Orion Samuelson dies at 91
Orion Samuelson, an American agriculture broadcaster, died on March 16, 2026. He was known for his broadcasts on agriculture and for explaining agribusiness and food production in an understandable way.…
Famous Dead Journalists: Recent Journalist Deaths and Obituaries
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Death of Jamal Rayyan at age 72
Jamal Rayyan, a Palestinian news anchorman with Al Jazeera, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in Tulkarm, West Bank, on August 23, 1953, he worked…
Bjørn Nilsen death at age 91
Bjørn Nilsen, a Norwegian poet, journalist and television producer, died on March 15, 2026. He was born in Strinda, now Trondheim, on December 27, 1934, the son of Eilif Asbjørn…
Egidio Marzona dead at age -1
Egidio Marzona, an Italian art collector, gallerist and publisher, died on March 15, 2026, in Berlin, Germany, at the age of 81. Born in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on October…
Birte Weiss, died aged 84
Birte Weiss, a Danish journalist and politician, died on March 14, 2026. Born on May 1, 1941, she worked as a journalist for Weekendavisen and began her career with Demokraten…
Brian Clarke dies at age 87
Brian Clarke, the British author, journalist and angler, died on March 14, 2026, aged 87. He wrote two books on fly-fishing, The Pursuit of Stillwater Trout (1975) and, with John…
Ralf Friberg died at age 89
Ralf Friberg, a Finnish journalist, diplomat and politician, died on March 13, 2026. He served as a Social Democratic MP and worked in journalism at Västra Nyland, Östra Nyland and…
Hugh Winsor, died aged 87
Hugh Winsor, a Canadian journalist with The Globe and Mail, died on March 13, 2026, after a stroke. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, on April 18, 1938, he was…
Brian Doherty obituary: died at age 57
Brian Doherty, an American journalist and author who was a senior editor at Reason magazine, died on March 12, 2026. Born Brian Michael Doherty in Queens, New York, on June…
Jenni Murray dead at age 75
Jenni Murray, the English journalist and broadcaster best known for presenting BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, died on March 12, 2026, aged 75. Born Jennifer Susan Bailey in Barnsley on…
Obituary: Enrica Bonaccorti, dead at age 76
Enrica Bonaccorti, the Italian television presenter, actress and song lyricist known for Non è la Rai and Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, died…
Patricia Clarke, died aged 99
Patricia Clarke, an Australian writer and historian, died on March 12, 2026. Born Mary Patricia Clarke in Alphington, Melbourne, on July 30, 1926, she was educated in Melbourne, later in…
Ernie Anastos, died aged 82
Ernie Anastos, an American news anchor and talk show host, died on March 12, 2026, at age 82. An Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, he hosted WABC’s Positively Ernie, a program focused…
John Fisher Burns, died aged 81
John Fisher Burns, a British journalist and longtime London bureau chief for The New York Times, died on March 12, 2026. He was 81. Burns won two Pulitzer Prizes during…
Umberto Allemandi passes away at age 88
Umberto Allemandi, an Italian publisher and editor, died on March 11, 2026. Born in Turin on March 9, 1938, he started working as a copywriter with Armando Testa in the…
Death of IJf Blokker at age 95
IJf Blokker, a Dutch actor, musician and television presenter, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Den Helder on September 2, 1930, he began his…
Alojz Ihan dead at age 64
Alojz Ihan, a Slovenian immunologist, doctor and poet, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 64. Born in Ljubljana on July 23, 1961, he studied at the Medical…
Luc Van der Kelen passes away at age 77
Luc Van der Kelen, a Belgian journalist, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in June 1948 in Boom, Belgium, he studied at Ghent University, where…
Giorgio Gosetti obituary: died at age 70
Giorgio Gosetti, an Italian film critic, died on March 9, 2026. Born in Venice on Feb. 6, 1956, he was also a journalist and festival director. He was best known…
Death of Richard Bozulich at age 90
Richard Bozulich, an American Go player, author, publisher and college math instructor, died on March 9, 2026, at age 90. He co-founded Ishi Press and was the founding publisher of…
Lutfiya al-Dulaimi has died at age 87
Lutfiya al-Dulaimi, an Iraqi writer, journalist and women's rights activist, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Baqubah on March 7, 1939, she grew up…
David Keene, died aged 80
David Keene, an American political consultant, died on March 8, 2026, in Baltimore, Maryland, at the age of 80. He was also a presidential advisor and newspaper editor, and served…
B. Wongar passes away at age 93
B. Wongar, the pen name of Serbian writer Sreten Božić, died on March 8, 2026, aged 93-94. Born in 1932 in Gornja Trešnjevica, in what was then the Kingdom of…
Curzia Ferrari dies at 96
Curzia Ferrari, an Italian journalist, writer and translator of Russian poetry, died on March 8, 2026, in Milan at the age of 96. Born in Milan in May 1929, she…
Jerzy Szymanek has died at age 88
Jerzy Szymanek, a Polish politician, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Ręczno on April 11, 1937, he was a member of the United People's…
Lilias, Yoga and You dies at 90
Lilias Folan, the American yoga teacher and television presenter behind the PBS program Lilias, Yoga and You, died on March 8, 2026. The show, later shortened to Lilias!, first aired…
Jan Lenferink obituary: died at age 80
Jan Lenferink, the Dutch radio and television presenter and columnist best known for RUR (Rechtstreeks uit Richter), died on March 7, 2026. Born in Dalfsen on 9 December 1945, he…
Tierney Thys dies at 59
Tierney Thys, an American marine biologist and science educator, died on March 6, 2026, at age 59. A National Geographic explorer, she earned a biology degree from Brown University in…
Narayan Bareth died at age 68
Narayan Bareth, an Indian journalist, died on March 6, 2026. He was 68. Bareth worked in journalism for around three decades and served as State Information Commissioner of Rajasthan. He…
Gyula Gobby Fehér passed away at age 82
Gyula Gobby Fehér, a Serbian writer, died on March 5, 2026. He was born in Bácsfeketehegy on April 11, 1943, to László Fehér and Julianna Vranyó. From 1974 to 1983,…
Dennis Cometti dies at 76
Dennis Cometti, the Australian sports commentator and former Australian rules football player and coach, died on March 4, 2026, aged 76. Born in Geraldton, Western Australia, on March 26, 1949,…
H. K. Dua obituary: died at age 88
H. K. Dua, an Indian journalist and diplomat who was editor of the Hindustan Times, died on March 4, 2026, aged 88. Born Hari Krishan Dua on July 1, 1937,…
Obituary: Soli Philander, dead at age 65
Soli Philander, a South African actor, comedian, director, television presenter and radio personality, died on March 4, 2026, aged 65. Born Silamour Philander on January 19, 1961, in Elsie's River…
Andrea Weiss dead at age 60
Andrea Weiss, an American rabbi and author, died on March 3, 2026. She was ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1993 and later served there as associate professor of Bible,…
Gordon Corrigan died at age 83
Gordon Corrigan, British army officer, historical writer and broadcaster, died on March 3, 2026. He was educated at the Royal School, Armagh, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and served…
Fernando Ónega has died at age 78
Fernando Ónega, a Spanish journalist and political analyst, died on March 3, 2026. Born on June 15, 1947, he wrote several books on recent Spanish history and important figures. Ónega…
Jahanara Arzu dies at age 93
Jahanara Arzu, a Bangladeshi poet, died on March 2, 2026. She was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 1987 by the Government of Bangladesh for her contribution to Bengali literature. Arzu…
Yanar Mohammed died at age 65
Yanar Mohammed, Iraqi women's rights activist and co-founder and director of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, died on March 2, 2026. She was also the editor of the…
Bernard Launois passed away at age 95
Bernard Launois, a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for Devil Story, died on March 2, 2026. Born in Mézières, France, on April 8, 1930, he studied pharmacology for…
Arnaud Nguefack died at age 38
Arnaud Nguefack, a Cameroonian journalist, died on March 1, 2026. He was 38. Nguefack was best known for his work on Canal 2 International, where he covered Cameroonian news and…
Hademar Bankhofer dies at age 84
Austrian journalist and television presenter Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Guy Fontaine dead at age 80
Belgian journalist and Orthodox priest Died on Sunday March 1st 2026
Lorraine Bayly dies at 89
Lorraine Bayly, the Australian actress best known for her role in The Sullivans, died on February 28, 2026, aged 89. Born in Booligal, New South Wales, on January 16, 1937,…
Paul Conroy passes away at age 61
Paul Conroy, a British photojournalist and freelance photographer and filmmaker, died on February 28, 2026, aged 61. He worked in the British media and reported from combat zones in the…
Darío Lopérfido has died at age 61
Darío Lopérfido, an Argentine politician, journalist and cultural promoter, died on February 27, 2026, at the age of 61. Born in Buenos Aires in 1964, he served as Argentina’s Secretary…
Colman McCarthy death at age 87
Colman McCarthy, an American journalist for The Washington Post and peace activist, died on February 27, 2026, at age 87. Born in Glen Head, New York, on March 24, 1938,…
Charlie Grall dead at age 71
Charlie Grall, a French journalist and Breton independence activist, died on February 27, 2026, at the age of 71. Born Jean-Charles Grall in Finistère, France, he was the founder of…
Drusilla Beyfus dies at 98
Drusilla Beyfus, the English writer and journalist best known for her books on modern modes and manners, died on February 26, 2026, aged 98. Born in Hampstead, London, on March…
Christopher S. Wren has died at age 89
Christopher S. Wren, an American journalist and author who spent 28 years as a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, died on February 26, 2026. Born Christopher Sale Wren…
Ahmed Nimal passes away at age 62
Ahmed Nimal, a Maldivian actor, director, editor, writer and producer, died on February 26, 2026, at the age of 62. Born on January 13, 1963, in the Sultanate of the…
Maroof Raza death at age 66
Maroof Raza, an Indian Army officer and commentator on national security and strategic affairs, died on February 26, 2026, aged 66. He served in the Indian Army from 1980 to…
Fahmy Omar, died aged 97
Fahmy Omar, Egyptian radio broadcaster and onetime head of Egyptian Radio, died on February 25, 2026, at the age of 97. Known as the "Sheikh of the Broadcasters," he worked…
Ann Godoff passes away at age 76
Ann Godoff, an American editor and publisher who was president of Random House and founder of Penguin Press, died on February 24, 2026, at the age of 76. Born Ann…
Glaudi Barsotti dies at age 92
Glaudi Barsotti, a French writer and journalist, died on February 24, 2026. Also spelled Glaudi Barsòtti in Occitan and Claude Barsotti in French, he was a French Occitan writer and…
Death of Jeremy Larner at age 88
Jeremy Larner, the American author and screenwriter who won an Oscar in 1973 for Best Original Screenplay for The Candidate, died on February 24, 2026, at age 88. Born Jeremy…
Obituary: Giancarlo Politi, dead at age 89
Giancarlo Politi, Italian art critic, died on February 24, 2026. Born in Trevi, in Umbria, on January 29, 1937, he was also a poet and publisher, and was best known…
Andrej Medved dead at age 79
Andrej Medved, a Slovene poet, editor and translator, died on February 23, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Ljubljana on February 3, 1947, he studied philosophy and the…
Richard Mauer dead at age 76
Richard Mauer, an American investigative journalist, died on February 23, 2026. Born Richard David Mauer on May 29, 1949, in The Bronx, New York, he graduated from the Bronx High…
Death of Gregorio Morán at age 79
Gregorio Morán, a Spanish journalist and writer, died on February 22, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Oviedo in 1947, he lived in Paris during the Franco regime…
Koos Postema, died aged 93
Koos Postema, a Dutch radio and television presenter, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 93. Born Jacobus Gerrit Postema in Rotterdam on August 17, 1932, he began…
Mimmo Liguoro death at age 84
Mimmo Liguoro, an Italian journalist, died on February 18, 2026. Domenico Liguoro was born in Torre del Greco on July 16, 1941, and was known for serving as chief editor…
Abderrazak Zouaoui, died aged 90
Algerian sport commentator Died on Tuesday February 17th 2026
Abderrazak Zouari dies at 90
Algerian sport commentator Died on Tuesday February 17th 2026
Dmitry Bavilsky death at age 57
Dmitry Bavilsky, a Russian writer, literary critic and journalist, died on February 17, 2026. Born in Chelyabinsk on January 19, 1969, he graduated from Chelyabinsk State University in 1993 and…
Anna dePeyster died at age 81
Anna dePeyster, the British-Australian journalist and author known as Anna Maria dePeyster, died on February 17, 2026, at age 81. Born Anna Maria Torv in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 30,…
Death of Mohsen Dalloul at age 92
Mohsen Dalloul, a Lebanese journalist and politician, died on February 17, 2026, at the age of 92. A member of the Progressive Socialist Party, he served as minister of agriculture…
Obituary: Consty Eka, dead at age 56
Consty Eka, a Cameroonian television presenter and businessman, died on February 16, 2026, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, at the age of 65. Born in Yaoundé on January 13, 1961, he…
Frederick Wiseman obituary: died at age 96
Frederick Wiseman, an American filmmaker, died on February 16, 2026, at age 96. Born in Boston in 1930, he worked as a documentarian, theater director, editor, actor, producer, director and…
José Álvaro Moisés death at age 81
José Álvaro Moisés, a Brazilian political scientist, died on February 14, 2026, after drowning at Itamambuca Beach in Ubatuba, on the north coast of São Paulo. Born in Campinas on…
Xhelil Gjoni dies at age 87
Xhelil Gjoni, an Albanian politician and journalist, died on February 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on November 3, 1938, in Maqellarë, Dibër, Albania, he was a member…
Joe Stowell dies at age 99
Joe Stowell, an American basketball player and coach for the Bradley Braves, died on February 14, 2026, at age 99. Stowell attended Bradley University and played on its basketball team…
Lowell Green passed away at age 89
Lowell Green, a Canadian radio personality, journalist and author, died on February 14, 2026. He was 89. Green was best known as the host of The Lowell Green Show, a…
Obituary: Michael Silverblatt, dead at age 73
Michael Silverblatt, an American literary critic and broadcaster who hosted the nationally syndicated radio program Bookworm, died on February 14, 2026, at age 73. He presented the show from 1989…
Obituary: Toshio Motoya, dead at age 82
Toshio Motoya, a Japanese hospitality executive, died on February 13, 2026. He was the president of APA Group, which included APA Hotels & Resorts, one of Japan’s largest hotel chains.…
Jacques Dubois dies at 92
Jacques Dubois, the Belgian literary theorist and academic, died on February 13, 2026. He was Professor Emeritus of Literature at the Université de Liège and was born in Liège in…
Death of Sarla Maheshwari at age 71
Sarla Maheshwari, an Indian journalist and news reader on DD National from 1976 to 2005, died on February 12, 2026. The available information identifies her as an Indian journalist and…
Death of Sarla Maheshwari at age 71
Sarla Maheshwari, an Indian journalist and news reader with DD National, died on February 12, 2026, at the age of 71. Born on 11 April 1954, she worked with Doordarshan…
Wai Kee-shun dies at 92
Wai Kee-shun, a Hong Kong newspaper proprietor, businessman, publisher and sports commentator, died on February 11, 2026. Born on March 8, 1933, he was educated at New Method College and…
Cees Nooteboom died at age 92
Cees Nooteboom, the Dutch novelist, poet and journalist, died on February 11, 2026, at age 92. Born Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria Nooteboom on July 31, 1933, in The Hague, Netherlands,…
Death of Nico de Haan at age 78
Nico de Haan, a Dutch birdwatcher and television presenter, died on February 11, 2026. He was a Dutch conservationist, writer and radio and television presenter known for popularising birdwatching in…
Lina Brockdorff passes away at age 95
Lina Brockdorff, a Maltese author, playwright and radio broadcaster, died on February 10, 2026. She was born in Senglea on May 21, 1930, to Patrick and Mary Mahoney. Her early…
Jose de Venecia Jr. dead at age 89
Jose de Venecia Jr., a Filipino politician and journalist who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, died on February 10, 2026, at the age of…
Jim Robson dead at age 91
Jim Robson, a Canadian sportscaster and broadcaster best known for his long run as the Vancouver Canucks' play-by-play announcer, died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 91. Born…
Enrico Benzing, died aged 93
Enrico Benzing, the Italian journalist and engineer, died on February 9, 2026. He was 93. Benzing wrote for La Gazzetta dello Sport as motoring editor and Formula One race reporter,…
Franco Nuovo, died aged 72
Franco Nuovo, a Canadian journalist and television presenter, died on February 8, 2026, in Montreal at the age of 72 from cardiac arrest. Born in Montreal on September 11, 1953,…
Valerie Volontir death at age 73
Moldovan photographer and journalist Died on Saturday February 7th 2026
Kåre Grøttum death at age 92
Kåre Grøttum, the Norwegian jazz pianist and composer, died on February 7, 2026, aged 92. Born Kåre Idar Grøttum in Trondheim on January 24, 1934, he was also a music…
Obituary: Pentti Lindegren, dead at age 86
Pentti Lindegren, a Finnish ice hockey player and commentator, died on February 7, 2026. Born in Hauho on December 18, 1939, he played in Finland for HIFK, in the Finnish…
Robert del Picchia obituary: died at age 83
Robert del Picchia, a French journalist and politician, died on February 7, 2026, in Vienna, Austria, at the age of 83. Born in Marseille on November 10, 1942, he served…
Bruno Parma has died at age 84
Bruno Parma, a Slovene journalist and chess player, died on February 6, 2026, at age 84. Born in Ljubljana on December 30, 1941, Parma first played in the World Junior…
Sondra Gotlieb obituary: died at age 89
Sondra Gotlieb, a Canadian journalist and novelist, died on February 6, 2026. Born Sondra Kaufman in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on December 30, 1936, she lived in Toronto, Ontario. She married Allan…
Sonny Jurgensen death at age 91
Sonny Jurgensen, the Hall of Fame football player and longtime radio color commentator, died on February 6, 2026, at age 91. Christian Adolph Jurgensen III was a quarterback for 18…
Salvatore Mazzaracchio obituary: died at age 92
Salvatore Mazzaracchio, an Italian politician, died on February 6, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in San Paolo Albanese on January 3, 1934, he was a member of The…
Lorenza Trucchi passed away at age 104
Lorenza Trucchi, an Italian journalist, art critic and curator, died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 104. Born in Monaco on January 11, 1922, she moved with her…
John Virgo dead at age 79
John Virgo, the English professional snooker player and broadcaster, died on February 4, 2026, aged 79. Born in Salford, Lancashire, on March 4, 1946, he turned professional in 1976 after…
Death of Thuraya Qabil at age 85
Thuraya Qabil, a Saudi Arabian poet and journalist, died on February 4, 2026, aged 85. Born in Jeddah in 1940, she earned a degree from the National College in Beirut.…
Allan Massie passes away at age 87
Allan Massie, a British journalist, died on February 3, 2026, aged 87. Massie was a Scottish journalist, columnist and sports writer who worked for several newspapers in England and Scotland.…
Svetlana Zhiltsova death at age 89
Svetlana Zhiltsova, a Russian television presenter, died on February 3, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Moscow on November 30, 1936, she was a Soviet television presenter who…
Myra MacPherson died at age -1
Myra MacPherson, an American journalist, died on February 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C., at age 91. Born Myra Lea MacPherson in Marquette, Michigan, and raised in Belleville, Michigan, she graduated…