Sir Edwin Jowitt dies at 96
Sir Edwin Jowitt, the British High Court judge known for presiding over notable criminal trials, died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Ripley, Derbyshire, on…
Famous Dead Lawyers: Recent Lawyer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 3,000 obituaries of famous dead lawyers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
H. Edward Knox has died at age 89
H. Edward Knox, the American politician who served as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, died on June 22, 2026, at age 89. Born Haden Edward Knox on January 22, 1937,…
Clive Davis dies at age 94
Clive Davis, the American Hall of Fame music executive and record producer who founded Arista Records, died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 94. Born Clive Jay Davis…
Eddie Knox, died aged 89
Eddie Knox, an American politician and lawyer who served as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, died on June 22, 2026, at age 89. Knox was the 49th mayor of Charlotte,…
Oleksandr Riabeka death at age 66
Oleksandr Riabeka, a Ukrainian politician and former member of parliament, died on June 21, 2026, at age 66. Born in Ovruch on November 26, 1959, he served as a People's…
Frank J. Guarini has died at age 101
Frank J. Guarini, an American politician and lawyer who served in the U.S. House of Representatives, died on June 20, 2026. He was 101. Born in Jersey City on August…
John J. Snow Jr. death at age 80
John J. Snow Jr., an American politician and lawyer, died on June 16, 2026, at age 80. A native of Asheville, North Carolina, he earned both his undergraduate degree and…
Gilbert Azibert passes away at age 79
Gilbert Azibert, a French magistrate and jurist, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on February 2, 1947, in Marseille’s 6th arrondissement, he served on the…
Bobby Prince dies at age 81
Bobby Prince, an American video game composer and sound designer, died on June 16, 2026. He was known professionally for work on landmark games including Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Doom II:…
Bob Miller has died at age 85
Bob Miller died on June 16, 2026. He was an Australian footballer and politician. Further details about his life and career were not provided in the available information. Tags Athletes,…
Jerry de Jong passes away at age 61
Jerry de Jong, the Surinamese-born Dutch footballer who played for Telstar, MVV and the Netherlands national team, died on June 15, 2026, aged 61. Born in Paramaribo on August 29,…
Etienne Cooreman dies at age 97
Etienne Cooreman, a Belgian politician and lawyer, died on June 15, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Zele on November 14, 1928, he sat in the Chamber of…
Togba Zogbélémou dead
Togba Zogbélémou, a Guinean politician and former minister of justice, died on June 15, 2026, in Conakry. A member of the Rally of the Guinean People, he served as Guinea’s…
Kay Halloran death at age 89
Kay Halloran, an American politician and lawyer who served in the Iowa House of Representatives and later as mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died on June 14, 2026, at age…
Ralph Haben obituary: died at age 84
Ralph Haben, an American politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1972 to 1982, died on June 13, 2026. He was 84. Haben, who was born in…
Victor Gbeho death at age 91
Victor Gbeho, the Ghanaian politician who served as a member of parliament from 1991 to 2001 and as minister of foreign affairs from 2001 to 2005, died on June 13,…
Pauls Butkēvičs dies at 85
Pauls Butkēvičs, the Latvian actor known for I Remember Everything, Richard, Four White Shirts and Long Road in the Dunes, died on June 12, 2026. He was 85. Born in…
Obituary: Kenny Jackett, dead at age 64
Kenny Jackett, the Welsh footballer and manager who played for Watford and later coached Millwall and Wolverhampton Wanderers, died on June 12, 2026. He was 64. Born in Watford on…
Rüdiger Postier obituary: died at age 82
Rüdiger Postier, a German judge who served as president of the Constitutional Court of Brandenburg from 2009 to 2012, died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 82. Born…
Obituary: Lynn Leibovitz, dead at age 67
Lynn Leibovitz, an American judge who served as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, died on June 11, 2026, at age 67. Born in…
Bajrakitiyabha dies at age 47
Bajrakitiyabha, a Thai royal and diplomat, died on June 11, 2026, at age 47. Known formally as Princess Rajasarini Siribajra, she was born on December 7, 1978, at Amphorn Sathan…
Death of Natalino Irti at age 90
Natalino Irti died on June 11, 2026. He was an Italian academic and jurist. Tags Lawyers, Scientists, 11 June 2026, Irti, Italy, Natalino, Rome, June 11, June 2026
Brito dies at 86
Brito, the Brazilian footballer who starred for Vasco da Gama, Botafogo and the Brazil national team, died on June 11, 2026. Born Hércules de Brito Ruas in Rio de Janeiro…
Thomas J. Schoenbaum, died aged 86
Thomas J. Schoenbaum died on June 8, 2026. He was an American lawyer and legal scholar, and was also a law professor. Schoenbaum’s work included writing on international trade law,…
Bo Brown obituary: died at age 81
Bo Brown, an American politician and member of the Missouri House of Representatives since 2020, died on June 8, 2026. He was 81. Known also as William R. Brown and…
Julian Garrett passes away at age 85
Julian Garrett, an American politician and Iowa state senator, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 85. Garrett represented the 11th district in the Iowa Senate after winning…
Sidney Green died at age 96
Sidney Green died on June 7, 2026. He was a lawyer. Tags Lawyers, 07 June 2026, Green, Leo, Sidney, June 2026, June 7
Rosemary M. Collyer dies at 80
Rosemary M. Collyer, an American jurist who served as a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, died on June 7, 2026, at age 80. Born…
Ben Aziz Zagré dead at age 28
Ben Aziz Zagré, a Burkinabè footballer who played for Esbjerg, Shinnik Yaroslavl and the Burkina Faso national team, died on June 7, 2026. He was 28. Born in Bobo-Dioulasso on…
Bob Packwood passes away at age 93
Bob Packwood, the American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1969 to 1995, died on June 6, 2026, at age 93. Born Robert William Packwood in Portland, Oregon,…
William Hasley, died aged 78
William Hasley, an American biographer and television writer best known for work on "The Smurfs," "Swift Justice" and "The Young Riders," died on June 6, 2026, at the age of…
Yrondu Musavu-King, died aged 34
Yrondu Musavu-King, the Gabonese footballer who played for Boulogne, Le Mans and the national team, died on June 5, 2026. He was 34. Born in Libreville on January 8, 1992,…
Rutsel Martha died at age 70
Rutsel Martha, a Dutch politician and legal scholar, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Willemstad, Curaçao, in 1955, he was also known as Rutsel…
Alexey Panteleev dead at age 67
Alexey Panteleev, a Russian politician and senator from 2009 to 2012, died on June 2, 2026, at the age of 67. Born Alexey Borisovich Panteleev on February 2, 1959, in…
Death of Vyacheslav Sharpar at age 39
Vyacheslav Sharpar, a Ukrainian footballer, died on June 2, 2026. He was 39. Known also as Vyacheslav Volodymyrovych Sharpar, he was born on June 2, 1987, in Zelenodolsk, then in…
William Willard Gibson Jr. obituary: died at age 94
William Willard Gibson Jr., an American lawyer and legal scholar, died on June 1, 2026, at age 94. Born in Amarillo, Texas, on March 5, 1932, he earned a B.A.…
Death of André Santini at age 85
André Santini, the French politician who served as a deputy from 2009 to 2017 and as mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux from 1980, died on June 1, 2026. He was 85. Born…
Raúl Guerrón, died aged 49
Raúl Guerrón, an Ecuadorian football defender who played for Deportivo Quito and the national team, died on June 1, 2026, at age 49. Born Raúl Fernando Guerrón Méndez in Atuntaqui…
Margaret Commodore dead at age 93
Margaret Commodore, a Canadian politician and Yukon MLA from 1982 to 1996, died on June 1, 2026. She was born in 1932 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, and served in the…
Death of Speight Jenkins at age 89
Speight Jenkins, the American music director and critic who guided Seattle Opera for more than three decades, died on May 30, 2026, at age 89. Born in Dallas, Texas, on…
Obituary: Carole Bellows, dead at age 91
Carole Bellows died on May 29, 2026. She was an American judge. Tags Lawyers, 29 May 2026, America, Bellows, Carole, Gemini, May 2026, May 29
Jorge Alonso Treviño dies at age 90
Jorge Alonso Treviño, the Mexican politician who served as governor of Nuevo León from 1985 to 1991, died on May 29, 2026. He was 90. Born in Monterrey on November…
Larry King dead at age 81
Larry King, an American tennis promoter and attorney, died on May 29, 2026, at age 81. Born Larry William King in Dayton, Ohio, on January 30, 1945, he studied at…
Carsten Smith died at age 93
Carsten Smith died on May 28, 2026. He was a Norwegian judge. Tags Lawyers, 28 May 2026, Cancer, Carsten, Norway, Smith, May 2026, May 28
Marion Kozak passes away at age 91
Marion Kozak, the Polish-born British activist, died on May 27, 2026, aged 91. Born in Częstochowa in 1934 as Dobra Jenta Kozak, she left Poland for the United Kingdom in…
Giuseppe Gargani has died at age 91
Giuseppe Gargani, the Italian politician who served as a deputy from 1972 to 1994 and as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2009, died on May 27,…
Neil V. Wake dies at 77
Neil V. Wake died May 26, 2026. He was an American jurist and a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Tags Lawyers, 26 May 2026,…
R. Fred Lewis passes away at age 78
R. Fred Lewis, an American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida from 1998 to 2019, died on May 26, 2026, at age 78. Born…
Peter Nobel obituary: died at age 94
Peter Nobel, the Swedish human rights lawyer who served as Sweden’s first ombudsman for discrimination, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 94. Born on December 8, 1931,…
Paraskevas Antzas dead at age 49
Paraskevas Antzas, the Greek footballer who played for Skoda Xanthi, Olympiacos and the national team, died on May 25, 2026, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 49. Antzas…
Jonathan Harvey death at age 82
Jonathan Harvey, the English first-class cricketer, died on May 24, 2026, aged 82. Born in Yeovil, Somerset, on February 3, 1944, he attended Marlborough College, where he captained the First…
Death of Piotr Pyzik at age 67
Piotr Pyzik, a Polish politician and member of the Sejm from 2011 to 2019, died on May 23, 2026. He was 67. Born Piotr Mieczysław Pyzik on January 1, 1959,…
Clarence B. Jones dies at age 95
Clarence B. Jones, an American lawyer and counsel, died on May 22, 2026. He was 95. Jones was the former personal counsel, adviser, draft speech writer and close friend of…
Lennart Aspegren passed away at age 94
Lennart Aspegren died on May 21, 2026. He was a Swedish judge. Tags Lawyers, 21 May 2026, Aspegren, Lennart, Sweden, May 2026, May 21
Mike Galloway obituary: died at age 60
Mike Galloway, a professional football player and coach, died on May 20, 2026. He was 60. Born in Oswestry, England, he played for Berwick Rangers, Mansfield Town, Halifax Town, Heart…
João Maurício Adeodato obituary: died at age 70
João Maurício Adeodato, a Brazilian jurist and legal philosopher, died on May 19, 2026, at age 70. Born João Maurício Leitão Adeodato on March 12, 1956, he was born in…
Barbara Lenk obituary: died at age 75
Barbara Lenk, an American attorney and jurist who served on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, died on May 21, 2026. She was 75. Born in Queens, New York, on December…
John Middleton passed away at age 70
John Middleton died on May 19, 2026. John Middleton, 70, English footballer (Bradford City, Macclesfield Town). (death announced on this date) Tags Athletes, 19 May 2026, England, John, Middleton, 2026-05-19,…
Ulises Schmill Ordóñez, died aged 89
Ulises Schmill Ordóñez, a Mexican judge and minister of the Supreme Court, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 89. He served as a minister of the court…
Jon Phipps McCalla dies at age 79
Jon Phipps McCalla, an American judge, died on May 15, 2026, at age 79. He was a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the…
Krzysztof Piesiewicz passed away at age 80
Krzysztof Piesiewicz, a Polish lawyer, screenwriter and politician, died on May 14, 2026, at age 80. Born in Warsaw on October 25, 1945, he studied law at Warsaw University and…
James F. Almand obituary: died at age 77
James F. Almand, an American politician and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 77. He represented Arlington, Virginia, in the…
Obituary: M. P. Jayasinghe, dead at age 81
M. P. Jayasinghe, a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, and former governor of Uva and North Central provinces, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Hambantota…
Kenneth Keith death at age 88
Kenneth Keith, a New Zealand jurist and legal scholar who served as a judge of the International Court of Justice from 2006 to 2015, died on May 13, 2026, at…
Death of Peter Simpson at age 81
Peter Simpson, the English footballer who played most of his career as a defender with Arsenal, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk,…
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. dies at age 100
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr., an American jurist and senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, died on May 12,…
Alexander Held dies at 67
Alexander Held, a German actor known for roles in Der Untergang, Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage and Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, died on May 12, 2026, at age 67.…
Zenonas Juknevičius dies at 76
Zenonas Juknevičius, a Lithuanian politician and lawyer, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on June 10, 1949, in Valdeikiai, Pasvalys district, he graduated from the…
Jan E. DuBois has died at age 95
Jan E. DuBois, an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 1988, died on May 10, 2026, at age 95. A…
Death of Abraham Foxman at age 86
Abraham Foxman, an American lawyer and activist who served as director of the Anti-Defamation League from 1987 to 2015, died on May 10, 2026, at age 86. He was the…
Theo van Boven dies at age 91
Theo van Boven, a Dutch jurist and professor emeritus in international law, died on May 9, 2026. He was appointed in 1977 as director of the United Nations Division for…
Jana Dubovcová death at age 73
Jana Dubovcová, a Slovak lawyer and politician who served as minister of justice in 2023, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 73. Born Jana Verčíková in Žilina…
Shin Jong-o South Korean judge, suicide dies
Shin Jong-o died on May 6, 2026, by suicide. He was a South Korean judge associated with Kim Keon Hee. The death was reported without further details. Shin Jong-o, South…
Pierre-François Veil dies at 72
Pierre-François Veil, French lawyer and civil servant and president of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah since 2023, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 72.…
José Navarro dies at age 77
José Navarro, a Peruvian football defender who played for Defensor Arica, Sporting Cristal and the national team, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 77. Navarro, whose full…
Death of Valeri Zhabko at age 58
Valeri Zhabko, a Russian footballer and defender, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 58. Born Valeri Nikolayevich Zhabko on August 18, 1967, he made his professional debut…
Death of Peter Ferrara at age 71
Peter Ferrara, an American lawyer and policy analyst, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 71. He was also a columnist and served as an analyst for The…
Alexis Dipanda Mouelle dead at age 84
Alexis Dipanda Mouelle, Cameroonian magistrate and president of the Supreme Court from 1990 to 2014, died on May 4, 2026, at age 84. Born in Bonaléa on March 25, 1942,…
Olivier Dupuis has died at age 68
Olivier Dupuis, a Belgian politician and member of the European Parliament from 1996 to 2004, died on May 4, 2026. He was 68. Born in Ath, Belgium, on February 25,…
André Cerdini obituary: died at age 96
André Cerdini, the French magistrate who oversaw the trial of Klaus Barbie, died on May 4, 2026. Born André Émile Cerdini on December 18, 1929, in Vals-les-Bains, France, he studied…
Dame Shirley Porter has died at age 95
Dame Shirley Porter, British politician and former leader of Westminster City Council, died on May 4, 2026, aged 95. She led the council from 1983 to 1991 and served as…
Régis Barroso has died at age 84
Régis Barroso, a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served as a deputy from 1967 to 1971, died on May 3, 2026, in Fortaleza, Brazil, at the age of 84. Born…
Pietro Giuseppe Grasso died at age 96
Pietro Giuseppe Grasso died on May 3, 2026. He was an Italian jurist. Tags Lawyers, 03 May 2026, Grasso, Italy, Pietro, May 2026, May 3
James Lawrence King passes away at age 98
James Lawrence King, an American judge and senior United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida, died on May 2, 2026. He was 98. Born in Miami on…
G. Robert Blakey dead at age 90
G. Robert Blakey, an American attorney and emeritus law professor, died on May 1, 2026, at age 90. He was best known for his work in connection with drafting the…
Stephen Adamini, died aged 81
Stephen Adamini, an American politician and attorney who served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006, died on April 29, 2026. He was 81. A Democrat, Adamini…
Gerry Conway passes away at age 73
Gerry Conway, an American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer, died on April 27, 2026, at age 73. He wrote for titles including The Amazing Spider-Man, Justice League and…
Len Strazewski obituary: died at age 71
Len Strazewski, an American comic book writer, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 71. He worked on DC Comics titles including Starman, The Flash, Justice Society of…
Francisco Letamendia dies at age 82
Francisco Letamendia died on April 26, 2026. He was a Spanish Basque politician and lawyer known for his role in the Burgos trials. Letamendia served as a member of the…
Obituary: Reg Austin, dead at age 91
Reg Austin died on April 23, 2026. Tags Lawyers, Scientists, 23 April 2026, Austin, Reg, April 2026, April 23
George Ley dies at 80
George Ley, an English footballer who played for Portsmouth, Dallas Tornado and Exeter City, died on April 23, 2026. He also played professionally for Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham…
Lawrence Korb has died at age 86
Lawrence Korb, an American attorney and assistant secretary of defense from 1981 to 1985, died on April 20, 2026. He was 86. Korb was a senior fellow at the Center…
Death of Ralph B. Guy Jr. at age 96
Ralph B. Guy Jr., an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,…
Gerardo Renault, died aged 96
Gerardo Renault, a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served in the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais from 1968 to 1978 and in the Chamber of Deputies from 1978 to 1986,…
Oleksandr Polovkov obituary: died at age 46
Oleksandr Polovkov, a Ukrainian former professional football defender, died on April 19, 2026. He was 46. Polovkov played for different clubs in the Ukrainian Premier League. He last played for…
David Mena obituary: died at age 73
David Mena, an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Knesset from 1992 to 1996, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 73. Born…
Terry L. Bruce, died aged 82
Terry L. Bruce, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993, died on April 17, 2026, at age 82. Born in Olney, Illinois,…
Death of Giorgos Gonios at age 79
Giorgos Gonios, a Greek footballer best known for his career with Panathinaikos, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 79. A defender, he began his career as a…
Raza Kazim, died aged 96
Raza Kazim, a Pakistani philosopher and political activist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 96. Born on January 13, 1930, in British India, he was also a…