Ove Pihl Swedish painter and art director dead at age 87
Ove Pihl, a Swedish painter and art director, died on March 17, 2026. He was also a Swedish art director, book publisher and graphic designer, and was best known as…
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Zlatko Šimenc Croatian water polo player, Olympic silver medallist dead at age 87
Zlatko Šimenc, a Croatian water polo player and coach, died on March 17, 2026. Born in Zagreb on November 29, 1938, he was of Slovenian origin and played for the…
Ali Larijani Iranian politician, twice secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, speaker…
Ali Larijani, Iranian politician and twice secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, died on March 17, 2026, in Tehran, Iran, at the age of 67 after being assassinated. He…
Anthony Mason Australian jurist, chief justice, judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and t…
Anthony Mason, the Australian jurist who served as chief justice of Australia from 1987 to 1995, died on March 17, 2026. He was born in Sydney on April 21, 1925.…
Eurogliders Australian musician and songwriter dead at age 65
Eurogliders, the Australian band formed in Perth in 1980, died on March 17, 2026. The group included Grace Knight on vocals, Bernie Lynch on guitar and vocals, and Amanda Vincent…
Shams Sumon Actor dead at age 59
Shams Sumon, a Bangladeshi actor, died on March 17, 2026, of a heart attack. Born in Rajshahi on March 2, 1967, he completed his graduation and post-graduation from Rajshahi University.…
Mark McLane Canadian politician, Prince Edward Island MLA dead at age 56
Mark McLane, a Canadian politician and Prince Edward Island MLA, died on March 17, 2026, at the age of 56. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward…
Gholamreza Soleimani 61–62 dead at age 61
Gholamreza Soleimani, an Iranian military officer and senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who commanded the paramilitary Basij forces, died on March 17, 2026, at the age of…
Sue Wagner American politician, lieutenant governor of Nevada dead at age 86
Sue Wagner, an American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Nevada from 1991 to 1995, died on March 17, 2026, at age 86. She was the 30th lieutenant governor…
Lorena Clare Facio Costa Rican first lady dead at age 82
Lorena Clare Facio, Costa Rican first lady from 1998 to 2002, died on March 17, 2026. She was born in San José, Costa Rica, on June 30, 1943, to Manuel…
Robert White public figure dead at age 89
Robert White, an American tenor 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…
John Coley Painting, art criticism, curation and art administration dead at age 91
John Coley, a New Zealand painter and art critic, died on March 17, 2026, aged 91. John William Coley MBE was born in Palmerston North on 28 January 1935. He…
Timeline of the Gaza war Palestinian militant, senior field commander of the Khan Younis brigade di…
[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…
Jakub Derech-Krzycki Polish politician, MP dead at age 56
Jakub Derech-Krzycki, a Polish politician 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,…
László Gallé Biologist dead at age 83
László Gallé, a Hungarian biologist, died on March 17, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Szeged, Hungary, on November 18, 1942, he was a recipient of the Széchenyi…
Elza Goeva
Bulgarian painterDied on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Sergey Maksimenko
Belarusian physicistDied on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Mercedes Ribera Sanz
Spanish dancerDied on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Wolfredo Wildpret de la Torre
Spanish botanistDied on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Valeri Kirss
Estonian media personality and lawyerDied on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Giovanni Bolzoni
Italian footballer (SampdoriaDied on Monday March 16th 2026
Giovanni Bolzoni
Italian footballerDied on Monday March 16th 2026
Sergio Merusi
Italian politician and economistDied on Monday March 16th 2026
Eugenio Viale Italian politician dead at age 86
Eugenio Viale, an Italian politician, died on March 16, 2026. Born on March 6, 1939, he graduated in law and worked as a businessman in the food sector. In the…
Orion Samuelson Radio journalist dead at age 91
Orion Samuelson, an American agriculture broadcaster, died on March 16, 2026. He was known for his broadcasts on agriculture and for explaining agribusiness and food production in an understandable way.…
Tony Balsamo American baseball player dead at age 89
Tony Balsamo, an American baseball player who played for the Chicago Cubs, died on March 16, 2026. Balsamo, whose full name was Anthony Alred Balsamo, was 89. He attended Fordham…
Bob Tullius American racing driver dead at age 95
Bob Tullius, an American racing driver and racing team owner, died on March 16, 2026. Born Robert Charles Tullius in Rochester, New York, on December 7, 1930, he was active…
Bettina Köster German singer, musician and composer dead at age 66
Bettina Köster, a German singer, musician and composer, died on March 16, 2026. Born on June 15, 1959, in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany, she was also a saxophonist, songwriter…
Marina Yusoff Malaysian politician dead at age 84
Marina Yusoff, a Malaysian politician, lawyer and businesswoman, died on March 16, 2026. Born on Dec. 7, 1941, she began her political career as an Umno activist and served as…
Daniel Aweyue Syme Ghanaian politician dead at age -1
Daniel Aweyue Syme, a Ghanaian politician, died on March 16, 2026. Daniel Aweyue Syme (died 16 March 2026) was a Ghanaian politician and the deputy Upper East Regional Minister of…
E. Grady Jolly American judge dead at age 88
E. Grady Jolly, an American judge and United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, died March 16, 2026, at age 88. Born in…
Rainelle Krause American soprano dead at age 37
Rainelle Krause, an American soprano and opera singer, died on March 16, 2026, at age 38 in Fort Worth, Texas. Born in Tampa, Florida, on December 14, 1987, she grew…
Slava Racheva Bulgarian actress and puppeteer dead at age 87
Slava Racheva, a Bulgarian actress and puppeteer, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Sofia on April 23, 1938, she studied drama acting at the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for…
Aleksandra Kurczab-Pomianowska Polish actress and translator dead at age 85
Aleksandra Kurczab-Pomianowska, a Polish actress and translator, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Lviv on May 7, 1940, she was the daughter of writer Jan Kurczab and Janina née…
Navnindra Behl Indian actress
Navnindra Behl, an Indian theatre and television director, writer and actor, died on March 16, 2026, at age 76. Born in Delhi on October 30, 1949, she began stage acting…
Patrick Trémège French politician dead at age 71
Patrick Trémège, a French politician, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 71. He was a member of the Union for French Democracy, the Union for a Popular…
Ernő Mészáros Hungarian air chemist and meteorologist dead at age 90
Ernő Mészáros, a Hungarian air chemist and meteorologist, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Budapest on April 12, 1935, he was a member of…
Francine Descarries 83–84 dead at age 83
Francine Descarries, a Canadian sociologist and professor of sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal, died on March 16, 2026, at age 84. Born in Montreal in 1942, she…
Alfred J. Noll Lawyer, writer dead at age 66
Alfred J. Noll, an Austrian lawyer, politician and writer, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Salzburg on January 30, 1960, he earned his law degree from the University of…
Larry Stahl American baseball player dead at age 84
Larry Stahl, an American baseball player who appeared for the Kansas City Athletics, New York Mets and San Diego Padres, died on March 16, 2026. Larry Floyd Stahl, born June…
Dolores Keane Singer dead at age 72
Dolores Keane, an Irish folk singer and founding member of De Dannan, died on March 16, 2026. Born on 26 September 1953 in Sylane, County Galway, she was raised from…
Jamie Blanks Australian film director and composer dead at age 54
Jamie Blanks, the Australian film director and composer behind Urban Legend and Valentine, died on March 16, 2026, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Born in Melbourne on November 29, 1971, Blanks…
Jorie Lueloff Friedman American broadcast journalist dead at age 85
Jorie Lueloff Friedman, an American broadcast journalist and the first female reporter and first female news anchor at WMAQ Channel 5 in Chicago, died on March 16, 2026. Born in…
Yves Chevallard French mathematician dead at age 79
Yves Chevallard, a French mathematician and academic, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Tunis on May 1, 1946, he studied at the Lycée Thiers…
Vladimír Stránský Czech ice hockey player
Vladimír Stránský, a Czech professional ice hockey player, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia, on June 7, 1947, he played in the…
Buddy Childers American politician, members of the Georgia House of Representatives dead at age 87
Eugene Milton "Buddy" Childers, an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Rome, Georgia, on…
Doug Camilli American baseball player dead at age 89
Doug Camilli, an American baseball player and coach who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Senators, died on March 16, 2026. He was 89. Camilli played in Major…
Michel Hulin French philosopher dead at age 90
Michel Hulin, a French philosopher who specialized in Indian philosophy, died on March 16, 2026. Born on Jan. 31, 1936, he was an alumnus of the École normale supérieure and…
Bernt Mæland Norwegian footballer
Bernt Mæland, a Norwegian footballer, died on March 16, 2026. He played as a forward in the Norwegian top league for Bryne and Viking in the 1980s. Originally from Bømlo,…
Jean Delas Publisher dead at age 86
Jean Delas, a French publisher, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He was born on August 31, 1939, and was a recipient of the Legion of…
Andriy Serdyuk 87 dead at age 87
Andriy Serdyuk, a Ukrainian medical scientist and politician, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Dnipropetrovsk on December 24, 1938, he served as Minister of…
Kiki Shepard American television host dead at age 74
Kiki Shepard, the American television host best known as co-host of Showtime at the Apollo, died on March 16, 2026. Born Chiquita Renee Shepard on July 15, 1951, in Tyler,…
James N. Hardin Jr. Germanist dead at age 87
James N. Hardin Jr., an American Germanist, died on March 16, 2026, at age 87. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 17, 1939, he earned a BA in German from…
Ong Kok Hai Malaysian microbiologist dead at age 80
Ong Kok Hai, a Malaysian microbiologist and Professor of Microbiology at the International Medical University, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Penang on 12 November 1945, he was one…
Gene Derfler American politician dead at age 101
Gene Derfler, an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon State Senate, died on March 16, 2026, at age 101. Born in Portland, Oregon, on…
Marcelo Araujo Argentine sports journalist and commentator dead at age 78
Marcelo Araujo, an Argentine sports journalist and commentator, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Lázaro Jaime Zilberman on June 12, 1947, he worked from 1989…
Eric Overmyer American television writer and producer dead at age 74
Eric Overmyer, an American television writer and producer known for his work on Bosch, Law & Order and The Wire, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Boulder, Colorado, on…
Noureddine Djoudi
Dean of Algerian diplomatsDied on Monday March 16th 2026
Cinzia Oscar
Italian singer and stage actressDied on Sunday March 15th 2026
Jamal Rayyan Palestinian news anchorman dead at age 72
Jamal Rayyan, a Palestinian news anchorman with Al Jazeera, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in Tulkarm, West Bank, on August 23, 1953, he worked…
Wayne Perkins American guitarist, stroke dead at age 74
Wayne Perkins, an American guitarist, died on March 15, 2026. Perkins, whose full name was David Wayne Perkins, was a rock and R&B guitarist, singer, songwriter and session musician born…
Monroe Price American academic dead at age 87
Monroe Price, an American academic and director of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Global Communication Studies, died on March 15, 2026. He also served as director of the Stanhope…
Bill Dempsey Australian rules footballer dead at age 83
Bill Dempsey, an Australian rules footballer, died on March 15, 2026, aged 83. Born in Birdum, Northern Territory, on March 17, 1942, he played for Darwin in the Northern Territory…
Richard Randriamandrato Diplomat, economist, public servant dead at age 67
Richard Randriamandrato, a Malagasy diplomat, economist and public servant, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 67. He had experience in international relations, finance and development, and held…
John Galas American soccer coach, synovial sarcoma dead at age 53
John Galas, an American soccer coach, died on March 15, 2026. He was known for coaching Lane United and Tucsom. Born in Walnut Creek, California, Galas moved with his family…
Main Page Swedish convicted murderer dead at age 51
[Name not provided], a Swedish convicted murderer, died on March 15, 2026. Tags Criminals, 15 March 2026, Main, Page, Sweden, 2026-03-15, March 15, March 2026
Napoleón Becerra Peruvian politician dead at age 61
Napoleón Becerra, a Peruvian trade unionist and politician, died on March 15, 2026, after a car collision in Huaytará, Peru. He was 61. Becerra was born in Cajamarca on April…
Irmeli Mäkelä Pop singer dead at age 83
Irmeli Mäkelä, a Finnish pop singer, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 83. Born Hellä Muisto Irmeli Mäkelä in Kotka on October 18, 1942, she began her…
Ken Cole Australian basketball coach and player dead at age 82
Ken Cole, an Australian basketball coach and player, died on March 15, 2026, aged 82. Born Kenneth Frank Cole in Sydney on October 15, 1943, he represented Australia in the…
Abdulrahman Al-Bishi Saudi footballer
Abdulrahman Al-Bishi, a Saudi footballer who played as a forward, died on March 15, 2026. Born on July 1, 1982, he joined Al-Nassr in 1996 through Mr. Abdulla Al-Howaishel. Fifteen…
Matt Clark Actor dead at age 89
Matt Clark, an American actor best known for his roles in Western films, died on March 15, 2026, at age 89. Born in Washington, D.C., on November 25, 1936, he…
Shoshana Strook Public allegations of abuse against Orit Strook and advocacy for ritual abuse victi…
Shoshana Strook, an Israeli activist, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 35. She was known for public allegations of abuse against MK Orit Strook and for advocacy…
Len Deighton Writer, illustrator dead at age 97
Len Deighton, the British author best known for his spy novels, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 97. Born Leonard Cyril Deighton in Marylebone, London, on February…
Samih Tabila Architect dead at age 75
Samih Tabila, a Palestinian politician and architect who served as minister of transport and communications, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 75. A member of Fatah, he…
Madhu Malhotra Indian actress
Madhu Malhotra, an Indian actress, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 72. She was best remembered for her appearance as a gypsy woman in the song "Lambi…
Jonathan Tyler British political activist and academic dead at age 85
Jonathan Tyler, a British political activist and academic, died on March 15, 2026. Born in Reading on June 8, 1940, he was a Green Party activist and academic who had…
Attila Lőte Actor dead at age 91
Attila Lőte, a Hungarian actor, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Szeged on June 13, 1934, he worked in film, stage and television from…
Orhan Kaynak Turkish football player
Orhan Kaynak, a Turkish football player and coach, died on March 15, 2026. Known as Küçük Orhan, he played as a forward and had stints in the Süper Lig with…
Jim Fleeting Scottish football player
James Taylor Fleeting, a Scottish football player and manager, died on March 15, 2026. A centre half, he began his professional career with Norwich City, making one appearance before joining…
Wakashimazu Mutsuo Japanese sumo wrestler dead at age 69
Wakashimazu Mutsuo, a Japanese sumo wrestler, died on March 15, 2026. Born Mutsuo Hidaka on January 12, 1957, in Nakatane, Kagoshima, he reached the rank of ōzeki and won two…
William C. Dietz Writer dead at age 80
William C. Dietz, an American science fiction writer, died on March 15, 2026, at age 81. Born William Corey Dietz in Seattle on January 30, 1945, he wrote principally military…
Bruno Salomone French actor dead at age 55
Bruno Salomone, a French actor and comedian, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 55 following a long illness. Active in film, television and dubbing from 2001 to…
Bjørn Nilsen Norwegian poet, journalist and television producer dead at age 91
Bjørn Nilsen, a Norwegian poet, journalist and television producer, died on March 15, 2026. He was born in Strinda, now Trondheim, on December 27, 1934, the son of Eilif Asbjørn…
James M. Houston British-born Canadian theologian dead at age 103
James M. Houston, a British-born Canadian theologian and academic who was professor of spiritual theology and the first principal of Regent College in Vancouver, died on March 15, 2026. Born…
Soedjana Sapi’ie
Indonesian academicDied on Sunday March 15th 2026
Fumiko Takeshita
Japanese novelistDied on Sunday March 15th 2026
Yukie Maeda
Japanese voice actressDied on Sunday March 15th 2026
Nikolay Garo
Russian production managerDied on Sunday March 15th 2026
Matt Gallagher
English rugby union player (Coventry R.F.C.)Died on Saturday March 14th 2026
Lyudmila Arinina Actress dead at age 99
Lyudmila Arinina, the Russian actress, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 99. Born Lyudmila Mikhailovna Arinina on November 8, 1926, in Sinodskoye Village, Saratov Oblast, she graduated…
Beauty Zibula South African politician, MP dead at age 65
Beauty Zibula, a South African politician and member of Parliament from 2019 to 2024, died on March 14, 2026, at a hospital in Durban at the age of 65. Born…
Gemma Cuervo Actress dead at age 91
Gemma Cuervo, a Spanish television, film and theatre actress, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Barcelona on July 22, 1934, she worked from 1956…