Vladimir Cvetković dies at 84
Vladimir Cvetković, a Serbian basketball player and sports administrator, died on May 6, 2026, at age 84. He was the honorary president of Crvena zvezda and spent his entire playing…
Who Died in May 2026?
Who died in May 2026? Over 800 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Aimable Karasira Rwandan academic, YouTuber and dissident, drug overdose dies
Aimable Karasira, a Rwandan academic, singer, YouTuber and political activist, died on May 6, 2026, of a drug overdose. Karasira was an ethnic Tutsi whose parents were killed in the…
Jesse Hector passes away at age 78
Jesse Hector, the English musician fronting the rock group The Gorillas, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Kilburn, northwest London, on July 17, 1947,…
Russ Hodge obituary: died at age 86
Russ Hodge, an American Olympic decathlete, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Roscoe, New York, in 1939, Hodge was a track and field athlete…
Death of Rajko Kasagić at age 83
Rajko Kasagić, a Bosnian Serb politician, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 83. A member of the Serb Democratic Party, he served as prime minister of Republika…
Mert Lawwill died at age 85
Mert Lawwill, an American motorcycle racer, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Boise, Idaho, on September 25, 1940, he competed in the AMA Grand…
Death of Liviu Volconovici at age 69
Liviu Volconovici, a Moldovan politician, agronomist and professor who served as Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment in 2018, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 69.…
Death of László Fazekas at age 78
László Fazekas, Hungarian football player and coach, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on 15 October 1947, he played the third most international games for…
Aryeh Stern obituary: died at age 81
Aryeh Stern, an Israeli rabbi and the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Jerusalem, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 81. He was a member of the Chief Rabbinate…
José Navarro dies at age 77
José Navarro, a Peruvian football defender who played for Defensor Arica, Sporting Cristal and the national team, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 77. Navarro, whose full…
Ronald Russell died at age 71
Ronald Russell, an American Virgin Islander Olympic sprinter, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands, on June 10, 1954, he represented…
Cavayé Yéguié Djibril obituary: died at age 86
Cavayé Yéguié Djibril, Cameroonian politician and president of the National Assembly, died on May 6, 2026, aged 86. He held the post from 1992 to 2026, making him the longest-serving…
Kenji Ohba death at age 71
Kenji Ohba, a Japanese actor and stuntman, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 71. Born Kenji Takahashi in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, he was known professionally as…
Morris Watts has died at age 89
Morris Watts, an American football player and coach, died on May 6, 2026. He was 88. Watts spent much of his career in coaching, serving as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks…
Shin Jong-o South Korean judge, suicide dies
Shin Jong-o died on May 6, 2026, by suicide. He was a South Korean judge associated with Kim Keon Hee. The death was reported without further details. Shin Jong-o, South…
Ted Turner died at age 87
Ted Turner, the American media proprietor who founded CNN, WTBS and TNT, died on May 6, 2026, at age 87. Born Robert Edward Turner III on November 19, 1938, in…
Obituary: Algis Jurgis Kundrotas, dead at age 75
Algis Jurgis Kundrotas, a Lithuanian physicist, died on May 6, 2026, at age 75. He was also a habilitated doctor of physical sciences, university professor and independent researcher. Born on…
Lawrence J. Smith passes away at age 93
Lawrence J. Smith, an American politician and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, died on May 6, 2026, in Hollywood, Florida, at the age of 85. A Florida…
Judith Barnard death at age 94
Judith Barnard, the American writer known as Judith Michael, died on May 6, 2026, of heart failure. She wrote under the name Judith Michael. Judith Barnard, 94, American writer (Judith…
Jake Hall dies at 35
Jake Hall, the British actor, model and reality television star known for The Only Way is Essex, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 35. His death was…
Carlos Malcolm, died aged 91
Carlos Malcolm, a Jamaican trombonist, percussionist and bandleader, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 91. Born Carlos Antonio Malcolm in Colón, Panama, on November 10, 1934, to…
Death of Heinrich Kofler at age 96
Heinrich Kofler, an Austrian politician and former member of the Landtag of Vorarlberg, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 96. A member of the Austrian People's Party,…
Harold K. Brown passes away at age 92
Harold K. Brown, an American civil rights leader, died on May 6, 2026. He was 92. Brown worked in San Diego, California, where he graduated from San Diego State University…
Obituary: Timo Kautonen, dead at age 81
Timo Kautonen, a Finnish footballer, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 81. He played 42 matches for the Finland national football team from 1964 to 1976 and…
Fili Seru dies at 56
Fili Seru, a Fijian rugby union and rugby league player, died on May 6, 2026, of complications from motor neuron disease. Born on March 11, 1970, he represented Fiji in…
John L. Marion died at age 92
John L. Marion, the American auctioneer and philanthropist who chaired Sotheby’s from 1975 to 1994, died on May 6, 2026. Born in Gardiner, New York, on November 27, 1933, Marion…
Dick Hughes dies at 88
Dick Hughes, an American baseball player, died on May 6, 2026, at age 88. Born Richard Henry Hughes on February 13, 1938, he pitched in three seasons for the St.…
Pierre-François Veil dies at 72
Pierre-François Veil, French lawyer and civil servant and president of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah since 2023, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 72.…
Georgy Golitsyn dead at age 91
Georgy Golitsyn, a Russian scientist known for his work in atmospheric physics, died on May 6, 2026. He was a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR…
Marc Plantegenest obituary: died at age 82
Marc Plantegenest, a Saint Pierrais politician and civil servant, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Saint-Pierre on June 11, 1943, he served as a…
Anatoly Rusanov died at age 94
Anatoly Rusanov, a Russian chemist, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Leningrad on April 20, 1932, he was a member of the Russian Academy…
Val Attenbrow passes away at age 84
Val Attenbrow died on May 5, 2026. She was an Australian archaeologist. Tags Scientists, 05 May 2026, Attenbrow, Australia, Scorpio, Val, May 2026, May 5
Daniel W. Jones obituary: died at age 81
Daniel W. Jones died on May 5, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 05 May 2026, America, Capricorn, Daniel, Jones, May 2026, May 5
Bill Smalley passes away at age 83
Bill Smalley died on May 5, 2026. He was a New Zealand cricketer. Tags Athletes, 05 May 2026, Bill, Smalley, May 2026, May 5, New Zealand
Chris Phelan death at age 70
Chris Phelan, the Irish-born Australian rugby league player who represented Parramatta and Queensland, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Borris-in-Ossory, County Laois, Ireland, on…
R. B. Choudary passed away at age 77
R. B. Choudary, an Indian film producer, died on May 5, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was the founder of the production company Super Good Films and worked in…
Pierre Pascallon, died aged 84
Pierre Pascallon, a French politician and former deputy and mayor of Issoire, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 84. He served as a deputy in the National…
René Groebli death at age 98
René Groebli, a Swiss photographer known for his artistic photo-books, industrial and advertising photography, photojournalism and photo-illustration, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Zurich…
Cheryl Mary Clare Hurst death at age 63
Cheryl Mary Clare Hurst, an Antiguan and Barbudan politician, died on May 5, 2026. She served as a senator in the Upper House of Parliament in Antigua and Barbuda and…
Evelyn Cox dead at age 66
Evelyn Cox, an American country and bluegrass singer and musician with The Cox Family, died on May 5, 2026. She was 66. The Cox Family was an American country and…
Temur Maisuradze passes away at age 66
Temur Maisuradze, a Georgian politician and member of parliament from 2012 to 2016, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 66. Born on July 24, 1959, in Aspindza,…
Guto Graça Mello has died at age 78
Guto Graça Mello died on May 5, 2026. He was a Brazilian composer and music producer. Tags Musicians, 05 May 2026, Brazil, Guto, Mello, Taurus, May 2026, May 5
Death of Peter Ferrara at age 71
Peter Ferrara, an American lawyer and policy analyst, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 71. He was also a columnist and served as an analyst for The…
Obituary: Shaikh Idrees, dead at age 64
Shaikh Idrees, a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2002 to 2007, died on May 5, 2026, after…
Servet Pëllumbi has died at age 89
Servet Pëllumbi, Albanian politician and speaker of parliament, died on May 5, 2026, following a brief illness. He was 89. Born in Korçë on December 12, 1936, he served as…
Bob Belden has died at age 78
Bob Belden, an American football player who was a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, died on May 5, 2026, in Canton, Ohio, at age 78. Belden was born in Canton…
Viktor Kuzmenko Ukrainian rescuer, Hero of Ukraine dies
Viktor Kuzmenko died on May 5, 2026. He was a Ukrainian rescuer and was named a Hero of Ukraine in 2025. Viktor Kuzmenko, Ukrainian rescuer, Hero of Ukraine (2025). Tags…
Richard Cameron obituary: died at age 77
Richard Cameron, the English playwright from Doncaster, died on May 5, 2026, aged 77. Born on 16 June 1948 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, he wrote plays including Pond Life, Not Fade…
Obituary: Kyle Loftis, dead at age 43
Kyle Loftis, an American media producer, entrepreneur, and internet personality, died on May 5, 2026, at age 43. He was the founder of 1320Video, an automotive media brand known for…
Donald Ross died at age 85
Donald Ross, an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1983 to 2003, died on May 5, 2026, at age 85. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he…
Obituary: José Ortiz, dead at age 62
José Ortiz, a Puerto Rican basketball player for Atléticos de San Germán, Cangrejeros de Santurce and the national team, died on May 5, 2026, at age 62 of colorectal cancer.…
Obituary: Pat Graham, dead at age 64
Pat Graham, a Canadian ice hockey player who appeared in 103 National Hockey League games with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1981 and 1984, died on May…
Jonathan Tiersten dies at 60
Jonathan Tiersten, an American actor known for Sleepaway Camp, died on May 5, 2026, at age 60. Tiersten portrayed Ricky Thomas in the 1983 cult film Sleepaway Camp and later…
Terje Haugland obituary: died at age 82
Terje Haugland, the Norwegian long jumper, died on May 5, 2026. Born in Haugesund on April 11, 1944, he competed for Norway in the long jump and finished eleventh at…
Death of Valeri Zhabko at age 58
Valeri Zhabko, a Russian footballer and defender, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 58. Born Valeri Nikolayevich Zhabko on August 18, 1967, he made his professional debut…
Yevgeny Sivokon died at age 88
Yevgeny Sivokon, a Ukrainian film director, died on May 5, 2026. He was 88. Born in Kyiv on May 7, 1937, he worked as a director of animated films in…
Death of Idris Tarangzai at age 64
Idris Tarangzai, a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who served as a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA from 2002 to 2007, died on May 5, 2026, after being shot. He was 64.…
Claude Morin dies at age 96
Claude Morin, a Canadian politician and former Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly for Louis-Hébert, died on May 5, 2026. He was 96. Born in Montmorency, Quebec, Morin earned…
Yevhen Syvokin death at age 88
Yevhen Syvokin, a Ukrainian film director, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Kyiv on May 7, 1937, he was a Soviet and Ukrainian director…
Crystal R. Emery passes away at age 65
Crystal R. Emery, an American film director and producer known for The Deadliest Disease in America, died on May 5, 2026. She was an American filmmaker, playwright and theatre director,…
Trevor Bennett dead at age 99
Trevor Bennett, a Canadian politician and Newfoundland MHA, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 99. Born on Sept. 3, 1926, in Daniel's Harbour, Newfoundland, he served in…
Santhosh K. Nayar, died aged 68
Santhosh K. Nayar, an Indian actor, died on May 5, 2026, in a traffic collision. He appeared in Malayalam cinema and acted in more than 100 films between 1982 and…
Dante Ang dead
Dante Ang, a Filipino journalist and chairman emeritus and owner of The Manila Times, died on May 5, 2026. He was born on June 27, 1942. Ang was known as…
Obituary: Soledad Gallego-Díaz, dead at age 75
Soledad Gallego-Díaz, the Spanish journalist and former editor of El País, died on May 5, 2026. Born in Madrid in 1951, she studied at the Official School of Journalism of…
Geoff Dakin has died at age 90
Geoff Dakin, the South African cricketer and cricket administrator who represented Eastern Province, died on May 4, 2026, aged 90. Born Geoffrey Frank Dakin on August 13, 1935, in Port…
Herman Branover obituary: died at age 94
Herman Branover, a Russian-Israeli physicist and Jewish educator, died on May 4, 2026, at age 94. He was known in the scientific community as a pioneer in magnetohydrodynamics and in…
Obituary: Carlos Garaikoetxea, dead at age 87
Carlos Garaikoetxea, the Spanish politician who served as lehendakari from 1979 to 1985, died on May 4, 2026, of a heart attack. He was born in Pamplona, Navarre, on June…
Jorge Calandrelli has died at age 86
Jorge Calandrelli, Argentine composer, arranger and conductor, died on May 4, 2026, at age 86. He was known for his work with Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Arturo Sandoval, Yo-Yo Ma,…
Eladio Zárate passed away at age 84
Eladio Zárate, Paraguayan football player and manager, died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 84. He played for Huracán, Unión Española and the Paraguay national team, including at…
Miguel Ángel J. Márquez Ruiz dead at age 83
Miguel Ángel J. Márquez Ruiz, a Mexican veterinarian, died on May 4, 2026. He was a veterinarian with more than 50 years of professional practice and received international recognition for…
Ion Toderaș has died at age 77
Ion Toderaș died on May 4, 2026. He was a Moldovan ecologist and biologist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Tags Scientists, 04 May 2026, Ion,…
Hicham Fi Aridha Algerian YouTuber dies
Hicham Fi Aridha died on May 4, 2026. He was an Algerian YouTuber. Hicham Fi Aridha, Algerian YouTuber. Tags Other, 04 May 2026, Aridha, Hicham, 2026-05-04, May 2026, May 4
George Trahern passes away at age 89
George Trahern, an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988, died on May 4, 2026. He was 89. Born in Grants Pass, Oregon,…
Robert A. Stebbins obituary: died at age 87
Robert A. Stebbins, an American-born Canadian sociologist, died on May 4, 2026. He was 87. Stebbins was professor emeritus at the University of Calgary and served as associate editor for…
Jalil Hamid dies at 69
Jalil Hamid died on May 4, 2026. He was a Malaysian actor, singer and producer, known for Buli. Tags Actors, Musicians, 04 May 2026, Hamid, Jalil, Malaysia, Pisces, May 2026,…
Alexis Dipanda Mouelle dead at age 84
Alexis Dipanda Mouelle, Cameroonian magistrate and president of the Supreme Court from 1990 to 2014, died on May 4, 2026, at age 84. Born in Bonaléa on March 25, 1942,…
Olivier Dupuis has died at age 68
Olivier Dupuis, a Belgian politician and member of the European Parliament from 1996 to 2004, died on May 4, 2026. He was 68. Born in Ath, Belgium, on February 25,…
Kazuhiro Ninomiya dies at age 79
Kazuhiro Ninomiya, a Japanese judoka, died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Fukuoka, Japan, on November 28, 1946, he competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics…
Bob Skinner death at age 94
Bob Skinner, an American baseball player and manager, died on May 4, 2026, at age 94. Robert Ralph Skinner played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates,…
David Plowden passed away at age 93
David Plowden, an American photographer, died on May 4, 2026. He was born on October 9, 1932, in Boston and became known for historical documentary photographs of urban cities, steam…
Tat’jana Ljubeckaja dies at age 85
Tat'jana Ljubeckaja died on May 4, 2026. She was a Russian fencer. Tags Athletes, 04 May 2026, Ljubeckaja, Russia, May 2026, May 4, Tat'jana
Yuji Ohno has died at age 84
Yuji Ohno, the Japanese musician and composer known for his work on "Lupin III," died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 84. A pianist, orchestrator and keyboard player,…
Obituary: Hermano da Silva Ramos, dead at age 100
Hermano da Silva Ramos, the French-Brazilian racing driver, died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 100. Born in Paris on December 7, 1925, he was the son of…
Death of Henk Beckers at age 81
Henk Beckers, Dutch politician and senator from 2011 to 2015, died on May 4, 2026. Born Henricus Gerardus Josephus Maria Beckers on May 30, 1944, in Mheer, in the German-occupied…
Derek Conway dead at age 73
Derek Conway, an English politician and television presenter, died on May 4, 2026, aged 73. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury and…
Death of Brendan O’Brien at age 82
Brendan O'Brien, Irish journalist, died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 82. He worked for RTÉ from 1974 until 2002 and was a journalist on RTÉ One's Prime…
Hicham fil Aridha Algerian YouTuber dies
Hicham fil Aridha died on May 4, 2026. He was an Algerian YouTuber. Hicham fil Aridha, Algerian YouTuber. Tags Other, 04 May 2026, Aridha, Hicham, 2026-05-04, May 2026, May 4
Konstantin Tolkachyov, died aged 73
Konstantin Tolkachyov, a Russian politician, died on May 4, 2026. Konstantin Tolkachyov [ru], 73, Russian politician. Tags Politicians, 04 May 2026, Konstantin, Russia, Tolkachyov, 2026-05-04, May 2026, May 4
Marcel Labine, died aged 78
Marcel Labine, a Canadian poet, died on May 4, 2026. He was born on February 25, 1948, in Quebec, graduated from the Université de Montréal and taught literature at Maisonneuve…
Dame Shirley Porter has died at age 95
Dame Shirley Porter, British politician and former leader of Westminster City Council, died on May 4, 2026, aged 95. She led the council from 1983 to 1991 and served as…
John Sterling died at age 87
John Sterling, the American sportscaster best known for his work with the New York Yankees, died on May 4, 2026, of heart failure. He was 87. Born John Sloss in…
Lee Hong-koo dies at 92
Lee Hong-koo, the South Korean politician who served as prime minister from 1994 to 1995, died on May 4, 2026. He was 92. Lee also served as South Korean ambassador…
André Cerdini obituary: died at age 96
André Cerdini, the French magistrate who oversaw the trial of Klaus Barbie, died on May 4, 2026. Born André Émile Cerdini on December 18, 1929, in Vals-les-Bains, France, he studied…
Stein Erik Hagen death at age 69
Stein Erik Hagen, Norwegian businessman and founder of the Rimi discount store chain, died on May 4, 2026, after cardiac arrest. He was 69. Hagen was chairman of Orkla and…
Peter Cannon-Brookes died at age 87
Peter Cannon-Brookes died on May 3, 2026. He was a British art historian. Tags Scientists, 03 May 2026, Britain, Peter, Cannon-Brookes, May 2026, May 3
Obituary: Abdusamad Durmonov, dead at age 60
Abdusamad Durmonov died on May 3, 2026. He was an Uzbekistani footballer. Tags Athletes, 03 May 2026, Abdusamad, Durmonov, Scorpio, May 2026, May 3
Hany Shaker dead at age 73
Hany Shaker, the Egyptian singer, actor and composer, died on May 3, 2026, at age 73. Born Hany Abdel Aziz Shaker in Cairo on December 21, 1952, he began his…
Boris Volodin passes away at age 94
Boris Volodin, a Russian politician and member of the Soviet of the Union from 1984 to 1989, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 94. Born Boris Mikhailovich…
Cândido Mota, died aged 82
Cândido Mota died on May 3, 2026. He was a Portuguese radio announcer, television presenter, and actor. His death was announced without further details. Tags Actors, Journalists, 03 May 2026,…