Jürgen Habermas, the German philosopher and sociologist, died on March 14, 2026, at age 96. Born in Düsseldorf in 1929, he was a German philosopher and social theorist associated with critical theory and pragmatism. His work addressed communicative rationality and… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Steve Thel, an American academic and lawyer, died on March 14, 2026. Born Steven Scott Thel in Tacoma, Washington, on December 28, 1954, he was the son of Albert John Thel and Ruth Muriel McAvoy. He graduated from Radford High… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Paul Geremia, an American blues singer and acoustic guitarist, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, on April 21, 1944, he was of Italian heritage. Geremia recorded his first album in 1968… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Andrew B. Wittkower, a British-born Canadian-American physicist and technology executive known for his contributions to ion implantation technology and the semiconductor industry, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 91. Born Andrew Benedict Wittkower in London on November… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Sheldon Weinig, an American businessman, died on March 14, 2026. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City, on January 15, 1928, attended Stuyvesant High School, and later studied at Columbia University, where he received a master’s degree and doctorate.… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026 · Other
Volodymyr Babayev, a Ukrainian scholar and politician, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Kharkiv on January 10, 1952, he served as rector of O. M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv from… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Jordan Wright, a British television personality known for appearances on Ex on the Beach and The Only Way Is Essex, died on March 14, 2026, aged 33. Born in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, on July 27, 1992, he worked as a firefighter… · England · 14 March 2026 · March 2026 · Unknown
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 from the acting department of GITIS in 1948 and began… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
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 in KwaMashu in 1961, she was a member of the… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
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 to 2026 and made her first stage performance in 1956… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Jochen Bachfeld, a German boxer and East German Olympic champion, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Sülte, East Germany, on December 17, 1952, he represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
The Dream Weavers, the American popular music vocal group known for its work in the 1950s, died on March 14, 2026. Formed at the University of Florida by Gene Adkinson and Wade Buff, the group consisted primarily of the two… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
H. H. Hamid, an Indian footballer and Olympic player, died on March 14, 2026. He played as a forward and represented India at the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he was the youngest player in the squad at 19. Hamid was… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Raymond Finney, an American politician and member of the Tennessee Senate from 2004 to 2008, died on March 14, 2026. A Republican, he represented the 8th district, which encompasses Blount and Sevier counties. In the 104th General Assembly, he served… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Samir Karabašić, a Bosnian slalom canoer and Olympic canoeist, died on March 14, 2026. He competed in the mid-1990s and finished 41st in the K-1 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Karabašić was 59. · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Birte Weiss, a Danish journalist and politician, died on March 14, 2026. Born on May 1, 1941, she worked as a journalist for Weekendavisen and began her career with Demokraten and later Information. Trained in the social democrat press from… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Christopher A. Sims, an American economist and econometrician, died on March 14, 2026, at age 83. He was the John J.F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics at Princeton University. Together with Thomas Sargent, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese historian and atomic bomb survivor, died on March 14, 2026. He was 88. Born in Hiroshima on March 29, 1937, Mori was known for his research into Allied prisoners of war who died during air raids… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Fatma Sarhan, an Egyptian singer and actress, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Basyoun in 1928, she began singing on the radio in the 1950s. She later appeared in films including "I am the… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
The Brothers Four, the American folk singing group formed in 1957 in Seattle, Washington, died on March 14, 2026. Best known for its 1960 hit “Greenfields,” the group was formed by Bob Flick, John Paine, Mike Kirkland and Dick Foley… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Lamberto Cardia, an Italian politician, died on March 14, 2026, in Rome at the age of 91. An independent, he served as Secretary of the Council of Ministers from 1995 to 1996 and was chairman of the Commissione Nazionale per… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Roy R. Barrera Sr., an American politician who served as Texas secretary of state from 1968 to 1969, died on March 14, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas, at the age of 99. Born in San Antonio on January 30, 1927,… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Brian Clarke, the British author, journalist and angler, died on March 14, 2026, aged 87. He wrote two books on fly-fishing, The Pursuit of Stillwater Trout (1975) and, with John Goddard, The Trout and the Fly (1980). His environmental novel… · England · Chest Infection · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Phil Woolas, a British politician, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 66. A member of the Labour Party, he served as Member of Parliament for Oldham East and Saddleworth from 1997 to 2010 and was Minister of… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Amelia Casadei, an Italian politician, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Cesena on February 1, 1930, she was a member of Christian Democracy and served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1976 to 1979.… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Francine Demichel, a French academic and jurist, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born Francine Batailler in Marseille on October 31, 1938, she served as president of Paris 8 University from 1987 to 1991. She also… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Russian actor and stuntman (Peter the Great) · 12 March 2026 · March 2026 · March 12
Bruno Contrada, the Italian police officer and intelligence official who served as police chief of Palermo and deputy director of the civil intelligence service SISDE, died on March 13, 2026. Born in Naples on 2 September 1931, he joined the… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Phil Campbell, Welsh guitarist and musician, died on March 13, 2026, aged 64. Born Philip Anthony Campbell in Pontypridd on May 7, 1961, he was best known as the guitarist in Motörhead from 1984 until the band’s disbandment in 2015… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Odd Holten, a Norwegian politician and member of parliament from 1989 to 2005, died on March 13, 2026. He was born in Øre on 28 August 1940 and represented the Christian Democratic Party. Holten was elected to the Norwegian Parliament… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Enric Reyna, a Spanish businessman and former president of FC Barcelona, died on March 13, 2026. Born in Barcelona on May 15, 1940, he joined the Catalan club’s management in 2000 during Joan Gaspart’s presidency. He became vice president in… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson, an Icelandic composer, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 73. He was also a music theorist, rector and pianist, and was considered among the leading Icelandic composers of his generation. Ragnarsson contributed to Icelandic… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Siti Norma Yaakob, a Malaysian lawyer and judge who became the first woman to serve as Chief Judge of Malaya, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 85. Born on 6 July 1940 in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, she… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Ralf Friberg, a Finnish journalist, diplomat and politician, died on March 13, 2026. He served as a Social Democratic MP and worked in journalism at Västra Nyland, Östra Nyland and Vasabladet in the late 1950s. Friberg was also Parliamentary and… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Douglas Armstead Shively, an American football coach and player, died on March 13, 2026, at age 88. Shively was head coach of the Arizona Wranglers of the United States Football League in 1983, when he compiled a 4-14 record. He… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Jacques Revel, a French historian and emeritus director of studies and president of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 83. He was born on July 25, 1942. Revel… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Cameron Ontko, an American professional football player who played for the BC Lions, died on March 13, 2026. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 23, 1992. Ontko played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers before transferring to California… · Canada · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
İlber Ortaylı, a Turkish historian and professor of history, died on March 13, 2026. He was 78. Born on 21 May 1947 in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Allied-occupied Austria, to Crimean Tatar parents, he taught at Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
H. J. Dora, an Indian police officer and former Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh, died on March 13, 2026, in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, at the age of 83. A 1965 batch Indian Police Service officer of the Andhra Pradesh… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026 · Dóra
Nick Baker, an American politician and member of the Kentucky Senate from 1970 to 1978, died on March 13, 2026. Born Henry Nicholas Baker in Hazard, Kentucky, on April 10, 1937, he was first elected to the Senate in 1969,… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Patrice Jeener, a French artist and copper engraver who specialised in work of a mathematical nature, died on March 13, 2026. Born on July 31, 1944, he studied at the Lycée Janson de Sailly and later, in 1963, at the… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Ann Gluckman, a New Zealand educator, writer and historian, died on March 13, 2026, aged 98. Born Ann Jocelyn Klippel in London in 1927, she was appointed principal of Ngā Tapuwae College in 1975, becoming the first woman in New… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
John A. Shaud, an American Air Force general who served as chief of staff of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe from 1988 to 1991, died on March 13, 2026, from complications of a stroke. He was 92. Shaud was… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Lloyd Jones, the Welsh novelist, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 74. He was also a poet and photographer. Born at Bryn Clochydd, Gwytherin, near Llanrwst, he lived at Abergwyngregyn. Jones had worked on a farm, as… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
John M. Perkins, an American Christian minister, died on March 13, 2026, at age 95. He was also a civil rights activist and author. Born in New Hebron, Mississippi, on June 16, 1930, Perkins was the founder and president of… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
John Alford, the British actor best known for playing Robbie Wright in the BBC series Grange Hill, died on March 13, 2026, aged 54. Born John James Shannon in Glasgow, he also appeared as Billy Ray in ITV’s London's Burning… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Eili Sild, an Estonian stage, film, television and radio actress, died on March 13, 2026. Born in Tallinn on October 26, 1942, she began her career on the theatre stage in the early 1960s and worked as an actress from… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Phil Wise, an American football defensive back in the National Football League, died on March 13, 2026, at age 76. He was selected by the New York Jets in the sixth round of the 1971 NFL draft and played nine… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Gary Wagner, an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox, died on March 13, 2026. Gary Edward Wagner was born June 28, 1940, and was a native of Bridgeport, Illinois. He graduated… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Billy Campbell, the Northern Irish footballer, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 81. He played as a right winger for Sunderland, Dundee, Motherwell, Hamilton Academical and Northern Ireland. Campbell was also player-manager of Linfield. · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Amy Carr, an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on March 13, 2026. Born on April 27, 1991, she began her youth career in Arsenal’s academy in 2005 before moving to Chelsea’s academy in 2006, where she won… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Jens Blauert, a German scientist known for his work in psychoacoustics, died on March 13, 2026. He was an emeritus professor at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, where he founded the Institute of Communication Acoustics. Blauert’s major fields of interest included spatial… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Sultan Ali Keshtmand, an Afghan politician, died on March 13, 2026. He was a member of the Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan and served twice as Chairman of the Council of Ministers in the Democratic Republic… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Envoi Allen, a French thoroughbred racehorse who competed in National Hunt racing, died on March 13, 2026, aged 12. The bay gelding was bred in France and first raced in Ireland in a point to point at Ballinaboola, where he… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026 · Other
Hugh Winsor, a Canadian journalist with The Globe and Mail, died on March 13, 2026, after a stroke. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, on April 18, 1938, he was noted for his work with The Globe and Mail and… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Billy McCullough, the Northern Irish footballer who made more than 250 appearances for Arsenal and was capped 10 times for Northern Ireland, died on March 13, 2026. Born in Carrickfergus, he first played for Portadown before joining Arsenal in 1958… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Paul R. Ehrlich, an American biologist, author, and environmentalist, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 93. He was known for his warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and resource depletion, and for the 1968… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Zsigmond Ritoók, a Hungarian classical philologist, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Budapest on September 28, 1929, he was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026 · Other
Indian actor (Rasikan · 12 March 2026 · March 2026 · March 12
American service executive and first lady of Tennessee (1995–2003) · 11 March 2026 · March 2026 · March 11 · Other
American DJ and composer · 11 March 2026 · March 2026 · March 11
Holograf, the Romanian pop rock band from Bucharest, died on March 12, 2026. Formed in 1978, the band released 18 albums and became known for songs including "Banii vorbesc," "Dincolo de nori," "Ți-am dat un inel," "Undeva departe," "Să nu-mi… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Brian Doherty, an American journalist and author who was a senior editor at Reason magazine, died on March 12, 2026. Born Brian Michael Doherty in Queens, New York, on June 1, 1968, he grew up in Florida and studied journalism… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Guillaume Houphouët-Boigny, an Ivorian banker, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 88. He served as secretary-general of the Ivorian Bank Company during the administration of President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Houphouët-Boigny died at the International Polyclinic of Sainte-Anne-Marie in… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Margareta Magnusson, a Swedish painter and essayist, died on March 12, 2026, in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the age of 91. Born Margareta Elisabeth Bothén in Gothenburg on December 31, 1934, she studied at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm and… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026 · Magnússon
Hans-Georg Backhaus, a German Marxian economist and philosopher, died on March 12, 2026, in Frankfurt. He was 96 or 97. Backhaus was one of the main authors of the Neue Marx-Lektüre and is considered one of the most important German… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Patrick Lemasle, a French politician, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 73. He served in the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2017, representing the 7th constituency of the Haute-Garonne department as a member of the… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Jenni Murray, the English journalist and broadcaster best known for presenting BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, died on March 12, 2026, aged 75. Born Jennifer Susan Bailey in Barnsley on 12 May 1950, she studied French and Drama at the… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
William Norvel, an American Catholic priest, died on March 12, 2026. Born William Leonard Norvel Jr. on October 1, 1935, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1965 and became the 13th and first Black superior general… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Kendall Myers, an American convicted spy and former U.S. State Department employee, died on March 12, 2026. He was arrested with his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, on June 4, 2009, and indicted on charges of spying for Cuba for nearly… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
David Sage, an American actor known for The Birdcage, Campus Cops and Highway to Heaven, died on March 12, 2026, at age 85. Born David Rohan Sage in Syracuse, New York, he worked as a character actor from 1980 to… · Italy · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Harimurali, an Indian Malayalam actor, died on March 12, 2026. Born in 1998 in Annoor, Payyannur, in Kerala’s Kannur district, he began acting as a child and appeared in Rasikan (2004), Annan Thampi and Madambi in 2008. He also acted… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Ernie Anastos, an American news anchor and talk show host, died on March 12, 2026, at age 82. An Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, he hosted WABC’s Positively Ernie, a program focused on uplifting stories and interviews, and later presented the nationally… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Robert Trivers, an American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist, died on March 12, 2026, at age 83. He was known for proposing the theories of reciprocal altruism, parental investment, facultative sex ratio determination, and parent–offspring conflict. Trivers also contributed to evolutionary… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Hussein Bazzi, a Lebanese academic and professor at Lebanese University, died on March 12, 2026, when he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on campus. He had served as director of the Faculty of Sciences from 2023. Bazzi was born… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Asim Bukhari, a Pakistani television and film actor, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 76. Bukhari began his acting career with Pakistan Television in 1965 and appeared in more than 200 films. Among his best-known work were… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Blood Duster, an Australian drummer with the Melbourne grindcore and stoner rock band Blood Duster, died on March 12, 2026. The band was formed in 1991 by Jason Fuller, Anthony Barry and Andrew Brown, and later underwent several lineup changes.… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Kevin Kiely, Irish politician and Mayor of Limerick from 2009 to 2010, died on March 12, 2026, aged 64. He was a member of Fine Gael and was first elected to Limerick City Council in 1985. Made a Peace Commissioner… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Antonio Puddu, the Italian boxer also known as Tonino Puddu, died on March 12, 2026. Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, on 8 May 1944, he won bronze at the 1963 Italian Championships in Pesaro in the super-lightweight division after yielding by… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Chaos UK, the British guitarist associated with the punk band Chaos UK, died on March 12, 2026. Chaos UK was an English punk rock band formed in 1979 in Portishead, near Bristol, and emerged from the anarcho-punk scene with a… · Japan · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
The 2026 Lebanon war, described as an Iranian commander in Lebanon, died on March 12, 2026, during the ongoing conflict in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah. Since March 2, 2026, the war has killed more than 1,000 militants and civilians… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026 · Other
Trevor McMahon, a New Zealand Test cricketer and wicket-keeper, died on March 12, 2026, aged 96. Born in Wellington on November 8, 1929, he played five Test matches for New Zealand between October 1955 and February 1956. McMahon studied engineering… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Boubacar Ould Messaoud, a Mauritanian human rights activist, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 80. Born on May 15, 1945, in Rosso, Mauritania, he fought against slavery in Mauritania and in 1995 founded SOS Esclaves to oppose… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026 · Other
Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said, Omani politician and Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, died on March 12, 2026. He served in that post from May 22, 1979, until his death. Born in Muscat on October 5, 1940,… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Gordon Wallace, the Scottish football player and manager, died on March 12, 2026. A forward, he began his career with Montrose in 1961 before playing for Raith Rovers, Dundee and Dundee United. A native of Dundee, he was named Scottish… · America · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Enrica Bonaccorti, the Italian television presenter, actress and song lyricist known for Non è la Rai and Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 76. Born… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Donald Liao, a Hong Kong civil servant and architect, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 96. Taiwanese-born and known also as a landscape architect, he played an instrumental role in the expansion of public housing in Hong… · China · 12 March 2026 · March 2026 · Other
Andrei Socaci, a Romanian weightlifter, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 59. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics as a lightweight before moving up to the middleweight division, where he earned nine medals at… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Mark Bittner, an American writer and author of The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, died on March 12, 2026. Born in Vancouver, Washington, on November 29, 1951, he wrote the book that accompanied the film The Wild Parrots of Telegraph… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Daniel Amey, an American application engineer, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Daniel Irwin Amey Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 25, 1941, he attended Pennsylvania State University, where he earned BSEE and ME degrees… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Joachim Wanke, a German Roman Catholic prelate, died on March 12, 2026. He was 84. Wanke served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Erfurt after its re-establishment following German reunification, leading the diocese from 1994 until his retirement… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026 · Other
Patricia Clarke, an Australian writer and historian, died on March 12, 2026. Born Mary Patricia Clarke in Alphington, Melbourne, on July 30, 1926, she was educated in Melbourne, later in Sale and at the University of Melbourne. She worked as… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
John Fisher Burns, a British journalist and longtime London bureau chief for The New York Times, died on March 12, 2026. He was 81. Burns won two Pulitzer Prizes during a career that began in the 1970s and continued until… · America · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Tom Brown, an American professional football player and guard for the BC Lions, died on March 12, 2026, at age 89. Brown played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and won the Outland Trophy in 1960 as the nation’s… · Canada · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Marcelino Miyares Sotolongo, a Cuban-American marketing executive and president of the Christian Democratic Party of Cuba, died on March 12, 2026. Born in 1937, he became president of the party in the United States in 1990 and wrote its manifesto,… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, a British life peer and member of the House of Lords from 2005 to 2024, died on March 12, 2026. Born Irene Tordoff Fennell on April 29, 1942, in Fife, Scotland, she was educated at Ribston… · Germany · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Peeter Simm died on March 12, 2026. He was an Estonian film director. · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Antón Louro, a Spanish politician, died on March 12, 2026, in Pontevedra, Spain, at the age of 73. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he served in the Parliament of Galicia from 1997 to 2004 and in the… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026 · Anton
Anastasios Gonis, a Greek politician and member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1993 to 1996, died on March 12, 2026. He was a member of New Democracy. Gonis, who was born in 1926 in Pylos-Nestoras, Greece, died in Athens. · 12 March 2026 · March 2026