Shigeaki Mori, a Japanesehistorian and atomic bomb survivor, died on March 14, 2026. He was 88. Born in Hiroshima on March 29, 1937, Mori was known for his research into Allied prisoners of war who died during air raids… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Paulo Fernando, a Brazilianpolitician and former four-time deputy, died on March 14, 2026, in Brasília, Brazil, at the age of 58. Born in Brasília on June 11, 1967, he was a member of the Republicans and served four brief… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Lamberto Cardia, an Italianpolitician, died on March 14, 2026, in Rome at the age of 91. An independent, he served as Secretary of the Council of Ministers from 1995 to 1996 and was chairman of the Commissione Nazionale per… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Amelia Casadei, an Italianpolitician, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Cesena on February 1, 1930, she was a member of Christian Democracy and served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1976 to 1979.… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Beauty Zibula, a South Africanpolitician and member of Parliament from 2019 to 2024, died on March 14, 2026, at a hospital in Durban at the age of 65. Born in KwaMashu in 1961, she was a member of the… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Ralf Friberg, a Finnishjournalist, diplomat and politician, died on March 13, 2026. He served as a Social Democratic MP and worked in journalism at Västra Nyland, Östra Nyland and Vasabladet in the late 1950s. Friberg was also Parliamentary and… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Nick Baker, an Americanpolitician and member of the Kentucky Senate from 1970 to 1978, died on March 13, 2026. Born Henry Nicholas Baker in Hazard, Kentucky, on April 10, 1937, he was first elected to the Senate in 1969,… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Jacques Revel, a Frenchhistorian and emeritus director of studies and president of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 83. He was born on July 25, 1942. Revel… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Sultan Ali Keshtmand, an Afghan politician, died on March 13, 2026. He was a member of the Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan and served twice as Chairman of the Council of Ministers in the Democratic Republic… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Bruno Contrada, the Italian police officer and intelligence official who served as police chief of Palermo and deputy director of the civil intelligence service SISDE, died on March 13, 2026. Born in Naples on 2 September 1931, he joined the… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Enric Reyna, a Spanish businessman and former president of FC Barcelona, died on March 13, 2026. Born in Barcelona on May 15, 1940, he joined the Catalan club’s management in 2000 during Joan Gaspart’s presidency. He became vice president in… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Odd Holten, a Norwegianpolitician and member of parliament from 1989 to 2005, died on March 13, 2026. He was born in Øre on 28 August 1940 and represented the Christian Democratic Party. Holten was elected to the Norwegian Parliament… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
H. J. Dora, an Indian police officer and former Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh, died on March 13, 2026, in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, at the age of 83. A 1965 batch Indian Police Service officer of the Andhra Pradesh… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026 · Dóra
John M. Perkins, an American Christian minister, died on March 13, 2026, at age 95. He was also a civil rights activist and author. Born in New Hebron, Mississippi, on June 16, 1930, Perkins was the founder and president of… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Patrick Lemasle, a Frenchpolitician, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 73. He served in the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2017, representing the 7th constituency of the Haute-Garonne department as a member of the… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, a British life peer and member of the House of Lords from 2005 to 2024, died on March 12, 2026. Born Irene Tordoff Fennell on April 29, 1942, in Fife, Scotland, she was educated at Ribston… · Germany · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Marcelino Miyares Sotolongo, a Cuban-American marketing executive and president of the Christian Democratic Party of Cuba, died on March 12, 2026. Born in 1937, he became president of the party in the United States in 1990 and wrote its manifesto,… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Anastasios Gonis, a Greekpolitician and member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1993 to 1996, died on March 12, 2026. He was a member of New Democracy. Gonis, who was born in 1926 in Pylos-Nestoras, Greece, died in Athens. · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Petro Hasiuk, a Ukrainianpolitician and former member of parliament, died on March 12, 2026. He was 75. Hasiuk, a member of Batkivshchyna, served in the Verkhovna Rada from 2006 to 2012. He was born on January 30, 1951, in… · Russia · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Antón Louro, a Spanishpolitician, died on March 12, 2026, in Pontevedra, Spain, at the age of 73. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he served in the Parliament of Galicia from 1997 to 2004 and in the… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026 · Anton
Ernie Anastos, an Americannews anchor and talk show host, died on March 12, 2026, at age 82. An Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, he hosted WABC’s Positively Ernie, a program focused on uplifting stories and interviews, and later presented the nationally… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Guillaume Houphouët-Boigny, an Ivorian banker, died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 88. He served as secretary-general of the Ivorian Bank Company during the administration of President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Houphouët-Boigny died at the International Polyclinic of Sainte-Anne-Marie in… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Luciano Magnalbò, an Italianpolitician, died on March 11, 2026, in Macerata, Italy, at the age of 82. Born in Macerata on April 5, 1943, he was a member of the National Alliance and served in the Senate of the… · 11 March 2026 · March 2026
Gladys Kokorwe, a Botswanan politician and speaker of the National Assembly from 2014 to 2019, died on March 11, 2026. She was a member of the Botswana Democratic Party. Kokorwe, whose full name was Gladys Keitumetse Theresa Kokorwe, had earlier… · 11 March 2026 · March 2026
John H. Morrison, an Americanlawyer and senior partner of Kirkland & Ellis, died on March 11, 2026. He practiced at the Chicago law firm from 1962 until his retirement in 1999, working in antitrust and trade regulation, including civil… · 11 March 2026 · March 2026
Lewis Lehrman, an American banker and politician, died on March 11, 2026, at age 87. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1938, he was an investment banker, historian and politician. Lehrman was a senior partner at L. E. Lehrman & Co.,… · 11 March 2026 · March 2026
Niaz Ahmed Jhakkar, a Pakistanipolitician and former member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, died on March 11, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Layyah, West Punjab, Pakistan, on July 18, 1954, he served in the National… · 11 March 2026 · March 2026
Kavuri Samba Siva Rao, an Indianpolitician, engineer and industrialist from Andhra Pradesh, died on March 11, 2026, in Hyderabad, India, at the age of 82. Born in Eluru, then in Madras Province, British India, on October 1, 1943, he… · 11 March 2026 · March 2026
Salih Muslim, a Syrian-Kurdish politician, died on March 11, 2026. He served as co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the main party of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), and played a key role in… · 11 March 2026 · March 2026
Viktor Shreyder, a Russianpolitician, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 74. Born on February 23, 1952, in Tatarsky District, Novosibirsk Oblast, in the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he was a member of United Russia and served… · 10 March 2026 · March 2026
Mohiuddin Ahmed, a Bangladeshipolitician and former member of parliament, died on March 10, 2026, of pneumonia. He was elected to parliament from Munshiganj-4 in the 1986 Bangladeshi general election and served as an MP from 1986 to 1988. Born… · 10 March 2026 · March 2026
Lee Sang-hee, the South Korean general and politician who served as minister of national defense from 2008 to 2009, died on March 10, 2026, at age 80. Born in Wonju in August 1945, he was a retired general who also… · 10 March 2026 · March 2026
Wang Jinshan, a Chinesepolitician who served as governor of Anhui province and later as the province’s party secretary, died on March 10, 2026. He was 81. Wang served as governor from 2003 to 2007 and as party secretary, the… · 10 March 2026 · March 2026
Kim Yong-chae, a South Koreanpolitician, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in Pocheon, Korea, Empire of Japan, on October 5, 1932, he served as mayor of the Nowon District from 1996 to 1998. · 10 March 2026 · March 2026
Biren Sing Engti, an Indianpolitician, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 81. Born on March 2, 1945, in Barhoigaon, Karbi Anglong district, Assam Province, British India, he was from Karbi Anglong, Assam, and a member of… · 10 March 2026 · March 2026
Abdulwahab Darawshe, an Israelipolitician, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 82. He was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment and the Arab Democratic Party between 1984 and… · 10 March 2026 · March 2026
Melvin A. Steinberg, an Americanpolitician who served as Maryland’s fifth lieutenant governor, died on March 10, 2026. He was 92. Born in Baltimore on October 4, 1933, Steinberg served in the Maryland Senate from 1967 until his election as… · 10 March 2026 · March 2026
Merrill Cook, an Americanpolitician and businessman who served as a Republican Party member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah, died on March 9, 2026, at age 79. Born Merrill Alonzo Cook on May 6, 1946, in… · 09 March 2026 · March 2026
Alexander Butterfield, an American Air Force officer and presidential assistant, died on March 9, 2026, at age 99. He served as deputy assistant to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973. During the Watergate investigation on July 13, 1973, Butterfield… · 09 March 2026 · March 2026
Wylie Gibbs, the Australianpolitician and surgeon who served as the Liberal member for the Queensland seat of Bowman in the House of Representatives from 1963 to 1969, died on March 9, 2026, aged 103. Wylie Talbot Gibbs was born… · 09 March 2026 · March 2026
César Gutiérrez Peña, a Peruvian mechanical engineer, died on March 9, 2026, at the age of 69. He was a member of Union for Peru and served as president of the Social Health Insurance of Peru from 2002 to 2003… · 09 March 2026 · March 2026
Klaus Kribben, a Germanpolitician and lawyer who served in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 1975 to 1996, died on March 9, 2026, at the age of 88. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, he was born in Cologne… · 09 March 2026 · March 2026
Jerzy Szymanek, a Polishpolitician, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Ręczno on April 11, 1937, he was a member of the United People's Party and served in the Sejm from 1972 to 1985.… · 08 March 2026 · March 2026
David Keene, an American political consultant, died on March 8, 2026, in Baltimore, Maryland, at the age of 80. He was also a presidential advisor and newspaper editor, and served as Opinion Editor of The Washington Times. Keene chaired the… · 08 March 2026 · March 2026
Graham Sissons, an Englishfootballer who played as a defender, died on March 8, 2026. He made more than 250 Football League appearances for Birmingham City, Peterborough United and Walsall. At Birmingham, he was used as Trevor Smith’s deputy at… · 08 March 2026 · March 2026
Marie-Christine Boutonnet, a Frenchpolitician and former Member of the European Parliament representing Île-de-France, died on March 7, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Albi, France, on February 10, 1949, she was a French National Front politician. · 07 March 2026 · March 2026
Ali Asghar Mir Hijazi, an Iranian cleric and politician who served as deputy chief of staff to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei until 2026, died on March 7, 2026. He previously held the post of deputy for foreign affairs in Iran’s… · 07 March 2026 · March 2026
Rose Marie Heck, an Americanpolitician and former mayor of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, died on March 7, 2026, at the age of 93. She served as mayor from 1988 to 1995 and again from 2008 to 2015. Heck also… · 07 March 2026 · March 2026
Gerda Antti, a Swedishwriter and politician, died on March 6, 2026, at the age of 96. Born on August 20, 1929, in Övertorneå, Norrbotten County, Sweden, she was a member of the Centre Party and served as a local… · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
Patrick L. Pasculli, an Americanpolitician and Democratic Party member who served as the 34th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, died on March 6, 2026. He was 78. Born on August 10, 1947, Pasculli was reared in Hoboken. He was… · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
Nikolay Kondakov, a Russianpolitician, died on March 6, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on December 1, 1949, in Povorot, Buryat ASSR, in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union, he was a member of the Agrarian Party… · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
Alan Ridge, an Australianpolitician, died on March 6, 2026, aged 91. Born in Perth on July 18, 1934, he attended John Forrest High School and worked as a clerk before entering state politics. He was a Liberal Party member… · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
Colleen Hanabusa, an Americanpolitician and lawyer, died on March 6, 2026, in Honolulu, Hawaii, at age 74. A Democrat, she served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2015 and again from 2016 to… · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
Lolo Matalasi Moliga, an American Samoan politician, educator and businessman who served as the seventh governor of American Samoa from 2013 to 2021, died on March 6, 2026, in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the age of 78. Born in Taʻū, American… · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
Hans-Christoph Wagner, a German-born Dutchpolitician and communications manager, died on March 6, 2026, at the age of 62. A member of the Labour Party, he served in the House of Representatives from May to November 2006. Wagner was born… · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
Govind Parmar, an Indianpolitician, died on March 6, 2026. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and served in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1990 to 1993, representing the Tarana constituency in Ujjain district. · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
Norma C. Russell, an Americanpolitician in South Carolina, died on March 6, 2026. Born near Joanna, South Carolina, on August 23, 1937, she worked as a freelance court reporter. Russell served in the South Carolina House of Representatives as… · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
Narayan Bareth, an Indianjournalist, died on March 6, 2026. He was 68. Bareth worked in journalism for around three decades and served as State Information Commissioner of Rajasthan. He began his career at Navbharat Times in Kota in 1986… · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
William C. Leary, an Americanpolitician and member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, died on March 6, 2026, at the age of 87. A Democrat, he served in the Connecticut House from 1967 to 1973. Leary was born in… · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
Masaru Urata, a Japanesepolitician, died on March 5, 2026. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served in the House of Councillors from 1983 to 1989 and again from 1992 to 1998. Urata was born on June 20,… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Jerzy Józefiak, a Polishpolitician, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Jerzy Marian Józefiak on December 1, 1937, in Bydgoszcz, Poland, he was a member of the Polish Social Democratic Union and served in the… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Maurice J. Freedman, an American librarian and former president of the American Library Association, died on March 5, 2026, at age 86. Known as Mitch Freedman, he was recognized for his advocacy for socially responsible cataloging and library technologies, and… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Russell W. Meyer Jr., an American aviation executive who led the Cessna Aircraft Company for three decades and later served as president of Textron’s Aviation Sector, died on March 5, 2026. Meyer transformed American Aviation Corporation into Grumman American before… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Marguerite Lamour, Frenchpolitician and former mayor of Ploudalmézeau, died on March 5, 2026. Born Marguerite Arzel on June 12, 1956, she served as mayor of Ploudalmézeau from 2001 until her resignation in 2025. She was a member of the… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Joan Leitzel, an Americanmathematician and university administrator, died on March 5, 2026, at age 89. She served as interim chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for six months before becoming president of the University of New Hampshire, a post… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
László Vincze, a Hungarianeducator and politician, died on March 5, 2026. He was 74. Born on February 19, 1952, in Csongrád, Hungary, Vincze served as a member of the National Assembly for Csongrád (Csongrád County Constituency IV) from 1998… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Gyula Gobby Fehér, a Serbianwriter, died on March 5, 2026. He was born in Bácsfeketehegy on April 11, 1943, to László Fehér and Julianna Vranyó. From 1974 to 1983, he served as deputyeditor-in-chief of Novi Sad Television, and… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Bob Harlan, the American football executive who served as president of the Green Bay Packers for 19 years, died on March 5, 2026, at age 89. Harlan also held the titles of chairman of the board and chief executive officer… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Pasquale Fiore, an Italianfootballer who played for Napoli and Udinese, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 72. He was Napoli’s second goalkeeper from 1977 to 1984 and made 13 appearances across six seasons, serving as the… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Bernard Lafayette, American civil rights activist, died on March 5, 2026, at age 85. Also known as Bernard LaFayette Jr., he was a civil rights organizer and Baptist minister who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He played… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Cecil L. Alexander, an Americanpolitician and lobbyist who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1963 to 1979, died on March 5, 2026. He was a Democratic member of the House and served one term as Speaker. Alexander… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Mosiuoa Lekota, a South Africanpolitician and activist, died on March 4, 2026, in Johannesburg at the age of 77. He was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary for the African National Congress and served jail time with Nelson Mandela from… · 04 March 2026 · March 2026
Song Ping, a Chinesepolitician and Communist revolutionary, died on March 4, 2026. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and was considered the last living member of the second generation of CCP leadership. Born on April 24,… · 04 March 2026 · March 2026
Hélène Dorlhac, a Frenchdoctor and politician, died on March 4, 2026. Born Hélène Roujon in Sumène on October 4, 1935, she graduated from the University of Montpellier School of Medicine with a diploma in occupational medicine. In the 1970s,… · 04 March 2026 · March 2026
Ronnie Eldridge, an Americanpolitician, died on March 4, 2026, in New York City at age 95. Born Roslynn Myers in Manhattan on January 30, 1931, she was also an activist, businesswoman and television host. Eldridge earned a political science… · 04 March 2026 · March 2026
Valentyna Yeshchenko, a Ukrainian political activist and former People’s Deputy of Ukraine of the 1st convocation, died on March 3, 2026. Born on 10 August 1946, she was an Honored Doctor of Ukraine and served as chief physician of Novopetrivtsi… · 03 March 2026 · March 2026
Alvin Greene, an American political candidate and politician, died on March 3, 2026, at age 48. Greene was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2010 United States Senate election in South Carolina, where he was defeated by incumbent Republican Sen.… · 03 March 2026 · March 2026
Valentin Shcherbakov, a Russianpolitician, died on March 3, 2026, at the age of 89. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he served in the Soviet of the Union from 1979 to 1984. Shcherbakov was born… · 03 March 2026 · March 2026
Sergey Duvakin, a Russianpolitician, died on March 3, 2026, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, at the age of 97. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he served as chairman of the executive committee of the Jewish Autonomous… · 03 March 2026 · March 2026
Mohammad Raad, a Lebanesepolitician, died on March 2, 2026. Born in Beirut on August 22, 1955, he was a member of parliament representing the Nabatieh District and led Hezbollah's political wing, the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, in the… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026 · Ra'ad
Janardan Waghmare, an Indian educationist and politician, died on March 2, 2026. He was 91. Waghmare served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra and was also president of the Latur Municipal Council. He was the… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Edwin G. Corr, an Americandiplomat, died on March 2, 2026. Corr was born on August 6, 1934, in Norman, Oklahoma. He received a B.A. from the University of Oklahoma in 1957 and an M.A. from the same university in… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Umar Dzhabrailov, a Russian businessman and politician, died on March 2, 2026, at the age of 67. Of Chechen descent, he served as the representative to the Federation Council of Russia from the executive body of the Chechen Republic from… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Kohei Otsuka, a Japanesepolitician and former leader of the Democratic Party for the People and the Democratic Party, died on March 2, 2026. A native of Nagoya, Aichi, he attended Waseda University and received a Ph.D. in fiscal and… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026