Roger Sweet, died aged 91
Roger Sweet, the American toy designer who created He-Man, died on April 28, 2026, at age 91 from complications of dementia. Sweet was known as the lead designer in Mattel’s…
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Over 1,000 obituaries of famous dead other. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
George Dunn dies at age 103
George Dunn, a British Royal Air Force officer, died on April 28, 2026, at the age of 103. Born in Whitstable, Kent, on September 21, 1922, he joined the Royal…
Death of Depinder Singh at age 96
Depinder Singh, the Indian army lieutenant general who served as commander of the IPKF, died on April 28, 2026, at the age of 96. Lieutenant general Singh, who held the…
Aleksander Papiewski obituary: died at age 86
Aleksander Papiewski, a Polish football manager, died on April 27, 2026, aged 86. He was best known for guiding Śląsk Wrocław to second place in the 1977–78 Ekstraklasa, and his…
Jacques Cornu passed away at age 72
Jacques Cornu, the Swiss motorcycle racer who competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 72. Born on May 15, 1953, Cornu won…
Steve Maslow has died at age 81
Steve Maslow, an American sound mixer who won three Academy Awards for Best Sound, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 81, of cancer. He worked on more…
Obituary: Philip L. Roe, dead at age 87
Philip L. Roe died April 26, 2026. Tags Other, 26 April 2026, England, Philip, Roe, April 2026, April 26
Liam Browne died at age 89
Liam Browne died on April 26, 2026. Liam Browne, 89, Irish racehorse trainer. (death announced on this date) Tags Other, 26 April 2026, Browne, Ireland, Liam, 2026-04-26, April 2026, April…
Gérard Biguet died at age 79
Gérard Biguet, a French football referee, died on April 26, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Jarny on June 16, 1946, he served as a FIFA referee from…
Thomas Gayford obituary: died at age 97
Thomas Gayford, the Canadian equestrian and 1968 Olympic champion, died on April 26, 2026. Born in Toronto in 1928, Gayford competed for Canada in the 1952 and 1960 Olympics in…
Klaudia Zakrzewska, died aged 32
Klaudia Zakrzewska died on April 25, 2026, in a traffic collision. She was a British social media influencer. No further details were provided. Klaudia Zakrzewska, 32, British social media influencer,…
Valdis Ķuzis, died aged 81
Valdis Ķuzis died on April 24, 2026. Tags Other, 24 April 2026, Cancer, Latvia, Valdis, April 2026, April 24, Ķuzis
Obituary: Richard A. Robison, dead at age 93
Richard A. Robison died April 24, 2026. He was a paleontologist. Tags Other, 24 April 2026, America, Richard, Robison, April 2026, April 24
Tatsuo Sato dies at 61
Tatsuo Sato, a Japanese anime director known for works including Cat Soup, Martian Successor Nadesico and Bodacious Space Pirates, died on April 24, 2026, at age 61. Japanese media later…
Christina Scherling dies at age 85
Christina Scherling died on April 24, 2026. Tags Other, 24 April 2026, Cancer, Christina, Scherling, Sweden, April 2026, April 24
Tommy Nuñez obituary: died at age 88
Tommy Nuñez, an American basketball referee, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Santa Maria, California, on September 10, 1938, he was of Mexican American…
Josep Manuel Anglada has died at age 92
Josep Manuel Anglada, a Spanish mountaineer, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Barcelona on August 5, 1933, he was known by his full name,…
Bill Ind passed away at age 84
Bill Ind, the English Anglican bishop who served as bishop of Truro from 1997 to 2008, died on April 24, 2026. He was 84. Born on 26 March 1942, he…
Michal Donath obituary: died at age 77
Michal Donath, a Czech public relations expert, died on April 24, 2026. Michal Donath [cs], 77, Czech public relations expert. Tags Other, 24 April 2026, Czechia, Donath, Michal, 2026-04-24, April…
Jade Kops death at age 19
Jade Kops died on April 24, 2026, of rhabdomyosarcoma. Kops was a Dutch social media influencer and activist. The death was reported without further details. Jade Kops, 19, Dutch social…
Obituary: Gordon Ingate, dead at age 100
Gordon Ingate, an Australian Olympic sailor who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 100. Born Gordon Wilson Ingate on March 29,…
George Young obituary: died at age 88
George Young died on April 23, 2026. He was a saxophonist. Tags Other, 23 April 2026, America, George, Young, April 2026, April 23
Nancy Cox passes away at age 77
Nancy Cox, an American virologist and former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Influenza Division, died on April 23, 2026, at age 77. Cox, who was born…
Claude Bessy died at age 93
Claude Bessy, the French ballerina who served as ballet master of the Paris Opera Ballet and later directed the Paris Opera Ballet School, died on April 23, 2026, at age…
Death of Ellie Rodríguez at age 79
Ellie Rodríguez, a Puerto Rican baseball catcher, died on April 23, 2026, at age 79. Born Eliseo Rodríguez Delgado on May 24, 1946, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, he moved with…
Richard P. Simmons died at age 94
Richard P. Simmons, an American metallurgist, industrialist and philanthropist, died on April 23, 2026. He was 94. Simmons was born on May 3, 1931, and attended the Massachusetts Institute of…
Will Stanhope dies at age 39
Will Stanhope, a Canadian rock climber and professional rock guide, died on April 23, 2026, after a climbing accident in which his protection failed and he took a ground fall.…
Suresh Harilal Soni death at age 81
Suresh Harilal Soni, an Indian social worker and Padma Shri winner (2025), died on April 23, 2026, at the age of 81. He worked for the welfare and rehabilitation of…
Darrell Sheets dies at age 67
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…
José Ulises Macías Salcedo dies at 85
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…
Paul Tawiah Quaye died at age 73
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. Paul Tawiah Quaye, 73, Ghanaian…
Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans passed away at age 87
Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans, a British aristocrat and hereditary peer, died on April 22, 2026. Born on January 19, 1939, he was styled Earl of Burford from…
Death of Acharya Chandana at age 89
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…
Anthony Chivers death at age 89
Anthony Chivers died on April 21, 2026. He was a sport shooter. Tags Other, 21 April 2026, Anthony, Britain, Cancer, Chivers, April 2026, April 21
Death of Tadeusz Cichocki at age 89
Tadeusz Cichocki, a Polish histologist who served as rector of the Medical Academy in Kraków from 1987 until 1990, died on April 21, 2026. He was 89. Born in Będzin…
Henry J. Mansell death at age 88
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…
Dean Buntrock has died at age 94
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…
Florian Schneeberger dies at 55
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…
Tim Thorn obituary: died at age 83
Tim Thorn died on April 19, 2026. Tags Other, 19 April 2026, Britain, Cancer, Thorn, Tim, April 19, April 2026
Primo Franchini passed away at age 84
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…
Death of Viktor Zaidenberg at age 76
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. Viktor…
Aleksey Lelin dies at age 48
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…
María Nieves passed away at age 91
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…
Vuokko Nurmesniemi obituary: died at age 96
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…
Lize van der Walt dead at age 60
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…
Estelle Asmodelle obituary: died at age 61
Estelle Asmodelle died on April 18, 2026. No cause of death was stated. Tags Other, 18 April 2026, Asmodelle, Australia, Estelle, April 18, April 2026
Nayato Fio Nuala died at age 58
Nayato Fio Nuala, an Indonesian director, died on April 18, 2026. Nayato Fio Nuala [id], 58, Indonesian director. Tags Other, 18 April 2026, Indonesia, Nayato, Nuala, 2026-04-18, April 18, April…
John Hockridge passes away at age 79
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." John…
Obituary: Joaquim Granger, dead at age 97
Joaquim Granger died on April 17, 2026. He was a Portuguese Olympic gymnast, having competed in 1952. Joaquim Granger, 97, Portuguese Olympic gymnast (1952). Tags Other, 17 April 2026, Granger,…
Avelina Besolí Bacó dead at age 106
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. Avelina Besolí Bacó, 106,…
Jacqueline Rayet dies at 92
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…
Percy O’Driscoll dies at age 91
Percy O'Driscoll, the Canadian Anglican bishop who served as bishop of Huron from 1990 to 2000 and as metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario from 1993 to 2000, died…
Ernie Dosio died at age 75
Ernie Dosio died on April 17, 2026. Ernie Dosio, 75, American trophy hunter, trampled by elephants Tags Other, 17 April 2026, America, Dosio, Ernie, 2026-04-17, April 17, April 2026
Leigh Magar has died at age 57
Leigh Magar, an American milliner and owner of Magar Hatworks, died on April 16, 2026, aged 57. Based in Charleston, South Carolina, she built a career making custom hats that…
Obituary: Frederick William Ratcliffe, dead at age 98
Frederick William Ratcliffe died on April 16, 2026. Tags Other, 16 April 2026, Britain, Frederick, Ratcliffe, April 16, April 2026
Bradley R. Straatsma dead at age 98
Bradley R. Straatsma died on April 16, 2026. Tags Other, 16 April 2026, America, Bradley, Straatsma, April 16, April 2026
Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez passed away at age 84
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,…
André Bernard died at age 90
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…
Cerina Fairfax Former second lady of Virginia, murdered by husband dies
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…
Death of Peter Aldington at age 93
Peter Aldington died on April 15, 2026. He was an architect. Tags Other, 15 April 2026, Aldington, Britain, Peter, April 15, April 2026
Carolina Flores Gómez, died aged 27
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…
Daniel Grataloup obituary: died at age 88
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…
Ned New Zealand snail dies
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,…
Kazuo Ebisawa death at age 72
Kazuo Ebisawa died on April 14, 2026. Tags Other, 14 April 2026, Ebisawa, Japan, Kazuo, April 14, April 2026
Edmar de Salles has died at age 97
Edmar de Salles, a Brazilian Olympic sport shooter, died on April 14, 2026, aged 97. He was born on June 15, 1928, and competed in two events at the 1968…
Obituary: Hans Wagner, dead at age 76
Hans Wagner died on April 14, 2026. He was a German Olympic bobsledder. Tags Other, 14 April 2026, Cancer, Germany, Hans, Wagner, April 14, April 2026
Wolfgang Zuckschwerdt has died at age 76
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)…
Drago Šoštarić has died at age 83
Drago Šoštarić died on April 13, 2026. He was a Slovenian Olympic gymnast. Drago Šoštarić, 83, Slovenian Olympic gymnast. Tags Other, 13 April 2026, Drago, Slovenia, 2026-04-13, April 13, April…
Magsud Mammadov has died at age 96
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…
Benjamín Castillo Plascencia, died aged 80
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…
Feng Yufang has died at age 63
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…
Cees Dam has died at age 93
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,…
Leo Nowak dead at age 97
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,…
Bob Hall has died at age 74
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,…
Obituary: Tom H. John, dead at age 95
Tom H. John died on April 11, 2026. Tags Other, 11 April 2026, America, John, Tom, April 11, April 2026
Death of Vija Vētra at age 103
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…
Peter Lynn dead at age 79
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…
Harry Kim dead at age 74
Harry Kim died on April 10, 2026. He was a trumpeter. Tags Other, 10 April 2026, America, Harry, Kim, April 10, April 2026
Miroslav Jakeš has died at age 75
Miroslav Jakeš died on April 10, 2026. Miroslav Jakeš [cs], 75, Czech polar explorer, fall. (death announced on this date) Tags Other, 10 April 2026, Czechia, Miroslav, 2026-04-10, April 10,…
Harry Kim dead at age 74
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…
William Edwin Franklin has died at age 95
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…
Peter Nworie Chukwu died at age 60
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…
Sonam Wangchuk dead at age 61
Sonam Wangchuk, an Indian army colonel, died on April 10, 2026, of a heart attack. Sonam Wangchuk, 61, Indian army colonel, heart attack. Tags Other, 10 April 2026, India, Sonam,…
Michael Paget-Wilkes passes away at age 74
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…
Erik Lallerstedt passed away at age 79
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…
Death of Koo Sze-yiu at age 80
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,"…
Obituary: Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, dead at age 77
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.…
Imrich Bugár has died at age 71
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…
Nancy Sheppard passed away at age 96
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…
Peter Rull Jr. obituary: died at age 80
Peter Rull Jr., a Hong Kong sports shooter, died on April 8, 2026. Born on November 23, 1945, he competed in the men's 50 metre rifle, prone event at the…
Obituary: Viktor Kravchenko, dead at age 84
Viktor Kravchenko died on April 7, 2026. Tags Other, 07 April 2026, Cancer, Kravchenko, Russia, Viktor, April 2026, April 7
Jim Whittaker passes away at age 97
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…
Adolf Scherwitzl died at age 87
Adolf Scherwitzl, an Austrian Olympic biathlete, died on April 7, 2026. Adolf Scherwitzl, 87, Austrian Olympic biathlete. Tags Other, 07 April 2026, Adolf, Austria, Scherwitzl, 2026-04-07, April 2026, April 7
Luciano Muratori death at age 72
Luciano Muratori, an Italian sound engineer, died on April 7, 2026. Tags Other, 07 April 2026, Aquarius, Italy, Luciano, Muratori, April 2026, April 7
Robert G. Gard Jr. dies at 98
Robert G. Gard Jr., a United States Army lieutenant general and former chairman of the board of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, died on April 6, 2026, at…
Helena Vovsová passes away at age 100
Helena Vovsová, a Czech resistance member, died on April 6, 2026, aged 100. Born in Prague on February 12, 1926, she came of age during the Nazi German occupation of…
Majid Khademi Iranian general and intelligence officer, head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization,…
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…
Nijaz Gracić dies at age 68
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. Nijaz Gracić, 68, Bosnian…
Gene Hooks, died aged 98
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…