Jim Miller, died aged 107
Jim Miller, the Australian footballer known formally as James Henry Miller, died on August 7, 2026, aged 107. Born in Footscray, Victoria, on May 30, 1919, he went on to…
Who Died in August 2026?
Who died in August 2026? Over 800 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Wimal Dissanayake died at age 86
Wimal Dissanayake, a Sri Lankan writer, literary critic and scholar of Asian cinema and communication theory, died on August 7, 2026, aged 86. He was known as a creative writer…
Chikara Sakaguchi passes away at age 92
Chikara Sakaguchi, a Japanese politician who served as minister of health, labour and welfare and as a member of the House of Representatives, died on August 7, 2026, aged 92.…
Austin Liato died at age 60
Austin Liato, a Zambian politician and former accountant, died on August 7, 2026, at age 60. Known also as Austin Chisangu Liato, he served in the National Assembly for Kaoma…
Mohamed Eusoff Chin death at age 90
Mohamed Eusoff Chin, a Malaysian lawyer and jurist who served as chief justice from 1994 to 2000, died on August 7, 2026, aged 90. A Malaysian national, he was the…
Roger Penn dies at age 77
Roger Penn, the British sociologist and writer, died on August 7, 2026, aged 77. Born Roger David Penn in Lytham, Lancashire, he studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating in 1972,…
Bill Armstrong dies at 97
Bill Armstrong, an Australian music producer and Member of the Order of Australia, died on August 7, 2026, aged 97. Born in 1929, he grew up in Melbourne and began…
Peter Faber, died aged 82
Peter Faber, the German-born Dutch actor known for roles in films including A Bridge Too Far, Soldier of Orange and Max Havelaar, died on August 7, 2026, aged 82. Born…
Death of Keiko Kishi at age 93
Keiko Kishi, the Japanese actress known for films including The Makioka Sisters, Snow Country and The Rendezvous, died on August 7, 2026, aged 93. Born in Yokohama on August 11,…
Boris Conunov dies at 79
Boris Conunov, a Moldovan director and screenwriter, died on August 7, 2026, aged 79. Born in Tashkent on May 24, 1947, he was identified in Russian-language sources as a Soviet…
Carola von Braun passed away at age 78
Carola von Braun, a German politician and women's rights activist who served in the Bundestag, the Senate of Berlin and the Berlin House of Representatives, died on August 7, 2026,…
Death of Aaron Marsh at age 81
Aaron Marsh, an American football player for the Boston Patriots, died on August 7, 2026, at age 81. Known as Butch, Aaron Washington Marsh Jr. was born on July 27,…
Eugene McDaniel passes away at age 94
Eugene McDaniel, an American Navy captain and naval aviator, died on August 7, 2026, at age 94; the cause was heart failure. Born Eugene Barker McDaniel in Kinston, North Carolina,…
Chandler David Hendry passed away at age 27
Chandler David Hendry, an American social media personality and founder of Restored Truth, died on August 7, 2026, at age 27 in a car crash in Lehi, Utah. Known as…
Alphonse Vandenrydt has died at age 99
Alphonse Vandenrydt, a Belgian Olympic distance runner, died on August 7, 2026, aged 99. Born in Ixelles on April 12, 1927, he was a Belgian athletics competitor who specialized in…
Peter Katsis has died at age 69
Peter Katsis, an American music manager and talent manager who helped guide acts including the Backstreet Boys, Korn and Jane’s Addiction, died on August 6, 2026, aged 69. Born in…
Whitney Chadwick passes away at age 83
Whitney Chadwick, the American art historian and educator whose work examined contemporary art, modernism, Surrealism and questions of gender and sexuality, died on August 6, 2026, aged 83. She taught…
Death of Tom Rockmore at age 84
Tom Rockmore, an American philosopher who wrote extensively on German idealism, died on August 6, 2026, aged 84. A scholar of the history of philosophy as well as philosophy itself,…
Death of William Ilgenfritz at age 79
William Ilgenfritz, an American Anglican bishop, died on August 6, 2026, aged 79. Ordained first as an Episcopal priest, he became the first bishop consecrated in the newly formed Anglican…
Christian Bernard dead at age 76
Christian Bernard, the French art curator who directed the Villa Arson in Nice and later became the first director of MAMCO in Geneva, died on August 6, 2026, aged 76.…
Death of Carlos Garfias Merlos at age 75
Carlos Garfias Merlos, a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Netzahualcóyotl from 2003 to 2010 and later as archbishop of Acapulco and Morelia, died on August 6,…
Catherine Dasté dead at age 96
Catherine Dasté, the French stage actress and director, died on August 6, 2026, aged 96. Born in Beaune on October 6, 1929, she was the daughter of actor Jean Dasté…
Death of Hermann Gericke at age 95
Hermann Gericke, an Austrian Olympic swimmer, died on August 6, 2026, aged 95. Born on August 12, 1931, he was a Swiss former swimmer who represented his sport at the…
Death of Harry C. Dorn at age 82
Harry C. Dorn, an American chemist who spent five decades on the faculty at Virginia Tech, died on August 6, 2026, aged 82. Dorn, whose full name was Harry Conrad…
Dimbo Atiya dead
Dimbo Atiya, a Nigerian Nollywood producer and director known for Halita and Sons of the Caliphate, died on August 6, 2026. From Nasarawa state, he worked across film production and…
Tony Scott dead at age 54
Tony Scott, the Surinamese-born Dutch rapper and musician known for his hip house recordings, died on August 6, 2026, aged 54, from complications of multiple sclerosis. Born Peter van den…
Zuca Sardan died at age 92
Zuca Sardan, the literary name of Carlos Felipe Alves Saldanha, died on August 6, 2026, aged 92, in Hamburg, Germany, of complications from a fall. A Brazilian poet, writer, draughtsman…
Death of Geraldão at age 77
Geraldão, the Brazilian footballer better known as Geraldo da Silva, died on August 6, 2026, aged 77. A forward, he rose to prominence as the top scorer in the 1974…
Death of Marjolein Sligte at age 71
Marjolein Sligte, a Dutch actress known for films including De Boezemvriend, A Month Later and Honneponnetje, died on August 6, 2026, aged 71. Born in Amsterdam on October 15, 1954,…
Martha Rivers Ingram dies at age 90
Martha Rivers Ingram, the American business executive who led Ingram Industries as chairman and chief executive officer, died on August 6, 2026, aged 90. Known also as Martha Robinson Rivers…
Flo Anthony death at age 74
Flo Anthony, an American gossip columnist, died on August 6, 2026, aged 74. Known also as Florence Anthony, she worked as a journalist and writer, building a career that included…
Jerney Kaagman died at age 79
Jerney Kaagman, the Dutch singer best known as the lead vocalist of Earth and Fire, died on August 6, 2026, aged 79, from complications of Parkinson's disease. Born Christina Henriette…
Zdzisław Czarnobilski passes away at age 91
Zdzisław Czarnobilski, a Polish doctor and politician, died on August 6, 2026, aged 91. Born in Lwów, Poland, on November 11, 1934, he studied at the Medical University of Lublin…
Rashid al-Rajih death at age 81
Rashid al-Rajih, a Saudi academic and politician, died on August 6, 2026, aged 81. Born in Turubah, Saudi Arabia, in 1944, he was a Saudi national who studied at the…
Kapeliele Faupala died at age 86
Kapeliele Faupala, the French Wallisian traditional ruler who served as the 51st Lavelua of Wallis (Uvea) from 2008 to 2014, died on August 6, 2026, aged 86. Born in Ahoa…
Shimon Shelah dies at 94
Shimon Shelah, the Israeli basketball player and coach who was associated with Hapoel Tel Aviv and the national team, died on August 6, 2026, at age 94. Born in Vilnius…
Giuseppe Marchioro dead at age 90
Giuseppe Marchioro, the Italian football manager who worked with Como, Milan and Genoa, died on August 6, 2026, aged 90. Born in Milan on March 13, 1936, he built a…
Matthew Jukes dies at age 58
Matthew Jukes, a British wine writer, died on August 6, 2026, aged 58. Based in the United Kingdom, he was known for publishing annual wine reports including the 100 Best…
Francesco Guccini passes away at age 86
Francesco Guccini, the Italian singer-songwriter known for songs such as "Auschwitz," died on August 6, 2026, aged 86. Born in Modena on June 14, 1940, he became one of Italy’s…
Daniel Sivan, died aged 76
Daniel Sivan, a professor and Moroccan-born Israeli linguist, died on August 6, 2026, at age 76. Born in Casablanca on August 21, 1949, he was known as an emeritus professor…
Manuel Martín Piñera died at age 95
Manuel Martín Piñera, the Spanish racing cyclist who won five stages of the Vuelta a España, died on August 6, 2026, aged 95. Born in Cabezón de la Sal on…
Kuulo Kalamees dies at age 92
Kuulo Kalamees, an Estonian mycologist, died on August 6, 2026, aged 92. Born in Tartu on April 15, 1934, he studied at the University of Tartu and went on to…
Obituary: Ann Bogan, dead at age 85
Ann Bogan, the American singer known for her work with the Motown groups the Andantes and the Marvelettes, died on August 6, 2026, at age 85. Sometimes credited as Anne…
Ben Clarke passes away at age 98
Ben Clarke, an American politician and member of the Colorado House of Representatives, died on August 6, 2026, aged 98. A Democrat, he served in the Colorado House from 1995…
Obituary: Benjamin Rader, dead at age 90
Benjamin Rader, an American historian and writer, died on August 6, 2026, aged 90. Born on August 25, 1935, he attended West Plains High School before earning a bachelor’s degree…
Obituary: Tedde Moore, dead at age 79
Tedde Moore, the Canadian actress who also worked as a script editor, creative consultant and acting instructor, died on August 5, 2026, aged 79. Born Dorothea Mavor Moore in Toronto…
Bilgesu Erenus dies at 82
Bilgesu Erenus, the Turkish playwright, screenwriter and activist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 82. She began her career at the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation as a producer and…
Tim Jeal passes away at age 81
Tim Jeal, the British biographer and novelist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 81. Born in London on January 27, 1945, as John Julian Timothy Jeal, he built a career…
Bruno Battisti, died aged 88
Bruno Battisti D'Amario, the Italian classical guitarist and composer, died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Rome on October 5, 1937, he was also a teacher and became…
Terry Buffalo Ware passes away at age 76
Terry Buffalo Ware, an American guitarist and composer, died on August 5, 2026, at age 76. A native of Woodward, Oklahoma, he grew up in northwest Oklahoma and studied at…
Oleksii Yukov obituary: died at age 40
Oleksii Yukov, a Ukrainian war archaeologist and head of the volunteer group Platzdarm, died on August 5, 2026, aged 40, after being killed by a landmine. Known formally as Oleksii…
Hugh O’Flaherty has died at age 88
Hugh O’Flaherty, an Irish barrister and former judge of the Supreme Court, died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in 1937, he was educated at University College Dublin and…
Sammy Price death at age 82
Sammy Price, an American football player who ran for the Miami Dolphins in the American Football League, died on August 5, 2026, at age 82. Born on October 1, 1943,…
Death of John Langeloth Loeb Jr. at age 96
John Langeloth Loeb Jr., the American diplomat and former ambassador to Denmark, died on August 5, 2026, aged 96. Born in Manhattan on May 2, 1930, he also served as…
Uma Shankar Singh dead at age 55
Uma Shankar Singh, an Indian politician and Uttar Pradesh MLA, died on August 5, 2026, aged 55. Known also as Thakur Umashankar Singh, he represented the Rasara constituency in Ballia…
Tomás Parra dies at 88
Tomás Parra, a Mexican sculptor, died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Mexico City on January 1, 1937, he studied at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y…
Death of Manfred Rühl at age 92
Manfred Rühl, a German higher education teacher and communication scholar, died on August 5, 2026, aged 92. Born in Nuremberg on December 31, 1933, he studied economics and social sciences…
Obituary: Shimon Charnuha, dead at age 78
Shimon Charnuha, an Israeli footballer who played for Maccabi Netanya and Beitar Jerusalem, died on August 5, 2026, aged 78. Born on May 10, 1948, in Jerusalem, he was a…
Eugene Stockton has died at age 91
Eugene Stockton, an Australian priest, died on August 5, 2026, aged 91. He was also an archaeologist, scholar, Aboriginal chaplain, teacher and educator who spent many years in the Blue…
Sydney Towle dies at 26
Sydney Towle, an American social media influencer who shared her life with cholangiocarcinoma online, died on August 5, 2026, aged 26. Towle, whose full name was Sydney Elizabeth Towle, had…
Maria-Luise Egerer obituary: died at age 80
Maria-Luise Egerer, an Austrian farmer and politician who served in the Landtag of Lower Austria from 1993 to 2003, died on August 5, 2026, aged 80. Born Maria-Luise Fuchs, she…
Gloria Carlin died at age 84
Gloria Carlin, a Canadian actress known for The Hanoi Hilton, died on August 5, 2026, at age 84. Carlin’s screen work included the 1987 war drama, and she is identified…
Jean Lodge, died aged 99
Jean Lodge, the British actress known for Death of an Angel, Brandy for the Parson and Glad Tidings, died on August 5, 2026, aged 99. Born Jean Margaret Lodge in…
Jack Mortland, died aged 91
Jack Mortland, an American Olympic racewalker, died on August 5, 2026, aged 91. Born John Eggart Mortland on January 23, 1935, he represented the United States in the men’s 20…
Daniel Bernard, died aged 80
Daniel Bernard, the French retail executive who chaired Carrefour from 1992 to 2005 and later Kingfisher plc from 2009 to 2017, died on August 5, 2026, aged 80. Also known…
Alejandro Royo-Villanova death at age 85
Alejandro Royo-Villanova, a Spanish lawyer and politician, died on August 5, 2026, aged 85. Born in Madrid on April 7, 1941, he was a member of both the People’s Party…
Ardak Amirkulov obituary: died at age 70
Ardak Amirkulov, the Kazakh film director known for "The Fall of Otrar," died on August 5, 2026, aged 70. Born Ardak Zhamansaryuly Amirkulov on December 10, 1955, in Talas District,…
Didier Decoin death at age 81
Didier Decoin, the French writer and screenwriter who won the Prix Goncourt in 1977, died on August 5, 2026, aged 81. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt on March 13, 1945, he began…
Zoltán Melis died at age 78
Zoltán Melis, the Hungarian Olympic rower who competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, died on August 5, 2026, aged 78. Born in Budapest on September 11, 1947, he…
Laurence E. Nyquist passes away at age 87
Laurence E. Nyquist, an American planetary scientist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 87. He was known for work on the chronometry of planetary materials, research that helped scientists better…
David Owori passes away at age 27
David Owori, a Ugandan footballer with SC Villa and the Uganda national team, died on August 5, 2026, aged 27, after complications from beating. Born in Tororo on September 23,…
Wilhelmina Lust death at age 94
Wilhelmina Lust, the Dutch Olympic athlete who competed at the 1952 Summer Games, died on August 5, 2026, aged 94. Born Wilhelmina Maria Lust in Zaandam on June 19, 1932,…
Obituary: Bernt H. Lund, dead at age 101
Bernt H. Lund, the Norwegian civil servant, politician and diplomat who served as Norway’s first ambassador to Namibia, died on August 5, 2026, aged 101. Lund, also known as Bernt…
Rustem Zhantiev passes away at age 88
Rustem Zhantiev, a Russian scientist and entomologist, died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in Yalta on October 11, 1937, he specialized in the systematics, ecology and physiology of…
Egon Rusch obituary: died at age 97
Egon Rusch, the Austrian Olympic boxer, died on August 5, 2026, aged 97. Rusch represented Austria at the Olympic level and is identified in the record as an Austrian boxer…
Bae In-gyu dead at age 36
Bae In-gyu, a South Korean gender activist and YouTuber who founded and led the anti-feminist group New Men’s Solidarity, died on August 5, 2026, aged 36. Born in 1990, he…
Oladele Awobuluyi death at age 89
Oladele Awobuluyi, a Nigerian linguist, professor and author known for his work in Yoruba linguistics, African linguistics and language policy, died on August 5, 2026, aged 89. Born on July…
Cozell McQueen dead at age 64
Cozell McQueen, an American basketball player who was part of North Carolina State’s 1983 NCAA championship team, died on August 5, 2026, aged 64. Born in Paris, McQueen played center…
Vincent Browne dies at 78
Vincent Browne, the Irish sculptor, died on August 5, 2026, aged 78. Born in Dublin in 1947, he studied at the National College of Art and Design and later at…
Ken Mitchell dies at age 85
Ken Mitchell, the Canadian poet, novelist and playwright who helped shape Saskatchewan’s literary life, died on August 5, 2026, aged 85. Born Kenneth Ronald Mitchell in Moose Jaw on December…
Death of Pepe Habichuela at age 82
Pepe Habichuela, the Spanish flamenco guitarist known as José Antonio Carmona Carmona, died on August 4, 2026, aged 82. Born in Granada, he came from a flamenco family whose line…
Robby Albarado death at age 52
Robby Albarado, an American jockey, died on August 4, 2026, aged 52. Born in Lafayette, Louisiana, he became one of thoroughbred racing’s most accomplished riders, winning more than 5,000 races…
Bruno Campanella dies at age 83
Bruno Campanella, the Italian conductor and distinguished interpreter of Italian opera, died on August 4, 2026, aged 83. Born in Bari on January 6, 1943, he studied composition with Nino…
Dory Funk Jr. passes away at age 85
Dory Funk Jr., the American professional wrestler and trainer known for his work in NWA and AJPW, died on August 4, 2026, aged 85. Born Dorrance Earnest Funk in Hammond,…
Michael Conaghan dead at age 81
Michael Conaghan, the Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála and as Lord Mayor of Dublin, died on August 4, 2026, aged 81. Born in County Donegal,…
Jim Toman dies at 64
Jim Toman, an American baseball player and coach, died on August 4, 2026, aged 64, after a battle with brain cancer. A native of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, Toman played baseball at…
Bernhard Billeter, died aged 90
Bernhard Billeter, the Swiss musician and musicologist, died on August 4, 2026, at age 90. Born in Zurich on July 26, 1936, he worked as a pianist, organist, editor, music…
Obituary: Tristam Nada, dead at age 68
Tristam Nada, the French singer and painter also known as Pascal Dequatremare, died on August 4, 2026, aged 68. Born in Paris on August 3, 1958, he co-founded the punk…
Pradeep Rawat dead at age 74
Pradeep Rawat, the Indian actor known for villainous roles in films such as Sye and Naayak, died on August 4, 2026, aged 74. Born in Jabalpur on January 21, 1952,…
Terry Trotter passes away at age 85
Terry Trotter, the American jazz pianist and composer who wrote the theme music for "Everybody Loves Raymond," died on August 4, 2026, aged 85. Born in Los Angeles in 1940,…
Jutta Hertlein, died aged 86
Jutta Hertlein, a German politician and former member of the Berlin House of Representatives, died on August 4, 2026, aged 86. Born in Berlin on December 25, 1939, she was…
Andrzej Morozowski passed away at age 69
Andrzej Morozowski, a Polish journalist and television personality, died on August 4, 2026, aged 69. Born in Warsaw on June 13, 1957, he studied theatre at the Warsaw Department of…
Jarosław Stolicki passed away at age 63
Jarosław Stolicki, a Polish historian and academic, died on August 4, 2026, aged 63. He was a professor of the humanities and taught at Jagiellonian University, where he also studied…
Victor Niederhoffer passed away at age 82
Victor Niederhoffer, an American investor and writer, died on August 4, 2026, aged 82. Born in Brooklyn on December 10, 1943, he was also known as a statistician, economist and…
Daniele Amati passed away at age 94
Daniele Amati, the Italian theoretical physicist who specialized in particle physics, died on August 4, 2026, aged 94. Born in Rome on August 11, 1931, he earned his Ph.D. in…
Klaus Hänsch death at age 87
Klaus Hänsch, the German politician who served as a member and president of the European Parliament, died on August 4, 2026, aged 87. Born on December 15, 1938, in Szprotawa,…
Peter Gill died at age 86
Peter Gill, the Welsh theatre director, playwright and actor, died on August 4, 2026, aged 86. Born in Cardiff on 7 September 1939, he was educated at St Illtyd's College…
Liam O’Neill dies at 70
Liam O'Neill, the Irish sports administrator who served as president of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 2012 to 2015, died on August 4, 2026, aged 70. From County Laois, he…