René Cárdenas, a Nicaraguan sportswriter for La Prensa and announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, died on May 10, 2026, in Houston, Texas. Born in Managua, Nicaragua, on February 6, 1930, he was a sports journalist and announcer who joined…
Kevin Ndjomo, a Cameroonian sports journalist with Cameroon Radio Television, died on May 9, 2026. Born in Kumba in British Cameroons, he attended St. Joseph's College, Sasse. He entered journalism shortly after Cameroon’s independence, joining Cameroon Radio Television and helping…
Karin Spaink, a Dutch journalist, writer and feminist activist, died on May 8, 2026, at age 68. She wrote a regular column for Het Parool from 1992 to 2022 and previously contributed to De Groene Amsterdammer from 1994 to 2003.…
Pat Caputo, an American sportswriter and broadcaster, died on May 7, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 67. Caputo was based in Southeast Michigan and worked as an on-air host and sports columnist for WXYT-FM in Detroit. He also occasionally…
Joni Lamb, the American Christian broadcaster who co-founded and led Daystar Television Network, died on May 7, 2026, of complications from a spinal injury. She was 65. Born Joni Trammell on July 19, 1960, in Greenville, South Carolina, she was…
Philip Caputo, an American author and journalist best known for the memoir A Rumor of War, died on May 7, 2026, at age 84. Born in Westchester, Illinois, in 1941, he attended Loyola University Chicago and graduated with a B.A.…
Georgy Golitsyn, a Russian scientist, died on May 6, 2026. He was 91. Golitsyn worked in atmospheric physics and became a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, later the Academy of Sciences of Russia, in 1987.…
Aryeh Stern, an Israeli rabbi and the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Jerusalem, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 81. He was a member of the Chief Rabbinate Council of Israel and served as chief editor of the…
Manuela Hoelterhoff, a German-born American cultural journalist who was executive editor of Muse, the arts and culture section of Bloomberg News, died on May 6, 2026, of cancer. She was 77. Hoelterhoff won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1983.…
Dante Arevalo Ang Sr., Filipino journalist and chairman emeritus and owner of The Manila Times, died on May 5, 2026. Born on June 27, 1942, Ang bought The Manila Times in 2001 from Mark Jimenez and was later appointed chairman…
Soledad Gallego-Díaz, the Spanish journalist and former editor of El País, died on May 5, 2026. Born in Madrid in 1951, she studied at the Official School of Journalism of Madrid and worked for Pyresa and Cuadernos para el Diálogo…
Brendan O'Brien, Irish journalist, died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 82. He worked for RTÉ from 1974 until 2002 and was a journalist on RTÉ One's Prime Time current affairs programme. In 1983, he won a Jacob's…
Herman Branover, a Russian-Israeli physicist and Jewish educator, died on May 4, 2026, at age 94. He was known in the scientific community as a pioneer in magnetohydrodynamics and in the Jewish world as an author, translator, publisher, and educator.…
Derek Conway, an English politician and television presenter, died on May 4, 2026, aged 73. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury and Atcham from 1983 to 1997 and for Old Bexley and…
Cândido Mota, Portuguese radio announcer, television presenter, and actor, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 82. Born Cândido Soares Pinto da Mota on September 28, 1943, he began working in radio at 17 at Rádio Clube Português… · 03 May 2026 · May 2026 · Candido
Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira, a Brazilian journalist, died on May 2, 2026.
Sirisumana Godage, Sri Lankan entrepreneur and book publisher, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 90. He was the chairman of Godage International Publishers, one of Sri Lanka's major book publishers, and served as proprietor of Godage International…
Yair Garbuz, an Israeli visual artist, writer, and opinion journalist, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Givatayim, Mandatory Palestine, on September 29, 1945, he studied painting under Raffi Lavie while living at Kibbutz Kfar…
Volker Hage, the German journalist, author and literary critic who worked for Der Spiegel, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Hamburg in 1949, he began his career in 1975 as an editor in the…
Enayatollah Atashi, an Iranian basketball coach and commentator, died on April 28, 2026, at the age of 81. He coached the Iranian national basketball team and worked as a basketball commentator for IRIB Varzesh and IRIB TV3, two Iranian television…
John Garrett, a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender and television sports commentator, died on April 28, 2026. He was 74. Born in Trenton, Ontario, Garrett played in the World Hockey Association from 1973 to 1979 and in the National Hockey…
Dan McLean, a Canadian journalist and news anchor, died on April 28, 2026, at age 78. McLean grew up in Orillia, Ontario, and began his journalism career at 15 with a part-time job at a Welland radio station. He went…
Jack Bass, an American author and journalist, died on April 23, 2026, at age 91. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1934 and grew up in North as the youngest of seven children. Bass graduated from the University…
James Valentine, an Australian radio and television presenter and musician, died on April 23, 2026, by assisted suicide. He was 64. Born in Ballarat, Victoria, Valentine worked as a saxophonist and was a member of Jo Jo Zep, Models and…
Aleksey Pimanov died on April 23, 2026. He was a Russian television presenter, journalist and film director, known for Eleven Silent Men. His work spanned television, journalism and film directing.
Amal Khalil, a Lebanese journalist and reporter for Al-Akhbar, died on April 22, 2026, when she was killed in an Israel Defense Forces airstrike in Southern Lebanon while covering the Israel-Hezbollah war. She died in a house where she had…
Kenneth Roman, an American advertising executive and chairman of Ogilvy from 1985 to 1989, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Boston on September 6, 1930, he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1952, where he…
Edward Lozzi, an American publicist, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 77. He was also a political consultant, former White House Press Advance staffer and writer. Lozzi founded Edward Lozzi & Associates, a Beverly Hills public relations…
Barrie Tomlinson, a British comic book editor and writer, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in St Albans, England, in February 1938, he began his career at IPC Magazines in 1961 after responding to a…
Hayat Al-Fahad, a Kuwaiti actress, writer, broadcaster and producer known for Um Harun, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Sharq, Kuwait, she was active from 1970 to 2026. Al-Fahad was best known for her…
Elisabeth Kirkby, the Australian actress, politician and radio broadcaster known for Number 96, died on April 20, 2026, aged 105. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1921, she began her career as an assistant stage manager before working in theatre,…
Rita Mulier, the Belgian feminist author and economist, died on April 20, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Kortrijk in 1934, she studied law and economics at Leuven University and was the only female editor of the student…
Jan Donkers, a Dutch journalist and radio presenter, died on April 19, 2026. No other details were provided.
Balbir Punj, an Indian journalist and politician who served as a member of Parliament from 2000 to 2006 and again from 2008 to 2014, died on April 18, 2026, aged 76. Born on October 2, 1949, in Lalowal, East Punjab,…
Txumari Alfaro died on April 18, 2026. He was a Spanish naturopath and television presenter.
Zulmansyah died on April 18, 2026, after a heart attack. He was an Indonesian journalist and had served as secretary general of the Indonesian Journalists Association since 2023. His death was reported on April 18, 2026.
Dean Schwarz, an American ceramic artist, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on February 5, 1938, he was also a painter, historian, writer, publisher and teacher. Schwarz co-founded the South Bear…
Bob Kevoian, an American radio presenter best known for The Bob & Tom Show, died on April 17, 2026, at age 75, of stomach cancer. Born Robert James Kevoian in Los Angeles on December 2, 1950, he was a 1973…
Beatriz de Moura, a Brazilian-born Spanish publisher and translator, died on April 17, 2026. She was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1939, grew up in a family of diplomats and traveled often in her youth, and studied at the…
Andy Kershaw, the English broadcaster and radio DJ, died on April 16, 2026, after being diagnosed with cancer. He was 66. Born Andrew J. G. Kershaw in Littleborough, Lancashire, on 9 November 1959, he worked predominantly in radio from 1981…
Kevin Klose, the American broadcast executive who served as president of National Public Radio from 1998 to 2008, died on April 15, 2026, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 85. Klose also worked as a journalist, author and academic…
Rico Rizzitelli, a French journalist, died on April 15, 2026, in Santiago, Chile, from complications from diabetes. He was 64. Rizzitelli reported for So Foot, Libération and L'Équipe, and served as correspondent in Chile.
Lou Zocchi, an American gaming distributor and publisher, died on April 15, 2026, at age 91. Born Louis Joseph Zocchi in Chicago on February 16, 1935, he was a gaming hobbyist, game distributor and publisher, and maker and seller of…
Pip Wedge, a British-born Canadian broadcaster, died on April 15, 2026.
Sophie Flamand, a Belgian writer and journalist, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 61. Born in Liège on November 6, 1964, she studied at the Université libre de Bruxelles and later became deputy director of the cultural…
Gigi Reggi died on April 14, 2026. Reggi was an Italian journalist, television writer and producer. No further details were provided about the circumstances of death.
Erik Kruskopf, a Finnish art critic, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 95. He was also an art historian and writer and was a member of Finland’s Swedish-speaking community. Kruskopf served as director of the Nordic Art…
Dave McGinnis, an American football player and coach, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 74. He played as a defensive back at Texas Christian University, where he was a three-year starter and graduated in 1973 with a…
Julio Ricardo, an Argentine sports journalist, died on April 13, 2026.
Jacques Witt, a French journalist and photographer who worked for Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace and Sipa Press, died on April 11, 2026. Born in Strasbourg in 1958, he earned his baccalauréat from the Lycée Kléber before joining Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace in…
Sonja Barend, the Dutch television presenter and talk show host, died on April 11, 2026, in Amsterdam. Born in Amsterdam on February 29, 1940, she worked in television from 1966 and from the late 1970s presented her own weekly VARA… · 11 April 2026 · April 2026
S. R. Ramaswamy, an Indian writer and journalist, died on April 10, 2026, at age 88. Born in Bangalore on October 29, 1937, he also worked as a biographer, social activist and environmentalist. He authored more than 50 books and… · England · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Tarun Ghosh, a Bangladeshi animation editor and art director, died on April 9, 2026, of heart disease complicated by asthma. He worked on Nirontor as an animation editor and on Kittonkhola as an art director. Ghosh won the Bangladesh National… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Charles Delhez, a Belgian Roman Catholic priest and sociologist, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Uccle on October 30, 1951, he was ordained a priest in 1982 and served at the Paroisse de Blocry… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Mohammed Washah, a Palestinian journalist, died on April 8, 2026, after an Israeli airstrike targeted the vehicle he was in while driving in Gaza City. He was 39–40 and worked for Al Jazeera. Born in 1986 in the Al-Bureij refugee… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Leïla Marouane, a Tunisian-born French creative writer and journalist who wrote for El Watan and Jeune Afrique, died on April 8, 2026. She was 65. Born Leyla Zineb Mechentel in 1960 in Djerba, Tunisia, Marouane worked as a journalist for…
Rolf Alsing died on April 7, 2026. He was a Swedish journalist for Aftonbladet. No further details were provided. · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Beppe Sebaste died on April 6, 2026. He was an Italian writer, poet, and journalist who worked for L'Unità and La Repubblica. His writing appeared across those outlets, where he was known for his work in journalism and literature. · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Nick Pope died on April 6, 2026, of esophageal cancer. He was a British journalist and television personality known for Ancient Aliens and UFOs Declassified. His work on those programs made him a familiar presence to viewers interested in unexplained… · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Miguel Ángel De Marco, Argentine military officer, academic and historian, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Rosario on December 1, 1939, he served in the Argentine Navy, reaching the rank of Comodoro. He was… · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Piero Antonio Toma died on April 5, 2026. He was an Italian journalist, writer and publisher. No further details were provided. · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Dennis Campbell Kennedy died on April 5, 2026. · Ireland · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Harry Keyishian, an American editor and academic, died on April 4, 2026, at the age of 93. He was Professor Emeritus of English at Fairleigh Dickinson University and served on the university press’s editorial board. Keyishian directed Fairleigh Dickinson University… · 04 April 2026 · April 2026
Nanni Cagnone, an Italian poet, died on April 4, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Carcare, Liguria, on April 10, 1939, he was also a novelist, essayist and playwright. He debuted as a poet in 1954 and went… · 04 April 2026 · April 2026
Andrew Perry died on April 3, 2026. He was an English music journalist, author and broadcaster. Perry wrote for Select, Q and Mojo, and also worked as a broadcaster and author. His work was part of the music press across… · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Roberto Arditti died on April 2, 2026. He was an Italian journalist, television writer and radio personality. His work spanned journalism, television writing and radio, according to the information provided. · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Vittorio Messori, an Italian journalist, died on April 2, 2026. He was also a Christian writer and, according to Sandro Magister, a Vaticanist, was regarded as the most translated Catholic writer in the world. Messori had a secular upbringing and… · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Stephen Lewis, the Canadian politician and diplomat who served as an Ontario MPP from 1963 to 1978, died on March 31, 2026, of cancer. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1963 and led the Ontario New… · 31 March 2026 · March 2026
Abu Taher Nadwi, a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educator, died on March 30, 2026. He served as Director-General of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya, also known as Patiya Madrasa, from February 2024, and became chairman of Anjuman-e-Ittihadul Madaris Bangladesh in… · 30 March 2026 · March 2026
Gino Agnese, the Italian journalist, biographer and essayist, died on March 27, 2026, in Rome, at the age of 90. Born in Naples on March 10, 1936, he served as president of the Rome Quadriennale from 2002 to 2011. He… · 27 March 2026 · March 2026
Larry Price, an American football player and radio host, died on March 27, 2026. He was 91. Price was a resident of Honolulu and was known for his work as co-host of the locally popular "Perry & Price" on KSSK-FM… · 27 March 2026 · March 2026
Rose Kingdon, a Canadian broadcaster with The Canadian Press, died on March 26, 2026. Born in 1961, she was from Toronto and studied in the Radio Broadcasting program at Humber College, graduating in 1981. She began working at The Canadian… · 26 March 2026 · March 2026
John Andreassen, a Norwegian television producer, died on March 25, 2026, at the age of 82. He worked with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1964 and was behind a number of TV productions for the broadcaster. In 2000, he was… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Catherine Saunders, New Zealand broadcasting personality, public relations executive and radio producer, died on March 25, 2026, in Auckland, New Zealand, aged 83. Born Catherine Rosaleen Dowling in Dunedin on April 4, 1942, she trained as a teacher before deciding… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Mel Schilling, the Australian television presenter and psychologist best known for appearing as one of the dating experts on Married at First Sight, died on March 24, 2026, at the age of 53. Schilling, born Melanie Jane Schilling in Melbourne… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026 · Cancer
Leonard Swidler, an American academic, died on March 22, 2026. He was professor of Catholic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he taught from 1966 to 2022. Swidler co-founded the Journal of Ecumenical Studies with Arlene… · 22 March 2026 · March 2026
Rómulo Berruti, an Argentine journalist and film critic, died on March 22, 2026, in Buenos Aires at the age of 88. Born in Buenos Aires on October 23, 1937, he wrote for Clarín for 26 years and received the Konex… · 22 March 2026 · March 2026
Peter Stead, Welsh writer, broadcaster and historian, died on March 22, 2026. Born in Barry, Wales, in 1943, he attended grammar schools in Barry and Gowerton and studied history at Swansea University under Prof Glanmor Williams. He later served as… · 22 March 2026 · March 2026
Michael Aaron Rockland, an American writer, journalist and academic who was professor of American Studies at Rutgers University, died on March 22, 2026. Born in The Bronx, New York City, on July 14, 1935, he attended Hunter College and later… · 22 March 2026 · March 2026
Jerry Hanlon, an American football player, coach and radio broadcaster, died on March 22, 2026. He was a halfback on Miami University teams from 1953 to 1955 that won two Mid-American Conference championships under Ara Parseghian. Hanlon later served as… · 22 March 2026 · March 2026
Michael Lyster, the Irish television and radio broadcaster best known for presenting The Sunday Game Live, died on March 21, 2026, aged 71. He worked for RTÉ and mainly covered sporting events, including Gaelic games and the Olympic Games. Born… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Jessi Pierce, an American sports reporter and correspondent with the Minnesota Wild, died on March 21, 2026, after injuries sustained in a house fire. She was 37 or 38. Pierce was from White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and graduated from Iowa… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Rhoda Roberts, an Australian Aboriginal arts director, died on March 21, 2026, aged 66. She was an Australian theatre and arts director, arts executive, television presenter and actress who served as head of Indigenous programming at the Sydney Opera House… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Gualtiero Calboli, an Italian linguist and classicist, died on March 21, 2026. He was Chair of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Bologna, where he was appointed in 1973. From 1982 to 2000, he headed the Department of… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Božena Jirků, a Czech journalist and editor and executive director of the Charter 77 Foundation from 2002 to 2023, died on March 21, 2026. She was 78. Jirků was born in Prague on September 19, 1947, and died in Prague,… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026 · Bożena
Clive Leach, the English cricketer and media executive, died on March 20, 2026, of pneumonia. Born in Bombay, British India, on December 4, 1934, he was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. Leach made his first-class debut for… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Rodger Brulotte, a Canadian Major League Baseball broadcaster and sportscaster for the Montreal Expos, died on March 20, 2026, at age 79. Born in Montreal on Jan. 4, 1947, he began his career with the Montreal Expos organization in 1969,… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Calvin Tomkins, an American author and art critic for The New Yorker, died on March 20, 2026. He was 100. Born in Orange, New Jersey, on December 17, 1925, Tomkins graduated from Berkshire School and Princeton University in 1948. He… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026 · Stroke
Jeff Webb, an American cheerleading executive and entrepreneur who founded Varsity Spirit and the International Cheer Union, died on March 19, 2026, of complications from a fall. Webb, born in Dallas in 1949, was the founder of the Universal Cheerleading… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
John Coley, a New Zealand painter and art critic, died on March 17, 2026, aged 91. John William Coley MBE was born in Palmerston North on 28 January 1935. He attended Palmerston North Boys’ High School and took evening art… · 17 March 2026 · March 2026
Aníbal Cristobo, Argentine poet, writer and critic, died on March 17, 2026, in Barcelona, Spain, at the age of 54. Born in Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on September 1, 1971, he published poems and poetry books, and also worked… · Portugal · 17 March 2026 · March 2026
Ove Pihl, a Swedish painter and art director, died on March 17, 2026. He was also a Swedish art director, book publisher and graphic designer, and was best known as the founder of the advertising agency Falk & Pihl and… · 17 March 2026 · March 2026
Marcelo Araujo, an Argentine sports journalist and commentator, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Lázaro Jaime Zilberman on June 12, 1947, he worked from 1989 to 2004 on Fútbol de Primera. He also served as… · 16 March 2026 · March 2026
Jean Delas, a French publisher, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He was born on August 31, 1939, and was a recipient of the Legion of Honour in 2015. · 16 March 2026 · March 2026
Jorie Lueloff Friedman, an American broadcast journalist and the first female reporter and first female news anchor at WMAQ Channel 5 in Chicago, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Milwaukee on May 31, 1940, she grew up in several… · 16 March 2026 · March 2026
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. Samuelson was born on March 31, 1934, on a dairy… · 16 March 2026 · March 2026
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 as a news reporter and presenter for the Jordan Radio… · Britain · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
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 Nilsen and Borgunn Alvilde Iversen. Nilsen graduated with examen artium… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
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 3, 1944, he was a German-Italian art collector who gathered… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026