Elmer MacKay passed away at age 89
Elmer MacKay, a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as a member of Parliament for Central Nova, died on July 24, 2026. Born Elmer MacIntosh MacKay on August 5, 1936,…
Who Died in July 2026?
Who died in July 2026? Over 900 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Jean Mesqui passed away at age 74
Jean Mesqui, a French castellologist, civil engineer and art historian, died on July 24, 2026, aged 74. Born Jean Antoine André Marie Joseph Mesqui in Paris on May 27, 1952,…
Sumarjati Arjoso has died at age 80
Sumarjati Arjoso, an Indonesian politician and member of the House of Representatives, died on July 24, 2026, aged 80. She served in the House of Representatives from 2009 to 2014…
Death of Kalilou Traoré at age 38
Kalilou Traoré, a Malian footballer, died on July 24, 2026, in a traffic collision. Born in Bamako on September 9, 1987, he was a midfielder who began his career with…
Chun Yong-taek dies at 88
Chun Yong-taek, a South Korean politician and former military officer, died on July 24, 2026, at the age of 88. He served in the 15th and 16th National Assemblies and…
Jackie Cline obituary: died at age 66
Jackie Cline, an American football player who spent eight seasons as a defensive lineman, died on July 24, 2026. Born on March 13, 1960, in Kansas City, Kansas, he played…
Death of Gunther von Hagens at age 81
Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist who invented plastination, died on July 24, 2026. He was 81. Born Gunther Gerhard Liebchen in Skalmierzyce, in what is now Greater Poland Voivodeship,…
Sir John Henry dies at 94
Sir John Henry, a New Zealand jurist and judge of the Court of Appeal, died on July 24, 2026. He served on the Court of Appeal from 1991 to 2004,…
Clemente Marconi passes away at age 60
Clemente Marconi, an Italian archaeologist and art historian known for his work on Greek art and archaeology and the excavations at Selinunte, died on July 24, 2026. Born in Rome…
Death of Carmelo Scoma at age 95
Carmelo Scoma, the Italian politician and trade unionist who served as mayor of Palermo, died on July 24, 2026. Born in Prizzi on February 22, 1931, he began his career…
Dame Helene Quilter dead
Dame Helene Quilter, a retired New Zealand public servant, died on July 24, 2026. She served as deputy commissioner at the State Services Commission from 2007 to 2012, where she…
Zhang Yutai passed away at age 80
Zhang Yutai, a Chinese politician, died on July 24, 2026. Born in January 1945, he was a politician of the People’s Republic of China and served in senior roles within…
Suco passed away at age 87
Suco, the Spanish footballer known for spells with Racing Ferrol, Barcelona and Valencia, died on July 24, 2026, aged 87. Born Andrés Parada Alvite in Ribeira on September 27, 1938,…
Achito Vivas, died aged 92
Achito Vivas, the Colombian footballer known for his long spell with Deportivo Pereira and appearances for the national team, died on July 24, 2026. Born Adelmo Achito Vivas on March…
Death of Thomas Handgrätinger at age 83
Thomas Handgrätinger, a German priest and Catholic monk, died on July 24, 2026, at Kloster Windberg. Born in Ulm on March 4, 1943, he entered the Windberg monastery in 1963,…
Allan Warrack death at age 89
Allan Warrack, a professor and politician, died on July 24, 2026, at age 89. A Canadian politician born in Calgary on May 24, 1937, he served in the Legislative Assembly…
Reg Chard dies at 102
Reginald James Chard, an Australian soldier, died on July 24, 2026, aged 102. Better known as Reg Chard, he served in the Kokoda Track campaign in New Guinea during World…
Menase Robert Kambu has died at age 76
Menase Robert Kambu, an Indonesian politician and former mayor of Jayapura, died on July 24, 2026, aged 76. He served two terms as mayor, from 2000 to 2005 and again…
Lou Koller death at age 59
Lou Koller, the American punk rock singer and founding vocalist of Sick of It All, died on July 24, 2026, at age 59. Born in Queens in 1967, he emerged…
Hanna Drul, died aged 65
Hanna Drul, a Ukrainian decorative ceramics artist, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 65. Born on September 22, 1960, in Chervonohrad, now Sheptytskyi, in Lviv Oblast, she…
Death of Shanthie Naidoo at age 91
Shanthie Naidoo, a South African anti-apartheid activist and early African National Congress member, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 91. Born on March 6, 1935, in Pretoria…
Charles R. Hamm died at age 92
Charles R. Hamm, an American Air Force general and superintendent of the Air Force Academy, died on July 23, 2026, aged 92. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Hamm was…
Rémi Trotereau, died aged 70
Rémi Trotereau, a French painter and sculptor, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Vierzon on January 26, 1956, he built a career as an…
Ossie Blanco obituary: died at age 80
Ossie Blanco, a Venezuelan baseball player who appeared in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians, died on July 23, 2026, aged 80. Born Oswaldo Carlos…
Jordan Devey died at age 38
Jordan Devey, an American football player who spent time with the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs, died on July 23, 2026, at age 38. Born in American Fork,…
Death of Jury Chaščavacki at age 78
Jury Chaščavacki, the Belarusian film director and screenwriter known for Kalinovski Square, died on July 23, 2026. He was 78. Born on October 18, 1947, in Odesa, he was also…
Adela Mărculescu death at age 88
Adela Mărculescu, the Romanian stage and film actress, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Aiud on December 21, 1938, she trained at the Bucharest…
Kōzō Okamoto passed away at age 78
Kōzō Okamoto, the Japanese Red Army militant responsible for the 1972 Lod Airport massacre, died on July 23, 2026. Born on December 7, 1947, in Ashikita, Japan, he was also…
Paul Sanasardo, died aged 97
Paul Sanasardo, the American dancer and choreographer, died on July 23, 2026, at age 97. Born in Chicago on September 15, 1928, to a Sicilian family from Palermo, he studied…
Hope Clarke passes away at age 85
Hope Clarke, an American actress, dancer, vocalist, choreographer and director, died on July 23, 2026, aged 85. Born in Washington, D.C., she built a long career on stage and screen…
William Orbit dies at 69
William Orbit, the English musician, DJ and record producer known professionally under that name, died on July 23, 2026, aged 69. Born William Mark Wainwright in London on December 15,…
Jean-Pierre Dorléac passed away at age 83
Jean-Pierre Dorléac, the French-born American costume designer whose work spanned film, television, theater, variety, opera and burlesque, died on July 23, 2026, aged 83. Born in Toulon, France, on April…
Joseph Santamaria obituary: died at age 78
Joseph Santamaria, an Australian judge and lawyer, died on July 23, 2026, aged 78. Born in Melbourne on July 14, 1948, Joseph Gerard Santamaria KC served as a judge of…
Jose Sison passes away at age 88
Jose Sison, a Filipino lawyer and television host, died on July 23, 2026, aged 88. Known to viewers as the presenter of Ipaglaban Mo!, he helped bring real-life legal disputes…
Asteryth Sloane dies at 26
Asteryth Sloane, a British composer of contemporary classical music and poet, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 26. Born in 2000 and also known as Alexia Sloane…
Pavel Jungwirth passes away at age 60
Pavel Jungwirth, a Czech physical chemist and academic, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 60. Born in Prague on May 20, 1966, he studied at the Faculty…
K. Ali Kutty Musliyar passed away at age 81
K. Ali Kutty Musliyar, an Indian Islamic scholar, died on July 23, 2026. Born on February 23, 1945, in Thirurkad in what is now Kerala’s Malappuram district, he became a…
Thembeni Nxangisa dead
Thembeni Nxangisa, a South African politician who served in the Free State Executive Council, died on July 23, 2026. A member of the African National Congress, he entered the provincial…
Annie Courtney, died aged 26
Annie Courtney, the Northern Irish politician and former Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Foyle, died on July 23, 2026, aged 26. Born in Derry in 2000, she built…
M. Basri died at age 83
M. Basri, the Indonesian football manager and player also known as Muhammad Basri, died on July 23, 2026, at age 83. Born on October 5, 1942, he built a career…
Death of Osvaldo Tozzi at age 95
Osvaldo Tozzi, an Italian politician, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Radicondoli on September 1, 1930, he was a native of the province of…
Antonio Trebiciani passed away at age 88
Antonio Trebiciani, an Italian football coach born in Rome on March 26, 1938, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 88. The Italian manager spent his career in…
Karen Busby dies at age 67
Karen Busby, a lawyer, feminist and former professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba whose work focused on queer issues, reproductive rights, constitutional law and civil…
Keigo Higashino dead at age 68
Keigo Higashino, the Japanese author best known for The Devotion of Suspect X and Journey Under the Midnight Sun, died on July 23, 2026. He was 68. Born in Ikuno-ku,…
Bruno Betancor death at age 22
Bruno Betancor, a Uruguayan footballer, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 22 after suffering cardiorespiratory arrest. Born Bruno Emanuel Betancor Baeza in Montevideo on December 18, 2003,…
Vasily Parkhomchuk has died at age 79
Vasily Parkhomchuk, a Russian physicist and specialist in accelerator and charged-particle storage ring physics, died on July 23, 2026. Born on September 1, 1946, in Torchyn, he studied at Novosibirsk…
Obituary: Patricia Donlon, dead at age 83
Patricia Donlon, the Irish librarian and academic who served as director of the National Library of Ireland, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 83. Known as Pat…
Nicholas Platt dies at age 90
Nicholas Platt, an American diplomat and ambassador who represented the United States in Pakistan, the Philippines and Zambia, died on July 23, 2026, aged 90. Born in New York City…
Oleg Bolotin, died aged 87
Oleg Bolotin, a Russian politician and member of the Volgograd Oblast Duma from 1998 to 2009, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 87. Oleg Georgievich Bolotin was…
Bill McGlaughlin died at age 82
Bill McGlaughlin, the American composer and radio host who led the public radio programs Exploring Music and Saint Paul Sunday, died on July 22, 2026. He was 82. Born William…
Chuck Russell, died aged 68
Chuck Russell, the American film director, screenwriter and producer best known for “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors,” “The Blob,” “The Mask,” “Eraser” and “The Scorpion King,” died…
Wang Quanying dies at 105
Wang Quanying, a Chinese soldier remembered as the last living female participant in the Long March, died on July 22, 2026. Born in May 1921 in Jinchuan County, Sichuan, she…
Émile Constant Bombet passes away at age 85
Émile Constant Bombet, an Ivorian politician and military officer, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 85. Born on March 16, 1941, in Rubino in what was then…
Fernando, died aged 72
Fernando Guisini Neto, a Brazilian footballer and coach, died on July 22, 2026. Known also as Fernando, Fernando Guisini, Fernando Nariz and Fernando Narigudo, he was born on March 8,…
Purificação Araújo dead at age 99
Purificação Araújo, the Portuguese obstetrician and gynecologist known as the “mother of family planning” in Portugal, died on July 22, 2026, aged 99. Also known as Maria da Purificação Araújo,…
Axel Ganz has died at age 88
Axel Ganz, the German journalist who helped shape magazines at Bunte and Gruner + Jahr, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Auggen on July…
Obituary: Greg Sewell, dead at age 93
Greg Sewell, the Australian rules footballer who served Essendon as an assistant coach and president, died on July 22, 2026, aged 93. Gregory George Sewell was born on June 30,…
Luís Represas dies at 69
Luís Represas, the Portuguese singer and composer born Luís Paulo Fontes Represas, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Lisbon on November 24, 1956, he…
Obituary: Chris Murphy, dead at age 58
Chris Murphy, an American politician and attorney who served in the South Carolina House of Representatives, died on July 22, 2026. He represented the 98th District, covering parts of Dorchester…
Haim Yavin obituary: died at age 93
Haim Yavin, the Israeli television anchor and documentary filmmaker who became one of the country’s best-known news presenters, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 93. Born Heinz…
Heinz Stücke dies at 86
Heinz Stücke, the German cyclist, photographer and world traveler who spent most of his life riding through every country in the world, died on July 22, 2026. He was 86.…
Luiz Carlos Barreto passes away at age 98
Luiz Carlos Barreto, the Brazilian film producer and screenwriter, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Sobral on May 28, 1928, he began his career…
Celina Jesionowska passed away at age 92
Celina Jesionowska, the Polish sprinter who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, died on July 22, 2026. She was 92. Born in Łomża on November 3, 1933, Jesionowska was known…
Huang Zhiquan dies at 84
Huang Zhiquan, a Chinese politician who served as governor of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government from 2001 to 2006, died on July 22, 2026. Born in February 1942 in Tongxiang,…
Kim Jong-im passes away at age 91
Kim Jong-im, a North Korean politician and one of the few women to hold senior positions in the country's government apparatus, died on July 22, 2026. She was 91. Kim…
Shir-Mohammad Espandar died at age 98
Shir-Mohammad Espandar, an Iranian musician known for his mastery of the donali, died on July 22, 2026. Born in 1927 in Bampur, Balochistan, he was an Iranian Baloch musician whose…
Mitch Byrd obituary: died at age 63
Mitch Byrd, an American comic book artist and penciller, died on July 22, 2026. Born on July 28, 1962, Byrd began his major comics work on Cat and Mouse, collaborating…
Paddy McNally death at age 88
Paddy McNally, the British businessman and racing driver who ran Allsport Management and helped shape Formula One’s advertising and hospitality operations, died on July 22, 2026. Born Patrick Sean McNally…
Waldtraut Oertel passed away at age 89
Waldtraut Oertel, the German Olympic diver who competed at the 1960 Summer Games, died on July 22, 2026, aged 89. Born Waldtraut Skrzipek on October 14, 1936, in Halle (Saale),…
Barbara L. Nichols passed away at age 87
Barbara L. Nichols, an American nurse executive and leader, died on July 22, 2026, at age 87. Born in Waterville, Maine, on July 19, 1939, she became the first Black…
Frank Barrow has died at age 83
Frank Barrow, the English rugby league footballer and coach, died on July 22, 2026. Born in St Helens, Lancashire, on January 11, 1943, he played as a fullback for St…
Omololu Meroyi passed away at age 76
Omololu Meroyi, a Nigerian politician and senator who represented Ondo South in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2003, died on July 22, 2026. Born in Ondo State, he entered…
Semere Russom, died aged 82
Semere Russom, an Eritrean politician and diplomat who served as ambassador to the United States, died on July 22, 2026. He was 82. Russom began his career as a teacher…
Alambadi obituary: died at age 90
Alambadi, an Indian politician and Samajwadi Party leader who served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 90. Also…
Mary Linda passed away at age 90
Mary Linda, the Greek singer known for her folk-pop recordings, died on July 22, 2026, at age 90. Born Maria Dimitropoulou in Pyrgos in 1935, she later moved with her…
Eiji Bandō has died at age 86
Eiji Bandō, the Japanese baseball player and entertainer known for his time with the Chunichi Dragons, died on July 22, 2026, at age 86. A native of Hulin, he became…
John Sheffield dead at age 89
John Sheffield, a British physicist, died on July 22, 2026, aged 89. Born in London on December 15, 1936, he studied at Imperial College London, where he earned a BSc…
Ingar Tore Narvhus obituary: died at age 98
Ingar Tore Narvhus, a Norwegian Air Force general and chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force from 1978 to 1981, died on July 22, 2026. Born Ingar Tore Johannessen in…
Gordon G. Gallup death at age 85
Gordon G. Gallup, an American psychologist known for his research in biopsychology, died on July 22, 2026, aged 85. He was a professor in the University at Albany’s psychology department…
Oliver Jones died at age 91
Oliver Jones, the Canadian jazz pianist, died on July 22, 2026. Born Oliver Theophilus Jones in Montreal on September 11, 1934, he built a long career as a pianist, organist,…
David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, died aged 96
David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, a British aristocrat and pottery designer, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 96. Born David Harrington Angus Douglas in London on…
Obituary: Josep Vallverdú, dead at age 103
Josep Vallverdú, the Catalan writer and linguist, died on July 21, 2026, at the age of 103. Born in Lleida on July 9, 1923, he became known as a poet,…
Obituary: Ruby Kless Sondock, dead at age 100
Ruby Kless Sondock, an American state court judge and former associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court, died on July 21, 2026. Born in Houston on April 26, 1926, she…
Brian Doerksen death at age 60
Brian Doerksen, the Canadian Christian singer-songwriter and worship leader from Abbotsford, British Columbia, died on July 21, 2026. Born on January 1, 1965, Doerksen began his career in 1989 and…
Death of Scott Brown at age 69
Scott Brown, an American baseball player who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds, died on July 21, 2026. Born Scott Edward Brown on August 30, 1956, in DeQuincy, Louisiana, he attended…
R. W. Johnson passes away at age 82
R. W. Johnson, the English-born South African historian and academic, died on July 21, 2026, aged 82. Born Richard William Johnson in England in September 1943, he studied at Natal…
Béla Bodó died at age 67
Béla Bodó, a Hungarian hurdler, died on July 21, 2026, at the age of 67. Born in Vámospércs on January 19, 1959, he specialized in the 110 metres hurdles and…
Jean-Marc Sylvestre dead at age 79
Jean-Marc Sylvestre, the French journalist known for his long career in economics reporting on TF1, i>Télé and RT France, died on July 21, 2026, at the age of 79. Born…
Death of Olivera Katarina at age 86
Olivera Katarina, the Serbian actress and singer known for her work in I Even Met Happy Gypsies, Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment and The Dervish and Death, died…
Edward Wiley Ray obituary: died at age 99
Edward Wiley Ray, an American songwriter and record producer known professionally as Eddie Ray, died on July 21, 2026. Born on December 21, 1926, he built a career as a…
Taras Loshak dead at age 46
Taras Loshak, a Ukrainian folk craftsman and maker of traditional woodwind instruments, died on July 21, 2026. He was known as a sopilka master, artisan and creator of folk wind…
Kim Hyeong-gwang has died at age 91
Kim Hyeong-gwang, a South Korean politician and lecturer, died on July 21, 2026, at the age of 91. Born on May 12, 1935, he served in the National Assembly as…
Erwin Vandendaele passed away at age 81
Erwin Vandendaele, the Belgian footballer who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1971 while playing for Club Brugge, died on July 21, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in…
Milton Scaron, died aged 89
Milton Scaron, the Uruguayan Olympic basketball player, died on July 21, 2026, aged 89. Born in Montevideo, he was known as Milton Antonio Scaron Falero and represented Uruguay in basketball…
Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas dies at age 91
Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas, the Colombian musician and composer best known for the song “El Camino de la Vida,” died on July 21, 2026. He was 91. Born in Medellín in…
Olaf Tufte passes away at age 50
Olaf Tufte, the Norwegian rower and Olympic champion, died on July 21, 2026, at the age of 50. Born Olaf Karl Tufte in Tønsberg on April 27, 1976, he became…
Kaylee Hottle passed away at age 18
Kaylee Hottle, an American actress known for her roles in Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, died on July 21, 2026, in a traffic collision in…
Edgar C. Otálvora died at age 66
Edgar C. Otálvora, the Venezuelan journalist, writer and historian, died on July 21, 2026. Born Edgar Omar Contreras Otálvora on September 6, 1959, in Tovar, he built a career as…
Pauline Clayden died at age 103
Pauline Clayden, the British ballerina, died on July 21, 2026, aged 103. Born in Greenwich, London, on October 12, 1922, she trained at the Cone School of Dancing before Peggy…