Desmond Barrit, Britishactor best known for his stage work, died on March 21, 2026, aged 81. Born Desmond Brown in Morriston, near Swansea, Wales, on October 19, 1944, he worked as an actor from 1979 to 2021. His screen… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Ralph Edward Metcalf, an Americanpolitician and member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1998 to 2012, died on March 21, 2026, in Lisbon, North Dakota, at the age of 90. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Timeline of the 2026 Iran war, described as an Iranian Basij Shiraz commander, died on March 21, 2026, in an airstrike. The war timeline covers the period since Feb. 28, 2026, and remains ongoing. According to the provided context, U.S.… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Juca de Oliveira, a Brazilianactor, died on March 21, 2026, in São Paulo, Brazil, from pneumonia complicated by heart disease. Born José de Oliveira Santos on March 16, 1935, in São Roque, São Paulo, he worked as an actor,… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Rhoda Roberts, an Australian Aboriginal arts director, died on March 21, 2026, aged 66. She was an Australian theatre and arts director, arts executive, television presenter and actress who served as head of Indigenous programming at the Sydney Opera House… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Angelo Romano, an Italianpolitician and former mayor of Avellino, died on March 21, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Capriglia Irpina on June 4, 1934, he was a member of the Christian Democrats and later Forza Italia.… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Umar Shihab, an Indonesian Islamic scholar and politician, died on March 21, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on July 2, 1939, in Sidenreng Rappang Regency, he was a member of Golkar and served in the House of Representatives… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Paolo Cirino Pomicino, an Italianpolitician and former minister, died on March 21, 2026. Born in Naples on September 3, 1939, he graduated in Medicine and Surgery and entered Christian Democracy, serving first on Naples' city council and then in… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Jeff Smith, the English motorcycle racer inducted into the Hall of Fame for his achievements in motocross, died on March 21, 2026, aged 91. Born Jeffrey Vincent Smith in Colne, Lancashire, England, on 14 October 1934, he competed in the… · Scotland · Britain · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Nigel Cayzer, a British businessman, died on March 21, 2026, aged 71. He was chairman of Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust and Oryx International Growth Fund, both London-listed funds. Cayzer also served as chairman of the cancer care charity… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Gualtiero Calboli, an Italianlinguist and classicist, died on March 21, 2026. He was Chair of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Bologna, where he was appointed in 1973. From 1982 to 2000, he headed the Department of… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Carsten Träger, a Germanpolitician and member of the Bundestag since 2013, died on March 21, 2026, aged 52. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he represented Bavaria in the Bundestag from 2013 until his death. Träger was… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Francisco Ariosto Holanda, a Brazilianpolitician and engineer, died on March 21, 2026, at age 87. A member of the Democratic Labour Party, he served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1991 to 1995, from 1995 to 2015, and from… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Vladimir Zantaria, an Abkhazian poet and politician who served as chairman of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company from 1993 to 1994 and as minister for culture from 1999 to 2001, died on March 21, 2026. Born on September… · Russia · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Larry A. Mumper, an Americanpolitician and Republican member of the Ohio Senate representing the 26th District from 1997 to 2008, died on March 21, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Loudonville, Ohio, on July 25, 1937, he… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Muhammad Kamal Hassouna, a Palestinianpolitician and businessman who served as minister of national economy from 2007 to 2009, died on March 20, 2026. He was born in Hebron on March 21, 1942, and received his schooling in Madinah before… · Egypt · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Aref Arefkia, the Iranianpop singer and actor known professionally as Aref, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Tehran on August 10, 1941, he was active from 1963 to 2026. He was known by… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Calvin Tomkins, an Americanauthor and art critic for The New Yorker, died on March 20, 2026. He was 100. Born in Orange, New Jersey, on December 17, 1925, Tomkins graduated from Berkshire School and Princeton University in 1948. He… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026 · Stroke
Daphne Selfe, a British model, died on March 20, 2026. From Edmonton, London, she worked for more than 70 years and was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest professional model. Selfe continued working into her 90s and,… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Steve Houben, a Belgian jazz saxophonist and flutist, died on March 20, 2026. Born in Liège, Belgium, on March 19, 1950, he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston in the mid-1970s. After returning to Belgium, he established the… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Steve Gaines, an American pastor and president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 2016 to 2018, died on March 20, 2026, at age 68. Born John Steven Gaines in Corinth, Mississippi, on December 31, 1957, he served as senior pastor… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026 · Cancer
Waldyr Ortêncio Pugliesi, a Brazilianpolitician and former deputy, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 90. A member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement, he served three non-consecutive terms in the Legislative Assembly of Paraná and was a… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Smith Edward Gilley, an Americanpolitician and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1975 to 1987, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Miller Grove, Texas, on September 8, 1939, he served… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Nicholas Brendon Schultz, the Americanactor, artist and writer best known for his roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Criminal Minds, died on March 20, 2026. He was 54. Born in Los Angeles, California, on April 12, 1971, Schultz… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Sam Goodwin, an American football coach and athletic director, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 82. He was born in Pineville, Louisiana, on January 20, 1944. Goodwin served as head football coach at Southern Arkansas University from… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Alain Brillet, a Frenchphysicist who specialised in gravitational wave detectors, died on March 20, 2026. Born on March 30, 1947, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, he graduated from ESPCI Paris in 1970 and later worked for the CNRS in Orsay during… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Ben Keaton, the Irishactor known for roles in Emmerdale, Casualty and Father Ted, died on March 20, 2026, aged 69. Born Benjamin J. Burke-Kennedy in Dublin on 3 May 1956, he appeared in Emmerdale as Jeff Brannigan and in… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Agosto Machado, an American performance artist, died on March 20, 2026. He was a performance and visual artist, activist, and archivist who became a major figure in the New York City downtown arts scene beginning in the 1960s. Machado was… · Portugal · China · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Rodger Brulotte, a Canadian Major League Baseball broadcaster and sportscaster for the Montreal Expos, died on March 20, 2026, at age 79. Born in Montreal on Jan. 4, 1947, he began his career with the Montreal Expos organization in 1969,… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Božo Koprivica, a Serbianessayist, dramatic adviser and literary critic, died on March 20, 2026. Born in 1950 in Nikšić, then in PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia, he was a Montenegrin writer of Yugoslavian ethnicity who lived and worked in Belgrade.… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Dennis Condrey, an American professional wrestler best known for his appearances with the Continental Wrestling Association, Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling, died on March 20, 2026, at age 76. Born Dennis Noel Condrey in Florence, Alabama, on February… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Yair Levy, an Israeli Haredi rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Shas from 1988 to 1992, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Tiberias in 1952, he attended a… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Filaret Denysenko, a Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch and patriarch of Kyiv since 1995, died on March 20, 2026. Born Mykhailo Antonovych Denysenko on January 23, 1929, he served as the primate and Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC–KP). The… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Raivo Mänd, an Estonian ecologist and zoologist, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 71. Born on December 2, 1954, in Saaremaa Parish, Estonia, he received the Order of the White Star in 2025. · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Madhumita Raut, an Indian Odissi classical dancer, died on March 20, 2026, after cardiac arrest. She was the daughter of Mamta Khuntia and Mayadhar Raut, who contributed to the revival of Odissi in the 1950s with Shastra-based knowledge. Raut lived… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Robert Fox, an English film and television producer whose work included The Hours, The Crown and Iris, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 73. Fox’s work on the 2002 film The Hours brought him an Academy Award… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Isabelle Mergault, the Frenchactress, director, writer and television and radio personality, died on March 20, 2026, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, at the age of 67, following a battle with cancer. Born in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, near Paris, on May 11, 1958,… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Jessie Jones, an Americanactress and playwright, died on March 20, 2026, after a long illness. Born on August 21, 1950, in Texas, she appeared on the internationally broadcast television shows Murphy Brown, Melrose Place, Night Court, and Who's the… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Robert Mueller, the Americanlawyer who served as director of the FBI from 2001 to 2013, died on March 20, 2026, at age 81. He also served as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California from 1998 to 2001… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Lala Alizadeh, an Azerbaijaniscientist, died on March 20, 2026. Born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, on February 5, 1950, she was the author of roughly 100 scientific, literary and methodological articles published in Azerbaijan and abroad. Her notable publications included… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026 · Lála
Ali Mohammad Naini, an Iranian military officer and spokesperson for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, died on March 20, 2026. He was 69. Naini served as the IRGC’s spokesperson from 2024 until his death. A veteran with four decades of… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Los Piojos, an Argentinedrummer associated with the band Los Piojos, died on March 20, 2026. Los Piojos was an Argentine rock band that became one of the seminal bands of the 1990s Argentine music scene. The group was known… · Spain · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Leonid Radvinsky, a Ukrainian-American businessman and majority owner of OnlyFans, died on March 20, 2026, at age 43. Born in Odesa in the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, on May 30, 1982, he was also the founder of the cam site… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
John R. Corbid, an Americanpolitician and educator who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1975 to 1980, died on March 20, 2026. He was a Democrat and lived in Oklee, Red Lake County, Minnesota, with his wife… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Vladimir Shumny, a Russian geneticist, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 92. Vladimir Konstantinovich Shumny was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Academia Europaea, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the National… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Xosé Antonio García Cotarelo, a Spanishlawyer and writer, died on March 20, 2026. Also known as Pepe de Regos, he was born in Vilamea (A Pontenova) in 1941. He studied law in Madrid and passed the State Civil Service… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Richard E. Myers, an Americanpolitician and businessman who served in the Iowa House of Representatives, died on March 19, 2026, at age 91. Born Richard Ellsworth Myers Jr. in Iowa City, Iowa, on October 29, 1934, he attended Iowa… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Chris Athens, an American mastering engineer, died on March 19, 2026. He began his career at Sony Music Studios in New York in the mid-1990s and worked there until 1998, when he joined Sterling Sound, where he spent 13 years.… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Rick Young, an American Hall of Fame bullfighter and rodeo clown, died on March 19, 2026. Known as “The Ragin’ Cajun,” he worked for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and began his rodeo career in 1959. Born in Houston, Texas,… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Md. Anwarul Azim Arif, a Bangladeshiacademic administrator and banker who served as vice-chancellor of the University of Chittagong from 2011 to 2015 and of International Islamic University Chittagong from 2021 to 2024, died on March 19, 2026, at the… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Vincenzo C. Vannicola, an American electrical engineer, died on March 19, 2026. Born Vincent Christopher Vannicola in New Haven, Connecticut, on September 8, 1932, he graduated from Wilbur Cross High School in 1951 and earned a bachelor’s degree in physics… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Umberto Bossi, the Italianpolitician who was an MP from 1987 to 2004 and again from 2008, twice an MEP and a co-founder of Lega Nord, died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Cassano Magnago,… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Jeff Webb, an American cheerleading executive and entrepreneur who founded Varsity Spirit and the International Cheer Union, died on March 19, 2026, of complications from a fall. Webb, born in Dallas in 1949, was the founder of the Universal Cheerleading… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Terry Cox, a Britishdrummer best known for his work with Pentangle and The Humblebums, died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Terence William Harvey Cox on March 13, 1937, in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, he… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Michael Bambang Hartono, an Indonesian banker, electronics and cigarettes industry executive, and bridge player who founded Polytron and co-owned Djarum since 1963, died on March 19, 2026. He was 86. Hartono was an Indonesian billionaire heir and businessman who, with… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Melli Irani, an Indian cinematographer, died on March 19, 2026, in Chennai at the age of 93. He worked predominantly in the Malayalam film industry and was known for films including Sathyabhama, Line Bus and Ente Mohangal Poovaninju. Born in… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Alevtina Yelesina, a Russian cross-country skier and Paralympic champion, died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 71. Born on August 22, 1954, in Aleksandrovskoye in the Mozhginsky District of the Udmurt ASSR, she competed at the 1992 and… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Alessandro Finazzi Agrò, an Italianacademic and biochemist, died on March 19, 2026. Born in Rome on May 30, 1941, he served as president of the University of Rome Tor Vergata from 1996 to 2008. Finazzi Agrò died in Rome… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026 · Agro
Marcos Conigliaro, an Argentinefootball player and manager, died on March 19, 2026. Born in Quilmes on December 9, 1942, he was a forward known for his technical ability. He played in Argentina and abroad, including for Chacarita Juniors and… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Louis Edmond Cordero, the Puerto Rican musician, record producer and actor known as Louie Louie, died on March 19, 2026. Born on July 10, 1962, he released four full-length albums, including two on major record labels and one under his… · America · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Khamid Gizatullin, a Russianeconomist, died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 94. Khamid Nurislamovich Gizatullin was a Russian Bashkir economist and a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He received the Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Péter Halász, a Hungarian agricultural engineer and ethnographer, died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on October 28, 1939, in Budapest, Hungary, he was a recipient of the Hungarian Knight Cross of Merit in 2018. · 19 March 2026 · March 2026 · Peter
Nicholas Haysom, a South Africandiplomat and lawyer who served as the United Nations Secretary-General’s special representative and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, died on March 19, 2026, in New York City, at the age of 73.… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Garry Leo, an Australian rugby league footballer who played for the Balmain Tigers, died on March 19, 2026, aged 81. Born in 1944 or 1945, he played in the 1960s and 1970s and was a prop-forward for Balmain. Leo attended… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Jun Matsumoto, a Japanesepolitician and twice a member of the House of Representatives, died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 75 in Tokyo. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served as deputy chief cabinet secretary… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026 · Cancer
Michel Rolland, a French oenologist, died on March 19, 2026. Based in Bordeaux, he had hundreds of clients across 13 countries and was known for consultancies outside France, which set him apart from most of his countrymen. His signature style… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Houston McKelvey, an Irish priest and former Dean of Belfast, died on March 19, 2026, aged 83. Born in Muckamore on September 3, 1942, he was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Queen's University Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin,… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Mike Melvill, a South African test pilot and one of the pilots of SpaceShipOne, died on March 19, 2026, at age 85. Born Michael Winston Melvill in Johannesburg, South Africa, he became known for piloting the experimental spaceplane on its… · America · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Alton Sutnick, an American medical researcher and educator, died on March 19, 2026. Sutnick was also an administrator and the author of more than 200 scholarly publications. He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Saleh Mohammadi, an Iranianwrestler and member of the country’s national wrestling team, died on March 19, 2026, in Qom, Iran, at the age of 19. Born in Saveh and raised in Qom, he began training in freestyle wrestling before… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Kevin Sampson, an Americanartist and police detective-composite sketch artist, died on March 18, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey, at age 71. Born Kevin Blythe Sampson in Elizabeth, New Jersey, he lived in Newark and worked from a studio there.… · 18 March 2026 · March 2026
George H. Goble, an Americanscientist and academic and 1996 Ig Nobel Prize winner, died on March 18, 2026. Born George Harry Goble on December 11, 1952, he was a staff member at the Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. He… · 18 March 2026 · March 2026
Raymond L. Ethington, an American paleontologist, died on March 18, 2026. He worked in the Geology department at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Born in State Center, Iowa, on August 28, 1929, Ethington was one of the Chief… · 18 March 2026 · March 2026
Józef Beker, a Polishcyclist who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, died on March 18, 2026, at the age of 88. Beker rode in the team time trial at the Tokyo Games and won the Tour de Pologne in… · 18 March 2026 · March 2026
James Michael Clampitt, an Americanpolitician and former firefighter who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives, died on March 18, 2026, at age 71 of cancer. A Republican, he represented the 119th district, covering portions of Haywood, Jackson… · 18 March 2026 · March 2026
Steve Derewianchuk, a Canadianpolitician and Manitoba MLA from 1973 to 1977, died on March 18, 2026. Born in Vita, Manitoba, in 1935, he served as a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, representing Emerson. In the… · 18 March 2026 · March 2026
Yaakov Edri, an Israelipolitician and former member of the Knesset, died on March 18, 2026, at the age of 75. He served as mayor of Or Akiva from 1989 to 2003 and was elected to the Knesset in 2003… · 18 March 2026 · March 2026
Tom Georgeson, the Englishactor known for Between the Lines, A Fish Called Wanda and Doctor Who, died on March 18, 2026, aged 89. Born in Liverpool on 8 August 1936, he worked in television and film from 1963 to… · 18 March 2026 · March 2026
Silvino Louro, a Portuguesefootball player and coach, died on March 18, 2026. Known simply as Silvino during his playing career, he was a goalkeeper who represented Vitória de Setúbal, Benfica and Portugal. Born in Setúbal, he began his professional… · 18 March 2026 · March 2026
Della Hadley, an Americanpolitician and member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1975 to 1981, died on March 18, 2026, at age 97. Della May Hadley was born in Lawrence, Kansas, on January 27, 1929. She was educated… · 18 March 2026 · March 2026
Heisuke Hironaka, a Japanesemathematician and 1970 Fields Medal winner, died on March 18, 2026, at age 94. Born in Yamaguchi, Japan, on April 9, 1931, he was recognized for his contributions to algebraic geometry. Hironaka is also associated with… · 18 March 2026 · March 2026
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati, an Iranian Twelver Shia marja, died on March 18, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Shahrood, Persia, in 1933, he studied in the seminaries of Qom and Najaf. Jannaati was known for his… · 18 March 2026 · March 2026
Finn-Erik Vinje, a Norwegian philologist, died on March 18, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Oslo on March 6, 1936, he was a professor at the University of Trondheim from 1971 to 1975 and at the University of… · 18 March 2026 · March 2026
Robert White, an Americantenor and voice teacher, died on March 17, 2026. Born on October 27, 1936, he had an active performance career for eight decades. He began performing Irish songs on the radio in 1942 at age six… · 17 March 2026 · March 2026
John Coley, a New Zealandpainter and art critic, died on March 17, 2026, aged 91. John William Coley MBE was born in Palmerston North on 28 January 1935. He attended Palmerston North Boys’ High School and took evening art… · 17 March 2026 · March 2026
[Name not provided], a Palestinian militant and senior field commander of the Khan Younis brigade, died on March 17, 2026. The death was noted in the context of the Gaza war, which began on October 3, 2025. No further details… · 17 March 2026 · March 2026
Jakub Derech-Krzycki, a Polishpolitician and member of parliament from 2001 to 2005, died on March 17, 2026, at the age of 55. Born in Poznań on June 24, 1970, he served in the Sejm from 2001 to 2005. He… · 17 March 2026 · March 2026
G. M. Fazlul Haque, a Bangladeshipolitician and former member of parliament for Chandpur-3, died on March 17, 2026. He was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician who served as an MP from 1996 to 2006. Haque was elected to parliament… · 17 March 2026 · March 2026