Glenn A. Baker died at age 74
Glenn A. Baker, the Australian journalist, author and broadcaster, died on July 31, 2026, aged 74. A leading voice on rock music, he wrote books and magazine articles on music…
Who Died in July 2026?
Who died in July 2026? Over 900 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Sir John Garnier died at age 92
Sir John Garnier, a British Royal Navy officer and courtier, died on July 31, 2026, aged 92. A rear-admiral, he served as Naval Equerry to the Queen from 1962 to…
Death of Pon Paladraksa at age 102
Pon Paladraksa, a Thai police lieutenant general, died on July 31, 2026, aged 102. Known in the Thai police service as a former commander of Provincial Police Region 3, he…
Obituary: Norris Brown, dead at age 65
Norris Brown, an American football player who played for the Minnesota Vikings, New Jersey Generals and Jacksonville Bulls, died on July 31, 2026, at age 65. Willie Norris Brown was…
Antonio Mazzi passed away at age 96
Antonio Mazzi, an Italian Roman Catholic priest, died on July 31, 2026, aged 96. Born in Verona in 1929, he became known as a presbyter, educator and writer, and devoted…
Pepe Villalobos, died aged 96
Pepe Villalobos, the Peruvian musician and composer known as José Villalobos Cavero and popularly called the Rey del Festejo, died on July 31, 2026, aged 96. Born in Barrios Altos,…
Harry D. Train II dies at 98
Harry D. Train II, a retired United States Navy admiral who commanded the U.S. Sixth Fleet and later the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, died on July 31, 2026, aged 98. Born…
Luis Uruñuela, died aged 89
Luis Uruñuela, a Spanish politician who was a leading figure in the Andalusian Party, died on July 31, 2026, aged 89. Born in Seville on April 2, 1937, he won…
Phon Paradraksa, died aged 103
Phon Paradraksa, a Thai police lieutenant general with the Royal Thai Police, died on July 31, 2026, aged 103. He was a former Royal Thai Police officer and the father…
Death of Michela Monari at age 53
Michela Monari, an Italian volleyball player who represented the Italy women's national volleyball team, died on July 31, 2026, aged 53. Born on March 29, 1973, she competed at the…
Alexei Murygin passed away at age 39
Alexei Murygin, a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender, died on July 31, 2026, aged 39. Born in Khabarovsk in 1986, he began his professional career with Amur Khabarovsk and made…
Kailash Chandra Pant died at age 90
Kailash Chandra Pant, an Indian writer and journalist who promoted the Hindi language, died on July 31, 2026, aged 90. He served as general secretary of the Madhya Pradesh Rashtrabhasha…
František Laurin passes away at age 91
František Laurin, the Czech theatre and film director, teacher and director emeritus of the Prague Vinohrady Theater, died on July 31, 2026, at age 91. Born in Prague on November…
Dragiša Milojković died at age 55
Dragiša Milojković, a Serbian film and television actor, died on July 31, 2026, aged 55. Born in Jagodina in 1971, he studied acting in Novi Sad in the class of…
Franco Baresi death at age 66
Franco Baresi, the Italian footballer who starred for AC Milan and the national team, died on July 31, 2026, aged 66. Born in Travagliato on May 8, 1960, he spent…
Vishwa Nath Sharma, died aged 96
Vishwa Nath Sharma, the Indian military officer who served as chief of the army staff from 1988 to 1990, died on July 31, 2026, aged 96. Known as General V…
Orris E. Kelly has died at age 100
Orris E. Kelly, an American military officer and chief of chaplains, died on July 31, 2026, aged 100. Known also as Orris Eugene Kelly and Orris Kelly, he served as…
Ben Hanuschak has died at age 96
Ben Hanuschak, a Canadian politician and teacher, died on July 31, 2026, aged 96. Born in Earl Grey, Saskatchewan, he was educated at the University of Manitoba and later worked…
Todd Lewis death at age 65
Todd Lewis, a Canadian politician and farmer, died on July 31, 2026, aged 65. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada on February 7, 2025, after serving as president…
Jakob Butturff obituary: died at age 32
Jakob Butturff, the American ten-pin bowler, died on July 31, 2026, aged 32. A left-handed competitor from Chandler, Arizona, he was a member of the Professional Bowlers Association and represented…
Vicki Wickham died at age 87
Vicki Wickham, the English talent manager and television producer known for her work on Ready Steady Go!, died on July 31, 2026, aged 87. Born in England in 1939, she…
Scott Hylands death at age 83
Scott Hylands, a Canadian actor known for work on screen and stage, died on July 31, 2026, aged 83. Born Scott Hylands Douglas in Vancouver, he began his career in…
Marģers Vestermanis, died aged 100
Marģers Vestermanis, the Latvian Holocaust survivor and historian who founded the museum Jews in Latvia and later served as its former director, died on July 30, 2026, aged 100. Born…
Magic Weisner has died at age 27
Magic Weisner, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, died on July 30, 2026, aged 27. Bred by Nancy H. Alberts, he was sired by Ameri Valay and traced his lineage to Bold…
Death of Jiří Nykodým at age 81
Jiří Nykodým, the Czech lawyer and Constitutional Court judge, died on July 30, 2026, aged 81. A graduate of the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague, he earned…
Obituary: Walter Kammermann, dead at age 94
Walter Kammermann, the Swiss Olympic runner, died on July 30, 2026, aged 94. Born in Zürich on December 6, 1931, he represented Switzerland in the men’s 3000 metres steeplechase at…
Igor Sharapov obituary: died at age 65
Igor Sharapov, a Russian trumpeter and teacher, died on July 30, 2026, aged 65. Born in Leningrad on June 19, 1961, he went on to become a soloist with the…
Ivan Edeshko, died aged 81
Ivan Edeshko, the Belarusian basketball player and coach, died on July 30, 2026, at age 81. Born Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko on March 25, 1945, in Stsiatski in the Byelorussian SSR,…
Kazimira Prunskienė obituary: died at age 83
Kazimira Prunskienė, the Lithuanian politician who served as prime minister and later as minister of agriculture, died on July 30, 2026, aged 83. Born in Vasiuliškė on February 26, 1943,…
Beto Cabrera died at age 92
Beto Cabrera, the Argentine comedian and actor known professionally as Beto Cabrera, died on July 30, 2026, aged 92. Born Alberto Pedro Cabrera in Buenos Aires on November 24, 1933,…
Seppo Sairanen died at age 74
Seppo Sairanen, the Finnish footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper and later coached FC Jazz, died on July 30, 2026, aged 74. Born in Pori on March 23,…
Iga Cembrzyńska obituary: died at age 87
Iga Cembrzyńska, the Polish actress known for films including The Saragossa Manuscript, Salto and Hydrozagadka, died on July 30, 2026, aged 87. Born Maria Elżbieta Cembrzyńska in Radom on July…
Death of Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni at age 80
Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni, a Syrian-born Venezuelan Syriac Catholic hierarch who served as Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela for the Syriac Catholics, died on July 30, 2026, aged 80. Born in Aleppo,…
Death of Sokrat Khanyan at age 96
Sokrat Khanyan, the Armenian poet and literary critic, died on July 30, 2026, aged 96. Born on January 22, 1930, in Ağbulaq, he was also known as a translator, prose…
Donatille Mukabalisa passed away at age 66
Donatille Mukabalisa, a Rwandan politician and former MP and senator, died on July 30, 2026, aged 66. Born in Nyamata on July 30, 1960, she was elected Speaker of the…
Kili Pemba Sherpa, died aged 45
Kili Pemba Sherpa, a Nepalese mountaineer, died on July 30, 2026, aged 45. Also known as Kilu Pemba Sherpa, he was part of the first winter ascent of K2 in…
Death of Pur Bahadur Gurung at age 37
Pur Bahadur Gurung, a Nepalese mountaineer and expedition guide known for climbing four eight-thousanders in Pakistan in 12 days and for reaching K2 in 24 hours, died on July 30,…
Obituary: Václav Větvička, dead at age 88
Václav Větvička, a Czech botanist and publicist, died on July 30, 2026, at age 88. Born in Prague on January 13, 1938, he was also described as a biologist and…
Nirmal Purja dead at age 43
Nirmal Purja, the Nepali mountaineer known as Nims or Nimsdai, died on July 30, 2026, aged 43, after an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak. Born on July 25, 1983, in…
Abubakar Alhaji, died aged 89
Abubakar Alhaji, the Nigerian diplomat and politician who served as minister of finance, died on July 30, 2026, aged 89. A long-serving administrator, he held senior posts in the Nigerian…
Obituary: Manolo Solo, dead at age 62
Manolo Solo, the Spanish actor known for The Fury of a Patient Man, The Good Boss and Close Your Eyes, died on July 30, 2026, aged 62. Born Manuel Jesús…
Obituary: Tadeusz Gapiński, dead at age 78
Tadeusz Gapiński, a Polish footballer, died on July 30, 2026, aged 78. Born in Łódź on January 7, 1948, he was a Polish former association football player whose career is…
Nadhira Al Harthy dies at 48
Nadhira Al Harthy, the Omani civil servant and mountaineer who became the first Omani woman to summit Mount Everest, died on July 30, 2026, aged 48. Also known as Nadhira…
Eugene Benson died at age 98
Eugene Benson, a writer and Canadian professor of English, died on July 30, 2026, aged 98. Born in Northern Ireland in 1928, he went on to build a career as…
K. Jamuna Rani dies at age 88
K. Jamuna Rani, the Indian playback singer known for her work in films including Valayapathi, Gulebakavali and Seda Sulang, died on July 30, 2026, aged 88. Born on May 17,…
Obituary: Geoffrey Arrand, dead at age 82
Geoffrey Arrand, the English archdeacon who served as archdeacon of Suffolk, died on July 30, 2026, aged 82. Geoffrey William Arrand was born on 24 July 1944 and was educated…
Johanna Fernández dead at age 55
Johanna Fernández, an American historian and associate professor of history at Baruch College, died on July 30, 2026, aged 55. A Dominican-American scholar based in New York City, she focused…
Death of James Munkres at age 95
James Munkres, an American mathematician known for his work in topology and the Hungarian algorithm, died on July 30, 2026, aged 95. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he studied at Nebraska…
Thea Dückert passes away at age 76
Thea Dückert, a German politician who served in the Landtag of Lower Saxony and later in the Bundestag, died on July 30, 2026, aged 76. Born Thea Wischer in Berlin…
Death of Simone Forti at age 91
Simone Forti, the American postmodern dancer, choreographer and artist whose work helped shape postmodern dance, died on July 29, 2026, aged 91. Born in Florence on March 25, 1935, she…
Francis Teke Lysinge obituary: died at age 87
Francis Teke Lysinge, the Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Mamfe, died on July 29, 2026, aged 87. Born on December 28, 1938, in Cameroon, he was…
Ibrahim El-Attar died at age 98
Ibrahim El-Attar, the Egyptian Olympic rower, died on July 29, 2026, aged 98. Born Ibrahim Wagih El-Attar on February 22, 1928, he represented Egypt in rowing at the 1952 Summer…
Cairns Craig dies at 77
Cairns Craig, the Scottish literary scholar who specialised in Scottish and modernist literature, died on July 29, 2026, aged 77. Born Robert Cairns Craig in Kilmarnock in 1949, he built…
Cristino Centurión passed away at age 72
Cristino Centurión, an Argentine-born Paraguayan footballer who played as a midfielder, died on July 29, 2026, aged 72. Born in Formosa Province, Argentina, he began his career in 1969 and…
Carol Lynn Pearson dies at age 86
Carol Lynn Pearson, the American poet, author and screenwriter known for works including "Cipher in the Snow," died on July 29, 2026, at age 86. Born Carol Lynn Wright in…
Raymond J. Smit death at age 97
Raymond J. Smit, an American politician who served in the Michigan House of Representatives, died on July 29, 2026, aged 97. A Republican, he represented his district in the state…
Arlene Smith has died at age 84
Arlene Smith, an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the Chantels, died on July 29, 2026, at age 84. Smith helped establish the group in the Bronx…
Fred Doucette has died at age 61
Fred Doucette, an American politician and member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2014 to 2025, died on July 29, 2026, aged 61. A Republican from Salem, New…
Jarosław Jechorek, died aged 65
Jarosław Jechorek, a Polish basketball player, died on July 29, 2026, aged 65. Born in Poland on May 31, 1961, he was best known for his work with the Polish…
Gunnar Þórðarson death at age 81
Gunnar Þórðarson, the Icelandic musician and songwriter, died on July 29, 2026, aged 81. Born in Hólmavík on January 4, 1945, he became one of Iceland’s most influential songwriters and…
Hernando Tovar death at age 87
Hernando Tovar, a Colombian footballer who played for Santa Fe and the Colombia national team, died on July 29, 2026, aged 87. Born in Girardot, he was a defender who…
Obituary: Turid Iversen, dead at age 91
Turid Iversen, the Norwegian politician who served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Buskerud in the 1993–1997 term, died on July 29, 2026, aged 91. Born in…
Howard H. Pattee died at age 99
Howard H. Pattee, an American biologist and academic, died on July 29, 2026, aged 99. Born in Pasadena, California, in 1926, he studied at Stanford University, earning his degree in…
Death of Ferdousi Shahriar at age 54
Ferdousi Shahriar, a Bangladeshi diplomat, died on July 29, 2026, aged 54. She served as director general of the Myanmar wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and previously was…
Obituary: Khalid Nizami, dead at age 78
Khalid Nizami, the Pakistani comedian actor and music composer known for comic roles in television dramas such as Ankahi, died on July 29, 2026, aged 78. He was identified with…
Gordon Green dies at age 101
Gordon Green, the Australian footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League, died on July 29, 2026, aged 101. Green, also known as Gordon Stanley Green, was…
Glen Hansard obituary: died at age 56
Glen Hansard, the Irish musician and frontman of The Frames, died on July 29, 2026, aged 56, after a traffic collision. Born Glen James Hansard in Dublin, he had led…
Thaw Kaung death at age 88
Thaw Kaung, a Burmese librarian and historian, died on July 29, 2026, aged 88. Known also as Sithu Thaw Kaung, he was born in Yangon on December 17, 1937, and…
Don McDeed obituary: died at age 95
Don McDeed, an Australian rugby player, died on July 29, 2026, aged 95. A former international rugby union hooker, he was born in Hastings, Victoria, and educated at Sydney’s St…
Mir Raza Ali has died at age 25
Mir Raza Ali, a Pakistani entrepreneur, died on July 29, 2026, at the age of 25 after being shot, with his body later discovered near a wedding hall in Gulistan-e-Jauhar,…
Jochen Bohl, died aged 76
Jochen Bohl, a German theologian and Lutheran bishop, died on July 29, 2026, aged 76. Born in Lüdenscheid on April 19, 1950, he served as bishop of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church…
Alec Johnson died at age 82
Alec Johnson, the English cricketer, died on July 29, 2026, aged 82. Born Anthony Alexander Johnson in Loughborough, Leicestershire, he was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. He made…
Hassie van Wijk, died aged 87
Hassie van Wijk, the Dutch footballer, assistant manager and manager, died on July 29, 2026, aged 87. A midfielder, he began his career with De Volewijckers and helped the club…
Obituary: Tássio, dead at age 41
Tássio, the Brazilian footballer known for his spells with Botafogo, Bragantino and CSKA Sofia, died on July 29, 2026, aged 41. Born Tássio Maia dos Santos in Rio de Janeiro…
Zlatko Žagmešter obituary: died at age 83
Zlatko Žagmešter, a Croatian handball player and coach, died on July 29, 2026, aged 83. Born in Zagreb on July 6, 1943, he became one of the leading handball figures…
Erik Olssen has died at age 84
Erik Olssen, the New Zealand historian whose work examined the links between social structures, politics and ideas, died on July 29, 2026, aged 84. Born in Hamilton on December 14,…
Harry Mitchell died at age 86
Harry Mitchell, an American politician and educator who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011, died July 29, 2026, aged 86. A Democrat, he represented Arizona’s…
Billy Ray Smith Jr. dead at age 64
Billy Ray Smith Jr., an American football player who starred as a linebacker for the San Diego Chargers, died on July 29, 2026, aged 64. Smith played 10 seasons in…
Obituary: Dominick Occhicone, dead at age 80
Dominick Occhicone, an American convicted murderer who was executed by lethal injection, died on July 28, 2026, aged 80. Born Dominick Anthony Occhicone Jr. on August 29, 1945, in Carmel,…
Death of Ghanaati at age 20
Ghanaati, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, died on July 28, 2026, aged 20. Foaled on March 28, 2006, the American-bred, British-trained filly ran six times in a career that lasted from…
Erwin Engeler died at age 96
Erwin Engeler, a Swiss mathematician and computer scientist, died on July 28, 2026, aged 96. Engeler did pioneering work on the connections between logic, computer science and scientific computation during…
Obituary: Vassil Kazandjiev, dead at age 91
Vassil Kazandjiev, the Bulgarian composer, died on July 28, 2026, aged 91. Born in Ruse in 1934, he studied at the National Academy of Music and built a career in…
David Trewavas has died at age 63
David Trewavas, the New Zealand politician who served as mayor of Taupō from 2013 to 2025, died on July 28, 2026, aged 63. He led the Taupō District Council as…
Death of Ray Gómez at age 73
Ray Gómez, the Spanish guitarist known for his work with the Pop-Tops, died on July 28, 2026, aged 73. Born in Casablanca in 1953, he began playing piano at age…
James Aren Duckett, died aged 68
James Aren Duckett, an American convicted child murderer and sex offender, died on July 28, 2026, at age 68, after being executed by lethal injection in Florida. Duckett was a…
Pablo Garrido passes away at age 88
Pablo Garrido, a Mexican athlete, died on July 28, 2026, aged 88. Born in Mexico City, he competed in athletics in the late 1960s and represented Mexico at the 1968…
Richard Yuille has died at age 79
Richard Yuille, an American judge, died on July 28, 2026, aged 79. In 2009, he became chief judge of the 7th Circuit Court of Genesee County in Michigan and later…
Death of G. Thomas Goodnight at age 77
G. Thomas Goodnight, an American scholar and communication theorist, died on July 28, 2026, at age 77. Born in Houston, Texas, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from…
Roger Beilby dead, Roger Beilby, Australian radio presenter
Roger Beilby, the Australian radio presenter and jazz collector, died on July 28, 2026. Known for his work on 3CR Melbourne, he developed an interest in jazz in 1963 after…
Mike Smedley died at age 84
Mike Smedley, the English cricketer associated with Nottinghamshire, died on July 28, 2026, aged 84. Born Michael John Smedley on October 28, 1941, in Maltby, he began his career with…
Kristina Carlson died at age 76
Kristina Carlson, the Finnish writer, died on July 28, 2026, aged 76. Born in Helsinki on July 31, 1949, she worked as a journalist, poet and novelist and also wrote…
Suneil Anand passed away at age 70
Suneil Anand, an Indian actor and film director, died on July 28, 2026, at age 70. Best known for his work in films including Anand Aur Anand and Main Tere…
Gopal Man Shrestha, died aged 83
Gopal Man Shrestha, a Nepali politician and former minister of education, died on July 28, 2026, aged 83. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in 1999 as a Nepali…
Raoul Vaneigem has died at age 92
Raoul Vaneigem, the Belgian writer known for his 1967 book The Revolution of Everyday Life, died on July 28, 2026, aged 92. Born in Lessines in 1934, he studied romance…
Kavinsky dies at age 50
Kavinsky, the French musician and DJ best known for the songs “Nightcall” and “Odd Look,” died on July 28, 2026, aged 50. Born Vincent Belorgey in Paris in 1975, he…
Vedat Yenerer, died aged 61
Vedat Yenerer, a Turkish journalist and writer, died on July 28, 2026, aged 61. Born in Istanbul on January 2, 1965, he built a career as a war correspondent and…
Konrad Beikircher passed away at age 80
Konrad Beikircher, the German cabaret artist, musician and author, died on July 28, 2026, aged 80. Born Konrad Johann Aloysia Beikircher in Bruneck, South Tyrol, he built a career that…
Geraldine Bey dies at age 91
Geraldine Bey, the American jazz singer and concert organiser associated with the Chicago Jazz Festival, died on July 28, 2026, aged 91. Performing as Geraldine Bey de Haas, she began…