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 advocacy.
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 among several people given large amounts of rice by the…
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 Democrat, serving communities including Bainbridge Island, Keyport, Poulsbo, Kingston, Hansville,…
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 Pedagogical University in 1961. After mandatory service in the Soviet…
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 85. Klose also worked as a journalist, author and academic…
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 the University of Tokyo. Shiono was also a member of…
Mark Mobius, the American-born German businessman and emerging markets fund manager, died on April 15, 2026, at age 89. Born Joseph Bernhard Mark Mobius in Hempstead, New York, he founded Mobius Capital Partners LLP and spent more than three decades…
Robert Cluck, an American politician and mayor of Arlington, Texas, from 2003 to 2015, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born Robert Nance Cluck Jr. in Cisco, Texas, on March 20, 1939, he served two terms…
Shlomo Breznitz, a Czechoslovak-born Israeli author, psychologist and former lawmaker, died on April 14, 2026. He was 89. Born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1936, Breznitz served as a member of the Knesset from 2006 to 2007. He was also a…
Jean-Pierre Escalettes, the French football administrator who served as president of the French Football Federation from 2005 to 2010, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Jean Pierre Edmond Escalettes on May 29, 1935, he won… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
Arturo Lizón Giner, a Spanish politician and senator from 1979 to 1993, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on August 24, 1938, in Sella, Spain, he was a lawyer and a member of the Spanish…
Bernardin Mfumbusa, a Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Kondoa since 2011, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 64. Born on April 1, 1962, in Arusha, then Tanganyika, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese…
James F. Howell, an American politician, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Wewoka, Oklahoma, in 1934, he graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Howell served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1970…
Sophie Flamand, a Belgian writer and journalist, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 61. Born in Liège on November 6, 1964, she studied at the Université libre de Bruxelles and later became deputy director of the cultural…
Stephen Crotts, an American Presbyterian minister and author, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 75. He served as a Presbyterian reverend for more than 50 years and wrote more than 20 books. Crotts also served as director…
Juan José Cruz Martínez, a Mexican politician and agronomic engineer who served as a deputy from 1997 to 2000, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 73. Born on September 1, 1952, in Monclova, Mexico, he was a…
Takao Fujii, a Japanese politician, died on April 13, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 83. Fujii was a former member of Japan’s House of Councillors in the Diet, the national legislature. A native of Shirakawa, Gifu, he was…
Anita Martinez, the American politician who served as a Dallas city councillor from 1969 to 1973, died on April 13, 2026. She was 100. Martinez was the first Mexican-American member of the Dallas City Council, winning election in 1969 and…
Arthur Louis Schechter, an American politician, diplomat and attorney, died on April 13, 2026, at age 86. He was born on December 6, 1939, in Rosenberg, Texas, and attended public schools there before graduating from Lamar High School. Schechter earned…
Trish Crossin, Australian politician and senator for the Northern Territory from 1998 to 2013, died on April 13, 2026, of a heart attack. Born Patricia Margaret Crossin in Melbourne on March 21, 1956, she was educated at Deakin University, where…
Juan Cruz Martínez, a Mexican politician and agricultural engineer who served as a deputy from 1997 to 2000, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Monclova, Coahuila, on September 1, 1952, he was elected in…
Salifu Adam Braimah, a Ghanaian politician and member of parliament from 2017 to 2021, died on April 12, 2026, aged 60. He represented the Salaga South Constituency in the Northern Region in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of… · 12 April 2026 · April 2026
Shafique Ahmed, a Bangladeshi lawyer and former minister of law, justice and parliamentary affairs, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 88. He served as Bangladesh’s minister for law, justice and parliamentary affairs from 2009 to 2013. Born… · Britain · 12 April 2026 · April 2026
Janusz Kamiński, a Polish politician and engineer who served as minister of transport, navigation and communications from 1987 to 1989, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Siedlce, Poland, on November 13, 1933, he was…
Bill Patmon, an American politician who served on the Cleveland City Council from 1990 to 2001 and in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2011 to 2018, died on April 12, 2026, at age 80. Born in Cleveland on February…
Manuel Gurría Ordóñez, a Mexican politician and lawyer, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 94. He served twice in the Chamber of Deputies, was a senator from 1991 to 1992, and served as governor of Tabasco from…
Cho Sang-rae, a South Korean politician and former member of the National Assembly, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on September 6, 1936, in Gimje, Korea, Japan, he was a member of the Democratic Justice…
Michael Baroody, an American lobbyist, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Washington, D.C., on September 14, 1946, he graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1968 and served in the United States Navy…
Hüsamettin Cindoruk, Turkish politician and acting president in 1993, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 92. He was twice a member of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly and served as its speaker from 1991 to 1995. Born in… · 11 April 2026 · April 2026
Romano Luperini died on April 11, 2026. He was an Italian film literary critic, writer and politician. No further details about his death were provided.
Marcel Niat Njifenji, a Cameroonian politician and president of the Senate from 2013 to 2026, died on April 11, 2026. He was 91. Born in Bangangté on 26 October 1934, he also served as mayor of Bangangté from 2002 to… · 11 April 2026 · April 2026
Lionel Rosenblatt, an American diplomat and president of Refugees International from 1990 to 2001, died on April 11, 2026, of cancer. He was 82. Born in New Rochelle, New York, in 1943, Rosenblatt graduated from Harvard College and attended Stanford…
Clifford Otte, an American politician and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1993 to 1999, died on April 11, 2026. He was 93. Born Jan. 15, 1933, in Wilson, Wisconsin, Otte graduated from Oostburg High School and served in…
Rudi Schmitt, a German politician and former teacher, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Frankfurt on January 8, 1928, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party and served in the Landtag of…
Colette Khoury, a Syrian novelist and poet, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in 1931 in Bab Tuma, Damascus, she was also a writer, academic and politician. Khoury graduated from Damascus University with a bachelor’s… · France · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Magaly Achach Solís, a Mexican politician and former mayor of Benito Juárez Municipality, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 71. She served as mayor from 1999 to 2002 and was a member of the Chamber of Deputies… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026 · Solis
Eliot Engel, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2021, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 79. A Democrat, he represented parts of the north Bronx and southern Westchester County… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Sir Hayden Phillips, the British civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor’s Office from 1998 to 2003, died on April 10, 2026, aged 83. Sir Gerald Hayden Phillips was born on February 9, 1943. He was…
Vootele Hansen died on April 10, 2026. He was an Estonian politician who served as minister of the environment from 1994 to 1995 and as a member of parliament from 1995 to 2003. · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Maria Agostina Pellegatta, an Italian politician and teacher, died on April 10, 2026, in Cassano Magnago at the age of 87. She served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1972 to 1979 and in the Senate of the Republic from…
Vojtěch Adam, Czech politician and surgeon who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2017, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 75. Born on September 12, 1950, in Ivančice, Czechoslovakia, he represented… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Barney Fisher died on April 10, 2026. He was an American politician and a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2005 to 2013.
Valery Rukhledev, a Russian sports activist and six-time Deaflympics wrestling gold medalist, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on January 18, 1948, in Rybinsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, he studied at deaf schools in Novokuznetsk and… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Arkady Yanenko died on April 9, 2026. He was a Russian physicist and politician who served as a people's deputy of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991. · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Zulfiqar Ali Khosa, a Pakistani politician who served as governor of Punjab in 1999 and as a senator from 2012 to 2018, died on April 9, 2026. He was 90. Khosa was born on October 20, 1935, in Bahadurgarh, Dera… · Britain · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Kamal Kharazi, an Iranian reformist politician and diplomat, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Tehran in 1944, he served as Iran’s foreign minister from 1997 to 2005 and later was an advisor to Supreme… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Miroj Abdulloyev, a Tajik politician and chairman of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Langar-kalon in Mu'minobod District, Khatlon Region, Tajik SSR, on August 15, 1948, he graduated from… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Stephen M. Schwebel, an American jurist and judge who served on the International Court of Justice from 1981 to 2000, died on April 9, 2026. He was vice president of the court from 1994 to 1997 and president from 1997… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Jeremy Beecham, Baron Beecham, a British politician and member of the House of Lords from 2010 to 2021, died on April 9, 2026, aged 81. Born in 1944, he was a British Labour politician and a senior figure in English… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Héctor Vargas Haya, Peruvian politician and former deputy, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Rioja, Peru, on March 29, 1928, he served in the Congress of the Republic from 1963 to 1968 and again… · America · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Billy Bryan, an American baseball player who appeared for the Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees and Washington Senators, died on April 9, 2026, at age 87. William Ronald Bryan was born in Morgan, Georgia, on December 4, 1938, and… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman, a British businessman and politician and member of the House of Lords since 1983, died on April 9, 2026, aged 95. Born Robin John Orlando Bridgeman on December 5, 1930, he was a hereditary peer…
Angelo Pavan, an Italian politician and senator, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Postioma, Italy, on November 17, 1930, he was a member of Christian Democracy and served in the Senate of the Republic…
Sammy Forcillo, a Canadian politician, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 75. A retired politician, he was a former mayor of Ville-Marie borough in Montreal, Quebec. Forcillo, who had Italian ancestry and held a degree from the… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Harald Ofner, an Austrian lawyer and politician, died on April 8, 2026. He was 93. Born in Vienna on October 25, 1932, he studied law and received a doctorate in 1958. By 1965, he was a lawyer. Ofner began his… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, an Indian politician who served as an MP from 2006 to 2024 and as minister of health and family welfare from 2012 to 2014, died on April 8, 2026, at age 88. Born on January 12,… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Mohsina Kidwai, an Indian politician and twice-elected member of Parliament who served as minister of health from 1984 to 1986 and minister of urban development from 1986 to 1989, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 94. She… · Britain · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Sherig-ool Oorzhak, a Russian politician, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on July 24, 1942, in Shekpeer, in the Tuvan People's Republic, he was a retired politician who led Tuva for 21 years, from 1986… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Ali Hussain Khan, a Pakistani politician and member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since 2024, died on April 8, 2026. He was elected to the assembly as a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) from Constituency PP-83… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Vaughn Solomon Schofield, Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan from 2012 to 2018, died on April 8, 2026, at age 82. Born in Regina on October 25, 1943, she was appointed as the province’s 21st lieutenant governor in 2012,… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Jimmy Sullivan, an Australian politician and Queensland MLA, died on April 8, 2026, aged 44. James Anthony Sullivan served as the member for Stafford in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2020 until his death. He was promoted to Assistant Minister… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Ahmet Altay Cengizer, a Turkish diplomat, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Istanbul on October 22, 1954, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Boğaziçi University in 1977 and later received a… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Abass Kaboua, a Togolese politician and senator since 2025, died on April 8, 2026. He was 63. Kaboua was a member of the Movement of Centrist Republicans (MRC), which he founded and led as its inaugural president. Born on April… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Mark Weissman, a funeral home director and Democratic politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2002, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in the Bronx in New York City, he… · America · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Eldrid Nordbø, Norwegian politician and minister of trade and shipping from 1990 to 1991, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 83. A member of the Labour Party, she was born in Skien and served as personal secretary…
David Kabua, a Marshallese politician who served as president from 2020 to 2024, died on April 8, 2026, of cancer. He was born in Majuro in 1951 and represented Wotho Atoll in the Legislature of the Marshall Islands from 2008.…
Terry Gabinski, an American politician who served on the Chicago City Council, died on April 8, 2026. He was 87. Gabinski represented the 32nd Ward on the Chicago City Council from 1969 to 1998 and served as the ward’s Democratic… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Louis Tapardjuk, a Canadian politician and former Nunavut MLA, died on April 7, 2026, at age 73. He represented Amittuq from 2004 to 2013 after winning the seat in the 2004 Nunavut election. Tapardjuk served on the Executive Council of… · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Muguette Dini, a French politician, died on April 7, 2026. · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Seán Ó Laoire, an Irish architect and urban designer, died on April 7, 2026, aged 79. Born in Dublin on July 13, 1946, he studied architecture at University College Dublin, graduating in 1970, and later earned a master’s degree in…
Rodney Pyles, an American politician and member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, died on April 7, 2026. He was 80. Pyles served in the House from the 51st district from 2016 to 2020. In 2018, Democrats including Pyles… · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Matlab Mutallimli, an Azerbaijani politician and member of parliament from 1991 to 2000, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on May 20, 1949, in Horavar, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union, he also worked as a legal… · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Vyacheslav Golishev, an Uzbek politician and economist who served as minister of economy from 2005 to 2006, died on April 7, 2026, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, at the age of 75. Born in Tashkent on March 30, 1951, he held the… · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Valentina Savostyanova, a Russian politician and lawyer who served as a member of the State Duma from 2000 to 2007, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 77. Born Valentina Borisovna Savostyanova on September 21, 1948, in Donetsk… · Ukraine · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Anatoly Dolmatov, a Russian politician and farmer, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 75. He was a member of the Soviet of the Union from 1987 to 1989 and belonged to the Communist Party of the Soviet… · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Ihor Mityukov, a Ukrainian diplomat and Minister of Finance of Ukraine from 1997 to 2001, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Kyiv on September 27, 1952, he graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of… · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Albert N. Martin, an American Reformed Baptist minister, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 91. Born Albert Newton Martin in Alexandria, Virginia, on April 11, 1934, he served as pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Montville, New… · Spain · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Pietro Calogero, an Italian magistrate, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Pace del Mela, Italy, on December 28, 1939, he graduated from the University of Messina. Calogero was responsible for the arrest of numerous… · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Yataro Tsuda, a Japanese politician and former member of the House of Councillors, died on April 6, 2026. He was a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and served in the House of Councillors, the upper house of Japan’s… · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Seán Barrett died on April 6, 2026. He was an Irish politician and TD, serving in the Dáil from 1981 to 2002 and again from 2007 to 2020. Barrett was minister of education from 1986 to 1987 and served twice… · 06 April 2026 · April 2026 · Sean
Sir Craig Reedie, the Scottish sports administrator who served as president of the World Anti-Doping Agency from 2014 to 2019, died on April 6, 2026, aged 84. He was vice-president of the International Olympic Committee from 2012 to 2016 and… · Britain · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Austrian-born German politician and former minister of post and telecommunications and High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, died on April 6, 2026. He was 95. Schwarz-Schilling served as minister of post and telecommunications from 1982 to 1992 and… · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Yangling Dorje died on April 6, 2026. He was a Chinese politician who served as chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the CPCC from 1984 to 1986. · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Bae Myeong-in, a South Korean politician and lawyer who served as minister of justice from 1982 to 1985, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 93. He was born on November 8, 1932, in Changwon, Japanese-occupied Korea. Bae’s… · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Konrad Carl, a German trade unionist and former president of the Building and Construction Union, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Fürth on January 20, 1930, he completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter and… · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Miguel Ángel De Marco, Argentine military officer, academic and historian, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Rosario on December 1, 1939, he served in the Argentine Navy, reaching the rank of Comodoro. He was… · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Judith Trotter, a New Zealand diplomat and ambassador to France from 1988 to 1992 and to Italy from 1994 to 1998, died on April 5, 2026, aged 90. Born in Hāwera on August 30, 1935, she worked at the Ministry…
A. B. M. Anowarul Haque died on April 5, 2026. He was a Bangladeshi politician and served as a member of parliament from 2008 to 2014. His death was announced without further details. · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Rusmir Mahmutćehajić died on April 5, 2026. He was a Bosnian writer and politician. · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Paul Knapman, the British coroner, died on April 5, 2026, aged 81. Dr. Knapman served as Her Majesty’s coroner for Westminster and Inner West London from 1980 to 2011, having been deputy coroner from 1975 to 1980. In that role,… · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Thitinan Saengnak died on April 5, 2026, by suicide. He was a Thai politician who served as a member of parliament from 2019 to 2023. His death was reported with limited details. · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Chana Rungsaeng, a Thai politician and former member of the House of Representatives, died on April 5, 2026, at the age of 94. A member of the Democrat Party, he served in the House from January to October 1976. Rungsaeng…
Viola Claesson, a Swedish politician and member of parliament from 1985 to 1991, died on April 5, 2026, at the age of 86. Born Viola Anita Claesson on August 22, 1939, in Mark Municipality, Sweden, she served in the Riksdag…
Anton Bebler, a Slovenian politician and diplomat, died on April 5, 2026. · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Cyrille Schott, a French civil servant who served as prefect of Hérault from 2007 to 2008 and as a puisne judge of the Cour des Comptes from 2009 to 2013, died on April 4, 2026, at the age of 75.…
Ling Liong Sik, a Malaysian politician who served as acting prime minister in 1988, died on April 4, 2026. He was a member of parliament from 1974 to 2004 and served as minister of transport from 1986 to 2003. Ling… · China · 04 April 2026 · April 2026 · Šik
Horst Schmid, a German-born Canadian politician and international trade businessman, died on April 4, 2026. He was 92. Born in Munich, Germany, on April 29, 1933, Schmid emigrated to Canada and worked as a miner in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, in… · 04 April 2026 · April 2026
Marian Van Landingham died on April 4, 2026. She was an American politician and served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1983 to 2006. Her career in the House spanned more than two decades, according to…
Carol Greitzer, an American politician and abortion activist, died on April 3, 2026, at age 101. She served on the New York City Council from 1969 to 1991 and was the first president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. Born in Manhattan…