Kevin Kiely Irish politician dead at age -1
Kevin Kiely, Irish politician and Mayor of Limerick from 2009 to 2010, died on March 12, 2026, aged 64. He was a member of Fine Gael and was first elected…
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Anastasios Gonis Jurist dead at age 99
Anastasios Gonis, a Greek politician and member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1993 to 1996, died on March 12, 2026. He was a member of New Democracy. Gonis, who was…
Jeong Chi-geun Prosecutor dead at age 94
Jeong Chi-geun, a South Korean politician and former prosecutor, died on March 11, 2026, at the age of 94. Born on June 30, 1931, he served as Minister of Justice…
Judy Pace Actress dead at age 83
Judy Pace, the American actress known for her roles on Peyton Place and The Young Lawyers, died on March 11, 2026, at age 83. Born Judy Lenteen Pace in Los…
John H. Morrison American lawyer dead at age 92
John H. Morrison, an American lawyer and senior partner of Kirkland & Ellis, died on March 11, 2026. He practiced at the Chicago law firm from 1962 until his retirement…
Luciano Magnalbò Lawyer dead at age 82
Luciano Magnalbò, an Italian politician, died on March 11, 2026, in Macerata, Italy, at the age of 82. Born in Macerata on April 5, 1943, he was a member of…
Sergei Nekrasov Russian football player dead at age 53
Sergei Nekrasov, a Russian football player, died on March 10, 2026. He was 53. Nekrasov, whose full name was Sergei Vladimirovich Nekrasov, played as a defender and midfielder. He made…
Moon Yong-joo Lawyer dead at age 93
Moon Yong-joo, a South Korean politician and lawyer, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 93. A member of the Democratic Justice Party, she served in the National…
László Kiss Judge dead at age 75
László Kiss, a Hungarian judge, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 75. Born on February 10, 1951, in Jánosháza, Hungary, he served on the Constitutional Court from…
Klaus Kribben Lawyer dead at age 88
Klaus Kribben, a German politician and lawyer who served in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 1975 to 1996, died on March 9, 2026, at the age of 88. A member…
Eduard Apalkov Russian former football player dead at age 56
Eduard Apalkov, a Russian former football player and defender, died on March 9, 2026. He was 56. Born Eduard Ivanovich Apalkov on January 30, 1970, he is identified in the…
Graham Sissons public figure dead at age 91
Graham Sissons, an English footballer who played as a defender, died on March 8, 2026. He made more than 250 Football League appearances for Birmingham City, Peterborough United and Walsall.…
Nuno Morais Sarmento Lawyer dead at age 65
Nuno Morais Sarmento, a Portuguese politician and lawyer, died on March 7, 2026, in Lisbon, Portugal, at the age of 65. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he…
List of Charles University rectors Czech lawyer dead at age 95
Charles University rector and Czech lawyer Charles University rectors died on March 6, 2026. This is a list of rectors of the University of Prague founded in 1347/1348 by Emperor…
Colleen Hanabusa American politician dead at age 74
Colleen Hanabusa, an American politician and lawyer, died on March 6, 2026, in Honolulu, Hawaii, at age 74. A Democrat, she served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional…
Catherine C. Blake United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Distric…
Catherine C. Blake, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, died on March 4, 2026, at age 75. Born in Boston…
John Markie Scottish footballer
John Markie, a Scottish footballer with Falkirk, died on March 2, 2026. John Markie (16 December 1944 – 27 February 2026) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a central…
Timothy D. Leonard American politician and jurist dead at age 86
Timothy D. Leonard, an American politician and jurist who served as a United States district judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, died on March 2, 2026, at age 86.…
Gao Mingxuan
Chinese juristDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Charles S. Russell American lawyer and judge dead at age 100
Charles S. Russell, an American lawyer and judge, died on February 28, 2026. Russell was born in Richmond, Virginia, on February 23, 1926, and received his education at the Congressional…
Lorin N. Pace American politician dead at age 100
Lorin N. Pace, an American politician and attorney who served in the Utah House of Representatives and Utah State Senate, died on February 24, 2026, at age 100. A Republican,…
Wiesław Zajączkowski Lawyer dead at age 82
Wiesław Zajączkowski, a Polish politician and lawyer, died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on February 11, 1944, in Łomazy, General Government, he was a member…
Rodolfo Díaz Lawyer dead at age 82
Rodolfo Díaz, an Argentine politician and lawyer, died on February 20, 2026, in Buenos Aires at the age of 82. A member of the Justicialist Party, he served as Minister…
David Judge British political scientist and writer, oesophageal cancer dead at age 75
David Judge, a British political scientist and writer, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 75 from oesophageal cancer. He was based at the University of Strathclyde, where…
Abdul Hamid Mohamad Malaysian jurist dead at age 83
Abdul Hamid Mohamad, a Malaysian jurist and former Chief Justice of Malaysia, died on February 19, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on April 18, 1942, in Kepala Batas,…
Norman Francis Lawyer dead at age 94
Norman Francis, an American academic who served as president of Xavier University of Louisiana, died on February 18, 2026, at age 94. He led the university from 1968 to 2015,…
Chester Clem attorney dead at age 88
Chester Clem, an American politician and attorney in Florida, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 88. Chester Earl Clem Jr. was born in Sanford, Florida, on December…
Richard Ottinger American politician dead at age 97
Richard Ottinger, an American politician and attorney who served in the United States House of Representatives, died on February 16, 2026. He was 97. A member of the Democratic Party,…
Susan Grode
American entertainment lawyerDied on Sunday February 15th 2026
Anna Benaki-Psarouda Greek politician dead at age 91
Anna Benaki-Psarouda, a Greek lawyer, politician and academician, died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Exarcheia, Athens, on December 12, 1934, she obtained a PhD…
Bitokotipou Yagninim Togolese politician dead at age 84
Bitokotipou Yagninim, a Togolese politician, died on February 15, 2026, at the age of 84. Born on December 31, 1941, in Bassar, French Togoland, French West Africa, he was a…
Robert Duvall American actor
Robert Duvall, an American actor, filmmaker, and producer best known for his later-20th-century Hollywood roles, died on February 15, 2026, at age 95. Born in San Diego, California, he began…
Faʻaolesa Katopau Ainuʻu Samoan jurist and politician dead at age 62
Faʻaolesa Katopau Ainuʻu, a Samoan jurist and politician, died on February 14, 2026. Born in November 1963, he was a lawyer, politician and high chief (matai) who served as Samoa’s…
Susan George American-French political and social scientist dead at age 91
Susan George, the American-French political and social scientist, activist and writer, died on February 14, 2026. Born Susan Vance Akers on June 29, 1934, in Akron, Ohio, she wrote on…
Ángela Murillo
Spanish judgeDied on Friday February 13th 2026
Zaeem Qadri Pakistani politician dead at age 61
Syed Zaeem Hussain Qadri, a Pakistani lawyer and politician, died on February 13, 2026, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, at the age of 61. Born in Lahore on December 25, 1964,…
Roy Medvedev Human rights activism with participation in dissident movement in the Soviet Union dea…
Roy Medvedev, a Russian politician and writer, died on February 13, 2026, at the age of 100. Born in Tbilisi in 1925, he was known for his human rights activism…
Anastasios Papaligouras Greek politician dead at age 77
Anastasios Papaligouras, a Greek politician and lawyer, died on February 12, 2026. Born in Athens on April 14, 1948, he studied law at the University of Athens and earned a…
José Luis Russo Uruguayan footballer
José Luis Russo, a Uruguayan footballer who played as a defender, died on February 12, 2026. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, he played for clubs in Uruguay, Chile, Brazil and Colombia.…
Mirakbar Rahmonqulov Lawyer dead at age 73
Mirakbar Rahmonqulov, an Uzbek politician and lawyer, died on February 12, 2026, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, at the age of 73. An Independent, he served in the Senate from 2020 to…
Jeffrey Evangelos American politician dead at age 73
Jeffrey Evangelos, an American politician from Maine, died on February 11, 2026. He was an unenrolled member of the Maine House of Representatives, serving four two-year terms between 2012 and…
Otto Šimko Slovak jurist dead at age 101
Otto Šimko, a Slovak jurist and Holocaust survivor, died on February 11, 2026. Born in Topoľčany on June 1, 1924, to Artúr and Irena Šimko, he spent most of his…
Anne Gambrill New Zealand lawyer and judge dead at age 91
Anne Gambrill, a New Zealand lawyer and judge, died on February 10, 2026, aged 91. Born Anne Gertrude Shorland in Wellington in 1934, she was the first woman to sit…
Genrikh Padva Lawyer dead at age 94
Genrikh Padva, a Russian advocate, died on February 9, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Moscow on February 20, 1931, he graduated from the Moscow Law Institute in…
Tommy McMillan Scottish footballer
Tommy McMillan, the Scottish footballer who played for Aberdeen and Falkirk, died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Paisley on June 26, 1944, he played…
Vardan Khachatryan Armenian politician dead at age 66
Vardan Khachatryan, an Armenian politician, died on February 6, 2026. He was an Armenian former footballer who played as a defender and appeared for the Armenia national football team. Khachatryan…
Cesare Ruperto Judge dead at age 100
Cesare Ruperto, an Italian judge, died on February 5, 2026, in Rome at the age of 100. He served as a member of Italy’s Constitutional Court from 1993 to 2002…
Jeff Griffin American politician dead at age 81
Jeff Griffin, an American businessman and politician who served as mayor of Reno, Nevada, from 1995 to 2002, died on February 5, 2026. During his tenure, he chaired the Criminal…
Alan Trustman Screenwriter dead at age 95
Alan Trustman, an American screenwriter best known for The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt and They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, died on February 5, 2026, at age 95. Born in Brookline,…
Troy Poteete American Cherokee politician dead at age 70
Troy Poteete, an American Cherokee politician and jurist, died on February 5, 2026, at age 70. Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on March 6, 1955, he served on the Cherokee Nation…
Sandra Schultz Newman Attorney dead at age 87
Sandra Schultz Newman, an American judge and former justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, died on February 4, 2026, at age 87. Born Sandra Schultz on November 4, 1938, she…
Nogueira de Brito Lawyer dead at age 88
José Luís Nogueira de Brito, a Portuguese politician and lawyer, died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 88. A member of the CDS – People's Party, he served…
Corrado Carnevale Italian jurist dead at age 95
Corrado Carnevale, an Italian jurist and judge who served as president of the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation, died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in…
Lee Hamilton American politician dead at age 94
Lee Hamilton, an American politician and lawyer from Indiana, died on February 3, 2026. A Democrat, he represented Indiana’s 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965…
Chuck Sullivan American lawyer and sports executive dead at age 83
Chuck Sullivan, an American lawyer and sports executive who was vice president of the New England Patriots and owned the team's stadium, Foxboro Stadium, died on February 2, 2026. He…
Lucien Weiler Luxembourgish politician dead at age 74
Lucien Weiler, a Luxembourgish politician and jurist, died on February 1, 2026, at the age of 74. He was a member of the Christian Social People's Party and served as…
Rafael Hui Hong Kong civil servant dead at age 77
Rafael Hui, Hong Kong civil servant and former Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong, died on February 1, 2026, at the age of 77. Hui served as a career…
Gustavo Sánchez Vásquez Lawyer, politician dead at age 62
Gustavo Sánchez Vásquez, a Mexican politician and lawyer, died on January 31, 2026. He was a member of the National Action Party (PAN) and served as municipal president of Mexicali,…
Georghios Pikis
Cypriot judgeDied on Friday January 30th 2026
Robert W. Pratt
American juristDied on Friday January 30th 2026
Wolfgang Pfeifer German footballer dead at age 90
Wolfgang Pfeifer died on January 30, 2026. He was a German footballer who played for Einheit Dresden, Dynamo Dresden and the East Germany national team. Wolfgang Pfeifer (3 July 1935…
Diógenes Quintero
Colombian lawyerDied on Thursday January 29th 2026
Kim Kyo-chang
South Korean lawyerDied on Wednesday January 28th 2026
Louis J. Ceci American judge, justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court dead at age 98
Louis J. Ceci, an American judge and justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1982 to 1993, died on January 27, 2026. He was 98. A lawyer, jurist and Republican…
Abdul Salam Azimi
Afghan judgeDied on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Barbara Aronstein Black
American legal scholarDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Robert W. Kostelka
American judge and politicianDied on Monday January 19th 2026
David Young English footballer dead at age 80
David Young, an English footballer who played for Charlton Athletic, Southend United and Newcastle United, died on January 18, 2026, aged 80. A central defender, he made 209 appearances in…
David Annoussamy
Indian judgeDied on Saturday January 17th 2026
Arthur Tobin LawyerPolitician dead at age 95
Arthur Tobin, an American politician and lawyer from Quincy, Massachusetts, died on January 16, 2026, at age 95. He served on the Quincy City Council and in the Massachusetts legislature…
Rafael Gvaladze
Azerbaijani judgeDied on Thursday January 15th 2026
Sir James Munby
English judgeDied on Thursday January 15th 2026
Jacoby & Meyers American attorney dead at age 83
Jacoby & Meyers, the American law firm founded by Leonard Jacoby and Stephen Meyers, died on January 12, 2026. Established in September 1972 as a partnership, the firm began in…
Park Soon-yong
South Korean lawyerDied on Monday January 12th 2026
Jean-Louis Duplat
Belgian magistrateDied on Sunday January 11th 2026
Robert K. Tanenbaum
American trial attorney and novelistDied on Saturday January 10th 2026
Seydou Madani Sy
Senegalese jurist and politicianDied on Friday January 9th 2026
Albert Bourgi
French juristDied on Friday January 9th 2026
William H. Yohn Jr.
American jurist and politicianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026
Francesco Paolo Casavola
Italian juristDied on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Gianpaolo Tosel
Italian magistrateDied on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Julius Berman
American rabbi and attorneyDied on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Carolyn R. Dimmick
American juristDied on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Rhoda Billings
American lawyer and justiceDied on Wednesday December 31st 2025
Joseph Hartzler
American lawyerDied on Tuesday December 30th 2025
Pedro Camus Spanish Olympic footballer dead at age 70
Pedro Camus, a Spanish footballer and central defender who competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics, died on December 29, 2025, at the age of 70. Pedro…
Khosrow Alikordi
Iranian lawyer and human rights activistDied on Sunday December 28th 2025
Hans Flock
Norwegian judgeDied on Sunday December 28th 2025
Robert Smellie
New Zealand High Court judgeDied on Saturday December 27th 2025
Frank Craighill Sports agent dead at age 86
Frank Craighill, an American sports agent and founding partner of the sports marketing firm ProServ, died on December 25, 2025, at the age of 86. ProServ was created in 1970…
Tomáš Vrána
Czech lawyer and judicial officerDied on Wednesday December 24th 2025
David Young American-British lawyer and academic, heart failure dead at age 89
David Reginald Young, an American-British lawyer and academic, died on December 24, 2025, in Oxford, England, at the age of 89. He served as a Special Assistant at the National…
M. Ravi Singaporean human rights activist dead at age 56
M. Ravi, a Singaporean human rights lawyer and activist, died on December 24, 2025, aged 56. Born Ravi Madasamy on April 9, 1969, in Singapore, he qualified and practised law…
Vivian Polania
Colombian lawyer and social media influencerDied on Monday December 22nd 2025
María Victoria Calle
Colombian juristDied on Sunday December 21st 2025
George C. Pratt
American judgeDied on Friday December 19th 2025