Curt Newsome dead at age 67, Emory and Henry Wasps
Curt Newsome, an American football coach who worked with the Virginia Tech Hokies and Emory and Henry Wasps, died on May 31, 2026. He was 67. Newsome, whose full name…
Who Died in May 2026?
Who died in May 2026? Over 700 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Suman Kalyanpur dead at age 89, Laagi Nahi Chhute Ram, Vidhana Naach Nachawe
Suman Kalyanpur, the Indian playback singer known for songs in Bidesiya, Laagi Nahi Chhute Ram and Vidhana Naach Nachawe, died on May 31, 2026. She was 89. Born Suman Hemmadi…
BS Dhaliwal dead, heart attack
BS Dhaliwal, an Indian Army general, died on May 31, 2026, following a heart attack. He served as Engineer-in-Chief at Army Headquarters from 2006 to 2007 and had a military…
Ryamizard Ryacudu dead at age 76, minister of defence and chief of staff
Ryamizard Ryacudu, the Indonesian military officer and politician who served as minister of defence from 2014 to 2019 and as chief of staff from 2002 to 2005, died on May…
Ronald LaPread dead at age 75, American musician
Ronald LaPread, an American musician best known for his work with the Commodores, died on May 31, 2026. He was 75. LaPread was part of the funk, soul, R&B, pop…
B. S. Dhaliwal dead, heart attack
B. S. Dhaliwal, an Indian Army general, died on May 31, 2026, after a heart attack was announced as the cause. Lieutenant General Dhaliwal served as Engineer-in-Chief at Army Headquarters…
Matthew Spender dead at age 81, English sculptor and writer
Matthew Spender, the English sculptor and writer whose death was announced on May 31, 2026, died at 81. Born in London in 1945, he was also a painter and biographer,…
Probal Dasgupta dead at age 72, Substantivism; Bangla syntax; Esperanto studies
Probal Dasgupta, an Indian linguist, Esperantist and former president of the Universal Esperanto Association, died on May 31, 2026. He was 72. Born in Kolkata on September 19, 1953, Dasgupta…
Tomi Reichental dead at age 90, Slovak-born Irish Holocaust survivor
Tomi Reichental, a Slovak-born Irish Holocaust survivor and author, died on May 31, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Tomáš Reichental in Merašice, then in Czechoslovakia and now Slovakia,…
Iurie Bondarciuc dead at age 37, heart defect
Iurie Bondarciuc died on May 30, 2026, at the age of 37. The Moldovan footballer, who was associated with Tiraspol, died from a heart defect. Iurie Bondarciuc, 37, Moldovan footballer…
Foster Sylvers dead at age 64, prostate cancer
Foster Sylvers, an American singer and member of the family group The Sylvers, died on May 30, 2026, at age 64 of prostate cancer. Born Foster Emerson Sylvers on February…
Kelly Curtis dead at age 69, American actress
Kelly Curtis, an American actress known for her role in The Devil's Daughter, died on May 30, 2026. Born Kelly Lee Curtis on June 17, 1956, in Santa Monica, California,…
París Galán dead at age 58, Bolivian drag queen and politician
París Galán, a Bolivian drag queen and politician, died on May 30, 2026, at age 58. Born Carlos Felipe Parra Heredia in Oruro on February 5, 1968, he became widely…
Julio Le Parc dead at age 97, Argentine-French artist
Julio Le Parc, the Argentine-French artist whose experiments in painting, sculpture and visual art helped shape modern kinetic and op art, died on May 30, 2026. He was 97. Born…
K. P. Dhanapalan dead at age 76, MP
K. P. Dhanapalan, an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from 2009 to 2014, died on May 30, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on April 4, 1950, in…
Joe Negri dead at age 99, American jazz guitarist and educator
Joe Negri, an American jazz guitarist and educator, died on May 30, 2026, at age 99. Born Joseph Harold Negri on June 10, 1926, in Pittsburgh, he began performing on…
Nestor da Silva dead at age 108, military paratrooper and World War II veteran
Nestor da Silva, a Brazilian military officer, military paratrooper and World War II veteran, died on May 30, 2026, at the age of 108. Born on June 13, 1917, in…
Josefina Molina dead at age 89, screenwriter and television producer
Josefina Molina, the Spanish film director, screenwriter and television producer, died on May 30, 2026. She was 89. Born in Córdoba, Spain, on November 14, 1936, Molina became one of…
Jutta Zilliacus dead at age 100, journalist and author
Jutta Zilliacus, a Finnish-Estonian politician, journalist and author, died on May 30, 2026, at the age of 100. Born Jutta Armelle Zilliacus in Helsinki on July 25, 1925, she worked…
Steve Barrow dead at age 80, co-founder of Blood and Fire
Steve Barrow, the British reggae producer and historiographer who co-founded the Blood and Fire record label, died on May 30, 2026, at the age of 80. Born on September 29,…
Zacarias Kamwenho dead at age 91, archbishop of Lubango
Zacarias Kamwenho, the Angolan Roman Catholic prelate who served as archbishop of Lubango from 1997 to 2009, died on May 30, 2026. He was 91. Born in Huambo on September…
Josef Kovačič dead at age 65, Czech footballer
Josef Kovačič died on May 30, 2026. He was a Czech footballer who played for TJ Škoda Plzeň. Further details about his life and career were not provided in the…
Dennis Hull dead at age 81, Detroit Red Wings
Dennis Hull, a Canadian ice hockey player who spent most of his NHL career with the Chicago Black Hawks and also played for the Detroit Red Wings, died on May…
Doug Shaw dead at age 42, White Magic
Doug Shaw died on May 29, 2026. He was a British musician known for his work with Gang Gang Dance and White Magic. His death was announced on that date.…
Sidney Moko Mead dead at age 99, New Zealand Māori anthropologist and historian
Sidney Moko Mead, a New Zealand Māori anthropologist and historian, died on May 29, 2026. He was 99. Born in Wairoa on January 8, 1927, Mead was also known as…
Pedro Ortaça dead at age 83, Brazilian musician
Pedro Ortaça died on May 29, 2026. He was a Brazilian musician. Pedro Ortaça, 83, Brazilian musician. Tags Musicians, 29 May 2026, Brazil, Cancer, Pedro, May 2026, May 29, Ortaça
Lau Shun dead at age 87, Hong Kong actor
Lau Shun died on May 29, 2026. He was a Hong Kong actor. Lau Shun, 87, Hong Kong actor. Tags Actors, 29 May 2026, Aries, Lau, Shun, May 2026, May…
Bobby Crockett dead at age 83, American football player
Bobby Crockett, an American football player who played for the Buffalo Bills, died on May 29, 2026, at age 83. Born Robert Paul Crockett on April 3, 1944, in Briggsville,…
Larry King dead at age 81, American tennis promoter
Larry King, an American tennis promoter and attorney, died on May 29, 2026, at age 81. Born Larry William King in Dayton, Ohio, on January 30, 1945, he studied at…
Mariella Mularoni dead at age 63, captain regent
Mariella Mularoni, a Sammarinese politician and former captain regent, died on May 29, 2026, at age 63. Born in the City of San Marino on October 15, 1962, she served…
Edgar Morin dead at age 104, French philosopher
Edgar Morin, the French philosopher and sociologist whose work on complexity and “polycrisis” shaped debates across the social sciences, died on May 29, 2026. He was 104. Born Edgar Nahoum…
Bruno Kant dead at age 110, German supercentenarian and Catholic priest
Bruno Kant died on May 29, 2026. He was a German Catholic priest and supercentenarian, and was born on February 26, 1916, in Werblinia. Wikidata describes him as a Roman…
Yoshiharu Yamaguchi dead at age 83, stroke
Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, the Japanese rugby union player who represented his national team, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on February 15, 1943, in Mihama, Fukui,…
Michel Stievenard dead at age 88, French footballer
Michel Stievenard, a French footballer, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Waziers on September 21, 1937, he spent his club career with RC Lens…
Gade Venkata Reddy dead at age 89, Andhra Pradesh MLA
Gade Venkata Reddy, an Indian politician and former Andhra Pradesh MLA, died on May 29, 2026. Born on July 10, 1945, in Bapatla, he was elected to the state assembly…
Caroline Marland dead at age 80, traffic collision
Caroline Marland, the British advertiser and newspaper managing director who worked for The Guardian, died on May 29, 2026, in a traffic collision. Born Caroline Ann Rushton in Dublin in…
Geoff Keating dead at age 88, British musician
Geoff Keating, the British musician best known for his work with the vocal group The Master Singers, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 88. He was part…
Bryan Bergougnoux dead at age 43, Toulouse) and manager
Bryan Bergougnoux, the French football midfielder and manager known for his spells with Tours, Toulouse and Thonon Evian, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 43. Born in…
José Manuel Blecua Perdices dead at age 86, director of the Royal Spanish Academy
José Manuel Blecua Perdices, the Spanish philologist who directed the Royal Spanish Academy from 2010 to 2014, died on May 29, 2026. He was 86. Born in Zaragoza on June…
T. U. Kuruvilla dead at age 89, Kerala MLA
T. U. Kuruvilla, an Indian politician who served as a Kerala MLA from 2006 to 2016, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on September 13,…
Peter Straarup dead at age 74, CEO of Danske Bank
Peter Straarup died on May 29, 2026. He was a Danish banking executive and chief executive officer of Danske Bank. Further details about his death were not immediately available. Peter…
Hemendra Singh Panwar dead at age 89, Indian environmentalist
Hemendra Singh Panwar, an Indian environmentalist and conservationist, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 89. He was known for his work in wildlife protection and conservation, and…
Sanda Țăranu dead at age 87, journalist, translator, radio and television announcer
Sanda Țăranu died on May 29, 2026. She was a Romanian actress, journalist, translator, and radio and television announcer. Sanda Țăranu, 87, Romanian actress, journalist, translator, radio and television announcer.…
Jorge Alonso Treviño dead at age 90, governor of Nuevo León
Jorge Alonso Treviño, the Mexican politician who served as governor of Nuevo León from 1985 to 1991, died on May 29, 2026. He was 90. Born in Monterrey on November…
Claude Lemieux dead at age 60, Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche
Claude Lemieux, the Canadian ice hockey player who starred for the New Jersey Devils, Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche, died on May 28, 2026, at age 60. Born Claude Percy…
S. Sathyendra dead at age 64, Indian actor and film director
S. Sathyendra, an Indian actor and film director, died on May 28, 2026. He was 64. Known also as an actor in Tamil and Kannada cinema, he began his screen…
George Bork dead at age 84, Montreal Alouettes
George Bork, an American Hall of Fame football player who starred for the Northern Illinois Huskies and later played for the Montreal Alouettes, died on May 28, 2026. He was…
Jang Jae-sik dead at age 91, South Korean politician and economist
Jang Jae-sik died on May 28, 2026. He was a South Korean politician and economist. Further details about his life and career were not provided in the available record. Jang…
Bashir Badr dead at age 91, Indian poet
Bashir Badr, an Indian poet, died on May 28, 2026, at the age of 91. He was an Urdu poet who taught at Aligarh Muslim University and wrote primarily in…
Nemesio Pozuelo dead at age 85, Spartak Moscow, Zenit Saint Petersburg
Nemesio Pozuelo, a footballer who played for Torpedo Moscow, Spartak Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg, died on May 28, 2026. He was 85. Born on July 7, 1940, in Kharkiv,…
Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi dead at age 80, president, vice president, and minister of defense, heart at…
Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, the Yemeni politician who served as president from 2012 to 2022, died on May 28, 2026, at the age of 80. He had earlier been vice president…
Jan Hraběta dead at age 86, Czech actor
Jan Hraběta died on May 28, 2026, at the age of 86. He was a Czech actor, according to the announcement of his death. No further details were immediately given.…
Daniel Ingham dead at age 33, racing collision
Daniel Ingham died on May 28, 2026, following a racing collision. He was a British racing driver. Further details were not immediately available. Daniel Ingham, 33, British racing driver, racing…
Jim Treacy dead at age 82, Bennettsbridge
Jim Treacy, the Kilkenny and Bennettsbridge hurler, died on May 28, 2026, aged 82. Born in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, in 1943, he joined the Kilkenny senior team in 1963 and…
Marie-Jo Lafontaine dead at age 75, Belgian sculptor and video artist
Marie-Jo Lafontaine, the Belgian sculptor and video artist, died on May 28, 2026. She was 75. Born in Antwerp on November 17, 1950, she studied at the École nationale supérieure…
Milan Kužela dead at age 80, national team), Ice Hockey World Championship winner
Milan Kužela died on May 28, 2026. He was a Slovak ice hockey player who played for Slovan Bratislava and the national team. He was part of the team that…
Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale dead at age 89, Scottish Labour Party member of the House…
Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale, the Scottish Labour Party member of the House of Lords, died on May 28, 2026, aged 89. Also known as Margaret Mildred Ramsay, she…
Maureen Duffy dead at age 92, playwright and novelist
Maureen Duffy, the English poet, playwright and novelist, died on May 28, 2026, at the age of 92, with her death announced that day. Born Maureen Patricia Duffy in Worthing,…
Jevgenij Shuklin dead at age 40, MP
Jevgenij Shuklin, a Lithuanian sprint canoeist and politician who served as a member of parliament from 2024, died on May 28, 2026, at age 40. Born on November 23, 1985,…
Dabirul Islam dead at age 77, MP
Dabirul Islam, a Bangladeshi politician and longtime member of parliament, died on May 28, 2026, at the age of 77. Born on September 29, 1948, he represented Thakurgaon-2 in the…
Alec Penstone dead at age 101, British naval officer
Alec Penstone, a British naval officer and Second World War veteran, died on May 28, 2026, aged 101. Born in Tottenham, London, on April 23, 1925, he served in the…
Giuseppe Gargani dead at age 91, deputy and MEP
Giuseppe Gargani, the Italian politician who served as a deputy from 1972 to 1994 and as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2009, died on May 27,…
Ilie Ciocan dead at age 112, Romanian army officer
Ilie Ciocan, a Romanian army officer, died on May 27, 2026, at the age of 112. Born in Cremenari, Romania, on May 28, 1913, he was a military veteran who…
Paul Dorpat dead at age 87, American historian
Paul Dorpat, an American historian, died on May 27, 2026. He was 87. Dorpat was an author and photographer who focused on the history of Seattle and Washington state. He…
Marcia Lucas dead at age 80, Taxi Driver, American Graffiti), Oscar winner, cancer
Marcia Lucas, the American film editor who won an Academy Award for her work on Star Wars, died on May 27, 2026. She was 80. Born Marcia Lou Griffin in…
Klaus Emmerich dead at age 82, Trokadero
Klaus Emmerich, a German film director and screenwriter known for The First Polka and Trokadero, died on May 27, 2026. He was 82. Born in Freital on August 10, 1943,…
Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor dead at age 75, Nigerian army general and United Nations force commander
Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor, the Nigerian army lieutenant general and United Nations force commander, died on May 27, 2026, at the age of 75. A retired officer, he served until 2010…
Marion Kozak dead at age 91, Polish-born British activist
Marion Kozak, the Polish-born British activist, died on May 27, 2026, aged 91. Born in Częstochowa in 1934 as Dobra Jenta Kozak, she left Poland for the United Kingdom in…
Jean-Bosco Tchagolé dead, Priest of Sokodé
Jean-Bosco Tchagolé, priest of the Diocese of Sokodé and a Togolese Catholic cleric, died on May 27, 2026. He served in pastoral ministry in northern Togo and was known for…
Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah dead at age 73, deputy prime minister
Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, the Qatari politician who served as deputy prime minister from 2003 to 2011, died on May 27, 2026. He was 73. Born in Doha in 1952,…
Choi Jeong-woon dead at age 73, Korean professor
Choi Jeong-woon died on May 27, 2026. He was a Korean professor. Tags Scientists, 27 May 2026, Choi, Sagittarius, Jeong-woon, May 2026, May 27
Jay Milder dead at age 92, stroke
Jay Milder, an American painter, died on May 27, 2026, at 92. A figurative expressionist associated with the second generation of the New York School, he developed a body of…
Joe Schwarz dead at age 88, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Michigan Senate
Joe Schwarz, an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005 to 2007 and in the Michigan Senate from 1987 to 2002, died on May 27,…
Randhir Singh
Indian political scientistDied on Sunday January 31st 2016
Carlos Oliva dead at age 61, director of the Central Reserve Bank and minister of economy and finan…
Carlos Oliva, a Peruvian economist who served as director of the Central Reserve Bank from 2015 to 2016 and again from 2021, died on May 27, 2026, at the age…
Anik Dutta dead, Ashchorjyo Prodeep, Meghnad Badh Rahasya), fall
Anik Dutta, the Indian film director behind Bhooter Bhabishyat, Ashchorjyo Prodeep and Meghnad Badh Rahasya, died on May 27, 2026, after a fall. He was a Bengali filmmaker whose directorial…
Peter Schepull dead at age 61, Wettingen, national team
Peter Schepull died on May 27, 2026, at the age of 61. He was a Swiss footballer who played for Servette, Wettingen and the national team. Born in Rapperswil on…
Vladimir Matyukhin dead at age 81, Russian general
Vladimir Matyukhin, a Russian general, died on May 27, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Moscow on February 4, 1945, he studied at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute,…
Esa Klinga dead at age 86, 1968
Esa Klinga, a Finnish Olympic skier and Nordic combined competitor, died on May 26, 2026. He was born on November 21, 1939, in Mikkeli, Finland. Klinga competed in the Nordic…
Mark Bailey dead at age 64, San Francisco Giants), cancer
Mark Bailey, an American baseball player who played for the Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants, died on May 26, 2026, at age 64. A catcher in Major League Baseball…
Theo Diegelmann dead at age 86, VfL Bochum, 1. FC Nürnberg
Theo Diegelmann, a German football goalkeeper who played for SSV Reutlingen 05, VfL Bochum and 1. FC Nürnberg, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on…
Gaël Da Silva dead at age 41, French Olympic gymnast
Gaël Da Silva, a French Olympic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, died on May 26, 2026. Born on December 30, 1984, in Vaulx-en-Velin, France, he represented the…
Dragoljub Mićunović dead at age 95, president of the chamber of citizens of the Federal Assembly of…
Dragoljub Mićunović, a Serbian politician and former president of the chamber of citizens of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia from 2000 to 2003 and of the Assembly of Serbia and…
Věra Nerušilová dead at age 91, Czech singer
Věra Nerušilová died on May 26, 2026. She was a Czech singer. Věra Nerušilová, 91, Czech singer. Tags Musicians, 26 May 2026, Czechia, May 2026, May 26, Nerušilová, Věra
Frankie Duarte dead at age 71, American boxer
Frankie Duarte, an American boxer, died on May 26, 2026. He was 71. Duarte was a professional super bantamweight who turned pro in 1973 and retired in 1989 after losing…
Edoardo Rovida dead at age 98, apostolic nuncio
Edoardo Rovida, an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and apostolic nuncio, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Alessandria on August 26, 1927, he was ordained…
Terry Don Phillips dead, American college athletics administrator
Terry Don Phillips, an American college athletics administrator and former Clemson Tigers athletic director, died on May 26, 2026. He served as athletic director at Liberty Baptist College, now Liberty…
Linda Mullins dead at age 86, English greyhound racing trainer
Linda Mullins, the English greyhound racing trainer, died on May 26, 2026, the date her death was announced. She was 86. A retired trainer from England, Mullins was a five-time…
Bob Horner dead at age 68, St. Louis Cardinals
Bob Horner, an American baseball player who starred for the Atlanta Braves and later played for the St. Louis Cardinals, died on May 26, 2026. Born James Robert Horner on…
Mohammed Odeh dead at age 51, commander of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, airstrike
Mohammed Odeh, a Palestinian Islamic militant and commander of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, died on May 26, 2026, in an airstrike. He was 51 or 52. Born in 1974…
Gennaro Sasso dead at age 97, Italian philosopher and historian of philosophy
Gennaro Sasso died on May 26, 2026. He was 97. An Italian philosopher and historian of philosophy, Sasso was born in Rome on June 25, 1928. His work and teaching…
Manny Fernandez dead at age 79, American football player
Manny Fernandez, the American football player who played for the Miami Dolphins, died on May 26, 2026. He was 79. Born in Oakland, California, on July 3, 1946, Fernandez was…
Howard Storm dead at age 94, Once Bitten, Mork & Mindy
Howard Storm, an American actor and director known for work on "Take the Money and Run," "Once Bitten" and "Mork & Mindy," died on May 26, 2026. He was 94.…
Arnold Whittall dead at age 90, British musicologist
Arnold Whittall, the British musicologist who wrote widely on 20th- and 21st-century classical music, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on November…
Donald Newhouse dead at age 96, lymphoma
Donald Newhouse, the American businessman and publisher who led Advance Publications, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 96, according to the family company. Born in New York…
R. Fred Lewis dead at age 78, justice of the Supreme Court of Florida
R. Fred Lewis, an American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida from 1998 to 2019, died on May 26, 2026, at age 78. Born…