Rainer Schwarz dies at 59
Rainer Schwarz, an Austrian-born, US-based chef, died April 6, 2026. Rainer Schwarz, 59, Austrian-born, US-based chef. Tags Other, 06 April 2026, Austria, Rainer, Schwarz, 2026-04-06, April 2026, April 6
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Yazdan Mir Iranian intelligence operative, commander of Unit 840, airstrike dies
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…
Edward R. Murphy passed away at age 88
Edward R. Murphy died on April 5, 2026. He was a U.S. Navy officer. Tags Other, 05 April 2026, America, Edward, Murphy, April 2026, April 5
Chen Lihua has died at age 85
Chen Lihua, a Chinese property developer, died on April 5, 2026. Chen Lihua, 85, Chinese property developer. Tags Other, 05 April 2026, Chen, China, Lihua, 2026-04-05, April 2026, April 5
Mario Enrique Ríos Montt dies at 94
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. Mario Enrique Ríos…
Tim Slessor obituary: died at age 95
Tim Slessor died on April 5, 2026. He was a British documentarian. Tim Slessor, 95, British documentarian. Tags Other, 05 April 2026, Britain, Slessor, Tim, 2026-04-05, April 2026, April 5
Adriano Goldschmied dead at age 81
Adriano Goldschmied died on April 5, 2026. He was an Italian fashion designer. Adriano Goldschmied, 81–82, Italian fashion designer. Tags Other, 05 April 2026, Adriano, Goldschmied, Italy, 2026-04-05, April 2026,…
Carl Anthony dies at age 87
Carl Anthony died on April 4, 2026. Tags Other, 04 April 2026, America, Anthony, Carl, April 2026, April 4
Makram Azimi Iranian missile commander, airstrike dies
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. Makram Azimi,…
Ricardo Ortiz has died at age 51
Ricardo Ortiz, a Spanish bullfighter, died on April 3, 2026. Ricardo Ortiz [fr], 51, Spanish bullfighter. Tags Other, 03 April 2026, Ortiz, Ricardo, Spain, 2026-04-03, April 2026, April 3
Borys Zimenkovskyi has died at age 85
Borys Zimenkovskyi, a Ukrainian pharmacist, died on April 3, 2026. Borys Zimenkovskyi [uk], 85, Ukrainian pharmacist. Tags Other, 03 April 2026, Borys, Ukraine, Zimenkovskyi, 2026-04-03, April 2026, April 3
Terry Schreiber died at age 89
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…
Tariq al-Sawah dies at 68
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…
Nick Savva dies at age 91
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…
Yoshihisa Kishimoto, died aged 64
Yoshihisa Kishimoto, a Japanese video game developer, died on April 2, 2026. Yoshihisa Kishimoto, 64, Japanese video game developer. Tags Other, 02 April 2026, Japan, Kishimoto, Yoshihisa, 2026-04-02, April 2,…
Tahir Jalil Habbush, died aged 75
Tahir Jalil Habbush, an Iraqi intelligence official who served as director of the Iraqi Intelligence Service from 1995 to 2003, died on April 2, 2026, in Erbil, Iraq, at the…
Oleh Avdieiev has died at age 52
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…
Francisco Holgado died at age 82
Francisco Holgado, a Spanish bank teller, died on April 1, 2026. Francisco Holgado [es], 82, Spanish bank teller. Tags Other, 01 April 2026, Francisco, Holgado, Spain, 2026-04-01, April 1, April…
Peter Kuh obituary: died at age 74
Peter Kuh died on April 1, 2026. Peter Kuh, 74, American-born British furniture maker. (death announced on this date) Tags Other, 01 April 2026, America, Britain, Kuh, Peter, 2026-04-01, April…
Death of Jamshid Eshaghi at age 64
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…
Juan Maeso, died aged 84
Juan Maeso, a Spanish anaesthetist and convicted criminal, died on March 30, 2026. He was sentenced to 1,933 years in prison for infecting hundreds of patients with hepatitis C after…
Christopher Haskins, died aged 88
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…
Claudio Bordignon passes away at age 75
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…
Ben Stevenson dies at age 89
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…
Karsten Wettberg obituary: died at age 84
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…
Vijaypat Singhania died at age 87
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…
Hank Nichols obituary: died at age 89
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…
Doug Irwin, died aged 76
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…
William Murphy dead at age 85
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…
Alireza Tangsiri passes away at age 63
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…
Dolors Lamarca passes away at age 82
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…
Burchell McPherson has died at age 74
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…
Imre Taveter dies at age 58
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,…
József Varró obituary: died at age 82
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…
Loana Petrucciani, died aged 48
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…
Western Dreamer dead at age 32
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.…
Jerome Dhas Varuvel dead at age 74
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…
Mai Murdmaa obituary: died at age 87
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…
Phạm Minh Mẫn passes away at age 92
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…
Jeff Smith, died aged 91
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,…
Nigel Cayzer obituary: died at age 71
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.…
Timeline of the 2026 Iran war Iranian Basij Shiraz commander, airstrike dies
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,…
Madhumita Raut dead at age 59
Madhumita Raut, an Indian Odissi classical dancer, died on March 20, 2026, after cardiac arrest. She was the daughter of Mamta Khuntia and Mayadhar Raut, who contributed to the revival…
Leonid Radvinsky has died at age 43
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,…
Obituary: Vladimir Shumny, dead at age 92
Vladimir Shumny, a Russian geneticist, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 92. Vladimir Konstantinovich Shumny was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Academia Europaea,…
Filaret Denysenko death at age 97
Filaret Denysenko, a Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch and patriarch of Kyiv since 1995, died on March 20, 2026. Born Mykhailo Antonovych Denysenko on January 23, 1929, he served as the primate…
Death of Raivo Mänd at age 71
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…
Chris Athens Mastering engineer dies
Chris Athens, an American mastering engineer, died on March 19, 2026. He began his career at Sony Music Studios in New York in the mid-1990s and worked there until 1998,…
Obituary: Rick Young, dead at age 92
Rick Young, an American Hall of Fame bullfighter and rodeo clown, died on March 19, 2026. Known as “The Ragin’ Cajun,” he worked for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and…
Linas Banys obituary: died at age 27
Linas Banys, a Lithuanian biathlete who competed at the Biathlon World Cup, died in Invalid Date. He was 27. Born in Anykščiai, Lithuania, on 6 April 1998, Banys was shortlisted…
Péter Halász passed away at age 86
Péter Halász, a Hungarian agricultural engineer and ethnographer, died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on October 28, 1939, in Budapest, Hungary, he was a recipient…
Houston McKelvey died at age 83
Houston McKelvey, an Irish priest and former Dean of Belfast, died on March 19, 2026, aged 83. Born in Muckamore on September 3, 1942, he was educated at the Royal…
Mike Melvill, died aged 85
Mike Melvill, a South African test pilot and one of the pilots of SpaceShipOne, died on March 19, 2026, at age 85. Born Michael Winston Melvill in Johannesburg, South Africa,…
Death of Vincenzo C. Vannicola at age 93
Vincenzo C. Vannicola, an American electrical engineer, died on March 19, 2026. Born Vincent Christopher Vannicola in New Haven, Connecticut, on September 8, 1932, he graduated from Wilbur Cross High…
Raymond L. Ethington, died aged 96
Raymond L. Ethington, an American paleontologist, died on March 18, 2026. He worked in the Geology department at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Born in State Center, Iowa,…
Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati dies at age 93
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ebrahim Jannaati, an Iranian Twelver Shia marja, died on March 18, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Shahrood, Persia, in 1933, he studied in the…
Timeline of the Gaza war Palestinian militant, senior field commander of the Khan Younis brigade di…
[Name not provided], a Palestinian militant and senior field commander of the Khan Younis brigade, died on March 17, 2026. The death was noted in the context of the Gaza…
Ilia II of Georgia died at age 93
Ilia II of Georgia, the Georgian Orthodox hierarch who served as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia since 1977, died on March 17, 2026, at age 93. Born Irakli Gudushauri-Shiolashvili on January…
Shoshana Strook, died aged 34
Shoshana Strook, an Israeli activist, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 35. She was known for public allegations of abuse against MK Orit Strook and for advocacy…
John A. Shaud passes away at age 92
John A. Shaud, an American Air Force general who served as chief of staff of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe from 1988 to 1991, died on March 13, 2026,…
Daniel Amey obituary: died at age 84
Daniel Amey, an American application engineer, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Daniel Irwin Amey Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 25, 1941, he attended…
Obituary: Kendall Myers, dead at age 88
Kendall Myers, an American convicted spy and former U.S. State Department employee, died on March 12, 2026. He was arrested with his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, on June 4, 2009,…
Jan Holmlund passes away at age 68
Jan Holmlund, a Swedish ski jumper who competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics, died on March 11, 2026, at the age of 68. Born in Gällivare on March 29, 1957,…
Richard Menschel dies at age 92
Richard Menschel, an American investment banker and senior director of Goldman Sachs, died on March 4, 2026, at age 92. He was also an art collector and philanthropist. Through the…
Toshikazu Kawasaki passed away at age 70
Toshikazu Kawasaki, a Japanese paperfolder and origami theorist, died on March 3, 2026. He was known for geometrically innovative models, especially his series of fourfold symmetry "roses," which used a…
Obituary: Danièle Sicot-Coulon, dead at age 90
Danièle Sicot-Coulon, a French gymnast, died on March 3, 2026. Born in Châteaudun, France, on March 24, 1935, she competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.…
Obituary: Atelier Kempe Thill, dead at age 55
Atelier Kempe Thill, the Rotterdam-based Dutch architectural firm founded in 2000 by German architects André Kempe and Oliver Thill, died on March 1, 2026. Both founders were born in East…
Andrzej Gąsienica-Józkowy dies at 79
Andrzej Gąsienica-Józkowy, a Polish mountain rescuer, died on February 28, 2026. Born in Zakopane in 1946, he became a candidate for a rescuer of the Tatra Group GOPR in 1969…
2026 Port Shuaiba drone attack, died aged 35
The 2026 Port Shuaiba drone attack, an American Army reserve captain, died on February 28, 2026, after an Iranian one-way attack drone struck a tactical operations center at Port Shuaiba…
Bjarte Baasland died at age 51
Bjarte Baasland, a Norwegian businessman and convicted fraudster, died on February 26, 2026, at the age of 51. Born in Norway on March 5, 1974, he became widely known in…
Stig Millehaugen death at age 56
Norwegian criminal Died on Thursday January 29th 2026
Raúl Guglielminetti has died at age 84
Argentine intelligence officer and convicted criminal (Batallón de Inteligencia 601) Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026
Ali Ardestani obituary: died at age -1
Iranian man convicted of spying for Mossad Died on Monday January 12th 2026
Aldrich Ames has died at age 84
American former counterintelligence officer (CIA) and convicted spy Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026
Bevan Spencer dies at age 79
Australian convicted child murderer Died on Friday December 5th 2025
Stephen Corey dies at age 44
American convicted spree killer Died on Friday November 14th 2025
Faruk Fatih dies at 31
Turkish cryptocurrency trader and convicted fraudster Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Death of Robert Mailman at age 77
Canadian wrongfully convicted prisoner Died on Monday October 13th 2025
Babak Shahbazi dies at -1
Iranian convicted of selling security information to Mossad Died on Sunday September 21st 2025
Death of Brigitte Asdonk at age 77
German political activist and convicted criminal Died on Friday September 19th 2025
Charlie Kirk passed away at age 31
Charlie Kirk, a political activist and conservative media personality, died on September 10, 2025, aged 31. He co-founded Turning Point USA in 2012 and served as its executive director, helping…
Ladislav Winkelbauer dies at age 66
Czech murderer Died on Sunday August 31st 2025
Akinwale Arobieke dies at 64
British convicted criminal Died on Sunday August 31st 2025
Lucia de obituary: died at age 63
Dutch wrongly convicted murder Died on Friday August 29th 2025
Purple Aki passes away at age 64
British convicted criminal Died on Wednesday August 27th 2025
Death of Joseph Czuba at age 73
American murderer (Wadee Alfayoumi) Died on Saturday July 26th 2025
Obituary: Bradley John, dead at age 67
Australian murderer Died on Tuesday July 15th 2025
Clark Olofsson died at age 78
Swedish criminal. Died on Thursday June 26th 2025
Adel Dridi, died aged -1
Tunisian businessman and convicted criminal Died on Friday April 18th 2025
Héctor Pedro death at age 81
Argentine military officer and convicted criminal Died on Sunday April 13th 2025
Death of Mikal Mahdi at age 42
American convicted spree killer Died on Friday April 11th 2025
Keith Bakker, died aged 64
American-Dutch mental health practitioner and convicted criminal Died on Tuesday April 8th 2025
Julio Simón obituary: died at age 84
Argentine police officer and convicted criminal Died on Tuesday March 25th 2025
Salvatore Aquino dies at age 80
Italian organized criminal Died on Friday February 28th 2025
Kjell Alrich passes away at age 58
Norwegian convicted robber and murderer Died on Thursday February 27th 2025
Death of Andrew Lester at age 86
American criminal Died on Wednesday February 19th 2025
Obituary: Gerald Ridsdale, dead at age 90
Australian Roman Catholic priest and convicted sex offender Died on Tuesday February 18th 2025
Richard Lee dies at 46
American spree killer Died on Sunday February 16th 2025