Helge Mortensen obituary: died at age 84
Helge Mortensen died on April 28, 2026. He was a Danish politician who served as minister of transport from 1993 to 1994 and as a member of the Folketing from…
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Ange Édouard Poungui, died aged 84
Ange Édouard Poungui, a Congolese politician, died on April 28, 2026, at age 84. He served as Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville from August 7, 1984, to August 7, 1989, under…
Bill Grayden dies at 105
Bill Grayden, an Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1949 to 1954 and as a Western Australian Legislative Assembly member from 1947…
Donal Counihan dead at age 84
Donal Counihan died on April 27, 2026. Tags Politicians, 27 April 2026, Cancer, Counihan, Donal, Ireland, April 2026, April 27
Abu Kasenally has died at age 84
Abu Kasenally, a Mauritian politician and physician who served as an MP from 2005 to 2014, died on April 27, 2026. Born on August 10, 1941, in Rivière du Rempart,…
Daniele Roscia has died at age 72
Daniele Roscia died on April 27, 2026. He was an Italian politician and served as a deputy from 1994 to 2001. Daniele Roscia [it], 72, Italian politician, deputy (1994–2001). Tags…
Death of Luciana Novaes at age 42
Luciana Novaes, a Brazilian social worker, politician and Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman, died on April 27, 2026. She was 42. Novaes was affiliated with the Workers' Party (PT) and…
Peter Morris died at age 93
Peter Morris, the Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1998 and as minister of transport from 1983 to 1987, died on…
Vladimir Grachev, died aged 84
Vladimir Grachev, a Russian scientist and politician, died on April 26, 2026, at the age of 84. He was also an ecologist, a professor, and a corresponding member of the…
Raghu Rai died at age 83
Raghu Rai, an Indian photographer and photojournalist, died on April 26, 2026, in Delhi, India, at the age of 83, from cancer. He became a photographer in the mid-1960s and…
Jesse Crenshaw death at age 79
Jesse Crenshaw, an American politician and member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, died on April 26, 2026, at age 79. He served in the House for the 77th district…
Francisco Letamendia dies at age 82
Francisco Letamendia died on April 26, 2026. He was a Spanish Basque politician and lawyer known for his role in the Burgos trials. Letamendia served as a member of the…
Erroll Davis has died at age 81
Erroll Davis, an American politician and member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1971 to 1972, died on April 26, 2026. He was 81. Davis was born in Pittsburgh…
Ruby Duncan, died aged 93
Ruby Duncan, an American rights activist and advocate for low-income families and welfare rights in Las Vegas, Nevada, died on April 26, 2026, at age 93. Born Ruby Phillips Duncan…
Golam Sarwar Milon dead at age 69
Golam Sarwar Milon, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on April 26, 2026. Born in Dhaka on November 6, 1957, he was elected to parliament from Manikganj-4…
Sam Hunt died at age 83
Samuel Michael Hunt, an American politician and educator, died on April 26, 2026. He was 83. Born in Billings, Montana, on December 9, 1942, Hunt served in the Washington State…
Sadio Camara passed away at age 47
Sadio Camara, a Malian military officer, died on April 25, 2026, aged 47, after being shot in Kati, in Mali’s Koulikoro Region. He took part in the 2020 Malian coup…
Mircea Răceanu death at age 90
Mircea Răceanu, a Romanian-born American diplomat and political dissident, died on April 25, 2026, at age 90. Born Mircea Bernat on October 17, 1935, he was born in Văcărești Prison,…
Greet Prins death at age 72
Greet Prins died on April 25, 2026. She was a Dutch politician who served in the Senate from 2019 to 2025. Prins, born on January 5, 1954, was recognized as…
Obituary: Beng Chin Ooi, dead at age 64
Beng Chin Ooi, a Singaporean computer scientist, died on April 25, 2026. He was 64 or 65. Ooi was known for work on systems including GEOQL, BestPeer, Apache SINGA, BlockBench…
Obituary: Marilyn Hickey, dead at age 94
Marilyn Hickey, an American minister and televangelist, died on April 25, 2026, at age 94. Born Marilyn Allene Hickey on July 1, 1931, in Dalhart, Texas, she was the founder…
Death of Andrzej Olechowski at age 78
Andrzej Olechowski, the Polish politician who served as minister of finance in 1992 and minister of foreign affairs from 1993 to 1995, died on April 25, 2026, at the age…
James E. Carnes dies at age 84
James E. Carnes, an American politician and member of the Ohio Senate from 1995 to 2004, died on April 25, 2026, at age 84. Carnes represented Ohio’s 20th district, which…
Heidi Sørensen death at age 56
Heidi Sørensen died on April 25, 2026, of cancer. She was a Danish-Norwegian politician who served as a member of parliament from 2001 to 2007 and again from 2012 to…
Peter H. Raven, died aged 89
Peter H. Raven, an American botanist and environmentalist, died on April 25, 2026, at age 89. Raven was born in Shanghai, China, on June 13, 1936, to American parents. He…
Liz Conmy American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, plane crash dies
Liz Conmy, an American politician and member of the North Dakota House of Representatives since 2022, died on April 25, 2026, in a plane crash. She represented the 11th district…
Jean-Yves Hugon death at age 76
Jean-Yves Hugon, French politician and deputy from 2002 to 2007, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Aurillac on May 16, 1949, he worked first…
Donald Riegle death at age 88
Donald Riegle, an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1976 and in the Senate from 1976 to 1995, died on April 24, 2026,…
G. A. Hardaway death at age 71
G. A. Hardaway, an American politician and member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, died on April 24, 2026, at the age of 71. Goffrey A. Hardaway Sr. was born…
Dirk Kempthorne passes away at age 74
Dirk Kempthorne, the American politician who served as Idaho governor from 1999 to 2006 and as U.S. secretary of the interior from 2006 to 2009, died on April 24, 2026,…
Obituary: Murray McBride, dead at age 90
Murray McBride died on April 23, 2026. Tags Politicians, 23 April 2026, Canada, Murray, April 2026, April 23, McBride
Rexhep Qosja dead at age 89
Rexhep Qosja, an Albanian writer and politician, died on April 23, 2026, at the age of 89. He was a novelist, poet, social critic, literary critic and professor at the…
Obituary: Łukasz Litewka, dead at age 36
Łukasz Litewka, a Polish sociologist and politician, died on April 23, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was 36. Born in Sosnowiec on May 9, 1989, he studied sociology at…
Kay Denman died at age 88
Kay Denman, an Australian politician and schoolteacher, died on April 23, 2026. She served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1993 to 2005, representing the Australian Labor Party. Before entering…
Renzo Travanut, died aged 80
Renzo Travanut, an Italian politician, died on April 23, 2026. Renzo Travanut [it], 80, Italian politician. Tags Politicians, 23 April 2026, Italy, Renzo, Travanut, 2026-04-23, April 2026, April 23
Death of Jean Pierre Biyiti bi Essam at age 76
Jean Pierre Biyiti bi Essam died on April 23, 2026. He was a Cameroonian politician and diplomat who served as ambassador to Israel from 2018 to 2025. Jean Pierre Biyiti…
Tajang Laing dies at 100
Tajang Laing died on April 23, 2026. He was a Malaysian Orang Ulu politician and served as a member of the Cobbold Commission. Laing also served in the Sarawak State…
Obituary: David Scott, dead at age 80
David Scott, an American politician and member of the House of Representatives since 2003, died on April 22, 2026, at age 80. He served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's…
Allan Hosie passed away at age 80
Allan Hosie, the Scottish rugby referee and former Scottish Rugby Union president, died on April 22, 2026, aged 80. He was the 116th president of the Scottish Rugby Union and…
Biagio De Giovanni passed away at age 94
Biagio De Giovanni, an Italian philosopher and politician, died on April 22, 2026. Biagio De Giovanni [it], 94, Italian philosopher and politician. Tags Politicians, Scientists, 22 April 2026, Biagio, Giovanni,…
Death of Mike Ohnstad at age 99
Mike Ohnstad, an American politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1973 to 1974, died on April 22, 2026. Born Michas Monroe Ohnstad in Hinckley, Minnesota, on…
N. Bhaskara Rao obituary: died at age 90
N. Bhaskara Rao, Indian politician and former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 90. He served as the 11th chief minister of…
Viktor Liashko, died aged 90
Viktor Liashko died on April 21, 2026. He was a Ukrainian politician and served as a member of parliament from 1990 to 1994. Viktor Liashko [uk], 90, Ukrainian politician, MP…
Robin Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 5th Baron Derwent passes away at age 95
Robin Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 5th Baron Derwent, a British hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords from 1986 to 1999, died on April 21, 2026. Born on October 30, 1930,…
Obituary: Gopalrao Patil, dead at age 94
Gopalrao Patil, an Indian politician and former Rajya Sabha member, died on April 21, 2026. He was 94. Patil was a Bharatiya Janata Party member and served as a member…
Death of Nikolai Romanov at age 76
Nikolai Romanov died on April 21, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was a Russian politician and served as mayor of Saratov from 2006 to 2007. The death was reported…
Carlos Mella passes away at age 95
Carlos Mella, a Spanish writer and politician, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 95. Born Xosé Carlos Mella Villar on August 13, 1930, in A Estrada, Spain,…
Mariano Baptista Gumucio obituary: died at age 92
Mariano Baptista Gumucio, a Bolivian politician and writer, died on April 21, 2026, in La Paz at the age of 92. Born in Cochabamba on December 11, 1933, he was…
Monica Azuba Ntege passes away at age 66
Monica Azuba Ntege, a Ugandan politician and engineer who served as minister of works and transport from 2016 to 2019, died on April 21, 2026. Born in about 1954 in…
Hussein Mohammed Hadi Al-Sadr dies at 81
Hussein Mohammed Hadi Al-Sadr, an Iraqi politician, died on April 21, 2026. Hussein Mohammed Hadi Al-Sadr [ar], 81, Iraqi politician. Tags Politicians, 21 April 2026, Hussein, Iraq, 2026-04-21, Al-Sadr, April…
José Honório East Timorese politician, minister of higher education, science and culture dies
José Honório, an East Timorese politician and minister of higher education, science and culture, died on April 21, 2026. Also known as José Honório da Costa Pereira Jerónimo, he was…
Lukas Mbadi Kaborang passes away at age 82
Lukas Mbadi Kaborang died on April 20, 2026. Tags Politicians, 20 April 2026, Cancer, Indonesia, Kaborang, Lukas, April 20, April 2026
Tony Worthington has died at age 84
Tony Worthington died on April 20, 2026. No cause of death was given. Tags Politicians, 20 April 2026, Britain, Cancer, Tony, Worthington, April 20, April 2026
Li Daoyu passed away at age 93
Li Daoyu, a Chinese diplomat and former ambassador to the United States from 1993 to 1998, died on April 20, 2026. He was 93. Born in Hefei, Anhui province, China,…
Obituary: Elisabeth Kirkby, dead at age 105
Elisabeth Kirkby, the Australian actress, politician and radio broadcaster known for Number 96, died on April 20, 2026, aged 105. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1921, she began her…
Luis Brandoni dies at age 86
Luis Brandoni, the Argentine actor and politician who served as a deputy from 1997 to 2001, died on April 20, 2026, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of complications from a fall.…
Rim Giniyatullin dies at 82
Rim Giniyatullin, an Uzbek politician and former minister of land reclamation and water management, died on April 20, 2026, at the age of 82. Born Rim Abdulovich Giniyatullin on September…
George E. Nowotny dies at age 93
George E. Nowotny, a geologist, banker and real estate businessman, died on April 19, 2026, at age 93. Born in Tulsa, he built a career in business while also serving…
Phunchok Stobdan death at age 67
Phunchok Stobdan, an Indian diplomat and former ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, died on April 19, 2026. He was 67. Stobdan served as India’s ambassador to Kyrgyzstan from 2010 to 2012. He…
Chems-Eddine Chitour dies at 81
Chems-Eddine Chitour, Algerian academic and politician who served as minister of higher education and scientific research in 2020, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 81. He was…
Dean Cooley has died at age 92
Dean Cooley, an American politician and member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 1997 to 2003, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 92. He served in…
Helen Nakimuli passed away at age 40
Helen Nakimuli, a Ugandan politician and legislator who served as the member of parliament for Kalangala District since 2021, died on April 19, 2026, from complications following surgery. She was…
Driss Guiga, died aged 101
Driss Guiga, a Tunisian politician, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 101. He served as Minister of Health, Minister of Education and later as Minister of the…
Obituary: Mukhtar Shakhanov, dead at age 83
Mukhtar Shakhanov, a Kazakh poet and politician who served as a member of parliament from 2004 to 2007, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on…
Adrienne Staples obituary: died at age 69
Adrienne Staples, a New Zealand politician and former mayor of South Wairarapa, died on April 19, 2026, aged 69–70. Born in Featherston in 1956 or 1957, she served as mayor…
Death of George Ariyoshi at age 100
George Ariyoshi, the American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 1970 to 1974 and governor from 1974 to 1986, died on April 19, 2026, at the age…
Gerardo Renault, died aged 96
Gerardo Renault, a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served in the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais from 1968 to 1978 and in the Chamber of Deputies from 1978 to 1986,…
Oscar Andrade obituary: died at age 68
Oscar Andrade, a Brazilian politician and deputy from 1996 to 2003, died on April 18, 2026, in Brasília following a motorcycle accident. Born Oscar Ilton de Andrade on September 26,…
Death of Stefanos Linaios at age 97
Stefanos Linaios, Greek actor and politician who served as an MP from 1989 to 1990, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 97. He was known for his…
Balbir Punj dies at age 76
Balbir Punj, an Indian journalist and politician who served as a member of Parliament from 2000 to 2006 and again from 2008 to 2014, died on April 18, 2026, aged…
Jan Krámek dies at 80
Jan Krámek died on April 18, 2026. He was a Czech politician who served as an MP from 1993 to 1996, a senator from 1996 to 2000, and mayor of…
David Mena obituary: died at age 73
David Mena, an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Knesset from 1992 to 1996, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 73. Born…
Franz Stocker passes away at age 92
Franz Stocker, Austrian politician and former federal councillor, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 92. A member of the Austrian People's Party, he served in the Federal…
Kenji Gokenya died at age 87
Kenji Gokenya, a Japanese politician, died on April 18, 2026. Kenji Gokenya [ja], 87, Japanese politician. Tags Politicians, 18 April 2026, Gokenya, Japan, Kenji, 2026-04-18, April 18, April 2026
Karel Korytář death at age 76
Karel Korytář, a Czech politician and engineer, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 76. A member of the Czech Social Democratic Party, he served in the Senate…
Sergio Cappelli died at age 75
Sergio Cappelli, Italian politician and senator from 1992 to 1996, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 75. Born in Savona, Italy, on 12 September 1950, he was…
John Seymour obituary: died at age 88
John Seymour, an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1991 to 1992, died on April 18, 2026, at age 88. Born in Chicago and…
Wanlop Thaineua dies at age 81
Wanlop Thaineua, a Thai politician and former member of the House of Representatives, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 81. He served in the House from 2005…
Terry L. Bruce, died aged 82
Terry L. Bruce, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993, died on April 17, 2026, at age 82. Born in Olney, Illinois,…
Death of Ian Pinard at age 54
Ian Pinard, a Dominican politician and former member of parliament, died on April 17, 2026. He was 54. Pinard was first elected to the House of Assembly in 2005, representing…
David McKinley obituary: died at age 79
David McKinley, the American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023, died on April 17, 2026, at age 79. Born in…
Obituary: Pierre Lefebvre, dead at age 87
Pierre Lefebvre, the French politician and senator from 1997 to 2001, died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Escaudain on September 11, 1938, he worked…
Justin Fairfax obituary: died at age 47
Justin Fairfax, an American politician and former lieutenant governor of Virginia, died on April 16, 2026, in Wakefield, Virginia, at age 47. A Democrat, he served as Virginia’s 41st lieutenant…
Obituary: Seigō Tsuchida, dead at age 82
Seigō Tsuchida, Japanese politician and mayor of Higashine since 1998, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 82. He served as mayor of Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, for seven…
Ivan Rebernik obituary: died at age 86
Ivan Rebernik, a Slovenian diplomat and librarian, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He served as Slovenia’s ambassador to the Vatican and as Chancellor of the…
David Smith obituary: died at age 82
David Smith, an Australian politician and Western Australia MLA from 1983 to 1996, died on April 16, 2026, aged 82. He was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly…
Narayana Ramachandran dies at 77
Narayana Ramachandran, an Indian sports administrator and president of the Indian Olympic Association from 2014 to 2017, died on April 16, 2026, aged 77. He was also an Indian squash…
Masayoshi Tsuchida dead at age 82
Masayoshi Tsuchida, a Japanese politician, died on April 16, 2026. Masayoshi Tsuchida [ja], 82, Japanese politician. Tags Politicians, 16 April 2026, Japan, Masayoshi, Tsuchida, 2026-04-16, April 16, April 2026
Patrick Ground died at age 93
Patrick Ground, a British politician and barrister, died on April 16, 2026, aged 93. Known as Reginald Patrick Ground QC, he served as a Conservative councillor on the London Borough…
Laura Balbo, died aged 92
Laura Balbo, an Italian politician and sociologist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Padua on November 30, 1933, she graduated from the University of…
Paris Harvey 91. American Methodist minister and human rights activist dies
Paris Harvey, 91, an American Methodist minister and human rights activist associated with the Gwangju Uprising, died on April 16, 2026. Harvey was known for work in both ministry and…
Death of Barbara Flynn Currie at age 85
Barbara Flynn Currie, an American politician and member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979 to 2019, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 85. A Democrat,…
Raza Kazim, died aged 96
Raza Kazim, a Pakistani philosopher and political activist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 96. Born on January 13, 1930, in British India, he was also a…
Pharis Harvey 91. American Methodist minister and human rights activist dies
Pharis Harvey, 91, an American Methodist minister and human rights activist associated with the Gwangju Uprising, died April 16, 2026. His work was linked to religious ministry and human rights…
Mamadou Sylla dead at age 66
Mamadou Sylla, a Guinean arms dealer and politician, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 66. Born in Boké on January 25, 1960, he became wealthy after being…
Obituary: Phil Rockefeller, dead at age 87
Phil Rockefeller, an American politician and lawyer who served in the Washington Senate from 2005 to 2011, died on April 15, 2026. He represented the 23rd legislative district as a…
Osvaldas Balakauskas passed away at age 88
Osvaldas Balakauskas, Lithuanian composer of classical music and diplomat, died on April 15, 2026. He was 88. Balakauskas was born on December 19, 1937, in Miliūnai and graduated from Vilnius…
Obituary: Kevin Klose, dead at age 85
Kevin Klose, the American broadcast executive who served as president of National Public Radio from 1998 to 2008, died on April 15, 2026, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was…
Hiroshi Shiono passed away at age 94
Hiroshi Shiono, a Japanese legal scholar and academic, died on April 15, 2026, at the age of 94. He specialized in administrative law and served as an honorary professor at…