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…
Famous Dead Journalists: Recent Journalist Deaths and Obituaries
Over 5,000 obituaries of famous dead journalists. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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.…
Fabio Scuto obituary: died at age 69
Fabio Scuto, an Italian journalist, died on February 2, 2026. Born in Rome on August 12, 1957, he graduated in history and geographical sciences from the Sapienza University of Rome…
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…
John Terris has died at age 86
John James Terris, a New Zealand politician, Anglican priest and broadcaster, died on February 2, 2026, aged 86. He represented the Labour Party in the New Zealand parliament from 1978…
Gabor Boritt death at age 86
Gabor Boritt, an American historian and the Robert Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, died on February 2, 2026. Hungarian-born…
Death of Maria Rita Parsi at age 78
Maria Rita Parsi, an Italian psychotherapist, writer and television commentator, died on February 2, 2026. Born in Rome on August 5, 1947, she worked as a teacher, educational psychologist and…
Nobuhiko Ochiai has died at age 84
Nobuhiko Ochiai, a Japanese journalist and novelist, died on February 1, 2026. He was born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, on January 8, 1942. Ochiai wrote works reporting on international affairs…
Burt Wolf, died aged 87
Burt Wolf, an American journalist and writer, died on January 31, 2026. Born Burton R. Wolf in New York City on September 28, 1938, he was also a businessman, chef…
Joe Mulholland died at age 85
Joe Mulholland, the Irish television executive who served as managing director of RTÉ Television, died on January 31, 2026, aged 85. Patrick Joseph Mulholland worked in a number of capacities…
Chip Berlet passes away at age 76
Chip Berlet, an American investigative journalist and author, died on January 30, 2026, of leukemia. Born John Foster Berlet on November 22, 1949, he was known for his work as…
René Backmann dead at age 81
French journalist and humanitarian Died on Friday January 30th 2026
Nigel Ogden obituary: died at age 71
British theatre organist and radio presenter (The Organist Entertains) Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Marco Bülow has died at age 54
German journalist and politician Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Michael H. Prosser dies at 89
Michael H. Prosser, an American academic and professor emeritus at the University of Virginia, died on January 29, 2026, at age 89. He served at the University of Virginia from…
Suzannah Lessard obituary: died at age 81
Suzannah Lessard, an American writer, died on January 29, 2026, of complications from endometrial cancer. She was 81. Lessard was a staff writer for The New Yorker and one of…
Obituary: Maggie Van, dead at age 92
American writer and columnist Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Obituary: Dan McQuade, dead at age 43
Dan McQuade, an American journalist and writer, died on January 28, 2026. He was 43. A Philadelphia-based writer and community figure, McQuade was best known for recording and reporting on…
Ditte Giese dead at age 48
Danish journalist (Politiken) Died on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Chandrasena Thalangama dead at age 81
Sri Lankan journalist and lyricist Died on Tuesday January 27th 2026
Rafael Pineda dies at -1
Cuban American journalist and television anchorman Died on Tuesday January 27th 2026
Rafael Pineda dead at age 88
Rafael Pineda, a Cuban-American television journalist and news reporter, died on January 25, 2026. Born Julio Rafael Pineda in Baracoa, Cuba, on December 20, 1937, he immigrated to the United…
Miguel Ángel dies at age 70
Spanish journalist Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
Mark Tully passes away at age 90
British journalist and writer Died on Sunday January 25th 2026
Death of Chris Baur at age 83
Chris Baur, a Scottish broadcast journalist, died on January 23, 2026. He was born Christopher Frank Baur on 28 May 1942 in Oxted, Surrey, and was raised in Scotland from…
John L. passed away at age 61
American journalist Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Death of Jean Chollet at age 89
French scenographer and journalist (Encyclopædia Universalis) Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Obituary: Walter Martínez, dead at age 84
Walter Martínez, a Venezuelan journalist with Venezolana de Televisión, died on January 22, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Walter Nelson Martínez Martínez in Montevideo, Uruguay, he had a…
Jim Vargas dead at age 78
American newscaster (ABC 7 Died on Tuesday January 20th 2026
Fernando Reinlein obituary: died at age 80
Spanish journalist Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Obituary: Manuel Fernández, dead at age 95
Spanish academic and journalist Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Marcel Osztas dies at 37
Slovak presenter Died on Monday January 19th 2026
Death of Thierry Cazeneuve at age 74
French journalist Died on Sunday January 18th 2026
Guillermo Salatino dies at age 80
Argentine sports journalist Died on Sunday January 18th 2026
Vitalie Zagaievschi has died at age 81
Moldovan writer and journalist Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Zara Aramyan, died aged 55
Armenian actress and journalist Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Robert Macklin has died at age 84
Australian journalist and author Died on Saturday January 17th 2026
Patrick Skene has died at age 100
British journalist Died on Friday January 16th 2026
Alfonso Castellanos obituary: died at age 91
Colombian radio broadcaster and journalist Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Doug McConnell passed away at age -1
American television journalist Died on Thursday January 15th 2026
Brian Wilshire dies at 81
Australian radio broadcaster Died on Wednesday January 14th 2026
Yvan Aumont dies at age 87
French engineer and journalist (Lys rouge) Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Scott Adams passes away at age 68
Scott Adams, the American cartoonist and writer best known for creating the Dilbert comic strip, died on January 13, 2026, at age 68. He was also a conservative commentator and…
Iqbal Athas dies at age 81
Sri Lankan journalist Died on Tuesday January 13th 2026
Alberto Benzoni passes away at age 90
Italian journalist and politician Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Franz Herre obituary: died at age 99
German journalist and biographer Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Ulf Granberg passed away at age 80
Swedish comics creator and editor (The Phantom) Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Kjersti Scheen dead at age 82
Norwegian journalist and writer Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Andrés Caniulef dies at 48
Chilean journalist Died on Saturday January 10th 2026
Joan Costa, died aged 91
Spanish journalist Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Conrado Corsalette passes away at age 47
Brazilian journalist Died on Friday January 9th 2026
Chiara Valentini dies at 84
Italian journalist and writer Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Chiara Valentini dies at 84
Italian Journalist and writer Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Raffaella Bragazzi dead at age 66
Italian television presenter and radio personality Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
James Bernard has died at age -1
American music journalist and magazine editor (The Source Died on Thursday January 8th 2026
Michael Reagan death at age 80
American political commentator Died on Tuesday January 6th 2026
Obituary: Jenny Collins, dead at age 83
British radio presenter (BBC Radio Merseyside) Died on Monday January 5th 2026
Obituary: Giorgos Papadakis, dead at age 74
Greek journalist and television presenter Died on Sunday January 4th 2026
Death of Gerry Gable at age 88
British political activist and magazine editor (Searchlight) Died on Sunday January 4th 2026
Bohdan Chufus died at age 75
Ukranian journalist Died on Sunday January 4th 2026
Jamil Azar, died aged 89
Jordanian journalist and broadcaster Died on Saturday January 3rd 2026
Tim Kask dead at age 76
American editor and writer Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Jerry Bledsoe obituary: died at age 84
Jerry Bledsoe, an American author and journalist, died on December 31, 2025, at age 84. Born in Danville, Virginia, on July 14, 1941, he was known for several true crime…
Tatiana Schlossberg death at age 35
American journalist (The New York Times) Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Mate Meštrović has died at age 95
Mate Meštrović, a Croatian-American journalist, died on December 30, 2025, in Zagreb at the age of 95. Also known as Matthew Mestrovic and Matthew Meštrović, he was born in Zagreb…
Abu Walid has died at age 80
Egyptian journalist and advisor to Al-Qaeda Died on Monday December 29th 2025
Claude Cantini obituary: died at age 96
Swiss historian and journalist Died on Monday December 29th 2025
Michael J. Schumacher, died aged 75
Michael J. Schumacher, an American journalist and author, died on December 29, 2025, at age 75. Born in Topeka, Kansas, on May 22, 1950, he wrote biographies of Beat Generation…
Obituary: Bill Hagerty, dead at age 86
British journalist Died on Monday December 29th 2025
Jonathan Powell passes away at age 56
Jonathan Powell, the British pianist, musicologist and music editor, died on December 27, 2025, aged 56. Born in Lancashire in 1969, he was also a self-taught composer who wrote piano…
Richard Pollak obituary: died at age 91
Richard Pollak, an American journalist, died on December 27, 2025. Richard Pollak (died December 27, 2025) was an American journalist. He was the founding editor of More magazine. Tags Journalists,…
Andrew Arbuckle dies at 81
Andrew Arbuckle, Scottish journalist and politician who served as an MSP for the Mid Scotland and Fife region, died on December 25, 2025, aged 81. Andrew David Arbuckle MBE was…
Duncan McKenzie-McHarg dies at age 41
Australian sports journalist Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2025