Obituary: Gabriel Ganley, dead at age 22
Gabriel Ganley died on May 23, 2026. He was a Brazilian bodybuilder and influencer. His death was noted by sources identifying him as 22 years old. Gabriel Ganley, 22, Brazilian…
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Death of Martin Šolc at age 77
Martin Šolc died on May 23, 2026. He was a Czech pedagogue and an expert in comet physics and the history of astronomy. His work was associated with teaching and…
Albert Wolsky dies at 95
Albert Wolsky, the French costume designer, died on May 23, 2026. He was 95. Wolsky was known for work in film and on stage, with a career that included costume…
Obituary: Eldon Coombe, dead at age 85
Eldon Coombe died on May 22, 2026. He was a Canadian curler. Tags Other, 22 May 2026, Canada, Coombe, Eldon, May 2026, May 22
Dick van de Kaa dies at age 93
Dick van de Kaa died on May 22, 2026. He was a Dutch demographer. Tags Other, 22 May 2026, Capricorn, Dick, Kaa, Netherlands, May 2026, May 22
Carl Schachter, died aged 93
Carl Schachter died on May 22, 2026. He was an American music theorist. Tags Other, 22 May 2026, America, Carl, Schachter, May 2026, May 22
George Wyndham death at age 36
George Wyndham died on May 22, 2026. He was a public figure. Tags Other, 22 May 2026, Aries, George, Wyndham, May 2026, May 22
Bob Andrews death at age 90
Bob Andrews, the English-New Zealand motorcycle speedway rider who competed for Wimbledon Dons, Cradley Heathens and the New Zealand national team, died on May 22, 2026, aged 90. Born in…
Israel Goodovitch dies at 92
Israel Goodovitch, an Israeli architect and urban designer, died on May 22, 2026. Born in Haifa in 1934, he studied architecture at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and…
Marjan Minnesma dead at age 59
Marjan Minnesma, a Dutch activist and founder of Urgenda, died on May 22, 2026, at age 59 after breast cancer. Born on October 28, 1966, in Wormerveer, Netherlands, she was…
Jonathan L. Foote passes away at age 90
Jonathan L. Foote, an American architect, died on May 22, 2026, of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 90. Foote's work was associated with the preservation movement in the United…
Liam Ferguson dies at 85
Liam Ferguson died on May 21, 2026. He was an Irish hurler. Tags Other, 21 May 2026, Ferguson, Ireland, Liam, May 2026, May 21
Death of Matthew Biggs at age 65
Matthew Biggs, the British radio personality best known for his work on Gardeners' Question Time, died on May 21, 2026, of cancer. He was 65. Biggs was a professional gardener…
Rafe Pomerance died at age 79
Rafe Pomerance, an American environmentalist, died on May 21, 2026, of lung cancer. He was 79. Pomerance was a Distinguished Senior Arctic Policy Fellow of the Woodwell Climate Research Center.…
John M. Fabian passes away at age 87
John M. Fabian, an American astronaut and Air Force officer, died on May 21, 2026, at age 87. Born John McCreary Fabian on January 28, 1939, in Goose Creek, Texas,…
Karl E. Weick has died at age 89
Karl E. Weick, the American organizational theorist who helped introduce the concepts of loose coupling, mindfulness and sensemaking into organizational studies, died on May 21, 2026. He was 89. Born…
John Huston Ricard obituary: died at age 86
John Huston Ricard, an American Roman Catholic prelate and bishop who led the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee from 1997 to 2007 and served as an auxiliary bishop of Baltimore from 1984…
Vadim Pokrovsky passes away at age 71
Vadim Pokrovsky died on May 20, 2026. He was a Russian epidemiologist. Tags Other, 20 May 2026, Capricorn, Pokrovsky, Russia, Vadim, May 20, May 2026
Death of François Potez at age 70
François Potez, a French Roman Catholic priest, died on May 20, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. Born in 1955, he entered the École navale and graduated in 1976, then served in…
Ladislav Jindra, died aged 104
Ladislav Jindra, a Czechoslovak-born American World War II veteran, died on May 20, 2026. He was known for his service during the war. No further details were immediately available. Ladislav…
Lage Tedenby died at age 88
Lage Tedenby died on May 18, 2026. He was a Swedish Olympic steeplechaser. Tags Other, 18 May 2026, Gemini, Lage, Sweden, Tedenby, May 18, May 2026
Ole Nydahl died at age 85
Ole Nydahl, the Danish lama known for providing Mahamudra teachings in the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, died on May 18, 2026, at age 85. Born in Copenhagen on…
Death of Patriotic Kenny at age 84
Patriotic Kenny, an American veteran and social media personality, died on May 18, 2026, at age 84 of lung cancer and congestive heart failure. Born Kenneth Jary on January 29,…
Michael M. May passes away at age 100
Michael M. May died on May 17, 2026. He was the director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He was 100. Tags Other, 17 May 2026, Capricorn, May, Michael, May 17,…
Rob Schumacher dies at age 62
Rob Schumacher died May 17, 2026. He was an American photojournalist. Tags Other, 17 May 2026, America, Cancer, Rob, Schumacher, May 17, May 2026
Brenda Travis dies at age 81
Brenda Travis, an American civil rights campaigner, died on May 17, 2026. She was 81. Travis was an African American veteran of the Civil Rights Movement from McComb, Mississippi, whose…
Chris Williams dead at age 89
Chris Williams, an English-born Canadian bishop, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 89. Born John Christopher Richard Williams on May 22, 1936, he was educated at Manchester…
Albert Beckles dies at age 95
Albert Beckles, a Barbadian bodybuilder, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Barbados on July 14, 1930, he later immigrated to London and became a…
Ryan Porter dead at age 46
Ryan Porter, an American jazz trombonist, died on May 16, 2026, from injuries sustained in a traffic collision. He was 46. Based in Los Angeles, Porter was a founding member…
Ian Russell death at age 79
Ian Russell, a British folklorist whose work focused on singing traditions in the English Pennines, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on…
Death of Yahya Dehghanpour at age 85
Yahya Dehghanpour died on May 15, 2026. He was a public figure. Tags Other, 15 May 2026, Capricorn, Dehghanpour, Yahya, May 15, May 2026
Izz al-Din al-Haddad has died at age 55
Izz al-Din al-Haddad, a Palestinian Islamic militant and commander of Hamas in the Gaza Strip since 2025, died on May 15, 2026, in an airstrike. Also known by the nom…
Death of Telesphore George Mpundu at age 78
Telesphore George Mpundu, a Zambian Roman Catholic prelate and former Archbishop of Lusaka, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on May 21, 1947, in Kopeka,…
Dominic Su Haw Chiu dead at age 87
Dominic Su Haw Chiu, a Malaysian Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Sibu from 1987 to 2011, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Sibu,…
Obituary: Nelson Wang, dead at age 75
Nelson Wang, an Indian restaurateur and founder of China Garden in Mumbai’s Kemps Corner neighborhood, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 75 or 76. Born in Kolkata…
Brian Lindstrom died at age 65
Brian Lindstrom, an American documentary filmmaker, died on May 15, 2026, at age 65. He was associated with documentaries on addiction, incarceration, mental illness and police brutality. His films included…
Death of Godefroid Mukeng’a at age 95
Godefroid Mukeng'a Kalond, a Congolese Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Luiza from 1971 to 1997 and archbishop of Kananga from 1997 to 2006, died on May 14,…
Thomas E. Breidenthal dead at age 75
Thomas E. Breidenthal, an American Episcopal bishop, died on May 14, 2026, at age 75. He served as the ninth Bishop of Southern Ohio from 2007 to 2020. Born in…
Timmy dead
Timmy, a humpback whale also known as Hope, died on May 14, 2026, when his body was discovered near the Danish island of Anholt. He had strayed into the Baltic…
Paul Boutilier passes away at age 63
Paul Boutilier, a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the New York Islanders, Winnipeg Jets and Boston Bruins, died on May 14, 2026. He was 63. Born…
Apollinaire Compaoré dies at age 72
Apollinaire Compaoré, a Burkinabè businessman, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 72. Born Apollinaire Timpiga Compaoré in Koassa on July 19, 1953, he grew up in a…
Pierre Mouallem obituary: died at age 96
Pierre Mouallem, the Israeli Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch who served as bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo from 1990 to 1998 and as archbishop of Akka from…
Boutros Mouallem obituary: died at age 98
Boutros Mouallem, Israeli Melkite Greek Catholic hierarch and bishop, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Eilabun, Galilee, in 1928, he was ordained a priest…
Hilda Farfante obituary: died at age 95
Hilda Farfante died on May 13, 2026. She was a Spanish teacher and activist. Tags Other, 13 May 2026, Cancer, Farfante, Hilda, Spain, May 13, May 2026
Dionisio Quintana dies at age 68
Dionisio Quintana, a Cuban javelin thrower and trainer, died on May 13, 2026. Born on October 9, 1957, Quintana competed for Cuba in javelin during the 1970s and 1980s. He…
Obituary: Mike Salisbury, dead at age 84
Mike Salisbury, the British filmmaker, died on May 13, 2026, aged 84. Born John Michael Salisbury in March 1942 in England, he was an English documentary filmmaker who specialised in…
Geoff Wadge, died aged 76
Geoff Wadge died on May 12, 2026. He was a British volcanologist. Tags Other, 12 May 2026, Britain, Geoff, Virgo, Wadge, May 12, May 2026
Obituary: Albrecht Weinberg, dead at age 101
Albrecht Weinberg died on May 12, 2026. Albrecht Weinberg [de], 101, German Holocaust survivor. (death announced on this date) Tags Other, 12 May 2026, Albrecht, Germany, Weinberg, 2026-05-12, May 12,…
Jean Bonfils has died at age 96
Jean Bonfils, the French Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Viviers from 1992 to 1998 and bishop of Nice from 1998 to 2005, died on May 12, 2026,…
Anna Wagner, died aged 111
Anna Wagner died on May 12, 2026. She was an Austrian supercentenarian. Anna Wagner [de], 111, Austrian supercentenarian. Tags Other, 12 May 2026, Anna, Austria, Wagner, 2026-05-12, May 12, May…
Death of Emil Paul Tscherrig at age 79
Emil Paul Tscherrig, Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Unterems, Switzerland, on 3 February 1947, he was ordained a priest…
Dovid Shmidel died at age 92
Dovid Shmidel, the Israeli rabbi who chaired Asra Kadisha, died on May 11, 2026, at the age of 92. Also spelled Dovid Schmidel, he was born in Vienna, Austria, on…
Xuong Nguyen-Huu has died at age 92
Xuong Nguyen-Huu, an American biochemist, died on May 11, 2026. He was born in Vietnam and became known as a pioneer of protein crystallography technology. His research focused on developing…
Obituary: Cyril Simard, dead at age 88
Cyril Simard, a Canadian architect and ethnologist, died May 10, 2026. Cyril Simard [fr], 88, Canadian architect and ethnologist. Tags Other, 10 May 2026, Canada, Cyril, Simard, 2026-05-10, May 10,…
Michael Sefi dead at age 82
Michael Sefi, a British philatelist and former Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection, died on May 9, 2026, aged 82. Born in London on December 11, 1943, Michael Richard Sefi…
René Claude Meka passed away at age 87
René Claude Meka, Cameroonian officer and chief of staff of the Cameroon Armed Forces since 2001, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on February 2,…
Philippe Mpay passed away at age 86
Philippe Mpay, a Cameroonian army officer who rose to the rank of major general, died on May 9, 2026, in Yaoundé, Cameroon, at the age of 86 or 87. Born…
Bruno Bischofberger dies at age 86
Bruno Bischofberger, the Swiss art dealer and collector who became one of the most influential figures in postwar art, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 86. Born…
Jean-Clément Jeanbart passed away at age 83
Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Syrian Melkite Catholic hierarch and archbishop of Aleppo from 1995 to 2021, died on May 9, 2026, in Paris, France, at the age of 83. Born in Aleppo…
Maurice Freund dies at age 82
Maurice Freund, a French tourism personality and entrepreneur associated with Point Air, died on May 9, 2026, at age 82. He was known for writing about his travels and sustainable…
Kapila Chandrasena dead, former CEO of SriLankan Airlines, Mihin Lanka and Mobitel
Kapila Chandrasena, a Sri Lankan businessman and former chief executive of SriLankan Airlines, Mihin Lanka and Mobitel, died on May 8, 2026. He was a Sri Lankan airline and telecommunications…
Nicola Colombo dies at 57
Nicola Colombo, an Italian football executive and businessman who was chairman of Monza from 2015 to 2018, died on May 8, 2026, at the age of 57. He was born…
Auroras Encore dies at age 23
Auroras Encore, the Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2013 Grand National, died on May 8, 2026. Foaled on March 10, 2002, he raced from February 2007 to January…
Kiara St. James passed away at age 52
Kiara St. James, an American transgender activist, died on May 8, 2026. She was an African-American transgender activist and the co-founder and executive director of the New York Transgender Advocacy…
Joe Sedelmaier passed away at age 92
Joe Sedelmaier, an American television advertising director, died on May 8, 2026. He was 92. Born John Josef Sedelmaier on May 31, 1933, he worked in television advertising and was…
Åke Axelsson death at age 94
Åke Axelsson, the Swedish interior designer and interior decorator, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Urshult on February 25, 1932, he developed an early…
Eugenio Binini has died at age 91
Eugenio Binini, an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello from 1983 to 1991 and bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli from 1991 to 2010, died on May 7, 2026, at…
Friedrich Seifert dies at 84
Friedrich Seifert, the German mineralogist and geophysicist, died on May 7, 2026. He was 84. Seifert was the founding director of the Bayerisches Geoinstitut at the University of Bayreuth. Born…
Death of Jaime Aparicio at age 96
Jaime Aparicio, a Colombian Olympic hurdler, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Lima on August 17, 1929, Jaime Ignacio Aparicio Rodewaldt competed for Colombia…
Michael J. Bransfield passes away at age 82
Michael J. Bransfield, an American Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Wheeling-Charleston from 2004 to 2018, died on May 7, 2026, at age 82. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,…
Wang Yongguo death at age 87
Wang Yongguo, a Chinese vice admiral who commanded the South Sea Fleet from 1994 to 2002, died on May 7, 2026. He was 87. Born in November 1938 in Buliu,…
Harold K. Brown passes away at age 92
Harold K. Brown, an American civil rights leader, died on May 6, 2026. He was 92. Brown worked in San Diego, California, where he graduated from San Diego State University…
Mert Lawwill died at age 85
Mert Lawwill, an American motorcycle racer, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Boise, Idaho, on September 25, 1940, he competed in the AMA Grand…
Terje Haugland obituary: died at age 82
Terje Haugland, the Norwegian long jumper, died on May 5, 2026. Born in Haugesund on April 11, 1944, he competed for Norway in the long jump and finished eleventh at…
Viktor Kuzmenko Ukrainian rescuer, Hero of Ukraine dies
Viktor Kuzmenko died on May 5, 2026. He was a Ukrainian rescuer and was named a Hero of Ukraine in 2025. Viktor Kuzmenko, Ukrainian rescuer, Hero of Ukraine (2025). Tags…
Obituary: Kyle Loftis, dead at age 43
Kyle Loftis, an American media producer, entrepreneur, and internet personality, died on May 5, 2026, at age 43. He was the founder of 1320Video, an automotive media brand known for…
Kazuhiro Ninomiya dies at age 79
Kazuhiro Ninomiya, a Japanese judoka, died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Fukuoka, Japan, on November 28, 1946, he competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics…
John Sterling died at age 87
John Sterling, the American sportscaster best known for his work with the New York Yankees, died on May 4, 2026, of heart failure. He was 87. Born John Sloss in…
Stein Erik Hagen death at age 69
Stein Erik Hagen, Norwegian businessman and founder of the Rimi discount store chain, died on May 4, 2026, after cardiac arrest. He was 69. Hagen was chairman of Orkla and…
Hicham Fi Aridha Algerian YouTuber dies
Hicham Fi Aridha died on May 4, 2026. He was an Algerian YouTuber. Hicham Fi Aridha, Algerian YouTuber. Tags Other, 04 May 2026, Aridha, Hicham, 2026-05-04, May 2026, May 4
Hicham fil Aridha Algerian YouTuber dies
Hicham fil Aridha died on May 4, 2026. He was an Algerian YouTuber. Hicham fil Aridha, Algerian YouTuber. Tags Other, 04 May 2026, Aridha, Hicham, 2026-05-04, May 2026, May 4
Miguel Ángel J. Márquez Ruiz dead at age 83
Miguel Ángel J. Márquez Ruiz, a Mexican veterinarian, died on May 4, 2026. He was a veterinarian with more than 50 years of professional practice and received international recognition for…
Nelson Martínez Rust dies at 81
Nelson Martínez Rust, a Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of Valencia in Venezuela from 1982 to 1992 and bishop of San Felipe from 1992 to 2016,…
Alain Marchadour dies at age 88
Alain Marchadour, a French Roman Catholic priest and exegetist, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 88. Born on November 13, 1937, in Brittany, France, he joined the…
Stanislav Petrov passed away at age 87
Stanislav Petrov died on May 2, 2026, in an apparent suicide. He was a Russian military officer and served as chief of the Russian NBC Protection Troops from 1992 to…
Doris F. Fisher dead at age 94
Doris F. Fisher, the American businesswoman who co-founded Gap Inc., died on May 2, 2026. She was 94. Fisher, born Doris Lee Feigenbaum on August 23, 1931, in San Francisco,…
John MacDonald has died at age 88
John MacDonald, the British major general and former Royal Corps of Transport officer who also represented Scotland as a rugby union international, died on May 2, 2026, aged 88. Born…
Dominique Soltner dies at 89
Dominique Soltner, the French agronomic engineer, died on May 2, 2026. Born on October 1, 1936, he wrote and published books on agronomy intended for agricultural education. In 1978, he…
Farhan Hassan Al-Mansour dead
Farhan Hassan Al-Mansour died on May 1, 2026. He was a public figure. Tags Other, 01 May 2026, Farhan, Al-Mansour, May 1, May 2026
Death of Greg Hyman at age 78
Greg Hyman, an American inventor and co-creator of Tickle Me Elmo, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Greg Eaton Hyman on June 25, 1947, in…
René Henry Gracida obituary: died at age 102
René Henry Gracida, an American Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Corpus Christi from 1983 to 1997 and of Pensacola–Tallahassee from 1975 to 1983, died on May 1, 2026. He…
Stephen Greene has died at age 81
Stephen Greene, Irish hurler, died on May 1, 2026, aged 81. Born in Waterford in 1944, he played at club level with Mount Sion and at inter-county level with the…
Antonio Arcari, died aged 72
Antonio Arcari, the Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as apostolic nuncio to Honduras from 2003 to 2008, Mozambique from 2008 to 2014, and Costa Rica from 2014 to 2019,…
Audrey Beth Davis death at age 82
Audrey Beth Davis, an American entertainment publicist, died May 1, 2026. Audrey Beth Davis, 82, American entertainment publicist. Tags Other, 01 May 2026, America, Audrey, Davis, 2026-05-01, May 1, May…
Kumanjayi Little Baby dead at age 5
Kumanjayi Little Baby, an Australian Aboriginal child, died on April 30, 2026, aged 5. Known posthumously by that name for cultural reasons, the five-year-old girl had been abducted from one…
Milia Maroun dead
Milia Maroun died on April 30, 2026. Tags Other, 30 April 2026, Lebanon, Maroun, Milia, April 2026, April 30
Richard Neutze, died aged 56
Richard Neutze died on April 28, 2026. Tags Other, 28 April 2026, Neutze, Richard, April 2026, April 28, New Zealand
Denys Overholser has died at age 86
Denys Overholser died on April 28, 2026. No cause of death was given. Tags Other, 28 April 2026, America, Denys, Overholser, April 2026, April 28
Cleetis Mack dead
Cleetis Mack, a member of the hip-hop group Digital Underground, died on April 28, 2026. Digital Underground was an American alternative hip-hop group from Oakland, California, formed in 1987 by…