Benny Indra Ardhianto, an Indonesianpolitician and businessman who served as vice regent of Klaten, died on February 7, 2026, in Semarang, Central Java, at the age of 33 after being treated for cancer. Born in Boyolali, Central Java, on… · 07 February 2026 · February 2026
Viktor Kurochkin, a Russianpolitician, died on February 7, 2026, at the age of 72. A member of Democratic Russia, he served in the Federation Council from 1994 to 1996 and in the State Duma from 1995 to 2000. Kurochkin… · 07 February 2026 · February 2026
Eleftherios Venizelos, a Greekpolitician and shipowner, died on February 7, 2026. Born in August 1924 in Athens, Greece, he was a member of the Liberal Party and served in the Hellenic Parliament from 1952 to 1958. He died in… · 07 February 2026 · February 2026
Masashi Furukawa, a Japanesepolitician, died on February 7, 2026. A member of Komeito, he served in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1990. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture on December 12, 1935, Furukawa died in Fukuyama at the age… · 07 February 2026 · February 2026
Ricardo Melchior, a Spanishpolitician, died on February 6, 2026. Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on February 18, 1947, he served as president of the Island Council of Tenerife from 1999 to 2013. He was later appointed president of… · 06 February 2026 · February 2026
John Burton, a British political agent and Labour Party councillor, died on February 6, 2026. He served on Sedgefield Borough Council, representing the ward of Fishburn and Old Trimdon in County Durham, England. Burton was also the constituency agent of… · 06 February 2026 · February 2026
The 128th Georgia General Assembly, an American political body, died on February 6, 2026. It convened its first session on January 13, 1965, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, succeeding the 127th Georgia General Assembly and serving as the… · 06 February 2026 · February 2026
Reta Holden, an Americanpolitician, died on February 6, 2026. Reta Faye Eaves Holden was born on August 7, 1938, to Odie Lee and Floy Triplett Eaves. She served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1992… · 06 February 2026 · February 2026
Sein Win, a Burmese politician who served as chairman of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, died on February 6, 2026, at the age of 81. He was made unofficial prime minister of Burma after being elected… · 06 February 2026 · February 2026
Vardan Khachatryan, an Armenian politician, died on February 6, 2026. He was an Armenian former footballer who played as a defender and appeared for the Armenia national football team. Khachatryan made his international debut on October 14, 1992, in a… · 06 February 2026 · February 2026
Blessed Geza, a Zimbabwean political figure and war veteran, died on February 6, 2026, at the age of 82–83. Commonly known as Bombshell Geza, he was an expelled member of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and a fugitive… · 06 February 2026 · February 2026 · Géza
Troy Poteete, an American Cherokee politician and jurist, died on February 5, 2026, at age 70. Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on March 6, 1955, he served on the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council from 1991 to 1999, representing the Three Rivers… · 05 February 2026 · February 2026
Vardan Khachatryan, Armenian politician and minister of finance from 2000 to 2008, died on February 5, 2026. Born in Jermuk on April 6, 1959, he later served as counselor to the President after his tenure as finance minister, a post… · 05 February 2026 · February 2026
Ken Weetch, the British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1974 to 1987, died on February 5, 2026, aged 92. Born Kenneth Thomas Weetch in Abercarn, Wales, on 17 September 1933, he was educated at… · 05 February 2026 · February 2026
Henry G. Lackey, an Americanpolitician from Kentucky, died on February 5, 2026, at the age of 78. He served in the Kentucky Senate from 1982 to 1987 and again from 1991 to 1995. First elected in 1981 after the… · 05 February 2026 · February 2026
Vladimir Kuroyedov, Russian admiral of the fleet and former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, died on February 5, 2026, at the age of 81. Kuroyedov led the navy from 1997 to 2005, after serving as chief of staff of the… · 05 February 2026 · February 2026
Marian Jeż, a Polishpolitician, died on February 5, 2026, at the age of 84. Born on June 1, 1941, he served in the Sejm from 1989 to 1991 as a member of the Parlamentarny Klub Lewicy Demokratyczne. · 05 February 2026 · February 2026
Morishige Naruse, a Japanesepolitician, died on February 4, 2026, in Okazaki, Japan, two days before his 93rd birthday. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served in the House of Councillors from 1989 to 2001. Born in Okazaki… · 04 February 2026 · February 2026
Fernand Ouellette, a Canadianwriter, died on February 4, 2026. He was a Quebecois writer who wrote in French and was born in Montreal, Quebec, on September 24, 1930. Ouellette was a three-time winner of the Governor General's Awards, receiving… · 04 February 2026 · February 2026
Jacques Tremblay, a Canadianpolitician, died on February 4, 2026. Born in Iberville, Quebec, on February 8, 1942, he was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec for the Quebec Liberal Party in the Iberville electoral district. Tremblay served one… · 04 February 2026 · February 2026
Charles Douglas Poindexter, an Americanpolitician, died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 83. A Republican, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 2008 to 2022, representing the 9th district, which included Patrick County and parts… · 04 February 2026 · February 2026
Elyakim Schlesinger, an Austrian-born British Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva, died on February 4, 2026. He was an international authority and served as president, chairman and head of the Rabbinical Board of the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries… · 04 February 2026 · February 2026
Marlies Krämer, a German feminist activist and politician, died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Illingen in 1937, she began an apprenticeship in retailing after World War II, married in 1958 and had four children.… · 04 February 2026 · February 2026 · Kramer
Dame Carole Jordan, a Britishphysicist, died on February 3, 2026, aged 84. She was Professor Emeritus of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford. Jordan was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from… · 03 February 2026 · February 2026
Ivan Nikulin, a Russianpolitician, died on February 3, 2026, at the age of 89. Born Ivan Ivanovich Nikulin on July 10, 1936, in Bryansk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he was a member of the Communist Party of the… · 03 February 2026 · February 2026 · Iván
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a Libyan politician, died on February 3, 2026, at age 53. The second son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Safia Farkash, he was part of his father's inner circle and carried out public relations and diplomatic… · 03 February 2026 · February 2026
Lee Hamilton, an Americanpolitician and lawyer from Indiana, died on February 3, 2026. A Democrat, he represented Indiana’s 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1999 and later served on several governmental advisory boards.… · 03 February 2026 · February 2026
Seiichirō Dōkyū, a Japanesepolitician, died on February 3, 2026, at the age of 72. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the House of Representatives from 2009 to 2012. Born in Miyazaki on April 1, 1953, Dōkyū… · 03 February 2026 · February 2026
Horst Gallert, a Germanpolitician, died on February 2, 2026, at the age of 88. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, he served in the Landtag of Saxony from 1990 to 1994. Born on July 23, 1937, in Bautzen,… · 02 February 2026 · February 2026
Ahmad Obeidat, a Jordanian politician and former prime minister, died on February 2, 2026, in Amman, Jordan, at the age of 87. Ahmad Abdul Majeed Obeidat was a senior member of the Obeidat family and served as Jordan’s 26th prime… · 02 February 2026 · February 2026
Frank S. Royal, an Americanphysician, company director and civic leader, died on February 2, 2026. Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on September 15, 1939, he graduated from Virginia Union University in 1961 and earned an MD from Meharry Medical College… · 02 February 2026 · February 2026
Chuck Sullivan, an Americanlawyer and sports executive who was vice president of the New England Patriots and owned the team's stadium, Foxboro Stadium, died on February 2, 2026. He was 83. Born in Silver Spring, Maryland, on December 4,… · 02 February 2026 · February 2026
Daryl Hoole, an Americanauthor and public speaker, died on February 2, 2026, at age 91. Born Daryl Van Dam in Salt Lake City, Utah, she wrote on home management and family living and authored nine books. Her bestselling book,… · 02 February 2026 · February 2026
Hem Singh Bhadana, an Indianpolitician and former Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing Thanagazi, died on February 2, 2026. He was born in 1966 in Kishangarh Bas, Alwar, Rajasthan, India. Bhadana studied law in Alwar and later graduated… · 02 February 2026 · February 2026
Sushila Tiriya, an Indianpolitician and social worker, died on February 1, 2026. She was a member of the Indian National Congress and represented Odisha in the Rajya Sabha in 1986 and again in 2006. Tiriya was elected to the… · 01 February 2026 · February 2026
Paolo Cristoni, an Italian socialist politician, public administrator and author, died on January 31, 2026. Born in Castelfranco Emilia, Italy, on September 9, 1945, he began his political career in 1973 and served as mayor of Castelfranco Emilia from 1973… · 31 January 2026 · January 2026
Yaw Brempong-Yeboah, a Ghanaianpolitician, died on January 30, 2026, at the age of 71. He was a member of the fourth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana, representing the Atiwa West constituency in the Eastern Region. Born on… · 30 January 2026 · January 2026
Michael H. Prosser, an Americanacademic and professor emeritus at the University of Virginia, died on January 29, 2026, at age 89. He served at the University of Virginia from 1972 to 2001 and was a Fulbright Professor at the… · 29 January 2026 · January 2026
Nicholas Colquhoun-Denvers, a British polo official, died on January 29, 2026. He was chairman of Ham Polo Club from 1995 to 2018, chairman of the Hurlingham Polo Association from 2009 to 2012, and president of the Federation of International Polo… · 29 January 2026 · January 2026
Robert G. Bottoms, an American higher education executive and the 18th president of DePauw University, died on January 27, 2026, at age 81. He served as president of the university from 1986 to June 30, 2008, and was later named… · 27 January 2026 · January 2026
Wiley Drake, an Americanminister and radio host, died on January 27, 2026, at age 82. Based in California, he served as pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park in Buena Park, California. Drake was the vice-presidential… · 27 January 2026 · January 2026
Jim Ferguson, an Australiandiplomat, senior public servant and sport administrator, died on January 27, 2026, aged 85. Born James Alexander Ferguson in Sydney on November 29, 1940, he was executive director of the Australian Sports Commission from 1990 to… · 27 January 2026 · January 2026
François Lempérière, a French civil engineer, died on January 26, 2026, at the age of 99. He built and/or designed 15 dams in France and other countries and invented solutions including Fusegates, Piano Keys Weir, Twin Dams and Tidal Gardens.… · 26 January 2026 · January 2026