Obituary: Israel Pincas, dead at age 91
Israel Pincas, the Israeli poet whose work appeared over decades in newspapers, magazines and literary supplements, died on July 19, 2026. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, on January 28, 1935, he…
Famous Dead Journalists: Recent Journalist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 5,000 obituaries of famous dead journalists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Sergey Sholokhov dies at 67
Sergey Sholokhov, a film critic, journalist and television presenter, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 67. Born in Leningrad on September 27, 1958, he built a career…
Joseph Algazy, died aged 87
Joseph Algazy, the Israeli historian and journalist who wrote for Haaretz and Le Monde diplomatique, died on July 18, 2026. Born in Alexandria on September 11, 1938, he studied and…
Kim Joong-wi obituary: died at age 86
Kim Joong-wi, a South Korean journalist and politician, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on October 28, 1939, in Bonghwa County, he was educated at…
Edward Stourton dead at age 68
Edward Stourton, the British broadcaster and journalist who presented BBC Radio 4’s Sunday and Today, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 68. Born Edward John Ivo Stourton…
Graeme Gilbert death at age 76
Graeme Gilbert, the Australian radio presenter and politician, died on July 17, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on April 15, 1950, he became known for presenting the nightly…
Eberhard Gill, died aged 65
Eberhard Gill, a German researcher and space systems engineer known for work in GNSS technology and tracking, space system engineering, multi-satellite systems and systems engineering, died on July 16, 2026,…
Obituary: Renato Machado, dead at age 83
Renato Machado, a Brazilian journalist and longtime TV Globo newscaster, died on July 16, 2026. Born in Rio de Janeiro on March 21, 1943, he studied law and journalism at…
Death of Pino Farinotti at age 75
Pino Farinotti, the Italian film critic, journalist and writer whose work helped define film reference publishing in Italy, died on July 16, 2026. Born in Piacenza in 1951, he became…
Chiang C. Mei dead at age 91
Chiang C. Mei, an American physicist and fluid dynamicist whose work influenced civil, environmental and coastal engineering, died on July 16, 2026. Born in Wuhan on April 4, 1935, Mei,…
Alan Walden death at age 83
Alan Walden, an American music manager, publisher, booking agent and promoter known for his work with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Otis Redding, died on July 16, 2026. Born in Macon, Georgia,…
Denise Oliver-Velez dies at 78
Denise Oliver-Velez, an American activist and community organizer, died on July 15, 2026. She was 78. Born Denise Roberts Oliver on August 1, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York, she became…
Romano Garofalo dies at 84
Romano Garofalo, the Italian cartoonist, writer and journalist whose work helped shape popular comics in Italy, died on July 15, 2026, in Rimini. Born in Rimini on November 11, 1941,…
Ihor Losiev died at age 71
Ihor Losiev, a Ukrainian political scientist and publicist, died on July 15, 2026. Born in Sevastopol on March 10, 1955, he became known as a columnist, journalist, and scholar of…
Ackbar Abbas dead at age 84
Ackbar Abbas, a Hong Kong literary scholar and professor of comparative literature, died on July 15, 2026. Born in Kennedy Town in 1942, he taught at the University of California,…
Cees Geel passed away at age 61
Cees Geel, the Dutch actor known for his work in film, television and radio, died on July 14, 2026, at age 61. Born Cornelis Pieter Geel in Schagen on March…
Lee Underwood, died aged 87
Lee Underwood, an American musician and journalist who played lead guitar with Tim Buckley for much of Buckley’s career, died on July 14, 2026. Born on January 1, 1938, Underwood…
Neliana Tersigni obituary: died at age 81
Neliana Tersigni, an Italian journalist born in Rome, died on July 14, 2026, at the age of 81. A freelance reporter from Rome who studied Russian literature, she began her…
Dave Kendall passes away at age 125
Dave Kendall, the British television personality and journalist known for creating and hosting MTV’s "120 Minutes," died on July 14, 2026. Born David Kendall in the United Kingdom in 1901,…
Obituary: Jameson Currier, dead at age 70
Jameson Currier, an American writer, died on July 13, 2026, at age 70. Born in Marietta, Georgia, on October 16, 1955, he wrote as a novelist, short story writer, poet,…
Death of Alcides Bernal at age 60
Alcides Bernal, a Brazilian lawyer, radio broadcaster and politician, died on July 13, 2026, at age 60. Born Alcides Jesus Peralta Bernal on July 14, 1965, in Corumbá, he built…
Death of Barry Dickins at age 76
Barry Dickins, an Australian author, artist, actor, educator and journalist, died on July 13, 2026, aged 76. Born in Reservoir in Melbourne, he became known for historical dramas and for…
Michael Stürmer dead at age 87
Michael Stürmer, the German historian known for his work on the history of the German Empire and his role in the Historikerstreit of the 1980s, died on July 13, 2026.…
Mary Otis Stevens, died aged 98
Mary Otis Stevens, an American architect, died on July 12, 2026. She was born in New York City on March 28, 1928, and built her career in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Stevens…
Obituary: David Willey, dead at age 93
David Willey died on July 12, 2026. He was a British journalist. He worked for the BBC and Reuters during his career. Tags Journalists, 12 July 2026, Britain, Cancer, David,…
Horia Nestorescu-Bălcești passed away at age 87
Horia Nestorescu-Bălcești died on July 11, 2026. He was a Romanian journalist and museographer. No further details about his death were immediately available. Tags Journalists, 11 July 2026, Horia, Romania,…
Jean-Paul Pigasse, died aged 86
Jean-Paul Pigasse, a French journalist and media proprietor who served as director-general of ADIAC since 1997, died on July 11, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Toulouse on…
Dermot Murnaghan died at age 68
Dermot Murnaghan died on July 11, 2026, at the age of 68. He was an English television presenter and news reporter, known for his work on Sky News and BBC…
Death of Edward Lucie-Smith at age 93
Edward Lucie-Smith, the Jamaican-born English writer, poet and art critic, died on July 11, 2026, aged 93. Born John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith in Kingston on February 27, 1933, he became…
Ahmet Telli has died at age 79
Ahmet Telli died on July 10, 2026. He was a poet. Tags Journalists, Writers, 10 July 2026, Ahmet, Ankara, Sagittarius, Telli, July 10, July 2026
Obituary: Eva Røine, dead at age 97
Eva Røine, the Norwegian psychologist, actress, author and former beauty pageant titleholder, died on July 10, 2026. Born in Mysen on December 11, 1928, she was first known in younger…
Derryn Hinch dead at age 82
Derryn Hinch, the New Zealand-born Australian media personality and politician, died on July 10, 2026, aged 82. Born Derryn Nigel Hinch in New Plymouth on February 9, 1944, he built…
Death of Jean-Louis Lechat at age 83
Jean-Louis Lechat, a Belgian journalist and comic book writer who specialized in coverage of comics, died on July 9, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Chimay on January…
Karol Stopa obituary: died at age 78
Karol Stopa died on July 9, 2026. He was 78. Stopa was a Polish sports commentator and journalist, known for his work in sports media. Born in Warsaw in 1948,…
Death of Jack Latvala at age 74
Jack Latvala died July 8, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Journalists, Politicians, 08 July 2026, America, Jack, Latvala, Scorpio, July 2026, July 8
Luigi Colombo passed away at age 88
Luigi Colombo (giornalista) died on July 8, 2026. He was an Italian journalist and television presenter. Born on April 9, 1947, in Cesano Maderno, he was also known as Luigi…
Death of Tony Rayns at age 78
Tony Rayns died on July 7, 2026. He was a British writer and film commentator. His work also included journalism, film criticism, punditry, screenwriting and authorship. Tags Journalists, Writers, 07…
Johnny Ginger obituary: died at age 92
Johnny Ginger died July 5, 2026, at age 92. He was an American television personality. Born June 16, 1934, he was a television presenter from Toledo, Ohio. Tags Journalists, 05…
Teet Korsten obituary: died at age 59
Teet Korsten died on July 5, 2026. He was an Estonian journalist and translator. Tags Journalists, 05 July 2026, Estonia, Korsten, Teet, July 2026, July 5
Hermann Meyn death at age 91
Hermann Meyn died on July 4, 2026. He was a German journalist. Tags Journalists, 04 July 2026, Germany, Hermann, Libra, Meyn, July 2026, July 4
Shahed Kamal died at age 85
Shahed Kamal, a Bangladeshi journalist and teacher, died on July 4, 2026. He was 85. Known in cultural circles as Shamim Mama, Kamal worked as a senior news editor at…
Bobbi Queen dead at age 84
Bobbi Queen, an American fashion editor who served as senior fashion editor at Women’s Wear Daily, died on July 3, 2026, of a heart attack. Born Barbara Sela Queen in…
Trevor Fishlock dies at 85
Trevor Fishlock died on July 3, 2026. He was a British journalist. Tags Journalists, 03 July 2026, Britain, Cardiff, Fishlock, Pisces, Trevor, July 2026, July 3
Yervant Gianikian dead at age 84
Yervant Gianikian died on July 3, 2026, at the age of 84. An Italian director and architect, he was also known as a film director, editor, producer and screenwriter. Born…
Gregers Dirckinck-Holmfeld has died at age 93
Gregers Dirckinck-Holmfeld died on July 2, 2026. He was a Danish journalist and television host. His work made him a familiar figure in Danish media. Tags Journalists, 02 July 2026,…
Vladimir McTavish dead
Vladimir McTavish died on July 1, 2026. He was a journalist, actor and comedian. Tags Actors, Journalists, 01 July 2026, Scotland, Vladimir, July 1, July 2026, McTavish
Wayne Worcester passed away at age 78
Wayne Worcester died on July 1, 2026. He was an American journalist. Tags Journalists, 01 July 2026, America, Wayne, Worcester, July 1, July 2026
Faniya Suleymanova dies at age 87
Faniya Suleymanova died on June 29, 2026. She was a Soviet and Russian singer and journalist. Born on February 18, 1939, she studied at the Ufa State Institute of Arts.…
Farzad Jamshidi, died aged 56
Farzad Jamshidi died on June 29, 2026. He was an Iranian television presenter. Tags Journalists, 29 June 2026, Farzad, Iran, Jamshidi, June 2026, June 29
Sevgül Uludağ obituary: died at age 67
Sevgül Uludağ, a Turkish Cypriot journalist and activist, died on June 28, 2026, at age 67. Born in Nicosia on October 15, 1958, she worked first in a bank and…
Alexei Bueno obituary: died at age 63
Alexei Bueno, a Brazilian poet and writer, died on June 27, 2026, at the age of 63, in Rio de Janeiro, of complications from cancer. Born in Rio de Janeiro…
Obituary: Siegfried Verbeke, dead at age 85
Siegfried Verbeke, a Belgian Holocaust denier and revisionist publisher, died on June 27, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Antwerp on June 21, 1941, he became a public…
Andreas Koller died at age 65
Andreas Koller died on June 26, 2026. Tags Journalists, 26 June 2026, Andreas, Austria, Koller, June 2026, June 26
Rosetta Miller-Perry passes away at age 91
Rosetta Miller-Perry, an American journalist and founder of the Tennessee Tribune, died on June 26, 2026. She was 91. Miller-Perry was an African-American journalist born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on July…
Věra Linhartová has died at age 88
Věra Linhartová, the Czech writer and art historian, died on June 26, 2026, at age 88 in Paris. Born in Brno on March 22, 1938, she studied art history at…
Giulio Castelli dead at age 88
Giulio Castelli died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 88. He was an Italian journalist and writer, born in Rome on February 13, 1938. His work as an…
David Hencke dies at 79
David Hencke, the British investigative journalist and writer who worked for The Guardian, died on June 26, 2026. A long-serving figure in political reporting, he began as a student journalist…
Daniel Oliver dead at age 87
Daniel Oliver died on June 26, 2026. He was an American executive editor. Other biographical details were not immediately available. Tags Journalists, 26 June 2026, America, Daniel, Oliver, Pisces, June…
Ernestina Pais dies at 54
Ernestina Pais died on June 26, 2026, in San Isidro. She was 54. Pais was an Argentine journalist and television presenter, and also worked as a businessperson. Born in Buenos…
Stephen Lowe dies at 82
Stephen Lowe, the British Anglican prelate who served as Bishop of Hulme from 1999 to 2009, died on June 25, 2026. Born on March 3, 1944, he was ordained deacon…
B. J. Sams dies at age 91
B. J. Sams, an American news anchor and television journalist, died on June 25, 2026, at age 91. Born Billy Jack Sams on March 19, 1935, he spent more than…
B. J. Sams dies at age 91
B. J. Sams, an American news anchor whose career in television broadcasting spanned more than 50 years, died on June 25, 2026. Born March 19, 1935, and also known as…
Om Malik death at age 59
Om Malik, an Indian-American writer and founder of the technology news site Gigaom, died on June 24, 2026. He was 59. Born Om Prakash Malik in New Delhi on September…
Yorgelis Delgado dies at 43
Yorgelis Delgado, a Venezuelan actress, presenter and model, died on June 24, 2026, after injuries sustained during an earthquake. Born in Caracas on December 15, 1982, she began her career…
Janusz Daszczyński died at age 73
Janusz Daszczyński died on June 23, 2026, at the age of 73. He was a Polish journalist. Born in Gdynia on September 13, 1952, he studied at the Gdańsk University…
François Taillandier dead at age 71
François Taillandier, the French writer and journalist, died on June 23, 2026, in Paris at the age of 71. Born in Clermont-Ferrand on June 20, 1955, he built a career…
Bachisio Bandinu died at age 87
Bachisio Bandinu died on June 23, 2026. He was an Italian teacher, journalist, writer and italianist, known for his work in literature and cultural commentary. Born in Bitti on February…
Bára Tlučhořová dies at age 37
Bára Tlučhořová died on June 22, 2026. Tags Journalists, 22 June 2026, Czechia, Bára, June 2026, June 22, Tlučhořová
Death of Martha Zoller at age 66
Martha Zoller, an American political commentator and radio host, died on June 22, 2026. She was 66. Born in Columbus, Georgia, on August 23, 1959, Zoller was also known as…
Barbora Tlučhořová death at age 37
Barbora Tlučhořová died on June 22, 2026. She was a radio presenter. Tags Journalists, 22 June 2026, Barbora, Virgo, June 2026, June 22, Tlučhořová
Jim Goad, died aged 65
Jim Goad, an American writer and publisher best known for Answer Me! and The Redneck Manifesto, died on June 22, 2026. Born James Thaddeus Goad in Ridley Park, he built…
András Simor dead at age 87
András Simor, a Hungarian poet and writer, died on June 21, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Budapest on July 5, 1938, he studied at Kölcsey Ferenc Gimnázium…
Slavenka Drakulić dead at age 76
Slavenka Drakulić, the Croatian journalist, novelist and essayist whose writing explored feminism, communism and post-communist life, died on June 20, 2026, at 76. Born in Rijeka on July 4, 1949,…
David W. Rohde, died aged 82
David W. Rohde, a political scientist whose research focused on politics in the United States, died on June 20, 2026, aged 82. Born in Buffalo, New York, he taught at…
Roberto García passes away at age 81
Roberto García died on June 20, 2026, at age 81. He was an Argentine journalist. García, also known as Roberto Ángel García, was identified in biographical records as a journalist…
Death of Geneviève Aubry at age 98
Geneviève Aubry, a Swiss politician and opinion journalist, died on June 20, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in La Chaux-de-Fonds on March 4, 1928, she served as a…
Hershel Parker passes away at age 90
Hershel Parker, an American literary historian and scholar of Herman Melville, died on June 19, 2026. He was 90. Born in Comanche, Oklahoma, on November 26, 1935, Parker was an…
Mark Singer, died aged 75
Mark Singer, an American journalist and staff writer at The New Yorker, died on June 19, 2026, at age 75 of complications from salivary gland cancer. Known professionally as Mark…
Obituary: Claude Guillemot, dead at age 69
Claude Guillemot, the French businessman who co-founded Ubisoft, died on June 19, 2026, in a plane crash. He was 69. Born in Carentoir, France, on October 30, 1956, he grew…
Elizabeth Arnold dead at age 66
Elizabeth Arnold, an American journalist who was NPR’s national political correspondent and later a professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage, died June 18, 2026, of complications from endometrial cancer.…
Daniel Castellano obituary: died at age 53
Daniel Castellano, a Venezuelan journalist, writer and researcher, died on June 18, 2026. Born in Caracas on November 20, 1972, and also known as Daniel Alirio Castellano Amarista, he studied…
Death of Al Mujahidi at age 86
Al Mujahidi, a Bangladeshi poet, died on June 18, 2026. Born on January 1, 1943, he was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2003 by the Government of Bangladesh for his…
Qamar Ahmed dead at age 88
Qamar Ahmed, a Pakistani cricketer and journalist, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on October 23, 1937, in Uttar Pradesh, he went on to represent…
Adolfo Battaglia dead at age 96
Adolfo Battaglia, an Italian politician and journalist who served as minister of industry, commerce and craftsmanship, died on June 18, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Viterbo on…
Tony Brown died at age 93
Tony Brown, the American journalist best known for the syndicated television program Tony Brown's Journal, died on June 17, 2026. He was 93. Born William Anthony Brown on April 11,…
Death of Hans Marwitz at age 85
Hans Marwitz died on June 17, 2026. Tags Journalists, 17 June 2026, Chile, Hans, Marwitz, Pisces, Santiago, June 17, June 2026
Manuel Benza Pflücker obituary: died at age 82
Manuel Benza Pflücker, a Peruvian politician and sociologist, died on June 17, 2026. He was 82. Born in Lima on April 16, 1944, Benza was a member of the Revolutionary…
Philippe Labarde death at age 86
Philippe Labarde, a French economic journalist and writer, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Agen on September 26, 1939, he was educated at the…
Juliet Gardiner passes away at age 83
Juliet Gardiner, a British historian and writer, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 83. She was a commentator on British social history from Victorian times through the…
Obituary: Raimundo Carrero, dead at age 78
Raimundo Carrero, a Brazilian journalist and writer, died on June 16, 2026, at age 78. Born in Salgueiro, Pernambuco, in 1947, he went on to study at the Federal University…
Roy Hattersley, died aged 93
Roy Hattersley, the British politician, author and journalist who served as a Labour MP from 1964 to 1997 and sat in the House of Lords from 1997 to 2017, died…
Behrouz Razavi passed away at age 78
Behrouz Razavi died on June 14, 2026. He was an Iranian voice actor, radio and television presenter, and actor. Razavi was known for his work in Iranian media and performance.…
François Gall dies at 103
François Gall, the French film director and author behind the long-running television series "Amazing Train Journeys," died on June 13, 2026. He was 103. Born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on November 9,…
Obituary: Roger Cook, dead at age 83
Roger Cook, the New Zealand-born British investigative journalist and television broadcaster known for The Cook Report, died on June 13, 2026, aged 83. Born on April 6, 1943, he was…
Görel Hanser dies at age 76
Görel Hanser, a Swedish record company executive and talent manager known for her work with ABBA, died on June 13, 2026. She was 76. Born Görel Kristina Johnsen on June…
Obituary: María Granata, dead at age 102
María Granata, the Argentine author, poet and politician, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 102. Born in Buenos Aires on September 3, 1923, she began writing as…
David Gamble passed away at age 70
David Gamble, a British film editor whose work included Shakespeare in Love, Veronica Guerin and Shopgirl, died on June 12, 2026. He was 70. Born on June 24, 1955, in…
Death of Gene Shalit at age 100
Gene Shalit, the American journalist, film and book critic, and television personality who became a familiar presence on NBC’s “Today,” died on June 12, 2026, at age 100. Born in…
Obituary: André Doms, dead at age 94
André Doms, a Belgian essayist, poet and writer, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Brussels on March 9, 1932, he built a long career…