Darrell Sheets, an American reality television personality known for Storage Wars, died on April 22, 2026, at age 67 by gunshot suicide. Sheets appeared on the A&E series during its run from 2010 to 2012, returned in 2014 and remained… · Suicide By Gunshot · 22 April 2026 · April 2026
José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate and archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo, died on April 22, 2026, at age 85. He served as bishop of Mexicali from 1984 to 1996 and as archbishop of Hermosillo from… · 22 April 2026 · April 2026
Paul Tawiah Quaye died on April 22, 2026. He was a Ghanaian police officer who served as inspector general of police from 2009 to 2013. · 22 April 2026 · April 2026
Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans, a British aristocrat, died on April 22, 2026, aged 87. Born on January 19, 1939, he was styled Earl of Burford from 1964 to 1988 before becoming duke. He was a member of… · 22 April 2026 · April 2026
Acharya Chandana, an Indian Jain nun, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Shakuntala on January 26, 1937, in Chaskaman, Maharashtra, she entered Jain monastic life at age 14 and was named sadhvi Chandana. Known to… · 22 April 2026 · April 2026
Tadeusz Cichocki, a histologist, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 89. He was a Polish histologist and rector of the Medical Academy in Kraków from 1987 until 1990. Cichocki graduated from the Medical Academy in Kraków in… · 21 April 2026 · April 2026
Robin Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 5th Baron Derwent, died on April 21, 2026. He was a British hereditary peer and a member of the House of Lords from 1986 to 1999. · 21 April 2026 · April 2026
Henry J. Mansell, an American Roman Catholic prelate and archbishop of Hartford from 2004 to 2013, died April 21, 2026, at age 88. Born in the Bronx section of New York City on October 10, 1937, he was ordained a… · 21 April 2026 · April 2026
Dean Buntrock, an American waste service executive and co-founder of Waste Management, Inc., died on April 21, 2026. He was 94. Buntrock was best known for founding and leading Waste Management, Inc., North America’s largest waste services company. He was… · 21 April 2026 · April 2026
Florian Schneeberger, an Austrian sailor who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, died on April 20, 2026, in a bus accident in Salzburg, Austria. He was 55. Schneeberger competed in the Tornado event at the 1996 Games with Andreas Hagara. · 20 April 2026 · April 2026
Primo Franchini died on April 19, 2026. He was an Italian sport manager and road bicycle racer. No further details about his life or career were provided in the source material. · 19 April 2026 · April 2026
Viktor Zaidenberg died on April 19, 2026. He was a Russian football manager who worked with Dynamo Kirov, Khimik Dzerzhinsk and Nizhny Novgorod. No cause of death was given. · 19 April 2026 · April 2026
Aleksey Lelin, a Belarusian Olympic high jumper, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 48. Born on November 27, 1977, he competed in the men's high jump at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Lelin reached his first national championship… · 19 April 2026 · April 2026
María Nieves, an Argentine tango dancer and choreographer, died on April 19, 2026, at age 91. Born María Nieves Rego in Buenos Aires on September 6, 1934, she grew up in the Saavedra district as the daughter of modest Galician… · 19 April 2026 · April 2026 · Maria
Vuokko Nurmesniemi, the Finnish textile designer known for her work at Marimekko, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 96. Born Vuokko Hillevi Lilian Eskolin in Helsinki on February 12, 1930, she studied ceramics at the Institute of… · 19 April 2026 · April 2026
Lize van der Walt died on April 19, 2026, of cancer. She was a South African television personality known for Gladiators. The news of her death was reported with respect by those who followed her work on television. · 19 April 2026 · April 2026
Nayato Fio Nuala, an Indonesian director, died on April 18, 2026. · 18 April 2026 · April 2026
John Hockridge died on April 17, 2026, of liver cancer. He was an American first assistant director known for his work on "Ghost," "The Longest Yard" and "Get Smart." · 17 April 2026 · April 2026
Joaquim Granger died on April 17, 2026. He was a Portuguese Olympic gymnast, having competed in 1952. · 17 April 2026 · April 2026
Avelina Besolí Bacó died on April 17, 2026. She was an Andorran woman and the country’s oldest woman. No other details about her life were provided. · 17 April 2026 · April 2026
Jacqueline Rayet, a French ballet dancer, died on April 17, 2026, in Paris. She was 92. A native of Paris, she attended the Paris Opera Ballet School and danced with Peter Van Dijk at the premiere of La Symphonie inachevée.… · 17 April 2026 · April 2026
Ernie Dosio died on April 17, 2026. · America · 17 April 2026 · April 2026
Percy O'Driscoll, Canadian Anglican bishop, died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 91. Born Percival Richard O'Driscoll on October 4, 1934, he was ordained a deacon in 1964 and a priest in 1966 after studying at Bishop's University.… · 17 April 2026 · April 2026
Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez, a Cuban Roman Catholic prelate and bishop emeritus of Pinar del Río, died on April 16, 2026. He was 84. Born in Cienfuegos on March 16, 1942, he moved with his family to Havana as a… · 16 April 2026 · April 2026
André Bernard, a French Olympic modern pentathlete, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Lille, France, on November 17, 1935, he competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics. · 16 April 2026 · April 2026
Cerina Fairfax, former second lady of Virginia, was murdered by her husband on April 16, 2026. She is identified in available records as having held the role of second lady of Virginia. · 16 April 2026 · April 2026 · Murder
Carolina Flores Gómez, a Mexican beauty queen and content creator, died on April 15, 2026, after being shot in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City. She was 27. A former beauty queen from Baja California, Flores Gómez was crowned Miss… · 15 April 2026 · April 2026
Daniel Grataloup, a French-Swiss architect, died on April 15, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Lyon, France, on December 25, 1937, he spent much of his career in Geneva. In 2012, the Museum of Modern Art in New… · 15 April 2026 · April 2026
Ned, a New Zealand snail known for its left-spiralling shell, died on April 15, 2026. Ned was discovered in August 2025 in the garden of Giselle Clarkson in the Wairarapa, New Zealand, while she was weeding. Clarkson had been looking… · 15 April 2026 · April 2026
Wolfgang Zuckschwerdt, a German judoka, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on May 5, 1949, he competed for the SG Dynamo Brandenburg and Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won medals at international competitions. · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
Drago Šoštarić died on April 13, 2026. He was a Slovenian Olympic gymnast. · 13 April 2026 · April 2026
Magsud Mammadov, an Azerbaijani ballet dancer, ballet master and pedagogue, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Ganja on May 30, 1929, he graduated from the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet School in 1950 and joined the… · 13 April 2026 · April 2026
Benjamín Castillo Plascencia, a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, died on April 13, 2026, at age 80. He served as auxiliary bishop of Guadalajara from 1999 to 2003, bishop of Tabasco from 2003 to 2010, and bishop of Celaya from 2010… · 13 April 2026 · April 2026 · Benjamin
Feng Yufang, a Chinese engineer and major general, and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, died on April 13, 2026. He was born in Yuyao, Zhejiang, on January 29, 1963. After graduating from Yuyao High School in 1979,… · 13 April 2026 · April 2026
Cees Dam, Dutch architect known for the Stopera, Maastoren and De Zalmhaven, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 93. Born Cornelis Gregorius Dam on July 31, 1932, in Velsen, Netherlands, he graduated from the Academy of Architecture… · 13 April 2026 · April 2026
Leo Nowak, the German Roman Catholic prelate who served as apostolic administrator of Magdeburg from 1990 to 1994 and as bishop from 1994 to 2004, died on April 12, 2026, in Magdeburg, Germany, at the age of 97, following complications… · Complications After Surgery · 12 April 2026 · April 2026
Bob Hall, an American wheelchair racer, died on April 12, 2026, at age 74. Hall was an American wheelchair racer and wheelchair designer who competed in the 1975 Boston Marathon, becoming the first official Marathon wheelchair champion. He also placed… · 12 April 2026 · April 2026
Vija Vētra, Latvian dancer and choreographer, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 103. She was a dance studio owner and tutor whose career spanned from the 1940s to 1990, and she was known as a leading classical… · India · 11 April 2026 · April 2026
Peter Lynn, a New Zealand engineer, kite maker and inventor, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 79 after cancer. He was born Peter Robert Lynn in 1946 and worked in kite making from 1973. Lynn and his… · 11 April 2026 · April 2026
Murt Duggan, Irish hurler and selector, died on April 11, 2026, aged 84. Born in Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, in 1941, he played at club level with Gortnahoe–Glengoole and Ballingarry. He first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with Gortnahoe–Glengoole… · 11 April 2026 · April 2026
Miroslav Jakeš died on April 10, 2026. · Czechia · 10 April 2026 · April 2026 · Jakes
Harry Kim, an American trumpeter best known for his work with the Phenix Horns and his long association with Phil Collins, died on April 10, 2026, of cancer. Born and raised in New York City, he attended the High School… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
William Edwin Franklin, an American Roman Catholic prelate and former auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque and bishop of the Diocese of Davenport, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Parnell, Iowa, on May… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Peter Nworie Chukwu, a Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Abakaliki since 2021, died on April 10, 2026, aged 60. He was born on November 5, 1965, in Ededeagu Umuezekohohu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Chukwu began his priestly formation at… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Sonam Wangchuk, an Indian army colonel, died on April 10, 2026, of a heart attack. · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Michael Paget-Wilkes, an English archdeacon, died on April 9, 2026, aged 74. Michael Jocelyn James Paget-Wilkes was Archdeacon of Warwick from 1990 to 2009. Born in Bath, Somerset, he was the son of the Rev. Arthur Hamilton Paget Wilkes and… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Erik Lallerstedt, a Swedish chef and restaurateur, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Kungsholmen, Sweden, on June 23, 1946, he opened Erik Lallerstedts Restaurang & Ostronbar at Strandvägskajen in Stockholm in 1979. The restaurant… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Koo Sze-yiu, a Chinese political activist known for anti-communism protests, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 80 from colon cancer. Also known by the nickname "Long Beard," he was widely recognized for carrying a handmade coffin and… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, an Indian-American medical examiner who served as Los Angeles County chief medical examiner-coroner from 1992 to 2013 and again from 2016 to 2017, died on April 8, 2026. He was 77. Born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in 1949,… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Imrich Bugár, Czech Olympic discus thrower, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Ohrady, Czechoslovakia, he represented Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic during a career highlighted by a silver medal at the 1980 Olympic… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Nancy Sheppard, an American trick rider and trick roper, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 96. She was born on December 29, 1929, on a ranch in Fort Worth, Texas, and was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Peter Rull Jr., a Swiss Olympic sport shooter, died on April 8, 2026. · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Jim Whittaker, an American mountaineer, died on April 7, 2026, at age 97. Born in Seattle on February 10, 1929, he was an American climber and mountain guide. Whittaker became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest… · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Adolf Scherwitzl, an Austrian Olympic biathlete, died on April 7, 2026. · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Luciano Muratori, an Italian sound engineer, died on April 7, 2026. · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Majid Khademi died on April 6, 2026, in an airstrike. He was an Iranian general and intelligence officer who served as head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization from 2025. No further details were provided about the circumstances of his death. · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Nijaz Gracić died on April 6, 2026. He was a Bosnian entrepreneur and football executive who served as chairman of FK Olimpik from 2006 to 2016. · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Gene Hooks, American university athletics director and longtime Wake Forest University athletic director, died on April 6, 2026. He was 98. Hooks served as Wake Forest’s athletic director from 1964 to 1992 after playing baseball for the Demon Deacons from…
Yazdan Mir, an Iranian intelligence operative and commander of Unit 840, died on April 6, 2026, after Israel announced he had been killed in airstrikes in Tehran. Also known by the aliases Sardar Bagheri and Asghar Bagheri, he was identified… · 06 April 2026 · April 2026 · airstrike
Rainer Schwarz, an Austrian-born, US-based chef, died April 6, 2026. · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Adriano Goldschmied died on April 5, 2026. He was an Italian fashion designer. · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Chen Lihua, a Chinese property developer, died on April 5, 2026. · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Mario Enrique Ríos Montt died on April 5, 2026. He was a Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate and served as auxiliary bishop of Guatemala from 1987 to 2010. · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Tim Slessor died on April 5, 2026. He was a British documentarian. · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Gian Carlo Michelini died on April 4, 2026. He was an Italian-Taiwanese Roman Catholic priest and artistic director, and he co-founded the YICFFF. · 04 April 2026 · April 2026
Makram Azimi died on April 3, 2026, in an airstrike. He was identified as an Iranian missile commander. No further details about his life or service were provided. · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Ricardo Ortiz, a Spanish bullfighter, died on April 3, 2026. · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Borys Zimenkovskyi, a Ukrainian pharmacist, died on April 3, 2026. · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Terry Schreiber, an American theater director, died on April 3, 2026, of a heart attack at the age of 89. Born in Winona, Minnesota, on March 7, 1937, he directed theater principally in New York from 1976, including productions at… · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Yoshihisa Kishimoto, a Japanese video game developer, died on April 2, 2026. · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Tariq al-Sawah, an Egyptian citizen held at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba, died on April 2, 2026, at age 68. Also spelled Tarek El Sawah, he was born in Alexandria, Egypt, on November 2, 1957. He was… · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Nick Savva, Cypriot-born British greyhound trainer and breeder, died on April 2, 2026, aged 91. Born in British Cyprus in 1934, he later moved to London, where he worked in an engineering factory and then a restaurant before starting to… · England · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Oleh Avdieiev, a Ukrainian Olympic luger who competed at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, died on April 2, 2026, after being stabbed. He was 52. Avdieiev was born in Lviv on April 7, 1973, and later worked at the… · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Francisco Holgado, a Spanish bank teller, died on April 1, 2026. · 01 April 2026 · April 2026
Peter Kuh died on April 1, 2026. · America · Britain · 01 April 2026 · April 2026
Jamshid Eshaghi, an Iranian brigadier general who served as chief of the Office of Budget and Financial Affairs within the Armed Forces General Staff, died on March 31, 2026, at the age of 64. Born in Ahvaz, Iran, on July… · 31 March 2026 · March 2026
Claudio Bordignon, an Italian geneticist, died on March 30, 2026. In 1992, while working at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, he carried out the first gene therapy procedure using hematopoietic stem cells as vectors to deliver genes intended to… · 30 March 2026 · March 2026 · Cláudio
Christopher Haskins, the Irish-born businessman and life peer known as Baron Haskins, died on March 30, 2026, aged 88. Born in Dublin on May 30, 1937, he was a member of the British House of Lords from 1998 to 2020.… · 30 March 2026 · March 2026
Ben Stevenson, British ballet dancer and teacher, died on March 28, 2026. Born in Portsmouth, England, he trained at the Arts Educational Schools in London and received the Adeline Genée Gold Medal upon graduation. He joined the Sadler's Wells Royal… · 28 March 2026 · March 2026
Karsten Wettberg, a German football manager, died on March 28, 2026. Born in Friesack, near Berlin, on November 10, 1941, he was one of the most successful football managers in German amateur football. On the professional level, he coached SpVgg… · 28 March 2026 · March 2026
Vijaypat Singhania, an Indian textile industry executive and aviator, died on March 28, 2026. He was chairman and managing director of the Raymond Group from 1980 to 2000 and later served as sheriff of Mumbai from 2005 to 2006. A… · 28 March 2026 · March 2026
Hank Nichols, an American Hall of Fame college basketball referee and later supervisor of officials, died on March 27, 2026. Nichols, whose full name was Henry Owen Nichols, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.… · 27 March 2026 · March 2026
Doug Irwin, an American luthier, died on March 26, 2026. He was known for designing five custom guitars for Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, including Eagle, Wolf, Tiger, Wolf Jr. and Rosebud. Irwin also built more than 50 other… · 26 March 2026 · March 2026
William Francis Murphy, the American Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of Boston from 1995 to 2001 and bishop of Rockville Centre from 2001 to 2016, died on March 26, 2026. Born in Boston on May 14, 1940,… · 26 March 2026 · March 2026
Alireza Tangsiri, an Iranian naval officer and commander of the IRGC Navy since 2018, died on March 26, 2026, after suffering serious injuries in the 2026 Iran war. He was born in 1962 and served as a naval brigade commander… · 26 March 2026 · March 2026 · airstrike
Dolors Lamarca, a Spanish philologist and librarian, died on March 25, 2026, of pneumonia. Born in Granollers, Catalonia, in 1943, she led the Service of Libraries and Bibliographic Heritage of the Generalitat de Catalunya and later directed the National Library… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Burchell McPherson, a Jamaican Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Montego Bay from 2013 to 2023, died on March 25, 2026, in Kingston, Jamaica, at the age of 74. Born in Mavis Bank on May 7, 1951, he studied at… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Imre Taveter, an Estonian Olympic sailor who competed in the Finn class at the 2000 and 2004 Games, died on March 25, 2026, aged 58. Born in Keila in 1967, he began sailing in the Optimist class at Kalev Yacht… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
József Varró, a Hungarian equestrian who competed at the 1972 and 1980 Summer Olympics, died on March 25, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Kóka, Hungary, on March 2, 1944, he represented Hungary in Olympic equestrian competition in… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Loana Petrucciani, a French reality television personality known for her work on the television series Loft Story, died on March 24, 2026. She was 48. Petrucciani was born on 30 August 1977 and became known through her appearance on the… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Western Dreamer, an American Standardbred racehorse and 1997 Pacing Triple Crown winner, died on March 24, 2026. Foaled in Georgetown, Kentucky, he won the U.S. Pacing Triple Crown in 1997. Driven by Michel Lachance, his winning time of 1:51 1/5… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Jerome Dhas Varuvel, Indian Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Kuzhithurai from 2014 to 2020, died on March 24, 2026, from complications of dementia and Parkinson's disease. He was born on October 21, 1951, in Paduvoor, Madras State, India. Varuvel… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026 · Jérôme
Mai Murdmaa, the Estonian choreographer, ballerina, and ballet master, died on March 23, 2026. Born Mai-Ester Murdmaa in Tallinn on March 31, 1938, she graduated from the Tallinn Ballet School in 1956 and from GITIS in 1964 in ballet master… · 23 March 2026 · March 2026
Phạm Minh Mẫn, the Vietnamese Roman Catholic cardinal who served as coadjutor bishop of Mỹ Tho from 1993 to 1998 and archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City from 1998 to 2014, died on March 22, 2026, at the age of… · France · 22 March 2026 · March 2026 · Man
Nigel Cayzer, a British businessman, died on March 21, 2026, aged 71. He was chairman of Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust and Oryx International Growth Fund, both London-listed funds. Cayzer also served as chairman of the cancer care charity… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Timeline of the 2026 Iran war, described as an Iranian Basij Shiraz commander, died on March 21, 2026, in an airstrike. The war timeline covers the period since Feb. 28, 2026, and remains ongoing. According to the provided context, U.S.… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Jeff Smith, the English motorcycle racer inducted into the Hall of Fame for his achievements in motocross, died on March 21, 2026, aged 91. Born Jeffrey Vincent Smith in Colne, Lancashire, England, on 14 October 1934, he competed in the… · Scotland · Britain · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Raivo Mänd, an Estonian ecologist and zoologist, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 71. Born on December 2, 1954, in Saaremaa Parish, Estonia, he received the Order of the White Star in 2025. · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Leonid Radvinsky, a Ukrainian-American businessman and majority owner of OnlyFans, died on March 20, 2026, at age 43. Born in Odesa in the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, on May 30, 1982, he was also the founder of the cam site… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026