Michael Pennington, the English actor, director and writer who co-founded the English Shakespeare Company, died on May 10, 2026, aged 82. Born in Cambridge on June 7, 1943, he was known on screen for his role as Moff Jerjerrod in…
Frid Ingulstad, a Norwegian novelist, died on May 9, 2026, at the age of 90. She wrote primarily historical novels, many of them in series, and published more than 200 books. Born in Oslo on 4 September 1935, Ingulstad worked…
Karin Spaink, a Dutch journalist, writer and feminist activist, died on May 8, 2026, at age 68. She wrote a regular column for Het Parool from 1992 to 2022 and previously contributed to De Groene Amsterdammer from 1994 to 2003.…
Tore Ryen, a Norwegian television producer and writer known for Mot i brøstet, died on May 8, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on December 30, 1946, he was a revue and television writer who worked behind several sitcoms…
Koji Suzuki, a Japanese writer known for the Ring novels, died on May 8, 2026, at the age of 68. Born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, on May 13, 1957, he lived in Tokyo and wrote works that were adapted into…
Pat Caputo, an American sportswriter and broadcaster, died on May 7, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 67. Caputo was based in Southeast Michigan and worked as an on-air host and sports columnist for WXYT-FM in Detroit. He also occasionally…
Philip Caputo, an American author and journalist best known for the memoir A Rumor of War, died on May 7, 2026, at age 84. Born in Westchester, Illinois, in 1941, he attended Loyola University Chicago and graduated with a B.A.…
Nabyl Lahlou, a Moroccan filmmaker and playwright, died on May 7, 2026. He was 81. Born in 1945 in Fes, Morocco, Lahlou was also a theater director, author and actor. He studied theater in Paris at the Académie du Théâtre…
Richard Cameron, the English playwright from Doncaster, died on May 5, 2026, aged 77. Born on 16 June 1948 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, he wrote plays including Pond Life, Not Fade Away, The Mortal Ash, Almost Grown, All of You Mine,…
Yevgeny Sivokon, a Ukrainian film director, died on May 5, 2026. He was 88. Born in Kyiv on May 7, 1937, he worked as a director of animated films in the Soviet and Ukrainian film industries. Sivokon won numerous Soviet,…
Yevhen Syvokin, a Ukrainian film director, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Kyiv on May 7, 1937, he was a Soviet and Ukrainian director of animated films. He won numerous Soviet, Ukrainian and international…
Marcel Labine, a Canadian poet, died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 78. He was born on Feb. 25, 1948, and was active in Quebec. Labine graduated from the Université de Montréal and taught literature at Maisonneuve College…
Herman Branover, a Russian-Israeli physicist and Jewish educator, died on May 4, 2026, at age 94. He was known in the scientific community as a pioneer in magnetohydrodynamics and in the Jewish world as an author, translator, publisher, and educator.…
Jean Alambre, a French author and songwriter, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 79. Born Jean-Louis Fabry in Paris on May 16, 1946, he was better known by his pen name, Jean Alambre. He was best known…
David Kendall, an American television writer and producer and film director, died on May 2, 2026, at age 68. He worked on television series including "Boy Meets World" and "Growing Pains," and also directed the 2005 film "Dirty Deeds." Kendall's…
Emily Grosholz, an American poet and philosopher, died on May 2, 2026, at age 75. Born in Philadelphia in 1950, she was Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy, African American Studies and English at Pennsylvania State University and a member…
Gordon Snell, a British children’s author and scriptwriter, died on April 29, 2026. He was 93. Born in Singapore in 1932, he later attended the Geelong College in Victoria after moving to Australia with his mother during the Japanese invasion…
Volker Hage, the German journalist, author and literary critic who worked for Der Spiegel, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Hamburg in 1949, he began his career in 1975 as an editor in the…
Yair Garbuz, an Israeli visual artist, writer, and opinion journalist, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 80. Born in Givatayim, Mandatory Palestine, on September 29, 1945, he studied painting under Raffi Lavie while living at Kibbutz Kfar…
Zelda F. Gamson, an American sociologist, died on April 27, 2026, at age 90 from pancreatic cancer. Born Zelda Finkelstein in Philadelphia on March 12, 1936, she was a writer and activist whose scholarly work focused on the sociology of…
Edith Eger, a Hungarian-American psychologist and author, died on April 27, 2026, at age 98. Born Edith Eva Elefánt on September 29, 1927, in Budapest, Hungary, she was a clinical psychologist and a specialist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress…
Gerry Conway, an American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer, died on April 27, 2026, at age 73. He wrote for titles including The Amazing Spider-Man, Justice League and The Punisher, and was known for co-creating Marvel’s vigilante antihero… · England · 29 March 2024 · March 2024 · Musicians · March 29
Len Strazewski, an American comic book writer, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 71. He worked on DC Comics titles including Starman, The Flash, Justice Society of America, Phantom Lady and The Fly. He also wrote a…
Dick Matena, a Dutch comics writer and cartoonist, died on April 26, 2026, at the age of 83. He was known for his work on Storm and for cartooning on Tom Puss and Panda. Born in The Hague on April…
Adolfo Aristarain, the Argentine film director and screenwriter known for Martín (Hache), Time for Revenge and Common Ground, died on April 26, 2026, in Buenos Aires. He was 82. Born in Buenos Aires on October 19, 1943, Aristarain worked as…
Alfred Slote, an American author, died on April 26, 2026, at the age of 99. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, on September 11, 1926, he wrote children’s books that included numerous sports and space novels. Among his works was…
Marcos Petrillo died on April 26, 2026. He was a Brazilian promoter, author, and music researcher. His work spanned promotion, writing, and research focused on music.
Muni Narayana Prasad, an Indian spiritual teacher and author, died on April 25, 2026, at the age of 87. He was the head of the Narayana Gurukula Foundation, a philosophical and educational organisation inspired by the teachings of Narayana Guru.…
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, at age 88 of cardiac arrest. Born in Flint, Michigan,…
Musa Akhmadov died on April 23, 2026. He was a Russian playwright, poet and writer. No other details about his life or work were provided.
Jean-Benoît Meybeck, a French comic book author and illustrator, died on April 23, 2026, at the age of 53. Born in Grenoble on January 29, 1973, he worked as a graphic designer before starting a comics blog in 2010. He…
James Valentine, an Australian radio and television presenter and musician, died on April 23, 2026, by assisted suicide. He was 64. Born in Ballarat, Victoria, Valentine worked as a saxophonist and was a member of Jo Jo Zep, Models and…
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 University of Prishtina. Qosja was a prolific literary critic and…
Sylvana Lorenz, French art dealer and writer, died on April 23, 2026, at the age of 73. Born in Tunis, Tunisia, on February 14, 1953, she opened her first art gallery in 1981 and became known for supporting young artists.…
Jack Bass, an American author and journalist, died on April 23, 2026, at age 91. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1934 and grew up in North as the youngest of seven children. Bass graduated from the University…
Peter J. Carroll, a British occultist and writer, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 72–73. Born in England in 1953, he was one of the originators of chaos magic theory, a cofounder of the Illuminates of Thanateros,…
J. H. Prynne, a British poet, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 89. Jeremy Halvard Prynne was closely associated with the British Poetry Revival and was a key figure in the Cambridge group among its poets. He…
Edward Lozzi, an American publicist, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 77. He was also a political consultant, former White House Press Advance staffer and writer. Lozzi founded Edward Lozzi & Associates, a Beverly Hills public relations…
Daniel L'Homond, the French storyteller and author, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Pau, France, on June 13, 1954, he graduated from Bordeaux Montaigne University. L'Homond was best known for the Périgord accent in…
David Malouf, the Australian writer, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Brisbane on March 20, 1934, he was a novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright and librettist. He lectured at the University of Queensland…
Hayat Al-Fahad, a Kuwaiti actress, writer, broadcaster and producer known for Um Harun, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Sharq, Kuwait, she was active from 1970 to 2026. Al-Fahad was best known for her…
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, he was a member of the Union of the Democratic…
Luis Puenzo, the Argentine film director, producer and screenplay writer, died on April 21, 2026, at age 80. Born in Buenos Aires on Feb. 19, 1946, he worked mainly in the cinema of Argentina and also worked in the United…
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 a member of the Academia Boliviana de la Lengua and…
Barrie Tomlinson, a British comic book editor and writer, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in St Albans, England, in February 1938, he began his career at IPC Magazines in 1961 after responding to a…
Manfred Böckl, a German writer, died on April 20, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Landau an der Isar, Bavaria, on September 2, 1948, he wrote historical fiction and, from the 1980s, novels often set in Bavaria and…
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…
David Wilcock, an American paranormal writer and media personality, died on April 20, 2026, by suicide by gunshot. He was 53. Wilcock was born in Rotterdam, New York, on March 8, 1973, and studied psychology at the State University of…
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…
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…
Vladimir Shinkaryov died on April 19, 2026. He was a Russian artist, painter, and writer. His death was reported without additional details. Shinkaryov's work spanned visual art and writing.
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 July 2, 1942, in Otrar, Chimkent Oblast, in the Kazakh…
Desmond Morris, English zoologist, ethnologist and surrealist painter, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 98. Born Desmond John Morris in Purton, Wiltshire, on January 24, 1928, he was also a popular author in human sociobiology. He is…
Dominique Douay, French science fiction author, died on April 19, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Romans-sur-Isère, France, on March 16, 1944, he studied law in Lyon and Paris. Douay worked with publishing houses including La Découverte, Éditions…
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 also served in the National Security Council Secretariat, was a…
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 work in film, theater, radio, and television, including Dead Man’s…
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…
Beatriz de Moura, a Brazilian-born Spanish publisher and translator, died on April 17, 2026. She was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1939, grew up in a family of diplomats and traveled often in her youth, and studied at the…
Bob Novogratz, an American football player and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, died on April 15, 2026, at the age of 89. He played college football for the Army Cadets from 1957 to 1958 as a guard and linebacker.…
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…
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…
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…
Gigi Reggi died on April 14, 2026. Reggi was an Italian journalist, television writer and producer. No further details were provided about the circumstances of death.
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…
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…
Lee Wachtstetter, an American author, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 97. Known as "Mama Lee," she was also a long-term cruise ship passenger who lived full time on the Crystal Serenity from 2008 after earlier cruising…
Bernard Eliade, a French writer and teacher, died on April 13, 2026, in Dijon, France. He was 87 or 88. Born in Paris in 1938, Eliade was best known for teaching foreign students in Drancy and for adopting teaching techniques…
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…
Ian Watson, the British science fiction author of The Jonah Kit, Chekhov's Journey, Queenmagic and Kingmagic, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on April 20, 1943, he was a British science fiction writer who lived… · Canada · 15 April 2023 · Politicians · April 2023 · April 15
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.
Nino Russo died on April 11, 2026. He was an Italian film director, screenwriter and playwright. Russo worked in film and theater, writing and directing across both forms. His death was announced on that date.
Mike Westbrook, the English jazz pianist and composer, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Michael John David Westbrook in High Wycombe in 1936 and raised in Torquay, he studied painting in Plymouth after a spell… · 11 April 2026 · April 2026
Mike Westbrook, the English jazz pianist and composer, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Michael John David Westbrook in High Wycombe in 1936 and raised in Torquay, he studied painting in Plymouth after a spell…
May Angeli, a French artist and author, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Clichy, France, on August 8, 1937, she graduated from the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art and…
S. R. Ramaswamy, an Indian writer and journalist, died on April 10, 2026, at age 88. Born in Bangalore on October 29, 1937, he also worked as a biographer, social activist and environmentalist. He authored more than 50 books and… · England · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Yōsuke Tamori died on April 10, 2026. He was a Japanese mangaka and writer known for PopoloCrois. No further details were provided about his death.
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
Peter Terry died on April 10, 2026. He was a South African actor known for Project Shadowchaser II and The Challenger Disaster, as well as a dramatist and poet. His work spanned acting and writing, and his name is associated… · 10 April 2026 · April 2026
Sid Krofft, the Canadian puppeteer and television writer behind H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, died on April 10, 2026. He was 96. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on July 30, 1929, Krofft worked…
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
Eirwyn George, a Welsh poet, died on April 9, 2026. · 09 April 2026 · April 2026
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
Mario Adorf, the German actor and writer known for Major Dundee, Short Night of Glass Dolls and Fedora, died on April 8, 2026, at age 95. Born in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1930, he was active from 1954 to 2026 and… · 08 April 2026 · April 2026
Nguyễn Đức Mậu died on April 8, 2026. He was a Vietnamese poet. · 08 April 2026 · April 2026 · Nguyen · Mầu
Leïla Marouane, a Tunisian-born French creative writer and journalist who wrote for El Watan and Jeune Afrique, died on April 8, 2026. She was 65. Born Leyla Zineb Mechentel in 1960 in Djerba, Tunisia, Marouane worked as a journalist for…
John Flanagan, the Australian fantasy author best known for the Ranger's Apprentice series, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 81. Born John Anthony Flanagan in Sydney, Australia, on May 22, 1944, he was also a novelist and… · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Michael Patrick died on April 7, 2026, from complications from motor neuron disease. He was an Irish actor and writer known for My Left Nut. · 07 April 2026 · April 2026
Barbara Gordon, an American documentary filmmaker and producer, died on April 7, 2026, at age 90. Born Barbara Sue Loeb in Miami Beach, Florida, on December 19, 1935, she graduated from Barnard College in 1956 and went on to work…
Michail Belchev died on April 6, 2026. He was a Bulgarian singer and poet. · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Gabriel Rosenstock died on April 6, 2026. · Ireland · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
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
Beppe Sebaste died on April 6, 2026. He was an Italian writer, poet, and journalist who worked for L'Unità and La Repubblica. His writing appeared across those outlets, where he was known for his work in journalism and literature. · 06 April 2026 · April 2026
Mihail Belchev, a Bulgarian singer, songwriter and poet, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Sofia on August 13, 1946, he also worked as a director. Belchev studied for four years at the High Mining…
Rusmir Mahmutćehajić died on April 5, 2026. He was a Bosnian writer and politician. · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Josep Piera, Spanish poet and author, died on April 5, 2026. · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Piero Antonio Toma died on April 5, 2026. He was an Italian journalist, writer and publisher. No further details were provided. · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
José Ulloa, a Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor, died on April 5, 2026. He was 92. Born in Madrid in 1934, he directed Veinte pasos para la muerte, El refugio del miedo, La amante ingenua, Juventud sin freno and…
Zori Balayan, an Armenian writer, died on April 5, 2026. · 05 April 2026 · April 2026
Ramon Gieling, the Dutch film director, screenwriter, and author, died on April 5, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Utrecht on April 21, 1954, he worked across film and writing. He received a Crystal Film award in 2015…