Jan Lenferink Dutch radio and television presenter dead at age 80
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…
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Franco Vito Gaiezza Italian musician dead at age 66
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…
Judith L. Rapoport American psychiatrist dead at age 92
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…
Francisco Fernández Carvajal Spanish Roman Catholic priest and writer dead at age 88
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…
James Garbarino American academic and psychologist dead at age 78
James Garbarino, an American academic and psychologist, died on March 6, 2026. He was a professor at Loyola University Chicago and specialized in studying the causes of violence in children,…
Christos Valavanidis Greek actor (The Wretches Are Still Singing dead at age 81
Christos Valavanidis, a Greek actor and poet, died on March 6, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Athens in 1944, he graduated from the National Theatre Drama School…
Gerda Antti Swedish writer dead at age 96
Gerda Antti, a Swedish writer 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…
Uladzimir Karyzna Belarusian poet dead at age 87
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,…
Gyula Gobby Fehér public figure dead at age 82
Gyula Gobby Fehér, a Serbian writer, died on March 5, 2026. He was born in Bácsfeketehegy on April 11, 1943, to László Fehér and Julianna Vranyó. From 1974 to 1983,…
António Lobo Antunes Portuguese novelist (The Land at the End of the World dead at age 83
António Lobo Antunes, the Portuguese novelist and medical doctor, died on March 5, 2026, in Lisbon, Portugal, at age 83. Born in Lisbon on September 1, 1942, he studied at…
Bob Rosenfarb American television producer and writer (Step by Step dead at age 74
Bob Rosenfarb, an American television producer and writer known for Step by Step, died on March 5, 2026. He was 74. Born Robert Martin Rosenfarb on September 16, 1951, in…
Eigra Lewis Roberts Welsh writer dead at age 86
Eigra Lewis Roberts, a Welsh-language author and writer, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Blaenau Ffestiniog on 7 August 1939, she wrote about 30…
Carlos Saboga
Portuguese film director and screenwriterDied on Wednesday March 4th 2026
Daniel Migliore American theologian dead at age 90
Daniel Migliore, an American theologian and author who was professor emeritus of theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, died on March 4, 2026. Born in 1935, he earned a Bachelor of…
Peter Schneider (writer) German writer dead at age 85
Peter Schneider, the German writer, died on March 4, 2026. Born in Lübeck on April 21, 1940, he was the son of a conductor and composer. He spent his early…
Ahmed Ibrahim Darwish Egyptian writer and poet dead at age 83
Ahmed Ibrahim Darwish, an Egyptian writer and poet, died on March 4, 2026. Born in Cairo on May 15, 1943, he earned a bachelor’s degree in Arabic language, literature and…
Anis Djaad Algerian film director dead at age 51
Anis Djaad, an Algerian film director, screenwriter and writer, died on March 4, 2026, at the age of 51. Born in Algiers on April 29, 1974, he grew up in…
Antoine Ghandour Lebanese writer dead at age 83
Antoine Ghandour, a Lebanese television writer, died on March 4, 2026. Born in Ain Alaq, Metn District, on April 5, 1942, he worked in television, cinema, theater and radio. Ghandour…
Albert Zuckerman American literary agent dead at age 94
Albert Zuckerman, an American literary agent and founder of the literary agency Writers House, died on March 4, 2026. He was 94. Zuckerman was identified in supplied information as Albert…
Gordon Corrigan 83–84 dead at age 83
Gordon Corrigan, British army officer, historical writer and broadcaster, died on March 3, 2026. He was educated at the Royal School, Armagh, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and served…
Clive Byers British bird watcher dead at age 68
Clive Byers, a British bird watcher and professional bird artist, died on March 3, 2026. He was also described as an early “twitcher.” His illustrations appeared in well-known bird identification…
Yoshiharu Tsuge Japanese manga artist, aspiration pneumonia dead at age 88
Yoshiharu Tsuge, the Japanese manga artist and essayist known for "Nejishiki," died on March 3, 2026, in Tokyo, Japan, of aspiration pneumonia. Born in Katsushika, Tokyo, on October 30, 1937,…
Unni-Lise Jonsmoen Norwegian illustrator and children’s writer dead at age 89
Unni-Lise Jonsmoen, a Norwegian illustrator and children's writer, died on March 3, 2026, at the age of 89. She was born in Oslo on April 21, 1936, to Margit Schulze…
Andrea Weiss (rabbi) Rabbinical ordination dead at age 60
Andrea Weiss, an American rabbi and author, died on March 3, 2026. She was ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1993 and later served there as associate professor of Bible,…
Andrew Watson (bishop) Anglican cleric and author dead at age 64
Andrew Watson, the British Anglican clergyman who served as Bishop of Aston from 2008 to 2014 and Bishop of Guildford from 2014 until his death, died on March 3, 2026,…
K. P. Unnikrishnan Indian politician dead at age 89
K. P. Unnikrishnan, an Indian politician and writer who served as a Union minister and parliamentarian for the Vatakara constituency, died on March 3, 2026. He was 89. Born on…
Hélène Mouchard-Zay French academic and writer dead at age 85
Hélène Mouchard-Zay, a French academic and writer, died on March 2, 2026, at age 85. Born in Rabat on August 27, 1940, she was the daughter of Madeleine and Jean…
Bernard Launois French film director dead at age 95
Bernard Launois, a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for Devil Story, died on March 2, 2026. Born in Mézières, France, on April 8, 1930, he studied pharmacology for…
Nikolay Kolyada Russian playwright dead at age 68
Nikolay Kolyada, a Russian playwright, theatre director, actor and teacher, died on March 2, 2026. He was 68. Born on December 4, 1957, in Presnogor'kovka in the Kostanay Region of…
Janardan Waghmare Author, Educationist/Professor, Social Worker, Social Reformer dead at age 91
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…
Jahanara Arzu Bangladeshi poet dead at age 93
Jahanara Arzu, a Bangladeshi poet, died on March 2, 2026. She was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 1987 by the Government of Bangladesh for her contribution to Bengali literature. Arzu…
Patrick Dewolf French film director and screenwriter dead at age 75
Patrick Dewolf, the French film director and screenwriter, died in Invalid Date at the age of 75. Born in Paris on 3 June 1950, he was nominated for a César…
Vladimir Charlot
Russian writer and literacy criticDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Diamond Dave Whitaker American poet and activist dead at age 88
Diamond Dave Whitaker, an American poet and activist, died on March 1, 2026. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on November 12, 1937, Whitaker was associated with several generations of San Francisco…
Kenith Trodd British television producer dead at age 90
Kenith Trodd, a British film and television producer best known for his association with playwright Dennis Potter, died on March 1, 2026, aged 90. Born Kenneth George Trodd on May…
Neville Peat Author, photographer dead at age 78
Neville Peat, New Zealand natural history writer and photographer, died on March 1, 2026, aged 78. Born in Dunedin in 1947, he was based at Broad Bay on the Otago…
Alexander Tzonis Greek-French architect dead at age 88
Alexander Tzonis, a Greek-French architect, author and researcher, died on March 1, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Athens on November 8, 1937, he made contributions to architectural…
Jeelani Bano Novel, short story dead at age 89
Jeelani Bano, an Indian writer and novelist, died on March 1, 2026. Born on July 14, 1936, in Budaun, she wrote in Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati and Telugu. Bano began writing…
Adeeb Naser 87–86 dead at age 87
Adeeb Naser, a Palestinian poet, died on March 1, 2026. Born on 28 June 1939, he joined the American University in Cairo in 1959 and the American University of Beirut…
Giancarlo Consonni
Italian poetDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Margherita Pieracci Harwell
Italian writerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Purchi Achvan
Russian playwright and poetDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Sergey Georgiyev
Russian writerDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Koichiro Iida
Japanese manga artist and criticDied on Sunday March 1st 2026
Nabilah Lubis Indonesian philologist and writer dead at age 83
Nabilah Lubis, an Indonesian philologist, writer, translator and lecturer, died on February 28, 2026, in Cairo, Egypt, at the age of 83. Born Nabilah ‘Abdel Fattah in Cairo on March…
Mario Buhagiar Maltese art historian dead at age 81
Mario Buhagiar, a Maltese art historian and author, died on February 28, 2026, aged 81. He was a professor in the history of art at the University of Malta and…
Lorraine Bayly The Man From Snowy River as Rosemary Hume, The Sullivans as Grace Sullivan, Carson&#…
Lorraine Bayly, the Australian actress best known for her role in The Sullivans, died on February 28, 2026, aged 89. Born in Booligal, New South Wales, on January 16, 1937,…
Slava Tsukerman Russian film director dead at age 86
Slava Tsukerman, a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer, died on February 28, 2026. Born Vladislav Markovich Tsukerman in Moscow in the Soviet Union, he was of Jewish origin and…
John H. Caldwell Promotion of cross-country skiing in the United States dead at age 97
John H. Caldwell, an American Olympic skier and author, died on February 27, 2026, at age 97. Caldwell competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics in Nordic skiing and later became…
Rose Lesniak
feminist poet and dog trainerDied on Friday February 27th 2026
Ardis E. Parshall American historian dead at age 66
Ardis E. Parshall, an American historian and independent researcher of Latter-day Saint history, died on February 26, 2026. She published her research on the blog Keepapitchinin and worked for The…
Christopher S. Wren American journalist and author dead at age 89
Christopher S. Wren, an American journalist and author who spent 28 years as a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, died on February 26, 2026. Born Christopher Sale Wren…
Utsav Charan Das Indian dancer dead at age 80
Utsav Charan Das, an Indian dancer, lyricist, music composer and playwright, died on February 26, 2026. He was born in 1945 or 1946 in Mania village, then in Orissa Province,…
T. K. Oommen Indian sociologist dead at age 88
T. K. Oommen, an Indian sociologist, died on February 26, 2026. Also known as Tharailath Koshy Oommen, he was Professor Emeritus at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems,…
Ahmed Nimal Maldivian actor dead at age 62
Ahmed Nimal, a Maldivian actor, director, editor, writer and producer, died on February 26, 2026, at the age of 62. Born on January 13, 1963, in the Sultanate of the…
Maroof Raza Indian Army officer dead at age 66
Maroof Raza, an Indian Army officer and commentator on national security and strategic affairs, died on February 26, 2026, aged 66. He served in the Indian Army from 1980 to…
Drusilla Beyfus Etiquette writer dead at age 98
Drusilla Beyfus, the English writer and journalist best known for her books on modern modes and manners, died on February 26, 2026, aged 98. Born in Hampstead, London, on March…
André Vanasse Writer dead at age 83
André Vanasse, a Canadian writer, died on February 26, 2026, at age 83 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Born in Montreal on March 6, 1942, he was a member of…
Ioanna Papantoniou Greek author dead at age 90
Ioanna Papantoniou, a Greek author, scenic designer, costume designer and folklorist, died on February 25, 2026. Born in Athens on January 7, 1936, she was the founder and president of…
Jeff Galloway American Olympic runner dead at age 80
Jeff Galloway, an American Olympic runner and author, died on February 25, 2026. He was 80. Born John Franks Galloway in Raleigh, North Carolina, on July 12, 1945, he competed…
Carol Walker American mathematician dead at age 90
Carol Walker, an American mathematician and mathematics textbook author, died on February 25, 2026. Born Carol Lee Walker on August 19, 1935, in Martinez, California, she studied music education at…
Rob Grant Novelist, screenwriter, television producer dead at age -1
Rob Grant, the British comedy writer and television producer who co-created the Red Dwarf comedy franchise, died on February 25, 2026, aged 70. Born Robert Grant in Salford on September…
Rex Lee Jim American Navajo politician dead at age 63
Rex Lee Jim, an American Navajo politician and writer who served as Vice President of the Navajo Nation, died on February 25, 2026, at age 63. Born in 1962 in…
Abdul Majid Arfaei Researcher, author, elamitologist dead at age 86
Abdul Majid Arfaei, an Iranian researcher and elamitologist, died on February 25, 2026, at the age of 86. Also known as Abdul Majid Arfaee, he was born on September 1,…
Jeremy Larner American author and screenwriter, Oscar winner dead at age 88
Jeremy Larner, the American author and screenwriter who won an Oscar in 1973 for Best Original Screenplay for The Candidate, died on February 24, 2026, at age 88. Born Jeremy…
Stephen Koch (writer) American writer dead at age 84
Stephen Koch, an American writer, novelist, essayist, historian and teacher, died on February 24, 2026, at age 84. Born Stephen Bayard Koch on May 8, 1941, in Saint Paul, Minnesota,…
Glaudi Barsotti French writer and journalist dead at age 92
Glaudi Barsotti, a French writer and journalist, died on February 24, 2026. Also spelled Glaudi Barsòtti in Occitan and Claude Barsotti in French, he was a French Occitan writer and…
Nina Gabrielyan Russian-Armenian writer and artist dead at age 74
Nina Gabrielyan, a Russian-Armenian writer and artist, died on February 24, 2026. Born in Moscow on October 16, 1953, she studied at the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages.…
Elaine Ingham American microbiologist dead at age 73
Elaine Ingham, an American microbiologist, died on February 24, 2026. She was a soil biology researcher and the founder of Soil Foodweb Inc. and the Soil Foodweb School. Ingham was…
Giancarlo Politi Italian art critic dead at age 89
Giancarlo Politi, Italian art critic, died on February 24, 2026. Born in Trevi, in Umbria, on January 29, 1937, he was also a poet and publisher, and was best known…
Rupert Roopnaraine Author, politician, cricket player dead at age 83
Rupert Roopnaraine, a Guyanese politician, cricketer and writer, died on February 23, 2026, in Georgetown, Guyana, at the age of 83. Born in Kitty, Georgetown, British Guiana, on January 31,…
Ali Babachahi Poet, writer, researcher, literary critic dead at age 83
Ali Babachahi, an Iranian poet and writer, died on February 23, 2026, at age 83. Born in Bushehr in 1942, he was also a researcher and literary critic. Babachahi published…
David Chadwick (writer) American Zen Buddhist priest and writer dead at age 81
David Chadwick, an American Zen Buddhist priest and writer, died on February 23, 2026. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 9, 1945, he moved to California in 1966 to…
Andrej Medved Poet, editor and translator dead at age 79
Andrej Medved, a Slovene poet, editor and translator, died on February 23, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Ljubljana on February 3, 1947, he studied philosophy and the…
Gary Dontzig American television producer (Murphy Brown dead at age 79
Gary Dontzig, an American television producer, screenwriter and actor, died on February 23, 2026, at age 79. He worked as a writer and producer on television programs including "Murphy Brown,"…
Coleman Barks Poet dead at age 88
Coleman Barks, an American poet and writer, died on February 23, 2026, at age 88. He was an American poet and literature faculty member at the University of Georgia. Born…
Gregorio Morán Spanish journalist and writer dead at age 79
Gregorio Morán, a Spanish journalist and writer, died on February 22, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Oviedo in 1947, he lived in Paris during the Franco regime…
Vicente L. Rafael Contracting Colonialism; “White Love”; The Promise of the ForeignR…
Vicente L. Rafael, a Filipino historian and professor of Southeast Asian history at the University of Washington, Seattle, died on February 21, 2026. He was 70. Rafael received his B.A.…
Dan Simmons Novelist dead at age 77
Dan Simmons, an American science fiction and horror writer, died on February 21, 2026, at age 77. Born Daniel Joseph Simmons in Peoria, Illinois, on April 4, 1948, he was…
Ted Booth Poet dead at age 87
Ted Booth, an English poet and lecturer in creative writing at Hornsey College of Art, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 87. He was born in 1938…
Nikolai Komyagin Russian singer dead at age 39
Nikolai Komyagin, the Russian singer best known as the vocalist of the experimental band Shortparis, died on February 20, 2026. He was 39. Born in Novokuznetsk on January 31, 1987,…
David Judge (political scientist) British political scientist and writer, oesophageal cancer dead a…
David Judge, a British political scientist and writer, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 75 from oesophageal cancer. He was based at the University of Strathclyde, where…
Joseph L. Green Writer dead at age 95
Joseph L. Green, an American science-fiction author and charter member of the Science Fiction Writers of America, died on February 20, 2026, at age 95. Born in Compass Lake in…
Sankar (writer) Books on Swami Vivekananda, Bengali novels dead at age 92
Sankar, the Indian writer known for his Bengali-language novels and essays, died on February 20, 2026, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, at the age of 92. Born Mani Sankar Mukherjee…
Lee Hye-gyeong South Korean writer dead at age 66
Lee Hye-gyeong, a South Korean writer, died on February 20, 2026, at the age of 65. Born in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, on June 16, 1960, she published…
Svein Jarvoll Norwegian writer dead at age 79
Svein Jarvoll, a Norwegian poet, novelist, short story writer, translator and essayist, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Lurøy, Helgeland, on 5 May 1946,…
Clem Sunter Futurist, scenario planner, business leader and author dead at age 81
Clem Sunter, a South African futurist, scenario planner, business executive and author, died on February 18, 2026, aged 81. Born Christopher Louis Clem Sunter on 8 August 1944 in Suffolk,…
Pol Greisch Luxembourgish actor and writer dead at age 95
Pol Greisch, a Luxembourgish actor and writer, died on February 18, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Walferdange on April 8, 1930, he was also a dramatist. Greisch…
Susan Sheehan American author dead at age 88
Susan Sheehan, an American writer and author of Is There No Place on Earth for Me?, died on February 17, 2026. Born Susanna Maria Sachsel in Vienna, Austria, on August…
Edward Hoagland Essayist, novelist dead at age 93
Edward Hoagland, the American author best known for his nature and travel writing, died on February 17, 2026, at age 93. Born Edward Morley Hoagland in Manhattan, New York City,…
Joachim Kempin German businessman dead at age 83
Joachim Kempin, a German-born American businessman and former senior vice president of Microsoft, died on February 17, 2026. He ran Microsoft’s division selling operating software to PC manufacturers for 15…
Dmitry Bavilsky Russian writer dead at age 57
Dmitry Bavilsky, a Russian writer, literary critic and journalist, died on February 17, 2026. Born in Chelyabinsk on January 19, 1969, he graduated from Chelyabinsk State University in 1993 and…
Anna dePeyster British-Australian journalist and author dead at age 81
Anna dePeyster, the British-Australian journalist and author known as Anna Maria dePeyster, died on February 17, 2026, at age 81. Born Anna Maria Torv in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 30,…
Alejandro Ostoa
Mexican actor and playwrightDied on Monday February 16th 2026
Juan Carlos Desanzo Argentine film director dead at age 88
Juan Carlos Desanzo, an Argentine film director, screenwriter and cinematographer, died on February 16, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Buenos Aires on January 15, 1938, he worked…
Linda Seger American author dead at age 80
Linda Seger, an American author and screenwriting consultant, died on February 16, 2026, at age 80. Best known for her books on screenwriting, she was born in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and…