Princess Marie-Cécile of Prussia has died at age 84
Princess Marie-Cécile of Prussia, a German noblewoman and member of the House of Hohenzollern, died October 31, 2026, aged 84. Born Marie-Cécile Kira Viktoria Luise on May 28, 1942, at…
Who Died in October 2026?
Who died in October 2026? Over 800 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Dan Doornink passes away at age 70
Dan Doornink, an American football player who played for the New York Giants and Seattle Seahawks, died October 31, 2026, aged 70. Born Daniel Glenn Doornink in Yakima, Washington, he…
Jorge Carrión Pavlich dies at 76
Jorge Carrión Pavlich, a Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Puno, died on October 31, 2026, aged 76. Born on May 25, 1950, in Tarma, in Peru’s…
Marcia Ann Gillespie obituary: died at age 82
Marcia Ann Gillespie, the magazine editor and activist who led Essence and Ms., died October 31, 2026, aged 82. An African-American writer, professor and consultant, she was an advocate for…
Death of Bob Heinz at age 79
Bob Heinz, an American football player who played defensive tackle, died October 31, 2026, aged 79. Born Robert Kenneth Heinz in Milwaukee on July 25, 1947, he attended Messmer High…
Mišo Kovač dies at 85
Mišo Kovač, a Croatian recording artist, died on October 31, 2026, aged 85. Born Mate Kovač in Šibenik on July 16, 1941, during the Italian occupation of Dalmatia, he was…
Sara Bender died at age 78
Sara Bender, an Israeli historian, died October 31, 2026, aged 78. Born in 1948, she earned a doctoral degree in 1994 from the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew…
Jonathan O. Ndagi passed away at age 96
Jonathan O. Ndagi, a Nigerian scholar, statesman and educator, died October 31, 2026, aged 96. Born in Katcha on November 12, 1929, he began his education at Christ Church School…
Horst Fascher death at age 90
Horst Fascher, a German music manager, died October 31, 2026, aged 90. Born in Hamburg on February 5, 1936, he worked in a range of roles, including ship carpenter, nightclub…
Obituary: Frank Lenti, dead at age 79
Frank Lenti, the Canadian outlaw biker known as Francesco “Cisco” Lenti and founder of the Loners Motorcycle Club, died October 31, 2026, aged 79. He was born June 21, 1947,…
Death of Jack Preger at age 96
Jack Preger, a British physician known for providing medical care to poor communities in India, died on October 31, 2026, aged 96. Born on July 25, 1930, he studied at…
Death of Loeske Kruuk at age 56
Professor Loeske Kruuk, a British evolutionary ecologist, died on October 31, 2026, aged 56, after battling an aggressive form of cancer. She began academic studies in mathematics at Somerville College,…
Philip Juico, died aged 78
Philip Ella Juico, a Filipino sports executive and government official who led national sports and government bodies, died October 31, 2026, aged 78. Born on December 14, 1947, he served…
Troels Mylenberg dead at age 56
Troels Mylenberg, a Danish actor, journalist, author and TV news presenter, died of cancer on October 31, 2026, aged 56. Born on April 24, 1970, he worked as a political…
Martin Erlichman obituary: died at age 97
Martin Erlichman, an American talent manager, died October 31, 2026, aged 97. Born Martin Lee Erlichman on September 13, 1929, he became known for discovering Barbra Streisand and managing her…
Savinder Singh passes away at age 88
Savinder Singh, a Malaysian field hockey player who competed in the men’s tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died on October 30, 2026, aged 88. Born on June 2, 1938,…
Obituary: Doug Woolard, dead at age 76
Doug Woolard, an American college athletics director who led athletic departments at Saint Louis University and the University of South Florida, died October 30, 2026, aged 76. He began holding…
Obituary: Lee Harland, dead at age 53
Lee Harland, an English professional rugby league footballer who represented England and Great Britain Under-21, died on October 30, 2026, aged 53. Born on September 4, 1973, Harland played during…
Jean-Claude Passeron dies at 95
Jean-Claude Passeron, the French sociologist, died October 30, 2026, aged 95. Born in Nice on November 26, 1930, he studied philosophy and sociology at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris.…
Paweł Tucholski, died aged 57
Paweł Tucholski, a Polish actor whose work spanned theatre, dubbing and film, died on October 30, 2026, aged 57. Born in Żnin on February 6, 1969, he graduated from Warsaw’s…
Guido Neri obituary: died at age 87
Guido Neri, an Italian cyclist, died October 30, 2026, aged 87. Born in Cesena on January 27, 1939, Neri was an Italian racing cyclist whose recorded results include a Coppa…
JoBe Cerny dead at age 78
JoBe Cerny, an American actor whose work spanned film, television, theater and advertising, died October 30, 2026, aged 78. Born December 5, 1947, in Cicero, Illinois, he was active in…
Bill Clifton died at age 95
Bill Clifton, an American bluegrass musician and singer, died October 30, 2026, aged 95. Born William August Marburg on April 5, 1931, in Riderwood, Maryland, he grew up on a…
Helmut Donner, died aged 85
Helmut Donner, an Austrian Olympic high jumper, died October 30, 2026, aged 85. Born in Vienna on August 15, 1941, he was an Austrian athlete whose discipline was the high…
Atmani dies at 81
Atmani, the Algerian singer and songwriter known for performing in Kabyle, died in Ouacif on October 30, 2026, aged 81. Born M’hamed Aït Athmene Ath Wada in Zaknoun on September…
Jeong Jae-ho obituary: died at age 95
Jeong Jae-ho, a South Korean politician and former member of the National Assembly, died on October 30, 2026, aged 95. Born on December 18, 1930, he entered public life after…
Saiyud Kerdphol dies at 103
Saiyud Kerdphol, a Thai general, died October 30, 2026, aged 103. An army officer who also entered public life, he served as a member of Thailand’s Senate and as the…
Steve Ellis passes away at age 76
Stephen John Ellis, the English pop and rock singer whose greatest success came with Love Affair, died October 30, 2026, aged 76. Born in Edgware, Middlesex, on April 7, 1950,…
Geoffrey Richmond passed away at age 85
Geoffrey Richmond, the English football executive who chaired Scarborough F.C. and Bradford City A.F.C., died October 30, 2026, aged 85. He chaired Scarborough from 1988 to 1994 before taking the…
Domanlal Korsewada passes away at age 78
Domanlal Korsewada, an Indian politician and Chhattisgarh MLA, died on October 30, 2026, aged 78, while receiving treatment for a prolonged lung infection at Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad. He represented…
Annaclara Cataldi Palau passed away at age 76
Annaclara Cataldi Palau, an Italian Hellenist and palaeographer, died October 30, 2026, aged 76. She specialised in Greek medieval and Renaissance palaeography and the history of the book. Born in…
William Nordhaus dies at age 85
William Nordhaus, an American economist and Nobel Prize laureate, died of brain cancer on October 30, 2026, aged 85. A Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, he joined the…
Richard Alarcón Urrutia has died at age 74
Richard Alarcón Urrutia, a Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Tarma and archbishop of Cusco, died of cancer on October 30, 2026, aged 74. Also known as…
Ravindra Kishore Sinha, died aged 75
Ravindra Kishore Sinha, an Indian security-firm executive and politician who founded Security and Intelligence Services (SIS) and served in the Rajya Sabha, died October 30, 2026, aged 75. Born in…
Vatsala Rajagopal has died at age 92
Vatsala Rajagopal, an Indian television and film actor, died on October 30, 2026, aged 92. Born on December 25, 1933, she began her acting career in 1979 as a stage…
Steve Ellis passes away at age 76
Steve Ellis, the English rock and pop singer whose career included Love Affair and Widowmaker, died October 30, 2026, aged 76. Born Stephen John Ellis in Edgware, Middlesex, on April…
Waldemar Gerhardt passes away at age 87
Waldemar Gerhardt, a German footballer, died on October 30, 2026, aged 87. Born in Gelsenkirchen on January 6, 1939, he played as a forward in association football. His Bundesliga record…
Obituary: Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia, dead at age 74
Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia, a Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Tarma and archbishop of Cusco, died of cancer in Cusco on October 30, 2026, aged 74.…
Carol E. Hoffecker obituary: died at age 87
Carol E. Hoffecker, an American academic and historian of Delaware, died October 30, 2026, aged 87. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, she attended the Mount Pleasant School District from 1944 to…
Sanjay Gupta, died aged 59
Sanjay Gupta, the Indian film director whose work included Kaabil, Shootout at Lokhandwala and Jazbaa, died in a fall on October 30, 2026, aged 59. Born in Mumbai on April…
Martin Blinder has died at age 89
Martin Blinder, an American forensic psychiatrist, died of pancreatic cancer on October 30, 2026, aged 89. Born in the Bronx, he trained at Cornell University and the Chicago Medical School,…
Milton Coleman dies at 79
Milton Coleman, an American journalist, died October 30, 2026, aged 79. Tags Journalists, Politicians, Scientists, 30 October 2026, America, Cancer, Coleman, Milton, October 2026, October 30
Robert W. Curran death at age 76
Robert W. Curran, an American politician and member of the Baltimore City Council, died October 30, 2026, aged 76. He represented the council’s Third District from 1995 to 2016. Born…
Matt Pavelich has died at age 92
Matt Pavelich, a Canadian ice hockey linesman who became the first National Hockey League linesman elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame, died October 30, 2026, aged 92. Born March…
Susana Urbina has died at age 80
Susana Urbina, an American psychologist known for her work in psychological testing and assessment, died October 30, 2026, aged 80. Born in Peru in 1946, she earned a doctorate in…
Isaac Tédambé dies at age 72
Isaac Tédambé, a Chadian economist and novelist best known for the novel *Republic for Sale*, died in N’Djamena on October 30, 2026, aged 72. Born on March 3, 1954, in…
Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne died at age 96
Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne, a British peer, merchant banker and writer who served in the House of Lords from 1992 to 1999, died October 30, 2026, aged 96. Born…
Russell Carver passes away at age 91
Russell Carver, an English rower who competed for England, died October 30, 2026, aged 91. Born in Kenya in 1934, he was also known as Russell Dempster Carver. His rowing…
Keri Jones dies at age 81
William Keri Jones, a Welsh dual-code rugby international and track-and-field athlete, died on October 29, 2026, aged 81. Born in Neath, he played rugby union and professional rugby league in…
Josip Pečarić dead at age 79
Josip Pečarić, a Croatian mathematician and writer whose work centered on the theory of inequalities, died October 29, 2026, aged 79. Born in Kotor, then part of Yugoslavia, he completed…
Dan Goddard dies at age 78
Dan Goddard, an American politician who served in the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives, died October 29, 2026, aged 78. Born November 3, 1947, he represented the 15th district…
Ralph Sonnenberg obituary: died at age 92
Ralph Sonnenberg, the Dutch businessman who owned at least 80% of Hunter Douglas, died October 29, 2026, aged 92. Born in 1934, he became a senior leader of the Netherlands-based…
Obituary: Marvin Shanken, dead at age 83
Marvin Shanken, an American publisher and founder of M. Shanken Communications, died October 29, 2026, aged 83. Born in New Haven on October 4, 1943, he built a roster of…
June Jones dies at age 73
June Jones, an American football player and coach whose full name was June Sheldon Jones III, died October 29, 2026, aged 73. Born in Portland, Oregon, on February 19, 1953,…
Obituary: Paweł Socha, dead at age 91
Paweł Socha, a Polish Roman Catholic prelate who served as titular bishop of Thunigaba and auxiliary bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, died October 29, 2026, aged 91. Born in Wojsławice, in…
Death of Andrés Mendoza at age 78
Andrés Mendoza, a Mexican convicted serial killer and butcher, died on October 29, 2026, aged 78. Born Andrés Filomeno Mendoza Celis in Zimatlán de Álvarez, Oaxaca, he was captured in…
Sandra Kerr passes away at age 84
English folk singer Sandra Kerr died of leukaemia on October 29, 2026, aged 84. Born in Plaistow, Essex, on February 14, 1942, she sang and played English concertina, guitar, Appalachian…
Sir Patrick Stewart, died aged 86
Sir Patrick Stewart, the English actor known for Star Trek: The Next Generation, X-Men and Hamlet, died October 29, 2026, aged 86, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born in Mirfield…
Obituary: Manuel Donoso, dead at age 90
Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, a Chilean Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop and later archbishop of La Serena, died October 29, 2026, aged 90. Born in Santiago on…
Paolo Galluzzi passes away at age 84
Paolo Galluzzi, an Italian historian of science, died October 29, 2026, aged 84. Born in Florence in 1942, he held the chair of history of science at the University of…
Eddie Friel died at age 64
Eddie Friel, the Irish singer who represented Ireland at the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest, died October 29, 2026, aged 64. His entry was “Dreamin’,” written by Richard Abbott and Barry…
Michel Pineda passed away at age 62
Michel Pineda, the French footballer who played as a striker, died October 29, 2026, aged 62. Born Michel Pineda Ozaeta in Gien, France, on June 9, 1964, he was the…
Cevin Fisher passed away at age 63
Cevin Fisher, an American DJ and record producer, died of cancer on October 29, 2026, aged 63. Born Kevin Fisher in East Orange, New Jersey, on October 26, 1963, he…
Liudmyla Radchenko has died at age 94
Liudmyla Radchenko, a Ukrainian athlete and long jumper, died October 29, 2026, aged 94. Born in Kyiv on October 1, 1932, when the city was part of the Ukrainian Soviet…
Paul Maue obituary: died at age 94
Paul Maue, a German Olympic road racing cyclist, died on October 29, 2026, aged 94. Born in Schopp on January 4, 1932, Maue competed for Germany at the 1952 Summer…
Choi Bool-am has died at age 86
Choi Bool-am, a South Korean actor and professor, died October 29, 2026, aged 86. Born in Incheon on June 15, 1940, he began his acting career in 1970 and remained…
Werner Broll died at age 94
Werner Broll, a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag, died October 29, 2026, aged 94. Born in Hanover on May 22,…
Ünal Erkan dies at 83
Ünal Erkan, a Turkish politician, died October 29, 2026, aged 83. Born in Erzurum in 1942, he held senior roles in policing, regional administration and party politics. He headed police…
Death of Jan Byś at age 72
Jan Byś, a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder for Szombierki Bytom, died October 29, 2026, aged 72. Born on December 9, 1953, he began his career with Sparta…
Desmond D’Sa dead at age 70
Desmond D'Sa, a South African environmentalist, died aged 70 in a traffic collision on October 29, 2026. Born in Durban, he became known for environmental-justice advocacy in the city, where…
Shirish Hiremath dies at age 75
Shirish Hiremath, an Indian interventional cardiologist, died of brain cancer on October 29, 2026, aged 75. Born on July 17, 1951, he studied at B.J. Medical College in Pune and…
Freddie James dies at 89
Freddie James, an American high school football coach who led David W. Carter High School in Dallas, died October 29, 2026, aged 89. He played college football at Prairie View…
Josef Ritler, died aged 87
Josef Ritler, a Swiss journalist and photographer, died on October 29, 2026, aged 87. Born in Naters, in the canton of Valais, he first imagined following his father, a foreman,…
Bronislava Volková, died aged 80
Bronislava Volková, a Czech-American poet, died on October 29, 2026, aged 80. Born Bronislava Fischerová in Děčín, she grew up in Prague and completed her primary and secondary schooling there.…
Barbara Easterling, died aged 93
Barbara Easterling, a unionist and telephone operator, died October 29, 2026, aged 93. Born July 23, 1933, in Akron, Ohio, she grew up there and worked as a telephone operator…
Kojiro Ikegaya passes away at age 74
Kojiro Ikegaya, a Japanese professional baseball player with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, died October 29, 2026, aged 74. Born in Shizuoka on June 28, 1952, he was identified in the…
Barry Rushworth died at age 85
Barry Rushworth, an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre for Parramatta and represented Australia and New South Wales, died October 29, 2026, aged 85. Born in…
Eudaldo Báez Galib passed away at age 88
Eudaldo Báez Galib, a Puerto Rican politician and senator, died October 29, 2026, aged 88. Born in Mayagüez in 1939, he served in the Senate of Puerto Rico from 1992…
Michael P. Drazin died at age 97
Michael P. Drazin, an English-American mathematician known for the Drazin inverse, died October 29, 2026, aged 97. Born Michael Peter Drazin in London on June 5, 1929, he was a…
Death of Pino Presti at age 83
Pino Presti, the professional name of Italian arranger Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta, died October 28, 2026, aged 83. Born in Milan on August 23, 1943, he entered music early: the son…
Marta Shahbazi, died aged 40
Marta Shahbazi, a Spanish biologist and professor at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and the University of Cambridge, died October 28, 2026, aged 40. Born in León in 1985,…
Glynn Simmons passes away at age 72
Glynn Simmons, an American wrongfully convicted prisoner who died of cancer, was 72 when he died October 28, 2026. Also known as Glynn Ray Simmons, he was convicted in Oklahoma…
Ray Gripper died at age 88
Ray Gripper, the Zimbabwean cricketer, died October 28, 2026, aged 88. Born Raymond Arthur Gripper on July 7, 1938, he made his debut for Rhodesia in the 1957–58 season and…
Barbara Barrie obituary: died at age 95
Barbara Barrie, the American actress and author known for roles in Breaking Away, Suddenly Susan and Hercules, died by assisted suicide on October 28, 2026, aged 95. Born Barbara Ann…
Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading dies at 84
Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading, a British peer, banker and philanthropist who was a member of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1999, died on October 28, 2026,…
Eddie Gray passes away at age 78
Eddie Gray, an American guitarist with Tommy James and the Shondells, died October 28, 2026, aged 78. Formed in Niles, Michigan, in 1964, the band worked across rock, bubblegum and…
Jean-Baptiste Motroni died at age 91
Jean-Baptiste Motroni, a French politician who served as senator for Haute-Corse from 1997 to 1998, died October 28, 2026, aged 91. Born on November 10, 1934, Motroni served in the…
Alvin Hellerstein dies at age 92
Alvin Hellerstein, an American judge, died October 28, 2026, aged 92. Born in New York City on December 28, 1933, he graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in…
Dolores Huerta passes away at age 96
Dolores Huerta, an American labor leader and co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, died October 28, 2026, aged 96. Born Dolores Clara Fernández in Dawson, New Mexico, she became…
Obituary: Fátima Báñez, dead at age 59
Fátima Báñez, a Spanish politician, economist and jurist, died in a train crash on October 28, 2026, aged 59. Born María Fátima Báñez García in San Juan del Puerto, she…
Gullan Bornemark dead at age 98
Gullan Bornemark, the Swedish musician, lyricist and composer, died October 28, 2026, aged 98. Born Elin Gunhild Bohlin in Härnösand on November 28, 1927, she worked as a music teacher…
Liu Yandong died at age 80
Liu Yandong, a Chinese politician and former vice premier, died in Beijing on October 28, 2026, aged 80. She was born on November 22, 1945, and studied at Tsinghua University,…
Andrei Nemykin dies at 54
Andrei Nemykin, a Russian footballer, died on October 28, 2026, aged 54. Born on February 20, 1972, he was also known by his full name, Andrei Alekseyevich Nemykin. He was…
Elke Sommer passes away at age 85
Elke Sommer, a German actress whose screen career included comedies, mysteries and international productions, died October 28, 2026, aged 85. Born Elke Schletz in Berlin on November 5, 1940, she…
Max Schott died at age 91
Max Schott, an American writer and novelist, died October 28, 2026, aged 91. Born on February 12, 1935, he was raised in Southern California and wrote stories, novels and essays.…
Pipo Nguyen-duy died at age 63
Pipo Nguyen-duy, a Vietnamese fine art photographer and professor of Photography at Oberlin College, died October 28, 2026, aged 63. Born Nguyễn Duy Hiếu in Hue, Vietnam, in 1962, he…
Antal Steer dies at age 83
Antal Steer, a Hungarian wrestler who competed in two Summer Olympics, died October 28, 2026, aged 83. Born in Bratislava on October 10, 1943, he was identified as a Hungarian…
Neeraj Yadav dies at 42
Neeraj Yadav, an Indian Paralympian and track-and-field athlete who competed in throwing events, died by suicide on October 28, 2026, aged 42. Born on February 10, 1984, he came from…
Tony Berlant obituary: died at age 85
Tony Berlant, an American artist known for collage and sculpture, died October 28, 2026, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease, aged 85. Born Anthony Hanna Berlant in New York City, he…