Czech manager who served as chief executive of the state-owned postal company Česká pošta from 2018 to 2023, died on August 11, 2026, aged 51. He took…
Len Brown dead at age 84
Len Brown, an American comic book writer and creator of Mars Attacks, died on August 11, 2026, aged 84. Born in Brooklyn on October 7, 1941, he also worked as…
Barton Myers has died at age 91
Barton Myers, an American architect who led Barton Myers Associates Inc. in Santa Barbara, California, died on August 11, 2026, aged 91. Over a career that spanned more than four…
Darryl Neighbour passed away at age 78
Darryl Neighbour, a Canadian wheelchair curler, died on August 11, 2026, aged 78, after being struck by a driver while crossing a road in Richmond, British Columbia. He was the…
Ward Churchill dies at age 78
Ward Churchill, the American academic, activist and writer known for his controversial work on political dissent and Native Americans, died on August 11, 2026, aged 78. Born Ward LeRoy Churchill…
Death of Phan Thanh Hùng at age 66
Phan Thanh Hùng, the Vietnamese footballer and coach who worked with Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng, the national team, SHB Đà Nẵng and Hanoi T&T, died on August 11, 2026, aged 66,…
Guo Lanying has died at age 96
Guo Lanying, the Chinese operatic soprano and singer celebrated for patriotic repertoire, died on August 11, 2026, aged 96. Born in Pingyao, Shanxi, on December 31, 1929, she became widely…
Gurjeet Singh Toot dies at 45
Gurjeet Singh Toot, an Indian Punjabi kabaddi player who died on August 11, 2026, aged 45, died from complications related to drug addiction. An international circle kabaddi raider, he represented…