Federico Vercellone Italian philosopher dead at age 70
Federico Vercellone, an Italian philosopher, died on April 21, 2026. · 21 April 2026 · April 2026
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Andrew Hacker American political scientist and academic dead at age 96
Andrew Hacker, an American political scientist and academic, died on April 21, 2026. He was 96 or 97. Hacker was a professor in the department of political science at Queens College in New York and had taught at Cornell before… · 21 April 2026 · April 2026
Rita Mulier Belgian feminist author and economist dead at age 91
Rita Mulier, the Belgian feminist author and economist, died on April 20, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Kortrijk in 1934, she studied law and economics at Leuven University and was the only female editor of the student… · 20 April 2026 · April 2026
Thijs de Graauw Dutch astronomer dead at age 84
Thijs de Graauw, a Dutch astronomer, died on April 20, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Mattheus Wilhelmus Maria de Graauw in Kerkdriel on March 10, 1942, he studied astronomy at Utrecht University and received his Ph.D. there in… · 20 April 2026 · April 2026
Julian Hunt, Baron Hunt of Chesterton British meteorologist and life peer, member of the House of L…
Julian Hunt, Baron Hunt of Chesterton, a British meteorologist and life peer, died on April 20, 2026, aged 84. He was born in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, British India, on September 5, 1941. Hunt served as Director General and Chief Executive… · Vascular Dementia · 20 April 2026 · April 2026
Chems-Eddine Chitour Algerian academic and politician, minister of higher education and scientific…
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 an Algerian scholar, researcher and author who took office as… · 19 April 2026 · April 2026
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden German conductor, founder of the Tölzer Knabenchor dead at age 88
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, German conductor and founder of the Tölzer Knabenchor, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, on June 19, 1937, he was also an academic teacher. Schmidt-Gaden studied conducting with Kurt… · 19 April 2026 · April 2026
Georges Benrekassa French historian and literary critic dead at age 93
Georges Benrekassa, a French historian and literary critic, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 93–94. Born in Marseille in 1932, he was a longtime professor at Paris Diderot University. He specialized in the 18th century, particularly the… · 19 April 2026 · April 2026
Dean Schwarz American ceramic artist dead at age 88
Dean Schwarz, an American ceramic artist, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on February 5, 1938, he was also a painter, historian, writer, publisher and teacher. Schwarz co-founded the South Bear… · 18 April 2026 · April 2026
Stanton Davis American jazz trumpeter dead at age 80
Stanton Davis, an American jazz trumpeter and educator, died on April 18, 2026, at age 80. Born Stanton Davis, Jr. in New Orleans on November 10, 1945, he studied at the Berklee College of Music from 1967 to 1969 and… · 18 April 2026 · April 2026
Terry L. Bruce American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives dead at age 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, on March 25, 1944, he was also a lawyer and… · 17 April 2026 · April 2026
Sergio Landucci Italian philosopher and historian of philosophy dead at age 88
Sergio Landucci died on April 17, 2026. He was an Italian philosopher and historian of philosophy. His work placed him within two closely connected fields of study, philosophy and its history. · 17 April 2026 · April 2026
Edoardo Borzatti von Löwenstern Italian archaeologist and paleontologist dead at age 91
Edoardo Borzatti von Löwenstern died on April 16, 2026. He was an Italian archaeologist and paleontologist. · 16 April 2026 · April 2026
Raza Kazim Pakistani philosopher and political activist dead at age 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 lawyer, inventor and former politician in Pakistan. He invented the… · 16 April 2026 · April 2026
Oleg Maisenberg Ukrainian-born Austrian pianist dead at age 80
Oleg Maisenberg, a Ukrainian-born Austrian pianist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Odessa, then in the Ukrainian SSR, he received his first piano lessons from his mother at age five. He studied at the… · 16 April 2026 · April 2026
Laura Balbo Italian politician dead at age 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 Padua in 1956 with a degree in sociology and later… · 16 April 2026 · April 2026
Kevin Klose American broadcast executive, president of NPR, complications from Alzheimer’s disease…
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… · Russia · Alzheimer's Disease · 15 April 2026 · April 2026
Hiroshi Shiono Japanese legal scholar and academic dead 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 the University of Tokyo. Shiono was also a member of… · 15 April 2026 · April 2026
Robert Skidelsky British historian, economist and life peer, member of the House of Lords dead at a…
Robert Skidelsky, the British historian, economist and life peer who sat in the House of Lords from 1991, died on April 15, 2026, aged 86. Known as a British economic historian and author, he was best known for his three-volume… · 15 April 2026 · April 2026
Sir Peter Beale British Army lieutenant general dead at age 92
Sir Peter Beale, the British Army lieutenant general and military physician, died on April 15, 2026, aged 92. Lieutenant-General Sir Peter John Beale was born on 18 March 1934 in Romford, London, and was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School… · 15 April 2026 · April 2026
Erik Kruskopf Finnish art critic dead at age 95
Erik Kruskopf, a Finnish art critic, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 95. He was also an art historian and writer and was a member of Finland’s Swedish-speaking community. Kruskopf served as director of the Nordic Art… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
Dan Wall American jazz organist and pianist dead at age 72
Dan Wall, an American jazz organist and pianist, died on April 14, 2026, at age 72. Daniel Lee Wall Jr. was born on September 7, 1953, and was also a university professor. While still in high school, he led his… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
Bernardin Mfumbusa Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kondoa dead at age 64
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… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
Franklin F. Kuo Chinese-born American computer scientist and academic dead at age 91
Franklin F. Kuo, a Chinese-born American computer scientist and academic, died on April 14, 2026. He was 91. Born in Wuhan, China, on April 22, 1934, Kuo came to the United States in 1950 and finished high school in New… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
Michael O. Rabin Israeli mathematician and computer scientist dead at age 94
Michael O. Rabin, an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 94. Born on September 1, 1931, in Breslau, Germany, Rabin was known for work including the Rabin cryptosystem, the Rabin fingerprint, the… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
Shlomo Breznitz public figure dead at age 89
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… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
Marc Galanter American academic dead at age 95
Marc Galanter, an American academic and professor of law emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Law School, died on April 14, 2026, at age 95. He was also honorary professor of law at the National Law University Delhi. Galanter previously… · 14 April 2026 · April 2026
Ilsetraut Hadot French philosopher and historian dead at age 97
Ilsetraut Hadot, a French philosopher and historian, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Berlin, Germany, on December 20, 1928, she specialized in stoicism, neoplatonism, and ancient philosophy more broadly. In 1978, she won the… · 13 April 2026 · April 2026
André de Muralt Swiss philosopher dead at age 94
André de Muralt, a Swiss philosopher, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Lausanne on September 1, 1931, to Elisabeth Feer and Hans de Muralt, he studied at the University of Paris and later taught… · 13 April 2026 · April 2026
John Dalgleish Donaldson public figure dead at age 84
John Dalgleish Donaldson, a Scottish-Australian mathematician and professor, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 84. Death was announced on that date. Born on September 5, 1941, in Cockenzie and Port Seton, Scotland, he later emigrated to Tasmania,… · 12 April 2026 · April 2026
Flo Oy Wong American artist, curator and educator dead at age 87
Flo Oy Wong, an American artist, curator and educator, died on April 11, 2026, at age 87. Born in Oakland, California, on October 28, 1938, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of California, Berkeley, in… · 11 April 2026 · April 2026
Reinhold Wittig German board game designer and geologist dead at age 88
Reinhold Wittig died on April 11, 2026. He was a German board game designer and geologist. His work spanned both fields, reflecting a career that combined science and game design. · 11 April 2026 · April 2026
Vojtěch Broža Czech professor, water manager and hydrotechnician dead at age 91
Vojtěch Broža died on April 11, 2026. He was a Czech professor, water manager and hydrotechnician. His work was associated with these fields, according to the information provided. · 11 April 2026 · April 2026
William Leon McBride American philosopher dead at age 88
William Leon McBride, an American philosopher, died on April 10, 2026. He was 88. McBride was the Arthur G. Hansen Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. He was known for his work in political philosophy and philosophy of law. · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Gerry Ward American basketball player dead at age 84
Gerry Ward, an American basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers and Chicago Bulls, died on April 10, 2026, at age 84. Born Gerald W. Ward on September 6, 1941, he was a 6-foot-4 guard who starred… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Colette Khoury Syrian novelist and poet dead at age 95
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
Brian Rotman public figure dead at age 87
Brian Rotman, a British academic who worked in the United States, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in London in 1938, he studied mathematics at the University of Nottingham and later taught at Bristol University… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Sir Alan Frampton New Zealand agricultural economist dead at age 96
Sir Alan Frampton, a New Zealand agricultural economist, died on April 10, 2026, aged 96. Born in Morrinsville on 2 November 1929, he completed a master’s degree at Massey University in 1964. He was an academic at Massey University from… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Marianne Lederer French translation scholar dead at age 91
Marianne Lederer, a French translation scholar, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 91. She further developed the Interpretive Theory of Translation with Danica Seleskovitch, who first proposed the theory, and published several works on translation and interpreting… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026 · Marianne,
Arkady Yanenko Russian physicist and politician, people’s deputy of the Soviet Union dead at…
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
Eva Ramm Norwegian psychologist and essayist dead at age 100
Eva Ramm, a Norwegian psychologist and essayist, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 100. Born in Bergen on November 23, 1925, she also worked as a novelist and children's author. Ramm was married twice, first to Wilhelm… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Ari Ben-Menahem German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist dead at age 97
Ari Ben-Menahem, a German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist, died on April 9, 2026. He was 97. Born in Berlin on November 4, 1928, he was a professor of mathematics and geophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science from 1964 and… · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
Charles Delhez Belgian Roman Catholic priest and sociologist dead at age 74
Charles Delhez, a Belgian Roman Catholic priest and sociologist, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Uccle on October 30, 1951, he was ordained a priest in 1982 and served at the Paroisse de Blocry… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Sherig-ool Oorzhak Russian politician dead at age 83
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
Eldrid Nordbø Norwegian politician, minister of trade and shipping dead at age 83
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… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Roger Establet French educational sociologist dead at age 87
Roger Establet, the French educational sociologist, died on April 8, 2026, aged 87 or 88. Born in 1938, he was a scholar of the sociology of education and an emeritus professor at the University of Provence. A student of Louis… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Averil Cameron British teacher dead at age 86
Averil Cameron, a British teacher and historian, died on April 7, 2026, aged 86. Born Averil Millicent Sutton in Leek, Staffordshire, on February 8, 1940, she was the only child of Tom Roy Sutton and Millicent Sutton. She read literae… · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Vyacheslav Golishev Uzbek politician, minister of economy dead at age 75
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
Yalçın Küçük Turkish socialist writer, economist and historian dead at age 87
Yalçın Küçük died on April 6, 2026. He was a Turkish socialist writer, economist and historian. Küçük was known for his work across writing, economics and history, and his death was noted on that date. · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Miguel Ángel De Marco Argentine military officer, academic and historian, member of the National Ac…
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
Victor Kossikouma Agbégnénou Togolese inventor and researcher dies
Victor Kossikouma Agbégnénou, a Togolese inventor and researcher, died on April 5, 2026. Born in Togo, he worked in information and communications technology and studied at the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology and the École nationale vétérinaire… · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Lawrence J. Ryan Australian-born German scholar of literature dead at age 93
Lawrence J. Ryan, an Australian-born scholar of German literature, died on April 5, 2026, at age 93 in Tübingen, Germany. Born in Sydney on December 20, 1932, he earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Sydney in 1953 and… · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Victor Agbégnénou Togolese inventor and researcher dies
Victor Agbégnénou, a Togolese inventor and researcher, died on April 5, 2026. Born in Togo, he worked in information and communications technology and studied at the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology and the École nationale vétérinaire d’Alfort.… · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Donlyn Lyndon American architect dead at age 90
Donlyn Lyndon, an American architect, died on April 5, 2026, at age 90. He was the Eva Li Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of California, Berkeley, and a co-designer of Sea Ranch, California. Born on… · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Roberto Zapperi Italian historian and writer dead at age 94
Roberto Zapperi died on April 4, 2026. He was an Italian historian and writer. · 04 April 2026 · April 2026
Iris Long American chemist and activist dead at age 91
Iris Long, an American chemist and activist, died on April 4, 2026. · 04 April 2026 · April 2026
Harry Keyishian American editor and academic dead at age 93
Harry Keyishian, an American editor and academic, died on April 4, 2026, at the age of 93. He was Professor Emeritus of English at Fairleigh Dickinson University and served on the university press’s editorial board. Keyishian directed Fairleigh Dickinson University… · 04 April 2026 · April 2026
Evelyn Wilson American judge, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis dead at age 66
Evelyn Wilson, an American judge and justice of the Kansas Supreme Court, died on April 4, 2026, at age 66 from complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Wilson was born in Smith Center, Kansas, on December 6, 1959. She graduated from… · 04 April 2026 · April 2026
Paolo Cherchi Italian philologist and historian of literature dead at age 88
Paolo Cherchi died on April 4, 2026. He was an Italian philologist and historian of literature. No further details about his death were provided. · 04 April 2026 · April 2026
Marion Nixon public figure dead at age 95
Marion Nixon died on April 3, 2026. · Britain · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Ted Read public figure dead at age 94
Ted Read died April 3, 2026. · Britain · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Clare Gittings public figure dead at age 71
Clare Gittings died on April 3, 2026. · Britain · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Jiří Zikmund public figure dead at age 78
Jiří Zikmund died on April 3, 2026. · Czechia · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Estelle Bee Dagum Argentine statistician dead at age 91
Estelle Bee Dagum, an Argentine statistician, died on April 3, 2026, at age 91. Born in Córdoba, Argentina, in 1935, she was an Argentine and Canadian economist and statistician and a professor chiara fama of statistical sciences at the University… · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Olive Howes public figure dead at age 98
Olive Howes died on April 3, 2026. · Britain · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Peter Neumeyer German-American academic dead at age 96
Peter Neumeyer, a German-American academic, literary scholar, poet, and educator, died on April 2, 2026. He was 96. Born in Munich, Germany, on August 4, 1929, he emigrated to the United States with his family in 1936. Neumeyer earned degrees… · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Aron Shai Israeli historian dead at age 83
Aron Shai, an Israeli historian, died on April 2, 2026. · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Jerrold Zar American biologist dead at age 84
Jerrold Zar, an American biologist and academic, died on April 2, 2026, at age 84. He was Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University and had been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Zar earned… · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Kristian Gerner Swedish historian and author dead at age 83
Kristian Gerner died on April 2, 2026. He was a Swedish historian and author. · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Jean-Claude Lozac’hmeur French linguist, historian, and academic dead at age 85
Jean-Claude Lozac'hmeur died on April 2, 2026. He was a French linguist, historian, and academic. His work in those fields formed the basis of his professional life. · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
George Plafker American seismologist dead at age 97
George Plafker, an American geologist and seismologist, died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 97. His research focused on subduction, tsunami, and the geology of Alaska. After prolonged study of the 1964 Alaska earthquake, he concluded that the… · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Erzsébet Illés Hungarian astronomer dead at age 89
Erzsébet Illés, a Hungarian astronomer, died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 89. She was also a space researcher and planetologist, and served as an emerita researcher at the Konkoly Thege Miklós Astronomical Institute of the Hungarian Academy… · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Justin Panakkal Indian Catholic priest and composer dead at age 90
Justin Panakkal, an Indian Catholic priest and composer, died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 90. Known as Fr. Justin, he was a priest of the Discalced Carmelite congregation and also worked as a music composer, writer and… · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Reda bin Mohammed Saeed Obeid Saudi academic and civil servant, member of the Consultative Assembly…
Reda bin Mohammed Saeed Obeid, a Saudi academic and civil servant and member of the Shura Council of Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1998, died on April 2, 2026. Born in Medina in 1936, he earned a bachelor’s degree in… · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Jacques Michon Canadian literary historian and academic dead at age 80
Jacques Michon, a Canadian literary historian and academic, died on April 1, 2026, in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He was 80. Born in Montreal on May 12, 1945, Michon was a professor at the Université de Sherbrooke, where he co-founded the Groupe… · 01 April 2026 · April 2026
Angelo Marcello Cardani Italian civil servant and economist dead at age 76
Angelo Marcello Cardani died on April 1, 2026. He was an Italian civil servant and economist. No further details were provided about his life or career. · 01 April 2026 · April 2026
Andreas Engel Swiss biologist dead at age 82
Andreas Engel, a Swiss biologist, died on April 1, 2026, at the age of 82. He was a structural biologist and co-founder of the Maurice E. Müller Institute for Structural Biology at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. Born… · 01 April 2026 · April 2026 · Andreas,
L. P. E. Parker British classical scholar dead at age 93
L. P. E. Parker, the British classical scholar known especially for her work on the metres of ancient Greek poetry, died on April 1, 2026, at the age of 93. Born in England in 1933 and published under her maiden… · 01 April 2026 · April 2026
Donald V. DeRosa American academic administrator, president of the University of the Pacific dead a…
Donald V. DeRosa, an American academic administrator and president of the University of the Pacific from 1995 to 2009, died on March 31, 2026. He was the 23rd president of the university and was named President Emeritus by the Board… · 31 March 2026 · March 2026
Stephen Lewis Politician, diplomat, author, writer, journalist, broadcaster, academic, public speak…
Stephen Lewis, the Canadian politician and diplomat who served as an Ontario MPP from 1963 to 1978, died on March 31, 2026, of cancer. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1963 and led the Ontario New… · 31 March 2026 · March 2026
Rezvi Sheriff Co-founder of Sri Lanka’s first kidney transplant programme and dialysis unit,…
Rezvi Sheriff, a Sri Lankan nephrologist and physician, died on March 30, 2026. He was an academic who served as director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, senior professor of medicine, and head of the Department of Clinical Medicine at… · 30 March 2026 · March 2026
Jean M. Doerge American politician, Louisiana House of Representatives dead at age 88
Jean M. Doerge, an American politician and educator who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives, died on March 30, 2026. She represented District 10, covering Webster Parish and Minden, from 1998 to 2012. Doerge also served as director of… · 30 March 2026 · March 2026
Deborah Dultzin Mexican astrophysicist dead at age 80
Deborah Dultzin, a Mexican astrophysicist and professor and researcher at the Institute of Astronomy of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), died on March 30, 2026. Born in Monterrey on October 9, 1945, Dultzin Kessler, also published as Deborah… · 30 March 2026 · March 2026
Charles E. Scott American philosopher dead at age 90
Charles E. Scott, an American philosopher, died on March 30, 2026, at age 90. He was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and Research Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. Earlier, he served as Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy at… · 30 March 2026 · March 2026
Melvin Edwards Sculpture dead at age 88
Melvin Edwards, an American sculptor, died on March 30, 2026, at age 88. Melvin Eugene Edwards Jr. was an American abstract sculptor, printmaker, and arts educator. Raised in segregated communities in Texas and an integrated community in Ohio, he moved… · 30 March 2026 · March 2026
Abu Taher Nadwi Bangladeshi Islamic scholar dead at age 65
Abu Taher Nadwi, a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educator, died on March 30, 2026. He served as Director-General of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya, also known as Patiya Madrasa, from February 2024, and became chairman of Anjuman-e-Ittihadul Madaris Bangladesh in… · 30 March 2026 · March 2026
Ádám Nádasdy Hungarian linguist and poet dead at age 79
Ádám Nádasdy, a Hungarian linguist, teacher and poet, died on March 29, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Budapest on February 15, 1947, he taught linguistics at the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University from 1972 to… · 29 March 2026 · March 2026 · Adam
Neil Cossons public figure dead at age 87
Sir Neil Cossons OBE FSA FMA, a British historian and museum administrator, died on March 29, 2026, aged 87. Born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, on January 15, 1939, he studied at the University of Liverpool. He was the first director of… · England · 29 March 2026 · March 2026
Knut Midgaard Norwegian political scientist dead at age 95
Knut Midgaard, a Norwegian political scientist, died on March 29, 2026. Born in Oslo on February 11, 1931, he first studied the history of ideas and graduated with the mag.art. degree in 1959. He was among the proponents of the…
Juwono Sudarsono Politician, Diplomat dead at age 84
Juwono Sudarsono, an Indonesian diplomat and politician who served as ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2003 to 2004 and as minister of education and twice as minister of defense, died on March 28, 2026. He was 84. Born on… · 28 March 2026 · March 2026
William S. Cleveland Dot plot, Local regression, S programming language dead at age 83
William S. Cleveland, an American computer scientist and professor of statistics and computer science at Purdue University, died on March 27, 2026, at age 83. Known for his work on data visualization, including nonparametric regression, local regression and the dot… · 27 March 2026 · March 2026
Henry Lee (forensic scientist) Taiwanese-American forensic scientist and biochemist dead at age 87
Henry Lee, the Taiwanese-American forensic scientist and biochemist known for his work in the killing of JonBenét Ramsey, the murder trial of O. J. Simpson and the 9/11 forensic investigation, died on March 27, 2026, in Henderson, Nevada, at age… · China · 27 March 2026 · March 2026
Grey J. Dimenna American academic administrator, president of Monmouth University, traffic collisio…
Grey J. Dimenna, an American academic administrator and former president of Monmouth University, died on March 26, 2026, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, at age 72. He served as the ninth president of Monmouth University in West Long Branch from… · Traffic Collision · 26 March 2026 · March 2026
Jean-Pierre Faye French philosopher and writer dead at age 100
Jean-Pierre Faye, the French philosopher and writer known for his work on horseshoe theory, died on March 26, 2026. He was 100. Born in Paris on July 19, 1925, Faye wrote fiction and prose poetry. He was a member of… · 26 March 2026 · March 2026
Ronald H. Spector Historian, writer, academic dead at age 83
Ronald H. Spector, an American military historian, died on March 26, 2026, at age 83. He was a professor at George Washington University and also taught at the University of Alabama. Spector enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and… · 26 March 2026 · March 2026 · Cancer
Jaysinghrao Pawar Indian historian dead at age 84
Jaysinghrao Pawar, an Indian historian, died on March 25, 2026. He was an authority on Maratha and Kolhapur history and worked for more than three decades as a professor. Born on December 30, 1941, in Tadsargaon village in Pune district,… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Harold Ellis (surgeon) Surgeon dead at age 100
Harold Ellis, an English surgeon, died on March 25, 2026, aged 100. Born in Stepney Green on January 13, 1926, he was a professor of surgery at the University of London and professor in the Department of Anatomy and Human… · Britain · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Paula Hollinger politician, nurse, educator dead at age 85
Paula Hollinger, an American politician and former Maryland state senator, died on March 25, 2026, at age 85. A Democrat, she represented Maryland’s 11th district in the state Senate from 1987 to 2007 after serving in the Maryland House of… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026 · Leukemia
Alexander Kluge German author and film director dead at age 94
Alexander Kluge, the German author, film director, academic and founder of a television production company, died on March 25, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Halberstadt in 1932, he studied with Theodor W. Adorno in Frankfurt and later… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026