Arne Olsen died on April 4, 2026, from complications from cancer. He was a Canadian screenwriter whose credits included Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Cop and a Half, and All Dogs Go to Heaven 2. · 04 April 2026 · April 2026
Nanni Cagnone, an Italian poet, died on April 4, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Carcare, Liguria, on April 10, 1939, he was also a novelist, essayist and playwright. He debuted as a poet in 1954 and went… · 04 April 2026 · April 2026
Roberto Zapperi died on April 4, 2026. He was an Italian historian and writer. · 04 April 2026 · April 2026
Andrew Perry died on April 3, 2026. He was an English music journalist, author and broadcaster. Perry wrote for Select, Q and Mojo, and also worked as a broadcaster and author. His work was part of the music press across… · 03 April 2026 · April 2026
Roberto Arditti died on April 2, 2026. He was an Italian journalist, television writer and radio personality. His work spanned journalism, television writing and radio, according to the information provided. · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Vittorio Messori, an Italian journalist, died on April 2, 2026. He was also a Christian writer and, according to Sandro Magister, a Vaticanist, was regarded as the most translated Catholic writer in the world. Messori had a secular upbringing and… · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Kristian Gerner died on April 2, 2026. He was a Swedish historian and author. · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
Robert Pal died on April 2, 2026. He was a Russian poet, translator and writer. · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
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
Shozin Fukui, a Japanese film director and screenwriter, died on April 2, 2026, at the age of 64–65. He was best known for his work in the cyberpunk genre and for the films "964 Pinocchio," "Rubber's Lover" and "S-94." Born… · 02 April 2026 · April 2026
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…
Tom Valenti, an American chef, died on April 1, 2026, at age 67. He was executive chef at Jockey Hollow Bar and Kitchen in Morristown, New Jersey, and owner and executive chef of Oxbow Tavern on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.… · 01 April 2026 · April 2026
Suki Lahav, the Israeli violinist, singer and lyricist who was a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band from September 1974 to March 1975, died on April 1, 2026, at age 74. Born Tzruya Lahav on July 16, 1951, in… · 01 April 2026 · April 2026
Louis Saia, a Canadian film director and screenwriter best known for the Les Boys franchise of hockey comedy films, died on April 1, 2026. Born on May 25, 1950, he began his career as a theatrical director and became known… · England · 01 April 2026 · April 2026
Salvador Castañeda Álvarez, a Mexican writer and cultural functionary, died on April 1, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on an ejido in the municipality of Matamoros, Coahuila, on July 31, 1946, he studied geological engineering at the National…
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
Michelangelo Zurletti, an Italian musicologist and essayist, died March 30, 2026. · 30 March 2026 · March 2026
Rahul Banerjee, an Indian actor and writer, died on March 29, 2026, after drowning. He worked primarily in Bengali films and television series and was known for roles in Chirodini Tumi Je Amar, Pati Parameshwar and Zulfiqar. Born Arunoday Banerjee… · 29 March 2026 · March 2026
Wiesław Myśliwski, a Polish novelist and playwright, died on March 29, 2026. He was 94. Born on March 25, 1932, in Dwikozy, Poland, he was raised in Ćmielów and later studied philology at the Catholic University of Lublin, graduating in… · 29 March 2026 · March 2026
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
David Riondino, the Italian singer-songwriter, actor and writer, died on March 29, 2026, at age 73. Born in Florence on June 10, 1952, he began his career in the mid-1970s as a member of the musical ensemble Collettivo Victor Jara.… · 29 March 2026 · March 2026
Veer Pratap Murmu, an Indian Santali writer and school principal, died on March 28, 2026, following a traffic collision. He was also a translator, social worker and government school teacher from Jharkhand. Born on October 5, 1966, in Fufardi Baredih… · 28 March 2026 · March 2026
Willy Ustad, a Norwegian novelist, died on March 28, 2026. Born in Trondheim on May 16, 1946, he grew up in a heavily forested part of Trøndelag. He worked as an army employee until he was 30, and later as… · 28 March 2026 · March 2026
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
Larry Price, an American football player and radio host, died on March 27, 2026. He was 91. Price was a resident of Honolulu and was known for his work as co-host of the locally popular "Perry & Price" on KSSK-FM… · 27 March 2026 · March 2026
Gino Agnese, the Italian journalist, biographer and essayist, died on March 27, 2026, in Rome, at the age of 90. Born in Naples on March 10, 1936, he served as president of the Rome Quadriennale from 2002 to 2011. He… · 27 March 2026 · March 2026
Bob Schmetterer, an American business executive and author, died in Invalid Date. He was chairman and CEO of Euro RSCG Worldwide and president and COO of the communications group Havas. Born Robert Allen Schmetterer in New York City, he grew…
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
Jean Sagols, the French actor, screenwriter and television director, died on March 26, 2026, of a cerebral haemorrhage. He was 87. Born in 1938, he worked in film and television as an actor, screenwriter and director from 1964 to 2011.… · 26 March 2026 · March 2026
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
Carlos Orgambide, the Argentine film director, cinematographer and screenwriter known for Queridas amigas, died on March 26, 2026. Born Carlos Gdansky Orgambide on September 28, 1930, he worked under the stage name Carlos Orgambide. He died at the age of… · 26 March 2026 · March 2026
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
Tordis Ørjasæter, a Norwegian literary critic, died on March 25, 2026. She was also a biographer, professor of educational science and novelist, and was particularly engaged in culture and literature for children. Born in Oslo on March 25, 1927, she… · 25 March 2026 · March 2026
Theodore L. Brown, an American scientist and author, died on March 24, 2026. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on October 15, 1928, he was known for research, teaching, and writing in physical inorganic chemistry, as well as for his work… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Biruté Galdikas, the Canadian primatologist, conservationist and author known for her work with orangutans and as founder of the Orangutan Foundation International, died on March 24, 2026. She was 79. Galdikas, a professor at Simon Fraser University, was recognized as… · 24 March 2026 · Lung Cancer · March 2026 · Birutė
Tracy Kidder, the American writer whose nonfiction books included The Soul of a New Machine and Mountains Beyond Mountains, died March 24, 2026, of lung cancer. He was 80. Kidder won the Pulitzer Prize for The Soul of a New… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Chime Rinpoche, a Tibetan lama and teacher, died on March 24, 2026, in London, England, at the age of 84. Born near Jyekundo, Kham, Tibet, on October 8, 1941, he fled Tibet in 1959 after the annexation and reached India… · America · Britain · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Peter Messent, a British academic and professor of American Studies at the University of Nottingham, died on March 24, 2026, aged 79. Born in Wimbledon, London, he attended Wimbledon College before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies… · 24 March 2026 · March 2026
Rodolfo Acuña, an American historian and educator, died on March 23, 2026, at age 93. He was a professor at California State University, Northridge, and a scholar of Chicano studies. Acuña wrote the 1972 book "Occupied America: A History of… · Mexico · 23 March 2026 · March 2026
David Sklansky, an American professional poker player and author, died on March 23, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nevada, of heart failure. He was 78. Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, on December 22, 1947, Sklansky was an early writer on poker… · 23 March 2026 · March 2026
Peter Stead, Welsh writer, broadcaster and historian, died on March 22, 2026. Born in Barry, Wales, in 1943, he attended grammar schools in Barry and Gowerton and studied history at Swansea University under Prof Glanmor Williams. He later served as… · 22 March 2026 · March 2026
Michael Aaron Rockland, an American writer, journalist and academic who was professor of American Studies at Rutgers University, died on March 22, 2026. Born in The Bronx, New York City, on July 14, 1935, he attended Hunter College and later… · 22 March 2026 · March 2026
Rómulo Berruti, an Argentine journalist and film critic, died on March 22, 2026, in Buenos Aires at the age of 88. Born in Buenos Aires on October 23, 1937, he wrote for Clarín for 26 years and received the Konex… · 22 March 2026 · March 2026
Arthur E. Humphrey, an American chemical engineer, died on March 21, 2026, at age 98. Born in Moscow, Idaho, on November 9, 1927, he attended the University of Idaho, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University, where he received… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Juca de Oliveira, a Brazilian actor, died on March 21, 2026, in São Paulo, Brazil, from pneumonia complicated by heart disease. Born José de Oliveira Santos on March 16, 1935, in São Roque, São Paulo, he worked as an actor,… · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Vladimir Zantaria, an Abkhazian poet and politician who served as chairman of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company from 1993 to 1994 and as minister for culture from 1999 to 2001, died on March 21, 2026. Born on September… · Russia · 21 March 2026 · March 2026
Jessie Jones, an American actress and playwright, died on March 20, 2026, after a long illness. Born on August 21, 1950, in Texas, she appeared on the internationally broadcast television shows Murphy Brown, Melrose Place, Night Court, and Who's the… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Lala Alizadeh, an Azerbaijani scientist, died on March 20, 2026. Born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, on February 5, 1950, she was the author of roughly 100 scientific, literary and methodological articles published in Azerbaijan and abroad. Her notable publications included… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026 · Lála
Božo Koprivica, a Serbian essayist, dramatic adviser and literary critic, died on March 20, 2026. Born in 1950 in Nikšić, then in PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia, he was a Montenegrin writer of Yugoslavian ethnicity who lived and worked in Belgrade.… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Xosé Antonio García Cotarelo, a Spanish lawyer and writer, died on March 20, 2026. Also known as Pepe de Regos, he was born in Vilamea (A Pontenova) in 1941. He studied law in Madrid and passed the State Civil Service… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Isabelle Mergault, the French actress, director, writer and television and radio personality, died on March 20, 2026, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, at the age of 67, following a battle with cancer. Born in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, near Paris, on May 11, 1958,… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Calvin Tomkins, an American author and art critic for The New Yorker, died on March 20, 2026. He was 100. Born in Orange, New Jersey, on December 17, 1925, Tomkins graduated from Berkshire School and Princeton University in 1948. He… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026 · Stroke
Nicholas Brendon Schultz, the American actor, artist and writer best known for his roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Criminal Minds, died on March 20, 2026. He was 54. Born in Los Angeles, California, on April 12, 1971, Schultz… · 20 March 2026 · March 2026
Melli Irani, an Indian cinematographer, died on March 19, 2026, in Chennai at the age of 93. He worked predominantly in the Malayalam film industry and was known for films including Sathyabhama, Line Bus and Ente Mohangal Poovaninju. Born in… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Michel Rolland, a French oenologist, died on March 19, 2026. Based in Bordeaux, he had hundreds of clients across 13 countries and was known for consultancies outside France, which set him apart from most of his countrymen. His signature style… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Alton Sutnick, an American medical researcher and educator, died on March 19, 2026. Sutnick was also an administrator and the author of more than 200 scholarly publications. He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in… · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
Chuck Norris, the American martial artist, actor and author known for Walker, Texas Ranger, Missing in Action and The Way of the Dragon, died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 86. Born Carlos Ray Norris on March 10,… · Brazil · 19 March 2026 · March 2026
John Coley, a New Zealand painter and art critic, died on March 17, 2026, aged 91. John William Coley MBE was born in Palmerston North on 28 January 1935. He attended Palmerston North Boys’ High School and took evening art… · 17 March 2026 · March 2026
Aníbal Cristobo, Argentine poet, writer and critic, died on March 17, 2026, in Barcelona, Spain, at the age of 54. Born in Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on September 1, 1971, he published poems and poetry books, and also worked… · Portugal · 17 March 2026 · March 2026
Aleksandra Kurczab-Pomianowska, a Polish actress and translator, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Lviv on May 7, 1940, she was the daughter of writer Jan Kurczab and Janina née Liebling. She worked as an actress from 1957 to 1960,… · 16 March 2026 · March 2026
Navnindra Behl, an Indian theatre and television director, writer and actor, died on March 16, 2026, at age 76. Born in Delhi on October 30, 1949, she began stage acting at the age of three and later took part in… · 16 March 2026 · March 2026
Alfred J. Noll, an Austrian lawyer, politician and writer, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Salzburg on January 30, 1960, he earned his law degree from the University of Salzburg and later worked as a lawyer in Vienna. He… · 16 March 2026 · March 2026
Eric Overmyer, an American television writer and producer known for his work on Bosch, Law & Order and The Wire, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Boulder, Colorado, on September 25, 1951, and raised in Seattle, he graduated from… · 16 March 2026 · March 2026 · Éric
Alessandro Cortese de Bosis, an Italian academic, diplomat and writer, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 99. Born in Rome on April 23, 1926, he served as president of the American University of Rome from 1993 to… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
William C. Dietz, an American science fiction writer, died on March 15, 2026, at age 81. Born William Corey Dietz in Seattle on January 30, 1945, he wrote principally military science fiction novels and video game novelizations. He grew up… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
Len Deighton, the British author best known for his spy novels, died on March 15, 2026, at the age of 97. Born Leonard Cyril Deighton in Marylebone, London, on February 18, 1929, he also wrote cookery books and works on… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
Bjørn Nilsen, a Norwegian poet, journalist and television producer, died on March 15, 2026. He was born in Strinda, now Trondheim, on December 27, 1934, the son of Eilif Asbjørn Nilsen and Borgunn Alvilde Iversen. Nilsen graduated with examen artium… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
Sam Kieth, an American comic book artist and writer best known for The Maxx and Zero Girl, died on March 15, 2026, at age 63 of complications from Lewy body dementia. Born in Sacramento, California, on January 11, 1963, he… · 15 March 2026 · March 2026
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Brian Clarke, the British author, journalist and angler, died on March 14, 2026, aged 87. He wrote two books on fly-fishing, The Pursuit of Stillwater Trout (1975) and, with John Goddard, The Trout and the Fly (1980). His environmental novel… · England · Chest Infection · 14 March 2026 · March 2026
Ann Gluckman, a New Zealand educator, writer and historian, died on March 13, 2026, aged 98. Born Ann Jocelyn Klippel in London in 1927, she was appointed principal of Ngā Tapuwae College in 1975, becoming the first woman in New… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Lloyd Jones, the Welsh novelist, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 74. He was also a poet and photographer. Born at Bryn Clochydd, Gwytherin, near Llanrwst, he lived at Abergwyngregyn. Jones had worked on a farm, as… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
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
Paul R. Ehrlich, an American biologist, author, and environmentalist, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 93. He was known for his warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and resource depletion, and for the 1968… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Hans-Georg Backhaus, a German Marxian economist and philosopher, died on March 12, 2026, in Frankfurt. He was 96 or 97. Backhaus was one of the main authors of the Neue Marx-Lektüre and is considered one of the most important German… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Mark Bittner, an American writer and author of The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, died on March 12, 2026. Born in Vancouver, Washington, on November 29, 1951, he wrote the book that accompanied the film The Wild Parrots of Telegraph… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Patricia Clarke, an Australian writer and historian, died on March 12, 2026. Born Mary Patricia Clarke in Alphington, Melbourne, on July 30, 1926, she was educated in Melbourne, later in Sale and at the University of Melbourne. She worked as… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
William Norvel, an American Catholic priest, died on March 12, 2026. Born William Leonard Norvel Jr. on October 1, 1935, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1965 and became the 13th and first Black superior general… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Gordon Wallace, the Scottish football player and manager, died on March 12, 2026. A forward, he began his career with Montrose in 1961 before playing for Raith Rovers, Dundee and Dundee United. A native of Dundee, he was named Scottish… · America · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Ernie Anastos, an American news 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
Margareta Magnusson, a Swedish painter and essayist, died on March 12, 2026, in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the age of 91. Born Margareta Elisabeth Bothén in Gothenburg on December 31, 1934, she studied at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm and… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026 · Magnússon
Brian Doherty, an American journalist and author who was a senior editor at Reason magazine, died on March 12, 2026. Born Brian Michael Doherty in Queens, New York, on June 1, 1968, he grew up in Florida and studied journalism… · 12 March 2026 · March 2026
Alfredo Bryce Echenique, a Peruvian writer, died on March 10, 2026, in Lima, Peru, at the age of 87. Born in Lima on February 19, 1939, he wrote numerous books and short stories and was best known for his 1970… · America · 10 March 2026 · March 2026
Alojz Ihan, a Slovenian immunologist, doctor and poet, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 64. Born in Ljubljana on July 23, 1961, he studied at the Medical Faculty at the University of Ljubljana and worked at the… · 10 March 2026 · March 2026
Giorgos Panousopoulos, the Greek cinematographer, film director and screenwriter known for Mania, died on March 10, 2026. He was 84. Born in Kifissia, German-occupied Greece, on February 3, 1942, Panousopoulos worked on 37 films between 1964 and 2004. His 1985… · 10 March 2026 · March 2026
Giorgio Gosetti, an Italian film critic, died on March 9, 2026. Born in Venice on Feb. 6, 1956, he was also a journalist and festival director. He was best known as the founder and general delegate of the Giornate degli… · 09 March 2026 · March 2026
Richard Bozulich, an American Go player, author, publisher and college math instructor, died on March 9, 2026, at age 90. He co-founded Ishi Press and was the founding publisher of Kiseido Publishing Co., which produced Go books in English. Bozulich… · Japan · 09 March 2026 · March 2026
Leoš Šimánek, a Czech traveler and writer, died on March 9, 2026. He was 79. Born in Choceň, Czechoslovakia, on April 19, 1946, he studied civil engineering and left communist Czechoslovakia in 1968. He settled in Germany, where he worked… · 09 March 2026 · March 2026
Philip Bourne, an Australian bioinformatician and writer, died on March 8, 2026, at age 72. Philip Eric Bourne was the Stephenson Chair of Data Science, director of the School of Data Science and professor of biomedical engineering, and served as… · 08 March 2026 · March 2026
B. Wongar, the pen name of Serbian writer Sreten Božić, died on March 8, 2026, aged 93-94. Born in 1932 in Gornja Trešnjevica, in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he lived in Australia for much of his life.… · 08 March 2026 · March 2026
Curzia Ferrari, an Italian journalist, writer and translator of Russian poetry, died on March 8, 2026, in Milan at the age of 96. Born in Milan in May 1929, she worked as a writer and translator and was known for… · 08 March 2026 · March 2026
Lutfiya al-Dulaimi, an Iraqi writer, journalist and women's rights activist, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Baqubah on March 7, 1939, she grew up in Baghdad and worked as a teacher from 1971 to… · 08 March 2026 · March 2026
Jan Lenferink, the Dutch radio and television presenter and columnist best known for RUR (Rechtstreeks uit Richter), died on March 7, 2026. Born in Dalfsen on 9 December 1945, he studied Dutch language and psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen,… · 07 March 2026 · March 2026
Mahendra Pal Singh, an Indian legal scholar and jurist, died on March 7, 2026. He was a scholar of constitutional law, administrative law and comparative law, and professor emeritus at the University of Delhi. He later served as a research… · 07 March 2026 · March 2026
Franco Vito Gaiezza, an Italian musician and writer, died on March 7, 2026. Born in Rome on October 29, 1962, he performed in concerts for organ, piano, and harpsichord in Italy and abroad. He also recorded numerous broadcasts for Radio… · 07 March 2026 · March 2026
Judith L. Rapoport, an American psychiatrist, died on March 7, 2026, at age 92. She was chief of the Child Psychiatry Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Born Judith Helen Livant in New York City… · 07 March 2026 · March 2026
Uladzimir Karyzna, a Belarusian poet who co-wrote the lyrics of Belarus’s current national anthem, My Belarusy, died on March 6, 2026. Born in Zakruzhka, Minsk District, on May 25, 1938, he graduated from Belarusian State University in 1961. He later… · Russia · 06 March 2026 · March 2026
Francisco Fernández Carvajal, a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and writer, died on March 6, 2026. Born in Albolote, in the province of Granada, on January 24, 1938, he was a priest in the Opus Dei Prelature and the author of… · 06 March 2026 · March 2026