Jacques Proulx, died aged 87
Jacques Proulx, a Canadian trade unionist and president of the Union des producteurs agricoles from 1981 to 1993, died October 9, 2026, aged 87. Born in Saint-Camille, Quebec, on April…
Who Died This Month?
Notable deaths this month: Over 500 obituaries with additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Bakir Bayakhunov died at age 93
Bakir Bayakhunov, a Kazakh composer and People’s Artist of Kazakhstan, died October 9, 2026, aged 93. Born in Almaty on September 15, 1933, he studied at the Almaty Conservatory, now…
Jim Richards passes away at age 90
Jim Richards, an American basketball coach who led Western Kentucky’s Hilltoppers, died October 9, 2026, aged 90. He coached the men’s team for seven seasons, from 1971 through 1978. Richards…
Mike Ditka dies at age 86
Mike Ditka, an American football player and coach associated with the Chicago Bears, died October 9, 2026, aged 86. Born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, he was named Michael Dyczko at birth…
Alan Thornett death at age 89
Alan Thornett, a British activist, car worker and Trotskyist, died October 9, 2026, aged 89. Born on June 15, 1937, he began working in the car industry in 1959 at…
Death of Carl Abbott at age 90
American architect Carl Abbott died October 9, 2026, aged 90. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects, he was the youngest member of the original Sarasota School of Architecture.…
Jean Geney, died aged 87
Jean Geney, a French politician and automotive technician who served as mayor of Étupes and as a deputy in the National Assembly, died October 9, 2026, aged 87. Born in…
Salah Bachir has died at age 71
Salah Bachir, a Canadian business executive and entrepreneur, died October 9, 2026, aged 71. Born in Lebanon on October 3, 1955, Bachir built a career spanning media, publishing, business and…
Bakir Bayakhunov died at age 93
Kazakh composer Bakir Bayakhunov died on October 9, 2026, aged 93. Born in Alma-Ata, now Almaty, on September 15, 1933, he worked in classical and operatic music and was a…
Burudi Nabwera death at age 99
Burudi Nabwera, a Kenyan politician and diplomat who served as ambassador to the United States in 1964, died October 9, 2026, aged 99. His public career spanned diplomatic representation, ministerial…
Death of Federico l’Olandese at age 76
Federico l'Olandese Volante, the Dutch-born Italian radio host, died on October 9, 2026, aged 76. Born Frederik Matthijs Van Stegeren in Deventer, the Netherlands, he grew up there and often…
Goran Bare death at age 62
Goran Bare, a Croatian musician known as the founder and lead vocalist of the Vinkovci rock band Majke, died on October 9, 2026, aged 62. Born in Vinkovci on August…
Les Latcham dead at age 83
Les Latcham, an English footballer who played as a defender for Burnley, Plymouth Argyle and Bradford City, died on October 9, 2026, aged 83. Born Leslie Arnold Latcham in Crook…
Chris Wickham, died aged 76
Chris Wickham, a British historian and academic, died on October 9, 2026, aged 76. Born Christopher John Wickham in Rossett, Wales, on May 18, 1950, he attended Millfield before studying…
Obituary: Sven Hirdman, dead at age 87
Sven Hirdman, a Swedish diplomat and ambassador, died October 9, 2026, aged 87. Born Henrik Sven Hirdman on September 28, 1939, in Stavanger, Norway, he worked in diplomacy from 1963…
António Vitalino Dantas dead at age 84
António Vitalino Dantas, a Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of Lisbon and bishop of Beja, died October 9, 2026, aged 84. Born on November 3, 1941,…
Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche dies at age 100
Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche, a French harpist and harp teacher, died on October 9, 2026, aged 100. Her musical training began in Paris, where she started studying harp with Marcel Tournier at…
Darragh Nelson death at age 36
Darragh Nelson, an account manager and Irish Gaelic footballer, died of sarcoma on October 8, 2026, aged 36. Born and raised in Ballyroan, Dublin, he attended Coláiste Éanna, where he…
Colin Mackerras dies at age 87
Colin Patrick Mackerras, the Australian sinologist, died October 8, 2026, aged 87. Born in Sydney on August 26, 1939, he became a specialist in Chinese culture whose work ranged across…
Obituary: Abdelghani El Mansouri, dead at age 84
Abdelghani El Mansouri, a Moroccan footballer, died on October 8, 2026, aged 84. Born in 1942, he was an association football player who competed in the men’s tournament at the…
Stephen A. Schuker died at age 87
Stephen A. Schuker, an American historian who served as William W. Corcoran Professor of History at the University of Virginia, died October 8, 2026, aged 87. He studied at Cornell…
Chris Welsh obituary: died at age 71
Chris Welsh, the Australian rock drummer associated with Died Pretty and the Screaming Tribesmen, died of cancer on October 8, 2026, aged 71. His listed periods of activity ran from…
Stephen A. Jarislowsky death at age 101
Stephen A. Jarislowsky, a Canadian investor and philanthropist, died on October 8, 2026, aged 101. He founded Jarislowsky Fraser Limited, a Canadian investment management firm, and served as its chairman…
Hamid Lounaouci dies at 71
Hamid Lounaouci, an Algerian civil servant and politician who served as a deputy and transport minister, died on October 8, 2026, aged 71. Born in Tizi-Ouzou on April 3, 1955,…
Jeff Cannonball has died at age 39
Jeff Guerriero, the American professional wrestler and punk musician known as Jeff Cannonball, died October 8, 2026, aged 39, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Active on the independent wrestling…
Geoffrey Chard obituary: died at age 96
Geoffrey Chard, an Australian opera baritone, died October 8, 2026, aged 96. Tags Musicians, 08 October 2026, Australia, Chard, Geoffrey, Leo, October 2026, October 8
Death of Stephen Jones at age 75
Stephen Jones, the Australian musician, video artist and writer, died on October 8, 2026, aged 75, from injuries sustained in an attack. Born in Sydney as Stephen Raoul Jones, he…
Penny Moor, died aged 75
Penny Moor, a British tennis player, died on October 8, 2026, aged 75. Born Penelope Moor on July 7, 1951, she was a left-handed player from Exeter who competed on…
Vladimír Kopecký passed away at age 94
Vladimír Kopecký, the Czech painter, graphic artist and glass artist who taught at university, died October 8, 2026, aged 94. Born in Svojanov on November 26, 1931, he wanted to…
Hamid Lounaouci dies at 71
Hamid Lounaouci, an Algerian politician and former transport minister, died on October 8, 2026, aged 71. Born on April 3, 1955, in Tizi Ouzou, he entered politics with the Front…
Obituary: Tony Fox, dead at age 93
Tony Fox, an Australian rugby union player who represented the national team, died October 8, 2026, aged 93. Born in Kogarah, New South Wales, Fox played as a wing and…
Michael Canavan passed away at age 102
Michael Canavan, an Irish nationalist businessman and politician, died October 8, 2026, aged 102. Born in Derry in October 1924, he attended St Columb’s College before entering business. By the…
Chris Welsh dead, Chris Welsh, Australian rock drummer
Chris Welsh, Australian rock drummer with Died Pretty, died October 8, 2026. Died Pretty, sometimes known as The Died Pretty, was an Australian alternative rock band formed in Sydney in…
Henk Cornelisse dies at 85
Henk Cornelisse, a Dutch cyclist, died October 8, 2026, aged 85. Born in Amsterdam on October 16, 1940, he was also known by his full name, Hendrik Jan Willem Cornelisse.…
L. Ian MacDonald dies at 78
L. Ian MacDonald, a Canadian writer, broadcaster and diplomat, died October 8, 2026, aged 78. A journalist and political scientist educated at Loyola College, he built a career spanning political…
Xosé Manuel Beiras passed away at age 90
Xosé Manuel Beiras, a Spanish politician, economist and Galician nationalist, died in Santiago de Compostela on October 8, 2026, aged 90. Born Xosé Manuel Hixinio Beiras Torrado in Santiago on…
Myles O’Connor dies at age 59
Myles O'Connor, a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the New Jersey Devils and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, died October 8, 2026, aged 59. Born in Calgary…
Bob Brynildson dead at age 69
Bob Brynildson, an American comic book store owner, died of lung cancer on October 8, 2026, aged 69. He owned The Source Comics and Games in Saint Paul, Minnesota, a…
Nana Patekar dead at age 75
Nana Patekar, the Indian actor and filmmaker, died of cardiac arrest on October 8, 2026, aged 75. Born Vishwanath Patekar in Murud on January 1, 1951, he studied at Sir…
Keith Christmas died at age 79
Keith Christmas, the English singer and songwriter, died of renal cancer on October 8, 2026, aged 79. Born Keith Peter Christmas in Wivenhoe, near Colchester, Essex, on October 13, 1946,…
Mark Pryor obituary: died at age 59
Novelist and attorney Mark Pryor, a British-born American writer, died October 8, 2026, aged 59. He grew up in Hertfordshire, England, and worked as a crime reporter for the Daily…
Sir John Hannam death at age 97
Sir John Hannam, the British Conservative politician who represented Exeter in Parliament from 1970 until his retirement in 1997, died October 8, 2026, aged 97. Born Sir John Gordon Hannam…
Piero passed away at age 81
Piero Antonio Franco De Benedictis, the Italian-born Argentine singer-songwriter known professionally as Piero, died on October 7, 2026, aged 81. Born in Gallipoli, in Italy’s Apulia region, he moved with…
Curtis Flowers died at age 56
Curtis Flowers, an American man who was wrongfully imprisoned, died October 7, 2026, aged 56. Born Curtis Giovanni Flowers on May 29, 1970, in Winona, Mississippi, he spent more than…
Miloslav Kopečný dies at 82
Czech actor Miloslav Kopečný, best known for his appearances in Bony a klid, died October 7, 2026, aged 82. Born in Třebíč on September 18, 1944, he was also sometimes…
Patricia Blevins passes away at age 72
Patricia Blevins, an American politician and former member of the Delaware Senate, died October 7, 2026, aged 72. A Democrat, she represented the Senate’s 7th District from 1990 until 2016,…
Eirik Skadsdammen passed away at age 45
Eirik Bruntjernsberget Skadsdammen, a Norwegian ice hockey forward who played for Storhamar and the national team, died on October 7, 2026, aged 45, after a cardiac arrest. Raised in Lundersæter,…
Frank Dewane dies at 76
Frank Dewane, an American Roman Catholic prelate who served as coadjutor bishop and bishop of Venice in Florida, died October 7, 2026, aged 76. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on…
Maricarmen Abascal obituary: died at age 87
Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old Spanish woman who had been evicted from her home, died on October 7, 2026. She was taken to hospital immediately after the eviction and died there.…
Maricarmen Abascal obituary: died at age 87
Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old Spanish woman who had been evicted, died October 7, 2026. Known as María del Carmen “Maricarmen” Abascal, she was evicted on September 23, an event that…
Rachid Soualhi death at age 77
Rachid Soualhi, an Algerian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on October 7, 2026, aged 77. Born in Batna on January 16, 1949, he joined MSP Batna in 1968,…
Death of Bernard Boileau at age 67
Bernard Boileau, the Belgian former professional tennis player, died October 7, 2026, aged 67. Born in Liège on May 25, 1959, he won Belgium’s national championship every year from 1978…
Death of Sandra Bolden Cunningham at age 76
Sandra Bolden Cunningham, an American politician and former member of the New Jersey Senate, died October 7, 2026, aged 76. A Democrat, she represented the 31st Legislative District from 2007…
Jean-Pierre Péroncel-Hugoz has died at age 86
Jean-Pierre Péroncel-Hugoz, a French journalist and essayist associated with Le Monde, died in Aix-en-Provence on October 7, 2026, aged 86. Born in Marseille on March 16, 1940, he graduated from…
Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi dead at age 92
Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi, an Indian Islamic scholar who served as principal of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama from 2000, died in Lucknow on October 7, 2026, aged 92. Born in Mau…
Stefania Corna passed away at age 35
Stefania Corna, an Italian volleyball player, died on October 7, 2026, aged 35, after a long illness. Born in Bergamo on November 5, 1990, she played for Volley Bergamo and…
Brice Tarvel dies at age 80
Brice Tarvel, a French author and comics artist, died October 7, 2026, aged 80. Born Jean Pol Laselle in Reims on August 5, 1946, he became known professionally by the…
Frank Joseph Dewane death at age 76
Frank Joseph Dewane, an American Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Venice, died October 7, 2026, aged 76. He died in Sarasota, Florida. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin,…
Hans-Dieter Schmidt died at age 78
Hans-Dieter Schmidt, a German football manager and former player, died on October 7, 2026, aged 78. Born in Hanover on January 9, 1948, Schmidt played football, including for Hannover 96.…
Jakub Schwarz Trojan has died at age 99
Jakub Schwarz Trojan, a Czech theologian and dean of the Evangelical Theological Faculty of Charles University, died in Prague on October 7, 2026, aged 99. Born in Paris on May…
Barbara Spinelli passes away at age 80
Barbara Spinelli, an Italian journalist, writer and politician, died in Rome on October 7, 2026, aged 80. Born in Rome on May 31, 1946, she was the daughter of Altiero…
Miloslav Kopečný dies at 82
Miloslav Kopečný, a Czech actor whose best-known role was the Banker in Bony a klid and Bony a klid 2, died October 7, 2026, aged 82. Born in Třebíč on…
Virjibhai Thummar died at age 64
Virjibhai Thummar, an Indian politician who served as a member of Parliament and a Gujarat MLA, died on October 7, 2026, aged 64. Born in Amreli, Gujarat, on May 31,…
Peng Yu dies at 92
Peng Yu, a Chinese actress known for her work in television and film, died October 7, 2026, aged 92. Born in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, on January 26, 1934, she was…
Jim Knipfel death at age 61
Jim Knipfel, an American novelist, autobiographer and journalist, died of cancer on October 7, 2026, aged 61. Born June 2, 1965, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, he studied at the…
Theodore J. St. Antoine death at age 97
Theodore J. St. Antoine, an American lawyer and academic who served as dean of the University of Michigan Law School from 1971 to 1978, died October 7, 2026, aged 97.…
Patrick Anthony Conmy dead at age 92
Patrick Anthony Conmy, an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, died October 7, 2026, aged 92. Born in Fargo, North Dakota,…
Elmer A. Bietz died at age 92
Elmer A. Bietz, an American politician and Republican member of the South Dakota Senate, died October 7, 2026, aged 92. Born May 4, 1934, in Tripp, South Dakota, he served…
Eva Marie Saint passed away at age 102
Eva Marie Saint, the American actress, died October 6, 2026, aged 102. Born in Newark on July 4, 1924, she graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1946 and began…
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi dies at age 89
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, a Japanese film director associated with “Sister Street Fighter,” died of pneumonia in Yokohama on October 6, 2026, aged 89. Born in Nagano Prefecture on February 5, 1937,…
Paul Joseph Stankard death at age 83
Paul Joseph Stankard, an American glass artist, flameworker and author of inspirational books for object makers, died October 6, 2026, in Mantua, New Jersey, aged 83. Born in North Attleboro,…
Heidi Burge has died at age 54
Heidi Burge, an American basketball player who played for the Los Angeles Sparks and Washington Mystics, died October 6, 2026, aged 54. Born Heidi Ann Burge, she was also known…
Obituary: Joseph Mécène Jean-Louis, dead at age 77
Joseph Mécène Jean-Louis, a Haitian judge and justice of the Supreme Court from 2011 to 2021, died October 6, 2026, aged 77. Born in Dessalines, Haiti, he served on the…
Bisera Alikadić, died aged 87
Bisera Alikadić, a Bosnian poet and author, died on October 6, 2026, aged 87. Born in Podhum near Livno, she built a body of work that included poetry, romance novels…
Ramesh Babaji Maharaj dead at age 87
Ramesh Babaji Maharaj, an Indian spiritual teacher, social worker and cow-welfare advocate, died October 6, 2026, aged 87. Also known as Shri Ramesh Baba Ji Maharaj, Babashri and Baba Maharaj,…
Obituary: Con Purser, dead at age 95
Con Purser, an Australian association football player who represented his country and captained North Perth, died October 6, 2026, aged 95. Born Conrad Purser in Collie on August 2, 1931,…
Dennis Franchione passed away at age 75
Dennis Franchione, an American college football coach who led programs including Pittsburg State, TCU and New Mexico, died of cancer on October 6, 2026, aged 75. Born in Girard, Kansas,…
James Nelligan has died at age 97
James Leo Nelligan, an American politician who represented Pennsylvania’s 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House, died October 6, 2026, aged 97. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, he graduated from James…
Nikolay Tevetkel obituary: died at age 90
Nikolay Tevetkel, a Russian poet and translator, died in Cheboksary on October 6, 2026, aged 90. He was also a prose writer and playwright, working across several literary forms. Born…
Jean Manga Onguéné passed away at age 80
Jean Manga Onguéné, a Cameroonian footballer, died on October 6, 2026, aged 80. Born on June 12, 1946, he played as a centre-forward and spent his entire playing career with…
Fusako Yusaki death at age 89
Fusako Yusaki, the Japanese-Italian stop-motion animator, died October 6, 2026, aged 89. Born in 1937, she studied at Brera Academy and became known for claymation, making animated works with plasticine.…
Víctor Hugo Ayala death at age 92
Víctor Hugo Ayala, the Colombian singer known for bolero recordings and his performance of the national anthem, died October 6, 2026, aged 92. Born in Bogotá on June 13, 1934,…
Paul Ferris passes away at age 62
Paul John Ferris, a Scottish writer and organised crime figure, died October 6, 2026, aged 62. Born in Blackhill on November 10, 1963, he became an enforcer for Glasgow crime…
Richard Morecroft dies at 70
Richard Morecroft, Australian radio announcer, ABC News newsreader and television presenter, died of cancer on October 6, 2026, aged 70. Born in Market Harborough, England, he moved with his family…
Juarez Machado passes away at age 85
Juarez Machado, the Brazilian painter, died October 6, 2026, aged 85. Born in Joinville, Santa Catarina, in 1941, he studied fine arts at the School of Art in Paraná, in…
Jacek Ziober, died aged 60
Jacek Ziober, the Polish football player, died October 6, 2026, aged 60. Born in Łódź on November 18, 1965, he played as a forward and began his career in 1982,…
Neil Andrew dies at age 82
Neil Andrew, an Australian politician and horticulturalist who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives, died October 6, 2026, aged 82. Known formally as John Neil Andrew, he was…
T. Randall Lee died at age 64
T. Randall Lee, an American chemist who held the Cullen Distinguished University Chair in Chemistry at the University of Houston, died October 6, 2026, aged 64. At the university, he…
Hesham Yahya dies at 63
Hesham Yahya, an Egyptian journalist, novelist and screenwriter, died October 5, 2026, aged 63. His career joined newspaper journalism and literary writing, and also included television program preparation and screenwriting.…
Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare died at age 86
Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, the British politician and author, died October 5, 2026, aged 86. Born in London on April 15, 1940, he was educated at Wellington School…
Death of George Fenton at age 76
George Richard Ian Howe Fenton, known professionally as George Fenton, the English composer, died October 5, 2026, aged 76. Born in Bromley, Kent, he became best known for writing film…
Boualem Boualem death at age 73
Boualem Boualem, an Algerian jurist and politician, died on October 5, 2026, aged 73. Born in Aïn Sefra, then part of French Algeria, on October 16, 1952, he was affiliated…
Carlos Alberto Dias dies at 59
Carlos Alberto Dias, a Brazilian football player, died October 5, 2026, aged 59. Born in Brasília on May 5, 1967, he is also known by the fuller name Carlos Alberto…
Death of Hans Egloff at age 66
Hans Egloff, a Swiss People’s Party (SVP) politician who served in Zurich’s Cantonal Council and the National Council, died October 5, 2026, aged 66. Born in Zurich on November 27,…
Don Pierce passed away at age 89
Don Pierce, an American Hall of Fame jockey, died October 5, 2026, aged 89. Born April 13, 1937, in Clebit, Oklahoma, Pierce earned his first win in 1954 and later…
Tadeusz Lutak dies at 109
Tadeusz Lutak, a Polish World War II veteran and soldier, died October 5, 2026, aged 109. Born Tadeusz Władysław Lutak on August 29, 1917, in Żarnowa, then part of Austria-Hungary,…