Death of Jimmy Lynam at age 100
Jimmy Lynam, the Irish hurler who played for Glen Rovers and the Cork senior hurling team, died on August 23, 2026, aged 100. Also known as James Lynam, he was…
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Fernando Caruncho obituary: died at age 68
Fernando Caruncho, the Spanish landscape designer, died on August 23, 2026, aged 68. Born in Madrid in 1958, he worked as a landscape architect and remained active in the field…
Ennio Mattarelli dead at age 98
Ennio Mattarelli, the Italian clay shooter who won Olympic gold in trap shooting, died on August 23, 2026, aged 98. Born in Bologna on August 5, 1928, he became an…
Januário Machaze Nhangumbe death at age 92
Januário Machaze Nhangumbe, a Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Pemba, died on August 23, 2026, aged 92. He was born in Panda, in what was then Portuguese Mozambique,…
Nakayama Festa, died aged 20
Nakayama Festa, a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, died on August 23, 2026, aged 20. Born in Mukawa on April 5, 2006, the Japanese-bred colt became a champion on the track and…
Benjamin M. Rosen dead at age 93
Benjamin M. Rosen, the American businessman who chaired Compaq and co-founded Sevin Rosen Funds, died on August 23, 2026, aged 93. Known as Ben Rosen, he also served as Compaq’s…
Slava Veder passed away at age 99
Slava Veder, the American photojournalist best known for the Associated Press image "Burst of Joy," died on August 22, 2026, aged 99. Veder, who was born in Berkeley, California, on…
Marion Blackwell dies at 98
Marion Blackwell, an Australian landscape architect and ecologist, died on August 22, 2026, aged 98. Born Marion Isabel Blackwell on April 3, 1928, in Manilla, New South Wales, she grew…
Myeongjin passes away at age 75
Myeongjin, a South Korean Buddhist monk, died on August 22, 2026, aged 75. Known by the dharma name Myeongjin and born Han Gi-jung, he was born in Dangjin, South Chungcheong…
Ira A. Fulton has died at age 94
Ira A. Fulton, an American philanthropist and businessman, died on August 21, 2026, aged 94. A Tempe, Arizona native, Fulton founded Fulton Homes and became a major benefactor to educational…
Paul Gauselmann passed away at age 91
Paul Gauselmann, the German businessman who founded and led the Gauselmann group, died on August 21, 2026, aged 91. Born on August 26, 1934, in Steinfurt, he built the company…
Gérard Stenger dies at age 94
Gérard Stenger, the French ultrarunner and co-founder of the International Association of Ultrarunners, died on August 21, 2026, aged 94. Born on March 7, 1932, he competed in races ranging…
Frans Verbeeck death at age 85
Frans Verbeeck, the Belgian road bicycle racer, died on August 21, 2026, aged 85. Born in Langdorp on June 13, 1941, he went on to build a career in cycling…
Jerome Smith death at age 87
Jerome Smith, an American civil rights activist, died on August 21, 2026, aged 87. Nicknamed "Big Duck," Smith was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he later died, and became…
Louis Pelâtre has died at age 86
Louis Pelâtre, the French Roman Catholic prelate who served as vicar apostolic of Istanbul, died on August 20, 2026, aged 86. Born on May 12, 1940, in Pancé, Ille-et-Vilaine, he…
Wilem Frischmann passed away at age 95
Wilem Frischmann, the British structural engineer whose work helped shape Centre Point, Tower 42 and Drapers Gardens, died on August 20, 2026, aged 95. Also known as Wilem William Frischmann,…
Barry Rogerson death at age 90
Barry Rogerson, a British bishop who served as the first Bishop of Wolverhampton and later as Bishop of Bristol, died on August 20, 2026, aged 90. Born on July 25,…
Obituary: Hasib Quway Markaz, dead at age 34
Hasib Quway Markaz, an Afghan military commander, died on August 19, 2026, at age 34. Also known as Hasib Qoway Markaz Panjshiri and Hasib Panjshiri, he was a military commander…
Tsuri Sagi passed away at age 92
Tsuri Sagi, an Israeli military officer who served as a senior commander in the 35th Paratroopers Brigade, died on August 19, 2026, aged 92. Born Tsuri Sheinkin in Herzliya in…
Dorothy Kloss death at age 102
Dorothy Kloss, an American dancer, died on August 19, 2026, at age 102. Known also as Dorothy Dale Kloss, she began dancing at age 102 and later won a tap…
Obituary: Varenne, dead at age 31
Varenne, the Italian Standardbred racehorse who died on August 18, 2026, aged 31, died of a heart attack. Foaled in Copparo, Italy, on May 19, 1995, the dark bay trotter…
Death of Cándido Cárdenas Villalba at age 84
Cándido Cárdenas Villalba, the Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Benjamín Aceval from 1998 to 2018, died on August 18, 2026, aged 84. Born in Sapucaí on…
Paul Shaw has died at age 77
Paul Shaw, a Canadian Olympic sport shooter, died on August 17, 2026, aged 77. Born in Collingwood, Ontario, on April 20, 1949, he represented Canada in the men's trap event…
Orientate passes away at age 28
Orientate, an American Thoroughbred racehorse and 2002 Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner, died on August 17, 2026, aged 28. Foaled in Kentucky in 1999, the American-bred colt was bred by Gainesway…
Sylvie Rimbert has died at age 99
Sylvie Rimbert, the French geographer and cartographer, died on August 17, 2026, aged 99. A graduate of Strasbourg I University, she became a pioneer in the use of computer tools…
Venus passes away at age 17
Venus, the American tortoiseshell cat known for her unusual coloring, died on August 16, 2026, at age 17. Widely recognized as Venus the Two-Faced Cat, she was noted for a…
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja dead at age 80
Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja, a Spanish herder and the subject of the film Among Wolves, died on August 16, 2026, aged 80. Born in Añora in 1946, he became known as…
Wally Sykes died at age 83
Wally Sykes, the British Olympic sports shooter, died on August 16, 2026, aged 83. Known also as Wallace Sykes, he competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and represented England at…
Phil Lyne dies at age 79
Phil Lyne, an American rodeo cowboy who won multiple world championships in the Rodeo Cowboys Association and Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, died on August 14, 2026, aged 79. Born in…
Adolf Prokop dies at age 87
Adolf Prokop, a German football referee, died on August 13, 2026, aged 87. Born in Altenbuch on February 2, 1939, he began his refereeing career in 1969 and became best…
Tyler Duckworth passes away at age 44
Tyler Duckworth, an American reality television contestant known for appearing on The Real World: Key West and multiple seasons of The Challenge, died on August 13, 2026, aged 44. Duckworth…
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, died aged 74
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, the Bangladeshi chief of air force staff, died on August 13, 2026, aged 74. Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Islam served as the 10th chief of the Bangladesh…
Obituary: Robert Shageev, dead at age 49
Robert Shageev, a Ukrainian-Russian Navy officer, died on August 13, 2026, aged 49. He commanded the Ukrainian submarine Zaporizhzhia and served as an officer in the Ukrainian Navy before later…
Olivier Lebas passes away at age 62
Olivier Lebas, the French naval officer who served as a vice-admiral, died on August 12, 2026, aged 62. Born in Boulogne-sur-Mer on June 24, 1964, he joined the French Navy…
Wang Xiji has died at age 105
Wang Xiji, a Chinese aerospace engineer who played a leading role in the development of China’s early rocket and satellite programs, died on August 12, 2026, aged 105. Born in…
Roman Knap dead at age 51
Roman Knap, a Czech manager who served as chief executive of the state-owned postal company Česká pošta from 2018 to 2023, died on August 11, 2026, aged 51. He took…
Jackie dead
Jackie, the bald eagle known to viewers of the Friends of Big Bear Valley livestreams, died on August 10, 2026. Along with her mate, Shadow, she was part of a…
Paul Snyder passed away at age 87
Paul Snyder, the American sports administrator who owned the Buffalo Braves, died on August 10, 2026, aged 87. Snyder was an American businessman in Buffalo, New York, and a graduate…
Armando Umberto Gianni, died aged 86
Armando Umberto Gianni, an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and the first Bishop of Bouar, died on August 10, 2026, aged 86. Born in Gragnola, Italy, on September 23, 1939, he…
Pavel Syutkin obituary: died at age 104
Pavel Syutkin, a Russian army officer and Soviet artilleryman, died on August 10, 2026, aged 104. Born on June 19, 1922, in Slobodskoy Uyezd, he rose to become a Soviet…
Fawzi al-Mansouri dead, Fawzi al-Mansouri, Libyan military officer, director of the Military Intell…
Fawzi al-Mansouri, a Libyan military officer and director of the Military Intelligence Department, died on August 10, 2026. He held the rank of major general and had served as director…
Death of Russell Jack at age 91
Russell Jack, the Australian museum founder credited with founding the Golden Dragon Museum, died on August 10, 2026, aged 91. Also known as Russell Goldfield Jack and by the Chinese…
Tania Verstak passed away at age 85
Tania Verstak, the Australian model and beauty queen who won Miss International 1962, died on August 10, 2026, aged 85. Born in Tianjin, China, she became the first migrant to…
Charlotte Puiseux death at age 39
Charlotte Puiseux, a French disability rights activist, died on August 9, 2026, at age 39. Born in Paris in 1986, she later became known for her advocacy on disability rights,…
Arthur Price dead at age 80
Arthur Price, the British motorcycle speedway rider who died on August 9, 2026, aged 80, was born in Wolverhampton in 1946 and raced under his full name, Arthur Malcolm Price.…
André Lévy-Lang died at age 88
André Lévy-Lang, the French private banker who led Compagnie Bancaire and later BNP Paribas, died on August 8, 2026, aged 88. Born in Alexandria on November 26, 1937, he studied…
Girvin passed away at age 12
Girvin, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, died on August 8, 2026, aged 12. Foaled on March 31, 2014, the dark bay or brown colt rose to prominence in 2017 when he…
Death of Bob Jones at age 93
Bob Jones, an American Episcopal prelate and bishop of Wyoming, died on August 8, 2026, aged 93. Bob Gordon Jones served as bishop of Wyoming from 1977 to 1996. Born…
Immortal Verse dead at age 18
Immortal Verse, the Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, died on August 7, 2026, aged 18. Foaled on May 1, 2008, the Irish-bred, French-trained mare emerged as a promising two-year-old by winning on…
Atle McAdam dies at 49
Atle McAdam, the Norwegian hurdler who held the national record in the 400 metres hurdles, died on August 7, 2026, aged 49, after a traffic collision. He represented Idrettsklubben Tjalve…
Eugene McDaniel passes away at age 94
Eugene McDaniel, an American Navy captain and naval aviator, died on August 7, 2026, at age 94; the cause was heart failure. Born Eugene Barker McDaniel in Kinston, North Carolina,…
Chandler David Hendry passed away at age 27
Chandler David Hendry, an American social media personality and founder of Restored Truth, died on August 7, 2026, at age 27 in a car crash in Lehi, Utah. Known as…
Death of William Ilgenfritz at age 79
William Ilgenfritz, an American Anglican bishop, died on August 6, 2026, aged 79. Ordained first as an Episcopal priest, he became the first bishop consecrated in the newly formed Anglican…
Death of Carlos Garfias Merlos at age 75
Carlos Garfias Merlos, a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Netzahualcóyotl from 2003 to 2010 and later as archbishop of Acapulco and Morelia, died on August 6,…
Dimbo Atiya dead
Dimbo Atiya, a Nigerian Nollywood producer and director known for Halita and Sons of the Caliphate, died on August 6, 2026. From Nasarawa state, he worked across film production and…
Sydney Towle dies at 26
Sydney Towle, an American social media influencer who shared her life with cholangiocarcinoma online, died on August 5, 2026, aged 26. Towle, whose full name was Sydney Elizabeth Towle, had…
Jack Mortland, died aged 91
Jack Mortland, an American Olympic racewalker, died on August 5, 2026, aged 91. Born John Eggart Mortland on January 23, 1935, he represented the United States in the men’s 20…
Daniel Bernard, died aged 80
Daniel Bernard, the French retail executive who chaired Carrefour from 1992 to 2005 and later Kingfisher plc from 2009 to 2017, died on August 5, 2026, aged 80. Also known…
Bae In-gyu dead at age 36
Bae In-gyu, a South Korean gender activist and YouTuber who founded and led the anti-feminist group New Men’s Solidarity, died on August 5, 2026, aged 36. Born in 1990, he…
Georgios Marsellos obituary: died at age 89
Georgios Marsellos, the Greek Olympic hurdler who competed in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics, died on August 4, 2026, aged 89. Born in Athens on October 12, 1936, he…
Alain Le Goff death at age 83
Alain Le Goff, the French storyteller known for his retellings of the legends of Ys, Tristan and Iseult, and La Légende de la mort en Basse-Bretagne, died on August 3,…
Alfonso Fanjul Jr. dies at 89
Alfonso Fanjul Jr., the American sugar refining and real estate executive associated with Domino Sugar, died on August 3, 2026, aged 89. Known as Alfy Fanjul, he was born in…
Júlio Duarte Langa obituary: died at age 98
Júlio Duarte Langa, the Mozambican Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop of Xai-Xai, died on August 3, 2026, aged 98. Born in Xai-Xai, then in Portuguese Mozambique, on October 27, 1927,…
Hatsuo Royama dead at age 78
Hatsuo Royama, a Japanese karate practitioner, died on August 3, 2026, aged 78. Born on March 31, 1948, in Yagō, he was also known by his Korean name, Noh Cho…
Vic Matthews passed away at age 92
Vic Matthews, the British hurdler and decathlete also known as Victor Charles Matthews, died on August 3, 2026, aged 92. Born in Motspur Park, London, he competed at the 1960…
Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi dead at age 31
Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi, a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, died on August 2, 2026, aged 31. Foaled on April 6, 1995, in the Saru district, he was a son of Symboli Rudolf and…
Death of Michael Fingleton at age 88
Michael Fingleton, the retired chief executive of Irish Nationwide Building Society, died on August 2, 2026, aged 88. An Irish banker known in the banking community as “Fingers,” he was…
Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi dead at age 31
Tsurumaru Tsuyoshi, a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, died on August 2, 2026, aged 31. Foaled on April 6, 1995, in Saru district, he was a son of Symboli Rudolf and later…
Agostino Superbo dies at 86
Agostino Superbo, an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Sessa Aurunca and of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti and later as archbishop of Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo, died on August…
Igor Yerusalimov dead, Igor Yerusalimov, Russian army officer
Igor Yerusalimov, a Russian army officer who served as head of the Western Military District Headquarters from 2020 to 2024, died on August 1, 2026. Known in full as Igor…
Kath Pettingill passed away at age 91
Kath Pettingill, the former brothel owner and matriarch of the Melbourne criminal Pettingill family, died on August 1, 2026, aged 91. Born Kathleen Pettingill on March 27, 1935, she was…
Sir John Garnier died at age 92
Sir John Garnier, a British Royal Navy officer and courtier, died on July 31, 2026, aged 92. A rear-admiral, he served as Naval Equerry to the Queen from 1962 to…
Harry D. Train II dies at 98
Harry D. Train II, a retired United States Navy admiral who commanded the U.S. Sixth Fleet and later the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, died on July 31, 2026, aged 98. Born…
Orris E. Kelly has died at age 100
Orris E. Kelly, an American military officer and chief of chaplains, died on July 31, 2026, aged 100. Known also as Orris Eugene Kelly and Orris Kelly, he served as…
Jakob Butturff obituary: died at age 32
Jakob Butturff, the American ten-pin bowler, died on July 31, 2026, aged 32. A left-handed competitor from Chandler, Arizona, he was a member of the Professional Bowlers Association and represented…
Death of Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni at age 80
Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni, a Syrian-born Venezuelan Syriac Catholic hierarch who served as Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela for the Syriac Catholics, died on July 30, 2026, aged 80. Born in Aleppo,…
Kili Pemba Sherpa, died aged 45
Kili Pemba Sherpa, a Nepalese mountaineer, died on July 30, 2026, aged 45. Also known as Kilu Pemba Sherpa, he was part of the first winter ascent of K2 in…
Death of Pur Bahadur Gurung at age 37
Pur Bahadur Gurung, a Nepalese mountaineer and expedition guide known for climbing four eight-thousanders in Pakistan in 12 days and for reaching K2 in 24 hours, died on July 30,…
Nadhira Al Harthy dies at 48
Nadhira Al Harthy, the Omani civil servant and mountaineer who became the first Omani woman to summit Mount Everest, died on July 30, 2026, aged 48. Also known as Nadhira…
Obituary: Geoffrey Arrand, dead at age 82
Geoffrey Arrand, the English archdeacon who served as archdeacon of Suffolk, died on July 30, 2026, aged 82. Geoffrey William Arrand was born on 24 July 1944 and was educated…
Francis Teke Lysinge obituary: died at age 87
Francis Teke Lysinge, the Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Mamfe, died on July 29, 2026, aged 87. Born on December 28, 1938, in Cameroon, he was…
Mir Raza Ali has died at age 25
Mir Raza Ali, a Pakistani entrepreneur, died on July 29, 2026, at the age of 25 after being shot, with his body later discovered near a wedding hall in Gulistan-e-Jauhar,…
Death of Ghanaati at age 20
Ghanaati, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, died on July 28, 2026, aged 20. Foaled on March 28, 2006, the American-bred, British-trained filly ran six times in a career that lasted from…
James Aren Duckett, died aged 68
James Aren Duckett, an American convicted child murderer and sex offender, died on July 28, 2026, at age 68, after being executed by lethal injection in Florida. Duckett was a…
Death of Aviezer Yaari at age 96
Aviezer Yaari, an Israeli general, died on July 27, 2026, aged 96. Yaari ended his Israel Defense Forces service at the rank of major general and served in military intelligence…
Aviezer Ya’ari passes away at age 96
Aviezer Ya'ari, an Israeli IDF general, died on July 27, 2026, aged 96. Born in Merhavia in 1930, he began his military career in 1948 and went on to serve…
Parvez Butt passes away at age 83
Parvez Butt, the Pakistani mechanical engineer who chaired the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission from 2001 to 2006, died on July 26, 2026, at the age of 83. Born in Gujranwala…
Vlasta Pavelcová obituary: died at age 94
Vlasta Pavelcová, a Czech ballerina and ballet master, died on July 26, 2026, aged 94. Born in Ostrava on August 14, 1931, she began attending Mistr Gabzdyl’s ballet studio at…
Death of Ian Wood at age 84
Ian Wood, the Scottish businessman who founded and led Wood Group, died on July 26, 2026. Born Ian Clark Wood in Aberdeen on July 21, 1942, he built the company…
Gilbert Kanyankore dies at age 72
Gilbert Kanyankore, a Rwandan football manager, died on July 25, 2026, at the age of 72. Born in 1954 in Butare, Rwanda, he fled to Burundi with his family as…
Ekaterina Verzilina dies at age 96
Ekaterina Verzilina, a Russian farmer leader and supervisor of the Ilyich Collective Farm in Lipetsk Oblast, died on July 25, 2026, aged 96. Born Ekaterina Sergeyevna Verzilina on December 5,…
Shanti Naidoo dies at 91
Shanti Naidoo, a South African anti-apartheid activist, died on July 24, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Pretoria on March 6, 1935, she was also known as Shantavothie,…
Death of Thomas Handgrätinger at age 83
Thomas Handgrätinger, a German priest and Catholic monk, died on July 24, 2026, at Kloster Windberg. Born in Ulm on March 4, 1943, he entered the Windberg monastery in 1963,…
Reg Chard dies at 102
Reginald James Chard, an Australian soldier, died on July 24, 2026, aged 102. Better known as Reg Chard, he served in the Kokoda Track campaign in New Guinea during World…
Death of Shanthie Naidoo at age 91
Shanthie Naidoo, a South African anti-apartheid activist and early African National Congress member, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 91. Born on March 6, 1935, in Pretoria…
Charles R. Hamm died at age 92
Charles R. Hamm, an American Air Force general and superintendent of the Air Force Academy, died on July 23, 2026, aged 92. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Hamm was…
Kōzō Okamoto passed away at age 78
Kōzō Okamoto, the Japanese Red Army militant responsible for the 1972 Lod Airport massacre, died on July 23, 2026. Born on December 7, 1947, in Ashikita, Japan, he was also…
Jean-Pierre Dorléac passed away at age 83
Jean-Pierre Dorléac, the French-born American costume designer whose work spanned film, television, theater, variety, opera and burlesque, died on July 23, 2026, aged 83. Born in Toulon, France, on April…