Peter Katsambanis death at age 60
Peter Katsambanis, an Australian politician who served in both Victoria and Western Australia, died on September 5, 2026, aged 60. Born in Melbourne on December 24, 1965, as Peter Argyris…
Who Died in September 2026?
Who died in September 2026? Over 800 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Obituary: Shirley Strum Kenny, dead at age 92
Shirley Strum Kenny, an English scholar and university president, died on September 5, 2026, aged 92. Kenny led Stony Brook University as its fourth president from 1994 through the 2008–2009…
Resil B. Mojares died at age 83
Resil B. Mojares, a Filipino author, historian and literary critic, died on September 5, 2026, aged 83. Born Resil Buagas Mojares on September 4, 1943, in Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte,…
Felton Earls has died at age 84
Felton Earls, the American child psychiatrist and epidemiologist, died on September 5, 2026, at age 84. Born Felton James Earls in New Orleans in January 1942, he was known for…
Joe Harkness obituary: died at age 39
Joe Harkness, a British mental health activist, naturalist and writer, died on September 4, 2026, aged 39. Born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, he became known for speaking openly about his…
Jorge Gallego obituary: died at age 86
Jorge Gallego, the Colombian footballer better known as Jorge Enrique Ramírez Gallego, died on September 4, 2026, aged 86. Born in Cali, he began his professional career with Millonarios in…
Obituary: Billy Teare, dead at age 75
Billy Teare, the Irish storyteller, died on September 4, 2026, aged 75. Originally from Ballycarry, he lived for many years in Larne, County Antrim, and built a varied career that…
Zenyazen Escobar died at age 42
Zenyazen Escobar, a Mexican politician and federal deputy, died on September 4, 2026, aged 42. Escobar García, whose full name was Zenyazen Roberto Escobar García, was affiliated with the National…
Zenyazen Escobar García, died aged 42
Zenyazen Escobar García, a Mexican politician and incumbent federal deputy, died on September 4, 2026, aged 42. Affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement, he represented Veracruz’s 16th district in the…
Jan-Åke Gustafsson death at age 83
Jan-Åke Gustafsson, a Swedish scientist and biochemist, died on September 4, 2026, aged 83. Born in Stockholm on August 4, 1943, he studied and later worked at Karolinska Institutet, where…
Javad Mojabi died at age 86
Javad Mojabi, the Iranian poet and writer, died on September 4, 2026, at age 86. Born in Qazvin in 1939, he was among Iran’s prominent modern writers and poets and…
Death of Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton at age 92
Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton, a British-Australian aristocrat and academic, died on September 4, 2026, aged 92. Born Francis Egerton Grosvenor on February 8, 1934, he was the eldest…
S. R. Janakiraman death at age 98
S. R. Janakiraman, an Indian Carnatic vocalist and musicologist, died on September 4, 2026, aged 98. Born S. Rangasamy Janakiraman on July 12, 1928, he was known for a career…
Obituary: Edward Raradza, dead at age 79
Edward Raradza, a Zimbabwean politician and tobacco farmer, died on September 4, 2026, aged 79. He was also a former vice-chairperson of the Zimbabwe Farmers Union. Raradza entered parliament in…
Shin’ichi Abe has died at age 76
Shin'ichi Abe, a Japanese mangaka, died on September 4, 2026, at age 76. Born in Tagawa on April 7, 1950, he joined the magazine Garo at 20 and later saw…
Death of Tahir Nikšić at age 76
Tahir Nikšić, a Bosnian actor and theatre artist, died on September 4, 2026, aged 76. Born in Mostar on June 12, 1950, he began his stage career at the National…
Pedro Rodriguez dead at age 93
Pedro Rodriguez, the Spanish theologian and priest of the prelature of Opus Dei, died on September 4, 2026, aged 93. Born Pedro Rodríguez García in Cartagena in 1933, he specialized…
André Brasilier dies at age 96
André Brasilier, the French painter and lithographer, died on September 4, 2026, aged 96. Born in Saumur, France, on October 29, 1929, he built a career in painting and lithography.…
Shin’ichi Abe has died at age 76
Shin'ichi Abe, a Japanese mangaka and novelist, died on September 4, 2026, at age 76. Born in Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, he became active from the 1970s and was known for…
Death of Keyvan Khosrovani at age 88
Keyvan Khosrovani, the Iranian architect and lighting designer, died on September 4, 2026, aged 88. Born in Tehran in 1938, he later studied architecture at the University of California, Berkeley,…
Death of Tadeush Kasyanov at age 87
Tadeush Kasyanov, a Soviet and Russian martial artist and stunt coordinator, died on September 4, 2026, aged 87. Born in Moscow on November 14, 1938, he also worked as an…
Yves Brunier, died aged 85
Yves Brunier, the French animator, puppeteer and actor associated with "L'Île aux enfants," died on September 4, 2026, aged 85. Born in Lyon in 1943, he became known for bringing…
Don Wilhelms, died aged 96
Don Wilhelms, an American geologist who helped map the Moon and train Apollo astronauts, died on September 4, 2026, aged 96. Born Don Edward Wilhelms in Los Angeles on July…
Jason Walker passed away at age 56
Jason Walker, the New Zealand-Australian country musician and writer, died on September 4, 2026, aged 56. Born Jason Peter Walker in New Zealand in 1969, he began his career in…
Steve Gollschewski dies at age 67
Steve Gollschewski, an Australian police officer who served as commissioner of the Queensland Police Service from 2024 to 2026, died on September 4, 2026, aged 67. He led the principal…
Richard O’Sullivan dead at age 82
Richard O'Sullivan, the English actor known for television comedies including Man About the House, Robin's Nest and Dick Turpin, died on September 4, 2026, aged 82. Born in Chiswick on…
Craig Douglas has died at age 85
Craig Douglas, the English singer who enjoyed his greatest success in the late 1950s and early 1960s, died on September 4, 2026, aged 85. Born Terence Perkins in Newport on…
Husky Kihal, died aged 64
Husky Kihal, a French actor, died on September 4, 2026, aged 64. Born in Lyon on December 31, 1961, he worked across film and television for nearly three decades, appearing…
Henry Lewis Suggs obituary: died at age 84
Henry Lewis Suggs, an American historian, died September 4, 2026, aged 84. An emeritus professor of history, Suggs was also an author and editor whose work examined African American newspapers…
Constantin Floros, died aged 96
Constantin Floros, the Greek-German musicologist known for his work on the Second Viennese School, died on September 4, 2026, aged 96. Born in Thessaloniki on January 4, 1930, he studied…
Jerry Oates death at age 78
Jerry Oates, an American professional wrestler and trainer, died on September 4, 2026, aged 78. Born Jerry Wayne Oates in Columbus, Georgia, he began his wrestling career in 1970 and…
Camilo Escalona, died aged 71
Camilo Escalona, the Chilean politician who served as a senator from 2006 to 2014, died on September 4, 2026, aged 71. A native of Santiago, he was one of the…
Ulrich C. Knoepflmacher has died at age 95
Ulrich C. Knoepflmacher, a German-born American literary scholar, died September 4, 2026, at age 95. A Princeton University professor emeritus, he taught there from 1979 to 2006 as the William…
Death of Paul Matthews at age 79
Paul Matthews, the English footballer who played for Mansfield Town, Leicester City and Northampton Town, died on September 3, 2026, aged 79. Born in Leicester on September 30, 1946, he…
Jim Sutton passes away at age 91
Jim Sutton, an American Hall of Fame stock contractor, died on September 3, 2026, aged 91. Born James Louverne Sutton Jr. on April 20, 1935, in Hughes County, South Dakota,…
Győző Martos has died at age 76
Győző Martos, the Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros and the national team, died on September 3, 2026, aged 76. Born in Budapest on December 15, 1949, he built his…
Michel Paulin has died at age 92
Michel Paulin, a French actor best known for work on Les Cinq Dernières Minutes and Nuits Rouges, died on September 3, 2026, aged 92. Born in Nantes on September 24,…
Joseph F. Rice dies at age 72
Joseph F. Rice, an American lawyer, died on September 3, 2026, aged 72. Born Joseph Fred Rice on March 25, 1954, in Winnsboro, South Carolina, he earned a bachelor’s degree…
Huguette St-Denis has died at age 61
Huguette St-Denis, a Canadian screenwriter and actress known for her work on Watatatow and The Parent Family, died on September 3, 2026, aged 61. Born in Montreal, she initially worked…
Obituary: Ritu Khullar, dead at age 62
Ritu Khullar, a Canadian jurist and judge who served as chief justice of Alberta, died on September 3, 2026, aged 62. At the time of her death, she also sat…
Ramón Espinar Gallego death at age 72
Ramón Espinar Gallego, a Spanish politician and former member of the Assembly of Madrid, died on September 3, 2026, aged 72. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he…
Ahmad Muhammad Sani II passed away at age 83
Ahmad Muhammad Sani II, the Nigerian traditional ruler who served as emir of Gumel, died on September 3, 2026, aged 83. He was the 16th emir of Gumel in Jigawa…
Klaus Becker died at age 91
Klaus Becker, a German civil servant and former Regierungspräsident of Lüneburg, died on September 3, 2026, aged 91. Born in Celle on November 27, 1934, he served as Regierungspräsident of…
Mireille Calle-Gruber obituary: died at age 80
Mireille Calle-Gruber, the French literary critic and academic, died on September 3, 2026, aged 80. A longtime professor at Sorbonne Nouvelle University, she was also a literary scholar, writer and…
Milan Ohnisko has died at age 61
Milan Ohnisko, the Czech poet, editor and dissident, died on September 3, 2026, aged 61. Born in Brno on July 16, 1965, he became known for work that combined naivist…
Blaine Campbell passes away at age 86
Blaine Campbell, an American politician and former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, died on September 3, 2026, aged 86. A Republican, Campbell represented District 35 in the…
Harish Chandra Mishra death at age 67
Harish Chandra Mishra, the Indian judge and Lokayukta of Delhi, died on September 3, 2026, aged 67. He served as Lokayukta of Delhi from 2022 and was a former judge…
Death of Thomas Graham at age 92
Thomas Graham, an American diplomat and jurist, died on September 3, 2026, at age 92. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 9, 1933, he played a central role in U.S.…
Brian Fallon dies at 93
Brian Fallon, Irish art critic, died on September 3, 2026, aged 93. He was a leading figure in Irish cultural journalism, serving as chief critic of The Irish Times for…
Enos Mafokate dies at 80
Enos Mafokate, a South African equestrian and pioneering show jumper, died on September 3, 2026, aged 80. Born in Alexandra, he became known as the first black South African show…
Fabio Mussi passed away at age 78
Fabio Mussi, the Italian politician who served as minister of university and research from 2006 to 2008 and as a deputy from 1992 to 2008, died on September 3, 2026,…
Isaac M. Daniel, died aged 92
Isaac M. Daniel, an American engineer, died on September 3, 2026, aged 92. Also known as Isaac Mordochai Daniel, he was a Greek-American engineer and professor whose work centered on…
Bernard Haisch passed away at age 77
Bernard Haisch, the German-born American astrophysicist who died on September 3, 2026, at age 77 from complications of Parkinson's disease, studied solar-stellar astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics, observational X-ray and ultraviolet astronomy,…
Iwan Setiawan dies at age 68
Iwan Setiawan, an Indonesian footballer and football coach, died on September 3, 2026, aged 68. Born in Medan, he was identified in official records as an association football player and…
Alphonso Smith has died at age 40
Alphonso Smith, an American football player and former cornerback for the Denver Broncos and Detroit Lions, died on September 2, 2026, aged 40. Smith, also known as Alphonso Smith, Jr.,…
Death of Pierre Tordo at age 86
Pierre Tordo, the French footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper, died on September 2, 2026, aged 86. Born in Nice on December 16, 1939, he came through the…
Obituary: Norman Irwin, dead at age 107
Norman Irwin, a Northern Irish World War II veteran and centenarian, died on September 2, 2026, aged 107. Born William Norman Wilson Irwin on November 17, 1918, in Coleraine, County…
Børge Thorup dies at 82
Børge Thorup, a Danish footballer who played as a defender, died on September 2, 2026, aged 82. Born in Copenhagen on October 4, 1943, he began and ended his career…
Olavi Leimuvirta, died aged 90
Olavi Leimuvirta, a Finnish Olympic gymnast, died September 2, 2026, aged 90. Born in Helsinki on November 26, 1935, he was known by his full name, Erkki Olavi Leimuvirta. He…
Arthur Marshall dies at 57
Arthur Marshall, an American football player who spent time with the Denver Broncos and New York Giants, died on September 2, 2026, at age 57 of stomach cancer. Born in…
Edmée Buclin-Favre dies at 98
Edmée Buclin-Favre, a Swiss feminist activist and lawyer, died on September 2, 2026, aged 98. Born in Sion in 1927, she was the daughter of Antoine Favre, and became known…
Anil Sharma has died at age 63
Anil Sharma, an Indian politician and Uttar Pradesh MLA, died on September 2, 2026, at the age of 63. He represented the Shikarpur विधानसभा constituency in Bulandshahr district and served…
Hugh Curran dies at age 82
Hugh Curran, the Scottish footballer who spent much of his career in the English Football League, died on September 2, 2026, aged 82. Born in Carstairs on September 25, 1943,…
Obituary: Cassandra Wilson, dead at age 70
Cassandra Wilson, the American jazz singer and two-time Grammy winner, died on September 2, 2026, aged 70. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, she built a long career as a singer, songwriter…
Raymond Pointu passes away at age 86
Raymond Pointu, a French sports journalist, died on September 2, 2026, aged 86. He began his career at Miroir Sprint before joining Le Monde in 1970, where he received the…
Lau Siu Ming, died aged 94
Lau Siu Ming, the Hong Kong dancer and actor known for work in A Chinese Ghost Story, The Swordsman and The Butterfly Murders, died on September 2, 2026, aged 94.…
Libor Balák has died at age 65
Libor Balák, the Czech painter and illustrator, died on September 2, 2026, aged 65. Born in Brno on February 10, 1961, he also worked as a draughtsman, comic-book artist and…
Jimmy Batten dies at age 70
Jimmy Batten, the English boxer who became British light middleweight champion for more than two and a half years, died on September 2, 2026, aged 70. Born in Millwall, London,…
Obituary: Gracindo Júnior, dead at age 83
Gracindo Júnior, the Brazilian actor, died on September 2, 2026, aged 83. Born in Rio de Janeiro on May 21, 1943, he built a career in theatre and television under…
Death of Tucker Budzyn at age 8
Tucker Budzyn, a social media influencer and American golden retriever, died on September 2, 2026, aged 8. He built a large following through his social media content, reaching more than…
Death of Harald Rensvik at age 80
Harald Rensvik, the Norwegian civil servant who directed the Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency, died on September 2, 2026, aged 80. Born in Arendal on March 4, 1946, he grew…
Ivan Gudelj obituary: died at age 65
Ivan Gudelj, the Croatian football player and manager who represented Yugoslavia, died on September 2, 2026, aged 65. Born in Imotski on September 21, 1960, he began his career with…
Death of Eraj Ravindra Fernando at age 57
Eraj Ravindra Fernando, the Sri Lankan politician and mayor of the Hambantota Municipal Council, died on September 2, 2026, aged 57. He served as mayor of Hambantota from 2014 to…
Raif Dizdarević dies at age 99
Raif Dizdarević, the Bosnian politician who served as president of the Presidency of Yugoslavia, died on September 2, 2026, aged 99. Born in Fojnica on December 9, 1926, he became…
Gloria Steinem dies at age 92
Gloria Steinem, the American feminist, journalist and writer who co-founded the Women's Media Center, died on September 2, 2026, at age 92. Born Gloria Marie Steinem in Toledo, Ohio, she…
Robert A. Kyle has died at age 98
Robert A. Kyle, an American academic and longtime Mayo Clinic professor of medicine, laboratory medicine and pathology, died September 2, 2026, aged 98. A pathologist and hematologist, he spent much…
Tony Gatlif died at age 77
Tony Gatlif, the French film director, screenwriter, actor and producer, died on September 2, 2026, aged 77. Born Michel Dahmani in Algiers on September 10, 1948, he built a career…
Jean-Paul Rappeneau passes away at age 94
Jean-Paul Rappeneau, the French film director and screenwriter whose work included Cyrano de Bergerac, died on September 2, 2026, aged 94. Born in Auxerre in 1932, he began in film…
Hasegawa Yoshikazu passed away at age 96
Hasegawa Yoshikazu, a Japanese vertebrate paleontologist and honorary museum director, died on September 2, 2026, aged 96. Born in 1930, he studied at Yokohama National University, where he later served…
Chen Kuan-tai dead at age 80
Chen Kuan-tai, the Hong Kong actor, director and action choreographer known for films including The Chinese Boxer, Vengeance and Heroes Two, died on September 2, 2026, aged 80. Born in…
Rich DeMartino dead at age 87
Rich DeMartino, an American bridge player, died on September 2, 2026, aged 87. DeMartino was from Riverside, Connecticut, and graduated from Lehigh University. He was an American contract bridge player…
Clyde Kimball dead at age 84
Clyde Kimball, an American politician, died on September 2, 2026, aged 84. Born on July 11, 1942, he attended Louisiana State University and later served as a Democratic member of…
Stanislas Hutin dies at age 95
Stanislas Hutin, the French Jesuit anti-war activist, died on September 2, 2026, aged 95. Born in Rennes on September 7, 1930, he entered the Jesuit order in 1951. Two years…
Lau Siu-ming death at age 94
Lau Siu-ming, the Hong Kong dancer and actor known for roles in "The Butterfly Murders," "The Swordsman" and the "A Chinese Ghost Story" films, died on September 2, 2026, aged…
Death of Rachel Blau DuPlessis at age 84
Rachel Blau DuPlessis, an American poet and essayist, died on September 2, 2026, aged 84. She was known as a feminist critic and scholar with a special interest in modernist…
Peter Leaver dies at age 81
Peter Leaver, a British barrister and judge, died on September 2, 2026, aged 81. Known in full as Peter Lawrence Oppenheim Leaver, KC, he served as chief executive of the…
David McDermott death at age 38
David McDermott, the English footballer who played as a winger, died on September 2, 2026, aged 38. Born in Stourbridge on 6 February 1988, he was also known as David…
Charles Hatcher, died aged 87
Charles Hatcher, an American politician and lawyer who served in Congress as a Democrat, died on September 1, 2026, aged 87. Born in Doerun, Georgia, he was educated at Georgia…
Obituary: Edith Barr, dead at age 90
Edith Barr, the Peruvian Creole singer known as the Flor Morena de la Canción Criolla, died on September 1, 2026, aged 90. Born Nora Edith Barr García in Lima on…
József Rusznyák passes away at age 79
József Rusznyák, the Hungarian Olympic wrestler who competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, died on September 1, 2026, aged 79. Born on January 6, 1947, in Sárospatak, he…
Obituary: Jonathan Meléndez, dead at age 38
Jonathan Meléndez, the Mexican keyboardist and composer known as Honas, died on September 1, 2026, aged 38. Born Jonathan Samuel Meléndez Ochoa in Mexico City, he helped found the synth-pop…
Camilo Séptimo, died aged 38
Camilo Séptimo, a Mexican musician and member of the band Camilo Séptimo, died on September 1, 2026, at age 38. The group, also styled as Camilo VII and CVII, was…
Yuri Nakamura death at age 44
Yuri Nakamura, a Japanese-born Korean actress and former singer, died on September 1, 2026, at age 44. Born Yuri Sei in Neyagawa, she was also known as Woori Song and…
Galopin Des Champs passes away at age 11
Galopin Des Champs, the French Thoroughbred racehorse, died on September 1, 2026, aged 11. Born on May 12, 2016, the French-bred, Irish-trained gelding became one of National Hunt racing’s leading…
Death of Konrad Jarausch at age 85
Konrad Jarausch, the German-American historian and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor, died on September 1, 2026, aged 85. Born in Magdeburg, Germany, on August 14, 1941, he…
Eberhard Vogel died at age 83
Eberhard Vogel, the German football player and manager who won Olympic bronze medals, died on September 1, 2026, aged 83. A former East German international, he was born in Frankenberg…
Death of Alan Knight at age 65
Alan Knight, the English footballer and coach who spent nearly his entire senior career with Portsmouth, died on September 1, 2026, aged 65. A goalkeeper, he made 683 league appearances…
Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari has died at age 41
Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari, the Yemeni Islamic militant who served as spokesman of the Islamic State, died on September 1, 2026, aged 41. He held the role from 2023 until his…
Enzo Bianchi dies at age 83
Enzo Bianchi, the Italian friar who founded the Bose Monastic Community, died on September 1, 2026, aged 83. Born on March 3, 1943, in Castel Boglione, he went on to…